Author's Note: I do not own Mega Man, Mega Man X, Mega Man Zero, or Sword Art Online all rights to their respective companies. This is it the ending of the Aincrad Arc and you're gonna love what I have in store for you.
Chapter 5: Duels, Pirates, and the End of a World
"He said what?!" Asuna shouts as she slams her hand on the table as Zero was making them both dinner.
"Exactly what you just heard." Zero says as he was about to finish making dinner.
"That little son of a bitch!" Asuna says as she clenches her fist.
Zero then finishes making dinner and walks out with the pot containing the food and two wine glasses.
Zero sets the pot down and puts one of the wine glasses on Asuna's side.
"What pissed me off the most was that he thought he could control you. There's a reason why Weil's original plan for the Mother Elf was rejected and X's was favored. He thought he could control the Reploids under his rule, taking away what makes us so special and unique. Nobody has the right to take away anything from us, especially our free will." Zero says as he sits down and sighs.
"It's not that Zero. It's what he called you, what pisses me off." Asuna says as Zero only looked at her before chuckling.
"Trust me I've been called and shown worse. But I never gave a rat's ass about what they called, and hell I stopped giving less of a damn after I killed Omega." Zero says as he smiles remembering how he practically destroyed what he destined to be.
Asuna looks at Zero a bit shocked until she stands up and kisses him.
"You always find a way to get past the barriers that are put in front of you. You not only believe in yourself, but you also believe in others. You gave me hope when I thought I had lost all of it. I believe in you Zero and I love you, and I know you do too." Asuna says with a smile as Zero smiles and kisses her again.
"You're wrong by saying that I love you." Zero says as Asuna looks shocked to then be pissed off.
"I love you more." Zero says as he kisses her once again.
He then separates from the kiss and smiles.
"Now come on let's eat before the food gets cold." Zero says as Asuna sits back down.
"So what did you make?" Asuna asks with a smile as Zero walks over to the frying pan.
"Well since today is Tuesday so I thought I should make *opens the pan*... Fajitas." Zero says as he reveals the Fajitas he made for dinner.
"Huh I never had fajitas, are they good?" Asuna asks as Zero smiles.
"They're great! You should have seen how X made them!" Zero says with a smile as he remembered how every Tuesday X would make Fajitas for the whole entire hunter base.
It was really surprising how good X was in cooking Fajitas and the sheer amount he made.
Hell they were so good that when Axl ate them the first time his circuits almost fried.
"Well if those pancakes you made for breakfast say anything then I bet they're scrumdiddlyumptious." Asuna says as she does a chef's kiss causing Zero to chuckle.
Zero then serves the food to both his and Asuna's plate.
Asuna took a bite out of her food and once she tasted it she widened her eyes and fainted.
Zero rushed over her and began shaking her trying to wake her up.
"Asuna! Asuna! Say something!" Zero says as Asuna starts to mumble.
"So gooooood." Asuna mumbles as Zero sighs.
The Next Day Knights of the Blood Oath Headquarters
Zero was in his usual spot leaning against the wall with his eyes closed.
'It's been two years and still no clue on who the creator of this game is. Hell I don't even know if he is human or not.' Zero thought as he then heard footsteps approaching him.
"Mister Zero?" A voice which belonged to one of the guild members says as Zero opened his eyes.
"Yeah that's me." Zero says as he looks at the guild member.
"Commander Heathcliff would like to speak to you if you wouldn't mind." The guild member says as Zero stopped leaning against the wall.
"Lead the way." Zero says as the guild member nodded and began leading Zero to the meeting room.
Once they got to the entrance of the meeting room, the man stopped and looked at Zero.
"They're waiting for you inside Mister Zero." The man says.
"Please just call me Zero." Zero says with a smile as he pats the man on the shoulder.
The man smiles and says, " I will Zero."
Zero then nods before entering the meeting room.
Once he entered he saw Heathcliff in the middle of the half circle and Asuna at his right side.
"Ah Mister Zero how have you've been? I do hope you remember me." Heathcliff said as Zero crossed his arms.
"Heathcliff right? You were in the raid where Asuna killed Vile if I remember correctly." Zero says as Heathcliff nods.
"So you do remember me. Well Asuna here has told me a lot about you especially about your fighting skills." Heathcliff says as Zero continues to have his arms crossed with an unamused face.
"Really so you know how deadly I can be." Zero says as he knew something was off about this guy, so Zero begins to commence a scan on the guy checking if anything was off.
Boy oh boy, the moment he saw how this guy had Admin Controls was the moment he knew that this was the bastard who started this game.
'Huh it says that he's human, and here I was thinking he was some sort of Maverick.' Zero thought as he kept his neutral expression.
"I also see how you've been spending a lot of time with Vice Commander Yuuki here." Heathcliff says as Asuna begins to grow a noticeable blush on her face.
"Yeah and what of it? We're a couple and she's my partner so it's natural that we stay together." Zero says as Heathcliff sighs.
"Even though I can't force her to stay away from you, I still need her in my guild and seeing how both of you are in a relationship, things could start to become more complicated for the guild, regarding raids, missions, and boss fights." Heathcliff says as Zero has a neutral expression.
"Hence why I propose a deal between you and me." Heathcliff says as everyone (except Zero and Asuna) began to whisper to one another.
"And what is this deal you want to make?" Zero asks as he still kept his all too common neutral face.
"We duel." Heathcliff says as the whispers grew.
"I know where this is going but humor me won't you and tell me, what do I get out of this?" Zero asks as he knows what Heathcliff is about to say.
"Simple if you win then Miss Yuuki can leave the guild and spend as much time as she wants with you. But if I win then you have to join my guild." Heathcliff says as Zero stays silent for a couple of seconds before he begins to walk towards the exit.
"So I take that as a no to the duel?" Heathcliff asks as Zero stops and turns his head toward him and smirks.
"Get ready to get whooped tomorrow." Zero says as he leaves the room while smirking as Asuna smiles.
The Next Morning
Asuna wakes up the next morning naked next to Zero after one of their "late night activities".
Zero was still asleep as he was practically drained from last night.
Asuna just looked at him and smiled at how cute and peaceful he looked when he slept.
She smiles and proceeds to get out of bed and head into the kitchen.
Zero then began to wake up to the sound and smell of someone making breakfast. Zero then proceeds to put on his pants and red boots and head to the kitchen.
What he saw when he entered the kitchen surprised him a lot.
