Chapter 16

January 6, 2023, 12:03pm.

I'm on floor 8 and in a little bit of a situation. I'm surrounded by PoH and his Damn lackies. " You known PoH this doesn't really seem fair. 5 vs 2 is not very good odds."

"Like I care Reaper girl! All I want is ur head and I only see one. Where is this second player of yours?"

"PoH you're forgetting my little buddy, Death here." I point at death.

"The damn bird, what good is a damn bird?"

"Death is not a damn bird, she is my partner. Death is a Shinigami too." Death makes a few noises. "Death says, You need to go to hell PoH!"

"So you talk to animals now, wow you're an idoit! Now enough damn talk, ready boys, kill her." Poh and his men start attacking me." This will be over quickly, Reaper girl."

They all start attacking me, Death flies around trying her best to stop them. But it doesn't do much good. I try my best to block their attacks but, 4 at once is too much to handle. Me health quickly reaches about 25% and just when it seems like this could be my end. Just when it seems like I will die in this game. I hear a familiar voice.

"Come on Mizore, you're better than this. You can't let this guy beat you. " Karasu comes charging in attacking PoH with her rapier. She had a few people with her. While Karasu is fending off PoH, I start taking on one of his lackeys. As I start, I realize that I'm fighting Johnny Black.

"Well, well, reaper girl, looks like I get to fight you again," he says.

I use a health potion to restore my health. "Yes Johnny, I guess so, but this time I came prepared. He charges at me and tries to stab me in the gut. I dodge, swing my scythe and hit him with the end of the handle. It knocks him back, but he charges again. I just know his blade has been dipped in poison. He tries stabbing me again but I dodge him. I Swing my Scythe at him, and paralyze him.

"Look Johnny, I don't wanna kill you."

"That's not my problem Reaper girl, I don't care."

PoH suddenly yells . " Come on boys let's go. I was not planning on fighting this crazy bird bitch." PoH and his goons run off.

"Thanks Karasu, you saved my life. If hadn't come, I would have probably been done for." I say as a walk towards karasu.

"You're welcome Mizore, just be more careful and never travel alone. You should always party with a guildmate . "

"Speaking of guilds Karasu, is that a guild icon I see by your name? What guild did you join?"

"Well I actually, I made my own guild. I called it the Order of The Dark Raven."

"Wow the sounds just like you Karasu. So how many members do you have, Karasu?"

"Right yea, I only have about 8 people. My guild might not be that big, but I trust them."

I think to myself, that I'm glad Karasu found friends she can trust." Anyway thanks for your help Karasu."

"Yea next time, don't travel alone. I might not be there to save then."

Yea I will remember that, Karasu." I say pull out a teleport crystal. I use it to go back to snowfall

Floor 8 , Snowfall village

I appear in town and make a stop at Agil's shop. When I get there I see Kirito, selling stuff to him. Agil did say that Kirito was one of best customers. I walk up to them " hi Kirito, hi Agil. How are you guys?" I ask.

" Mizore welcome to my shop, good to see you today. " Agil replies.

Kirito just kinda looks away from me " Yea, hey Mizore."

" Kirito, are you still doing the whole solo player thing?" He nods. " Kirito doing that might get you killed one day!"

"Oh well, Then I guess that means, I wasn't ment to clear SAO" Kirito Is Hopeless, and will probably never join a guild.

"Kirito, if you keep talking like that you will die!"

"Yea, whatever" Kirito replies. Omg! Talking to Kirito is like to a brick wall. He never talks much at all and his mood is depressing.

Realizing there is no talking him out of it, I turn to Agil. I open inventory and pull out all my stuff out. " How much for all this stuff Agil? "

He looks it over, and looks back at me. Survive survive"30,000 col Mizore, sound good."

I shake my head yes and shakes hands to finalize the deal. I then walk toward the inn and call my guild. After about an hour of waiting, my guild assembles. I have 14 members, including myself. "Guys have any of you been doing solo training?" All of them nod their heads. " Well today I was solo training. I was attacked by PoH and his goons, they almost killed me. If Karasu hadn't come when she did, I would be dead. So from now on We train in parties of two."

I figured I already knew the teams. They will probably end up being Saya and I, Hikari and Ami, Akito and Sakura, Yami and Kuro, Senji and Nagi, tomoe and yukikai, and Tora and Kenshin. I walk over to Tora. "Did You get weapon you wanted made, Tora? " She shakes her head yes, with smile.

"Yes.." she pulls out a pair of nunchaks, with blades on each end." ...You like it? I got them from that girl, Lizbeth." Tora herself is pretty interesting. She wears a black cloak, with a Kinda revealing top, and a black skirt. Her armor has hints of gold in it. She always talks about her family and how she must survive.

"Yes Tora, I like it. I think it suits you really well. Anyway so you got stuck with kenshin?"

"Yes but he is a bit weird, and bit over friendly. But he is an amazing fighter. "

"He told me once that him and PoH were friends, and he willing to help get revenge on me. However, after he started using innocent players to get back at me. Kenshin realized what a horrible person PoH really is. He tried to speak out against PoH, and PoH betrayed him. He joined us so he can stop PoH from killing inoccents. I do feel bad for kenshin though, because PoH even turned a girl he cared about against him. He holds a lot of pain inside him, but he carries it well."

"Wow I didn't know that, I do feel for him. But knowing, all that I would gladly be his partner." Tora replies.

"I think you two would make a great team. Who knows you may even find love."

She suddenly blushes a bit "What!?"

I can't help but luagh at this. "Relax Tora, I was only joking."

Death makes a few noises. "Death says, You two should should go practice together."

I look over at saya "come on, Saya lets go train."

"But my lady, it is almost 5:30. If we train now, we will be out late. Let's go get some dinner." Of course by get dinner Saya ment cook dinner. After waiting a bit , she brings out what looks like curry. As we sit there and eat, we make small talk here and there. When I'm finally finished eating I look up at Saya.

"Saya I'm gonna go to bed. The whole being attacked thing, wore me out."

Saya nods" okay my lady, see in the morning."

I go upstairs to my room. I strip down to my underwear and crawl in bed. Death flies over and lands on the bedpost. I quickly drift asleep.

The next morning

The morning comes, And I wake with tears in my eyes. I smell something cooking, Saya probably. "Death wake up, I think Saya is cooking something nice." I say as I equip my armor.

She open up her eyes and yawns, " good morning mistress Mizore "

She flies up and lands on my shoulders. We walk down to the kitchen and sure enough Saya is making breakfast. "Morning Saya" I say.

She turns and looks at me. "Oh hi my lady good morning to you."

"Saya I had another dream about the real world."

"Oh and was it like the last one"

"No this time it was different. I saw myself, when I first logged in SAO. But I didn't see, SAO when I said link start. Instead I saw my mom, cooking dinner. I saw my little sister watching tv. Suddenly Hiyori's cartoons got interrupted. The tv started saying stuff about death's linked to the nervegear. Mom rushing up to check on me, trying to wake me up. Hiyori comes in to the room. She asks mom why I'm sleeping. She tells my sister it will be ok. But that I might be sleeping for a while and that's when I woke up."

"Wow my lady that sounds like one hell of dream."

Suddenly Hikari comes running in to the room. "Mizore, Saya Lets go Klein and his guild found the boss room."