Fate/digital battle
By: shinigami-no-elie
A crossover anime of Fate/stay night and Rockman.exe…
Disclaimer: Fate projects and Rockman.exe do not belong to me. Any similarities of plot or OC names are purely coincidental. And trust me, the idea of creating this whole fan fiction just popped out in my head…
Summary: 5 years after the damnation of the Cyber Beasts, Hikari Netto had been through several unlucky events, until he met a part-time merchant giving a huge discount for a battle chip he had searched all over. Ijuuin Enzan realized his life had been rather dull, until a mysterious knight-like navi showed up, challenging him. They don't know that all of these events will only lead to something more complicated—The Holy Grail War.
A/N: yawn chapter 2 is up, which you are reading right now… anyhow, do review…
Part II
The Sword in the Stone
10.25am
Undernet3 area
"Where's your operator?"
Saber.EXE quirked an eyebrow as she heard him talked. Lifting her golden sword, she eyed the screen behind Blues, revealing a pissed Enzan. It was Enzan who spoke, and Saber.EXE already hated his attitude.
"I'm an auto-navi… I don't have any operator." Saber said with her eyes as cold as stone. Her tone was unwavering and her grip tightened over the golden sword. "I'm here on Serenade's request."
Enzan lifted an eyebrow as he heard the King's name. The thought about the virus residing in his desktop had disappeared just because of the name of one single navi. "One thing for sure, that Serenade never asked favor to any person. Who the hell are you?" Enzan asked coldly as he readied the Muramasa battle chip. Blues readied his stance as the Muramasa materialized on his hand, left foot in front to maximize his speed.
Blues could see, even just a little—Saber's eyes softened over the King's name. But they turned as hard as before almost immediately. Sword still tight in her hand, he could not see her trembling. 'She's good…'
"I told you once…" Saber said as she prepared to charge. She focused her power to her feet. "I'm Saber.EXE, and I'm here to test you…" She dashed ever-so-quickly and warped behind the red-tone navi. "…under Serenade's request!!" she screeched and clashed her sword. Blues had anticipated this move for sometimes, although he hadn't realized her speed would be very astounding. Reflexively, Blues drew the Muramasa out of its scabbard, did a 180-degree spun, and blocked the golden sword. Of course Blues still had plans under his sleeve, as he quickly dodged under the golden sword's pressure and swiped down his Muramasa for a counter hit.
Saber gritted her teeth as she withdrew and jumped back to avoid the counter. Still gripping her sword, she smirked, "This could have been more exciting than I thought…." She took her charging stance again, but this time she doubled her power focused on her feet. In a flash, she dashed again, 5 times faster than before.
"What the—" before Blues could even finished his sentence, Saber had appeared nearly in front of him with her sword going sideswipe for his head. Quickly, Blues put the Muramasa on his side for blocking the incoming blow. The swords hit each other and caused an explosion. However, Blues was sent reeling because of the poor defense he had made.
"Blues!" Enzan screamed as he saw his navi knelt down. "Any damages!"
Blues slowly went to his feet. "Negative sire…" He panted. 'She went faster… 5 times faster…' Blues thought. He smirked at the thought how powerful the navi in front of him. "Enzan-sama, I think we should get serious."
Enzan glared at his navi and Saber respectively. "Is she really that good, Blues?"
"Positive. She might be even stronger than Netto-san." Blues replied quietly. Enzan glared the knight-like navi disbelievingly, and returned to the red-toned navi. "Full Synchro, Blues…"
"Understood…" Blues obeyed as he felt his operator next to him—merging with him, fighting with him—both ready to attack with their very best. To Saber's eyes, they were doing nothing—and she failed to realize the screen behind Blues had gone blank.
"Don't tell me that you've given your best… Serenade's just wasting his time on a weak navi and his operator…" Saber snickered mockingly as she saw the navi remained still. Seconds later even after no reaction, Saber grew suspicious. Before she could step closer to the red-toned navi…
"You might want to take that back…"
"!!" Saber only glanced at her back as she saw Blues, Muramasa in his hand, ready to strike her down. Blues smirked as he stroked her down. Lifelessly, she fell ungracefully, eyes still wide-opened.
