Fate And thus WE fought there
A/N: I need to get better at sticking with one project hehe, but oh well I flow with the inspiration.
Hopefully this'll be kinda fresh.
Hataraku Aizen Chan and the next chap of Fate Lagoon are still being worked on. I just needed a break with something fresh to get the juices flowing. Got a few once shot ideas actually, but tonight just decided to sit down and bang one out. Unfortunately this time it's kind of another Epic that will take more time and energy that I don't have to complete. But, we'll see the response I get and how my inspiration and muse holds out.
A few things to keep in mind about this story. Firstly, it is set in another AU from the normal FATE routes and it a different setting than the one in Fate Lagoon. This Shirou is a different version from that one, though they have some similarities.
For Nasuverse critics. I'm aware of some Nasu-verse stuff, but I'm not going to be chained down by it. It's a fanfic so if some things don't match up with the mechanics, meh.. Suspend your disbelief for a bit.
Summary: One day a gate appeared. What emerged from it could only be called monsters, but there are those who prey on monsters, and that gate was only the first. Hear the bells of freedom ring; from sea to shining sea.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the anime or intellectual properties that are portrayed or mentioned in this fic with the exception of the various OC's that will come into play.
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'Thought's, and flashbacks'
"Techniques: and moments of impact"
Chapter1: Thus I'll save them
It was a foolish notion.
EMIYA had truly believed that if he could only kill the past version of himself it would free him from his curse. Well, perhaps belief wasn't the word. It was Hope, a frantic, desperate hope that somehow it would be possible to escape the endless torment that he had chosen for himself that drove him on and gave him the will to keep fighting. He'd do anything to escape the hell that he had once so eagerly marched headfirst into with a smile on his face thinking "Everything will be alright as long as I can save people". He knew now the cold reality of that dream. He'd learnt the lesson that his father before him, had tried to warn him of.
To even manage that first kill was a trying task. Countless Grail wars had a copy of him been summoned to, and unlike most servants, he had the pleasure of re uniting with the defeated copy and gaining the collective memories and experience from them. It seemed sometimes as if the Counter Force itself was against him, actively working to prevent him from achieving his goal.
In some lives he was slain by Berserker, in others he faded from existence asking Rin to watch over the past him, Sometimes he fought and was bested by his younger self in an impossible miracle, others still he entrusted his arm to the younger Shirou before fading away.. then there was the virtual simulator, and the dream that cycled over and over..
Yet in none of them was he successful. So many close calls..
So many times he had been centimeters from his goal only to have it snatched from his grasp by the whim of fate.
Even in the Dream he'd managed to kill both Saber and that other Shirou on the bridge dozens of times.. only to find that the 'Shirou' he had killed was a fake. A fake of a faker.. and he fell for it every damn re set.
No it seemed as though his goal was to forever elude him. He had seen the copies of him killed before they could succeed, give up their objectives, and in some cases, even re acknowledge that foolish ideal..
Every time the memories would return to him adding to the countless archives that lay locked away in his mind. He wished he could impart foreknowledge of the Grail War to his to copies, but they always re set every time he was summoned.
And then one day, he won the lottery. The stars aligned and E ranked luck finally came through for him. Locked in yet another of the innumerable battles he had fought with the younger Shirou he ducked underneath a slash of the copied Kanshou bade and pushed off the ground with a roar stabbing his own version of the blade forwards at near supersonic speeds.
The wet squelching sound of steel meeting flesh rang through the destroyed chateau. And Emiya rose up and brought his Byakuya blade down in a cleaving motion that ended with it embedded in the floor. A spiderweb of cracks ran out from the strike and ended near a pair of armored boots standing nearby.
The boy named Emiya Shirou with his face still frozen in shock, split down the middle and the two parts of him fell to the ground with a thud.
A scream tore through the room but EMIYA barely heard it. His gaze was transfixed on the sight of the corpse in front of him.
Archer had cut Emiya Shirou many times, he'd wounded him grievously in several of the timelines, but this..
His organs lay splattered in a pile. His body was totally split in two.
He blinked once half expecting the sight of his objective to fade as his vision re focused.
When he opened his eyes the sight hadn't changed.
There could be no doubt, Avalon or not the one named Emiya Shirou was dead. There was no coming back from this.
'As it turns out.. It seems that people die when they're killed..' he thought sardonically.
