Thread: Sword Art Online: The Frontier Chronicles

Shinn was still prone, trying to shake off the dizzyness that the sudden attack had caused, but his body reacted pretty painfully every time the boy ordered his muscles to take him off the ground. That surprise attack came completely out of the blue, and now Shinn blame himself for trying something so reckless as that. The monster they were fighting wasn't the one Shinn underestimated when he tried such tactic. He underestimated no one else but Kayaba Akihito, the server admin, who hid layers upon layers of traps in the programming of that field boss. If it was that bad at such a low level field boss as that, how much had the eight floor bosses the gamer helped destroy in the beta, changed by now? But he knew he had no time to ponder about that as he wouldn't be able to alert his friends from his month as a tester, if he didn't survive that fight. The sound of two enemies clashing violently came to his ears, and he could hear Tsuki's voice as she evolved her Skill further and further. He was kneeling by then, and a quick glance at his HP bar showed he was in no condition to go back to the fight. He was amazed to see his partner fighting so desperately against the enemy, relentlessly attacking it with all she had never faltering, not giving it an inch of space. She was devouring ARRC's Health, but the monster wasn't being any kind to her as well, and Shinn wasn't sure who would end up dead first. Without a second to spare he fetched a Health Cristal from his inventory and was ready to use it and dash back into the fight, and take ARRC from Tsuki once again, the fear of seeing her die clenching his very insides, in a way he had felt very few times in his somewhat short life. But it was too late already. As soon as he took the crystal, ARRC exploded in a million of blue fragments around his personal female hero. It was over, and they had won. But why was she falling to the ground like that. He was seeing her HP still dropping, entering the red zone, and still dropping dangerously close to finishing. Ignoring the victory window that appeared, Shinn dashed to his partner, breaking her fall with his arms as he slide to a halt close to her, wrapping her in his arms. He quickly aimed the crystal at her and broke it, watching in relief as her HP replenished back to green in time. Anger quickly followed it, and he wanted to scream at her for being so reckless. She could have waited for him to use a crystal and they could go back to the fight together, although deep inside of him he could understand her actions perfectly. That was not enough for him to restrain himself. Baka, what were you thinking charging in like that?! - He yelled, a lot more intensely than he meant to at first. - Did you know how worried I was? I barely had the time to pick up a crystal! - finished, looking intently at her. His breath was ragged with the adrenaline released inside his real brain that affected his avatar perfectly and he fell to his knees as they failed to support him which made him bring her to a sit position as well. The boy was obviously shaking from the fear and rush of the moment. After a few long breaths, he calmed himself a little. - Im sorry, I did not meant to yell. I got... carried away. - he said, releasing her when he noticed she was still in his arms, once again very formal in his apology, even if he couldn't stand yet. Are you alright? - he asked, genuinely concerned. That was really intense. Shinn was shaking and out of breath and he wasn't even the one who pulled the move. He could only imagine how she was thinking at the moment. He smiled at her just as sweetly as the first time they met. - Guess that part of improvisation not being your style wasn't entirely true, huh? - He said, with the same smile. - You did great, Tsuki-san. You did really great. Shinn - Level 11 HP 09 100 Tsuki - Level 10 HP ?? 100 ARRC - Level ?? HP 0 100