"…" Blues saw it happened, but he seemed unsurprised as the navi fell and… simply vanished into thin air. He redrew the Muramasa and scowled, "after-images…"
"Correct…" Saber exclaimed silently. By then, she was actually standing 10m away from the sword-based navi. Her sword was held down but still in her strong grip. "From your look, I guess you could do the same technique…" Saber continued as she held her sword high. "I guess Serenade gave the Legendary Sword to the right person…" She tripled the actual power for her feet, ready to dash again. For some reason, she could think of no other technique than charging. Blues and Enzan saw this and prepared their selves. There is a flash of light and both of them clashed their swords to each other.
For sometimes, they clashed swords at each other, not landing any damaging blow. After a while, they stopped. Panting, Blues knelt down even though he had no injuries. 'She's fast…' Blues thought silently as he looked at the now-panting knight-like navi.
"I must agree with that… however, we're not going to lose either…" Enzan said throughout their link. Blues nodded at his master's statement as he stood on his ground. Readying his might-be final stance, Blues took a deep breath and readied his Muramasa to go tripled.
Across the battlefield, Saber smirked as blue aura gathered around her and her sword. "To honor my foe, I must give him all I got!" she gripped her sword tighter than before and ready to swing the final blow. Blues saw this coming and tried to predict what will happen, yet…
'An explosion in such scale would be…' Blues turned grim at the thought. 'No… that should not happen…' the Muramasa glowed briefly, as if resonating to the golden sword Saber held onto. Blues could only bet on whatever the Muramasa was trying to do.
The aura concentrating on the golden sword became concentrated to the maximum capacity it could take. Knowing that the power is enough, Saber smiled in victory. She swung her sword and yelled her glorified skill—the only skill for her, and only her. "EXCALIBUR!"
As she swung her sword, golden cross came out, jetting through towards the red-toned navi. Enzan was speechless as the attack approached, and hadn't realized that Blues had pushed him away. "What!!"
"I'm so sorry, Enzan-sama…" Blue said finally as he knew, he alone was enough to be rid from the attack. He knew the knight's power had been this strong—maybe as strong as the King, but he didn't care. The last thing he wants to see was a fatally wounded Enzan, because of his lacking power.
Within Blues, his master's conscience had begun to drift away. Enzan was bewildered at how easy the navi pushed him away, just like that. Eyes widened as he heard the navi said his apology. "Idiot! You won't stand your ground against her, alone!!" he could see Blues smirked from the corner of his lips, before he was engulfed in the golden blast, Muramasa in his hand, blocking the attack.
Enzan watch him eyes-widened. He jerked back—in the real world—as he returned to his self, and quickly scanned the monitor in front of him. Fist balled as he saw the golden attack had not finished… yet. Horrified, he hit his desk hard out of frustration. "BLUES!"
The attack settled, revealing a panting, torn-tattered Blues with his Muramasa blocking the attack. Enzan lied down on his chair, speechless and glad. He'd never known someone as strong as the knight-navi would exist, excluding Bass and Serenade. 'Almost as strong as Bass… but then again, I should not be shocked… this is the Under Net…' Enzan thought cold and pissed. His eyes rolled back to Blues. He was silent at first and glad Blues survived the attack, but what comes after the two was never suspected to happen. Dumb-struck and still panting for air, Blues eyed the sword he was bestowed.
The Muramasa was broken…
Saber smirked pleased as her golden sword turned to dust…
"I'm Tohsaka Rin, Archer's operator. Pleased to meet you..." The girl said from the screen behind archer. She looked stern and lazy at the same time seeing the blue navi. "And I've known you, of course. You're Hikari Netto, the one boy who saved the world several times, son of Yuuichiro Hikari, grandchild of Tadashi Hikari, Currently on holiday with the rest of the Hikaris. "
Archer chuckled slightly as he saw the confused look over both the operator and the navi. He also had expected the two to back off a bit, eyes shone in suspicion. "How do you know us that well…?"
Rin only sighed. "Everybody knows the boy who saved the world… Besides, I'm still an official…" she took a cup of green tea near her and sipped it. Archer scowled as he heard the little detail about the 'official'.