A deep rumbling began to emanate from his chest as he allowed his traced blades to dissolve into particles of light.
"I did it." He murmured. "It's over.. the nightmare is over. Ha ha ha ha!" He stumbled backwards and let loose a deafening laugh of relief and joy.
"AAAARRRCHHHERRRR!" came the furious warcry of the rooms other occupant but EMIYA paid it no mind. His gaze never left the sight of his dream finally realized.
He simply laughed and took deep rasping breaths as he waited for the world to fade to white and the paradox of his dwindling existence to overtake him.
He had finally succeeded. Against all odds he had killed his past self. Now it was time to reap the prize for his efforts.
That prize.. was a near invisible blade coated in wind biting into his neck for just a moment of resistance and then continuing its momentum as it beheaded him in an instant.
The momentum of Saber's prana burst enhanced swing spun her around and she dug her armored glove into the floor to slow herself down and whirled around to face her opponent..
Just in time to see the headless servant Archer finish dissolving into motes of light.
The copy of Archer returned and the memories played out at an impossible rate as they always did.
In that timeline Emiya Shirou died, and Saber made a contract with Tohsaka Rin to continue the war. Gilgamesh fought Saber again and easily crushed her under a rain of Noble Phantasms.
He subdued Caster and stole her Rule Breaker dagger and became Sabers master. Rin was killed by Kirei Kotomine and Angra Maiynu was born into the world and plunged it into utter destruction.
It took the combined might of various Magicians and users of True Magic in cooperation with The 12 Ancestors to put it down. By the time they succeeded several of the Magic powers had been weakened and Saber finally succumbing to the power of the stolen Command Seals, obediently acknowledged Gilgamesh as her new Master. The arrogant King dressed her in a white toga and golden jewelry and after taking her maidenhood he placed her with the rest of his Harem in a specially made cage that froze time within his endless Gate of Babylon.
His end came in a rather anticlimactic way. After deciding to destroy the world he was tricked by a cunning Mage that offered him the finest wine in the modern world. Gilgamesh in his arrogance sampled it and finding it lacking, killed the offending mage.
Shortly thereafter he felt himself growing weaker, his attempt to find an antidote within his Gate failed due to the sheer enormity of his treasury and in mere minutes he faded from existence, not with a bang, but a whimper.
That timeline didn't fare too well. Eventually the aftershocks of one boy's death brought about ruin to the whole of Humanity.
Archer saw this and paled. He would only later realize the horrible truth. His hope as often is with most desperate hopes, was based on a fallacy. As a counter Guardian he existed outside of the concept of time. Killing another Shirou whether in the past or not would only change that reality. It would do nothing to free him.
There was a way however.
If every instance of Emiya Shirou could be erased.. If somehow every possible version that existed was killed off. Then a true paradox could be created.
Of course this was absurd. The nature of the Kaleidoscope saw to that. New realties were always popping up branching outwards in an ever expanding tree of possibilities. That method was totally unfeasible.
It took him several more cycles but eventually he was able to kill another Shirou, then another, and again it continued but nothing changed. After what seemed like eons had passed he found another opportunity.
Somehow he had been summoned to the Fourth War as the servant of Tohsaka Tokiomi as Servant Archer. Remembering how Gilgamesh had survived the ten years between the wars he recalled that being exposed to the toxic sludge of the Grail had allowed him limited mortality.
He carefully bided his time and plotted to position himself at a point where he could try that method when another opportunity he hadn't even considered presented itself.
Saber had been weakened in a battle with him and had been unable to destroy the Grail. Before he could finish it off with his own Noble Phantasm, Angra Maiynu appeared once again. The Wizard Marshall Zelretch was not currently in the dimension and this single fact pushed the event to a threat that the current Magic powers could not overcome and thus the whole of Humanity was threatened.
Archer was pushed backwards but just as he was killed a strange sensation overtook him. Counter Guardian EMIYA had arrived. Since the Servant Archer was a spiritual body the Counter Guardian anchored on to it and in a strange 1 in a Biliion circumstance Counter Guardian EMIYA and Servant Archer had merged into one being. CG EMIYA had faced Angra before and knew how to put it down. The Counter Force ensured the he would be just strong enough to defeat it and his own immeasurable experience pushed his edge even further. Through the merger and Archers Independent Action he'd managed to regain a slight remnant of autonomy and his single minded drive to escape burned alongside his need to 'Eliminate the threat'
Allowing himself to be eaten by the Monstrous infant like creature he Unleashed Unlimited Bladeworks within the belly of the creature and Broke all of the Noble Phantasms within.
