Sailor Moon Fan Fiction / Digimon Fan Fiction / Crossover Fan Fiction ❯ Sailor Moon Online II: SAO Shippuden ❯ Arc I, Final: The Next Step ( Chapter 8 )

Okay, everyone, we have arrived at the end…of the first arc of course. You can expect quite a bit of ‘closer’, but plenty of questions and foreshadowing into the future of this story. What do I mean, you ask? Well, everyone, you are going to have to read and see to find out and stay tuned for a preview of the next arc! Now, before I go, 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 15, 2025, Kirigaya household

 

Inside of the Kirigaya household, Suguha is in her room with Trivia and they are discussing about what just happened with ‘Death Gun’ and GGO.

 

When she is done, Trivia says, “It seems like Heathcliff’s legacy continues to ‘live on’ despite you sending away from the ‘mortal realm’, the real and virtual worlds, for good this time.”

 

Suguha says, with a plain tone, “Yeah.”

 

Trivia asks Suguha, “Are you okay, my hime?”

 

Suguha gives an annoyed look at Trivia and she replies, “I’m worried for my big brother and sis. I think that this situation reopened ‘old wounds’ for both of them.”

 

Trivia says, “Fighting an old enemy from that nightmare might do that.”

 

Suguha says, annoyed, “We have to work on your ‘bed side manner’, Trivia.”

 

Trivia says, “How is Sailor Orion doing?”

 

Suguha says, “In complete shock, Trivia. It isn’t surprising after what she went through and I can understand how she felt.”

 

Trivia says, “In this life, she was betrayed by someone that she thought was trustworthy and can do no longer.”

 

Suguha says, “As well as finding out that she never really understood him at all.”

 

Trivia says, “I see. Based on what happened in your life as Princess Selene.”

 

Suguha responds, in an annoyed sarcastic tone, “Keep reminding me, Trivia.”

 

Trivia tells Suguha, “Hime, Kayaba is gone for good and I believe that it is time to continue on into the future.”

 

Suguha says, getting to her feet, “That’s true, Trivia.” Suguha then goes over to her desk where there is a deck of Duel Monsters cards on it and Suguha says, with a sigh, “But the thing is, his legacy is still living on through those SAO players that couldn’t leave SAO behind.”

 

Trivia says, “For them, it wasn’t over. I believe that’s what Death Gun or Red-Eyed XaXa was talking about.”

 

Suguha says, with a nod, “Yeah, big brother and Serena thinks so too. We already know that there are plenty of players that can’t put SAO behind them and plenty of them express that in an ‘extreme way’.”

 

Trivia says, “Indeed.”

 

Suguha says, taking a card from the deck of cards on her deck, “That can’t help to make me wonder how deep his legacy goes, Trivia.” When we look at that card, Suguha is holding her new Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon (2500/2000) Pendulum monster card.

 

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 8: The Next Step

 

December 16, 2025, Tokyo, Ginza District

 

Back within the Ginza District of Tokyo, we return to the restaurant that Serena, Darien, and Kazuto met with Seijirou where we find said man from the VR Division of the Ministry looking at Kazuto, Serena, Darien, and Shino as they sit down and discussing about the whole ‘Death Gun’ incident.

 

Seijirou tells them, “Order anything that you like.”

 

Kazuto tells Shino, “You had better order anything that looks good. This is all on the taxpayers’ dime.”

 

Serena tells Kazuto, “Wouldn’t that include our dime too?”

 

Kazuto tells Serena, “Hmm, good point.”

 

After getting their orders, Seijirou tells Shino, “Anyway, I’m Seijirou Kikuoka, from the Ministry of Internal Affairs’ Telecommunications Bureau.”

 

Shino responds, with a hasty bow, “N-Nice to meet you, I’m Shino Asada.”

 

Seijirou says, “I’m truly sorry that our lack of preparation led to you being put in such danger.”

 

Serena says, in a sarcastic tone, “That’s the understatement of the millennium.”

 

Kazuto says, “No joke, Serena. If he had done his research, you and I wouldn’t have gone through all that.”

 

Seijirou responds, “Of that, I have no defense. However, our little ‘Valkyrie of SAO’ and all of her friends worked on this for a few weeks and you didn’t predict everything, did you, Kirito? You certainly didn’t expect that Death Gun was a team.”

 

Darien says, plainly, “Point taken.”

 

Kazuto says, “Anyway, we already have a good idea on the details thanks to Ami, Trista, Izzy, and the others, but let’s review them to make sure.”

 

Seijirou says, taking out a computer touch notepad, “Good idea.” Seijirou goes through it and he says, “Anyway, based on the testimony of Shouichi Shinkawa, there were three ‘Death Guns’ according to him.”

 

Serena says, “And the one within GGO that we fought in the tournament was Shouichi AKA Red-Eyed XaXa from SAO.”

 

Seijirou says, “That’s right, Serena. From what we learned from confiscating his Amusphere in his apartment, he was the one logged into that avatar used for ‘Death Gun’ at the time of the tournament.”

 

Darien says, “His own apartment, huh? It is amazing how he could coordinate so well.”

 

Serena says, “He learned his tricks from SAO.”

