Crossover Fan Fiction / Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Sailor Moon Online ❯ Home Not-so Sweet Home ( Chapter 8 )

Well, we have gotten through the Aincard arc, but it isn’t the end of the story, everyone! We have a good ways to go with the next phase of the story and getting through the Fairy Dance arc! Our moon princess has to recover from her ordeal in SAO and more! Remember that in the previous chapters that the Sailor Scouts had a problem with an old enemy from the past resurfacing, in a way. And there will be twists and turns that you may or may not expect! You have going to have to read and find out, folks!

I DO NOT OWN Sailor Moon, Sword Art Online, Digimon series, 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 8: Home Not-so Sweet Home

November 7, 2024, Floor 75, Field

Within the field area of Floor 75, a group of players are fighting monsters and when we get closers, we get a closer look at these players.

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

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

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

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

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

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

They finished the final monster and the man with spiky brown hair says, “Come on, guys! We might still be able to help!”

The blond with the two handed sword responds, “Hey, Taichi, you were the reason that we were late.”

The spiky brown haired ‘samurai’ responds, “It isn’t just my fault!”

The blond in the knight’s armor asks, “So, you are admitting that it is your fault, bro.”

The spiky brown haired samurai says, with a smile, “Like you and your wife, Juniper, didn’t do anything to make us late, Yamato.”

The magenta haired woman shouts out, with a blush, “At least I don’t snore so loud that I keep the entire guild awake!”

The spiky brown haired male, Taichi, shouts out, embarrassed, “I don’t snore!”

The blue haired male says, “Can we focus everyone? Plus, they used a corridor crystal to get to the boss room and from what I heard, the boss room’s doors close when players enter to take it on and they don’t get out unless they beat the boss or the boss kills all the players that face it.”

The violet haired woman asks, nervously, “Are you sure, Sam?”

The blue haired male responds, with a nod, “Yeah, Miyako.”

The blond with the two handed sword says, “I wouldn’t worry about it so much. I mean, it is being led by the Knights of the Blood Oath and you remember that they recently recruited the ‘Black Swordsman’.”

The blond in the knight’s armor, Yamato, asks, “You mean the guy that has the powerful Duel Welding Sword Skill, Takashi?”

The blond with the two handed sword, with a nod, “That’s right, bro.”

The violet haired woman says, with a smile, “And they also have Asuna the Flash. She is just so awesome! Beautiful and powerful at the same time!”

The magenta haired woman says, “No joke, Miyako.”

The group is nearing the entrance to the dungeon and a group of monsters is waiting for them in which Yamato asks the magenta haired woman, with a smile, “Ready, Juniper?”

The magenta haired woman, Juniper, responds, “Always, sweetie.” But then an alarm is heard and the monsters vanish as quickly as they appeared.

The violet haired woman, Miyako, asks, “What’s going on?”

The blue haired male, Sam, responds, “I don’t know.” They look up and they see the sky turn red with signs including ‘Warning’ and ‘System Announcement’ causing the group’s eyes to go wide.

Miyako says, nervously, “Not again.” Miyako goes into Sam’s arms while Junpier goes into Yamato’s arms.

Yamato asks, angrily, “What now?”

Taichi says, “I don’t know.”

Just then a monotone female voice says, “Attention! Attention! Today, November Seventh, Twenty-Twenty-Four, Two-Fifty-five Japanese Standard Time, Fourteen-Fifty-Five hours Aincard time, the game has been cleared. Repeat, the game has been cleared.”

There are gasps from the group and Miyako asks, shocked, “W-What did she say?”

The blond with the two handed sword asks, stunned, “Did we just hear what I think we heard?”

The monotone female voice then calls out, “All players will now be logged out of the game. Repeat, all players will now be logged out of the game. Please stop where you are…” After that, this group along with the rest of the players in Aincard starts to cheer and shout.

Miyako shouts out, excitedly, “We’re free! We’re finally free!”

Junpier yells out, excitedly, “Yamato-kun, we’re free!”

Taichi asks, shocked, “But how?”

Takashi says, “I don’t know! We’re only on this floor! We shouldn’t be even close to the final boss yet!”

Miyako shouts out, “Who cares?! Somehow, they did it! They actually did it!” Miyako kisses Ken on the lips while Junpier does the same for Yamato.

Taichi says, with a wide smile, “I don’t know who did it or how, but they are heroes! I just wish that we could have seen it!”

Takashi says, “Same here, Taichi… I mean, Tai. Now, let’s get ready to go home!” The others in the group nod their heads in agreement and soon enough, all of them are enveloped in a glow as they leave Aincard for good.

November 8, 2024, Hospital in the Odiaba Distract of Tokyo

Within a hospital in the Odiaba District of Tokyo, Taichi, real name Tai Kamiya, Yamato, real name Matt Ishida, Takashi, real name Takeru ‘TK’ Takashi, Miyako, real name Yolei Inoue, Sam, real name Ken Ichijouji, and Juniper, real name Jun Motomiya, are in hospital gown, in hospital beds, with their parents along with their friends, Sora Takenouchi, Mimi Tachikawa, Joe Kido, Izzy Izumi, and Cody Hida with a group of creatures known as Digimon, short for Digital Monsters, are with them.

Mimi says, with tears of happiness, “Thank god. We were so afraid.”

Joe asks, “How did you ever escape?”

Matt says, “We didn’t. Someone managed to somehow beat the final boss before we get even close to the one hundredth floor.”

Mimi asks, “Really?”

Izzy says, with a nod, “Based on that data that I could gather as part of the task force that was handling this, what we call the ‘SAO incident’, Matt’s right. Somehow, the final boss appeared after the team that went after that level’s boss monster and beat the boss of that level and somehow, someone beat the final boss. I didn’t get a good look at the data just yet.”

Yolei says, “Well, whoever they are, they are real heroes.”

There are nods of agreement and Joe says, “Well, it doesn’t mean that you are out of the woods. You haven’t been using your bodies for two years now. You are going to need to rebuild all of the muscle that weakened all of the years and you have been forced nutrients and liquids to keep your bodies alive. You are going to need to build up muscles before you can even walk again.”

TK asks, with a sarcastic tone, “So that’s the reason that my legs feel like lead?” TK asks, with a smile, “By the way, where are Davis and Kari?”

Yolei says, with a smile, “Not surprising that he is late as usual, but I can forgive him this once.”

However, the friends of Tai, TK, Matt, Yolei, Ken, and Jun become solemn and Jun asks, “What’s with the faces?”

Mimi says, nervously, “Jun, I’m not sure if there is any easy way to say this.”

Jun asks, getting suspicious, “What do you mean? Where is the squirt?”

Sora says, nervously, “Tai…”

Tai looks at his mother, Mrs. Kamiya, and he asks, “Mom, where’s Kari?”

Tai’s mother becomes solemn and Joe says, plainly, “Tai, they’re gone. Kari and Davis disappeared around a year ago.”

The group of SAO survivors gasps in shock and Tai yells out, “What do you mean…?”

Tai grunts out and holds his throat in which Sora tells Tai, “Tai, easy! Please don’t push yourself!”

Cody says, “You haven’t been using your mouth or voice for two years.”

Joe says, “Cody is right. You need to take it slow.”

Jun says, “Take it slow? I can’t take it slow since you said that you lost my little brother.”

Joe says, nervously, “We didn’t lose them per say.”

Mimi says, nervously, “They ran away.”

Sora says, “This whole situation was too much for them after what they went through around five years ago at Yolei’s home.”

Yolei says, “But I… I thought that they were getting better!”

Joe says, “Yolei, the two of them went through a traumatic experience on that day.”

Yolei says, “But if what could they have done? If things didn’t happen the way that they did, those fiends would have murdered them and us too. They saved all of our lives that day.”

Cody says, “We, all, know that Yolei, but it doesn’t mean that it wasn’t horrifying and what happened at school didn’t make things better. They were emotionally and mentally scarred from the experience.”

Izzy says, solemnly, “And when all of you, especially Tai and Jun, were trapped in SAO and you could have died at any time, ‘their worlds’ came crashing down.”

Joe says, solemnly, “Davis and Kari are both strong people, but even they have their limits. What happened to you may be only part of it, but it caused to ‘crash’ completely.”

Mimi says, solemnly, “It was horrible. And then they just ran away and vanished.”

Izzy says, “Their digivice signals were being blocked somehow and we searched in both the Digi-World and Real World for them. We know that Veemon and Gatomon are with them and Azulongmon and Gennai both told us until now, they are still alive.”

Tai says, with a sigh of relief, “Thank goodness.”

