Gun Soul

Part 3- The Prelims Continue! Sinon vs Akira!

A/N: Hey all, here's the next chapter, sorry it's late. I'll try to make more to make up for it, but spring break really distracting. Any way, I have a new story call Fairy Tail's Victini, please give it your support! Anyway, this story will have a new arc right after Sora returns. There probably won't be a in game battle with tet, but a war with the gods is coming. I want to Sebaspe for the idea! Anyway Rate review, etc. Enjoy!

Shiro ran through the woods, her opponent right behind her. A bullet flew past her ear, grazing it ever so slightly. "Come back here little girl!" Shouts her chaser, firing off more rounds of bullets. "I want to make you mine!" Shiro is currently fighting in a forest area, one single path going around in a large circle, foliage covering the rest of the map. Her chaser is a crazy sicko who wants to touch the boobs of cute girls.

"Crazy pervert." Mutters Shiro, turning around, moving off the forest path and into the foliage.

"You can't hide from me!" Shouts the man, smirking. "I can see everything with my gun soul!"

"I don't care." Mutters Shiro, jumping up a tree as a bullet hits spot where she was just standing.

"You can't win, kiddie!" Laughs the man manically, firing bullets at Shiro's tree. With each bullet, Shiro is forced to jump higher and higher up the tree, till the point where she's reached it's highest point. "Meet the power of my All Seeing Eye!"

"If you could see everything, then you would've won already." States Shiro calmly, moving to another tree top. "There's a limit to what you can do, isn't there?"

"What are you talking about?" Stammers the man, worried and unsure.

"If you could see everything, you would've hit me already, but that's not the case." Begins Shiro, jumping to another tree top. "You can't see everything clearly can you?"

"What, what are you talking about!"

"You can only see blurry images, so you only have a vague idea of what's going on."

"It doesn't matter if you've figured it out crazy kid, I'm still going to kill you!" Yells the man, revealing a machine gun. With a crazy laugh, the man fires off the machine gun, dozens of bullets heading in Shiro's direction.

"Stupid." Mutters Shiro, jumping down from the tree, falling towards the man. As Shiro falls, she moves in different directions, dodging each of the bullets. With an expressionless face, she points the gun at her opponent, firing off 3 bullets. One for the head, one for the heart and on for the stomach, all 3 making their mark.

The man falls back, a small scream escaping his lips, before a dead sign appears a top of him. "Game over." Says Shiro, landing on the ground perfectly. "You never stood a chance.

"And Shiro has won in C block!" Shouts the announcer cheerfully. "We also have the results from A block, D block and B block!" Images of Steph, Kirito and Asuna appear on the screen. "Now it's time for E blocks final!"

"So it's time, huh?" Smirks Shiro, as she's teleported back to the hub. "Good luck you two."

...

Sinon stood in the prep room, tying up her boots. 'So it's time?' Thinks the ice sniper. 'Only one of us is going to win.'. With a grunt, Sinon slings her Hecate onto her shoulder, walking out of the room quickly. When she arrives, Akira is standing there, leaning against a nearby wall.

"Sinon." Nods Akira, acknowledging Sinon.

"Akira." Says Sinon, returning the gesture.

The duo walk together for a bit, a serious silence between the two of them. Akira is the one who breaks the silence. "So, you ready?"

"As ready as I'll ever be." Says Sinon, a bit nervous.

"Let's have a nice clean fight, okay?" Asks Akira, sticking his hand out, smiling a wonderful smile.

"Agreed." Says Sinon, shaking Akira's hand, before the duo is teleported into their proper waiting rooms.

...

Nearby in a unknown place on Earth

"Hey Hypnos, wake up!" Says a lady dressed in a black dress, her dress is littered with stars, the moon right over her heart. Her hair black and long, with a silk like texture to it. Next to her is a slightly plump middle aged man, lying on a nearby couch, snoring away. The room the duo are in is like any other living room. A fireplace in one corner, a table right in front of it, two couches surrounding it.

