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Chapter Six:

Re-meeting the World

"Hurry! We have to get there before he disappears!"

"I'm going as fast as I can!"

"W-Wait up guys!"

Kirito watched as three people burst from the bushes, two were tall men wearing red and bandannas and one was a young girl with a blue feathered dragon flying beside her. One of the men, he had red hair, threw his sword into the ground.

"Dangit!" The man paced and his fists were clenched.

"Um, could you maybe calm down? I've heard these forests are filled with monsters." The girl said.

"She's right you know. Maybe we should just-" The redhead cut his partner off.

"Shh… Listen."

Kirito had also heard the shuffling of the bushes behind him. Grip tightening on his sword, Kirito slowly backed out of the bushes. He was still low to the ground when the canine shaped monster tackled him. Immediately Kirito drew his sword, funny it was lighter than he was used to, and whacked the monster aside. It howled then growled at Kirito.

"MROOW!" The black kitten Kirito had save in the Ruby palace leaped at the monster, allowing Kirito to recover. He rolled onto his back and sat up on his knees. The kitten was at his side in seconds, hissing and hair on end. Kirito lunged at the monster only for it to dodge and start running past him.

"Shoot." Kirito muttered. He stood up and ran after it, kitten on his heals. Kirito began to activate a sword skill, any random one was fine for him. As soon as he was in front of it, he spun around and slashed the monster in half. It howled then shattered. A small white screen popped up showing a rare item he'd gained.

"Who the heck are you?" The redhead asked, storming up to Kirito.

"Uh…" Kirito drew a blank for a second as he studied the man. He looked familiar… Then his health bar caught his eye. The green was less than a fourth gone and next to the health bar was his username. SaoKakk.

"Hey! I asked you a question!"

Kirito snapped back into reality. The words off his tongue sounded weird. "It's a little impolite to demand someone's name isn't it?"

Before the redhead could retort, the girl spoke up. "I'm Silica. The one next to me is Dynamm and the guy being rather rude is Klein. We're looking for a rare monster that is rumored to have a super rare item. You wouldn't happen to have seen it would you?"

Kirito was stunned. He didn't think he'd find people he knew that quickly. Kirito paused for a second, letting her think he was thinking while he was really trying to desperately find an excuse to why he was out in the forest. Then it connected. "That lowlife." Kirito muttered.

"What?" The redhead, he now realized that it was Klein, snapped.

"Yeah, I was actually hunting it." Kirito lied. "I was trying to sneak up on it only to have it find me first. I just now killed it."

"Oh." Silica looked crestfallen. Then she noticed the kitten climbing up Kirito's arm and curling around his neck. "You're a beast tamer?"

"Huh? Oh, uh, yeah." Kirito chuckled nervously. He glanced at the kitten's health bar for a name. It was blank. Of course it was.

"Cool! I've never really seen another Beast Tamer before! Can I look at your familiar? Does it have a name? What type of familiar is it?" Silica overwhelmed poor Kirito until Klein pushed her back.

"You know our names, so what's yours?" Klein asked.

"Ki-SaoKakk. It's SaoKakk." Kirito answered, hoping Klein, Dynamm, and Silica wouldn't notice his mess up.

"Well it's good to meet you SaoKakk. Sorry to bother you. Silica, Klein, let's head back to town." Dynamm finally said.

The trio began to walk away. Kirito cursed at himself in his mind before calling out to them.

"Hey, you don't mind if I tag along right?"

Silica turned around and beamed. "Can he Klein?"

Klein sighed. "Yeah, guess so. Come on Sao. I can call you Sao right?"

"Fine by me." Kirito said, shrugging.

Kirito trailed the group, tuning out what they were saying and looking at his inventory. As he donned the new item, a cloak, Kirito overheard a part of the conversation.

"-oing to have to come back to the guild sometime. And I don't mean the Knights of the Blood Oath." Dynamm was talking to Klein.

"I know, I just… Feel bad for her. I mean she lost him and her commander and now has to be in charge of everything. Anything I can do to help relieve some of her stress makes me feel like I'm able to help her better. I don't know man." Klein explained, putting his hands on the back of his head.

"She's gonna be mad isn't she?" Silica murmured.

"Hm? Oh yeah. Probably. The Flash is never happy when something can't go her way." Klein told her.

Kirito cut in. "Who's 'The Flash'?"

The trio froze.

"What?" Kirito asked.

"We, uh, just didn't know you were listening." Klein answered.

