Sailor Moon Fan Fiction / Digimon Fan Fiction / Crossover Fan Fiction ❯ Sailor Moon Online II: SAO Shippuden ❯ Arc I, Chapter 1: Death Gun ( Chapter 1 )

Welcome, Crossover Fans! If you are reading this, then you have made it to the sequel to the original Sailor Moon Online and Shadow of Aincrad stories and I big you welcome to the third story of this storyline, everyone. As you may have already read, there is going to be a lot more in this third story than in the previous one and I’ve already made a major change. This story is going to have four arcs, at least for the moment, and I will be posting this story one arc after another as I get them done. So, after one arc is done and it is a while before a new chapter comes up, you get the idea on what’s going on, everyone! Now, let’s ‘dive’ into this new story (A/N: Sorry for the pun.). Before I start this story, I know that I did this too much in the last story, but I would like to give thanks and credit to Belletiger and Kanius and Kanius’ YuYuGiDigiMoon series, especially this author’s 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.

 

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

 

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

 

Sailor Moon Online II: SAO Shippuden

 

(Sword Art Online II opening song ‘Ignite’ starts)

 

In the starting scene, we find Kirito and Usagi, in their GGO avatars, standing back to back as they look in the direction that Kirito is looking, then it switches to Sinon, with a determined look in her eyes, and finally, there is none other than Death Gun and he fires his gun creating a bullet hole through the ‘screen’.

 

We next see Kazuto and Asuna sitting down in front of a table outside of a café in which images of Kirito’s SAO and first ALO avatars are walking down the street and the scene then switches to see Eternal Sailor Moon flying through the air with a plain look on her face as images of Usagi, in her SAO and ALO avatars appear by her sides, in which all of them look to see the shadow of Heathcliff/Kayaba looming over them in which the images of Valkyrie Sailor Moon and Usagi’ GGO avatar then appear.

 

The next scene shows Shino Asada sitting down on a swing as images her 11 year old self and Sinon appear and she then looks to see Kyouji Shinkawa in front of her, but he is then engulfed in flames where the infamous Death Gun appears from those flames.

 

Death Gun’s face is seen with Kirito and Usagi, in their GGO avatars, fighting back to back against ‘ghosts’ of SAO while the next scene shows Sinon being dragged into darkness.

 

The next scenes show Asuna, Leafa, Silica, Lisbeth, Klein, Strea, Philia, and Yui in ALO watching something and Asuna and Yui praying in which it switches to the Juuban Sailor Scouts, including Nebula and Neo Moon, watching and motioning from their secret base at Crown Fruit Arcade, then our Digidestined, minus Davis and Kari, and their Digimon partners also watching something, and from a room within GGO itself, Mamoru, Dai, and Akari, in their GGO avatars, are looking at the same thing with Mamoru praying in his own way.

 

Then Usagi and Kirito leap onto the battlefield in which they work together, using their photon/light-swords and guns, beating their opponents one after another with Sinon, using her Hecate II, taking out another opponent from a long distance.

 

Next, it goes into the main city of GGO itself where Kirito and Usagi are fighting against Death Gun himself where the deadly player is beating them off with an estoc and his ‘Death Gun’ with Kirito and Usagi fighting back against him with their guns and swords in which Kirito and Usagi seem the images of Laughing Coffin, the murder guild of SAO, as they charge him for one final attack.

 

On the meanwhile, Sinon snipes one opponent causing him to ‘explode’ and when she turns, she faces a barrage of bullets, but she leaps and starts to fire a submachine gun at her unseen enemy while the image of a mysterious Sailor Scout forms behind her.

 

Finally, Kirito, Usagi, and Sinon walk towards each with Kirito’s SAO and original ALO avatars behind him, Usagi, with images of her SAO and ALO avatars along with Eternal and Valkyrie Sailor Moon behind her, and finally, Sinon, the image of the mysterious Sailor Scout behind her, before all of them start running towards each other and it ends with all of them massed together.

 

(Sword Art Online II opening song ‘Ignite’ ends)

 

Arc I, Chapter 1: Death Gun

 

November 6, 2025, Moon Kingdom

 

In the rebuilt Moon Kingdom, Sailor Moon, Sailor Celestial, the Juuban based Sailor Scouts, including Nebula and Neo Moon, and Tuxedo Mask are in front of the SAO Memorials where Sailor Moon and Sailor Celestial lay down bouquets of flowers in front of it and both Moon Princesses are currently in their Eternal Sailor Scout forms.

 

Sailor Venus says, “Not to sound heartless, but a lot of those that died aren’t really ‘dead’ anymore.”

 

Sailor Mars says, “Expect for those first over two hundred that died when their families tried to remove the NervGear and triggered that ‘trap’ that Kayaba put in their programming.”

 

Tuxedo Mask says, “Not to mention we don’t know when we will be able to reconstruct the virtualization technology and if and when we can create a program that can turn ‘virtual matter’ into ‘physical substance’ here in the ‘real world’.”

 

Sailor Mercury says, “It isn’t as easy as it sounds. It is like Yui and Strea. They are pure digital beings in which what the others in Rainbow Gardens are now.”

 

Sailor Celestial says, “Which isn’t an easy place to live. Take it from a girl that has experience.” Sailor Celestial says, “However, they are strong and they’ll endure.”

 

Sailor Moon says, “I hope so.”

 

Sailor Celestial says, solemnly, “At least they have a chance.” Sailor Celestial then walks over to the end of the memorial stone where there is an addition with the title ‘Sword Art World victims’ with only one player name on it: Maron.

 

Sailor Pluto says, “Princess…”

 

Sailor Celestial responds, interrupting, “How many times have I told you that I get annoyed when you call me that?”

 

Sailor Moon tells Sailor Celestial, with a smile, “Take it from a girl with experience, Celestial.”

 

Sailor Celestial responds, sarcastically, “Funny, sis.”

 

Sailor Neptune says, “Well, I believe there will be no more victims.”

 

Sailor Uranus says, “You know who is gone for good. You said it yourselves.”

 

Sailor Moon and Sailor Celestial sigh and Sailor Moon says, solemnly, “Yeah.”

 

Sailor Mars asks, curiously, “But…?”

 

Sailor Celestial says, with a sigh, “We can’t help to feel that jerk was right. Maybe sis and I are the real legacy of Sword Art Online.”

 

Sailor Venus says, with a smile, “Oh, come on! He just said that to get your goat!”

 

Sailor Moon tells Sailor Venus, “I can’t be so sure, Venus-chan. As much as I want yo to be right, I can’t agree with that statement.”

 

Sailor Jupiter says, “Oh, geez…Moon…Celestial…”

 

Sailor Celestial says, “Anyway, we should head back. Big brother and my parents freak out these days if I’m away from home too long.”

 

Sailor Uranus says, “After what you put them through, I’m not surprised.”

 

Sailor Celestial says, sarcastically, “Thanks a lot.”

 

Sailor Moon tells Sailor Celestial, “Uranus has an exact point. You know, I’m your big sister and you nearly give me a heart attack with your ‘stunts’.”

