Chapter 32: Ordinal Scale Side Stories
(THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS MASSIVE, AND I CAN'T STRESS THIS ENOUGH, MASSIVE SPOILER FOR THE ORDINAL SCALE MOVIE. IF YOU DON'T WANT SPOILERS, YOU SHOULD STOP READING THIS AND GO WATCH IT. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.)
Kazuto (Kirito) typed some more things onto a computer screen. He was sweating like crazy. He grabbed a cloth and wiped off some of the sweat, and then he went back to work. He finally pressed the "Enter" key, and the screen showed a progress bar, reading: "Transfer: 2%". Kazuto slouched back on his chair and grabbed a bottle of water. He shot down all of the water into his stomach, and he breathed out heavily. Just then, Suguha (Leafa) walked in.
"That hard, huh?" She asked teasingly.
"No… the coding wasn't the hard part." Kazuto moaned. "It's how many times I had to do it was the hard part…"
Suguha giggled, and told her brother to go take a shower. Kazuto complied, and grabbed some fresh clothes out of his closet. He took his time in there, and came out, looking very refreshed. After getting himself together, he went outside for a quick walk. He walked down a couple of blocks, but then he received a text. It was from Asuna.
There's a boss coming in about an hour! Wanna come? – Asuna
Kazuto sighed. He knew she was referring to Ordinal Scale. It has become the latest trend lately, but he wasn't too fond of it. He still prefers the Full-Dive. But, he does compromise whenever he can. So, he just made his way back to his house. There, he grabbed his Augma, told Suguha where he'll be, and left.
His motorcycle rode down the street of his neighbourhood, and slowly entered the city. He looked around, and then found the people he was looking for.
"Hey!" Ryotaro shouted. "Over here!"
Kazuto parked his motorcycle in a safe place, and then walked over. He found Ryotaro (Klein) and his Guildmates from SAO were there. On the side, were Rika (Lisbeth) and Keiko (Silica) talking together, and Asuna walking over.
"Ready to get this boss?" Ryotaro asked.
"Well… more or less…" Kazuto admitted.
"C'mon, dude!" Ryotaro whined. "Where's the energy?"
"Sorry." Kazuto replied. "I've just been busy all day…"
"Don't worry!" Asuna smiled. "This should be enough to get you back on your feet!"
Just then, all the other people around began to get up and preparethemselves. And then, they were yelling something.
"That's our cue!" Rika exclaimed.
"Let's do it!" Keiko complied.
Kazuto sighed, and then, everyone around them yelled the same thing.
"Ordinal Scale, On!"
Then, all of their bodies pixelated. And then the pixlation ended. Their outfits looked different. Kirito was in wearing a white jacket with black pants and shoes, and a sword sheathed on his back. Asuna was also wearing a white jacket, only hers go down a bit past her waist and is with red. She was wearing black leggings, so that's something. Everyone else around them were different as well.
Then, the surrounding area also changed. It changed from a thriving city and into a more past-looking suburban area, something you would see in like Skyrim.
Then, in front of them, a large something also pixelated into the battlefield. A large monster had spawned. It seemed to resemble a scorpion, and it was drooling its green saliva everywhere.
"Well, that's one ugly boss." Klein commented.
"Makes him more worth to beat!" Liz cheered.
Behind the monster, a small drone flew in. It projected something, and then, the rising pop-star, Yuuna appeared. All of the guys, except Kirito, of course, all slightly blushed.
"Everyone, ready?" Yuuna called. "Music: Start!"
Then, the background music kicked in, and the Boss monster began to attack. All of those who had firearms pulled back and rained fire upon it. Those with swords and knives charged in head on. For example, Klein and his Guildmates jumped up and slashed the tail. The monster would then just swat them away, giving Asuna, Silica, and Liz an opening to go for its head. But, it was fruitless, as the monster used its claws to protect its head. He then grabbed hold of them, and threw them, Liz and Silica landed roughly, but Kirito managed to catch Asuna.
"Thanks!" Asuna said.
"You're welcome." Kirito smiled.
"Why does she get special service?" Liz pouted.
But there was time to answer that question, as the Monster sent a shockwave powerful to send all of the players back.
"I don't think this was going to go down easy, man!" shouted one of Klein's Guildmates.
"Oh, really? What was your first clue?" Klein yelled sarcastically.
