Sailor Moon Fan Fiction / Digimon Fan Fiction / Crossover Fan Fiction ❯ Sailor Moon Online: Gaiden ❯ Mother Rosario 1: Absolute Sword ( Chapter 20 )

Well, we have reached story number 20, everyone! *cheers* *celebration* So, what’s it going to be this time? Not that would be giving spoilers and that’s a bad thing, folks! You are going to have to read to find out! However, once again, before I begin this story, I must give thanks and credit to Belletiger and 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. I would also like to give thanks and credit to Matty G91 and this author’s story of Kamen Rider Lunar for giving me permission to use Kamen Rider Lunar, his looks, and everything about him as well as the UNI-SHOCKER organization.

 

Now, with that out of the way, as they say on SAO: Link Start!

 

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Warning: These stories may and will contain mature level 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 these series of stories!

 

Prelude: A castle of stone and metal floating in the sky that consist of one hundred floors. Within this massive structure, there are countless cities, villages, towns, forests, plains, lakes, and whatever you can imagine. There is only one staircase that connects one floor with another and these staircases are located within dangerous mazes filled with monsters. The players with navigate through these floors to the top with nothing than the weapons in their hands. And yes, I said players.

 

This is the world of Aincrad, a floating castle in a virtual sky, and yes, I said VIRTUAL sky. This world and this floating castle world are in a realm made of digital information…the world of Sword Art Online. A world that was supposed to be game, but because a nightmare prison when its creator, Akihiko Kayaba, trapped the ten thousand players within this virtual world and if they die here, they will die in real life. The ten thousand players struggle in this ‘game death’ to reach the top of the floating castle where the final boss and the key to their freedom waits.

 

You may know this story and the stories that come after it, but do you know all of the stories? All of the tales that happened within the floating castle? What about the tales that happened after the floating castle was conquered? There are stories connected to the ‘tale’ of this floating castle, its ‘history’, and its ‘aftermath’, but they weren’t told…until now. These are those stories…

 

Sailor Moon Online: Gaiden

 

Story 20: Mother Rosario 1: Absolute Sword

 

Note: This story takes place in ‘main’ SMO timeline in-between Arc II of SAO Shippuden and Alternating Scales.

 

Late December 2025, ALO, New Aincrad, Floor 24

 

On the twenty-fourth floor of New Aincrad in ALO, we are north of the main city where we find ourselves on a small island with a large tree on it. A group of ALO players are assembled together as they watch up where they see none other than Leafa fighting against another female player.

 

This female player is a slim female Imp that looks to be of mid-to-late teen years with milky white with a hint of purple skin, lustrous and gorgeous, long, purplish-black hair, and red eyes. She wore obsidian chest armor, a bluebottle violet tunic and a windswept skirt of the same color beneath the armor. A thin, black sheath hung on her waist and she has a one-handed longsword that’s narrow and as dark and translucent as her obsidian armor.

 

Why was Leafa fighting against this female Imp player? Well, just recently, this new player appeared and sent a challenge to an MMO forum for opponents in which thirty elite ALO players came to ‘teach the newbie a lesson’ in which all of them lost against this female player in one-on-one duels with none of them dropping her HP below thirty percent! This said to players that she must have converted from another game, but for the players, it shouldn’t mean that this new female player should be overwhelming causing plenty of questions to be asked of her. However, she is also wagering a powerful OSS, Original Sword Skill, that’s an 11-hit combo!

 

Why is that a big deal? Well, the OSS system is a new twist to the SAO Sword Skills that was added to ALO when the game was transferred from RCT Progress to Ymir in which players can create their own Sword Skills, but the catch is that the player must ‘craft’ the skill WITHOUT any help from the system. With the speed and timing factors, among other things, which is why Sword Skills relies on the system to help players, it is hard for players to ‘craft’ anything beyond a 5-hit sword hit combo. Leafa created something special during her time in Rainbow Gardens, but that’s another story.

 

However, Leafa isn’t in this duel for the OSS. It is more for the challenge since she and her friends and family heard about what she had done even through she had just became a player in ALO and they are in it for the challenge. Well, right now, Leafa is fighting this female Imp player in the air figuring that her aerial experience will give her an edge.

 

Leafa thinks in her mind, “I’ve got this! No matter how skilled and fast that she is, she just converted from another game. I’ve been in ALO for years and very few people have matched my flight combat abilities…other than big brother and sis of course. I’ve got you now.” Leafa prepares to attack, but Leafa is surprised as her opponent smirks and she then attacks with incredible speed. Leafa thinks in her mind, stunned, “Whoa!” Leafa, by millimeters, manages to avoid the attack and it is only because of her ‘warrior instincts’ as Sailor Celestial and her experiences that Leafa avoids the attack causing her to think, shocked, “What the heck was that?!”

 

The female Imp player says, with a smile, “Wow! You are good! A lot of other opponents never see that coming!”

 

Leafa thinks in her mind, amazed, “That was…incredible! She…She’s good…really good…” Leafa’s eyes narrow and she thinks in her mind, “She isn’t any ordinary player. I should know. Could she be…?” Leafa then glances down below in which she sees Kirito, Lisbeth, Silica, Usagi, Minako, Makoto, Hino, Tomoe, Haruka, Michiru, and Setsuna and Leafa then looks back at her opponent causing her to think in her mind, “This isn’t fair. I shouldn’t be using my full strength like this. This is a game after all. We should have be having fun, but I can’t help to be curious about her. And I’m sure that big brother and Usagi noticed what I noticed about her by now.”

 

The female Imp player asks, curiously, “Is something wrong?”

 

Leafa responds, with a smile, “Nope.” Leafa takes a deep breath, goes into a kendo stance, and closes her eyes in which when Leafa opens her eyes to show her intense ‘warrior look’ in her eyes causing the female Imp player to be surprised by this. Leafa then attacks with faster speed and reflexes than before in which Leafa’s opponent is hard pressed to counter causing her to be shocked at first, but the female Imp player manages to counter.

