Sailor Moon Fan Fiction / Digimon Fan Fiction / Crossover Fan Fiction ❯ Sailor Moon Online: Gaiden ❯ Mother’s Rosario 2: Flash, Sword, and Valkyrie ( Chapter 25 )

Well, I welcome you to the next story in this vast ‘fanfiction universe’ and we are back to the ‘original’ SMO timeline, once again. There is going to be plenty of action in this chapter, but there is also going to be plenty of drama and a situation that you might misinterpret thinking that it is ‘one thing’ when it is actually something else entirely. What do I mean, you ask? Sorry! Spoiler alert! You need to read to find out, everyone! Now, before I start, 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 as well as the idea of Darth Revan Sammy Tsukino, the other alternate versions of said character, and the basic plot of this one-shot.

 

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 25: Mother’s Rosario 2: Flash, Sword, and Valkyrie

 

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

 

January 6, 2026, Tokyo, Yuuki household

 

This evening, we are inside of the Yuuki household where we find ourselves inside of a large three-hundred-square-foot dining room where, at the center, there is a long eight-legged table where we find Asuna sitting some distance away from the northeast corner and across the table to Asuna’s left, there is another woman.

 

This woman is a fairly tall, middle-aged woman with brown eyes, and despite her thin features, her solid frame removes any sense of slimness. Her hair, which is dyed in a rich, brown color, is parted to the sides neatly cut along her jaw. Even though her face is beautiful, her high nose and jawline, as well as the deep wrinkles near her mouth create a severely cold impression.

 

The woman asks Asuna, bluntly, “Were you using that machine again?”

 

Asuna responds, “Yes. We made an agreement do to our homework together.”

 

The woman responds, bluntly, “It’s not going to sink in and do you any good unless you do that studying on your own.”

 

Asuna mentally sighs and she replies, “Everyone lives very far apart. In there, we can meet one another instantly.”

 

The woman retorts, bluntly, “Using that machine doesn’t count as ‘meeting’. Besides, homework is meant to be done alone. With your friends, you’re bound to end up cavorting around. And you don’t have the time the leeway for fun and games. You’re behind the others, so, it’s obvious that you need to study even harder to make up those two extra years.”

 

Asuna says in reply, “I am doing my studies. Didn’t you see the printout of my second-term grade report I left on your desk?”

 

The woman says, “I did, but I put no stock in the grade reports from a school like that?”

 

Asuna asks, curiously, “A school like what?”

 

The woman says, “Listen, Asuna. I’m giving you a home tutor in addition to school for your third term. Not one of those popular online tutors, but a proper one who comes to the house.”

 

Asuna says, surprised, “Wait…this is so sudden…”

 

The woman says, in a commanding tone, “Look at this.” The woman then puts a tablet computer on the table and pushes it over to Asuna causing her to eyes to grow wide at what she sees.

 

Asuna asks, shocked, “What is this? A summary of a…transfer exam?”

 

The woman says, “I called in a favor from a friend who’s a high school director to allow you to take a transfer exam for their senior program. Not a slapped-together school like your current one…”

 

Asuna tells the woman, “Mother, you know that’s not the case now. It is originally a temporary school for us, SAO survivors, but thanks to funding from an anonymous donor, the government has made it into an official academy and the teachers hired into the school staff are among the best of the best especially for the fields that the new school will be focusing on especially after we have left it. I’m sure that you have seen the names of the professors and teachers as well as the first non-SAO survivor students accepted into the school given your influence.” The woman, revealed to be Asuna’s mother, Kyouko Yuuki, can’t help to be silent for a moment and her right eyebrow twitches somewhat.

 

Kyouko clears her throat and she says, keeping herself composed, “Yes, you do have a point. Their qualifications as teachers and professors are…very good. And the first student body beyond your…friends and those like them are quite…talented. However, the facility itself is lacking. Their curriculum is beyond decent and their subjects are good, but the facility don’t have means to work that curriculum to its upmost. Yes, they are getting best of the best in equipment, but the building itself isn’t up to specifications to do what it is needed to do and they don’t have all of the equipment needed. They have the money and resources, but it also takes time. You don’t make an excellent school with a snap of the fingers despite the excellence of the equipment and the facility. The new school may be one of the greats…in time. I mean MAY. However, right now, it is nothing more than a place that they can gather potential future problem children to keep an eye on them. Perhaps there is a function for such a place, when some of those children have spent all that time killing one another in some bizarre game, but that’s no reason for you to be there.” Asuna doesn’t reply to such a criticism since she knows that her mother has a point.

 

The SAO Memorial Academy was originally a temporary school set up for SAO survivors that were still in school when they were first trapped in, but after Serena AKA Sailor Moon made a major donation from the massive secret fund left to her by her uncle, none other than Akihiko Kayaba, the one that trapped Asuna and many others, including Serena herself, in that infamous ‘death game’, with some ‘maneuvering’ by her friends, namely Trista AKA Sailor Pluto, who claimed that she had some ‘connections’, family, mainly Serena’s father, Kenji Tsukino, who is quite well-known magazine editor, and plenty of others, including, which surprised our heroes and heroines, from the government themselves including the head of the ‘SAO Task Force’, Seijirou Kikuoka, part of the government’s ‘virtual division’, the government approved that the temporary school would be remade into a permanent school known as the SAO Memorial Academy, which is not only dedicated to the further education of SAO survivors like Asuna and Serena, but the teaching of future generations in the fields that make up the industry of Full-Dive, which is ever growing, to ensure that nothing like SAO could ever happen again by ensuring the peaceful development of the technology, which, along with VRMMO, is still in recovery due to SAO and what happened with the original ALO, by helping fertile minds that could help Full-Dive VR and VRMMO grow without such ‘horror’ happening by helping people get into the industry and help gain the knowledge and ability to make sure that something like SAO and the original ALO to NEVER HAPPEN again.

