Author's Note: As Always, I thank everyone for their continued support and welcome any new readers who are joining us! I hope that you continue to find amusement and excitement with the story I've provided.

P.S. The hardest part in writing this story… Is writing the Digidestined… Too many personalities! Also, another short chapter, work and all that got in the way.

Student: The answer to who Izzy will bring shall be revealed in this chapter! And thanks for the review!

Yolea Irk's: The Digidestined, especially the older generation, aren't stupid after all. They merely had lacked the crucial information to make a more logical choice. Now that Izzy and Hakuno are conversing, let us hope the relationship between the Digidestined and Hakuno is mended.

Blarg7865 AND dsgundum00: Both you asked similar questions with the exact same answer that's been given in previous chapters, to answer you. Gilgamesh is a Fate/Extra CCC character, he will not appear in the story. Last Encore and Manga Fate/Extra content will also not appear. All characters are from the Fate/Extra PSP Game. No defeated Servants will make an appearance either, as for those 121 other Servants… I don't know, but it's highly unlikely, Hakuno can barely handle three Servants as it is, she simply isn't powerful enough. She isn't supported by the Moon Cell or something like the Claedea in Fate/Grand Order.

741AuthorNCS: Well, aren't you right on the button!

Enjoy the chapter everyone! Live or die by the sword! What power lies in your hands? Dancing flames, decaying earth, withered ocean!


Digital/Extra

Chapter 11: Planning in the Private Room

Hakuno Kishinami's Servants were divided on their opinion concerning the magus's action to invite a potential enemy Master into their base. While not an enemy Master entirely, the fact they had their own partners, digimon, put them on a much smaller scale that could be compared to a low-ranked Heroic Spirit. Although if they had been at their peak like towards the end of The Holy Grail War, none of it would be a problem, however, it was the fact that Hakuno's disrupted bond with them lowered their parameters to an equal footing of this digimon that caused them to be much more cautious.

Saber didn't really have an opinion on the Digidestined, she had not met them before. But she agreed that what her Praetor did was foolish and rash, to invite an enemy to your doorstep and possibly gain valuable information to later kill Hakuno didn't sit well with her at the slightest.

Archer had a similar opinion, in fact, he downright disagreed with Hakuno's decision on the matter. He cited that it would've been far more advantaged to Hakuno if she had either struck to communication via the Portable Terminal or met with the Digidestined at another location, one that gave him an advantaged to snipe down them if they posed a threat.

Caster appeared ecstatic to meet them and seemed optimistic that everything would go smoothly as it always did with Hakuno's decisions. She didn't doubt her Master for a second, though she did mention if anything did go wrong, she would be so kind as forgive them her most lethal curse, and watch them as they withered away in agony.

Nevertheless, all three Servants obeyed their Master. They were Servants to serve and protect her, loyal to a fault, Hakuno would not use a Command Seal to force their obedience anyway, the Servants knew that the magus girl didn't carelessly use them.

That same she used one to save her friend notwithstanding.

Let it be known, Hakuno Kishinami valued having friends, she leaned on them and her Servants more so than anything else in the world, for she didn't have the support pillars in herself to stand.

So, when she had to kill one friend to save another back in The Holy Grail War…

Hakuno dismissed the thought, she couldn't let that happen ever again, why must people die so that she may survive? Why must one kill to save another? Why couldn't everyone live and be together, happy? These were questions that Hakuno had no answer for, the only person she could look for advice in these matters was Archer, however, Hakuno had a feeling that the answers she sought might not be the ones she's looking for.

"Cheer up, Master! Your face is all distant again!" Caster exclaimed.

Hakuno looked up, she had been sitting in the living room of the temple for quite a while. She could feel her legs had gotten numb from long inactivity. Did she grow distant again? She sure had the habit of doing that…

"Sorry, Caster," Hakuno replied, before wondering something, "Caster, you're a magus right?"

"I was summoned as the magus Servant, so of course, I am!" The fox girl exclaimed brightly, her tail wagging around.

"Well, don't know you any magic to increase the temple's protection?" She asked.

"Well, duh," Caster said, waving it off like it was no problem, "Of course I do, I can conjure up it all up in my sleep! Okay, maybe not in my sleep, but it'll be super easy to do!"

Archer, sitting with his back against the chair and his legs crossed, arms laid out in a cool position, spoke, "You are wanting a boundary field, Master? This would improve the temple's defensive capabilities, as a Caster-class Servant, she should be able to do this much."

"Y-yeah, of course!" Caster sputtered, then a brief paused happened as Hakuno looked at the fox Heroic Spirit in anticipation. "But, I'm, um, not feeling like it! So I won't make one right now-"

"You can't create one, can't you?" Archer said, his eyes betraying a tone of amusement.

"Psh, of course, I can!" Caster exclaimed, "Stop looking at me that way, bowman, else I'll stick a tag on you and freeze you over with it!"

"Umu," Saber butted into the conversation, "For a Caster like you to not be able to create such a simple thing even by modern magi, how redundant of your class."

