Author's Note: I apologize in advance for this being such a short chapter. Though while it is quite short, I can assure all of you reading that it'll be an eventful one.
Disclaimer: I do not own Sword Art Online
Chapter 15: The Truth Comes Out
The afternoon had grown quite late, and Lisbeth had spent the last several hours in her shop forging new weapons. The blacksmith's online life in ALO had grown a lot busier since she had joined the Order of Yig. For one thing, Lisbeth had to fill orders for her regular customers. Being part of a guild didn't change the fact that her shop was open to all players. In addition to all that, Lisbeth also had to continue forging weapons for the guild to use down in the mound dungeons. And even on top of that, Lisbeth was still trying to figure out the right alloy combination for a weapon that could be used effectively both down in the mound dungeons and against the normal monster of ALO. The pink-haired blacksmith realized that she had been running herself ragged.
Noticing the time, Lisbeth decided to call it an early day. He plan at that moment was to log out and relax for the rest of the evening with a nice book. Just as Lisbeth had started to close up shop though, Donis entered.
"Hello, Liz." Donis spoke. "I hope I'm not interrupting anything."
"Hi Donis. I was just closing up." Lisbeth replied. "I know I've still got a lot of work to do, but I'm feeling a little wiped out."
"I can see that." Donis relied with a concerned expression as he came up to her. "You look very overworked. I'm afraid I must be to blame for all this."
"Well, now that you mention it, I thought you said you were going to recruit more blacksmiths into the guild." Lisbeth recalled. "I can't really do this by myself."
"I know, but I'm afraid that player blacksmiths are proving devilishly hard to come by." Donis told her. "And the ones that we have been able to find aren't exactly very skilled. Certainly not even close to your level."
"In other words I'm stuck working alone for a while, huh?" Lisbeth observed.
Donis gently took hold of Lisbeth's chin. "If you'll allow me, I'd like to try and make it up to you."
With that, Donis moved in and kissed Lisbeth's neck. Lisbeth let out a deep moan, as the blonde had picked a particularly sensitive spot. Deciding that she could use a quick tumble, Lisbeth gently pulled away from Donis and brought up her menu. With a flash of blue light, the blacksmith was rendered completely naked. Smirking, Donis turned Lisbeth around and continued kissing her neck, attacking the same spot that he had gone after before. At the same time, his hands reached around and began massaging the pinkette's breasts, his thumbs every now and then toying with her erect nipples. Lisbeth had become putty in Donis's hands.
After what seemed to Lisbeth like several minutes, Donis stopped what he was doing and turned to the wooden table they had been standing next to. The gold swordsman pushed off all the weapons that had been laid out on the table, causing them to fall to the floor with a loud cacophony of noise. Donis then brought up his menu and removed his outfit with a flash of blue light. After turning a very compliant Lisbeth around to face the table, Donis bent her over the wooden surface. Lisbeth quickly took hold of the table's edge to prepare for the hot pounding that was soon to come.
Wasting no time, Donis took hold of both of Lisbeth's legs and pulled them straight back. The pinkette soon felt Donis's rock-hard member slide into her and held on tightly to the table as he bucked his hips into her. The legs of the table creaked against the wooden floor from the force of Donis's movements. Eventually Lisbeth's inner walls began to tighten around Donis's rod, causing him to pound into her even harder. Then in one glorious instant the two of them climaxed. Lisbeth could feel Donis's warm seed shooting into her.
Donis withdrew himself from Lisbeth after a moment and quickly redressed himself with his menu. Lisbeth pushed herself back up and looked back to see Donis about to walk for the door.
"Where are you going?" Lisbeth asked just as Donis had taken his first step.
"I'm terribly sorry, dearest. But I'm afraid there's some place else I have to be at the moment." Donis told her. "It seems I let time get away from me. I will of course make it up to you later. Perhaps tomorrow?"
"Yeah… okay." Lisbeth answered. "Catch you later, I guess."
Donis quickly came back over and gave Lisbeth a peck on the cheek. After that, he was out the door before the pinkette could stop him. Frowning, Lisbeth stood back up and redressed herself. She didn't know quite how to take Donis just taking off like that. It almost seemed to Lisbeth that she had become fairly unimportant to Donis. It was almost as if what they had didn't really mean anything to him.
Rather than log out for the day, Lisbeth decided to go fly around a bit to clear her head. She decided to leave picking up all the weapons Donis had pushed off the table for another time and quickly locked up the shop. With that done, Lisbeth took off into the sky and went in a random direction. The cool breeze against her face and the view of the world below was proving to be just what the blacksmith needed to help collect her thoughts. The one question that had come to Lisbeth's mind though was what her relationship with Donis actually was.
Lisbeth had to admit that whatever it was she had with Donis had been pretty amazing, yet at the same time she found she wanted more. Going on quests together and getting it on in her shop now and then was no longer quite enough. Lisbeth found that she wanted to take her relationship with Donis further than that. She realized in that moment that she wanted their relationship to move beyond the game. It was a bold step, but Lisbeth knew that they needed to take their relationship into the real world.
Eventually Lisbeth was forced to land near a small wooded area to allow her wings to recharge. Soon after her landing, Lisbeth suddenly heard what sounded like some kind of moaning coming from within the forest. The pinkette found that she was curious and quietly ventured into the forest to see if she could find where the noise was coming from. Lisbeth wondered if perhaps she has stumbled upon some new game event. After a few moments of passing through the trees though, Lisbeth came upon a sight in the middle of the forest that practically ripped the heart from her chest.
