Crossover Fan Fiction / Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Sailor Moon Online: Hollow Fragment ❯ Getting to know Strea and the Digital Knights ( Chapter 3 )

Well, here is the next chapter and you might have quite a few questions about the previous chapter, right? Anyway, folks, I will answer that I am going to use elements from the Final Fantasy series especially the ‘sword elements’ of the games, like you saw with Cloud’s Buster Sword and turning his Break Limits into Sword Skills in this story, in which I might use sword techniques from other anime/manga/video games as Sword Skills for this story just to let you know. However, the main crossovers are Sailor Moon, Sword Art Online, and Digimon Adventure 01-02 in which this story takes place after final battle with MaloMyotismon, but I might add another ‘story’ or two to the fanfiction, however, I’m going to have to see, everyone.

I DO NOT OWN Sailor Moon, Sword Art Online, Accel World, Digimon series, One Piece, Final Fantasy, and anything/anyone that comes from these and other stories that end up in this fanfiction! Sailor Moon is owned/licensed by Naoko Takeuchi and its various studios and publishers and Sword Art Online is owned/licensed by ASCII Media Works, A-1 Pictures Inc., and its various directors/publishers including Reki Kawahara and Tomohiko Itô!

Warning: This story contains intense violence, blood, possible gore, death, mild to explicit suggestive themes, including mind-control and brainwashing, mild to explicit bad language, and mature adult themes/situations!

Second Warning: Some to a lot of OOC (Out of Character) actions and mannerisms in this whole story!

Sailor Moon Online: Hollow Fragment

Chapter 3: Getting to know Strea and the Digital Knights

December 8, 2024, Floor 76, Arc Sofia

Right now, we find Kirito, Usagi, and Mamoru at an outdoor café in Arc Sofia where the mysterious female beauty, Strea, has dragged them to have a drink with them.

Usagi whispers, “She is like Mina, but way more hyper, which I thought that wasn’t possible.”

Kirito tells Usagi, in a whisper, “This could be our chance to find out about Strea and figure out her intentions.”

Mamoru says, in a whisper, “Good idea. It doesn’t look like that it will be too hard.” All of them have a drink from the café and they start to have a drink in which Kirito, Usagi, and Mamoru wait for the right time to ask questions to find out more about her.

Strea says, with a happy smile, “Hey, Kirito? Isn’t the café au lait good? I’ll give you some of my milk tea, so let me have some of yours.”

Kirito says, passing her his cup, “Yeah, here you go.”

Strea has a drink and she says, excitedly, “It tastes better than I thought! Normally, coffee is bitter right? I really don’t like bitterness.”

Kirito says, “If that’s the case, you can have it all.”

Strea says, with a happy smile, “Really? Thank you!”

Usagi asks, “Strea, you said that you were interested in us and you know about us? But how do you do you about us?”

Strea responds, “How much? Let me see, I have been keeping an eye on Kirito and Usagi for a while now.”

Kirito asks, “For some time? How much time Strea?”

Strea replies, “Since the boss of floor seventy-five was defeated, Kirito.”

Usagi thinks in her mind, “Okay, hold up! I’ve watched the whole thing from the special dungeon at Blackiron Palace on floor one and I didn’t see her anywhere on the screen in which there was no way that she could have snuck in since I got there through use of a GM console and my ‘special access’.” On the meanwhile, Kirito is also racking his brain since he is trying to figure out how she could have snuck into the battles that happened in the boss room without being seen and he isn’t coming up with an answer at all.

Kirito asks, “Strea, who are you?”

Strea asks, “Huh? So, you want to know more about me?”

Usagi says, a bit nervously, “Yeah, sure.”

Strea says, “Kirito and Usagi are pretty straightforward.”

Kirito says, “Hey, don’t get us wrong, Strea!”

Strea says, with a smile, “Well, the questions end here! If you want to know more, Kirito has to go out on a date with me!”

Kirito says, shocked, “Huh? Hey!”

Strea says, “Thank you for today, Kirito! And you, too, Usagi! It was nice to meet you! I’ll see you next time and that’s a promise!” Soon after, Strea quickly walks away and out of sight before anyone could say or do anything to stop her.

Kirito asks, confused, “What was that all about?”

Usagi responds, nervously, “I’m just as confused as you are.”

Mamoru says, “She may not be as ‘naïve’ as her tone of voice says to believe. She skillfully avoided your questions.”

Kirito says, with a nod, “Mamoru is right, Usagi. But she doesn’t act like an enemy.”

Usagi says, “Yeah, but the thing is. I was watching the whole fight from GM console in the dungeon under Blackiron Palace. You think that I would notice someone like her.”

Kirito says, “True, Usagi. But your main focus was on us and the boss and then you were then focused on Heathcliff after we found out that he was… you know.”

Usagi says, with a nod, “I know.” Usagi asks Mamoru, “What do you think Mamoru-kun?”

Mamoru responds, with a shrug, “I’m not sure what to believe, Meatball Head. She seems to be quite skillful since she has a Hiding Skill that makes you unable to locate her even with your high Searching and Tracking Skills and she dodged your questions without giving too much, if anything, away. However, it doesn’t seem like to be an act. She seems to be a very carefree, maybe a bit too carefree, young lady.”

Usagi says, holding her head, “My brain hurts! I really don’t get her!”

Mamoru says, with a smile, “It is best that we don’t think about it too much.”

Kirito says, with a nod, “It is for the best. Let’s head back to Agil’s shop and talk with the others about her.” Usagi and Mamoru nod their heads in agreement and they head back inside of Agil’s shop and inn which is also a restaurant in which there is a good group of players already eating and getting their orders taken.

Just then a familiar female voice shouts out, “Kirito! Usagi! You are late. Come here quick!” The three of them gasp in shock as Strea runs over to them.

Kirito asks, surprised, “Strea, what are you doing here? What’s going on?”

Strea responds, “Nothing, Kirito. I just want to meet with Kirito. Is there something wrong with that?”

Kirito says, nervously, “I can’t say that it is wrong…”

Strea says, grabbing Kirito by his arm, “Hurry up! Over here!”

Kirito yelps out, “Hey! Don’t pull me!” As Strea drags Kirito to one of the tables, Usagi and Mamoru follow them and all of them sit down at one of the round tables in the front area of Agil’s inn/shop/restaurant. Later on, Asuna, Lisbeth, Leafa, Silica, Sinon, and the Sailor Scouts arrive on the scene.

Lisbeth asks, seeing Strea, “Who is that?”

Asuna replies, “What can I say…?”

Makoto asks, “So, you never saw her before?”

Silica says, “No, I haven’t Mako-san.”

Asuna says, “Yeah, I haven’t seen her with Kirito-kun and Usagi before.”

Haruka says, “Well, she isn’t an NPC. Her cursor is green, so, it means that she is a player.”

Lisbeth asks, “Did she come from the lower floors?”

Mizuno says, “It seems to be the only logical theory since we haven’t seen anyone like her until now.”

Silica says, “Even so, they seem to know each other very well…”

Tomoe says, “Well, we don’t know that Silica.” Just then Strea goes over and sits on Kirito’s lap which sparks a bit of ‘protest’ from Usagi.

Leafa says, shocked, “Hey! She is sitting on Kirito’s lap!”