Just then, an Ordinal Scale player walked in right past them. He bumbled his way around them, careful not to step on any of them.
"Sorry…" He said as he hobbled along. "Oops, sorry… sorry… just making my way over to the monster… sorry…"
When he finally made it, he was ready. He cracked his fists, and then his neck.
"Hey!" Liz called. "Get back! You can't take on the whole thing by yourself!"
"Watch me, Rika." Said the player.
The Player stepped forward a couple paces, and then stopped.
"Wait, how do you know my name?" Liz asked.
That question, on the other hand, was answered. The Player then put on something onto his waist, and pulled out something out of his pocket. It was blocky, almost like a brick of some kind. He stretched it out, and pressed the button on it. The SAO gang immediately recognized who this was.
MAXIMUM MIGHTY X!
A gold game area spread all over the area. The players behind the SAO gang were surprised by what they saw. Even Yuuna stopped singing to see what was going on.
"Let's play, shall we?" The player smiled.
He then posed, and then inserted the object onto the belt.
MAXIMUM GASHATTO!
No more hiding. The player standing in front of everyone was none other than the Genius Gamer M, AKA Kamen Rider Ex-Aid, Emu Hojo.
"Max Dai Henshin!" He called.
He then opened up the Driver.
GACHANN! LEVEL MAX!
SAIDAIKYUU NO POWERFUL BODY! DARIRAGAN! DAGOZUBAN!
Emu transformed into Kamen Rider Ex-Aid Level 2 body, and then the large object appeared over him, with the pair of eyes glowing.
SAIDAIKYUU NO POWERFUL BODY!
Emu looked up, and then he slammed down the Ex-Aid on the Gashat.
MAXIMUM POWER! X!
The object then ate Ex-Aid. The arms and legs sprouted forth again, and then Ex-Aid's head popped up. After a brief pause, the giant Ex-Aid landed on the ground with a thud, shaking the ground a bit.
The monster doesn't seem fazed. It just roared, and then ran towards Ex-Aid.
"You asked for it, pal." Ex-Aid chuckled.
He then ran forward against the monster, and landed a critical punch onto its head. The monster was thrown from in front of him and into the the wall, right behind it.
"Should… we help?" Liz asked.
"I… think he's got it." Kirito muttered.
Hiro was walking home after a quick pitstop at a local convenience store. He had picked up some cup ramen, and was on his way home. He passed by some teenagers who were chatting away about some Boss that appeared in town.
"These kids and their games…" He muttered.
He walked on, and was stopped by a shadowy figure. He was in purple and black, and his hair was silver.
"Who are you?" Hiro asked outloud.
The figure didn't respond. He just looked up with the coldest eyes ever.
"Guess talking won't work." Hiro said.
He then set down his workbag and his cup ramen, and then dusted himself off. He then put his Augma on from his pocket and got ready.
"Ordinal Scale, On!" He called.
His body pixelated and gave him the garments he had in ALO, keeping the same colors of blue. He looked up and saw that the figure was also in Ordinal Scale mode. He noticed that his Rank was 2, and his name was Eiji.
'The Number 2 Ordinal Scale player, huh…?' He thought.
Just then, Eiji darted forward, with his sword out. Hiro quickly dodged, and quickly put on his Gamer Driver.
"No signs of a Bugster out of him…" He observed. "But I have no choice!"
He then pulled out two of his Gashats, and then pressed it.
TADDLE QUEST!
DRAGO KNIGHT HUNTER! Z!
Both game area spread all over the area, and it stopped Eiji on his next attack. The Dragon from Drago Knight Hunter Z appeared and it just swatted Eiji, but it did not throw him off balance.
"Proceeding to Level 5." He said. "Henshin!"
He then inserted both of his Gashats into the Gamer Driver.
GASHATTO! GASHATTO!
He then opened the Driver up.
GACHANN LEVEL UP!
TADORU MEGURU! TADORU MEGURU! TADDLE QUEST!
A GACCHA!
D-D-DRAGO! KNI-KNI-KNI-KNI~GHT! DRA! DRA! DRAGO KNIGHT HUNTER! Z!
Hiro transformed into his Kamen Rider Brave Level 2 form, and then the Dragon attached its respective parts onto him. Eiji took a moment to observe his opponent.