 

Sailor Moon glares at Sailor Celestial and she responds, nervously, “Okay! Okay! I said that I was sorry so many times already!” A few of the Sailor Scouts giggle at Sailor Celestial’s ‘embarrassment’ and they start to head back for home, but Sailor Moon and Sailor Celestial can’t help to feel the ‘specter of Heathcliff/Kayaba’ overshadowing them.

 

November 7, 2025, Dicey Café

 

Inside of the Dicey Café, Kazuto, Asuna, Rika, Keiko, Ryoutarou, Suguha, Kotone, Darien, our Juuban based Sailor Scouts, and our Odiaba Digidestined and their Digimon along with Davis’ sister, Jun Motomiya, are assembled together inside of the café with Andrew at the bar as usual as there are stuff for a party all around.

 

Kotone tells Kazuto, “Thank you for inviting me, Kirito…I mean Kazuto.”

 

Kazuto responds, “It is no problem, Kotone.”

 

Asuna says, with a smile, “You are a fellow SAO survivor like us.”

 

Keiko says, “Plus, you helped us during Sword Art World too.”

 

Kotone says, with a nod, “Yes, but like Cardinal, I was only a pawn.”

 

Kazuto says, “Like every one of us wasn’t a pawn in Kayaba’s sick game to awaken my sister? We know how you feel Kotone. Despite it was part of Kayaba’s plans, you still helped us by fulfilling those plans. In a way, using you like that backfired for Kayaba big time since it gave Strea the ability to save Sugu.”

 

Kotone says, with a smile, “Thanks, Kazuto.”

 

Rika tells Kotone, “Anyway, it is nice to see that you are up and about.”

 

Kotone says, “Well, I was only trapped there for a few months compared to what we went through last time.”

 

Ryoutarou says, “Don’t remind us.”

 

Jun asks, “So, when is everyone else going to get here?”

 

Matt says, “Soon, Jun-chan.”

 

TK says, “Hard to believe that it has been a whole year since the end.”

 

Patamon says, “Well, you have been busy since then.”

 

Yolei says, with a groan, “Don’t remind us, Patamon.”

 

Andrew tells Kazuto, “And your group of friends seems to be growing every single day.”

 

Ryoutarou says, with a sly smile, “Pretty interesting that a lot of them are females.”

 

Kazuto asks, “What are you implying?”

 

Ryoutarou responds, with a sly grin, “Nothing.”

 

Serena asks, annoyed, “Seriously, Klein?”

 

Andrew says, “Well, Yui’s ‘younger sister’ is really something else.”

 

Izzy says, nervously, “That’s one way of putting it.”

 

Mimi says, with a smile, “I think that she and I get along great.”

 

Sora says, with a grin, “That’s because the two of you have so much in common.”

 

Davis says, with a smirk, “No kidding.”

 

Kari asks, with a smile, “Really, Dai-kun?”

 

Tai tells Kari, “Come on, Kari. You can’t blame him for being right.”

 

Asuna says, with a smile, “Well, despite Strea’s ‘openness’, she is a really good person. And I think that it is good that Yui has a ‘younger sister’.”

 

Andrew asks, “By the way, how is that other ‘AI girl’? You know the one that was the operating system of SAO?”

 

Kazuto says, with a smile, “Cardinal is doing just fine in Rainbow Gardens. And thanks to the GM privileges, she is making sure that Sachi and the others are doing fine.”

 

Ryoutarou says, with a nod, “Yeah, they deserve it. Personally, for once, the actions of that sicko really gave us something to smile.” Ryoutarou tells Serena and Suguha, a bit nervously, “No insult to you two.”

 

Suguha says, with a sigh, “None taken.”

 

Serena says, with a smile, “You have a point, Ryo.”

 

Andrew says, “Yeah, but all of the virtualization equipment was destroyed, right? Plus, it only works bringing objects and people here over to the virtual world and back, but not bring things that are ‘purely virtual’ in the first place.”

 

Kazuto says, “That’s true, Andrew. However, we managed to save the data and we made sure that there are no ‘traps’ in the data.”

 

Ami says, “So, it is possible to recreate the virtualization process. However, we are going to need another quantum computer and that’s not going to be easy to build despite us having the black box of SAO as an example.”

 

Izzy says, “We’re not sure what else could still be in there, so, it is for the best that we recreate that kind of computer from scratch and it isn’t going to be easy.”

 

Joe says, “But that’s not the only problem.”

 

TK says, “Yeah, we know. Even if we can make them physical in the real world, those people died at least one year ago and their bodies have long since been turned into ashes for their funerals.”

 

Andrew says, with a nod, “No joke, TK. It is going to be a major incident if people that died during SAO just start ‘popping’ back to life.”

 

Gatomon says, with a nod, “No kidding.”

 

Ryoutarou asks Kazuto, “Well, there is your former home as royalty right, bro?”

 

Kazuto says, “That’s true, but it contains reminders of what happened to them in the form of our memorials to them and it is isolated with a view of Earth in which they will know that they can’t go back to their old lives since they are technically dead.”

 

Ryoutarou says, with a sigh, “Good point.”

 

Kotone asks, “Is there anything that we can do?”

 

Trista says, “Well, I’ve been looking into other places.”

 

Suguha asks, “You mean like Lyusula?”

 

Trista says, “Possibly, but I’ve been thinking of places closer to home.”

 

Rika asks, “Settling them back into Japan?”

 

Kazuto says, “That shouldn’t be possible since they were…are Japanese in the first place. People might start to recognize them especially if they come into contact with their close friends and family of their ‘former lives’ in which they are going to be tempted to do so.”

 

Asuna says, with a nod, “Kirito-kun is right.”

 

Trista says, “While that’s a valid concern, I believe that there are ways around it.”

 

Amara asks, “Let me guess: You might know a few people in the ministry other than Seijirou-san?”

 

Trista says, with a smile, “Maybe.”

 

Tai says, “Speaking of Seijirou-san, I heard that he has been on the ‘up and up’.”

 

Raye says, with a nod, “Since he has been called the ‘heroic whistle blower’ of the ‘SAW Incident’, his influence in the ‘VR division’ of the Ministry has grown.”

 

Matt says, “Bet he is making some people nervous.”

 

Suguha says, “He makes me nervous for obvious reasons.”

 

Yolei says, with a nod, “No joke, girlfriend.”

 

Hawkmon says, “I have to say that he may know more about all of us than we think.”

 

Ken says, with a nod, “I’ve got to agree, Hawkmon.”

 

Lita asks, “Who is that guy?”

 

Kazuto says, with a serious expression on his face, “That’s a very good question, Lita.” Soon after, other SAO survivors that are close to our heroes and heroines that were trapped in SAO including Thinker, Yulier, Sasha, and others enter the café in which the group starts the party for the one year anniversary of our SAO survivors of our group escaping SAO. However, as they start the party, Serena is looking to her side in which she sees an image of herself as Usagi in her SAO form in which she nods her head.

 

Darien asks Serena, “Are you okay?”

 

Serena responds, with a smile, “I’m fine, Darien-kun.”

 

Raye asks Darien, “Spacing out again Meatball Head?”

 

Serena yells out, annoyed, “No!” As Raye and Serena start their classic arguing, Darien can’t help to sense the uneasy from his girlfriend and he can’t help to know that she senses danger in the future.

