They say a true friend is someone you can rely on when everything seems hopeless, and for Shino, that person was Kazuto Kirigaya, her best - and only - friend. But Shino didn't want to rely on Kazuto as much as she did, so when beta testing opened for a new game called Sword Art Online, she submitted an application...

A SAO story but different this time Shino will be there fighting Kirito, living with him and maybe something more...

Back to a One-Shot. On their quest for Excalibur, Kirito grabs Sinon's tail as a joke. What he doesn't realize, though, is just how much this affects her and how she feels about it. Finding her distressed, he finally finds out her feelings. Characters OOC. Plz review, criticize etc.