"Let me sleep Coatlicue." Murmurs the god of sleep.

"I will not let you sleep. The match is about to begin and you still haven't prepared your part of the plan yet!" Shouts the goddess, a tick mark appearing on her forehead.

"Fine, fine." Mutters Hypnos, reluctantly sitting up. "Don't make a sound." Commands Hypnos, getting into a meditating position. Suddenly, images appear around the god. As Coatlicue bends down to get a closer look, she can see images of a blue haired girl, a boy with spiky black hair and other people.

"That's it Hypnos." Giggles Coatlicue, her giggles like that of a little girl's. "Soon we will see what this boy is made of!"

"Whatever, I just want to sleep."

...

Sinon blinks open her eyes, looking around the map. Sinon is now standing in a empty clearing, no foliage or other objects in sight. Standing some ways away is Akira, his duel canons in hand. "This is a strange map, don't you agree?" Asks Sinon, walking forwards.

"I suppose it is." Says Akira, shrugging. "It's got no hiding spots or vantage spots, it's empty."

"I wouldn't be so sure!" Says a deep masculine voice, resounding throughout the map. "Welcome to my dream cube!"

"Who?" Asks Sinon, looking around, while Akira just shakes his head.

"Dream cube, seriously?" Questions Akira, laughing. "That's so demented."

"You won't be laughing for long!" Says the man. Then there's silence. The two gamers stand there for a moment in silence.

"Is something suppose to happen?" Asks Akira, confused.

"What? Oh, yeah, sorry I fell asleep." Says the voice, before the map changes, into a familiar looking field. "Let's start with this one."

"Is it just me, or those this field look familiar?" Asks Sinon, glancing around.

"Yeah," Nods Akira in agreement. "but let's get on with the battle."

"Agreed." Says Sinon, jumping away from her friend.

With that the battle begins. Akira follows his friends action and jumps back, firing off 4 shots from his twin canon. Meanwhile Sinon gets on the ground, holding her gun in her hands, rolling away from blasts. Without hesitation, Sinon fires off two bullets at Akira, who easily dodges, moving to the side.

With a quick burst of agility, Akira bursts around, getting behind Sinon, catching her off guard. Two blasts are shot, heading towards Sinon, who rolls forwards, dodging the blasts. With quick reflexes, the sniper turns around, firing a close distance shot, grazing Akira's shoulder. Sinon bursts off the ground, hoping to get

"Nice shot Sinon, but that's all you get!" Smirks Akira, firing off a blast. Sinon bursts off the ground, hoping to get the higher ground, but is hit, the blast grazing her leg.

"Ah!" Shouts Sinon, falling to the ground.

"Game over Sinon." Says Akira, smiling.

"Not yet it isn't!" Mutters Sinon, raising her gun, which glows brightly with blue energy. "Gun Soul: Ice Heart!"

Suddenly an explosion of blue light resounds through the map, pushing up dust , blinding Akira's vision. The sound of an explosion echos throughout the map, pushing up more dust and making smoke. 'What's going on' Ponders Akira, shielding his eyes. 'Is this her Gun soul?'

When the smoke settles, Akira can see a large crater in the area where Sinon once the middle is Sinon, her long blue hair let down, and her attire completely changed. Sinon is now dressed in a light blue jacket and jeans. Her boots are no longer boots, but glass slippers. By her side is a thin long gun coloured in a slick black colour.

"What the hell." Mutters Akira. "Since when did you look so hot!"

"Shut up you pervert." Scolds Sinon, aiming her gun at the Phantom, pulling the trigger. With a click, the gun is activated, a bullet heading towards Akira. With quick speeds, Akira moves away from it, ice forming where he once stood.

"Woah, this is interesting Sinon." Murmurs Akira, wowed by her power.

