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Chapter 3: Bonding
"Onee-chan could you tell me another story please?"
"Oh you want to hear about another story about a hero of old now do you?" She asked as she ruffled his hair affectionately. He laughed happily from her action, causing her smile to grow.
"They're so cool!" He exclaimed happily. "They go out and fight the monsters so people don't have to worry about them. They make people happy and safe! They also have cool powers and all!"
"Oh they are pretty cool and they may have special powers, but those aren't what make a hero special. After all a true hero isn't measured by the size of their strength, but by the size of their heart," she said smiling ever so slightly. He blinked in confusion at that last bit. He knew that he had heard it somewhere before. When he finally remembered where she got the line from his mouth dropped and his eyes widened, and one would think a light bulb appeared above his head.
"You got that from a Disney movie!" He exclaimed.
"I did get it from a Disney movie, but do you know which one?" She questioned, her smile growing a little.
"Hercules!" He said, causing her to laugh.
"I did. If you'll be my hero then you have to promise me something," she said, causing him to blink in confusion and look at her curiously. That look on his face made him so cute to her. She hugged him to her, causing him to giggle in happiness. "Don't worry it's nothing bad I just want you to do something for me."
"What is it?" He questioned curiously.
"If you want to me my hero then you must fight only for those you cherish," she said. "I do not want you to fight for every wrong in the world.
"Okay, I promise," he answered, not really sure what she meant by that, but not really caring. If he could be his Onee-chan's hero then it was worth it!
"Good night otouto, sleep well. I love you," she said. She kissed his head and he sighed happily as she walked out of the room.
Reality
Hikaru woke up and took in a deep breath, and almost immediately calmed down. He took several breaths to calm himself down. That dream it felt too real to be just a dream. It felt more like a memory.
He felt two weights on top of his body and looked down and to his surprise he saw Avenger and Saver on top of him. Just like yesterday morning the both of them were cuddling with him in their sleep with content smiles on their faces. He heard Avenger let out a content moan as she began rubbing her face against his naked chest. Saver let out a content sigh as her tail wagged behind her.
'How the hell did they get in again?' Hikaru wondered. Just like last night he locked the door, but this time he also decided to take it up a notch and barricaded the door by using his chair and hamper to be on the safe side. He looked toward the door and saw that the door was unlocked and the chair and hamper that he had used was off to the side as well.
Obviously he had underestimated them again. He would have to stop doing that if he wanted to sleep by himself again. He remembered that they told him that nothing would stop them from sleeping in the same bed as him but he had to try for modesty's sake. He couldn't give up. He would just have to take it up another step and hope that this time it would work.
He put those thoughts aside as he remembered the rest of the rest of the dream. He knew that younger boy was his him without a shadow of a doubt. That was a memory from his when he was younger, his childhood obviously, but that didn't matter to him. What mattered to him was what his younger self said, one word in particular.
That word was Onee-san.
He has an older sibling, a sister.
From what he remembered from the dream he never saw her face but he did see her smile. Her hair was the same color as his and her skin tone was the same as his own as well. He couldn't tell if they shared any other features yet, because that was all he saw in that dream, but he finally had something.
She seemed to care about him. She smiled when she was with him. She laughed when she told him that story. He could tell that she truly loved him, but if that was the case then why didn't she come forward? Why didn't she contact them back when he was first missing?
He heard a moan come from Saver and looked at her and saw that her tail wagged with more vigor and he ears began too twitch. He felt something wet hit his chest. He shivered in slight disgust and saw that a slight trail of drool coming from her mouth. He didn't want to know what kind of dream she was having.
He thought about waking them up. Not that his current situation was bad or anything, but he was uncomfortable sharing a bed with two girls, even if he knew without a shadow of a doubt that they would protect him with everything they had. He just sighed quietly as he decided to let them sleep. Despite how embarrassed he was about his current situation he couldn't deny that their presence did help put him at ease. Besides who was he to ruin their happiness?
He heard Avenger shuffle around his body and looked at her. She lifted her head up and looked at him happily. She rested her chin on his chest as she sighed in content.
"Good morning Praetor," Avenger said happily.
He felt Saver's body moving around saw her let out a cute yawn. She stretched her body out on her side of the bed. When she was finished stretching she immediately got back to cuddling with him.
"Morning Goshujin-sama," Saver replied sleepily.
"Good morning Avenger, Saver," he answered still thinking about his dream. "Had a good night's sleep I hope you two."
"Indeed," Avenger replied, as she snuggled with him. She had a smile on her face as she rubbed her face against his body and let out a content purr that only confirmed his thoughts. Hikaru couldn't help but blush because of that. Her skin was soft and smooth like Akiko's.
"Well that's good to hear," Hikaru replied dryly. "It's nice to know that I make a wonderful pillow to you."
"Are you alright?" Saver questioned worryingly. She noticed how he seemed depressed because of something.
"Yeah just had a dream," he answered. "I think it was related to my childhood."
"Your childhood?" She questioned curiously.
"Yeah, I think it was," he said. "I don't remember my childhood so it's surprising that I finally got a memory."
"You don't remember it?" Avenger questioned, looking up at him curiously.
"Yeah," Hikaru answered somberly. "I don't remember anything from a few years back. My first memory is of the Kazuki's finding me and making sure that I was okay. The only thing I had on me aside from the clothes on my back was a gold bracelet that had a rose theme, and a necklace that had a Kitsune theme to it."
Avenger and Saver lowered their heads, placing their faces against his chest so he wouldn't see their face. The two of them smiled happily as they snuggled closer to their Master in joy.
"I wonder if she misses me," he said out loud, mostly to himself. If she missed him then why didn't they see or hear anything on the news about him missing. He felt Saver and Avenger's face move off of his chest and saw them look at him.
"…I bet she does Master," Saver said softly, but the firmness behind her words made them stronger then steel. "I bet that she is worried sick about you and cries herself to sleep every night because of how worried she is about you."
"Maybe," Hikaru sighed. "Hey could you guys get out so I can change please?"
"Of course," Avenger said. She and Saver got off of him and made their way to the door, but before she opened it she turned back to look at Hikaru and said. "Hikaru, if you ever need someone to talk to I'll listen. It does not matter the time or place. If you wish to talk to me about anything then all you simply need to do is ask."
"Oi, same goes for me as well Goshujin-sama!" Saver cried as she pumped her fist in determination.
"Thanks for the offer," Hikaru chuckled. "I'll keep it in mind."
They left the room and Hikaru sighed as he heard the two beginning to argue again. He liked them and was happy that they were with him, but he wished that they wouldn't fight as much. He grabbed what he needed from his clothing and then made his way to the bathroom.
'Another day, another war zone,' Hikaru thought tiredly. He mentally prepared himself for the possible encounters today. He already ran into Lancer and those creatures. He wouldn't be surprised if he ran into another one of those monsters or another Servant today.
Tetsuya
Tetsuya stared at the older men seated across from him. Right now him and the rest of his team were standing in front of several Heads. Due to the lack their success that had little doubt about what the meeting was about.
Tetsuya looked at Himura, and saw the stoic look that he had on his face, but he saw his hand ball up into a fist. It was a tell that he was nervous about what was about to happen.
"The G3 Program hasn't performed as well as we had hoped," one of the board members said. "It has managed to kill one of these monsters, but the suit was severely damaged in the process to do it. We have spent tens of thousands of dollars and planned for years for this, and it keeps getting almost destroyed against these monsters."
"Sir with all due respect he was outnumbered both times, and we know almost nothing about these creatures. We have only encountered these creatures twice and we already know that they are exceptionally strong. We have proven that it does work, since it killed one of them. It can do what it was made to do. At the moment the G3 System is the only way to destroy them," Himura countered.