 

November 15, 2025, Tokyo, Juuban District

 

Inside of the Crown Fruit Arcade, our Juuban based Sailor Scouts, minus Serena and Molly, and our Odiaba Digidestined and their Digimon partners, minus Davis, Kari, and their Digimon partners, are going down to the secret command center within the arcade where they find Serena, Molly, Darien, Davis, Kari, Veemon, and Gatomon waiting for them and all of whom have serious looks on their faces.

 

Mimi says, excitedly, “Hey!”

 

Mimi then notices the serious look and Yolei says, “I don’t like the looks on your faces.”

 

Gatomon says, “You shouldn’t Yolei. We have a situation.”

 

Darien says, “Gun Gale Online. You should know about it.”

 

Rini asks, “Isn’t that sketchy American VRMMO that has got those pro players on it?”

 

Biyomon asks, curiously, “Sketchy?”

 

Amara says, “The real world money conversation system in which you can turn game money into real money and the best players can earn a stable living if they earn enough in which they are known as pro players in which a lot of them are ‘gun enthusiasts’ since it uses a mixture of ‘made up’ guns and exact duplicates of real-life guns.”

 

Raye says, looking at Serena, “In which our princess, here, has an account since it is a ‘sketchy’ VRMMO.”

 

Serena winches and Mimi asks, curiously, “Really?”

 

Yolei tells Serena, with a sigh, “Seriously, Serena?”

 

Matt tells Yolei, “Can you really blame her?”

 

TK says, “However, it isn’t like her fears are unfounded.”

 

Kari tells TK, “Don’t remind us, TK.”

 

TK says, a bit nervously, “Sorry, Kari.”

 

Davis tells TK, “No problem, TC. Anyway, you may not want to hear this.”

 

TK asks, “Why?”

 

Davis responds, “It could reopen some old wounds.”

 

Ken asks, “What happened in GGO?”

 

Davis and Kari look at Serena and she nods her head in which Davis says, “We went to GGO about five days ago in hopes for finding a…acquaintance that we made over there back before we left Rainbow Gardens.”

 

Tai asks, “An acquaintance?”

 

Kari says, with a smile, “An in-game friend, Tai.”

 

TK asks, “In that kind of game?”

 

Davis says, with a grin, “Don’t blame you for thinking that way, bro. However, you couldn’t make friends if they didn’t have ways to have you make teams known as squads.”

 

Darien says, “Squadrons are GGO’s version of guilds like in ALO or other MMO games.”

 

Kari says, “However, Dai-kun and I saw something that really disturbed us.” Darien then goes over to a control panel and a holographic screen shows the event of what happened in a bar with ‘Death Gun’ on November 9 with the broadcast of MMO Stream (A/N: Refer to the Epilogue of Sailor Moon Online: Shadow of Aincrad for details.).

 

Darien says, “It is a good thing that Davis and Kari recorded this.”

 

Lita says, “Freaky.”

 

Tai says, with a stern expression, “That player wasn’t acting.”

 

Matt says, with a nod, “Yeah, you’re correct, Tai.”

 

TK says, with a serious expression, “No kidding.”

 

Mimi asks, “How can you tell?”

 

Yolei responds, “Our experience in SAO, Mimi.”

 

Serena says, “They’re right. That player wasn’t performing some ‘act’. That was true murderous intent.”

 

Amara says, “Well, it looks like that player, XeXeeD, or whatever suffered a force disconnect due some kind of ‘outside influence’. It is a security feature of the Amusphere.” Amara says, with a serious expression, “However, it looks like he was in real pain like he was suffering a real heart attack or something.”

 

Raye asks, “Wait! Are you saying…?”

 

Darien says, with a nod, “Just yesterday, the person that plays XeXeeD was found dead in his apartment.”

 

There are gasps from everyone else and Lita asks, shocked, “Seriously?”

 

Davis asks, with a serious tone, “Does this look like a joke to you?”

 

Tai asks Davis, “Do you have any details?”

 

Just then our feline guardians, Luna and Artemis, make their appearance and Luna says, “When Davis and Kari informed Serena of what happened and we saw this footage, we were alarmed and we tried to find out if something happened to any VRMMO players on that day. The bad news is that it is becoming common for VRMMO to suffer ‘systems failure’ due to them not eating right and suffering things like heart failure. There is also the fact of this American company isn’t exactly easy to find and they aren’t forth coming with player real-life information for all sorts of valid and…invalid reasons.”

 

Artemis then says, “And then yesterday we heard about that this.” When the screen changes to a picture of a person, a brown haired adult male of late twenties, appears, Artemis says, “This is the person that plays the character, XeXeeD, on GGO. His name is Shigemura Tamotsu, age twenty-six, and he lives alone in his apartment. His body was found yesterday by the owner of the apartment when he saw the condition and smelled something…not so pleasant.”

 

Mina says, with a disgusted look, “I think we get the idea, Artemis.”

 

Amara asks, “And around his head there was an Amusphere?”

 

Darien says, “Correct. And Gun Gale Online was the only game in it.”

 

Ken asks, “Did they say how he died?”

 

Kari responds, “From what we heard, it was heart failure.”

 

Tai asks, his eyes narrowing, “Heart failure, you say?”

 

Sora asks Tai, “Something wrong?”

 

Joe says, “From what you said just now, he has been dead for more than just a day and in fact, the bad smells at the level that you are implying, he would have been dead for several days.”

 

Darien says, with a nod, “That’s correct, Joe. I know that you might have a problem…”

 

Joe tells Darien, “Darien, I’ve been through a lot since becoming a Digidestined and I plan to be a doctor. In fact, I think that being a Digidestined has prepared me to be a doctor and the same with you. We have been through a lot that ‘regular guys and gals’ could only imagine.”

 

Darien says, with a nod, “Good point, Joe. I’ll give you the medical reports.”

 

Mimi asks, “How did you get that?”

 

Molly says, with a smile, “Let’s just say Luna, Artemis, and our ‘feline advisors’ know their way around an alley despite not being alley cats.”

 

Amara says, “I’m thinking that this isn’t a coincidence. Remember what we saw on that footage? He was holding his heart like he was suffering a heart attack.”

 

Raye asks, “Wait a minute! He gets shot by a virtual bullet that doesn’t even really hit him and he suffers a heart attack? That’s…That’s insane! How can that be possible?”

 

Luna responds, “It shouldn’t be.”

 

Cody asks, “What about…?”

 

Darien responds, “His brain is completely untouched.”

 

Ami says, “The Amusphere was created to prevent something like Sword Art Online from ever happening again and it has been constantly updated.”

 

Tai says, “Especially since Sword Art World.”

 

Kari says, “Don’t remind us, Tai.”

 

Jun tells Kari, “Well, your brother is going to pick that up to make sure you and my squirt of the brother learn that lesson.”

 

Davis tells Jun, with a smirk, “Oh, really? Shall I go into details about the ‘stunts’ that the Digital Knights did?”

 

The Digidestined that were trapped in SAO give looks of shock and Yolei yells out, shocked, “How did…I mean what do you mean?” Davis whispers something to Yolei and Yolei yells out, “How did you find that out?!”

