This is my first fanfic that's inspired from Fates of Humanity by ImmortalEmperorWithAnEpicBeard, a remake I would say
Notice: with the news about the release of Lord El-Melloi II case files Anime. This Fanfic has a possibility of Reboot.
Time for Disclaimer.
Fate/stay night, Fate/Prototype, Fate/Extra, Fate/Grand Order and other works belong to TYPE-MOON, Kinoko Nasu and Takeuchi
Chapter 0-0: Grand Beginnings
A battle has been fought and is now over.
Place your sword upon the ground, and rest in the temporal peace.
After dozing in the warmth of a dream, a new day will begin.
The days keep passing by...
And we still chase the same star we once saw
Fuyuki Fifth Holy Grail War
"_"
"Shirou, I love you"
She starts to fade away.
Before she faded away, a shine erupts from her body. That was her scabbard, Avalon.
"Shirou, I want you to take it
I may be not able to summoned ever again. That because I've destroyed the grail with my own will. So my contract with the world is over. I'll spend my resting in Avalon. I hope that scabbard can guide you there".
"Shirou,... Goodbye"
And she faded away. And my memory about her Scabbard is lost. Precisely, I can't recall its shape, its meaning, its whole existence. In other words, seems I can't project it anymore. Without her, the scabbard is useless. Only the scabbard in my hands that remain exists.
The Lord has spoken. "Abundance shall not pile up in the land".
When the ostentation of prosperity returns to nothing,
the millennium of the next era visits.
The symbol of abundance, the seven sins of men.
Chalice of gold sullied by impurities.
Everything is for the sake of opening the gates of Heavens.
The last miracle, into the hands of the most excellent one.
Tokyo Second Holy Grail War
"Seal Thirteen, Decision Start!"
"Approved"
"Bedivere, Gareth, Galahad, Lancelot, Mordred"
"This is a fight to save the world!"
"Arthur"
"Ex... calibur!"
"For you, Ayaka"
1 year later from Fuyuki Fifth Holy Grail
Clang. A beautiful sound
—that light. Only that sound is something I'll never forget in all my life.
The sound of the bell that announces the commencement of the battle.
The beautiful sound from her flawless armor accompanies her figure
"—I Ask you. Are you my master?"
That voice is still clear.
That image in his(my) memory did not erode over the time, even now it still deeply etched into his(my) heart
"I, Servant Saber, have come forth in response to your summons.
From this time forth, my sword shall be with you and your fate shall be with me.
Now, our contract is complete.
…Yes, the contract is complete.
She chose him to become her Master.
And he swore to help her with all his might.
The moonlight illuminated the darkness
That Knight's figure appeared in the shed as if to reclaim silence.
As he thought to himself, that familiar name slipped out of his mouth.
He still cannot forget that blue light.
That blonde hair bathed in moonlight had texture as fine as grained gold.
And
Then
I
.
..
...
And Then I awake from my 'Night of Fate' dream
It's been a long time since that time.
After I finish my high school studies. I was invited to Clock Tower at London by Rin Tohsaka, so I can improve my Magecraft and learned many things. Albeit, Reinforcement, Projection, and Tracing is the only things I can learn. Because both my Origins and my Elemental Affinity is 'Sword'. That was the reason why I can't learn other forms of Magecraft, after all.
Now, I live in a House somewhere in London.
Live in London isn't unlike life in Fuyuki where I have my own Residence(the house were quite big to call just a 'house')
After rising up from the bed. This is my daily, making breakfast, practicing my Tracing, and go to Clock Tower.
However, today is quite different.
When I head to the door of my room I noticed there's a letter lying on the floor. I picked up that letter.
The letter was not in an envelope. What kind of person who wrote his letter and not sending it with an envelope?
I read the letter anyway
Dear Shirou Emiya,
I want you to visit me in my room at Clock Tower. There are some... Things I want to discuss with you. It's complicated. I will tell you the details once we meet.
Oh, you should bring your adopted sister, Illyasviel von Einzbern with you and you might need Rin Tohsaka assistance
Sincerely, Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg
PS: you two should be prepared to pack your clothes and things because this is going to be a long time
PPS: this is the important one, brings that scabbard!
Zelretch ?! As Tohsaka's Great Master?! If I correctly remember he's a Second Magic user that also called as Kaleidoscope which involves Parallel Worlds things. Tohsaka also said sometimes when he's bored he can send some random or not really random persons to another universe to see what could happen in his 'What If...' scenario. Since he doesn't want to think about it. Instead, he chose to make it real. Basically, his Second Magic is his own fanfiction. In the literal sense.
