Blade X: A Day with Friends

'She's doing it... She's still doing it,' Ragna the Bloodedge thought to himself in mild annoyance.

He was on floor Nine the next day with Asuna at a local Inn where the two had decided to have lunch outside, just the two of them. The Reaper had spent most of the morning having breakfast and playing a little with the kids, but had then gone back to the front lines to try and clear a dungeon. He'd managed to map out the area, but it had turned out that someone must've clear it before him that day. Non-floor boss chambers were different than regular chamber because the bosses in them respawned at midnight everyday, leaving it open for more players to get some rarer items or fast XP.

Back to Ragna, the Reaper was trying not to look at Asuna for one very specific reason. She was smiling. Now Ragna wasn't against the idea of her smiling at him, it beat the hell out of her glares she'd sent at him, but this still made him feel uncomfortable. Her smile was bright, cheery, and she'd been doing it since she'd gotten here. Ragna sighed, now knowing there was no way he couldn't ask the question.

"Okay I'll bite, what're you so damn happy about?" Ragna knew he probably wouldn't like what he'd hear, but at least he'd stopped being bugged by wondering what it was.

"Nothing much, I just got some good news and I felt like celebrating," Asuna told him playfully. Ragna narrowed his eyes, Knights of the Blood Oath, Second-in-Command Asuna was acting playful? This reaked of trouble for him.

"You decided to celebrate. With me. Not one of your other friends." Those weren't questions, Ragna was merely stating facts. Part of him wanted to just get out of here and find something else to occupy his attention (that part of him was also complaining that it'd never taken their food this long to arrive), but the larger part of him knew he needed to get to the bottom of Asuna's game. "Out with it then, what's this good news you heard about?"

"I just heard that the group of kids that were trying to survive on floor one were finally given a good home to stay in after just being saved from a group of extortionists," Asuna said, never dropping her smile for a moment. "I guess someone with a good heart must be looking out for those kids."

"I guess we should thank Dark Shield for all of their donations to the less fortunate," Ragna said passively, not giving her an inch. Now part of him was peeved that Asuna was making a big deal out of it while the other part was trying to figure out how she'd known it was him.

"I don't think it was Dark Shield," Asuna told him. "I'm pretty sure it was a solo player who keeps trying to insist that he's a lone wolf and not a good person, but never seems to live up to that claim." Ragna said nothing, he even refused to look at her. "Oh come on, you can at least fess up."

"Why are you making such a big deal out of this? I was there, I gave some of my col, end of story. I don't need anyone glorifying it, least of all you or Argo."

"Do you even realize what you've done?" Asuna decided to ask and Ragna shrugged. "Unbelievable. I guess you'll deny the entire hero persona until the game's cleared."

"Glad you finally noticed," Ragna said to her, crossing his arms. "But tell me, how the heck did you figure out that I was the one who bought the church."

"Well I ran into Agil yesterday evening after I finished the work with my guild. We didn't talk long, but he offhandedly mentioned that you were heading off to floor one. When I later heard the news that an official orphanage finally opened up I knew that it couldn't be a coincidence."

"Backstabber," Ragna muttered under his breath, referring to Agil.

It was then that the food finally arrived. Ragna was trying to save his money so he'd just order some vegetable stew and some bread. Asuna had ordered a salad for herself, but Ragna was trying to figure out why she was doing that. The only one who had to watch their weight in the world was him and he was burning off plenty of calories with all of the fighting he'd done.

"So how's progress in your guild going?" Ragna decided to ask before starting on his stew, trying his hardest to change the subject.

"There's been no problems for us so far, but it looks like we're starting to get competition from the Holy Dragon Alliance. They managed to clear three dungeon on the floor yesterday alone, and all of their members are out in the field trying to get as much experience as they can."

"Three dungeons in one day?" Ragna questioned. "That seems pretty ballsey, even for one of the top three guilds."

"I guess they were beginning to feel threatened by the other two guilds and probably you at the same time. But the thing that has me worried is the players who were clearing the dungeons. I saw a group of them come back looking like they'd just marched through hell and they all looked downcast, some were actually crying like they'd lost someone."

"Sadly I was figuring that would happen," Ragna told her as he continued eating. "Three dungeons on the frontlines is risky, especially when the dungeons and the floor itself are so new."

"It gets worse," Asuna said, putting her fork down. Ragna stopped eating his own food for a moment to look at her. The smiling Asuna from earlier was now gone, replaced by one with a hurt expression on her face. "The main guilds usually post a summary of what they've accomplished that day. It's pretty precise account of information."

