Crossover Fan Fiction / Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Sailor Moon Online ❯ The Bunny and the Beater ( Chapter 2 )

Well, we are in the second chapter of my Sailor Moon/Sword Art Online crossover and I think that I’ve managed to get it started very well. I’m already well-versed in the Sword Art Online anime/manga/light novel, but forgive me if there are ‘holes’ in the story, folks. Anyway, like I said before, my writing style is a bit different from my typical writing style due to the way that the Sword Art Online storyline unfolded, everyone. However, I know that I will mix the two well in my crossover fanfiction and like I said in the end of the first chapter, the main pairings are Darien/Serena and Kirito/Asuna for obvious reasons, but there won’t be much romance in this story, everyone.

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

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

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

Sailor Moon Online

Chapter 2: The Bunny and the Beater

December 2, 2022, Aincard, First Floor

Within the forest and fields of the first floor of Aincard, there is a person/player wearing a pearly white cloak with a hood, covering this person’s face, as she uses a sword known as Anneal Blade, a one handed long sword, to defeat a wolf-like monster and it shatters into data polygons when its HP reaches zero.

The hooded and cloaked player says, in a familiar female voice, “No contest now.” The person lowers her hood to reveal our Moon Princess, known as Usagi in SAO, looking around. She looks at the timer from her main menu and the date in which she says, solemnly, “Nearly a month already… a month without my friends… Darien-kun… they are with me… my body in the real world… but I’m all alone here… Here in this game… No, this ‘death game’… in which my uncle turned this dream adventure into a living nightmare… two thousand people… two thousand dead…” Usagi shakes her head to come to her senses and focuses in which she focuses on the labyrinth of the first floor and she says, “I can’t give up. I have to keep going and keep trying. Man, I wish that I asked Sammy more details about this game. I’m glad that he isn’t trapped like me, but right now, I would love to have the squirt with me.” Usagi then leaps down and heads to the labyrinth.

Now, you must be thinking: Why would someone like Usagi/Serena be by herself? Well, it is out of guilt and reasonability that she is alone. She feels guilty that since it was her uncle and in a way, she had helped create SAO with her ideas as a child through completely unknowingly since she had no idea at all that her uncle would do such a thing to all of them. And because of this and because it was her once beloved uncle that did this to all of them, Usagi can’t help to feel responsible for this nightmare, despite she had nothing to do with her uncle’s actions, with her own personality and ‘nature’ as Sailor Moon kicking in. Because of this, Usagi had decided to remain a solo player despite her nature of being friendly and able to make friends so well. She also knew that plenty of the players wouldn’t take too kindly to her because she is Kayaba’s niece despite her being a victim, more so than many other players in SAO, like them. Every single day, with every single death, Usagi feels like her very being is torn apart and she is confused on why her uncle is doing this to all of them. Because of this, she tends to avoid the other players as much as possible and to be honest, she can’t even step into Blackiron Palace at this time because even she sees the Monument of Life in general, she feels that she would suffer some kind of stress attack or something.

Right now, Usagi is determined to complete this game, save as many people as possible, and find her uncle to find out why he is doing this in which if necessary, stop him. However, part of Usagi isn’t sure if she has got what it takes, but she knows that her family, friends, and her beloved are with her, at least in spirit, in which she is determined to end this nightmare once and for all. Usagi puts on the hood of her pearly white cloak and she takes off into the labyrinth and she goes through the monsters one after another.

By this time, Usagi has really worked hard to develop her level and sword skills and she has become a strong player at this time despite being new to the game. However, Usagi was a real gamer as she showed back in the real world and loving every chance to play at the Crown Arcade in which she has experience at MMO games with Mina, Lita, and even Ami and Hotaru. Plus, she remembers what her brother told her about the game during the time that he was a beta tester for the game and her childhood memories with her uncle during the development of Sword Art Online. However, like many non-beta testers, she had to learn on the fly.

At this moment, she is high in the labyrinth when she spots monsters known as Ruin Kobold Troopers, humanoid creatures with bulky bodies, large tails and rabbit-like ears.

Usagi thinks in her mind, a bit nervously, “Whoa! They look like ‘Hulked out’ rabbits! That’s just too weird and a bit creepy.” But then she notices a green cursor among them and she thinks in her mind, “A player? Alone? Here?” Usagi immediately investigates in which she sees a player wearing a dark red leather tunic with a matching hood that covers the player’s face and Usagi noticed her use a basic rapier Sword Skill, Linear, against one of Ruin Kobold Troopers with four strikes. But then another Trooper managed is coming to attack this player at the player’s blind spot and Usagi shouts out, “Watch out!” The player turns to the see the Trooper about to strike, but Usagi comes and cuts down the Trooper in which shatters into polygons. Usagi asks, “Are you okay?”

The player responds, in a female voice, “Yes, I am. Thank you for your assistance.”

Usagi thinks in her mind, “She’s a girl and from the sound of her voice, she is probably about as old as I am or just a year younger. Man! I’m glad that I got some ‘detective skills’ from the girls.” Usagi then can hear the player breathing heavily and Usagi asks her, “Are you all right?”

The female player responds, “Don’t worry about me. Please, take care of yourself.”

Usagi responds, “No way! You are exhausted! These may not be our real bodies, but our minds are and using Sword Skills take concentration which wears us out! I saw how you were fighting and you went overboard on that Trooper. From what I can see, you could have defeated him using your sword regularly. You are strong enough player.”

The female player replies, “I thank you for your concern, but if I die, I die.”

Usagi says, annoyed, “And with that attitude, you will die! I mean, you have got have something to live for, don’t you? You must have friends and family that are horrified and are crying their eyes wanting you to come home! I can’t let you waste your life like that! Come on, I’m getting you out here!”

The female player responds, “I…” However, the female player collapses to the ground and Usagi barely manages to catch her.

Usagi then notices bright lights coming from the distance and she says, with a growl, “Just great.” Usagi then puts the female player on her shoulder and starts to run knowing that this way, she wouldn’t be able to fight back effectively, but just then a young male player with black hair, black eyes, blue under brown leather chest plate, black pants with a matching black belt, and dark boots makes his appearance.

