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~K2-Black-Panther~

(Reply to Chapter 1)
I stumbled across it and really wanted to take my own spin on it, hence the loopy Asuna
(Reply to Chapter 2)
Well technically Kirito wasn't stabbed when Leafa entered, but I plan on writing another version where Leafa's there the whole time and helps Kirito with him :P Thanks for the compliment! I noticed there weren't a lot of SAO stories and I've been writing fanfictions so I thought 'why not?'
(Reply to Chapter 3)
I love Lambent Light too, and that episode of the anime was honestly disappointing for me, Yuki's good, but Asuna has three years of VR experience under her belt and her SAO stats so... Don't get me wrong I love Yuki but I just wish the duel was more even. I think it was the perfect point to further develop Asuna as a character
(Reply to Chapter 4)
Yes, I do take requests. Do I promise they'll get done? No, but I am working on yours right now, my Netflix is throwing a fit so I have to fix that but I intend to finish it today or tomorrow (Btw I love the idea, but I will be putting a spin on it, I'm not a Sinon x Kirito shipper so it's more of siblings comforting each other)

~quidditchChick6~

Yay! I'm glad you enjoyed them, I'm enjoying the freedom of just writing these when I please. Chapter 3? I think I need to expand on that one and write the duel that happens after that conversation. However, it'll probably follow my modified timeline which will be listed and explained in the next chapter


Memory Lane… Liz's Question

"Auh, that's the sweetest thing I've ever heard! So, how far did you guys go, huh? I know it was in game but you were married so, did you? Or did you?" ~Liz in SAO Extra Edition Special


Now don't think I'm writing anything crazy here, it's mainly just flashbacks of Asuna's time with Kirito within SAO within my modified timeline that I'll be uploading soon :P

All you guys need to know for this one is that the AU series is called "SAO Extended Edition," SAO lasted 3 years, Nov. 6, 2022 - Nov. 7, 2025, Yui joined them just under two years into the game, and was deleted by the system Sept. 23, 2025, after a previous failed attempt, just over a month before the game ended.


Asuna looked like a deer caught in the headlights for a moment, her hands held up in surrendering position from shock and her eyes wider than golf balls. Making her seem even more guilty was the red now staining her light-skinned cheeks a vibrant pink from her embarrassment at the question.

Liz's jaw dropped, "wait, seriously, Asuna?" She gawked at the thoroughly embarrassed caramel haired girl, then laughed, despite the annoyance welling from her own crush on Kirito, "no way!"

Asuna quickly spluttered, "nothing!" She hastily waved her hands, "I mean we didn't! I mean we didn't do anything! Her face was even redder now though, "Nothing like that!"

Liz narrowed her eyes and huffed, "your red face is telling a different story Asuna."

Asuna blushed harder and in a nervous habit, tugged lightly on her long hair. "It-It's not like that I swear! We weren't like that!"

"Oh yeah? Then what did you do?" Liz asked with a faint smirk, she enjoyed teasing Asuna waay too much, even though she liked the guy Asuna was in a relationship with, teasing Asuna was priceless when even just one sentence could make her redder than a tomato.

Asuna averted her amber gaze and fidgeted a bit. She was biting her lower lip and looking out at the school out of the corner of her eye like she was a little worried about what Kirito would think once she told them. Or she was just hesitant to tell them anything. Or both.

Liz poked her, "Asuna…"

Asuna blushed harder and lifted her hands again in an 'okay, okay' reaction before she a little awkwardly put them in her lap and shrugged lightly as if to dismiss her bright red face. At the rather annoyed look on Sugu's expression, she hastened to explain, "nothing that Liz's hinting at I promise." She felt bad giving the girls a lie, but she didn't have enough courage to even just agree with Liz and go quiet.

Asuna had been married to Kirito for just over a year, and at that point, everyone had sorta just adjusted to living inside the game. Including them despite their jobs on the front lines. And for someone as easily embarrassed at Asuna was, she would rather die than tell them anything of the subject and die of embarrassment. "Erm, we…" she was struggling to get the words out. "We've kissed-"

"Nothing new," Liz snorted, she had an uncanny ability to interrupt Asuna and Kirito both ingame and irl when they were about to or were kissing and it annoyed her to no end. "Come on Asuna, something we don't see all the time!"

