(February 23rd 2024)
4 months passed and the Moonlit Blackcats did many side quest along with leveling up. Many NPC and Players gave Yami many titles "The Soul Reaper", the Devil Hunter, The Devil Summoner, The Dark Slayer, The Player in Red Coat while gave Kirito the title "The Black Swordsman". Their new base is at floor 50 since they did many side quest, leveling up and spend their money on the base. Both Yami and Kirito had to leave the guide but will still help them if they're in trouble. Both Yami and Kirito kept in contact with the guide while Yami kept in contact with Yuna and Nautilus.

Location: Floor 35, Forest of Wandering

A red haired woman who was auguring with a brown twin tail girl.

Red Hair Woman what are you talking about? Why should we share these healing crystals with you? Your pet lizard has healing powers.

Then Feathered Little Dragon growls at the comment the woman said.

Brown Hair Girl: what about you? You never fight in the frontlines. You don't need any crystals!!

The brown twin tail haired girl said it in a frustrated voice.

????: of course I do, I'm not some child idol like you, Silica-chan. So any boys won't heal me.

Silica: well fine!! I don't need any items!! I won't be partying any of you!! Maybe other guides that want me!!

She leaves in annoyance and tries to find a guide who would accept her.

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Opening End

(Floor 35: Forest of Wandering)

Silica was somewhere in the Forest Maze and she was ambushed by Drunken Apes. She was on the yellow bar.

HP: 3831/9342
LV: 44

One of the ape swings it's club but Silica dodges it. Another one swings and she dodges it. Pina swoops in and heals Silica back to green but it was barely enough. She checks in her pocket and didn't have any healing items.

Silica:*mind* no healing items!? I should've taken some items but no I was getting to over arrogant!!

She tried her best to dodge their attacks but one of them gotten a lucky hit, she crashed to the ground and her HP was low to red at 1869 HP.

Silica: no, no, no!! I don't want to die!!

As one of them swing it's mace and was about to finish her but Pina takes the hit and falls to the ground.

Silica: Pina!!

She went towards her little feathered dragon. It's HP was down and particles flown up to the air leaving a feather.

Silica: Pina...

She looked behind her and the apes were going to finish her off but they stopped and turned into pixels meaning they were defeated. The particles revealed Kirito and Yami(wearing his mask) the two people that saved Silica.

Silica: Pina...

Tears flown out of her eyes. She gently grabs Pina's feather.

Silica: Don't leave me all alone. Pina!!

Kirito and Yami puts their weapons away and Yami hugs Silica. He pulls up his mask revealing his face as he calms her down.

Yami: wait in Canon Silica is 12 during the first arc but she's 13? Oh no...but she be legal to date after Phantom Bullet Arc? God dammit!! Fuck!! Great thanks to the actual me never figuring out shit!!

Kirito: that feather, someone you lost dear to your heart?

Silica: it's Pina's. My dear.

Yami: she's a beast tamer, Kirito.

Kirito: I see okay got it. We're sorry, we weren't able to save your friend.

Silica: no, it's my fault. For thinking that I could make it through the forest on my own...for being so arrogant.

He touches the item and revealings the name.

Item Name: Pina's Heart

Yami: that feather, It's Pina's Heart. If Pina's Heart is still here then you have a chance to revive it.

Silica: really?

Kirito: On the south side of Floor 47, there's a field dungeon called the Hill of Memories.

Yami: A flower on the top that blooms and it's an item that can be used to revive familiars.

Silica: oh Floor 47.

Kirito: if you cover my expenses, I'd be glad to go for you. But the familiar's master has to be there or the flower won't bloom.

Yami: don't worry I got it. But it will last only three days.

Kirito opens his menu and trade the equipment to Silica.

Silica: why would you do all this for me?

Kirito: promise me that you don't laugh, I'll tell you.

Silica: I won't laugh.

Kirito: it's because....

Yami: you remind him of his little sister.

