AN: I do not own Touhou Project, Madoka Magica, or Sword Art Online.
So I had to take a small break before writing this, and by the time I actually gets up it'll probably be Friday but I'm trying to produce this while under the pressure of a couple thousand pounds of school work, and I wrote the first book in like… two months, actually less then that. But yeah I decided that this chapter is dedicated to our group in Sword Art Online, or just Aincrad, because it's not really 'online' anymore.
But without further ado.
Let the gates open.
Exploratio et Certamina
(Exploration and Combat)
(Link Start)
BGM: Sword Art Online Original Soundtrack Vol 1 01 Swordland
Team Hourai
Rumia smiled as she hit another boar with a club she had gotten as a loot drop…. The sword having appeared where a boar she had slain died, Rumia having picked it up and started using it as a bludgeon to slay more boars, slamming it into them while laughing. Behind her Wriggle had kicked a bear in the head, bouncing off of it before throwing an acorn she had picked up at it, shattering the acorn and damaging the bear before it charged at her, Wriggle jumping over it and kicking downwards, slamming her foot into the back of the bear, causing it to shatter into red sparks.
Daiyousei was hiding behind Reisen as she leveled her pistol at the beast in front of her, her ears twitching before spinning around and shooting, causing a monster that had tried to sneak up on them to explode into sparks. Spinning her pistol in a show of theatrics she pulled the trigger five times while it was spinning, each bullet hitting one of the monsters around her before she threw the pistol up into the air, ducking under a swipe from a bear before the pistol fell into her waiting grip, right at the bear's face, smirking slightly before pulling the trigger and firing the last bullet in her pistol, the bear exploding into sparks as Reisen reloaded her pistol and stuck it in her holster, Daiyousei still hiding behind her legs, looking in awe.
Kaguya on the other hand had a smile on her face as she spammed magical blasts at the creatures, blasting any that dared even come near her with colorful danmaku, smiling all the way as the group quickly advanced through the field, smashing their way through the monsters and beasts with ease.
Wriggle took to the trees, grabbing acorns out of them and throwing them at monsters, the acorns shattering into sparks whenever they hit something, the monsters having red marks where Wriggles barrages kept hitting as Rumia bashed in the beasts heads with her mace, before slamming it into another bear, causing the mace and the bear to shatter into sparks, Rumia's mouth quivering at having lost her weapon before sucking it up. She was a big girl, and she'd been training! Covering herself in an orb of darkness she flew forward, the orb itself surrounded by a shield of spinning danmaku as she rammed through the forest, slaying anything that got in her way.
Daiyousei had managed to get her hands on a small knife that one of the monsters had dropped when Reisen had killed it, holding it out in front of her quivering in fear at the boar in front of her, only for it to get shot by one of Kaguya's danmaku, the former moon princess looking at Daiyousei and smiling before going back to unleashing the might of her magic upon the digital monsters.
Reisen looked around her at the small army of beasts that was easily being destroyed as she put her hand on her holster, before smirking and bring her hand up in a finger gun, one eye closed as she aimed at the strongest looking monster. "Bang." Reisen said smirking as a red bullet shaped danmaku shot out of her finger, hitting the monster and blasting it apart as she put her fingers up to her lips and blew on them like it was a gun she had just fired. She'd been practicing for the next time she got to fight Alice.
Omega E The Reader: You know, the dangerous part of Touhou characters is their danmaku and as such any enemies coming close to them would have to get through their barrages of danmaku…so why the hell would Wriggle & Rumia even need to use acorns and a mace SPECIFICALLY to get the job done? They can just use their powers to make things much easier.
Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: Also, it took Reisen THIS long to use ANY finger gun techniques?
