(A/n I got a review saying that Kirito was overpowered and I completely agree at this point he is. But if your compare the number of players at the first boss to the last you'll see that compared to the twenty something of the first boss there was several hundred players to fight the 75th boss. This means the ratio of player power to enemy power was the highest on the first floor. You'll also notice that when he leveled up his sword although a lower level compared to his player level only went up twice compared to his player level going up thrice. The sword requires considerably more xp to level up than Kirito. His recently acquired SSR equipment will give him a distinct advantage on the lower level's when combined with his beta knowledge he was able reach the best grinding spot first and so got the most money and such for gear. So for a while he will be overpowered but eventually the game will catch up to him and he knows that. As for his easy defeat of the boss type enemy on floor two it was a mini boss with half the health of Ilfang and considerably less defense compared to the boss making it easy for Kirito to demolish. Hope that sets some of your worries aside I do not intent for Kirito to be able to single handedly clear the game. And now on to chapter four enjoy =).

Directly after Argo's call 3 things happened consecutively, Kirito nearly dropped his sword as an expression crossed his face, Argo's group nearly broke out laughing from his expression which was akin to a trapped animal and Kirito was tackled by the excitable Argo whom had judged by his reaction that he was indeed her friend (and favorite teasing victim) Kirito. Kirito managed to stay upright and then says in a strained voice "that nickname" he shivered "that's you isn't it Argo."

Said girl giggled slightly and said teasingly "Amazing ki-bou, to be able to distinguish someone whose face you've never see before as me with just a simple hug, do you have anything you want to say ki-bou?" she pressed herself on him slightly just barely not triggering the game's anti-harassment alert.

Face turning red Kirito said with as much dignity as he could muster "A-Argo would you quit molesting me?"

"It's not molesting if you like it" the girl replied immediately

"Who said I…" Kirito began to reply

"The expression on your face says it all" Argo interjected.

"Argo" an annoyed girl's voice interjected "We are here to recruit him not seduce him."

"Can't we do both Sinon? Pleeaaassee" Argo replied in a begging tone.

"Argo" Sinon replied darkly.

"Fine" Argo replied in a tone that closely resembled a little girl told by her mother to go to sleep.

But despite what she said Sinon could not quite overcome the strange fluttering in her heart starring at the effeminate swordsman. She found herself instantly taken by his looks, the fluttering of his hair in the wind, combined with those beautiful golden eyes of his were overwhelming it was taking every bit of her will to keep up her tough girl routine. Glancing around, she quickly saw that the others were clearly less capable when it came to hiding their emotions. She sighed but was internally amused it was good the others had something to distract them from the death game even if it was only a badass pretty boy swordsman.

"Hey" Kirito said suddenly "Do any of you think I look like a badass pretty boy swordsman?" Sinon nearly choked

"Wha-!?" Sinon managed.

"Sorry that was a weird question but the last group that caught me grinding was a bunch of girls." Kirito replied apologetically "I just wanted to know if it was true because I swear they've been stalking me." The boy explained "like shadows at every corner and behind every door kind of stalking, I only managed to give them the slip a little bit ago like 2-3 days in which I was hiding in the woods." He confided

At this Argo cracked up "Most people are worried you about dying and you're more scared of a horde of girls that just like you ki-bou" then with a mischievous smile she continued "though you can't really blame the girls ki-bou." Approaching Kirito with a decidedly seductive expression on her face "you can't blame them at all" repeated licking her lips.

At this point Kirito replied "are you sure you're Argo? You may have teased me to hell and back but this seem like actual seduction." Despite the steadiness of his voice as he said this his face was quite red.

In response to this question Argo sent a friend request to Kirito confirming her name. Kirito sighed dejectedly and clicked accept. He was then spammed with requests from all the other girls in the group and although with considerably less zest the guys who were glaring jealously at the attention the black swordsman was getting.

"The reason I never tried was because I didn't know what was behind the face of your pretty little avatar." Argo replied keeping on her seductive voice. "But I need not have worried"

Kirito now decidedly uncomfortable asked "Are you high?" the rest of the group burst out laughing at this. After around 20 seconds Sinon who had recovered from her fit of giggles cleared her throat silencing the rest of the group.

"We'll never get anything done at this rate." she said sternly "anyway" turning to Kirito she said "we gathering people to make a guild once we get to the fourth floor." Seeing the fleeting look of doubt on the swordsman's face she continued "everyone in this group is a beta and a veteran mmo player, if you're worried about us slowing you down, don't." she finished

Kirito looked deep in thought on one hand there was a limit to what he could do on his own but on the other he was not quite sure he wanted to saddle the other's with someone who would without a doubt be called a hacker when news of his sword and other gear got around. As if sensing were his doubts were coming from Argo spoke out

"Don't worry about dragging our names through the dirt ki-bou, we're all 'filthy beaters' here." The normally teasing girl said in a reassuring tone.

