Sailor Moon Fan Fiction / Digimon Fan Fiction / Crossover Fan Fiction ❯ Sailor Moon Online the Movie: Alternating Scales ❯ Taking of Memory and Family ( Chapter 10 )

Anyway, it seems like the action is heating up since it seems like SAO survivors are starting to ‘lose’ their memories and it isn’t a NATURAL ‘thing’ that’s happening. Who will be the next victim of this ‘memory thief’? Well, you are going to have to read to find out, everyone, though I’m sure that you have a good idea already, but as I have mentioned, you are going to need to read and see, folks! Yes, I know that this is getting annoying, but now, 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. However, most of all, I would 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 organization UNI-SHOCKER and everything about them, but most of all, I would like to give this author EXTRA thanks and credit for being the inspiration for this story and helping me form it as a co-writer and beta in the first place.

 

Now, it is time log in everyone and I hope that no one will hate for this, but…LINK START!

 

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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 the Movie: Alternating Scales

 

Scene 10: Taking of Memory and Family

 

April 26, 2026, Earth, Tokyo, SAO Memorial Academy

 

On the grounds of the SAO Memorial Academy, Serena wandering down the courtyard of the school and she is in deep thought about what happened just a while ago and last night.

 

Serena thinks in her mind, “I still can’t wrap my mind around it. Why would a fellow survivor be doing this? What’s the point in attacking your fellow survivors and what’s the point in taking their memories of SAO?” Serena continues to walk down the courtyard and she then looks to see Kazuto and Asuna sitting down together on a beach in the garden of the school’s courtyard.

 

Asuna and Kazuto quickly notice her, and Kazuto says, “Hey, Serena.”

 

Serena says, “Hi, Asuna. Hello, Kazuto.” Serena goes over to them and she sits down by Asuna.

 

Asuna asks Serena, “Are you okay, Serena-chan?”

 

Serena says, with a sigh, “I’ve been thinking a lot.”

 

Kazuto says, “About Eiji, how he is an SAO survivor, and how he is attacking fellow survivors in which using the Augma to take away their memories of SAO.”

 

Serena asks, with a weak smile, “Am I that obvious?”

 

Asuna tells Serena, with a smile, “We’ve been together for two years in SAO, Serena-chan. We know what we are thinking just by looking at each other.”

 

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

 

Asuna gives a sigh and she says, “Kirito-kun…Serena-chan…There is something that I need to tell you.”

 

Kazuto asks Asuna, “It involves Eiji doesn’t it?”

 

Asuna says, with a nod, “Yes. I believe…” Asuna shakes her head and she says, “No, I KNOW him. Eiji was a member of my guild in SAO.”

 

Serena and Kazuto give looks of surprise and Serena asks, “He was a member of the Knights of the Blood?”

 

Asuna says, with a nod, “Yes. In SAO, his name was Nautilus.”

 

Kazuto says, “Nautilus…” Kazuto thinks in his mind, “Now that sounds familiar.”

 

Serena also gets this ‘feeling of familiarity’ and Asuna says, noticing Serena’s and Kazuto’s ‘looks’, “I’m not surprised that you feel that you knew him. You might have seen him before, but didn’t really know him until I had talked with Kirito-kun about Nautilus’ ‘condition’.”

 

Serena asks, curiously, “Condition?”

 

Asuna says, “From what I can recollect, it happened during the time we made it to the fortieth floor of Aincrad. During a mid-boss battle in the main labyrinth that my guild was fighting, I was in command of one of the parties that were formed against this mid-boss. After dealing significant damage to the boss, I had commanded my party to split up into small teams to prepare for the boss’ attack patterns to change. Nautilus was supposed to protect Sanza-san, a spear user who wouldn’t be able to guard against an attack, but Nautilus froze and Sanza got attacked breaking his weapon and also inflicting a stun debuff on him. The boss focused on Sanza due to his attack pattern to focus on player if he or she is defenseless.”

 

Kazuto says, with a nod, “Wait! I think I remember that battle! Usagi…I mean Serena and I rushed in and protected Sanza when we saw the situation. I blocked the attack and Serena finished off the boss, The Ruthless Wander Chief, in the process. Getting the Final Attack Bonus in the process I might add.”

 

Serena asks, curiously, “I did?”

 

Kazuto nods his head and he then asks Asuna, “What happened in Nautilus?”

 

Asuna says, “I told him to explain his actions and he said that his legs froze despite trying to move them. He said it with such conviction that I couldn’t help to believe that he believed that was the truth. I told it over with…”

 

Kazuto says, “Kayaba…Or should I say, Heathcliff. At the time, we didn’t know that Heathcliff and Kayaba were one and the same person.”

 

Serena thinks in her mind, solemnly, “At least not in our minds, but I think my heart truly knew.”

 

Asuna nods her head and she says, “The command said that Nautilus might be suffering from a form of a ‘Full-Dive Non-Conformity’. We’ve seen it before with Nezha.”

 

Serena says, with a nod of understand, “His depth perception probable being unable to gauge distance in VR due to Non-Conformity.”

 

Kazuto says, nodding his head in understand and realization, “Now, I remember. You talked with me about his ‘condition’ while Serena and I were farming Balloon Roussettes. You got the information from Argo to figure out where we were.”

 

Asuna says, “I couldn’t help to be worried you. You were running off alone a lot lately.”

 

Serena says, solemnly, “It was only around four months since the Moonlit Black Cats were wiped out.”

 

Serena looks at Kazuto and Kazuto says, with a sigh, “It’s all right, Serena. Yeah, I was…in a ‘dark mood’ to say the least at the time. Serena was keeping a close eye on me due to what happened.” Kazuto says, with a weak smile, “I was a bit annoyed at time, but she made sure that I didn’t do anything really stupid.”

 

Serena says, with a smirk, “I don’t think that I can agree to that Kazuto or I think that I should make you remember Christmas of that year.”

 

Kazuto says, with a smirk, “Thanks a lot.” Asuna and Serena giggle at Kazuto’s ‘embarrassment’ and Kazuto tells Asuna, “Anyway, when we had a relatively safe area to talk, you told me about Nautilus and what K-Heathcliff said about him. I felt that he was right that saying that Nautilus’ NervGear was causing his avatar to follow his instincts and not what he consciously wanted his avatar wanted to do. Basically, his avatar was following his ‘fight or flight instinct’ and that instinct was on ‘flight mode’ making him unable to move his avatar despite his mind demanding his avatar to move. Since his NervGear was focusing on what his instincts were telling him and not his conscious mind, he had no control over his avatar.”

 

Asuna says, with a nod, “That’s what you told me. You also said that it was different from Nezha’s condition because Nezha’s condition was a problem with one of his senses: His sight. However, by giving him the equipment that we did, allowed him to fight as a long-range fighter. His problem was with one of his senses and not his NervGear not allowing his conscious mind to control his virtual avatar like Nautilus.”

 

Kazuto says, with a nod, “That’s right. His ‘condition’ was his NervGear focusing on ‘commands’ from his instincts and not his conscious mind with his ‘fight or flight instinct’ being on ‘flight’ and not ‘fight’. In his case, you would have had Nautilus get his instinct to tell him to fight not flee and you couldn’t blame him for being that way.”

 

Asuna says, nodding her head in agreement with Kazuto, “Yes, you’re right, Kirito-kun. Even if it was close to a year since that nightmare started, you can’t blame Nautilus to feeling that way. I mean, a good number of the players remained behind in the Town of Beginnings from start to the end because of that fear.”

 

Serena says, nodding her head to agree with Asuna, “That’s right.”

 

Kazuto asks, “What happened with Nautilus?”

 

Asuna says, solemnly, “After we defeated the floor boss of floor forty, Nautilus left the guild.”

 

Serena asks, surprised, “He left?”

 

Asuna says, solemnly, “I had Nautilus stay behind and not participate in the floor boss battle because of what the commander and Kirito-kun told me. In my view, it was a serious condition and I didn’t want to put him in danger because of it. However, after the boss battle, Nautilus came up to leave the guild. I thought that it was because of me telling him to stay behind and I tried to explain my reasoning behind it with what the commander and Kirito-kun told me, but he just said that it wasn’t that, however, he didn’t go into details.”

