Author's Note: Wow, it finished a day after I released chapter 27! Well, here it is everyone! The cover art for the first Arc of Digital/Extra! I can't thank my commissioner enough for the work put into this masterpiece! Not to mention, first Digimon x Fate art ever! Serious, why has this never been done before…?
Deviant Art Cover Link: http: (double slash) fav dot me (slash) db7amko
Yeah, fanfiction seems to hate internet URLs, xD.
Yolea Irk's: Sorry, no romance or shipping in this story! Maybe some… Suggestions… But otherwise, it's all FRIENDSHIP! FRIENDSHIP POWER!
Peter: A nice nod to a good game!
Duskrider: I'm sure Hakuno will figure it out eventually! And the Digidestined will help too!
Yoshiki-909: Yesssss, I love your reviews! A very interesting theory, just as much possible on Hakuno's situation as Archer's own. There is much mystery to our little Digital Human, but I'm sure that if we all work together, we can help Hakuno realize her dream! And yeah, Kotomine is EVIL, only a hallucination and still he messes with our cute magus!
Student: Hakuno's only desired outside of surviving, it's the first time she's ever experienced this sort of thing. So it's greatly amplified for her, she REALLY wants to stay in the Real World and having her dream taken away from her. Yeah, she's gonna get desperate.
Mazoku Tora'inu: Imagine if it wasn't Archer with her… Things would've gone vastly different. Hakuno doesn't know how fortune she is to be knocked down a keg!
GGFBank: Considering Nero and Tamano, while I'm sure Nero would be a little hesitant, Caster would have done so without hesitation, that is, attack the DigiDestined digimon to fulfill her husband's wish. The Digidestined and Hakuno both don't realize how fortunate they were to have Archer there instead of the other two!
A crashclown: You tempt me with Mega Hakuno so much, xD.
Ultima-owner: Yep, that fake priest might have been correct, let's be glad Archer stopped our little magus from doing something she would regret.
Lander Blazer: Thank you! I'm glad you, and so many others, enjoy the story enough to call it awesome! It makes me very happy to read such positive reviews! Now, as for your question, Hakuno doesn't know the method but I'm sure her Servants do. Anyway, as Caster had said before, this story is stuck with T-Regulations. No lemons.
Blarg7865: Will do, another friend of my recommended P5 as well, so I'll check it out. Now, to answer you, Yes the Holy Stone can support a Servant, after all, it is supporting Hakuno's Servants so she doesn't die from being drained and that's proof enough. However, it is extremely limited, as we saw that it's power is limited to its surroundings. (It's meant to stabilize the digi-world after all, not be a power source.) Now, IF, I choose an addition Extra Servant, it would be Lancer of Rin's (Fate Stay). IF CCC, then Gilgamesh of course. And IF Extella, than Artoria, :D
Enjoy the chapter everybody! Live or die by the sword! What power lies in your hands? Dancing flames, decaying earth, withered ocean!
Digital/Extra
Chapter 28: Thoughts of Others
"Alright, bowman, what did you do to my husband!?" Caster shouted angrily at the red-clad Archer Servant. A small tag held in between two fingers, poised to blast the Heroic Spirit into oblivion with a multitude of curses.
"My Praetor hasn't left the confines of her room since you had returned with her. She is clearly awake, but refuses to speak with me!" Saber yelled in equal emotion, her blade gripped firmly in her right hand as her eyes glared at the man.
"Even my charm and usual batter doesn't spark a reaction!" Caster continued, "She looks like she did at the start of the Holy Grail War! Except worse!"
Archer sighed, he very well knew that both Saber and Caster would be like this upon returning with their Master in such a state. He expected Hakuno to be in a depressed mood, but it appears he underestimated how much she would react.
He could understand, his Master just experienced her first ever desire, her true wish, being fulfilled, only to have it ripped away from her. It appeared that she had an idea to stay in the Real World, but the use of a Command Seal seemed to imply she was going to force him to do something his own morals did not agree with.
She had been desperate, if not for his quick action, there's no telling what Hakuno could have done.
