Sorry for the late update, to make up for it I'll be posting two chapters today. I hope you guys like it :)
Standard disclaimer applies
Now on with the story~
(SAKI POV)
After we ate lunch I had to head back to my room and have a change of clothes and prepare for the convention. I wore a baby blue floral sundress that hugged my body well and went up to mid-thigh and I partnered it with a pair of black boots. I put my hair into a simple braid but my bangs still framed my face, applied a light amount of make up to my face and finally I fixed up the necklace that Sky gave me. Once I was done I looked at the time and I only had ten minutes left before heading to the venue of the convention. I grabbed the things that Tomohiko-san gave me earlier and exited my room.
In the receiving are of our suite Hana and Kyoko were both lounging there.
"Well look at the pretty little lady. Only you can make a simple outfit look so runway ready." Hana said.
"Hana-chan, you complement me too much." I said.
"I'm only saying what I think about you're get up, and you make cute look hot. I'm pretty sure Tsuna won't be able to keep his hands off you once he gets a hold of you." Hana shot back and I blushed. "What are you talking about? Sky and I aren't like that."
"Okay if you say so. I just think that you and your precious Sky sure do make a cute couple." Kyoko teased.
"There you go again. You guys sure do enjoy teasing the hell out of me." I told them while trying to calm down the blush on my face.
"We're just kidding you know that, now you have to get to that convention. We'll be there once it starts. Good luck Saki-chan." I hugged both of them before I left to go to the venue.
I was seated on a booth with a big "SWORD ART ONLINE" banner above. In front of my seat was a name plate that said "Nishizawa Saki/ASUNA" I was killing time my cast mates with them telling me what I should anticipate from all of their previous experience during cons, some of their stories were ridiculous but they assured me that it happened and it may happen to me.
Finally the doors of the venue opened and con-goers were filling up the place rapidly. I saw some awesome cosplayers and hardcore gamers. I had my can of sharpies ready because a line was already starting to grow long of people wanting our autographs and wanting to talk to us, the people that voices of their favorite characters.
I started signing whatever the fans wanted me to sign for them. All of them were so sweet I even took some selfies with some of them. Some of them wanted me to do my Asuna voice and say some certain lines for them. Some of them gave me their original fanarts, others gave me a few Asuna figmas and nendoroids. All in all everything in the autograph signing was fun. After I signed a little girl's DVD copy of the first half of the first season of SAO I noticed she was cosplaying Asuna and I can't help but want a picture with her. I grabbed my phone and took a selfie with the baby Asuna and kissed her cheek because she was so adorable.
"Can I also get a kiss on the cheek Ms. Asuna?" I heard a familiar voice say. I glanced up and saw Sky holding a DVD copy of SAO and obviously waiting for me to sign it. I just giggled in response then I asked,
"What do you want me write here?" I asked. "Anything is fine." He answered.
'Thank You For Everything SKY-KUN ❤
-Saki'
"There you go Sky" I said with a smile, "Wait. Can I take a picture with you at least?" he asked and I nodded.
I finally noticed that Hayato was behind him, and holding a camera. I stood up and leaned up slightly against the table.
"Okay in 3, 2, 1, smile." Hayato said and so I smiled then I felt something touch my cheek. I was shocked to say the least, I mean Sawada Tsunayoshi, Vongola Decimo, kissed my cheek. I know my face must be tomato red by now and I saw him smirk.
"You never answered my question a while ago so I just assumed that it was fine. Besides, I'm the one that kissed you." What a cocky bastard. I'm gonna kill him later.
Then the guy after him also asked if he can kiss me. "If you want to join that guy in prison for sexual harassment, I dare you to try." I said with a fake sickly sweet smile and I think that scared the shit out of the poor guy. Thankfully no one tried to score one with me or I wouldn't know what I would've done.
After that incident with Tsuna I couldn't be more thankful when the signing was finally over and we get to have a break. I saw Hana and Kyoko and they look like they were waiting for me. Once I reached them I immediately said,
"Sawada Tsunayoshi is so dead. Can you guys help me kill him?" I was seriously pissed off.
"Why? What did he do?" Kyoko asked.
"He kissed me on the cheek in the middle of the signing and even has a picture of it. Then the person after him asked if he could also kiss me, I had to scare the guy to prove a point that I don't want to be kissed. Tsuna practically sexually harassed me in public and he has the nerve to smirk after all that. Fucking bastard." I ranted on.
"Oh we will kill him. Don't worry about it Saki-chan, he'll wish he never stuck his pervy little lips on you." Hana said and both of my best friends were oozing a killing aura.
"Come on guys, all this unwanted stress in making me hungry and I have a long panel to be at later so I have to stuff myself now." I said.
Then we went to the various food stands in the con.