 

To note: Asuna still have suspicions about, especially after the ‘Death Gun’ incident where a former member of Laughing Coffin, the murder guild of SAO, and his brother tried to recreate SAO, in a way, in the VRMMO Gun Gale Online, but he did help them solve this mystery and stop it before it could lead into something like what happened with SAO and the original ALO, so, Asuna keeps her suspicions, which she knows that her boyfriend and fellow SAO survivor, Kazuto Kirigaya, known as Kirito in SAO/ALO, and Serena reciprocate, to herself at the moment.

 

However, while SAO Memorial Academy is shaping up to become a respectable school, it is still in its ‘infancy’ and her mother has a point since it is keeping the SAO survivors in one place where they have to go to counseling where they are subject to questions to detect antisocial behavior or thoughts in which, depending on the answers, they may be subject to institutionalization or drugs. While her mother’s statements aren’t exactly true, the statements of Asuna’s mother do have a point as much as Asuna hates to admit.

 

Kyouko says, “And while they are bringing in talented students, they also must want to assemble them all together to observe them to see if there is another one of HIM lurking within them and nip the situation in the butt before they get another one like HIM.”

 

Asuna sighs and she says, plainly, “Mother, please, I hope that you aren’t saying that out loud.” Kyouko glares at Asuna, causing her to flinch for a second, but Asuna says, regaining her composer, “I just don’t want you to go through that…media circus after Sugou was arrested. And yes, mother, I saw what happened…” Kyouko’s eyes widen a bit, but she regains her composer, however, her right hand turns into a fist.

 

Flashback; Late January 2025, Tokorozawa

 

Within the hospital at Tokorozawa, we find Asuna Yuuki, who has just escaped ALO, sitting on her bed as a nurse is tending to her.

 

The nurse tells Asuna, “Very good, Yuuki-san. However, you need to take it really easy. You haven’t used your body in over two years.” Asuna gently nods her head and the door to her hospital room opens up in which Darien, Serena, the rest of the Sailor Scouts, and Kazuto enter the room.

 

Asuna says, weakly, “Kirito-kun…Usagi-chan…”

 

T he nurse says, with a smile, “Ah, you are Yuuki-san’s friends. I will leave you alone with her, but she needs to take it easy, she has just awoken after all.”

 

Darien says, “Yes, we understand.”

 

Serena asks, curiously, “When can Asuna start her physical therapy?”

 

The nurse says, “Soon, but we can’t rush it. She is very fragile you understand.”

 

Kazuto says, “We do all too well.” The nurse gives a confused look and her eyes widen in which Kazuto says, pointing to himself and Serena, “We met ‘over there’.”

 

The nurse says, giving a nod of understanding, “I understand. However, she hasn’t been using her body for an additional two months longer than the three of you. It will, most likely, take her a bit longer than you to ‘heal’.”

 

Serena says, with a smile, “We know. We are just glad that she is safe and we’ll be with her all the way.” Asuna smiles warmly at Serena and the nurse, also smiling warmly, leaves the room.

 

Michelle, holding a group of flowers, says, with a smile, “I hope that you like flowers.” Michelle then goes over and puts the flowers into a vase that’s on a nearby table while the others assemble around Asuna.

 

Asuna says, weakly, “Usagi-chan…”

 

Serena says, with a smile, “It is Serena…Serena Tsukino, Asuna.”

 

Asuna says, with a weak voice, “Oops, my mistake.”

 

Kazuto tells Asuna, with a smile, “Don’t feel bad about it, Asuna. It took us a long while for us to start responding to our ‘real names’.”

 

Raye says, looking at Serena with a grin, “I remember a certain Meatball Head who went by the name ‘Bunny’ instead of her real name until about one month after she got out of that prison.”

 

Serena gives a blush and she says, nervously and with an annoyed expression, “Hey, it was my name for two years and it was the only name that I kept seeing and hearing over all that time.”

 

Kazuto says, with a smile, “I think that plenty of our fellow survivors gone through the same thing, Serena.”

 

Asuna says, weakly, “Serena…I remember…that’s your real name…Usagi-chan…”

 

Serena tells Asuna, “Kazuto tells me that you met Lisbeth in the real world for the first time recently.”

 

Asuna says, with a nod, “That’s right.” Asuna tells Serena, “Your name…means calm of the moon…it is lovely name…”

 

Serena says, “Thanks, Asuna.”

 

Kazuto tells Asuna, pointing to Darien and the Sailor Scouts, “And these are Serena’s friends, Asuna. And this guy is Serena’s boyfriend.”

 

Asuna’s eyes grow wide and Darien says, looking at Asuna, “I’m Darien Shields. It is nice to meet you.” Asuna nods her head and she then looks at Serena.

 

Serena says, with a smile, “Yes, it is them.”

 

Lita says, with a smile, “We already know that you know who we are, Asuna.”

 

Raye says, looking at Serena, “Because a certain Meatball Head of ours couldn’t get herself in a situation where she was forced to use her powers in front of a group of people.”

 

Serena says, nervously, “Come on, Pyro! How many times do I have to say sorry? You are going to harp me forever, aren’t you? You are such a pain!”

 

Asuna giggles, but she coughs a bit and Kazuto tells Asuna, concerned, “Easy, Asuna. Don’t get yourself too excited. Trust me, I know how that feels.” Asuna gives a slight nod and Lita takes a look at the television.

