A/N: Alright, I was able to get this chapter out in a timely fashion. I'm sure a lot of you have been waiting for this, so here you all go.


Secret's Revealed: Chapter 2


Alicia's mother slowly opened her eyes as she found herself lying on a bed. She sat up and looked around, seeming to be in a bedroom of some sorts. Now that she thought about it, she did recall her daughter saying she and Dan had a house in this game. This was probably it.

As she stood up getting off the bed, the mother almost fell over. It felt so strange suddenly having the physique of a teenager, especially one that was so similar to her daughter's. Thinking about walking around in her daughter's virtual body was a bit of a disturbing thought though so she pushed that away from her mind.

It didn't take to long for the woman to adjust to the different body as she walked around. Leaving the bedroom, Mrs. Tsuki came into the living room next.

'It really is a nice place.' she thought.

"Mama! You're back!"

All of a sudden, Mrs. Tsuki turned around only to be met by a little girl running up to her and jumping at her. The surprise caught her off guard as she fell over to the ground with the little girl lying on top of her.

Luna gasped as she got off her 'mother'. "I'm sorry Mama. Are you alright? I didn't mean to make you fall over, I promise."

Mrs. Tsuki blinked her eyes in surprise at the little girl as she sat up. Alicia had never mentioned any friends of hers this young, especially none that called her 'Mama'. "Wh-What did you call me?" she asked. "No more importantly, who are you?"

Luna tilted her head, not understanding what was going on. "What's wrong Mama? It's me. Luna."

"A-And you're calling me Mama because…?"

"Because Mama is Mama." Luna said. She began to frown slightly. "Why don't you remember, Mama?"

"I… uh…" Alicia's mother wasn't sure what to mke of this. There was no way her daughter could be a mother, especially to a child this old. "Well… Luna, right? Could you remind me who your real parents are? Your birth parents, I mean."

Worry and fear started to become apparent on Luna's face. "Why are you saying these things Mama? You and Papa are my parents. What's going on?"

'Papa… does she mean Dan?' she wondered. She finally got up to her feet. Perhaps she had stayed long enough. Things had not been what she had been expecting, and she currently had far too many questions floating around her head. "W-Well Luna, Mama has to go right now. I'll see you later."

"Wait! Mama, don't go! What's wrong?!" Luna begged for an answer, but Mrs. Tsuki quickly rushed back into the bedroom and closed the door.

"Ok, now how do I get out of here?" Alicia's mother wondered as she looked around. She moved around frantically. As she waved her hands around, she suddenly noticed a menu appear before her. "What's this?" As her eyes scrolled through the list, she soon noticed the logout tab. She pressed it and confirmed her logout, leaving the virtual world, and the strange little girl calling her Mama, behind.

She was going to have a lot of questions for her daughter once she woke up


Alicia walked out of the bathroom having finished with her shower. The hot water had been so refreshing for her. She quickly dried the last bits of water from her hair with a towel as she walked to her room.

'I better hurry. Don't want to keep Luna waiting.' Alicia thought. As she walked into her room though, she was met with an unexpected sight. Her mother was sitting on her bed, removing the Amu Sphere from her head.

"Alicia, do you mind explaining why there's a little girl in the virtual game you play calling you 'Mama'?" her mother asked.

Alicia's eyes widened as she tried to understand what was going on. Seeing the Amu Sphere come off of her mother's head helped her connect the dots. "Mom, did you dive in as me and-"

"I'll apologize however much you want later, depending on your answer." Mrs. Tsuki spoke, looking firmly at her daughter. "Now who is that girl?"

It didn't take Alicia long to realize what must have happened while she was taking a shower. 'Wait… if Luna saw mom as me… that means…' She looked at her mother worriedly. "Mom, what happened while you were logged in as me? Did anything happen with that little girl you mentioned?"

"I believed I was the one asking the questions young lady. Now explain."

Alicia knew this wasn't going to get her anywhere. She needed to see Luna quickly. There was no telling what her mother had said or done as her. She walked over and reached for her Amu Sphere, but her mother quickly grabbed her arm before she could reach it.

