Marinette Dupain-Cheng, a twenty eight year old, rising fashionista has secrets nobody knows about. That she was the acclaimed dead super-heroine Ladybug but that's just the begining.

The two of them may have never been related by blood, but their bond is as real as any siblings. Together they walked into the virtual world that fateful day, and together, they'll be the ones to fight and survive together. No one can shake a bond stronger than any steel. Canon divergence. Rating for language and situations.

Slavery. The Aincrad Empire's most profitable resource. It spanned throughout the lands like some vast living machine, and Yuuki Konno was just another cog in it's ruthless system. She held no hope. No light... Until she heard the words that would forever change her life; "Sold to the Swordsman in black!" (Future Slavery AU, Kirito X Yuuki, Eventual Eugeo X Tiese)

Adrien looked over at the shy girl as she laughed and joked through their classes. Why wasn't she like that with him? Had he done something wrong, did he make her uncomfortable? Did he intimidate her? He wanted to hear her jokes too, he didn't understand what he had done wrong, but he was determined to fix it. He would get to know Marinette better, maybe then she would be at ease.