 

Lita says, nervously, “Yipe! It is a media circus today.” Everyone looks towards the television and they see a report about what happened with ALO.

 

Amara says, “That’s not surprising. Since we exposed Sugou so completely and what happened with Sword Art Online, this would be a major shocker. Most likely, as much, if not more, than SAO.”

 

Darien says, with a plain tone, “Sadly, it means bad news for the Full-Dive VR technology and VRMMOs too.”

 

Kazuto says, with a sigh, “Yes…”

 

Asuna gives a solemn look and Ami says, “I hope not. There is so much potential in the technology.”

 

Mina says, “And VRMMOs are just plain fun.”

 

Lita says, with a nod, “Yeah, no joke.”

 

Hotaru then asks, looking at the television screen, “Who is that lady?” Everyone then looks at the television and they see Kyouko on the screen causing Asuna’s eyes to widen.

 

Kazuto says, “She looks familiar…”

 

Asuna says, weakly, “M-Mother…” Everyone else looks at Asuna in shock and they look at the television screen that’s showing Asuna’s mother.

 

Mina says, nervously, “Oh, boy.”

 

End Flashback; Return to the Present

 

Back in the present, Asuna tells her mother, “It looks like you were being mobbed by the reporters.”

 

Kyouko says, plainly, “What did you expect after what happened with Sugou? After that stunt that he pulled…”

 

Asuna tells Kyouko, interrupting, “Mother, what happened wasn’t a ‘stunt’. He had taken three hundred people that went through two years in a digital prison and not only imprisoned them, but he experiment on them in something that is a crime against humanity. I was his prisoner and I had to take his taunting, his jeers, and all sorts of ‘insults’, despite it not being my physical body, for two months. He is a monster and a coward in which my brother and I tried to war you about…through it is understandable why you and father didn’t believe me. We were children. And Sugou’s family and our family have been friends for a long time. I just wished that they didn’t have to suffer with what Sugou had done.” Asuna sighs as she remembers that after what happened with Sugou’s defeat and the complete revelation of what he had done, the public outrage and horror was just as much as what happened with SAO with the families of the three hundred victims of Sugou’s actions, despite the victims not remembering it and there was no permanent damage done, damaged ‘reconciliation’ which is the reason why RCT Progress, the Full-Dive division of the main RCT Industry, had to close down. Sugou’s family, despite being cleared of any connection to Sugou’s currently vast crimes, were fearful of their lives and with government assistance, they were evacuated out of Tokyo and into the countryside with their location being undisclosed for obvious reasons.

 

Kyouko says, her eyes intense, “Yes, but it makes me wonder why only Kayaba’s parents suffered such an indignity.”

 

Asuna says, pleading, “Mother, please…” Asuna asks, “This isn’t just about my grades, is it?”

 

Kyouko tells Asuna, in a bit of a dangerous tone, “Don’t…”

 

Asuna tells Kyouko, “Mother, what is it about Serena that you don’t like?”

 

Kyouko says, plainly, “She has nothing to do with this.”

 

Asuna says, “You keep saying that, but I know better, mother. If it wasn’t for her, I wouldn’t be here today.”

 

Kyouko says, “You keep saying…”

 

Asuna says, protesting, “It is the truth! Plenty of those that survived SAO will say that they lived because of her!” Asuna asks, “Is this because of what happened with Sugou and the backlash to our family because we were closely associated with him?”

 

Kyouko says, sternly, “Asuna…”

 

Asuna says, ignoring her mother, “Serena-chan and her friends didn’t do to that to hurt us! They did it to stop that fiend, Sugou! In fact, Serena-chan was the most vocal to my father about his retirement! He and Kirito-kun, both, protested to father about retiring as head of the company! They said that they needed his leadership after the debacle of the original ALO, but father stayed firm with his decision! If anyone is to blame, it is Sugou, who is getting what he deserved after all the horrors that he committed!” FYI: Recently, Sugou is starting to serve a life-sentience in prison for the crimes what he did with the original ALO. With all of the evidence mounted against him, he attempted an insanity plea to get out of prison, but thanks to testimony especially with Asuna and others, Sugou was deemed sane and due to the fact that he has performed unethical human experimentation, Sugou was formally charged with crimes against humanity and was tired in an international court. Asuna asks, curiously, “Is this about that article…?”

 

But then Kyouko interrupts by stating, sternly, “Asuna, that’s enough!” Asuna flinches from her mother’s tone and Kyouko says, sternly, “I told you that doesn’t concern this! You have talent! You know what incredible pains that your father and I have gone through to bring out that talent to the fullest. And then you lost two years to that crazy game…I wouldn’t be saying this to you if you were an ordinary child. But you’re not ordinary, are you? It would be a sin to let that talent you have go untapped. You have the ability to go to a great college and receive a first-class education…and that’s what you ought to do. You can take your talents to the government or a business or you can stay in school and make a living in academia. I’m not going to interfere with your choice, but the one thing that I’m not going to allow you is completely abandon those opportunities especially because of them…”

 

However, this strikes a cord in Asuna, knowing exactly WHO her mother is talking about, and she says, “But you don’t even know them!” Kyouko was about to retort, but she stops when she sees Asuna’s eyes, a fire…a dominating fire burning in them, and Asuna says, continuing, “You know, there isn’t such a thing as hereditary talent. When I was younger, I thought that getting into a college and finding a good job was all there was to life! Get into a good high school just because…getting into a good college just because…and getting a good job…just because…Well, I’m different. ‘Just because’ isn’t a good reason anymore. And don’t tell me that I’m ‘limiting my options’ or anything. It seems like you are limiting my options...just because of my career…or should I say, YOUR career, mother.”

