Chapter 2
I'm back everyone for a new chapter for you guys, now I do not own the anime, the game, or the manga's of Sword Art Online or the characters, but I do own the story and my Oc's, now hope you are all ready for this enjoy!
"Here is a cheers to Kirito!" A voice called, as group of people cheered for Kirito, but he looked nerveous.
"Um...cheers guys." Kirito nervously replied, as they all digged in.
"By the way we haven't introduced ourselves to you I'm Keita, this is Ducker, Sasamaru, Tetsuo, and this right here is Sachi." The guy named Keita stated.
"Yea thanks, for saving us from that monster!" Ducker, Tetsuo, and Sasamaru agreed.
"Yea, you see Sachi here, we decided that we should try and put her in the front as sword and shield, but thank you for saving her." Keita stated, as Sachi scowled.
"I am not a baby Keita, and I'm not useless, I can take care of myself." Sachi declared pouting, as Keita patted her head, and laughed.
"Ow wait by the way Kirito what is your level?" Keita questioned, as Kirito was nervous.
"Um...about level 20 or so." Kirito lied glancing at his level 40 which he feels guilty about not telling the truth to them.
"Ow then you are at the same level as us, and a solo." Keita claimed with a smile, as Kirito still felt bad about telling a lie to them.
"Hehe, anyway I have a request Kirito, would you join our guild?, since your a solo and all and your by yourself, plus your a inspiration for us." Keita stated, which caused Kirito to be wide eyed, as he thought and thinking about Nightmare and their promise, but thought of how this guild personality.
"Um...I really don't know, I like the offer, I'll do it." Kirito declared, as everyone cheered and giving Kirito a pat on the back.
*In the forest*
The Black cats including Kirito were fighting a mantace looking mob, as everyone was attacking it, as Sachi was practicing her sword and shield tactics and was getting scared, till Kirito got up. "Sachi get back I got this." Kirito stated, as he blocked a strike, and cut its arm off. "Tetsuo switch!" Kirito called, as Tetsuo nodded a bit nervous and strike the monster down, as everyone cheered.
"Nice work everyone!" Keita cheered, as everyone nodded, and Kirito gave a delicated smile.
*By some ruins*
"Man the assault team cleared floor 28, what do they have that we don't?" Keita questioned, as Kirito just stared at him.
"Info I guess, they have all the information and won't share it with anyone else." Kirito replied, as Keita nodded.
"True but I think it's due to their will, you know having a purpose and treating each other as family, I kind of think the black cats are like that and soon we will be able to make it where they are now." Keita claimed, as everyone from the Black Cats smiled.
"That's a nice goal." Kirito stated.
"So you think we can beat the Holy Dragon Aliance? Or the Kinghts of the Blood oth?" Ducker questioned, putting Keita into a arm lock.
"Hey, I Can't make goals for us?" Keita stated, as everyone laughed, and Kirito looked at his level '48'.
*During the night*
"Ok guys this meeting is about our goal...we have made it to 20 thousand coal!" Keita told the black cats, as they awed in joy.
"Now getting a house does not seem like a dream anymore." Sachi told everyone.
"Hey, maybe we should get Sachi some new gear." Ducker stated.
"No I don't think so, I don't want be a waste." Sachi stated.
"Ow come on we can't just leave Kirito in the front all the time." Testuo complain, as Sachi looked guilty.
"Ow I'm sorry Kirito!" Sachi apologized.
"Naw it's ok I can live with it." Kirito assured her, as Sachi nodded a shadow came over her eyes.
Kirito then was on one of the upper floorsafter the meeting with the black cats, once he did make it to the fields he saw Klien and his Guild fighting a mobs, and as they finished Klien saw Kirito and went up to him.
"Hey Kirito what's up?" Klien called.
"Ow hey Klien." Kirito replied in a low voice, till Klien noticed something.
"Hey wait what's up with that icon? Did you join a guild?" Klien asked, while Kirito looked down.
"Later Klien." Kirito told Klien, as he left Klien frowned.
"Is it really bothering him?" Klien questioned, but did not noticed another person from afar.
"So this is what's up, well I hope that this does not destroy him, cause everything has a price brother." Nightmare said to himself as he left.
As Kirito came back to the floor him and the black cats stay at, once he got there he got a message, it was from Keita saying that Sachi is missing and that the rest went to a dungeon, as Kirito finished reading the message he activated a skill letting him see where Sachi went, as he followed the trail he saw Sachi in a sewer looking spot.
"Sachi." Kirito called in a low voice but one she can hear from, as she looked up.
"Ow hey Kirito." Sachi answered, as Kirito just looked at her.
"You know everyone was worried." Kirito told her, as see looked down.
"I'm sorry to make you guys worried." Sachi declared, as Kirito sat down, then Sachi continued. "Hey Kirito why do we have to do this?" Sachi questioned, as Kirito looked at her.
"I don't know, but your right it is not fair that we have to be suck into a game and-" Kirito started.