"Glad you think so." Says Sinon, firing off five more ice bullets, 2 of them hitting Akira's arms. "With my gun soul, I can fire long distances, and freeze my opponent with ice."

"Nice!" Says Akira, his teeth chattering a bit, giving Sinon a thumbs up. "Now take a look at mine!" With a knowing smirk, Akira jumps into the air, yelling the activation words. "Gun Soul: Flaming Determination!" Suddenly flames erupt around Akira, causing Sinon to back up from the heat, sweat tumbling down her face. Minute by minute, the flames increase, fire spreading all throughout the field. Soon the majority of the map is covered by a maze of flames, zigzagging all over the place.

"Behold my power!" Shouts Akira, soaring through the air, following Sinon who is running through the flame maze, sometime looking up to fire at Akira. "This is the power of my never ending determination!"

"Not bad," Says Sinon, smirking. "but I'm just getting started." Suddenly Sinon rises in the air, ice wings appearing on her back. As she rises into the air, Sinon can see Akira better. His outfit has changed into a all black jumpsuit, a giant flaming X fluttering in the wind across the front of his suit. In his hands are his twin canon, now longer and thinner.

"Shall we?" Asks Akira, grinning largely.

"We shall." Says Sinon, nodding, aiming her gun for the first attack. "Plasma Ice Snipe!" With those words, a small amount of blue energy builds up inside the gun. A giant ball of blue energy comes out of the ball at amazing speeds, hitting Akira and covering him in ice.

"That hurt." Mutters Akira as the ice melts of him. "Now taste this! Flame shot!" Akira points both his guns at Sinon, flames suddenly shooting out of them, heading straight towards the ice user.

"Crap." Mutters Sinon, wiping her forehead, sweat covering it. "At this point he'll melt all my ice, unless, wait that might work!" With a quick burst of speed, Sinon zips away from a flame shot.

"Where are you going?" Asks Akira, firing more fire bullets. "Let's hurry up and finish this!"

"My thoughts exactly!" Shout Sinon, holding her gun with two hands, aiming at Akira. "Mega Ice beam!" Blue energy builds up inside of Sinon gun, before shooting out in the form of a giant ball of blue colour.

"Mega Fire Shots!" Yells Akira, aiming his gun at the ball of ice. Upon contact, the flames consume the ice, creating massive amounts of water, falling down to the plains below. Steam begin to rise up, the flames below extinguishing.

"Whew." Says Sinon, wiping her forehead. "Wasn't my sure if that would work."

"You extinguished all the flames." Gasps Akira, looking down at the travished land.

"Yep, now I can attack at full power!" Shouts Sinon, aiming her gun. "Full power Oc Shot!" A big sized balm of ice shoots out, splitting into multiple pieces. Without hesitation, Akra zooms away, the ice following him.

"You can't escape my ice pieces, they're like tracking missiles, no matter where you go, they will find you." With those words, the ice pieces finally hit Akira, every piece landing in multiple places, causing him to fall to the ground, paralyzed.

"Shit!" Shouts Akira, landing on the ground stiff and motionless, dirt lifting of the ground on impact.

"Time to finish this!" Shouts Sinon, swooping down, gun in hand. "Finishing shot: Ice Arrow!" A giant arrow of blue energy forms inside of the gun, aimed directly at the Phantom.

"I Won't Lose!" Shouts Akira, slowly breaking free from the ice as the arrow gets closer and closer to him. "I can't lose, not now, not ever!" Suddenly memories of the incident flood back to him, tears forming in his eyes. "She dies to protect me, so I'll make it through so I can protect my friends!"

Flashback-A day after the incident

Akira sat in the waiting room of the hospital, bangs under his eyes, tear stains clear on his face. Akira's usually spiky hair is now a mess, from all the hours Akira spent crying in Mikki's arms. Next to him sit's Sinon, sleeping soundly, her arm wrapped around Akira's. The young boy smiles a tiny smile, before remembering why they were here.

