Hey everybody! I'm sorry that I have not been posting lately, but those finals really suck. Well, anyhow, I am now writing form Guadalajara, where I first started writing fanfiction. Well, without further ado, I wanna always be with you, I'll give you everything I have.


"ROAAAR!"

Kirito, Asuna, and every other person in the forest looked at Eren. This was a good thing, because no one was hit entirely by surprise by his attack. He punched wildly, not at any target in specific but at everything and everyone.

"Does this count as berserk?" asked Kirito.

"Yeah, let's go!" answered his wife.

They both used their extremely high dexterity points in order to reach it fast. The plan was to cut him down as quickly as possible. By the way, just so you know, this was easier said than done. Eren was at least fifteen meters tall. But even so, they tried. Without any hesitation, Kirito got himself on top of Eren first. Of course, Kirito was of an absurdly high legel, and Eren was unable to catch him, so Eren started running. Then, with Kirito hot in pursuit, grabbed a tree with his right hand. He used his own momentum to keep him going in a circle. By the time he returned to the beginning, Kirito was trying his hardest to stop. Eren managed to catch him during this time.

While Eren was distracted, Asuna approached him from behind, but Eren managed to cover his weak spot with his opened hand. This had two effects. First, Asuna's blade got itself stuck inside of Eren's rapidly healing hand. Second, Eren closed his humongous hand around Asuna. Some of the other players, thankful to Asuna and Kirito, tried to help, but Eren just kicked them off, turning most of their hp's to the red zone, but killing none.

Eren took both of the people in his hands, and dropped them in his mouth. The short second in which they fell was enough for them to activate sword skills, but they were inside Eren's moth before they could do anything. As the teeth clenched behind them, Kirito grabbed Asuna's hand. He took his black blade, Elucidor, and stabbed it in Eren tounge. Of course, the fifteen meter titan was not happy with this, so he started shaking his head, biting randomly in an attempt to crush the two people inside his mouth. As Kirito and Asuna both slid right under his teeth, Kirito looked at Asuna's eyes. There was no time to move or even roll out of the way.

"I love-" started Kirito, but he never got the chance to finish.

This is because he suddenly started falling. At first he didn't understand, but when he noticed that he was falling through shining red wireframe, he had a realization. Eren had been cut off from his titan form. But by whom? Eren could not possibly have been defeated by one of the other players, their level was too low. But then who had done it?

As they fell, Kirito did his best to right himself and catch Asuna in the air. he then realized that he was not the only one to do this. Another figure snatched Eren fro the air, and fell smoothly with him in arms. Kirito was about to approach their savior, but then Kirito noticed something. The uniform was exactly the same as Eren's. Noticing this too, Asuna jumped from Kirito's arms and readied herself for battle. This, however, did not interest the stranger.

"Idiot Levi. I told him I knew that roar." the figure, apparently a female, said.

Eren, barely conscious, looked at the stranger. His eyes widened.

"I'm... sorry..." Eren said. It sounded like it was meant for everyone, but his eyes were fixated on her. With the last of his strength, Eren opened his menu. He took out an item, a red muffler. Right before he passed out, he managed to put the muffler around the woman's neck.

After waiting a respectful amount of time, Asuna decided to approach. She waited for the stranger to turn around. When she did, Asuna noted that she was crying, If they were tears of sorrow, relief, joy, or a mixture of all three, Asuna could not tell. Slightly shocked by this, Asuna was unable to find words. Luckily, Kirito was right behind her.

"Thank you for saving our hides." he said. Although his words were carefree, his voice was dead serious,

The stranger took a minute to collect herself. She cried a little more, then wiped the tears from her face. A few seconds later she spoke. It was a soft voice, one that looked like it was reserved for the most emotional of moments.

"I'm sorry, my... friend... he almost ate you." she said. By the way she isolated the word "friend", Asuna could tell that there were some deep feelings in there.

