Sailor Moon Fan Fiction / Digimon Fan Fiction / Crossover Fan Fiction ❯ Sailor Moon Online II: SAO Shippuden ❯ Arc III: Chapter 8: Shadows of the Night ( Chapter 26 )

It seems like a constant back and forth between our heroes and heroines and Yuuko with Naruto mixed in for ‘relief’, but it won’t be the case for long. You see what I mean if you continue to read on, folks! Now, once again, before I start this chapter, I would like to give thanks and credit to Belletigerand 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 8: Shadows of the Night

 

May 20, 2026, Tokyo, Minato Ward, Roppongi District

 

At the Roppongi District of the Minato Ward of Tokyo, Suguha and her two Digimon partners walking through the streets of the district.

 

Agumon (Suguha) asks, “Are you sure about this, boss?”

 

Suguha says, “I’m sure Agumon. Actually, I don’t get why I didn’t think of this before.”

 

Lunamon says, “You have a lot of your mind, Suguha.”

 

Suguha says, “Yeah, but I still should have seen this before. I’ve been too focused on Yuuko when I should have focused on her brother.”

 

Lunamon says, “But you haven’t been in Rainbow Gardens for a while, Suguha.”

 

Suguha says, with a nod, “True, but I’m sure that I’ll be fine, Lunamon.” Suguha and her two Digimon partners then stop at a building with strange insignia on it.

 

Agumon (Suguha) asks, “Is that it?”

 

Suguha says, with a nod, “Yep. That’s Rath.”

 

Lunamon asks Suguha, “Wasn’t that the place that guy the led the group trying to help your brother and the others trapped in SAO escape as well as get everyone’s bodies to hospitals, right?”

 

Suguha responds, with a nod, “Yeah. Seijirou Kikuoka, who supposed belonged to the VR Division of the government, but in actually, he is a member of the SDF.”

 

Agumon (Suguha) asks, amazed, “So, he is part of your military, boss?”

 

Suguha says, “Technically, the Self-Defense Force isn’t a military, Agumon, but yeah, he is. He is also a former SAO beta tester and what he experienced in the beta tester got him thinking about the possibilities of Full-Dive VR technology. He is invested his ‘Project Alicization’ because of that.”

 

Lunamon asks, “What’s ‘Project Alicization’?”

 

Suguha says, “Actually, all that we know is that Kikuoka is working on a fourth-generation Full-Dive VR device and he isn’t working to make an ‘improved Amusphere’.”

 

Lunamon asks, curiously, “What does he want an advanced VR device for?”

 

Suguha says, “That’s the problem. We’re not sure, Lunamon. All that we know is that he wants to create a very realistic virtual environment. Something beyond any VRMMO in existence.”

 

Agumon (Suguha) asks, “What for?”

 

Suguha responds, with a serious expression in her eyes, “I really don’t have any ideas. I’m not expert in computer tech like my big brother and mom. So, I’m sure that big brother may have an idea or two on what Kikuoka and Rath want a fourth-generation VR device and the creation of a virtual environment that very realistic beyond any VRMMO in existence.” Suguha says, “However, his interest in Rainbow Gardens gives me an idea or two myself.”

 

Lunamon asks, “Really?”

 

Suguha says, with a plain tone, “I don’t want to get into that, Lunamon. Right now, our important focus is Yuuko and Neo Paradius and there might be a way to get into her head.”

 

Agumon (Suguha) asks, “How?”

 

Suguha retorts, “You should remember about how we found out about SAO’s ‘black box’ right?” Suguha’s two Digimon partners then nod their heads at what Suguha is implying and they head off, not knowing that they are being watched some distance away by none other than Sailor Orion, using a high-tech visor similar to the one that Sailor Mercury uses.

 

Flashback; May 19, 2026, Tokyo, Juuban District

 

Within the Juuban District, our heroes and heroines, minus our Sailor Scout of Reality, are within the Sailor Scouts’ base within Crown Fruit Arcade with Hotaru being scanned and our Sailor Senshi of Rebirth has an out-of-character annoyed pout on her face.

 

Hotaru says, annoyed, “Amara-papa, I told you that I’m fine. Even better than I have been.”

 

Michelle tells Hotaru, with a kind smile, “We just want to make sure, Firefly.”

 

Amara says, with a plain tone, “I don’t like the fact that Mistress Nine was revive through you, Firefly. At the final battle with Mistress Nine and Pharaoh Ninety, you destroyed Mistress Nine from the inside out when you awoke as Sailor Saturn for the first time. Then you were completely reborn as a baby. That means that Mistress Nine should have been completely purified from you because of what happened to you that day.”

 

Trista says, with a nod, “That’s true. However, while trying not to bring up bad memories, Mistress Nine was a part of Firefly for years and while Mistress Nine was destroyed by her from the inside out when she awoke as Sailor Saturn for the first time and then reborn after she used her powers to destroy Pharaoh Ninety, which should have completely purified her, her possession of Hotaru for years might have ‘bond’ pieces of her ‘essence’ to Hotaru. But those pieces were most likely too small to ever cause any major threats to Hotaru’s spirit and body. However, it could explain Hotaru’s ‘weaknesses’ after she returned to her original age during our battle with Sailor Galaxia, who was possessed by Chaos at the time. Remember, while nothing like she was during her possession by Mistress Nine, Firefly wasn’t as ‘physically strong’ as the average teenage girl of her age.”

 

Mina says, with a nod, “Yeah, I remember that. But she got better and better.”

 

Trista says, with a smile, “Most likely, it was her awakened powers as Sailor Saturn, both her death and rebirth powers, taking care of what’s left of Mistress Nine that was causing that weakness.”

 

Amara says, “The ‘death’ part killing off the leftover ‘impurities’ in Hotaru and the ‘rebirth’ part completing the ‘purification’.”

 

Trista says, with a nod, “Exactly.”

 

Mina asks Hotaru, slyly, “Since that’s the case, how about the ‘love goddess’ teach the joys of boys of your age? By the way, what do you think of the real-life Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze?”

 

Hotaru says, with a shy blush, “Well, he is cute with the whisker marks.”

 

Amara yells out, annoyed, “Mina-chan! Don’t be teaching Firefly such things!”

 

Hotaru says, in an out-of-character annoyed tone, “Amara-papa, I’m not a little girl anymore! I’m a grown woman and I can make my own choices in life!” Amara and Michelle look at Hotaru in surprise in which said Sailor Soldier of Death and Rebirth can’t help to madly blush.

 

Trista says, with a sly smile, “Oh, dear. It looks like the loss of the last remnants of Mistress Nine from her have also broken Hotaru out of her shyness and brought about her ‘teenage rebellion’ phase.” Michelle gives a wide-eyed look while Amara gives a horrified look with Hotaru giving a shy look while Shion, Hiyori, Keiko, Kotone, and Rika go over to the side to talk.

 

Kotone asks, curiously, “What did you want to talk about?”

 

Rika says, plainly, “I’m getting really concerned for Suguha. That girl is really out to get her.”

 

Shion says, plainly, “That’s obviously to be seen. Yuuko is obsessed with her as she is obsessed with Serena.”

 

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

 

Keiko asks, curiously, “All of us are in danger from her, so, why doesn’t she want us to work with her?”

 

Rika says, “For the one reason that it is personal to her, Keiko. Remember, she and Yuuko used to be friends.”

 

Hiyori asks, curiously, “How do you know that they used to be friends?”

 

Shion says, “From what we know, the two of them used to be close. Based on what we can see and hear, the level of ‘betrayal’ that Yuuko feels towards Suguha makes it seem so.” Shion then says, “However, with the way how well Yuuko hides her feelings, I can’t be so certain. But her anger and rage towards Suguha and Serena is evident in her eyes. I can see the pure fury in them.”

 

Rika says, with a nod, “No joke.”

 

Keiko says, nervously, “She’s scary.”

 

Rika says, plainly, “And she is after us. Remember, we have the three ‘dragon knight’ cards that help bust the evil power that she and her organization wielded times before.”

 

Shion says, looking at Rika, Keiko, and Hiyori, “That’s right. Keiko has Critias, Hiyori has Timaeus, and Rika, you are the one with Hermos.”

