Chapter 25- First Date

This chapter is a filler chapter, which is basically a chapter made to fill the void between the event of chapter 24 and the final chapter which will be chapter 28 as the time length between the two is one month. In this chapter Mikael and Sinon experience their first date as Mikael getting so helping planning it.

Mikael POV

I was pacing back and forth in his room as he thinks about what he did yesterday. 'I can't believe I did that, I have no ideahow to plan a date as well as I don't know what much about Sinon likes and Dislike. God I should have at least planned it out before I asked her but now I have only a day to plan this out and make as perfect as possible. Damn it I should have least asked her what these thing were when she told me the plan she had for the date' I thought as I recalled what happened yesterday.

(Flashback)

Both me and Sinon were sitting on the roof of Black Castle as we watched the sunset. This had become a habit of ours when we first started dating one week ago. Sinon leaned her head onto my shoulder as I brought her in closer. "This is perfect" Sinon told me. This caused me to smile as I replied "It sure is." We indulged ourselves in the peace and quiet that we rarely found due to some problem with the Black Knight that need my attention. The silence was soon interrupted by the sound of Kirito, Asuna and Yui laughing as they walked back from the Swilvane. I couldn't help but noticed that Sinon was paying more attention to them instead of the sunset. "Don't they make such an adorable family" Sinon said, still staring at them. "Yeah they do" I replied still trying to figure out why she was fixed on them and not the sunset or the fact. "Do you think we could ever be like that" Sinon asked me. "What do you mean by that, Sinon" I asked, curious of what she meant by that. "I mean me and you together with a child, our child. Enjoying time together. Will we ever be like that someday" she asked me. I thought about it for a moment, surprised that she wanted to talk about family. "Maybe, it depends do you want a child in the real world or in this world" I replied, know that both were possible since I could create an A.I like Yui as well as we could make a baby in the real world. "Well I kinda want both but I want to have a child like Yui first before we have one in the real world. What about you Mikael, what child do you want" she told me. I was taken back for a minute as I never really thought about having a family since after Azuro, I never considered fallen in love until I met Sinon. "I don't mind so long as you are happy. So if that want you want then I will grant you it" I told her, which took her by surprise as she then looked at me.

"Are you serious Mikael, can you actually create a child like Yui" she asked me. "Yeah I should be able to do so, if I take mine and your player data then I should be able to create a child that is linked to us and with the help of Alicia and Zeon then I should be able to create an A.I but she or he won't be like Yui as she as created to monitor player emotional states while the A.I, I create will have the purpose if being our child which makes me wonder. What gender would you like it to be as well as what shall his or hr name be" I told her, which caused her to smile gleefully. "Um I think I like it to be a girl and her name should be Kasai Kori" she said. Though she looked happy about what I was telling her but I could still see she as sad as she then went "Humph." "What wrong Sinon, are you not happy with the fact we are having a child together" I asked her. "I am but it just that I feel that we might be rushing thing, I mean we only been going out a week and now we are planning our future together. It just feels like we are going to fast" she told me. That when it hit me to ask her. Ii jumped up the instant I got the idea and almost knock her off the roof in the process but my arms were around her as she fell. "What was that about, Mikael" she asked me, wondering why I almost knocked her off the roof. "Oh sorry, it just that what you said made me think of something" I replied. She looked at me curiously as I then said "Sinon there is something important I got to ask." She then looked shocked as she then asked "You're not about to propose are you." I was surprised that she would jump to that conclusion as I then said "No unless that what you would like." She then smiled and replied "Not yet maybe some time in the future. So what is it you wanted to ask." "What would you to a date this Saturday, our first date" I told her only to receive an unexpected reaction from her as she then laughed before saying "Your joke aren't you, Mikael." "No I'm serious I'm asking you out on a date this Saturday, we will do all the things you love" I replied to her remark.

She then smiled before saying "Okay but we do the date like this. First my favourite activity, then we go see that movie I wanted to see after that I want to go shopping before finally a nice romantic meal just the two of us. Of course you will be paying." I nodded in response making a mental note of what she wanted to do. "Then if that we are doing then I will go out on a date, Mikael" she told me before kissing me on the lips. She then clicked on her log off button and I soon followed after her as that signalled she was going to bed and it would be rude for me not to say goodnight to her as the weekday she slept in her own room while at the weekend she slept in my room. It wasn't until the next day that I released that I should have learnt a bit more about Sinon before asking her out on a date.