The moaning had been coming from Selene. She was completely naked and bending against a tree as a nude Donis plowed into her from behind. The gold swordsman seemed to be chanting something in a strange language, but Lisbeth didn't pay much attention to what he was saying. Lisbeth backed away a few steps before turning and running as fast as her legs could carry her. After coming out of the forest, Lisbeth tripped on a tree root sticking out of the ground and falling on all fours.
Lisbeth remained in that position as she began crying her eyes out. She thought what she and Donis had was special, that Donis actually loved her. At that moment she realized what an idiot she had been. Asuna had warned Lisbeth about what she might be getting into when it came to an online relationship with someone she didn't know in the real world and she had failed to listen, had failed to follow her better judgment. Lisbeth had played with fire and had been burned badly.
After finally managing to compose herself a bit, Lisbeth stood back up and tried to figure out what to do. She thought about going back into the forest to confront Donis and Selene but decided against it. The blacksmith found that she couldn't bear seeing the sight of them getting it on again. Instead, Lisbeth decided to wait outside of the forest and confront either one or both of them when they came out. She had never tried PKing anyone before, but in that moment she was more than willing to give it a shot.
Moving to a place where she didn't think she'd been seen by anyone leaving the forest, Lisbeth equipped herself with Mjolnir and waited. After a few minutes Lisbeth saw Donis flying out of the forest in the opposite directing. She thought about flying after him for a moment, but decided that he was too far away to catch. Instead Lisbeth remained where she was and hoped that Selene would simply walk out. Sure enough, Lisbeth saw the imp woman exit the forest's edge just a few feet away.
"Selene!" Lisbeth called, getting the dark-haired girl's attention.
"Well hey Liz." Selene responded as she started walking towards her. "What brings you out here?"
"Don't call me Liz, you damn slut!" Lisbeth shot back. "I saw what you were doing with Donis."
After a moment, Selene burst out laughing. "I get it. You and Donis having been getting it on every now and then too."
"This isn't funny, dammit!" Lisbeth shouted.
"Hey! There's no need to get so bent out of shape." Selene told her. "Look, I'm sorry if you didn't know about this. Hell, I had no idea you and he had been getting it on either. He's probably been dipping his wick in every girl in the guild."
"How… how can you just stand there and laugh like this is nothing?" an outraged Lisbeth asked.
"Because it really isn't anything." Selene told her. "Did you really think that what you and Donis had was special? In case you forgot, this whole world is nothing but a game. If you thought that any sort of relationship in here could be anything more than sex, you're only kidding yourself. Hell! Believe it or not, that thing Donis and I were doing in there was giving me a new skill. I never thought they'd put any sex games in ALO, but I'm not complaining."
"Bullshit!" Lisbeth shot back. "Do you honestly expect me to believe that?"
"Why don't you just go back to your little blacksmith shop and cool down, pinky?" Selene suggested. "You're obviously not grownup enough to handle this sort of thing."
"It's a damn good thing this is only a virtual game, because I am gonna KILL YOU!" Lisbeth screamed as she charged at Selene.
The pinkette swung her golden hammer with all her strength at Selene. The imp woman quickly sidestepped the attack and got behind Lisbeth as she drew her sword.
"That was a stupid move, pinky." Selene told her. "But if you wanna dance, fine with me."
Suddenly an arrow came from above and struck Selene in her left shoulder. Selene looked at the arrow with a stunned expression as her HP took a drop. A split second later, several arrows struck the imp woman from seemingly all directions and struck her on several places all over her body. Selene stood there looking like a pincushion as her HP dropped to zero. Soon after, she was reduced to a floating ball of purple flames.
Lisbeth looked around frantically to see where the shots had come from. It had seemed like an entire squadron of archers had murdered Selene, yet not a single person could be seen. Just then, Sinon materialized in front of Lisbeth a few feet away. The blunette had pulled down her hood, indicating that he had been using her invisibility coat. Sinon had the coldest expression that Lisbeth had ever seen her with.
"Sinon, was… was that you who did that?" Lisbeth asked.
"Yeah." Sinon answered flatly as she approached. "I heard your entire conversation with Selene. I also saw her and Donis getting it on in the forest."
"Okay, but…" Lisbeth began, but suddenly a horrible realization hit her. "Sinon… have you and Donis…?"
"We've been seeing each other. Yeah." Sinon confirmed. "I guess Selene was right about him sleeping with every girl in the guild."
"How… how could you?" a very hurt Lisbeth asked. "I thought you and I were friends!"
"Did you think I knew about any of this?" Sinon shot back. "I was in the dark just like you were! Why the hell do you think I just shot that bitch Selen full of holes just now?"
"I… I can't take this right now!" Lisbeth told her as she brought up her menu. "Just stay away from me!"
Sinon moved to try and stop Lisbeth from logging out of the game. But before the archer could even get two steps, Lisbeth had vanished in a flash of blue light.
Rika opened her eyes after passing through a tunnel of light to find the familiar sight of her ceiling. She sat up as she took off her amusphere and glanced towards the window. Rika noticed that it was raining outside. In fact it was coming down out there quite hard. Rika couldn't help but note how the rain was the perfect setting for her current mood. After a moment Rika collapsed back onto the bed on her side and began sobbing. Her heart had been crushed and one of her best friends had stabbed her in the back. The only thing that Rika wanted to do that moment was just curl up and die.
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