The news of the new bonus quest in New Aincrad has spread very quickly for all the players in ALO. They heard a rumor that the quest is a special quest that allowed to directly reach the 100th of Aincrad to challenge the final boss. The rumour also said that the winner could get anything if managed to defeat the final boss. But there was also rumour about the final boss. It said that he is not like any other boss that players had met before. His strength is so overwhelming that, none of the party had managed to deliver a blow at him. Although he has only 1 bar of HP, it didn't make the task to defeat him simpler.
Kirigaya household
Kirito is seen reading the article on the board about the new quest that recently appeared. He deduced instantly that, the quest was created by Naruto. He wonder what kind of quest is it, that nobody has cleared till now. Obviously as the last boss Naruto will incredibly strong, but none of the parties that tried to complete the quest even managed to injure him. That's ridiculous.
In the history of VRMMO there was never such a boss before. But if it's Naruto then everything is possible. He single-handly cleared SAO by himself. Not only that but before the battle with Heathcliff, he even managed to defeat the Skull Reaper solo. Even with Excalibur now, he still didn't think he is ready to face Naruto. Though, this is the only chance to challenge Naruto as the boss. Because the quest only last for a week, before the quest will be removed. Naruto makes this quest as the present for the Christmas.
"Man, the quest is last only for a week. And during that time I won't be able to see Naruto as he act as the final boss on the 100th floor. What should I do?" muttered Kirito out loud eating his breakfast slowly.
"Didn't you want to challenge Naruto-kun to a battle, onii-chan? Naruto-kun makes this quest as a present for players on Christmas. So I think you should try at least. Plus we will go with you. I'd like to see Naruto's appearance, as the boss" said Suguha and looking at Kirito then slowly eating her sandwich.
"But didn't you hear the rumours. They said that the final was ridiculously strong. As the player Naruto is practically invincible, but as the boss he is twofold then that. Even with Excalibur and Skill Connect, our gap still very far" said Kirito.
"You underestimate yourself too much, Onii-chan. You forget one fact that we knows some of his attack during the mission in Jötunheimr. Also no matter how poweful Naruto-kun is he won't go all out, as long as me, Rika-san and Sinon-san are there" said Leafa and smirked at Kirito.
Kirito snapped his fingers and exclaimed.
"Yeah, Naruto won't be able to go all out as long as you girls are with me and stood in his way. I can use all the moment that he tried to repress his attack to counter him. Also I still have one trump card that still not used. I knew it will need to defeat Naruto, so I didn't use it last time. Plus I still have my magic eyes, Alpha-Stigma. With those eyes, I can keep up with Naruto in a magic battle"
Kirito then turned to Suguha and said.
"You contact the girls. While I will call Klein and Agil. Our opponent this time is Naruto so we need more people"
"Ok, onii-chan. About the meeting place. It will still be at Lisbeth's shop?" asked Suguha.
"Yeah" answered Kirito.
Time skip
ALO
Lisbeth's shop
Everybody has gathered and now they discussing about where the quest is located.
"I asked somebody on the way here. They said that the quest is located at the same place when we first encountered the Fatal Scythe... Not really a pleasant memory, but according to the people that tried the quest. After receiving the quest, we need to defeat a monster called Nemesis in order to get a black teleportation crystal, that will teleport is straight to the 100th floor of New Aincrad" explained Kirito.
"I still couldn't believe that we will fight Naruto. He was always the one that saves our asses and now he is an enemy" muttered Klein.
"For me, it's perfect. I want to pay him back for the humiliation he caused me in GGO. Now it's time for payback" said Sinon with a scary smirk on her face with her ears twitching in excitement.
"And I will have a chance to try out my Mjölnir on Naruto-kun. After all, he needs to be punish for all this secrets" said Lisbeth with a grin.
"Well, I didn't have any grudge against Naruto-kun. But I also want to try out my abilities against the strongest opponent" said Leafa pointing the finger to her chin and looked up at the ceiling in thought.
"Naruto challenges me specifically for this quest. First, I'd like to test my abilities against him. Then if possible, defeat him and get back my Dual Wielding. After all he said you could get back anything from SAO" said Kirito clutching his knuckle.
Kirito then turned to the party and shouted.
"Let's go. Time to kick Naruto's ass"
"Yeah" shouted everyone.
With that they left Lisbeth's shop and proceed to move to the 1st floor of New Aincrad.
