A/N: Well it's been a long time coming, but here it is. The final chapter of Blazing Revolution. Hope you all enjoy it.

They say childbirth is a miracle. That for one short moment in time, you forget all the dangerous and terrible things in the world. Two people help give life to another. One small tiny infant that they can call their child. It's a beautiful, wonderful moment they say.

In Alicia's mind, whoever said that obviously never gave birth themselves.

Loud cries of pain and gasps for breath escaped Alicia as she laid on the bed in the delivery room. The pain was excruciating as she breathed deeply and prayed for her baby to be born soon. The only other people in the room were doctors and her husband that stood at her side. Outside in the waiting room, there friends and family were gradually arriving.

"Dan…" Alicia moaned.

"I'm right here, Alicia." Dan told her as he held her hand. "Don't worry. I'm not going anywhere."

The doctor stood at the other end of Alicia. "Alright Mrs. Hiryo, you're doing great. Just give us a push."

Alicia followed the doctor's instructions. She could barely endure the pain from labor, but she could feel the baby inside her nearly on the verge of coming out. Her hand squeezed Dan's tightly, so much so that she was almost afraid there wouldn't be any feeling left in it after this was all over. But her mind was too focused on she pain she was feeling to be concerned about her husband's hand.

"You're doing fine, Alicia. Just a little more." Dan said, cheering her on.

"It feels like I'm soloing against ten Skull Reapers." Alicia groaned as she gave another push.

"I can see the head." the doctor told her. "Keep it up. You're almost there."

"You hear that Alicia? You're nearly there. You can do this." Dan said in the most soothing voice he could muster.

Alicia pushed again. She did so over and over again as she breathed heavily. The second she felt that the baby was out of her, she gasped for breath as if she had run a marathon. The sound of crying and wailing not far away from her was music to her ears.

"Congratulations Mrs. Hiryo." the doctor said. "You've just given birth to a healthy baby girl."

A soft smile appeared on Alicia's face. It was finally over, and hearing those words from the doctor made all of the pain up till now so worth it. A baby. A healthy baby girl. That was all she could ask for.

Dan rubbed the top of Alicia's hand gently and smiled at her. "You did great, sweetie. Our baby is finally here."

Tears formed in Alicia's eyes as she stared at her husband. "I'm so happy right now. She's here. Our baby is here."

The doctor soon walked over to the couple with the newborn girl wrapped in a blanket. He handed her over to Alicia. As the baby girl laid in the blanket held by her mother, the wailing gradually began to settle down. Soon afterwards, the baby fell asleep. Alicia stared at the little bundle of joy in her arms. A peaceful expression could be seen on the baby girl's face as she slept while Alicia held her.

"She's so beautiful." Alicia said as tears continued to roll down her cheeks.

"Just like her mother." Dan told her with a smile on his face. "Everyone outside is waiting. I'm gonna go tell them the good news."

Alicia nodded her head and Dan got up. He walked out of the room to inform their friends and family in the waiting room about their newly born daughter.

After Dan broke the news to everyone over by the waiting room, they all congratulated him and Alicia on their new baby. They were allowed in to see her only a few at a time since they didn't want to crowd the newborn with too many people.

Dan and Alicia's families were the first to be allowed in. Emi and Clair oogled at the little baby girl they were both now aunts to. The baby's grandparents then took a look at her. Nobody seemed to be immune to the cute face she had.

"So what are you two going to name her?" Clair asked.

"We're still deciding on that." Alicia told them.

After a few more minutes, Kazuto and Asuna walked into the room along with Hyde and Lilina. To everyone's surprise, even Hyde seemed to oogle slightly at the baby. The usual tough guy persona he had fell to pieces at the sight of the adorable little girl in Alicia's arms.

"Hey there, Hydette." Hyde said as he stared down at the baby.

"Hydette?" Emi questioned.

"What? Obviously they're going to name the baby after her godfather."

"Silly Hyde." Lilina said as she wagged her finger. "No one would name their kid such a ridiculous name. Obviously it's going to be Lilina Jr."