 

Kazuto says, “You believe something happened that involved Nautilus during the time of the floor boss fight. Something horrible.”

 

Asuna says, with a nod of her head, “Looking back, I believe…I know so, Kirito-kun. Something happened while we were fighting the fortieth-floor boss. Something really horrible that hurt Nautilus-san really bad.”

 

Kazuto asks Asuna, “And you think that event back then could be connected to his actions now as Eiji?”

 

Asuna says, “I don’t know, Kirito-kun. I just don’t know.” Asuna asks Serena, “Serena-chan, maybe you have an idea?”

 

Serena asks, curiously, “Me?”

 

Asuna tells Serena, with a nod, “Yes. You weren’t with us in the boss battle that day and you never did explain why.” Serena then thinks about events of that time and Serena then yelps as she holds her head, as if in pain, as images flash before her.

 

Kazuto and Asuna say in unison, worriedly, “Serena!”

 

Asuna holds Serena on the shoulders and Asuna asks, concerned, “Are you okay?”

 

Serena is breathing heavily, she puts her hand over her heart, and she says, “I…I…”

 

Kazuto tells Serena, “Serena, focus on us!” Serena focuses on Asuna and Kazuto and he tells her, “We’re here, Serena. Remember we’re here.”

 

Asuna says, with a nod and concerned yet calming tone of voice, “That’s right, Serena-chan. We’re here.”

 

Serena quickly manages to calm down and she says, “Right. I’m sorry.”

 

Kazuto tells Serena, “Easy, Serena.”

 

Asuna tells Serena, “You shouldn’t push yourself, Serena-chan.”

 

Serena replies, with a nod, “Right.”

 

Serena calms down as Asuna comforts her and Kazuto thinks in his mind, “For Serena to panic like that…She must have locked away the memory away much like she and I did with the members of Laughing Coffin. So, Serena might have an idea on what happened to Eiji when he was Nautilus in SAO, but what happened must have been so horrible…so terrible…Serena must have blocked it out. However, it may be the key to finding out what’s going on.”

 

April 26, 2026, Earth, Tokyo, UNI-SHOCKER headquarters

 

Embryo is walking into the room where the Diamond Rose Knights are tending to their Ragna-Mails in which they look up to see Embryo coming towards them.

 

Salia says, “Master Embryo!”

 

When the Diamond Rose Knights turn to face him, he says, “At ease, everyone.”

 

Chris asks, “Is something wrong, Master Embryo?”

 

Embryo says, “No, my dear Chris. It will be time to make our move.”

 

Tanya asks, “You mean…?’

 

Embryo says, with a nod, “Yes, Tanya.”

 

Salia says, nodding her head in understand, “Understood, Master Embryo.” Salia tells the rest of her team, “You heard Master Embryo! Let’s move!”

 

The rest of the Diamond Rose Knights reply in unison, “Right!”

 

As Embryo’s female warriors prepare for their mission, Embryo thinks in his mind, with a wicked smile, “Soon, Ange, you and our Suguha won’t be able to escape me.”

 

April 26, 2026, Earth, Tokyo

 

Heading into another part of Tokyo, Kamen Rider Lunar and three of the Outer Sailor Scouts, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto, are waiting as Salamandinay and her two ‘guardians’ come out into the open.

 

Kamen Rider Lunar says, “Nice for you to meet with us.”

 

Salamandinay says, “Surprised that you were able to find us.”

 

Sailor Uranus says, “With you have advanced sensors that can access world-wide satellites, there is very little you can hide.”

 

Salamandinay says, with a nod, “True enough. This world reminds me of the world of our predecessors.”

 

Sailor Uranus asks, “The one before Embryo started the war that destroyed it?”

 

Salamandinay says, “Indeed. In which, you should take heed of our story. While Embryo was at the core of it, humanity let their own darkness consume them by abusing Dracunium.”

 

Sailor Uranus says, “We’ll remember that, but we don’t have Dracunium here.”

 

Salamandinay says, “True, but you have ‘elements’ that possess more power than Dracunium. Your princesses’ powers for example.”

 

Kamen Rider Lunar says, “In a way, we’re here to talk about them.”

 

Salamandinay asks, curiously, “Oh?”

 

Sailor Uranus says, “Embryo is our enemy and he is your enemy. He is a VERY dangerous enemy.”

 

Salamandinay asks, curiously, “Why ask us for aid?”

 

Sailor Neptune says, with a smile, “To be honest, we didn’t want to.”

 

Sailor Uranus says, with a stern tone, “While he is your enemy and using your enemy as nothing than fuel for his false ‘utopia’ using people like Ange and the ‘Norma’ as disposal tools, we prefer handling this ourselves despite it being more than ‘our affair’.”

 

Kamen Rider Lunar says, “However, we need all the allies that we can get. While it is true that Embryo is using UNI-SHOCKER for his own ends and that kind of ‘alliance’ is fragile at best, it is still dangerous even it might ‘break’.”

 

Salamandinay says, with a smile, “However, it might prove difficult since your enemy knows your allies.”

 

Sailor Uranus says, plainly, “HIS version of us.”

 

Salamandinay says, looking at Sailor Pluto’s new Valkyrie form, “While that’s true and you are most likely stronger than his Earth’s version of you, guardians of this world, you are similar enough for them to negate your abilities and put you on the defensive.”

 

Sailor Uranus flinches from that and Kamen Rider Lunar says, “No kidding.” Sailor Uranus glares at Kamen Rider Lunar and Kamen Rider Lunar says, “Because they are similar enough, they have put this Earth’s Sailor Scouts on the defensive in which they react to their attacks and no ability to counterattack beyond driving our enemies off.”

 

Salamandinay says, “So, you wish to ally with us.”

 

Kamen Rider Lunar says, “Actually, it would be me. These three won’t disobey their version of my Meatball Head sister and personally, I tend to agree with them believe it or not.”

 

Salamandinay says, “Because she isn’t like the Sailor Moon of your Earth.”

 

Kamen Rider Lunar says, “Yeah, their version of my Meatball Head isn’t a brainaic like mine was.” Kamen Rider Lunar’s right hand tightens into a fist and he says, “However, she has been through a lot worse than what my Sailor Moon went through before…before she was taken away from me and my Earth. She is a lot stronger, physically, which is shocking, and mentally through I dare say that I can’t help to wonder the ‘cost’ of such strength.”

 

Sailor Uranus thinks in her mind, with a mental sigh, “That’s what we keep asking every single day.”

 

Kamen Rider Lunar says, “However, I doubt that my Earth’s three Outer Sailor Scouts wouldn’t do the same thing that these three are doing and obey those ‘orders’ if they were given by my Earth’s Meatball Head.”

 

Salamandinay says, with a nod, “And I can understand her reasoning behind her choice. I just hope that she completely understands the reasoning behind my choice. I have no regrets and no reason to repent for what I have done. The Norma were doing what they need to do to the survive and I was doing what I truly believed best for my people.”

 

Sailor Uranus says, “And I can tell. There is no ‘ill wind’ behind your words. However, there are many reasons that we follow Sailor Moon’s choice and we respect that choice for many a reason. That’s why we aren’t going to disobey her ‘order’. But while we won’t make any alliances, Kamen Rider Lunar isn’t a Sailor Scout and he isn’t from our universe so that ruling doesn’t apply to him.”

 

Salamandinay asks, “So, you are willing to ‘bend’ the rules to protect her and the world?”

 

Kamen Rider Lunar says, with a sly tone, “These girls have fought their fellow Scouts based on what they believed in, so, it isn’t too surprising.” Sailor Uranus gives an annoyed glare at Kamen Rider Lunar and Sailor Neptune gives Sailor Uranus as a reassuring kind smile in response.

 

Salamandinay asks, “How shall we begin?”

 

April 26, 2026, Moon Kingdom

 

Inside of the Moon Kingdom, Suguha is with Ami as they are in the hospital area set up within the Moon Kingdom palace in which Suguha is wearing a hospital gown and showing her new ‘ears’ and tail.

 

Ami asks Suguha, “Are you ready, Suguha?”

 

Suguha responds, “Yep. Ready as I will ever be.”

