The Black Swordswoman ( An SAO fanic FemKiritoxAsuna )

The Temperature of the Heart part 2

Moments later Liz opened her eyes, it took her a moment to remember what happened. Kirito had grabbed her hand and Stuck the Elucidator into the pit's wall in an attempt to slow them down. It appeared to have worked as both of them were alive, somehow. She was half hung over Kirito's torso before Kirito said "Hey... Liz you ok?", "Yeah...", "Good. Then can you please get off me, my tiny lungs are collapsing under your weight....." Kirito said in a raspy voice. "Oh! Im sorry!" Lizbeth said as she got up off Kirito "Ugh Thanks..." As Kirito got up she pulled out 2 health potions. "Here, drink one of these just in case.". After handing Liz a health pot she chugged it down and her health started to return to normal "Heh, at least Kayaba made them taste like Strawberry, amiright?" Kirito jested "Yeah... i guess... Thanks for saving me you didn't have to do that.", "Don't mention it, anyway we should probably just teleport back to Lindas and call this a bust." Liz nodded and pulled out a teleport crystal "Teleport Lindas... Teleport Lindas!... TELEPORT LINDAS!!! You stupid crystal whats wrong with you!" Liz yelled as she banged the crystal against the wall in hopes of fixing it. "The pit might be a trap, I've run into traps like that before..." Kirito thought back to the day the Moonlit Black Cats were annihilated, not again... i won't let it happen again!

Kirito was quickly snapped back to reality by an annoying voice "No way, really!?! There are traps like that!?!", "Yeah i'm surprised you've never ran into one before, your uselessness truly has no bounds." Kirito said in a condescending tone "Useless... I'M THE ONE MAKING THE SWORD HERE KID, I DIDN'T EVEN NEED TO COME OUT HERE!!! SO DON'T YOU DARE CALL ME USELESS!!!" Liz screamed. "Well then what are you? So far all I've seen you do is be an idiot, first you don't bring a coat to a damn mountain, then you run out of cover after I specifically told you not to! Also I'm not a kid, I'm a teenager." Liz cringed when she heard this but quickly threw her ill mannered thoughts away "Ugh listen you wanna keep bad mouthing me or do ya' wanna find a way out of here?", "Oh don't worry i'm a great multitasker, i can shit talk you and find a way out of here at the same time, brilliant isn't it?... Actually I think I just got one." Kirito said while craning her neck upwards "Oh and what would that be?", Kirito took a couple steps back before claiming "I'm gonna run up the wall.", "... You're insane.", "Probably. But this might be the only way out, so i gotta try it. If I make it out i'll get a rope or something for you, I promise." before Liz could interject Kirito blasted off running jumping on the wall. She made it about halfway, before she stepped on a sheet of Ice and came plummeting down and leaving a small Loli sized hole in the snow "Ahh i see you're just trying to make 'Fallen' Snow angles?" Liz jested, but when Kirito lifted herself out of the hole she only looked disappointed and shook her head "N-no jus-just no."

A Few hours later and it was dark out, Liz and Kirito had set up some sleeping bags and a lantern. As they laid down staring into the deep night sky as snow fell upon them Liz broke the silence. "This is kinda weird isn't it? I mean there's no way in hell something like this would happen in the real world. Ya know, going to strange places, meeting a total stranger, and sleeping next to them. I mean you actually tried to run up a wall, you really are a weirdo ya' know that?", "Well excuse me...", "Hehehehe... Kirito, can i ask you something.", "Ask away.", "Why did you risk your life to save me?" Liz inquired. It took Kirito a moment to respond "I have 3 reasons, 2 of which I'd willing to share. Are you still interested?" Liz simply nodded her head "The first reason is because I can't just sit back and watch someone die, I'd rather die with them even if it's a daft idiot like you." to that Liz growled, but Kirito kept going. "The second is... is because i made a promise to an old friend of mine... she wanted me to live and find out why this world was created and why weak people like her had to be stuck in here. I want to find that out and i want everyone in Aincrad no matter what race, age, sex, or level of strength or intelligence to find out why this world was made, i want them to breathe real air, i want them to see real sun light, and i want them to feel the warmth of someones hand." Kirito reached out and grabbed Liz's hand causing her to jump "I'm a little cold so i was hoping you could lend me a hand.". "HA! Nice pun!" Kirito only looked at Liz and shook her head "Pun not intended... i'm going to bed. Good night Liz." And with that the 2 of them drift off to sleep... or at least Kirito did.