 

Kyouko retorts, sternly, “Now, you see here…!!”

 

Asuna yells out, with her own stern tone, “NO, you see here, mother! Do you remember that man that you forced me to see over New Year’s? I don’t know what sort of story that you fed him, but, to him, it seem like we were already engaged. You haven’t learned a thing, have you? Remember, we just talked about your previous pick that hurt so many and nearly destroyed RCT. And before you say anything, yes, father became enamored with him and even I have to admit this, but he is also a decent actor. He had father fooled and he had fooled others. Serena, my brother, and I were among the few that can see through the façade. When he dropped that façade that Kirito-kun saw him for what he truly was. However, you are the ‘main force’ that made him my finance, not father.” Kyouko felt like that she got a major slap in the face from her own daughter because she was exactly right.

 

But Kyouko regains her composer and she says, her voice not losing the coolness and sternness behind it, “However, Yuuya is safer since he isn’t as ambitious or forceful. But that’s the issue right now. Your future is. Now, listen here, you have to understand, your father and I just want you to be happy. From the moment that we picked out your kindergarten, that’s been only our concern. You might have suffered a trip up, but you can still recover. You can still have the most brilliant career, if you just put in the effort.”

 

Asuna thinks in her mind, “The best career for you, not me.” Asuna says, “I think about the transfer…”

 

Kyouko says, “Good. You have next week to decide.”

 

However, Asuna then says, interrupting, “However, I should let you know now.” When Kyouko looks at Asuna, she says, “SHE is better than you…better than me…better than before of us. Even if I get the best ‘career’ that you desire, Serena is going to rise high above me. Serena and Kirito-kun, both, because they are strong. You and I, at one time, only cared about ourselves and what we want. Serena NEVER did. She only cared about others and that’s why she is better than us. She is a hero and her star is going to shine brighter than ours. She and Kirito-kun know who they are and they are proud of it, not like someone who is ashamed of their own mother and father because they were simply farming family rather than rich famous house of privilege.” Asuna then gets up from her seat and starts to leave the room, leaving a flabbergasted Kyouko, who, while she doesn’t show it in her expression, felt like she got a major ‘gut check’.

 

Kyouko shouts out, strongly and a bit angrily, “Asuna, come here!” However, Asuna is already out of the room in which she slams the door, hard. Kyouko thinks in her mind, exasperated, “What is with that girl?! Why doesn’t she understand? She has vast chances…chances that I never had. Why does she waste it because him? Because of HER? What is so special about them? He doesn’t come from any exceptional family and while her father is excellent journalist…like it or not, there is nothing special about her. She isn’t going to achieve that greatness that I know that she has staying with them especially with her. So, she saved her life once? She surely repaid that debt. She isn’t going to achieve her greatness by babying sitting her. Why doesn’t she damn well understand?! What is so special that she can make her lash out at her own mother like this?!” Kyouko’s mind then focuses on a certain Moon Princess that we know and she then sees an image of her eyes causing Kyouko to blink several times in rapid succession. Meanwhile, with Asuna, she is back in her room and automatically turned off the light and head in which Asuna shut off the environment control system. She then throws herself on the bed and starts the cry on the pillow.

 

A voice in her head says, “You think that you are a swordsman? Just because you weren’t half-bad at swinging around a little digital sword in a stupid game? What good is that going to do you in the real world? You are right! You are nothing compared to Serena! She is freaking Sailor Moon for crying out loud! She is a hero! She is out there, every day and every night, protecting people from monsters and yokai! What are you doing? Cheering for her on the sidelines? Yeah, you’re right! She is better than both you and your mother! You may have been on the frontlines of that death game, but not only was Serena, she was also risking her ass saving others at the same time! Kirito said that you were strong, but only ‘over there’ while Serena is strong in both worlds! What can you do outside of the ‘virtual world’?” Asuna can’t help to feel that ‘voice’ had a point. What was the point of being here, in ‘reality’, when she can only be her ‘true self’ in VR? Kazuto and Serena seemed to possess the same will that they had gained in SAO especially Kazuto since he told him that his future goals were that of a developer and not a player. Kazuto told her that he wanted to create a man-machine interface that’s closer and more ‘intimate’ in connection than the current full-dive technology. And he was active in his work to do that. In Asuna’s mind, Kazuto is heading down his goal.

 

With Serena, Asuna was shocked to learn that in the thirty-first century, Serena was going to be the one of the two rulers of the whole planet as Neo-Queen Serenity with Darien, as King Endymon, as her husband with the fact that Rini AKA Sailor Neo Moon, formally Sailor Mini-Moon, is her daughter. The fact that she met Serena’s future daughter LONG before she was born is still shocking to her. However, despite this, Serena says that the future is like clay, not set in stone, meaning that it could change at any time and Serena said that if she is going to be the ruler of the future, it will happen…but only on her OWN MERIT and not just because it is ‘supposed’ as the heiress to the Moon Kingdom and just because she is the beloved of the heir to the throne of the whole of the planet Earth AKA Darien Shields/Tuxedo Mask/Endymon, in which Darien said that he isn’t focused on being a ruler, but being a doctor and the best doctor that he can be. Serena isn’t completely sure what she wants, but she doesn’t dictate what her ‘supposed future’ has in store for her, Serena plans to get with her own hands, something that her future daughter encourages, which isn’t just out of any pity for what she went through in SAO, and not just ‘follow the path that she was given’. The strength of Kazuto’s and Serena’s convictions to forge their own futures makes Asuna feel worse and feel fear that Kazuto will distance himself from her due to her weakness with Serena doing the same causing her to cry out their names, both real and SAO/ALO names, before she falls into a deep sleep for the night.