Kirito: Yami!!!

Then she laughs but apologizes to Kirito. Yami gripped his chest as the cuteness damaged him. He quickly puts his mask back on.

(Meanwhile)

Yuna:....

Nautilus: Yuna? Something in your mind?

Yuna:....

Nautilus: YUNA!!!

Yuna:*yelps*

She jump out of her bed and fell to the floor. She got up and rubbed her head.

Yuna: owe...that hurts Nautilus.

Nautilus: well you didn't responded so I have to do that. Is there something in your mind?

Yuna: i-it's nothing.

Nautilus: are you sure? Because you're blushing.

Yuna:*blush* I'm not blushing!!

Nautilus: let me take a guess, it's Yami?

Yuna: yes it's about him, Nautilus.

Nautilus: I approve him because I don't want our friendship be broken.

Yuna: thank you...

(Meanwhile in the Moonlit BlackCats Base)

Keita: hey guys have you seen Sachi?

Tetsuo: no I haven't seen her.

Ducker: it's strange ever since she was leveling up with Yami and hugging him many times.

Sasamaru: hey guys, do you think she has crush on him?

Keita: now you mention it. She did ask him to be his girlfriend/In game wife but gave her the next time we meet.

Tetsuo: yeah I can see her with Yami as a couple.

Ducker: same here is just me or the other female players keep looking at him with lust.

Sasamaru: pray for his balls to be safe.

Sachi: you guys....

Tetsuo: oh no...

Ducker: h-hey Sachi....look we want to make sure that Yami-JESUS!!

Sachi: I'M GONNA KICK YOUR *****

Sasamaru, Tetsuo, Ducker and Keita:*girly scream.mp4*

(Back with the Trio)(Floor 35: Mishe)

Yami, Kirito and Silica were walking down the town streets. One of the male players shout her name.

Male Player 1: Hey, there's Silica!! You were pretty late getting back here! We were worried about you!!

Silica: U-um..

Male Player 2: Let's party up sometime!! We'll take you wherever you want, okay?

Silica: that's nice of you but...

Yami gently grabs the dragon tamer which made her comfortable. She felt happy around Yami and Kirito but mostly to Yami. Her heart was beating a bit faster.

Yami: she already party with me and him(points at Kirito). You're making her very uncomfortable.

Kirito: yep she did party with us.

Silica: yeah I've already decided to form a party with them for a while, so....

Both players glared at Yami and Kirito but mostly Yami which he glare them back. From their point of view they saw a spirit of woman but she's a mother, she was behind him cracking her knuckles.

Mother: I'll break you both until both of you can't make any children at all!!

Both freaked out and ran away. The trio were confused but ignored it and started to continue walking.

Silica: sorry...to cause you both trouble.

Kirito: fans of yours? You're popular, huh?

Silica: not really. I'm sure they're just asking me to come along as a mascot.

Yami: reminded me of a friend.

Silica and Kirito: really?

Yami: yeah a company has her as a mascot on one of their games being well known while other players made jokes about her being a emergency food.

Silica: yeah but even so when they began to call me Dragon Tamer Silica. I let it go to my head.

She began to tear up but Yami gently pat her head.

Yami: there's nothing to worry about Silica.

Kirito: we'll make it in time.

Silica wipes away the tears and smiles.

Silica: right!!

They continue walking and the Dragon Tamer asked them a question.

Silica: so, where's your home you two?

Kirito: it's on floor 50. It's a pain, so maybe we'll stay for the night.

Yami: I just camp out on the floors. But I'll stay for the night being.

Silica: really?! The cheesecake is really good here!!

Yami: I like cheesecake it taste sweet with the tart Mmmm that's good.

????: well, if it isn't Silica.

Yami: oh here comes the thot.

Woman: so you managed to make it out of the forest alive. How nice of you.

Kirito: something wrong?

Silica: no it's nothing.

Woman: hang on. What happened to your little lizard? Didn't ran away?

