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'Good people. But I've also seen some pretty bad ones die. Hell, I've almost died. But we hold strong, okay?' She held Kirito's gaze silently for a long moment, then released her grip with a sigh.
'I wanted ta wait till tomorrow ta tell ya K, but I'll go it now. We....did get out. For a moment. Then we got sucked right back in and had ta start from the beginnin.' Her bottom lip jutted out as she pondered the best way to explain this. 'The guy that has is trapped here, we got out cause someone defeated him. Kirito....We got out because you saved us.'
He took her hands, and Danny's cheeks pinked. She opened her mouth to speak, only to snap it shut at his words. 'Don't day that K.' Her hands tightened around his. 'I will not let ya die. I swear on...on....My parents lives.' Danny hoped she looked more determined, and less scared. 'I'll train ya. Hopefully ya still have some muscle memory.'
An arrow wizzing by cut Danny off. She turned on her heels to see two Pkers. One pointed a bow at them while another carried a sword in his hands. The bow welder laughed. 'Look at this Kenji. A couple out in the woods, how sweet.'
The shorter one laughed. 'Couple of idiots is what they are Yosua.'
Swift as the wind Danny strung her bow and pointed it at the two. 'Ha ha. Very funny. Mind tellin me how ya two boys got that red over ya heads?'
Kenji smirked. 'Ohhh. Feisty one are you? Dude I say we keep this one alive. Let's kill the guy and-' An arrow lodged itself in Kenji's head, turning him to pixels mid sentence.
'What the hell?!' Exclaimed the other one. 'You killed him you piece of shit!'
Danny's face was devoid of emotion. 'Listen ta me. Ya ever think about harmin my friend here, and I'll hunt ya down and make ya wish ya never were born. Got me?'
'Y-you're crazy man!' The Pker turned to run, scrambling over his feet. Danny let him get a good portion of the way away before losing an arrow into his back. As the pixels flew into the air she turned back to Kirito.
'K...I'm sorry ya had to see that.'
She pointed off towards the west. 'I thought I saw a cave system that way. We could check it out.' Since no other option seemed available Danny put a hand on Kirito's shoulders and began to walk. She knew she didn't have to lead him, but if anymore Pkers showed up she wanted to play it safe.
'Ya know K.' She said after a few moments of walking. 'I don't mind savin ya. I'll protect ya to the very end if I have ta.'
She pondered his next words in silence. 'Well K, I'll tell ya what I know. Ya saved us all but there's more than that. Ya...made a family here. Ya have a gal named Asuna, a daughter named...um...what was it...?' She bit her bottom lip. 'Yu...Yur....Yui! It was Yui.' Her eyes flickered over to Kirito for a moment, and there was a fond smile on her face. 'Ya all looked so happy when ya met again. And I think ya maybe adopted another kid? I wasn't sure.'
Kirito took her hand and while she was blushing she took this opportunity to lead Kirito into the cave. 'Hey, come on K. Pretty soon ya will be surpassing me in battle. I know it. And ya aren't in my debt K. Ya have saved me more times than I can count. In fact,' She grinned cheerily. 'I still owe ya.'
A fire lighting brought Danny out of her musing. She chuckled at Kirito's reaction. 'Ya started up a safe zone K. Go on, sit by the fire.'
She trailed off, staring into the fire. Seconds later she sighed and looked back to Kirito. 'Dont apologize K. This place has made us strong. And hey, if it weren't for this game I wouldn't of met ya!'
She looked back at him just a moment too late to warn him about the fire. Wincing in sympathy she stood as he approached her. Danny took his offered hand and inspected it. 'Sorry bout that K. Dont touch anything ya wouldn't in real life. Ya, uh...want something for it?' Chuckling she winked at him. 'Want me to kiss it better?' She asked teasingly.