Three months after the start of the death game:
The click of the camera was the signal for everyone to return to their meal. As Beast sat back down he watched the three boys dig into their dinner with gusto. This was a celebration to congratulate the boys for all reaching level 15, as well as for Ryoko for reaching level 23 on the same day.
After the victory over the first floor boss, the hardcore gamers started rolling through the floor bosses like a Juggernaut, but that did not concern him. He just cared about staying alive and getting the kids home safe.
So they camped out at the local inn of a floor for a while working on their skills, talents and, for the three boys at least, their school work.
"Ok you little gremlins, time to get back to your studies," Beast smiled as the older boys started to whine about their task.
"Come on we are in a fight for our lives can't we skip math, for today?" Kiba begged.
"When you get home I don't what your parents to accuse me of letting you guys just lay around doing nothing but playing games," Ryoko replied sternly. "That was the reason they did not want you to come here to begin with. It is my job to make sure you keep up with your studies and I will do my job."
Toma turned to beast, "Beast, help us out here?"
"No," he simply replied. "You both failed your last test and I told you I will not show you the secret hunting spot till all of you pass. Ryoko is right your studies are important and many, many years from now you will understand." He smiled at her as the boys groaned.
"Done!" Roku exclaimed as he held up his notebook that held his daily homework in it.
Beast took the notebook and went over it slowly as Roku's two OLDER brothers just fumed.
"You need to look at these three but otherwise it looks good to me," Beast smiled and placed his hand palm down on the table, a signal for the older boys not to think what they were thinking, they quickly sat back.
He handed the book to Ryoko for her to double check and smiled at the boy. He was the youngest and the smallest, but Roku was always done first, with his studies or with his skill levels. The young man worked very hard.
"Does this mean I get to see the new hunting ground now?" Roku asked hopefully.
"No, remember I told you, we do things as a group," Beast replied. "Being first is ok but I want you three to work together which means you should be helping them with their school work, work together, work as a team."
All three boys nodded and started to get to work, she saw Ryoko smiling at him from the corner of his eye.
"If you don't need anything I think I will head to the town square and see what I can find for dinner," Beast said as he stood to leave, with the three boys askinf for ice cream and hamburgers.
"See if you can find fresh vegetables," he heard Ryoko call out earning a new round of moans and groans from the boys.
23:45PM
It had been a long ten hours since he left; he had gotten the food and sent it by delivery before he headed out. Ryoko was the only one that knew about him grinding higher level floors solo, and ever since the first time she had found out his secret she was there to meet him when he returned.
His armor arms and face were covered in blood and he had several scratches that she could see. He did not speak at first as he headed for the bath Ryoko following right behind him.
The bathroom had the basics of a toilet sink and bath tub, but also a 'magic' shower. Stripping his armor off he quickly got under the perfectly hot water as it fell over him, he knew Ryoko would not go to bed till she was sure he was cleaned and resting.
"How do you do it?" her voice broke his silence. "Go from level 36 to level 40 in just ten hours?"
"A trick I learned reading the beta forums" he replied. "change your detail settings from standard to max, this makes you work more. Instead of just taping the food with your knife to get it prepped,you actually have to chop up everything. And not just for cooking, it effects how much work you have to do in everything you do."
"That is why you have to actually unbutton and remove each piece of clothing and armor?" she asked as she started washing his back, running fingers over the scars, not just the ones he had before SAO but the ones he had earned since. The wounds heal quickly but they leave small marks to show he had been in a fight, she guessed this was part of the 'Maxed Detail'
"Then change the Pain Dampeners from high to off." he continued and she stopped. Turning the dampeners down means that injuries during fights hurt more, turning them off means they hurt a hell of a lot more.
"This way if I get hurt I bleed, and if the wound is big enough or bad enough I can actually bleed to death, if I don't use a healing crystal or potion soon enough," he told her quietly.
"Then why?" she started shocked he would do something like this.
