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As Alice, Eugeo, Tiese and Ronye was teaching Dekarusu and the others of how to use the ritual called "System Call" and use abilities in battle and etc. In just an hour later, they managed to get the hang of it for a short time. Then they was taking a break

"This is really amazing!" Akira said

"Facts! We can use a ritual in real life?! This is gotta be a dream?! This is too good to be true?!" Soma added

"And we can do Sword Skills in real life too?! Just like Soma said this is too good to be true alright!" Dekarusu said

"And what's more... we can put these swords in good efforts!!" Yuuki added

"But we do need to take a good responsibility for good use, remember?" Aoi said

"He does have a good point cuz Sadore did gave us these swords for free." Kazuto said

"He did say we can pay him by taking care of it and making it a good use." Asuna said

"Yep." Akira and Soma agreed

After resting... they're ready for more training

"Ok everyone. Now we've practiced of using the ritual "System Call" and know of it's abilities and know how to use Swords Skills... now we can train seriously. And since there 12 of us...we're going to be in 3 groups." Alice said

"Do we pick the ones we need to train with?!" Akira and Soma questioned

"Yes but only with 4 people." Alice said

"Alright then." Akira and Soma said

As everyone was deciding who would be in a group with..... Akira, Soma, Yuuki and Aoi are in one group. Asuna, Aiko, Kirito and Eugeo in a group. And Ronye, Tiese, Alice and Dekarusu are in one group.

"Ok, now we commence the training now."

"YEAH!!!"

As everyone was at a group and separated from the other groups to have some room for their training.... with Dekarusu's group

"Hm? Honestly... I really wanna trained by myself......?" Dekarusu thought to himself as he began training on his own

"So how are we gonna do this?!" Ronye asked

"How about we~

SLASHED SLASHED THUD!!!

"Hm?(Alice)/"Huh?!" (Ronye and Tiese)

SLASH SLASH SLASHED SLASHED!!! FWOOSHED!!!!

As Dekarusu did a Horizontal Square, Alice and the others was amazed by that technique he'd pulled

"Ok... I can still do the Horizontal Square.... ok then, how about~

"Hey Deku." Alice called out his name

"Huh?!"

"I thought we was gonna train together?" Alice said

"Sorry.... I have a habit of training by myself...." Dekarusu said

"Well... how about of training with us instead of training by yourself for once?" Alice said

"Fine.... wait... instead how about this.... Ronye and Tiese face me, a 2-on-1 training match." Dekarusu said as they was surprised

"Huh?! You wanted the two of them fight against you at once?!" Alice said

"Yep... I just noticed something! Back in the good old days... well... terrible but still good, that we faced a floor boss and we can't fight it alone... so we made a tactic position for us to cause some damage and defeat it. It's like this... one player charges in, either to attack and wait for the right timing to counter and then switches with your ally and then makes an great impact." Dekarusu said

"How does it work?!" Tiese questioned

"I'll show you girls how's it down. Ronye and Tiese.... get ready....." Dekarusu said as he gave them some room to get ready as they grabbed their swords and was in their fighting stances

"And Alice, you can watch how this goes if you wanna." Dekarusu said

"Um? I don't see why not?!" Alice said as she was on standby

"Alright then~

As Dekarusu spins his sword around perfectly, he was in his old fighting sword stance

"Come at me!~

"This is only training..... I can't go easy on them just because their girls..... and their still on a rookie level but they are growing stronger bit by bit...." Dekarusu thought to himself before Tiese rushed in

DASHED!!!

"Hiyah!!"

STUD!! STUD!! STUD!!

"Switch now!!" Dekarusu said as he knocked Tiese back and Ronye steps in

CLASHING!! THUD!!!

DASHED!!! CLASHING!!!

CLASH CLASH CLASH THUD!!!

"Now!!"

SWIFT!! THUD!!!

"Nice timing but your reflexes are too slow!~

SWIFT!! THUDDED!!!!

As Dekarusu sends Ronye back as well... both was already feeling tired

"C'mon... I know you two can do better than that?! You two have what it takes to win this! I know you two can~ if you wanna surpass me and Kirito." Dekarusu said as he somehow boosted Ronye and Tiese's fighting spirit

"I see.... with Deku's overwhelming strength has easily backed Ronye and Tiese to a corner.. but for saying to surpass him and Kirito.... he easily got through to them and making them surpass their limits." Alice thought to herself

As Tiese and Ronye looked at each other and nodded.... they both headed towards Deku at the same time

"Hm? Charging at me at the same time huh? Smart move you two.... but~" Dekarusu thought to himself as he charge up his sword to a light blue color and slashed them to separate themselves from each other

CHARGED!! SLASHED!!!

"Charging at me the same time was a good plan but~

DASHED!!! THRUST!!!! CREAKED!!! GRINDING!!