New Aincrad
Floor 100
Haou Castle
On the square in front of the castle were 3 parties consist of 5 people each. They are all panting heavily and looked at one figure in black armor before them. The figures face was hidden by the mask that was part of the helmet. All you could see is the pair of cold blue eyes with apathetic look.
"W-what kind of boss is it? We have battle him for hours and even with so many people, we couldn't injured him even once" asked one player looking fearfully at the boss.
"It's just a bonus quest, but who would have thought it will be this hard. The shield in his left hand could reflect all magic attacks. The sword in his right hand doubles his attacks power. And the six magatama on his neck could reduce the damage. Besides that the fighting skill of him is of the charts as well. How the heck are we supposed to clear this quest?" analyzed the leader of the party then began to sweat nervously.
The boss looked at them like an elephant look to ants. He already tired of these weaklings. He wanted to have a real challenge, but it seems besides Kirito there will be no one to make him satisfied. He sighed in disappointment and charged at the party with blinding speed.
Floor 1
Hidden Dungeon.
The party is heading to the place where the Fatal Scythe was located in SAO. On the way, they need to fight off other monsters, as they stood on their way. Kirito, Asuna and Yui felt nostalgia. They are heading to the same place where they nearly died. Yui also recalled the moment she was about to use the GM function "Object Eraser" in order to save her parents. If that were happened then she was about to be erased by the system for disobeying system's orders. But that didn't happened as the panel had appeared then that said 'The game was cleared'. That was also the moment that Naruto had disappeared from their life. It's ironically that Naruto choose this place as a quest receiver.
They walk for a while and suddenly saw a giant figure with a '!' above his head. They immediately recognize him as a quest receiver. He was an huge old man with spiky long hair. He also has a beard that covered his whole chin. On his body is a white coat that expose his big stomach (Susanoo in Campione).
Kirito and the party approached to the guy and and began to talk to him. Susanoo looking at the fairies in front of him and said.
"I need your help in returning 3 of my regalias that was stolen by the Dark Master, fairies"
"How did he stole those regalias from you? According to your name, you are a Shinto god. So how did Dark Master managed to stole those regalia from you?" asked Kirito curiously.
Susanoo frowned and said.
"That bastard managed to outsmart me. We played the game of Russian roulette , but he somehow always guessed right. We made a deal and I lose the game so he demand to give him those regalias"
Everybody sweat drop at that. The Shinto god gambled against the Dark Master and lost his regalias. That just sound so ridiculous. And now he wanted it back.
"Ehm, if you lost then why do you need to take them back? You guys play fair and square. And you lost. So why is it necessary to get it back?" asked Klein.
Susanoo's face became serious and said.
"Because those three regalia are very powerful items. In a wrong hand, they will cause disaster. With them in possession, the Dark Master could take over not only Alfheim, but all the nine worlds as well. Right now he is bored and just wait for a great challenge in his castle at the 100th floor called Haou Castle. But when the time comes, he may want to conquer the other worlds. That's why I want your help in retrieving the regalias"
"Oy, ossan if those regalias are so important. Why do you even gamble them in the first place" asked Lisbeth with a tic mark on her forehead.
Susanoo hearing the question, blinked then laughing out loud then said.
"Gyhahaha, I was completely focused on the game and forget that fact. Gyahaha"
Everybody sweat drop again at the stupidity of the so called god.
Though Kirito and the others know perfectly that Naruto won't need that, but this story is just a part of the quest. The girls, Klein and Agil tried to imagine Naruto to be the evil conquerer that tried to take over the nine worlds and laughing evilly. The picture they imagined it just not right and they nearly burst out laughing hysterically on the ground.
"Do you fairies accept the task to return my three regalias?" asked Susanoo.
"Wait! We didn't know what kind of regalias you are talking about" interrupt Sinon.
"Oh, year completely forget about that. The first regalia is a sword that can cut even the ocean in half, Ame no Murakumo. It's double the attacks power each time you swing it. The second is Yasaka no Magatama. It has the ability to reduce the damage to minimum level. The third is Yata no Kagami, the magical mirror that can reflect all the magic attacks, no matter how powerful it is. Those are the three regalias that you need to return to me. If you managed to return to me I could give you back one thing you want the most. So do you accept the quest?
Yes. No. "
Susanoo said and a panel appeared before Kirito. Kirito pressed 'yes' to accept the quest.
Susanoo turned to the party and said.