Asuna flung her hands up in exasperation, her face now even redder, "W-What do you want me to say?! We haven't changed what we do all that much!"

Liz scowled, "you guys were married for an entire year and all you two do is the all-over-each-other-ness?"

Asuna's blush darkened and she quickly brushed the cobwebs of memories away before she actually zoned out, "Liz, we're s-still teenagers…"

"Hmph," Liz crossed her arms over her chest, "you two act like your twenty for something."

"We were in the assault team," Asuna also pointed out, willing her blush to fade and hoping it was working, "we didn't get much time outside of the battles-"

"Total Bull!" Liz interrupted, "you guys had two weeks of no battles and were only actually up on the front lines every other day after that! That's a poor excuse Asuna!"

Asuna then knew what Liz was gonna say before the next words that came out of her mouth and lunged to cover Liz's mouth. "L-Liz!" Asuna's face turned red all over again.

Liz dodged her however and just grinned and opened her mouth to say something about some kind of picture, but Sugu stopped her.

"Hey! Kirito's still my brother!" Sugu waved her arms wildly, her face now very pink, "I don't want to hear it!"

"We didn't do anything!" Asuna almost half wailed, okay now it was getting too close to sensitive topics Asuna didn't want to think about, and scrambled up to her feet. "Nothing I swear! L-let's just go back to practicing!" Despite her haste, Asuna was a little visibly unfocused, lost in her own memories of what she and Kirito had once and wouldn't have ever again if her mother had any choice about it. It was honestly the best year of my life, Asuna thought as the others stood up as well, Liz laughing heartily at Asuna's embarrassment, Kirito means the world to me…


The rhythmic creaking of the rocking chair was beginning to make Asuna teeter on the brink of falling asleep. She was at home in her and Kirito's little cabin on floor twenty-two, with the sun setting, it's sleepy rays softly kissing her light colored skin. She was wearing the outfit Kirito had seen her wear at her place in Selmburg, a white off shoulder short sleeve that had seafoam green sleeves with red ties up the sides, a white band that created the neckline and had two small red buttons, a loose white fabric for the rest of the shirt with it cinched at the waist with a thin red ribbon that tied in the back; paired with a short denim skirt. Her brown ankle boots were lying next to the front door, having decided to put them there instead of putting them in her inventory, finding it to feel more normal doing that than making them disappear.

Kirito was sitting next to her, one arm curled gently around her slim shoulders while the other hand was holding a book that by reading would raise his dexterity skill a level. He was wearing black clothes like usual, black pants with a short sleeve black shirt that had a thin silver zipper on the upper chest for a thin pocket he didn't actually keep anything in, and currently black socks, his shoes were discarded next to Asuna's. His sword Elucidator was propped up against the porch railing, it's dark metal glinting slightly in the setting sun in case of monsters.

Their daughter Yui was chasing a butterfly, the AI happily content with romping around in the grass while her parents relaxed. Asuna and Kirito had gotten back from a battle just over an hour ago and it had been a particularly tense one, leaving them both just a little shaken and more than exhausted. Asuna in particular. She didn't have as high of a stamina stat as Kirito and had been drawing its attacks due to her high agility and speed allowing her to take minimum damage when compared to other players.

Asuna felt Kirito's lip brush her temple as her head bobbed from sleep pulling on her body. She could always use a stamina crystal to replenish her energy, but it was evening now, and she was home with her little family.

The warmth of Kirito's body next to her didn't help her drooping eyes to stay open to watch their daughter play, and she had been fighting the exhaustion for at least ten minutes. She had used the last of her energy reserves to give Yui a bath, the AI had fallen into a major puddle of mud from last night's rain, make dinner for the three of them, and sorted through the items they had received from today's boss battle. After that Kirito had suggested taking Yui outside and letting Asuna sit back and relax, to which Asuna had agreed to nearly right away.

"Go to sleep," Asuna heard Kirito whisper softly in her ear, his breath lightly tickling her skin. "You're exhausted."

Asuna mumbled something about how she wasn't tired but let her head rest against his shoulder and let her tired muscles loosen and relax. "Wake me up when Yui wants to go inside," she mumbled but wasn't sure if it even came out properly, too tired to care.

