No one's POV
Currently, Sora was standing at the bridge at the venue park where he and Asuna had participated in the SAO event boss yesterday as he was using his normal attire cloths.
He was watching an MMO stream as it about the SAO boss appearing in the Ordinal Scale event. About the book that records everything about everything that happened inside SAO. And how people started using more and more of AR instead of VR. And how Yuna's concert that will starting in 3 days.
Rio: Hi, Papa! Good morning...
Sora: Good morning sweetie...
Rio: Um, where are we?
Sora: This is the battlefield me and Aunty played on last night. I did invite Mama to join us, but it appears she couldn't make it yesterday.
Rio: You're putting a lot of effort into this game, huh?
Sora: Nah... Not really.
Rio then started snooping around the calendar screen that was appearing on Sora's Augma and saw that the 4th of May, there was an event.
Rioi: Is it something special on that day?
Sora: Yeah, I promise Mama to take out to watch the sunset and meteorite.
Rio: Oooo! That sounds fun! Can I go too?! Can I?!
Rio started talking lively and very excited as both her parents were going to watch the sunset and meteor showers and Sora just smile at her.
Sora: Of course...
Rio: Yay... I'm gonna wear something cute! And Papa, can you show me some of your moves that you used on Ordinal Scale?!
Sora: Sure...
Sora then grabbed his Augma stick.
Sora: Ordinal Scale: Activate!
Entering his Ordinal Scale character, Zora drew his sword from his scabbard and started doing some moves in front of Rio.
Rio: Wow! What a nice form...
Zora: This is the one of the kendo moves that Sugu taught me. But maybe if I...
Zora then tried to do a backflip slash, but when he turns around, he bump into someone with a white hood.
Zora: Oh, I'm sorry...
Zora went to helped her up, but his hand phased through hers and he looked at her confused and she acted like she was picking something.
Zora: Um... Have I seen you somewhere?
The girl then got up and looked at Zora and he managed to clearly see her face which he looked surprised to who it was.
Zora: Yuna?
Yuna: Zo-kun...
Zora: Yuna I...
Before he could talk to her, she just looked away and pointed her hands towards something in the distance and mutter a few words and then disappeared and Zora took off his Augma to see if she was still there, but wasn't and put his Augma back on.
Zora: Did you see that, Rio?
Rio: Yes.
Zora: She doesn't have a NPC tag.
Rio: She wasn't a player either.
Zora: Is she some kind of AR ghost or an AI?
Rio: No, Papa. And the way she moves her lips, she was saying "look for" but that's all I could tell.
Zora: I see...
Zora then looked down saddened and her started remembering the incident that happened to them while they were at SAO.
(Flashback)
Zora, and two other player, one boy and one girl are currently traveling through the dungeon as the girl in front of him just finishes one of the monsters and level up.
Girl: Hey did you see that, Zo-kun?! I leveled up!
Zora: Yeah, you sure did.
Zora then looked towards the boy and saw that he was wearing a KOB fighting cloths but his whole body was shivering in fear.
Zora: Hey, just take it easy. You'll get over your fear, I can guarantee it.
Girl: Yeah, Ei-kun. The three of us will get through it together!
(Timeskip)
After venturing deeper inside the dungeon, Zora and his two other comrade saw a hidden room with a treasure chest in the center of it and the girl started getting excited.
Girl: Hey look! A treasure chest! Let's see what's inside...
The girl then ran inside while the boy still stood there unable to moves while Zora still looked skeptical until he realized that it was a trapped.
Zora: No wait! It's a trap, don't open that-
As soon as the girl opened the treasure chest, the door suddenly closed down trapping Zora and the girl inside leaving the boy outside and over a hundreds monsters started appearing and both Zora and the girl looked completely shocked.
Zora: Oh no!
Zora started fighting against them while rushing over the girl trying to protect her, but he was blocked by dozens of monsters standing in front of him.
Zora: Get out of my way!
Just as he barely broke through, he saw the girl in front of her who was defending herself, got hit from behind and her HP reaches zero and Zora's eyes widened completely and utterly shocked.
Zora: YUNA!!!
Yuna: Zo-kun...
Zora tried to reached out for her and and she just smile and mutter a few words and disappeared.
Zora:...
(Present)
Rio: Papa?
Zora then was snapped out of his thought and looked at his daughter who is looking at him worried.
Zora: Oh sorry. What is it...?
Rio: Is it just me? Or do you and that ghost girl just now know each other.
Zora: Um well. I'm not sure... She just looks familiar...
Suddenly, Sora felt someone tap his shoulder and he turned around and saw Kotone standing behind him wearing her casual cloths.
Kotone: Good morning...
Sora: Morning...
(Timeskip)
After meeting up with Kotone, the two of them just had some time together and Kotone apologized for not being able to participate in yesterdays event and Sora just told her that its fine. And the two of them got a message from Yui and Rio telling them that they want to discuss something about Ordinal Scale and everyone then met up at Kirito and Asuna's house as both Yui and Rio were going over the SAO boss location.
Rio: We have something to show everyone.
Rio and Yui then showed the first location, which at Akihabara.
Yui: So far, when a boss monster that appeared on an event, is always been at 9pm. This is the location, Papa, Mama, Uncle, and Aunty fought Kagachi the Samurai Lord two days ago.
Rio then showed the next location which was at Yoyogi park.