"You're one to speak you roman degenerate!" Caster yelled with an accusing finger pointed at the Servant of the Sword. "All you can do is swing your sword around in fancy kendo style!"

"Do not mistake the art of swordsmanship for a barrel of cheap tricks, Caster!" Saber yelled back, "The display I make while swinging my blade and destroying my foes is one of the conjoined plays with my Praetor!"

"You mean my Master!?" Caster said.

"No, you're just an extra, one that shows up once to fill in the backstage while Praetor and I take the main audience's attention," Saber replied.

Caster stood up with a violent expression, a tag appeared in her fingers' grasp in a small spark of magical energy, "I'll burn you alive then send you to Amaterasu for judgment!"

Saber grasped her blade as she also stood up, "I'll like you see you try, you ugly looking vulpix!"

"How do you even know that term!?" Caster yelled as she prepared to strike.

"Ladies, she is our Master, not any lone-"

"SHUT UP ARCHER!" They both yelled at him.

Hakuno, in the meantime, only had a confused expression on why her two Servants were so badly matched for one another. Can't they just get along?


Koushiro Izzy Izumi looked to the temple that stood right in front of him, it truly was quite the place, he hadn't been on this side of the Digital World before. Sure, there have been many strange places in the Digital World, even a place that looked liked a smushed up version of the United States' Disney World. Still, this bamboo forest and the Japanese-style temple reminded him of Kyoto.

"Wow, Hakuno sure knows where to pick her base at," The person besides Izzy, Yolei Inoue, commented.

"Yeah, probably better than wherever Ken makes his base," Izzy replied to the lighthearted comment.

"That does make think, where does he make his base?" Yolei questioned.

"Hm, good question, It's probably in a region we haven't been in yet," Izzy said. "It could also be possible that he has multiple bases instead of one, which would make some logical sense considering he goes place to place."

"Yolei," A bipedal hawk with a ninja headband said out loud to get his human partner's attention.

"What is it Hawkmon?" Yolei questioned.

"I feel we are being watched, but I don't know who is watching," The digimon spoke.

"It might be Hakuno's partner, Caster," Izzy replied, "In any case, let's greet her," The Digidestined of Knowledge said as he walked to the entrance of the temple, going up the staircase and at the doorway. The door pulsated with purple lines along it, glowing with an ominous hue, while this phenomenon fascinated him, he knocked on the door three times and waited.

The shoji door slid to the side, revealing the rather plain appearing girl.

It took him by mild surprise, Hakuno Kishinami really was that average looking. He was used to a display of character, color, and personality when talking to people, but Hakuno seemed to not emit any of that, nor the presence of being there. It was like she was a robot, but a closer look at her and he knew that this was indeed another human in front of him.

What an odd sensation to experience, it was like Hakuno didn't seem important at all merely by her appearance alone, and not the logical standpoint that indicated her valuable position within the Digital World.

Everything about her just told him that she was… Ordinary. Hakuno wore a strict, common tan school uniform, her eyes and hair were brown, and her face didn't seem to really convey any emotion- Wait, there's something.

There was emotion behind that face, it was hidden, rarely shown, but it spoke large volumes of such quality that it was a breathtaking spectacle. As if her eyes were that of the stars in the universe, quiet in the background, but a roaring vessel of defiance when shown up close.

Izzy was sure that if he hadn't had the experience and knowledge gained from being a DigiDestined back in the time when the Digital World was a far more dangerous place, he would have missed that bright spark in Hakuno's person.

Yolei brought up a plastic bag in her hands, holding the handle of it as she presented it to Hakuno, a slight bow in her form as she gifted it. "Sorry we got off the wrong foot yesterday, I'm Yolei Inoue, pleased to meet you! I've brought some snacks you might enjoy," She said, standing back straight.

Hakuno took the bag, looking at it curiously, her emotions were a little hard to read, but if you paid direct attention, they were vibrant shows.

She looked up to Yolei, displaying a smile, "Thank you, it's a pleasure to meet with you, I'm Hakuno Kishinami."

The voice was a bit plain, but it held such genuine sincerity in it. Mimi would feel proud of Hakuno in that moment if she were here.

That was when a fox girl appeared right behind Hakuno and grasped the bag right out of the teenager's hands. She browsed through it hungrily, before pulling out a particular item that she had apparently been sniffing for.

"You brought us fried fish sticks!" The fox girl, Caster, spoke with bright positivity. She looked to Yolei, then ran up and practically hugged the girl. "You're now my second favorite person ever! Let it be known, none shall take your place for the wondrous gift you have granted us!"

"I, uh, you're welcome?" Yolei said as her hands were raised in having no idea what to do, such physical contact wasn't expected.

"Caster, you're making her uncomfortable," Hakuno answered.

"Okay, Master!" Caster obeyed and let go, returning to the insides of the temple.

"May we come in?" Izzy questioned.

Hakuno nodded, "Yes, don't mind Caster, she's like that. Saber will make lots of comments, Archer is guarding the place."

Izzy and Yolei nodded as they followed Hakuno into the building.

"Wait, Saber, Archer?" Izzy questioned.