Sword Art Online
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15 - Return

Two months after being freed from SAO, Kazuto continues to be plagued with nightmares about Asuna. Since his two-year coma in the game, his sister, Kirigaya Suguha, has been constantly worrying about him. The pair have a kendo spar, and though Kazuto loses, Suguha is both shocked and curious about his unusual yet proficient sword fighting skills as a result of his time in SAO. Later, Kazuto goes to the hospital to visit Asuna who, along with 300 other players, has yet to wake up even after the SAO incident. It is there that he meets an associate of Asuna's father, Sugou Nobuyuki, who tells Kazuto that he intends to be adopted into Asuna's family while she is still comatose as a precursor to marriage, much to Kazuto's fury. Claiming that this is his right since it was his company that had been keeping SAO's server online after it's developer went bankrupt, he's keeping Asuna alive, he informs Kazuto that the ceremony will occur in a week and tells him not to see her again. Later at home, Kazuto breaks down before Suguha, who tells him not to give up, despite knowing Kirito is actually her cousin and harboring her own feelings for him. The next morning, Kazuto receives an e-mail from Agil with a screenshot of an avatar resembling Asuna from another game.

16 - Land of Fairies

Kazuto visits Agil to know more about the photo, and learns about a new game, SAO's successor, ALfheim Online and that Asuna might be in the game at a place called the World Tree. Kazuto goes home and starts to play the game. Due to malfunction of the game, Kirito is transported to a forest, and find that all of his SAO data was transferred into Alfheim along with Yui. Kirito learns the basic of flying from Yui. While two players called Leafa and Recon are attacked by a group of players causing Recon to die but when Leafa was surrounded, Kirito appears to rescue her.

17 - Captive Queen

Kirito killed two of the players and asked the last one if he wanted to fight, but he made an excuse before flying away. Kirito asked Leafa if she also wanted to fight, to which she declined. Leafa offered to buy Kirito a drink as a thank-you for saving her, so she took him to Swilvane, an Sylph town. There they met Recon, who had respawned there. He told her that Sigurd and the others had saved her a seat at their usual meeting place, but Leafa declined, explaining that she had promised Kirito a drink. At a tavern they go to, Kirito asked about the World Tree, and was told that there was a Grand Quest to clear it, and to receive unlimited flight, but Leafa thought that it was impossible. Kirito got angry, but calmed down and thanked Leafa, telling her he would go alone. When Kirito was about to leave, Leafa offered to take him. He thanked her, and she logged out. At this point, it was revealed that Leafa was Suguha. Kirito lay in bed with Yui at the tavern, and promises her that he would rescue Asuna and reunite them all. He then logs off by falling asleep.

Meanwhile, Asuna sat in a golden cage, and looked wistfully at the birds outside. Oberon (Sugou Nobuyuki) then approached her, and taunted her about the fact he was experimenting on the brains of the SAO players who had yet to wake. She told him that she would tell the police, but he told her that he would alter her memory as well. Asuna tried to read the door code as Oberon left, but was unable to due to the distance effect. Once he was gone, she cried out for Kirito to save her.

18 - To the World Tree

Suguha reminisces about how she started VR gaming, and then meets up with Recon's real life persona, Shinichi Nagata. She informs him that she will be leaving their party to join Kirito. Later, she logs in as Leafa and accompanies Kirito to shop for new equipment, but runs into her party. The group is led by Sigurd who does not take kindly to Leafa's departure and warns them they will be considered renegades for not sticking their allegiance to their race's territories. Before Kirito and Leafa set off, Recon approaches them, saying that though he wants to join them, he will remain in the party to keep an eye on Sigurd due to some suspicions he has on him. Later during their travels, Kirito and Leafa arrive at a landing point where they take turns logging out to refresh themselves. After Kirito returns, they both set off again, unaware that they are being followed by a mysterious group. Meanwhile, Asuna learns from Sugou that Kirito is still alive and secretly obtains the keycode for her cage's lock.

19 - The Legrue Corridor

While passing though a cave, Leafa gets a message from Recon warning her to take care when she and Kirito realize that they are being followed and try to escape, only to cornered by a large group pertaining to the Salamander faction. Kirito asks Leafa to support him with her magic while he fights the group by himself, but he is unable to break their formation until Yui comes up with a plan to have Leafa cast some protective magic on Kirito while he conjures a spell that transforms him into a giant monster that obliterates the enemies, save for one whom Kirito bribes in exchange for information. He reveals that his party were sent to attack them by orders of the same group which attacked them when they first met. After arriving at the next town, Suguha logs out for a while and is called by Shinichi who reveals to her that Sigurd is in cahoots with the Salamanders, who threaten to attack the Sylphs and Cait Siths during a meeting to establish an alliance. Upon logging in again, Leafa explains the situation to Kirito and states that for his own sake, he should proceed without her, as allying with the Salamanders may be the best option for him in order to reach the top of the World Tree. Kirito instead claims he will not abandon her and makes use of his speed to break out of the cave with her.

20 - General of the Blazing Flame

Kirito and Leafa reach the meeting place just as the Salamanders prepare to attack the Sylphs and Cait Siths. Seeing that they have no chance against them, Leafa thanks Kirito for all he has done for her and asks him to continue to the World Tree by himself, but he rushes forward and stands before the Salamander General Eugene instead, bluffing that he is an ambassador for the Spriggans/Undines alliance and to attack them would lead to the four factions waging war against the Salamanders. Eugene does not believe him and challenges him to a duel. Kirito is severely punished by Eugene's sword which can bypass his defenses, until he conjures a huge smokescreen, making use of it to steal Leafa's sword and turn the tides of the battle fighting Eugene with two swords. After Eugene is defeated, he is revived by Sakuya, the leader of the Sylphs and leaves in peace with his army. Having his treason exposed, Sigurd is contacted by Sakuya who strips him of his title and has him banished from the Sylph territory. After learning that the now allied Sylphs and Cait Siths plan an incursion to the World Tree in a couple of days, Kirito donates a large sum of money to Alicia, leader of the Cait Siths, to aid them in their war effort and departs ahead with Leafa. Meanwhile, Asuna makes use of the code she had previously learned to open the cage and escape.