Rio: And this is the location that Papa and Aunty fought last night. Let me plot the location where the other nine boss monsters showed up. And if we add the map of old Aincrad on top...
By aligning the spawn points of the Old Aincrad bosses in the city with the position of their bosses room in Aincrad, Yui and Rio showed Zora and the ithers the same location where the boss appears in both Real and SAO.
Liz: No way... The place where the boss monsters appeared overlap with the dungeon in Old Aincrad.
Yui: The Admin seems to pick open spaces in the city. With coordinates that overlaps with the dungeons. With this, we can make certain predictions.
Yui then zoom in on the map and showed a location.
Rio: For examples. We anticipate that tonight at nine, one will appear at Yebisu Garden Place in Shibuya!
Both Zora and Kirito looked at the maps with concern in their eyes. Concerned that something might go wrong, and Zora started thinking about the place that Yuna who appeared on just now at the park and the place that she pointed at.
Silica: Well... if we know the name of the place, we can go too.
Asuna: Won't your parents mind if you're out that late?
Liz: Mine won't... As long as I'm hanging out with you guys...
Philia: Same goes for me. We all could have some late night fun....
Sinon: Well... Have fun guys, I have work tonight so I can't make it.
Sinon then looked at Kirito and Zora.
Sinon: What about the both of you? Are you gonna go to this one?
Zora: Nah... The two of us can't go this time. I'm spending time with him so I could get him to do some physical training. His body is all rusty...
Kirito then looked down.
Kirito: Ugh... Please anything but that...!
Zora: No! I'll make sure you work out this time...!
Kirito looked down and the rest just smile at them and laugh. They could see the bonds between Zora and Kirito were close as they knew each other the longest.
Kirito: By the way... Where is Klien...?
Yuuki: Who knows... He's probably in Ordinal grinding tickets or something...
Asuna: You know... Me and Zora saw him last night right before the battle started, but I don't think he actually ever joined it.
Zora: He was waiting for his other member to show.
Sinon: What sucks about AR battles, is that you have to go to an actual place to participate.
Rio: Oh, speaking of going places, we should all planed up to go when we'll meet up to go see the sun set.
Yui: Yeah, and the meteor shower too!
The other girls, other than Asuna and Philia looked confused and Zora quickly grabbed them and put one finger on his lips telling them to shut up.
Zora: Shh...
Zora then brought Yui and Rio outside while everyone inside other than Kirito planned out on when to meet up on the oncoming Ordinal Scale.
Zora: Rio, Yui, Me and Kirito want to keep the meteor shower and the sunset a secret from the others...
Rio: Oh... We're so sorry.
Zora: Its fine, and about the boss location the both of you got, could you send it to my phone later on.
Yui: Of course, we'd be happy to!
(Timeskip)
After logging out from ALO, Sora contacted Andrew to tell him if he knows about Klien's whereabout and he was currently, cooking lunch for him and Kazuto, while Kazuto was on the sofa watching TV, until he got a phone call from Kotone.
Kotone: Hi, Zora. It's me...
Sora: Hey what's up? Hang on a second...
Sora then put the phone on stand, so Kotone could see that Sora was cooking something and she looked at it in awe.
Kotone: Oh... What are you cooking...?
Sora: Oh, its Shrimp Udon, with some Onigiri. While, Kirito over there, just sitting still enjoying the Tv while I made food for him...!
Sora shouted from the kitchen and Kazuto looked at him annoyed and they heard a giggling and saw both Kotone and Asuna were giggling from their end of the phone. It turns out, that Kazuto were calling with Asuna on the phone.
Asuna: Did you hear that, Kirito? You need a really good and balance meal. Thank god, Zora was with you every step of the way...
Kazuto: Hey, can't help it. I'm an easy going guy...
Kotone: While I want to eat more of Sora's cooking...
Sora: Well, you can come here and I'll cook something. And here is a thought, how about Asuna over there, cook us some of her Ragout Rabbit stew that the both of you ate, and didn't share it with me. And Kotone can cook me some of your delicious dessert when we ate in SAO.
Asuna and Kazuto: Ugh...
Kotone: Oh boy... I'll cook something for you. I can buy some ingredient and came over and make something like it.
Asuna: Oh, that's a great idea. I think I'll be coming over as well.
Sora: Sure. Looking forward to it...
Sora then finished cooking for them and brought the food to the dining table and Kazuto sit next across to him and they all looked at the food in awe.
Sora and Kazuto: Thanks for the food...
Kotone: So. About that ghost you mentioned earlier today...
Sora: Yeah, what about it?
Kazuto: Ghost...?
Sora then told Kazuto and Asuna who were on the phone everything about the ghost girl that appeared before him just now and asking them if they know anything about it.
Kotone: Anyway, I did some digging. Some players said that they've seen a ghost. Not in Yoyogi park, but in some other places. They said it looks like a young girl in a hoodie.
Sora: Your joking...?
Kazuto: Don't tell me, you saw her...?
Sora: I don't know. Probably some NPC...
Asuna: Hmm... Are you sure...?
Sora: And by the way... I found the tent and sleeping bags. One for Kazuto as well. So you guys can enjoy the stargazing on your end as well...
Asuna: Wow thanks!
Kotone: Is a good thing you have stuff like that... And don't forget to thank your dad, for letting us borrow them.
Sora: Sure...
Kotone: I can't wait! This will be fun...
Asuna: Same goes for me...!
Kazuto: Same here...!
Sora: I guess all of us are excited...!