 

Leafa’s friends/family see this and Silica says, amazed, “Wow.”

 

Minako says, with a nod, “I’ll say.”

 

Haruka says, with a curious quirk of her eyebrow, “Well, it seems that Leafa isn’t holding back.”

 

Makoto asks, amazed, “Whoa! Isn’t that a bit overkill?”

 

Usagi says, “That player isn’t an ordinary VRMMO player.”

 

Usagi’s fellow Sailor Scouts look at Usagi and Michiru asks, “She isn’t?”

 

Kirito says, with a nod, “Usagi is right. Sugu found that out too. She is going ‘full force’ to find out who and what she is.”

 

Hino asks, curiously, “Do you think that she is…?”

 

Usagi responds, curiously, “I…I don’t know, Pyro. I really don’t know.” Leafa continues her intense battle with her opponent and with the two of them matching each other move for move.

 

Leafa thinks in her mind, stunned, “She is incredible! Her ability is way above any regular ALO player. It isn’t just her stats, which much large and in charge, but there is something else about her. Something…Something…”

 

The female Imp player says, excitedly, “Oh, wow! You are just amazing! You are really good!”

 

Leafa is shocked that her opponent can talk in such a way while they are still fighting and she thinks, “Geez! She can still talk like she is having a good time and yet, she is matching me well. I’m going in ‘full bore’ using all of my experiences, in VR and as a Sailor Scouts, experience, skill, and ‘warrior instinct’. I’m fighting this as if I’m fighting in real combat and she is…” As Leafa continues to clash her sword with her opponent’s sword, her eyes widen and she thinks, “That’s it!” Leafa tells her opponent, with a whisper, “I get it now. You BELONG here…in this world.” Leafa’s opponent gives a look of surprise and she then gives a nervous smile as she moves in with an incredible fast attack that Leafa barely manages to counter. In the end, the duel ends in a draw between Leafa and her opponent, whose name is Yuuki. Afterwards, Leafa is sitting on the ground and breathing heavily while plenty in the crowd of players looks at both of them.

 

One of them says, “They are incredible!”

 

Another one says, “She matched one of the Nymphs of ALO and one of the top Sylph warriors!”

 

A third one says, nervously, “Man! I don’t think that I can handle her if she can fight one of the best players that ALO has ever had.”

 

Minako says, amazed, “Wow! She really gave you a run for your money!”

 

Leafa says, breathlessly, “Tell me…about it…”

 

Haruka asks Leafa, “So, did you get your answer?”

 

When Leafa has regained her breath, she responds, with a nod, “Yeah.” Leafa was about to say something, but Kirito stepped forward.

 

Kirito says, plainly, “I would like to find out for myself.”

 

The female Imp player, Yuuki, yells out, “Next! Anyone else want to try me?”

 

Kirito asks, “You mind if I go next?”

 

Yuuki asks, “Okay! On the ground or in the air?”

 

Kirito responds, “On the ground.” Soon enough, Yuuki uses her menu to give out the ‘duel request’ in which Kirito accepts and makes it a ‘full-finish duel’ in which the duel ends when all of a player’s HP is gone which the only reason that Leafa’s and Yuuki’s duel was tie was due to the timer running out and both of them having the exact same HP when the timer hit zero. Kirito and Yuuki prepare for their duel as the timer starts to count down and Yuuki gets a good look at Kirito.

 

Yuuki then asks, “Hey, you are strong, aren’t you?”

 

Kirito is surprised by this and he responds, “I don’t want to toot my own horn, but yeah.” Kirito thinks in his mind, “She has very good instincts.” Soon enough, the two of them start going at it and soon enough, Kirito notices what Leafa realized in her duel with Yuuki as he clashes swords with her. At one point, Kirito and Yuuki were clashing blades and he asks, “You’re a full-time resident in this world, aren’t you?” Yuuki gives a look of surprise and then gives a nervous look as she hits him with an incredible attack that knocks his HP to zero causing Kirito to turn into a black Remain Light causing a lot of his friends to become shocked.

 

Lisbeth says, stunned, “No way!”

 

Silica asks, stunned, “Kirito…lost?”

 

Leafa thinks in her mind, amazed, “Big brother lost? Sure, he wasn’t using ‘full strength’ since this isn’t a ‘critical situation’ and despite who and what she is…but then again, knowing that about her, I shouldn’t be truly surprised that big brother couldn’t beat her.” Afterwards, Michiru uses a revive spell to bring Kirito back from a Remain Light.

 

Another player shouts out, “I want to try!”

 

Yuuki says, nervously, “Well…”

 

Usagi then steps forward and she asks, curiously, “Maybe you should try me next?” Everyone then looks to see Usagi walking up and she then draws both of her swords.

 

Makoto asks, curiously, “Usagi?”

 

Tomoe says, amazed, “She just drew both of her swords!”

 

The crowd of players give looks of awe and amazement in which Yuuki says, “Well, maybe one more wouldn’t be bad. Okay, sure!” Yuuki asks, “So, would you like to fight in the air and on the ground?”

 

Usagi replies, “On the ground.”

 

Yuuki says, with a smile, “Okay!” Soon enough, they go through the same ‘process’ to get their duel start and the two of them take their defensive stances with the audience looking at the whole thing intently.

 

Makoto says, amazed, “I never seen Usagi so interested.”

 

Haruka says, looking at Leafa and Kirito, “Seeing what happened with the two of them, it shouldn’t be so surprising.” The two of them look at each other and Usagi takes a deep breath in which Usagi closes her eyes.

