Disclaimer: Fate and Persona are owned by different companies and I hold no ownership and all that jazz.
Early Author's Note: Rereading the original Chapter 15, I found it lacking and am doing a rewrite, things have changed.16 will come out soon, while 17 will come out a bit after.
5/26
"Before you go… here." The Gravekeeper tossed them a blue ring, distant lights appeared and shot at them colliding with the ring fusing as the ring now held 3 distinct gemstones as a memory played.
'Hakuno, Tamamo and Nero were walking slowly down a red-lit pathway, their mood seemed almost… jovial.'
"Husband~ What is your wish? We are approaching the Holy Grail… Surely you will wish for us to have an endless honeymoon right?"
"Heh… Master… has no such desires, thinking back… to when she was but a young chick and growing to become the victor… I do wish for you to allow your own desires take over you… Even if it separates us from you."
Tamamo stood still for a moment before rushing after the two, "Master would never leave us… right Master?"
Hakuno had yet to reply, keeping a steady pace forward, "I… do not know, I still do not have my own wish… I just want the Holy Grail War to end. After that… I do not know."
The scene warped as vision now was of a giant cube with a glowing core.
"Hakuno… Kishinami, Out of all the victors of the Holy Grail War, I approve of you the most by far! You are the absolute proof that only those who endure the flames of war can survive and thrive!"
Hakuno and Nero stood in front of a man in white, his brown eyes had a manic grin in them as his face remained neutral.
"The world has stagnated! War is the most efficient way for humanity to progress!I expect you will agree with me. Humans can only mature in strife. Don't you agree if the future isn't worth the suffering of the past, that would make man mere murderers."
"With that in mind- We will recreate the wars of the past and revise the history of the last hundred years! By having them fight humanity will live!"
Hakuno was shaking her head slightly… "The masters who have fought and died… every single one of them had a wish of their own. From all walks of life, each one sincere in their desires… At first I had nothing but now…" Hakuno glanced back at Nero, the sounds of spells being flung was naught but a small distance away, "I bear the responsibility for all of the wishes that have been lost. To abandon one's dreams… is an unforgivable sin."
Twice stood before her in shock before shaking his head, "You… are a sentimental fool. I cannot understand… you are the embodiment of my very ideals…"
"To extinguish the fires of war… to put an end to the senseless bloodshed of the Holy Grail war… To seal away the very eye of god. That is my wish Twice Pieceman. I who ignore the wishes of the masses will prove to you that humanity will be able to live without war!"
The scene faded leaving the group appearing tired.
"I think… I should fully explain the situation involving this Kishinami has been more or less kidnapped by the Shadow of her Body. Which you… encountered in her previous Palace. The Shadow took control over the Body as it was inside the pseudo-palace."
"A shadow took over the main Body? We theorized it but… who are you though? How do you know so much?" Mona asked.
"I was… Rin Tohsaka, or at least how Hakuno Kishinami saw her… Which includes being incredibly smart and gifted." Rin brushed her golden hair as she removed her hood. "I am also a pseudo-Servant, Rin's voice called me to help. Therefore Her personality and mine clashed, leaving something less, though our goal of helping Hakuno is the same…"
Ann placed her hand over her chest, "You really did love her didn't you?"
"Stupiddd, We all did. All but Atrum, but he can kiss our ass. We all united in the Sakura labyrinth, we fought in Seraph, we all fell for the one true victor. Not like" Rin waved her hand, "Romantically but we are her friends and family."
"For real? Didn't ya only know her for like a week?"
"A bit over a month…,she only knows of Seraph… because her body went into the Sakura Labyrinth.. But Body gave her spark back to your Hakuno… While Seraph corrected itself, Body didn't remember us. Wouldn't remember us." Rin paused, closing her crimson eyes, "I fulfilled my duty, awoke the ones resting. We will all help when it comes to it. Now… See you tomorrow Phantom Thieves."
5/27
Makoto was anxious as she was waiting for a response from the… Phantom Thieves. Her phone going off in class actually made her jump slightly.
Tricky&Kitty: We're going to send the Calling Card today, Hakuno will come back.
Makoto had to think about who it was for only a moment until Akira came into her memory. He did have Morgana with him…
Makoto Niijima: Calling cards are that important?
