I changed my user name from Ironmchfn to Iron M. Writer
AN: Regular Archer was voted for the most but there will be a twist. He is still Takato but he lost the D Ark that held Guilmon so he never remembered his past and his holy grail war didn't have Digimon running about.
Chapter 4
Shirou stretched as he awoke and looked around. Guilmon had snuck into his room again but he didn't smell anything cooking so Sakura hadn't arrived yet. Shirou slipped out of his bed and made his way to the kitchen and started on the food. He had a few loaves of bread cooking when he heard the sound of claws clicking against the wood. He turned to see a sleepy Guilmon wandering into the living room.
"How are you, buddy?" Shirou smiled as he started cutting vegetables.
"I smell food." The drowsy dino Digimon yawned.
"It will be done in a bit. You really shouldn't be out here Taiga and sakura could be here any second now." Shirou said as he finished cutting and started to simmer the vegetables. The sound of the doorbell echoed through the house. 'Of course'
"Guilmon hide!" Shirou hissed as he couldn't leave the kitchen since he was cooking. He learned that lesson the hard way, he had once left the kitchen to use the bathroom and Kiritsugu figured he could help only for all of Shirou's hard work to end in flames.
"Door's open Sakura! I'm making breakfast!" Shirou called out. He heard the door open and Sakura Matou came walking through the living room.
"You know you should leave the kitchen to answer the door Senpai." Sakura scolded him.
"Old habits die hard." Shirou laughed.
"What are we making?" Sakura grabbed an apron and looked around.
"Just a simple breakfast. Rice, Miso, Fish, and a side of vegetables. Could you get started on the rice?" Shirou knew better than to argue with Sakura and just accepted her help nowadays.
"Senpai there's not enough rice here?" Sakura called out holding a near-empty bag.
"There should be another bag in the pantry," Shirou told her as he stirred. 'Where did Guilmon hide?'
Sakura had entered the house with a sigh, Shinji had, no she couldn't think about that now he wasn't here and Shirou would protect her. Unfortunately, she didn't want to drag him into the moonlight world so she would pretend nothing was wrong, she hid her wrist and went to the kitchen. Here was one of the few places she could forget she was Sakura Matou a magus and actual master of Rider in the grail war. Rider had agreed to be Shinji's "servent" as long as he didn't touch her again. Senpai had asked her to start the rice and she was happy to help, she had prepared everything only to find the rice was all but gone.
"Senpai there's not enough rice here?" Sakura called out holding a near-empty bag.
"There should be another bag in the pantry," Shirou told her as he stirred. She nodded and made her way to the small room. The door was ajar, Senpai must have needed to get something and forgot to shut it. She opened it and didn't notice the glowing gold eyes staring at her.
"Now where's the rice?" Sakura wondered out loud.
"Here you go!" A happy voice said as the rice was handed to her.
"Thank you…" Her voice trailed off as she stared at a red dinosaur who held the back out with a large grin.
"Hello I'm Guilmon, but don't tell anyone I'm here I'm supposed to be hiding from the purple-haired girl." The dino Guilmon said proudly. Sakura just stare at it and stepped back.
"AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Both she and Guilmon screamed.
Shirou shrugged and continued cooking. His hand burned and he went to wash it thinking some of the food bubbled over. His hand looked like it had some red marks from the burns. He was kind of surprised no one had seen Guilmon moving and talking, sure Sakura might have seen him but he was asleep and she probably thought it was just a toy or something and was too embarrassed to ask him. Usually, his luck isn't this good, he could see it now Guilmon hiding in the open pretending not to exist until Sakura asked something then the child-like Guilmon would speak up leading to a tense second before she screamed and Guilmon joined in.
"AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!/AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" He heard screams. 'Kind of like that… Oh, son of a.' Shirou dropped his knife and ran towards the sound. He saw Sakura stumbling back about to fall and dived to catch her. Crouched in the pantry was a Guilmon holding a bag of rice. Shirou had to laugh to prevent himself from cursing his luck.
"S-s-senpai w-w-what is t-t-that?" Sakura stammered her face glowing red. Shirou calmed himself down and took in the situation before answering.
"Well Sakura that is Guilmon, he calls himself a Digimon." Shirou looked at Guilmon. "Get out of there and meet our guest Guilmon. This is Sakura Matou a good friend of mine." Guilmon stepped out holding the bag which Shirou quickly took and sat down by his leg.
"A friend of Takatomon is a friend of Guilmons," Guilmon says in a happy tone.
"D-D-Digimon? Isn't that an old anime?" Sakura questions.
"No idea. All I know is I was cleaning the shed and the box with my old clothes fell down and I found this weird red device in a blue hoodie and when I touched it he appeared from it." Shirou shrugged and helped Sakura back on her feet.
"That's a digivice Takatomon!" Guilmon tells him.
