No one's POV

After Zora had finished changing, he walked out of the changing room and saw Kirito and the girl walking together, with the girl looking very annoyed and Kirito with a massive hand print on his face.

Girl:...

Kirito:...

Zora:...

A/N: Zora's GGO outfits.

Girl: Hate to break it, but your friend here is a guy!

Zora: Yeah, I know...

Girl: And you didn't tell me?!

The girl started glaring at Zora as well for keeping this a secret.

Zora: I tried to warn him, but he said "Just play along".

Girl: And you went along with it?!

Zora then glared at Kirito.

Zora: See! I told you to just tell her the truth you idiot!!

Kirito: Sorry...

The girl looked at both Zora and Kirito annoyed and walked away and the two of them followed her.

Girl: Stop following me!

Zora: But we're not sure what are we suppose to do after this...

Girl: Stop following me!

Kirito: Oh ok, but we don't know anyone else here...

Girl: Stop following me!

Kirito: But, but I'm...

The girl then stopped and looked at Zora and Kirito and just sighed and she dragged them to a table and sat across them looking away from them.

Girl: I'll explain it but just the bare minimum, that's it! After that, you guys are my enemies!

Kirito: Thanks, I appreciate it...

Zora: And we're sorry for lying to you...

Girl: Just so we're clear, this doesn't mean I forgive you both.

Zora: Why am I not surprise?

Girl: You see that clock up there? When it hit zero, everyone here will be automatically transfer to a battlefield. Along with whoever their first round opponent can be. You guys are with me so far?

Kirito: Uh, yeah...

Girl: The fields a square each side a kilometer. The wether terrain and time are all randomly generated. Your opponent place 500 meter away from you. Whoever wins the match, gets transferred back here. The losers transfer to the first floor hall. And you don't get penalize for losing a match. There's 64 people on block F and E, so 5 win will take you guys to the final, there you would be eligible for the battle Royale. That's it, no more question. I'm done helping you.

Zora: Yeah, I think we got the gist of it.

Kirito: And thanks again.

Zora: You should go to your block!

Kirito: Yeah, I'll see you later then.

Kirito then walked away to where his block is and Zora looked at the girl.

Girl: You better reach the finals! Cause even after everything I taught you today, there's one thing left for you to learn.

Zora: What is it?

Girl: The taste of the bullet that beats you!

Zora narrow his eyes and looked at the girl.

Zora: I'll look forward to it. What about you though? You think, you'll make it to the finals?

Girl: I'll retire if I get knocked out of the prelims. But I won't! Not this time...this time I'll kill all the strong players!

After she said that, Zora narrow his eyes even more and she looked at him and brought down her menu and showed him her name.

Girl: Since this is the last time we'll be chatting like this, you should know my name. There it is, the name of the person who's gonna beat you.

Zora then looked at his menu and saw her name was Sinon.

Zora: Sinon...well, I'm Zora. Nice to meet you.

Zora raised his hand and went to shook her, but she just turned her head away from Zora and he just laugh awkwardly and sighed, before a player walked up to them.

???: Hey! About time you showed up. I couldn't find you anywhere, I was worried you weren't gonna make it!

Sinon: Sorry about that, Spiegel. I totally lost track of time, thanks to an unexpected chore. Hey hang on, you said you weren't competing, did you change your mind?

The player name Spiegel sat next to Sinon.

Spiegel: Well, even though I know how much it bugs you, I thought I cheered you on from the sideline. I already pick up a spot in the jumbo screen and everything. What was that unexpected chore you were talking about?

Sinon just looked at Zora with an annoyed look.
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Sinon: Oh, nothing. I'm just sort giving that person some orientation.

Zora: -_- How do you do?! I'm that person she was talking about.

Spiegel: Oh hi, is nice to meet you. So uh, are you friend of Sinon?

Zora: Yup, just a trusty companion. My name is Zora. Sinon here has been showing me a good time around here. And it was a great date thanks to her.

Sinon: The hell are you saying?! It was not a good time! And it's not a date! It was a mistake, so forget my name! Forget we ever met!

Zora: Come on, your so heartless, Ms Ice Cold Sniper!

Sinon: Heartless?! Ice Cold?! I don't even know you!

