"Thank you for letting me know Kirito-san, and hopefully we can both move on from our past," she said with a slight nod before heading into the dojo. She wanted to make sure her swordplay wasn't rusty.

" I hope we can too." Kirito said and was looking forward to training again.

"It may have been a while since I've last held my sword, but I want you to come at me with all you've got," Artunia replied with a grin on her face.

"You can bet on it." Kirito said with a grin.

Artunia grinned as she used Invisible Air to make her sword appear in front of her as she got into her stance, waiting for Kirito to draw his weapon or weapons.

" Sakura are you okay?" Deanna asked seeing a strange look on her friend's face.

"It might...be just a little jealously from me. I liked being Kirito's apprentice and well..." Sakura replied.

" I know. But I think you still are his apprentice. I have a feeling he wants to see how another swords user fights. " Deanna said.

"Alright..."

"Saku, remember how hard it was for him to even let you into his heart? I don't think he'll just let Artunia into it," Thalia added. Granted there were times to tease Sakura, but this wasn't one of those times.

" Thalia is right." Deanna said with a kind smile. " Let's go see what we can do to help mom out. " She said after a while.

Sakura nodded, though still looked towards the dojo where Kirito was sparring with Artunia.

" Good match Arite. " Kirito said with a smile.

"Thanks. You as well Kirito-san. You've really come into the dual sword style I see," Artunia replied with a small smirk. Sure she had some bruises on her arms and a few dents in her armor, but that was nothing. She had proved to herself that she wasn't rusty when it came to swordplay. "My...mate, I guess you could say, also used a dual sword style though his swords were shorter."

" He did? " Kirito asked seeing the sadness in Artie's eyes.

Artunia nodded. "Two dao swords. Those were his two favorite to Trace," she said with a light smile on her face.

" Sounds cool. " Kirito and looked at the clock. " I have a feeling we better see if Salem needs our help. " He said since he had offered to help with dinner.

"I take it we're helping with dinner tonight then?" Artunia asked.

" I think so. Though I'm not sure what Salem has planned. " Kirito said.

"Alright," she replied glad that Shirou had taught her a few things when it came to the kitchen. She wasn't a master chef like he was...but she could get by.

Salem was getting the things ready for BLTs, hoping that it would be okay with everyone, since lunch had been a big one." Hey guys. Happy to see you." He said .

"Thanks. That's still odd to hear," Artunia admitted as she saw that Salem was getting things ready for BLTs. "Is there anything that we could do to help?" she asked.

" I understand how you feel. Artie would you like to slice tomatoes? And Kirito get the lettuce ready please ? I have the bacon in the oven since that's the best way to cook it. " Salem said with a grin.

"Sure," Artie replied. She knew that cutting tomatoes were hard, but not impossible to cut. "Just slices, right?" she asked.

" Just slices and not too thin." Salem said as he checked the bacon.

Artunia nodded as she started the task, focusing on cutting the tomatoes.