"It may be, but just like you said, at the moment. With enough time and research other ways can be found. The suit is without question useful and has proven to be able to do what must be done. That makes me wonder whether it may be the incompetence of the user or the one in charge of the unit," one of them said.
Tetsuya clenched his fist in anger. Himura had done nothing wrong yet there were blaming for this. Himura had poured his heart and soul into making the armor. Staying up late at night and thinking about what
Himura balled his hand into a fist. His knuckles were white as he felt anger boil to the surface. Tetsuya was without question skilled and able. For them to think that he was incompetent was downright insulting. Before he could do anything he felt someone place his hand on his arm and looked out of the corner his eye and saw that it was Tsubaki.
Before they can say anything else, the room's phone rang. They pressed a button and it went to speaker.
"Hello?" Head Kusugawa said.
"Head I see that you have already begun the meeting," a stern male voice said.
"Director!" Head Watanabe gasped in surprise.
He wasn't the only one. Everyone in the room gaped as well. Their eyes widened. The board knew that the Director had gotten a message about the meeting. It was protocol, but they didn't think that he would take part and say something about it.
"I'm sorry that you all had this meeting when I already came to a decision, but I was distracted by the video tapes and data that we received from the G3 System," the Director said. Every word that came over the phone sounded like it was weighed. As if he didn't want to waste his time saying something that he didn't mean to or wouldn't keep the conversation moving forward.
"Director?" Head Kusugawa questioned.
They all wondered what the Director would say next. For Himura and his team the fate of their team and G3 System literally hanged in the balance of what he said next.
"As of this moment the budget for the G3 Program is doubled," The Director said, surprising everyone in the room. "At the moment the G3 System IS our best chance of fighting these creatures on even terms. Himura I trust that the armor will be repaired soon?"
"Y-Yes sir," Himura answered. "I just need to run a diagnostic check and make sure that everything is working properly and then it will be ready for use."
"Good, and also look for ways to upgrade the armor and its weapons," the Director said.
"I'll see what I can do, but it will take time Director," Himura answered, his mouth was as dry as sandpaper as he tried to think of ways to improve the armor. "I will need to look over performance data and technology before I can come up with any ideas."
"Understandable, but do not be afraid to come to me if you have ideas," the Director said sternly, but to everyone else it sounded like an order. "If there is any way to improve the armor or improve I want to hear them."
"Yes sir," Himura replied, the pit in his stomach still there.
"Good, one more thing. Learn as much as you can about Agito and find him. From the creature's reaction it is obvious that he has a connection to them. If you find out who or what this Agito is exactly let me know at once. Everyone dismissed, this meeting's over," The Director said.
"B-But Director!" Head Watanabe exclaimed. "Just because the armor has killed one of them doesn't mean that-"
"I said that this meeting is over. My mind is already made up on the matter," the Director interrupted. "Are you questioning my judgment?"
"…No Director," Head Watanabe replied quietly.
"Good. Now all of you get back to work," the Director said. They heard a click and knew that the Director had ended the call.
The G3 team and the Head of the boards immediately left to get back to work. Unknown to them all the Director was watching the footage the G3 helmet camera managed to get. The Director played back the footage and studied the two women fighting the armored man intently. He studied every little thing that he could about the creatures, the women, and most of all Agito.
Kazuki Residence – Miyama District
After a good and hearty breakfast Saver led him outside to the gardens. Avenger was following after him with a frown on her face. She did not like this. She couldn't help Hikaru out with learning how to control his power or summon it at will. At best all she could do was support him and encourage him from the sidelines as Saver taught him and helped him learn how to summon it. That bitch was going to use these training sessions to earn Hikaru's favor no doubt!
"Now Goshujin-sama we're gonna try to draw that power out of you," Saver said, smiling at him.
"You think that we can make it come out at will?" Hikaru asked. He wanted to make sure that he knew where she was going with this exactly.
"I don't think that we can. I know we can!" Saver clarified.
"Saver, what if the moment we manage to draw it out I start to attack you?" Hikaru said. He didn't fully remember the fight but he had flashes of the last time he turned into Agito. Last thing that he wanted to do was hurt any of them.
"That's why we have the blonde gorilla here!" Saver chirped happily. "If that were to happen then she'll be a meat shield that protects me while I try change you back to normal. After all, that is all that she is useful for."
"Watch what you say bitch!" Avenger roared angrily, glaring angrily at Saver. "I may not be able to help the Praetor with learning how to control this power, but I am more than capable of beating you!"
"I'm not a bitch! I'm a vixen!" Saver yelled, as she glared back at Avenger with puffed cheeks. "And you wouldn't last a minute against me you blonde bimbo!"
"I think it would be better if you stayed inside," Hikaru said to Akiko.
"Are you kidding me? This is far more entertaining at the moment," Akiko replied. She watched the two trade insults between them intently with a smirk on her face. It was amusing to her. "Besides I want to see what they'll say to each other."
"You're going to let them insult each other, because you're curious about what they'll say?"
"Just a few insults then it's back to work," Akiko swore, crossing her heart. "I promise."
"Okay," Hikaru answered. "Just a few more insults then you have to get them back to work."
"Thank you!" Akiko chirped happily.
The two adopted siblings just watched quietly as Saver and Avenger fired insults at one another. When their insults had amused her enough Akiko let out a happy sigh, but remembered that they came here for a reason. She brought her hand up to the corner of her mouth. Before Saver could insult Avenger again a loud whistle caught their attention.
"Ow my ears!" Saver complained as she rubbed her furry ears. They turned and saw that it was Akiko. Akiko put her fingers down and then cleared her throat for what she was about to say.
"Okay you two, that's enough sadly. I would honestly love to watch you two continue to insult each other and amuse me, but Saver you brought us out here for a reason! You came here to help Hikaru learn how to control whatever the hell is inside of him! Avenger you came out here to make sure that IF Hikaru-Nii does harness that power that he doesn't go on a rampage. Now he can't learn how to do that if you too continue to fight each other. So both of you shut up and get to work on helping him!" Akiko ordered, sending a stern look at the both of them.
Saver and Avenger both sent a flat look at Akiko, clearly not amused or happy with what she had said. They stared at her for a few moments and Akiko began to wonder if they would curse at her now.
"You're correct Akiko," Avenger sighed. "The Praetor needs our help, and if we fight amongst ourselves now then Hikaru will never learn how to control it. Saver I expect you to teach him how to control and summon it at his own will. Prove to us that you are useful for something." Avenger glared at her and summoned her sword. She pointed the tip of her weapon at Saver, who didn't even flinch at being threatened with a weapon. "But know this if you try anything then I will make sure you get back to work immediately."
"Heh, despite what you may think I know when to get to work," Saver answered.
"You better, or else," Avenger threatened. She crossed her arms under her bust and glared angrily at Saver. She noticed Hikaru looking at her and raised her cross arms a little, making her bust line more noticeable. Hikaru blushed and Avenger let a smile come upon her face.
"Let's get to work Goshujin-Sama!" Saver declared.
"Right," Hikaru said, as his blush began to die down.
"The first thing we'll try is mediation," Saver declared excitedly, with stars in her eyes. She was happy at the prospect of teaching her Master, and helping him through this trial. One upping Avenger was just a sweet bonus.
"Meditation? Why do you want me to meditate exactly?" Hikaru questioned curiously.