Sin Count: 1895
Soon enough the monsters where all dead… and a rather large amount of loot laying on the floor that was mostly ignored by Reisen… but not by anyone else as Rumia picked up a mace from the pile and smiled, Daiyousei dropping the knife she had picked up and just going back to hiding behind Reisen as Wriggle started grabbing all the knives she could from the pile and stuffing them in her pouch, Kaguya just shifting through the pile to find a good souvenir. "Are we going to go or stand here on what is clearly the easiest floor in this place and hunt boars?" Reisen said, shaking her head… might as well hop on the crazy train headed by Kaguya instead of being dragged everywhere. "Right! Let's find the way to the next floor!" Kaguya said excited, running towards a cave in the side of the cliff and followed by Rumia and Wriggle, Reisen sighing as Daiyousei floated up next to her. "This is scary." Daiyousei mumbled.
Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: The NEET is still useless.
Omega E the Reader: Most useless team. Get stronger members.
Sin Count: 1902
"Don't worry, you'll be fine." Reisen said. 'Not like she can die anyway.' Reisen thought, remembering the Fairies immortality. Together they followed the other three girls into the cave, already advancing towards the next floor of Aincrad with speed.
BGM: Roxas – Kingdom hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX
Omega E the Reader: Roxas isn't even here!
Sin Count: 1903
Patchouli, Vaati and Mokou landed on the roof of Aincrad… a small floor with only a single building, and the staircase that led down to the lower floors. The building was a small mansion… built like a catherdral. "Welp, here we are… finally." Mokou complained, it had been a long flight. "I say we enter this mansion, it's a good place to start our search." Vaati mumbled quietly, and thanks to the lack of any noise was heard as Mokou walked up to the doors of the cathedral like mansion and kicked the giant doors in.
Inside it was a giant hall, just one room with a throne on the other side, light streaming in from above. In the middle of the cathedral was a sword, planted into the stone with light gleaming off of it. "This place…" Vaati muttered, floating around observing the pillars of marble. Patchouli floating towards the throne and wiping her finger on it, not even surprised at the lack of dust, given the virtual setting of the world… but it was still ominous. "Something happened here, there's no pedestal for this sword, it's been dug into the ground." Mokou said aloud as she walked up to the sword implanted in the marble. The blade was of a crystalline sheen, the sword itself almost appearing holy… but yet it wasn't. "No need to leave something in such good condition lay here." Mokou said as she gripped the handle of the sword, Patchouli and Vaati turning to look at her as she pulled the sword's handle, struggling just a bit from how deep the sword was buried into the marble before pulling it out with little other hassle.
Mokou turned the blade around and held it in front of her like a mirror, staring into the surface of the sword and Patchouli and Vaati floated next to her. The three of them looking at the sword, and then at the throne. "It's likely whoever planted this here killed however was on that throne." Patchouli deduced. "What makes you say that?" Mokou asked as she held the sword for a moment longer, spinning it in her grip before looking at her pants pocket. "What she means is this is a game… meaning this was the final floor, the final level, and the final boss. It would be unlike for someone to just leave something like this here after going through all the other trouble this place must have put them through." Patchouli reasoned.
"Vaati, make me a sheath for this." Mokou said, ignoring Patchouli, not that Vaati was listening to Mokou. "At least someone pays attention." Patchouli mumbled as Vaati looked at Mokou. "Fine just give me a second." Vaati said, using her magic to break pieces of marble from the floor, only for red warning signs to appeared around them. "What the?" Vaati mumbled, slightly surprised as Patchouli and Mokou stood back to back with her, the warning signs flashing all around them before eventually fading, the girls staying tense for a few moments as nothing seemed to happen, Mokou holding the crystalline sword before Patchouli and Vaati sighed in relief, only for Vaati to start reeling in a coughing fit from her asthma, Patchouli breathing in and trying to clam here own rather surprised nerves.
It was then the pillars of blue light appeared, Mokou spinning around as six pillars are blue fire surrounded them, Patchouli get Vaati up and the girls going back to back again as the pillars of blue light exploded into sparks, reveling six knights off different colors armed with swords and shields.
Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: First, what the hell is that sword?
Omega E the Readerr: I don't know and I don't think Mokou NEEDS a sword.
Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: More on that later...but what just happened with the floor and the giant knights is NOT a thing in SAO!
Sin Count: 1911
BGM: Sword Art Online Original Soundtrack Vol 1 25 Fight!
