It's been two weeks since the incident on the 100th floor. After the defeat of Kirito and his party, no one tried to clear the quest anymore. Of course, there were some rumors how the last boss looked like. But from those rumors none were the correct one.

When the New Year came, Naruto practically crying for his budget as he need to buy some decent present for three of his girlfriends as well something for his sister Asuna. Naruto decided that he will need more money and went to RECTO Progress and ask Yuuki Kouichirou, Asuna's old brother, to find him a job there.

Kouichirou get along with Naruto very well, since the adoption. So he makes Naruto his part-time assistant and helps him with the works that he didn't enough time to finish.

Naruto, since the day he lost Hiten Mitsurugi ryuu, felt that he was not really himself. That's why he went to the director of RECTO Progress and tried to return both his sword style and Kirito's Dual wielding. He proposed a newly developed program that could make players to transfer data from different source to the movements in VRMMO. The director was very impressed with the idea and agreed immediately. Naruto also proposed some of his idea about new weapons and skills,as well as new sword styles for the new update.

Since Hiten Mitsurugi has returned to him, all his former skills will pass to a random player with the same race as his character.

Naruto also decided to unlock the 21-30 floor in New Aincrad at the same time with the new update.

When Kirito heard that Naruto had returned his Dual wielding, he felt surprised and glad at the same time. Though Naruto told him that his Dual wielding and Hiten Mitsurugi ryuu are no longer that powerful now compare with the new sword style and skills in the new update. There are such styles that could be consider on par or even surpass their style. For example Kodachi Nitou ryuu and Shigure Soen ryuu, as well as Santou ryuu are the styles that could be considered on par with Hiten Mitsurugi ryuu and Kirito's Dual wielding.

Asada Shino, as she told the girls, had moved to live in Naruto's old apartment. Jiraya also lived in the same apartment and help Naruto with the development of Shinobi World Online. Naruto no longer lived in Yuuki's household, as he need to concentrate on his work. And Asuna had already in the Kyoto, Yuuki Shouzou always busy and practically never present at home, so there was no one in the household for now.

ALO
New Aincrad
Floor 22

The girls were seen sitting on the sofa and doing their homework. Though you could see that one of them is napping. That girl was Sillica and she is napping at Asuna's shoulder cutely while her ears twitching constantly. Asuna seeing that smiled and poked her cheek to wake her up.

"Hey, if you nap you won't be able to sleep tonight. And there are only three days of winter break left. You need to finish your homework. Before she left, Shinonon said she already finished her homework" said Asuna to Silica, while the girl is rubbing her eyes to wash the sleep away and stretched.

"Man, I feel so tired" said Sillica while yawning.

"Hehe, maybe the room is too warm. Maybe I should lower the temperature" said Asuna laughed a little bit

Leafa doing her homework hearing that looked at Asuna also laughed a little and replied
"I think it's because of those"

Asuna heard that looked at the sleeping face of Kirito, that has Yui and Pina on his lap then then to her left and saw Naruto also sleeping with Wendy hugging him.

"Oh, I understand now. Ever since the GGO I've seen Naruto always very busy with his work that he even decided return to his old apartment to work there. And he even decided to take a part-time job in my father's former company to satisfy you girls" said Asuna looking at Naruto's sleeping figure smiling.

Leafa and Lisbeth also looked at Naruto with loving eyes. Leafa replied.
"I am very touch that he cared so much about us. I feel so happy now knowing that he treasures us this much"

"Well, it's the reason we all love him so much too, are we not? He will do everything to his precious people after all" said Lisbeth looking at Naruto with soft smile.

"But you guys, I am still shocked that Naruto-kun is actually the last boss and the ruler of New Aincrad. Not that, but his strength is on the whole other level than us. He even defeat Onii-chan at his best" replied Leafa recalling the event 2 weeks ago.

