Against The Gods With An Anime System

It had already been 13 months since the official start of the story and Mesa had turned 18 a week ago. Inside the Sky Poison Pearl, Jasmine and Ophis gave Mesa a little surprise. Though they couldn't give him any gifts and they didn't know what to give him, they did surprise when he woke up and he found out they had baked a cake together for Mesa. Apparently they had been learning how to do this by watching YouTube videos and after making sure that Mesa had gone to sleep, they stayed up to make a birthday cake for him and surprised him the next morning at breakfast.

"…..<YAAAAWWWWNNNNN>" Mesa yawned and stretched out his body as he woke up from a good night sleep. Putting on some clothes, he brushed his teeth and washed his face before walking out of his room, ready to make some breakfast for the three of them. As he approached the kitchen, he could see a box on the table with a note next to it that said: "To Mesa."

Just as he took the note and opened it, Jasmine and Ophis suddenly jumped out from behind the couch and yelled out.

"SURPRISE!!"

And there he stood, right next to the table, in a daze at this sudden surprise. He couldn't help but get a big smile on his face as he approached both of them and enveloped them in a big hug.

"Thank you so much you two. I really love what you've done. So, what is inside the box?" Asked Mesa.

"" That is a surprise!"" Said Jasmine and Ophis simultaneously.

"Well, no arguing that. Let's see what the surprise is." Said Mesa with a smile as he opened up the box and saw the cake in there. It was a big chocolate cake with a big '18' on it and decorated with candles along the outer ring. Looking over to the two of them, Mesa could see that they hid big smiles on their faces that just screamed 'Well, how do you like it? Tell us.'

"I love it, I really do. But how did you know about this custom of celebrating birthdays? I don't think people in this universe do this sort of thing." Said Mesa.

"Well Ophis said something about humans celebrating their birthdays back in her universe. And seeing as how your universe and hers are so similar, I reckoned that it was the same in your universe. And so, with these phones that you gave us, I looked up 'celebrating birthdays' and everything that came with it. After that I convinced Ophis to help me, asked JARVIS when your birthday was and then searched YouTube on how to make a cake and that was it. I was gonna try to give you a present, but I honestly had no idea what I could give you, so I decided to just make this cake for you together with Ophis." Said Jasmine while Ophis was nodding along. Hearing all this gave Mesa a warm feeling inside, so he got up and gave Jasmine a big hug and a kiss on the head who got immediately red before he pulled Ophis in for a hug and kissed her on the head as well who just smiled and hugged Mesa back.

"Thank you. Truly, thank you. The very fact that you two did this for me is already more than enough. Ever since the day that my mother died, I never had a birthday gone by where I wasn't alone and cursed the world. This is seriously one of the best birthdays I have ever had and I have the two of you to thank for. Thank you." Said Mesa with a genuine heartfelt smile as a tear rolled down his face while he was still hugging Jasmine and Ophis. After some time later he let go of them and they all gathered around the table. Summoning a little flame on his finger, Mesa lit all the candles on the cake and under the gazes of Ophis and Jasmine, blew them out. After dividing up the cake, they ate and laughed until there was nothing left of the cake. After they ate the cake, Mesa suddenly came up with an idea.

"Hey, I've got an idea. There was this game back on earth that was really popular called the Super Smash Bros. It's a really fun battle royal fighting game where we can all fight at the same time against each other and it's really whacky and did I say it was fun." Said Mesa as he immediately set off for the TV and purchased a Nintendo Switch with Super Smash Bros Ultimate. After that, they were playing Super Smash Bros Ultimate all day long.

"WOOOO!!! I WON!! Alright, time to choose our new fighters. Uhmmmm….. let's see now. I am gonna go with….. uhmmmm….. Ahh, Cloud!" Said Mesa.

"Uhmmm…. I am gonna go with….. Zelda!" Said Jasmine.

"I am gonna go with….. Yoshi!" Said Ophis and they went right back to their battle royal, with Jasmine winning this time.

A week later.

Gotta Catch 'em All!

Gotta Catch 'em All~!!

Pokémon!!

"Come big sis, play it again! Play it again!" Begged Ophis after which Jasmine replayed the Pokémon intro song and they both started singing and dancing along with it. Off to the side was Mesa sitting at the dining table, his face buried in his hands, occasionally releasing a groan of frustration. After they replayed the Pokémon intro song again he stood up abruptly with a visible look of frustration on his face.

"Alright, how many times are you going to replay that Pokémon song?! This is already the 25th time that you two have replayed it!" Yelled out Mesa to Jasmine and Ophis who gave him a quick look before looking at each other for a few moments and then answering simultaneously: "As many times as we want!"

Realizing he had no way of winning against the two of them, Mesa decided to retreat and go back to his room where he put on headphones and put on some music to drown out the noise. After a few minutes, he suddenly had an epiphany.