 

Hiyori asks, “But why come to us?”

 

Shion says, “It is only a theory, but it is probably due to your ‘connection’ to Suguha, who was their ‘chosen one’ before you, three, and the ‘nature’ of you and your decks. For one thing, Keiko has the Blue-Eyes cards, once used by Seto Kaiba, who was the first ‘chosen one’ of Critias.”

 

Kotone asks, “So, why not go to Serena?”

 

Shion says, with a plain tone, “Serena may also have the Blue-Eyes cards, but she holds a ‘great power’ of her own. She is the Signer of Ancient Fairy Dragon. The Legendary Knights must feel that she is ‘well-protected’ enough with the Crimson Dragon through I don’t think that’s the only reason.”

 

Keiko asks, curiously, “Really?”

 

Shion nods her head and she says, “With Hiyori, she has Dark Magician Girl, who was once used by Yugi Moto and Pharaoh Atem, the first ‘chosen ones’ of Timaeus.”

 

Keiko tells Hiyori, “That really surprised me, Hiyori.”

 

Hiyori says, with a blush, “Well, since it is a very rare and famous card…”

 

Rika says, with a grin, “Yeah, we know. But come on…!!”

 

Shion tells Rika, with an intense stare and plain tone, “Quiet.” Rika yelps out, nervously, as Shion points to the others in which the small group looks to see Amara changing Mina around screaming ‘sailor talk’ and talk of ‘corrupting Hotaru’.

 

Rika says, annoyed, “Here we go.”

 

Shion says, plainly and ignoring Rika, “And finally, there is Rika and Hermos. Hermos, in his dragon form, fuses with other monsters to create Fusion Monsters that immediately become equip spells onto other monsters and giving them powerful abilities.”

 

Kotone asks, looking at Rika, “So, Hermos came to Rika because she was a blacksmith in SAO and a blacksmith in ALO?”

 

Shion says, “She came because Rika, as Lisbeth, is a FIGHTING blacksmith in both VRMMO. While not at the level of ‘fighter players’, her mace skills are nothing to sneeze about.”

 

Rika says, with a confident smirk, “You got that right!” Rika then asks, annoyed, “What was that about my ‘fighting skills’ not being on par with ‘combat players’?”

 

Keiko and Hiyori give nervous smiles and Shion then says, ignoring Rika’s last question, “However, Hermos isn’t the only ‘great power’ that you yield.”

 

Rika gives a look of surprise and she then says, with a smirk, “Oh, you mean that. Well…”

 

Shion says, interrupting Rika, “We are going to need it real soon.”

 

Rika, Keiko, Kotone, and Hiyori give looks of surprise and Kotone asks, “What makes you say that?”

 

Shion says, “Just call it a feeling.” The four female SAO survivors look at each other and can’t help to wonder about Shion’s words.

 

End Flashback; Return to the Present

 

Back in the present, Sailor Orion, using a visor that acts like high-tech binoculars, is observing Suguha and her two Digimon partner walk into the Rath building.

 

Just then, over a communication device in her ear with a small microphone attached to it, Keiko’s voice booms out, “I r-really don’t know about this.”

 

Just then Rika’s voice booms out, “This is the only way. Suguha is being stubborn about staying out of her business and I don’t think that’s changing any time soon.”

 

Sailor Orion says, with a nod and speaking into the microphone, “Agreed. And Kazuto won’t appreciate us spying on his sister like this despite her being so stubborn and withholding information that could help us in our battle with Yuuko and Neo Paradius.”

 

Kotone’s voice booms over the communication device, “Yes, you are right.”

 

Hiyori’s voice then booms out, “I still don’t think it is right to spy.”

 

Rika says, “Well, we aren’t going to get any answers any other way right now.” Rika asks Sailor Orion, “So, what’s she doing?”

 

Sailor Orion replies, “Suguha just went into building with her Digimon partners.”

 

Kotone asks, curiously, “A building?”

 

Sailor Orion says, “I don’t recognize the insignia. I’ll check it with the database when I get back.”

 

Rika says, “All right, see you soon.”

 

Sailor Orion says, with a plain tone, “Out.” Sailor Orion deactivates her communicator and was about to deactivate her visor when she ‘senses’ something causing her to look in the distance, but when she doesn’t see anything and her visor, Sailor Orion deactivates her visor and takes off. What she doesn’t know that her ‘senses’ weren’t wrong because within a darkened room within one of the tall buildings nearby, there is a female figure within the darkened room.

 

The female figure says, slyly, “She is good. No wonder she is the ‘hunter of the Sailor Scouts’. It is a good thing that Yuuko-sama gave me that device from UNI-SHOCKER that blocked their ‘magic tech’. They may not be so lucky however.”

 

(Inside of the building; Later on)

 

Within the Rath building, Suguha and her two Digimon partners are meeting with Luke and his Digimon partner, Datamon, in which Suguha is discussing something with Luke and Datamon.

 

When she is done, Luke says, “I see, Suguha.”

 

Suguha tells Luke, “That’s why I need to get to Rainbow Gardens.”

 

Datamon tells Suguha, “That might be possible to be arranged, but what will do when you find him? Unlike the Yuuna girl, his body has long since been destroyed due to your nation’s tradition of cremation I believe.”

 

Suguha says, with a sigh, “I know, but even through, he might get through to her.”

 

Luke says, with a plain tone, “I’ll see what I can set up.”

 

Suguha asks Luke, “Luke, are you sure about helping me?”

 

Luke doesn’t reply for several seconds and he says, “What you told me really surprised me, I’ve got to say, Suguha.”

 

Datamon says, plainly, “However, I can’t see the logic in it. It is obvious to see that your thoughts and emotions were being corrupted by this Orichalcos. You were infected like a computer virus and your actions weren’t your own.”

 

Luke says, with a nod, “I believe that it is best way to say it, Datamon.”

 

Suguha says, with a sigh, “Even through that’s true, I’m the one that let that ‘thing’ twist me so much. I let my anger, rage, and fear overtake me and let that happen.”

 

Luke tells Suguha, “Maybe you should tell Davis and Kari this.”

 

Suguha says, with a sigh, “Maybe. One day.”

 

Luke tells Suguha, with a plain tone, “Suguha, from what you told me, I can tell you this: The two of you looked into the abyss…She blinked.” Suguha looks at Luke and he says, “If you truly care for her, then you should need to, if she can’t be saved, stop her from hurting anyone else.” Suguha gives a solemn look and Suguha’s Digimon partners give concerned looks.

 

Datamon says, “I believe that we should get to work.”

 

Luke nods his head and Suguha asks, “What about your work here at Rath?”

 

Luke tells Suguha, “Sorry, but that’s classified.”

 

Suguha says, with a plain tone, “I’m not surprised by that based on what we found out. Right now, I have more important things to worry about than him.” Luke nods his head in which he, Suguha, Suguha’s two Digimon partners, and Datamon head off to do whatever they are planning.

 

May 20, 2026, Tokyo, Unknown location

 

At an unknown location, we find one Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze being tackled to a wall by Katsuragi with her kissing him like mad causing Naruto to be wide-eyed with shock.

 

When Katsuragi releases Naruto from the kiss, he asks, shocked, “Whoa! Just like that?”

 

Katsuragi says, with a smirk, “Not like you are telling me to betray my best buds!”

 

Naruto says, “Well, no…”

 

Katsuragi says, with a sly smirk, “There you go!” Katsuragi tells Naruto, excitedly, “Now, let’s get it on already! Give another booby massage! It was just awesome!” With stars in her eyes and perverted look on her face, Naruto gets a bit nervous while behind Katsuragi, we see Sakura and Hinata looking at this situation with Hinata having a nervous look on her face.

 

Hinata asks, nervously, “Shouldn’t we stop this?”

 

Sakura says, with a sly smirk, “I don’t know. I think that Naruto brought this on himself. We should enjoy the show.” But then Hinata and Sakura yelp as they are grabbed from behind by dozens upon dozens of Naruto Shadow Clones causing Sakura to scream out, “Hey!”

