Sailor Moon and Sword Art Online
By: FunahoMisaki
(A/N: I own nothing and read last chapter)
"I'm not going to apologize to that pig." Trista said stubbornly as she hovered beside Serena while they were walking towards the Boss Room.
"No one wants you to, or expects you to. She was just trying to help after all." Agil said nodding to Trista although he made sure to stay out of her range and away from Serena.
"If you didn't hurt him, I would have." Kirito said from where he was walking slightly behind them with his new friend who kept her cloak and hood up and didn't tell anyone her name.
She also didn't seem to play games much since she had no clue about stat points or anything like that. The sound of Kirito's face-palm at her asking what they were could have been heard on Floor Twenty.
"Alright everyone. Let's win this!" Diaval called earning cheers from the others.
"Please be careful everyone! I don't want anyone dying today if we can help it!" Serena called worriedly, making Kaibou and what seemed to be some friends of his glance back at her. They looked ready to say something until Trista gripped her staff tighter and narrowed her blood red eyes on them. Kaibou quickly turned back around and tried to suppress his shiver of fear at the dark look in those red orbs.
"Let's do this!" Diaval cried again as he led the charge into the Boss's Room, the main group engaging the boss while the smaller groups like Kirito and his friend and Trista and Serena engaged the minions.
"Ready…switch!" Serena called as she got in close to the minion and struck it with her dagger before jumping back, letting Trista have room to bat at the minion as if she were playing baseball…and the minion was the ball.
"Here's an idea…I lure them close by throwing weapons at them, and then when they charge me you can play softball with their heads." Serena said grinning slightly as she looked at Trista who smirked slightly as she gripped her staff as if it were a really long metal bat.
"Batter's up." Trista said making Serena giggle a bit as she threw some of the rocks she had gathered on the way there at the minions, causing them to become enraged and charge at her. Kirito and his friend took care of one minion while Trista happily knocked the other one straight into the boss with a well-timed powerful swing.
"Home run!" Serena called giggling as the minion turned into pixels even as the Rat Boss's health hit the final bar and he threw away his weapon.
"Here we go! Back off everyone I got this!" Diaval called as he rushed at the boss, Illfang, who began drawing his second blade.
"Wasn't the plan to charge in all together?" Kirito's friend asked in a whisper as Diaval activated his sword skill, moving in for the strike.
"You idiot!" Serena was the one to scream, startling everyone as she dashed forward straight to Diaval. She reached him just a split second before Illfang did and barely managed to divert Illfang's sword by an inch via use of her thrown skill and dagger.
"That's not a Tal-war! I told you! I told you that some things were different from the Beta! You could have gotten yourself killed!" Serena shouted at Diaval as she quickly grabbed some of her rocks and throwing needles to try and fend off Illfang as much as she could.
"Princess!" Trista yelled as she dashed to Serena's side, quickly bringing her staff up to parry another attack from Illfang.
"Serena! Here!" Kirito yelled throwing a spare sword he had towards the blond who snatched it out of the air and held it loosely in one hand.
"A bit too big for me but it'll have to work. Trista let's go and be careful!" Serena called earning an immediate affirmative from the Time Guardian who dashed right alongside her without hesitation.
Trista felt the long thought gone battle lust sing in her blood. Her blood was singing as she fought alongside her princess in a battle to the death. She didn't notice the large rather unhinged grin on her face, but the men staring at the two girls shocked sure did, as she parried another blow of the No-dachi with her staff and watched as her princess dashed in and sliced at the large rat, throwing a few needles into his eyes as she did so.
She had been at the Time Gates without much hassle for too long. She had forgotten this feeling. The feeling of fighting to the death with the one she cared for and wanted to protect by her side. It had been so long since she felt this. This feeling of being truly alive.
Serena could feel herself give an almost predatory smile as she dashed in and out of the fight, striking at Illfang and then dancing out of his range to hit him with her needles and rocks. This feeling. The feeling of fighting to stay alive, the feeling of fighting to the death…it made something inside of her click. Something inside of her sang with the thrill of it as she fought as much as she could.
"Trista!" Serena cried alarmed when Trista was knocked back by one slice across her stomach, knocking her health down half way as Serena dashed to check on her.
"Look out!" Trista tried to warn her princess as Illfang bared down on them, moving to strike the two down. Serena held up her borrowed sword as a last ditch effort to try and at least save Trista when there was a green and blue glow respectively that caught her attention.
"Kirito! Agil!" Serena said relieved to see the two parrying Illfangs No-dachi with their axe and sword respectively.
"We can't let you two have all the fun." Kirito said as his partner dashed in and used several fast blows to knock Illfang back away from them.
"We'll hold him off while you recover!" Agil called as the others began charging as well.
"Are you alright princess?" Trista asked looking up at Serena who was trembling a bit.
"I should be asking you that! You're the one that was hurt." Serena said looking at Trista who gave her a kind smile and touched Serena's cheek.
"As long as you're safe…then I'm perfectly fine." Trista said making Serena give her a piercing look.
"Trista? We…barely know each other…so why…why does it feel like I've known you a long time? Why…why is my safety so important to you?" Serena asked even though it probably wasn't the best time for this as she looked at the slightly older woman who stood up and held her staff.
"That's a story I might tell you one day princess…but for now…just trust that I don't mean you any harm." Trista said and then before Serena could say anything else…Trista leaned down and kissed Serena's forehead.
Serena froze and blushed brightly for a moment, opening her mouth to say something when there was a large cheer.
Illfang was defeated by a combo of Kirito and his friend Asuna.
Everyone was happy or cheering except for two people, Trista idly noticed.
Diaval looked jealous and angry, and Kaibou looked plain furious.
Trista narrowed her eyes on the pest and tightened her grip on her staff a little more.
If he said one bad thing about her princess she was going to be playing baseball again…with him as the ball.
