Naruto Shippuden Fan Fiction / Crossover Fan Fiction / Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Sailor Moon Online Shippuden: Worlds’ Song ❯ Dueling Assaults ( Chapter 34 )

We have arrived at the next chapter and the next set of adventures of our heroes and heroines in this world with their new friends! While you already know who the main villains are going to be in this arc, don’t count the other enemies seen throughout the story so easily, everyone! I tell you that there are plenty more surprises and such that are coming, folks! Anyway, before I start this chapter, I have to give thanks and credit to Belletigerand Kanius as well as Kanius’ YuYuGiDigiMoon fanfiction series, especially his The Invasion of the Rajita story, for giving me permission to use the idea of Valkyrie Sailor Soldiers and everything that’s a part of them in my fanfiction. I would like to give thanks and credit to Kanius and his YuYuGiDigiMoon series, including this author’s Dawn of Chaos story, and LazerWulf for giving me permission to use the idea for their version of Sailor Charon, namely the fact that she is Sailor Pluto’s sister among other things. Now, I know that this is getting old, but as our ‘SAO stars’ would say: Link start!

 

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Warning: This story contains intense violence, blood, 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 Shippuden: Worlds’ Song

 

(Sword Art Online: Lost Song opening theme song ‘Cynthia No Hikari’ starts)

 

The scene starts as they are massive legions of butterflies that are colored with every color in the rainbow flying through the skies of the real, Digital, and the virtual world of SAO and ALO and then it switches to Kirito, in his SAO and ALO forms, Usagi, in her SAO and ALO forms with Princess Serenity and Eternal/Valkyrie Sailor Moon, and Leafa with Princess Selene and Valkyrie Sailor Celestial back to back overlooking all of those worlds.

 

Asuna, in her ALO form, is flying through the skies of Alfheim before she transforms into Valkyrie Sailor Star with Rainbow Dragon behind her while Akari goes through her SAO form into her ALO form before transforming into Eternal and then Valkyrie Sailor Sun with Magnadramon surrounding her. Sinon, in her ALO form, transforms into Eternal and then her Valkyrie Sailor Scout form in which she aims at some kind of unknown enemy. Sailor Sun, Sailor Star, and Sailor Orion look at Junpier and Miyako as the Moon and Sun Kingdom hover over SAO and ALO.

 

Serena is flanked behind by her Fusion, Synchro, and XYZ counterparts, Serene, Serenity, and Tsuki and the shadows of the Four Dimensional Dragons, Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, Starve Venom Fusion Dragon, Clear Wing Synchro Dragon, and Dark Rebellion XYZ Dragon, hovering all around them. Kirito is facing his Synchro and XYZ counterparts, Kuro and Kata, before all three of them turn to face a mysterious figure in the distance. Naruto is facing his counterpart, Menma, and Menma gives him a wicked smirk as the two of them prepare for battle.

 

Heathcliff is hanging over the Queen’s Gate and out of the Queen’s Gate, there are multiple worlds that our heroes and heroines go through until they, in their ALO forms, are in Alfheim and staring down Sumeragi, Seven, and Shamrock as all of the area of ALO known as Svart Alfheim looms over them before switching the Digital World, the Duel Monsters Spirit World, and beyond.

 

The colors being black and white, Sumeragi with his kitana is seen, Dai, in his ALO form, is seen with his two swords, and then Queen Serenity looking solemnly at the images of Kirito, Princess Serenity, Princess Selene, Davis with UlforceVeedramon, Sailor Sun with Magnadramon, and Naruto as the golden crescent moon sigil, Princess Selene’s twin sigils, the Crest of Miracles, Life, and Light, and the Uzumaki Whirlpool symbol are assembled around an image of the Queen’s Gate with a giant blue heart and Aincrad in the center crossed by two Kye-Blades.

 

Soon after, the images shows all of our Digidestined, Sailor Scouts, Ninja, Duelists, and SAO survivors surround by legions of their friends already known from worlds ranging from Spira, Angel Grove, and beyond as well as those friends that they have yet to meet.

 

Valkyrie Sailor Moon/Princess Serenity, with her hands together, is haunted by the shadow of her ‘corrupted self’, Shadow Sailor Moon, and Valkyrie Sailor Celestial is ‘haunted’ by Dark Suguha and Yuuko, who is holding a Duel Monsters’ card that gives off a sinister aura in which they are comforted by their friends/family/loved ones as they look towards the future, but Davis’ and Kari’s shadows transform into the shapes of an unknown male and unknown female.

 

The scene then switches to Naruto’s and Sasuke’s battle in the Valley of Ends while seeing the battles between Kirito, in his SAO form, against Heathcliff, Eternal Sailor Moon against Heathcliff, and finally Sailor Celestial, in Eternal and Valkyrie Sailor Scout forms, fighting against Heathcliff at the Ruby Palace in SAO, but it then switches to Naruto and Sasuke, in the ‘Shippuden forms’, glaring each other down with Keyblades, Dai and Kirito preparing to fight against Sumeragi, Davis preparing to fight various duelists with the Signer and Duel Dragons against various ‘dark duelists’ in history along with a dark figure behind a dark sinister version of Duel Academy with a legion of duelists with masks shaped like the top of Obelisk the Tormentor’s head, his ‘crown’, and finally, Naruto, Valkyrie Sailor Moon, Valkyrie Sailor Celestial, Davis, Kazuto, looking like SAO Kirito and wielding two Keyblades, and all of their friends/comrades/loved ones with a massive army are staring down Heathcliff, Sugou/Alberich, the members of Laughing Coffin, Queen Beryl, Prince Diamond, Wicked Lady, Mistress Nine, Myotismon, the Dark Masters, someone that looks like a black version of Ken as the Digimon Emperor, Rig and Donovan with their ‘ultimate bio-weapon’ that looks like their shape-shifting ‘Phase 4’ version of Kasumi, Master Xehanort and his Organization XIII, and so many more.

 

Just then the scene shows Naruto and Sasuke in their fight with their Keyblades switching to Dai and Kirito clashing with Sumeragi, twin swords against kitana, switching to Davis fighting against legion of ‘dark duelists’ with the Signer and Duel Dragons in which a mysterious figure summons the three Egyptian God Monsters, Obelisk the Tormentor, Slifer the Sky Dragon, and the Winged Dragon of Ra, who is joined by the three Aesir, Odin, Thor, and Loki, who are wielded by Sailor Celestial, Sailor Venus, and one other with Thor, and launching their assault.

 

The final scene has Naruto, Valkyrie Sailor Moon, Valkyrie Sailor Celestial, Davis, wearing an armor similar to the Armor of Inferno from Ronin Warriors, Valkyrie Sailor Sun, and Kazuto, looking like SAO Kirito, and all of them wielding Keyblades are staring down Heathcliff and others in the Keyblade Graveyard under a large glowing blue heart in which, at some kind of mysterious ‘signal’, they engage in an incredible clash of Keyblades with incredible speed, skill, and ability as the friends/allies/comrades/loved ones of said heroes are rushing down to aid them. As images of SAO, ALO, Earth, the Moon Kingdom, the Leaf Village, and so many other worlds pass by at incredible, the scene shifts to see Naruto helping Kazuto, Valkyrie Sailor Moon, and Valkyrie Sailor Celestial create a Kye-Blade in which they charge at Heathcliff, who is somehow also wielding a Kye-Blade. When their Kye-Blade clash, there is a massive light as images of the Dimensional Dragons and a mysterious kingdom in front of ALO appears.

 

(Sword Art Online: Lost Song opening theme song ‘Cynthia No Hikari’ ends)

 

Chapter 34: Dueling Assaults

 

August 2025 (Earth time), Gamindustri, West Wind Valley

 

In the world of Gamindustri, our heroes and heroines are in the West Wind Valley with Neptune, in her mysterious HDD mode, IF, and Compa, the three friends that they made in this world, where Neptune blocks the blow of a sword from another young woman with silver hair and green eyes who has a similar look to Neptune in her HDD mode.

 

Yolei yells out, “What’s her deal?”

 

TK says, “It seems like she has got a beef with Neptune.” As Neptune and the woman continue to fight, the two of them move at fast speeds and give off powerful strikes.

 

Naruto says, “Well, it doesn’t matter to me! She just attacked one of our friends and I’m going to help!”

 

Naruto leaps into action and Hinata says, concerned, “Naruto-kun.”

 

The woman sees Naruto and she says, “Don’t get in my way! Lace Ribbon Dance!” Before Naruto could do or say anything, the woman lashes out against him with a series of quick kicks and slashes with her sword in which his own Guard Barrier is the only reason that he doesn’t get seriously hurt, but he feels the attacks and he is sent into the ground with a nasty ‘thud’.

 

Minato and Kushina yell out in unison, shocked, “Naruto!”

 

Neptune clashes with the woman and she says, sternly, “Your fight is with me!”

 

The woman responds, “Not my fault that your friend stuck his nose where it doesn’t belong!”

 

Suguha says, seriously and sternly, “And how about I stick my fist into overbearing mouth? Time to get serious!”

 

“Valkyrie Celestial Power, Make-up!”

 

Suguha’s broach opens up and she is engulfed with energy as her clothing melts away with her armored fuku in which Valkyrie Sailor Celestial replaces Suguha.

 

The woman is shocked and she asks, “What? Who the heck is you?!”

 

Sailor Celestial says, “The name is Sailor Celestial, warrior of reality, and the one person that you should have never pissed off!” Sailor Celestial draws her swords and attacks the woman, who manages to block the attack with her sword. The two of them clash with their blades and they manage to reach a stalemate for the moment.

 

The woman says, “Not bad. I am impressed. You are a good swordswoman. However, don’t think that I am complimenting you. I’m just saying that your swordsmanship is quite good.”

 

Sailor Celestial responds, “Like I need a compliment from you.” Sailor Celestial does a backward flip and kicks the woman in the chin.

 

The woman says, irritated, “All right, that does it! How dare you?! Venom Fencer!” She lashes out with rapier strikes that have poison in them, but Sailor Celestial blocks the strikes with her swords without too much trouble much to the woman’s shock.

 

Sailor Celestial says, with a smirk, “Ha! Asuna’s Rapier Sword Skills are faster than that!” Neptune comes into the fight and unleashes a barrage of strikes from her sword which the woman manages to block before kicking Neptune away with a single kick. When Sailor Celestial comes in for the attack, the woman smirks as she prepares her attack.

 

“Venom Fencer!”

 

The woman lashes out with her poisoned laced blade against Sailor Celestial, but she manages to block the attacks.

 

Sailor Celestial asks, “Is that all?”

 

The woman responds, “You fell for it! Lace Ribbon Dance!” Using the same attack that she used on Naruto, the woman pounds Sailor Celestial into the ground, hard!

 

Kazuto says, shocked, “Sugu!”

 

Neptune quickly rejoins the fight and she yells out, “Are you okay?” Sailor Celestial grunts in reply and the woman takes the time to use Neptune’s distraction to knock her back, hard.

 

Naruto’s voice then booms, “Hey!” The woman then looks to block a kunai strike from Naruto and she bashes him in the face only for him to turn into smoke.

 

The woman asks, shocked, “What?” She then notices a ‘shadow’ looming over her and she looks to see Naruto coming down from the sky as well as bearing a Wayward Wind Keyblade with the woman thinking in her mind, stunned, “That weapon…it can’t be…!!” Both Naruto and the woman start to fight hard and the woman asks, seriously, “What are warriors of the Keyblade doing here?!”

 

Naruto asks, surprised, “Hey! How do you know what this is?!”

 

The woman responds, “Of course I know what the Keyblade is! Why would I not?!”

 

Sailor Celestial says, drawing out a Two Become One and Royal Radiance Keyblades, “Then how about these? They should give you a shock!” Sailor Celestial attacks the woman with her Keyblades causing her to get shocked that Sailor Celestial can wield two Keyblades.

 

The woman thinks in her mind, “Two Keyblades?! That shouldn’t be possible! Who are these people?!” The woman continues to battle against both Sailor Celestial and Naruto, who look at each other and nod at some kind of unsaid agreement, as they tag team against this woman with her blades clashing against their Keyblades.

 

“Venom Fencer!”

 

Once again, the woman unleashes her poison laced sword against Naruto, but this time, Naruto is ready as he slips under it and knocks the sword causing the woman’s guard to be open.

 

Naruto says, “Neptune now!”

 

“Cross Combo!”

 

Neptune unleashes her series of sword strike that slam into the woman and she yelps as she is hit hard with her Guard Barrier the only reason that major damage wasn’t done to her, but Sailor Celestial comes in with her Starlight Edge, her 8-strike kendo style Duel Wielding OSS from ALO, and leaves the woman struggling until Naruto comes in with the final blow in the form of a familiar sphere of chair at the end of his Keyblade.

 

“Rasengan!”

 

Th e woman roars out as the sphere of chakra slams into her and sending her flying backward before she slams into the ground with a nasty ‘thud’ with her Guard Barrier preventing her from suffering major injury.

 

She struggles to her feet and she asks, “Even if I was outnumbered…Me, lose?! What’s going on? Or, is this my power…?” She shakes her head and she yells out, “No, I won’t believe it!”

 

Neptune says, “Now, since I won, tell me what you know about me.”

 

The woman responds, annoyed, “Don’t think you’ve won it all just by downing me!”

 

Neptune replies, “I’ll admit that we did outnumber, but a win is still a win.”

 

Naruto says, with a serious tone, “And you are the one that started this, believe it!”

 

Sailor Celestial says, seriously, “Now, tell Neptune what you know about her!”

 

The woman retorts, “No…No! I won’t accept this!” She then quickly flies off into the distance before anything else could be said or done.

 

Neptune says, “Wait!”

 

IF says, “Go after her, Nep!”

 

However, Neptune transforms back into her ‘normal form’ and she asks, surprised, “Whoa, what?!”

 

IF asks, “Nep, what are you doing changing form now?”

 

Amara says, “She probably is out of energy. She mentioned that form takes quite a bit of energy to hold and maintain.”

 

Neptune says, “She’s right, Iffy. Those fights really took a lot out of me.”

 

Sailor Celestial says, “Leave her to us then!”

 

Naruto says, with a nod, “Yeah!” Sailor Celestial and Naruto race off, but Neptune races off after them. On the meanwhile, the silver haired woman quickly lands and transforms into young girl/lady with the black hair in two pigtails seen entering the area after our heroes and heroines.

