Kamen Rider Record: The Will and Grand Order

by BlazeCore

2016… The year of when the world's destruction to an unknown force became known. To combat this, Chaldea was established in a secure location with a plan to stop this predicted future by correcting changes to the world's past. But this plan has brought an indirect involvement of the heroes of the present age along with the creation of Kamen Rider Record, the Will of History. R & R!

3. Chapter 1-2: First Order Pt 2

Disclaimer: I do not own the Fate Series or the Kamen Rider Franchise, but I do own the OC in this Story along with the devices I came up with. But the other OC appearing in this fic belongs to his respective owner.

Chapter 1-2: First Order Part 2

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Running through the ruined street of Fuyuki was the familiar form of the director of Chaldea, Olga Marie Animusphere. But the question was, why was she running away? Then the sound of constant clacking could be heard, following her. The fires revealed the horrific forms of her pursuers, which were a large number of skeleton soldiers armed with decrepit lances and sword. The soldiers chased after young woman through the street while hissing. The girl tried to keep her pace and speed despite being not the most athletic. Then she tripped and fell to her knees, feeling them scrape along with the palms of her hands. She looked up to see a wall of fire blocking her way, forcing the director to turn around with fear. Then she gritted her teeth and stood her ground before pointing her index finger at the undead squadron. A yellow magic glyph formed around her finger and aimed at the skeletons.

"Stay back!" shouted Olga Marie as her sigil fired a dark red bullet-like projectile at a skeleton soldier and the hit was successful, causing the undead soldier to disintegrate.

Now the situation was 100 or so -1 skeleton soldiers vs. 1 magus. The loss of their comrade did not dissuade the soldiers from killing her, but instead seemingly angered them more. Then the soldiers clattered loudly before charging at the director with their weapons raised high.

Realizing that her attempt at intimidation only provoked the undead soldiers, Olga Marie was forced to aim and fire off more shots of dark bullets at the charging squadron. Each shot managed to take out a soldier, but their numbers did not dwindle at all.

"Why do these kind of things always happens to me?" shouted/complained the director as she continued firing the spells in order to survive and decrease the number of skeleton soldiers. Then she heard the sound of clicking before turning to see a skeleton soldier standing on a streetlight before jumping off to attack the girl. With quick reaction, the director fired a spell bullet at the undead, but it twisted its body to dodge it. Realizing she was about to be killed, the girl screamed out for someone. "Save me, Lev!"

A clang was heard, then Olga Marie opened her eyes upon realizing she was fine. She looked up to the sight of Mashu blocking the attack of the sword wielding skeleton and overpowering its strength. She swung the longer end of her shield and smashed the skeleton to pieces before it disintegrated into light. After killing the undead soldier, the girl quickly charged into to fight the other skeletons.

"Mashu?" The director was dumbfounded by the appearance of the armored girl who was fighting the undead soldiers.

Mashu first took a sword swing head on, before smashing into the attacker, killing it. With quick movements, she ducked and swung the larger-than-her tower shield into another group of skeletons, killing them as well. She went on and killed a couple more skeletons with her shield with grace and ease until something smashed into a group of skeletons behind her, killing a couple while sending others stumbling. The object was revealing to be a bus sign that was recently uprooted.

A foot was heard jumping off a damaged car, then Aka was seen wielding a traffic light above his head before smashing a skeleton with it. He joined in the fight with Mashu swinging the former-safety light with ease and smashed several skeletons to pieces with the makeshift club. He ducked under as swing and used the light to block an attack behind him. He let go of the light lantern and kicked it into the skeleton soldier with incredible impact. Sending the undead along with those behind it into a large piece of debris, killing them all upon impact. "RAAGGHHH!" shouted the redhead as he took out his combat knife and stabbed the skeleton who attacked him earlier through its skull before smashing another to pieces with the sole of his snow boot. After ducking under another slash, he grabbed the hand and kneed the skeleton in the spine before stealing its sword with its skeletal hand still holding it. He swung the weapon in a windmill, causing the remaining skeletons to shatter and disintegrate. Then Mashu smashed last one with her shield, creating a crater. She jumped out of the crater, carrying her shield with no exhaustion in her step.

The armored girl approached her Master who rested the stolen blade on his shoulder and he turned to her. She and Aka nodded to each other before turning to see the director of Chaldea still sitting stunned from their performance in battle. The two ran to her side with a bit of worry on their faces.

"Director, are you hurt?"

"What is going on?" asked the young woman as she stood up after she snapped from her shock.

"This is Singularity F. Fuyuki, 2004. It may be hard to believe, but I…" answered Mashu hesitantly.

"You're a Demi-Servant, right? I can tell just by looking at you. What I want to know is, why it didn't it succeed until now!" stated the director as she stood up.

"I'm sure you know that Chaldea prepared a Servant beforehand in order to resolve the investigation of Singularity F. Right before I died, he offered me a contract: in exchange for giving me the abilities of a Heroic Spirit and Noble Phantasm, he wanted me to eliminate the cause of the Singularity. So I merged with the Servant to become a Demi-Servant." Mashu recalled the memory of the spirit of what appeared to be a knight whose identity was shadowed. Near her was Aka who was unconscious and the mark on his left hand was glowing red.

"And this unknown commoner has become your Master?" Olga Marie turned to Aka before realizing she didn't recognize him. "Wait… who are you?"

Aka quickly responded with a salute and stood straight. "Sir! I am Cybernetically engineered and enhanced Soldier, 00041, designation: Aka!"

"A weaponized soldier? What are you doing in Chaldea?" asked Olga Marie who was not pleased with the information of the redhead teen in front of her being a weaponized soldier since they were known and good for only two things, fighting and killing. She turned to the sight of the embedded bus sign which was used as a makeshift throwing weapon. An obvious sign that the teen in front of her was telling the truth that he was a created soldier.

"I was welcomed by the 48th potential master, Mister Syforce, sir! I also attended the conference today!" shouted the redhead as his voice was raised louder.

Olga Marie grew angrier upon learning the information before turning away with a glare. "That commoner who had the gall to sleep during my lecture? I'll deal with him when this is all over…"

"Um sir… what is a Master?" asked Aka who looked a bit nervous despite his flat expression.

"What?! You came here not knowing what a Master is?" shouted Olga Marie as she turned to face him in disbelief.

"My deepest apologies, sir!" shouted Aka as he stood ramrod straight with a bit of perspiration running down from his forehead. "I was actually dragged into here along with Mashu and Fou! Even before that, my knowledge on what you mention about the term 'Master' is a bit limited, sir!"

"Even though you also attended the conference today?"

The redhead twisted his face into a nervous expression. "I… wasn't awake while you talked, sir. Please excuse me for my poor actions."

Olga Marie gave an exasperated face and palmed her face due to the fact that there was a second fool who slept through her lecture. "*Sigh* I'll let that slide for now… Aka, was it? Can you show me the top of your left hand?"

Aka gave a confused look before silently concluding that the director must know something. "Understood, sir." The redhead took off the black fingerless glove he wore over his left hand. Underneath was a red tattoo which was a coat of arms shield with an R in the center of it. The weaponized soldier widened his eyes in surprise since he never remembered the tattoo. "Huh? I don't remember having this tattoo."

"That is a Command spell, it is proof of your status as a Master. Aka. Since this is an emergency, I will acknowledge your contract with Kyrielite." The redhead looked visibly relieved that he received the director's approval. "But from here on you'll be taking orders from me."

"Yes sir." Aka saluted and his face gave a serious tone.

"And don't salute." The director ordered causing the redhead to relax his arm with his face looking a bit unsure. "…First, we build a base camp, I guess. Next, we'll need to find a leyline terminal with an abundance of mana." Olga Mare cupped her chin while planning their next course of action. "From there we should be able to contact Chaldea. Then, we can figure out what's…"

Mashu walked to Aka's side while sensing something about the ground under the director. "Director, just letting you know... you're standing on a ley line." Mashu pointed out.

"You can tell, Mashu?" asked Aka who was oblivious about the ground their superior was standing on.

"Yes, I can sense it from where the director is standing." Mashu said with a smile.

"But to find it before you had to point it out… your sensory skill is incredible, sir!" Aka praised catching the young woman by surprise.

"Eh? Ah…it seems so. Yes, I knew that all along!" Marie boasted though there was a hint of nervousness since it was by luck that she happened to stand on the Ley line. Then she gestured to the Demi-Servant. "Mashu, put your shield on the ground. I'll need a Noble Phantasm as a catalyst to establish a summoning circle."

"A summoning circle? How is that supposed to help us reconnect to HQ, sir?" asked Aka as he scratched his head with confusion evident on his face. Though magic was still a new concept to him, the redhead didn't understand how it could allow them to connect to Chaldea where it was in another period of time.