The male player asks, “Is she all right?”

Usagi says, “Yes, she just exhausted.” Usagi hands the cloaked female player to the male player and she tells her, “Get her out of here!”

The male player asks, “Is she a friend of yours?”

Usagi replies, “No, but I can’t see anyone die in this nightmare. There are just too many deaths already. Please get her out of here and I’ll cover you.” Usagi twists around to see that a newly appeared Trooper has spotted them and Usagi draws her Anneal Blade in which she charges in and takes down the Trooper, but more make their appearance.

The male player thinks in his mind, “Wow! She is good! Is she a beta tester like I was?” Anyway, remembering the female player, he says, “Okay! Good luck and don’t die!”

Usagi responds, “I won’t! Thank you!” The male player is hesitate to leave Usagi, but seeing that she is doing just fine and taking the safety of the unconscious female player into account, the male player leaves with the unconscious female player on his shoulders. After seeing that the male player and the female player are gone, Usagi makes her escape out of that area of the labyrinth and she hopes that both players that she met got out all right not knowing of what the future will hold for the three of them.

December 3, 2022, Cherry Hill Shrine

Today, at Cherry Hill Shrine, Luna, Artemis, Raye, Mina, Lita, Amara, Michelle, and Hotaru are having a Sailor Scout meeting about the current situation with their princess and the other people trapped in the first VRMMO, Sword Art Online, which is now known simply as the ‘SAO Incident’.

Artemis asks, “Where are the others?”

Mina responds, “Darien is staying at the hospital where Serena is being kept and he is working there as long as he doesn’t have any classes.”

Raye says, “Ami and Trista are part of the SAO Case Victims Rescue Forces in order to figure out how to at least prevent the NervGear from frying the brains of the people wearing them and trapped in the game. Serena’s mother is helping too and Kenji is using his influence and resources as a magazine editor and his past as a photographic reporter to get any information on Kayaba.”

Lita says, “Serena’s younger brother, Sammy, has been moved out into the countryside as a precaution against the family and friends of the other victims for unjustified retribution despite the Tsukino family being one of the biggest victims of them all.”

Amara says, “Which is why our princess remains under guard twenty-four a day and they made sure none of the guards have any connections to any of the victims.”

Hotaru says, “Over two thousand dead already.”

Artemis says, “This is a nightmare.”

Luna says, horror in her voice, “I can’t believe this is happening! She is right there in front of us and I… We can’t help her!”

Michelle says, solemnly, “All of us feel the same way.”

Raye yells out, “Damn that asshole! Damn that Kayaba! How could he do this? How could be so heartless? His own family! He betrayed Serena, who looked up to him, and she thought that she was making a dream come true! And instead, he turned into a hellish nightmare! If I ever find him, I will burn him into ashes!”

Lita tells Raye, “We know how you feel, Raye. All of us feel the same way, but getting pissed off isn’t helping Serena at all.”

Raye shouts out, strongly, “I know that, but I can’t help it! My best friend, the princess that I’m duty bound to guard, is trapped in a virtual death game in which if she dies there, her brain will get fried like a burnt steak and I can’t fucking a thing to save her! And not only that, it is her own uncle that did this to her!”

Hotaru says, “I can’t believe that Trista-mama and Ami-chan still haven’t made any headway on the NervGear.”

Michelle says, “It is like we have said. Kayaba is that one in a million genius.”

Lita says, “I can’t believe that there is anyone that can match our Ami-chan.”

Amara says, “Bad news is that Kayaba is that rare genius that can go head to head with Ami-chan, Lita-chan.”

Artemis says, “All we can hope and pray is that Serena will stay alive long enough to figure a way to get her out, but at this moment, we haven’t found a way to break into the game.”

Lita says, “Yeah, the only way that we can find anything out about Serena is through Michelle’s Aqua Mirror.”

Hotaru asks Michelle, “Michelle-mama, can you see anything about Serena now?”

Michelle responds, shaking her head, “No, Hotaru. It will only work if I am by Serena’s body. It is most likely due to my mirror’s nature of ‘revealing truths’ and revealing the nature of the NervGear is the reason that I’m able to look into SAO at all.”

Mina says, “Last time that we checked, she seems to be doing fine.”

Raye says, “Yeah, Mina-chan, we can only ‘check’ on her. But we can’t do anything for her and at any time, she could…”

Lita tells Raye, “Don’t say that Raye!”

Luna says, “We all feel the same, Raye. We feel… so helpless.” Artemis and the Sailor Scouts become solemn at these words knowing that they are completely helpless until they can figure out a way to save their princess from this ‘death game’ which looks no closer in sight.

Artemis says, “I know, Luna. We all feel pretty much the same. It’s a horrible feeling.”

Hotaru then says, solemnly, “I’m not saying that our princess will die and I constantly hoping that she will live enough to allow us to help her escape or she finds a way to escape herself, but… I think that we should tell her family the truth about her and us, everyone.”

There are multiple gasps and Amara asks, “Firefly-chan, what are you saying?”

Hotaru says, “I don’t want our princess to die especially me! She gave everything to save me and help me be reborn into a new life!” Hotaru says, fear evident in her voice, “I’m afraid. She can’t survive forever on those systems even with the Silver Crystal and her Sailor Soldier powers boosting her strength, she can’t stay in that condition forever.”

Lita says, “We know, Hotaru-chan.”

Hotaru says, with fear in her voice, “What if she stays like that for years and years? And…”

Michelle tells Hotaru, hugging her, “Firefly, please!” Michelle tells Hotaru, in a comforting tone, “I know that you love our princess. We all do. She is precious to us, but you need to believe in her. She faced Galaxia alone, but she had us in spirit to help her. We need to remain strong for her.”

Hotaru nods her head and she responds, “I’ll try, Michelle-mama.”

Luna says, “As much as I hate to say it, I think… I think that Hotaru has a point. I think that Serena’s family deserves to know.”

There are more gasps of surprise and Raye asks, stunned, “Luna?”

Luna says, “I don’t know why and I can’t explain it, but I feel that the Tsukino family deserves to know the truth about Serena.”