Lisbeth asks, shocked, “Wait a minute! What is this all about?”

Asuna gives a dangerous smile and she says, in a dangerous sly tone, “Looks like they really like each other.”

Makoto says, nervously, “Uh oh.”

Lisbeth says, nervously, “Asuna, calm down! Your face is not laughing at all!”

Haruka says, “No, Lisbeth. That’s an ‘I’m going to kill you’ smile.”

Silica says, seriously, “I’m going over! I can’t stand it anymore!”

As they prepare to go over, Minako says, with a smirk, “Popular guy.”

Hino asks, drolly, “Really?”

Klein says, with a sly grin, “Hey, what’s this all about? You can all sit on my lap…” When he sees plenty of annoyed looks, he says, a bit nervously, “Kidding.”

Sinon says, with an irritated look, “You can just ride the flowerpot of the houseplant.”

Klein says, “How awful! I’m just kidding around!”

Lisbeth says, “We’ll just have to force Kirito to explain what this is all about.”

Mizuno says, “Usagi and Mamoru are there. They might be able to also explain what’s going on.”

Makoto says, with a smile, “You know how Usagi is with Kirito!”

Minako says, with a grin, “No kidding! They act like big sister and little brother!”

Hino says, pointing to Leafa, “With little sister right here.”

Minako says, nervously, “Whoops.”

Leafa says, “It’s all right, Mina-chan.” Soon enough, they go over where Usagi notices them.

Usagi thinks in her mind, nervously, “Here we go.”

Kirito says, nervously, “Oh… So, everyone is here…”

Strea says, with a happy smile, “Hi, everyone!”

Leafa asks, “Kirito, who is she?”

Kirito asks, nervously, “Her name is Strea. Usagi, Mamoru, and I met her several times in town and we became friends.”

Usagi asks, confused, “When did the friends part happen?”

Kirito whispers, nervously, “Not helping Usagi.”

Silica asks, sternly, “Hey, what’s your relationship with Kirito?”

Usagi asks, surprised, “Silica-chan?”

Strea says, with a smile, “Kirito, Usagi-chan, and I are very good friends!”

Usagi thinks in her mind, “Okay, when did that happen?”

Silica asks, “A good relationship that you can sit on his lap?”

Usagi says, nervously, “No! No! She was about to get off!”

Strea asks, curiously, “Why is that?”

Kirito says, nervously, “You see, the store became crowded that we thought that we can give up the seat and it became like this…”

Usagi nearly does an anime face fault and she thinks, “Really, Kirito? That makes things so much better.”

Asuna says, with a seemly cheerful smile, “I see. Thanks for the explanation, Kirito-kun.”

Kirito asks, nervously, “Asuna?”
Usagi thinks in her mind, nervously, “That’s not Asuna’s happy smile.”

Asuna asks, “Can you come to my room later, Kirito-kun?”

Kirito says, nervously, “Sure.”

Usagi thinks in her mind, “Good thing that we are in a safe zone, Kirito. You are so dead.”

Strea asks, with an excited tone, “Hey! Hey! Can I come too! Asuna is Kirito’s wife, right?”

Usagi asks, surprised, “Huh?”

Strea says, with a happy smile, “I want to hear too! This is fun!”

Asuna says, nervously, “Fun…”

Plenty of the others look at each other and Makoto says, nervously, “Okay…”

Strea says, with an excited tone, “Hey, let’s go everyone!’

Usagi yells out, nervously, “Whoa! Whoa! Um, Strea, you shouldn’t bring everyone along!”

Strea asks, curiously, “Really?”

Usagi says, with a nervous nod, “That’s right. It… Um… goes against the game’s harassment code… Yeah…”

Lisbeth says, in a whisper, “I wouldn’t mind it through…”

Minako looks like she is thinking and Hino tells her, with a dangerous glare, “Don’t get any idea, Mina-chan.”

Minako responds, nervously, “Wasn’t thinking a thing!”

Silica asks, nervously, “What’s this all about?”

Strea says, with a happy smile, “By the way, I haven’t seen Kirito’s room. I want to take a look at Kirito’s and Asuna’s room too!”

Kirito says, nervously, “That’s…”

Sinon tells Kirito, “You are in a pretty bad situation.”

Asuna asks, nervously, “So, you are coming to my room?”

Usagi was about to answer, but Strea says, “Oh, but I won’t be coming today! I had so much fun today! And I’ve become friends with everyone! So, I’ll leave the fun for next time for going into all of your rooms!”

Asuna says, nervously, “Yeah… if it is okay with you…”

Strea says, happily, “Yeah, so, I’m going back now! Goodbye Kirito and everyone!” Strea then leaps off of Kirito’s lap and walks off into the distance.

Asuna says, nervously, “She is like a storm.”

Hino says, nervously, “I thought that Minako and Meatball Head were the cheerfully and bubbly girls, but she really takes the cake.”

Haruka says, with a nod, “And swallows it whole.”

Michiru gives a giggle at this and Minako asks, “Hey, what’s that supposed to mean?”

Leafa asks, nervously, “What’s that all about?”

Usagi responds, “I have absolutely no idea.”

Lisbeth says, with a teasing tone, “So, Kirito got hit in town. Take your responsibility.”

Usagi yells out, annoyed, “Liz! That’s not it at all!”

Kirito says, “This is just a big misunderstanding, but I will take responsibility.”

Usagi shouts out, annoyed, “No, you will not, Kirito! Stop taking responsibility for things that aren’t your fault at all!”

Kirito tells Usagi, “Like you haven’t Usagi?” Usagi gains a nervous look and she then glares at Kirito annoyed.

Michiru says, with a sly smile, “I must say that those two do act like big sister and younger brother.”

Makoto says, with a nod, “In more ways than one.”

Tomoe asks Setsuna, “Setsuna-mama, do you know something?”

Setsuna responds, “Maybe Firefly.” The other Sailor Scouts, minus Usagi, look at Setsuna with a curious look and they can’t help to wonder if Setsuna knows something about Usagi and Kirito that they don’t. Soon after, the others start to talk about what happened some time ago with finding out that only Kirito and Usagi can access the Hollow Area in which they can only bring one party member teammate each in which they also talked about keeping the Hollow Area and this fact a major secret in which they REALLY told Minako to make sure to keep this secret. They also discussed about the two people that they brought out of the Hollow Area, Dai and Akari, in which they wonder if they can get into the Hollow Area.

December 8, 2024, Floor 76, Dungeon

Within the dungeon, also known as the Maze Area, of Floor 76, Dai and Akari, still wearing their cloaks, but with the hoods down to reveal their faces, are battling the monsters within the dungeon with Dai taking care of another monster with his Elucidator and a Vertical Strike One-Handed Sword Skill.

After the monster shatters into data polygons, Dai says, “That was easy.”

Akari asks, “Really, Dai-kun?”

Dai responds, “Well, compared to the Hollow Area, it was.”

Akari says, with a nod, “Good point, Dai-kun.”

Dai says, “Compared to the monsters in there. This is a piece of cake. That place must be some kind of high level special area.”

Akari says, “I hope that Philia will be okay without us.”

Dai tells Akari, “I know she will Kari-chan. We’ve gotten separated plenty of times and she has taken care of herself just fine.”