 

January 6, 2026, Tokyo, Juuban District

 

Within the Juuban District, we are now inside of the apartment home of none other than Darien Shields, who isn’t living alone at this moment, because this is where we find none other than our Moon Princess, Serena Tsukino AKA Sailor Moon, sitting in front of a computer screen and giving off a slight sneeze.

 

Darien, after taking a drink of water, looks at Serena and he asks, “Are you okay?”

 

Serena says, with a nod, “Yeah. I just sneezed.” Serena then holds her right hand over her heart and she thinks, “But I’ve got a feeling that someone that I know is in pain. What is this feeling?”

 

Darien asks, curiously, “So, what are you doing?”

 

Serena says, “Looking up, Yuuki.”

 

Darien asks, curiously, “Yuuki? You mean Asuna or her family?”

 

Serena says, shaking her head, “No. Yuuki ‘in there’.”

 

Darien asks, realizing something, “You mean ‘Absolute Sword’?”

 

Serena says, with a nod, “That’s right.”

 

Darien says, “It is still bothering you, isn’t it? I can’t blame you. Her ability seems…beyond other players.”

 

Serena says, with a nod, “Yes, she does.”

 

Darien asks Serena, “What are you thinking?”

 

Serena asks Darien, “Is it obvious?”

 

Darien tells Serena, with a smirk, “Do I really have to answer that question, Meatball Head?” Serena gives an annoyed pout and Darien says, “Despite being new, she is doing really well. At first, you would think that you can explain it being a transfer, but the ability that she had shown even through she is new to ALO…”

 

Serena says, “Her ability is far beyond any player. She adapted to ALO close to the instant that she got there. She may have been in similar VRMMO games, but ALO is unique with the flight engine and aerial combat in the manner that it is.”

 

Darien says, “And she adapted so well, so, quickly as if it was…”

 

Serena says, finishing for Darien, “Natural for her.”

 

Darien asks Serena, “What are you thinking Serena?”

 

Serena says, with a sigh, “She matched Leafa and I even when we went all-out.”

 

Darien asks, “But didn’t you say that she couldn’t be a SAO survivor?”

 

Serena says, with a nod, “That’s right. Like Kazuto and I mentioned, if she was part of SAO, she would have had the Duel Blades or Mimic Skills, not us. At least, that’s what I feel.”

 

Darien asks, curiously, “Then what is Yuuki?”

 

Serena says, “That’s a good question.”

 

January 7, 2026, ALO, New Aincrad, Floor 24

 

Within New Aincrad, we are back on the twenty-fourth floor where we are on the southern shore of a little island just north of the main town of Panareze in which we find Kirito and Asuna together where Usagi flies in on them.

 

Usagi calls out, “Kirito! Asuna!”

 

Asuna yells out, seeing Usagi, “Usagi-chan!”

 

As Usagi lands on the ground, Kirito asks Usagi, “Hey, Usagi, what’s up?”

 

Usagi responds, “Just wanted to see what you are up to.”

 

Asuna tells Usagi, “We were just talking.”

 

Usagi asks, curiously, “About what?”

 

Asuna asks Kirito, “Well, I was wondering: Kirito-kun, do you remember the first time that you came to my lace in Selmburg?”

 

Kirito says, nervously, “I don’t mean to brag, but I’m not good at not remembering things…”

 

Usagi tells Kirito, plainly, “That’s not something to brag about Kirito.”

 

Kirito gives a nervous look and Kirito says, nervously, “However, I do remember something very vividly.”

 

Asuna asks, curiously, “Really?”

 

Kirito says, with a smile, “Of course. Remember, I had just gotten that ultrarare food item and you coked it into a stew for me. Oh, man! That meat was delicious! I still think about it sometimes!”

 

Asuna yells out, annoyed while giving a pout, “Great! So, all you remember is the food?”

 

Usagi tells Asuna, with a smile, “That would be Kirito for you.”

 

Asuna tells Usagi, with a smirk, “Don’t get me started, Usagi-chan. I heard from your friends, your fellow Scouts, about your ‘binges’ in which you shouldn’t talking about Kirito-kun when you eat two picnic baskets of food at one time!”

 

Usagi gives a nervous yelp and Kirito tells Usagi, “She has got you there.” Kirito asks Asuna, “By the way, Asuna, since we are building up a good stockpile of Yrd, when they update to the sixties and we get up there, do you want to get a place in Selmburg again?”

 

Asuna responds, shaking her head, “No, I’m fine. It wasn’t as if everything was sunshine and rainbows when I was living there. We should use that money to help Agil open his store in Algade again.”

 

Kirito says, annoyed, “Great. The return of the business that can squeeze blood from a stone. If I invest in him, I’m charging an arm and a leg to interest…”

 

Usagi says, annoyed, “Kirito, you are terrible!”

 

Asuna says, with a nod, “I’ll say!” Soon after, the three of them giggle and laugh in which they notice a large group of players flying towards a certain area.

 

Usagi asks, “Is it time already?”

 

Asuna says, with a nod, “Guess we need to get going.”

 

Kirito tells Asuna, a bit nervously, “Asuna, if you are going to fight the Absolute Sword…I guess, just…it’ll be tough. Seriously.”

 

Usagi tells Kirito, “Kirito, she already knows how you lost to Absolute Sword and how Leafa and I tied with her even when we went ‘all-out’.”

 

Kirito’s eyes widen and Asuna says, “You know that I couldn’t envision you losing, Kirito-kun, despite resetting your stats after you saved me from Sugou.”

 

Kirito says, “There are plenty of folks that are tougher than me by now. It is just…this Absolute Sword is on another level.”