 

Usagi thinks in her mind, “I’ve got to remember those feelings…those times…I need to bring them back for this moment…” Usagi opens her eyes and showing an intense look in her eyes causing Yuuki to be surprised and when it is time to get started, Usagi charges in with incredible speed in which Yuuki manages to block one sword strike with her sword, but Usagi comes in from her side with the other, however, Yuuki throws Usagi’s sword away from her sword and she does a mid-air spin where she barely dodges Usagi’s second sword strike. Usagi thinks in her mind, amazed, “Whoa!” Usagi gets over her shock and she continues a fierce assault against Yuuki, but despite using both swords in a Duel Wielding fashion similar to her SAO style, Yuuki manages to match her move for move, however, Yuuki is hard-pressed against Usagi.

 

Minako says, amazed, “Whoa!”

 

Another player says, stunned, “Whoa! Look at them go!”

 

Yet another player shouts out, “What do you expect from one of ALO’s ‘great Nymphs’?”

 

Silica says, awe-struck, “Usagi-chan is really going all out against her.”

 

Haruka says, “Her abilities are far above the regular VRMMO player. Usagi is fighting to figure out who and what she is.” Haruka says, looking at Leafa and Kirito, “Right now, Kirito and Leafa know the truth about her already.”

 

Lisbeth asks, confused, “So, why fight her in the first place?”

 

Makoto says, “Sometimes you need to get your own ‘personal feel’ on others rather than taking other’s words on them. It isn’t because that their words aren’t trustworthy, but it is something that you have to ‘know’ for yourself and sometimes others can’t really explain certain ‘feelings’ unless you experience ‘them’ for yourself.”

 

Minako asks Makoto, “Is that a ‘martial artist’ type thing?”

 

Hino says, “It can be a ‘thing’ for more than just fighters, Minako. It can be artists, writers, or someone of the like.” Usagi and Yuuki continue their intense one-on-one duel causing awe and amazement from the audience in which Yuuki barely manages to fend off Usagi’s two swords with both of them landing tiny ‘cuts’ where they are chipping away at their HP, bit by bit. As Usagi continues her battle with Yuuki, she realizes something about her.

 

Usagi thinks in her mind, amazed, “She isn’t ‘one that survived’. This girl…she is part of this world today! But how?! How can she be so immersed in this kind of world like we, once, were?” Usagi says, “This is what they saw.”

 

Yuuki asks, confused, “Huh?”

 

Usagi asks Yuuki, “How are you so completely immersed in this world? How are you living in this world?”

 

Yuuki gives a surprised look, she then sighs, and she says, “Such a shame. You, the black-haired guy, and blond-haired girl are really, really strong.” Usagi gives a confused look and she yelps as she barely dodges Yuuki’s next attacks in which Usagi doesn’t see the attack, but her ‘instincts’ allowed her to avoid it.

 

Usagi thinks in her mind, shocked, “Whoa! I didn’t see that! It was only my instincts that allowed me to avoid that! I think that Leafa only avoid these attacks the same way! She…She’s beyond a SAO survivor!” Usagi continues to barely keep up with Yuuki and the two of them fight on in which, in the end, like Leafa’s duel with Yuuki, the duel between Usagi and Yuuki ends up as a tie between them when the timer runs out and they end up with the exact same HP through both of them end up in the red zone. With the end of the duel, Usagi rejoins the others while Yuuki started to head off.

 

Another player shouts out, “Hey! Me next!”

 

Yuuki says, with a kind smile, “Sorry, but I think that’s enough for today!”

 

Other players look at the player that called out to challenge Yuuki and one of them shouts out, annoyed, “Yeah, loser! You are just trying to get your hands on the super OSS skill by fighting her when she’s tired out!” As this player got berated by other players, Yuuki takes off into the distance while Kirito, Leafa, and Usagi look at each other in which they give a silent nod of agreement at something.

 

Late December 2025, ALO, New Aincrad, Floor 1

 

On the first floor of New Aincrad, we find ourselves within the main town, the Town of Beginnings, which is an exact duplicate of one in SAO’s Aincrad, with certain exceptions, including Blackiron Palace in which instead of Monument of Life, which had the names of all of the players in SAO with each person that died having their name crossed, there was the Monument of Swordsman, where the names of players that defeated the floor bosses of New Aincrad in which multiple raid-party attacks, which are typical, only the leaders of the parties of the players are written into the stone, but if one group of at most, seven players, defeats the floor boss, the whole party gets their names engraved in the monument, but the second situation has never happened so far.

 

In the streets of the Town of Beginnings, Kirito, Leafa, and Usagi are together and discussing what happened with them earlier in which Kirito asks Leafa and Usagi, “So, you ‘felt’ the same thing when you dueled her?”

 

Leafa and Usagi nod their heads in agreement and Leafa says, “Yeah. She isn’t any ordinary VRMMO player. It isn’t just her stats. She isn’t just playing. She is part of this world.”

 

Usagi tells Leafa, amazed, “You noticed?”

 

Leafa tells Usagi, “Sis, even through I haven’t been through what you have been through, I have been stuck in a few ‘virtual world’ myself for a bit. Do you remember Sword Art World and Rainbow Gardens?”

 

Usagi replies, nervously, “Oh, yeah.”

 

Kirito says, “And that’s why I’m not surprised that you noticed how different Yuuki-san is from regular VRMMO players, Sugu. Rainbow Gardens, in many ways, is more ‘extreme’ than SAO.”

 

Leafa asks, curiously, “But how can she be so immersed in VR worlds?”

 

Usagi says, plainly, “Maybe she is a really ‘hard-core’ VR player?”

 

Kirito says, shaking his head, “I know that you don’t believe that Usagi.”

 

Usagi says, with a sigh, “Yeah.” Usagi says, “But Leafa has a point. With the Amusphere, it isn’t as immersive as the NervGear, because of the addition of safety features, in which the less ‘immersive nature’ of the Amusphere is a safety feature in itself.”

 

Kirito says, “Right.”

 

Leafa tells Kirito, with a smile, “You have an idea, don’t you?”

