A/N: What's up SAO fans! It's time for another chapter. As always, comments and reviews are always more than welcome. Also, the english version for SAO Lost Song will be released on May 12! I am so excited for this!

The feeling of summer enveloped the city of Tokyo with a refreshing and warm breeze. The sky was clear, and the weather was nice. People bustled around the busy city streets. Alicia rode through the city's subway system, impatient to get to her destination. When they finally arrived, she exited the train and made her way through the city. Cherry blossoms were in full bloom as their petals danced in the air as she walked. Finally arriving at her destination, Alicia opened the door to the Dicey Café.

Inside the café, Dan and Kazuto were busy working with some sort of machine and talking in their mechatronic nerd language that Alicia could never understand while Asuna was sitting at the bar and conversing with Agil. Alicia walked into the café, making her presence known to her friends.

"Hey guys!" the black haired teen greeted.

"Hey Alicia" Dan greeted back with a smile. "Sorry I moved our date all the way out here, but Kazuto needed my help with this."

"Sorry. My bad" the raven haired boy apologized. "I'm almost done adjusting these last few parts, then we'll be done."

Alice took a seat at the bar next to Asuna. "What are they working on?" Alicia asked.

"Kazuto's making an upgrade to the machine he made for Yui to be with us in the real world. But he's having some trouble with the circuitry so he called Dan here to help." Asuna explained. "Apparently this should make Yui be able to interact with us a lot more when we're here."

Alicia took notice of four tall poles with camera-like objects attached to them, standing at each corner of the café. A few other small machines that looked like projectors were hung up at other parts of the café. Kazuto went on to explain the mechanics of the machine. "The cameras take 3D high resolution pictures of the café, they're transmitted to this machine here, and Yui can link herself into it so it's as if she can move around the café like in the virtual world."

"It drains a lot of power when we use it though" Dan pointed out. "We should really try using a generator as portion of the power source or it could blow a fuse."

"I've got a generator upstairs." Agil said. "But it's a bit heavy. Mind helping me bring it down Dan?"

"Sure thing" the brown haired teen nodded. The two of them went up to the second floor of the café. Once they were out of earshot, Alicia let out a big sigh.

"What's wrong Alicia?" Asuna asked. "You seem down."

"Well the thing is… you know the anniversary of when Dan and I became a couple is coming up right?"

"Oh yeah, that's right!" Asuna remembered. "What are you getting him? Is it something special?"

"That's just the thing. I don't know what to get him. I can't seem to find the perfect gift."

Asuna put her hand on her friend's shoulder. "Don't stress out about it too much. I'm sure Dan will be happy with whatever you give him. He loves you after all."

"I know, but I really want to get him something special." Alicia explained. "He's done so much for me. He even bought us that house in ALO. I want to give him something that will show how much I care about him."

"You're really dead set on finding the perfect gift, aren't you?"

"Absolutely."

"Alright then." Asuna grinned. "Make sure your schedule is clear for tomorrow."

"Tomorrow? Why?"

"Because you and I are going shopping!" Asuna declared. "Together, we are going to find Dan the perfect gift you're searching for! We can even bring the Rika and the others with us!"

"Thanks Asuna." Alice said with an appreciative smile. "You're the best."

"You better believe it!" the chestnut haired girl grinned.

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-The next day-

The warm weather from yesterday still had not left Tokyo. Another beautiful day was in store for everyone. The female group of Alicia, Asuna, Lilina, Rika, Keiko, Suguha, and Shino walked through the busy city streets. Their mission, to help find Alicia the perfect anniversary present for Dan.

"So why didn't Emi or Clair come along?" Lilina asked.

"I asked them to keep Dan busy for the day." Alicia explained. "They should be hunting together in Alfheim right now."

"You're quite the strategist." Suguha grinned. "Dan better watch out or you might take over as leader of Wyvern Inferno."

"I could see that." Lilina laughed. "He trusts you more than anyone else after all."

"That's why I really want to get him a great present." Alicia told her friends. "I want to show how much I love him."

"Awwww, you guys use the L word! That's so cute!" Rika teased.

Ignoring the blacksmith's comment, the girls continued on towards the mall. Their first stop in the mall was an old game store Dan and Helios often went to that sold older video games. Alicia had only gone there a few times with her boyfriend. While she wasn't a hardcore gamer when it came to vintage video games, she liked the store. It was a nice well-organized place and the manager was a very kind person.