Akari asks, with a smirk, “And whose fault was that?”

Dai laughs nervously and he says, “Okay, got me. Anyway, let’s keep going.”

Akari asks, “Are you sure that they could be here?”
Dai responds, “Well, from what we know, they have formed a guild known as the Digital Knights and they are an elite assault team guild meaning that they are top level players that are out to clear the game. So, they have to be here, so, they could have gone back to town already.”

Akari says, with a nod, “Yeah.”

Dai asks Akari, “What’s wrong?”

Akari tells Dai, “Dai-kun, what will we tell him?”

Dai says, “The truth, Kari-chan. That’s all we can tell them.”

Akari says, with a nod, “I know, but…”

Dai then hugs Akari and he says, “Kari-chan, I know. It’s hard for me to believe, but we have been through a lot and we’ve always and will always have each other. I’ll never let you go.”

Akari tells Dai, with a loving tone, “Dai-kun…” The two of them share a loving kiss, but then they see monsters appear in front of them and they turn to face them.

Dai says, annoyed, “When you want to have a romantic moment with your girlfriend, these losers pop up.”

Akari says, with a smile, “Just another day in our lives, Dai-kun.” Dai smirks and Dai and Akari then prepare to battle the monsters in the dungeon that have appeared before them.

December 8, 2024, Floor 76, Arc Sofia

Returning to Arc Sofia, Kirito, Usagi, Mamoru, and Tomoe are walking around the teleport gate area.

Just then a female voice calls out, “Hey, Kirito! Usagi!” Everyone then looks to see none other than Argo, the information broker of SAO, also known as ‘The Rat’, standing before them.

Usagi asks, surprised, “Argo?”

Argo says, “Been a while, Usagi. I see that you have taken off your hood and revealed your face.”

Usagi says, “A lot of has happened, Argo.”

Kirito asks, “So, you are here now?”

Argo says, with a nod, “Yeah, the lead group never came back since the gate to floor seventy-five opened up. So, I wondered if anything happened.”

Usagi asks Kirito, “Didn’t we have the lead group send messages down to their friends on the lower floors?”

Kirito says, with a nod, “I’m sure that we did, Usagi.”

Argo says, “You haven’t been alone for a while, so, our appointment is delayed.”

Usagi tells Argo, “Argo, do you know…?”

Argo says, with a nod, “I already know. Once you are up here, you can’t go back down to the lower floors.”

Kirito asks, “And you are okay with that?”

Argo says, nodding her head, “Yep. The fact that I can’t leave this world is still the same.”

Usagi says, with a nod, “Good point.”

Argo says, “Anyway, I’ll keep moving on. And I can see that the latest information that I received is true. Our famous ‘White Valkyrie’ has formed her own guild.”

Usagi says, nervously, “I see you heard about that.”

Argo says, with a nod, “It is the big piece of news here on floor seventy-six and by the looks of it, these are two of your guild mates.”

Usagi says, “That’s right.”

Argo looks at Mamoru and she asks, with a sly smile, “Is he just a guild mate or something more?”

Usagi says, nervously, “I…”

Argo says, with a nod, “I see, Usagi.”

Kirito says, slightly nervously, “Anyway, if Argo can start gathering information again, it will be a relief.”

Argo says, with a nod, “Right.”

Kirito says, “Anyway, I’ll leave this to you.”

Kirito then transfers ‘data’ to Argo and she says, “This is… mapping data, isn’t it? I’ll gratefully accept it. The charge is…”

Kirito tells Argo, “I don’t intend to trade maps for money, as I have told you before.”

Argo says, “Owing someone a favor isn’t good especially when I have to owe Kirito a favor.”

Kirito says, “You don’t have to feel like you owe me anything.”

Argo says, with a smile, “I see. I look forward to working with you and Usagi again in the future.”

Usagi says, with a smile, “Sure, Argo. Take care.”

Argo says, “I’ll be fine without you too me, Usagi-chan.” Argo says, with a sly smile, “By the way, I can’t wait for the big day.”

Usagi asks, nervously, “Big day?” However, Argo doesn’t answer and she takes off into the distance.

Kirito says, with a smile, “Same old Argo.”

Tomoe asks Usagi, “Is she a friend?”

Usagi says, nervously, “Kind of. Her name is Argo and she is the information broker of Aincard.”

Mamoru asks, “Information broker?”

Kirito says, “She buys and sells to and from the players.”

Usagi says, nervously, “She is known as ‘The Rat’ and they say that she would sell information about her own grandmother.”

Kirito says, “However, she would refuse to sell the names of former SAO beta testers.”

Tomoe asks, “Is she a former beta tester?”

Usagi says, with a nod, “Yes, she is. However, she is a very good friend and she got me certain information that made sure that a certain ‘Black Swordsman’ didn’t kill himself with killed with a Christmas quest.”

Kirito asks, with a sigh, “You aren’t going to let that go, are you?”

Usagi says, with a smile, “Nope!” Kirito then hears a ‘chime’ in his head and sees a message icon appear in front of him.

Kirito says, “I’ve gotten a message.” Kirito pushes the icon, reads the massage prompt that appears in front of him, and he says, “It is a message from Liz. She says that she has opened her new shop and she wants us to check it out.”

Usagi says, excitedly, “Let’s go already!” Soon after, Kirito, Usagi, Mamoru, and Tomoe head over to another part of Arc Sofia where they find Lisbeth looking at a smith shop sign which is a knight’s helmet with the words ‘Lisbeth’s Smith Shop’ by it.

Kirito says, with a smile, “The new shop looks great, Liz.”

Lisbeth says, with a smile, “Yeah, that’s right. Welcome to opening of Lisbeth’s Smith Shop.”

All of them go inside of the shop and Usagi asks, “Is the shop doing okay, Liz?”

Lisbeth responds, “It is doing okay for a start.”

Kirito says, “It is good that you found a new shop, Liz.”

Lisbeth says, “Isn’t this shop great? However, it is a shame that there is no water wheel like before. That reminds me that Kirito’s One-Handed Sword was made in that shop.”

While Kirito doesn’t show it, he is mentally nervous and Usagi thinks in her mind, “It is a good thing that I gave him that Dark Repulser that I created with my GM privileges and the situation allowed us to convince Liz that something happened to the sword with the other items or he would be in majorly ‘hot water’ with Liz.”

Lisbeth says, “A stronger sword than that can’t be made.”

Usagi says, “Well, I don’t know about that Liz. I’m sure that you can make an even better sword one day and you’ll make Kirito pay through the teeth for it.”

Lisbeth says, with a grin, “Got that right.”

Kirito says, drolly, “Thanks a lot, Usagi.”

Lisbeth says, “Oh, yeah! Your swords were also made here, Usagi!”

Usagi says, with a nod, “Yeah. Escalon and Lunar Excelsior are the two swords that you made for me, but I think that Lunar Excelsior is the one that I got from your shop, Liz.”

Lisbeth says, “Yeah. It is the only sword that I know of that can match the Dark Repulser.”

Kirito says, “So, we have got to make sure that we clear the rest of the floors for the person that made the awesome swords for us.”

Lisbeth blushes and she says, “If you make say such cool stuff, it will make Asuna angry.”

