Sword Art Online: Unforeseen Content
Save File: New Allies and New Problems
-Odaiba General Hospital April 15th 4:15 PM 2 Years Later-
"Two years, I can't believe it's been that long since I've seen you Tai." Kari said, tears slowly rolling down her face as she sat in her seat. In two years her brother had lost a lot of muscle mass due to his being in the death game and longer and greasier hair could be seen poking out of the Nerve Gear. Kari herself had grown into a fine girl herself, though she purposely kept her hair short. (AN: Think how she looks in tri.)
"Hey Kari." She turned to see the smiling face of her boyfriend, Ken Ichijoji. It started with one cup of coffee, after the first month. Then the two met up regularly. Eventually it blossomed into a full relationship. Davis was infuriated at first, however he eventually looked past it, realizing Ken had only tried to help. Yolie was furious too, but she got over it too, ironically a lot longer than Davis did.
"Hey sweetie," Kari said getting up and kissing him on the cheek. "Glad you came."
"I'd never miss this for you." Ken said comforting her. "I just can't believe it's been 2 years."
"Yeah, and over 3000 players have died." Kari said woefully.
"Hey, don't go thinking that, he's still in there, fighting I know it." Ken said, then laughed. "You of all people should know how stubborn he is."
"True." Kari said with a laugh. She just stood in Ken's arm in silence for a moment.
"We'd better go, visiting hours are almost over." Ken reminded. She nodded slowly.
"Thanks Ken, I don't know what I'd do without you, and everyone else helping my family." Kari said quietly. She then walked over to Tai, and gave her pseudo-comatose brother a kiss on the cheek. "I'll see you tomorrow big brother."
The two walked out of the room, not knowing Gatomon and Wormmon were watching them from the tree outside.
"I hate seeing Kari like this." Gatomon admitted.
"It reminds me of Ken when he was getting over his time as the Digimon Emperor." Wormmon agreed. "But there's one person I feel even sorrier for."
"You mean Agumon." It wasn't even a question. The lizard was sad to hear about what happened to his partner, and he got into a massive slump.
"I know I've tried to help him, and the others too." Wormmon said.
"You mean everyone but Sora and Matt." Gatomon spat. She hated the pair, Sora treated Tai like he was already dead, and Matt was only focused on what was left of his band, the Teenaged Wolves. They had a breakup a few months after the launch date, and things went downhill from there.
"Though, deep down I wonder what it's like." Wormmon admitted. "In that game world."
"Really?" Gatomon asked with a raised eyebrow.
Wormmon nodded. "All the time needed to make a world all those humans' would need to survive must have been something impressive."
"Yeah I guess." Gatomon said, then smirked. "Knowing Tai, he's probably sleeping under a tree somewhere."
-Aincrad Floor 25 Swampland Dungeon Same Time-
"Stupid Gatormen!" Taiki swung his upgraded Howling fang at six armor plated gators with axes.
"Get going you three!" Taiki ordered. The three kids behind him nodded and ran to the dungeon entrance in a flash.
"Sorry buddy, but I have to make an exchange." He told his sword. Taiki quickly cycled through his menu, and exchanged it for the Raijin Spear and his Kazemaru shield. The spear was long and gold with a yellow bolt of lightning generated from the tip, while his shield was bright green with a whirlwind pattern on it.
Taiki took a stance and charged up the weapon exclusive skill Doom Voltage then he charged, destroying all six. Taiki then put his weapons way, changing it back for his Howling Fang. It was then he saw the page displaying the results of battle. Taiki was now level 72 and had 137,500 HP.
The trio of kids stopped to see their savior in a better light. Taiki had long since abandoned the traditional gear worn by SAO players in exchanged for an armored red trench coat. From the back, you could see two black dragons flying down the back.
"Alright, you kids live with Sasha right?" Taiki said with a sigh. The kids nodded. "Was this a dare?" He was wondering why kids would be on the one floor that caused the most deaths than any other.
"No, it's the army, they raised taxes again, so we were trying to help pay for the church." One of the boys said timidly.
"Again?" Taiki sighed, believing the boy. "C'mon, I'll take you three home." The trio nodded, incredibly grateful.
In the two years that had past, a lot had happened for everyone. For starters, the main players who focused on clearing the game (AKA the Clearers) were nearing the floor 60 boss at the moment. Taiki meanwhile took Kirito's advice on getting stronger from Kirito, took an interesting job, side questing. You see many players were focused on clearing the game and taking the bulls by the horns so to speak, many dungeons were left unattended. This is where Taiki came in. He would clear the dungeons for either himself or his client, and reap the rewards. That is how he came across the Spear and Shield. Just thinking about the battle made him nervous. Taiki was wandering floor 42, the Beach level, and stumbled onto some players trying to beat a thunder and wind spirit themed boss pair. He lent them a hand, though Taiki's health bar nearly depleted in the process. As a thank you, the party gave him the quest reward weapons weapons. Then the boy in charged asked for a favor, getting ahold of a rare item called the Lotus Crystal, a reusable relic that could heal all status problems. This is why Taiki was present, and how Taiki learned of the problems caused by the Aincrad Liberation Front, AKA the Army. On his way out, after collecting the relic, Taiki bumped into a trio of kids, and they told him an interesting story.
