Welcome to the next chapter of the story. Here are the headlines:

A) Kuja's Plans to Kill Luna, Francis, Talavera, and Colette- Kuja is about to reveal his plans to kill the main 4 heroes of team Star Shine.

B) Opal the Savior- Kuja breaks into the medical center to try to kill Francis, but Opal saves the unconscious hero.

C) Kuja's next Target: Pascal- Tazz killed Jackie the Amarcian, Pascal's friend in part I, but he is now after the girl herself.

This chapter is in: Kuja and Freya Crescent's point of view.

HERE WE GO! I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING

*Chapter may contain mature material*

Last Lines before the bell

We now know all the victims we need to rescue. Luna, Francis's human friend. Talavera, Francis's human friend. Colette, my girlfriend. And finally Asuna, the main heroine of the Sword Art Online animie. The next piece of information to know is Leo's 'Francis deserves to die' behavior. I have a feeling that Leo is not the real person saying it. It's Kuja possessing Leo's body. My fear of Kuja possessing Leo is about to be handed to us.

"I also found this tape. Let me play it for you" Erika told us.

On the tape, my fear confirmed.

Tape recording

Record Date: March 2nd, 2014

During the Crescent Cup

[SCRIPT MODE]

Leo: Where am I?

Kuja: Your worst nightmare. I will make sure you will kill Francis, and Opal to make sure they can't get in the way in your relationship with Talavera.

Leo: You will never get away with this!

Kuja brings out his hypnosis eyes

(Skiping Hypnosis scene)

Kuja: You shall now kill Francis, Opal, and your 'sister' under my control.

Tape recording ends

(Lloyd's turn)

Kuja will pay. Francis, Luna, and Opal never deserved this. The only way to bring Leo back is wiping out his memories of killing Francis, and being under Kuja's control. Opal has to read this. Freya goes to her messenger.

Freya Crescent-Messenger-Reply to subject "Francis's Injuries (5)'

To: Opal

We have just found out that Leo was possessed by Kuja during the Crescent Cup. Kuja hypnotized Leo to kill you, Francis, and Opal. The only way to bring Leo back to his senses is to wipe out his memories of being possessed by Kuja. I have a feeling that Kuja is forming a plan to kill Luna and wipe her out from existence. We have to stop that.

Current Scene

A.L.O- Sylvain

Current Mission: Completed Mission 1 'Find 'Lightning Flash''

Mood: Worried (Leo possessed, Francis unconscious in RL)

Current Captain: Lloyd Irving

The team inside the game has just completed the first mission and learned that Asuna is one of the victims trapped inside the game. They also learned that Leo was possessed by Kuja during the Crescent Cup. With the team armed with the information, they move forward.

(Freya's turn)

We have just finished the first mission in the game. Im shocked to learn that Leo is possessed by Kuja. All I know is that with Kuja around, he could use Leo as bait to kill Francis, Luna, Colette, and Talavera. We have to stop Kuja as fast as possible. After completing the mission, we have received our rewards.

Rewards earned for mission 'Finding Lightning Flash'

Yud: +500

Picture of trapped victims (Key Item)

Tape recording (Key Item)

"Thank you for inviting us" We all told Erika and Diana

"Of course, it was our pleasure. Come back at anytime" Both of them told us back

We waved goodbye and headed next door back to our base. Our minds were still focused on the unconscious Francis, and our trapped victims. Oh boy, get ready for a good long game of info finding. As soon as we got inside the base, we sat down and talk about our next moves, but as we started talking, a gong sounded alerting us to a system announcement.

(Gong sound)

Female Voice: Attention all players. The maintenance staff will do bug fixes on the game. Players are not allowed to log on between 8PM tonight and 2PM tomorrow afternoon. Please log out within the next 10 minutes. Repeat announcement…

After hearing the announcement we decided to talk about the current mission on hand at home. We will also decide to visit Francis in the hospital. Everyone got to log out, but I know danger is coming…

Player- Freya Crescent- Settings- Log out

Are you sure you want to log out? Y or N

Y

Freya: Logged out at 7:50 PM (Tuesday)

LOS ANGELES, CA (RL)

Status: Team returned to base/ Francis still unconscious

Time: 8 PM Tuesday

Time since Francis's unconsciousness/Log out: 3 HR, 30 mins

We finally made it back to our base in L.A and there were blood stains on the floor. Francis was severely bleeding, and is in the hospital with Opal. My god. Kuja will pay for what he did to Leo, Francis and our fallen friends. We searched around the base for towels since we went to the bathroom, but we found a note instead from Francis saying to replace them. My answer to that is yes, and that he did not need to do this. We know he needed to use them. I kept the note as a key item. After collecting the note, we headed for the bus to get to the hospital, but along the way, my ALOMA was vibrating, signaling a message. The Message I received is for every team member in our squad. Not only that, it was filled with fear and anger.

Messenger- Freya Crescent- Read Message- Subject: "I will Kill Francis (1)"- From: ?

You shall die Francis, and once I kill you, I will erase you from existence, or in other words, erase your memory from everyone. This goes also goes for every human girl wearing shorts, shirts, and anything making their arms and legs exposed. They shall die, be eaten, and be erased from existence.

