Hello everyone, NexusLight here and it's Halloween and to make it even more enjoyable, me and CanadianRider have come with the new chapter of Fate/Grand Order: Nexus. I'm grateful for all your comments on the prologue, so, thank you guys and I'm glad you enjoyed it. Me and CanadianRider are pleased at the finished product, but our work isn't done yet. So, let's get started!
Disclaimer: I only own the OC. Fate/Grand Order belongs to Type-Moon and Ultraman Nexus and the kaiju and aliens belong to Tsuburaya Productions
Insert: Ultraman Nexus Vol. 1 Track 4 - Komon's Theme
James' Pov
"Fou, kyuu!" The little, white creature on my shoulder chirped happily, obviously enjoying being petted. Even though I've never seen an animal like this before and knowing that everything around me and it was on fire, I couldn't help but to smile at it. Despite me being a stranger, it didn't hesitate to approach me and allow me to pet it.
"Even though I got requests to play for football or basketball due to my above average qualities, I chose to study to become a marine biologist. That was probably because I find life beautiful."
"Oi. Are you done focusing on the little guy?" A male voice spoke up from behind. Startled, I turned back to the group that woke me up. The blue-haired male and white-haired girl both looked at me with serious expressions, while the other two females looked at me with smiles from watching me interact with the fluffy creature that was now on my head.
"Life is one of God's greatest creations."
The white-haired girl then approached me along with the others. Stopping in front of me, she looked up a bit to me in the eyes before speaking, "We need to talk." She ordered strictly.
I looked at her with a bit of confusion before finally speaking, "…Huh?"
"Fou!"
Insert: Ultraman Nexus Vol. 1 Track 1 – Main Title
From a void surrounded by a ring of light, an explosion of light burst forwards and something covered in blue crystals appears before another one appears below the first, only now covered in red crystals.
Then streaks of light flash over them, chipping off the crystal coverings until they revealed the title.
Fate/Grand Order
Nexus
Insert: Eiyuu by doa TV version
We see a snowy blizzard before it focuses on a large, white facility in the snowy landscape, then the screen cuts to an apocalyptic city as a silver and red giant, in a crouched position, starts to stand up to his full height. Next, he moves his head to the side as to be looking at the camera.
Kakko tsuketeru tsumori de tokui ni natte
Next, it shows the giant, but this time just in all silver, running through sparks before cutting to the giant, back in his red and silver form, doing a spin kick then posing. It then cuts back to the giant running again, but with a closer look. Cutting again showing the giant jump straight at the camera with a chop attack.
Daiji na koto ha zenbu okizari ni shichatte
It changes back to the giant running through sparks, then cuts to show him, now in a blue and silver form, punching the air before turning his head to the left.
Jibun de jibun wo kurushimete iru shuujin
Cuts back to him still running in sparks. Finally, it cuts to show the giant's fist before moving to the face.
Soona boku ni sayonara sa Transformation!
We now see it change to a blue back ground and begins to show the cast. Moving in from each side to the other side was Gabrielle, Mash, Olga, Roman, Caster or Cú Chulainn, and Fou. We could see others, but they were covered in black. Then the scene changes to where they are in the room preparing to move out before they Rayshift.
Yami ga kowakute dou suru
Aitsu ga kowakute dou suru
Ashibumi-shiteru dake ja
Susumanai
Now a young girl with golden hair and a blue dress with knight armor is seen clashing weapons with a man with golden hair spiked back and golden armor. Then it switches over to another girl with long, golden hair that's tied into a single, long braid, and a white haired man with tanned skin battling with their swords. Finally, Mash, in her black armor with her large shield, is falling slowly to the ground.
Otoko nara dareka no tame ni tsuyoku nare Ha wo kuishibatte omoikkiri mamorinuke Korondemo ii yo mata tachiagareba ii Tada sore dake dekireba Eiyuu sa
Changing to James holding a wand-like device. Looking at it, it suddenly pulses a little. He then closes his eyes and then snaps them open before he faces forwards and then moves the device to the left side of his torso and then pulls it out of it sheath before holding it in front of him for a moment and suddenly, light explodes from it. Next, the silver being is shown rising up from the center of a blue light shooting up as it turns orange. The scene changes to show Gabrielle and the others in awe at a blue light as it changes back to show the being in his silver and red form uncrossing his arms and brings them up and moves them apart as blue, electric energy forms between his arms before it raised it arms up high before coming back to form an 'L' with its arms as a blue energy ray fires out from his right arm. After that, it showed the giant again in a crouched position as explosion occurs behind him.
Otoko nara dareka no tame ni tsuyoku nare Onna mo sou sa miteru dake ja hajimaranai Kore ga tadashii tte ieru yuuki ga areba ii Tada sore dake dekireba Eiyuu sa
Alright!
Finally, it shows the cast of the story in a line: James standing in the middle, Gabrielle, Mash, and Olga to his right and Roman, Caster, and a woman that looked like the lady in the Mona Lisa painting to his left. There were 2 unknown figures standing at the left and right ends and Fou was standing on James' left shoulder. Then the giant appeared behind James in the same position as him.
Chapter 1 - Lighting the Darkness - UBW
No one's Pov
Returning to the half-destroyed building, Gabrielle, Mash, and Olga found some chairs that were still intact and were currently sitting in them while Caster chose to lean against the wall and Fou chose to lay in Gabrielle's lap.
They all stared at James, who was in a chair as well, but…
James' Pov
"Will you please release my arms and legs?" I asked again.
The moment I responded to the white-haired girl back at the crater, the blue-haired man suddenly grabbed me and lifted me off the ground before putting his right hand in front of my torso and spoke in a weird language or something. Suddenly, I felt something holding my arms to my sides and no mattered how much I tried, they wouldn't move. They then dragged me to the building I placed them near when I saved them in my silver giant form and then put me into this chair.
'PEEW!'
Suddenly, something flew past my head and when I turned around, I saw a little black spot on the wall giving off a little smoke. Turning to the white-haired girl, I saw her right hand out in the shape of a gun and noticed a bit of smoke coming off her finger tip.
"I'm the one asking the questions. You can only ask a question when given permission and to answer you, no." She spoke in a serious tone. I gave her a rapid nod in fear not wanting my head to be blown off by whatever that was.
"First, who are you?" She asked.
"My name's James, James Waller." Nodding, she lowered her hand before looking down at the wand-like device I found in my jacket and a strange gun, which was in the right pocket of my pants. It was strange because it was nearly pistol sized, but it's handle was aligned with the barrel. At first, I didn't know what it was until I saw the hole at the end and a pump on the barrel. She then looked back at me and continued questioning.