 

The young lady sighs and she says, “Lost to Neptune and now, my Hard Drive Divinity is off now. Oh, what a day…I can’t believe that I lost to Neptune…” The young lady then says, with a smirk, “Well, it was a three-on-one and Neptune’s new friends had those weird powers…And also the Keyblade…Like where in the heck did they get the legendary weapon?! Anyway, Neptune had those weird allies and they had those powers and weapons…So, I’m sure that if it was one-on-one, I would have…!!” She then yelps in surprise and shock as none other than Neptune runs up and grabs her from behind.

 

Neptune yells out, “Got you! Got to catch them all! (A/N: You saw this coming, didn’t you?)”

 

The young lady yelps out, “What?! Wait! What? Why?!”

 

Neptune says, “I’m not letting go until you spill everything that you got.” When she lets go of the young lady, Neptune says, “Wait. I’ve got the wrong person.”

 

The young lady asks, in a panic, “Why are you here?”

 

Just then a familiar female voice says, “Neptune!” Neptune and the young lady look to see Sailor Celestial and Naruto coming over to them.

 

Naruto asks, “What’s up? Who’s this?”

 

Neptune responds, nervously, “Yeah, I thought that she was the girl, so, I grabbed her…”

 

Sailor Celestial replies, “It’s obvious that she isn’t. She has silver hair. This girl has black hair, Nep.”

 

Neptune says, with a nervous smile, “Yeah, I guess that I wasn’t looking.” Neptune tells the young lady, “I’m looking for someone. Did you see someone fly by here? She’s black, shiny, and was flying. I figured that she would be easy to spot.”

 

The young lady responds, “The description reminds me of an insect pest…” Naruto and Sailor Celestial look at each other and Naruto nods his head.

 

Sailor Celestial says, “Actually, we have a better way to show you…”

 

When Neptune and the young lady look at Sailor Celestial and Naruto, Naruto says, putting his hands together, “Don’t freak out, but this is what the girl that we are looking looks like. Transformation Jutsu!” In a puff of smoke, Naruto transforms to match the exact likeness of silver haired young lady that the black haired young lady transformed back from causing her to gasp in shock.

 

Neptune yells out, stunned, “Whoa! That’s it! You look just like her! That’s so awesome!”

 

The young lady thinks in her mind, nervously, “He now looks like me in HDD form! What the heck is this person?!”

 

Sailor Celestial asks the young lady, “Did you see anyone that looks like that?”

 

The young lady responds, trying to hide her nervousness, “Actually, there was someone that looked like that going that direction…really fast.”

 

When the young lady points in a certain direction, Naruto transforms back to normal and he says, “Man! She’s quick!”

 

Neptune says, “Darn. She was my important hint and all…”

 

Sailor Celestial tells Neptune, “Don’t worry, Neptune. If she is after you for some reason, we will find her again. Something tells me that we haven’t seen the last of her.”

 

Neptune gives a sigh and she says, “Iffy is going to be so mad when she finds out that she got away.”

 

Naruto tells Neptune, with a grin, “Don’t worry, Nep. We’ll get her soon enough, believe it!”

 

Neptune says, with a smile, “Thanks…” Neptune then tells Naruto, excitedly, “But you have got to tell me about that transformation trick that you just did! Is it one of those way out cool ninja tricks from your world?”

 

The young lady thinks in her mind, curiously, “His world?”

 < /p> Sailor Celestial says, looking at the black haired lady a bit nervously, “Nep…”

 

Neptune tells Naruto, pleadingly, “It was so cool how you turned into a perfect body double for her!”

 

Naruto replies, with a sigh, “It is a called a Transformation Jutsu. It allows the user to look exactly like the person that they want to look like and even copy their voices, but it is an illusion trick. You can’t transform into exact duplicate of that person. It just makes you look and sound like them. It takes a lot of focus and one slip or one hit to you will cause it to ‘poof’ and you are exposed.”

 

Neptune says, excitedly, “It is still very rad! Can I learn it? Maybe I can…” Neptune says, “Oh, wait. It is a technique from your world…Maybe I can’t.”

 

Sailor Celestial says, nervously, “And you have your own transformation, Neptune.”

 

Naruto says, “Which is more true of a ‘transformation’ than my jutsu, believe it.”

 

Neptune says, with a smile, “Yeah, but I just grow bigger and more powerful! You managed to turn into an exact duplicate of someone else! That’s so rad! Wait! Turn into me! Turn into me next!”

 

Sailor Celestial thinks in her mind, with a sigh and smile, “Like a kid in the candy store…” Sailor Celestial asks the young lady, “By the way, what is a young lady like you doing out here alone?”

 

The young lady says, nervously, “Well…”

 

Neptune and Naruto turn to the young lady and Neptune says, “And you are scratched up too.”

 

The young lady asks, surprised, “Huh?”

 

Naruto says, with a nod, “Yeah, you are a bit banged up.”

 

Neptune says, “I know! You must have been attacked by a monster! Well, don’t worry, we’re all here now, so, there is no worries.”

 

The young lady says, lowly to herself, “Right, you were the monster…”

 

Neptune asks, “Did you say something? Anyhow, your wounds look pretty bad. Are you sure that you are okay?”

 

The young lady responds, “Oh, it is just a bunch of scratches. Nothing to bawl over.”

 

Neptune says, “It isn’t fine to assume that you are fine without a profession opinion.”

 

Sailor Celestial says, amazed, “I’ve got to admit that Neptune has a point.”

 

Neptune says, excitedly, “I know! I have a few friends that are expert in medicine, so, let’s have them check you out!”

 

The young lady says, a bit nervously, “What? Wait…No…It isn’t that big of a deal…”

 

Neptune says, with a smile, “Oh, don’t worry! We won’t charge you! No strings attached! Just trust me!”

 

The young lady says, “That’s not the point.”

 

Neptune yells out, “Compa! Where are you, Compa? Here, Compa, come here!”

 

The young lady says, “I don’t think that calling as if calling for a dog will work…”

 

But just then Compa appears with the others and she asks, “You called Nep-Nep?”

 

The young lady says, stunned, “You’re kidding…!!”

 

Neptune responds, “Surprised? I am, after all, the heroine. I have one hundred and eight skill styles, you know?”

 

Sailor Celestial slaps herself in the forehead and IF replies, “Stop lying, Nep. We just caught up to you right when you were yelling.”

 

Mimi asks, seeing the young lady, “So, who is she?”

 

Sailor Celestial says, “Actually, we didn’t get her name yet.”

 

Neptune says, “That’s right.” After Neptune introduces herself and the others, she asks, “What is your name?” After the young lady mumbles something, Neptune asks, “What?”

 

The young lady says, “Noire.” At the mention of that name, plenty of our heroes and heroines gain wide eyes as they remember their meeting with Falcom.

 

Neptune says, “Noire? Fancy name? I bet you don’t have any friends and stuff.”

 

The young lady, Noire, yells out, stunned, “What?” Noire yells out, annoyed, “Why you! Is that how you greet someone that you meet for the first time?!”

 

Neptune says, “Oh, come on, lighten up. It was just a joke. I was trying to be funny here.”

 

Mina says, shaking her head, “Bad, Neptune. Really bad.”

 

Gabumon says, nodding his head, “Yep.”

 

IF says, “They have a point, Nep. You really need to learn the ‘when’ in being funny.” IF tells Compa, “Compa, would you?”

 

Compa says, excitedly, “All right, leave it to me!”

 

Sakura says, a bit nervously, “I think that I should help.”

 

Minato says, nervously, “I think that’s a good idea.”

 

Hinata and Kushina nod their heads and Neptune tells IF, “Iffy, you took my line!”

 

IF says, “Leave it to you and we’ll never get things done.”

 

A short time afterwards, Sakura and Compa finish their ‘work’ on Noire and Compa says, “Here you go! Everything patched up! I just cleaned the cuts and bandaged them.”

 

Sakura says, with a smile, “That way, they won’t get infected.”

 

Noire replies, “Thank you. That helps a lot. Ah…It was Compa and Sakura, right? Are you friends with Neptune?”

 

Compa says, with a smile, “Yes. We’ve been best friends since I found her speared into the ground.”

 

Darien asks, “Noire, what were you doing in this dangerous area?”

 

Compa asks, adding to Darien’s question, “And all scratched up?”

 

Noire says, nervously, “I…”

 

Tai thinks in his mind, “I may have a good idea.”

 

Noire says, nervously, “Well…I’m not sure too…and…”

 

Neptune asks, “What? That means…that you are a fellow amnesiac?”

 

Noire responds, nervously, “What? Oh, right! Right! That’s right! Amnesia! I can’t remember a single thing! It must have happened when I was attacked!”

 

Suguha, who just transformed back from Sailor Celestial, Amara, Raye, Davis, Tai, and plenty of the others think at the same time, “You have got to be kidding me!”

 

Compa asks, nervously, “Uh-oh, then how can we get you back home?”

 

Plenty of the others anime face-fault and Yolei thinks, exasperated, “You have got to be SERIOUSLY kidding!”

 

Neptune says, “I know how you feel, Noire. It must be harsh without your memory.”

 

IF asks, stunned, “Wait! We’re believing her…?”

 

Rika tells IF, putting her hand on her shoulder, “We know how you feel, IF.”

 

Plenty of the others nod their heads in agreement and Neptune says, “I know! I’ll help you! I’ve been without memory longer than you.”

 

Noire says, nervously, “I…guess that helps.”

 

Compa asks, “So, what do we do with Noire? How do we help her get home?”

 

Yolei wanted to yell out, but Ken tells her, in a whisper “Let’s go along with this for now. If she is who we think that she is, we can figure what she is up to.”

 

Hawkmon says, in a whisper, “I agree, Yolei.”

 

Yolei nods her head in agreement and IF, still not believing Noire’s ‘story’, responds, “Why not take her the Basilicom? They should keep her safe in custody.”

 

Noire asks, shocked, “What?”

 

Compa says, in a rare stern tone, “Not over there! Those goons wouldn’t know how to handle a girl right!”

 

Neptune asks, “I know! Why not have her tag along with us until her memory returns?”

 

Noire thinks in her mind, “That was close. If they took me back, my cover would be blown and it would look bad too. I had better do what Neptune says and tag along…” Noire then yelps out, “What? Tag along? As in together?!”

 

Neptune retorts, “You don’t like it? But we are memory loss buddies, so let’s stay together!”

 

Compa says, “Yes. It is safer than being at the Basilicom. It’s fun with more friends too!”

 

Noire says, nervously, “It’s not that I don’t like it…but…I was just surprised.”

 

Neptune says, “I take it that you don’t mind! Again, nice to meet you, Noire!”

 

Kazuto says, “Anyway, we finished our mission here. Let’s head back to Lastation and get back to Chian.”

 

Asuna says, “Good idea, Kirito-kun.”

 

Kotone says, nodding her head, “Chian is waiting for news about what happened with us.”

 

Rika says, “Yeah, let’s head back.” The rest of our group nod their heads in agreement and our group, joined by Noire, is heading back, but while IF, Compa, Neptune, and Noire are together, the rest of our group is some distance away through remaining in sight of said four people.

 

Matt asks, “So, is everyone thinking what I’m thinking?”

 

Mimi says, nervously, “Not really.”

 

Kari says, “That Noire girl must be the CPU of Lastation. Remember when we met that Falcom girl? She said that Lady Black Heart was named Lady Noire.”

 

Gatomo n says, “I don’t think that it is a coincidence and that girl that attacked Neptune? I think that we found her.”

 

Keiko says, “But she…”

 

Kazuto says, “Remember, Neptune? When Neptune uses that power of hers, she radically changes too and in fact, her personality changes too.”

 

Hinata says, with a nod, “I agree, Kazuto.”

 

Minato says, nodding his head, “Same here. Neptune’s personality becomes more serious and everything about her changes including her voice.”

 

Kotone asks, “So, what should we do?”

 

Tai says, “I say that we wait her out and watch her next move.”

 

Ryoutarou asks, “Wait. If this girl is supposed to be one of these ‘goddesses’ and she has something like Neptune, then doesn’t…?”

 

Kazuto says, “Most likely, Klein. However, we can’t be completely sure of that. We just have evidence that Noire is the CPU of the nation that we are in. We don’t have evidence that she is the same silver haired woman that attacked us and Neptune. For now, let’s keep this to ourselves and reveal it when the time is right.”

 

Asuna asks Kazuto, “Are you sure, Kirito-kun?”

 

Serena says, “I really don’t like keeping secrets from Neptune. She wants to know who she is.”

 

Darien says, “Neither do I. Neptune is a good person and she has a right to know. However, we can’t be sure how she will react to this information Serena. Plus, since Noire is who we think she is, she knows this about Neptune and we can’t be sure what she will do since we know that they are enemies in this ‘Console War’.”

 

Minato says, nodding his head in agreement, “For now, let’s keep a close eye on them especially Noire.” Plenty of the others nod their heads as they continue to follow Neptune, Noire, IF, and Compa while making sure that they keep a close eye on Noire and making sure that she doesn’t notice that fact.

 

August 2025 (Earth time), Gamindustri, Lastation

 

Back in Lastation, our group, now joined by Noire, are inside of Lastation.

 

Neptune says, “Lastation, I’m home!”

 

IF asks, with a sigh, “Could you quit with that creepy smile of yours?”

 

Neptune says, “Well, I felt something shining on me like I was back ‘home’.”

 

Davis says, “It makes me wonder if Neptune would feel at home anywhere.”

 

Neptune asks Noire, “Noire? Do you remember anything? Does this place spark a light in you?”

 

Noire replies, “No, nothing at all.”

 

Neptune says, “This place was close to that dungeon area, so, I figured that you were from here.”

 

Noire asks, “You said that you lost your memory, but are you okay?”

 

Neptune answers, “Well, not that great really. I know! Let’s bang our heads! I’ll try a pillow and you try a wall!”

 

Yolei tells Neptune, annoyed, “That only works in cartoons!”

 

Noire asks, annoyed, “And why just a pillow for you?”

 

Neptune replies, “Well, I’m delicate and you seem hard-headed…”

 

Noire says, with a smirk, “Figured what? Oh, here, let me cover your face with a pillow instead.”

