Chapter 1
Levels so far:
Koyero: Level 72
Silica: Level 64
Author's note: I'll improvise with the monsters in this story since I don't know them much and I don't play the game of Sword Art Online (Can't find it and buy it). Anyways hope you enjoy Chapter 1 of Fighting till the end! This is a continuation of the prologue.
This is the rewriting for Chapter 1 so I do hope you enjoy looking back at the past chapters.
Character Profile: Koyero
Koyero is a mysterious young boy with the age of 15. His weapon of choice is a Zweihander and some knives on his belt (which he doesn't really use). He has light brown hair and blue eyes with a slightly childish face at times.
He has trouble with his emotions due to his random mood swings but his mood swings will soon decrease little by little once he gets to know the person he meets more (That is the reason why tons of mood swings happen when he's in front of Silica). When he's serious though, he will have no hesitation in annihilate his prey.
End of Character Profile
Koyero was walking around with Silica in floor 61 trying to do some level grinding; he was still in the same level although he is getting close to leveling up. He wanted to reach a high level so that he can be promoted from back-up forces to the frontlines and maybe a new weapon, he's been with his Zweihander since floor 30 so he thinks he has to find a higher leveled weapon since his weapon's level is not so unique.
"Yo Silica, is there any good weapons that look like a Zweihander?" Koyero whistled as he swung his Zweihander around idly.
"Why are you asking me about that at a time like this?" Silica answered, confused as they were killing some monsters with them switching numerous times.
"I need a new weapon, can't you tell…?" Koyero pouted, suddenly becoming depressed.
"Woah! What happened? Did I do something wrong?" Silica worried for him.
"Ahh… it's nothing, I shall protect you, fair maiden!" Koyero faked his mood swing of being sad; this is his real mood swing right now. (Be noted that Koyero's personality reflects on the situation due to an accident on his head which causes mood swings)
"F-Fair maiden?" Silica stared at him awkwardly and didn't notice him already far away... Just how fast is he?
"Let's go!" Koyero waved his hand so that Silica could see that he was already far away.
"How did you go there that fast?" Silica began sprinting towards him.
"I found something cool there, follow me!" Koyero poked Silica, looking quite elated.
"Fine." Silica followed him with signs of doubt appearing on her face.
The area which Koyero led Silica to had a big bear near a tree. The bear almost made Silica yelp but Koyero remained composed…. He was used to bears and so he had no problem with them… unless you count being pummeled by one before.
"That's one big bear… level 67 too." Silica had to look up just to see its face.
"There's even a treasure chest!" Koyero grinned as he pointed at the chest which is seemingly being guarded by the bear. "We must be care—" Silica, unable to finish her sentence shook her head in embarrassment since she saw Koyero sneaking up on the bear.
"Die bitch!" Koyero pounced on it and only gave a small scratch on its arm, making the bear bellow in slight pain but it glared at Koyero after a few seconds with its aggression meter increasing slightly. "The bear doesn't look amused." Koyero smiled in nervousness.
"That idiot…" Silica facepalmed as she unsheathed her dagger for safety measures.
"Let's wrestle!" Koyero sheathed his Zweihander and charged like he just got a mood swing.
"Embracer!" Koyero… hugged the bear?
"It's not like that! You punch it!" Silica was going to die out of embarrassment.
"Really?" Koyero seemed embarrassed with a childish voice as the bear was… surprisingly hugging back, irritating Silica even more until Koyero finally became a bit serious..
"The Real Embracer!" Koyero punched the bear's belly; the bear was not amused and glared once more.
"This is real bad…" Silica stood beside Koyero after getting out of the bushes.
"I wish I did a bear hug instead." Koyero joked around.
"I'll be the party leader for now, ok?" Silica waited for the answer of Koyero as she started to wield her dagger with determination.
"Ok, Silica-chan!" Koyero saluted in a childish voice and changed the party leader with his quick hands
"Let's go Pina!" Silica began to engage battle with the bear, a quite tricky battle since the bear's level was slightly higher than hers.
