ALO
Yggdrasil City
Asuna, Lisbeth, Leafa and Silica are sitting on the couch and watch the BoB tournament. Also behind them sitting near the bar is Klein.
They looked at the participants list and saw that 'Shin' is still alive.
"Oh~ I want to see Naruto-kun in action so much. Why didn't he appear on the screen?" Leafa whined in disappointment.
"All the battles are broadcast, aren't they? I am sure Naruto-san will appear soon enough" said Silica.
"Yeah, if that's about Naruto we are talking about than he will appear soon enough. Also knowing him, he probably wants a worthy challenge" said Klein.
"That's right, Naruto is always like that... Oh here he is!" said Asuna then turned to the screen, where she saw a figure with black cloak and a sheath sword in his hand.
"Wow, Naruto-kun's avatar is almost as handsome as him IRL. But even in the shooting game, he uses a sword. Typical Naruto-kun" said Lisbeth with a blush then rolling her eyes when she looked at the Mutasame Z0 in his hand.
At that they began to laugh loudly. Then Klein proposed
"Well, let's see his battle ok?"
They all nodded and turned their attention to the screen. They saw that Naruto slowly walked forward. Suddenly, there were lots of bullets headed to his direction. They saw how Naruto deflected some and avoided some.
"*whistle* He is as impressive as always" said Klein with wide eyes.
Then they saw Naruto charged forward and used Ryuukansen: Tsumuji and drilled a hole in Jigen's body. Then when Pancho shot him from behind, Naruto jumped up in the air and used Ryutsuinsen: Zan and kill Pancho. Then they saw him rushed at Ten-Q and cut him in half with Soryusen. After that he chased after Raiden and kaeeeede, and then killed them off too. With that Naruto rushed to the other direction and away from the range of the camera.
"Wow, to take five of the players out alone. I know he is strong. But that was just plain ridiculous" muttered Klein in awe.
"Tou-chan will definitely win this tournament" said Wendy sitting on Lisbeth's lap.
"Yeah, I think so too. After all Naruto-kun is the best swordsman that I know. The way he dodged the bullets, it's as if he could actually see them" analyzed Leafa.
Asuna just looked at the battle silently and began to think.
'Why did he decide to show himself? He could actually hide from the camera. Why did he decide to fight when the camera is broadcasting?... He is trying to prove something to someone. But what?'
Then Lisbeth looked back at the screen and whistle.
"Wow, look at this person. He is pretty strong too" said Lisbeth zoomed in the image of Pale Rider when he was fighting Dyne.
They saw he rushed at Dyne then shoot him in the head killing him. They all watched in awe.
"Amazing, he maybe rival to Naruto-san in terms of skill" said Silica.
"No way! Naruto-kun is far better than him. But I won't deny that he can also a candidate for the winner" said Lisbeth with confidence.
Suddenly, Pale Rider was shot in the shoulder from out of nowhere. They all looked surprised at that.
"Hey, that didn't fair!" complained Klein.
"Wait, he is not out of it yet" said Lisbeth and zoomed in the screen to show a glowing bullet sticking in the right shoulder of Rider.
"What's that?" wondered Silica.
"Probably, a bullet that stunned the target for a certain amount of them" answered Yui.
"It's like the wind spell Thunder web in ALO" said Leafa looking at the screen.
Suddenly, the screen became a little static. Lisbeth decided to change to corner of the camera's view. The camera showed the image of the skeleton mask figure in a metallic black cape with a rifle behind his back. They looked at the figure nervously. But Asuna felt that she knew him from somewhere.
Kazuto's room
Kazuto watched the tournament and the situation in Naruto's house at the same time. So far nothing happened yet. He saw how easily Naruto defeated five players and felt impressed. When the screen showed the face of Death Gun, he felt an unknown familiar feeling.
"I-I definitely know him. But where?... Wait, maybe he was there when we decided to wipe out Laughing Coffin. If I remembered right then he was the first one that engaged with me in that battle" recalled Kazuto and turned his head to the screen where showed the view of Naruto's location.
BoB tournament
At the bridge
Death Gun was about to shoot Pale Rider from his handgun. Suddenly, he looked to the right and saw a railgun coming to this direction at great speed. He jumped up high in the air to avoid the railgun. Using momentum he shot from his handgun in mid air to the chest of Rider. Rider was still paralyzed, so he couldn't dodge the shot. But, when he was shot by Death Gun, the effect wore off and he jumped up in the air to dodge the railgun. The railgun hit the ground a created a huge hole where they stood.
