(A/N: School is finally out meaning I have a shit load of time to do whatever the heck I want including writing! I'll be trying to get out a least one chapter every week or two now. If I don't make the deadline please send some reviews and yell at me to get my ass in gear! On the other hand thanks for all the reviews and stuff they really help motivate me. Well I won't keep babbling anymore, on to the chapter! Enjoy!)

"I'm coming! I'm coming!" he panted "Almost there!" Kirito yelled out misleadingly as he ran to catch up to the over excited pair of girls waiting impatiently at the teleport "It's strange though Lizbeth doesn't usually take that long to repair gear, but I guess she's just tired." Kirito mused as he reached teleport before remembering to stop panting which had just been a reflexive response to running at full speed in the first place.

Asuna and Yukki shared glances immediately understanding what had happened, sharing a dark look they both began plotting their vengeance.

It had taken Kirito an hour to get ready much to his surprise, all of his stuff had been misplaced or not where he remembered leaving it. Argo, Sinon, Lizbeth and Silica had tried to help him find his equipment and kept finding it in places he could have sworn he had looked in already. Shrugging it off walked to the center of the teleport and with a word the three of them vanished into a beam of light.

As the blue light faded Kirito, Asuna, and Yukki found themselves in the center of the mid-sized town which was the main city on the tenth floor. The three of them instantly adopted their various 'business' personas Asuna and Yukki took the appearance of ice queen body guards whilst Kirito took up his princely demeanor.

The square grew quieter until it was just the sound of Npcs bustling around as all the players in the square stared at them in reverence. Kirito nodded to Asuna and Yukki and with that the three of them moved off at a steady pace heading towards the edge of town. As they reach the edge of town they sped up disappearing into the thick jungle (A/n: I'm aware that this is not the real biome of floor ten but just roll with it okay?)

They had only gone a few feet into the jungle when they dropped their personas returning to a group of 3 friends on an outing, or at least that what Kirito thought. The other two were going about planning on how to seduce him (in a good way) or at least improve their relationship with him. Kirito darted forward attacking a tiger like Mob with 3 red eyes, sharp fangs and knifelike claws. He quickly sliced through most of its health with a powerful sword skill causing it to shatter into polygons leaving the 3 of them alone in the small clearing they had stopped in. Kirito was about to move on when he was interrupted by a question from Asuna.

"Lunch time?" she asked smirking and already knowing the answer to her question.

"Yes! Yes! Yes! A million times yes" Kirito instantly replied

Asuna and Yukki shared a knowing smile before Asuna summon a basket from her inventory and setting opening it. Setting the food down on the blanket in the middle of the clearing just which was about 15 feet from the nearest tree plenty of time to get ready if a Mob attacked them. The 3 of them settled down to eat.

Asuna took out Kirito's sandwich from the basket before looking at him, his eyes were locked with an intent only seen in two occasions, In battle and during lunchtime. She smile superiorly speaking "Kirito what do you say?"

"Oh wonderful and benevolent Asuna and kind and saintly Yukki please bestow a sandwich upon an innocent starving teenager?" he said pleadingly.

Asuna looked at Yukki who shrugged and said "good enough for me." Asuna smiled and handed him the sandwich which he took with sparkles in his eyes causing the girls to sweat drop slightly.

-Elsewhere-

"We are ready to move out sir" a man spoke out. He was dressed into dark clothing and wielding a mid-sized broadsword which was currently strapped across his back.

"Good now where the Hell is PoH" Kibaou spoke impatiently.

"He is targeting some members of the guild who are currently not at base sir he said you could lead the assault" the man responded.

Kibaou looked surprised for a second before smirking cruelly "well then let's do this that brat is gonna meet his maker." He paused for a moment smirking before crying out "ATTACK" in a loud voice which echoed around the clearing just in front of the Black Mark's base. Laughing cruelly Kibaou watched as his soldiers rushed forward preparing for a slaughter.

-Near Kirito, Asuna and Yukki's location-

He walked leisurely through the wood towards his target, the man know infamously as PoH paid little attention to the group of 3 Pkers who were following him in a mob, they were just cannon fodder after all.

"We will be on them soon ready yourselves" PoH spoke. The fact was that he didn't care whether they lived or died, they were irrelevant, and the same goes for 2 of the 3 people in the party he was hunting. The only one that mattered was him, one of the few people who had managed to truly peak his interest.

Despite his clearly tender age he carried himself with a strong and imposing manor, in a matter of a few months he had managed to amass the strongest force in Aincraid which was rapidly growing stronger. He had lied to Kibaou when he said that he thought they could win. The very fact was that the Pkers where outmatched but the ones he had sent were just the rank and file Kibaou had been nothing but an amusing fool who he had recently lost interest in. they would all die or be captured but he didn't care.

The arrogant fool would no doubt not notice the fact that out of the pkers under his command 20 were missing. These twenty were the ones he deemed useful, he had long become aware that there were too many pkers, people were much too cautious now a days. Once there were too many not only were there be less prey but the fools would be easily detected and with approximately 700 clearers at or surpassing their level and a great number just barely behind they would be decimated. That fool Zarcin's capture had been the last proof he had needed, he needed to downsize.

Kibaou may have been a fool but he had his uses he was extremely skilled at using fear and hatred to spur people on. He had no doubt that today would lead to the fall of the majority of those weaklings one way or another. If they managed to cripple the Black Mark then well that was an added bonus. As for the black swordsman, well today he would be tested.

-With Kirito-

A chill went down Kirito's spine and he internally tensed while outwardly looking relaxed. Looking up he met eyes with Yukki wordlessly expressing his feeling. Her eyes widened for a moment and then Kirito spoke cheerily "well we better get back to grinding now." He said taking a last bit of his sandwich before tossing it to the side where it shattered into polygons.

Both Yukki and Asuna immediately prepared for battle if it was something that could make Kirito throw away a sandwich that was only half eaten it was no Mob which left only one thing, Pkers.

"Yeah, you're right!" Yukki exclaimed stowing the picnic basket into her into her inventory and standing and drawing her blade in a relaxed manor Kirito stood mirroring her action

"I forget it was that way back to the town right?" Kirito said pointing in the direction when were he had detected the pkers.

"Yeah, I think so anyway." Asuna replied also drawing her blade.

"Impressive" a new voice spoke out. "My sneaking skill is rather high I'm surprised you noticed me," The man laughed slightly as 3 others immerged behind him "but I suppose I should expect that from the legendary Black swordsman." He finished smirking cruelly.

"PoH" Kirito spoke out "if I'm not mistaken" he said while staring coolly at PoH.

"My reputation precedes me" The man replied smirking cruelly at Kirito and his companions.

"I don't suppose you've come to surrender calmly?" Kirito asked his voice neutral

PoH shook his head "I'm Afraid not oh mighty Black Swordsman" he said tauntingly

"I though not" Kirito replied nonplussed "So what do you want?"

"What do I want?" PoH replied "what makes you think I want anything? I could have just come here to kill you?"

"If you were here merely to kill me you would have brought more than 3 people" Kirito replied simply "that or you are an overconfident fool."

PoH laughed "maybe, maybe not, but you forget this isn't a battle against Npcs this is a battle against real humans who die if you reduce their health to zero." PoH said cruelly.

"Your point?" Kirito replied in a cool voice sending chills up the spines of everyone in the clearing though for different reasons.

PoH laughed "verbal quiz ten out of ten" he smirked "Now for the real test!" he yelled as he charged Kirito drawing his knife with a swift motion "DIE!" he roared.