 

Kirito says, “I…have my theories, but I can’t say anything right now.” Usagi and Leafa glare at Kirito with smirks on their faces and Kirito asks, curiously, “What is with that look?”

 

Leafa says, with a smile, “Oh, nothing.”

 

Kirito says, nervously, “Right…”

 

Usagi says, trying to change the subject, “Maybe we should bring in Dai and Akari and have them tell us what they think.”

 

Kirito says, with a nod, “That’s a good idea. With their experiences in Rainbow Gardens as long as our experience in SAO, they could really tell the difference between Yuuki-san and ‘regular’ VRMMO players with ease.”

 

Leafa says, “No duh, big brother.”

 

Usagi says, “Yuuki-san might be getting less challengers after our fights with her.”

 

Kirito says, “I doubt it, Usagi.”

 

Leafa and Usagi look at Kirito and Leafa asks, curiously, “Why not?”

 

Kirito says, “The OSS skill, Sugu. Remember, it is an eleven hit technique. You already know how hard it is to create an OSS in ALO since we can’t use the system to create OSS skills. It is really hard to create anything that’s five hit or above. The highest number of hits of an OSS skill is the eight hit Volcanic Blazer.”

 

Usagi asks, looking at Leafa, “What about Leafa’s skill?”

 

Leafa tells Usagi, “That’s different and you know it. It was made for Rainbow Gardens and that’s where it is going to stay.”

 

Kirito tells Leafa, “I think that she is talking that ultra-secret skill that you are trying to hide in the form of a kendo-style Duel Wielding OSS that’s similar in numbers of hits to General Eugene’s OSS.”

 

Leafa yelps out in panic and she says, nervously, “Big brother, are you trying to have the whole of ALO know that? And wait! You shouldn’t know that!”

 

Kirito says, nervously, “We were curious about why you so seemed so exhausted sometimes, Leafa, so…”

 

Leafa asks, nervously and annoyed, “You followed?”

 

Usagi says, nervously, “I told Kirito that we shouldn’t, but…curiosity won out.”

 

Kirito says, a bit nervously, “We swore to keep it a secret and we know why.”

 

Leafa tells Kirito, “No joke, Kirito. You know if they find out that I have my own OSS skill that’s based on your Duel Wielding.”

 

Usagi says, with a nod, “Yeah, no kidding.”

 

Leafa tells Kirito, with a glare, “You had better keep your mouths shut.”

 

Kirito says, with a nervous nod and tone, “R-Right.”

 

Usagi says, nervously nodding, “You got it.”

Leafa says, with a nod, “Good.” Leafa then says, with a smirk, “It makes me wonder how much Argo will pay for how you looked at your defeat at Yuuki-san’s hands.”

 

Kirito yells out, nervously, “Sugu!” Leafa gives a wide grin and Kirito says, nervously, “Okay! Okay! I get it! I get it!”

 

Leafa says, with a sly smile, “I’m glad that we have an understanding Kirito.”

 

Usagi tells Leafa, nervously, “You are scaring me.”

 

Kirito tells Usagi, “This is why I try my best not to make Sugu mad.”

 

Leafa says, with a grin, “You better believe it, big brother.”

 

Late December 2025, Tokyo, Unknown location

 

At this moment, somewhere in the ‘real world’, we find a young teen male with familiar spiky blond hair sneeze.

 

January 1, 2026, Tokyo, Kirigaya household

 

On the first day of the year of 2026, Kazuto Kirigaya and Suguha Kirigaya are together with their parents, Midori and Minetaka Kirigaya, as they celebrate New Years’ together.

 

Minetaka says, with a smile, “It is nice to be together as a family. We haven’t been together like this for a few years.”

 

Kazuto says, with a nod, “Yeah.”

 

Midori tells her husband, “Sweetie, let’s not think about ‘that’. It has been the first bit of peace that all of us had for the past several years.”

 

Minetaka says, with a kind smile, “Sorry, honey. You have a point.” Minetaka says, looking at Kazuto and Suguha, “The two of you have been giving both of us grey hairs on our heads.”

 

Suguha and Kazuto look nervously at their parents/adoptive parents and Suguha says, nervously, “Well, dad, it isn’t like Kazuto and I meant to do that.”

 

Midori says, with a sigh, “We know sweetie. It is just been hard on the two of us especially learning that your daughter is a super-hero.”

 

Kazuto tells Midori, “Well, mom, you did keep that fact that you were visited by spirit of our mother in our previous lives as ‘alien royalty’ and knew the fact that Sugu was the reincarnation of one of the most powerful warriors in the universe.”

 

Minetaka says, looking at Midori, “Personally, I was shocked when I learned this, Kazuto.”

 

Midori asks, nervously, “How was I supposed to explain it?”

 

Kazuto says, with a nod, “Well, you do have a point, mom. How were you going to explain that you were visited by the spirit of an ancient alien queen and finding out the fact that your daughter was the reincarnation of her daughter, who was one of the most powerful beings in the universe? Answer: You don’t unless you want people to think that you are crazy or something.” Kazuto tells Midori, nervously, “No insult to you, mom.”

 

Midori says, with a kind smile, “No insult taken, Kazuto.”

 

Minetaka says, nervously, “Yeah, no insult to your mother, but she has a good point.”

 

Midori says, “Well, I’m still worried about all this.”

 

Minetaka says, “I’m not surprising, darling. I mean, finding out that your daughter has basically the power of kami…the power of creation itself at her fingertips…all I can say that it is mind-blowing!”

 

Suguha says, “Well, it isn’t like that I can harness it to its fullest potential, dad. Heck, I never did that during the Silver Millennium!”

 

Midori says, “I know, sweetie. But I’m worried that the fact that every villain will want to come after you because of your power.”

 

Kazuto says, “Not to scare you and dad, mom, but it isn’t too surprising. The power of creation itself…anyone would want the ability to do…ANYTHING.”