"We aren't done talking here, Alicia. Now tell me-"

"I'll tell you everything you want to know mom, I promise!" Alicia said. "Just let me log on for five minutes!"

"Alicia-"

"Please!" the black haired girl begged. "Just five minutes! Then I'll explain everything to you! I'll answer whatever questions you want!"

Mrs. Tsuki stared at her daughter for a moment before sighing. "Just five minutes. Any longer than that and I'm disconnecting it myself."

Alicia nodded her head understandingly. "Thanks mom." She quickly laid down on her bed and fit the Amu Sphere around her head. She closed her eyes and re-entered the virtual world. "Link Start!"


As Alice felt herself in her virtual avatar once again, she quickly moved from the bedroom to the living room. "Luna! Luna, are you here?!"

The soft sound of sobbing could be heard over from the couch. Luna poked her head up with a few tears in her eyes. "Mama…"

Alice knew now that something must have happened. She quickly moved over to her daughter and sat next to her on the couch, giving her a hug. "Are you alright, Luna?"

"Mama… why were you acting weird before?" Luna asked. "You acted like I wasn't your daughter."

"Of course you're my daughter, sweetie." Alice said soothingly as she rubbed Luna's back. "I'm sorry about what happened. That wasn't me you saw before. Someone else was using my avatar."

"That wasn't Mama?" Luna asked. "Then who was it?"

This was going to be the hard part of the explanation for Alice. Luna did want to meet her grandparents after all, and with her mother discovering Luna's existence that was almost definitely going to happen now.

Alice took a deep breath as she told Luna. "That was my mother. Your grandmother, Luna."

"That was Mama's Mama?" Luna asked in surprise. "But then why was she so surprised by me?"

"Well she's never met you, plus it was her first time in the virtual world." Alice explained. She looked at the clock. Her five minutes were almost up. "Luna, I'll explain more to you later, but Mama has to log off for a bit right now."

"But-"

"I'm sorry Luna. I know this is all really sudden and surprising." she told her daughter. "I'll try to log back on later tonight, alright?"

"... Promise?"

Alice nodded her head. "I promise Luna." She leaned in and kissed her on the forehead. "Mama just has to take care of a few things in the real world."

She hated to leave Luna like this, especially with everything that had happened. But if she didn't log off soon, she was only going to make her mother mad and right now she needed her as calm and happy as possible.

'Well, Luna did say she wanted to meet her grandparents for Christmas. At least her wish is coming true I guess.'

Walking into her bedroom, Alice opened up her menu and returned to the real world. When her vision returned to her, she was lying on her bed in the real world once again.

As she sat up and removed her Amu Sphere, Alicia found her mother still in the room. "Now are you finally going to explain who that girl is and why she calls you Mama?" she asked.

Alicia took a deep breath as she began. "Her name is Luna. She's… well she's your granddaughter." The widened eyes that came from the woman was about what Alicia was expecting from her reaction. "She's an AI. Dan and I adopted her as our daughter last spring."

Mrs. Tsuki took a moment to process this information. She had thought based on the girl's mannerisms that she was human. She had been expecting it to be some little girl that… what was it people called it again? Role-playing? "And this Luna. You and Dan adopted her… how exactly?"

"Well there was an event in ALO." Alicia explained. "There wasn't much told beforehand except that something would happen to a married couple in ALO. Then when Dan and I logged on, we found Luna sleeping on the couch of our in-game home. We quickly found out from the GMs that she was an AI linked to the event, and she became our daughter. At the end of the event, she was supposed to be deleted, but we were able to find a way to keep her around. The devs of ALO don't really know Luna's still around I think. The system just converted her to an NPC, so she doesn't cause any problems to the system. Ever since then, Ren- I mean Dan and I have looked after her as our daughter."

"And the time you've been away at school?"

"Our friend Kazuto helped us find ways to communicate with her outside of ALO." Alicia said. "Luna can call us through our phones while we're in the real world. We make sure to talk to her at least once a day."

"And does Dan's family know about this?"

Alicia scratched the back of her head. "Well… Clair does but..."

