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 What feels like several hours later, Kirito is awake, but just barely. Asuna had fallen asleep after their late night activities and he couldn't help but think back to the time when they first met.
+Chapter 1: Five Weeks Prior
+Kirito was having a bad day, first; the ambush he planned on the twenty-second floor had been themselves taken in an ambush, all but one were killed. 'What I wouldn't give to have someone on par with me to help lead attacks'. He thought darkly. Kirito walked out of the "Rehabilitation" room and smirked at the name; it was the room he used to interrogate and torture traitors, unlucky victims… and fools who bring bad news.
+Kirito entered the mess hall of their base on the thirty-fifth floor; the room was full of the most rowdy, bloodthirsty, and violent people in all of Aincrad (him included). All noise stopped as he walked in, all eyes fell to his figure as every member watched "The Black Swordsman" stride to the centre of the room.
+Kirito stopped and faced his fellow Guild members: "Some bastards have killed our guild members" He growled. "I want our best infiltrators going from group to group, I want these white and red uniformed people found!"
+Kirito's words were met by growls of anticipation and excitement from the assembled group of killers, liars, and double-crossers; it was through that last method that Kirito himself was able to take over as leader of the "Coffins". Kirito was part of Cpt. Sparrow's team when Kirito decided to replace him. Kirito not only killed their leader, but his loyal subordinates as they were going to ambush him only two months ago.
+The people most loyal to Kirito were sitting in a corner and did not take part of the rowdiness before Kirito showed up. From left to right were Cline; Katana wielder, Rosaline; Infiltrator/Spear wielder, Mustafah; Battleaxe Tank, Lizbet; Weapon-smith/Mace wielder, and Reki; Tactician/Throwing Knife expert.
+These five had been with Kirito for the past eight months when he had first joined the guild.
+months ago
+A solitary man in no armour but a black cloak, simple black shirt, black pants and a black sword in a scabbard on his back strode to through the lower levels of Lumbridge City. He ignored the looks of the ragged beggars and cutthroats as he headed further into the slums. Kirito smirked as he used Scan to view his surroundings and found that he was being followed by what looks like a group of five other players. Kirito walked aimlessly until he came to a stop in an alley with a stone wall in front of him.
+" You guys can come out now" Kirito called out. "I know you've been following me for the past little bit". Kirito then turned to the mouth of the alley to see five dirty and ratty looking men enter with swords and one even had a big axe.
+' Weak, worthless and poorly armed' Kirito thought has he unnervingly smirked at the band of petty criminals surrounded him. "What do I owe to the pleasure of your ugly company?" Kirito called out to the man in the middle, who appears to be the leader.
+" Just give us all you got in your inventory kid, also that nice sword on your back". The leader said with a sneer.
+" What proof do you have that you won't just kill when I drop everything?" Kirito asked, chuckling on the inside as he regarded the bandits.
+" Let's just kill him boss" one of them said.
+" It's not like you guys stand a chance against me anyway, you pile of worthless dog shit" Kirito said with a smirk as the bandits.
+Several members growled at the boy's audacity in speaking like that. The leader silenced them with a raise of his hand as he glared at Kirito, before stepping forward to wipe the smirk from the kid's face with the edge of his sword.
+As the sword came towards Kirito's head, Kirito used a simple Half-Step to move to the left of the sword's downward slash. The bandit was surprised to say the least when his sword met thin air and he fell off balance from the resulting swing. He did not have enough time to bring his sword back up before Kirito impaled his right leg to the ground as he pulled out a dagger and began stabbing and slashing at the man's face.
+The bandit's scream was bloodcurdling as his health meter began its descent until it just reached the red are. Kirito stopped his attack and pulled his sword from the floor. Kirito then gave the man a swift kick to the face, causing him to hit the alley wall. The other bandits were stunned at what they have seen; a boy no older than his mid teens had beaten a man almost twice his size in less than a minute.
+They rushed to the aid of their leader and surrounded Kirito again, but they realized their mistake too late; Kirito had maneuvered them so that HE was the one standing between the wall of the alley and the exit.
+" I'm not going to run away" Kirito said. "I am going to kill you all". The bandits shivered in fear as a large amount of killing intent suddenly came from the boy and surrounded them. The bandits attacked in fear of the monster in front of them but the width of the alley only caused them to trip and clash against themselves.