 

Suguha says, with a sigh, “Don’t I know it.”

 

Minetaka says, with a smile, “Let’s not talk about all this. This day, let’s try to be a regular family at New Years’.”

 

Suguha retorts, tauntingly, “Oh, just because my big brother went through a ‘death game’ for two years and your daughter is one of the most powerful beings in the entire universe that we aren’t a ‘regular family’?” Minetaka rubs his head, nervously, in which Suguha and Kazuto giggle at this with Midori following soon after along with her husband with the four of them enjoying a peaceful time as a family for a rare time in several years.

 

January 1, 2026, ALO, New Aincrad, Floor 24

 

On the meanwhile, returning to ALO, we find ourselves back on New Aincrad where we find Dai, Akari, and the rest of the Digidestined, in their ALO avatars, are looking on at the scene as Yuuki fighting another duel, but unlike her duels with Leafa and Usagi, she was dominating her opponents easily.

 

Hana, Mimi’s ALO avatar, says, “I’m surprised that people would keep coming after what happened with Usagi and Leafa.”

 

Yamato, Matt’s ALO avatar, says, “With the kind of power and rarity of her OSS skill, I’m not surprised that they are coming back for more.”

 

Taichi, Tai’s ALO avatar, says, “No kidding. It is just hard enough to get up to five hit skill. To create an OSS skill, you can’t have help from the system.”

 

Izumi, Izzy’s ALO avatar, says, with a nod of understanding, “And that means that it shouldn’t be possible to create your own skill.”

 

Miyako, Yolei’s ALO avatar, says, “However, we have been creating one skill after another through it doesn’t mean that it has proven easy.”

 

Izumi says, “Most likely, it has to do with your experience in VRMMO and Full-Dive VR in general.”

 

Takeru, TK’s ALO avatar, says, “So, it isn’t surprising that we managed to create plenty of OSS skills since we qualify. Plenty of us have two years’ worth of CONTINUOUS Full-Dive experience under our belts through I would have to say that plenty of wish that we could take it back.”

 

Miyako says, with a nod, “No joke.”

 

Sam, Ken’s ALO avatar, says, “However, plenty of veteran ALO players have created OSS skills of their own too. General Eugene created the OSS with the most hits before she came along.”

 

Izumi says, “Which proves that veteran ALO players have that necessary experience for this.”

 

Miyako asks, “But what about her? She just arrived here and yet, she made an awesome eleven strike OSS! How is that possible even if she did transfer from another game?”

 

Akari says, “That’s because I think that Kirito, Leafa, and Usagi are right about her.”

 

Everyone else, minus Dai, looks at Akari and Dai says, with a nod, “Yeah. She isn’t just playing the game…she is living in this world.”

 

Hana asks, curiously, “Living in this world? So, she is roleplaying very well?”

 

Sam says, “I don’t think that’s what Dai means, Hana.”

 

Miyako asks, surprised, “Wait! Are you saying that she is really LIVING in this world?”

 

Dai says, plainly, “No duh.”

 

The Digidestined, minus Akari, give looks of shock and Kendo, Cody’s ALO avatar, asks, curiously, “Are you sure?”

 

Dai says, with a nod, “Yep. No joke.” The Digidestined look at the duel between Yuuki and the other ALO player end with Yuuki’s victory in which the SAO survivors among our Digidestined group look at what happened intently and they start to understand what Dai is implying.

 

Yamato says, plainly, “That’s it.”

 

Takeru says, with a nod, “I see it.”

 

Hana asks, curiously, “You do?”

 

Sam responds, with a nod, “Yeah, we do.”

 

Taichi says, “You would have to be a survivor to see it.”

 

Sam says, “Or have been through something like us much like Dai and Akari have been with Rainbow Gardens.”

 

Taichi asks Dai, “Which is why they are able to tell right?”

 

Akari says, with a nod, “Yeah. And there is something familiar about her.”

 

Miyako asks, “Familiar?”

 

Dai says, with a nod, “Yep.” This gets the rest of the Digidestined’s attention and they can’t help to get curious from Kari’s statement about Yuuki with Davis’ confirmation of whatever has been just implied.

 

January 2, 2026, ALO, New Aincrad, Floor 1

 

In the Town of Beginnings, Kirito, Leafa, Usagi, and the Digidestined are assembled together as they are discussing a ‘certain subject’.

 

Kirito says, looking at Dai and Akari, “I thought that Dai and Akari would notice too.” Kirito says, looking at the rest of the Digidestined, “I thought that Taichi and those of you that were with Usagi and I in SAO would notice too, but I couldn’t be too certain.”

 

Yamato says, plainly, “Well, we noticed.”

 

Miyako says, “Well, we also noticed that she has gained quite the reputation.”

 

Takeru says, with a smile, “Well deserved in fact.”

 

Leafa says, with a nod, “Absolute sword.”

 

Sam says, with a nod, “Indeed. She hasn’t lost a duel.”

 

Akari says, “And the only two battles that she didn’t win were ties.”

 

Dai says, looking at Leafa and Usagi, “And our two princesses are the reason for those ties.”

 

Leafa and Usagi give slight blushes and Leafa says, annoyed, “I wish that you would stop calling me that.”

 

Akari sighs and she says, gently punching Dai in the side of his arm, “Dai-kun…”

 

Dai says, with a grin, “Okay! Okay!”

 

Kirito asks Dai, “So, what do you think, Dai?”

 

Dai’s expression becomes serious and he says, “There is no way, dude.”

 

Kirito responds, “A person using an Amusphere couldn’t come close to Yuuki-san.”

 

Dai says, with a nod, “You know it. I’m not surprised that you can tell.”

 

Kirito asks Dai, “You said that Yuuki-san seemed familiar to you and Akari?”