 

Kazuto nods his head and Seijirou says, “That may be, but in order to understand him completely, you need to go back before SAO.” Seijirou then says, “Shouichi Shinkawa is the eldest son of the owner and direction of a general hospital. He was sickly from a young age, in and out of hospitals until he graduate from middle school. He started high school late because of this and his father abandoned his hopes for Shouichi to inherit the family business and placing his hopes on his second son, Kyouji, who was three years younger. Kyouji had a home tutor while in elementary school and would sometimes receive his father’s lessons himself leaving Shouichi completely to his own devices.”

 

Darien says, “One abandoned and the other having the ‘destiny’ of the first one forced upon him.”

 

Seijirou says, with a nod, “Exactly, Darien.” Seijirou says, “Despite that however, the two of them got along quite well. Shouichi left high school and sought solace in the online world especially MMORPG games, and his brother picked up the habit from him soon after. However, in November of Twenty-Twenty-Two, Shouichi was imprisoned in Sword Art Online.”

 

Serena says, “And became the murdered, Red-Eyed XaXa.”

 

After nodding his head in agreement with Serena, Seijirou says, “After he returned, Shouichi never touched on his experiences in SAO, but once his rehab was over and he returned home, he told Kyouji about his experiencing including how he attacked other players and how he was feared as a killer in SAO. At this point, Kyouji’s grades were slipping and his classmates were taking advantage of him in which his brother’s stories didn’t bring fear and disgust, but exhilaration and release. To him, his brother was a hero.”

 

The group was inwardly disgusted, but Darien says, “Power. His brother had power over others and that’s what he wanted. He wanted power. He wanted to be put in a position over power over them as they had over him.”

 

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

 

Shino asks, “Did Kyouji tell you about this?”

 

Seijirou responds, shaking his head, “This is based on his brother’s statements. Shouichi answered everything that we and the police asked him including his brother’s mental condition, but Kyouji has maintained total silence.”

 

Shino says, plainly, “I see.”

 

Seijirou says, “Based on what we know, Shouichi started to play GGO on his brother’s recommendation, but why he didn’t show rejection like many other SAO survivors, he wasn’t really into the game. He didn’t go into the witlessness and just watched the other players as well as think of ways to kill them.”

 

Serena says, plainly, “Not surprised there.”

 

Seijirou says, “However that changed when he got that Optical Camo cloak through a real money transaction.”

 

Kazuto says, with a plain tone, “Thought so.”

 

Darien says, “It must have cost an incredible amount.”

 

Seijirou responds, “I’ve found out that it cost about three hundred thousand yen, but then with the five hundred thousand yen allowance from his dad, it was a drop in the bucket.” Seijirou says, “Once Shouichi was able to hide himself with that cloak, he began working on his ability to stalk other players without being detected. At this point, he was just following them around, but one day, he followed one to the regent’s office and noticed they were using the terminal. When he used a pair of binoculars to spy on him, he saw the real life information of the player.”

 

Kazuto says, “That means that he got the cloak before this plan.”

 

Darien says, “And that helped in the birth of Death Gun.”

 

Seijirou says, “That’s right. He wrote down the information of many players, but he didn’t have anything to do with it. That is until his brother came into the picture. Kyouji revealed to Shouichi hit a wall with his character and he blamed it on XeXeeD. Shouichi got the information about XeXeeD due to his earlier spying and he told his brother about it. He says at first they weren’t serious about killing XeXeeD, but the more and more they talked about it, they more appealing it became to them especially they thought out the challenges of such a plan that they had.”

 

Darien says, “And with their parents’ hospital, it wasn’t hard for them to get the succinylcholine and the master key cards for the electronic locks.”

 

Seijirou responds, with a nod, “Exactly, Darien. Shouichi claimed that it was like SAO. Gathering equipment and intelligence, find the target of their ‘quest’, and ‘doing the deed’. There was no difference between this and SAO to them.”

 

Serena says, with her eyes narrowed, “There is no difference. It is just plain murder.”

 

Seijirou says, “That’s a statement that can’t be argued.”

 

Kazuto says, with a nod, “I have to agree with you on that one Serena. However, it shows that this is the ‘dark side’ of VRMMO. Reality becomes ‘less real’.”

 

Seijirou asks Kazuto, “What about your reality and Serena’s reality?”

 

Kazuto and Serena look at each other and Kazuto says, “I left some things behind in that world.”

 

Serena says, with a sigh and a nod, “I left some things behind too…Things that I can never regain. It isn’t a question of my reality.” Serena says, looking at Seijirou in the eyes, “You know about my ‘secret’ so you know that fighting in ‘other worlds’ isn’t exactly new to them. It doesn’t matter if the realm is ‘flesh and blood’ or ‘digital’…If the danger is real, then it doesn’t really matter, does it? VR is short for ‘virtual reality’ and while would they put the word ‘reality’ in VR in the first place? If anything can do you true physical damage in any form, then it is real and it has to be taken seriously.”

 

Shino’s eyes widen and Seijirou says, with a nod, “Good point, Serena.”

 

Shino says, with a nod, “I agree. This world is supposed to be the only reality. If this is a virtual world by the Amusphere, it is still reality to me.”

 

Seijirou says, with a nod of understanding, “I think that for Shouichi reality is somewhere that he isn’t.” Seijirou says, “Anyway, back on topic, once they finished breaking through the ‘mental barriers’…”

 

Serena says, interrupting with an annoyed tone, “Easy for someone like him.”