It was here, Taiki learned about the fate of Kibaou. He had retired from the frontlines after a party he lead suffered massive casualties fighting the floor 25 boss, and joined the army. So he started monopolizing the Town of Beginnings, abusing other players, taking all the best monster spawn points, and "Collecting taxes." Apparently, the in-game wife of the guild leader he had rescued from floor 42 had been taken by the army for not paying her taxes for so long. So Taiki volunteered to go get a rare item so they could sell it and release her.
The Army was one of the best guilds in the game, but one guild stood out: The Knight of the Blood oath. Leader was Heathcliff, who was considered the most powerful player in the game. His second in command, was the Flash herself, Asuna.
Gone was the timid girl he teamed up with to take on the first boss. In her place was the most feared player he had ever known. She earned her title, by being lightning fast with her rapier. Her main focus was clearing the game, and nothing would stop hear, but she was far from heartless. Especially when it came to a certain Beta Tester, named Kirito.
Taiki then stopped for a moment, and thought back to Kirito, the Black Swordsman. He had only bumped into him during the occasional raid party on bosses, but nothing more, although the guy had been busy. On one of his side quests, Taiki bumped into a girl named Silica, and her familiar Pina. She told him the story of how Silica had gotten into a fight with another member of her party at the time, Rosalia, and left it in rage. However, Pina died protecting her from monsters, and being she was out of healing crystals, she thought she was a goner. It was then Kirito stepped in, and defeated the drunken apes. Through him, Silica learned of the existence of an item she could use to revive Pina in a special dungeon. Kirito then admitted he hung out with her because she reminded Kirito of his sister, Suguha. However, after they got the item, Kirito revealed he was actually looking for Rosalia. As it turned out, she was the leader and scout for a player killing guild called Titan's Hand. Another player who lost his team begged any player he could find to send them to prison. Kirito gladly accepted the request, and using a corridor crystal, sent them to the prison of floor 1. Silica wasn't all that upset, after all she had fun, made a good friend, and got Pina back.
Then after a talk with Asuna, Taiki learned from the blacksmith, Lisbeth, that Kirito had visited her once requesting a powerful sword. The two went on a quest to get a special metal and she granted his request. Although Lisbeth was frequently infuriated by Kirito. He destroyed a sword she referred to her as her masterpiece, almost got her killed, and then there was something about dragon poop.
Taiki had even bumped into Klein and his guild, Fuurinkazan and he had learned an interesting fact about one of the most powerful solo players in the game. Kirito was at one point apart of a guild. Later something happened, and the black swordsman wouldn't talk about. However it drove him to hunt down one of the most sought after items in the game, the Divine Stone of Returning Soul. With it, one could revive a player. To obtain it, you had to defeat the holiday boss Nickolas the Renegade. Kirito had beaten the bizarre Santa wannabe; however he gave it to Klein, discovering it only works if you apply it to the player in 10 seconds.
Not long after that, Taiki learned from Agil, one of his repeat clients, and owner of a weapons shop on floor 50, had told the side questor that Kirito and Asuna had solved a murder mystery. A player had apparently died in a safe zone by a weapon called Guilty Thorn, created by a player called Grimlock. They tracked down an old friend of the victim, a girl named Yolko and learned they were both apart of a guild called Golden Apple. Their leader Grisalda had died while transferring a rare item the whole guild had an argument over. It was then the girl died by a spike to the back, or so they thought. Kirito and Asuna deduced that the two had actually faked their deaths to lure out Griselda's murderer. It was a combination of another ex-guild mate, and Grimlock himself. The reason, in the real world, they were married, and Grimlock hated the person his wife had become. Gone was the docile housewife, and in her place was a mighty warrior. So he staged her death, and took the item himself. Then to cover his tracks, Grimlock hired the murder guild Laughing Coffin to kill the three ex-guild members of his to hide the evidence. Grimlock had been taken away, although Kirito and Asuna thought they saw Griselda's ghost in the process.
"I've got to slow down on my side quests." Taiki thought, "I miss out on all the cool adventures. "
"Hey mister?" Taiki looked down at one of the kids. "We're back in the Town of Beginnings."
"So we are." Taiki said, finally noticing. "Let's hope Sasha hasn't missed you all too much."
The three kids ran forward at high speeds. Taiki chuckled. Sasha was a woman who bought a church in the town as a safe haven for kids after realizing how dangerous the game was getting. Naturally, with the kids being inexperienced, they got trapped frequently, Taiki and several others ended up dropping them off.
"Oh thank you Taiki, you're a lifesaver." Sasha said relieved. She was several years older than Tai was IRL and her green eyes were hidden behind glasses.
"What is this, the sixth time I've saved one of your kids?" Taiki asked.
"I've lost track myself with all of the people helping." Sasha chuckled.
"I heard why they were at floor 25 though." Taiki admitted, "Kibaou is acting up again and you're far from the only person he's hurting."
"I know, it's been getting rough in town." Sasha admitted with a frown as the kids were ushered inside. "But rumor has it, he's been losing popularity in the guild."
"We can only hope." Taiki said with a laugh, turning to leave.
Taiki met up with his client in the town square and handed off the item in question.
