Sapphire and Onyx (Sword Art Online FanFiction)

Ch 3: Fond Memories of An Overgrown Plant

Sorry for the long wait! Here's the chapter that you people have been waiting for! Please enjoy!
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Chapter Three: Fond Memories of An Overgrown Plant

Kirito tumbled back to the ground from the force of my punch.

"Daijoubu[1], Kirito?" Kirito's redhead friend walked over to help him, but Reito stopped him with her right arm.

"Dude, you don't want to get in Haruko's way, trust me." Reito said seriously.

The redhead seemed as though he was still going to help Kirito, but after taking one glance at my murderous aura, he gladly stayed where he was.

"Damn, Haruko." Kirito grunted while rubbing his abdomen. "What was that for?"

I shook tremendously while holding my right hand in a fist. "You left me in a dungeon full of aggros. I should corpse camp you for how long it took for me to get out."

Kirito sweat dropped at me. "Wa-wait, it's not my fault, Haruko!" He frantically waved his arms around. "This is just a big misunderstanding!"

"Oh bite me!" I snarled. "We spent all that time together, only for you to abandon me when I needed you!"

I remember that day like it was yesterday. It was the last dungeon we ever took on together.
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August 2022 (During Beta Testing)

Floor 6: Vitis

Vitis was a floor full of nothing, but tropical fruit trees, banana groves, and beautiful blossoms. You could hear the light, joyful twitter of birds and swim with the dolphins in the river.

Oh and it's full of aggros, did I mention that? Aggros that will chew you up and spit you back out.

And repeat.

And repeat.

And repeat!

And that's just the monsters in the daytime...

You'd be lucky if you could find an NPC here, not to mention one that would sell you crystals.

Basically, it was a floor fit for only those who want to do hardcore training. A "survival of the fittest" floor, I suppose. No one should expect a vacation in this tropical forest. And guess who was napping right under a mango tree?

"Ne, Kirito?" I watched Kirito as he snored.

I bent down and leaned near Kirito's face.

"Ki-ri-to!" I poked his cheek with every syllable.

"Urusai[2] Haruko." He swatted my hand away and opened his eyes, only to see my face.

"Whoa, too close!!" Kirito backed up into the tree and bumped his head into the trunk.

"Itai[3]!" He rubbed his head and I stifled a laugh.

Sword Art Online hadn't really perfected their pain absorber function yet, so all the fatal injuries felt like you fell off your hoverbike, but all the small injuries were stuck as small injuries.

"It's not funny, Haruko!" He pouted at me and I couldn't hold in my laughter anymore.

Then, there were several thumping sounds coming from above us.

We both looked up and saw several oval-shaped yellow objects falling down towards us.

I moved out of the way easily, but since Kirito was sitting down with a headache, he got caught in the mango avalanche.