Silica aimed to confuse it with her agility for now and strike later; it worked for a second but epically failed in the next. The bear clawed her a bit while Silica managed to hit it with her dagger. Silica was fast but the bear managed to do a good combo on her. Her HP was in yellow now and Pina healed her slightly. She had to switch so she did. She yelled out Switch and so Koyero went in front and began charging towards it.
"Not that reckless tactic again…" Silica sighed but her intuition was wrong... This wasn't just a regular charge.
"Phantom Charge!" Koyero's Zweihander shined a brief indigo color then charged/went through the bear with his Zweihander dealing some colossal damage. "It worked! For the very first time without me being shoved away rudely! I feel so loved!" Koyero cheered for himself although he got hammered by the bear.
"Ouch..." Silica pitied him and gave the final blow to the bear by hitting it somewhere between its joints, making the bear dissolve to particles.
"I feel so hated!" Koyero wobbled around barely standing from the sudden attack from the bear.
"The only item that bear dropped was a Ravaging Cloak." Silica gave an uninterested face by the item.
"Can I have it?" Koyero tilted his head as he went to the treasure chest.
"Ok the cloak…?" Silica questioned, getting interrupted by him.
"No, your number." Koyero gave an awkward joke with nobody laughing.
"Uhh…" Silica winced in confusion, not knowing how to respond.
"Sorry, I mean, can I have the cloak? I watched too much of those movies, forced of course" Koyero corrected himself.
"Sure…" Silica looked at him, still in confusion as she traded it to him.
"Thank you, now let's open the chest!" Koyero smiled and opened it.
The items inside were an upgraded-looking Zweihander, a silver crystal and a teleport crystal. "I got what I wished for! Alleluia!" Koyero shouted out loud.
"I'll have this teleport crystal and silver crystal then." Silica sounded quite disappointed from getting only a crystal but just accepted it since it may be needed.
"It's getting kind of late, let's go to a town." Koyero equipped his new weapon and lent a hand.
"Ok then follow me." Silica walks away with Koyero chirping out of happiness.
"Hai, neh!" Koyero grinned while following Silica, after about 5 minutes of walking Silica stopped him.
"Wait!" Silica commanded as they both stopped.
"What the hell did you stop for?!" Koyero grumbled, getting another of his random mood swings.
"That thing…" Silica pointed at something that looked like a werewolf.
"It's shorter than me so we won't have any problem!" Koyero stated confidently while he shook Silica's shoulder.
'I guess he's right but…' Silica thought to herself, not noticing Koyero who jumped out of the bushes and engaging battle with it.
"He never really does listen…" Silica mumbled to herself while also jumping out of the bushes.
Koyero made the first move since he attacked the werewolf-like monster on its back. The monster looked at him with glowing red eyes and bared its fangs. Silica on the other hand got her dagger and prepared for battle. The monster was quick! It attacked Koyero appearing behind him without Koyero noticing. Koyero forgot one of the most important things, know its level. As he checked its level the level was level 74. Not good…
"Higher than I thought…" Koyero looked up and down as he was giving a soft chuckle.
"Should we you know…" Silica looked at him, knowing what they were supposed to do next.
"Yes we should… RUN!" Koyero backed away while running with Silica away from the monster.
The monster was close behind. The monster managed to go in front of them, blocking their escape route; they had no choice but to fight. The werewolf clawed at Koyero, easily hitting the Zweihander user. Koyero's HP bar was still green from that hit but should drop to yellow soon enough.
"We have no other choice." Koyero sighed as he unsheathed his new Zweihander which looked quite the same except with the added sharpness.
"Your right…" Silica nodded as Pina went off her shoulder.
"I'll do the first move!" Koyero did some battle cry and began charging towards it.
"Ok then" Silica agreed as she began watching to get this monster's fighting pattern but apparently it has no pattern so she just watched.