"Thanks man, you're a life saver." One man said.
"Consider us even." Taiki said with a smirk.
Taiki made his way down the street, and frowned. He was nearing the Monument of Life. In it was a mausoleum like area served as the memorial for the fallen players. According to Argo, the place was originally where you would go to respawn. However since Kayaba changed the rules around, the idea of Respawning was out of the question. Taiki found himself walking through the doors, and looking at all the names on the walls. The names present meant they were still alive. But crossed out, it meant they were no more, and the time and day one died would go next to the engraving.
He quietly observed the walls and found Diavel's name on the list. Taiki just stood there, watching, as if he was after an answer. Almost as if he got one, someone sighed sadly. Taiki then stopped to see none other than Kirito.
"Sachi, everyone I'm sorry." He whispered.
"So this is where you come to mope too huh?" Kirito turned to see Taiki standing to the side with a small smirk on his face.
Kirito gave a weak smile and walked up to the guy. The two bumped each other at the wrist. "It's good to see you again."
"Likewise." Taiki smiled. "I've been hearing rumors about you, Mr. Black swordsman."
Kirito chuckled a bit. "And the tales I've heard about you and your side quest business."
"What can I say?" Taiki shrugged. "Business is booming."
Kirito laughed. "C'mon, I'll buy you a drink."
"Did that just come out of your mouth, Solo player?" Taiki questioned with a smirk.
"Shut up," Kirito laughed generally. What neither player knew was a third was watching them, shocked what she was seeing.
"So then this skeleton like thing comes lurching out of the swamp, and the guy screams like a little girl." Taiki laughed so hard, tears came out his eyes. As Taiki told the story, Kirito spat out his drink.
"No way." He laughed.
"Yeah, so then this girl on his team goes, this is my first Halloween all over again." Taiki laughed.
"Wait, wait, wait, so this big muscular guy is afraid of skeletons?" Asuna asked, walking up behind the two.
"No, he's afraid of anything supernatural." Taiki said, grateful for the latest edition.
"Asuna." Kirito greeted.
The second in command sat down on the other side of the table. "It's so weird seeing you acting so normal Kirito."
"It's because it would take away from the emo persona he's taken on." Taiki joked. Asuna smirked at Kirito's discomfort.
"There you are miss." Asuna frowned to see someone walk in. It was a rather tall man with a broad face and black hair, clad in the KoB uniform.
"Kuradeel, what is it?" Asuna groaned.
"I wish you would stop avoiding me ma'am." Kuradeel said annoyed. "I am only trying to guard you as is my mission."
"Whatever you say stalker." Taiki said, getting a laugh out of the other two.
"Be silent you worm." Kuradeel ordered.
"The correct term is side questor." Taiki said coolly drinking from his glass.
"And what is he?" The man asked, pointing to Kirito. "A beater."
"And a lot better company than you." Asuna said with a smirk.
"So you do have a sense of humor." Kirito joked. Asuna stood up with a knife, equipted with a sword skill.
"I was joking put it down." Kirito begged, horrified of the weapon. Taiki snickered at that.
However it was then, the whole floor shook violently. Infact, not just the floor, all of Aincrad.
"What's happening?" Silica asked frightened as she hid under a tree on floor 30.
"MY Masterpieces!" Lisbeth shouted, catching the swords she just sold to players. They were so surprised by the quakes, their grips weakened.
"Holy crap!" Klein shouted catching one of his friends who almost fell into a river.
"Damn." Agil groaned, grabbing another player's hand who was starting to fall.
"I don't understand." Heathcliff, the leader of the Knights said quietly, just as surprised as any other. He was looking out the window of his headquarters on floor 55.
"Since when are there earthquakes in Aincrad?" Kuradeel asked surprised.
Taiki instinctively ran outside with the others not far away, only shocked to see what he was seeing. Waves of energy seemed to flow from Aincrad, and into the open air. What looked like a portal seemed to open in the sky. The portal itself seemed to pulsate as the energy seemed to flow in.
"C'mon you piece of junk." The cloaked figure ordered, as he furiously typed commands into his screen.
"What's going on?" Asuna asked horrified at the events in front of them.
"Ma'am, I suggest a retreat." Kuradeel said shocked.
"I don't blame you for not showing backbone." Taiki admitted.
"No, no, no!" The figure demanded infuriated. The portal destabilized, and blew up, leaving a massive light show in its place.
"What was that?" Kirito asked confused. It was then, Asuna, Kirito, Klein, Agil, Silica, and Lisbeth felt something strange. Taiki felt something too, but it wasn't strange, more on the lines of familiar.
"Why do I feel something strange?" He thought to himself.
"We better check to see if any changes have been made in the floors we've cleared." Asuna suggested, getting out of her stupor quickest.
"Good idea." Kirito agreed. It was then, they noticed various members of the army running around.
"Looks like the army is doing their job for once." Taiki said dryly.
"Where should we go?" Asuna asked.
"I'll start on floor 33, my place is there." Taiki said.
"I'll join you." Kirito said.
"Kuradeel, return to headquarters and see if any new orders have come in." Asuna told the man. "I'll accompany these two."
"But ma'am." Kuradeel insisted.