Artemis tells Luna, “Luna, this isn’t like you at all!”
Luna responds, with a nod, “I know Artemis. I keep hoping that this whole situation is making my judgment go haywire, but I can’t get these awful feelings out of my head. Anyway, I’ll leave the final choice to you, girls. If you wish to agree me, then okay, but if you don’t, I won’t say a word. Right now, I just need some air.” Luna then leaps out and starts to walk away.

Artemis says, “Poor girl. I’ll go with her.”

Mina responds, “Right, Artemis.” Artemis heads off to keep Luna company while the Sailor Scouts look at each other in which they can’t help to consider Luna’s words, but they feel they shouldn’t because it feels like that they are giving up on their princess and any and all hopes for her survival and return to them all.

December 4, 2022, First Floor Labyrinth

Inside of the First Floor Labyrinth, Usagi is wandering through the hallways and looking around to map the area, not knowing that the boss room was found. Yesterday, she went back into the towns to eat, get new supplies and equipment, and rest, but she went so deep into the labyrinth, she had to go to sleep in a safe zone that she found in the labyrinth.

Usagi thinks in her mind, “I’ve got to say one thing: You can sleep like a rock in this game and you wake up exactly when you have your ‘internal alarm’ tell you too, but it is still a pain in the ass!” Usagi continues to explore around and she then finds a strange and ominous looking door in which she says, nervously, “Creepy.” She wondered if this was the boss room, but she can’t be certain since she heard that not even that not even the former beta testers could find the boss room this time which meant that her uncle had changed elements of the game ever since the end of the beta test which is most likely he used the beta testers as ‘lab rats’ to perfect this game which is why Kayaba allowed them to revive and logout like any regular MMO in the past. But now, in this ‘death game’, Usagi can’t be certain if this is the boss room or some kind of room containing a ‘sub-boss’. Usagi says, nervously, “I shouldn’t go in, but it wouldn’t hurt to take a peek.” Usagi then tries to gently push the door in, but it then takes some effort to push the door and she yelps as she suffers a classic ‘klutz attack’ as she did in reality and falling down on the floor on her face. Usagi groans, but she then slaps her hands over her mouth to cover her mouth. However, what she finds is a pitch dark room and Usagi asks, confused, “What’s going on here? Where’s the boss?” Usagi looks around nervously, but doesn’t see anything. Normally, she wouldn’t enter a room so scary, but curiosity got the better of her and she tip-tops into the room very slowly and looking around. Usagi asks, lowly, “Hello? Anyone here?” However, when she gets good enough into the room, the room immediately lights up causing Usagi to jump and she then sees a creature that looks like a humanoid jackal creature that’s over two meters tall, muscular, covered in blue-grey fur and has bloodthirsty, copper-red eyes. Usagi then can see that it is called Illfang the Kobold Lord and it has four health bars with axe and shield in its hand with a weapon attached to its back. Surrounding it are creatures known as Ruin Kobold Sentinels.

Ruin Kobold Sentinels are red demi-human creatures, with long thin ears sticking out of their helmets and a big and a big red tail. A large portion of their head and body is tightly covered and protected by metal armor, which makes their throats their only weak point. The Sentinels are armed with huge halberds.

Illfang leaps from his throne at the end of the massive room and with three Ruin Kobold Sentinels surrounding him, he roars as Usagi and she says, nervously, “I had to ask.” Soon after, Illfang and the Sentinels charge at Usagi as she yelps and draws her sword preparing to fight her enemy in which she can’t help to think that she must have found the boss’ room and the boss itself!

Later on that same day, a massive group of players is heading towards the labyrinth since a ‘scout group’ had found the boss’ room that Usagi is in right now and they are being led by a player known as Diavel, who is a male with a bronze armor set on his chest, shoulders, arms, and shins, with a large long sword on his left waist, and a kite shield on his back. He had blue hair with long bangs and blue eyes. His clothes under the armor were also blue. With this group is the male player that Usagi handed the female player that collapsed earlier too. The male player is none other than Kirito, the former beta tester that left a new ‘associate’, Klein, behind when this death game started, and after partnering up with the female player, he learned that the female player’s name is Asuna when her health bar with her name appeared below his when he formed a ‘party’ with her.

Kirito tells Asuna, “Let’s go over it again. We’re the backup. Our target is the Ruin Kobold Sentinels.”

Asuna responds, “I know.”

Kirito then tells Asuna, “I’ll use a Sword Skill on it to knock their weapons out of the way. When I do, switch and jump in.”

Asuna asks, “Switch?”

Kirito asks, surprised, “Okay, level with me. This is your first time in a party?”

Asuna responds, with a nod, “Yes.” Kirito then sighs and lowers his head knowing that this is going to take some work. Later on, the group arrives at the door to the boss’ room and Diavel slams his sword into the ground.

Diavel says, “Listen up, everyone. There is one thing to say to all of you: Let’s win.” Diavel pushes the door open, but much to his and everyone’s surprise, they are shocked to find Usagi already fighting the boss, Illfang, and his Sentinels in which Illfang has already lost one health bar and there are two Sentinels, but Usagi is down to the red on her health bar and she is driven one of the columns in the room in which she barely avoids the mace from one of the Sentinel giving her an opening to attack the throat and destroy the Sentinel.

Usagi thinks in her mind, “What is these things’ armor made of? Steel or what?!” Usagi yelps as she rolls out of the way of another attack and she quickly gets a pink colored crystal in which she thinks, “No time for a potion.” Usagi says, “Heal!” The crystal then shatters in her hands and her health bar returns to full health, but Usagi is breathing heavily, showing signs of good levels of fatigue, and she thinks, “I wish… I wish the girls and Darien-kun was here.”

She struggles back to her feet until one of the players, Kibaou, a male with brown wild spiky hair, yells out, “Hey, who the heck are you?”

Usagi looks over to see the other players and she asks, “Whoa! What are all of you doing here?”

Just the Kirito comes out and he yells out, “I remember you!”

Usagi says, “Hey, you are the guy that helped me got that female player out of here!”

Kirito shouts out, “Look out!” Usagi then rolls out of the way of an attack from Illfang himself and she rolls over to the other players in which Kirito asks, “What are you doing taking on the boss alone?”

