thanks for everyone who read my book. I do not own Sword Art Online.(much to my displeasure) but now on to replying to Guest's review. thanks for that review I thought all of those girls were much older. true in the time period I have them in she is around 20. but Klein is still a bit older. hmmm what to do.

THE NEXT DAY

KIRITO'S POV

Aincrad is back and killing more people. I cant believe it. I need to check it out. I can't let anyone else get hurt, not ever. I thought as I walked down the hall of my house and into the living room.

Why did all this have to happen now. Why couldn't it have been next week? After all that time preparing for the big surprise. Just to have it ruined. I thought down heartedly.
"No, I wont just give up on it. I might be facing danger and death but I need to ask her. No chickening out now. I just have to make sure not to act like Klein when I do it." I said out loud unconsciously.

Not noticing the smiling shadow on the wall next to me. "Why would you not want to act like Klein." The smiling shadow asked "He is perfect in every way. You should want to act like Klein." The shadow continued.

I turned towards the shadow and as soon as I heard his voice I knew who was speaking. "I was talking about how I should not to act like you in front of girls. I don't want to be kicked down there like you did Klein." I finished speaking with my signature smirk on my face.

He laughed at that and unconsciously put up a protective hand to ward away a punch or a kick.

I then said "Klein could you please tell the gang that I wont be in ALO for a while." I asked.

He immediately straightened up and said "Your going on another mission aren't you? What are you doing this time. Is it like GGO or is it worse. Well it doesn't matter because I'm going with you."

I started to protest but he wouldn't listen. Finally after ten minutes of protest, I gave up. "Fine but what ever you do, don't die. Please tell the gang we are leaving and don't let anyone else join. I will tell Asuna."

O0O0O0O0O0O0O0O0O

My lips were dry and my head was going around in circles as I stood on Asuna's front porch.

I haven't spoken with her face to face since the day before yesterday. She told me over the phone yesterday of the announcement she got and the tour she was going on today. She told me she would be back around three o'clock.

I looked at my watch it was five minutes past three. I took a deep breath and knocked. Inside my head I was preparing for the speech I was about to give.

What I wasn't expecting was for Asuna's mother to have opened the door.

"Ah, Kazuto. Hello, would you like to come in? She is not here yet. I didn't know you were planning on doing it here." She said with a smile of a wolf that said if you do anything wrong I will devour you.

I nodded. "Thanks for letting me do this." I said to her she merely shook her head.

"If I said no, you and her would have done it anyway. So I might as well make a profit out of it." She said nonchalantly. "Now about our deal. Do you remember what we agreed." She asked.

I nodded "Yes, I shall now work in the tech laboratories of your company."

She nodded. "Good, you can actually remember things, boy." She said sarcastically.

Just then I heard the sound of a car pulling into the drive way.

Asuna came walking into the house with her father and when she saw me talking with her mother she had to pinch herself to make sure she wasn't dreaming. It was kinda of cute the way her eyes widened when she gets surprised, which isn't very often.

She came up to me and said " Hi Kirito, what are you doing here?" I looked at her and said "I came here to tell you something and ask a very important question." She looked a little confused.

I took a few breaths and with all of my strength I said as I got on one knee taking a small box out of my pocket "Asuna, I love you. Would you please marry me." She looked at me with a look of shock and maybe happiness.

Time stood still and in my head I was thinking waiting for an answer is harder than the fight with gleam eyes. just as I thought this, Asuna smiled a huge smile and hugged me. "Yes, of course I will Kirito. I love you Kirito." I practically passed out with relief.

It was that moment that Asuna's father decided say with a smile "Now all that is left is to decided where to hold the wedding.

KLEIN'S POV

Kirito's going off and going to get in trouble again. But at least this time I will be there with him. I hated when he left for GGO and all I could do was watch. I am not letting that happen again. I thought to myself my virtual body starting to materialize.

The plan Kirito and I made floating around my mind. I just hope that Yui isn't here. I thought to myself as I approached our meeting place.

I slowly walked up the steps and saw that they were all there. This time the meeting place was a small cliff temple near the spriggans territory. I waved to them and ran the last of the way.

"Hi guys, how are things going." I asked happily. Agil just shrugged and the girls all muttered something along the lines of pretty good. " Looks like we have a cheerful bunch today" I said trying to make the depressing fog lift.

"So lets go explore this place. I cant wait to see what's inside." I said.

Leafa replied with "but what about Kirito and Asuna? shouldn't we wait for them?"

I grinned then said "they decided to spend some time alone together. anyway Kirito and I are going on a tour of a new world and try and beat it. its a two man team combat arena. we will be back in about a week. so lets make this dungeon worth it." I said jumping of the edge of the cliff and flew into the entrance. Ignoring the questions being asked by everyone.