Zora: But, we spent the whole day together, picking out all my gear.

Sinon: Yeah! Because you and that friend of yours-

Suddenly, a bright light shine and a voice could be heard.

System announcement: Thank you, for your patience players. I hope your ready? Because the third Bullet of Bullet preliminary tournament, is about to begin. When the countdown clock reaches zero, all competing players will be automatically transported to their respective first round field map. Good luck to you all.

After the announcement, Sinon stood up and pointed at Zora.

Sinon: You better make it to the finals! Because I'm looking forwards to blowing your head off!

Zora also stood up and looked at Sinon with a smirk look.

Zora: I accept the invitation, but don't keep me waiting to long.

Sinon looked at Zora annoyed and Zora walked away.

Sinon: Why you...

Zora then stood off among the crowd and looked at Sinon with a smile and saw that she was looking at him with an annoyed look and saw Spiegel glaring at him, and he narrow his eyes before he was teleported to the starting area and he looked at the screen and saw that he was gonna fight a player name Uemaru. Zora then pulled down his menu and equipped his photon sword and hand gun and Zora thought back to what Sinon said.

(Flashback)

Sinon: This time, I will kill all the strong players.

Zora:...

(Present)

Zora(mind): Is that possible? Could she be death gun? I saw two sides of her, but which is the real Sinon? I won't find out standing here, thinking about it. But if we cross swords...I mean trading shots...I'm sure I'll find the answer.

After the timer reaches zero, Zora was transported to the field of ruins, and Zora just close his eyes and tried to sense where Uemaru would be.

Zora(mind): Calm yourself down. Sense where his Malice's going to be. I could just deflect his shot, due to the bullet lines telling me where the trajectories will go.

Zora then opened his eyes and saw multiple bullet lines and Uemaru just started firing, and Zora started dodging all of his shots and the player along with the other players that were watching from the sidelines look at him shocked.

Player: No way!

Zora then grabbed his Photon sword and his hand gun and activate it and rushed towards Uemaru and Uemaru started aimed at Zora and fired his shots and Zora looked at all of the bullets line and saw which bullets were coming and he started deflecting them and continued to rushed forward.

Player: Holy Crap!

Uemaru went to reload his gun and Zora aimed his hand gun at him and started firing at him and stopped him from reloading.

Zora: HAAAAAA!!!

Zora then imitate the Sword Skill "Vorpal Strike" And he lunge at Uemaru and stabbed his Photon Sword through him and killed him, before twirling his sword around and deactivate it and pit it on his back.

Zora: Oh man. I can't believe I have to this 4 more times.

Zora was then teleported back to the waiting room and looked up and saw the screen and saw all the fight that was taking place.

Zora: I wonder how Kirito and Sinon is doing?

Zora then narrow his eyes and be on his guard when he noticed a person with black robe standing behind him.

Zora: Who are you?!

???: Are you the real deal?

The person then walked in front of Zora and he saw that this person was wearing a black robe, had a metal mask and red eyes.

Zora: The real deal? What do you mean by that? Who are you?!

???: I saw your match. You took you opponent down with a sword.

Zora: Yeah! So what?!

The person in the black robe then got closer to Zora's face.

???: I'll ask you again. Are you the real deal?

Zora then looked at the player confused and gripped his hand tightly.

Zora(Mind): Does this person know me? No way? We have met before..we've been face to face like this...but where? Where do I know him from?

The player then pulled down his menu and showed Zora's tournament bracket and showed him his name.

???: With that name. And your Sword Skills, unpredictable fighting style, and inhuman level of speed. Are you the real deal? Or what?

Zora then looked at the player and realized something.

Zora(mind): Of course, he's an SAO survivor. But who is he? And where do we meet in SAO?

Zora then started thinking every person he met in SAO, and as he was thinking, he saw the player lower his arm and Zora saw something that made his blood boil, completely and utterly shocked.

Zora(mind): Son of a...LAUGHING COFFIN!!!

???: Answer the question! Or don't you understand?

Zora: No, I don't understand? What do you mean by the real deal?

???: Never mind. Whether your a fake, using his name. Or the real guy. Someday, I'll kill you and everyone you love.

Zora: Is that a threat?!

The player didn't say anything and walked away and Zora sat down and held his head and started breathing heavily.