"No I mean the fighting, we should escape it all, the front lines, the battle, the Black cats and this world." Sachi replied, as Kirito was wide eyed, and looked pale.
"You mean suicide?!" Kirito freaked out gulping.
"That would not be so bad." Sachi motioned, and Kirito gulped even more, then Sachi continued. "Sorry I should not put this on you, but the reason for this is that I'm afraid to die." Sachi called out crying in her knees.
"Sachi I am going to promise you something...until I die I will protect you so you can leave this world." Kirito told her bringing her into a hug, but unknowingly to both of them Nightmare saw them and smiled.
After the talk with Sachi, Kirito went into his room in the place he shared with the black cats, till someone knocked on his door and it was Sachi in her night gown holding a pillow, as Kirito got off his menu, and looked at her.
"Hey Sachi what's up?" Kirito asked, as Sachi looked nervous.
"Um...I couldn't sleep, so I was wondering..." Sachi froze a bit, as Kirito patted his part of the bed showing that she could sleep there, she then smiled and lay there.
"Kirito..." Sachi started then stopped.
"Don't worry you are not going to die." Kirito stated, as Sachi nodded then went to sleep.
*The Next Day*
"Alright guys I will go ahead to that floor where we wanted our house to be at, I'll be back later." Keita told everyone as he went through the teleport gate.
"Hey maybe we can check the dungeon we found out to get some money to get stuff for our new home?" Ducker asked everyone, which made Kirito frowned.
"Yeah maybe we can get some furniture with the money we get." Sachi exclaimed, as the other black cats agreed except for Kirito.
"I don't know maybe we should stick to our regular training and hunting spots?" Kirito stated, as they still looked at him with a bit of disbelief.
"Hey, don't worry we are skilled enough for this job." Tetsuo complied, as Kirito frowned, as they left though in Kirito's mind that this going into a dungeon was a bad idea.
As they made it to the Dungeon, they just walked around checking to see what's around, till a secret passage open up to a small room with a chest in the middle as the males except Kirito went to the chest something flashed in Kirito's mind that made him look horrified.
"Don't open its a trap!" Kirito yelled, but it was to late when the chest open and a bunch of mobs came out of every place in the small room, and to make it worse the door closed making there no way to escape, so with this they all got their weapons ready, but Ducker tried using a teleport crystal which did nothing but had the mobs surround him and use their axes and attack I'm making his Hp hit 0, leading him to die in the real and virtual world.
"A non-teleport zone..." Sachi breathed in surprise and fear, as Kirito gritted his teeth, as the remaining 4 tried taking out all the mobs around them, but a little later Sasamaru, Tetsuo both got killed in both worlds as the mobs gained up on both of them leaving only Kirito and Sachi, Kirito tried to reach Sachi, as she tried to reach him but as they almost reached Kirito's eyes widen, as Sachi got attacked in the back making her Hp hit 0 and as she said something Kirito could not hear she disappeared dead in real life and in the virtual world, and with this Kirito went berserk.
*Christmas eve on the 35 floor*
Kirito was sitting on a bench by himself waiting with his bangs covering his eyes, till a girl came in a robe with a hoodie, with gold eyes, and had paint cat like whiskers.
"Any update Argo?" Kirito questioned with a emotionalit tone.
"To the secret boss yeah, it is supposed to appear today, and is very high level and the named is Saint Nicloeles." Argo told Kirito, as he nodded paid Argo and went into a direction, which Argo spoke again. "You know where it is do you?" Argo questioned, but no reply as Kirito left out of her sight, but did not noticed Nightmare with a sad frown.
As Kirito Made it to the shack he was staying at equipping gear. "If I die today then So be it, but if I do win the team that can bring back the dead will help to being Sachi back, so I can figure out what she said, and if it is to curse me or anything like that then so be it." Kirito told himself, as he remembered how Keita died.
FlashBack
"Hey there you are, wait where are the others?" Keita asked, as Kirito kept his bangs covering his eyes.
"I'm sorry Keita we went to a dungeon and we tried to get money for furniture and then..." Kirito told him, as Keita went pale in realization of what he said but thought of something.
"Wait, how did you survive?" Keita questioned, as Kirito was nervous.
"I lied to you guys about my level it was over level 40." Kirito answered, as Keita gasped.
"No...you were not supposed to be aloud a beater is not supposed to be in this guild." Keita stated as he climbed on the ledge near by.
"No don't!" Kirito yelled, as Keita fell to his death, as Kirito eyes went wide.
*Flashback end*
Kirito was walking towards where the event boss is until he sensed a presence, then appeared out of no where came Klien's guild.
"Hey Kirito, wait are you going to fight the event boss?!" Klien asked shocked with his guild, as Kirito nodded.
"Yea...and?" Kirito asked with no emotion.