Tricky&Kitty: Sadly
Makoto nodded to herself. I can't turn them in… at least until Hakuno is safe… if that is what they are even doing… I'll wait three more days… Kobayakawa wants answers…
Who would even believe that the Phantom Thieves went to another world to steal the hearts anyways.
To Hakuno Kishinami the Great Thief.
The Broken Girl hiding from the world.
We shall steal your false premise and uncover the web of lies you have spun. You are not but a Corpse clinging onto our friend. We shall sever the thread, and with it, You shall be set free.
Signed The Phantom Thieves of Hearts
Akira loved the feeling of a Palace at full Security Level, the air felt alive with electricity as if it was playing music.
Though he did acknowledge the risks that came from it.
Having a Safe room right next to the strange mansion made it easier. Up close it seemed smaller then he would've thought. The clouds above firing lightning down onto a metal spike on the top.
Akira could feel something, coming from the area, six beams of crimson stood from the path they walked, illuminating the forest.
A man in solid gold stood at the doorway of the mansion… Dozens of golden portals surrounded him as his Crimson eyes glared at them.
"Mongrel thieves… to think you would dare intrude…" Dozens of weapons were sent flying as Crimson spears protected them.
"Gilgamesh King of Heroes, You of all people should know what you are doing." Rin was calm as she walked ahead of them. The two sets of crimson eyes stared at each other.
"Silence, Mistress of the Underworld. You know nothing of our love."
"Phantom Thieves… I believe there is a specific idiot of a girl that needs you to rescue… we will stop him."
…We?
"Unknown whereabouts! Fire-spouting dragons and cloud-breathing giants! Illusions are silhouetted apparitions!"
Akira knew it was time to get going. He fired his grappling hook as the rest of the thieves braced themselves for the cognitive teleport.
"Spewing Poison! Heed the Druid's call oh Holy Tree of Yew!" Clouds of purple erupted as a phantom yew tree appeared as he swung his grappling hook onto the top of the mansion.
Three Servants had appeared beside her, Hakuno's connection to their Masters… each and every one of the six Masters she fought empowered the four of them. Hakuno's cognitions of the three were by far the strongest.
Green bolts fired from every direction as toys and a Mad Red Beast charged forward.
Gilgamesh gave off an annoyed expression as the bolts just pinged off of his armor, as he punched the mad beast and sent it flying.
"Jabberwocky!"
Rin/Ereshkigal brought forth as many gallû spirits as she safely could, their waves of crimson and azure blanketing the area. Golden Chains erupted from around her causing her to jump back to narrowly avoid them.
Enkidu The Chains of Heaven…
She could no longer hold back her fear, as a goddess she is nothing to those chains…
"Come on! Master! Get your head in the game!" A crimson spear forced the man in gold to move as he braced himself with a golden ax.
"Right! Lancer block!" Crimson Spear swung in a circle as a golden sword came from the nearby portal.
"Now that's what I'm talking about! Let's go a round or three doesn't that sound grand eh Goldy!?"
"MONGREL!"
"Why the hell was I the one chosen! That pirate would've been the better pick! Shit!" A single golden portal fired an arrow that darted around trees stabbing a green cloak into an ancient yew tree. A tuft of orange hair was now seen as he darted around the trees.
"Man! Almost took my head!"
"Come on~ Robin! We are the best at distracting others!" Teddy bears came from the ground as they began to hug the leg of the King of Heroes.
"Why are you doing this?" Akira felt like it was appropriate to ask as they came upon both Archer and Shadow Hakuno.
"Why should I die?" Shadow Hakuno stated, a large chalice was next to them, dark black mud was slowly spilling out of it…
"You wouldn't die, you would join her! A Shadow always joins the main body when the treasure is stolen!" Shadow Hakuno laughed at Mona.
"I am not her, She is not me! We are two who share the same origin! She got her wish! She spat on everyone else's!"
"You know damn well that's a lie!" Skull shouted lightning crackling from his mace.
"It is not. Every Hakuno Kishinami's deepest wish is to be a human and live a normal life. All of them had their chance to wish upon the Holy Grail… I was the only exception! I was left to rot! Not even joining them in death!"