As Dekarusu use his Vorpal Strike on Ronye but she managed to hold her ground and shielded herself

"Overreaching brute force breeds hesitation. If you two put everything you got behind those strikes, then you two can accomplish anything y'know!" Dekarusu said as he clashed Ronye away and then clashed his sword against Tiese but

CLASH~ THUD!!!

"Huh?!~

"Hmph!" Tiese smirk as she sends Dekarusu away with brute force

CLASHING!!! THUD!!!

"Heh! That's amazing!~

"System Call!~ "Gathering up Fire Element"

"Huh?!~ "Noticed Ronye's System Call and did a one handed backflip to regained his ground"

"Fly Straight!~

"Crap!! I have to slash those elements!~ "Charged up his Blade"

"Discharge!" Ronye shoot off her element shot

SHOOT!!!

"Remember the technique Aoi taught you... and what Kirito showed you for slashing away range attacks....." Dekarusu remembered to combine two techniques he learned from Aoi and Kirito

BOOMED!!!!

"Now Ronye!!" Tiese charged her sword and performed "Vorpal Strike" and Ronye did the same thing

DOUBLE DASHED!!! CLINC!!!

As Ronye and Tiese's teamwork dragged Dekarusu to a corner.... but as the smoke cleared away... the swords clashed together and Dekarusu disappeared

"Huh?!" Ronye was shocked

"W-Where did he go?!" Tiese said as Dekarusu got behind Ronye and patted her head

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PATTED!!

"Ahh!" Ronye jumped a bit

"Sorry if I scared you and that was really amazing!! You two actually worked together and corned me?! That's what I called teamwork! Awesome job you two." Dekarusu cause them to have pink cheeks

"I~ ah! Thank you Deku~Senpai!" Tiese said

"W-We really appreciate what you said about we surpassing you and Kirito... I-it really helped us." Ronye said

"No problem at all.... and I did meant what I said to you two." Dekarusu said as their eyes widened

"Y-You really mean it?!" Tiese said

"Of course.... I really see the two of you have what it takes to become stronger.... and it's gonna take some to improve but just 7 seconds ago... that's showing of how much effort you two put in a short time. And that means you two are slowly getting better and stronger everyday. And I'm proud of you two for your efforts." Dekarusu smiled brightly

"Thank you so much Deku~Senpai!!" Ronye and Tiese said

"Deku.... is really amazing... his swordsmanship is really admiring..... I really wanted to see if he had what it takes as well...." Alice thought to herself as she walked towards them

"And thanks for this... I'm still a bit rusty when it comes with a 2-on-1 battle... would you two mind being my partners for that?" Dekarusu offers

"Yes!! We'll be honored!!" Tiese said

"Great!~

"Deku."

"Hm? Yeah Alice?" Dekarusu said

"Now your done warming up... it's our turn to train." Alice said

"Hmph! All right then... I was thinking about facing you for a little while now... and your sword is really something. I can't wait to see it in action..." Dekarusu smirk

"Let's see if you can handle it... if you can." Alice smiles

"Hmph! Ronye and Tiese... you two can take a break and watch if you wanna." Dekarusu said

"O-ok!" Both girls have them some room so they won't get injured

"Are you ready Deku?" Alice said while she was in her fighting stance

"I'm 100% percent ready for ya Alice." Deku said while he was in his fighting stance as well

Then as they waited.... a wind had blew... as they saw a leaf slowly and peacefully.... they dashed towards each other!

FWOOSHED!!! LEAVE DROPPING!!! TAD!!!

DASHED!! DASHED!!

CLASHED!!!!

FWOSSHED!!!

As their swords first clashed... a gust of wind blew so powerful.. Kazuto and everyone else noticed it...

"Deku~Kun....is facing... Alice...?!" Yuuki said to herself

CLASH CLASH CLASHING SWIFT!! THUD THUD SWIFT CLASH!!!

"I can't believe they're equal in strength?!" Akira was amazed

"Yeah... with Alice's sword... is really shining like a bright sun...." Soma said

"With Dekarusu's reflexes and offense and defense tactics from SAO is the only reason why he's keeping up with her fighting experience." Aoi said

"Yeah that's true but... he's actually losing his ground?!" Kazuto said

"What?! What you mean Kirito?!" Asuna said

"Just look! It's true that their both equal but with Alice's sword and her swordsmanship is a little greater than all of us.... even with me, Asuna and Yuuki?! Is like... she's on a level like Bercouli~Sensei and the others!" Kazuto said

"So... your saying she's stronger than all of us?! She's on a whole different level than us?!" Yuuki questioned

"Yeah... even if me with my dual swords, you and Deku teaming up against Alice.... not even one of us couldn't stand a chance.. even we're strong enough in the game to real life.... we'll never know what could happen?!" Kazuto said

CLASH CLASH SWIFT THUD!!!

