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+Tower of Fate, Salem, Massachusetts, Earth 16+
Kent Nelson took a deep breath to calm himself as Shirou and Arturia finished explaining their side of the story after the latter woke up, trying very much to not explode in anger in front of his guests. It seems that he and Nabu made the right decision to not mess with the multiverse that Zelretch resided in when said wizard marshal decided to visit theirs and frustrated the both of them to their wits' end with his "vacation". Needless to say, the Kaleidoscope's multiverse was a different brand of chaotic from theirs that needs to be kept away from this world.
"The…Grail Wars should have been shut down immediately but no, the magi of your world are idiots." He finally said as he rubbed his forehead. "There was not even an investigation over what happened at the end of the fourth?"
"I do not know Mr. Kent. Perhaps they did but then again, if the grail was working then it was no problem for them to cover the whole incident up for their goals." Shirou replied as he stared at Arturia, who was now sitting up of her bed and dismissed her battle gear in exchange for her casual clothing. She was still inside the barrier that Nelson had erected to prevent her from possibly disappearing back to her own time due to lack of appropriate mana from the redhead to sustain her. It was only a possibility though, given that she was not a copy from the throne of heroes because of her contract with the world to obtain the Holy Grail, a contract which she had broken. Still, since they were so far away from their home world, he thought that it may not happen but like the he had said to the young man, it was still better to be sure.
Kent sighed, feeling his age. There were already a lot of things to worry about in this world and apparently, somewhere out there was a king who had many powerful weapons including one that could possibly end a world and a chance that whatever was inside of that grail was also somewhere in this world. Despite his faith in the Justice League, such chaos would require not only Doctor Fate (someone who he cannot be again because of his old age and the fact that his beloved Inza would have his hide in the afterlife if he did so) and the other heroes (if they had time to actually help due to the occasional Armageddon) to defeat but also these two in front of him. The only question was, are they up for the task?
"So kid, you said you want to be a hero of justice?" He asked the redhead, catching their attention once more. Seeing the young man nod, Kent smiled. "Then you're in luck. What if I tell you that there are real heroes in this world? That there are heroes of great power and skill that are out there, protecting and helping people?"
Shirou's amber eyes got a glimmer of hope and awe in them. "There are?"
Kent gave them a toothy grin. "They are pretty common here. In fact, I was once one of them and I was called Doctor Fate, a member of the Justice Society of America which is a group of heroes that are the precursor to the Justice League of America. I didn't stop being Doctor Fate until my wife made me realize that there is more to life than just wearing a magical helmet and being a host of a magical lord of order." Of course that didn't mean I actually stopped being hero. I just continued on my own terms until I actually retired for good. He finished in his mind.
"Does that mean there are also threats in this world beyond that of what came with us, Mr. Nelson?" Arturia asked bluntly, making the redhead serious once more.
The former superhero nodded grimly. "Indeed young lady, these heroes face many villains to ensure the peace and safety of this world. If the two of you are willing, I will use a spell to show you both the heroes of this world."
Seeing them nod, Kent raised his cane and began the necessary incantation. "Ostende potentes huius mundi! (Show them the heroes of this world!)"
A golden mist spread from the impact of his cane slamming down on the ground, a mist which got into the mouths of his guests and knocked them unconscious, making him relieved that it was without any mishaps due to the servant's A-rank Magic resistance. Perhaps she may have let it happen? Regardless, the spell would keep them unconscious and give him enough time to search for something that could help with their magical energy situation, if there was any in the first place, because he (or Nabu if push comes to shove) might not take too kindly for a distorted teenager and his knight of a familiar to resort to having daily tantric rituals just to keep her anchored to the world. Kent Nelson was not having any of that here at all. But before he could do all that, some things must come first.
"Obice formam mutare esse existentiae eius! (Barrier change form and maintain her existence!)" He chanted, punctuated by another slam of his cane on the floor. The barrier around Arturia began to change its form and shrink until it was conformed to her body, glowing briefly before fading into her skin. With that spell, the king of knights (and subsequently her master) wouldn't have to worry about being trapped in a barrier for some time. He knew that if it was Inza in that situation, then he would do everything he could to hold her close again and never let her go. Well, either that or she'd be the spitfire that she was.
With their minds linked by Kent's spell, Shirou and Arturia sat together side by side on top of the grassy hill in his mindscape, an internal world born from his distortion, a Reality Marble. If one were to look at it, they might say that it looked like a place to be at peace with oneself. Fields of grass stretched on around the hill for miles unhindered and the sky was of a heavenly blue color, where an artifact of great importance to them was shining bright like the sun up above, out of reach but always ready to be of aid.
Truly it was a beautiful world, but it was still a distorted one nonetheless. Swords were stabbed onto the hill like grave markers, the most prominent of them being Caliburn, the sword of Assured Victory, and the married swords, Kanshou and Bakuya, all three of them placed behind where both master and servant sat on. It didn't stop there, as countless weapons littered the lush green fields. Swords, knives, axes, spears, and all other kinds of weaponry or armament were seen, reflecting the purpose of one whose entire life was that of a sword.
