A/N: Yay! Another week, another chapter! Getting closer to chapter 10! Thank you everyone for the reviews and thank you Senpai (Bashabuttonstorys) for just making my day when we talk!

Disclaimer: This sad author unfortunately doesn't own Sword Art Online.

"Putting all of this aside, how do you like your new sword? You better say you like it, I'll get my mace out if you say otherwise." Liz said to Kirito with a deadly gleam in her eyes. Asuna couldn't help but smile at the face he had of terror and fear.

"I-I like the sword, really! And I've pretty much gotten used to it with Asuna's help." He said as he walked a few steps away from the pink-haired blacksmith.

At the mention of her help, Asuna couldn't help but have that feeling of forgetting something, the same one she had when they had been walking out of the Imp territory. She ran through her memory of what happened during the battle, to see if something clicked.

Unfortunately for Kirito, she did.

"That what I forgot!" Asuna said, surprising the other two. She brought her right fist back, and before Kirito could ask what was wrong, it connected with his face. Liz just stood there, mouth open and eyes wide. The force of the punch threw him five feet away and into the wall, before sliding onto the floor.

"Okay, what did I do this time?" a confused and dazed Kirito asked as he put a hand on the wall to get up.

"That's for doing something so reckless!" Asuna said with a pout and her eyebrows brought down to be a semi-scowl.

"S-sorry?"

"No excuse, Kirito-kun! You should have known I would be worried sick." Asuna pointed out.

"Wait, wait, and wait! What the HELL is going on here?" Liz exclaimed while frantically moving her hands. Kirito finally managed to get on his feet, and on his face was a red digital mark from the blow.

"Asuna, you explain to Liz while I try to see if I don't have any virtual brain damage or something…" Kirito said as he walked to sit in the stool that had Lyfa some minutes before. Liz looked to Asuna for the answer that she wanted as to what had happened on their small outing earlier that day.

"Kirito-kun and I went to the Imp territory and-"

"Did you see Sinon? She said she was heading there to train so she could raise some of her stats." Liz said interrupting the story of why Asuna was angry with her beloved. At the mention of Sinon, both Asuna and Kirito's faces went instantly red, remembering the moment of embarrassment they previously had.

"Uh, no we didn't see her. ANYWAYS, back to what happened." Asuna said quickly to divert any further questions on the subject.

As Asuna continued relaying the story, Kirito was moving uncomfortably in the stool as she mentioned certain aspects of the story, looking at the floor. He couldn't help but replay he image of Asuna falling on the cave floor from the arrow wound, it kept bringing his anger back in large quantities. The more she continued with the story the more he kept on being uncomfortable.

As Asuna went silent, Kirito finally looked up from staring at the stone of the shop floor to Asuna. Her eyes were filled with mixed emotions; love, anger, worry, and kindness.

"What you did was still pretty stupid, you know that right?" Asuna said to him with a tone that said she was stating a fact instead of a question.

"I know… I guess it can't be helped…"

"Isn't that my line?" she asked him in a gentler tone, finally showing him a smile and letting down her previous negative emotions. That managed to get him livelier and he smiled back at her. Wanting to lighten the mood to his advantage, he told her something that would get her flustered.

"So Asuna, why don't you tell Liz what happened after the fight? Before we left the cave?" he got the reaction he had been hoping for, her eyes went wide and her face flushed red to the roots of her hair.

"K-K-Kirito-kun… w-why… you… I…" Asuna fell silent as she looked down and drowned in her embarrassment. Kirito and Liz couldn't help but smile at her reaction. The Spriggan and Leprechaun always loved to see the blue haired girl embarrassed.

"Wait, so what DID happen?" Liz asked curious as to what her best friend was so embarrassed about.

"Well, Asu-"

"KIRITO-KUN!" Asuna said in a way to immediately make him back off, and to top it off, the signature cold glare of hers.

"Okay, I won't mention it anymore." He said before she started to shot lasers out of her eyes with her fury. She heaved a sigh of relief and relaxed slightly, knowing Liz wouldn't know what had happened between them. Liz shoulders slumped in disappointment. She turned and grabbed Lyfa's sword from the counter, muttering quietly to herself as she went to put the sword in the back of her shop.

"… don't see why… new sword… stubborn…"

Kirito and Asuna couldn't help smile at their blacksmith friend and the way she was complaining. Liz had been trying to convince Lyfa to get a new sword for about 3 weeks now, but Lyfa kept on refusing, saying that her sword was still good for fighting.

"Looks like stubbornness runs in the family." Asuna said with a small smirk.

"Careful Asuna, it might rub off on you." Kirito said as he stood up from the stool and over to Asuna to stand only inches away from her, leaning against the counter.

"Now that I think about it, that can't happen. Asuna is already stubborn, more than Lyfa and I combined." Kirito said to her, but not a single lace of sarcasm could be found in his voice. Asuna quickly had a pout on her face.

"I'm not that stubborn…" she said weakly in her defense.

"You are, but it's one of your many endearing traits." He said looking at her face, wanting to see her reaction. Once more, the blue haired girl's face turned red from Kirito's words. Liz came back form the back of the shop to see Kirito leaning against the counter with a smirk on his face and Asuna red-faced, again.

"Well, now that all the drama is out of the way, time for your surprise Asuna!" Liz said, bringing out a panicked look in Asuna's face.

"This ought to be good…" Kirito muttered as he watched, amused as he crossed his arms over his chest, getting ready for the show before him to unfold.

A/N: Okay, so now you know what to expect next chapter! I'm adding a function to the game so expect that. I'll say this now; this was kinda like a filler. I'M SO SORRY! Next chapter will be better, I promise!