Mokou ducked under the swing of the white knight as it instantly shot forward at her, Mokou jumping back and landing on the blue knight as Patchouli and Vaati took to the air. Using the sword she had in hand she stabbed the blue knight in the neck, leaving only a red mark as Mokou's eyes went wide before pulling the sword out and jumping off the knight as it swung at her to try and get her off. Holding the sword in one hand Mokou formed a fireball in the other before throwing it at the knight, the blue knight raising it's shield and blocking it as the red knight shot at her, Mokou using the crystal sword to block it's great sword, actually struggling under the knight's strength until a blast of magic hit it in the back, Vaati having shot a moon magic based laser at the red knight as Patchouli threw a trio of fire balls at the knight, slamming them into it's back as red marks appeared on it. Mokou ducking and dropping her blade from the lock to trip up the knight, the knight's sword disengaging from her's and slightly tripping the knight up as Mokou made a slash at it's head.
The blade slammed into the blue knight's neck, leaving a red mark as Mokou's eyes went blank for a moment before being bashed in face by the knight's shield and slashed at with it's sword, Mokou barely recovering enough to get just out of the way, the slash catching her pants and tearing a large hole in them, revealing her leg. The other five knights advanced on her as Patchouli and Vaati rained magic down from above, the magic leaving marks on the knights, but not big ones as the backs of the knights were being covered in red marks.
Mokou growled as she dropped the crystal sword to the floor, the blade clattering to the marble floor and laying there as Mokou raised her right hand, her nodachi made of fire forming as the seven foot monster became a solid blade on fire, Mokou holding the thing in one hand as she raised her other at the knights, a blast of flame erupting from her hand as two wings made of fire formed just above her back. The fire engulfing the knights in a cloud of fire and smoke as Mokou lowered her hand, but held her sword in the other, ready for whatever came at her.
The green knight shot out of the smoke, it's sword raised as the other knights charged at her from behind it in formation, Mokou ducking before running through the green knight with her nodachi before pulling it out and slamming an explosive tag into the knights face before kicking it back with a flame enhanced kick, snapping her finger as the green knight flew into the other knights, the tag exploding as the green knight's helmet came flying out of the fireball, charred and empty before dissolving into sparks as Patchouli and Vaati watched from above, Vaati ready for the next spell as Patchouli got ready to try and hold them down with a spell.
Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: And that pretty much sums up that shiny new sword in one scene: It's USELESS!
Omega E The Reader: Mokou can just use her powers to work her magic.
Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: Exactly. So what's the point of that sword?
Omega E The Reader: It fits the theme of swords.
Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: But it's useless and Mokou just uses that fire sword instead!
Omega E The Reader: Yeah that is stupid! Since Mokou just straight up use fire magic to deal with her foes.
Sin Count: 1918
The fireball cleared, showing the remaining five knights relatively unharmed, save for a few more red marks and sparks flying off them. Vaati flying down into the middle of them as Patchouli unleashed a metal binding spell, Metal walls being brought down on the knights that forced them towards Vaati as a blue circle of magic appeared under her, Vaati opening her eyes and unleashing her spell, the ring of magic firing off a barrage of icicles that started going through the knights, leaving them filled with red marks and holes as Vaati's spell died down, only for the immortal girl to catch a shield bash to the face, followed by a downward slash from the white knight.
Vaati was cut down the middle, on her face a pained expression as her body crumpled before exploding into light as normal, the knight turning to try and get at Mokou next only for something to bean it in the back, the white knight turning around with Vaati floating behind it, her eyes narrowed as she fired a pinpoint laser, the laser cutting off the white knight's head as Vaati floated out of the range of the other knights.
Patchouli however had three knights below her, the witch not even concerned as she raised her hand above her head and opened her spellbook, closing her eyes as she recited her spell with speed. Slamming the spell book shut she opened her eyes and pointed her hand downwards at the knights before five colored stones started floating around her, Patchouli rapid firing off five different elemental spells. Fireballs, water, earth spikes, metal spears and wooden explosives raining down on the knights… needless to say they were obliterated.