When he entered he saw Asuna making breakfast for both of them, while wearing a red apron… and only that with no underwear on at all.
"Good morning Zero! Breakfast is almost ready, why don't you take a seat?" Asuna says as Zero is still staring dumbfounded that Asuna is just wearing an apron.
"Um why are you wearing just an apron?" Zero asks as he begins to blush.
Asuna puts the breakfast to the side and begins to fidget with her fingers and turn scarlet red.
"I-I-I t-thought about doing the n-naked a-apron thing. Y-you d-don't like it?" Asuna says as she looks down.
"No… I love it!" Zero says as he pounces on Asuna.
"Ahhh!" Asuna yelps as Zero pounces on her.
After the couple was done with their morning escapade, they ate their breakfast, took a shower (together), got dressed, and headed to the 50th Floor arena.
Floor 50 Arena
"Alright everything seems to be in check." Zero says as he finishes his diagnostic on his Z Saber
"I know you don't need it but, good luck." Asuna says as Zero gives her a thumbs up and proceeds to go and face Heathcliff.
Zero was a bit stunned when he found out about how many people were there to see his match. But his stun soon turned into a smirk once he saw Heathcliff.
"Do you really think it was a good idea to make this an event? I mean, it's going to be quite humiliating for not only you but your guild as well once they see you lose." Zero says as he looks around and smirks.
"Confident are we?" Heathcliff asks with a smirk.
"I mean after seeing the probability of you winning I'm a bit over confident." Zero says as he continues looking around the crowd.
"Really then tell me, what was the probability of me winning?" Heathcliff asks as Zero looks at him before putting a hand to his chin.
"Hmm let's see… about 0%." Zero says as Heathcliff grits his teeth and sends the duel request to Zero as he accepts the request and gets into a battle stance.
"Let's see what you are really made of Maverick Hunter!" Heathcliff says as he shouted angrily for the first time since this game started.
Zero then takes out his Z-Saber and smirks.
(Music Recommendation: Reploid Remixes - Zero's Theme)
Heathcliff was the first to charge as he swung his sword downward, as Zero easily avoided the attack by jumping over Heathcliff.
Zero lands behind Heathcliff and delivers a devastating Saber slash to his back.
This causes Heathcliff to lose his balance and fall to one knee. He uses his shield to get back up thus showing how his health bar was missing a quarter.
'That attack should have drained all of his health, but it seems that his admin commands are giving him a fighting chance against me. But let's see how much they can handle.' Zero thinks as he smirks and proceeds to taunt Heathcliff.
"Huh? I taught that probability was just overestimating how powerful I am and downsizing you. But it seems it's true. Are you really the player I've heard so much about? Are you really the 'best' player of SAO?" Zero asks with a knowing smirk that said "I know who you really are."
"Silence!" Heathcliff says as he then charged at Zero with his shield trying to ram him, only to stop when Zero pointed two fingers at the shield and did a one inch punch which collided with the shield completely shattering it to pieces.
"I-impossible that shield is said to be the greatest shield in all of SAO." Heathcliff says in disbelief as he sees the pieces of his shield turn into blue particles.
"Did you really think that ramming your shield toward me was going to work. I've seen dumb tactics before, but yours sure does take the cake." Zero says as he scowls at Heathcliff who gets up and readies his sword for a sword skill.
'That's it, show me what your admin commands can really do. Let's see if they really pose any threat to me?' Zero thinks as Heathcliff uses his charged sword skill which was a horizontal slash aiming for Zero's head.
Zero easily ducks under the attack and swings his saber to Heathcliff's side only for time to slow down to then come to a complete and utter stop.
Heathcliff smirks proceeds to begin to walk behind Zero.
However when he glanced at Zero from his side, he saw something that completely horrified him.
Zero looks at Heathcliff, smirks, and says two words, "Dark Hold."
Once Zero said those words the area around him and Heathcliff turned into a noire color.
"Dark hold never failed us did it X?" Zero says as he looks at Heathcliff before smiling remembering how the Dark Hold got him and X out of many situations.
"Well time to end this stupid duel." Zero says as he readies his Z Saber.
Zero then does a Z shaped slash at Heathcliff, marking his chest with a red hot glowing Z.
"Time resumes once again." Zero says as time resumes.
Heathcliff is then sent flying and proceeds to skid across the ground before finally stopping.
(Music Ends)
It is then shown how Zero won the duel as he had taken no damage while Heathcliff's bar was in the red zone.
The crowd then began to cheer and chant Zero's name.
Zero then makes his way toward Heathcliff who was struggling to get up.
Zero then outstretches his hand toward Heathcliff who saw it, and proceeds to take it even though he was seething with rage he can't let down his persona.
"Excellent duel Zero. Your swordsmanship is the best I've seen thus far in this game." Heathcliff says as Zero smirks.
"Thanks, you're not too bad yourself." Zero says as Heathcliff nods and proceeds to walk out of the arena.
Zero is then tackled to the ground by Asuna who was smiling at him as she was hugging Zero.
"You did it! You did it Zero!" Asuna says as she smiles at Zero who was smiling back.
"Hey I told you I was going to win." Zero says as he smiles before getting up and picking Asuna up bridal style which causes her to blush a deep shade of red.
"So what are we gonna do now?" Asuna asks as Zero was carrying her out of the arena.
"Well there is this house on the 30th floor which has this amazing beach house. I was planning on buying it but I wanted to get the ok from you." Zero says as the two made it to the teleporting gate.
"I would love to live there with you Zero." Asuna says as she tightly hugs Zero's neck as the two went to the 30th floor to go and buy that beach house.
With Heathcliff
Heathcliff was furiously walking away from the arena making his way toward the teleporting gate.
How could he lose?! He was the creator of the damn game and he lost to a TWO HUNDRED YEAR OLD TIN CAN!
As he was making his way towards the teleporting gate, he hears something that catches his attention.
"That bastard Zero thinking he can take her away from me! Me the Black Swordsman! If only I had power to tear him apart!" The voice which belonged to Kirito yelled as he bashed his fist against a wall creating a pretty small dent.
Heathcliff smirked while thinking, 'Just the person it was looking for.'
He then approached Kirito who had stopped banging his fist against the wall.
"Well hello there, Kirito." Heathcliff says as he approaches Kirito who looks at him with a scowl.
"Heathcliff. Here again to try to convince me to join your guild." Kirito says with a scowl as he turns around and begins to walk away.