 

Kari says, with a smile, “Dai-kun and I learned quite a few tricks to apply in ‘real life’, Yolei.”

 

TK responds, with a smirk, “Something tells me that this is a situation of ‘don’t go there’.”

 

Amara clears her throat and she says, “Speaking of GGO…”

 

TK says, a bit nervously, “Anyway, not to reopen ‘old wounds’, but ever since what happened in there, the Amusphere security features have been updated even more. It shouldn’t be possible to cause a real-life heart attack from a virtual bullet.”

 

Darien says, “And while his health wasn’t the best, he wasn’t at the point that he could have suffered a heart attack in the typical manner that they do with too much Full-Dive and VRMMO usage.”

 

Artemis says, “And based on what we saw, this ‘Death Gun’ wanted to be seen to somehow be truly killing this person by firing a virtual gun at him.”

 

Lita asks, “Do you think that it is the Dark Agency?”

 

Amara says, “We have been hard-pressed against them ever since Dumpling got back from ‘over there’ and joined the fight along with Suguha and Kari. However, thanks to your new Valkyrie Sailor Scout forms, we have made some good progress and hit them hard recently.”

 

Michelle says, “True, but they are far from finished.”

 

Artemis says, “Too true, Amara. If they managed to survive Venus’ assault from the early days and used surviving elements of the Negaverse to revive themselves, I doubt that it will be that easy to take them out even with the incredible new powers of Moon, Sun, and Celestial in which we aren’t sure of the limits of yet.”

 

Tai asks, “You aren’t sure of the limits?”

 

Kari tells Tai, “We haven’t been using full power yet Tai.”

 

Yolei asks, stunned, “You haven’t used full power on those Valkyrie Sailor Scout forms? Why?”

 

Serena says, “Because if we did, we could blow a huge chunk out of Tokyo just from powering up. Remember, this is a level of power that’s said that could destroy entire solar systems.”

 

Trista says, “Not to mention that it has been seen for many millennia. The Valkyrie Sailor Scout power is only known in myth and legend and it is more potent in Suguha since she is the Soldier of Reality.”

 

Kari says, “So, we’re training to control more and more of power without destroying everything all around us.”

 

TK asks Kari, “How has it been going?”

 

Davis tells TK, “Tough, TV. Let’s just say that we’ve had a few ‘incidents’ and my powers are the only thing that didn’t cause something akin to a nuclear explosion.” There are plenty of wide-eyes from the Digidestined and Sailor Scout groups and he says, “And I’m not kidding.” Davis tells Kari, “Sorry, Kari-chan.”

 

Kari says, with a smile, “It’s all right, Dai-kun.”

 

Serena says, “Trust me. The Valkyrie power is something not easy to control.”

 

Molly says, with a nod, “No kidding Serena. It is going to take time and training to control this level of Sailor Scout power.”

 

Luna says, “Anyway, our main focus should be the current situation. If the Dark Agency is involved, we can be sure that they are using their dark powers to break through the Amusphere defenses to cause such a thing to happen. With the dark powers that they are using and their interest in technology, there is a good possibility that they are involved in this and if that’s true, then we must become involved. With SAO, ALO, and now Sword Art World, the ‘atmosphere’ with Full-Dive technology and VRMMO is ‘shaky’ right now with the government taking major blows for Sword Art World.”

 

Artemis says, “It could be possible that the Dark Agency might be trying to capitalize on that.”

 

Matt asks, “By attacking a VRMMO that’s already causing a roar like Gun Gale Online?”

 

Yolei says, “If anything, it might strengthen the ‘other side’.”

 

Ken says, “Maybe that’s the point. Maybe they are trying to cause conflict over the issues of Full-Dive technology and VRMMO.”

 

Darien says, “A valid theory Ken.”

 

Raye says, “I wouldn’t put it by them.”

 

Mina asks, “So, what are we waiting for?”

 

Lita tells Mina, “We don’t have GGO accounts Mina.”

 

Darien says, “But Davis, Kari, Serena, and I do.”

 

Hotaru asks, curiously, “When did you have an account in that game?”

 

Raye says, “Ever since we found out that Meatball Head had one in her investigation of GGO.”

 

Serena gives a nervous blush and Michelle says, “You shouldn’t really do this to yourself.”

 

Yolei says, “It isn’t your job to ‘police’ the virtual universe, Serena.”

 

Serena says, with a sigh, “Yeah, I know…”

 

Raye tells Serena, with an irritated glare, “We heard this a thousand times, Meatball Head.”

 

Ken asks, “So, what’s the plan?”

 

Davis says, “Simple. The four of us try to find Death Gun, figure him out, and get him to stop.”

 

TK asks, “Really?”

 

Amara says, “I don’t think that it will be that simple.”

 

Cody says, “That’s why we are here.”

 

Ken says, “We’re going to be a ‘support team’.”

 

Darien says, “Yes. And while we dive into GGO, we are going to need you to watch our bodies and monitor our vitals.”

 

Michelle says, “You think that there is more to this ‘Death Gun’ than meets the eye.”

 

Darien responds, with a nod, “I have a hunch, but there is no evidence to support it.”

 

Mimi asks, curiously, “Um, what about Kazuto and the others?” When everyone looks at Mimi, she responds, nervously, “Oh, yeah…”

 

Mina asks, “Let me guess: Mouth shut, right?”

 

Serena says, with a nod, “Big time, Mina-chan.”

 

Tai says, looking at Davis and Kari, “I still don’t like it at all about you, two, getting into danger again. You just got out of Sword Art World about a month ago. Our families are already a nervous wrecks with all that happened starting from the Digi-World.”

 

Kari says, “We know, Tai.”

 

Ken says, with a sigh, “However, like it or not, the four of them already have accounts in GGO and they are already experienced players in the game. Even if we used the conversation system to send our ALO accounts in there, we are still basically rookies with skills from only fantasy VRMMO games. In fact, Davis and Kari are elite veterans of the game since they won that elite events of GGO known as Bullet of Bullets.”

 

Davis says, “Which may have a good chance to allow us to find Death Gun since XeXeeD won the second one held back in October.”

 

Jun says, “Yeah, squirt! And that’s why Kari’s brother and I don’t want you going in there! There are only two of those events and now, one of the three winners of those two events is dead!”

 

Darien says, “I doubt that this ‘Death Gun’ is only targeting Bullet of Bullets winners, Jun.”

 

Lita asks Darien, “Another ‘hunch’?”

 

Darien responds, with a nod, “Yes, Lita. One that I know that I’m right about and wish that I wasn’t.”

 

November 29, 2025, Unknown location

 

Within an unknown location, a familiar young woman in her late twenties with long violet hair and wearing what looks like a more ‘suggestive’ version of teacher’s outfit is looking at files and reports while a young tan girl wearing a black sailor suit with multiple hilts containing Japanese style swords is in front of her.

 

The young woman that’s dressed like a teacher the young tan lady, “Has it been confirmed?”

 

The tan girl responds, “Yes, Suzume-sensei. He is the guy that played Usujio Tarako in GGO.”

 

The young woman responds, “This is no coincidence. It is the exact same thing that happened with that first player, XeXeeD.”

 

The tan girl asks, “But how is that possible? With the Amusphere, you can’t do anything to the brain much less the heart, Suzume-sensei.”