Mrs. Tsuki let out a sigh. "Alicia, I'm not comfortable suddenly knowing about this Luna girl without you telling me for months, and I'm sure Mrs. Hiryo will feel the same. She needs to know."

Alicia let out a sigh. "Fine, but can you give me a chance to have Dan tell her. I think it'd be better coming from him."

"... Very well." Mrs. Tsuki said. "You have 24 hours, or I'm telling her myself. We'll talk about this daughter of yours later after I've discussed it with your father."

"Yes mom." Alicia sighed as she watched her mother walk out of the room. The teen groaned as she fell back on her bed. 'I can't believe they had to find out about Luna this of all ways.' she silently thought. As much as she hated it, they were going to have to let Dan's mother know as well. She didn't want to put it off any longer, so she reached for her phone and called her boyfriend.

After a few rings, Dan picked up from the other end. "Hey Alicia. Is there something you need?"

"Dan… you know how we were going to discuss whether to tell our parents about Luna soon?"

"Yeah. Look Alicia, can we talk about what to do for that later? My mom's having me help her-"

"Dan, my mother found out about Luna." Alicia interrupted. A stunned silence was heard from the other end of the phone. "It wasn't on purpose, I swear. I was taking a shower and my mom used my Amu Sphere, logging in as me. Then she met Luna in ALO and… well a lot of things happened."

Dan let out a sigh. This was not how he had wanted Luna's existence to be revealed to her grandparents, but it seemed he and Alicia didn't have any control over that anymore. "So what did she say?"

"Well she's planning on letting your mom know if we don't tell her ourselves." Alicia explained. "As for what my parents think about Luna… the jury's still out on that one."

"And Luna?"

"She's alright. I explained what happened to her just now. I'm gonna log in later tonight to explain further."

"Alright then." Dan said. "I guess I better tell my mother then."

"Good luck."

"Thanks. I'll talk to you later." Dan said as he hung up. He let out a groan. This was not going to be a fun conversation.

"Dan! I need your help down here!" his mother called from downstairs.

Letting out a sigh, Dan walked downstairs. His mother was in the living room, setting up Christmas decorations.

'Better just get this over with.' Dan thought to himself. "Mom… there's something I have to tell you."

"What is it?" Juna asked as she placed a decoration on the table.

"Umm… well…" Dan took a deep breath. "Mom, you have a granddaughter."

Juna froze as she heard this. A brief silence passed before she looked at her son. "You got Alicia pregnant?!"

"What?! No! Mom, it's not that, it's-"

"Oh I knew I should have had the talk with you sooner!" Juna said in disbelief. "I should have told you about the birds and the bees and-"

"Mom, will you listen to me! Alicia is not pregnant!"

"You mean she already gave birth?! Oh, why didn't you tell me about this for so long-"

"Mom it's not like that! Alicia's not pregnant, nor has she ever been!" Dan yelled. Finally seeing his mother stop, he sighed and continued. "You see, it's not a biological granddaughter. She's an AI named Luna. Alicia and I have been looking after her since spring."

Juna narrowed her eyes and listened as her son explained Luna's background, as well as everything that had happened. It understandably took her a moment to process all of this. When she was done however, she gave a stern look towards her son.

"So if I'm hearing you correctly, had Mrs. Tsuki not discovered this 'Luna', you would have never told me about her." she finally said.

Dan rubbed the back of his head nervously. "I wouldn't say never. We planned to tell you and Alicia's parents eventually, we just couldn't figure out the right way to bring it up."

The mother and son were interrupted as Clair walked into the room. "What's going on? I heard shouting."

"Clair… did you know about your brother's AI daughter?" Juna asked.

The young Hiryo girl looked over at Dan. "So the cat's finally out of the bag?"

"Pretty much." her brother said.

Juna let out a sigh and shook her head. "We'll talk about this later. For now, help me with setting up decorations, both of you."

Dan nodded his head understandingly as he and his sister went to help their mother. An awkward silence hung over the house as the Hiryo family prepared for the upcoming holiday season.

A/N: Hope you all enjoyed the chapter. This story shouldn't be a long one, as I'm hoping to have it done by Christmas. With that in mind, the next chapter should be out in a few days hopefully.