"Phantom Charge!" Koyero's skill was about to activate and attack the monster but the monster countered it by flipping Koyero to the air. His HP was now in yellow…
"Damn it… am I gonna get defeated by a monster like this? No! I must not…" Koyero mumbled to himself standing quickly.
"Switch!" Koyero flipped away as Silica ran towards the monster jabbing it with her dagger and going at a distance.
"GRRR…" The werewolf-like monster growled lunging towards Silica with its extremely sharp claws.
"Woah!" Silica ducked, barely dodging it.
As she dodged it, the monster stabbed her on the stomach then kicked her to the ground. Her Life was now in the late yellow zone… with a bleeding effect that slowly decreases her HP every second. Silica was in a pickle…
"Silica!" Koyero's eyes trembled in fear but he managed to rally his courage and run to her as sheathed his Zweihander and crouched low enough to take a good look at her.
"Pina…" Silica looked up weakly as Pina healed her a bit making her life back to the safe yellow zone.
"Holy Shit! Don't scare me like that ever again!" Koyero yelled angrily but it was obviously out of worry.
"No time for chit-chat… Switch!" Silica pushed Koyero making Koyero parry the monster's hit and pierce it on the side. The monster roared in pain but it was still in mid-green zone.
"We can't die here…" Koyero shivered.
"Oh no… not another mood swing… It's even at a time like this!" Silica gulped while closing her eyes.
"We can't die!" Koyero panicked as he began clashing with the monster pushing it slightly. "Phantom Charge!" Koyero panted ignoring his exhaustion.
"Grr…" The monster growled once again countering his attack by flipping him but before he was gonna hit Koyero on the ground, Koyero used Embracer on the monster's head making his impact softer than usual. The monster finally was now in the yellow zone of HP.
Koyero saw this opportunity of hitting this staggered beast so he began doing some combos on it but this idea quickly backfired since the monster quickly recovered and bit Koyero's arm with its sharp teeth and the monster clawed his weapon of his hand before Koyero could counter. Koyero shrieked in pain as the monster, with bloody eyes began biting harder making him breath heavily with his HP dropping fast and Silica shouting 'Say Switch!' with worry.
He was speechless; he lost so much blood (Digital blood). His HP was in red now. He tried to reach for a healing crystal but he just couldn't move. Whenever Silica commands Pina to heal him, Pina just stays still; it seems her little dragon is in a state of fear. Many thoughts ran through Koyero's mind, is he going to die? His eyes grew blurry, all these thoughts stopped as someone, out of nowhere slashed the monster, cutting it in half. This person is no other than… Klein! The monster obviously died and disappeared from the area.
"Are you guys alright?" Klein panted like he just ran like 1 kilometer straight since he heard Koyero's shrieks of pain from the area he was hanging out in, alone.
"Yeah thanks…" Koyero gazed at the wrong direction with a weak smile.
"You're looking at the wrong direction…" Silica poked his shoulder, healed him with a healing crystal and made him look at Klein.
"Aren't you Klein?" Koyero backed away in surprise. "How's the search going? Have you found any… matches with you now?"
"Yeah, and you're that kid fighting with us against the Floor 75 boss." Klein looked at him in relief seeing that he's okay. "Anyway, please don't talk about my research… I prefer it to be kept secret for your information."
Author's Note: Klein calls Koyero 'kid'.
"I wasn't much help in that fight, first time to fight in the front lines ended with 14 dead…" Koyero grimaced and kicked a small pebble.
"Koyero…" Silica patted his back trying to cheer him up.
"That's the past, kid… We lost some comrades in battle so we must not let their deaths be in vain. Like Kirito said, we must beat these 100 floors." Klein spoke calmly, also trying to comfort him.
"Silica and I shall just go to the nearby town, see ya Klein… and thanks…" Koyero gave a sigh and began dragging Silica.
"Ok then." Klein waved as they parted ways. "Oh yeah… and be careful!" Klein warned them until his voice became inaudible.