"No, I'm here to offer you an opportunity." Heathcliff says as Kirito stops and looks at him intrigued.
"I'm listening." Kirito says as Heathcliff smirks.
"Tell me how much do you want to crush Zero?" Heathcliff asks as Kirito looks at him even more intrigued.
"More than anything." Kirito says with a stone cold look.
"Well then that's enough for me to know. Come along now." Heathcliff says as he begins walking away as Kirito looks at Heathcliff untrusting of his motivations.
"Wait what do you mean come along?" Kirito says as Heathcliff stops before looking at Kirito and smiling.
"That's right if we are going to be working together, then you must know who I truly am." Heathcliff says as he pushes a button on his menu for then his appearance to change to a man with short black hair wearing a lab coat.
"K-Kayba!" Kirito says as he reaches for his swords only to remember how Zero destroyed them in their duel.
"W-why? Why play the game you have complete control over and help the players get out?" Kirito asks as Kayaba chuckles.
"First of all you're wrong that I have complete control over this world. And second, why create a world for everyone to enjoy and you not enjoy yourself as well?" Heathcliff says as Kirito calms down seeing no hostility in Kayaba.
"I get what you mean by your second point, but what do you mean you don't have complete control over YOUR WORLD?" Kirito asks as Kayba chuckles.
"Simple the reason is because I was given assistance in order to keep you all trapped in this world. Taking away the logout function was easy, however frying your brains when you die in this world was practically impossible. The most I could've done is that when you died you would no longer be able to play SAO. However there was this being who came to me and helped me perfect the Nerve Gear so that it lived up to it's true potential." Kayaba says as Kirito listens to his story.
"Why are you telling me all of this?" Kirito asks as Kayba smiles.
"I'm telling you this because she sees your true potential and so she wants to help you unlock it. But the question is will you accept the offer, Kirito?" Kayba asks as he extends his hand towards Kirito who looks at it hesitantly for a minute before finally shaking it.
"Well then off we go." Kayba says as he turns back into Heathcliff and opens a portal.
"Wait what is this being called?" Kirito asks as Heathcliff stops before smiling.
"Her name is the Cursed Elf." Heathcliff says as he and Kirito walk into the portal.
2 Months Later
It was a bright and beautiful morning on the beaches of floor 25. The birds were chirping and the port was busy with NPCs selling goods, items, and fish, a lot of fish (A/N: What do you expect it's a port).
Everything was at peace and was quiet. That is until there was a loud boom coming from a certain side of the beach where a couple was doing their morning training.
(Music Recommendation: Ice Brain in Resonance)
As the dust settles we see Zero and Asuna with their blades interlocked with one another.
"So how does it feel to be half Reploid?" Zero asks as he pushes his Z Saber a bit forward causing him to start overwhelming Asuna.
"It's amazing I feel more powerful than before. I can practically push my body past the limits of any human physical human achievement. My mind can process information much faster and I can learn and master practically anything." Asuna says as she starts to push back as the two were now according to her perspective evenly matched.
"It also helps that we basically hardly need to rest and we have unlimited stamina, something that's very useful for certain activities." Asuna said as she gave Zero a knowing smirk.
Zero smirks at the little innuendo Asuna made. He then proceeds to push with just enough force to push Asuna off balance, causing her to stumble before he proceeded to do a horizontal slash at Asuna was able to dodge the attack.
"I see you haven't been slacking off on your training." Zero says with a smile as he gets into his battle stance.
"You always taught me to stay 2 steps ahead of my opponents. So of course I wasn't going to start slacking off." Asuna says with a smirk as she also got into her battle stance.
The two then dashed towards each and began to exchange blow to blow, with each clash breaking the sound barrier.
Asuna skidded back after Zero caught off guard and pushed her back. She then looks up and sees Zero doing a Sky Crasher aimed right at her.
Asuna dodged and proceeded to thrust her A Saber forward toward Zero who barely had any time to block it, but blocked it nonetheless.
Asuna smirks as she does a flip kick, knocking Zero off balance before she proceeds to thrust her rapier forward.
Luckily Zero was able to react fast enough to pull out his Z Boomerang and block the attack.
This however did push Zero at least 20 feet back before finally stopping due to him planting his feet into the ground hard.
Zero then looks up from his Z Boomerang to look at Asuna who was smirking at him while getting back into her battle stance.
Zero smiled at how far his student/lover has gotten from her beginning days as someone who could barely hold their own in battle, to being able to catch him off guard for a second.
Zero then proceeded to throw his Z Boomerang at Asuna, who had started to rush towards him. Asuna side stepped the Z Boomerang only to see it fade away into green pixels as she quickly realized what Zero was doing.
She barely had any time to block Zero's attack as two yet again interlocked blades.
"Ms. Yuuki, where did you get this strength from? As far as I'm concerned you could beat X in his Gold Armor with ease." Zero said with a smile as Asuna smiled as well.
"I dunno Mr. Zero why don't you find out yourself?" Asuna asks as Zero smirks.
Zero then proceeds to trip Asuna causing her to lose her balance.
However Zero caught her and held her by her waist as he pointed his Z Saber at her.
"If our morning and nightly activities have anything to say, then I think I already know how." Zero says as he then begins to make out with Asuna who drops her A Saber deactivating it as well as Zero who drops his Z Saber.
(Music Ends)
Zero then breaks the kiss and looks at Asuna and smiles.
"Come on let's get ourselves cleaned up." Zero says as he lets go of Asuna and grabs their Sabers.
"Separately or together~?" Asuna asks with a smirk.
Zero smirks and grabs a hold of Asuna's waist and proceeds to carry her bridal style. The two then proceed to go back to their lovely beach house and have a lively bath.
A Few Long Hours Later
We see Zero and Asuna sitting together in casual clothing while looking at the beautiful sunset while cuddling with each other on their porch.
"Man this sure reminds me of when me and X would stop Sigma. I'll never know how we always managed to beat him right when the sun was starting to set." Zero says as Asuna stops cuddling with him leaving him confused.
"That's all it reminds you of huh?" Asuna says as she pouts adorably as Zero got what she meant.
"Uh. No no no no no! I-it doesn't just remind me of all the times me and X fought Sigma! I-it also reminds me of all the times you and I spent looking at the sunset when we were taking breaks!" Zero says as he starts to nervously chuckle while rubbing the back of his neck.