"And the players lost count?" Ragna asked, preparing for a high number.

"Zero," Asuna said her hands balling up into fists in anger. "That guild was responsible for sending who knows how many players to their grave yesterday and they won't even admit it."

"Bastards," Ragna cursed, before letting out a sigh. "Have people started talking yet?"

"Not yet, but I think the guild has realized part of it's mistake. Everyone's still in the field, but I haven't heard any news about new dungeons being cleared. That still doesn't make what they've done just vanish."

"No it doesn't," Ragna agreed, his tone starting to turn dark as well.

Trying to get out of the gloom she'd unintentionally brought, Asuna tried to change the subject. "What are you doing after this?"

"I'm actually meeting up with an old friend to explore around the floor and try to gain some levels. You want to come with?"

"Afraid I've got guild work, but maybe another time. By the way, Heathcliff told me that he'd have another job for you, so be ready. You still have the Knights of the Blood Oath uniform he gave you, right?"

"Yeah, I've got it," Ragna told her, a bit ticked off at that. "Why does he insist I keep playing dress up?"

"Status, remember?" Asuna reminded the Reaper. "It lets the other players know that you're aligned with us and since they see us as more powerful because of it, they're more likely to join us."

"Well it beats having them join the Alliance, so I guess I'll play mannequin for now," Ragna accepted as he tore into his bread. "Plus, the bonus I get for it is a nice boost."

"I don't know why you keep insisting on getting paid to wear that," Asuna sighed. "You look pretty good in it, very heroic actually."

"When you wear this coat through as many life and death situations as I've gone through, you don't give it up easily. If this coat can get me to max level, I'll wear it until I beat this damn death game." Ragna took a drink from the beer he'd ordered, downing the last of the tankard. "So outside of combat and floor clearing, how have you been? Only time I ever see you is when you've got a job for me or we're about to take down a boss together."

"I've been doing alright," Asuna told him. "But I've had a few... annoyances lately."

"Annoyances? Like other guilds trying to get you to fight for their team?" Ragna asked as he took another bite of his stew. He'd remembered what'd happened in the fields a few days ago when he was with Lisbeth and Argo, so he could see some gamer trying to convince the Second-In-Command in a similar matter.

"Actually, it's more along the lines of players proposing to me," Asuna told him seriously.

Immediately Ragna doubled over and began choking on the bite he'd taken. Asuna looked on worriedly as Ragna continued to cough in one arm while hitting his chest repeatedly with the other. She quickly offered him her partially drunken glass of water, which he took and downed, seeming to recover after that.

"Someone's seriously proposing to you? Now?" Ragna asked, his voice a little hoarse from his coughing. "What did the promise you oh Asuna, run away with me? Together we can avoid fighting on the front line and have seven kids after everyone else clears the game for us or some shit like that? I can't believe some ass would try to propose to you while we're in the middle of a game. Can't he wait for you to shoot him down until we're out?"

"Actually he was talking about an in game marriage," Asuna decided to elaborate.

"You saying you could get married in this game!?" Ragna asked in surprise. "Holy shit, that's deep."

"Yeah, I guess it is," Asuna admitted. "So, now that you know about that, any ladies that you're thinking about proposing to?"

"No, I don't have anyone I'd want to marry and as far as I'm concerned no one wants to spend the rest of their life with an ass like me anyways." Ragna and Asuna sat in silence for a moment not saying anything before Ragna got out of his chair. "I've got to get going. Dungeons to explore, bosses to beat, shit like that."

"Yeah, don't keep your friend waiting," Asuna told him as she stood to leave as well. "Lunch was nice, we should do this more often."

"I guess, just don't expect for me to pay every time. I'm getting wiped out with all of the meals I've been getting mooched off of."

"Yeah, got to save some money for those kids you're helping," Asuna said, teasing him with a smile.

"Shut it Lightning Flash," Ragna retorted as he walked off. "Later."

"No one willing to spend the rest of their life with him," Asuna said aloud to herself as she noticed a group of female players spying on Ragna from afar and giggling, the Reaper appearing completely oblivious to it. "He's got to be the most thick headed person I know at picking up signals."

*Later*

After making his way through town, Ragna finally managed to get through the crowds and make his way to the town's south entrance. There he found his contact waiting for him.

"Isn't it a bit risky for one of the top guild leaders to be out in the open without an escort?" Ragna asked mockingly.