'Hey, hey, hey, hey! Jasmine's birthday is coming up pretty soon. I now know the perfect gift for her.' Thought Mesa to himself.

Two weeks later was Jasmine's birthday. And for her birthday, Mesa had planned a surprise for Jasmine and Ophis. The day before her birthday made use of the Sharingan to get Jasmine to go to sleep, after that he and Ophis both work making the cake while he had his clones make the 'special activity' that he was planning. The next day after Jasmine woke up, she was ambushed by the same surprise as Mesa was on his birthday. Her cake was a lavishly decorated strawberry with the number '14' on top of it and candles along the outer ring of the cake. After they ate their slice of cake it was time for Mesa to give Jasmine her present.

"Alright Jasmine, I have got the perfect present for you. Close your eyes." Said Mesa to which Jasmine closed her eyes. After the door to his room opened up and a clone walked over to the table with something in his hands. After he put the present on the table, he dispersed.

"Alright Jasmine, open your eyes." Said Mesa and Jasmine opened her eyes and first thing that happened were stars forming in her eyes and an incredibly happy look forming on her face. Immediately after, she sprinted into Mesa's arms and hugged him while thanking him profusely.

"THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!!.....<unintelligible squealing sounds> ..." Said Jasmine in absolute happiness as the surprise that Mesa gave her was the Pokémon Eevee. Taking Eevee in her arms, Jasmine hugged it and was just absolutely delighted and happy. Ophis who was watching the whole time, was also getting curious about Eevee. But before she could get up, Mesa had stopped her.

"Wait up Ophis, I have surprise for you as well. <whistle!!!>" Said Mesa. After his whistle, a little pale blue bird came flying out of Mesa's room. Upon closer inspection, it turned out that this 'bird' was in fact a little dragon. To be specific, it was the Feathered Little Dragon "Pina" from SAO. As Pina came flying in, she landed on Ophis' head, who got curious at the creature landing on her head.

"That is Pina, she is a tamed Feathered Little Dragon monster from another world. I got her especially for you. Seeing as how you're a dragon, I figured you would like a little dragon companion for yourself, so I got you Pina." Said Mesa with Ophis getting really excited and getting up to give Mesa a hug as well.

(A.N.: For Eevee he had to pay 10,000 system credits, for Pina he had to pay 5,000 system credits and for the Nintendo Switch with Super Smash Bros Ultimate he had to pay 10 system credits.)

A week later, an expected visitor entered the Sky Poison Pearl. The original Mesa suddenly entered and what he encountered there really threw him for a loop. He saw Jasmine aggressively playing Dark Souls 3, apparently she was in a Boss Battle against The Nameless King with an Eevee sleeping in her l.a.p. Ophis was flying around with what appeared to be a pale blue little dragon next to her. And most surprisingly of all was that clone Mesa was flying around with Ophis as well with the Boosted Gear's Scale Mail on flying around like Iron Man.

"Uhhmm… Hello, can somebody give me some answers?" Said true Mesa. It was only then that clone Mesa noticed him and came up to him.

"Yoo true Me, what's up!" Said clone Mesa as he held his hand for a high five with true Mesa giving him that high five, albeit kind of awkwardly.

"I have so many questions! What in the hell happened while I was gone?!" Exclaimed true Mesa with clone Mesa just laughing at his face.

"I bet you have like a ton of questions. But instead of me telling you all about it, how about you see for yourself what happened. Oh, and by the way. I told JARVIS to make sure that all the memories of the clones that I made in here stayed with me and didn't come out to you. I did that to make sure you wouldn't get distracted all the time. But anyways, see for yourself what happened." Said clone Mesa as he dispersed.

Everything that happened inside the Sky Poison Pearl in the past 8 months flowed into true Mesa's mind. Everything from the first day of clone Mesa making a room for himself and one for Jasmine and Ophis and how they were watching movies and playing video games that day, to clone Mesa practicing with the Boosted Gear and the Susanoo. He saw how clone Mesa used the sorrow and pain from the previous to unlock the Balance Breaker and finally gain the Welsh Dragon Scale Mail. He saw how Jasmine and Ophis became videogame addicts who would play Call of Duty, Mortal Kombat, Skyrim, Horizon Zero Dawn and all other kinds of games all day long. The last thing he saw was the month of his birthday, where Jasmine and Ophis surprised him for his birthday and made him a cake. And how he gotten Jasmine Eevee for her birthday and gave Ophis Pina from SAO as a present.

After he was done digesting all of the memories of the past 8 months, Ophis landed in front of him with Pina landing on her head.

"Hey there Ophis, long time no see. I am the real Mesa, the clone has already dispersed and gave me all of his memories of what happened in here while I was busy outside." Said Mesa as he petted Pina and gave Ophis a head pat.

"What are you doing in here?" Asked Ophis.

"I have come here to say that it is time to go to the Azure Dragon God Trial. I am going to take on that trial and gain the Azure Dragon God's legacy." Said Mesa with a smile