Asuna looked at him with a strong glare almost as if she's staring at his soul. That is until she started to giggle confusing the poor half Reploid.
Before Zero could ask why she was giggling, Asuna gave him a quick peck in the lips.
"Huh? What was that for?" Zero asked as Asuna smiled.
"You just look so adorable whenever you get nervous with me." Asuna says as Zero begins to smirk before catching Asuna off guard and pinning her to the porch.
"Some I'm adorable huh. Well then let me change and show you otherwise." Zero says as Asuna began to turn as red as a tomato, as Zero was about to kiss her neck.
However before Zero could begin his oral assault on Asuna's neck, something blocked the sunlight that was shining on them, confusing the pair as they turned their heads to the right and were met with a sight to behold.
Right there covering the sunlight was an 18th century ship that was pretty common around the 25th Floor. However, what made this ship different was the fact that it's color scheme is completely black, sails and everything.
The ship anchored down next to Asuna's and Zero's port as someone set foot off the ship.
The man wore a typical brown pirate hat, coat, boots, and pants. However, what distinguished him the most was the many pearls adorning his hair keeping it hooked together. The man then opened his compass and saw it point directly at Zero and Asuna. He looked up and saw Zero and Asuna in the same position as they were when he parked his ship at their port.
"What a revolting sight." He said as he looked at Zero and Asuna and proceeded to walk towards them as he stopped a few feet from their porch.
"Ahoy laddie, and lady." The pirate shouted as he took off his hat and slightly bowed to Asuna.
"I am Captain-"
"Jack Sparrow." Asuna said in awe as she and Zero got off each other.
"Ah I see someone already knows about me." Jack said with a smile as he stood up and put his hat back on.
"How do you know about this guy?" Zero asks as he looks at Asuna a bit surprised.
Asuna then pulled Zero down and started whispering to him.
"He's from a famous movie franchise back in the real world. Tough, I don't know how he's here." Asuna whispers as she and Zero look behind them and see Jack checking his compass.
"Don't you find it strange that he's an NPC?" Zero whispers as he and Asuna turn around face each other.
"What do you mean?" Asuna whispers.
"He acts like any other player yet he's an NPC." Zero says as Asuna just shrugs.
"I mean I guess Kayaba implemented his personality into him so that would mean why he's so life-like." Asuna whispers.
"Pardon for interrupting but I did come here for a reason." Jack says as Zero and Asuna turn around to face him.
"Well then what is the reason why you have come here?" Zero asks.
"Right then, which one of you lads has heard of the Kraken?" Jack asks.
"You mean the ancient sea monster that is said to devour ships?" Zero says with a raised brow.
"Points to you laddie!" Jack says as he did a pointing gesture toward Zero.
"Why do you ask?" Zero says in a questioning tone.
"You see I have heard of some rumors, about two warriors who are said to have taken down creatures who are as large and as deadly, if not larger and deadlier than the Kraken. So I've been searching for these two warriors with… little success. That was until two months ago, when my compass finally pointed out where I needed to go thus leading me to you two." Jack said as he got out his compass and showed Zero and Asuna how it was pointing to them.
"Question, why do you want to kill the Kraken?" Asuna asks as Jack claps his hands.
"Ah yes the reason is because I owe Davy Jones a debt, so he has sent the Kraken to hunt me down." Jack says with a smile as Zero and Asuna look at him with deadpan expression.
"So you want us to join your crew, to kill the Kraken." Zero says with a raised brow.
"No, you two want to join my crew to kill the Kraken." Jack said with a smile as Zero just had a face that said, "What the hell is wrong with this man?"
"Well Captain Sparrow I'm sorry to tell but we-"
"Would love to join your crew!" Asuna says as she smiles as she interrupts her boyfriend.
"Wait what?!" Zero asks as he just looks at Asuna completely confused.
"Fantastic! We'll be departing tomorrow before dawn!" Jack says as he begins to make his way back to his ship but stops before looking back at the two.
"Also I recommend that you put on some clothes that would resemble that of a pirate! The crew might confuse you for stowaways!" Jack shouts as Zero just growled in irritation as he twitched his eyes before looking at Asuna who was just smiling nervously.
The Next Day at the Break of Dawn
The pair woke up early, and when I mean early I mean 4 am early. The two put on their pirate coats, got out of the house, and went straight to the Black Pearl.
As they stepped foot on the Black Pearl, they saw the whole crew getting ready to set sail.
"Set the sails down!" Jack shouted as two of the crew members set the sails down.
He then saw Zero and Asuna on the deck looking around the deck and being quite impressed how efficient the crew was.
"Everyone stop what you're doing and line up!" Jack shouts as everyone does what he says and line up.
Jack then began descending the steps of the bridge of the ship.
"Right! You've been asking why I chose to stop here of all places, especially since the Kraken is chasing after us!" Jack shouts in an authoritative tone as he walks back and forth the line of his crew.
"The answer is simple! I have recruited two new individuals to our crew! Meet uhh… what were your names again?" Jack says as Zero and Asuna facepalm.
"*sigh* Zero and Asuna." Zero says as he keeps his hand on his face.
"Zero and Asuna!" Jack states proudly as Zero and Asuna let out a loud groan.
"Sir if I may be bold to say but, is it really wise to let two women on board the ship?" Gibbs says as both Zero and Asuna looked offended. Well Asuna looked offended Zero was seething with rage as to being called a woman.
"Hey buddy I'm a guy for your information!" Zero shouts as Gibbs looks confused.
"Do you mean you're a woman but prefer to be called a man?" Gibbs says confused.
"No XY chromosomes and a fully functioning dick!" Zero says with rage in his voice
"I'll say a bit more than fully functioning~." Asuna whispers with a grin and a purr.
"Ah then forgive me for judging laddie." Gibbs says as Zero calms down.
"Excuse me but, why is it so bad to bring a woman on board huh?" Asuna asks as she stomps on the deck scaring all of the men including Zero.
"Well you see miss, it isn't because we think women will be a burden, but it is because having a woman on board a ship has shown to have given bad luck to many sailors and pirates." Gibbs says as Asuna just raised an eyebrow.
"Well I don't know what those sailors and pirates think, but having a woman like me on board will bring nothing but good luck." Asuna says with a smile as she flicks her hair.