 

One of the Naruto Shadow Clone says, with a grin, “Sorry, girls, but if our original self and we have to go through this, so, will you!”

 

Hinata gives a nervous and confused look in which Sakura yells out, annoyed, “Don’t you dare!”

 

Sakura struggles to get out of Naruto’s grip and another clone says, smirking, “Sorry, Sakura-chan, but we just slapped on seals to make sure that you can’t get away!” Hinata and Sakura yelp as they are dragged over to where Katsuragi and Naruto are.

 

Katsuragi asks, excitedly, “Ooh, a foursome, huh?”

 

Sakura yells out, “No way!”

 

Katsuragi says, looking at Hinata, “I just can’t wait to get into her boobies.”

 

Hinata gets into a nervous yelp and Naruto tells Katsuragi, “Down girl. Down.”

 

Katsuragi tells Naruto, “Ah, come on! You’ve already popped their cherries! So, what’s the problem?” Sakura and Hinata give mad blushes in which Katsuragi then grabs Naruto and he yelps as Katsuragi drags him off with the Naruto Shadow Clone dragging Sakura and Hinata off with them.

 

May 20, 2026, Tokyo, Dicey Café

 

Right now, we find our heroes and heroines, minus Suguha, Shion, Hiyori, Kotone, Rika, and Keiko, assembled together inside of the Dicey Café and talking with each other and Andrew.

 

Amara asks, curiously, “Has there been any word?”

 

Asuna says, shaking her head, “None.”

 

Tai asks, annoyed, “What could they be thinking?”

 

Kari tells Tai, “Easy, Tai.”

 

Matt says, “Can’t blame him. We’re all on edge with this situation.”

 

Kazuto says, “And they are prime targets. Remember, Shion is a Signer with Rika, Hiyori, and Keiko being the ‘chosen ones’ of the Knights of Atlantis that have fought against the Orichalcos multiple times.”

 

Darien says, with a plain tone, “All that we know is that Yuuko wants revenge against Serena and Suguha, but we know that’s it is only one reason. I believe that she is gathering people’s ‘spirits’ for a reason.”

 

Trista says, with a nod, “Agreed. She wants powerful souls for a reason.”

 

Amara says, “And by the looks of it, she is getting what she wants.”

 

Michelle says, “With Mistress Nine’s spirit sealed away and under her control, she has gained significant ‘dark power’.”

 

Hotaru asks, “What do you think she is trying to do?”

 

Trista says, with a plain tone, “I wish that I could say, Firefly.”

 

Davis says, “Well, we can be sure that it isn’t good.”

 

Yolei says, “That’s obvious, Davis.”

 

Darien says, “And what’s worse is that she has ‘summoned’ back the mortal enemy of the Signers that came before Davis and the others: The Earthbound Immortals.”

 

Trista says, with a nod, “Yusei Fudo-dono and his friends, the former Signers, had battled and defeated the Earthbound Immortals, taking down the Netherworld King, and reseal the Immortals with Red Nova rendered powerless by Jack Atlas with its power sealed into Jack Atlas’ Red Nova Dragon. However, the new seals, being recently created by the latest defeat of the other Immortals, were ‘cracked’, through only very slightly, due to our battles like with the Digidestined’s battles with the Dark Masters and MaloMyotismon due to the imbalance of light and darkness during their conflicts as well as the conflict that we, Sailor Scouts, have fought starting with the battle with the Negamoon for example.”

 

Michelle says, “And our battle with Mistress Nine and Pharaoh Ninety.”

 

Trista says, nodding her head in agreement, “Exactly.” Trista says, “However, the Immortals were greatly weakened by their battles with Yusei-dono and his friends in which they couldn’t use that ‘crack’ in their new seals. They would have needed a century to have enough strength to do anything with that ‘crack’ and most likely, the seal would have restored itself.”

 

Darien says, “Basically, Yuuko managed to use that ‘crack’ to forcibly extract the Earthbound Immortals from their new seals.”

 

Trista says, with a nod, “Exactly. Which shows the depths of the ‘dark power’ that she had…before she gained power from Mistress Nine and Germatoid.”

 

Amara says, plainly, “Making her more dangerous than ever.”

 

Lita says, annoyed, “And what’s worse! We have no idea on her! We have to stand back and take her hits without the ability to counter her at all!”

 

Cody says, “Our best bet of gaining any idea on Yuuko is the person that might know her best.”

 

Kazuto says, with a sigh, “And there is only one person that may know her best.”

 

Asuna says, plainly, “Suguha.”

 

Amara says, “And right now, she isn’t talking and she is being quite stubborn about trying to take care of this herself.”

 

Kazuto says, with a plain tone, “She tends to get this way.”

 

Mina says, with a sly smirk, “It seems like you are more brother and sister than you ‘biology’ suggests.”

 

Kazuto says, annoyed, “Very funny, Mina.”

 

Raye asks, annoyed, “Seriously, Mina-chan?”

 

Tai says, “Right now, we need to figure out something to get an idea on how to fight her.”

 

Izzy says, “Our best bet is to get to Kamishimo Industries and start from there.”

 

Matt says, with a nod, “Good idea, Izzy.”

 

Kazuto says, nodding his head in agreement, “I agree. The family company seems to be the only place that we can gather any information.”

 

Tai says, “Maybe, but this person is far from an idiot, Kazuto.”

 

Kazuto says, with a nod, “I know, Tai. In fact, I don’t think that we will find anything major. However, there might be a ‘minor’ detail that she missed. Something small that could give us a clue.”

 

Plenty of the others nod their heads and Amara says, “I agree.”

 

Ami says, nodding her head, “Same here.”

 

Asuna asks, curiously, “What about Sinonon and the others?”

 

Ami says, “The thing is…they have managed to keep their location secret.”

 

There are looks of surprise and Davis asks, stunned, “They have?”

 

Ami says, confused, “I don’t know how…”

 

Trista says, plainly, “Shion.”

 

Everyone looks at Trista and Asuna asks, “Sinonon?”

 

Trista says, “She is Sailor Orion, the legendary ‘hunter’ of the Sailor Scouts. And hunters, when tracking down prey, need sheath, like shinobi, so…”

 

Kazuto asks, “Shion may have ways to keep us from tracking her?”

 

Trista says, with a nod, “Exactly, my prince. And you already know for her GGO avatar that she is a sniper and a sniper is an excellent ‘hunter’ of other human beings.”

 

Kazuto says, nervously, “Yeah…”

 

Asuna asks, “But why would they need to ‘hide’ from us?”

 

Kazuto says, “It seems like Shion and the others have their own plans.”

 

Asuna asks, “But will they be okay?”

 

Serena says, with a nod of agreement, “I agree with Asuna. We shouldn’t be separating like this.”

 

Kazuto says, giving a nod of understanding, “While I agree, I’m sure that they will be okay. As Trista said, Shion is the ‘hunter of the Sailor Scouts’. She isn’t called that for no reason.”

 

Davis says, with a smile, “Yeah!”

 

Mina asks, with a sly smile, “Yeah, what’s the worst that can happen?” Mina then becomes nervous as a lot of eyes look at her with annoyed looks causing her to say, “What? Come on, this isn’t like an anime!”

 

Raye tells Mina, “Have you heard the phrase: ‘Life is stranger than fiction?’ You should know better, Mina-chan.” Mina gives a nervous smile in which plenty of the others can’t help to be concerned for ‘wayward group’ for a variety of reasons.

 

May 20, 2026, Tokyo

 

Elsewhere within Tokyo, Shion, Rika, Keiko, Kotone, and Hiyori are together and they are discussing what Shion just observed what Suguha was doing.

 

Keiko asks, curiously, “Rath?”

 

Shion says, with a nod, “That’s right. It is where Luke, Datamon, and all of their equipment and data were taken and where they are working now.”

 

Kotone asks, curiously, “Doesn’t that sound familiar?”

 

Shion says, with a plain tone, “It is connected to the guy that led the SAO Task Force.”

 

Rika asks, surprised, “You mean Seijirou Kikuoka?”

 

Shion says, with a nod, “The very same. While he did work with the VR Division of the government ministry, he is, in fact, a lieutenant colonel for the Self-Defense Forces.”