 

Neptune says, nervously, “Yipe! Oh, come on! I was just joking! Your eyes…they are scary…”

 

Noire then says, slyly, “So, stripes or plain. I’ll let you choose your demise…design…”

 

Neptune says, fearfully, “We’re not reenacting a murder scene! Help! Iffy! Compa!”

 

Compa says, “Oh, Nep-Nep is already friends with Noire.”

 

Ryoutarou states, “With friends like, who needs enemies?”

 

Naruto says, with a nod, “No kidding, believe it!”

 

IF says, with a nod, “Ditto.”

 

Keiko yawns and she says, “I’m a bit tired.”

 

Yui says, “I’m a bit hungry daddy.”

 

Kazuto says, “Let’s head to Chian’s factory and get a bite.”

 

Asuna says, nodding her head, “Good idea, Kirito-kun.”

 

IF says, “I agree. Let’s go.” Our group then heads off and later on, we find them within cafeteria area of Chian’s factory, Passé.

 

Neptune shouts out, “I’m back! I beat up that monster really good!”

 

Chian appears and she responds, “Really? That’s great! Now, I don’t have to worry about supplies!”

 

Mina says, with a smirk, “Yep! Your supply problems are over!”

 

Davis says, with a grin, “Give us a call if you need help anytime!”

 

Chian says, with a nod, “Thanks.” Chian then notices Noire and she asks, “It looks like you have got someone new there. Who is she?”

 

IF says, “She’s Noire. She was hurt and lost her memory, so, we brought her with us.”

 

Chian says, “Is that so? Wait…” Chian takes a good look at her and she asks, “I’ve seen her before…C-C-C-Could it be…?! Lady Black Heart?”

 

Noire thinks in her mind, nervously, “Yikes!”

 

Plenty of our heroes and heroines from Earth and our ninja from the Elemental Countries think at the same time, “Knew it!”

 

Compa asks, curiously, “Noire…Lady Black Heart?”

 

Neptune asks, “What? News at Ten: The girl who lost her memory is actually the CPU?”

 

Noire says, nervously, “No, wait! What are you talking about? You see, I like cosplay…and I’m totally into Lady Black Heart…”

 

Plenty of our heroes and heroines mentally sweat drop and Yolei thinks in her mind, sarcastically, “Really?”

 

Chian says, “Is that it? No wonder you were wearing clothes just like Lady Black Heart. You had me fooled there. I seriously thought that you were the Lady in person.”

 

A lot of our heroes and heroines do a mental anime face plant and Davis thinks in his mind, annoyed and confused, “Seriously, Chian?!”

 

Compa says, “Too bad. If Noire was the CPU, I’m sure that Chian’s wishes would be heard.”

 

Neptune says, with a smile, “Oh, you, Noire. Causing all of this ruckus.”

 

Noire thinks in her mind, nervously, “That was close…”

 

Neptune says, “But you cosplaying as a goddess all the time is kind of creepy.”

 

Noire says, annoyed, “What? Don’t call me creepy! I have my reasons!”

 

Kazuto thinks in his mind, plainly, “That’s because she is the goddess of this nation and she is hiding out for some reason.”

 

Michelle says, with a kind smile, “Easy, you two.”

 

IF says, “This isn’t the place to start a fight. Chian, we’re going to be leaving now.”

 

Amara asks, “Do you have any other jobs?”

 

Chian says, “So soon? Let me at least treat you to some good eating.”

 

Lita asks, “Can I help?”

 

Chian asks Lita, “Are you sure?”

 

Serena says, with a smile, “Lita-chan loves to do this and she is an awesome cook! You bomb over her dishes!”

 

Lita says, nervously, “Geez, Serena.”

 

Kotone says, with a smile, “I think that it is well-deserved praise, Lita.”

 

Chian says, with a smile, “Well, let’s see what you have got.” Lita joins Chian and the others in the kitchen and after a while, our group is eating the meal that they set up.

 

Strea says, excitedly, “Mmm, this steak is so yummy!”

 

Neptune says, excitedly, “This burger is excellent!”

 

Compa says, “This soup is so tasty! I feel warm inside!”

 

Chian says, “It is my mother’s pride menu. I’m glad that you are enjoying it.” Chian tells Lita, “However, the way that you make them and your dishes are out of this world!”

 

Lita says, with a smile, “Thanks, Chian.”

 

Noire asks, “It is really lavish. Are you sure that I can join in?”

 

Chian says, “Just dig in and enjoy. Food tastes better with more people.”

 

Kazuto says, with a smile, “I’ve got to agree.”

 

Rika whispers to Asuna, “I’m surprised that you didn’t join in, Asuna.”

 

Asuna says, in a whisper and with a smile, “I didn’t want to ruin Lita-chan’s moment.”

 

However, Neptune yelps out, grossed out, “Who added these eggplants? They deserve to die!”

 

Compa asks, “Nep-Nep, you don’t like eggplants?”

 

Neptune responds, “Don’t like? More like hate! How can you eat those purple husks Compa?”

 

Davis says, with a smirk, “That’s ironic considering her colors.”

 

Kari says, playfully smacking Davis, “Dai-kun…”

 

Neptune says, “I know! Food can help sometimes jog the memory, right? Let’s have Noire eat it!”

 

Michelle says, with a smile, “Neptune might have a point in jogging a person’s memory. Neptune just remembered…She doesn’t like eggplants.”

 

Plenty of the others giggle at this and IF says, “Nep, you aren’t a small kid. Stop being a picky eater.”

 

Neptune asks, “What are you saying Iffy?” Neptune says, “Forcing food can be dangerous! If my delicate body ate these…Oh, the horrors! The HORRORS!”

 

Lita tells Neptune, “It can’t be that bad, Neptune.”

 

Asuna says, “You are exaggerating.”

 

Keiko says, with a smile, “They are really yummy to me.” Keiko asks Pina, “Right, Pina?”

 

Pina ‘kyu’ in agreement and IF says, “They’re right. So, don’t put them off to others. Now, EAT!”

 

IF goes over to ‘force’ Neptune to eat her eggplant parts of her meal and Neptune says, struggling, “Iffy, sto-stop…Umm!”

 

IF says, with a sly smile, “Maybe this will help you jog your memory.”

 

As Neptune struggles against IF, Noire watches and Compa says, “I hope that we aren’t being too loud.”

 

Noire responds, with a smile, “Not at all. It’s just that I’ve never been to a lively dinner before, so…”

 

Asuna tells Noire, with a smile, “I know how you feel, Noire.” When Noire looks at Asuna, she says, “I come from a pretty rich family and my dinners…like a lot of things were…planned out…”

 

Noire asks, curiously, “Planned?”

 

Asuna says, with a nod, “Let’s just say that my family wanted me to be as successful as they are.”

 

Noire asks, curiously, “Really?”

 

Asuna says, “However, thanks to my experiences with all of my friends, I’ve learned a lot of things.”

 

Noire asks, curiously, “So, how did you get so many friends?”

 

Asuna responds, nervously, “That’s a story for another day.”

 

Rika whispers to Asuna, “Do you want to tell her stuff like that?”

 

Asuna replies, with a smile, “I think that it will be okay, Liz. She doesn’t know…”

 

Noire asks, “Anyway, is there anything I can do to help?”

 

Neptune asks, “So, Noire is going to help us fight?”

 

Noire replies, with a smile, “Sure. I’m pretty strong, so, I can help everyone out a bit.”

 

IF says, “Okay, we would be happy to have you help us out.”

 

Neptune says, “Awesome! Another member to the gang! This kind of party would be a major cheat in a game!”

 

Chian says, “Since you are in a good mood, I was hoping that you could do one more thing.”

 

Tai asks, “What’s up?”

 

Chian asks, displaying a kitana like weapon, “Can you use my weapon that I’m going to exhibit at the Technology Expo?”

 

Cody asks, “Technology Expo?”

 

Chian says, “It is a major event in Lastation with the companies showcasing their technology. There’s also a tournament where the winner can get a trophy from the CPU!”

 

Compa says, “A trophy? What an achievement!”

 

Kazuto tells Chian, “You want to win the Expo so you can meet the CPU herself and tell her what’s going on in hopes that she can do something about it.”

 

Chian says, with a nod, “That’s right, Kazuto. There are still plenty of people that believe in the Lady.” Noire stays silent, but her right hand silently turns into a fist.

 

Amara says, “That’s why you need us to test the weapon. You want to get enough data to perfect it.”

 

Chian says, “Yep. That’s why I need you to test the weapon that I’m going to exhibit.”

 

Neptune asks, “Easy-peasy! But what do you need us to do?”

 

Chian says, “Just use the weapon and give me feedback.”

 

Neptune says, “That sounds simple enough.”

 

Kazuto says, “I think that Neptune should have the weapon since it looks like a kitana.”

 

Ryoutarou says, “Huh? But dude, I’m good with that kind of blade too.”

 

Rika tells Ryoutarou, “Yeah, but you have a great kitana already. It might do good for Neptune to improve on the weapon despite us getting her a better sword that training weapon.”

 

Suguha says, “I still don’t get why a person would throw away a perfectly good training sword.”

 

Kazuto says, with a smile, “Probably wasn’t their thing, Sugu.”

 

Noire asks, “Then how about doing some work for Avenir?”

 

Mimi asks, confused, “Huh?”

 

Neptune says, “No way! They’re the bad guys! There is no way that I would work for them!”

 

Kazuto says, with a smirk, “I get it. You want us to spy on them.”

 

IF says, with a nod, “Exactly. They must have their own troubles.”

 

Amara says, with a smirk, “And they must need assistance and depending on the job, we might find out something.”

 

Noire thinks in her mind, “And this could be my chance to figure out what those in my Basilicom knows of Avenir…”

 

Neptune says, “I don’t know…”

 

Patamon says, “Just think that we are super-spies, Neptune.”

 

Compa says, with a smile, “Yep, Nep-Nep. Just bear with it.”

 

Neptune says, with a nod, “Okay, if you so, Compa.” Later on, Noire is inside what looks like a hotel room and looking at something.

 

Noire takes out a pair of red rimmed eyeglasses and she says, “Ta-da! I bought eyeglasses! As long as I have these, no one will be able to figure out who I am. Now, let’s give it a try. Mirror…Mirror…Ah, here it is.” Noire puts the glasses on and she says, “Not bad. In fact, I look pretty good in these. I should be able to hide my identity with these. I never really tried eyeglasses before, but I think that I can handle it. I got that ‘I can do anything’ look to me. Pretty cool. I should put them on when I have to work at a desk or something. Oh, right…I should show these to Neptune…” Noire shakes her head and she says, “Wait! Why I am getting cozy with her? It isn’t good for me getting friendly with Neptune…”

 

But then Neptune’s voice booms, “Hey, Noire! Let’s go eat pudding!”

 

Noire yells out, shocked, “What?!”

 

Noire leap away and turns to face Neptune in which she says, “Whoops, did I surprise you? Sorry.”

 

Noire asks, nervously, “You didn’t hear anything that I was saying right?”

 

Neptune asks, “Huh? What do you mean?”

 

Noire says, “Never mind. I was just mumbling something embarrassing to myself.”

 

Neptune says, excitedly, “Ooh, now I want to know! What kind of embarrassing things could Noire have been saying to herself? Maybe she was singing a song to herself! Wow! That would be embarrassing!”

 

Noire asks, annoyed, “What are you saying? Who would do a stupid thing like that? Anyway, you came here for something else, right?”

 

Neptune says, “Oh, yeah! Here you go!”

 

Neptune hands Noire a small bowl/pack of pudding and Noire asks, “What’s this?”

 

Neptune says, “Pudding! It is really good!”

 

Noire says, “Well, yeah, that’s obvious, but…”

 

Neptune says, “Well, I got pudding from Chian and I wanted to eat it with you.”

 

Noire retorts, “No. Why don’t you eat it by yourself?”

 

Neptune says, not losing her smile in the least, “I want to eat it with N-O-I-R-E.”

 

Noire says, “I’m not nice enough to waste my precious time with you. I’ll say it again: Eat your pudding by yourself. I’m stepping out.”

 

Neptune asks, “Huh? Where are you going Noire?”

 

Noire responds, “I’m just going out for a stroll. I want to be alone.” Noire heads outside, but Neptune follows her in which Noire tells Neptune, annoyed, “Why are you following me? I thought that I said that I wanted to be alone.”

 

Neptune says, “It is dangerous to go alone! Take Nep!”

 

Noire asks, annoyed, “For what?”

 

Chian comes by and she asks, “Hey gals. As friendly as usual I see? Don’t make too much noise now, you hear?”

 

Noire says, annoyed, “See, Neptune? We were just scolding because of you!”

 

Neptune says, “So sorry to have Noire make so much noise, Chian.”

 

Noire yells out, “Who me?!”

 

Neptune asks, “Speaking of, where you were you Chian?”

 

Chian responds, “I was having a meeting with the other factories in prep for the Expo. There are a lot of skilled craftsmen working in the local factories to help. The plan is simple. To make a great item to meet Lady Black Heart. I even got some people who lost their jobs to help out.”

 

Neptune says, “It is going to be a full-on battle then.”

 

Chian replies, “Well, the Expo this time holds the future of all Lastation after all. That said, I’m counting on you folks. I’m expecting only the best.”

 

Neptune retorts, happily, “You can count on us! Isn’t that right, Noire?” However, only Noire can nod her head while Neptune and Noire don’t know is that Naruto, Sakura, and Hinata are watching over them specifically Noire in this case in which the three of them look over at each other.

 

August 2025 (Earth time), Gamindustri, Theland Sanctuary

 

The next morning, our group, minus Noire, are assembled outside of an area known as Theland Sanctuary within the territory of Lastation.

 

Neptune says, solemnly, “Though it is quite unfortunate, let’s start working for Avenir…”

 

IF says, “Please don’t say that out loud.”

 

Davis says, “Yeah, it isn’t like we like working for those jerks too.”

 

Noire, wearing the glasses that she brought, says, “Sorry for the wait. It took a while to get ready.”

 

Neptune asks, confused, “Huh? Noire, what’s with the eyeglasses?”

 

Noire asks, with a smile, “Oh, you mean these?”

 

Neptune says, “I bet that you are enamored with yourself with those eyeglasses on.”

 

Noire responds, nervously, “Of course not! Who would do a shameful thing?”

 

Matt says, pointing ahead of them, “You can do your ‘tit and tat’ later on. There are our clients.” Soon after, our heroes and heroines meet up with two people.