21 - The Truth about Alfheim

Kirito and Leafa finally arrive at Alne and a voice announces that there will be server maintenance soon. Kirito asks if there's a cheap inn because he gave away most of his cash to log out at and Yui points them to it. In the real world Kazuto greets Suguha and notices that she is sleepy. Suguha tells Kazuto she was up late on the internet and Kazuto pours cold water down her back. Meanwhile Asuna uses the code she learned to get out of her cage and tries to escape. While looking for a system console so she can log out she notices a map with a room marked experiment. Curious she heads there where she sees holograms of brains who seem like they are in pain. She vows to help them but notices a couple of scientists who logged in in the form of slimes. She heads towards the console but gets caught and thrown back in the cage but not before snagging a GM card.

22 - The Grand Quest

Kirito rushes up the World Tree as high as he can but is blocked by the barrier set up by the moderators. As Yui calls out to Asuna, she hears her and throws down the key card to Kirito. Resolving to get to where Asuna is, Kirito decides to part from Leafa in order to take on the Grand Quest to reach the top of the tree himself. Upon entering the dome at the base of the tree, Kirito is faced with hundreds of valiant guardians, which he angrily battles against. Despite his best efforts, Kirito is overwhelmed and runs out of HP. Just then, Leafa manages to gather Kirito's flame, containing his soul, and get him out of the dome in order to revive him. As Leafa tries to talk Kirito out of going back in there alone, she hears him speak Asuna's name, leading Suguha to realise that Kirito is actually Kazuto. As they both realise each other's identities and log out, Suguha reveals to Kazuto both the fact that she fell in love with both of his identities and how she knew they weren't really siblings before shutting herself in her room.

23 - Bonds

In sorrow, Kirito remembers how he discovered the truth about his parents, and the reason he started playing video games. After a moment of solitude, he tells Suguha to meet him at the north terrace of Alne, to fight each other as a way of expressing their feelings. However after a moment of fighting, they ended up by hugging each other, and expressing their thoughts before going to the dome again, with Recon's help this time. Everything goes well until the Guardians target Recon and Leafa, ending in Recon's sacrifice to open the way, before it closes again. At that moment, hordes of Sylphs and Cait Sith Dragoons aid them, allowing the way to the door to be opened once more. Leafa throws her sword to Kirito, allowing him to break through the last blocade of Guardians, only to discover that only the game administrators may open the door. Thinking fast before another spawning Guardians attacks him, Kirito gives the system-access card to Yui, thus allowing them to open the door, and get inside.

24 - Gilded Hero

Arriving at the top of the World Tree, Kirito and Yui finally manage to reunite with Asuna. However, they are suddenly hit by high gravity magic, which forces Yui to retreat, and are confronted by Sugou. As Sugou reveals his plans to control the human soul, he chains Asuna up and starts to molest her in front of Kirito, who is stabbed and forced to endure incredible pain. As Kirito falls into despair, he hears the voice of Akihiko, who encourages him to stand up and fight, realising the pain is nothing compared to the pain of SAO. Using Akihiko's administrative abilities, Kirito manages to strip Sugou of his high level and challenges him to a fight with no pain absorption, showing him what true pain is before finishing him off. After logging Asuna out, returning her to the real world, Kirito meets with the remnant of Akahiko's memory, who gives him an item called The Seed before leaving. After returning to the real world and giving his thanks to Suguha, Kazuto makes his way to the hospital to finally meet Asuna for real.

25 - The World Seed

Rushing to the hospital Kazuto is attacked by an injured Sugou with a knife at the parking area. Kazuto manages to disarm him, and after considering everything Sugou has done, Kazuto spares his life. Kazuto finally meets with Asuna where they have a tearful reunion. On May 16, 2025, Kazuto and Asuna have returned to school, attending a special school for students who were trapped in SAO. As they have lunch, Kazuto reveals Sugou was arrested by the police after their fight and the crimes he committed were exposed by one of his employees. The 300 players that were trapped by Sugou were freed but his experiments shocked the public. Due to the scandal, Asuna's father and his higher ups resigned and shut down Alfheim Online with other VRMMORPG following suit. Later, Asuna, Kazuto and Suguha head to Agil's bar where Liz, Silica, Yoruko, Kains, Sasha, Yulier, Thinker, Klein and his guild are waiting, and they have a party to celebrate Kazuto for freeing them from SAO. Kazuto gives Agil "The Seed" to be analyzed which is revealed to be a program that allows anyone with a server to create their own VRMMORPG and it allows to transfer players to other VRMMORPG easily. «The Seed» is uploaded to the internet which revives the VRMMORPG genre. Later that night in Alfheim Online, now run by a new company, Kirito meets up with Leafa where they share a dance in the sky. Leafa decides to leave since she feels she cannot keep up with her brother but Kirito reveals his character stats have been reset. As a surprise, the floating castle Aincrad from SAO has been brought into Alfheim Online which Kirito then declares he intends to finish clearing all 100 floors. With their friends from SAO and ALfheim Online flying towards the castle, Leafa, Kirito, Asuna and Yui join them.

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