Hey guys, here is Chapter 2. I'm pretty sure that I said before how Im gonna pace this story. Each main character will narrate a chapter. This one is Ryder. Everyones favorite, lovable, albeit easily angered, and scary white haired girl. Also, I will extend past SAO and continue in ALO, possibly GGO, and I will make another game up for them to play. As well as go in detail of IRL.
Disclaimer: Dont own Sword Art, just my original characters. And the group I put in this chapter. Theyre mine also.
Kitass took me to floor 22 for our anniversary. He promised a work free day, that he would handle everything. Nothing would interrupt us. He couldn't have known what we would face that day. The truth, scary, and real. But very, very exciting. Our future. Together, now, and forever. At least that was our plan.
"Here we are!" Kitass exclaimed, energetically, as he motioned to the large lake. Ryder smiled.
"Its beautiful! Thank you for taking me here Kitass." Ryder said, placing her hands behind her back. Kitass smiled at her, and placed his arm around her, he led her down to a blanket lying on the grass, then sat her down.
"Here. I made these. But my cooking skill is terrible." Kitass said after he sat down. He opened his inventory and materialized a few sandwiches, some rolls, and two glasses, and a bottle of tea. "Here. Its as close to the kind you make as I could find." Kitass said, as he poured her a glass of tea. She took a sip.
"Its not as good as mine, but I like it. Thank you." Ryder said, before kissing him on the cheek.
"You're welcome. Here, try the sandwich too, I hope you like it." Kitass said, Ryder smiled, and took a bite out of a sandwich, she smiled.
"You did a good job. This is so romantic. You making me food for once. And US sitting here by the lake, like we're the only two people on the floor." Ryder said, before resting her head on him, he smiled.
"Hey! Ryder, Kitass! Is that you?" They heard a voice call from behind, slightly annoyed Ryder turned her head to glare at the intruder. It was Asuna, and Kirito.
"Hey, what's up?" Ryder asked, slightly angry at them for interrupting.
"Whoa don't bite. We were just passing through and saw you two love birds. We wanted to say hi." Kirito said, smiling at the two, Ryder smiled.
"Oh, I guess it's okay. I forgive you two." Ryder said, sighing, before glaring at them. "You said hi, so get out of here." Ryder said bluntly, Kitass sighed.
"Its our anniversary, and we kinda wanted to spend it alone." Kitass explained for his blunt wife, Kirito nodded.
"That's fine. We have to get going. We have to enjoy our honeymoon while we can." Asuna said, tugging on Kirito's black shirt, he nodded, then waved at the two love birds. They walked away. Ryder smiled at Kitass.
"Do you have to be so blunt all the time?" Kitass asked her, Ryder shrugged.
I remember our first night as a team. Me and Kitass had to camp out in the wilderness. Luckily he was prepared with a survival tent from the starter town. But he did use all his money on it. We couldn't stay at an inn until we finished two quests. I had all my money stolen by another player. Don't know who they were though. Anyway that first night, I got so angry at him.
"Stop moving!" Ryder snapped, the tent was small, their backs were to each other. The slightest movement disrupted both of them.
"I'm sorry, I just can't get comfortable." Kitass said, in a exasperated way.
"Maybe you'd be comfortable sleeping outside!" Ryder yelled, Kitass glared at the darkness in front of him.
"Why are you always so angry?" Kitass asked.
"I'm not always angry. I just want to sleep. Shut up, and stop moving so I can do that." Ryder said, in finality.
"Grumpy." Kitass said quietly.
"What was that you little bitch?" Ryder snapped, Kitass laughed a little bit.
"Nothing." Kitass said, smiling. Ryder elbowed him.
"Shut up." Ryder ordered.
"No." Kitass said, Ryder growled in anger, and elbowed him again, harder.
"Shut up." She said, her anger increasing, along with the authority of her voice.
"Hmmmm, No." Kitass said, Ryder started breathing faster, as her anger increased with each passing second.
"I swear. I will kill you if you don't shut the Fuck up so I can get some fucking sleep!" Ryder yelled, Kitass frowned.
