Sword Art Online ALICIZATION- Reversal

Chapter 73- Alice

I hope you enjoy this chapter. Also, if anyone hasn't watched the anime 'Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai' then please go do so. It's a really adorable and entertaining show, and a quick binge. But if you need action, maybe try something else, like Happy Sugar Life or Tokyo Ghoul?

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I don't know how long the world was black for, or how long I was crying. A few minutes or a few thousand years, I couldn't tell the difference at the time. However, when I started to open my eyes... something felt strange.  I felt that I was laying on a steal object and I heard voices I didn't recognize. I was immediately filled with dread and my eyes shot open, I was breathing heavily and looking around furiously. I was no longer in the World's End Alter, and niether Asuna nor Kirito-kun were anywhere in sight! "Hello, Alice." 

Upon hearing the strange voice, I jumped backwards and hit a wall causing me to yelp. "W-who! Wh-who a-are y-you?! Where is Kirito?!" I shouted, causing him to put up his hands. "H-hey, Alice, calm down." I felt my stomach church as my eye's narrowed, "HOW DO YOU KNOW MY NAME?!" I screamed at the man. He shook his head and sat down. "Kirito's down the hallway, he's been in a coma for a few days. His Fluctlight.... errr, his soul... it's been damaged." I immediately became tense, my train of thought completely shifting as I lunged for the man, picking him up by the collar. "WHERE'S KIRITO!?!?" I screamed, shaking him violently. 

The man looked frightened but then cleared his throat and took a breath. "If you'd put me down, I'd be more than happy to show you to him." His response immediately caused me to become flustered as I took a step backwards, releasing him. "R-right..." I followed him, now realizing that I was just in a gown. I was expecting to see Kirito or Asuna, or the Philia girl, when I awoke... but this strange man frightened me, considering that I didn't exactly have a manuscript on what was going on in my hands when I woke up.  

He opened a door that used some sort of weird contraption to operate... and inside was Kirito-kun and Lady Asuna... and they were in these weird things... then I noticed it... Kirito looked soulless... again,  and he looked aged. I immediately ran to him, putting my hand to his wrist to see of his heart was still beating... I sighed in relief upon realizing he was still alive. "H-hey... sir? What's wrong with him... what happened to Kirito, why.... why does he look so... so starved.... and old... and soulless?" I asked, choking on my words multiple times. I wanted to cry, I wanted to scream... but I didn't. 

"After you were ejected from Underworld, and into this one, the time acceleration in your world increased to five million... he spent over 200 years in your world, Alice." I turned to look at the man, my expression being that of a scared, and angry, child. "WHAT?! That's impossible! You're lying! Th-that can't be true!" At the time, my mind was flooded with scenarios. These scenarios basically being equivalent to the end of my world... Kirito no longer remembering me, Kirito never waking up, Kirito dying in our world alone. "It's the truth, Alice. He may never wake up, he was willing to sacrifice himself so you could live." I felt my heart shattering into an infinite number of pieces, all of which fell into the pits of my stomach. 

It turned out that my body wasn't complete and so I was uploaded to a server in which I was with people from Kirito's world. In that world, I retained my technique with a sword and I was flesh and blood once more. And my pride and honor, as well as temper, struck fear and awe into the hearts of many of the people within that world, and I met some of Kirito's friends. They were all pretty nice, although I sensed the innate urge to sever their heads when they spoke of my husband. The look in the eyes of the girls' did not leave me feeling comfortable in the least.

Within that world, Kirito's friends explained a lot to me. And a RATH 'empoyee' who called himself Kikuoka explained a lot to me as I waited for the body to be finished. It took a while for them to finish my body and for everything to be explained to me by the RATH 'employees'. And when I was put into the steel body and looked into the mirror, I smiled as I ran my hands through my hair. It felt real, like actual hair instead of steal. And I didn't feel super cold, I felt mostly the same. I could only try to fathom the contraptions that must've been present within the body. 

