Sword Art Online

After The Incident

Chapter 16 – Confrontation

I smiled softly over at Asuna as we finished our last dish in our romantic dinner. I sighed softly and leaned back into my seat, completely stuffed.

"ooOoOoh…" I moaned softly as I rubbed my stomach "I should have stopped after the third dish…"

"That´s what you get," Asuna simply stated as she sipped her tea "for wolfing down your food…"

"Shut up…" I mumbled softly "You looked pretty hungry at dish number 2, too"

"But at least I was eating with care" She mumbled softly as she smiled over at me "Come on, let me see a smile, why don´t you?"

I rolled my eyes at her and smiled a bit "hehe, I guess I can do that" I mumbled as I smiled at her sweetly.

"There you go" she said with a smile "That´s the smile I want to see"

"You´re too good to me sometimes" I said with a smile "I still don´t like you want to pay for all of this"

"Well, that´s what´s going to happen" She said with a smile ""Don´t worry, I have more than enough money"

"But, shouldn´t the man be the one to pay?" I asked as I sat up properly in my seat.

"Maybe, but," She said as she raised a finger "you payed last time, so I'll pay this time"

"I guess that is fair…" I mumbled "I guess I can let you pay this time. Though it won´t happen again"

"Oh, why it will" She said with a chuckle as the waiter arrived with the bill, and she happily payed it.

I was still worried about the price. But when she said it was alright, I guess it was alright.

I smiled over at Asuna as she stood up from the table, and I followed suit, with a bright smile. I smiled and tangled arms with my princess as we headed out of the restaurant, smiling a bit as I held her close to me.

"You´re really warm Kazuto" She mumbled softly as she looked at me with worry "You sick or something?"

"Huh? No, I´m fine hun" I said softly as I looked at her "I don´t know what you´re talking about"

"You sure hun?" She mumbled as she put a hand on my forehead "You seem really hot…"

"N-No, I´m fine Asuna" I said softly "I feel a little warm, but otherwise I´m fine"

"I-If you say so Kazuto" She mumbled with a worried expression "Just tell me if you feel bad or anything, ok?"

"Of course hun" I said with a smile and a nod "You don´t have to worry so much about me, you know"

"I know, it´s just-" Asuna mumbled softly "It´s just that I care about you…"

"I know hun, I care about you too" I said with a smile "But care can quickly turn to overprotectiveness"

"Yeah, that´s true" She mumbled softly in response "I guess I worry a bit too much"

"Yeah," I said as I kissed her cheek " Your care makes you even cuter though"

She blushed deep red and pushed me away playfully as she giggled.

"S-Shut up! You´re making me blush!"

"Aww, little Asuna is getting embarrassed huh?"

"S-Shut up!"

"Sorry hun!"

I smirked a bit and kissed her cheek again before we began walking back to our hotel. On the way there I stopped in my tracks and smiled a bit as I remembered something.

"Hey! Actually, there´s something I want to show you, Asuna"

"Oh really?" She asked surprised "What is it Kazuto!?"

"Well, if I told you now, it wouldn´t be a surprise, now would it?"

"Yeah that´s true.." She mumbled softly.

"Come on, I´ll take you there" I said with a smile as I lead her on by the hand.

After a while we arrived at a mountain peak, not long from the village. I smiled a bit as I let her up to a small snow covered bench, not long from a big chasm in the mountain. I smiled a bit as we sat down, and I looked up at the sky.

"Try looking up" I said with a smirk.

She did what I told her and widened her eyes a bit from wonder.

"W-What the…" She mumbled astonished "Wow, the sky is so clear around here! How did you know about this place!?"

"Weeelll.." I said with a teaseful smirk "I may or may not have searched about some things about this place on the internet before we got here…"

"You jerk, you should have told me!" She said with a teaseful punch on my arm "It´s very beautiful Kazuto…"

"Right?" I said with a caring smile "It said on the internet that this was one of the most popular sites for couples… It´s a miracle we have it all to ourselves"

"C-Couples!?" She exclaimed surprised "S-So you´re saying…"

"What? What is it?" I asked as I looked over at her.

"S-So you´re saying,,," She mumbled, blushing deep red "Y-You want to…"

"Make out?" I said teasefully.

"N-No! That´s not what I was going to say!" She yelled at me.

I chuckled softly and smiled at her "Well, what is it then? What we´re you going to say?"

"W-Well, what I was trying to say was," She said with a blush "You we´re trying to be romantic with me?"

"Well yes, that was the plan" I said with a smirk "If you want to I mean"

"W-Well this is the right.. Environment I guess" She mumbled, as she leaned her head on my shoulder.

I smiled softly and wrapped an arm around her shoulders softly. I shifted a bit closer to her and smiled as I felt her arms wrap around my waist lovingly, and I chuckled softly as I felt how we both began to relax and calm down.

