Sailor Moon Fan Fiction / Digimon Fan Fiction / Crossover Fan Fiction ❯ Sailor Moon Online II: SAO Shippuden ❯ Arc I, Chapter 4: Gunning for Past Scars ( Chapter 4 )

We’ve come to the next chapter in this story and in this arc, everyone! In the last chapter, I focused on the fights of Usagi in the BoB preliminaries and I hope that I got the Japanese style name of the last opponent right because I’m not too good on the Japanese language despite having a Japanese-English dictionary. It is one thing knowing the words and another thing about speaking the actual language of the people, right? Anyway, before I start, once again, 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!

 

December 13, 2025, Tokyo, Juuban District, Crown Fruit Arcade

 

Inside of the Sailor Scout’s base within the Crown Fruit Arcade, the Digidestined and their Digimon partners with the Sailor Scouts are assembled as Davis, who just left GGO, explains about what happened in GGO and there are plenty looks of shock especially from the Digidestined members that escaped SAO.

 

Yolei yells out, stunned, “You’re kidding me! Please tell me that this is a joke! I’ll laugh!”

 

Davis responds, “If this is a joke, it is on me too and it is a real bad one.”

 

TK says, “Them again. Why them again? Hasn’t there been enough death from Sword Art Online! Damn it!”

 

TK stomps the ground, hard, and Patamon says, concerned, “TK…”

 

TK tells Patamon, “Sorry, Patamon. Out of all of the bad memories from SAO, they were the worst.”

 

Tai says, with a stern and angered glare, “I should have known! Only someone from that group of insane nuts would do such a thing!”

 

Matt says, with a nod, “I know, Tai.”

 

On the meanwhile, Ken hugs Yolei and Davis tells Ken, “Sorry, Ken.”

 

Ken tells Davis, “Not your fault, Davis.”

 

Yolei responds, with a nod, “You aren’t one of those sickos.”

 

Davis says, “Trust me, I know how sick they are. I saw their work through Sword Art World and just seeing them gives Kari and I nightmares.”

 

TK tells Davis, “Well, the others agree with me that we wish that you didn’t.”

 

The other Digidestined that survived SAO nod their heads in agreement and Gabumon asks, “Sorry to sound ignorant, Matt, but were they that bad?”

 

Matt replies, “No, Gabumon. They were worse.”

 

Tai says to the Digimon, “We can’t blame you for not understanding. You have to be there or at least saw what Davis, Kari, and Suguha saw for Sword Art World to know how sick Laughing Coffin truly was.”

 

Yolei says, “They were sick, insane, and all around fiends especially their leader.”

 

Tai says, nodding his head in agreement, “He was the worst since he was the one that turned those people into the fiends that became Laughing Coffin.”

 

Ken says, “Other than the game itself, they were the worst obstacle to us surviving the game.”

 

Cody says, “Because they still killed people and they did because they KNEW that it would kill them in real life.”

 

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

 

Ami asks Davis, “Serena and Kazuto?”

 

Davis says, “The ‘wounds’ are reopening widely.”

 

Amara says, pinching her nose, “This is just what we needed.”

 

Trista says, “I’m going to call Sailor Mars and Jupiter and inform them of this information.”

 

Michelle says, with a nod, “Good idea, Trista.”

 

Molly says, looking over the forms of Serena and Darien as they are ‘diving’ into GGO, “Serena…”

 

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 4: Gunning for Past Scars

 

December 13, 2025, Tokyo, Juuban District, Crown Fruit Arcade

 

Inside of the Sailor Scouts’ base within the Crown Fruit Arcade, our Digidestined and their Digimon partners and Sailor Scouts listen intently about what happened after Serena, as Usagi, and Kazuto, as Kirito, have gone through GGO’s BoB preliminary rounds and making it into the finals of that event.

 

When they are done, Yolei says, solemnly, “Oh, man. I was still hoping that it was some kind of mistake.”

 

Serena says, solemnly, “It is no mistake, Yolei.”

 

Tai says, “And what’s worse is that he found out your SAO player name Serena!”

 

Serena says, sarcastically, “Tell me something that I don’t know Tai.”

 

Amara says, plainly, “He may know Serena-hime’s player name from SAO, but he doesn’t know real-life name.”

 

Trista says, “Yes, but he does know what she really looks like.”

Amara asks, “Do you think that they tricked one of the SAO survivors from the final battle to revealing what hime looks like?”

 

Darien says, “I believe that’s the most likely theory, Amara. Serena and Kazuto are the big heroes of SAO and with what Serena did for other players for those two long years, I really doubt that they would betray her.”

 

Matt says, with a nod, “No kidding! She and Kazuto are the reasons that we survived!”

 

Yolei says, nodding her head, “There is no way that we double cross her. That’s just a horrible thought!”

 

Michelle says, with a smile, “We know. We know, Yolei.”

 

Cody says, “Even though we know that it is one of Laughing Coffin from SAO, we are still no closer to finding who is doing this. Ami, Izzy, and Trista, being part of the ‘SAO Task Force’, has access to the information on all surviving SAO players including their real-life names and information. However, even though we have access to the real names and real-life addresses of the survivors of Laughing Coffin, unless Serena, Kazuto, or both of them know who ‘Death Gun’s’ SAO player handle was, we don’t know where to start searching and tomorrow is the finals.”

 

Joe says, with a nod, “Cody’s right. It is a shot in the dark and we don’t have the time.”

 

Amara says, nodding her head in agreement, “Joe and Cody are right. If we mindlessly search the few survivors of those nutjobs, we may find them, but not in time before they kill again.” Serena and the Digidestined that were trapped in SAO winch at that.

 

Ami asks Serena, “Serena, are you sure that you don’t have an idea on who he can be?”

 

Serena replies, shaking her head, “No…No, I don’t.”

 

Tai says, “It isn’t surprising. After that horrible bloodbath, I don’t blame her. Even before we finally left the game, all of us tried to forget about that nightmare.” Matt, TK, Ken, and Yolei nod their heads in agreement with Tai.

 

Wormmon asks Ken, “Was it really that bad Ken?”

 

Ken says, with a sigh, “Worse, Wormmon.”

 

Kari says, “It wasn’t pretty.”