After a short walk to the nearby town, they finally arrived. Koyero stretched in relief since he is able to fight another day. What he wondered was… How did a level 74 monster manage to go to floor 62? Well he let these thoughts go as they went in an inn to go to sleep; there are good news and bad news. The good news is that they have a vacant room while the bad news is that they have only one room vacant so they have to share a room and the other good news is that they have 2 separate beds. Koyero and Silica accepted but surely, Silica started to keep a close eye on him.
"I like the room, quite spacious." Koyero looked around in delight.
"Yeah, I have something to discuss with you." Silica crossed her arms still in worry.
"What's the discussion about?" Koyero scratched his head while he was already sitting on a chair.
"It's about you almost dying…" Silica gave a look of sorrow.
"It's ok Silica, it's just because that monster was a higher level than me." Koyero attempted to make her at ease but he failed in doing so.
"It is not ok! If Klein didn't rescue us, then you'd probably die!" Silica held back some tears of worry.
"Don't cry, Silica-chan…" Koyero looked at her trying to cheer her up by hugging her. "I'll become stronger so that I wouldn't worry you…"
"I'm serious of you not to risk…" Silica looked at him regaining her cool after a few minutes of comforting..
"You just copied my mood swings!" Koyero smirked while playfully ruffling her hair.
"Hehe… I just wanted to try… and stop ruffling my hair!" Silica pushed his hand away.
"Ok, Silica-chan. Go to sleep." Koyero yawned as he jumped on his bed. "Ok…night…" Silica yawned and slept.
"Night…" Koyero smiled and slept on his bed.
The next day…
Silica woke up noticing that Koyero is not in the room. She looked out through the window hoping to find him but she saw nothing but NPCs and other players outside. When she sat down sighing, a message was suddenly sent to her. She checked her inbox and it was revealed to be a note from Koyero. She began reading it.
"By the time you're reading this, I'm at Floor 22 wandering around randomly because I'm bored. Anyways let's meet up again at that town in floor 47, ok? See you later, my dear, I mean Silica-chan. Sorry I can't control my mood swings, anyways see you at that town in 5 hours." The message stated making Silica sigh in relief.
"I'm just glad that he's not getting in trouble… like that bear incident…" Silica face palmed still in embarrassment.
In Koyero's situation…
Koyero was in floor 22 wandering around aimlessly, going to random areas until he went to the lake. He saw Kirito fishing like he was getting some meat for Asuna to cook with. Koyero approached behind Kirito slowly and did a scary 'boo' behind him making Kirito just flinch a bit. Kirito looked at him, looking quite irritated since he just got a bite at the exact same time so his first-catch of the day escaped.
"What was that for, Koyero? That was my first bite in 5 minutes you know…" Kirito shrugged that thought off and let that scare slide… for now.
"Hehe… sorry about that… I didn't know you were fishing for real." Koyero bowed trying to apologize.
"What did you think I was doing?" Kirito raised an eyebrow. "Looking at the waters? About to swim?" Koyero answered while giving a smile.
"Gah…" Kirito face palmed, looking at him. He knew how childish he was but Kirito managed to get used to his antics. He was actually quite close to Koyero but not exactly enough to be a best friend or something like that but he knew that this mood-swinging boy needed his guidance.
Order: Kirito then Koyero…
"How about a friendly competition?"
"Ok, about what?"
"Let's see who's better in fishing, just a friendly one."
"Sure Kirito!"
"Then I'll tell Asuna to cook for us." He smiled.
"Are you sure she'll accept?"
"Of course!"
"Ok then… anyway I always wondered why you're always excited when it's about Asuna's cooking so I'll give it a try."
"You'll beg for seconds, I bet." He smirked.
"Really?" He rolls his eyes.
"Let's just begin already, shall we?"
"Ok then, bring it on!" They both casted their lines.
After they casted their lines, they waited for their first bite. Koyero tried not to doze off since he isn't really interested in increasing his fishing skill, his skill level was only 305. Kirito on the other hand is experienced with it since it's his favourite skill and he tries to increase it.