"Dude, if she can terrify one of the best players in the game with a knife, what do you think she's going to you with that rapier she's going for?" Taiki asked rhetorically. Kuradeel stopped to see Asuna reaching for her sword.
"I will go at once." Kuradeel said terrified.
On Floor 33 the town of Hyrok, was a rather small place situated between the mountains. However it is where Taiki chose to call his home and headquarters.
"Nothing seems out of the ordinary here." Asuna sighed, they had been searching for about an hour.
"It's odd, considering how quiet in this town." Kirito noticed, despite its size, Hyrok only had about 100 players in it.
"And that is why I chose to live here." Taiki explained.
"So, do you think that was an attempt to release us all?" Asuna asked hopefully.
"Something tells me no." Taiki and Kirito said in unison in the exact same tone. However all three of them looked at each other.
"How did you know?" The three asked.
"Ok, this is getting weird." Asuna shivered.
It was then however, the three heard a scream. The problem was it didn't come from around them, but above them. Taiki and the others looked up to see an orange blur falling fast. It wasn't until it got close enough they saw what it was.
"Is that a lizard?" Asuna asked squinting.
"No it's." Taiki began, only for the creature in question to land on him.
Both Kirito and Asuna were startled at what they saw. Lying on the now groaning player was a large bipedal orange lizard, with a similar body type to a t-rex. Three sharp claws attacked to each foot and hand. The creature groaned, and opened its emerald eyes.
"It can't be." Taiki said, propping himself up with his elbows. "Agumon!"
"Tai!" The creature replied happily hugging the player.
"Whoa, that's incredible." Kirito said in fascination.
Asuna however was horrified. "T-Taiki, what is that thing?"
"Ok, that is rude." Agumon said, getting up and walking up to Asuna who backed off in fear. "I don't call you a thing do I?"
"Uh Taiki, do you want to explain your friend at any time?" Kirito asked confused.
Near town square was where Taiki's home stood. It was a two story house with a decent sized deck on the back. Inside presently, Asuna, Kirito, and Agumon were seated around the coffee table. Taiki was in the kitchen, preparing snacks.
"So let me get this straight." Kirito began. "You are what's known as a Digimon, a creature created out of pure computer data, and Taiki is a member of the Digidestined, kids who help other Digimon get stronger and help defend both worlds?"
"You got it right." Agumon said. "And if I'm right, I've somehow gotten into the game you're all trapped in?"
"That's right." Asuna answered timidly.
"It's something weird I'll give you that." Taiki said, bringing in a plate of sandwiches. "But you get used to it."
"Be that as it may," Asuna began, "Why didn't you tell us about your, lifestyle." She added that last part a bit later, unsure how to word it.
"Because I wanted to get away from it for a while." Taiki admitted. "I almost lost my sister more than once, and my best friend, who I've known long before I ever went to the digital world, I don't even recognize anymore."
"If you mean Sora, then yeah she's different now." Agumon admitted.
"I'm not surprised actually." Taiki mumbled. "So, how is everyone?"
"Well Kari is dating Ken now, and the others have graduating high school soon." Agumon admitted. "I really don't know much else, I kinda got out of touch with the others."
"So is Matt's band still in one piece?" Taiki asked amused, noticing how upset his partner got.
"No they broke up a bit after you got trapped in here." The lizard asked.
"You have a friend in a band?" Asuna asked, interested.
"Yeah, it was called the Teenaged Wolves." Taiki explained.
"I remember them," Kirito admitted. "They suck."
"And yet they lasted a year." Taiki smirked.
"So Agumon," Asuna began, still nervous. "How did you get here?"
"I wish I had a proper answer." Agumon admitted. "All I remember was a big flash of light."
"So it happened here." Kirito said, starting to understand, "Someone tried to access the Digital World through Aincrad."
"But why?" Taiki asked confused.
"I think we may have another problem." Asuna realized. "Who's to say Agumon wasn't the only Digimon to enter SAO?"
The others realized she had a point. It was then, Asuna got a message.
"Why don't I like where this is going?" Kirito asked going for a sandwich. However it was at the same time Agumon had reached for one too. It was here the lizard Digimon's claw accidently pricked Kirito's finger.
"Ow." The swordsman winced.
"Oh sorry." Agumon apologized, handing him the sandwich. It was then Kirito noticed something strange.
"My HP." Kirito said confused.
"What about it?" Taiki asked.
"Agumon just lowered it a bit." Kirito explained.
"What?" Asuna asked confused, looking over her message.
"Uh, what's so wrong about that?" Agumon asked.
"We're in a safe zone, unless we're in a duel, we can't lose HP." Taiki explained.
"And you remember what I said about other Digimon?" Asuna asked. "I think one was found on Floor 1."
"Why, what happened?" Taiki asked.
"To all Knights of the Blood Oath available," Asuna read out loud. "A member of the Aincrad Liberation Front has reported a mysterious monster, capable of causing the player to lose HP in safe zone. All players are to take immediate precautions."
"Well, to the Town of Beginnings." Taiki said, rushing out the door with his partner and fellow players behind him. Agumon quickly doubled back for more sandwiches though.
When the four got to the Town, they were surprised to see various members of the Knights and Army already at the gates, circling them with weapons.
