Kazuto wakes up from SAO to find a Tokyo ridden with blood and mobs in the streets, a civil war breaking out against a totalitarian government. He leads a group of rebels, against the Wolf Brigade, loosing friends like he did in SAO. Through it all, he wants one thing: to find Asuna. Kazuto and Asuna also meet a boy who appears more Wolf than man...a monster. (AU) (KiritoXAsuna)

After the battles of Project D are over, and after declaring at Kaori's grave that he has a small dream to keep nurturing young Gunma area racers, Ryousuke knows that his reality has never been that simple. Fujiwara, as usual, is the wildcard, and Ryousuke finds that his control slips too easily into an emotional ride he thought he would never take again. Ryousuke x Takumi. 801.