Silica: Pina died saving my life. But I'll bring Pina back!!

Woman(thot): really? Meaning you're planning to go to the Hill of Memories on Floor 47. But your level that you're on, will you be even able to clear it?

This discourages her but Kirito and Yami went front of Silica.

Kirito: We're sure she'll clear it.

Yami: it's not that much difficult for a level.

Woman(thot): oh? Both of you who you've been seduced by this girl.

Yami: okay that's gross.

Woman: you both don't look particularly strong to me.

Yami: there's the saying: don't judge the book by it's cover.

Kirito: let's go.

They left but the woman smirks.

(In the Inn)

Silica: why would she say all those mean things?

Kirito: Is Sword Art Online, your first MMO?

Silica: yes it's my first MMO.

Kirito: any multiplayer games, players are often go through a personality change. Some of them enjoy playing as the villains. Some of them enjoy playing as the good guys. our player cursors are green, right?

Yami: if you commit a minor crime your cursor will turn to orange. Kill any players you cursor will turn into red thanks to "him" creating this game.

Kirito: Among them, player killers. Those who've committed these so called murders, are known as red players.

Silica: Murderers!? No way!!

Yami: In normal multiplayer games, they all could've have fun while been role playing as the main or minor villains. But in SAO is different.

Silica sees Kirito gripping the cup and Yami gripping his jacket.

Kirito: this game isn't about having any fun.

Yami: it's just pain and suffering nobody cares about others only themselves. I hate those types of people thinking about their selves...

Silica: Kirito, Yami.

Yami: sorry.

Silica: you two are good people, Kirito and Yami!!

She got out of her seat and grabbed their hands but tighten around Yami's hand.

Silica: you both saved me from the drunken apes and you Yami comfort me!!

Kirito: well you've cheered both of us up instead.

Then the Devil Summoner pulls up his mask and he smiles at her.

Yami: thank you Silica.

This caused her face to turn red as she quickly waves her hands.

Silica: oh yeah!! Our cheesecake is getting late!! Excuse me!! Our desserts hasn't arrived yet!!

(Quick Small Timeskip)

After they finished eating the cheesecakes, Silica walk into her inn. Yami and Kirito forgot to tell her the plan, Yami was at her door and knocks it but made a mistake of opening the door.

Yami: Hey Silica about tomorrow....

He enters the room and to see Silica in her bra and underwear. Yami blushes along with Kirito as both of them had their hand on their face.

Yami: put some clothes on!!

She did as Kirito quickly grabs a small table and puts a item on the table.

Silica: what item is that?

Kirito: it's called a Mirage Sphere.

Yami: basically hologram that you see on those sci-fi movies.

Kirito presses the button, it activates and the top moves up and revealings the floor locations.

Silica: wow, it looks pretty!!

Kirito: okay here's floor 47's town area.

Yami: over there where we have the Hill of Memories. So then we'll be taking the following route.

They quickly stopped and looked at the door.

Silica: Yami-

Kirito had his hand up first and went to the door.

Kirito: who's there?

He exclaimed, so he looks to his left, to see a
glimpse of a silhouette as it manages to
escape. He then heard the sound of someone
running downstairs where the silhouette was
escaping.

Silica: what's going on?

Yami: somebody was eavesdropping on us.

Silica: but unless there's any knocks on a door, you can't hear voices through a door.

Kirito: it's different if your hearing skills are high enough.

Yami: barely any players have raised that level higher. They focus on HP, MP, Defense, Luck, Critical, Agility but if you rise other skills like hearing then it would be easier.

Silica: why would they eavesdrop on us?

Both Yami and Kirito stay silent but Yami already knows it more than anybody else even the outcome.

(Timeskip)
(February 24, 2024, Floor 47: Floria)

The next day, the trio arrived at Floor 47 from the route they've taken. Yami who was wearing the clothing from Vergil that he wore in DMC 5 but it was the EX version.