"See, I told you those fools were harboring the monster!" Kibaou shouted, he was positioned behind the ring of players. "Clearly that beater Kirito is up to his old tricks!"
"How did you even know he was with us?" Kirito asked.
"I saw you on floor 33, don't try to hide the fact you've hidden the attacker!" Kibaou demanded, pointing his finger.
"Enough all of you!" Asuna demanded. "Agumon is not the attacker, he was with me when the message was sent!"
The knights lowered their weapons, while the army backed away in fear of the girl's tone.
"Don't just stand there you morons!" Kibaou stepped forward with a sword in hand.
"Put your hands on my partner, and I will gut you like a fish!" Taiki threatened, pointing his own at Kibaou.
"So what, I'm level 65, you don't scare me!" Kibaou chuckled darkly.
Taiki then summoned his screen. "Asuna, please read my stats to this moron."
Asuna looked over the screen then turned to Kibaou. "He's level 72, and I'm the same level."
"And I'm level 74." Kirito explained. "Get close to the lizard, and we take you down!"
"Don't try to fool me, twelve players were attacked this morning by a giant lizard!" Kibaou ordered.
"Hold it Kibaou!" A female voice said. Everyone turned to see two figures walking up, Thinker, leader of the army and Yuiler his second in command.
"What took you two so long!" Kibaou demanded.
"We needed to follow up the attacks, unlike you." Yuiler began.
"Six more attacks have happened, all on floor one." Thinker explained. "Therefore, that one is innocent."
"What, then who?" Kibaou demanded.
"My guess is that DarkTyrannomon down the street." Agumon answered. Everyone turned to see a massive black t-rex like creature with stegosaurus like plates on its back. It was presently thrashing about, throwing any player about dumb enough to get in its way.
"Holy!" Kirito said horrified.
"That thing looks mad." One member of the army gasped.
"Shall we?" Agumon asked Taiki.
"My digivice is back in the real world, so I doubt you can become Greymon." Taiki admitted.
"Uh, what are you talking about?" Kirito asked confused.
Taiki paused a moment to figure out how to word this. "Power level 1-6, Agumon's a three aka a rookie, DarkTyrannomon's a Champion, or 4."
"Well, only one way to find out who's stronger." Kirito said drawing his sword.
"Shall we?" Asuna asked, drawing hers.
"Oh what the hell." Taiki said, pulling out his. As the four charged, no one noticed Kibaou slip away.
"What are its attacks?" Kirito asked.
"Fire blast and Iron Tail." Taiki answered. "I don't think I need to say what they do."
"No, that hit's the nail on the head." Asuna admitted, running ahead.
It was then, DarkTyrannomon noticed them. "Fire blast!" A large torrent of flames spewed at the players.
"Scatter!" Taiki ordered. He grabbed Agumon as the three players leapt to the rooftops.
"I don't think I'll get use to that." Agumon admitted.
"Trust me, I have." Taiki said, then got a dark look and thought. "All too well."
"Here we come!" Asuna slashed DarkTyrannomon with full force, causing the beast to stumble back a bit.
"Save some for us!" Kirito ordered, slashing the Digimon himself.
"Let's do this!" Taiki said.
"Pepper Breath." Agumon shot a decent sized fireball at the DarkTyrannomon. The attack nailed him in the side, while Taiki slashed with his own sword.
DarkTyrannomon stumbled a bit, before swinging his tail with the shout of "Iron Tail!" The attack nailed Asuna, who in turn, slammed into Kirito. The resulting attack took 1000 HP from the both of them.
"This might be a safe zone, but it still hurts." Kirito groaned, picking himself off the ground.
"Alright, secret weapon time." Taiki pulled up his menu and switched to his Raijin Spear and Kazemaru Shield.
"Wow, cool weapons." Asuna said, observing it from her spot.
"Time for a little Voltage!" Taiki said, charging Doom Voltage. However it was here several members of the army tackled Taiki, causing him to drop his weapons. Agumon was soon hung upside down by his tail. Each was armed with a corridor crystal.
"Haul them all off to prison, now!" Kibaou ordered. Kirito and Asuna soon found themselves in the same predicament. "They summoned that monster!"
"For the glory of the army!" Kibaou ordered as several members of the army charged.
"Get your hands off me." Asuna ordered as she was thrown in prison with the others.
"You traitors can rot in here for all we care." One member said, locking the door.
"We were trying to help!" Kirito insisted.
"Yeah, I've heard that one before." Rosalia said from an adjacent cell.
"No one asked you." Taiki said flatly.
"What was that about?" Kirito asked confused. "It was like Kibaou was trying to cover something up."
"Why would he?" Asuna asked, then realized. "It's like he knew DarkTyrannomon was coming."
"And I saw that freak take my Raijin Spear." Taiki groaned.
"Really, that's what you're worried about!" Asuna demanded.
"It's my best weapon, plus there's this whole thing where if you don't use the shield with it, the durability goes way down." Taiki explained.
About five minutes later, Thinker and Yuiler showed up with Lisbeth, Silica, Agil, and Klein.
"Miss us?" Klein asked with a touch of smugness in his tone.
"We came down to floor 1 after we felt the quakes and came to help." Lisbeth explained.