Cody says, “However…” When everyone looks at him, Cody says, “They also said that a great darkness lies within their hearts and the only way that they can heal is that the ‘Valkyrie of the Moon fighting with you in your castle prison help reignite the light in their hearts and make them shine like the sun’ once more.”

Matt asks, “What’s that supposed to mean?”

Mimi says, with a shrug, “I don’t know.”

Ken asks, “Wait! Could they be talking about the ‘White Valkyrie’?”

Everyone looks at Ken and Sora asks, “White Valkyrie?”

Yolei says, “Oh, yeah! She was a legend there! She is an elite solo player that works with us, assault team players, and she wearing this special white cloak that prevents her from seeing her face and the rest of her head.”

TK says, “And it is said that she is Kayaba’s niece.”

There are gasps and Izzy says, “I heard about that! I had managed to overhear some of the top brass of our ‘SAO Taskforce’ mentioning that Kayaba had trapped a member of his own family in SAO.”

Mimi asks, stunned, “Seriously?”

Tai says, with a nod, “Yeah. We heard about it a month or so after we were trapped in SAO. After the first boss was beaten, the players that fought in that group told us that Kayaba’s own niece was there. A few of the players had tried to turn the mass of the players against her, but she was as much of a victim as we were, even more so. And throughout those two hellish years, she did her best to save as many players as possible.”

TK says, with a nod, “She became quite a legend in SAO.”

Mimi says, amazed, “Wow.”

Izzy asks, “Could this be the person that Gennai and Azulongmon were talking about?”

Joe says, “I’m not sure if we will ever know. Since his family had no part in his madness, the government is going to do what they can to keep any information about them from getting out of the public. Heck, I heard that Kayaba’s own parents had to be put into protective custody due to the threats of retaliation against his family for this.”

Cody says, “He also ruined the lives of the people that worked at Argus in which they may never get away from the stigma of being part of the company that helped him create SAO and NervGear. And that means that they may want to get back at Kayaba by getting at his family.”

Yolei says, “That’s dumb.”

TK says, with a nod, “We know, Yolei, but you know how people can be.”

Tai says, “Well, whoever she is, she may be our only hope in finding my sister and Davis.”

Jun says, “Doubtful she can help us now, Kamiya. I mean, she must be in the same rough shape that we are in.”

Joe says, “For now, let us handle looking for Davis and Kari. All of you should focus on getting better. You have a long road to regain your strength.”

Tai, TK, Ken, Yolei, Matt, and Jun nod their heads in agreement and Jun thinks in her mind, “Geez, Davis, you squirt. What happened to you? I finally come home after that nightmare and now, you are gone. When I get strong enough and we find you, I’m going to give you a real lashing for making me worry so much.”

Yolei says, “Now that I think about her. I wonder who the ‘White Valkyrie’ was.”

TK says, “Well, I hope that she made it out like we did and she is safe and sound. She deserves after all she did for us, players.” The others nod their heads in agreement as the half-a-dozen SAO survivors prepare for their long recovery period, two of them hope their ‘missing’ family members are safe out there.

December 7, 2024

Right now, we find Eternal Sailor Moon fighting against Heathcliff with Sailor Moon using Elucidator and Dark Repulser swords against Heathcliff and his shield and sword in which the two of them are fighting hard. Eternal Sailor Moon has an out of character deadly determined look and Heathcliff continues to slyly smile at Sailor Moon and they continue on until Sailor Moon unleashes an assault that causes Heathcliff to lose his guard completely in which Sailor Moon uses one of her swords to cut off Heathcliff’s head which rolls onto the floor while his body collapses and turns into data polygons.

Sailor Moon is staring in shock at what just happened and what she just did in which a familiar female voice shouts out, “Usagi! Usagi!” Sailor Moon looks up and gasps to see Asuna tied to a cross.

Sailor Moon yells out, shocked, “Asuna?!” Sailor Moon tries to step forward to help, but just then shadows come out of the ground and these ‘shadows’ turn into ghoulish version of the players of SAO that died including Diavel and Kobatz for examples.

Ghoul Kobatz asks, in a ghoulish version of his voice, “Why didn’t you save us?!” Sailor Moon yelps out in fear as Ghoul Kobatz leaps at her and she dodges in which she then looks to see Kirito fighting against other ghoul versions of dead players including Kuradeel and the Moonlit Black Cats.

Sailor Moon says, stunned, “Kirito!”

Kirito shouts out, “Don’t worry about me! Save Asuna!” Kirito fights back and slashes through the ‘undead players’, but after they are sliced apart and shatter into data polygons, they reform right back.

Sailor Moon asks, “What’s happening?” She then sees the head of Heathcliff roll over and smile at her.

Heathcliff’s head then says, “You may have defeated me, but you couldn’t save the, my dear princess.” Sailor Moon yelps out in fear and she then sees the tied up Asuna being dragged away.

Sailor Moon yells out, “Asuna! Asuna!” She then swallows her fear and tries to fight through the ghoul version of the dead players, but every time she strikes them down, they seem to come back and Asuna seems to be dragged into the darkness.

Kirito shouts out, “Asuna!” Kirito then gets swarmed by the seemly undead players and he yells out as he is engulfed by them.

Sailor Moon shouts out, horrified, “Kirito!” Just then a large amount of data polygons comes from the mass of ghoulish players and they turn on Sailor Moon in which they keep saying ‘What didn’t you save us?’ over and over again while they swarm her in which she screams out in pure terror in which Serena Tsukino AKA Sailor Moon, age 18, walks up in a cold sweat in a large bed in which she is just wearing white lingerie. Just then a pair of gently grabs her and she whips to look to see her beloved prince, Darien Shields AKA Tuxedo Mask, just wearing a pair of tight fitting black boxers to show his perfectly male muscular chest looking at her with great concern.
Darien tells her, “Serena? Serena, are you okay?” Serena looks at Darien, tears then flow from her eyes, and she then hugs and starts to shed tears on his chest.

Luna, Serena’s talking black feline advisor, leaps onto the bed and she asks, concerned, “What happened?”

Darien gently hugs Serena and gently brushes her hair in which he replies, “She just woke up with a scream and in a cold sweat.” When Serena looks at Darien, he asks, “Another nightmare?”

Serena wipes her tears and she says, with a nod, “Yeah.”

Luna thinks in her mind, solemnly, “Oh, dear! Not another one! Poor Serena! It has been a whole month since she got back from that dreadful nightmare that was Sword Art Online, a practical virtual prison imprisoning her and so many others within a virtual world created by her own uncle, who she loved and adorned until he started this madness! She suffered for two long years struggling to get out and watch so many people die because of what her uncle did. And with current situation, the ‘SAO incident’ isn’t over for her.”

Darien tells Serena, with a warm loving tone, “I’m here, my love. I will always be here for you, Meatball Head.”

Serena responds, warmly and lovingly, “Darien-kun.” Serena and Darien share a passionate and loving kiss, but Darien’s eyes grow wide as Serena deeply and passionately kisses with intensity that he never felt from his beloved princess with her hands roaming all over his body and her chest molding to his which is greatly surprising him. When they release from the kiss, Serena sees his surprised expression and she asks, “Is something wrong?”

Darien responds, “No, Sere. It is just… I never saw you so passionate before…”

Serena replies, with a blush, “Sorry.”

Darien tells Serena, with a blush, “There is nothing to be sorry about through I was surprised that you wanted me to… sleep in the same bed.”

Serena tells Darien, with a sigh, “It is… It is just I need to feel you… touch you… I need to know that this is real. I’ve been trapped in a prison with so many good and innocent people for two long years. For the first days, I was so afraid. Afraid I was still trapped in that nightmarish prison that my uncle… No, that Kayaba made for us all.”

Darien embraces Serena gently and he tells her, “You’re not, my love. You are here. You are back home with us and with me.” Serena gently lies her head on his chest and enjoys the feeling in which she looks to see the cloak in Darien’s room says 8:15 AM.

Serena says, “Anyway, it is time to get up and have some breakfast.”

Darien and Luna look at her surprised and Luna asks, “You aren’t going back to sleep?”

Serena responds, with a curious look on her face, “Why would I? It’s morning. Darien-kun, could you make breakfast? I’m starving. I’ll get into a shower.” Serena gently gets off the bed and walks to the shower.

Luna tells Serena, “Please be careful, Serena. You only got back a month ago.”

Serena tells Luna, “Luna, I’m fine. Thanks to my powers especially the Silver Crystal, I recovered very quickly and I don’t need crutches to walk now.”

