Crossover Fan Fiction / Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Sailor Moon Online: Hollow Fragment ❯ Final Battle Revelations ( Chapter 26 )

This is it, everyone! This is the chapter where the ‘grand climax’ of the story happens and while it isn’t the final chapter, since there is an epilogue, the grand final battles of this story has come and plenty of you are going to have your questions answered in which many more questions might be made, folks! Now, before I would start this chapter, I would like to give thanks and credit to Belletiger and Kanius and his YuYuGiDigiMoon series, especially his The Invasion of the Rajita story, for giving me permission to use the idea of Valkyrie Sailor Soldiers and everything that’s a part of them.

 

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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!

 

Third Warning: Mature level violence and death in this chapter!

 

Sailor Moon Online: Hollow Fragment

 

Chapter 26: Final Battle Revelations

 

February 3, 2025, Floor 76, Arc Sofia

 

Inside of Arc Sofia, we find Leafa sleeping inside of her bed, but she isn’t sleeping comfortably as we can see a few tears in her eyes coming while the rest of our heroes and heroines, minus Leafa, are assembled together in which Usagi was told about what they discussed yesterday in the aftermath of what happened in the boss chamber of Floor 98.

 

Usagi asks, stunned, “Why?”

 

Kirito says, “I think what we theorized is correct, Usagi. However, only Kayaba can confirm what we have thought.”

 

Setsuna tells Usagi, “Princess…”

 

Usagi responds, interrupting, “Don’t, Setsuna. I understand and I have forgiven you for not telling me about Kayaba’s ‘connection’ to me from the Silver Millennium. To be honest, your fears might have come true and I might have lost my mind.”

 

Lisbeth says, with a smirk, “Not with us by your side!”

 

Hino says, with a smile, “You had better believe it, Meatball Head.”

 

Usagi smiles at Lisbeth and Hino and Kirito tells Usagi, “Usagi, if this is what Kayaba wants, I plan not to give it to him despite what Setsuna says that they have forged this ‘destiny’ through their own choices in these two lives. It doesn’t mean that I can’t choose to stop it.”

 

Asuna says, with a nod, “I agree.”

 

Usagi says, nodding her head, “Same here. Kayaba has gotten his way too long. I say that enough is enough.”

 

Haruka says, with a nod, “Agreed.”

 

Setsuna tells Usagi, “However, do you really think that you can stop her is Leafa insists on following through with what believe and know what Kayaba wants?”

 

Usagi and Kirito become solemn and Usagi says, shaking her head, “No. I know that Kirito and I can’t stop her at all. She is so strong willed and stubborn that she won’t stop for any of us when she has really made up her mind.”

 

Kirito says, nodding his head in agreement, “No kidding, Usagi.”

 

Yamato says, “Anyway, there is also another problem to take care of.”

 

Takashi asks, “What’s that?”

 

Sam says, “Our ‘guests’ in our make-shift prison area especially Sugou.”

 

Taichi says, “That’s a problem. Even though he is trapped now, once the game is cleared, he will be back in the real world and nothing here will get ‘posted’.”

 

Miyako asks, shocked, “You mean after all of the horrible experiments that he has done to our fellow players won’t get unpunished?”

 

Haruka says, with a smirk, “I wouldn’t worry about that.”

 

Asuna asks, curiously, “Why is that?”

 

Makoto says, with a grin, “Remember what we said about informing about the ‘higher ups’ of the task force that was set up for help all of the victims of SAO and such? Well, we found plenty of related evidence that Sugou was there during the tampering and he arrogantly made sure to leave his ‘MO’ for someone that can look through it with a fine toothed comb. We didn’t know what he was up to at the time, but now, we know completely and believe me, when the authorities find out this evidence, they aren’t going to let him go so easily.”

 

Kirito says, with a smirk, “Since tampering with the SAO severs could have set off the NervGears, Sugou could be very well charged with reckless endangerment of our lives.”

 

Klein says, “No joke that he should, Kirito!”

 

Lisbeth says, with a nod, “Got that right, Klein.”

 

Hino says, with a smile and pointing to Mizuno, “And thanks to our little ‘Soldier of Wisdom’ making a copy of the evidence that will be downloaded to the server at the locations where our real bodies are, I don’t think that VR division of the Ministry can ignore this.”

 

Haruka says, with a wide smirk, “And something tells me that those back in the real world aren’t taking what Sugou had done lying down.”

 

Everyone looks at Haruka and Philia asks, “Why do you say that Haruka-san?”

 

Haruka responds, with a sly grin, “Call it ‘women’s intuition’, Philia.”

 

February 3, 2025, Tokyo, RCT Progress main building

 

Within the main headquarters building of RCT Progress, a division of RCT Industries that specialties in stuff especially Full-Dive related ‘materials’, Sailor Nebula and Sailor Neo Moon meet up with a man with short messy black hair, brown eyes with octagon glasses in front, and wearing a dark green business suit.

 

Sailor Nebula tells him, “Seijirou-dono, has there been any chance?”

 

The man responds, “Not a bit. It is like the same with those still trapped in SAO, but I’m willing to bet that he is going to be out soon.”

 

Sailor Neo Moon asks, “Why do you figure that Seijirou-dono?”

 

The man, Seijirou Kikuoka, head of the ‘SAO Case Victims Rescue Force’ of the VR division of the Japanese ministry, responds, “They have reached the ninety-ninth floor just yesterday based on the limited data that we have gotten. Within a few days or so, they will be on the final floor and fighting the final battle.”

 

Sailor Nebula says, with a nod, “I see.”

 

Sailor Neo Moon asks, “Do you think that he will be charged with anything?”

 

Seijirou responds, “Normally, all of the blame that goes on in SAO is being focused on Kayaba and Argus having to take the downfall of what happened…However, his tampering with the severs won’t go unpunished. He endangered the lives of the surviving victims up to that point and this point even and reckless endangerment is a crime. With all of the evidence that you have pulled, we might not get him for even manslaughter, but most likely, we can get him for thousands of cases of reckless endangerment and with so many cases, I don’t think that the public will have to worry about someone like him.”

 

Sailor Nebula says, with a nod, “Good.”

 

Sailor Neo Moon asks, “Wait! Manslaughter?”

 

Seijirou says, with a sigh, “Yesterday, after they had reached floor and defeated the boss or so it seemed, one of them…died.”

 

The two Sailor Scouts gasp in shock and Sailor Neo Moon asks, “But how?”

 

Seijirou says, “We aren’t fully sure, Sailor Neo Moon-san. With the limited information, we can’t get a full picture of what’s happening in there. Only those trapped in the game will have the answers. This is the first fatality from SAO in nearly three months. This could send the people into a panic again because after Floor 75, the rate of deaths plummeted to nothing for some reason which may include the people and tactics to fight and surviving in that world. When the people started to hear that the deaths from SAO had stopped, they were getting hopeful that soon that this nightmare will be over. If they hear that new deaths are coming from that, it will be a real damper on that especially with those family and friends of the remaining living SAO victims.”

 

Sailor Nebula asks, “And you think that Sugou might be involved in this death?”

 

Seijirou says, “Not sure, Nebula-san. It is the reason that we are keeping quiet about this latest death for the moment and I fear that the last two floors and the final two boss fights are to go.”

 

Sailor Neo Moon says, solemnly, “Yeah.”

 

Just then a male voice shouts out, “Where is he?” Everyone then looks to see an elderly man with wrinkles and brown hair as well as wearing a brown business suit comes up.

 

Seijirou says, “Shouzou Yuuki-san, I didn’t expect you here. I think that you have found out what we have found out.”

 

The elderly man, none other than Shouzou Yuuki, Asuna’s father, responds, “Indeed I have, Seijirou-san. How can he do this to my family and his own? Our families have been friends for a long time and I and the board have trusted him to run this division of the company and he does to us? And he especially endangered my beloved daughter’s life!”

 

Seijirou says, in a calming tone, “Please sir, I may not understand how you feel, but the other families and friends of the other SAO victims do understand your feelings.”

 

Shouzou responds, with a nod, “I know and that backstabbing man better hope that I don’t unleash them to get their rightful justice that they deserve.”

 

Seijirou says, “Sir, please. You know why we have to keep this information quiet.”

 

Shouzou says, with a nod, “I know. He could have and still possibly have ruined this company just like Kayaba ruined Argus with what he has done.”

 

Seijirou says, “I’ll see what I can do. Your company’s cooperation has been most appreciated, but I make no promises.”

 

Shouzou says, “I understand, Seijirou-san.”

 

Shouzou then spots the two Sailor Scouts, his eyes widen, and Seijirou says, “I see that you have met the two ‘private detectives’ that have helped us greatly in this ‘affair’. They have become public names in the news for the past several months and more. This is Sailor Nebula and the one is Sailor Neo Moon, who was formally known as Sailor Mini-Moon.”

 

Shouzou says, “Well, I thought that they were…”

 

Sailor Nebula responds, “Well, we wished that we could have stayed THAT way, Shouzou-dono.”

 

Sailor Neo Moon says, with a sigh, “But you know why we are ‘out of the shadows of the moonlight’ now.”

 

Shouzou says, with a nod of understanding, “Yes, my company knows that well. In fact, I must thank you for what you did at our main headquarters. If you didn’t help, we would have lost many good lives.”

 

Sailor Neo Moon responds, with a kind smile, “Just doing our job, Shouzou-san.”

 

Sailor Nebula says, with a smile, “It is our duty to protect the people from evil monsters as we are fighting.”

 

Seijirou says, “Anyway, sir, if you must know, the players have completed floor ninety-eight and they are moving onto floor ninety-nine now.”

 

Shouzou asks, shocked, “What?”

 

Seijirou says, “The final battle inside of SAO is about to begin.”

 

Shouzou says, with a nod, “I see.”

Sailor Nebula tells Shouzou, “Believe in your daughter, Shouzou-san.”

 

Shouzou says, with a sigh, “I wished that I had believed her about him, but I thought it was just the ‘rebellious teen phase’ like I went through in life. I should have trusted her and her brother.”

 

Sailor Neo Moon says, “He had you fooled like Kayaba fooled everyone, Shouzou-san. It isn’t your fault.”

 

Shouzou says, with a plain tone, “Thank you, Neo Moon-san. However, I can’t help to blame myself at my poor judge of character put my daughter and the company in danger.”

 

Sailor Nebula says, “Justice will be served, Shouzou-san. All we can do now is to prepare for their return and you must believe that they will return.”

 

Seijirou says, “Speaking of, we have a lot to prepare for their return and I’ve already started the preparations.”

 

Shouzou looks at Seijirou and he says, “My company and I will cooperate in any way that we can.”

 

Seijirou responds, “Thank you, Shouzou-san.”

 

Sailor Neo Moon asks, kindly, “Forgive me for asking, but how long before ALO is back online?”

 

Shouzou says, with a sigh, “Thanks to the information that you have provided, the company has found the ‘secret lab’ that he has set up in what was supposed to be the goal for the first quest for our ‘safe’ VRMMO. We have been at this for over two weeks in which we were forced to completely shut down ALO in order to get it completely reworked. I don’t know what we are going to tell all of the players.”

 

Sailor Neo Moon says, with a smile, “You will find a way to make this all right, Shouzou-san.”

 

Shouzou says, with a smile, “Thank you, Neo-Moon-san.”

 

Sailor Nebula says, “Anyway, we have important work to do.”

 

Sailor Neo Moon says, with a nod, “Right.”

 

Seijirou says, nodding his head, “Agreed.” The four of them then head off to do what they need to do to prepare for the return of the surviving SAO players from Sword Art Online and more.

 

February 3, 2025, Floor 100, Ruby Palace

 

At the top of Aincrad, Floor 100, which contains the Ruby Palace, the scene of the final battle, the latest boss raid group is in front of a teleport crystal looking up at the massive ruby red palace complex in front of them. They are looking quite haggard since Floor 99’s dungeon was a succession of boss room chambers with boss type monsters until they get to the real boss monster of Floor 99, The Ruler of Deities, in which proved a very close fight since they fought one boss monster after another.

 

Kirito says, “We finally made it.”

 

Asuna says, with a nod, “At last, Kirito-kun.”

 

Lisbeth says, with a sigh, “It is about time.”

 

Sinon says, “We may have gotten here, but our job isn’t done yet.”

 

Mamoru says, “Sinon is right. There is one more battle to face.”

 

Usagi says, “The Hollow Avatar that has Strea trapped within it.”

 

Kirito says, “That’s right. Anyway, let’s return and rest in Arc Sofia.”

 

Dai says, “We are going to need it.”

 

Akari says, with a nod, “You said it, Dai-kun.”

 

As the group prepares to return, Kirito thinks in his mind, “Hold on, Strea! We’re coming!” As they prepare to use the crystal, which is acting as a teleport gate from the other floors on this floor, Usagi looks back towards the palace and plenty of the others notice.

 

Mamoru asks, “Is something wrong?”

 

Usagi responds, “He’s there. I just know it.”

 

Kirito tells Usagi, “And we’ll be ready for him.”

 

Usagi says, with a nod, “I know Kirito.” The group then uses the teleport crystal to return to Arc Sofia while they don’t notice is that a sinister ‘darkness’ is watching them leave before vanishing seemly into thin air.

 

February 4, 2025, Floor 76, Arc Sofia

 

Back inside of Agil’s shop and inn within Arc Sofia, all of our heroes and heroines, minus Leafa, are assembled and making their final preparations to assault Floor 100 and take on the final boss fight.