 

When Asuna looks at Usagi, Usagi nods her head and Asuna asks Kirito, “Kirito-kun, Leafa mentioned that you had a little conversation in the middle of your duel with Absolute Sword. What did you talk about?”

 

Usagi and Kirito become a bit anxious, which Asuna notices, and Kirito responds, nervously, “Basically, I said: ‘You’re a complete and total resident of this world, aren’t you?’ And the answer I got was a smile and an unbelievable quick thrust. It was…faster than should be possible…”

 

Asuna asks, confused, “A total resident of this world? Meaning, like, someone without a real life?”

 

Kirito responds, shaking his head, “No. I wasn’t speaking about a single VRMMO world, but the Seed Nexus as a whole…Actually, not that, either. I guess I was implying more like…a child of the full-dive environment itself.”

 

Asuna asks, still confused, “What does that mean?”

 

Usagi tells Asuna, “I think that you should go and experience Absolute Sword for yourself.”

 

Kirito says, with a nod, “That’s a good idea. Seeing and feeling is better than explaining, Asuna.”

 

Just then a familiar female voice says, “There you are!” Kirito, Asuna, and Usagi look to see Mamoru, Dai, Akari, Lisbeth, Leafa, and Silica.

 

Dai asks, with a smile while looking at Kirito and Asuna, “Is our princess with our two lovebirds ready to go?”

 

Kirito and Asuna blush and Leafa tells Dai, with an annoyed look, “You really love to do that?”

 

Akari playfully punches Dai’s arm and she says, “Dai-kun, you are royalty too, you know that? So, stop teasing them.”

 

Dai says, with a smile, “Well…maybe.” Leafa gives an annoyed pout while Akari gives Dai another playful slap in which all of them get to their feet, bring out their wings, and they take to the air with Yui, in her pixie form, coming out of one of Kirito’s coat pockets and takes to the air with them. They arrive on the island where Kirito, Leafa, and Usagi fought against Yuuki and that’s where they find a group of the others are waiting for them along with a massive crowd with the sounds of a one-on-one duel being heard.

 

Taichi says, “About time!”

 

Asuna says, nervously, “Sorry!” Once they joined up with the others, just then they see a single player fall from the sky and land on the ground with a nasty ‘thud’. When the smoke and dust caused by the impact clears, they see a male Salamander lay splayed on the ground and he lies there before he quickly sits him.

 

He shakes his head, regaining his focus, and he yells out, “I give! I surrender! I resign!” The end-of-duel fanfare for ALO starts to play and that’s followed by a loud round of applause in which Asuna hears about Absolute Sword’s sixty-seventh victory. Soon enough, Asuna tries to find the Salamander’s opponent and she is shocked to see none other than Yuuki land in which she gives a theatrical bow in front of everyone.

 

Asuna asks, elbowing Lisbeth, “Um, Liz?”

 

Usagi thinks in her mind, with a sigh, “Well, here we go.”

 

Asuna yells out, grabbing Lisbeth by the collar, “The Absolute Sword is a GIRL!”

 

Lisbeth asks, nervously, “What? Didn’t I say that?”

 

Asuna says, “No, you didn’t! On, in fact…”

 

But before she can look at Kirito, Usagi tells Asuna, “Kirito didn’t go easy on her. He went ‘full out’ on her…at least as ‘full out’ while ‘playing a game’.”

 

Asuna says, with a sigh, “If you say so, Usagi-chan, I know that I can trust your word.” Kirito gives a nervous look, as he feels insulted in one form or another, with Leafa, his sister, giving him a comforting pat on the back.

 

Dai tells Asuna, “Trust us, don’t let her looks fool you.”

 

Leafa says, “These people already know that she is no joke. Sixty-seven wins, two ties, and ZERO losses does make a statement.”

 

Asuna says, nodding her head in agreement and understand, “Well, you do have a point, Leafa-chan.” Asuna thinks in her mind, “Especially if she tied with you and Usagi-chan when you went ‘all-in’ on her. It is just hard to imagine…”

 

Yuuki asks, curiously, “So, who’s next?”

 

Lisbeth tells Asuna, with a sly smile, “Well, go on.”

 

Asuna responds, nervously, “W-Wait…I need to get my mind back in gear…”

 

Lisbeth says, slyly, “Oh, you’ll get that in no time once you fight her. Now, get going!” Asuna yelps as she is pushed forward by Lisbeth’s push and she has to use her wings not to fall down the ground on her butt in which she finds herself looking at Yuuki herself.

 

Yuuki asks, curiously, “Oh, do you want to fight, Miss?”

 

Asuna responds, nervously, “Sure, I guess…”

 

Yuuki replies, excitedly, “Okay!”

 

As soon as they take their positions, preparing to start the duel, Asuna asks, “So, are there any rules to the duel?”

 

Yuuki replies, cheerfully, “Of course. You can use all the magic and items you want. I’ll only be using this.” Yuuki pats the hilt of her sword and seeing Yuuki’s innocent show of confident, Asuna can feel her competitive part of her nature stirring. Yuuki then asks, “Oh, right. Do you prefer fighting on land or in the air?”

 

Asuna was taken aback by Yuuki’s question and she asks, surprised, “You’re fine with either one?” Yuuki gives a grin and nods her head causing Asuna to be surprised by the innocent nature of her grin and nod causing Asuna to say, “On the ground then.”

 

Yuuki says, “Okay! Jumps are allowed, but no using your wings!” Yuuki, who still had her imp wings still out, causes them to vanish and Asuna does the same in which Asuna, checking out Yuuki, noticing her ‘guild tag’ over her HP bar visible to her eyes. Soon after, a game window notifying her of an incoming duel appears in front of her and Asuna notices Yuuki’s name in it.

