I'm in love with my Kitsune rival

Natalie is a gamer girl who's well known on the game fantasia online, the worlds most popular mmo rpg. but one day, she, along with multiple players, are sucked into the game, and the only way out is to defeat the main boss of the game.
during the time she's in the game, Natalie meets Kat, a kitsune who's trying to gain the top spot on the leader board, so Natalie takes it upon herself to get to the leader board first. but while they're doing this, they start to have feeling for each other that are much more than rivalry or friendship. can Natalie and Kat beat the game and express their feelings towards each other, or will everything go down the drain?
(this story is inspired by the series "sword art online", and the graphic novel "in real life" by Cory Doctorow and Jen Wang. please note that this will have some elements of the two, as well as some similarities to SAO, however this is not a SAO fanfic.)