"Meditation is used every day by people for a whole lot of stuff. It can help combat stress, help physical health, fight chronic pain, help people fall asleep better, feel happier, be more peaceful, as well as more aware of what's going on around them. Meditation is a spiritual practice that will train your mind. It will open a doorway that will hopefully allow you to use your power at will," Saver explained. "My thoughts are that in order for you to summon it you must first tap into the power and then channel it. Bring it to the surface and give it shape, like Prana."
She held up her hand and a faint blue ball appeared in her hand. He and Akiko gazed at the little orb in her hand intensely, completely mesmerized by it. The orb then dispersed in her hand as if it was never there to begin with. "The easy part will be getting a feel for the power. The hard part will be giving it form and summing it at your beck and call."
"So through meditation you think I'll be able to clear my mind to the point that I'll be able to harness and feel the power that the belt gives me, and then be able to summon it at a moment's notice," Hikaru summarized.
"Yes, and I'll be honest Goshujin-sama. Despite how cool and awesome you are I don't think you'll get it right on your first try since it is EXTREMLY hard for beginners to sit in one place and do nothing, or have an empty mind. I can't tell you the number of times that I fell asleep while I was meditating when I first started," Saver laughed.
"Tis surprising that you even have something in that head of yours," Avenger muttered, causing Saver to glare at her fellow Servant in anger. Saver stuck her tongue at Avenger and Avenger did the same thing in return.
"Focus!" Akiko ordered, glaring at the two of them. Saver turned back around.
"Be quiet you!" Akiko whispered harshly to Avenger, and the Servant pouted in frustration, and Saver to smirk in satisfaction.
"Try to feel it. Try to bring it out with your will," Saver instructed him gently.
He closed his eyes and took deep and calming breathes. As he breathed he tried to find the source of that power and bring it out at his will. He thought about the belt and the power that it gave him. He breathed in and out. He thought about the belt and the power that it gave him. He wanted that belt to come out and appear around his waist. He didn't know how long he breathed and thought about it, but he never felt a change or it come out.
"I got nothing," Hikaru sighed sadly after a few moments, disappointed in himself.
"Don't worry Master," Saver said as she placed her hand on his shoulder. "No one starts out with complete control of their power. You might not get it right from the start, but you're bound to learn how to summon and control your power eventually."
"I know," he sighed. He knew that she was right. No one was able to perfect anything on their first try, but it didn't help lower or end the disappointment that he had against himself.
"Why do you to control this power?" Avenger questioned, looking at him seriously.
Hikaru didn't answer at first. He closed his eyes and remembered what they said to him the other night. He remembered how they said they would rather stand beside him, and how he was a wonderful person to them. He would've understood if they chose to leave him, and a part of him wanted them to for their own safety. He didn't understand why they had so much resolve to be with him. He didn't understand why they cared so much about him and why they he was such a wonderful person in the short time they pent together, but it didn't matter him. They cared about him so much, and wanted to stay with him that he could never say no to them. That alone was more than enough for him.
"I don't want to be a burden," he said. "I don't want to be a threat to you or anyone else. I want to stand by you as an equal."
"You'll learn eventually," Saver said, smiling cheerfully at him. "Just remember why you're going through this. That desire to draw it out will help you do it."
"Indeed," Avenger agreed, smiling. "That desire will help you grow stronger. And I cannot wait to see your growth."
Hikaru couldn't help but blush in both surprise, and in embarrassment. Their belief in him surprised him immensely to the point that it was impossible for him not to be flattered by their words. He never thought that he would hear such belief in him from others.
'Another reason to try harder,' Hikaru thought. He clenched his fist in determination.
"Thank you both for the advice. I'll keep that in mind for next time we try. I'm gonna go up to my room for a little bit," Hikaru said. "I need to think be alone for a little bit."
Hikaru went back inside the house and made his way up to his room. The moment he entered the room he made his way to the closet and opened it. It was rather large for a closet. Several people could walk inside and still have plenty of room to move around. He walked inside, and grabbed a paint brush and some paints that were next to the folded easel, and a couple of his paintings.
He walked back over to his desk and pulled out the unfinished painting of the woman and looked at it. The woman in his painting had the same heart shape face that the woman that he called 'Onee-chan' in his dream did. He raised his pencil as he remembered his dream. He sat there for a few moments as he tried to remember the woman in his dream. He couldn't make out the majority of her face, but this time he was able to remember her mouth.
A surge of joy went through him as he slowly and carefully began to sketch out the mouth. It was a start, but maybe that would be enough. Maybe that would be the surge he needed to finish it. When he was finished with the mouth he took a moment to study it. The mouth on he wasn't too big or thick and had a cuteness to it. He could remember that they were a slightly dark shade of pink.
He raised his pencil again and tried to remember any more details from his dream. He sat there and tried to remember, but no matter how hard he tried to remember he couldn't get any more details. He placed his pencil aside for now and sighed in resignation. When he finally had something, a solid physical image of his family the only thing that he could remember was a mouth. He clenched his hand in anger and in self hatred at his failure. Why couldn't he remember?
"Oh my," a person gasped behind him. He turned around and was surprised to see Avenger. She had a large smile on her face as she moved closer to the paintings in his closet. That smile on her face made her look like an excited girl who had gone to see one of the greatest art galleries in the world, instead of a person's art closet. Her smile made the anger and self-loathing that he had felt vanish in an instant, as if it was never there.
"Oh Hikaru you are quite the talented artist! You're not quite on par with myself yet, but your skill is worth mentioning," Avenger declared, studying his paintings.
"I do my best. I know that my paintings aren't the greatest, but I find this relaxing," Hikaru admitted. "You were an artist Avenger?"
"Oh of many kinds," Avenger replied, as a proud smile found itself on her face. She sighed in happiness and said. "At times I found myself writing and singing songs, painting, sculpting, writing, fashion design, architecture, acting, and metalwork. In fact I dare say that I am an artist who rivals the god of arts, Apollo."
He filed that information away for later. From what he had learned about Avenger she was Roman who had a great love and respect for Greek culture. The other night she said that she hoped that Hercules and Atalanta would be summoned into the war so she could fight them, and both of them were two of the most famous Greek heroes in legend. Not only that, but she also said that she rivaled Apollo, who was the Greek god of the sun and arts. There was also Edesia who was a Roman goddess. So far from what he had learned about her everything seemed to be pointing to her being Roman.
"Sounds like your an artist of many kinds. We'll have to see if you truly do rival Apollo then Avenger," Hikaru chuckled. "It's not every day that you meet someone with painting skills that could a rival a gods'. Maybe you could do a portrait of me or something like that to show us your skills."
"Indeed. The idea has merit! Such an idea cannot be held off! We should start now," Avenger said, smiling brightly.
"Wait right now?" Hikaru asked. He meant it as a joke. He didn't actually mean to become a model for her.
"Yes, right now," Avenger confirmed, nodding her head. "We are not held up by anything else at the moment so now would be the perfect time to start painting."
"You truly meant your words when you said that you would be delighted if I painted a portrait of you did you not? You weren't lying now were you?" She questioned frowning.
"No! No! Avenger it's not that I didn't mean them. I really would be honored," Hikaru quickly said. "It's just that I think that you could paint something better than me to truly show off your skills."
"Praetor there is nothing else in this world that I would rather draw and paint then you," Avenger answered seriously.
"Well if you're sure. If it's no trouble then would you be okay if I did a portrait of you one day?" Hikaru asked with a smile. Now that he was talking about something outside of the Grail War and learning a little more about Avenger as a person he couldn't help but begin to relax around her.
"I would be delighted if you did a portrait of me! Would you prefer me clothed or naked when you start it? I'm fine doing a nude painting," Avenger asked with a smile.