 

Klein tells Kirito, “I’ve just gotten back from my guild. They are equipped and ready to go.”

 

Kirito says, with a nod, “That’s good, Klein.”

 

Asuna says, “All members of the Knights of the Blood are ready to go, Kirito-kun.”

 

Lisbeth says, “I’ve finished up a few final orders for armor and weapons for the day, so, the lead group is going to be at its peak when we fight this battle today.”

 

Kirito says, with a nod of understanding, “We are going to need to be, Liz.”

 

Usagi says, “This is it. I can’t believe that it is finally happening.”

 

Kirito says, “I know, Usagi. However, our mission is also important is that we need to save Strea.”

 

Agil says, “It is kind of weird that we got a message saying that as many players as possible can participate in this battle instead of the typical boss raid group.”

 

Kirito says, “It could be an error or it could have Kayaba’s design, Agil. I think that he wanted to make the final fight a grand production. You have to remember what he said when I had exposed him on the seventy-fifth floor boss room.”

 

Agil says, with a nod of his head, “That’s a good point, Kirito.”

 

Usagi says, with a sigh, “He has been kind of fan of ‘grand stories’ at times.”

 

Mamoru says, “Well, the more players that we have behind us, the better. However, it doesn’t mean that we are going to be victorious from sheer numbers. This boss is going to be the hardest of them all and what happened with Strea, we aren’t sure what effects that it has on the final boss avatar that she is trapped in.”

 

Kirito says, “Yeah, we know, Mamoru. However, we have to save Strea.”

 

Just then a familiar female voice says, “Then let’s get going big brother.” Everyone then looks to see Leafa coming down the stairs with a slight haggard look on her face.

 

Asuna says, amazed, “Leafa!”

 

Kirito asks, “What are you doing?”

 

Leafa responds, “What do you think big brother? I’m coming with you!”

 

Asuna says, “No!”

 

Leafa responds, with a stern tone, “Strea is my friend too and I’m not going to abandon her!”

 

Kirito asks, “Leafa…Sugu, you know?”

 

Leafa replies, with a nod, “Yeah, I do. Strea took damage from a strange weapon that Alberich asshole had and she then got absorbed into the avatar that was supposed to be the final boss.”

 

There are gasps and Lisbeth asks, surprised, “How do you know that?”

 

Haruka asks, “Let me guess: A vision?”

 

Leafa says, “Basically.”

 

Dai asks, looking at the Sailor Scouts, “That kind of things happens to you, too?”

 

Hino says, “To me, mainly, but the others get them once in a while and they aren’t usually good things.”

 

Kirito tells Leafa, “Sugu…”

 

Leafa responds, “Big brother, I already know that you and Usagi told them about what we discussed earlier. I already said that I need to confront Kayaba at the Ruby Palace. He has answers that I’m looking for…and I don’t think that it is a battle that I can escape from because I already made the choice as I’m doing now. I’m coming with you to end this and save Strea.”

 

Kirito gives a solemn sigh and he says, “We’ll be moving out soon.”

 

Leafa says, with a smile, “Thank you, big brother. I’ll be back soon.”

 

Leafa then leaves to get supplies for the final battle and when she is gone, Usagi says, solemnly, “We couldn’t have stopped her.”

 

Kirito says, with a nod, “Yeah, I know.”

 

Setsuna says, “Something are inevitable, but not because of any ‘pre-destined force’. The wills of Kayaba and Leafa are so powerful that the two of them coming together can’t be stopped by any force.”

 

Tomoe asks Setsuna, “How much do you really know about them?”

 

Setsuna responds, “It is no longer my place to say. You will find the answers in the final battle and once there, all will be revealed to you, but you will not like what you find at the end when you find the truth at the core of SAO including when it truly started and its true first victim.” As Setsuna walks away, the others can’t help to wonder about her words.

 

February 4, 2025, Floor 100, Ruby Palace

 

Within the Ruby Palace, all of the players that comprise the ‘assault team’ are assembled in front of the door to the final boss room within the Ruby Palace including our heroes and heroines and Asuna is in front of them with Yui by the side of her ‘father’ in which she insisted to come along with her ‘parents’ despite their insistences that it is too danger, but they decided to allow her to stay with them as long as she remains out of the fight since she no longer has the majority of her administrate privileges of her own.

 

Asuna says, “Everyone, this is it. This is the final battle…The final boss. Home is just on the other side of these doors and the foe right in front of us. We have struggled for over two years in this world to return to the world and the people that we loved and were left behind when we were trapped in this prison. We were trapped by a man that betrayed the world by committing this horror and he betrayed those that once loved him the most as well.” Plenty of the other players look at Usagi with looks of understanding and Asuna says, “It is time for us to win and return home alive.” The doors slowly open and the massive group goes inside in which when the doors close behind them, they see none other than The Hollow Avatar in front of them.

 

Haruka says, “There it is.”

 

Silica says, “We defeated before when that monster brought him from this floor. So, I’m sure that we will be okay.”

 

Hino says, “It’s different from before, Silica.”

 

Mamoru says, “With Strea and Sugou’s ‘super account’ within it, it has gotten stronger, I can just tell.”

 

Mizuno says, “It can also be the errors created by the negative emotions that she has been trying to contain may also be affecting it too. We can’t be sure what it can and will do.”

 

Kirito says, with a nod, “Be ready for anything.”

 

Leafa says, nodding her head, “No kidding, big brother.”

 

Yui says, “Mommy! Daddy! I know that you can win and save Strea!”

 

Mamoru asks Usagi, “Ready?”

 

Usagi responds, “As ready as I will ever be.”

 

Asuna yells out, “Everyone, spread out and surround the final boss! Tanks out first! Study its movement and figure out its attack patterns. We need a strategy!” Without hesitation, the players do immediately as Asuna says with the tankers, the players with high abilities that are good for defensive action, go up first to withstand the attacks of The Hollow Avatar, and they manage to withstand its area shockwave attack, but it takes a slight toll on them. As this is happening, Sinon takes up and uses her Shooting Skill to unleash long range attacks that don’t do major damage, but they slowly start to drain the health of the final boss monster.

 

Kirito blocks what looks like a karate chop from the hand of boss monster and he shouts out, “Philia! Leafa!”

 

Philia responds, with a nod, “Right, Kirito!”

 

Leafa says, with a nod, “You got it, big brother!”

 

“Starlight Splash!”

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“Fairy Edge!”

 

Philia uses a powerful 8 hit Dagger Secret Ultimate Sword Skill combo while Leafa unleashes a kendo-like 4 hit One-Handed Sword Skill that slams into the boss monster causing significant damage, but then Leafa starts to glow as she prepares to use another move.

 

“Shadow Explosion!”

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Leafa then uses the 7 hit Esoteric One-Handed Sword Skill combo to inflict more significant damage to The Hollow Avatar, much to the other’s surprise.

 

Dai asks, stunned, “When did she learn to use a Skill Connect?”

 

Akari says, “I guess that she is like Usagi and quite a quick learner.”

 

Usagi says, amazed, “Leafa.”

 

As it began to move a certain way, Mizuno shouts out, “It is that shockwave attack again!” Immediately, the players leap out of the way when the area shockwave attack hits, but a few players are thrown down to the ground and temporary lose their ‘senses’ for the moment including Rua.

Luca shouts out, “Rua, watch out!” As the enemy looms over Rua, Asuna and Lisbeth leap into the attack.

 

“Holy Crown!”

 

“Twilight Resurrection!”

 

Lisbeth and Asuna then leap in with a 5 hit Secret Ultimate Mace Sword Skill combo from Lisbeth while Asuna hits hard with a fast and powerful 35 hit Rapier Sword Skill combo that forces the boss monster backwards.

 

Rua says, “Thanks!”

 

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

 

Asuna says, “Hurry!”

 

Rua says, “Don’t need to tell me twice!” Rua leaps back to his feet and the large mass of players continue to pound on the boss monster in which they inflict a multitude of stasis effects on the boss monster, but it doesn’t stop The Hollow Avatar from hitting the mass of players back hard including a beam attack that manages to hit and paralyze some players. However, the experience of our vast group allows them to protect those players that are unable to protect themselves and others who fall into the red zone, which wasn’t uncommon during the fight, to recover their strength. The battle continues on until The Hollow Avatar’s final HP bar reaches the red zone.

 

Kirito shouts out, “This is our chance! Everyone! Right now!” Immediately, Sinon fires an arrow that strikes home, Leafa hits hard with a slash attack, Asuna and Akari uses a rapid fire Linear, Mamoru and the Sailor Scouts come in with their attacks, and Dai, Kirito, and Usagi finish with rapid succession of three Starburst Stream attacks, the classic 16 hit Duel Wielding Sword Skill combo, in which causes The Hollow Avatar to glow as its HP runs out before shattering into hundreds of data polygons.

 

After a few seconds of silence, Asuna asks, “Did we defeat it?”

 

Yamato says, “It seems so.”

 

Usagi asks, looking around, “Something is wrong? Where is Strea?” Just then the whole area starts to shake around and seven figures that look like violet haired little demon girls in black dress and with black swords in their hands appear in front of everyone.

 

Minako asks, “Whoa! What the heck are those?”

 

From the far corner, Yui shouts out, “Mommy! Daddy! They are counseling programs like Strea and I!”

 

Hino says, “They are out of control! I can sense a lot of dark emotions coming from them!”

 

Haruka says, with a nod, “I feel the same thing. The dark emotions that the players have been giving out have corrupted these programs and they have gone berserk.”

 

Mizuno says, “The only way that we can stop them…”

 

Kirito says, finishing, “…Is to fight them.”

 

Veemon and Gatomon, who are over by Yui to protect her, step forward and Gatomon asks, “Kari, should we come in?”

 

Akari responds, “Don’t worry, Gatomon!”

 

Dai says, with a grin, “Yeah, buddy! We have got this! Just keep little Yui there safe and sound!”

 

Taichi says, with a serious tone, “Here they come!”

 

As the rogue mental health programs that have gained ‘material form’ charge at the players, Asuna says, “Don’t fight them one-on-one! We don’t know their strength!” The seven rogue programs attack the group of players, which make sure to force the rogue programs to attack them one-on-one, while they attack each mental program as a group, but the players are struggling since they haven’t had time to rest from the battle with The Hollow Avatar. However, the rogue programs only have and use sword attacks in which they don’t use any Sword Skills at all which prove to help them out. It was a pretty long fight, but the group manages to defeat the rogue programs without suffering any fatalities, but they are quite exhausted.

 

Miyako says, wearily, “Finally…”

 

Takashi says, “We managed to get rid of them all.”

 

Kirito says, “I hope so, Takashi.”

 

Yui yells out, “Mommy! Daddy! You, all, did it! The programs have been saved from the out of control security system!”

 

Makoto says, “That’s good news.”

 

Mamoru says, “But something tells me that we are far from finished.” As if to prove Mamoru’s point, the whole room starts to shake once more.

 

Klein asks, shocked, “Again?”

 

Agil says, “Something tells me that we aren’t going to like this.” There is a big flash in front of everyone and they are forced to cover their eyes in which when they open their eyes, they see a violet creature with an upper body coming out of a red orb of energy with the upper body looking feminine humanoid in nature with familiar violet hair coming out of the back of the head of the creature which looks like a helmet shaped with multiple eyes coming out of it.

 

Philia asks, confused and shocked, “What is that?”

 

Usagi asks, stunned, “Strea?”

 

Haruka says, “Well, her…body is similar to Strea.”

 

Mizuno says, “I think that what happened to her has caused her programming to become completely corrupted.”

 

Yui shouts out, “Mizuno is right, daddy! The errors that Strea has suffered have only been magnified by being absorbed by the final boss avatar! You have to purge her of the corrupted data quickly or it will destroy her!”

 

Dai says, “And something tells me those us along with her!”

 

Kirito says, “Yeah, but it is because of human emotions that she is like this.”

 

Mamoru says, “However, it wouldn’t have been like this if Kayaba never started this horror. He filled the hearts of the players with pain, fear, despair, and other negative emotions which caused both Yui and Strea to suffer like this. It is a reason that I can never forgive him for what he has done. He even hurts and destroys his own creations!”

 

Haruka says, with a nod, “I agree. This is a representation of the monster that she has become shows what kind of fiend that Kayaba is and Strea is the victim of his machinations.”

 

Leafa says, drawing her sword, “Then let’s save her! She deserves to be free of the pain and misery that Kayaba caused her too! Let’s do this, big brother!”

 

Kirito says, with a nod, “Right, Leafa.”

 

Usagi shouts out, “Okay, everyone! Give it all you got! All players that aren’t in the green area of health are to remain in back until they have recovered and tanks with green health bars up first with attacking players prepare to move in when we get an idea on how she attacks!”

 

Two KOB member shout out in unison, “Yes, ma’am!”

 

When another KOB member looks at the other two, one of them asks, “Do you want argue with the ‘White Valkyrie’?” This KOB rapidly shakes his head and immediately, the players move out following the orders that our Moon Princess has just gave out.

 

Makoto says, with a smirk, “Look who is taking command!”

 

Minako says, “That’s why she is the leader after all!”

 

Hino says, with a plain tone, “Fight now and give Meatball Head a big ego later!” Soon enough, all of the players fight against Strea’s corrupted form, The Hollow Strea as the enemy identification is calling her, in which she starts with a powerful breath attack which the players barely avoid.

 

Rua shouts out, “Whoa! That was close!”

