Sailor Moon Fan Fiction / Digimon Fan Fiction / Crossover Fan Fiction ❯ Sailor Moon Online II: SAO Shippuden ❯ Arc III: Chapter 2: Fanged Fury ( Chapter 20 )

Anyway, we are getting a deeper ‘insight’ into what happened to Suguha/Sailor Celestial between the start of SAO and when she started to play ALO in this fanfiction series. You are going to have to read and find out what I mean, everyone! Now, 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. I would also like to give thanks and credit to Matty G91 and this author’s story of Kamen Rider Lunar for giving me permission to use Kamen Rider Lunar, his looks, and everything about him as well as the UNI-SHOCKER organization.

 

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

 

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

 

Sailor Moon Online II: SAO Shippuden

 

(Sword Art Online II music ‘Courage’ starts)

 

As the intro starts, we see images of swords go by and reflected on the blades of the swords are images of Suguha and Leafa with the final reflection from the blades of the sword are Rika, Lisbeth, SAO and ALO forms, Keiko, Silica, SAO and ALO forms, Shion, Sinon, GGO and ALO forms, Kotone, Philia, SAO/SAW and ALO forms, Hiyori, Kuro, and Lux.

 

The next shows Princess Selene then turning into a toddler Suguha Kirigaya, who then ‘ages’ into a 13-year-old Suguha Kirigaya, warping into Suguha Kirigaya of 15-16 years of age, then into Eternal Sailor Celestial, and finally, into Valkyrie Sailor Celestial. As Valkyrie Sailor Celestial turns to the skies to see some unseen sight, Rika, Keiko, Shion/Sailor Orion, Kotone, and Hiyori appear behind her.

 

Just then it turns into images of Ancient Egypt of Atem’s time, Atlantis, the original Domino City, Neo Domino City, and ALO before we see Suguha Kirigaya looking at a ‘shooting star’ before she transforms into Valkyrie Sailor Celestial before facing an unknown figure that uses the Seal of Orichalcos that surrounds her and her enemy.

 

Next, Valkyrie Sailor Celestial and Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze are seen in two separate images which change where Suguha, then Leafa, and finally, Valkyrie Sailor Celestial are using their kendo/sword techniques. Just then Rika/Lisbeth, Keiko/Silica, Shion/Sinon/Sailor Orion, Kotone/Philia, and Hiyori/Lux are seen before we see Valkyrie Sailor Celestial, using her sword techniques, is joined by Naruto, using his famous Shadow Clones and Rasengan, in this ‘fight demonstration’.

 

Then we find Valkyrie Sailor Moon walking slowly forward until she is face to face with Valkyrie Sailor Celestial and the two of them stare at each other before Valkyrie Sailor Celestial brings out Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon (2500/2000) and Dark Rebellion XYZ Dragon (2500/2000) with Valkyrie Sailor Moon brings out Odd-Eyes Phantom Dragon (2500/2000) and Clearwing Fast Dragon (2500/2000) in which they go into an epic clash with Valkyrie Sailor Moon and Valkyrie Sailor Celestial clashing blades themselves.

 

The scene changes to Davis and Kazuto, looking a lot like his SAO avatar of Kirito, facing off against Naruto with Naruto bring out Red Nova Dragon (3500/3000) and Stardust Chronicle Spark Dragon (3000/2500) while Kazuto brings out Hot Red Dragon Archfiend King Calamity (4000/3500) and Davis brings out Shooting Star Dragon (3300/2500) along with the other Signer and Duel Dragons in which they launch into an epic titanic fight.

 

Just then we see Sailor Celestial, Sailor Orion, Lisbeth, Silica, Philia, and Lux engaged by a legion of opponents including monsters from ALO and Duel Monsters which they fight and defeat, but then a mysterious figure brings out the Divine Serpent used by Dartz, but Sailor Celestial, Lisbeth, and Silica bring out the three Legendary Dragons, Timaeus, Critias, and Hermos, and they transform into their true forms: The Legendary Knights of Atlantis where they defeat the Divine Serpent.

 

Naruto and Sailor Celestial are back to back surrounded by Sakura, Hinata, Rika, Keiko, Sailor Orion, Kotone, and Hiyori as a powerful circle brings for the three Aesir, Thor, Loki, and Odin as well as the three Egyptian God Monsters: Obelisk, Slifer, and Ra in which all of them unleash an incredible attack creating a massive bright light. From that light, Black-Winged Dragon (2800/1600) emerges along with the Crimson Dragon.

 

The scene then switches to images of Yugi Moto, Pharaoh Atem, Seto Kaiba, Joey Wheeler, Dartz, and more before switching to our heroes and heroines with images of Neo Domino City, Aincrad/SAO, ALO, the Elemental Countries including the Leaf Village, and more as images of Suguha and Naruto from childhood into their current years are seen before Suguha turns into Valkyrie Sailor Celestial and the two of them look into the distance.

 

Finally, we have different scenes where we see Naruto training and mastering the Rasengan, Leafa flying through the virtual skies of ALO, Serena becoming Sailor Moon for the first time, and leading to a scene with all of our heroes and heroines, joined by Naruto, Sakura, and Hinata, racing towards some kind of unknown destination in which it finally stop at all of them assembled together flanked by Earth, Atlantis, and the Leaf Village in the background along with the Legendary Dragons/Knights, the Signer and Duel Dragons, the Aesir, and Egyptian God Monsters.

 

(Sword Art Online II music ‘Courage’ ends)

 

Arc III: Chapter 2: Fanged Fury

 

May 8, 2026, Neo Domino City, Mayor’s office

 

Within the mayor’s office in Neo Domino City, Lazar is looking at two holographic screens, one depicting a group of people whose features are completely concealed, and the other showing what happened during Suguha’s duel earlier today.

 

One of the people on one of the screens says, in a male voice, “So, they have returned? I thought that we had seen the last of them.”

 

Lazar asks, confused, “But how is this possible?”

 

Another of people on the screen says, in a female voice, “There is one possibility. This was a message directed at her.”

 

Lazar asks, curiously, “Message?”

 

The female figure says, “That’s right, Lazar. They didn’t expect that duelist to beat her. It was a message to her to explain that they are back, and they are looking for revenge. That means that their new leader must have a personal grudge against her.”

 

Lazar asks, “Wait! You mean…?”

 

The male figure that spoke first says, “It can only be her, Lazar.”

 

Lazar asks, “So, what shall we do?”

 

The male figure says, “We can only observe for the time being. There is no new information. They must have only recently gained enough strength to pull off something like this. They are quite bold.”

 

Lazar says, “Yes, but if they become even more bold, the city could go into chaos. It has been years since the Dark Signers and Yliaster, in which I should say Z-One and Aporia, have been defeated. There has been peace. If this ancient evil has returned, again, and they come in a bold manner, the city could go into anarchy.”

 

The male figure tells Lazar, “That’s your job to make sure that it doesn’t happen, my friend. It is THEIR job to stop them.”

 

The female figure says, “The Legendary Knights are still willing to help their former chosen one since Timaeus assisted Suguha, she isn’t their ‘chosen one’ anymore.”

 

Lazar asks, “Who are their ‘chosen ones’?”

 

Another screen, displaying Keiko’s face, appears and the male figure says, “Keiko Ayano, an SAO survivor, befriend by Suguha’s brother in SAO, and one of the youngest SAO survivors. She was around twelve to thirteen when she was trapped in SAO.”

 

Lazar says, shocked, “My words! It is a miracle that someone so young survived that horror!”

 

The female figure says, “Yes, it is. However, it seems like her friendship with an AI creature from SAO, which she transferred to her new account in ALO, and inspiration from Suguha’s brother got her through the game until Sailor Moon and Kazuto defeated Kayaba.”

 

Lazar asks, “Who’s ‘chosen one’ is she?”

 

The male figure says, “Critias. And she, amazing, has a Blue-Eyes deck.”

 

Lazar yells out, shocked, “Blue-Eyes?! You mean the legendary card of Seto Kaiba?! I thought that only…!!”

 

The female figure says, “Yes, it is a surprise to us, too, my friend. However, she has the cards of Seto Kaiba and she used them as well as Critias in a nasty Shadow Game during the attempt to bring Daisuke Motomiya, Hikari Kamiya, and Suguha out of Sword Art World.”

 

Lazar says, with a nod, “There is more to her than meets the eye.”

 

The male figure says, “The Legendary Knights would choose someone for more than the reason that this person holds the cards of their first ‘chosen one’, Lazar. She has a tight bond with dragons and she is deeply connected with the three Moon royals, Lazar.”

 

Lazar asks, “Do we know the chosen for Timaeus and Hermos?”

 

The female figure says, “Not Timaeus since he must have not taken a new chosen just yet, but Hermos is another story. In fact, this person is another of the Moon royals friends and fellow SAO survivor.”

 

Lazar asks, amazed, “Really?””

 

The female figure says, “Indeed, Lazar. We shall send you the details shortly. Right now, time is of the essence.”

 

Lazar says, with a nod, “Yes. The Legendary Knights new ‘chosen ones’ will prove vital to stopping this new threat. They will be a great aid to the new Signers.”

 

The male figure says, “Yes. As well as the Moon royals. The power of their new dragons may prove a vital factor…both ways.”

 

Lazar asks, curiously, “Both ways?”

 

The male figure says, “This new power…This ‘Pendulum Summoning’ will revolutionize dueling, but the dragons of the four summoning methods are dangerous. Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, Dark Rebellion XYZ Dragon, Clear Wing Synchro Dragon, and Starve Venom Fusion Dragons with Odd-Eyes’ and Clear Wing’s counterparts, Odd-Eyes Phantom Dragon and Clear Wing Fast Dragon. They hold a dangerous power within.”

 

Lazar asks, curiously and a bit nervously, “A dangerous power, you say?”

 

The male figure says, plainly, “Indeed, Lazar. Keep a close eye on them. Keep a very close eye on them all.”

 

Lazar says, with a bow of his head, “Understood.” As the holographic screen with the figures on them vanishes, Lazar can’t help to look out the window with a concerned look on his face.

 

May 9, 2026, Neo Domino City

 

Elsewhere in Neo Domino City, the former Signers, Yusei, Akiza, Crow, Jack, Leo, and Luna, are with our heroes and heroines, minus Suguha, as they look into a hospital via a window where they see the form of Mike Osuzumebachi, the duelist that dueled Suguha using the power of the Seal of Orichalcos, and got his soul sealed up when he lost to Suguha.

 

Kazuto asks, curiously, “Any change?”

 

Jack responds, “Not a bloody thing.”

 

Raye says, “It isn’t surprising since there is nobody home.”

 

Leo asks, nervously, “So, his soul is sealed in that freaky card?”

 

Amara says, with a nod, “Looks like it.”

 

Leo says, nervously, “Freaky!”

 

Crow says, “It isn’t like we haven’t dealt with anything ‘freaky’ before.”

 

Yusei says, “True, but nothing like this.”

 

Jack says, “Through plenty just as ‘weird’, Yusei.”

 

Yusei says, with a nod, “True, Jack.”

 

Luna asks, looking at our heroes and heroines, “Where is Suguha?”

 

Serena says, “Suguha is back at the hotel in which she is resting.”

Jack asks, his tone sounding sarcastic, “Is that so?”

 

Everyone looks at Jack and Yusei says, “Jack…”

 

Jack tells Yusei, “Don’t go there, Yusei. You know there is something up and I think that girl knows something.”