"Hey, don't yell. You could alert the monsters in the area." Kitass said simply, Ryder growled in anger once again.
"You think I give a shit? I hope they come, so they can kill you." Ryder spat.
"Okay, now that's a bit harsh." Kitass said. Ryder glared at the darkness.
"I threatened you earlier. That was more harsh." Ryder said.
"Oh, I know you could never hurt me." Kitass said. Ryder made a surprised noise.
"You don't know that." Ryder said, in a quiet voice.
"Yeah. I do. Anyway, I'll shut up now." Kitass said, before shifting slightly to get more comfortable, it didn't work.
Yeah, that first night... That was the earliest signs of love, the pure honesty in his voice is what struck me. It made me realize that this is more then just a game, this is our lives now. We have to make the most of it. But I didn't really do that until I got with Kitass.
"You wanna go swimming?" Kitass asked Ryder, they had finished their food and had been lying down on the blanket in silence for the longest time.
"You just want to see me in a skimpy bikini." Ryder said, automatically. Kitass laughed.
"Well, I've already seen that. I just wanted to have some fun." Kitass said, Ryder thought it over.
"Okay." She said before getting up, and opening her inventory, she finds her swimsuit and equips it, Kitass gets up and does the same. Ryder stretches. "Race you!" She yelled, before shoving Kitass down, and taking off for the lake. She jumped in, and a few seconds later Kitass was right with her.
"That was unfair. I'm the Beater, I'm supposed to cheat." Kitass complained, Ryder narrowed her eyes at him, and splashed a large amount of water in his face, before she jumped up and shoved him down, by his shoulders. In order to escape he had to grab the only thing that stood out, so he did. Ryder kicked away from him, and covered her chest with a dark red blush on her face, as she waited for him to surface.
"You are going to hate the you did that." Ryder said, as she opened her inventory and selected her sword. She rested it on her shoulder, and it started to glow a bright pink as she prepared her Sword Skill. Kitass surfaced, with a smile on his face.
Until he saw Ryder with a sword skill ready. He tried to move, but she was too fast, she used her skill, and it was precise, and left a very large cut on Kitass' cheek, which sealed itself up instantly. He blinked.
"Jesus Fuck." Kitass said, as he touched his cheek, Ryder didn't drop her glare, or her sword from his throat. "Okay, I get it. No groping." Kitass said with a sigh, Ryder opened her inventory and unequipped her sword. It vanished.
"You ever fucking do that again, you will wish you could die. Because wounds may seal up, but how fast do you think something will come back, it I cut it off?" Ryder asked, glancing down, Kitass knew what she was talking about and covered the area protectively.
"Have I ever told you that you go a bit far?" Kitass said rather miserably. Ryder laughed, and hugged him, nuzzling her head against his neck.
"But I love you!" Ryder said, playfully as she made kissy faces at him, he leaned down and kissed her.
I can also remember our first kiss. That day, after we cleared Floor 55 Kitass took me to this same exact spot, by the lake. He was so nervous, first dates always are. I wasn't. We had already spent a long time together day in, and day out, why be nervous? But he was, boy was he.
"Um... Here, I uh... Got this at a shop..." Kitass said as he handed a sandwich to her, his hands were shaking, and he was looking the other way with a light blush on his cheeks.
"Why aren't you looking at me?" Ryder asked, as she took the sandwich, she glared at him, he gulped, and looked at her. Ryder almost laughed. "Hey, don't be too nervous. We've been friends, and spent every day together." Ryder said, Kitass had a worried look on his face, and when Ryder put her hand on his knee, he got even more nervous then before.
"Um... Ryder, you're hands on my knee..." Kitass said, Ryder raised a single eyebrow and sighed.
"Gee, I had no idea." Ryder said, her voice was laced heavily in sarcasm. Just then a large fish jumped out of the water, the wave knocked Ryder into Kitass, they ended up kissing, but also hurting each other. Ryder was lying on top of Kitass, who was blushing worse then before. Ryder attempted to get off, but Kitass held her down, and kissed her one more time.