+Kirito took the time he had to place Dual Swords into one of the twelve skill slots he had and grabbed the second sword with his left hand from the scabbard on his back.
+The bandits finally realized something was different about the boy in front as they saw the second sword in his other hand.
+" H-how is that possible?" One gasped at the absurdity of what he saw. Several others echoed his question.
+" I don't know" was Kirito's answer as he began Wind Blades.
+The screams of agony and pain could be heard for several kilometers as Kirito hacked and slashed through the ranks of the bandits. The leader on the floor saw that there was a smile of pure sadistic ecstasy on the monster's face.
+Several minutes later and after the last body had dissolved into polygons, Kirito turned his gaze to the downed Leader.
+Darkness radiated out from Kirito's body as he neared the downed bandit. The man continued to scoot across the floor until his back hit the wall, fear evident in every move and shake of his body.
+" G-get away! Get ah-away!" The bandit screamed pitifully as Kirito neared closer and closer.
+" I'm not going to kill you, idiot" Kirito replied bored at the man's fear.
+" You-you're not?" The man asked bewildered.
+" No I am not" Kirito answered.
+" Re-really?" The bandit asked again
+" Yes, really" Kirito answered again, this time getting annoyed.
+" No jok-?"
+" JUST get the hell out of here!" Kirito interrupted, causing the man to quickly drag himself away.
+As the man was just clearing the exit of the alley a sword pierced him through the back. As the polygons disappeared, standing over him was the grinning form of Kirito who sheathed his sword a second later.
+" You guys can come out now" Kirito called into the shadows of the surrounding area. Five more people came into view, 'this time these guys seem bettered armed and much higher level' Kirito thought as he regarded the two guys and three girls that were all in battle stances.
+" Who the hell are you?" A guy with spiky, red hair called, with his katana in an overhead position.
+" Call me 'The Black Swordsman'" Kirito smirked as the guy's eyes narrowed. "Who are you people?"
+" Why should we answer you?" A girl with shoulder length aqua-blue hair piped up.
+" Common courtesy?" Kirito offered.
+Several of the people in front of Kirito snickered at his idea. The redhead silenced them with raised fist.
+" To answer your question; we are part of the 'Laughing Coffins' Guild headed by the fearsome Cpt. Sparrow… you have heard of him, correct?" The redhead asked as he finished talking.
+" I don't care who the hell you are, but why are you here ?" Kirito asked as he studied the people in front of him more closely. A redheaded guy with a katana, a girl with aqua or teal hair, but no visible weapon, a brown man with a bald head, beard and war axe, a girl with pink shoulder length hair and mace, and another girl with fiery red hair that went to the middle of her back and a spear clutched in her right hand.
+" We heard the sounds of fighting and screams of pain" Redhead answered. "We got here just as you spoke to the downed guy and before you stabbed him in the back."
+" Hmm… So what now?" Kirito asked as he mentally thanked that they had not seen his unique sword skill.
+" Well… Would you like to join the guild?" Redhead asked. The girl with aqua hair began spluttering and choked out: "You can't just ask random people to join! What do you think Sparrow will do to us without his permission?"
+" Don't worry, you heard those screams right? There is so way that this guy isn't fit to join us." Redhead said to sooth the girl.
+' Hmmm' Thought Kirito. 'This Cpt. Sparrow must be a high leveled guy to instill fear in them'. "Okay." Kirito said after coming to a decision. "Show me the way, but no promises."
+The five people in front of him placed away their weapons and got into formation; Redhead in front, aqua hair to his immediate left, but several feet behind, the rosette was to his right, the spear wielder and the axe wielder took up the rear. Kirito just followed behind the guy with everyone else around him.
+As the group walked on they exchanged names; the redheaded guy was Cline, the teal haired girl was Reki, the axe wielder was Mustafah, the pinkette was Lizbet and the fiery red was Rosaline. Kirito then introduced himself as they arrived at a different part of the lower sections of Lumbridge, in front of a keep.
+" Where are we?" Kirito asked as he peered around.
+" Our base" Was the only answer Cline gave him.
+" Who goes there? A guard asks as him and several more appeared on the wall.
+" It's squad Fuurinkazan returning from our last job, and we got a recruit" Cline yelled to the guards.
+" I said I haven't decided yet" Kirito muttered.
+" Shut it" Cline muttered back.