"So… the rumors are true…" He whispered. "Brave…"
After that brief pause, the two attacked each other again.
Taiga scowled as he walked down the street. He couldn't believe what he was carrying inside his bag right now: A bag of potato chips, some sodas, batteries, a pack of pencils, and a notebook. Nico had sent him on an errand. The annoying kind. Taiga looked at his phone, and saw that he had one more thing to pick up. A pack of Twizzlers from a candy shop that she always went to. Taiga didn't want to bear with this any longer, so he just decided to make a run for it. He slid across parked cars' hoods, and he even pushed some people past him.
He took a break by a small neighbourhood. He was almost close to his destination. He dropped the bag, and then something unexpected happened. He was grabbed by some thugs who threw him into a dead-end alley. There were three thugs in total.
"Well, well, well…" muttered one of them. "What do we have here?"
"Quiet, you!" scolded another one. "The big bro needs to talk with him!"
The 'big bro' slouched down to pick up Taiga by his shirt. He then set him down.
"What do you want, punk?" Taiga asked.
"What do you think we want, punk?" The big bro asked. "We want money, duh!"
Taiga scoffed. He then used his legs to propel himself out of the big bro's grasp. He back-flipped back onto his feet, and the other two thugs caught their big bro.
"Big bro!" They both called. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, you idiots!" the big bro scoffed.
Taiga dusted himself off.
"Now, are we done here?" He asked condescendingly. "I have something I have to do."
The thugs then gathered together, and then they all surrounded Taiga.
"Ordinal Scale, On!" They all yelled.
Taiga sighed as he also yelled the same thing. The thugs were then armed with a sword, a spear, and a flail, all respectively for one thug.
"We beat you, you haver no other choice, but to give you your money!" The lower thug declared.
"Do really want to mess with me?" Taiga asked again.
He then used that oppurtunity to put on his Gamer Driver.
"Fancy belt…" The big bro commented.
Taiga then pulled out the Gashat Gear Dual β.
"Tell you what!" The big bro called. "We'll take your money, and your fancy items!"
"Good plan, big bro!" agreed the other two thugs.
Taiga sighed.
"Very well." He complied. "If you want to see your graves…"
"Get him!" The big bro shouted.
Then, all three of the thugs jumped at Taiga. He didn't seem to mind, as he only twisted the knob downward.
BANG BANG SIMULATIONS!
I'M READY! FOR BATTLESHIP!
The small battleship appeared over his head, and it rained fire upon the the thugs, putting them back down onto the ground.
"What the hell?!" The big bro shouted
I'M READY! FOR BATTLESHIP!
"Phase 50." He said. "Henshin."
He inserted the Gashat into the Driver, and then opened it.
DUAL GASHATTO!
GACHANN! DUAL UP!
SCRAMBLE DA! SHUTSUGEKI! HASSHIN! BANG BANG SIMULATION! HASSHIN!
Taiga then transformed into his Kamen Rider Snipe Level 2 form, and then the small battleship attached itself onto his torso. That just stunned all of the thugs, making them all wide-eyed.
"Mission start." He announced.
Poppy silently hummed the Ex-Aid theme to herself. She was excited. She was finally in the real world. She was swinging her legs on a ledge of some wall. She stood up, and jumped down. She flashed a bright pink light, and then she grew into her human size. She was in a yellow and white fluffy dress, and pink leggings that went into her skirt. She also had yellow heel boots. Her hair was short, but a bright pink.
"Alright!" She cheered. "Time to do some exploring!"
She then trotted along, clicking her heels along the way. She saw every store, every light, and every car that strolled by. While she was fascinated, she felt alone.
"Emu's off beating that boss…" She sighed.
She went into an anime-depression state, and accidentally ran into someone.
"Oh!" She said. "I'm sorry!"
"No, no, it's quite alright." Said the man. "However, you are quite beautiful."
Poppy looked up, and then stared at the man confusingly.
"Eh?" She muttered.
The man then gave her a business card. It was pink, and had large extravagant words. Poppy just took it cautiously, and read it.
GENM CORPORATION CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER: AMAGASAKI REN
After reading that, Poppy was flabbergasted.
"Wait, you're the new president?!" She asked hastily.
Ren chuckled, and then grabbed Poppy's hand.
