Chapter 16: A Sinic Confession
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Sinon woke up and looked around her room. "What time is it?" Sinon asked herself as she checked her phone. It was 12:43. 'It's already past lunch time, why didn't Eric wake me up?' Sinon thought. Sinon left her room and heard music coming from the backyard, she walked out and saw that on the picnic table there was a radio playing Super Massive blackhole by Muse. Eric was hitting a punching bag he had hanging from a tree. "Hey." Sinon said as she paused the music.
"Good afternoon sunshine, nice of you to wake up." Eric said as he continued hitting the bag.
"You should've woke me up." Sinon said slightly annoyed.
"I tried, but you wouldn't wake up." Eric said as he took a break. "Well anyway you must be hungry, want me to cook you something before I go?" Eric asked as he grabbed a towel and wiped some sweat from his face.
"Sure, wait where are you going?" Sinon asked.
"Me and Kirito are going to hit the gym." Eric replied as him and Sinon stepped into the kitchen.
"Oh ok, don't overdo it." Sinon said.
"I won't." Eric said as he opened the fridge. Eric cooked Sinon some lunch and then left to go meet up with Kirito.
"I see you brought a friend Eric." Mac said as Eric and Kirito walked in.
"I can't get anything past you huh Mac?" Eric asked with a smirk.
"Well I'll leave you boys to it." Mac said as he walked off to tend to some of the other people.
"Follow me." Eric said. Kirito followed Eric into the locker rooms, and after they put on some boxing gear they went to an empty ring. "Alright let's start out slow and build up speed and power over a couple of minutes." Eric said as he threw a couple of slow, weak punches at Kirito, Kirito dodged with ease.
"So what are we going to do about Laughing coffin?" Kirito asked as he kicked at Eric.
"Well first we need to find out where the leader is, then we take him out and get info on the others." Eric replied as he caught Kirito's leg and pulled him off balance.
"Ok got it." Kirito said as he quickly regained his balance.
"Kirito as much as it pains me to ask you." Eric said. 'Especially since you'll just love to mess with me about this as well.' Eric thought. "Do you know any good spots for I dunno, a date?" Eric asked as he knocked Kirito's legs out from under him.
"Ouch nice move, and Ohhh wanting to go on a date with Asada are you?" Kirito asked with a snicker as he got up and dodged Eric's punch.
"Just answer the question." Eric said as he punched Kirito in the side. Kirito quickly got up and kicked Eric in the chest, Eric stumbled back.
"Well there is a nice park that has a walking trail that looks amazing at night." Kirito said as he tried to hit Eric but failed.
"Which park?" Eric asked.
"I'll text you the location of it." Kirito said as he again tried to punch Eric but missed.
"Thanks man." Eric said as he kneed Kirito in the chest and pushed him back.
"Y-Yeah no problem." Kirito said as he gripped his chest.
"I guess I hit to hard, sorry." Eric said.
"No it's fine, I can't expect Laughing Coffin to hold back." Kirito said.
"Indeed." Eric said. After about 2 hours at the gym Eric left and headed back home. Eric walked up to his room and laid on his bed and took out his phone, Kirito had texted him the park location. Sinon poked her head into Eric's room.
"Glad to see you're back." Sinon said.
"It's good to be back." Eric said.
"Well I'm gonna go watch some tv in the living room." Sinon said as she started to walked away.
"Wait a sec." Eric said.
"Yeah?" Sinon asked as she looked at him.
"Do you wanna go to a park later tonight?" Eric asked.
"Sure." Sinon said.
"Ok, I'll talk to you later." Eric said.
"Ok." Sinon said with a smile as she walked away.
'That smile… so dang cute.' Eric thought as he started surfing the net on his phone. After awhile Eric grabbed his Amusphere and dove into ALO. Eric waked into a forest.
"Hey." Hunter called out his he ran up to Eric.
"Sup." Eric said. "So why did you call me here?" Eric asked.
"I wanna fight a super tough boss and thought I would try to get your help." Hunter said.
"Sounds fun." Eric said.
"Follow me." Hunter said. Eric and Hunter walked through the forest until they came across a weird looking, run down, old house. "According to the forums this is where it should be at." Hunter said as him and Eric looked around. Suddenly the ground started shaking and the house started to rise and connected to the bottom of the house was two big chicken legs.
"Welp I know who the boss is." Eric said as he backed up.
"Who?" Hunter asked.
"Come on man I've told you this story, house with chicken legs, in a forest." Eric said.
"Baba Yaga!" Hunter yelled as he remembered. Eric and Hunter received a notification that said they could not activate their wings of this battle and they can't leave the game or forest until they die or win. A boss bar appeared for the house, it read Baba Yaga. It had 4 health bars.
"This ain't right." Eric said as he pulled out his demon blood sword.
"What do you mean?" Hunter asked as he pulled out a green and blue Katana.
"First off nice new katana, and second Baba Yaga is the old hag not the house." Eric replied.
"Thanks, and true." Hunter said. The house ran at them.