As Alicia and the girls walked into the store, the manager greeted them with a smile. "Hello Alicia. How are you today?"

"Hello Mr. Ichijo." Alicia replied with a bow. "I'm fine, thank you."

"Oh, I see Asuna is here as well."

"Hello sir" Asuna greeted.

"You've been here before?" Shino asked.

"Kazuto's taken me here a couple times. It's a nice place, but there are some… difficulties being here."

"Difficulties?" Keiko questioned.

"You'll see soon enough" Alicia said.

The girls looked around the store, looking at several old games. The store shelves were lined with games you couldn't find in most game stores. Pokemon Crystal, Donkey Kong, Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, there was even the entire Megaman Battle Network collection. As they continued to browse, the girls couldn't help but feel the stares of several gamer nerds in the store.

"Geez. They might as well just hold up a sign saying 'I'm Desperate'." Rika whispered.

"I know. It's like they've never seen a girl before." Shino added.

"It's easier when Dan's here." Alicia told them. "They know better when you've got a guy with you."

The girls continued to browse at the games, while doing their best to ignore the stares. Finally, Alicia gave up. "Let's try somewhere else. I don't see anything that would work." After saying goodbye to the store manager, the girls went to look at some other places.

As Alicia and the others walked around the mall, Rika had an idea for a place they could go to. The blacksmith led them through the mall and finally stopped at one particular store. One word went through the minds of each of the girls.

"No"

"Just hear me out" Rika said.

"There is no argument you can make for this as an anniversary present." Shino said.

"You haven't heard what I have to say yet."

"I have a good idea what you're going to say, and I'm still saying no." Suguha told the blacksmith.

"But I have a really good argument for it."

"My anniversary present to Dan is not going to be seducing him with something from Victoria's Secret!" Alicia told her friend.

"But it would lead to the perfect gift." Rika argued. "Asuna can tell you. I bet she and Kazuto have done it."

"Rika!" Asuna yelled. "That's crossing a line."

"Oh come on, it's a fair guess" the blacksmith said. "How many times have you done it? Sixteen and a half?"

"What Kazuto and I do is none of your business" the chestnut haired girl stated. "And where did you come up with that number? It doesn't even make sense."

"I'm not hearing you say that you haven't done it with him."

"So what if we have? Why are you going on about this?" Asuna asked.

"Well it's not like Alicia and Dan have done it." Rika pointed out. As she said this, Alicia's cheeks blushed nervously, catching the blacksmith's attention. "Alicia? You haven't done it with Dan… have you?"

"N-No" Alicia stuttered which made her sound very unconvincing.

Rika's eyes opened wide, as did all the other girls. "Oh. My. God."

"I-I said we didn't!"

"What was it like?"

"We didn't!"

"Not to egg Rika on, but you definitely did." Asuna retorted. "I know that look."

"Asuna!"

"Come on, tell us!" Rika begged. "We promise anything you say won't leave this group."

"Why are you suddenly asking me instead of Asuna?"

"Because this is WAY more juicy!"

"Rika!"

"Alright, that's enough Rika" Asuna said, coming to Alicia's rescue. "Just let it go."

"But-"

"Unless you want us to go on about the fact that the reason you're doing this is that you don't have a boyfriend."

Rika fell silent, realizing that she had lost this battle. "That was a low move Asuna"

"Then don't go fanaticizing over our men." Asuna smirked.

After finally getting Rika to give up on the Victoria's Secret idea, the girls decided to take a break for lunch. They went to the mall's food court and sat together at a table.

"Today has been nothing but failure" Alicia said with her head bowed down.

"Don't worry." Lilina assured her friend. "We'll find something perfect for Dan. Don't worry."

"Well if all else fails, we could go back to Victoria's-"

"No!" the entire group said in unison to Rika.

Shino took a sip of her soda. "We just need to think of something special."

"How about we think of some memorable moments the two of you have had and use those." Asuna suggested. "What's the most special memory you have of with Dan?"

Alicia thought to herself for a bit for the answer. "Well if I had to pick the most important one, it would probably be when the two of us got married in Alfheim."

"That was pretty romantic" Lilina agreed. "But it's not like the two of you can get married IRL yet."

"Oh my gosh, if they could that would be perfect!" Keiko squealed.