"Wow, finally grew some balls? I guess it only takes one accidental kiss, and you're a man." Ryder taunted him, he glared up at her, and flipped them so he was on top of her.
"How's that?" Kitass asked, in a gloating way, Ryder laughed.
"Good. But watch your hands." Ryder said, and just now Kitass noticed where he had them placed because of the wave. He blushed a dark crimson, and removed them from her chest. He got off of her completely, and started babbling.
"I- I- I... Don't, and the wave. With the fish, and hands doing things, and flipping, and kissing an-" Ryder silenced his rambling with a kiss.
"Its okay, I didn't mind. In fact, I kind of liked it. But you will have to wait. I'm not that easy." She repeated her words from the previous day.
That was it. From that first unintentional kiss I knew that I wanted him, and no one else. He was everything I've ever wanted. He was mine, I was claiming him right there. Now, and forever. In SAO and IRL.
"Hey. I want to talk to you about something important." Ryder said, they had finished swimming, and we're lying in the sun. Kitass glanced at her. Before leaning up to look at her.
"What is it?" Kitass asked her, Ryder blushed.
"Well, I was wondering... Do you want to continue this IRL, once we get out of here?" Ryder asked, Kitass smiled, and took her hand.
"Well, I had always hoped that we could. I love you Ryder, and I don't want to lose you." Kitass said, smiling. Ryder blushed, and moved some hair from her face.
"Its Reily." Ryder said, looking into his eyes.
"Excuse me?" Kitass asked, Ryder sighed.
"Idiot, it's my real name." Ryder said, Kitass' eyes widened.
"Oh, uhh... I'm Khristian." Kitass said. Ryder smiled.
"I like it, it suits you better." Ryder said, messing up his hair, he glared at her, and started doing the same to her. "Stop!" Ryder complained.
"You stop first!" Kitass said, childishly. Until Ryder pulled his hair, hard. "Ow! Oh wait..." Kitass said, before he remembered that it didn't hurt, only caused mild discomfort. They both stopped messing up eachothers hair, and started laughing.
"So, where do you live IRL?" Ryder asked him.
"I live in the US." Kitass said, Ryder nodded. Slightly disappointed.
"I figured... My family moved to Japan a month before SAO was released. How are we going to meet?" Ryder wondered aloud. Kitass shrugged, putting his arm around her.
"I'm sure we'll figure something out." Kitass said, confidently. Ryder smiled.
There was one time when we were separated, it was when we were clearing a labyrinth. The quest required four people, so Me and Kitass got Ridex, and Joey to help us out. But after several turns we got separated. It was now Me, and Ridex stuck together, and Kitass, and Joey stuck together.
"Kitass! Joey!" Ryder yelled, as she banged on a door that just shut behind them, Ridex sighed.
"Ryder it's useless. Were completely cut off." Ridex said, in a serious way, Ryder sighed.
"You're right. For once, now lets get out of here." Ryder said, as she turned around and started walking through the maze. Ridex followed her.
"So, have you two fucked yet?" Ridex asked, in a casual manner, Ryder blushed a dark crimson, and turned around, and shoved Ridex against the wall by his throat in one motion.
"Shut the Fuck up. I don't want to be here, especially with you, so just shut up. So I can focus and save our asses." Ryder said, Ridex held up his hands in defeat.
"Kinky, I like it." Ridex said, Ryder growled and walked away, giving up, Ridex just followed her. "So, you never answered my question." Ridex said, Ryder ignored him.
"Okay, Ryder, do you want to hear a funny joke?" Ridex asked, Ryder sighed, she probably would regret this.
"What?" She snapped, Ridex laughed.
"Your life." Ridex said, while laughing. Ryder stopped, and glared at him.
"Would you get fucking serious for once?" Ryder yelled, Ridex shrugged.
"How would I do that? You never say please." Ridex said simply, smiling.
"Please." Ryder said.
"What was that?" Ridex asked in a joking way.
"Please Ridex-" Ryder was interrupted by Ridex.
"You don't have to beg for me baby, I'll Fuck you regardless." Ridex said, before Ryder had a sword to his throat.