Anyways they continued their wait. After a few seconds, Kirito and Koyero got a bite at the exact same time but apparently, the bite that they seemed to get was actually each other's hook! They both didn't notice that it was each other's hook so they kept pulling, trying their best not to let go of this fish.
Order: Kirito to Koyero
"This better be one big fish!" He struggled.
"COME TO PAPA!" He got a mood swing.
"I'm not going to let up!
"You're not getting away!
"What kind of fish is this strong?!"
"What kind of fish is not scared of me?!"
"What are you guys doing?!" Asuna called out at them with a confused and embarrassed expression.
"Fishing?" They both answered.
"You are both pulling each other's line… if you didn't notice… Asuna pulled the fishing lines off each other when she went near to them.
"No wonder it was that strong!" They both complained, extremely frustrated.
"Anyways I'll be in our house if you need me, Kirito-kun." Asuna blinked and kissed Kirito's cheek as she left.
Order: Koyero to Kirito
"I'm rooting for you, Kirito-san!"
"We're married here already, you know…"
"Ohh… I forgot…"
"Anyways let's continue fishing."
"Hai!"
"1."
"2."
"3!"
30 minutes later…
"Asuna, I'm back!" Kirito panted while carrying about 5 buckets of fish while Koyero lost by 2 buckets full.
"Finally your back! That's a lot of fish though…" Asuna smiled then looked at the buckets of fish in awe.
"Indeed, Kirito and I were in a little… fishing competition… and I lost by 2 buckets…" Koyero disappointedly muttered.
"Anyways I'll cook already, time for some brunch, Kirito-kun" Asuna got one bucket and went in the kitchen.
"So what now?" Koyero questioned Kirito.
"Let's wait first, then we'll decide what to do." Kirito suggested a course of action to Koyero, making him sit down on a chair.
"Ok then" Koyero agreed as Asuna came in with some stew.
"The fish added more flavor." Asuna smiled making Kirito get tempted. "Can I have some now?!" Kirito pleaded as he went to a chair.
"That was fast… Now let's taste it!" Koyero complimented while getting some.
"He'll finish it and say seconds in 3…2…1." Kirito mumbled as Koyero finished.
"Seconds!" Koyero raised his bow and got another bowl of stew.
"Knew it…" Kirito chuckled.
"Hmm?" Asuna gave a bowl of stew for Kirito. "Arigato, Asuna." Kirito thanked her and gave a small peck on her cheek (Kiss on the cheek). "Love is in the air." Koyero smirked.
Order: Kirito to Koyero to Asuna
"I already told you, we're married here." He face palmed once more.
"I know, but it seems like I'm stopping something… if you know what I mean." He gave a mischievous smirk.
"It's nothing like that! You're not stopping anything." She had a flustered expression.
"Yeah…" He scratched his head in nervousness.
"You're blushing… now I understand…." He patted Kirito's back. "Good job, bro!"
"I'll just go to our room…" She now had a very flustered face.
"Ok then Asuna." He smiled at her making her smile back.
"*sniff* I love this couple…"
Order change: Kirito to Koyero
"What did you want from me anyway?"
"Well… I just want to train… I don't want to be a pain in the back and make more people die…" He frowned.
"Fine I will help and train you… after I have another bowl." He eats some stew.
"Arigato!" He smiled.
"Don't you have something to do… with Silica?" He looked confused.
"How did you know?
"She sent a message to me about you may be going here after we went fishing and came back with the buckets of fish."
"Oh I forgot! Bye… Kirito-chan!"
"Ehh?"
"I mean Kirito!" He goes out."
"I will never understand that guy…"
End of Chapter 1
Hope you like this chapter minna. Please give any suggestions and comments you can give me so I can make this story better. I'll try my best to make this story good. I hope you'll read the next chapter, readers. Thanks for reading this chapter!
Chapter 2: Time to get serious