Kirito's Unjust Punishment Part 2

Once he was dressed he got on his bike and rode all the way down to the meeting place.

“Kirito you’re here~!” Silica said, happy to see him. She was wearing a cute pink dress and her hair was out up into twin tails. “Are you alright? After your avatar started glitching and you were kicked out of the sever everyone else was as well.”

“Wait, are you serious?” Kirito asked her, wondering if this was more than just a mere glitch in the system.

“She’s right,” Sinon said, walking up to them in a long blue dress. “It was a mess and for some reason, Tia was talking about sommmmth-”

Sinon tripped over her heels and fell right into Kirito’s arms, though she didn’t stay there for long as she quickly pushed him away while hiding her blushing face. Twice in one day, what was wrong with her~!?

“Finally you three are here,” Asuna said to them, coming out of the building that they were waiting in front of dressed in a lovely red party dress and her hair was put up into a bun. “Silica’s mother is upstairs waiting for us. She put a lot of work into getting a table reserved for us, so be nice.”

“She’s my mother, you should have let me tell them~,” Silica said, pouting a bit.

“Well next time if you’re the one that helped her make said reservation then you may do the honors,” Asuna said back to her. Asuna wasn’t trying to come across as rude, but was trying to state a fact Silica. Though unfortunately for her she took it the wrong why.

“…Fine,” Silica said as they all went inside.

“You must be Kirito right?” a lovely older woman wearing a long black dress said to them as the four of them entered the dining area. Thanks to Asuna’s family she was able to help Silica’s mother reserve a place for all of them to meet. Asuna had even offered to pay for everything, but Silica’s mother insisted that she would pay for the reservation and the food that they would be eating. It was a bit of a strain on her wallet, but she was more than happy to pay it to give to the people that saved her daughter.

“I have heard so much about you~!” Silica’s mother said, hugging Kirito without warning. At the same time, he felt embarrassed by her touching his body. His body started to ache some more and he shrank another 1cm right in front of them. Though this was by no means that big enough of a difference for anyone to start noticing yet.

“I have been waiting for Silica to bring you over for so long~!” she yelled, releasing him. “I have heard so much about you from Asuna and Silica. And if I may be so bold you are quite the handsome one~.”

“Mom~!” Silica yelled out in embarrassment, while Asuna was too embarrassed to say anything. She had done a lot of “things,” with Kirito, but she wasn’t too comfortable expressing her affection in public.

“And you must be Sinon~!” she said, happily hugging Sinon without hesitation.

“Thank you so much for taking care of these three. From what Silica and Asuna have told me, you have had it rough up till now.”

“Well, it’s nothing much,” Sinon said, blushing. It actually felt good top receive such praise.

GRRROOOWWLLL~

Kirito’s and Silica’s stomachs started to rumble loud enough for everyone to hear after seeing all of the food before them. Silica’s mother made sure that only the best of the best was ready for her children.

“Oh my~. It would seem that someone is a bit hungry, now aren’t they~?” Silica’s mother said playfully teasing Kirito and Silica. “Come now let’s eat,” she said leading them all down to the table.

“So Kirito I heard from my daughter that you won a big event today~,” Silica’s mother said to him, partaking in her steak. “She said that there was this man the hurt her feeling s and you avenged her as well as Sinon and Asuna. You are quite the white knight now aren’t you~.”

“Pfft, you say that but he is known as The Black Swordsman,” Asuna said, unable to stop herself from laughing when she heard that.

“Shoot, you’re right,” Sinon said, remembering Kirito’s nickname while in Vr. “I guess that would make him our dark knight savior~!”

“My, you ladies must be really impressed then to be friends with a famous knight then~,” Silica’s mother said, impressed that her daughter had her eyes set on a knight.

“Mother~!” Silica yelled out in embarrassment, accidentally spilling her drink onto the table, ruining her dress.

CLATTER!

“I’m so sorry!” Silica yelled out in embarrassment, before running off to the bathroom.

“Silica wait!” her mother yelled, concerned that her precious daughter was depressed over a small issue such as this.

“I’ll get her!” Kirito said, leaving the table to follow after her. He used to deal with this sort of thing with Suguha while they were younger. She was such a messy kid that many people thought she was a rowdy boy.

FLUSH!

Several minutes after Silica had run off she managed to dry off her dress in the bathroom and was about to head back to her family, but she was stopped dead in her tracks by a group of three guys that were looking for a girl just like her.

“Hey, what’s a nice girl like you doing out here alone?” the man with dirty blond hair asked her, placing his disgusting hand on her shoulder, making her want to run away, but she was now too scared to move.

“…I... I…”

“Don’t worry, we won’t hurt you. In fact we could show you a good time if you want~,” the brown hair man said to her, blocking of her escape from the left.

“Come on, don’t be shy~. I’m sure that you’ll have much more fun with us,” the red hair guy said, blocking off her escape from the right.

“…I… I…”

“She’s with me,” Kirito said to the three men, walking up behind them. He had saw everything that was happening and knew that he couldn’t let this happen on his watch.

“Hah!? Who the fuck are you?” the blond guy angrily asked, turning around to face Kirito.

“I’m her brother,” Kirito said to the guy that towered over him. Kirito was tall but this guy had to be at least six feet tall.

“Brother?” the guy said, looking back from Kirito to Silica. “You sure as hell don’t look it!”

