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The reason I see Asuna being so protective over Inoda is cuz she does pity him. Inoda has convinced her that he has very low self esteem, and has told her that he's considered suicide multiple times. We of course know this all a lie, but Asuna being the dumb bimbo she is truly wanted to help him in anyway she could. She's worried if her mom uses her influence to get Inoda kicked out of school, he'll spiral and end up either in a ditch or kill himself. I imagine she'd feel guilt the rest of her life cuz of that if she felt she could've done something to stop it. Whereas with Kirito, he's smart and hardworking, so Asuna knows even if her mom tries to mess with him, he can take care of himself. So she doesn't need to defend Kirito against her mother. Plus she's trying to get her mom to actually accept Kirito, so constantly fighting back against her over him might have the opposite effect and cause her mom to hate Kirito more. At least, that's the logic I see Fujino trying to portray.
Your explanation is good, but I don't think that's the case. Asuna's mother made it clear that she was only giving one chance to Kirito and that if he didn't succeed, she would never let him be with Asuna. We saw in the last update that she is doing her best to make this chance as difficult as possible. Asuna remains silent against all this. However, when she says she will get Inoda expelled from school, Asuna puts Kirito at risk and being a rebel by saying, "I will go to talk to the principal with Kirito." In short, while her mother gave Kirito only one chance, Asuna is considering using Kirito to make a move against her mother for Inoda. And while explaining this, she says, "Kirito is the only person who always supports me unconditionally." But I haven't seen her show the same support towards Kirito. Asuna, who prepared food for Kirito every morning in the first part of the game, now does the same for Inoda, and even though Kirito repeatedly mentions that he didn't eat anything for a long time...
I understand her pity for Inoda. The only thing I don't understand is that there is no logical explanation for why she started not caring about his boyfriend, whom she describes as "the love of my life". Like I said, if Kirito was an asshole we could have come up with an excuse like "see, that's why". But the current situation causes the game to become a cliché NTR game.