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5 MINUTES LATER

KLEIN'S POV

Well, I am not sure what surprises me more, That Yui looks like a hot girl or the fact that she decided to fight with a super sized flaming sword. I thought to myself as I ran behind her.

Kirito was running beside me and had one of those looks on his face, I just hope it turns out better than last time. I looked up and saw that we were running towards the entrance to the tower that held the boss room.

Yui turned towards us and said "We are almost there. There is a group of monsters guarding the door we need to defeat."

I nodded my trusty katana equipped and in my hands. I then notice the monsters yui was talking about. They were huge humanoid creatures, about twice as tall as me and by the looks of it they were level sixty.

At least there is only three of them. I thought to myself

"I got the one on the left" I shouted.

Kirito nodded and said "Got it. I will take the one on the right. Yui do you think you can handle the center one."

Yui nodded and charged even faster towards them. And with that the battle began.

It went well enough. I charged at the one on the left and using one of the oldest tricks in the book cut one of its legs. As it fell I stood to its side and using the force of gravity did a underhand chop and severed its neck. It vanished in a burst of particles. Kirito had chopped his opponents arms of and was plunging his sword into its chest.

But what scared me even more was the monster that yui was supposed to get was running in circles with yui giggling and chasing it like it was a game of tag. As soon as Kirito finished off his, he looked at Yui with surprise and watched as she chased it.

Yui noticing that all the others were defeated, sprinted and with one stroke cut the monster clean in half.

"Remind me not to get on her bad side." I said to Kirito. he nodded as Yui came over.

Kirito then said "Come on we need to hurry." And with that we were running through the tower encountering little level forty monsters. We were approaching the door to the room that led to the boss fight When we head a girl scream.

Being the gentleman I am, I immediately ran as fast as I could to see if there was anything I could i went throught the door that led to the room with the boss door I stopped and took in the situation.

A girl was being chased by two level fifty-five skeletal knights. Her health bar was in the red and all she could do was block and evade. I wasted no time. I charged at the closest skeletal knight and hacked apart its spinal cord.

With the severed spinal cord it became paralyzed and couldn't move, so I charged at the other one who was about to land a blow on the girl's improperly raised shield. I knew at once that if that blow landed, it would kill her.

So I did the first thing that came into my mind. Which was also the stupidest. I ran in between the girl and the skeletal knight and prepared to block the strike. It struck with harder force than I counted on and I didn't strike back but when it readied its second attack I was ready for the force and blocked it and cut off the monsters hand.

The great thing about skeleton monsters is all there weak points are clearly visible. I then attacked another weak point which made the monster topple over and then I sliced off its head.

I turned to the girl and said "Are you alright miss. Here take this." I handed her a healing crystal.

She took it from me and said "Thank you, you saved my life." She then used the crystal.

I shook my head "Anyone would have done it. I was just in the right place at the right time. Now lets get you up" I said reaching for her hand to help her up.

Her avatar looked around twenty four and she had beautiful long red hair and was slim and graceful. I was so mesmerized by her beauty I almost forgot my manners. "My name is Klein, by the way. What's yours?" I asked politely

"Amaterasu" She said

AMATERASU'S POV

"Thanks again for saving me. I would have died and had to start all over from the beginning if you hadn't come along." I said relieved.

Klein got this look like he wanted to tell me something but was debating whether or not to tell me. Just then a dark form raised up from the ground and raised its sword at Klein's back.

"Look out!" I yelled as I pulled him away from the danger. I pulled him so hard that I lost my footing and fell pulling him down with me. The skeletal knight that was paralyzed stood up and raised his sword again. I didn't have enough time to block and I wasn't going to leave Klein after he saved me.

As the sword came down, the monster shattered into pieces. And behind it stood a child and a young woman with a monstrous fiery sword. The child walked over to us with the walk of a warrior which would have been kind of funny if he didn't have two swords equipped and that look on his face.

"Klein what did I tell you about being careful. I have already lost enough friends to Aincrad. I am not losing anymore. So next time wait for us before you play the hero" He said with some worry and anger in his voice.

I then noticed how Klein had fallen on top of me when we fell and I was still holding Klein in my arms. I let go of him and said to the kid "Hey kid, you shouldn't speak to adults like that. I know its just a game but you need to respect your elders."

He looked at me confused for a second then looked down at himself and then started laughing. "You have it all wrong. First of all, I'm a lot older than the avatar makes me look." And then his mood darkened and said "Second its not just a game."

Klein stood up and said "Sorry Kirito. I got carried away but if I hadn't gotten here when I did she would have died. Also about that thing we talked about is that a secret or could I tell her?"

The child named Kirito who apperantly wasn't a child said "It's not a secret. If you tell her, that would make it so she would be safer, probably."

Klein nodded and then turned to me and said "Sorry about all that, but you should probably stop playing this game. When you die in this game, you die in real life." He paused to see what my reaction would be.

At first I thought he was joking, but when he said he was dead serious the truth sank in.

Klein then said "Do you have any friends or family playing this game?" He asked

I shook my head and said "No. I started this game yesterday and my friends don't play VRMMORPGs."

He nodded relieved "Well, I guess this is good bye." He said sounding kind of sad.

"You think I'm going to leave you guys after you saved me. I'm not going to just run away because I could die. I am going to help you whether you like it or not." I said determined to stay even if I had to fight with them.

Kirito sighed and opened up his menu and hit a button. Just then a message popped up that said "Do you wish to join Kirito's party. I pressed accept surprised that they didn't try to stop me.

"Strong willed girls are going to be the death of me one of these days." Kirito said with a sigh.