"What are these objects you had?"
"I don't know. I didn't have them before." She glared at me a little before speaking, "Then why did you have them?"
"I told you. I woke up and they were in my pockets." With a little suspicion, she then asked me, "Last question. Where you that silver giant that fought that thing from before?"
"Yes." I simply replied.
"Don't try to- wait, what?" Just as she was about to yell at me, she suddenly stopped and looked at me with wide eyes full of confusion, as did the others.
"I said yes." I replied, baffled by their confusion. It was obvious that I was a silver giant not too long ago.
"Umm, you just said yes to something that we thought you would try to deny." The blue-haired man spoke.
Confused, I spoke again, "Well, I don't really see any reason to hide it. Actually, I would have tried to find you guys to make sure you were all OK." That surprised them even more, except for the red-haired girl who was giving the white-haired girl a smug look. Deciding to use this chance, I spoke, "Now can I ask you some questions, please?"
Still baffled by my response, the white-haired girl just nodded her head. "Okay, since I told you all my name, what's all yours?" Finally snapping out of it, the red-haired girl went first. "My name's Gabrielle Fujimaru." She introduced herself.
Next was the purple-eyed girl sitting next to her. "I'm Mash Kyrielight. Pleased to meet you, Waller-san." She finished with a small bow.
"Same, but you don't have to call me that, just call me James." Suddenly, her face exploded with red and she started to stutter, not making any sense. "Umm, are you okay Mash? You look like you have a fever." I looked at her worried. Instead of responding, her face turned from red to a shade of red I didn't think existed. Okay, I'm confused.
Hearing chuckling, I turned to the source and saw the only other male, if the little, white creature was a male, laughing to himself. Also, everyone else looked at me as if I was an idiot. Ignoring the looks, I asked him, "Is something wrong?"
He finished chuckling and looked at me with an amused grin. "Nope. It's just that your hilarious, kid." Wait, what did I do that's funny. "I actually am starting to like ya. Anyways, I'm Caster."
"Wait, no last name?" I asked curious.
He shook his head. "No, I have one. I just prefer using Caster."
Suddenly, something brushes against my leg. Looking down I saw the little, white animal from before. "So, who's this?"
Mash, no longer blushing and stuttering, spoke. "His name is Fou."
The now named Fou then jumped up on my lap and laid down. Smiling at the action, I looked back at Mash. "Friendly, isn't he?"
"Actually, he never really interacts with anyone besides me and Sempai…" Does she mean Gabrielle? "…but he appears to have taken a liking to you, Waller-san. That means you're now Fou's third caretaker." What? Me? Fou's third caretaker?
Pushing that aside, I looked at the white-haired girl. "And you are?"
"Olga Marie Aninusphere, head of the Animusphere house and Director of Chaldea." She spoke with a bit of pride.
I nodded with a smile before speaking, "Nice to meet you Marie." Suddenly, everyone, apart from Caster, looked at me with horrified looks as Marie froze in place. Confused, I was about to turn and ask Gabrielle what was wrong when I suddenly felt a presence in front of me and looked back to see that Marie somehow moved from her seat to standing in front of me with her finger in a gun shape pointing straight at my head.
"Give me one good reason I shouldn't blast you're brain out of your thick head?" She questioned while glaring at me.
Baffled and a bit scared by her behavior, I answered. "Because I don't really work under you, no offence, and what's wrong with calling you Marie. I don't bother with honorifics or that kind of stuff because 1.) I'm an American. 2.) Friends should just call each other by their first names or whatever they like to be called."
She frowned at me before asking, "What makes you think we're friends?"
Shrugging, I looked at her and replied, "Because I trust you. I'm not going to ask you to trust me, but that doesn't mean I won't turn my back on you. Once I meet someone and get to know them, they're my friend. I've been called stupid for it, but I'd prefer that then being alone."
Surprised by my answer, she was silent for a moment before sighing. "Very well, call me what you want. Truly, I've never met anyone this stupid before."
She then told Caster to remove the binding runes on me. Runes, like magical symbols or something?
Caster walked over grinning again. "Damn, kid. You must have balls of steel to go through that without having your head blown off." What's that mean? Putting his hand out, he spoke that weird language again, only saying something different. Suddenly, I felt the invisible force that was holding my arms to his sides disappeared as did around my legs.
Standing up, I then stretched to unstiffen my bones. Walking over to the device and gun, I picked them up and placed them into my pants pockets. Turning around, I was about to talk to Marie when suddenly, something blue popped out of nowhere and revealed to be some hologram of a man. "Director? Oh, good we finally reestablish communication. Anyway, is everyone alright?" The hologram asked before Marie started speaking, "Romani! What took you so long. For God's sakes, were you slacking off again?" Gezz, she doesn't need to be so bossy towards everyone.
"N-No! Me and the remaining staff were trying to regain connection with you all, but something was jamming the signal. We finally regained connection just now. Anyways, what happened?" He explained before asking about the problem.
Marie looked at where I previously fought the monster at as my giant self before turning back to the hologram. "We were attack by some kind of giant monster (kaiju) that appeared from a blue sphere." She explained.
"What!? A kaiju!? Were none of you hurt!?" He yelled in concern.
Then Mash spoke up. "Me and Caster took most of the damage. So, Sempai and the Director weren't hurt to badly."
Then Gabrielle decided to speak. "Yeah, luckily we were saved before it could kill us."
Letting out a sigh of relief, the man, Romani I believe his name was, spoke, "Thank God. At lea-wait. Saved? What saved you?" Right, might as well introduce myself so the poor guy doesn't get any more surprises later.
"That would be me, sir." I spoke up as Marie, Mash, Gabrielle, and the hologram turn towards me as I walked up to them.
"Umm, who are you?" He asked.
"I'm James Waller, the one who saved your friends." I replied.
Marie suddenly spoke up annoyed, "Me and this slacker are not friends, he just makes others around him slack off."
"Jezz, Marie, he's obviously concerned about you and the other's safety and you call him a slacker?" I looked at her with a raised eyebrow, surprised that she would call him a slacker for only worrying about the group's wellbeing.
"Wait? Did he just call you 'Marie' Director? What happened while communications were down?" He asked.
Suddenly, Marie became very agitated before turning sharply at Romani's hologram glaring at him. "Nothing like that you idiot!" She yelled before turning away, mumbling to herself.
'What was she talking about?' I asked myself mentally before I turned back to Romani to continue our conversation.
"Anyways Waller-san…"
"Just call me James, sir." I interrupted.
