Sofu(Grandfather) Chapter 5, a sword art online/ソードアート・オンライン fanfic

Sofu(Grandfather)

Summary: It is mentioned in Mother's Rosario book that Asuna went on a week vacation to her paternal Grandparent's house for the competitive annual gathering. We all know that someday in the future, Kazuto will need to meet Asuna's family. So what happens when he actually does? Multi-Chaptered.

Chapter 5:

Kazuto stared at the back of her head, thoughts running through his head. When will she get tired of this? Will she give up if her Grandfather isn't impressed? What would happen to Yui? Aloud, he mumbled, "This is going to be a long battle, huh?"

"Yeah. Yes it will. We've been battling since the moment SAO became a prison,"Asuna's sweet, gentle voice answered, her words caressing his heart gently. Asuna shifted slowly and turned around in his arms so that she faced him, and looked up at him, sparkling hazel eyes looking straight into his onyx black ones.

Asuna could gauge him well. "What's bothering you? I mean, other than my family members, earning money, and keeping a secret,"Asuna asked, knowing him well. "I just... can't help wondering when you will give up. Give up on me. On this battle,"Kazuto answered.

"I won't. I won't, so stop worrying. I don't fall in love for fun. I am a warrior. I will not give up on a battle,"Asuna replied. "So you better go to sleep now and wake up early to earn money." Then she smashed her face into his sweater, so that he couldn't see the worries on her face.

The next morning, Kazuto and Asuna woke up at 5:00, contacting their many friends, and pulling many favors with leaders like Eugene, Sakuya, and Alicia Rue to set up the perfect setting for the maximum amount of profit. By 6:00, Asuna was diving into ALO to meet with people, and Kazuto was maintaining the connection on the box for Asuna while having conferences through the hologram function.

By the time they walked down the stairs, they had almost forgotten the whole thing that happened yesterday about Kazuto cheating. Almost, because Yuuya, Denshi, and Hayato kept reminding them. "I see you've gotten Asuna to forgive you again. Poor Asuna,"Denshi would taunt.

They'd walk into another room and Hayato would be there saying, "So, who's Yui?" There was no end to the questions from the other relatives, including the adults too. "How are you two doing?" The worst part was that they had to sit there in a kimono, and smile through it all.

Finally, Kazuto stumbled across the excuse that they had a "business meeting" and they excused themselves, quickly changed, and dived into the familiar and not so annoying world of Alfheim Online. Quickly, they flew to the stairs at the foot of the world tree, where Eugene, Sakuya, Alicia Rue, Leafa, Lisbeth, Silica, Klein, Agil, Thinker, Yulier. "Thanks, everyone for coming to our help when needed,"Asuna called out. "Let's get this event started, shall we?"

Thirty minutes later, the inside of the world tree was full to the brim. A banner hung on the outside that advertised the once in a lifetime festival within the tree, and the events. Around the tree was balconies with food stalls, betting stalls, stalls with merchandise, advertising stalls, and even an ALO band playing at the very top, blasting from everywhere. One the ground floor was the actual main activity, though. Around all the whole round wall was bleachers, except at the grand door. In the middle of the floor was a stage. A fenced off stage.

Inside, Asuna faced another stranger. Another cocky stranger. "Gal, you're a healer. Stick to it,"he sneered, before attacking as the duel countdown got down to zero. He had only bid 5 yen, but with Asuna's 11,400 yen, you added 25% of 11,405 yen (2,851.25 yen), meaning whoever won would be keeping 14,251.25 yen. Where was the money coming from? Betters. All around the tree, there was people holding bets. The betting money was where the Admins of ALO would be paying them the extra 25% from.

The man, a heavily armored salamander, charged forward with his lance, just for Asuna to evade it completely, nimbly darting around him to ruthlessly jab him in several weak points, using only the sword skill linear. To this day, even Kirito got the chills when he saw and was reminded of that endless possibility of talent flowing from Asuna. She could be good. She could be so much better than Yuuki, and himself. But somehow, Kirito hoped she never did. Not because he was selfish. But because he knew that if she did acheive that level someday, even a bigger part of her than Kirito would be in the virtual world. Asuna would have to pour hours, that she could do so much more with than become good at a game that would not give her profit full time.

Asuna twisted away once again, before deflecting the player's blade once, and using that momentum to riposte so quickly Kirito's eye could not follow. It could've been a part of an original sword skill. The riposte hit exactly at the player's neck in between the chestplate and the helmet, dealing just the right amount of damage to kill him.

All around the tree, the band's playing was interrupted for the winning fanfare, which was starting to get repetitive and annoying. A bunch of people were grumbling about the bets, but the majority were cheering on the challengers and overall enjoying themselves.

Just as Asuna stepped off the stage, there was an alert, alerting her that somebody was shaking her roughly trying to get her attention in the real world. Inside, she felt disappointment settle into her chest. It seemed as if the adrenaline had just started running and could run so much longer. But she forced the adrenaline down, and alerted Kirito. They would be back after lunch. Until then, Leafa, Eugene, and Thinker could hold the fort. In addition, they had to check with Thinker if his advertisement of Kazuto's device had work.

Another short and horridly written chapter. Sorry guys and gals. I thought for a really long while, and this is the best I could muster out.