"Listen," started Kirito. "I will not say it is was not a bother. I almost died, and so did my wife. But still, even though you just saved our lives, and I am thankful for it, something still bothers me. How did you know his weak spot? And just how do you know Eren?"

The stranger let out a small cry when he heard the young man's name. She was clearly shocked.

"I'm sorry. My name is Mikasa Ackerman. For the longest time, this man has been like a brother to me." Asuna and Kirito looked at each other. They both knew that, under different conditions, they would have teased her for her very obvious feelings for him. But these were not different conditions, so they let her finish. "I apologize for any inconvenience he caused, because it is partially my fault he is here."

Kirito thought for a second, and Asuna spoke. "I have heard your name before. Eren mentioned you were his friend. Come, we have a lot to talk about."

Kirito looked at Asuna, seemingly reading her mind, and nodded. "Yeah, let's take them home. It's not like they can destroy it or anything."

And so, they exited the dungeon. Because teleport crystals were expensive, they decided to go on foot. Nobody said a word, save for coordinations when monsters were killed. Mikasa got some experience every battle, just for being in proximity with the other players. Strangely enough, her levels went up fairly quickly. By the time they got to town, she was already a level 23. Kirito remembered, this place was where Sachi had reached that level.

When they got to the teleport gate, they travelled to floor 22, and got home. Once there, Asuna started the questioning.

"Alright, so first things first. How are you in SAO?"

Mikasa gave Asuna a confused look. Asuna almost fainted at the possibility of having to explain all of SAO to a person, again, but she did so anyway.

"Now, let me ask again, Mikasa. How are you here?" asked Asuna, tired of explaining

"A few days back, Eren diappeared. We did not know where he was, at least, until we found the pillar."

"The pillar?" asked Kirito.

"Yes. There was a blue pillar, made of light, and titans were pouring into it. Apparently humans were inside."

Asuna looked at Kirito. They were both thinking the same thing: that sounded an awful lot like a titan portal. Mikasa continued.

"Levi... our commander, he ordered us not to go near it, but then we heard a roar. I begged him to let me go, saying I knew the owner of that roar, but he wouldn't let me. Since we were in a forest, I was able to use my 3D gear, this device I have, to move towards it. Captain Levi was behind me, and he nearly cut my chord off, but he didn't. I suspect it was on purpose, but I really can't say. So I just kept going, and found Eren eating people. I knew he was probably out of control so, taking advantage of my being behind him, I dragged him out of that body."

Kirito thought deeply. "Hey, where you are from, it's a real world, right?" he asked.

Mikasa was surprised to hear this. "What do you mean?"

"I mean, is it a virtual reality, like this one, or is it an actual world, where you can work out and shower and use the restroom."

"Hmm... if those are the options, a real one."

"Then this makes no sense. How are real objects being transferred to the game?"

The room was quiet. Nobody could come up with a satisfactory answer. No, scratch that, an insatisfactory answer would have been some progress. Nobody even knew where to start looking. Finally, Asuna broke the silence.

"So, Mikasa, Eren has some pretty unique skills in the game. Maybe you have some too?"

Mikasa, a genius learner, already knew from Asuna's explanations what this implied and how to check it, so she opened her menu and viewed her skillset. Just like Eren, she had three unusual skills. Two of them were Dual Wielding and 3D Maneuver Gear, nothing new there, but the other one was a completely new one, Force. Asuna asked to see the description, and it was the following:

Force:
Instead of having to choose between dexterity and strength points at level up, the player is awarded both.

Asuna was shocked. "Ki-Ki-KIRITO COME OVER HERE!"

"I'm coming, what's the big-? Whoa, that's gotta be the coolest ability ever! Once you reach a high level, it will literally make you invincible!"

"Is that so?" asked Mikasa. "I'm glad." she said, looking tenderly at Eren's unconscious face.


