Authors note

This is the first time I'm writing a story, so I hope you don't mind the grammar mistakes (I'm not used in writing in English :p).

I made it a SinonxKirito story because I really love them together ^^. I hope you enjoy it!

Feel free to leave a review.

Fog covered the area Kirito and I were currently in. It was getting late and a cold breeze touched my face. Dark rainclouds were forming above us. Kirito draw his sword and stood in his fighting pose. He turned his head to me and smiled "Ready for a battle?"

I took out my bow and quickly aimed at a vague figure running toward us. It disappeared. A moment later I heard the sound of swords clashing. It is fast… A six feet tall armoured creature swung his sword at Kirito, who was able to successfully block the attack. This creature let out a loud cry. Kirito pushed him back with all his force and strongly swung his sword at this creature.

I fired an ice-arrow that was very effective. Kirito used his sword skills and managed to drop his health to the red zone. "Just one more attack!"

I could sense that more were coming... vague figures appeared. "Damn they're fast". I tried to hold them back with my arrows, but there were too many. Kirito was able to finish them of, but they kept coming.

"Sinon, watch out!" I quickly turned around and was shocked something was right behind me. Surprised by its large form I couldn't move. Claws were coming closer to my face… I was stunned and closed my eyes, knowing I was not able to avoid this attack. Suddenly I felt someone grabbing me and pushing me aside. "Damn that was a close one, you okay?" I opened my eyes.

The first thing I saw was his face with a worried expression, just a few inches away. The next thing I noticed was that he lay on top of me, causing me to blush right in front of him. He stood up and offered me a hand. Then I saw the wolf-looking animal come closer. I quickly took his hand and held it tightly while I ran to a rocky area nearby.

Raindrops were falling from the air and thunder sounds could be heard. "What now? There are to many of them" Still holding his hand I kept running. Kirito looked behind him and roughly counted that a bunch of small creatures and the clawed animal followed them. "Uhm I didn't expect this coming…"

The rocks were leading us higher in the mountain, but the creatures weren't giving up. "Sinon, let's fight them right here. I will take care of the big one, you have my back?" He let go of my hand and took his sword. I nodded and watched him turn around. As I fired some arrows I noticed that the health of the enemies dropped rather fast. The little monsters were easy to defeat in a few attacks, but the big one was difficult to defeat.

Kirito performed some powerful attacks that reduced his health enormously. Seeing him fight like that with all his force made me realize we couldn't lose. My arrows did some great damage too. With his powerful attacks Kirito was able to take it down with an amazing final blow.

Kirito let out a sigh. "Kirito! That was amazing!" I said running towards him. He smiled at me "Well I couldn't do it without you, Sinon. I have to admit I was a bit worried to pull this of, but I'm glad I could count on you ". Giving him my thanks I hugged him swiftly. "Guess we need to find some cover against the rain". While the bad weather was turning into a storm we found a cave where we could stay until the rain stopped.

We both were soaked by the time we reached the cave. It wasn't very big, but it was a big improvement then staying outside. "I'm glad we found this cave, guess we will stay until the storm stops." While agreeing he took his cloak of. "Man, I really am soaked!".

He got some branches and started to make a fire: "This will help to keep us warm."

It really was cold; maybe I should get closer to the fire…

"Well that really was unexpected, I'm glad we survived. Today is full of surprises isn't it?" Kirito stood up and came to me. "Take it off, I'll hang it over there".

My cheeks reddened and I looked at him awkwardly. He obviously noticed what I was thinking. "Eh no, I mean you… you will get a cold… if you keep it on… I…I don't want you to get sick or something…" Going with his hand trough his hair he looked away.

What should I do? I know he was right, but still… I wouldn't feel very comfortable without it. On second thought it would be a bit weird if I stay like this. "Uhm okay then…" I stood up and gave him my wet green outfit. Despite of the fact I sat near the fire, it still was really chilly. As he put away the part of my outfit he sat next to me. We didn't talked to each other for a while, but he broke the ice.

"You're cold?". "Oh no.., I'm okay" He came closer and put his arm around me. "Wh-What are you doing?!" Again my face coloured red. "You don't have to lie to me. I can see you're shivering!" He always wants to protect me. I led out a chuckle "You noticed ha?". He smiled at me "Let me keep you warm". I rested my head on his shoulder and placed my arms around him. This feeling… why did it felt so good?

