So, it took me a long time, but I finally started to rewrite this story, yay! As you'll notice there will be lots of changes, like how and when Hakuno met Neptune and the others, and few other thing… and by few I means a lot.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything
"Talking"
"Mysterious Girl"
Prologue: Extra Beginning
The Moon Cell Core
Hakuno P.O.V
Darkness… All what I can see is absolute darkness as I started to feel my body being erased from existence. I don't know for how long I was here; it feels like it has been decades since I entered the Moon Cell Core. I can't even feel my Servant presence anymore. Then again I can't feel anything anymore, my entire body feels numb, I can't see anything, I can't hear anything… I wonder if she is still by my side. Saber, Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, the emperor of Rome, and the woman I loved. She was the best servant, she was beautiful, strong, and she is always there for me.
I feel lonely… There is no one here to help me this time; even if there is still anyone who could help, where would I go. After all I am just an NPC, I don't have a body in the real world, I have no place to go to.
Hehehehehehe… This is really ironic, all this time I have been fighting to survive, and I killed all these people, and then I gave my life away willingly. Rin Tohsaka, the girl who helped me a lot throughout the Holy Grail War, and the girl I saved when Rani decided to blow herself up, and now I used the Moon Cell to get her out of this living hell, and since I am a NPC the Moon Cell soon will erase me, after I killed all those people and destroyed their dream just to come here and die.
"Ahem…"
I wonder what will happen to me once I'm erased, will I just cease to exist?
"Umm, hello! Do you hear me?"
I wonder if Sab-
"Hey! Listen!"
Huh, a woman voice? But I didn't hear it in my ears but rather the voice was echoing in my head. I opened my mouth trying to talk but nothing came out of my mouth, I couldn't even feel my jaw.
"Okay, now that I got your full attention. So, how about you stop it with the obnoxious inner monologue?" She said with a laugh.
Who is this woman? How is she still alive, I thought everyone in the Moon Cell has been erased?
"Oh, you're probably wondering who this woman with the lovely voice is. Well, too bad! Telling you now will only ruin the surprise. Anyway, that's not important now. What's important is that I have an offer for you!" The woman said excitedly.
What is she talking about? An offer?
"Yes, an offer. I mean, you're dying. So, it's not like you have anything to lose." She explained calmly as if she could hear my thought. "Anyway, my offer is… I'm going to save you from being erased."
S-She can get me out of here?
"Of course I can you dum dum, but in exchange you will do me one favor!" She talked again like she's replying to my thought. "So, what do you think?"
Huh? What about the favor? She didn't explain what it is.
"Does it really matter? You either accept the offer and live or decline and die here." She said coldly as all emotion left her voice. "You probably only have few minutes before being erased. So, make it quick." She said with a calm voice. What should I do? I don't want to die, but this woman makes me really uneasy, I don't think I can trust her.
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B-But still… I-I don't want to die. Not like this! Not after everything I've done to survive…
"Well, I will take that as yes!" She said sounding cheerful.
Wait, what about Sab-GAAAAAAAAH!
"Oh, yeah I forgot. This will be a little bit painful." She said as I felt like my body is being torn apart and then put together. "Oh, and don't worry about your Servant, they will be very close to you." She said with a chuckle and I felt my consciousness leave me.
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Hakuno P.O.V
"Urgh!" I groaned as I opened my eyes and I immediately closed them as I felt strong air hit my face. I opened my eyes again but slowly this time. Once my eyes were fully I was welcomed by the sight of the cloudy sky, unlike the sky in the Moon Cell this one look actually real. Wait, does that mean I am in the real world.
"So, that girl wasn't lying to me…" I said softly as a small smile appeared on my face. "Finally, I made it out… I finally…" I trailed off as I looked down and finally realized something…
I am falling…
''I am falling!'' I exclaimed, repeating my thoughts out loud. Why am I falling from the sky!? Why would that woman teleport that high in the sky!? Wait, calm down, don't panic and try to think of to survive this. I have survived worse… "Think… Just think…" I muttered to myself and closed my eyes.
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"Wait, I could use that…" I said to myself as my eyes widened in realization. I had only used once against Twice Pieceman and his Servant. I'm not sure if it will work outside of the Moon Cell, but it is my only hope. "Code Cast: Add_Invalid!" I shouted and a red light surrounded my body, and then I braced myself for impact.
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*SPLAT*
"Huh? Am I dead…?" I mumbled as I opened my eyes slowly to see myself on the ground surrounded by grass and trees. "It worked…" I said and sighed in relief, and I suddenly felt something under me, and I immediately jumped away to look at what it is, and I saw a blue ball of jelly… with a smiling dog face. "Uhh, what kind of cute abomination is this…" I warily extended my arm and poke it with my finger and it jiggled...
*BARK*
"Cute…" I said as my finger sank into it body. "Huh!" I exclaimed as I finally noticed the command seal on my hand. It turned from crimson red to grey. "Saber…" I said and stood up to look around me trying to find her but to no avail and I couldn't feel my connection to her either. "Sigh… where am I anyway?" I said with a sad look on my face and slumped to the ground, and the jelly dog nuzzled itself to my leg. Sigh…
…
*BARK*
"Huh? What's wrong?" I asked the little thing, and it started to jump away and then stopped and barked again. "Hmm? You want me to follow you…?" I asked and it barked happily and then shook it head like it's trying to nod.
"Well, I don't have a choice I guess." I said and stood up and started to follow it. "Saber let-" I was about to say, but I stopped once I remembered that she is not with me anymore. "Saber… oooffff!" Suddenly something hit me in the stomach and sent me to the ground. I looked down to see the slime dog on top of my stomach barking happily.
