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AN: YAY! 50 Chapters! Thank you all for the support! I was looking at my story stats when I noticed my trend is different from most other stories on fanfiction. I seem to have joined the exclusive club of stories with more reviews than followers (Fate-In –Time is another). I don't know why that is but can only hypothesize that I have the best readers out there! Readers who actually show me their love by reviewing so I want to thank everyone out there for doing so! Love you all! In celebration of Valentine's Day, I offer this chapter as a Valentine's Day Special. I leave the ending to your imagination. Finally is it just me or is Fate Prototype about Saber Artoria Pendragon Prototype? I didn't add him in my story because it would become all shades of wrong very quickly if I followed the Shirou / Artoria harem route.
worldwanderer2.0:- Yay! I am excited about season 4 (or is it 3?) as well. I haven't seen the Arrow of Orion movie yet but I'll get around to it, hopefully soon. Hopefully, it will give me some more ideas but even without it, the story is going to get messy. I decided to forego the overly strong connections between gods and their relevant heroic spirits hinting that the legends in danmachi are different so they wouldn't have known about these spirits. All I decided to give them was a general feeling of Deja Vu and left it at that. The same with divinity. I make a distinction between danmachi Arcanum and FGO divinity calling it similar but different. I didn't want to over-complicate my story. Otherwise, I don't know the mechanics of Danmachi gods giving other gods falna and so decided to keep it simple. Hence Ishtar and Ishtar feel the same but different, so they readily accept each other as different with no connection other than personality (and both being big M's).
Stickmanreader:- Glad to amuse!
Guest:- LOL No I didn't realise but thanks to you I went and looked it up and I will be using the reference for later chapters… because you know it will happen.
Phantom Thief of Hearts:- I agree but it supposed to be one of Bell's selling points so I'm keeping it. Instead, I like to play with numbers and small coincidences so it will be a bit more meaningful later. Yes, Fou's cuteness and his pervertedness is about to come out, unfortunately for Loki. Danmachi Ishtar probably thinks all women should be gloriously named after her so meeting another Ishtar probably means the woman's parents had good taste. After all, no one named Ishtar could be bad right? Yes, Scathach was careful to only burn one building, the reason will come later. Yes! Thanks for reminding me about Ted's casino! That is another slave trader and a bigger one too. It will be used. Hestia is slowly getting clued in and Da Vinci is only buying time until the full reveal. It has to be done right or Hestia may not react the way Da Vinci wants her to. My Da Vinci in this fic is extremely manipulative even more so than FGO canon. LOL! Another hats off to you! Nursery rhyme's shapeshift ability will come into play later.
Surfysun95:- Bell will start turning up more but with so many characters running around, screentime is being shared.
Rob:- Thanks for the support! More madness to come!
Azelios:- Got it in one! And it is a very rough start! Yes, luckily deceiving a goddess like Hestia is easy, had it been Freya it would have been harder, hence their decision to join Hestia familia.
OctoPops888:- Thanks for the info so I went back to do all the research. This is what I found. There is no law for or against slavery so essentially it is not illegal. The slavery contracts however are recognised and legitimized by the guild so that puts them in a dangerous position of being seen as supporting slavery. There are also lots of slavery examples In danmachi, Haruhime, Ted's casino, the kingdom of Eluria and if it can happen once in Orario it will be happening often. The fact that there are full-time slavers out there (re: Haruhime's captors) means that the market exists for them and the fact that dubious contractual sales can be made will be heavily leveraged by Hestia familia. They have had thousands of years more of political history and experience to fall upon than even the gods of danmachi. They know what they are doing, Orario won't know what hit them.
ghost777:- Oh it will get worse. It's not just about earning a profit! Stay tuned! And Mario Bros FTW!
