The next day, witch was Christmas, Nii woke me up. "I told you eleven times not to wake me up early in Christ-" I started saying uncontiously due to issues I had with my little brother in the real world. "What?" I asked grumpily. Nii and Kirito, who I didn't realize that was there, took me by my arms and dragged me towards the Christmas tree. We gave each other's presents and we opened them. I gave Kirito my present first. He opened it. "Wow! New boots! Thanks, Yu- chan!" he said. I smiled softly. I gave Mashiro- nii mine. "Glases...?" he asked surprised. "You said you wanted fake glases to look smart." I said. Kirito gave me his. "A neclece!" I yelled in exitement. Mashiro- nii rapidly gave me his. "A card?" I asked. I opened it. "The girl who laughs and talks a lot seams happy, but she's allso the girl who cries herself to sleep...?" I read. I felt something cold run down my cheak. I wipped my finger over the spot. 

It felt wet. I was crying. "Why am I...?" I asked without even finishing the sentence. "You cry because it's true." said Mashiro- nii. I bursted into tears. I put my hands over my face and curreled up in my legs. "Mashiro- san... You didn't have to be so direct..." I heard Kirito say. "My gift to you is REALITY." he said.  "I... I... I smile... because... it's all I can do..." I said throught my sobs.

February 23, 2024

Yesterday, nii got an invitation from Asuna- san, telling him to acompany her and some Knights of Oath to help find the way throught the laberynth. He left and Kirito and I went to a field dungeon. We suddenly heard screams and we ran towards it. We found a girl being attacked by Drunken Apes. Kirito and I defeated the apes and she started to cry over her dead Tamed Monster, Pina. Her name was Silica. Silica regained some hope when Kirito explaied to her that it is possible to revive her partner with a special flower at the 47th Floor. However, she is soon discouraged when she realizes that the difficulty would be too high for her current level as well as there being a three day time limit to revive Pina. Feeling obligated for not being able to save her Tamed Monster, Kirito and I provide her with some sturdier equipment to increase her protection, and we team up with Silica to retrieve the flower. Kirito and I would have gotten it ourselves, however the presence of the deceased pet's owner was required for the item to appear. Silica asked us why we helped her and, after she promised not to laugh at Kirito's response, Kirito says that she reminds him of his sister, which causes Silica to burst into laughter. I tell her that she reminds me of a puppy I once found in the park. She laughed even more.

Silica returned with us to Mishe, the main town of the 35th Floor, to discuss our plans for retrieving the flower. While in town, we dealt with some troublesome encounters with some of Silica’s fans and Silica's ex-party member, Rosalia. At the inn, Kirito explained to Silica about the concept of «Player Killing» and Color Cursors: players who have attacked and/or killed someone are indicated by the cursor above their heads being orange, while a green colour indicated that the player was not hostile to others. After having dinner, we went to our own rooms. As ussual, Kirito and I slept in the same room, since by now, we were like siblings.

 After a few minutes, Kirito and I decided to talk to Silica about tomorrow's mission and we went down to her room. After she opened the door, we sat at the table in her inn room. She looked distracted looking down at her skirt. I quickly figured out what had almost happened. Kirito caught her attention again when he showed her the map of the 47th floor using a lacrima. He reviewed the plan and he showed and explained were everything was. He suddenly stopped. "What's wrong Kiri-" Silica was cut off by my hush. Kirito quickly ran open the door asking "WHo's there?!" We heared foot steps. Silica and I were behind him. Since that, he continued explaining with caution and low. As we were about to leave, I quickly whispered in her ear, "Next time, be sure you aren't in your undergarments." She hessitated and I giggled.

The next day, we went up to floor 47. It was a very lovely floor, with flowers everywhere. On our way to the forest, outside the safe zone, Silica got attacked by a plant monster and was grabbed upside down. She held her hand on her mini skirt, not to show her underwear to Kirito, while Kirito put his hand over his eyes and blushed a little. I defeated the monster and Kirito caught Silica. It happened twice. When we finally made it to the flower, Silica took it, but Kirito interrupted the way back to town, saying "I heard you. You can come out now." Rosalia and her party came from behind the trees. They wanted the flower to sell it on a black market.

"Okay, It's time to Kickass!" I yelled running from behind Silica, but Kirito caught my collar and said "Hold it, Yu- chan. You aren't fighting. Yuour older brother asked me to take care of ya'." My face lit so red, that I said yelling, "Older Brother?! We're the same age! 13! He's just a month older!" Kirito sweat dropped. He turned and gave me and Silica teleporting cristals. "Teleport back to town when I tell you so." he said. Rosalia's party started to attack me and Kirito, but we didn't move. "Yellow...?!" I heard Silica mutter under her breath as their green cursors turned orange. She was more worried of us taking damage, but she then, I assume, saw our metters. "How...?!" asked Rosalia. I stepped forward to explain: "Due to the difference there is between your levels and ours is much, so, you attack with -600 hp in ten seconds, however, we heal 400 hp in ten seconds, there for, you could keep attacking us, but we'll never die."

"Rosalia! I've heard of them! He's the Black Swordsman and she's the Golden Swordsmith!" one of them yelled. "We've heard of you, Rosalia. We were actually looking for you the whole time. You see, I was in floor 37 when a player yelled something, of you killing his comrade and wanting someone to avenge of you, so we're here to take you back." Kirito said to Rosalia, then tossed a direct teleportation cristal, destined to teleport to the 1rst floor, to the <<ARMY>> guild. I turned and said to Silica, "Sorry we used you as bait, Silica." She just smiled and said "No prob. I did get the flower to revive Pina." We headed to the town of this floor and revived Pina. We parted our ways, but still keeping her in our guild; BEATERS.