Days went by, and finally... on the first of August, 2026... after nearly a week of having to adjust my understanding of the universe and learning how to use and live in my new body, I felt it in the later part of a 'Press Conference'. The Press Conference was long and rather frustrating. However, after listening to Rinko discuss my nature as a human with people of the real world, someone asked how they could prove I was a human. After they asked for them to be able to look at my brain, which infuriated me, I responded with a calm smile, saying- "Yes, I don't mind. But first, would you prove that you're not a robot, yourself?" I asked him, he was confused and then, still with my wide smile,  I said. "It's simple. Please open up your skull and show us your brain." It puzzled everyone and the guy seemed to understand that it meant it was impossible for my skull to be cracked open. 

After the topic of enslaving me and my kind came up. After I stopped Rinko and answered it myself. "I acknowledge and accept you real-worlders as our creators, and I am grateful to you for creating us." I told her, making the woman asking the question go silent. "But, I grew up with no knowledge of the outside world's existence, how can you prove you're no different? What if the real-world is also a world created by others? What if there are even more creators outside of it? If, one day, your own creators were to appear before you and ordered you into slavery, what is it you would do? Would you grovel on the ground, pledge your loyalty, and be for mercy?" I asked to herm having stood up during my monologue. 

At that point, satisfied with her silence, I smiled as I thought of my childhood friend. I tilted my head down a bit as I changed the course of the speech, intending to prove my humanity. "I've already had many interactions with real worlders. I..." I moved my hand to my chest, where a heart would've once been pounding like a war drum. "I am all alone in a strange world, but they've encouraged and supported me. They've taught me many things, and taken me to many places. I am very fond of them." I then tilted my head down, trying to hide my blush as I balled my fist. I was no longer trying to be professional and cold, instead I thought of Kirito and him alone. "And that's not all, one of these real-worlders is a man I have known since birth in a virtual world, who I hold so dearly. He is the one I am most fond of, and I even love that real-worlder. Whenever I think of him, whom I am unable to see now..." I paused for a moment and did my best to regain my composure and reign in my blush. "Even this steal chest of mine feels like it's about to burst." I slowly lifted my head and extended my right hand as my blush faded, taking a long pause. "I have a right hand that I will extend to the people of the real-world. But, I will not fall to my knees nor shall I grind my forehead in the dirt. And that is because I am human." I finished.

And after sometime had passed since my monologue, I finally felt it. I didn't know, nor care, how I felt it despite the immense distance. Yet, I did. In the back of my head, I felt a weak, tired tug. At first, I didn't know what it was and I was frightened. However, I felt it again. It was stronger the second time, the familiar voice calling my name, the warm and gentle hold... I immediately recognized it. It was him!  

Quickly, I stood up and took my leave before my running off. I boarded the jet and ordered the pilot to go to the Ocean Turtle. Upon landing, I immediately sprinted away and went to a familiar door. As I journeyed closer to the room, I felt the call growing louder and the welcoming albeit withered presence became stronger. I punched in the code without a second thought and walked in, to the suprise of Higa and Kikuoka. "Kirito!" I called out as I jogged to his side, looking down at his aged face. I immediately took his skinny, paled, hand in my own. I felt my eyes water with tears of joy as Kirito's nose wrinkled up slightly and his fingers twitched; and his eyes, slowly and tiredly, opened. 

"Hey. Long time, no see... are you alright, Alice?" Kirito spoke in an aged and withered voice... it reminded me of Bercouli, except if the Commander was half dead. I nodded in response. "Kirito!" I whispered softly, my eyes watering as I sniffled, sobbing abit as I looked down with my blue eyes closed. "Alice. Your little sister, Selka, chose to go into Deep Freeze to wait for your return." I turned to look at him again, my wide in surprise. "On the 80th floor of the Central Cathedral, she's still asleep, even now, on the top of that hill where we first faught." I gasped and my eyes widened, my shoulders beginning to shake as I tightened my grip on his hand. He came back... Kirito-kun came back to me... and Selka was waiting... the two people who meant the most to me were okay! I started sobbing, tears flowing from my cybernetic eyes, down my steal cheeks. And the rest of the conversation around me faded away.