"You will die come the end of this game, there will be no more escape roots ~HeathCliff" (3...2..1..) 'What? Have I read this correctly? Who is HeathCliff, and why would he want me dead... I guess he could be a she but that is besides the point... I just don't understand the meaning of this I guess, the note clearly states that I will die, but why at the end of the game? What sort of escape roots did I take, I didn't know I had taken any sort of escape root... I wonder what that could possibly be about...
Should I tell my friends about this threat of death? Should I leave it to myself? I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO! I don't want to worry any of my friends with my problems, but how would they react if I had died? Why can I now understand and communicate easily using language? Before, even after Kirito taught me, I knew only the basics, and that was why it took a lot for me to understand just a little bit about Diabel's speech... I wonder what Kirito thinks about this whole entire situation... Well, about the language thing, not the other stuff...' these questions kept swirling in my head as I thought about what I had just witnessed...
How should I take this entire situation... What should I do about my friends, I am not sure if they would care about my death but knowing that there is a death threat out there for me it may mean that someone is going to go after our entire team... Kirito, he has great combat skills, and he is one of the strongest people in the game, this could cause jealousy, and just maybe a death threat to be put on his plate as well, and what if he reacts like I am? Then what would he do in this situation, he would probably keep it to himself too, just to protect us...
Then again, I am nothing like Kirito, I am only good at fighting because of my memory in seeing way to do things... WHAT SHOULD I DO?!' as these thoughts kept circling in my brain Kirito walked into theroom, obviously through with everything that was going on with Hajime, and Yuichi, I just noticed that he has a new black cloak on... It looks really neat, and suits Kirito quite well... He sat down beside me though, and I probably looked like I barely noticed him, which is the case... to many thoughts to think about... what should I do?!
I turned to look over at where I put my sword, because I was to lazy to actually put it away, and I didn't want it strapped on my back when I went to sleep... And when I looked over there, I met Kirito's gaze, he was a few inches from my own face but he was checking out what was written on my message board... It is to late to try and explain it away now, I could tell he has already read it because he had one hand on his chin in deep thought, I wonder why he does that though, it is pretty adorable. I shook my head trying to get that idiotic thought that had nothing to do with the situation out of my head, and started thinking again, until Kirito said started talking, he seemed way calmer about the situation than I was.
"You should be alright..." Kirito said, he was still thinking though, "You have me, Hajime, and Yuichi to protect you in any situation..." he started blushing, "Anyways, I don't think that he could get close to you without having to go through us. I haven't met anyone by the username of HeathCliff" he said, now that I think about it, it is true, I have the best friends I could ever ask for and they all will look out for me, just like if any of them were in this situation, if I had found out I would protect every single one of them, even if it would cause me to die, just like Diabel... Even though he was someone that I did not know very well, this is still a situation in which I am thinking about, because I have not figured out how I survived just yet.
For now, I think I should just let my worries go and just tell everyone what the message said, because I know that they will be out there to protect me. "Kirito," I said, I want to settle something, because ever since I brought it up with what would have happened if I had died... it has been bothering me. He looked up at me, he seemed to be a bit over the situation, just like me, I looked at him, we were quite close to each other and us being so close caused both of us to blush. "What would have you done if I had died back at the boss battle?" I asked.
He looked at me like I was stupid, which is a feeling that now seemed to overwhelm me, because I felt as though I should not have asked such an irresponsible question, he looked like he was a bit angry at me now. "Don't talk like that" his voice seemed to be chocked just a tiny bit, was he going to cry? "Don't ever do something like that again, we all need you, we are a team now, and we need all our players." He was now holding a really bright blush, but I am not sure if it was out of embarrassment from what he just said, or if it was from him just trying to keep back any tears that would form.
Just knowing that he cared made me settle down a bit, and knowing that we are part of a team, made me happy, I don't care how stupid I seemed when I had found out about it, but I was so happy, I am no longer alone, no matter what anyone tells me, I will always have Kirito, Yuichi, and Hajime, my friends! I hugged Kirito, half out of trying to cheer him up, because he seemed sad, and half because I just felt like hugging him, I wanted to protect him, even if it was from his own thoughts, I just wanted to protect him.
God, I must sound so stupid right now, thinking things like this, when really, if anything, he was the one protecting me, he was protecting me just like I want to protect him, he was protecting me from my own thoughts, I finally let go from him. He clearly was now blushing of embarrassment, but it is better than when I was unsure, I heard him say something, but it was to quiet for me to hear. He seemed a bit nervous now and was looking in maybe just a little bit of a better move "I promise that I won't try something like that, as long as you guys are not in danger, if you are, I will not hesitate to do what I did in the boss room, so you guys better watch yourselves!" I said, I kind of relaxed now, because I was in kind of a happy mood.
Today, is probably one of the best days of my life, and probably one of the scariest too. Reasons why? Kirito said that he doesn't want me to ever do something like saving someone else by almost sacrificing my own life, yet, I almost died. Also, I have a death threat sent in my name, but my mind was soothed by finding out that everyone close to me will watch out for me, so I don't care how stupid, or how selfish I sound, I am happy, and today is the best day of my life, and the scariest day of my life.