"Thank you for agreeing to help me. But before you could move to the 100th floor. You need to defeat the Dark Master's servant, Nemesis, the two-head mystical beast, one is the head of the eagle while the other is the head of a lion. It will appear here soon as you fairies agreed to help me. Defeat it and get the black crystal that will transport you stair to Dark Master's lore"
Just as Susanoo finished taking they head a roar then a screech above them. They looked at the creature and saw it was a gryphon that had two head one is a lion, the other is of an eagle. It has three bar of HP and is descending at them at great speed.
"Everyone. Scatter" ordered Kirito and the party began to scatter.
Sinon took out her bow and activate the ice arrows shooting skill to aim at the two-head gryphon. But the gryphon's lion head shoot a yellow beam from its mouth destroying all the arrows in the process.
Silica rushed with great speed at the gryphon from behind. In her hand was a water dagger and prepared to unleash it. She jumped up from behind the gryphon and slashed it to the back.
The gryphon took the damage and roared and screeched at the same time. Also it began to lower itself on the ground slowly.
Kirito and Klein saw that then turned to Silica and praised her.
"Good job, Silica-san. Now it's our turn" said Klein and rushed at the damaged gryphon with Kirito.
They both activate their flame sword skill and slashed at the gryphon, caused it to roar in pain again. The gryphon's eyes turned red and it began to fire the yellow beam from its lion's head and purple beam from its eagle head.
Klein and Kirito didn't expected those attacks and was blast back behind. Asuna immediately began to chant a healing spell to heal them.
Behind the gryphon Lisbeth with her new Mjölnir in hand and Agil with his gigantic axe charged at it. Lisbeth raised her Mjölnir and slammed it to the ground that generated a wave of thunder. The wave is so powerful that it blasts the gryphon to the back. Lisbeth widen her eyes then looked down at Mjölnir in wonder then smirked satisfyingly.
Agil do the result of her attack and said impressed.
"As expected from the legendary weapon"
He threw his axe at the gryphon, aiming to one of its wing. The gryphon was stuck and now couldn't fly anymore.
"Let's finish him off now and head towards Naruto!" shouted Kirito and charged at it with Excalibur in hand.
Everybody also charged at the gryphon and unleashed their skills at the poor creature.
The gryphon the shattered to blue polygons with the last howl and screech. Then and item appeared on the ground in its place. It was a black teleportation crystal that write 'Haou Castle'.
Kirito picked it up then turned to everyone and said.
"From here on it will be very difficult. I would even say we even could fail the quest. Because the one we will face is not only the last boss of New Aincrad, but also Naruto Yuuki Uzumaki, the strongest VRMMO of all time. But no matter what happened I'd like to try my limits against him. Naruto and I always want to test each other out. And now is the perfect time. I am counting on you guys. Let's clear this quest and New Aincrad as well"
"Yeah!" shouted everyone.
They decided to rest for a bit to replenish their HP and MP before facing their worst obstacle.
Time skip
Floor 100
Haou Castle.
Kirito and the party used the black crystal and was instantly teleport to the need location. They looked around and saw that they are at the square and before them is a huge castle. They looked closely at the square and noticed 15 torches of red, green and yellow colour. Then they noticed a figure in black armor with a helmet and a mask hiding his or her face. The wind is blowing his or her red cape dramatically. One his left hand they could see the Yata no Kagami was strapped to it. The look at his body and saw a six Magatama necklace there. In his right hand is a big purple sword that radiate the purple energy around it.
Kirito narrowed his eyes at the figure then slowly began to approach him.
"You are Naruto right?" asked Kirito.
The figure didn't answer anything at first and just smirking. Then he slowly took off his helmet to reveal his face. The face revealed was indeed of Uzumaki Yuuki Naruto.
"So you are finally here, Kirito. Welcome to my lair, the 100th floor of New Aincrad, Haou Castle. I have been waiting for you for a while now. Don't disappoint me like the others" said Naruto with a battle-thirst smirk.
The party looked at Naruto with a weary look and also shocked at his appearance. Though the girls think he looked super cool in that armor.
Agil and Klein looked at Naruto for a long time and muttered.
"So this is Naruto's appearance as the last boss. I could say this guy sure know s how to impress people. And like the geezer Susanoo said he possessed those three regalias"
Naruto looked at the party then said.
"If you guys are ready. Let's start, ok?"
With that an aura of dark power began to envelop Naruto's armor body and the earth began to slowly shaking from the demonstration of the power.
The party all began to sweat nervously as they could feel the earth is shaking in respond to Naruto's power.
"This will be the hardest boss battle that we will ever have. Everyone, don't hold back anything. Or we will fail this quest for real" said Kirito still sweat nervously at Naruto's power. The hand holding Excalibur is shaking slightly.