Time to go to the world of Fate/Stay Night! Yu Narukami thought that, after the P1 Climax, his life would go back to normal, unfortunately for him however his parents sent him to the worst place possible, after all Fuyuki City is quite splendid this time of the year isn't it? But as he arrives in this trouble times, a troubled soul makes her move and what would have been a small change in the war, ends up setting up a chain of events that will change the entire course of the Holy Grail War….
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Greater Grail's Core
-Ugh….How could have things gone so badly?- Justeaze Lizrich von Einzbern said to herself as she worked herself dragged, as every single moment was crucial if she wanted to prevent a catastrophe that would end humanity….
Indeed maybe she should have seen this coming, messing with the Akasha Records, the Root and True Magic often brought nothing but trouble and misery, and this is exactly what happened, originally the Holy Grail that she, Zouken Matou and Nagato Tohsaka, was meant for two purposes, the first to reach the Akasha Root, and the second to achieve a utopia where all hatred and suffering would be eliminated, together, along with Kishua Zelretch Schweinorg, the Sorcerer of the Second Magic, Kaleidoscope, they invented the Holy Grail, with her becoming the vessel for the Greater Grail, Zouken inventing the Command Seals, and Nagato lending his land, and the powerful leylines in it, it seemed like the perfect plan…And then it all went to hell.
The Grail was just capable of granting one wish, and only ONE and thus both Zouken and Nagato, along with a couple of other magi, fought to the death with no clear victor, then came the Second Grail War, with it having the same result as the first…..And then the Third One came along.
That and that disgusting Avenger.
The irony of the situation was NOT lost to her; she understood very well that this may very well be poetic justice, the Einzbern, who couldn't really win the war as they were to be the vessels of the Grail enrolled in as participants anyway in a petty desire to regain the Third Magic, or just the petty desire to win, loosing every single time, unfortunately this brought them to such a point of desperation that they decided to do the one thing that she did not expect them to do….They broke the rules.
And not just any grey-zoned rule, like not using the souls of bystanders, which, while technically permitted so as long as the secret of Magecraft was kept secret, was seen as tasteless and a clear sign of weakness from the Master's part, oh no, they decided to break the rules of the Servant Summoning, instead of a typical Heroic Spirit they decided to summon an evil God called Angra Mainyu, believing that it's godly power would ensure their victory…The truth was that Mainyu couldn't be weaker even if he tried and was killed almost instantly, Justeaze thought that was the end…..But she was wrong.
When Angra Mainyu died he infected the Grail, not only ensuring that it could no longer fulfill anybody's wish, but also turning it into both a womb and a bomb at the same time, any and all wishes would be translated into "destruction", while on the other hand the only real thing that the Grail would be capable of doing would be giving birth to Angra Mainyu, and the evil God only wanted one thing, the destruction of all mankind.
If something of this magnitude were to occur then there were fail-safes, the first was to summon Ruler, the class of the Arbitrary that would seek to fix the problem…Unfortunately they acted on the guide of the Grail and were therefore not suitable to this kind of situations, especially because they would be quickly corrupted by Avenger.
The second was to summon Saver, the Messiah Servant, but unfortunately that would mean put an effort that she simply was not capable of due to the constant pressure Angra Mainyu was putting on her, not to mention there was no telling what would Avenger do to them should they actually be deployed.
So without any other options she turned to the participants of the war, the only three basic would be the Tohsakas, the Matous and her own family, but even so…She kept her expectations low.
-Really I shouldn't even be giving them this chance after all the shi…."Inhale" "Exhale" remember Justeaze no foul words you are a lady there's no need to act like a barbarian…..Ah! Here we go, ok Ilya you are not entirely a homunculus, you are the daughter of the only man who has technically won the war so you should have a good head on your shoulders…..Heracles? YES, excellent! He is truly strong enough to ensure victory in the war, even with the previous Archer going…..Around…Ilya what are you doing? Ilya Berserker is not a good class for him; you have to summon him as an Archer, that way you will win! ILYA don't you dare…OH FOR FU…."Inhale" "Exhale" Remember Justeaze no bad words, lady not barbarian- She said as she tried to calm herself down, yet another stupid mistake done by her family…..Really by this point she shouldn't be surprised, so she then turned to the Matous.
-Ok let's see here, the Einzbern were a complete failure but there's no way Zouken's descendants could have done something worse than mine, no way it's worse than summoning an Evil God….Wait why is Zouken still alive? "Sigh" that man really needs to learn to trust in his family more…Though really I'm no one to talk about that kind of stuff…..Wait Zouken, what are you doing to that girl? "Gasp" Zouken what on Earth are you doing?! Have you lost your mind?! Zouken leave that girl alone or I swear to God I will put those worms up your A…."Inhale" "Exhale" You are pushing my limits here Zouken, you better not be doing what I think you are doi…..OH GODDAMMIT, Zouken that kid is a failure and I swear to God that I will have both him and YOU out of this war in the instant that I get my hands on you!- Justeaze raged for quite a while before she centered herself, she was now openly crying
-Goddammit….This was not how it was supposed to be…..How could they have fallen so low? And Zouken…..What happened to you my friend? How could have the kind friend that I once had become such a monster that would do those things to that girl? Now I have to hope that the Tohsaka heir, the goddamn Tohsaka Heir, is the one that remained with some sort of moral compass and the capability to use their brains!- Justeaze then focused her sight on the Tohsaka State hoping that the heir would be a good person and would be able to summon a good servant
Tohsaka State
-Mmm what an interesting history, she seems kinda cute to me, trying to act like a magus yet not having the heart for it….Very well let's see what kind of combatant you will be for this war….- Justeaze murmured to herself, unknown to Rin who was in the beginning of her summoning
-Preparations ready- She murmured in a serious tone, good she was taking this with complete seriousness as one should, she turned around to look at her clock
-Time, good- She took in consideration the time, meaning she had no catalyst, that was strange…..How come the Tohsakas had no capacity to get themselves a catalyst?