 

The young woman, Suzume, responds, “You’re right, Homura. ‘Death Gun’ has a trick and that’s why we were hired. We are here to find that trick before this becomes another SAO, ALO, and SAW.”

 

The tan girl says, with a nod, “Yeah. The government took a real blow from Sword Art World when Kayaba revealed that he escaped justice by transferring his mind into cyber-space and they ‘allowed’ Sugou’s agents to infiltrate Future Divers when they asked them for help.”

 

Suzume responds, with a sly smile, “It is the one of the many reasons why Zaskar asked for our help, Homura.”

 

The tan girl, Homura, responds, with a grin, “We should be really thankful to Kayaba since VRMMO companies in Japan are trusting more of us ‘private investigators’ to handle ‘incidents’ like this.”

 

Just then a female voice says, “Thanking a mass murderer?” Homura and Suzume then look to see another female person in front of them.

 

This female looks to be around 16-17 years of age with short pink hair, jade green eyes, light pink lips, and wearing a pink and red version of Kasumi’s typical kunoichi outfit showing that she has F-cup chest through it isn’t an obscene manner.

 

Suzume tells the young lady, “Now, Sakura, how you forgotten what I taught you?”

 

The young lady responds, “No!” Suzume then leaps over to the young lady and her eyes widened.

 

Suzume tells the young lady, “Good, Sakura. You have done well to adapt to my training.”

 

The young lady responds, “It is a miracle that we survived it. I thought that Lady Tsunade’s training was brutal, but you really take the cake.”

 

Homura tells the young lady, “You should know better that the world of the shinobi is a ‘doggy dog’ world, Sakura. It is harsh, unforgiving, and brutal.”

 

The young lady responds, plainly, “I know, Homura.”

 

Suzume tells the young lady, with a sly smile, “You wouldn’t have any second thoughts, are you?”

 

The young lady yells out, “No way! I’m not the same girl that I was before! I’m not that girl in that manga! I’m not THAT Sakura Haruno!”

 

Suzume tells the young lady, with a smile, “That’s good to know Sakura. You know where your loyalty lies?”

 

The young lady responds, “Yes, Suzume-sensei.”

 

Suzume says, “Now, you and your team need to get ready to get to Gun Gale Online. We have a mission, but I’m giving you a mission of my own.”

 

The young lady asks, “Your own mission?”

 

Suzume says, “There will be two SAO survivors that I will need you to look into. One of them is investigating these two murders now and the other one will be joining shortly.”

 

Homura asks, “How do you know that Suzume-sensei?”

 

Suzume says, with a smile, “You should remember that being a shinobi is more than just combat. In our world, knowledge is power, Homura. Never forget that.”

 

Homura says, with a nod, “Yes, Suzume-sensei.”

 

Suzume says, “Good, Homura. I want you to keep your eyes close on Suguha Kirigaya.”

 

Homura says, “Yes, sensei.”

 

Suzume tells the pink haired young lady, “Sakura, the one that you will start your investigation on is the niece of Kayaba himself.”

 

The young lady responds, stunned, “His niece? You mean…?”

 

Suzume responds, with a nod, “The very same, Sakura.” Suzume says, “Anyway, take the others with you. You would need some more ‘alone time’ with you know who.”

 

The young lady replies, with a blush, “Suzume-sensei!”

 

Homura asks the young lady, “What? Are you still crushing over that Uchiha guy?” However, Homura then yelps out as the young lady unleashes some powerful KI that causes Homura to sweat.

 

The young lady says, in a deadly voice, “Don’t you even joke about that.” Soon after, the young lady vanishes in a swirl of leaves.

 

Suzume tells Homura, with a sly smile, “She said herself: She isn’t THAT Sakura Haruno anymore.”

 

Homura says, “I know, Suzume-sensei. However, she is one thing, but man! What Haruka and Yomi did to that Hyuga girl is something else and personally, I’m surprised that Yomi would help someone like her.”

 

Suzume says, “In her mind, the Hyuga girl was nothing more than a ‘whipping girl’ and a ‘slave’ in her ninja clan.”

 

Homura says, “And Haruka is pretty obvious. That Hyuga girl was a lot like Hibari from those ‘goody two shoes ninja’.”

 

Suzume says, “Anyway, those three have adapted to our world nicely.”

 

Homura asks, “Suzume-sensei, if we have them, why would we go after Sailor Moon and Sailor Celestial?”

 

Suzume tells Homura, “You know their story, correct?”

 

Homura says, with a nod, “Yes, sensei.”

 

Suzume says, “Despite Kayaba possibly meeting his final demise, the ‘seeds’ that he plant in both of them have yet to go away especially in Celestial. Plus, while the three of them are powerful, they are nothing compared to the power to destroy an entire solar system, Homura.”

 

Homura says, “That’s true. However, that Sailor Sun girl also have Valkyrie level powers and it could be possible that those other girls could ‘power up’ too.”

 

Suzume responds, with a smirk, “I’m counting on it, Homura.” Homura gives a look of surprise as her teacher walks off with a sly smile on her lips.

 

December 7, 2025, Ginza

 

Within one of the luxury café inside of Ginza district, which is known for such things, Kazuto Kirigaya is meeting up with Seijirou Kikuoka, who works for the Ministry of Internal Affairs’ Telecommunications Bureau, Advanced Network Division, Second Office, also known as Virtual Network Management Division or the VR Division for short.

 

Seijirou says, “Hey there, Kirito. Sorry to make you come all the way out here.”

 

Kazuto responds, “If you were really sorry, you wouldn’t make me come all the way to Ginza. Anyway, you shouldn’t really call me Kirito.”

 

Seijirou says, “Hey! Hey! That’s rude.” Seijirou says, in a voice that only he and Kazuto can here, “You know that I was the first one to rush to your bedside as well as allow you to keep your you know what as well as keeping the secrets of your younger sister and her ‘big sister’, don’t you know? Not to mention making sure that your sister’s venture about several months ago stay ‘out of the radar’.”

 

Kazuto thinks in his mind, annoyed, “Keep that over our heads, why don’t you? I still don’t get why you are keeping Serena’s and Sugu’s secrets of being Sailor Moon and Sailor Celestial, but I doubt that it is for the goodness of your heart, Seijirou-san. I will figure you out someday. At least, we still have plenty of your secrets to keep you on your toes and you know it, buster.” Kazuto tells Seijirou, “Anyway, I’m sure that you didn’t bring me to talk about ‘that’ or causal talk, Seijirou-san.”

 

Seijirou says, “Geez, Kirito. Always down to business.” The two of them talk about some crimes related to VRMMO and Full-Dive technology namely about stuff about ‘virtual thief’ and real-life assault stemming from what happened in virtual reality worlds.

 

When Seijirou says, Kazuto says, “It isn’t going to work.”

 

Seijirou says, “I think so too. Not after Sword Art World.”

 

Kazuto says, “Before Kayaba was defeated by my sister and Davis in Rainbow Gardens, he basically broadcasted his success at downloading his mind into cyber-space to the whole of Japan and the world since Future Divers was a world-wide organization.”