"My motto is "I love you for the entire world.", my dear." He announced.
"What brings out here, if you don't mind me asking?" Poppy asked.
"Well, we are currently in the development of a new game." Ren explained. "However, we are currently unable to find an artist who would sing it for us."
"Sadly… no one had come to the audition…" Ren sighed. "It is now only a matter of time before we go bankrupt…"
"Bankrupt?!" Poppy spluttered.
"We are betting everything we've got on this new game of ours." Ren continued. "If we don't continue development soon, we won't be able to make new profits!"
"No… I can't allow that!" Poppy exclaimed.
"Thank you for the support." Ren said. "But, what kind of connection do you have with the company?"
"Well…" Poppy suttered. "GENM Corp. is actually my home."
"Home, you say?" Ren said.
"Well, I'm actually a Bugster from DoReMiFa Beat, a game that GENM Corp created." Poppy admitted.
Ren took a few moments to take it in, and then smiled.
"Well, that would explain that irresistible attire you are sporting." He said.
Poppy cringed at that saying, but she went along with it.
"With that said though…" Ren went on.
Ren then twirled and handed Poppy a rose.
"How would you like to sing the theme song?" He asked.
Poppy took a moment to process this.
"Ehhhhhhhhhhhh?" She yelled.
"I assume that's a yes?" Ren asked. "As you are from a rhythm game, you must love music."
"Well…" Poppy struggled to find words. "Singing a theme song is just out of nowhere…"
"You wish to save your home, no?" Ren asked.
"Well, yes!" Poppy answered quickly.
"Then…" Ren said with his voice slightly altering. "You will help us with our cause… yes…?"
Poppy then paused and suddenly became entranced or something. She stared at Ren's eyes until she heard snap coming from Ren's fingers. Her eyes then became pink.
"Now… let me hear it…" Ren said with his voice completely changed. "Your lovely voice…"
Poppy then smiled.
"Okay!" She declared.
Meanwhile, some other people were gathered around, with Ordinal Scale on. They were flipping their weapons around and were raring to get going. Just then, the boss spawned. All of the players flipped their weapons around, getting pumped up. Some were looking around for Yuuna to show up. But, instead of her, Poppy appeared instead.
"Hi, everyone!" She called waving. "Sorry, but Yuuna couldn't make it today!"
Some players groaned with disappointment.
"But, I'll be performing for you guys today!" She called.
Some players then perked up. They were whispering some things, such as "She's pretty cute." And "Can she really sing?"
Just then, the music kicked in. Everyone got a slight boost in their abilities, but it was a tiny bit more than what Yuuna usually gives. The boss roared, and then she began to sing.
(Cue PEOPLE GAME)
Kanae rareru yume bakari de
Afureteta DAYS
Itsumo miteta wonderland
Ima wa doko ni aru no?
The thugs continued their attack on Snipe, but Snipe was having none of that. He would pick up a thug and shoot him. He would then throw him into another thug to shoot again. The Big Bro jumped for a sneak attack, but Snipe's shoulder cannons flipped around and shot him out of the air. Snipe then picked him up by his back collar and then threw him into the other two thugs. He then rained fire on them again.
"Whyyayadda…" The Big Bro spluttered. "Fight us with swords!"
"I have zero reason to get close to you." Snipe replied calmly. "And besides, I don't want your stench on me."
He then raised his cannons and fired them again.
Kimi no naka ni kizamareteru
Arifureta BEAT
Motto volume agete
Ano hi no data load shite
Miyou yo
Tachi...aga...ru denshi on to
Kasa...naru...mune no kodou
Atsuku naru vibration
Brave was standing still in a blocking position. Eiji was doing a number on him. As Eiji can only be seen as a mere blurr, it is hard to land a critical hit on him. And he tried, swining his blade and firing the Energy blasterHowever, one hit was able to get Brave off of his feet, and then with one more slash, Brave landed on his stomach.
"So this is the power level of the Rank Number 2 of this game…" He muttered.
He then dodged an incoming stab attack from Eiji. He rolled away, and then kicked Eiji away. Brave looked for things that might help him, and then he noticed two Energy Items that might help him.
"This might even the playing field!" He thought aloud.
He quickly ran towards them and received their power ups.
SPEED UP! INVISIBLE!
He then disappeared into thin air. Eiji stopped his attack.
