Chapter 7: Berserker means Business
(Fate ost opening ougon no Kagayaki )
Things weren't looking smoothly For Ashura and his allies for as a new contestant shows up leaving a dark omnius aura.
"My name is Shandaar EK and I would like to test my servant against you" He says with a common smile
Everyone looks tense except the archer who is nowhere in sight "you best be ready Ashura, we don't know what he may be capable of " Saber said
"Okay then, Come out Berserker!" He shouted while pointing his finger up in the sky and suddenly...
*BOOOOOM*
A giant shadow has landed in front of the group, it looks like a giant tall mechanical being with metal wings and helmet, with golden glowing eyes
"▂▂▃▃▄▄▅▅!"
"Tch, a berserker at am early point like this?" Said the Mavis in an slightly worried tone
"Well it's expected to witness the unexpected " Saber said but stop to look at Ashura who was stunned by the new digimon
"I don't believe it..." Ashura said as it witnessed the berserker in awe
"What's wrong? " Mavis replied
Ashura didn't look at her but replied anyway "T-This digimon is not just a berserker..."
"Huh?" She questioned
"What we're looking at is a living breathing actual for-real BLACKWARGREYMON! " he said as he looked at the revealed digimon
"EEeehhh!"she shouted
"But Blackwargreymon was a virus digimon...an al... how" Saber Said
"That's right, I have the certain power to summon this powerful being back from the abyss of death" said Shandaar EK he said as he now looked prepared to strike as he lifted his right arm like it was some sort of signal
"Let's test these new targets Berserker" said the little boy he said as he brought his hand down like a signal.
Just then the berserker roared again and wass slowly charging
"▂▂▃▃▄▄▅▅!"
"Everyone move!" Shouted Mavis as they avoid the giant digimon that struck like a train. The berserker went right past them, so quickly and he left a great gust of wind that almost knocked the group out of there feet.
"Woah!" Yelled the blond as the wind almost pushed her small body to the down.
"No choice then, baby flame!" Shouted saber as he took a leap and shot multiple
But unfortunately the berserker didn't move because he didn't need to as the attacks bounced off him
"It didn't even phase him..." Mavis replied frightened
"Oh course, Berserker is a mega level digimon so it will take a lot more than that to make a scratch" Shandaar EK said with a simple smile
"Oh jeez, Mavis where's your archer? "
"I told him to patrol aftet we left the church, of all the bad timing." She said a bit regretful about her choice
Ashura looked worried about her then had a thought, "Oh I got it" he said as he threw his phone to her
"Call him" Ashura said "I'll hold the line until he gets here" he said as his digivice started to activate
She wondered who he was talking about then realized who "Got it" She unstood what he meant and then pressed the contracts listed and called
"Okay saber time to transform once again!"
"Okay" said Agumon
(ost Digimon butterfly junko ver.)
Saber Shinkai! And went through the same metamorphosis and becomes a Greymon again He then rubs and shoots Mega flames at the berserker
The both ram into each other but still he has trouble. The saber tries to go inder him but Berserker was suprisingly clever enough to grab his tail and throw him off. The distance was impressive but as he landed, Greymon quickly recovered and tried to strike.
The berserker levitated and smack Greymons head to the side making him roll down
(Darn, Greymon is tough but he's still a champion level) he thought and he remembered his card was still not ready yet.
He then wonders, if it's possible to digi-volve again this early
Suddenly his digivice turns out by itself
It says,
Do you want to strengthen your digimon?
which involves a yes or no option and shows some xp points that saber has
course he wants to during this situation "sure" he pressed yes
Just then, his body feels a bit drowsy, he wonder why until a card pops out,
A card that pops out that says exp...
(experience? ) he thought, hen wondered if it's a new thing for the competition
"Why not? " he says and slides it down
Greymon glows again
Saber Cho Shinkai!
Then Greymon glows much brighter until, he appears in a new form. He glows with more silver and half the body becomes more metallic and grows out purple shredded wings
Metal Greymon!
"He may not be mega level be he should help out against the odds" he said he said the metal Greymon started to fly up and strike
The saber starts up and shouts Mega claw And his mechanical arm shoots out to grapple against his opponent full of fury
The berserker jumps, but the claw manages to scratch his legs this makes the Berserker charge and making him charge as well
They both hit each each with scratches, metal Greymon is hitting well but Berserkers limbs are bigger and have grapple advantages so he's still in trouble
And when things couldn't get worse, Berserker then says one of his signature moves
"Great Tornado!"
And he suddenly spun himself. He did it so quickly that he was becoming a living drill. If digimon counted as live beings.