"Hold on Kirito your not doing this alone, we can work together and who ever gets the last hit will get the item." Klien exclaimed, as Kirito grabbed his sword, which freaked the guys out, till the holy dragon Aliance came.
"Seems like you've been followed." Kirito stated, as Klien chuckled.
"Yep, now Kirito go and fight that boss we will hold them off." Klien told Kirito as he and his guild got their weapons ready, as Kirito was shocked.
"Alright Klien, thank you." Kirito told him as he ran, but Klien almost cried.
"Here it is one on one, I will beat this event boss!" Kirito shouted as his eyes turned gold for a second, as the event boss appeared and the battle started.
*A while later*
As Klien and his group finished distracting the Dragon Aliance Kirito appeared with a face with no emotion at all, it was as he died over and over again, which made Klien very worried about what happened.
"Kirito? Did you get the item?" Klien questioned.
"Yea read what it says..." Kirito replied, as Klien read what the item can do.
"Give to a player that died and revive them in, 10 seconds or less?!" Klien screamed, as Kirito nodded and left, till Klien added. " Kirito I don't know how you do it, but don't die!" Klien stated, then Kirito left, as Klien was threat to cry, but no one noticed Nightmare watching then following Kirito.
Once Kirito made it back to the inn he was staying at he lay down till he got a message, thinking it was Klien he looked and saw it was a message from Sachi which surprised him.
*A while later with Nightmare*
Nightmare was walking around and found the place Kirito is staying at, as he came up the stairs and heard the message a girl from his guild Sachi left him, finding out the existence of this world and save everyone that is really big, which Nightmare knocked.
"Hey, Kirito its me." Nightmare called, then continued. "I've been around and heard what happened mainly through the door, and I just thought you might want to spend the holidays with family even though we are not." Nightmare added a bit sad, till the door opened.
"Hey Nightmare..." Kirito replied with a sad smile.
"Hey, well come on let's go." Nightmare motioned, which confused Kirito.
"To where?" Kirito asked, as Nightmare smirk as they continued walking to the teleport gate to the 22nd floor, once they made it they walked to a place close to the forest, it was a grey cement house with 2 chimneys, and second floor the place, which was in a rectangle shape with tones of windows on the frist floor, while the second floor had one window with 12 rooms, and once Nightmare walked to the place and unlocked the door, as he turn to see Kirito he noticed he was shocked.
"Nightmare what the hell have you been doing?!" Kirito yelled, as Nightmare was confused until he knew what he was saying.
"Ow, well remember Blade and Punisher, well they had two friends and the five of us decide to make a shop so we leveled up our skills and made the gear we used, upgrade it and so on, then found this shop and decided to take days of, and so on forth we come here today the shop is closed, as well as Sunday's." Nightmare answered, with Kirito a bit to shocked to answer.
As they entered they went into the middle which was a dinning area like a restaurant, which took most of the rectangular building, the floors were solid oak wood, and the tables and chairs were a nice hard light color oak, and the Kitchen in the back, but in the corner next to the tree is a Christmas tree.
"Man you guys are really serious about this place." Kirito commented, as Nightmare nodded getting coco.
"Yea, want some coco?" Nightmare asked, as Kirito nodded, and brought it to him, as they sit down at a table.
"Hey, Ray." Kirito asked, as Nightmare looked up.
"I thought we are using our game names?" Nightmare questioned, but Kirito just stared.
"Now I don't care it is only use Ray, but still why did you say that at the inn?" Kirito asked, as Ray just looked down.
"I said it from the fact we don't share the same blood I'm not a Kirigaya, I'm just a adopted kid, that's all Kazuto." Ray stated, as Kazuto frowned.
"Ray you might not be a Kirigaya by blood, but you are apart of the family blood or not, Sugu accepts you!" Kazuto countered.
"Yes, but see does not know." Ray replied.
"Yes but you act like a real brother to her." Kazuto told him.
"Yea...lets complete this game together, and once we do let's spend time with Sugu." Ray decided, as Kazuto nodded and got their hands out shaking.
"By the way, merry Christmas Ray." Kazuto replied smiled.
"Hehe, yea merry Christmas Kazuto, by the way if you want you can have a job here all you have to get supplies and help around with the service in our dinner or cafe." Ray told Kazuto, as he shifted back a bit, then Ray laughed a bit then continued. "It's not a guild don't worry, you can still be a solo player." Ray smiled, as Kazuto was putting it all together.
"Why the hell not, I guess I'll join the shop." Kazuto smiled back.
"Well, since you are going to join here is a key to enter the 3 shops and one for your room." Ray stated, as he give Kazuto his keys to the place.
"Thanks, but now I wonder what will happen next, and how will the next few bosses will be like?" Kazuto questioned.
"Only time will tell." Ray answered, as Kazuto agreed as they finished their coco, with the sun slowly rising.
To Be Continued...
Now that Kirito and Nightmare are working in a shop, what will happen now who are the other two people working with them, how will things turn out? Find out next time.
Alternet Journey