Arturia reached over and gripped Shirou's hand, reminding herself that even if they were in another world (possibly for good), she would still be with him until the very end. Feeling his hand hold hers tighter, they then looked at the golden mist that had swept over the land before them, images being revealed one by one.
True to Kent Nelson's word, the images in the mist revealed hero after hero, heroine after heroine, all of them fighting for good in their own way and place. Their names were voiced into their minds by the mist, their powers or skills explained, giving them knowledge and clarity of the heroes in this new world.
It was comforting in a way, knowing that these heroes exist in this world. It didn't matter if some of them were weaker, on par, or leagues stronger than a servant from the throne of heroes, just seeing them do what was right satisfied them. Maybe they too could help these heroes, what with Gilgamesh still not dead and the grail probably still existing in this world.
But until then, Arturia was content to be with Shirou, the man whose resolve and actions had woken her up from her dream, giving her the clarity for the answer she was searching for. She shouldn't regret the decisions she made in her life. She had done the best she could for her people as king and now she would do her best to live this new life with her master.
"Arturia," She heard Shirou say, gaining her attention. "Suppose that the chances of us finding a way back home is nil, will you still be with me if I choose to become a hero here?"
The blonde smiled, seeing the steel behind her lover's amber eyes as he stared at hers. Feeling a bit bold, Arturia gave him a kiss on the lips that the redhead reciprocated. It was for only a brief moment but she did not care. Chaste as it was, acts of intimacy such as that felt liberating to her, a woman forced to hide her gender for most of her life to be a king for her country. As he let their foreheads touch, only then did she reply.
"You know what my answer is Shirou. I am your sword and you, my scabbard. I will be here to protect and support you."
Separating their foreheads, the magus let out a smirk not unlike that of Archer as he gestured to the back of his right hand, which now lacked the sword-like command seals. "You do know that I'm not really your master anymore right?"
Arturia smirked back at him before playfully flicking his forehead. "Then that just means we'll have to renew our contract as soon as possible won't we?"
With that said, the two lovers laughed heartily, their worries forgotten for the time being and just basking in each other's presence until they would wake.
+Emiya Residence, Fuyuki City, Kaleidoscope Designation 5471+
Sakura Matou was very close to breaking her sanity (again) after listening to what her sister and Archer had informed her upon waking up. It was well known that she had snapped once already and the results were downright nasty for anyone on the receiving end of her insanity.
Two of the greatest examples of such results was the mangled, shredded to bits corpse of her adoptive older brother, Shinji Matou (as if anyone would miss him anyway even after the revelation of what he had done to her for years), and (surprise, surprise) her ancient decomposing sadistic monster of an adoptive grandfather called Makiri Zouken. She made absolutely sure that nothing would be left of the latter, not even one tiny worm was spared which also included the worms he implanted inside her.
After all Sakura had been through, she now felt that she could care less about the two who had tormented her so much but the less than savory examples of her bout of insanity still haunted her. Not pulling any punches, her sister explained that her "shadow" devoured many other people in Fuyuki and corrupted Berserker before her senpai managed to sever the connection she had with the grail and by extension, Angra Mainyu, using Rule Breaker.
The purplette felt lower than she had already been before when the memories had come rushing back to her a few days ago. She was a filthy being who committed such atrocities and yet Shirou Emiya still chose to save her. He saved her against all odds, even against Gilgamesh and the corrupted Berserker, the greatest of all the heroes of Greece, Heracles.
It should have made her feel happy, truly it should have, but Sakura Matou was not a blind person. Even before her rampage, she noticed how the redhead and the blonde looked at each other even if they themselves were oblivious about it. She kept telling herself that nothing would come out of it. Saber was only a servant that would fade after the war if she wasn't killed and her senpai might finally know how she felt for him no matter how tainted she was.
But after she had first woken up two days ago, Sakura knew that what she desired was no longer possible. She was already defeated, even if the victor herself was not aware of their rivalry.
Even if they did not show it, everyone could see that both Master and Servant had truly and deeply fallen in love with each other. Should Saber fade, Sakura was aware that her senpai would spend the rest of his days fighting for his ideals and searching for the only woman who had his heart.
So when the night before the final battle came, hearing the plan that her sister came up with to provide the man she loved and his servant the necessary magical energy to destroy the grail and defeat Gilgamesh, the purplette had come to a decision. She would still support her beloved senpai no matter what would happen afterwards.
That basically meant helping her sister flood them with mana by using the most intimate medium of mana transfer, a tantric ritual or in layman's terms, sex. Hot, passionate, foursome sex to be exact. None of them would be forgetting that for years.
Mention of coitus aside, given that Rin had been born with forty high quality magic circuits which had an output that was nothing to scoff at while she was left with a ridiculous mana pool from her severed connection to the grail, they had given both Shirou and Saber more than enough mana for the former to manifest his Reality Marble and a few full-powered Excali-blasts for the latter.