Kirito asks, nervously, “Really?” Kirito asks, “Anyway, how about making me a new weapon since you have reopened the shop?”

Lisbeth says, nervously, “Well, I could…”

Kirito asks, curiously, “But…?”

Lisbeth says, with a blush on her cheek, “But I want you to help me increase my skills.”

Usagi asks, “Are you still suffering from the ‘glitch’ over a month ago, Liz?”

Lisbeth says, with a nod, “Yeah.” Lisbeth tells Kirito, “I need your help to raise my skills or I won’t be able to produce a wonderful new sword.”

Kirito says, with a smile, “Sure, I would be happy to help.”

Lisbeth asks, “Really?”

Kirito says, “Well, I did mention that I would help. Don’t be so surprised.”

Lisbeth says, nervously, “Sorry. You have to be busy with the assault into the dungeon.”

Kirito says, “While it has been busy. I have been acting as a liaison for Asuna between the guilds and clearing the dungeon, but I’m sure that I will have some free time to help.”

Lisbeth asks, with a blush, “For me?”

Kirito asks, “Well, since you are making the swords for, it is what I should do, right?”

Lisbeth says, nervously, “Oh, so that’s what you mean.” Lisbeth asks, with a smile, “Anyway, thanks Kirito. Can you come by my shop when you have the time?”

Kirito responds, “Sure.”

Usagi tells Kirito, “Hey, Kirito, we have a meeting with the Digital Knights today.”

Kirito says, with a nod, “Oh, right. See you later, Liz.”

Lisbeth says, “Later, Kirito. Usagi.”

Usagi says, “We’ll see you soon, Liz.”

Lisbeth tells Usagi, with a sly smirk, “Anyway, how ‘close’ have you gotten to your man lately, Usagi-chan?”

Kirito, Usagi, Tomoe, and Mamoru blush at that question and Usagi responds, nervously, “I… I don’t know what you mean! Anyway, look at the time!” Usagi then drags Mamoru out with Tomoe and Kirito following.

Some distance away, Tomoe tells Usagi, “I see what you mean when you said that Lisbeth is like a combination of Mina-chan and Hino-chan.”

Usagi says, with a sigh, “When she gets mad, she is as hot-headed as Pyro and she can be as nosy when it comes to relationships as Mina-chan. Guess it is the reason why I became such good friends with her.”

Tomoe asks, “How did you become good friends with her, Usagi?”

Usagi give a nervous look and Kirito says, with a sigh, “Usagi saved Lisbeth’s life one day when her guild was attacked. Lisbeth was the only one that made it.”

Tomoe and Mamoru give shocked looks and Usagi says, with a solemn tone, “Lisbeth was the only life that I could save.” Mamoru and Tomoe look at her concerned and Usagi says, with a kind smile, “I’m okay, sweetie.” However, Kirito, Mamoru, and Tomoe know better, but decide not to push it. They continue on to the gates of Arc Sofia to meet with a guild known as the Digital Knights.

December 8, 2024, Floor 76, Field

In the main field of floor 76, there is a group of people waiting for Kirito, Usagi, Mamoru, and Tomoe as they come out of the city.

There is a young man with spiky brown hair, brown eyes, and wearing flame designed version of Klein’s samurai armor with a strange symbol in orange on it instead of the symbol of Klein’s guild in which he is welding a samurai katana.

The next person is another young man with well-combed blond hair, blue eyes, and he has silver-blue knight’s armor with a lance and a shield.

The third person is another young man with dark blond hair, blue eyes, and wearing yellow shirt with silver chest armor plate in front of it, black fingerless gloves, silver armored elbow pads, black jeans, black armored kneepads, and steel toed boots. We also find him welding a two-handed sword.

The fourth person is a young woman with a long flowing violet hair, bright brown eyes, and she is wearing an outfit similar to Asuna’s Knight of the Blood Outfit, but it is mainly violet where Asuna’s outfit is white, her skirt is green, the crossed on the outfit are missing on this outfit, and she is welding a rapier in her hands.

The fifth person is another young man is well-combed short dark blue hair that can be mistaken as violet at times, blue eyes, and he is wearing dark grey armor with a one handed sword and shield.

The final person is a second young woman is long flowing magenta hair, brown eyes under a pair of large circular glasses, and she is wearing a magenta version of Lisbeth’s outfit with flame red gloves on her hands and black combat boots on her feet in which she has a mace in her hands.

The woman with the violet hair says, seeing Kirito, “Oh, wow! You are the Black Swordsman!”

Kirito says, a bit nervously, “Yeah, it’s me. I’m Kirito.”

The man with the spiky brown hair says, “Hi, Kirito. I’m Taichi, leader of the Digital Knights.”

The blond haired male with the lance and shield says, “I’m Yamato, second in command.”

The other blond haired young male with the two handed sword says, “I’m Takashi, Yamato’s younger brother.”

Usagi asks, “Takashi?”

The blond with the two handed sword asks, “You heard of me?”

Usagi responds, “A friend of mine, Minako.”

The blond with the two handed sword, Takashi, looks at Usagi and he asks, “Hold on! Aren’t you the ‘White Valkyrie’?”

Usagi becomes nervous and she replies, nervously, “Yeah, that’s me. I’m Usagi.”

The woman with violet hair says, amazed, “Oh, wow! You’re the ‘White Valkyrie’! You are an inspiration to all of the players in the game! I’m Miyako!”

Usagi says, a bit nervously, “Thanks. Nice to meet you.”

The man with the blue hair says, “I’m Sam, Miyako’s husband.”

Usagi asks, surprised, “You are?”

The man with blue hair says, with a smile, “In-game of course.”

The other lady, the one with magenta hair, says, “I’m Junpier, Yamato’s lovely wife.”

Usagi says, with a smile, “Nice to meet you.”

The spiky brown haired male, Taichi, says, “We heard that you had started your own guild.”

Usagi says, “Um, yeah. We’re known as the Planetary Senshi.”

Yamato says, with a grin, “Interesting name.”

Usagi says, pointing to Tomoe and Mamoru, “This cutie pie is Tomoe and this hunk of man is Mamoru. They are both members of my new guild.”

Mamoru says, a bit nervously, “Nice to meet you.”

Takashi says, “Nice to meet you, Mamoru-san.”

Junpier says, “Wow. I was amazed to hear that the ‘White Valkyrie’ started her own guild after being a solo player for so long.”

Usagi says, “Well, it wasn’t kind of my choice. I’m sure that you know my story.”

Yamato says, “Who doesn’t Usagi-san? That fucking asshole trapped his niece here? Through I also heard something: He nearly killed you before you laid down the law on that guy on the previous floor.”

There are some surprised looks and Kirito asks, “Where did you get that information?”

Taichi says, “The Rat gave us that bit of information.”

Kirito says, with a sigh, “Should have known.” Kirito thinks in his mind, “One of the Skull Reaper boss raiders couldn’t help their mouth shut and Argo managed to pick up on it. Going to have to see how much she picked up.”

Miyako asks, “You fought Kayaba?”

Usagi says, with a plain tone, “Yeah.”

Sam tells Miyako, “Not a good story to ask about, Miyako.”

Miyako says, nervously, “Oops, sorry! Sorry!”