 

Asuna thinks in her mind, “Yuuki…” Asuna then looks at the bottom of the window and notices the three kinds of duels: First-strike mode, where the first clean hit ends the fight, half-finish mode, where the duel ends when one player or another goes into the yellow zone or below, and finally, full-finish mode, where the duel ends when one player’s HP hits zero. After choosing full-finish mode and hitting the ‘okay’ button, the duel window vanishes and the ten-second countdown appears in which the two of them draw their swords and get into their stances. Asuna takes a deep breath and when the countdown hits zero, the word ‘duel’ flashes between them and Asuna takes the first strike and closes the distance between herself and Yuuki dodges the first two strikes in which Asuna expected that, but she knows that the third strike will be possible to dodge. However, when the third strike seems to about to hit, Yuuki’s sword moves like a blur and knocks the tip of Asuna’s rapier away from Yuuki just enough for the strike to avoid hitting Yuuki’s avatar causing Asuna to be so surprised since she didn’t realize that her attack was parried until after her rapier gone past Yuuki’s avatar. Yuuki then struck back fast and Asuna barely manages to dodge in which blade barely grazed Asuna’s chest. Asuna leaps back and when she regains her footing, she realizes that Dai had been right to say not to ‘let her looks fool you’ in which she mentally apologizes to Kirito for thinking that he went easy on her being a girl and all.

 

Just then the voice in her head comes back with, “Oh, now, you’re a warrior? In a stupid little game…while being with real warriors that put their lives on the line.” Asuna mentally shakes the voice to silence and takes stock of the situation as she closes her eyes and focuses. Asuna takes a stance and putting her rapier in which when she opens her eyes, Asuna has a deadly serious expression on her face and when Yuuki sees this, like a signal, her smile and cheerful expression on her face is gone replaced by her own serious look. The two of them attack each other and when their swords clash, they made a loud ‘clang’ and create a small shockwave that sends dust and dirt all around. The two of them continue at an intense and high-speed pace in which, at one point, Yuuki’s sword glows with a sword skill where it clashes with Asuna’s rapier where it causes a violet shockwave to surge away from behind Asuna. Asuna counters with her own skill causing a blue shockwave this time to be skid through behind Yuuki causing everyone to yelp as shockwaves bombard the island.

 

Yamato says, “Whoa!”

 

Takeru says, with a nod, “Yeah, bro. They are serious now.”

 

Miyako says, nodding her head, “No freaking kidding!”

 

Minako says, with a grin, “That’s what’s making it exciting! Berserk Healer versus Absolute Sword!”

 

Hino says, annoyed, “You know that Asuna abhors that nickname, Mina-chan.”

 

Usagi thinks in her mind, “Asuna…” Asuna and Yuuki continue their intense fight where their blows manage to nick them, at one point or another, causing their HP to slowly go down. At one point, their next clash cause them to be so close that they were practically touching and it is at this point where Asuna strikes Yuuki in the waist by her free hand causing a brief stun effect. This was due to the Martial Art skill that she had learned, but unlike Kirito and Usagi, who learned the skill in SAO, Asuna learned the Martial Arts skill in ALO. Makoto, who also had the skill, told Asuna on how to get it: From a special training hall in Gnome territory, which was confirmed by Agil. Due to the fact that she learned that skill, her attack carried a stun effect when it normally would not. Asuna then unleashes her Quadruple Pain, the four-part Rapier Sword Skill, on Yuuki. With Asuna at close range, her opponent off-balance, and the speed of her skill, guided by the system, would hit. However, Yuuki glares intently at the tip of Asuna’s rapier and what shouldn’t be possible, Yuuki’s sword lashes out with unimaginable speed and deflects Asuna’s rapier four times!

 

There are flabbergasted looks of shock and Asuna thinks in her mind, stunned, “She saw my Quadruple Pain?!”

 

Hana says, shocked, “My goodness!”

 

Minako says, flabbergasted, “No way!”

 

Miyako says, shocked, “She…She just deflected a Sword Skill at point blank range!”

 

Taichi yells out, in disbelief, “No freaking way!” Soon enough, Asuna sees that Yuuki has unleashed a Sword Skill of her since her obsidian sword gives off a blue-violet glow and she gets hit on what seems like a five-strike combo, but after the fifth strike and Asuna’s skill delay ended, Yuuki’s Sword Skill combo is still continuing and Asuna knows that she can’t escape, so, she decides on a final ditch attack with her OSS Sword Skill, the five-strike Starry Tear, and both attacks strike in which Yuuki’s HP bar is down to half-way and colored yellow with Asuna being in the red. However, Asuna notices that Yuuki’s sword is still glowing and realizes that she is being struck with the 11-hit OSS Sword Skill combo that’s being waged by Yuuki! Asuna closed her eyes, preparing for the finishing blow, but that blow never comes. Asuna looks to see the sword stopped in front of her and revealing that Yuuki just canceled the skill.

 

As Asuna looked wide-eyed, Yuuki lowered her sword and Yuuki patted Asuna’s shoulder with her free hand and gave her a dazzling grin as she says, “Yes, you’re very good! I’ve decided on you!”

 

Asuna was taken aback and she couldn’t speak for several moments in which she tells Yuuki, nervously, “What…Err…what about the duel…?”

 

Yuuki responds, “That was enough to satisfy me. Or did you want to keep going to the finish?” Asuna doesn’t respond from the shock and surprise of the situation and Yuuki says, continuing, “I’ve been looking for someone that struck me as just right. I finally found you! So, do you have some free time still?”

 

Asuna replies, nervously, “Uh, yes. I’m free.”