"What…?" He muttered.
He then felt several attacks. He felt a slash on his back, an energy blast to his chest, and then a kick to his side. And with one final slash, Eiji fell on his back. Just then, Brave came into view again. He flicked his wrist, and then continued his attack.
Ugokidase PEOPLEGAME
Kono sekai HEROGAME
Kakemeguru idenshi no senritsu ninotte
Maiagare PEOPLEGAME
Sono tsubasa HEROGAME
Itsuka mita risou no jibun koete
Kagayaku mirai e
Ex-Aid landed one more punch on the Boss's face. He then slashed its claws away, and then kicked it square in the face. The Boss skidded on the ground. It roared at Ex-Aid, and then bolted towards him.
"Oh, shut up already!" He shouted.
He then landed a clean uppercut right on the Boss's jaw. The Boss flipped into the air, making all of the players behind him drop their jaws.
"Whoa…" Klein said.
"And I thought he was good in ALO…" Liz commented.
Even Kirito was amazed. Even he couldn't take on a Boss like that alone.
Mabuta no oku yaki tsuiteru
Akogareta SCENE
Semete kocchi muite
"Ima" ni focus shite
Miyou yo
Meni...utsu...ru shinrabanshou
Tsuna... garu... shikou kairo
Azayaka na imagination
The crowd of players that Poppy was singing for was getting more pumped by the minute. Now, the comments they were saying ranged from "Wow, she's really hot!" to "Keep up the singing!" and "You're awesome!" Poppy got more and more happy as she kept on singing.
Ugokidase PEOPLEGAME
Kono sekai HEROGAME
Kimi ga iru haikei mo stage ni kawaru
Maiagare PEOPLEGAME
Sono tsubasa HEROGAME
Itsuka mita risou no jibun koete
Kagayaku mirai e
Snipe finally pushed the thugs into the furthest wall on the alleyway. He finally pinned them. Elsewhere, Brave also managed to get Eiji down on his knees. And again, Ex-Aid flipped the Boss around. It was vulnerable.
"Alright…" Snipe said to the thugs. "Now I can teach you all a lesson simultaneously."
"I don't know what your deal is…" Brave said to Eiji, pulling out the Drago Knight Hunter Z Gashat. "But I'm putting you down here."
"Let's end this, shall we?" Ex-Aid said, pulling out the KeySlasher and the Maximum Gashat.
Snipe closed his Gamer Driver up, and then aimed his cannons at the thugs.
GACHANN! KIMEWAZA!
Brave inserted the Gashat into the slot next to the belt. He pressed the button and picked up two more Energy Items.
GASHUNN! GASHATTO! KIMEWAZA!
MUSCLE UP! BUNSHIN!
Ex-Aid then inserted the Maximum Gashat into the KeySlasher. But before that, he pressed the yellow button on the weapon. As he did that, all of the other Ordinal Scale players, other than our main characters, charged in, trying to get the last kill.
ZU-KYU-KYU-KYUN!
MAXIMUM GASHATTO! KIMEWAZA!
"P-P-Please, wait!" The Big Bro thug said. "Can we talk this out?!"
Snipe scoffed, and then just opened his Driver again.
GACHANN!
BANG BANG CRITICAL FIRE!
Snipe then pulled the trigger, and all of his cannon barrels fire a shell, packed with enough strength to level the area. The area that the thugs occupied were consumed by explosions. When the smoke cleared, the thugs stood up groggily.
"You… will… regret this…" They all said.
Snipe scoffed.
"Boo." He said suddenly.
The thugs then high-tailed it down the street. Snipe just saw them off, and then he just walked back to pick up his bag, cancelling out in the process.
GACHANN! GASHUNN!
Brave got into his final stance. Then, Brave started to send out mirage clones all around him, making a circle, and subsequently trapping Eiji inside.
DRAGO KNIGHT CRITICAL STRIKE!
Then, all of the Braves then slashed their sword arm and energy cannon arm in an X-shape, sending a powerful attack at Eiji from all directions. When the smoke cleared, the Braves all dissipated and there was only one Brave again. However, Eiji was gone.
Brave looked around, to see if Eiji was around, and then, he just picked up his bag, cancelled out, and went on his way.
GACHANN! GASHUNN!
Hiro then exited Ordinal Scale, and then he just went on his way. Behind a pillar, Eiji was panting.