Message Sent: 8:01 PM Tuesday via in game messenger

After the team read the letter, we ran for a taxi cab near our base and raced for the hospital. No one is safe anymore with Kuja around. Even if Kuja kills human girls, I am not safe after what happened with Francis Karla Crescent. She was eaten, and erased from existence. The reason why we still remember her is because of our memory charms. I pray to god that Francis and Opal are safe.

A.L.O- Unknown Location

Time: 5 minutes ago

High in Alfheim Online is a bird cage where 4 victims are trapped inside. Kuja is holding them hostage. He wants to make sure that he kills Luna, and erases her from existence, but an unexpected surprise awaits..

(Kuja's turn)

I have finally captured Luna, the idiots human girlfriend (Francis the Snivy's). She shall die in flames along with all of the human girls that wear shorts, and a shirt. My plan is about to get underway. I decided to write down my plans to kill Francis, Luna, and the rest of the human girls.

Kuja's plans to kill Francis, Luna, etc…

**WARNING: May contain mature material**

1) Have the possessed Leo kill Opal (Failed in Chapter 4)

2) Have the possessed Leo erase everyones memories of Luna and the trapped victims

3) Kill Luna first by (Goes for all of Kuja's female victims)

a) Sucking out all blood from Luna

b) Cutting off her arms and legs (using a chainsaw)

c) Hide her torso from view (Hiding her upper body)

d) Grabbing all of Luna's traces of being human

e) Burning anything that resembles Luna as a human

(Clothes, Journals, etc)

f) Have the Zubat clan eat and digest her (including her bones)

g) Burn any last traces of her being alive

h) Erase her human name (using a special computer)

4) Kill Francis by

a) (Copied from above- flip the genders/ name)

b) Injure Francis very badly (until he can't move)

c) Take Francis to a secret location, and bring all traces of him ready to get rid of

d) Suck all blood from him

e) Burn every trace of Francis, and leave nothing of him behind

f) Erase Francis from everyones memory

g) Have the Zubat clan eat and digest Francis as food (similar to Luna)

H & I) Erase his human name and burn the last traces of him

5) Repeat process for every female victim..

(Kuja's turn)

I can finally kill them all. Time for me to log out and head for the Los Angeles Medical Center…

Los Angeles Medical Center (Real World)

Time: 8:10 PM (Tuesday)

Francis's Status: Unconscious since 4:30 PM (Tuesday)

Team Star Shine is on their way to the L.A medical center to see an update on Francis's condition. Freya knows that Kuja could just injure Francis at any point.

(Freya's turn)

After receiving a threat from an unknown source, we did not want to take our chances. Kuja is very dangerous, and if he manages to place a hand on Francis, he will pay big time. Zidane is now pulling into the medical center parking lot.

"We have to move now!" Zidane exclaimed as the team ran off the bus like kids going to Disneyland in Anaheim, CA.

The team running off the bus like kids reminds me of a vacation idea, Disneyland. I wish this was that, but Francis is unconscious, and Kuja is on his way to try to kill us. No vacation for us yet. As we walked inside the medical center, we saw a sight we did not want to see, a blood trail. I pray to god that Francis is still alive. The nurses allowed us to go to Francis's medical room located on the 4th floor. Approaching the elevator, we found more blood. Now our fear of Francis being injured is potentially coming true.

"Kuja will pay" Freya Cassandra mentioned

Freya Cassandra, Francis the Snivy's human sister, led the way outside the elevator on the fourth floor. She and the rest of us followed the blood trail. The blood is becoming very thick now. As we approached the room, we found a females headband in blood. We looked at it, and it happens to have Opal's name on it. This lead to a guess that Opal saved Francis from being injured. Our guess was right when we opened the room. Inside was the unconscious Francis, and the injured Opal. I ran to her.

"Opal! You ok!?" I yelled

"Kuja….attacked me" Opal told me in a weakening voice.

I grabbed towels to help stop the bleeding. Opal was bleeding on her arms. There was a stab area on the back of her right leg. Cassandra and I carried our friend onto the medical bed besides our unconscious hero. We called some nurses over to monitor her condition. While waiting for the nurses, we found a note on Francis's bed. What is written had fear on it. It concerned a member of the team who is on reserve.

"THE AMARCIANS SHALL DIE! (*1)PASCAL SHALL BE ERASED FROM EXISTENCE, THEN IT SHALL BE FRANCIS, LUNA, ETC ERASED FROM LIFE!" The note read.

When I arrived in the team, Pascal was in the main team. Francis made a reserve team for training purposes. Regardless where Pascal ended up, we have to save her. She lives in the Amarcian Enclave, which is located in Santa Barbara, half way between Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Our new mission, save Pascal from being erased from existence.

Next week: Chapter 7 "Zubat VS Francis I"

Francis the Snivy finally revives the next day to play A.L.O. He finds out that Pascal is in danger and tries to log out, but the Zubat Clan battles him. Meanwhile, the team outside the game is on their way to save Pascal.

Authors Notes of the day

(*1) Pascal (Tales of Graces)- Pascal made her debut in part I of the story. At that time, she was partnered with Sophie and Asbel. After Pascal's Amarcian friend Jackie died, she and the tales of Graces characters attended Jackie's funeral. After the funeral, Sophie, Pascal, and Asbel asked Francis the Snivy to put them as part of a reserve team. With them part of the reserve team, they can be called on to help.

*She makes her in story debut next chapter*