53 ⌜Chapter 44⌟

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Morning, the sun is already up but Tanaka was still lying on his bed hugging his pillow while drooling. It couldn't be helped, he had continuously worked for the past few days without stopping.

It was only that yesterday, everything was finished, so the moment Tanaka tapped the bed, he fell asleep like a baby, his brother and grandfather also didn't wake him up as they know he worked very hard.

It was only in the afternoon that he woke up because of his phone ringing. Tanaka weakly extended his hand towards his phone and answered the call.

"Wassup *Yawn?"

Tanaka asked in a sleepy tone.

"Guild Master, this is Lis, I just want to tell you that the workshop now has 80 VR cabins. we can start going into ALO anytime"

"Oh, good, but ALO is doing a big update right now and won't be back by next week. Let the others get comfortable with the Cabins first. Also, how about my personal one?"

"Yes, It was placed in your office"

Tanaka told no one that he was in charge of the update of ALO. Even Kirito didn't know even though he was called, he only met with the devs and not Tanaka. Other than the higher ups of RECT and the Devs, no one else knew about it.

"Good, anything else?"

"Yes, Asuna called us for a celebration and wanted to thank you for helping her"

"Hmm, When is that?"

"Tonight at Gil's bar, 8 PM"

Tanaka stopped talking and looked at the time, it was still 6 PM, he still has a lot of time.

"Okay, I will come"

Tanaka totally forgot about Asuna, it seemed like Shouzo told her about him helping of making her escape, which Tanaka didn't really think about that much, its not like he did it for her or something, if compared to a game, she was but a side quest.

Anyway, sleeping for the whole day, Tanaka already had enough and made his way towards the kitchen and when he arrived, Wakana and his grandfather is already eating, and there is also a visitor, a frequent visitor actually.

"Goodmorning *Yawn"

Tanaka yawned once again, everyone looked at him.

"What do you mean by good morning? its already late in the afternoon, fix your sleep, that's bad for your health"

His grandfather immediately reprimanded him.

"Its just this time, you don't have to scold me that much, besides, the project I have is just too important, oh, good to see you here Marin"

"Hello"

"Tanaka! I don't care if it's important, take care of yourself!"

"Wakana, give me some"

"Okay"

"Hey Tanaka, are you listening to me?"

"Yes~"

"There you go again. This has been a problem ever since you were a child. You just don't listen when we try to give you good advice"

Marin who was a visitor felt funny when she saw how lively the place became when Tanaka entered the place, she could see that Wakana and his grandpa really cared about Tanaka, she then looked at Wakana who was laughing as his two family members bantered with each other, he looked charming.

In the end, the dinner ended lively, Tanaka said he has to go meet some friends, and Marin was brought home by Wakana.

"Sorry about that, they are very rowdy whenever they are together"

Wakana said but when he said that, he has a smile on his face as if he enjoyed that moment very much, Marin saw this and couldn't help but think he is cute. Wakana then turned towards her.

"What's up?"

"Nothing, I just felt like your family is very fun"

"Haha"

The two chuckled as they talked with each other.

"..."

Arriving at Gil's bar, Tanaka wore something casual appropriate enough to attend a gathering. He opened the door of the bar which has the sign closed on, and entered inside.

"I'm here"

Tanaka looked around and saw the others have already arrived and were happily talking with each other.

"Oh! Tanaka-san:, welcome, what drink do you want?"

"Just give me the usual"

"Alright"

Tanaka sat and waited for his drink, just as he was waiting, two figures approached him.

"Guild Master Ice?"

Turning around, Tanaka saw Asuna with Kirito beside her. Asuna was looking at him curiously.

"Oh, Asuna-chan, how are you doing?"

"Everything is fine thanks to you helping me"

"It's no problem. How is the creepy guy, by the way?"

"He is taken by the authorities and his trial will be next month"

"Good, though, be careful since that guy might do something, you guys always bring something to defend yourselves just in case"

"Okay, thank you for your warning"

"Why don't you join us? the others are already waiting"

"Just a bit. I'm waiting for my drink"

"Eh? but we have drinks on our table"

Just as they were wondering what Tanaka is going to drink, Gil finally came carrying a glass of beer.

"Here is your root beer"

"Thanks"

Tanaka took the glass then turned towards the other two.

"I'm still underaged to drink. I'm 17"

"..."

Tanaka joined the feast and there he met some more people. First is Kirito's step sister, Suguha or Sugu, but Kirito didn't treat her as a step sister but a real sibling,

"Oh, so you do Kendo? that's amazing"

"T-thank you"

Sugu is a shy girl but not too much since Tanaka and her are about the same age, they are the only ones who aren't drinking in the place.

"Wait, I remember you guys have a dojo, Kazuto. I'll visit your place later. Halt your date with Asuna for now. I want to spar using kendo swords. I will also bring the others"

"Eh? Why?"

Kirito was surprised.

"I want to see if we could use our sword skills from the game in real life"

"Now, that is interesting, I'm also interested"

Klein, who was drinking a lot, spoke, the others also agreed with Tanaka.

Kirito didn't want to stop his date with Asuna but seeing everyone wanted to go, he can only delay it for another day.

