Kirito[Spawn]

It really was an accident you came across this item. You thought it was a glitch at first, but later realized that this item was a blessing.


You took it out of your inventory and read the number on the surface.


[9972]


You put it back in your inventory. You equipped your Naginata and the Secret Shoes. You were at level 52, you're rival at 67.


You requested to be by the floor spawn when you had this duel. You were called the Unbeatable Witch of Floor 23. You liked Floor 23, it was cozy and you felt safe on it.


You gripped the Naginata tighter. He was 7 feet tall and grinned at you. Your palms began to sweat. It didn't matter. As long as you had that item, you were safe.


You used the Secret Shoes to move quickly behind him and slash his back. He turned around grabbed you  by the throat and smirked.


"Unbeatable Witch?"


Your HP slowly drained and you hit the ground. He raised his sword in the air and stabbed you in the heart. Your HP hit zero. You closed your eyes and counted.


When you hit ten, your body dissolved into a million pixels and floated through the air. You heard his triumphant laughter as you died and let yourself smile at his ignorance.


When you could feel your very being disappear, you suddenly felt a jolt. Your pixels came back together and you used this chance to leap from the spawn and stab him in the back.


He hit the ground and gasped for breath. You pulled the Naginata from his back. You placed a healing potion, laced with sleeping crystals and set it in front of him.


Then you took your reward money and went back to your comfy home.


~~~


"I don't like this...." you sniveled. You cowered in an alley. "Please.... I just want to go home...."


You wanted to go home and see your family. Everything in the streets was chaos, you were unable to join the mob and stayed hidden in the alley by the Town Circle.


This happened nearly a year ago.


You suddenly felt something hit your head. You rubbed it and saw a green crystal, with the number 1001 enscribed in the side.


You hid it, feeling a strong urge to keep it a secret.


Really, you didn't know what it was. That is, until some player raped and murdered you. You thought you were dead until you woke up the next morning, in the spawn.


You sought out your murderer and managed to have him executed.


Suddenly, you started practicing in the fields with an axe and switching to a sword. You eventually got good enough for you to enter arena challenges. So you did. And you won.


You didn't get cocky though. It would have been bad if you believed that your arrogance was intimidating them. No, you got killed lots of times.


But you never actually died. Instead, you just respawned at the floor's gate.


And it was because of that stone.


You only told one person about that stone. And that was Daiko, you're best friend who you found in SAO about three months after getting trapped. You were at level 35. Daiko was a feminine boy who was your very young neighbor. He couldn't fight, and when he tried, he always ended up losing health.


So he joined a few other of the weaker players on floor 17 and started living in a brothel, giving away his body in exchange for protection.


You were contemplating that maybe you should do that. Then you noticed how poorly Daiko was being treated. You helped him escape the brothel and you two started living together on floor 12.


You wanted to help Daiko get stronger, so you started him out on the smaller floors and let him get stronger progressively. When he reached level 21, he wanted to do his own exploring. So you gave him the item and told him not to give it to anyone else.  But one day, there was a mishap.


You and him made a guild together, a small one. So you knew when the other was in trouble. Across the map on floor 12, you saw a skull and crossbones where he was training. He had died.


You hurried over to the site, hoping that it was just a glitch in the computer.


In a neat pile, where Daiko's body was incinerated, you saw his equipped weapons, his clothes, and the crystal.


You figured out that the crystal didn't work for anyone but you.


So you tried to commit suicide. You unequipped your crystal and left it for someone else to find. Then you jumped off the bridge.


When you woke up, you found yourself in the spawn, curled up. You checked your inventory and saw that the crystal was now permanently stitched in your inventory. You could not remove it. You could only check the stone to see how many lives you had left.


[9971]


You curled up on your bed and closed your eyes. You could sometimes hear Daiko's laughter when you slept in his equipment. It was  a big, soft coat that covered you completely.


You heard your lock hastily picked and the door swung open and closed. You sat up and looked at the door. A black haired boy put a finger to his lips and looked out the peep hole.


Slowly, he relaxed and drank a potion. You eyed him for a while then stood up and said, "Do you need something?"


".....Can I stay here for the night?" he asked.


'He seems fine. It looks like he was running away from something.'


You nodded, "Yeah, sure. Do you want to sleep on the couch?"


He nodded and you helped him up. He's sleep bar was really down, his health was fine though. You set him on the couch and said, "What's your name?"


"....Kiri....to...." he muttered. Then he dozed off.


"All right Kirito, stay here for the night, we'll talk in the morning."


You started to leave him sleeping on the couch when he said, "....Don't leave."


He grabbed your wrist and pulled you next to him. Your breath caught and you blushed.


"Stay with me for the night..."


~~~


When you woke, you realized two things.


