A/N: Last chapter of SAO arc 1. Hope you all enjoy it. Arc 2 will be coming soon. I apologize for the delay. Been busy this week.

My eyes slowly opened and I found myself in a white room on a bed. My body felt unbelievably weak.

Where am I?

I could hear some commotion out of the room. A nurse burst through the room and gasped when she saw me.

"Over here too! They're all awake!" she yelled out.

I'm back... I'm really back in the real world.

After a few minutes some more nurses and doctors came into the room. They ran some tests and found that there was no neurological damage. I was obviously physically deteriorated though.

"Have all parents or guardians been contacted yet?" the doctor asked one of the nurses.

"Yes sir. All immediate relatives of each survivor have been informed."

I was ecstatic. We had finally been freed from SAO. My thoughts drifted to Kirito and my joy instantly vanished.

Kirito... I wish you could have come back too.

After a couple hours, a nurse came in.

"Excuse me. Was your in-game name Ren?" she asked.

"Yes."

"I have a message from a friend of yours that was in the game."

"Who is it?"

"His name was Kirito."

Upon hearing the name my heart skipped a beat. My eyes were wide with shock.

"What... what did you say?"

"His name was Kirito." she repeated. "He wanted to tell you that he's ok."

Kirito... Kirito is alive?!

"By the way, do you happen to know his relation to another player by the name of Asuna?" she asked.

"Yeah. They were a couple. Why?"

The nurse's face became grim.

"Don't tell me she's..."

"Oh no. It's not that. She's alive. Don't worry." the nurse assured me. "The thing is, about 300 players are still trapped in their coma for some reason. Asuna is one of them."

The news shocked me. There were players that are still asleep?! And Asuna is one of them?!

"I don't know how to tell him." the nurse sighed.

"Don't tell him. Not yet at least." I asked. "Let me break the news. It'll sound better coming from a friend."

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah." I sighed.

The nurse got me a phone and got me in touch with Kirito. He didn't take the news well. I couldn't blame him.

A few hours passed. I wondered if I did the right thing by telling him right away. I was so concentrated in my own thought, I almost didn't hear the voice calling my name.

"Dan?"

I looked towards the door. In front of it stood a little girl of about 12 years of age. She had long brunette hair. She was wearing a blue jacket. I knew who she was right away. Her name was Clair. It would be hard not to recognize my own little sister.

"Dan... is it really you?" Clair asked with tears rolling down her face. In response I gave a smile.

"You got a little taller over the past two years." I said.

She ran right over to me and jumped into my bed, hugging me.

"Big brother! I missed you so much! I'm so happy you're back!" she cried.

I rubbed her back as she cried into my shirt.

"I missed you too sis. It's ok now. I'm here."

I felt bad for leaving Clair for these past two years. I had always been there to look out for her. The time while I was in SAO must have been tough on her.

After a few minutes, my mother came in as well. When they got to the hospital, Clair apparently ran ahead of her to see me. She always was impatient, like me.

I'm back. We're all alive. Asuna may still be asleep, but she'll wake up soon. Everything can go back to normal.

Little did I know how wrong I was.

A/N: Awwwwww. I just love close siblings. (sheds a tear). Don't judge me. Men cry too.

(Audience member): No they don't!

Me: Who said that! (silence). Yeah. I thought so.

Anyway, arc 2 will be here in a month or two Look forward to it. Also, a new story based on Dagger will be posted starting next week.

Here are the names of the new stories:

Arc2: Blazing Revolution

Dagger story: The Adventures of Dagger (I know, great name right?)

Look forward to the new stuff everybody.