 

Yuuki then says, excitedly, “Then come with me for a bit!” Yuuki then puts her sword, away, and extended a hand. Confused, Asuna can’t help to put her sword away and take the hand. When Asuna does so, Yuuki extends her wings.

 

Asuna says, nervously, “Um, hang on.” Asuna then extends her wings and Yuuki, still grinning, drags Asuna out into the sky.

 

Just then Lisbeth’s voice shouts out, “Wait! Where are you going Asuna?!” As she is being dragged upward by Yuuki, Asuna looks to see Lisbeth, with her hands to her mouth, looking up with the others while most of them had surprised looks on their faces through some, like Kirito, had expression that said that they expected this to happen.

 

Asuna shouts out, nervously, “Um, I’ll get in touch later!” Asuna then yelps as she is dragged away by Yuuki, leaving a lot of other players, including her own friends, surprised, confused, and/or both.

 

With the others, Haruka says, “I saw this coming.”

 

A lot of the others look at Haruka and Tomoe asks, “You did?”

 

Haruka says, with a nod, “Yeah, firefly. It seemed like this girl wasn’t just challenge other players just for a challenge through it might have been part of it. She was looking for something…or in this case, I think a certain kind of someone.” Haruka says, looking at Kirito, “I’m sure that you already figured that out.”

 

Kirito says, with a nod, “Yep.”

 

Silica asks, surprised, “You knew Kirito-kun?”

 

Kirito says, “Well, I figured it out.” Kirito says, looking at the others, “And I’m sure more than Haruka and I figured out Yuuki-san’s intentions.”

 

Sam says, with a nod of his head, “Yeah, I felt that Yuuki-san was looking a certain player.”

 

Kendo says, “By the looks of it, she wanted a strong player.”

Taichi asks, curiously, “Wait! If she was looking for just a strong player, she would have chosen you, Leafa, and Usagi. But she didn’t! There is more to this, isn’t there?”

 

Leafa says, a bit nervously, “We kind of figured out her secret. I don’t fully understand what’s going on, but I think that big brother and sis have a better idea.”

 

Makoto asks Usagi, “You do?”

 

Usagi says, nervously, “Well…”

 

Hino says, sternly, “Yes, you do! I know that tone, Meatball Head! Now, spill!”

 

Kirito then says, “Usagi and I have a very good idea, but we aren’t completely sure…yet.”

 

Silica asks, curiously, “Completely sure about what?”

 

Kirito says, looking at Dai and Akari, “Actually, we need to talk to Dai and Akari first.”

 

Akari asks, curiously, “Us?”

 

Kirito says, with a nod, “Yes. To confirm something.”

 

Usagi asks Dai and Akari, “Do you mind?”

 

Dai says, with a shrug, “Not at all.”

 

Miyako asks, curiously and a bit annoyed, “Hey, why not talk about it with us?”

 

Kirito says, “We don’t want to be giving or implying any weird ideas.”

 

Usagi asks Dai and Akari, “Can we talk?”

 

Dai says, with a shrug, “No problem.”

 

Kirito tells the others, “Sorry.”

 

Lisbeth tells Kirito, with a shrug, “Fine, but you had better let us in the big secret sooner or later.”

 

Usagi says, with a nervous smile, “We’ll try.” Soon after, Usagi, Kirito, Dai, and Akari take off to an area where they can talk in private. When they are alone, the four of them look at each other.

 

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

 

Dai says, with a nod, “Yeah, you have a point.”

 

Usagi asks, “Are you sure?”

 

Akari says, “Our situation was different, but we can be pretty sure.”

 

Kirito asks, curiously, “Pretty sure?”

 

Dai says, with a sigh, “Okay, VERY sure.”

 

Usagi asks, curiously, “But wait! Isn’t THAT used…?”

 

Akari says, with a nod, “Yes. The ones that were used to save us were advanced modified versions, but while they can heal even up to fatal injuries as long as we are still alive, they can’t go around curing illnesses.”

 

Dai says, nodding his head, “Big time.”

 

Kirito says, “That means…”

 

Akari asks Kirito, “What is it, Kirito?”

 

Usagi asks Kirito, “Kirito, do you think that Yuuki is here…?”

 

Kirito tells Usagi, with a plain tone, “I’m not sure, Usagi.”

 

Usagi asks Kirito, “But what should we tell Asuna?”

 

Kirito tells Usagi, with a sigh, “I really don’t know, Usagi.”

 

Dai asks, curiously, “Um, mind filling us in?”

 

However, Kirito and Usagi don’t respond as the two of them look towards the direction that Yuuki dragged Asuna way in which Usagi thinks in her mind, with concern, “Asuna…” On the meanwhile, we see Yuuki flying while dragging Asuna by her arm in which the two of them are heading towards Floor 27 of New Aincrad with Asuna confused on what’s happening and what’s to come…

 

The end…for now, but to be continued…

 

That’s the end of the next segment of this series of stories and I would like to make thing a bit clear. You may be thinking: Asuna’s mother hates Serena because she is the niece of the one that trapped Asuna in SAO? WRONG!!! It is more complex than that and if you read this chapter carefully, you may be thinking another reason, right? Well, I’m making a guess on what you are thinking and I say that you are wrong. The ‘complexity’ between Asuna, Serena, and Asuna’s mother is the fact that Asuna’s mother doesn’t truly understand Asuna’s and Serena’s ‘relationship’ with each other. Asuna’s mother misinterprets Asuna’s friendship with Serena as something else. What do I mean? Well, you are going to have to read to find out, folks! Keep reading and review, but no flames, please! Later and best wishes, Crossover Fans!