(End of Flashback)

And now this lead us to my current dilemma where only have a day to plan out Sinon's perfect date that featured her favourite activity, the film she wanted to see and buying something she wanted. I began to think about how I could acquire that information. My thought immediately went towards asking Sinon herself since she was online at the moment and it wouldn't take long to find her in Alfhiem. I was about to activate my Amusphere but immediately thought 'No I can't ask her if I do that then I just prove that I shouldn't her boyfriend.' I don't know why I thought like that since I was always worrying if me and Sinon going out was a good idea after all my mind kept going back to Akuro and want happened to her. I then thought 'Right if I can't ask Sinon about the things she wanted to do. Wait I could ask Alicia and Zeon to look into Sinon internet history or background to find out what her favourite activity is, what film she wanted to see and what it was she wanted to buy as for the romantic meal I could pick one of the fancy restaurants. No I can't do that what if they find something that she doesn't want me to see or if I learn something about her that I shouldn't as well as I have already offered to take Sinon a fancy restaurant and she refused.'

I continued to pace about when it hit me, when I released who exactly could help me with this dilemma. The only couple in the Black Knight besides me and Sinon. Asuna and Kirito they will be able to help me with this dilemma after all Kirito met Sinon first and they had more experience than me on going out on date after all they had been going out a year. At the moment I realise that I put on my Amusphere before saying the two word that I said the most "Link Start." I immediately found myself in my room in Black Castle. I quickly opened up my menu and went to my friend list and found Kirito and Asuna name. I then selected the message option and click on both name so that they both would receive the message. The message said:

To: Asuna and Kirito

Emergency at Black Castle, in need of assistance right now. Please meet me in meeting room soon

From: Sabre, Commander of the Black Knight

I then went downstairs to the meeting room so that I was ready for when they arrive. Once I was sat down I soon received a reply which said:

To: Mikael

We will be there as soon as we could, just dealing with a quest at the moment shouldn't be long

From: Kirito

I was relief to hear that they would be back soon since I was worried if they were online or not as Kirito had told me that he and Asuna would be going on holiday together soon. I continued to sit there and wait for them. AS I did so Agil and Klein came through moving boxes that were probably filed with equipment and items that Agil was going to sell. It didn't take them long for them to notice me as they both walked over to where I was sat. "Hey Mikael we went expecting you to be online, what are you doing here?" Klein asked me. "Hey Klein, Agil. Yeah I wasn't expecting to be online either but I needed to get a hold of Kirito and Asuna as I needed their help with something" I told them. "Oh really you need Kirito and Asuna help. What with maybe we can help you with the problem" Agil said to me. "Sure why not. Me and Sinon are going on our first official date tomorrow and I am completely stuck with planning it. So got any advice or help for me, Agil" I told him. "Well planning the first date is difficult and I pretty sure Klien can't help you since he has never had one. Well I can't help with the planning your date as my wife and Sinon are completely different but I can give you this advice and that is just be yourself when you are on the date as it when you are like that is when Sinon fell in love with you" Agil explained to me.

I smiled at what Agil told me while Klien looked slightly annoyed at the comment Agil made about him. "Thanks for the advice Agil" I said to him as they then left the room, arguing with one another. I then proceeded to organise my inventory to pass time but was soon interrupted by Liz and Silica who had just come back from a quest that's reward was a rare material. Just like Agil and Klien, they took notice that I was sat down and came over to talk to me. "Hey Mikael" Silica said to me as they came over. "Hey Silica and Liz, how are you two" I responded as Pina came over and sat on my lap. "Oh we are both fine, we just came back from a quest and now I'm going to turn the material into a weapon that should be rally valuable. So what are you doing here alone" Liz told me. "Well I'm waiting for Kirito and Asuna to come back from their quest" I told them. They both seemed surprise that was what I was doing since I spent most of my free time with Sinon. "Wow we would have suspected you to be waiting for Sinon, especially with what the two of you will being doing tomorrow" Liz replied. "Sinon told you didn't she" I asked them. "Yep she did as a matter of fact she hasn't stopped going on about since this morning. Now why would you need to talk about to Asuna and Kirito when it Sinon you need to talk about her likes" Liz responded.

I instantly knew that they had figure out my dilemma and knew exactly why I wanted to talk to Kirito and Asuna. "Okay fine you caught me. I need up planning the date as I don't know Sinon's like and dislike so I wanted to talk to Kirito and Asuna to see if they could help since they would have been in a similar situation as me" I told them. They both laughed at me before Silica asked "Why don't you ask Sinon about her likes." I looked down before I then said "Because I don't want to show her that I know absolutely nothing about her even though she my girlfriend. I just worried that she won't see me as a good boyfriend and she will just end up dumping me" I told them, showing a side to myself I hadn't seen in a long while. The part of me that was afraid. Soon Silica came up and hugged me out of the blue. "Don't worry Mikael, Sinon won't dump you because of one date or because you don't know that much about her. Sinon views you in the same way Asuna views Kirito and she love you just as much as you love her" Silica told me before breaking away.

