Marty the Martian helped me for this chapter by editing it so there would be fewer to no spelling errors and it sounds more exciting. As I should mention I do not own Sword Art Online and the only thing I own of it is information a video game crossover of it and Accel World will be coming out...probably only in Japan though.

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With hardly any warning, the spider shot a long web at Kat. Knowing she had to act quickly, she use her magic to create a physical barrier of protection.

"Let me handle this," Kiku said boldly.

Once the spider had finished its first attack, a window of opportunity opened up for Kiku to make a counter attack without being struck by the beasts long legs, but he would have to be swift.

He boldly struck his powerful weapon at the spider's leg. A mark appeared on it's head indicating every hit it but as usual, the Boss Monster did not fall down no matter how much damage it took.

All too soon, the chance to attack the beast had ended as it finally took aim and shot a long web out its mouth, straight at Kiku. Inataro and Kat stepped in to help, but he reacted quickly and managed to evade the webs by rolling to the right.

"Back off!" Kiku exclaimed "Once I land a hit on a beast, all the Experience Points belongs to me. You can have fun by either joining me or watching me beat this monster all myself."

Kat sneered as she ignored Kiku's ego and slashed an X on the Boss Monster. The Boss Monster tried to bite back at the girl but she was too fast as she blocked the attack with her weapon. She then followed on by ploughing back in and slashing a crescent wound across its face.

As the spider recoiled from the blow, Kiku saw he could attack the spider while it was still dazed. So he leapt up and brought his mighty hammer down on the beast with a deafening crash.

Everyone knew Kiku had delivered the final blow when the Boss erupted into a million glittering pixels; it was thanks to him the small party had defeated the levels Ultimate Boss.

"Well that was fun, but I think another weaker party could use my help far more then you two" Kiku smiled; then without even saying goodbye, he turned and walked out of the boss room leaving Inataro and Kat to wonder about the strange player.

"Do you think that guy was one of the beta testers before getting trapped in SAO?" Inataro asked.

"He certainly seems like it; a real Beater if I ever saw one" Kat replied. "Still, he's handy with a weapon and it was fun being in a party with him."

"Lets not use a Teleport Crystal" Kat said as she stood.

"Why not? We won't get many Experience Points going back through the dungeon" Inataro noted.

"True but we will gain some and I'm hoping one of the beasts we fight on the way out will drop a Rare Item or two" she replied.

Inataro and Kat went back back to the second floor and found the Swine Ogre's wandering around aimlessly until the two SAO players arrived.

Inataro moved in first and used a combo move from his weapons skill list, cleaving through two Swine Ogre's simultaneously.

Kat sheathed her weapon knowing a player with their weapon sheath could dash faster than when they were armed. She made it to center of the the Swine Ogre's before unsheathing her weapon and swinging it around at all of them.

The path of her weapon glowed like a thin a blue line, cutting through the Swine Ogres. The beasts health levels all dropped to zero and needless to say they exploded into a shower of pixels.

After a while Inataro checked his item list but although he had picked up a lot of drops, he was sorry to see there wasn't a rare item in the whole bunch.

The two friends continued on their journey out of the dungeon until they came across a group of Bloody Reaper's. These monsters looked just like the hooded figure of the Grim Reaper but with no legs. They slowly levitated a few feet off the ground, circling a ruby colored treasure chest.

Kat moved like lightning,slashing at the front of a Bloody Reaper first with her left hand and then her right. It seemed very strange when the monster exploded into glittering pixels, but the other Reaper's all ignored her.

Inataro had never faced a Bloody Reaper before but he was not about to leave them all to his teammate Kat. So he rushed at the nearest one, spinning as he slashed at it. He made a large curved cut across the Bloody Reaper's chest before it split in two and exploded.

"I found it" Inataro cried out excitedly "It appears to be some kind of armband for restoring health. It's not as good as the other one in my inventory, but this one can be upgraded so I only need to give it to a weapon-smith when we get back."

The find made Kat a little happier.

"Rare drops are great but defeating monsters and gaining Experience Points is the only thing that will keep us alive in this game" Kat said. "We won't be leaving until we've killed a hundred more each."

Together they worked hard but it took one hundred more wins for Inataro to realize; the best and quickest way to get Experience Points is by accomplishing quests.

"Hurry up Kat" Inataro implored "We need to head back to Floor Thirteen. I want to get some of the quests from the noticeboard in the town square."

After his urging, Inataro and Kat sprinted back as fast as they could but as they approached the thirteenth floor, they saw someone with a Katana blade raised, who looked intensely at the two of them before bursting out into tears.

"You must help me avenge the deaths of my friends" the player implored them "we were defeated by the dangerous boss here. Please!" he begged.

"Come on Kat" Inataro said "This looks like a real emergency. If we don't defeat this Boss Monster, many other players could die too."

"Yes and we get to be genuine heroes in a real life situation" she agreed "There is nothing more noble."

"Thank you both so very much" the player with the Katana wiped his eyes after hearing the good news.

After having come so far and fought so much, Inataro and Kat were relieved to find the area they sought was just to the left of the dungeon they had come from. They found themselves at the top of a large sand hole with a ramp of stairs leading down.

The player with the Katana tried to take the lead and walk down first, but Kat moved ahead of him.

"Just tell us which way to go" she ordered "and if there are any monsters down near the entrance, let me be the first one to attack them."

The player was somewhat taken aback but conceded the point to Kat "I will also fight but if you want to strike first I will allow it."