Magicus Ensis Art Online
Magic Sword Art Online
HP/SAO x-over
Asuna/Kirito HP/Argo
On The Spot
Harry and Akio were dressed to the nines. They were intending to bring Noboyuki Sugou to justice for his meddling with human memories and the soul.
"The court is now in session." The Supreme Judge declared and everyone took their seats, Sugou smirked a secretive smirk. He was confident that he was going to get off but he had no idea who was willing to be giving evidence against him. Harry had given a testament and coding and the decrypted 'Project Animus' files. Harry had said that he would prefer to be anonymous but would be prepared to break that if he needed to put the fear of god into Sugou.
The chief judge raised an eyebrow "Not guilty you say? Very well. Let us begin."
The trial began, Sugou's lawyers were pretty good. They managed to prove that it could conclusively be said that it was Noboyuki behind these schemes.
Harry took a deep breathe, he was representing the SAO veterans and those trapped in Alfheim. He looked at his lawyer and nodded and the man stood up. "Your honour, my client would like to reveal some documents that he opened up for RECT entertainment."
Noboyuki gulped as Project Animus in its entirety was revealed to the courtroom. Due to how big the trial was, it was being broadcast live. It was caught on camera just how pale and sickly some of jury had become as they saw what 'Project Animus' entailed.
"Your honour, I have a question for Mr. Potter." The Judge nodded.
"My client informs me that you attacked him in the most brutal way possible. You attacked him in such a way that he nearly suffered an acute myocardial infarction. A myo…"
"Is also known as a Heart Attack. I know. And I ask his worship to get the defendant to ask his question because he is beating around the bush." Harry replied, his temper wearing thin.
"Ask your question."
"Did you or did you not torture and attack my client?"
Harry lost his composure and he began laughing "I'm sorry but the entire idea of Alfheim Online was to join a race of fae-folk, climb the world tree and defeat the fae king Oberon as played by your client. So to answer the question yes I did attack and beat him most severely in order to complete the game. However, did I torture him? No. There is a safety feature in the rigs of the headset which prevent in game combat from spilling into real life. However the evidence of 'torture' that your client has is in fact the residue of programmed 'spells' in combat in which he was wearing a faulty Nervegear rig."
The slimy lawyer on Noboyuki's payroll went to counter but Harry moved on "Your honour, on that exact same hard drive that revealed 'Project Animus' is ten minutes of gameplay of Alfheim Online about the situation in question. It was recorded from my own Nervegear rig, Kirigaya Kazuto, Yuuki Asuna and Noboyuki Sugou."
The judge stared at the young man "How did you get this evidence?"
I stream some of my gaming online. I was also paid by Yuuki Kouichirou to help him find out what was wrong with his daughter. I did my job no more no less. Since the person in question is present I ask her for her consent for this video to be played."
"Do you not mind? Anything that happens in the video maybe used against you."
Harry nodded "If it wasn't for the fact you needed him alive, I would have done more. I'm not losing sleep over it and besides it happened in a video game purely me against him."
They clicked on the feed.
The game came into appearance with Harry opening an online keyboard frantically tapping and something dissolved. 'Harry, you realise that you're cheating'. The Kirito said.
'Kirito-kun; when will you realise that circumventing fifteen minutes of shit coding in thirty seconds to rescue YOUR IN-GAME WIFE from a total cuntbag like Sugou just to appease you and her parents is worth more than a thing like legalities.' Harry replied as they began to run.
'Aren't you scared of what Sugou may do?'
'Be more scared of what I'm going to do to him to get a confession out of him. Besides he is the in game boss. To everyone watching this well we'll just bait the turdbugget; get a confession and then I beat him to death. Besides he ain't going to die. This isn't SAO afterall.'
"It is self-defence at best and manslaughter at worse. Besides I think the judge'll let it slide when brought up that he was bringing someone who was partaking in crimes and against humanity. The players came across a massive gilded cage inside of which contained one Yuuki Asuna.
"Kirito-kun! Yui! Harry-san!" Exclaimed Asuna.
"Kirito, get back. You as well Asuna. Sun explosion!" Sun explosion was a concentrated overkill fire spell and erased the cage from existence. "Kirito, you many now kiss the bride. I on the other hand have a confession to get."
Suddenly the world shifted. The platform suddenly turned black. Asuna was suddenly yanked up and suspended from chains as Harry and Kirito were locked to the floor. "Impressive? Gravity magic? Going to be the next update up until you little shits ruined everything! How did you know it was me? What have you done?" Exclaimed Sugou adorned in his garb of fairy king Oberon.
"Oh not much. Saved the girl, saved the world. First answer; your mannerisms sound too similar. I listened to the intro video and then I had the misfortune to meet you. Ended you." Harry replied getting to his feet. He struggled but in the end he got to his feet.