"You have no idea how hard it was to convince the others to let me go alone on a rare day to myself, but they eventually saw reason," Diabel said to the man who'd saved his life back on floor one. "They have a hard time distinguishing duties of guarding me with 'babysitting' unfortuantly."

Diabel's equipment had undergone a significant upgrade since Ragna had last seen him. While he still wore the Coat of Midnight Ragna had given him after he'd beaten Ilfang, Diabel had gotten the materials he needed to upgrade the equipment to improve it's defense. The kite shield he currently carried on his back was made out a dark metal and called the Abyss Barrier. He carried a bastard sword which he managed to wield with a single hand despite its larger size. Unlike the other parts of his gear, the blade was made of a pure white metal, but had insignias made of a black metal on top of it to make the kanji of 'Guardian' atop the blade.

"Looks like your wardrobe's gone through a couple of upgrades," Ragna said with a smirk. "Hopefully you haven't decided you'd spend all of your time focusing on upgrading your weaponry."

"Of course not, I've been going to the front lines every day in order to train myself, both with small teams and on my own. I may be in charge of leading my guild, but in the end I'm still one of the fighters. One of the better ones if I'm being honest."

"I'll decide to believe that once you've shown it," Ragna told him. "By the way, good job sending donations down to the kids on floor one. You've helped them out a lot."

"Yeah, but I'm pretty sure my donations pale in comparison to the one you just made," Diabel said with a chuckle, causing Ragna to roll his eyes. "But I digress, I invited you hear today so we could explore this floor. We'd better leave now if we want to beat nightfall on the way back."

"I guess," Ragna said as he cricked his neck. "All right then, this is your show so lead the way. I'll just follow along in case I need to beat anything's ass."

"That's the idea," Diabel said as he took his kite shield from his resting place and equipped it on his left arm before forming an official party and heading out of the safe zone. Ragna followed behind as the began walking through the plains of floor Nine. "By the way, I heard what you did on Floor Seven and Eight. I'm glad you're going through the floors at such a rapid rate, but something's been striking me as odd."

"What's that?" Ragna asked.

"The boss you took out on the eighth floor, the one Asuna called Grendel, I've been to a few of the dungeons on this floor, and I've fought a few of the bosses myself, but none of them seemed to come even close to what you faced."

"Are you saying we just made this up?" Ragna asked with a glare. He hadn't expected Diabel of all people to be accusing him of something, least of all doing his damn job.

"No, I'm only stating the facts. I've actually read Beowulf during school, and I know what Grendel was capable of, but it still seems strange that it's so much stronger than anything we're facing on the floor after it."

"What do you mean?" Ragna questioned.

"You were level 28 when you fought it, right?" Ragna nodded at Diabel's question. "Yesterday we had a group of novices, all four of them only level 19 manage to take down one of the dungeon bosses. They used up a lot of healing crystals, but other than that it was an easy fight. I think you just got unlucky with the boss you fought."

"Like the game's trying to off me or something," Ragna groaned, knowing very well that it could actually be true. To make matters worse, Diabel didn't know about the second boss that had shown up after he was already weary from the first encounter.

"Please, you got unlucky once and you still managed to beat it," Diabel told him. "You've got armor, a weapon, and several powerful skills accessible only to you! You probably can't even name me one other time when the game screwed you over."

Flashback

Grendel's mother, Hag, gave one final scream as Ragna plunged Blood-Scythe into her expressed torso. Ragna roared as he then slashed the blade upwards, cutting from where he'd impaled the monster, all the way to her head, causing Hag to shatter into light fragments. Ragna kept his sword out and tried to stand. Only when the 'Congratulations,' announcement came up did he allow himself to relax. He'd thought that had would've been an easier boss than her son due to the lack of an enchantment, but that wasn't the case. Not only did Hag's attacks cover a larger range and deal much more damage, her speed was at an ungodly level making dodging nearly impossible, and that's not even touching on her health or regeneration rate.

Ragna had finished the fight, but it hadn't been easy. His BlazBlue was in constant pain and threatening to take over his body, which was covered in blood and fully battered. He'd ended the fight with only 27 hit points left, and while he was getting healed now, he still hurt all over.

'Damn it, that thing was tough,' Ragna thought to himself as he focused his energy on trying to calm down the BlazBlue. In order to win the fight he'd had to overuse almost all of his techniques using it and that was starting to cost him. By the time the war ended Ragna practically had complete control over his arm, but now he had about as much control of it when he was training with Jubei.