+The gates to the keep creaked open as a group of three guards came forward. "We are to escort the so-called recruit to see the Captain." The one in the middle began. "The rest of you are done here, get going".
+Kirito was lead to the top of the keep and escorted into a lavishly furnished room where a very fit man sat at a desk and sharpening his large, decorated broadsword. Kirito sighed in his head, as he regarded the man. Though his actions would have frightened a weaker man, Kirito had have seen worse things in his time as a solo.
+" You wish to join my guild?" Sparrow asked, his voice having a harsh grate on the words that came out.
+" Sure, why not" Kirito replied flippantly.
+Sparrow's right eye twitched at his tone, but no other movement suggested that he had taken any offence from the statement.
+Kirito studied the room intently; noticing the sets of armour and weapons along the walls. 'Braggart' Kirito thought.
+" Report to Cline; the redhead you came with for an introduction to MY base." Sparrow spoke with emphasis on the fact that he was leader there.
+Kirito did not bother to answer and only shrugged his shoulders as he walked out of the room. He followed one of the guards that let him from his new boss' room to what appears to be the mess hall. Kirito looked around and saw Cline waving at him. Kirito grinned as he headed over to the group's table.
+" So you plan on sticking around?" Cline asked as he pulled up a chair for Kirito.
+" Yeah, and I am going to be part of your team" Kirito answered as he took the proffered chair.
+" Welcome to the team, new guy!" The group cheered.
+Several months later
+" Here's the bag of gold" Kirito said as he dropped a whopping bag of 4000k. Everyone in the room stared with eyes wide at the amount.
+" H-how the hell did you get that much?" Sparrow asked.
+" You told us to go take out a clan and so we did, we went straight to some merchant guild and forced them to give it all" Kirito replied with a shrug.
+" YOU DID WHAT!" Sparrow screamed as he stood up with a look of disbelief evident on his face. "You're telling me that six people took down a guild that averaged about twenty!".
+" Wasn't that hard, we snuck in at night and took out the sentries first and then proceeded to take out the guards and mercenaries, before dragging every fat seller and forcing them to empty their account of money" Kirito shrugged again. "I'll be leaving now" Kirito called over his shoulder as he left the room.
+In the several months that Kirito had started as a guild-member; he had brought in over 10 million col and had accounted for over thirty kills. Rumors had circulated that Kirito planned to take over the guild soon and that most of the members were going to back him up.
+' What the hell am I going to do' Sparrow thought as he paced his room. 'He does rake in a huge amount, there are rumors that he wants to be leader, but he himself hasn't shown any signs of doing so'.
+" Gerald" Sparrow called, coming to a decision. "Follow Kirito and see what he does and who he talks to".
+" Yes Captain." Gerald said before quickly leaving the room.
+' Soon my plan will begin, all that is left is to trick the fool' Kirito thought as he walked through the halls until coming to an empty room.
+" Report" Kirito told the man leaning on the table.
+" It is as you said he would do" The man answered. "He gave me the exact order just now."
+" Excellent, now it is time for phase two. Good work… Gerald" Kirito smirked.
+" Yes sir" Gerald said as Kirito exited the room
+Kirito walked back to the mess hall and sat down with the rest of his group, although Cline out-ranks him, everyone follows Kirito's orders, even Cline. His friends were talking about the next job, who was fucking who out back of the keep, and the plans for Kirito's rise to power. Many do not know it, but Kirito had finally deemed it safe to tell his team about his unique sword skill. Now they are his most devoted followers and his best friends.
+" Where's Cline and Rosaline" Kirito asked as he looked around the room.
+" Probably still in Cline's bed" Lizbet snickered. "They've been gone for a few hours"
+" Doesn't matter, someone can fill them in later" Kirito dismissed. "Phase two is to start now, keep the flow of rumors and lies to keep him off balance and then gather all the men loyal to either you or to me" Kirito explained. "Then when the time comes, we are going to take over this place in a coup."
+A week later
+" Kirito, you are to join me, the "Black Cats" and the "Sons of Salem" on our mission today" Sparrow ordered Kirito.
+Kirito shrugged as he stood up from the table and prepared to head out, not before nodding his head slightly to the rest of his team.
+" So what are we suppose to do" Kirito asked as they left the keep.
+" We plan to attack a caravan of goods that plans to pass through the forest west of Algade." A girl piped up as she took her place as a forward.
+" Thanks" Kirito replied. 'Who are you by the way?"
