RWBY/Sword Art Online (Discontinued)

Chapter 74: A Familiar Place

In a snowy environment, Yuna sits with Eiji as a shooting star passes.

Yuna: Wow! It's amazing! Tomorrow's the big day, Eiji. The day that my dream of singing in front of a huge audience comes true.

Eiji: Are you nervous?

Yuna: Nope. I've actually sang to many people which was a small audience. I even got to enjoy myself when doing so. That's the place where I will be the number 1 diva, right?

Eiji: Absolutely. Soon you will be number 1, once and for all.

Yuna: Hey, can you read me that book again?

Eiji: Sure.

Eiji takes out the SAO Incident Report book and reads it to Yuna.

Yuna: So, where are you in this book?

Eiji: I'm not in it. Those of use who couldn't fight aren't worth remembering. I couldn't fight back then, because I was too scared.

Then, Eiji gets a call from Shigemura and the entire environment changes back into a computer room.

Eiji: Yes?

Yuna pouted a little.

Yuna: Jeez, Eiji.

Shigemura: I see that you have taken your time in your job. But we kind of have a problem. Two people are onto us, so you need to hurry.

Eiji: I understand that, sir. I have set up the plan for the final phase. You're gonna remember your promise, right?

Shigemura: Of course. A promise is a promise.

Eiji: Thank you. Also, overtime, Yuna happens to have interests other than singing.

Yuna reads a little bit of Eiji's book.

Shigemura: That's because of her self-preservation program. That must mean the plan is going further.

Eiji: Right.

Later on at night, Teams RWBY, JADE, Sapphire, and Kazuto arrive at the Treasury of Meiji Shrine. They travel along the path with their Augma's on. Yuna follows them, and the touches each of their Augma's, and then they suddenly appear in a familiar place. Everyone are in their OS avatars, and their Augma's are gone. The place shows a big palace, and a flower garden.

Sapphire: What is this place?

Yang: No idea. Looks kind of familiar though.

They spot Yuna.

Kirito: Hey, Yuna? What is this place? Is this a dream or a virtual world?

Yuna: Dreams and virtual worlds are pretty much the same thing if you think about it. As soon as you wake up, everything you thought of becomes an ephemeral memory.

David: Does that make all of that a dream?

Yuna: About you clearing the game, and returning back to the real world? If you open up your eyes, you still could be trapped in Aincrad.

Ruby: What does that mean?

Yuna: You'll find out soon enough.

Jack: You could be right about that, but maybe it's not true.

Kirito: So, it's true. You were in SAO after all. You're Tetsuhiro Shigemura's daughter, right? Why did you send me and Penny to him? What exactly did you need us to do?

Penny: More importantly, why did he steal Asuna and Klein's memories, and what is the Augma really for?

Yuna starts singing a song. Kirito gets a feeling he knows what it is.