 

Akari says, with a nod, “From what we could tell, Yuuki-san seems similar to Dai and me when we were trapped in Rainbow Gardens.”

 

That gave plenty of curious looks from the others and Usagi asks, amazed, “Really?”

 

Dai says, with a nod, “Yeah, she just seems like it.”

 

Hana asks, curiously, “What do you mean that she is like Dai and Akari?”

 

Kirito says, “Remember, the Full-Dive device that Dai and Akari were connected to during their time in Rainbow Gardens was based on the Medicuboid, a more powerful version of the NervGear used for medical purposes.”

 

Miyako asks Dai and Akari, “Technically, wasn’t your minds separated from your bodies while you were in Rainbow Gardens?”

 

Dai says, with an annoyed tone and stare, “Thanks a lot.”

 

Kirito gains an intense thinking look and Leafa asks Kirito, “What are you thinking big brother?”

 

Kirito responds, “Just thinking, Sugu.”

 

Leafa says, with a sly smile, “Uh oh.”

 

Kirito says, annoyed, “Hey!”

 

Usagi tells Kirito, with a grin, “She does have a point, Kirito.”

 

Kirito says, annoyed, “Usagi!”

 

Taichi says, “Sorry, bro, but you are having no argument from me.”

 

Kirito says, annoyed, “Thanks a lot.”

 

Yamato asks, “By the way, what happened with Asuna?”

 

Leafa and Usagi get a bit nervous at that and Kirito says, “She went with her mom and dad for a family event. They don’t have a connection out there she told me.”

 

Yamato says, “It must be tough being rich.”

 

Miyako says, looking at Usagi, “Speaking of being rich…”

 

Usagi responds, “You know that I don’t want to touch THAT money unless I have to.”

 

Akari says, “You can’t be blamed for feeling that way, Usagi.”

 

Dai says, with a nod, “No joke, Moon girl.”

 

Taichi says, with a nod, “No amount of money can repay the ‘damage’ that was done to all of us.”

 

Hana says, nervously while changing the subject, “Anyway, we should tell Asuna about Yuuki-san.”

 

Leafa says, with a smile, “Yeah, she would be interested in her.”

 

Miyako asks, “Do you really think Asuna would be able to do better than you and Usagi?”

 

Usagi says, with a smile, “Asuna rivals Kirito, Leafa, and I quite easily, Miyako.”

 

Takeru says, with a nod and smile, “She isn’t called the ‘Lightning Flash’ for nothing.”

 

Yamato says, “Actually, these days since she is known as the ‘Berserk Healer’.”

 

Miyako says, “A nickname that annoys Asuna to no end.”

 

Usagi says, with a nervous smile, “I agree, Miyako. I remember every time that Asuna cringed upon hearing that new nickname of hers.”

 

Takeru says, with a smile, “I hate to ‘bash’ her especially with Kirito here, but it was kind of her fault. As an Undine, she is supported to be more of a magic and support class since they are the best healers of ALO.”

 

Dai says, looking at Usagi, “Speaking of whom…”

 

Usagi asks, nervously, “What’s that look for?!”

 

Kirito says, with a smile, “You are an Undine, too, Usagi.”

 

Miyako says, with a smirk, “And your spellcasting is less than average.”

 

Usagi says, nervously, “Hey! Reciting those spells are tough and you know how I am with other languages other than Japanese and English!”

 

Kirito says, with a sly smile, “You have a good point, Usagi.” Usagi gives Kirito an annoyed expression while the others can’t help to giggle at her embarrassment.

 

Akari asks, “Do you think that Asuna would be interested?”

 

Leafa says, with a smile, “Oh, I’m sure that she will be interested.”

 

January 6, 2026, ALO, New Aincrad, Floor 22

 

On the twenty-second floor of New Aincrad, which is a replica of twenty-second floor of the Aincrad of the infamous Sword Art Online, we are in a cabin home on that floor which was a replica of the cabin that Asuna and Kirito brought around the time that they had been ‘married’ in SAO and shortly before the end of SAO itself. Within the cabin home, Kirito is sleeping on the chair with Yui, in her pixie form, and Pina, while Asuna, Leafa, Lisbeth, and Silica, all of whom are wearing nighttime robes, are typing on holographic keyboards and looking at holographic screens. However, Silica has a sleepy look on her face.

 

Asuna gently pokes Silica and she says, “Wake up, Silica-chan.”

 

Silica groggily wakes up and she say, woozily, “So sleepy…”

 

Asuna asks, “Is it too warm in here? Should I lower the heat?”

 

Leafa says, with a nervous smile while pointing to Kirito, “No, I’m pretty sure that the culprit is over there.” Everyone looks the sleeping Kirito and the four young ladies smile.

 

Asuna says, nervously, “Oh, I see.”

 

Leafa says, “He falls asleep as soon as you take your eyes off…”

 

Asuna says, with a nervous smile, “Yes, I know.” As the other young ladies start to yawn, Asuna creates some in-game hot tea to keep them awake.

 

Lisbeth asks, “By the way, have you heard about Absolute Sword?”

 

Asuna asks, curiously, “Athletic horde? Are they starting a race or something?”

 

Lisbeth responds, with a sly yet nervous smile, “No. No. No. I said ‘Absolute Sword’.”

 

Asuna retorts, “Oh, Absolute Sword. Is it a legendary item they’ve added?”

 

Lisbeth says “It is a person’s nickname. This is a player that’s so strong that someone called them that and the name stuck. The sword of absolute invincibility and the sword of absolute power.”

 

Asuna becomes interested and she asks, “Oh, what is this absolute sword like?”

 

Lisbeth says, “That’s right. You were in Kyoto at the time. No wonder you don’t know.”

 

Asuna says, with a nervous smile, “I was…busy.” Asuna says, trying to change the subject back to who Lisbeth is talking about, “So, this tough player is a PK-er?”