The good news is that upon returning to the Digital World, his Master's body stabilized almost instantaneous.
"Our Master's body had been destabilizing in the Real World, yes, Master and I managed to stay in the Real World for but a day before the World rejected her existence," Archer explained.
He continued, "She desired to stay, despite her condition, and would have surely led to her death. I don't know what she thought to almost use a Command Seal for, but it would not have been wise considering her desperation. So, I knocked her out and had the Digidestined within the school open a gateway back here."
Saber and Caster remained silent, a rare occurrence for the two boastful Servants. They each understood the desire that Hakuno Kishinami sought after, the only wish she had ever had outside surviving and halting the Holy Grail War. The want to experience the Real World.
While Hakuno had now if briefly, experienced it. One could say her wish had been fulfilled, however, in Hakuno's mind that was not the case. It had been briefly given to her, only to have it stolen away… By Archer's hand no less. The shock of having her dream stripped away from her as well as the betrayal of her Servant would have and seemed to have, shocked Hakuno to her soul.
"Poor Master!" Caster exclaimed, "My husband needs some counseling from such a terrifying experience with a jerk bowman!" She said.
"Jerk…?" Archer trailed off.
"Yes! I would never have harmed my Master! If my Master so desired, I would have devoured the entire school to keep her in the Real World!" Caster spoke, making Archer narrow his eyes towards the fox Servant. He knew that Caster was not a Hero, rather more like an anti-hero, perhaps even be considered a villain.
"I do not know if I could resort to such measures," Saber commented. "But my Praetor is more valuable to me than any other, so I would have conceded to whatever order she would have given me."
Archer nodded Saber might not be a knight but it was clear she had some morals to fit her class. However, if it had been Saber or Caster than Hakuno's Command Seal would have occurred, followed by whatever order the desperate girl would have given. His Master may despise him right now, but he believed that she would get through this and learn from it. She had done it before during the Holy Grail War, and she can do it again here.
"That being said," Caster started. "It's totally not fair that you got to spend a whole day with her!" She pointed an accusing finger towards Archer. "How am I supposed to increase my bond levels if you and the roman degenerate keep stealing time with my husband!?"
"Normally I would skin you alive for your continued insults," Saber said, "But the Praetor asked of me to tolerate you, I will do that for her, not for you," She said with visible restraint.
Caster opened her mouth then closed it, taking a brief moment to think before answering, "Ah, yes, she said something similar to me. Alright, alright, I'll stop calling you names… For my husband's sake, not yours," She replied with equal disdain.
The Roman Heroic Spirit decided to bring in an important subject, "Umu, we need to speak of a serious topic. The threat of Asura still looms over our Praetor, and I'm sure her actions had gathered the attention of more than just that wannabe emperor."
"I agree," Archer said. "While following the signal of the Digidestined girl's light, Master as caught the unwanted curiosity of a malicious force."
Caster narrowed her eyes, "Nothing will lay a single finger on my husband, not a single hair will fall from her head even in my death."
"This is troubling," Saber replied. "The Digital World has too many unknown factors, we ourselves are foreign in this plane. If they have gotten interested in Praetor, they will seek to learn more."
"Let's not forget," Caster said in a low tone. "That so-called Emperor also has his icky interest in her. I would curse that boy to Amaterasu, but my husband is much too soft after the Holy Grail War."
Archer nodded to this, "She has been scarred, if there is an option to not kill her opponent she would take it in an instant," He said. "She views Asuramon, not the boy, as the threat."
The fox spirit pouted, "While I love her soft heart, she really needs to get her priorities straight!"
Saber nodded, "We need to heal her back to strength, the plans against Asuramon arrive quicker every passing hour."
"Our Master may despise me for the moment, but she knows that I am vital for the plans," Archer said, Hakuno might be quite emotional right now, but she had always been a logical individual when it came to it. His Master would see reason, even if she hates him for what he had done.
Caster snapped her fingers, "I know! I'll make dinner! That will brighten her mood!"