"Uh huh," Kirito's arm slid down to her waist and he tugged her a little closer, letting Asuna rest more comfortably against him. "G'night Asua."

Asuna's eyes finally closed and didn't open again, now asleep.


Asuna's amber gaze gazed distantly out at the pool she was now sitting at the edge of, feet and ankles dangling in the water. She was waiting for Sugu to cross the pool to reach her, lost in her memories of SAO and her life with Kirito. Her expression was soft, distant but peaceful and by her expression alone anyone could've seen exactly how much she loved Kirito. He had changed her, given her something to live for during SAO and something to look forward to in her life in the real world.

Asuna lifted her head toward the sun shut her eyes, letting its warmth bask over her face and subconsciously comparing it to SAO's virtual sun. It felt so much different, strange even without being in a virtual world, strange after three years of being stuck in a video. Some days when she actually admitted it to herself, she wanted to go back to SAO on some level. Not so much to the death game itself but back to her and Kirito's cabin with Kirito and Yui and where she could be what she was deep in her heart.


Asuna squealed as abruptly her vision turned upside down when Kirito charged at her and scooped her up like a sack of potatoes. "Kirito!" She squealed, "put me down!" She only half-heartedly asked, not minding all that much as shown by the laughter bubbling in her voice. "What if you wake up Yui?"

"She's fine," Kirito dismissed her giggling worries as he exited the cabin and darted toward the grass beyond the porch. "If she's not asleep after that lullaby then she doesn't sleep."

Asuna giggled, "alright! Alright! But put me down!" She was surprised to find her request granted and landed rather ungracefully on her side on the grass. "Hey!" She complained before the word turned to laughter as Kirito dropped down onto the grass and tickled her sides.

Asuna jerked away with a laugh and pushed against his face to push him away, today had had Asuna laughing so hard her stomach hurt, even though she was in a virtual world. It started that morning with Yui having found a setting called "Enable Tickling" buried deep in the settings of the game and asking them what it was. It turned out that even with the setting on Kirito wasn't really ticklish at all while Asuna was ticklish practically everywhere. With the setting on, Asuna's body practically hummed with hidden laughter. Kirito could just poke her in the side and the tsundere dissolved into a fit of giggles. So Kirito had jumped on the opportunity and chased Asuna around with Yui on his shoulders as they tried to catch her and tickle her some more. It was dark now though, with Yui hopefully asleep while Kirito tickled Asuna without their daughter around.

Kirito just grinned at her and promptly licked her hand before leaning over.

Asuna squealed at him licking her and froze for half a second when he pushed her shirt part way up her stomach, and then laughed louder than she had laughed all day.

Kirito blew another raspberry against Asuna's skin, his onyx colored eyes were softly glowing with love and amusement. He loved Asuna's beautiful laugh, and so this was heaven to his ears.

Asuna squirmed and laughed again, almost crying from laughter.

For a few more minutes Asuna endured the tickling till she suddenly hiccuped, startling them both at the sharp but rather cute sound. For a moment she froze, looking rather concerned at the sound. "Oops," she said before giving a small and rather muffled hiccup.

Kirito however, smiled and moved away from tickling her sides again. Before he leaned over and lightly kissed Asuna, only to have her hiccup halfway through the kiss. He pulled back with a chuckling laugh while Asuna just blushed.


"Hey, you do know that I was teasing right?" Liz's voice broke Asuna from her memories. Liz's voice was gentle and warm, holding no traces of the jealousy Asuna knew she likely felt.

Asuna blinked and her amber eyes became focused as she brushed the remainder of her memories from her mind and nodded. "Yeah, but only half teasing," she responded to her friend in a tone that held a hint of teasing of her own. She sat up straight and redirected her gaze to eye level.

Liz sat down next to Asuna and smirked, "just like how you lied to Sugu?"

Asuna's cheeks turned red and she leaned away from Liz, gaze fixed firmly on Sugu swimming toward them. "What are you talking about?"

"Asuna, you may be able to lie to Sugu and Silica but there's no way you can lie to me," Liz smirked and lightly nudged her with her elbow. "So give me the real answer," at the look on Asuna's face she added, "I can handle it."

Asuna looked over at her, studying her expression carefully before she blew out a sigh. "I… I can't, it's too embarrassing. And you're still getting over Kirito, it's not fair for me to say anything." She gazed back out at nothing, amber gaze softening at her fond memories.

