Life

Chapter 1

Surprise Part I

(Authors Note) I just wanted to let everyone know that this is not my first story on this website. In fact, this is my 4th. If you are wondering where my other stories have gone from my profile, well long story short I have deleted them. I deleted them because I was not pleased with the way they looked. Another reason was that I had no idea how to expand them and had eventually given up on them. The third reason was that I wrote them a very long time ago. However I GUARANTEE I will NOT give up on this one! You have my word. My weakness with my first trio of stories was that I was just winging it in every chapter, and there was no real planning, but this story will be different. That is all, please review if you would like to read more of my work. I will try to update on a weekly basis, or if not earlier. I am sorry for any grammatical and/or spelling errors. Please enjoy and thank you for clicking. =3

I do not own «Sword Art Online» just my OC's.

Friday, April 04th, 2025 Real World «Dicey Cafe» 7:26 PM

Where could she be? Did she get lost somehow? Is it possible that she might not come at all? No she looks like that person that would never break a promise. I hope she's alright and gets here soon. I really want to Sensei to meet everyone, and I know she wanted to for sure. I can't hold up much longer. These hyperactive thinking belonged to Kirigaya Kazuto or the «The Black Swordsman», from the death game «Sword Art Online». But to his friends that he met the virtual reality he was just «Kirito», a solo player. The high-schooler was lightly tapping his foot while sitting with his back hunched over on a bar stool.

"What's the matter, Kirito-kun, you seem troubled. Is there something bothering you?" The questioning voice belonged to Yuuki Asuna «The Flash» and former sub-leader of «Knights of the Blood Oath». She sat in the bar stool next to his and put her rehabilitation cane in the middle of the two. They both looked up to each other faces but the male quickly turned away frantically shaking his head as beads of sweat began to accumulate on his upper forehead.

Crap, if she reads my eyes enough it may ruin the surprise for her. The latter managed to break a small smile on to his face, "erm... no its just... uhh." Kazuto mumbled with his voice breaking in the middle.

"Are you hiding something from me?" Asuna volume turned slightly higher. If this were a manga the background would been painted in flames, with the female expressing a scary face and towering the chibi-sized and cowardly male looking like he would get stabbed in a second. But before he could answer, his cell phone which was on the wooden counter behind him buzzed indicating he was getting a text from someone. He took the phone and started tapping the small virtual keyboard, smiled a little and put in his left pocket.

"Whew, saved by the buzz." He sighed with relief. "Eh? What was that?" Asuna asked not taking her mind off the situation. "Oh, you'll see." He smirked and walked over to the center of the room. "Hey girls, I need you to do me a favour." In a more brighter voice.

"What is it Onii-chan?" The question was from Kirigaya Suguha, Kazuto's younger cousin who leaves with him and her mother. "Don't worry, I just need you, Silica, Liz and Asuna to stand here, turn your backs and close your eyes without peeking. I have a surprise." The girls all looked at each other oddly as the gathered around each other. Liz stood beside Asuna, and Silica beside Suguha. "Do you know what's going on?" Liz and Silica asked the other two girls. They both nodded 'no' in response.

"This is gonna be great." Kazuto chimed in delight rubbing his palms together in a sort of evil manner.

"Oi, is there a surprise for me too, Kirito?" This time it was a young handsome male from the corner with his drink. The man had a red and yellow bandana around his forehead like he did the game.. "Hey, I already bought you a meal that wasn't cheap." His eyes narrowing to the big bartender behind the counter giving a smug look, polishing a glass with a bar rag. "Don't act like you didn't know that was coming. After all I am running a business." He teased. "Oh come on that was an order for forgiveness, not a surprise. Please?" The katana wielder stated. "Hmm, fine stand over and do what there doing Klein." The teen merciful granted.

"Okay everyone ready?". Kazuto put his hand on the door knob.

"Just hurry up and get on with it. I can't take this any longer." Lizabeth spoke in a raspy tone. And they think I'm restless... Kazuto thought to himself. Then next thing that was heard was a bell and a door open and close in a near instant.

A few whispers were amoung the teenage girls: "I swear if he's not coming back." "Are you sure he hasn't told about this before?" "What could so special about this surprise?" "How much longer do we need to keep closing our eyes for?"

The whispers stopped after the same bell hanging on the door rang. But this time it took two seconds longer for the door to close. The young girls were starting to giggle as their knees began to wobble. They were standing like that for five and a half minutes. "You can turn around now." Kazuto announced. "Finally, now what's the bi-" Silica was cut off when her eyes landed on a woman who was about Asuna's height with neck lenth dark grey hair and dark grey eyes. She was in a simple yellow dress covered with a black denim jacket, the small casual silk crystal blue scarf was nicely tied around her neck like a bow. She was carrying a white medium sized box. This woman was without a doubt a stranger to the beast tamer and the others.

The older woman began to blush as she was being stared at with awe by the younger beautiful student-age females. "Kirito-kun, who is this woman?" Asuna turned to her beloved with a curious look on her face. "Oh, how rude of me." The older female turned to her left and gently layed down the box on the table next to her. She then faced the people in front of her and with a smile she bowed forward "Nice to meet to you. My name is Koujiro Rinko. I hope we could get along comfortably and enjoy a pleasant evening together." With that said she slowly ascended up again.

"Its good to see again, Rinko-Sensei." Kazuto placed his hand on her shoulder. "Its been a while." He continued.

"It has been a little while Kirigaya-kun." Rinko responded playfully ruffling his hair.

So what do you guys think about this chapter? I sincerely apologize for making this chapter a little short. I just didn't want to make the first chapter a little cumbersome on people's heads. This is only the first part of the chapter. This "manga gag" thing is really a little... social experiment of mine. I just wanted to see if it could added some comical relief to my story. Trust me this story is going to get quite emotional for some readers later on. You have been warned! As I said this was all planned in the back of my mind for the past five months. I already know where this is going and where to leave off here. Please review for future chapter's and opinion's sake. I hope you all have a good day/evening/night. =3