 

Seijirou says, continuing on, “While Kyouji played his brother’s avatar, Sterben, and he shoots XeXeeD, Shouichi used the card and chemicals, which is a muscle relaxant called suxamthonium chloride, that immediately shut down XeXeeD’s or Shigemura’s heart and respiration causing him to die. He also did the same thing to Tarako and the method was the same. However, despite taking the lives of two players, Death Gun wasn’t taken seriously and in fact, they felt it was a joke. Based on that, both brothers weren’t exactly happy. So, they had chosen a final list of seven more victims that had similar traits to XeXeeD and Tarako and they would kill three of them during the Bullet of Bullets to make sure that Death Gun’s ‘reality’ was in fact confirmed. The ones that they had chosen for the tournament were Pale Rider, Garrett, and…you, Sinon.”

 

Serena says, “I wish that we had figured it out sooner. Pale Rider and Garrett are two deaths too many.”

 

Darien says, “We can’t blame ourselves.”

 

Seijirou says, “That’s right, Serena. Remember, we discussed all of the possibilities and based on the evidence, we can’t help to think that it was baseless rumors.”

 

Kazuto says, “Only seeing the footage for yourself and having a careful eye, you would realize that ‘Death Gun’ knew that he was shooting XeXeeD something bad was going to happen. However, the thing is, while we had the information, our way of thinking due to SAO made us put the pieces together wrong.”

 

Seijirou says, with a nod, “Exactly.”

 

Shino says, “I just hope that VRMMO don’t suffer like Sword Art Online and the ALO Incident caused them.”

 

Seijirou says, with a smile, “I seriously doubt it. The ‘buds’ of ‘The Seed’ are growing too fast to be stopped and as a matter of fact, the Sword Art World Incident actually helped.”

 

Kazuto says, with a smirk, “By giving the government a ‘black eye’ and making it frowned upon for any politician to be anti-VRMMO.”

 

Seijirou says, with a nervous smile, “Yeah.”

 

Sinon says, “This might be a coincidence, but all of the targets, including me, were non-AGI builds. Kyouji was a pure AGI build and that caused him to hit a dead end in which he had resentment towards those that who tried a different build especially those with more strength stats to begin with.”

 

Seijirou says, “That could be hard to put into court.”

 

Kazuto says, “True, Seijirou-san. Within MMO, the games are player’s characters stats are the bases for their essential values of the game. One person pranked around so they chose the wrong stat and in the game, they kept PK each other for months.”

 

Darien says, “Well, the people in the court from the prosecutor to the jury to have experience in VRMMO themselves to process.”

 

Seijirou says, “True, Darien. Anyway, there was a big roadblock for their plan for the BoB tournament. Death Gun and his real life collaborator couldn’t be in contact during the tournament and the timing of the shot would be hard to do despite the streaming from MMO Stream. While Pale Rider and Garrett were fairly close to each other, Asada, here, is quite distant from them and Kyouji insisted on Shino-san. That’s where they came from for the ‘third Death Gun’ and his name is Atsushi Kanamoto…”

 

Serena says, interrupting, “AKA Johnny Black. He is the poison knife wielder that worked with XaXa. I tangled with him plenty of times. It is where I got the idea to adopt using paralyzing potions and daggers to capture criminal players.”

 

Kazuto tells Serena, “We did what we had to survive and keep others alive, Serena.”

 

Darien asks Seijirou, “Any news on him?”

 

Seijirou says, shaking his head, “No. There is nothing on him. He managed to escape somehow, but we have evidence trying him to the deaths of Pale Rider and Garrett especially with your help. We have DNA evidence that puts Kanamoto in their apartments on the day of the murders. We have concrete evidence and he left his clothes which had traces from his victims. There is a warrant for an arrest out for him now and his home is being kept under watch. However, based on what we know, he was given three of them and he may still have one of them since there were none in his home.”

 

Darien says, “I don’t think that he will go after Shino-san. I don’t think that he even knows who she is outside of her avatar in GGO.”

 

Seijirou says, with a nod, “That’s what the police and I believe, but we can’t be too careful despite their ‘Death Gun project’ has now gone.”

 

Shino asks, “What will happen to Kyouji after this?”

 

Seijirou takes a minute to think and he says, “Shouichi is nineteen and Kyouji is sixteen and as such is their ages, they will be tried as minors. Since there are four murders, they will to a court for a criminal prosecution and then they will be subjected to a psychiatric examination. Well, based on their actions, I think that they will be sent to a juvenile medical institution…”

 

Serena says, with a plain tone, “Forgive me, Shino, but I hope that they remain there for the rest of their lives. There has been enough death from this ‘dark legacy’ and I don’t want to see anymore. In the past, I thought that there was always a chance for redemption, but with people like them, there is no redemption, they have be kept away from the innocent to ensure that they don’t suffer any more than they have caused them.”

 

Darien mentally sighs, knowing that while his beloved is still the same at her ‘core’, she has greatly changed due to her experience in SAO and Seijirou says, “I don’t blame you for feeling that way, Serena. But you have to admit they have been living outside of the bounds of reality…”

 

Shino says, shaking her head, “No, I don’t think so.” When the others look at her, Shino says, “For Kyouji, I think that ‘reality’ was inside of GGO. He decided that ‘real world’ was worthlessly and the only truth was in GGO. Sure, everyone else might see that as an escape from ‘reality’, but I think that the more energy that you pour into this game…into any online game, the more that it turns more into something than recreation. For Kyouji, who committing hours of ‘work’ in order to be the best, it had to have caused much stress. He basically flipped this world for that one.”