ShadoWARmadaN:- Yeah I never understood it either. Even the stupidly high numbers of the weapons costs had me asking why they hadn't developed the banknote yet or even promissory notes, then to paper money! I can just imagine Tiona needing a forklift with a pallet full of valis just to buy another Urga or going shopping in Danmachi and needing a sack instead of a wallet. Then there's the question of credit and money supply and economically they are just a bit above barter. Yet they developed the gem powered stove. Well enough of that, if the guild doesn't want to be the state bank then they just accidentally handed that power and role over to the Hestia familia and Da Vinci won't look a gift horse in the mouth. Imagine how much actual minted coinage they would need to hold behind the guild counters for gem exchange because no one is coming to hand over coin for anything at the guild meaning they need to be 100% liquid in their transaction. It boggles my mind how the guild is still up.
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Fate Grand Disorder
Chapter 50 – Valentines
The food was set. The menu was spectacular and exotic. The wine bars were ready. The waiting staff had been hired and prepped. The ballroom hall in Hestia familia's new manor had been finished. Caster Charles Babbage had just finished producing his steam-powered electrical generator which was currently feeding power to the manor. It was a temporary solution until the hydroelectric dam in Mt Fuji would be completed. Even after that, it would act as a backup generator for the manor should power fail. But because of the availability of electricity, the manor now had a heated inground pool and most importantly, disco lights!
Hermes and Asfi Al Andromeda, his captain was busy at the reception snapping photo after photo of the gods and guests in attendance. This was Hestia's first party as host and already it was shaping up to be unlike any other party before it. The main hall itself was serenaded by soft love songs and sweet classical music. The pool outside had a dance floor rocking the latest in rock and roll and dance tracks. Dazzling light displays and a 'fog machine' made this an exclusive party that would be the talk of the town. Unlike all the parties hosted by gods before, this would be the first party covered by the press and boy was it going to get a lot of press. "Lady Freya!" Hermes called out excitedly, "How about a photo with your captain there!"
Freya smiled as she happily obliged, clinging closer to her blushing captain. "Beautiful, beautiful!" Hermes exclaimed, "How about showing a little leg?... Beautiful!... Truly beautiful!... Square off your shoulders a bit! That's great! Show the world your assets! You got nothing to be ashamed of!" Hermes continued snapping off more pictures.
Asfi slapped her god in the back of the head. "You pervert!"
Hermes looked a little shocked as he rubbed the back of his head. "No Asfi my dear. I'm just doing my job!" Another face caught his attention and he hurried off to take more pictures. "My lady Demeter my dear! You look stunning tonight!"
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Hephaestus sat forlornly outside by the pool bar. She didn't want to come tonight but seeing as her captain Tsubaki had insisted and Hestia had personally invited her, she had no reason to refuse. Even still, she felt miserable. Hestia sat beside her nursing a cocktail as she worriedly rubbed her friend's back. Hephaestus finally broke the uncomfortable silence, "So why the party? Why Valentine's Day?"
"Well, Da Vinci wanted to celebrate it and she said it would be good publicity." Hestia shrugged. "It's not really in my domain but I thought I'd humour her."
"Isn't it usually a love goddess thing?" Hephaestus asked.
"Yeah, but I figure love is love and family love is still a type of love." Hestia sighed. "Besides love eads to family anyway so I thought why not."
"Love sucks!" Hephaestus gulped down her Long Island Iced Tea in one long swallow. "I don't know how Freya and Ishtar can put up with it!"
"Is this about Lancer Enkidu?" Hestia asked concerned. "I'll have a talk to him and have him apologize to you. I'll get him to make things right."
"Make things right! Hahaha!" Hephaestus' laugh was dull and mournful.
They sat in silence together for a while before it was Hestia who spoke up. "What's wrong Phae? You can tell me. We're best friends right."
Hephaestus was silent again but after a brief moment she turned her dull eyes to Hestia, "Hestia, tell me have you ever loved anyone?"
Hestia's face turned ruby as she fidgeted with her cocktail glass, "I…I'm in love with my Bell."
"Then tell me, would you love him if he wasn't a man?"
Was this the problem, was Enkidu secretly a girl. Hestia gave Hephaestus a comforting smile resting her hand on her friends. "I would love Bell simply because I love him… or her."
"What… what if he wasn't human?"
