Surprise! Didn't know she'd be blind now, did you? I thought not!... Wow, I think I'm on drugs... Nah, I'm joking.

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The Death Scythe

Kirito became different after that. He started talking to people more, and he would stare off into space with a smile and a blush whenever someone else talked.

You wanna know why?

Shinigami. That's why.

Yes, this bitch is acting like a lovesick puppy. The one thing about her he thought of the most were her eyes. Sure she was blind, but the color of turquoise was gorgeous, just like she was he thought.

The only person who seemed to notice this was Asuna, and this made her a bit concerned.

"Hey, Kirito, have you been feeling alright?" she asked once.

Kirito didn't listen and he continued to stare off into space.

"Kirito!"

That snapped him back to reality. "Wha...?"

Asuna sighed. "You're spacing out more than usual, Kirito. What's gotten into you?"

"Nothing," he answered.

The two kept arguing about it for some time, Asuna demanding to know what's up with him and Kirito refusing to answer her honestly.

Quite a pain, don't you think?

After that argument was over, Kirito made haste to get away from Asuna so he could daydream about his beloved- Wait, WHAT!?

The beater quickly shook it out of his head.

'Why would I think of her like that? I don't even know her...'

Kirito shook his head before going to train.

Once he made it to the woods, he hid himself as he spotted Shinigami. The female soloist was walking in the forest with Lucifer close to her. He had to assume that the ghost was her guide, considering she was blind. He noticed that her mask was on her as well, which was probably just in case someone was following her. In his case, he was pretty much following her.

"I thought I told you to stay away from me," Shinigami called.

Kirito flinched. 'How did she...?'

"Well, come out already!" she demanded angrily.

The beater finally decided to come out with a nervous smile. "Um, h-hey..."

Shinigami turned to him with a glare that was hidden beneath her mask, but he could probably tell by the way she was frowning.

"What do you want this time?" she demanded.

"I was just... um..." Kirito hesitated to answer and he was blushing.

"If you have no business with me, then stop following me," Shinigami said before walking again.

"No wait!" he called, going after her. "Don't you want some company?"

"I have Lucifer," she said, the ghost sticking his tongue out at him.

"Wouldn't you prefer human company."

"No."

"Why not?"

"Humans are dull."

"What do you mean by that!?"

"I mean, if people found out I was blind, they'd take pity on me try to take care of me. I don't need anyone to be my keeper."

Kirito shut himself up after that. The rest of the time they walked together, it was completely silent. Shinigami felt comfortable with the silence, but Kirito felt awkward. He now had the opportunity to actually talk to the Grim Reaper, and yet he didn't know what the fuck to say. Sad sap, isn't he?

"Why are you even following me?" Shinigami asked. "Don't you have anything better to do?"

"I wanna get to know the person behind the mask," Kirito answered.

"Get to know me?"

"yes..."

Shinigami gave him a skeptical look. "Why?"

Kirito blushed at this. "Well, you're very unique..."

Shinigami scoffed.

"What?"

"That's a bunch of bs."

"Why do you think that?"

"Because I've been around people who made fun of me for being blind. I don't need another person trying to pretend that they want to get to know me."

"Well, I'm not like anyone else," he said seriously.

"Oh, really?" she said doubtfully. "Prove it."

"How?"

She soon summoned her scythe and tried to slash at him, which he dodged with a panicked expression.

"What the hell!?" he shouted.

"If you can beat me in a fight," Shinigami said, "then I'll believe that you're not like everyone else I've met. I'll even go on trips with you as a duo guild or something?"

Kirito perked up. "Really?"

The grim reaper nodded. "Really."

Kirito got up as he studied her weapon. The Death Scythe, a weapon so deadly it is said that you'd die an instant death if you're touched by it. Nobody could seem to get their hands on a weapon like that, but Shinigami did. And how she managed that, nobody knows.

The beater wasn't going to give up a fight, however, so he drew out his swords and got into a fighting stance. The grim reaper got into a stance herself and the wind blew past them.

"Well, then," Kirito said, smirking. "Ladies first."

He was suddenly tripped and landed on the ground with a painful thud.

"Ah!" He rubbed his head and his HP bar was down by a few points.

"You gonna lay there looking pretty?" Shinigami mocked. "Or are you gonna fight?"

Kirito growled and got up to lunge at her. She dodged all of his slashes and tripped him again. However, the black swordsman stopped himself from falling with his hand and set his feet on the ground. He flinched once he felt the blade of the Death Scythe against his throat.

"Now," Shinigami whispered in his ear, "because I'm a professional, I won't kill you. At least, not while you're not a threat."

Kirito shivered in pleasure at the close proximity between him and the female soloist, and he gulped before quickly shoving away her weapon and grabbing her in an embrace. He then pinned her down to the ground, his arms still around her waist, and held her down.

"Hey!" she shouted, squirming. "That was a cheap shot!"

He smirked. "You were too busy trying to intimidate me to focus on your guard. Meaning there are no cheap shots."

She glared up at him, although her eyes were hidden beneath her mask he could tell she was glaring by the way she grit her teeth.

As she glared, Kirito slowly brought one of his hands up to remove her mask and stare into her turquoise eyes.

"Damn... you've got beautiful eyes..." he whispered, causing the blind girl to blush.

"Shut up and get off of me," she demanded.

"Not until you agree to friend me," Kirito said before pulling the friend invite.

Lucifer looked it over for her and then turned to the blind girl. She was still glaring before sighing in defeat and nodding to her ghost, who accepted the friend request. This made the beater smile.

"Guess this means we're friends now, right?" he said.

"I suppose..." she said.

They stayed like that for a while. Him holding her and staring into her eyes, while she laid there and did nothing.

"Can you get off me now?" Shinigami asked.

Kirito blushed before he quickly got off of her. "S-sorry!"

The girl simply got up and sighed. "Well, I suppose I'll see you around..." She then stood up and started walking away.

"Oh, wait!" Kirito said getting up. "Your mask!"

Shinigami had Lucifer take the mask before leaving again. The beater simply watched her leave with a smile and light blush on his face.

There's not doubt that they will be seeing each other again.