 

Kazuto tells Jack, “I don’t like what that implies, Jack-dono.”

 

Jack responds, glaring at Kazuto, “And I don’t care what you like, kid. Your sister knows something and this proves it.” Jack takes out a device that shows a holographic screen which displays what happened in the duel between Suguha and Mike as well as the dialogue.

 

Leo says, “It sounds like she has seen that duel disk and that card before.”

 

Jack says, glaring at our heroes and heroines, “Like it or not, a few of you feel the same way.”

 

Amara says, with a solemn sigh, “I have to say that he has a point.” When plenty of the others look at Amara, she says, plainly, “Based on Suguha’s reactions, she seemed to be familiar to the duel disk and that dark magic in that strange card.”

 

Kotone asks, “How come she would know about it?”

 

Jack says, “From what I see, she has some ‘history’ with that card and by the way that they were talking, she might know the person that sent Osuzumebachi, who might also be the leader of this organization.”

 

Yusei tells Jack, “Jack, we don’t know…”

 

Jack tells Yusei, “Yusei, after all that we’ve been through as Signers, don’t give me that!”

 

Crow tells Yusei, “I’ve got to admit it, Yusei. Jack has a point. By the looks of it, it looks like another of those evil organizations.”

 

Yusei says, “One that we don’t have any information on. We can’t be sure that this is a revival of the organization that Yugi Moto, Seto Kaiba, and their friends and allies faced those years ago.”

 

Leo says, “It was real shocking that Yugi Moto fought something like this.”

 

Hotaru asks Trista, “Trista-mama, you said that Pharaoh Atem purified Dartz of the darkness of the Orichalcos, correct?”

 

Trista says, with a nod, “True, Firefly. However, it doesn’t mean that the Orichalcos was gone for good even with the demise of the Great Leviathan.”

 

Darien says, “It was a sinister power without anyone to act as its ‘avatar’.”

 

Jack says, “Until recently it seems.”

 

Keiko asks, taking out her Fang of Critias, “And these dragons are actually knights that fought against this evil power?”

 

Trista says, with a nod, “Correct, Keiko. Timaeus, Critias, and Hermos were powerful knights of Atlantis and so powerful, Dartz had cursed them to be dragons and sealed them. Dartz’s father, former king Ironheart, and Dartz’s daughter, Princess Chris, released them through they remained as dragons. The clash between the armies of the Orichalcos and Ironheart’s and Chris’ army from the Duel Monsters’ ‘Spirit Realm’ ended in stalemate causing Atlantis to sink into the sea.”

 

Darien says, “From my memories as Prince Endymon, I heard of many stories of Atlantis and in fact, I heard rumors that my royal family are descendants of the few those that weren’t corrupted by them other than Dartz’s father and daughter.”

 

Serena asks, amazed, “Really?”

 

Trista says, “Based on what information that I know, there were quite a few other Atlantians than King Ironheart and Princess Chris that weren’t corrupted by the evil power of the Orichalcos. Based on what I remember, your royal family gained the power of the Golden Crystal and your kingdom, Elysium, made the central kingdom of Earth during the time of the Silver Millennium because you gained the Golden Crystal’s ‘favor’ for ‘noble deeds’ in your family’s history.”

 

Amara asks, “So, it is possible that Darien’s ancestors were those ‘other Atlantians’ that escaped corruption and may have fought with Ironheart-dono and Chris-dono in the Atlantian War?”

 

Trista says, with a nod, “Highly possible, yes.” Plenty of the others think that there is more than what Trista is saying, but they decide not to press her for now.

 

Jack says, “This history lesson is good and all, but we need to focus on the here and now. Right now, we have no idea on why they are back, but little Miss Kirigaya may have that information.” Kazuto glares at Jack and Jack tells Kazuto, “Don’t give me that, kid. You remember what I said? And here is another question: Do you know what your little sister has been doing while you were trapped in that ‘death game’?”

 

Kazuto says, “Yeah…”

 

Jack tells Kazuto, with a serious glare in his eyes, “Oh, really? Do you know anything that happened BEFORE she started ALO in January of Twenty-Twenty-Four?”

 

Kazuto then gets nervous expression on his face and he thinks, “All I do know is that while I was trapped in SAO, Sugu started playing ALO over a year I got trapped in SAO and a few months after ALO got started, which got started around one year SAO started. Sugu told me about stuff that happened to her around the time she started ALO to around the time that SAO ended. I don’t know anything that happened to her between the time that SAO started and to before she started ALO.”

 

Jack says, “Judging from your expression, I would say ‘no’.”

 

Lita asks, seriously, “What’s your point, Jack-dono?”

 

Jack takes out a tablet and he says, as he pushes buttons on the screen of the tablet, “This is my point.” He then puts the tablet into Kazuto’s hands and our heroes and heroines look at the tablet in which their eyes widen at what they see in which Jack says, “It turns out that your ‘innocent sister’ is a former underground duelist.”

 

There are gasps of shock and Akiza asks, stunned, “Underground duelist? You mean that those illegal duels that put duelists through ‘extreme duels’?”

 

Yusei says, with a nod, “The very same, Akiza. They make them wear ‘shock collars’ in which they get an electric shock that gets worse with every life-point lost.”

 

There are gasps of shock and Jack says, “And that’s not the worst of it. Trust me. I’ve seen plenty of Sector Security pictures when they took out illegal underground dueling dens and they made me sick to my stomach.”

 

Mina asks, curiously, “So, wait? Suguha was a part of this?”

 

Jack says, “It seems so.”

 

Kazuto thinks in his mind, in disbelief, “No way! Sugu? Sugu, of all people…?!”

 

Asuna asks, “But why would Suguha-chan be a part of that?”

 

Jack says, with a shrug, “I don’t know. Maybe she was trying to find information on her attacker.”

 

Everyone looks at Jack and Kazuto asks, “Attacker?”

 

Jack asks Kazuto, “You mean that you didn’t know? You mean that neither your parents or your sister tell you?”

 

Kazuto asks, curious and suspicious at the same time, “Tell me what?” Jack takes the tablet from Kazuto, pushes a few buttons on the touch screen, and he hands it back to Kazuto causing him to gasp in shock at what he sees along with everyone else that’s looking at what Kazuto is looking at. Kazuto asks, shocked, “What? What is this?”

 

Jack responds, “This is the police report and the medical records of when your sister was attacked shortly after SAO started.”

 

There are gasps of shock and surprise and Serena asks, shocked, “Attacked?”

 

Jack says, “Based on the report, one day, Suguha-san was walking home when she was attacked by some ‘weirdo’ that was doing a form of ‘extreme cosplay’…as a vampire.”

 

Keiko asks, nervously, “A vampire?”

 

Jack says, “That’s what Suguha-san said in her report to the police when they interviewed her…after she went to the hospital.”

 

Kazuto asks, stunned, “Hospital?”

 

Jack says, “Not surprising since she was covered in blood and a lot of it her own.” Jack then leans over, pushes on the tablet, and brings up something else on the screen of the tablet that makes more than a few of our heroes and heroines ‘go green’ so to speak with Asuna immediately putting her hands over Keiko’s eyes.

 

Mimi says, shocked and horrified, “Oh my…”

 

Yolei says, looking ready to throw up, “I think…I think I’m going to be sick.”

 

Mina says, with a nod and pretty ‘sickened’ herself, “Right with you, girlfriend.”

 

Kazuto thinks in his mind, horrified, “Sugu…”

 

Jack says, “Pretty horrifying sight, huh? In fact, she needed a blood transfusion due to the blood loss…probably a lot of it from the two holes in her neck.” Jack asks Kazuto, “From your reaction, you were never told about this, right?”

 

Kazuto says, shocked, “No. I was never told a word about this.”

 

Crow asks Jack, a bit nervously, “Jack, how did you get this information?”

 

Jack says, “Mina has a few friends in high places and Carly is more of a reporter than she admits to be.” Jack says, with a sigh, “Through I have to admit that I keep telling that it might be dangerous to her health…with what happened with her invading the Arcadia Movement and the Dark Signers.”

 

Crow says, slyly, “Ah, it sounds like you care.”

 

Jack glares at Crow, clears his throat, and Leo asks Jack, “So, she was attacked by some weirdo thinking that he was a vampire or something?”

 

Jack says, “Well, that’s what Suguha-san said to the police when they interviewed her. They took the attack very seriously. Not surprising she was covered in her own blood and had to have a blood transfusion. Basically, Suguha-san said that her attacker was quite strong and he had a pair of fake fangs in which those holes in her neck are where he actually bit her.”

 

There are gasps of shock and Serena asks, shocked, “Bit her?”

 

Jack retorts, “Is there an echo in here? Yes, I said: BIT her!”

 

Leo says, disgusted, “Gross!”

 

Crow says, “Talk about taking it too far.”

 

Jack says, “And then after that, it seems like your sister personality did a one-eighty.” Jack takes back the tablet, does something with it, and gives it back to Kazuto in which it shows a 13-year-old Suguha wearing an outfit exactly like Mai Valentine’s outfit during the time she was under the influence of the Orichalcos and working with Dartz.

 

There are plenty of amazed looks and Rika says, “Whoa! Talk about a radical look!”

 

Keiko asks, amazed and with a blush, “Suguha-chan wore something like that?”

 

Kotone says, amazed, “It doesn’t seem like her.”

 

Jack says, “Well, she wore it. From what I understand, up to around she started playing ALO, she wore that kind of outfit and her personality did a one-eighty. She acted like a biker chick as well as dressed like one.”

 

Kazuto says, stunned, “That can’t be true! Sugu isn’t like that!”

 

Jack says, with a plain tone, “Based on what Mina and Carly learned, everyone was shocked by her radical change as well. She blew off her friends and acted ‘very nasty’ in which, based on what I read, is being very nice about her attitude at the time. It also looked like that she was hanging out with a ‘bad crowd’.”

 

Lita asks, confused, “Bad crowd? Suguha?”

 

Jack says, with a plain tone, “From what information was gathered, it was the case. And the fact is, she was an underground duelist during that time through I don’t think that her and Kazuto-san’s parents know about this part.”

 

Crow asks Jack, nervously, “How did you get this information?”

 

Jack responds, “I already told you. Mina is very good on her investigating skills and Carly does have the heart of a reporter.”

 

Crow tells Jack, nervously, “I really don’t know what to say to that one.”

 

Jack glares at Crow for a second and he then says, after clearing his throat, “Anyway, after the girl started playing ALO, she just ‘snapped’ back to her regular personality just like that. The psychologists believed that she was dealing with the trauma of her brutal attack as horrible and as strange as it was.”

 

Leo says, “Creepy is more like it! I would be freaked out too if I was attacked by freak that acting as a vampire!” Leo says, nervously, “Unless…”

 

Luna tells Leo, “Come on, Leo, vampires don’t exist.”

 

Trista says, a bit nervously, “Actually…”

 

Everyone looks at Trista and Amara tells Trista, annoyed, “Don’t tell me.”

 

Trista says, with a nod, “Actually, the vampire isn’t a myth. They exist.”

 

There are more gasps from everyone else and Crow yells out, stunned, “You are freaking kidding me!”

 

Trista says, with a plain tone, “I am not. However, vampires are an endangered species.”

 

Hotaru asks, “Endangered species?”