"Excuse me." Alicia interrupted. "Whoever said we chose you two to be the godparents?"

"Well it's obvious isn't it? We're two of your closest friends. You DID choose us, didn't you?"

"Hell no!" Alicia said in a slightly raised whisper so she wouldn't wake her daughter. "We picked Kazuto and Asuna as her godparents."

Hyde and Lilina seemed surprised at the information. "Why?!"

Alicia gave a stern look at the couple as she held her daughter protectively. "I'm scared enough about you two, especially you Hyde, raising your own kid when the time finally comes."

"Oh come on, what's the worst that could happen?" Hyde asked. Several seconds passed by as everyone in the room gave him skeptical looks. "On second thought, don't answer that."

"Besides, Kazuto and Asuna already have experience parenting with Yui." Dan added. "They seemed like the best choice."

"Aww, that is so sweet." Asuna said. "And Kazuto and I are happy to accept."

Emi took another look at her new niece. She only seemed to grow cuter each time she looked at her. "Well since you guys decided on godparents, don't you think you should consider names? I don't know about you, but I'm not a fan of Hyde and Lilina's suggestions."

"Hmm…" Alicia thought about it as she stared down at her daughter. Suddenly, an idea came to her head. "What about Rin?"

"Rin…" Dan said, repeating the name in his mind. It wasn't a bad choice. "What made you think of that?"

"Well it's kinda like a mix of the names of our old avatars." Alice explained. "We have Ren, but just replace the 'e' with the 'i' from Alice."

The more Dan thought about it, the more the name seemed to grow on him. "Rin Hiryo... it has a nice ring to it."

"Then it's decided." Alicia said. She looked down at their little bundle of joy with a smile on her face. "Welcome to our world, Rin. You're going to love it here."

-Several years later-

Alicia typed away on the computer in her study. Her fingers moved around on the keyboard effortlessly as she wrote up the finishing touches on her latest novel.

Looking at the clock, she still had a few more minutes before she would have to leave. That would be enough time to finish up another paragraph or two.

When my eyes connected with his, at that moment Sword Art Online was finally over for me. We had fulfilled our promise to each other and met up in the real world. All the exhaustion I felt from my rehabilitation exercises left me for that one moment. He was there. Right in front of my eyes. The player Ren whom I felt so lucky to fall in love with. I threw myself at him and cried. That was the happiest moment of my life. Well, second happiest actually. The happiest moment comes several years later when-

The sound of the door to the study opening caused Alicia to pause her typing as she turned around. Standing at the doorway was a little girl with brunette hair. She gave a bright smile at Alicia, which she returned with a smile of her own. "Hey Rin."

"Hi mommy!" Rin said with a gleeful laugh as she ran over to her mother. Alicia picked her daughter up and sat her on her lap. Rin stared at the computer screen curiously. "What are you doing?"

"Oh, just telling everyone about the happiest day of my life."

"Is it when you and daddy met?"

"Nope, but that's a close one." Alicia told her with a smile. "You wanna watch as I write it out?"

Rin answered with an energetic nod of her head. Alicia went back to typing as her daughter sat on her lap.

The happiest moment comes several years later when Ren and I married. A lot had happened between the end of Sword Art Online and then, but that's a story for another day.

Rin let out a giggle. "Silly mommy. Daddy's name isn't Ren."

"No, but that was the name he went by when I first met him." Alicia explained to her daughter. "You can think of it as his secret identity."

"Really?! Was daddy a superhero?!"

Alicia giggled at the comment. "To me he was."

Rin gasped in awe. "Cool! Daddy was a superhero!" She stared at the computer screen and continued to read. A certain term caught her eye. "Mommy, what's Sword Art Online?"

Alicia smiled as she looked down at her daughter. "It's the place where your father and I first met. It was a world with a floating castle called Aincrad. That was the place where the two of us had all kinds of adventures."

"That sounds amazing!" Rin said in awe. "Can I go there too?"