"You... You... I'll kill you!" Ryder yelled, swinging her sword at him, he blocked it with his own great sword.
"Whoa, calm down! I was just messing around, no need to do that!" Ridex said, all his usual tone dropping from his voice.
"Me and you, right here." Ryder said, before challenging him to a duel, which he denied.
"Ryder, I'm not going to fight you. You're my friend, why would I do that?" Ridex asked, Ryder glared at him, not trusting him at all.
"You're not acting very friendly." She said, he shrugged.
"Hey, it's just the way I am. I like you Ryder seriously. I don't want to Fuck you, I mean. You are super hot, but I wouldn't do that to Kitass." Ridex said, Ryder didn't drop her glare.
"You make jokes about the most fucked up things, you mock your friends, and you're saying that it's just the way you are!" Ryder yelled, Ridex shrugged.
"Yeah... Kinda... But, I'll tone it down for your sake, okay." Ridex said, in a serious way, Ryder nodded.
"You're... You're being serious, thank you Ridex, and I'm sorry about threatening you earlier. I would never actually kill you." Ryder said. Smiling at Ridex.
"Wow, so you CAN smile!" Ridex said regaining his playful tone.
"Now you ruined the moment..." Ryder said, sighing. "Lets get going." Ryder said, before walking off, Ridex followed her.
When we met back up with Kitass and Joey at the center of the maze, we had grown closer. Before that I hadn't liked Ridex, just tthought he was an insensitive idiot. But I was wrong. He was actually a solid friend, just deflected most people with humor, because he was too smart for his own good. Granted he's still an idiot, but I don't hate him, I know if I'm ever in trouble I can trust him.
"Hey, Ryder." Kitass said, Ryder lazily looked at him, Kitass was on one knee. She gasped.
"What's this about?" Ryder asked him. It was late in the day, the sun was setting, and it shone across the lake. It was a beautiful sight.
"Well, yesterday, I did that quest, it gave me a special rare drop. This ring." Kitass said, and materialized a ring from his inventory. He held it out to her.
"Didn't you already give me a ring?" Ryder asked, Kitass nodded.
"This is prettier, and gives a boost to all your stats." He said before taking off her current ring and replacing it with the new one.
"Thank you. Romantic, and practical." Ryder said, blushing. She leaned down and kissed him. "Thank you for making today so special." Ryder said, Kitass nodded.
"It was my pleasure." Kitass said. Before they watched the sunset together, then used a teleport crystal to return to their home town. When they walked inside, Rebecca had every clothing item from her inventory all over the house. Ryder searched for the free loader but saw nothing.
"Rebecca!" Ryder yelled, and moments later Rebecca popped her head out of the upstairs hall. Ryder put her hands on her hips. "You can explain after you put it all the Fuck back." Ryder said angrily, before walking away and sitting on the couch. Rebecca put everything back in her inventory then looked at Ryder.
"I was just checking for something that I thought I lost. Its fine." Rebecca said, Ryder glared at her.
"From now on, we go out, you go out. Because if I come home to that again, you're out." Ryder said, Rebecca frowned, and blinked.
"I'm so sorry. I promise it won't happen again!" Rebecca said, tears forming in her eyes. Ryder glared at her.
"Crying doesn't affect me." Ryder said, Rebecca frowned. Kitass just sat there watching the exchange.
"Don't worry Rebecca, we would never kick you out. Just don't do it again." Kitass said, in a calm voice. Ryder glared at him.
"Don't go easy on her! She trashed the house!" Ryder yelled, Kitass glared at her.
"She cleaned it up! She was just looking for something!" Kitass yelled back, Ryder glared at him.
"Don't yell at me!" Ryder shouted, getting louder.
"You stop yelling at me!" Kitass shouted.
"Um... Guys..." Rebecca said, they ignored her.
"Why are you taking her side?" Ryder yelled, Kitass glared at her.
"Because you're yelling at her and she's sorry!" Kitass defended.
"I don't give a shit!" Ryder yelled, then without them noticing Joey walked through the door. She observed them arguing. Before jumping on Kitass' lap, and hugging him.
