Prologue
My name is Kirigaya Kazuto. I have been trapped inside a Virtual Reality Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (VRMMORPG) called Sword Art Online (SAO) for two years with the nickname Kirito. The creator, Akihiko Kayaba, trapped ten thousand players in the game through withdrawing the ability to log out of the game. Being trapped inside SAO meant that the only way to log out would be to reach level 100 of the game and beat the boss there. A side effect of being trapped in the game, was that if you were to die in the game, you would also die in the real world. With these rules established, the players were left to fend for themselves in the world where Akihiko Kayaba is God.
Being in the virtual reality for an extended period of time, more and more players are losing touch of reality. Since there are no laws in the games, players are getting bolder and bolder, to the sense where they started killing each other. Of course, those people are a minority. Another minority would be the people who are actually trying to win the game, to get to level 100 and beat the boss. I am part of this minority. Another important person in this minority was a girl named Asuna. I was a solo player in the majority of the two years in the game, as the few times I partied up or joined a guild, it ended bitterly. I was one of the strongest players in SAO, and was always battling the frontlines with Asuna and her guild, the Knights of Blood (KoB). Through the harsh reality of the game, I believed Asuna and I fell in love with each other. We managed to get married, bought a house and even adopted a daughter called Yui. However, all of it meant nothing when SAO ends.
I have managed to beat the boss of the game, Akihiko Kayaba, with the help of people who are very important to me. People whom, without them, I would not have the strength to face Akihiko. Asuna, of course was one of them.