Usagi asks, “That’s the boss?”

There are plenty of surprised looks and Kirito asks, “Wait! Are you saying that you just wandered into the boss’ room?”

Usagi responds, nervously and rubbing the back of her hood, “Actually, I just did. I thought that it could have been the boss with so many health bars and it having those minions, but I couldn’t be sure that it wasn’t some kind of ‘mini-boss’ of something.”

There are plenty of sweat drops and a tall and bald, African American, looking player tells, “You mean that you took on the boss by yourself and you weren’t completely sure that it was really the boss? That’s crazy!”

Kirito yells out, “More like insane! Why didn’t you teleport and get out of the room?”

Usagi asks, “You can do that?” There are more surprised looks and Usagi says, “I thought that you couldn’t retreat from boss fights like in most video games.”

Kibaou shouts out, “Bullshit! I don’t believe it!”

Usagi asks, annoyed, “What’s your problem spiky?”
Kibaou responds, glaring at Usagi, “How can you take on the boss so well by yourself? Are you a beta tester?”

Usagi replies, “No, I’m not a beta tester. I just worked really hard to bone to get to where I am and saving the lives of other players including ungrateful asses like you!”

Kibaou glares at Usagi and Diavel shouts out, “We don’t have time! I don’t know who she is, but she just gave us a better chance for victory! Look! The boss has one less health bar and he only has one minion at the moment!”

Usagi says, “Watch out! He got three new minions when I managed to get rid of one health bar which is a miracle that I’m still alive.”

Kirito says, “No kidding.”

A player then shouts out, “Hey, it is just like the guild book said!”

Usagi asks, “Guild book?”

Plenty of the others look at Usagi in surprise and Diavel shouts out, “This is our chance! Do it now!” Soon enough, the other players, encouraged by these events, charge in to battle against the weakened Illfang and the only Sentinel that he has for the moment in which Diavel tells Usagi, “I don’t know who you are, but you really helped us out. We’ll take care of the rest from here.”

Usagi says, “No, I’m still good. I want to help.”

Kirito tells Usagi, “No way! You can barely stand! It is a miracle that you survived long enough for us to arrive!” Kirito tells Usagi, “Let us take care of the rest.” Usagi reluctantly and weakly agree as she steps while the other players continue to fight against Illfang and his only ‘protector’ at the moment. The other players continue to battle against Illfang and weaken his health bit by bit in which after a whole health bar is drained, three new Sentinels appear and at one point, Kirito managed to knock one of the Sentinels’ weapons and stunning it for the moment. Kirito says, “Switch!”

Asuna runs forward and she says, “I got it!” Asuna then attacks the Sentinel with Linear and hits it four times, hard, causing the Sentinel to shatter into polygons.

Kirito thinks in his mind, “I thought that she was a beginner, but she has got some good moves. I can’t see the take on her sword.” Kirito says, with a smile, “Right on.” The battle continues on as Usagi recovers, but at this point, Illfang’s health is at its last bar and it has gone red in which he throws his axe and shield away.

Kibaou says, with a smirk, “It looks like the guild book was right.”

Diavel shouts out, “Stand back everyone!” Diavel charges into the attack and this leaves plenty of others confused.

Kirito thinks in his mind, “I thought that the plan was to surround it.” When Diavel looks at Kirito with a smirk on his face, Kirito’s eyes widen.

Usagi shouts out, “Hey, what are you doing? You can’t charge in recklessly against it! It was a miracle that I survived against it much less weakened it! Stick with your plan!” When Diavel prepares for what he felt was the finishing blow, Illfang brought out a giant nodachi.

Kirito thinks in his mind, shocked, “Oh no! That’s not a talwar! It’s a nodachi! This isn’t like the beta!” Kirito shouts out, “Stop! It’s not going to work!” Just then Illfang leaps high into the air and starts to leap around the columns at the top of the room.

Usagi asks, stunned, “What’s he doing?!” Illfang then surprise attacks Diavel and he cries out as he is slashed in the chest causing Usagi to shout out, horrified, “No!” Illfang then sends Diavel flying through the air.

Kibaou shouts out, stunned, “Diavel!” Just then Illfang lands near Kibaou and a group of players nearby while Kirito rushes to Diavel with Usagi not far behind.

Kirito shouts out, “Diavel!” Kirito takes out a potion as he sees his health bar fading away fast and he asks, “What you were thinking?”

But when Kirito prepares to give Diavel the potion, Diavel stops him and Usagi asks, “What are you doing? Take that potion, hurry!”

Diavel says, weakly, “It’s too late… for me… It won’t be able to restore my health in time…”

Usagi says, horrified, “Don’t be fool. Take the potion! Hurry!”

Diavel tells Kirito, “You were a beta tester, too, weren’t you?”

Kirito gasps and he says, “You were after the last attack bonus. The rare item. You were just like me. A beta tester.”

Diavel responds, with a nod, “Yes. Please… you have to defeat the boss… save everyone…” Diavel looks at Usagi and he says, “You… I don’t know who you… you aren’t a beta tester… but you are strong… maybe as strong… or stronger than any beta tester… save them…” Diavel then glows and he shatters into polygons in which Usagi and Kirito gasp in shock and horror.

Usagi thinks in her mind, completely horrified, “No… Not again… Not another one…” Usagi stumbles backwards and shakes her head in disbelief in which virtual tears stream down the cheeks of her virtual face in which she thinks, “So many people have already died in this nightmare… All I wanted… All I dreamed… was a wonderful new world of adventure… ever since I first experienced the Full-Dive… I thought that this would be a brand new frontier that people can enjoy… but now… my uncle… my own uncle has turned into a murderous netherworld… Uncle Kayaba… I won’t… I can’t let this continue anymore…!!” For the first time in her life, Usagi felt something that she absolutely never felt before and you would never think that our Moon Princess could ever feel: True anger and rage. In a roar of anger, Usagi draws her sword and prepares to battle the boss once again.

(Sword Art Online music ‘Swordland’ starting)

Kirito asks, “Hey, what are you doing?”

Usagi says, “I can’t take it anymore! There has been too much death already! This was supposed to be a game! A fun adventure for everyone! Not a fight for everyone’s lives! This madness has to stop now!”

