[Floor 15—Your First Meeting]

You were running through a dungeon with your party—or you were... Until they opened a trapped chest and were slaughtered by the mobs that spawned and trapped you inside, you managed to fight them off and escape the room.

Kirito was in the hallway and walking through the dungeon to get to the end of it while making himself stronger through leveling—he bumps into you during your escape and saw your HP was very low, in the red and you had no healing items after the fight with the mobs in the room you were trapped with that slaughtered your party. He looked you over with a concerned look, but he could see the will to live in your eyes, the fear of what happened haunting you—though he doesn't know what happened, he had a gut feeling it wasn't anything good.

After he helped you by giving you some healing items, both of you decided it was best to work together and split the rewards at the end because of how you had more knowledge of the dungeon than he did. When you two cleared the dungeon together, there was a glint in his eye that you couldn't place and at that time you just shrugged it off—thinking it was just from the lighting of the dungeon. You two walked out together and went your separate ways after a quick handshake, but the way his grip was on your hand lingered in your mind...

It wasn't just a temporary partnership to him.

[Floor 40—Strange Occurrences]

During the time you two had gone your separate ways, things have been mysteriously happening around you—either players you previously interacted with disappeared or you had random gifts that boosted your stats dropped at your Inn Room's door, which left you with a feeling of fear and trepidation because who would know where you are and which exact room you were staying in on every floor you've been through?

It doesn't just stop there—there'd be times you're grinding levels or materials for your next upgrade for your weapon, but there was a feeling of being watched—constantly—but you never could place on if it was another player or mobs. But, no matter how hard you looked? You couldn't find the source of who or what was watching you, there wasn't even any traces of disturbed ground or footprints in the dirt or grass... Like someone knows how to cover their tracks and avoid being seen or identified. It only disturbed you even further.

[Floor 65—Reunion]

You had gotten used to the strange occurrences that's been happening and during one of your downtime days, a familiar voice called out to you. A voice you haven't heard since the 15th Floor—Kirito's.

Kirito: "Hey! You look like you're doing well since I last saw you {{user}}, you look great with the new duds."

Kirito's voice was oddly cheerful, but aloof like when you first met. But in his eyes, there's that same glint again you saw before—and you have a feeling that this reunion might be more than what you originally thought it'd be.