 

Lisbeth replies, shaking her head, “No. A duelist.” Lisbeth then tells Asuna that ‘Absolute Sword’ AKA Yuuki, through Lisbeth doesn’t her name, explains about how she appears on the tourist island on the twenty-fourth floor of New Aincrad and challenges players that come to challenger at the same day and at the same time. She then explains how she defeated 30 players on her first day in ALO in which none of them to deplete Yuuki’s HP below 30 percent.

 

Asuna asks, “Did you try Silica-chan?”

 

Silica replies, “No way! I watched the duels, but I knew I couldn’t win. Liz tried her best. I guess that she is the bold type.”

 

Lisbeth says, annoyed, “Oh, shut it, Silica. It was a learning experience.”

 

Asuna asks Leafa, “How about you, Leafa-chan?”

 

Leafa gives a nervous look and Lisbeth says, with a grin, “Asuna, you are asking only one of two people that Absolute Sword DIDN’T defeat. Leafa-chan is the only one to force a tie with her.”

 

Asuna asks Leafa, amazed, “Really?”

 

Leafa says, nervously, “Well…”

 

Silica says, with a nod, “Oh, yes! And she was going ‘all out’ on Absolute Sword too!”

 

Leafa tells Silica, nervously, “Silica-chan!”

 

Asuna asks, her eyes widening, “All out? Wait! Does Silica-chan mean what I think she means by ‘all out’?”

 

Leafa says, nervously, “I’m not sure I can say that I went ‘all out’, but I…I took Absolute Sword…seriously…”

 

Asuna asks, her eyes giving a curious look, “Seriously? As in…?”

 

Leafa replies, with a nod and nervous tone, “That’s right. I ‘tapped’ into my ‘warrior instincts’ to fight Absolute Sword.” Asuna can’t help to give a shocked and amazed look knowing that this new ALO player fought evenly with Leafa when she fought like she did as a Sailor Scout up to a point at least.

 

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

 

The three other young ladies give nervous look and smiles in which Leafa says, with a smile, “Yeah, he tried. He looked good when he lost through.” That struck Asuna like a bomb.

 

Asuna thinks in her mind, shocked, “Kirito-kun…lost?! He lost?!” Asuna asks, curiously, “Was Kirito-kun giving it his all?”

 

Leafa, Silica, and Lisbeth look at each other and Lisbeth says, “Well, he didn’t use two swords, so, you can say that he wasn’t giving it his all. But then again…in a regular game, I don’t think that he will be using full strength ever again. The only time that he will do that is when the game isn’t a game.”

 

Leafa says, with a smile, “That’s right. Those of us that are Sailor Scouts don’t have that ‘restriction’ is because we are in combat in the real world and ALO is go way of keeping our skills up through we play ALO to have fun.”

 

Lisbeth says, with a smile, “So, I think that it is for the best that Kirito doesn’t go ‘all out’ and he never needs to feel that way again.”

 

Asuna says, with a smile, “Yeah, you’re right.” Asuna asks, curiously, “So, who was it that tied with Absolute Sword?”

 

Lisbeth says, with a grin, “Why our ‘White Valkyrie’ of course.”

 

Asuna asks, curiously, “Usagi-chan?”

 

Leafa says, “Yeah. And I had to agree with big brother that even if he used two swords that he may not have beaten Absolute Sword…because Usagi brought out two swords against Absolute Sword when they fought.”

 

This nearly knocked Asuna off her seat and she thinks in her mind, stunned, “Usagi duel wielded against Absolute Sword and she only managed to tie with Absolute Sword.” Asuna is so shocked that the only one that using two swords in VR that rivals Kirito is none other than our Moon Princess.

 

Leafa says, “With my fight with Absolute Sword and seeing that, I can see why big brother said this: ‘Absolute Sword can’t be a SAO survivor because it wouldn’t have been me that won the Duel Wielding skill’.”

 

Asuna asks, shocked, “Kirito-kun said that?”

 

Lisbeth says, with a nod, “Yep. And Usagi-chan said that Absolute Sword could have been a contender for the Mimic skill that the game gave her if what you-know-who told her in the final battle on the seventh-fifth floor was true.” Asuna’s eyes widen at those words and Lisbeth tells Leafa, “By the way, I still want to know what you, Kirito, and Usagi figured out about Absolute Sword.”

 

Leafa says, nervously, “Well…”

 

Asuna asks, looking back and forth between Leafa and Lisbeth, “What do you mean?”

 

Lisbeth says, “During Kirito’s match with Absolute Sword, Kirito talked with Absolute Sword and said something that caused Absolute Sword to look surprised before Kirito was struck down by the attack that defeated him.”

 

Silica says, looking at Leafa, “And both Usagi and Leafa said something to Absolute Sword that surprised them too.”

 

Asuna asks, looking at Leafa, “Really?”

 

Leafa says, nervously, “Well…Kirito said not to say.”

 

Lisbeth says, annoyed, “Ah, come on!”

 

Leafa says, nervously, “Usagi, Kirito, and I talked about it and we decided not to discuss it with anyone else.”

 

Lisbeth says, annoyed, “Oh, geez!”

 

Asuna says, “Guess that I will have to ask this Absolute Sword when I duel this player.”

 

Silica asks, “You are going to fight Absolute Sword, Asuna?”

 

Asuna says, with a smile, “Yep. I’m sure that she doesn’t have many player fighting Absolute Sword after their fights with Leafa, Kirito-kun, and Usagi-chan.”

 

Lisbeth says, with a smile, “You would think so, but they are still coming back for more.”

 

Asuna asks, surprised, “They are?”

 

Silica says, with a nod, “That’s because of the prize that Absolute Sword is offering if they beat Absolute Sword. A super-strong eleven hit Original Sword Skill!”

 

Asuna asks, stunned, “An ELEVEN hit Original Sword Skill?!”

