In the real world, Sonic and Tails get some dinner to eat.
Sonic: Man, AR sure is popular, huh?
Tails: You said it. The next ALO quest has been postponed too because of the lack of players. Over the last week there's only been 30% of people logging in.
Sonic: Well that's a shame. Probably because of Ordinal Scale. Who knows? Maybe they'll come back.
Tails: Yeah.
Tails gets a message from Ryoutarou.
Tails: The next OS battle is gonna be held near Kirito and Asuna's place.
Sonic: Well Tails? You in?
Tails: Yeah! I'm always in!
Sonic: Then let's do this!
Tails: Yeah!
Sonic and Tails head over to the place where the next boss is supposed to be. They meet with Ryoutarou and his guild, with Dale gone. Asuna, Yui, Knuckles, Mighty, and Ray meet there as well.
Ryoutarou: Hey you guys.
Sonic: What's up?
Asuna: Hi everyone.
Knuckles: So, guess your husband didn't wanna come?
Asuna: Nope. He's not into VR.
Yuuki shows up.
Yuuki: Hey guys. Just got Asuna's text about the next boss.
Mighty: You came too, Yuuki?
Yuuki: You know I'm in for this.
Tails: Yeah. This is gonna be my first OS battle. I can't wait. By the way Klein, are one of yours coming?
Ryoutarou: Apparently, we can't get a hold of Dale. We'll jump in once he arrives.
Asuna: We're taking all of your points if you guys are really late.
Sonic: Yeah. So, better hurry.
Ryoutarou: That's cold, man.
Ray: See you guys inside.
Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Mighty, Ray, Asuna, Yui, and Yuuki head into the field and put on their Augma's. The entire world changes into the battlefield, and the boss from Old Aincrad called The Storm Griffin appears. Yuna then appears.
Yuna: Get ready to fight everyone! Let's start the music!
The music begins and Yuna starts singing and buffs everyone.
Sonic: Time to rock and roll, guys!
Tails: Alright!
Everybody starts attacking.
Klein: Yuna's here!
Kunimittz: Dale's still not responding.
Klein: We better get in their now before...
? Why don't you come here?
The Fuurinkazan guild turns around and another boss from Aincrad appears.
Klein: Another one?
They all attack the boss. Meanwhile, Sonic and the others continue attacking the other one while Yuna sings.
Yuuki: A new song! Cool!
Yui: Let's go!
Asuna: Ok.
Asuna, Yui, and Yuuki continue attacking the Storm Griffin. Meanwhile, Eiji is watching the fight with Fuurinkazan.
Eiji: Just as I expected. Now I see why they are part of the assault team. Right now, I'm gonna show them the difference between VR and AR.
Eiji jumps from the bridge and quickly runs to Dynamm and punches him really hard.
Dynamm: What the...!
Eiji: There's no pain like this in VR, right?
Eiji knocks out the other three.
Klein: What do you think you're doing?! You son of a gun!
Klein takes off his Augma and Eiji dodges the punches he throws at him.
Eiji: Now, chill out man.
Eiji's Augma scans the direction of where Klein's punches are going.
Klein: You little punk!
Eiji grabs Klein.
Eiji: Let's have some fun, shall we?
A purple object on Eiji's back glows bright, and he breaks Klein's arm.
Klein: AAAGGH!
He tosses Klein on the ground, and he puts his Augma on.
Eiji: Don't forget about this.
Eiji grabs Klein from his back collar.
Eiji: Now open your eyes. Hahaha.
Klein opens his eyes, and then, the boss comes right at Klein with magma pouring down on him. Then, some waves appear on Klein's HUD, and a yellow light on his Augma glows. Mighty and Knuckles arrive on the scene.
Mighty: Klein! What's going on?!
They were too late to see Eiji. Meanwhile, the Storm Griffin continues attacking the others, and gets ready for a wide-range attack.
Asuna: Everyone! A wide-range attack is coming! Tanks! Draw its attention!
Tanks: Got it!
Asuna and Yui then run up to the gunners.
Asuna: It's going to use its ultimate move soon! Aim for its wings when it hovers!
Gunner: Ok.
Asuna: As soon as it gets down, let's finish it!