 

Ami says, “Please lie down.” Suguha nods her head as she lies down on the hospital bed and Ami binds down Suguha’s arms and legs in which Ami says, “This is to make sure that you don’t hit yourself even through you will be sleeping.”

 

Suguha says, a bit nervously, “Right.”

 

Ami says, with a smile, “Don’t worry, it will be just fine. It was easy to figure how to counter the mutagen used on you.”

 

Suguha replies, with a curious tone, “Really?”

 

Ami says, with a nod, “Yes.” That gets the wheels in Suguha’s mind working, but she decides to focus on it when she is back to normal. Soon enough, Ami uses what looks like a bottle of smelling salts and puts it under Suguha’s nose causing her to note on how sweet the smell is before she goes into a really deep sleep. Ami says, with a sigh, “Here we go.” Ami then prepares to inject Suguha with the anti-mutagen in order to revert Suguha back to normal.

 

April 26, 2026, Earth, Tokyo, Kirigaya household

 

Back in the Kirigaya household, Suguha’s alternate counterpart is walking down to the kitchen to get a drink and rest. [Suguha] went back to ALO trying to bring back the remaining memories in her mind in the hope that it could reawaken her Sailor Scout powers to fight back against Embryo as well as regaining the memories that he took from her. Just then there is a knock on the door and [Suguha] goes over to the door in which she looks to see a female dressed in a delivery outfit with a cap over her head to cover her face.

 

[Suguha] asks, “Who is it?”

 

The ‘delivery girl’ says, her voice sounding a bit ‘off’, “Special delivery!” [Suguha] is a bit concerned about her voice and the fact that she is getting a bit of familiarity.

 

[Suguha] says, a bit nervously, “I’m sorry. The owners of the house aren’t in right now…”

 

The ‘delivery girl’ says, “That’s too bad. I have an important delivery and I need their seal.”

 

[Suguha] thinks in her mind, annoyed, “Just great.” [Suguha] yells out, “Just a second!” [Suguha] then opens the door and when she does so, the ‘delivery girl’ then revealed her head showing none other than Salia.

 

[Suguha] gasps in shock and surprise in which Salia says, with a sly smirk, “Surprise, Suguha.” [Suguha] attempts to close the door, but she yelps as she is shocked by a stun gun from Salia and she collapses to the floor temporary stunned in which Salia has a sly grin on her features.

 

[Suguha] grunts out, “You…”

 

Salia says, with a sly smile, “Good night, princess.” Salia then ruthlessly knocks [Suguha] out with one blow.

 

April 26, 2026, Earth, Tokyo, Juuban District

 

Around the same time, within the Juuban District, Sammy is running out into the streets with an Augma attached to his face.

 

Sammy says, “Ordinal Scale, activate!” Sammy’s Augma activates and he ‘dives’ into the Ordinal Scale AR game in which we see him in his ‘Ordinal Scale avatar’ with him dressed black and green outfit similar to Kazuto’s ‘Ordinal Scale avatar’. Sammy says, “I’m not going to let some jerks keep me stuck in my house!”

 

Just then a familiar male voice says, “You are quite brave or quite foolish.” Sammy turns to the source of the voice where he sees Eiji looking at him in which Sammy can see his ranking.

 

Sammy thinks in his mind, shocked, “Rank two?! That means that he is…!!”

 

Eiji says, “Sammy Tsukino.”

 

Sammy asks, with a glare, “Yeah? So, what of it?”

 

Eiji says, plainly, “The younger brother to Serena Tsukino…Or I should say the younger brother to the ‘White Valkyrie’ and former SAO beta tester.”

 

Sammy’s eyes widen, and he says, narrowing his eyes, “You are just like Meatball Head. You are an SAO survivor.”

 

Eiji says, “I’m not like your sister.” Sammy gives a surprised and confused look and Eiji says, “While I am a survivor of the ‘death game’, I’m not like your sister. She is remembered as a hero while a weak player like me is forgotten.” Eiji tells Sammy, “Now, I’m sure that your sister told you about me.”

 

Sammy yells out, “What is this all about? As I told the government, my family never knew that he could…!!”

 

Eiji says, interrupting, “You think that this is some kind of revenge because of what your uncle did. You are mistaken. This is far from revenge.” Eiji then slowly walks towards Sammy as he gets into a defensive stance while getting a sword out and he says, “But I do feel a grudge against your sister.”

 

Sammy asks, “What did Meatball Head do to you?”

 

Eiji replies, “Nothing. She did nothing to me. My grudge against her is for what she FAILED to do.”

 

Sammy thinks in his mind, a bit confused, “What she FAILED to do?”

 

Eiji says, “I intend to correct her mistake and my own.” Eiji then charges at Sammy and the two of them clash blades in which Sammy is on the defensive in no time.

 

Sammy shouts out, “What the heck are you talking about?!”

 

Eiji says, “You don’t need to know!”

 

Sammy yells out, strongly, “Like heck I don’t! If you are trying to hurt my sister, you are going to learn that you are messing with a dragon. And when you mess with a dragon, you are going to get burned!”

 

Eiji says, with a smirk, “Even if you are dragon, you are nothing more than a dragon cub.”

 

Sammy shouts out, strongly, “We’ll see about that jerk!” Sammy does his best to counterattack, but Eiji overwhelms Sammy without much in the way of trouble at all.

 

Eiji says, with a smile, “Not bad, but it isn’t enough against me.” Eiji then ruthlessly assault Sammy and knocks his sword away from him in which Sammy gasp as he is kneed in the waist causing him to stumble backwards before Eiji strikes him with a blow strong enough to knock him out in which Eiji looks at the fallen Sammy with a wicked smile on his face.

 

April 26, 2026, Moon Kingdom

 

Within the Moon Kingdom, Ami is examining Suguha, who is strapped to a hospital bed, in which Ami is looking at holographic and regular screens that are motioning all of Suguha’s vitals as she looks to see the ‘wolf ears’ and the tail slowly, but surely retracting in which Suguha, in a deep sleep for anti-mutagen to do its work, is sweating and groaning.

 

Ami looks at Suguha and she thinks in her mind, “From the looks of it, Suguha has already been through the worst of what could happen with the anti-mutagen. Her powers must have lessened the ‘negative reaction’ from it. However, it looks like she is having a nightmare. I hope that she will be okay.” With Suguha, who is sweating greatly as her new ‘wolf ears’ and tail continue to fade, she is deep in a terrible nightmare. A very real nightmare. In this nightmare, she is Valkyrie Sailor Celestial and she is fighting some kind of ‘creature’.

 

This ‘creature’ looks very similar to the ‘New 52’ version of Doomsday, the monster that killed Superman in the DC comic books, but this version’s skin is obsidian black, his eyes are a wicked jade green, and his teeth are more like Kisame’s shark-like teeth.

 

As the ‘nightmare’ goes on, Suguha dreams that the Sailor Scouts’ magical based attacks are completely worthless and in fact, they enhance the power of this behemoth making things worse for them in which their magical weapons including the Space Sword and Sailor Saturn’s Silent Glaive scythe are utterly worthless in which most of the Sailor Scouts end up badly injured with her and Sailor Moon being the only ones left to fight this behemoth in which they have to go into hand-to-hand combat. However, Suguha/Sailor Celestial can feel the creature bust up her armor and tear into her body. She can just smell its horrible breath filled with death as the ‘creature’ roars at her with a powerful and mighty inhuman roar of power and rage.

 

Back in reality, Suguha grunts and groan from this ‘nightmare’ as her ‘wolf ears’ and tail vanish completely in which Ami is looking over the holographic screens and monitors for any ‘irregularities’ and she thinks, finding nothing, “Good. It looks like there are no side-effects and…” But just then one of the monitors flashes an alert and Ami thinks in her mind, “Oh no!” But when Ami looks at the monitor, she thinks, surprised, “Wait! It isn’t finding anything wrong with Suguha. It has found…” Ami’s eyes go wide when she sees what is on the screen and she quickly take out her transformation wand.

But then a male voice says, “I don’t think so.” Ami turns around only to get thrown into the wall by Kamen Rider Terra in which she slumps down to the floor, barely conscious.

 

Ami asks, weakly, “But how?”