 

Trista says, “Vampires rose to prominence during the Dark Ages around the time after the end of the Silver Millennium. It is the reason behind a lot of vampire lore in myth and legend. And no, Vlad the Impaler wasn’t a true vampire. He just used vampire lore in order to scare his enemies to protect his home nation. A lot of vampire lore got mixed with him due to the famous horror novel, Dracula. However, vampires were nearly wiped out in a great war between them and humans. For their kind to survive, they went underground, in a way. They spread out all over the world and kept themselves hidden. Humans believe them now to be myth and legend and they want them to think that way.”

 

Crow says, nervously, “That’s nice to know.”

 

Leo says, nervously, “No kidding.”

 

Keiko asks, nervously, “So, could that mean that Suguha-chan was…?”

 

Jack says, “Impossible. If that was the real deal, she would have started gaining fangs in her mouth, a taste for blood, and the sun have turned her into ashes WAY before now. She is still here, isn’t she?”

 

Trista says, plainly, “Actually, the story of vampires turning humans into their own kind is only a half-truth.”

 

Darien asks Trista, “What do you mean?”

 

Trista says, “Vampires do have the ability to true humans into their own kind, but the thing is that humans getting bitten and turned into vampires is what’s known as a ‘old wives tale’. You needed to get bitten and then the vampire feeds you his or her blood nearly immediately due to the chemicals in the vampire’s blood mixing with the chemicals that the vampire injects into you when they bite someone to feed off them causing the transformation. However, the practice has been banned by the surviving vampires for centuries and add to the fact, vampires don’t need to drain a person dry in order to get the need of the blood that they need to survive.”

 

Asuna asks, “They don’t?”

 

Trista says, “Yes, Asuna. They don’t NEED to.”

 

Serena says, nervously, “I don’t like the sound of that.”

 

Trista says, with a serious tone, “There have been quite a few ‘rogues’ among the surviving vampires that don’t want to give up the ‘old ways’. However, the surviving vampires take care of them because if people knew that vampires were real and among them…”

 

Darien says, “They would go on a ‘hunt’ to drive them to extinction.”

 

Trista says, with a nod, “They are stronger and faster than humans, but the surviving vampires know that humans outnumber them and with modern-day technology, they wouldn’t stand a chance even if their numbers were in their prime. Their species would be destroyed and it is the reasoning that they put up their laws concerning their kind with them only taking enough blood for them to survive, not even attempts of ‘turning’ humans, and especially, no attacks on humans like something as Suguha experienced. But not all vampires follow these rules and if they get out of hand without their ‘brother and sisters’ able to take care of them…”

 

Amara says, finishing for Trista, “They risk themselves getting exposed.”

 

Trista says, with a nod, “And us having to ‘jump in’. We are the guardians of humanity and the vampire-human wars only broke because we weren’t there. Vampire kind knows of our return and our ever-growing new powers.”

 

Lita says, with a nod, “No kidding.”

 

Hotaru asks, “So, Trista-mama, do you think that Suguha got attacked by one of these ‘rogue vampires’?”

 

Trista says, “I’m not sure, Firefly. I need more details about the attack and the attacker and I can’t use the Gates of Time for various reasons. One of which is Suguha is Sailor Celestial, the Sailor Scout of Reality, and a Sailor Scout of a ‘higher station’ than mine.”

 

Tai says, “That means that we are going to need to ask Suguha about what happened to her.”

 

Just then a female voice says, with a bit of a nervous tone, “T-That could be a bit of a problem.” Everyone looks to the source of the voice to see Carly coming towards them.

 

Akiza says, “Hey, Carly.”

 

Jack asks, “What do you mean that could be a bit of a problem Carly?”

 

Carly responds, taking out her camera, “I believe that I saw Suguha-san leaving on a bus heading for Satellite.”

 

There are looks of surprise and Kazuto asks, surprised, “Huh?”

 

Asuna asks Kazuto, “Kirito-kun, didn’t Suguha-chan say that she needed to rest?”

 

Kazuto says, with a nod, “I figured that Sugu was still exhausted. She had been through a nasty fight yesterday.”

 

Jack says, “It seems like she wasn’t as tired as she seemed to be.”

 

Yusei asks Carly, “Are you sure that it was her?”

 

Carly takes out her digital camera and she says, “Yes. I took a picture too.” Carly then displays the screen of the digital camera and it shows a picture of Suguha, wearing a hooded cloak over her clothing with the hood down, while getting onto a bus with Agumon (Suguha) and Lunamon.

 

Keiko asks, surprised, “Suguha?”

 

Serena asks, curiously, “What is she doing?”

 

Tai says, plainly, “Heading off somewhere without us and by the looks of it, she didn’t want to be seen and recognized.”

 

Matt says, “Obviously, Tai.”

 

Davis yells out, “Well, what are we waiting for? Let’s go after her!”

 

Just then a male voice says, “You aren’t going anywhere.” Everyone turns to the source of the voice to see two young males of late teenage years, 17 to 18 years of age, standing in front of them. One of the males has deep brown hair and onyx eyes and the other has black hair and jade green eyes.

 

Jack asks, “Who the heck is you?”

 

The male with black hair says, pointing to Serena, “We have some ‘business’ with her.”

 

The male with deep brown hair says, with a dark sneer, “Business that several years in the making.”

 

Amara asks, with a glare, “And what kind of business is that?” As Amara spoke, Darien gets in-between Serena and the two males.

 

The male with the deep brown hair says, with a dark stern tone, “I think that you want your ‘guardian’ to back off, princess.”

 

The male with black hair says, taking out a picture, “Unless you want your little friend to suffer.” The male with black hair then throws the photo in which Keiko catches it and Keiko gasps to see that the picture that she has is showing the picture of one young teenage young lady around the same age of Rika with silvery-blue hair and bright brown eyes.

 

There are gasps and Rika and Keiko say in unison, “Hiyori?!”

 

Serena asks, stunned, “What?!”

 

Everyone looks at the picture and the male with black hair asks, “Get the picture, princess?”

 

Rika yells out, angrily, “What did you do to her?”

 

The male with the deep brown hair says, pointing to Serena and Keiko, “Nothing yet. However, unless those two meet us at the Kaiba Dome, she will pay the price.” The male with deep brown hair tells Serena, with a sinister smile, “And you wouldn’t want anything happen to your precious friends, eh, Tsukino-san? Or maybe we should call you…Moon-san instead?!”

 

There are gasps of shock and Amara says, with a serious tone, “Since you know who we are, you should know what we can do.”

 

The male with black hair responds, with a dark stern tone, “And we know that you won’t do anything that will harm an ‘innocent’, so, don’t even try. And you already realize that your precious princess’ friends will pay the price if something happens to us.” Tai, Matt, TK, Ken, Davis, Darien, Raye, Lita, and Davis sneers at the two males.

 

Davis says, angrily, “Why you…!!”

 

Ken tells Davis, “Don’t, Davis.” The two males then walk off and out of the hospital with a lot of the others glaring at them.

 

When they are gone, Keiko asks, “What’s going on? Why would they want to duel Serena and I?”

 

Rika responds, “You got me, Keiko. With Serena, they seem to know that she and Sailor Moon are one in the same. They could be working for the Dark Agency or they could be remnants of UNI-SHOCKER.”

 

Amara says, “After what happened, we checked all of the buildings and companies connected to UNI-SHOCKER. We didn’t find anything.”

 

Darien says, with a nod, “They completely evacuated this world.”

 

Serena says, “Well, we can’t leave Hiyori in their hands.”

 

Tai tells Serena, “Serena, you know that this is a trap.”

 

Serena says, “I know, but I don’t have a choice, Tai.”

 

Keiko tells Serena, “We don’t have a choice, Serena. Hiyori is OUR friend. We can’t abandon her.”

 

Serena says, “Keiko…”

 

Asuna tells Keiko, “It is too dangerous, Keiko-chan.”

 

Keiko responds, “It may be, but Hiyori is our friend and we can’t abandon her.”

 

Yolei says, with a sigh, “Something tells me that they are going to go no matter what.”

 

Mina says, with a smile, “Yep.”

 

Kari asks, “What about Suguha?”

 

Amara says, “We’re going to have to believe that she can take care of herself.”

 

Michelle says, with a smile, “And I believe that she will. She is one of the strongest Sailor Scouts. She has recently gain the highest tier of Sailor Scout power yet.”

 

Darien says, “True, but it has a major disadvantage. The amount of power that it produces puts a massive strain on her body and drains her energy quickly. She can’t maintain that form for long periods of time.”

 

Leo asks, curiously, “Oh, really?”

 

Luna tells Leo, a bit annoyed, “This isn’t the time, Leo.”

 

Ken says, “Well, I doubt that there is anything that she would need to go to that level of power for.”

 

Kazuto thinks in her mind, “I hope so, Ken. What is going on with you, Sugu? Why didn’t you tell me that you went through a horrifying experience? And what really happened to you while I was trapped in SAO?” Asuna can’t help to worry about her boyfriend as Kazuto deeply ponder all these questions about his adoptive sister/cousin in his mind as our heroes and heroines prepare head off to rescue a friend in trouble.

 

May 9, 2026, Neo Domino City, Satellite Sector

 

Within the Satellite Sector of Neo Domino City, which is now connected to the rest of the city via Daedalus Bridge and has become a vibrant, again, as it was in Yugi Moto’s and Jaden Yuki’s time as the original Domino City, we find Suguha with her two Digimon partners, Agumon (Suguha) and Lunamon, walking through the streets. Suguha’s current outfit is mainly covered up by a long hooded brown cloak as she is walking through the streets.

 

People are giving the one human and two Digimon glances and Lunamon says, “I thought that people would be staring.”

 

Suguha tells Lunamon, “Remember, Digidestined and Tamers have become a common thing these days with so many of us, so, it isn’t unusual, Lunamon.”

 

Agumon (Suguha) says, “Yeah, but it still feels weird to be stared at, boss.”

 

Suguha tells Agumon (Suguha), “Well, Agumon, you are actual monsters and when you reached even your Champion forms, you cause quite a ‘stir’.”

 

Agumon (Suguha) says, “Good point.”

 

Lunamon asks Suguha, “Suguha, are you going to be okay?”

 

Suguha says, with a sigh, “I wish that I could say that I was, Lunamon, but I would be lying.”

 

Agumon (Suguha) says, “Boss…”

 

Suguha tells Agumon (Suguha), “I know what you are going to say, Agumon, but this is my responsibility. If it is her, then it is my job to stop her. I may not have the Legendary Knights because they went to Keiko and Rika for some reasons, which I really don’t like the fact that they are putting them in danger, but I’m a lot stronger than I was back then.”

 

Lunamon says, with a nod, “Yes…”

 

Agumon (Suguha) asks, “But why here?”

 

Suguha says, “This is where Yusei and his group battled the Dark Signers all those years ago and plus, the Zero Reverse Incident took place here which started the revival of the Earthbound Immortals. Even through the Netherworld King was defeated, you won’t be able to get rid of all that negative energy at once or in a short time, Agumon. There has to be plenty of it remaining and it is perfect energy for the Orichalcos. There were a few missions around here because of that…back in the day.”

 

Lunamon says, concerned, “Suguha.”

 

Suguha says, “I’m okay, Lunamon. Now, let’s get going.” Suguha then grunts out in pain as a searing pain comes from her neck and she hold her neck in pain.

 

Agumon (Suguha) says, concerned, “Boss!”

 

Lunamon asks, concerned, “Are you okay?”