The director smirked internally as she confidently stated to the redhead, "You'll see soon enough… Mashu?"

"Understood. Here." The armored girl placed the massive cross shield onto where Olga Marie stood. Then the director raised her hand which glowed blue and soon a reaction took place as the shield also glowed blue. Then a magic sigil formed over the shield much to the amazement of Aka and Mashu. "This…is exactly the same as the summoning test site in Chaldea…" Then the director rolled up her sleeve and pressed on the device to connect to the control room of Chaldea.

Then the circle flashed to form a pillar that became a visual screen to reveal the face of Roman sitting at a console and Yule leaning over near him.

"I finally got through! Hello, can you hear me?" asked the Doctor with worry.

"Doctor Archaman! Mister Syforce!" Aka looked surprised at their appearances, but he was relieved that they were fine.

"Aka! Mashu! You two are all right! Thank goodness…" Yule said with relief.

Roman showed a concerned face. "So you two did get caught in that Rayshift. Without being in a coffin, you had to withstand it while conscious…"

"Why have you taken control, Romani? And why is that substitute commoner with you?" Olga Marie asked with a stern tone since she wasn't expecting the head doctor of Chaldea at the controls. Much less that normal civilian who dared sleep during her lecture.

"D-Director! You're alive?!" Roman was surprised that she was still fine, despite all the damage and destruction done to the Central control room containing Chaldeas. Meanwhile, Yule just ignored the comment though he had a disgruntled face.

"What are you talking about? Why is the head of the medical section in that chair? Where is Lev?" demanded the director whose patience was thinning.

"…Professor Lev was right in the middle of that explosion that took place in the central control room." Roman reported with a regretful expression. "I can't see any hope of his survival."

"No…" Olga Marie was shocked at the loss of the man while looking ready to cry.

"Was there something between Professor Lev and the director?" whispered a concerned Aka who noticed her obvious reaction.

"From what I know, Sempai, Professor Lev helped the director with a lot of things in Chaldea, so she looks to him for support." Mashu whispered back.

"I see… So he must have been someone very important to her." Aka muttered as he remembered the painful faces of some soldiers who cried at the loss of friends or family or both. He also remembered a certain man who spared him and gave him a reason to live, only to leave him one day in a flash of light.

"The reason I have been entrusted with the operational command is because there isn't anyone left who outranks me."

"And we're down on a lot of people! About most of the staff had been taken out by the bombing!" stated Yule with a pained look, seeing the number of dead bodies and human remains nearly made him throw up.

"What about the master potentials? What happened to the 47 people who were in the Coffins?!" asked Olga Marie with a distressed look.

"All of them are in critical condition."

Aka gave a knowing expression since he had seen similar life signs with normal soldiers wounded in combat. "And given the amount of time has passed, they'll…"

"Don't be foolish!" shouted Olga Marie, surprising the people present. Then she more her arm forward as a gesture of direction. "Transfer them to cryopreservation immediately! Our top priority is to ensure their survival!"

The doctor understood what she meant, since that would keep them alive even in their heavily wounded conditions. "I do it immediately! Yule! Help me gather as many people as possible!" shouted Roman as he got out of the chair and ran off.

"Got it!" The silver-haired young man ran off with the doctor.

After watching that, Mashu turned to Olga Marie with worry since that her order could be considered criminal. "Director… You do realize that-"

"As long as they don't die, this can be justified later. I can't possibly carry the burden of 47 lives on my back." The girl said as she bit her nail in frustration.

Aka gave a concerned look and furrowed his brows before stating the reality of the situation to the leader of Chaldea. "Sir, that is the sort of risk any leader has to carry. Besides, the number of people in this operation… Just losing one or two is a possibility. I was lucky to have Mashu at my side when someone attacked us with some sort of artillery." Aka pointed out.

"Sempai…" Mashu turned to the redhead whose face was firm and even when he said his words.

Olga Marie grabbed his collar and shoved the former soldier into the side of a wrecked car. "Don't talk like that! Lives are precious, so don't treat them like some statistic on paper!"

"…Stating that is what a true leader should say and believe, sir." Aka said calmly with a relaxed face.

"Huh?" Olga Marie was stunned by his word causing her to let go of him.

"I apologize for my words, sir." Aka stood straight while giving a bow to her. "But I just needed to understand your belief as a leader." Aka stated as he walked past his superior. "Try to be strong, Director. I will set up a perimeter around here while Doctor Archaman and Mister Syforce work. There's no telling if whoever attacked Mashu and me will attack us again. Mashu, protect the director here." The redhead tore the uprooted bus sign from its place and rested it on his shoulder.

"But sempai, no matter how skilled and strong you are, you can't handle a Servant!" shouted Mashu. "So I must…"

The redhead gave a stern look at the girl causing her stop in place, though he relaxed it. He smiled a bit and tried to reassure her. "Look, it's not an absolute order. But the director's life is more important than a washed out weaponized soldier." Then the redhead walked further away.

"Sempai…"

"Don't worry, I know when a fight is too much for me. As my father once said, 'Retreating from battle isn't cowardice, it's a wish to live.' Besides, I'm only setting up a perimeter, so I'll be back soon." He said before running off into a distance.

"Sempai, wait!" shouted Mashu but her words were ignored as he continued to run off with Fou watching as well before it decided to join him by running and jumping onto his shoulder.

Olga Marie gave a contemplating look before she folded her arms and sighed. "That idiot… Can't he see that he's important to Chaldea's goals?" She turned to the girl with the shied. "Mashu, if you sense a servant nearby, do not hesitate to leave me to protect him."

"Director…" Mashu said with surprise evident on her face. The director was not one to take risky chances, much less put her life at risk for others.

"Even if it's by chance he became a Master, I rather not lose our only hope in ending this anomaly." Olga Marie stated while turning around.

Mashu gave a surprised look before nodding with a smile in confirmation. "Understood!"

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Back at where Aka was, he walked through the desolate street of Fuyuki while carrying the stolen sword and the uprooted bus sign. Being unfamiliar with his whereabouts, the redhead left markings by smashing noticeable parts which each turn he made. Fou sat on his shoulder with a bored look on its face before it turned towards a certain direction with a glare.

"Fou? What is the matter?" asked the redhead with a confused look

Then he heard something loud coming near him before feeling a tremor from where he stood. The weaponized soldier made an alarmed look when he felt the source was coming from one of the buildings. He quickly jumped a far distance from where he stood as the building from his left side exploded outwards due a very large body smashing through it.

The redhead prepared his weapons and held them in front of him to fight whatever came out. "What the?" But what he saw was not what he expected.

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Back at where Mashu and Olga Marie stood, they listened to Roman and Yule after they returned with some news.

"… And that is my report. Currently, Chaldea has lost 80% of all functions. Once communication with the outside are restored, I'll request supplies and start reconstructing Chaldea. That's our current status." Roman reported as the control room was being repaired by the remaining technical employees.

"Fine, Romani Archaman. I'm not happy about it, but until I get back, you're in charge of Chaldea." The director instructed.

"Roger, but still… a Demi-Servant, a fusion of a Heroic Spirit and a human… I can't believe it succeeded at a time like this. And the Master is also a weaponized sold- Wait, where is Aka?!"

"That soldier? He left us to make a perimeter around here. But I'll give him credit if he's smart enough to run." The director scoffed.

Yule made a worried expression upon learning the redhead's whereabouts. That only meant one thing... "Wait, you let Aka go off?! Find a way to get him back here! Whenever he goes off to place a perimeter, trouble will find him!"

"What sort of nonsense are you spouting, commoner?" Olga Marie stated while Mashu made an alarmed look before turning in the direction of whatever she sensed. Then a loud crash was heard near them. "Huh?"

The two turned around and saw an odd sight of what appeared to be another undead warrior except it was wearing an orange trimmed jacket with a light eye pattern glowing on its chest, followed by it hooded face glowing with two eerie black, almost alien eyes. The ghost-like warrior had a black mist following it and it was staring at the two Chaldea members. Near the ghost soldier, there was a pile of rubble and junk knocked over.

Olga Marie realized the danger and turned to Mashu with an order. "Mashu! Take it down! But be careful!"

"Understood!" shouted the girl before she charged the warrior with her shield at the ready to attack the undead warrior. Then she jumped and prepared to smash the long end of her shield into him.

But what she didn't expect was the undead to start talking.

"Wait! Wait! Wait! I'm not here to fight!" shouted the warrior in a male voice with his hands raised in a surrendering and panicking fashion.

"Huh?!" Mashu wondered before she let gravity take her and the ghost warrior had to jump out of the way as a rock was pulverized behind him. He rolled on the ground before standing on his feet while raising his hands again to show that he didn't want to fight.

"Wait for a moment, and let me talk!" shouted the warrior.

Then Mashu placed her shield in front of her while looking suspicious of the suddenly talking undead. "Aren't you here to kill us?"

