Chapter 2: Logging into ALO
[I'm back with chapter 2, hope ya'll enjoy. Link Start!]
Eric looked around the Karaoke bar. "It's…. cozy I guess." Eric said as he looked around.
"Yo!" Kirito yelled as Eric walked into the main room. It was dimly lit, had a huge stage with spotlights, tables and chairs, food and drink stands, and a dance floor. Eric walked over to Kirito.
"Hey…" Eric said.
"So what do you think of this place?" Kirito asked.
"It's not my type of place." Eric said with a sigh.
"Well none of my friends are here yet, wanna do a song or two before the others get here?" Kirito asked.
"Nope, nope, nope." Eric said shaking his head no.
"Come on, we can do a duo song." Kirito said.
"Nope, I don't sing." Eric said.
"You can pick the song." Kirito said.
"Well let me think, no!" Eric said.
"If you say so." Kirito said. Eric and Kirito walked to a group table. "The others will be here shortly." Kirito said.
"You said I could pick the song right?" Eric asked while looking at the stage.
"Yup, knew you would give in." Kirito responded.
"Witch doctor." Eric said. Kirito nodded and they went and stood in line for the karaoke stage.
"Ok so who's the main?" Kirito asked.
"Me, I don't do side work." Eric said.
"Got it." Kirito said.
"And this is it. Got it." Eric said.
"Loud and clear." Kirito said.
"Good." Eric said.
"So can you sing?" Kirito asked.
"So so, you?" Eric asked.
"Kinda." Kirito answered.
"Ok, next in line… Eric and Kirito." The bar keeper announced. Eric and Kirito walked onto the stage. Eric picked Witch doctor and they grabbed a microphone.
"Hey, witch doctor give us the magic words!" Eric started.
"All right, ooo, eee, ooo, ah ah ting tang
Walla walla, bing bang" Kirito continued.
"Alright! Ooo, eee, ooo ah ah ting tang Walla walla, bing bang Ooo, eee, ooo ah ah ting tang Walla walla, bing bang Ooo, eee, ooo ah ah ting tang Walla walla, bing bang Ooo, eee, ooo ah ah ting tang Walla walla, bing bang Ooo, eee, ooo ah ah ting tang Walla walla, bing bang." Eric continued. At this point lots of people were on the dance floor. "Ooo, eee, ooo ah ah ting tang Walla walla, bing bang Ooo, eee, ooo ah ah ting tang Walla walla, bing bang Ooo, eee, ooo ah ah ting tang Walla walla, bing bang." Eric continued.
"I told the witch doctor I was in love with you I told the witch doctor I was in love with you And then the witch doctor He told me what to do He told me." Eric and Kirito continued.
"Ooo eee, ooo ah ah ting tang Walla walla, bing bang Ooo eee, ooo ah ah ting tang Walla walla, bing bang" Eric sung. Eric and Kirito kept singing until the very end.
"Walla Walla Bing Bang!" Eric and Kirito yelled at the top of their lungs. Eric and Kirito were both sweating and breathing hard. Everyone was clapping. Kirito noticed that all of his friends were at the table clapping.
"They're here, let's go." Kirito said as he hopped off the stage.
"That's not how you get off the stage, watch this." Eric said as he ran towards the edge. Eric backflipped off the stage and started walking next to Kirito.
"You know, for starters we sing pretty good as a team, and for someone who is anti-social you are a show off." Kirito said with a laugh as he sat in the chair next to Asuna.
"Well I agree with you about singing, and I know, weird." Eric said as he sat next to Klein.
"Man, you guys were awesome!" Klein shouted.
"thanks." Eric said.
"Ya'll should do more." Asuna said.
"Nope, I was on stage enough, You guys should do some though." Eric said.
"Well I agree with Asuna." A smaller girl said.
"Oh Eric, that's Silica." Kirito said.
"Nice to meet you, name's Eric." Eric said.
"Nice to meet you too." Silica said.
"This is Lisbeth, And my sister Leafa, plus Sinon." Kirito said as he pointed to them.
"Nice to meet everyone." Eric said. "Wait! Did you say Sinon? The number one sniper in GGO?" Eric asked.
"Yes." Kirito said.
"You shot at me!" Eric yelled as he pointed at Sinon.
"I shot at lots of people." Sinon said.
"You tried to kill me about an hour ago." Eric said.
"EricRising?" Sinon asked.
"Yup." Eric said as he nodded his head.
"Kirito watch out, this guy is just as good as you with a photon sword." Sinon said.
"Really?" Asuna asked.
"He dodged and sliced my bullets." Sinon said.
"We should duel one day Eric." Kirito said.
"I'd love to! I never got my chance to fight you in SAO, so now I can fight to kill without worrying." Eric said.
"Agreed." Kirito said.