Kazuto texted me, we were planning to clear a dungeon later today. Silica had to do her homework and Suguha was training for a competition she had in a few weeks. It would be just me, Kirito, Asuna, Liz and maybe Klein if he wasn't working late…

When I came home I rapidly ate some rice omelette and took off my school uniform. I grabbed an oversized T-shirt that was hanging over my chair and rested my body. As I lay in bed I took the Amusphere. "Link start!"

"Hi, Sinon!" Klein greeted. "Hi, you made it?" "Yes, there weren't many customers so I stopped early" The door opened and the others came in. The excitement was filling the room. "Hey guys, ready to clear a dungeon?!" Liz shouted when she entered the room. "Well yeah! Let's get going already!" Klein responded while walking to the door. "Not so fast Klein." While pulling him back Asuna distributed some colourful potions.

We were standing before the dungeon entrance, dividing our tasks. Asuna would take care of the healing and… wait…what is happening? My view was getting dark…. Am I being transported?

Where am I? Kirito, Klein and the girls were standing next to me. "What's going on?" Asuna immediately looked at Kirito. Hoping he would know the answer, but even he didn't know how to respond to this situation.

"Guys, what just happened?" Klein said confusing. "Well this is strange…" Liz stated. Kirito opened the main menu. The little screen appeared in front of him. "The log -out button?" Kirito said with a trembling voice. After the incident with SAO I noticed he would always check that when his avatar appeared in game. "What?" Everyone opened the little screen. "No way!" "This can't be!" They all seemed panicked and scared.

But I..I didn't know how to react. All of them had already experienced this feeling. Not being able to log out… It was a scary thought, but this really couldn't be happening… not after the incident with SAO. "Wait, it's probably a bug right, it will get fixed soon?" I looked at them in disbelieve.

I hear something… a voice? "Huh? Kirito?" I said clearly confused. He was lying next to me and held his hand on my face. Sunlight brightened the whole cave. Wait did I fell asleep? "You are really hard to wake up you know, you must have been tired".

His sweet voice took me back to reality. "The weather is fine today, we shouldn't have any problems getting back."

That's right we completed our mission yesterday, we need to get back to the others. Kirito tried to stand, but I grabbed his T-shirt and pulled him to me.

"Hmpf…. Sinon… wh-what are...?". Thoughts were spinning in my head, but I didn't know what to do. This feeling of being stuck in a game, it made me feel lost…

"Kirito,.. when is this going to end?" As much as I liked playing ALO, I also wanted to go back to the real world. A tear rolled down my face. "Thanks for saving me yesterday." Placing his arms around me he whispered, "Don't worry I will always protect you."

This safe feeling he always gave me, I wish it could last forever.

Arriving at the wooden cabin Kirito and I entered the building. Asuna jumped right in Kirito's arms "Kirito! I was so worried about you! Where were you all this time?!" She was furious at him. "U-uhm…I…" Kirito was obviously taken back by her reaction. "I know you were getting some items for Liz, but you never said you would be gone for two whole days!" Clearly waiting for an explanation, she looked at me.

Guess I will give it a shot. "Well…a thick fog suddenly appeared while we were fighting some monsters and we kind of got lost… When the storm arrived we searched for shelter. We decided to stay till the storm was over."

Asuna looked back at Kirito "Ugh, next time I'll go with you ok? At least then I know you are safe." She planted a kiss on his lips. "You mustn't worry so much about me you know. I can take care of myself…" He defended himself. She gave him a cute smile.

I felt a bit uncomfortable in this situation; they gave me the feeling like I didn't belong here. "Uhm guys, I'm going to stop by Liz. See you later ok?"

"Sinon, wait. I'll go with you." Kirito and Asuna followed me to Liz's shop.

A customer excited the building. "Sinon! Kirito! You're back!" Liz sparkled from happiness. "I'm glad you guys are alright. You made us worry like hell."

After explaining the situation to her we delivered her the items we gathered from the monster drops. "Thanks guys! This is exactly what I needed. I hope I didn't caused you too much trouble?"

I could sense she felt a bit guilty for sending us on this quest. "Don't worry about it Liz, we also had some fun along the way" I tried to make her feel better, but instead she turned this against me.

"Really? What did you guys do?" With a teasing tone she gave us a playful stare.

Great now I'm the one feeling uncomfortable…

Kirito didn't felt too comfortable himself. "Uhh wh-what are you talking about?!" That only made it worse and gave Asuna the wrong idea. "Kirito?! What did you do to Sinon?" He just babbled some words that really didn't make any sense. I tried to clear the situation "N-no I…I didn't meant it that way!"

Liz started to giggle "I know, I was just joking you know hehe."

Suddenly the door opened and Klein stormed in with a panicked expression on his face.