Usagi says, “It’s all right, Miyako.” However, the troubled look in her eyes makes the others wonder about that statement.

Kirito says, deciding to change the subject, “Anyway, how is your progress? It has been a month since we have made it to this floor.”

Taichi says, “No kidding, Kirito-san. The instant that we got here our items got corrupted and our skill data was wacked up.”

Kirito says, “I see.”

Miyako says, with an annoyed tone, “No joke! I had worked two years to get to my skill levels!”

Usagi says, “We all did, Miyako. Not even Kirito and I were unaffected by that glitch.”

Takashi asks, “Any idea on how it happened?”

Kirito says, “We are looking into it, but we can’t be certain what caused that glitch, however, it remains more important that we escape the game than ever.”

Yamato says, “No joke, Kirito-san. However, we couldn’t advance as fast as we used to because of those ‘glitches’.”

Takashi says, “Anyway, we haven’t found the boss room yet.”

Usagi says, with a nod, “Thank you for your work.”

Sam says, nodding his head, “It’s no problem. All of us want to get back home to the people that we love.”

Taichi says, “They are probably all worried sick about us.”

Kirito says, with a nod, “I know. My family must be worried sick.” Kirito thinks in his mind, “Mom must be in a panic since Sugu is stuck here with me, but I still don’t understand how she could have gotten here in the first place. Usagi’s friends got using technology based on the NervGear and while the Amusphere is based on the NervGear, it has extensive security systems that prevent such a thing that happened to us happening to people using an Amusphere or at least, it is what Sugu and the others said. And there is Sinon.”

Takashi says, “Anyway, we have been just harvesting monsters for stuff that we need.”

Miyako says, “Yeah, but they have been swarming us lately.” Soon after, everyone looks to see a group of bee-like monsters, Death Hornets, appears and head towards the group.

Mamoru says, “I can see that.”

Junpier says, “Can you give us a hand? This is just getting annoying.”

Kirito says, drawing both of his swords, “No problem.” Soon enough, Kirito, Mamoru, Tomoe, and Usagi assist the Digital Knights against a massive swarm of Death Hornets and they took care of them in which Junpier and Miyako level up in the process.

Miyako shouts out, “Awesome! We leveled up!”

Taichi says, “Thanks for the hand.”

Takashi says, with a grin, “We can see why you are among the top players in the game.”

Usagi says, with a kind smile, “Thanks.”

Just then a female voice shouts out, “You look like you are having fun.” Everyone then looks to see Asuna and the rest of the Sailor Scouts appear on the scene.

Usagi says, with a smile, “Hey, guys!”

Junpier asks, “Is that your guild?”

Minako says, with a grin, “That’s right! We’re the Planetary Senshi at your service!” Minako says, “Oh, hey, Takashi!”

Takashi says, with a smile, “Hi, Minako!”

Usagi asks, “How do you know each other?”

Hino says, “Mina-chan helped Takashi-san and Taichi when they got in trouble in the dungeon a while ago.”

Makoto says, “Then Takashi-san and Mina-chan got along very quick.”

Minako says, with a smile, “Not my fault that he is cute.”

Takashi blushes and Yamato says, “Well, my little bro has got a girl now.”

Takashi says, with a blush and nervous tone, “Hey, bro!”

The rest of the Digital Knights giggle and Miyako says, seeing Asuna, “Oh, wow! You are Asuna, the Lightning Flash! It’s an honor!”

Asuna says, a bit nervously, “Thank you.”

Taichi tells Asuna, “I’m Taichi, leader of the Digital Knights. We briefly talked on a few occasions.”

Asuna says, with a nod, “We did, Taichi-san.”

Taichi asks, “So, you are taking over command of the Knights of the Blood Oath since Heathcliff proved to be the monster that got us all trapped here?”

Asuna says, with a solemn tone, “Yes.”

Yamato says, “Hey, don’t worry about it, Asuna-san. There are plenty of us that believed in that guy.”

Junpier says, “I can’t believe that the strongest player proved to be the same nut that trapped us in this digital prison for so long.”

Taichi says, pointing to Usagi, “Hey Junpier.”

Junpier then realizes something and she says, nervously, “Sorry, Usagi-san.”

Usagi says, with a smile, “It’s all right.”

Hino thinks in her mind, “You can keep up those smiles until you are the blue to the face, Meatball Head, but we know you all too well and those smiles aren’t your true smiles. The only time that you really smiled is when we arrived here.”

Kirito asks Asuna, “Asuna-chan, what are you doing here?”

Asuna says, “The guild is in order, so, I’m here to assist in search to find the boss room. We need to find the boss room as soon as possible to advance on and clear the game.”

Yamato says, “I hear you. We’ve been here for over two years and one of our friends is a doctor, so, we kind of know a few things.”

Takashi says, “We know that our bodies can’t survive much longer on being forced liquids and nutrients to sustain ourselves.”

Taichi says, “Yeah. And with this game going too wacky, I don’t feel like staying here too much longer.”

Sam says, “Well, we had better watch who we give this information too. If the mainstay of the players find out, we are going to have a panic.”

Kirito says, with a nod, “So, we would appreciate it that you keep this information secret. If players learn about this and do panic, they could make mistakes and mistakes, here, could get you killed.”

Takashi says, nodding his head, “That’s no problem, Kirito-san.”

Sam says, “However, we are going to be careful. There aren’t too many ‘stupid people’. Someone might figure out these facts soon if we don’t get out of here.”

Hino asks, “Well, what are we waiting for?”

Kirito asks Asuna, “Asuna, do you want to form a small party with me?”

Asuna says, “Sure, Kirito-kun.”

Miyako asks Asuna, “Asuna-san, is the rumor that you are married to the ‘Black Swordsman’ true?”

There are gasps of shock and Asuna asks, nervously, “How did you know that?”

Kirito says, with a sigh, “Argo.”

Taichi asks Miyako, with a glare, “How much did you pay ‘The Rat’ for that information?”

Miyako says, “I didn’t take it out of the guild coffers! Promise!”

Sam says, with a sigh, “Geez, Miyako-chan.”

Usagi says, with a sigh, “Same old Argo.” Before anything else could get started, Kirito, Asuna, Mamoru and the Sailor Scouts, and the Digital Knights head off for dungeon in which Takashi and Minako start to spend plenty of time talking to each other through that stopped when they had to battle monsters that appeared along the way. When they got to the entrance to a cavern, they saw a group of players assembled.

Kirito asks one of them, “What’s going on?”

The player looks at Kirito and he says, “Oh, wow! You’re the ‘Black Swordsman’!” When the player sees Usagi, he says, “And you’re the ‘White Valkyrie’!”

Kirito asks, “Is something wrong?”

The player responds, “Yes. There seems to be a Lizardman’s nest in the cave ahead of me and once you go in there, you get swarmed by Lizardmen.”

Miyako says, drolly, “Just great.”

The player says, “But that’s not the real problem.”

Haruka asks, “What else could there be?”

The player replies, “A real powerful Lizardman and you can’t go on if you don’t defeat that thing. That’s the basic information that I got from a scout team that went exploring.”

Kirito says, “Thanks. We’ll be ready once we go in there.”

Usagi says, “It could be some kind of Field Boss or something.”