"Silence you! Now Kirigaya what gives you the right to interfere with my work?"
"What gives you the right to hold Asuna hostage Sugou." Kirito snarled.
Sugou bristled "You shall refer to me as your Highness or words of that effect."
Harry groaned in relaxation, his bowels had been killing him for the past fifty minutes. "Are you pissing in my throne room?"
Harry cocked his head "Yes…Anyway you have my curiosity. What had we interrupted?"
"I have three hundred former players of SAO under my thumb.And now, thanks for their dedicated cooperation, the technology I developed for a totally control of emotions and thoughts is eighty percent of complete!I'm about to achieve what no one else has!The total control of the human soul!The power of the god!It's so close I can almost taste it...Seriously, thank god for virtual reality, er...?
Uhe hee hee hee hee...Ah ha ha ha ha ha...!" Cackled Sugou.
Harry snarled with rage "You will desist." As Asuna screamed "You'll never get away with this you monster."
"But who is going to stop me? Kirigaya can't. You my dear are in no position and who is going to believe this one." Sugou gestured to Harry.
"Project Animus." Sugou stopped, those words were like knives in his heart.
"How did you…"
"The Yuuki's know. They employed to open the file. Apparently they were doing an audit and couldn't access the files…Seriously AMNDAIISI443-449. Anyone who knows Shakespeare, Midsummer's Night Dream and plays this game could have guessed your passcode."
"I CALL UPON…" Began Oberon.
"Osis Fragmentum." Harry snapped and Oberon screamed as his arm fell limp to his side.
"Spells maybe done in English. No help when a player knows fluent Latin. You brought this upon yourself. Now my turn to ask the questions. Were you involved in SAO?"
"Yes. I turned it into the Death Game, I suggested it to Kayaba. I suggested that RECT by the game. So I could carry on my work. The American Military are more than willing to pay me handsomely for this work. It helped that the Yuuki's were going to adopt me into the family. The only one stopping them was Asuna and thankfully I had dealt with that."
Harry grinned sadistically "Finite Incantatum." The chains vanished "Kirito, get her out. I have no desire to see Asuna humiliated to gain the advantage over you. This is gory work for jaded workers."
Harry healed Oberon's leg "System Command set pain tolerance for Harry Potter to 1 authorisation code Oberon."
"System command set Harry Potter pain setting to 0. Set Sugou Nobuyuki; Oberon pain receptor to 3 authorisation code Witch King. System command restrict admin privileges of Witch King and Oberon to off."
Oberon gulped "You know that 3 and below affects the body outside."
Harry nodded "Of course. I was beaten, tortured and abused in real life. I know what I can take. Now, are you going to admit peacefully or must I subdue you."
Oberon snarled and drew his blade "What are you going to do for a blade?"
"Protean: Claws of the Beast! Who said I need a blade." Smirked Harry vanishing his armour leaving him in a pair of trousers. Oberon's eyes widened at the claws.
He swung his sword wildly and Harry harmlessly deflected it. It rattled off his claws causing a minor cut. Harry winced slightly at the contact but refused to let it show. Harry darted forwards "Celerity: Level 1." He rushed forwards raking his claws across Oberon's legs front and back.
The man screamed at the light application of pressure. "Please! Have mercy!"
He kicked the Bandit King in the spine and smiled as Oberon screamed "Mercy! You have the audacity to beg for mercy!" Harry grabbed Oberon, sheathed his claws "Potence: Level 1!" Potence just added extra strength to physical strikes; and as a result in the hands of a Gnome or Salamander it would be a devastating spell.
Oberon gobbed blood as the punch connected firmly with his stomach. He couldn't drop to the floor as that brat had a rather good grip on him. Sugou's intended victim punched him again and followed up with a 'sparta kick' to the chest cracking his ribs.
"Get up. I'm not finished yet." Snarled Harry, he had never played with people like this before. He had to say it, this had a different feeling of satisfaction.
Oberon got to his feet and unleashed a powerful gravity spell; it basically increased resistance of someone pushing against it. Harry sighed with another 'Finite Incantatum' he cancelled the spell. "I can't imagine the psychological torment you put my future sister-in-law through but I think you can. CRUCIO! Try not to go insane." Oberon was blasted off his feet as the pain curse ripped into him.
Oberon began to scream, it felt like he was being bathed in acid, skin was being flayed off him and his bones were being ground into fine powder one agonising centimetre at a time. A notice popped up, Harry looked at it and then quickly dismissed it.
"System Command: Generate Excalibur!" A voice called and the blade was thrust into Noboyuki's gut. "System Command forceful ejection of Oberon. Authorisation Akihiko Kayaba."