Most of the crew started to drool when they saw Asuna flick her hair, only to then feel a strong deadly presence next to Asuna which was emanating from none other than Zero, who was death gripping his Z Saber's handle with his finger centimeters away from the activation button. This of course caused the crew to immediately stop drooling and get back into attention while also sweating bricks out of fear of what Zero might do to them.
"Right then men chop chop! We have a Kraken to kill!" Jack shouts with a clap of his hands as the crew proceeds to go back to their tasks.
"So how exactly do we find the Kraken?" Zero asks as he crosses his arms.
"Oh we don't find it. It finds us." Jack says as he heads back to the bridge of the ship.
The ship then began to set sail as Zero and Asuna climbed up to the crow's nest looking out into the sea as the sun begins to rise.
Zero and Asuna then look at each other and smirk, as the two unsheathe their saber and activate them?
"Adventure!" They shout as they point out to the sea.
5 Hours Later
"Uhhhhh!" Zero and Asuna groan as the two are slumped over the crows nest bored out of their mind.
"FIVE HOURS and the Kraken still hasn't shown up." Asuna says as Zero just sighs.
The two had tried anything to do to pass the time from helping the crew with their tasks, to Zero lifting up the canons and moving them where the crew needed them to be, to Asuna beating the whole crew in a game of Deception Dice (A/N: yes I looked it up). But even after doing all that they are still bored as all hell.
"How 'bout we sing a song to pass the time?" Asuna asks as Zero just shrugs.
Zero then begins to knock on the wood of the crow's nest to give Asuna a beat to sing to.
"Show me the way to go home
I'm tired and I want to go to bed
I had a little drink about an hour ago
And it went right to my head
Wherever I may roam
On land or sea or foam
You can always hear me singing a song
Show me the way to go home
Show me the way to go home
I'm tired and I want to go to bed
I had a little drink about an hour ago
And it's gone right to my head
Wherever I may roam
On land or sea or foam
You can always hear me singing a song
Show me the way to go home
Show me the way to go home
I'm tired and I want to go to bed
I had a little drink about an hour ago
And it went right to my head
Wherever I may roam
On land or sea or foam
You can always hear me singing this song
Show me the way, to go home."
As Asuna finishes Zero stops knocking on the wood and looks at Asuna.
"Did that help?" Zero asks.
"Kinda." Asuna says as she shrugs.
Just then the two start to see something unusual. It looked like something was underwater and was heading pretty fast toward their exact direction. The thing then goes to the side of the Black Pearl and emerges from the depths of the sea.
Zero and Asuna saw this and immediately jumped down to the deck as the whole crew focused their attention at the ship that emerged from the depths.
"SPARROW!" A loud booming voice called out as it made its way to face the crew of the Black Pearl.
What made itself visible to the crew, almost made Asuna puke while Zero just glared at the thing that was in front of them.
This thing was practically an octopus with a face, legs, and a crab arm. This was Davy Jones
Jack immediately hid behind Zero and Asuna as the two looked at him confused.
"Don't try to hide you whelp! I already know you're behind those two women!" Jones says as he spits out some salt water.
"OH COME THE FUCK ON! WHAT'S SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND THAT I'M A GUY?!" Zero shouts as Jones just raised an eyebrow.
Jack slowly came out from behind Zero and Asuna as he nervously smiled at Davy Jones.
"Hello Jones. To what do I owe the pleasure?" Jack shouts as Jones scowls.
"Your debt to me has not been paid yet Sparrow. Tell me do you have my one hundred souls?" Jones asks as Jack smiles.
"Ah yes about that I have something better." Jack says as he goes and grabs Zero and Asuna to pull them to the front.
"See these two new lads are going to kill your beloved sea pet." Jack says as Jones begins to laugh.
"HA! A woman and a man who dresses like a woman are going to kill the Kraken?! Ha! Ha! Ha!" Jones laughs as the rest of his crew join him.
"Come on just send the damn thing already! We've been waiting for your damn pet for FIVE HOURS!" Zero shouts as Jones stops laughing and looks intriguingly at Zero.
"Eager are we? Tell me do you fear death?" Jones asks.
"I take my chances!" Zero says as he and Asuna smirks.
Jones then takes out his tobacco pipe, lights it up, and takes a puff out of it.
"So be it then." Jones says as he turns around.
"Release the Kraken!" Jones says as the crew members do exactly that and call upon the Kraken.
"I'll have you all know that it hasn't had much interaction in many years! It is very eager to have some 'company'! Ha! Ha! Ha!" Jones laughs as he commands his ship to go under.
Once Jones and his ship went back to the depths, the crew looked around nervously waiting for when it would show its tentacles.
However, nothing came for another good minute.
"Well that was anticlimactic, don't you think so laddies?" Jack says as the crew nod their heads in agreement.
However, Zero and Asuna weren't so convinced and stayed on high alert.
As the crew laughed they felt a sudden tremor coming from below the ship.
(Music Recommendation: Power Bom Remastered)
Before anyone can say anything, 8 enormous tentacles came from the depths of the ocean, two of which wrapped around two of the crew members and dragged them down to the depths of the sea.
"IT'S THE KRAKEN!" Gibbs screams as everyone begins to squirm around trying to avoid the tentacles of the beast.
"Stand your ground men and do not dare to falter!" Jack shouts as he shoots at one of the tentacles before one comes charging straight at him only for him to dodge out of the way to then cut one of the tentacles as the Kraken releases a screech of pain, feeling one of it's limbs removed.
Two of the tentacles try to wrap themselves around two of the sails only for Zero and Asuna to cut them apart.
Asuna was about to make a snarky remark, until she and Zero saw how the tentacles not only regenerated but grew even more in size.
"Ah shit." Asuna says as she and Zero just look at the tentacles with an irritated expressions.
Zero and Asuna decided that to hell with it, and proceeded to slice all of the tentacles apart.
Once all the tentacles were cut off and became all grownup, Zero switches to his Chain Rod and shouts, "Asuna! Chain Whirlwind!"
Asuna who was dealing with some of the tentacles looks at Zero and smirks.
"You got it Zero!" Asuna shouts head over to Zero.
Zero proceeds to whistle to get the tentacles' attention and then looks at Asuna and proceeds to tell her, "Now!"
Asuna then proceeds to launch Zero upward as the tentacles give chase to Zero.
Zero then extends his Chain Rod and proceeds to spin around himself cutting the tentacles to pieces.
The crew started to feel relieved until Zero shouted, "We're not out of the woods just yet people! Jack, I need you to sail a good distance from this point and I want everyone else to gather anything that is both flammable and explosive!"