Kirito tells Usagi, “I know that, but charging in there won’t help anyone, will it? I’ll help you stop it.”

Usagi says, with a nod, “Thank you.”

Asuna says, “I’ll help too.”

Kirito says, with a nod, “Okay, but both of you don’t die on me.”
Usagi responds, “Right!” Usagi, Kirito, and Asuna take off towards Illfang and they prepare to battle him.

Kirito tells Asuna, “We’ll do it like we did with the minions!”

Asuna responds, “Right!”

Kirito tells Usagi, “Try to sneak attack on it when it is distracted.”

Usagi says, with a nod, “Okay.” Illfang charges up for an attack, but Kirito uses a Sword Skill to knock his attack off course and stun in which Asuna charges in at the center, but Kirito sees something.

Kirito shouts out, “Asuna!” Asuna is surprised by Kirito calling her name, but she sees what happens and dodges, but her hood and cloak are destroyed to reveal that she looks to be a teenage girl of 15 years or so with long orange-brownish chestnut hair and hazel eyes. She attacks Illfang with a strike to the chest sending it flying back in which Kirito is amazed by her looks. Illfang struggles back to his feet and prepares to renew his assault.

Usagi’s voice booms out, “Hey, jackal face!” Illfang turns only to get bashed in the face by Usagi’s two feet and she uses her sword to cut off Illfang’s right hand with his large nodachi in which Usagi says, rolling out of the way, “Now!”

Kirito leaps to his feet and shout out, “You got it!” Kirito charges in and finishes off Illfang with the Sword Skill Vertical Arc in which Illfang roars as he glows a bright light and then shatters into polygons. Everyone is stunned for a moment, but when a large sign saying ‘Congratulations’ appears, the majority of the group starts to cheer and yell while small screens show what kind of experience and money that they got from the battle while Kirito notices that he got the last attacking bonus in which the item is called the Coat of Midnight.

(Sword Art Online music ‘Swordland’ ends)

Usagi, on the meanwhile, slumps against a column and she thinks in her mind, “Yeah, we won against the boss, but the price was too dearly bought. How many more people have to die before we can conquer this prison?” Usagi keeps a good grip on her sword and she thinks, as images of her friends, family, and beloved appear in her mind, “I wish that you were with me. I know that you are back home with my body, but I wish that you were here with me to give me confront or at least, I could talk with you somehow and hear your voices again. I would even like to hear Raye screaming at me and calling me ‘Meatball Head’.”

Asuna tells Usagi and Kirito, “Nice job.”

The tall African American looking player, who goes by the name of Agil, tells them, “Great swordsmanship from both of you. The victory was because of both of you.”

Kirito says, “No.”

Usagi says, “I agree. Even if it is, the price was too dearly brought.”

Kibaou roars out, strongly, “That’s right!” When everyone looks at Kibaou, he roars out, “Why did you do it? Why did you let Diavel die?”

Usagi screams out, “We begged him to take a potion, but he refused to take it!”

Asuna says, “I overheard them begging him to take a potion, but he pushed it away!”

Kibaou responds, with a sneer, “Okay, fine! I’ll give you that one!” Kibaou roars out, glaring at Kirito, “Admit it! You knew what technique that the boss was going to use, didn’t you?!”

Usagi responds, “What kind of nonsense are you blabbing out now?!”

Another person shouts out, “Hey, I know! I know how he could have realized that boss’ attack patterns! He must have been a beta tester!” Another person says, glaring at Usagi, “And what about you? You were able to hold your own against the boss!”

Usagi responds, “Barely genius or didn’t you see that my health was about to run before I used a crystal which was expensive and hard to find mind you!”

This other player responds, “I didn’t say that you were beating him! I said that you were able to hold against him ALONE!”

Usagi shouts out, “Don’t you think that I would be working my ass off to get this strong jerk?! Don’t you think that like you I have family and friends back home that are horrified that this happened to me and not only that, I want to go home and be with them just like you! Not only that, I’ve worked hard to make sure that as many players don’t die in this prison that we are all trapped in, you know?!”

Asuna says, “She’s right! In fact, she saved my life a few days ago!” When everyone looks at Asuna, she says, “I was working hard to also clear the game too and I had collapsed from fatigue in which she came in and saved me.” Asuna points to Kirito and she says, “He told me that after he had found us. She risked her life to make sure that we got to safety!”
Kibaou shouts out, “Then why doesn’t she show her face? Where did she get that cloak?”

Usagi responds, “I got it at a one-time quest. It is a special cloak that allows keeping your face hidden and somewhat increases your hiding ability, but it is practically indestructible as its main feature. I was told about it by my brother who was a beta tester for SAO.”

There were gasps and Kirito asks, “Your brother was a beta tester?”

Usagi replies, “My younger brother. He always brags to me about the game and I was pissed off at him since I wanted to beta test it too at the time.” Usagi gives a giggle and he says, “Now that I think about I miss him right now. Both of us managed to get the hard copy of SAO, but he had a doctor’s appointment in the afternoon and I had bragged that I get to play the final version first and we planned to have a conquest to see which if us would help conquer the castle first. By dumb luck, my brother missed getting stuck here and I’m glad. Mom would have a heart attack if both of us got stuck here.”

Kirito asks, “What is your brother’s name?”

Usagi stays silent for a moment and she says, with a sigh, “You should know him well since all beta testers do and I’m sorry, I overheard Diavel say that he knew that you were a beta tester and had nothing against them.” Usagi then says, “His name, in this world, was Shingo.”
Kirito gasps and he yells out, stunned, “Shingo?! You… You’re his older sister?!”

Usagi says, “Guess he told you about me.”

Kirito says, stunned, “I can’t believe it… I thought that he was mad before… but he really is a monster…”

Agil asks Kirito, “What’s the big deal man?”

Kirito responds, “Shingo was the first beta tester and actually, the number one beta tester in the beta test of Sword Art Online. And he was… he is Akihiko Kayaba’s nephew!”

There are gasps from the whole group and Agil shouts out, “Wait! But that means…?!”