 

One of them, a young man with brown hair and glasses, tells them, “Nice to meet you. We’ve been waiting. So, all of you, folks, will be the ones handling our orders?”

 

Kazuto says, “That’s right.”

 

IF asks the young man with glasses, “And you are our client, Ganache?”

 

The young man responds, “Yes. My name is Ganache and I work at the Avenir company.” The young man, Ganache, points to the other person with him, who is more of a middle aged man with short black hair, and he says, “And this is our representative, President Singe.”

 

The man doesn’t say a thing and Noire thinks in her mind, “So, these are Avenir’s top officials.”

 

IF asks, “It is rare to get work from someone of your ranks. Or is it that we’re just that important?”

 

Ganache says, “You are such a joker.”

 

The other man, Singe, says, in a blunt tone, “Stop the unnecessary prattle here. I don’t have time to spare.”

 

Ganache says, “Oh my. I’m so sorry.”

 

Davis thinks in his mind, “Rude, dude.”

 

Ganache says, “Very well then. This is what I would like to order from you: We are planning to construct a new plant around here. But we are having problems with a certain monster around the area.”

 

Asuna asks, “So, this is a monster extermination mission?”

 

Ganache replies, “Exactly. We will be inspecting the area, so, we will need it cleaned out.”

 

Singe says, still with a blunt tone, “As long as the area is cleaned out, I could care less on what you do.”

 

Tai thinks in his mind, annoyed, “Does he treat all that work for him like this?”

 

Neptune says, “Is that it? This is going to be a lot easier than I thought. I was thinking that we were going to have to do office work or stuff.”

 

Amara says, “Doubtful Nep.”

 

Compa says, “I’m glad about that, too, since I’m not too good at detailed work.”

 

Neptune says, “Yeah, you don’t seem that good, Compa.”

 

Compa says, “I used to work on putting belladonnas on food, but even I was even bad with that…”

 

Yolei asks, surprised, “Belladonnas on food?”

 

IF says, “Belladonnas are lethal…For the record. Those were probably edible orchids.”

 

Ganache says, “Now, now. Let’s get this done, shall we? Please take care of this quick.”

 

Mina says, excitedly, “No problem!”

 

Rika says, “See you later.” Our group takes off for the mission assigned to them by the staff of Avenir.

 

When they are gone, Ganache says, “Sir President, about that black-haired girl…”

 

Singe asks, “Did you notice too?”

 

Ganache says, “Yes. For a cosplay, she looked very similar.”

 

Singe asks, “She has been missing for the past few days right?”

 

Ganache asks, “Yes, so, it is quite possible that it is her. There is also that group that’s with her. Did you notice?”

 

Singe says, with a nod, “Yes, I did. It is most likely the group that our new ‘associates’ told us about.”

 

Ganache asks, “What shall we do?”

 

Singe says, “With the girl…nothing. We can’t do anything without positive proof. However, contact our new ‘associates’ about our find. They will be very interested.”

 

Ganache says, taking out a phone, “Understood, sir.” Deep within the area, our group is dealing with monsters, which seem to be a mixture of the ‘local monsters’ along with plenty of creatures known to our SAO survivors, with Noire showing her skill with a rapier style sword.

 

Asuna says, “You are very good, Noire.”

 

Noire says, “But of course. However, your talent with the rapier is good too.”

 

Asuna says, “I wouldn’t call it a talent. I’ve had over two years of experience.”

 

Noire asks, curiously, “Really?”

 

Kotone says, with a nervous smile, “It is nothing that we want to get into.”

 

Noire asks, curiously, “Why?”

 

Asuna responds, a bit nervously, “Complicated.”

 

With another group of monsters appear, Neptune says, “Hey! To make things more challenging, let’s have Noire and I see who takes out these monsters and we bet our puddings! Winner takes all!”

 

Noire says, with a smirk, “Not much of a bet since I’ll win.”

 

Neptune responds, “I don’t know. I’m not planning to lose, you know? Transform!”

 

Neptune transforms into her HDD form and Noire yells out, “What the? That’s not fair! No transforming!”

 

Neptune responds, “Why don’t you transform too?”

 

Noire mentally winches at that and Compa says, “Nep-Nep, a normal person can’t transform like you can.”

 

IF says, “Random as usual…”

 

Noire thinks in her mind, “That was close. I thought for a second that they figured out who I am.”

 

Neptune says, in her now mature voice, “Well, a bet is a bet. I won’t let you off so easily.” Soon enough, the group is fighting the monsters and with all of them, it doesn’t take long to finish them. Neptune says, with a confident smile, “I won.”

 

Noire responds, annoyed, “What are you saying? I won first.”

 

Neptune retorts, “No, I was ten frames ahead of you.”

 

IF tells Neptune and Noire, “Okay, stop it. You both dealt the final blow at the same time. So, it is a tie, okay?”

 

Neptune says, seriously, “No way!”

 

Noire says, “That’s right! No way I could be even with Neptune!”

 

IF says, with a very stern tone, “You, two, are stubborn!”

 

Gatomon says, nodding her head, “No kidding!”

 

Neptune and Noire yelp out in surprise and Compa says, “If the ref says if it is a tie, it is a tie. If you don’t like it, Iffy and I will take the puddings away.”

 

The two of them say in unison, Neptune being the louder of the two, “Please, no!”

 

Naruto says, with a winch, “Ooh, ouch.”

 

Hinata and Kari giggle and Davis says, with a nod, “I’ll say.”

 

After a while of moving on and beating monsters, Neptune asks, “Speaking of monsters, what is this monster that we have to beat?”

 

IF says, “It looks like a large sized monster.”

 

Rika says, nervously, “Um, that’s quite vague.”

 

Tai says, “Because there are quite a few large sized monsters.”

 

Matt asks, “Is there more details?”

 

Ami says, shaking her head, “Based on the documents that we were given, there isn’t any more information.”

 

Amara says, “That’s not a good sign. I don’t like this.”

 

Noire says, “Not saying anything bad about you, but that’s quite lacking in information.”

 

Kazuto says, “Noire is right. And I agree with Amara. I’m not liking this situation.”

 

Minato says, with a nod, “Agreed. We could being set up for something.”

 

Mimi asks, “Maybe we could ask for information?”

 

Noire says, “Not like there is someone that would know more.”

 

Just then a female voice says, “My, my, to see known faces here…” Everyone then looks to the sound of the voice to see a person walking over to them.

 

The person looks to be a young woman with long flowing blue hair and blue eyes, accompanied with a black witch hat. She wears a long, white overcoat with black trimming and underneath it she seems to be wearing what could be a uniform consisting of a red tie and a pleated skirt. Her legwear consists of grey thigh high socks and ankle high heels with white laces.

 

Noire asks, surprised, “Who are you?”

 

The young woman responds, “My name, you ask? Yes, of course…You can call me, MAGES..”

 

Neptune, who has transformed back to her ‘normal self’, asks, “Mages?”

 

The young woman retorts, “That’s ‘MAGES.’ with a period.”

 

Neptune says, “I don’t think that makes verbal sense…”

 

Davis says, with a nod, “Yep.”

 

Neptune says, with a shrug, “But, okay! MAGES. it is!”

 

The young woman, MAGES., says, “You said something similar last time too…”

 

Neptune asks, “Huh? Are you someone that I know?”

 

Compa says, “Nep-Nep, this is a great! You met someone that knows you!”

 

MAGES. then says, “From the sound of it, it sounds like Neptune lost her memory.”

 

Keiko says, with a nod, “Yes, she has. Maybe you can help her regain it.”

 

MAGES. retorts, shaking her head, “Unfortunately, it isn’t that simple, Keiko.”

 

Our group is surprised and Asuna asks, curiously, “You know us?”

 

MAGES. responds, with a nod, “I do…or should I say, I know different versions of you, Asuna. I come from another dimension. Basically, in short, the Neptune that I know isn’t the Neptune in front of me. It is the same with all of you. The Sailor Scouts and Digidestined that I know of come from a similar, but alternate Earth.”

 

Kazuto says, “And I’m guessing that our counterparts that you know have a similar history to us in which our counterparts have helped ‘your Neptune’ before.”

 

MAGES. says, with a nod, “As sharp as ever, Kazuto. It makes me wonder if SAO developed your detective abilities or you had them all long in your life.”

 

Amara says, plainly, “She knows us…Or she knows similar versions of us.”

 

Trista asks MAGES., “I’m guessing that our counterparts dealt with a similar situation to ours.”

 

MAGES. looks at Suguha and she says, “So, it looks like another foe is after the mighty power that the multiverse chose you to guard: Etherion.”

 

Suguha is surprised, but Noire is also surprised and she thinks, glancing at Suguha, “Etherion?! That girl has the great power that not even we, the CPUs, could ever hope to wield!” Noire thinks in her mind, narrowing her eyes, “But then again, she is no ordinary girl. She is a magical girl…A very powerful one. I knew it! Neptune couldn’t have beat me without their help!”

 

IF says, “Besides knowing Nep and our other friends, I would like to ask a question. We’re looking for a certain monster. Do you know anything?”

 

MAGES. responds, “I do, but it is exchange of other information.”

 

IF replies, “Okay, but I don’t have information on how to return to your dimension.”

 

Trista says, “I may have a few ideas.”

 

MAGES. replies, “I’m sure that you do, guardian of time and space, but that isn’t what I am looking for right now. I want to know where I can buy Doc P.”

 

Kari asks, “Doc P?”

 

Gabumon asks, “What’s Doc P?”

 

Patamon says, “It sounds like a nickname for a doctor or something.”

 

TK says, with a nod, “Yeah.” One after another, they show that they don’t anything about ‘Doc P’.

 

MAGES. asks, shocked, “No one knows what Doc P is?! The drink of the chosen Doc Tear Popper?!”

 

Rika says, “Now it sounds like a soft drink!”

 

Asuna says, nervously, “I think that’s what it is, Liz.”

 

MAGES. takes out what looks like a smart phone and she says, after calling up a number, “Hello. The Organization has removed the existence of Doc P here. I can’t give up now. There must be traces of Doc P. You continue the search there. I bid you luck.” After saying some kind of mystical incantation or something of sort, she turns off the phone. MAGES. says, “I can’t believe that Doc P doesn’t exist here as well.”

 

Noire asks, “I don’t know who you were talking to, but can you answer our question?”

 

MAGES. replies, “Yes, I suppose. What would you like to know?”

 

Noire asks, “Do you know about any large sized monsters?”

 

MAGES. says, “Is that it? I just saw a large sized one sometime ago.”

 

Compa asks, “Really?”

 

MAGES. responds, “It is easily identifiable with its visual differences from the others.”

 

Asuna says, “Thank you.”

 

MAGES. tells them, “I assume that you will be hunting the monster down.”

 

Davis says, “No joke.”

 

MAGES. says, “I would like to help, but I have important matters to attend to.”

 

Tai thinks in his mind, “Most likely, trying to find that soft drink sounding thing.”

 

Noire says, “Don’t worry. The information is all that we needed.”

 

MAGES. tells them, “However, be wary. Especially you and your sister, Princess Celestial. I give you this warning: Do not think that ‘death game’ was the end of it all. SAO is more than just that and the history of Aincrad from the Silver Millennium. You, two, share a deeper ‘bond’ with the Demon King along with your brother. Until you, two, finally accept all that you are with him, the darkness from this ‘long ranging event’ may consume us all even if you aren’t entrapped by the darkness from it. Now, I bed you farewell.” After saying something that sounds like another mystical incantation, MAGES. takes off before our shocked heroes and heroines that just came from Earth could say anything in retort.

 

When she is gone, IF asks, “What was that about?”

 

Kazuto says, nervously, “It is a long story.”

 

Neptune says, excitedly, “Ooh, I want to hear.”

 

Noire says, “We don’t have the time. The monster that we are looking must be nearby. Let’s hurry before we lose it.”

 

Gatomon says, “That’s something that you don’t hear every day.”

 

Agumon says, with a nod, “No kidding.” Our group then ventures off until they find a massive wolf-like monster known as a Slash Dog.

 

Ryoutarou says, “I think that we found our monster.”

 

Rika asks, sarcastically, “What was your first clue, Klein?” Soon enough, our group is fighting against the Slash Dog with Compa staying in the rear to use her healing powers to support them as Slash Dog, who lash out with his forward paws and claws and a breath attack known as Blast Impulse which had a chance to weaken the speed AKA agility of the person that it hit, but the sheer numbers of our group and the fortitude of our group come through in which they defeat the Slash Dog without too much trouble.

 

With the end of the battle, Neptune says, “That was easy, wasn’t it? Noire was pretty strong too.”

 

Noire responds, “What did you expect? You weren’t too bad yourself.

 

Neptune says, with a smile, “I got praised by Nowa.”

 

Noire retorts, “What? Nowa? Why did you shorten my name? No! Wait! I wasn’t praising you!”

 

IF says, “It looks like those two are getting along a lot better now.”

 

Yolei says, nervously, “If you say so, IF.”

 

Kazuto says, “Anyway, we got the weapon’s data for Chian. We should head back.” The others nod their heads in agreement and they head off back to Passé in which they don’t know that they are being watched.

 

August 2025 (Earth time), Gamindustri, Lastation

 

Back in Lastation, our group returns to Passé where they are assembled within the cafeteria area.

 

Neptune says, “I’m home! Chian! We’re done with the weapon’s testing!”

 

Chian, along Yui, who had stayed with Chian while the others went out, come over and she comments, “That was quick.”

 

Yui says, excitedly, “Welcome back, daddy!”

 

Yui hugs Kazuto and Asuna and Asuna tells her, “Have you been a good girl, Yui-chan?”

 

Yui says, with a smile, “Yep! I helped Chian out.”

 

Chian says, scratching her head, “I still can’t believe that she is your daughter. The two of you are so young…”

 

Kazuto says, scratching his head, “Long story, Chian.”

 

After Neptune returns the weapon, Chian asks, “And what about Avenir?”

 

Noire says, with a sigh, “About that…It didn’t work out as planned.”

 

Tai says, “All we found out is that they are building a plant in an area known Theland Sanctuary.”

 

Chian asks, stunned, “Another one?”

 

Mimi asks, “What’s wrong?”

 

Chian says, “Those plants are what’s wrong, Mimi. They are ruining nature all around them. We’ve lost countless forests because of them.”