With Shin and Sinon
Sinon was shocked when the railgun was shot from Hades. She felt even more shocked when both Death Gun and Pale Rider managed to dodge that shot.
"Kuso, I should have guessed that things won't be so easy" said Shin gritted his teeth.
Back to the bridge
Pale Rider immediately charged at Death Gun with intention to finish him off in one shot. Suddenly, he dropped his gun and began to clutch his chest. Then he slowly kneeled down to the ground helplessly and lied down motionlessly. He clutches his heart and raised his right hand up one last time before his avatar disappeared.
With Shin and Sinon
Sinon watched as Pale Rider's avatar suddenly disappeared.
"What was that?" asked Sinon looking ahead of her.
Shin glared at Death Gun's figure and muttered in anger.
"Again... That bastard has done it again. And I couldn't stop him!"
Shin clutch his knuckle tightly. Sinon just looked at him not understand.
ALO
Yggdrasil City
Asuna, Lisbeth, Silica, Leafa, Yui, Wendy and Klein looked at the screen and saw that Pale Rider's avatar had disappeared. They all wondered what the heck is going on. Asuna looked narrowed eyes at Death Gun's figure the whole time.
With Death Gun
Death Gun stood before the camera and some steam came out of his skeleton mask. He began to speak.
"My true name and the true name of this gun, is Death Gun"
He raised his 'death gun' up to the camera and continued
"Someday, I will appear before you. Then I will bring true death to you with this gun. I have the power to do that. Do not forget. It isn't over. Nothing is over.
It's show time"
Then the steam comes out of his mask and his eyes glowing red.
After hearing that statement Asuna said.
"I definitely met him somewhere. But where?... It can only be that time. The time where the clearing party decided to wipe out LC"
Suddenly, they heard the sound of glass shattering. They turned around and saw Klein approaching them in disbelieve look on his face.
"N-no way... He can't be..." muttered Klein in disbelieve.
"So you recognize him as well Klein-san. Do you know exactly who he is?" asked Asuna turning to Klein.
"No, I can't remember his old name. But what I know for certain is that he was one of the ten survivors of LC when we tried to wipe them out" answered Klein.
"When Naruto-kun returned after hunting down the ragout rabbit he said something about encounter the LC. He said that he managed to kill off 7 of them but 3 managed to escape. I guessed that the skeleton mask dude was one of the three survivors" deduced Lisbeth recalling the moment.
"Is he the knife-user that was their leader?" asked Asuna.
"No, it wasn't PoH. He talks and acts totally different. But the phrase 'it's show time'. It's PoH's catch phrase" answered Klein.
"If was Lisbeth-san has told was true then this dude, one more member and PoH are the survivors after the encounter with Naruto"
"Is this what you try to hide from us Naruto?" wondered Asuna.
With Shin and Sinon
Sinon watched as Shin still grit his teeth in anger. She decided to ask him.
"Can you explain to me? What happen just now?"
Shin turned his attention to Sinon with a serious expression and said.
"Pale Rider has just been killed IRL. His heart has stopped beating the moment Death Gun shot from his handgun"
"No way. Something like that is not possible" stated Sinon with certainty.
"Of course, not possible. But he is using a trick to kill people from the outside and makes an illusion like he has some supernatural power" said Shin.
"But that didn't changed the fact that he still managed to make people believe that he has the power to kill in this game" continued Shin punching the ground in frustration.
Death Gun has decided to leave the bridge that moment. Shin looked at his leaving figure and saw him disappeared after the bridge and didn't come out.
"Tch, he probably used his mantle ability to become invisible. Now we won't be able to find him anymore" said Shin annoyed.
Sinon looked through her scope and noticed he didn't come out as well. She decided to take out the terminal to check his name but Shin's voice interrupted her.
"It's useless. If he used his mantle ability then we won't be able to find him on the map"
Sinon decided to check anyway and saw that Shin was right. There are only he, she and Dyne on the map right now.
"What? In such a short amount of time and he managed to escape? That's not possible unless..." deduced Sinon.
"No, I know what you are thinking, but no he didn't hide under the water. He doesn't need to do something like that because of his special mantle. It's allowed him to become invisible so that even the satellite scan won't notice him" said Shin.
"So what are we gonna do now?" asked Sinon raised her brow.
"With his special cape, Death Gun could
be anywhere. But we still don't know his avatar's name. That's why I am going to confirm whether from the other remaining two, is Death Gun. Guess I will start with Gunner X" analyzed Shin.
