The Black Swordswoman ( An SAO fanic FemKiritoxAsuna )

Clad in Black ( The Black Swordsman renamed ) Part 2

A few hours later it was night time on floor 35. Silica and Pina didn't get out in time. In Aincrad night is the plague to players, monsters are tougher and deal more damage, and if you're lucky you only have to deal with normal buffed mobs but in Silica's case she had something far more dangerous on her plate. It was 8:00 pm and Silica was facing nocturnal mobs, nocturnal mobs were always 15 levels or higher than the number floor they were on, they had a chance to drop rare items that you couldn't get from normal mobs but the risk was still high. In Silica's case these mobs were all 'Drunken Apes' ; they were large ape-like creatures that wielded a log as a club, since they spawned on the 35th floor they were all above level 50, Silica was only level 44. The child's back was to a tree, Dagger in hand and out of breath, she was only 46% health and there were still 3 of them left. One of the beasts swung downward at Silica to which she rolled to the left right and after steadying herself she rolled back to avoid another attack. After she was temporarily out of harm's way Pina came up to her and used its heal ability to bring her back up to 62% health. As the three beasts approached her she reached back to her belt pouch to grab another healing crystal, she found nothing, I'm out of healing crystals! The beast didn't let Silica's distraction go unpunished, one of them clobbered her with their giant club into a nearby tree. Because of this she dropped her dagger and her health was at 20%. As Silica looked up she saw the 3 beasts coming towards her, she frantically looked for her dagger before seeing one of the beasts swinging down a massive club towards her. I'm going to die, I'm sorry Pina, I'm sorry mom, dad. Im sorry everyone. Before the club eviscerated her she heard a loud 'SCREECH!' she looked up to see Pina, taking the hit for her. The small animal was knocked to the ground... it didnt get up "PINA!!!" Silica crawled over to Pina as she watched its health dip down from green, to yellow, to red, until it was all depleted. Pina started to glow a bright blue "... Pina...Pina! PINA!!!" and with that Pina shattered into a million pieces in Silica's arms, Silica only sat there for a moment before reaching over to grab her dagger. Then in a suit of pure rage stabbed the ape that killed Pina straight through its head, having the other end of her dagger stick out the other side killing it instantly. As Silica was about to rush the other two, one of them lifted up their clubs to kill her before she could get any more of them, but in an instant all of them shattered to pieces just as Pina did not moments ago, Silica looked to see a girl with long black hair and eyes looking at her. She was wearing black pants and a shirt, she had a tan breastplate on, and a pair of black fingerless gloves. The most noticeable clothing she had on though was her black trench coat, it was all black except for the cuffs and the shoulders, which were a dark blue with metal studs for protection dotted around it, her Sword was the same shade of dark blue everywhere besides the handle which was black, the sheening blade, and the yellow crescent shape on the cross guard, the sword was glowing blue. The girl just used Horizontal arc a 2 hit combo to take out the two beasts. As the Swords glow slowly extinguished it dawn on Silica what had just happened she fell to her Knees before crying, Pina was dead. The only thing Silica could lean on, could trust was gone.

"...Pina... Don't leave me all alone here...Pina!" Silica couldn't hold back as she wept into hands holding onto the last feather of Pina that dropped when she died. The girl Clad in Black sheathed her sword before asking in a kind and concerned voice "What's that feather?", "Its... its Pina... My best friend..." Silica replied while crying profusely. "You're one of those beast tamers aren't you? Im sorry, if i got here sooner i could have saved your friend.", "No, its... its all my fault, i was stupid to think i could get through the forest on my own. Thank you for saving me, you did all you could.". "That feather, check and see if it has an item name attached to it" The girl Clad in Black said to her as she got down on one knee next to her. Silica tapped the feather and its name appeared :Pina's Heart:, Seeing this made Silica cry only more. "Hey dont cry, that means Pina's heart is still here there's a chance you can revive it" Silica stopped crying "No way really?", "uh huh, on the southside of floor 47 theirs a field dungeon called the Hill of Memories. I heard somewhere that the flower growing on the top can revive familiars". Silica's face lit up when she heard this, but immediately went back to sorrow "Floor 47 huh?", "I'd offer to go get it for you all you'd have to do is pay for the trip. The thing is the flower won't bloom unless the familiar's master is there.". "Thank you so much for telling me about it, if I work hard to raise my level then someday i coul-" the girl Clad in Black cut her off "Sure but the time limit is three days to revive it". "No way... it's all my fault... im so sorry Pina" The girl got up from her knee "Its okay, you have three days. Take this equipment it should boost your stats enough to make you a couple levels stronger, And if i tag along im sure everything will work out" Silica got up as well, the girl was trading a bunch of equipment with her and she didn't even know her. "But... why would you do all this for me?" The girl turned to her before putting her hand on her head "I'll tell you, but only if you promise not to laugh, Ok?", "I promise I won't", "Alright, it's because you look like my little sister". To this Silica only stared at the Girl Clad in Black before calmly and collectively asking "WHAT!?! IS THAT HOW YOUNG YOU THINK I AM!?!" the girl Clad in Black took a step back not expecting this sudden outburst "I'll let you know I'm 13 years old!!! I'm probably as old as you!!! So how do i look like your little sister!?!"The girl Clad in Black looked down only saying "Im 15, why does everyone i meet think i'm a little girl...i know i'm short and that i look cute but still...". Silica quietly responded "YOUR A TEENAGER!?!" Silica couldn't help but let out a small chuckle. The girl Clad in Black looked just as old as her, maybe even younger but was actually two years older than her! "Hey I thought you promised you wouldn't laugh?" the girl Clad in Black turned away "Im sorry, umm.... I know this isn't enough Col to pay you bac-", "No its cool. Besides it works with why I'm here we'll be helping each other out.", "Oh, okay then my names Silica.", "My name's Kirito, i guess we'll be working together for a little while" The two closed the conversation with a hand shake before heading out of the woods.