He drill like creature started to fly in his drill statemoving faster and moving around him
*CLANG*
*SLASH*
*CLANG*
He started to strike and slash his sides and Saber starts to guard but doesn't know how long. The Saber started to cut bake despite the speed but he only manages to make one hit.
"Meanwhile on the bottom, "Ashura!" Mavis said to get his attention "He says he'll be there in a couple minutes!" She said
"A-A few minutes...?"
"We are a little far from your home" she reminded him
"Darn" he grumbled "and due to being late, he could take longer"
"What wait did you say?" She said as that last comment worried her a little
"There's no point for reinforcements, My Berserker is strong enough to topple any threat I see fit." Shandaar EK said
Then the berserker had a enough and said "Dramon Killer!" the berserker shouted which enhanced his attack with forced a power left hook hitting metal Greymon square under his jaw "Guuhh" he felt pain from that hit
It started to make him feel weak, he can be blamed for it as he did take a beating
He started to control his landing to avoid Ashura and His blond compititor
*CRASH! *
He landed hard, but as he tried to get back up, he limped and deformed back into his agumon state.
"Saber!" Ashura said in concern
"It was impressive that you digi-evolving your Servant so early in the war, but foolish to activate your trumpcards so early." Shandaar EK said as he made a so-so sign with his hand" So I guess it's time to finish the job...Berserker" he said as the servant landed by his side
"End Saber " he said with a gentle smile and eyes closed that shocks Ashura in the situation
And to add to the pressure the berserker floats to his group which his faster than walking dramatically
(Dang it! What should do?) he said as he was thinking
He looked back at Mavis "Uggh whens your Archer coming?" He said with some sweat
She looked concerned not until a few minutes, I contacted him and he's hurrying as fast as he can" she said
"▂▂▃▃▄▄▅▅!"
The loud roar brought Ashura back to his attention and saw the berserker about to rise his razor sharp claw
(OH FORGET IT! ) He shouted in his mind as he started to run and charge as his energy
"What are you doing?!" Mavis shouted
He grabbed and threw Saber away and made a pixel like barrier with all the energy he has
The hit struck and it bursts throw the barrier And hits him deep on his sides
"AAUGGGHHH!"
It forces him out of the way and onto a wall and drops now bleeding
Agumon land Mavis looked shocked while Shandaar EK looks very suprised
"Huh?..."
Suddenly multiple blasts land in fron of the berserker
They stop and see Kakashi with his digimon and sees the mess
He even looks at Ashura's state And back at the mmysterious boy
"Did you do this?" Kakashi said
Shandaar EK snapped out of his stupor and noticed Kakashi "So?"
"So...Maybe you'd like to fight someone with...more experience..." he said as he suggested the boy to challenge him instead
The golden eye boy look serious then tsk
"Whatever this has gotten boring..." He says as he turns away
(looks like he knows with two digimon and the girls digimon on the way could leave him at a disadvantage after the scratches Saber caused) Kakashi thought
"Come on Berserker let's go" he said as he rode on the digimons backside " I'll let you all go on a warning, next time, be serious..." he said as he flew away on his berserker
"I don't have time to persue him now" he said as he looked at Ashura then Gatomon in her Ruler/D'Arcmon form arrived "Kakashi did you find out what took so long she said then looked as with wide eyes seeing Ashura down for the count
While on the ground Mavis sats down knowing she's safe "That was too close..." but looks at him in concern "WHAT IN THE WORLD WERE YOU THINKING CHARGING LIKE THAT!"
(I can't keep saving you...) she thought as she felt frustrated and sad by this and waited for Archer to arrive
No one is aware that they are being watched from a far distance by a mysterious person...wwith horns
"Mmm"
"Mmmah"
"Huh?"
Ashura made these noises as he slowly woke up.
He started to notice his surroundings but it's hard for him to see at first as his vision is a bit blurry. So he rubs his eyes and his vision starts to clear. He nows realized that he is back at his home apartment
(Fate ost gentle everyday day)
He starts to sit up and notices that his shirt is gone and replaced with bangages
(Who did this?)
He hears the door open and sees Mavis walking in with a teacup "So you look healthy " she said as she looked at him
He looks at his chest and quickly covers In embarrassment as she sweatdrops "are you ashamed of your body or something "She said
"Your kidding right?"he said
"If you wondering if she saw your torso, I did " she said
He then blinked and relaxed while dropping the blanket, "well does this means you patched me up"
She then looks to the side "Hardly Kakashi sensei did the rest" she lied a bit as she remembered holding him to add the bandages that night
"Now my question why did you take such reckless action " She questioned
He looked shocked by it and thought about it "Well you couldn't do anything and..."
" of you were worried that I could have been next, can handle myself" she interrupted "continuing" She said
"And my digimon looked real tired and I couldn't think of anything else to do, I sorta panicked and it came out of impulse " he explained
"Even if you died for him that wouldn't change anything " she said
"Wha?"