Luna says, “Yes, we know, but even with the enhanced recovery, which is hard to explain to the doctors and nurses, you aren’t back full strength. You still need to build up some more muscle and… ‘meat’ in order to get back your full strength especially more so since you need to eat more since the Silver Crystal enhanced your ‘life-support’ during those two long years which is why you were in better condition than your fellow survivors.”

Serena says, with a smile, “Why do you think that I want a really big breakfast this morning, Luna? Anyway, Darien-kun, make sure that it is full of pancakes, waffles, and that all that good stuff.”

Darien says, with a smile, “Of course.” Serena blows him a kiss and she heads into the bathroom of Darien’s apartment in which she is staying right now.

When she is in the bathroom, Luna and Darien sigh and Luna says, “She seems to be the same, but she is so different now.”

Darien says, “She has been through a lot, Luna. If she can recover at all, it is going to take time.”

Luna says, “Yes, Darien, I know. And the current situation isn’t making it any better for her.”

Darien says, “We are going to do what we can and figure out what’s going on.” Darien gets to his feet and off the bed in which he says, “Asuna-san is one of the few precious friends that help my love mainly keep herself together in that two year ordeal. We’re going to do what we can to set her and the others free.”

Luna says, “Yes, but since SAO is gone, I don’t get what’s keeping them trapped in the virtual world since there is no virtual world.”

Darien says, “They might be in another virtual ‘prison’ stored in the SAO servers, but access is still restricted out of the fear that we might set those NervGears off.”

Luna says, with a nod, “I know, Darien. But I think that for Serena’s sake, we need to bring Asuna-san and the others still trapped by the NervGear home. Until we do, Sword Art Online will never be over for her and she will never truly begin to heal.” Darien nods his head in agreement and heads off to start breakfast while inside of the bathroom, Serena gently washes her body and wraps a towel around her in which she looks at herself in a mirror.

Serena thinks in her mind, “One month… It is still hard to believe that I’m back… I’m home… I’m back in my… Serena Tsukino’s body… It has been a whole month, but it feels like yesterday…”

Flashback; November 7, 2024

Within Serena’s hospital room, she is being helped take a drink of water by her friends while a doctor and nurse with help from Darien is examining her with the Sailor Scouts and her family, who have recently arrived, are with her. It is close to closing hours, but the doctors and nurses decide to allow them to stay since they are doing with all of the family and friends of the other SAO victims that are just waking up.

Ikuko says, “My baby… my little girl… I’m so glad that you are home…”

Serena says, weakly, “Mom, I’m not a little girl anymore.”

Kenji says, “You will always be our little princess, Serena. We are just so glad… so glad that you are alive… and home…”

Serena says, “I’m so sorry that I worried you, dad.”

Kenji tells Serena, “You have nothing to apologize about sweetie. We are just so glad that you are okay. Not to insult you, but it is a miracle that you survived in that… that hell of a prison.”

Sammy says, with a smile, “We’re glad that you are okay, Meatball Head.”

Serena says, “Hey, squirt…” When Sammy looks at Serena, she says, with a weak smile, “Told you that I beat the game.”

Sammy says, “No way! Stop kidding around!”

Just then a male voice says, “I don’t believe that your sister is kidding around, Sammy-san.” Everyone looks to the source, they see a man with short messy black hair, brown eyes with octagon glasses in front of them, and wearing a dark green business suit.

Ami asks, “Seijirou-dono, what are you doing here?”

Amara asks, “Who is this?”

Trista responds, “Seijirou Kikuoka, the head of what is known as the ‘SAO Case Victims Rescue Force’ and basically, Ami-chan’s, Ikuko’s, and my boss while we worked on how to get Serena and the other victims of SAO out of there.”

There are gasps and the man says, “That’s correct, but despite all of the work and investigation, we were unable to do anything.”

Ikuko asks, “Why are you here?”

The man, Seijirou, says, “I was hoping to talk to your daughter for a moment.”

Kenji yells out, seriously, “I must protest! My sweet daughter just got out of that wretched death game with the other survivors just hours ago and you want to make her relive again?! Unacceptable!”

Seijirou responds, “No! No! I understand.” He fixes his glasses and he says, “But based on the data, she and the another player were the ones that cleared the game.”

There are gasps and Sammy asks, amazed, “Whoa! No way! Meatball Head cleared the game?”

Seijirou replies, with a plain tone, “Based on what little data that we have, yes. She had help in that regard.”

The others look at Serena, who had her head down, and she says, lowly, “Yes, a friend that I made in SAO… A very best friend and I defeated the final boss of the game.”

Seijirou asks, “That’s strange because you weren’t close to the final level. How is this possible?”

Serena responds, “Because the final boss was disguised as a fellow player. His name was Heathcliff, one of the strongest players in the game, but he was actually… Akihiko Kayaba.”

There are gasps and Amara says, “You’re kidding me.”

Ikuko asks, shocked, “My brother?”

Serena says, with a nod, “Yeah, mom. My friend exposed him after that horrible boss fight against the boss of floor seventy-five and he gave him a chance to defeat him, but my best friend, Kirito, was having a hard time since he had designed and created the game and all of its skills. However, I helped and took over the fight. And with Kirito’s help, I… I killed him.” Another string of gasps come from the people in the room and Serena sheds tears as the memories of her battle, as Usagi/Sailor Moon, against Heathcliff come into her mind.

Seijirou says, “I see, Miss Tsukino. But despite defeating him in the game, it doesn’t mean that he is dead.”

Serena responds, “What do you mean? He could have only gotten into the game by using a NervGear.”

Seijirou tells Serena, “True. True. But it doesn’t mean that he didn’t modify the NervGear to make sure that the same rules don’t apply to him. None of us knew that the man that we saw was only a façade or that he was capable of such a horror. You see, Tsukino-san, like your brother, I’m a former SAO beta tester myself.”

There are gasps and Sammy asks, “Wait! You are a former beta tester?”

Seijirou says, with a nod, “That’s correct, Sammy-san. It is one of the reasons that I was chosen to be the head of the task force for the ‘SAO incident’. I didn’t transfer to the full version since I belonged to what is known as the VR division of the government and I was planning to create a thesis on the other applications of Full Dive technology.” Raye, Amara, and even Serena, herself, believed that there was more than what he is saying, but they let it go for now. Seijirou says, “Kayaba-sempai was kind of like a teacher to me and I was shocked and stunned when this happened. And we still don’t understand. Why did he do this? Why did he take this technology and turn it into instruments of imprisonment and death? With so little information, we have no idea. And right now, our main focus is going to shift right now. Even as we speak, thanks to your efforts, the over six thousand survivors of SAO are waking up in hospitals all over the nation as we speak and we are going to need to rehabilitate and readjust them to life back here. Remember, you have been trapped in that virtual world for two years and it is like you have been on an alien world going through an entirely different life. It is going to take a lot of work.”

Serena just looks at Seijirou and she says, with a sigh, “If you help me, I will help you, Seijirou.”
Everyone else looks at her in surprise and Raye says, “Hey, Meatball Head…”

Serena gives a pleading look at Raye, Raye can’t help not to say anything more, and Serena says, looking at Seijirou, “I will cooperate with you if you do something for me.”

Seijirou asks, “Yes?”

Serena says, “I want you to find my friends that I made in SAO. I’ve been away from my friends and loved ones here for so long that my new friends in SAO were the only comfort that I had and maybe one of the main reasons that I stayed sane. I only know most of them by their player names. They are Silica, Agil, Klein, Argo, and Lisbeth.”

Seijirou says, “It will take a while, but you said you only knew most of them by their player names. You must know a few by their real names.”

Serena says, “Yes, there is my friend, Kirito…”

Sammy asks, shocked, “Wait! You know Kirito?”

Hotaru asks, “Someone you know Sammy?”

Sammy says, “Yeah. He is one of the best players in the beta… Well, at least as far as I’m concerned.”

Serena says, with a smile, “Kirito mentioned that he knew you when we first met. And he was… is one of my best friends from SAO.” Serena tells Seijirou, “His real name is Kazuto Kirigaya. And there is also Asuna. She is the only player that I know that went by her real name. Her full name is Asuna Yuuki.”

Ami asks, “Did you say Asuna Yuuki?”

When everyone looks at Ami, Trista says, “She is the daughter of the CEO head of RCT Industries, who’s Full Dive division has taken over maintenance and care of the SAO servers when Argus collapsed.”

Serena asks, surprised, “Wait! Argus collapsed?”