"Oh, I love you Kitass!" Joey yelled, Ryder glared at her, and threw her off of Kitass.
"What?" Ryder demanded, Joey smiled.
"Like a brother! I assure you. He couldn't handle me anyway." Joey said, simply, Ryder went back to her previous argument with Kitass.
"Guys! Stop yelling at each other!" Rebecca yelled, Ryder and Kitass both looked at her. "I get it, I should just go. Its okay, I... I understand..." Rebecca said, before she started to walk away.
"Wait!" Ryder yelled, Rebecca turned her head. "You don't have to leave, I'm sorry." Ryder said, Rebecca shook her head.
"No, it's too late. I can't do this to you two anymore. Its your anniversary, and you're fighting because of me. I can't do that to my friends." Rebecca said, before opening her inventory, and placing everything in her room back in her inventory. She smiled at them, before walking out the door, Kitass, Ryder, and Joey just looked at each other for a while.
"She... She left..." Kitass said, Ryder frowned.
"Well, if she's gonna be that way, good riddance." Ryder said, Kitass glared at her.
"One of your friends just left heartbroken, and all you can say is good riddance?" Kitass asked, incredulously. Ryder frowned.
"It sucks that she left, but she's not a little girl, she can make her own decisions." Ryder said, Joey shook her head.
"Rebecca may have been annoying, and not shown it, but you two's opinions meant the most to her." Joey said, causing a guilty look to come across Ryder's face.
It's true, the first time we met she liked us, both of us... We were coming back from a quest, when we saw this girl wandering all alone, she looked so sad. She was humming a song, but I don't know what, she never told us.
"Whew, that was one tough fucker." Ryder said, with a sigh.
"Yeah, but I'll always protect you." Kitass said, confidently. Ryder laughed.
"And who saved who?" Ryder asked, Kitass scratched the back of his neck.
"Well, let's not talk about that." He said, laughing, Ryder shook her head, then looked ahead to see a girl, hair bound in a pony tail, walking towards them, head hung low, humming a song.
"What's wrong?" Ryder asked the girl, who looked up at them, and wiped the tears from her eyes.
"What? Oh... Nothing. I'm fine." Rebecca said, putting on a smile, that quickly faded into a frown. Kitass and Ryder exchanged a look.
"No, you're not. What's wrong?" Ryder asked, more firmly.
"I'm sure you guys don't want to get involved with me, I'm a Beater." Rebecca said, Kitass gave her a confused look.
"No, you aren't. I know a Beater when I see one. Because I am a Beater. So, why lie about that?" Kitass asked, Rebecca made a surprised face.
"Oh, I'm sorry. Its just I always get ran out of towns, and guilds because I'm rich IRL." Rebecca said, in a crushed voice. Ryder, and Kitass exchanged another look.
"Well, how would you like to travel with us? I'm a Beater, so I get ran out of town all the time." Kitass said, smiling at her. She looked at him surprised.
"You'd really do that for me?" Ryder asked, Kitass nodded.
"Sure. Besides we all need to stick together anyway if any of us expect to get out alive." Ryder said, smiling at Rebecca who nodded.
"Well, if that's the case... Then sure! I'd love to join you two!" Rebecca said energetically. "And I promise, I'll make this up to you someday." Rebecca said, Ryder shook her head.
"No need for that. Don't sweat it." Ryder said, before inviting Rebecca to the party, she accepted.
"Where are you two headed? I don't really have any place to go." Rebecca said, embarrassed slightly.
"Were heading back to our house. You can crash there as long as you need. We've got an extra room anyway." Kitass said, smiling, as he started walking, Ryder, and Rebecca followed after him.
"Oh, thank you so much. I don't know what would have happened to me if I hadn't bumped into you two." Rebecca said, grateful.
"No problem. And don't worry, we'll make sure nobody hurts you, and that you'll make it out of here alive." Ryder said, Rebecca nodded.
"Thanks. I know I can trust you two." Rebecca said, Ryder nodded.
