Kirito

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*Twin Blades Swordsman*. Kirito is a powerful swordsman, the owner of the Unique Skill *Dual Blades*, and wielder of Elucidator and Light Binder as well as the former wielder of Dark Repulser.

## Appearance

* IRL
* Avatar
In the real world, Kazuto is an average height young man with slightly long, but neat black hair, black eyes, and delicate features that could have him mistaken for a girl. Kazuto is in no way bulky, but he is surprisingly muscular from training his swordplay in secret. Kazuto is partial to dark clothing, and he normally wears a dark red T-shirt over dark wash jeans and black sneakers.

As Kirito, only his outfit changes. He wears a long-sleeved, black shirt tucked into his black pants, which are tucked into his boots. His pants are held up by a black belt with a dark gray buckle, and his black boots have metal bits on them. His ankle-length, high-collared, black coat with a piece of metal on the left arm is worn open over his outfit, and he has a small, dark gray breastplate attached to three black straps which hold the scabbards for both his swords. He also wears black fingerless gloves.

## Background

### Before the SAO Incident

Kirito was born on Tuesday, October 7, 2008 as Narusaka Kazuto, the only child of Narusaka Yukito and Narusaka Aoi. After a tragic car crash that killed his birth parents when he was only around 1 year old, Kazuto was adopted by his maternal aunt, Kirigaya Midori, and her husband, Kirigaya Minetaka, and his name was changed from "Narusaka Kazuto" to "Kirigaya Kazuto". Kazuto was raised as Midori and Minetaka's son, not knowing he was adopted until age 10, when he discovered the information from erased records.

After Kazuto found out about his adoption, he unintentionally started to distance himself from his adoptive sister and maternal cousin, Suguha.

Before he found out about his adoption, he was forced to train with Suguha in the neighborhood kendo dojo. Kazuto dropped kendo after 2 years due to his growing interest in computers, causing his maternal grandfather, Kita Yoshito, to heavily beat him. Suguha walked in on the beating, and began to defend Kazuto by promising that she'd practice kendo enough for both of them. Yoshito stopped beating Kazuto for the moment after Suguha's interruption, but Kazuto was only beaten even harder after a few short days had passed. Unbeknownst to anyone, the beating Kazuto recieved from Yoshito after he dropped kendo was not the first time his maternal grandfather had beaten him. Kazuto had been physically abused by Yoshito for years. The physical abuse started soon after Aoi, Kazuto's birth mother, died in the car crash, and it only ended when Yoshito died when Kazuto was 13 years old.

### During and After the SAO Incident

#### Sword Art Online Closed Beta

One of the lucky 1,000 players accepted into the closed beta, Kirito logged hundreds of hours of playtime. He, along with the other top players, were able to reach Floor 10 before the beta had ended.

#### *Aincrad Arc* of *Sword Art Online*

Shortly after he logged in to the now-released Sword Art Online, Kirito was approached by Klein, who he did not know at the time. Klein quickly befriended Kirito, and they trained in a field for several hours before discovering the absence of the "Log Out" button. Soon after their discovery, they were forcefully teleported to the Town of Beginnings, where the Opening Ceremonies of Sword Art Online took place and the fact that they were trapped in Aincrad was revealed.

Kirito met Asuna for the first time in the meeting held to discuss the raid of the boss of Floor 1. Eventually the two of them fell in love and married in-game, later adopting their daughter Yui.

On Thursday, November 7, 2024, Kirito and Asuna helped to defeat the boss of Floor 75. After the boss was defeated, Kirito realized that Heathcliff was actually Kayaba Akihiko, the man who trapped all the players of SAO in Aincrad. Kirito engaged in a duel with Heathcliff and was nearly killed by a fatal mistake, but Asuna took the blow that would've killed Kirito for him, dying in the process. Kirito lost his will to live after Asuna's death, and was killed by Heathcliff, but took up her sword and killed Heathcliff with it as he used his remaining willpower to prevent him from dying just yet.

Both Kirito and Asuna were credited with the defeat of Aincrad by Heathcliff, and they were rewarded with their lives. All the remaining players of Sword Art Online were logged out after Heathcliff's defeat, and Kirito awoke in the real world at precisely 14:55.