Usagi responds, with a solemn tone and nodding her head, “Yes, I’m Akihiko Kayaba’s niece. My mother is Akihiko Kayaba’s sister.”

There are more gasps as this ‘bombshell’ is dropped on them and Agil yells out, flabbergasted, “No way! You’re kidding me?!”

Kibaou leaps to his feet, goes past the crowd of players, and he roars out, angrily, “I knew it! I knew that there was something about you that I didn’t I like the first moment that I saw you!”

Usagi glares at him and she roars out, in a pissed off tone that’s unlike the Moon Princess, “That’s it! I’ve had it with your mouth, you spiky haired freak! All I’ve heard from you is blame, blame, and blame! Since my uncle isn’t here, someone has to be blamed for the situation! Someone has to pay for it! Huh?! You dare care if they are victims too as long as you have an excuse to blame them, right?!”

Kibaou shouts out, “Hey…!!”

Usagi yells out, in a strong tone that’s unlike her before, “Shut up, you jerk! You are going to zip it and you are going to listen!” Usagi practically gets in Kibaou’s face and even though he can’t see her face, he can feel the anger and rage that’s her in expression right now and she yells out, her virtual tears flowing down the cheeks of her avatar body, “You think that I knew that this was going to happen?! You think that I knew that my uncle was a madman bent on entrapping us in this prison?! Then why in the fuck did I get the game in the first place and put the NervGear on genius?! You have no idea what I’m feeling right now asshole! Over a month since this death game and I still don’t understand why and I can’t understand why my uncle ever did this to us?!”

Asuna thinks in her mind, in disbelief, “I can’t believe it! He… He trapped his own niece in this with us?!”

Usagi shakes her head and she says, her tone filled with sadness and pain, “It still hard for me to believe that my own uncle would do something so horrible! As a little girl, he always called me his ‘little princess’ and he always so kind… so gentle… I never thought that he would hurt a fly! In my wildest nightmares, I would never dare think that Uncle Kayaba would do such a horrible thing to all of us! I thought that this was going to be a brand new frontier that everyone can enjoy! A new world where people could fulfill their dreams! I thought that this place… this castle… would be a place of a new adventure that everyone would enjoy ever since I was the first one to put on a completed NervGear and was the first person outside of a lab to perform a Full-Dive.”

Kirito asks, surprised, “Wait! You put on the first completed NervGear and you were the first person to do a Full-Dive?”

Usagi responds, with a nod, “Yes, I was. I had experienced the Full-Dive for the first time when I was younger and it was just a simulation, but it was a joy to me. He told me about the game that he was developing and while he never told me much in the way of specifics, I thought… he… we were fulfilling a dream of a gorgeous castle since I loved knights, warriors, princess, and castles when I was younger.” Usagi then yells out, especially to Kibaou, “And don’t give me any crap about this being a ‘sob story’ or some nonsense! You think that I don’t feel guilty about what my uncle has done?! You don’t think that I had lost so much when I became trapped with everyone here in SAO! I had a wonderful family… a mother… a father… and a bratty brother! I had eight wonderful best girlfriends that are like sisters to me! And I had a boyfriend! He’s my prince… my soul mate… and now, they are gone! GONE!!! Right now, all of them are gathered around my body and crying their eyes especially my family since they believed in my uncle as much as I did! My own uncle stole my life!! And he has betrayed me and my family! And every single day, I see more and more people getting their names crossed off the Monument of Life! Another life taken… another life that my uncle has murdered! And I’m here to make sure that there are no more lives taken including an ass like you! If you want to be angry at me just because I’m my uncle’s niece fine! But rather than just standing around and blaming people for the situation that you are in, why don’t you do something useful and help your fellow players rather than standing around, blabbing your mouth off, and trying to set players against each other, you jerk?!!” Usagi practically screams in Kibaou’s face causing him to fall to the ground and she then stomps away with her virtual face soaking wet from her virtual tears while Kibaou sits on the ground with a stunned look on his face in which Asuna glares at Kibaou angrily. Usagi’s rant at Kibaou gets many of the other players in the group thinking, but for Kirito, he can’t help that it won’t be enough to turn enough ‘fury’ away from her, because her family connection to Kayaba, and the fury against other beta testers.

He remembered Diavel, takes a deep breath, and he says, giving off a sinister expression, “So, I guess that’s how a newbie like you get his kicks, huh? Picking on a poor emotionally torn up girl just because she is related to the madman that trapped us, huh? Just like your typical loser.”

Everyone looks at Kirito and Kibaou shouts out, “What did you just say?”

Kirito tells him, still acting with a sinister sly smile, “You heard me, newbie! Just like a typical loser, you need someone to pick on just to make yourself feel better. You find her and you say: Oh, she is Kayaba’s niece. I don’t fucking care if she is a victim just like us, I’ll just pick on her because she is a good excuse. That’s the makings of a loser. We, beta testers, might be many things, but even we wouldn’t go to that level of low.” Kirito says, still continuing on with his act, “Anyway, I had no exact idea about the boss’ attacks, but I knew that this wouldn’t be same as the beta test from the very beginning.”

There are gasps and Kibaou asks, “What do you mean?”

Kirito responds, “It’s called ‘common sense’, I suggest that you look it up in a dictionary, genius.” Kibaou snarls at Kirito and he responds, “Let me tell you this: Do you think that Kayaba would do this on a whim?” There are plenty looks of surprise and Kirito responds, “No. He is a genius. In fact, I had followed the guy for a long time. No, he had this planned out for a long time and I mean, he even fooled his own family right here. He had this completely thought out and planned. However, he had to make sure that his wretched death game worked to perfection. He is not a guy that leaves anything to chance. How can he do that? Simple! Beta testers! As much as I hate to admit it, the jerk used us to make sure that everything in the game worked like he wanted. Once he was done, our usefulness was over. The beta ended at the end of August and that means that Kayaba had two months to make whatever changes that he wanted to ‘perfect’ his little ‘death game’. The instant that it started, while everything seemed to be similar to the beta, I knew that sooner or later, there would be stuff that he changed. You think that he was going to leave everything the same and give us any sort of edge? Get real!”

Kibaou shouts out, “You knew? You knew that this could happen and you didn’t say a fucking word?!”

