Sword Art Online: The Crystal Swordsman

End of Days

Cat Sith, Cyan, Sharp: Sinon

I was suddenly awoken by a cold rough tongue sliding across my face. When I opened my eyes, Skoll happily panted with her front paws on the bed as she wagged her tail at me.

"Hey, Skoll." I tiredly pet her head.

Just then, Fenrir poked his head into the room and Skoll growled at him. He barked back and Skoll chased him around the other room. I quickly got up as their giant footsteps rumbled the kings quarters. I emerged from the bedroom and watched as Skoll pursued Fenrir around the long dinner table.

"Wait, Fenrir! ...Skoll, stop!" Athena held out her little hands trying to calm the large furry beasts.

I giggled and smiled as Athena looked over at me.

"Come, Skoll." I beckoned her and she immediately sat before me.

"Whew..." Athena exhaled as Fenrir walked up and licked her cute face.

The front double doors suddenly opened and thru it came Asuna and Kirito with the others. We greeted each other smiling as Skoll turned around to look at them.

"I thought it might be wilder in here now that there's two giant wolves." Asuna giggled.

"Ha ha, yeah. You'd think so." I chuckled.

"You seen K around? I was supposed to upgrade his gauntlets but we can't get ahold of him." Kirito shrugged.

"He's not with you?" I asked genuinely.

"No, we haven't seen him all day." Leafa admitted.

"Oh! Daddy said he was going to go shoot people in GGO!" Athena informed.

"Again?" I wondered why K would want to go back to soon.

"Seems like every other day he's going to fill people with bullets." Liz remarked.

"Well, I'll fetch him for you." I smirked.

Skoll suddenly barked at me and wagged her tail.

"Someone has to watch Skoll while I'm gone." I giggled as I pet the top of her head.

"We'd be happy to!" Asuna cheerfully walked up and held out her hand.

Skoll pleasantly licked her and panted with a smile.

"Just keep her away from Fenrir." Kirito chuckled as he also approached my white beast.

"I'll be back real soon." I assured them as I opened my menu and selected the logout button.

I awoke IRL and got up from my bed to change the game. As I inserted the GGO game cartridge and felt rather parched. I grabbed my phone and made my way to the kitchen when I noticed I had a notification. It was a message from K that read:

"Good morning, my Queen. I hope you have an amazing day today and I have faith the dogs won't give you too much trouble while I'm away. May your light guide you, in the same way that it guides me. - K."

I blushed lightly and giggled, feeling his presence even tho he wasn't here. I gulped my water and rushed back to my bedroom, laying on down quickly to start the link. I eagerly logged back into the world of GGO and tracked K's location to a bar. Excitement filled my body as I rushed up to the door hastily. I hesitated and took a deep breath to collect myself, pushing calmly thru the door when I was ready. I walked in and scanned around the room, finding K at his own table. I watched him but looked over at the other end of it, seeing an awfully familiar pink haired girl. I couldn't exactly remember where I had seen her face but I swear I'd seen it before. Adrenaline struck my heart and I angrily stormed over. This wasn't happening again.