Chapter 6: Chapter 5: Finishing Up and a Quick Spar
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Previously:
Kirito: Alright, I'm going to start checking my items.
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[You have received a message!]
[God: Hey Haruto! How are you doing so far? Sorry about the drop-off, that wasn't supposed to happen, so as apologies, I'm giving you both another 15 [Stat Points]. Second of all, I have combined both yours and Alice's inventories. It'll make things easier just in case there is an emergency and one of you runs out of potions. I'm also unlocking some new perks for you guys, just to make things a bit easier. Have fun!]
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(Kirito POV:)
Kirito: Wow, I can't believe this.
Alice: (sighing) It's a lot to take in, isn't it?
Kirito: Yeah, but to organize all this is going to take a while...
Kirito: Not only that, but we need to experiment as well!
Alice: Well, let's get started, I'll go over there, and you go over there.
Kirito: Got it. Let's come back 2 hours later!
Alice: (pumping her fist) Yeah!
{TIMESKIP brought to you by Ruby getting embarrased}
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(3rd Person POV:)
Kirito: Alice! Are you done yet?
Alice: Yeah, what about you?
Kirito: I'm done, let's show each other our results, shall we?
Alice: Sure!
[Name: Kazuto "Kirito" Kirigaya]
[Title:]
[Head:] [Sub Head:]
[Chest: Blue Shirt] [Sub Chest: Blackwyrm Coat]
[Legs: Black Pants] [Sub Legs: Blackwyrm Pants]
[Feet: Black Boots] [Sub Feet: Blackwyrm Boots]
[Weapon: Night Sky Sword] [Sub Weapon: Blue Rose Sword]
[Health: 230/230]
[Aura/Sacred Power: 230/230]
[Semblance: LOCKED]
[Level: 4]
[Strength: 20]
[Agility: 10]
[Intelligence: 10]
[Endurance: 10]
[Dexterity: 0]
[Luck: 0]
[Free Points: 0]
Skills:
[Active Skill: Enhance Armament LV 2]
[Active Skill: Observation LV 5]
[Active Skill: Elemental Sword Attacks LV 20]
[Active Skill: Sacred Arts LV MAX]
[Passive Skill: Blacksmithing LV 1]
[Passive Skill: One-Handed Sword LV 5]
[Passive Skill: Hiding LV 8]
[Passive Skill: Cooking LV MAX]
[Passive Skill: Sprinting LV MAX]
Alice: My turn!
[Name: Alice Kirigaya]
[Title:]
[Head:] [Sub Head:]
[Chest: Yellow Shirt] [Sub Chest: Fragrant Olive Chestplate]
[Legs: Yellow Pants] [Sub Legs: Fragrant Olive Leggings]
[Feet: Black Boots] [Sub Feet: Fragrant Olive Boots]
[Weapon: Osmanthus Blade] [Sub Weapon:]
[Health: 250/250]
[Aura/Sacred Power: 205/205]
[Semblance: LOCKED]
[Level: 4]
[Strength: 20]
[Agility: 10]
[Intelligence: 5]
[Endurance: 15]
[Dexterity: 0]
[Luck: 0]
[Free Points: 0]
Skills:
[Active Skill: Enhance Armament LV 2]
[Active Skill: Observation LV 5]
[Active Skill: Elemental Sword Attacks LV 20]
[Active Skill: Sacred Arts LV MAX]
[Passive Skill: Blacksmithing LV 1]
[Passive Skill: One-Handed Sword LV 5]
[Passive Skill: Pain Tolerance LV 7]
[Passive Skill: Sprinting LV MAX]
Kirito: Nice! But [Pain Tolerance]? What did you do?
Alice: Run into a tree multiple times. It hurt. How did you get [Hiding]?
Kirito: I encountered a LV 20 [Beowolf], so I had to hide. When I did, I unlocked it.
Alice: Hmm... Interesting.
Kirito: Oh yeah! I learned how to use [Blacksmith Mode]!
Alice: What does it do?
Kirito: Basically, I can either craft or scrap something. If you have enough items, you can craft an item. So I used 10 [Small Metal Pieces] to create 1 [Metal Ingot]. 2 [Metal Ingots] and 1 [Sword Handle] can be crafted into [Iron Sword].
Alice: This will be useful later on...
Kirito: Yup, it will be.
Ruby: Kirito! Alice!
Kirito and Alice turned around to see Ruby running towards them.
Kirito: What's up?
Ruby: It's lunchtime!
Kirito: Ooh, lunch? What's for lunch?
Alice: (sigh) Is food THAT important to you?
Kirito: Yes! Food is love, food is life!
Ruby: (thinking) So he likes food, I'll keep that in mind.
Ruby: Come on and find out!
Kirito: Okay!
Ruby started to run back home, using her Semblance, [Petal Burst]. However, she was surprised when she saw that Alice and Kirito could keep up with her.
Ruby: (thinking) They're fast...
As they arrived back at Ruby's house, they saw Yang punching a log. She was sweating like crazy, but she had a grin on her face.
Kirito: (thinking) [Observe]!