 

Compa says, “That will probably make it harder to live in Lastation…”

 

Kazuto says, “Maybe we should try again.”

 

Cody says, “Good idea, Kazuto. Since we did the mission so well, they might trust us enough with another allowing us another chance to find out what they are up to.”

 

Chian says, “Hey, nothing over the top.”

 

Mina says, with a smile, “Don’t worry, Chian. We are used to this kind of thing.”

 

Lita says, with a smirk, “For better or worse.” What our group didn’t know is that outside, Ganache, using listening equipment, is listening in on their conversation with ‘shadow figures’ nearby.

 

Ganache says, “How interesting. The conversation is quite intriguing. Let’s see…Maybe I should teach them what it is to go against us.”

 

One of the figures say, in a deep male voice, “Hold on, Ganache. There are a few people that my ‘employer’ wants intact you know. If you go against ‘his’ plans, your President will have to worry less about that purple skinned witch.”

 

Ganache responds, with a smirk, “Of course. We don’t dare do that. That’s why you are the ‘special surprise’ waiting for them.”

 

The figure replies, with a dark sly tone, “Good. You see, I could give a crap about what ‘he’ wants and personally, I think that he is insane. I want a challenge. Let’s see if this group is all they are cracked up to be.”

 

Ganache replies, with a shrug, “Whatever floats your boat, my friend. And…”

 

The figure says, motioning to the other figures, “They won’t interfere. They have their own mission.” Ganache nods his head, but he can’t help to wonder what that ‘mission’ was. Later on, we are inside of the hotel in Lastation where our group is staying at and plenty of them have gone to bed while others, including Neptune and Noire, who are going on a roof to eating pudding and look over Lastation itself, are doing various things with our heroes and heroines that came from Earth wondering about the planet and the people on it especially those that they care about. Well, we find Kazuto getting up from his bed and walking over to the window in which he thinks about the ‘dreams’ that he had where Kazuto saw not only images of his time in SAO and the Silver Millennium, but he saw himself in Ancient Egypt, dressed like a male Egyptian royal, and having Black Luster Soldier by his side while fighting against someone that looks like Kayaba/Heathcliff in Ancient Egyptian garb with a monster that looks like The Supremacy Sun and someone that looks like a lovely Egyptian Princess version of Suguha nearby watching the event with the three Egyptian God Monsters, Obelisk, Slifer, and Ra overhead. Kazuto also saw himself and Kayaba/Heathcliff dressed as samurai in Japan with someone that also looked like Suguha, in kunoichi garb, with Kazuto and ‘Suguha’ fighting against ‘Kayaba/Heathcliff’ and various other ‘incarnations’ of himself, Suguha, and Kayaba/Heathcliff in other different times and place with plenty of them not being Earth.

 

Kazuto thinks in his mind, “What were those dreams? No…Not dreams…visions…Memories…Memories of the past. They were memories of the past like my memories of the Silver Millennium and SAO. Could it be possible that what we were told was right? That Sugu, Kayaba, and I share a history beyond SAO and the Silver Millennium? That we have ‘lived’ far longer than even we realized?”

 

Kazuto’s thoughts are then broken by Asuna’s voice calling out, “Kirito-kun?” Kazuto looks over to see Asuna and Yui walking over to him.

 

Yui asks Kazuto, “Daddy, is something wrong?”

 

Kazuto says, with a smile, “No, Yui-chan. It’s nothing.” Kazuto then yelps as he is tackle-hugged by Strea and he yells out, stunned, “Strea!”

 

Strea says, teasingly, “Now, Kirito-kun, it isn’t nice to lie to your family like that!”

 

Strea puts Kazuto into a bone-crushing hug and Yui says, concerned, “Strea, stop!”

 

Asuna shakes her head and she thinks, with a warm smile, “Poor Kirito-kun. He seems to be destined to be the victim of Strea’s hugs.” As Strea hugs Kazuto, making him ‘uncomfortable’, with Yui trying to get Strea to release Kazuto, Asuna can’t help to enjoy this moment at her beloved’s expense. With Serena, she is experiencing a ‘dream’ of her own and in this ‘dream’, she is surround by five people, four males and one woman, in which she can’t see their faces or anything and Serena hears the name of ‘Celestia’ before she wakes up and look around her to see Darien sleeping with her.

 

Serena thinks in her mind, “What the heck was that?” With Suguha, she is seeing similar ‘visions’ as her brother and ‘royal sister’ with ‘other versions of her’ fighting against ‘alternate Kayabas/Heathcliffs’ with ‘other versions’ of Kazuto, Serena, and even ‘doppelgangers’ of Davis and Kari in ‘one form or another’ helping her. Suguha knows that these ‘visions’ aren’t just dreams. She ‘feels’ that they are memories and memories that are as real as her memories of the Silver Millennium and her life as Suguha Kirigaya thus far. What their meaning to her is still confused before she finds herself within the strange ‘mindscape’ shaped like an Ancient Egyptian palace, but before she looks around, she yelps as she is dragged into the arms of Naruto, who is dressed like an Ancient Egyptian prince, with her, Sakura, and Hinata dressed like Ancient Egyptian princesses that are seen in anime, cartoons, movies, and other forms of ‘entertainment’.

 

Naruto asks Suguha, with a foxy smirk, “What kept you, Sugu-chan?”

 

Suguha says, plainly and ‘huffing’ her cheeks, “Oh, geez.” But then Naruto brings her and Hinata into a three-way passionate kiss and Suguha can’t help to enjoy the kiss and the taste of Naruto’s and Hinata’s mouths and saliva. When they break off the kiss, Suguha’s cheeks are majorly flush and she then asks, “Where is Kaguya?”

 

Naruto responds, with a shrug, “Oh, she is around.”

 

Sakura says, with a smirk, “Can’t do much since her power is sealed in Naruto-kun’s Red Nova Dragon and Naruto-kun himself.”

 

Suguha tells Sakura, “Don’t be too sure, Sakura. We are talking about the first person in your world to gain chakra and has existed for centuries through most of that time she has been sealed. She did develop a plan, via Black Zetsu, which lasted centuries.”

 

Sakura says, “Which is why Naruto’s ‘foxy friend’ is making sure that the defenses are in place.”

 

Naruto says, “And why we can talk about us.”

 

Suguha says, with a blush, “Yeah…”

 

Hinata asks Suguha, “Is something wrong, Suguha?”

 

Sakura says, tracing her hands on the bare skin of Suguha’s back due to her ‘outfit’, “Still have feelings for your ‘brother’.”

 

Suguha says, blushing, “Well, I…”

 

Sakura says, “In my opinion, your and Kazuto are classified as ‘first cousins’ and you share a pair of grandparents in which makes you the most family related genetic wise of all types of cousins. Since you share a ‘blood relationship’, I feel going beyond that kind of ‘relationship’ is kind of…”

 

Suguha says, a bit nervously, “Yeah, I guess that you can say that…”

 

Sakura tells Suguha, “Easy, Suguha. You didn’t exactly understand your relationship, so, it is understandable. And you have been going through a lot for the past three years, Suguha.” Suguha then yelps as Sakura yanks Suguha off Naruto and while Hinata goes onto Naruto, Sakura lies Suguha on the bed on her stomach.

 

Suguha yells out, stunned and a bit annoyed, “Hey! What’s the big idea?”

 

Sakura says, “You, duh! You are always stressing over everything!”

 

Suguha responds, annoyed, “I’m not stressing over everything.”

 

Hinata says, with a bit of a nervous smile, “Actually, you do.” Before Suguha could retort, Sakura starts to massage Suguha’s back while Hinata is in Naruto’s embrace.

 

Naruto asks Hinata, “Hinata-chan…?”

 

Hinata puts her fingers on Naruto’s lips and she says, “I know what you are going to ask and I don’t mind at all, Naruto-kun.” Hinata blushes and she says, “And I really get along and like Suguha-chan. She and I have ‘problems’ with our…certain ‘assets’…” Naruto blushes from what Hinata is implying.

 

Naruto tells Hinata, blushing madly, “I’m not that kind of guy, Hinata-chan. You, Suguha-chan, and Sakura-chan are beautiful the way that you are…believe it.”

 

Hinata tells Naruto, with a blush on her cheeks and a loving tone, “Oh, Naruto-kun…” Hinata shares a passionate kiss with Naruto while Sakura gives Suguha a good massage. The following morning, our group is assembled in front of an abandoned factory somewhere in Lastation.

 

Neptune says, “And so, Nep and family have arrived at a closed factory for Avenir’s work.”

 

Noire sighs and she says, “You’re happy as usual.”

 

Kotone says, “I don’t think that Neptune can be anything else.”

 

Asuna says, “I hope that Yui will be okay.”

 

Kazuto says, with a smile, “Chian will be reliable as usual.”

 

Neptune says, “Hey, when you lose your memory, you can do whatever you want.”

 

Mimi says, with a nod, “She does have a point.”

 

Palmon says, nodding her head, “Yeah…”

 

Noire states, “I admire your free nature…Anyway, what’s this being called to this kind of place?”

 

Ganache comes over and he says, “It has been a while folks. I’d like to have more work done from you.”

 

Rika whispers to the others, “It only has been a day or so.”

 

Asuna whispers to Rika, “Liz…”

 

However, Kazuto, Suguha, Serena, Darien, Amara, Michelle, Trista, Davis, and quite a few of our group were giving Ganache the ‘third degree’ with their eyes through Ganache didn’t notice and Kari asks, “What kind of work?”

 

Ganache says, “Ah, right to business. I can handle that.” Ganache points to the abandoned factory and he says, “As you can see, it has been years since this factory has been in operation.”

 

Yolei says, with a nod, “That’s for sure.”

 

IF asks, “So, what are we doing here?”

 

Ganache responds, “There is a certain item since we have not recovered since the closure. We want you to find it and bring it back to us.”

 

Kazuto asks, “Let me guess: You haven’t retrieved it due to monsters infesting the factory?”

 

Ganache says, with a nod, “That’s correct.”

 

IF asks, “So, you want us to take care of the monsters too. So, what’s this thing that you want us to get?”

 

Ganache says, “It is a certain ore. We call it ‘Lastelite’. Just one gram of it holds enough power to power a game console for ten thousand years.”

 

Davis yells out, shocked, “No way!”

 

Ganache says, with a nod, “I know. The mining of this ore is difficult, so, we would like to recover what we have.”

 

Amara asks IF, “Have you heard of such an ore?”

 

IF says, a bit of a suspicion in her voice, “No.”

 

Noire says, confused, “I never heard of it too.”

 

Darien thinks in his mind, “I’m getting a bad feeling.” And Darien looks around to see plenty of the others of the group are also getting that ‘bad feeling’.

 

Cody says, “Something that powerful would have been heard about it at least around here…”

 

Ganache says, “Yes, it would have…However, we held a monopoly on the ore and knowing what it can do, we…didn’t want it to get out.”

 

Neptune asks, “If it is that good, do you mind giving us a wee bit?”

 

IF tells Neptune, “Hey, Nep, no fooling around!”

 

Neptune responds, “But Iffy! It can run a game console for ten thousand years! It is like the magic power that us, gamers, have been looking for all our lives!”

 

Kazuto thinks in his mind, “In a way, we thought that SAO would be a dream come true for us gamers…And then it became a sadistic nightmare that we haven’t even begun to heal from especially Serena.”

 

Ganache responds, “Well, if you would like some, I’m sure that I can spare a small bit.”

 

Amara thinks in her mind, “Okay, now I’m getting a bad feeling. If it is that powerful and that important, you wouldn’t give it away for a job like this even a tiny bit.” Soon enough, our group enters the factory and when they were a good distance inside, the doors slam shut up behind them.

 

Noire yells out, “What?!”

 

TK says, “The entrance closed shut!”

 

Amara says, “Hey…” Amara goes over to the doors and she yelps as she is shocked and flung to the ground.

 

Hotaru says, shocked, “Amara-papa!”

 

Michelle asks, concerned, “Are you okay?”

 

Amara says, “Just peachy.”

 

Naruto says, seriously, “I knew it! We were tricked!”

 

Tai yells out, “What’s the big idea?!”

 

Ganache responds, “I shut it from my convenience. I like for you to satisfy the hunger of the monsters there.”

 

Matt says, with a snarl, “Damn it! This was a trap!”

 

Rika says, with a serious tone, “And we walked right into it!”

 

Strea asks, “And there is no ‘Lastelite’?”

 

Kazuto says, “No, Strea. It was a ploy to get us inside.” Kazuto then says, “Most likely, he already knows that we are working for Chian.”

 

Ganache says, “You are quite clever, aren’t you? However, it seems like you aren’t clever enough. I thought that you would be quite the danger…being from another world and all, but it seems like you were being overestimated.”

 

Plenty of the others are shocked and Darien thinks in his mind, “He knows that we aren’t from this world?!”

 

Ganache says, “Most likely, you are here to learn about our plans for the Expo. It doesn’t matter. We would win regardless, but I’m the careful type you know.  Now then, I don’t have much time, so I need to go. Farewell.”

 

As they hear Ganache walk away, IF yells out, “Ganache, wait!”

 

Ami says, using her computer, “The entrance is sealed and there seems to be some kind of ‘defensive field’ around it. Our powers won’t even dent it. It is made to ‘defect and negate’ all sorts of energy flung at it.”

 

Minato says, “Meaning our chakra may be as useless as your mystical abilities.”

 

Ami says, nodding her head, “Most likely, Minato-dono.”

 

Compa asks, “Iffy, what’s going to happen to us?”

 

Davis says, “Hey, you may it sound like we are monster chow!”

 

Ryoutarou says, with a smirk, “Yeah, we’ve gotten out of worse situations than this!”

 

Kazuto says, with a smile, “You have a point, Klein.”

 

Neptune says, “Davis and Klein are right! We can’t get all mucky! Let’s find another way out!”

 

Noire says, with a smile, “Neptune…”

 

IF says, with a nod, “Nep is right. This is a large area. There has to be a way out.” The group then starts to explore and get into fights with enemy monsters lurking all over the area.

 

After a while, Yolei says, “Man, there are a lot of monsters.”

 

Hawkmon says, “I’ll say, Yolei.”

 

Patamon says, “How can there be so many? Based on what we know, there shouldn’t be so many.”

 

Keiko asks, “Could Avenir gathered them here to get rid of us?”