The group continued to think in silence for a solution. Suddenly out of nowhere, Alicia got out of her chair with a look of inspiration on her face. "I'VE GOT IT!"

"What? You thought of something?" Shino asked.

Alicia nodded her head. "I thought of something that just might work." She leaned in and the girls all huddled together as the black haired teen explained her idea.

"That's actually a really great idea." Asuna said.

"Great? It's perfect!" Lilina stated.

"This idea is genius!" Suguha agreed.

"I'm gonna need your help with this, girls." Alicia said. "Will you help me?"

"You bet!" the girls all replied together.

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-A few days later-

Alicia looked at herself in the mirror. She had spent the last hour doing everything she could to make herself look perfect. She picked out a nice red dress to wear, and her mother helped her with her long black hair. Once she was completely finished getting ready, her mother drove her down to the place where the anniversary dinner was supposed to take place.

"I'm still not sure about the place he picked out for you two to have dinner" Alicia's mother said as she drove. "It's not exactly a fancy restaurant."

"I thought the same thing, but I'm sure Dan has his reasons." Alicia argued. "He's not the kind of guy who cheeps out on stuff like this."

"Well in any case I hope you have a good time" her mother said as she pulled up near the place Dan had told Alicia to meet him at. She gave her daughter a kiss on the cheek before the black haired girl exited the car. Alicia waved goodbye to her mother as she drove off.

Alicia walked up to the Dicey Café and opened the door. The place was completely empty, except for Dan, who was wearing a nice suit with a green tie. Dinner music that would usually be heard at fancy restaurants was playing in the background. She took a seat next to him at the table he was sitting at and Agil came out dressed in a waiter outfit. Alicia used all the self-control she could muster to not break out laughing at how different the muscular owner of the café looked.

"Good evening. I'll be your server tonight." Agil said in a formal manner. He handed out a menu to the couple. "We have a very special selection tonight. Can I get you anything to drink?"

After ordering their drinks and their food, most of which was far fancier than what Alicia had ever seen on the café's menu before, Agil left the couple alone and went to prepare the food. Once he was out of earshot, Alicia let out a quiet chuckle. "He looks so weird when he's dressed like that."

"Come on, cut him some slack." Dan said, trying not to show how funny he thought Agil looked either. "He's doing his best to make this seem like a fancy restaurant."

"Why did you want our date to be here anyway?" the black haired girl asked. "As funny as it was to see Agil like that, I doubt that's all you had planned."

"Well the main reason I wanted it to be here was because of this." Dan said as he flipped a switch, turning on the machines he had been working on with Kazuto the other day. "Oh and before I forget" he added as he pressed a button on one of the machines and spoke into it. "Yui, you can come out now."

As he said this, two of the three projector like objects on the walls shined a blue light by the table where Alice was sitting at. Several small pixels began to appear and manifested together, revealing Yui in her tiny pixie form, looking like a blue hologram. She was distorted a little, but that was unmistakably the small navigation pixie that was Kazuto and Asuna's daughter.

"Yui?! Oh my gosh, this is so cool!" Alicia exclaimed.

"Looks like it worked." Dan said. "How is it, Yui? Can you see us?"

Yui nodded her head. "Yes. Everything seems to be working fine. I can see and hear you perfectly."

"How did you do this?" Alicia asked.

"Well like Kazuto told you before, the cameras at each corner of the café take 3D pictures and then send them these" Ren said pointing to one of the projectors. "Yui then links herself to these like a wifi hotspot and she can move around a virtual version of the café, while this astral version of her moves around here. To put it simply, it's like there's two Dicey Cafes linked together, one with astral versions of us and a real Yui, and one with an astral Yui and the real us."

"That's incredible!" the black haired teen said.

"I was planning on it just being us, but Yui really wanted to see this next part." Ren said as he walked to the projector that wasn't turned on. "We'd usually also use this third projector for her astral image, but I needed it for something else."

"Something else?" Alicia asked.

"Just watch." Dan told her. He dimmed the lights and turned the last projector on, sending an image to the left wall of the café. Dan sat down with Alicia, while Yui sat on the table as the projector began to show a slideshow of some of Dan and Alicia's greatest moments spent together. Tons of pictures the couple had taken together came one after the other while the song "Thousand Years" played in the background.