Still, the 'Things' that he mentioned is made me worried. Is he want to ask me, to become one of his parallel worlds pranks.
And he mentioned Illya. Yes, Illya. My adopted sister in law. To think the first Master who trying to kill me during the Holy Grail War is actually Kiritsugu's child is surprising. After knowing the reason Illya trying to kill me in the first place, that because she thinks Kiritsugu abandoned her and chose me to replace her. But, I told her that Kiritsugu often go overseas and I say "probably, he's not abandoned you. He must be trying to get you, but not allowed by your grandfather of yours".
After knowing that, Illya decided to start living with me. The only her family member she cares about now.
Albeit, sometimes she returns to the Einzbern's Castle when we still live in Fuyuki. Turns out, she also brought her two maids along with her Sella and Leysritt
And it seems the Maid named Sella doesn't like me. Perhaps, she has some grudge with me having my father surname.
When we moved to London. Illya is the one who decided where we gonna live. I ask Illya please don't get too fancy. Well, we got a house with a workshop for Magecraft practice.
Enough for the flashback, since this is about Rin Tohsaka Great master I'll definitely ask her assistance without a doubt.
He also mentioned 'that scabbard'. Is he meant for Avalon, the sheath of Excalibur? What is he want from Avalon? Avalon is the only thing that connects me with her. I won't give that scabbard easily.
"Illya" I call my 'little' sister
"Yes, Onii-chan"
Onii-chan(big brother), what an irony. If she was Kiritsugu's first child that was made her as the older sister. I ever questioned about her preference for calling me the big brother. The reason she chose decided to call me big brother is she doesn't like to be called older sister. She said she was 18 years old during Fifth Holy Grail War, that means she's 20 years old now.
"Illya, we got a letter from Zelretch"
Illya frowned
"that old Vampire?"
I was nodded to respond
Yes, Zelretch was a Vampire. Specifically, Dead Apostle.
Despite being a Dead Apostle, he always helps mankind.
"what is that old Vampire want? Is he want to pick another apprentice again?"
That true, sometimes in parallel worlds sense. When he in dilemma he tends to pick a... No, apprentices. But after became Zelretch's Apprentices, they kinda ruined? I don't know in what terms? But, no one can say no.
"I don't know. we should ask Tohsaka for this matter and better we started to prepare our clothes and other things. Because he said this is going to be a long time".
"understood Onii-chan"
After that, we start packing our clothes and our important things.
When I was preparing. I stumbled a small briefcase. It was Kiritsugu's old briefcase.
I opened that briefcase. In that briefcase there an old gun, a Thompson Contender and several it's bullets. This is the gun that Kiritsugu used when he still called as Magus Killer. I still don't believe the fact Emiya Kiritsugu was a Magus Killer. But, that was a truth. I picked that briefcase anyway because that was the only memorial of Kiritsugu.
"are you done, Onii-chan?" Illya was shouting
"Alright, I'm done".
"mou, you're slow, Onii-chan!".
"Sorry sorry".
Illya grunting with my apology. Well, it cannot be helped.
Then we headed to Clock Tower to meet Rin Tohsaka first
At The Clock Tower
"EEEEEHHHHH!"
That was a loud shout from Rin Tohsaka. That scream is loud enough to take attention to surroundings people.
"You got an invitation from my master, Zelretch!" said Rin Tohsaka to her disbelief.
"could you calm down, Tohsaka" I replied.
"how I could calm about this matter. We talked about The Second True Magic user, Kaleidoscope!".
Tohsaka is really shocked right now.
"Ugh, nevertheless I'll accompany you to meet him. Follow me".
"Rin-san totally loses her temper" Illya commented.
"for me, this is Rin Tohsaka that I know".
With a slight stare at me, she responded "Eeeh?".
We follow Tohsaka to Zelretch's Room
Not many persons who can enter his room only some persons who had allowed, persons he wanted to meet, and some persons whose ability to force to meet him. The last category is type he didn't want to meet.
Before, we about to reach his room there were two persons who standing in front of the door. One man and one girl, that man has a very long black hair, wearing a formal outfit, and a red scarf over his shoulder. That man was Lord El-Melloi II. As for the girl, strangely I feel a familiarity with her, have I meet her or something? That girl wearing a gray hooded cloak, inside the cloak she wears black zipped tight suit, on the outside she wears a black mantle with white fur lining at neck area, she also wears gray square patterns skirt, a pair of long black stocking, and a pair of black boots. Her face is covered by the hood. But, I manage to take a notice that she has gray hair. Everything I could describe her is Black and gray like a Monochrome.