"Was that necessary…?" I said while wincing in pain and the slime dog barked happily and jumped away from me. "That's really hurt, you know?" I mumbled as I stood up and the little thing continued to jump away and I follow it.
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"Sigh… How long will it take to reach er… Wherever we are going?" I murmured while still following the thing. Suddenly, the slime dog stopped and started to whimper, and for some reason it seemed afraid.
"Hmm? Are you alright?" I asked and it instantly jumped to my chest and I caught it. "What's wrong?" I asked and it continued to whimper. I stared into the distant to notice two big red eyes… on top of a big wolf head… There was a giant wolf… and it looked at me with very hungry eyes…
*ROAR*
"I think we should leave…" I said and I immediately turned around and ran as fast as I could while still holding the slime dog.
*ROAR*
"Oh, no!" I exclaime as I heard the sound of the monster steps getting closer and closer. What should I do? Saber isn't here to save me, and I used what remain of my energy to break the fall. "Eep!" I yelped as I tripped over something. I tried to regain my balance before I fall but to no avail. So, I just adjusted myself so I don't fall on the slime dog.
*THUD*
"Gah!" I exclaimed and rubbed the back of my head in pain…
*GROWL*
"I need to… Ugh!" I trailed of and tried to stand up but I suddenly felt sharp pain in my leg. I looked behind me to see the giant wolf growling while walking slowly towards me and then it jumped at me. I closed my eyes wait to feel the pain…
…But it never came.
"Yaaaaaah!" I suddenly heard a shout and I opened my eyes to see a girl jumping in the air and kick the wolf in the face sending it flying towards a tree. The girl has a short purple hair and purple eyes, she's wearing a white short sleeved mini hoodie.
"What's up!" She said with a bright smile snapping me out of my thought.
"Huh?" I said in confusion, and then I noticed the giant wolf trying to attack her. "Look out!" I shouted while pointing at the wolf. Suddenly another girl came out nowhere and swung her sword at giant the wolf torso sending it backward, but instead of blood coming out of it face some kind of… data seems to flow out of the wound… Wait, data? Am I still in the Moon Cell?
"Oh, come on! You ruined my dramatic entrance." The short haired girl said with a pout while folding her arms.
"I saved you, you idiot!" The other girl yelled at her. The girl has black hair that is kept into two pigtails, and she wears dark gray tank top that expose her midriff and a dark gray skirt and boots. She turned around and I noticed she had red eyes.
"Pfft, yeah like they're gonna kill the main character before she even introduce herself!" The short haired girl said with a grin. Main character?
"Could you take things seriously for once!?" The black haired girl yelled at her. Suddenly the monster jumped to attack again, but both girls jumped away to avoid the attack.
"Ugh, fine!" The purple haired grumbled and extended her hand, and suddenly a katana materialized out of nowhere, and then they both dashed towards the monster. That sword came out of nowhere… Now, I am eighty percent sure that I am still in the Moon Cell, or at the very least in similar virtual world… Well, at the very least we are saved.
"We…?" I mumbled as I remembered the dog faced slime and started to look around for it, but I didn't find it. Did it run away while the wolf was trying to eat me? Sigh… I guess I couldn't blame it, it did what it needed to survive...
"Hey… Umm… Who are you…?" Suddenly a voice came from my side; I turned around to see a girl with a long light purple hair in a braid and pink eyes. She is wearing a light blue and pink dress, she also wearing a white and pink stripped socks and… slippers? Why would she wear slippers in the forest?
"Huh? Uhh… Hakuno Kishinami…" I answered her hesitantly.
"Umm… That's a very long name…!" She said very slowly in confusion for some reason. Is my name really that long? "Oh! Oh! It's my turn… My name is Plutia." The girl introduced herself with herself.
"Umm… By the way, do you know where this is?" I asked while scratching my cheeks. She looked around her and then answered.
"Umm… In the forest…?" She said with a confused look.
"I know that… What I mea-" I was about to say but I was interrupted by the black haired girl shout.
"Plutia! We could use some help here, you know!" She yelled as she parried a slash from the giant wolf claw.
"Oh… I'm coming!" Plutia said and started to run towards them… while holding a stuffed doll...
"Where am I exactly?" I mumbled as I watched the three girls fight the monster. Sigh… I feel like I am in a very weird dream.
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3rd P.O.V
Meanwhile, in a place far away. There is what looked like big city; the entire city was in ruins except for a palace in the middle of the city. Inside the palace was very dark, but you can see a small shadowy figure sitting on a throne, the only thing that was visible is its crimson eyes with the power system.
"Sigh… It seems like the fool has started her game again." The shadowy figure said with a feminine voice. "It's time for me to prepare too." She (?) said as she stood up and walked towards the window.
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3rd P.O.V
Meanwhile, in somewhere that's also far away. Inside a building in the middle of nowhere we see the slime dog from before jumping towards a girl lying down on a bed. The girl has a wavy white hair and brown eyes, and she is wearing a black sailor school uniform. The slime dog jumped on the bed and started to bark at the girl.
"Hmm? I see, that's interesting, I didn't expect that." She said while patting the slime dog. The thing started to bark again. "Well, it doesn't matter. After all, I only need to do it one more time." She said and suddenly a sadistic smile appeared on her face. "Although, I wouldn't mind playing a little with her… Hahahahaha-"
"Could you shut it! Your laugh is annoying!" Suddenly a girl shout came out from another room.
"Hey! That's was rude!" The white haired girl yelled at the voice.
"Tch, whatever! Old hag…"
"Anyway, where was I? Oh right! Hahahahahahahahaha…"
*BARK*
"Okay, you need to chill!" She yelled at dog and it started to whimper.
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