Raye says, with a sigh, “What did you expect Meatball Head? Some months after this nightmare started, Argus folded after all of the payments that it had to make and its stock went down to nothing. RCT and its Full-Dive division took over especially since the daughter of the head of RCT Industries was one of the victims of this nightmare that you went through, Serena.”

Serena thinks in her mind, amazed, “Whoa! Asuna is the daughter of a head of a top company?! I never knew that!” Serena then remembers about Argus’ collapse being mentioned and she says, solemnly, “I see.”

Amara says, “The stigma of being associated with the company that unintentionally helped Kayaba trap all of you in that ‘death game’ may never go away.”

Seijirou says, with a nod, “True. Very true. The low level employees might have a chance to get new jobs and start over with their lives, but the heads, the programmers, and developers of Argus may never full remove the ‘stain’ of being ‘associated’ with Kayaba-sempai ever.”

Serena weakly turns her left hand into a fist and she thinks in her mind, “Uncle Kayaba… you are such a baka! Was your stupid ‘death game’ really worth it? Was it really worth all of the lives that you ruined?”

End Flashback; Return to the Present

Back in the present, Serena is carefully getting dressed as Darien watches her to make sure that she doesn’t hurt herself since despite her recovering faster than other ‘SAO survivors’, the people that managed to escape Sword Art Online are being known as, Serena’s body has yet to regain its full strength.

As she is doing this, she thinks, “My uncle… the uncle that I had loved for so long like a second father before this horrible nightmare occurred destroyed so many lives and not just the lives of the people that died in SAO. The majority of the people of Argus will never lead normal lives again because of the ‘stigma’ of being associated with the company that unintentionally helped him create his ‘death game’. Many of them have either armed guards or gone into protection programs out of fear of retaliation by the victims friends, family, and loved ones. Grandpa and Grandma Kayaba are out in the country and in hiding because of this! The government had to erase all records containing the facts that my mother is uncle Kayaba’s sister! And it is the reason that I’m living with Darien-kun, though I don’t mind at all, and not in my… Serena Tsukino’s home.” Serena shakes her head and she thinks, “It’s crazy, but for me, I can’t help to think of myself not as me… as Serena Tsukino. To me, SAO hasn’t ended… not when I heard that a valued friend in there didn’t come home…”

Flashback; November 10, 2024

Inside of Serena’s hospital room, Seijirou is at the door where he is looking at Serena, who is sitting up in her hospital bed, with Darien and the Sailor Scouts surrounding her in which she gasps at what Seijirou just told her.”

Serena asks, shocked, “What?” Serena shouts out, showing an irritated look, “If you are trying to upset me, it’s working!” Serena shifts forward a bit and she winches from her quite fragile body not liking the sudden rush forward.

Darien says, “Serena, don’t push yourself, please.”

Raye says, “Yeah, Meatball Head, it has only been three days.”

Serena says, weakly, “Sorry, everyone.” Serena then glares at Seijirou with a strong glare that’s totally unlike her before she was trapped in SAO which surprises the others and she says, “I’m not laughing Seijirou-dono.”

Seijirou responds, “I wish that I was joking, Tsukino-san. It seems like around three hundred SAO players haven’t logged out and I’m afraid to say that Asuna-san is one of them.”

Serena thinks in her mind, horrified, “No!”

Seijirou says, “We thought it was due to some kind of time lag since you are returning over six thousand players to their bodies and logging them out of a virtual world, but it has been too long for that to be possible. For some reason, Asuna-san and the other players that haven’t returned are still trapped.”

Serena says, stunned, “But that… that can’t be possible! He promised! It was over! We won! There is no point to this!”

Seijirou says, “We understand, Tsukino-san. However, as we have mentioned before, despite your victory against Kayaba-sempai in the game, it doesn’t mean that he is truly dead. We have yet to find him, but then again, he went missing since the whole of the ‘SAO incident’ started and we have yet to find him.”

Serena says, plainly, “As I told you, I have no idea where he could be.”

Seijirou says, “I doubt that you would know, Tsukino-san. Since he got you involved in all this, it shows that he wouldn’t have told his family where he would be ‘logging in’. That’s what we figured from the start and he may have been smart enough to make sure that you and your family wouldn’t have a single clue.”

Serena says, “But there is no place where they could be. Aincard was destroyed. I watched the whole thing.”

Seijirou says, “And the limited evidence that we can get from the servers tells us this, but there is nothing more that we can do. As before, we dare not tamper with them, at least too much, or activate the program used to disable the safeties of the NervGear and kill the remaining three hundred SAO players. As we speak, we are working on finding any leads, but for now, we are going to focus on your uncle… I mean, Kayaba-sempai since it is all that we can work with.”

Serena says, looking at him with an intense stare that’s unlike our Moon Princess before SAO, “What do you mean? Doing that will get you nowhere! You need to figure out what happened and use that to find a way to free Asuna and the others!”

Seijirou says, “Right now, our main focus is you and the other ‘SAO survivors’ as they are being called, Tsukino-san. There is also keeping the media from finding out your family connections to Kayaba-sempai. Remember, over the two years that this nightmare has gone on, nearly four thousand people died and the deaths happened until the final moments in which about fourteen people died on the final day alone.”

Serena thinks in her mind, solemnly, “I know, Seijirou-dono. I watched them die.” Serena’s right hand turns into a fist as that memory comes into her mind.

Seijirou says, “Their family, friends, and loved ones are beyond angry with what happened and they have a right to be, but what it isn’t right is that they take that anger and rage on you and your family since you had nothing to do with it and in fact, you are among the biggest victims of them all of what Kayaba-sempai did.”

Amara says, drolly, “No kidding.”

Seijirou says, “But those people that lost people that they cared about to SAO won’t care about that. It is unfair, but that’s human nature. It is somewhat of a weak excuse, but it is what it is. With the media coverage high on the ‘SAO survivors’ coming back from the ‘death game’, if we don’t focus on controlling that, there might be a chance that your family connections to Kayaba-sempai might be leaked out. Right now, our main focus is helping of the SAO survivors, including yourself, and focus on your protection and keeping media coverage of the survivors down to a minimum because the survivors, like you, need to readjust to the real world.”

Amara says, with a sigh, “As much as I hate to agree with him, he has a point.”

Lita tells Serena, “Yeah, Serena. You need to recover. You have been through a lot.”

Seijirou says, “Ami-san and Trista-san are elite members of our taskforce along with your mother. In fact, the two of them are our top Full-Dive experts.”
Ami tells Serena, with a smile, “Please, Serena, leave everything to Trista and me. We need you to focus on recovering, okay?” Serena smiles weakly and she nods her head in agreement.

Lita says, with a nod, “That a girl.”

Darien says, “They will do everything in their power to bring your friend home, Sere’.”

Serena responds, with a warm smile, “I know, Darien-kun.”

End Flashback; Return to the Present

At the dinner table, Serena and Darien are eating a breakfast meal consisting of pancakes, eggs, waffles, and other breakfast foods.

Luna tells Serena, “I can’t believe that I’m saying this, but eat a hearty meal, Serena. You are going to need as much energy as possible since you are still recovering and even more so since the Silver Crystal is helping you by speeding up the strengthen of your muscles and body which will cause your metabolism to need more energy than ever.”

Serena responds, drolly, “Right, mom.” As they continue to eat on, Darien and Luna notice that Serena isn’t eating her food like she used to and while she isn’t eating slow, she is eating in a very ‘paced’ manner which is unusual for Serena.

Darien asks Serena, “Serena, is something wrong?” Serena looks at Darien and he asks, “Not to insult you, but you aren’t…?”

Serena swallows her food and she responds, “I know, Darien-kun. I know. I just have a lot on my mind lately.”

Luna says, with a nod, “We understand, Serena. You have been through a lot, but while it has been a month, you have been trapped in that nightmarish ‘death game’ for two long years and you were forced to survive without any guidance or help from us.”

Serena says, with a smile, “Darien and the girls did help me. They gave me the strength to venture out and find a way out of there.”

Darien says, with a nod, “While we did inspire you, you managed to free yourself and nearly every one of the survivors on your own.”

Serena responds, “Not alone, Darien-kun. I had all of you with me and I had help from my friends in SAO.”

Luna says, “Yes, I was thinking about them.”

Serena tells Luna, with a pout, “Not again. I already got Pyro full blast about what happened and you know what happened couldn’t be helped.”

Luna says, “Yes, I know, but I can’t help to be a bit ‘annoyed’ at what happened with you leaping in there like that. I thought that you were going to die, Serena! You are my precious princess! If anything happened to you, I…”

Serena responds, with a warm smile, “I understand, Luna. I’m sorry.”