 

The others are surprised and Kotone asks, “He is a member of the military?”

 

Shion says, with a plain tone, “And a former SAO beta tester.”

 

Hiyori asks, curiously, “Why would a member of the military work with the government?”

 

Shion says, with a plain tone, “With what he experienced in the SAO beta test most likely. Remember, he also has an ALO avatar. He is doing that for some kind of reason.”

 

Kotone asks, curiously, “Why is that?”

 

Shion says, “From what I learned from Kazuto and the others, it has to do with some kind of ‘Project Alicization’ or something.”

 

Hiyori asks, “Why would Suguha go over there?”

 

Shion says, “I think she wants to go to Rainbow Gardens.”

 

Kotone asks, “Rainbow Gardens?”

 

Rika says, realizing something, “I get it! She wants to find Yuuko’s brother! Remember, the SAO severs had a ‘black box’ that downloaded all the minds of the players that died and we put them in Rainbow Gardens to have some kind of life in there.”

 

Keiko asks, “Does Suguha want to try to get the aid of Yuuko’s brother to try to convince Yuuko-san to stop?”

 

Shion says, with a nod, “Most likely. It is the same thing that we did with Yuuna-san.”

 

Kotone asks, “But weren’t we able to revive Yuuna-san due to the fact that Yuuna-san’s father kept her body preserved and we used the technique developed by UNI-SHOCKER to repair the damage to her body?”

 

Shion says, with a nod, “Correct. And that was a ‘one-off’ thing. Yuuko’s brother died a few years ago, so, his body must be ashes by now.”

 

Hiyori asks, “So, how can Yuuko’s brother help us?”

 

Kotone says, “Well, Yuuna-san might not have had a body, but we uploaded her mind into UNI-SHOCKER’s network to find her father and try to convince him to stop what he was doing.”

Shion says, plainly, “Didn’t work out that way.”

 

Keiko says, nervously, “Yeah…”

 

Kotone asks, “So, what should we do now?”

 

Shion then ‘senses’ something/someone and she says, with a plain tone, “I believe that we have trouble coming our way.” Shion turns herself in one direction and everyone else looks in that direction in which Yuuko walks out from the shadows.

 

Rika yells out, stunned, “You!”

 

Yuuko tells Shion, “Well done. I see that you aren’t the ‘hunter of the Sailor Scouts’ for nothing.”

 

Shion asks, “What do you want?”

 

Yuuko retorts, plainly, “What do you think?” Yuuko snaps her fingers in which Shion, Keiko, Kotone, and Hiyori yelp as they sink into the ground up to their necks until the ground hardens causing them to be trapped.

 

Rika shouts out, stunned, “No!”

 

Hiyori says, worriedly, “I can’t…I can’t move!”

 

Keiko yells out, nervously, “I’m trapped!”

 

Rika asks Yuuko, glaring at her, “What do you think that you are doing?!”

 

Yuuko says, snapping her fingers, “As I asked before: What do you think? I know that you hold Hermos and more. I will test that power.” Just then none other than Tristan Taylor or, so it seems, comes out of shadows.

 

Rika says, “Hey! You are one of Yugi-san’s friends!”

 

‘Tristan’ then says, in someone else’s voice with an evil smile, “Sorry, little girl, but I’m that twerp’s friend! This may be his body, but I’m not him!”

 

Yuuko says, “This is Adrian Randolph Crump the Third, one of the infamous ‘Big Five’, and the one that you are going to duel if you wish to save your friends. Now, this makes me wonder how much they are worth to you.”

 

Rika retorts, with a snarl, “Just give me the damn duel disk so I can beat this guy’s ass and save my friends already!”

 

‘Tristan’ AKA Crump, one of the Big Five, who was defeated in Noah’s virtual world by Tea and then by Yugi and Joey when he teamed up with the rest of the Big Five, retorts, “Ooh, big talk from a little girl! I’ve managed to make sure that I’ve studied all the facts and figured in which my victory is ninety-five percent assured!” Yuuko tosses Rika a pink-red Real Solid Vision Duel Disk in which Rika attaches the duel disk to left wrist.

 

Rika responds, with a smirk, “Oh, really? You may want to recheck your figures on that one.”

 

Crump retorts, with a grin while displaying his Chaos Duel Disk that has a dueling deck inside, “I don’t think so! I know you better than you know yourself! I’ve studied your figures and my facts and figures tell me that there is a ninety-nine percent change that you will play a deck that has a major focus on equip spells since you are a blacksmith in those silly little virtual games!”

 

Rika gives a growl and she shouts out, putting a dueling deck into the duel disk, “Just because you know facts about me doesn’t mean that you really know me!”

 

Crump says, with a confident evil smile, “Not surprising that a little girl wouldn’t know what facts and figures can really tell you about a person. I almost feel sorry. Almost! Once you are gone, I will have a life of my own! A new life that will allow me to take revenge on Kaiba’s descendants and retake what he took from me and all of my comrades!”

 

Rika says, “Like that’s going to happen!”

 

Yuuko says, plainly, “By the way, this duel won’t be a Deck Master duel. I’ve ordered that it will be a regular one.”

 

Crump says, with an evil smile, “Doesn’t matter to me! My figures are the same and my victory is assured!” Crump and Rika then move over away from the others in which both Crump and Rika activate their duel disks, the ‘energy blades’ containing their Monster and Pendulum Zones appear, their decks are shuffled, and their disks’ touch screens display 4000 life-points for each duelist in which both of them draw five cards from their decks.

 

“Duel!” Rika and Crump say in unison as their duel begins.

 

Starting Scores:

Rika: 4000

Crump: 4000

 

Rika says, drawing a card, “I’ll take the first turn! I draw!”

 

Crump says, with an evil smirk and nasty sly tone, “You’ll need the head start!”

 

Rika says, looking at her hand, “We’ll see about that!” Rika says, putting five cards into the main slot of her disk, “I place five cards face-down and end my turn!”

 

Everyone else, including Yuuko and Crump, are shocked and Kotone asks, confused, “Huh?”

 

Keiko asks, nervously, “R-Rika, what are you doing?”

 

Crump’s surprise doesn’t last and Crump says, slyly, “What’s the matter? A bad hand! Too bad!” Crump says, drawing a card, “My move! I draw!” Crump says, putting one card into the main slot of his disk, “I play my Heavy Storm! And there is a one hundred percent chance that your defense is going to go down!” A massive storm then hits the field in which all five of Rika’s face-down cards are destroyed.

 

Keiko says, worriedly, “Oh no!”

 

Kotone says, worriedly, “Rika is defenseless!” However, Shion then notices Rika gives a smirk and five glows appear on the field.

 

Crump asks, confused, “What the?!” Soon after, the glows turn into Artifact Caduceus (1600/2400), a giant staff of some kind, three Artifact Aegis (1200/2500 X 3), three giant yellow-golden shields, and Artifact Chakram (1900/2000), a giant chakram weapon, appear on the field in defense mode. Crump asks, confused, “Where did those come from?!”

 

Rika says, with a grin, “Those were the cards that you destroyed! My Artifact monsters could with quite a trick! I can place them in my spell and trap card zones and during your turn, if you destroy them, I can automatically revive them as monster cards!”

 

Crump gasps in shock and he yells out, angrily, “You tricked me!”

 

Rika says, with a smirk, “Bingo, baka! Oh, by the way, my Caduceus has unique effect! When he is on the field, if other Artifacts are summoned, I get to draw one card from my deck! Since I summoned four other Artifacts, I draw four new cards!”

 

Rika draws four more cards from her deck and Keiko says, excitedly, “Excellent work, Liz!”

 

Hiyori says, amazed, “Wow.”

 

Crump says, with an angered snarl, “You are going to need them for this!” Crump says, putting one card into the Field Spell slot, “I activate my Seal of Orichalcos Field Spell!” Crump roars out as he is engulfed by a pillar of sickly green light in which the Seal of Orichalcos entraps both of them.

 

Hiyori says, nervously, “Oh no!” On the meanwhile, the insignia of the Orichalcos appears on Crump’s/Tristan’s forehead and his eyes gain an evil red glow.