Silica was amazed of the floor, the flowers look lovely. She felt happy to see that many flowers.

Silica: it's like a dreamland.

Yami: the floor is known as the Flower Garden if I remember correctly.

Kirito: yeah the entire level is covered by flowers.

Silica looks around with joy. She went to a bed of flowers to see a ladybug and it flies away.

Silica: this place is..

She sees other players as couples and they were having a good time despise they're in a trapped game. This caused Silica to blushed but Kirito and Yami called her out.

Silica: y-yes!! Sorry to keep you waiting!!

Kirito: something wrong?

Silica: A-ah nothing is wrong at all!!

Yami: come on you two.

Silica: right.

They walked towards the bridge but stopped as Kirito hands a crystal to Silica.

Silica: what is it?

Kirito: if something unexpected happened, and I tell you to warp out. Use the crystal to jump you to any town.

Silica: b-but..

Yami: promise Kirito and to me Silica.

Silica: alright I got it.

She grabs the teleport crystal into her inventory and Kirito continues walking.

Kirito: okay let's get it going.

Yami: if the three of us use this path, it will lead us to the location.

Silica walks faster to Yami and Kirito. She slows down as she was going to ask Yami.

Silica: Yami...

Then tentacles rushes towards Silica and grabs her legs. It pulls her up but she covers herself. The monster opens it's mouth as Silica freaks out and screams for dear life. She grabs her dagger and swings it but she was really missing the tentacles.

Kirito: calm down Silica!! This one is really weak!!

Silica: K-kirito!! Y-Yami!! Save me!! But don't look but still save me!!

Kirito and Yami covered their eyes but Yami covers Kirito's eyes but peeked.

Silica: you saw it!?

Kirito and Yami: No.

Yami: yes but I'm gonna cap myself. Just stay calm, you have everything to beat it.

Silica: the power to believe myself!?

Yami: no a knife!! Stab it!!

Silica: enough is enough!!

She slices one of the vines which caused the monster to let go of her. She dives with her dagger heading straight towards the weak point and stabs it defeating the vine monster. It turns into pixels and Silica lands as she covers herself.

Silica:*blush*did you see anything?

Kirito: nope.

Yami: none*mind* F**********K!!!

They continue walking as a montage of them defeating the monsters on the floor. Silica ask Kirito about his younger sister.

Kirito: why now, all of a sudden?

Silica: you said that I look like her, remember? I know it's rude to ask about real world. Do you mind about it?

Kirito: I called her my little sister but she's actually...

Yami: his cousin sorry Kirito.

Kirito: It's fine, we grew up together since she was born, so I'm sure she doesn't know it. Maybe that's why I've been distancing myself from her. Our grandfather's been really strict. When I was eight years old, he made us attend to a local kendo dojo. I stopped after two years. My grandfather sure beaten up for that.

Silica: that's terrible.

Yami: thank god he's never been referenced and he's dead so that's a plus.

Kirito: so then my sister defended me by saying she'd put enough effort for the both of us, so he stopped hitting me. After that, she trained really hard, and made it to the nationals.

Yami: you felt bad about it. She may resent you because on what she has to give up on something she really want to do. Hey Kirito it maybe not too late to go back on Kendo and it can improve on your ability in the near future.

He gently rubs on the flowers.

Kirito: got something in your mind Yami?

Yami: my mom and father used to do gardening. They loved the flowers as they used to plant them when they were younger, they still do it until they passed away along with my sister and brother. Not sure how long my journey is but I'll make sure I'll plant the flowers as a reminder of my family's happiness.

Silica: Yami, I'll do my best!!

She walks a bit faster but a trap got her as tentacles began to lick her(gross) but Yami slices the trap. He catches her and puts her down. They continue walking to the path and stopped.

Silica: this is where the flower of revival is?

Kirito:*points* if I'm not mistaken...

They walk to the stone pillar which the top was glowing. Then a flower grows and blooms, it was the revival item.