The Roman Heroic Spirit replied, "Marvelous idea, she quite enjoys your meals. Something familiar to her will do her good."
"I'll get started right away then!" Caster jumped up and practically skipped her way towards the kitchen.
Saber turned towards Archer, "Bowman," She started with Caster's degrading nickname of him. "How did the Digidestined react?"
"They know," Archer replied. "That she is a… Digital Human," he used the term, having a little else way to explain it. "The one named Daisuke seemed adamant in aiding her. The rest may be a bit spectacle, but he seemed to be the leader of the younger group. So they might be willing to help her still."
"They don't seem the people to abandon someone," Saber spoke. "Even if they are different."
"Let's hope that you are correct," Archer replied as he made his way towards a more private spot if only to stay out of Hakuno's vision when she did leave the confines of her room.
In another place in the Digital World, the Digidestined sat inside a familiar restaurant enjoying a good meal after a long day of searching for a new Digimental. While the atmosphere was positive, there was an underlying tone of concern for the day's earlier events in the Real World. Yolei tapped away at her D-Terminal, hoping to get a response.
Cody asked, "Any luck?"
She sighed, placing down the device, "None, Hakuno won't answer at all. You think she's alright?"
Daisuke answered from across, "I'm positive that she's fine! Probably just needs to rest a bit!" He exclaimed.
Hikari wasn't so optimistic, "You saw what happened, she was falling apart."
"I think she's okay," Takeru said. "But I'm more worried on how she's coping with that. It's terrifying to know that you almost died."
Cody continued, "Not to mention being a Digital Human; it was probably her first moment in the Real World and she got that taken away only a day after."
"It's sad," Yolei said, "How do we help her if we don't know anything about her?'
The Digidestined remained silent for a moment, they didn't know anything about what being a Digital Human meant. The closest representation would be the Digimon, it's not like they had anyone else to…
Takeru raised his head, "I remember now…"
"Remember what, TK?" Hikari asked.
"Someone similar to Hakuno!" Takeru exclaimed as he stood up a bit in his excitement.
"Who?" Daisuke questioned, "I don't think we meant anyone like that."
"Maybe not you three," Takeru said, "But there was a guide who helped us older DigiDestined back then, his name was Gennai!"
Hikari also got up, "Maybe he has an idea on how to help Hakuno!"
"Hold on a minute," Cody began, "I'm all up for helping Hakuno but the rest of us don't know this Gennai person. Who is he, is he a human, and where do we find him?" He finished.
"No, he's not human, it's complicated," Takeru said, he could not recall all the information. "He looks like a human but is more like a digimon. That what he said at least. So I don't know if he's a Digital Human or a something that's digital and just looks like a human?"
"You're making me have a headache," Daisuke commented.
"You're right," Yolei replied, "It does sound complicated."
Veemon made himself known, "Hey Davis, you think this Gennai person can help?'
"No idea," Daisuke replied. "But it's all we got so far."
Gatomon jumped in, "Even if he could, we don't know where he's at."
Patamon answered, "Izzy might have Gennai's contact information."
"Good thinking Patamon," Takeru replied to his digimon partner.
Hawkmon pointed a feather in the air, "We do have one problem though, and that's Asuramon."
"Taichi said the older DigiDestined have a plan," Cody replied to Hawkmon's words. "He'll send us the information but from what I know we're doing it tomorrow."
"If I recall what I overhead Izzy say," Yolei began, "Asuramon is an ultimate level digimon, and he can get even more powerful if he turns into wrath mode or something?"
"I doubt it'll come to that," Hikari said, "We just need to destroy the dark ring on him. I don't think the Digimon Emperor would have put a spiral on the digimon he controlled just yet."
Daisuke clapped his hands together, "Great, once we help Hakuno with Asuramon I'm sure she'll feel much better in the Digital World."
Hikari nodded to Daisuke's optimism, "Davis is right, once Asuramon is freed then Hakuno can see the good points in the Digital World. She's scared to come out of her base, but without Asuramon under Ken's control she would be more open."