Lisbeth nodded her head and replied.
"Me too. Even though I knew those two were powerful, but what we saw that day was completely ridiculous"

"Well, as the one that has watched them since SAO incident, I knew that their level were completely differs from the other VRMMO players. I just didn't know that they could improve even more than that" answered Asuna.

She then looked around her house and smiled, as she recalled how they got back this house.

Flashback

A week ago
Dicey Cafe

Asuna and Kirito decided to go on a days and went to the Dicey Cafe as usual. Right now, they are sitting in their sits and wait for Agil to bring their order.

"Here you go" said Agil and put down two cups of coffee on the table in front of them.
"You know, you don't have to come to a dingy place like this for a date every time. You could go somewhere more fashionable, right?"

"Ano na, I am not as load as Naruto you know. Besides compared to your place in Algade, this place is fashionable" retort Kirito sipping his coffee. At that statement Agil made a face.

"I liked that place" said Asuna

"Why is that? That place is a rip-off"
Agil, when hearing Asuna said that she liked his shop closed his eyes and nodded his head a little then when is heard Kirito's statement his face frown once again.

"You were living there for free, Kirito-kun!"

"But that doesn't change anything"

Agil just grinned when looking how Asuna and Kirito argued. Kirito noticed that and asked.
"Oy, what are you grinning at?"

"Nope, nothing really. I was just thinking... When you are this way, you really don't look like the lead group's two of the three best players" answered Agil looking at the two of them.

"I could say the same about you" Kirito said deadpanned.

"Have you been an MMORPG player for a long time, Agil-san?" Asuna decided to ask.

"Yeah. I met my wife in a game. She lived in America then, but a year later, she and I started a cafe. You never know what will happen in life" Agil told them his story.

Asuna hearing that smiled widely at hearing how romantic it is.

"If he heard that, who knows what Klein would say, eh?" asked Kirito with deadpan eyes.

"Then we were going to buy two NerveGears. But we could only reserve one. The two of us then decided to play a game to determine who will try the NerveGear first. I'm still glad I had won, and she didn't" Kirito nodded his head in agreement.

"I joined the lead group because I had this place. I can't let my wife run it forever. I am still grateful to Naruto to this day, when he decided to sacrifice himself to clear SAO"

Kirito looked down at the table and said.
"Indeed Naruto is amazing. It's true that my desire to return to my family also saved me. But I will not know if I was in Naruto's place. Could I really prepare to do the same thing he did for us?"

"Even if he didn't want to admit it himself, Naruto is a true hero in the hearts of all SAO players. What about you Asuna? You had some motivation like that too, right?" asked Agil turning to Asuna.

"Well... I didn't really like my family that much before that. I always felt that there was no place for me whether in virtual world or real world. But Kirito-kun and Naruto gave me a home. Our house on the 22th floor felt more like home to me
than the house I lived in. I knew that SAO was cleared then out home would disappear as well. But I still believe that one day we could get our home back" said Asuna and then turn to Kirito and touched his palm with gentle eyes.

Agil coughed in his knuckle to gain their attention.
"About that... I think Naruto had unlocked the 21-30 floors along with the new update. And you know what? There will be new weapons, sword skills and even new sword styles. I even heard he has return both Hiten Mitsurugi ryuu and Dual wielding"

Kirito and Asuna hearing that widen their eyes in surprise. Kirito then snapped out and smirked.
"That Naruto... Sure knows how to surprise people, eh?"

Asuna turned to Kirito and asked hopefully
"Kirito-kun, that means if we defeat the boss on the 21st floor we could buy that log cabin again?"

"Yeah. But the New Aincrad may be altered from the old Aincrad so we didn't know if the cabin is in the same place" retort Kirito and brough his hand to his chin.

"That maybe so. But I have faith in Naruto. I think he will also miss the time we spent together in our house" said Asuna looking ahead.

"Speaking of that, our house is the last place we seen Naruto before he decided to clear the game, ne? It brings back both happy and sorrow memories" replied Kirito and looked down sadly at the memory.