'She's in the hospital because of me.' Mutters Akira inwardly, bitter tears forming in his eyes. 'I have no right to be smiling, not after the pain I brought upon her.' Suddenly a familiar voice snap him out of his thoughts. Akira looks up to see his sister, Mikki, towering before him. Her usually tied back hair has been let down, stray bits sticking out from different places. On her face are tear marks, though they're less visible compared to her brothers.

"Kira, she wants to see you." Says Mikki, sadly, her voice coarse and dry.

"Does that mean she's going to live?" Asks Akira hopefully, but the tears forming in his sister's eyes tell him differently. "No, please no." Akira drops to the floor, tears dripping down by the bucket full.

"Akira, it'll be okay." Says Mikki, wrapping her arms around the boy. "We'll be by your side, don't you worry."

"No!" Shouts Akira, pushing her way. "I don't deserve this, not after what happened yesterday, not after what I did to Mira."

"Akira, what happened wasn't-" Begins Mikki, before being cut of by a familiar voice.

"Brother." Akira glances up to see Mira, dressed in a white night gown. Behind her are various doctors and nurses, clothed in white and blue, none of them making a move.

"Mira." Breaths Akira, rushing to hug her, before realizing where she's standing. "What are you doing out of bed?"

"It's fine, the doctors said I could move around, I don't have long to live anyway." Says Mira, smiling brightly. "I wanted to spend my last moments with you, Akira!"

"Mira." Whispers Akira, hugging her tightly, tears dripping slowly. "I don't want you to die."

"I know." Nods Mira. "But when I'm gone, I don't want you to lose hope." Mira looks into Akira's eyes, her brother returning the gaze. "You need to stay strong and protect everybody. Mikki, Sinon, everyone."

"I will Mira, I will!" Shouts Akira, tears flowing heavily and harder than before. "I promise!"

"Thank you." Murmurs Mira, her life force slowly leaving her. Mikki rushes over to her siblings, hugging them both tightly. "Good bye Akira, Mikki, I love you both."

"Good bye Mira." Whispers Akira, his heart full of sorrow. Then it ends, Mira's body going limp in Akira's arms.

...

3 years later

Akira sat on a wall overlooking the sun. In his hand is a chrysanthemum, Mira's favorite flower. "Hey Mira." Says Akira, gazing at the horizon. "It's been a year since you last heard from me, accept this time I'm not in the real world, but inside a game."

Akira laughs a bitter laugh. "It's funny you know. I told you i would protect everyone, but instead, I retreated into the life of a NEET, and now? Look at me." Akira moves his arms to prove his point. "I'm trapped in flipping Sword art online." Akira chuckles a bit, before shaking his head, tears forming in his eyes. "But I have been trying to fulfill my promise. I've saved many people lately, directly and indirectly. Soon, we'll clear the game, I'm sure."

Akira stands, up looking at the sun one last time, before turning away, tossing the flow over his shoulder. "I'll see you soon Mira, I'll visit you again, I promise!"

...

After Sword Art Online- 2 months later

"Hey Mira." Says Akira, bending down, flowers in hand. Akira is dressed in a black hoodies and black jeans. The hood is pulled up, protecting his head from the rain. Currently Akira is visiting the Mira's grave, his first time since escaping SAO. "It's been a while."

Akira takes a breath before continuing, his hands a shaking somewhat. "We cleared the game, though I wasn't there during the final fight, I was saving the orphans from a deranged killing group." Akira smiles at the memory of the kids, remembering their wonderful smiling faces. "They were so cute, kinda reminded me of you." A tear drops from Akira's face, followed by another and another.

"I think that game was a good experience, you know?" Chuckles Akira, trying to lighten the mood. "Who am I kidding, it was horrible. Every passing day just reminded me of you." The flowers drop out of Akira's shaking hands, landing with a splash. "I tried to be happy, I really did, but i just couldn't."