"…" Hikaru didn't say anything in response to that, because his brain had shut down. He had never done a nude painting before or anything risqué like that. The idea of doing a nude painting of Avenger, a beautiful short busty blonde girl completely naked, had made his mind temporarily collapse from the thought.
When his mind began to work again a deep scarlet blush formed on his face that would put a tomato to shame. Then the impossible happened when his blush somehow managed to grow to new levels of red, as if steam was about to burst through his ears when he realized something that made his mind shut down once more.
If Saver found out that Avenger posed for a nude painting that he made for her then he had no doubt that Saver would ask him to do the same thing with her as the model. She was willing to bathe with him after all so he wouldn't be surprised if she made the same offer. The thought of doing one of Saver, a beautiful busty fox girl made his mind shut down again in shock.
"…I think it would be best if we just did a normal portrait at the moment," Hikaru commented dully.
"If you believe that it would be best, but feel free to tell me if you change your mind Praetor," Avenger said smiling. "I have no qualms about showing my body to you. I'm more than willing to do it if you ask, especially for a painting."
"I'll keep that in mind," Hikaru replied quietly, but had no intention of ever doing a nude. "So Avenger is there a specific position you want me in?"
"I would prefer to do this out in the garden and no Praetor, just get in a position that you feel would be best. Give me a moment to get what I need and then we can start."
"Alright, everything you'll need is in the closet. I'll see you there when you're ready," Hikaru said. He left his room to go to the garden and ran into Saver and Akiko walking by.
"Hey Hikaru what are you doing?" Akiko asked.
"Well I volunteered to be a model for Avenger," Hikaru said, smiling sheepishly.
"She paints?" Akiko questioned, and got a nod from him in return. Saver frowned, but they didn't notice her reaction and if they looked at her they would've noticed that her hands were clenched into fists.
"Surprised me to," he admitted. "We're gonna be out in the garden while she paints me."
Saver's frown deepened as she watched Hikaru leave. Akiko looked into the room and saw Avenger grab the last of the painting supplies that she needed and walked out of the room. As she passed Saver, Avenger sent a mocking smirk her way, causing Saver to bare her teeth at her in rage.
After she passed her Avenger quickly ran down the stairs to go to the garden. She couldn't wait to start! She knew that when it was finished he would love it!
Saver quickly went down stairs and looked through the window. Saver growled in displeasure as she watched Avenger put the blank canvas on the easel. Akiko's stomach let out a small growl and she held her stomach. She was getting hungry, but Hikaru couldn't cook because he was modeling. An idea then hit her causing her to smirk. It was a gamble, but one that she was willing to make, to feed her stomach.
"You know when she's done painting him he's going to be hungry," Akiko said smiling. Saver's body froze as one of her ear's twitched and Akiko knew that she had the Servant's undivided attention. "Not to mention thirsty. I'm sure he would just love to have a nice home cooked meal and drink prepared with a woman's touch waiting for him when he's done modeling."
Saver didn't respond and instead quickly ran into the kitchen to make a meal that future husband would love! She had this recipe in mind that she knew he would love. The perfect way to counter Avenger's move!
"And like that the fox took the bait. Hook line and sinker," Akiko giggled. That was almost too easy, but hey at least lunch will be made soon. "I wonder just how good Saver's cooking is, probably not as good as Hikaru's though."
Tetsuya
Tetsuya was walking down to Himura's lab. He wondered what their progress on the repairs were and decided to pay him and Tsubaki a visit. He made sure that Fukami wasn't around.
When he arrived at the lab entrance he pulled out his card and put it into the scanner. As it did that he put his finger on the finger print scanner, and after that he put in the five digit code. The door's security had been increased by Himura after the armor was finished and only had their groups finger prints in the system to unlock the door. People weren't happy with him, but Himura didn't care. His workshop, his rules.
The moment he got the green light he grabbed his card and opened the door. He went inside and the first thing that greeted his sight was the many tools all over the wall. On the table in the center of the room he saw his armor taken apart with many of the inner electronics exposed, but not Himura or Tsubaki. He looked around the office and saw Himura sitting in a relaxing computer chair staring at one of the computers.
"Himura, aren't you supposed to be fixing the armor?" Tetsuya questioned. Himura turned in surprise, but then relaxed. He spun his chair around and looked back at him with a smile.
"I was, but we need a few more parts before we can finish fixing it. Tsubaki's getting them now," Himura answered. "Besides I'm still working. I'm thinking."
"Ahh, so you have some ideas."
"Yup," He replied, smirking. "I got a few, but just thinking which would be best for now. I don't wanna start something that's going to take months to get off the ground, when we could have something to help you in a few days now."
"Amen," Tetsuya agreed. "Something that could be done in a few days would be better then something that I would have to wait months for."
"You get it," Himura chuckled happily. "Something that's amazing with a ton's of upgrades is gonna take a while a while to build, and something's that still in construction won't save you when you're fighting for your life."
"No, no it won't. What are you looking at anyway?" Tetsuya questioned. He walked forward and hit play on the computer and watched as one of the cat monsters appeared from the other night.
"Just looking over the fights from the last couple of nights," Himura answered somberly as he turned his chair around to look at the screen. "Looking over the data that the armor took when it was hit, and what the scanners found out about these creatures."
They both looked at the screen and studied the monster. Tetsuya leaned down and hit play, and they watched fight play out. It was clear who the better fighter between the two of them was. Tetsuya had spent his middle and high school years learning kendo, and through his training as a police officer he learned taiho jutsu, and furthered his skills by learning judo, karate, and aikido. For him to get lose this badly, against them was an obvious sign that they were skilled.
"You know when I first heard you say that you were attacked by a monster I thought it was a Familiar or something like that," Himura said. "Clearly I was wrong."
"You're not the only one," Tetsuya said, agreeing with him. He grabbed the mouse and began to fast forward the video. "I want to know what these things are to, but I'm more curious about someone else."
He stopped the video at a picture of Agito. Agito's red eyes were visible to them, but they were focused on the cat monster in front of him. He had his sword raised into the air, as he was about to strike down the monster in front of him.
"I'm more curious about him," Tetsuya said. He stared at the armored warrior curiously as dozens of questions entered his mind.
"I don't blame you. All we can say for sure is that they're connected to each other, he's able to kill them with minimal effort, and has a magic belt. Seeing these two fight makes me wonder what exactly we're dealing with," Himura said. "That makes me want to improve the armor even more, because of it."
"I know that the armor you made won't fail me. You don't have to worry about it failing me in a fight. I know it won't," Tetsuya said firmly.
"I have faith in what I make," Himura answered, smirking. "But I have more faith for the man in the armor. The man makes the armor and the weapons, not the other way around."
"Don't worry Himura I won't fail you," Tetsuya said, smiling. "I promise."
"You act like you have. If anything I should be the one saying that to you."
They heard the door open again and turned around. The two saw Tsubaki shutting the door. She made her way to them.
"Oh Tsubaki you got all of the parts?" Himura questioned.
"Yup, they're all right here," Tsubaki answered as she placed the box down on the desk. Himura got out of his chair and looked through the box to make sure that they did have all the parts. He nodded in satisfaction.
"Yup there all here, and that mean's my break's over. Back to work for poor Himura," Himura laughed.
"Make sure he finishes fixing the suit first Tsubaki-chan," Tetsuya ordered. "Don't want him to run off and start planning ideas for the armor, and making upgrades before it's even fixed."
"Yeah, yeah," Himura laughed waving his hand dismissively. "Now excuse me while I fix your chest piece, and besides it was one time!"
"It was four times Himura-Sempai," Tsubaki said.
"I didn't ask you," Himura replied childishly.