'I couldn't dodge those attacks and blocking with my sword nearly got me killed,' Ragna thought to himself. 'Here I fought with everything I had, but I still don't have all of my techniques. If I still had my old Dead Spike ability I'd-'

A system notification then appeared in front of him, telling him that he'd reach level twenty-nine. Ragna pressed the notification to check what skill the specifics. Aside from the obvious increase to his stats, he'd also managed to obtain a new ability: Barrier.

Ragna's eyebrows twitched as he read the description. Call a barrier into existence to completely nullify enemy attacks. Will expire eventually, but will then recharge itself over time. Ragna was silent while he angrily thought about the punishment he'd taken when he'd barely been able to defend himself against Grendel when the monster had him locked in a barrage of smashes or when Hag had used move after move against him and he had little way of defending himself.

"WHERE WERE YOU FIVE MINUTES AGO!?" he shouted at the screen.

End Flashback (Cue Guilty Gear 2 Overture Keep Yourself Alive)

"You'd be surprised," was all Ragna said in response to Diabel's earlier statement. He heard rustling coming from the bushes beside him and saw a group of gnolls emerge from the thicket. "Looks like we've got company."

"Looks like it," Diabel said as he took his sword out of its sheath and got into a ready stance. More Kobolds emerged from the vegetation on the other side of the two players, effectively flanking them. "I'll take the half on my side."

"You sure I won't have to cover for you?" Ragna asked with a small smirk on his face.

"You wish," Diabel countered with his own smirk before rushing forward at his opponents. All of his group of Gnolls leapt at him, but Diabel managed to execute his attack first. His sword glowed a golden hue as slashed across two of the Gnolls, effectively destroying them. Several others broke through and attempted to hit him, but Diabal stood ready with his shield and took all of their attack with ease. He then forced the gnolls off of his before cutting most of them with his own sword. He then bashed one of his opponents with his shield as it too glew gold and finished it off before turning and performing a powerful spinning slash to finish the rest of the group off.

Ragna's strategy for dealing with his group of foes included a mix-up of his unarmed strikes along with his sword slashes. He started off by striking a group of the Gnolls with a powerful roundhouse kick before grabbing out Blood-Scythe and slashing with the sword in a second spin, effectively finishing the group off. "Gauntlet Hades!" Ragna shouted as he performed a powerful kick to a nearby Gnoll before finishing it off with a spinning back kick. He then performed Lunge and struck three more Gnoll's across the chest before he raised his sword and finished them off with a Power Smash, sealing the kills.

The two may have cleared the immediate area of monsters, but both of them noticed a group of Gnolls further down the path. Ragna gave Diabel a simple nod and the two ran for their next group of enemies. Ragna took advantage of attacking first this time performed his classic Carnage Scissors technique, destroying most of the enemies. Diabel then followed up behind Ragna with a Lunge, scoring hits on multiple Gnolls. He then activate a double slash technique to finish the final two of instantly.

"And here you thought I'd slow you down," Diabel smugly told Ragna. "If anything, I'd say I'm keeping up just fine."

"Maybe," Ragna said before taking his sword out and activating Spiral Blade. The Grim Reaper then tossed the sword into the thicket where it cut through and destroyed several Gnolls before several more leapt out of the thickets and surrounded the two, their numbers much greater than before. "But something tells me we aren't done here yet."

"Seems like it," Diabel said as he turned with his back facing Ragna. "I count twenty-seven, how about you?"

He then heard a sound of monsters shattering and looked over his shoulder just in time to see Ragna's blade return to his waiting hand. "Twenty-three. Guess you miscounted."

"Pretty sure when you next count that number's going to be zero," Diabel commented with a cocky grin.

"Let's make sure of it." The two gave a small battle cry as they rushed their opponents.

Later (End theme)

Ragna and Diable walked back into town well after 10 that night, both of them having defeated a great number of Gnolls. The number was enough that Diabel managed to hit level 28 and for Ragna to still get a serious amount of XP. Fighting in a two man party wasn't as bad as Ragna had thought and Diabel had proven to be a fearsome combatant.

"Thanks for helping me get some extra levels in," Diabel told Ragna. "I notice it's much more fun doing combat with someone who doesn't expect you to be so serious all the time."

"Yeah, well the feeling is mutual, even though I'm more brooding than serious" the Reaper told him with a smirk.

"I guess, but I still need to ask a favor from you." Ragna motioned for Diabel to go on. "The church down on floor one could still be harassed by players for all we know. If you ever have the time, I was hoping you could be there to let others know it's under your protection."

