AU reboot of the entire SAO storyline, beginning from the premise that Kayaba Akihiko was obsessed with magic and Norse Mythology rather than swords and pure melee. As a result, he created the Death Game of Alfheim Online rather than the floating castle of Aincrad—a world in which PvP is not a crime, and the nine player races are in competition to escape. **SPOILERS IN REVIEWS**

Kazuto was always exceptionally talented, but limited by his own idea of kindness. Having been corrected at an early age, he excels through life without much of a purpose. Now trapped in a rather gruesome death game of his own choice, he will attempt to break though it as Kirito, the famed Prince of Swords. Kirito/Multi

Everything ends, eventually. Eight years after the war, Sakura's unhinged and Sasuke's obsessed. The fields are filled with corpses. AUish, canon-divergent, Sakura-centric.

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.)

A compilation of short drabbles about Kirito and Asuna during some of the simplest of times, which also prove to be some of the most important.

"In order to meet the school admission date, Asuna had been going through severe rehabilitation. After her awakening, I frequently visited the hospital, seeing Asuna grit her teeth while tears flowed as she struggled through her training to walk..." -Volume 4 ch 9. A story of the untold hardships Kazuto and Asuna faced during those 5 long weeks. [Thank you for 6 years of support! ]

Kazuto and Asuna share a sickness in the real world, just as they did online. "I can't believe I'm making you waste one of the last nice days before it gets too cold." She blinked up at him apologetically. "I'm not wasting the day." He promised. "That's absolutely impossible if I'm with you." KazutoxAsuna fluff sickfic

"He gazed up at her with a smile still on his face, entranced by her flawless beauty as she glowed, not from the snowfall nor the moonlight, but with a transient radiance of her very own." A story of their relationship after 10 years of being together, of the hardships and cruelty of fate they must face, and of the unconditional love that they share. KazutoxAsuna (spoilers vol 9)

"You should have been more careful...Didn't you say you were going to protect the person closest to you?"/\\\ "I don't like that. Why do Mama and Papa have to get hurt even when they sleep?"/\\\ "Who would ever guess The Lightning Flash was scared of thunder?" KazutoxAsuna fluff warning.