Kirito says, “Most likely, Usagi.”

Usagi asks Taichi, “Are you sure about this?”

Yamato says, with a smile, “Don’t worry, we’ll be fine. If there are any problems, we’ll use a teleport crystal and get out of there.”

Kirito says, “Just make sure that you are prepared for anti-crystal traps.”

Sam says, with a nod, “Good point.” Soon after, Kirito, Asuna, Mamoru, the Sailor Senshi, and the Digital Knights head into the cavern where they see a female player coming towards them.

The female player asks, “Are you coming this way?”

Usagi says, “Yes, we are.”

The female player replies, “There are tons of Lizardman, but they aren’t that strong, however, there is a real strong Lizardman in the depths, so, please be careful.”

Mizuno says, “Thank you.”

The female player tells Mizuno, “It got bad for me, so, I have to head back and resupply.” The female player makes her leave of the cavern.

Makoto says, “It must be pretty bad.”

Haruka says, “The weaker enemies drain you and the strong enemy is the one giving you the headache.”

Kirito says, “It seems to be the pattern, Haruka.”

Takashi says, “We had better be careful.”

Sam says, “We can’t be sure what’s in here.” The group heads along until they notice some kind of barrier with a strange machine nearby.

Mizuno says, “Some kind of barrier.”

Tomoe asks, pointing to the device, “What’s that?”

Michiru asks, “Could it be the device that deactivates the barrier?”

Kirito says, “It could be, but we may need something to activate it.”

Asuna says, “We should look around Kirito-kun.”

Kirito responds, “Good idea, Asuna-chan.” The group continues on and they fight plenty of Lizardmen and Elder Lizardman, but with strong sword skills and plenty of switching, they were easily defeated. After a good amount of time, they took a short breather and used a few potions for some of them to regain some needed health points.

Junpier says, “Yeah. This is annoying. They may not be too powerful, but there are plenty of them.”

Just then a female scream is heard and Asuna says, pointing in one direction, “Over there!” The group rushes over where they find a male player and two female players facing off with a group of Elder Lizardman with a big Lizardman dressed like a bishop.

The male player says, “Oh, man…”

Kirito yells out, “Hey, are you okay?”

The male player sees them and he says, “The Black Swordsman and the White Valkyrie! Please! We need your help!”
Usagi says, “Get the injured people out of here!”

Asuna says, “We’ll take care of the rest!”

The male player says, “I’m going to need help!”

Taichi says, “We’ll help the other players. You focus on that overgrown handbag.”

Asuna says, “Thank you, Taichi-san.” The Digital Knights help the male player get the two stunned female players out of danger while Kirito, Asuna, Usagi, Mamoru, and the Sailor Scouts prepare to fight the Paladin Lizardman, Elder Lizardman, and the strongest monster of the group, known as a Bishop Lizardman.

Hino says, “Hey, Meatball Head. We’ll keep the others off you. You, Kirito, and Asuna take care of the real ugly on leading them.”

Usagi says, drolly, “Thanks, Pyro.” Usagi draws her Elucidator and Lunar Excelsior, Kirito draws his Elucidator and Dark Repulser, and Asuna draws her Lambent Light in which they face off against the Bishop Lizardman with Usagi blocking the Bishop Lizardman’s axe attack with Cross Block Duel Welding Sword Skill. Asuna then takes a hard strike with rapid fire Linear causing it to stumble backwards with Kirito striking back with Vertical Square One-Handed Sword Skill.

Kirito says, “Okay, Usagi, switch!”

Usagi responds, with a nod, “Right!” Usagi moves in and she yells out, “Countless Spike!” Usagi then strikes hard with a four slash Duel Welding Sword Skill and she yells out, “It’s your turn, Asuna! Switch!”

Asuna responds, “Gotcha, Usagi-chan!” Asuna then comes in and strikes hard causing him to be stunned and Kirito comes in with the final blow causing it to shatter into data polygons. Mamoru and the Sailor Scouts took out the rest with Makoto using Embracer Martial Art Skill to take out Elder Lizardman which is the final enemy.

Tomoe says, “Nice work, Makoto.”

Makoto says, with a grin, “No problem!”

Usagi tells Mamoru and the Sailor Scouts, with a warm smile, “You did wonderful everyone.”

Just then a male voice shouts out, “Hey, everyone!” Everyone then looks to see the Digital Knights come back.

Kirito asks, “What happened to the others?”

Taichi says, “They managed to teleport safely back to town.”

Usagi says, with a sigh of relief, “That’s good.”

Miyako says, “Hey, remember that device by that barrier? We saw it glow for a second. I think you can activate it and take down the barrier.”

Minako asks, “Well, what are we waiting for?” The group, after making sure taking a few potions just in case, continues on in which they reach the device and activate it in which the barrier goes down.

Hino says, “That takes care of that problem.”

Haruka says, “Let’s continue on.” Soon enough, the group continues through the cavern, taking out monsters easily on the way, and they come out in an outside when the entrance to the dungeon lies.

Yamato says, “There is the dungeon.”

Takashi says, “Let’s head inside.”

Miyako says, pointing in one direction and disgusted, “Whoa! Gross! That’s a big spider!” Everyone looks to see a huge spider monster near the entrance of the dungeon.

Kirito says, “I’ve heard it. Since you can’t enter a boss room without getting trapped in it, you can get information about boss monsters by beating these special monsters.”

Makoto asks, “So, like ‘sub-boss’ or something?”

Kirito says, “I believe so.”

Usagi asks, “Where did you get that information?”

Kirito says, “From an NPC in Arc Sofia.”

Taichi says, with a nod, “Yeah, Kirito-san. I think that you went to see the same NPC that we did.”

Sam says, “We heard an NPC tell us similar information.”

Minako says, nervously, “So, we are fighting the gross monster spider, huh? That’s just great.”

Hino tells Minako, “Suck it up, Mina-chan.”

Usagi looks at the spider monster, which is called ‘Crimson Spinner’, and she says, “Well it is stronger than the typical monster and even stronger than that Bishop Lizardman. I can see that it has more than one health bar, but less than your typical boss monster would have. I guess that this is the real ‘Field Boss’.”

Kirito says, “It seems so, Usagi. But if we want that information, we need to destroy it.”

Asuna tells Kirito, “Don’t be reckless, Kirito-kun.”

Kirito says, with a smile, “With you and Usagi by my side, I’ll be fine, Asuna.” Kirito says, “However, we won’t take any chances. Let’s surrounded and restrict its ability to move. Digital Knights should take the left and the Planetary Senshi should take the right. Usagi, Mamoru, Asuna, and I will face it head-on.”

Usagi says, with a sigh, “I was afraid that you were going to say that Kirito.”

Taichi says, “Sounds like a plan to me.”

Haruka says, “A pretty good one.” The others nod their heads in agreement and they follow through in which they surround it as best as they can with the Crimson Spinner which started with its spider-like fangs, but Asuna and Usagi leap out of the way and Kirito and Mamoru strike at two of the legs of the monster when it tried to step on them. The Digital Knights attacked the right flank of the monster, which was their left, and Planetary Senshi struck the left flank of the monster, which was their right. The Crimson Spinner switched to attacking the Digital Knights, but its attacks were blocked by the shield bearers of their group with our Sailor Scouts taking the chance to attack the rear of the monster while Usagi, Asuna, Kirito, and Mamoru attacked the flanks.

