A/N: This is a series of short fics dedicated to TheSib's fanfiction series I Will Not Bow and Blazing Revolution. All the ships shown here are not canon in his own fic and are more of a 'What If' romance that could have happened. But not only is this a tribute and gift fic for a great author but it also helps with my trashy shipping needs as well XD. So lets get started with the first of these ships, one may of you would have never thought to see.

Helios x Liz!

Chapter One: Helios x Lizbeth: Heated Metal part one

Lizbeth sighed as she pounded her hammer on a hot piece of metal. With Kirito and Asuna busy the only thing she had to take up her time was busy work in her blacksmith shop. She wished that someone from Ren's group would sprout up to at least talk to her so she could get rid of this unwanted boredom but they were as busy as ever. However one individual in particular was one she wanted to stay the hell away from her shop.

One axe crazy maniac named Helios.

She hated that jerk with a passion. All he would do when he showed up was mock her and act like a dick to everyone in the store. She did not want any of his crap entering her shop anytime soon. Last time was a complete fiasco that Ren had to save her from.

'Ugh this is so boring.' She thought with a sigh. 'Maybe I should close up early for the day and go see if I can find something to do."

As she began to take off her apron the bell that hung above her door rung signaling that there were customers. Lizbeth quickly put her apron back on and walked out to the front to greet the customers. "Welcome to Lizbeth's blacksmith shop. How can I help you?"

Taking a good look at the customer's, Lizbeth saw that they looked like members of a gang that congregated in the seedier parts of Tokyo. One was completely bald and burly looking with black leather armor that had a human skull covered with fire emblazoned on it. The other customer was tall yet lanky with a Mohawk and an outfit similar to the other man. They grinned creepily towards her and approached her counter. Liz felt her skin crawl at the lecherous looks she was receiving. "Hey there babe." The bald one said as he leaned onto the counter top. "I heard you're really good at forging swords."

"I am. So what do you need crafted?" She asked as the two grinned to each other.

"We need you to make our 'swords' stronger if you catch my drift." The lanky one said with a wiggle of his eyebrows.

Lizbeth processed what the tall one had just said to her before smiling as she reached under her counter. "Why certainly, come here and we can get started."

"Sweet! See man I told you she was the real dea-" The lanky one was cut off and Lizbeth took a mighty swing with her mace at his head sending him face first through the window.

Lizbeth poised her mace in front of her and glared at the bald one who stood a bit baffled at what just happened. "Get the hell out of my shop! This is a serious place of business not some sick place where people like you can indulge for money!"

The man screamed in pain as he clutched his face in agony while the burlier one grabbed out his own hammer. "You think you can just hit my bro and get away with it you crazy bitch!" Liz pulled up her mace ready to defend herself from the creep in he stopped in his tracks as he was yanked to the ground. Liz's eyes widened as she looked at who yanked him down and groaned internally.

It was Helios…

"Now what is it that I have stumbled on here? Two shitlords harassing a lonely pink haired blacksmith who has zero redeeming qualities."

"HEY!"

"Shut up, the men are talking." Helios silenced the blacksmith with a raise of his hand. He cracked his knuckles and smiled at the two goons. "Now I may not like this chick but even I feel disgusted at what you low lives are doing. So I'm gonna be nice and give you both a chance to run and not come back here ever again. If you don't… well you're really not gonna like what happens next."

"Ha you think you can beat us!?" the lanky one said as they both drew their weapons on the axe wielding psychopath. The tall one had a short sword and the other one had his hammer still in his hands. "We're gonna beat you until you black out you little brat!"

Helios smiled as he grabbed an axe from Liz's wall of weapons despite her complaints and slowly walked to the thugs. "Hahahaha… This is gonna be fun~!"

I could say that the two thugs put up a valiant fight. That with combined efforts and careful attacking they managed to defeat the Raging Psychopath and humiliate him like they promised.

But that would be a straight lie.

Liz watched the beatdown that Helios gave to the two idiots with morbid curiosity as he not only disarmed both of them easily but also smashed one of their heads against the wall until he fell unconscious and put the tall one into a submissive hold as the pressure from his grip threatened to break his arm.

"Go on say it!" Helios yelled at him as he forced his head up to look Liz in the eyes.

The thug swallowed his pride like a large pill and forced the words out of his mouth. "I'm so sorry for what we did. We're just so desperate for anyone to touch us that we decicded to assault a woman who didn't deserve it. Also you should totally thank the great and mighty Helios for saving your worthless ass and-"

Liz growled in frustration as she threw her mace at the thugs face rather hard making him black out from the pain of the impact. Feeling him go limp, Helios got up as he let go of him and kicked his head once to be sure he was out for the count. "Nice throw for you. Knew that your manish appearance could add something to your physical abilities."

Helios quickly ducked out of the way as the blacksmith threw another mace his face in response of his insult. "I am NOT manish looking!"

"Haha! You can't throw for shi-" the axe wielder was cut off as another mace slammed directly into his face. "AH MY FACE!"

"Ha! Got you asshole!" Liz gloated with a puff of pride in her chest.

Helios slowly got up from the ground and glared at the blacksmith. "Is that really how you treat the guy who just saved you from getting molested?"

"Just because you saved me doesn't mean I'm gonna kiss your ass for it." she said as she opened up her menu. She scrolled down the the report player tag and had them teleported away to jail for sexual harassment. She past Helios and pulled the closed sign from behind the door and flipped it over to the front. "But… I do suppose I need to thank you for that. ...Thanks Helios." Those words sounded like it inflicted pain on her to say them.

"O-Oh… Um you're… welcome Liz…? Am I saying that right?" he awkwardly asked the girl in front of him.

"Y-Yeah… Come on I think you deserve a bite to eat after what you did for me."

Helios smiled at the prospect of free food as he walked out of the door with Liz. "You paying right?"

Liz rolled her eyes at his greed as she locked the door behind her. "As long as you don't go crazy or else you're gonna be working that debt off with me."

"Ha I'd like to see you try to make me pay you back."

The two of them continued their usual banter with each other as they made their way to the 59th floor of Marten. As they walked though Liz couldn't help but feel a tiny bit of respect for the selfless way Helios decided to defend her. He could've easily just left her there but he actually helped her out.

'Maybe he isn't totally heartless. ...Still kind of a dick though.'

A/N: I would like to thank TheSib for giving me his blessing for making this fic. Chapters won't be so long as I am a busy woman but they will all be connected with each other. So that means the next time we see the next chapter for Hyde x Lizbeth it will be their 'date' at Marten as I am trying to make these romances progress as realistically as possible. Hope you all enjoyed this chapter if you decided to check it out and I hope I did TheSib's OC justice in characterization as well as Liz. I hope to see you all next time!