It's been two days since my incarceration. My cell had a bed, chair and nothing else. No windows, no door, nothing. Three concrete walls and the thickest sheet of glass in the front of the room, with a small slit for food. I was lying on my bed, when I heard the sound of a familiar voice.

"Mára sinye, Kirito." Shiva said.

"Piss off." I replied.

"Now, now Kirito. I didn't come here to fight. Just wanna talk."

"What could you possibly want to talk about?"

"I'm looking for someone, someone you work with. I'm looking for du Casse."

"Even if I did know, I wouldn't tell you. We made a Pact."

"Oh yeah? And what was the pact, to be honest with each other? To have each other's back and not betray one another? Did you know The Don knows my weaknesses, as well as the people and things I care about. Yet, he's never used them against me."

"He said he didn't know much about you."

"Well, he does. But he's never made a move against me. I don't know why, and that scares me." Shiva was silent for a moment. "I'll make a deal with you. I'll answer one of your questions, if you tell me where I can find du Casse."

"I'm being honest with you. I don't know where he is. The guys an enigma; but maybe Talia might know where he is. Talia's-"

"The Don's daughter, I know."

"Now it's your turn. Why are you so hell bent on finding du Casse?"

"A word once given." He sighed. "I'd have to take you back a little less than a year ago."

On the 20th floor, in a village called Sinanju. It was usually serene and peaceful, but on this April morning all that could be heard was the sound of a lovers quarrel.

"Robin... Amelia!"

Robin swung the door open and stormed out.

"You are impossible!" She yelled.

I sat in my chair and massaged my head. And then my friend Jax walked in.

"You guys keep fighting like that and people are going to think you're a married couple." He said.

"Piss. Off."

"What were you two arguing about?"

"My working habits."

"Again? You two are always arguing about that."

"Noo, I never noticed." I said sarcastically.

"She does have a point. You need to take a break every once in a while."

"Leading a guild is hard work, Jax. And you know that my habit has existed for years."

"Just be selfish for once. That's all she's asking of you."

"Maybe you're right." I sighed.

"Of course I'm right."

"Come on, I need to relieve some stress." I said as I stood up.

We walked out of my room and out of the village.

"Where are we going? Dungeon? Bar?"

"Hunting."

"What are we hunting?"

"Anything. Deer, bear, dragon."

"Can we even eat dragon?"

"Oh, it's delicious. If cooked right."

We saw a group of deer in front of us, and hid behind some trees.

"How do you want to do this? Scare into an ambush?"

"Sure, that always fun."

I equipped my bow and climbed the tree as Jax equipped his two handed sword.

After nodding to each other, I notched three arrows and fired one into a tree on both sides of the deer and one behind them. The deers looked up and ran in the opposite direction of the sounds, right into Jax. Jax activated Cyclone and slashed some of the deer.

"Nice work, Jax." I said as I hopped down.

"What's next?"

"Probably hunt for a few more minutes... Why don't we split up, meet back here in ten - fifteen minutes?"

"Sure."

We split up and I went in the direction of a cave. Inside was a bear.

'Everyone in Sinanju had no problem eating whatever we bring back. But Frederick hates bear meat, so let's piss him off, shall we.'

I equipped my sword and charged in. The bear clawed at me and I responded by vaulting over it and attacking it's back. The bear managed to scratch me across the chest, and I jumped back to evaluate the situation. The bear charged towards me and I rolled out of the way and stabbed it in the ribs. Then I activated (i)Vertical Square and killed it. After I gathered the materials, I turned around and saw that there was a cat behind me. But this wasn't a kitty cat, this was a black panther.

'Damn it.'

I lifted my hand slowly and opened my menu and then pulled out a fish I caught earlier today and tossed it in front of the cat.

"Easy now. I'm not gonna hurt you." I said softly as I stepped back

'Maybe this could be beneficial for me.'

I slowly stepped forward, one slow step at a time, towards the cat. I knelt down and held my breath as I extended my arm, placing my hand on the cat.

"Good kitty."

Under the cat's health bar, my guild symbol appeared.

"I'm gonna name you... Stealth."

I stood up and walked out of the cave.

'I've still got some time left. Let's see what Stealth can do.'

I climbed up the branches of a tree and Stealth followed after me and we moved from tree to tree until we came across a player harassing another.

"Bastard."

I ordered Stealth to attack the harasser, while I climbed down. Stealth pounced towards him, landing on the ground and then tackled him. I ran over and helped the victim up and told them to run. I then turned around, told Stealth to heel and picked the player off the ground.

"Note that I should kill you, hell I want to kill you. But I'm not going to." I pushed on the ground. "Remember that, and remember that I could have easily killed you."

The little weasel scurried off.

After hunting for another minute, I decided to head back. Jax was waiting for me at the meeting spot.

"Woah, what's this? Where'd you get the cat?"

"Found him while hunting and decided to tame him. He's a very good companion."

"What's his name?"

"Stealth."

"Stealth? Really?"

"Shut up, it's funny."

"So what you'd catch?" I said.

"A few more deer and some rabbits. You?"

"I think maybe five deer and a bear."

"Only six? You're getting rusty in your old age."

"One of them was a bear. And I also had to deal with someone harassing a player."

"Ok, ok, I guess I'll have to take your word for it... What next?"

"Let's see, rabbits usually feeds up to four players, deers up to six, and bears easily feed ten. So we'll keep two rabbits, a deer and the bear, and give the rest of the meat to Achilles. Then we could probably sell everything else."

"Sounds good to me. Let's head back home."

We walked down the path for a few minutes, when we saw something alarming.

"Ben... Smoke."

I looked up and saw a huge cloud of smoke.

"It looks like it's coming from Sinanju."

Jax and I sprinted back to the village. When we got there, the village was indeed on fire. And holding someone by the throat and stabbing them in the chest was the man who lit the fire.