"I wouldn't care. Love is boundless." Hestia meant it too. Although she was thinking more along the lines of inter-racial relationships. "Love takes many forms but in the end love is always beautiful. We often don't get to choose who we love but our love for them is real and worth it."
Hope seemed to flicker in Hephaestus' pupils, narrowing slightly at the thought. "Wh… What if nothing can ever come of it?"
Hestia chuckled, half amusedly and half sadly, "Bell is a mortal and I am a goddess. Yet I fell in love with him. Nothing can come of our union yet I still love him and want to be with him. He'll die eventually leaving me behind and knowing this pain I still choose to cherish my love for him."
Hephaestus nodded slowly in understanding as she grabbed another drink off the bar. She would do a lot of thinking tonight.
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In another part of the main hall, Tsubaki Collbrande, captain of the Hephaestus familia spotted a man she had wanted to see. He was the cause of all her goddess' strife in the past few weeks and Tsubaki marched over to him to give her a piece of her mind. Striding up to the man, she grabbed him by the shoulder and spun him around to face her.
Lancer Enkidu saw the slap coming. He could've stopped it at any time, it was going that slow for him, but something inside of him prevented him from defending himself. The slap didn't hurt. He just slowly turned his face back towards her and peered at her wondering what he had done to deserve such treatment. "You dare! Mongrel!" It was Caster Gilgamesh that spoke up on his behalf.
Enkidu grabbed the hand of Caster before he could slap her and shook his head signaling Gilgamesh to allow him to handle it. Turning back to the furious half-elf he asked, "To what, may I enquire was that for, m'lady?"
"You know damn well what that was for!" Tsubaki jabbed a finger at his chest. "You would use my goddess then throw her away like some used tissue! How dare you!"
"Use her…?" Enkidu was confused.
"I saw everything!" Tsubaki spat out, "I saw… I saw… lady Hephaestus… and you… and on her knees… and…urrgh!" she stamped her feet in anger. "And whatever happened afterward, you hurt her heart and I can never forgive you for that!"
"Hurt her heart?" Enkidu repeated to himself.
"Begone wench before I lose my temper. You have insulted my friend enough!" Gilgamesh growled at her.
Welf Crozzo, the red-headed smith from the same familia had seen his captain lose her temper and had come in dragging her away from the two men by the waist. But she struggled and cursed and finally yelled out at Enkidu, "Take responsibility, you bastard! Be a man! Grow some balls!"
Enkidu repeated her last words to himself, deep in thought. "Be a man. Grow some balls…?"
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Archer Emiya Shirou was trying to keep busy in the kitchen with Berserker Tamamo Cat and Rider Boudica cooking up more dishes and treats for the guests. He normally feared Valentine's day, not only for the sake of his wallet but for his sanity's sake. He couldn't buy anything different for any one of his girlfriends in case one thought they had gotten something lesser than the other, but when he bought the same thing for them they always came back with the retort that he didn't care about them and didn't bother putting any thought into their presents. His love life really was complicated.
Complicated was Riveria sampling all his foods in wonder at the mastery of his culinary skill. It had nothing to do with the fact that it allowed her to watch him cook or expertly bring out food to top up the buffet spread. She was adamant she wasn't interested in him after all. UBW was obviously a fictional work by some deranged artist paid by Archer to boost his reputation. It didn't make her curious one bit about whether or not he was any good in bed.
Complicated was Loki yanking Lefiya by the ear away from the kitchen as she desperately tried to keep interaction between Hestia familia and Loki familia minimal. Lefiya wasn't in such denial about her own feelings. She no longer cared that Archer had five girlfriends already. If he had five girlfriends, what's one more. After reading the doujin, 'Me and My Seven Wives', she felt she didn't mind getting in on some girl on girl action, as long as Archer was involved too. In fact, girl on girl felt a little too right for her.
Complicated was Shirou being dragged out to the dance floor by Saber Artoria for a dance then being cut in by Lancer Artoria before being dragged away by Saber Artoria Lily. Embarrassment was all he could feel when the five women would start bickering and demanding more time with him before they all stormed off out of the manor together.
