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FoF Luna's Conquest Lock 6: Embrace the Dark

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‘There has to be a way to end this war. Maybe if I return home and end talk to Father, I can find a way to end this stupid debacle,’ Luna thought to herself, turning towards Ryoma, “I know what I must do. Ryoma! Withdraw your troops.”

“What? It can’t be… You don’t mean that, Luna. You can’t possibly!” Ryoma gawked, stunned by what he heard his sister say, Haruki’s eyes simply widening in response to this, too.

“No… Luna…” Haruki gawked.

“I’m so sorry, Ryoma… Haruki… but I will not fight for Hoshido,” Luna apologized.

“What? How can you say that?!” Ryoman demanded to know, “Open your eyes! Can you not see how vile those Nohrians are? They’re hateful fiends who wish to trample Hoshido! They killed our mother!”

“No! It’s not that simple… I know what the Nohrian kingdom has down to Hoshido is unforgivable; I’m even more disgusted by betraying my own brother by breaking the promise I made us keep… and I know now that these are not my brothers and sisters by birth… yet even still, I must side with them. My heart won’t allow me to do otherwise.”

“Gods… no! How can you fight alongside those monsters after what they did?! Now that you know of their sins, as does Haruki, how can you possibly justify joining them? You are a princess of Hoshido! You are my sister! They are to blame for you not growing up with us as you were meant to. Do you truly mean to fight for those who stole you away?”

“Ryoma… my sorrow is beyond words,” Luna whimpered, Haruki sulking a tad bit as he walked back to Ryoma, “Still, I simply will not abandon the only family I have ever known.”

“Gah…” Ryoma grunted before Luna realized something, Ryoma seeing Haruki approach him with a hand on his shoulder.

“Haruki…” Luna started to whimper as Xander walked up next to her.

“Everything’s going to be OK. You did the right thing, Luna,” the crown prince of Nohr assured, “As you now know, you do not share the same bloodline as the rest of us. But it matters not. I have regarded you as family since I first laid eyes on you. I cannot express what it means to me that you’ve chosen to return to us. Father will be pleased with your decision as well.”

“Are you certain of that, Xander?” Haruki muttered, garnering the prince’s attention as he looked at him and Ryoma.

“This moment is a bit overwhelming on us all, brother, I assure you,” Ryoma replied, keeping Haruki close before looking to Xander, “Surely you must know of King Garon’s attempt to murder Haruki and Luna!”

“What? Explain yourself. Swiftly,” Xander requested.

“Listen. There was an attack in our capital’s square. The explosion came from Luna and Haruki’s swords. If my mother hadn’t sacrificed herself, they would be dead now. If King Garon truly cares, why did he risk Luna’s and Haruki’s lives just to hurt Hoshido?”

“Hmm? Is this true, Luna?” Xander inquired, the blonde and purplette princess looking back at her adopted brother.

“Well...It is. But I still need to hear Father’s side of the story,” Luna confirmed and explained, “That’s why I must return home right away. I must know the truth of this tragedy.”

“No on my watch! I’m afraid that’s not an option,” Ryoma growled, Haruki just as infuriated.

“You betrayed me, the only one you knew your whole life, after making me promise not to break my promise for us to never betray each other? ...Some sister,” Haruki growled, pulling out Yato as Ryoma unsheathed the Raijinto before they attacked Luna.

“Arrrgh!” Luna screamed.

“Everyone! Attack Luna!” Ryoma ordered his troops, “I will not allow you to return to Nohr until we’ve settled this on the battlefield.”

“Ryoma! Haruki! Please don’t do this!”

“I am no longer the Haruki you know… Baron,” Haruki growled, setting up his Driver, “I am not Kamen Rider Gaim!”

“Show no mercy. If you’re looking for forgiveness, you’ll find none here,” Ryoma scoffed, preparing his own henshin, “So you wish to side with Nohr? Then you must first defeat your true brothers. It is your birthright, as is Haruki’s, to fight at my side. I, as myself and as Kamen Rider Zangetsu, cannot forgive the choice you’ve made. How dare you use the sacred Kusanagi blade against your own kingdom! Perhaps it is a blessing Mother isn’t here to witness your betrayal, or the anguish you’ve caused your own twin.”

With that, Ryoma and Haruki pulled out their respective Lockseeds, Sengoku Drivers in place.

“HENSHIN!” the two shouted in unison, activating the locks.