 

Seijirou says, with a nod, “Yeah. And the public is putting the blame on the government for Future Divers having to be closed down for the time being causing one of the ‘private watch dogs’ of the growing ‘VR universe’ to be ‘put down’. In fact, there are quite a few conspiracy theorists that Argus was used as a scapegoat for the government for SAO. That the fact is that the government is to be blamed for Sword Art Online and not Argus.”

 

Kazuto says, “Not surprising. You know how people are. The instant that they hear something that the government did wrong, they are on it like vultures.”

 

Seijirou says, “Yeah, don’t I know it.”

 

Kazuto tells Seijirou, “If I remember, you are one of the few in your division that got out Sword Art World unscathed. You are supposed to be the ‘heroic whistle blower’ that revealed that flaw in the defense of the Amusphere.”

 

Seijirou says, with a nervous smile, “I wouldn’t say that Kirito.” He gives a light laugh, but Kazuto isn’t amused and Seijirou says, “Anyway, I’ve been put in charge of reorganizing my division after Sword Art World and it has been nearly two months in which my division is still going to need time to recover through the government as a whole has been affected.”

 

Kazuto says, “Yeah, I heard. These days, any government official that says anything bad about Full-Dive and VRMMO, they usually get ‘black listed’. With what happened with Sword Art World, trust in the government to make sure that VRMMO are safe and prevent another SAO and original ALO took a major dive.”

 

Seijirou says, “Yeah. In fact, there are plenty of companies that are looking into ‘private eyes’ and such to make sure that their VRMMO are safe and the people running them are much safer especially Japanese corporations.”

 

Kazuto says, “You shouldn’t be surprised since Future Divers asked the government to make sure that their members were safe and…”

 

Seijirou says, with a sigh, “That combined with Kayaba basically announcing that he escaped justice by downloading his mind into the virtual world put the government in a real bind.”

 

Kazuto says, “So, any attempt to restrain VRMMO is going to be looked down upon by the public due to Sword Art World.”

 

Seijirou says, “It makes me wonder if that was his goal in this.”

 

Kazuto thinks in his mind, “That’s actually a good question. It makes me wonder if his stunt in Sword Art World was to make sure that this happened.”

 

Seijirou says, taking out a tablet, “Actually, this is what I wanted to talk you about.” He tapped on the tablet in which when Kazuto sees it, it is the picture of Shigemura Tamotsu and other basic information, Seijirou says, “Last month, around November fourteenth, at an apartment building in Nakano Ward of Tokyo, the landlord was cleaning and noticed a funny smell. He went into the unit that he figured out that it was the source and when there was no reply from the occupant of the unit despite the lights being on, he went into the unit and found Shigemura Tamotsu, age twenty-six, dead. Based on the autopsy, he has been dead for five days, the room was cluttered, but nothing ransacked. The body was on the bed and around his head…”

 

Kazuto says, finishing for Seijirou, “…An Amusphere.”

 

Seijirou says, with a nod, “Right. The family was called an autopsy was performed. The report was that he died of heart failure.”

 

Kazuto asks, curiously, “Cardiac arrest? Meaning his heart just stopped working? Do you know how?”

 

Seijirou responds, “We don’t. Too much time has passed and the involvement of criminal involvement was low, so, they didn’t bother with a detail autopsy. The one thing is that he didn’t eat in two years and was still logged in.” While it seemed like it was a case of malnutrition and living alone since it has happened from time to time, but there was a nagging feeling in Kazuto’s mind that this case is different.

 

Kazuto asks, “However, something in this case is different from cases that look like cases of malnutrition and cardiac arrest from too much Full-Diving, right?”

 

Seijirou asks, “There was only one game installed in Shigemura’s Amusphere: Gun Gale Online. Have you heard of it?”

 

Kazuto tells Seijirou, “Of course. It is the only MMO in Japan that has pro players.” Kazuto thinks in her mind, “And it has such a legal ‘grey area’ that a certain ‘royal sister’ of mine has took it upon herself to investigate it.”

 

Seijirou says, “Well, he was the top player in Gun Gale Online which is also known as GGO for short. He won a tournament to determine that top player back in October. His player name was XeXeeD.”

 

Kazuto asks, “So, he was logged into GGO when he died?”

 

Seijirou responds, “Actually, he wasn’t. He was in character as XeXeeD while appearing on MMO Stream online channel.”

 

Kazuto says, “Wait. I seem to recall about a ‘This Week’s Winners’ where they had to cancel an episode when a guest mysteriously dropped out part of the way…”

 

Seijirou says, interrupting, “That’s probably it, Kirito. He had a heart attack in the middle of the program. We know the time down to the second thanks to the recording log. Now, something happened in GGO at the same time as this event.”

 

Kazuto asks, curiously, “Strange?”

 

Seijirou says, “Well, in one of the pubs of SBC Glocken, the captain city in the world of GGO, while that episode was streaming, there was a report of a player acting strangely. He fired his gun at the image of XeXeeD on the television shouting some stuff about judgment and stuff. For one thing, one of the other players was recording a second recording and the file had Japan Standard readout on it. According to it, this strange player fired at the television in GGO at eleven-thirty and two seconds and Shigemura vanished from MMO Stream around thirteen seconds after that.”

 

Kazuto says, “Got to be a coincidence.”

 

Seijirou says, “I felt that way too…until there was another one.” Kazuto yelps in surprise and Seijirou says, “This one happened November twenty-eight. Another body was found in two-floor apartment building in Omiya Ward of the city of Saitama. A door-to-door newspaper salesman was angry that there was no reply despite the lights being on and the resident was ignoring. However, when he turned the knob, the door unlocked and he found another person on their bed, Amusphere around their head, and a decomposing smell.” Just then Kazuto and Seijirou hear someone clearing their throat in which they look over to see two middle-age well-to-do ladies staring at them with an irritated look on their faces. Seijirou says, continuing, “Putting aside the condition of the body, it was once again determined as heart failure. This person is male and thirty-one years of age in which he was another influential players in GGO. His character name was Usujio Tarako?”

 

Kazuto asks, “Was he on television as well?”

 

Seijirou responds, shaking his head, “Actually, no. He was in the game. Based on the information from the Amusphere, the signal died three days before the body was found at ten o’clock and four second PM on November twenty-fifth. That lies up with our estimated time of death. At the time, he was meeting with his squadron, which what they call guilds in GGO, in the central square of Glocken. As he delivered a fiery speech, a player invaded the meeting and shot him. You don’t take damage in town from what I understand, but when he turned to yell at the intruder, he just dropped offline. This information comes from a message board, so, it is hard to get a good picture…”

 

Kazuto asks, seriously, “Was it the same player that shot XeXeeD?”

 

Seijirou responds, with a nod, “We believe so. It is the same MO with this one saying the same things about judgment and power in which he dropped the same name as the last incident.”

 

Kazuto asks, “Which was?”

 

Seijirou says, looking at his tablet, “It looks like…Death Gun.”