Alicia was at a loss for words as she reminisced at the pictures of her and Dan and the one and a half years they had spent together since SAO ended. Tears of joy began to form in her eyes as she leaned on her boyfriend's shoulder and watched the memories pass by.

"This is so beautiful"

"I was hoping you'd like it." Dan said.

"I'm not even sure my present for you even comes into the same league as this."

"Don't worry about it. I know I'm going to love whatever it is." Dan told her as he kissed her forehead. "What did you get me anyway?"

"It's a secret." Alicia giggled. "You'll have to wait until later."

Agil brought out the food and drinks for the couple. The two of them ate their meal together as the slideshow continued to play. Alicia had ordered a plate of spaghetti and ate most of it, leaving a single noodle left on her plate. Dan looked into her eyes and knew immediately what she was thinking. Alicia fed him one end of the noodle, while she put the other in her mouth. Their lips slowly made their way to the center of the spaghetti noodle where they shared a long kiss. They both knew it was cliché and maybe even a little cheesy, but they didn't care.

After the slideshow ended and they finished their dinner, Dan thanked Agil for letting him use the café like this, and the couple went back to Dan's house. Alicia had already told her parents that she'd be spending the night with him. When they walked into Dan's house, it was already nine o'clock. Dan's mother smiled at the sight of the couple.

"How was your dinner?" she asked.

"It was great" Dan replied.

"Mind telling me the details?"

Dan was about to argue and say he just wanted to spend time with his girlfriend until Alicia leaned in and whispered into her boyfriend's ear. "Just talk to her for a bit so I can get your present ready. Meet me upstairs in ten minutes."

Dan obeyed the black haired girl and walked into the kitchen to talk with his mother for a bit while Alicia went upstairs. After giving her some time, he went upstairs as well. He entered his room and found Alicia lying on his bed with an Amu Sphere on her head. A note was right next to her, which Dan picked up and read.

Meet me in Alfheim. Your gift's in there.

Dan grabbed his Amu Sphere and fit it around his head. He laid down next to the already logged in Alicia and entered the virtual world.

"Link Start!"

Ren entered the world of Alfheim and woke up on the bed of the player home he had bought for him and Alice. He got off the bed and walked into the living room of the house. Alice had told him to meet her in here, but where was she.

"Alice? Where are you?"

Right after he said this, a pair of hands covered his eyes from behind. He heard Alice giggling behind him, showing that she was the one blinding the male Imp right now. She turned him around and removed her hands from her boyfriend's eyes. His mouth dropped when he saw Alice.

The female Imp was not dressed in her usual gear and her scythe was unequipped as well. In their place, Alice was wearing a long elegant white wedding dress. In her hands was a bouquet of pink flowers.

"Do you like it?" Alice asked.

"You look… beautiful" Ren said, barely able to contain his surprise.

"I got something for you to wear too." Alice told him. "Check our inventory."

Ren opened his menu and scrolled down his item storage that he shared with his in-game wife. Finally, he found the item the female Imp was referring to. He equipped it, and the coat he usually wore was replaced with a black tux.

"What is this all about?" Ren asked.

"It's your anniversary present." Alice smiled. "I got Mai to bring my Amu Sphere to your place while we were out eating." She grabbed Ren's hand and led him outside. When the walked outside, Ren found the area in front of their house had transformed.

A white pathway was laid out in front of them, leading to a small pedestal at the end. All of their friends from ALO were gathered around, all dressed in semi-formal clothes. Kirito, Asuna, Yui, Liz, Silica, Sinon, Leafa, and everyone from their guild were there.

"I know we already got married in-game" Alice said "But we never had any official ceremony or anything. So I thought we could do a mock wedding ceremony."

Ren was shocked beyond belief. "This… this is… wow"

"I got everyone together and told them to meet up here." Alice explained. "I know it's nothing special, but-"

"Are you kidding?" Ren said. "This is amazing."

"You really like it?"

"How could I not?"

Alice grabbed Ren's hand and the two of them walked down the aisle together. They stood in front of the pedestal, where Asuna came up to with a book in hand.

"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today… oh screw it, let's skip this and get to the part everyone cares about. Do you Alice take Ren to be your husband?"

"I do" Alice smiled.

"And do you Ren take Alice to be your wife?"

"I do" Ren said as he gazed into Alice's eyes.

