JD sat down eyeing Ichigo's huge sword, which, had it not been right there in front of him, he would have referred to it as a glorified carving knife.<br/><br/>"Great... just what we need... a real Zangetsu." He sighed as he rubbed his forehead. "GM better have a damn good reason for bringing you into play." he muttered. Ichigo scowled at his host and said, "Alright, so far you all got out of a hacker's deathtrap... alive." To which JD replied only with "Yep."<br/><br/>Ichigo continued his statement with, "Then you all found a way back and against your better judgement, decided 'what the hell let's do this', and ended up in the same situation as before with the difference being a way to leave and a few cosmetic changes?"<br/><br/>"That pretty much sums it up." JDizzle said, still eyeing the giant cleaver-like sword. On a whim, he asked, "Does Zangetsu possess all the same abilities as he does where you are from?"<br/><br/>Ichigo looked at JD like he was crazy for a minute and said, "Of course! Why wouldn't he?"<br/><br/>JD was impressed, but not as thrilled as he would have been if the circumstances were better. As it stood he was more confused than anything else. "Why would GM be sending all these characters to the real world? And for that matter, what is real at all anymore?"<br/>__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<br/><br/>As Greivous quoted Gandalf, Asuna and Leafa drew their swords and, using their flight abilities, got a few good hits on the Balrog while it was stabbed and fed a few grenades. As Soren fired the electric debuff the monster roared in pain and started to periodically shake from the electric shock coursing through it's system. It's health bar was decreasing exponentially as the group attacked the Balrog, but as the monster hit Mew it cleaved her in half, and a "<span style="color: #FF0000">OFFLINE!!!</span>" warning replaced her instead of the logging out bit.<br/><br/>"What the heck! Is that supposed to happen?" Rukia said, finally seeming to realize she wasn't being targeted. She then decided if the Balrog wasn't after her, she would stop it before that happened again. "Juhaku!" she shouted, piercing the ground, which instigated a trail of ice to maneuver towards the Balrog. Upon reaching it, the ice froze the creature solid from the ground up despite it being made of fire, and it shattered. A glowing "Quest Completed!" sign appeared where the monster once stood, but the "<span style="color: #FF0000">OFFLINE!!!</span>" notice remained where Mew had previously been. A few seconds later, the group was once again at the Checkpoint Zone near where they had left to go into diablo.<br/><br/>"Excuse me, sorry, excuse me, coming through, outta my way!" A apparent animate suit of armor said as he approached the group. Walking straight up to them, he said, "I am Sooooo sorry." He said, his voice the same as GM's. "We all need to talk. And before you ask, I am using a cyber-drone to be here. Think of it like my personal mobile suit... except it's not as big as a mech."<br/><br/>The Cyber drone dropped a capsule on the ground and the door to the Game Master's Guild Hall appeared there. "Follow me."<br/>___________________________________________<br/><br/>Once everyone was back in the Hall, the suit led them to the room that held the GM, and the door was opened for them. "What's going on? Answers. NOW!" Rukia said.<br/><br/>"I... I didn't... the Balrog... it somehow gained the ability to literally wipe people from existence!"<br/><br/>A collective "WHAT!" was heard from the SAO girls and Rukia. Asuna and Leafa frowned and exchanged a glance. Taking a deep breath, Asuna said, "We need to come clean."<br/><br/>GM's eyes widened, and he stood. "You are overstepping your bounds. Do NOT continue that train of thou-"<br/><br/>"No, Sir. I respectfully disagree. They are in danger and need to know." Asuna said. "And you may not have noticed, but I know more than you think!"<br/><br/>GM frowned, but sat down and said "What could you possibly know about this world that I don't?"<br/><br/>Asuna turned to the group and answered him indirectly. "We're... not exactly supposed to Cross into your world. Magic was involved as you probably already figured. But it was Dark. Dark and forbidden. It was the kind of thing that means if it's done wrong... we're not the only ones who suffer the consequences."<br/><br/>GM stood up and the room started to shake as if it was reacting to the rage he was exhibiting. "Are you saying... That I messed up? THAT I AM TO BLAME FOR GIVING YOU ALL FREEDOM, AND THAT"S WRONG??? I AM A MASTER OF THE ARCANE ARTS! MY MAGIC IS UNPARALLELED!"<br/><br/>Asuna stood firm. "You killed someone to make it possible, and told them they'd live. Then you got scared and botched the spell! How do I know? Look at what happened to Mew! She was erased from existence, and all because the NPCs that YOU unleashed gained the ability to MURDER, YOU BASTARD! Bosses may be the only ones with that ability, but what happens when powerful people like, oh I don't know, Megatron or Freiza show up in their world!?!?! And we both know that once there are enough of us in their world and the boundry ceases to exist, WE ALL DIE!!! Didn't think that one through, did you?"<br/><br/>"So let me get this straight..." Rukia said. "You committed murder... to wipe out both worlds as we know them, and possibly end all existence?"