"You are…?" Netto asked unsure. He had almost readied his cannons battle chips for program advance, in case Archer tried anything suspicious, and dangerous.
"I am…" Rin said again as she showed her Official Net-Battler ID card. She put it aside and talked again. "Well, so much for the introduction… after all, I can't log in to the net forever. And since you've done your parts, I guess I really should give you the chip…"
Netto was grinning broadly whilst Rockman smiled happily, waiting for their prize. "Yet… I've got the chip sold out already…"
Silence…
"WHAT!!" Netto cried loudly as he heard those ironic words. "I THOUGHT THE CHIP WASN'T RESERVED!!"
Rin shrugged. "It was, 3 days ago… the person asked for the chips while you were gone…" She could see the operator turned chibi-like. "However, since I'm not a heartless cold-blooded bastard who doesn't reward anything over work, I'll give you this as a reward…" Rin downloaded a chip onto the red-caped navi. Archer went still.
"…download complete… Processing... Done…" Archer blankly said. A chip materialized right in front of him. The chip glowed as it materialized. After finishing the process, Archer grabbed the chip. "KanshouBakuya K (1)… only one chip of this kind is available in the world. However, the time you take this chip, you will also have to enter a competition…"
Netto blinked. He's not against having a competition, for a rare chip. He quietly asked, "What kind of competition?"
Rin's eyes turned cold. "The Holy Grail War…"
"I'm astounded, warrior. I've never wanted to use the Excalibur using a tracing sword, but you pushed me to…" Saber said. Her eyes closed peacefully and gladly as she eyed her hands, which is now—surprisingly—slightly tattered in data. "Not only that, you've managed to reflect it back, straight to my hand at the cost of the sword. You've fought well, and fulfill your destiny… Now that the Muramasa had broken, what'll you do O mighty warrior?"
Blues gritted his teeth as he gripped the Muramasa hilt tightly. Unwilling, he put the sword away, together with the broken blade. 'She's aiming for the destruction of the blade after all…' Blues thought way out-pissed. Blues summoned his Long Sword. "I'll fight you without it then…"
"But Saber had lost her blade, so there's nothing to battle for anymore…"
Blues quickly spun around to the voice, and found a screen behind Saber.EXE. There, a red-haired operator stood, eyes as calm as the sea, yet raging like a firestorm. Brown eyes stared from the back of the blonde knight-like navi. His lips tugged a smile—more like a smirk of satisfactory.
Saber had noticed him almost immediately and spun to the boy. "What in the world are you thinking, Shiro!" Screamed a frustrated Saber and made the asked boy jumped off his chair in fear. 3 seconds later, the red-haired teen showed up again, still sweat-dropping over the navi's act.
"Etto, even though you had told me to stay put, I can't actually put aside the battle between my navi and Blues… besides, I was about to send you another copy of Excalibur chip, in case the old one was destroyed, either by your magnificent swordsmanship or simply broken by the enemies…" Shiro smiled, not to his notice that Saber was having a deep red shade over her face.
"I'm not so careless that I let people destroyed the tracing blade! Besides, those who match the Excalibur are worthy enough to wield it. And Blues has everything to wield it! I was once a king, chosen by the Holy Sword!!" Saber reasoned—more like retorted. Shiro shook his head, half way disapprovingly.
"That's the problem. It's not us who select the King. It's Excalibur, and there's only one way to find out…" Emiya Shiro stared blankly at the dual-haired operator, who was glaring right at them, feeling very unnoticeable as Shiro and Saber.EXE talked all the way. "Ijuuin Enzan, I was hoping for you and Blues to come with us…" Shiro said calmly.
Enzan lifted an eyebrow disbelievingly. The red-haired teen was being very blunt at that very moment. "What if we don't?" Enzan gave him an over-my-dead-body look. Shiro saw this and only smirked. The red-haired teen lifted up disc—plain silvery disc.
"Actually, you will have to, since now I'm the only key for saving your data file." Shiro grinned as he played the disc in his fingers. Enzan gritted his teeth, eyes-widened as he saw the seemingly-innocent disc. "This is the anti-bug of the permanent bug spreading in your computer. It's my original design so nobody had been able to copy it, not even Science Lab had asked me to associate. Aren't they high in their pride…?"