"Don't worry, we're getting you out of here." Thinker said, unlocking the cell. "That black T-rex thing is destroying our forces, and the Knights too."
"All under Kibaou's command." Taiki suggested.
Yuiler nodded. "Unfortunately, there have been six deaths already."
"That and Kibaou's refusing to back down." Thinker explained. "He's under the delusion that he's in charge of the Army."
"Tell me you're kicking him out." Asuna said.
"Of course." Thinker said.
"Aw, he's so cute." Silica gushed over Agumon. The smaller girl started hugging the lizard. Pena however landed and curled up on Agumon's head.
"Please stop." Agumon begged.
"I assume there is a fascinating story behind him." Agil suggested.
"I'll explain on the way, but now we have to stop Kibaou." Taiki said. Everyone agreed.
"Hey, what about me!" Rosalia shouted as everyone left.
As the players and Digimon walked through the halls of the army's HQ, they stopped to see Kibaou exit a room.
"Things must be going that bad for you huh?" Taiki asked smugly.
"What are you fools doing out of your cells?" He ordered.
"Kibaou, enough!" Thinker ordered. "It is our unanimous decision that you are now terminated from the Aincrad Liberation Front."
"What?" Kibaou demanded. "The army needs me, I'm the only one who can lead us to survival."
However it was here Asuna pushed past Kibaou and went in. "Taiki, Agumon, are these what I think they are?" Asuna came out with a crate filled with five rather large eggs, each with a different color scheme to them.
"Yup, those are Digi-eggs." Taiki confirmed.
"You stole those eggs and knew DarkTyrannomon was coming!" Agumon deduced pointing his claw. Kibaou's silence was the only answer.
Just then, the room shook violently, and a familiar roar was heard. Kibaou then tossed the container at Taiki who grabbed the crate as the building shook some more. The former member of the Army ran off before anyone could do anything.
"Cheap shot." Taiki groaned, placing the crate on the ground.
"I think I know who's back." Kirito said, drawing his sword
"Let's go." Agil said, determined to join the fight.
"Might as well." Klein said.
"I'm in." Lisbeth said timidly.
"Pena and I will help too!" Silica said, as Pena cheered with a growl.
Taiki and Agumon couldn't help but smile at that. However it was then, one of the five Digi-eggs started reacting. It glowed bright yellow, in a flickering fashion, until a bright light engulfed anyone.
Simultaneously in the real world, Tai's Digivice started reacting too. Kari felt the need to place the device on is hospital night stand, for good luck. The Digivice then glowed yellow and shot into the Nerve Gear's connector.
It was back in Aincrad, Taiki's wrist lit up and everyone looked in shock as several shots of light went to Asuna, Kirito, Agil, Klein, Silica and Lisbeth's wrists. When the light cleared everyone was in possession of a wrist watch digivice. Each had a different colored ring around the faceplate and had three similarly colored buttons underneath, while the guards had a different colored stripe around its band. Taiki had burnt orange, Kirito had black, Asuna's was red, Agil's was powder blue, Klein's was dark purple, Lisbeth's was light green, and Silica's was lilac.
"Cool, I wonder if these things can connect to my e-mail, it's been so long since I've checked it." Lisbeth suggested, pressing some of the buttons.
"My Digivice must have given us an upgrade." Taiki suggested.
"Those are incredible." Yuiler said, impressed.
However, Kirito's new gadget continued to give off a light show, and hit one of the eggs. It soon lifted out of the crate, and it hatched instantly.
In place of the egg was a large white four legged dinosaur like Digimon. Its body looked like it was made of overlapping metals. On its back was a red cape that covered its body, as well as a pair of goggles.
"Finally, I'm out from there." The Digimon said, stretching.
"Cute." Silica gushed.
Kirito's digivice then started beeping, revealing stats for the creature in front of them.
Huckmon
Level: Rookie
Attribute: Data
Attacks: Spitfire Blast, Fif Slash, Teen Ram
"You're Huckmon?" Kirito asked.
"That's my name, know it or don't." Huckmon chuckled. "And you are?"
"I'm Kirito." He answered confused.
The building then shook violently again from DarkTyrannomon's rampage.
"Cool, something to fight!" Huckmon ran off, in the direction of the champion.
"Hey wait!" Kirito ordered, running ahead.
"Let's go stop him." Taiki told his partner, who nodded.
"Wait for us." Asuna ordered, only for her Digivice, and the others to glow.
"Alright, where is he?" Huckmon asked excitedly, exiting the building.
"Huckmon wait." Kirito ordered, only to see the rookie charge against DarkTyrannomon.
"Taste a little Spitfire Blast!" Huckmon ordered, firing a powerful flame at DarkTyrannomon. The Champion finally took notice of him.
"Ok, now that I got your attention, Teen Ram!" Huckmon ran forward, and then pointed his tail forward as it spun around like a drill. However DarkTyrannomon swatted him away like a fly.
Kirito moved quickly and caught the Digimon. "You're insane."
"I've been called worse, now let me go, I want to fight." Huckmon insisted.
"No way." Kirito groaned, holding the still struggling Digimon. "He's a lot more powerful than you, we need to strategize."
"Who needs it?" Huckmon ordered, escaping then charging again.