He just nodded with a smile before resuming, "Anyways James, I want to ask you how you saved the group from a kaiju?" He asked.
"Simple, I fought it." I simply replied.
He then gained a look of confusion. "Wait. You fought a giant monster?" He asked in disbelief.
"Yes." I replied with a blank look.
He looked at me for a bit before speaking again, "Umm, I find that hard to believe."
Gabrielle suddenly spoke up, "He did though, he just has his own secret weapon to do it."
Looking at her with an eyebrow raised, Dr. Roman asked, "Secret weapon?"
Not wanting to bother with any more questions, I decided to change the subject. "Okay, let's move on. I introduced myself, so, what about you, sir."
Realizing I didn't know his name, turned back to me scratching the back of his head. "Oh, sorry James. My name's Romani Archaman, but people prefer to call me Dr. Roman or just Roman."
"It's nice to meet you, Roman." I spoke with a smile.
"So, James. Can you tell us what happened here in Fuyuki?" He asked with a curious tone.
I frowned a bit by what he said. 'Fuyuki?' I thought to myself before asking him, "Umm, what's Fuyuki?"
Suddenly everyone looked baffled by my question and Roman decided to answer, "Fuyuki City, Japan. The city that your in."
Now, I know plenty of Japanese cities, but…
"There's no city in Japan called Fuyuki."
Everyone gained confused looks and then Roman asked another question. "Aren't you a survivor from here?"
"No. Not long ago, I was in my college dorm room in Hastings, Nebraska in the United States." I answered in confusion by the situation.
'Okay, what's going on?' I started to think about anything that was odd. 'I became a silver giant, fought and destroyed a giant monster, met a group of oddly dressed people who had a creature that I've never seen before, Caster did something that held my arms and legs together, Marie nearly took my head off with something just by pointing her finger (something that only Chuck Norris was capable of), I talked to Roman, who was speaking from a hologram, and now a city that I'm sure doesn't exist in Japan.'
I tried to put the pieces together before I remembered one more thing. 'Wait, before all of that, I passed out before waking up above Earth's atmosphere, and then I passed out again before waking up in some weird space.' Could it be possible? I did believe the theory, but never thought of it being possible.
…No, it has to be the only explanation of what's going on. Just then I finally snapped out of my thinking trance and turned to the others with Gabrielle and Roman looking at me with confusion and concern, while Marie looked at me impatiently.
"James, are you alright?" Roman asked, worried about me suddenly zoning out.
Nodding, I spoke, "Yeah. I was just thinking about a possibility that may explain my situation."
"And what might that be?" Marie asked, obviously wanting answers.
Alright, here goes. Taking a small breath, I answered, "I'm not from this universe."
Silence filled the atmosphere for a bit as everyone stared at me, clearly not expecting me to say that. Roman was the one to break the silence. "I-I'm sorry. I think I misheard you. What did you say?" He asked me.
"I'm not from this universe." I answered again.
Marie's expression suddenly hardened before she spoke, "This isn't a time for joking around, Waller. Now tell us what your situation really is." Yep, just as I thought, they don't believe me.
"I'm not joking. I think I was sent from my universe to another, which is this one." I retorted.
Sighing, Marie brought her left hand to her forehead. "That's impossible. Only one being has ever been able to travel to other dimensions and no one has seen the old fart for a long time."
Meanwhile, in another dimension
No one's Pov
"ACHOO!"
An old man with gray hair and a gray beard suddenly sneezed. Looking up at nothing, he mumbled to himself. "Someone must have called me an old fart again somewhere."
"Oi. Are you going to do something or just sit there all day talking to yourself?" He looked back at a fellow dimension jumper, a red and blue being with a glowing gem on both his chest and forehead and two blades on his head, who was waiting for him to focus back on the game of poker that they were playing in the headquarters the being's team used.
"Right, sorry. I actually remembered that I have something I need to talk to you about." His poker opponent looked at him in confusion before asking, "What's that?"
"How about we finish our game first? After you."
If he could make a facial expression, the other being would have been smug, as he revealed his hand, which contained 5 of clubs, 5 of diamonds, 5 of hearts, 5 of spades, and 2 of diamonds. "Four of a kind. I'd like to see ya beat that. So, what do you have, old man?"
The old man looked down at the cards he had before grinning and revealed his hand: Ace of diamonds, king of diamonds, queen of diamonds, jack of diamonds, and 10 of diamonds. "Royal straight flush." Stunned, his opponent sat in his seat in silence before shouting.
"DAMN IT!" All the while, the old man was laughing as he grabbed the pile of diamonds his opponent had found during his travels.
Back in the F/GO universe
James' Pov
"Look I don't want to spend the rest of our time arguing with you all. I know that Fuyuki City never existed in Japan and none of everything I've seen so far has been known about or even possible last time I remember. That's enough to convince me that I did travel from my universe to here. Whether you believe me or not." I said, a little stressed of the argument we've been having the last few minutes. "But can I ask what's going on in this place and why the city is on fire."
"That's nothing for you to know, Waller. Don't concern yourself with us or the situation." Marie told me.
Walking up to her, I looked down a bit into her eyes (I was taller than her, but not by a whole lot) before speaking again, "Sorry, Marie, but it does concern me the moment we met, besides it's not like there is anything to hide from me. The burning city makes me curious enough."
Looking at the flame consumed city, she sighed before speaking, "Fine."
Time skip
"Okay, I guess I got a good understanding of the situation, something in this time has caused a disruption and when you all were about to come here, something happened that made Gabrielle the only one available to do the investigation." After telling me about what happened, I spoke a shortened version of it to see if I understood it.
Marie nodded. "Yes, and speaking of that, Fujimaru, Kyrielight, Caster. We need to get moving." Hearing their names, they all gathered to where we were before turning to Caster. "Caster, can you continue guiding us to the location?" She asked.
Caster nodded. "Sure. Let's get a move on, people." They walked out of the building and towards a road that led up a hill towards what I think was one of those Shinto Shrines that I heard about that were found across Japan. I followed as well, but before we reached the incline, Marie stopped as well as the rest of the group before the all turned to look at me.
"What?" I spoke, confused by their looks.
Marie then asked, "What are you doing?"
"Heading with you guys to whatever's causing this whole mess." I replied. Marie shook her head before speaking, "This is our mission, Waller. What you need to be doing is hiding from anything that's dangerous."
'Nice to know she's concerned about my safety.' I thought before I shook my head. "Sorry Marie, but I'm coming with you guys and you can't stop me."
She starts to get frustrated with my stubbornness. "Why? You have nothing to do with this."
