Ichigo's POV

Ichigo woke and went for his morning jog, clearing his mind as he ran. He kept wondering what he was missing in life. He always felt a bit empty, like to was missing a big part of him.

He never previously had these thought because he had always been busy fighting or protecting those close to him.

As he kept wondering what he was missing, he had made a list. He had his family be his side, he had close and reliable friends, and...and he couldn't find that missing piece. That piece of the puzzle that he had no clue where or what it was.

As he made his way back to his home, he started thinking about life on campus. He would lots of people and make some new friends, hopefully, and find that piece that was missing.

Ichigo went upstairs and showered and finished moving the last of his boxes into the back of his car. He went back inside to have a few final words with his sisters and old man before he goes out and starts his own life.

Yuzu came running up to him and hugged him with teary eyes.

"Please be safe, Ichi-nii, and come back as often as possible, okay?" Yuzu asked.

"I will, you just need to make sure that these two don't starve to death without you and be good to the old man." Ichigo replied.

Karin came and gave him a hug and said "Don't do anything stupid or harmful, okay?"

Ichigo chuckled and replied with, "No promises, but I'll consider it if you don't beat the old man until he can't breathe anymore."

Ichigo gave his old man a pat on the back and told him, "Thanks, Dad, for everything."

Issin grinned and replied, "That's my job as a father, I'm here to guide you and set you on your own path. Just be sure to not sway away from who you are mean't to be. And I should be expecting some grandbabies by winter, right?"

Ichigo sighed and went to his car and got in it and started it. He sat there and took a deep breath and closed his eyes. For some reason he felt frightened, he would be away from the people he has spent countless years with. And if something were to happen to them what could he do? It's not like he can just be in two places at once, or get here in two seconds.

He was worried, but he took another breath and started to pull out of the drive way and was leaving, only to see in his rear view mirror his family waving him off. He couldn't help but smile as he drove off to begin the next chapter in his life.

Asuna's POV

Asuna was stuck, she was stuck in a closet and could only see through a keyhole.

Everything was in black, white and red.

What she saw through the keyhole was a young man with a giant horn in his head and a enormous sword, fighting a creature that looked to be crying and that lacked a heart. Just off in the distance though she could see Kirito on the ground motionless, covered in blood.

She screamed, shouted and tried to move but it seemed that her actions were useless.

All she could do was watch, she couldn't help the one she held most precious in the entire world.

Asuna shot straight up in her bed, soaked in sweat, she looked at her clock reading 0630. She ran into her bathroom and went to wash her face. As she tried to recall her dream, it slowly faded away.

Asuna sighed.

'Maybe its just a bad dream of what could have happened in SAO. I mean there is no way that there could monsters like that in a real world, right? But a monster fighting another monster didn't make any sense. If they were AIs then why would they fight each other?' Asuna thought to herself.

Asuna shook her head and just erased the thought of her dream.

It was her big day, she wasn't gonna let it be ruined because of some bad dream.

Asuna went and took a quick shower. After that she picked up the last of her few boxes and put them into her car.

Asuna stopped and stared back at her house and all the memories that came with it. The first time she slipped on her NerveGear to enter a world she never thought possible. Making new friends and finding the love of her life, who had saved her countless times.

Asuna couldn't help but feel all warm inside and happy. This was it, she was going to begin her own life, a life where she could follow her passions and dreams.

Asuna got into her car and started to drive off, thinking's about all the new possibilities she could grasp. All this along with her family and loved ones. She was to begin another chapter in her own book of life.