"Kill you!? Of course not!" responded the warrior as he still had his hands up. "I'm only here to talk to you since you two are the only other humans I met in this city!"

"Human? You don't seem like one." Mashu stated while sizing up the ghost-like warrior who still had an eerie darkness and his mask glowed a bit due to the dark.

"Oh, you have a good point. I forgot how this form usually scares people. Hold on." Then the warrior moved to an odd looking belt on his waist before opening its lid and taking out an eye-like sphere. Then he closed the lid as the belt announced.

"OYASUMI!"

Then the ghost-like warrior glowed before his form dispersed to reveal a young man with short light brown hair wearing a kimono with a hood and tight looking black pants. He gave a friendly smile to the girl in front him. "See? Human." He tried to walk forward only for the girl to point her shield at him. "Eh?"

"What are you? To shift between that ghost form and human means that you really aren't an ordinary human." asked Mashu who did not expect the warrior to transform into a human form. This only made her more suspicious of the person in front of her.

The young man raised his hands in surrender while sighing that he didn't make any progress. "I'm actually human! Please, believe me!"

Meanwhile, Olga Marie and Roman were stunned by the new information about the warrior while observing the exchange between the two.

"What in the world? What is that guy?" wondered Roman.

"He's obviously not human if he could transform into human form so easily." Olga Marie said with an unamused look.

Yule squinted his eyes with interest as if trying to remember what made him believe the young man's words. Then he laid his eyes on the bulky belt buckle before widening his eyes in realization about what the young man was. How could he miss it? The sudden belt announcement should had given his identity away. "Actually, I think he's a-"

Then Mashu gave a surprised gasp before turning in a direction before a crash of wood splintering and stone smashed apart, finally with the roar of some sort of beast.

"What was that?" wondered the male as he also turned in the direction of the sounds that continued to take place.

Suddenly alarms went off from where Roman and Yule were before the doctor typed into the console to analyze what was going on. After typing in the commands, Roman made a disturbed face. "You three, get out there right now!" shouted the doctor.

Then in front of the young man and Mashu, a building's door was smashed through by the two bodies. Then the two bodies revealed to be Aka with just the bus sign equipped, but the person who landed with him was an oddly dressed warrior in a neon pink bodysuit with a neon green belt buckle along with strange looking white hammer with a green head.

"Sempai!" shouted Mashu.

"Ex-Aid!" shouted the young man then a roar was heard.

Loud footsteps could be heard followed by the building in front of them was smashed apart by a large goliath with dark skin and red markings. The massive and heavily muscular man stood heads tall of the two and roared with anger before attacking with his weapon which appeared to be a stone slab. The two quickly split up to dodge the attack, Aka charged forward to smash the goliath with his makeshift weapon while his unknown helped jumped high to smash the muscular man with his hammer. But the goliath quickly reacted by smacking the pink warrior with the blunt end of his weapon into a building while swinging his left fist at Aka, who forced to block the blow with the sign. Upon taking the hit, Aka was thrown back and crashed into a car, coughing up a blood.

"Master!" shouted Mashu before she jumped a large distance and placed herself between the goliath and her master. The massive man swung his stone slab sword into her shield and Mashu held her ground, causing dust to erupt around them. He entered a continuous barrage of sword smashes to break her guard, forcing the armored girl to hold her defense. Though the Demi-Servant felt she couldn't hold her guard any longer, she knew that if she got out of the way then Aka would be in danger.

Realizing that the two need help, the young man took out the white and black sphere and pressed in the left side of it with his right thumb. Then he opened the lid of his belt before inserting the sphere into the belt buckle. After closing it, an new announcement was made.

"EYE! BATCHIRIMINĀ!" Then a black mist formed from the belt before a ghost-like jacket came out, the same jacket that the young man was wearing earlier in his ghost warrior form.

Then then young man pulled on the lever located at his right-hand side before he held his hands in front of his chest with his index and middle fingers out representing his calm mind and clarity before he shouted, "Henshin!" Then he pushed in the lever.

"KAIGAN: ORE! LET'S GO! KAKUGO! GHO-GHO-GHO-GHOST! GO! GO! GO! GO!" Then black mist covered the young man before he was armored in black armor with clear-plastic-like parts on his body covering a dimly lit eye symbol on his chest. His mask was featureless and a black back plate. Then the armored young man was slouched forward as the jacket ghost put itself onto his armored form before the mask lit up with an orange glow and black eyes and a blue horn. Then ghost warrior took off his hood, and he charged forward as a double edged sword materialized in his right hand.

Back at Mashu's side, she held her shield but felt her grip on her shield was slipping and soon the goliath will break her guard. Then the ghost warrior jumped in and deflected the attack from the goliath by swinging his blade into the stone slab. With a quick swing up, the warrior slashed across the man's chest, causing blood to spill from the cut. But then the cut healed extremely quickly, much to the warrior's surprise.

"What?! He healed from that?!" Then the ghost warrior was grabbed by the goliath's large hand, and he was being crushed to death by him.

Suddenly, a bus sign smashed into the goliath's face, making him stumble for a bit. Seeing her chance, Mashu took her shield and smashed into the massive man with a body blow, sending him into an abandoned building and forcing him to let go of his victim.

"Are you all right?" asked Mashu as she turned to check on the ghost warrior who was on the ground.

"Ugh... Fine. I never imagined getting nearly crushed by a large man though." The warrior coughed though he was fine and he stood up.

"Tch, bastard hits harder than a charging steam train." Aka stated as he wiped his lip of blood while standing tall.

"Sempai, you're fine!" shouted Mashu who was relieved that he didn't die on impact from the punch.

"Yeah, but focus! That bastard is not down for the count!" warned the former soldier with caution still present in his narrowed eyes. "Though he is a strange one, I stabbed him in the heart with my sword and he's still standing strong."

"That's because he's a Servant, Sempai. You can't kill them that easily. And from how he acted…" As she spoke the behemoth now identified as a Servant was slowly standing up before roaring at his targets. "He's a Berserker Class."

"Berserker? I'm not really familiar with the term. Either way, he's coming!" warned Aka. The ghost warrior got back onto his feet while Mashu readied her shield. The three braced for impact as the Giant jumped from where he landed with his weapon raised behind his head. Then he was struck from the air back a rocket-like projectile and sent crashing into another building.

The projectile was revealed to be a flying mechanical fist propelled by a rocket thruster. The flying fist returned to its wielder which was revealed to be the pink warrior now wearing addition red chest plating along with his mask gained a red plating along with a golden V crest.

"Direct hit!" cheered the pink warrior as the mechanical fist attached to his left arm.

"Mashu! Hit him while he's down!" ordered Aka.

"Understood!" Mashu jumped a high distance with her shield raised above her head.

"Yosh! Let me help!" Then the ghost warrior pulled and pushed in the lever with another announcement taking place.

"DAI KAIGAN: ORE OMEGA DRIVE!" Then the warrior held his hands into a triangle shape as a light projection of a large eye. Then he jumped into the air with the eye symbol.

Mashu let gravity take effect and swung the long end of her shield down into the goliath's head, shattering concrete and kicking up dust. Then the ghost warrior aimed his right foot towards the top end of her shield and smashed into it with an orange explosion of light, creating a bigger crater and crushing the giant's head. The Demi-Servant and the warrior jumped back as the goliath slowly raised his massive hand, but suddenly the hand fell, signaling that the massive man finally defeated. Then his body slowly disappeared into a purple light till there was no trace of him.

"He disappeared without a trace? Is that how Servants die?" wondered Aka aloud.

"Yes and no, Sempai. Berserker merely returned to the Throne of Heroes, a realm where all Heroic Spirits rest."

"I see…"

"Besides that, are you all right? You took a hit from one of the strongest Servants."

Aka rolled his arm a bit to test for any injuries or inconveniences. "It seems my left arm is fine."

"That isn't what I meant..." Mashu said.

"The Throne of Heroes?" wondered the ghost warrior as he took out another sphere like his original one, but it appeared grayed out. "Could that be where everyone disappeared to?"

"Phew, that was a close one!" shouted the unknown pink warrior before he jogged to the Master and Servant pair and the warrior. "Hey! Are you two all right?"

"Thank you for the assistance. Um… who are you?" asked Mashu who did not recognize the man.

"Oh, right. I'm Kamen Rider Ex-Aid! A hero from the future!" stated the warrior now identifying himself as Ex-Aid while flicking his hand. "And this is my friend, Kamen Rider Ghost. He also comes from the future!"

"…" Mashu gave a flat look at what she thought was a gaudy person in odd armor before turning to the ghost warrior who waved. She turned to Aka who had a similar expression. "Sempai, where did you pick up this person?"

"Eh?"