Yami: go on Silica, take it.

She grabs it and the name appears.

Item Name: Pneuma Flower

Silica: this flower will bring Pina back to life right?

Kirito: yeah you'll be glad.

Yami: there's strong monsters here. We should return back at the safe zone. We're sure that Pina would prefer that way.

Silica: yeah let's go back.

They turned around walk back to the bridge. Silica was happy she's able to revive Pina back to life but Yami stopped her and Kirito.

Yami: Oh Rosalia I know you're there, you thot.

Then the red hair woman named Rosalia walks out of the tree.

Silica: R-Rosalia?

Rosalia: if you can see me through my hiding skill, your detection skill must be quite high, swordsmen. It just appears that your attempt to get the Pneuma Flower is successful. Congratulations, now hand it over immediately.

Silica: what are you talking about?

Kirito: that's not gonna happen, Rosaila.

Yami and Kirito: or should we say the leader of the orange huild, Titan's Hand.

Silica: b-but Rosaila is green.

Kirito: it's a simple trick Silica.

Yami: green members find targets and they lire them to where orange players are lying in wait to ambush them and loot their items leaving the green players little amount of attack, defense, money and healing items.

Kirito: that was one of your comrades eavesdropping on us last night, is that correct?

Silica: then the reason why we're in the party for the past two weeks.

Rosaila: that's right. I was assessing the party's strength, while waiting for all of you to earn money from the adventures*licks her lips*.

This scared Silica but Yami and Kirito were not effect by it.

Rosaila: you were the special prey that I was most anticipating. Shame that you left the party, but then you said you were getting a rare item. Still, you knew all that and went with her anyway? Are you two idiots or did she really seduce you two?

Yami: no she lost her familiar from the drunken apes. She cried that she lost Pina. You didn't care you wanted the money and loot. You never felt her pain because you never experience lost. Using your looks to make other players do the dirty work for you. You reminded me of a bitchy princess from Rising Shield Hero.
(Correct me)

Kirito: I've been looking for you Rosaila.

Rosaila: what are you talking about?

Kirito: two weeks ago, you attacked a guild called the Silver Flags. Four people, all but the leader, were killed.

Rosaila: oh, you mean those players with no money.

Yami: their leader was at the warp-point plaza on the front lines, from morning till night, tearfully seeking someone to avenge his party. But he didn't want to kill you, he ask that you be sent to prison. He can see you rotting away in prison.

Kirito: do you have any idea how he felt?

Rosaila:*smirks* No, not at all. Also you*points at Kirito* sound like a girl.

Yami: oh? Then tell your group to come out. Or you're scared? Come on give me your best shot. Hehehehehahahahaha!!!

Kirito: haha what? No I don't sound like a girl. T-that crazy! That's crazy!! Hahahahahaha!!!

She snaps her fingers and more members from the Titain's Hand guild came out behind the trees.

Silica: there's many of them. I'll back you up!!

Kirito: that's adorable Silica-chan.

Yami: but I don't want you to get killed!! You're only 13!! We'll take it over here! The front seats are gonna be a splash zone!!

Sica: what's that supposed to mean!?

They slowly walked towards them as the Titan's Hand members getting uneasy.

Member 1: um boss, those kids though were going to fight Laughing Coffin but still just brought themselves and a small child. Are we sure we want to mess with those two guys?

Rosaila: oh please the boys are all talk and now I've broken them, they're not that anymore they're nothing but gibbering mess grasping at grass.

Kirito: oh another one of your famous theories. Tell you what, we'll give your first shot see how that goes.

Member 2: boss I think this might be a trap.

Rosaila: enough!! You're all level 45 and there's seven of you and there's two of them!! I think you got this!! Now kill them!!

They all charged at them and swinging their weapons.

Silica: oh no I knew it!! Rosaila cut them inside of their heads!! They're not even fighting back!! Well I guess I can save them-

Then their HP went back up but Yami went up faster.