 

Seijirou asks, “Why would he need to go such lengths to prove that he was the best?”

 

Kirito says, “He wanted to be strong.”

 

Serena says, with a nod, “He was powerless here in ‘this world’, but in GGO, he had the chance to gain ‘power’.”

 

Shino says, “I think that it is the feeling of many, if not all, VRMMO players.” Shino tells Seijirou, “If possible, I want to see Kyouji and tell him what I think.”

 

Seijirou says, with a smile, “I’ll see what I can do. I’ll send you the details of what I can arrange in the future.” When he gets up from his seat, Seijirou says, looking at Kazuto and Serena, “By the way, XaXa sent you a message.” Seijirou takes out a folded up note from his bag and he tells them, “Of course, you have no obligation to hear him out and in fact, this shouldn’t be out there…rules and all. So, what do you say? Do you want to hear it?”

 

Kazuto and Serena look at each other and Kazuto says, with him and Serena nodding his heads, “Sure.”

 

When he opens the letter, he says, as he is reading it, “This is not the end. The two of you don’t have the power to end it. You will realize that very soon. It’s show time.” Seijirou closes the note and he says, “That’s his message.”

 

Darien tells Serena and Kazuto, “Exactly as you thought about him.”

 

Serena thinks in her mind, “Another person that couldn’t let SAO go. How many more people are like him and them? SAO can never die and its legacy will remain with us forever. All we can do is make sure that ‘dark side’ of that legacy remains nothing more than a memory and it can never hurt anyone again, but how can that happen while it remains that deep in their hearts?”

 

December 16, 2025, Okachimachi, Dicey Café

 

Later on, we find two bikes stopping in front of the Dicey Café in which Kazuto and Shino get off one bike and Serena and Darien off another.

 

Shino asks, “So, this is where you wanted to take me?”

 

Kazuto says, “Yep.”

 

Serena says, with a smile, “There are some people that we need for you to meet, Shino-san.” Shino gives off a confused look as they enter the café where they find Asuna, Rika, Andrew, Davis, Kari, Veemon, and Gatomon waiting for them.

 

Rika says, annoyed, “Where have you been? I ate two apple pies waiting for you! If I become fat, it is your fault.”

 

Davis asks, “How is that Kazuto’s fault Rika?”

 

Kari says, with a giggle, “We told you not to have that second one, Rika.”

 

As Serena, Darien, Shino, and Kazuto enter the room, Shino recognizes Davis and Kari and she asks, surprised, “Dai? Akari?”

 

Davis says, with a grin, “You got it. But here, I’m Daisuke Motomiya, however, my sweet girl and my friends call me Davis.”

 

Kari says, “And I’m Hikari Kamiya, but my friends call me Kari, Shion. But you already knew that when you told us your real name and we told you yours.”

 

Shion says, “Yes, but you look so much like your avatars.”

 

Kari says, with a smile, “Just lucky I guess.”

 

Asuna tells Kazuto, “Kirito-kun, you and Usagi-chan have to introduce us to your new friend.”

 

Kazuto says, pointing to Shion, “This is the third champion of the BoB tournament in GGO. Her name is Shino Asada AKA Sinon.”

 

Shion says, a bit embarrassed, “Stop it.”

 

Serena says, with a smile, “Kazuto and I were in it because of our ‘job’, Shino-san. In our books, you are the real champion.”

 

Kazuto tells Shion, pointing to Rika, “First, this is Rika Shinozaki, better known as Lisbeth, the rip-off blacksmith…”

 

Rika yells out, irritated, “Hey! Why you…!” Rika moves in to punch Kazuto, but he nimbly evades the attack and Rika crashes into another chair and table.

 

Serena asks, concerned, “Are you okay?”

 

Rika responds, “P-Peachy.”

 

Veemon says, with a winch, “Ouch!”

 

Gatomon says, with a nod, “You got that right.”

 

Kazuto says, pointing to Asuna, “And this is Asuna Yuuki, the berserk healer who normally goes by the name Asuna.”

 

Asuna says, with a smile and embarrassed tone, “That’s mean Kirito-kun.”

 

Serena says, pointing to Andrew, “And this is Andrew, the owner of this shop and he goes by the name of Agil online. Great guy, strong, and expert in the business world.”

 

Andrew says, with a grin, “You got that right, princess.”

 

After they ordered drinks and went to the table, they discuss the situation about what happened and when they are done, Shino says, “Sterben and not ‘Steven’, huh? He took the medical term for ‘death’ in the hospital. I can’t imagine why he did such a thing.”

 

Asuna says, with a smile, “I think that you shouldn’t think on it too much than a name used in VRMMO player handle.”

 

Rika retorts, with a smirk, “So says the girl that used her real name as her handle.”

 

Asuna says, elbowing Rika gently in the shoulder, “Hush!”

 

Kari tells Shino, “I’m sorry that you had been put through that, Shino. We wanted to tell you, but I doubt that you would have believed us.”

 

Davis says, “Not that we would blame you for that.”

 

Shino says, “It’s all right. You had your reasons.”

 

Rika says, “Anyway, you don’t get to meet a fellow female VRMMO player too often especially from that game that ‘sticky’.”

 

Asuna says, with a smile, “Maybe you can tell us about your experiences in GGO. I hope that you can be friends with us!” On the word ‘friends’, Shino’s heart sank because while she wanted friends, her ‘history’ might make them think otherwise despite knowing that Asuna and Rika are both SAO survivors like Kazuto and Serena.