"Well I think I'm gonna hit the dance floor and try to find my soulmate." Klein said as he went to the dance floor. Kirito and Asuna went to go dance.
"Oh and IRL call us, Keiko." Silica said.
"Asada." Sinon said.
"Rika." Lisbeth said.
"Suguha." Leafa said.
"Ok." Eric said as he looked around the room.
"Looking for something?" Silica asked.
"Food." Eric said as he got up and walked to the food stand. 'Man, all of this looks so good.' Eric thought as he looked at all of it. Eric grabbed some steak and water. Eric sat back down. Eric started eating.
"So you play ALO?" Sinon asked. Eric swallowed his food.
"I have it, just haven't started it yet." Eric said before drinking some water.
"Well all of us like meeting at Kirito and Asuna's house and going on quests, you should come." Lisbeth said.
"I guess." Eric said as he finished eating.
"Y-You finished eating that fast?" Sinon asked.
"Yeah, I am the fastest eater in the west." Eric said with a smirk.
"Now you and Kirito should do a new song." Lisbeth said.
"Not again, and I'm not breaking this time." Eric said as he shook his head.
"We will see about that." Sinon said.
'Oh god.' Eric thought as Sinon, Leafa, Lisbeth, and Silica looked at him. After a few minutes Eric walked onto the dance floor and found Kirito. "Wanna do a new song?." Eric asked.
"Yeah, and let's get Klein." Kirito said. After a few minutes Eric, Kirito, and Klein walked onto the stage. Asuna and the others watched them. Klein walked to the juke box and selected a song. They started singing You give love a bad name.
'How did I get roped into this again?' Eric asked himself in his head. 'That's right, I was ganged up on… dang.' Eric thought with a sigh.
"Shot through the heart!" They are sung as loud as they could. After a few minutes of singing the song ended and they all sat down. The girls all clapped.
"Kirito or Klein, either one of you, I don't care which but one of you needs to stick by me so I don't get ganged up on." Eric said as he looked at the girls.
"I had no part in it." Asuna said.
"Yeah your fine, but you four…" Eric said as he looked at Sinon, Leafa, Silica, and Lisbeth.
"Well everyone here seemed to enjoy it." Lisbeth said as they all laughed.
"Alright all you good people we are starting the weekly dance off and sing off battles." The Bar keeper said. "Everyone who wants to dance, come sign up." The bar keeper said. Kirito and Asuna signed up, Klein and Lisbeth did too.
"Good luck guys." Eric said.
"You should join, be our first battle." Kirito said.
"Well 1 not really a battle, 2 I don't dance at all, I can fight that's about it, 3 I have no partner." Eric said.
"Ok." Kirito said as he went and joined the other dancers.
"You know one of us could be your partner." Sinon said.
"I don't dance." Eric said.
"Yeah well then you can enter the singing battle, because you can dang sure sing." Sinon said.
'Drat, I don't wanna dance, but I really really don't want to sing again.' Eric thought.
"Tell you what, rock paper scissors." Sinon said. "You win and you don't do either, I win and you dance and sing." Sinon said with a smile.
'Well I am lucky at that game… and it could get them off my back.' Eric thought. 'But if I lose… dance and singing.' Eric thought. "Ok fine." Eric said as he stood up. Sinon also stood up. 'Ok Eric, time to win this with…. Rock!' Eric thought with a smile.
'He's the fighter type, he will go rock first.' Sinon thought.
"Rock." They said. "Paper." They said. "Scissors." They said. "shoot." They said. Eric had Rock, Sinon had paper.
'S-She has paper, I lost… welp my luck hates me.' Eric thought. Sinon laughed.
"I knew you would go for rock." Sinon said.
"That's my problem, I almost always start with rock." Eric said with a defeated face.
"Well go on and sign up." Sinon said as she sat down. Eric walked to the sign up.
'I know how to get some pay back.' Eric thought as he signed up his name, and as his partner, Asada. Eric walked back to the table. "Come on… Partner." Eric said with a smile while looking at Sinon.
"Wait me?!" Sinon asked.
"Yup, let's dance." Eric said with a smile. Sinon got up and followed Eric to the line of dancers. They stood next to Kirito and Asuna.
"Well well well…" Kirito said.
"Shut up." Eric said. Eric quickly turned his head away.
"He lost our game and he even dragged me into it." Sinon said.
"Well I look forward to watching you two dance." Asuna said. Kirito poked Eric in the arm.
"Any reason you choose Sinon?" Kirito asked Eric in a whisper. Eric looked at him.
"Not really…. I mean pay back I guess." Eric whispered back.
"Any other reasons?" Kirito asked in a whisper.
"I don't know what your implying." Eric whispered back, his voice rising a little.
"Sorry, didn't mean to strike a nerve." Kirito whispered with a laugh.