(End videogame footage)
The Judge nodded "You did nothing that I can tell was illegal. Although why did you set the pain setting in the Nervegear? Who were administrators Witch King and Oberon?"
"I was Witch King and Noboyuki Sugou was Oberon." Explained Harry.
The trial had started at 9am and it was now reaching 6pm. "We the jury find Noyubuki Sugou guilty."
The Judge slammed his gavel down and announced the verdict "Three lifetimes in prison no parole."
Harry stood up and swiftly left the court room to join the Yuuki's "Harry are you going to make a statement about RECT?" Kouichirou asked nervously.
Harry nodded "I'll do it."
The Yuuki's assembled at the top of the courthouse, Harry wrapped his arm around Akio and kissed her softly "I'm sorry for bringing you to that."
As the reporters set up their equipment they heard "You are my boyfriend, my best friend, hero and great man…I love you."
"Here we are today outside the Supreme Court of Japan with the CEO and found of RECT entertainment. Yuuki-san, how does it feel to know that such a travesty happened in your company? How did it come about?"
Shouzou turned pale and turned to Harry, who nodded and slackened his tie "Are you sure about me speaking in for your company Yuuki-san?"
"I trust you to tell the story as it is without any exaggeration."
"Feel free to correct me if I steer from the truth because I hate having to pull tricks out of a hat because of insufficient briefing." Shouzou nodded and shook Harry's hand.
"Potter-san, I have every faith in you."
Harry grinned and he turned to the cameras and the clamouring voices. Harry clicked his fingers and a deafening boom of a firework rolled across the square. "Thankyou. My name is Harry Potter and I'll be answering those details."
"This travesty happened because the CEO is a human being. He is as fallible as you or I. The man in question was to be his son-in-law. Said man who was just on trial moments ago was the son of a family friend and Yuuki-san took him in into RECT as good faith and honour dictates. RECT, is also known for its 'progress is recognised' scheme of work. Said future son-in-law was a very capable worker and soon found himself in charge of a division because he had deserved it. That is how this travesty started in RECT; by their own doing and the willingness to treat everyone equally for equal opportunities. Furthermore, due to the bond of family it meant that Yuuki-san could trust the person in general to do the right thing without being called on to justify his actions because why wouldn't he? Family trusts family."
That stunned the crowd, then another reported spoke "Mr. Potter can I ask why you are getting involved in this?"
Harry grinned "Quite frankly I need RECT and they need me. They inherited a sinking ship in the form of Cardinal from the people who designed and created Sword Art Online. Yuuki-san was not aware that not everyone had woken up and handed it to the Research and Development department to get a way out and create a new game. I was stuck as a tree in Alfheim Online. The fact I was stuck in a game illegally is what makes it my business. I am in talks with a man and this man is interested in creating a game based on his Universe. He has a roleplay game, a card game and a TV series. Yes the series was cancelled but still a TV series is a TV series."
The reporters stared "You're going to use RECT even in the light of this horrific event?"
Harry snorted "That's like saying are you still going to eat sushi if it gave you food poisoning. Or someone has been killed by a car is that going to stop you from driving? It just means you need to be careful."
The crowd nodded "One last question why do you support Cardinal? Isn't that the system that caused this?"
"Cardinal is a programme. A programme can only exist to do what it is written to do. The people behind it are dead or in prison. I vouch for Cardinal because it is a brilliant gaming system built for the style of game I am creating."
"How open are you going to be with it?"
"As open as one can be in this line of work. Now I really must be going." The crowd parted and the Yuuki's, Harry and Akio passed through them. The Yuuki's had arrived in a limo and Harry's phone rang.
"Ah, Mr. Mutch…Yes I am available. The Dragon Rising, for lunch…Okay…That's wonderful. I shall see you then."
Shouzou looked at him "Who is this?"
"It's an anagram of a rather popular urban fantasy writer who has expressed an interest in me creating a game for him." Harry explained.
"My son and I would like to meet with Mister Mutch."
Harry nodded "His full name is Jiber Mutch…Akio wanna come?"
Soon enough they arrived at the Dragon Rising. Mutch was there waiting for him with two people "Mr. Potter, I hadn't realised you were bring additional guests."
Harry smiled at that "They're my significant other, my overarching boss and my manager boss…They also represent the company I have been hired for."
Jiber nodded and then clapped his hands "One is my organiser and the other is my bodyguard…I really do not need one but my wife insisted."
Harry nodded "After you Mister Mutch, after all we have much to discuss as much to eat."
(Yes, Jiber Mutch is an anagram of a name. Cookies to whoever coupled on with my email address earlier on in my fic).