That was the first time she was trusted in the game. It turns out that we were just what she needed. Friends, people who would stand by her, even when things were at their worst. People she could count on to protect her, and now all that is gone. We drove her away. I couldn't do that, I had to get her back.
"I'm going to go and get her back. With any luck she hasn't unfriended me yet." Ryder said, opening her friends list, and finding Rebecca, she was on Floor 75. In the dungeon. "We have to go! Now!" Ryder yelled, before running out of the house, Kitass, and Joey followed her. Kitass contacted Dethunter, and Ridex. He told both of them to meet them on Floor 75.
"Why would she go there? Only people from the front lines try and clear the dungeons!" Joey said, Kitass and Ryder agreed with her.
"She's trying to get herself killed." Kitass said, before they reached the teleport plaza. And went to Floor 75, they saw Ridex and Dethunter waiting around.
"Who died?" Dethunter asked, Ryder glared at him.
"Its Rebecca! She's in the dungeon! We have to save her!" Ryder yelled, Dethunter's expression turned sour.
"Have fun with that." Dethunter said, before opening up the teleport menu. Ryder glared at him.
"What the Fuck! I know you don't like her, but that's fucked up!" Ryder yelled, Dethnter glared at her.
"Its not my problem Fuck her." Dethunter said simply.
"Hey, man. I'm all for a good joke, but we can't just let her die. You may not like her, but you can't just want her dead." Ridex said in a serious tone.
"I do, got a problem with that?" Dethunter said simply.
"Have fun with the Laughing Coffin." Ryder said, before taking off, Kitass, and Ridex followed her. Joey lingered for a moment to glare at him, before running after the three. Dethunter sighed, and took off after Joey. They arrived at the dungeon to see three monsters surrounding something. Ryder jumped in, and easily killed one, to see Rebecca, on the ground. Health critically low.
"Here!" Kitass yelled as he gave her a health potion. She glared at him, he smiled at her. "We told you, we would make sure you made it out alive." Kitass said smiling at her. Rebecca took the health potion, as Joey killed a monster, along with Ridex. Dethunter just stood there, pouting.
"Why are you here?" Rebecca asked. Ryder turned to her, and knelt down. She grabbed her hand.
"Because were sorry. I'm sorry. I didn't want you to leave. I love you Rebecca." Ryder said smiling, and Ridex gives them an appreciative whistle.
"Whew! Lesbian Kiss! Lesbian kiss! Lesbian kiss!" Ridex chanted, Ryder glared at him.
"Shut up perv!" Ryder yelled, Ridex laughed.
"I kid, I kid... Though it would be hot." Ridex said.
"Hey, if you two kiss, I want a kiss too!" Joey complained. Ryder blinked.
"We aren't going to kiss!" Ryder yelled, Joey deflated.
"Aw..." Joey said, Ryder glared at her.
"Shut up!" Ryder yelled. Kitass laughed, and nudged Dethunter, who glared at him.
"What's up?" Kitass asked, Dethnter shrugged.
"Nothing. I guess she's safe. So I'm leaving." Dethunter said before walking away, Ryder glared after him.
"Good riddance." Ryder said, Joey frowned. Then turned back to Rebecca, and hugged her.
"I'm so glad you're okay!" Joey yelled, before leaning back, and glaring at Rebecca. "Never do that again!" Joey ordered in a serious voice, but the high pitch of her voice took all the authority out of it.
"Okay, I promise. Thanks for coming for me you guys, seriously. It means a lot that you care." Rebecca said, then looked up at Ridex. Who just nodded.
"Well, don't go expecting any favors, Richy-Rich." Ridex said, before walking away, Rebecca frowned.
"He stood up for you." Ryder said, Rebecca's eyes widened. "When Dethunter wanted to let you die, Ridex stood up for you." Ryder explained, Rebecca nodded.
"I didn't think he actually cared. Its good to know he doesn't hate me." Rebecca said, Joey smiled.
They all returned to Kitass, and Ryder's house and Rebecca moved back into her room. Joey decided to stay the night, so she slept on the couch. Throwing all her clothes off, all over the living room, much to Ryder's dismay. Joey just laughed.