"Rin Tohsaka, Shirou Emiya, Illyasviel von Einzbern we've been waiting for you," said Lord El-Melloi II upon us.
They have been waiting for us?
"eh, you've been waiting for us?" Tohsaka asked, "yes, I got a letter from Mr. Kaleidoscope".
"you got the letter too?". I responded to his statement
"seems we are being invited by Mr. Kaleidoscope" Lord El-Melloi II concluded. "because everyone is here and he didn't say wait for anyone besides three of you, We can meet him now"
And on the cue Lord El-Melloi II push open the double door. We all greeted with a man in late 50th or 80th perhaps older due to the fact he's a Vampire. That man sitting at an old chair and in front of us there's a wide desk with many books and currently he...
Just finished reading and put down the book that he was just reading. I guess, he knows he'll finish just as we enter his room.
The room was a perfect cube shaped, it has no window closing the door would make it a pitch black darkness if there is no light source from an old reading lamp.
"ah, finally, you all came" He greeted us with a friendly voice for a someone who is a Second Magic user. Yes, that man was Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg. The Wizard Marshal, Zelretch of the Jewel. Also known by the name of Kaleidoscope, he is one of the five magicians. Also a Dead Apostle. He possesses so many titles.
"what is it, Great Master? Is there something you need?" Rin ask him first
Without giving any short silence he straightly response
"oh yes, I need you to save the world" he said that with the neutral expression
"huh?" we all only can giving him confused expression with blinking several times.
"no, that wasn't correct. I need you to save the 'future' of the world" this time he said that with the serious tone at 'future' part.
"Huh?!" we all giving him another confused expression with little bit louder voice
"Umm... Great... Master?... Did. You.. just say 'save the world'? Am I not misheard?" Rin asking to confirm what we just heard.
"no, you my dear apprentice. You heard that clearly" he answer it with Sherlock Holmes style.
"What! You want us to save the world?! From what!" this time Rin scream out. "since it's you. I presume not in this world"
"Easy my dear apprentice, true I said to save the 'future' of the world. Well, it's yes and no, for not in this 'world' but also not really other 'world'. How do I explain?" as he thinking the way to explain "well you see, what I mean is a timeline after all timelines precisely 10 years from now on".
"that's doesn't change the fact in another world! But save the world from what?!" this time Lord El-Melloi II spoke to him.
"how about we call it Incineration of Human Order".
Everyone frowned. Not because we know that term is, rather we don't ever hear of that term in the world of magi.
Incineration of Human Order
That was he said
"Incineration of Human Order? What is that?" Lord El-Melloi II asked once more
"it's not me the one can explain that. However, the reason I called all of you. Well, most of you except for Gray were survivors of the Holy Grail War"
Holy Grail War
A competition to acquire the Holy Grail
a wish-granter that fulfills its owner's desires.
A path to 'the Root'
Or so everyone was thought.
Since the Holy Grail was corrupted by Angra Mainyu
All the world's evil
Holy Grail only capable grant wish through destruction
Saber and I have no choice but to destroy it before it's can manifest.
"is it have something to do with the Holy Grail War?" I uttered that question.
"the answer for that question is yes, something with the Grail. But, not the war" he answered. "tell me, how Heroic Spirits can be Summoned as a Servants? Einzbern?".
A question for Illya.
"Normally, we can't summon Heroic Spirit as familiar, the one doing the summoning is the Lesser Grail. The Incantation only to ensuring the one who became a Master of Servant. But, the power of Heroic Spirit still too great to maintain even after summoned. Therefore, the class system exist to divide Heroic Spirit power, for example, let's take King Arthur. In legend, King Arthur possess 3 powerful Noble Phantasms, holy sword Excalibur, holy lance Rhongomyniad, and dagger Carnwennan. Well actually there's also sheath of Excalibur, Avalon, a shield Pridwen, a ceremonial sword Clarent, which are stolen and another sword named Seure which given to Lancelot and later known as Arondight"
Well, that's quite a long explanation. When Illya explained that. I took notice of the hooded girl who I just know the name is Gray is twitching when hearing 'King Arthur' and 'Rhongomyniad' parts. Is this girl know something about it?.
"exactly, that's how you going to 'save the future of our world'. No, not just our world. But also, other worlds. Because you are going have to summons Servants to do that"
Summon Servants to save the world. Servants. Wait did he just said Servants with (s).