 

Suguha says, with a slight nervous smile, “Yeah, must have pulled my neck or something. I’ll be okay. Let’s get going.” Suguha starts to walk off, but her two Digimon partners can’t help to be concerned about Suguha, however, they keep their concerns to their themselves for the moment. However, Suguha is concerned about the sudden pain in her neck. The pain is familiar to her and it is a pain that she would rather forget.

 

May 9, 2026, Neo Domino City, Kaiba Dome

 

Inside of the Kaiba Dome, the two males that confronted our heroes and heroines within the hospital, they are waiting on the dueling field while Hiyori, tied up and trapped in a cage, is behind them.

 

Hiyori asks, nervously, “Why are you doing this?”

 

The male with the dark brown hair says, “Nothing personal…against you anyway.”

 

The male with the black hair says, “We have a vendetta against that girl who ruined our family’s lives.”

 

Hiyori says, “None of my friends would ever…”

 

The male with dark brown hair says, “Her family ruined our family’s lives with the ‘death game’ that you were trapped in.”

 

Hiyori then quickly realizes who the males are talking about and she yells out, “She and her family never knew…!!”

 

The male with black hair says, shaking his head, “It isn’t surprising that you were enslaved by those murderers in that ‘death game’. You are just airheaded little girl.”

 

Just then a familiar female voice says, “Hiyori!” The males and Hiyori look to see our heroes and heroines, joined by our former Signers, walking onto the field.

 

Hiyori says, “Serena! Rika! Keiko! Everyone!”

 

Serena asks Hiyori, “Are you okay?”

 

Hiyori says, “Yes, I am…for the moment.”

 

The males walk forward as they attached Chaos Duel Disks, similar to the one that Mike used, to their left wrists and the male with black hair says, “You are all right, but they won’t be for long.”

 

Lita yells out, “Let her go now!”

 

The male with brown hair says, “You don’t order us around. And here is why.” The male with brown hair pushes a button attached to his body and Hiyori yelps out as the cage shocks her.

 

Everyone gasps and Rika yells out, fearfully, “Hiyori!”

 

When the cage stops shocking Hiyori, the male with black hair says, “We have ‘dead man switches’ attached to us. Any harm comes to us and she gets pumped with so much electricity, she will be dead before you can take a step.”

 

Darien says, with a sneer, “Cowards!”

 

The male with brown hair says, pointing to Serena, “We will have our payback for what her family did to ours.”

 

Kazuto asks, seriously, “This is about SAO, isn’t it?”

 

The male with black hair says, “My name is Squall Tamia and my friend is Dan Omischia. Our parents worked at Argus and they were among the best of the best developers and programmers of SAO!”

 

There are gasps and the brown haired male, Dan, says, “Our parents didn’t suspect a thing…” Dan then yells out, with dark anger in his eyes, “…And then Kayaba trapped ten thousand people in SAO in which two thousand died in the first month! Before Argus went under, because our parents were among the top developers and programmers of SAO, they lost their jobs! And when people found out that they were part of Argus and help create SAO, our families were shunned by society and our parents were called ‘murderers’, ‘killers’, and all of those lies!”

 

The male with black hair, Squall, then says, with tears in his eyes, “And then our parents…our parents…”

 

Akiza says, horrified, “Oh my!”

 

Squall says, with a dark glare, “That’s right! And we were thrown in the streets! Our so-called ‘friends’ and ‘friends’ of our families left us to die just to save themselves not wanting to be associated with the children of ‘murderers’!”

 

Dan says, pointing at Serena, “You…Your family took everything from us! Our parents’ reputation…their honor…their lives! All because of your family! And you are supposed to be Sailor Moon?! You are no hero! THE BLOOD OF OUR PARENTS AND ALL THOSE THAT KAYABA KILLED ARE ON YOUR HANDS!!!”

 

Davis yells out, annoyed, “That’s not fucking true and you know it! If he cared about Serena, Kayaba wouldn’t have trapped her in SAO in the first place!”

 

Squall shouts out, with a dark angered tone, “Lies! She is still alive and our parents are dead! And now, Kayaba is gone! He escaped justice! Someone has to pay and she is the one to pay!” Squall and Dan activate their duel disks.

 

Serena says, stepping forward, “If you want to duel me, okay, but please, leave Keiko and Hiyori out of this.”

 

Squall responds, “No! Your little friend is our ‘insurance’ to make sure that you and your little friends and family don’t try anything. We sympathize. She was enslaved by those bastards known as Laughing Coffin, but it just sucks to her being friends with you.”

 

Dan says, pointing to Keiko, “And we have orders to duel her as well. We have nothing against her, but orders are orders. We want you, so, we have to duel her as well.”

 

Serena was about to say something, but Keiko steps forward and Serena asks, surprised, “Keiko?”

 

Keiko says, “I said that Hiyori is my friend, too, and I won’t abandon her.”

 

Asuna says, worriedly, “You can’t, Keiko-chan!”

 

Kotone says, “It is too dangerous!”

 

Keiko says, “I won’t back down.”

 

Jack’s voice then calls out, “Then you are going to need this!” Keiko turns to face Jack and Keiko yelps as she catches what looks like a bright sky blue version of the Real Solid Vision Duel Disks like the ones that Serena and Suguha use.

 

Crow yells out, “Hey! Isn’t that one of our Real Solid Vision Duel Disk prototypes?”

 

Jack says, “I kind of borrowed it.”

 

Crow says, glaring at Jack, “Borrowed, huh? Yeah, right.”

 

Jack says, with a glare, “Yeah, borrowed!”

 

Akiza tells Jack and Crow, annoyed, “This isn’t the time, you two!”

 

Keiko then attaches the duel disk to her left wrist and Rika says, “Oh, geez. She isn’t going to back down.” Serena also sighs as she takes out her duel disk and attach it to her left wrist in which Keiko and Serena insert their duel disks into their decks as they activate them.

 

Keiko thinks in her mind, “Pina, please give me your strength.”

 

All four duel disks then shuffle their duelist’s respective decks and as this is happening, Squall says, with a dark plain tone, “This duel is a tag duel. Dan and I versus you and the little girl.”

 

Keiko says, with an embarrassed blush on her cheeks, “I’m not THAT little!”

 

Squall says, ignoring Keiko, “Both teams will have eight thousand life-points each, they can share cards on their side of the field, but they can’t share cards in their hands unless through a card effect, we also share a graveyard, too, and none of us can attack during the first turn!”

 

Serena says, with a nod, “Fine.” All four duelists draw five cards from their respective decks, their duel disks’ touch screen display 8000 life-points for each tag team, Serena and Keiko as well as Squall and Dan, and each duelist draws five cards from their respective decks.

 

“Duel!” Serena, Keiko, Squall, and Dan say in unison as their tag duel begins.

 

Starting Scores:

Serena and Keiko: 8000

Squall and Dan: 8000

 

Darien thinks in his mind, “Be careful.” Plenty of the others were thinking of the same thing as the duel starts between the two sides.

 

Serena says, drawing a card, “I’ll start this duel off.”

 

Dan says, with a dark sneer, “You’ll need the head start!”

 

Serena says, putting one card on her duel disk, “I play Armed Dragon Level Three in attack mode.” Just then Armed Dragon LV3 (1200/800) appears on the field in attack mode, Serena puts one card into the main slot of her disk, and she says, “Next, I play Mirage of Nightmare! On your Standby Phase, I draw until I have four cards in my hand, but next turn, during my Standby Phase, I have to discard same number of cards that I drew with this effect!” Serena says, putting four cards into the main slot, “Then I place four cards face-down and end my turn!”

 

Squall says, drawing a card, “My move!”

 

Serena says, drawing four cards from her deck, “And my draw due to my Mirage!” Serena says, pushing two buttons on her disk’s touch screen, “Then I play two of my face-down cards! The trap: Jar of Greed! And then the Quick-Play Spell: Emergency Provisions!” Two of Serena’s face-down cards are revealed to be the Jar of Greed trap card and Emergency Provisions Quick-Play spell card in which Serena says, “With Emergency Provisions, I get rid of spell or trap cards on my field and Keiko and I will gain one thousand points for each one! I choose Jar of Greed and Mirage of Nightmare!” Jar of Greed and Mirage of Nightmare vanish with Keiko’s and Serena’s life-points going up by 2000 and Serena says, drawing a card, “However, Jar of Greed’s effect still activates and I get one extra card!”

 

Yolei yells out, excitedly, “Way to go!”

 

Mina says, “That was an awesome move!”

 

Squall says, with an evil smile, “But not good enough to stop this.”

 

Everyone else gets nervous and Tai says, “I don’t like the look on his face.”

 

Squall says, displaying a Seal of Orichalcos Field Spell card, “I play my Seal of Orichalcos Field Spell!”

 

There are gasps and Trista yell out, “You can’t!” However, Squall puts the card into his disk’s Field Spell slot and causing a familiar eerie green glow to come from Squall’s and Dan’s disk in which the two of them shout out as the evil power surges through them while a massive column of eerie green light goes into the sky causing a powerful wind storm.

 

Yusei says, seriously, “He played it!” Soon after, the Seal of Orichalcos surrounds all four duelists causing everyone else, minus Hiyori, to get flung down to the ground.

 

Keiko says, worriedly, “Kirito-san! Liz! Asuna!”

 

Kazuto says, “We’re okay!”

 

Rika says, “Speak for yourself!” On the meanwhile, the insignia of the Orichalcos appears on the foreheads of Squall and Dan and their eyes gain a sinister red glow.

 

Squall says, with an evil smile and dark sinister tone, “And now, princess, you are going to pay for what your family did to our families!” Squall says, putting one card on his duel disk, “I summon Ancient Gear Hunting Hound in attack mode!” Soon after, Ancient Gear Hunting Hound (1000/1000) appears on the field appears on the field in attack mode and Squall says, “And now, it gains greater power thanks to the Orichalcos!” Ancient Gear Hunting Hound gains the insignia of the Orichalcos on its forehead and sinister red glow in its eyes as it goes from 1000/1000 to 1500/1000 with Squall saying, “Also, when it is successfully summoned, both of you lose six hundred life-points!” Hunting Hound unleashes a breath of flames at Serena and Keiko and they yelp as they are hit by the flames causing him to lose 600 life-points.

 

Asuna says, worriedly, “Silica…Keiko-chan!”

 

Luna says, stunned, “Those flames! I felt them!”

 

Crow says, shocked, “That’s no hologram!”

 

Dan says, with an evil smile, “More like Real Solid Vision without the safeties!”

 

Davis says, angrily, “You are sick!”

 

Serena asks Keiko, “Are you okay?”

 

Keiko says, with a nod, “Y-Yes, I’ll be okay.”

 

Squall says, putting one card into the main slot, “You won’t be soon enough. I end with a face-down.”

 

Current Scores:

Serena and Keiko: 9400

Squall and Dan: 8000

 

Keiko thinks in her mind, “Serena and Hiyori are counting on me. And I can’t let them down!” Keiko draws a card and she says, “My turn! I draw!” Keiko says, putting one card on her duel disk, “I play Baby Dragon in defense mode.” Baby Dragon (1200/700) appears on the field in defense mode and Keiko says, putting one card into the main slot of her disk, “And then I end with one card face-down.”

