Chapter three. Well, here you go. Not the opening you were expecting? Well, to bad, this is what you get. But, YAY! CHAPTER THREE!

Chapter 3

The Blue-Eyed Demon

After Link's skillful display (Which Kirito still hasn't gotten over), the quartet decided to travel to the dungeon of floor 74 to attempt to clear it. All the while, Link was telling Kirito of his previous conquests.

"... and then I finished him off with my newly attained Fatal Blow! The dinalfos never even stood a chance, no matter how fast they're suposed to be!"

Kirito was stunned that he was in the presense of such an acomplished warrior. "How did you ever get so good at sword fighting? There are some people that train as much as you do, but even they aren't that good!"

Link considered that for a moment. "Well, my bloodline suposedly offers a little perk called the Spirit of the Hero every few generations that gives the bearer the combined skills of everyone else who had it before. But, it's probably just a fairy tale, you know?"

Kirito nodded. "Yeah, probably." He couldn't believe that anything like that could exist, but it could explain all of those skills...

Asuna walked up to Zelda. "So, how did you and Link first meet?"

Zelda shrugged. "The day we learned that we were all stuck in SAO. After we were all capable of leaving the town square I saw him; a young man dressed in green with unusually long hair for a guy. He didn't seem the least bit distressed by any of it, as if he had done this before, like nothing even happened."

Asuna nodded. "Apparently, the same thing happened with Kirito. All he did was move on to the next town to get some training in."

Kirito heard that last part. "Actually, I was kinda worried later on, but I eventually got over it."

Link held up his hand for silence. "Guys. We're here."

OOO

After a while, they had mapped almost the entire dungeon of floor 74. While there were a few enemies prowling around, there wasn't to much for them to fight. Link eventually got bored after fighting a few Stalfos.

"Are we ever going to find the boss room? It feels like we've been searching for hours!"

Zelda nodded. "Weeelll, we kinda have been searching for hours. We have around seven more corridors to check for the boss door."

That made Link groan. Really!? SEVEN more corridors!? Well, at least we're almost done there.

Zelda shook her head. "It has been too long since you've had a good fight, hasn't it?"

Link nodded. "Yep. Too long since the last boss fight. At least the next fight will be with the strongest enemy in the game so far."

Kirito agreed. "I do need to get some more battles under my belt. I haven't really done so for a long time."

Asuna shot him a look that made him back up a few steps. "You heard Link! This is so far the strongest enemy in the game! And this isn't like the time when you fought Link! This thing WILL kill you!"

Hearing that, Zelda got quizical. "Wait, you and Kirito FOUGHT!? When?"

Link was stressed that she found out. "Oh, right after we... saved... you?"

Zelda grabbed Link by the ear and dragged him off, much to his displeasure. After she dragged him around a corner, Kirito and Asuna let out and absurd amount of laughter.

"OH! MY! GOD! That was PERFECT!"

Asuna had to lean against Kirito so she wouldn't fall over. After they had stopped laughing and caught their breath, they went to go get Zelda and Link, only to see that the latter had a large hand-shaped print on his face.

"What happened to you?" Asuna knew already, but she wanted to hear them say it. But, Kirito was oblivious to the obvious fact.

Link didn't seem to really care. "Zelda's anger and my regret, so nothing unusual."

That REALLY set Kirito and Asuna off; They both fell down, in pain, from the power of their laughter. Eventually, they were laughing so hard that they were actually losing HP. When they noticed this, they tried their best to calm down, and lowered themselves to a mere chuckle which eventually subsided.

After they finished laughing at Link's expense, they decided to keep searching for the boss room. It took them about a half-hour, but they eventually found it, and they were some HUGE sets of doors.

Zelda walked forward holding a warp crystal. "Alright everyone, we all need to get some warp crystals ready just in case this boss is to much for us."

Link looked at her, very annoyed. "Are you questioning my abilities? I may not be the smartest person ever, but I'm still a very accomplished swordsman."

Zelda rolled her eyes. "Just ready a damn crystal!"

Link shrugged and reluctantly pulled out a crystal. After he checked to see if everyone had one, he opened the doors, very slowly. The room was completely dark with no signs of life, so they decided to walk in. right after they were all in, all of the torches lighting the room flickered on. once they were adjusted to the sudden change of light, they saw an abnormally large figure standing in the center of the room. after a few seconds, several health bars appeared around it and a name.

"The... Gleam Eyes?"

With that, the creature let loose a roar that was somehow louder than Asuna, simaltainiously scaring Asuna, Kirito, and Zelda out of the room with Link staying there to fight.

Zelda was terrified. "GET OUT OF THERE YOU IDIOT! IT WILL KILL YOU!"

The doors closed before they could do anything, but they did catch sight of Link rushing in towards the monster.

And chapter three is DONE! This is rare, so if you have any questions you want to ask any of the characters, leave a review and I'll see what I can do! As always, see you next time!