"You… were lonely weren't you?" Shadow Hakuno paused at Panther's words.
"Shut it! Archer… take out the trash." Archer had pulled out his dual swords as Akira ran headfirst into him.
Akira weaved under another white blade as his dagger came in contact with the black and red blade of Archer. Doing a backflip switching in for Fox with his Sukukaja enhanced speed entered the fight. "Goemon!" A wave of ice and a dance of blades came from the two.
"Hack (16)!" Akira watched as Panther froze a part of the ground rose up being sliced by blades of wind from Mona.
"Hakuno had everything! Leaving us with nothing! Even my own Servants constantly went out to save her!"
"She fought for her life didn't she!" Akira yelled out.
"So did I! EVEN LEO WAS DISAPPOINTED IT WASN'T HER THAT KILLED HIM!"
"Hakuno didn't ever want to kill! Panther shook off the paralysis as Shadow Hakuno waved her hands dozens of light blue keyboards came forth.
"Shut up!"
Rin was having to tap into the full power of Ereshkigal and could already feel her mind starting to slip into the Underworld…
But Hakuno didn't deserve to see that place yet.
Dozens of playing cards with arms and legs came from the trees carrying spears doing a futile charge against the golden hero. Dropping his ax he brought out two tonfa styled golden swords and dashed through the soldiers as he slammed his foot into Ereshkigal's stomach throwing her back into a nearby tree.
"Rin-Rin!" A book appeared in front of her taking the form of a small girl in a black lolita style dress. "Hold on…" Alice's hands glowed green as the pain dulled.
Golden swords skewered the young girl's body as she smiled defiantly. "I got you~!" Turning back into a nearly destroyed book Alice began to chant.
"Aykroyd in celluloid!"
"Archer! Skill!" Archer took a breath as he charged once more at the Phantom Thieves, tossing his first set of blades at the one in the back H̷̘̮́́̒́͠i̸̗͉̝͊̄̀͑͘ͅs̴̤͖͈͎͝ ̴̥̠̖̦̈́̾̍̅̒t̵̪̖̼̿̒̒͂ͅȓ̷̭̅ǘ̵̡̄̄e̴͙̞̣̔̾ͅ ̵̫̟̅́̎̅̽m̷̢̜̯͉̆͠ạ̴̧͕͍̻̓̃s̷̞͖̮͒̉̍̐ţ̸̾ę̴̜̰̰̐̉̍͒͠ṟ̸̜̎̈̀̕'̵͉̟̣͛̓s̵͉̼͇̝̉͊̈́̌̿ͅ ̶̯͇̍͐̍c̷̥̾̈õ̵̡̬̭̑̓̃͒͜ű̴̬̤͕̭͕̀̓̕ş̶͇̺͓̃͒̅̀ȋ̷̪̞̣̝͔̍̏n̴̙͚̯̈́͌̈́̉. Seeing her dodge elected no more emotion from the fallen Servant.
"Spirit and technique, flawless and firm"
The… Phantom Thief Skull fired electricity at him with him grunting through with his Magic Resistance he continued his chant.
"Our strength rips the mountains" Two more blades appeared in his hands as the one named Fox blocked his overhead slash with his Katana, Joker appearing on his side and leaving a gash in his mystic code.
"Our swords split the water!" The blades returned and dug deep into the back of Fox who shrieked in pain.
"Evade Archer!" he jumped back at his M̶̝͛ā̴͇s̷̡̄t̸̫̒e̴̜͝r̵̺̆'̷̿ͅs̵͔͗ command as a pillar of flame erupted at the space he was previously in.
"Our names reach the imperial villa!" He dashed forward as the Cat Mona spun in a circle blocking his advance.
"The two of us cannot hold the heavens together…" His blades extended as feathers erupted from them a kick to the cat threw him as he stabbed towards Joker…
Who smirked as the blades bounced right off of him.
"Your name, I will now take!" The Book glowed gold as it turned to dust.
The man in gold froze, his mind reeling upon the fact his name was gone. Ereshkigal could feel a smirk appearing on her face as their half-baked plan worked.
"Resign yourself, and receive my blow! Gáe Bolg!" The heart was pierced therefore the spear was thrown.
At least… that's what should have happened.