"I wasn't until just now. So who's The Flash?" Kirito reassured him. He already had a suspicion as to who it was. Now he only had to keep to the plan he'd just created and it'd be good.

"She's the commander and leader of the Knights of the Blood Oath guild. Most know her as Lightning Flash Asuna. She's pretty popular. How come you don't know her?" Klein said, turning to Kirito.

"Well I've kind of been… living, I guess, within the forests and only staying at inns when I'm exhausted. I don't really catch all the gossip or news because of that." Kirito answered. Sure it was a lie for right now but there had been a point where it had been like that for a while. And he had the skills to back up the claim.

"Wow. You must be super strong than Mr. SaoKakk. Can you help me?" Silica asked.

Kirito looked between Klein and Silica, unsure of what to answer. Thankfully Dynamm cut in.

"We're at the town. How many rooms boss?"

Klein hesitated. "Just two. It'll be cheaper that way. You don't mind sharing a room with the new kid right Silica?"

"New kid?" Kirito grumbled.

"I don't mind Klein!" Silica said, nodding happily. Pina made a chirping and high pitched noise of happiness. "Oh, look! I just can't get over how pretty this place is!"

"Girls." Klein shook his head.

"But I have to agree here with Silica, Klein. For the 76th floor, Reflection City is rather beautiful. Surround by a dense forest on the edge of the floor, isolated from the desert environments, and only accessible by those who know how to get here." Dynamm said gesturing to the buildings.

Reflection City was probably the best name for it. It seemed to reflect the environment around it or at least mirror it a bit. As they passed a building, Kirito somehow knew was made out out mirrors, he stole the chance to take a look at himself only to become so stunned that he stopped. Kirito stared eye to eye with he supposed was his reflection only it didn't look like him. Infact, it looked like his original avatar, the one from beta testing. The only difference was that he had black hair, a lot of his old, kid-like facial features(which annoyed him to no end), and his dark gray eyes. The cloak he was wearing was a dark red, almost black, with the ends being a bronze-ish color. His sword was barely visible but glinted from the lights in the city. Kirito assumed it was made of a reflective metal.

"Hey Sao! Watcha staring at man? Rooms are ready!" Klein yelled. Kirito ran to catch up with them.

"Heh, sorry guys. I was just looking at the different buildings."

Klein shrugged and walked into the inn. Kirito, Silica, and Dynamm followed suit. The rooms were across from each other, easily accessible if trouble arises or they need to talk. Kirito and SIlica were roommates for the night and, although funnily enough, wasn't bothered by it. Once they had chosen the beds, yes there were two separate beds in the rooms it was one of those nice places, and got situated for bed, Silica began interrogating him.

"So when'd you get your beast? What's its name? How come we've never seen you before? Are you a noob? What's with your sword? Can you tutor me?"

Kirito gave her a blank stare. "Uh, one question at a time."

"Um, okay. What is your friend's name?"

It took Kirito a second to figure out she was talking about the kitten that was now resting on his head and chewing his hair. "Oh, oh yeah. Hehe, her name is… Moonlit Zeal Flare."

"Moonlit Zeal Flare. Huh. Long name. Do you nickname her or is it just that long winded name?" Silica teased, giggling.

Kirito laughed. "Nah I nickname her. Usually it's Zeal or Flare since the name Moonlit brings sad memories but if you want to add one to the list go on ahead. What about your friend there? The little feather dragon. Rare I might add."

Silica blushed. "Thanks. Pina is amazing though. And we've gotten so much stronger since…"

"Since when?" Kirito asked, although he already knew since he was there.

"It's nothing. G'night." Silica answered curtly and laid down, covering her head with the blankets.

Kirito blinked. "Okay. Good night Silica."

Oh man, was he really confused.

Poor Kirito! And please don't hate me for having three names for the kitty! A lot of people liked Zeal so that was an obvious choice but two other had so much meaning behind them for Kirito that I had to put them in there. So thank HumanAvianHybridsRock, shypuppylover19, and S.H.E.N.K.A.I.N.000 for coming up with those fabulous names! And thanks to those who gave me a wide selection as well as told me their favorites! Also question for you readers(and review or PM me to answer) should I call Kirito, Kirito while describing stuff or use his new name to avoid confusion?

Also the chapters are most likely going to be longer than the first few partly due to more stuff happening and I know how and what I'm going to do in these chapters. Aren't you happy?

Anyway, hoped it was enjoyable and stay tuned for the next chapter!

Next Chapter:

Chapter Seven

The First Errand