 

Dan says, with a dark plain tone, “Is that all? That’s really pathetic. I thought that you would be stronger since you hold one of those three legendary knights.” Dan says, drawing a card, “Guess I should have expected such a thing from a little girl! My turn! I draw!” Dan says, putting one card on his duel disk, “And now, I summon my Ancient Gear Hunting Hound!” Another Ancient Gear Hunting Hound (1000/1000-1500/1000) appears on the field in attack mode and gets ‘infused’ by the power of the Orichalcos in which Dan says, with a sinister smile, “And now, you and that princess get slammed with six hundred points of damage!” Hunting Hound 2 unleashes more flames in which Keiko and Serena yelp as they get hit causing them to lose 600 more life-points. Dan says, displaying Ancient Gear Soldier (1300/1300) monster card, “And now, I use my Hunting Hound’s ability and fusion summon an Ancient Gear monster using it and monsters on the field or in my hand! Now, I fuse my Hunting Hound with my Gear Soldier in my hand!” Ancient Gear Solider appears on the field, goes into a fusion vortex with Hunting Hound, and Dan says, putting a Fusion Monster card from his Extra Deck on his duel disk, “Show them the wrath of the past, Ancient Gear Howitzer!” Out of the fusion vortex, Ancient Gear Howitzer (1000/1800-1500/1800) appears on the field in defense mode and gets infused with the power of the Orichalcos. Dan then says, with an evil smile, “And now, I use its ability and slam you with one thousand points of damage! Fire!” Ancient Gear Howitzer fires its weapon and Keiko and Serena scream out as they are slammed by the barrage causing them to get knocked to the ground while losing 1000 life-points in the process.

 

Darien shouts out, fearfully, “Serena!”

 

Lita yells out, fearfully and angrily, “Damn it!”

 

Kotone says, worriedly, “Keiko! Serena!” Keiko and Serena, their forms smoking a bit, slowly get back to their feet.

 

Dan says, putting one card into the main slot of his disk, “I’ll admit that I’m impressed that you wimps got back up from that. I’ll end my turn here.”

 

Current Scores:

Serena and Keiko: 7800

Squall and Dan: 8000

 

Serena says, drawing a card, “Okay, my move! And now, my Armed Dragon’s ability activates! It goes from level three to level five!” Armed Dragon LV3 roars out as it glows while Serena puts a card that comes from her deck onto her duel disk in which Armed Dragon LV3 ‘evolves’ into Armed Dragon LV5 (2400/1700) in attack mode. Serena says, putting one card into main slot of her disk, “Then I activate my Level Up spell card! Now, my Armed Dragon evolves, again, this time from level five to level seven!” A card comes out of Serena’s deck as Armed Dragon LV5 glows in which when Serena puts the card on her duel disk, Armed Dragon LV5 ‘transforms’ into Armed Dragon LV7 (2800/1000) in attack mode.

 

Mina yells out, excitedly, “Way to go, girl!”

 

Serena says, discarding X-Head Cannon (1800/1500) Monster card, “And now, I use Armed Dragon’s ability! By discarding a monster card from my hand, all monsters on your field that are equal or less attack points are automatically destroyed! And since my X-Head Cannon has eighteen hundred attack points, your tin cans are gone!” Armed Dragon LV7 unleashes blades from its chest that destroys both Ancient Gear Hunting Hound and Howitzer. Serena says, putting one card into the main slot of her disk, “Then I play Silent Doom and revive one Normal Monster from the grave in defense mode!” X-Head Cannon (1800/1500) returns to the field in defense mode and Serena says, putting yet another card into the main slot of her disk, “Then I play Double Summon and I can Normal Summon twice this turn!” Serena puts two cards on her duel disk and she says, “And my Y-Dragon Head and Z-Metal Tank are ready to go!” Just then Y-Dragon Head (1500/1600) and Z-Metal Tank (1500/1300) appear on the field in attack mode in which Serena says, “And now, I remove X-Head Cannon, Y-Dragon Head, and Z-Metal Tank from play to summon XYZ-Dragon Cannon in attack mode!” Serena puts a Fusion Monster card from her Extra Deck in which X-Head Cannon, Y-Dragon Head, and Z-Metal Dragon combine into XYZ-Dragon Cannon (2800/2600) in attack mode.

 

Squall asks, with a dark confident smile, “Do you really think that scares us?”

 

Serena says, “Let’s see! Armed Dragon, direct attack!”

 

Armed Dragon LV7 moves in to attack Squall and Squall says, pushing a button on his disk’s touch screen, “I don’t think so! Activate trap: Waboku!” Squall’s face-down card is revealed to be the Waboku trap card and Squall says, “Thanks to this trap card, I take no damage from your overgrown lizard!” A trio of maidens then protects Squall from Armed Dragon and Squall says, with a smirk, “And Dan and I take no damage from any attacks this turn!”

 

Serena says, “I end my turn.”

 

Squall says, drawing a card, “And your end starts now!” Squall says, putting one card on his disk, “Now, I summon, yet, another Hunting Hound!” A third Ancient Gear Hunting Hound (1000/1000-1500/1000) appears on the field in attack mode and gets infused with the power of the Orichalcos with Squall declaring, with a dark sinister smile, “And you know what happens now, princess!” Hunting Hound unleashes its flames in which Serena and Keiko yelp as they are burned while losing 600 more life-points.

 

Amara yells out, angrily, “Damn it! Try something original, dork!”

 

Squall says, displaying two Ancient Gear Golem (3000/2500 X 2) Monster cards, “Okay, I use my Hunting Hound’s ability and fuse him with two Ancient Gear Golems!” Both Ancient Gear Golems appear on the field, goes into a fusion vortex with Hunting Hound, and Squall says, putting a Fusion Monster card from his Extra Deck on his disk, “I Fusion Summon Ancient Gear Megaton Golem!” Out of the vortex, Ancient Gear Megaton Golem (3300/3300-3800/3300), a six-armed four-legged version of Ancient Gear Golem, appears on the field in attack mode and becomes infused with the power of the Orichalcos.

 

Raye yells at Amara, annoyed, “You had to open your big mouth!”

 

Rika says, with a nod, “I’ll say!”

 

Squall says, with an evil smile, “And since I used two to more Ancient Gear Golem monsters to summon, he can attack as many times as Ancient Gear Golems used and since I used two, it is double the attacking fun!”

 

Serena says, pushing a button on her disk’s touch screen, “I don’t think so! I play Fusion Treaty!” Another of Serena’s face-down cards is revealed to be a trap card with a picture of Fusion Monsters in front of peace treaty and Serena says, “Since both of us have Fusion Monsters, you can’t attack this turn!”

 

Squall says, putting two cards into the main slot of his disk with a dark sneer, “You are just delaying your justice! I end my turn!”

 

Current Score:

Serena and Keiko: 7200

Squall and Dan: 8000

 

Keiko says, drawing a card, “My move!” Keiko says, putting one card on her disk, “I play Spirit Ryu!” Spirit Ryu (1000/1000) then appears on the field in attack mode and Keiko says, “Spirit Ryu, attack his Golem!”

 

As Spirit Ryu prepares to attack, Squall asks, with a dark taunting tone, “Are you that dumb? Your lizard is no match for my Golem!”

 

Keiko says, displaying three Blue-Eyes White Dragon (3000/2500 X 3), “I activate my Ryu’s ability! By discarding a number of dragon monsters from my hand, my Ryu gains one thousand life-points for each one!”

 

Squall and Dan gasp in shock and Dan asks, “Where in the heck does a little girl get Blue-Eyes White Dragons?!” Keiko discards her three cards and the ‘spirits’ of three Blue-Eyes White Dragons goes into Spirit Ryu causing it to go from 1000/1000 to 4000/1000 before it unleashes its attack right at Megaton Golem.

 

Dan says, pushing a button on his disk’s touch screen, “Wrong! I play my trap: Half Unbreak!” Dan’s face-down card is revealed to be the Half Unbreak trap card and Dan says, “Thanks to this card, Megaton Golem isn’t destroyed and we take half the damage that we would have taken from the attack!” A bubble surrounds Megaton Golem in which Ryu’s attack hits it in which Squall and Dan flinch as they are hit by the small shockwave costing them only 100 life-points.

 

Keiko says, solemnly while putting one card into the main slot of her disk, “I end my turn with one card face-down.” Spirit Ryu then goes back from 4000/1000 to its original 1000/1000 with its effect ended.

 

Current Score:

Serena and Keiko: 7200

Squall and Dan: 7900

 

Dan says, drawing a card, “My turn!”

 

Keiko says, pushing a button on her disk, “I activate my trap: Thunder of Ruler!” Keiko’s face-down is revealed to be Thunder of Ruler trap card and Keiko says, “Thanks to this card, you lose your Battle Phase this turn!”

 

Rika says, with a sly grin, “Nice!”

 

Dan says, putting one card on his duel disk, “It won’t matter since I play another Hunting Hound!” A fourth Ancient Gear Hunting Hound (1000/1000-1500/1000) appears on the field in attack mode and gets infused with the power of the Orichalcos in which Dan says, with a dark wicked grin, “And now, it is time for you to feel the burn, little girl!” Serena and Keiko yelp, yet again, as Hunting Hound unleashes flames on them that costs them 600 more life-points.

 

Leo yells out, angrily, “This is just sick!”

 

Dan says, displaying Ancient Gear Gadget (500/2000), Ancient Gear Box (500/2000), and Ancient Gear Knight (1800/500) Monster cards, “And it is going to get sicker when I use my Hunting Hound’s ability and fuse him with three of my other Ancient Gears to play one of our ultimate monsters!” The three monsters appear on the field, goes into a fusion vortex with Hunting Hound, and when Dan puts a Fusion Monster card from his Extra Deck, he yells out, “Meet Ancient Gear Chaos Giant!” Out of the fusion vortex, Ancient Gear Chaos Giant (4500/3000-5000/3000), a massive black and dark blue machine titan, appears on the field in attack mode and becomes infused with the power of the Orichalcos.

 

The others gasps and Kotone says, shocked, “It’s huge!”

 

Davis says, “I don’t think that ‘huge’ describes it best!”

 

TK says, with a nod, “No kidding, Davis!”

 

Dan says, “Thanks to your trap, I can’t attack, but next turn, you and the princess won’t be so lucky!”

 

Current Scores:

Serena and Keiko: 6600

Squall and Dan: 7900

 

Serena says, drawing a card, “My turn!” Serena says, putting one card into the main slot of her disk, “I activate my Graceful Charity! I draw three cards and discard two soon after!” Serena draws three cards, looks at them, and she thinks, as she discards two cards from her hand, “Perfect!” Serena says, putting one more card into the main slot of her disk, “Now, I play my Junk Dealer! Now, I can summon two warrior or machine monsters from my graveyard in attack mode and their attack points are cut in half! So, I play my V-Tiger Jet and W-Wing Catapult!”  Soon after, V-Tiger Jet (1600/1800-800/1800) and W-Wing Catapult (1300/1500-650/1500) appear on the field in attack mode and Serena says, “And now, I remove them play to summon VW-Tiger Catapult!” Serena puts a Fusion Monster card from her Extra Deck on her duel disk and V-Tiger Jet and W-Wing Catapult ‘combine’ to form VW-Tiger Catapult (2000/2100) appears on the field in attack mode. Serena says, “Next, I remove both XYZ and VW from play to V-to-Z Dragon Catapult Cannon!” When Serena puts, yet, another Fusion Monster card on her duel disk, XYZ-Dragon Cannon and VW-Tiger Catapult then ‘combine’ into VWXYZ-Dragon Catapult Cannon (3000/2800) in attack mode. Serena says, “And now, I use his ability and send your Chaos Giant out of here!”