"Well… I first found him when that giant came through a building while I was setting up the perimeter." Aka recalled at the odd sight of Ex-Aid holding for dear life with his arms wrapped around the head of Berserker. "He had his arms wrapped around the Servant's head and he screamed while the goliath tried to shake him off. I managed to help him at the cost of my sword. But his armor is a strange sight along with Ghost's." The redhead never met anyone with such a colorful armor set, even the custom made armors of some of the weaponized soldiers he met never had such colors, though it was because that made them too bid of a target.

"Indeed, and they definitely are not Servants." Mashu stated before they turned back to them with suspicious looks.

The pink armored warrior known as Ex-Aid felt a bit nervous upon realizing the pair don't trust him. "H-Hey! Quit it with the staring!"

"Aw, come on! Didn't we just establish that we're not enemies?" complained Ghost as he sighed into a crouch.

"Mashu! Aka! Bring those two over here!" ordered Olga Marie, who stood near the communication hologram showing Yule and Roman. She seemed fine despite the amount of tremors and dust clouds that were caused by the earlier scuffle.

"Understood!" responded the two before Aka grabbed Ex-Aid by moving his arm behind his back and pushed him towards her. Meanwhile, Mashu lifted Ghost up by the back of his jacket and walked forward as his feet dangled from the ground.

"H-Hey! Ouch! Quit it with the pushing!" shouted Ex-Aid in pain.

"Whoa! You're surprisingly strong." Ghost commented as he was being held.

Then the two were unceremoniously dropped in front of the director who had her arms folded.

"You called yourself, Ex-Aid and Ghost, correct? Do you know where we are?" asked the director.

"We're in some place called Fuyuki, right? Though… this is the first time, I went into the past…" Ex-Aid said as he scratched his head.

"Wait, you also traveled into the past? But why?" asked Olga Marie though she did looked doubtful of his story.

The warrior's eyes made a sad expression as he looked down. "*Sigh* Because where we came from… our present was destroyed…"

"He's not wrong... One moment we were fighting a large group of monsters, then the next... the world was bathed in fire." Ghost supported his friend's story.

Mashu gave a shocked look along the director and doctor after learning this information.

"What was the date you came from?" demanded Olga Marie who needed to be sure they were telling the truth.

"December 2016." Ex-Aid answered as he sat, still sad about his time's destruction along with Ghost.

"The predicted time frame!" shouted Roman.

"That means… they really are from the future…" said Yule. "Though it is unsurprising to see them here since they are Kamen Riders."

"Huh? Wait Mister Syforce, you know about Ex-Aid's and Ghost's origins?" asked Aka with a curious look.

"Of course. Kamen Riders are actually a famous group of warriors who have been dealing with several crises back in Japan and some parts of the world. They are more or less the more public group of supernatural experts." Yule said with a smile.

"He's not wrong there, director. Hasn't the Mage's Association been having trouble keeping up with the oddly large number incidents involving Japan and the world?" asked Roman who remembered reading several reports of incidents from Zawame City to the mysterious appearance of the beetle-like warrior.

"Though the most recent Kamen Rider should have been that police detective, what was his name…?" wondered Yule since he remembered watching a news report about the identity of the police Kamen Rider.

"Oh, you must mean Tomari-san!" Ghost said with a smile under his mask. He had been in contact with the Kamen Rider ever since their last team up.

"Focus on the topic at hand, commoners. If these… Riders are to be believed, then we may have a clue at who destroyed the future of Humanity." The director stated with an authoritative tone.

"Um… before you can continue questioning us, can you at least tell me who you people are?" asked Ex-Aid with curiosity as he stood up with his friend.

"He does have a point, Director." Roman stated. "We can't have our new friends be mistrusting of us."

"*Sigh* True. I am Olgamally Animusphere, Director of Chaldea. The cybernetic soldier with the red hair is Aka, our first Master. The girl in armor is Mashu Kyrielite, a Demi-Servant. The useless-looking man at the console behind me is our head of medicine, Doctor Romani Archaman. And the commoner is the 48th master potential."

"Hey! At least say my name!" shouted Yule who did not like the introduction she made of him. "And my name is Yule Syforce Lumiventus, nice to meet you, Ex-Aid and Ghost."

"So mind telling us who you are? We know your titles, but you must have actual names." Olga Marie asked while expecting the armored men in front of them reveal their identities.

"Of course!" Then Ex-Aid pulled the pink handle on his belt to cover the screen which had an electronic picture of him, before he also pulled out two cartridges from the left side of his belt. Then Ghost followed his lead and took out the sphere once more.

Next, the belt announced, "CLICK TO SAVE!" followed by Ghost's belt, "OYASUMI!" Then the game-based armor disintegrated to reveal the form of a young man with tame black hair wearing a doctor's jacket with an odd-looking stethoscope hanging around his neck. His clothes underneath consisted of a yellow shirt with black work pants and a name tag with his ID.

"My name is Emu Hojo, a trainee in pediatrics working at Seito University Hospital! I'm pleased to meet you all!" Then the young man bowed to them in respect.

"Takeru Tenkuji, a ghost hunter of the Daitenku Temple! I'm also pleased to meet you all!" The younger man said with a smile and also with a quicker bow. Unnoticed by the group, Roman and Olga Marie's eyes widened in response to his last name.

"A doctor trainee? And that armor… are you even human?" asked Roman who was a bit stunned at who the young man was.

"Of course I am! This belt and this Gashat are what help me transform!" Emu stated while gesturing to his belt and the pink cartridge he held in his right hand. The cartridge was titled: Might Action X.

"A game-based Kamen Rider who is also a doctor? That's an unexpected combo." Yule commented.

"I know, but he's going to be a good doctor! Without him, I would have died." Takeru said with smile.

"That's because you were too reckless with that attack!" Emu gave his friend a nonchalant slap on the shoulder.

"Ahem." Olga Marie coughed into her hand which caused the two to shut up and pay attention to her. "Back to the topic at hand, Emu Hojo, will you lend us your power in dealing with the disturbance in time and future endeavors?"

"Of course, Director! If there is a way to save my present and humanity's future, I will do what I can to help!" said Emu with a smile and a bow to the group.

"He's quite the eager one…" Roman commented with a smile.

"And you, Takeru Tenkuji, was it? Is your father, Ryu Tenkuji?" asked the director as a faint memory of an older man who looked similar to Takeru. The young man in front of her actually shared his friendly smile.

The young man was surprised at the young woman who seemed to be around his age named his father. He wondered how she knew about him so he decided to respond. "Yes, he's my father."

"So he really is the second founder's son..." Roman muttered though he smiled because fate had allowed them to meet.

"I see... Then will you help me as your father helped mines?" asked Olga Marie.

"Eh? My father helped yours?" asked Takeru with surprise though he did hear from Onari, his caretaker, that his father did some other works with different associates from all over the world before he settled at the temple one day, probably after marrying his mother.

Olga Marie nodded. "Yes, without him then Chaldeas' time travel theory would have been delayed and we wouldn't have met you here. So will you lend me, no, us a hand in this crisis?" She offered her hand to him.

Takeru gave her offer some thought before he smiled and nodded. "Of course, the future is still burning bright! We'll save it!" Then he shook her hand with his bright smile still present.

The smile seemed to lift everyone's spirits and Mashu gave a smile before realizing something missing. "That's right! Where's Fou, sempai?"

"Now that you mention it…" Aka also realized that he lost track of the creature during his fight with Berserker.

"Fou!" The white-furred creature appeared from behind a wrecked car and jumped onto Emu's shoulder.

"Huh?! What the?" wondered Emu as the creature climbed onto the top of his shoulder before jumping towards Aka, landing on his head. Then it traveled off of his head and landed on his right shoulder. "W-What sort of animal is that?"

"This is Fou, Emu-san." Mashu said as she petted its head.

"Fou?" Emu wondered before he approached to look at the furred creature.

"Is it some sort of Youkai?" wondered Takeru though the creature snorted in anger at his assumption. "Uh sorry, I guess you aren't one, Fou-san." The young man smiled and scratched the back of his head in embarrassment.

Meanwhile, the director was turned to Roman and Yule after deciding their next course of action. "Well then, starting now, both Aka, Mashu Kyrielite, Emu Hojo, and Takeru Tenkuji will begin investigation on Singularity F." Olga Marie said before turning to the four who gave determined looks upon noticing her attention was on them. "Although this team consists of inexperienced members, the mission will be to discover the source of this singularity's existence."

"I wish you luck, if an emergency comes up, please contact me." Roman said.

"Hmph! We can send an SOS, but nobody will come save us."

"But Director-" Then Olga Marie cut the signal off, interrupting the doctor's protest.

"Director, are you sure about this? We could wait here for help instead." Mashu said.

"But Mashu, the Director has a point. What sort of help can we hope to get after the bombing?" Aka stated with a logical point.