Joey can be such a child sometime I swear, but that's what makes her the person she is. I love her, but Fuck. I remember one time, when me and Kitass were doing some leveling, and we stumbled upon something unexpected.
"Watch out!" Kitass yelled, Ryder ducked as a blade slashed right where her head just was, enraged she turned around, and killed the monster in one move. Kitass did a backflip before using a Sword Skill to kill a monster.
"Thanks for that." Ryder said, Kitass shrugged.
"I'd never let you die. Love you too much." Kitass said, before smiling. Ryder glared at him.
"You know my rule. Not while leveling, quests, or boss raids." Ryder told him, Kitass sighed.
"Right, right. Sorry." Kitass apologized, before a twig snapped, and both of them got in a defensive stance. Moments later they saw a little boy peek out from behind a tree. Kitass and Ryder exchanged a glance, and sheathed their weapons. They walked over to the boy.
"Hey, what are you doing here?" Ryder asked, and it came out more roughly then she intentioned. She could tell, because the boy flinched.
"Hey, are you okay?" Kitass asked, the boy shrugged.
"I... I don't know... I was looking for my sister. She said she'd be back, and then when she didn't come back, I had to go look for her." The boy told them.
"What's your sister look like?" Kitass asked, the boy frowned as he thought.
"She's really tall! And has short black hair. We live in the village near here, but she's been gone for two days." The boy explained further. Kitass and Ryder exchanged another look.
"We can help you find her. What's her name?" Ryder asked.
"She calls herself Jamie in here, but that's not her real life name." The boy told them.
"Okay. And you last saw her in town, right?" Ryder asked, the boy nodded.
"Yeah. We don't have a lot of money, she was getting some from a quest, but she's missing. I tried asking for help, but no one would." The boy said, Ryder frowned.
"Come with us. I promise you that we'll find her." Ryder said, then looked at Kitass. "How's your tracking skill?" She asked, Kitass checked.
"About half way until it's maxed out." Kitass said, Ryder nodded.
"Lead the way." Ryder said, before looking down at the boy. "Take my hand. I promise I'll keep you safe." Ryder said holding out her hand, the boy took it and squeezed.
"Search Player ID Jamie!" Kitass yelled, and his map showed him a nearby cave. He took off running, Ryder decided to scoop up the boy, and carry him so she could run faster. They arrived at the cave to see it closed off.
"What happened here?" Ryder asked, Kitass scanned the entrance.
"It looks like a cave in. From what I can tell, it leads to a whole underground city. But I think I recognize this. Its a trap. From one of the criminal guilds." Kitass said, Ryder thought for a moment.
"Which one?" She asked as she put the boy back on the ground.
"Hard to tell, but it might be The Desolate Brotherhood. They specialize in traps like this. I think some Info Broker had a booklet about them, and all their different traps." Kitass said. Before drawing his sword.
"But that also means I know how to get past it, because I bought that booklet. You just have to hit it hard enough." Kitass said, before he let loose on the rocks, hacking them to smaller pebbles. When the dust cleared the durability on his sword was almost all the way down.
"Wow, he's really strong!" The boy said, Ryder nodded.
"Yeah, he is. Oh, what's your name kid?" Ryder asked.
"My names Cole!" The boy said happily.
"Nice to meet you Cole, I'm Ryder. And that's Kitass." Ryder said, pointing to Kitass. Who was scanning the entrance.
"Lets go. She might be in trouble. Big trouble, they say that The Desolate Brotherhood headquarters is down here." Kitass said, before walking into the cave, regardless of the fact that his sword was probably going to break during a fight, he had it ready.
"Stay close to me Cole." Ryder said,as she drew her sword. And with the other arm pulled the blu closer to her. A few monsters appeared ahead of them, Kitass took of, and used a Sword Skill, he managed to take down half of one monsters health, then his sword broke.
"Ryder! Switch with me!" Kitass yelled, before jumping back near Ryder, who took off, and used a Sword Skill to kill all the monsters in one attack.