"Then I will go with you. That Death Gun is pretty strong. I don't want you to lost to him before facing me" said Sinon and was about to go, but Shin grabbed her hand and stopped her from moving.
"Absolutely not. You promised me remember. He may even kill you if he wants" said Shin
"I know I promised you, but... If he can kill you for real then I won't want you to die!" shouted Sinon looked at Shin with worry eyes.
Shin was surprised. After all, it's the first time that she showed concern about him and not hiding under her tsundere self. Then he looked at Sinon and smiled softly.
"I am very touched of your concern. But I will be fine. I don't want to involve you in my mistake. I told you before right? This is my and my battle alone"
"In SAO, he was a monster that killed off many normal players for fun. But I am no better than him as well. Maybe even worse, cause I killed far more than him. Do you know that I alone destroyed the orange guild consist of 80 members. In one night, I destroyed 50 of them. I spared one of them and he gave the title of Hitokiri Battousai" said Shin in nostalgia.
Sinon heard his story and decided to embrace him to make him feel better. Shin accepted the embrace and holds her for a while.
"Someone like that is really playing GGO?" wondered Sinon. Suddenly, she recalled the bloody incident in the past. Then she was shaken out from her thoughts by Shin.
"Are you ok, Shino-chan?" asked Shin in concern.
"Yeah, I am ok. Just a little surprised. But the way, you haven't told me about his trick yet" answered Sinon shook her head then looked up at Shin.
"His trick is simple. Death Gun is actually more than just one person. The Death Gun in GGO killed off the players with the help of his companions outside the game. When you saw him prayed that's just the excuse for him to signal his companion outside and to check the time to perform the trick. When Death Gun will shoot from his handgun. At the same time his companion will inject the drug to stop the heart. Thus creating the illusion that Death Gun is actually managed to kill through an avatar" explained Shin.
"I understand now. So everything will be ok if he didn't shoot me with his black gun right? I am with you. I won't take no for the answer" said Sinon and narrowed her eyes.
Shin was about to protest, but when he looked at Sinon's eyes he understood that it will be useless to argue with her.
"Ok, but stay on the distance and try not to let him see you" warned Shin with a heavy sigh.
Sinon was about to proceed forward, but Shin suddenly unsheathe his sword and narrowed his. Sinon only now noticed he has a new sword and wondered where did he get it. Shin turned around and used Murasame to deflect the bullets that coming their way.
The player that shooting at them saw that all the billets were deflected and felt shocked. Sinon was in shocked as well.
"I am going to charge in and used a move to stun him. The rest is up to you Shino-chan" said Shin with a wink and charged forward.
The player tried to shoot Shin down, but all proves useless, as Shin continued to
get close to him. When he is a certain distance he sheath his sword back to perform Ryuumeisen to create a shock wave that stun the opponent.
"Now!" said Shin and jumped back high.
Sinon lied down and shot from Hecate blew away the opponent. Sinon stood up and watched Shin's back in awe. Shin looked back from the corner of his eyes and said.
"Let's go, Shino-chan"
Sinon nodded her head and proceed to move. After checking the situation, they decided to the abandoned city, as Death Gun was a sniper and won't stay in the open space for long.
ALO
Yggdrasil City
Lisbeth, Silica and Leafa was extremely worried about Naruto after they watched what Death Gun was capable of. Asuna tried to cheer them up as much as she could.
"In SAO, there was an unwritten rule, that never let HP to reach zero. Because if that happened then you will die for real. But LC has killed hundreds of players. That's why we decided to capture them one day..." said Klein.
"Then Naruto-kun and my brother..." said Leafa.
"Yeah, Kirito was in our party and he fought on the front line. But Naruto was a different matter, after he heard that some players decided to create PK guilds. He dedicated himself to destroy the members and the guild itself. Because of that people began to avoid him like a plague. It wasn't until he alone decided to defeat the final boss to clear the game. Nobody actually knew how he did that, but after that the survivors began to praise him as the Hero" said Klein.
"Kirito-kun had promised me. When everything will be over, he will tell us everything" said Asuna.
"So Kirito actually know everything and didn't tell us anything? Why is that?" asked Klein frustrated.
"Probably Naruto-kun told him not to. Naruto-kun is a very kind and thoughtful person after all. He doesn't want to involve in something so dangerous" said Lisbeth and smiled solemnly.
"That idiot, always wanted to shoulder everything himself. First, SAO now this" said Klein clearly not pleased.