"Bombing?" asked Emu with a confused expression.

"That's right, you don't know what happened back at Chaldea." Mashu said. "The team that was supposed to be on this mission got caught in a bombing. It left most of them in critical condition, leaving just me and sempai."

"That same bombing has also reduced the staff in Chaldea." Aka said.

"That's horrible." Takeru said with a sad tone.

"But there is more to that, you four. After this incident, I can imagine how much protest we'll get from the Association. We can't go home empty-handed. Understand?" asked Olga Marie.

"Roger!" responded Mashu.

"Understood, sir!" Aka said with a confirmed nod.

"R-Roger!" shouted Emu with a nervous tone as he stood awkwardly straight.

"Got it!" Takeru nodded with an affirmed tone.

"*Sigh* I never the day would come when I'd have to rely on a commoner. Much less a common foot soldier." Olga Marie did not like the circumstances at hand. Then the five heard a beeping sound and the director rolled up her wrist to reactivate her connection to Chaldea. "What is it? Can't you see how annoying-"

"Please get away from there right now!" shouted Roman.

Aka and Mashu gave alarmed looks before the redhead heard the sound of chains at a long distance with the sound coming closer. Mashu also sensed the danger and turned around with an alarmed look. "I'm detecting signs of an enemy! This is… a Servant!"

"Servant?" asked Emu.

"And it appears they're getting closer! Sir, we have to move now! Mister Hojo, Mister Tenkuji, transform and move!"

"Uh, right!" Emu took out his cartridge and pressed the button on it causing a screen titled Mighty Action X behind him to form, and the area around them received a digitized analyzation.

"MIGHTY ACTION X!"

Then thousands of blocks were summoned forth from the screen and scattered throughout the area around them. A wind blew as the doctor smiled with eagerness. "Let's do this!" shouted the Rider as he made motions and turned his upper body back with the cartridge in his hand.

Meanwhile, Takeru took out his sphere once more and indented it into the sphere causing its iris to change into a letter which was G. Then he placed the sphere into the open belt before pulling the orange lever, causing the jacket ghost to form.

"EYE!"

"Henshin!" shouted Emu and Takeru. Then the medical intern passed the cartridge into his left hand then inserting it into the slot closest to the center of his belt. At the same time, the ghost hunter pushed in the lever on his right side causing the armor to form over his body along with a black mist.

"KAIGAN: ORE! LET'S GO! KAKUGO! GHO-GHO-GHO-GHOST! GO! GO! GO! GO!" As the announcement took place, the armored young man slouched forward as the jacket ghost put itself onto his armored form before the mask lit up with an orange glow and black eyes and a blue horn.

"GASHAT! LET'S GAME! METCHA GAME! MUTCHA GAME! WHAT'S YOUR NAME?!" As the belt announced, Emu tapped on a screen with the face of his Rider form. The screen flipped forward and expanded before placing itself onto his face and changing his very body. "I'M A KAMEN RIDER!" A white and black-striped armored glove, a white and black-striped armored boots, and his face helmet formed from the light. But what the group did not expect was that this form was something akin to a super deformed state from what they saw the Rider earlier as.

"Eh? What's with that form?! That isn't what we saw you before!" shouted Olga Marie.

"Now's not the time for that, Sir! We need to leave! Mister Tenkuji!" shouted Aka.

"Got it! Now, excuse me." Ghost said before he quickly lifted the director into a princess carry before jumping into the air in order to fly above the debris. Then Ex-aid followed him by jumping onto one of the brown brick-like blocks around them. Aka and Mashu followed suit and ran at incredible speed away from their area with the Kamen Riders following them.

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"Mashu, can you tell me why is there other Servants besides you and Berserker?" asked Aka as he jumped over a car with Mashu following his pace.

"It's a Holy Grail War!" responded the Mashu as she jumped over a piece of debris.

"A Holy Grail War?" Ex-Aid repeated the armored girl's words as he ran near them at the same speed before jumping over an obstacle. "Is that some sort of big secret war?"

"Yes! It's been confirmed that in 2004, a special ritual called the 'Holy Grail War' took place in this city. A Holy Grail is a magic vessel that contains the foundation of all forms of magic." Mashu explained further as they ran.

Aka gave a perplexed face before asking the girl. "As in…?"

"It grants wishes." Mashu simplified.

"Wishes? Wow, I can almost imagine the number of games I can wish for…" Ex-Aid though aloud while imagining the number of games titles he could get for free.

"Is that what you see it as?! With the Holy Grail, you can have any wish you want!" shouted Olga Marie who angrily admonished the super deformed Rider's idiotic wish.

"Wishes, huh? I'm not really interested, but it seems like others would." Aka said while sliding under a low hanging debris.

"You're not wrong, wishes can drive people, and a wish granting machine sounds too good to pass up." Ghost said since he had experienced such an incident before.

"Correct, Sempai and Ghost-san. Magi in the city of Fuyuki completed a Holy Grail, and summoned Seven Heroic Spirits to activate it. These Spirits are placed into seven Servant classes: Saber, Lancer, Archer, Caster, Rider, Assasssin, and Berserker. The seven magi contracted to these Servants become Masters. Then they battle it out, and in the end the survivor obtained the Holy Grail."

"A battle royale for a wish? That kind of reminds me of the conflict that one of my sempai got involved in during his time as a Kamen Rider." Ex-Aid commented as he descended from a block before running by the Master and Demi-Servant. "So which class are you, Mashu-san?"

"None!" Mashu said before she used her shield to smash through a blockade of wrecked cars. "In truth, I have no idea which kind of class am I." She shouted over the smashing before the group was clear of the cars.

"So who won the Holy Grail War?" asked Aka as he continued running before he jumped forward and kicked a street sign, breaking it from the cement. The former soldier grabbed it and carried it on his shoulder.

"The conclusion wasn't recorded. We are not sure if the ritual succeeded or failed. Whatever did happen, the existence of the Servants ended without anyone knowing about them." Mashu said as the group reached a stone path with a railing nearby a river that was commonly used by people for walks, but the place was deserted with the river having a color of red dark as blood.

"Then why-"

"Fou! Fou!" shouted Fou causing the group to stop as they stopped in front of a large amount of chains that bind between two lampposts.

"What the?" Ex-Aid said as he landed in front of the group and approached the chains.

"What are those?" asked Ghost as he landed on the ground before allowing Olga to stand.

"Chains?" wondered Aka as he also joined the Kamen Rider in examining them. Then he moved his right hand to touch them.

"Stop! Don't touch them!" warned Olga Marie with a serious face.

"Huh?" wondered Ex-Aid as he turned around while Aka kept his eye on the chains before they suddenly moved to attack.

"Get back!" shouted Aka as he pushed the Kamen Rider backwards before he jumped back and smacked the chain near him away with the street sign. The two landed back where Mashu and Olga Marie stood.

"Master!"

"I'm fine, though…" Aka looked to where the sign touched the chain and saw that small part had been turned to stone. "What's up with these chains?"

Ghost also examined the sign, specifically the stone area. "A part of it turned to stone?"

"Too bad. The fresh prey got away." A woman's voice said with a sadistic tone. Then a swirl of purple light formed to reveal the form of a hooded and endowed woman with purple hair in a black cloak. In her hands was a staff with a crescent moon blade on it. "An unknown Servant and an unknown Master. Along with two warriors in strange armor. How young and how fresh…" She said with a gleeful smile as her snake-like, yellow eyes stared at them.

"A Servant! Though I don't see her Master…"

"I doubt it. She was the only person following us." Aka stated with caution as he wielded his makeshift weapon at the ready.

"This world in the time anomaly has already gone mad. A Servant without a Master doesn't surprise me." Olga Marie said as she pointed her finger in at the unknown Servant.

"But which Heroic Spirit is she?" wondered Ghost.

The woman walked forward and the group now noticed that around her were stone statues of people. She leaned on one who had a scared face and scratched her clawed left hand across his face.

Aka gave a suspicious glare before staring at the stone part of the metal sign then realizing what the statues were. "Those are…"

"…former humans." Olga Marie finished evidently reaching the same conclusion. "Looks like that Servant can turn them to stone." The statues were wrapped in chains, the same chains that nearly touched Aka and Ex-Aid.

"Wait, if she can turn people to stone then that means… She's Medusa!" shouted Ex-Aid.

"The gorgon whose stare can turn people in stone..." Ghost said, remember reading about her battle with Perseus who slayed her.

"Oh? So you already discerned my identity." The woman known as Medusa said with an unsurprised tone.

"Those people have no place on the battlefield. Why turn them to stone?" asked Aka who did not understand the woman's intentions.

"Why, you ask? When you wander into my hunting ground, I'm free to treat you however I please, am I not?" Then she turned to the statue before tearing the head off, causing blood to spill upwards from the statue. The blood stained her hood and she smiled at killing the statue.