The first was that your back hurt, like a motherfucker.


The second was that Kirito, the black haired guy from last night was still hugging you. It was morning now and the sun was on your faces.


You sat up and shook him awake, "Oi.... Kirito...."


He opened his eyes and yawned. He sat up and said, "Thanks for letting me sleep here...."


"Why'd you want me to cuddle you?"


"Huh?" he asked rubbing his eyes.


"Why did you want me to cuddle you?"


"I did what?"


"Last night, you wanted to cuddle me. You told me to stay with you for the night."


"I must have been partially dreaming," he said, stretching.


"Who are you?"


"Huh? I'm Kirito."


"You were running from someone last night."


"Yeah, I sorta looted him when I beat him!" he grinned. He looked around, "What floor is this?"


"The twenty third..."


"Oh really....? Are there any active challengers around here?"


"You're a duelist?" you asked curiously.


"Yeah, I'm sorta awesome at it!" he smiled again.


"Well, I'm a challenger! I guess I could activate now...."


"Really? What level are you?" he asked curiously.


"Uh...52...."


He sighed, "Oh. I was hoping you would be stronger."


"Hey! I can still beat you!" you yelled. "I beat a level 67 yesterday!"


"Fine, I'll take up the challenge," he said, opening the menu. "What's your challenger name?"


"The Unbeatable Witch..." you said, blushing.


"Cute," he smiled, accepting the challenge. He scheduled it for an hour later.


"I didn't choose it. The administrator generated it."


"Oh, I see," he smiled. "While we're waiting, why don't I make you breakfast?"


"Sure," you shrugged.


~~~


[DRAW]


"D-Draw...." you panted.


"What.....What skill is that....?" he asked, taking a large swig of healing potion.


You sat down and bit into some healing bread, "It's called Respawn. Or that's what I call it.... I have a certain number of times to die before it reaches zero...."


"Why are you telling this to me? It seems like you would keep it a secret."


"Well....I can't seem to take it out.... It's almost stitched into my player..."


"We could get out of here with that! We could defeat all the bosses!" said Kirito.


"Yeah...."


You looked at the town of Floor 23. Little children ran around at the edge of the town. They smiled at each other. You were scared to leave Floor 23. It was safe.


You tightened your grip on your jacket, and looked at Kirito, "Let's do it."


~~~


"Kirito....?"


Kirito leaned against the door of your room at <<Knights of Blood>>. You looked at him, "What's wrong?"


"You haven't told anyone yet, have you? About Respawn?"


"No.... Of course not.... I thought we swore not to tell anyone until absolutely necessary."


"We did...." he stood up straighter. "Then why are you getting closer to Klein? Do you plan on telling him?"


You blushed, "Well.... I...."


You  sat up and looked at Kirito, "Really....like....Klein...."


"As a friend?"


"Maybe....more than a friend....?"


Kirito eyed you expectantly, as if he didn't understand what you were saying.


"Klein....and I.... may or may not....be dating....?" you said unsurely.


Kirito eyed you for a second before smiling, "Good for you."


You sighed, relieved. You didn't want him to say something like "There's no time for relationships" or "Focus on the mission."


Your thoughts were interrupted by Kirito grabbing your hair and slamming it against the banister of the bed. You watched your HP go down about 1/3. You tried to resist Kirito's hands from your neck. But he squeezed and squeezed.


His eyes were wild and you saw your HP dwindle to zero.


~~~


"_________ is dead?!"


The <<Knights of Blood>> muttered and looked at each other.


I lowered my head, my hair hiding my eyes, "No she's not.... but she's been lying to all of us."


I kicked ________ in the stomach and she coughed.


I grabbed her by her hair, "She has the ability to Respawn."


"What do you mean?" asked Heathcliff.


"I mean that she's coming back to life even when she dies."


She gripped her stomach and shook. She tried to speak but I cut out her tongue when she respawned. She had yet to heal it.


People around the room started muttering to each other angrily. There were shouts that said things about it not being fair.


"What should we do with her?" wondered Asuna.


Heathcliff thought for a moment and then said, "We'll do some tests on her. We'll see what makes her like this."


"I'll make sure she doesn't escape," I said.


I saw _______ looking at Klein pleadingly. He looked upset. I stepped on her head and gave him a look.


~~~


"Kirito! What the hell was that?!" barked Klein.


".....That was between me and ________."


"What?!"


"You don't need to concern yourself with _________ any more. She's an experiment now."


"You.....You're jealous."


I looked into Klein's eyes, "I'm what?"


"You're obsessed with her aren't you?" Klein asked me, eyes glaring at me.


I stared at him. Then, quick as a flash, I beheaded him. I looked back at his body and said smugly, "I have no idea what you're talking about."

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