Katharine

I stared at him, not saying anything, just keeping quiet. Why must they fight? Why, when I just said that to them, they just have to fight, its like m- .... no. They are not my parents. They are monsters.

I rubbed my head when Archer beat me. "Archer, your strong, don't think of yourself as weak, I'm sure you'll become much stronger sooner." I said, smiling cheerfully at her. "Koutei, how w-" I realized that Koutei was not there, so I ran off searching for him. "Koutei! Koutei! Where are you!" I shouted, but no reply. Till I saw him, under a tree, his hand was bleeding. "Koutei! What are y-" I stop speaking when I heard his muttering. "Why should I even bother with this damn game any more..." I stared at him, completely frozen.

I smiled as Archer did her best to fight. I soon turned serious again, and prepared for another sword skill. "Curvilineal!" I screamed, and my blade was enveloped in a orange light.

My face grew completely serious, not wanting to make a simple mistake. The timer hit 0 and with that, I charged at her. "Linear!" I shouted, my black blade glowing bright pink, as I prepared to strike her.

I accepted the message, and unsheathed my rapier and readied myself for the duel, as the timer started counting down form 60. 'One strike mode. She wants to end this as fast as possible huh.' I smirked.

"To the library, I told you just now right?" I said.

"No of course not! What makes you think that?" I asked.

"Yeah, I know. But it really doesn't matter, since I'm like that in real life. See you!" I said, and ran off.

"Obviously, but I think I'm gonna read instead of sleeping like a pig. No offence to pigs." I said, stretching my back.

"Not really, I just like reading certain types of books, like history, animals, anything that is related to science." I said, playing with my hair.

"Then how about a practice match with me? Its better if you do it yourself then seeing it. Then you can really experience the adrenaline rush of a fight." I said.

"I have no idea...I might go to the town library after this, though. If only Sword Art Online had the internet..." I said, sighing. The internet, my favorite way of spending my time, its literally my life, if only it was in this game.

"Don't worry about it, I'm sure she doesn't mind." I said, stretching.

"Maybe I will, maybe I won't." I said, smirking. I quickly help Koutei up, and we sat beside Archer. "So, tell me, did you learn anything from those duels?" I asked Archer.

"Don't be such a downer, I commented, cheekily. I send him another request, and he accepted. The timer went down to Zero, and I charged at him again, starting of with a sword skill. "Curvilineal!" I screamed, my blade turning bright orange in less then a second.

"I'm surprised it ended that quickly." I said, giggling. "Wanna try another?" I asked.

"Sorry, she has alot of orders, and she's very busy managing the store as she has alot of customers each day..." I said, hoping he would understand.

"Of course." I replied, completely serious. Even if I lose this, I won't do it without effort. The time hit zero and I charged and him with a sword skill. "Linear!" I shouted, my black blade enveloping into a bright pink light.

"Alright, get ready." I said, sending him the request, which he accepted. The timer started to count from 60, 59, 58, 57...I unsheathed my rapier again and readied my stance.

"I'll ask Ashley, and I can tell why you want a new coat and boots..." I said, staring at his outfit, which looked worned out and with no texture. I quickly sent Ashley a message, and she replied me back saying she could, but it would take at least another day. "She can, but it'll take till 2 days for it to be finished, you okay with that?" I asked.

"Archer, that was a half loss duel, I'll show you the first strike mode duel." I said, drinking a potion, causing my health to become full again. "Koutei? Shall we duel again after a 5 minutes break? Since Archer needs to know about the first strike duel too." I said.

"I really hope Ashley doesn't add any special additions to it though..." I said, sighing, as I remembered how she had added frills to my dress, though she was forgiven as she made a badass coat.

"Nah, I just got lucky. Good game." I said, a bit embarrassed. I threw him a health potion. "Use it." I said.

Dodging it, I used another. "Linear!"

"Ow! Meanie!" "Sirius!"