Everyone present was put off by her action, wavering a bit in her presence. But they stood strong as the wrong move could mean their deaths.

"Do not worry, I've lost one statue, but now I'm going to have five new ones." Medusa said as she licked off the blood.

"Our only option is to fight." Mashu stated.

"I can work with that." Aka said with his stance ready to strike.

"Can you take her?" asked Olga Marie.

"Yes."

"Ex-Aid, Ghost, get ready just in case." The director instructed.

"Got it." Then a ring of energy formed around Ex-Aid before forming into a weapon.

"GASHACON BREAKER!" An announcement said as the Kamen Rider grabbed the weapon from the air.

"We'll clear this with No Continues!" proclaimed Ex-Aid with a flick of his hand.

"Understood!" Then Ghost summoned his sword into his hand.

Mashu stood at the front and slowly approached the Servant who looked unthreatened by her presence even with the help.

"Oh, how bold. How fresh. Is this your first time fighting as a Servant?" asked the woman though her face evidently showed she could tell from Mashu's body movements that she was a beginner in battle.

"Technically, it's her third time." Aka responded bluntly.

"*Chuckle* Then, as your sempai, I'll teach you." Medusa swung her weapon a bit before readying herself to fight. "Be careful of what you say and do. For once the word 'fight' passes through your lips, it has already be-"

Suddenly, Aka charged right in with the street reeled back to hit the Servant. With quick reflexes, Medusa raised her bladed staff to block his attack, but she did not expect the amount of force he placed into the swing, sending her back, skidding, creating a dust trail. The woman did not want to back down and she prepared to charge forward until she saw Aka had once more charged at her with his weapon ready to attack. The Servant stood at the defensive before swing her staff to deflect and block each strike he made. A flash of metal collided and the two swung, block, and struck into a pattern of attempting to hit the other.

"My, you're quite reckless. I never expected a Master to fight his Servant's battles. What made you charge in with the first strike?" asked Medusa after she dodged a swing from Aka and jumped back. This boy was different... more powerful than any regular human, but... weaker than a servant.

"Simple, you said 'Fight' so I attacked." Aka said with a calm tone as they clashed weapons. During the exchange, his eyes didn't blink as he was taught to never blink in a fight, otherwise the he would miss the next move.

"True. But, you should've picked a better weapon!" Medusa broke the power struggle and made a heavy swing to his right ribs and the redhead blocked the blow with his makeshift weapon. But the attack caused the sign to bend in and the weaponized soldier took a hit in the ribs, send his stance in a bit of a stumble. Medusa retracted her weapon and aimed for his neck. "Die!"

"Mashu." Aka said then the Demi-Servant charged in and slammed her shield into Medusa's side, sending her off balance.

"What?!" Medusa shouted before realizing she had completely forgotten about the girl before Ex-Aid charged in with his hammer and smashed it into her abdomen. The Servant flew back a bit before landing on her feet with gritted teeth.

"Master, are you all right?"

"Fine, luckily she only hit my right side." Aka said while rapping the side he was hit where metallic clinks could be heard. "Get ready, I doubt that surprise attack left a lasting blow."

"You came up with such a tactic in seconds? You're desperate, excellent." Then Medusa charged in with her weapon and swung into Mashu's shield, forcing her to hold her ground. Then she changed to the blunt end of the weapon and stabbed forward into the shield, causing sparks to fly. "But be careful. My lance is the Lance of Immortal Killing. Any wound this lance delivers cannot be healed by any means. Even if by some miracle you could completely heal your entire body. Do you understand? If you make the slightest error, you'll be a failure as a Servant for the rest of your life!" Medusa said condescendingly. Then she broke Mashu's guard, causing her shield to be rebounded back. Seeing her chance, Medusa reeled her lance back, ready to attack the girl.

But Aka sat in a crouch and readied his legs as the sound of a charging piston was heard before an explosive bang took place, smashing the ground underneath to pebbles. Then the redhead leapt forward at an incredible speed with his fist reeled back. Medusa was so distracted in her speech that she did not expect the redhead to come up with another plan of attack, then she received a punch to the face from Aka's left fist. The attack sent the enemy Servant rippling through the air and towards the unexpected Ghost who readied himself similar to a batter in baseball. The will-o-wisp Kamen Rider swung and sent Medusa colliding into the pavement, dust erupting and rock smashing apart.

"It's good!" announced Kamen Rider Ex-Aid with a wave of his arms as he was somehow dressed in an umpire's outfit over his super deformed form.

"Sorry for using you like that, Mashu." Aka apologized as he waved his hand. The woman's skull felt harder than stone.

"It's fine, sempai. I didn't expect you to be able to predict that she would leave herself open like that."

"I've seen and fought too many overconfident opponents like her. It's a predictive pattern of speech with an even predictable number of attacks." Aka said. "But… The most overconfident opponents are also the most tenacious." Then the redhead turned around with a cautious glare as the enemy Servant jumped out of the crater and landed onto the chains the group encountered earlier. "Ex-Aid, change forms to the pink one! This is where the real fight begins!"

"So I'm predictable? Hmph, being too fresh can grate on the nerves." Then Medusa put her hands on her hair pulled it out of her hood, causing the hair to temporarily transform into snakes before they transformed into more chains, wrapping around the group into wall and trapping them.

Aka, Mashu, Ghost, and Ex-Aid quickly jumped back to where Olga Marie stood and readied themselves to fight her.

"I will entangle you all with my hair." Medusa stated as if her words were a guaranteed fact.

"So that's how she petrified those people. Some believed it wasn't Medusa's stare that can turn people to stone, but the snakes in her hair!" Ghost concluded.

"Tsk… This really is going to be rough." Aka said since they're now in a limited space situation. Not only that, but those chains can turn anything to stone in an instant.

"Don't worry, Sempai. I'll keep you safe."

"You've got guts." A male commended the girl's bravery. "A little girl is a little girl, but you seem pretty strong. That's why I can't leave you like this."

"Who are you?" asked Medusa who did not seemed pleased with the sudden appearance of an intruder.

"Who? Look at me and you'll-"

"The ones who are going to kick your ass, Snake Woman!" shouted a voice from above. Medusa quickly looked up to the sight of an armored warrior with his sword raised above his head. The warrior had an armor helmet and a red chest plate with a train track. He swung down towards the enemy Servant, forcing her to jump off the chains. The armored warrior sliced through the chains with surprising ease before crashing into the ground, causing the paved road to explode with bricks flying.

"What the?"

"That voice, it's got to be…" Then the warrior jumped out of the crater he made and made a stance after stabbing his sword into the ground.

"Ore… sanjou!" shouted the warrior as he stretched his hands out.

"Den-O-sempai!" shouted Ex-Aid and Ghost.

"Yep! You thought I was dead, but it takes more than a few explosions to take out this Rider!" boasted the train warrior now identified as an ally to the Kamen Riders. Then he retrieved his sword which Aka noticed wasn't affected by the petrification effect of the chains.

Medusa landed on the other set of chains with an unamused expression. "Another odd warrior… You there, are you with whoever talked just now?"

"Why don't you ask the disappearing bastard yourself?" responded the train warrior who sounded annoyed.

"What?"

Then a flash of blue took place before the it died down to reveal a man in a fur blue cloak. The hood of the man was still up, but he visibly smiled in anticipation.

"You're…" Medusa instantly recognized who the cloaked man was. "Caster!"

The man took off his hood to reveal his entire face which was short spiky blue hair and he had red eyes. The identified Servant smiled in anticipation for battle.

"Why do you side with these wanderers?" asked Medusa.

"Hah? Because it's better that being on your side, obviously!" shouted Caster as he moved his palm in a single motion as several letters of light formed in the air. Then the letters transformed into fireballs that flew and targeted the enemy Servant. The attack hit and caused a large explosion, forcing the members of Chaldea to cover their faces and the three Riders to stand their ground. Though Den-O was the closest to the blast and was thrown backwards by the attack.

Then the train warrior quickly got back on his feet, angry at the Servant. "Oi! Watch where you're firing that, mahou punk!" shouted Den-O as he shook his fist at Caster. Behind him, the enemy Servant landed in a crouch.

"Then pay attention to your surroundings more." Then the Servant walked forward and stood in front of Mashu, Aka, Ex-Aid, Ghost, and Olga Marie. "I'm the Servant: Caster. For a certain reason, I consider her an enemy. The enemy of my enemy is not necessarily my ally, but for now, you can trust me. Hey kid with the red hair, you're quite reckless risking your neck out like that. Get in position, young lady. Skill aside, your courage is second to none."

"Understood!" shouted Mashu as she turned forward, ready to fight.

"Kid!"

"Yes?" responded Aka who was surprised at the appearance of the man.

"Are you a Master?" asked Caster.