"You didn't, but I had to prove you wrong," Tsubaki countered, causing Himura to pout and Tetsuya to laugh.
Tetsuya left the room with a smile on his face. He couldn't be in there when those two geniuses are at work. He'd only get in the way.
Hikaru – Miyama District
"Oh thank you Saver," Hikaru said as he took the cup from her. He took a sip in hummed in delight. It was a simple green tea, but it was still delicious.
"This is some amazing tea," Hikaru complimented with a smile. Saver blushed in happiness and with a massive smile she fist pumped in joy. Akiko poured herself a cup of tea and took a sip of it. She hummed in appreciation as well.
"This is turned out better than I had hoped," Akiko muttered with a small smile. Avenger heard her say that, and turned to her curiously. The look that Avenger sent her way did nothing to reduce Akiko's happiness at getting good food.
"You gave her the idea didn't you," Avenger stated, staring at her.
"Yup," Akiko admitted, popping the 'p'. "I figured that since she wasn't happy that you got Nii-san to pose for a painting that I could get her to make lunch for us with the right motivation."
Saver ear's twitched when she realized that she was manipulated by a fourteen year old girl, but she couldn't say that she wasn't happy with the results. That twitch didn't go unnoticed by Avenger and smirked in satisfaction. She was never gonna let that damnable fox live this down.
"It's really good Saver. Avenger do you wanna have some?" Hikaru asked, as he held a sandwich out for her. That immediately caused Avenger's smirk to fade away.
"…." It was obvious that from the expression on her face that Avenger wasn't quite sure what to do. The food was obviously made as an attempt to worm her way into Hikaru's heart and good graces. After all she had considered when she would cook for him to do the same thing. The ploy obviously got on his good side and showed off her cooking abilities to their Master.
On the other hand it was food, and she loved food.
She reluctantly grabbed the offered sandwich and slowly brought it up to her mouth, as if she was forcing herself to do it. She slowly chewed on the sandwich as if she was a robot and then swallowed it.
"…It is acceptable, but I've had better," Avenger answered. "And no one's cooking compares to the Praetor's."
That might've been a backhanded compliment, but that did nothing to stop the smirk that came on Saver's face after she said that. Avenger glared at the fox for that stupid smirk on her face, and Saver retaliated by sticking her tongue out at her. Avenger would've lunged at the fox, but there would be a chance that something would be broken if she did, and she didn't want to anger her precious Master.
"That was good," Hikaru sighed in content.
"Yeah, not as good a yours but still good," Akiko agreed with a chipper tone.
Avenger didn't say anything. This was one of the few times where food didn't make her any happier, and it was because of that stupid fox's fault. If anyone else had cooked the food then she would no doubt have enjoyed it. Especially if it was her Hikaru's cooking. Nothing could top it.
"Akiko don't be rude," Hikaru chastised. "She put a lot of work and effort into it."
"Sorry Saver," Akiko grumbled.
"Meh, no big. I know his cooking is better than mine," Saver shrugged. She added. "That's one of the things that make him my perfect husband!"
As soon as she finished saying that they heard glass shatter. They turned and saw that Avenger had broken her cup in her hand. She glared hatefully at Saver. If looks could kill then neither sibling doubted that Saver would be dead over a thousand times by now.
"Now that's quite rude," Saver chastised. "Breaking someone's cup like that. Who do you think you are?"
"I am the one who will marry Hikaru you flee ridden mongrel!" Avenger decreed, glaring angrily at her. "With any luck you will be our children's pet rat!"
The sole male in the room blushed a deep crimson that made his hair look like a rusty brown in comparison. It wasn't every day that a person was told that two people admitted that they wanted to marry them, and fight over them. Especially mean it as well.
The two glared hatefully at each other. Both of them looked like they were about to charge at each other and try to kill each other. Hikaru knew that if they didn't calm down soon this could get violent, and that would be bad. He liked their house in one piece.
"Why don't we all head to the park," Hikaru said quickly with the faint trace of his blush still on his face. "I still need to stretch my legs after staying like that for a while, and it would be nice if we all got some air. Afterwards we could do something, like go to an arcade or see a movie."
'Plus you won't be able to destroy my house,' he thought.
The two didn't say anything. They just glared at one another, before deciding to let the subject die for now, but Hikaru knew that it was only temporary. They would be at each other's throats again soon.
"That sounds like a splendid idea Goshujin-Sama!" Saver beamed. She smiled brightly as her fluffy tail began to quickly wag behind her and foxy ears began to twitch in excitement. Hikaru found the look on her face adorable, especially with those ears and tail. He looked at Akiko and saw that she was restraining herself from launching herself at the foxy Servant. He knew that she wanted to feel two specific parts of Saver's body, because he wanted to do the same thing at times.
"An outing would be good," Avenger thought. "Indeed. Let us go! There is much we can do before the day is over."
"Give me a second to clean up this mess and grab my jacket and then we'll go," Hikaru said. "Akiko, could you get the garbage can please?"
"Sure, just give me a sec," Akiko said. She left the room to go get the garbage can as Hikaru went to the kitchen and pulled out a broom dustpan out of the closet. He went back to the living room and swept up all the broken glass into the dustpan.
"I'm sorry Hikaru. I let my anger get the best of me, and it costed you a cup," Avenger said sadly.
'I'm just glad that's all it cost me,' Hikaru thought happily.
"No problem Avenger," Hikaru replied. "Don't worry about it, but is your hand okay?"
"Yes," She answered. "It's fine. The only thing wounded is my pride for letting Saver's words get the best of me."
"Don't worry about it. We all tend to do that once in awhile," He replied. He brought up the dust pan as Akiko brought the garbage can in and dumped its shattered contents into it. "Now that that's out of the way just give me a sec to put this away, and get my jacket."
He put the cleaning utensils as his Servants changed into their casual wear. He grabbed his jacket and put it on as he made his way to the door and held it open for the women. Akiko walked through the door, and was followed by Avenger. Avenger gave him a beautiful smile and slight bow, a little deeper than normal, giving him a good view of her cleavage. His throat went dry as a blush formed on his face. She raised her head and walked forward. Saver took up the rear and sent a wink his way, and added an extra sway in her step.
'Those two will flirt with me whenever they get the chance won't they?' Hikaru thought as he watched her buttocks sway from side to side. He shut the door behind him, and locked it, began their search for a good park.
At the Park
In the park a young man wearing a school uniform with a bag in hand was walking down the path. Unknown to all a creature breathed deeply in and out of its mouth as it watched its target. Its target was a young man wearing a brown uniform with blue hair. It bought its hand up across its body and did a gesture with its hands. Soon it would make its move, and kill him.
With Hikaru
Akiko and Hikaru walked down the street, taking everything in. It was one thing to see it back as an animated show, but it was a whole different thing to see it in real life. It wasn't long till they had found the aptly named Riverside Park. They could easily see the bridge from here, and see the water pass below it. In the center of the park they could see a fountain, along with a picnic area. There was a brick path that people could follow. The place was filled with many trees and bushes. Right now there was quite a bit of people around, but not to the point that it was too crowded or loud.
"We came here at a perfect time," Hikaru commented. "You know we should plan a picnic, and come back here one day."
"Yes!" Saver and Avenger cried cheerfully with bright smiles. Their smiles instantly vanished and they glared at one another.
Akiko giggled at that. She had no doubt that they had more romantic thoughts in mind.
"We could set up underneath a nice shady spot," Hikaru thought out load. "Make a nice picnic basket with food and drinks. A nice comfy blanket, and maybe bring some music."