 

Leafa says, with a smile, “That’s right.” Asuna is flabbergasted by what she heard in which she knows how hard it is to create an OSS or Original Sword Skill since you need to do it without the aid of the game system to create the sword skill. With that being said, players managed to create plenty of OSS skills, however, as mentioned why before, it isn’t easy and getting an OSS skill that gets to 5 hits and beyond is rare, but an 11 hit OSS combo is just plain incredible.

 

Asuna says, with a nod of understanding, “Now, I can see why they come back even after what happened with you, Kirito-kun, and Usagi-chan, Leafa-chan.” Asuna asks, “Have you seen it?”

 

Lisbeth says, “Nope. It was said to have been shown on the first day and never shown ever since. Absolute Sword didn’t even use it on Kirito, Usagi, and Leafa.”

 

Asuna asks, “What does this Absolute Sword want?” Asuna says, “I get the feeling that this player is here in ALO for more than just dueling.”

 

Lisbeth says, with a nod, “Yeah, all of us get that feeling.” Lisbeth says, looking at Leafa, “Through I suspect some of us have a better idea than others.”

 

Leafa tells Lisbeth, sternly, “I told you that I agreed with Kirito and Usagi that we won’t say anything and they are my brother and sister after all. And that means: ‘No means NO!’”

 

Lisbeth says, nervously, “Okay! Okay!”

 

Asuna says, “Guess I’ll see if I can figure out when I duel Absolute Sword.”

 

Silica asks Asuna, “Which avatar are you going to use?” FYI: Before we continue, sometime after she escaped the ‘original’ ALO and joined the current ALO with her current Undine avatar with her original SAO stats, Asuna created her own original ALO avatar, Erika, a female Sylph, the same ‘player race’ that Leafa is.

 

Asuna says, “While Erika is more combat ordinated, then this one. I’ll stick with my familiar one.”

 

Leafa says, with a nod, “Good idea, Asuna. With Absolute Sword, it isn’t just stats that count. I’m not breaking my agreement with big brother and sis, but I can tell you that Absolute Sword isn’t an ‘ordinary’ VRMMO player.”

 

Asuna asks, curiously, “Not an ‘ordinary VRMMO player’?”

 

Leafa says, with a nod, “Yep. It means that Absolute Sword would be exceptional in ANY VR world, not just here in ALO.” There are looks of surprise from Asuna and even from Silica and Lisbeth.

 

Asuna thinks in her mind, “Not an ‘ordinary VRMMO player’? Then who and what is this ‘Absolute Sword’?” Soon enough, Asuna asks them about Absolute Sword AKA Yuuki and while the three young ladies don’t mention Yuuki’s name or her gender, they do tell Asuna about her ‘player race’ and uses a one-handed sword.

 

January 6, 2026, ALO, New Aincrad, Floor 27

 

On the twenty-seventh floor of New Aincard, we are in an inn within Rombal where we see Yuuki walking into the inn and looking at a group of players which consist of a female Undine, a short Salamander male, a tall male Gnome, a green-haired male Sylph with glasses, and a female Spriggan.

 

Yuuki says, excitedly, “Hey, guys! I’m back!”

 

The Salamander male responds, “No luck, Yuuki?”

 

Yuuki says, shaking her head, “Nope, Jun. Sorry.”

 

The female Spriggan says, “It isn’t surprising. I doubt anyone could compare to two of ‘Great Nymphs’ of this place.”

 

The female Undine says, with a plain tone, “I saw Lady Mizuno at the Undine capital and she is quite amazing. She truly deserves her position as one of the best players here.”

 

Yuuki says, excitedly, “I knew that come here would be awesome! There are so many awesome players!”

 

The male Gnome says, with a smile, “I’m not surprised that you would be so excited, Yuuki.”

 

The male Salamander says, “It was too bad that we didn’t get one of the those two that you fought to join us.”

 

Yuuki says, with a nervous smile, “Yeah, but they managed to figure me out.”

 

The female Undine asks, “How did they do that?”

 

Yuuki says, with a shrug, “Got me. They seem to be close to that Spriggan guy that I fought who also figured me out.”

 

The female Spriggan asks, with a smirk, “Yeah, that reminds me. How good looking was he?”

 

The female Undine says, with a sigh, “Oh, Jun…”

 

The Salamander male says, “If he is friends with the ‘Great Nymphs of ALO, he must be strong.”

 

Yuuki says, with a nod, “Yeah, he must be. He wasn’t using true strength on me.”

 

These players look at Yuuki and the male Gnome asks, “He held back?”

 

Yuuki says, curiously, “Well…I wouldn’t say that. He still had plenty of strength to give out, but he was fighting me really seriously.”

 

The male Sylph asks, “He was holding back unconsciously?”

 

Yuuki says, with a nod, “Yeah! Yeah! He was fighting me seriously, but I could tell that he could do more! But he wasn’t holding back on me on purpose, you know? He really took me seriously!” Yuuki says, with a sigh, “But he also figured me like those other two that fought me to a draw. It is too bad. They would have been really helpful.”

 

The male Salamander says, with a smile, “Don’t worry, Yuuki! We’ll find the perfect one for us!”

 

Yuuki says, with a wide smile, “I know, Jun! I haven’t given up! I’ll find the perfect person to help us! It is only a matter of time!”

 

Yuuki gives an excited giggle and the female Undine thinks in her mind, solemnly while smiling, “Time…”

&nbs p;

The End…for now

 

There we go, everyone! In this twentieth ‘story’, it is time for the Mother Ronso arc! I was going to do this sooner or later, but I didn’t want to just start it with the way that Mother Ronso started in SAO. I wanted something different, so, I decided to look at what happened before Asuna learned about Absolute Sword AKA Yuuki for the first time. So, what do you think? Isn’t this a nice ‘prelude’? Hope to see you next time, everyone! Please read and review and no flames, please! Later and best wishes, Crossover Fans!