-Wavelength, ideal- More evidence that she had no catalyst, how strange…
-By performing the summoning at 2 AM, when my mana is at its peak, I'll get Saber even without a catalyst!- Justeaze often had to wonder what was with the hype over Saber class Servants, sure they were strong, all Knight Classes were, but so far there was no incredibly overpowered Servant for that class, Archer had Gilgamesh and Heracles, Lancer had Karna and Enkidu, and while you could say that Siegfried was powerful his vital weakness would lead to defeat ten out of ten times if the opponent knew about it, his name was just too much of a weakness while Gilgamesh, Heracles, Karna and Enkidu really had no problems with their names as they would not affect their combat capacity, you could also say that Gawain was powerful, but he wasn't stronger than King Arthur unless he was in certain points of the day, and since the War is always being performed at night there isn't much he can do…
Rin started the process:
-For the Elements, Silver and Iron-
-For the foundation, stone and the Archduke of Contracts-
-For the ancestor, my great master, Schweinorg- The liquid prana began to fill in the lines of the circle and the summoning circle began to shine like it had so many other times…
-Close the Gates of the cardinal directions-
-Come forth from the Crown, and follow the forked road leading to the Kingdom-
-Fill, fill, fill, fill, fill-
-Repeat five times-
-But when each is filled, destroy it-
-Set-
-Heed my words-
-My will creates your body and your sword creates my destiny-
-If you heed the Grail's call and obey my will and reason, then answer me-
-I hereby swear…That I shall be all the good in the world-
-That I shall defeat all the evil in the world-
-You seven heavens, clad in the three great words of power come forth from the circle of binding…..Guardian of the Scales!-
And thus the ritual, which she had seen so many times, was completed, with a small explosion signifying the end of the ritual.
-That was flawless! - Indeed it was flawless, she was actually kinda surprised, the Tohsakas were known to mess up at the last second, but nothing went wrong, the building was intact, the Command Seals were there and the Servant…..Wait.
Where the hell was the Servant?
Rin seemed to have noticed as well and, after a loud boom in the room above her, she took off, wondering why the Servant had appeared in the room above her, she then tore down the door to see her Servant and….Wait.
Who the hell is this guy?
She had NEVER seen a Heroic Spirit like him, and rather he felt weak…Dammit, but no matter Servants had ways to compensate, if skilled enough even Assassins could win the war…..
-But where is the evidence that you are my Master? - The words of the Servant interrupted her musings, but she only found it natural, Servants needed to understand who they were fighting for and if the Master's mentality was the right one, after all, a lack of compatibility could end up with their partnership over and one of them, most likely the Master, dead, Rin showed up her right hand, where the Command Seals were.
-Here. This is all the proof you need that I am your Master right?- Oh God now there were TWO red flags, first she was careless about the hour of her maximum power, though that was a given, she was a Tohsaka and they ALWAYS messed up in the most important of details, and second she believed that a Servant would follow her just because she had the Command Seals, there was a bit of a light in the tunnel though, she wasn't doing it out of any real arrogance, just naivety, she did not understood that Servants are based off of humans, and were therefore bound to their own desires, thus they need to know if the person they will be working for have goals that have the right to be equal to their own desire, fortunately the Servant seemed just as bewildered as she was.
-Oh dear….Do you really mean that? - When Rin shot him a confused look he simply smirked
-It wasn't that meaningless token that I wanted to see, what I wanted to see if you are someone worthy of my loyalty- Indeed this was a very important part of the process, Rome wasn't built in a day for sure, but it wasn't built atop of sand either.
-Excuse me? So I'm not good enough to be your Master? - Now that was just jumping the gun, she clearly had magical talent and she seemed to have a lot more potential
-I am utterly dissatisfied but I do accept you as my Master…But on one condition, in the war to come I will disregard anything you say, I will decide all battle policy, I trust you have no objections Ojou-san- Ok this guy was just a dick…No matter how you look at it, Justeaze was quickly loosing hope in this team, this Servant, no matter how skilled, was definitely gonna get killed by the likes of Heracles and he decided to take that kind of attitude? Rin seemed just as pissed
-I see….You grudgingly accept me, but you won't listen to my opinions? Why is that? - She said as her bangs of hair hided her eyes- You are my Servant aren't you?-
-Yes, but in form alone, so I will obey you in form alone, but when fighting I will call my own shots, until the Holy Grail War ends I suggest you sit tight in the cellar or something, that should keep even one as inexperienced as you alive- The dick-Servant said, once more solidifying his status as a dick, seriously that guy was begging for Rin to punch him in the face, which she seemed all too willing to do, which the Servant noticed
-Oh? Have I made you angry? Of course I have nothing but respect for your office, after all I was summoned to win victory for my Master, my victory is your victory, and I will yield any spoils of battle to you, surely that's agreeable? Anyway leave everything to me and see to your own wellbeing….I don't expect anything from you- Ok seriously by this point she half-wished that Heracles would burst through and made this fool realize his place, he was openly looking down on his Master, while not having even revealed his identity and expected his Master to comply? Don't tell her that he was sexist?! Rin seemed ready to explode and…..