The last knight, the Black knight, stood before Mokou, the knight and the immortal facing off with each other as Mokou swung with her Nodachi at the knight, the blade of fire burning it's armor as more red sparks flickered off it, the knight charging through the fire as Mokou jumped, landing on the knight's back as it tried to charge her. Stabbing her seven foot sword through the knight Mokou jumped off of it before snapping her fingers, setting off the explosive tag she had left attached to her sword and blowing up the black knight, the bodies of the knights all dissolving as Mokou picked up the crystal sword again.
Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: And all of that because of a useless sword.
Omega E the Raader: That sucks.
Sin Count: 1924
BGM: Super Smash Bros. Gerudo Valley
Omega E The Reader: Okay. Why is there a Smash Bros music happening?
Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: Not to mention that it's directly taken from Ocarina of Time. So it's not even a Smash BGM.
Omega E The Reader: So TWO media sources!
Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: Neither of which are related to Touhou or SAO.
Omega E The Reader: What is with him and using different songs from different franchises for this fic?
Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: Probably as some kind of highlight of the crossover nature, though at least that one somewhat fits the environment.
Omega E the Reader: I can agree.
Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: Sin or no Sin?
Omega E The Reader: A sin added here.
Sin Count: 1925
"Well… that happened." Vaati muttered as she and Patchouli landed next to Mokou, who took another look at the crystal sword before handing it to Vaati… and causing her to drop it straight to the floor. "This thing is heavy." Vaati complained as Mokou ignored her. "Any idea what that was about?" Mokou asked Patchouli. "It would appear this world wasn't meant to be damaged, and a defense system will kick in if we try to break it." Patchouli said simply, rolling her eyes at the fact she had to explain the obvious. "Well there goes the easy way of doing this." Mokou muttered, having planed on just using tags to blast through floors, literally. "Help please." Vaati said quietly, dragging the crystal sword on the ground, Mokou sighing as she picked it up with one hand. "You two, both of you, have got no psychical fitness whatsoever." Mokou said, pointing the sword at both Patchouli and Vaati like a pointer before setting the blade on her shoulder and starting to walk. "Now are we going to continue our journey, or sit here twiddling thumbs." Mokou said, walking out the door as Vaati huffed slightly. "She's not wrong." Patchouli pointed out to her twin. "I know." Vaati muttered as the two of them floated after Mokou.
Following the immortal down the stair case the party of three just kept on walking as they entered a large empty room. "This is odd… what do you think this was?" Patchouli asked, looking at the room in bemusement. The room itself was marble with waterfalls cascading down the sides of the room into large streams in a basin, a large door at the other end. "It seems like some sort of hallway." Vaati said, staring the obvious. "It's a guardian room… there was a guardian or monster of some kind that was used here as a last resort to keep people out." Mokou said suddenly, Patchouli and Vaati turning to her with raised eyebrows. "How would you even know that sort of thing?" Vaati asked, it wasn't like Mokou ever played games and nothing like this was in Gensokyo. "It's called an assumption, this place is a virtual game right, their goal was to climb the castle, so something had to impede them, and this room is just before the stairs to the top, why would it be unguarded." Mokou said, stating her logic before walking over towards the door to leave the room.
"She's not wrong… again." Vaati said this time, Patchouli sighing as they floated after Mokou. "This is going to be a long trip…" Patchouli muttered. Needless to say… she wasn't wrong.
Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: That's not how it works. There is no security knights that come in when someone damages something that isn't meant to be damaged.
Omega E The Reader: Then what happens?
Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: A notice that says "Immortal Object" pops up while the object in question is left completely undamaged by the action done against it. That's it.
Sin count: 1930
Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: I am starting to wonder whenever or not we should start using a "Blatant Ignorance of Rules" Count...
BGM: Sword Art Online Original Soundtrack Vol 1 11 A strategy meeting
Back at Agil's house everyone was sitting around, waiting for Kirito to get back. It was always tense whenever someone left the house, the fear that they wouldn't return begin unheard of, but present. The front door bell rung as Asuna turned to the door. "Kirito, your back." Asuna said happily. "Guys there were people flying!" Kirito shouted, Argo, who was currently drinking some milk, spitting it out over Agil's table at hearing that as everyone else stood still for a moment. "Are you sure Kirito?" Agil said suspiciously. "Yeah did you catch their screen names or something?" Klein muttered.
