Owari(The End)

Chapter 27

Disclaimer: I do not own anything. All content is based off of "Sword Art Online" and their owners.

Note: This story happens after the whole thing, therefore it means it happens when Kirito is re-defeating Aincrad with his friends.

March 4th 4:00 2029 Floor 55 Granzam

Asuna wakes up. It feels like SAO days, where she couldn't get a night until Kirito. On that thought, everything the past twenty four hours flooded back in, and a familiar sense of joyous euphoria filled Asuna's body, and a warm feeling she couldn't descrive. As everything flooded in, so did all her senses. One particularly sharp sense, was touch. Asuna felt a hand on top of hers. She opens her eyes with a small sigh, and open her eyes. As she expected, Kazuto Kirigaya was sitting right there. Unlike what she expected, in the early morning moonlight, Kazuto was still watching her. Wide awake. A goofy smile, pretty much happier than she'd ever seen dominated his face. It reached to the very darkest depths of his eyes. They stared at each other for a while, before Asuna asked, "How are Yuuki, Kichiro, and Yui?" Then after a second, she adds, "And Kan." It seemed improper not to see Kan as part of the family, although it was hard to see what role he filled in the family.

Yui trusted him a lot. Maybe even more than Kirito and Asuna. Kirito had taken to an immediate liking, and practically already announced him heir to Kirito's knowledge and skills. And even Asuna, who seemingly was the most headclear seemed to feel as if he belonged in the family. "Yui is worried about you, Yuuki, and Kichiro, but other than that, she's having fun with Kan at Sugu and Recon's place. Although Kan and Yui are driving them crazy...Yuuki is doing great... Kichiro... they put him in an incubator and..."Kirito reported, and then drifted off, his thumb circling over the back of her hand, as he lowered his gaze to her hand, and the smile slowly disappeared. "Kirito,"Asuna said with a firmness that gave Kirito the bravery to continue, mostly because he knew if he didn't continue, she'd probably strangle him, and she knew he could especially with the skills she acquired from ALO. "They said we're lucky. But he has Nar-naro-narcolopsey...I think..."Kirito continued, stopping on the word, he didn't quite know how to say. Asuna knew exactly what it was, with her slightly better education. "Narcolepsy,"she corrected, and then defined, "A disease of the brain, where it is common for, spells of sleepiness randomly, and caused by emotions, cataplexy, and sleep paralysis."

Her face was raw emotion, too tired to mask it, with no need to mask it in front of Kazuto. You could tell the look of fear, and heartbreak, to see her own child have a problem. Kirito frowned, took her face in his hands. "Asuna, no matter what, this is supposed to be a happy day. The official start of a new life. Imagine it! A real wedding, in Floria, with Sugu as the Maid of Honor, your brother as the best man, Yui as the flower girl, Kan as the ring bearer, Silica, Sinon, Lisbeth, and maybe even Yulier as your bridesmaid, Agil as the marriage officiant, Thinker, Talken, Klien and Recon as the groomsmen..." He trailed off, frowned, and then abruptly corrected, "No wait, cross that out! Klien and Recon, even though are great friends are not great to imagine in a perfect wedding! What was my point?!" He was rambling by now like he never did, because he was a man of few words. Asuna couldn't help but giggle at his tactics of cheering her up, and Kirito started laughing with her too. That is how Taashi found them, and he smiled, and let them regain the stoic faces he was used to seeing, before asking, "I suppose you two want to see your children?" Asuna's eyes widened, and turned to Kirito, "You haven't gone to see Yuuki, and Kichiro yet?" Kirito nodded with a smile, "Waited for you." Asuna nodded, and Taashi checked on Asuna, before leading them to the nursery.

When Kirito helped Asuna through the door, they both sucked in a breath. They could recognize both Yuuki and Kichiro well. Kichiro being the only one that had more intense medical treatment, Yuuki being the only girl, and the other baby in the room that wasn't their's was definitely older. Kirito and Asuna walked up to Kichiro's incubator, with smiles. The first thing that was said in the dead silence, other than the humming of machines, and occasional beeps, was Asuna saying, "His eyes... are every bit as beautiful as yours, Kirito." Taashi quickly handed Yuuki to Kirito, who nuzzled into Kirito's chest. "Yuuki and Kichiro will be hungry soon, so be ready, if they suddenly start crying,"Taashi warned, and slipped out the room. Not even five seconds later, Yui and Kan came bursting into the room, this time with Kan and Yui equally matched in eagerness. They took in Yuuki and Kichiro with bright smiles, the whole family gathered together. Their friends may have been watching them through the glass, but they couldn't care less. Kirito couldn't care less. Kirito had a complete family of six at age 21. (Counting Kan.) Could life get any better, for him?