"Pepper Breath!" Agumon shot his own fireball at DarkTyrannomon.
"Show off, I had him." Huckmon shouted.
"Sure you did rookie." Taiki chuckled.
DarkTyrannomon then shook his head, then charged.
"Diamond Storm!"
"Firecracker Smokescreen!"
DarkTyrannomon was given a direct hit to the face by a combination of smoke and energy shards.
"Seed Blast!" A barrage of seeds slammed into DarkTyrannomon's face.
"Double Backhand!" A red and blue cyclone slammed into the dinosaur. To the four's surprise, it was four more rookie leveled Digimon. The first was a large yellow humanoid fox with purple gloves on that had the yin yang symbol on it. The second was a black owl like Digimon with red feathers around its eyes clad in a purple ninja tunic with shurikens on it. The third was a pink and green humanoid seedling with a small sprout growing out of the top of its head. The final Digimon was a humanoid blue and white dog with red boxing gear on.
Taiki and Kirito's Digivices then lit up giving them information on their new allies.
Renamon
Level: Rookie
Type: Animal
Attribute: Data
Attacks: Diamond Storm, Power Paw, Fox Switch Deception
Falcomon
Level: Rookie
Type: Bird
Attribute: Vaccine
Attacks: Firecracker Smokescreen, Ninja Blade, Wind Blade, Scratch Smash, Falco Rush
Name: Lalamon
Level: Rookie
Type: Plant
Attribute: Data
Attacks: Seed Blast, Sing a Song, Lala Screw, Nut Barrage
Name: Gaomon
Level: Rookie
Attribute: Data
Attacks: Rolling Upper, Double Backhand, Gao Rush
"Now who said you boys could have all the fun?" Asuna asked sarcastically with a smile. Renamon then reappeared by Asuna's side, Falcomon landed on Klein's shoulder, Gaomon walked up to Agil, and Lisbeth smiled as Lalamon appeared next to her.
"No fair, how come I didn't get a partner!" Silica whined.
"I'm more than certain you will." Taiki said, trying to calm her down. "Now let's take him down!"
"Right!" Everyone cheered.
"No." Huckmon said, "I'm fighting him, alone!" The dragon Digimon then charged forward at high speeds. "Spitfire Blast!"
DarkTyrannomon pulled his own head back. "Dark Fire!" A stream of flames shot out, over powering Huckmon's attack, and sending the rookie into the wall behind him.
"I'll check on Huckmon, you lot stall him." Kirito ordered.
"Sure you get the easy job." Klein groaned.
"Ow, what hit me?" Huckmon asked confused.
"DarkTyrannomon, now why have you been so trigger happy." Kirito demanded.
"So I can surpass him." Huckmon groaned will getting the kinks out of his body.
"Really, surpass DarkTyrannomon?" Kirito asked flatly.
"No, Gankoomon." Huckmon admitted. "He's one of these Digimon called the Royal Knights that saved me once." Kirito's angry glare soon lessened. "How can I look Gankoomon in the eye if I can't one day repay him?"
"Honestly, if this Gankoomon is as powerful as you say, I don't want to know what he would need saving from." Kirito admitted. "But you can't do everything yourself."
"Right, who would help a weakling like me?" Huckmon sighed.
"This thing on my wrist isn't for show." Kirito said, pointing to his new Digivice. "I'll help you any way I can." It was here, the runes and screen on Kirito's digivice lit up.
Back at the fight, Taiki and the others were being thrown around. The players were using whatever techniques they had, but it still wasn't enough.
"Damn, if only Agumon could digivolve." He sighed. It was then however, a bright light flashed behind everyone.
HUCKMON DIGIVOLVE TO BAOHUCKMON!
Before anyone could tell what happened, something white and red ran past them and shouted. "Teen Blade!" A whirling slash hit DarkTyrannomon dead on. To everyone's surprise it was a more adult and more menacing version of Huckmon. It's tail now had a long sword attached to the end.
"Guess who's back!" The Digimon laughed hysterically.
Silica's digivice then lit up, showing data.
BaoHuckmon
Level Champion
Attribute: Data
Type: Dinosaur
Attacks: Burning Flame, Fif Cross, Teen Blade
"No way, Kirito's partner reached the next level?" Asuna asked confused.
"How come you can't do that?" Klein asked Falcomon.
"It's a patience thing." The bird explained.
"You dolt, wait for me." Kirito ordered as he ran forward.
"Then get on!" BaoHuckmon ordered, kneeling in front of Kirito.
"Alright." Kirito said nervously getting on. Holding on to his hood, Kirito was flown over the place as BaoHuckmon charged at DarkTyrannomon.
"Hang on for a FIF CROSS!" BaoHuckmon's front claws were lit up in fire and slashed DarkTyrannomon in a cross fashion.
"Kirito, you two got to finish this now!" Agil shouted.
"What he said!" Gaomon ordered.
"You got it, Burning Flame!" BaoHuckmon released a powerful fire stream from his mouth.
"Dark Fire!" DarkTyrannomon shot his fire attack, however the two attacks were on equal power.
"Let's finish this!" Kirito jumped off his partner and charged a Vertical Leap. The attack hit dead on, causing DarkTyrannomon to stumble back.