Naruto's room
The figure of Naruto that was still in full-dive was lying on the bed. Suddenly, one figure in a hood walked in near his bed he opened his phone and began to observe the tournament in it.
Kazuto's room
Kazuto noticed there was a figure walked in Naruto's room and narrowed his eyes. He glanced back at the view of BoB and saw that the camera was in different place.
"It seems the second phase was about to start" said Kazuto in a serious voice.
Abandoned city
Shin and Sinon has been running for a while, but they can't find Death Gun anywhere.
"So who do you think is Death Gun from the remaining two. Gunner X or Sterben?" asked Shin.
"I actually have an idea. But may seems to obvious" proposed Sinon.
"Well, many players avatar pretty much obvious. For example my name is short for Shinigami. What about you?" said Shin and asked Sinon.
"Mine is a name modified. I think it's like this Gunner is a gun, while X is the cross symbol is refer to the cross bone that actually means death" said Sinon.
"Well let's check either way. We haven't even seen that Sterben on the map, not even once. That's suspicious too" deduced Shin brought his knuckle to his chin in thought.
"I am going to check where Gunner X is " said Sinon and opened the terminal.
"Also you check from the north"
Shin nodes his head and began to check the north of the map. They checked all the names on the map. Suddenly, Sinon pressed at the location of the player at the stadium and revealed to be Gunner X.
"Only Gunner X is on the map now. There's no trace of Sterben. So there is a possibility that Gunner X is actually Death Gun. There is one more player not far from us. I think he is after him" said Shin.
"We need to get to him before he kill Rikoko" said Sinon.
"Back me up" said Shin and turned ahead to move away.
"Roger" said Sinon, as she about to move she suddenly stopped when she saw Shin stopped.
"What else-" asked Sinon.
Suddenly Shin turned to her face and kissed her forehead gently. Sinon blushed bright red and stuttered.
"W-What the heck are you doing? I-I won't forgive you for this easily! You pervert!"
Shin looked at her face cup her cheek and said softly.
"Just feel like to do this. Don't tell me you don't like that kiss?"
Then he smirked victoriously.
Sinon opened her mouth then shut it. She turned her head away and muttered
"Just go already. I am going to pay you back for that action"
Shin just laughed and ran away to the direction of Gunner X. Sinon looked at his leaving figure and muttered while smiling.
"What a jerk!"
Then she followed Shin to the stadium.
Not far from stadium.
Sinon and Shin were hiding behind the bus. Sinon stepped out and activated her scan skill to search the location of Gunner X. Suddenly, she saw a gun point out from the wall.
"There he is. He maybe still waiting for Rikoko" informed Sinon.
"Good, I am gonna attack him from behind now. You will stay here to back me up if something unexpected happen " said Shin.
"But I want to go with you..." protested Sinon.
"It's better for you to stay at the distance. You are a sniper after all. I will feel more safe with you backing me up" said Shin.
Then he ran away to the direction of the stadium. Sinon began to run ahead to find a proper place to snipe the target.
"If I defeat Death Gun, then he will become my enemy once more. I'll shoot him, defeat him... Then forget him... Why I felt that I don't want to forget him?" said Sinon and asked herself.
She was about to proceed walking forward suddenly she was shoved away by someone. She looked at who did that and was surprised that it was Shin. He shoved her away from the stun bullet that stuck to his leg.
"Quick! Get out of here, Sinon! Death Gun is here! Hurry up" shouted Shin lied on the ground paralyzed with gritted teeth.
Sinon was to shock to say and understand anything. She looked at Shin's paralyzing figure then heard the sound of step that began to get close here.
"Sinon! Get out of here, if you don't want to die!" screamed Shin.
That statement caused her to snap back and to automatically began to retreat back to the building.
That moment Death Gun decided to reveal himself by deactivate his mantle.
He slowly began to approach Shin. Shin just glared up at Death Gun from the ground.
"Finally, I will be able to kill you. After I finish you, I will go after that Black swordsman and that woman. I have waited for this moment so long. The moment when I will have my revenge" said Death Gun and began to take out his handgun.
Naruto's room
The hood figure slowly took out the syringe of succinylcholine and waited for the signal to inject at Naruto's unconscious figure.
With Shin
Shin looked fearfully as Death Gun began to pray and then point his gun at his chest.
"This is a good bye. Sayonara, Hitokiri Battousai" said Death Gun.
With that sound of shot was heard. Also the camera was flying above broadcasting everything to the people outside.