Luna says, “At least, you are safe and alive and well. It’s in the past.”

Darien says, “At least the other Scouts managed to find those in the group that witnessed your battle with K-Heathcliff and it was very easy to convince them to keep your identity a secret from even the other players.”

Luna says, “Not surprising since she and that friend of hers, Kazuto-san, saved all of their lives.” Luna says, “Speaking of him, I heard from Darien that you heard from him.”

Serena says, with a nod, “It was nice to hear from Kirito again.”

Flashback; November 21, 2024

Inside of Darien’s apartment, Serena, walking on crutches, is being helped by Darien onto Darien’s bed and helped to sit down in which Darien helps put her crutches aside.

Serena says, “Geez! My legs feel jelly!”

Luna says, leaping onto a nearby table, “What did you expect Serena? Serena, despite the Silver Crystal helping keeping you in better shape than your fellow ‘SAO survivors’ and enhancing your recovery, it is going to you time to heal and it only has been two weeks.”

Serena says, “I know! I know! It’s just… I feel so useless.”

Darien tells Serena, “You are NEVER useless, Meatball Head. You did what needed to be done ‘in there’. Your job now is to heal and recover.”

Luna says, “Darien is right, Serena. Let the others take over. They will find out what’s happening.”

Darien says, warmly, “But they can’t do that if they are worrying about you, Serena.”

Serena says, with a smile, “Right, Darien-kun.” Serena and Darien share a kiss, but then the phone rings in which Darien goes over to answer it.

Darien asks, talking into the phone, “Hello?” Darien asks, his eyes narrowing, “Who is this?”

Serena asks, “Darien-kun?”

Darien says, putting his hands on the speaker, “It’s someone claiming to be your friend from SAO, Kirito.”

Serena asks, shocked, “Kirito?” Quickly as a flash, Serena moves her arms to grab the phone off as Darien’s hand, much to his surprise, in which Serena makes a motion to say ‘Sorry, sweetie’ and she asks, talking into the phone, “Kirito?”

Just then Kirito’s voice comes over the receiver saying, “It’s me, Usagi.”

Serena says, excitedly, “Kirito, it is you!”

Kirito’s or Kazuto Kiriguya’s, voice, responds, “Nice to hear from you, Usagi. Actually, I should be calling you, Serena. And I’m Kazuto. We’re in real life now.”

Serena responds, “Yeah, but it has been only two weeks, Kirito… I mean Kazuto.”

Kazuto tells Serena, “It’s all right, Usagi. You’re right. It’s going to take a while for both of us. How are you doing?”

Serena replies, “I’m able to walk on crutches now.”

Kazuto responds, “Lucky you. I’m not at that point yet. I’m still trying to walk on them.” Kazuto tells Serena, “Usagi, have you…?”

Serena replies, knowing exactly what Kazuto is going to ask, “I know, Kirito. I think that I was the first one to know.”

Kazuto asks, “Let me guess: The guy with glass that was head of the unit working on the ‘SAO incident’, what they are calling what happened to us?”

Serena asks, drolly, “He went to you, too, huh?”

Kazuto replies, “Since we are the ones that won the game, I’m not surprised.”

Serena tells Kazuto, “Kirito, I don’t understand. He promised…”

Kazuto then says, “I know, Usagi. And if you are thinking what I am thinking, then you are right. It was the final hour. We had won and he had lost. There was no reason for him to keep prisoners. Plus, he didn’t even let you go when this all started, so, why let us all of us, minus Asuna and the others, go if he was going to continue this? There is something else going on here and we know it.”

Serena nods her head and she says, “Yes, but I don’t get what.”

Kazuto replies, “There could have been a malfunction that Kayaba didn’t know about, but knowing him, it was a one in a million chance that could happen. Or there was an ‘outside force’ that prevented Asuna and the others that prevented them from returning to their bodies.”

Serena asks, “Outside force? Like what?”

Kazuto tells Serena, “No idea. And now, the main focus is on all of us and ‘reintegrating’ us into the real world.”

Serena tells Kazuto, “Kirito, my friends are working around the clock on this. They won’t stop until our fellow players are home especially Asuna.”

Kazuto replies, “I know, Usagi.” Kazuto tells Usagi, “Usagi, you are now with the one that you love. Be very glad that you have him.”

Serena tells Kazuto, “Kirito, Asuna is my best friend and I won’t abandon her. And she is the person that you love for another fact. I… We won’t stop until we bring her home. I promise.”

Kazuto responds, with a kind tone, “Yeah, I know that you won’t. For now, Usagi, which I think that your friends already told you, you just focus on recovering, but who am I talk, huh?”

Serena says, with a weak smile, “Anyway, I hope that have you and the others meet Darien-kun and my friends one day.”

Kazuto says, “Sounds great, Usagi. Both for now, let’s give Klein, Silica, Lisbeth, and the others time to readjust.”

Serena says, nodding her head, “Yeah. Hear to hear from you soon, Kirito.”

Kazuto says, “Same here, Usagi.” Serena hears the line disconnect and she then slams the phone onto the bed with a look of distress on her face.

Luna asks, concerned, “Serena?” Darien sits down by Serena in which Serena looks at Darien, sits herself down on his lap, and she then kisses him on the lips which surprises Darien, but he returns the kiss and gently hugs her.

End Flashback; Return to the Present

Back in the present, Darien tells Serena, “I actually met your friend recently.”

Serena asks, surprised, “You did?”

Darien says, “He is going through rehabilitation at Chiyoda Hospital in Saitama district. Right now, he is managing to walk on crutches, but he is doing well. He might be getting off them soon.”

Serena says, with a nod, “That’s good to know.”

Darien tells Serena, “Your friend is a strong and determined person.”

Serena says, with a nod, “Yes, he is.”

Darien says, “However, there is a hole in his heart. I can see it in his eyes.”

Serena says, with a nod, “I know.”

Darien tells Serena, taking her hands into his hands, “He helped bring you back to me, Meatball Head. I won’t stop until he is reunited with the person that he loves most, Serena. He brought you home to all of us and me. I can’t do any less for him.”

Serena responds, with a warm loving smile, “Thank you, Darien-kun. And thank you for putting up with me.”

Serena and Darien share a kiss and he says, “You are my princess, Meatball Head. Anyway, we should get going. You have another day at the gym.”

Luna tells Serena, “And you aren’t stopping until I see you running like you were before when you are late for school or for any type of sale.”

Serena asks Luna, drolly, “Really?” Darien gently smiles at this as he and Serena prepare to head off for the day at the gym to continue with Serena’s rehabilitation.

December 8, 2024, Cherry Hill Shrine

Inside of Raye’s temple home, the Sailor Scouts, minus Serena, are assembled together along with Artemis as they discuss a lot of things.

Raye asks, “Why are we still doing this?”

Amara says, “Ami-chan has a point, Raye. SAO is gone. When the game was cleared, it was deleted after all. They have to be in another virtual world.”

Mina asks, “But ALO is a really big game? Why would they be in there?”

Trista says, “It is because they are so big that they could be there.”

Hotaru asks, “Could they be hidden in a ‘secret area’ of ALO?”

Lita says, “It is possible, Hotaru.”

Amara says, “It is because it could be so vast and this ‘hidden area’ could be covered up by some kind of program that the administration might not be able to see if they aren’t in on it.”

Mina asks, “Are you saying that the people that run ALO might be the ones holding the still trapped SAO players?”

Raye says, “Not all of them, Mina-chan. However, they are the ones that took over maintaining the SAO servers when Argus collapses thanks to Kayaba doing this which might explain on how they were able to create a new VRMMO so quickly and make it so good.”

Amara says, “It is nothing, but a copy of SAO expect that you are allowed to log out, you won’t really die in the game, and no sword skills along with the addition of magic and a few other things.”

Lita says, “And there is also that Sugou guy, the head of the Full-Dive division of that company.”

Mina says, “Yeah, he just screams ‘bad news’.”

Raye says, “No kidding, Mina-chan.”

Ami says, “I hate that we are keeping this from Serena.”

Raye says, “How do you think that the rest of us feel, Ami-chan? But Meatball Head has already been through enough because of this nightmare that her uncle put her through and she may never fully recover from it. She needs to recuperate and that’s what she should be focusing on.”

Artemis says, “Well, it isn’t like the Dark Agency isn’t going to give her that time. Ever since she got out of there, their attacks have been getting worse. It is like that they can sense that Sailor Moon is back.”

Just then Luna’s voice says, “Hopefully, we can give her that time.” Everyone then looks to see Luna coming over to them.

Ami says, “Hi, Luna.”