 

Mina says, “Oh, yeah! You and Davis saw it when you were trapped in Sword Art World!”

 

Davis says, “Yeah, it was from the ‘spirits’ of those that died in SAO and were trapped within the ‘black box’ of the servers in which only Kari, Suguha, and I could see them.”

 

TK tells Davis, “Well, we wish that you never saw what happened to us in our prison, Davis. If you saw it, it would give you nightmares.”

 

Gatomon says, “Something tells me to believe you.”

 

Veemon says, nodding his head, “Yeah.”

 

Cody says, “Everyone…” When everyone looks at Cody, he says, “I know that those among us that survived SAO might not want to talk about it, but I think that it is for the best that we discuss about this group. If the rest of us that weren’t there learn about Laughing Coffin and what happened, we might be able to figure out on how to stop Death Gun.”

 

Yolei yells out, annoyed, “Cody, what’s there to talk about?!”

 

Ken tells Yolei, “Calm down, Yolei.”

 

Ken hugs Yolei in a gentle and loving tone and Cody says, “I’m sorry.”

 

Yolei says, with a sigh, “No, I’m sorry.”

 

Kari tells Yolei, “Dai-kun and I understand, Yolei.”

 

Davis says, with a nod, “We’ve been through a lot as Digidestined and not to insult you, but I’m amazed that you managed to hold onto yourselves through that crap.”

 

Tai says, “We know, Davis. I’m not surprised that you think that it is a miracle that we didn’t go insane.”

 

Matt says, “Plenty of times we think that it is a miracle that we didn’t go insane.”

 

TK says, with a nod, “No joke, bro.”

 

Amara says, with a plain tone, “I think that Cody is right. If rest of us can get a better understanding of Laughing Coffin, we might understand, if you can understand someone that sounds so nuts, his insanity and figure a way to kick to the curve.”

 

Michelle says, with a smile, “Interesting way of putting it, Amara.” Serena and the Digidestined that survived SAO nod their heads and all of them take a deep sigh at it.

 

Darien asks, concerned, “Are you sure Serena?”

 

Serena responds, “I am, Darien-kun. Maybe I can remember his player name while we discuss him.”

 

Ami says, “It could be possible, but don’t push yourself so hard.”

 

Trista tells Serena, “You know what Raye will say if you do.”

 

Serena says, rolling her eyes, “I know, Trista. I really know.”

Mina responds, with a grin, “Don’t you know it Serena?”

 

Sometime later, Raye and Lita have returned from watching Kazuto and Raye says, “Kazuto is home safely.”

 

Serena says, with a nod, “Good.”

 

Lita says, “It looks like he got a bad shock.”

 

Raye asks Serena, “What happened in there?”

 

The others look at each other and Serena says, “Death Gun is an SAO survivor like Kazuto, the Digital Knights, and I.”

 

Lita and Raye gasp and Lita says, stunned, “Whoa!”

 

Tai says, “He also belongs to red player guild that killed so many players in the game: Laughing Coffin.”

 

Lita says, “I think you told us about those.”

 

Raye says, “Guilt of the crime of accessory to murder since they killed the player in the game and allowed the NervGear to kill the player.”

 

TK says, with a sneer, “And they killed hundreds of people.”

 

Raye tells Serena, “This ‘Death Gun’ is one of them, isn’t he?”

 

Serena says, with a nod, “He is.”

 

Lita asks, annoyed, “What is this guy’s problem?”

 

Amara says, “It is just who he has been made out to be.”

 

Matt says, “Thanks to their leader, everyone is that group are sick sadistic fiends. They are worse than the monsters in the game!”

 

TK says, “The monsters in the game are just following the programming, Matt! Laughing Coffin kills other players for sick pleasure!”

 

Yolei says, shivering, “No joke, TK! Those…I don’t know what to call them! They aren’t people! They threw away their humanity a long time ago.”

 

Darien says, “I wish that we could say that we understand, but I would be lying.”

 

Serena says, “I know, Darien-kun. You can’t understand Laughing Coffin unless you met them yourselves.”

 

Tai says, with a nod, “Yeah, Serena’s right. And to be honest, we can’t fully understand them, but then again, we don’t and never want to understand them.”

 

Matt says, with a deadly serious look in his expression, “Ever.”

 

Mina says, nodding her head nervously, “We kind of got that.”

 

Gatomon says, nodding her head, “Big time.”

 

Gabumon says, “Something tells me that plenty of these guys would rival the evil Digimon that we faced.”

 

Patamon says, “Exceed them too.”

 

TK says, “Exactly Patamon.”

 

Ami says, “Let’s focus on the beginning.”

 

Ken says, with a sigh, “Good idea.”

 

Darien asks, “Who was the founder of this horrible group?”

 

Serena responds, with a plain tone, “His player handler was P-O-H. We call him ‘pooh’, but don’t confuse him for the loveable American cartoon character.”

 

Amara says, “It sounds like that ‘name’ is short for something.”

 

Serena replies, “It was. Pooh’s actual name ‘Prince of Hell’.”

 

Raye says, sarcastically, “Just what we wanted to know.”

 

Tai says, “This guy was like Kayaba…Heathcliff when he led the Assault Team and the Knights of the Blood Oath, but completely opposite. His presence commanded attention and that’s due to his exotic looks. I think that he could have been half-Western and half-Asian. His Japanese had a mixture of English and I think a bit of Spanish in it.”

 

TK says, “So, you can expect him to have an exotic voice that brings people attention.”

 

Ken says, “And his strength was nothing to sneeze at. He rivaled the front-liner player or at least, he was close to us. He used his knives without the need of the system assist and he was deadly to anyone in his way. He then found a powerful dagger known as the Mate-Chopper. Because he was like Heathcliff, he was able to entrance plenty of players and break down their mental barriers.”

 

Yolei says, “Transforming them into the practically insane killers that we know as Laughing Coffin. They celebrated their ‘birth’ by massacring a small guild on a sightseeing tour on New Year’s Eve of Twenty-Twenty-Three.”

 

Matt says, “And the day after, the player news was all buzz about the first ever ‘red guild’: Laughing Coffin.”

 

Lita says, disgusted, “What a way to celebrate a birthday.”

 

Amara says, sarcastically, “No kidding, Lita-chan.”