"Yes, I am."

"Then I'll leave it to you for the commands of battle."

"Are you sure?" asked Aka.

"It's a temporary contract, but out of regard for that young lady, I'll act as a Servant under you." The Caster said with a smile.

Aka gave the man's words some thought before nodding in response with a firm and even face. "Very well." Then the redhead turned to his Servant and the super deformed Kamen Rider. "Mashu, Mister Hojo, prepare to coordinate with Caster's attacks. Mister Den-O, protect Caster from the chains. Ghost, I trust you can keep the director safe."

"You got it!" Ghost replied with a thumbs up.

"You have a plan, Sempai?"

"Not really, but I can make a guess on the enemy's next move. Caster… get ready." Aka said as the group readied themselves to fight.

"I'm fine with that. It means I can kill you earlier than planned." Medusa said with glee. "I'll take you down while you are still flesh and blood." With a silent command, a strand of chains that hung on a railing came to life and spun into thick strands that attacked where Caster stood. The Servant quickly jumped as the chains slammed into the ground in front of the Chaldea members. Seeing as the chains still followed him, Caster quickly twisted his body and dodged them in order to not sustain injury and the curse of petrification. As the chains twist in midair, Den-O jumped and slashed apart that chains with his sword. Then Medusa appeared before Caster with her weapon ready to swing. She attacked and sent the spell-using Servant towards the ground, but Caster blocked her earlier attack and landed on the ground swiftly. With quick reactions, Caster jumped back as the enemy Servant swung her oddly shaped lance at him, barely even scratching the fur on his cloak. She swung relentlessly, forcing the Servant to dodged her attacks by jumping back, ducking, and making a short roll when she swung downwards.

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Back to where Aka, Mashu, and Ex-Aid stood, they quickly ran up the slope to see where the two Servants. "Good, Ex-Aid, change to your next form while Caster keeps her busy." Aka requested, seeing this as a chance for the Kamen Rider to change form.

"Got it! Dai-Henshin!" announced Ex-Aid as he pulled the pink lever cover of his belt. Then a pink hardlight screen revealing an image of Ex-Aid in his pink, slimmer form. The screen closed in on the Rider and he jumped high into the sky.

"LEVEL UP!"

"MIGHTY JUMP!"

"MIGHT KICK!"

"MIGHTY! MIGHTY! ACTION! X!" The bulky armor flew off to reveal Ex-Aid in his second form which was the slimmer pink bodysuit. He landed in front of the two before wiping his hands.

"Now what we need is an opening." Aka said as the helping Servant evaded another attack.

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"All you can do is run away! It seems you don't even have time to cast a spell, right?" Medusa asked as she followed Caster before attacking once more by jumping into the air and swinging down, but the Servant quickly tapped his hand on the ground and rolled forward to evade. "That's what you get for opening your big mouth. This what happens when you express your intentions." Then she prepared to swing down to kill the cornered Servant before her. But Caster smiled in anticipation, much to the enemy's shock.

"Mashu!" shouted Aka before Mashu stood in between the enemy Servant and Caster to block the attack.

Suddenly, the train warrior jumped in between them with his sword raised above his head. "Don't ignore me, you punks!" shouted Den-O as he swung his sword to hit Medusa, forcing her to block it. "I'm here so let me in on the fight! I've been itching to beat something up since the last one escaped!" Then he pointed himself with his thumb while resting his sword on his shoulder.

Medusa landed a fair distance away from the three. "Heh. I don't need to chant a spell to use Runes. So go back learning the basics, dimwit!" shouted Caster as he waved his hand and a letter of light glowed from where the enemy servant stood. Then a pillar of fire incinerated Medusa and she screamed in pain from the burns.

"Mister Hojo! Now!" shouted Aka.

"Okay!"

"Yosh! Time for a double hissatsu!" shouted Den-O.

Den-O put a black container over the center of his belt. "FULL CHARGE!"

At the same time, Ex-Aid took out the cartridge and inserted it into a slot on his left hip. "KIMEWAZA!" announced Ex-Aid's belt as he readied himself into a kick stance.

"MIGHTY CRITICAL STRIKE!" announced the belt as Ex-Aid's eyes flashed.

Then the two Kamen Riders jumped high into the sky with auras enveloping them before they positioned themselves into two side kicks as the aura propelled them forward.

When the fire dissipated, Medusa suffered serious burns, but she held her guard up to continue fighting despite her state. Much to her surprise, she did not expect two flying kicks from the warriors to come at her. Upon impact, they smashed into her form and the woman was sent skidding back with the energy from the attacks overloading her body and paralyzing her in place.

Aka gave a troubled expression at how their attacks weren't enough. "Tsk, not enough? Caster!"

"Already on it!" shouted Caster as he made another wave of letters to fire at the Servant.

"Everyone, behind Mashu's Shield, now!" shouted the weaponized soldier as he ran to her side with Fou quickly following his lead. Den-O and Ex-Aid quickly ran to hide behind the shield, while Ghost grabbed Olga Marie and also hid behind the shield. Then the several fireballs hit the enemy Servant, causing a very large explosion that blew apart the building near them to rubble.

When the smoke and dust cleared, the group was fine with a bit of soot on them. Ex-Aid stood up after covering the director from the explosion with Ghost. "Whoa, that is bigger than any explosion that our enemies made, sempai."

"Well duh! When Mahou punk fired his fireballs at her, it was like lighting a powder full of keg."

"I think the phrase is 'a keg full of gunpowder', sempai…" Ex-Aid commented with a sweat drop and an awkward expression from his eyes.

While the three talked to catch up on current events, Aka and Mashu gave cautious stares at the still form of the enemy Servant before her body started to disintegrate into light.

"And that's three down." Caster commented with confidence. Then he turned to Mashu approaching him.

"Thank you. You helped us when we were in danger." She bowed in respect to the Servant.

"Yeah, good work." Caster held the armored girl by her shoulder before putting his face close to hers. "But we were saved because of your support. Don't worry about it." Then he winked at her before rubbing her exposed shoulder.

Suddenly a blade came in between them, causing Caster and the girl to jump away as Fou jumped onto Mashu's shoulder. "Excuse me for interrupting your attempt at um... what it is you are doing with Mashu, Caster. But I noticed you mentioned three. Does that mean that you fought two Servants earlier?" asked Aka as he placed a familiar red sword on his shoulder.

Instead of feeling angered at how he was interrupted, the man laughed. "*Laughs* That's one fine body you found yourself, boy." Caster said with a light-hearted smile. Then Aka gave a puzzled and clueless look with only his right eyebrow rising up while Mashu winced a bit. Meanwhile, Ghost gave a sweat drop with Olga Marie at the comment.

"That's one sexual-harassing old pervert." The director of Chaldea realized that this Servant had some bad quirks that were on a different scale.

"Yep." The ghost-like Kamen Rider agreed. "But who is he? Since he's a hero, he must have come from some sort of past before proper etiquette was introduced. Though that could just be a quirk in his personality."

Meanwhile Den-O realized what made the man so familiarly annoying. "Damn it, I knew something about him annoyed me! He's just like that perverted turtle!"

"By the way, sempai. Isn't that your sword?" Ex-Aid pointed to the weapon that Aka suddenly obtained on his person.

"Huh?" Then the train warrior looked at his right hand and saw it was empty. Then he looked at the sword that Aka had in his left hand before looking at his empty hand again. Den-O repeated this process before his anger got the best of him. "Hey! Give me back my sword!" He shouted before charging at the redhead who took notice.

Then a beep was heard from the director's device and she pressed on it. "Romani, did you get all that?"

"Yes, Director." As the hologram visual of the doctor and Yule formed.

"And commoner, can you identify the new Kamen Rider here?"

"Him? That's Kamen Rider Den-O." Meanwhile Den-O shouted and pointed at the former soldier who gave back the sword with an apology. But the angered Kamen Rider tried to take a swing at him, and the redhead simply ducked and stood behind him as he stumbled forward. "He's a well-known Rider who sometimes causes trouble in several places in the world, but he isn't a bad person. His signature means of transportation is a white bullet train. Also, I think he's a time traveler, because that same train appeared in a picture from early Japanese history."

"So he must be the one who brought Ex-Aid and Ghost here. But for now, let's asked Caster about the situation. It seems he's a sane Heroic Spirit." Roman stated.

Caster stared at the exchange between Aka and Kamen Rider Den-O with amusement before he noticed the hologram of the doctor. "Oh? Is that some means of communication through Magecraft?"

"Yes. It's a pleasure to meet you. Heroic Spirit, I don't where you hail from, but it's an honor-"

Then Caster turned around, with an annoyed expression. "There's no need to be so florid. Just state your business quickly. You're good at that, right, weakling-man?" The Servant stated bluntly.

"W-Weakling…" Roman repeated stunned.