We were starting to prepare for the panel, everyone in the main cast of SAO were already backstage waiting for the program to start. Since every single one of them worked for V.E. they knew who the Decimo was and I was the talk of the group.
"Saki-san why did the Decimo kiss you like that?" one of them asked.
"It's because he's a self-proclaimed asshole that I will kill once I get my hands on him and his perverted lips." I said.
"You are one brave soul to go up against the Decimo like that." One of them said.
"I don't care if he's a God. If he ever pulls anything like that again, I will make sure he won't have the ability to reproduce." I said with a very obvious killing intent that must've scared the others because they stopped questioning me.
I calmed myself down again because the program was starting and they we're about to call the cast out and I don't want to be seen with a killing face.
'Alright, be cool. Stop thinking about it. This is your first panel so don't let those thoughts screw you up.' I took a deep breath and I was finally calm.
I heard my name being called and I can't explain the happiness I felt when I heard the amount of cheers I was getting. When I got to my sit the emcee said my name and role again and the screams just got even louder, before I sat down I blew them all a kiss to express my gratitude to all of them. The roll call of the cast continued and then the questions were being fired at us. The questions were all easy to answer and some just wanted us to do the voices of the characters but with very different lines which actually had me laughing my ass off. One of the most awkward request was having me and Matsuoga-kun, the voice of Kirito, to say 'I love you Kirito/Asuna' to each other while facing each other and in-character. The craziest one was definitely when they asked us to do chapter 16.5 of SAO which I immediately turned down.
"Let's keep things PG-13 guys, we don't want to be responsible of any innocence lost even if we don't do it." I said, that got a lot of disappointed reactions from the crowd.
"Sorry guys, there are too many kids here, and I personally feel awkward even reading the material. It's too detailed to say the least. Maybe we can do something else to make up for it." I suggested. Then someone screamed,
"Sing the first SAO Opening!" and that earned screams of approval from the others.
I glanced at the others and they were all looking at me, they we're all saying that I should sing.
"Alright, will that make up for the disappointment?" and chorus of "HECK YEAH!" was their answer. I really feel uncomfortable but I would fail as a performer if my audience is disappointed so I started singing.
Crossing Fields (A/N: this is NateWantsToBattle's English lyrics)
I always admit the ways of my cowardly past
I can't help that
And still I always act afraid
I'm oblivious and now it's back to haunt me forever
Countless skies that I've painted
Surely, this is where my heart
Finally doesn't fall apart
Won't fall apart
Jumping high from my dreams
I'll fly no matter what the cost
Today I'll find a way to shake off all the pain
Within my dreams I'll touch the sky
But I still realize I won't survive the fight
Without you by my side
You give me light when I have lost my way
I fall asleep 'cause I always find you in my dreams
I'll always be right next to you
I'll give you everything I have
The crowd erupted into cheers and hollers of happiness. Then Tomohiko-san suddenly spoke,
"You know, maybe we'll get Asuna to sing an opening next season. What do you guys think?" And that made the crowd crazier. I was just happy that everyone has a smile on their faces, and the panel continued on.
Once the panel was over we went backstage and Tomohiko-san discussed our schedule for tomorrow, I was gonna be free until 3pm because that was the time where my shared panel with Matsuoga-kun was gonna start and the premiere will be at 6pm. We all exited the backstage and I was shocked that a lot of people were still waiting for us. I saw my friends by the exit of the room and I signaled for them to wait for me as I entertained the fans.
"Nishizawa-san, will you please sign this? I idolize you so much and you're so young but you're already a great voice actor. You make Asuna seem really real." A fan said while handing his Dark Repulser over to me.
"Wow you got a really nice sword here, is it really okay if I sign it?" I asked, the sword looked legit even if it wasn't real metal but the craftsmanship in it was spot-on. "YES! I would be honored if you do!" he said while he bowed down in front of me.
"Okay, since you put it that way." I said and I signed his sword and he looked like a kid on Christmas day when I handed it back. "THANK YOU SO MUCH!" he screamed before he went his merry way.
A few more signings and pictures later, I finally was able to reach my friends, "Look at you, all famous and popular now." Kyoko joked.
"If this is what being a celebrity feels like I'd rather stay a nobody. I'm exhausted." I said.
"You did well in the panel by the way, you handled that disheartening situation like a pro." Hana commented.
"It had to be done, I can't deal with both acting out chapter 16.5 and a room full of disappointed fans. I had to make it up to them." I answered.
"Tsuna seemed to enjoy your impromptu performance there. He actually got it on video." Hana said and I snorted at that.
"I don't care, I still want to kill him." I bit out.
"We'll kill him once you get your rest, come on let's have dinner it's already 7pm." Kyoko said. And we agreed to that.