 

Tai says, “For the next eight months, they unleashed a reign of terror that scared the lower and mid-level players since they mainly targeted them. Assault Team players like Serena and us were too strong in skills and levels for them to take on due to the fact they attack in small groups for stealth reasons.”

 

Serena says, “However, it doesn’t mean that they would to take a chance to get a high-level player like the Digital Knights and I. When Grimlock hided them to hide the truth about the murder of his wife, they welcomed the chance to take down a ‘big shot’ from the Assault Team when they could sneak up on him and paralyze him to easily kill Schmitt. If it wasn’t for Kazuto and me, he would have been a goner.”

 

Hotaru asks, “So, what happened?”

 

Matt says, “We managed to get a tip off about their location within Aincrad and formed a floor boss style party in order to stop them once and for all.”

 

Amara asks, “A tip off?”

 

TK says, “Yeah. We think that one of the members felt guilty and decided to end the madness.”

 

Ken says, “They were in a minor dungeon that in other games it was out of sight and out of mind where like a ‘one-off event’ and you forget about it. The Assault Team, including us, focus on the game and the middle class players sought only the bigger dungeons and areas with the best rewards as possible. We were focused on building and housing where a guild of their size could be in and it is the reason that it took eight months to find them.”

 

Izzy says, “As much as I hate to say it, it is clever.”

 

Tai says, with a nod, “I don’t blame you, Izzy. We have got to admit that it was smart of them to do that.”

 

Matt says, “With that information, the top guilds and members of the Assault Team prepared for this mission. It was headed by Schmitt of the Holy Dragon Alliance, who is indebted to Kirito, Asuna, and Usagi for saving his bacon and helping clearing up the mystery of the murder of his former guild’s leader.”

 

TK says, “Which is probably part of the reason why he went to Serena to head the scouting team.”

 

Hotaru asks, surprised, “Hime was a leader in that?”

 

Serena says, with a nod and a sigh, “Yes, I was. However, Schmitt wanted me on board since I rivaled Kazuto in SAO and I’ve been fighting a ‘one player war’ against Laughing Coffin ever since they ‘debuted’.”

 

Ami says, “That means that you were an expert on Laughing Coffin.”

 

Serena says, solemnly, “I wish that I wasn’t, but I had to be if I wanted to protect the other people from those…sickos. It is for those reasons that Schmitt wanted me and he asked Kirito and Asuna to join the meeting. I remember that time all too well…”

 

Flashback; August 2024, Sword Art Online

 

Inside of the world of SAO, we are on an unknown floor of Aincrad with top tier players of SAO, known as the Assault Team, assembled together in preparation for a major operation: The ‘destruction’ of Laughing Coffin, the ‘red guild’ of PK players, in order to stop their murderous rampage. The head of the operation, Schmitt of the Holy Dragon Alliance, looks to see Kirito, Asuna, and Usagi (A/N: For Usagi’s SAO avatar ‘look’, refer to Sailor Moon Online for details.) walk into the room with Usagi’s classic white hooded cloak covering her head and face.

 

One of the player says, amazed, “It’s the White Valkyrie.”

 

Another one asks, “What’s she doing here?”

 

A third one says, annoyed, “Are you stupid or what? She is Laughing Coffin’s worst enemy. Who better to beat them into the ground? She has been fighting them since they were formed.”

 

Schmitt tells Usagi, “Valkyrie-san, thank you for coming. I take it that you were informed why I had Lady Asuna of the Knights of the Blood and the Black Swordsman bring you here.”

 

Usagi says, with a nod, “Yes, Schmitt. I’m glad that you are still alive and doing well.”

 

Schmitt says, “Thanks to you and Kirito, Valkyrie-san.”

 

Usagi tells Schmitt, “I’m worried about this information that you got. It could be some kind of elaborate trap by Laughing Coffin. We know that the only one that stands a chance against us, Assault Team players, is their leader, but, forgive me for saying this, our advantage means nothing if we can’t lift a finger and we don’t have any support.”

 

Schmitt tells Usagi, with a nod of understand, “I understand why you are skeptical. Personally, I couldn’t believe that any of those sickos could have a heart, however, it looks like one of them saw sense and is trying to end this madness, Valkyrie-san. But we aren’t taking any chances and we are preparing to send a scout team to where they are hiding.”

 

Usagi asks, “A scout team?”

 

Schmitt tells Usagi, “A team that I need you to lead, Valkyrie-san.”

 

There are gasps and Usagi yells out, surprised, “What?”

 

Asuna asks, surprised, “You want her to lead the scout team?”

 

Schmitt says, “For good reasons. She knows Laughing Coffin the best despite her not wanting to. She has been fighting them for these past eight long months trying to prevent them from murdering innocent players.”

 

Usagi says, solemnly, “It is never enough.”

 

Kirito and Asuna look at Usagi, concerned, and Asuna thinks in her mind, concerned, “Usagi-chan…”

 

Schmitt tells Usagi, “Well, this could be the best chance to stop them once and for all. If you and the scout team confirm that it is indeed their hideout and we can get the drop on them, we can end their monstrous murders once and for all, Valkyrie-san.”

 

Usagi asks, “And if the information proves nothing to be a ‘wild goose chase’?”

 

Schmitt tells Usagi, “It would be no different than any of other leads that prove mainly fruitless, Valkyrie-san. Valkyrie-san, I can think of no one better than you to lead this scouting mission with your skills and your knowledge of Laughing Coffin. To confirm that those fiends are there and they get no idea that we know where they are hiding.”

 

Kirito tells Usagi, with a sigh, “Schmitt is right. You are the best choice. Your hiding and search skills rival my own in which you have other skills that make you well suited for this mission.”

 

Schmitt says, “Plus, you have…experience with Laughing Coffin. You know their tricks and tactics better than anyone, Valkyrie-san. We have been trapped in this nightmare for nearly two years and it is already dangerous enough without them. If we get rid of Laughing Coffin, they can have a bit of relief and they may be even more hopeful for the future giving them the strength to live on until we free ourselves from this prison.”

 

Usagi says, with a nod, “I agree. I’ll help, Schmitt.”

 

Schmitt says, with a smile, “Thank you, Valkyrie-san. I knew that I could count on you. With your help, we are going to kick Laughing Coffin’s collective ass.”

