Asuna and Kirito's AfterStory Vol. 2

Secrets

Kazuto was sitting down against the cell wall, trying to think of a way out of here. He noticed the guy approaching his cell, as he opened the door he saw blood all over his cloak. He was concerned, ' Did he harm someone? Did he hurt Yui? Did he hurt Asuna or Kuroyukihime?' He thought.

The man noticed he was worried. "Don't worry, this blood didn't come from a human..." he smiled.

"Then where did it come from?" Kazuto asked with a soft voice.

"It came from a pig, up here we have to harvest our own food. We are known criminals and can't go into town." He began to walk out of the room. "Follow me."

Kazuto got up and followed him, they walked down a long, tan bricked, tunnel. Torches were lit and hung from the wall. He saw blood, scratch marks, and dents on the wall, floor, and ceiling.

"Was that there before?" Kazuto asked with a worried tone.

"No, this place used to be an asylum. Hundred of people died here." The man replied.

Kazuto gulped. "So it's haunted?"

"Sometimes, we hear voices and noises."

They continued to walk until they came across a modern room. The counters were white, the walls had interesting paintings that Kazuto couldn't make out, and tables for the injured. To Kazuto, it looked like a laboratory with no color and no characteristics.

"This is where we do our chemical tests." The man said while they walked through the lab. "I'll show you what down here."

They walked into a room that was gray and modern, there was a sideways table that held something familiar. Kazuto recognized it immediately, the girl had long black hair with a helmet on her head and regular clothes

"Yui!" Kazuto yelled. "What are you doing to her!" He demanded.

"We're just copying her data into other clones we created." He replied with a smile. "Our boss wanted Yui specifically, don't know why but he said that he had a grudge against you. And don't think about rescuing her or attempting to, I have a gun and I will shoot you if necessary." He moved his cloak a bit to reveal the gun hooked to his pants.

Kazuto knew their boss somehow, he knew they crossed paths, and he knew him before they got Yui. But where, when, and how?

The man knew Kazuto was having trouble remembering about a certain incident. "You'll get it eventually, but for now, let's put you back in your cell."

He looked back up at Yui who was passed out from the machine, her eyes were closed while a helmet was on her head recording data. He sighed and followed the man out of the room.

'There's no way I can save her now, they will kill me if I attempt anything and how will we get out of here if I succeed?' He thought.

A few minutes later, he was back in his cell, sitting on the ground feeling useless. A knock was heard and the man was back.

"I have someone you might want to meet." He said as he opened the door letting the guy walk in.

The man was tall, he had goggles with red gleaming eyes, his cloak hood was down to reveal his dirty, blondish hair. Kazuto recognized him immediately.

"Hello Kirito." The man said with a high voice.

"Red....Eyed....Zaza..." Kazuto said under his breathe.

"How's life?" Zaza said walking into the room.

Kazuto didn't say anything, he couldn't say anything.

"I hear Akihiko Kayaba gave you an AI, didn't realize that was possible." He knelt down to Kazuto to look him in the eye. "Tell me, how did he do it?"

Kazuto was still shocked. "H-H-How did you-"

"How did I what? Escape from prison? That was easy, in fact, it was easier than I thought."

Kazuto gulped and finally collected himself. "W-What about you little brother?"

"He's still in prison, the only thing I cared about was getting out myself. Thankfully, I had good friends that worshiped me and they busted me out. Now I can plan my revenge....."

"By taking over Japan? The U.S.? The world?" Kazuto asked.

"Kind of, you see I have a plan to take over Russia and Japan!" He said getting up. "All I have to do it download the data from your data Kayaba gave you and install it into my own creation! But I don't know how to access her data, so I was hoping you would tell me."

"What do you mean by data?" Kazuto asked.

"Her data files, they should be marked as 'data' or perhaps 'info folder'?"

Kazuto recognized the name of the folder, it was back at her memory panel at the old SAO building.

"I have a feeling you know about it, can you tell me where it is?"

Kazuto knew he had to protect his daughter so he didn't say anything.

"I'll ask again boy, do you know where it is?" Zaza asked again.

That was the last thing Kazuto remembered, he woke up with cuts, bruises, and sore body parts. He looked over his body and took it all into consideration. 'They probably tortured me in order to get the information they wanted.' He thought. 'But did I tell him anything? I can't believe Zaza escaped prison and getting his revenge on me.' He noticed blood was on the floor, he questioned who's blood it was and where it came from. He looked over himself again but didn't see a wound that can produce that much blood.

He looked on his hand and saw his knuckles were red and sore, like he punched something. 'Did I punch him?' He thought.