Sofu(Grandfather) Chapter 7, 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.

A/N: First & foremost, thank you Hey Nonny for reviewing and telling me I messed up! I have now fixed the yens, USD, and Euro so you can now think of it any which way you wish! Anywho, on with the story!

Chapter 7:

Asuna and Kazuto stumbled into the hallway where Midori and Suguha sat leaning against each other in a light and forced sleep. Kouichirou had driven them to the airport and arranged for a private helicopter straight to the hospital roof. Suguha looked up and nodded in acknowledgement at Kazuto and Asuna so she wouldn't disturb Midori, but her attempts were futile as Midori lifted her head to look at them. She gave a heavy and sad smile despite the circumstances at them, and even managed to tease, "Now who might this beautiful young woman be, Kazuto? You haven't brought a friend to see us since elementary, not to mention a girl."

Kazuto ignored it and instead asked, "How is he?" Midori's facade fell, and tears returned to the corners of her puffy eyes.

"He's still in there,"Suguha answered for Midori. Kazuto nodded and sat down next to Midori. They fell into a somber silence. Suguha however, stood up and waved for Asuna who had been awkwardly standing there to follow. Just out of hearing distance from Midori and Kazuto Suguha explained, "We should get some food for them. Ma hasn't gotten up since eight hours ago when it all happened. I also think it's fair to warn you about habits of my family before your first meeting with my parents as Onii-chan's girlfriend."

As they got onto the cafeteria line Suguha continued, "It really isn't fair to you. Onii-chan and I never mentioned you to Ma. She's always away at work too much. It doesn't matter what Ma thinks. Just be there for Onii-chan. I know he'll feel extra guilty because he was away when Pa got into a car crash, and simply because he's not his real son. I'll do the explaining." She stopped to tell the lady behind the counter what she wanted.

As they stepped away from the counter with a bag of food Asuna's phone rang and she picked up. She didn't stay on long. Then her phone rang again, and she said, "Yes?" This time as she listened to whomever was on the other end of the line talk, her eyes widened and she immediately blurted out, "Thank you! I'll tell him too!"

Late that night Midori, Kazuto, Suguha, and Asuna stepped into the Kirigaya household. Midori immediately went up the stairs, forgetting hospitality. Kazuto did the same. It seemed he had just snapped after seeing Kirigaya Minetaka after the surgery, and using so much effort to pry his wailing mother/aunt away from 's bedside. Suguha turns to Asuna and says, "I'm sorry we're treating you like this. You can stay in Onii-chan's room if you like. Or I can give you mine, and I'll sleep on the couch. And you do realize it's not you right? Onii-chan isn't acting different because he wants to break up with you or anything."

Asuna gives a small laugh and answers, "You're treating me very well Leafa. I'll just sleep with Kirito. No need to kick you out of your own room. I understand why he's acting differently. It would be horribly shallow of me if I didn't." Suguha nodded and plodded up the stairs as well.

To be honest, it was not until Asuna knocked on the door that Kazuto realized how much he had been neglecting her. He tripped over to the door and flung open to the door. He stared at her for a while, soaking in the beauty of Asuna dressed in pajamas before realizing that she was staring at him. More accurately, his body. That was when he remembered what he had been doing before she knocked. Changing.

Good thing he had only gotten his shirt off. Through his blushing, Kazuto stuttered, "C-come in." Asuna followed Kazuto into the room, and he grabbed a random shirt that was on the floor and pulled it on. Asuna hadn't thought of Kazuto as one, but Kazuto was quite the typical gamer. Clothes were strewn across the room, except around the desk where several monitors sat. The room had a strong masculine smell of Kazuto to it. The clearest, cleanest place was a shelf. Two items sat on it. The Nervegear that had originally enabled him to meet her, the Amusphere which had eventually become their link, the Augma which had granted them access to the complete nightmare of Ordinal Scale.