-NOW I'M MAD! - For some reason she was starting to feel dread, c'mon this was just illogical of her, at worst she would just threaten him with using a Command Spell right? It's not like she was stupid enough to….
-Fine! If that's how you are going to be then I'll use one on you! Anfang! - Jesus Christ! What the hell was this girl thinking! No you stupid girl they were not made for that!
-You wouldn't…. - The Servant seemed alarmed that his Master would do such a stupid thing
-I would you lousy ingrate! Vertrag….Ein neuer Nagel- What the hell you doing you stupid girl! Oh my god you can't be that stupid!
-Wait, are you crazy, Master? Who would use a Command Seal on something so…. - Stop her you idiot of a Servant! STOP HER
-Shut up! You're my Servant got it? That means absolute obedience to everything I say!- And thus the damage was done and Justeaze, for the first time in many, MANY, years, was left shocked with her mouth hanging open
-Are you that impulsive girl?! You would use a Command Seal with so broad an order?!- The words of the Servant got Justeaze out of her shock…..
-Oh my god she is worse than the Velvet brat! - And with that she cut off the connection
Greater Grail's Core
Justeaze found herself kneeling on the floor, in sadness, desperation and frustration…..Out of all their descendants only the Tohsaka's had a good sense of moral, enough not to give into Angra Mainyu at least, but even then that team SUCKED, it was clear that, although Rin took her job seriously, she had a horrible temper and was clearly not very tactical, sure if it was only the temper she would understand, her Servant was a dick after all, but to use a Command Seal? To make a Servant shut up? You would use three limited miracles to make a Servant shut up?!
This was the end, she had no way of figuring out the rest, unless they used a catalyst but event then her knowledge would be limited at best, she would have no way of picking the Servant, most likely Angra Mainyu would, he had already done so with the Rider of this war, Medusa, who was NO Heroic Spirit by ANY stretch of the word, she could technically summon Ruler….But there was no way for her to maintain the Class's strength throughout the war….
And then, just when she was about to give up…The Light came.
-Wha-What's this? - Justeaze asked bewildered as she approached the light warily, fearing that it was another trick from Angra Mainyu…And then she began to feel a lot of empathy for the Servants.
Why you ask? Well…..Let's just say that now she understands what the feeling of information being crammed into your head feels like...Wait…
This is exactly what she was looking for!
How could such momentous events have slipped the Mage's Association? A world inside of ? People being murdered in unexplained ways? People having a strange power never seen before? And more importantly…People battling a God.
Justeaze had been in this business longer than anybody else, even longer than Zouken, so she knew how important legends were, it was often that the more important the legend, and the hierarchy within the story, some people were stronger than the main protagonist because they were meant to be, Lancelot was stronger than King Arthur, it was only natural after all, he held the title of the strongest knight in the Round Table, Enkidu was, technically speaking, stronger than Gilgamesh if he let go of his humanity, but when speaking about Gods this has to be done more carefully, after all there is no set protagonist when telling the tales of Gods, Zeus may have been considered the protagonist in the Titanomachy, except for the little fact that he was the douchiest of them all, Odin is considered the King of the Nordic Gods, and he was clearly stronger than Thor, his son and the usual most popular God, so therefore a hierarchy was set, Zeus was stronger than Ares or Artemis, Odin was stronger than Thor or Loki, Ra was stronger than Geb or Anubis, and so on and so forth, this of course made it all the more important when analyzing this "Investigation Team's" defeat of Izanami-no-Okami, one of THE most important deity figures in the Shinto Religion, the once wife of Izanagi-no-Okami, the Head God of the Shinto Religion, in comparison Angra Mainyu was a relatively minor god from an ancient religion while the Shinto was still strong and Izanami-no-Okami was one of its most important figures, if the power level between deities was as wide as their difference in rank in the Hierarchy of general deities, then this Yu Narukami may very well be the solution to her problem…..
Justeaze grinned, this was going to be risky, Mainyu will get pissed…..Which made it all the more satisfying! Time to get to work, this may change where the Command Seals would end up getting disorganized, but it mattered little…..
This would be the last Grail War, she swears on her soul the only thing she has left!
Train to Fuyuki
Yu Narukami did not often found himself perplexed, he was a calmed-minded youth and it was because that he kept his mind calm and collected that he managed to solve the mystery behind the Midnight Channel and stop both Adachi and Izanami-no-Okami….But that didn't mean that he NEVER became perplexed.