 

Kamen Rider Terra retorts, going over to Suguha, “How do you think? Aren’t you supposed to be the smart one?” Kamen Rider Terra removes the straps around Suguha’s arms and legs and hoists her onto his shoulders.

 

Ami says, weakly, “No…”

 

Kamen Rider Terra says, “Like you can stop me.” Kamen Rider Terra then goes over, takes Suguha’s broach, and he then teleports away in which Ami, barely conscious, gets her communication for her sub-space pocket and she manages to push a button on it causing it to give off some kind of ‘alarm light’ before she falls into unconsciousness.

 

April 26, 2026, Earth, Tokyo, UNI-SHOCKER headquarters

 

[Darien] appears in front of a group of figures that are hidden by the darkness.

 

One of them says, in a male voice, “Excellent work.”

 

[Darien] says, “I’ve brought her to the Shigemura just like you asked.”

 

The male figure says, “Good.”

 

[Darien] says, “Are you sure that you can trust him? You know what he wants to do with her.”

 

The male figure responds, slyly, “And that’s why we CAN trust him. What parent would do anything for their child especially since he was the one who trained her killer so to speak?”

 

[Darien] says, “Whatever. He knows that his work and research is under our supervision for our benefits.”

 

The male figure says, with a nod, “Yes, my friend. He knows.”

 

[Darien] says, “Good. We had better prepare. Most likely, this world’s Meatball Head and her scouts are going to be on our butts soon.”

 

The male figure says, “Too true. And they have proven far more capable and difficult than the ones back in your world.”

 

[Darien] says, with a sneer, “They are still the same ‘magical girls’ like the ones back at home.”

 

The male figure responds, “This world’s version of Sailor Pluto achieving this ‘legendary power’ says otherwise and your battles with this Sailor Moon as well as the one known as Sailor Celestial agrees with your last fight.”

 

[Darien] yells out, annoyed, “I was caught off-guard!”

 

The male figure retorts, “I understand that, but you have to remember that if you let your guard down for one moment, you will end up joining your former girlfriend and her best friends. You were lucky to come out intact. Remember, the Outer Sailor Scouts aren’t as ‘restrained’ as the Inner Sailor Scouts.”

 

[Darien] says, with a snort, “Whatever.” [Darien] walks away and the group of figures look at each other.

 

April 26, 2026, Moon Kingdom

 

Returning to the Moon Kingdom, Ami is sitting up as Darien looks over her while the Moon Kingdom Sailor Scouts and our Digidestined with their Digimon partners are looking at her.

 

Lita asks Darien, “How is she?”

 

Darien says, “Just fine. Hotaru’s healing power healed her completely.”

 

Michelle says, with a smile, “Firefly really knows how to help what ails you.”

 

Hotaru gives a blush of embarrassment and Amara says, annoyed, “Stop embarrassing her, Michelle.” Just then there is a loud ‘wham’ and everyone looks to see Kazuto having his fist on the table.

 

Kazuto says, annoyed, “Damn it!”

 

Ami says, “I’m sorry.”

 

Kazuto says, “Not your fault.”

 

Darien says, “We’re all fooled. We were focused on what was done to Suguha that we didn’t suspect that it was a screen to kidnap her.” Darien says, looking at Serena, “Not to mention.” When everyone looks at Serena, her hands were fists and her arms were trembling.

 

Kari says, worriedly, “Serena…”

 

Darien puts his hands-on Serena’s shoulder and when she looks at him, Darien tells her, “We’re going to get him back.”

 

Serena says, with a nod, “I know, Darien-kun. I know, but…”

 

Darien asks, curiously, “But?”

 

Serena yells out, “But why? Sammy may have been an SAO beta tester, but he escaped being trapped like I was.”

 

Tai says, “Maybe that’s the point.” When everyone looks at Tai, he tells Serena, “Look, as a fellow survivor, I don’t want to reopen those ‘scars’ as much as anyone else, but maybe…just maybe that’s the point. Since Kayaba had plotted this thing for a long time and remember what Kazuto said after the first-floor boss fight with his speech to keep you and the other beta testers safe from the anger and wrath of the retail players? Kayaba could have been using the beta test of SAO for ‘other purposes’ and your brother could be at the ‘center’ of it.” Serena gives a look of shock and Tai asks, “Knowing about HIM that way that we do now, do you think that it could be impossible?”

 

Serena replies, plainly, “No. No, it isn’t.”

 

Cody says, “If that’s true, then those at UNI-SHOCKER may have known about it.”

 

[Sammy] says, “I wouldn’t put it by them.”

 

Joe asks, “Isn’t this just speculation?”

 

Izzy says, “That’s true, Joe. However, I don’t think that they want Sammy for a hostage. While they may have the ‘ability’ to perform such a tactic…”

 

Matt says, “They have done it before.”

 

Davis says, “Trying to get to Moon girl.”

 

Tai asks Davis, “Heard of a villain trying the same trick twice?”

 

Davis says, with a nod, “Good point.”

 

Kazuto says, “Right now, our main concern is finding them.”

 

[Sammy] says, “That’s a big obvious. UNI-SHOCKER and their ‘allies’ kidnapped them, so, they are going to be in the obvious place.”

 

Lita yells out, “Then what are we waiting for?”

 

[Sammy] says, “We are waiting for a plan that doesn’t get us killed!”

 

Lita glares at [Sammy] and Darien says, sternly, “He’s right!” Everyone looks at Darien and he says, “This is their headquarters. They are going to have defenses especially against us. We already know that they have developed technology that negates our powers.”

 

Ami says, with a nod, “Darien’s right. We already experienced this. They could all sorts of defenses for our powers. Despite some of us having Valkyrie forms, it doesn’t give us any significant advantage over them.”

 

Trista says, nodding her head in agreement, “I have to agree with Darien and Ami. They are a multi-verse enemy and they have been through many worlds fighting many enemies including versions of us giving them a distant advantage over us.”

 

[Sammy] looks at Darien and says, “Guess you and him aren’t alike after all.”

 

Darien says, “He and I are nothing alike.”

 

[Sammy] says, “You keep thinking that way and he will kick your ass every time.”

 

Darien asks, annoyed, “What’s that supposed to mean?”

 

[Sammy] says, “It isn’t just power that allows him to beat you and you know it.”

 

Serena says, changing the subject for multiple reasons, “Right now, we need to focus on Sammy and the two Suguhas and on how to rescue them.”

 

Kazuto says, “Agreed.” Kazuto asks Trista, “Any word from Tusk’s ‘worm’?”

 

Trista says, bringing up a holographic screen, “There is a lot of data, but it is a jumble and it is complex. We need to decode it.”

 

Ami says, “Let me help.”

 

Lita says, slamming her right fist into her left palm, “We already know someone that’s working with them!”

 

Hotaru asks, “You mean Eiji right?”

 

Kazuto says, with a nod, “That’s a good idea.”

 

Mina says, “But we don’t know anything about him!”

 

Serena says, “But Kazuto and I do.”

 

There are looks of surprise and Kazuto says, “Eiji is an SAO survivor and his player name there was Nautilus, a member of the Knights of the Blood Oath.”

 

Amara asks, “He belonged to Asuna’s guild?”

 

Serena says, with a nod, “That’s right.” Serena and Kazuto then explain what they discussed about with Asuna.

 

When they were done, Darien asks, showing deep thought, “So, he left around October of Twenty-Twenty-Three around the time that you just completed getting into the forty-first floor of SAO, correct?”

 

Kazuto says, with a nod, “We believe that something happened while we were at the floor boss fight…Something traumatic.”

 

Darien says, plainly, “Someone close to him must have…” Darien then goes silent and everyone else stays silent for several seconds for obvious reasons.

 

Breaking the silence, Mimi says, worriedly, “Oh my.”

 

Yolei says, plainly, “If that’s the case, then they must have said something cheesy like offering to return this person back to life or something.”

 

[Sammy] says, with a nod, “That would be classic.”

 

Lita says, “That means he is so good at Ordinal Scale is due to his previous experience in SAO combined with some kind of ‘booster’ that they may have given him.”

 

Izzy says, “That seems to be the case.”

 

Kazuto says, with a nod, “Agreed. His movements seem to be…not natural.”