"Yeah, it was the same place where he said good bye to us. The same place where he decided to left us behind" muttered Asuna solemnly at the memory. Then she looked up and smiled a little "But that was all in the past now"

Kirito nodded his head in agreement and grinned.
"You are right. That was all in the past. Our present and future will be brighter"

Time skip
ALO
Gnome Airspace

Asuna along with Kirito, Klein, Agil and the girls were fighting the boss of 21st floor, a huge stone golem. All were present except Naruto. Along with them there were also the other parties, that came here to help defeat the boss as well. Together with the new skills and weapons they had managed to defeat the boss easily. Of course, Asuna was the one who finished the boss.

Suddenly they all heard a clap and turned to that direction. They saw that Naruto was sitting on the rock and clapping his hands with a wide grin.
"Bravo! That's my nee-chan for you. The tittle of healing berserker really suit you after all"

"Naruto!" They all shouted together seeing him sitting there.

"If you are there. Why didn't you help is huh, your jerk?" asked Sinon with a twitch eye.

"Ehm, actually I arrived a minute late. And also why should I do that? I see that you guys could clearly handle him easily" answered Naruto scratching his head.

"Really? And I think that you find it just too troublesome to help us. Is that right?" asked Lisbeth with a glare that cause Naruto to pale and shook his head in deny rapidly.

All the players looked at the scene and sweat dropped. It's a very comical picture really. Even if he is the most powerful player of ALO, he was still whipped by his wife and girlfriends. The scene is so comical that one after the other they began to laugh.

Time skip

Sillica was the first one to reach the forest zone of the 22nd floor.
"Yay, I made here first!"

Behind her were the others. You also could seen Naruto carrying Liz bridal style, while she grinned happily and nuzzled in the crook of his neck. Naruto looked down at her and smiled softly then he looked up at the sight and said.
"This place didn't change one bit ne, Liz!?"

"Yeah. It didn't change at all. The same place when we came here to marry each other and bought our own cabin" said Liz and look up at the sight in nostalgia as well. Liz then turn to Asuna and she still looking at the sight.
"Asuna, you go and do what you to do. We will catch up soon enough"

Asuna hearing that smiled and nodded her head, then she activate her wings and took off. Kirito and Yui also followed her.

Naruto then look back at Liz and asked.
"Don't you want to buy our old cabin as well?"

Liz just shook her head and answered.
"I think it will not be necessary. We will all live in Asuna's house. We will all fit in there. So I didn't really want to buy one more house"

Naruto nodded his head at her reason.

With Kirito, Asuna and Yui

They are flying to their planned destination at great speed. Suddenly Asuna noticed something ahead of her. She narrowed her eyes to clear her vision and widen her eyes upon recognizing what is it. She turned to Kirito and smiled brightly.

"Look, Kirito-kun!" said Asuna and pointed at the cabin not far ahead of them.

She quickly flew to the direction then land hurriedly and run to the tablet that write 'For Sale'. Kirito landed next to her and approached her. She smiled and turned to Kirito. He nodded his head and she pressed on the tablet. The price of the house appeared and also the 'Accept' button. She pressed on them and the house were unlock. Then the key before the door disappeared and reappear in Asuna's palm. She looked at it then unlocks the door to the house. Asuna, Kirito and Yui, that transform back to her human form, walked in their house. The house was empty. Thought Asuna looked around and recalled how it looked before with full if stuff. Suddenly the tears gathers in her eyes and she muttered.
"I am home"

End Flashback

As remembering the memory of how she got back the house caused her to take a nap unexpected as well.

"Hey Asuna-san! You fell asleep as well" exclaimed Leafa and shook Asuna awake. Then she turn to Liz and saw she is napping as well."And you too, Liz"

Liz snapped out of her sleep then turned to the still sleeping face of Naruto and said with deadpanned eyes.
"And I wondered why I fell asleep so quickly?"

