The Breaking Point - Kirisuna

In This World and All The Others

She bowed to me. I grabbed her arms to pull her back up.

"Thank you, none of that is necessary. I came to see what I could help out with around here, that's all."

"Hmmm." She thought. I guess I'm just not needed anywhere today.

"It's ok. Don't worry about it." I turn to walk off. I'll probably just log off and take a nap or something. I was starting to feel like losing Kirito had made me lose my worth.

"Wait! There is one thing you could do for me. Only if you're up to it, of course"

Oh, thank heavens.

She walked across the room. I saw a giant feather pen swivel on paper before she walked back and handed me a scroll.

"Take this to the king. He's at the church. Tell him this is from me.". I was then sent off.

A mail delivery? Ha! This was easy peasy.

I followed the way to the church. My eyes focused on the outside detail of the scroll. If I didn't do that, my mind would wander back to that dreaded memory.

The joy in their faces. The awe in her eyes. The blinding shine of the ring. It all made me depressed. I was living for Kirito for years. Now I had nothing to live for. No one, I should say.

I made it into the church. I walked up to beautified golden guided doors. The gold looked delicate, so I knocked gently.

"You may enter". A heavy voice called out. The voice sounded melancholy as if the voice was coming from my emotions themselves.

I pushed through the giant doors. The king stood to his feet as soon as I did.

"Asuna?"

What the hell? What was he doing in here at the same time as me?

"K-Kirito? Sorry. I'll leave." I put the scroll on the marble tile.

"NO NO NO! Please stay!" He began to climb down from his thrown to catch up to me. I stopped.

We stood there staring at each other. Kirito looked different. I hadn't seen him in a month or so. I guess that's to be expected. I didn't know whether to run or just suck it up and congratulate him.

I took a second to admire the nice black attire that covered his matured figure. A handsome hero he was. I looked away quickly feeling guilty. I was checking out someone's fiancé, I'm terrible.

"Ummm... I guess I should say congrats on your engagement, huh?"

"He proposed to you?". What is he talking about?

"What do you mean 'he'? I'm talking about you."

"Kirito or me?" Kirito replied? I'm so confused right now it hurts.

"Wow. A month goes by and you start referring to yourself in the third person." I joked but seriously, who was he now? Kirito was nearly unrecognizable.

"Sorry. I forgot because you haven't met me yet and I guess no one told you. I'm Star King Kirito. The copied fluctlight of the Kirito that lived the 200 years here. Star Queen Asuna is no longer with us. The real-life Kirito is your in-time Kazuto."

No wonder why he looked older. He even spoke more maturely than he did when I first saw him after the two years he was here by himself.

"Wow. I'm sorry to hear you and the other Asuna are apart. But I guess it worked out anyways. real-world you fell out of love with me anyways."

The king's face looked disturbed by what I had just said. I'm a little scared of him, both Kirito's were now people I felt like I didn't know, who's to say how they react now?