 

Kazuto says, shaking his head, “I don’t think so. I doubt that they could do that and so quickly. Most likely, they found out about us yesterday and gathering so monsters in a night? Doubtful.”

 

Kotone asks, “But how are there so many monsters?”

 

Neptune comes over and she shouts out, “Iffy, look what I found! This isn’t what I think it is!” Neptune then shows an Enemy Disc in her hands causing the others to look shocked.

 

Rika yells out, “An Enemy Disc?!”

 

Hotaru asks, “Where did you find it?”

 

Neptune responds, “In that room. Do I get a prize for finding it?”

 

Rika shouts out, “Prize?! Neptune, you have to destroy it before you know what happens!”

 

Noire asks, “What are you talking about? What’s this about an ‘Enemy Disc’?”

 

Asuna says, “It is a disc that’s a monster generator and the possible source of the monsters in this world.”

 

Noire yells out, stunned, “What? Seriously?! If so, that’s an incredible discovery!” Noire says, “The monsters started to appear three years and all of the nations have tried to figure out where they have come from, but no one has had a clue.” Noire asks, “Did you let Lastation’s CPU…I mean the Basilicom know?”

 

Davis says, “No way. They kicked us out without a chance.”

 

Tai says, “And with this, maybe it is a good thing. If Avenir are the ones producing these things, letting the Basilicom know would be bad since Avenir controls the Basilicom now.”

 

Noire says, with a nod, “I see…”

 

Rika asks, nervously, “Um, what about…?”

 

Rika points to the Enemy Disc and Neptune says, “Oh, yeah. What should we do with the disc? I could crush it really slow if you like.”

 

Yolei says, annoyed, “This isn’t some kind of old music video or something, Neptune! Bust it now!” However, the Enemy Disc glows and a group of monsters appear in front of our group.

 

Rika says, sarcastically, “Here we go again.”

 

IF says, annoyed, “How cliché.”

 

Compa says, “Nep-Nep, it is time to transform!”

 

Neptune responds, “You got it, Compa! Transform!” Neptune then transforms into her HDD mode and she says, in her adult woman voice, “I’m going full force here!” Our group draw their weapons and prepare to battle a large group of machine-like and ‘cartoon data virus-like’ monsters along with Lizardman style monsters from SAO. Due to our group’s numbers, they are overwhelming the enemy monsters through the most difficult was the Lizardman style monsters that were from SAO and their use of Curved Sword Skills, but our SAO survivors of our group easily managed to deflect and negate their assaults using much of the similar tactics used in SAO.

 

When they were done, Neptune transforms back into her ‘normal self’ and Davis says, “Nice work, Neptune.”

 

Compa says, with a smile, “You were really great back there, Nep-Nep.”

 

Neptune responds, “Really? Well, I have another reason to transform.”

 

IF tells our heroes and heroines, “You did really well against those ‘lizard guy’ monsters.”

 

Kotone says, with a nervous smile, “Let’s just say that we have experience with them.”

 

IF says, “Anyway, I’m shocked that Lastation has such a monster infested place here.”

 

Neptune replies, “Maybe there is a Key Fragment around here. Right, everyone?”

 

Kazuto says, “That might be a possibility.”

 

Noire asks, “Key Fragment? What’s that?”

 

Neptune says, “That’s right. We didn’t tell you about that yet. So sorry.” Neptune takes out the Key Fragment that our group already has and she asks, “It looks like this…Noire, have you seen something like this before?”

 

Noire retorts, “Never have…Why? Are you collecting these?”

 

Neptune replies, “I’m glad that you asked! It is to revive Histy and save the world!”

 

Noire stays silent and she then asks, “IF, is she okay?”

 

IF says, “A bit too late at birth, I suspect.”

 

Neptune yells out, “How rude! Now even the docile me is angry at you, Iffy!”

 

IF tells Neptune, “I’m just joking, Nep.” IF tells Noire, “Anyway, Noire, we need them to release a magical living tome named Historie…Nep calls her ‘Histy’…”

 

Noire asks, lowly and to herself, “Who is this ‘Histy’? How does she know more than me?”

 

Neptune asks, “What’s the matter Noire? You have a bug in your mouth?”

 

Noire says, “I’m just mumbling to myself. Don’t let it bother you.”

 

Neptune says, with a smile, “Oh, I just thought that you went nutty in the head, Noire. Well, if that happens, don’t worry. I’m sure psychiatrists can help.”

 

Noire says, annoyed, “You are the one that needs help in the head!” Noire sighs and she says, “I can’t believe at how lax you’re approaching this…”

 

Compa says, with a smile, “You’re so friendly with Nep-Nep, Noire…”

 

Noire responds, shocked, “What? Me? Neptune? Of course not! You’ve got to be kidding!”

 

Neptune does an anime deadpan and she yells out, “SHOCKER!!!” Neptune says, solemnly, “I thought that we were war buddies and all that. Friends above friends.”

 

Our heroes and heroines that came from Earth look at each other and Matt asks, curiously, “Shouldn’t we do something?”

 

Gabumon says, nervously, “I’m really not sure that we should Matt.”

 

Asuna says, nervously, “I think that this will work out…I think.” As our heroes and heroines from Earth watch over the ‘comedy routine’ between Neptune, Noire, IF, and Compa, they can’t help to sigh, shake their heads, smirk, giggle, and/or a combination of the previous four reactions. When it is done and over with, they continue on into the abandoned factory and fighting plenty of monsters along the way.

 

After a while, Neptune asks, “Iffy, are we there yet? My legs are like jelly…”

 

Compa says, “I’m tired too…”

 

IF says, with a sigh, “This again? You girls really need to exercise or something.”

 

Serena says, “Man! Energetic one minute and exhausted the next.”

 

Lita asks Serena, with a sly smile, “Remind you of anyone?”

 

Serena asks, curiously, “Who?” Plenty of the others, especially her closest friends in the Sailor Scouts, can’t help to look at her in amazement.

 

Noire then calls out, “Everyone, can you come here for a bit?”

 

Our group goes over to where Noire is and Tai asks, “What’s up, Noire?”

 

Noire points to a familiar disc and she asks, “This on the wall…Isn’t this the disc you showed me…?”

 

Amara says, annoyed, “Here we go again.”

 

Gatomon says, annoyed, “This is getting ridiculous.”

 

Neptune asks, “So that means that there are more around?”

 

Sakura says, “That’s pretty obvious Nep.”

 

Compa says, “No wonder the monsters don’t go away.”

 

Naruto says, “Anyway, let’s break the thing.”

 

Neptune says, “Wait! Wait! If we’re going to break it, I want to break it! I always wanted to break a disc, but I didn’t want to ruin my music CDs.”

 

Mimi asks, “Who uses CDs anymore?”

 

Yolei tells Mimi, with a sigh, “I don’t think that’s the point Mimi.”

 

IF tells Neptune, “This isn’t supposed to be fun, Nep.”

 

Amara tells Neptune, “Yes. This disc is dangerous and it doesn’t matter who breaks it.”

 

Neptune replies, “Yeah, but all work and no play make Nep a dull girl. So, come on, I can have fun breaking it right?”

 

Hinata says, with a giggle, “Neptune…”

 

However, the disc starts to glow and Veemon yells out, “Um, it is starting to glow!”

 

Yolei yells out, “Stop with the gabbing and break it already!”

 

Neptune says, “Well, there is a face coming out of it…”

 

Noire asks, “How can you be so relaxed like that?!”

 

Neptune responds, “You are praising me, right? Everyone does say that I’m a bit soft upstairs.”

 

Rika says, seriously, “That’s not a compliment.”

 

IF says, “Nep, transform! Let’s get rid of the monsters and the disc!”

 

Neptune replies, “Roger that!” Neptune transforms into her HDD form and she says, in her mature voice, “Listen up, Iffy. You and the others take care of the disc and I’ll handle the monsters.”

 

IF asks, “Wait! You said that you wanted to break it, right?”

 

Neptune responds, “The transformation cooled me down a bit. I don’t care about that anymore.”

 

Patamon says, “Neptune’s personality does seem to change when she changes.”

 

TK says, “It doesn’t matter right now, Patamon. We’ve got bigger problems.”

 

Wormmon asks, pointing up, “Like…that?!” Just then from the ceiling, none other than Gleameyes, the floor boss monster of Floor 74, crashes down along with a machine-like monster as well.

 

Ryoutarou says, shocked and stunned, “No way…”

 

Asuna says, also shocked and horrified, “It can’t be…”

 

Compa asks, stunned, “What is that?!”

 

Kazuto responds, drawing his swords, “Big trouble, Compa! Major trouble!”

 

Serena says, with a serious tone, “Girls, transform now!”

 

Suguha yells out, “You heard her!”

 

“Valkyrie Moon Power, Make-up!”

 

“Moon Eternal Power, Make-up!”

 

“Valkyrie Mercury Power, Make-up!”

 

“Valkyrie Venus Power, Make-up!”

 

“Mars Eternal Power, Make-up!”

 

“Jupiter Eternal Power, Make-up!”

 

“Uranus Eternal Power, Make-up!”

 

“Saturn Eternal Power, Make-up!”

 

“Neptune Eternal Power, Make-up!”

 

“Pluto Eternal Power, Make-up!”

 

“Nebula Eternal Power, Make-up!”

 

“Orion Eternal Power, Make-up!”

 

“Valkyrie Star Power, Make-up!”

 

“Valkyrie Sun Power, Make-up!”

 

“Valkyrie Celestial Power, Make-up!”

 

Within bright flashes, Serena, Rini, Ami, Mina, Raye, Lita, Amara, Hotaru, Michelle, Trista, Molly, Shion, Asuna, Kari, and Suguha are replaced by Sailors Moon, Neo Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn, Neptune, Pluto, Nebula, Orion, Star, Sun, and Celestial with Sailors Moon, Mercury, Venus, Star, Sun, and Celestial are in their Valkyrie Sailor Scout forms with the rest of the Sailor Scouts in their Eternal level forms.

 

Tai shouts out, holding out his digivice, “Agumon!”

 

Matt says, holding out his digivice, “Gabumon!”

 

Warp Digivolution

 

“Agumon Warp Digivolve to…WarGreymon!”

 

“Gabumon Warp Digivolve to…MetalGarurumon!”

 

End Warp Digivolution

 

With the end of the Digivolution, WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon replace Agumon and Gabumon as they prepare for battle.

 

Noire thinks in her mind, stunned, “What the heck?!”

 

Compa says, “Those two got big.”

 

IF says, seriously, “More than big Compa.”

 

Sailor Saturn yells out, “Here he comes!”

 

(Sword Art Online music ‘Swordland’ starts)

 

Gleameyes roars as he unleashes his breath attack at our group, but WarGreymon steps in and uses his shield to protect everyone from the breath attack, however, the machine monster moves in to attack WarGreymon from the flank.

 

“Ice Wolf Claw!”

 

MetalGarurumon unleashes a barrage of missiles that slams into the machine monster and temporary freezing it.

 

Matt says, “Let’s keep that tin can off WarGreymon.” The other Digidestined nod their heads in agree and IF and Compa move in to join them while the others face off against Gleameyes, who prepares to bash WarGreymon with his massive cleaver, but Sailor Star leaps from WarGreymon’s shoulders.

 

Sailor Star says, “Excuse me!” Sailor Star unleashes a rapid series of Linear attacks into Gleameyes’ face causing him to stumble allow Noire to move in.

 

“Drop Crush!”

 

Noire then unleashes a powerful one-two hit with a kick to the chin and a bash with her sword into Gleameyes’ face.

 

“Cross Cutter!”

 

Neptune then unleashes a barrage of slashes that pushes Gleameyes back a bit, but the massive monster recovers and prepares to bash Neptune with its free hand, however, Sailor Saturn creates a force-field to stop the attack.

 

Neptune says, “Thank you.”

 

Sailor Saturn responds, “No problem.” However, Sailor Saturn yelps out as her shield shatters from another fierce punch from the massive monster knocking her to the ground!

 

Sailor Neptune says, concerned, “Firefly!” Before Gleameyes could turn his attention to Sailor Saturn, Sailor Moon, Sailor Celestial, and Kazuto come in, cutting him with a blade attack each, but then Gleameyes does the unexpected and uses a powerful shockwave attack that knocks everyone facing it to the ground, hard!

 

Rika asks, “What was that?”

 

Ryoutarou says, “It never had that attack before!” Sailor Celestial gets back to her feet only to suffer a nasty punch attack from Gleameyes and knocking back down to the ground again!

 

Kazuto says, shocked, “Sugu!” Gleameyes then swings its massive cleaver down on Sailor Celestial, unable to recover her senses in time, but Sailor Moon, wielding a Star Seeker and Two Become One Keyblades, uses Cross Block, the Duel Wielding Sword Skill Defense Skill, to block the attack, however, she is straining under the massive weight and strength that Gleameyes.

 

Sailor Neo Moon says, concerned, “Sailor Moon!”

 

Sailor Jupiter says, “Be careful!”

 

Sailor Moon thinks in her mind, “I can’t believe it, but he might be stronger than before.”

 

Darien says, “Look out!” Sailor Moon looks and gasps to see Gleameyes’ might free fist about to bash her, but then chains made of energy appear to bind him and Sailor Moon looks to see Naruto and Kushina binding them with their Uzumaki chakra chains.

 

Sailor Moon says, “Naruto! Kushina!”

 

Naruto says, with a grunt, “Hey, Moon girl, this guy is kind big and heavy…”

 

Kushina yells out, “Can you move it, you know?!”

 

Neptune bashes Gleameyes in the face causing him to stumble back and she says, going over to Sailor Moon, “Come on! Let’s take this overgrown goat!”

 

Sailor Moon says, with a nod, “Right!” Sailor Moon and Neptune charge in for the attack with both of them rapidly slashing Gleameyes causing significant, but not critical damage. This allows Gleameyes to break out of Naruto’s and Kushina’s chakra chains causing mother and son to get knocked to the ground, however, Sailor Moon and Neptune start to glow in unison in which everyone else notices.

 

WarGreymon says, stunned, “They’re glowing!”

 

Keiko asks, “But why?”

 

“Starburst Stream Edge!”