"Are you describing a picnic or something else?" Akiko teased. She saw Avenger and Saver blink, but then saw a spark enter their eyes. They realized what she was getting at.
Hikaru blinked at the question, but then blushed in realization. The way he had described it seem more like a date then a picnic. He looked at his Servants and saw that they were staring at him intently with a fire in their eyes.
"Praetor we are having a picnic one day," Avenger stated. "Just the two of us."
"Yes Goshujin-Sama," Saver said. "A picnic at sunset! With soft beautiful music playing! We have a good time"
"I don't see why not," Hikaru shrugged. "We'll plan it out, make some food, and come back here one day. A picnic just the two of us for both of you, and one where we all come together."
Both smiled in joy. Even though the other was going to get a 'date' with him they were still going to get some one on one time with their Master! That more than made up for it!
The group sat down on one of the free benches. They took a moment to take in the scenery around them.
"This is nice," Saver sighed out loud.
'This is nice,' Hikaru thought, agreeing with her. In this war who knows what could happen or who they would be facing. It was best to enjoy these simple moments while they can.
Hikaru grunted as he held his head in pain. He stumbled and Avenger quickly ran forward and held him up. He saw images of a young man walking through the woods being watched by a silver monster. He knew that the person was here at the park along with the monster. He could feel it in his bones.
"Praetor," Avenger said, frowning. "Is something wrong?"
"Shit! They're here," Hikaru said. He took off running in the direction that he felt they were at.
He ran through the woods as fast as he could. Akiko and his Servants followed closely behind him. He stopped the moment he saw a young man about a year or two younger than him trying to get away from a monster. The young man had short blue hair and a slim build to him. He wore a pair of glasses and a brown school uniform.
The monster that he was crawling away from was a large silver turtle-looking monster that had a stout narrow face with slanted eyes and sharp teeth. It had a large silver shell that covered most of its back with two small angelic wings attached to it. On its shoulders it wore small silver shoulder pads that resembled samurai armor and a matching silver chest plate and boots. It wore a dark greenish-blue bandana that tied around its neck and a matching loincloth with a purple gem in the center of it across its waist. Its clawed hands were the same glistening silver that the rest of its body was and had two large pincers that resembled crab claws attached to its arms.
The turtle monster walked closer to the young man and brought its foot down on top of his waist. The young man gasped in pain as it stomped on him, pinning him where he was.
Hikaru's eyes widened. If they didn't do anything then he was as good as dead. Hikaru charged forward and tackled the monster. It stumbled off of the young man. The moment it moved the young man took a deep breath, filling his lungs with oxygen.
The monster immediately recovered and grabbed Hikaru by his throat and threw him away, as if he was a soft ball. He flew through the air until he collided with a tree. He gasped from the impact and fell onto the ground, making him groan in pain.
"Master!" Saver and Avenger cried. They both glared daggers at the monster and in a flash their outfits had changed into their battle attire.
No one hurt their Master and get away with it!
Avenger charged forward and swung her sword at the monster, intending to destroy it for what it had done to her Master. She swung her sword and the silver monster raised one of its clawed arms to block the blow.
Saver and Akiko ran over to Hikaru to make sure that he was alright.
"Goshujin-sama! Are you alright?" Saver asked worryingly.
"I'm fine, just sore," Hikaru answered weakly. Hikaru looked at the man that he had had saved and saw a trail of blood coming out of the corner of his mouth as he placed his free hand across his waist where the monster placed his foot down on him. Hikaru watched as he struggled to stay awake, desperately trying to fight coming darkness. A few moments later his body went limp as he stopped moving. The moment his body went limp Hikaru's eyes widened in fright. Hikaru crawled toward and ignored the searing pain that went through his body.
'Please be alive! Please be alive! PLEASE BE ALIVE!' He mentally screamed in his head. When he was close enough he grabbed his hand and began to look for a pulse. To his immense relief he found it. It was weak, but it was still there. Now that he knew that he was alive he began to calm down and finally noticed the boy's light breathing.
Hikaru sighed as he began to stand up, and his body began to ache in pain. Saver and Akiko quickly moved over to his side and helped him up.
"Saver," Hikaru said, getting her attention. "Help Avenger kill that thing."
"Hai Goshujin-sama!" Saver responded. She held up her hand and one of her paper tags appeared in her hand.
Before Saver could attack the monster another one jumped out of trees and landed behind Saver. The monster was similar to the other one, almost as if it was a sibling to the first one. It had the same features as the first one. The same face, the same build, the same outfit, and even the same appearance, except this one was a shining bronze color and didn't have the long pincers that the other one hand, and instead only had sharp clawed hands.
Saver quickly turned around as the monster raised one of its claws into the air and swung at her. Her mirror was fast enough to weaken the blow, but its claws still managed to scratch her left shoulder. The paper tag that she had burned to ash.
"Saver!" Hikaru cried. He turned to his little sister and ordered. "Akiko get back!"
Akiko didn't say anything and quickly ran back behind some trees for cover. Hikaru turned back around and watched the fight between those monsters and his Servants.
As he watched the fight between his Servants and the monsters he couldn't help but feel angry with himself. He hated himself for not being able to help them when they were fighting for him. He didn't want to watch them fight. He wanted to fight with them! He wanted that belt to appear around his waist to protect them. He needed that belt's power to fight with them. That belt's power was the only way that he could help them!
The belt appeared around his waist and he couldn't help but gasp in shock the moment he saw it. It had appeared when he needed it. He couldn't help but feel happy that it had come to him when he needed it. He could help them now. As if by instinct knew what to do next. He slammed his hands down onto the sides of the belt, hitting the two large buttons on the side of the belt.
The belt began to shine brightly as it let out a whirring sound. Hikaru walked forward as the belt continued to shine brighter by the second. In a flash of light Hikaru's entire form was covered by the light. In a mere the bright light and the sound that belt let out was gone, and in Hikaru's place stood Agito.
Agito balled his hands into fists and charged forward to help his Servants. He ran toward the one by Saver and tackled it away from her with his shoulder. The monster was knocked back from the blow and sent tumbling down onto the ground.
He held out his arms and a golden symbol appeared underneath him. The two horns on Agito's head fanned out, and now resembled a crown. He jumped into the air and got into a flying side kick with his right foot extended. The monster saw Agito flying toward it and quickly turned around. Agito's kick collided with the monster's shell and it was sent flying back from the blow, but it managed to balance itself in the air and landed on its feet. Agito gracefully landed on the ground and extra horns on his helmet folded back into the larger ones. The monster turned around and hissed at Agito.
"It didn't work!" Saver exclaimed. That shell on its back had stopped an attack that was equivalent to a Noble Phantasm! For that creature's shell to be able to withstand an attack on par with a Noble Phantasm spoke volumes about how hard it was.
Agito showed no sign that he was surprised that the monster was able to survive his attack. He charged forward, and monster blocked his attack and countered, sending him back into a tree. It turned to look at its sibling and saw it get flown back as well.
The two dove into the ground and smoke poured out of where they were. Agito stood up and stared at where they were. He ran over with Saver and Avenger close behind and saw the holes in the ground.
"Goshujin?" Saver questioned.
Agito didn't respond, or even turn to acknowledge her. His belt began to glow, until his entire appearance was consumed by light. The light began to dissipate and the armor that he wore was gone. Hikaru tumbled onto the ground. Avenger and Saver helped him up and steadied him.
"I'm fine…" Hikaru answered tiredly. "What happened? I remember those monsters and you guys about to fight them, but then nothing."
"You changed and joined the fight. You were amazing, but they got away," Avenger growled angrily. "Ran like cowards!"
"Damnit," Hikaru cursed. "Akiko…get my phone and…call for the paramedics."
