A/N: Welcome! Hope that information from last chapter helped. I wanted you to understand as much as possible. I don't want you looking it up yourselves, when you can just read it off the Author's Notes. Time for next chapter to start off!

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Sword Skills

-Duel Blades- (Kirito's Elucidator & Dark Repulser)
-Starburst- Stream A high-class Duel Blades Sword Skill. A series of multiple slashes upon the enemy. *Combo 16*

(1) Gyoza- Japanese meat filled dumplings

Ch 6. Unexpected Return

Kirito looked up at his little sister, flailing in the air. "Damn it," he said under his breath. He looked through his menu, to find his duel blades skill. When he found it, -Dark Repulser- appeared on his back. He took out his sword, and looked back up at Leafa. "Leafa! I'm coming to get you. He turned quickly around and looked at Klein.

"Klein! Give me a boost," Said Kirito, backing up to get a good running start. Klein readied himself for the launch. Kirito started running, charging up his blades to full power. He ran quickly, reaching his top speed. He jumped into the air, and landed on Klein's hand. "Now!" He shouted, a small buff of smoke emerged after the launch. Kirito looked up at The Dark Curse. He pulled up his swords, and unleashed -Starburst Stream-. Attack after attack, the beast was starting to lower to ground level. In the process of the onslaught of attacks. He let go of Leafa, and she flew towards the ground.

Before making contact to the ground, Leafa activated her wings. Landing softly onto the ground, and looked up at her brother. "Onii-chan!" Shouted Leafa, getting ready to fly up there to help. When a hand rested on her shoulders. She turned around, to be facing Asuna, who was looking up as well. "It's okay Leafa, Kirito-kun has this under control." She said, when she looked back down and smiled her gorgeous smile.

Kirito, every attack on target and with great power. Before long, the beast is now settled back onto ground level. The attacks were to quick for it to react at all. Now it was in the late red, and was about to die. The others joined in when it reached a good enough level. The Dark Curse was easily taken down, and shattered. The group sat down for a bit, looking at their rewards. Keiko looked at the rewards they got, and gasped. "Look!" She said pointing to the reward screen. "We got more of those Dawn Stones." Everyone looked at their rewards. And just like Keiko had said. They had all received a Dawn Stone.

"I'm guessing this is what we need for that Dawn Sword." Said Kirito, looking up at the group. "Well, we should head to Liz's shop." He said, accepting the rewards, and started walking out of the room. The rest followed in suit, and they left the boss room.

Emerging from the room, they saw a man at the enterence. He looked up and said "A-Are you here to save me?" He asked, reaching a hand out to them. He was quite old, with his golden crown and his grey beard. 'He must be the Princess's Father.. ' thought Kirito, looking at the old man. "Are you the king?" Asked Asuna, taking the old man's hand, and helping him up. He stared up at them, and replied "yes, I am the kind of Nord. My daughter and I were separated from each other."

The group exchanged glances with each other. Asuna finally said, "your daughter has asked us to find you. Please follow us, we will guide you safely out of this cave." Said Asuna, giving him a reassuring smile. The kind reluctantly got up, and started following them. Finally exiting the cave, the Princess and the kind reunited. "Father! I'm so glad you are safe." Said Princess Kiredel, smiling happily at the group. "For thanks, here is your reward!" She handed Kirito a blacksmith guide. The Princess was about to kiss Kirito again. But Asuna pulled him away before the kiss was planted. With a sigh of relief, he thanked Asuna.

They finally arrived at Liz's shop. Walking in, to see her giving a customer his sword. "Please come again!" She said, waving goodbye to her customer. She then turned her attention to her group of friends that just entered. "So? Did you guys find any materials?" She said, looking excitedly at her friends. They all laughed, and gave her the materials they had found on there way back.

"Oh, Liz," aid Kirito, looking through his inventory. "The quest NPC gave me this." He said, giving her the guide book. Her eyes grew wide at this. "Y-You got the best blacksmith book in all of SAO?!" She said, happily accepting the book from Kirito. "Thank you Kirito! For once you did something that was good." She said happily, as Kirito glared at her. They started talking about what happened at the dungeon.

Asuna looked at the time, and was shocked. '2-20:00pm!?(8:00pm) My mom should be home soon!' She thought rapidly, playing out what could happen if she was already home. She turned to Kirito and said, "Kirito-kun! My mom is almost home!" She shrieked. Kirito looked at her in shock. "W-We need to leave right now!" Shouted Kirito, opening up his menu, and logged out. Before any of their friends could answer, they had already gone back to the real world.

Waking up, in Asuna's bedroom they both got up. "I'm so sorry Kirito-kun! I-I didn't realize the time!" She said as she took off her Amsphere. Kirito just squeezed her hand tighter, and took his off as well. "It's okay Asuna, I would rather be with you, then not being with you." He said smiling at her. They both got off the bed, and opened the door quietly. They looked around the hall, and saw no one there.

As they walked down the stairs. They didn't see her mothers shoes at the front door. With a sigh of relief, Asuna walked down stairs with Kirito. "I'm so lucky that she didn't come." Asuna giggled, and walked him to the door. "I'll see you tomorrow at school?" She said, leaning in for a hug. He accepted the hug, and replied. "Of course I'm going to school, if I miss a day of it. I miss a great day with you." He said, kissing her on the forehead. She started blushing a dark red. "Then I'll see you tomorrow," she said, opening the door.

