New Life

Disclaimer: I don't own SAO

A/N: This is my take on what happens after SAO 1, except that SAO 2 won't exist in this story

Chapter 1: The after party

Kirito flew up to New Aincrad, alongside him were Leafa, Scilica, Lizabeth, Klein, Yui in her pixie form, and of course Asuna. Once they all arrived, Scilica and Liz went to see around the city, Klein went off to flirt with women, Leafa went to see Recon, and Yui followed, wanting to spend time with her Aunt Sugu. Leaving Kirito and Asuna alone together.

Asuna looked over to Kirito, "So Kirito, what do you think of my new avatar?" She asked.

Kirito smiled, "You look amazing." He said, making Asuna blush, "Except…" He added, making her blush disappear. Kirito pointed to her head, "It's your hair." He said plainly.

Asuna placed her hands on her head, pointlessly trying to hide it, "W-what? Do…do you not like it?"

Kirito shook his head, "No! It's not that. It looks great." He said, putting Asuna a bit more at ease, "It's just that, I prefer your real hair color. You look much better with your normal hair color, to me at least." He said softly, hoping to save himself from getting struck.

Asuna blushed again when he said that, to thank him for the compliment, she walked over to him and gave him a loving kiss on the lips. "I love you, Kirito." She said once their lips parted.

Kirito blushed slightly, "Let's go. Everyone else is gonna want us to show up." He said. Asuna nodded, wrapping her arm around his as they walked together.

Not long after the two arrived, Yui ran to them, "Mommy! Daddy!" She cried joyfully as she held the both of them in a big hug.

The in-game married couple returned the gesture, "Having fun, Yui?" Asuna asked.

Yui looked up at her mother and smiled, "Yeah! Aunt Sugu is so much fun! And I think she's starting to fall for Recon. That's why I left to find you two. So I could give them some privacy." Then she looked to both of them and flashed them an adorable smile, "Plus, I wanted to spend as much time as possible with you."

This caused both of her parents to smile, and Asuna began to shed some tears. Yui noticed this, "Mommy? What's wrong?" She asked, concerned that maybe she did something wrong. Kirito smiled and wiped Asuna's tears away, knowing why she was tearing up. Asuna picked up Yui, "I'm just so happy to have you and your Daddy back." She said as she embraced her daughter in a hug.

A few hours later, everyone was at the plaza, listening to stories of the frontlines that Asuna and Kirito were sharing. They had just finished telling the crowd about the Gleam Eyes Boss. "So, anyone else wanna ask the legendary duo here a question?" Klein asked, embarrassing the two with the 'legendary' part.

One of the female players raised her hand and asked, "How did that little girl become your in-game daughter?" She asked curiously, followed by many voices of agreement with her question. Apparently, it was a very popular subject.

Yui blushed as she realized that she had become the center of the crowd's attention, making her hide her face in her mother's side. Asuna giggled slightly, "It's an amazing story. You see, not long after Kirito and I got married, we bought a log cabin on floor 22. He took me out for a walk in the forest when we stumbled upon this girl, who had collapsed on the ground."

She then stopped, allowing Kirito to say the next part, "We brought her to our home and let her spend the night with us. The next morning, she woke up but had no memory of who she was. All she knew was her name. We tried teaching her our names, but she kept mis-pronouncing them, so I just told her to just call us whatever was easier."

Then he placed a hand on Yui's head as he looked to her, "You wanna tell them what you decided to call us?" Yui looked up at her father to see the look of pride he had in her. She nodded and looked up to the crowd, "I called them Mommy and Daddy!" She said happily, generating a collection of "aww" from the crowd. Asuna and Kirito then took turns explaining the rest of the story. Once they finished, the crowd clapped and cheered for the family.

Many hours later and Kirito and Asuna walked to an inn with Yui holding one of each of their hands. They booked a room and logged out after spending some time to sleep with Yui. Kazuto removed the nerve gear, wishing he could have stayed with them, but knew it was best that he didn't. He then heard a knock on his door, "Come in." He said.

The door opened to reveal Suguha, "Hey there, Kazuto. Hope you and Asuna enjoyed the after party." She said, he nodded, "Yeah. We had a great time. What did you think of your bonding time with your Niece?" He asked with a bit of humor in his voice. Sugu simply rolled her eyes, "It was good, but it's a little weird to hear her call me 'Aunt Sugu.'" She told him. She turned to leave the room, "Well, goodnight big brother." Kazuto smiled, "Goodnight."