What made him perplexed however is how…Blatant the mystery in this town seemed, as well as the fact that troubles and mysteries seemed to follow him like a plague…Or rather it seemed that he had a knack for finding them, after all Adachi had arrived much earlier than he had, and the fact that he had arrived before the murders began was a simple coincidence, and this particular mystery had its roots for over a decade ago…..
The mystery? Simple, even before he got into the train one of the guys that was managing the tickets had whistled and said that he was sorry that he, Yu, was going to such a gloomy place, Fuyuki, many years ago, used to be a peaceful city, but every sixty years or so a series of random people would appear dead, by many different means, right now though he was both lucky and unlucky as the sixty years since the last one hadn't passed, but he was unlucky in that the last one's remains could still be felt, ten years ago a great deal of children were found dead and, to top it all off a great fiery explosion that destroyed a good portion of the city, with a great fire being left to finish anything that might have remained, the town believed those years to be cursed, had it been before his stay on Inaba, Yu would have snorted and called the town's folk superstitious as all hell, though he would have been unnerved by the death of so many children for no apparent reason, but now…..
There was definitely something fishy about it, but unfortunately, if the signs were right, then he had no real way of figuring out, as he would have to be seventy nine years old just to start digging, and he had no interest in being hung up in a case that long, he wanted to live his life thank you very much! Yu then drifted to sleepiness, and for a moment before he went to sleep, Yu knew why he was suddenly getting sleepy…It seemed that this was not gonna be as peaceful as he originally thought.
Velvet Room
(Play Aria of the Soul)
-Welcome, once more, to the Velvet Room- Igor said, with his usual face-splitting grin, and with Margaret sitting at his side
-Igor, Margaret, nice to see you again- Yu allowed himself a smile towards the two, which they returned, but then Igor frowned
-It pains me to say this dear guest, but this journey that you are about to travel to is nothing like your last, if anything, this one will test you in ways that I cannot describe- Yu became confused, but knew better than to question them, he knew they wouldn't be able to tell him anything, as their very roles impeded them to do so, Margaret simply smiled, somewhat bitterly
-You are learning, indeed we cannot tell you much due to our own roles-
-However we can try to view your future, would you be willing to? - Igor questioned him and Yu once again smiled, it had always been a hobby of his to read the future with the Tarot cards, so he nodded, Igor once again smiled and laid down the cards, flipping one it revealed…..
-The Fool, this was inevitable after all, you are about to begin your journey, though how this journey will turn out is still a mystery- He then flipped the next card…..
-The Fortune, I fear my dear guest that you won't be the only one fighting, and this time it may very well be against Fate itself, I wonder what will happen?- He flipped another one to reveal…
-The Devil, oh dear guest I almost wished this card hadn't showed up, it means that both your enemies and your allies fight for something they desire, up to the point that they are willing to kill for it, be on your guard- Igor warned him and Yu tensed, sure back then both Adachi and Izanami-no-Okami were willing to kill, but his allies as well? What the hell was he getting himself into?! Igor flipped the next card only to reveal…
-The Tower, it seems that your journey is a product of arrogance my dear guest, and it seems that it blew up in their faces, I wonder how will this card play out in this particular journey?- He then flipped the final card to reveal…
-The Moon, oh dear…. - Igor noticeably frowned, when Yu shot him an expecting look, he began to explain- The only way for this journey to be successful is for you to be right in the middle of it all, otherwise you may very well know nothing that will happen, something tells me my dear guest that you are going to suffer a very difficult choice-The Velvet Room then began to get foggy, signifying the end of his stay
-We will see you in the other side- Margaret's soothing voice resounded in the fog….
Real World
-Arriving at Fuyuki City- The typical voice spoke through the speaker and woke up Yu, seeing that he was arriving at his destination he took his belongings and headed for the door.
It was the same as any Train Station really with only one key difference, which was that he had to register his stuff in a counter, just to see that he wasn't carrying anything suspicious, truly a pain in the ass….But also extremely suspicious as well considering how odd it was and the overall history of the city, Yu did not thought much of it however, there was a clear possibility that the townsfolk simply demanded it out of fear for the constant murders that happened, but that was also weird in and of itself, according to the rumors it was about sixty years or so, so why was it that it began now that it had only been ten years? Ugh he really needed to get his mind under control, this year was gonna be difficult enough as it was…..
Just when he was reached the counter however something happened, the one attending changed…..Now normally this wouldn't be such a weird thing, attendants change often, however it wasn't a "I ended my turn so I'm changing" kind of change, no it was more of the "I was here a second ago and then another person replaced me through magic" kind of change.
-Hello Narukami Yu-kun- And she knew his name too, now Yu had met a great variety of people in his time in Inaba, but he was fairly sure he would remember meeting a woman with white hair, red eyes, and with a doll-like face, not to mention one little detail that had him on his guard…..Everything had stopped, as in time stopped.
-You are curious aren't you? About the tragedy that happened here, that keeps happening in this town, and that will happen shortly- Yu widened his eyes, how?