 

Usagi thinks in her mind, with a concerned tone, “I hope so, Schmitt.”

 

End Flashback; Return to the Present

 

Back inside of the Crown Fruit Arcade and within the hidden Sailor Scout base in there, those that weren’t trapped in SAO listened to the SAO survivors of their groups talk about their experience with Laughing Coffin.

 

Darien says, “You had a right to be concerned, Sere.”

 

Serena says, “Yes, I did. However, the information proved right. My scout team and I found out that it was the base of Laughing Coffin in which they were using the safe zone to rest and the monsters there to gather some coin for supplies. My team and I reported back without being noticed at all, but I was still wary of a trap.”

 

Matt says, with a nod, “For good reason, Serena.”

 

Yolei says, nodding her head in agreement, “Big time.”

 

Serena says, “I had asked Schmitt to return to make sure that there was no trap and he agreed.”

 

Tai says, “Serena had the right idea. Someone had leaked our plans to Laughing Coffin.”

 

Mimi asks, shocked, “They did?”

 

Cody asks, “Do you know who?”

 

Ken says, shaking his head, “We never found out who tipped them off.”

 

TK says, looking at Serena, “But if it wasn’t for a certain ‘White Valkyrie’, it could have been much worse.”

 

Serena says, with a solemn tone, “You say that, but I still don’t think that it was enough…”

 

Flashback; August 2024, Sword Art Online

 

Within the minor dungeon that’s supposed to be Laughing Coffin’s hideout, Usagi is moving along in stealthy fashion which wasn’t her nature before SAO, but within this ‘death game’, she had to adapt, change, and ‘evolve’ in order to survive and assist others to survive this prison as well. Right now, she is moving along in the shadows and checking for any traps and so far, she hasn’t found any.

 

Usagi thinks in her mind, “Okay, so far and so good. I had better return to the others and…” However, Usagi stops in her tracks when her Search Skill goes off, big time, and she uses it to find the whole of Laughing Coffin preparing for something and she uses her Hiding Skill to stay out of sight.

 

One of the Laughing Coffin members says, with an evil smile, “Those wretched idiots think that they have got the drop on us. They are in for a surprise!”

 

Another member says, with an evil giggle, “I can’t wait to slaughter them! This is going to be so much fun! We’re going to take down those big shots from the Assault Team!”

 

Usagi mentally gasps and she thinks, “Oh no! They know about the attack!”

 

A third member says, “I heard that wretched beater, the Black Swordsman, will be there and the vice-commander of the Knights of Blood! This is going to be fun! Fun!”

 

Usagi thinks in her mind, “I’ve got to warn them and fast!” Usagi manages to avoid getting spotted by the Laughing Coffin members, but the group leader ‘senses’ something off and they start to head out. On the meanwhile, a floor boos style raid party, including Klein’s guild, Fuurinkazan, the Digital Knights, Kirito, Asuna with members of the KOB, and Schmitt with members of the Holy Dragon Alliance, are marching through the dungeon when they stop at one point.

 

Schmitt tells everyone, “Based on our intelligence, we are coming up on the area that’s Laughing Coffin’s base. If they haven’t left since the recon team confirmed the information, we should be facing their entire guild. And now, remember this: These guys are red players. They aren’t going to think twice about killing every one of us, so, don’t you hesitate. You do and you’re dead! However, we have got two things going for us: We’ve got the greater numbers and higher skill levels. So, who knows? Maybe they’ll surrender. A guy can dream can he?”

 

As the group starts to laugh at the joke meant to calm the group down, Usagi’s voice rings out, “Everyone!” Everyone then looks to see Usagi land in front of everyone and she screams out, “Someone has tipped off Laughing Coffin! They know that you are coming! They are preparing to ambush you!”

 

There are gasps of shock and Schmitt asks, stunned, “What?!”

 

Usagi and Kirito ‘sense’ something and Kirito yells out, “Everyone! Get into defensive positions now!”

 

Asuna looks up at the right moment and she yells out, “Up there!” Everyone then looks up to see Laughing Coffin members rushing in to attack them on all sides.

 

Yamato says, “Someone has exposed us to these bastards!”

 

Taichi yells out, getting into a defensive stance, “Here they come!” Laughing Coffin members rush in to attack, but the few seconds warning that they had from Usagi gave them enough time to hastily get their weapons prepared and into fighting stances to counter Laughing Coffin’s attack. The battle was tough since they had only a few seconds’ warning, but those few seconds, in this world and situation, was all they needed and after blunting Laughing Coffin’s quick strike, the Assault Team players counterattacked hard and their superior numbers and skills started weaken the Laughing Coffin members in which they are starting to capture a few of them immediately especially since they are paralyzed thanks to Usagi using knives with paralyzing potions coated on the blades.

 

Klein says, while typing up one member with others covering him, “Thanks, girl!”

 

Usagi responds, “No problem.” Usagi immediately gets to work and using the knives coated in paralyzing potion to ‘freeze’ the Laughing Coffin members to allow the others to capture them.

 

Kirito thinks in his mind, “We’re doing it! Thanks to Usagi’s warning, we can do this! It was only a few seconds, but it was all that we needed to stop Laughing Coffin from getting the drop on us and now, we have the edge!” However, in this battle, where seconds can seem like hours, things can turn on a dime. At one point, three members of the group, two of them from the Knights of Blood and one from Holy Dragon Alliance had one Laughing Coffin member, who’s HP was in the red zone, seemly cornered.

 

One of them, a member of the KOB says, “You’re outnumbered. Surrender now or else.”

 

Another one, the Holy Dragon Alliance member says, “Come on, drop your sword.”

 

The KOB member that just spoke yells out, “Come on, you can’t take another hit!”

 

The Holy Dragon Alliance member shouts out, “Drop the sword now!” However, with a sadistic smile on his face, the Laughing Coffin member charges in and takes down the two KOB members causing the Holy Dragon Alliance member to fall down in surprise before the Laughing Coffin member turns his blade on him causing the Holy Dragon Alliance member to scream out as the Laughing Coffin member strikes him down. Kirito turns only to see the three members of the Assault Team turn into hundreds of data pixels in which Usagi gives a gasp of shock and horror as she witnesses it as well. Kirito is shocked silent at the ruthless action and he gasps to see another member of the Assault Team get killed by another member of Laughing Coffin with the same sadistic smile on their lips.