Zora(mind): Laughing Coffin...that emblem. The murder guild in SAO. God knows how many players they killed, including Rumia. But they're not the only one guilty of murder. No calm down...calm down. Don't let anger get the better of you. Don't get consume by blind rage.

Zora then snap out of his thought when someone tap his shoulder and it was Kirito and he sat down next to him and looked at him concerned.

Kirito: Dude, you alright.

Zora: It's them...it's them...

Kirito looked confused.

Kirito: Whose them?

Zora: Laughing Coffin...

As soon as Zora said that, Kirito looked completely shocked and started getting cold sweat as well and he also started breathing heavily and Zora patted him on the back.

Zora: Calm down, Kirito. Calm down...

Kirito took a deep breath and calmed himself down.

Kirito: Why must be them here?

Zora: I don't know? But calm down...getting afraid isn't going to help us solve this.

(Flashback)

Zora, Kirito, Asuna, and Philia along with multiple players were currently on their way to Laughing Coffin's hideout and as they were reaching they stopped to go over the plan.

HDA Member: If the tip we got is good. We should be near Laughing Coffin base. But before we charge in, let's keep one thing in mind. Those guys are red players. Once the battles starts, they're not gonna think twice about killing anyone of us. So don't you hesitate. You do, and your dead!

They all nodded their head.

HDA member: We got two things going for us though. We outnumber them and we got higher skill level. So who knows, maybe they'll surrender peacefully, hey a guy can dream can he?

Zora then notice something and grabbed his sword and quickly jumped into the air and blocking a strike and everyone saw it was Laughing Coffin members.

Kirito: Ambush!

(Present)

Zora: It turn into a blood soak nightmare, we won the battle. But the time it was over, we lost 10 of ours. And as for laughing coffin, 20 of them refuse to surrender and were killed.

Kirito: And out of that 20, 2 life's were claimed by my sword. Though I'm surprised that you didn't get consume by revenge even after what they did to Rumia.

Zora: I promise her, that I won't go down that road. That's why I spare them.

A blind light then appeared around Kirito and he was teleported to his next match and Zora was in thought.

Zora(mind): That guy, if he was one of the survivors from Laughing Coffin. Then he must have talked to me after that battle. Or...maybe...he's one of those 7 players I killed when they ambush me and Rumia?! No, that's impossible! That's crazy! O my GOD! He's voice was the same as Death Gun. Is he? Could he be?

As Zora was completely lost in thought, he felt a hand touch him and he jumped back and looked over and saw it was Sinon.

Sinon: You look like you're about to lose it?

Zora: No, I'm okay...

Sinon: Guess your first match is tougher than you thought. You got back pretty early though. Not to shabby for a newbie.

Zora:...

Sinon: God if your like this after one match, you'll never make it to the finals. You better man up, remember we got things to settle.

Sinon then tapped Zora's shoulder and went to walked away, before Zora grabbed her hand and held it tightly.

Sinon: H-Hey! Let go!

Zora:...

Sinon: Huh?

Zora didn't say anything and continued to hold her hand tightly and Sinon looked at Zora's face and saw that something was wrong and she looked concerned.

Sinon: What's wrong with you? Are you okay...?

Zora: I...I...

Before Zora could finish his sentence, Zora was teleported off to his next match and Sinon looked over at the screen and saw Zora was teleported to the battlefield with his head down.

(Flashback)

Death Gun: Someday, I'll kill you. And everyone you cared about.

(Present)

Zora:...

Zora then thought about all the people he cared about died and he clinched his hand tightly.

Zora: No...

Suddenly, a glint of light could be seen in a distance and multiple bullet lines appeared and aimed at Zora and multiple shots flew past him and Zora didn't even bother to dodge them and one of the shots hit his face.

Zora: No...

Zora then looked in front of him and saw Rumia standing in front of him.

Zora: Big...Sister...

Rumia didn't say anything and just look back at Zora smiling and Zora remember the day when she died by Laughing Coffin's hand. Zora then close his eyes and opens it and saw Rumia was gone and he took out his Photon Sword and rushed down at his opponent with a blank expression.

Zora: I WON'T LOSE ANOTHER PERSON I CARE!!!!