 

Luca yells out, “Rua, stop talking! We are in a major fight for our lives here!”

 

Rua responds, “I know, sis!” Hollow Strea then unleashes a beam attack from up high and knocks down several players causing them significant damage, but before her massive hands can slam down on them, Akari uses her shield to hold Hollow Strea back.

 

Akari yells out, “Get them out of there!”

 

Sam says, “You got it!” Miyako, Sam, and a few other players then move in and drag the players from immediate danger as other players that are healed and ready to fight rush into the fight to make sure that the strength of the attack of the players isn’t decreased in the least.

 

“Crescent Avalanche!”

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“San Ge!”

 

Agil uses a 7 hit Two-Handed Axe Sword Skill combo while at the same time, Klein uses a 5 hit Katana Sword Skill combo that inflicts Hollow Strea with a bleeding stasis condition on her, but it doesn’t seem to slow her down in the least as she attacks with another attack from her massive hand, however, a group of shield users make sure that her attack is blocked.

 

Silica shouts out, “Pina!” Silica’s dragon partner uses her bubble attack to disorient Hollow Strea while Minako’s own dragon partner blows black smoke to aid in that disorientation.

 

“Butterfly Illusion!”

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Haruka then uses a powerful 4 hit Secret Ultimate One-Handed Curved Sword Skill that inflicts some nasty damage to Hollow Strea with Kirito coming in with The Eclipse, the 27 hit Ultimate Duel Wielding Sword Skill combo, but Hollow Strea doesn’t take this lying down and hits back with a powerful shockwave attack that knocks many of the players to the ground.

 

Veemon says, shocked, “Davis!”

 

Gatomon tells Veemon, “Don’t worry, Veemon. They can do this.”

 

Yui says, with a smile, “Dai and Akari are strong just like daddy and mommy.” Hollow Strea prepares to attack, but Sinon, who was at the rear to keep her distance, unleashes a rain of arrows that throws Strea’s attack off-track.

 

Makoto says, with a serious tone, “I’ve got this!” Makoto then uses Embracer, the 1 hit Martial Arts Sword Skill combo, and slams it into Hollow Strea’s neck causing her to give an animal-like roar of pain.

 

Leafa says, “We’re sorry, Strea, but we have got to this to stop and save you!” Usagi then leaps into the air and hits Strea with Gengetsu, a Martial Arts Sword Skill technique that’s a backflip kick.

 

Usagi yells out, “Now, everyone!”

 

“Shield Hammer!”

 

Akari then throws her shield right into the face of Hollow Strea causing her to be stunned for the moment and allowing Dai, Leafa, and Kirito to rush into the attack.

 

“Shadow Explosion!”

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“Nebularaid Empress!”

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Leafa uses 8 hit Secret Ultimate One-Handed Sword Skill combo while Dai and Kirito use the 22 hit Esoteric Duel Wielding Sword Skill combo each that slams Hollow Strea with enough damage to cause her to lose the rest of HP causing her to shatter into hundreds of data polygons.

 

Tomoe asks, wearily, “Is it over?”

 

Michiru says, “It seems so, firefly.”

 

Klein says, “Man, I am worn out! I’m not sure if I can keep going anymore.”

 

Lisbeth says, “Don’t be so lame, Klein. We’ve come this far, so, you need to solider it out until the end.”

 

Yamato says, “Well, I can’t really blame the guy.”

 

Miyako says, warily, “No kidding, Yamato.”

 

Takashi says, “The bosses back on the last floor were nothing compared to this.”

 

Junpier says, with a nod, “Got that right.”

 

Silica tells Pina, weakly, “Good job, Pina.”

 

Pina gives a ‘kyu’ in reply and Usagi asks, “Where is Strea?” Soon after, the whole palace starts to shake once more and she asks, stunned, “Now, what?” There is a bright glow overheard and everyone looks to see it take the form of Strea, back in her ‘human form’.

 

Asuna says, “Strea!” When the light fades, Strea forms falls and Asuna shouts out, “Kirito, please catch her!”

 

Kirito says, seriously, “I got her!” Kirito catches Strea into her arms and all of the players get away from the throne and back to the far side of the throne room.

 

Strea wakes up and weakly asks, “Kirito?”

 

Kirito says, with a nod, “Yeah, it’s me.”

 

Strea asks, weakly, “Where am I?”

 

Kirito responds, “The one-hundredth floor of Aincrad, Strea.”

 

Strea asks, “Did you win?”

 

Usagi says, with a smile, “Yeah, we defeated the last boss, Strea.”

 

Strea says, with a weak smile, “That’s good. I’m glad for you, Kirito, and the others. You are free now.”

 

Kirito tells Strea, “I’m sorry that you had struggle with our emotions until now.”

 

Strea responds, “It is all right, Kirito. You came to save me right? The pain of the players wasn’t caused by you, Kirito.”

 

Haruka asks, “Strea, it wasn’t just your programming that you tried to stop us, didn’t you?”

 

Strea replies, shaking her head, “It was only part that. I was also afraid of disappearing when you cleared the game and this world disappears forever.”

 

Hino tells Strea, “Look, Strea, it is okay to feel that way. In fact, it makes you more human. It is a valid fear that we, humans, fear.”

 

Strea says, with a smile, “Thank you, Hino. When I saw Kirito’s and Usagi’s friends and being with all of you, I didn’t want to disappear…I didn’t want you to die…I wanted not to disappear and didn’t want you to disappear either, I became so confused. But if all of you disappeared, I wouldn’t be able to live with myself. I don’t regret that you beat me and cleared the game. I felt so warm and happy.”

 

Usagi tells Strea, with a smile, “That what it means to be alive and to be human, Strea.”

 

Strea says, with a warm smile, “Thank you, Usagi.”

 

Strea then starts to glow and Asuna asks, “What? What’s happening to her?”

 

Yui says, fearfully, “Oh no! Since the final boss has been cleared, the Cardinal System has detected Strea’s presence and it is registering her as an error!”

 

Asuna asks, horrified, “You mean that the same thing that nearly happened to you is happening to Strea?”

 

Yui says, with a nod, “Yes, it is.”

 

Kirito says, horrified, “Strea!”

 

Strea says, with a weak smile, “Don’t be like that Kirito. If you are sad like that, then I failed as a consoling program.” She then puts his face into her chest area causing mixed reactions from the others before she vanishes into data particles and giving out a weak ‘thank you’.

 

Leafa says, shocked, “Strea!”

 

Yui says, “No, Strea! I won’t let you go! You are my sister!” Just then Yui glows as all of the data particles that Strea turn into flow into her form before ‘vanishing’ within Yui.

 

Asuna asks, shocked, “Yui?!”

 

Yui says, with a smile, “Don’t worry, mommy. Strea is with me now.”

 

There are surprised looks and Mizuno asks, “You mean that you managed to put Strea into local memory of Kirito’s NervGear?”

 

Yui says, with a smile, “That’s right. Even through the game will end, we won’t disappear. We will be safe and sound in the memory of daddy’s NervGear until daddy and everyone can figure a way to free Strea and me.”

 

Asuna says, with a smile, “Thank goodness.”

 

Kirito says, with a smile, “Good work, Yui.”

 

Yui says, with a smile, “Strea is my sister. I couldn’t let her disappear.”

 

Asuna says, with a smile, “This means that the game has been cleared.”

 

Kirito says, “Yeah, let’s return to our world.”

 

Just then a feeling comes over Leafa and Usagi and Usagi says, “No…It isn’t over yet.”

 

Everyone looks at Usagi and Mamoru asks, “What do you mean?” Just then there is clapping heard and everyone whips to the source of the voice to see none other than Kayaba, in his SAO avatar of Heathcliff, right in front of them.

 

Heathcliff says, “Kirito…Usagi…Everyone…Excellent victory.& rdquo;

 

There are gasp of shock and surprise and Asuna says, “The commander!”

 

Kirito says, “Heathcliff…Kayaba…you are still alive.” As Heathcliff nods his head, Leafa silently gasps as she can tell that he is the ‘real deal’ causing a massive surge of emotions to go through her as well as images to rack her mind causing her head to become lowered to hide her eyes becoming blank as, even though in a virtual avatar, she can feel her heart beating faster and faster as something within her is coming towards the surface.

 

Heathcliff responds, “In a manner of speaking, but that’s for you to discover at another time. Anyway, I’m here to give an apology and explain what was happening. The events as they are now started since my battle with Kirito and Usagi on floor seventy-five and the Cardinal System became overburdened with one of the reasons being the overbearing amount of negative emotions from the players causing error from the mental health counselling program that you know as Strea. However, the other reason was due to the outside tampering by Sugou. Sugou…For a man so smart, he was manipulating so easily.”

 

Haruka asks, seriously, “Wait! So, we were right?”

 

Heathcliff responds, “Yes, you are. Sugou was originally going to wait for the game to be over and use his tampering with the router to capture players for his emotional or what you call, mind-control, experiments within ALO, which is based on SAO. Do not worry, you will be meeting these ‘forces’ in due time.”

 

Hino asks, with a deadly glare, “What do you mean?”

 

Heathcliff replies, “You will have to wait and see, my dear. To continue my explanation, due to these reasons, the Cardinal System suffered a major error and part of it lost control over itself. Due to the system emergency, the protocols that I had in place activated and I was teleport away during the battle with Usagi. However, I couldn’t say anything as I was dealing with the various malfunctions which were helped by Mimete, who I had sealed in SAO long ago when she invaded the server and I had determined her to be a major threat to mankind so I had her sealed away. The plan was when the game was finished that she would be destroyed along with Aincrad when the game was cleared.”

 

Haruka asks, with a sneer, “Since when did you care about humanity?”

 

Heathcliff responds, with a smile, “My dear, I wanted to create a new world, not destroy the Earth. And also, if the world is destroyed, how can there be humans to enjoy the virtual world? Basically, it is mainly self-interest.”

 

Dai says, with a snort, “I believe that.”

 

Heathcliff says, with a smile, “Despite all this, you went past my expectations and completed the game and Yui and Strea, who were supposed to have been deleted, were saved and in fact, evolved into ‘artificial life-forms’ much like the Digimon I’ve heard so much about.”

 

Kirito yells out, strongly and angrily, “Of course! Don’t think that everything will go your way in a world that involves living people, Kayaba!”

 

Heathcliff says, with a nod, “Of course, you are correct. While you have completed the game, I must interfere one more time. It is another reason that I wish to apologize.”

 

Asuna asks, “What are you saying? We’ve cleared the game and you aren’t letting us clear it?”

 

Heathcliff says, “No, the game is cleared. While the boss is irregular, the victory is still yours.” However, Usagi then steps forward much to the shock of the others.

 

Philia asks, curiously, “Usagi?” But then Usagi starts to glow as the golden crescent moon sigil appears on her forehead causing her to be engulfed in a bright glow.

 

Lisbeth shouts out, “Usagi?!”

 

Silica asks, “What’s happening to her?” When the glow fades away, Usagi is replaced by none other than Princess Serenity of the Moon Kingdom with her blue eyes blazing with a fire not seen in her before.

 

There are tons of gasps and Asuna asks, “Usagi-chan?”

 

Klein asks, “What happened to her?”

 

Makoto says, amazed, “She has turned into Princess Serenity!”

 

There are looks of shock and surprise and Silica asks, stunned, “Princess?”

 

Princess Serenity tells Heathcliff, with a stern tone, “An apology? Do you think that such a thing is acceptable to us after over two years of pain and suffering that you have put us through because of your selfishness? You have destroyed nearly four thousand mainly innocent lives and created rivers of blood and tears from all of the lives that you have destroyed in one form or another? I can’t believe you! When will this madness end? Did you really have to betray me as you have betrayed me in our previous lives?!”

 

Heathcliff asks, “I see. You remember now, don’t you, my dear Serenity?”

 

Princess Serenity responds, “I wish that I never did.”

 

Heathcliff responds, with a nod, “Your feelings are most understandable. I cannot blame you feeling that way and I would have been surprised if you didn’t.” Heathcliff says, “However, I believe that we should fill the others in…On the truth and true origins of Sword Art Online.” Heathcliff then claps his hands and the whole scene changes into the Moon Kingdom.

Rua asks, “What’s going on here?”

 

Luca says, seeing the Earth, “Look at that!” Everyone gasps to see the Earth in the sky of the scene before them and they quickly realize that they are on the moon. Soon after, Heathcliff explains about the tale of the Moon Kingdom to everyone in which those that don’t already know this story are shocked to hear it.

 

Rua asks, “Wait! If she is some kind of princess from the moon and the Sailor Scouts are her guardians…?”

 

Haruka says, putting up her menu, “Too many people are learning this.”

 

Michiru says, “I don’t think that we have a choice.”

Mamoru says, “And I have an idea why he is doing this through I can’t get why he is doing it for this reason.” Soon after, Mamoru and the rest of the Sailor Scouts transform into their Scout forms which surprises that players that don’t know/realized this.

 

Rua yells out, shocked, “Holy crap! They are the Sailor Scouts and that Tuxedo Mask guy!”

 

Luca asks, looking at Princess Serenity, “Does that mean that ‘White Valkyrie’ is…?”

 

Kirito and Asuna reply in unison, “Sailor Moon.”

 

Rua shouts out, flabbergasted, “Sailor Moon! She is Sailor Moon?!”

 

Klein says, “Yeah, she transformed before she nearly died from that jerk’s hand.”

