(Sinon)
It had been quite a while since I had spoke to Kazuto again. I didn't really want to either. I had been taking a different route than I usually do to get to the places I went, because usually Kazuto would walk with me.
I was sitting in my room and I glanced over at my NerveGear. It had been a while since I had been on, and I wondered if I should get on. Then, I got a text from Kazuto.
Hey Shino! Its been a while since I've seen you, and I just wanted to apologize for the other night.....I can't remember what I was thinking, and I was hoping we could still be friends? I wanted to see if maybe you wanted to hang out and play GGO together?
I couldnt believe my eyes. Kazuto wanting to go back, and play a game that last time, almost got us killed! Literally! I was in the middle of typing back, telling him otherwise when I remembered, that "Death gun" wasn't even in the game anymore, and we would be able to play without any trouble... So I texted back-
Sure Kazuto! I'd love to play! I'll be on in a minute! I just need to set up everything!
(Kirito)
When I got the text back, I quickly jumped into bed and threw on my NerveGear. I had nearly forgot how to start it, so it took a second for me to remember. "Link start!" I said, and the game started.
It had been a long, long time since I had been back in GGO, so I had to refresh my memory of what Shino's character model looked like, and eventually I found her. She ran over and pulled me into a hug. "Hey Kirito! Its been so long! I havnt seen you in forever!" Her reaction was a little surprising, since 10 minutes ago she didn't want to see me. "Hey Sinon! Yeah! Its been forever!" I replied. "Come on Kirito! I wanna go see if they have the upgrades I wanted!" Wait, she wanted upgrades? For what?! "Alright, I guess I'll go, I can see if I can get something for my pistol..." We started walking towards one of the gun shops nearby that had a personal gun customizer. The store clerk was a large man, stocky huge build- kinda like those Juggernaut classed guys you see in pro teams. He seemed very friendly though, but based off of his level, and his knowledge of the guns in the shop, he was very skilled, even in combat. When he spoke, I almost couldn't believe his voice. It was kinda girly, almost gay, and I was hoping my appearance would keep him off. "Come on, my customization parts are over here" he pointed to a shelf with some pieces laid out, with a red cloth under them. Among them was a wrapped up package, priced 100,000 ¥. While at a crazy price, it seemed soft, and light. It reminded me of my cloak back in SAO.
"Hey Kirito! They have some dagger upgrades for pistols! You could afford this!" "Nah, I don't really like daggers, I'm more of a sword person, remember? Anyways, I think I'm gonna get this...." I slowly picked up the package and handed it to the shopkeeper. "Nice choice, this is actually an armor customization, seems fit for you..." He gave me a weird look, that i mistaked as flirting, while he leaned over on the counter. "N-no! I'm a guy, sorry! B-but I will take the upgrade..." I quickly pulled down the menu for the item and bought it. The shopkeeper quickly sat up and exclaimed- "Oh! I'm so sorry, I didnt know!" I sighed in relief, now knowing he wasn't gay. He continued to apologize as we left the shop.
(Sinon)
As well left the shop, Kirito kept the item he bought stashed away as we made over to the gunsmith in the area, for our upgrades to be applied. We quickly arrived, and we quickly noticed that the gunsmith was Lizbeth! "Hey Lizbeth! What are you doing here?" Kirito said ecstatically. She looked up suprised, and at first, did not recognize him until he said who he was. "Oh, hey Kirito! What are you doing here!?" She replied. "Well, I came to get an upgrade for Hectate here, I guess Kirito is going to upgrade his armor?... " I looked over to him and he shrugged. "Yeah, that's what the shopkeeper said this was..." He held up the package he got, and Lizbeth became really exited. "Wait! That a rare upgrade material! I've never seen what it does, but I know its a rare upgrade material!" I looked over at Kirito. "Well, lets do it then...." He tossed over material to her, and asked where he could change, so he could give her his cloak to upgrade. She pointed to a back room. "Hurry up in there though!" She yelled. I quickly handed over the suppressor, and scope, along with Hectate. "Please be careful!" "Don't worry" she replied. "I've never broken one yet!"
