This chapter is completely non-canon to this story and AU.

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It was a long journey, but it was worth it.

Having traveled by wing and foot with little rest for 5 sessions of several hours, Leafa still felt like her wings would fall off.

Gently landing on the ground, she had finally set foot in the Spriggan capital.

However, there was no time to rest.

Onii-chan is here waiting for me!

With a spring in her step, Leafa ran through the streets, catching the stares of the few people who actually picked Spriggans.

Suddenly, she could've sworn that she heard a yell...

But there was something familiar about it...

In fact, it was identical in inflection to that yelp that Kazuto lets out whenever she gives him a surprise hug!

Suddenly going faster, she moved towards the source of the sound, completely ignoring the bodies of a pink-haired maid and a brown-haired preteen who had a small blue dragon slumped over her.

As soon as she turned the corner into the main plaza, she couldn't believe her eyes.

There was a boy, dressed in all black.

Grabbing onto his right arm was a beautiful, light blue-haired Undine.

Grabbing onto his left arm was a younger Imp with dark, almost black, purple hair.

Holding him off the ground was an aqua-haired Cait Sith grabbing his right leg around the thigh area.

On his final limb was another Cait Sith with gorgeous, long golden hair which somehow put Leafa's own green-tinged blonde hair to shame.

However, more important than any of those girls was the black themed boy who they were hanging on to.

Ordinarily, it would have been difficult to get a lock on his features with all of the hussies pulling him every which way, however, it didn't stop her from identifying him.

Messy, soft black hair and wavering grey eyes. His body was skinny. But perhaps more than all that... His lustful yelps were identical to those of the person she loves!

Taking several angry steps towards the immoral display, Leafa made her presence known to all of these people.

"ONII-CHAN!" she couldn't keep herself from screaming. "What the HELL is going on!"

The player brought up his head, his eyes looked a bit concerned, but that wasn't important right now.

"Sugu?!" he yelled. "I can-"

He cut himself off with a yell and at the same time, he let himself get pulled over to the hussy holding his right arm.

"Yes, Kirito-kun!" that hussy yelled at her onii-chan. "Explain to me who this girl is!"

"She's my-"

Again, he let himself be cut off by a different floozy, this one hanging on to his left arm.

"Kirito doesn't have to explain anything to anyone if he doesn't want to!"

She couldn't help but feel taken aback. How dare you try to get him to like you by being nice!

Before she could even try to get in between this immoral lovefest, another minx pulled on his right leg.

"No. This idiot has to explain why there are so many girls who want him!"

"I don't-"

The fourth seductress pulled on his left leg.

"I agree. This strange boy needs to explain why there are more girls than just me."

The gaggle of harlots kept arguing between them, completely ignoring Leafa as they all tried to pull on her onii-chan.

"...How dare you..." Leafa whispered as she tried to approach her philandering onii-chan and the floozies who believed that they owned what was meant for her.

Then something inside her just snapped.

"HOW DARE YOU, O-"

""""*HISSSS!*""""

She was cut off by all the snakes hissing at her in perfect unison.

"..."

She could only stare at the scene as they all resumed their squabbling and her onii-chan screamed – probably in enjoyment of having so many girls touching him.

Again, she could only stare in disgust and betrayal. Her anger began to rise as she quickly reached her limit.

Nobody else can have him... Kazuto... ONII-CHAN IS MINE!

Without another thought, she drew her katana.

Who she was going to use it on, even she didn't know – Although, at the moment, her onii-chan's limbs looked like tempting targets...

However, she only hesitated due to the multitude of voices in her head telling her what to do.

"Fight off all those girls!"

"Grab him for yourself!"

"Set them up on each other!"

Those were the reasonable ones.

"Punish him for betraying you!"

"Kill the Black Swordsman!"

...Yes... Onii-chan deserves punishment for betraying our relationship...

However, there was one more voice to be heard.

"You have an advantage that they don't! Use it!"

Despite that voice being unambiguously feminine (she could almost visualize a dark blue-haired girl saying it), Leafa could see the truth in its words.

That's right... I do have an advantage...

Giving one more glare at the floozies as they slobbered over her onii-chan, she opened her menu.

Enjoy the time you have left with him, you homewrecking harpies! Soon enough, Onii-chan will only ever love me!

And with that thought, she logged out of ALO, already committed to what she had to do to claim Kazuto all for herself...

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Weird chapter, isn't it? This is just me messing around, writing an alternate: "What if Leafa didn't find Kirito immediately after he logged in?" Basically, Asuna found him, his presence summoned most of the female part of the team (even if they don't know about him), plus we have "helpful" advice from some of Kirito's old friends and an old enemy. Meanwhile, poor Leafa has to watch HER onii-chan get taken from her right in front of her. Of course, everyone is severely OOC, but it's funnier this way. I blame the «Unnamed Spriggan» for making her late. ;)

I was going to be a little more diverse and crude with the terms Leafa used to describe the other girls, but that didn't feel completely right.

And one more thing, "Merry Christmas, Kirito." This chapter was published on December 25, 2023. The day Kirito got the message from Sachi and the in-universe day this AU began. That is why I wanted to post ANY chapter today, even if it was a crack chapter that I had in the back of my head for a while.