"Then by the power vested in me by the gods of Alfheim, I now pronounce you husband and wife." Asuna declared. "You may now kiss the bride."

Ren didn't need to be told twice as he grabbed Alice by her waist and brought her in for a long passionate kiss. Cheers were heard by all of their friends, congratulating the couple. As they finished their kiss, Alice whispered something into Ren's ear.

"I know this was just a mock wedding, but why don't we have a special private honeymoon?"

"I agree" Ren whispered back. He took Alice and lifted her up with a bridal carry, causing even more cheers from their friends. Alice wrapped her arms around Ren's neck. The two went back inside their house.

"Bet you wish you had that stuff from Victoria's Secret right now!" Liz called out jokingly as the couple walked inside.

"Shut it, Liz!" Alice yelled back as the door closed behind them.

Ren brought Alice back to their bedroom and the couple cuddled together in bed, embracing each other and blocking out everything else in the world.

"I know I say this a lot" Ren said "But I love you. I love you more than anything else in the world."

"I love you too" Alice said back. "When I'm with you, it makes everything else in the world seem so small. You make me glad that SAO happened. I know that sounds wrong but-"

Ren interrupted Alice with a kiss on the lips. "I feel the same way"

The couple continued to lay there in bed, trapped in their moment of happiness, not needing anything other than each other.

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Alicia opened her eyes as the morning light peered into the room. She rubbed her groggy eyes as she sat up from the bed. She looked over to see Dan still fast asleep next to her. When he slept like this, he didn't seem like the powerful warrior that had helped clear SAO. Rather, he looked like a little kid taking a nap.

"Dan…" Alicia whispered softly into her boyfriend's ear. "Wake up. It's morning."

"Mmmm?" Dan murmured as he slowly opened his eyes. He still felt a little sleepy, but waking up to the sight of the girl he loved made him smile. "Hey Alice. Good morning."

The couple got dressed and went downstairs. Greeting the two of them as they walked into the kitchen were Dan's mother and his sister Clair.

"Good morning you two lovebirds." Dan's mother smiled. "Did you sleep well?"

Dan could easily tell the hidden question behind her words. He walked up and whispered into his mother's ear so Clair couldn't hear "Before you start, I'd like to remind you that Clair's in the room. You wouldn't want a repeat of what happened the night of the school dance, right?"

"Fair point" his mother agreed, giving up on her plans to embarrass the couple with her questions.

The group all sat down and ate breakfast together. Dan had already gone out of his way to keep his sister from telling their mother what happened last night in Alfheim, so at least the couple was safe from that being leaked.

It was a little before noon that Alicia's father pulled up to the house to pick up the black haired girl. Alicia grabbed her belongings, gave her boyfriend a kiss goodbye and left with her father. It was a long awkward car ride back, as Alicia knew her father would be asking questions any second now.

"So…" Mr. Tsuki began "I have a question for you, Alicia."

'Oh god, here it comes' the black haired teen thought.

"Where exactly did you sleep last night?"

"I-I slept in the guest room." Alicia said.

"Alicia…"

"What?"

"I can tell when you're lying, you know."

"How did you know?"

"Alicia, I raised you. I'm pretty sure I can tell when my own daughter is lying to me. After all, I taught you everything you know about lying."

"Fine" the black haired girl admitted. "I slept in Dan's room."

"And did anything happen between you two?"

"No! Nothing happened, I swear!"

"… Alright, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and believe you're not lying about that" Alicia's father said.

Alicia took a sigh of relief.

"I know Dan is a good kid and he'd never take advantage of you" her father continued "So as long as nothing bad happens, I won't disapprove of you two sleeping together every now and then. Just make sure you don't do anything stupid."

"Y-Yes dad" Alicia nodded, with her face red from embarrassment which earned a chuckle from her father. "… Are you going to tell mom about this?"

"Well, I don't think she'd be too harsh on you" Alicia's father said. "But for safety's sake I'll tell her the lie you tried to sell to me. Unlike you, I'm pretty good at it. As long as you make sure to keep that promise with me."

"S-Sure thing dad." Alicia agreed.

A/N: Phew, writing this chapter took longer than expected but I'm finally done. I hope everyone enjoyed the chapter this week. Also, if you haven't checked it out yet, I started another SAO fic called Secrets Revealed. The first two chapters are currently up. Please give it a look and give any comments and reviews you have for it or this story.