 

Usagi yells out, “Kirito, behind you!” Kirito whips around to see the Laughing Coffin member that just murdered three people before attack him next and Kirito clashes blades with him in which he becomes unnerved as he sees the wicked smile on his face and sadistic glee in his eyes causing Kirito to give a mighty yell as he cuts him down. Kirito stares in shock and surprise at what just happened in which he hears a yell causing him to whip as he sees another Laughing Coffin member collapse to the ground in front of him. Usagi looks at him from a short distance away and she asks, “Are you okay, Kirito?”

 

Kirito doesn’t respond for a second and he says, “Yeah…” Usagi then yelp as something hits her and she collapses causing her to notice a knife in her leg.

 

Usagi thinks in her mind, “A paralyzing potion? No, I was careless.” Usagi’s virtual form hits the ground and she looks as another Laughing Coffin looms over her.

 

Kirito yells out, stunned, “Usagi!” Kirito says, with a strong voice, “Don’t you dare!” On instinct, Kirito charges in and before the enemy knew what hit him, Kirito ruthlessly cuts him down in which he shatters into hundreds of data pixels. On the meanwhile, we can see battles going on in which Miyako saves Sam’s life by cutting down another Laughing Coffin member in which Sam does the same thing in kind with Takashi, Yamato, Junpier, and Taichi also striking down one Laughing Coffin member each to save another’s life.

 

End Flashback; Return to the Present

 

Back in the Sailor Scout’s base with Crown Fruit Arcade, those that weren’t part of SAO listen as Serena says, solemnly, “It was a bloody nightmare. We lost close to ten of ours and twenty Laughing Coffin members went to their graves rather than surrender.”

 

Serena stops one of her arms from shaking and Sora says, shocked, “Oh my…”

 

Tai says, solemnly, “Each of us claimed one of them with our blades.” Tai tells Davis, with a plain tone, “Jun, too, Davis. She was sick to her virtual stomach and she wouldn’t come out of our guild building for a day or two.”

 

Davis thinks in his mind, with a sigh, “Jun…”

 

TK says, rubbing one arm with his hand, “We, all, felt that way. To be honest, I had nightmares about that day even after we left SAO.”

 

Yolei says, nodding her head, “No kidding, TK.”

 

Ken hugs Yolei, she nuzzles his chin, and Amara asks, “What happened with their boss? Did he die or was he captured?”

 

Matt says, with a sneer, “That snake managed to find some way to sliver away.”

 

Serena says, “We knew that he was still alive just before the end of the game, he managed to recruit Kuradeel where he nearly killed one of his former guild members in the KOB and nearly killed Kirito with only Asuna coming in when she saw what happened to member of her guild that Kuradeel just killed saving Kirito…I mean Kazuto.”

 

TK says, “He could have only joined Laughing Coffin because their sick leader managed to survive.”

 

Hotaru asks, nervously, “Could it be that he survived SAO?”

 

Tai says, with a sigh, “It is possible. We never did find him and his name wasn’t crossed out before the game ended.”

 

Darien asks Serena, “Serena?”

 

Serena responds, “Death Gun isn’t him. I know his voice anywhere and Death Gun didn’t have his voice or the ‘texture’ of it. Death Gun is someone else from Laughing Coffin.”

 

Amara says, “Most likely one of the survivors that got captured.”

 

Raye says, with a nod, “Most likely.”

 

Lita asks, “So, what do we do?”

 

Serena says, “He is going to be in the BoB finals.”

 

Davis says, “Most likely, he found a way to convert his SAO data since all of the current VRMMO games are heavily based on SAO from ‘The Seed’.”

 

Izzy says, with a nod, “That’s a good point. ‘The Seed’ is a modified form of the operating system of SAO: Cardinal. That means that it is logical to assume that like ALO, you can convert your SAO data into other VRMMO not just ALO.”

 

Mimi asks, “Could he have gotten real good, real quick, too? He has two years of experience within a VRMMO?”

 

Ken says, “Mimi also has a point too. However, in either case, we can narrow it down. Something tells me that he is a recent addition to GGO.”

 

Kari asks Ken, “How does that help us?”

 

TK says, realizing what Ken is saying, “Davis, you and Kari know plenty about GGO.”

 

Davis responds, “Duh, bro.”

 

TK says, “If we can find out the names of the finalists and find out who among them have recently joined, within the past month or so…”

 

Mina says, “We can narrow down who Death Gun’s real player name in GGO is! That’s genius!”

 

Matt says, with a smile, “It is.”

 

Davis says, with a grin, “Way to go, Ken!”

 

Ken says, with a smile, “Thanks, Davis.”

 

Wormmon says, “I always knew that you were smart, Ken.”

 

Gatomon says, “Even if there are several players that made it to the finals are ‘newbies’, this still narrows our list down.”

 

Mina tells Ami, “Well, what are you waiting for? Get cracking genius girl!”

 

Ami says, “Okay! Okay! I’ll see what I can do. However, with the way that Zaskar is run, it will take some time to gather the information.”

 

Trista tells Ami, “I’m afraid that time is a luxury that we don’t have.” Ami nods her head in understanding and starts to get to work while Serena has a nervous look in her eyes.

 

Darien asks Serena, seeing that look, “Serena, are you okay?”

 

Serena responds, “I…I don’t know, Darien.” Darien hugs Serena and she hugs him back causing Darien to be concerned for his beloved knowing that meeting that Laughing Coffin member has brought back the ‘scars’ of SAO and they haven’t had time to heal with all of the events that happened ever since she and the other SAO survivors escaped that infamous death game.

 

December 13, 2025, Kirigaya household

 

Inside of the Kirigaya household, Suguha Kirigaya AKA Sailor Celestial is inside of her room and turning off her phone in which her guardian feline, Trivia, comes around.

 

Trivia asks Suguha, “Finished talking with Asuna?”

 

Suguha responds, “Yeah, I have. She told me that big brother transferred his account to GGO.”

 

Trivia asks, “GGO? You mean that shady VRMMO filled with profession players and gun fanatics?”

 

Suguha says, with a nod, “The same.”

