The Black Swordswoman ( An SAO fanic FemKiritoxAsuna )

The Red Nosed Reindeer part 3: End of Episode 3

It was the 24th of December, it was snowing on floor 49, and inside the town of Mugien there were decorations everywhere. People were celebrating, players and npcs alike, the town was bursting with energy due to it being the eve before Christmas. Kirito was sitting on a bench quietly listening to a short player in a brown cloak, with whiskers drawn on her face talk, this person was Argo the 'rat'. "I hear someones been taking risks with their level raising?", "You got any new info for me or what?" Kirito asked in an annoyed voice. "Nothing worth charging you money for", "You give info brokers a bad name", "Hey! This wasn't in the beta test, it's a first time event! How am I supposed to know what will happen? All i know is that tonight on Christmas eve the event boss is going to appear, his name is Nicholas the Renegade, and he's going to show up under a fir tree somewhere. The major guilds are searching everywhere to find the tree as we speak". After hearing that Kirito got up "You wouldn't happen to know where it is would you?", "... maybe", "Are you thinking of going solo on this one!?!" Kirito gave no reply, only walking off into the crowd.

Kirito was sitting in a dark room she had rented out from an inn, she was going through her menu looking at her newly bought items. In this world the dead can never return to life, Kirito thought about this as she was equipping new gear to prepare for her upcoming battle. I heard a rumor though, if you beat Nicholas the Renegade, he'll drop an item that can revive a dead player. I'm going alone, I'll probably die alone, no one will see me no one will know, that's how I'll die. As Kirito thought about this she looked into the blade of her sword as she thought back on the day the last member of the MBC died.

"You're a beater! You had no right to be with us!" Keita was frozen as he held the keys to the newly bought house of the MBC, Kirito could only look down in shame as she received her rightful punishment. Keita turned to his right and walked towards the railing that prevented players from falling off the edge off Aincrad, he climbed on top of it and before Kirito could do anything, he jumped and shattered into a million tiny pieces. Kirito could only stare with her arm outstretched, standing in disbelief. That's right it's my fault, my selfishness and arrogance killed you, all of you. If only I hadn't kept my true level as a player secret from everyone.

Kirito left the town in her new armor. She was wearing Metal boots, a silver breastplate, and a new black trench coat called :Munins Talon:, it was black with white fur lining the inside. She had a new sword as well called :The Blade of Frost Steel:, It had a grip suited for either 1 handed or 2 handed use, a gold coloured pommel and Accents on the cross guard, the handle was Navy blue alongside the crossguard, sitting in the middle of the guard was a spherical blue gemstone, the blade was long and silver in colour and it did more damage the colder it was as the name of the weapon implied. It was the perfect weapon for Kirito's crusade on Nicholas.

Kirito used the teleport gate to go to floor 35, the forest maze, it was also snowing there as many floors in Aincrad had been lately. I have to find a way to beat Nicholas, then I can revive Sachi. And then I'll figure out what she was trying to tell me. Kirito looked up to see a giant Fir tree looming over everything in the area, that was where Kirito was hoping to find Nicholas. And if it turns out she was cursing me so be it, fine i accept it, no i deserve it. She started to sprinting towards the Giant Fir tree, then she noticed particle effects appear next to her, she Skidded to a stop. It turns out Fuurinkazan, Klein's guild had followed her "Hey what's up little lady" Klein jested "... You followed me?", "Of course your after the revival item aren't cha'?", "... Yeah..." Kirito replied hesitantly "Don't go risken your life for some rumor that could turn out to be bogus. Man you can't be messing around in this death game, once your HP hits 0 that's it, and in the real world your brain gets frie-", "S.H.U.T T.H.E H.E.L.L U.P". Kirito cut of Klein in a more serious tone than many could guess the small girl could make, Klein replied back with an equivalently serious tone "IM TRYING TO GET YOU TO STOP WITH ALL YOUR STUPID SOLOING! Come on join up with us, whoever gets the revival item keeps it ,no hard feelings, hey that's fair isn't it?". "Stop talking like you know what's going on, because you don't. Because I won't let you get the item Klein, at least not without a fight" Kirito said the last part as she placed her hand on the grip of her sword. As she did this the Other Members of Fuurinkazan got into battle positions, Klein put his hand out signaling them to calm down "Think about what your doing Kirito, ITS SUICIDE, and i cant let you die like that! Come on!" Kirito started to pull her sword out as she did, a small army of players teleported in around them "I guess you were being followed too, huh Klein?", "uh huh, it sure looks that way", "it's the HDA (Holy Dragon Alliance)" one of Kleins guild members pointed out "They'll do anything for a rare item, no matter how shady", "what do we do?" asked another member of Fuurinkazan. Kirito muttered "You sons of bitches..." Klein unsheathed his Katana "Screw these guys! Get out of here Kirito!", "No way i'm not leaving you!", "It's fine leave 'em to us, we can hold 'em off. Get goin' ". Kirito decided to trust in Fuurinkazan's ability and ran off towards the giant Fir tree.