Mina asks, “How are the lovebirds doing?”

Luna responds, “Okay…”

Amara asks, curiously, “But?”

Luna says, with a sigh, “Serena hasn’t been her bubbly self lately. Sure, she smiles a lot and pines plenty over Darien, but she hasn’t been as ‘bright’ as she has been before.”

Raye tells Luna, “Can you really blame her? Meatball Head has been through traumatic experience thanks to her own uncle which she used to love and adore like a second father. He then betrays her, traps her in a ‘death game’, and she had to watch nearly four thousand, mainly good and innocent people, die trapped in there. And as Sailor Moon, Serena has always managed to finally save the day for everyone, but she learned the lesson that not even Sailor Moon can save everyone in the worst way possible.”

Amara says, “While I would have wanted Dumpling to learn that lesson, I never wanted her to learn in such a way.”

Michelle says, nodding her head, “Seeing all of those people die in that matter must have been heart-wrenching for our princess.”

Raye says, with a sigh, “I’m not sure if Serena will ever be completely the same again, Luna.” Luna nods her head and Raye says, “We can be thankful that she came back and she has retained her sanity.”

Artemis says, “However, she is also got something else on her mind. The friend from SAO that didn’t make it back.”

Mina says, “Asuna Yuuki. The leader of one of the elite ‘guilds’, groups of players, from SAO.”

Lita says, “She is one of the people that gave Serena plenty of understanding, caring, and friendship when we couldn’t be there and she is the girlfriend to another best friend of Serena while in SAO.”

Ami says, “Kazuto Kirigaya, who was known as Kirito, the Black Swordsman due to his choice of attire.”

Mina says, with a sly smile, “I’ve got to admit that he looks pretty cute.”

Raye says, with a glare, “Mina-chan…”

Mina says, “Hey! Hey! I know! He’s already taken!”

Hotaru says, “We have to save them for the reason that they gave our princess their support and friendship during that horrible ordeal.”

Lita says, with a nod, “Right, Hotaru. And we may also finally help put at least some of the ‘ghosts’ of SAO to bed for Serena too.”

Raye asks, “Speaking of our Meatball head, where is she now?”

Luna says, nervously, “Well…”

December 8, 2024, Tokorozawa

At a high-tech hospital at Tokorozawa, there is a room for long-term patients and it is spacious in which there is a high-tech bed for long term panties with the smell of fresh flowers within and on the bed, there is lovely young woman with rich, lustrous chestnut brown hair and pale skin, but it doesn’t have a sickly tinge to it. This is the real body of Asuna the Flash, the sub-commander of the Knights of the Blood Oath, one of the strongest guilds there was in SAO, and one of the strongest players of the game a match for Kirito and our moon princess. Speaking of our Moon Princess, Eternal Sailor Moon, now wearing the crown that she wore when she fought against Heathcliff in SAO, is looking at her with a solemn look in her eyes.

Sailor Moon thinks in her mind, “Asuna…” Sailor Moon then decides to fly up to the room to make sure that she isn’t making a scene where her eyes widen to see Tuxedo Mask and the rest of the Sailor Scouts waiting for her.

Tuxedo Mask tells Sailor Moon, “They just arrived here, Sailor Moon.”

Sailor Moon asks the Sailor Scouts, “What are you doing here?”

Sailor Mars says, “We should be asking you the same thing, Meatball Head?”

Sailor Moon says, nervously, “Well…”

Sailor Mercury says, “Sailor Moon, you can’t keep doing this to yourself.”

Sailor Moon retorts, “Why not?” Sailor Moon’s right hand turns into a fist and she says, with tears coming from her eyes, “I… I hate this! I never felt so powerless in my life! Not even the times when I couldn’t transform into Sailor Moon that I never felt so powerless!”

Sailor Jupiter says, “We know, Sailor Moon.”

Sailor Pluto says, “We can’t say anything at all that we understand how you feel because none of us experienced what you went through in SAO.”

Sailor Mercury says, “And you can be assured that we are going to everything it takes to bring your friend home.”

Sailor Moon says, with a smile, “I know, girls. I know that you will.” Sailor Moon then asks them, with a plain tone, “But what are you keeping from me?”

The others give a look of surprise and Sailor Venus asks, mentally nervously, “What are you talking about Sailor Moon?”

Sailor Moon says, with a stern expression that’s out of character for our moon princess, “Venus-chan, don’t think that I’m same Meatball Head that I was before.” The others are a bit nervous and Sailor Moon says, with a sigh, “But I trust you. You are my friends after all.”

Sailor Moon walks over to Tuxedo Mask and Sailor Mars thinks, sarcastically, “Make us feel like heels why don’t you, Sailor Moon?”

Sailor Moon kisses Tuxedo Mask on the lips and she says, “Please wait for me at home, Tuxedo Mask. I just need to fly to clear my mind.”

Tuxedo Mask is concerned for her, but Tuxedo Mask says, with a nod, “Okay, but please be careful.”

Sailor Moon responds, with a warm smile, “I will.” Sailor Moon then takes off into the distance and the others are watching her go.

When she is out of sight, Sailor Jupiter says, “Man! I feel like a major heel!”

Sailor Uranus says, “It isn’t like we have a solid clue that we can tell her about, Jupiter.”

Sailor Neptune says, “However, we are keeping a major secret since we are going into another VRMMO via the Amusphere.”

Sailor Saturn asks, “Are you sure that we should keep it a secret?”

Sailor Mars says, “I don’t like it as much as you do, Saturn, but right now, Sailor Moon needs to recover. She has been through a living nightmare for two long years and to be really honest, she may never be completely the same person thanks to her wretched uncle.”

Sailor Uranus says, “And for her, the SAO incident won’t end until everyone gets home.” The others can’t help to nod their heads agreement and they prepare to do what they can to figure out what’s going on and bring the final 300 SAO players, who’s minds are still trapped in the server somewhere, home.

December 31, 2024, Jewelry OSA-P

Within Jewelry OSA-P, the jewelry store owned by Molly Baker’s mother, we find said person working on a high-tech computer when brown cat with large blue eyes and a rainbow colored star on top of his forehead comes out into the open.

The cat says, in a female voice, “You are working hard.”

Molly replies, “I’m preparing for guests, Aurora.”

The female cat asks, “Guests?” The female cat then says, with realization in her eyes, “I see.”

Molly says, “I just hope that Serena will be ready for this, Aurora.”

The female cat, Aurora, responds, “But we have much clue as the other Sailor Scouts do, Molly. Even with the help of our allies.”

Molly says, “I know, but something in my heart feels that it is going to change soon.”

Aurora tells Molly, “I trust your judgment, Molly.”

Molly responds, with a warm smile, “Thank you, Aurora.” Molly thinks in her mind, “I just hope that I’m really helping Serena and not hurting her. But Asuna is Serena’s precious friend in SAO, someone that supported her when she was without the other Scouts and her love. She is precious to Serena. Serena, I’m so sorry that we have grown apart. I understood why when I learned the truth that you are Sailor Moon during that time when that Black Crystal appeared in the city and more so when I learned the truth about myself and our shared history. It looks like I let history repeat itself and let us drift apart. However, this time, I will help you as a true friend should.” Molly then looks a prism-like heart-shaped broach with rainbow star in it and four rainbow colored wings coming out of it.

January 1, 2025, Juuban

In the daylight of the first day of the new year of 2025, the Sailor Scouts, minus Sailor Moon, and Tuxedo Mask are battling a powerful blue skinned youma dressed in animal skin one-piece bathing suit-like outfit and with a belt made of crocodile hide containing multiple swords, but there is none other than Jadeite with the youma. The streets are becoming deserted as people are running for their lives with two cars are in the middle of the road and cut down the middle in half while two others, also cut in half, are also engulfed in flames.

Sailor Jupiter says, “Man! These guys are getting bolder!”

Sailor Mercury says, “We were warned that they would start attacking in the light of day.”

Jadeite says, “That’s right, Sailor Mercury.” Jadeite then asks, with a malicious smile, “Or would you prefer Ami Mizuno instead?”

There are gasps and Sailor Venus says, “No way!”

Jadeite says, with a sinister smile, “Queen Beryl sealed me away before I could use that bit of information that I gained to get back in her good grace and it was because of you, Sailor Sluts, who trapped me in that by ruining all of my plans!”

Sailor Uranus says, “It is what we do, Nega-trash.”

Jadeite says, with a smirk, “While I only know about Mercury, Mars, and that bratty Moon Princess, which I can’t believe that Sailor Moon of all people is the Moon Princess, I have the information that I need to make your lives a nightmare! Should I go back to Cherry Hill Shrine or make a visit to Miss Mizuno’s hospital? So many choices.”