"I doubt it sweetie." Alicia told her. "That place isn't around anymore. But maybe one day I can show you the next best thing. It's a place called New Aincrad."

"And a magical place at that." a new voice said from the door to the study. Alicia and Rin looked over to see Dan walk in. Down at his side was another girl, a year and a half younger than Rin. She had brunette hair like Rin's, but it was much lighter.

"Daddy! Lilly!" Rin said in an excited voice as she jumped out of her mother's lap and ran over to them.

Dan smiled as he kneeled down and patted Rin on the head. "Hey Rin. You ready to get going?"

"Mhm. All set daddy."

"Good girl." he said. Dan got back to his feet and walked over to Alicia. "How about you? You ready yet?"

"Just a second. I need to finish writing this last part here."

Dan looked over his wife's shoulder and read her work as she typed. A smile appeared on his face and he kissed her on the cheek. "That was the happiest moment of my life too."

"I would hope so." Alicia told him with a teasing grin as she kissed him back. She wrote in the finishing touches to the finale of her latest novel.

Now Ren and I live together, married and happier than we could have ever dreamed. We were blessed with two wonderful daughters that both of us couldn't love more.

After a few more paragraphs, Alicia closed her laptop. "There, all done. Once I go over and edit it later, I'll send it into the publisher and see how they like it."

"Considering what a hit your first novel was, I'm sure they'll love your second novel just as much." Dan told her. "Any ideas on the title?"

"Well although it's from my perspective, a lot of it involves a certain reckless idiot that never gave up."

"I wonder who that could be." Dan asked sarcastically.

Alicia giggled as she kissed her husband. "Anyway, because of that I was thinking of calling it something along the lines of I Will Not Bow."

"Hmm… that has a nice ring to it." Dan said. "But as for now, we should really get going. We'll be late at this rate."

"Alright, just let me get my coat." Alicia told her husband. She got up and walked out of the room with her husband and their two daughters.

The family of four got in the car and Dan drove them to their destination. Throughout the car ride, Lilly held tightly onto her teddie bear that she had brought along. She tended to be somewhat shy around people outside her family, but she seemed to have an easier time whenever Rin was with her.

Alicia smiled as she glanced at her two daughters talking together in the back seat. It reminded her of when she and Emi were younger. She was glad that Rin and Lilly got along together so well. Rin always seemed to help Lilly break out of her shell, while Lilly held Rin back from getting too energetic.

Finally the family arrived as Dan parked the car. "Here we are."

Alicia got out of the car and began helping her daughters out of their seats. "It's been awhile since we last saw everyone."

"You're right." Dan nodded. "And it's been even longer since we last came here I think."

The family walked towards the building with Lilly having one of her arms wrapped around her teddie bear and the other holding onto Alicia's hand. Rin walked on the opposite side of her mother with Dan close by. They walked through the door and the familiar sound of the bell the Dicey Cafe had chimed. "We're here."

Agil greeted the couple with a wave of his hand. "Yo, what's up you two?"

"Nothing new to report." Dan told him. "I see you haven't managed to go bankrupt with this place yet."

"Very funny." Agil said. He looked over behind Alicia and noticed Lilly hiding behind her mother's legs. He let out a hearty laugh. "Well if it isn't Lilly. I haven't seen you since you were just an infant."

Lilly seemed to still be scared of Agil's towering size. Dan smiled as he kneeled down next to his youngest daughter. "It's alright Lilly. Agil may look big, but he's really nice."

"That's right. Your parents used to call me the gentle giant." Agil said. "Can I get you anything to drink?"

"Can I have an apple juice?" Rin asked.

"Sure thing." Agil nodded. He called out into the kitchen. "Samantha, can you bring out a cup of apple juice?"

"You got it, dad." a voice said from behind the closed doors to the kitchen.

Agil smiled as he worked on polishing some of the glasses. "Ah, that girl. My pride and joy."

"How old is Sam now anyway?" Alicia asked, taking a seat at the bar counter.

"She'll be turning fourteen in two months." Agil said. He looked over at Rin. "What about you, Rin? How old are you now?"