Shock kicked in when the sound of massive explosions could be heard from outside as everyone rushed out to see what was happening. Was Orario under attack? Was Rakia and Ares attacking them? All they saw were five women walking back out of the inferno, slightly burned but no worse for wear. "What was that?" Archer asked them.
"Pillow fight." Saber Artoria Alter answered him.
"The order is decided. One hour each starting with me." Ruler Artoria smiled as she brushed a piece of ash off her shoulders.
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On the other hand, Lancer Scathach was having the time of her life. She had bought her boyfriends, Lancer, Berserker Alter and Caster Cu Chulainn a bouquet of flowers which they were diligently holding onto as per her orders. They glanced around the room trying very hard to avoid eye contact with anybody else as they turned beet red. Scathach put out her hand as the three men had to hand her their presents. It was a tradition she had created, that she would spend her time with each man, in the order of best present to worst present, in and out of the bedroom, for the night.
So the competition was fierce. The first gift box she opened contained a beautiful and very expensive diamond necklace and earing set. She kissed Lancer Cu Chulainn and thanked him for that. The next gift box she opened was a set of car keys to a brand new Hesterini Huracan. Scathach smiled at Caster Cu Chulainn, kissed him and thanked him for the new car. The last gift box was large. Almost the size of a small fridge. She quickly tore open the box and found to her amazement, it was a freshly cleaned dragon's skull decorated in jewels. She looked up at Berserker Cu Chulainn Alter and saw him grinning from ear to ear, obviously pleased with himself. "I personally slew the beast!" He bragged.
Scathach could only laugh and shook her head. She kissed him too and thanked him for the present. Now came the hard yet fun part, she would have to decide which present she liked best.
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Ganesha stood outside the manor staring at the sculpture before him. His captain Shakti Varma stood beside him, blushing madly with her hand covering her eyes although she did leave a gap between her fingers, just to see the path. "Lord Ganesha, should we not be going in?" She asked as she tugged at the sleeve of his tuxedo.
Ganesha crossed his arms and could only continue staring at the sculpture. It was of a perfectly proportioned male standing with one hand holding a towel draped over one shoulder. The rest of him was nude. Ganesha could not help but notice however that the sculpture was extremely well endowed. "I am Ganesha… and I must say that this is a magnificent sculpture."
A melodic voice floated towards them and they looked up to see Caster Da Vinci walking towards them. "Thank you. I call it 'Son of David.'"
Ganesha greeted Da Vinci with a nod. "Did you have a model for this?"
"No. Not a model. But I was working to a design in my head and thought I would just improve it a little." Da Vinci had a knowing smirk on her face.
"You improved it?" Shakti asked as she tried to keep her eyes off the statue.
Her god Ganesha finished off her unspoken question, "What was improved?"
"Well…" Da Vinci posed dramatically and gesture to the figure's groin, "He wasn't always so big and would often get laughed about it."
"Why, he is almost as big as me now!" Ganesha placed his hands on his hip and strutted proudly.
"Lord Ganesha!" Shakti pouted as she slapped him in the arm. "I did not need to hear that."
But she accidentally noticed the statue's groin and turned into a tomato.
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Bell stood in the grand hall admiring the painting on the wall. It was another of Da Vinci's artworks and it was titled 'The First Supper'. In it, a figure looking remarkably like Hestia sat at the middle of a long table with a golden chalice in her hand. On her right were seated various people of different races in various poses of eating and talking. On her left were seated various monsters that were dining with her and above her floated various spirits and angels. Bell could only wonder what Da Vinci hoped to portray in this painting.
"Hello." A soft monotone voice greeted him from beside his musings.
Bell almost jumped as he turned around and saw who it was. His heart beat out a staccato rhythm as he stuttered, "H…H…Hello…M…M…Miss… Wallenstein."
She gave him a blank look. "Please, call me Ais."
Bell nodded. "W…Well then… Ais."