"In short, with a snap, I could end up your whole job as a vice-President… and really, I don't want to make another copy. Let's just wait for the Science Lab if this one is broken, okay?" Shiro grinned evilly.
Enzan was straightly dumb-struck. He sighed as he knew he had no other choice but to play along. "Fine… what should I do, Mr.…?"
"Shiro. Emiya Shiro…"
Enzan lifted an eyebrow. "Of course… you're the Under Net #1 Hacker. Now, what possibly do you have in mind after you've infected my entire data file inside the desktop and blackmailing me like that? And what's with this navi and you! Shouldn't she be an auto-navi!!?" Enzan nearly yelled, which cause the red-haired to jump off again in reflex. Saber sighed at the red-haired teen behavior.
Slowly, Shiro peeked up behind his chair, seeing a calmed Enzan. He coughed at first. "I'm here on Serenade's request. He wanted you to have the Excalibur sword… well, he said in case the Muramasa became 'unusable' anymore..." he said. "Oh, and Saber is a semi-auto navi. Her Operator is still me, but she could decide what to do when she's patrolling along the Undernet—that is when I'm not operating her."
Saber shook her head at how long Shiro had been explaining things. "Shiro, I thought you haven't finished the project yet…" Saber pouted. Shiro only smirked at his Navi's behavior.
"I haven't. I leave it to you then, Saber. Oh, almost forgot…" Shiro said as he downloaded a chip and the anti-bug file to the navi's database. Saber eyed her hands as another golden sword materialized in her hand, similar to what she had had. "…that's only the copy. Don't be reckless with that…" Shiro said as he eyed the dual-haired operator. "You'll get the anti-bug program after Blues tries taking the Excalibur. See you all later then…" Shiro grinned as he logged out, leaving only them in the depth of Undernet.
Saber sighed as he eyed the red-toned navi. "You've heard him. You're getting the anti-bug IF you agree with the condition. Now should we proceed?"
Blues eyed his operator and saw him sighed disbelievingly. He saw Enzan nodded in agreement, even though it was as hard as admitting defeat. Saber saw this and turned her back.
"Follow me…"
"I have to participate in the Holy Grail War?" Netto blinked and had no idea on whatsoever the tournament is—and how cold and blank the black-haired girl said it. "It's some kind of tournament, right?"
Rin nodded. "Sort of… If you win, you will receive a special prize…" she said. "However, the prize itself is very—" before she could finish her talk, Archer had already shot a death glare at his own operator. Rin challenged back and realized that she's off the topic. And so, she sighed to stop her speech. "Anyway, you'll get special prize. Oh, no backing out once you agrees to this…"
Rockman gave the two a rather you're-always-requesting-for-anything look and turned to his twin. However, he was rather eager for fight these days. Hell, he didn't have a good fight for a long time, excluding his battle with Blues. Yet again, he was getting bored and trying to search for other awesome navi to battle. He wanted to get stronger, and he saw the opportunity. But all of this would not go only to his decision—his operator must agree in order to do this. "What do you think Netto…?"
A grin was formed upon his lips, finally letting off his frustration out of some information about a tourney. "Let's go for it, Rockman!" Netto's eyes were full of spirit as he stated. Rockman smiled and turned to the red-caped navi, who was waiting for their answer.
"We're going for the tournament!" Both of them shouted. Archer blinked and smirked. His hand was still gripping the chip tightly. Lazily, he threw the chip towards the blue navi. Rockman was rather amazed—despite giving him the chip rather lazily, Archer had thrown the chip, hard, as if wishing for the chip not to left his hand.
"That chip was the proof as the entrant of the 'tournament'. Let me tell you the rules…" Archer said as he coughed to straighten up his voice. Rockman could only chuckle at how childish the red-caped navi looked. He stopped chuckling though, after receiving a piercing death glare especially for the blue navi. "The Holy Grail War had been attended for years, and was recently added as a battle tournament for net-navi. Unlike other battle tourney, this 'tournament' only consisted of 7 Operators each with a special chip marking them as entrants. The KanshouBakuya chip is one example of that special chip, which marks you as entrants."
