IMPORTANT Author's Note: There seems to have been a mix up with some of you in concerns with Hakuno saying she's 13. There have been many, many descriptions throughout the story that has heavily implied that Hakuno is younger than the Older DigiDestined, yet older than the newer Digidestined. This is because, in this story, Hakuno is YOUNGER than her canon counterpart. I made this decision to make it easier to write her interactions and development alongside the younger Digidestined, don't want her being older than even the older Digidestined! That would make things way harder for me!

That, and remember, Hakuno doesn't exactly know her age, so she just gave herself one. With Rin implying to her in Extra that younger is better, she picked 13… And thus, will be described as 13. Rin is a very convincing person.

Thank you for understanding.

MrCraken: Thanks for the compliment!

No Fanfic No Life: Read Note.

Ultima-owner: Me too.

A New User: Extra is great! So is Extella! But it really makes me happy you can enjoy this story without actually playing those games!

Yolea Irk's: Yep, you got it on the dot! And thanks!

Suzululu4moe: Good question, but I don't believe so would be. Any case, she can just go into Spirit Form if needed.

Student: Lol, it would be hilarious if it was Jumanji, but that's a crossover in itself. And, yes? Though, seeing Nero's natural Luck stat growth, bet that stat alone would win her so much cash lol.

HaloReaver: It is the latter, as the former is when she's being 'rejected'. So good job!

Xirons20: Thanks, and I bet we all do, haha.

Aria Miyuki: Yes she did! And only the Moriyama siblings heard!

King of Fans: Thanks, I'm proud of that accomplishment. Also, Read Note above.

Lander Blazer: Nero always has Spirit Form, but new clothes should be good. Read Note above for explanation on Hakuno. And that would be quite the interesting way, I don't know if Hakuno would have made it or not though, as it was partially her Servants personalities on why she managed to get through it.

Enjoy the chapter everybody! Don't fail me now beautiful wings! You're my life you're my everything! We can fly if you believe! In My Love!


Digital/Extra

Chapter 49: Forest Memory

"No way!"

"I can't believe it!"

"It's impossible to have that level of luck!"

"You got totally beat, T.K!"

"Davis didn't fare much better…"

"Cody lost!"

"Saber…" Hakuno Kishinami trailed off, the last to speak after the Digidestined and their digimon partners exclaimed their own commentaries on the Heroic Spirit's ludicrous luck on the board game.

"Umu! What can I say, Praetor? I was bound to win!" Nero exclaimed with pride and joy, of course, Hakuno knew the truth. It had occurred to her when the wheel kept spinning in her favor again and again as if the world itself thought Saber should win.

Hakuno knew otherwise.

That's D- Ranked Luck working ever in Saber's favor. It was, after all, the stat based on the ranking of Heroic Spirits, not humans.

Though, it may have been possible Saber used her skill, Imperial Privilege, without knowing. Does being granted Golden Rule skill even apply to a board game? Even if it was fundamentally about financial victory? Sure, Golden Rule would mean she would be financially gifted, but…

"Isn't this a bit much?" Hakuno questioned as she looked at the multiple stacks of fake game bills in front of Saber's person. Whereby in comparison, she herself only had a few thousand life dollars worth, which is barely one stack.

The others… Best not refer to their winnings…

But, the food was good, even if it was sandwiches it was always a pleasant experience.

Cody sat back in the chair, "Overwhelming victory goes to Saber."

"Wow," Daisuke said. "Never knew getting my rear kicked in a board game could be fun, haha!" He laughed it off, despite his loss, he enjoyed the time.

Hakuno smiled slightly, she had fun too.

"Looks like you had a good time, Hakuno," Takeru said as he began packing up the game pieces.

"It was a new thing, I liked it," The Digital Human replied.

Demiveemon popped on top Daisuke's hair, "Davis, you lost!"

The boy grinned, "Yep! But the important part is having fun!"

Patamon hovered over to Saber, "Maybe we should all game together, just us partners."