"Shattered Bladeworks" The agent of Alaya growled out.
Angra Maiynu ceased to exist.
As the Reality Marble exploded around him and relinquished its grip on the space it had usurped it gave way to the roaring flames brought on by the initial outpouring. Toxic goop dripped from his matted silver hair and he could feel the curses whispering into his ear. The fury and rage of all of Humanities evils tried to corrupt him and bend him to their will, but an acting Counter Guardian is not an individual, merely an extension of Humanities will. The slight deviation granted by its merger with the Servant Archer allowed only for the single impulse of escape and Freedom. Thus he escaped corruption, but the mortality warping properties were persistent and the already Hybrid being began to mutate.
It was this strange set of circumstances that found CG EMIYA standing amidst a sea of flames when at that exact moment a young Red haired child collapsed in front of him. It was Fire that burned away whoever the boy had been and turned him to the blank slate that would become Shirou. One could say that this moment was the defining point where his origin changed to become 'Sword' The birth of Emiya Shirou.
Escape.
The single command rang through the Mutated beings fractured consciousness.
Escape.
He took a step forwards even as the call of Alaya beckoned him back. He began to dissolve but still he trudged forwards.
And then.. he noticed it.
The particles of light weren't floating into the sky to rejoin Alaya. They were flowing into the boy.
The Birth of Emiya Shirou, the Merger of the beings, the slight mortality from the sludge, so many variables and the lack of a single one would result in a different outcome, and yet..
The one known as Counter Guardian EMIYA was anchoring himself to the young boy who would one day become him.
And so he smiled.
The boy looked up as he saw a strange sight. He could barely make out the features of the strange Silver haired man marching towards him. The only thing he could seem to focus on was the incredible smile on his face. He seemed so happy to see him.
Freedom..
EMIYA reached out to the young dying boy with a hand already beginning to dissolve. His smile and tears of relief never faltered.
'I wonder..' The boy thought blearily. 'It would sure be great if I could be that happy.'
As Counter Guardian EMIYA faded completely and joined with the soul of the boy in the fire he had one final thought.
'I am'
Moments later a man in a tattered black coat ran up and frantically searched through the rubble eventually discovering the broken body of the young boy on deaths door. Making a hasty decision he implanted the Sheathe of Avalon within him and rushed him to the nearest hospital.
Emiya Shirou was the one who existed here. It could be said that the man known as Counter Guardian EMIYA no longer existed. At the same time, that wouldn't be entirely true. Shirou and EMIYA had merged. It was Shirou's body, but EMIYA's existence was infinitely more powerful and so the Two became one. Shirou suppressed much of EMIYA, but about two years since being adopted by Kiritsugu he began to remember things he hadn't done.
Over the next few years this continued until shortly after Kiritsugu's death the mental merger was complete. Shirou was EMIYA but he was also Shirou. And Shirou had made the same foolish promise to Kiritsugu. EMIYA's origin may have been 'sword' but as far as Shirou was concerned his origin was 'sword of justice'.
His young mind couldn't grasp the deeper meaning behind the existence of the Counter Guardian that EMIYA had been. As he got older he understood it but he stubbornly held fast to his promise. Instead he used his foreknowledge to prepare for the coming Grail War and to establish his relationships earlier. During this preparation time he had managed to make several contacts and his rapidly increasing abilities allowed him a reputation as a genius combat spell caster. Amongst them he'd rescued Arcueid Brunestead from being attacked by a blood crazed Shiki Tohno, then assisted the White Princess and the Burial Agent Ceil in hunting down and defeating her enemies Nrvnqsr and Roa.
During this time he'd met Aoko Aozaki, who was fascinated with the strange seemingly human boy with the growing powers of a Servant and a Counter Guardian. He'd also met and indebted her sister Toko Aozaki as he'd planned.
He had faced off with several of the more powerful member of the Magic world and was gaining a reputation that led many to seek him as an apprentice. Fortunately he had done so under the disguise of a crimson warrior using the material of a shroud that Ceil had gifted him after their battle with Roa. He escaped being forced into it by Having Aoko claim him as her apprentice while allowing him the freedom to continue his work In exchange for his cooperation on several of her missions and studies.