She quickly pulled out her phone and called the paramedics. She raised it to her ear and heard it ring for several moments until he heard someone pick up on the other end. She told them where they were. When the call was over she put it back into her pocket.
"Akiko go out there and get their attention. When you do lead them here," Hikaru ordered.
"Okay!" She replied. She ran off to the park and left the three of them alone. With a snap of their fingers they were back in their casual wear.
"Praetor are you alright?" Avenger questioned worryingly.
"I'm alright," Hikaru answered, breathing heavily. "Pain's already gone. I just feel like I ran a marathon."
"Hikaru-Kun," Saver said worryingly. "You shouldn't be feeling better already. A normal human would've either been killed or gravely injured after being thrown like that."
"She's right," Akiko agreed. "You coughed up blood. That means you had internal bleeding."
Hikaru was quiet as he thought over what they said. They were right. A normal human would be pretty banged up after hitting a tree like that.
"…What if that power has something to do with it," Hikaru thought. "That power makes me stronger and fast enough to fight you guys. So it wouldn't be that much of a stretch to say that it increases my healing too."
"That would make sense," Avenger agreed. "We still don't know anything about the power inside of you so it is the only safe assumption at the moment."
They heard the sirens coming and as they got louder Hikaru couldn't help but let out sigh of relief, happy to know that they were going to be here soon. It wasn't long until they saw Akiko and the paramedics. Two of the paramedics had a stretcher in hand. The two paramedics with the stretcher quickly ran over to the unconscious young man, and checked his vitals. When they were finished checking him over they began to load him onto the stretcher.
They told them that he was attacked, but they didn't see who they were or what they looked like exactly. Last thing they wanted was to be thrown in the loony bin so he decided that it would be better if he told them some of the truth.
After all who would believe that two human-sized turtle monsters attacked them?
After they were done questioning them the paramedics quickly and carefully put him on a gurney, and loaded him up in the back of the ambulance. They quickly drove off to take him to the hospital and Hikaru let out a sigh of relief.
"Well that went better than expected," Hikaru said.
"Yeah," Akiko agreed.
"Those things are going to try to kill him again aren't they?"
"They might," Saver agreed.
"There is little that we can do," Avenger stated. "Master you're the only one that can sense them, but even then that is only when they attack. Not only that, but we have no means to track them, unless Saver does?"
"Unfortunately I can't," Saver grumbled.
"Exactly. All we can do now is pray, and hope for the best," Avenger agreed. "If we do then we can make sure to send them to Pluto for attacking us!"
"You're right," Hikaru said. They couldn't track them. Not only that, but they couldn't even really watch over him. They didn't know his name, and they couldn't watch him secretly. They had no familiar's and Avenger and Saver couldn't astralize. And besides he had enough to deal with. Last thing he needed was to add watching over someone as well. Right now he needed to focus on protecting Akiko, and his Servants.
"I am," Avenger smirked. "Besides we have other stuff to do at the moment."
"We do?"
"Yes we do. Did you not say we could do something afterward? I for one am in the mood to play a few games," Avenger questioned.
"I could play something right now," Akiko said.
"Yosh!"
"Guess it's settled then," Hikaru said, smiling. "We're off to the arcade."
Later
After what happened they found a good arcade with plenty of games to play, and found a nice buffet afterwards. It had good food, but they were forced to leave because of Avenger. She was small yet the girl was a bottomless pit. The staff had told them to leave after a while even though Avenger wasn't done eating.
"Those people clearly do not know what it means to a true restaurant. If you say that people can have all you can eat then you should stand by it," Avenger grumbled angrily.
"You ate nine plates of food easily! What did you expect?! You cleaned out several of their trays, and were still eating enough for a whole family easily! They were probably worried that you would everything that they had."
"It would've been my right!" Avenger countered. "They clearly told us that it was all you could eat, but they lied right to our faces!"
"Don't worry Avenger," Akiko said, patting her back. "We can find another buffet for you soon, and hopefully they mean it."
"Hopefully the next we place we go to actually means what they say," Avenger pouted cutely.
"It's been a good day," Hikaru thought out loud. It really had been, aside from that one fight they had. He played with Akiko, Saver, and Avenger. They had good food afterwards, and had a nice time together.
Avenger suddenly appeared in front of him with her sword in hand and deflected an attack. A loud crash was heard and Hikaru stepped back in shock. For just a moment he saw a flash of silver fly through the air. It had to have been the weapon that the attacker used. The weapon flew through the air back to its owner before he could see the rest of it.
Avenger's outfit changed back to her military-style red dress. He looked at Saver and saw that her outfit had changed back into her blue dress. The look on her face was one of pure anger. Her mirror floated around her and it quickly flew through the air and blocked another attack. He instinctively pulled Akiko closer to him.
Avenger charged forward at the Servant with the intent to kill her. The clash between Avenger and the unknown Servant was almost too fast for him to follow. For mere moments he could see a flash of red and silver. He heard their weapon clang as they hit one another. When the clash stopped he could finally see the enemy Servant with her weapons in her hand.
The enemy Servant was a tall woman. She had long beautiful purple hair that went all the way down to the ground like a waterfall. On her forehead she had a red tattoo that vaguely resembled an 'S'. Her eyes couldn't be seen because she wore a purple blindfold over her eyes that had two small silver buckles in the middle of it. She wore a strapless one piece black dress that hugged her curves and ample bust line. She wore a purple collar around her neck. She wore black sleeves that left her hands free and they were held in place by large purple bangles that were attached to her wrists and her biceps. On her legs she wore black thigh highs and black purple boots. In her hands she held a weapon that resembled two large silver ornate railroad spikes that were attached to a long silver chain.
The enemy Servant had a frown on her face as she looked at the Avenger. Clearly the enemy Servant hadn't expected for one of them to be just as fast, if not faster than her.
"We already faced Lancer, and you are no Archer. Archer hasn't been summoned yet, and even if you were one, no Archer would dare get this close to an enemy when you could've attacked us from farther away. You can't be a Saber, not only has Saber not been summoned yet, but also because then you would've drawn your sword. You're no mad dog growling like an animal that needs to be put down by my blade," Avenger said. "And since Assassin hasn't been summoned yet all that leaves is Rider."
The enemy tensed at Avenger's deduction. It was faint, but Avenger noticed it. She smirked haughtily.
"And there it is. That sign that show's I am right. You might not be a mad dog, but I will take much pleasure in killing you for having the gall to harm my precious Master!" Avenger roared as she lunged at Rider.
Rider managed to parry the blow for the most part, but received a small gash on arm. She heard the sound of something flying towards her, and dodged it.
He thought about the belt appearing around his waist again. He tried to calm down and clear his mind as he tried to summon it. He ignored the clangs on metal hitting metal, and the explosions of Saver's spells as he tried to clear his mind of everything but that belt.
He opened his eyes and looked down and to his disappointment it wasn't there.
Why couldn't he summon it?
"Dammit!" He cursed angrily.
He saw a flash and saw Rider's weapon coming right at them. He wrapped Akiko up in a hug, and closed his eyes, waiting for the pain to come. He heard a clang and he opened his eyes. He turned and saw that Saver's Mirror had stopped the weapon.
He sighed in relief, and sent a grateful nod at Saver. Saver smiled cheekily. She moved a little closer to the battle. Close enough to have a good shot at the enemy Servant, but close enough to protect them if she any tricks up her sleeve.
Saver summoned several tags, and began throwing them at the enemy.
As he watched the two fights against the enemy a pit of sadness and self-loathing formed in his gut. Why did he have to a burden to them? He wanted to fight with them. He wanted to protect them with the power that he had.