"Guess he's going to be a bit harder…" He panted.
All of the Ordinal Scale players clambering over each other to get the final kill. But Ex-Aid never gave them the chance.
MAXIMUM MIGHTY CRITICAL FINISH!
Ex-Aid pulled the trigger, sending out a large energy blast. The blast landed on the monster with the force of a wrecking ball, destroying it instantly. All of the players were disappointed, but at least they got a lot of bunce. Ex-Aid cancelled out and reverted back to his Ordinal Scale player form.
GACHANN! GASHUNN!
"You guys beat the monster within time!" Yuuna cheered. "You all get points!"
She then floated down to players levels.
"However, the one who dealt the final blow will get 10,000 points, and a kiss from me!" She added.
Yuuna walked over to Emu. And, with a smirk, she planted a small peck on Emu's cheek. Emu blushed intensely, making everyone jealous.
"Congratulations!" She said. "You're today's MVP!"
She then began to pixelate away.
"Well, then! See you around!" She smiled.
After Yuuna had gone, Emu walked towards the SAO gang.
"You lucky son of a gun!" Ryotaro teased, nudging him.
Emu chuckled and rubbed the back of his head.
Meanwhile, Poppy had gone up to the final person that killed the Boss in her area. She did the things that Yuuna would do, rewarding points and kissing the player that killed the boss. And then, she pixlated back next to Ren. He was quite pleased with what he saw.
"From now on…" He said again in his altered voice. "You are our diva…"
Then, the two both pixelated away, with no one knowing where they went…
(The Final Battle)
At this point, Kirito, Lisbeth, Silica Agil and Sinon are in the AR world, in the 100th floor of Aincrad, Swort Art Online. They had bashed and smashed, hacked and sacked, and even slashed, but this Boss Monster was almost impossible to defeat. Shortly after, Asuna had joined. Everyone paused for a bit to help her. Sinon continued sniping to distract the Boss. The Boss then turned its attention toward her, and she swung her sword at her.
"Sinon! Look out!" Kirito shouted.
Sinon looked up to see the sword of the Boss commeting down towards her. She braced herself, but then, several energy blast impaced the sword, cuasing the Boss to pull the sword away.
"What the…? "Sinon muttered.
"Y'know, you could try and dodge." Said a voice.
She turned around and saw a familiar looking neon Kamen Rider.
BANG BANG SIMULATIONS!
Snipe just casually walked over next to Sinon.
"Snipe…" Sinon muttered.
"Now, don't worry." Snipe retorted. "It ain't just me."
Sinon looked puzzled. Then, out of nowhere, her old friends from GGO appeared one by one. They were all shooting bullets and rounds at the Boss.
The SAO players down below were confused by what was going on. But then, Leafa and Yui flew in from above.
"Kazuto! Sorry for the wait!" Leafa called.
"Mommy! Daddy!" Yui called. "I brought everyone!"
Then, one by one, all of the other ALO players flew in. Players such as Sakuya, Alicia, and even Eugene came. Others included Klein and Recon. And another Kamen Rider joined them.
TADDLE QUEST!
DRAGO KNIGHT HUNTER! Z!
Brave also flew down and landed right in front of the SAO gang.
"Let's get this over with." He said.
"Brave…!" Asuna said.
Brave stood up, and just slashed the Boss's sword away.
"Where's the intern…?" He whispered.
And then, after all of the SAO players and Sinon got their old Avatar selves, they continued fighting the Boss. However, when the Boss was recovering HP, they heard a small something.
Saidai kyu no powerful body…
"Wait…" Kirito started. "Is that…?"
Dairagan! Dagozuban!
Then, they all realized it. Something was coming.
"Everyone!" Kirito shouted. "Get clear!"
"Why?" Agil asked.
"Don't ask! Just do it!" Asuna shouted as well.
Then, in a split second, a familiar giant landed a perfect punch onto the Boss's head, taking one full bar of its HP.
MAXIMUM POWER! X!
Ex-Aid then landed right in front of the Boss's feet, gazing up.
"Wow." He commented. "That's some boss."
"Hey!" Liz called. "Beat it first, then awe about it!"