"Pant! Pant!"
"HYAHH!!!"

CLASH CLASH SLASH!!!

"If I attack from above~

SLASHED!!! THUD!!! SWIFT!!

"Now here's my Radiant Arc!!" Deku used Radiant Arc as a fake out to throw Alice off.

RISING!!!

"That's was a fake out?! Clever...." Alice thought to herself

"Here comes the Meteor Fall!!" Deku charged downward towards Alice

"That's a bad move Deku!" Alice said as she enters her defensive stance

THUD! REFLECTS!!! THUDDED!!!

As Deku strikes... somehow his sword was reflected back and sent Deku flying and crashed to the ground

"Alice's sword withstood the attack and sends Deku back!!" Akira said

"Just how tough is her sword is?!" Aoi questioned

"What the heck was that?!~" Deku thought to himself

As Alice ran towards Deku and attacked him from the right

"HA!!"

CLASHING~ SWEEPED!!

"Grah!!"

"Deku~San is losing his ground!" Aiko said

THUD!! STAND!!!

"Damn! She's really this tough?!~" Deku said to himself as he hold his ground

THUD!!! BLOW AWAY!!!

Deku was sent flying again as he flipped back to his feet and was able to stand Alice's attacks

STOMP!!! CLASHED!! SLASHED SWIFT!! CLASHED CLASHED!!! SWIFT SWIFT THUD!! FWOOSHED!!! STOMP STOMP!! CLASH CLASH CLASHING CLASHED!!!

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"I'm impressed!! You're the second person who've withstood my attacks?! You're really amazing Deku." Alice gave Deku credit

"Hehe... Thanks Alice..... I'm really surprised something like this is happening in real life right now... it's like a dream come true...." Deku said

"Is that so?! I wondered if you can become even stronger in real life?! Just like in the game you and the others talked about... if you can go beyond your limits, you can surpass even me." Alice said

"Heh.... yeah maybe I will... right now I'm barely even keeping up with you... even with the breathing technique we've learned from Bercouli~Sensei together... I'm still on the edge... even with the new sword I just got today....?!" Deku said

"You're just getting the hang of this... "it takes time" remember?" Alice said as she smiled and teased Deku at last

"Hey! Don't use my words against me?! But you do have a good point....but if there's no way for me to prove... I'm just follow through!" Deku said his catchphrase

"Hmph! "Just following through" huh?! Let's see if you can "follow through" with this!!~

CLASHING THUD!!!

"Woah!!" Deku said as he stabbed his sword to the ground to break his fall

"Get ready! Enhanced Armament!!" Alice said

"Enhance Armament?! Oh no!!" Deku was shocked

"Bloom my flowers!!!" Alice said as her blade transform into small pieces of flowers

"Woah!!" Akira said

"The blade turned into tiny pieces of flowers?! How's that even possible?!" Soma said

"S-Should we stop this?! What if she couldn't control her flowers and Deku~Kun gets hurt really badly?!" Yuuki said

"She's got fully control of her sword and her flowers.. so it's all good." Eugeo said

"Man!! Those flowers are really beautiful.... I hope they're not deadly?!" Deku said to himself

"Here I come Deku!!" Alice said as she use her grip to control her flowers and chases after Deku as he ran

OVERFLOWING!!!! GLIDING!!!

"Oh crap!!!!" Deku ran away from the flowers

"You can't outrun them! Especially over a thousand flowers!!" Alice said

"What the living hell?! Over a thousand?! You've got to be kidding me right now!!" Deku said as he dodge the flowers

GLIDING!! SWIFT SWIFT DRIFTED!!! JUMPED!!! CARTWHEEL DODGE!! SOMERSAULTED!!! STOMP STOMP STOMP FRONT FLIPPED!!!

"This could go on all day!! I need to attack Alice!" Deku thought to himself as he prepared to use a range attack

"System Call! Generate Thermal Element! Arrow Shape! !!" Deku used System Call

FORMING!! SHAPED!!

"I need to throw her off balance!" Deku head towards Alice

"Is he trying to do something?!" Ronye said

"It looks like he has a plan?!" Tiese said

"Discharge!!"

SHOOT!!

"He's good!! He figured out the flowers weakness!! But~

FWOOSHED!!! EXPLOSION!!!

"It was a brilliant idea but~

"Wide open!!!"

"What?!"

As Alice let's her guard down... Deku rushed through the explosion and caught Alice off guard

FWOOSHED!!! DRIFTED!!

TRIPPED!!!