"If you didn't know, if a master in the competition dies than the servant will die as well"
He looked shocked about it and had a lot to think about but then talked about the wound "So how come this wound is small, last I checked it was bigger then this"
"I have no idea, the moment we got to your place the wound started to heal on it's own" she answered "Maybe your digimon has some abilities that you didn't even know about yet" she as as she suggested that theory
"HHmm...maybe " He then thought of all he could say but it was almost getting awkward so he decided to think of a question about the competition
"Sooo...as a fellow competitor, what do you think would be most...effective to recharge or strengthena digimon " he said
She looked at him strangely "but were competing against each other " she said with a confused face
"I know, but a simple fact like that wouldn't hurt, plus it has nothing to do with your archer or anything so there's nothing wrong about it"
She to decided to think about it and with a sigh she replied
The best way to replinish a servant is the absorb life energy from people."
He looked suprised by it. By what she said, it made it sound like there were living vampires, or vampire digimon " That's sounds dangerous "
"Oh it is it very possible that victims lives were even claimed by it." She said with no teasing
He looked a bit upset about it and looked at her again "Do you do it?"
She looked a bit peeved by it "Of course not" she said " Its not my style "
"Well good" he said which made her look suprised "I wasn't planning on doing that either " he said which made her remember the same talk with Archer
"So any other methods I should now about "
"You could let him sleep and wait for his power to return" she said as she said it in a quick pace, then looked away because she felt there was no need to tell him about the third method... just thinking about it makes her stomach knot
Ashura looked confused but let her drop the topic "So where's Saber"
"Outside " she said
He nods and gets up,
"Wait you can't..." she warned him but...
He gets up with no grunts or hesitation or no pain
"I'm going to go check up on him, make yourself at home" he said as he ran a bit
She looks at him weirdly "Didn't know Indian boy's healing worked so well..."she said
He then runs around and through the apartment complex, he had trouble searching until he remembered where they met and gave it a shot to look
He then finds saber sitting down thinking
He walks to him and talks "Hi Saber " he says which gets the attention of the digimon
"Master you are awake" Saber said
"Yup I'm better now" he said as he acted like last night didn't happen
The saber sighs in relief " That's good to hear"
"So you want something to eat? " he suggested " with Gatomon around you may need to hurry if you want to eat at all" he joked
"Before we do, I would like to make a request the next time we go into battle" he said
"Yeahhhhh?" He said as he feels uncomfortable about it
"You should really let me fight alone the next time." He said "You are a Master so there is no need for you to pull a stunt like that"
"I don't think I can keep that promise" he said in a dull face
"Why not?"
"Because I don't know if I can." He said "I did that because I wanted to help you out."
"The result would end with both of us losing" Saber said
"Then I'll just have to be careful " Ashura said with a smug face
"Look as your Servant I plead with you for your own safety and let me do my own thing, I can go alone and handle things even patrol or scout." "I could even handle potential threats if they they look suspicious "
"Would that include stealing life force" he said which broke the atmosphere
The saber looked a bit shock when he heard that, "Im suprised you heard that, no doubt Archer's master mentioned it"
"Would you? "
"If you order me to it's...possible "
Ashura looked upset, but would you do it with your own will, because I would never ask you to do something so inhumane."
The Saber then lookedat his sincere face, "I would not either because I truly despise that method as well"
Ashura then felt relief and smiled, "then we got little to worry about."
(fate ost into the sunlight )
"I guess, so" Saber said
"He then looks to the other side" There's going to be tough opponents out there like Berserkers aren't there?"
"It's most likely "
"But I'm sure if we try hard, I'm sure we'll manage"
The saber looked at him in confusion "You have so much enthusiasm after you last battle"
"Well we other things to worry about like what we should eat" Ashura said
The saber then sighs "Right, you need to replinish your energy if we're going to fight side by side"
"Oh you agree now?"
"Let's just say I'm a bit tired argue for awhile"
Suddenly Gatomon came out, Hey guys, when are you coming back in!, I'm getting tired of waiting for breakfast already!" Then he noticed Ashura healthy "Oh you hot better, now make me some food now." She said as she went back
"Hmm...she looks like she didn't care at all" Ashura grumbled
"I'm sure she was worried as most of were" Saber said
"If you day so" Ashura said "Also I have a request"
Saber looked at him" What is it?"
"Could you call me by me name instead of master? I feel weird when I hear that?
The saber gets it and smiles "Okay then Ashura, I kinda prefer it as well."
"Thanks, now come on let's go so I can make something" He says as he goes inside
"Right" The saber agrees and follows him inside the apartment complex
(Ost end)