-Who are you? - He finally spoke, the woman simply smiled and bowed, quite a feat considering she was in a booth
-My name is Justeaze Lizrich von Einzbern, and I have been waiting for someone like you for a long time now-
-What a mouthful of a name- Yu said, in his usual blunt way, making her sweatdrop- And why were you waiting for me? What do you know about the explosion that happened in this town? - Justeaze simply smiled sadly
-That, in and of itself, is a long and tragic story- She then held her hand to him, which had a pendant with a black gem and a piece of paper- Yu-kun, I will give you something that not a lot of people get the right to, I will give you a choice, if you wish for a peaceful life, then take your baggage, I won't stop you, you will continue on and may even forget this encounter ever happened, but if you wish to get to the bottom of the mystery that has been tormenting this town for decades, if you wish to save lives, then take this piece of paper and this pendant and exactly at 1:58 AM, recite what is in it with the pendant hanging from your neck-
-You sure are vague…. - Yu said as he weighted his options, yeah for sure he would want to help, but he did not have all the information at hand…
-The only way for this journey to be successful is for you to be right in the middle of it all- Igor's words ringed back in Yu's mind, and then, figuring the only way was for him to make a leap of faith, he took both the paper and the pendant, making Justeaze smile radiantly
-I knew you would make the right choice Yu-kun- Then time resumed, and Yu picked his baggage and went towards his home as he clutched the piece of paper and the pendant….
The truth was in his hand, now the next step was to understand said truth!
Fortress of Millenia, Romania
-Are you ready Fiore? - Darnic Prestone Yggdmillenia asked his successor, a wheelchair-bounded, fragile looking girl with a gentle smile, brunette wavy hair and blue eyes, as she began the ritual….
It was quite the surprise when the Command Seals appeared on his heir's hands, but then again it was somewhat to be expected, the Ygddmillenia Clan was a Clan of Magi that valued quantity over quality, but even then they were respected enough in the Clock Tower, they had more than their fair share of first-class Magi, he himself was happily married and with a child on the way, however one of the things that did pain him was the tragedy that had fallen upon the heir of the Clan, Fiore Forvedge Ygddmillenia, who, due to her own Magic Circuits malfunctioning had cost her the function of her legs, for the longest time they believed that Fiore would forever stay in this way….Until the Command Seal appeared on the back of her hand, the girl had been elated when she realized what the Holy Grail could do, Darnic on the other hand only felt worried, sure the Grail should be perfectly capable of healing his heir's legs…..But on the other hand there was the fact that other six Masters and Servants would be fighting just as fiercely as she would, and all of them would have the intent to kill her…
Darnic knew he would have to take steps, according to his informants, Rider, Archer, Lancer and Berserker have already been summoned, leaving Saber, Caster and Assassin up for the taking, so they dwelled all they could in finding appropriate catalysts, only to be stopped and inconvenienced by the Three Founding Families, well more along the lines of the Einzbern and the Matous, and the good leads that they had managed to get, such as the Blooded Leaf of Siegfried, the Magi Patch of Solomon ibn Gabirol or the Knives of Jack the Ripper, all ended in failure, however in the last, desperate attempt they managed to get an excellent, first-class Catalyst for an excellent Servant, though unfortunately she wouldn't be a Saber….
-Are you ready Fiore? - Darnic said to his heir, who nodded and extended a hand, with a determined look in her face.
-Yes Grandfather! - While she too was rather worried about the fact that she would be fighting people to the death, she was confident in her own strength, and she had got the Catalyst for a very powerful Servant! There was no way she was gonna loose!
-Then let us begin- Darnic said with a calm voice, Fiore nodded and started to chant
-Let silver and steel be the essence.-
-Let stone and the archduke of contracts be the foundation.-
-Let rise a wall against the wind that shall fall.-
-Let the four cardinal gates close.-
-Let the three-forked road from the crown reaching unto the Kingdom rotate.-
The summoning circle began to glow with great intensity as Fiore kept chanting.
-Let it be declared now; your flesh shall serve under me, and my fate shall be with your sword.-
-Submit to the beckoning of the Holy Grail.-
-Answer, if you would submit to this will and this truth.-
The light quickly began to be blinding as all the Yggdmillenia Magi present, including Darnic, had to close their eyes in order to protect their eyes
-An oath shall be sworn here.-
-I shall attain all virtues of all of Heaven-
-I shall have dominion over all evils of all of Hell.-
-From the Seventh Heaven, attended to by three great words of power, come forth from the ring of restraint, protector of the holy balance!-
Finally a figure appeared, a peerlessly beautiful woman wrapped in a dress as dark as midnight, with equally black hair to match, by contrast however, her skin was as white as snow, her ears were pointy like an elf's, and she had penetrating, cunning silver eyes with slit pupils, Darnic looked upon her with haste, trying to see what her stats were:
Strength: E
Endurance: D
Agility: D
Mana: A
Luck: A
Noble Phantasm: B
Class Skills
Presence Concealment: C+
Territory Creation: EX
Item Creation: C
Indeed she had been summoned correctly, though he couldn't see her personal skills, as he wasn't a Master, the sheer fact that she possessed class Skills from both Caster and Assassin meant that it could only be her, said woman looked upon everyone, analyzing them, carefully weighting their danger level, until she laid her eyes on Fiore, she then smiled softly and grasped her Master's hand with an elegant gesture and held it between her own hands.