[Name: Yang Xiao-Long]
[Title: Sunny Little Dragon]
[Head:]
[Chest: Yellow Training Shirt]
[Legs: Yellow Training Pants]
[Feet: Black Shoes]
[Weapon: Ember Celica]
[Health: 500/500]
[Aura/Sacred Power: 250/250]
[Semblance: Burn]
[Level: 20]
[Strength: 30]
[Agility: 10]
[Intelligence: 14]
[Endurance: 25]
[Dexterity: 8]
[Luck: 5]
[Free Points: 0]
Kirito: (Thinking) She's 16 level's above me! I have to be careful!
Yang: What's up?
Kirito: Apparently it's lunchtime.
Yang: (wiping sweat) Yeah, head inside first, I'll follow you guys in.
Alice nodded her head and we both walked in.
Summer: Huy guys! We made lunch! It's sandwiches!
Kirito: Oh heck yes!
As Kirito was about to grab one, Alice grabbed his hand and dragged him away.
Alice: You need to go wash up since we came back from training.
Kirito: NOO! SANDWICH!
Both Kirito and Alice disappeared into the restroom as Yang entered.
Yang: Ooh! Sandwich!
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Kirito: Thanks for the meal!
Kirito patted his stomach and stretched in his chair.
Alice: You ate too much, even for me.
Kirito: What are you trying to say? That you're a glutt-
Alice once again grabbed a knife and started to look at its reflection.
Alice: What were you saying?
Kirito: Nothing...
Alice: We should burn this off, how about a spar?
As soon as Alice spoke those words, Ruby and Yang perked up.
Yang: A spar! That will be "Yang"tastic!
Ruby: I haven't used [Cresent Rose] in a while, so this could be good!
Kirito: (thinking) What's Ruby's stats anyways?
[Name: Ruby Rose]
[Title: Cookie Monster]
[Head:]
[Chest: Black Blouse]
[Legs: Skirt]
[Feet: Black Combat Boots.]
[Weapon: Crecent Rose]
[Health: 300/300]
[Aura/Sacred Power: 280/280]
[Semblance: Petal Burst]
[Level: 18]
[Strength: 16]
[Agility: 29]
[Intelligence: 8]
[Endurance: 12]
[Dexterity: 10]
[Luck: 21]
[Free Points: 0]
Kirito: (thinking) 29 Agility?! I knew she was fast, but...
Kirito: Actually, I wanted to spar against Alice, if you guys don't mind.
Alice, Ruby, Yang: Me?/Alice?
Kirito: Yeah, we need to test the new skills we've learned while training.
Alice: True, it would be good.
Yang: I guess watching you guys fight would be a good experience.
Ruby: I want to go next!
Kirito: Okay, let's go!
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(Kirito POV:)
As we arrived at a clearing, I turned around to look at Ruby and Yang.
Kirito: When we fight, you will probably be confused and have a lot of questions, but please hold them till the end.
Ruby: (happily) Okay!
Yang: (smiling) Sure.
Kirito: (smiling) Then...
I turned around to look at Alice, who was on the opposite side of me.
Alice: [Switch]!
Suddenly, her [Fragrant Olive Set] appeared, along with her [Osmanthus Blade].
Ruby: Wow! Where did that come from?
Yang: H-how?!
Kirito: I guess it's my turn? [Switch]!
I watched as my [Black Wyvern Set] appeared, while the [Night Sky Sword] appeared on in my right hand. I pulled up my menu and sent her a duel request. It would be up one of us runs out of aura. After all, we don't want each other injured.
The timer came up as Alice and I got into our respective poses.
3.
2.
1.
GO!
I dashed forward and slashed downward, only for Alice to block it. I pulled back and went on the offensive again, striking from different areas.
Left. Right. Left. Left. Up. Right. Down.
We parried each other's blows as sparks went flying. Neither of our health went down during our exchange.
Alice: Let's take things up a notch, shall we?!
Kirito: I couldn't agree more!
We both dashed backward and prepared our [Sword Skills].
Alice: [Horizontal-Fire]!
Kirito: [Vertical-Water]!
Our swords turned red and blue respectively, one coated in flames while the other was coated in a layer of water. We both dashed forward can our swords clashed, but this time, both were supported by the [Sword Skill] and by the [Elemental Sword Attacks]. However...
Alice: Gugh?!
Kirito: (thinking) I knew it.
One of the basic concepts of elements. While they are powerful on their own rights, elements have weaknesses to other elements. In this case, water beats fire.
(AN: Just in case you guys are confused, here is a summary. There are 6 elements, [Fire], [Water], [Air], [Earth], [Light], and [Darkness]. [Water] beats [Fire], [Fire] beats [Air], [Air] beats [Earth], [Earth] beats [Water], [Light] is good and bad against [Darkness]. They are kinda like Yin-Yang. Get it? Yang? No? I'll leave now...)
Alice gets thrown back a bit while her aura drops down by 1/16th.
Alice: [System Call! Generate Luminous Element! Form Element Bird Shape! Discharge!]
