The Lightning Swordsman (Book 1)

Beater

"(U/N) eh, my names Kirito" says the black-haired boy

"Yea," I say weakly.

"Hey, you!" Yells a spiky-haired dude

Kirito just looked at him.

"Why......Why did you let Diabel die" the spiky-haired dude asked

Kirito looks genuinely surprised, the spiked haired dude continued talking but I was too in shock to listen to the details. A kid brands Kirito an ex-beta tester and that's how he was able to kill him. A big guy and a girl try to calm the group down. Kirito started laughing insanely and saying that he wasn't a normal beta tester, instead he was way better than them.

I knew where he was headed, so I got up. At first, Kirito continued talking but I walked past him and straight to the kid who made the claim that Kirito was a beater and that's why he won. The kid was smiling from self-pride. I'll tell you what, I'll wiped the smirk right off his face. I landed a blow that he wasn't expecting

"What the hell man," he says on the ground

" A beater, are you fucking kidding me!" I say as I yell at him. I continue yelling "like fuck he knew the pattern when he scored that final blow on the boss, it was pretty much dead!"

The kid tried to get a word in by I continued

"My friend died for all of your safety and you pick a fight because of false info?" I say

"Your SCUM!" I yell as I head toward the exit

"You must be a beater too," the kid says trying to protect himself with words.

I turn around with my sword drawn and start charging. The kid had pure fear in his eyes because I was going to kill him. However my blade didn't meet his flesh, instead, it meets the hard floor as I was knocked unconscious by all the emotional stress. When I came too, I saw that I was in an inn. I hopped out of the bed and started to study my surroundings. Suddenly a girl came in and told me to sit down.

When I did what I was asked she asks me, "Hi I'm Asuna, who might you be?" She asks

"(U/N), what happened?" I respond

"Well after you passed out, Kirito continued playing the bad guy and most people forgot what you almost did," she tells me " I guess he earned the nickname Beater"

" I see, so I guess you carried me into the inn?" I say

"O no no, Agil carried you I'm just looking after you," she says with a smile

" Ah I see" I replied remembering what happened to Max

"Well, I'll take my leave if your up," she says

"Yeah, bye," I say quietly as Asuna leaves

I guess being alone was the last requirement for my tears to start pouring out