Sailor Mars shouts out, “Leave them alone!”

Jadeite says, “Make me! And it looks like your pathetic leader, Sailor Moon, has played it smart and decided to quit!”

Just then a familiar female voice says, “Or maybe you are too dumb to know when to quit, Jadeite!” Everyone then looks to see Eternal Sailor Moon, but now with a sword that looks like an Elucidator and another sword that looks like Dark Repulser strapped to the sides of her skirt, fly down in-between Jadeite and the youma and the Sailor Scouts and Tuxedo Mask.

Sailor Venus says, surprised, “Sailor Moon!”

Sailor Mars asks, “What are you doing here Meatball Head?”

Sailor Moon responds, “What do you think Pyro? Why didn’t you call me? I don’t like to fight, but I don’t like see you, girls, get hurt even more! I can’t stand it!”

Jadeite says, “Well, if it isn’t the Moon Princess? And yes, I know who you are in all sorts.”

Sailor Mercury says, “Sailor Moon, Jadeite has discovered Mars’, mine, and your identities!”

Sailor Moon asks, stunned, “What?”

Jadeite responds, “Shall I go visit the Tsukino family to prove it?”

Sailor Moon glares at Jadeite and she yells out, “Leave them out of this Jadeite!”

Jadeite responds, “I dare you to try and stop me! Now, Shivan, take out that crybaby princess once and for all!”

The youma responds, “You got it, boss!” The youma, Shivan, draws two of her swords and charges right at Sailor Moon, who doesn’t move an inch.

Sailor Uranus shouts out, concerned, “Sailor Moon, what are you doing?” However, Sailor Moon gives a curious look in which she easily dodges Shivan’s strike, much to hers and Jadeite’s surprise. Shivan then unleashes another assault of sword strikes, but Sailor Moon easily dodges out of the way without the least bit difficultly.

Shivan shouts out, “Hold still, you little brat!” Shivan tries again and again to strike Sailor Moon, but she easily and gracefully, which is unusual for Sailor Moon, dodges out of the way of the sword strikes.

When Shivan stops her attacks, Sailor Moon asks, curiously, “Really? With that kind of speed? And that kind of technique?”

Jadeite thinks in his mind, stunned, “What’s going on here? Sailor Moon was nothing more than a crybaby and joke! She got lucky most of the time or her wretched Earth Prince always gave her an opening! How could she anticipate Shivan’s attacks?!”

Shivan shouts out, enraged, “I’ll show you, Sailor Failure!” Just then Shivan grows half-a-dozen more arms and she arms them with a sword each.

Sailor Moon yelps out and she whines out, “That’s not fair!”

Shivan says, with an evil smile, “I don’t play fair!” Shivan then unleashes another assault on Sailor Moon, but she, floating slightly above the ground, easily moves and dodges out of the way of the attacks as easily as before.

The other Sailor Scouts are shocked and Sailor Saturn says, amazed, “Sailor Moon.”

Sailor Jupiter says, “I can’t believe what I’m seeing!” Sailor Moon easily avoids the attack, but then Jadeite, managing to get behind her, grabs her from the behind and restrains her.

Sailor Moon says, shocked, “Hey! That’s so not fair!”

Jadeite responds, with an evil smile, “We don’t play fair, foolish princess!”

Sailor Uranus says, strongly, “Let her go!”

Shivan then puts a sword to Sailor Moon’s neck and she says, “Try it and she gets a new ‘blowhole’ especially you, pretty boy! Any attempt at a rose and bye-bye Moon Princess!”

Tuxedo Mask snarls at Shivan as he makes sure that his hands can be seen and Jadeite says, with an evil smile, “I can’t wait to show your broken body to your family before I make them pay for bringing you into this world!” Jadeite’s laughs evilly, but Sailor Moon’s eyes narrow into uncharacteristic deadly glare.

Sailor Moon says, strongly, “No, you won’t!” Sailor Moon then slams the heel of her high-heeled boots into Jadeite’s right foot and he yells out in pain as he releases Sailor Moon from his grip only to get an elbow to the chin causing him to stumble back in which Shivan looks on shock giving Sailor Moon enough time to whip out her swords and in flash, Sailor Moon cuts off all of Shivan’s arms in which she doesn’t feel anything at first, but when she sees her arms are gone, the pain hits her like a bomb and she screams out in pain before Sailor Moon cuts her in two causing her to explode.

Jadeite creates a black crystal sword and he shouts out, angrily, “You will pay for that! You have embarrassed me for last time!”

“Pink Moon Crystal Kiss!”

Jadeite then screams out as he is slammed by a powerful beam of pink and silver energy that sends him flying over Sailor Moon and slamming into another car which explodes on impact in which everyone looks at who just did it.

The person responsible for the attack looks to be 14-15 year old version of Sailor Mini-Moon wearing an Eternal Sailor Scout fuku similar to Sailor Moon’s fuku, but her shoulder pads are pink, the skirt is pink, gold, and silver, her broach is pink and silver instead of ruby red and gold, and her high-heeled boots are also pink as well with four huge white wings coming out of her back. In her hands, there is a pink version of Sailor Moon’s Eternal Tier Specter.

There are gasps and Tuxedo Mask asks, “Sailor Mini-Moon?”

The teenage version of Sailor Mini-Moon responds, in a teenage version of Sailor Mini-Moon’s voice, “Actually, it is Sailor Neo Moon now. I’m not so ‘Mini’ anymore, huh? Pretty awesome, huh? I’m an Eternal Sailor Scout too!”

Sailor Moon asks, “What are you doing here?”

The teenage version of Sailor Mini-Moon, Sailor Neo-Moon, responds, “Talk later! Let’s take care of that Nega-trash, Sailor Moon.” Sailor Moon and Sailor Neo-Moon look to where Jadeite was sent by Sailor Neo-Moon in which they don’t see him.

The others see this and Sailor Venus asks, “Did she get him?”

Sailor Uranus says, “Maybe or maybe he got away. We are going to have to wait and see.” The Sailor Scouts and Tuxedo Mask assemble around Sailor Moon and Sailor Neo-Moon, but when they hear news people and police coming, they decide to talk somewhere private in which they take to the rooftops. Later on, on top of Darien’s apartment complex, all of the Sailor Scouts are assembled together.

Sailor Saturn hugs Sailor Neo-Moon and she says, “You’ve grown Rini!”
Sailor Neo-Moon says, “You, too, Hotaru! You look so beautiful!”

Tuxedo Mask asks, “Rini, what are you doing here in the past?”

Sailor Neo-Moon responds, “I was sent back on a mission.”

Sailor Mars asks, “A mission?”

Sailor Neo-Moon says, “I really don’t know the details, but the others told me to meet with a Sailor Scout known as Sailor Nebula.”

There are gasps and Sailor Neptune asks, “Did you say Sailor Nebula?”

Sailor Moon asks, “Who?”

Sailor Venus says, “Right, you weren’t here when…”

Sailor Neo-Moon says, plainly, “It’s all right. I already know all about the SAO incident.”

There are multiple gasps and Sailor Mercury says, “We shouldn’t be surprised. This was a major incident, so, it shouldn’t be surprising that it is major historical event in Rini’s time.”

Sailor Neo-Moon responds, “It is. It is one of the great events in the history of the twenty-first century and the day that it started is a ‘day of infamy’ like the attacks on Pearl Harbor or Nine-Eleven.”

Sailor Jupiter says, with a whistle, “Wow.”

Sailor Neo-Moon says, “In my time, during November Six and Seven of every year, it is a time of remembrance for the start and the end of the ‘SAO incident’, which is one of the greatest cyber and the first ever ‘VR crime’ in recorded history. If you want to study up on the history of the twenty-first century, you want to go into a business that’s greatly involved with VR, which is an important part of everyday life in my time, you are required to study up on it.”

Sailor Mercury asks, “Virtual Reality is part of everyday life?”

Sailor Neo-Moon replies, with a nod, “Yep.”

Tuxedo Mask tells Sailor Neo-Moon, “Rini, this may not be a good time to bring up the ‘SAO incident’.”

Sailor Neo-Moon replies, “Darien, I already know that Sailor Moon is an SAO survivor and Akihiko Kayaba is her uncle.”

There are gasps and Sailor Moon asks, surprised, “You know?”