-I answer to the name of Assassin in this Holy Grail War, I ask of you….Are you my Master?-
Clock Tower: Edelfelt Mansion
-"Sigh" Why? - Luviagelita Edelfelt, known as Luvia to her friends, a girl with long golden blond hair styled entirely in large coils, with ribbons in her hair, strangely enough she seemed somewhat alike Rin, sighed for the twentieth time as she look upon the Command Seals that had appeared on her hand, as her butler, Evgeny Simonov, entered the room with a glowing rock, safely guarded inside a casing of glass
-There is nothing we can do now milady, you could of course quit, but I believe that would not be very….Beneficial to your family's reputation- Evgeny said in a regretful voice, it was true, the respect that had been cultivated through generations by the Edelfelt family could be shattered to pieces and be branded as cowards if she were to throw the towel, even though they both knew it had nothing with bravery
-I know that Evgeny, I simply have no idea why that damn Cup would choose me! I have no wish of my own, not one that I need a wishing device for at least…-
-I know that milady, but by this point we truly do not have a choice, I made sure to gain a powerful Catalyst for you to use, it will gain a great fame boost in Japan- Evgeny explained, while Luvia simply raised an eyebrow and then sighed once more.
-I would prefer NOT to waste any money in this pointless war, but I understand your point Evgeny, pointless or not, this is war and I will be in danger, more than likely 24/7, so? Who will it summon?-
-Did you do your homework about Japan milady? - Luvia simply grimaced
-Yes, of course I did, but enough with the runabout Evgeny, who is the Servant?-
-Do not worry milady, in the second that you see her, you will be able to tell right away who she is- He then handed the box to her, Luvia analyzed the stone and then raised an eyebrow, she smiled
-Yes, I think and I know where you are going with this…She will certainly suffice-
As Luvia began to draw the circle, with the aid of Evgeny, she could not help but think about the irony of the whole situation, long ago, in the third War, her family had participated, they had summoned Saber and had been in the final round of the war, however they had been defeated by the Tohsaka representative at the time, causing their families to develop a fierce rivalry, and now here she was, re-entering the war after all this time, summoning not the considered strongest, but the considered weakest of the Servants, who's sheer power and fame boost should be more than capable to make up for the difference, she knew for a fact that Rin would also participate, but for the first time in their LONG rivalry…She did not want to compete against her this time. With the circle done she extended her hand, with the box in the center and Evgeny outside of the circle, she began the chant:
-Silver and iron to the origin.-
-Gem and the archduke of contracts to the cornerstone.-
-The alighted wind becomes a wall. The gates in the four directions close, coming from the crown, the three-forked road that leads to the kingdom circulate.-
-Shut (fill). Shut (fill). Shut (fill). Shut (fill). Shut (fill).-
-Repeat every five times.-
-Simply, shatter once filled.-
-I announce. -
- Your self is under me; my fate is in your sword.-
-In accordance with the approach of the Holy Grail, if you abide by this feeling, this reason, then answer.-
-Here is my oath. I am the one who becomes all the good of the world of the dead; I am the one who lays out all the evil of the world of the dead.-
-You, seven heavens clad in three words of power, arrive from the ring of deterrence, O keeper of the balance!-
And thus the miracle, that normally only happens seven times every sixty years, happened once more, with only a mere decade after the last time, and there stood her Servant:
The Servant was a therianthrope being with the appearance of a human possessing fox characteristics such as the ears and tail, she has yellow eyes and long pink hair that she keeps tied it up, finally she was wearing a revealing blue kimono, that emphasized her beauty, she looked around the room with curiosity and excitement in her eyes, she shot Evgeny a curious look, and then she looked towards Luvia and then smiled radiantly
-Hello~ my name for this war is Caster, I ask you….Are you my Master? - She asked in an upbeat tone and Luvia allowed herself a smile
Maybe this wouldn't be so bad after all.
Fuyuki City: Yu's Apartment
Yu simply sighed as he looked over his apartment, for well over a year he would be alone here, after Inaba, and after his parents told him, for the one hundredth time, that he couldn't stay in Inaba, his uncle Dojima had said that he was more than capable of staying alone, as his parents were questioning him if he was capable of such things, and he had to say that it was the truth, he could look after the house, he could cook for himself, and, so as long as his parents paid the bills there should only be one problem…..The loneness.
Previous to his year in Inaba this wouldn't have been a problem, though he wouldn't have been able to take care of himself anywhere near as he could now, however he had also grown accustomed to the company of the Investigation Team, with all their crazy habits and interactions, and thus this felt incredibly empty, but he knew that their bonds were stronger than that, so he believed that it shouldn't be a problem.
Yu gazed at the clock, it was 1:55 AM, it didn't help that he had arrived at the 22:15 PM, but he also had to make a long journey from the station to his home, then he had to set everything up and by the time he realized, it was almost time, he gazed at the pendant….He still wasn't sure about this, Igor's words ringed in his mind, not only his enemies, but also his allies would be willing to kill in whatever mess he was about to get himself into, on the other hand, it was clear that whatever was happening here had to be stopped, if not even innocent bystander children could get away unscathed and the risk of something like an explosion that still hunted everyone ten years after leaves him with little to no choice on the matter, if he had done nothing with the knowledge of the T.V World, then the world would have come to an end and many people, including all of his closest friends, would have died, by that World's murders alone, so, sitting in his bed, and putting the pendant on, he opened the paper and began to read the lines, making sure not to mess anything up and trying to analyze what they meant, and what kind of connection they had with the whole thing:
-Let silver and steel be the essence. - -The essence of what exactly? - Yu thought as he continued
-Let stone and the archduke of contracts be the foundation. - -An essence AND a foundation? What exactly am I doing? - This was starting to get weird…..
