Hey everyone, sorry I wasn't posting for the last few days, I've been sick. And napping for supernatural amounts of time. I think my cousin thought I was dead for a while, I slept 20 hours in one day. So I'm back with another chapter. I think I'm going to start a small story arc here.

Disclaimer: I do not own Sword Art Online. Sword Art Online belongs to Reki Kawahara. I only own the OCs, weapons, towns, and skill names.

Drastic Change Pt.1

5 days later

Yuu's POV

It seems like everyone's given up. Just a few days ago we held a meeting to discuss defeating the boss, we got a good reaction, but the aftermath was unbelievable.

"I'm leaving the front lines, I'll still be on floor 53 if you ever need me. I can be your blacksmith, don't worry, I won't charge you guys. Much..." Those were Kyo's last words to us as he left to open a blacksmith shop on floor 53.

"I don't think I'm cut out for fighting. I'm going to have to leave the guild. I'll run the noodle shop on floor 65. So visit whenever you want. I'll treat you!" Tarou. Another friend leaving the battle.

"I don't want to put anyone's lives in danger, I'm retiring from combat, but Aiko. *He walks over to her and whispers loudly* Keep me updated on the Yuuko ship. Kay?" There goes Gin, leaving because of his fear of losing us.

This cut our group in half. We still had Shizuyo's group and the new members, but this left us with 13 instead of 16. The guy to girl ratio also dropped to 5 guys and 8 girls because of the new members.

My brain couldn't take it all in at the same time. I need some time, maybe with Seiko, no, that'd be too suspicious. She's probably getting to know the new female members anyways. I better just head out alone then. I'll message everyone about it.

Shizuyo's POV

"Ugh... I'm sooooooo bored!" There was nothing to do, all the others are meeting the new members and I'm sitting here doing nothing.

"*Beep Beep Beep*"

"Gah! Oh, it's just a message."

You got a Message from: Yuu

Hey everyone, I'm leaving to go out, I'm pretty sure you guys are busy anyways huh?
Well don't let me bother you! See you guys later!

Wait, Yuu was bored too and had nobody to hang out with, and he went out alone. I have to catch him, before my HP bar reaches zero from boredom damage!

Send message to: Yuu

I'll come too, wait up for me. I'm super bored!
You better not ditch me for some mini-boss battle!

Yuu's POV

Hmm, this message tells me to wait for Shizuyo, but how did she know I was going to a mini-boss.

"Yuu! There you are!"

"Hey Shizuyo, for someone with such a high SPD stat, you took a really long time to get here."

"Oh shut up, I was stopped by the whole guild being suspicious and all. 'Where are you going?' 'Are you meeting someone?' and all that nosy stuff. I think Aiko got to them."

"I think that would be the most reasonable answer."

"So where were you going anyways?"

"You guessed it in your message, mini-boss fight."

"You were going to go alone?"

"Yeah, why?"

"You can't just fight a mini-boss alone, you need at least a full party to fight one."

"But I beat all the other mini-bosses on every level! Why can't I fight this one?"

"Wait what? You beat every mini-boss. Where were we when you went and did all this?"

"Well, I'm glad you asked young one, I make my expedition in a matter of nights. I leave at the time you all fall asleep, and I do it in a span of 2 nights each time."

"Two night!? How the hell do you pull that off?"

"I was getting to that before I was rudely interrupted. So the first night I leave, I map out all the dungeons on the floor, then, I mark all the mini-boss rooms, and go home. The second night, I go back to the dungeons that I marked, and defeat all the mini-bosses."

"Why do you actually have a strategy for doing all of this?"

"Sometimes, I need time away from the guild. You can't exactly meditate and recollect your thoughts in the guild house."

"I guess that's true, but you meditate?"

"Yes, I meditate, in the dungeons, I trigger trap rooms on purpose and clear them, then I use those rooms as quiet happy places."

"How stupid can you be? Triggering trap rooms on purpose, that could get you killed."

"Well let's see, since were all ready in the dungeon, *Beep*."

"What do you just do?"

"I triggered a trap room."

"You idiot!"

Shizuyo's POV

"See? Once these places are cleared, they're free rooms use, I should know, you were using one of the rooms I cleared that one time you kidnapped me." I felt a little embarrassed at that.

"D-don't talk about it!" I said as he laughed at me.

"Did the great Shizuyo just stutter?" He teased.

"I swear I'm going to cut you in half."

"But then who would tell the story of the time the great Shizuyo stuttered while talking about kidnapping her best friend?"

"You're not my best friend!"

"Then who is?"

"Ok! Fine, you're my best friend."

"Great! Now, let us go clear that mini-boss."

"What do you mean 'us'. You're probably just going to do all the work again."

"I wouldn't have to of you were more skilled."

"Ok, that's it, get back here!"

"If you can catch me!"

Seiko's POV

Once we finished introductions to everyone newly invited to the guild, we parted ways, the guys talking to the guys in the basement and the girls talking together in the living room.

I'm not sure what the guys are talking about, probably just guy things, like video games and anime. We talked about movies, likes and dislikes. Somehow, I blame Aiko, we got onto the topic of boys, then I was the center of attention.

The new girls were sweet, Mai and Yuuki, but even they couldn't control their inner teenage girl.

"Do you really have feeling for the leader?"

"Are you two together-together?"

It was a barrage of questions, that I honestly didn't want to answer, but using my battle strategies, I changed the subject to how Aiko knew him first. Point Seiko!

Aiko's POV

Mai, Yuuki, Seiko and I were having girl talk until the door got busted open and everyone came downstairs.

"She needs a healing crystal, she was badly hurt during the mini-boss battle."

"I have one!" Mai spoke up. Coincidentally, Mai and Yuuki looked like counterparts of Yuusuke. Mai wore white, had green eyes, black hair, and the same skin tone as Yuu. Yuuki wore black, had grey eyes, black hair, and also the same skin tone as Yuu. The 3 of them all looked at each other for a while.

"Yuusuke!"

"Mai? Yuuki?" Oh yeah, he hadn't met them yet, how did he know their names?

"Yuusuke is that really you?"

"I don't know, do you know my last name?"

"Kurosawa."

"Then yes, it is me."

I spoke up, "Yuusuke, how do you know them?"

"Oh, they're my cousins from my dad's side. Meet, Kurosawa Mai and Kurosawa Yuuki."

Everyone else, as well as me yells, "WHAT?!"

"Yeah Yeah, anyways, use the crystal."

"Got it Onii-chan!"

"Great, and didn't I tell you to stop calling me that?"

"But it's too fun to see you flustered Onii-chan!"

He sighs, I decided to give him something of my own, "Why don't you let me call you Onii-chan too Yuusuke?"

"Aiko, we talked about this, you can't just call me Onii-chan."

All 3 of us said at the same time, "Ok, Onii-chan!"

He face palmed.

Isn't that a mouth-full. I hope you guys enjoyed, I plan on making Pt. 2 in a few hours. This will be a 3 part story arc. Hold on to your seats until then. I don't think I'll be accepting anymore characters, I'm getting too loaded and I'm planning on ending this story soon. Sorry about that. But do not worry, I will start another story containing some of Aiko's
one-shots about Yuu and the other female members. Won't that be fun? So for now, TheDemiGeek, Out.