"Hey, hey, don't make a sad face, unless you guys are going to a hotel after your date then its usel-"

Tanaka's words were interrupted as Sugu covered his mouth with her hands. Asuna and Kirito were blushing when they heard him.

"Why did you that for?"

Tanaka asked Sugu.

"What you are saying is inappropriate!"

"I said nothing bad. Its facts, therefore, it's good"

"Its not good!"

Tanaka and Sugu started talking with each other. It seemed like the few moments they were together, their relationship already became good friends, it was already late in the night when they all went back home, Klein was already drunk so he slept in the extra room of the bar while the others went home.

The next day.

Tanaka and the others gathered in Kirigaya Family Dojo. They were Tanaka, Asuna, Klein, Lis, Silica, Gil, Argo, Sugu, and Kirito.

"Huh, its actually different from what I thought"

Tanaka commented as he held a wooden kendo sword in his hand. It was quite heavier than he thought, Tanaka swung it a few times trying to get familiar with it, he then looked at the others and they were quite awkward holding a kendo sword.

"Okay, let's do some spar. Who goes first?"

Tanaka who already got familiar with the kendo sword, said.

"I'll go, I'm a professional already, I can avoid injuring any of you"

"Good, Kirito, you go first after that Asuna"

Everyone looked at him speechlessly, he already looked like he was getting ready to fight only to make them go first? how shameless!

Anyway, Kirito and Sugu stepped forward both wearing an armor for Kendo, Kirito used his Aincrad sword style and faced off Sugu, even though Kirito looked very open, he had his defenses up which surprised Sugu who was fighting him.

They both then charged each other and Kirito dodged all of Sugu's attacks and Sugu attacked like a proper kendo martial artist, in the end, Kirito lost his balance and got smacked on the head.

"Amazing! Sugu, he still didn't surrender. Smack him one more time!"

"No"

Sugu flatly rejected. She's been very harsh towards him ever since last night.

Next match is Asuna, she was a rapier user in Sao so she used the kendo sword like a rapier.

"Asuna-san, you just recovered"

"Don't worry about me Sugu-chan, give your all, I'm also very excited to see how my hard work in the game can be used here"

Asuna smiled, it was one of her prides after all.

The match started, Asuna as a rapier used is pure attack and has low defense so the moment the match started, she immediately rushed towards Sugu in a fast speed, though, not as fast in the SAO, it was still quite considerably fast.

She arrived in front of Sugu who was prepared, then Asuna stabbed the Kendo sword forward, which Sugu blocked with a sweep of her sword but to her surprise, Asuna pulled her sword back and stabbed at much faster speed.

Sugu reacted fast and swung her sword, which hit Asuna's sword, and since Asuna hadn't recovered yet, her grip on her sword was very weak, which caused it to fly away from her hand.

"Boo! what the hell is that Asuna? You should grip the sword harder. I think Kirito will like that more!"

"Tanaka-san!"

Kirito, who was near, immediately tried to stop Tanaka from speaking more.

"Its a great match Sugu thank you"

Asuna who was blushing looked at Sugu.

"It was no problem"

Then her head suddenly flicked towards Tanaka and said with a scary tone.

"You are next Tanaka-san"

"Eh, but there is still-"

"I don't take a no for an answer. Immediately wear the armor"

"Eh, the bro-con is angry"

Tanaka said in a low voice, but it was still heard by everyone, This caused Sugu to blush this time and get angry.

"Shut up and immediately come!"

"Yeah, yeah"

Tanaka wore the armor and stepped in front to face off Sugu.

"Hmm, this armor is pretty heavy, whatever, time to face the last boss"

Tanaka looked at Sugu in front of him, who was already ready to charge at him any moment now.

"Start!"

*Swoosh!

Sugu rushed towards him and swung her sword. Tanaka moved and lightly flicked his sword to parry Sugu's attack, but Sugu has an outstanding balance and she also has a better physique than Tanaka.

She immediately regained her balance and swung towards Tanaka once more, which Tanaka blocked calmly. They both clashed with each other a few times, the other attacking while the other defending.

*Bang!

They both broke off from each other and backed away for a few meters, and they rested.

"I see, anyway, I'm done"

Tanaka spoke. Unlike Sugu, who was out of breath from attacking so many times, Tanaka wasn't out of breath nor he had a hard time, Tanaka then took a stance.

His breathing pattern suddenly changed as if by instinct. His body was fully tense and the surrounding aura became heavier. It was as if they could see an illusion of a black mist swirling around Tanaka.

Everyone who knew Guild Master Ice immediately knew that he was serious. They then turned towards Sugu.

"I'm coming be ready... let's change that actually, I'm attacking!"

After Tanaka said those words, he immediately charged towards Sugu, he arrived in front of Sugu and he saw that she swung her sword once again in which Tanaka dodged by bending his body, he then followed it up with an upward slash from below.

*Bang!

Both swords clashed but Tanaka is not done yet, he spun his body and attacked once again with a side ward slash.

*Bang!

Sugu who was caught with the unexpected attack was immediately hit on the shoulders and lost her balance.

"T-Tanaka wins!"

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