"In the Holy Grail War 'tournament'…" archer paused as he saw Rockman was deep in his own thought, almost leaving them.
Rockman was rather suspicious at how Archer had been implying the word 'tournament' all over, as though the Holy Grail war is not supposed to be a tournament. The thought made him wondered and hurt as he could feel a hand smacking down his head, sending him off his muse. "OUCH!"
"You might want to hear the rules if you want to join. Kids these days…" Archer mumbled. He stepped backwards and crossed his arms. This time, he was rather pissed at how easy Rockman took this. He had hoped the navi would have much more, ehm, patience for hearing the rest of the rules. Yet, Rockman was not Archer, and he had not been designed to withstand any speech with almost unlimited amount of concentration like Archer. "Those seven chips are proof of the entrants. So the condition to become a winner is to have all the chips."
"Also, the 'tourney' itself will exist as long as there hasn't been any winner. You will have to fight until you drop. And also… we might inform you this a bit later, but…" Archer said as he eyed his operator. Rin sighed as she threw her face away, seemingly pissed at what Archer is going to say. Archer rolled his eyes as eh continued. "We want you to destroy the prize…"
Silence…
Netto blinked several times, trying to digest the information in the words. "And why should I do that?" Netto asked confused and annoyed at the same time. He folded his hands. 'These people happens to be the most annoying people ever bother me in my life… they have so many request!' Netto thought annoyed. If they're going for the battle to destroy something, why can't the people do that their selves!
Rin rolled her eyes again as she calmly sipped her tea. "It's of no importance to you…" she said. Archer nodded as agreement to his master.
"You're not going to have us participate in the tourney then. I don't need the stupid chip if you're not going to tell me what the prize is… Rockman, Let's go…" Netto said. Rockman nodded, signing his agreement and threw the chip away. The chip landed smoothly in front of Archer, which was down-rightly pissed by his action. Mustering all the patience he had, he coolly picked the chip and gripped upon it tightly. Rin saw how the blue navi has angered her own Net-navi. Seeing nothing can be done except for talking about the prize with the participant, Rin sighed and started talking coldly.
"What if I said, the prize would be too dangerous as it could destroy the world within one's grasp?"
Netto's ears perked as he turned back to the black-haired teen. His eyes showing curiosity over knowing what will be of the prize. "What's that?"
Archer sighed as her master started to open her words. "The one who will stand on top of the 6 other entrants would be entitled as the great King of the Net and granted a free wish. However, this wish would cause the normal server and the Under Net server to malfunction… the worst part is, to attain the wish itself, you must summon the 'Grail'—which is going to grant one wish you have—sacrificing the other 6 navis, possibly the whole Net Navi community… You're going to let that, Hikari Netto, Rockman?"
Rockman eyed the red-caped man sternly. "Give it a break... why would I believe you, knowing the officials like would handle this better than a 12th grader?" He eyed Archer as if trying to kill the red-caped navi with one look. However, Archer seemed not to take the stare affine him as he knew something like this could happen, now or later.
"Because—" Before Archer could speak more, Rin had downloaded a silence program to her Net Navi. White fabric glowed over his neck, closing his mouth, silencing the red-caped navi for a while. Archer was babbling silently behind the fabric, eyes lied at the raven-haired teen. His vein popped, signing his annoyance. Rockman gaped at how easy Rin did that without asking the net navi whether it's fine, or not.
"Netto, Serenade was the one who asked you this request. Would you do it?"
"Here lies the Sword of the Kings, the Holy Sword Excalibur." Saber said straightly. Both of them had arrived in front of a hill, tattered with broken shield and sword. On top of the hill, the Holy Sword Excalibur was tugged to the ground, emanating some sort of mysterious aura, as though calling for its next wielder.
For Saber, the place had reminded her on how easy she defeated a thousand viruses with that blade—and how easy she'd seen Serenade—one of her comrades—dying in front of her as Forte killed his copy in the real world. What the King had wished was simple—the Excalibur. Excalibur was the only sword for her, and she knew someday that the sword must leave her as she search for another worthy leader, even though it might take years.