Looking at them, I nodded. "Your right. It doesn't involve me."
Surprised by my answer, she looked at me. "Then why?"
Reaching into my right jacket pocket, I pulled out the wand-like device and held it in front of me so the others could see it. "Because of the power I now have. I managed to save you all from that monster a while ago, but now that I have that type of power, means I have to choose what I want to do with it. I want to help you guys. I want to help humanity. As one of history's greatest quotes went, "With great power, comes great responsibility." I don't want to be some super hero, but I want to protect something I hold value in. I want to protect the future of humanity. That's the responsibility I believe this power should be used for."
Gabrielle, Mash, and Marie looked stunned by what I said, but Caster walked up to me and put a hand on my head. I looked at him and he had a proud look on his face before he spoke to me. "Good words, kid. Many who people called heroes in history never wanted to be one, but just wanted to help people in some way. You don't care about the dangers ahead on this kind of path, just as long as you can help someone or some people live on to the future they make. I guess I was wrong about you the whole time. You really are a good guy after all." Removing his hand, he grinned at me.
Smiling, I held my right fist out. Caster understood the gesture and fist bumped me with his left hand. Looking back to the others, Gabrielle had a bright smile on her face, Mash stared at me with eyes full of amazement, and Fou gave a chirp of approval from Gabrielle's shoulder.
Marie looked at everyone with a conflicted expression. Finally, she sighed and turned to me. "Very well. You can help us, but please don't slow us down."
Turning to her, I gave a smile and a nod. "Hai!" With that we set off.
Time skip
? Pov
After reporting to Saber about what happened, I went back out to find the group that were heading towards the Greater Grail. I found them just getting on the secret path towards the cave. However, he spotted someone else with them. A teen that appeared to be an American with black and red pants, a red shirt, and a black jacket. The most noticeable detail on him was the single strand of silver on the right side of his short, brown hair. He appeared to be averagely fit for his age.
'Where did he come from? Is he a survivor? No, I would have spotted him before.' He thought to himself before noticing a group of stray Dragon Tooth Warriors heading towards the group. He decided to put his thoughts on the unknown teen away and head back to the cave entrance and wait for them.
No one's Pov
'CLANG!' The sound of sword meeting shield rang throughout the forest.
Coming across a group of what Olga told James were called 'Dragon Tooth Warriors', Mash and Caster immediately engaged them. Mash was blocking and slashed with her shield with ease and Caster fought with his runes and staff, which he could ignite both ends in fire to deal damage to enemies. Olga, Gabrielle, Fou, and James stood back from them.
James suddenly felt some kind of information go through his head before he pulled out the oddly-shaped gun and looked at it before looking back at the fight. 'Okay this isn't the same as fighting a single, giant monster, but to hell with it.' He thought to himself before turning to Olga and Gabrielle.
"I'm going to assist them." Before they could speak to him, he shot off running towards the fight.
Insert: Ultraman Nexus Vol. 1 Track 15 - Night Raiders - Battle
James' Pov
"What the hell are you doing you idiot!?" I heard Marie scream at me while Gabrielle shouted, "James, wait! It's too dangerous!" Fou, of course, just did what he could do. "Fou! Fou!"
As I ran towards them, some of the things noticed me and started running towards me, swords ready to kill. Glaring at them, I prepare my gun and keep running straight at them. Once close enough, one swung its sword at me. Everything seemed to slow down as I heard Marie and Gabrielle scream in horror, saw Mash look towards me with a shocked look, and heard Caster yelling "Shit!" as he was about to make some of his runes.
Just as the blade was about half way through its swing, I quickly dropped onto my knees and arched my body back, sliding under the swing before aiming and shooting the gun at the four behind me. Instead of regular bullets, blue orbs flew forwards and hit all of them. However, instead of falling to pieces, the Warriors suddenly turned a transparent blue and then a small flash of light occurred before they turned into tiny blue particles that dispersed into the air. Sensing something approaching from behind me, I put my hands onto the ground and launched both my legs out from behind me to buck the boney bastard that was going for my head with a vertical overhead slash.
Landing back on my feet, I turned towards it and fired another shot at it before it turned to particles. Turning around, I saw a volley of arrows raining down at me. Taking out the wand-like device, I held it in front of me before an energy barrier, that looked like a pool of water, appeared and deflected the arrows. Canceling the barrier, I pointed the gun up towards where the arrows dived towards me and pulled the pump before shooting a yellow orb, that was slightly bigger then the blue ones, and it flew up into the air before it flashed and launched multiple orbs down at the archers, kicking up a cloud of dust, before the wind cleared it away, along with some blue particles.
Looking to my right, I saw a Warrior coming at me holding two small swords. Dodge the first swing, I quickly flipped over a side slash and upon landing, I performed a road house kick at its head, causing it to stagger back. Grabbing one of the larger swords that was laying on the ground, I ran at it and swung at its mid-section, cracking it and resulted in it crumbling to the ground.
Seeing the numbers diminishing fast, I turned to Mash to see a Warrior sneaking up from behind her. "Mash! Get down!" I shouted at her and after giving me a startled look, did as I told. Pointing my gun at her, I fired at the sneaky bastard before it could swing at her. Looking at her shield and then remembering my air strike shot, I called to Mash and Caster. "Mash, have your shield facing up! Caster, get under it! Now!" I ordered them.
They seemed confused, but after knocking away the surrounding Warriors, they did as I told them to do. Pulling the pump, I aimed above them and fired. Once it was above the shield, the orb burst into a rain of smaller ones as they crashed into the ground. Once the dust and particles cleared, it revealed that thanks to the shield, both Mash and Caster were okay.
End Ost Here
"Alright, everything's good now." I called out. Gabrielle, Marie, and Fou started to run up to us.
Caster turned to me before talking, "Normally I would say that was stupid and reckless, but I've gotta say, you're pretty good at fighting for someone your age." Mash then bowed her head at me. "Thank you for the assistance, Waller-san." I was about to tell here to stop calling me -san, until my face was slapped hard.
"Ow." I wined while I rubbed the red hand mark on my right cheek. I looked at the culprit and it turned out to be Marie, who was staring angrily at me. "What?" I asked.
"What the hell were you thinking!? You could have been killed!" Yep, she cares for us. "It's fine. I'm strangely above average human physically and mentally." I said.
She gained a surprised look before asking another question. "Is it because of the power you have?"
Shaking my head, I replied, "Nope, first noticed it during high school. You wouldn't believe how many requests I got to play for sports haha." I chuckled before I looked at Caster and Mash and then a question popped into my head.