I began to tell her all about the starsigns we could see in the sky, as well as telling about which was my very own lucky star.

"You see the star right beside the Sagittario?" I asked softly as I pointed upwards "That´s my lucky star"

"Why that one, especially?" Asuna asked softly.

"Well, let me tell you a little story" I mumbled as I cleared my throat.

"You see, back when I was still practicing kendo" I started out "My grandfather always complimented me on my accuracy with a sword. When we we´re out stargazing one night, he showed me the Sagittarius. And he told me I almost had just as great accuracy as him. Almost. Which is why he picked out a star so close to the Sagittarius. Because my accuracy was so close to being the same as the Sagittarius"

"Wow…" Asuna mumbled dreamily "I thought you told me he beat you up when you quit kendo"

"Yeah, he did" I said with a small smile "But I guess he was hurt when I gave up on something he found really important"

"Yeah, I kind of understand how he felt" She mumbled as she leaned against me "Have you ever talked to him about it?"

"Guess I never had the chance before I was caught in SAO"

"Then, that´s what you´re going to do when we get home!" Asuna said with a determined voice "You´ll have to get back on good terms with your grandfather!"

"It´s been many years since we fought though" I said with a regretful tone "I doubt he even wants to talk to me…"

"Well, you never know until you try" She said with an optimistic tone "Maybe he´s been waiting for you to approach him about this"

"Yeah, maybe" I mumbled as I looked over at her with a smile "You are really goof with motivational speeches you know"

She blushed a little and chuckled softly.

"Well, I have to be" She said as she smiled "Or else I can´t cheer up my boyfriend when he´s sad"

"Aww, you´re such a romantic" I said with a smile as I pulled her closer to me.

I smiled softly as I looked into her eyes, our faces only about an inch apart. I smiled and softly pecked on Asuna´s lips.

"You´ve got to be every man´s dream" I whispered softly, the wind picking up a bit around us.

I chuckled softly as I saw a slight blush creep along Asuna´s cheeks. She smiled softly and didn´t bother to repel, as she had fallen into the moment by now.

"And you are the most handsome swordsman, ever" She mumbled softly as she kissed me back.

This time it was my time to blush a little, though I was normally the one to tease.

"Thank you hun" I mumbled as I pulled her in for another passionate kiss.

We enjoyed our moment together for a long while. The more I sat there with her, and the more passionate and loving we got, the more excited I became. I could feel how the ecstatic electricity rush through my body, and it got more and more intense as time passed, and I felt how much we both needed each other, craved each other. Asuna´s behavior approved of this as she clawed at my clothes, pulling me closer to her.

The cold winds of the mountain drifted away whatever few clouds had spotted the nightsky, and I smiled as the starlit sky got even brighter and clearer. As we pulled away from our kiss, I smiled and looked up at the sky. Just as I did a beautiful flash of light ran across the sky, in a white line of beauty.

"Hey, Asuna?" I asked softly.

She was hiding her face in my shoulder, blushing a bit from the way we got close. She smiled softly and revealed her face, looking at me with a cute expression.

"Yeah, Kazuto?"

"Look up there"

Asuna looked at me with a wondering expression, looking upwards like I told her to. Just as she did, another three lines of glowing white followed the first one. The lines glowed a beautiful white, running in what looked like a perfect line, right after the other.

"Those shooting stars…" I mumbled softly "Kind of remind me of your nickname and attacks in SAO, Asuna"

"W-What do you mean Kazuto?" She asked surprised.

"Well, lightning fast and in a perfect line," I said with a smirk "Maybe they should have called you shooting star strike, Asuna instead"

"S-Shut up Kazuto" She mumbled with a pout "I have a perfect nickname for you too, though"

"Oh, and what is that?" I asked as I smiled at her.

"Reckless sword!"

"What!? What is that supposed to mean!?" I asked, baffled by the teasing nickname.

"You mean you don´t remember how you recklessly took on the floor 74 boss alone with your two swords!?"

"B-But that was only after you charged in, without thinking I might add!" I retaliated.

She huffed a bit and smiled at me teasefully.

"Shut up and let me have this moment, dummy"

She mumbled this as she buried herself even more into myself, absorbing my warmth. I chuckled softly as I leaned my head on her shoulder and held her even closer, wanting us both to keep warm.

"Sorry hun" I said softly as I breathed in and looked up at the sky "Truly perfect…"

After a while Asuna began to shiver of cold, and we decided to head on back to the hotel. We we´re laughing and talking lively of all kinds of things as we headed down the hallway, but I gasped a bit and held Asuna back as I saw something around the corner.

A guy in a hooded shirt, was sitting by our door, and trying to lockpick his way inside!

"HEY!" I yelled loudly, almost making the guy jump "What are you doing!?

The guy, startled as he was, looked over at me with a panicked look.

"Oh shit!" He yelled as stood onto his feet.

He tried to take off down the hallway, but he tripped over his feet, landing hard on the soft carpet, his gear landing and scattering all around her.