If that amount of magical energy didn't basically scream that those two had the war in the bag, well then she wouldn't know what would.
So, for her to hear that her senpai and his Servant (and Gilgamesh) had disappeared of the face of the earth because of an anomaly from the grail…
Well…
Let it be known that if a solution wasn't found, heads would literally roll and quite a number of bodies would collapse on the ground. Starting with an old coot in Germany whose name was Jubsteicht von Einzbern and his other kin.
"Sakura!"
All of a sudden, said girl felt pain from her cheeks as they were pinched and stretched by feminine hands, the dark thoughts in her head banished for the time being as she struggled to speak. "Mee-shan shtoop biit~ (Nee-san stop it~)"
"Get a grip on yourself Sakura!" Rin yelled as she released her hold on the puplette's cheeks, leaving her to nurse the aforementioned parts of her face.
"What was that for Nee-san?" Sakura whined as she continued to rub her cheeks, eyes scrunched closed because of the pain.
"You weren't listening or responding to me so I feared for the worst." She heard her sister say gravely before she found herself agreeing to it in her mind. After all, she did think about committing a massacre mere moments before the Tohsaka heiress snapped her out of it.
"I'm sorry Nee-san, what are we going to do about senpai and Saber?" Speaking of which, now that she was thinking clearer on the subject at hand, how the heck were they going to find them to begin with?
As if her sister had read her mind, Rin gave her a look that spoke volumes of how much she was both giddy and terrified at what she came up with, which didn't reassure her one single bit. "I'm glad you asked that, Sakura. We are going to the Clock Tower and if we're lucky, we're going to ask Zelretch to apprentice us. He's the only one alive who probably knows where they are and how to get to them after all."
Silence reigned supreme in the entire household as Archer (who had just gotten out of his astral form) and Sakura's jaws dropped to the floor, the feeling of dread practically palpable in the air.
Kent Nelson resisted the urge to slam his head on the wall. Books were scattered all around him in his long search for the necessary knowledge to help his guests. Out of the thousands of tomes he owned (which was suspiciously missing a few), only one had a possible solution that was way too risky and deadly for the one on the receiving end of the operation, and the infuriating part was that it wasn't even his to begin with.
Glaring at the blasted letter he found tucked inside the book, the former superhero tapped his cane twice and all that had been scattered for his search floated off the floor before they went back to their proper places. After he had tucked the offensive piece of paper back in the book, Kent opened the door of his library and began his way back to where his guests was, which would eventually be their quarters in the Tower as long as they don't do the freaky in there or anywhere in his home.
Oh yes, he was still going to put his foot down on that issue if it ever comes up. Maybe he would tease them about their relationship but still, this was his Tower and he had rules that need to be followed damn it!
In any case, the only way he could help them with their mana issue now was by showing them what the book contained first and see if they would even agree to such a method. Calling for the magical elevator in his tower, Kent eventually got back to the floor where his guests were using it and quietly opened the door.
Upon opening the door though, the old magic-user came upon the sight of the now conscious couple in a passionate lip lock, seemingly unaware of his presence. Well, that was until their eyes opened wide in alarm as their senses finally registered that he was in the room with them. "K-K-Kent-san!?"
It took everything Kent Nelson had to not laugh at their blushing, mortified faces but it was for naught as their clumsy attempts to untangle themselves from one another made him chuckle at first before full blown laughter escaped from his lungs as they tried to explain themselves. Oh to be young again! He thought as he continued to laugh.
It looks like the Tower of Fate would be very much livelier than it had for years since his beloved Inza's death with these two around, not that Kent was complaining. He appreciated the company and the memories he would have together with them until the time came for him to reunite with his wife in the afterlife. Fate had its ways after all.
Author's Notes: Wow. 54 favorites, 71 follows, added in 1 community, and 16 reviews. Welp. That definitely broke the current record I have for the reception a fanfic/x-over of mine receives on its first chapter. Thank you very much readers and despite the delay, here is the second chapter, made just for all of you.
Now to answer some of your questions.
If you're all wondering what Route this Shirou and Saber comes from, it is a mixture of all three routes but the difference being that Kerry/Kiritsugu managed to teach Shirou how to use magic correctly so his circuits did not atrophy. This is still very much a Fate route since it is the route I like most, despite the fact that I like UBW Shirou and HF Shirou more.
The world that Shirou and Saber came from are designated Earth 5471 in the Kaleidoscope of Zelretch.
The reason why Arturia maintained her existence even after destroying the grail and then being sent to a world that is basically a multiverse away from them is because of...
Sorry. As of this minor edit done at November 11, I have deleted the initial reason why she's that so I can't tell y'all. If I told y'all that'd be spoiling. Do try to guess and send it to me in a PM
Now, did those answers satisfy you all? Ask me more questions in the reviews or pm me directly if you need clarification. Again, thanks for the reception.
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