Looking at Marie, I asked it, "Hey, I've got to ask. How are Caster and Mash able to fight like that? I've never seen human's do that before."
Looking at me, she answered, "Because their Servants or in Mash's case, a Demi-Servant."
'Okay, I wasn't expecting that.' Confused, I continued asking, "How does serving someone enable them to do that?"
Bringing a hand to her temple, she massaged it before speaking, "No, you idiot. Not that kind of servant. A Servant is the soul of a famous being known in history summoned as a familiar to fight in the Holy Grail War."
Caster then turned to me before speaking, "She's right. Because of that I might as well tell you my True Name. I'm the one people call 'Ireland's Child of Light', Cú Chulainn. Of course, I don't have my spear yet, hence why I'm stuck with spells and runes." He then started mumbling about how he wished he had is spear. I could only stare in shock. The man in front of me was the legendary hero of Irish mythology.
Turning to Mash, she only looked away with a small blush before speaking, "I-I'm a D-Demi-S-Servant, a human b-bonded with a Heroic Spirit. Unfortunately, I don't know the True Name of the one who bonded with me." I only nodded before I remember something Marie said while explaining to me.
Insert: Ultraman Nexus Vol. 1 Track 27 - Nagi's Theme
"Then what's the Holy Grail War?" I resumed questioning Marie.
Closing her eyes, she began explaining. "The Holy Grail War is a battle royale where 7 mages called Masters summon 7 Servants..." Okay, I'm starting to not like this. "...and fight to the death until only one Master and one Servant is left..." I start to clutch my hands together hard. "...and then to the Holy Grail will appear and grant them a wish or at least that's what they believed." Wait, what they believed? What's that mean?
"What do you mean 'that's what they believed'?" I asked through my teeth as I tried to control my anger. Gabrielle and Mash looked at me with concern while Caster looked like he knew how I felt and said nothing.
Marie then spoke, "Because the wish granting thing was a lie. The Holy Grail War was established by the Three Founding Families, the Tohsakas, the Matous, and the Einzberns, to reach the Swirl of the Root, or a normal person would call it, Heaven. It's a place that exist outside of time and is where information of all possibilities and events, past, present, and future, of the world is stored and archived as well as the place where all souls, including Heroic Spirits, come from and return to after death."
Stopping for a moment to look at me, Marie saw I had a black expression on my face and just stared on ahead, trying to comprehend what I heard. She then continued, "Reaching it, however, was only the Tohsakas goal. The Einzberns and Matous only wanted it was to be able to complete the original purpose of the ritual: the revival of the Third Magic."
Without looking at her and with no emotion in my voice, I asked, "And what is this Third Magic?"
"Heaven's Feel. It's a magic that allows for the materialization of the soul, which stops a soul from inevitable dispersing once it no longer has an anchor to the world. In other words, it's a magic that grants immortality."
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With that, I snapped. Turning to my right quickly, I channeled all my anger into my right fist and punched the tree next to me.
'BAM!'
"That's fucking bullshit!" I shouted. Everyone, even Caster, looked at me in shock, clearly not expecting to see and hear me so angry, but I'm not angry. Oh, no. I'm fucking pissed! "Having souls of those of legends and history fighting each other is one thing, having them do it for things so pointless is another!"
Pulling my fist back, I quickly slammed it back into the splintered wood with the same amount of rage as the last.
'BAM!'
That was enough to break the trunk and send the whole thing to the ground.
'CRASH!'
Marie then approached me before speaking, clearly scared by my actions and voice, "N-Now W-Waller, t-try and c-calm d-d-down please. To a mage, reaching the Swirl of the Root is equivalent to man stepping on the moon. So, you can't blame the Tohsakas wanting to reach it." Then Mash spoke, "A-And w-wouldn't b-being immortal be a good thing? Y-You wouldn't need to fear anything anymore."
I snapped my head at them and they jumped back before I shouted at them. "No! Nothing about those things is good! If this Swirl of the Root is what Marie said it was, then it something that no human should even be near! Obtaining the information about the past, present, and future would only leave them empty and not even try at anything anymore!"
Looking at Mash, I began shouting at her, "But, that's not as horrible as not being able to die! You may think it's not a bad thing, but that's were your wrong! How do you think it would feel to watch as everyone around you passed away, but you, and soon, you're all by yourself!? The truth about immortality is simple: It's just another form of hell!"
Taking deep breaths, I calmed down and looked at the two, who were scared by my shouting, before I continued, "Look, I'm not angry at you. I'm angry at those three families for creating a blood festival so they can do those thing's. Using souls that should be at peace to fight and kill each other and having people die because they were tricked by the promise of a wish, that's something I can't forgive."
End Ost Here
Seeing them nod, I looked down the path to where were heading. "Right, lets go."
Time Skip
We were now in front of a cave entrance. From it, a powerful, but dark energy was all that we could feel. That means only one thing…
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"So, I take it that the source of this hell is in there?" I asked.
Caster nodded and then spoke, "The Greater Grail is in there, just make sure none of you get lost."
Mash then spoke up, "It looks like a natural cave… Did this always exist in Fuyuki City?"
Her answer came from Marie. "Probably, it's half natural, half man-made. It's the underground workshop expanded by mages over a number of years." Turning to Caster, she asked him something, "Caster, do you know Saber's True Name. It sounds like you'd fought several times."
Caster turned towards us and spoke, "Yes, I know it. Getting hit by Saber's Noble Phantasm will know the bastard's True Name…" Sighing, he continued. "All the other Servants were defeated due to Saber's Noble Phantasm being so powerful."
Okay, damn, to take out 5 others like Caster must mean serious business. Mash appeared to agree judging by her talking to herself.
"Well, what is it." I asked, curious to know. "The sister sword of the Sword in the Stone. It's the most famous sacred sword in your time period. Its name…"
Suddenly, a new voice interrupted Caster. "The Sword of Promised Victory, Excalibur. Wielded by King Arthur, the proud King of Knights."
End Ost Here
Turning around, we saw a man standing on a cliff. He had white hair and steel colored eyes that were surrounded by red lines. His skin was tan and on his left arm, more red lines were there. He wore a black body suit, combat boots, and a red cloak tied around his waist. For some reason, while I've never seen the guy before in my life, I looked at his eyes and saw a look I had after surviving that damn fire. A look of emptiness.
"Well, speak of the devil. The disciple is here." Caster spoke mockingly.
Marie then spoke up, "The Archer Servant?"