 

Amara says, “Well, it isn’t surprising that he has to have an overwhelming advantage. If he is ‘hunting’ SAO survivors that are playing Ordinal Scale, then he is going to need to be the best of the best to beat them to allow the Augma to take their memories somehow.”

 

Tai asks Izzy, “Speaking of the Augma, any luck?”

 

Izzy responds, “No. Not for the single components anyway, but we are now focusing on multiple components of the Augma.”

 

[Sammy] says, “Good idea. They, most likely, may not have made it obvious with one single component. They may have hidden the ‘process’ through multiple components of this device.”

 

Amara asks, “Do you think that it would be that easy to use Eiji to get through the defenses to get to UNI-SHOCKER?”

 

Davis asks Amara, “Do you have any other ideas?” Davis says, “Personally, I want to go to their headquarters, blast the door in, and demolish the place…”

 

Yolei says, with a grin, “Which is your style.”

 

Davis says, annoyed, “Yeah! I get it, four-eyes!”

 

Tai says, changing the subject, “Personally, there are plenty of us that want to do that, but getting ourselves pummeled into oblivion isn’t going to help Sammy or Suguha.”

 

Kazuto says, “I know, Tai.” Kazuto says, frustrated, “It is just…”

 

Matt tells Kazuto, “We know, man. Ever since your sister’s powers were ‘awakened’, she has been through a lot.”

 

Kari tells Kazuto, “Suguha is our friend and we are going to do whatever it takes to get her back.”

 

Davis says, with a grin, “No joke!”

 

Kazuto says, with a weak smile, “I know.”

 

Tai tells Kazuto, with a grin, “You are her big brother and it is a big brother’s job to worry about their younger siblings. I should know.” Tai says, looking at Kari, “However, I tend to learn that ‘little sisters’ don’t stay ‘little’ forever.”

 

Kari says, with a smile, “Yep!”

 

TK says, with a smirk, “You should really take that lesson to heart when allowing said sister to choose her boyfriends.” Tai gives a nervous yelp and blush with embarrassment.

 

Davis says, with a grin, “Nice.”

 

Matt asks TK, “Have you been taking lesson from Davis or Mina?” Mina gives an innocent whistle while plenty of the others look at her.

 

Amara says, changing the subject, “Anyway, we have our lead into UNI-SHOCKER. Let’s find him and make him tell us.”

 

Yui’s voice calls out, “Daddy!”

 

Kazuto asks, “What is it, Yui-chan?” Just then a holographic image of Yui, in her pixie form, appears in front of everyone and flies around.

 

Yui says, “Daddy, I’ve found a coloration between Ordinal Scale and Sword Art Online.”

 

Serena asks, surprised, “You have?”

 

Yui says, with a nod, “Yes, Auntie Serena. The places where the bosses appear in the city are aligned with the positions of their boss rooms in Aincrad.”

 

There are looks of surprise and Ken says, in deep thought, “You know, I had a feeling that this was more familiar than just the bosses were similar to SAO.”

 

Kazuto asks Yui, “Does that mean that you will know when the next boss will pop up?”

 

Yui says, “Yes, I do. And most likely, it will be the twelfth-floor boss.”

Serena asks Kazuto, “Wasn’t that huge crab?”

 

Tai says, with a nod, “Yeah. The Strict Hermit.”

 

Kazuto asks Yui, “Where is he going to appear?”

 

Yui replies, “Based on my calculations, the Yebisu Garden Palace.”

 

Trista brings up a holographic screen and after looking at it, Trista says, “There is a group of people gathered there now.”

 

Ken asks, “Are there any SAO survivors in that group of players?”

 

Trista looks through the data, her eyes widen, and she says, with a concerned look, “Yes. They are three people that we know.” Trista then displays a holographic screen of the people at Yebisu Garden Palace and the screen shows none other than Keiko, Rika, and Asuna gathered there.

 

Kazuto says, worriedly, “Asuna!” Immediately, Kazuto takes off in which Serena follows quickly behind.

 

Yolei says, nervously, “Oh, boy.”

 

Davis asks, seriously, “Well, what are we waiting for?” Without needing any other words, our heroes and heroines take off after Kazuto and Serena to get to Yebisu Garden to protect their three friends against whatever danger that Ordinal Scale and the Augma possesses.

 

April 26, 2026, Earth, Tokyo

 

Back on Earth, we return to Tokyo where we find ourselves within Yebisu Garden where we find a group of Ordinal Scale players, including Asuna, Keiko, and Rika, in their ‘Ordinal Scale avatars’, where they are fighting The Strict Hermit, the floor boss for Floor 12 of Aincrad/SAO, while Yuna, the AI idol of Ordinal Scale, is singing a song that gives the group of players a buff. As Keiko and Rika head off to compete with other Ordinal Scale players, Asuna notices Eiji resting by a pillar and looking up at Yuna.

 

Asuna goes over to him and she asks, “You are the former member of the Knights of the Blood, Nautilus, aren’t you?”

 

Eiji says, “Don’t call me by that name, Asuna.”

 

Eiji displays his ‘title’ and his player name in Ordinal Scale and Asuna says, “You are pretty good in this game.”

 

Eiji says, “I’m different from the old me. You also seem to have changed a lot.”

 

Asuna asks, “You really think so?” Eiji stares at Yuna and Asuna can’t help to feel a ‘feeling’ of familiarity with her.

 

Eiji tells Asuna, “Let us not beat around the bush, Asuna. You didn’t just come to find that out, did you?”

 

Asuna asks, “What happened to you on that day?”

 

Eiji tells Asuna, “Maybe you should ask your best friend, the ‘White Valkyrie’, or do you prefer her as Usagi?” Asuna’s eyes start to widen and Eiji asks, with a slight smile, “Or do you prefer…Sailor Moon?” Asuna’s eyes then widen and her poster starts to take a defensive stance in which Eiji says, “It’s time.” Asuna gives a confused look as a portal appears in the sky and out of it, it looks like Pina, Keiko’s feathered dragon partner from SAO/ALO, comes out of it.

 

Keiko says, excitedly, “Pina!” Keiko runs over to the dragon and she asks, “Pina, come to save him?” But then ‘Pina’ transforms into a massive and fierce black dragon in which the players start to run away from, but two Ordinal Scale run into The Strict Hermit and knocking them out of the game. Kazuto and Serena, both in their ‘Ordinal Scale avatars’ arrive on the scene with Yui, in her ALO pixie form, by their sides.

 

Yui says, “Daddy! Auntie Serena! That’s the original boss for Floor Ninety-One of Aincrad: Dorz’l the Chaos Drake!”

 

Serena asks, shocked, “The boss of Floor Ninety-One?!” They see Keiko running away from the boss monster in which Serena and Kazuto run to the stairs where it is blocked by Ordinal Scale players wanting to go into the fight while others want to leave the fight.

 

Kazuto says, nervously, “Damn!”

 

Keiko screams out in shock and Serena shouts out, “Keiko!”

 

Keiko yells out, fearfully, “Pina, what are you doing?!” Keiko then runs into Eiji and she says, “Sorry.” However, Eiji just pushes her down and Serena and Kazuto can see that they are in trouble.

 

Kazuto shouts out, “Silica!”

 

Serena yells out, worriedly, “Silica-chan!” It can be seen that Dorz’l is heading straight for Keiko in which Asuna covers her with her form in which she is struck by Dorz’l causing her HP to zero causing her to gasp a portion of her Augma glows sending a small orb into the projectors that are flying via UAVs causing her to collapse and faint.

 

Keiko says, worriedly, “Asuna, please hang in there!”

 

Kazuto and Serena, who have finally got down to the ‘battlefield’, run over and Kazuto yells out, worriedly, “Asuna!”

 

Serena asks, worriedly, “Are you all right?” Asuna, who’s face wet with tears, slowly opens her eyes and looks weakly.

 

Kazuto yells out, angrily, “You…What are you doing?” However, Kazuto finds himself at the end of Eiji’s sword in which he draws at incredible speed.

 

Eiji says, with a smirk, “So sad. The strongest knight in VR turns out to be like this in AR.”

 

Serena shouts out, strongly, “Back off!” Serena draws her sword and swipes at Eiji causing him to fly backwards in which she yells out, strongly, “Where is he?!”