"… okay but on one condition" Kirito said at this most of the gathered players thought 'he wants to be the leader right.' Kirito then continued "we all take credit for beating floor one's boss" he finished

"Eeehhh!"

"Well you see I don't really like attention that much" Kirito explained sheepishly "don't really want to be assassinated for my gear either though."

"Okay but one thing first" Klein spoke out "how do we know you're not connected to Kayaba?" at Kirito's confused look Klein continued "how do we know you really exist you could be Kayaba playing an avatar for all we know" Kirito nodded realizing the truth in this statement though confused on how to replied

"He's not" a voice from the group said.

"What do you mean Yukki?" Asuna spoke sounding surprised (A/N yup Yukki's in game, she's also healthy and about as happy as you can get in a death game, in this she 14 the same age as Kirito.)

"He is a real person" the girl continued "I met him IRL once"

For the first time Kirito looked closely at the girl before his eyes widened in recognition pointing a figure he said "world championship's during the finals." Kirito said surprised.

"What?" Asuna said looking even more confused

"Asuna-nee, you know how I practice kendo? Well this person is the one who beat me in the second to last rung of the bracket and later won the world champs." Yukki explained.

At this the group eyes widened looking at the youth. Yukki then continued "but the question is why did you remember me you fought won the champion ships I lost before the final round?"

Kirito smiled and said "If you'd been on the other side of the bracket I think it would have been you in the final's" Kirito said simply "our fight was more of a challenge than the one against the 'master'" he said the word master mockingly "that was in the final round."

"Really?" Yukki asked surprised

"Yup"

"So you know each other's real names?" Argo said smiling at the thought of selling their personal information. Of course she wasn't cruel so it would go for around 100,000 col each.

"No, since we were underage during the championship our names were kept out of the paper and reports as well as never officially being released" Kirito said calmly glad in a way that Argo couldn't find out his Identity.

"Aww" Argo said disappointedly "ahh well there are more than one way to make a pig squeal."

"Since when am I pig?" Kirito asked irritably

"Well with how nice you're being it obvious you're just trying to cultivate your own harem ki-bou you don't hide it that well." Argo said sagely much to Kirito's horror.

"What!?" Kirito said in shock. "No I'm not trying to do that!" Kirito said once he recovered part of his sanity.

"Right~ of course I believe you ki-bou" Argo said smugly.

"Would you two stop acting like married couple!" an annoyed Klein shouted out he was soon followed by shouts of his group of friends (the members of Fuurinkazan in canon). Surprisingly Argo blushed slightly at this before getting a slightly dreamy look.

"What are you thinking about" Kirito said nervously

Argo blinked before recovering with a quick comeback "I was just thinking of various ways to ruin Klein's life nothing much."

Klein gulped, Asuna giggled, and Sinon smirked knowingly while Kirito just look pitifully at Klein and said in a sad voice "rest in peace Klein it was nice knowing you."

"Don't act like I'm dead!" Klein complained at this the rest of the group just looked at him sadly and Kirito continued

"You should stop clinging on to life your time is past, rest poor soul" his voice similar to a preacher at a funeral.

"I'm not dead!" Klein complained again

Kirito then turned and walked over to the captain of the guard and collected his quest reward.

"Thank you stranger with the kobolds vanquished we can open the front gate." The guard said "for you services I like to give you something for helping me protect my home" he continued "there is an old mansion on the fourth floor just to the east of the main city, this key will let you opened the front gate." The guard held his hand out and a key appeared in Kirito's inventory "consider the mansion yours it's a bit run down but nothing a bit of elbow grease or col wont clear up." The man finished. Just then a popup appeared on Kirito's screen. Quest complete city in peril (solo) rewards: 6000xp 3000col and key to the unique house fortified mansion as well as ownership.

"What'd you get" Argo asked

"some col and a house on the fourth floor once I get there" Kirito replied "it says it's a mansion so it's probably pretty big" Kirito mused (a/n in this game there is a significant bonus if you finish the unique quests solo due to the added challenge but since Kirito's joining a group he will no longer benefit from this fact after this.)

"Why do you get all the cool badass gear and stuff?" Klein whined slightly

"Because he's a badass pretty boy swordsman you're just dumb muscle" Argo said dismissively.

Klein and the rest of the males in the group barring Kirito started crying. "Why is the world so unfair!" one of his friends called out in despair.