 

Kari tells Shino, “Shino…” When Shino looks at her, Kari tells Shino, “Shino, Dai-kun and I know what you are feeling because…we are the same.”

 

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

 

Davis says, “The others already knew this from a long time ago. You already know that Kari and I were trapped in a ‘living virtual world’ shortly after SAO started and we are like Kazuto and the others in that way, but we are also like you. We…We were forced to kill someone to protect the people that we care about.”

 

Shino’s eyes widen and Kari says, with a solemn tone, “It was just shortly after our last battle as Digidestined. The battle with that massive ‘spider-like’ Digimon, Armageddemon, and we were visiting our friend, Yolei, in her and her family’s business, a small shopping store when a few Yakuza thugs came in and held up the place. They shot and killed a new employee that just hired and our family and Yolei’s family was next. Dai-kun and I sprang into action, knock the guns away, and tried to disable the guns. The thugs tackled us and tried to get their guns, but we refused…they pulled out knives and screamed that they were going to slit and cut us up…and all I remember is hearing guns go off and Dai-kun were covered in their blood.”

 

Kari starts to shiver a bit in which Davis holds her hand while Davis’ and Kari’s Digimon partners look concerned and Davis says, “The police said that they really didn’t plan to rob Yolei’s store. They plan to kill everyone and make it look like a botched robbery in an attempt to turn into some kind of ‘drug house’ or something. Didn’t exactly give us any comfort and I think that you know what we are talking when we suffered…episodes. Kari would go into a ‘panic attack’ when someone makes a motion of a gun, but my ‘episodes’ are more…violent. Someone threatened us with a toy gun and I…It was a miracle that I didn’t brain him.”

 

Shino’s eyes widen and she thinks in her mind, stunned, “Dai and Akari…They…They are like me! I can see it! They are exactly like me!”

 

Kari says, with a sigh, “It happened shortly after SAO began and people called us ‘murderers’ and such and the head of our school, was a victim of gangs himself, was worried for our health and well-being wanted us to be sent away in hopes of recovering. In our current ‘states’, we didn’t take it too lightly and we…ran away with our Digimon partners. We ended up at that Digidestined orphanage and as you know, the rest is history.”

 

Davis tells Shino, “Kazuto told us what happened and we knew of a way that you might bring this part of a past to a close.”

 

Shino asks, confused, “What do you mean?”

 

Kazuto says, “We knew that you could be mad, but since you are like Davis and Kari, we felt that you deserve a chance to move forward. Like Davis and Kari, there is someone that you haven’t met and there are words that you didn’t hear that you should have heard.”

 

Kari tells Rika, “Rika…”

 

Rika says, with a nod, “Right.” Rika then goes over to a door in a back room with the sign that had the words ‘private’ on it and a woman of 30 years of age with semi long hair, slight makeup on her face, and plain casual female clothing with a little girl of preschool age that has her hair in two pigtails and looks plenty like the lady in which it is obvious that they are mother and child.

 

The woman tells Shino, “It is nice to meet you, Miss Asada. My name is Sachie Oosawa and this is my daughter, Mizue. She is four years old.”

 

Serena says, “She lives here in Tokyo, but she didn’t move here until after her daughter was born. Five years ago, she worked…at the Sancho-me Post Office.” Shino then realized who she was in which she was the woman that the madman threated along with Shino’s mother five years ago in which an image of Sachie’s younger self comes into Shino’s mind.

 

The woman, Sachie, says, “I’m sorry. I’m sorry, Shino-san.” Shino gives a look of surprise and Sachie says, “I’m sorry, Shino-san. I should have met you sooner. I just wanted to forget what happened…and when my husband got his transfer, I took the chance to leave for Tokyo. I should know that you would have been tormented by the events…you were only a child…and you had to go through all that…I never got the chance to apologize or thank you…” As Mizue, Sachie’s daughter, looks at her mother in concern, Sachie gently pats her daughter. Sachie then says, “When it happened…I was pregnant with her. So, you didn’t just save my life, Shino-san…you saved hers, too. Thank you…Thank you so much…”

 

Shino asks, surprised, “I saved your lives?”

 

Serena tells Shino, “Yes, you did.” When Serena looks at Shino, she says, “You keep thinking about the person that you killed. You never thought about the lives that you saved. Your mother…Sachie-san…and her daughter…”

 

Kazuto tells Shino, “Serena is right, Shino. You’ve always blamed yourself and you’ve punished yourself. I’m not saying that was a mistake. But at the same time, you have a right to think about those that you saved. You have a right to forgive yourself because of that.”

 

Kari tells Shino, “Shino, Kazuto is right. Dai-kun and I know how you feel. Our friends helped us realize that too. Yolei’s mother was pregnant with Yolei’s youngest sibling at that time and we saved her unborn sibling’s life with the rest of her family.”

 

Davis tells Shino, “It is a major headache that we have to deal with. It is still hard, but we take it step by step to move on from that into the future, Shino.” Soon after, Mizue goes over to Shino in which she gives Shino a picture addressed to her.

 

Mizue says, “Miss Shino, thank you for saving mama and Mizue.” Shino can’t help to smile and start to shed tears from her eyes in which in her mind, she sees herself as Sailor Orion putting her hand on her shoulder and smiling.