 

Eiji asks, in a mocking tone, “Where is who?”

 

Serena yells out, strongly, “You know who darn well I’m talking about!”

 

Eiji tells Serena, with a sly smirk, “You seem so worried about his life.” Eiji then asks, his expression becoming more neutral, “Then maybe you will know how those that loved those that died in your dear uncle’s ‘death game’, Valkyrie-san.”

 

Serena gives a look of surprise for a second, but she then shouts out, angrily, “He has nothing to do with that or this!” Serena charges in for the attack, but Eiji easily dodges her sword swipes and he then grabs her sword arm and fling Serena aside like a sack of potatoes.

 

Kazuto says, worriedly, “Serena!” Kazuto’s worry turns to anger, he draws his sword, and he attacks Eiji, but Eiji easily dodges Kazuto’s attack and with one swift kick, Kazuto is face first on the ground.

 

Keiko shouts out, worriedly, “Kirito!”

 

Eiji says, with a smirk, “This ‘Black Swordsman’ and the ‘White Valkyrie’. Truth to be told, I’m disappointed. I would have liked to fight you at your best, but I doubt that I would get that.” Serena looks up at Eiji with his wicked smirk and Serena then looks at Asuna.

 

Rika charges in with three other Ordinal Scale players and Rika yells out, “Hey, where are your polite politics as a player?” She then yelps as she and the other players nearly get hit by several fireballs from Dorz’l.

 

Serena shouts out, worriedly, “Rika!”

 

Just then a female voice shouts out in her mind, “Pick up your sword…” Serena gasps as she hears the voice and looks around for the source in which she doesn’t hear it, but then the female voice shouts out, “Pick up your true sword! Or do you let that tragedy happen again?!” Serena gasps at the words for the voice and she look at Asuna causing the memories of SAO to blast back into her mind.

 

Serena thinks in her mind, “No. not again…NEVER again…!!” Serena then reaches for her sword as her Ordinal Scale avatar starts to change and glows in which Eiji then sees the ‘glow’ causing him to turn only to barely block a powerful sword blow that causes him to skid back a bit. By this time, Darien, the Moon Kingdom Sailor Scouts, and Digidestined, all of whom are in their Ordinal Scale avatars, have arrived on the ‘battlefield’ only to see Kazuto, Keiko, and Eiji looking at Serena looking exactly like her SAO avatar, Usagi, with Elucidator and Lunar Escalon in her two hands.

 

Mina asks, surprised, “Whoa! Serena?”

 

Tai says, shaking his head, “No, that’s not Serena.”

 

(Sword Art Online music ‘Swordland’ starts)

 

Eiji gives a look of amazement as Serena, now in her SAO avatar of Usagi, is facing him with her twin swords and with incredible new speed, Usagi is right at him and Eiji blocks Usagi’s Lunar Escalon, but then Usagi unleashes a series of fast paced attacks that quickly forces Eiji to the defensive.

 

Eiji thinks in his mind, stunned, “Incredible! Is this…Is this her power in SAO?!” Eiji then gasps for air as Usagi lands a powerful kick to his waist sending him skidding back, but before Usagi can attack Eiji again, Dorz’l flies in and blocks her away. However, Usagi then attacks with Double Circular, the twin hit Duel Wielding Sword Skill Combo, to the right side of Dorz’l in which Usagi leaps up and beheads Dorz’l with her two swords, one cut from each sword, causing Dorz’l to roar out as it shatters into millions of data particles.

 

The others are stunned and Davis shouts out, amazed, “Whoa!”

 

Kari says, “She defeated him!”

 

Yolei says, “That’s the power of the ‘White Valkyrie’, Kari. That’s not Serena. That’s Usagi, the ‘White Valkyrie’ of Sword Art Online.”

 

With Eiji, he gets over his sword and he think in his mind, “I…I’ve been waiting for this.” Eiji then charges right at Usagi and Usagi and Eiji clash with their swords in which Eiji gives it all against Usagi, but Usagi is matching move for move. When the two of them clash swords, Eiji says, “So, you have finally brought HER out at last? To be honest, I didn’t think that I would see the ‘White Valkyrie’ in action.”

 

Usagi shouts out, “Guess what? Now, you have! Now, what are you doing with UNI-SHOCKER? Where is my brother?”

 

Eiji retorts, with a sly smirk, “Are you asking me as Usagi, Serena, or Sailor Moon?” Under her hood, Usagi gives a look of surprise in which Eiji uses her distraction to ram his knee into her waist causing her to stumble back and Eiji attacks, but Usagi easily avoids the attack and Eiji grunts out as he is slashed in the waist causing him to lose three-quarters of his HP. Eiji thinks in his mind, shocked, “She depleted me this much with just one attack?!” Eiji then dodges another assault from Usagi and he barely holds her off in which he says, with a smirk, “You are truly impressive. You deserve your reputation as one of the strongest warriors of SAO.”

 

Usagi shouts out, angrily, “I’ve had enough of your games! Answer me!”

 

Eiji shouts out, his face becoming strong and his tone become stern, “You mean that you don’t remember? You don’t remember how you failed HER? You had all this power…all this ability…AND YET, SHE STILL DIED! SHE DIED BECAUSE OF YOU!!!” Usagi gasps in shock as flashes of a young girl in a white hat, cape, and white lute appears in her mind causing her to hesitate and Eiji uses this moment to use all of his strength to punch Usagi causing her to get sent flying backwards in which she slams to the ground, rolls a bit, and stops with a grunt causing her to ‘revert’ back to Serena in her Ordinal Scale avatar.

 

Darien yells out, shocked, “Serena!” Darien then turns to Eiji, gaining an enraged look, and he and the others charge at Eiji in which he runs away.

 

Lita shouts out, angrily, “Hey, get back here!” As plenty of the others chase after Eiji, Darien runs over to Serena.

 

(Sword Art Online music ‘Swordland’ ends)

 

Darien gets over to Serena and he asks, concerned, “Are you okay?”

 

Serena gets to her feet, shakes her head, and she says, “Yeah, I’m okay.” Just then the timer runs down, and The Strict Hermit vanishes into the floor.

 

Yuna comes down and she says, “That’s too bad, but you have defeated the dragon, so, here is the rewards for those that fought the dragon.” Just then Serena and some other players got bonus points in which Yuna goes over to Serena in which she says, “And you are the MVP of this battle. Well done.”

 

Yuna seems to go to kiss Serena on the cheek and she says, “Hey! Hold…!!”

 

But then Yuna then whispers into Serena’s ear, “Yuuna Shigemura…Touto Institute of Technology…”

 

Serena gasps in surprise and she thinks in her mind, shocked, “What?!”

 

Yuna then goes away from Serena and she says, with a smile, “See you later!” Yuna then teleport away as Serena gets the ‘bonus points’ and she can’t help to wonder about Yuna’s words to her.

 

April 26, 2026, Somewhere in Japan

 

[Suguha] grunts out as she wakes up and finds herself within a lavish bedroom and dressed in a dress similar to the one Serena wore when she was captured by Prince Diamond and Negamoon.

 

[Suguha] asks, “Where am I?” Just then [Suguha] remembers what happened and she says, “Right. Salia. Damn it!” [Suguha] leaps to her feet and tries to balance herself on the green high-heeled shoes on her feet in which she says, with a winch, “How do you move on these things? These things are crap!” Just then [Suguha] hears the door open and she looks to see Salia, in her Diamond Rose Knight uniform, walk in.

 

Salia says, with a sly smirk, “I see that you are awake.”

 

[Suguha] says, with a glare, “Yeah.”

 

Salia tells [Suguha], slyly, “Did you enjoy your little nap?”

 

[Suguha] responds, “Come over here and I’ll show you.”

 

Salia retorts, with a sly smile, “As much as I would, I’m here to inform you that our ‘other guest’ will soon be on her way.”

 

[Suguha] asks, “Other guest?” [Suguha] gasps as she realize what Salia means.

 

Salia says, with a smirk, “Just give her a little clue and she is off like a rocket. It makes me if you princesses are all so easy.”

 

[Suguha] asks, “So, you know what I am?”

 

Salia says, “Duh! We met your counterpart!”