"Oh no!!~

As Alice was caught of guard, she accidentally tripped her foot, and begin to fall but as Deku's sword missed anyway, he grabbed her waist and set his sword as side

"That position..... it's just like me and Sinon from GGO?!" Kazuto thought to himself

"H-How did you do that?! You used a Thermal Element against my flowers?!~

"Honestly Alice..... it was easy to tell of how to distract you or at least making you drop off your guard...... and I didn't know your flowers' weakness is Fire or Flame Element..." Deku said

"Then.... how did you make me use my flowers to defend myself?!" Alice questioned

"I was trying to aim at your flowers but instead you're the one who's controlling them... so if I attacked you with my sword alone, I'll be covered up in scratches right now.... but I use System Call to make you defend yourself, I made the explosion as a decoy to distract you and right now... here we are." Deku explains

"You went through the explosion and didn't get burned?! You're truly crazy but in a good way. And right now... I lost to you." Alice said as she smiled and accepted defeat.

"Hmph! Yeah... the way we're in right now.... kinda reminds me of where we both first met..." Deku said as they both remembered that scene they had and Alice blushes

"O-Oh! Y-Yeah... that's true... and thanks for saving me from falling.... again." Alice flusters and Deku helped her stand and she returned her sword back to normal

"Hehe.... that was really intense...." Deku said

"Yes it is... I really enjoyed my training with you Deku." Alice smiles at Deku

"Yeah... me too... I'm really exhausted from ALL that running away from your flowers y'know." Deku said

"Hehehe..." Alice giggles and then everyone ran towards them

"Guys... that's was really insane!!"

"Deku~Kun!!!" Yuuki ran towards Deku

"Huh?! Wait Yuuki!!~

JUMPED!!! BOUNCE!!! THUD!!!

"Ahh!!! Right at my core!!" Deku said as he was slammed at the ground by Yuuki

"I was really worried about you!!! I thought those flowers were gonna kill you!!" Yuuki said

"I-I'm pretty sure she w-wasn't gonna k-kill me... Y-Yuu..ki...." Deku was in pain

"Are you ok Deku~San?!" Aiko said

"Yeah.... I'm just tired~
GROWING!!!!
"And hungry too...." Deku said as everyone laughed

As everything was surprised that Deku was alive after surviving Alice's flowers.... they all decide to call a day after training today.... they all had fun and was surprised of Alice's power is immensely strong... but as Deku exposed her weakness.. it's much easier to at least to withstand the power of her Armament Full Control Art. Then as everyone resting on another big tree with a huge shade to cool them up....

"Man... that's really amazing Sumisu!!" Soma said

"Yeah!! I can't believe you can hang with Alice this long bro!!" Akira added

"Hehe... it's really nothing... I didn't know she could do the Enhanced Armament in the first place....?!" Deku said

"I thought something bad was going to happen to you!!" Yuuki and Asuna said

"Relax you two... I'm pretty sure Alice won't kill a friend in training?" Deku said

"Alice isn't the type of person who goes all out and kills someone in a sparring match." Eugeo said

"True.... I only went all out because I wanna see if Deku could go through his limits... I wanna see his swordsmanship so much... I couldn't even help myself." Alice admits

"So... you wanna see Deku's potential?" Yuuki asked

"Um.... yes....." Alice said

"Oh...." Yuuki said

"And Deku, I can't believe you'd use 2 Swords skills at once......?!" Kazuto said

"Hmph! I was really in a serious pinch with Alice's strikes... so I used the Radiant Arc to throw her off and I use Meteor Fall end it but... she'd blocked it and somehow sends me flying back." Dekarusu said

"And then she'd cornered you by her strong swings. She got a lot of arm strength." Kazuto said

"Yep.... she's stronger than me to tell you all the truth..... cuz.... I might have been holding back at bit and I shouldn't have done that.... but when we started trading blows before her flowers bloomed.... I barely even keeping up with her  speed and power... even with my fast reflexes... I could barely even find a opening... her defense and offense is off the charts." Deku admits

"And the part of where you use that explosion... to drop Alice's guard... that was incredible!!" Tiese said

"And that scene that you catches Alice from her fall was really a romantic moment." Ronye added as she made Deku and Alice blush

"Huh?! I-Ah!! I didn't mean to scare her and making her fall!! I-I was trying to win the sparring match that's all." Deku said

"Are you sure Deku...?! It did looked like you tried to kiss Alice from that position?!" Asuna teasing Deku and Alice hides her face from embarrassment

"Sh-Shut it!!! I only catch Alice from falling ok!! I just don't wanna see her fall and hurt herself!!" Deku said

"Aww!! You're really sweet!!" Asuna and Aiko said

"No wonder why Yuuki likes you so much Deku~Senpai?!" Tiese said

"You're such a cool and really cute guy Deku~Senpai?!" Ronye added

"Sigh"
"Why people keep teasing me?!?!" Deku said to himself as everyone laughed

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