For Blues, The time was pacing very slowly as he stepped forwards. Several times, he turned his head around, seeing dead viruses and junk data, probably after Saber's clean-up duty. And every time he saw those junk data, it didn't fail to make him shiver at how powerful the lady-knight navi is. Each step, he felt heavy, as though there's some godly power at work, pressuring him.
Finally, they reached the top of the hill. There, the Excalibur was plunged to the ground. Saber walked carefully towards the sword and stood behind it. Blues followed her no longer as he was mesmerized by the golden shine The Excalibur had inflicted upon him. The grandeur of the sight—even Enzan was wholly amazed and dazzled by how beautiful a sword on the stone could be. But they did not only dazzled by the view. The aura of the sword had dazzled them, just like Muramasa had. The aura was legendary.
"Blues… Move closely and take the sword…" Saber ordered—or rather asked the sword-based navi. Her voice was surprisingly soft for a hard-headed navi like her. She pointed her left hand to the Excalibur. "It had been Serenade's will. Hell, I've never thought even one second to leave the sword out to another person. Yet again, he BEGGED me. On the second he left the Muramasa to you, I agree to him to take you as the next wielder, however…"
"Are you worthy to receive the sword, Blues?"
Those words made Blues wandered. Had Serenade really wanted to entrusted something's not his? What had he seen in Blues potential that made him received not only one, but two legendary swords? Had Serenade over-thought this all over?
Blues remained silent but he stepped forward, placing his hand upon the hilt. He was about to take out the sword, but something inside him stopped him, as though something big would turn out. Yes, Blues for the first time in his calculation was reluctant. His programming should have disabled the feeling long time ago, but something about the sword made him humble—as though he was just other people, too little for some legendary sword to be his, even though the King himself 'wished' him to be the rightful wielder.
"Whatever happens after this, we'll talk about that later."
Blues was rather startled as his operator was entering the Full Synchro. He admitted—he was deeply in thought. He didn't realize that Enzan had forced himself to synchronize. And right then, still gripping upon the hilt of the sword, Enzan was trying to lift up his morale high. "Serenade had entrusted us his will… let's respect him by receiving it, fully…"
"Of course, sir!" Blues nodded. Slowly, both of them gripped the hilt tight and pulled the sword from the stone. At first, the stone won't budge—not even an inch. However, Blues was not panic as he knew something like this would have happened. He sighed, knowing that he's not the chosen one. Saber rolled her eyes and turned away in disappointment. "And I really expect much from you…" she whispered sadly.
Blues sighed and let off his grip. He lowered his hand, eyeing it rather annoyed. "The person is not me… yet, why do I feel…" Blues whispered silently and blinked. Slowly, he summoned the broken blade Muramasa which was glowing brightly. The Excalibur in front of him was resonating with broken blade. He eyed the blade one by one and realized his crest also glowed. "Enzan-sama!"
"Strange… I felt… relieved…" Enzan whispered in his head. Blues knew what his operator meant. A surge of calm and relieving waves resonated within them, giving the perfect harmony that even Blues had to close his eyes and stopped in the tides of the world—and found himself standing in an unknown place…
Blues blinked. 'When did I ever get here??" Blues muttered. Seconds later, he realized Enzan was not with him. "Enzan-sama?" Blues asked to nobody, as he knew it was a deserted place. The place itself was nothing more than a part of Under Net. Yet, it seemed the Under Net itself was still under construction, which drew Blues to a conclusion that this Under Net was supposed to be in the past—if that's possible. If it's true, than what he's seeing was only a Vision Burst (A/N: I'm taking this from Mega Man BN 5: Team ProtoMan.).
"Saber, it is I who walk upon your door…"
Blues turned to the sudden voice, eyes-widened as he saw the King of the Under Net stand on the ground—not actually floating. Serenade was particularly standing patiently, expecting something to turn out. Seconds later, there's a blinding light as the dimension in front of Serenade was tore, revealing a certain knight-like navi. Her long hair appeared to be braided, making her more knightly than womanly. Her eyes were more blazing than he had ever imagined.