"Everyone, open fire!" Taiki ordered.
Taiki, Asuna, Silica, Lisbeth, Klein, and Agil each charged up a different sword skill and used it on the Dinosaur.
"Well, let's not give them all the glory." Renamon said.
"Agreed." The other Digimon said.
"Pepper Breath!" Agumon shot a decent sized fireball.
"Rolling Upper!" Gaomon delivered a powerful uppercut.
"Diamond Storm!" Renamon released a barrage of energy crystals at DarkTyrannomon.
"Wind Blade." A series blade like wind gusts were released from Falcomon's wings.
"Nut Barrage!" Lalamon released a more powerful barrage of seeds at DarkTyrannomon.
The Dinosaur was upset, only to look up and see BaoHuckmon above.
"Bye bye!" The newly digivoled champion chuckled. "Teen Blade!" Using the momentum, BaoHuckmon delivered the finishing blow, deleting DarkTyrannomon.
"Now that was awesome." Kirito's partner said, as a golden aura swirled around him, becoming Huckmon again.
"Yeah it was." Kirito admitted.
"Some help I was." Silica said sorrow.
"Hey." Taiki said, getting down to her level. "You still have that Digivice on your arm right?" Silica nodded. "Then you defiantly will get a partner, probably more powerful than any of ours."
"You really think so?" Silica asked.
"No, I know so." Taiki said.
"Did you all see that?" One player said shocked.
"Those little guys were awesome." Another admitted. Soon the entire square was filled with cheering players. To everyone's surprise, Agumon and Tai had the urge to take a bow.
"This I could get use too." Asuna said, as she waved to the crowd.
Agil hoisted Gaomon up on his shoulder so he could do the same.
"Don't forget to come to my shop!" Lisbeth shouted eagerly.
"Oh this won't end well." Lalamon thought with a sweat drop.
"All the spot light, will it ever truly leave me?" Klein joked.
"You'd need it to find your head swimming in that ego of yours." Falcomon joked.
The newly formed team later found themselves in Taiki's place celebrating.
"You have horrible table manners." Asuna told Huckmon as the Digimon went head first into a plate of food.
"I don't have opposable thumbs, sue me!" The white Digimon shot back.
"So none of you know how you got here?" Agil asked confused.
"Not a clue." Gaomon admitted.
"Great, so who knows how many Digimon are out there, and it's presently 13 of us able to fight them on equal terms." Klein sighed. Silica showed signs of relief he included her in that number.
"But one question remains." Kirito said, showing signs of confusion. "Akihiko Kayaba is one of the greatest programmers in the world, how could someone have actually hacked past his systems?"
"I almost don't want to know." Lisbeth admitted, sounding scared.
"Taiki, you've got experience with Digimon, what do you think?" Asuna asked after a moment of silence.
"Just thinking out loud, I think Kibaou knows a lot more than he was letting on." Taiki admitted. "Why would he have left in a middle of a battle just to collect some digi-eggs?"
"It was almost like he wanted us to find them." Agil realized.
"And he's still got my spear and shield." Taiki whined.
"Grow up." Asuna said flatly.
Argo the rat was walking in the outer area of Floor 23, starting a new side mission, Digimon recon. If these things could kill players in safe zones, then you're gonna want to know where they are. However before she got any further, she saw Kibaou talking to another player in a large cloak.
"Everything is taken care of, just like you asked." Kibaou shouted.
"And as we agreed upon, the map to those legendary items I told you about inside the dungeon on floor 14." The figure said, revealing dark purple lips and paper white skin. Argo got a good look at the figure and gasped, realizing he wasn't human.
"Why'd you want them to know about those eggs anyway?" Kibaou asked.
"It's all a part of the plan, and that's all you need to know." The cloaked being said. "Just know I will require your services again."
Argo soon ran, realizing the threat. However she didn't get far before a green vine grabbed her.
"Well, well, the infamous rat herself." The mysterious being said with a laugh.
-End of Chapter 3-
I'm sorry this took so long. It was a combination of myself not feeling well, myself sitting in front of my PS4 playing Arkham Knight, and I have a life outside of fanfiction. Really I do. Now before I go, I want to address a few things in case anyone got confused.
Asuna and Kirito will fight Fatal Scythe like in the original version, it will just happen differently.
Silica will get a partner, who will appear in a later chapter. I'm not saying who it is, just know it will be a combination of how Suzie and Kazu got their partners.
The cloaked figure is indeed a Digimon, and no it's not Myotismon
Kirito's partner originally was going to be Dorumon, but I saw the released opening to tri, and it included a fight between Omnimon and Alphamon Ouryuken. I want to wait and see what would happen, and try to add it to my own story. Also, if you look up Huckmon and Baohuckmon, you'll notice they have Baby Flame and Burn Flame instead of Spitfire Blast and Burning Flame. I changed that because I thought they sounded dumb. Spitfire Blast comes from Agumon (2006) who had a similarly named attack which translated to Spitfire Blast. And I just made Burn Flame grammatically correct.
The Digivices used by Taiki and the others are slimmer versions of the ones used in V-tamer, with similar paint jobs to the kind in Tamers.
So I hope you all had a good Fourth of July, and don't forget to review.