 

Crump says, with an evil smile, “Now, you are going to pay for making me look like a fool, little girl!”

 

Rika retorts, with a scoff, “You already did it to yourself!”

 

Crump says, putting one card on his duel disk, “See how much you can talk when I play my Giant Red Seasnake!” Just afterwards, Giant Red Seasnake (1800/800) appears on the field in attack mode and Crump says, with an evil grin, “And now, the Orichalcos gives him a boost!” Giant Red Seasnake hisses as it gains the insignia of the Orichalcos on its forehead while gaining a red tint to its eyes while its stats go up from 1800/800 to 2300/800 in which Crump says, with an evil smirk, “And your overgrown toys are going to get squashed!” Giant Red Seasnake attacks Chakram, but an energy shield causing the monster to get stopped causing Crump to ask, confused, “What the heck?!”

 

Rika says, slyly, “Oops! Did I forget to mention that when my Aegis comes to the field that all Artifact monsters can’t be destroyed at all during this turn? So sorry!”

 

Crump says, with an angered snarl, “You are really pissing me off, brat!” Crump says, putting two cards into the main slot of his disk, “I end my turn with two cards face-down!”

 

Rika says, drawing a card, “My move now! I draw!” Rika says, putting one card into the main slot, “I activate Painful Choice! I take five cards from my deck, show them to you, and you have to choose one! That card goes to my hand while the rest go to the graveyard!” Five cards come out of Rika’s deck and she displays her Legendary Sword equip spell, Black Pendant equip spell, Malevolent Nuzzler equip spell, Mage Power equip spell, and United We Stand equip spell cards.

 

Crump gives a confused look and he then says, with a confident grin, “Ha! If you think that’s going to help you, you are wrong! Two of those spells only activate their activates if they are sent to the graveyard FROM THE FIELD, but you are going to lose them from your deck! So, I only give you Legendary Sword equip spell! That card can only be equipped to warriors and those monsters are fairies!” Rika sends her Black Pendant, Malevolent Nuzzler, Mage Power, and United We Stand equip spells to the graveyard in which Crump says, with a smirk, “That sword can’t help you do anything!”

 

Rika says, putting one more card into the main slot, “That’s what you think! I activate my Double Spell! By discarding one spell card from my hand, I can use one spell card from your graveyard!” Crump gasps in shock as Rika discards her Legendary Sword equip spell card causing a card to come out of the graveyard slot of Crumps’ duel disk in which Rika says, putting said card into the main slot of her disk, “And that card is your Heavy Storm! So, say goodbye to your face-down cards!” Just then a powerful storm hits the field which destroys Crump’s face-down cards.

 

Crump says, “But my Seal of Orichalcos is just fine! A measly card like that won’t destroy it!”

 

Rika says, putting one card on her disk, “Your overgrown magic circle won’t help you against this! I release my Chakram and Caduceus to Advanced Summon Gilford the Legend!” Crump yelps in surprise as Artifacts Chakram and Caduceus vanish to be replaced by Gilford the Legend (2600/2000) in attack mode in which Rika says, with a sly smirk, “And thanks to this ability, he can equip himself with up to five equip spells in my graveyard!”

 

Crump yells out, flabbergasted, “No!”

 

Rika says, with a sly grin, “Yep! Check it out!” Gilford’s sword becomes the Legendary Sword with the Black Pendant appearing on his neck as he gets equipped with all five equip spell cards in Rika’s graveyard causing his stats to go from 2600/2000 to 9300/7500!

 

Crump shouts out, horrified, “NINETY-THREE THOUSAND ATTACK POINTS?!!”

 

Rika yells out, “And all coming for you! Attack!” With one swing, Gilford cuts off Giant Red Seasnake’s head and he exposed causing Crump to yell out as he gets thrown back as he loses 7000 life-points as well as the duel.

 

Final Scores:

Rika: 4000

Crump: 0

 

With the end of the duel, the seal shrinks to surround Crump and he screams out as he is sealed away in which Tristan’s form collapses to the ground as Crump’s soul within Tristan’s body is sealed away.

 

Yuuko thinks in her mind, plainly, “Interesting.” Soon after, a bright glow comes to Yuuko’s attention and she looks as Shion transforms into Valkyrie Sailor Orion and the power of her transformation allows her to burst out of the ground in which Yuuko says, plainly, “Another day then.” Yuuko snaps her fingers and herself as well as Tristan vanish through teleportation.

 

Rika says, annoyed, “Rats!” Soon enough, Sailor Orion and Rika manage to get Kotone, Keiko, and Hiyori out of their ‘holes’.

 

Hiyori says, “Thank you.”

 

Kotone says, with a sigh of relief, “It was getting cramped in there.”

 

Keiko says, nodding her head, “I’ll say, Kotone.” Keiko tells Rika, “That was amazing, Rika! You won the duel in one move and you didn’t need your Aesir or your Legendary Knight!”

 

Rika says, displaying the Claw of Hermos spell/Legendary Dragon-Knight card, “But it is good to know that I have it handy.”

 

Hiyori says, with a nod, “I agree.”

 

Sailor Orion says, “Well, Yuuko got what she wanted.”

 

The other girls look at Sailor Orion and Rika asks, “What do you mean?”

 

Sailor Orion says, “I doubted that Yuuko-san expected that guy to win. The duel was to get information about you for her.”

 

Keiko asks, surprised, “Information?”

 

Sailor Orion says, looking at Rika, Keiko, and Kotone, “The three of you have the three greatest aces against the Orichalcos and Yuuko-san isn’t a fool. She is studying you to create counters to your decks in the future.”

 

Rika says, annoyed, “Oh, man! That really stinks!”

 

Sailor Orion says, “And she will be even more dangerous since she has seen all of our decks and gotten a feel for our dueling strategies.”

 

Kotone asks, “What do we do now?”

 

Sailor Orion says, “We should head somewhere we can rest and talk about the situation.”

 

Kotone asks, “How about my house?”

 

Hiyori asks, “Are you sure Kotone?”

 

Kotone says, with a smile, “It is no problem at all.”

 

Sailor Orion transforms back into Shion and she says, “We should get going then.” The others nod their heads in agreement and they head off.

 

May 20, 2026, Unknown location

 

Back with Yuuko, she is looking at a holographic screen displaying the members of the Big Five with big red ‘X’ in front of the pictures of Crump and Nezbitt as Kana comes over to her.

 

Kana asks, “Did everything go as planned?”

 

Yuuko says, “Yes. I’ve learned that the mace wielding blacksmith of SAO is no lightweight. She defeated Crump in one turn without the need of her Aesir or Legendary Knight.”

 

Kana says, with a nod, “Impressive.”

 

Yuuko says, with a nod, “Indeed. This tells me not to underestimate her. Food for thought.”

 

Kana asks, “Does the Big Five know that it was just a test of Lisbeth?”

 

Yuuko retorts, “What do you think?”

 

Kana responds, “They believe that his mission is a failure and it is another ‘black mark’ for them.”

 

Yuuko says, with a nod, “Correct. They are just pawns. As if I would give people like them new bodies with a chance to start new wars.”

 

Kana says, “Be careful that your actions don’t come to bite you back.” Yuuko glares at Kana and she walks away.

 

May 20, 2026, Tokyo, Unknown location

 

At some kind of unknown location, we look like we are inside of a ‘love hotel’ where we find Naruto with Sakura and Katsuragi engaged in a three-way intense passionate kiss.

 

When they break off the kiss, Sakura tells Naruto, annoyed with her cheeks flush, “Damn it! What are we going to do with you?!”

 

Katsuragi says, with a sly grin, “Geez, what’s got your panties in a bunch? It isn’t like he hasn’t seen you naked. He already took your cherry!”

 

Sakura tells Katsuragi, with a blush, “Yeah…!!” Sakura then looks over in another direction in which Naruto and Katsuragi look over on the bed to see Hinata, her form, minus her head, covered by a blanket, lying there with a red blush covering her face and anime ‘dizzy spirals’ in her eyes.