"How did your sword break?" Ryder asked him.
"Those rocks earlier. Wore its durability down." Kitass said, and moments later his sword shattered into a bunch of light shards that faded into nothing. "I was planning to get a new one from Lis anyway." Kitass said, as he opened his inventory, Ryder stopped him.
"Don't worry. I got this. You keep the kid safe." Ryder said, smiling.
"Okay then." Kitass said, and after that Ryder led them deeper into the cave. They met little resistance. But once they reached the underground city they saw a girl dressed head to toe in Desolate Brotherhood robes. She had short black hair. She was their age from the looks of it.
"Who ar- Cole? What are you doing here?" Jamie asked him.
"You're Jamie right. We found your brother wandering the woods. He was looking for you." Ryder said.
"Please, I know what this looks like, but I'm not a criminal, I just needed the Col." Jamie said. Ryder scoffed.
"There are honest ways to get money. You don't have to join a criminal guild." Ryder told her, before another man approached them. He looked to be their age too, he had long grey hair, and matching eyes. He smiled at Ryder, Kitass, and Cole, and put his hand on Jamie's shoulder.
"Hey, I'm Devon. Um... Leader of The Desolate Brotherhood. Now, what's the problem here?" Devon asked, in an extremely cheerful way, it threw Kitass, and Ryder off.
"Wow, you're the leader, I pictured someone who looked like a criminal, but for the most part you look innocent." Kitass said, Devon shrugged.
"I wouldn't say that innocent is the word. More like practical, Kitass, Ryder." Devon said, Kitass and Ryder exchanged a glance.
"How do you know us?" Ryder asked, Devon laughed.
"How do I? Come on, two top players from the front lines, who happen to be in love with each other. You guys are famous. Though Kirito with his dual wielding is more famous, but still. It is an honor to be in your company." Devon said, in a happy tone.
"Okay. Well, we were only here to make sure Cole found his sister." Ryder told him, Devon smiled.
"Don't worry, we'll take good care of him, Jamie, could you take Cole to town hall, he looks like he could use a good meal. After that, make sure he gets some rest. He looks exhausted." Devon said with a smile, Kitass reluctantly lets Jamie take Cole.
"Bye! Ryder, Kitass! Thank you!" Cole yelled, as he followed his sister. Then Devon turned to them cheerful as ever.
"So, I know what your thinking. Leader of a criminal guild, bad guy right? Well, we don't do anything without about 100,000 Col minimum. Most people don't have that just lying around, so we don't do much. We don't even take PK jobs unless we have a million Col in advance. So we don't PK very often. We try not to cause trouble." Devon explained.
"There must be a better way to earn Col." Ryder said.
"Not for me, for us. I'm a Beater, so no one will let me partner with them for the big earning quests." Devon explained.
"I'm a Beater. So is Kirito. There is a way." Kitass said.
"You've got me there. Anyway, we don't act without getting hired. Most of our traps are for monster spawns, but usually Players get caught in them. If that happens we usually just knock them out and place them in the nearest town. We aren't all bad. But, I must ask you to leave. Got some business to attend to." Devon said, before waving and walking away, Kitass and Ryder shrugged, but left the way they came from.
That was a strange experience. We met the Leader of the Desolate Brotherhood, and he wasn't a monster like the Laughing Coffin's leader. Just somebody trying to get by, and get out alive. Just like us. His methods were wrong, but at least he wasn't all bad. Player Killing or PKing has become such an empire now. But I now that if we all stick together Me, Kitass, Rebecca, Joey, Ridex, and... Dethunter that we can get out of here alive.
Weeeoooo, chapter 2 is done... Though chapter 3 wont be out for a while. Due to a Skyrim story im planning, because I started playing again. But SAO is still my major project. Also, I dont know if I should bring in any cameo appearances like I usually do. In one story I brought in Leliana, and the gang from SAO. And another i brought in the characters of Faking It... So I dont know. No cameos planned as of now, but who knows. Im also not sure if I want to bring Vani into this story, though she'd be right at home. Anyway, enough senseless rambling. Later.