A/N: Very short story that came to me on the bus home. Wanted to write it while it was in my mind so yeah.

Aincrad, Alt ending. Rage.

"Unexpected." Akihiko grunted. Kazuto looked into his lovers' eyes, her fading smile, her last words, 'I'm sorry... Goodbye...' She shattered into hundreds of polygons, floating off until they disintegrated.

Tears fell to the floor he stood, chasing the polygon, until the last one popped on his fingertip.

He screamed.

"How pathetic." Kayaba taunted, raising his sword.

"No."

"Eh?"

"NO! Not how pathetic! How beautiful! How wonderfully beautiful!" Kazuto stood, his hands clenched into fists. He grabbed Asuna's lambent light, and slammed his elucidator into the ground, it stood with the tip of the blade wedged into the ground.

"What?"

"A relationship between humans, in a world of death! You failed! We did not despair, we did not give up! We fought! We fought and fought and killed boss after boss! And when we wanted to give up!? We stood for one another! And in her honour... I WILL KILL YOU!"

Kazuto went into a completely open stance, sword by his side, hand clenched at his right, his feet grounded, roughly pressing into the ground. He gritted his teeth, before releasing the most vicious war cry he could. His eyes flew open, the widest they could.

Klein and Agil watched in awe, the raid group having the same reaction.

"KYAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

Kayaba almost looked worried, and locked his shield and sword in preparation.

Kazuto started to form an aura around his body, the ground around him shaking, before he launched forward, still screaming at the top of his lungs.

A jet of light appeared behind him, charging forward at supersonic speeds.

Lambent light slammed against the impenetrable shield, a flashing blue aura flowing around the blade, pushing into the shield.

The shield cracked, as Kayaba struggled to push back.

"KYAAAAAAAAA!"

"UUUUUUU-"

The shield smashed into hundreds of pieces as Kazuto broke through. Everything went into slow motion, as Kazuto screamed in pain, fear, and pure, unadulterated, rage.

Kayaba's eyes widened, as the sharp rapier sped toward his screaming face. The sword pierced right through his throat, his jaw hanging open as he split into hundreds of polygons.

He landed roughly, the sword clinking against the floor.

"Kirito!" Klein shouted, tears of sadness and joy streaming.

"Make a good life for yourself Klein. The same goes for all of you. But never forget this world. Or the people that lived and died for you... Promise me."

The raid party nodded, and he nodded back, before dropping Asuna's blade,picking up his own sword and aiming it at his stomach.

"If there was ever a time to question being an atheist..." He said. "Now would be the time. Live by the sword... And you will die by the sword."

"Kirito no!" Agil shouted. Kazuto plunged the 700-710 slash damage blade into his stomach, and stumbled back a couple of steps.

"Goodbye. Klein. Agil." He fell to his knees, and closed his eyes, watching the HP metre tick down. It hit zero, and he sighed.

"Asuna. Here I come." He released his breath, and looked up, as the words, You are dead appeared across his screen. He lit up, the black swordsman, leaving his home in Aincrad. The beater burst into hundreds of polygons, as the fighters of Sao wept for their hero.

~Death zone.

"K-Kirito?"

"A-Asuna?"

"W-Why are you here?"

"Heh... I guess I died." He refrained from using the word suicide.

"Baka... Dummy..." She rushed forward and embraced him, tears soaking his cloak.

Maybe the afterlife wouldn't be so bad with Asuna. Maybe they would wake up. All he knew was, Sao was over, and he had Asuna right now. And so. He was happy.

A/N: I don't know why, but I really wanted to write that. So yeah... Let me know what you thought!