She gave him a small smile as she turned to gaze upon the painting with him. "Congratulations on reaching level three." There was no sarcasm in her voice.
"T… Thanks." Bell felt a tinge of happiness from being acknowledged by her.
"How did you do it?" She turned her gaze back on him as she awaited his answer.
"D…Do what?"
"Get strong so fast?" her voice the usual stoic monotone.
"Umm… Like the manga says, I have Liaris Freese which makes my growth rate faster than normal so long as I chase my desire. Also, I believe… my familia… has been helping me a lot with training." Bell answered wistfully.
"That… makes sense." Ais put her finger on her chin as she thought about it.
The great thing about the world knowing his secret was that his growth wasn't unexpected now and the curiosity wasn't there anymore. This only put him under the scrutiny of only those who were interested in him but he had already rejected several offers to switch familias, but that had slowed down as Hestia familia became more and more powerful. Ironically he had less attention now that everyone knew how he was getting levels so fast than when no one knew. Before he was an oddity, a question, now he was just someone with a rare skill.
"What is your desire?" Ais turned her full attention back to Bell.
"I…I…" Bell hesitated out of embarrassment. Looking into her honey amber eyes he lost his breath and almost said 'you', but instead refrained himself and settled for "I want to become a hero." Blood rushed to his face as he looked back at the painting. "My familia is full of amazing people and I can't hold a candle to them. One day I want to be able to stand beside them."
Ais nodded in understanding. Even though Hestia familia was technically only considered a medium-sized familia of low strength and had only been promoted to an 'F' rank familia, she had personally seen the impossible level ones in action and knew they were not just hitting way above their weight, but breaking every rule concerning level strengths. She had no doubt in her mind who the true powerhouse of Orario was now. "C…Could I train with you?" In a rare moment of hesitation, she stuttered.
She was curious about his Liaris Freese but more importantly, she just wanted to get stronger for herself and if training with Bell and Hestia familia would do that then she had no qualms about asking for training.
Bell was surprised as he unconsciously touched his lower lip. His mind drifted back to a scene in Rivira as his face heated up. He could still feel her melt in his arms, although he wasn't sure if that was the poison or her feelings. "T…Training… D…Do you…you mean…kissing?"
'Kissing?' Ais wondered to herself. She noted he had his finger on his lip and she remembered the softness of its feel on her own. It wasn't unpleasant. She also remembered they hadn't completed that training yet either. She nodded to herself, she wasn't one to leave things unfinished. So she cupped his face in her palms and leaned over and kissed him.
They never did see the camera flash go off nor did they notice two goddesses screaming blue murder as they were dragged away by two other people. They didn't know if it was the poison taking effect or whether or not it was their body moving on their own but their tongues were soon trying to share saliva in an effort to pump more poisoned fluid into each other.
When they finally pulled away from each other, both were flushed crimson and their eyes had become unfocused whirlpools. Bell shook himself sober first and felt a bout of shyness hit him. The music started playing softly in the background and so he asked the first thing that came to mind to break the uncomfortable silence. "W…Would you like to dance?"
Regaining her senses, Ais was still trying to get her focus back when her mouth answered before her mind. "Yes. Sure."
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Hestia was walking beside Loki as she was entering the grand hall, looking for Bell and hopefully she would be able to snag a dance with him. "I didn't think you'd come, you flat board." It was natural for Hestia to insult Loki, they had this rivalry going even from their time in Tenkai.
A tickmark formed on Loki's eyebrow. "How could I possibly turn down an invite from the great Hestia herself?" Loki replied through gritted teeth. Loki had to keep reminding herself that she had promised Finn to play nice with Hestia.
Hestia was confused by Loki's lack of reaction. "Fine. Whatever. Thank Da Vinci for that. She insisted that we send you an invite."
Finn himself was being dragged onto the dance floor, by the pool out the back by two little girls, Caster Miyu and Caster Illyasviel in swimsuits as they tried to get the stiff man to loosen up and do the hokey pokey with them. It was currently their newest and favorite dance.