But when the door opened someone was reaching for the doorknob. Looking up, there stood Mrs. Yuuki. Who was also surprised at what she saw on the other side. "M-Mrs. Yuuki!" Said Kirito, taking a small step back from the door. Mrs. Yuuki walked into the house, and scanned the house for her husband. "Asuna," she said not turning around to look at her. "Where is your father?" Asuna answered quietly, "he is in the living room." Asuna's mom walked towards the living room. Before entering, she said, "do not leave the house yet..." Then she entered the room.

Kirito and Asuna exchanged glances. "I-I'm sorry Kirito-kun! I didn't think she would be home." Said Asuna, looking at the living room door. Kirito looked there too and said, "well, I guess I'm not leaving yet..." He said, a looked of worry on his face. Moments later, Mr. and Mrs. Yuuki entered the room where they stood. "Kazuto! We have decided that you can have dinner with us." Said Mr. Yuuki, smiling happily at him. However, his wife looked unhappy.

Asuna and Kirito exchanged glances again. "A-Are you sure? My mom is probably waiting for me to get home to eat." Said Kirito nervously. "It's alright! We had already contacted your mother. Informing her that you would be here eating dinner with us. Please please, come sit down, we have plenty of food for you to eat." Said Mr. Yuuki, walking into the dinning room with his wife leading the way.

"Are you sure you can do this?" Asked Asuna, looking into Kirito's worried eyes. He finally regained his train of thought, and said. "I'll bare with it, if I want to stay with you." He said, smiling a shy little smile before walking off the the dinning room as well.

The four of them sat down, and started eating their food. Asuna's mother already pulling out her tablet, and her father grabbing some food. There was much silence as they ate, until Mr. Yuuki finally spoke. "So! Kazuto, what have you been doing recently?" He asked, before biting into his Gyoza(1). Kirito looked up, and said. "Well, I have been working on a new software program for school. The Mechatronics group, has helped me a lot in it." He said while scooping up some rice.

"That sounds very interesting! Say, is that why you life playing those games?" Asked Mr. Yuuki, seeming very interested in what Kirito said. "That is mostly the reason why I started researching it. In abouta year or so, I'll be headed off to America to study more on Mechatronics..." He said, smiling at Mr. Yuuki. Mrs. Yuuki was over hearing their conversation, and was taking notes on her tablet. Asuna was thinking about what she planned to do with that information. 'Does she want to study Kirito-kun? She seems very into what they are talking about...' Asuna thought, staring at her mothers tablet. When her mother turned to look at her, she quickly turned her attention back to Kirito and her father.

"You seem very well educated in technology." Said Mr. Yuuki, pleased at the information he was getting. "Well, I've studied about it for 3 years now. I think that it would be great to learn more in America. I'm just waiting for the right moment to go.." Kirito said, playing with his now cold pork. "Asuna," said her father. "I think you have found yourself a good boy." He said chuckling a little. Asuna smiled politely, but in her mind. She was very excited. Her parents would have never accepted a boy that wasn't rich.

"Well it's starting to get late." Said Mrs. Yuuki, as she stood up from her seat at the table. "I will be headed to bed now." She said, nodding her head at Mr. Yuuki, then leaving the room. , after moments later, followed in suit. "She is right, you should be headed home now Kazuto. You have school in the morning, and I don't want to be the reason you be late." He said, as he left the room. Leaving Asuna and Kirito in the dinning room. They both sighed with relief.

"I don't know if she likes you or not, but my father seems to really like you." Said Asuna, smiling at Kirito. Kirito returned the smile, "I guess we'll just have to wait your mother to show it as well." He stood up, and started walking towards the door. "I should get going, I don't want to be late again..." He said, running his hand through his hair again. Asuna just giggled, and gave him a hug. "Kirito-kun, I'll be waiting at school for you," she said smiling at him. He returned the smile, and leaned in to kiss her. They shared a heart warming kiss. Not knowing that Mrs. Yuuki was watching from the top of the stairs.

'What does she see in him?' She thought, looking at them kiss. 'She should be looking for a rich husband to keep the family name.' She thought over her daughters bad choice of men. 'I don't see them breaking up anytime soon though...' She looked at them once more, they had finally separated from each other. She started walking off to her room, taking her tablet and gave it a look. She stared at the notes she had taken during dinner. 'Mechatronics... What an interesting career choice...' She opened the door to her office, and quietly closed it behind her. She continued to look at the tablet, thinking what Kazuto could do for her family.

"One way or another, Asuna is going to realize that Kazuto is no good for her..." Said Mrs. Yuuki, quietly talking to herself. "I'll be sure of it." With a heavy sigh, she turned off her tablet, and continued her work on the computer.

Kirito finally left the Yuuki household. Asuna watched as he left the house and mounted his motorcycle. He waved his final goodbye, and started to ride home. Asuna closed the door, and walked up to her room. She changed into fresh clean clothes, and laid down on her bed. 'I hope Oka-san doesn't do anything to Kirito...' She thought, looking at her phone background. A picture of her and Kirito at the park. She grabbed her blanket and draped it over her body, and started to drift off to sleep. Dreaming about what the next day brings for them.

A/N: Enjoyed the chapter? Hope you did! I'll be continuing shortly, rest is needed for this fragile sac of bones. Please give me feed back, and anything that you think was missing. I'll try to implement is into my stories. I will give you credit for the advice you give. Thank you for reading! See you later!

Sword Skills

Duel Blades (Kirito's Elucidator & Dark Repulser)

-Starburst Stream- A high-class Duel Blades Sword Skill. A series of multiple slashes upon the enemy. *Combo 16*