The crew looks at Jack a bit hesitant until Jack says, "You heard the lad gather everything that is explosive and flammable!"
The crew immediately gets to work and with the help of Zero and Asuna gather everything that was explosive and flammable on the ship. Jack does what Zero told him and sails away from the point where the Kraken attacked them.
"Alright we got all the explosive and flammable material, what do we do now Zero? Zero? Zero?" Asuna asks as she begins to panic not knowing where Zero is.
"Oi miss Asuna! I have to say your boyfriend has to be the greatest pirate I've ever seen!" Jack says as Asuna looks over the railing to see Zero rowing away from the Pearl, toward the spot where the Kraken was.
"What is he doing?!" Asuna asks as she looks at her boyfriend, shocked at what he's doing.
After successfully rowing to where the Kraken was Zero proceeds to call it out.
"Oi oversized Calamari! I got you a nice explosive row boat for you to gobble down on!" Zero says as the Kraken proceeds to come out and roar in front of Zero
Right as the Kraken was about to bring down it's teeth to suck Zero and the boat in Zero leaps off it, aims, and fires off his buster igniting the explosives on the row boat.
The explosion completely destroys the Kraken from the inside out and sends Zero flying back to the Black Pearl.
(Music Ends)
Once Zero hits the deck of the Pearl, Asuna immediately goes to check on him, only to deadpan at seeing Zero eating a piece of the Kraken.
"Needs salt and be a bit more crispy, but other than that this is some pretty good Calamari." Zero says as he chews and swallows the Kraken Calamari.
"*sigh* What am I ever going to do with you?" Asuna asks as she smiles and helps Zero up.
"So now what are you guys going to do since the Kraken is now fried Calamari?" Zero asks as he dusts himself off.
"Deal with Jones of course. But what say you laddies? Don't you two want to join Captain Jack Sparrow and his crew on untold adventures?" Jack asks as Asuna was gleaming with excitement and was about to answer, only for Zero to cover her mouth.
"We rather return back to our beach house and rest for a while." Zero says as Asuna whines into Zero's hand.
"Well then thank you again for your help against the Kraken." Jack says as he and Zero shake hands.
"Teleport home." Zero says as he takes out a teleportation crystal and heads back to the beach house.
2 Weeks Later: Floor 75 Boss Room
After the strange adventure with Captain Jack and the Kraken, Zero and Asuna decided to have a little R & R before heading back to the frontlines.
Well Zero did, Asuna still wanted to have go on an adventure with Zero, but he told her how they had done enough adventuring already and how they should relax.
So with a bit of reluctance Asuna agreed and decided to relax with Zero. Granted they also had a lot of "intimate moments" so it wasn't all relaxation.
So after two weeks of relaxation, the two decided to go back to the frontlines to kick some ass.
Currently the two were outside of the 75th Floor Boss room, with practically the entire frontline. Except Zero noticed that a certain Fake Poser Swordsman was missing.
'I know I destroyed his swords, but him not being here somehow puts me on edge.' Zero thinks as the boss door opens.
The boss room lit up to reveal an old abandoned futuristic looking railroad track with shipping containers scattered around. However in the middle of this abandoned futuristic railroad one figure stood in the middle with its arms crossed.
"Well ain't this a surprise. Not only do I get a whole bunch of humans to go on a killing spree with, but I finally get to settle the score with you… Zero." The figure stated before it came out the shadows to reveal a panter looking maverick.
"Are all Mavericks based out of an animal?" Asuna asks as Zero holds his chin in thought.
"Yeah practically all the maverick bosses X and I have fought, have all been based out of a certain animal, except for Sigma." Zero says with a shrug.
"Hey I'm talking to you!" The panther maverick shouts as Zero and Asuna turn to look at him.
"Right who are you again?" Zero asks the panter maverick growls.
"It's Panter Flauclaws you imbecile!" The now identified Panter Flauclaws shouts as Zero snaps his finger remembers.
"Ah now I remember you're that maverick who I fought on top of that moving train. By God you were a nuisance." Zero says as he brings his fist down on his hand.
"Really is that all you remember of me?!" Flauclaws asks in an irritated voice.
"Yeah that's about right." Zero says.
Panter Flauclaws now boiling with anger lunges at Zero and says, "YOU LITTLE SHIT!"
However, as his claw was about to make contact with Zero's body, he saw Zero slowly sheath his Z Saber.
His vision then splits into two, as his body is cut in half vertically. He then lets out one final scream of terror before blowing up.
"Welp, that was a waste of a floor boss." Zero says as Asuna nodded her head in agreement.
The two then proceeded to head to open the door to the 76th Floor.
"Focused Thrust!"
Zero hearing the name of this attack pushes himself and Asuna out of the way as the attacker skirts to a stop.
The attacker is revealed to have a shitty black coat complete with a Fidget Spinner attached to it.
It was none other than the Fake Virgin Swordsman himself Kirito (A/N: If any one of you asks or complains why I'm calling him that, read Berserk and you'll know why), holding his now restored Elucidator and Dark Repulser.
"Well if it isn't mister 'I deserve to have all the attention'!" Asuna shouts as Kirito looks at her and gives her a smile.
"Asuna my darling, I've come to rescue you from that monster." Kirito says as he points Elucidator at Zero who was helping Asuna up.
"Jesus Christ can't you take no for an answer you little shit?!" Asuna shouts as she ignites her A Saber and thrusts it forward toward Kirito.
However, her Saber was stopped by a familiar looking shield that had a glow to it which stopped the A Saber from piercing and destroying the shield.
"To think that my own vice commander would turn her blade toward a fellow player." The man said as it is revealed to be Heathcliff who stopped Asuna's attack.
He then proceeds to bash his shield forward causing Asuna to stumble backwards before regaining her footing and return to her battle stance.
"Finally decided to show yourself huh?" Zero asks as he ignites his Z Saber and makes his way next to Asuna.
"So you knew who I-"
"Yes I knew who you were Kayba, now get on with your big dramatic speech so that we can end this already." Zero says as he grumbles, remembering how every single maverick he has faced off against had something to say before they were brutally cut to pieces via his Saber.
"Straight to the point I see. Well then I should start at the very beginning. You see when I was-"
"Keep it short and simple!" Asuna shouts as Heathcliff grumbles before sighing.
