I own nothing I'm starting from the GGO arc and moving forward. I'm going to try to continue on and get to floor 100 of new aincrad.

Clang...clang!...clang!

Sounds of steel on steel rang out as two figures fought. One...was a large monster bearing a battle axe. The other...was a girl. About 15 or 16, with a jet black sword.

The girl jumped up and swung down causing the monster to back up. It growled and swung its axe at the falling girl who smiled and parried effortlessly. She flicked her sword up and drove it deep into the monster. It screeched before dissolving into light.

The girls name was Kiriko Kirigaya. She was currently trapped in the death game known as...Sword Art Online. To escape...she and about 9,999 others had to clear all 100 floors of the floating castle Aincrad. They were on floor 50...and over 3,000 people had already died.

Kiriko drank a health potion and began walking back to the town she would be staying in. She examined her sword before a flickering light in the corner of her eye told her she had a message. She curiously tapped it. It was from Klein. The very first person she ever met in this death game.

As she looked at it memories flickered through her head

Flashback sequence:

"Hey...I'm Klein. Nice to meet ya!"

"Gee...thanks a lot for helpin me out here...your names Kiriko...?"

"Hey...why don't you join us...! You could help out and it would be awesome."

Flashback end:

Kiriko looked down. She regretted her actions that day...if only just a little. Shaking her head she opened the message.

From: Klein

To: Kiriko

Hey Kiriko, how's life as a solo player? I hope you are safe. Right so...we found the boss room and I was hoping you would come to the meeting for the clearer's. Its in the main town on floor 47. Please Kiriko. Youre the best player and we need you. Also...a lot of us miss you. Anyways...I'm hoping you'll come. And I'm hoping youre alive.

She closed the message. Kiriko looked at her sword and bit her lip. She was a solo player to the extreme. She literally had no one on her friends list. She kept away from large cities as often as possible. And only showed up for boss raids.

This had caused a pretty big rift between her and the other clearers. Asuna was hurt badly. Before around floor 35 Kiriko used to hang around everyone and she was pretty popular. And then...one day she deleted all of her friends and basically vanished off the face of the earth.

Why? Not even Kiriko really knew. She just felt like it had to be done. She was getting softer and relying on others too much. Her aversion to contact with others had gained her the title "The Black Phantom", only a slight change to her former title " The Black Swordswoman "

Kiriko made up her mind and deleted the message before walking off.

Ten days later:

Kiriko didn't show up for the meeting after all. However. She did show up for the raid. Asuna was talking with a member from the Holy Dragon Alliance when she saw her. Her best friend. Dressed in all black with a one handed sword. Asuna ran over and yelled "Kiriko!" Causing many heads to turn.

To the elder players, Kiriko was a friend and legend. For the newer members of the assault team however, the black clothed girl was something of a myth. Many people didn't believe she actually existed due to her...well...never showing up for anything So everyone was excited to see her. Kiriko stared blandly at Asuna before waving "H-hey..?" She managed to get out and Asuna grabbed her "Good grief Kiriko just give me a hug."

Kiriko blinked before hugging her friend awkwardly. Her relationship with Asuna was a very odd one. At first when she vanished Asuna was hurt, and very mad ..going so far as to nearly attack Kiriko. However she seemed to accept her friends antics and enjoyed talking to her on the rare occasions when they met.

Asuna smiled at her friend "I'm glad youre here." Kiriko nodded before Heathcliff stepped up. Kiriko's eyes widened. Heathcliff said "Now players...we have finally reached the midpoint. If we can defeat this boss today...then we will have cleared half the game. So now today ...fight...fight and achieve freedom!" Everyone cheered and the door opened.

Kiriko breathed in and stood straight up. She drew her sword and strode into the room with the clearer's. She could make out a vague pile with something on top of it. Suddenly the lights flared dramatically like they always did when a player entered the boss monster's aggro zone.

Most players took a sharp intake of breath as a magnificent dragon exploded out of a pile of golden coins. It was huge, with a dark scaled body and two huge spikey wings. It had five heads. Each breathed a different element into the air. The red head breathed a huge spray of flames, burning hot. The second spewed water at high pressure from its great mouth. The next roared and shot a boulder from its jaws. The next spewed a radiant beam of light from its maw and the last breathed out a beam of pure black matter.

Six full health bars appeared and its name flickered into existence as the beast roared

Hexen Jagd, King of Dragons

Then, as one, each head reared back and a great booming voice spoke from the air "The end has come, the beast rises. Now sound the horn of death great king of all dragons!"

With a deafening roar the five heads spewed their individual element in massive quantities. In seconds, a good quarter of the assault team died.