 

Squall says, pushing a button on his disk’s touch screen, “Not so fast! I activate my Sabotage Switch trap!” Squall’s face-down card is revealed to be a continuous trap card with a picture of a device attached to a large computer mainframe in which the device shown on the picture attaches to the chest of Dragon Catapult Cannon in which Squall says, with a dark smirk, “Nice try, witch! But thanks to this trap card, when you target a monster with your monster’s effect, this card equips to it and negates all of its special abilities, but all of us get a card from it!” Dragon Catapult Cannon sparks as its special abilities are negates in which all four duelists draw a card from their decks.

 

Serena says, “Okay, but now, I remove both Armed Dragon and Dragon Catapult Cannon from play to summon Armed Dragon Catapult Cannon!” Serena puts a third Fusion Monster card from her Extra Deck on her duel disk causing her Armed Dragon LV 7 and Dragon Catapult Cannon to ‘combine’ into Armed Dragon Catapult Cannon (3500/3000), what looks like Armed Dragon LV7 fused with Dragon Catapult Cannon, in attack mode.

 

Davis says, excitedly, “Cool!”

 

Serena says, removing the top card from her deck, “Next, I play my Armed Dragon Catapult Cannon’s ability! By removing one card from my deck or Extra Deck from play, all cards on my opponent’s field are banished!”

 

Squall says, pushing a button on his disk’s touch screen, “I don’t think so, princess! I activate my Divine Wrath!” Squall’s other face-down card is the Divine Wrath counter-trap card and Squall says, discarding one card from his hand, “By discarding a card, your monster’s ability is negated and it is also destroyed!” A lightning bolt from the skies slams into Armed Dragon Catapult Cannon and it is destroyed!

 

Lita says, shocked, “No way!”

 

Dan says, with a dark smirk, “Bet you didn’t see that one coming, did you? Serves you right!”

 

Squall says, “By the way, the card that I discarded was Ancient Gear Compensation! When I have an Ancient Gear monster on the field and I discard this card from my hand for any reason, its effect allows me to draw one card for every two Ancient Gears in my graveyard! And I last checked, there are four of our Ancient Gear Hunting Hounds, two Ancient Gear Golems, one Howitzer, one Soldier, and three other Ancient Gear monsters making it eleven which means five new cards for me!” Squall draws five new cards from his deck and he says, with an evil smile, “And five new ways for me to make you pay!”

 

Serena says, putting one card into the main slot of her disk, “Wrong! I activate my Different Dimension Compensation! For every card removed from play, I get one more card from my deck and last time I checked, there are ten cards removed from play!” Squall and Dan sneer as Serena draws ten new cards from her deck and Serena thinks, as she looks at her cards, “Maybe I should try Ancient Fairy Dragon! She isn’t an ordinary monster, so, maybe…”

 

Dan says, with a dark smirk, “If you are thinking of using that dragon of yours, the Orichalcos is more ancient than your precious Ancient Fairy Dragon.”

 

Trista says, “He’s right, princess. The Orichalcos is far more ancient than the Signer Dragons. Ancient Fairy Dragon’s power won’t work on it.”

 

Serena says, putting one card into the main slot of her disk, “Bummer, but I’m not without options. I play Earthquake! All monsters on the field are switched into defense mode!” The whole field then shakes in which Ancient Gear Megaton Golem, Chaos Giant, and Spirit Ryu are switched from attack to defense mode and Serena says, putting one card into the main slot of her disk, “Then I play my Chaos Form Ritual Spell!” Serena discards her Dragon Spirit of White (2500/2000) and she says, putting one Ritual Monster card on her duel disk, “I release my Dragon Spirit of White to play this: Blue-Eyes Chaos Max Dragon!” Out of a gateway, Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon (4000/0) then appears on the field in attack mode. Serena shouts out, putting one card into the main slot of her disk, “Next, I play my Double Attack spell!” Serena discards her Dark Sage (2800/3200) Monster card and she says, “I discard my Dark Sage and a monster that has less stars can attack! Dark Sage is level nine and that means that Chaos Max Dragon gets a double attack! First, take out Megaton Golem!” Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon then fires a powerful beam into Megaton Golem and Serena shouts out, “And now, Chaos Max Dragon’s ability! When it attacks a monster with less defense than its attack, it inflicts damage equal the difference AND doubles it!” Megaton Golem is destroyed in a strong explosion and Squall and Dan shout out in shock and pain as they lose 1400 life-points. Serena shouts out, “And now, Chaos Max Dragon, destroy Chaos Giant! Chaos Burst Stream!” Chaos MAX Dragon unleashes the same attack and vaporizes Chaos Giant in a strong explosion causing both Squall and Dan to get knocked to the ground as they lose 2000 more life-points.

 

Mina shouts out, excitedly, “Way to go, girlfriend!”

 

Serena asks, strongly, “Now, have you come to your senses?”

 

Squall and Dan get back on their feet, their eyes glow a complete sinister red, and Squall yells out, with a dark angered tone, “How dare you?!”

 

Dan yells out, with a dark enraged tone, “Now, you and your little friend are going to suffer even more!” Both Squall and Dan get engulfed in dark violet auras that causes the others to get ‘cold chills’ especially those that have strong spiritual senses.

 

Amara says, with a serious tone, “The negative energy is overwhelming!”

 

Raye says, “Their hatred and rage is incredible!”

 

Serena thinks in her mind, nervously, “That’s…disturbing and worrying.” Serena says, putting one card into the main slot of her disk, “I end my turn with a face-down.”

 

Current Scores:

Serena and Keiko: 6600

Squall and Dan: 4500

 

Squall says, drawing a card, “You’ll pay! My turn!” Squall says, putting one card into the main slot of his disk, “First, I start with Ancient Gear Castle!” As a giant old-fashioned fortress filled with old-fashioned gears appears on the field, Squall says, “Now, all Ancient Gear monsters on the field gain three hundred attack points!” Squall says, putting one more card into the main slot of his disk, “Then I activate my Ancient Gear Factory! With this, I can summon any Ancient Gear monster from my hand as long as I remove Ancient Gear monsters from my graveyard equal to double its level!” Two cards come Squall’s graveyard slot of his disk and Squall says, putting one card on his disk, “I remove two Ancient Gear Golems from the grave to play Ancient Gear Golem-Ultimate Pound!” Part of two Ancient Gear Golems come out of Squall’s graveyard slot of his disk and reform into Ancient Gear Golem-Ultimate Pound (3000/3000-3800/3000), an exact duplicate of the ‘regular’ Ancient Gear Golem, appears on the field in attack mode that gets infused with the power of Orichalcos as well as enhanced by Ancient Gear Castle.

 

Serena says, “Not enough against my dragon!”

 

Squall says, putting one card into the main slot of his disk, “Not yet! Now, I play the ultimate spell card: Ancient Gear Fusion! With this card, I can use monsters on the field to summon an Ancient Gear Fusion monster, but since I have an Ancient Gear Golem out, I can use monsters in my deck to do that!”

 

The others gasp in shock and Mimi says, nervously, “Uh oh.”

 

Tai says, “MAJOR ‘Uh oh’, Mimi!”

 

Matt says, seriously, “All coming for them!”

 

Squall takes two cards from his deck, discards one more Ancient Gear Golem (3000/3000) and one more Ancient Gear Golem-Ultimate Power (3000/3000) causing them to appear on the field, and he says, as the two monsters fuse with the Ancient Gear Golem-Ultimate Pound on the field, “Now, I Fusion Summon the monster that will finally destroy you once and for all, wench! Ultimate Ancient Gear Golem!” Out of the fusion vortex, Ultimate Ancient Gear Golem (4400/3400-5200/3400) appears on the field in attack mode and gets infused with the power of the Orichalcos as well as boosted by Ancient Gear Castle.

 

Lita says, nervously, “That’s not good!”

 

Serena calls out, pushing a button on her disk’s touch screen, “Activate trap: Zero Gravity!” Serena’s face-down card is revealed to be the Zero Gravity trap card and Serena says, “This trap card forces all monsters on the field to switch positions!” Squall gives a dark growl as Ultimate Ancient Gear Golem, Spirit Ryu, and Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon switch from attack to defense mode while Baby Dragon switches from defense mode to attack mode.

 

Davis says, excitedly, “Yes! Since he already summoned that tin can in attack mode, her move just stopped his attack and his monster’s abilities are worthless since it isn’t attacking yet!”

 

Squall yells out, with a dark angered tone, “You are getting us pissed off!” Squall puts two cards into the main slot of his disk and he says, with a dark strong tone, “I end my turn!”

 

Keiko draws a card and she says, “My turn!” Keiko says, putting one card into the main slot of her disk, “I play Pot of Greed! And I draw two cards!” Keiko draws two cards and she thinks, looking at one card, “I got what I need to complete my combo!” She then looks at another card in her hands, her eyes widen, and she then hears her ‘pet’ dragon from SAO/ALO in her mind. Keiko thinks in her mind, surprised, “Pina?!”

 

Dan yells out, with a dark annoyed tone, “What’s taking so long? Scared?”

 

Keiko says, putting one card into the main slot of her disk, “Maybe if I was alone, but I know that I’m not. I’ve got all my friends with me! I play…The Fang of Critias!” There are plenty of widened eyes as a rainbow glow appears on the field and Critias, in his ‘dragon form’, appears with a mighty roar. Keiko’s face-down card is revealed to be the Ring of Destruction trap card and Keiko says, “And now, I fuse my Ring of Destruction with Critias!” The trap card shoots into Critias and he roars as he is bathed in rainbow light as a new Fusion Monster card appears on Keiko’s duel disk. Keiko yells out, “I play Destruction Dragon!” Out of the rainbow light, Destruction Dragon (2000/3000), a black armored dragon with a ring around its neck, spikes as kneepads, and drill-like tail, appears on the field in attack mode.

 

Squall asks, with a dark taunting tone, “All that?! For that lizard?!”

 

Keiko says, “Destruction Dragon has ability to destroy any card on my opponent’s field once per turn!” Squall and Dan gasps as Destruction Dragon’s drill tail lashes out against Ultimate Ancient Gear Golem and Keiko says, seriously, “And if it is a monster that he destroyed, you take damage equal to its original attack points!”

 

Squall and Dan give flabbergasted gasps and Rika yells out, excitedly, “Way to go!” Destruction Dragon’s drill tail impales Ultimate Ancient Gear Golem and it roars out as it is destroyed.

 

Squall says, pushing a button on his disk’s touch screen, “This duel isn’t done, yet, brat! I play my Damage Polarizer trap card!” Squall’s face-down card is revealed to be the Damage Polarizer counter-trap card and Squall says, with a dark serious tone, “We don’t take damage from your lizard’s effect and all of us draw a card!” All four duelists then draw one card from their decks and Squall says, “And now, my Ultimate Ancient Gear Golem’s ability activates! When it is destroyed, I can summon one Ancient Gear Golem to take its place!” Out of the rubble of the destroyed Ultimate Ancient Gear Golem, one Ancient Gear Golem (3000/3000-3800/3000) appears on the field in attack mode while getting infused with the power of the Orichalcos as well as enhanced by Ancient Gear Castle.

 

Keiko says, putting one card into the main slot of her disk, “I activate my Dark Factory of Mass Production! I can return two non-effect monsters from the graveyard to my hand!” Two cards come out of the graveyard slot of Keiko’s duel disk and Keiko says, putting one card on her duel disk, “And next, I release my Spirit Ryu and Baby Dragon to play Blue-Eyes White Dragon!” Spirit Ryu and Baby Dragon vanishes in which Blue-Eyes White Dragon (3000/2500) appears on the field to take their place in attack mode. Keiko shouts out, “Blue-Eyes, direct attack! White Lightning!”