Eventually after bringing a younger Tohsaka Rin and Matou Sakura in on some of his plans the three of them received their Command Seals and the Fifth Grail War was set in motion.
For his first Deviation Shirou killed Kirei Kotomine and rescued Bazzet Fraga McRemitz. He was unable to prevent the Command Seal transfer and though and so he had to kill Lancer as well in order to save her from her former servant. The disgraced Servant thanked him though as he faded and made him promise to protect Bazett.
Next he rescued Caster from her first master and after informing her of the truth behind the grail she agreed to work with him to purify, deconstruct, or if need be destroy it. She formed a contract with Rin and began acting as a teacher in magecraft.
He summoned Saber just as he had intended using Avalon as his catalyst. After explaining things to her she was upset but understanding and agreed to assist him in his plans.
During the course of the war she came to value Shirou and accepted that trying to alter her past would disgrace those who died for her. Coming to peace with this she agreed to let her legacy lay as it did and focus on her future.
Many of the Servants had chosen to remain in the world and live out their existence.
The final conclusion of one of Shirou's long term plans came about when he reconciled with Illya. Knowing that her body was set for failure in a short time, he had called in his favor and commissioned Toko Aozaki to simply make a new healthy one. With Medea's help and Illya's partial understanding of the Heavens Feel they were able to transfer her to the new body with no major complications.
Illya lost some of the magic power her old body has possessed but her new one was still extremely powerful and far more stable.
At the conclusion of the event Shirou's goals were largely accomplished. He stopped Angra Maiynu from emerging. The grail was unable to be purified and so it was destroyed, and the vast majority of his friends and their servants were allowed to remain in the world.
And so For Shirou the path to becoming a hero of justice was one step closer. He had also gained a large group of incredibly powerful allies and his Fathers compound was rapidly becoming a literal force in the magic world. He affectionately called his group
'The Justice League of Fyuuki.'
Time continued to pass and Shirou and his friends graduated from High School. Rin and Medea left to enter the clock tower, while the rest of the group stayed focused in Fyuuki.
And so we find our protagonist at the beginning of this tale..
Shirou yawned loudly as he tried to shake the drowsiness from his features. He had gotten up extra early in order to make the trip to Ginza, Tokyo for some silly Anime Convention Illya was interested in.
She had originally planned to come with him, but she was due for a checkup of her body and couldn't put it off. When Toko Aozaki showed up on the doorsteps of the Emiya residence with a scowl on her face and impatiently motioned to hurry it up. Illya knew her plans were sunk. It wasn't like they could just re schedule this for another day when the notorious Sealing designate wasn't being hunted down.
So it was with a heavy heart that she sent Shirou on his mission to acquire a long list of otaku items that Arcuied had also added to. He ran his hands through his locks of red hair that was already beginning show streaks of silvery grey. His eyes were still the warm brown of his youth and he let them scan over the massive list of items and couldn't help but wonder if the budget he had been given would be enough for even half of it. He'd most likely have to cut into his own funds to pay for all this.
All of a sudden a cry to his left attracted his attention.
"Oh my gosh mommmy, look it's Sentai Spartan!"
Shirou twitched his eye before letting out a sigh and standing up to grasp his cardboard Shield and Styrofoam spear and strike a phalanx pose.
"Even if the enemy is a million strong, I will never give up, the Flames of justice burn within me Sentai Spartan is here!"
"Wow, so cool can I get a photo!" the small child ran to him and hugged his leg. The mother bowed apologetically.
Shirou grinned and placed his vertical slit helmet on. "Certainly, will you stand with me for justice!" The bright red brush super glued to the top of his head bobbed up and down slightly with the motion.
The now group of children eagerly surrounding him nodded vigorously and Shirou posed with them while the parents and guardians took pics on their cell phone cams.
After the last of them thanked him and ran off Shirou sat back down on the train seat and glanced out the window through his face slit.
Illya had insisted that he cosplay and since she wasn't going to be able to come she wanted him to get as many photos as possible with him and other cosplayers. Sentai Spartan was the easiest outfit to throw together and so he'd gone with it.
He was curious how the checkup was going so he decided to call home and check in.
Pulling out his cellphone he opened the call page and typed in his number. A moment later a chipper voice picked up.
"Hello, Emiya Residence, may I ask who's callin?"
