SAO drabbles ~

The return of Johnny Black | part two

Kazuto clenches his teeth.

"Tell the Blackswordsman I'll see him-?!...that bastard, I'll kill him!"

Asuna places her hand upon Kazuto's cheek to calm him down and softly smiles at him.

Kazuto sighs.

"Asuna..."

"I'm alright now, Kirito..."

"Yeah, but you weren't before, no thanks to that bastard."

"Kirito...for some reason the pain really hurt after getting stabbed..."

"W-what do you mean, Asuna?"

"My pain absorber is normally set to zero so I feel no pain, right?"

"Asuna, you're not saying that-"

"The next second I checked, my pain absorber...it was set to the maximum."

Kazuto's eyes widen in horror.

"M-Maximum?"

Asuna nods and looks at the floor while Kazuto watches Asuna in worry.

"Who would do this to you?"

"Kirito?"

"Yeah?"

"Their player ID...I remember their player ID!"

Kazuto braces Asuna's shoulders.

"What was it?"

"...K-Kirigaya...they were called Kirigaya!"

Kazuto's eyes widen in shock.

"Kirito, isn't that?!-"

"My surdname?"

Asuna nods at Kazuto.

"I'm scared, Kirito."

"Don't worry, Asuna, I'm here."

He places his hand on top of hers.

"In the meantime, you should log out while health mods check your account."

Asuna nods and sighs sadly.

Kazuto gives her hand a light squeeze.

"Don't worry Asuna, I'll keep your avatar safe."

Asuna smiles softly.

"I know you will, Kirito."

"And I'll report that player, I won't let them get away with this....I promise."

Asuna nods while opening up the log out window.

"I'll call you as soon as I log off, Kirito."

He smiles softly.

"Got it, I'll log off soon."

Kazuto watches as Asuna's avatar is enveloped in a bright glow of pixels and slowly fades away.

He clenches his fist while clicking the log out button.
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Asuna, now logged off, sits upright on her bed and removes her Amusphere from her head.

While she does so, she notices a post-it note stuck onto the side of the device.

"Huh?...what's this?"

Asuna's eyes widen in fear as she realises what was written on the note.

In a panick, she sprints off her bed and  reaches for her phone from her bag.