Liz, however, kept her from getting completely lost in them. "Asuna," her tone was completely serious as she looked at her best friend, "I can handle it. I promise. I would never do anything to make either of you unhappy."

Asuna hesitated at her friend's lack of teasing and swallowed uneasily before she opened her mouth to respond. Only to snap it shut when the small boogie board bumped the pool edge and Sugu stood up.

Liz lost the serious expression and grinned proudly at Sugu, "twenty-five meters! You're doing great!"

Asuna smiled weakly, her smile was a little forced as she struggled to make the blush on her face fade and struggled to calm her beating heart. She knew Liz would ask her again later, and her heart had sped up out of embarrassment and hesitation. She didn't want to keep refusing to answer the question, but she also didn't want to make Liz upset. She didn't really have an out for this question. "Soon you'll be swimming rings around Kirito," Asuna spoke to Sugu, trying to seem as normal as ever despite the memories that had been stirred up by Liz's insistence. So while Liz jumped into the pool to help Sugu with the next step, Asuna leaned back on her arms and briefly shut her eyes.


Asuna was harshly jolted awake by something freezing being pressed against her upper back. Nearly burning her skin at the cold temperature. Kirito's hands. "Aaah!" the rapier-wielding girl floundered, her brain sluggish from the rude awakening, and scooted away from her ingame husband's hands. In her haste, her speed skill activated and she moved too far. Landing on the floor of the bedroom with a yelp and a thump. The blankets were tangled around her slim body, and Asuna didn't lift her cheek from the cool wood, dazed and highly confused. "Good morning to you too," Asuna mumbled and idly brought up her menu to switch her gear.

Kirito, however, caught her wrist and crouched down next to her with a slight smile on his face. His nose, cheeks, and ears were pink from the cold like he had been outside for a few hours now. "No need for that," he said in a soft and amused tone, "it's your fault you fell off." When Asuna lifted her head and cracked her eyes open to actually look at him he grinned, "I didn't think you'd react like that." He released her wrist and lifted his hands before breathing into them to warm them up to a proper temperature. He was wearing a black long sleeve shirt and his battling pants and shoes, hinting at having visited a different floor while she was asleep.

Asuna squinted at the faint sunlight coming through the window in the room and gave a rare dramatic groan. "It's not even six, we're supposed to be taking a break from the front lines, and your hands are like ice cubes."

Kirito smiled at her and gently brushed one hand up and down her back in a more soothing and apologetic manner. "Sorry, I was helping Liz get that special material again."

Asuna's sleep hazy mind managed to properly understand the words, but the pull of sleep was tugging back on her, making her want to go right back to sleep there on the floor tangled in the blankets. "So you put your hands on my back? How's that fair?"

Kirito lifted his hands again and blew on them, "I was freezing," he complained with twinkling silver eyes. "And you're warm."

"If I had my rapier in my hands I would've stabbed you," Asuna grunted before she pushed herself up into a sitting position with her back to him. Thoroughly grumpy. Then her resolve to ignore him melted when he leaned over and scooped her up, lifting the stubborn caramel haired girl up onto the bed before flopping down next to her and pulling some of the blankets for himself. The loving but amused look in Kirito's eyes was enough to make Asuna instead of ignoring him, she just sighed and rolled over to face away from him. Then didn't fight it when Kirito pulled her toward him and tucked his cold nose into her silky caramel colored hair.

"Good morning-" Kirito properly greeted her in a muffled voice or attempted to till she cut him off.

"Don't, then it's not morning," Asuna abruptly decided and shut her eyes, refusing to actually get up now. "I'm going back to sleep."

For a few minutes, Asuna didn't get a response, and when she did she barely even heard it, too lulled to sleep by Kirito's steady breathing.

"I love you Asuna," he said in a voice Asuna barely heard.

"I love you too," Asuna half slurred in her sleepy mumble of a voice. "Even after that stupid stunt you just pulled dummy."

Kirito's light chuckling was the last thing Asuna heard before she drifted off to sleep.