 

December 17, 2025, Moon Kingdom

 

On the grounds of the rebuilt Moon Kingdom, Kazuto, Asuna, Rika, Sailor Celestial, Tuxedo Mask, our Juuban based Sailor Scouts, and our Digidestined and their Digimon partners appear on with a brand new member: Sailor Orion in her Valkyrie Sailor Scout form.

 

Sailor Orion asks, amazed, “Where are we?”

 

Matt says, pointing towards the sky, “I think that you should look up.” When Sailor Orion looks up, she gasps to see the Earth in the sky.

 

Sailor Orion asks, “The Earth? But that means…?”

 

TK says, with a grin, “Yep! We’re on the moon!”

 

Sailor Orion asks, stunned, “The moon? But how…?”

 

Sailor Moon says, “That’s a long story, Orion.” Soon after, Sailor Celestial’s and Sailor Moon’s sigils on their foreheads glow in which the two of them transform into their ‘royal forms’ of Princess Selene and Princess Serenity.

 

Sailor Orion asks, surprised, “What the?”

 

Princess Serenity says, “I know that this is a lot to take in, but in this ‘form’, I am Princess Serenity, heir to the throne of the Moon Kingdom of which we are standing in right now.”

 

Princess Selene says, “And I’m her younger sister, Princess Selene.”

 

Sailor Orion asks, stunned, “Sister? But I thought…?”

 

Kazuto says, nervously as his golden crescent moon sigil appears on his forehead, “It is kind of a long story.”

 

Asuna responds, “A LONG story, Shino…I mean Orion-san.”

 

Soon after, Queen Serenity’s spirit appears in front of all of them and she says, “Young Asuna is correct, Sailor Orion.”

 

Sailor Orion asks, surprised, “Who are you?”

 

Queen Serenity says, “I am Queen Serenity, last ruler of this kingdom before it was brought to ruin over a thousand years ago through recently it was been revived.”

 

Princess Serenity says, “This is our mother.”

 

Sailor Orion says, looking at them, “I can see the resemblance.”

 

Tai says, with a smirk, “Not surprising.”

 

Sailor Orion asks, “So, what does this have to do with me?”

 

Queen Serenity responds, “We brought you here since you are a fellow Sailor Scout through you are not one aligned with my kingdom.”

 

Davis says, “You are aligned with my kingdom.” When Sailor Orion looks at Davis, his sun sigil appears on his forehead and he says, “I’m the heir of the Solaris Kingdom, the other ‘major kingdom’ in this solar system back in the Silver Millennium.”

 

Sailor Sun says, “And I was the Princess of the Earth Kingdom of Elysion, which served as the ‘certain kingdom’ of planet Earth, so, I am the princess of our planet, Shino.”

 

Sailor Orion asks, surprised, “Princess of our planet?’

 

Queen Serenity says, “You have many questions and it is understandable. We will explain about our origins and your own and the destiny that you have accepted.” Soon after, our heroes and heroines as well as Queen Serenity explain about the Silver Millennium…and its connections to Sword Art Online.

 

When they are done, Sailor Orion asks, amazed, “So, Kayaba, the man that created the horror of SAO, was your father in your ‘past lives’?”

 

Princess Selene says, with a plain tone, “Yes, unfortunately. And the SAO that you know was just a continuation of a tragedy that started here back at the end of the Silver Millennium.”

 

Sailor Orion asks, stunned, “If he remembered his past history…Why would he do this again?”

 

Princess Selene responds, with a sneer, “His obsessions are worth more than his own family. Sis and I know that for two lifetimes.”

 

Sailor Orion says, “I’ve heard all of the things said about him, but I never thought…”

 

Sailor Uranus says, “Understandable. You never know evil until you see it for yourself, Orion.”

 

Sailor Orion says, “But now I do. I can see evil.”

 

Kazuto says, “We wish that you didn’t.”

 

Sailor Orion asks, “What about the other surviving members of Laughing Coffin?”

 

Sailor Mars says, “Johnny Black is still on the run and somehow, he has managed to keep out of sight for the time being. We have the other surviving members of Laughing Coffin under close and I mean CLOSE watch.”

 

Sailor Jupiter says, with a grin, “They don’t get the sneeze without us knowing about it.”

 

Sailor Pluto says, “Hopefully, they will not repeat what their former ‘second-in-command’ has done.”

 

Rika says, “Don’t count on it.”

 

Matt says, with a nod, “No joke.”

 

Yolei says, “I hate to say it, but they have embraced the insanity that their leader put them under. They are murderers and killers. They shouldn’t have been allowed to see the light of day in my opinion.”

 

Ken says, with a nod, “I know, Yolei. I feel the same way.”

 

Tai says, with a sneer, “And now, four people are dead.”

 

Queen Serenity says, pointing in one direction, “And that’s why this is here.” Everyone then looks to see a new statue by the SAO/SAW memorials in which this statue has Kirito, in his GGO avatar, Usagi, in her GGO avatar, and Sinon, in her GGO avatar, in which they are fighting off unknown enemies with Sinon uses her Hecate and Kirito and Usagi using their light swords.

 

Sailor Orion says, “That’s…”

 

Queen Serenity says, “The newest addition to the statues of the Sword Art Online memorial series: The Phantom Bullet or Gun Gale Online memorial. This is to honor to four innocent victims of ‘Death Gun’ and those that stopped his reign of terror.”