 

Blue-Eyes White Dragon unleashes its attack at Dan, but Squall says, pushing a button on his disk’s touch screen, “Wrong, little girl! I play my Negate Attack!” Squall’s other face-down card is revealed to be the Negate Attack counter-trap card and Squall says, with a dark smirk, “Your attack is negated and you can’t attack any more this turn!” An energy field absorbs Blue-Eyes White Dragon’s attack and Keiko gives a disappointed sigh at this.

 

Keiko says, putting one card into the main slot of her disk, “I end my turn with a face-down.”

 

Dan says, drawing a card, “My turn!” Dan says, putting one card into the main slot, “I place a card face-down!” Dan says, putting another card into the main slot of his disk, “Then I activate my Card of Sanctity spell card! All of us now have to draw until we have six cards in our hands!” All four duelists then draw from their decks until they, each, have half-a-dozen cards in their hands, and Dan says, with a dark smirk on his lips while putting one more card into the main slot of his disk, “I activate my Trap Booster! By discarding one card from my hand, I can play one trap card from my hand!” Dan discards one card from his hand and he says, putting one more card into the main slot of his disk, “Then I play my Ancient Gear Reborn! If I have no monsters on the field, I can revive one Ancient Gear monster from the grave and it gains two hundred attack points! I choose Squall’s Megaton Golem!” Soon after, Ancient Gear Megaton Golem (3300/3300-4300/3300) returns to the field in attack mode which it is infused with the power of the Orichalcos while also enhanced by the power of Dan’s trap and Squall’s Ancient Gear Castle.

 

Serena says, pushing a button on her duel disk, “Trap activate! Celebration of Creation!” Serena’s face-down card is revealed to be the Celebration of Creation trap card and Serena says, “Since you summoned a monster using a spell or trap, this trap card ends the turn immediately!”

 

Dan yells out, with a dark angered tone, “You are getting me pissed off, princess!”

 

Squall says, with a dark stern tone, “You are going to pay for what your family did to ours!”

 

Serena says, strongly, “My family had nothing to do with what happened with yours! I’m sorry for what happened, but Kayaba’s actions were his own and his own alone!”

 

Dan says, with a dark strong tone, “Well, he is dead and escaped justice! There is no else! You and your family have to pay in his stead!”

 

Serena says, drawing a card and with a strong tone, “No, we won’t! Fighting me is one thing, but you leave me no other choice!”

 

Just then Serena feels a surge of ‘energy’ as she draws the card and a strong male voice booms in her mind, “Allow my guardians and I to help you, your majesty.” Serena looks at the card in her hand, her eyes widen, especially when she looks at the cards in her hand, and she then says, “Keiko, I’m going to need your help!”

 

Keiko tells Serena, with a nod, “Okay, Serena.”

 

Serena takes a deep breath and she yells out, holding the card that she just drew in the sky, “And now, I release my Blue-Eyes Chaos Max Dragon with Keiko’s Blue-Eyes White Dragon and Destruction Dragon!” All three monsters glow as they vanish right into the card and Serena says, closing her eyes and chanting out, “Almighty protector of the sun and sky, I beg of thy, please heed my cry…!!”

 

The others are confused and Hotaru asks, “What’s Serena-hime doing?”

 

Trista says, shocked, “That chant…!!”

 

As many of the others look at Trista, Serena says, continuing the chant, “…Transform thyself from orb of light and bring me victory in this fight. I beseech thee, grace our humble game. But first, I shall call out thy name: Winged Dragon of Ra!” Serena puts the card that she drew on her duel disk and she yells out, “I play the Winged Dragon of Ra in attack mode!” There are gasps of shock and surprise as a massive golden orb appears on the field and the orb unlocks to reveal none other than the legendary Egyptian God Monster, The Winged Dragon of Ra (9000/5500), in attack mode with a mighty roar of power.

 

Leo yells out, “Oh, crap!”

 

Crow asks, “Am I seeing what I think I’m seeing?”

 

Yusei responds, “You are, Crow! She just summoned one of the legendary cards of Yugi Moto himself! It is the Egyptian God Card: The Winged Dragon of Ra!”

 

Jack yells out, “No way! That’s impossible! They’re gone! The Egyptian God Cards have been gone for ages! Industrial Illusions had a copy of Ra in their vaults, but after an ‘incident’, they destroyed that Ra copy! What’s going on here?!”

 

Squall and Dan are also shocked and horrified and Squall says, fearfully, “N-No way!”

 

Serena says, in a pleading tone, “It’s over. Please, just end this.”

 

Dan says, shaking his head while looking at Ra in pure fear, “N-No! Never!”

 

Serena puts her hand to her heart, doesn’t say a thing for three seconds, and she then says, “Then I have no other choice! Ra destroy Megaton Golem and end this duel now! Blaze Cannon Blast!” Winged Dragon of Ra then unleashes its divine solar flames right for Megaton Golem.

 

Dan says, pushing a button on his duel disk, “No, I won’t let it end! I activate Mirror Force!” Dan’s face-down card is revealed to be the Mirror Force trap and a reflect shield appears in front of Megaton Golem, but the shield shatters from Ra’s attack, due its power negating the trap card, in which the attack slams into Megaton Golem causing it to be destroyed in a massive explosion in which Squall and Dan scream out as they lose 4700 life-points as well as the duel.

 

Final Scores:

Serena and Keiko: 6600

Squall and Dan: 0

 

With the end of the duel, the Orichalcos shrinks down and encircles Squall and Dan causing them to scream out as their souls are sealed away in the card in which Dan shouts out, “NO! STOP! YUUKO-SAMA!!!”

 

Squall screams out, “PLEASE DON’T LET THIS HAPPEN…!!!” However, the two of them collapse as the Orichalcos fades from the ground in which Serena falls to her right knee causing Darien to rush over to her in which the others follow soon after.

 

Asuna asks Keiko, “Silica…Keiko-chan, are you okay?”

 

Keiko gives a deep sigh of relief and she says, “I’m okay, Asuna.”

 

Kari asks, pointing to the fallen Squall and Dan, “What about them?”

 

Tai says, walking over, “Let’s find out!”

 

Kazuto then yells out, ‘sensing’ something, “Tai, watch out!” Just then a buzzing sound is heard and everyone looks up to see a pair of Flymon diving bombing them.

 

Hawkmon yells out, “Oh, my! Flymon!”

 

Patamon asks, “What are they doing here?!”

 

“Brown Stingers!”

 

The Flymon unleashes their stingers and Ken shouts out, “Attacking us! Scatter!” Immediately, our heroes and heroines scatter all around as Flymon’s stingers land all around them.

 

Matt shouts out, “Be careful! The stingers are poisonous! Get hit by one and you are paralyzed as well as poisoned!”

 

“Pepper Breath!”

 

“Blue Blaster!”

 

“Spiral Twister!”

 

Agumon, Gabumon, and Biyomon unleash their attacks, but the two Flymon manage to easily dodge them.

 

“Lightning Paw!”

 

However, Gatomon manages to sneak by them and land a blow to one Flymon causing it to go flying into the sky in which she easily kicks the other one in the face causing the other Flymon to get stunned.

 

Kari says, excitedly, “Way to go, Gatomon!”

 

Mimi says, seeing something, “Look!” Mimi points in a certain direction and everyone looks to see a pair of Ninjamon carrying the motionless forms of Squall and Dan in front of Yuuko which we get a full view of Yuuko.

 

Yuuko is a young teenage girl of Suguha’s age with shoulder-length black hair, black eyes, and she is wearing a black and white dress with long sleeves, a gray zipper in the collarbone and a white ruff on the neck. The dress is mostly black and has a white part designed as if it was another strapless, backless dress. At the dress's bottom part, the transition from white to back resembles two staircases on the front and two in the back. She also wears black goggles with gray lens and white straps with a black line in the middle on her left arm, a black pantyhose, and gray shoes.

 

Yuuko points to a pair of see-through glass ‘coffins’ and she says, plainly, “Put them inside and there isn’t to be a scratch on them.”

 

The Ninjamon say in unison, “Yes, Yuuko-sama!” As the Ninjamon put Squall and Dan into the ‘containers’, Yuuko looks at a pair of Seal of Orichalcos cards with Squall’s and Dan’s faces on one of them, each, and Yuuko gives a silent nod of acknowledgement.

 

Yuuko says, plainly, “Your sacrifice won’t be in vain.” Yuuko then pockets the cards and looks towards our heroes and heroines.

 

Jack asks, “Who the heck are you?”

 

Yuuko says, plainly, “No one of note.”

 

Amara says, with a serious tone, “Not the right answer.”

 

Yuuko responds, with a plain tone, “And I don’t answer to your kind…Sailor Uranus.”

 

There are looks of surprise from the others and Lita says, with a serious glare, “Because you know who we are, I get the feeling that you are the leader.”

 

Yuuko says, plainly, “Maybe I am and maybe I’m not. You are going to need to figure that out.”

 

Davis says, “Okay, you are getting annoying!”

 

Yuuko says, with a plain tone, “All you need to know is that I’m the one that gave these two the power to fight you in this way and I gave them this power since we share a common enemy.” Yuuko glares at Serena and she says, plainly, “It was her family that caused all of us such pain.”

 

There are looks of surprise, especially from Serena, and Kazuto asks, “Was one of your family members part of Argus or are you related to a SAO victim?”

 

Yuuko says, glaring at Serena, “Her uncle took the life of my brother. That’s all you need to know.”

 

Mimi says, nervously, “That doesn’t really help.”

 

Kazuto says, plainly, “SAO victim.”

 

Everyone looks at Kazuto and Asuna asks, “How can you be so sure, Kirito-kun?”

 

Kazuto tells Asuna in reply, “I don’t believe that her brother was too much older than her and it is just a feeling.” Kazuto asks Yuuko, “Am I wrong?”

 

Yuuko doesn’t say a word for several second and she then says, plainly, “Yes, it is true. Based on the data that the government gave us, he died fighting on the twenty-fifth floor of Aincrad.” There are looks of shock from Kazuto, Asuna, and Serena as they remember that ‘horrible time’.

 

Serena asks, pleadingly, “Please stop this! Would this be what your brother wants…?”

 

Yuuko responds, with a dark deadly glare, “Be silent!” Plenty of the others, especially Serena, flinch from her tone and glare and Yuuko says, with a dark serious tone, “Don’t act as if you knew him! We loved the virtual world and the endless possibilities that it could bring! But then your uncle took that dream…and turned it into a nightmare! A nightmare that cost my brother his life! And it was all because him…all because of your family!”

 

Serena yells out, “My family…!!”

 

Yuuko shouts out, with a dark plain and stern tone, “Your uncle escaped justice when he escaped into the net! That’s not right! For people like me! People like Squall-san and Dan-san! We must have justice!” Yuuko says, pointing to Serena, “And you, the so-called heroine of love and justice, must pay for his crimes. You…Sailor Moon, who failed to save the lives of all those people that died in SAO that were innocent including my brother!”

 

Tai yells out, strongly, “Hey! Serena did everything that she could to save as many as possible!”

 

Matt says, strongly, “She is Sailor Moon, but she isn’t a Kami or anything like that! Even Sailor Moon is human!”