“I’m her stepbrother,” Kirito said calmly to them. He knew that he was lying, but he knew that they would let her go unless he said that he was her brother or boyfriend, and he was too old for her.

“Hah, like we would ever believe that!” the brown-haired man said back to Kirito.

“Believe it or not, but our father is on his way here right now and he’s a bodybuilder so you better just back away now, or things could get worse for you,” Kirito said continuing his lei. He could fight these guys, but they were at a public establishment, and he didn’t want to cause a scene.

“…Fine, whatever! Have fun with your sister you freak!” the blond guy yelled grabbing Kirito before shoving him right into Silica as he ran off!

THUD!

“Owwww~!” Silica said, rubbing her head while looking around and noticing that Kirito wasn’t there. “Kirito? Kirito where are you?” Silica asked, wondering where he was.

“…Down here!” Kirito said revealing that Silica was sitting on top of him. When he did he started to shrink 1cm. As he shrank Silica could feel him shrink but she didn’t understand what was going on.

“Kirito… are you alright?” Silica asked, getting off of him. She was concerned that something was wrong. He did look a bit different, but did he actually shrink? Was this just her imagination playing tricks on her? He was still taller than she was, so she didn’t seem to notice the change that much, but it would soon become more evident to those around them.

“I’m fine,” he said to her, brushing off his jacket and pants. “We should get back to the others.”

“Yeah, let’s go,” Silica said taking Kirito’s hand as they walked back to the dining hall where Asuna, Sinon, and Silica’s mother were waiting for them.

“Silica dear, are you alright?” her mother asked her as Kirito helped her sit down in her chair.

“I’m fine, Kirito was there for me,” she said looking at Kirito. When he said that he was her older brother she actually felt relieved. It felt nice to have someone care for her. She knew that Kirito had Asuna as a girlfriend in his life, but she hoped that she could continue to see him as her older brother.

From there the rest of the dinner went by smoothly, though that was if you didn’t include Kirito trying to get out of eating his vegetables, but Asuna made sure that he ate them by feeding him in front of all of their friends. She did this all the time for him to make sure that he wasn’t picky about what he ate. It was for his own good and she knew it.

“Thanks again,” Sinon, Asuna, Silica, and Kirito said to Silica’s mother as they left the restaurant. The sun had already set and the chill of the night air was all around them.

“Don’t mention it,” she said back to them. “It was my pleasure, think nothing of it~,” Silica’s mother said happy to see her children full and happy. While she wasn’t their mother she wanted nothing more than to think that they were. They had all become a crucial part of her dear daughter's life and wanted nothing more than to show them all the affection that she could.

“You three should stop down tomorrow. I have something special prepared for all of you~. You don’t have to worry about the time, just come whenever~.”

“Thanks, we’ll definitely stop by~,” Asuna said back to her, as she hoped on the back of Kirito’s bike so he could take her home. Though once on she felt that something was off.

It took them a half hour to get Asuna home from there. Kirito being the gentleman that he was, led her to the front door of her house to receive his goodnight kiss.

“Thanks for the ride Kirito~,” Asuna said, almost forgetting about that uncomfortable feeling that something was off. Though when he went in to kiss her she noticed she was actually taller than him! It wasn’t by much, but she could tell. Her boyfriend had always been a tad bit taller than she was, but for some reason, he was shorter than her now!

While it was true she was wearing heels, they were in no way that big to make this much of a difference. She knew that something was wrong. And her fears were answered as she saw him shrink before her eyes by another 1cm! This made a grand total of 5cm lost in a single day!

“…Asuna, is something wrong?” Kirito asked, wondering why Asuna was being so quite all of a sudden. It was odd, since his body had started to hurt again, was he making a weird face or something?

“….It’s nothing,” Asuna said hoping that this was all just in her imagination, but she knew that she couldn’t deny the truth before her. How would she be able to tell Kirito what was happening to him? Did he know already, and was just hiding it from them?

“Goodnight,” she said, kissing him on the forehead, instead of the lips. When she did she felt her heart start to throb, almost as if she was enjoying this? Did she enjoy this? Did she like feeling taller than Kirito?

These thoughts raced across her mind as Kirito stood before her, unaware of what she was thinking. He was confused about why she kissed him on the forehead this time instead of his lips, but as he did, he noticed something odd.

“Hey Asuna are you alright in those heels?” he asked her, noticing that she was taller than he was now. “They aren’t hurting you are they?” he asked, thinking that it was just her heels that were making her taller than him at the moment.

“I’m fine, you don’t have to worry,” Asuna said to him, trying to not say anything drastic, afraid, how he would react to know that she liked being taller than him, even if it was only by a bit.

“Alright, just making sure,” he said back to her. “I’ll see you tomorrow in Gun Gale. There is another fun event that you and Silica are going to love~! I jusy now thaaaaa-”

Do to being smaller than he was just too, he accidentally tripped going down the steps of Asuna’s front steps, but she managed to catch him before anything drastic could happen to him.

“Careful~,” Asuna said, her heart throbbing even faster, knowing that she was the one to save Kirito this time around. It wasn’t often that she was able to come to his rescue. It was nice~. In truth, she wouldn’t mind saving him a free more time ~.

“Sorry about that,” Kirito said, his face turning beat red from embarrassment. “I should be going now!” he said leaving in a hurry after that.

With that Kirito went home, still unaware of his own shrinking. Though that didn’t stop Asuna from starting a group chats with all of her friends. There she revealed to them what she had discovered and made plans for what to do next~.