 

Hinata moans out, weakly, “Naruto-kun…Katsuragi-chan…so good…&rdqu o;

 

Katsuragi says, with a grin, “Oh, come on! Hinata-chan was enjoy herself!” Katsuragi looks at Naruto with adorning look in her eyes and she says, excitedly, “Just like you and me, Foxy-kun! Those fanfictions about you were right! You aren’t human or demon at all! You are a damn sex kami!”

 

Naruto says, with a nervous smile, “Well…” Naruto yelps as Katsuragi makes sure he faces her, eye to eye.

 

Katsuragi tells Naruto, with an excited smile, “You wanted me, Foxy-kun? You got me! I’m yours! What kind of gal would resist someone like you?! Heck, you can make a girl that’s only into girls want you!”

 

Sakura asks Katsuragi, “Like you?!”

 

Katsuragi says, with a sly grin, “Maybe! Anyway, I like the fact that you have embraced the joys of big boobs.” Sakura, who is wearing female pink undergarments, showing a female super-model body with a very well-developed *ahem* cleavage, can’t help to blush and Katsuragi shouts out, excitedly, “Now, let me get another sample of those huge cherries!” Sakura screams out as Katsuragi tackles her and as we look at Naruto’s face, who has a really nervous look, Sakura shouts and screams with some moans are heard.

 

Naruto thinks in his mind, nervously, “And people called me a ‘monster’ or ‘demon’?” Within his mind, Naruto can hear the chuckling of a familiar nine-tailed kitsune that was sealed in him by his father on the day of his birth.

 

May 20, 2026, Tokyo

 

Keiko, Hiyori, Kotone, and Rika are walking through the streets of Tokyo in which they are heading for Kotone’s home.

 

Keiko tells Rika, annoyed, “Geez, Liz! You had to get something to celebrate your victory!”

 

Rika says, with a sly grin, “Hey, I just beat one of that girl’s minions in one turn without using my ‘special cards’! It has to count for something!” Rika takes a drink from a smoothie with a proud smile on her face.

 

Hiyori asks Rika, “By the way, why did you buy that swimsuit?”

 

Rika gives a nervous look and she responds, nervously, “No reason at all! I just thought that it was cute!”

 

Kotone asks Rika, curiously, “Really, Rika?”

 

Rika says, nervously, “Y-Yes! Cut it out!” Keiko gives a slight suspicious look and Rika then says, trying to change the subject, “Anyway, what was that about Shion taking off like that?”

 

Hiyori says, confused, “I don’t know, Rika.” Just then there is a loud female scream is heard and Hiyori asks, nervously, “What was that?!”

 

Keiko says, “It sounds like someone screaming!”

 

Rika says, “It is someone screaming! Come on!” Rika races off towards the source of the voice with Keiko, Hiyori, and Kotone following behind him with all of them running into an alleyway causing them to gasp at the sight that they see. They find a young woman in the hands of a man dressed like western style ‘formal attire’ with well-combed blond hair and a handsome face expect he has blood red eyes and he has elongated canines. Said canines are digging into the neck of the young woman, who is showing fear and pain in her eyes as well as weakness as she slows the signs of blood loss.

 

Kotone says, fearfully, “Oh, Kami…”

 

The ‘man’ throws the woman to the ground and he says, with a sinister yet handsome male voice, “It seems like I have made a mistake.”

 

Hiyori asks, fearfully, “W-What the…?”

 

Keiko says, fearfully, “A v-v-vampire!”

 

The ‘man’ responds, “Indeed. I am Vlad, descendant of the legendary vampire of your human lore: Count Dracula.”

 

Kotone asks, stunned, “Count Dracula?”

 

Rika yells out, shocked, “You have got to be kidding me!”

 

The ‘man’, actually vampire, responds, “No, I am not. Count Vlad Dracula the Third. A name that you will remember…into the netherworld!” The vampire, Vlad, attacks them with incredible speed, but just before he can strike, he ‘senses’ something and leaps out of the way of a kick from Valkyrie Sailor Celestial!

 

Keiko says, surprised, “Su-Celestial!” Sailor Celestial winches in pain coming from the right side of her neck.

 

Vlad says, with a sinister smile, “Well, this night is full of surprises. It has been a long time, my dear.”

 

Sailor Celestial retorts, her voice strained, “What do you mean?”

 

Vlad retorts, with a sinister sly grin, “Don’t try to be coy, my dear. I know that it is you, Suguha Kirigaya. I remember that one girl that I bit and she ‘bit’ back.” Sailor Celestial and the others are surprised that Vlad knows that Sailor Celestial and Suguha Kirigaya are one and the same.

 

Sailor Celestial draws her swords and she says, with a snarl, “It doesn’t matter how you know! You are going to pay for the curse that you put on me!” Sailor Celestial prepares to charge in to attack, but she yelps out in pain and she collapses her right knee in which she drops her swords causing her to hold the right side of her neck in pain.

 

Keiko says, worriedly, “Suguha-chan!”

 

The girls prepare to go to Sailor Celestial, but she grunts out, weakly, “Stay…Stay back…” Sailor Celestial is holding her neck in pain while Keiko, Rika, Hiyori, and Kotone look in shock at the scene before them.

 

Sailor Celestial says, weakly, “Bastard…”

 

Vlad responds, with a sinister smile, “It seems you have become a lot stronger than the little girl that I tried to feed off those years ago.”

 

Sailor Celestial responds, weakly and angrily, “And it is because…of you that…I had gotten that curse…somehow…my powers managed to suppress it…and I thought I was done…with you…”

 

Vlad retorts, with a sinister grin, “Never, my darling Suguha. After that night, I couldn’t help to be curious about you. However, you are wrong about one thing.”

 

Sailor Celestial asks, annoyed, “What…?”

 

Vlad responds, “A vampire turning a human into a vampire is what you humans call an ‘old wives tale’. It just doesn’t happen.”

 

Sailor Celestial asks, shocked, “What?”

 

Vlad replies, “However, it doesn’t mean that it can’t happen, but after being bitten, a vampire must force feed a human their blood to cause the transformation. And it has been forbidden by the council of the survivors of my race along with the rule that vampires only take the blood that they need to survive and no more…which I don’t follow.”

 

Sailor Celestial yelps out as she holds her neck in pain and asks, “Then how…?”

 

Vlad retorts, with a wicked smile, “I was wondering myself and then it hit me. My saliva, which has elements that prevents blood clotting, had triggered something in your DNA.”

 

Sailor Celestial asks, shocked, “What…are you talking about…?”

 

Vlad responds, with an evil smile, “Simple, my dear. You were one of us all along.”

 

There are gasps and Sailor Celestial says, angrily, “No…you’re lying…that’s impossible…”

 

Vlad retorts, “While half-vampires are normally sterile, it doesn’t mean that none of them had any children. Face it, my darling Suguha. Deep down…you are already a monster!” Vlad then gives an evil laugh as Sailor Celestial starts to shed tears of anger and disbelief. Vlad then stops laughing and he says, with a sly smile, “Or should I say, WERE, a monster in actual truth.”

 

Sailor Celestial asks, irritated, “W-What?”

 

Vlad says, “Your vampire gene has been altered recently and you are no longer have ‘our blood’ through your veins. However, you have become something different. Something that my kind needs.” Vlad snaps his fingers and Sailor Celestial yelps as the shadows seemly come out and bind her.

 

Sailor Celestial shouts out, “What is this?!” Sailor Celestial struggles to break free, but the pain from her neck makes her unable to focus her strength.

 

Vlad says, with an evil smile, “It seems like that despite your vampire gene being completely altered into ‘something else’, it seems like that ‘physic bond’ forged when I bit you, which I still can’t explain how that happened, is still in play causing you the pain that you feel when I am near. It makes it easy to gain the power of the one who is now our ‘blood chalice’.”

 

Sailor Celestial asks, winching in pain, “Blood Chalice?”