 

Soon after, in rapid speed of succession, both Neptune and Sailor Moon perform a combo Starburst Stream attack with one of them performing half of the Sword Skill combo when the other switches in to perform the other half of the combo. However, then the two of them move with such speed that Gleameyes doesn’t notice them until two slash attacks knock Gleameyes into the air and then the two of them become blurs as they seemly vanish and reappear behind Gleameyes before it roars out in pain and agony as two massive slashes appear on him before he shatters into hundreds of particles.

 

(Sword Art Online music ‘Swordland’ ends)

 

By this time, the machine monster had also been destroyed by MetalGarurumon and the others and had seen the ending of Gleameyes in which Davis says, excitedly, “Way to go!”

 

Tai asks, “When did you learn to do that?”

 

Sailor Moon responds, confused, “I don’t know.”

 

Neptune says, with a smile, “It seems like being big and physically strong were its only traits.”

 

Compa says, “You and Usagi were really cool, Nep-Nep.”

 

Neptune tells Sailor Moon, “Nice work.” As the Sailor Scouts and Neptune transform back and the two Mega Digimon return to their Rookie forms, IF gets the Enemy Disc.

 

IF says, “Now, let’s get rid of this thing already.”

 

Neptune says, “Wait! I thought that I said that I wanted to break it! No fair!”

 

IF says, annoyed, “You just told me to break it a while ago.”

 

Neptune retorts, with a smile, “Well, that was me transformed. Different persona, right?”

 

IF says, “Not this again…”

 

Neptune says, “So, now that I’m my old self again, I want to break the disc!”

 

Gatomon says, rolling her eyes, “Here we go again.”

 

Kushina says, taking the Enemy Disc, “Give it here! This is getting ridiculous you know!”

 

She breaks the Enemy Disc into pieces and Noire says, “Thank you. I didn’t want to fight more of those again.”

 

Kushina says, with a smile, “No problem. By the way, you were quite good out there.”

 

Noire responds, with a proud smile, “What did you expect?”

 

Neptune gives a disappointed and annoyed look on her face and Kushina shouts out, annoyed, “Just drop it brat!” Kushina gives a ‘scary face’ causing Neptune to yelp out in fear and hide behind Naruto.

 

Neptune says, nervously, “Your mother is pretty and scary, Naruto.”

 

Naruto says, nervously, “Yeah…She is where I got my personality from.”

 

Sakura and Minato think at the same time, “Unfortunately.” The group continues and taking on a few more monsters in which they found another exit point, but the bad news is that someone that looks like Zane Truesdale with a black version of an Academia Duel Disk attached to his left wrist is blocking their way.

 

Sakura asks, “Who the heck is you?”

 

Davis says, “Hey! It is that Zane Truesdale guy from the past that I dueled.”

 

The ‘Zane Truesdale doppelganger’ gives a confused and annoyed look, but he then says, with a dark sly smirk, “Sorry, pal, but you have me confused with my Standard Dimension counterpart. I’m Ryo Marufuji from the Fusion Dimension.”

 

Yolei says, annoyed, “Great.”

 

IF asks, confused, “What? More ‘other world’ business?”

 

Kazuto tells IF, “It is a long story, IF.”

 

Tai says, sarcastically, “Another duelist from Academia.”

 

Ryo, Zane Truesdale’s Fusion Dimension counterpart, responds, with a dark smirk, “Ha! Don’t put me in with those losers! They are pathetic! They are weak little nothings if they have to pick on and seal away non-duelists to get their kicks! Me? I’m a true duelist unlike those peons!”

 

Davis asks, “Then why are you here?”

 

Ryo responds, “I’m a ‘Dueling Mercenary’ and I duel those that I get hired to duel and capture, but as long as my opponents provide me with a challenge. For me, victory is everything! However, I can’t be truly victorious if I don’t beat the best!” Ryo says, pointing to Suguha, “And I want you! Academia says that you are a powerful person and duelist! Let’s see if you are worth the hype!” Ryo then points to the exit point, in which there is a strange glow coming from it, and Ryo says, “And if you think that you are getting away, there is a force-field preventing you from leaving unless you beat me!”

 

Amara says, “Should have known that force-field wasn’t just for the front door.”

 

Naruto says, bringing his duel disk out from one of his storage scrolls, “Allow me.”

 

Ryo says, looking at Naruto, “Ah, Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze. I read about you in the files that I was given. You are really different from those manga and anime.”

 

Naruto says, putting his deck into his duel disk while attaching it to his left wrist, “Not as much as you think. I just more kick butt than my manga counterpart, believe it!” The two of them activate their duel disks, the ‘energy blades’ for their Monster and Pendulums appearing as their decks are shuffled, and their touch screens display 4000 life-points for each duelist.

 

Noire asks, confused, “What are they doing?”

 

Mimi says, with a smile, “You’ll see.”

 

“Duel!” Naruto and Ryo say in unison as their draw five cards from their respective duel disks while mysterious platforms appear along with a rain of Duel Monster cards with the letter ‘A’ on their backs as their duel begins.

 

Starting Scores:

Naruto: 4000

Ryo: 4000

 

Davis asks, “What’s going on here?”

 

Ryo looks at his duel disk and he says, “Interesting. It says that this is the Action Field Spell known as Cross Over and that we can only hold one Action Card in our hands at time as well as the duelist that goes first can’t draw a card.”

 

Serena says, “That sounds familiar.”

 

Ryo says, with a smirk, “I don’t know what this ‘Action Duel’ is all about, but it is quite interesting.” Ryo says, putting one card on his duel disk, “I’ll take the first turn then! I play Cyber Dragon Zwei in attack mode!” Soon after, Cyber Dragon Zwei (1500/1000) appears on the field in attack mode and Ryo says, putting two cards into the main slot of his disk, “Then I end with two cards face-down.”

 

IF, Compa, Neptune, and Noire are shocked and IF asks, shocked, “What the heck?!”

 

Compa says, amazed, “He just used a card to bring out a monster.”

 

Naruto says, drawing a card, “My move!” Naruto displays two Pendulum Monster Cards, Performapal Odd-Eyes Light Phoenix (2000/1000) and Performapal Odd-Eyes Unicorn (100/600), and he says, “I set the scale three, Performapal Odd-Eyes Light Phoenix, and scale eight, Performapal Odd-Eyes Unicorn, and set the Pendulum Scale!” Naruto puts the cards in his disk’s Pendulum Zones causing the word Pendulum in rainbow colors to appear in his disk’s Monster Card Zones with the two monsters appear on the field in two columns of light with the number 3 below Light Phoenix and number 8 below Unicorn. Naruto says, as an image of his crystal necklace appears, “With them, I can summon monsters that are level four to seven at the same time this turn! Swing, Pendulum! Draw the arc of light to victory! Pendulum Summon!” Naruto puts three cards from his hand on his duel disk as the crystal ‘pendulum’ swings between Light Phoenix and Unicorn and he yells out, “Swing into action: Junk Blader, Top Runner, and Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!” A circle of light appears, three lights come out of the light, and the ‘lights’ take the form of Junk Blader (1800/1000), Top Runner (1100/800), and Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon (2500/2000) appear on the field in attack mode.

 

Neptune says, amazed, “Wow!”

 

Naruto says, “And now, I tune my Top Runner with Junk Blader!” Top Runner turns into four stars that turn into four rings that surround Junk Blader, making him go transparent, and then a column of light appears on the field. When Naruto takes out a Synchro Monster card from his Extra Deck, he says, putting it on his disk duel, “Flash of light that splits the sea of stars! Shake our souls and roar through the world! Synchro Summon! Kick butt Stardust Spark Dragon!” Out of the light, Stardust Spark Dragon (2500/2000) appears on the field in attack mode.

 

Ryo says, with a smirk, “Impressive.”

 

Naruto yells out, “Wait until you see his attack! Attack his tin toy with Shooting Blast!”

 

Stardust Spark Dragon rears up to attack, but Ryo leaps over to a platform, displays a spell card known as Miracle, and he says, “I use my Cyber Dragon Zwei’s ability! By showing you one spell card, it is treated as the original Cyber Dragon for the rest of this turn!” Ryo pushes a button on his disk’s touch screen and he says, “And that’s good for me since I play my Attack Reflector Unit trap card!” Ryo’s face-down card is revealed to be an Attack Reflector Unit trap card and Ryo says, “I release one Cyber Dragon in order to play Cyber Barrier Dragon!” Cyber Dragon Zwei vanishes while Ryo puts a card from his deck on his duel disk and Cyber Barrier Dragon (800/2800) appears on the field in attack mode. Ryo says, “And thanks to his ability, when he is in attack mode, he can negate one attack per turn!” Cyber Barrier Dragon creates a shield that negates Stardust Spark Dragon’s attack.

 

Naruto says, “Odd-Eyes!”

 

As Odd-Eyes prepares to attack, Sakura yells out, “Naruto, wait!”

 

Odd-Eyes unleashes its attack and Ryo says, putting one card into the main slot of his disk, “Action Magic: Miracle! My monster isn’t destroyed and I suffer half of the damage that I would have taken meaning that your Odd-Eyes’ ‘double damage’ power is out!” Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon’s attack slams into Cyber Barrier Dragon creating an explosion that sends Ryo skidding backwards as he loses 1700 life-points, but thanks to the card that he used, Cyber Barrier Dragon remains on the field.

 

Naruto says, putting one card into the main slot of his disk, “I end my turn with a card face-down.”

 

Current Score:

Naruto: 4000

Ryo: 2300

 

Ryo says, drawing a card, “My move!” Ryo says, pushing a button on his duel disk’s touch screen, “First, I start with Call of the Haunted!” Ryo’s other face-down card is revealed to be the Call of the Haunted continuous trap card and he says, “And now, I revived my Cyber Dragon Zwei!” Cyber Dragon Zwei (1500/1000) appears on the field in attack mode and he says, displaying his Pot of Greed spell card, “And now, by showing you a spell card, my Zwei counts as the original Cyber Dragon for this turn. Ryo says, putting said Pot of Greed spell card into the main slot of his disk, “I play Pot of Greed and draw two cards!” Ryo draws two cards, puts one card on his duel disk, and he says, “And then I play my Proto-Cyber Dragon in attack mode.” Proto-Cyber Dragon (1100/600) appears on the field in attack mode and Ryo says, putting another card into the main slot, “Then I activate my Photon Generator Unit! I release two Cyber Dragons in order to use this and Proto-Cyber Dragon with my Zwei qualifies! So, now, I release them to play Cyber Laser Dragon!” Both Proto-Cyber Dragon and Zwei vanishes from the field and when Ryo puts a card from his deck on his duel disk, Cyber Laser Dragon (2400/1800) appears on the field in attack mode.

 

Ken says, nervously, “Oh, boy.”

 

Ryo says, “And now, Cyber Laser Dragon’s ability activates and it can destroy a monster with either more attack or defense points than my Laser Dragon’s attack points! Say goodbye!”

 

Cyber Laser Dragon fires a beam right at Stardust Spark Dragon and Naruto says, “I activate my Spark Dragon’s ability! Once per turn, he can make one card on the field unable to be destroyed and guess who!” Stardust Spar Dragon creates an energy field that protects it from Cyber Laser Dragon’s attack.

 

Ryo says, putting one card into the main slot of his disk, “Let’s see if he can handle my Limiter Removal! This card doubles all machine type monsters’ power for this turn!” Cyber Laser Dragon goes from 2400/1800 to 4800/1800 and Cyber Barrier Dragon goes from 800/2800 to 1600/2800 and Ryo says, “And since you already used your dragon’s ability, Laser Dragon destroy Pendulum Dragon!” Cyber Laser Dragon unleashes a laser blast from its mouth that slams into Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon causing a massive explosion, but Naruto leaps out of the way shockwave to land on a platform while he loses 2300 life-points.

 

Hinata asks, concerned, “Are you okay Naruto-kun?”

 

Naruto says, with a smile, “Just fine, Hinata-chan! It will take more than that jerk to take care of me and his dragons are about to hit the road!”

 

Ryo says, grabbing a nearby Action Card, “Not with this!” Ryo puts the card into the main slot of his disk and he says, “I play the Action Spell: Herculean Stamina! This card prevents my monsters from being destroyed by ANY card effects this turn!”

 

Naruto says, annoyed, “Just great, believe it!”

 

Ryo says, putting one more card into the main slot, “I think that’s enough pain for this turn, but next turn, you are done.”

 

Current Score:

Naruto: 1700

Ryo: 2300

 

Naruto says, drawing a card, “We’ll see!” Naruto says, putting one card into the main slot of his disk, “I activate Card of Sanctity and force both of us to draw until we have a full hand!” Naruto and Ryo draw cards from their decks until they have six cards in their hands and Naruto says, putting one more card into the main slot of his disk, “Next, I activate my Pendulum Retuning! I return my two Pendulum Monsters in my Pendulum Zones from my field back to my deck and I can replace them as long as they are the same scale as the last two!” Light Phoenix and Unicorn vanish, two cards are returned to Naruto’s deck, two more cards come out, and after Naruto’s deck is reshuffled, Naruto says, putting Xiangke Magician (2500/500) and Xiangsheng Magician (500/1500) Pendulum Monster cards in his disk’s Pendulum Zones, “I reset the Pendulum Scale with scale three, Xiangke Magician, and scale eight, Xiangsheng Magician!” The two monsters appear on the field, each in a column of light, and the number 3 below Xiangke Magician and number 8 below Xiangsheng Magician. As Naruto’s crystal necklace appears between them, Naruto says, “And now, I can summon another set of level four through seven monsters this turn! Swing, Pendulum! Draw the arc of light to victory! Pendulum Summon!” Naruto puts one card from his Extra Deck and two cards from my hand on his duel disk and he yells out, “Let’s rock: White Ninja, Kunoichi, and revive from my Extra Deck, Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!” A circle of light appears on the field, three lights come from it, and from those ‘lights’, White Ninja (1500/800), Kunoichi (1800/1000), and Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon (2500/2000) appear on the field in attack mode.

 

Ryo says, with a smirk, “This is getting interesting.”

 

Naruto says, strongly, “Oh, yeah! How about this? I Overlay my White Ninja and my Kunoichi!” White Ninja and Kunoichi turn into lights that goes into a vortex while Naruto takes out an XYZ Monster card from his Extra Dec that he puts over the two monster cards of White Ninja and Kunoichi on his disk and he yells out, “Let’s see how you handle this dragon of shadows! Dark Rebellion XYZ Dragon!” Out of the vortex, Dark Rebellion XYZ Dragon (2500/2000) with two Dark Overlay Units orbiting it appear on the field in attack mode.