Everyone: Ok!
Sonic: She's really good at leading.
As soon as the enemy uses its ultimate attack that the tanks block, the gunners shoot it down.
Yuuki: Now's the chance!
Everyone: Right!
Everybody charges in to attack, and then the boss starts running, and attacking the other players. Sonic, Tails, Yui, and Asuna finish it off. Asuna gets the last attack bonus. The boss disappears and everybody starts cheering. The battlefield changes back to the real world. Some players walk up to Asuna.
Player 1: That was amazing.
Player 2: Did you have experience from other games?
Asuna: Thanks everyone.
Sonic: Nice job, Asuna.
Player 3: Is that Sonic?! What are you doing here?!
Sonic: Hah! Just thought I could use some exercise.
Yuna appears.
Yuna: You've won again. Congratulations Asuna.
Asuna: Ahh!
Asuna quickly goes far back.
Yuna: Oh well.
Asuna gets awarded with 10,000 points.
Yuna: See you later, Asuna.
Yuna disappears.
Sonic: I will never forget that moment from before.
Tails: What moment?
Sonic: The moment when Yuna kissed Asuna in the last fight.
Tails: Woah.
Eiji watches from somewhere.
Eiji: Asuna the Lightning Flash, Sonic the Hedgehog, Miles Tails Prower, and Ray the Flying Squirrel. Ordinal Scale is a true realistic MMO game where players are free from the fear of death. That's where I'll demonstrate my true power.
Sonic, Tails, and Ray start heading out.
Ray: Hey, where are Mighty and Knuckles? They left when we were nearly finished.
Sonic: Don't know. In fact, where's Klein and his guild?
Mighty and Knuckles run behind them as an ambulance passes by.
Mighty: Guys!
Tails: Where have you two been?
Knuckles: Klein and his guild just got injured during a battle with another boss.
Sonic: What happened?
Knuckles: It looked like they were beaten up by somebody.
Ray: Do you know who did this?
Mighty: No. When we got there, the guy who did it wasn't there.
Tails: Are they going to be ok?
Mighty: They should be. First, Dale goes missing, and now the others get injured? What's going on?
Sonic: I got a hunch that whoever beat them up must be an OS player.
Tails: Maybe.
MMO Stream comes on.
Host: Today we are going to talk about the AR favorite game, Ordinal Scale. We are hearing that bosses from Sword Art Online's Old Aincrad are appearing in event battles.
Co-Host: They say that you can get a ton of points from the boss raids. Also, the odds of Yuna doing a live performance are extremely high! Oh, what I wouldn't give to rank up and earn enough to cover my internet fees!
Host: Now, now. Also, because of last months release of The Complete SAO Incident Records, it seems like people would want to go back to Sword Art Online which is now shut down.
Co-Host: So I guess people are wanting to jump into the bandwagon after the fact.
Host: Which is why, along the increase of Augma users, there was a downturn to logins for mainstream VR games like Alfheim Online, and Gun Gale Online.
Co-Host: Is everyone bored of VR?
Host: Not sure, but we have some of the shows previous guests live now.
They first go to General Eugene of the Salamanders.
Eugene: I wouldn't worry too much about there being less players. Besides, there's more hunting now, and less competition.
Alicia: I can compete with you.
Then, they go to Siune and Jun of the Sleeping Knights.
Siune: I'm actually worried about our friends. I wonder if they will come back.
Then, they go to Sakuya of the Sylphs.
Sakuya: I'm not entirely worried about the matter. Less players would mean less people to deal with. Which would mean more relax time for me.
Then, they go to Dyne in GGO.
Dyne: Fukaziroh! Sinon! Where are you two?! I have some cool new weapons for you both to try out! Please, come back!
Recon tries pushing Dyne out of the way.
Recon: Leafa!
Then an apology message comes up, and they go back to the current stream.
Host: Last but not least, we have a special guest here on our live show. Enjoy!
Yuna appears on camera.
Yuna: Hi everyone! Just four more days left until my first live arena show! Hope you'll all look forward to it!
Yuna sends out a kiss to her fans as they all cheer behind the TV.
Meanwhile, at an office, a mysterious person heads onto a computer and loads up an AI program for Yuna.