"Shit!" He hissed as he started picking up his gear in a frenzy.

Asuna stayed behind as I walked over to the guy with an angry growl, grabbing him by the collar and slamming him into the nearby wall.

"Tell me what the hell you were doing," I said with a growl as I raised my fist "And I might let you see the light of day again!"

The guy gulped nervously as he looked me deep in the eyes. Sweat ran down his face as he looked at me with a frightened appearance.

"Y-You can´t scare me boy" He said with a rebellious growl.

This only managed to piss me off even more though. I raised my fist and was about to hit the guy, but Asuna stepped up beside me.

"Kazuto, stop!" She pleaded as she stepped up to me "This isn´t you. You´re not like this!"

"Ok, ok, I´ll tell!" The guy yelled as he gulped down whatever spit was left in his mouth "I´ll tell you everything, if you just put me down!"

"Fine." I growled as I tossed him aside. "You´re quite light for your size. Now talk!"

"Ok, ok!" He yelled in a panic.

He sat up properly and cleared his throat for a moment before beginning to talk.

"Sugou is after you guys… He´s back home, plotting for his revenge!"

"What the hell does that mean!?" I yelled threateningly "Sugou is in prison! What the hell are you talking about!?"

"Hehe, he has more power than you could even dream of, boy" He said, with an uncomfortable smirk "He escaped. And ever since, he has been watching you. Plotting how he will make you suffer!"

I grabbed the guy by the collar again and held my hand to his throat.

"If you don´t tell me what he´s doing, right now," I yelled " I swear to god, I will kill you!"

"Hehe… He is Japan… He´s attacking your families…"

Me and Asuna both gasped and I stared into the guys eyes.

"No.. Mom, dad, brother…" Asuna whispered softly as she put a hand over her mouth in despair.

"Suguha… Midori…" I mumbled, fearing that it might already be too late.

"oh, and did I mention" The guy continued with a smirk "It´s not only your families… Whoever you love, including your friends, is his targets as well"

"You can´t be serious!" I growled as I got more and more furious and desperate.

"Oh, but I am completely serious" He said with a smirk "And he is about to go ahead with his plan."

"Dammit! We have to go home Asuna!" I yelled desperately as I let go of the guy and turned to Asuna.

Asuna, with tears in the corners of her eyes, nodded a bit.

"Y-Yeah…" She managed to mutter as she sprinted through the door to our room and began packing desperately.

"Asuna, forget about that! We have to get home!" I yelled loudly "Just get our passports and our wallets, and let´s get the hell out of here!"

"R-Right! I´ll tell the staff to bring our stuff back to Japan!" She yelled as she grabbed our wallets and passports, and closed the door behind her.

By this time the guy I had just confronted was long gone, his tools of burgling still sprawled all over the floor. I growled a little and clenched my fist as I looked across the hall, noticing an open window, it´s curtains fluttering silently from the cold wind outside.

"That little slimy…" I growled as I watched the cold snowflakes fall into the hallway, and evaporate on the warm carpet.

~Back at Japan~

"Hehehe…" Sugou chuckled softly as he approached the Kirigaya household.

He smirked a bit as he brandished his weapons from his jacket pockets, a gun and a knife in each of his hands. He smirked a bit as he took a few more steps towards the household.

"Well, it´s not a mansion" Sugou mumbled as he stared at the building "But I can see that, that bastard doesn´t come from no poor family"

He smirked as he took another step towards his target running his fingers over the thin and cold steel of his knife.

"Soon… Very soon, Kazuto Kirigaya" He mumbled as he smirked.

He cut into his own thumb on purpose, letting his own dark red blood seep out from the newly created wound in his thumb, and letting it run down the handle and blade of the large hunting knife, leaving it blood red.

"Soon Kirigaya-kun" He smirked as he licked his cut finger "Soon, my blood isn´t the only blood that will stain this knife"

He chuckled a bit to himself as he clawed at his shirt, his laughter momentarily growing into a psychopathic and hysteric laughter .

"I´ll finally get revenge for what you took from me" He said as he swung his blade around "All that money… You stole all that, along with Yuuki-san, when you threw me into prison…"

He clawed at his head, trying to rip out his own hair from it.

"All those days in an empty cell…" he mumbled as he stared down at his weapons "All those days... All that pain and suffering…"

He smirked a bit, a smirk reaching from ear to ear, stretched across his face as he began walking up to the house.

"You are so lucky," he said, slowly, breathing heavily "To be able to feel all of that pain, in one singular moment… Before I kill you, and everyone you love"

And with these last threatening words he stepped onto the porch, ringing the doorbell. He smirked a bit as he heard the soft voice of a female calling out.

"I´m coming!"

He readied himself and his weapons for what was about to happen. For the confrontation he had been planning for.

A/N

Hey guys! Hope you liked this chapter!

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