A terrified man yelled "No way! N-no way!" and the fight began in earnest.

Asuna cursed as she jabbed at the dragon and jumped back before its massive claw skewered her. "At this rate...well all die!" She yelled before the red head of the dragon spewed fire everywhere. Heathcliff used his huge shield to protect himself and slam into the dragon before be used his longsword to slice a red line into its hide.

Kiriko silently weaved around the dragon dealing large amounts of damage with her blade. The rest of the clearers were slowly adapting to the dragons patterns and surviving. However...the dragon's HP was barely touched. Kiriko hissed in annoyance before running towards the dragon and leaping upwards to slash its shoulder.

The earth head of the dragon lunged to meet her and Kiriko was forced to abandon the attack. Agil roared as he swung his battleaxe into the monsters foot causing it to roar. Heathcliff used the distraction to slice a gash into the monsters foot.

The monster roared and reared back before each of its heads opened and released a huge blast of elemental energy. Fortunately the players were ready and most jumped out of the way.

Oddly...the dragon froze right after it unleashed its deadly attack and Asuna shouted "Its a post motion delay! Attack now!"

A coodldown delay...or Post Motion Delay...was a period of time directly after an attack or sword skill that left the user frozen for several seconds. Players swarmed and the dragon was struck by hundreds of glowing swords, spears, and the like...and one of its HP bars drained completely.

Asuna looked back at Heathcliff as the dragon slowly rose. He nodded and she back flipped high into the air. She fell in a slow arc, directly onto her guild leaders large shield. With a grunt of effort he heaved upwards right as she launched herself off of the shield. Propelled though the air she jabbed directly into the dragon's fire head and leapt off before stabbing its neck and swinging her rapier around slicing off its head in a clean stroke.

Results were immediate. The dragon immediately lost an entire HP bar and Kiriko gasped softly. She called out "Try to hit it's head!" And ran forwards.

Three hours later:

The dragon roared, it was on its second to last health bar. Only its shadow and earth heads remained. The others had been severed. Klein ran up and swung his katana causing the dragon to reel back before Agil hit it with his massive battleaxe.

The dragon screeched as its second to last health bar drained completely. It froze in place and a sort of cocoon formed around it. Everyone quickly used the time to heal themselves before charging the motionless..egg? They bashed on it to no avail.

Then...it cracked. In a blinding flash of light the dragon burst out of its protective cocoon. It roared as its lost heads regenerated...and its second health bar flickered back into existence.

"WHAT?!" Asuna screamed before the dragon attacked again. Heathcliff called out "It was probably a one time thing! It must be killable. Come on!"

Rallied by their guild leaders cries the Knights of the Blood Oath charged. Everyone else quickly followed. Kiriko called out "Agil can you stun it?"

Agil nodded and with a roar he charged the monster and slammed into it causing it to lurch backwards...into Heathcliff who used his large shield to slam it.

Kiriko said "Everyone! Use your most powerful sword skills and aim for its neck!" Everyone understood and several dozen blades glowed with unnatural light.

Asuna dashed forwards and jumped high into the air before using her signature attack, the Quadruple Pain. She stabbed four times at lightning fast speed dealing massive damage to the monster. Heathcliff's blade exploded into golden light before he slammed it down into the monsters neck.

Elsewhere around the dragon players pummeled it with sword skills causing its health to drain rapidly. Finally, the onslaught ended and everyone froze up..waiting to see if they had won

The dragons health kept on lowering and lowering before...it stopped, about two inches away from dying. It roared in triumph before swinging its claw downwards onto the defenseless players.

Kiriko watched helplessly as the claw bore down on her and two other players heads. She felt the post motion delay wear off and realized that the others with her were still frozen. She tensed up, should she save herself or try to help and most likely die...? She had...five seconds...four...

She grit her teeth and slashed wildly at the dragons foot as it came down. The beast roared before its heads jaws opened up and began to glow.

Whoosh...

The floor boss was confused. Its AI dictated that from the noise it heard its target was behind him. But how had the target moved so fast? Never mind. The boss turned around...and its five heads fell to the floor, severed. Kiriko sheathed her sword and sighed As the boss vanished into pixels and light.

Everyone stared at her in awe...and a bit of fear. Klein ran up and yelled "What was that?!" Kiriko shrugged "Just a sword skill..." And walked out of the boss room.

So uh...how was it?

Oh. BTW in case anyone didn't get he last part here's what happened. Kiriko sliced the dragons foot causing it to reel back. She jumped and used some sword skill to flash past the dragon and slice its heads off. So...yup.

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