Swords Online (Sword Art Online Fanfic)

Chapter 6

2 Years Later

It has been three years since the 'Death Game', as we like to call it, started. As for me, I am still fighting solo on the front lines alongside Cam, who I guess you could call my boyfriend by now... Anyway, he keeps bothering me about joining his guild, and I keep turning him down because my rapier skills have come so far and I am not sure about how I would function in a guild just yet. My gear is the best, now light blue and my rapier is light blue with a sapphire in the hilt. As for right now, we are currently on floor 80. In the dungeons, we are strong, but it seems like more and more people are leaving to have a more relaxed life on the lower floors. As I am walking in the town area in floor 80, I notice someone lying on the ground near a tree. "Cam?" I ask myself, I swear, he is prone to laziness sometimes...

"What do you think you are doing? You know that the entire front lines group is out there working twice as hard because the boss room is near, and where do I find you? Sleeping on a hill!" I castigated him.

"You know this is Martinests' best season? The settings for the weather are prime." He said sleepily.

"Huh?" I said, confused,"Oh, it doesn't matter, Do you not realize that every day in here is another that we could have been back in the real world right? So why are you not in the dungeon?!?"

"Well, right now we are alive in Martinest right? If you lied down you would get what I mean about the weather."

After he said that I looked up through the trees,thinking, he does have a point. So I laid down and decided to take a short nap.

Later

"Huh..." I mumbled while regaining consciousness, and then I saw Cam on a ledge nearby, watching.

"Good evening, Clair. You slept well?" He said.

"WAH?!?", I yelped, surprised,"Why did you not wake me up before the evening?"

"Well you seemed like you were tired, so I let you while I guarded you." He said simply.

"Ok, thank you. Next time you wake me up K? And one more thing... Since in-game PK's are getting more common, sleep PK's are kinda new, and I could have gotten killed if you were not here..." I told him

"I'm aware, and that's why I stayed... I really think that the front lines group would be kinda lost without you there." He said while smiling,"Well, since it is getting late, why don't we get going?"

"Ok." I replied, returning his smile as we walked away into the distance. I think Cam has gotten really far in the game, and his achievements here pail in comparison to me as a solo player... I looked at him, and I wondered... Why does he hang out with me anyway? I know why I do at least. He is one of the most sincere guy's in the game, and he fights for the people who can not fight on the front lines to clear the game. I want to be like that too, but right now I just fight for my own survival in this world of swords and death.

"Clair?" he asked

"Yes? What's up Cam?" I replied, he normally doesn't use my real name in game play...

"I was wondering, do you want to hang out and go to dinner sometime?" He asked

"Yeah I'd love to... When exactly?" I smiled, so this is why... :)