Asuna looking at Kirito, still sleeping figure, smiled at the sight then turned to the girls and said.
"Shall I make the tea for us to wake up, eh?"

Time skip

The girls decided to go outside to refresh themselves. They watched the snow fall for a while. Suddenly the snow stopped falling. At the same time Liz recalled something interesting.

"Ne, Asuna? Ever heard of Zekken" asked Liz.

"Zekken? What is that? A new rare item or something?" wondered Asuna tilted her head aside.

"No, no... It's someone's name" said Liz while shaking her finger. "Well, actually more like a nickname, I guess. They are so strong that people began to call them, Zekken, absolute blade. I actually think that nickname fits Naruto-kun better. But now he uses even magic so called him Zekken, is not exactly right"

"Heh, Strong? So what are they like" asked Asuna curiously.

"Well, technically the rumors start not long ago. But if recalled right you are still in Kyoto back then" said Liz.

"Don't remind me that when I am here. It was plain horrible" retort Asuna at the memory.

"Heh, it's tough to be a girl from rich family ne?" asked Liz teasingly.

"Of course it is. I must wears kimono and kneel the whole day, greeting people. At night, when I want to dive, I couldn't because in my room there was no wireless LAN. But that's not the worst..." said Asuna and recalled how she must greet those arrogant rich bastards that tried to woo her. She was so deep in her thought that she didn't noticed that Liz has been calling her for a while.

"Asuna? Asuna!" shouted Liz and managed to snap her back to reality.

"Oh, sorry. I just recalled something not very pleasant in Kyoto" answered Asuna sheepishly.

"Really? Did they force you to an arranged marriage or something? But I doubt Naruto-kun will allow something like that happened" asked Liz teasingly and then smirked.

"No, no nothing like that happened. And yeah if something like that would happened, Naruto will go find that guy and then scared him shitless" denied Asuna then grinned at the possibility. Then she turned to Liz and asked." So if they are that powerful, are they PK-players?"

"No they just duel" answered Liz.

"Were they in tournament?" Asuna asked.

"No they are completely new. But their skill points are high, so maybe they were convert from the another game. You know the little island on the north of 24th floor's main town with the big tree?
Everyday, at 3:00, they stood there and fight anyone, who challenged them in 1 on 1 fight. At first there were messages on the MMO Tomorrow that said they are seeking the strongest challengers. Of course, people want to teach the arrogant newbies a lesson. So at first 30 or so people showed up, but..." said Liz and left the sentence unfinished.

"They beat them all?" Asuna finished the sentence while asking.

"Every single one. Their HP never lowered more than 70% in any duels." said Liz still amazed at the memory.

Silica put her newly made snowman in the railing and exclaimed.
"It's really unbelievable. The way they flew its like they are already had done that hundreds of times, despite being a newbie. That's so unfair, it took me six months before I was able to fight in the air"

"Did you fight them, Silica-chan?" wondered Asuna.

"No way. Just watching them fight, I already know that I don't stand a chance at winning" answered Silica." But Liz-san and Leafa-san challenge them yesterday though. They are really brave!"

"Oh, shut up" muttered Liz.

"I did that to gain experience only" replied Leafa.

Then they looked at the sky and saw the snow began to fall again. So they all go back to the house to continue their talking.

Asuna brought a pie and makes some cup of tea and resumed their talking.
"About that Zekken... If they showed off their strength constantly like that, doesn't that mean that nobody will want challenge them anymore"

"Who said they are fighting for free? They betted something really amazing" said Silica accepting a plate of cake from Asuna.

"And what is that? Some kind of rare item?" wondered Asuna.

"It's not the item. It's the Original Sword Skill. Like the one we saw Naruto-san performed" answered Sillica.

"Really? OSS? For what weapon and how many hits? Is it better than Naruto's Final Requiem?" asked Asuna question after question.