 

Princess Serenity says, with a sigh, “Mother…”

 

Sailor Orion says, solemnly, “I’m no hero.”

 

Princess Serenity tells Sailor Orion, “Neither am I, Orion.” When Sailor Orion looks at her, Princess Serenity says, “Former SAO players considers me a hero, but I’m not a hero…I’m just a survivor. A survivor of a horror that was supposed to be a dream and a dream turned a living nightmare by one man’s obsession and selfishness.” Kazuto and Princess Selene put their hands on Princess Serenity’s shoulders and they smile at each other.

 

Sailor Orion asks Kazuto, “So, you are their brother?”

 

Kazuto responds, “Adoptive brother, but Lunarian royalty all the same.”

 

Princess Selene says, “It doesn’t matter. In this life and in my last one, he is my brother and he can be no one else.”

 

Princess Serenity tells Sailor Orion, “Orion, I know that you have been through much in your life and especially the past few days, but…we would be honored if you would fight by our side.”

 

Sailor Uranus says, “Death Gun is finished, but there are still threats out there including the ‘monsters’ that you have seen on television.”

 

Sailor Orion says, “I don’t know…”

 

Sailor Sun tells Sailor Orion, “I know that this is tough on you and you may feel that you don’t deserve the power, but it is a part of who you are as Sailor Sun is part of me.”

 

Davis tells Sailor Orion, “Yeah, Shino. We know how you are feeling and for once, we are still recovering, but we’ll get there especially with our friends and family helping us along the way.”

 

Princess Serenity says, with a warm smile, “And we can help you too if you let us.”

 

Sailor Orion thinks on it for a moment and she responds, with a smile, “I think that I will.” Princess Serenity and Sailor Orion shake hands in which plenty of the others smile since now they have a new ally on their side.

 

December 17, 2025, Neo Domino City

 

Inside of the mayor’s office within Neo Domino City, Lazar is talking with the same group of ‘mysterious people’ as he has been before.

 

One of them says, in a male voice, “A new Sailor Scout has joined the group? Sailor Orion? This is interesting.”

 

Lazar asks, “What shall we do now?”

 

Another one says, in a female voice, “It seems like the Sailor Scouts are growing in number and in strength. That’s good. It will be necessary for the future.”

 

The male member of the group says, “Especially the heir to Jack Atlas might be on the side of the so-called ‘evil ninjas’.”

 

Lazar asks, stunned, “What?”

 

The male member of the group responds, “Calm, my friend. For now, focus on the mission.”

 

Lazar says, “As you wish.” Soon after, the screen goes silent and Lazar looks over multiple files on his desk containing pictures of our heroes and heroines among many others.

 

December 17, 2025, Unknown location

 

At the unknown location, Suzume is looking over something as Homura approaches her.

 

Homura responds, “Suzume-sensei, we are ready.”

 

Suzume replies, with a sly grin, “Good.”

 

December 17, 2025, Digital World

 

Within the Digital World, Gennai is looking at someone that looks like a young woman with fair skin, violet eyes with glasses with violet hexagonal lens in front of her eyes, short violet hair, and she is wearing a white buttoned shirt with long puffy sleeves, a pocket on the left side of the chest area of the shirt, violet bow tie, a black dress that’s open in the back, black stockings, and high-heeled white boots with violet shoes and black soles. She has a violet laptop in her hands.

 

The young lady says, “It has been a while.”

 

Gennai responds, “Yes, it has Mirei.”

 

The young lady tells Gennai, “You know why I’m here.”

 

Gennai says, “So, you know that ‘Death Gun affair’ has ended.”

 

The young lady replies, “Correct. The ‘wheel of fate’ turns and the ‘new frontiers’ beckons.”

 

Gennai says, “I see.” Gennai asks, “And your ‘counterparts’?”

 

The young lady says, with a smile, “You already know that answer.”

 

Gennai says, “I understand.” The young lady bows her head and takes her leave in which Gennai shakes his head.

 

December 17, 2025, Tokyo, Juuban District

 

Sailor Neo Moon and Sailor Pluto are on top of the rooftop of apartment complex that Darien and current, Serena, calls home and they are discussing something.

 

Sailor Pluto says, “I see.”

 

Sailor Neo Moon says, “It needs to be done, Pluto.”

 

Sailor Pluto says, “You know the implications of such things.”

 

Sailor Neo Moon says, “It is the reason that I used something other than the Time Gates to come to the past, Pluto-chan.”

 

Sailor Pluto says, “I understand. I’ll make the arrangements.”

 

Sailor Neo Moon says, “Meatball Head and I need to head to this time alone. I’ll give her what she needs beforehand. If she is going to go help me in that time, she is going to need this.” Sailor Neo Moon then holds up what looks like a white and silver Neuro-linker, the fifth generation Full-Dive device that Neo Moon is using, and she says, “She is the only one who can help me solve the mystery in that time.”

 

Sailor Pluto says, “I understand, Small Lady.”

 

Sailor Neo Moon yells out, with a smirk, “I’m not that small anymore.”

 

Sailor Pluto tells Sailor Neo Moon, with a smile, “You will always be ‘Small Lady’ to me, Rini.” Sailor Pluto says, with a sigh, “However, I hope that you know what you are doing.”

 

Sailor Neo Moon responds, with a sigh, “I hope so too, Pluto.”