He felt an immense headache suddenly hit him that was soon followed by a wave of light headedness. He let go of Akiko and struggled to stay standing as the golden symbol of Agito appeared underneath him. In a bright flash the belt appeared around his waist and the moment that it did he instinctively slammed his hands onto the buttons on the side of the belt. The belt began to glow as he growled angrily at the unknown Servant. He just stood there and breathed deeply.
In a flash of light he had changed into Agito. Agito charged forward, and swung a right hook at him, but she was easily able to dodge his attack. She threw one of her daggers at him and it hit his breast plate. Sparks formed off of the armor and he let a small gasp.
"Master!" Avenger cried.
Saver quickly created a tag and threw it at the purple-haired Servant and she quickly jumped out of the way. Where the tag had hit was now a several large pillars of ice. When she landed Avenger was already upon her and quickly parried the Red Servant's sword. She knew that trying to block the sword using Servant's sword was impossible and could mean the end for her, and her only options were to either parry her attacks or dodge them.
Agito quickly recovered and paid the attack little mind. He was frustrated that he wasn't able to hurt her. He could see her now, but he wasn't fast enough to hit her. Agito brought his left arm up and slammed his hand down on the button on the left side of his belt.
The orange gem on his belt had changed and was now a dark blue. Agito's chest plate was now the dark blue color as the gem on his belt, and the armor that he wore on the left side of his body had changed as well. His left shoulder pad was blue and gold and had rounded up and now looked like more traditional shoulder armor that resembled what knights and samurais wore. The black armor on his left arm had changed as well, and was now the same dark blue color as his armor.
He held his hand out in front of his belt and a small blue and black staff with two large golden ends appeared in his hand. He held the weapon out in front of his chest horizontally and the two golden ends unfolded and revealed a large curved spear tip on both ends of the weapon, showing that the weapon that he held was actually a double-bladed pole arm.
He charged forward faster than before at the Servant. Rider raised her weapon and barely managed to parry the weapon.
There was no way that an ordinary human would be able to move that fast. The strikes weren't as powerful as they were before, but they were still stronger than an ordinary human should be.
She threw one of the spikes at Agito and in retaliation swung his halberd, even though the weapon was nowhere near him when he did. The spike moved off of its intended course in the air and hit the ground a few feet away from Agito.
Rider pulled her weapon back to her and narrowed her eyes at the enemy Master. It was almost as if she was fighting another Servant with Noble Phantasms and all if that spear was anything to go by. He had swung it and it had unleashed a gust of wind strong enough to knock her weapon out of its intended path.
If it could do that, then was it possible for the wind from it to get stronger?
He started twirling his halberd in his hands. The wind built up faster and faster, until it felt like she was outside of a hurricane. If it wasn't for her blindfold then she had no doubt that she would have trouble seeing him.
He charged forward and swung his weapon, and a massive gust of wind flew forward when he swung that spear. The wind howled as it charged forward and knocked down dozens of trees, and cut more of them down. Rider's eyes widened underneath the cloth, she quickly moved out of the way, and managed to dodge his weapon, but her arm and leg were still hit from the wind. Rider gasped as blood poured out of the corner of her mouth. She couldn't win like this. She quickly turned around and began to retreat.
"You will not escape you purple haired harlot!" Avenger roared as she charged forward with her weapon raised. She swung her sword, but Rider managed to parry her sword, by the skin of her teeth, and then get away. Avenger watched as Rider ran away, and scowled in displeasure. Oh she wanted to go out and murder that bitch for attempting to harm her consort, but right now he needed her to be by his side. Who knows what would happen? Another attack or the fox would try to seduce her Hikaru.
Agito stood there for several moments as he kept an eye out for the Servant. He expected another attack to come at him any moment now, but nothing came. He turned toward Saver and Avenger and they both readied themselves for a fight, in case he wasn't in control. In a few moments his belt glowed and when the light died down the armor that he wore was gone, and in mere moments all of the strength that he had before left his body.
Avenger and Saver ran forward and held him up to prevent him from hitting the ground. They both glared at each other for rushing forward to help their Master, but didn't let it get the better of them. The slung his arms over their shoulders to support him, and unintentionally placed his arms in between their breasts.
"Thanks," Hikaru said tiredly. That was a rush. One moment he felt like he could take on anything, and the next he felt like he had a marathon in weights. If it wasn't for Avenger and Saver then he would've hit the ground.
"Are you guys alright?" Hikaru asked tiredly as he moved his arms out of their breasts. He might feel like he was about to pass out, but he needed to know if they were okay. "I changed again didn't I?"
"You did, but do not worry Master. You didn't harm us, and the harlot couldn't even give me a good warm up. Let alone hope to harm me," Avenger replied, smirking proudly.
"Made it out without a scratch on me," Saver answered, smiling.
"I'm alright," Akiko answered. "I'm in one piece."
Hikaru let out a sigh of relief. He was happy that everyone was okay. He looked at the ruined terrain and knew that this was only a taste of what was to come. Things were only going to get worse from here.
A lot worse.
Rider
Rider ran as made her way back to her Master. If she was honest with herself she would rather be anywhere then with her Master. She could feel that the other Servants haven't followed her, which gave her one less problem to worry about.
She knew her attack was going to fail, but her Master told her to do it anyway. If it was just one than she might've been able to pull it off, but two she had little hope for it. It seemed like that she facing Servant that qualified for the Saber, and Caster Class. That was a troublesome combo.
When she arrived at her Master's home she stepped inside and saw him. Her Master was a young man wore a brown school uniform, and had curly blue hair that resembled seaweed, and grayish-blue eyes. He had a angered look on his face, and she knew what was coming.
"Rider you useless Servant! We could've killed one of the Masters, and you managed to fuck it up!" Shinji yelled, glaring at his Servant.
Rider held back a sigh of annoyance as she looked at her 'Master'. Clearly the young man expected her to be able kill the Master.
"That's enough Shinji!" A much older voice demanded making Rider's Master shut up. The moment Shinji heard that voice his eyes widened in fear as he turned to look at his grandfather Zouken.
Zouken had a wrinkled face and was hunched over. He didn't have a single speck of hair on his head. He wore a green kimono with dark green hakama pants. In his hand he held a small wooden cane. He glared at Shinji for a moment, and then turned back to Rider.
"Now Rider, tell me everything that happened," he ordered. She told him everything that had happened.
Zouken listened intently to everything that the Servant had to say of her encounter. From how the two Servants fought to how the young man changed into an armored form with Prana practically rolling off of his body. By the time that she finished Zouken had a malicious smile on his face as he thought about everything she had said.
Sakura had told him about what had happened the other night when she was attacked by a creature, and from the description that Rider had given him was saved by the very same being that she had just fought. That same being was able to fight a Servant on even grounds and apparently a contestant in the Holy Grail War with not one, but two Servants fighting beside him.
"How interesting," Zouken muttered with a malicious smile.
Sorry for the long wait people. Like I said this one takes a while, because o how early I started it, and what I have in mind. But also college and real life take priority over fanfiction. Please let me know how everything is. Do the character's seem consistent? Were things going to fast slow, or just right? What parts got laughs out of you, and what parts did you enjoy.
Also here is what I believe are Hikaru's stats in this story.
Agito (Base Form)
Stats:
Strength: C
Agility: C
Endurance: B
Mana: EX
Luck: D
Noble Phantasm: EX
In this form Agito's a bit more of a allround character except for mana, and Noble Phantasm. Because of how I wrote him. Why is his Noble Phantasm EX? That will be explained later.
Would you kindly please review