Digivice? Wait who's Takatomon?" Sakura asked. 'This is going to take a while… THE FOOD!' Shirou thought.
"THE FOOD!" Shirou yelled rushing to the kitchen. Sakura gasped and followed leaving Guilmon and the rice. The Digimon shrugged and dragged the food along as he followed.
"So you're not Saber?" Rin asked again.
"No master, I'm Archer. Now start eating the foods getting cold." The white-haired man places a plate of food in front of her.
"Aren't you going to eat?" Rin looked at the Red clothed Archer as he sipped a mug of coffee.
"Servents don't need to eat we get our energy from our master. Any more pointless questions?" Archer explained.
"Why are you drinking coffee then?" Rin glared.
"I need something to do it's so dull around here. I still can't believe a rich girl like you didn't have any food in the cupboard." Archer scoffed.
"We're just waiting for the last master to summon then you'll have something to do." Rin took a bite and glared at him. "You will find a way to pay me back for the money you used."
"Tsk. Try to do something nice and it backfires. Stupid luck." Archer mumbled. "As you say, princess."
"Taiga says she's running late. So we have some time." Shirou sat his phone down. "How are you taking all this Sakura?"
"It's kinda odd Senpai but not surprising with your luck." Sakura sipped her soup. Shirou's shoulders dropped in defeat.
"Well, it's not my fault the universe likes messing with me." Shirou sighed. He noticed Guilmon was at the window. "Guilmon, get away from the window, you're supposed to be trying not to get caught."
"Sorry, Takatomon." Guilmon sits back at the table.
"Guilmon, what does Takatomon mean?" Sakura askes.
"Takotomon is Takatomon." Guilmon points towards Shirou.
"But he's Shirou." Sakura points out.
"Uh uh. He's Takatomon." Guilmon rejects her words.
"Doesn't mon stand for something?" Sakura asks trying to remember the old show. She wasn't allowed to watch much tv due to her circumstances but kids used to talk about it.
"Yup! Digimon means digital monster, at least that's what Terriermon said." Guilmon nods.
"So Takato monster?" Sakura askes.
Shirou was watching the back and forth and frowned. Something in this interaction made a part of his head itch like something was trying to claw out. All the stuff in the box belonged to him or that's what his dad said. Did he find that digivice or was it always his. Being around Guilmon made him happier than he could remember. During the questions, Sakura's sleeve slipped and Shirou's eyes narrowed when he saw a dark bruise.
"So you're calling Shirou, Takato?" Sakura reasoned. Guilmon nodded. "Was that who he was before the fire?" she whispered to herself. Shirou's hand shot out and grabbed her.
"What happened?" Shirou asked looking at her wrist.
"Nothing I just tripped." Sakura looked away.
"Was it Shinji again?" Shirou's eyes hardened. Unbeknownst to them, Guilmon started growling.
"N-n-n-no i-i-i-it was m-m-me b-b-being clumsy." Sakura tried to lie.
"God damnit! I thought he stopped. That scum." Shirou growled. He lets go of her arm and walks away.
"Senpai! Don't do anything please." Sakura begged.
Shirou returned with first aid supplies and a wrapped ice bag. He gently took her arm and placed the ice on the bruise. "Hold it there for a few minutes." He told her. He then pulled out a small vial and a wrap. He took the ice from Sakura and rubbed the contents of the vial on her bruise then wrapped it. He had done similar things whenever his father had a nasty bruise.
"You can always stay here if you want, you know that right?" Shirou told her. Pulling her in for a hug. Guilmon joined the hug not wanting to miss out.
"S-s-senpai." Sakura teared up as they just sat there. The rest of the breakfast was quiet even when Taiga came over. Sakura pretended Guilmon was a doll and just held onto him. Eventually, Shirou's phone went off and he answered it.
"Emiya residence how may I help you. Oh hi, Issei. But it's the break. Really? No I know clubs still have practice. Ok, ok. I'll be there in a bit. Right, right I'll bring my tools." Shirou sighed and hung up his phone.
"What was that? Taiga asked.
"Issei says the air conditioner in the student council room is broken and the normal janitors are unable to fix it," Shirou told her.
"Jeeze he should be paying you for all the things you fix for him." Taiga joked.
"You know I don't need payment. Sorry, I'm not going to be able to fix lunch today." Shirou apologized.
"I can always cook," Sakura said.
"What about…" Shirou looked at her arm.
"It's feeling better so there's no issue Senpai." Sakura smiled.
"Alright then." He eyed Guilmon. "I'll be off then. Should be back in a few hours."
"Going to buy Sakura more toys huh?" Taiga teased.
AN:
The grail war starts soon.
Servants
Archer: EMIYA / Master: Rin
RIDER: ? / Master: Sakura but Shinji uses them
Saber: ? /Master: ?
Lancer: ? /Master: ?
Caster: ? /Master: ?
Assassin: ? /Master: ?
Bersker: Heracles / Master: Illya