= ORANGE!/MELON! =

= LOCK ON! =

= SOIYA! =

= ORANGE ARMS! HANAMICHI ON STAGE! =

= MELON ARMS! TENKA GOMEN! =


However, just as the two Riders (Haruki as Gaim and Ryoma as Zangetsu) prepared their respective weapons-

= KINKAN ARMS! SLASHER BAR~RAGE! =

After getting hit by both Gaim’s and Zangetsu’s blades, Xander rushed in as Duke to block said weapons, quickly attacking the two males.

“Stand down, princes of Hoshido,” Duke ordered, “I will not allow you to cause any further harm to Luna.”

“Order me around once more, and Nohr will lose a prince as well as a princess today,” Zangetsu warned, Gaim simply growling at his former sister, “I will do what I must to awaken my sister from the spell that binds her, and make sure she returns to her twin once more. You vile Nohrians have brainwashed her, and I will not rest until she is free!”

“More false accusations. You know very well she chose this of her own free will. No matter the blood that courses through her veins, we are her true family. That will never change.”

“SHUT UP!” Gaim roared, leaping in, only to have his orange sword (Daidaimaru) be blocked by Duke’s blade, Siegfried, before knocking him back.

“My brother has the right idea. I will not stand here and listen to your lies! Your heart only knows deceit and betrayal,” Zangetsu added, “Nohrians are notorious for their cruel and cowardly methods. This is no different. But I have had enough of foolish words. We must resolve this with blades.”

“So be it,” Duke nodded, “I always knew it would come to this. The crown prince of Nohr clashing blades with Hoshido’s heir. It’s almost poetic.”

“No, please, stop this madness! All of you!” Luna begged about to run, but Gaim stopped her, stabbing his Daidaimaru into the ground before her, “...Xander, I beg of you. Let it go for now. We must return to Nohr right away. There has been enough senseless death on this day…”

“No… I’m afraid retreat is not an option,” Leo sighed.

“Leo? Why would you say that?” Luna gawked.

“If we retreat, they’ll think we fear them. Or worse, that we coerced you into joining us. This is our chance to prove beyond a doubt that you chose us of your own volition. We have no choice but to stand our ground and fight!”

“I agree with Leo. After all, we’ve done nothing wrong. Why should we flee?” Camilla added, “You’re one of us, Luna, but so is Haruki. We have a chance of helping him see it’s better to be with us. That’s worth fighting for!”

“Don’t worry, Luna! Everything’s OK now that we’re together again! We’ll make sure to bring Haruki back, too!” Elise smiled, “If we try our hardest, there’s no way we can lose!”

“Is that really what you want? Leo, Camilla, even Elise…” Luna muttered.

“If you mean to fight, then FIGHT!” Zangetsu and Gaim roared.

“Nohrian pawns. Soon you shall be a mere stain on my sacred blade, Raijinto!” Ryoma added, “Hinoka! Takumi! Sakura! Are you ready?”

“Uh-huh! Ready and waiting to become Marika! Like I’d ever let them take Luna away from us again,” Hinoka nodded as she and the others set their Drivers into place.

“Show no mercy,” Takumi added, “Now is our chance to avenge Mother’s death!”

“I’ll help too. I’ll do my b-best! Please Luna, combe back to us… for Haruki’s sake,” Sakura responded and begged of her big sister, but regretfully pulled out her Lockseed along with her siblings (Hinoka having the Ume, Takumi the Budou, and Sakura the Pineberry).

“HENSHIN!” all three shouted in unison, setting their Lockseeds into place and quickly slicing.

= UME!/BUDOU!/PINEBERRY! =

= LOCK ON! =

= HERE WE GO!/HAI~! =

= UME ARMS! WHACK! CRACK! HOO, HOO, HOO! =

= BUDOU ARMS! RYU, HOU, HA-HA-HA! =

= PINEBERRY ARMS! BERRY~ HEROINE! =


“Fools, all of you,” Duke scoffed as he saw the royals transform, “You have my pity. Sadly for you, my sacred blade, Siegfried, knows nothing of pity--only triumph. Camilla! Leo! Elise! Prepare for battle!”

“Yes. I swear to protect our dear Luna, and bring back our dear Haruki, no matter what!” Camilla vowed, as she and the other Nohrian siblings prepared their Drivers.

“Failure is no option,” Leo added as they pulled out their respective Lockseeds (Camilla Durian, Leo Cherry, and Elise Kurumi), “Let’s show those scoundrels what it means to be a family!”

“Aw yea! I’m ready too! Let’s finish this quickly, though. I’m starving!” Elise chimed in as they finally got their Lockseeds in hand.

“Henshin!” the three called out, all activating their Lockseeds.