+" I'm Sachi, this is Kayta, that is Broms, the man to your left is Gordimir and the girl beside Broms is Seraphin" Sachi said as she gestured to the girl on her left, pointed to the man carrying a warhammer at the back, waved to a tall man with a two-handed sword strapped to his back, and nodded to a girl holding a katana.
+" Nice to meet you all" Kirito greeted.
+As the rest of the sixteen men team formed up and headed to the forest, Kirito was keeping an eye out on Sparrow and a man with a pony-tail. 'Cradil, that snake, so he does plan to take me out' Kirito mused as he glanced at each member of the party; other then Broms; Sachi, Kayta, Gordimir, Seraphin and himself, they were the only ones in front, while Sparrow and the other ten hung back. 'This is going to be a problem soon' Kirito groaned in his mind.
+As the group arrived at the forest, Kirito noticed that the "Sons" were staring intently at either him, Sachi, Kayta or Seraphin. 'Oh Shit' Kirito thought. 'It's coming soon'.
+With that thought, Cradil and his men suddenly yelled, drew their weapons and surrounded the "Black Cats" and Kirito.
+" What the hell is the meaning of this?" Gordimir asked as he took a step forward only to fall to his knees as Cradil stabbed him in the chest. They could only watch as Gordimir's health bar depleted and his body fell into particles. Shouts of dismay came from the "Black Cats" as derisive ones came from the "Sons" and Sparrow.
+" What the hell do you think it looks like?" He taunted. "We're gonna kill you sons of bitches and take them women over there" Cradil finished as he pointed to Sachi, Kayta and Seraphin.
+Broms readied his weapon and stepped forward to stand next to Kirito and between the girls and Cradil. Kirito had a bored expression on his face as he looked down upon Cradil, Sparrow and the "Sons of Salem".
+" Boss! What's the meaning of this?" Sachi pleaded to Sparrow. "Why are you doing this?"
+" To answer your first question; I have to protect my power base within this guild" Sparrow answered. "And to do that, I need to kill Kirito, he who threatens to take my position."
+The "Black Cats" all gasped and looked to Kirito, who just shrugged.
+" B-but why does that concern us" Kayta said as she trembled while readying her weapon.
+" Nothing really, I just picked a team by random" Sparrow said like it was of no consequence.
+" Everyone, if you want to live, then please stand behind me" Kirito said as he did absolutely nothing, other than place Dual Swords into his skill slot.
+" What do you think you can possible do?" Cradil guffawed as several of his team laughed.
+" I can and will kill you all" Kirito said calmly as a maelstrom of killing intent came from his body. Broms took several steps back.
+Sweat began to pour down their backs as Cradil and his men were hit by an onslaught of killing intent, some even staggered back a step or two.
+" What are you waiting for?" Sparrow yelled. "Kill him!"
+" AHHHH!" They screamed as they surrounded Kirito and began to stab, slash, and hack at Kirito.
+Kirito gave then a minute or so. The attacks faltered as they realized that they were doing little to no damage on Kirito.
+" What the hell is going on?" One asked.
+" With all your attacks, I would say you do about 700 damage per ten seconds, but I have Battle Healing and that allows me to gain 500 health every ten seconds and added to my health of 15,500" Kirito's sharp reply.
+" That's just not fair" Someone else said.
+" Fair? I have that skill because I am already level 85!" Kirito said.
+" 85? Why the hell is someone with your power here? You could be a Clearer!" Sparrow said.
+" Doesn't matter what I could be or what I am" Kirito said. "You'll all die now" He stated.
+Kirito quickly punched two of his attackers with the point-blank skill Embracer. Kirito's hands glowed yellow as he buried them in their recipient's stomach. The two luckless killers screamed as their health meters fell no zero and disappeared into flickering light. No one had time to comment on the power that Kirito had, Kirito unsheathed both his swords as began with Sonic Leap, charging through the mass of bodies as he swung his swords, connecting with every swing.
+Cradil and several others backed away from Kirito as he dismantled and dismembered the ambushing party. Kirito turned to Cradil and pointed to him with both swords…
+' Both? Cradil thought. 'How is that possible?'
+" How the hell are you able to use two swords?" Cradil asked. "What skill is this"
+" I don't know, it just appeared in my inventory one day" Kirito answered as he cut down another man.
+Cradil nodded to the two members beside and they each pulled out a red pill.