Kirito says, “Depth Impact!” Kirito strikes hard with a five strike Duel Welding Sword Skill attack and he says, “Okay, switch!”

Asuna says, “Right!” Asuna comes in hard and strikes with several Linear and she yells out, “Usagi, switch!”

Usagi says, with a nod, “Gotcha!” Usagi leaps into the fight and strikes, hard, and gracefully against the legs and body of the monster which impresses Mamoru. When the Crimson Spinner turns towards them, Usagi says, “Mamoru-kun, switch!” Mamoru times the attack to perfection as Usagi leaps back when the monster spider attacks with its fangs and Mamoru strikes hard with his sword causing the Crimson Spinner to get stunned.

Kirito says, with a smile, “Nice.” Usagi uses her player menu to switch one of her one-handed swords with a one-handed curved sword in which Kirito says, “Mamoru-san, switch now!” Usagi then performs a Fell Crescent One-Handed Curved Sword Skill right on Crimson Spinner’s head.

Everyone else sees this and Makoto says, “Nice one, girlfriend!”

Miyako says, awe-struck, “She is incredible.”

Junpier says, “They are incredible, Miyako. The Lightning Flash, the Black Swordsman, and the White Valkyrie are supposed to be the three strongest players in SAO.”

Takashi says, with a nod, “Well, I believe it.”

Usagi says, “Asuna, switch!” Usagi leaps back and Asuna charges into the fight, but the Crimson Spinner turns to the Sailor Scouts, however, Michiru and Tomoe uses their spears to cause the monster spider to stumble.

Setsuna says, “Now, Mako-chan!” Makoto then leaps in and uses Embracer to give the finishing blow in which the Crimson Spinner shatters into pieces.

Minako says, “Way to go, girl!”

Makoto says, with a grin, “As if any doubt!” Soon enough, they find out that they got information on the boss of this floor.

Kirito says, “Good, we got the information.”

Miyako tells Usagi, Asuna, and Kirito, “You were incredible! You really are the strongest players in the game!”

Usagi says, a bit nervously, “Thanks, Miyako.”

Taichi says, with a smile, “You, three, worked together great.”

Kirito says, “Usagi, Asuna, and I have worked together on many occasions.”

Yamato says, “It shows. You, three, make the perfect team.”

Usagi says, nervously, “I wouldn’t say a ‘perfect team’.”

Asuna says, with a smile, “We are very good friends and we’ve worked together for a few years now.”

Sam says, “It shows, Asuna-san.”

Kirito says, looking at the entrance to the dungeon of Floor 76, “We should get going.” The others nod their heads and they continue on into the dungeon.

Mamoru tells Kirito, “Thank you for what you have done for Usagi, Kirito.”

Kirito responds, “It’s no problem, Mamoru-san. Usagi is my one of my first and best friend in SAO.”

Asuna says, with a nod, “And she saved my life at the time that I didn’t care that I died. Even though I was a complete stranger to her, she felt that my life was worth saving and it got me to change my outlook.”

Mamoru says, with a smile, “That doesn’t surprise me. Usagi always helped and brings out the best in people.” Usagi can’t help blush from Mamoru’s words as they continue onto the dungeon area where they find a lot of slimes.

Miyako says, “Yuck! Gross out! I hate these kinds of monsters!”

Sam says, “I know, Miyako-chan, but we need to in order to get to the maze area where we could find the boss room.”

Miyako gives a nervous nod and she says, with a nod, “Right.” The group continues on and they fight and defeat one slime monster after another through quite a few of the large group’s members is ‘disgusted’ by the monsters. The group then finds itself within the maze area of the dungeon of Floor 76.

Kirito says, “This is the main maze area of the dungeon.”

Haruka says, “By the looks of it, there are a lot of the same Lizardman monsters that we faced before.”

Setsuna says, “However, they could be at a higher level than the ones earlier.”

Kirito says, with a nod, “Setsuna-san is most likely right.”

Asuna says, nodding her head, “We had better be careful.” Our assault group continues and explores around the maze area in which they battle more Lizardman style monsters, but at one point, they find a familiar pair of cloaked and hooded players facing off against a white armored Lizardman known as Lizardman Monarch.

Usagi says, “Hey, it’s them!”

Kirito says, with a nod, “Dai and Akari!”

The Digital Knights are surprised and Taichi asks, surprised, “Dai and Akari?” Soon after, Akari performs Linear and strikes with five of them in which Dai takes out a pair of swords, one of them is an Elucidator and the other looks like a Diamond Sword from Final Fantasy XII, in which both of them glow at once and much to the shock and surprise of everyone else, Dai performs the classic attack of the Duel Welding Sword Skill: Starburst Stream!

Asuna yells out, “Kirito-kun, that’s…!”

Kirito asks, stunned, “…Starburst Stream?!” Dai performs the 16-hit Duel Welding Sword Skill combo without a miss and the Lizardman Monarch is defeated and shatters into hundreds of data polygons.

Dai tells Akari, in a voice only loud enough for her to hear, “Did it.”

Akari says, taking out a teleport crystal and taking in a voice loud enough only for Dai to hear, “Yeah, but we had better head back. We need some more supplies.” Akari shouts out, “Teleport: Arc Sofia!” Before any in the group can say or do anything, Dai and Akari teleport away in flashes of blue light.

Hino asks Kirito and Usagi, surprised, “Wait! Aren’t you, two, supposed to be the only ones that can do that?”

Usagi says, stunned, “We are supposed to be since Kirito has the Duel Welding Skill and I have my Mimic Skill! First, they use skills that we haven’t seen before and now, this!”

Asuna asks, “Who are they, Kirito-kun?”

Kirito responds, “We may find that out soon enough, Asuna-chan. Remember, they can only go to one place right now.”

Haruka says, “Arc Sofia.”

Kirito thinks in his mind, “But we don’t know if they have the ability to return to the Hollow Area on their own like Usagi and I can.”

Mamoru says, “We can always find them later. Right now, we need to find the boss room.”

Usagi says, “Mamoru-kun is right. We need to find the boss room to organize a raid party and open the door to the next floor.”

Asuna says, with a nod, “I agree, Usagi.” The group continues to take off, but the Digital Knights look at each other.

Sam thinks in his mind, “Is it possible? But what are they doing here?!”

Takashi thinks in his mind, “It shouldn’t be possible, but those names…” As the Digital Knights look at each other, Haruka and Hino took notice of this and it got them thinking as well. They venture on until they reach a long hallway.

Kirito says, “There is a different atmosphere here than on the rest of the floor.”

Asuna asks, “Kirito-kun, do you think…?”

Kirito says, “I can’t be sure. We’re going to need to look first.” The group then ventures forward until they reach a familiar kind of pair of doors.

Minako asks, “What is this place?”

Makoto says, “I don’t know, but it gives me a creepy feeling.”

Usagi says, “This is the door to the boss’ room.”

Mamoru and the Sailor Scouts look at Usagi and Kirito says, “Usagi is right. This is the entrance to the boss’ lair.”