Memoires of the game fill his head, along with images of Mira, tear falling down like a waterfall. "I joined a guild you know? It was a nice guild, one of their members was a nice white haired girl around the age you would be now. She was really nice and skilled with the sword." Akira hits the ground in anger. "She died, I couldn't do anything, I was paralyzed on the ground, about to die. Then she jumped in front of me and saved my sorry ass."

"Why!" Shouts Akira, falling to his knees, creating a loud splash. "Why does everyone I care about have to die." Akira stands up, wiping his tears, before turning away from his sister's gravestone. "Bye Mira, I, I love you. " With that, the fallen hero walks away, full of sorrow and grief.

End Flashback

"I won't die!" Shouts Akira, finally breaking free from the ice pieces, left over shards flying everywhere. Quickly and without hesitation, Akira grabs one of his canon, aiming it at Sinon's arrow. "Final move: Fire bomb!" A giant flame shaped bomb, flies at the arrow, colliding and exploding on impact.

Smoke builds up, blinding both players. Suddenly, through the smoke, the arrow flies through, heading towards Akira, stabbing him the chest. For a moment time come to a standstill, as Akira stands there, the arrow slowly depleting his remaining health. Then it starts up again, finishing off the fire user. Akira collapses to the ground with a grunt. "You win, Sinon." Murmurs Akira, before his eyes close.

For a moment the arena is silent, the smoke blinding the bystanders from seeing the results. "Well done Akira, you pass." Says the voice from before. "Dream cube, off!" With that, the field disappears, taking Akira and the smoke with it, replacing the map with a forest area.

Sinon lands on the ground, rushing to Akira's canon, lying on the spot where Akira was killed. "Akira, where are you?"

...

In a room

Coatlicue sat in a small wooden chair across from a velvet coloured bed. Inside of the bed was none other than Akira. With the help of Hypno, she had pulled the young man into the real world. Now the next part of the plan could commence.

Coatlicue is seated in a small room, the walls grey and made of marble. The one door leads to a long corridor, many doors leading to different rooms are found there. 'He sure is hot, huh?' Ponders the goddess. As Coatlicue sits there, day dreaming about Akira, said man starts to stir, bringing Coatlicue back to the present affairs.

"Where am I?" Asks Akira groggily, sitting up, looking around the room.

"Hello there handsome." Giggles Coatlicue, smiling down on Akira. "I'm sorry about how we brought you here, but it was necessary."

"Here, where's here?" Asks Akira, fractally throwing away his blanket. "Is this Disboard, how come I'm not in the game any more? Why do I have my in game gear on me?" Akira's last statement was true, his twin canon and black cloak were strapped on his body.

"Now now now, let me answer those question." Replies the goddess, naming off answers for the questions in order. "You're not in Disboard, but rather the base for the gods of earth. Hypno, the one who made the Dream Cube, brought you here after you passed our test. We gave you the weapons so you could help us in the upcoming war, We also gave you your in game abilities."

"War? What war?" Asks Akira, his head spinning. He could handle gods, the events from a few months ago was proof enough that they existed. It also made sense that the gods could take him from the game, they were gods after all, but war? Who would they rage war on, unless. "No way, you plan to fight Disboard don't you?"

"I knew you would figure it out." Smiles Coatlicue. "We want you to be one of our generals."

"And if I don't want to be a part of this?" Integers Akira, standing up to face Coatlicue.

"You misunderstand, you don't have a choice." Begins the goddess, smiling a deadly smile. "I have something that could change your mind though." With a snap of her fingers the duo disappear in a puff of smoke, reappearing a large, brightly lit room. In the front of the room is a fire place, a warm fire is burning brightly. In the middle are two long pink couch, across from each other with a medium sized coffee table separating them. The floor is covered by a velvet carpet, imprinted with indian design. The walls are lined with various paintings of gods, from Zeus to Odin.

