The Man For The Job (SAO x Male Reader)

What It Means To Be Strong (Chapter 35)

(Y/N's POV)

I was trying to comfort Sinon as Kirito watched the cave entrance.

Sinon: So Death Gun was a member of that guild you fought, Laughing Coffin?

She then got up and held my shoulders.

Sinon: G/N, tell me one thing. How did you overcome those memories? How do you keep them from controlling your life? How are you able to be so strong now?

Y/N: I haven't overcome them fully. I just haven't thought of them in years. I've killed dozens of people, yet I forgot so easily that I even killed them. I don't think I can overcome it alone. That's why I got friends like Kirito to help me through it. He's already helped me in the past....

Sinon: Th-Then, what do....I do?

Y/N: I think it'd be a good idea to accept what killing them means, why you did it and keep thinking. Even though it's my own advice, I don't tend to follow it....

Sinon: Accept? Keep thinking?

Y/N: Yes. You need to realize what you did in order at that time to prevent a horrible thing happening. As a wise ape once said, "you can't start the next chapter of your life if you keep rereading the last one."

Sinon: I see....

Sinon then laid her head on my lap.

Sinon: Death Gun....Whoever's wearing that cape is a real person, aren't they?

Y/N: No shit. The only problem is me remembering their game/real name and their real address. I think their game name was something about eyes, but it'll be tough to remember because of the others I have killed.....Anyways, he is the reason me and Kirito are here.

Sinon: I see....So he can't forget about SAO, and he went to GGO because he wants to PK again?

Y/N: I feel like it's more than that. When he killed Zexceed Lightly Salted Tarako, and almost Pale Rider, he chose to do it when a lot of people were watching. He even did that cross sign, maybe to appeal to the people at home watching. He wanted to show that he really has the ability to kill people in game. Too bad I fucked up his chance.

Sinon: But I don't get how that would be possible.

I looked at Kirito still watching the exit then called out to him.

Y/N: Hey, Kirito. Take a little break and listen to how I think he would kill someone.

Kirito: Right.

He took one last look outside then walked over and sat down.

Y/N: So what me and Kirito heard was that they didn't die of brain damage, they died from heart failure.

Sinon: Heart failure? That's...

Y/N: If I'm being honest, we don't exactly know how he's "killing" them, but I did think of something. We know that you can't stop the heart of a player by shooting them in the virtual world.

Kirito: Wait....something's off...

Sinon & Y/N: What is it?

Kirito: Why did Death a Gun shoot his rifle at us when we were saving Sinon, but not his handgun?

Y/N: I never thought of that.....

Kirito: If he would've used his handgun, he could've killed both of us.