"No problem, I was planning on heading back there soon anyways." He then looked ahead toward a busy city street and saw a crowd surrounding a few members of the Knights of the Blood Oath, Asuna being one of them. "What do you thinks going on over there?"

"Can't really say, but go ahead and check it out if you want. I'm heading back to my headquarters in Tent Town, but I'll be in touch."

"Yeah, go on and get back to your guild, who knows how late you are for curfew?" Ragna said with a chuckle, egging on the Guild leader somewhat. Diabel merely rolled his eyes with an exasperated smile as he left for the teleportation platform.

Ragna wasn't really planning on seeing what all of the commotion was about, but an Inn was just down the street past the crowd, so he decided he'd at least pass by. As Ragna walked closer he started to hear what one of the guild members (not Asuna) was saying to the crowd.

"No please, it was our pleasure," he said, trying to create some sort of supportive spirit that they were already getting. "If it wasn't for the support we've gotten from all of you, we'd never be able to clear floors as quick as we all are."

'So they managed to clear a floor boss,' Ragna thought to himself. 'Let me guess, the hero of the day is...'

"And of course we can't forget Asuna who managed to go above and beyond today, not only finishing the boss but saving all of our lives while she did it! Give her a hand everyone!"

'Called it,' Ragna thought to himself as the crowd applauded.

"Listen Reku, it was nothing," Asuna tried to tell the black haired swordsman in heavy armor, but neither he nor the crowd seemed to listen or care.

"But Asuna..." Reku began, his tone becoming more serious for a moment. "You saved my life and I've noticed us getting closer these last few jobs we've been working together on..."

'And here it comes. Wonder how Asuna's going to shoot this one down...'

"If this is about marriage then I'm not interested," Asuna cut Reku off.

'Wow, right out of the gates. She ain't screwing around.'

The look on the swordsman's face was absolutely priceless as he just stared at her with his mouth gaping open. Ragna chuckled, apparently Asuna didn't mess around when it came to marriage.

"B-But Asuna, can't you at least consider my offer?" Reku said, now trying not to look like a fool in front of the crowd. He'd thought that if he'd proposed to Asuna in front of a large crowd after she'd save his life he'd have a good chance of getting her to say yes, but now she was just embarrassing him.

"Look, I saved your life, we work together, but I. DON'T. KNOW YOU. Try asking someone more than two weeks after you met them." With that Asuna walked off the crowd was having a bit of a laugh at Reku's expense, but Asuna didn't get far before she ran into Ragna.

(Cue SAO Gracefully)

"Maybe they should change your name from Lightning Flash to Cold Heart," Ragna suggested with a smirk.

"Well to be honest Ragna, I didn't enjoy doing that," Asuna said, her eyes giving off a slight glare.

"Could've at least heard him out," Ragna mentioned. Noticing that Asuna's glare was intensifying at him Ragna let out a laugh. "I'm only kidding, he got what was coming to him."

"I'm just tired of people acting like they know me after fighting alongside me for barely a week and thinking that they can propose to me just like that. I guess they're just interested in my inventory."

"… Is that code for something or do they mean your actual inventory?" Ragna asked before Asuna jabbed him in the chest with her fist. "Hey, hey, I was just asking. But what does inventory have to do with anything?"

"When two people get married they have shared inventory, meaning anything they owned previously is now available to both parties. It makes sense, but I guess it makes way for some real scumbags."

"You certainly seem to take it seriously," Ragna commented. "Don't tell me you've given some thought to actually getting married."

"If the right person comes around I might," Asuna told him truthfully. "But until then, I'm happily single. By the way, I talked to Heathcliff earlier and it looks like he has a job for you after all. Try to come by the guild close to nine tomorrow, he'll fill you in on the details there."

"Sounds good, you guys still located in tent town?" Asuna nodded at the question. "Alright, I'll see you then and I'll be sure to wear the suit. Anyways, I'm gonna get going. Time to get some re-" Ragna was interrupted by low growl that came from his stomach.

"Didn't have dinner?" Asuna asked with a smirk of her own.

"I was out in the fields, give me a break." Ragna's cheeks were tinged with the pink of embarrassment, but he tried to downplay his actual hunger. He was STARVING.

"Here," Asuna said, taking something out of her inventory. Ragna took the item in his hand and realized to his surprise that it was a few rice balls, or onigiri.

"Where the hell did you find this?" Ragna asked. He'd been looking for different types of food whenever he got an actual meal in, but he'd never encountered these anywhere he went.

"Made it myself," Asuna said with a smile. "I just took up cooking as sort of a side hobby and started out by making these."