"But I don't care if it's a house or an old hag, Chains still effect both!" Eric yelled as he stabbed the ground with his demon blood. Chains came out the ground and wrapped around the house, but the chains instantly snapped. "Oh Shi-" Eric was cut off by the house kicking him deeper into the forest.
"So I'm guessing that special effects and magic skills don't work." Hunter said as he stabbed the house in it's leg. The house moved and started trying to stomp Hunter. "Fighting this thing is annoying!" Hunter shouted as the house kicked him into a tree.
"Hey!" Eric yelled out as he cut both of the house's legs in one swipe with his Cardinal Rage sword. "Ready for round two?" Eric asked as he cut both legs again with his Demon blood. The house shook and kicked backwards but Eric jumped out the way and ran over to Hunter.
"Good to see you made it back so fast." Hunter said.
"I can't let you have all the fun." Eric said as the house ran towards them.
"Wait Eric, look at the health bars, it hasn't dropped any." Hunter said.
"Wait… That's it." Eric said as him and Hunter dodged more attacks from the house.
"What are you thinking?" Hunter asked.
"In some of the stories Baba Yaga rides in a big cauldron type thing." Eric said.
"You're right, whatever that thing was called again." Hunter said.
"So maybe she's inside the house in the cauldron thing." Eric said.
"So we have to get inside the house." Hunter said.
"Yeah." Eric said as he ran at the house. The house kicked and Eric didn't even try to dodge as the leg hit him and sent him crashing into a tree.
"Eric!" Hunter shouted as he barely dodged the house's attacks. Eric came running back and again when the house kicked at him he didn't dodge. Eric kept doing this over and over again. "Eric stop! Your HP is getting low!" Hunter shouted as he jumped out the way of the house's charge. Eric's HP was in the red.
"It doesn't matter anymore, because I know what I need to know." Eric said grinning as the house switched target from Hunter back to Eric.
"Get out the way!" Hunter yelled as the house neared Eric.
'I've got to time this just right or else I'm dead.' Eric thought. "Hunter when I give you the signal you need to run up the leg." Eric said as the he was almost in striking distance of the house.
"What's the signal?" Hunter asked as he started running over to Eric.
"You'll know it when you see it." Eric said as the house pulled back it's leg. Hunter's eyes widen as the kick neared Eric and he was still not moving. '3…2…1… Now!' Eric thought as he jolted forward and to the side of the leg.
"Move! When it brings the leg down from the air it will crush you!" Hunter shouted. The leg came crashing down towards Eric, he smiled innocently. But right before the leg hit him Eric's innocent smile turned into an arrogant grin as he used both his swords to block the leg. 'Wait, Eric's trapped the leg in a sudden position. A ramp-like position!' Hunter thought.
"Now! I can't hold it for long!" Eric yelled out bringing Hunter back from his thoughts.
"Right!" Hunter shouted as he jumped onto the leg and started running up the leg.
"What's wrong? Can't crush me so easily?" Eric asked as he felt the house try to put more force downwards onto him. Hunter jumped up off of the leg and landed on the porch of the house.
"I'm there Eric!" Hunter yelled out.
"Good! End this!" Eric yelled as he felt his strength give out and let the leg fall back and hit him, it knocked him away far into the woods.
"Eric sacrificed himself to make sure I could get up here to end it… I won't fail." Hunter said as he walked into the house.
"That was a smart tactic from such unwise fools." An old woman's voice said from the shadows.
"Show yourself!" Hunter shouted. An ancient witch stepped out, she had blueish winkled skin, sharp teeth, and a black witch robe. Hunter took one look at the witch and stepped back.
"What's wrong dearie? Does my yellow eyes terrify you?" Baba Yaga asked with a grin.
"Eric was right, old hag." Hunter said with disgust.
"How dare you insult me!" Baba Yaga shouted.
"I'll finish this quickly." Hunter said as he started walking towards Baba Yaga. Baba Yaga grabbed a staff that had a bull skull mounted on the top of it. "I'd like to see that stuff block my blade!" Hunter yelled as he brought his Katana down towards Baba Yaga, her staff blocked it with no effort. Hunter gasped with shock as he stepped back.
"My house is just to beat unworthy opponents, I am the real boss after all." Baba Yaga said as she thrust her staff at Hunter, the bull skull rammed into his chest knocking him to the ground. Hunter tried to get up but Baba Yaga kept whacking him in the head over and over again. Hunter rolled over and was able to get up and shoot past Baba Yaga. "Your struggles are hopeless and impractical." Baba Yaga said as she ran at Hunter. Hunter jumped onto a table and dodged Baba Yaga's charge.
"Magic skills don't work against your house, but you are just a hag!" Hunter shouted as he activated a flame skill on his katana. Hunter stabbed Baba Yaga and ducked as she tried to counter attack by slinging her staff around. "Have a nice trip!" Hunter yelled as he activated a wind spell on his katana and slashed Baba Yaga's feet causing her to fall to the ground. Hunter activated an ice skill. "I do hope you'll stick around, after all this is a cool house." Hunter said smirking as he stabbed Baba Yaga's chest, her HP dropped to red on the final bar. Ice came out the ground and kept Baba Yaga pinned to the ground.
