Disclaimer: Ged565 does not own SAO or any of its characters, nor does he own any other characters used from other anime/manga.

Warning: Contains characters from Bleach, Kaze no Stigma, Angel Beats!, and Fairy Tail.

Episode 2: Wanderer

Kirito panted as he struggled to keep up with the spider. "If only I had a weapon, this wouldn't have happened…" Kirito balled his hands into fists. "Damn it! Asuna!"

He held his hand out, as if that would make the spider slow down. Then he noticed a crystal in his hand. "Wait, could it be…?"He tapped the crystal and clicked the button that appeared over it. There was a large blue glow in front of him and a girl appeared. She was small and had long black hair. "Yui!"Kirito exclaimed. She was a small pink pixie. "It's a good thing you're able to come to this world, too."

"Hai!" She agreed.

"I'm in big trouble and I could really use your help. Asuna was just taken by a huge spider and I need to find her!"

Yui sniffed the air. "This way! I know where they went." Yui lead Kirito.

"Um, please let me go, Mr. Spider?" Asuna tried.

She was hanging from a thread. Talking to it didn't seem to work so far, so she began struggling from the thread. The spider noticed so it made a loud growl. "Spider's can growl I guess…" Asuna said as she stopped moving.

Then suddenly, she got angry. "Listen to me! If you don't let me go right now, I'll kill you! Or Kirito-kun will find you and he'll kill you!" The spider made no noise but it looked amused. "What? You're going to laugh because he has no weapon? He has his fists." Asuna stated matter-of-factly.

The spider slowed down its pace. "What?" Asuna looked ahead and let out a shriek. There was a large web which the spider jumped onto and place Asuna on the web. She was hanging in midair.

"Ahh! Please get me down from here!"

"Ahhh!"

"I know that scream...Asuna!" Kirito said as he ran faster.

He could see a large web ahead. Yui jumped into one of Kirito's pockets. "I'll hide in your pocket and you bust mama out of there with your awesome fighting moves!"

"Right! I'll….uh…." Kirito looked around.

"Yeah, about that...it probably would've been smart to get a weapon before coming here…."

"Why didn't you think of that before? It's kind of too late now!" They were standing right under the web.

"Mmmm!" Asuna mumbled. Her mouth was covered by a web.

"I think she's trying to tell us something…" Yui said.

"Hang on, Asuna! I'm coming to get you out of there!" Asuna just rolled her eyes.

"Mmmm! Mmmm!" She yelled again.

"Don't panic! I'm right here!" Kirito yelled back.

"Mmmmm-kill-mmm-you-mm!"

"What?! I'm so sorry, I swear whatever I did I didn't mean it! Just please don't kill me!" Kirito wailed.

"Um…" Yui said. "Maybe we should look behind us…"

"Mmm!" Asuna said, staring at Yui.

Kirito followed Yui's advice and turned around. The spider let out a large roar and covered Kirito in webs. It tied him up next to Asuna. "At least you can speak."Yui said.

"Mmm…" Asuna rolled her eyes. "Well...hi?" Kirito laughed nervously.

The spider climbed up higher onto the web. "Mmm!" Asuna leaned toward Kirito.

"What?"

"Mmm!" She demanded again.

"Uh...care to translate?" He looked at Yui.

Yui laughed. "She's telling you to kiss her to take the web off her mouth with your mouth!"

"Oh…" Kirito laughed sheepishly. "But you're not tied up, Yui…"

"Oh, I can't kiss her!" Yui said, jumping into Kirito's pocket.

"That's not what I meant!" Kirito quickly corrected.

"Mmmm!" "Right, right! Sorry…."

Kirito leaned forward. "Let's just hope this works. Sorry if I bite you."

He carefully bit the thin film of webbing and pulled. It came off, but it tasted terrible. "Bleh!" Kirito spit vehemently.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Asuna breathed out.

"Shhh!" Yui said before going back in Kirito's pocket. "We can have a reunion later. We have to break out of here." Asuna said.

"But how? We're both tied up and I don't have a weapon…."

"Neither do I."

"What? What about your sword?"

"I dropped it, okay! I dropped it!"

"Oh…Well then, we're doomed."

"Any ideas, Yui?" Asuna asked.

"People are approaching." Yui announced.

"Oh, we're saved!" Asuna said. The spider lowered itself and sneakily disappeared into the shadows.

"Chances are...we'll have a new buddy." Kirito said.

"Buddies." Asuna said. "Look."

He looked down to see two figures making their way toward the web. "Over there!" One of them said.

The one who spoke was a guy of Kirito's height, with blonde hair and green eyes. He took out a gold and silver sword. "We've got 'em now." The other person was a girl the same height with styled dark brown hair and brown eyes.

