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If only I was dreaming

"So, what are we doing here Kirito?"

They were currently standing in the middle of a run-down street at the far side of town.

"Yui helped me find this place. We're going to need to pick up a few things before we can go through with training." After their reunion last week Aizawa had offered to train both Izuku and Yamada.

"Yui!? How are you two communicating? Aincrad isn't even back up yet!"

"I connected the system to my phone so we'd be able to communicate in the real world"

"Uh...what's a Yui?" Aizawa looked lost as he waited for someone to explain.

"I'm not an object!" A tiny female voice called out from Izuku's pocket.

If Aizawa wasn't so used to keeping his expression passive he would've jumped up in surprise. To say he was startled would be an understatement.

"Midoriya... why did your pocket just speak?"

Izuku and Hizashi couldn't help but burst into laughter. Izuku pulling out his phone to show Aizawa that he was currently on call with a person called Yui.

"Don't be rude Shouta! Yui is Kirito's daughter!" At that statement, Izuku seemed to go bright red, his appearance reminiscing of a strawberry.

"Aren't you like thirteen, kid?" Aizawa looked mildly surprised and bored at the same time. Izuku couldn't fathom how he managed that kind of expression. The man looked so done with the world.

"For your information, I'm fourteen!" Izuku replied, frustration evident on his features. "Yui isn't my actual daughter... I adopted her in the game. She's an AI."

"Dad and Papa took great care of me!" The voice, now known as Yui exclaimed.

Aizawa wanted to ask about 'Papa' but Yamada's pointed glare made him decided otherwise.

"Yui! How are you? It's been so long!" Yashi asked excitedly as he snatched the phone from Izuku's grasp.

"I'm good uncle Yashi! Did you know I helped dad locate you!" Pride was evident in her tone as she boasted to the older man.

"Ah... so that's how you found us." Aizawa seemed to be speaking to himself more than to the two others next to him.

"Well, anyway!" Kirito interrupted the conversation, wanting to get to the point of this outing. "The store is about to close soon, so let's go, shall we?"

"Where are you taking us, problem child?" Aizawa asked as Izuku led them into another deserted alley.

"Ah, well you'll just have to wait and see!" The boy stopped in front of a metal door. The thing only noticeable if you were looking for it. "This way guys!" He called out as he opened the door and took a step inside.

Walking in felt as if they'd traveled years into the past. The hallway they took was dark, the only source of light being the torches that hung in every corner.

Bricks lined the walls and the deeper they walked into the building the hotter it got.

However, at the end of the hallway, a room could be seen. The light emitted from said room, illuminating the path towards it.

"Woah..." Yamada was the first to exclaim his wonder. "This looks just like in the games!" The room they walked into was a perfect replica of the weapon's smith's rooms in the game. The walls were aligned with swords and weapons of all kinds.

"Yeah... I think Kayaba took the designs from here." Izuku replied, his eyes flitting through the room's content, desire and curiosity overwhelming him.