"*sigh* Fine. When I created the Nerve Gear I had some help with the function that fries your brains. There short and simple, are you happy?" Kayba asks as he looks at Zero and Asuna who look at each other and shrug before looking back at Kayba and nodding their heads.
"Well, now that that was taken care of, Asuna you take on Kayba I'll take on Kirito." Zero says as he gets back into his battle stance.
"With pleasure." Asuna says with a smirk as she faces off against her ex commander.
"You're gonna see what a real swordsman is like Zero." Kirito says as he closes his eyes to then open them again, revealing his yellow eyes.
This was "God Mode".
"Really this is your ultimate power? Your eyes changing from black to yellow is your oh so powerful form?" Zero asks as he deadpans so hard that a certain Black Swordsman carrying a heap of raw iron turns his head and smiles stoically.
"What is it Guts?" Scherieke asks as Guts continues to look on stoically.
"Nothing Scherieke. I just felt like somebody just mastered a certain ability I am very familiar with." Guts says as he turns around and continues on his journey.
"Prepare yourself Zero! This is my God Mode!" Kirito states as he points one of his swords at Zero.
"God Mode? Ha! Nah that name doesn't fit it at all. How about Super Virgin Dickless Kirito?" Zero asks as Kirito growls before thrusting his weapon forward only to be blocked by the Z Saber.
(Music Recommendation: Snake Eyes Remix)
"Let's do this." Zero says as he then kicks Kirito away.
Kirito rolls and gets back on his feet just in time to barely block the Z Saber, thus interlocking blades with him.
"You know from what I can tell you don't really know how to dual wield. Hell all I see from you is just a scared little kid flailing two swords around thinking it would actually do something." Zero says as he pushes forward pushing Kirito back as Kirito tries to push back only for Zero to headbutt him causing Kirito to stumble back and hold his head in pain.
"You know I've never really tried dual wielding that much in battle before. I mean I've practiced it enough to have a good handle on it, but it just never caught my eye. But..." Zero says as he summons a second Z Saber handle, causing Kirito to look in horror.
'No he can't! I'm the only one able to use it!' Kirito thought as Zero's second Z Saber slowly ignited.
"... I don't see why it isn't a good time to practice it. And since you're in your Super Virgin Dickless form, I think I should go into one of my forms." Zero says with a smirk as his body starts to glow before it dies down, revealing Zero's armor to have a darker red color with his hair being slightly bleached but still maintaining it's blonde color. This was Zero's ultimate form
Kirito only gulps at seeing Zero before slowly getting into a battle stance while gritting his teeth. Zero's smirk changes into a serious look as he gets into his battle stance.
The two then dashed towards one another and began their clash.
Meanwhile Asuna was running circles around Kayaba literally, as she kept on dashing and striking Kayaba as he stumbled from the overwhelming attacks Asuna kept on dishing out.
That was until Kayba had enough of it and ground pounded the floor with his shield, sending a shockwave which made Asuna face first onto the ground only for her to do a quick recovery and get back on her feet.
"I must admit your speed has improved exponentially ever since you've left the guild." Kayba compliments as Asuna just wipes the small amount of blood that came out of her lip.
"However it still isn't enough to beat-"
Kayaba was cut off when Asuna dashed forward thrusted her A Saber forward, piercing Kayba's shield while also causing him to stumble backwards with him barely having enough time to interlock blades with Asuna.
Asuna then proceeds to knee Kayba in the stomach, causing him to spit out some blood, to then be swiftly kicked across the room by Asuna.
Asuna then proceeds to throw her A Saber into the air causing it to spin, to then kick the hilt of the saber launching it toward Kayba, where it proceeds to pierce Kayaba's shoulder causing him to scream out in pain.
"You little bitc-"
However Kayaba wasn't able to finish his statement as Asuna dash kicked him in the stomach to shut him up.
She then proceeds to remove her A Saber from Kayba's shoulder, grab Kayaba by the face, and launch him in the air.
Asuna equips the fire chip into her A Saber and proceeds to do many upward thrust, which turns Kayba bodies into a flaming Swiss Cheese.
Asuna then jumps over Kayba and delivers one final devastating drop kick onto his back which sends him face first towards the ground.
And to make sure the bastard was dead, Asuna throws her A Saber downward, which proceeds to pierce Kayaba's back.
Asuna then lands and proceeds to walk toward Kayba.
"So much for being the so called 'Best Player'." Asuna says as Kayba weakly looks at her before he starts he begins to… chuckle?
"You fool you just set in motion the final act of our plan." Kayaba says weakly before reaching out a hand towards where Kirito was.
Meanwhile with Zero and Kirito
To say that the battle was one sided was an understatement.
Very early into their battle, Kirito very painfully found out that Zero was not only better at dual wielding than he was, but was much much quicker.
As Kirito swung his swords Zero just kept on blocking, dodging, and countering all of his attacks.
The two then interlocked blades as the two stare each other down.
"Do you really think she'll be happy with you?" Zero asks as Kirito snarls.
"Shut up! Once she sees how I beat you she'll come to me and she'll feel safe from not only the Mavericks, but from you!" Kirito states as Zero just deactivates his second Z Saber and elbows Kirito in the jaw causing him to stumble backwards and hold his jaw in pain.
"Please, you protect her? What a lousy joke? You can't even protect yourself. And you should know better than anyone that she can protect herself without any problem whatsoever. She doesn't need you or me to protect her. I also told you once didn't I, that she sure as hell can make her own choice on who she wants to be with, and that neither you or me chooses who she wants to be with." Zero says he reactivates his second Z Saber.
Kirito, enraged by what Zero said lunges at Zero only for Zero to activate Dark Hold and knee Kirito in the stomach before deactivating it and see Kirito vomit out a hefty amount of saliva and blood.
Kirito wipes away the blood and lunges again at Zero, only for Zero to block his overhead swings with his Z Saber and deliver a devastating cut to Kirito's chest with his second Z Saber, to then kick him in the chest sending him scurrying back a good distance.
Kirito gets up only to see Zero dash towards him at blinding speeds, before feeling Zero planting his fist onto his stomach before lifting him up.
"Imma plant me a dumbass tree!" Zero says as he then brings his fist down burying Kirito onto the ground creating a crater before kicking him in the side of his ribs sending him rolling around the ground before hitting a train cart.
(Music Ends)
Zero then proceeds to slowly walk towards Kirito as he activates his Z Buster. Kirito slowly tries to get up, only to fall on his knees as his yellow eyes turn back to his normal black eyes.