Kirito responds, still continuing on with his act, “Didn’t you hear me the first time, newbie? It is called common sense. And does the final game always end up like the beta?” That struck a chord within everyone within the group and Kirito says, still showing a sinister sly smile, “And I knew that I was completely right when Diavel read off that information from the guild book from those goody-two-shoes beta testers that thought that they were helping. They should have known that the final product wouldn’t EXACTLY be like the beta and they should have gone off to make sure that things were exactly like they remembered before they run off their mouths. I played it smart and made sure what was the same and what was different before I did my thing.”

Kibaou yells out, angrily, “And you didn’t even share this with your fellow beta testers?”

Kirito responds, “Hey, don’t compare me with those losers who don’t have the common sense to realize between a beta test and the ‘final product’ and don’t take the time to figure out what the differences are.” Kirito then creates the Coat of Midnight which looks like a large black coat appears on him.

Kibaou shouts out, angrily, “You… You are worse than the beta tester! A beta tester is way better than you! You are like a cheater! A cheating… beta tester… A beater!!”

Kirito says, with a sinister smile, “Beater, huh? Fine! Call me a beater! Just don’t compare me to those chump beta testers that just assume things and don’t take the time to play smart.” Kirito then says, looking at Kibaou, “However, I would rather be a beater than a jerk that picks on a poor girl just because she is related to the madman that traps us here.” Kirito points to Usagi and he says, “Saying that she is even a beta tester? I’m sorry if I insult her intelligence or anything like that, but what kind of beta would stumble into the boss’ room? It shows that she is new to this game through even I have to admit that she is as good as any beta tester.”

Usagi thinks, nervously, “I’m not sure if I should feel insulted or thankful that he is trying to protect me.”

Kirito says, with a sinister sly smile, “Anyway, I would rather be a beater than a loser newbie that has to pick on an emotionlessly wrecked girl to make myself feel good.” Kirito starts to walk away, but he grabs Usagi by the left shoulder and drags her along.

Usagi yells out, “Hey, what are you doing?”

Kirito says, “Just doing you a favor. I’m taking you away from that filth. Unless you want him to stab you back? He is that kind of loser after all.” Usagi becomes so confused that she doesn’t resist as Kirito drags her away while Kibaou becomes pissed off that he prepares to charge them until Agil stop him.

Agil tells Kibaou, with a stern tone, “Haven’t you done enough already? Don’t you think that girl has gotten enough on her plate already? Heck, if that madman really cared about his niece, why would she be here? Wouldn’t that ass, Kayaba, done everything to prevent her from getting it in the first place? He is so smart that he could have used any number of ways to get it out of her hands and not cause any suspicious on himself or the game before he trapped us in here. Did you think of that genius?” Plenty of the other players gasp and realize that Agil was right in which Kibaou can see that plenty of the other players are glaring at him and not Kirito at this moment in which he decides that any action right now would make him look bad and decides not to do anything. On the meanwhile, Asuna follows Kirito and Usagi, who is following Kirito without having to get dragged by him, in which they are going up the stairs to the entrance to the second floor of Aincard.

Asuna shouts out, “Wait!” Kirito and Usagi stop and Asuna tells Kirito, “When we were fighting the boss, you called me by my name.”

Kirito responds, “I wasn’t trying to be rude. Did I get the pronunciation wrong?”

Asuna shakes her head and she responds, “How did you even know it?” Kirito then explains it to Asuna and when she looks at her ‘visual screen’ in front of her eyes, she sees Kirito’s health bar below hers since they are in a party. Asuna says, “Kirito. Kirito? Your name is Kirito.”

Kirito says, with a nod, “Yeah.”

Asuna says, with a smile, “I was so dumb. It was there the whole time and I never knew.” Asuna then asks Usagi, “And that’s why you saved me, isn’t it?”

Usagi says, with a nod, “Yes. In a way, I was responsible for the creation of Sword Art Online, our prison, in the first place. Other people shouldn’t suffer because of the madness of one of our family members. I still don’t understand and I can’t understand why Uncle Kayaba would do this horrible thing. He was so wonderful to me and he called me his ‘little princess’.”

Kirito tells Usagi, “He had the whole world fooled. I’m not surprised that he fooled you, his own family. And it shows that you aren’t responsible for anything. You didn’t trap us in here… Kayaba did. He backstabbed even you, his own family, and crushed the wonderful dream that you had for this place turning it into a nightmare.”

Usagi responds, “He is still my uncle and a member of my family. I have a responsibility to stop his madness and save everyone.”

Asuna replies, “No way! In fact, you are the greatest victim of all of us!”

Usagi turns away from Asuna and she says, “I wish that I could believe you, Asuna-san.” Usagi thinks in her mind, “Not only it is because this is my uncle that has trapped in this ‘death game’, but it is my duty as Sailor Moon, the protector of love and justice, to find my uncle and stop me saving as many as I can, powers or not! What kind of Sailor Scout can I say that I am if I don’t do that?”

Asuna tells Usagi, “Could I have your name? I would like to know the name of the person that saved me.”

Usagi responds, “My name is Usagi, Asuna-san.”

Asuna says, with a nod, “It is nice to meet you, Usagi-san.”

Kirito tells Asuna, “You can become strong here by yourself, Asuna-san. However, the day when someone that you trust asks you to join a guild, don’t turn it down. There are limits to what a solo player can do.”

Asuna asks, “But you are solo?”

Usagi responds, “Not by choice, Asuna-san. At least, in my case.” Kirito then pulls up his player menu and dissolves his party with Asuna in which both Kirito and Usagi enter the door and goes into the second floor. In the second floor’s main town, Urbus, Kirito is done activating the second floor teleportation gate and goes over to Usagi, who has been watching.

Kirito tells Usagi, “It is best that we part ways. It is best that your reputation isn’t stained by being with a beater like me.”

Usagi retorts, “Like it already isn’t bad being ‘niece of Kayaba’?”

Kirito says, with a nod, “Good point, Usagi-san.”

Usagi responds, drolly, “Thanks a lot, Kirito-san. You made me feel a whole lot better.” Usagi asks, “Kirito-san, you took on the anger and rage of the players to protect the beta testers, didn’t you?”