 

Trivia asks, “Why would he go there?”

 

Suguha responds, “Big brother told us that it is a job from the former head of the SAO Task Force.”

 

Trivia says, with a plain tone, “I don’t trust him.”

 

Suguha replies, “Join the club, Trivia. He knows Serena and I are Sailor Moon and Sailor Celestial.”

 

Trivia says, “And yet, he keeps it to himself and I know that he never revealed it to anyone else. I’m curious on why he doesn’t use it any way.”

 

Suguha says, “I don’t know and it makes me wonder about him and his intentions especially with the information that we found out.”

 

Trivia says, “Well, it seems like he wants to push Full-Dive technology to the next level.”

 

Suguha says, “For military purposes, Trivia.”

 

Trivia says, “Indeed so.”

 

Suguha asks Trivia, “What’s up with you?”

 

Trivia tells Suguha, “There is more to him than meets the eye. I have a feeling that there is a connection to him and the Sailor Scouts than he is letting on.”

 

Suguha asks Trivia, “You think that he is from the Silver Millennium too?”

 

Trivia says, “Or from an organization that was a part of it. Only Sailor Pluto and a few others other than I know that there are quite a few ‘groups’ from the Silver Millennium that have survived to modern days.”

 

Suguha asks, stunned, “What?”

Trivia says, with a nod, “Yes, they have kept alive the legacy of the Silver Millennium from the shadows and passed down this duty from generation to generation.”

 

Suguha asks, “Who are they?”

 

Trivia replies, “A tale for another day, princess.”

 

Suguha says, annoyed, “You have to keep up the suspense, don’t you? Something tells me that you know something that I don’t.”

 

Trivia tells Suguha, “Or you aren’t ready for?”

 

Suguha responds, “You know that I don’t like secrets.”

 

Trivia says, “You will learn what you need to know when the time is right.”

 

Suguha says, sarcastically, “That’s interesting to know.” Suguha looks at her deck of Duel Monster cards and she thinks, “I’ll talk this over with big brother tomorrow.”

 

December 14, 2025, Unknown location

 

Homura, Suzume, and Sakura are together as they look over computer tablets, paper files, and whatnot and they hear a yawn in which they see a young man of Sakura’s age with spiky blond hair, blue eyes, three whiskers coming out each of his cheeks, and wearing a black and orange outfit.

 

Sakura says, “About time, Naruto.”

 

The blond tells Sakura, with a smirk, “There is a good reason for that, believe it.”

 

Suzume says, with a sly smirk, “I thought that someone with your stamina…”

 

Sakura yells out, with a blush, “Cut it out, Suzume-sensei!”

 

Homura tells Sakura, with a grin, “Like you are one to talk. If you think that Haruka corrupted Hinata, you should look at yourself, girlfriend. You are quite the dominatrix.”

 

Sakura gives a blush and Suzume says, with a smile, “Through when you are with Naruto, you are quite the submissive…” Suzume then easily dodges a strike from Sakura that hits a wall leaving a massive amount of spider-web crack and shakes the whole facility.

 

The blond tells Sakura, “Hey, calm down, Sakura! You are going to drop this whole place on us!”

 

Sakura responds, “Sorry, Naruto.”

 

Suzume asks the blond, “Anyway, Naruto-kun, have you gotten that information?”

 

The blond, Naruto, responds, with a sly grin, “Is that even a question, Suzume-sensei?” Naruto takes out a flash drive and he says, “Man! This world is awesome! All that information in this little thing!”

 

Sakura says, “No joke. You have cameras that you can take tons of photos and if necessary, you can take out the memory card, get rid of the camera as long as you make sure it can’t be traced back to you, and you have all that information in a small chip!”

 

Homura says, “Well, your world will get similar tech.”

 

Sakura says, “Not for over a decade, Homura.” Sakura says, “And I’m afraid what would happen if the weapons tech got to our world.”

 

Naruto says, with a nod, “Believe it.”

 

Suzume asks, “Have you figured a way back?”

 

Sakura says, shaking her head, “There is a lot of factors in what dragged Naruto, Hinata, and I into this world.”

 

Homura asks, with a smile, “Do you want to go back after all that you learned?” Sakura and Naruto look at each other nervously, but Naruto nods his head.

 

Naruto says, “Despite my changed attitude towards my so-called home, I believe in the rest of the world and in the worlds of Old Man Six Path, believe it. Koyuki, Inari, Tsunami, the people of Wave, Shion, and the others show that there are really good people in my world and they can achieve their dreams without it being a stupid illusion. I intend to return to that world and stop that plan for good.”

 

Suzume asks, “If you see the man that betrayed your father on the day of your birth?”

 

Naruto responds, with a hardened glare, “I will make sure that he won’t do to anyone else that he did to me, believe it.”

 

Suzume asks Sakura, “And if the Leaf tries to make Naruto in their weapon or their ‘puppet Hokage’ what will you do?”

 

Sakura is silent for a moment, but she replies, “I will not allow that to happen. I will stand by Naruto as Hinata does.”

 

Naruto says, amazed, “Sakura…”

 

Suzume asks, with a sly smile, “Naruto?” When Naruto looks at her, she asks, “Do you think that you can make even a better world than your counterpart made?” Suzume then displays a Naruto manga book and Naruto’s eyes narrow at it.

 

Naruto responds, “Believe it.” Suzume nods her head and she puts the manga book away in which all of them continue on their task.

 

December 14, 2025, Tokyo, Juuban District, Crown Fruit Arcade

 

Inside of Crown Fruit Arcade, our Digidestined and their Digimon partners along with the Sailor Scouts, minus Lita and Raye, are assembled together within the Sailor Scouts’ base inside of the arcade as Serena, Darien, Davis, and Kari prepare to dive into Gun Gale Online again to prepare for the confrontation with ‘Death Gun’, who they know is a survivor of the infamous ‘murder guild’ of SAO known as Laughing Coffin.

 

Hotaru says, “Raye and Lita should be at the hospital where Kazuto is.”

 

Michelle says, “I don’t think that it will be problem since only Seijirou and we know where he is.”

 

Tai says, “Can’t be too careful when Laughing Coffin is involved.”

 

Matt says, “Those sneaks learned Serena’s avatar name, so, I say we can’t be too careful.”