Usagi says, “We can’t go inside. It has to be an anti-crystal zone and like the Skull Reaper, it must lock itself when players enter into the chambers and only opens when the boss or the players that are locked in are… destroyed.”

Asuna says, with a nod, “I agree, Usagi-chan.”

Taichi says, “Let set up the corridor crystal and get back to the others.”

Kirito says, “I’ve got it.”

As Kirito sets up the corridor crystal, Yamato says, “Finally. It has been a whole month since we were able to move on.”

Takashi says, “Hopefully, we can move onto the next floor and start accelerating our efforts to get out of here.”

Kirito says, “Okay, it’s ready.”

Asuna says, “Let’s return to Arc Sofia, everyone.” The others nod their heads in agreement and use teleport crystals to return to Arc Sofia.

December 8, 2025, Floor 76, Arc Sofia

Back in town, the virtual sky shows that it is evening time and our group consisting of Kirito, Asuna, Mamoru, the Sailor Scouts, and Digital Knights assemble in the main square.

Kirito says, “Thank you for your assistance.”

Taichi says, with a smile, “No problem, Kirito-san.”

Asuna says, “I hope that we will see you in the raid tomorrow.”

Yamato says, with a grin, “We’ll be there.” The Digital Knights take off, but something else or should I say, someone else is on their minds.

When the Digital Knights are gone, Asuna says, “With the discovering the boss’ room, there is only the boss fight.”

Kirito says, with a nod, “Yes, but first, we need to make sure that we gather enough information to challenge the boss.”

Asuna says, “Not only with the boss, but we need to continue with the assault up the rest of Aincard very carefully.”

Usagi says, “No kidding, Asuna. With the way that the game is, we need to watch it.”

Mamoru says, “However, I’m curious about those two that you brought back from the Hollow Area.”

Kirito and Usagi nod their heads and Kirito says, “I’m shocked to see him perform Starburst Stream, a combo that only a Duel Welder can use. Based on what Heathcliff said, only the player with the fastest reaction time can use it and I’ve still got my Duel Welding ability through I need to relearn all of the combos.”
Usagi asks, “Do you think that it is like my Unique Sword Skill?”

Kirito says, with a nod, “Maybe, Usagi.”

Minako gives a yawn and she says, “Anyway, it has been a long night.”

Hino says, with a smirk, “With you chatting up with Takashi-san.”

Minako blushes and Michiru says, with a smirk, “I see that Minako has found another cute boy that she has a crush on.”

Minako yells out, embarrassed, “It isn’t like that!”

Kirito tells Usagi, “Your friends are… unusual, Usagi.”

Usagi says, with a giggle, “They are, but it is why they are my friends… my second family. And while I wished that they didn’t go through all of this trouble, I’m glad that they are here.”

Hino tells Usagi, “Leave you abandoned in a ‘death game’? Don’t count on it, ever.”

Asuna says, with a nod, “It is good that you have such good friends, Usagi-chan.”

Usagi says, with a smile, “They are, Asuna. But you and Kirito are my friends too and I’m going to get you and everyone else out of here no matter what it takes.” Asuna smiles at Usagi and the other Sailor Scouts know that Asuna and Kirito are precious friends to their Moon Princess.

Kirito says, “Anyway, it is getting late and we should turn in for the night since we have a big day tomorrow.”

Haruka says, “Good idea, Kirito-san.” Kirito dissolves the small party that he made with Asuna and all of them start to head back in which Hino and Haruka turn their heads slightly in a direction.

Tomoe asks Haruka, “What’s wrong, Haruka-papa?”

When everyone looks at Haruka, she says, “I had a feeling that we were being watched.”

Usagi says, “My Search Skill didn’t detect anything.”

Asuna asks, “What about you, Kirito-kun?”

Kirito responds, “Not a thing.”

Usagi says, with a smile, “Guess that it is your nerves! I don’t blame you! Trust me, I know the feeling! But don’t worry about a thing! We are in a safe zone! Nothing bad can happen here!”

Hino thinks in her mind, “I hope that you are right, Meatball Head. Something tells me that there might be things that this game’s ‘abilities’ might not be able to detect.” As the others continue to head back to Agil’s inn/shop, they don’t notice that in the virtual night sky that a violet ‘cloud’ is looming over the virtual city, but it vanishes as quickly as it came. Within another part of the city, Dai and Akari are in an alleyway within Arc Sofia and they are looking up in the night sky.

Dai asks Akari, “What did you feel Akari-chan?”

Akari says, “I felt a ‘dark presence’ and this isn’t with a Search Skill. Dai-kun, I’ve got a bad feeling about this.”

Dai says, “I know, Kari-chan. I’ve got a bad feeling too. This freaky game is getting even freakier and we need to help everyone get the fuck out of here and fast.” Akari nods her head and the two of them take off into the night with their intentions other than helping the players of SAO escape it completely unknown.

December 9, 2025, Digital World

In a place known as the Digital World, a world mainly made up of digital information that surrounds that Earth and was created by all of the information passing by the computers via the internet and World Wide Web, there is a person named Izzy Izumi with a man named Gennai inside of a massive super-computer type lab that’s run by a small creature known as a Datamon.

Izzy asks Gennai, “Are you sure, Gennai?”

Gennai says, “Based on the current facts, I believe so, Izzy.”

Izzy asks, “But what caused it?”

Gennai responds, “I’m not sure, Izzy. However, the defenses of Sword Art Online are weakened and now, you can enter inside of it similar like how you enter the Digital World through the Digital World, but you can only go into the game and you won’t be able to come out until the game is cleared.”

Izzy says, “And if we die there…”

Gennai says, “Since you are your avatar in that game, you die… and you will no longer exist, Izzy.”

Izzy says, with a nod, “I’ll discuss it with the others, but from this data, the game has become unstable and every day, there is a risk that it could collapse and taking all of the surviving players with it including Tai and the others. Like it or not, we need to make a move now.”

Gennai says, “I’ll start using the ALO game data that you and the others have gathered to create SAO style avatars for you right away.”

Izzy says, “Thanks, Gennai.” Izzy asks, “Any luck on finding them?”

Gennai responds, shaking his head, “No. We have no idea what happened to Davis and Kari. All that we know is that they are indeed still alive through their signals have been weak for a long time now and I am not sure what that means, but I fear the worse.”

Izzy says, “We can’t give up hope on them. Despite what happened to them, Davis and Kari are strong people.”

Gennai tells Izzy, “They are, but what happened to them is understandable and they need to overcome this darkness on their own. However, you might be able to help them.”

Izzy says, “I hope so, Gennai.” As Gennai and Izzy start to get to work, Izzy thinks in his mind, “Tai, I hope that you and the others are okay. I know that you might be mad at us, but we are on our way.”

And that’s the chapter, everyone! It looks like the group will be finally taking on the big boss of Floor 76, everyone! Anyway, as I may have stated before, Hollow Fragment has a lot of events and I’m not going to go into detail with them all because it will most likely make my story too long, so, I’m going to put as many details as possible while not ruining the story with too much storyline. And unlike the original Sailor Moon Online, there will be plenty of ‘romantic moments’ or at least, it is what I plan on. We are going to have to see, folks! Please read and review and please no flames! Later and best wishes, Crossover Fans!