"Who's joining us against Asuramon?" Armadillomon questioned.
"My brother and Izzy for sure," Hikari replied.
Takeru continued. "Matt as well, and I think Sora might join us."
"I can see that," Yolei replied, "Sora looks very worried for Hakuno back in that wild west place."
Cody looked up, "I do hope we can beat Asuramon without hurting him too much."
"I'm sure everything will go alright!" Daisuke said.
"Then should we continue looking for the digi-egg?" Veemon questioned.
"Sure, once the waiter is here… Speaking of which… Hey! We would like our bill!" Yolei exclaimed.
"Yeah, yeah, hold your horses, I only got one shell!" An egg-like digimon said in reply, letting the Digidestined continue their day's activities.
A dark room, illuminated only by the light of a large, wide screen that hang on the wall. There were other screens, but all of them were shut down, black and dormant, while a single chair in the middle of the room remained motionless despite its occupant sitting on top of it. The Digimon Emperor stared at the holographic keyboard in front of him, his fingers poised to begin, but they did not move. Ken Ichijouji mind lay elsewhere, his attention not focused on what he desired to do, but what plagued his mindset since that day.
Hakuno…
A blade swinging towards him, missing as the Airdramon flew back to avoid it.
Her Servant had tried to attack him, him, lethally.
Hakuno...
Of course, he was confident in his clothing to protect him, they were created with a digital material designed to resist low-champion level attacks. But it was the notion that Hakuno's Servant attempted to strike at him, not his slaves, but him specifically. It grated on his nerves, like a constant reminder, lurking in his mind and preventing him from focusing on his next move into conquering the Digital World.
This game had gotten dangerous, before he was in control, gaining more pieces than the so-called Digidestined could wrestle it from him.
As if the game had been on normal difficult.
Then, she appeared.
Hakuno…
The name repeated in his mind, like a whisper, distant yet near.
Hakuno…
His fingers clenched into a fist, malice and anger began to build in him, frustration generated by just the mere mention of that strange, unknown girl's name.
The game had switched, it had gotten harder. It wasn't like anything else had, it was still jokingly easy to conquer regions and the Digidestined, while a nuisance, proved easy to sway elsewhere, away from his machinimas. However...
"Hakuno Kishinami," He spat out the word with a grudge.
She had thrown a major wrench in his plans, she defeated Skullgreymon, took over his regions, aided the Digidestined, and displayed the capabilities to hack into his own tower network. Something that he thought to be impossible as he had designed their security himself. He attempted to build them up again, but Hakuno bypassed it like child's play.
In a way, the digimon were the mobs, the Digidestined the novice players… Hakuno was the Pro, the real threat to his plans.
Her Servants defied any known explanation, so far he had only seen three of them, each displaying abilities different from any digimon. They were versatile, having a range of skills greater than the average digital monster, and Hakuno Kishinami commanded them with absolute loyalty. Not only that, she had done something, summoned forth one of them using markings he couldn't identify.
He had spotted them, the goggles he had were specially made, red tattoos of sorts, carrying power. She used it to break the laws of space, bringing her Servant from one place to another. It was like an absolute order. The readings he got from its usage bypassed any known power.
He craved for it.
But the only person to have it is Hakuno, and she rarely left her own headquarters. He, the Digimon Emperor, wasn't so foolish to enter her personal region. She had displayed a multitude of new factors and could have many traps waiting for him if he went it without knowledge and preparation against her.
So, he'll have to draw her out instead.
If he wanted to learn how to she had done the skills she displayed, he needed her captured.
Hakuno Kishinami only feared one thing, and that was under his complete control.
"Asuramon," He spoke, "Your time is near, for tomorrow you shall show your wrath and capture Hakuno."
He began laughing, now that he had a plan, he can continue working on his other work. He felt so satisfied as if something within him bloomed at the devised scheme.
Meanwhile, behind Ken Ichijouji, a small worm-like digimon looked in concern.
"Ken, what happened to you?" Wormmon spoke in a whisper.