Meanwhile, Asuna was sitting on her bed, daydreaming of the man she loves. "In the real world, he's my boyfriend. But in the game…he's…my…husband." She thought, bringing a blush to her face.

She was brought out of her trance when her mother had walked into her room, "Asuna!" She said loudly, "I've been calling for you!"

Asuna scratched the back of her head, "Sorry mom. I was kinda lost in thought." She answered. Her mom gave her a suspicious look, "It wasn't about that boy from that fake world, was it?"

Asuna instantly glared at the woman, "And what if I was?" She asked defensively. "He's far beneath your stature! You're a woman born into a wealthy family, your man should be of the same class! How dare you waste your time with someone so irrelevant?"

"SHUT UP!" Asuna screamed, "Kirito is the best! He's strong, brave, courageous, kind, polite, and twice the man as any person you could ever pick for me!"

Asuna's mother scoffed, "Honestly! The best suitor is, or rather, was Nobuyuki Sugou."

That was it. Asuna had lost all sense of judgement and slapped her mother across the face, "That rapist could never be better than my Kirito! I love him! I love him and if you can't accept him, then I can't accept you!" She said as she grabbed her nerve gear, along with her purse and ran out of the room, shoving her mother out of her way. Asuna ran faster and faster, heading towards the Kirigaya residence, tears pouring down her face.

Unable to sleep, Kirito was watching TV in the living room, the volume was just barely loud enough to be heard, since he didn't want to wake up Sugu, or his Aunt.

Just then, he heard a flurry of knocking on the door. Kazuto got up to answer the door, "Who the hell could that be at this time of night?" He opened his door to see Asuna, her hair a mess, eyes red from all the crying, cheeks soaked from the tears that were still pouring down her face.

"Kirito!" She cried as she shoved herself into his arms and continued to ball her eyes out. Kazuto had pulled her inside, closed the door, and led her into the living room to sit on the couch.

After a while, he heard Asuna's crying begin to quiet down, so he decided to speak, "Asuna…what are you doing here?" He asked, rubbing her back soothingly.

She continued to look into his shoulder, "My…mom…sh-she said…she said that…" Asuna stopped. She couldn't say it. It was all still too soon. Kazuto, while not fully understanding what she's talking about, knew that she needed him right now.

He tightened his grip on her, "It's ok, Asuna. You don't have to be afraid. I'm right here, and I'm not going anywhere." He then took one of his hands and cupped Asuna's cheek with it, "You wanna go into ALO and spend the night in-game?" He asked, thinking that Yui might be able to help cheer her up.

Asuna shook her head, "No…I don't want Yui…to see me…like this." She then looked into his eyes, "I need you Kirito. Please, help me."

Kazuto smiled, "I'm always going to be right here for you Asuna. No matter what." This caused Asuna to finally smile, "Thank you, Kirito. I lo-."

She paused mid-sentence as she was, finally, able to register the attire of the boy in front of her. He wasn't wearing the T-shirt and sweats that he wore when they slept in SAO, he was bare-chested, and only had some old gym shorts on.

Kazuto was also only just now realizing what Asuna was wearing. She had been wearing a nightgown, similar to the one she wore in SAO, but the big difference, was that it seemed to be just a slight bit too small in certain areas.

The couple blushed as Asuna crossed her legs and covered her chest, while Kazuto ran to the bathroom to grab his robe. After a moment, he walked back in, "Sorry…wasn't exactly expecting company tonight." He said with a nervous chuckle.

Asuna shook her head, "No, it's ok. I mean, it could've been worse…right?" She asked, feeling a bit more relaxed again. Kazuto nodded, "We should get to bed. A lot's happened." She nodded and walked with him upstairs.

When they arrived at Kazuto's room, he stopped at the door, "Should I offer we share the bed? It's not like it'd be the first time…I mean, we did that a bunch in SAO after we got married in-game." He thought to himself, "No. She would probably punch me and/or call me a pervert." He then opened the door and gestured for her to go in, "Well, make yourself comfortable. I'll sleep on the couch. Goodnight."

Just before he could walk away, he felt Asuna grab his hand, "Kirito…please don't leave…I'm so scared…and hurt…I need you close to me tonight…" She said with a sign of begging clear in her voice. Kazuto smiled and wrapped her in an embrace, "Ok. We'll share the bed." He said with a slight blush. They both got into bed and under the covers, during this, Asuna never stayed any further than 3 inches from Kazuto. Once they were under the covers, Asuna wrapped her arms around him and laid her head on his chest. He wrapped his arms around her as well, burying his nose in her hair. They then fell asleep in each other's arms.