"Six." Rin replied with a big grin. "And Lilly just turned five."

Soon the door to the kitchen swung open and a teenage girl walked out, carrying two glasses of apple juice. Samantha handed one of the glasses to Rin, who gratefully accepted it. Next she walked over to Lilly and held out her arm with the second glass. "Here you go. I thought you might be thirsty too."

"Thank you…" Lilly mumbled quietly as she accepted the glass and took a sip.

Suddenly a small chuckle came from the other end of the bar. "I see Lilly is as shy as ever." Ren and Alice looked over and saw Kazuto and Asuna sitting together at a table. A hologram version of Yui in her navigation pixie form sat on top of the table. Also sitting at the table was a young girl with chestnut hair like Asuna's, though it was much shorter.

"Yui! Strea!" Rin said with an ecstatic cheer.

The young chestnut haired girl known as Strea ran over to Rin while Yui flew over with her wings. The girls all smiled as they talked. Lilly also walked over and talked with the two Kirigaya sisters. They didn't see each other often, but they had played together enough times for Lilly to act normal in front of them.

Dan and Alicia walked over and took a seat at the table where Kazuto and Asuna were. Alicia smiled at the couple. "It's been awhile you guys."

"Maybe for you, but Dan and I end up running into each other pretty often." Kazuto said.

"Only due to my job." Dan said.

"That's right! How's Yui's body coming along?" Alicia asked.

"It'll be at least six months before it's ready, but everything's going smoothly so far." Kazuto explained. "And your husband's the main reason for that."

"Come on, you know that's not true." Dan said. "I may be on the project for helping create the body, but the theories and everything behind it were Kazuto's doing."

"Speaking of work, how's your job coming along anyway?" Asuna asked.

"It's been going great. I really have to thank you again Asuna for putting a good word in."

Asuna shook her head. "Don't sell yourself so short Dan. It wasn't like my brother only hired you because of my recomendation. Some of the research and work you did in college really impressed him."

It was nearly eight years ago that Asuna's brother Kouichirou took over as CEO of RECT Progress. Asuna's father had retired from the position after the ALO Incident, so the Yuuki family had only been linked to the company financially for several years. Kouichirou climbed the corporate ladder and eventually secured his position as CEO of the large scale electronics company. Not long after Dan graduated from college, Kouichirou offered him a job in the company's technology and engineering department. He had asked Kazuto for any people he knew for the position and that had been when Asuna had recommended Dan for it. After looking over the work he had done while in college, he seemed more than satisfied with selecting him for the position.

Additionally, Kazuto had recently come up with a way to create an artificial body for Yui to have. He had made an android body to download her consciousness in, but he wanted something more permanent. An actual body to make Yui human, or at least as close to human as possible. Once he came up with the idea, Kouichirou was more than happy to volunteer RECT to help him with the project. Besides helping his sister and her husband, the idea of creating an artificial body could have astounding impacts on the world of science. Since Dan knew Kazuto, Asuna, and Yui very well, he had been put on the team for helping bring the body to life. Through RECT's technology and the ideas Kazuto had come up with, they were now very close to finishing the body for Yui. The only issue was the length of time it took for the body to fully grow and be ready for Yui's consciousness to be put into it.

Yui had been very excited at the news that she would be able to have a real body and be in the real world as much as she wanted with her parents, and her sister Strea. Strea was the biological daughter of Kazuto and Asuna, but they still viewed Yui as their daughter as much as they always had. Strea also viewed Yui as an older sister and the two got along just as any sisters would.

Soon the door to the Dicey Cafe opened again. "What's up everyone? Time for the stars of the party to arrive."

Dan cracked a small grin as Hyde and Lilina walked in. "I see you still have that ego of yours Hyde."

"And I see you're still the same brainy nerd you've always been." Hyde countered.

Lilina rolled her eyes at her husband. Walking at her side was a young boy who was slightly younger than Rin. His red hair matched that of his mother, but other than that everyone seemed to see Hyde's image in his physique.

