A brand new Kirisuna AU. A tragic fate falls upon a young boy named Kirigaya Kazuto. He was stuck with a curse that turns him into a wolf-like beast upon sunset and only reverts to his human form at dawn. A painful lonely destiny awaits him. Until one day, he meets a young girl around his age. A bright and cheerful girl with gorgeous chestnut locks, whose soul was kind and gentle. A girl named Yuuki Asuna. Would Asuna be able to give Kazuto the years of love he had longed for?

What if the Final Load Test never existed and Cardinal's request to Kirito and Eugeo was merely to stop Quinella from playing with human lives? What if Gabriel Miller and Vassago never invaded Ocean Turtle and there was no war between the Human Empire and Dark Territory? What if the rebel against Quinella had gone horribly wrong for the trio, Kirito, Eugeo and Alice? What if...Kirito was synthesized in the midst of a gruesome battle with Quinella? Would Asuna be able to bring him back? This story takes place when the Rulid trio had freed Eugeo from his brainwashing, reunited and was confronting Quinella on the 100th floor, the peak of Central Cathedral. From the climax of the battle of justice, the beginning to a blighted journey.

After a heartful reunion with the people of Underworld and being released from the shackles of the past, Kirigaya Kazuto now cherished the bonds he had with the people he loved and cared about. However, life is never easy. Where there's fun, there will also be hardships. In order to protect those bonds, what kinds of trials he would have to face? A sequel to A Renegade of Reality. This contains short stories and one-shots. Main pairing: Kirito x Asuna

"Have you ever truly experienced the feeling of losing your sense of reality?" These words echoed mysteriously in Kirigaya Kazuto's mind one day. Little did he know, it was the onset to his suffering. Will his friends be able to save him from the whirlpool of his pain? Spoiler alert for those who have yet to read the novels on the end of Alicization arc. The story takes place after the events of Alicization and Unital Ring (assuming it ended in year 2026).