 

Yolei says, with a nod, “No kidding, Matt.”

 

TK asks Davis, “How did Jun take the news?”

 

Davis responds, plainly, “How do you think TC?”

 

Just then a female voice says, plainly, “Badly.” Everyone then looks to see Jun Motomiya walking down and she says, “And don’t give me that crap. If Laughing Coffin is involved, I’m not letting my squirt of brother go in there even if he isn’t the one facing that freak.”

 

Matt tells Jun, “Jun, I’ve already told you…”

 

Jun yells out, “I already know what you told me, Matt-kun!”

 

Davis tells Matt, “Dude, don’t even try.”

 

Matt tells Davis, with a grin, “Yeah, I should know. I was married to her back in SAO.”

 

Jun retorts, with a grin, “Got that right, sweetie.” Jun then goes over and kisses Matt on the cheek causing him to get flustered. Jun then asks Serena, “Are you sure about this?”

 

Serena says, with a nod, “I have to Jun.”

 

Jun replies, “You have to ‘nothing’, Serena! You are the hero of SAO! You, along with Kazuto, are the ones that freed us from that game! You don’t have any need to face that sicko!”

 

Serena says, “Not to me, Jun. That ‘fiend’ was created by SAO and SAO was created by him. As long as the legacy of SAO continues to hurt people…” Soon after, the images of people that she saw die in SAO, Kazuto, Asuna, Rika, Keiko, Andrew, Ryoutarou, and Suguha come into her mind, Serena’s eyes narrow into a determined expression beyond any determined expression that she had during her ventures as Sailor Moon before SAO and she says, with pure determination in her voice, “…I won’t stop until that legacy is forever buried and stays just a memory to be a lesson for future generations to be learned from.”

 

Mimi thinks in her mind, amazed, “Whoa! Intense!”

 

Darien gives a concerned look on his features and Kari says, changing the subject, “Anyway, you have to know the field that they are using for the finals.”

 

Serena says, with a nod, “Right.”

 

Davis says, “The massive field is known as ISL Ragnarok and it is ten kilometers across. Not surprising nearly everyone is using guns that can hit for a good long distance, so, you would expect the island to be big with thirty people that has those weapons.”

 

Kari says, “It has all types of terrain from city, to desert, to mountains, and whatnot. You are going to be spread across this massive field and it is basically ‘last one standing’ type situation. However, you can’t just hide in one place forever.”

 

Serena asks, “Why not?”

 

Davis says, “There is a satellite that’s orbiting above that comes over to the field every fifteen minutes and it reveals everyone’s location. You are going to have to a special item that’s linked to the satellite and you can use it to find everyone’s location. It is also set to a certain time of day to make sure that none of the finals has an edge due to certain conditions of sun and such.”

 

Darien says, “That means that you only have fifteen minutes for an ambush before you have to take off having it not turned against you.”

 

Davis says, “Bingo, Darien.”

 

Amara says, “There is also another problem. We know that Death Gun is going to be part of the BoB finals knowing his natures as a former member of Laughing Coffin, but I doubt that he is going by that name as his GGO avatar name.”

 

Ami says, “We believe that his real avatar name in GGO is another name. However, the name that we really need to find out is his SAO avatar name.”

 

Trista says, “Izzy, Ami, and I were part of the SAO Task Force and thus, we have access to certain types of information including the data for all SAO survivors especially their real names that goes with their avatar names.”

 

Ami says, “We’ve managed to pull up the real life names of all members of Laughing Coffin with their avatar names.”

 

Amara says, “Along with their life stories and their leader was a real piece of work.”

 

Tai says, sarcastically, “You can say that again, Amara.”

 

Yolei says, “That’s why Pooh was so into killing us. What Kayaba did must have been a dream come true for him.”

 

TK says, with a sneer, “I doubt that he cared if the members of Laughing Coffin were killed. If fact, knowing him, he must have been glad that they were killed because sooner or later, he would have killed them too.”

 

Ken says, with a nod, “Most likely, TK.”

 

Matt says, “It is what makes me more of a fiend than anyone in Laughing Coffin, but then again, he was already a fiend since he was the one that twisted his group’s minds.”

 

TK tells Matt, “True, bro, but they had a choice and they chose to listen to that sicko.”

 

Matt says, nodding his head in agreement, “True, TK.”

 

Tai says, “Anyway, based on what Serena said, I have to say that this ‘Death Gun’ doesn’t sound like ‘him’.”

 

Matt says, shaking his head, “Yeah, it doesn’t sound like ‘him’.”

 

Izzy asks, “This may be a stupid question: But are you absolutely certain of that?”

 

Ken tells Izzy, “Without hesitation…Yep.”

 

TK says, with a nod, “Big time, Izzy.”

 

Ami says, “It might make sense. Seijirou-san told us that he has gone into hiding ever since SAO ended.”

 

Tai says, with an angered expression, “It just burns me that sicko escaped justice. It may have been Kayaba through the NervGear that actually killed those people that he and his sicko guild slaughtered in the game, but they wouldn’t have had the chance if they didn’t allow that to happen. They are accessories to murder.”

 

TK tells Tai, “We, all, feel the same way, but the government didn’t want to have families of players suing each other and trying to get them into court on criminal charges. The cases would have been too numerous, too confusing, and too controversial since this has never happened before in which I hope that it NEVER happens again.”

 

Amara says, “As much as I hate to say it, but TK is right. Basically, the best way is to blame it on Kayaba and put it on Argus for the damages which negates the fact that they were just as duped as the whole wide world including his ‘blood relations’.”

 

Yolei says, “Well, you can blame Kayaba for that one. I doubt that he really cared that he put his former colleges on the spot and put a major stigma on them. Personally, I feel bad for all of them and their families. The ‘stain’ he put on them may never go away and they really didn’t do anything wrong.”

 

Ken says, with a nod and a sigh, “We all know that.”

 

Jun says, “But there is nothing that we can…other than honor them by making sure that nothing that happened to them and us ever happens to anyone else.”

 

Davis says, with a smirk, “For once, we agree.”

 

Hotaru asks Serena, “Serena, is…is Kazuto okay?”

 

Serena gives a bit of a nervous look and Serena responds, with a smile, “Sure, he will be fine. Kazuto is a strong person and he’ll be just fine.”