"Hey Naoki!" Strea waved. "Come play with us."

"Coming!" Naoki called back. He looked at Lilina. "Mom, can I go play?"

"Of course, Naoki." Lilina replied with a smile. She watched as her son ran over to the girls. "Honestly, he's as hyper as you were, Hyde."

"Yep. Just like his old man." Hyde grinned proudly.

"I'm not sure that's something to be proud of Hyde." Alicia commented dryly.

Over by the kids, Naoki took notice of the object Lilly was holding onto. "You're still carrying that thing around? Aren't you a bit old for that?"

"Hey, she can bring her bear around if she wants to." Rin said, defending her sister.

Alicia showed a soft smile as she watched Rin and Naoki argue. "Reminds you of when we were younger, don't you think?"

"Oh please. My insults had a little more pizazz than Naoki simply pointing out Lilly's too old for to be carrying around a teddie bear." Hyde said.

The group rolled their eyes at Hyde's behavior, including Lilina. Several minutes passed by as the old friends talked amongst themselves. Eventually two more groups entered the cafe. The first was Shino and Shirou, accompanied by their son Tetsuya. His blonde hair was similar to that of Shirou's, though the father admitted he saw a lot of Shino in him, most notably his eyes. The second couple to arrive were Rika and Yuya, who had their daughter Sayaka with them. Her hair was a light tan color.

"Tetsuya! Finally another guy to talk to!" Naoki called out. "Come tell Rin she's wrong about this."

"I am not wrong! It's not childish for Lilly to still have her teddie bear!" Rin argued. "Tetsuya will agree and so will Sayaka!"

Tetsuya and Sayaka ran over to the other kids to play with them while their parents sat down with the others. Shino had graduated from the police academy and was now a full fledged officer. Rika had worked at an antique shop not long after graduating college. She was now the owner of it, along with her husband.

Next to arrive were Keiko and Ishida, who had just recently gotten married a few months ago. Keiko still had her animal loving personality and worked at a shelter for animals, a job that she loved with all her heart.

The last of the group to make their appearance were Emi and Clair, who both arrived not too long after one another. Neither one of them were married yet, but both had each been dating their current boyfriends for quite awhile now, something that they made sure to remind Hyde of whenever he teased them.

But of course, that didn't stop all his insults.

"Where's your boyfriend, Emi? He run away already?" Hyde joked.

Emi scowled at Hyde. "For your information, I'm still dating him. He was just busy with other stuff today. And when are you going to grow up? You're still the same insufferable jerk you were as a kid."

Hyde and Emi glared at each other, but were soon broken up as Kazuto stood up. "Alright you two. That's enough. Now that we're all here, why don't we officially start the party?"

"Sounds good to me." Alicia said.

"Me too." Lilina added.

Kazuto cleared his throat and raised his glass. "Alright then. Happy anniversary to clearing SAO! Cheers everybody!"

"Cheers!" they all shouted together.

A/N: Well it sure has been a wild ride everyone. I honestly can't believe this fic lasted this long. I had planned to stop at so many points, but new ideas just kept flowing into my head. But now it's finally done. I hope all of you enjoyed the final chapter and the small look at the kids for all my OCs.

I know I said this before, but I want to give a special thank you to all of you that have stayed with this story from the beginning. It means a lot to me. Seriously you guys rock. And a big thank you to all of you that have reviewed throughout this story and got it up to over 300 reviews. Currently, in ranking for most reviewed SAO stories, this is ranked 17th. I never would have been able to make it this far without all of your support so thank you. As much as I want to do a full list for thanking all of the people that reviewed like I did at the end of Secret's Revealed, that would be a VERY long list, so I'll just leave you all with a thank you.

P.S. I will try to have the first chapter of the AU stories out in about a week or so. It'll be a one chapter thing for the first one where I'll go into more detail about how it will work. Don't expect frequent updates for it though. New stuff will only come out when the corresponding things for them like Ordinal Scale or the Alicization anime come out.