The Black Swordswoman ( An SAO fanic FemKiritoxAsuna )

Clad In Black ( The black swordsman renamed ) part 3 end of episode 4

IMPORTANT: I'm making an official schedule for this series. Yesterday a chapter was not uploaded because chapters will only be updated on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. With this system 1 ep will be completed every week and I won't work myself to death or pull my hair of stress over getting it done. Even i need a break and time to do hobbies and rest. Thank you for reading and I hope 3 chapters a week will suffice. -Bell

The next day Silica and Kirito headed to the teleport gate and went on their way to floor 47. As soon as they got their Silica was entranced by the endless fields of flowers that lay before her. "Wow! This place is like a dream!", "I know, the whole floor is covered in flowers. That's why they call it the flower garden." Silica ran off to a flower bed to get a closer look at the vast sea of pedals in front of her, she saw a lady bug fly up to the sky and that's when she noticed all the couples. Kirito was standing behind her when she asked "Jealous much?", "What! No! Of course not!", "Oh come on Silica you don't have anyone special you want to take here someday? I know ya do come on spit it out, i want all the details!", "... well i do want to bring Pina here... but there's no point worrying about the future until we get the Pneuma flower!". Kirito was glad to see Silica was solely focused on reviving Pina, she seemed like a bit of a ditz and a scatter brain, so seeing her so determined confirmed Kirito's confidence in her ability. "It's good to see you have resolve." Kirito told Silica as they started walking "huh? What's that?", "Hmmmm.... How do I put it? Resolve is like the power and meaning you put into your blade. You can be the best fighter in the world but if you lack resolve your skill will win you no fights. You have to have unbreakable determination and have true faith in what you're fighting for." Silica only looked at Kirito entranced in her words. "So you're saying because I want to save Pina so badly I'll never lose?", "Not necessarily, but if you have the courage to stand up no matter how tired, bloodied, or broken you may be, you have the most valuable asset a warrior, no, any person can have.", "I think i get it!", "Oh is that so then show me." Kirito pointed to a :Sweet Venus:. Silica looked scared but then charged at the Sweet Venus And Activated the Sword Skill Rapid bite, a Mid level charge type attack and then followed up with Vertical to kill it. As Silica ran back to Kirito she smiled, she was happy she was able to teach Silica about resolve, It may seem childish but it's real. When she fought Nicolas the Renegade her resolve to save Sachi made her win, she only beat Illfang after Diabel died, because he made her promise to help everyone there, and she would take down Titans Hand before they could hurt anyone else ever again. That was her resolve that say.

As Kirito and Silica walked they stumbled upon a bridge, this bridge was the beginning of the Hill of Memories field dungeon. Before they entered Kirito pulled out a teleport crystal "What's that for?", "If anything bad happens while we're in here i'm gonna tell you to warp out ok? When I do use this crystal, you can jump to any town with it.", "But-", "No buts use it." Kirito said in a serious tone . "I understand" said Silica as she grabbed the crystal out of Kirito's hand "Let's get going, if we take this path it will bring us straight to the hill of memories." Kirito explained while walking away from the stone bridge. "Ummm... Kirito?" Before Silica could say anymore two vines came out of the brush and grabbed Silica's ankles and pulled her into the air. Silica grabbed her Skirt before it could reveal her, and swung her Ebon dagger wildly as she screamed. "Calm down that things not that strong!", "KIRITO SAVE ME!!! KIRITO SAVE ME BUT DONT LOOK, DONT LOOK!!!" Silica screamed, still swinging her dagger frantically "Remember what we talked about before? Remember why you're fighting!!!". As soon as Silica heard that she thought about Pina, she thought about how she only had two and half days left to save it. When her head got back into the fight she slashed one of the vines holding her making the Garish Gerbera release her as she used Rapid bite to stab straight through the top of it, it shattered into million pieces and Silica fell to the ground. She stood up and turned her head around "Did you see anything?", "Not really" Kirito reassured Silica as she placed her fingers over her eyes. After that uhh awkward conversation they got on their way again.