+" What the hell is that?" Kirito asked, eyeing the pills.
+" Something that will make us stronger beyond belief" Cradil crowed as he and the other two quickly swallowed the red pills.
+Instantly, their swords glowed a blood red as a red hue also entered their eyes. Kirito did not give them a chance as he leaped to the closest one and quickly began The Eclipse to place twenty-seven consecutive hits on the man's body. He did not even have time to scream as his body fell into polygons and disappeared. The rest of the "Black Cats" Gaped at the level of skill and power Kirito held.
+Cradil and the other man stood with Kirito between them as they both used Avalanche as they charged forward, Kirito had no time to dodge and so used Half-Step to get out of the way of the two swords. Cradil and the other man realized too late as they struck each other with their attack.
+As the two men stood still after striking each other and when the system skill caused a small delay, Kirito took the opportunity to stab the other man through his back. Cradil regained movement just in time to deflect Kirito's two swords. Cradil sprung forward with Fell Crescent and Kirito was thrown back several feet as he blocked the attack.
+' That pill must be the real deal then, he didn't have that kind of power earlier, but he's still not good enough to beat me' Kirito thought as he dodged another Avalanche strike.
+Kirito then attacked with Horizontal Square, opening a deep gash on Cradil's right arm. Kirito then followed up with a simple Reaver sword cut that disconnected Cradil's right hand and sword to his arm. Cradil screamed as he fell to his knees clutching the stump to his body. Kirito kicked him on the head to shut him up and then proceeded to place his sword tip on Cradil's back and slowly applied pressure and weight until the sword was buried in his body. As the polygons disappeared Kirito had an unnerving smile on his face.
+Kirito turned to Sparrow and stood in his stance. Sparrow's eyes flickered from Kirito to the surround area and back, as if gauging the distance. Sparrow suddenly turned around and ran as fast as he could.
+Kirito sighed as he placed Knife Throwing into a slot and assumed the Single Shot position. A second later, Kirito let fly the knife and watched as it struck his former boss in the back of the knee. Sparrow pitched forward as the use of his left leg left him.
+Kirito calmly strolled to the prone form of his ex-boss, while the "Black Cats" stood still in shock. Sparrow quickly reached into his pouch for a teleportation crystal. Kirito could not have him getting away so he kicked the crystal from Sparrow's shaking fingers and stabbed him through the right leg with his sword.
+" AHH-!" Sparrow started to scream before Kirito forced his head onto the ground.
+" PLEASE! SAVE ME!" Sparrow pleaded to the "Black Cats" as they finally caught up to Kirito.
+They all gave blank looks to Sparrow and shifted their gazes to Kirito. "What do you plan to do to him?" Sachi asked.
+" Kill him, obviously" Kirito said as he unsheathed his swords and took several steps forward.
+" NOOO-!" Sparrow began to scream, but was cut off when Kirito stabbed him through the head.
+" Ahhh. Peace and quiet" Kirito said in a relaxed voice.
+" So what now?" Kayta asked.
+" That depends; do you want to leave and never come back, or continue as a member of the "Laughing Coffins"?" Kirito asked. "Don't worry, if you choose to leave, I won't hunt you down".
+" Since it's all right with you, I vote to leave" Sachi said as she gazed at her teammates. Each one of them nodded and Kirito also nodded before turning around and heading back to the keep.
+End of Flashback
+"Let's get to work, people!" Kirito yelled, causing the assembled men to disperse to their assigned jobs.
+Once almost everyone had left, Kirito headed over to have a word with Cline.
+"There's something I want you to do" Kirito began. "Take your team and head over to Steel City, there's a man there that might know about these Knights of the Blood people and where their base is. Use whatever means necessary to get the information."
+"You got it boss" Cline intoned. "What are you going to do now?" He suddenly asked.
+"I am going to do a little soloing" Kirito replied. "It's been awhile since I've last done so"
+"But Boss! You can't go out alone!" Lizbet jumped in.
+"I'm the boss, so whatever I say goes" Kirito replied harshly, Lizbet flinched. "But I can take care of myself, after all, I did become boss" Kirito finished more subdued.
+"Let's go team, we got information to beat out" Cline said with a grin.
+As they left Kirito had only his thoughts. 'So it begins. All the other teams will be distractions while "Fuurinkazan" goes after the real target.' Kirito began walking out and headed to the sixtieth floor to train.
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