Asuna watched Kirito leave with a soft smile and a wave at his sister before she shouldered her bag and looked at Liz. Silica had been picked up by her parents a few moments before Kirito and Sugu left, leaving the pair of best friends alone and to themselves for the most part. "You still hung up on… on the question, you asked me?"

Liz smirked, "come on Asuna, you know I don't leave a question unanswered."

Asuna sighed, steeled her up to actually give her an answer, having to really gather all of her courage to actually give even a one-word answer. Her cheeks were already turning pink, from her rising embarrassment, but she had to give Liz some kind of answer. For a moment she thought, then decided to give Liz an answer, but not one that would get her in trouble with her friend and wouldn't hurt her feelings. "I know…" Asuna took a deep breath, "S-So ask me again, I… I'm ready to answer this time."

Liz nodded and gave another cheeky smirk, "So, how far did you guys go, huh? I know it was in game but you were married so, did you? Or did you?" Liz repeated the question from earlier, half dreading the answer.

Asuna gave Liz a dazzling smile, drawing on the courage she had had as a warrior of SAO. "I'll leave it up to you to decide what we did or didn't do." She answered in a rather mysterious tone and with an unusual kind of answer for her, leaving it up to Liz's imagination. "So I won't confirm or deny anything." Her amber eyes softened, "but I appreciate the spark for my memories." She kept her chin up, "I miss those days."

Liz blinked in surprise before she cracked up and laughed, "good answer Asuna!" She giggled, brown eyes twinkling with amusement, "but one day you'll have to tell me!" She shouted after her when Asuna started running away, likely trying to leave before her courage dissipated. "And I'll tease you till you do!"

Asuna paused for a half a second then kept running, hiding how red her face was now as she blurted out just one word. "Yes." Then she ran even faster with her hands slapped over her mouth, now tomato red and feeling like she was going to die of embarrassment.


Liz's jaw dropped and she stared after her running friend for a few moments, unable to believe her ears. But she knew what Asuna had said, and oddly enough it didn't hurt her. Instead, it kinda tugged on her heartstrings. Asuna and Kirito had had so much in SAO, but it was worth nothing to the rest of the world, leaving them as teenagers with nothing even close to what they had had. "I'm gonna tease you two even more now!" She laughed to the retreating Asuna, "and you're welcome for the memories!" Sure Asuna and Kirito were together and always would be, that didn't mean she couldn't tease them constantly and be friends with them both. Sure Kirito was always going to be her first love, and possibly the last, but she would never take him away from Asuna. They were too important to each other, even she could admit that.


Liz watched from where she was, watching Asuna shove Kirito into the lake with a laugh where he fell with a splash. Liz was standing little ways down the path, having gotten the location from Argo without too much of a problem. She was holding all three of their weapons, having been doing repairs on them and dismissing them with a wave of her hand to leave and come get them later.

Yui was standing beside Liz, curiously studying her brand new mock blade, one that she could play fight with her parents to develop skills and abilities like a player. Liz had been watching Yui for the day after the curious AI had attached herself to Liz's shop and refused to leave.

Liz's pink colored eyes hid the pain in her heart near perfectly and showed amusement at Asuna and Kirito's actions. They were both wearing casual gear, Asuna wearing a short-sleeved shirt with a thin ribbon at the waist paired with a knee-length skirt, and Kirito wearing a black long sleeve and black pants. She watched as Kirito resurfaced and went charging after Asuna, flinging water everywhere as he collided into her and knocked them both under the water. Her heart stung painfully when Asuna went and kissed Kirito after they surfaced. Liz could hear Asuna's laughter from where she was standing, and what made her not interrupt their moment was the carefree touch to the sound.

Liz sighed, this was the pain she would suffer under to keep her friend and Kirito happy, and she would gladly do it. They were on the front lines, and despite how much it made her heart twist, she had to accept that they needed moments like the one she was witnessing where they both could just relax and unwind.

"Mommy!" Yui complained when she heard her mother's laughter and found her adopted parents to be kissing, "why you do that to daddy?" She asked and ran down to the lake, the blade in her hands vanishing into her inventory.

Liz finally smiled, this moment was priceless. Sure, she would tease Asuna about it one day, but for now, she would settle on a picture of Yui running into the lake and splashing both of her parents to make them break the kiss. "Hey, Asuna!" She called to her friend and lifted her arms, "I have you and Kirito's swords!"