 

Heathcliff tells the other players, “Now, the rest of you that don’t know this story must be asking: How does he know this? Well, who do you think was her father back in the Silver Millennium?”

 

There are multiple gasps and Kirito responds, “So, Usagi’s memories were right. You are the reincarnation of her Silver Millennium father.”

 

Heathcliff responds, “Yes, I was. Prince Heathcliff of the Black and Blue Moon families.”

 

Sailor Venus asks, shocked, “Black and Blue Moon families?”

 

Sailor Pluto says, “There were originally three ‘families of the moon’. Queen Serenity belonged to the White Moon family, the family that represents the light from the moon, but there were also two other families: One that represent the shadows of the moon and the other one that represent the moon’s ‘twilight’. Princess Serenity’s father represented both of those families as the last one of those families that remained on the moon.”

 

Heathcliff replies, “Sailor Pluto is correct.”

 

Princess Serenity asks, “How long have you remembered?”

 

Heathcliff responds, “Since the day that you recovered the Imperium Silver Crystal, my dear.”

 

Princess Serenity, Tuxedo Mask, and the Sailor Scouts gasp and Sailor Venus shout out, in a stunned voice, “But that was…But that was around two years before SAO even started!”

 

There are more gasps of shock and Kirito shouts out, angrily, “Monster! You knew the truth between you and Usagi for so long and yet, you have still committed this horror that has put nothing, but pain and misery into her heart!”

 

Heathcliff sighs and responds, “As I have stated before, I wished that my moon princess never got access to the game, but it is what it is.  However, while you have some more ‘choice words’ for me, I’m afraid that it will have to stop for the moment. So while I have shown much of the backstory of my ‘interruption’, it is time for the true final battle of SAO. Sword Art Online…The ‘death game’ has been cleared, but SAO is far beyond that. It is a battle that started one thousand years in the past and the final battle of this ‘war’ is about to come to its final end. It is time for the final player to awaken, so, all things may come to final conclusion.” The others are confused, but then a strong wind comes out of nowhere and everyone looks to see Leafa, glowing in a powerful green aura, and slowly rising to the air.

 

Kirito yells out, concerned, “Sugu!”

 

Silica asks, “What’s happening to her?”

 

Heathcliff says, “The final awakening.”

 

Sailor Pluto then looks at Heathcliff and she tells him, with a stern glare, “Then my theories were correct. All this…All this madness was to awaken her, wasn’t it?”

 

Heathcliff replies, “I had many reasons to do Sword Art Online, Pluto. However, yes, you are correct. One of my goals for Sword Art Online was to indeed awaken her at long last.”

 

Sailor Pluto yells out, strongly, “For what madness?! She died with pain and guilt in her heart that exceeded the pain in dying body! I know this well since she died in my arms!”

 

Heathcliff responds, “I know, but you know as well as I do that we are forever connected after we had shed our ‘former bond’ and forged a new one of sorts. The cycle that is SAO started with us and now, it will end with the two of us. You already knew that this battle was inevitable for the final chapter of the Silver Millennium to be written and for Sword Art Online to truly be finished is between us and us alone. I’m sorry, Kirito. You wanted a rematch, but there is only one person that can truly defeat me and it is her. The battle that my soul has waited for one thousand years is here! Now, awaken and return to the world once more…Sailor Celestial!”

 

Many of our heroes and heroines shout out in unison, “Sailor Celestial?!” A golden crescent moon sigil in front of a rainbow Milky Way sigil appears on Leafa’s forehead causing a pair of huge white feathered wings burst out of Leafa’s back and they engulf her as a rainbow and golden glow comes from the inside the cocoon of feathers. Soon after, the wings retract to reveal a brand new Sailor Soldier in place of Leafa.

 

This new Sailor Scout had Leafa’s hair color and hairstyle with a crown of small white feathers in the forward portion, there is a rainbow colored Milky Way with a golden crescent moon sigil on her forehead, deep, full, and lovely shimmering pink lips, rainbow milky way galaxy-shaped earrings attached to her ears, a white cloth choker with a golden crescent moon sigil in the center, her sailor collar is green, she has a white colored bodysuit with the broach that Suguha took out in the chest area of her bodysuit, she has circular and fluffy shoulder pads that are green in color, her gloves are different from the other Sailor Scouts’ gloves in which they are fingerless with green bands, she has a skirt that’s green, silver, and rainbow colored, her boots are similar to Eternal Sailor Moon’s high-heeled boots, but they have green bands with rainbow jewels in the shape of the Milky Way galaxy, and she has four rainbow colored large feathered wings.

 

Sailor Uranus says, “So, we were right after all. She is…”

 

Asuna says, amazed, “…A Sailor Scout.”

 

Sailor Pluto says, with a plain tone, “She isn’t any ordinary Sailor Scout. Her name is Sailor Celestial.”

 

Sailor Venus asks, “Sailor Celestial?”

 

Sailor Pluto responds, “Her ‘long title’ as Sailor Soldier of the Astrological Bodies, all of the planets, stars, and everything that consists of the cosmos. However, her ‘true title’ is Sovereign Sailor Soldier of Reality.”

 

Sailor Mars asks, “Sovereign Sailor Soldier?”

 

Sailor Pluto says, “She is a Sailor Soldier of a ‘high station’ even higher of Sailor Moon and much more powerful. To give you a full sense of her great power that she is responsible for: Sailor Saturn has the power to wipe out all life on a world…Sailor Celestial has the power to complete erase a planet and all that’s on it from existence and create new planets from thin air.”

 

There are multiple gasps and Sailor Venus says, “You’re kidding me!”

 

Kirito says, shocked while see his transformed sister, her eyes still closed, float back down to the ground, “Sugu…”

 

Sailor Pluto says, “It is the burden that she was given as Sailor Celestial.”

 

Heathcliff responds, “More than you know, Pluto. There is a secret of Sailor Celestial that only I, Queen Serenity, and Sailor Celestial had that was kept even from you for good reason.”

 

Sailor Pluto asks, glaring at Heathcliff, “What do you mean?”

 

Heathcliff replies, “You are about to find out.” On the meanwhile, Sailor Celestial, the ‘transformed’ Leafa, lands on the ground and her eyes open to reveal her dark grey almost blackish eyes. She looks around, but her glare narrows at the sight of Heathcliff and he asks, with a sly smile, “Welcome, Celestial. Do you remember me?” Sailor Celestial then gains an enraged snarl as she seems vanishes and reappears right in front of Heathcliff in which an Elucidator and Dark Repulser swords appear in her hands. Giving out a mighty battle cry, she brings down her Dark Repulser sword down on Heathcliff in which materializes his shield and sword combo, Liberator, causing Dark Repulser to slam into the shield with a mighty ‘clang’. The force of the impact is so great that the whole area that they are all in shakes from the impact causing digital spider web cracks to form on the floor.

 

Sailor Uranus says, stunned, “Such power!” Sailor Celestial then slams her boot into Heathcliff’s face causing him to skid back and she charges him again causing him to barely dodge a sword swipe from Sailor Celestial.

 

Heathcliff says, with a sly smile and plain tone, “I believe that it is safe to say that you do and your reaction isn’t all that surprising.”

 

Sailor Celestial shouts out, anger evident in her voice, “How dare you?! You rotten piece of trash! Hasn’t the tragedy of the Moon Kingdom enough for you?! Your selfishness destroyed an entire civilization and now, you spill the blood of four thousand mainly innocent lives in your insanity! You worthless piece of pond scum!”

 

Klein says, shocked and a bit nervous, “She is pissed.”

 

Heathcliff responds, “Now, my dear, is that any way…to talk to your own father?!”

 

There are tons of gasp from the others, minus Sailor Pluto, and Philia asks, shocked, “Father?!”

 

Sailor Pluto says, with a sigh, “Normally, Moon Queens can only have one child because usually the children born after that die from complication in childbirth or they never reach adulthood.” When everyone looks at Sailor Pluto, she says, “However, it doesn’t mean that some of those children actually survive childbirth and go onto adulthood. And when that happens, they are considered ‘miracle children’ because they go onto do great things that are forever remembered in Moon Kingdom history. A few years after Princess Serenity’s birth, she gave birth to another child, but this child, another daughter, wasn’t expect to survive since the last ‘miracle child’ was Queen Serenity’s sister, who was born barely seconds after Queen Serenity herself, however, it wasn’t to be. This daughter not only survived, but it was found to have been chosen by the universe for a great destiny…To be Sailor Celestial, the Sovereign Soldier of Reality.”

 

For next time in just a few seconds, there are more gasps and Princess Serenity says, “That means that she…”

 

Sailor Celestial responds, lowly, “My name…My identity back then was Princess Selene Leafa Serenity, youngest daughter to Moon Queen Serenity and him. Yes, Serenity, I’m your younger sister.”

 

Asuna asks, stunned, “Leafa-chan is…Usagi-chan’s younger sister?”

 

Sailor Uranus asks Sailor Pluto, with a stern glare, “You knew?”

 

Sailor Pluto says, solemnly, “I knew and you know why I kept the secret.”

 

Heathcliff says, “However, there are secrets of Sailor Celestial that you aren’t privy too.”

 

When everyone looks at Heathcliff, he is starting down Sailor Celestial and she asks, “Is that it? All this? All this for Etherion?”

 

Sailor Pluto gasps and Heathcliff responds, slyly, “What do you think my dear?”

 

Sailor Uranus sees Sailor Pluto’s reaction and she asks, “What’s Etherion?”

 

When everyone looks at Sailor Pluto, she says, “Etherion is a great and dangerous power since it can be used to create or destroy. In fact, Etherion is the legendary power of creation itself. It was born at the birth of all existence itself and it has the power to do anything and I mean anything. It is only limited by the imagination, but it is a power so great that it could rip into the very fabric of space-time and erase existence itself if one isn’t careful using Etherion. Etherion is so powerful that no living mortal being has the power to weld Etherion.”

 

Sailor Celestial says, solemnly, “Expect me, Pluto.” When they look at Sailor Celestial, she then puts her Elucidator into a sheath on the right side of her skirt while putting Dark Repulser into a sheath attached to the left side of her skirt, she puts her hands together and creating a strange glow energy that’s colored gold, silver, bronze, white, and black.

 

Sailor Mars asks, stunned, “What...What is this energy?”

 

Sailor Pluto says, amazed, “That…That’s Etherion!”

 

There are looks of shock and Sailor Celestial says, “This is the great secret only known to a few in the Silver Millennium. It was the reason that I was born to be Sailor Celestial, the Soldier of Reality. I was born with the power to control Etherion, a power only rivaled by the Imperium Silver Crystal.”

 

Sailor Neptune asks, amazed, “Rivals the Silver Crystal?”

 

Sailor Pluto says, “The Silver Crystal is one of the greatest powers in universe and existence, but it doesn’t mean that there are powers that rival or exceed it, Neptune. There is no such as a true ‘ultimate power’ because there is something always stronger through not usually the case at first.”

 

Sailor Celestial says, as tears start to stream from her eyes, “Blessed and cursed with a great power. A power so great that if anyone would find out that they would presume me to use me and my power to no ends.” Sailor Celestial says, glaring at Heathcliff, “A power that you tricked me to use for your own selfish gain that caused the end of the Silver Millennium! For you and your original Aincrad!” There are more looks of shock and Sailor Celestial says, with tears in her eyes, “You said that it was the ‘gateway to a new tomorrow beyond the Silver Millennium’, but then I knew something was wrong and I knew better, however, I followed stupidly like a dumb little girl! And you betrayed my trust utterly, you put the fear and hatred into the hearts of the people of Earth, and allowed Metallia to influence them to bring them to darkness! You brought the end of everything! My home…My family…My people! Everything destroyed because of your selfish and self-righteous actions and ego!”

 

Heathcliff responds, “I could have saved it.”

 

Sailor Celestial rolls her eyes and responds, “And destroyed all of existence ATTEMPTING to use a power beyond your understanding! There is a reason only I was gifted and cursed with this power!”

 

Heathcliff says, with a plain tone, “As much I wish to continue this ‘discussion’, we have some uninvited guests.”

 

Sailor Celestial says, “Yeah, I know.” Sailor Celestial shouts out, “Come on, Mimete! I know that you are hiding!” Sailor Celestial looks up and when everyone else, Mimete appears in a puff of ‘dark smoke’.

 

Sailor Mars says, surprised, “It’s Mimete!”

 

Mimete says, “You think that you are a Sailor Scout, you think that you are so better than me, huh? You are just another Sailor Wimp to me!”

 

Heathcliff says, with a chuckle, “How I ever thought that you were a threat is beyond me when your common sense is lacking Mimete.”

 

Mimete yells out, annoyed, “What was that Kayaba?” Mimete says, with a smirk, “Let’s see how smart you think you are after this! Do it!” Heathcliff yelps out as a black sphere passes through his avatar and goes up to Mimete as the black sphere opens to reveal a gorgeous sword with a black and golden hilt, a dragon shaped hilt guard, and a blade made of rainbow energy.

 

Sailor Pluto says, shocked, “The Star Saber!”

 

Sailor Jupiter asks, “The Star what?”

 

Sailor Pluto says, “The most powerful blade in our universe. A blade with the power to cut a star in two!”

 

There are multiple gasps and Lisbeth says, “No way!” Just when Mimete was about to take the sword, The Star Saber, it glows as it zips over into Sailor Celestial’s right hand.

 

Mimete yells out, “Hey!”

 

Sailor Celestial says, “Finders keepers, loser.”