Then, the rest will go on like it did in the movie. Everyone is attacking the Boss with everything they got. And thanks to the assistance of the Riders, the Boss was taken down a lot more quickly. The gunmen were wearing down the Boss slowly. And anytime it would begin to heal, Snipe would order a full-frontal bullet rain, giving it no time to recover. Then, Brave and the ALO Generals led the first attack, then switching off to the SAO players. Ex-Aid assisted them by launching Kirito and Asuna at the Boss, and he lended the KeySlasher to Kirito. And, in no time at all, the Boss was defeated, and thus leading to the conclusion of the movie.
However, there is more. There are several stories that were left untold until now.
Pallad…
Eiji ran down the parking lot. Since his main power source was ripped off by Kirito, he has no way of defending himself against the monster that his partner had sent. He had been managing to stay out of the monster's grasp, but it was of no use. He finally stopped when he was face-to-face with a wall. He turned around and saw that the monster was about to "kill" him. But before it could, it took an attack to its back.
"Well, aren't you a cranky one?" teased a voice.
Both the monster and Eiji looked at the direction where the voice came from. There stood a blue Rider, who was casually had his hands on his waist. It was Para-DX.
"Let's tone it down, shall we?" He said.
He raised his hands, and a bunch of Energy Items gathered in front of him. He shuffled them around until he found the ones he needed.
"Normally, overkill is not my thing…" He muttered, selecting the Items. "But… I'll make an exception."
MUSCLE UP! SPEED UP! METALIZE! BUNSHIN! JUMP POWER-UP! INVISIBLE!
Para-DX then pulled out his Gashat. Twisting the knob back and forth, he then inserted back and got ready for the finisher.
KIMEWAZA! DUAL GASHAT!
PERFECT CRITICAL COMBO!
Para-DX turned invisible, confusing the monster. Then, the monster experienced all kinds of damage all over his body. It all happened simultaneously, so the monster never got the chance to fight back. Then, with one final roundhouse kick, the monster exploded into shards of glass.
Para-DX returned into view, and then looked at Eiji.
"Huh." He scoffed. "And I thought the number 2 player of this game was promising."
He then said one more thing before he disappeared.
"Guess not everyone's a winner." He said.
Eiji was confused. He had just met two Kamen Riders. But he decided to keep this to himself, not knowing what he can do with that kind of information.
Pallad later found himself in some kind of storage facility. He had the BugVisor in his hand. He raised it into the air, and spewed out eight clouds of the Bugster virus. They all took the shape of the following Bugsters: Salty of Mighty Action X, Alhambra of Taddle Quest, Revol of Bang Bang Shooting, Motors of Bakusou Bike, Gutton of Gekitotsu Robots, Kaiden of GiriGiri Chambara, Vernier of Jet Combat, and Charlie of Shakariki Sports.
"What in the world…?" Salty muttered.
"Hm…" Alhambra whispered.
"Unable to verify location." Revol and Gutton said together.
Motors, Kaiden, Vernier, and Charlie just looked around. Pallad chuckled, and then he pointed the BugVisor to his side. It spewed out another cloud of the Bugster virus, and it took form again. However, it took the form of a familiar face. He was shocked by what happened.
"Pallad!" Graphite spluttered, looking around him. "What happened?"
"Well, I didn't tell Genmu this…" Pallad replied. "But, since you already achieved your complete form, you can be revived at any time."
Graphite thought about it, then smiled.
"So… this must be the puzzle you were talking about." He admitted.
"Bingo!" Pallad cheered.
He then looked around.
(Cue Excite! here)
"Is this everyone?" He asked.
"Not yet…" said a seductive voice.
Everyone turned and saw Ren enter with Poppy by his side. He gently pulled her towards them.
"We now have our final player." Ren said.
Poppy smiled.
"I'm home!" She said.
Pallad was beyond happy right now. He then pulled out he blank green and black Gashat he had got from Genmu and raised it high.
"This is our world now, boys!" He declared.
All of the Bugsters are smiled in unison, all agreeing with what's about to go down. Pallad then turned to the crowd, and pressed the Gashat. All of the Bugsters, including Graphite and Poppy, were all absorbed into the Gashat. They took the spots on what appeared to be a Charater Selection screen. Pallad looked at the Gashat, as the Gashat finally got its box art and its functions activated.
"Kamen Rider Chronicle…" Pallad announced finally. "New Game: Selected!"