'Archer? Does that mean that he's like Caster?' Before I could continue questioning mentally, Caster asked the man, Archer, a rhetorical question. "Are you protecting the wielder of the holy sword as always?"
"I have no memory of becoming a disciple. But I can at least do the work of chasing off mundane visitors." Archer replied, obviously annoyed by Caster's attitude.
"In other words, you're a gatekeeper. I don't know what you're protecting Saber from, but let's end this here." Caster spoke as he raised his left arm to prepare to cast his spells.
Archer let out a 'hmpf' before summoning a black bow into his left hand and then, oddly, a sword in his right out of thin air. Then he took the sword and when he placed it to fire and pulled it back, it suddenly changed into a drill-shaped weapon. "Sorry, but I don't have that kind of free time!" As he spoke, I looked at where his aim was and it wasn't aimed at Caster, it was aiming for Mash's head!
"Mash, move!" I shouted, but Archer already let go of his arrow-sword thing and it was flying straight towards her.
Archer's Pov
Letting the sword go, I saw the teen shout at the shield wielder. He appears to be quite smart if he figured out where I was really aiming at. But oddly enough, before he was looking at me like he didn't know me, but like he recognized something about me. Well, doesn't matter. His death was certain the moment he joined this group.
However, Caster, being the pest he is, intervened. "Eihwaz!" The sword suddenly caught fire and ended up disintegrating. He then opened his damn mouth again, "Don't say such sad things, Archer." Annoyed, I traced another sword to shoot. "Unless you don't have confidence to take me on?" He then created some runes that shot at me as fireballs. Jumping to avoid a direct hit, and I landed on the ground in front of them.
Looking up, I saw him telling them to get to Saber and defeat her. He turned and stood in front of them to prevent me getting past. "Get going! I'll hold him off!" I got ready to jump back when suddenly, one of them spoke up.
"Wait!"
James' Pov
"Wait!" I couldn't just let Caster do this. If the one in that cave was King Arthur, then I don't think Mash alone is going to be enough, so they need Caster more than me.
My shout seemed to stop them as everyone turned towards me. I walked out in front of Caster before speaking, "Caster, go with them. I'll take him."
Shocked by what I said, Caster spoke angrily, "Oi! Kid, this isn't like those Warriors, this is a Servant, someone that only another Servant can deal with!"
Looking back at him, I gave my reason, "Caster, I don't know who this guy is or what his connection to Saber is, but if the one in the cave really is King Arthur, then I don't think that Mash by herself will be enough. Hell, they need you more than me. Besides…"
Looking back at the tanned-skinned man, who appears to be watching me with a little curiosity, I continued, "…His eyes, the look in them. They remind me of something I once saw. I want to confirm it's what I think it is. So, please Caster, you help the others defeat King Arthur. Leave Archer to me." I begged.
Looking at me then the cave, he put his left hand to his temple before sighing, "Fine, but if you end up being killed, it's your own fault."
Chuckling, I looked at him before speaking my part, "Sorry, but I don't plan on dying today, you blue-haired bastard."
Giving me a smirk, he turned towards the group before speaking, "Lets' go."
Gabrielle was about to protest, but then I spoke to her, "Don't worry Gabrielle, I'll catch up once I'm done. Trust me." She hesitated a bit before nodding with a determined look.
They all then took of down the cave. Archer was about to go after them before I stood in his way. Stopping, me and him looked at each other before he spoke, "I must say, you must either be incredibly stupid or brave. You clearly know that Saber is not to be underestimated. But it doesn't matter. If me or any of the others couldn't defeat her, then what makes you think they can?"
Frowning a bit, I spoke to him, "Because they have comrades and a true reason to fight. You or the others never had any real reason to fight. The bonds they have and the determination to protect. That's more powerful than even the holy sword that King Arthur has!"
Frowning back at me, Archer spoke again. "But then what about you? What makes you think that you, a human, can defeat a Servant like me." Reaching into my right pocket on my jacket, I pulled out the wand-like device and looked at it.
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Upon seeing it, Archer frowned deeper, before asking, "Who are you?"
Looking at him, I spoke with determination, "My names James Waller. Pleased to meet you. With that…" Bring the device to my left side, I grabbed the other end before pulling the sheath off and bringing it out in front of me horizontally with it now glowing, I finished, "…Let's go." Bring it back under my left arm, I then swung my right arm up and held the device up towards the sky with a shout.
"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" then from the glowing half of the device, light exploded outwards, engulfing me as I transformed.
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No one's Pov
Archer turned away and covered his eyes due to the intensity of the light. 'What the hell!?'
Finally the light died down and he turned back to the teen only to get a massive shock. Where James once stood, was the silver giant he saw before in the city, but only now he was the same height as an adult human.
His stood their for a moment before his shock wore off and then he started to laugh to himself. "Hahahaha! Of course, now it makes sense, I didn't even consider the possibility of you somehow being that giant! But, you really were! Hahahahaha!" The silver being in front of him didn't say anything and just stared at Archer. Finally, Archer calmed down and returned to his neutral expression before he continued talking, "You did surprise me, kid, but don't get comfortable just because I know your true identity."
"I told you my name, now what about you?" A voice suddenly seemed to echo around Archer. He then glared at the being in front of him. "Why does it matter if one of us ends up dead?"
"I see. If you don't want to tell me, then I'll have to make you."
"CHU!" The silver being shouted as he took his stance. Archer quickly drew the sword back and after it changed into the same corkscrew shaped sword from before, released it and let it fly at his opponent. The silver being suddenly brought his right hand over his left brace and threw it forwards with an arc of light shooting from his hand. Both attacks made contact with each other and a massive explosion occurred, kicking up dirt from the outward force.
Archer jumped back, but before he could trace another sword, the silver being shot out of the dust and flew straight towards him. 'He can fly!?' Archer thought, shocked by this sudden discovery, but before he could think about it anymore, all the air in his lungs was forced out as the silver being tackled him and both soon crashed near the shrine.
Inside the cave
Saber's Pov
The cavern shook a bit, probably from the battle going on outside. I just waited until the ones from Chaldea came. But my mind seemed to go back to what Archer told me just before he left. A silver giant appeared and combated a giant, reptilian kaiju. He explained that kaiju in Japanese meant giant monster or something.
I wasn't interested in the monster because for some reason, the giant he spoke of was still on my mind. Was he the one giving off the presence I felt earlier? But, why can't I shake it off. No matter how hard I try to make it disappear from my heart, it won't go away. I've chosen to become a cold, emotionless being, but why can't I get rid of this feeling of hope and warmth?
Why?
Suddenly, I heard footsteps approaching before I saw the group. I stepped out of the shadows and moved forwards.