 

Mimete shouts out, “You are so dead, brat!” Mimete snaps her fingers and in a bright, a Skull Reaper appears in front of Sailor Celestial, but unlike the one from Floor 75, this one had ten health bars instead of five.

 

Klein says, “Holy crap!”

 

As the Skull Reaper prepared to attack Sailor Celestial, Kirito shouts out, “Sugu, get out of the way!” However, the Skull Reaper attacks with speed far faster than the original and prepares to impale Sailor Celestial when she stops the attack with one single finger causing a lot of gasps of shock from the others.

 

Lisbeth says, “No way!” Sailor Celestial then slices at the face of the Skull Reaper with the Star Saber and the monster is cut in two before its HP goes to zero instantly causing it to shatter into hundreds of data polygons.

 

Agil asks, stunned, “Whoa! Dead with one hit? That girl and that sword are incredible!”

 

Sailor Pluto says, solemnly, “One of the best warriors that there ever was and will ever be.”

 

Mimete shouts out, “Impossible!” Sailor Celestial then turns towards her and with one swing of the sword, she creates a powerful energy wave in which Mimete screams out as she is hit by the wave and vaporized on impact in which the wave that hits the roof of the Ruby Palace causing a massive explosion. When the explosion dies down, everyone looks up and they are flabbergasted to see the roof of the Ruby Palace over the area that they were is gone with ‘flicks’ of data to show that there was once a roof there.

 

Sailor Jupiter says, with a whistle, “That’s some sword.”

 

Sailor Celestial says, glancing behind her, “And you, two, had better think about what you are going to do.” In the direction that Sailor Celestial is glancing, Johnny Black and Red-Eyed XaXa pause since they realize that their sneak attack attempt on her has failed.

 

Johnny Black responds, “Oh, yeah?!” Johnny Black prepares to attack, but nearly in the blink of eye, Sailor Celestial is on him with one swift kick, she sends him right to the wall causing him to slam into it with such force that his HP hits the red zone immediately much to XaXa’s dumbfounded shock. XaXa looks at Sailor Celestial only for his face to meet her fist and knocking him right into the wall too causing the same effect.

 

Just then footsteps are heard and Sailor Uranus says, seeing something, “Celestial, behind!” Sailor Celestial spins around on her heels and grabs the arm of PoH, who is trying to bring down his weapon held in the hand that has the arm that Celestial has in her hand.

 

PoH yells out, “Your beater brother has given me nothing but headaches! I won’t be beaten by his wretched sister!”

 

Sailor Celestial responds, “You already have bastard! And this one is for Aaron!” Sailor Celestial then rams her fist into PoH’s waist, hard, causing him to gasp out for air, despite there being no air in SAO, drops his weapon, and he holds his waist in pain as his health bar drops by three-quarters.

 

Just then Klein realizes something and he says, “Wait! He is in actual pain!”

 

Everyone then realizes what Klein is implying and Heathcliff says, “Do you think that mere ‘pain absorbers’ can handle Celestial’s power? I think not. It means that when her attacks hit, they will hurt, but it also means that she will feel pain when she is damaged.” As Sailor Celestial prepares to give the leader of Laughing Coffin a nasty haymaker, she dodges out of the way of a knife from Johnny Black as he and XaXa zip over and grab their leader.

 

XaXa shouts out, “You will pay for this!” The three of them then use a Corridor Crystal to create a gateway and go through it.

 

Kirito says, “Hold it!”

 

Asuna tells Kirito, “Kirito-kun, don’t. We don’t know where it goes and it doesn’t matter. The game is about to end.”

 

After the gateway closes, Heathcliff says, “Indeed, it is.” Heathcliff’s body glows and he reaches into his own virtual avatar in which he takes out a sword similar to the Star Saber, but it has a black and silver hilt and the blade is made of violet and bronze colored energy.

 

Sailor Pluto says, “The Shadow Saber.”

 

Mamoru asks, “Shadow Saber?”

 

Sailor Pluto says, “The dark counterpart to the Star Saber.”

 

Sailor Uranus says, “That’s interesting to know and leave it to that guy to always have a trick or two up his sleeve.”

 

Heathcliff asks Sailor Celestial, “Since those ‘pests’ are out of the way, shall we begin?”

 

Sailor Celestial says, with a sneer, “You haven’t changed one bit since our past lives! Answer me, Kayaba! How many more lives are you doing to ruin?! How much more pain and misery are going to inflict? How many hopes and dreams are you going to crush? Why should I ask you these question? You don’t care at all! You don’t give a single bit of feeling in your black heart about my feelings…Serenity’s feels! You betray us now as you have betrayed us back in the Silver Millennium! I trusted you and I lost everything! My home…my people…and my family! The last thing that I saw before I died was my mother’s, Queen Serenity’s, corpse laying a slab of the place that we used to call home! And now, once again, you nearly took my family in this life as you did in my last! And you stripped the futures of nearly four thousand mainly innocent lives and for what?! In order to bring me and my power back into this universe and beyond?! When will this madness end, Kayaba?! Tell me!”

 

As the others see the look of pain and anguish in her eyes, Kirito says, concerned, “Sugu…”

 

Princess Serenity says, looking at Sailor Celestial, “Sister…”

 

Heathcliff, looking impassive, responds, “You know what you must do to end this cycle, my dear. It began with us and it must end with us once and for all.”

 

Sailor Celestial says, “My pleasure.”

 

Kirito says, concerned, “Sugu, don’t!”

 

Heathcliff says, creating a violet colored menu, “I’m sorry, Kirito, but you can’t interfere.” Just then a massive violet walls between Heathcliff and Sailor Celestial and everyone else in which when Kirito touches it, he yelps as he gets shocked.

 

Asuna says, concerned, “Kirito-kun!”

 

Heathcliff says, “Do not worry. It is just a simple yet special barrier. And Serenity, your GM privileges won’t work for this one. It is a special series of codes and programs that I had set up separate from all GM, administrate, and developer ‘programs’ in the game.”

 

Yamato says, with a snort, “Leave it to that nut to have such a thing.”

 

Sailor Celestial tells Kirito, “Big brother, this is the way that it has to be. SAO was originally my tragic story and this freak recreated it causing all of you to get caught up in it. I have the responsibility…No, the duty to end this for everyone’s sake. We have to end this for me…for everyone to be free and to go onto the future. To close the book on the final chapter of this sad part of the Silver Millennium’s story and put it to bed for good.”

 

Heathcliff tells Sailor Celestial, “Remember, the major rule of SAO still applies. This isn’t a simple duel, but a fight to the finish.”

 

Sailor Celestial responds, “You think that scares me, murderer?” Sailor Celestial gets into a defensive stance while Heathcliff does the same as the two of them prepare to face each other in one-on-one battle to the death.

 

Kirito shouts out, “Sugu, you can’t!”

 

Sailor Pluto says, solemnly, “There is nothing that you can do. They have made their choice and chosen their fate.”

 

(Sword Art Online music ‘Swordland’ starts)

 

Sailor Celestial and Heathcliff charge at each other and when they get close, Star Saber meets Shadow Saber and the clash of blades creates a shockwave that shakes up the whole of the Ruby Palace and the two of them clash with their blades at a pace that normally anyone in SAO couldn’t match at all. The two of them clash hard and fast with incredible speeds that make them and their movements close to blurs with each clash of their blades causes shockwaves that shake the whole of the Ruby Palace, but the ‘wall’ that Kayaba set up doesn’t weaken in the slightest as the intense clash of powerful blades. The two of them prove an even match of strength, speed, and skill as they continue their deadly clash.

 

Silica says, amazed, “Incredible.”

 

Philia says, awe-struck, “They are evenly matched and moving at a speed beyond what SAO should allow.”

 

Sailor Uranus says, “Something tells me that SAO’s rules no longer apply to them.” Heathcliff and Sailor Celestial clash blades, but this time, they struggle back and forth and as this struggle for ‘dominance’ is going on, the energy from the two powerful blades glows before there is an ‘explosion’ of energy that throws Heathcliff and Sailor Celestial away from each other while causing both blades to be thrown away in a violent fashion.

 

Kirito yells out, shocked, “Sugu!”

 

Princess Serenity says, greatly concerned, “Celestial!” Heathcliff leaps to his feet, Liberator appears in his left arm and hand, and he charges in while drawing his sword from the shield while Sailor Celestial leaps to her feet and crosses draws her two swords, Elucidator and Dark Repulser, and once again, they clash blade with violent intensity moving at speeds that far exceed what SAO allowed. The two of them proved evenly matched warriors as Heathcliff tried to bash Sailor Celestial with his shield, but she easily defects the shield with her swords and matches Heathcliff move for move. Both of them glare and stare at each other showing that they are taking this battle very seriously in which Heathcliff manages to cut a small virtual gash on Sailor Celestial’s virtual cheek, but even through since winches in pain due to her power negating the pain absorbers of the virtual world, she spins around and slashes the upper part of Heathcliff’s right arm causing him to winch in pain since the pain absorbers of SAO were negated by Sailor Celestial’s power. They continue on with incredible intensity in which they not only battle with their swords, but with their fists and feet in the form of all sorts of kicks.

 

As the two of them continue their intense battle, Klein says, “Geez, this is way more intense than Kirito’s or even Usagi’s fight with him.”

 

Agil says, “No joke, man.”

 

Sailor Uranus says, “This isn’t some duel to them. This is all-out battle royal battle to the death. I can see in their eyes. They are going to give all they got to defeat…to destroy the other. This is a battle of attrition and there can be only one survivor.”

 

Silica asks, confused and concerned, “Weren’t they once father and daughter?”

 

Sailor Pluto says, solemnly, “They have shed that bond a long time ago and forged a new ‘link’ between them: The bond of everlasting enemies.”

 

Asuna asks, stunned, “The ‘bond’ of everlasting enemies?”

 

Sailor Pluto says, “Heathcliff believed that he could have saved the Silver Millennium with the power that he took from his daughter, but I believe that he would have caused a universal catastrophe so Sailor Celestial did was right. However, Heathcliff…Kayaba isn’t in this for revenge. Even though they fatally wounded each other, Sailor Celestial left to try to save the Moon Kingdom once she, with aid, stopped him. He doesn’t care if he wins or loses this fight for he just wants to finish what was started and to answer one question: Who was right? He feels that this kind of question can only be answered by a battle.”

 

Miyako says, stunned, “That’s…That’s insane!”

 

As Sailor Celestial lands a blow to Heathcliff’s face while Heathcliff lands a strong kick to Sailor Celestial’s left side, Kirito, watching helplessly, gets an intense look of rage in his expression and he thinks, as his memories of SAO fill his mind, “All this pain…all this suffering…all the loss…Everything that we went through. Asuna’s pain…Usagi’s pains…the pain of the other players…all of the players that died…even Sugu’s own pain! All this pain, misery, and death just force my sister to awaken her hidden power and finish a fight that ended one thousand years ago! All this just because you couldn’t let go of the past, Kayaba!” He then looks into the eyes of his now Sailor Scout sister and he realizes that she is thinking that same thing that he is and Kirito can tell that knowing that her powers being forcibly ‘restored’ is one of the reasons for SAO in the first place, he knows that his sister, being as sensitive as she is, would feel guilty even through the guilt is completely not her own. He can see that she is determined to end Kayaba once and for all to bring peace to those souls and write the final chapter of SAO once and for all. However, it hurts his heart knowing that this experience, if Sailor Celestial survives, would scar her for as much as many SAO players that survived would scarred for the rest of their lives.

 

Princess Serenity thinks, concerned, “Please be careful, Celestial.” Heathcliff and Sailor Celestial continue their intense duel in which the battle continues to be a stalemate at this point with neither opponent getting the edge over the other and both of them landing a small hit on each other, but due to the pain absorbers being useless due to Sailor Celestial’s immense power, both opponents are feeling the blows. However, Sailor Celestial blocks Heathcliff’s shield with one sword and Heathcliff’s sword with another sword and she manages to throw him back giving her the time to connect her two swords by the ends of the hilts in which she creates an energy shockwave that sends him flying across the room. Spying the Star Saber, she puts her swords away and somehow brings the Star Saber into her hands in which she goes in for the kill.

 

Sailor Celestial says, “It’s over!”

 

On the ground, Heathcliff responds, with a smirk, “It is…for you my dear!” Heathcliff then reveals that he has the Shadow Saber and unleashes a violet wave of energy right at the charging Sailor Celestial and unable to stop herself, she puts the Star Saber out for defense in which the mighty sword struggles against the energy wave. The resulting shockwave explosion causes Sailor Celestial to yelp as she is sent skidding back and causing the Star Saber to fly from her hands once while the shockwave also knocks the Shadow Saber from Heathcliff’s hands, but he leaps to his feet, grabs his sword of his sword/shield combo of Liberator, and before anyone could say or do anything, Sailor Celestial is impaled by Heathcliff’s sword and sent flying into the wall where the sword imbeds itself into the wall with Sailor Celestial’s virtual form impaled on it.

 

(Sword Art Online music ‘Swordland’ ends)

 

Kirito shout out, in pure horror, “SUGU!!!”

 

Princess Serenity yells out, in pure terror, “No!” With the pain absorbers off, Sailor Celestial cries out in pain and agony as she tries to remove the sword from her virtual form, but to no avail as Heathcliff is upon her.

 

Heathcliff says, breathing heavily, “It is over, my dear. You lost.”