"I get double experience points," he answered. "The more work and pain you go through the more you are rewarded. The designer that came up with this wanted to answer the request that many of the older gamers have made, the 'Make it real' request."
"Are… there other tricks?" she asked her voice shy and quiet.
"Like?" was his reply.
"You have done so much, you did not need to quest and hunt with us, you did not need to watch over us after the death game started," she leaned into his back and hugged his chest. "Is there a way I could take you to bed and show you how thankful I truly am?"
He turned and pulled her around him to stand behind her as she faced the wall of water still falling on them both. "Open main menu,"
After she did he gave her eleven things to do. When she was done and closed the menu she waited not sure what would happen.
"AAAHHHH!" she cried as Beasts hands came up and cupped her bare breasts, squeezing softly and rubbing her nipples with his fingers.
Before she wore a simple sports bra and underwear, the games natural censorship, now she stood fully nude in the shower and just from the feel behind her, he was also not wearing the boxers he had been in.
"Two things," he started as he let her go. "First I never touch what is not offered, if you say stop I will stop no questions or complaints."
"And the second?" her voice shivered she was trying not to complain about him not touching her.
He leaned in and whispered something in her ear; after standing there for a moment she reached back grabbed his hands and putting them back on her breasts leaned forward and placed both of her hands on the wall of the shower.
No more words were spoken that night.
Yggdraisl city Asuna's apartment.
"We do not need a play by play of how they….had intiment relations" Asuna started to protest when Yui-chan started to describe, in detail.
The group had all gone to ALO, and the government man wanted more information on the Beast. Turns out the only one that actually knew much was in fact Yui-chan.
"I didn't know you could actually have sex?" Klein stated looking at the others; he seemed to be the only one who didn't know.
"I read about it on the beta forum about a week before the launch," Agil stated as he sat back at his table.
" Me too," Liz, and Silicia said at the same time, only to start laughing at the moment.
"A girl in my guild told me about it." Asuna smirked as she watched Klein's face.
"And did you partake?" a female voice asked from behind Kirito as she looked at Agil
The woman had a Fairy avatar that looked a lot like Asuna's only with dark purple hair. The woman was Kathy Mills, Agil's real world wife who, while he was trapped in SAO, kept his bar running. As she sat next to her husband she smiled.
"No, I was planning to test that function when you arrived that night, but no I never tried it" he replied returning the smile.
"Wow two years with no relief! You know I would have forgiven once every few months, for medicinal purposes," she smiled and laughed at the look on most of the young ones faces.
"I am more interested in this double xp," Leafa stated.
"Again, I read that on the forum but never tried it," Agil said again, trying not to fall prey to his wife's teasing. "I was not sure about the pain."
"This is the first I ever heard of it," Asuna said and the other two girls nodded in agreement.
Then as one, everyone turned to the one person that was a beta tester…Kirito.
"It hurts like hell, I could only do it for an hour at a time, after that it felt like I would die long before my hit points hit zero." He stood and walked up to Asuna, "If he could do that for hours at a time, he must have a very high pain tolerance."
"Is this the same guy?" Asuna asked. "The Beast I knew was rude, nasty, mean, violent and cruel. This guy seems strong and nice."
"Yeah," Leafa added. "From the way it sounds, he was able to get everyone to calm down and helped them forget they were prisoners and just enjoy them selves. From what news reports I've heard a lot of people, children and adults, just lost it in there."
Klein and Kirito both gave each other a grim look, Kirito just shook his head mouthing to his friend to not say anything yet.
"So Kirito, Asuna?" Klein started to ask. "When you two got married did you ever…"
SLAP! The sound echoed and the 25 year old hit the floor holding the back of his head. Everyone froze as Ms. Mills just stood over the boy massaging her hand.
"Please refrain from asking stupid questions, Yui-chan please continue."
I use this as a referance to help me write it is easier for me if i know there is some one telling the story...and i picked Yui-chan.