Closing his eyes Kirito thought back on the three people had had seen talking. "I caught a quick look, because they were going pretty fast, but there was several things I noticed. They all seem to be girls at the very least, and two of them had long white hair, and the third one had long maroon hair, I didn't get a very good look at their outfits but one was wearing a robe, and anouther had on what looked like pants and a shirt… without armor." Kirito said. "I can understand the without armor thing, but are you sure they were people?" Agil asked, Kirito closing his eyes again. "Asuna… they didn't have cursors." Kirito said, he got enough of a long at them he should have seen a cursor, but none of them had one.
"What! Like Yui!" Asuna yelled, causing Silica and Argo to cover their ears from how loud it she was. Kiriot nodded. "Yeah… like Yui." Kirito said solemly as he remember his and Asuna's 'daughter.' "Hang on who's Yui?" Klein asked, having been left out of the loop during the whole Yui incident. "Yui… was an Ai, she was like a daughter to me and Asuna… and the Cardinal System nearly deleted her, but we saved her, but the remember that she didn't' have a cursor Asuna." Kirito said.
"So basically what your saying is that these people you saw might be Ai?" Argo asked, wrapping her head around that fact… and the new info that Kirito and Asuna had a daughter… even if she was an Ai at one point. "It's possible, but regardless I want to find them." Kirito said. "Then I'm coming with you." Asuna said, standing up and opening her menu, and using it to equip her rapier and old Knights of the Blood Oath clothing. "Don't leave us out of this Kirito." Klein complained as he stood up, flicking open his menu and equipping his own armor.
"Are you all coming?" Kirito asked, more out of concern then hope. "You think we wouldn't? there isn't anything left in this game that can give us much trouble, let alone you." Agil said heartily as she flicked open his own menu and equipped his armor and axe. "Well then, they were heading up towards the top of Aincrad, so we'll start there, see if we can find them." Kirito said as Argo, Liz and Silica equipped their own armor and clothing. "So then to the warp gate?" Liz asked, Kirito nodding as he opened the door for them to get out. "We'll start of the ninety fifth floor, that way we can head up and try to intercept them if they flew straight to the top." Kirito said, laying out his plan.
"Let's go then." Asuna said in a matter of fact tone, walking past Kirito, who followed her as everyone else followed them towards the warp gate in the center of town. 'Really Kirito, a bunch of Ai? What's so important about that?' Klein thought pessimistically, at least it was something to do. 'I sure hope you know what your doing Kirito.' Agil thought, hoping that this didn't end badly. 'We're never getting out of here… why chase after something we probably shouldn't.' Liz thought in annoyance. 'I sure hope this doesn't end badly.' Silica thought. 'Well Kirito, you're just full of surprises… might as well go along for the ride.' Argo thought. 'This could be it… we might finally get out of here.' Kirito thought, just hoping that maybe… maybe, there was a chance they could finally get out of SAO. 'I sure hope that one day we can bring Yui back safely.' Asuna thought, wanting her 'daughter' and Kirito's daughter back… maybe out of a sense of wanting a light in her life in the darkness that was them being trapped in this game.
Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: So now they're about to meet. Took them long enough.
Omega E The Reader: Yep. It took too long.
Sin Count: 1935
And so the heroes traveled to the ninety-fifth floor, someone out of boredom, someone out of loyalty, and others out of hope, but once they met the girls from Gensokyo, nothing would ever be the same again.
BGM: [Touhou]-Kaguya's Theme: Lunatic Princess ~ 2 remix
Kaguya smiled as she looked upon the floor they were on with a smile, a lunatic grin on her face as smiled at the field before them, it was a simple stage but the adventure continued. "Come on everyone!" Kaguya called to the girls before flying out into the field, watching as monsters spawned below her. Behind her the other girls all collapsed as they finally climbed the stairs out of the first floor, Rumia straight up passing out as Reisen bent her knees and breathed heavily, Daiyousei and Wriggle collapsing on top of Rumia as well, leaving the three little girls in a pile on the stairs. "Who… in their right mind… built… a cave… with twenty differ sets of stairs!" Reisen complained to no one, just wanting to complain at this point after having gone through that cave for the past five hours with Kaguya and the girls.