Back at the shrine
No one's Pov
The silver being that was James performed a drop kick aimed at Archer, but the Servant of the Bow was able to dodge the kick, resulting in a crater forming around his opponent upon making contact with the ground.
'CRASH!'
Standing back up, James and Archer stared at one another while the two circled one another, with the Servant having switch from his bow for two short swords. One was black while the other was white. These were Kanshou and Bakuya, the married swords that always find a way back to each other. Archer held them both in a reverse grip. Both then stopped circling before charging at one another.
Archer tries attacking for the chest, but Kanshou was blocked by the bladed fins on the silver being's arm. The being then went for an attack with the blades on his bracers, but was blocked by Archer's Bakuya, in a mimic to his counter move. Pushing back a bit, the silver being attempted a roundhouse kick, an act that Archer thought foolish as he brought Kanshou up to block his foes leg.
Upon contact, small sparks flew off the silver being's leg, surprising the Archer as he thought blood would have been drawn, that thought went to the backburner, as even with the blade, it didn't stop the foot of the silver being, resulting for the kick to make contact with Archer's face. Archer flew to the other side of the shrine and landed on both feet. The silver being then ran at Archer and he responded the same. Both Servant and being fought on, landing punches, kicks, and slashes on one another. Archer moved one of his blades forward, but James caught his arm with his hand before grabbing Archer's other arm before he could complete his swing at him before placing a foot on his chest. The being then rolled backwards and threw Archer to the ground behind him, knocking the air out of the Servant.
Getting up, James picked Archer off the ground and threw him into the air. However, Archer used this opportunity to summon his bow and as his silver opponent flew at him, he quickly traced a sword and fired it at him. James, not expecting this, was hit full force.
"AAAAAAHHHHH!" He shouted as he went crashing to the ground.
'CRASH!'
Archer landed on top of the shrine and looked at his opponent who was standing in the crater he created before speaking, "I have to say, your a good fighter, but what can you do from a distance? You got lucky the first time, but not anymore."
Breathing deeply, James thought to himself, 'He's right. In terms of close combat, I maybe better, but he out-classes me in long-range battle. I can't avoid projectiles that fast.' Suddenly, a new wave of information shot through his head. 'Hmmm. I don't really understand it all, but let's see what happens.'
Archer watched his opponent thinking to himself before looking back at him before clutching his arms and threw them to his sides with determination. "So that's how it's going to be?" Tracing another sword, he was about to draw it back when his opponent suddenly threw his left arm brace over his chest, causing it to flash a bit.
"HAAH!" He shouted as he threw it back down. Suddenly, Archer saw the air ripple around the silver being before a flash of light washed over him, causing Archer to look away from him for a moment before it stopped. Looking back at his opponent, his eyes widened. "What?"
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James was now blue with silver details and sported armor on his shoulders, but lost a bit below the V-shaped gem on his chest, which now had a strange, blue, glowing gem above where the large gem split at. The most noticeable change was his right arm brace. The blade was now on the top instead of the bottom pointing to the right.
Archer stared in surprise. 'What the hell? What did he just do?'
Throwing away those questions, Archer drew the sword back before letting it fly at the now blue and silver being, but before it made contact, he suddenly vanished, causing the sword to impact the ground and explode.
'BBBOOOMMM!'
'What? Did he just teleport? No, that's impossible.' Archer thought to himself as he searched for his opponent until he sensed a presence in the air. He quickly traced a sword and drew it back before he aimed up into the air and saw the blue being floating in the air.
"There!" Archer shouted as he began to fire sword after sword at his opponent, but James suddenly started flying and dodging at speeds that were nearly impossible to keep track of. 'I see. This blue form increases his speed, agility, and reaction time. Before my sword hit him, he just moved faster then I could see.' Archer concluded in his head.
James then suddenly flew down and started flying towards Archer. Fixing his aim, he started shooting at him again, but then his blue opponent stopped and started to spin around in place while bringing his arms across his chest before he threw them outwards and lunched light arcs that were larger then the one he fired from his hand. The swords and light arcs clashed with each other, resulting in a light show of explosions above the shrine. Archer, however, couldn't trace his swords as fast as his opponent could lunch arcs of light and soon the arcs broke through the barrage of arrows and flew straight towards Archer.
He jumped away from the shrine just as the light arcs made contact with it, causing it to explode.
'BBOOMM!'
He began to trace another sword and was about to draw it back until he felt the force of a high-speed fist make contact with his face as the blue being flew past him before rocketing back to continue the assault. James continued flying back and forth until he suddenly flew up before placing his left foot out and delivered a flying kick to Archer's chest, sending him crashing into the ground.
'CRASH!'
James' Pov
Slowly descending to the ground, I landed in front of the crater made by me kicking Archer into the ground.
Groaning, he got out of the crater and glared at me. As I can't make an expression with my face, I just stared at him neutrally. After a minute, he spoke, "Hmph, you should have taken the chance to kill me. Not stand their like a..." I decided to cut him off. "Can I ask you something?"
Clearly, he wasn't expecting that and looked confused for a moment before resuming glaring at me. "What?" He asked
"I want to ask you something." I spoke again.
Silence filled the air until he sighed and dispersed his bow and sword. "Fine. I might as well answer one question you have. So, what is it?"
"What happened to you that made you so empty?" Confused, he turned towards me, but I then spoke, "Behind the corruption in your eyes, I can see a being that appears to have no soul. An empty being. Why are you like this?" Clearing that up, he looked at me for a bit before sighing and began to tell me about his life.
He began by telling me that most of his memories have disappeared, but one of them still lingered in his mind. "I remembered the flames and the pervasive stench of death. While hundreds died, I survived because of the man who I would come to call my father. However, the only thing that didn't survive was my soul. Being a survivor left me empty, so I decided to become what my father never could: A Hero of Justice. I thought that if I could find the same happiness he had when he found me, I could cure myself from this emptiness." He paused as if he remembered something painful. Then he continued.
"But that's when everything went wrong for me and opened my eyes to the truth that has made me this way. After forming a contract with the world, after I died, I became someone who kills people to protect humanity. I became the Embodiment of Justice: A Counter-Guardian. So I kept killing and killing, saving others, but not in the way I dreamed. That was the final straw, the final thing that showed me that I would never be able to fill this lack of a soul. I was to remain empty forever." He then looked at me before asking, "So, does that answer your question?"
Archer's Pov
I stared at him, waiting for the sympathy to come. That's what I was expecting, however, what came out of his mouth stopped me cold.