"Sounds interesting," Saber replied.

Patamon then said, "But watch out for Gatomon, she cheats."

Upamon bounced, "She does!" He exclaimed.

"She can cheat all she wants, I would beat her all the same!" Saber announced. "Umu! Such a victory would make a fine little story."

Hakuno Kishinami nodded to the words, enjoying her break from all the events that had occurred days prior. The rambling conversations between the Digidestined, Saber and the Digimon made her mind feel so at ease. It was a pleasant experience, as expected of the Real World, she wondered what the other Digidestined were doing at this time-

Pain.

"Gah," She gasped, taking in a deep sudden breath as her body felt a sharp jolt go through it.

"Hakuno? You alright?" Takeru asked.

She looked at him, "I'm fine-"

Pain.

Cody looked at her, "Hakuno! A part of you is-"

A forest.

The Digidestined was gone. The Digimon were gone. Saber was nowhere around her. She was standing, unabated by the strained magic circuits. No longer stuck in a wheelchair provided to her.

The building that she had been inside was gone, replaced by a forest painted with the hues of dusk, orange and gray.

Hakuno Kishinami knew that this was an illusion, she was aware, that didn't make it vanish from sight.

She stepped forward… One… Two… Three steps… A silent walk through the woods covered in a never-ending sunset. It was familiar, terrifyingly nostalgic, she couldn't help but clutch her left hand with the right. The magus girl didn't so much as say a word, she continued down the dirt pathway that she only now noticed was there.

She walked…

She walked…

The Digital Human stopped and glanced down.

There was a hole, a large hole, oddly picturing as an oversized rabbit hole.

"Are you here to chase the rabbit too, Lady?"

Hakuno turned, "Alice?" She questioned.

A little girl, dressed in a black frilly dress, stood there. There was no wind, no breeze to blow her dress, yet it wavered slightly in a non-existent one.

"Are you here to help Alice find the rabbit?" Alice said. "Or maybe you mean to help Alice in her loneliness?"

"I…" Hakuno tried to respond, but she couldn't. After all, Alice and Alice were dead.

"Oh, I remember now, Lady. You killed Alice. You reminded her of the hurt before she went bye-bye." Alice sneered in a way a didn't befit her childish appearance. "Alice can't remember herself anymore. So why should the Lady? How about you go down now?"

Alice raised a hand and a sudden burst of air knocked Hakuno Kishinami off her feet, falling into the rabbit hole.

She was falling…

She was falling…

Why… She… She didn't mean too…

She deserved this.

Hakuno…

Ha…

Who…?

What was her name?

"Hakuno!"

"Huh?" Hakuno Kishinami glanced around to see her companion and friends looking at her with concern. She briefly checked herself, looking for any disparity, but found none. Not that she could move much, as her body still felt pain from the strain.

"Glad to see you back, Praetor," Saber said with relief in her voice. "You had frightened me, Archer's words hold no weight in sight of it actually occurring in front of me."

The Digital Human looked to the Servant, "Was I destabilizing again?" She questioned, it seemed to be the most logical reason behind all that, considering the last time had Rin Tohsaka appear instead of Alice.

Cody placed a hand on the wheelchair's arm, "Do you need to return to the Digital World?"

Hakuno shook her head, "No, I can probably stay another day safely like last time," She answered.

"Phew," Takeru breathed out. "That was a scare!"

"You said it," Patamon said.

"Sorry," Hakuno apologized.

Daisuke waved it off, "Don't worry about it, just worried about you."

Saber placed a hand on Hakuno's shoulder, "Worry not, Praetor! We shall find a way to carry forth in the world without having to return to the Digital World!"

"After we find a way to also bring Archer and Caster," Hakuno added on.

"Umu! I agree on that, you are quite more yourself with all three of us around," Saber admitted, surprising the magus girl that the Servant actually did so.

"Don't you dislike Caster though?" She questioned.