"So, you are requesting to train the new girl, too?" asked Heathcliff. Asuna had decided that Heathcliff should know of the new stranger, so she and Kirito had gone to him, along with Eren and Mikasa. "Very well, then, you may train her, but on a few conditions. First, you have to keep her in a party at all times. Second, she must be a member of the Knights of the Blood Oath. Third, you must PM me any and all abilities that she develops on the two unique skills that she has. In other words, you will report the complete skill tree of 3D Maneuver Gear and Force. On that note, investigate why it it that she has Dual Blades. Oh, and all of these conditions apply to young Eren, too. Any questions?"

"None, sir." answered Asuna.

"Well, then, moving on. We are gathering a group for a raid to to the 75th floor boss..."

He proceeded to tell them of a boss room that had locked itself, and that had killed many high-levelled players, all of whom had teleport crystals.

"... this being the case, I fully expect you two to participate, and if you can, to make these two able to follow us. You are dismissed."

Kirito and Asuna left feeling uneasy. Kirito would try to stop Asuna from going, but he would need her support to train Eren and Mikasa. Luckily. he knew a pretty good training spot on level 75. Best of all, if Eren and Mikasa could hang from walls, the enemies there would not be able to reach them. And so, a day of harsh training ensued. The field was like Roman ruins, so it was just too easy for Eren and Mikasa to raise themselves and avoid danger, while Kirito and Asuna killed monsters blindly. After five grueling hours, Kirito and Asuna ran out of healing items. By now, Kirito had grown to level 98, Asuna to 96, Eren to 78 and Mikasa to 65. Now, they were all capable players, but they had gotten all of their experience through partying with Asuna and Kirito. Now, it was time to use their skills for real. The pary left for a lower floor, floor 40, to train. The monsters here were low-levelled enough that Eren and Mikas could beat them without much danger. The important thing was that they could actually use their sword skills.

"Now, see, Eren. This button over here is to check your skills. Let's see what you have unlocked, starting from the simple, and getting more complicated."

And so, Kirito showed him how to use sword skills, while Asuna taught Mikasa. By the time Eren knew what to do for all his non-unique skills, Mikasa was already killing monsters by the bucketload with them.

"So, that covers your basic skills, Eren. Now, how about we check out the fun ones?"

Kirito smiled, and picked a particularly packed place of monsters. He used the move, Starburst Stream, to unleash a 16-hit combo. With each slash of the sword, a monster fell.

"That, Eren, is one of your abilities. Look, open your menu, you should already have unlocked this one."

Eren did so, but couldn't find the skill. When Kirito came to see it, he was dumbstruck.

"No way, you've got a completely different moveset! I don't even know what half of these things even do!"

So, Eren was asked to show his abilities, along with Mikasa. They both showed an array of moves, that seemed to combine dual wielding and 3D Maneuver Gear. For example. Hurricane Spin allowed the user to spin in circles with his or her blades, and if the blades came in contact with a wall, the user would move along with it, like an horizontal wheel. Now, when combined with Comet Reach, a 3D Gear skill to take one to the opponent, or Meteor Fall, a skill to bring the opponent to one, it became a devastating 11-hit combo. And Wheel, a skill where the user spun like, well, like a wheel with swords, when combined with Linear Movement, a jump in a straight horizontal line, could clear crowded hallways in minutes. Kirito shuddered to think what these two could do in PvP.

As for extra-special abilities, Eren's Titan Shifting had gotten some improvements, like being able to produce titan crystal at will, armoring his body, and being able to produce steam. Later on, when Eren would max out this skill, he would gain the ability to make swords out of titan crystal, and use what few dual wielding skills did not require him to use his 3D Gear. And Mikasa, well, her "Force" skill did not have any actual ability, but the boost it had given her so far made her dexterity and strength points worthy of fighting Asuna or Kirito, but her HP was still as low as a level 65's should be.

As they continued to train, Kirito recieved a PM from Heathcliff. This was a little weird, but he read it anyway. It read:

"I am sorry, Kirito. Protect the newcomers. Protect Asuna. Trust not a single Knight of the Blood Oath. And, if possible, don't die."

Looking from the distance, a figure in white and red approached. And another. And another.