"I see. So both of us are somewhat the same."
'Same? Both of us... the same?' Everything stopped around me as I tried to comprehend what he just said. His words echoed in my head.
"I see. So both of us are somewhat the same."
My hands started to shake.
"So both of us are somewhat the same."
I traced Kanshou and Bakuya into my hands and gripped them tight.
"Are somewhat the same."
I felt a wave of an emotion I haven't felt in a long time: Rage.
"Same."
With that, I shot myself at him.
James' Pov
Suddenly, Archer shot straight towards me and I activated my sword and blocked his blades. "What the hell!? What's got you worked up!?" I shouted at him. He lifted his head up to look at me and for the first time since we started our battle, he was showing a noticeable emotion in his eyes: Rage.
"Shut up. Shut up! Shut the hell up! You think that we're the same!? Don't make me laugh!" He then kicked me in the stomach before delivering a series of slashes to me causing sparks to fly off. Although it didn't hurt, it did sting.
"HEH." I grunted before moving back a bit before I swung my blade and upon making contact with Archer's, they shattered. I then delivered a reverse kick to his chest before I rushed behind him, grabbed both his arms, and then slammed him to the ground.
"You need to calm down Archer!" I spoke to him, but all that did was piss him off even more. Suddenly, I felt something strike me across the back and knock me off him. Getting up, I suddenly found his black sword at my neck and him glaring murderously at me.
"If you think that talking to me will calm me down, then your a bigger fool then I thought! You don't know how it feels to be betrayed by your own ideals! You probably never had that happen to you once in your life!" He yelled as he inched the blade closer to my neck.
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I stayed silent for a bit lowering my head a little. "Your right. I've never went through something like that. Although, I may have ended up going down a similar path as you."
Archer still looked angry, but a little confused by what I said. "What do you mean?"
Clenching my hands, I spoke, "When I was just 12, a massive fire broke out in my home town and about 500 people were killed."
I then look back up at him before finishing. "I was one of the survivors."
His eyes suddenly widened and his sword fell to the ground before disappearing. Stumbling back, he just looked at me before I continued.
"The days after being in medical care, I got a look at the destruction it caused and the tears of those who lost someone or something precious. I felt that I shouldn't be one of the people that survived"
I remember the smoke rising from the town in the day and a younger me looking into a mirror with dead eyes and a knife in hand. Suddenly, my dad rushes in and takes the knife away. "So, I ended up throwing away all my emotions and tried to kill myself several times, but my parents managed to survive the fire as well and always stopped me."
The memory of me talking to my parents pops up before it ends with my dad places his left hand on my right shoulder and looks at me with a smile. "One day, I asked them why they cared about a life that shouldn't even be alive, my dad said it's because they loved me."
I then remember the friends I made and the people I helped. "After that, I soon regained the things I tried to throw away. I think that because I was able to find a way to fill the emptiness within me, I obtained a new reason to live. I didn't want joy from trying to save every single person because that's impossible for one guy, but instead, I wanted to help create a better tomorrow for others."
Looking at him, I finished, "Archer, I can't deny that what happened to you was horrible, but instead of being completely empty, fill it with the fact that other's are alive and have a future because of you." Archer looked down at his white sword, before giving a small smile to me.
"...I see. Maybe we're not too different after all. You were lucky to still have a family to save you from the path I took." He then gained a depressed look before continuing, "But I can't just let you walk off."
Looking down a bit, I spoke to him, "I see. Then I'm sorry, but I need to help my friends."
Looking back up at him, I asked one more thing, "Archer, can you please tell me your real name?" I prepared my sword of light as he closed his eyes before smiling at me and speaking, "Emiya, Shirou Emiya."
Nodding, I spoke as well, "It was nice meeting you, Shirou Emiya."
No one's Pov
The two then ran at each other and swung their respective swords once they met at the middle before they were facing away from each other with their arms stretched out. Silence filled the air until Emiya coughed out blood.
"COUGH!"
He then fell onto his back as James transformed back into his normal self and ran over to Emiya's side.
"Shirou!" He asked, concerned for him, but all Emiya did was hold his hand to stop him from talking before he spoke weakly, "Don't concern yourself with me, but your friends need you." He then pointed at the direction of the cave. James looked in that direction and saw an ominous, purple light glowing from it.
Steeling himself, he looked at Emiya before speaking, "Right. It was a pleasure to meet you, Shirou." He gave a smile and a nod, which James returned. He then stood up and took off to the cave, but not before looking back at the white-haired Archer. "Goodbye, Shirou Emiya." He spoke sadly before taking off to the cave.
As he felt himself disappearing, he thought to himself, 'James Waller, huh? He definitely led a better life then me, but still he does remind me of myself at his age.' Closing his eyes, Shirou Emiya, Archer of the Fifth Holy Grail War, disappeared.
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Next Time
"Hooo... So this is the one that defeated Archer?"
"Why do you look so sad?"
"I've made mistakes that have led to my country's ruin."
"Don't regret your mistakes. Instead, learn from them and make yourself a better person."
"Humanities future hasn't been destroyed, it's been incinerated!"
"As long as we stand, then the future is never gone!"
"NOOOOO!"
"Don't give up!"
Fate/Grand Order: Nexus
Chapter 2 - Lighting the Darkness - Fate
And that's a wrap! Sorry for the delay guys, CanadianRider got sick, so until he got better, I had to try my part and wait until he messaged me that he was feeling better before I could send him what I got done. But here it is. Also for those that don't know, the shorten poll (again, sorry about that) is over and the winner was my OC having a harem. Here's the one's who are currently going to be in it:
Gabrielle
Olga Marie
Mash
Artoria
Jeanne
Nero
Kiyohime
Medusa
Tamamo no Mae
Now before many of you complain about Saber x Shirou, I want to be one of those people who are different.
The big one rule with this is that if a female Servant falls in love with the character of the Fate/Grand Order game, then they will do the same in the story here, only with James. The younger Servant's will see him as an older brother of sort. The older female Servants will see him as like a little brother or a son.
Update - 11/2/2017: A reviewer spoke about how I should be carful with this harem business as it could threaten to dampen the story. So, I decided to base it around the game and the little knowledge I have about how some female Servants fall in love with the player. As for Artoria and Jenna, Nero, and Tamamo no Mae, well, they're staying because I can.
Also, did a bit of editing. Thank you and sorry about that.
Update - 11/5/2017: To match the 1st opening of Ultraman Nexus, I've changed the intro around a bit. Thanks!
Update - 3/28/2018: Did a bit of editing.
Update - 8/3/2018: Edited.