= DURIAN!/CHERRY!/KURUMI! =

= LOCK ON! =

= *GUITAR RIFF!*/YEA~! =

= DURIAN ARMS! MISTER~! DANGEROUS! =

= CHERRY ARMS! MASTER OF EXPLOSION~! =

= KURUMI ARMS! MISTER~ KNUCKLEMAN! =


“You have breathed your last!” Zangetsu shouted, “This is it… ATTACK!”

“Prepare yourself!” Duke ordered, “It begins!”

As Luna stood with Leo, now Kamen Rider Sigurd, she was uncertain of what to do as a familiar gray-haired young man came out from behind her.

“Lady Luna, apologies for the delay,” he responded, revealing himself to be Jakob, “I am pleased to find you alive and well.”

“Jakob?! What are you doing here?” Luna gawked, surprised by his sudden appearance, making Jakob chuckle.

“I have been searching with Felicia for you and Lord Haruki ever since we got separated at the Bottomless Canyon,” he informed, “I was detained and could not join you as swiftly as I would have liked… Felicia separated from me when she thought she found Lord Haruki and got lost. But what matters is that I’m here now, ready to help you in any way I can.”

Luna sighed a bit before smiling, thanking Jakob before putting on her Driver and pulling out her Banana Lockseed.

“Henshin!” she declared with an unlock of the Lockseed.

= BANANA! =

= LOCK ON! =

= COME ON! =

= BANANA ARMS! =

=KNIGHT OF SPE~AR! =


“At least, we should take out four of the Hoshidans from the fight. It’ll give them the memo,” Sigurd suggested, riding his horse across the bridge, with Jakob joining Baron and following Leo in pursuit, as Bravo quickly activated a Dragon Vein to dry up the river as she was joined by Knuckle.

Duke then took the charge to Zangetsu as Yukimura rode on some sort of machine and stopped a ways in front of Sigurd.

“This battle is truly lamentable,” he sighed, “It would have broken Lady Mikoto’s heart to watch these events unfold…”

Regardless, Yukimura launched a shuriken at Sigurd, who countered with one of his Cherry Bombs, Zangetsu finally getting within range of Duke.

“I will not allow a filthy Nohrian to sully my honor!” he shouted, Raijinto and shield at the ready before both Riders used mystical attacks from their blades, only to miss as Marika flew over with Ryugen running alongside her, stopping inbetween Sigurd and Yukimura.

“I won’t rest until Luna returns home with Haruki. I’ve been training for this day!” Hinoka shouted, readying her Naginata and hitting the Cherry Rider, but he quickly blasted back at her, and got another dose of bladed spear before Baron and Jakob came up from behind, the butler healing Leo before taking his Iron Dagger and helping Sigurd attack the Sky Knight, “How could this happen?! What have I been fighting for all this time…?”

Meanwhile, Bravo and Knuckle rode their mounts past Duke and Zangetsu, the Swordsmaster Rider wanting to go after them, but Duke rushed in as they clashed weapons once again.

Yukimura rushed off and got healed by Fraise, who waited for the right moment to attack as Ryugen prepared his Budou Ryuhou and Fujin Yumi to fire at Jakob.

“Prepare to pay for what you monsters have done,” he roared, aiming his pistol, “This is for Mother!”

As Ryugen managed to hit Jakob, Duke missed a swing at Zangetsu after the swordmaster struck. Sigurd used this opportunity to enhance his Cherry Bombs with the magic in his tome, the Brynhildr, and blasted the grape Rider away.

“Gah! You may not have honor, but you certainly have skill. This isn’t over…” Takumi grunted as he, like Hinoka, had been knocked out of Rider form before retreating.

The Nohrian sisters rushed over to help Duke, with Knuckle using her staff to heal him a bit. Duke used this to strike back at Zangetsu before getting hit again. Yukimura took another chance to attack Sigurd, but he got hurt more as Zangetsu dealt more damage to the Kumquat Rider, only for him get two hits at the MuskMelon Rider, knocking him out of said Rider form.

“Damn! I’ll have to withdraw for now… This isn’t over Luna!” Zangetsu shouted as he fled, the others fleeing after Leo finished off Yukimura.

“I must withdraw as well… forgive me, Lady Mikoto…” the mechanist grunted as the Hoshidans fled, Gaim glaring at Baron, the latter having tears under her helmet as the orange samurai fled.




Luna sighed as most of the Nohrians cheered over their victory, the royal siblings returning to their human forms as the blonde and purplette looked unsure of what to do. She looked past the bridge again as the Nohrians returned home.