 

[Suguha] retorts, “Then do you think that it is weird that someone like me from another world just finds herself in your world with her memories gone?”

 

Salia says, “Master Embryo…”

 

[Suguha] yells out, interrupted, “Lied to you, Salia! He is using and manipulating all of you!”

 

Salia says, “Shut it, Suguha! You can’t talk about Master Embryo that way!”

 

[Suguha] says, “I’ll talk about him since he is the reason that my memories are lost!” Salia gives a look of surprise and [Suguha] retorts, “He didn’t tell me, huh? He didn’t tell you that he kidnapped me from my world and took my memories to turn me into his little toy, did he?”

 

Salia yells out, “You are mistaken! You must have lost your memories because you foolishly and mistaken attacked Master Embryo…!!”

 

[Suguha] says, interrupting Salia, “Get a clue, Salia! Stop focusing on your little fantasies and focus on damn reality for once!”

 

Salia responds, with a snarl, “You’re wrong, Suguha! And when Master Embryo creates his new world, you’ll see!” Salia stops out of the room and slams the door on [Suguha] causing her to shake her head.

 

[Suguha] says, “Salia, you idiot…”

 

April 26, 2026, Elsewhere in Japan

 

Some distance away from [Suguha], Ange is riding on Villkiss speeding off to a location.

 

Ange thinks in her mind, “Don’t worry, Suguha. I’m on my way and together, we’ll rip that asshole apart!”

 

April 26, 2026, Moon Kingdom

 

Returning to the Moon Kingdom, our heroes and heroines, including our SAO survivors, are assembled together with Ami and Trista coming over to the rest.

 

Rika asks, “How is Asuna?”

 

Trista says, “I’m afraid that she is like Dynamm-san and Klein-san.”

 

There are gasps and Kotone asks, worriedly, “You mean…?”

 

Ami says, “Her SAO memories have been removed much the same way.”

 

There are gasps of shock and horror in which Kazuto says, “No…”

 

Keiko says, weakly, “This is…This is my fault…”

 

Serena tells Keiko, “No, Keiko-chan. This isn’t your fault.”

 

Lita says, annoyed, “Damn it! And that jerk, Eiji, got away!”

 

Ami says, “However, it isn’t just Asuna, Klein, and his friend.”

 

The others get confused and Hotaru asks, “What do you mean?”

 

Trista says, “We just got information from Seijirou that other SAO survivors that have played Ordinal Scale are experiencing memory loss as well.”

 

There are looks of surprise/shock from the others and Kazuto asks, seriously, “Their memories of SAO correct?”

 

Ami says, nodding her head, “Yes.”

 

Davis asks, confused, “What does this all mean?”

 

TK tells Davis, “That’s a good question. None of this makes sense other than with Suguha’s kidnapping.” TK looks at Kazuto and Serena apologetically, but they give a look that says ‘It’s okay’.

 

Yolei says, “We know for a fact that both Suguha and her counterpart have the ‘ultimate power’ AKA Etherion and they want to use her power for their own selfish gain. It’s the same old story about power-hungry villains.”

 

Tai says, “What we don’t understand is Sammy’s kidnapping and the taking of memories of SAO from SAO survivors.”

 

Serena asks, “Why do they want the squirt for?”

 

Darien says, “That’s a good question.”

 

Izzy says, “Our only theory is that Kayaba might have put something within Sammy during the SAO beta test, they know about it, and they want it.”

 

Serena just then remembers what Yuna said to her and she asks, “What if…What if it isn’t UNI-SHOCKED, but Professor Shigemura?”

 

Everyone looks at Serena and Darien asks, “Did Yuna say something to you?”

 

Serena responds, with a nod, “She said someone with her name and Professor Shigemura’s last name: Yuna Shigemura.”

 

Mina asks, “Yuna Shigemura?”

 

Joe asks, “Wait! Does this guy have a daughter?”

 

Kazuto goes into deep thought and he then asks, “Ami, is there any information from Tusk’s worm?”

 

Ami brings up a holographic screen and she says, “Yes. Plenty of the data has been processed…”

 

Kazuto says, interrupting, “Input that name into the computer and see if anything comes up.”

 

Ami says, with a nod, “Okay.” Ami then types on a holographic keyboard and what appears on the screen causing Ami to gasp in shock.

 

Davis says, nervously, “Oh, boy.”

 

Tai says, with a nod, “You got that right. That sounds like a ‘big revelation gasp’.”

 

Lita asks Ami, “What is it, Ami-chan?”

 

Ami says, a bit nervously, “Professor Shigemura does have a daughter…Or should I say, he HAD a daughter.”

 

Rika asks, curiously, “HAD a daughter?”

 

Kotone asks, realizing, “Don’t tell me…?”

 

Ami says, with a nod, “She is a victim of SAO.”

 

There are looks of shock and surprise in which Matt says, seriously, “Now, things are starting to make sense.”

 

Amara says, “Basically, he is doing this because he wants his daughter back.”

 

Ami says, “Yes. He is most likely using UNI-SHOCKER in order to revive his daughter.”

 

Joe asks Ami, “Wait! Don’t you mean that UNI-SHOCKER is using him?”

 

Ami says, “It might be both ways, Joe. You see, Professor Shigemura is the sensei to both Kayaba and Sugou Nobuyuki.”

 

A lot o louder gasps come from our heroes and heroines and Rika yells out, flabbergasted, “You are freaking kidding me!”

 

Kazuto says, “And most likely, he got his daughter the NervGear and SAO due to his connection to Kayaba as his teacher.”

 

Ami says, nodding her head, “Exactly.”

 

Darien says, “Which may have driven him this far due to him teaching the man and giving him the technology that murdered his daughter.”

 

Tai says, with a nod, “And it is pretty easy why he wants Suguha. He wants to use her powers to revive his daughter.”

 

Hotaru asks, “But why steal the memories of SAO from SAO survivors?”

 

Kazuto says, snapping his fingers, “The NervGear.” When everyone looks at Kazuto, Kazuto says, “Remember, the NervGear fries the brain of the victim when the failsafe is triggered when a player ‘dies’ in SAO.”

 

Rika says, nervously, “Don’t remind us.”

 

Ami says, understanding what Kazuto is implying, “I understand, Kazuto! The damage to her brain is immense, so, Professor Shigemura wants to ‘revive’ her as some kind of AI base on the memories of the people that survived SAO because he feels that they would have known even if briefly. Then he would use Suguha’s powers to repair her daughter’s body and transfer the AI of her that he created from those memories into his daughter’s revived body.”

 

Kazuto says, with a nod, “I believe that’s it.”

 

Yolei yells out, shocked, “That…That’s crazy!”

 

Darien says, “We’re dealing with a father that lost a beloved child through the technology of a man that he taught himself in which I believe that in the case between Shigemura and Kayaba, they must have been quite close for him to get a NervGear and copy of SAO without much problems.”

 

Amara says, nodding her head, “The bond between Kayaba and Shigemura must have been quite tight if Shigemura used those connected to get his daughter SAO. Kayaba’s betrayal of him killed his daughter and he is thinking like a father.”

 

Cody asks, “What parent wouldn’t do anything for their child?”

 

Trista says, “Professor Shigemura knows that UNI-SHOCKER is using them for their purposes, but it is also the other way around. UNI-SHOCKER, most likely, also knows this and don’t as long as it doesn’t interfere with their plans.”

 

Lita says, “Now, we have an idea at least why Professor Shigemura-san is doing this.”

 

Mina asks, “But what is Eiji-san’s angle on this?”

 

Kazuto says, “I may have an idea.”

 

Izzy says, “Eiji and Yuna must have been close.”

 

Kazuto says, “I believe that it is most likely, Izzy.”

 

A feeling of dread comes over Serena as she remembers her fight with Eiji and she asks, “Ami-chan, w-when did Yuna-san die?”

 

As members of our group look at Serena in concern, Ami types on the computer and she says, “From the data that we got from the SAO severs, due to Trista and I begin part of the ‘SAO Task Force’, and what information I could gather from Tusk’s ‘worm’, it was around October Eighteenth of Twenty-Twenty-Three.”