The Servant of the Sword shook her head, "I do not hate her, while she may grow annoying and garner your attention unwantedly, she is as much a Servant of Hakuno Kishinami as I. And I respect that."

"Saber… Thank you," Hakuno smiled genuinely.

A pink color decorated the Heroic Spirit's face, "O-Of course, Umu! I'll do anything to make you enjoy life to its fullest!"

Cody had to look away, "That face Hakuno makes is too much…"

Takeru lowered his head, "I know the feeling…"

"I don't see the issue?" Daisuke questioned what they were going on about.

Then the doorway into the building opened up, revealing both Yolei and Hikari along with their digimon.

"There you are, Hakuno, Saber!" Yolei shouted.

"S-sorry, Hakuno, I tried to convince her otherwise…" Hikari trailed off in an apologetic tone.

"Convince her?" Hakuno asked.

Suddenly, Yolei practically stomped up to Hakuno and pointed at her accusingly, "Hakuno Kishinami!"

"Yes?" Hakuno reverted back to her monotoned-like expression.

"We're getting you new clothes! I can't stand you wearing that uniform day after day!" Yolei exclaimed.

"Huh?" Hakuno replied with total confusion.

"Yes!" Saber excitedly shouted.

Yolei raised her fist in determination, "We're leaving this boring campsite and going to the city, no boys, girls only! Even managed to convince Jun! That girl understands that you need to stop with those bland, brown clothes!"

Hakuno Kishinami only blinked.


A room of light, white and blinding, decorated with lines of flowing data scattered across its ceiling, a makeshift artificial sky. The floor, painted with the globe of continents dissimilar to the Earth, but rather identical to its Digital World counterpart. In this vast, but small, decently-sized, yet caging room, opposite forces that contract and push however remain binding. A place of unnatural serenity, realm lacking human understanding, stood there five silhouettes of figures unknown.

The first spoke, "Have you sensed it?"

The second replied, "Something unknown as entered the Digital World."

The third continued, "It had been out of sight until the downfall of the false emperor, where the distortion grew with such intensity that it worried me."

The fourth grunted, "Whatever or whoever had caused it had written into place something that had been created not by means of data or organic."

"An anomaly," The fifth answered, "It threatens the course. But it hides after its appearance as quickly, we could not pinpoint it."

"I have attempted," The second spoke again, "But our sensors are clouded by the Towers littering the world."

"No," The first said. "It is not just them, something powerful, far, far more advanced hides the anomaly. Something that is unknown to all of us."

"How should we proceed?" The fourth asked.

"We wait," The first replied. "It will appear again, and when it does, we will be ready to detect and proceed to investigate then."

"So, it's a game of patience. Is the Darkness also aware of it?" The third questioned.

"If it is, we will beat it back. It is our duty," The fifth said.

"What if the Chosen Children intervene?" The second questioned.

"Then we will push them out of the way, but we cannot eliminate them, they are necessary," The first answered. "For now… We wait."


A realm of darkness, grayed and clouded, colorless save for black and white, an ocean… An ocean, an ocean, an ocean of darkness, the Dark Ocean, the World of Evil. A prison, imprisonment, a jailer, a jail ruled by a figure beyond mortal comprehension? No, it has been comprehended, but just not of yet. A contrast of conflictions, a simmering raw emotion of anger, but one willing to wait and plan.

It's Master was angry, something, someone had escaped from him many days prior. A potential asset that out rivaled perhaps even the Child of Light. It was connected, a Connected One to something beyond its reach, an object of such potent processing power even the Master didn't come close to it.

Through the network of Spires, it had reached it senses, limited as it was with the Holy Stones keeping it away, it discovered just yesterday an energy it was only vaguely familiar with, a source that had exploded with such intensity that it seemed to write something into the Digital World, breaking through the laws that governed it, if only for the briefest moment before vanishing.

But it remembered where it saw that or a similar energy before.

It sneered.

"Counter Guardian."