Omega E The Reader: They could just fly up the stairs.
Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: Yet somehow they forgot they could fly.
Omega E The Reader: I mean, flying is a VERY OP ability that not a lot of medias have. No one in SAO can fly. So why don't they use said ability while fighting enemies who can't fly?
Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: Probably utter idiocy.
Omega E The Reader: Because I can agree, right now.
Sin Count: 1939
Stupid Power Level Count: 1 (unchanged)
Big Massive Plot Hole Count: 2 (unchanged)
Unforgivable Sin Count: 2 (unchanged)
Kaguya herself had already aggravated several monsters just by landing and blasting them with magic, leading to even more mobs chasing her, and getting blasted to pixels. "I can do this all day BRING IT ON!" Kaguya yelled, happy to be able to just cut loose in this virtual world, instead of hiding from the lunar kingdom. Her boast however went unanswered due to all the mobs being dead. "Guess I win." Kaguya said happily as she looked around her for her friends. "Everyone?" Kaguya asked, spinning around, looking for everyone in the field. "Where did they go?" Kaguya wonders aloud as a field boss, a giant ram, approached her from behind, Kaguya spinning around and seeing the giant red ram infront of her, her eyes going wide for a moment as it charged at her.
Kaguya flew upwards as the Ram past under her, the former lunar princess throwing a barrage of spells at the beast with little in between. The amount of magic she was throwing out wasteful… but effective enough as the boss bleated and died, exploding into sparks as Kaguya finished her barrage. "Alright, I'm good at this!" Kaguya said aloud, laughing as an item fell from the sparks made by the death of the field boss. A small but fancy knife falling onto the ground near where Kaguya landed. Walking over to the knife she picked it up, examining it before smiling. "Well I did want a souvenir." Kaguya muttered aloud before stuffing the knife into her pocket, not like she could harm herself with it that badly.
"Now I just gotta find those girls." Kaguya said aloud… maybe she was still a bit stir crazy from being cooped up in Eintei for a long, long time. Flying back towards the stairs she saw the three past out girls, and Reisen still panting from the twenty different flights of stairs… and the entire dungeon before that. "Have you been here the whole time?" Kaguya asked, Reisen looking at her like she was crazy… which was a requirement for living in Gensokyo anyway. "You live in Eintei all the time, how are you so fit?" Reisen panted out, slightly better despite all the running. "I fight Mokou, I try to do work around Eintei, I do lots of things." Kaguya said, listing things off on her fingers as Reisen sighed, her ears drooping as Kaguya walked up to the girls and started shaking the small pile of girls. "Come on, wake up we got more exploring to do!" Kaguya said excitedly, Daiyousei falling off the top of the pile a jolting awake as Wriggle opened her eyes and rubbed them, Rumia still knocked out cold. "I think it's going to be a while before we do anything Kaguya, can't we take a break?" Reisen suggested. Huffing and crossing her arms over her chest Kaguya huffed, "Fine, let's see if we can find a town or something." Kaguya muttered as Reisen picked up Rumia and the party of five started walking again, on towards adventure and treasure.
Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: So she found a knife. I certainly hope it does anything.
Omega E The Reader: Or nothing at all…
Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: Let us see...
(Stage Clear)
AN: I'm sorry how late I am with this chapter, but it just did not want to come out, and I know I said that there would be all three worlds here, but I decided that in order to flesh out characters and the worlds that when I do a chapter, it's dedicated to that world. So yeah it's going to rotate each chapter, so next up is the goings on in Alfheim, which is a crap ton of exposition… sorry, Marisa is going to complain about that A LOT.
Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: Lots of exposition? Oh boy... As if we didn't have enough exposition already...
Omega E The Reader: Then let us go over then and see the exposition.