 

Vlad says, “Our lore tells of one descendant of a half-breed will be changed into our ‘blood chalice’ in which her blood will grant us the power of a daywalker and fertility beyond that of humans. We, vampires, can have children, but our fertility is far less than that of humans. The number of us, ‘blue bloods’, is usually low. It is the reason that we turned many of your kind into our kind back in the day. We banned such a practice to keep our numbers low and ourselves hidden for our survival.” Vlad scoffs and he says, with a snarl, “Cowards. But now, with you, it doesn’t matter. With your blood, the sun will have no power over us any longer and we will breed an army of us, blue bloods, true vampires, in which we will dominate the world and take our revenge against humanity!”

 

Sailor Celestial says, weakly, “N-No…!!” Sailor Celestial struggles to break free, the pain coming from her neck makes her unable to focus to gather her strength in which Vlad extends his fangs to pierce the unprotected parts of Sailor Celestial’s form.

 

Keiko shouts out, fearfully, “Stop it!” However, Vlad ‘senses’ danger and he leaps out of the way of a ‘light arrow’ that nearly hits him in the head in which Sailor Orion makes her appearance with her using another arrow to cut Sailor Celestial free of her ‘bonds’ causing her to collapse to the ground.

 

Kotone says, “Sh-Sailor Orion!”

 

Sailor Orion says, with a plain tone, “I found another victim of this guy and I got her to a hospital. I went looking for her to get the victim help and now, I find this.”

 

Hiyori says, worriedly, “Be careful! He is a REAL vampire!”

 

Sailor Orion says, plainly tone, “That’s obvious.”

 

Vlad says, with an evil smile while looking at Sailor Celestial, “You have escaped for now, but there are plenty among my kind that think like I do and once they learned the ‘Blood Chalice’ is real, they won’t stop until they get you and they will. Humankind will pay and our kind will rule this world where man shall be the cattle for our kind that they should be in the first place.” Quickly as lightning, Sailor Orion fires another arrow at Vlad, but at the same time, the vampire just manages to avoid the attack and he takes off onto the rooftops and into the night.

 

The pain fading away, Sailor Celestial shouts out, getting to her feet, “Hold it!”

 

Sailor Celestial gets her swords, but Sailor Orion says, plainly, “Hold on, Celestial.” Sailor Orion points to Vlad’s victim, the young woman, and she says, “She needs help and his earlier victim needs help too. She might bleed out.” Sailor Celestial snarls, but she puts her swords away in which she goes over to the Vlad’s latest victim where she uses her powers to heal the bite wounds on her neck while Rika, Keiko, Kotone, and Hiyori look at the scene and each other as well as Sailor Celestial as they think upon what they witnessed and heard.

 

May 21, 2026, Moon Kingdom

 

In the rebuilt Moon Kingdom, Kazuto is being examined while the rest of our heroes and heroines, minus our Sailor Scout of Reality, are assembled together with Shion, Rika, Keiko, Kotone, and Hiyori discussing what happened last evening.

 

Trista says, with her eyes narrowing, “Vlad Dracula the Third. Very few knew that the infamous Dracula only known as fiction had descendants.”

 

Ami says, with holographic keyboards and screens in front of her, “I thought that Vlad the Impaler was only the bases of the fictional vampire Dracula.”

 

Trista says, “There are a mixture of truths and fiction, Ami-chan. Actually, in fact, Vlad the Impaler was very much human. His infamous twin on the other hand…”

 

Izzy asks, surprised, “Wait! Twin?!”

 

Trista says, “History doesn’t know this fact, but the infamous Vlad the Impaler actually had a twin brother…and he was the true vampire. Vlad’s and his brother’s mother was infected with a disease in which while Vlad, himself, was human, his twin brother…Well, he was born as vampires, the one born into this world as vampires, as a ‘blue blood’ even through his mother was human.”

 

Hotaru asks, “So, it was a disease?”

 

Trista responds, plainly, “Not exactly. The disease caused a genetic mutation in Vlad’s brother that didn’t affect Vlad himself causing Vlad’s brother to be born a pure-blooded vampire.”

 

Lita asks, “I hate to ask, but…What happened?”

 

Trista says, “Vlad’s twin brother proved ever much the leader as his brother and he united the tribes of vampires into a united kingdom of his own.”

 

Raye asks, “Wait! Vlad’s brother wasn’t the first vampire?”

 

Trista says, shaking her head, “No. Vampires existed for a long time. Remember, there are ancient myths and legends that tell about ‘blood sucking creatures’ before Stroker’s horror story in which he drew his inspiration. What he didn’t know is these ancient myths and legend told about the ancient vampires. Until Vlad’s brother came along, vampire kind wasn’t united, but separated into different tributes. Vlad’s brother united the tribes into a united kingdom. Vlad’s brother with his ‘people’ helped Vlad defeat the invaders from the Middle East through that fact was hidden by both of the Dracula brothers and Vlad gave his brother and his people a home in the darker portion of the mountains of Transylvania.”

 

Amara asks Trista, “I’m guessing that the blood from Vlad’s ‘victims’ were ‘payment’ to his brother for his help?”

 

Trista retorts, “Partially, but Vlad performed those acts as physiological warfare against his enemies, Amara. History is indeed correct about what Vlad the Impaler did, but it is just ‘history’ is incomplete.”

 

Shion asks, “So, what happened?”

 

Trista says, “When Vlad died, the war between humans and vampires came afterwards. The war that the vampires were devastated by and Vlad’s brother died during the conflict. However, the brother of Vlad had a child: A son. The son that he named after his brother: Vlad Dracula the Second.”

 

Davis says, “Since we are up to the third, it means something happened to Dracula vampire number two.”

 

Trista says, “Killed by his own people.”

 

There are looks of shock and Shion says, plainly, “He tried to stir up another war and many surviving vampires, out of fear, killed him.”

 

Trista says, with a nod, “Exactly. However, what they didn’t know is that he had a son, the third Vlad Dracula, and in fact, few of vampire kind know that he exists. Most surviving vampires, today, know Vlad by different names and identities.”

Rika asks Trista, “Do you think what he said is true?”

 

Trista says, “Half-vampires are indeed usually sterile, but there were a number of them that did have children where the vampire gene was suppressed in their children. I’m not totally sure how it is possible, but somehow, it is possible that the fluids that vampire secrete from their fangs to prevent blood clotting could have triggered the vampire gene from her half-vampire ancestor.”

 

Keiko asks, “So, Suguha could have turned into a vampire?”

 

Davis says, plainly, “Doubtful.”

 

TK says, with a nod, “I agree. Remember, Trista said that vampire gene from half-vampires becomes suppressed in their children, if they have any, and they are completely human. With all of the ‘human blood’ dilating the vampiric gene, I doubt Suguha could become half-vampire.”

 

Trista says, “We can’t be sure. Those kind of ‘genetics’ brought from atavism could cause ‘changes’ in all sort of ways. However, it seems like Suguha was suffering from ‘weaknesses’ that vampire children and adolescence go through on their way to become adults. You see, vampire children, which are usually ‘pure bloods’, are pretty much the same as human children. They don’t have a need to feed on blood or sunlight doesn’t injure them.”

 

There are plenty of surprised looks and Mina asks, amazed, “Really now?”

 

Trista says, with a nod, “However, like adult vampires, they have telepathic ability to control bats, through it varies from vampire child to vampire child on how well they control them as children. But while sunlight doesn’t ‘damage’ them, it causes them to become weaker and causes them significant ‘discomfort’ in the form of headaches and such. Other than that, they are just like human children until they reach late high school years. Adult vampires don’t have taste buds like humans and as they grow up, vampire children lose their sense of taste.”

 

Amara says, “Expect for blood.”

 

Trista nods her head in agreement with Amara and she says, “Indeed. Vampire children don’t have fangs like the adults, but their canines develop until the fangs that they have in adulthood and the gain the ability to secrete the fluids to prevent clotting to allow them to drink blood. When vampire children drink blood for the first time, they become adults in which they have their full vampiric powers, but also their full vampiric weaknesses as well.”

 

Asuna asks, “So, when she was bitten by that vampire and somehow activated her vampire gene, Suguha gained the weaknesses that vampire children have while growing up?”