 

Sailor Celestial says, weakly and in pain, “Not yet…”

 

Heathcliff responds, with a smile, “Do you really think that you can win when you have learned nothing from your experience? Do you think that you can win when you were following my plan all along?”

 

Sailor Celestial asks, weakly, “What...What do you mean?”

 

Heathcliff replies, “My dear, do you really think that after all of the havoc that I had caused when I started SAO that the government would allow anyone, including your friend in Akiba, to keep a NervGear like the one that you had gotten from him like you are using?”

 

Sailor Celestial gasps and Kirito shouts out, “I knew it! You were the one that made sure that her friend kept that NervGear!”

 

Heathcliff says, with a nod, “Correct, Kirito. I knew that he was Celestial’s friend and if I made sure that NervGear was kept, she would come here. Like fishing, you can catch anything if you have the perfect ‘bait’.” There are looks of shock especially from Sailor Celestial’s face and Heathcliff says, “Just like it was no bit of random chance that you became an SAO beta tester, Kirito.”

 

There are more gasps and Kirito asks, stunned, “What?”

 

Heathcliff tells Sailor Celestial, “Maybe we should tell your brother how we really met, my darling Selene, or shall I call you…” Heathcliff then whispers into Sailor Celestial’s virtual ear, “…Suguha Kirigaya-san.”

 

Sailor Celestial gasps and she asks, weakly and shocked, “How do…How come you know my real name?”

 

There are stunned looks from the others and Heathcliff responds, “Remember back at that time when those strange black crystals appeared in Juuban?”

 

Sailor Celestial’s eyes grow wide and Sailor Jupiter says, “That sounds like the time of the Negamoon attack.”

 

Kirito, his eyes widen, says, “Yeah. And Sugu and I were there.” When everyone looks at Kirito, he says, his eyes widen in horror and realization, “We were there with mom and mom and I got separated from Sugu. Later on, mom returned with Sugu and said that a man found her…Oh no!”

 

Heathcliff responds, “Yes, Kirito. I was ‘that man’. I learned your sister’s name and thus, I learned about you.”

 

Gasps of realization are heard and Sailor Uranus says, with a sneer, “That means that Kirito being a beta tester was no accident! You made sure that he was chosen!”

 

Heathcliff says, giving a nod of agreement, “Correct. I knew that you would go onto the retail version and you would become the vital ‘push’ for Celestial to awaken.”

 

Sailor Mars yells out, angrily, “Bastard!”

 

Heathcliff says, “Things didn’t go around as originally planned, but I made sure to have backups. And now, my dear, I think that you have something that belongs to me.” Heathcliff’s hand glows and Sailor Celestial yelps out as beams of energy goes into her virtual form and takes out a pair of crystals, a black and dark violet one and a deep Egyptian Blue one, which come to Heathcliff’s hands.

 

Sailor Venus asks, “What are those?”

 

Sailor Uranus says, “I sense great power from them.”

 

Heathcliff says, “The Black Moon and Blue Moon Crystals. It has been so long since I have seen them. And now, I have what I need to complete another of my plans. If you need to know, well, I have to say that you have earned the right to tell me ‘I told you so’, Celestial.” Sailor Celestial grunts out as she gives a look of confusion and Heathcliff says, “You have had a point when you said that I caused the downfall of the Silver Millennium, but it doesn’t mean that I can’t make it right and return life to one that I stole from your mother.”

 

Sailor Celestial retorts, weakly, “All this blood…to restore a world that you destroyed one thousand years ago? You are truly insane! Do you think that…Serenity-mama would approve of this…?”

 

Heathcliff says, getting a serious stern stare not seen in his features before, “It doesn’t matter to me if she hates me for all eternity. I will do what it takes even if it means sacrificing my own daughter. And if you think you can stop me, look where you are! Do you remember the final words that you told me? How you swore that you wouldn’t let ‘my legacy’ to return to claim anyone? My dear, here we are with four thousand people gone because of SAO, the very representation of your failure!” Sailor Celestial’s eyes grow wide in shock and Heathcliff tells her, “Did you think that you would just put on the NervGear, come to SAO, and bring your brother out just like that? The instant that you regained your memories and your powers, you think that you would defeat me just like that? You are quite naïve and here is where you ended up. I learned this from Kirito and Serenity: Power and training are nothing! The will is everything! Your sister and brother defied the power of the system that runs SAO and how did they do it? It was their will, Celestial. You are more powerful than I am, Celestial. If it came to power, you would have beaten me and yet, you are defeated. Why? Power is nothing without the will to back it up. The power of SAO, my own power, and even your own vast power and potential are nothing without the will to fully harness it, Celestial! Without that kind of will, you will never beat me, my dear Celestial.” Sailor Celestial gasps and she stops pulling on the sword in which Heathcliff says, “Game over. Farewell, my foolish Selene.”

 

Heathcliff turns away and Kirito pounds on the wall, shouting out, “Sugu, no! Don’t listen to him! Sugu!”

 

Sailor Celestial thinks in her mind, solemnly, “Could he be right? I…I did think that if I went to SAO that I could help my brother and he would finally be set free. Free to return back to mom and I. When I regained my memories and my power, I felt my power surging through me. I felt that I could do anything. Maybe…Maybe he’s right. Maybe I was naïve. All this power and I…I lost. Big brother…Usagi…sister…I’m sorry…&rdquo ; Sailor Celestial’s grip on her sword becomes slack and she closes her eyes as she slumps in defeat much to the shock and the horror of the others.

 

Many of the others yell out in unison, in horror, “Sailor Celestial!”

 

Princess Serenity puts her hands over her mouth and she screams out, “No, not again! I won’t lose anyone else! I refuse!” In bright flash, she turns into Eternal Sailor Moon and starts to pound on the wall as hard as she could while Kirito gives out a roar of fury and draws his Keyblades in which he pounds the barrier as hard as he could.

 

Asuna shouts out, shocked, “Kirito!”

 

Kirito yells out, in pure fury, “Kayaba! If she dies, there will be no one you can go! I won’t stop until you are dead! Do you hear me Kayaba! I’LL KILL YOU!!!” As Sailor Moon and Kirito desperate pound at the wall while Heathcliff walks away, Sailor Celestial’s HP gauge, her life, fades away, but deep in her mind, we find her, as Suguha Kirigaya, seemly floating in darkness.

 

Just then a male voice calls out, “Is that it? Are you going to just run away?”

 

Suguha replies, “What can I do? The power I have is nothing against his will.”

 

Then a female voice says, “He’s wrong! You are stronger than Kayaba is all sorts of the word! You just don’t believe that you are strong!”

 

A second male voice then says, “I gave my life because I believed in you, Leafa. I sensed the true strength of heart that you have and it is greater than Kayaba’s willpower can ever be! Don’t abandon everyone now!” Suguha opens her eyes to look to see Aaron, the blue haired young man in her vision, and finally, there is a petite teen girl with shoulder-length black hair with her attire consisting of a light blue tunic with a chest guard, a knee-length short skirt and grayish boots.

 

Suguha asks, “Aaron? And…?”

 

The blue haired male says, “I’m Diabel.”

 

The girl says, “I’m Sachi.”

 

Suguha says, “Those names…”

 

Diabel tells Suguha, “Yes, we knew your brother before we died.” Soon after, Suguha gasps as she sees the memories of Diabel and Sachi and he says, “We have given a great burden in the heart of your brother, but even after we died, we lingered on. However, you ‘found’ us in a way. And we’re here to tell you that you are stronger than you think you are.”

 

Sachi says, with a nod, “Your will is stronger than Kayaba’s will could ever be, Suguha. You just have to believe in yourself and trust in your own strength and your own power.”

 

Suguha says, “But I lost…”

 

Aaron tells Suguha, “You only lost if you think that you have lost, Leafa. Remember what you have done in SAO! It was more than your hidden power that did, but your determination and your own will! Do you abandon your family? Do you abandon any of them by giving up?”

 

Just then images of her friends and family, especially Kirito, Usagi, and her own mother, Midori, come to her mind and she says, with a tear in her eyes, “No…I won’t…I can’t…!!”

 

Diabel says, “You have the power, Suguha-san! You have power beyond anything! As Kirito saved the first boss raid group, you can save everyone! You need to believe!”

 

Aaron says, “The hopes of dreams of SAO are with you like everyone in the ‘assault team’! Feel their hope! Feel their strength!” Just then whole ‘area’ that they are in glows with a golden light and images of all of the surviving SAO including friends of Kirito and Usagi outside of the ‘assault team’ bombard their minds.

 

Suguha says, “I…I can feel it…” Suguha’s determination and will then skyrockets and she says, with a strong voice, “I can’t let them down! I can’t let big brother down! I can’t let Serenity down! I can’t let anyone of them down! I will never give up!”

 

Aaron, Diabel, and Sachi nod their heads in unison and Diabel says, “Kirito did something that I could never repaid my vast debt to him since I caused him much pain when he protected the beta testers in my place.”

 

Sachi says, with a warm smile, “I had placed a great darkness in the heart of Kirito. Please protect him and ensure that he will have a happy life. He deserves it so much more than anyone.”

 

Suguha says, with a nod, “I will, Sachi-san.”

 

Aaron says, with a smile, “I knew that you would be something great, Leafa.” As Suguha’s inner will and strength surges, she can feel something deep within her emerging and a new power blooming inside of her.

 

Aaron, Diabel, and Sachi say in unison, “It’s time, Sailor Celestial! Take your blade once more and awaken, Sailor Celestial!” Outside of Sailor Celestial’s mind, it seems like the end when Sailor Celestial’s HP gauge hits zero, but then her sigil, broach, and her whole form blazes with rainbow light as her body starts to slowly move much to everyone’s surprise and shock.

 

Sailor Venus says, stunned, “Celestial!”

 

Agil says, shocked, “That’s not what happens when a player dies!” When Heathcliff turns around, he yells out in pain as he is rammed by a blast of that rainbow energy causing him to drop the two crystals and get slammed into the wall on the other side of the room with a loud ‘thud’. On the meanwhile, Sailor Celestial’s eyes shoot open, a look of pure strength and determination in her eyes, and she puts her hands on the sword jammed into her virtual avatar’s waist with a mighty cry, she removes the sword, drops to the ground, and crushes the sword into pieces which shatter into data polygons shortly thereafter.

 

Kirito says, stunned, “Sugu!”

 

Lisbeth says, shocked, “She’s alive!”

 

As Sailor Celestial’s HP gauge completely refills itself, she scoops up the two crystals and she tells a shocked Heathcliff, “You are wrong, Kayaba. I’ve got strength and will beyond your imagination and even if I can’t beat you alone, I’m not alone! I have the strength and will of your prisoners! I will never give up and I will be beaten by you! I swear that if it takes my life, I will beat you and I will save everyone from your insanity once and for all! And I will end the legacy of Sword Art Online forever to bring peace! Now, get ready! You wanted a fight with me? You got it, but your wish is about to backfire in your face! Valkyrie Celestial Power, Make-Up!” Sailor Celestial then roars out with power as her broach blazes with rainbow, golden, silver, black, white, and bronze colored lights in which they became flames that turned into a dragon that looks like Black Rose Dragon that gives out a roar of power that shakes the whole of the Ruby Palace and possibly Aincrad itself.

 

Taichi asks, “What’s going on?”

 

Sailor Uranus yells out, “Unbelievable power! She…She’s ascending!”

 

Sailor Mars asks, flabbergasted, “A level beyond Eternal?”

 

Sailor Pluto thinks in her mind, with a rare stunned expression, “I can’t believe it…” Soon after, the ‘energy dragon’ becomes a twister of flames that engulfs Sailor Celestial, but within seconds, they vanish as quickly as they appeared to reveal a brand new Sailor Celestial!

 

Sailor Celestial’s hair and hairstyle remain the same as before, but her hair is covered by golden Japanese Kabuto style helmet that tightly fit over the side of her head similar to helmets of the Ronin Warriors, there is a gorgeous pearl white crown with jewels depicting the sun, the moon, and all of the planets of in the galaxy with asteroids, comets, etc. that’s attached to her helmet, there is a leaf green chest and waist armor that’s designed like samurai armor with a prism-like heart broach in the chest area with the broach having two crossed rainbow colored kitanas with various animals all over the broach and ten rainbow colored fairy wings attached to the broach, there are leaf green armor in the style of fully armored Medieval European knights all over her arms and connected to the chest and waist, she has rainbow version of shoulder plate armor of Wildfire over her armored shoulders with white circle in the center containing a rainbow colored Milky Way in the center of the white circle, there are large ‘shields’ similar to Gundam Exia’s GN Blades with similar blades and blasters inside attached to the sides of the armored shoulder pads with one on each shoulder pad, she has an armored skirt connected to the lower half of the waist portion of her chest/waist armor that’s gold, white, and leaf green, she has white armored kneepads, and black armored high-heeled armored boots that end just below her kneepads with four inch heels on the boots. Strapped to her waist/skirt, the two swords that she welded in her previous form, Elucidator and Dark Repulser, are strapped to either side of her armored skirt and coming out of her back are eight crystal-like fairy wings that are glittering and glowing with an orb in each wing that’s glowing brightly with a mechanized ‘backpack’ similar to one helped by the Build Strike Gundam of Gundam Build Fighters with matching rail guns attached to it attached to her back with her wings coming out of it.

 

Everyone is shocked and Kirito asks, amazed, “Sugu?”