I then smiled at what she told me and said "Thank Silica, that cheered me up." Liz then had a grin on her face as she then told me "Well since it seems you need help with your date then I will give you this piece of information that will help. The film that Sinon wants to see is called Bullet Wars 2." I then chuckled slightly at what she had just told me. "What so funny, Mikael" Liz asked me. "Oh it just that I have been wanting to see that film also so it just funny to learn we have a similar interest expect for online gaming" I replied. They both laughed as well before taking off to get back to what they were doing. I then decided to take a nap since it seemed that Asuna and Kirito might be a while. I soon rudely awoken by someone poking me. I opened my eyes to see that it was Leafa poking me. I noticed that both Yuuki and Amy were with her. "Oh hey Leafa, Yuuki and Amy. What are you doing here" I asked them as they stared at me.

"Well Oni-Chan told me you sent him a message that said you were calling for help so I came to see what it was after all you are my cousin. As I was returning I bumped into Yuuki and Amy who were out shopping so they came with me" Leafa told me as I pulled out a drink from my inventory. I thought about what to say but realised that maybe they could help me since everyone else had done so. "Well truth be told I actually need their help planning out my date with Sinon tomorrow" I told them. Suddenly Leafa began crying before she hugged me. "What the matter Leafa" I asked her surprised at what she was doing. "Oh it nothing it just that I'm so happy to hear that you asked Sinon out" she told me while Yuuki and Amy stared at us. After a while she broke away before saying "Well since you need help I can answer one question about Sinon." "Okay can you tell me what Sinon Favourite activity" I asked her only to hear the three of them laugh. "What's so funny" I asked them as they then responded "It just funny that you would ask that since what is the one thing that all of us do the most." It then hit me as I then responded "Play Alfhiem Online." They then nodded and Yuuki said "So would that make sense as to what Sinon favourite activity is." "Yeah it does. Thanks for your help" I told them as Yuuki and Leafa left while Amy remained.

"Huh what up Amy" I asked her noticing that she was still there. "Oh nothing it just that a while ago Liz teased me about how you and I knew each other back in Sword Art Online and how I only came to Alfhiem to confess my love to you. At first I laughed since it was funny but after the world tree and the battle with Death's Blade I started to see a different side of you that I didn't see back in SAO. It was after your fight with Retribution that I realised that I may have feeling towards you but then you and Sinon started going out and I felt slightly jealous that it was her you fell in love with and not me but now that I hear that you two are going out I no longer feel jealous but in fact happy that you were able to find someone who loved you so much" she told me. Before I pulled her into an embrace and hugged her. She hugged me back before she walked off to re-join Yuuki and Leafa. 'Huh so Amy had a crush on me who would have thought it. Klein was right I am turning into my brother, attracting girls and them falling in love with me' I thought to myself before returning to my peaceful slumber.

After about an hour, I was soon awoken by the feeling of something landing on my shoulder. I opened my eyes to be greeted by the smiling of Yui. "Wakey Wakey Uncle" Yui said to me. "Hey Yui, what are you doing here and your calling me Uncle" I asked her. "Well Mama and Papa have returned and will be coming in here soon so I went ahead to see if you were here. And I called you Uncle because your Papa's Brother" she told me. It had only just dawned on me that I was Yui's uncle since she was in every sense of the word Kirito's daughter. "I know but I don't hear you calling Leafa Aunt" I asked her. "Well Leafa isn't Papa's actual sister while you are Papa's actual brother. The two of you are blood related while Leafa and Papa were raised as brother and sister" Yui explained to me, even though I already knew that I just wasn't expecting Yui to start calling me uncle. Soon Asuna and Kirito came into the meeting room, Yui was immediately excited as she called out "Mama, Papa" before turning into human form from her pixie form. Yui immediately hugged her parents as they both said "Yui." "Hey Kirito, Asuna. How are you two, I glad you could make it" I said to them who noticed that I was there. Hey Mikael, we ae good. We got you message so what do you need our help for" Kirito replied. I was about to answer when Yui said "Oh Uncle need help with his secret project." I then realised that Yui was talking about my plans for mine and Sinon child as I had asked her to see if it was possible. "Secret project, what do you mean Yui" Asuna asked her. "Yui I don't need their help with that but with a different matter" I told Yui trying to change to conversation. "Oh sorry Uncle" Yui replied, figuring out that I didn't what them to know about that. "It okay Yui, any way the reason I called you here is that I need you help with something" I said. That was more than enough to change the conversation away from my secret project.