 

Davis thinks in his mind, “I doubt it, Moon girl.”

 

Kari thinks in her mind, “I know that she is trying to reassure everyone that she is okay, but I think that she and Kazuto are far from okay especially with learning that fact about ‘Death Gun’ yesterday. Their past from SAO has come back to haunt them in the worst way and they have yet to recover from series of ‘pains’ that the legacy of Sword Art Online has caused them with the attacks by that disgruntled SAO survivor with a grudge against Serena and Kazuto as well as Sword Art World.” Kari looks at Darien in which she can see in his eyes that Darien knows that Serena is still being haunted by the ‘ghosts’ of SAO and she is far from getting over the shock of meeting Death Gun personally and learning that truth about him. Soon after, Darien, Serena, Davis, and Kari take their positions in their ‘chairs’ and put their Amuspheres around their heads.

 

Veemon tells Davis, “Good luck, Davis.”

 

Davis says, “Yeah, we’re going to need it.” Afterwards, Darien, Serena, Davis, and Kari activate their Amuspheres and Full-Dive into the world of GGO to stop Death Gun and put an end to his killing spree.

 

December 14, 2025, Tokyo

 

Within an apartment room within Tokyo, there is a young teen girl of 16 years of age with short dark brown hair with a bang held together by a ribbon down each side of her face going past her chin, black eyes, and pale skin with a simple pajamas on. She goes onto her simple apartment bed, lies down, puts a pair of half-rimmed glasses with oval lenses on a nearby table that contains an Amusphere, and she takes that Amusphere and places it over her head.

 

“Link start!” she says as she activates her Amusphere and dives into the virtual world.

 

December 14, 2025, GGO, SBC Glocken

 

Within SBC Glocken, the ‘capital’ of GGO, Kirito, in his current GGO avatar, is looking up at one of the signs for the Bullet of Bullets in which the finals start today and he knows that ‘Death Gun’, a former member of Laughing Coffin who has something killed two top GGO players, will be there and he plans to kill more top players with whatever method he is using and he knows that he has to be stopped for so many reasons.

 

Just then Kirito hears a voice call out, “Kirito!” Kirito then looks to see Usagi, Dai, Akari, and Mamoru walking up to him.

 

Kirito says, “Hey, everyone.”

 

Dai says, “Hey, bro. Big day.”

 

Kirito says, plainly, “No kidding.”

 

Usagi asks, “How are the others doing?”

 

Kirito tells Usagi, “Sugu is suspecting something. She went to Asuna to learn about the ‘job’ that I had taken.”

 

Dai says, rolling his eyes, “Oh, boy.”

 

Akari says, “They are going to be mad that you, two, kept this from them.”

 

Kirito says, “Well, we are in the same boat, Akari.”

 

Akari says, with a nod, “Good point.”

 

Usagi says, “Raye and Lita are at the hospital where your body is being watched by Miss Aki, but I really doubt that you need it.”

 

Kirito says, with a nod, “I feel the same way, but I can’t be certain until I know his ‘trick’.”

 

Mamoru says, “Ami and the others have pulled up all the information on the Laughing Coffin members.”

 

Kirito says, nodding his head in understand, “Good. The instant that we know his identity, we can immediately get to him and cut him off.”

 

Dai says, “The problem is that we need to know his SAO handle.”

 

Kirito says, with a nod, “Yeah. I doubt that he calls himself ‘Death Gun’ as his handle.”

 

Akari says, “That would be too easy.”

 

Usagi says, “Ami-chan tried to pull up information on the players that are in the finals and have appeared in just the past month or so.”

 

Kirito says, “Good idea, but I doubt it would be that easy.”

 

Dai says, with a grin, “Easier than you think, bro. We’ve been here since the beginning, so, we kind of know people.”

 

Kirito says, “Yeah, you’re right!”

 

Mamoru says, “Based on what Dai and Akari told us, there are around three players in the finals that have appeared within the past month or so.”

 

Kirito says, with a sigh, “Well, at least that narrows it down.”

 

Dai says, a bit nervously, “We were planning to meet with Sinon before the finals start to confirm with her.”

 

Kirito gives a confused look and he then says, “Right. She is a veteran of GGO, so, she would know quite a few players especially the notable ones.”

 

Usagi says, “That’s right. Despite me being here quite a long time myself and getting pretty good at this sketchy game, they would be better than me at knowing other players.”

 

Kirito says, “If the information is valid, it means that we have several targets to find.”

 

Mamoru says, “However, we have information on the finals that could help you find your ‘targets’ a lot easier.”

 

Kirito says, “Let’s go to the office and you can tell me on the way.”

 

Dai says, “You got it, bro.”

 

The group started walking and after a while, Mamoru asks Kirito and Usagi, “Will the two of you be all right out there?”

 

Usagi and Kirito sigh at this and Usagi responds, “Okay as we will ever be, Mamoru-kun.”

 

Mamoru tells Usagi, “You know what I mean, Meatball Head.”

 

Usagi replies, “I know, Mamoru-kun. However, this is something that Kirito and I need to do.”

 

Kirito nods his head and he thinks, “Yeah, it is. Usagi and I, as survivors of SAO, need to end this once and for all, so, that no one else can suffer from SAO. Sword Art Online has already taken too many lives and damaged so many more even after the game ended. We need to settle it in this world.” As they continue on to the office where Usagi and Kirito registered for the Bullet of Bullets, Usagi’s and Kirito’s mind drift back to the battle with Laughing Coffin in SAO and in their ‘mind’s eye’, they battle is replying in their minds and with their comrades all around them, Usagi and Kirito, in their SAO avatars, are battling the Laughing Coffin members with the shadow of ‘Death Gun’ from GGO looming over both of them.

 

End of Chapter 4

 

(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: Wrath of Death Gun.”

 

And that’s the end of this chapter, everyone! Anyway, there is plenty of foreshadowing, everyone. There are more crossovers than Sword Art Online, Sailor Moon, Digimon, and Yu-Gi-Oh going on here, yes, but they are going to make their appearances slowly over the next three arcs of this story. So, everyone has got to hold their horses and they will be seen in their due time. And there are plenty of surprises to come, folks! Later and best wishes, Crossover Fans!