Railgun Online, Book 6: Alicization Invading

Viral Drailgon

Kirito awoke the next morning, his head laying against the desk in his room.. the Master Sword leaning against the desk, and the new object he had created.. he admired his handiwork for a minute, rubbing his eyes.

"Hey.. Kirito?" The door to his room opened and Alice peeked in. "You decent?"

"Yeah." said Kirito with a yawn. "Church today right? Coming.. haaaaahhhh.." Kirito let out a nother yawn.

"What's.. oh my!" Alice came in and picked up the new prosthetic in her hands. "What.. this is.."

The prosthetic took the form of a long steel toed combat boot, meant to cover the knee area so that if somebody wore a similar boot on the other leg, nobody would be able to tell it was a prosthetic unless they looked closely at the joint.  The part meant to fit itself onto the stub of Mikoto's thigh was heavily padded and had ruins in it suggesting heavy Sacred Art reinforcements for maximum comfort..

"There are a few springs in there and everything.." said Kirito. "Took me all night.."

"Wh-where did you get the means to cut the Great Steel metal to make this?" said Alice with amazement.

Kirito nodded at the Master Sword.. and Alice smiled. "Of course.. So.. you used the Great Steel to reinforce Yuniko's design?"

"Something like that." said Kirito. "Come on, let's wake Mikoto up and see how it fits."

A little later, Mikoto sat in a chair as Sinon and Kirito both worked together to fit the leg on.. Yuniko stood to the side, watching worriedly as she held in her hand an identical boot to the one that covered the prosthetic.

When the leg was on.. Sinon carefully helped Mikoto to her feet.. and Mikoto began to stagger a little awkwardly for a minute.. before finally going into a normal gaited walk.

Mikoto gasped. "I'm.. walking.. I-it doesn't hurt.. it doesn't hurt at all!"

Everyone in the room applauded with relief, finally things were looking up. Kirito nodded. "Alright.. I guess it's time for the moment of truth.. here.."

Kirito handed Mikoto the Master Sword.

Mikoto paused, blinking a few tears from her eyes, before grabbing the hilt of the sword.. and drawing it from her sheathe.

She wobbled around.. swinging the blade experimentally, managing an awkward Vorpal Strike and  Slant. It was gradual.. but.. she knew she would learn to wield her blade with her handicap in time.

Mikoto let out a small smile.. it was only a small one.. and it was brief.. but just doing that alone, made Kirito's heart fill with hope.. Mikoto hadn't smiled once in 2 months.

Sinon gave Mikoto a tackling hug, nearly knocking her off her feet. "Imouto-chan!! Y-you smiled!!"

"E-eh!?" Mikoto said. "It's not that much of an accomplishment!!"

"You have.. no idea.." Sinon sobbed. "How long I've been waiting for you to smile again.."

Mikoto looked at Kirito. "K-Kirito.. if it's okay.. I would like to start practice sparring with you.. later.. is that okay?"

"Sure thing." said Kirito. "But let's start out with wooden swords kay? Just to be safe."

Mikoto nodded. "Y-yeah."

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Later that day, Kirito opened the closet of his room and pulled out the Blackwyrm Coat. It looked the same as it had during his time in Sword Art Online.. He hadn't worn it since Cardinal had given it to him during his battle with Quinella. Now he thought it was probably time to wear it.. with the goblins nearing.. he'd need the bonuses it provided.