Kazuto bustled around the room collecting his discarded pants, jackets, socks, underwear, shirts, and sweaters before hurrying out of the room. He returned quickly, closing the door behind him to find Asuna already sitting on the chair next to his desk. "I'm sorry. I haven't even looked at you since we got into the hospital,"Kazuto apologized. Asuna pulled his head to her chest instead of replying so that he kneeled in front of her, face smashed against her chest, instead consoling him for every crazy thing that happened these past few days. She really didn't understand why everyone was apologizing. It was probably a normal thing if the man of the family had almost died and was still in the ICU.

Asuna looked down at the top of Kazuto's head, listening to his breathing to make sure he wasn't sleeping before breaking the news. "Kirito, I know this is sudden, but today after we left three guys challenged our friends with a few thousand yen. Afterwards, Thinker was just hanging out with a few guys at the beer stall, and happened to come across one of the top ALO Admins. He said they were having a difficulty leading and would probably sell ALO to an owner who would compromise and work with the admins for 2 million yen(17.5k USD and 16.5k Euro). Klein came up, thinking it was a good idea and made a contract, paying immediately for you and Thinker to be the new owners. On top of that Kouichirou convinced Oji (1 of the many ways to say Grandpa) to extend it our time for a month due to your family's crisis, meaning we have enough time to make great business deals and advertise your device on ALO if we work hard. But I get if you don't want to play Oji's games anymore. I get it. I'll just think of another way..."

Asuna finally faltered. She really didn't know how many other ways there was other than running away from home and marrying Kazuto without her grandparents' consent. Even though she had her immediate family's support, nobody dared defy her Grandparents' words. There was no way Kazuto would let her do that. Kazuto finally pulled away just enough so he could look up at her but her arms would still be wrapped loosely around him. With a strong, determined voice that had all but disappeared after this morning he promised her, "No. I told you I'd get their approval this time. So that you don't have to bear all the weight. Tomorrow we will go to Agil's Dicey Cafe and we will set up the new official ALO HQ there. We will work with Thinker. I will work day and night to achieve our goals of approval from your Grandfather. Papa can wait, since he's in the ICU in a coma right now."

Then with surprising strength she didn't think sucha skinny guy would have, he picked her up bridal style. With a squeal she wrapped her arms around his neck. Kazuto barely managed not to stumble and fall, and even though he didn't he swayed as he walked. Finally he collapsed onto the bed on top of her, holding himself up with his arms. He smiled. Suddenly they both felt, someday in the future this would be everynight. They would get through this game that Asuna's Sofu (grandpa) had placed them into somehow, someday.

Alright. I'll admit it. There's a reason why I wrote a chapter that isn't as short, and a reason why I wrote it so fast after I wrote Chapter 6. I started this chapter intending to announce that I fixed the problems Hey Nonny pointed out, instead ending it very hyper about Ordinal Scale. This chapter is dedicated to Ordinal Scale which is, once again, being released in several days in UK, US, and Canada.

WAIT HOLD IT! I forgot when I started. Also wanted to thank all of you reading this & supporting the fanfic. I expected it to be another one of those with 10 favs & follows with around 4 reviews.

3/7/17: I have come back to reply to a certain person reviewing as "Guest". He pointed out several huge flaws in my writing style so far for Sword Art Online and others. I don't know if this counted as a flame, but I really want to thank you. I am posting it here because I don't know how to contact a Guest.

1. I will try harder. 2. I didn't reference Harry Potter intentionally. Unless you are talking about a whole other fanfic, then I have a whole other reason for it. 3. I apologize for the authors note. It won't happen again. 4. I am sorry for paragraphs. I will also work on it. 5. I will work on this as well... Although I may have been doing that by accident. I will go back and check. 6. I have now erased the Ordinal Scale part. I was WAY too hyper when I wrote this, and did not know the proper info. I am sorry.

And ladies and gentlemen if you have read the comment that is exactly why I have stood firm on the fact that I am in fact a poor writer. I will not go back and fix all of this because that is absurd, but please expect changes the next chapter.

Dr.V