 

Trista says, with a nod, “Maybe. She might have gained the ability to command bats too. However, due to the ‘unnatural way’ that her vampiric gene was awakened, her body might have been an ‘unstable state’ causing her to gain and lose those abilities as well as abilities that half-vampires and adult full vampires gain including possibility of ‘feeling’ vampiric bloodlust. There is also another factor that could have Suguha to be in such an ‘unstable state’.”

 

Lita says, realizing what Trista meant, “Her emerging powers as Sailor Celestial!”

 

Trista says, with a nod, “Exactly. While Suguha didn’t ‘fully awaken’, SAO and the trauma that it caused her started her ‘awakening process’.”

 

Kazuto thinks in his mind, with an angered look forming in his eyes, “Which is what Kayaba wanted to happen.”

 

Hiyori says, curiously, “But Suguha didn’t seem to have any problems in the sunlight from what we could see.”

 

Trista says, “Based on the information, I think that around the time that she started to play ALO, her powers as Sailor Celestial caused her vampiric gene to be suppressed again.” Trista says, seriously, “However, I think that her mental state allowed her powers to do so. Remember, her powers, begin as powerful as they are, can depend on her mental and emotional strength for the strength of what they can do and her powers ‘seal’ on the vampiric ‘gene’ depended on that. Through now, I don’t think that’s the case anymore.”

 

Ami says, “I believe that Trista is right. I don’t think Suguha is part-vampire anymore.”

 

Plenty of the others give looks of surprise and Darien says, realizing, “You must be talking about the time when UNI-SHOCKER used that mutagen on her to temporary put her ‘out of action’ by forcing us to cure her.”

 

Ami says, with a nod, “Exactly.”

 

Serena asks, “Hold on! I thought that you said that your ‘anti-mutagen’ reversed what they did to her, right?”

 

Ami says, nodding her head, “Yes, but I can see that it had an unintended side-effect. I didn’t notice it before, but now, I found that Suguha’s vampiric gene has been completely altered. She isn’t part-vampire anymore.”

 

Trista asks Ami, “Ami-chan, did you…?’

 

Ami says, with a nod, “Yes, I did. I did a computer simulation of the vampire gene that you provided with Suguha’s altered former vampire gene and found that if introduced, it would alter the vampire’s gene where they wouldn’t be damaged by sunlight anymore.”

 

There are gasps of shock and Lita asks, stunned, “No way!”

 

Ami says, “The simulation is only ninety-percent accurate…”

 

Amara says, “But we can’t take a chance.”

 

Yolei asks, stunned, “You mean that if vamps drink Suguha’s blood, they can’t be hurt by sunlight anymore and they could possibly multiply like rabbits?!”

 

Amara says, plainly, “With their offspring just as immune to sunlight as their parents have become.”

 

Keiko says, nervously, “T-That’s bad!”

 

Rika says, seriously, “No damn kidding, Keiko!”

 

Trista says, “And as much as I hate to agree with Vlad, he is right to say that plenty in the surviving vampire community do think like him. If they learn about Suguha…”

 

Ken says, “They will be after her like moths to a flame.”

 

There are plenty of worried looks among our heroes and heroines and Serena thinks in her mind, worriedly, “Oh no…”

&nbs p;

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

&nbs p;

May 21, 2026, Tokyo, Unknown location

 

Within Tokyo, we are in an underground area where we find Vlad talking with a female figure.

 

Vlad says, with an evil smile, “It is as I thought.”

 

The female figure says, talking with an Eastern European/Russian accent, “The legends are true. I thought that they were a myth.”

 

Vlad says, “Our people will be reborn with the power of the accused half-breeds, but they will be pure bloods.”

 

The female figure says, with a scoff, “Our people? Ha! I wish that I was back to the days that I believed that I was the last vampire on this planet.”

 

Vlad tells the female figure, with a nod, “I can understand your anger towards our people. They have become cowards. Hiding away in the shadows like tamed dogs.”

The female figure says, nodding her head, “I’ve always heard rumors of you and your family, but I didn’t think that you existed.”

 

Vlad tells the female figure, with a nod, “I wanted to keep it that way. ‘Our people’…No, those cowards that dared to call themselves vampires did away with my father and shamed the mighty ruler that was my grandfather in which his only flaw was to trust my uncle…a human through one must admit his ruthlessness to be admired and his loyalty respected.”

 

The female figure says, with a sly tone, “Indeed.”

 

Vlad says, “Once we drink of the ‘Blood Chalice’, we will gain the power of day-walkers and no longer, our kind will have to fear the sun. We will build a new vampire race that will dominate the world and humans will be our cattle as they deserve to be.”

 

The female figure says, with an evil sly tone, “I love the way that you think, Vlad, darling. Our goals are pretty much the same.”

 

Vlad says, with a nod, “Indeed, Camula.” The female figure walks forward to see that it is Camula, the female vampire duelist of the Shadow Riders, and he says, with a sinister smile, “I’ve known about you for a long while and while I don’t exactly like the way that you have teamed up with a human, it is understandable since you didn’t know that members of our kind survived, but then again, I know that even if you did know back then, you would have been disgusted.”

 

Camula says, with a nod, “Yes, Vlad, darling. I can’t believe how pathetic that our species have become. The vampire race has become weak and pathetic. They aren’t worth saving.”

 

Vlad says, with a sinister smile, “Indeed, Camula. We shall create a new vampire race, strong and no longer bound by the sun’s power.”

 

Camula says, with a wicked smile, “Yes, she won’t escape us.”

 

Vlad says, “We must be cautious. She is one of the most powerful of the Sailor Senshi after all.”

 

Camula says, with a scoff, “While that may be true, on the dueling field, we are equal.”

 

Vlad says, “Maybe, but her dueling ability is great. You must be cautious.”

 

Camula says, with a grin, “Don’t worry, Vlad, darling. I won’t make the same mistakes as I did with those children so long ago.”

 

Vlad says, “Trust me, I know that you won’t. It was hard work getting the magics needed to release you from the Shadow Realm and I won’t do it twice.”

 

Camula says, with a sinister smile, “You are true heir to the name of Dracula, darling.”

 

Vlad says, “I am, indeed. And remember: Flattery won’t get you anywhere.”

 

Camula says, with a sinister smile, “I know, darling. And my actions will speak louder than my words.” Both Vlad and Camula give evil smiles as they make their plans to capture none other than our Sailor Scout of Reality for their evil plans.

 

May 21, 2026, Tokyo, Kirigaya household

 

Within the Kirigaya household, Suguha is looking out into the sky and she is in deep thought.

 

Suguha thinks in her mind, “What a nightmare. I find out that what happened when that fanged freak bit me all those years ago is that I have vampire ancestor in my Earth family and I was becoming part-fanged freak myself, but now, I’m not part-vampire anymore, however, I could be the end of the human race if fanged freaks like that one bit me gets their hands on me. This is just my luck.” Suguha gives a solemn sigh as her two Digimon partners look at her with concern.

 

May 21, 2026, Unknown location

 

Yuuko looks at a holographic screen as Kana comes over to her.

 

Kana asks, “What are you planning now?”

 

Yuuko says, “I believe that the ‘testing’ is over. I’m going onto the offensive.”

 

Kana asks, curiously, “Oh?”

 

Yuuko says, “It is time for Suguha to confront her past and for her family and friends to see who she truly is.”

 

Kana asks, curiously, “How are you going to do that?”

 

Yuuko responds, with a sinister sly smile, “By setting a trap that she knows that it is a trap and she won’t be able to resist setting it off.”

 

Kana asks, “And why is that?”

 

Yuuko replies, with a plain tone, “Simple. Her guilty conscience won’t stop her from trying to save this girl.” Yuuko looks at the holographic screen and Kana looks to see that the holographic screen shows a young teen girl with brown hair in two buns and jade green eyes.

 

End of Chapter 8

 

Our heroes and heroines are still one step behind Yuuko, but now, another twist as they learn some of the ‘dark history’ of Suguha that happened during the time that Kazuto, Serena, and the other SAO survivors among our heroes and heroines were trapped in SAO. However, as you know, if you read into my Hollow Fragment storyline, you know that it isn’t the full story. What’s coming next? Do I really need to ask that question? Please read and review and no flames, please! Later and best wishes, Crossover Fans!