"So these are your first creation as a master chef," Ragna noted. "Don't you want to try them yourself?"

"I'd much rather get someone else's feedback on it, and besides, you need it more than I do right now."

"I guess," Ragna said as he put the item's in his own storage. "I'll let you know how they were when I see you tomorrow. Night Asuna, and good job with the boss."

"Night Ragna," the Second-In-Command said as she headed off for her own in.

Later

Ragna lay in the darkness of his bedroom at the Inn, just after having what had to be the best thing he'd eaten in Sword Art Online. Ragna couldn't the last time he'd stopped to enjoy something as simple as sweets, either here or in his own world. As he lay in bed, his thoughts drifted of to Asuna.

'The right person huh?' he thought when he'd asked her if she'd ever marry. 'Well I hope she finds him. After all she'd certainly deserve someone to make her happy and she's got everything to make them happy too. Kind heart, strong willed, even if she does have kind of a frosty exterior.' Ragna grinned smugly at that last remark. 'Maybe I won't be able to keep her as a friend after the game's over, maybe I will, all the same though...

...I'm glad I met her.'

Author's Note: Don't own SAO, BlazBlue, or the Guilty Gear Music I put in here.

I know I said I'd be updating Reapers game next, but I had ideas for this and I decided to go off of them. (I might do another chapter within a week).

I was talking to a friend of mine earlier and he and I got to talking about the magna of SAO called Progression.Since it's already going, I'll warn you I won't be following that at all, but if you want a better idea of the SAO system, be sure to check it out if you can find it easy (As far as I'm concerned we're doing two separate things here since I'm including our favorite Reaper).

I'm considering taking down the poll now, it's obvious that the Harem option is going to win. It already has 16 votes (not including those in the comments) and the others barely have five.

Be sure to leave a comment on the chapter itself and leave a comment if you want Sasha to become a fighter or any style ideas for her. Personally, I'm just think a one-handed longsword.

Also, to everyone thinking that Asuna, Liz, and Argo were too young (which they kind of are) keep in mind that it's JAPAN. The marrying age is pretty young and I'm pretty sure the game doesn't really need to abide by those rules necessarily.

Comment Reviews (There were a LOT this time, I LOVE IT!):

Ayy Imao: Looks like you'll get your wish, the Polls are more or less definite at this point.

Neutral: Yeah, he may have a close encounter, but keep in mind that the limiter he's using is going to be lessened.

Guest(1): NO! Anything but whiny reviews! I'll give you what you want because you asked me and not totally because everyone else voted for it.

White Knight of Truth: Ragna ain't a pimp, but I guess there's no telling who's first. As far as secrets go, it takes a lot for this guy to open up that much. Don't worry about drowning me in advice, even if I can't use it in this story, there are still other ways of applying it.

Reborn Chance Girl: Not sure about Jin finding out he's an uncle or about Yui, but we'll see what happens.

animeandgamerlover2 and The Antic Master: Short and sweet reviews.

speedking535: Like I said above, Ragna can keep his secrets, but if he get's close enough to anyone he should end up telling. It's just a matter of time.

guest ex: ALL HAIL THE REAPER!

BloodedgetheReaper2113: You and the rest of the readers it seems.

TheFallenGeneral: That he does. Plus, I think after awhile the girls will be more than willing to give it to him.

X the Reaper: You get all three of your choices, which is essentially saying you get the Harem ending. Ragna wasn't given a handicap, he's always had it since he got here. It's just that now he has a gauge showing how close he is to corrupting the Azure.

Moby Trick: Silica is less of a waifu and more of a sisfu (this will now be a thing). The wagon is getting pretty full now.

Indirect01: Nope. Blood Kain, Deadspike, Infernal Divider, and Inferno Eradicator (an unlimited move) have yet to be unlocked. You'll see all of those and more later on in the story.

adv: Ragna's good with kids. Maybe Luna's just jealous he won't spend any time with her.

Hudson Yang: Even fate agrees, we MUST have a harem!

Sardine power: It's almost definitely going to be a harem fic, but even in a harem, all of the girls will still get their independent screen time with Ragna.

Hong Cong: I see the theme too, and I guess you'll see more of it later. Ragna will be spending plenty of time in the church later on.

Gman: This won't be going to season two sadly, I sort of gave up on SAO there (Sugo didn't help), but I guess I would enjoy seeing Ragna beat the creeps ass.

TheGrayKing27: I LIVE! Other stories will be coming close, but I haven't read that fanfiction. Too much time spent writing to read.

Until next everyone! Ciao.