She reached behind her and revealed two golden daggers.

"So where do you think it is?" The guy asked.

"Well, we've been tracking it for a while now and I'd guess that-"

"Excuse me! Could you two help us out of this web?" Asuna yelled.

The girl's eyes flashed dangerously. The guy gulped as he backed away.

"Who dares to interrupt my brilliant theory and strategy?!"

"Um...I'm sorry, but if you could just get us down-"

"Get you down?" The girl looked up and saw Asuna.

"Hah! How pathetic! It's your fault you got caught in the spider's web. I am under no obligation to help you."

"Well, it is noobshire, you know." The guy whispered. At this, Asuna's eyes became angry. Kirito gulped.

"Noobs!? I don't care if it's noobshire, but you're calling us noobs?! When I get down from here, I'll teach you both a lesson on what noobs can do!" The girl stared at Asuna with a growing hate.

"You're saying you're not a noob, but look at yourself! You got caught in a web and you don't even have a weapon!"

"Hey!" Asuna yelled. Then Kirito noticed a shadow behind the two newcomers.

"Um, hey…" Kirito said.

"Shut up, Kirito!" Asuna yelled. The blonde haired guy looked behind them.

"Um, Reyna…"

"Be quiet, Elliot! I'm about to pummel this little girl who thinks she's better than we are!"

"Get me down from here! We'll settle this when I'm on the ground. My boyfriend will beat up your boyfriend!"

"W-w-what?! Boyfriend?" Elliot said nervously.

"Boyfriend?! He's not my boyfriend, ew."

"Hey, Asuna…" Kirito said.

"Shush, Kirito!"

"Hah! Some boyfriend! He wouldn't want an abusive, shallow girlfriend like you!"

"Um, Reyna…" Elliot said.

"It's not your turn to talk, Elliot. I'm in the middle of something very important."

"Hurry up and get me down here, you coward! Oh, I see. You don't want to fight me."

"Asuna!"

"Reyna!"

"WHAT?!" They both whirled on their partners. Kirito and Elliot both gestured behind them.

"Oh, they're so dead…" Asuna whispered. Reyna and Elliot looked behind them to see the spider.

"Let's fight it!" Elliot yelled.

"I wasn't expecting this." Elliot said.

"Hmph!" Reyna turned away.

"So…" Kirito said awkwardly. Elliot and Reyna were hanging on webs next to them.

"Hello new friends!" Yui said.

"Shh! Yui, don't talk to them!" Asuna said.

"You even kidnapped a little girl? How much more vile can you get?" Reyna spat.

"I am not vile! And I didn't kidnap her! Kirito back me up!"

"Um...look, I don't want to get into a fight here. We should all just get along, hehe…"

"There's the attitude!" Elliot said.

"You two are hopeless!" Asuna said.

"At least take her side."

"This is so stupid! It's all your fault. If you had just shut your mouth and let us do our job, this wouldn't have happened!" Reyna complained.

"Oh yeah? Where was it gonna ambush you from then, huh?"

"It was gonna ambush us?" Elliot said. Reyna hit him with her head.

"Of course we knew that! From it's web, where else?"

"Ouch…" Elliot said.

"Man, I feel ya. That's gotta hurt." Kirito said sympathetically.

"She has a hard head." Elliot whispered.

"Don't think I didn't hear that!" Reyna scolded.

"Kirito, don't sympathize with the enemy!" Asuna yelled. Kirito winced.

"Um, yeah…" Suddenly, the web began vibrating.

"When the web starts vibrating, that usually means that it caught something, right?" Asuna said.

"No, when it starts vibrating, that means the spider decided to take a stroll through the park. Of course it means it caught something!" Reyna said sarcastically. Elliot gulped.

"I think the spider decided to take a little stroll…" The spider was making it's way toward them, each step making a vibration.

"Damn it! I wish I could move my hands." Reyna struggled.

"Kirito-kun! Do something!" Asuna yelled.

"Wait a minute!" Asuna's eyes lightened. "I just got the perfect idea, Kirito-kun! What if we….let it eat them first!"

"Excuse me? Let me get something straight. Ever heard of save the best for last?"

"That's exactly what I'm referring to."

"Um...guys?" Elliot said.

"Shhh!" Asuna and Reyna both shushed him.

"Hey! It's still coming!" Kirito said, desperately trying to break free.

"How many times have we done this?" Elliot muttered.

"Crap!" Asuna quickly began struggling.

"If only I had my sword…" Elliot said.

"So who do you think it's going to eat first?" Asuna asked in all seriousness.

"My honest opinion? You." Reyna said flatly.