 

Kazuto thinks in his mind, concerned, “Death Gun, huh?” Kazuto realizes that kind of penname that this person wasn’t anything for fun since the way that people put their avatar names tells something about them and this name gives Kazuto a bad feeling. After a while, Kazuto and Seijirou talk about how it was impossible to do any harm to a person through an Amusphere and a VRMMO anymore especially after Sword Art Online, the original ALO, and Sword Art World, but Kazuto’s suspicion and irritation reaches to its max. Kazuto says, “All right, pal. Don’t tell you that you haven’t already gone over all of these possibilities before? Why would you come to little old me after all of the elite big shots in your office came together? What the heck is going on?”

 

Seijirou responds, nervously, “No. It isn’t like that at all. Your ideas are very stimulating and they’ll be a big help in the process. And I enjoy these conversations.”

 

Kazuto says, getting up from his seat, “Well, I don’t. Since we have figured out that there is no way to stop a person’s heart in-game is impossible, I’m leaving.”

 

Seijirou says, nervously, “Hold up! I’m going to get to the important part. Please just order another slice of cake.” Kazuto sighs as he sits back down and Seijirou says, “Well, I’m glad that you came to that conclusion. However, we need to make sure, so, I need for you to put your excellent deductive skills to work and help the people already working on this situation in GGO.”

 

Kazuto asks, “Wait! Why would you need for me to help your people?”

 

Seijirou says, “It isn’t my people working on the case, Kirito. This investigation was actually started by someone that you know just after Shigemura was found dead and I only found out about this recently. In fact, she would be pissed off if she knew that I was talking to you about this at this moment.”

 

Kazuto thinks in his mind, “She?” Kazuto then gains realization and he asks, “Don’t tell me…?”

 

Seijirou says, with a nod, “Yep. She would be giving me the ‘fourth degree’ right about now.”

 

Just then a familiar female voice retorts, “How about the fifth degree smart aleck?” Seijirou winches in which he and Kazuto look to see Serena, with a cross look on her face, Darien, and Rini are looking at them.

 

Seijirou says, a bit nervously, “Tsukino-san, how nice to see you again.”

 

Serena responds, “Let’s just say that the feeling isn’t mutual.”

 

Rini says, with a serious tone, “No kidding, pal.” After Seijirou makes sure that the establishment employees know that Serena, Darien, and Rini are with him and Kazuto, they sit down with another seat brought for Rini.

 

Kazuto asks Serena, “So, you started to investigate this on your own, didn’t you?”

 

Serena says, with a sigh, “Yep.”

 

Seijirou says, “I only caught wind of their ‘private investigation’ only just recently.”

 

Kazuto thinks in his mind, suspiciously, “Yeah, I bet.”

 

Serena tells Seijirou, with a glare, “And why did you talk to Kazuto if you know what I’m doing and how I would react to this?”

 

Seijirou says, “Easy, Tsukino-san. I want Kirito to use his excellent deductive skills to help you figure out this mystery on GGO. I mean, you were the one to give him a clue that the player Heathcliff was actually Kayaba himself, but Kirito was the one that put the whole thing together himself from that clue and the few other clues, correct?”

 

Kazuto says, “Well, yes…”

 

Seijirou says, with a smile, “There you go. I know that you have very smart friends assisting you, but Kirito’s detective skills are top notch. I think he can help you in this regard.”

 

Serena yells out, with a serious tone, “What’s your game?”

 

Seijirou says, “No game, Tsukino-san.”

 

Serena responds, with a glare, “Don’t give me that Seijirou-san. GGO is different from the other games because it is full of pro players.

 

Seijirou asks, “Hold up! You said ‘pro players’? What do you mean by that?”

 

Darien replies, “As you know, GGO is in a ‘legal grey area’ with the money conversation system, but the average player of the game doesn’t even earn enough to cover the fee for the game. In fact, it is similar to gambling in which a player finds a rare item to sell and gets a lot of money in which he could get up to hundreds of thousands of yen in which plenty of other players can’t help to want that to be them. The elite of GGO, the ‘pro players’, are the ones that can earn a steady income every month in which the best players earn two hundreds to three hundred thousand yen a month, which isn’t much in this day and age, but it is enough for a decent living. They are basically living off the other players and that’s why those players get more jealous and hate than in other games. For that reason, players of that game put more time and enthusiasm. Plus, this game also uses a lot of real-life guns for the weaponry used in the game, so, you can expect a good chunk of these gamers to be gun experts.”

 

Serena says, “I already have an account in the game along with Davis and Kari and Davis and Kari are former champions of the top event of GGO…”

 

Seijirou says, “Making them a prime target for this ‘Death Gun’ if he exists, Tsukino-san.”

 

Kazuto asks, “They are involved in this too?”

 

Serena says, with a sigh, “They were there when ‘Death Gun’ shot XeXeeD Kazuto.”

 

Kazuto asks, surprised, “Huh?”

 

Serena responds, “Davis and Kari were visiting GGO to see if they could find a good ‘acquaintance’ that they made there while they were still stuck in Rainbow Gardens and continued on after we returned them to the ‘real world’. They were in the wrong place at the right time to see ‘Death Gun’s’ act and they recorded what happened.”

 

Kazuto is silent for a moment and he says, “I need to see that recording, Serena.”

 

Serena asks, stunned, “What?”

 

Seijirou asks, “So, you’ll take the job?” Serena glares at Seijirou, making him nervous, and Seijirou says, “Don’t worry! I’ll be taking the same precautions as you are obviously. Kirito will be in the same hospital that he did his rehabilitation in with only trusted members of the staff looking over him.”

 

Kazuto responds, feeling a bit reassured, “Okay…”

 

Seijirou says, with a smile, “And in fact, it is a job, so, you will get paid like one. In fact, you will get paid as much as those elite GGO players manage to make.”

 

The others have their eyes widen and Rini asks, amazed, “Seriously?”

 

Seijirou says, with a nod, “Seriously.”

 

Kazuto tells Seijirou, “Okay, hold on. From you know what, I know why you are so obsessed with this, but this seems like make up legend with two people looking like they had heart failure and stopped showing up in game with people making up legends and myths for it.”

 

Seijirou says, “But…”

 

Kazuto says, looking at Serena, Darien, and Rini, “Knowing what I know, if you three are interested in this, there must be more going on than meets the eye. You have fears that your enemies might be involved.”

 

Serena sighs and Darien says, “If the Dark Agency is involved, we believe that they could be giving support to those who want greater restrictions on Full-Dive technology and VRMMO causing conflict with those that are against it which have gained major support thanks to Sword Art World.”

 

Kazuto says, looking at Seijirou, “And you don’t want too much restriction for obvious reasons as well.”

 

Seijirou says, “True, Kirito. However, the higher ups in my office that are still left after Sword Art World and those in the government that support Full-Dive technology are also worried about it. The real world influences of Full-Dive technology are still under scrutiny from many fields, the social and culture impact is under debate, and the biological impact is also under hot discussion as well. SAO, ALO, and SAW doesn’t help matters.”

 

Kazuto says, “And why you wish for my help in this matter. After Sword Art World and Kayaba’s ‘stunts’ in it, the government took a ton of heat and they are under public scrutiny.”

 

Seijirou says, with a nod, “Tell me about it. I’m so influential is that the public trusts me more than anything and that may be ‘fickle’ at best. One ‘screw up’ and my department is going to get hit like a nuclear bomb.”

