[Sword Art Online Arc]: The Eternal Saga

Kane opened the door to a blacksmith shop. The ringing of bells was heard as he entered.

Akimoto stood on a street, people passing him. He had got the final kill hit bonus on the third floor. The final coat was given out. "The Coat of Twilight." It was called, replacing the white from the coat of midnight with deep maroon. He stood there, alone. Earlier that day, he had gotten a new sword from a blacksmith shop on the 27th floor. The sword was a first, and was completely unique.

Kisho stepped into the Shop, The same shop that his Personal Blacksmither

For the past couple months Yin and Yang had gone off by themselves, they'd been in a few boss battles and fought on the front lines before. But this day they happened to walk into the same shop as Kane on the 27th floor.

Akimoto walked into the shop, looking to try and get an upgrade on his sword. He didn't notice the others as he browsed the cases around the shop, just out of curiosity.

Kane walked up to the blacksmith and unsheathed his sword. He set it on the tabled. "Hello ma'am. I will be needing an upgrade on this sword's defense power." The sword was similar in appearance to the Elucidator, however it had a brown hilt. Kane also looked different. He wore a black and blue shirt with black jeans and dark brown boots. He had a trench coat slung over it, which was all black except for blue lining from the shoulders to the cuffs. A moon was stamped on the chest. He also had fingerless gloves.

Akimoto's eyebrows raised as he heard Kane's voice. His coat was similar. Like this, but with Maroon where the silver is. Black fingerless gloves finished the outfit along with a black undershirt, pants and Dark colored boots.

Kisho was wearing White armor with a big Golden cross on it

Kane cracked his fingers as he watched the blacksmith take his sword. He opened up his inventory and looked around while waiting. His friendslist hadn't grown much since the first day. He only had Akimoto, Kisho, Yang, and Yin in his list and also a young player who he had helped a few floors back.

"Kane?" Akimoto said slowly, as he turned around to look at him. "That's not you. Is it?"

Kane turned his head after hearing his name. He saw Akimoto standing there and he didn't respond. He simply held a hand up as a sign of greeting.

"What the fuck man?" He almost yelled. "Not a word from you since the second floor? What the hell happened?"

Kane closed his inventory and turned towards Akimoto. "I figured it was best to stay away for all of your safety."

"Yeah. Whatever." Akimoto muttered with a sigh as he shrugged his shoulders and began to leave. "Have fun with, whatever you've been doing." He said and then opened the door, walking out.

They See Kisho go into the "Employees Only" Area of the Shop, They can hear his armor rattling

Yin whispered to Yang and they both turned to look at Akimoto and Kane in the shop. "Hey!" Yang called over.

Kane dropped his shoulders after seeing Akimoto leave. He thought it was for the better considering he was target for multiple cases of attempted manslaughter by orange player guilds. He didn't want the others to have died for that.

Akimoto stopped outside of the door, pulling up his menu and then leaving the party, Yin, Yang and Kisho got a notification of this. He leaned against the wall, just as he had the first day of SAO.

Kane turned his head to see Yang. He held a hand up. "Hey" He simply called back. The blacksmith handed Kane his sword. Kane spun it around and sheathed it.

Kisho bursted out of the previous room, The blacksmith following him, she was worried. Kisho kicked the wooden door of the blacksmith shop open, stepping outside and grabbing Akimoto by the collar and lifting him up, He seemed much stronger then he looked

Akimoto stood straight. " What?" He said simply, before turning to walk away.

Kisho looked towards the leaving Akimoto and turned the other way, walking somewhere else. He also left the group

Apparently Kane, Yang, and Yin remained in the shop. Kane tightened his sword holster, which held the sword known as the "Illuminator".

A few moments later Akimoto walked back into the store awkwardly. "I forgot my what I came in here for." He mumbled under his breath as he walked up to the owner, pulling his sword out of it's holster and setting it down on the table. This was the first time any of them had seen this sword, and it was extremely unique and possibly a rare item.

Kane had still remained in the shop with Yang and Yin from a few minutes prior. He watched Akimoto set his sword down and he carefully studied it, however Akimoto caught his gaze.