"Kirito-kun, save me!" Asuna yelled. Her yell brought the spider's attention.

"I told you." Asuna gulped as the spider made its way towards her.

"No, no, no!" Asuna began struggling to break free.

"Kirito-kun, save me! Save me!"

"Just hold on. I'll definitely get us out of here…" Kirito struggled and panicked a bit. Elliot's eyes narrowed.

"Reyna, put your leg over my leg!"

"Excuse me? What did you just say?"

"Do it!"

Her eyes narrowed. "Only because we're in a life or death situation. Don't get any ideas!"

"I know what I'm doing!" He said. Using his foot, he felt around her leg.

"Eek! What do you think you're doing!"

"Found it!" Elliot said. He kicked at one of her pockets and some sort of red vial flew at Kirito. Hitting the webs on him which instantly burst into flame.

"Are you trying to kill me!?" Kirito yelled.

"It's alchemy fire! It'll burn through the webs, but you'll have to time this correctly or else you'll be burnt. A second to early and you'll roll straight to the fire. A second to late and it'll consume you. No pressure."

"Ahaha, no pressure, no pressure...lots of pressure! How am I going to do this? I don't even have a weapon…"

"Ah!" Asuna screamed as it picked her up.

"Asuna!" Kirito watched the flames closely.

"Here goes!" He broke free and rolled through the ashes of the web.

"Nice!" Elliot yelled. "There, over on the rock on the left! Do you see my sword? Use it!"

"Right!" Kirito grabbed the gold and silver blade and quickly scrolled through his drop down menu. He pressed the first skill."Way of the Wanderer!"

Elliot's eyes widened at that."Wanderer…"

A golden light enveloped Kirito. He felt immense power surging into him. His eyes glowed.

"You'll pay for what you did to Asuna, you spider!" Kirito jumped up and slashed through the spider's back as if it was a piece of paper. It let out a loud screech as it dropped Asuna. Kirito caught her and placed her on the ground.

"Kirito-kun…" She whispered. Then she smiled.

"Go kick some spider-butt!" He nodded.

"Aye, aye!" He spun back toward the spider. It shot webs at him. He dodged the webs with super speed and jabbed it at lightning speed. It gave another screech. A red bar above its head was reduced to a gray bar. The spider hung in midair for a moment before dispersing. Everyone's eyes widened. Reyna and Elliot were dropped to the ground beside Asuna.

"B-b-but that was a level 30 monster! You're only a level 1! It shouldn't be possible…" Reyna said shocked.

"That's my boyfriend." Asuna said, standing.

"Heh, it wasn't that awesome, really…" Kirito scratched the back of his head.

"Awesome job!" Elliot said, grabbing his sword. "Look at your feet."

"Huh?" Kirito looked down to see a sword. He picked up the metal sword.

"Loot!" Asuna said excitedly. Then her eyes became super wide.

Elliot gave a nervous little laugh. "Um, you leveled up quite a bit from killing that monster, didn't you?"

"Huh?" Kirito opened his menu/profile and his eyes widened. "Level 22?"

"That's way past me, no fair!" Asuna yelled.

"Cool." Elliot said. "Me and Reyna are both 25."

"Well, you've proven yourself, ah, Kirito, was it? How would you like to ditch miss noob over there and join us at the Golden Legion?" Reyna offered excitedly.

"The Golden Legion is our guild. It's awesome!" Elliot explained.

"No way! No way in hell!" Asuna said, clinging to Kirito's arm.

Reyna looked at her with distaste. "We could offer you a place to be, have friends, and enjoy the game! No one would want to stick with such a clingy damsel in distress anyway."

"If I had a sword right now…" Asuna said.

"You would, what? You're level 10 and I'm level 25. I'm way more experienced than you are."

"Are you girls coming?" Elliot yelled.

"Huh?" Asuna looked up to see Elliot and Kirito walking away.

"Hurry up both of you."

"Both? So that means...so then I'm also…." She quickly ran after them and jumped on Kirito's back. "This is going to be so much fun! We get to be in a guild together, again!"

"Ugh." Reyna made a fake gagging noise at the display of affection. "Besides, we never invited you."

Elliot laughed. "Oh just come over here, Reyna. It'll be fine, won't it?" Suddenly his eyes became serious. "That guy's a Wanderer, Reyna."

Reyna's eyes widened as well. "A...Wanderer? That's...but that's impossible!" Elliot nodded. "No way, there must be some mistake, that's just…!" Reyna spluttered.

"Well, we'll figure out, right? Now let's go!" Elliot said. "And, um, I wouldn't mind giving you a piggy back ride…"

"Oh, just start walking!" Reyna walked past him. "I said don't get any ideas!"