So the past few weeks have been quite a conflict of interests. StarCraft, Elsword, Assassin's Creed and even Hearthstone have found their way into my free time.

But of course I wasn't going to forget about this.

Ruby stared at the two bullet halves in awe. Kirito had seemingly done the impossible – parrying her Crescent Rose's shot at nearly point-blank range.

"No…" She stuttered. "N-no way…" Even the crowd that had gathered around was speechless.

Ruby was too lost in her shock to notice Kirito walking towards her. So when she felt her hand on her shoulder, she gasped and nearly jumped to see the swordsman in front of her.

"I told you – I'm sorry." Kirito said with a faint smile.

For a moment there was silence. Then Ruby croaked, "How? How did you…?"

"No, it wasn't my reflexes." He replied. "If it was then I'd be no less than a demigod. No, it was because I saw your eye through your weapon's scope. Gave me a clue to where you were going to shoot."

"So…" She replied, still a bit pale from shock.. "You knew I was going to shoot you in your left shoulder because that's what I was looking at?"

"Kind of an estimate." Kirito replied calmly. "Though next time maybe try not to be predictable."

Ruby stepped back. Her head fell. In that moment, seeing this girl sad, Kirito somehow felt sorry for her.

"Ahem." They heard someone clear his throat. Ruby looked up to see…

Uh oh. It's Professor Ozpin.

"Now, I mean no harm." He said, looking at Kirito. "But if you don't mind, I'd like to have a word with you please, Mister Swordsman?"

Kirito looked at Ruby, then back at Ozpin again. "Umm…okay." He replied.

"Good. Follow me, please." The headmaster turned to walk towards the academy building.

Kirito took one look behind his shoulder at Ruby before following the headmaster inside.

"I'm aware that you were able to defeat four of my students in combat this afternoon?" Ozpin said.

"Uh…yeah." Kirito replied. "Where are you going with this?"

Ozpin adjusted his glasses. "During your fight you seem to have demonstrated remarkable skill. I have seen few who measure up to your speed and swordsmanship."

"Uh…thank you?"

"Though, as a matter of fact, I think you would benefit from refining such skills in suitable conditions. So I'd like to offer you an opportunity."

"Opportunity to what, Professor? Study here?" Kirito already knew the answer.

"Indeed, young man." Ozpin smiled. "Though I must warn you that Beacon Academy is a competitive environment. I'm sure you're up to the task?"

Kirito nodded. Great. He was in. But now what?

"Excellent." Ozpin stood up. "Now, the first thing we'll need to worry about is the matter of teams. As you see…" He looked out of the window of his office. "Huntsmen and Huntress-in-training here are divided into official teams of 4."

"So… I need a team too? I don't know about that…" Kirito scratched his head nervously.

"Fortunately, a colleague of mine as offered to arrange for you to be with several friends of yours." Ozpin glanced at the elevators. "In fact… ah, he's here right now."

Kirito turned around to notice another man, younger-looking than Professor Ozpin, wearing armor that reminded him of the games he normally played.

"I believe you have a team in mind for our new student here, Professor Sirius?" Ozpin asked him.

Kirito breathed a sigh of relief. Seth's character was called Sirius!

"Yes. Come, let me introduce you to your new teammates." Sirius replied, gesturing for Kirito to follow him.

"Made quite a scene back there, didn't you, Kirito?"

"Hey, you said I had to make an entrance."

"Perhaps I was too vague- hold on."

Kirito and Sirius noticed Ruby walking down the hallway by herself. When she noticed them, she looked a bit surprised at first, but then she hastily walked over.

"Oh, um… hello, Professor Sirius…" She squeaked.

"Greetings, Miss Rose. I believe you've met Kirito here before?"

Ruby tried hard not to remember the incident between him and her team. "Uh… I just wanted to say that…Kirito…"

"Mm?" Kirito thought he knew what Ruby was going to say next.

"I'm…sorry for acting out back there. I guess I overreacted a bit." She stuttered.

"Oh…it's nothing." Kirito placed a hand on Ruby's shoulder. "You fought well – that's the point."

After a while, he went to follow Sirius outside, leaving Ruby standing there still trying to process what happened.

"Now…where were we?" Sirius resumed. "Ah, yes, perhaps I was too vague. I said you needed to do something to grab Ozpin's attention, all right, but really, I wasn't expecting that."

"Just fighting off a horde of Grimm by myself sounded too boring to me." Kirito replied.

"All hail Jesus-kun…" The professor muttered under his breath, then cleared his throat. "Now, about the team thing… fortunately, I was able to invite 3 of your friends to join you in Remnant Online."

"Friends…?" It didn't take long for Kirito to figure out what he meant. "You mean…"

It was at this point that they arrived outside, back to the courtyard. And the duo here ran into 3 girls waiting for them – the "friends" Sirius had mentioned.

"Kirito-kun!"

"Wha…uh…" He'd just remembered what he said to his friends not too long ago.

Standing there was Asuna, Leafa and, the last one a bit more to Kirito's surprise, Sinon.

"I'll leave the four of you alone then." Sirius said then walked away, much to Kirito's chagrin.

"Oh…uh…hey…" Kirito stuttered, trying to come up with an excuse. "What are you guys doing here?"

"I think we should be asking you the same thing." Sinon spoke up. "Kirito, what is this?"

Short? Yeah maybe. It's hard to focus. Please don't judge me.

Stay tuned!