"Okay Mikael what do you need our help with" Asuna asked me. "Well I am sure that you already know that I asked Sinon out on a date and since you two have been together for a year I thought you two could help me plan out our date" I told them. "Okay so what do you have planned out so far" Kirito asked. "Okay at the moment I have planned out so time in Alfhiem Online then we will be going to the cinema for a movie she wants to see. After that she want to go shopping for something she had her eye on but it the last part that I can't figure out. She told me she wants to have a romantic meal but I don't know where to take her. You two have any ideas" I explained to them. "Well let see, she doesn't like going out to fancy restaurants and a takeout isn't exactly romantic so I have no idea. What about you Asuna" Kirito replied before turning to Asuna. "Let me see, if it were me I would like it to be a nice home cooked meal set up in romantic way since that what we did on our second date. So leaves one question can you cook a nice meal Mikael" Asuna asked me.

They both stared at me before I responded "Yeah I cook a nice meal since I am really good at cooking since I made the picnic we had two days ago." Asuna then smiled and said "There you go Mikael, just cook her a lovely meal and set it up romantically." "Thanks Kirito, Asuna. You really helped me with my date" I told them. "Your welcome, Mikael/Brother" Asuna/Kirito responded. "Hey brother you wouldn't happen to know Argos location" I asked Kirito. "Yeah she in Swilvane right now, why did you need her location" Kirito replied. "I need her location because I need some info that she might have" I told him before I went off "Okay ell good luck brother/Mikael/uncle" Kirito/Asuna/Yui told me as I left the meeting room and headed to Swilvane. It didn't take me long to find Argo but it did take me a while to get the information I was after as she gave the friends discount which was basically she gives the information in exchange for help gaining some new information. Once I got the information I needed I began to plan out the date from what we would do on Alfhiem to when we will see the film and to what we will be having for dinner.

The date itself went perfectly. We started out on Alfhiem Online having a picnic that I prepared during the time she was getting ready for our time together. We then completed a quest that reward a bow that was much more powerful then the bow Sinon had on her. After that quest I decide to take a look at a quest that was sad to only be accessible to couples since the quest was called 'Last Love' and the goal of the quest was to reunite two ghost who were lover but to do so you need to get the ghost to appear and according some players who had completed the quest they said that they were partnered up with someone they were in relationship with and that caused the ghost appear. It turned out to be true as me and Sinon were able to complete the quest which award necklaces to the two player that glow whenever they are near one another. Once we done it, we both equipped the necklace and found it to be true as they glowed purple when we were near one another. After that I decide to take Sinon to the hot spring nearby to allows to relax before we went out to the movie. We were both in the same hot spring except it was separated by a wall big enough to block us from seeing one another which was fortunate since I doubt it was a good idea if we both saw one another in our underwear after having only been going out for a week.

After that we both made our way to Black Castle to log off. Once we were offline, we made our way to the cinema to see Bullet Wars 2 a sequel to the film bullet wars which was about this ex-soldier whose family is kidnapped by the FBI because he has knowledge about a terrorist attack the FBI plans to unless on themselves in order to blame another country for it and launch world war 3. In this film it takes place right after the first one but now, his old commander reappears after his apparent death and announce that he has taken air force one hostage and demands the nuclear codes. Both me and Sinon enjoyed the film as it was action packed and filled with explosions. As we watched the film I felt Sinon hug me during the scene where the main character confesses his love to the love interest and it reminded me of when I did it since it was right after the main villain was defeated and the love interest was worried that he would die. After the film was over Sinon thanked me and we talked nonstop about how good the film was. I was enjoying myself since I had learnt that me and Sinon had the same interest in film. After that we made our way to the mall so that Sinon could buy the thing she wanted. As it turned out it was a dress that she wanted to get, the dress was very similar to a wedding dress except it had no vial and was light blue. I bought her the dress as well as some other clothes she wanted.

We finally arrived at the best part of the date which was the romantic meal. I prepare an amazing three course meal which Sinon seemed to enjoy as she wore the dress I bought her for the meal. After that we danced with one another when I heard a romantic song being played on the radio. He date officially ended with me and Sinon watch the director cut of Bullet Wars which included all the gore that was cut out of theatrical version. We were only able to watch the first half of the fil before Sinon fell asleep in my arms. I decided to take Sinon up to her room as I turned the TV off and carried her upstairs. I had placed Sinon down on her bed and was about to head off to my room but was suddenly pulled down to Sinon's Bed. Sinon then wrapped herself around me like she didn't want me to go so who was I to argue. I then fell asleep as I wrapped my arm around Sinon think about how lucky I was to have her as my girlfriend.

The end of Chapter 25, wow this was one of the longest chapter I wrote in this story and for good reason I had so much detail to put in. This Chapter also had abit of a delay as I had problem with SAO: Coupling that I had to deal with so this chapter wasn't uploaded until today. In the next chapter, I will finally receive an answer to the question of who would win in a fight Kirito or Mikael.