"Are you kidding? Naruto-san OSS is on a completely different level. But this skill is also super amazing. It's a skill for a one hand sword and it's an 11-hit combo" answered Silica after swallowing her piece of cake.

"Eleven, huh? Well, but Naruto's OSS is 40-hit combo with blurred speed. Though Naruto is on the level of his own so just moved on from that" said Asuna

"General Eugene also created one OSS called Volcanic Blazer and it's a 8-hit combo" said Leafa joining the conversation.

"Now I understand why so many people challenge them like that" said Asuna.

"That's not all. You know that when Naruto-kun got back his old sword style his former style was given to a random player right?" asked Liz at which Asuna nodded her head."Zekken has inherited all of his former skills. That was also a reason why nobody could defeat them"

Asuna hearing that widen her eyes and recalled how powerful all those skills during that fight with Kirito, Naruto had demonstrated.

"I was doing fine when our HP is at 60%, before they performed Naruto-kun's Phantom Burst to overwhelm me quickly" said Leafa.

"I forgot to ask. What is their race and weapon?" asked Asuna.

"The same race as Naruto-kun, an Imp. And the weapon is a one-hand straight sword. They are also very fast, not on the level of Naruto-kun, but still I couldn't keep up with their movements. I am still shock" answered Leafa.

"A speed type eh? Well, then I wouldn't of stand a chance I guess" said Asuna then she recalled something and looked at the sleeping figure of Kirito in front of her. "Speaking, of speed movements. That person is also very fast as well.
What about Kirito-kun? He should have interested in something like this"

The girls just looked at each other then Leafa decided to answer the question.
"Onii-chan is already fought. And he was very cool when he lost"

"Was he serious back then? You guys already seen him when serious with the battle with Naruto, right?" asked Asuna.

"Well, to tell truthfully he was serious back then. The fight with Naruto-kun though is when he decided to go all out. I think Kirito wouldn't fight anyone except Naruto-kun all out" answered Liz with her hand on her chin.

"What about Naruto then? Some battle maniac like him sure won't let such a chance to fight a strong opponent to slip?" asked Asuna and laughed a little with the girls.

"Actually Naruto-kun was off yesterday. But I bet after hearing about that Zekken he will rush there tomorrow" answered Leafa looking at Naruto sleeping face. "But something really strange happen during the fight between Onii-chan and Zekken though. When the fight about to end, Onii-chan clashed blades with Zekken and said something to Zekken. After that they broke apart and Onii-chan was defeat by Zekken's Phantom Sonic Rush"

"What were they talking about?" wondered Asuna.

"He didn't tell me. Must be something he figured out during the fight" replied Leafa with a frown.

"Well, then I maybe should ask Zekken myself" said Asuna.

"Ho? So you decided to fight them?" wondered Liz.

"Well, yeah. I don't really think I could win. But this Zekken really interest me. I feel that they came to ALO for a different goal other than dueling"

"Even if you lost, I know for sure that Naruto-kun will win. And I feel that tomorrow he will pull some kind of stunt during the duel" said Liz and turned to Naruto with deadpan eyes.

"Ok then I will be there at 3:00AM 24th floor, right?... Oh my god, it is already 6:00 PM. I will be late for dinner" exclaimed Asuna.

"Hehehe, it's hard to be a rich girl eh?" Liz teased Asuna, while Asuna looked down at the ground solemnly.

"Ok, let's call it a day then" said Leafa.

None of them actually noticed Naruto has opened his eyes slightly and heard part of their talking.
'Zekken, huh? The inheritor of my Phantom skills. Tomorrow will be a very interesting day'

A/N: There was a question: Will Naruto interact with Asuna's mother? The answer is no because she is in Kyoto right now. Also she dislikes Naruto and virtual world for a specific reason that will be explained in the next chapter. About Yuuki, Naruto will save her. Because I feel very sad that she died in ranobe. Also Naruto's health condition will get worse after saving Yuuki so he will be lying in the hospital unconscious for some time.