Black And White (Kirito Love Story)

Chapter 11. "I love you"

You Are Dead

Wait... What? No... Not yet...

You

Now? Already?

Are

Just when life got brighter

Dead

Well... Oh well.

Dead
Dead
Dea--

Kirito's POV

Where is she . . .

Where IS she?! (no batman puns needed pls)

Emiko... Where are you?!

Wait...

Checking my tracking device, I noticed that her little dot has stopped, and is slowly disappearing

What?

Disappearing?

No.. It can't be...

I brought my speed to the maximum and followed the disappearing dot of Emiko, taking out the revival item Klien gave back to me. I ran faster and faster until a large crowd was visible to my eyes. Jumping over the crowd, over the people's heads (receiving a few looks), in the middle of the crowd, I saw Miki sitting on her knee's. A few feet in front of her stood a man... A man in black. He had a large gray sword piercing through Emiko's chest, making a large slit. Red particles could be visible from her. Her health bar was at a dangerous crimson red.

"Emiko!" I cried out. Her eyes closed softly, but soon shot up when the bastard in black violently jerked his sword out of her, not before twisting the sword inside of her, causing Emiko to yell out an ear-piercing scream, spilling in agony. Each moment, each millisecond broke my heart. It was like watching some bastard torturing a lost baby puppy. I pulled my sword out shakily and ran towards this bastard, jamming my sword into the man's neck, slowly becoming an orange player. But I could care less about being an orange player. Hell, I'll even become a red player for all I care. I just need to end this bastard's life. How dare he touch Emiko. How dare he torture her?! I twisted Elucidator inside of the man's neck like he did to Emiko, making another loud scream. It wasn't as loud as Emiko's scream though. It wasn't as agonizing as her scream. I twisted Elucidator harder against this bastard's flesh with wide eyes, and eyebrows furrowed tightly, making my nose wrinkle. I bared my teeth tightly as I gripped Elucidator harder, jerking it off of the man. This feeling felt different... Like I felt extremely powerful, but... Somehow breaking the rules of something. Shaking it off, I looked at his HP bar. His HP was now at a red zone.

Emiko fell to the floor, like a rag doll, and the bastard disappeared, leaving Emiko to die. Her HP bar now at zero...

"Emiko!!" I screamed, trying to hold back tears. I ran towards her and sat down beside her, holding up her frail body closely. I wasted no time and used the revival item on her.

"REVIVE!!!" I screamed, holding the revival item above Emiko. Quickly, Emiko's HP bar returned, but was still at a red zone. By now, everyone left already, finding that the scene has been over.

"Hey, Kirito... Please take care of her. I'll give you some alone time, but please let me visit her later." Miki said, turning away to leave

"Sure..." My voice was raspy due to yelling so much. I felt a twitch from Emiko's body, and when I look down, her eyes flutter open.

"Emiko!" I cried. Tears immediately start streaming down my face, landing on Emiko's cheeks softly. "You're alive..." I whispered

Emiko smiled warmly at me, but soon her smile faded and turned into a frown. I wiped my tears from my face.

"Emiko? Emiko, what's wrong?!" I said in concern. Tears started to form at the corner of her eyes. "Emiko..."

"I'm sorry... I'm so sorry!" Emiko cried, giving me a tight bear hug

"Wh-what?" I asked in confusion. "Don't be sorry..." I whisper, hugging her back

"B-but...! I-I hurt you..!" Emiko whimpered as she clutched onto my shirt. "I'm sorry I snapped at you. And I-I'm sorry that I hurt you!"

"Emiko." I said softly. I gripped her shoulders and pulled her away as gently as possible.

I only broke the hug enough to look at her teary face. My heart pounded hard against her chest. Feeling anxious about the risk I'm about to take, all I could do was stare at her beautiful face, inches away from mine.

Tell her, Kirito.... Just do it (me: JUST DO IT!!)

I pulled her in close, and leaned forward. I closed my eyes and connected my lips with hers. My heart pounded harder and louder. I knew this took Emiko by surprise when she didn't kiss back. That made all of my hope of her liking me back drain.

I thought she didn't like me back, but when I felt her wrap her arms around my neck and pulling me closer as she kissed back, I felt something in my stomach twist in a good way. It was like there were butterflies?

I was the first to pull away. I pressed my forehead against Emiko's and closed my eyes, enjoying this warmth that is only given by Emiko.

"Why...?" Emiko whispered, pulling her face away slightly, making me open my eyes. "Why are you doing all this? I got you involved in so many things, yet you forgive me so easily?" Emiko's voice cracked as more tears started to fall slowly.

Before she could say more, I pulled her into an embrace. Her head laid against my chest as I embraced her tightly.

"Emiko... Isn't it obvious? I could never get mad at you.  Whatever your decisions are, I respect them. In fact, I want you... I want you to be in control of my life. My entire life will be yours, and I will use it to protect you. The answer should be obvious by now. I love you, Emiko." I said in sincere

"K-Kirito..." Emiko gasped. She gave me a warm smile that always comforted me in tough situations. Warm, shiny tears started to fall. "I . . . I love you too. Probably so much that I never even realized it until now." Emiko whispered. I smiled warmly, and what Emiko did took me by surprise

Emiko leaned in swiftly, but her lips touched mine softly. My eyes were wide at first, but soon I closed my eyes and kissed back. We pulled away again and smiled at each other

"Kirito..." We heard a voice call my name. We turn around, and what we saw was a girl with curly hair and green eyes, staring down at us with wide, psychopathic eyes. In her hand... Was a dagger.