 

The new Sailor Celestial shouts out, her voice in unison with Diabel’s, Aaron’s, Sachi’s, and even Queen Serenity’s voice, “The legend returns: Valkyrie Sailor Celestial!”

 

Sailor Mars asks, stunned, “VALKYRIE Sailor Celestial?”

 

Sailor Pluto says, “The legendary form of the Sailor Solider.” When everyone looks at Sailor Pluto, she has a rare amazed look on her face and she says, “It is a powerful Sailor Soldier form that even I only believed to be legend. This is a level of Sailor Soldier power that said to be held only by the first Moon Queen before the formation of the Moon Kingdom and it is level that’s so powerful that in terms of raw force, you could destroy entire solar systems and more with it.”

 

There are gasps of shocked and after a few moments of being speechless, Heathcliff says, with a smile, “Magnificent.” Valkyrie Sailor Celestial glares at him and Heathcliff says, with a smile, “You never cease to amaze me, my dear. I accept your challenge and your resolve. No more playing by SAO’s rules. We fight…with our own power!” Heathcliff roars as powerful aura surrounds him and he transforms into the final boss avatar that the others have fought earlier.

 

Klein says, stunned, “No way!”

 

Heathcliff, in the Hollow Avatar form, flies up and he shouts out, in a deep booming voice that he used on the first day of SAO, “Now, my daughter, show me your true power! Overcome me!” Heathcliff then fires a powerful beam at Sailor Celestial, but she leaps at it and neutralizes it by cutting it in half with her sword.

 

There are gasps of shock and Taichi says, stunned, “Incredible!”

 

Miyako yells out, shocked, “Impossible!” Valkyrie Sailor Celestial then takes to the skies after Heathcliff and Miyako asks, flabbergasted, “She’s flying!”

 

Kirito says, “Sugu isn’t playing by SAO’s rules anymore! She is fighting by her rules and her rules alone!” Heathcliff then creates Zordiath the Blade Dragon and Occuldion the Eclipse, two of the Hollow Area boss monsters, along with X'rphan the White Wyrm, a powerful dragon monster that Kirito and Lisbeth fought before to get a rare metal.

 

Heathcliff commands, with a strong commanding voice, “Get her!” The three powerful monsters attack Sailor Celestial, but her GN Blades detach from her shoulder pads and onto her armored wrists in which their blades come out causing Sailor Celestial to easily slice through each other of them in one slice causing them to shatter into hundreds of data particles. Heathcliff then creates hundreds of copies of his Liberator sword and unleash them at Sailor Celestial, but she easily blocks them, dodges them, or blasts them out of the way. She then gets to Heathcliff and slashes him in the chest causing him to glow before he explodes in a massive explosion that shakes the whole of the Ruby Palace. However, out of the smoke and dust, a figure rockets before hitting the floor of the throne room of the Ruby Palace with a massive ‘thud’ causing the wall surrounding the rest of the players to shatter into pieces.

 

Sailor Saturn says, “We’re free.” On the meanwhile, Sailor Celestial floats down to the ground, but then there is a big ‘bang’ and Sailor Celestial yelps out as an energy blast slams into her causing her to skid back before she slams into the wall behind her causing it to spider-wall crack with the violet signs of ‘Immortal Object’ appear and shatters like glass soon after.

 

Kirito says, shocked, “Sugu!” Out of the smoke and dust from where the ‘figure’ crashed onto the floor, Heathcliff, back in his human avatar, with a dark-grey version of Master Xehanort’s Keyblade in his right hand.

 

Sailor Moon says, stunned, “A Keyblade!”

 

Heathcliff retorts, with a smirk, “How do you think that the heart of this world was kept from the darkness, my dear?” Heathcliff then looks to see a barely fazed Sailor Celestial walking up.

 

Just then a familiar female voice calls out, “Celestial!” Out of Sailor Celestial’s form, the ‘spirits’ of Diabel and Sachi come out much to shock and surprise of the others through making Asuna and Miyako a bit nervous since they are spirits after all.

 

Kirito asks, shocked, “Diabel? Sachi?”

 

Klein says, stunned, “No way! They…They’re dead!”

 

Diabel says, “Thanks a lot!” Just then Diabel produces his sword and Sachi produces her spear.

 

Sachi says, “Our hopes and dreams and the hopes and dreams of the people here are with you, Celestial.” Sailor Celestial nods as she takes Diabel’s sword into her left hand and Sachi’s spear into her right hand in which the sword turns into Two Become One Keyblade and the spear becomes Destiny’s Embrace Keyblade. The two of them fade back into Sailor Celestial and she spins the two new Keyblades before brings them together with a loud ‘clang’.

 

Heathcliff asks, with a smirk, “Interesting. Can you use them?”

 

Sailor Celestial responds, “Let’s find out.” Soon after, Sailor Celestial and Heathcliff and round two begins with the two of them clash with their Keyblades while Heathcliff also uses his Liberator shield as well.

 

As they clash, Heathcliff shouts out, “Familiar, but anything new?”

 

Sailor Celestial retorts, strongly, “You asked for it!” Sailor Celestial then uses both of her Keyblades on Heathcliff’s shield causing it to shatter into data particles causing him to give a rare look of shock before getting bashed in the face by Sailor Celestial’s fist causing him to stumble backwards, but he quickly recovers and Heathcliff bull rushes Sailor Celestial, rams into her, and send them both into the wall behind Sailor Celestial before it shatters like glass sending them both flying out of the throne room and into the courtyard of the Ruby Palace.

 

Silica shouts out, shocked, “Leafa!” Everyone rushes over to the massive hole made by the two of them while Heathcliff and Sailor Celestial land in the courtyard, rolls around a few times, and they both leap to their feet in which they glare at each other before returning to their clash as they fight with their Keyblades with every time that their Keyblades clash together, they make a high sounding ‘clang’ that’s heard throughout Aincrad. As the two of them continue to fight with more speed and greater intensity than before as everyone else watching with amazement and awe among other emotions.

 

Kirito tried to get down there, but Sailor Pluto says, stopping him, “This is her fight and hers alone. The two of them have chosen this path and this is the only way that this will finally end.” Kirito wanted to argue, but deep down in his heart, he knew that Sailor Pluto was right and he lowers his head in which Asuna hugs him as if to say ‘Believe in her, Kirito-kun’.

 

As Sailor Celestial and Heathcliff continue their intense all-out brawl of a battle, Sailor Moon asks, concerned and solemnly, “Why? Why do they have to fight? What’s the point of all this?”

 

Sailor Pluto says, “It is because they are warriors.” When everyone looks at Sailor Pluto, she says, “Both Heathcliff and Celestial are putting all on the line and right now, to them, none of us are here and nothing else matters. Their ‘world’ is just the two of them and they are putting everything that they are, everything that they believe in, and more for victory. The nightmare of SAO started back in the Silver Millennium and as it started in the Ruby Palace of the original Aincrad, so, it must end here and now.” Everyone continues to look at the intense fight between Sailor Celestial and Heathcliff as the long ‘clang’ of their Keyblades clashing is heard all over Aincrad in which at one point, Sailor Celestial bashes him so hard with her Keyblades that he is sent skidding back and his guard open.

 

Sailor Celestial leaps in and she yells out, “This will end it!” But before she get hit a finishing blow, there is a bright glow as a huge silvery-white with golden mane appears and uses a shockwave to blow Sailor Celestial back.

 

There are shocked looks and Yamato asks, “A dragon?”

 

Sailor Jupiter asks, “Where did that come from?”

 

(Gundam Build Fighters music ‘Allied Forces’ starts)

 

Heathcliff asks, with a rare shocked look and tone, “Ascension Sky Dragon?” The mighty dragon gives out a roar of power before it glows and goes into Heathcliff turning his armor silvery-white and he gains a silvery-white dragon helmet which shocks everyone, including Heathcliff, in which he says, with a smirk, “So, you have come to help your foolish partner and friend one more time despite what I have become. Thank you, my partner. Then let us bring this victory with our hands!” Heathcliff tells Sailor Celestial, “It seems like your implications that I’m alone are false.”

 

Sailor Celestial responds, with a strong tone, “While that may be true, I, too, am not alone and they provide me with a power beyond your ability to understand. And for their sake, I know what I have to do. You plan to give it all that you have and you plan to win even if it means that you are completely destroyed. For me to win, I have the same resolve and beyond! Disengage Etherion Booster!” Just then with a loud ‘snap’, the mechanized backpack detaches from Sailor Celestial’s back and she starts to glow.

 

Heathcliff then says, “I see. The ‘booster’ helps control and contain your Etherion power, but now that it is off, you are unleashing your full strength. However, your virtual avatar can’t handle such power for long and it may destroy you.”

 

Sailor Celestial replies, strongly, “It doesn’t matter! For the sake of everyone…their hopes and dreams…for their futures, I will put it all on the line!” Sailor Celestial then closes her eyes and a beautiful golden glow surrounds her.

 

Sailor Saturn says, amazed, “It’s so beautiful.”

 

Sailor Mars asks, “What is this? I sense so much hope…so much determination…so much strength…!!”

 

Just then Yui’s voice calls out, “Daddy!” Everyone then gasps to see Yui surrounded in an orb of light floating over to all of them.

 

Asuna asks, stunned, “Yui-chan?”

 

Yui says, “It is amazing! Leafa-chan has tapped into mental health program of SAO and she is calling out to all of the other players in SAO, but unlike what happened with Strea and me, she has tapping into their positive emotions! She is tapping into their will to their survive and their hope for the future and making it even stronger in which she is turning that hope and will into power!”

 

There are gasps and Lisbeth asks, stunned, “You are kidding me?” Just then images of all of the other players not in the Ruby Palace appear around Sailor Celestial and then go inside of her causing her eight rainbow feathered wings to turn into ones of pure rainbow colored energy.

 

Kirito says, awe-struck, “Sugu…”

 

Sailor Uranus says, amazed, “This is…the true power of Sailor Celestial.” Sailor Celestial’s eyes open as the ‘blades’ of her Keyblades turn into pure energy themselves and she goes into a defensive stance.

 

Sailor Celestial tells Heathcliff, strongly, “Are you ready?”

 

Heathcliff says, with a nod, “Yes.” Sailor Celestial soars in and Heathcliff takes a swipe, but Sailor Celestial, with incredible new speed, backflips behind Heathcliff, however, he manages to spin around and their Keyblades clash causing sparks of energy to fly all around them as they clash. Heathcliff, however, then ducks and thrusts causing damage to Sailor Celestial’s left waist side armor and that area of her avatar as it become ‘pixelated’ causing her to yelp in pain since her power makes the pain absorbers worthless. Sailor Celestial strikes back with a sword swipe, but Heathcliff creates an energy shield to block it and it looks like it works, however, Sailor Celestial applies more strength and her Keyblade breaks through slashing Heathcliff causing him to yelp as his avatar is slashed on the chest. However, Sailor Celestial yelps out in pain as her virtual avatar seems to start to ‘explode’ from multiple ‘explosion’ from her form.

 

Kirito shouts out, shocked, “Sugu!”

 

Sailor Pluto yells out, fearfully, “It’s too much! Her avatar can’t take much more of her power! She could self-destruct!” Heathcliff then bashes Sailor Celestial in the face, but Sailor Celestial counters with an equally powerful punch that destroys Heathcliff’s new helmet. However, Heathcliff strikes back with another powerful punch to Sailor Celestial that causes a hairline crack to form on the left cheek of her virtual face, but Sailor Celestial hits back hard with a punch to his gut that causes the same kind of ‘crack’ to form on the right cheek of Heathcliff. Heathcliff and Sailor Celestial then attack each other with all that they have, hitting each other hard, and not using any of their strength to defend themselves.

 

Sailor Jupiter asks, “They aren’t defending themselves anymore?”

 

Sailor Uranus says, seriously, “No, they aren’t! This is a battle of attrition now! The one that needs the victory more will win! This is it!” Heathcliff unleashes a powerful attack with his Keyblade in which Sailor Celestial manages to block with her Keyblades, but she is sent skidding back and her guard is wide open, however, this attack knocks Heathcliff’s Keyblade out of his hands. This doesn’t stop Heathcliff as his right arm glows as he prepares to use Flash Blow, the Martial Arts Sword Skill, right at Sailor Celestial’s face.

 

Heathcliff shouts out, “This will end it!” However, Heathcliff’s attack only destroys Sailor Celestial’s helmet as she bent her head out of the way in time and Heathcliff gasps as she skids back in which Sailor Celestial brings her two Keyblades together causing them to glow and unite into ultimate Keyblade, the Kye-Blade or X-Blade, by some means in which 15 more energy duplicates of Sailor Celestial, each wielding two Keyblades, then appear.

 

Sailor Celestial shouts out, “You’re right! This is the final attack: Empress…of…the Starburst Stream!” Each of the Sailor Celestial’s duplicates then attack Heathcliff with the Starburst Stream Duel Wielding Sword Skill attack and when all of the duplicates are done, Sailor Celestial rams the blade of her X-Blade into Heathcliff’s waist and he smiles as he glows and a massive explosion engulfs them both causing a massive amount of smoke to engulf them and the other players within the Ruby Palace’s throne room.

 

(Gundam Build Fighters music ‘Allied Forces’ ends)

 

When the players cough out as the smoke fades away causing them to look out as a large cloud engulfs the courtyard of the Ruby Palace where Sailor Celestial and Heathcliff were fighting before the explosion and they can’t see either opponent of their battle.