 

The others are shocked and Suguha asks, shocked, “How did he get that dragon?”

 

Serena says, concerned, “I’m not sure.”

 

Suguha thinks in her mind, “Unless…”

 

Naruto says, “And next, I use the Pendulum Effects of my two Pendulum Monsters! Now, my Dark Rebellion counts as a level seven monster to use for an XYZ Summon! I Overlay him and my Odd-Eyes together!” Dark Rebellion and Odd-Eyes turn into lights that goes into a vortex while Naruto gets a XYZ Monster card from his Extra Deck and puts it on his duel disk over his Dark Rebellion XYZ Dragon and Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon cards in which he yells out, “Now, meet the ultimate dragon of shadows and rage! Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon!” Out of the vortex, Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon (3000/2500) with two Dark Overlay Units orbiting him appear on the field in attack mode.

 

Compa says, nervously, “That’s one scary dragon.”

 

Suguha says, “You don’t know the half of it Compa.”

 

Naruto winches, as if in pain, and he thinks, “Man! That dark energy that this guy has is…something else.”

 

Kurama tells him, “Well, watch out that you don’t get consumed by its ‘dark rage’ energy because if it mixes with my chakra…Oh, boy!”

 

Naruto retorts, “I know! I know!” Naruto says, “I activate Odd-Eyes Rebellion’s ability! Since he was XYZ Summoned with an XYZ Monster as material, he destroys all monsters on your field that’s level seven or below and you lose one grand in life-points for each one! Darkness Howling!” Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon unleashes a shockwave that destroys Cyber Laser and Cyber Barrier Dragons.

 

Ryo says, pushing a button on his disk’s touch screen, “I activate my Damage Polarizer!” Ryo’s face-down card is revealed to be Damage Polarizer counter-trap card and Ryo says, as a shield protects him, “Thanks to this card, your effect damage is negated and both of us draw a card!” Naruto and Ryo draw a card from their decks.

 

Naruto says, “But since my dragon destroyed your monsters, he can attack three times this turn! Time to end this! Odd-Eyes, end this duel with Rebellion Wrath Strike Disobey!” Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon charges right at Ryo with its fangs glowing, but Ryo leaps to a platform and grabs an Action Card in which he puts into the main slot of his disk just as Odd-Eyes’ attack slams into him causing a strong explosion.

 

Keiko says, “He did it!”

 

Ryo’s voice booms, “Not!” Everyone looks to see Ryo on another platform and he says, “Action Spell: Great Escape. The Battle Phase is now over.”

 

Naruto says, putting one card into the main slot of his disk, “And now, my turn is over.”

 

Ryo says, drawing a card, “And your end has begun!” Ryo says, with a dark wide smirk while putting one card into the main slot of his disk, “First, I start with my Power Bond! Now, I can play any Fusion Machine Monster as long as send the required monsters from my hand or field to the graveyard!” Ryo discards three cards, three Cyber Dragons (2100/1600 X 3) appears on the field, and he says, “And what better monsters than my mighty Cyber Dragons!” As the Cyber Dragons go into a fusion vortex while Ryo gets a Fusion Monster card from his Extra Deck, he says, “Mighty dragons of metal and might, unite together to form a chimera of ultimate power! Fusion Summon! Rise, Cyber End Dragon!” Ryo puts the Fusion Monster card on his duel disk and Cyber End Dragon (4000/2800) comes out of the vortex in attack mode in which Ryo says, “And thanks to Power Bond, his attack power is doubled!” Cyber End Dragon then glows as he goes from 4000/2800 to 8000/2800 and Ryo says, putting another card into the main slot of his disk, “But I’m not done! I activate my Overload Fusion! Now, I can remove Machine monsters from my field and graveyard from play in order to play another Machine Fusion Monster! And I remove all of my monsters from my graveyard!” Just then all of monsters in Ryo’s graveyard ranging from Cyber Dragon Zwei to the original Cyber Dragons appear, he puts them in his pocket and ‘out of play’, he yells out as they unite a fusion vortex, “Metal dragoons of metal and power combine into the cyber chimera of ultimate wrath! Fusion Summon! Come forth, Chimeratech Overdragon!” Ryo puts a Fusion Monster card from his Extra Deck on his duel disk and Chimeratech Overdragon (?/?) appears on the field in attack mode.

 

Neptune says, “Holy puddings!”

 

Ryo says, with a dark sly smile, “And my dragon’s power is eight hundred times the number of monsters used to summon him and since seven monsters were used…!!” Chimeratech Overdragon goes from 0/0 to 5600/5600 and Ryo says, with wicked grin, “And plus, he can attack your monsters that same number of times as monsters used! That means seven attacks!”

 

There are gasps and Matt says, “There is no way that Naruto can survive that onslaught!”

 

Ryo yells out, “Exactly! Chimeratech, end this!”

 

Chimeratech unleashes an assault from its seven machine heads and Naruto says, pushing a button on his disk’s touch screen, “Not so fast!” He, Odd-Eyes, and Stardust are hit by the powerful assault causing them to get hit by an explosion that covers them in smoke.

 

Sakura, Hinata, and Suguha yell out in unison, horrified, “Naruto!” However, when the smoke and dust clear, Ryo is shocked to see Naruto still standing without losing a single life-points with Stardust Spark Dragon still on the field with an active Spirit Barrier continuous trap card.

 

Tai says, amazed, “He’s okay!”

 

Naruto says, “Yep! Due to my Spirit Barrier! As long as this baby is on the field, I’m safe from any battle damage as long as I have a monster on the field, believe it! And since Stardust is still on the field, thanks to his ability, his attacks are worthless! By the way, when Odd-Eyes is destroyed, I can destroy all cards in my Pendulum Zone and add him to one of them!” Xiangke Magician and Xiangsheng Magician vanish from the Pendulum Zones and Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon appears in one of them with the number 4 below him.

 

Yolei says, with a smirk, “And now, thanks to this jerk’s own Power Bond, this duel is over!”

 

Ryo says, putting one card on his disk, “Not even close! Thanks to Cyber Kirin!” Cyber Kirin (300/800) appears on the field and Ryo says, “And now, I release him in order to negate all card effect damage this turn which means my Power Bond damage is null and void!”

 

TK says, annoyed, “He seems to have an answer for everything!”

 

Ryo says, “This is your last turn! Make it count!”

 

Naruto says, drawing a card, “I will!” Naruto says, “And now, I use Odd-Eyes’ ability! I can now put one Pendulum Monster from my deck into my free Pendulum Zone!” A card comes out of his deck, he displays Dragonpit Magician (900/2700) Pendulum Monster card, “And I choose my scale eight Dragonpit Magician!” Naruto puts the card into the free Pendulum Card Zone on his duel disk causing the word ‘Pendulum’ in rainbow colors to appear in the Monster Card Zones with Dragonpit Magician to appear in another column with the number 8 below him. Naruto says, pushing a button on his disk’s touch screen, “Then I play Pendulum Reborn!” Naruto’s other face-down card is revealed to be the Pendulum Reborn trap card and he says, “And now, I can revive one Pendulum Monster from my Extra Deck or graveyard including Odd-Eyes!” Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon (2500/2000) appears on the field in attack mode and Naruto says, putting one more card on his duel disk, “Next, I use the ability of my Nobledragon Magician! I reduce Odd-Eyes’ level by three in order to summon her!” Just then Nobledragon Magician (700/1400) appears on the field in attack mode. Naruto says, “And now, I tune my Nobledragon Magician with Odd-Eyes!” Nobledragon turns into three stars that turn into three rings that surround Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon making it become transparent before a column of light appears on the field. When Naruto takes a Synchro Monster card from his Extra Deck, he says, “Celestial flames gather here, burn with the flame of a dragon’s star! Synchro Summon!” Naruto says, putting a Synchro Monster card on his duel disk, “Blaze in fury: Odd-Eyes Meteorburst Dragon!” Out of the column of light, Odd-Eyes Meteorburst Dragon (2500/2000) appears on the field in attack mode and Naruto says, “And now, I use his ability! By making him unable to attack this turn, he can bring out one monster from my Pendulum Zones! Time to kick ass, Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon!” Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon (3000/2500) emerges from the Pendulum Zone in attack mode.

 

Davis says, “That’s a lot of dragons!”

 

Naruto says, putting one card into the main slot of his disk, “Next, I play my Magical Stone Excavation! By discarding two cards from my hand, I can get one spell card back from my grave!” Naruto discards the last two cards in his hand, a card comes out of his disk’s graveyard slot, and he says, playing said card in the main slot of his disk, “And I choose my Card of Sanctity! Now, we get new hands!” Naruto and Ryo draw from their decks until they have six cards in their respective hands and Naruto says, displaying Odd-Eyes Mirage Dragon (1200/2400) Pendulum Monster card, “And now, I put my scale one, Odd-Eyes Mirage Dragon, in my free Pendulum Zone!” When he does so, Odd-Eyes Mirage Dragon appears in a light column with the number 1 below it and Naruto says, “And now, I can summon monsters that are levels two through seven this turn!” When Naruto’s crystal pendulum appears, he yells out, “Swing, Pendulum! Draw the arc of light to victory! Pendulum Summon!” Naruto puts two cards from his Extra Deck on his duel disk and he yells out, “Be revived from my Extra Deck: Odd-Eyes Light Phoenix and Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!” A circle of light appears, two lights come from the circle, and Performapal Odd-Eyes Light Phoenix (2000/1000) and Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon (2500/2000) return to the field in attack mode.

 

Ryo says, “It doesn’t matter how dragons that you have! They are no match for my dragons!”

 

Naruto says, putting two cards into the main slot of his disk, “These might change your tune! I equip Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon with Mage Power and United We Stand equip spells! United We Stand gives Odd-Eyes eight hundred points for every monster on the field while Mage Power boosts him five hundred points for every spell and trap card on my field! Since I have five monsters on my field and I have five cards, counting my Pendulum Cards in my Pendulum Zones, you can get where this is going!” Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon roars out as it goes from 2500/2000 to 9000/8500!

 

Ryo asks, stunned, “Nine thousand attack points?!”

 

Naruto shouts out, “You got it, buddy! Odd-Eyes, end this duel!” Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon charges right at Chimeratech Dragon and unleashes a powerful blast in which Ryo goes over and gets an Action Card from nearby.

 

Ryo says, putting the card into his disk’s main slot, “Action Spell: Avoid! My monster dodges your assault!”

 

Naruto says, putting an Action Card that he picked up from the platform that he was on, “Action Spell: No Action! Your Action Card has been negated!” Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon’s attack slams into Chimeratech Dragon and it explodes in a massive explosion, but Ryo just smirks as he is sent flying as he loses 6800 life-points as well as the duel.

 

Final Score:

Naruto: 1700

Ryo: 0

 

With the end of the duel, Ryo vanishes through some kind of teleportation while the platforms and other Solid Vision projections vanishes with Naruto dropping down as the force-field vanishes as well.

 

Kushina asks Naruto, “Are you okay Sochi?”

 

Naruto says, “I’m just fine, mom.”

 

Hinata tells Naruto, “You were great Naruto-kun as always.”

 

Neptune yells out, excitedly, “Wow! Oh, wow! That was really something! You have got to tell what that was all about!”

 

IF says, “Later, Nep! Let’s get out of here already.” The others nod their heads as they head outside of the abandoned factory from the exit that they found.

 

Compa says, “Being under the warm sun feels so good.”

 

Neptune says, “Perfect for taking a nap.”

 

Kazuto says, seriously, “I don’t think that this is the time.”

 

Asuna asks Kazuto, “What’s wrong, Kirito-kun?”

 

Kazuto says, “I don’t think that Ganache was trying to destroy us while we were in there.”

 

IF asks Kazuto, “You think so too Kazuto?”

 

Noire asks, curiously, “What do you mean?”

 

Kazuto says, “Something tells me that Ganache knew that we were quite strong and those Enemy Discs would not be enough to take care of us.”

 

Kotone asks, “Then why trap us in there in the first place?”

 

Noire thinks in her mind, “Ganache probably knew who I was so it was probably meant for me and it could mean that he was trying to delay me…”

 

Neptune says, “Oh, Iffy, you and Kirito are worrying too much. All of us came out in one piece, so, it is all good! Let’s head back to Chian.”

 

IF gasps and she says, “What? That’s right! Chian! She’s in danger!”

 

Kazuto snaps his fingers and he says, “That’s it! Ganache was delaying us to keep us from attacking Chian! He knew that we were helping Chian!”

 

Amara says, with a snarl, “Damn it! She was the real target! Keeping us trapped in there was to delay us to prevent us from getting to Chian in time to help her!”

 

Noire asks, shocked, “What?!”

 

Davis says, “That means that we have to get back to Chian on the double!”

 

Noire says, her anger starting to rage, “What is that jerk thinking? Targeting civilians just for the Expo?! Now, I’m really mad! I’m not going to let Ganache and Avenir get away with this!”

 

Neptune says, “Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Now, Noire is REALLY mad!”

 

Compa says, “Noire, you are scary…”

 

Noire yells out, strongly and with rage laced in her voice, “You, girls, stop with the jibber-jabber! Let’s hurry up and save Chian!”

 

Neptune and Compa say in unison, nervously, “Y-Yes…”

 

Naruto says, nervously, “Noire is scary when she is mad…”

 

Minato tells Naruto, “Reminds me…”

 

Kushina tells Minato, with a dangerous smile on her lips, “Reminds you of what, Minato-kun?”

 

Minato responds, nervously, “Nothing, Kushina-chan!” Our group heads off back to Passé to help Chian and her family/friends/workers and they hope that they aren’t too late, but what they don’t know is that they were being watched at a distance by a group.

 

One of them says, with a familiar male voice, “Leave it to that loser to muck it up, but then again, he was fighting my counterpart after all! He is getting better all the time…How sweet it will be to show who the true Uzumaki is!”

 

End of Chapter 34

 

Well, we’ve managed to come to the end of another chapter. I have to say that this chapter was really long, but I doubt that it was any less exciting. While the main villains of this arc have already been chosen, it doesn’t mean that the other enemies of this story won’t be making an appearance, so, these other enemies might surprise you, folks! And there is also quite a bit of foreshadowing in this chapter, but I’m not going to say anything more or I might be giving too many spoilers! Later and best wishes, Crossover Fans!