Alfheim Offline

Chapter Four

*Special Thanks to Noticed_Ninja for helping me write and come up with ideas for this Chapter and story as a whole. Check him out here on and check out his new Certain Magical Index fanfic as well as his previous RWBY fanfic.

"Stop!" Asuna yelled as she firmly grasped Kirito's arm. Kirito looked up breathing heavily. "Listen. I know we need to test the theory but doing this to your self isn't the right way to do it." Asuna looked shaken. Her eyes were watery.

"I don't want anything bad to happen to any of us."

"….A-Alright." Kirito murmured. "Everyone let's just….I don't know, go for a walk. It'll clear our minds so we can think about this whole thing." Kirito's calm voice and upbeat attitude returned as he led the group outside of the house.

"Um...I'm just gonna stay here and rest for a little while." Silica chirped.

"I'm too tired to walk, I'll just go out for a breath of fresh air." Lizbeth replied.

"All right suit yourself. It was getting kind of boring just sitting around in here." Klein declared, eager to get outside. The rest of the group left the cabin as Silica sat at the table in a silent, "zoned out" state. She stared at her hands, startled about the entire situation. She needed to know whether this could be possible. She was just as scared as Sinon was at first. She didn't want this to be true. With tears in her eyes she grabbed her sword and began do to just what Kirito attempted. The only difference between the two is that one went through with their plans. Screams rang out from the cabin. The group had already moved far enough out of the area for them not to notice. Except Lizbeth who stayed behind. She ran inside to see what the commotion was about. The rest of the team continued walking, completely oblivious to the situation.

"You weren't actually going to stab yourself right?" Klein asked.

"Well, I was but then I'd probably just end up moving the sword a bit on purpose so it'd just be a cut." Kirito replied.

"Well someone didn't see it the same way." Lizbeth asserted while running towards the group.

"What?" Kirito questioned.

"Something happened to Silica. You gotta come back to the cabin." The group quickly ran back to the house and threw open the doors to see Silica sitting just where she was before, holding her hand in pain.

"Silica! What happened!?" Kirito shouted rushing to her aid.

"I'm….I'm sorry." She whimpered. Tears streamed down her face, not only from the pain but from the disappointment that she believed she brought her friends.

"It's okay. Just...what happened here?" Silica got her thoughts together and began to speak quietly.

"I….I wanted to know for sure if any of this was possible." She looked towards the ground as she couldn't bring herself to look her teammates in the eyes. "I-I was scared. I-I'm sorry."

"Silica. Calm down. We're all afraid of what could be happening." Leafa tried to reassure her.

"I-I'm so-rry. I d-on't wa-nt anyth-ng to ha-ppen." Her voice began to cut out and her avatar gained a broken hologram look. Next thing the group knew she was disconnected from the game. Nobody in the group spoke. They were still confused and in shock. The silence was soon broken by than sound of Kirito slamming his clenched fist against the table.

"Kirito!" Asuna exclaimed worryingly.

"...We need to figure out exactly what's going on." Kirito remarked firmly. "I'm not going to have anything else happen to us." He spoke in a serious and concerned manner. "First thing tomorrow. Everyone meet up here and we are going to get to the bottom of this." The group nodded their heads in agreement. "Now..." Kirito said as he opened up the in-game menu. "I'm going to go check on Silica." He spoke those few words with no emotion and with that he was logged out. The team sat quietly.

Klein sighed. "Well, I think we should log off and get some rest. We're gonna need it for tomorrow." The group agreed and they began to leave one by one. Every one of them with the same goal. To figure out the reason for this series of these events.