"Did you close the door dearie?" Baba Yaga asked with a wicked smile.
"No…" Hunter replied confused.
"When entering a house you should remember to close the door behind you." Baba Yaga said.
"Wait I got to be careful about your pattern change." Hunter said as he backed up. The house started to shake and run around. "Whoa!" Hunter yelled as he grabbed a table to keep from flying around the room. Suddenly the table broke and the house jerked forward causing Hunter to fly right out the door and land on the ground where the house started stomping him repeatedly. After Hunter's HP dropped to red the house backed up and Baba Yaga jumped out and walked over to Hunter who was stuck in the ground.
"Well I hope you learned your lesson, not that you'll be able to use it when you're dead." Baba Yaga said as she readied her staff.
"How about I teach you a lesson." Eric said as he walked behind Baba Yaga.
"Hu-" Baba Yaga was cut off by Eric digging his sword into her back.
"I'm grouped in with people that are normally called psychos or sociopaths, and you got to double tap us. We are almost unkillable, we can get hit by trucks and still live." Eric said as Baba Yaga dropped to her knees.
"Eric how are you alive?" Hunter asked as he got up.
"I just explained it, besides that attack didn't kill me it just knocked me down to roughly 1 hp." Eric replied. The house started to charge at them. "Hunter I'll keep this house busy, you finish the hag." Eric said.
"Right." Hunter agreed. Eric leaned down to Baba Yaga.
"By the way I hope you enjoyed the free lesson, though I doubt you'll need it when you're dead." Eric said mockingly. Eric stood up and started attacking the house and dodging the kicks.
"Goodbye Baba Yaga, please Don't come again." Hunter said as he stabbed her and depleted her remaining hp, she burst into triangles. Right before the house was about to kick Eric it also burst into triangles. Eric and Hunter got a notification saying the battle was over and they won, Hunter got a mystery box.
"What's in the box?" Eric asked.
"It's a familiar item." Hunter said. "It's armor for Colada." Hunter said.
"Cool, well I need to be logging out now." Eric said.
"Alright man, and thanks for all your help." Hunter said.
"You know you can always count on me." Eric said with a smile before he logged out. Eric took off his Amusphere and checked the time. It was 9:17pm. "Whoa that boss battle took forever." Eric said. Eric got up and walked downstairs to find Sinon sitting on the couch watching TV and playing on her phone. "Hey, you ready to go to the park?" Eric asked.
"Yeah sure." Sinon said.
"Wanna go now?" Eric asked.
"Yeah." Sinon said as she cut the TV off. Eric and Sinon got into the firebird and Eric followed the directions to the park that Kirito had given to him, and after about 10 minutes of driving they pulled into the parking lot. "Whoa this park is so amazing at night." Sinon said as they got out the car. Eric checked his phone and saw a new message from Kirito telling him about a really nice part of the park that he should take Sinon.
"Hey Asada, wanna go for a little walk with me?" Eric asked as he pointed down a trail.
"Sure." Sinon said as she walked beside Eric.
'I wanna do it, but my heart rate is going too fast even just thinking about it.' Eric thought. After walking for just a few minutes Eric and Sinon came across a stunning area, there was a grassy hill with a great view of a pond that had blue lights and fountains in it.
"It's so beautiful." Sinon said as her and Eric laid down on the hill and looked out at the pond.
"Not as beautiful as you." Eric said smiling at Sinon. Sinon smiled at him.
"Smooth." Sinon said.
"I got something I want to tell you." Eric said.
"What?" Sinon asked.
"The real reason I look out for you so much and try to make you happy is, because I like you Asada." Eric said turning red.
"R-Really?" Sinon asked.
"Yeah." Eric said.
"I'm so happy to hear you say that, because I like you to." Sinon said as she snuggled close to Eric. Eric smiled.
'hmm…. I wonder…' Eric thought. Eric stood up, Sinon stood as well. "Asada I want to ask you something." Eric said.
"What is it?" Sinon asked.
"C-Can I kiss you?" Eric asked turning bright red.
"S-Sure." Sinon replied turning the same shade as Eric. They leaned towards each other until their lips met. Eric's eyes shut, Sinon's eyes were wide open at first but soon shut. Eric wrapped one arm around Sinon's waist and used his other hand to slowly run his fingers through her hair. Sinon wrapped both her arms around Eric's neck. After a couple of minutes they backed up. Eric stumbled a little. "You ok?" Sinon asked as she grabbed his arm.
"Y-Yeah, but if my heart beats any faster I swear it will jump out and start running around screaming." Eric replied. Sinon giggled.
"Well I'll take that as you enjoyed it." Sinon said.
"Sure did." Eric said as his blush was just starting to fade. Eric and Sinon laid back down on the grass, Sinon wrapped her arms around Eric and they just laid there together for a while.