 

Kirito asks, concerned, “Where is Sugu?!” Just then everyone hears a loud bell ringing and the sky above turns red with the virtual sky filling up with signs saying ‘Warning’ and ‘System Announcement’.

 

Just then a female computer voice calls out that’s heard all over Aincrad saying, “Attention! Attention! This is an emergency announcement to the players! The game will now go into compulsory management mode! All monsters and item creation will be stopped! On February Fourth, Twenty-Twenty-Five, Two-Fifty-Five Japanese Standard Time, Fourteen-Twenty-Five Aincrad, the game has been cleared! Repeat! The game has been cleared!”

 

Asuna asks, stunned, “The game has been cleared? But that means…?” Everyone then looks outside as the virtual smoke clears and on the ground of the courtyard of the Ruby Palace, lying on the ground, is the beaten and battered avatar form of Heathcliff with his HP just reaching zero while hovering over him, her face warily and her avatar body battered, but unbeaten, Sailor Celestial, with her Two Becomes One and Destiny’s Embrace Keyblades in her hands, stands victorious over Heathcliff.

 

The other players are shocked for a few second, but Rua screams out, “She did it! She won! It’s over! It’s all over! She has defeated Kayaba!” Soon after, plenty of the other players laugh and cheer which mimics the rest of Aincrad as the players all over the rest of Aincrad cheer when they hear the announcement as it goes on to say that the players will be logged out.

 

As she looks over Heathcliff, Sailor Celestial says, weakly, “Game over…At long last…” Sailor Celestial then collapses on her right knee and immediately, Kirito, Sailor Moon, the Sailor Scouts, and Mamoru rush out with Yui, Asuna, Sinon, Silica, Lisbeth, Klein, Agil, Philia, Dai, Akari, and the Digital Knights with Veemon and Gatomon close behind. Sailor Celestial drops her Keyblades to the ground and falls backwards, but Kirito manages to catch her as he skids over to her.

 

Kirito says, weakly, “Sugu!”

 

Sailor Celestial says, weakly, “Hey, big brother…”

 

Sailor Moon says, with a smile, “I’m so glad that you are okay.”

 

Sailor Celestial says, weakly, “It takes more than him to take me down…” Sailor Celestial gives a grunt of pain as without the pain absorbers, the soreness of her battered virtual avatar form is felt by Sailor Celestial as Sailor Moon and Kirito help her to her feet.

 

Sailor Pluto walks over to the fallen Heathcliff and she asks, sternly, “Are you satisfied?”

 

Heathcliff says, weakly, “Yes, I am…The battle had gone exactly as I knew it would…with my final defeat by her hand…it was the only way that could have ended…”

 

Sailor Jupiter asks, “Wait! You knew that Sailor Celestial would beat you?”

 

Heathcliff nods and responds, “Correct, Sailor Jupiter. I knew that despite me giving it my all, I knew that I would fall by hands of the daughter that I have betrayed twice in two lifetimes. This was the only way that it could end…the only way it has to end…”

 

Kirito tells Heathcliff, “You just couldn’t let it go, could you? You couldn’t let go of the Silver Millennium?”

 

Heathcliff replies, “I had rejected the outside world…created the world of my dreams…a castle that I dreamed about since childhood…a castle…a world that exceeds and flies higher beyond the realm of possibility…and when I regained my memories, I remembered why…The Silver Millennium was as close to a paradise as possible…it wasn’t perfect…but perfection is stagnation…It was my world…the world that I had started Aincrad on…”

 

Sailor Celestial says, anger evident in her voice, “And the world that you destroyed with it, too. For a so-called genius, you were a baka when it came to common sense. The Silver Millennium is dead! It is never coming back! No matter how much you try, you can’t restore the past! You can only move onto the future!”

 

Heathcliff says, “Unless you are a relic of a long era…you are not…but this was not only to allow you to finally close the final chapter in your past…but to move onto the future…Personally, I believe that Sailor Pluto is biased to Crystal Tokyo…so I threw in my hand into the future…I threw you into the mix…if Crystal Tokyo comes to existence…then it is future…however, if it doesn’t…then a better future will come about…possibly…however, the choice is always yours…and you are free to do as you wish…”

 

Sailor Celestial says, with a snarl, “You think that I’m happy about this? Nearly four thousand lives had to be lost for my so-called ‘freedom’! You think that I can live knowing all of the blood that you shed is on my shoulders?! You really are a piece of work!”

 

Heathcliff says, “Life is never easy my dear…you should know that better than anyone…but I had to do what was necessary…I admit that I did what I do for my own gain…what I said on the first day of SAO was indeed the truth…I wished for a world of my own designed…however, it was only one of many reasons…one of them you already know…it was to return you to this world…”

 

Akari says, “And you used us to make sure that you get it.”

 

When everyone looks at Akari, Heathcliff says, with a nod, “Correct…I brought you into SAO from Rainbow Garden…and I was the one who sent you there in the first place…the Medicuboid was based on the NervGear…and it was I who created it after all…”

 

Sinon asks, “You created the Medicuboid?”

 

Taichi asks, angrily, “You are the one that sent my sister and Davis into that virtual world?”

 

Dai says, “For something like this. Kari and I, as the Sun Prince and Sailor Sun, helped Sailor Celestial get to Heathcliff in the original Aincrad at the end of the Silver Millennium.”

 

Taichi got the urge to beat the crap out of Heathcliff, but he held back, knowing that he was already finished, and Heathcliff says, “Correct…I knew that you would help Selene…get to me…and start what was needed to send her off into the future…SAO was just the beginning…War is on the horizon…”

 

Sailor Moon asks, “War?”

 

Heathcliff says, “Remember, Sugou was being manipulated by an ‘outside force’ that caused what happened including the errors and his entry into this world…Remember…this: ‘Nothing is true, everything is permitted’.”

 

Sailor Pluto gasps and she says, “You…”

 

Heathcliff says, “And now, for the final ‘Final Attack Bonuses’…” As Heathcliff starts to glow, a glowing egg appears in front of Kirito.

 

Kirito asks, “What is this?”

 

Heathcliff says, “The seed of the world…If you have feelings for this world other than hatred, you will take care of it…”

 

Sailor Celestial then says, “I wouldn’t blame big brother if he did, but it isn’t this world’s fault for what happened: You are. The world of SAO did exactly what you programmed it to, it had no choice to follow its programming. You are the real hand that caused all of those deaths, not just this world. I played ALO, which is based off a copy of SAO’s server. I saw what SAO could have been: A place where your dreams can take flight and where they can go to worlds that they could have only imagined which was only the beginning of what Full-Dive VR could do. It was because of you that dream became a nightmare and VR and Full-Dive suffered because of your greed and selfishness.”

 

Heathcliff says, with a smile, “You are exactly right…I leave it in your hands…” Just then a planet shaped sphere appears in the hands of Sailor Moon while the Star and Shadow Sabers with a strange red diamond along with it appears in front of Sailor Celestial.

 

Sailor Pluto asks, “An Eternity Diamond?”

 

Heathcliff responds, with a nod, “Yes, Pluto…The Diamond of Power…it is how Mimete merged SAO with other ‘digital verses’…enhancing with the reality energy I had stored…and now, I entrusted it to you…and what you have Serenity…is rest of my legacy in this life…however, you and Selene…are my legacy…and as long as you live…my legacy will live on…how that legacy ends up…I entrust it into your hands…and now…Farewell…” Soon after, Heathcliff’s form shatters into hundreds of data polygons and scatter off into the distance with Sailor Moon giving a solemn drop of her head while the ‘items’ that he had given Kirito, Sailor Moon, and Sailor Celestial are put into their game inventories or seems that way. Just then the whole of the castle shook for a moment and Silica starts to glow before she vanishes with what looks like a teleport effect.

 

Philia says, “She’s gone!” Just then other players still inside of the castle start to vanish via teleportation style glows one after another.

 

Kirito says, with a smile, “We’re being teleported back to the real world. Most likely, the other players in the other floors have already been teleported away and we are the last ones.”

 

As more of the players in the Ruby Palace get teleported away, Rua says, “See you soon, sis! I hope that Yusei and the others will be waiting for us!”

 

Luca says, with a smile, “I know they will! They are friends and we stick together no matter how far apart we are.” Just then Rua and Luca are teleported away through the same effect and then a strange portal appears in the sky.

 

Junpier asks, “What’s that?”

 

Just then a male voice calls out from the portal, “Can you hear me?!”

 

Taichi says, amazed, “That’s Gennai!”

 

The male voice, Gennai, shouts out, “The game has been cleared and I was able to reopen the portal! Veemon and Gatomon must go through to return back to the Digital World and they must hurry!”

 

Dai tells Veemon, “You heard him, buddy!”

 

Veemon says, “See you soon, Davis!”

 

Akari hugs Gatomon and she says, “It was great seeing you again, Gatomon.”

 

Gatomon says, with a smile, “And you’ll be seeing me real soon, Kari.” Soon after, Veemon and Gatomon jump into the portal which closes as quickly as it appeared while the final players still in the Ruby Palace are teleported away in which Sinon and Philia are the first of the players in the courtyard to be teleported away after Silica.

 

Klein says, with a grin, “Catch you later, buddy!”

 

Kirito says, “See you later, Klein.” Klein and Agil then are then teleported away soon after as Tuxedo Mask and the Sailor Scouts are glowing as they are next.

 

Sailor Mars says, with a smirk, “Don’t keep us waiting Meatball Head.”

 

Sailor Moon says, with a smile, “I won’t.”

 

Tuxedo Mask says, “See you soon.” Sailor Moon nods her head as Tuxedo Mask and her friends are also teleported back to the real world and their bodies with Sailor Venus blowing a kiss to Takashi.

 

When Dai, Akari, and the Digital Knight start to glow next, Dai tells Kirito, Sailor Moon, Sailor Celestial, and Asuna, “See on the flip side.”

 

Sam says, “It was an honor to fight by your side.”

 

Kirito says, “The honor was all mine, Sam.” Soon after, the Digidestined of the group are also teleported away in which Lisbeth starts to glow next.

 

Lisbeth tells her remaining friends, with a smile, “You had better visit me or I’ll come find you.”

 

Sailor Moon says, with a smile, “No problem.” Lisbeth waves goodbye as she is teleported to the real world and back to her body as well.

 

Kirito says, “We’re next.”

 

Asuna says, with a nod, “This day is finally here and I can’t believe it. We’re going home.” Asuna says, “Oh, I just remembered that I never knew Kirito’s and Usagi’s names.”

 

Sailor Celestial says, “Well, you know my name: Suguha Kirigaya.”

 

Kirito says, with a warm smile, “I’m Kazuto Kirigaya. I think that I’m sixteen now.”

 

Asuna says, with a warm smile, “I’m Asuna…Asuna Yuuki and I’m seventeen years of age.”

 

Sailor Moon says, with a warm smile, “Pyro might give me a headache later, but I’m Serena Tsukino and I’m about eighteen years old.”

 

Kirito tells Sailor Moon, “Calm of the Moon? It is a perfect name for you.”

 

Asuna says, with a warm smile, “I agree.”

 

Sailor Moon says, with a warm smile, “Thank you, you two.”

 

Kirito says, “Anyway, when we are better, we can continue our adventures in the real world.”

 

Asuna says, with a smile, “I can’t wait!”

 

Sailor Moon says, with a nod, “Me too.” As Asuna starts to glow, she gives Kirito a kiss on the cheek and she then fades away as she is teleported away.

 

Yui glows and she tells the three remaining ‘players’ in SAO, “Don’t worry, daddy. Remember, you put me in in your NervGear storage and Strea is with me now. We will be safe inside there until you can bring us back.” Yui then transforms into in-game item form that Kirito used to prevent her from being deleted by the system that runs SAO and that item then goes inside of Kirito.

 

Sailor Moon tells Kirito, with a smile, “Ami-chan will find a way to help you bring her back some day, Kirito.”

 

Kirito nods his head in agreement with Sailor Moon and he then says, “And now, it is our turn.”

 

Sailor Celestial says, spotting something, “Look over there.” The last three players on Aincrad look to see a strange portal in front of them.

 

Sailor Moon asks, “What’s that?”

 

Kirito says, “I don’t know.”

 

Sailor Celestial says, getting a ‘feeling’, “Let’s go see.”

 

Kirito and Sailor Moon look at Sailor Celestial and Kirito asks, “Why? We are about to leave the game, so, there is no point, right?”

 

Sailor Celestial says, “I can’t risk Kayaba having one final trick up his sleeve.”

 

Kirito says, “I don’t think that Kayaba would do anything at this point.”

 

Sailor Celestial says, “Sorry, bro, but I can’t take that risk. You and sis get out of here. I’ll go.”

 

Sailor Moon says, “No way! You are still battered from your battle!”

 

As they start to glow, Kirito says, “We had better make a choice!”

 

Sailor Moon says, with a determined look, “Let’s go. I don’t think that he would try anything, but we can’t take any risks.” Kirito nods his head in which he and Sailor Moon, carrying the still weak Sailor Celestial, leap into the portal before they are teleported back to the real world in which the portal takes them to who knows where…

 

To be concluded…

 

And that’s it! The end to an epic and one of the largest chapters that I had ever written! All that’s left is the final chapter AKA the epilogue and if you have played the Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment game, you have an idea on what’s going to happen next! However, while this story is going to end, it doesn’t mean that it is going to be the end of the ‘saga’, but you are going to have read to find out what I mean! Please read and review and no flames, please! Later and best wishes, Crossover Fans!