After we signed up we were put into a waiting room and after a bit of time we had to quip and battle. Once the battling starts it won't stop so me and the group are going to be separated once it does. The group and I were sitting down at a table in the waiting area and the place looked like a bar in my personal opinion that had screens all over the place showing pvp highlights. The table we were sitting at was round everyone was talking to different people Zexion with Kagura talking about girls that they saw in the bar. Well Kagura was talking about them. Zexion was telling Kagura the extent of the damns he gave, Milla and Serenity were taking about a food place not in this game, and I was next to Leaf, but I couldn't say anything... It's been so hard to talk to her since I found that I have feelings for her. I want to talk, but I get nervous and I don't know what to say. When I find words in my head my lungs collapse and I never vocally express my thoughts to her. It use to be so natural. Back in the hospital, before I knew she was Sugu. She didn't really talk much either when ever she'd face me to converse her face would turn red and we would lose eye contact. I needed to talk to her. This blushing too nervous to talk to each other thing had to stop. That is not how you keep the company of someone your dating. I turned to her and a got her attention by turning her gently to face me

"Leafa I~" I managed to get out before Kagura grabbed me and pulled me over to Zexion forcefully

"This is how you can tell if someone is nervous!" Kagura pointed at me "I don't get nervous!" He yelled at Zexion. His statement made my face boil red.

"Then prove you don't get nervous by getting that girls number!" Zexion yelled at Kagura pointing at a waitress.

Kagura dropped me walked up to the girl and yelled

"Total package!"

Three minutes later

"I can't believe you got her number..." Zexion groaned looking at the digits on a piece of paper Kagura was holding.

I managed to sneak my way out of the conversation, but I landed in Milla and Serenity's conversation

"Zen there's this sushi place that Serenity told me about. After this tournament we should all go." Milla suggested

"Ok" I said rushing to get to Leafa's side, but as I did a megaphoned voice rang though out the waiting room

"Alright contestants it is time. To your left and your right are teleportation pods that will bring you to your first match. It's time for the games to begin!"

"Bye Zen" Leafa said hugging me then leaving to go to her corner.

"Good luck" Kagura left

"We're going too" Milla said leaving with Serenity and Zexion.

After they left I was alone and started on my way to get to my match. The players I passed looked tough, but that was just the random avatar system in effect. Most of these players were probably at least twenty years old and spend days straight on this game. So I had to watch myself because they'd know what they were doing. I was playing this for the first time today. I made it to the pod that was going to bring me to the match I opened it up and then equipped my weapon. In front of me in the pod on the wall there were words that read match begins and what followed that was the number thirteen and was counting down

Once the number hit zero my body was broken down into pixels and was carried over to another server of the game were the fields that were meant for PvP were. When I was brought back together I was in ruins that were above ground and broken so that you could see a forest around. There were pullers that varied in sizes all around the ruins that could be used for cover. The pillars were well split apart and had a good distance so it was safe for someone to run from pillar to pillar and not worry about being shot. The ruins were safe, but to obvious to stay in. I didn't want to be the safest player. If the person got to the ruins it would be a fair fight and I did not want that. I had a crossbow that had no aim assist and vs a gun that is automatic and does have aim assist, I'd lose in a fair fight I ran into the forest and I would try to walk on the bottoms of the trees, fallen trees and anyplace that seemed even a little quite. The floor was littered with sticks that broke off from the trees. The things break way too easily. This match was like a cat and mouse chase. My opponent and I just had to find out which animal we were. It depended on who found who. The good thing about crossbows is that they don't make a lot of noise so when I shoot my position isn't caught. I was walking quietly until I heard a stick snap from behind me. I was found first and I had no time turn around I ran giving him the information that I know he's found me. He had to act fast and waste some bullets letting me know what type of gun he owns, or he can find a new position in which to try and sneak a kill on me. I took cover behind a tree as a single bullet hit the side telling me that his gun was most likely not automatic. I heard sticks cracking in rhythm. He was running away.