"wait, am I not misheard 'Servants' you mean not just one Servant?" this time Lord El-Melloi II cut. "to maintain one Servant is already exhausting. but two maybe, three unlikely and more there is no way. How to supply Mana for them?"
Good question, I also wondered how we could do that or those.
"it's not me the one who can answer that. you'll see"
How vague is that he has avoided two questions to answer.
"I have one more question. if this problem so big that requires Heroic Spirit to fix it. What happens to Counter-Force? Could Alaya just send Counter Guardian to do that job?"
Counter Guardian
Agents of Alaya, the collective will of humanity to avoid extinction.
An always active Counter Force to protect humanity from itself. By sending Counter Guardian to exterminate the threat with equal amounts power of the threat itself.
"even Counter Force has its own limit. Just pick Alien, since Alien did not come from earth. Counter Force doesn't see it as a threat. Has anyone watched Monty Python and the Holy Grail? The killer bunny scene? That thing actually exists. That thing is known as Beast IV, Primate Murder, Dead Apostle #1, the white beast, Cath Palug, Altrouge Brunestud's Demonic dog, Beast of Gaia, Merlin's familiar... OUps"
Did he just said Merlin's familiar?.
"anyway, in reality, it requires 7 Counter Guardians to stop that beast and killing 3 in the process. That's why even The World would cry out asking for help"
Is that really dangerous! How we can survive that.
"so in other words, you want to send all of us to stop this Incineration of Human Order?"
Lord El-Melloi II concluded.
"no, I'll only going to send Shirou Emiya, Illyasviel von Einzbern, Gray and Ayaka Sajyou not from this timeline"
Wait, only three of us plus someone who's not from our timeline?
"wait, how about me and Lord El-Melloi II?". This time Rin is the one asked
"don't worry you two will join with them. But, in a strange way. Besides you, two have to dismantle the Holy Grail War system at Fuyuki. Where Lord El-Melloi II is the one going to lead that and you as representative of Three founding families"
Another vague answer. It has been three times and we only can respond with "Huh?"
We are totally clueless.
"So I Ask you, are you ready? Shirou Emiya?"
He asks me first "if this for to saving many people, I'll fight!"
As a Hero of Justice I've dreamed of, I answer with all might.
"Illyasviel von Einzbern? "
This time Illya
"Wherever Onii-chan go, I'll go"
She answered with a smile that she can show.
"Hmm, seems Ayaka Sajyou is ready as well. How about you, Gray?"
I think he connected with the other him from another timeline. Last but not least, is the Hooded girl named Gray
"I have one question only" finally she speaks "Why me? I'm not even a Survivor of any Holy Grail War nor ever participate in one"
She is the only exception. I'm also wondered why someone like her is here as well.
"is it because I possess the Lance? Or because of... " as she about to finish her question. she pulls her hood and...
And I saw the same face of Saber that I know. The only thing that made her different is her hair color. It was gray like her name
I, Illya, and Rin were shocked. While Lord El-Melloi II just put his gaze away from her face.
"... I'm the descendant of King Arthur?"
Descendant of King Arthur? Her descendant?.
"Both"one-word answer and that's all
"I see, I'm done" she got the answer. But, she seems not to be really happy about it.
Why?
"then,..." he raises up his hands and "lets the Grand Order begins " clapped
And white light engulfing us
Woah! That's quite heavy and wow. This is the first time I try to write a Fanfic. If you ask is it just one-shot or going to be a series? It's going to be a series, yeah.
This series will also have some Fragment of Chaldea-like chapters, no copy. I swear.
I've planned to choose Shirou Emiya from Fate Route FSN, Ayaka Sajyou from Fate/Prototype, female Hakuno Kishinami from Fate/Extra, and Ritsuka Fujimaru from FGO itself as main characters
Overall if each Masters has their own specials, in-game rules: Shirou would be Buster-type Master as Merlin like role(both prefer sword despite being a Magus), Ayaka being Quick type like Skaði(her Witchcraft put her as critical hitter), Hakuno as Arts type(if you consider Tamamo, plus with Hakuno excellent Spiritron-Hack she's good for increase Magical strength), while Fujimaru is like universalike Waver(heck even in the Wiki state, as Magus he isn't different from with Waver).
For our lovely Illya she'll be the key reuniting Emiya Family, and for our existential crisis, Gray will be the key to unite KoRT. How sad.
Next chapter: Chaldea - the Organization for the Preservation of Human Order