I'd just like to remind some people of a few things before we move on. If you're completely happy with my story and have little to no complaints, you can go ahead and skip this. Anyway, there are a few things I want to get across real quick. First of all, I'm not perfect. Oh no, not even close. I do try my best on stories, but I'm no professional and I'm definitely not as good as many others on this site. I do try though, so direct hate does do shit to me. Ha, just kidding. I feel no pain. Oh, and also, I'm just your average SAO fan. That means that I don't know every fact about SAO ever off the top of my head, and a lot of times I'm too lazy to search them up. Things may not be 100% accurate with the storyline, but after all, this IS a fanfiction. And finally, those of you who still aren't convinced of how the Amusphere could kill you, for god's sake... The thing can remotely control your mind with the touch of a button. Killing you wouldn't be so hard. (And by the way, I just realized I mentioned her making breakfast 3 times. Don't worry, Asuna's not fat. I fixed it. I'm so tired... ;_;)

She woke up in her cozy bed starting the day like most others. She brushed her hair, tool a shower, changed her clothes, and then headed downstairs. A colossal fridge was waiting for her in the Kitchen, where she grabbed some food and made a small breakfast. It was Saturday, so she had most of the day to herself. The first thing that popped into her mind wasn't to visit Kirito, like it had been for the past few weeks. She visited him every day for the first week, but then she started visiting less and less. Once every 2 days, then 3, 4, every week, and it had been going down from there. The girl was just too busy with her studies and hobbies to visit him. She had lost contact with her new best friend, who was presumably in the death game with Kirito with the rest of the Sleeping Knights... If they had not died yet. Asuna thought about the last time she saw Kirito. She didn't hug him, or kiss him, or even wave. There was only a guilty stare from the both of them. She felt guilty and worried. Asuna had started avoiding Kirito at that point, because of the horrible thing she'd done. It really didn't seem like much to the average person, but Asuna felt really bad about it. One of the guys from the Sleeping Knights group she had joined had asked her out, not knowing she had a boyfriend. Asuna didn't remember much of what happened that night, except that they made out for a short period of time. She had done it because she was troubled. Kirito was having constant fights with her, and they rarely came to a compromise. It was a mistake, and she knew that. As long as Kirito never found out, she could just forget about the whole thing, apologize for being a lousy girlfriend, and they'd be a happy couple again. That's how it worked, right? Asuna suddenly realized how much she was growing away from Kirito. She blamed Kayaba. He split them apart, and she would never get Kirito back if she couldn't see him until 2, maybe even 3 years from now. By then he'll be dating some other hottie who looked a lot better than her. She's probably be a total dumb ass too. The thought of some other girl resting her lips upon Kirito's angered her. She couldn't let that happen. Asuna didn't care what it took; she had to find a way into ALO, even if it meant risking her life. She called up the nurse who was watching over Kirito, and asked about it. Though the idea seemed crazy, apparently there was a way to do it.

"Hey! You guys made it!" Kirito was far away fighting some wolves, thought Sinon and Silica could still see him waving. They just waved back.

"I'll meet up with you in a second. Don't aggro anything!" Kirito's voice was faint in the distance, but still heard. Sinon and Silica sat down on the hard, rough floor below them taking in their surroundings. The terrain was pretty rocky, and the sky looked polluted. There was nothing but mud, dirt, rocks, and a few grass patches for miles. There were a few wolves beside the ones Kirito was fighting, Since the world tree was only so big, there was no possible way this whole place could fit into it. Sinon questioned if they were really inside the world tree, but Silica was mostly just looking around. She was taken by the light brown atmosphere, and by the dirty muddy plains. It was a depressing place, yet quite beautiful. The light breeze eased her senses, and white clouds painted a picture across the sky. Kirito finished off the wolves and jogged toward the two girls. They were sitting back to back, thinking about god knows what. Maybe him? Sinon and Silica both heard Kirito's hard footsteps, and looked toward his direction when he stopped in front of them.

"So, I would rather you guys started off easy, since you're both way lower levels than me."

Kirito pointed to some mud golems to his left, who seemed pretty easy to kill.

"Hey, what do you take me for? I can fight any monster that you can fight." Silica started getting jealous of Kirito's level, and she was angered at him talking about how she had to stick with the 'easy' monsters. "Just watch me!"

She quickly went for a high level wolf, and struck it once with her dagger as Pina struck it with bubble breath. She quickly changed her mind about fighting it, as it took a fourth of her health with a single hit. Silica suddenly filled with panic, and she ran like hell. The wolf chased her around, and Kirito just stood there laughing. After 30 seconds or so, Kirito decided just ran up to the wolf and 2 shot it with a small combo. He snickered at Silica, who was completely out of breath. She had agreed to fight the lower level mobs in the Dungeon without question after that. Kirito fought some mid level rock golems fairly close to Silica and Sinon, so he could save them if they were in danger. No, wait. Not save them. Kirito knew he was no hero, and that he couldn't act like he was. He was going to help them if they got into trouble, but they were strong. For the next few hours, they farmed levels. It got quite boring after a while, but the gold the three were getting was crazy. They had nearly enough individually for an S-Class ingredient! Sinon was ready for quits, and she wanted to go home. It was getting late.

"Hey guys, I think I'm done farming for today. How about you?" Sinon shouted over to Kirito and Silica, who were off in another area. There was a brief silence, then Kirito spoke.

"I'm ready to go, but Silica says she wants to stay a bit longer." Kirito was hesitant about leaving her behind, not knowing about her being used to farming at night. He argued with her for a small while, then dropped the case. Sinon ran over to her two companions, proceeding to make an excuse for Kirito to stay the night at her place. It had been a while, and making a move was probably okay now.

"Hey Kirito, I get a bit scared at my home during the dark. It's a low class area. Mind staying the night?" She just went for it, hoping with all her heart that the outcome would be yes.

"Okay, sure. Whatever makes you feel better." Kirito was completely clueless about Sinon's intentions, though she wasn't sure about them herself. They both headed to the teleport hub near her apartment, and headed there.

That's all for now. I'm sorry I couldn't get this chapter out sooner, but school started back up from Spring Break, which means more homework T-T.