"Hey Kohaku it's Shirou, how are things going with the checkup?"
The chipper maid on the other end giggled. "Oh it's Shirou-kun.."
Arcuied's loud voice roared from the tv room. "Oh Watchtower to Sentai Spartan, all systems are green sir!"
Shirou smiled. "Hey, Arc, nice to see you're up this morning. It's a little unusual for her not to be sleeping in isn't it?"
Kohaku's answer was cut short as a scuffing sound took over before a smooth sensual voice glided over his ears.
"Good morning Shirou, how is your trip going?"
Shirou glanced out the window to see the station in the distance. "Ah, the same to you Rider, it's going well, I've had quite a few photo ops so far.. maybe I should consider modeling, I'm building quite the portfolio what do you think." Shirou asked satirically.
Rider hummed on the other end. "As one with modeling experience I would advise against it. The directors are rather unsavory people. I had to…. Discipline the last few."
Shirou chuckled awkwardly. "Ah right.. I'm gonna pretend I didn't hear that.. by the way how's Illya doing? Is she getting along with Aozaki-san?"
Rider propped the phone between her shoulder and head and reached into the kitchen cabinet to grab a box of crackers. "As far as I can tell, it appears to be going as smoothly as can be expected."
Shirou heard the cabinet door close and rider lowered her voice conspiratorially. "Now then Shirou, there is something that I would like to discuss with you.."
"In regards to our previous discussion concerning Bike No.1, have you considered my proposal?"
Shirou blinked. "Eh."
"Remember Shirou, I am willing to reward you for your cooperation. I think you shall greatly enjoy my reward." She cooed seductively.
Shirou was about to respond when the sound of a door closing echoed in the background and Sakura and Saber's voice could be heard inquiring about the phone.
Rider immediately fumbled with the phone in surprise before bidding a hasty goodbye. "We will speak of this later, have a good day Shirou Goodbye." With this she hung up on him and Shirou closed out the call function and put his phone away in a pocket on his book bag.
The train soon stopped and he moved to exit onto the platform and made his way to the escalator. Glancing once more at the list in his hand he began looking around for some signs or directions to the event.
"Well, the first stops is the Doujinishi sale and exhibit." He murmured looking around at the crowd of people meandering through the area.
As he exited the escalator and his foot hit the next platform his nose twitched.
Shirou was said to be a magic bloodhound. His ability to sense magic anomalies via scent was somewhat infamous amongst his peers, and even Aoko had been unable to really determine how it worked without vivisecting him.
These senses were firing off now, and with each passing second they grew stronger. His eyes narrowed and he began to scan his surroundings in confusion. Without paying it much attention He folded up the list of items and crammed it in a pocket of the pants underneath his costume.
He began casting Reinforcement on himself and Activated the Enhancement runes he hastily etched onto the inside of his aluminum armor. His breastplate, pauldrons, vambraces, and greeves all shimmered imperceptibly.
Calling upon his skills as an Archer he focused his eyes and scanned the immediate area, before eventually seeing a strange nearly transparent structure beginning to form just near the Ginza line station in the middle of crowded pedestrians.
No one else seemed to be paying it any attention, but Shirou narrowed his eyes and immediately began to move towards it. As he got closer an imaginary hammer cocked back in his head and his circuits began to thrum gently.
As he moved the strange object finally began to solidify and the people around it stopped to take notice. It appeared to be some sort of Gate or opening, and the dark, inky blackness of the opening concealed what lay beyond it.
And then, a black blur shot out. Shirou's eyes widened in disbelief. It was an honest to goodness Dragon! A Phantasmal Beast that hadn't been seen since the age of the gods!?
Shaking his head of his stupor he took off in a run and leapt off a platform to land in a crouch on top of a red pig like creature before slamming the beasts head down with a sickening crunch. He looked behind him to see a frightened girl and her mother on their knees trying to back away and he grinned and gave a thumbs up.
"Even if the enemy is a million strong, I will never give up, the Flames of justice burn within me Sentai Spartan is here!"
The little pigtailed girl blinked in confusion and her mother just stared in horror at the things around her shaking.
Shirou helped her back to her feet and took the little girls hand. He motioned for them to get inside a small store and when the doors closed he discretely traced a spear and stabbed it into the ground. The spear was an ornamental stave that contained a portable Compulsion Bounded field and Barrier that should keep the occupants safe.