Kirito sighs and he asks, “Was it that easy to figure out?”

Usagi replies, “Let’s just say that I can see who people truly are underneath and I know that you are a really good person.”

Kirito responds, with a grin, “I’m not sure if I can agree with that Usagi-san.”

Usagi tells Kirito, “You know that big axe welder and Asuna-san know that truth too.”

Kirito tells Usagi, “Anyway, Usagi, speaking of him, you know that he is right. He betrayed and backstabbed you and your family. I just hope that you aren’t suffering under ‘retribution’ from the family and friends of the other players especially those that died.” Usagi gasps, knowing that Kirito is right, and Kirito tells Usagi, “I’m sorry that this hurts you, but if he really cared about you, he wouldn’t have put you into this ‘death game’, Usagi-san. He isn’t the man that you thought he was.”

Usagi responds, solemnly, “No, you are right, Kirito-san. And it is my reasonability to stop him. It is a duty beyond your understanding.”

Kirito tells Usagi, “I don’t know if I understand, but you are firm about this, so, I won’t open my trap and cause you any more pain, Usagi-san. However, it shows that you are a good person… No, a great person. A better person than Kayaba and in fact, most players. However, you are just one player, Usagi-san, you can’t save everyone.”

Usagi tells Kirito, “I know, but it doesn’t mean that I can’t try, Kirito-san. I can’t completely explain my reasoning behind this, but this is the way that I feel.”

Kirito tells Usagi, “Okay, but you had better not die on me. If anyone deserves to live, it is you, Usagi-san.”

Usagi says, with a nod, “Thank you, Kirito-san.” Usagi asks Kirito, “Kirito-san, can you add me to your friends’ list?” Kirito gives a look of surprise and Usagi says, “Like I said, I had eight girlfriends and they were like my second family. I feel so… alone here. I would like someone to talk to.” Usagi then tells Kirito, with a grin, “And ‘outsiders’ like us should stick together, huh?”

Kirito gives a grin and he says, “Yeah, you have a point, Usagi-san.” Soon after, Usagi and Kirito put each other on their friends’ list on their player menus and he says, “Good luck, Usagi.”

Usagi asks, “You aren’t going to ask to see my face?”

Kirito responds, with a smile, “I think that you know why. You don’t want players to try to ‘force’ the information about what you look like from other players, right? For both of our safety, I think that I shouldn’t see your face for now. Good luck out there, Usagi.”

Usagi responds, with a kind tone and nod, “You, too, Kirito. Please stay alive.”

Kirito says, with a nod, “You too, Usagi.” Usagi and Kirito then take off in different direction as the two solo players of SAO, though not by complete choice, head off to survive and finish the game in which Usagi is more determined than ever before to find her uncle, find out what’s going on, and if necessary, stop him and save everyone.

December 25, 2022, Tsukino Family Home

Inside of the Tsukino family home, the rest of the Sailor Scouts are with the Tsukino family.

Kenji asks, “Why did you want to see us?”

The Sailor Scouts look at each other and Ami says, with a sigh, “You see, Mister Tsukino. All of us are Serena’s friends and we were talking about with each other.”

Amara says, “Some of us don’t want to do this since we feel that we are giving us on her or we are giving into the fear that she will die right before our eyes.”

Ikuko asks, “I don’t understand. What’s so important?”

The Sailor Scouts look at each other, take out their transformation items, and Mina says, nervously yet serious expression, “You should know the truth about us and about Serena. We are the Sailor Scouts and your daughter, our best friend, Serena, is Sailor Moon.”

There are gasps and Sammy shouts out, “Meatball Head is Sailor Moon?”

Just then Luna leaps onto the living room table, her transformation brooch in her mouth, and after she puts it down, Luna says, “It’s true.”

The Tsukino family gasps and Ikuko says, nervously, “L-Luna?!”

Luna nods her head and she responds, “I am no ordinary cat. I am Serena’s guardian advisor as Sailor Moon. In this dire hour, I feel that you have the right to know the truth about your daughter and the truth about who she is in all shapes and forms.” The Tsukino family is flabbergasted and unusually, Kenji is the one that fainted from this, but Ikuko is very close to fainting.

Artemis leaps up to Mina’s lap and he says, “I thought that Serena’s mom would be the first to faint.” However, Ikuko then collapses into her seat and faints in which plenty of the Sailor Scouts winch.

Amara asks, “Do we really have to do this?”

Luna responds, “I just don’t know why, but I feel that they have their right to know.” Luna then shakes her head and she responds, “No, I do know. It is because this is a critical time for Serena and we need all of the help that we can get her home.” Luna says, with a determined look at the other Sailor Scouts, “You girls can’t just transform and save Serena from this world. You are going to need to fight another way. Not as the Sailor Scouts, but as civilians. Serena is the only one that can harness the power of the Imperium Silver Crystal which has defended this world ever since it has been unsealed. And if Serena dies, the protector is gone forever. It isn’t just the fear of losing Serena. It is also because that we can’t fight the same way anymore. We need as many allies that we can get if we are going to bring her home safely.”

Sammy asks, very confused, “What are you talking about? And how can you talk anyway?”

Luna says, with a sigh, “It is a long story, Sammy.” Luna tells the Sailor Scouts, “Girls, wake up the Tsukino family. We have work to do.” The other Sailor Scouts nod their heads as they move to wake up Serena and Luna feels like a weight has been lifted. She knows that it isn’t just the fear of losing her precious princess, it is the fact that the Sailor Scouts can’t fight the same way as they did before. In order to have any chance to save Serena, they need to ‘fight’ in a different way and they are going to need all of the help that they can get.

And that’s the chapter, everyone! Personally, I was wondering how I was going to fit the plot of how Kirito made it that other non-beta tester players of SAO would channel their aggression towards him, but I think that I made a convincing story, folks. However, like I said before, this story is going to be Kirito AKA Kazuto in a relationship with Asuna, Kirito/Asuna or Kazuto/Asuna based on what you want to look at it. I hope that you are enjoying the story so far, everyone! Later and best wishes, Crossover Fans!