Silica: wait what?

The guild members were breathing hard while the two swordsmen were not even flinched.

Yami: man you guys are out of shape. Maybe we oughta do some cardio.

Rosaila: what are you idiots doing!? Quit screwing around and kill him!!

Member 3: how!? We thrown everything we did!! I don't understand it!!

Kirito: how? Oh it's quite simple really. You see (to Rosalia), 'Girlie,' you may think ya got me all figured out, but there's one thing, you didn't account for: our numbers (unveils Level 78 and level 100 stats) are bigger than yours! Funny thing, really. Get to a high enough level and you're basically untouchable, my wounds heal faster than you can make them! We could do this all day, and you would not be any closer to beating us, not that it wouldn't be fun. But, we've got good news. You see, there's no need to wonder where your god is!!

Yami and Kirito: Cause they're right here! And they're fresh out of mercy!" (In the background, a random Mook begins crying in despair.)

Guild Member 4: wait the blue coat, the black coat, the white hair, the black the blue eyes, the katana and...

Yami:*summons out a demon* summon any demons that I can.

Guild Member 5: that's the devil summoner/dark slayer/soul reaper/the player in red coat/devil hunter and the black swordsman!! The black swordsman solo the front lines and he's on the assault team!! The Dark Slayer solos many bosses even other players feared him!!

Silica: assault team?

Rosaila: well way to prove my point you brats!! Lording your stats over them like some kind of god!! Your strength is nothing but an illusion for cover-

Kirito and Yami used Godspeed/Shunpo respectfully and had their weapons near at Rosaila's neck.

Everyone was shocked but they more towards Yami who was much more faster than Kirito even with Godspeed.

Yami: you maybe true about it. The levels are illusions that covers us. They're just numbers but they higher the number is more power you get. Many MMO and RPG/JRPG games have that for a unfair advantage you dumb bitch, everyone knows that. Might controls everything - and without strength, you cannot protect anything; let alone yourself.

Kirito: I'm getting real tired here first year psych student bullshit.

Rosaila: enjoy this while you can. It's the deepest you'll ever be woman.

Yami: that's true since Kirito did has the avatar in-no bad Yami don't think any stuff about Kirito...yet...

Then she turned into pixels meaning she was send to prison on the either floor her guild members soon joined her. The demon vanished as both swordsmen but away their weapons.

Yami: no challenge nothing but disappointment. Mmm?

????: GIB!! GIB!!

Kirito: what's that?

Yami: It's a Gible.

Silica: you know this?

Yami: yeah, it's a girl.

He gave the Gible a headpat as she growls in affection.

Yami: come on we should return.
(Timeskip)

It was afternoon and the trio were sitting on Yami's bed.

Kirito: sorry Silica. We ended up using you as bait more or less.

Yami: Kirito she trust us. We saved her back at the forest maze and helped her get the Pneuma Flower within the time limit.

Silica: yeah you two are good people. So I would never been scared. So you're leaving after all?

Yami: yeah but we'll be in contact.

Kirito: remember this: "Levels are just numbers. In this world, strength is just an illusion. There are more important things."

Yami: and from me: Silica...devils never cry... These tears, tears are a gift only humans have. And we humans, never give up... are you ready?" Once you all are back in the real world we'll be friends or even more than that once you're older.

Silica: yeah, we will!! For sure!!

Yami: okay let's revive Pina.

She agrees, opens up her inventory slot, scrolling down to Pina's heart. She clicks it, the item appears, she puts it on the table, scrolls to the Pneuma Flower, clicks it and appears on Silica's hand.

Silica: Pina....I'll talk to you lots and lots, okay?

She looks at Yami and Kirito as both of them nodded.

Silica: About my amazing crazy adventure today...

As a droplet of water poured out of the flower petals, lands on Pina's heart and it glows up.

Silica: and about the one day in my life that I had two big brothers.

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