He then turned and charged forwards at a group of Calvary running down pedestrians and brutally skewering them on their swords. His Enhanced prop spear shattered on contact with the first enemy, but he caught the falling man's sword and cleaved a leg of the man's horse off causing the beast to fall and tripping up the other charging soldiers.
As they fell Shirou began slicing his way through them with the borrowed sword. Instantly he knew the sword he was using down to the minor imperfections in its makeup. He knew the weapon was a standard issued Empire Blade for the legionnaires and Horse Brigade.
He also knew that it was reaching the limits of its usage.
He turned to parry the massive warhammer of a large green skinned beastman and the blade began to shake before snapping off. He grimaced and threw the ruined remnant at the monster who'd swung and darted to the side to avoid a hail of arrows.
Suddenly his Phone began to ring but he paid it little mind as he jumped up and drove his knee into the face of another soldier about to cart an older man off by the hair.
The phone in his pack finally stopped as it's automatic voicemail kicked in having missed the call.
"I'm sorry you've reached Emiya Shirou, but it seems that I'm unable to come to the phone right now, please leave your name and a brief message and I'll do my best to return your call when I can.."
"Dammit Shirou!" The housephone was crushed under a superhuman grip.
Illya frantically turned to see Rider staring at the Television grimly. Her own hands were fisted and her lavender hair slightly wriggling.
Nearby an explosion of Prana shed a modest blue dress and a white dress shirt and revealed Saber in her Blue and Silver Battle Armor. She prepared to leap onto the roof and charge off into Ginza at top speed until a voice stopped her.
"Hold it Servant. Just what do you think you're doing?"
Saber growled out. "Do you not see what's happening, I've seen this dozens of times. It's an invading army, they will pillage and destroy, and what's more Shirou is obviously in the middle of it, He'll need our help!"
Toko Aozaki sighed as her lips curled around a half smoked cigarette. "Emiya Shirou is a Servant class combatant; he's been there from the start. Haven't you noticed a distinct lack of Swords raining from the sky or Anti Army Phantasms exploding?" "Why do you think that is?"
She shook her head, her short hair swishing against her cheeks. "This event is being broadcast to the public, the secrecy of magic is something every organization in the world is paying attention to. THEY will be watching and if there are any overt displays.. the hammer is going to come down."
The sobering message was only further driven home when nearby a large crystal began to flicker and a distorted image sprang up. "Please, tell me you didn't let that idiot anywhere near this mess!?"
Tohsaka Rin was frantically motioning with her hands as she looked around trying to see from the limited crystal vantage point.
"The whole world is watching this.. Its already spread to London and we're watching it on live stream.. Live stream on the INTERNET! IN the CLOCKTOWER!? "
Sakura ran up to the device with tears in her eyes. "Nee-sama, Senpai was there to buy Illya-chan some books, but he's in a costume at least.. What are we going to do we have to help him!"
Strands of Sakura's hair begin to turn white and dark energy started to emanate from her.
Rin paled. "Ah wait Sakura, you can't.. I mean I know how you feel but it's Shirou we're talking about.. He'll be ok.. he just needs to keep things to a reasonable level.. But you all, you absolutely can't go, no matter what."
"Ara?" came a soft voice to Rins right. Medea leaned over Rin's shoulder and craned her head from side to side. "Where are Saber and Rider-chan?"
The Emiya Household paled.
Arcueid's annoyed voice rang out. "Aww, that's just not fair!"
Meanwhile several miles down the road the thunderous engine of the V Max motorcycle roared out as The two female occupants dressed in form fitting black suits raced down the street swerving through traffic irregardless of law or onlookers.
Behind her Rider tightened her grip on Sabers waist and the blonde king twitched her eye. "We shall never speak of this again."
"Agreed." The Gorgon queen capitulated in a monotone.
Finally the Police force presence at Ginza had mobilized and arrived in mass to respond to the attackers. Some of them noted that one of the armored soldiers seemed to be fighting his comrades for some reason. They ignored this though and decided to focus fire on all armored men and sort the details out later.
Shirou grimaced as a rain of bullets descended on him and his opponents and he moved to find cover behind a concrete pillar. Turning he saw a DragonRider brought to the ground by a local officer with a hand gun. The wounded soldier grimaced and stood up before turning and charging at the officer who was frozen in shock.