“Ryoma… Haruki… Everyone… I’m so sorry… Please find it in your hearts to forgive me,” she sighed, about to leave herself, “I know that a princess of Hoshido siding with Nohr seems like the ultimate betrayal. But I swear on my honor...I will end this war, for all of us. For Nohr and for Hoshido--for you and for me. I promise you that. Especially you, Haruki. Until then...farewell.”

As she was about to leave, though, Azura rushed across the bridge to see her.

“Wait! Luna!” she called out, staying on the bridge, but getting Luna’s attention.

“Azura?” Luna gawked.

“So...you’re really leaving us?”

“Azura, I…”

“Are you sure about this, Luna? Once done, it cannot be undone.”

“Yes, I know. But it’s the only way. These people, I’ve loved them for as long as I can remember. They are my family.”

“I see. If that is the path you have chosen, I will not try to stop you. I am certain we will meet again. But for now… I suppose this is goodbye.”

With that, Azura ran back to Hoshido across the bridge, making Luna sigh again.

“Azura…”

She sighed once more before returning back to Nohr, where she believed she belonged.




Later, Luna found herself with Jakob, having explained everything that happened since they last saw each other at the Bottomless Canyon.

“I see… it must’ve been a hard decision. ...No doubt Felicia would stay with Haruki regardless of what happened, though,” he sighed.

“Yea…” Luna nodded, just as Lilith flew over in her dragon form, “Oh! Lilith! Great timing.”

“‘Ey? Lilith?! Milady, do you mean to say this creature is our stable girl?! It can’t be...” Jakob gawked, trying to wrap his head around the situation.

“Actually… it can. And it is.”

“Sorry, milady, but I fail to grasp the joke. Lilith is a human, not a… fantastical beast.”

“Oh yea, I guess I left that out, didn’t I? Well… Look, I know it’s confusing. I’ll explain everything else later. Come on! I want to show you something before we catch up with the others.”

Lilith nodded as she opened a crack to Helheim.

“AH! My word... What is that light?!” Jakob gawked, never having seen the cracks open before.

“Erm, I’ll explain that later too…” Luna assured as the three entered, Lilith managing to teleport them to the fortress she brought the twins to before.

“Ah! Beg pardon, Lady Luna, but might I inquire...what just happened?” Jakob wondered, “And where precisely are we?”

“I’m so sorry for frightening you, Jakob! Please, allow me to explain…” Lilith requested before another explanation was given to the maid.

“...So, to be clear, right now we are in something called an astral plane, with this particular one being the supposed home of the First Dragons and the Man and Woman of the Beginning. Fascinating… Truly fascinating,” Jakob noted.

“Lady Luna… I know the choice you just made was a difficult one,” Lilith noted of the female half of the twins, “From here on out, you and your allies will continue down your chosen path. I promise to do everything in my power to help you on your journey. As such, feel free to use this fortress here in the astral plane of Helheim to rest or prepare for battle.”

“Thank you, Lilith. Your kindness and support are very much appreciated,” Luna smiled.

“Aww, you’re so very welcome! Oh, by the way, this place is filled with Dragon Veins. Long story short, you can use them in this fortress to customize your castle as you see fit.”

“That’ll come in handy,” Luna noted as she began to practice and develop these power powers.
Full Title: Fruits of Fate Haruki's Lock 6: In the White Light

With the votes decided, I will post the Revelation chapters first, followed by Birthright and Conquest.

Chapter Summary: Unable to decide which families to join, the twins keep their personal promise to each other and avoid picking sides. Now they must find a way to make peace while worrying about both Hoshido and Nohr considering them traitors.

Disclaimers: I do not own anything used in this story other than original concepts (such as Lockseeds and Riders) used. Fraise is owned by :iconpikatwig:, but the rest belong to Nintendo, Bandai, Toei, and their respective owners.


First Chapter-> tknrkrgaim.deviantart.com/art/…
Last Chapter--> tknrkrgaim.deviantart.com/art/…
Next Chapter---> Coming Soon

Find out what's going on in the other arcs below:

Branch of Fate--Choose a Path

Bullet; Red Defend Hoshido with Haruki (tknrkrgaim.deviantart.com/art/…)

Bullet; Purple Fight with Nohr alongside Luna (You are here.)

Bullet; Blue Refuse to choose a side, and keep Haruki and Luna together. (tknrkrgaim.deviantart.com/art/…)
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Luna... Lol! That's the name of one of my OCs that I made for Fire emblem Fates and I shipped her with Ryoma. I also made her to be Azura's sister.