 

End of Chapter 8

 

Arc I: Phantom Bullet End

 

(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 for Arc II: Accel World

 

(Start Scene)

 

Deep within a museum, we find Kuroyukihime, Haruyuki, Chiyuri, and Takumu walking around with their schoolmates as they go up to statues and huge pictures depicting Sailor Moon and the Sailor Scouts, the Digidestined and their Digimon partners, and so much more including images of Aincrad. With the four Burst Linkers and their schoolmates, there are other people and plenty of Digimon between them.

 

They stop at a platform containing the sign for Yolei’s family store and the museum employee leading them says, “This was the original sign for Inoue family store before the Battle of Odiaba. As you well know, the Japanese Self-Defense Forces, the Sailor Scouts, and a huge force of Digidestined and their Digimon partners led by those from Odiaba faced a powerful army from the Enhanced including Dark Digidestined and their partners as well as many rogue Digimon.”

 

One boy with a Gazimon as a partner tells his dad, who has an Elecmon as a partner, “Hey, dad, weren’t you and Elecmon a part of that?”

 

The father says, “Tim…”

 

The museum employee says, “Oh, you are a veteran of the Genetics Wars? It is an honor to be in front of the many heroes of that war.”

 

The man responds, “No, I’m not a hero. My partner and I were survivors.”

 

The museum employee says, with a nod, “Understandable, sir.” The employee then says, “As you well know, the Genetics Wars was named that way because the antagonists in that conflict were genetic created so-called ‘supermen’ known simply as ‘Enhanced’ and as a bit of a joke, they got inspiration from the legendary American science fiction series ‘Star Trek’ and their ‘Eugenics Wars’ being similar to the situation that we faced. However, as you well know, what happened wasn’t a work fiction of any type, it was a real war that caused much damage to the Asian and Pacific regions as well as caused world-wide terror. They, the Enhanced, were ‘created’ by rogue private military organization known as MIST who were once part of DOAETC. They originally created biological weapons by cloning some of the greatest male and female warriors on our planet using the Dead or Alive tournament in order to get the needed DNA samples, but they moved onto building their ‘ultimate warriors’ from the ground up using the prototypes and the DNA samples from the elite fighters and others including the Sailor Scouts as a bases. They were powerful and intelligent as well as cunning with ambitions to rival Alexander the Great, Julies Caesar, Napoleon, and the worst tyrants in history.”

 

Chiyuri says to her friends, “They sound terrible.”

 

Takumu says, “They were terrible. They took over the government of North Korea in order to get their nuclear weapons and waged war against South Korea, China, and Russia in which they were winning.”

 

Kuroyukihime says, “Until they got to our home of Japan and they got a surprise. When they attacked Tokyo, the Sailor Scouts and Digidestined were waiting for them. They gave our Self-Defense Forces a headache, but their arrogance believed that the Sailor Scouts were nothing. However, with their Valkyrie Sailor Scout forms, they destroyed an entire army in one day and it was an elite army that the Enhanced had created using genetics to improve the already powerful North Korean army.”

 

Chiyuri says, amazed, “Oh, wow!”

 

Takumu says, with a nod, “It was, but it doesn’t mean that Sailor Scouts just blitz through and won the whole war. Their enemy adapted and with alliance with other ‘unsavory forces’ including Dark Digidestined, they counterattacked and Japan took a bit hit. It took an alliance of Digidestined and their Digimon from all over the world to fight back and even then it wasn’t easy.”

 

Kuroyukihime says, “That’s right. The Battle of Odiaba was a hard won victory. The entire district suffered incredible damaged and casualties were good and high. Remember, we may think about that war being distance, but it is just over a decade since that war. And as I have read, old ‘soldiers’ who have gone through the horrors of war remember those moments as if they happened yesterday while they have forgotten a lot of other things.”

 

Haruyuki asks, “Really, Kuroyukihime-sempai?”

 

Kuroyukihime says, with a nod, “Indeed, Haruyuki.”

 

Takumu says, nodding his head, “Master is right, Haru. The Genetic Wars cost a lot and not just lives. Remember the Sailor Scouts lost their secret identities thanks to Enhanced exposing who they are especially Sailor Moon, who is an SAO survivor.”

 

Kuroyukihime says, “And remember, not just an SAO survivor, she is the niece of Kayaba and despite plenty of the still surviving SAO survivors showing her as a hero, there are plenty of those family and friends of those that died wouldn’t be so kind to her and her family.”

 

Chiyuri says, “I think that it is just stupid.”

 

Takumu says, nodding and sighing, “It is stupid, Chiyuri. However, it is just how human beings think. But despite that, she is still protecting the world.”

 

Haruyuki says, “She’s a strong person.”

 

Chiyuri says, with a smile, “I wish that I could meet her.” What this female Burst Linker doesn’t know is that said Moon Princess, the one from 2025 and in disguise, is watching them and the whole part of the museum dedicated to her, the Sailor Scouts, and the Digidestined.

 

(End Scene)

 

And that’s it, everyone! This is the last chapter to the first arc of this new story! Next up is the second arc and as you may suspect, it is going to be an Accel World crossover arc. As you well know, there was a previous Accel World crossover in the previous story and there was implication that there would be another in the upcoming story. Well, I guess that I made it too obvious, right? What’s going to happen next? Sorry, but other than the previews, you are going to have to read to find out, everyone! Thank you for your time and I hope that you love the story so far. Please read and review and no flames, okay! Later and best wishes, Crossover Fans!