What comes after the fight? Love. at least for Asuna and Kazuto. But as time passes, more and more demons of their past appear, and enemies that only want to continue the dismay and destruction of the death game. This is a new life, whether good or bad, through the fire and the flames, they will prevail. (Spoiler alert for the Light Novels! KiritoxAsuna.)

How different would the story of Sword Art be if Asuna decided to follow Kirito after fighting Illfang the Kobold Lord. Maybe they could have developed their own guild or even decided to just party together for the whole game.