[Sakura's POV]
Kirito and I walk around in the woods, trying to gain XP and killing anything we see. Then we hear a scream. "That sounds like a little girl!" I say, running over. "Hey, wait for me!" Kirito says, running up to me.

"C'mon Kirito! She's getting attacked!" I yell and motion him over here. He runs over and we quickly attack the men. Once most of them flee like the babies they are, we walk up to the girl.

"Are you okay?" I ask, kneeling next to her. "Pina.. Pina..." She murmurs to herself. "Huh?" Kirito asks, kneeling down next to her as well. "Who's Pina?" He asks me. I shrug. Then I look what she's holding in her hands.

A feather.

She must be an animal tamer. I guess her pet died in battle or something. "M-My dragon.. She died trying to save me." The girl whispers. "It's okay. We can get her back. I heard there is this flower that can revive any animal or player within a three day death period." I say, trying to calm her down.

"Really?" She asks. I nod. "We could help you retrieve it if you'd like." Kirito stands up. The girl and I do too. "You would do that for me?" The girl asks. "Sure! What's your name?" I ask as we start walking out of the forest.

"I'm Silica." She sniffles. "Nice to meet you, Silica. I'm Kirito and this here is Sakura." Kirito points to me. I smile. "Hi." She must be a bit shy. "So, why did those men attack you?" Kirito asks.

"Well, I used to be in a guild. But I left and now they just pick on me and try to scare me and sometimes threaten me." She explains. "Oh, that's harsh." I shake my head. "It's okay. Hey, where is this special reviving item anyways?" Silica asks.

"It's on the forty-seventh floor." Kirito says simply. "What?! But that difficulty is way to high!" Silica whines. For her at least, heh... Wait that just sounds plain rude. "U-Uh.. Kirito it's only a three day time period. You think we can make it?" I ask.

He nods. "But my level is to low! I won't make it out alive on the forty-seventh floor!" Silica continues on. "I would get it myself, honestly, but you need the pets owner there for it to work." Kirito sighs.

"Hm.." She looks around. "So why are helping me anyway?" She asks us. We look at each other and gulp. "W-Well.. You remind us of a really nice girl I knew.. That died..." I bite my lip.

"She was my sister.." Kirito whispers. "Oh.. I'm so sorry." She chuckles. "Wh-What?" Is she laughing at Mika's death?! "It's just funny that I remind you of your sister!" She bursts out laughing.

Kirito tenses. "Oh lighten up, Kirito. The girl's just havin' some fun." I punch his arm. He coughs and nods. "Right." He agrees.

~A Bit Later That Day~

"So then we can go this way and-" Kirito talks but then gets cut off by some red haired -literally red haired- lady walking up to us. "Ah, I see Silica has made some friends." The girl says.

Who is this chick? Is she one of those ex-party members Silica was talking about? "Who are you?" Kirito asks, thinking the same thing as me. "Oh, excuse me, I'm Rosalia. One of Silica's dear friends." She says.

"Leave them alone, Rosalia!" Silica pipes in. She must be a player killer, from what Silica said. She's green though, wonder if she hacked it or something.

"Oh, I'm afraid I can't do that, my friend. Now give us the flower that you retrieve or ELSE!" Rosalia motions people to attack us. Kirito and I push Silica out of the way and get in from of her, maintaining our positions.

She sends the people to attack us. They're orange players. She gets them to do it for them? That's just wrong! Every sword hits us multiple times, but our health bar stays the same. Heh, idiot.

"We could do this all day, and our XP wouldn't go down one bit. What about you, huh? Rosalia." Kirito laughs darkly. A wave of worry washes over her face and she runs off with her little baby friends.

"Woah! How did you guys do that?!" Silica asks us in awe. I shrug. "Training?" I laugh.

~Time Skip Again Sorry~

"And that's why she was a green player." Kirito and I finish explaining colors to Silica. "But from what you told me, you should be an orange player." Silica tilts her head towards Kirito.

"No, no, see, since I was protecting someone, it didn't make me an orange player." Kirito says. "Oh.. Okay, that makes more sense." Silica nods. "Let's go have dinner now. I'll make it." I suggest. They both nod.

I wouldn't say I'm the best cook, but neither of them can cook, so I guess I'm the best we have. Once we eat, we all get ready for bed. Well, they do at least. I stay in the kitchen to clean up.

Then I hear a shriek come from Silica's room. Huh? I set the washcloth down and walk into her room to see Silica freaking because Kirito was in the door way. Also, she was in her underclothes.

I sigh. I push Kirito out of the doorway and shut the door after walking inside. "Sorry 'bout that. Kirito has an issue with opening the door without permission. I've learned that much." I giggle.

She sighs of relief. She slips on her nightclothes. I get dressed in mine as well. Might as well, since I'm in here now. I sigh and look around. Someone should teach that boy some manors.

"I'll go get him now." I say. She nods. I open the door and walk into his room. "You need to learn to knock, Kirito!" I roll my eyes and grab his arm, pulling him into her room.

"You walked into my room!" He whines. "Yeah, but your door was open, so theres an excuse." I wave my arm around the room. "Um.. hi?" Silica interrupts our conversation.

"Oh, right." Kirito acknowledges her. I nod and we walk over to the bed and sit down next to her. "This is a Mirage Sphere." Kirito points out. "This'll show us a map in 3D." I add on to what he says.

"Hey, I think I see someone." I say pointing towards the window. Kirito runs up to the window, only for the person to run away. "Do you think he heard what we said?" Silica asks.

"Maybe, I mean, if you have a high enough listening skill, you don't have to knock on the door to hear what goes on in the room." Kirito explains. We nod. Thank you, Akihiko Kyaba. I hate you, still.

"Well, we better get some sleep. Night, Kirito." I wave. "Fine.." He says, sounding a bit hurt. "But remember, we need to get up at 8:00 AM and leave-" I shut the door in his face.

Was that a bit harsh? Maybe a little.. Well now I feel bad! I open the door and creep along the hallway to his door. I knock then open it. I then see him staring at the mirage sphere.

Must have been figuring out a plan for tomorrow. "Hey, Kirito." I smile slightly. "Huh? I thought you were going to bed." He turns his attention to me. "Oh, yeah.. I kinda felt bad about shutting the door in your face. So... sorry about that." I say, starting to walk off.

"Oh, your fine, no need to apologize. Goodnight, Kiyoko." Kirito says. I gasp. "Kirito! Your supposed to call me Sakura. You know it gets on my nerves when people call me that." I bite my lip.

"Heheh.. Sure, whatever.. Sakura it is then." He laughs. "So what's your name anyways?" I ask him. "I'm not saying.." He says. "C'mon! You already know mine! I deserve to know yours." I pout.

"Here's a deal. At the end of the game, when we make it out, I'll tell you. And you can tell me your last name and we can meet each other in the real world. That good?" He asks. I smirk.

"It's a deal." I say. "Okay, goodnight." He says. "Night." I say, walking out and shutting the door. I walk back into Silica and I's room then sit down on the bed. "I overheard you two." She says. "Oh! Is that so?" I ask.

She nods. "I think you two would make a cute couple." She smiles. "U-Uh.. Really? I don't think so. Um.. I'm going to bed now, night!" I say, turning off the lights. We both crawl into bed.

After a few minutes of silence, I hear her whisper something I can't understand. "What was that?" I ask in a quiet tone. "Oh, nothing~" She whispers. Ugh, Silica and her shipping.