 

That dread becomes even stronger in Serena and Kazuto thinks in his mind, nervously, “That was…”

 

Serena starts to shake, causing plenty to notice, and Serena says, in a nervous tone, “A picture. Ami-chan, I need to see Yuna-san’s picture.” Ami, seeing Serena shake and her nervous tone, is unsure and Serena says, nervously, “Please…Don’t make me it an order.” Ami then types on the holographic keyboard and she turns the holographic screen around causing Serena to gasp in shock and horror of a 17 year old teen girl with short brown hair and brown eyes which makes Serena see an image of someone that looks like her, but her hair is a dyed milk-tea-brown and she had on a white hood with a plain, deep-red tunic with vivid royal-blue one-piece dress with golden frills and buckle, indicating the rarity and high defense value of her cloth armor in which it was supplemented with a pure white cape and lute, a pure white feathered hat on her head, and a dagger on her right waist, giving her the image of a troubadour. The pure shock and horror from the memories that were ‘awakening’ in Serena causing her to leap back into Darien in which he catches her.

 

Darien yells out, concerned, “Serena? Serena?!”

 

The others react in shock and surprise from Serena’s reaction and Serena says, her body trembling, “Oh, Kami…I remember…I remember now…”

 

Kazuto looks at Serena and he asks, worriedly, “Serena? Serena?!”

 

Keiko asks, worriedly, “What’s wrong with her?”

 

Kotone responds, nervously, “I wish I knew, Keiko.”

 

As tears fall from her eyes, Serena says, weakly, “That’s why he said…he…he’s right…”

 

Raye yells out, “Serena, get a hold of yourself!”

 

Kazuto asks, realizing something, “You were there, weren’t you?”

 

Serena says, with a weak nod, “Yes…It’s true! I was there! I was there when Yuna-san died! Yuna-san died right before my eyes because I FAILED TO SAVE HER! SHE DIED BECAUSE OF ME!” Serena then starts to wail and cry on Darien’s chest and the others look at each other with plenty of them having stunned and shocked looks on their faces.

 

April 26, 2026, Earth, Tokyo, Juuban District

 

Kamen Rider Lunar is with Tusk and Vivian on top of the apartment complex that Darien and after SAO, Serena, make their home.

 

Kamen Rider Lunar asks, “So, she raced off after her Suguha?”

 

Tusk says, with a nod, “Yeah.”

 

Kamen Rider Lunar says, “Oh, geez! Doesn’t she get the concept of ‘obvious trap’? But then again, knowing her, she knows that it is a trap, however, she plans to trip it anyway.”

 

Tusk thinks in his mind, nervously, “That may be a good point.”

 

Vivian says, with a smile, “That would-be Ange for you! She doesn’t like to ‘diddy dally’ around!”

 

Tusk gives a nervous smile and Kamen Rider Lunar says, “Just great. And my counterpart along with this Earth’s Suguha has been kidnapped too.”

 

Vivian asks, worriedly, “What can we do?”

 

Kamen Rider Lunar says, “That’s a good question. Most likely, they have them in their headquarters, but that place is shielded from head to toe against them and against me.”

 

Tusk asks, “Wait! If they are in UNI-SHOCKER headquarters, why would Ange be heading out of the city?”

 

Kamen Rider Lunar asks, “Hold on! Did you say that Ange was heading out of the city?”

 

Tusk says, with a nod, “Yep!”

 

Kamen Rider Lunar says, “That could mean that they may not be in the same place and these are villains that we are talking about. Alliance with them are shaky at best.” Kamen Rider Lunar says, “And most likely, your pal doesn’t sound like a guy to share. He has probably taken your Suguha to location of his design for his…personal amusement.”

 

Tusk says, with a sneer, “And luring Ange for the same sick purpose.”

 

Kamen Rider Lunar says, “Wouldn’t surprise me the least, Tusk. However, we need to get to the others to track Ange.”

 

Tusk says, with a nod, “Right.”

 

Kamen Rider Lunar says, “And I might have a way to get into UNI-SHOCKER’s headquarters here.”

 

Vivian asks, curiously, “You do?”

 

Kamen Rider Lunar says, “I might, but it is a long shot.” Kamen Rider Lunar then heads off with Vivian and Tusk to get to ground level for Kamen Rider Lunar to use his powers to create a vehicle to use to head to a location to meet up with the rest of our heroes and heroines.

 

April 26, 2026, Earth, Tokyo, UNI-SHOCKER headquarters

 

Right now, we find Suguha, in a deep sleep, having another ‘strange dream/nightmare’ where she seemly finds herself fighting in Aincrad/SAO with someone that she doesn’t recognize, and something seems ‘off’ about this. Soon after, Suguha starts to slowly wake up and find herself strapped to be which doesn’t get her panicked since Ami told her that she would be strapped to the bed during the administration of the anti-mutagen to reverse her ‘transformation’, but really what gets her panicked is that Eiji is right in front of her and she realizes that she isn’t on the Moon Kingdom.

 

Eiji says, pointing to her broach trapped in some kind of spherical force-field, “Sorry, but you aren’t going anywhere.”

 

Suguha says, seriously, “You!” Suguha asks, strongly, “Where am I?”

 

Eiji replies, “You are here in UNI-SHOCKER’s headquarters…Sailor Celestial.”

 

Suguha gives a look of shock and she then says, realizing something, “I shouldn’t be so surprised since you are working for UNI-SHOCKER.”

 

Eiji says, “I’m not working for them. Professor Shigemura-dono and I are using them to fulfill what we want as we are going to use you.”

 

Suguha says, “Like heck!”

 

Eiji tells Suguha, “You don’t have a choice. You will help us get back someone precious to us.”

 

Suguha asks, “What?”

 

Eiji tells Suguha, “You already know that I’m an SAO survivor and you have heard more about me from your brother, the Black Swordsman.”

 

Suguha asks, “Do you know my brother from SAO?”

 

Eiji says, “Not really. I know his reputation and I saw him once.” Eiji says, “Back then, I was nothing compared to the Black Swordsman.” Eiji says, with a smirk, “However, right now, the Black Swordsman is nothing compared to me in AR. It is quite sad, actually, to see the mightiest warrior of SAO reduced to the way that he is.”

 

Suguha tells Eiji, with a glare, “You are clearly underestimating my big brother. He and a few others can really ‘rise to the occasion’.”

 

Eiji says, with a sly smile, “You must your ‘royal sister’, the White Valkyrie. Well, right now, they have other problems on their minds since they are dealing with an ‘incident’ with my former commander in the Knights of the Blood Oath: The Lightning Flash.”

 

Suguha gasps as he knows what or should I say, WHO, Eiji is implying, Suguha gets angry, and she yells out, angrily while struggling against her restraints, “What did you do to Asuna?! What did you do to her?!”

 

Eiji tells Suguha, with a sly smile, “Are you really cousins? You seem more like siblings to me.”

 

Suguha responds, “Flattery isn’t going to get you anywhere and I’m not going to let my power be abused by asses like you and that professor!”

 

Eiji retorts, with a serious glare, “You don’t have a choice. Your ‘royal sister’ owes a debt and you will be the one to pay it.”

 

Suguha asks, confused, “Debt?”

 

Eiji replies, “You are going to be bring back the one that she let die. The person that was Professor Shigemura-dono’s and my world!” Suguha’s eyes widen at Eiji’s words and what their implications mean.

 

Suguha thinks in her mind, “Someone important to him died in SAO! And he believes that Serena killed her in some way! Oh, crap! I’m dealing with THAT level of people! Sis…big brother…help me soon because I’m in MAJOR trouble here!” As Suguha struggles to get free in vain, she can’t help to wonder where she is, what’s going on, what’s happened with her family and friends, especially Asuna, and most of all, what kind of ‘major trouble’ she is in.

 

Scene 10 End

 

Duh! Duh! Duh! Well, actually, I’m sure that plenty of you saw this coming a mile away, right? Anyway, like I said earlier, with the knowledge about Ordinal Scale out and about, I’ll be incorporating it into my story. However, there is something that you should know about and it is a minor spoiler alert. Suguha’s ‘dreams/nightmares’ have a meaning to them, but they may not have any significance to this ‘timeline’. Just to let you know, everyone! Later and best wishes, Crossover Fans!