"What is it that you want, Serenade?" Saber.EXE asked the king coldly. Blues could tell, even though how cold her voice was, he knew she knew what Serenade was going to say, and ask.
Serenade started with a sigh. Looking away, he asked. "It might not be in my place, but there is this kid that I ask you to protect with all your might… after I'm gone…"
Saber turned rigid and her expression hardened. She crossed her arms and spoke again, "What is it that made you fascinated about this kid? Any kid would never even make you curios over anything… and I don't think you, of all people, are going to die in the near future…" her eyes were stern and serious. She was taking this as a joke—a cruel joke. No way in hell Serenade would ask her over anything bearable.
Serenade smirked. "He deserved the Muramasa…"
"…I see…" Saber muttered. She released her arm-crossing and lied on the side of the already-torn dimensional gate. "You've seen much in him, that I will believe you. However, what made you think you'll die in the near future…?"
Serenade turned to the sky, seeing nothing but circuits. "I really want… to see the moon up close. Yet, I never get any chance… and I'll never will…" Serenade said grimly but managed to smile. He turned to the knight-navi, who was still trying to catch the sentences. Serenade rolled his eyes as he stared deeply to the knight. "And also, I want you to see the boy… if he's well enough in your standard, I BEGGED you to consider him as a candidate. The Holy Grail War might have ended 11 years ago, knowing you—no, King Arthur along with her master had ended its existence. Yet, you too are very well aware that so long as the darkness rises, so will the grail—and the network is no exception…"
Saber lifted an eyebrow. "You've researched a lot, haven't you?" Saber sighed and rolled her eyes. "I haven't planned for any successor, but I can start from your choice…" She said. Serenade smiled happily and was about to talk more, but the knight navi in front of him had pointed her finger on him, eyes went stern. "However, that gives me the authority to test the boy out… Is that just?"
Serenade smirked and nodded. "I owed you much, King Arthur…" he said. Saber went red as she summoned kunais and practically threw it at the king. The King dodged it gracefully, smile still on his face as he faded with a 'log out'. Afar, Blues watched the place and recorded everything he saw. However, his action was interrupted as Blues' surrounding blurred into thousands of color, replaced by the present image of the Under Net. He was rigid, not noticing how he had held his breath. He closed his eyes, searching for his operator deep in his mind… "Enzan-sama…"
However, what he could hear and feel was Enzan's ragged breathing, as though he had been running for miles, chased by some sort of calamity. Hearing this concerned Blues, as he knew that Under Net has many effect, both to the operator and the navi—something Blues had never tried, not when his OP's life at stake. Everything concerning yourself would be at stake if you're messing with the Under Net.
"What…was that all about…?" Blues could hear his operator whispered within his consciousness. That's it—Enzan was not alright at all. Blues decided to disconnect him quickly, but some of his programming—the program to disconnect his operator—had been rewritten, by Enzan himself.
"Don't you ever think to disconnect me again…" Enzan scowled angrily as he tried to slow his breathing down. "Gee Blues, I'm fine… just some scary vision, on to the sword…" Enzansaid as he focused down to business, consciousness drifting to the back of Blues' mind. Blues nodded silently as he eyed the Muramasa blade in his hand. Blankly, he squatted down beside the Excalibur and plunged it to the stone. He prayed… and got on to his feet, hands gripping the hilt of the Excalibur…
…And it budged…
Blues smirked victoriously as he drew the sword out. Its golden shine felt like heaven as it blessed the new keeper. The sword continued to shine, not failing to make the past-wielder turned, as she was mesmerized by the view itself. Saber seemed rather dumb-struck but she smirked gladly, as she knew the navi and his operator has more than meets the eye. And so, the Excalibur had chosen its wielder.
"…Had Serenade always known… that the sword will choose us…?"
To be continued…
A/N: Okay… I made Shiro looks genius… What? It's not like he's dumb or anything!! People could be genius if they tries, and Shiro is one of them!
This fic is getting to me… Um, okay… I know my writing skills are not getting better… PLEASE DON'T SUE ME! A little flame might be appreciated, as long as it doesn't break my heart… Err, Review??