Yeeeaaahhh, just going to slide into it here, don't want to keep you waiting. And thank you Milky Man for FINALLY REVIEWING.

Chapter 4

The Man With Twin Blades

"We can't just leave him there! That... thing was ridiculously powerful! I mean, did you SEE that sword!? It was like three times bigger than I am!" Asuna was still shaken by the fact that Link was still in the boss room battling the Gleam Eyes.

Kirito was still trying to calm her down. "Asuna, he is probably the strongest player here, so we don't need to worry."

Zelda was getting irritated that he had been using the same argument for the past five minutes. But, he did have a good point. Link was an unchallenged fighter in the realm of SAO. Eventually, Kirito and Asuna began trying to come up with a strategy to combat the boss.

Kirito had an idea. "We might need several people in order to switch in and out, and around ten shield-users."

Asuna found the fact that Kirito thought about bringing shield-users suspicious. "Shield users? Speaking of shields, why don't you use one? The only reason I don't is the fact that it slows down my rapier, but your sword is suited to one, so why not?"

Before anything could get more awkward for the two they heard a voice calling to them.

"Hey, you three! How long have you been in this dungeon!"

They all turned to look at the new group of players, which was a part of the Aincrad Liberation Army.

"Uhhh, a few hours, I guess." Way to go, Kirito.

"We require all data you have on this floor's dungeon."

Kirito opened his menu and walked forward. "Okay, here you go."

Everyone else was dumbstruck. Was he really going to just hand all of that over?

"Thank you for your cooperation. Alright, men! Move out!"

Asuna rushed over to the apparent leader. "You can't challenge the boss with a group like that! Look at them, they probably haven't gotten reasonable rest in forever! What makes you think that you can challenge a floor boss?"

The commander laughed. "HA! My men aren't so weak as to give up that easily. Alright everyone, get up and get going!"

With a groan, all of the members of the group got up and began marching towards the boss room with the help of the map data that Kirito handed over.

Zelda shook her head. "He is an arrogant man. A group like that wouldn't be able to do anything to that monstrosity we saw earlier."

After she said that, more people began flooding into the area they were all resting in. To Kirito's and Asuna's surprise, it was their friend, Klein!

"Hey! Kirito! What are you doing here?" He stopped when he noticed Asuna and Zelda standing next to him. He ran over to the both of them and bowed very deeply. "My name is Klein, I am 24 years old, and I am in need a girl fr-" He was cut short by Kirito punching him in the gut, causing the rest of Klein's guild to come over and restrain him.

"Woah, woah, WOAH! Kirito, hold on!"

Once Klein got up, he walked over to Kirito, a smug smile plastered on his face. "Oh, I get it now! You're dating one of them!" Zelda shook her head while Asuna violently denied that there was anything between them, prying an even larger smile from Klein.

"The Lightning Flash, eh? She suits you."

Before Kirito said anything, he was greeted by Klein sharply stomping on his foot. "That's for earlier."

They were all cut off by the scream of a man coming from the boss room.

"That sounds like... The commander from earlier! Quick, let's go!" Zelda's leader's instincts took over.

OOO

By the time they got to the boss room, it was apparent that the other players were getting slaughtered. None of their attacks could do anything, while the beast could easily get past their shields. Link, however, was holding up fantastically. He had managed to cleave off a forth of the creatures health without sustaining to much himself.

Zelda quickly ran over to him with her Noble Rapier drawn, but was stopped by him and several members of the Aincrad Liberation Army.

"Go back! I'll hold it off!"

Zelda shook her head. "Not this time. Now, we fight together!" She quickly stabbed at the creature's back, only to be knocked back from a back-handed slap.

"Zelda!" Link quickly ran to her side and got out a potion, as the Gleam Eyes had done considerable damage.

Asuna watched in horror as players were hastily put to death. But what really set her off was when the leader was thrown to her feet, his mask breaking to reveal his face. Right then he said his dying words.

"I-impossible." His avatar then shattered as his HP hit zero. causing Asuna to charge in and stab the Gleam Eyes in the back, prompting Kirito and Klein to follow after her.

As the battle dragged on, more and more of the Aincrad soldiers were killed by the boss. Eventually, Kirito made up his mind about something.

"Asuna! Klein! I need you to hold off this thing for about ten seconds!" The two nodded in agreement as Kirito jumped back and opened his menu, searching for something in particular; a signature skill.

He ran in, yelling "switch" as he did so, and as he did, a second sword appeared on his back. He drew it, and began duel-wielding, dealing large quantities to the beast with every swing. Eventually, it caught on and began countering his swings, forcing him to call out the name of a powerful sword skill.

"Starburst... STREAM!" Link caught on and charged from the other side, and called out his skill.

"TRIFORCE SLASH!"

The two began doing tremendous damage to the Gleam Eyes, but It caught Kirito's Dark Repulsor, forcing him to revert to using only his Elucidator while maintaining a hold on his other sword. Eventually Link finished his combo with the devastating strike that signified the end, sending the beast's HP to red. Kirito saw, and slashed the monster's chest. Regardless, it hefted it's heavy sword into the air over Kirito, earning a scream of fear from Asuna. Shortly afterwards, Link ran up from behind and drove his sword right through the boss's chest, draining it's HP to zero. Before it could even swing it's sword at Kirito, it shattered into a mist of glass-like particles. Link and Kirito both fell from exhastion, but Only Kirito had taken much damage; Link wasn't even in yellow while Kirito was dangerously in red. Asuna ran to him, embracing him tightly. He simply laughed.

"Don't hug me too hard, or I'll lose my last few HP."

She laughed through a small amount of tears.

"Dummy."

Sorry for taking so long to update! I had to work on some things for school, and my parents have been getting on my nerves. But anyway, until next time!