A/N: SHINO-SAN LET ME HUG YOU I NEED TO COMFORT YOU AND SPOIL YOU SO MUCH.
"All of these ingots! If I pair them with the drops Lyfa helped me get, I can make so many rare weapons." an ecstatic Liz rambled on in the front of the group.
"Does anyone have tape?" Kirito whispered to the rest of the group as they walked out of the forest. Asuna pulled his ear lightly.
"Kirito-kun."
"Oww ow I know... but I can tell you wish we had some too!"
"T-That's not the point!" Asuna said flustered as the others laughed slightly, Liz seeming to not noticing the discussion.
"You don't have to make me a new bow." Sinon said to the blacksmith, still trying to dissuade her from her current objective.
"Oh yes I do! You need a bow that will shoot so far away that you can hit Kirito for any of his stupid comments!" She said as she spread her hands at the last few words. Kirito wanted to rebuttal her statement but the laughter he heard from Asuna was enough to shut him up.
"Where is Lyfa today?" Klein asked Kirito.
"Probably with her boyfriend." Both Asuna and Kirito said simultaneously, getting Liz and Klein's full attention.
"She said yes!?"
"Who's her boyfriend!?" They both asked respectively, turning to one another since Klein didn't know of the situation and Liz explained to him.
"Recon!?" Klein said with obvious shock on his face and voice. Klein's shoulders slumped as he heard Liz.
"Even he can get a girlfriend and I can't... maybe I should get a bunch of cats or something..." Klein said with an obvious tone of depression in his voice. Asuna immediately put her hand on Kirito's mouth and glared at him to stop his words that would have made Klein feel worse.
"Aw, you're no fun Asuna!" Liz said, knowing that Kirito was about to say something.
"What!? Liz!" Asuna said as she began to pout at her best friend, who started laughing. She jumped and activated her wings.
"Last one to my shop has to buy all the wine Klein wants!" She said as she flew away. Sinon was the first to react and immediately flew away, knowing that Klein would end up wasting all her Yrd. Kirito and Asuna quickly flew to catch up to Liz, both wanting to make her regret those words. Klein flew in the back with the same aura of depression.
They flew over the capital city of the Puca zone, the music slightly echoing into the sky.
"Nooo no no no! This is why I didn't want to come!" Kirito said as he covered his ears and flew as fast as the system made possible, passing Asuna and Sinon in his hurry to leave the zone.
"K-Kirito-kun! Wait! I know you hate this place but this much!?"
"YES THIS MUCH!" He said as he finally flew past Liz and to Yggdrasil. Yui, who was on Asuna's shoulder, tilted her head to the side as she saw her father's form getting smaller as the distanced increased.
"Mama, why does Papa hate going to the Puca zone?"
"You should ask your Papa or Silica-chan since I wasn't there," She responded as she cupped Yui in her hands, "hang on, I'm going to go faster to catch up to your Papa." She said before going full speed to catch up, Sinon doing the same as she saw couples intention. The two quickly passed Liz, who was still confused by Kirito's sudden speed burst to leave.
"H-Hey! Are you guys wanting to leave me broke!?" Liz said to the Undine and Cait Sith as they passed her.
"Your fault Liz!"
"Klein would drain all my money."
"So does that mean it's okay that he drains all of mine!?" Liz asked, receiving nods in return.
"I thought we were friends..."
"We are, which is why we're teaching you a lesson." Sinon said before leaving her behind to catch up to Kirito.
"This doesn't seem like a very friendly thing to do!"
"Too bad~" Asuna said as they finally caught up with Kirito. The Spriggan still had his hands over his ears, with only the intent of leaving still on his face. Asuna was about to tap his shoulder when a light blue blur passed by, making all three of them stop.
"Pina!" Yui said as she jumped from Asuna's hands and flew onto Pina's back. They all looked for the small twin tailed girl and saw her small figure coming from the direction they were heading to.
"Pina... D-don't just fly off like that..." she said breathless as she stopped before the group, Liz and Klein now with them. Pina flew and landed on Kirito's shoulder, curling slightly.
"Looks like someone wants to nap." He said as he patted the small dragons head.
"Just be carefull where." Sinon said, making a blush form on the couples face instantly.
'She's not going to let us forget is she!?' Kirito thought as he coughed slightly.
"Pina really likes using you as a pillow Kirito-san." Silica said as she saw Pina.
"Great, now I've been demoted to a pillow."
"Papa is a comfy pillow." Yui said, making Asuna laugh. Kirito sighed and patting Yui's head as he gave up.
"Okay, I'm a pillow now." He smiled at his daughter as she beamed.
"What are you guys doing here?" Silica asked.
"We just finished a quest that Depressed-san behind us found." Liz said, earning Asuna's glare.
"Liz."
"Too far?"
"Yes!"
"Well he is!"
"...I wonder how many cats I should get..." Klein said. Kirito opened his mouth again only to be covered by Asuna's hand again.
"One for every time you've been rejected!" Liz said, earning a look of thanks from Kirito.
"Liz!"
"What! He practically set it up for that!"
"Not enough cats in the world..." Sinon said.
"You too Sinon-san!?"
"I've seen how he's been rejected in-game. If you put the those with the rejections in the real world, there isn't enough." She said, making everyone silently agree with it.
"So uh... What was the quest?" Silica said to change the topic for Klein's sake. Sinon and Liz explained to the young Cait Sith what it was while kirito went up to Klein.
"Hey, you know we're just kidding right?" He asked the Salamander, receiving a small nod in return.
"Good, and you know that eventually you will find someone right?"
"How long is eventually?"
"Er... when she pops by?"
"Well that's great..."
"Look, if Recon and me can find someone, then so can you."
"Okay okay I get your point... but now you're going to have your hands full."
"You'd think so but if he tries something or does something wrong, Recon's going to die from her shinai." He said, bringing the mental image of a squashed Recon.
"He lived a good life."
A/N: Ugh... I hate writing from my phone but I have to since I don't get home till 7pm now (19 pm for some of you) to write on my laptop. Grammar still sucks so sorry about that. Sorry not sorry about Klein, couldn't resist it.