-Let rise a wall against the wind that shall fall. - This line straight up didn't make any sense and he was starting to get worried
-Let the four cardinal gates close. - -What are these "cardinal gates"?-
-Let the three-forked road from the crown reaching unto the Kingdom rotate. - Was he being tricked into summoning Satan? Because that was the only thing that he could think at the moment that would make ANY sense
-Let it be filled. Again. Again. Again. Again. - -These lines are getting more and more ridiculous by the second…-
-Let it be filled fivefold for every turn, simply breaking asunder with every filling. - -OK this at least hints at something greater, what could possibly break by being filled? Besides a balloon that is…-.
-I announce.-
-Your body is created by my will, and my fate is created by your sword. - -So I AM summoning SOMETHING, now the question is…What am I summoning?-
-In accordance with the approach of the Holy Grail, if you abide by this feeling, this reason, then answer. - -Wow what the hell? What does the Cup of Christ has to do with ANY of this? Well at the very least I'm summoning something with a conscience here, I'm not too worried though, if it turns out to be hostile I'll be able to defend myself with my Personas- Indeed thanks to the connection that he had with the World Arcana he was capable of summoning Personas in the real world, however there was the issue of discretion, after all….Well summoning giant deities/monsters/heroes/angels/demons tended to…..Get a bit of attention.
-Here is my oath. I am the one who becomes all the good of the world of the dead; I am the one who lays out all the evil of the world of the dead. - -Now that is a big claim….Considering the amount of heroes and villains that lie in history I'm not sure I can live up to such an oath…..- What exactly was he getting himself into?
-You, seven heavens clad in three words of power, arrive from the ring of deterrence, O keeper of the balance!-
-…..So what the hell was that supposed to do? - Yu asked as he saw that nothing had happened until…. – Whoa, what the hell?!- He shouted, something he admitted to be out of character….It was somewhat justified though as he a giant circle came from the pendant and suddenly surrounded him, the circle then planted itself on the floor and from it an incredibly blinding light, forcing him to temporarily shield his eyes momentarily, when the light finally died down and he managed to see he gasped, what was up with this day and him acting unlike himself? Then again it was justified once more by the sight in front of him…
What he expected to see was a monster gloating about how it had deceived him; Yu would have probably cursed himself for being blind and then used his Personas to defeat it, what he got however was a girl with amethyst-colored eyes that were completely pure, she was….Beautiful, no one in the planet could deny that, it was a simple truth and yet it felt like a lie, her beauty was so wondrous that it scarcely felt real, like the most beautiful flower born in the middle of a swamp, it simply didn't connect, she had long blonde hair tied in a ponytail, she was dressed in a battle-dress with armor, she looked around the room in curiosity before she shrugged and started to walk towards the door…..Wait what?
-So I have been summoned as Ruler huh? I wonder what could be the problem? I feel no connection to the Grail even though I'm fairly sure I'm in Fuyuki, and why am I in an apartment? So strange…..Well I'm sure that I'll understand soon enough, for now it's best if I look around town- Ruler said as she tried to leave the apartment, only to be stopped by an unforeseen force, she got on guard until she realized….No…..This isn't possible!
You see kids sometimes there may be some confusion as to who is the Master of a certain Servant, take in the case of Lancer in the previous war, both Kayneth and Sola-Ui could be considered the Master; however, as a form of confirmation, there is a line that is invisible to humans, even the Masters, that guided the Servants to their rightful Master, this line rarely intruded, only when the Servant was in the dark about who was their Master, right now that same line was stopping Ruler because she hadn't confirmed her Master's identity and thus the ritual was not complete
-Wait! Wait that doesn't make any sense! How can I have a Master?! It's against the rules! - She said as she started to look around the room until she found her Master, an admittedly good-looking guy with pale skin, short bowl-shaped gray hair with matching gray eyes, he is wearing a black jacket and gray turtleneck shirt along with black pants, he was also quite tall, they looked at each other in confusion and shock for a couple of seconds due to incredibly different reasons, he was in confusion because he thought that he was going being tricked into summoning a monster, not a confused armored girl, and the fact that said girl had appeared in the middle of his room, and she was shocked because she was expecting some sort of cunning looking Magus that would probably be leering at her, showing off his Command Seals, sure of his/her victory, not a guy looking confused as hell and trying to understand what was happening, Yu then grasped his hand as the Command Seals began to engrave themselves into his hand, finally making Ruler react
-No way….You…You are my Master?!-
Greater Grail's Core
Angra Mainyu growled as it saw the damage that the core of the Grail had done, Ruler was not being empowered by the Holy Grail, she was being empowered by whatever power that child had, and that meant that it couldn't do ANYTHING to her….No matter.