The red haired magus was about to intercept him when a man in an orange shirt and white shorts rushed in and took the man down with a headlock. From there the man grabbed the soldier's dropped dagger and he jammed it into his squirming opponent's throat killing him and causing a small splotch of blood to hit his face.
A shadow loomed over him and the man rolled to the side bringing the knife up in a defensive crouch as he turned to see his new opponent.
"Here." Shirou said tossing him a Gladius type sword. "This'll probably do you more good than a dagger."
The man blinked a few times before grinning and picking up the offered weapon. "Eh, thanks.."
He began but to his surprise his benefactor was gone.
The police officer finally shook out of his stupor and he moved to direct the frightened women behind him to safety.
"Wait," the man in the orange shirt intoned tilting his head. "Wasn't that guy the really cheesy new Sentai hero from the show that's getting canceled?"
Shirou had moved on.
Evading the hail of bullets sent his way, he ran up the side of a building at high speeds. His steps created a shockwave which shattered the glass windows underneath him and he rose up and landed onto the roof. From his new vantage point he could see a Drgonrider maneuvering behind a Helicopter. He pulled out a bow and arrow he'd pilfered from an enemy archer and applied alteration to it increasing its aerodynamics and the strength of the head.
Closing one eye he released the arrow knowing that it had already hit the target and only needed to physically travel to do so as a courtesy to causality.
The arrow shot true and hit the Black Dragon in the small vulnerable area on his throat in-between his scales. The creature plummeted to the streets and the impact killed the rider.
From his roof spot he continued to snipe off as many of the enemy about to kill innocents as possible prioritizing those that were in the most imminent danger.
It's impossible to save everyone. But that didn't mean that it was wrong to try to save as many as he could. A part of him sneered in disgust at the selflessness, but he didn't care.
"I wasn't wrong, it's not wrong to want to save people." He murmured as he released another arrow with a twang of his bowstring.
Finally the JSDF arrived and the majority of the citizens had been herded into the walls behind the imperial city.
The Ground Self Defense Forces took up a position and opened fire on the advancing Army. The Armored soldiers resembling a cross between knights and Roman legionnaires were mowed down. Their shields were penetrated like paper and the formations fell apart into chaos as a retreat was ordered.
The Police and Special Tactics Units all cheered as the enemy was put down and moved to restore order.
However, from his point on the roof Emiya Shirou could see something that the others were missing. Leading the charge back towards the gate were a small group of the frantic soldiers. But it was the gate itself that caught his attentions.
He saw several carts disappearing into the inky blackness and his enhanced hearing caught the screams and cries of the men, women, and children held within.
"No, where's my mommy!"
My Husband, give him back you demons!"
"Honey, honey where are you!?"
"Please, somebody, anybody save us!"
His lips set in a grim frown. The brown eyes took on a fierce orange glow that illuminated his dark slitted helmet.
He reached wordlessly into his pack and typed a quick message and hit group send before putting the phone back in his pocket.
With that he leapt into the air and running along the rooftops he made his way to the strange gate that the last of the straggling soldiers were now retreating back into.
He landed on the concrete ground with a small crunch and took off in a sprint into the dark abyss and towards the unknown.
Back at the Emiya residence Sakura and everyone else's phone chimed with a text message.
Looking down they each read the simple sentence that shattered their worlds.
"They took prisoners.. sorry."
Sakura collapsed into the couch in depression and Arcueid lowered her head her fangs slightly poking out from her frown.
Back in London Tohaska Rin finished her typing and hit send.
A moment later a chime arrived causing her to glance at the screen to confirm her suspicions.
"We apologize, the person you are trying to reach is not available at this time. They may be out of signal range or perhaps their device is deactivated. We will deliver your message as soon they log back in, or you can try again at a later time. We apologize for the inconvenience"
Rin took a deep breath and let her head droop into her palms. Her initial message showcased on the screen before it blinked out due to her screen timer.
"Idiot.."
AN.
Thanks for reading. If you like the story or the idea please let me know. I was inspired by Cardinal Grief's Fate- Thus the JSDF fought there story. In fact I had no idea of the existence of the property until that but I read the manga to check it out and it seemed interesting.
So I decided to do my own version of a crossover. My story will probably be quite difficult than his. I don't know where he's going with it, but I have my own plans.
Next chapter: Rangers Lead the Way!
Reviews are always appreciated.