Sailor Neo-Moon says, with a nod, “Mom told me.” There are eyes widen in shock and Sailor Neo-Moon says, “After I had returned home after the final battle with the Dead Moon and I continued on with my training and living life, I went out of the palace a lot with everyone since my parents always said that true rulers rule WITH the people not RULING them from a crystal throne. I had some good friends in my time and plenty of them were born in my time and in my time, VR technology isn’t just used for games, it is used for everyday life. In fact, people spend half of their long lives in the virtual world since it is important for planetary and inter-planetary functions through we always carry ‘back up systems’ just in case of an emergency. And when it comes to events in the virtual world, the ‘SAO incident’ is the most infamous of them all. I heard about it a lot and I know it was a big deal, but I never really understood it and until recently, I never knew that mom lived through it despite it being part of their time. I had a discussion with my friends and they were making like the ‘SAO incident’ wasn’t a big deal or some kind of joke…”

Upon hearing Sailor Moon shouts out, as memories of SAO come to her mind and with an angered tone that’s not like her, “What?!”

The other Sailor Scouts and Tuxedo Mask leap back in shock from Sailor Moon’s tone in which Sailor Neo-Moon becomes a bit nervous and Sailor Venus says, “Whoa! Easy, Serena!”

Sailor Moon’s eyes widen, realizing her reaction, she shakes her head, and Sailor Moon says, solemnly, “I-I’m sorry.”

Sailor Neo-Moon says, solemnly, “That was mommy’s reaction too and I was shocked. I never seen mom so angry before and when she realized what she did, dad had to hold her up. She then sat me down and told me that she is a SAO survivor, the man that created Sword Art Online, Kayaba, was her uncle, and… everything that happened there.”

Everyone else is wide-eyed and Tuxedo Mask says, “I see.”

Sailor Neo-Moon says, solemnly, “I can see that it was horrible for mom. At different points, mom’s arms were shaking and she was shedding tears. I can tell… the whole experience hurt her so much and the scars never fully faded away. I was so horrified. Mom went through such a horrible experience. I could see it in her eyes: The pain and the horror. I couldn’t understand it. Why would a member of mom’s family do something so horrible? Why would he cause the deaths of so many people? And why would he hurt mom so much? I couldn’t understand it. And I know that I can’t ever hope to understand because I didn’t go what mom went through.” Sailor Neo-Moon tells Sailor Moon, “I’m not here to cause you anymore trouble, Sailor Moon.”

Sailor Moon tells Sailor Neo-Moon, with a smile, “You were never any trouble. You were a real pain in the ass, but never any trouble.”

Sailor Pluto asks, “So, you are here to see Sailor Nebula?”

Sailor Neo-Moon says, “Well, the others said that I would meet her soon enough, Pluto. I really have no idea.” Sailor Neo-Moon says, “Anyway, I’ll head down to meet Grandpa Kenji, Grandma Ikuko, and Uncle Sammy. I already know that you have told them the truth about yourself and Tuxedo Mask along with myself and they basically said that their daughter’s own daughter was with them, they both fainted with Grandpa Kenji being first and Grandma Ikuko begin second.”

Sailor Moon asks, shocked, “Really?”

Sailor Mars says, with a nod, “Yep.”

Sailor Moon thinks in her mind, drolly, “Nice impression, dad.” Sailor Moon asks, “You are going to be staying at my parents?”

Sailor Neo-Moon says, with a smile, “Yep. You’ve been through the meat grinder and beyond, Sailor Moon. I’m not going to give you any more than you already have. If mom has been so effected by SAO in my time, you must have really feeling it.” Sailor Neo-Moon says, with a grin, “While I’m allowing you your precious time with Darien, he is fair game outside of his apartment.”

Sailor Moon says, with a smirk, “You overgrown piece of cotton candy.” Sailor Moon ruffles her future daughter’s hair and Sailor Neo-Moon giggles at this in which Sailor Neo-Moon hugs Sailor Moon in which Sailor Moon hugs back and she says, “I can’t believe that I’m saying this, but it is good to see you again, Rini.” Everyone smiles at this, but plenty of them wondered what kind of mission that she is on that involves Sailor Nebula.

January 17, 2025, Darien’s apartment home

Within Darien’s apartment home, Serena is inside alone and she has just finished a snack while watching television in which we can see, as she is wearing a simple shirt and shorts, she is much healthier and looks much like she did before she was trapped in SAO, thanks to the Silver Crystal accelerating the healing process through at the price of her having to eat a lot more due to her accelerated metabolism because of the Silver Crystal involved in Serena’s healing and more.

Then there is a rapid knocking on the door and Sailor Neo-Moon’s voice shouts out, “Serena! Serena!”

Serena asks, “Rini?” Serena goes over to the door, opens it, and a 14-15 year old, Rini, wearing a pink shirt, a white skirt that goes three-quarters of the way down her thighs, black stockings, and pink sneakers, runs into the house and closes the door in which she locks it.

Rini says, “About time, Meatball Head.”

Serena asks, “What is it?”

Rini takes out a letter and she says, “A talking cat with a rainbow star saying that she is Sailor Nebula’s partner told me to deliver it to you saying that it was really important.”

Serena asks, surprised, “Someone like Luna and Artemis?”

Rini responds, with a nod, “Yep.”

Serena asks, “What does Sailor Nebula want with me?”

Rini replies, “Got me, Serena. I thought I was supposed to be the one to meet her, but the cat, Aurora, said that this was to go to you.”

Serena takes out the letter and she says, reading it, “Dear Serena, you must know that I already know that Serena Tsukino and Sailor Moon are one and the same. I also know that you… you are an SAO survivor!” Serena thinks in her mind, shocked, “How? How does she know that?”

Rini asks, “How does she know that?”

Serena says, “That’s my question!” Serena then says, reading the letter, “This is an important matter for you. I know that you still have your NervGear. Take it and have you and your future daughter, Rini, meet me on the roof of Jewelry OSA-P. Look at the picture and you’ll understand what I mean.” Serena then takes a picture from behind the letter and her eyes grow wide and she gasps in shock at what she sees. The picture depicts the inside of a cage and it looks to be a magnification from a larger picture and while the details are blurry, Serena recognizes the person with long chestnut brown hair and hazel eyes causing her to think, stunned, “Asuna?!”

Rini is stunned by Serena’s shocked expression and she shouts out, “Serena? Serena? Hey, Meatball Head, are you okay? Serena?!”

Serena shakes out of her stupor and she responds, in an uncharacteristic serious tone, “I’m all right. Rini, we’re going to OSA-P now.”

Rini asks, surprised and confused, “Huh? Why?”

Serena says, throwing the letter and picture on the table, “That will tell you.” Serena then goes off into Darien’s bedroom and she quickly puts on a full outfit in which she takes her broach, but she then goes over to a large suitcase and inside of the suitcase, there is a NervGear, the one that she wore during her two years trapped in SAO, and she takes it into her hand causing her arms and hands to shake as the horrible memories of SAO flow into her mind, but she controls herself. Serena then puts the NervGear back with the rest of the rig, which was in the suitcase, and returns to the living room in which Rini is looking at the picture that came with the letter.
Rini says, “Serena, this person…!!”

Serena says, “I know, Rini.” Serena then writes Darien a note that she went out with Rini for some ‘mother, daughter stuff’ and prepares to head off.

Rini tells Serena, “This could be a trick, Serena.”

Serena replies, “I understand, Rini, but I can’t let this chance go. Asuna is a best friend and I can’t abandon her. She is one of the reason that I didn’t lose myself in SAO, Rini.” Serena asks, with a smile, “Besides, why do you think I’m taking you along squirt?”

Rini yells out, annoyed, “Hey, I’m not a squirt!”

Serena responds, with a grin, “You are always going to be that little squirt from the future to me, Rini.” Rini playfully sticks out her tongue while Serena smiles at her future daughter, but Serena then becomes uncharacteristically really serious in her expression as she and Rini take off in which Serena makes sure to take a set of keys that Darien made for her with her. Later on, Sailor Moon and Sailor Neo-Moon were in the sky with Sailor Moon thinking about the NervGear and its accessories that was currently in her sub-space pocket thinking about the friend that she had in SAO that never came home when she did.

And that’s the chapter, everyone! This is like a filler chapter between the end of Aincard arc of Sword Art Online anime/manga/light novel and the start of the Fairy Dance arc of the Sword Art Online series. This shows what happened after Serena came back from SAO and what she is going through with some of her ‘changes’. But you must be wondering what was the deal with the Digimon 01-02 characters being there in the first part of the chapter? Like my Ninja Moon Ninja story, this is a cameo to a sequel and yes, there will be a sequel, everyone! Later and best wishes, Crossover Fans!