 

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

 

Seijirou says, “Anyway, my department, if not much of the government departments connected to us, are under the ‘public eye’ and Sword Art World struck us hard. However, I’m not totally disappointed since I am greatly interested in different applications of Full-Dive technology through I’m not the only one, but with the public giving us the ‘third degree’ along with conspiracy theorist going on stuff like about the government monopolizing Full-Dive technology and stuff, which is really stuff that you would normally scoff at, but give them a reason and the public might give them so thought and cause problems.”

 

Kazuto says, “While I’m not accusing you of anything and you had us to deal with us at the time, but it really seemed like you ‘dropped the ball’ when it came to Sword Art World. While the fault in the government may be less than what the public thinks, it is what the public thinks is what it believes.”

 

Seijirou says, with a nod, “So, right, Kirito.”

 

Kazuto says, with a sigh, “Fine. I agree.”

 

Serena says, concerned, “Kazuto!”

 

Kazuto tells Serena, “Asuna may not be involved this time, but do really think that I would let family go into possibly dangerous territory after what happened with Sugu in Sword Art World?”

 

Serena says, with a sigh, “I guess not.”

 

Kazuto tells Seijirou, “However, while I’m going in since I’m concerned for Serena’s safety along with the others, I’m still hired on and I expect to be paid.”

 

Seijirou says, with a smile, “Of course!”

 

Rini tells Serena, “You should have known that this would happen sooner or later, Meatball Head.”

 

Serena responds, “Personally, I was hoping for the later part.”

 

Darien gives Serena a comforting smile and he tells Kazuto, “We’ll inform the Sailor Scouts and Digidestined about this.”

 

Kazuto says, “I figured that they were in on this since you mentioned Davis and Kari since Tai and Jun would be keeping a closer eye on their siblings.”

 

Serena tells Kazuto, “Kazuto…”

 

Kazuto tells Serena, with a nod, “Yeah, I know. I want Sugu and Asuna both out of this. Despite her only being there for two months, time in Sword Art World was accelerated and she experienced about as much as we were in Sword Art Online. Sugu is still readjusting to life in the real world and it is especially true of Davis and Kari.”

 

Serena says, with a sigh, “You know how they are especially Davis.”

 

Kazuto says, with a smile, “That’s for sure.” Kazuto says, with a plain tone, “Despite looking like she has readjusted and she has caught up in her academics, Sugu is still recovering from Sword Art World…in more ways than one.”

 

Serena says, solemnly, “I know, Kazuto.”

 

Kazuto says, “Let’s keep Sugu, Asuna, Liz, Silica, and Klein out of this and make sure that Agil doesn’t know either. It is for the best.”

 

Serena says, with a nod, “Yeah.”

 

Rini asks, “But how are you going to explain this to Auntie Asuna?”

 

Kazuto says, with a sigh, “Well….”

 

Serena tells Kazuto, with a smile, “Just mention about this job and you are working with me in which you can add my feelings into the mix.”

 

Kazuto says, with a smile, “I’ll think about it.”

 

Serena asks, “By the way, what’s good here?”

Kazuto responds, pointing to Seijirou, “Pick whatever you want. He is picking up the tab.”

 

Serena says, excitedly, “Okay!”

 

Rini tells Seijirou, with a sly grin, “You are going to be so sorry.”

 

Seijirou thinks in his mind, “Well, if we can find out the secret to this ‘Death Gun’, I think it will be worth it…I think.” As Seijirou watches Serena order from the menu, he wants how much is Serena’s typical sweet tooth and how much of it is ‘payback’ for getting Kazuto involved in this.

 

December 7, 2025, Kirigaya residence

 

Within the Kirigaya residence, Kazuto is on his computer and watching the footage that Davis and Kari, as their GGO avatars of Dai and Akari, took in-game on the day of ‘Death Gun’ shooting XeXeeD and as he watched the scene unfold in front of him, Kazuto’s eyes narrow.

 

Kazuto thinks in his mind, with a serious tone, “I still can’t believe it, but this can’t be any type of coincidence. That player…That person knew…knew that when he shot at that person, something would happen to him. I don’t think that he could use a virtual bullet to kill him, but then there has to be a trick to it. However, I can’t even begin to figure out what it is. But I can say that this person isn’t just play acting. It is like the recording that Seijirou-san gave me earlier. The way that he moves…the way that he talks…He truly means to kill. This is serious.” Kazuto then switches off his computer screen, gets onto the floor, and he calls a number.

 

On the receiver, Serena’s voice booms, “Kazuto?”

 

Kazuto says, with a nod and speaking into the speaker of his voice, “It’s me, Serena. I saw it. We need to talk at school tomorrow.”

 

Serena says, plainly, “You know why I didn’t want you involved.”

 

Kazuto says, “Yeah, I understand. And this is why I don’t want any more people than who we have involved. He knew, Serena. This person knew that something would happen to XeXeeD shortly after this person shot him.”

 

Serena says, “Raye, Amara, Davis, and plenty of the others feels the same way.”

 

Kazuto says, “I still don’t believe that he could use the virtual bullets of GGO to truly kill, but I don’t get what kind of trick this person used if this person used any tricks at all.”

 

Serena tells Kazuto, “Let’s talk about this tomorrow, Kazuto.”

 

Kazuto says, with a nod, “Right, sorry.”

 

Serena says, “Later, Kazuto.”

 

Kazuto says, “Bye, Serena.” After Kazuto hangs up his phone, he goes back to the computer and watches the recording made in GGO by Davis and Kari again in which he is looking for any clue to ‘Death Gun’s power’ as well as start planning to end him before he kills someone else.

 

End of Chapter 1

 

(Sword Art Online II ending music ‘Startear’ starts)

 

As the scene starts, we find Shion Asada looking around and then an 11 year old Shion Asada looking solemn with dark shadows looming all around her.

 

The next scene shows the teenage Shion running from some kind of unknown pursuer.

 

She is then in a school classroom looking out the window, looking bore sitting in front of a school desk, and walking away from a chalkboard.

 

Shion is then wrapping a long scarf around herself and she is joined by her child-like self in which they look to see Sinon, Shion’s GGO avatar, looking at them.

 

Sinon, wielding her large sniper rifle, is in her hands and the unknown Sailor Scout with a compound bow that transforms powerful futuristic sniper rifle aiming at some kind of unknown foe.

 

Shion then looks at the unknown Sailor Scout in the eyes as she extends her hand to her and she takes it into her in which Shion gains a pair of huge feather wings with the image of the unknown Sailor Scout behind her as they look to the skies as a group of people including Dai and Akari extend their hands to them.

 

(Sword Art Online II ending music ‘Startear’ ends)

 

Preview (Usagi’s voice)

 

“Next time: The World of Guns.”

 

And that’s the ending of the chapter, everyone! As you can see, I’ll be taking elements of the story writing that I had used in Shadow of Aincrad and apply them to this sequel as you can see, folks. As you can see, there is more than just Sword Art Online, Sailor Moon, Yu-Gi-Oh, and Digimon crossed over, but you will see ‘small elements’ of the other MAJOR crossovers in this story until at least Arc III of this fanfiction. If you want to learn more, you are going to have to read and find out, folks! Later and best wishes, Crossover Fans!