Seated on one of the couches is a young girl, around the age of 15, her white long hair going all the way down to her back. She's dressed in a silk white dress. Her socks are also white, and so are her shoes. In her hair is a chrysanthemum. In her lap is a leather bound book. On her waist are two sleek, silver canons.

"No way." Breaths Akira, turning to face his godly companion with a angry composure. "How the hell is she alive bastard, you better tell me now!"

"I brought her back to life a year ago, when it started becoming clear that war was coming, with the help of Hades." Suddenly the goddess's composure begins that of pure excitement. "It's been so nice to train her, and she a really nice gal!"

"So this is what you're holding above my head?" Asks Akira, gripping his fists tightly.

"Of course, if you don't want to join us, then..." Coatlicue trails off, doing a slicing motion with her finger.

"Fine, I'll join you." Mutters Akira, gritting his teeth.

"Great!" Cries the goddess cheerfully, now let's say hi to you sister, or should I say Mira!"

...

Tet sat in his cloud throne above disboard, watching the Earth news, taking in Akira's sudden disappearance. With a flick of his finger, Tet swipes the footage away, bringing up a list of names and phone numbers. With slight hesitation, the god presses a name, the screen transforming into a dial tone, the name Zeus scrawled in the middle.

Suddenly the face of a bearded old man appears, his eyes filled with storms. "Tet."

"Zeus." Says Tet, glaring deep into the old mans eyes. "What is the meaning of this?"

"Whatever do you mean, my boy?" Questions the god, with great amusement.

"You know what I speak of." Growls Tet. "Why have you taken Akira?"

"Oh, that, well we wanted to keep you in check, who know's who you'll take next."

"It isn't like that!" Shouts Tet. "I take them because they show promise!"

"Really?" Asks the god. "And what will they be used for, war?"

"I'm not like you!" shouts Tet, waving his fist at the king. "I don't take people for war, I take them to give them a better life!"

"Better life my ass." Shouts Zeus. "The disboard who've created is not a better life!"

"Father sent me here to make it a better place! I'm the god here, not you!"

"You do you think gave him permission to send him her, me, your grandfather!" Growls the lightning god, now truly angry. "And you think your worlds peaceful, I've been watching. The humans are treated like underlings, there is slavery for the love of Odin! That new human you brought in a year ago? She doesn't leave the realm of the Old Gods, she just trains with them, becoming one of them, a half god if you will! And don't get me started on the fact that the old gods are still alive, the bull shit about Sentro escaping, I know the truth, you were disposing of the gods that treating you!"

"Shut up!" Shouts the immortal young boy, punching the cloud with brute force. Sure, some of that might be true, but I'm doing that to free the world of your cruel intentions. When SAO appeared, what did you do, grab a popcorn and watch along with the other gods. When the ALO plot appeared, you sat there helping him create the tech, don't think I didn't figure it out! There's no way he could've created mind control without the help from you gods! And death gun? Same freaking deal! En-ter-tain-ment!"

With that Tet ends the call. "Tet, are you okay?" Comes a soothing voice. The young god turns to see a beautiful red haired lady walk towards him. She's dressed in a black shirt and black yoga pants. Strapped along her back is a long sword.

"I'm okay dear." Says Tet, hugging her tightly. "Gramps was yelling at me."

"I heard, and just so you know, I don't mind being locked up in your realm all the time, I know it's for my good."

"Thanks Aka, that's really nice of you." Says Tet, before kissing her on the lips. "This might be the last time we can enjoy our selves like this, you know?"

"Yeah." Nods Tet's lover. "War is coming right?"

"Yeah, it is."

So how was it? Please tell me! All criticism open! Anyway, a war is coming, and Aka, Mira and Akira will play a big part, along with Blank, Kirito, Asuna, Yui and the others. You can expect longer chapters as well, since battles with gods are coming! If you want to see an OC in here, please send me a detailed idea to my PM box! Thanks and see you later!