 

Yuuko says, with a dark sneer and dark plain tone, “Excuses. Worthless excuses. Words without weight from powerless people.”

 

Davis says, with a strong tone, “At least, we aren’t a coward that sends others to do their fighting for them.”

 

Yuuko says, with a plain tone, “I didn’t send them. They wanted this. I gave them that chance as long as they test the holder of Critias.”

 

Amara asks, seriously, “What do you want?”

 

Yuuko replies, plainly, “As I said: Justice. There will be justice for my brother.” Yuuko says, looking at Kazuto, “And I will get justice from one other. It makes me wonder if Suguha will come at me at full power if I do something to you.”

 

Kazuto asks, surprised, “What?”

 

Yuuko says, “Surprised that I know your sister? I know her well. All too well.”

 

Kazuto asks, with a stern tone, “What do you mean? What do you think you know about Suguha?”

 

Yuuko says, plainly, “I see. She never told you about me. Not surprising since she thinks that she can escape her past.” Yuuko asks, plainly, “Tell me: Did she tell you about anything that happened during the time that you first got trapped in SAO with my brother and when she started playing ALO?” Kazuto’s eyes widen and Yuuko says, plainly, “You don’t need to say anything. Your expression tells me all that I need to know. What a fool that Suguha has become. Thinking that she can run her past. Run from me.”

 

Kazuto yells out, annoyed, “What’s that supposed to mean?”

 

Yuuko tells Kazuto, “Do you really think that you know anything about Suguha? You don’t. You don’t know the true darkness within her very soul.”

 

Kazuto shouts out, get angered, “That’s a lie! Sugu isn’t anything like you!”

 

Keiko says, with a nod, “Kirito…Kazuto is right! Suguha is a very good person!”

 

Yuuko says, with a plain tone, “Then you are a fool. You don’t know anything about the TRUE Suguha. She tried to hide it, but I will remind her. I will expose her TRUE self and make her pay for all of her betrayals.”

 

Rika asks, confused, “Betrayals?”

 

Yuuko says, with a plain tone, “We were going to make a new world together and she stabbed me in the back.”

 

Davis yells out, with a scoff, “Yeah, right! You’ve got a big mouth!”

 

Yuuko tells Davis, “I’m surprised that you, of all people, would defend her.”

 

Davis asks, with a glare, “Why is that?”

 

Yuuko tells Davis, “You are far from a fool, Daisuke Motomiya. You are very stubborn person, but a complete fool, you are not. Have you wondered about the truth of the attack that nearly cost you and your beloved your lives?”

 

Davis and Kari gasps and Gatomon asks, with a glare, “What do you mean?”

 

Yuuko retorts, with a plain tone, “If the people that attacked the orphanage were trying to steal the technology, why would they make attacks that would have destroyed it?”

 

There are gasps of shock and Ken asks, with a serious tone, “You know something about the attack, don’t you?!”

 

Yuuko replies, “Ask Suguha. She would know as much as I do. And then you will know the true her.”

 

Kazuto yells out, her tone showing great irritation, “What do you mean?”

 

Yuuko says, “Figured it out ‘hero of SAO’.” Yuuko then snaps her fingers and everyone else covers their eyes as a sinister green light comes from Yuuko that blinds everyone. When the light fades away, everyone regains their sight to find that Yuuko and the Digimon with her are gone along with the motionless bodies of Squall and Dan leaving only our heroes and heroines, the former Singers, and Hiyori alone in the Kaiba Dome.

 

Hotaru says, shocked, “She vanished!”

 

Keiko says, concerned, “Hiyori!” Immediately, our heroes and heroines goes over to Hiyori and within a short time, they manage to get her out of the cage and out of her bindings.

 

Rika asks Hiyori, “Are you okay, Hiyori?”

 

Hiyori says, with a smile, “Yes, I’m okay.”

 

Serena says, with a kind smile, “We’re glad that you are okay, Hiyori.”

 

Hiyori asks, “Who were those people especially that girl that seems to know Suguha?”

 

Amara says, “We don’t know, Hiyori-san. All that we do know is that she is big trouble. There is a great and sinister power coming from her.”

 

Raye says, “Safe to say that she is the leader of this group.”

 

Jack says, with a plain tone, “Obviously.”

 

Crow says, looking at Serena, “And it looks like she has a grudge against her and against Suguha.”

 

TK asks Ken, “Ken, do you think that she knows something about the attack on the orphanage that Davis and Kari were at?”

 

Ken says, with a nod, “I believe so. After I looked over all of the data that Luke and Datamon gave me about the attack and learning all the stories from those that lived there, I can’t help to feel that attack wasn’t to steal the advanced Medicuboids developed there, but to destroy them.”

 

Gatomon says, “I agree with Ken. During the whole time that Kari and Davis were trapped in Rainbow Gardens, I’ve been going over that attack in my mind over and over again. I have to say that attack wasn’t to steal the Medicuboids, but to destroy them.”

 

Veemon asks Gatomon, “Are you sure?”

 

Gatomon says, with a nod, “They made attacks that would have destroyed the Medicuboids, but good, Veemon.”

 

Izzy says, “Remember when I looked over the data that we gathered on the attack, I have to agree with Ken and Gatomon. However, we were focused on getting Davis and Kari back into their bodies that we didn’t think about it.”

 

Amara says, “That proves that she knows something about the attack.”

 

Kotone asks, “But why she would say that Suguha knows something about it?”

 

Davis says, with a plain tone, “It’s obvious. She is just trying to divide us. She’s the bad guy. We can’t give credit to everything that she says.”

 

Lita says, with a nod, “Agreed.”

 

Kazuto says, with a nod of his head, “Same here. However, it is obvious that she has a grudge against Sugu like she has a grudge against Serena.”

 

Jack tells Kazuto, “That’s a big obvious.”

 

Hiyori asks, looking around, “Where is Suguha?”

 

Rika says, nervously, “It looks like she had to do something without us.”

 

Hiyori gives a confused look and Serena says, “We’ll explain later, Hiyori. Right now, we need to find Suguha.”

 

Tai says, “Since this person has a grudge against her as well as Serena, Suguha might be targeted next.”

 

Asuna says, with a nod, “Yes, let’s go.” However, Asuna notices that her boyfriend is deep in thought and she can’t help to wonder if Kazuto is thinking that all that he has learned right now.

 

May 9, 2026, Neo Domino City, Satellite Sector

 

Back within the Satellite Sector, Sailor Celestial is flying through the skies in the more desolate area of Satellite, the area that once housed the first Ener-D reactor and the ‘base’ for the Dark Signers, which has remained in its current condition and not rebuilt like the rest of the area that was the original Domino City of Yugi Moto’s time due to this fact.

 

Sailor Celestial says, shivering a bit, “This place gives me the chills.”

 

Lunamon’s voice says, “I can see why, Suguha. It is so desolate.”

 

Sailor Celestial says, “It isn’t that, Lunamon. There is plenty of negative energy remaining around here. Remember, the Dark Signers came about during that whole Zero Reverse event that separate this place from the rest of Neo Domino. Despite Yusei-dono and his friends defeating the Dark Signers years ago, it was over a decade between Zero Reverse and the Signers before Davis, Kari, sis, and Sammy fought the Dark Signers. A lot of ‘nasty stuff’ remains here.”

 

Agumon’s (Suguha) voice booms, “No kidding, boss! Yuck! I can smell from even in the digivice! It stinks!”

 

Sailor Celestial says, “Hopefully, that’s all that you are smelling, Agumon.”

 

Lunamon’s voice booms, “Why didn’t they redevelop it like the rest of this place?”

 

Sailor Celestial says, “They were afraid that the remnants of the negative energy would corrupt anyone that tried to live around here and creating more negative energy which would create a loop causing all sorts of new headaches.”

 

Agumon’s (Suguha) voice booms, “Do you think that they are here, boss?”

 

Sailor Celestial says, “Maybe, Agumon. And then again, maybe not. However, this is the best place to start.”

 

Lunamon’s voice booms, “Do you think that you will be okay, Suguha?”

 

Sailor Celestial doesn’t say a word for several seconds and she then says, “Wish that I could say that I am, Lunamon.” Sailor Celestial then starts to walk towards where the first Ener-D reactor and the Dark Signer’s headquarters was in Satellite in which Sailor Celestial then winches in pain and holds her neck.

 

Agumon’s (Suguha) voice booms out, “Boss, are you okay?”

 

Sailor Celestial responds, with a winch, “Yeah. Just a neckache.” Sailor Celestial think in her mind, “Not again! That area hasn’t flared up in over a year! Why now of all times?! Could it be because…?!” Sailor Celestial shakes her head and she starts to walk towards the area that was the Dark Signer’s ‘base’ until she stops in her tracks when her ‘danger sense’ flares causing her to look around. She then sees someone approaching her. Sailor Celestial asks, “Who are you and what are you doing here?” However, the person, in which Sailor Celestial can see is a young man with brown hair, but his other features are unseen, however, Sailor Celestial can see him wearing regular clothing. Sailor Celestial yells out, annoyed, “Hey, didn’t you hear me?” Sailor Celestial approaches the person, but she then stops when she prepares to grab the man’s shoulder. The man’s head goes up to reveal pale skin and glowing red eyes with his canines looking like fangs. The man hisses at Sailor Celestial and she yelps out in fear as he lunges at her. Sailor Celestial says, fearfully, “Stay away from me!” Sailor Celestial then knees the person in the gut before slamming her armored elbow into his scalp which knocks him to the ground causing Sailor Celestial to stumble back.

 

Lunamon’s voice booms out, worriedly, “Suguha, what’s wrong?’

 

Sailor Celestial says, nervously, “A-A vampire!”

 

Agumon’s (Suguha) voice booms out, asking in surprise, “A vampire?!”

 

Sailor Celestial says, looking up in the sky, “This can’t be possible! It’s the daytime!” Sailor Celestial hears a hiss and she turns to see the ‘man’ getting back on his feet in which other pale white skinned males and females start to appear causing Sailor Celestial to shutter in fear in which she says, nervously, “N-Not again. Not again.” Horrible images of a man with glowing red eyes and fangs as well as said ‘fanged male’ biting into her neck causing Sailor Celestial to shake in fear.

 

Lunamon’s voice shouts out, “Suguha, you need to calm down!”

 

Agumon’s (Suguha) voice booms out, “Lunamon is right, boss! This isn’t like before! You aren’t just Suguha Kirigaya anymore! You are Sailor Celestial!” Sailor Celestial shakes her head as she snaps to her senses.

 

Sailor Celestial says, nervously, but trying much calmer, “Y-Yeah! You’re right, Agumon!” Sailor Celestial gets into a defensive stance as the legion of vampires, who are somehow walking in daylight, slowly advance towards her and some distance away, within the deepest and darkest shadows, a figure looks at the scene and we can see an evil smile on the figure’s lips showing a pair of fanged canines of his/her own.

 

End Chapter 2

 

Well, here we are the second chapter and it looks like the rest of our heroes and heroines are learning about Suguha’s history in-between the start of SAO and when she started to play ALO. If you have been reading the stories of my ‘Hollow Fragment’, you know the basics of Suguha’s ‘dark history’ of that time and you can expect a more ‘in-depth story’ about said time. Remember, this ‘timeline’ and the ‘Hollow Fragment’ timeline are ‘linear’, so, you get what I’m saying. Please read and review and no flames, please! Later and best wishes, Crossover Fans!