Zero then stops directly in front of Kirito, and grabs him by the hair bringing him to Zero's eye level.
"You're not worth using a buster shot on. But somebody has to take out the trash." Zero says as he points his Z Buster at Kirito and begins to charge it to secondary power.
Once charged Kirito awaits his agonizing death only for Zero to shoot at Kayba who was reaching his hand out towards Kirito only to be vaporized.
"Hey I thought we agreed on not stealing kills!" Asuna shouts angrily at Zero.
"Sorry honey, I just saw how he was about to do something so I had to act quick!" Zero says as he chuckles nervously.
"Now then where were we?" Zero asks as looks at Kirito before aiming his Z Buster at his head.
As Zero was about to fire his charged shot, Kirito begins to slightly laugh?
"Heh heh heh… AHA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!" Kirito laughs as Zero just looks at him with a raised eyebrow.
"What's so goddamn funn-"
"SYSTEM CONTROL! ID: STAR KING!" Kirito shouts with a psychotic grin.
Just then the stars around the abandoned train station begin to be sucked by Kirito.
Once all stars are inside Kirito, his body explodes with a golden aura as his eyes turn back to yellow.
"Behold my Star King form!" Kirito states as he holds Elucidator and Dark Repulser in an X Shape.
"Wow you're just Grand Central Station of Disappointment when it comes to naming your forms, aren't you?" Zero asks as Asuna nodded her head in agreement.
Kirito then holds out his hand toward Asuna who looks confused, only to then be in shock when Kirito freezes her body from the waist down.
"Hey what kind of bullshit is this?!" Asuna shouts angrily as Kirito sighs.
"It's for your own good my love. I don't want you to intervene in our fight." Kirito says as Asuna looks at him with disgust and pure rage.
"Zero if you don't kick his ass by the time I get out of this, there will be a massacre." Asuna says as Zero looks at her nervously.
"Noted." Zero says as he activates his Z Saber and faces Kirito.
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The two stare each other down to then blast towards one another as their blades clash against each other with each clash creating a sonic boom causing all of the players nearby to cover their ears.
The two then began to move in a blur clashing against one another as they kept reappearing all around the dungeon.
For the player all they saw was a red and yellow streak constantly clashing against one another, while Asuna was following and seeing all of their movements clearly.
Zero and Kirito then stop and interlock blades with Zero smirking with amusement.
"Well color me surprised. Not only are you able to match my speed but you're also able to endure my strikes." Zero says as Kirito smirks confidently.
"What, afraid that I'm both stronger and better than you?" Kirito asks as his confidence starts getting into his head.
"No just amused that's all." Zero says as two then back away from each other.
"Yeah well if you're so amused then what do you think of this? FREEZE!" Kirito shouts as he extends his hand.
Just as he says ice starts to form where Zero was standing in the blink of an eye. Keyword "was" since Zero saw what was coming and decided to get out of the way.
"WHAT?! HOW?!" Kirito asks in disbelief.
"Well when you're fast enough to dodge lightning then I think dodging ice at eye blinking speeds is easy enough to dodge." Zero says as Kirito grits his teeth before screaming at the top of his lungs as his yellow aura explodes.
"Then try to dodge THISSSSSS!" Kirito shouts as he launches towards Zero so fast that Zero has no time to react or defend.
"STARBURST STREAM!" Kirito shouts as he unleashes his most powerful attack on Zero.
Cut after cut Zero endured as train cars were blown away as well as some players. Kirito then finishes his slash combo with one final slash that sends Zero crashing onto a pile of train cars effectively burying him under the train cars.
"It's finally over." Kirito says as looks at the pile of train cars Zero was buried in.
Kirito then turns to look at Asuna who was looking at the train cars in disbelief as tears started to form in her eyes.
"It's okay Asuna. He's gone. Now you and I can be together forever." Kirito says as releases Asuna from her icy prison as she falls on her knees as her eyes begin to water with tears.
Kirito then begins to move his hand towards Asuna's face. That is until a black pillar of light came out of the pile train cars launching the train cars upward before they came crashing back down.
Kirito had no time as he felt a devastating back hand punch him away from Asuna and crashing into a nearby wall.
"Don't you dare try to lay a finger on her ever fucking again!" Zero says as Asuna looks up at him before smiling.
"How? How, are you even alive after that attack?!" Kirito asks as he looks at Zero and notices a major change.
For starters his Z Saber was now purple, his hair looked to be in the grey line between blonde and white, and lastly his armor was completely black except for his gemstone on his forehead which was purple.
This was Zero's Black Armor.
Zero completely ignored his question and dashed towards Kirito and began to absolutely devastate the poor boy, with Kirito completely unable to block or counter Zero's attacks.
Zero then switches to his Z Knuckle and delivers a devastating Raijinken which sends Kirito upward, before Zero switches back to his Z Saber and does a Ryuenjin, before following that up with a Rakukojin burying Kirito to the ground as he feels the effect of being electrocuted, burned, and being buried to the ground by a massive heap of iron.
Zero then kicks Kirito upward before going next to Asuna.
"You ready?" Zero asks as Asuna smirks.
"Ready!"
The two then raised their saber into the air as they grew in size.
"GENMU ZERO!" Zero and Asuna shout at the same time as they bring their sabers downward unleashing an enormous slash that headed straight to Kirito who tried to block it with his swords.
"NO I WON'T LOSE, I'M THE STAR KING DAMMIT!" Kirito shouted as he saw Elucidator and Dark Repulser slowly begin to crack before the crack got bigger and bigger, before the blades finally shattered into pieces.
The attack then finishes Kirito off as he's cut in half, to then explode in a beam of light that blinds everyone before everything went dark.
"Thank You for Playing Sword Art Online"
Author's Note: Yes yes I know I took way too long to upload and yes I get that some things won't make sense, but hey when have I ever made sense right. For now this is the end of the first arc of this wonderful story. That and I'm planning to make a new story where you guys are the main character. That's right ladies and gentlemen I am creating a Male Reader x SAO story where you guys are the main characters. But, even better about this story is that you won't be just a random teen who's a loner and good at SAO. You guys are going to be a descendant of the Black Swordsman himself Guts. Which means y'all gonna get the following: the beautiful heap of iron Dragon Slayer, the Berserker Armor, and a kick ass metal arm. With that said I wish y'all a farewell and to look out for that new story.