Sure she would do everything on her power to find it and may even try to destroy the Grail itself but it had other plans, this may make it accelerate said plans but desperate times meant desperate measures and it had already implanted a piece of itself unto that woman, so there shouldn't be any problems, she and that part of it would act as bodyguards, at the very least they would stall Ruler long enough for it to be reborn….What troubled it was the child.
Justeaze would NOT interfere again, she as now trapped, it needed her alive after all, and would not be able to move at all, but she also refused to reveal any kind of information to it, why that child? How did he manage to succeed in the ritual if he wasn't a magus? How was it possible that Ruler was at her full strength if her Master wasn't a magus and she had no connection to the Grail? And why was Justeaze betting everything into one child that didn't seem all that special at first glance? Well at the end of the day it didn't matter, it would be born into the world once more and nothing would stop it….
Nothing.
And we are done! This is the prologue to Fate/ Truth of the Night, so of course there wouldn't be any action, so are you surprised? Indeed if you know your Fate lore then you know both of the new Masters and both of the new Servants, so I'll answer a couple of questions that I'm sure you have:
How could THAT Caster be summoned, it's against the rules! : Technically speaking, no it isn't, yes she is the spawn of a Goddess, but she herself is NOT a Goddess, at least not in this form, she is still capable of being summoned, so as long as you have the proper catalyst.
Why were the Command Seals changed? : This was done because of Yu's participation, because of having Ruler as a Servant, in such a short notice also, Justeaze had to manipulate the system of the Command Seals in order for Yu to be able to participate, remember that we are talking about millions of Magi here, it's not even who would have the strongest wish anymore, so obviously it would got to different people.
What was the motivation to remove Kuzuki, the original Caster and Assassin from the war? : For starters we didn't knew that much about them, at least until Fate/ Hollow Ataraxia, besides there was also an issue of diversity, even if slightly, there was a bit more of bias towards Greek Heroes in Stay Night, considering that one of competing Servants was from the future and the other does not exist it only becomes more easy to spot, it also was kinda curious to me how nobody summoned an eastern hero, yeah sure the developers didn't want them to, but one of the flaws I saw in both Stay Night and Zero was never explaining WHY they didn't actually decided to do so, after all the Fame Boost is a big deal, it can completely define the strength and possibilities of winning the war, so at least they should have explained why they weren't using any Eastern Heroes, finally this will make it more like Zero than Stay Night, if we go by the routes you can say that they are divided in Boss Fights, the first can be Rider as the first Boss, Caster/Assassin or Berserker as the middle boss, the surviving one as the next Boss, Lancer/ True Assassin/Saber Alter as the penultimate Boss, and Gilgamesh/Kirei/Dark Sakura as the final Boss, I liked Zero better because it was a true battle royal, with alliances being made and being broken just as easily, where it wasn't so much the strength but the motive behind obtaining the Grail that counted, sure we knew that Gilgamesh was gonna make it, but other than that we knew nothing of who would be the others remaining, and if Gilgamesh hadn't been there then we would have NOT known who would have been the winner.
Why did you replace the original Caster and Assassin with those two particular Servants? : I liked them in their particular entry of the series, THAT Assassin is the most badass Assassin that can be summoned in my opinion, given that she has Anti-World Noble Phantasm only makes her more awesome, as for Caster I liked her, she was strong, she made me laugh, which in a series as cynical and dark as the Fate series it was a nice change of pace, kinda like Carnival Phantasm, it was also a welcomed change of roles, with the exception of that Caster, almost all Casters work as villains, whether tragic or not, and even more importantly, redeemable or not, is up to the individual Caster, but up until this Caster showed up they were never in the side of the heroes, so I decided to replace the Stay Night Caster with this one if only to add more variety of character to the story.
What's the timeline that this series is in? : If you couldn't tell this is after Persona 4 Arena Ultimax.
How dare you change the timeline you bastard?! : Oh for the love of- Listen you people, we make a thousand and one changes to the storylines that we decide to write and considering that now this can be considered a story of its own I don't think me changing the timeline is that much of an issue!
Will there be pairings? : Yes there will be, harem actually, because let's face it, Yu made seven girls fall for him in the span of a year, including the girl nobody could successfully ask out, who by the way got a crush on him almost immediately, a superstar, also started to like him fairly quickly, a detective, who was also quite dense and insecure of her womanhood, and a PHYSICAL TSUNDERE GODDESS, so don't go bitching on the reviews about it, and really it's just a tradition at this point, only they can be such pimps.
Current Participants in the Grail War
Yu Narukami and Ruler
Luviagelita Edelfelt and Caster
Fiore Forvedge Yggdmillenia and Assassin
Rin Tohsaka and Archer
Kirei Kotomine and Lancer
Illyasviel von Einzbern and Berserker
Shinji Matou and Rider
Finally here's a teaser for the next chapter:
Next time in Fate/ Truth of the Night:
-CHEATER-DEGENERATE-HERETIC-PERVERT!...-
-You better give up while you can Onii-chan…-
-So this is definitely the work of a Servant huh…..-
-It's a rather pathetic plan isn't it? Typical of a magus…..-
-Tch, a bystander?!...-
-I can't just leave him to his death!...–
-Wha- What happened to me?-
See you next time!