Savior - Kirito x OC

Chapter Eight

        - Kirito's P.O.V -

        I try to shake Misaki alive again. If that's even possible. But, I know that she isn't dead. her pusle is there, she's just not breathing. A normal person would start to cough and gag immediately after they've resurfaced. Misaki's holding her breath. My hands are trembling and my heart is pounding. I've been stricken with genuine worry and fear. I continue to shake her. It's useless though. 

        "M-MISAKI!" I scream at her. Her eyes don't open, her chest doesn't rise nor fall. Then, I do something that I wish that it wouldn't have come to this. I slap her. ''MISAKI! Don't leave me! Please!" No response. "What would Kisaka say about this!?!?!" I see her chest rise up with a lungful of air, and Misaki bolts up into a sitting position. She looks at me, angrily. But before she gets to say even one syllable, she starts to cough up water like crazy. I go and try to help her but she shoots me a look and I stay back. After a while she wipes her mouth with the back of her hand then points an accusing finger at me. 

        "DON'T YOU DARE BRING KISAKA INTO THIS!" She shouts at me. Her voice cracked when she said the last two words, indicating that she's trying to hold back tears. I look at her health bar and it's dangerously low, I pull out a health potion and hand it to her. She takes it but doesn't drink it, it stays in the grip of her hand and she turns away, wiping away her tears. We're still both dripping wet, and I'm supposed to meet Asuna back on floor forty-five. She can wait though.

        I glance at the ground then back up at Misaki, her health bar is now full. I assume that she drank the potion I gave her. She's sitting on the bank of the river not saying a word. I slowly scooch over to her side. She doesn't look at me, she doesn't even bother looking up. 

        "Hey," I say softly. "What was that all about?" Misaki sniffs. She's sitting on her knees, staring into the water she nearly died in. Was she trying to commit suicide? My pulse slows and I look up at the sky. It's a light blue, and there are no clouds to be seen. I feel something lay on my shoulder. I look at what it is, and It's Misaki. She's laid her head there. We're both still soaking wet, but she looks really cute anyway. I smile and hesitantly put my arm around her. She shifts under my touch. I lean forward to get a view of her face and her eyes are open, a small smile plays on her lips. Her smile then fades. "I'm sorry." she whispers, a tear runs down her cheek. I wipe it away with my thumb. 

        "It's okay, nothing to be sorry about." I whisper in reply, she looks down for a moment. 

        "I miss her." She says just about a whisper, more tears fall from her eyes and roll down her cheeks. I lay my head on hers and look right at what's in front of me. My hand has found it's way to her hair. I can never feel the pain she's experiencing right now. The scene back at the boss room plays in my mind. I look down at her. Misaki tried so hard to save Kisaka. It was a desperate attempt, but she did it anyway. I admire her strength, her mindset, her character. My stomach grumbles. "Let's go get something to eat."

        ''Can I at least dry up first?" She asks.

        I laugh. '' Yeah, sure."
        
        - Misaki's P.O.V -

        I don't know why, but I brought Kirito back to my apartment. I open up the front door and let Kirito step in first. It's a pretty big apartment. Has three rooms, two and a half bathrooms, my kitchen is quite big, so is my living and dinning room. My walls are painted a light cream color and for some reason the ceiling is painted sky blue. Can the game be updated with people playing it? I hope so. I really wish he added a music skill or something, or like an art skill. That would be amazing. my floor is dark cherry-wood paneling and everything. Most of my furniture that's made out of wood is dark. Only because I think it looks good with everything. I close the door behind me and Kirito sits down on one of my couches. "I'm going to go change." I say he nods. "If you want, you can change in my bathroom." I walk upstairs to my room, close and lock the door. I sit down on my canopy bed, take off all of my damp, cold, casual clothes and equip something else. I walk back down stairs and see that Kirito has disappeared. May he's changing. I plop down on my couch, this outfit seems a bit too... I don't know. Kirito walks out wearing his armor. ''Why are you wearing that?" He asks me.

        "I'm not planning to go fight today." I say and cross my arms. He laughs, which confuses me.

        "I'm actually going to take you to this dungeon I found on floor fifty-three. We still haven't found the boss there yet."

        "Uh-uh." I simply say, shaking my head." No way."

        "Come on." He says pulling me off the couch. "Go put on your Dawnstar armor and lets go." I huff, walk away, and obey him. 

        Kirito and I are walking through town on floor fifty-two. Many people stop and stare, sand say comments out loud. They say such things like, "Is that Dawn Breaker?" "Why is she with The Black Swordsman?" "She's really pretty." "She's gorgeous." "She's the only archer in the game.". Kirito smiles and me and I smile back. I was wrong, he doesn't  bring back any memories, he protects me from them, makes me forget. He stops suddenly and holds me back from walking on. I spot Asuna's chestnut brown hair. I really want to beat her up right now, or at least punch her in the face to satisfy myself for now. Kirito shakes his head like he just read my mind. Asuna turns around and runs towards us. My demeanor turns emotionless once she's reached us. "Kirito! Where were you? I've been waiting there for an hour!" 

        Kirito rubs the back of his neck awkwardly. He does that a lot. "Umm, sorry. I was with Misaki." Asuna shoots me a deadly look and I stick my tongue out at her before Kirito sees. She gives me another mean look and I roll my eyes. Her demeanor turned from mean to sweet in a split second once she turned back to Kirito. Ugh, I really hate her.