"Whatever." Eric whispered back.
"What are you two talking about?" Sinon asked.
"O-Oh, um… Nothing." Eric said.
"I was just asking why he picked you." Kirito said, he was smiling at Eric.
'I will get you for this.' Eric said in his mind.
"Why did you choose me?" Sinon asked.
"Payback, that's all." Eric said. 'Though is that really the reason? Dang it! Kirito got in my mind.' Eric thought as he shook his head. Sinon smiled at him and looked away.
'Yup, he's got a different reason.' Sinon thought.
"Alright first up, Kirito and Asuna V.S Eric and Asada." The bar keeper said. They walked into the middle of the dance floor.
"Hey, I meant it, I can't dance." Eric said.
"Fight, just fight the air and let me dance around you." Sinon said. Eric sighed as the music started. You can't touch this by MC Hammer started playing. Eric smiled.
"This is my jam! You ain't gonna touch us!" Eric shouted. Sinon smiled. The two teams started dancing. Eric did like Sinon told him to. 'Punch, punch, shoulder drop and dodge, spin jump kick.' Eric called out moves In his head.
'Wow he is picking the perfect moves right now.' Sinon thought as she danced around him as if she was dance dodging him.
"Can't touch this." Sinon said. Eric grinned. Eric dropped to the ground and started spinning but hopped up like lighting and went back to fight dancing. Kirito and Asuna was doing a mixture of slow dancing and salsa dancing. After the song ended the viewers got to vote.
"87 votes for Kirito and Asuna, and the winners for round 1 are Eric and Asada, with 113 votes." The bar keeper said.
"I am tired, I don't think I could continue." Eric said as he fainted.
"Eric!" Sinon shouted as she caught Eric.
"Well it seems like Eric and Sinon cannot go on, Kirito and Asuna advance to the next round." The bar keeper said. Leafa and Silica ran over and helped Sinon carry Eric to the table where they put him in a chair. Sinon grabbed some water and Leafa opened his mouth and Sinon poured the water in. Eric coughed a little and started waking up.
"D-Dang, my body ain't use to moving or singing like that." Eric said as he rubbed his head.
"It's ok, I'm really tired as well, it was fun though, thanks for choosing me." Sinon said with a smile. Eric nodded.
"Yeah." Eric said with a smile. Klein and Lisbeth was knocked out in the next round and Kirito and Asuna came second.
"It was fun guys, thanks for inviting me." Eric said.
"Well get ready for lots more fun, your apart of our group now." Kirito said. Everyone nodded.
"I should get home, I wanna dive into ALO for the first time." Eric said.
"I can't until tomorrow." Kirito said.
"Same." Asuna said.
"I got work soon." Klein said.
"Got to meet up with a different friend." Silica said.
"Me and Suguha are going on a trip." Lisbeth said.
"Well I can just level up, it don't matter, I need to get geared up anyway." Eric said.
"I can dive." Sinon said.
"Ok, meet you at spawn?" Eric asked.
"Yeah." Sinon said as she walked off. Eric got into his firebird and drove back to his house. Eric set up ALO and dived right in.
"I choose Spriggan." Eric said as he selected his race. Eric spawned in the town square. He had orange hair, purple eyes, a piece of armor that looked like an orange lab jacket, with a red shirt underneath, and dark camo cargo pants with blackish shoes.
"Eric?" a girl asked. Eric turned around. He saw a blue haired girl with cat ears, tail, and a bow.
"Sinon? You're a bow user?" Eric asked.
"Yup." Sinon said. "Well we should go raid a higher-level dungeon so you can get some exp." Sinon said.
"Ok." Eric said as he followed her. After just a few hours of playing Eric was high level, could use black wings, and had a cool sword with a sweet power. "I love my Demon Blood Blade." Eric said as he looked at it. It was mostly black but have some red and orange marks in it.
"It's a cool power, but a bad draw back." Sinon said.
"Yeah, I can trap my enemy in blood chains to stop them from moving, but then I can't move as long as I'm using it." Eric said.
"But at least your allies can attack through the chains to do damage without freeing the enemy." Sinon said.
"Yeah." Eric said as he sheathed his sword on his waist. "Flying is still a challenge though." Eric said.
"You get used to it." Sinon said. "Well we should go to Kirito and Asuna's house and log out." Sinon said.
"Wanna race there?" Eric asked.
"You're on." Sinon said. They both activated their wings and took off. Eric was first by a split second.
"That was to close." Eric said as his wings disappeared.
"Yeah, but congrats on winning." Sinon said.
"Thanks." Eric said. They both went inside and logged out. "Well I should get some food and go to sleep, at least I get to see Kirito at school, that's pretty cool." Eric said as he started fixing food. Eric ate and when to sleep. Eric dreamed about being back in ALO. Eric smiled in his sleep.