It was as they entered the ballroom, that they were greeted by the sight of Hermes dancing around taking photos of what looked like Bell and Ais kissing. Loki and Hestia both erupted into imaginary flames as they stormed their way to the couple.
"BELL!"
"AIS!"
Both of them howled out at the same time as their hands each turned into claws flexing and unflexing as if getting ready to rip someone's throat out. Luckily for everyone involved they were suddenly picked up and slung over someone's shoulder as they were forcibly carried away from the couple. Still, that didn't stop them yelling to each other from across the hall. "You perverted chopping board! I told you to keep your Ais away from MY Bell! She's raping him again!"
"What are you blind you cow-titted midget! It's obvious Bell's the one raping Ais!" Loki yelled back.
The whole room turned as one to stare at the two goddesses arguing. "You're just jealous that my Bell's so cute! You're trying to corrupt him like you corrupted your sexually deviant Ais! I bet I know the real reason she's called the 'Sword' princess!"
"What was that you lolli fun bags!" Loki's voice raised an octave, "I'm not the one printing perverted doujin of my familia doing demented shit! And what the hell is 'Bukake' anyways!"
"Hey! We just print the stuff, we don't make it! And at least we're not the ones buying the stuff, unlike a certain Loki familia that I know of!" Hestia retorted.
"You…" Loki started.
Before she could finish she was interrupted by the figure plonking her down in front of the bar and putting a glass of wine in her hand. "Now, now." The smooth female voice cooed to her, "Why don't we have a drink and calm down and maybe have a little dance." The woman with pink hair pointed to the dance floor, "Look, even Bell and Ais are dancing. It can be quite soothing."
Loki wanted to storm over to the two and break them apart but a gentle hand held her back. "It's unsightly to go barging onto the dance floor like that and inconveniencing everyone. Come, if you want to get closer to them we should follow etiquette and dance our way over, so we don't cause a scene." The woman held out a friendly palm to Loki.
"Who are you?" Loki asked suspiciously.
"Saber." The woman replied.
"Saber?..." Loki waited for her to fully introduce herself by now aware of Hestia familia's naming patterns.
She smiled warmly, "Saber Astolfo."
Loki admitted to herself that she was extremely pretty and was definitely to her taste. Loki shook her head to calm down and took a deep breath. Looking over at Ais she couldn't help but notice the small smile on her face. Loki frowned then looked at Saber before a smile crept back onto her face. She was a woman so what harm called she be? Plus she had to find a way to get closer to Ais, so with little choice she took her hand and started swaying to the music as she tried to lead her gracefully towards Ais.
Hestia on the other hand was wriggling and punching the back of the Caster William Shakespeare. As he put her down he grabbed her by the shoulder preventing her from running directly up to Bell. "Please, lady Hestia. T'would be unseemingly of you." A polite tilt of his head.
"We have to get there and break them up! Who knows how she's corrupting my Bell." Hestia complained.
"Really now!" Shakespeare chuckled to himself more than anyone else, "They rather look like they are enjoying themselves." Bell and Ais were dancing with each other not paying attention to anyone else in the room.
"Who's side are you on anyway!" Hestia stomped her feet angrily on Shakespeares.
He rolled his eyes. "Fine. Then shall we at least assume some dignity and dance our way there?" He offered her a hand as the room watched on.
"Grrr…. Fine!" Hestia relented.
Bell was the first one to notice his goddess Hestia dancing with Caster William Shakespeare and slowly inching their way towards him. He did the only thing he could think of which was to try and steer his partner Ais, gently away from them as they played dancing tag in the ballroom.
Ais noticed the look on Loki's face as she was dancing with another woman and slowly getting closer to them. It was the look of trouble, so she decided to take the lead and hopefully get them away from her goddess.
Two people trying to take the lead, one girl not used to wearing a dress and one boy having never danced before could only lead to one outcome. They would trip. They fell on top of each other and into the most compromising position possible. The flash of a camera meant it would probably make the next day's paper.
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Now please review or make any comments or even ideas on more craziness that I could add. I'd appreciate it.