A small pendant glowed in crimson light as Gilgamesh swung his ax down on the blue lancer taking out a large chunk of the man's chest.
"Tsk… of course that wouldn't work." Cú Chulainn was still standing as blood seeped through his blue outfit…
"I tire of this." Gilgamesh opened dozens of portals the Mad Red Beast charged and wrapped Ereshkigal in a hug, blades,spears, and scythes bounced off the Jabberwocky. "Stupid Mongrel!"
Jabberwocky was surrounded with chains and rose from the ground as every part of his body was impaled from numerous golden swords….
"Can you distract him… Lancer?"
Lancer's grin grew pure feral as he dashed forward his red spear stabbing into the man in gold.
"A surface without reflection…" Ereshkigal raised her lantern as red spears erupted to assist her Servant.
"Mud without budding flowers!" Pure red lightning erupted from around her as her body was fully charged.
"There is nothing here! I now understand what the souls are saying!" Lancer was now wrapped in the Chains of Heaven; a golden ax swung down and decapitated the already fading Lancer.
Two sets of Red Eyes glared at each other. "Even then, I WILL … CREATE A POSSIBLE FUTURE FOR THE ONE WHO HAS GIVEN TO MUCH!"
Gilgamesh brought forth a simple looking golden blade; he lazily raised the sword as pure mana erupted "Come forth and end this Blade of Glory!"
"This is my choice! Nammu… Abzu… Gugalanna!"Red lightning erupted from her, the beam smashing through to Gilgamesh.
"This is the dawn of destruction… Gram!" Pure white light clashed against her red lightning.
"Poisonous blood, emerge boiling from the deep green! The Wise Man's Yew Bow, be known as the sacrament of the druid――― »
Akira had called forth Shiki-Ouji; the paper made Persona immune to physical attacks. He still ached from the pure power of the blow… but now they held a strong chance. Archer had shown zero ability to use any magic that wasn't sword or arrow summoning.
"Nameless… By my C̵̲̊ȯ̵͕m̵̰̆m̶̞̑a̵͔͒n̵͇̕d̸͈͋ ̸̛̣Ş̴̌ȩ̵̍å̴̠l̵̞̈ unleash your Noble Phantasm."
Fuck.
"Understood… Master!" Akira pulled out his pistol, firing several rounds at Shadow Hakuno who brought forth spheres of energy to block.
"I am the bone of my sword"
"Carmen!" The area was washed with fire as the red Archer held firm the fire turning the black mud seeping from the chalice into smoke…
"Steel is my body and fire is my blood"
Akira flashed his third eye the mystical power given to him by Igor all that time ago, he could faintly see the tarot cards above his team's heads and one in the Chalice.
"Aim for the cup!"
"Kamoshida all over again huh!?" Skull smirked as he dashed forward only to be stopped by Shadow Hakuno.
"Hack (16)!"
"I have created over a thousand blades"
"Mona Plan C!" Akira barked out the order as Mona smiled devilishly.
"Aye aye! Come forth my other self!" Zorro appeared as Mona jumped. Zorro gathered several Garu's together to form a tunnel of air.
"Tarukaja!" Akira felt the typical drain from his Persona as he enhanced Mona's attack.
"Skull, Fox Shock and Awe!" Captain Kid and Goemon were summoned, lightning danced around the frozen blanket laid down knocking into the Chalice which cracked!
"Unknown to Death, Nor known to Life." Skull raised his arms in cheer as he took an arrow to the chest knocking him back into Panther, Carmen appearing for a brief moment as green energy enveloped the two.
The wind tunnel was complete as one final push from Zorro sent the now Bus-formed Mona towards Archer with an accompanying sonic boom.
The Man raised his hand as a flower appeared in front of him blocking the strike. A single petal shattering.
"Have withstood pain to create many weapons Yet, those hands will never hold anything"
Akira was running out of ideas… mentally flipping through his collection of Personas he landed on Shiisa, the Twin's Choice.
"Rampage!" The Shiisa bolted towards their two opponents, Shadow Hakuno was not expecting it as she fell to the ground glaring at them.
"So as I pray, Unlimited Blade Works."
And then All Akira saw was boundless flames.
Author's Note: Part 1!