I waited awhile until it was safe and I checked the area the man was for a shell. I managed to find one and I examined it. It was a sniper bullet besides that I didn't know much about guns so the model member and the name didn't mean much to me. Now that I know what type of gun I was facing i knew what type of game this was going to be in better detail. If I managed got closer to him I would have the advantage. I would imagine that he would have a smaller gun like a pistol so he is not weighed down and he would have some option for someone that would get close. I managed my way through the jungle. Looking for the guy I wasn't scared of him as much anymore. I know now that if I find him first I can see the aim detection line that comes out of the gun when you see the person firing. The lines were easier to predict me being from SAO, but if it was a machine gun. It would almost be impossible for me to dodge a bullet, but I know he has a sniper so I'm good. I started to act like a fool until I could get a shot fired at me, but I made sure that I was too fast to land a killing shot. I ran from tree to tree so that cover would be in his way whenever he wanted to shot me. He didn't fire off shots yet. He didn't want me knowing where he was. At the rate I was searching for him this was going to be too long. I ran towards to ruins to tempt him to shot at me again. I was willing to risk an arm or a leg just to find the man. I was now in the opening of the ruins running back and forth between the pillars. The guy was still not shooting. It was obvious now that this tactic wouldn't work. He didn't want to make the shot unless it was sure. I had to give him a shoot that seemed sure. I sat down in the open not guarded by any pillars. I closed my eyes and listened.

It was quite the only thing heard was the wind rustling the branches and leaves in trees, but if I concentrated enough those faded. I just listened and when I was peaceful in this state a heard a click. I immediately jumped up from my spot and rolled to the left. As I rolled a bullet hit the area I was sitting in an angle. I ran towards the opposite direction of the angle so that I could find the one who shot it. Every few seconds now I could see the aim prediction lines. Only the first shot from a sniper didn't have them. I dodged left and right as I got closer to where they were coming from. I jumped out of a bush to see a man with a hand gun. I quickly kicked the handgun out of his hand and shot an arrow thought his eye. The match was now over because the man didn't live the shot. I was force teleported back to the waiting room where I was expected to immediately call to fight again. After the first battle the rest were easy and predictable. They mostly used one gun which was probably the gun that people find to be "broken". It got easier as I got familiar with the popular guns. What took my by shock the most was that the finals would be between Milla and I. No matter what since we are both in the finals we pasted the preliminaries, but the person who won the finals would be placed in a better spot in the real final battle and I wanted that spot.

Milla passed me on her way to her pod

"Good luck." She said as she passed me "Try to entertain me and watch out for that area in between your eyes that is an instant kill for any gun."

This would be the first time Milla and I have ever fought each other. I went to my pod and equipped my bow. The match begun and I were put in a mall. The mall had stores that advertised the many sponsors every place had its own sponsor Coke, Pepsi, Sprite all the major businesses. I was in a very open part of the mall and it wasn't good there was no cover. I had to leave I turned to the exit and I found Milla pointing her sniper towards my head. The aim prediction line went right between my eyes as she fired. I dodged and took my charge towards her. She shot again and the aim prediction line was in between my eyes again. I dodged and again she shot with prediction lines in between my eyes. I just wanted to get close to get her to pull out her hand gun. I wanted a sure shot with the reload time of my bow. I got into the range where she should pull out her gun, but she defied my expectations. She started running sniper in hand towards me. I took out my bow and shot. The arrow left the bow and hit the roof. She used her hand to knock up my bow so the shot took to the air. She put her Sniper point blank to my leg and shot.

"Agh!" a surge of pain went through my leg. She quickly loaded the sniper since it was semi auto and shot a bullet through my other leg. I tried to push her, but she used the back of the gun to take me down to my butt. She got down on one knee and aimed the gun point blank between my eyes

"I said watch out for that area." She loaded the gun again "game over…"