Three birds made of [Light] appear and start to fly towards me while taking 1/3rd of Alice's aura.
Kirito: Two can play at that game! [System Call! Generate Umbra Element! Form Element Arrow Shape! Discharge!]
[-40 Aura!]
Four arrows made of [Darkness] appear and start to fly towards the birds.
The birds and arrows fly, intercepting each other, but one arrow gets through and hits Alice in the shoulder.
Alice: Tsk!
Her aura drops once more, making it slightly less than half.
Alice charges once more, this time using a [Sword Skill].
Alice: [Snake Bite]!
Her sword turned purple before she ran forward.
I hesitated, then grinned. Alice saw it and was confused.
Kirito: [Skill Connect! Vertical Arc/Slant]!
Panic appeared on Alice's face as she tried to think of a way to counter it. But there was nothing she could do. My sword turned blue as I ran forward as well.
My [Vertical Arc] and her [Snake Bite] clashed against each other, bringing us both to pause for a second from recoil before my [Slant] goes through.
Kirito: Hyah!
I slashed her as her aura hit zero, making me the victor of the duel.
(AN: For those of you who don't know, [Skill Connect] was created by somebody, I think Kirito, where you can use a skill, then one almost immediately after. When you use a [Sword Skill], there is a recoil where you are stunned for a second, that way you don't spam moves. However, with [Skill Connect] You can use a skill, deal with recoil, then use a skill afterward instead of having to charge it up. Both [Snake Bite] and [Vertical Arc] are 2 hit skills which would cancel each other out, then Kirito's [Slant] would go through.)
Kirito: That was fun sis.
I put my hand out, but she doesn't take it.
Kirito: Sis?
Alice: Sorry Kirito, but it looks like when you run out of aura, you can't move.
Kirito: That's fine, instead...
Alice yelped as I picked her up bridal style before turning to Ruby and Yang, who were gobsmacked.
Kirito: Let's go back before I explain it.
Yang nodded, but Ruby was looking at Alice with jealousy. I'm not dense though, so I know why she's jealous...
She wanted to fight too, but she couldn't! That's why she's probably jealous of Alice!
I started to run back, with the help of my [Sprint] skill, while Ruby followed, with Yang piggybacking her.
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After setting Alice down on the bed, I sat down at the table while Yang and Ruby followed suit.
Kirito: What do you want to know first?
Ruby: Your clothing? How did it change?
Kirito: It's a special trick I learned. It helps to switch between casual and battle.
Yang: (excited) Can anyone learn it?
Kirito: (shaking his head) No, only me and Alice.
Yang sighed, before remembering something she wanted to ask.
Yang: What about when your weapons glowed?
Alice: When we do a certain motion, our semblance activates something called a [Sword Skill], which changes the color. If we want to, if we say an element at the end, we can change the element to. Watch.
Alice pulled out her sword before pointing it upward.
Alice: [Horizontal]!
The sword turned blue for a few seconds, then slowly faded. Alice then spoke again.
Alice: [Horizontal-Fire]!
The sword this time turned red as flames started to wrap around the blade.
Ruby: Wow! That's cool! What about those birds and arrows?
Kirito: That? Also part of our Semblance. It's basically like this. System call! Generate then whatever element you want. Form element then whatever shape you want, then discharge. Watch me.
I opened a window before lifting my hand up.
Kirito: [System Call! Generate Aqueous Element! Form Element Bird Shape! Discharge!]
[-30 Aura!]
3 birds made of water then flew from my palm and out the window.
Yang: Interesting.
Alice: Hey, Kirito~
I turned around towards Alice, who had her arms stretched out.
Alice: I want my pillow!
I turned red and immediately walked out the door.
Alice: [System Call! Generate Aerial Element! Form Element Rope Shape! Discharge!]
A rope made of air then appeared and wrapped around me, tying my arms to my side.
Alice: Hiya!
Alice yanked on the rope, pulling back onto the bed.
Alice: Mhmm, soft.
I immediately started to turn red and tried to escape, but Alice's grip was too strong. How was that possible? We both had the same [Strength] stat?!
Yang: (licking her lips) Time to try out this pillow~
Yang immediately jumped onto the bed and rested her head on my arm.
Yang: Ahh, so soft~ I think I'm gonna go to sleep...
Ruby: N-no fair! I want t-to try!
Ruby then jumped onto the bed as well, this time laying down on my chest.
Ruby: Wahh, it really is soft~
Then all three girls started to doze off while I sat there confused. How did I end up like this?!
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OMAKE: (CANON)
(Taiyang POV:)
Taiyang: I wonder how Kirito and Alice are doing after there training?
Summer: They went upstairs, let's check on them.
I went upstairs along with my wife and opened the door, only to see both of my daughters and Alice clinging onto Kirito. My jaw dropped. Not only his sister but my daughters too?!
Summer: Ooh, he's a lucky boy~
Taiyang: Not on my watch!
I went to go wake them up and scold them, only for Summer to grab my arm.
Summer: Seeing them like this, doesn't it make you interested~?
That afternoon was a very busy afternoon.
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