A/N: I'm so glad I didn't have to work today! Thank you school event! I actually took my time (mostly) to write this! Unfortunately not on my laptop. That thing is a paperweight now. Thanks for all the wonderful reviews you guys! You are awesome people!
To Funman1111: Is that a challenge? (Joking, joking) Thanks for the review!
On with the chapter!
The group minus Liz went back to the couples home, not wanting to hear her ramble on about how she was going to make all the weapons she wanted and what not.
"If I hear Liz go on about blacksmithing again I will take her mace and run." Kirito said as he flopped down on chair, Pina automatically moving from Silica's shoulder to his lap and Yui, now awake, moving to sit on his head.
"Are you prepared for the consequences of that?" Klein asked as he sat on a barstool on the counter, everyone knowing full well what Liz was capable of.
"Uh... Yes? Wait, never mind. I'd rather not suffer the death penalty for something like that." He said, waving his hands to dismiss the idea, making the girls laugh.
"Didn't you do something similar to Liz-san in the real world Kirito-san?" Silica asked, catching Sinon's attention.
"So you've always been this annoying?" She asked making Asuna laugh more.
"Oh shut up. That was more like payback than anything... Mostly..."
"You were just lucky she couldn't do anything immediately after it happened." Asuna said.
"I know... Never thought I'd be that glad to be at school before... Almost as glad as I am that she forgot about buying Klein all the wine he wants." He said, making Sinon and Asuna nod in agreement.
"Oh come on! Even if she remembered, I wouldn't have wanted a lot of wine!"
"Have you seen yourself drink?" Sinon asked.
"Well..."
"If this weren't a virtual world, there would be no wine in it because of you." She said calmly. Klein didn't know how to respond so he slumped his shoulders in defeat.
"At least I can buy a lot of wine with the money from the quest..."
"You know, you never did say who told you about the quest..." Kirito said as he glared at Klein.
"T-That's... not really important is it?" Klein said nervously as Kirito continued to stare him down.
"Where'd you hear it from?"
"You won't like the answer..."
"And the answer is?"
"A-Argo..."
"What!? Argo!? Wait, she's in this game!?" Kirito asked.
"You didn't know, Kirito-kun?"
"No!"
"Who's Argo?" Sinon asked.
"Argo was an information broker in SAO. She transferred her data over to be an info broker here in ALO."
"I see... but that doesn't explain that." Sinon said as she pointed at Kirito, who was now hiding behind the couch the girls were sitting on.
"Let's just say... Argo is a lot like Liz."
"How so?" Sinon asked.
"She can... be a handful." Asuna said.
"And a cheat." Kirito added.
"Cheat?"
"Yep. I've lost so much Col from small info only to later find out that she gave it to Asuna for free." He said as he sulked slightly.
"She really liked to mess with Kirito-kun."
"Hey, she liked to mess with you too! Remember the last time we saw her!"
"Oh... r-right..." Asuna said as a blush began to form on her face.
"Hmm... if she can make Kirito like this, I'd like to meet her."
"On it!" Klein said, as he opened his menu and began sending a message to the info broker.
"Excuse me as I logout." Kirito said as he activated his menu but before he could touch the logout button, Sinon stopped him.
"You leave, I hunt you down later. Get it?"
"G-Got it." He said as he sat back in his chair. A few minutes later, they heard a knock on the door. Asuna got up and answered the door.
"Asu-chan! Did you need information?"
"Argo-san! It's been a long time!" Asuna said as she motioned for Argo to enter. When they saw her, everyone except Sinon couldn't help but think her appearance was ironic. Her red whiskers were on her cheeks, and her cloak was as well, but the ironic thing was the cat ears on her curly auburn hair.
"Hmm... I thought you were supposed to be Argo the rat, not Argo the cat." Kirito said.
"I chose this race for the irony of it all!" Argo said as her tail moved, as if to help her point.
"Argo... the rat?" Sinon asked.
"She's a rat because of how much she cheats her clients out of their money."
"Don't be like that Kii-bou! I gave you good info!"
"Most of that info almost got me killed!"
"I knew you could take it! If you could save me on a few occasions, you could handle that!" She said as a small dark brown weasel emerged from her cloak.
"A weasel for a rat... there is no end to your surprises."
"What? He's a good familiar! Makes getting information easier!" She said as she petted it.
"Anyway, I believe I haven't introduced myself to a potential customer! My name is Argo! Selling information is my game, for the right price of course!" She said as she extended her arm to Sinon, who hesitantly shook it.
"I hope you become a valued customer in the future!"
"R-Right..." she said nervously. Argo bowed to Klein and Silica before taking taking a seat on the couch with the other girls. Pina flew from Kirito's lap and to Silica's shoulder, having a stare down with Argo's weasel.
"So do you need any information? My Yrd has been feeling a bit light." She said as she looked at Kirito with a grin.
"No. But would you mind as to tell us why you told Klein about that quest?"
"Well the story goes like this. He paid money, I told him. End of story!" She said, making Kirito get the urge to facepalm.
A:N/ First things first, I actually finished this on time but haven't had the chance to upload till now! Signal on my phone's been jumpy so I haven't had a proper chance to upload. Sorry!
Second, wow this story is almost at 20,000 views now! What happened!? You guys happened, you're awesome. Just bare next week's chapter and hopefully I can write on my laptop again! Well... that is if I can fix it...