"That's pretty blunt." Yule responded with a sweat drop in his head.

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Under a bridge, Caster explained the origins of why he and the other Servants were in Fuyuki.

"In short, you're Servants from the Holy Grail War that took place in this town, and the only survivor, yes?" Roman said.

"I didn't lose, if that's what you mean. Somewhere along the line, our Holy Grail War was switched with something else." Caster stated with silent anger.

"Switched?" Olga Marie repeated as a gesture to inquire more of what he meant.

"I don't know the details myself. Overnight, the town was blanketed with fire, all the humans disappeared, and only the Servants remained." Caster summarized.

"What?! Did you see a tower of eyes when that happened?" asked Ghost due to the same phenomenon occurring back in their time.

"Tower of eyes? Never saw anything like that when the fire happened." Caster had recalled that the sky suddenly flashed before the town was engulfed in flames but nothing about a tower of eyes. "Now where was I? Ah right, when she started causing trouble…"

"Who started causing trouble?" asked Roman.

"Saber. She was the one to start up the Holy Grail War again. That one Servant went on a rampage with relish, like a fish finally getting water."

"Like a fish finally getting water?" asked Aka who appeared a bit confused by his words.

"Sempai, be quiet." Mashu whispered.

"Saber has defeated Archer, Lancer, Rider, Berserker, and Assassin. And then the defeated Servants became corrupted by a dark shadow, as you saw with Lancer. I disposed of the corrupted Assassin before I encountered Den-O here. Then we took down Rider before we encountered you guys. As for Berserker, I have no clue how he got defeated."

"Actually… we took him down." Ex-Aid said with nervousness.

"Huh? You guys fought Berserker and survived?" asked Caster who did not expect that out of the group.

"Yes. Caster, you said that you and Mister Den-O here have already defeated two Servants before joining us to defeat Lancer. Before we encountered Lancer, Mister Hojo here was fighting Berserker before Mashu, Mister Tenkuji, and I helped him defeat him."

"Luckily I weakened him before we finished him off." Ex-Aid said though he internally remembered how he had to run and jumped throughout the city to escape the insane Goliath. Luckily the power ups managed to help him.

"That's a relief." Yule gave a breath in relief.

"So if we defeat the last remaining Servant then…" Roman began.

"The Holy Grail War will be over." Caster finished.

"There's a high likelihood of settling the singularity F abnormality, too." Olga Marie stated. "Do you know where it is?"

"Yeah. At the heart of this land. They're protecting it. The corrupted Holy Grail."

"Corrupted?" wondered Aka. "What caused the Holy Grail to become corrupted?"

"Not sure, but you all noticed the red markings on the Servants you fought, right?" asked Caster.

The group thought for a moment until they remembered seeing such markings on Berserker and Lancer. "Yeah! I thought they were tattoos or something..." Ex-Aid responded.

"That's a sign of the corruption from what I can tell, but I don't know all the details." Caster apologized.

"It's fine. You just gave us another clue to work with." Olga Marie stated.

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"I'll take care of the Archer Bastard. I need to settle things between us once and for all." Caster stated with a firm tone.

"You're not the only one who's got a score to settle with that punk! He nearly sent me to kingdom come when we got here!" Den-O said.

"He nearly tried to kill all of us when we got here, sempai." Ex-Aid pointed out.

"Shut up! You shouldn't be saying that when you two left my ass to get fried!" shouted Den-O as he bashed helmets with the younger Rider.

"Calm down, sempai! And we're sorry! But we had to run otherwise we would all have been killed!" apologized Ghost with his hands held together as a gesture to show his genuine apology.

"That doesn't mean you leave me behind!" shouted Den-O with a louder volume as he stomped the ground.

While ignoring the conversation between the three, the director decided to question the Servant's motives. "You really don't mind helping us? Even though you hardly know about our situation?"

"No, I don't mind. So don't worry about." Caster assured the group.

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Then the group from Chaldea along with the three Kamen Riders walked through the city to where the Holy Grail was. As they walked, Caster decided to make small talk in order to break the silence. "I don't get involved with things outside of my own time period. At the end of the day, I cooperate as a weapon. That's the Servant Golden Rule."

"I guess that is something we both share, Caster." Aka commented as he walked forward while glancing at the Servant who appeared on the top of a ruined parking lot building.

"Judging by the way you fight, you've been in more than a couple of brawls, kid." Caster said before he disappeared.

"Sempai said he is a weaponized soldier, created for the purpose of fighting wars." Mashu said before she helped his up.

"Seriously? Though that would explain the his right arm, and how he can keep up with us." Ex-Aid said aloud.

"Wow, and I thought politicians couldn't stoop any lower." Den-O said with a disgusted tone. "Let me guess, kid. You got sick of whatever war you were sent in and left."

"You could say that, Mister Den-O. But what happened in the past that changed me was a man who spared me. Though he paid it with his life in doing so." Aka responded as he walked through a devastated street with his allies though his voice sounded a bit lifeless. "But… we should focus on our current situation."

Mashu gave a worried glance before turning to the two Kamen Riders who shrugged. Meanwhile, Ghost felt that Aka's attitude was similar to Ichigou's, the first Kamen Rider, when he first met him during his battles to regain his life.

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Upon reaching a part of the highway that was completely collapsed, forcing the group to climb down. Ex-Aid jumped over the gap and helped the older Rider climb up while Mashu helped Aka up the road. Ghost flew over the gap before helping Ex-Aid with lifting Den-O up. "Your purpose is investigating the abnormality." Caster concluded. "My purpose is drawing the Holy Grail War to a close." When Olga Marie approached the ledge, Caster rematerialized before her with his hand offered out. "Our interests line up. Why not join forces in a jovial manner?"

"That's a logical decision." Olga Marie responded smiled before accepting his offer. But she was surprised when he dragged her up and onto the higher ledge.

"Still…" Caster gave a suspicious stare at the director. "You don't have the potential to be Master? The kid over there became one, and he isn't the closest thing to a normal human being." Then the blue haired man tilted his body to look at the redhead who stood up on the street. "No offense, by the way."

"It's fine, Caster. I've been called worse." Aka waved off before he turned to the director. "Though he does have a point, sir."

"So what of it?" Olga Marie responded with a push at the Servant who was a bit close to her personal space.

"I mean, you're a first-class Mage. You just don't have the potential to be a Master? Is it a curse?" asked Caster with a hint of curiosity.

"What difference does it make?" asked Olga Marie defensively.

"You've got a first-class stubborn streak, too." Caster commented with an amused smile.

"What was that?!" shouted the director with a blush.

The Kamen Riders chuckled at the scene, feeling the atmosphere was a bit lighter. Aka gave a small smile as if he had seen this scene before in the past. Then he turned to Mashu expecting her also be a bit amused, but she showed a downtrodden face while looking down. He looked at her in concern before asking. "Mashu, is something the matter?" The girl looked up but did not respond. "You're tired, aren't you? Seems like I overworked you with those last two battles."

"No!" Mashu responded with a quiet voice. "No, I'm fine! I'm operating perfectly. But…" Though she had as worried face.

"Oh, I know what it is." The director realized.

"Sir?" asked Aka.

"Sempai, I can't use my Noble Phantasm yet."

"Noble Phantasm?" asked the redhead as he turned to the director for more clarification.

"Judging by such a grand name, is it something important to Servants?" concluded Ex-Aid.

"That's correct, its the signature weapon that a Servant uses." Olga Marie explained.

"Basically what represents the Heroic Spirit and his or her legend?"

"Exactly, Ghost."

Aka turned to the shield that Mashu wielded. "But Mashu has…"

"No, this shield hasn't shown me its true form yet." Mashu responded before she also turned to look at the massive shield.

"Some games have used the names of famous weapons but very few have used the name of shields." Ex-Aid said while also examining the shield. "Ghost, can you make a guess about the shield?" The game-based Rider turned to the orange ghost because of his expertise in the field.

"Wait a minute, why aren't you asking me? I'm the time traveler here!" shouted Den-O.

"Sorry sempai, but you aren't exactly Doctor Who when it comes to history." Ex-Aid pointed out. "You did get into a brawl with some drunk Irish Knights."

"That was one time, and now, people just can't seem to let it go!" shouted Den-O indignantly, regretting telling the story to the younger generation during their group meet-ups.

Deciding to ignore the argument between the two, Olga Marie could only sigh at the situation with a frustrated look. "*Sigh* You said that you didn't know what kind of Servant you merged with, so I figured this was an issue."

"How about we go with Ex-Aid's idea and guess the origins of the Servant?" Ghost declared with a finger point. "Let's see… Judging by the armor, the Servant was a knight… So he's from a European legend."

"European knight? That doesn't really help us with whoever this Servant is." Den-O said with his arms folded. While internally, he grimaced about the last time he tangled with a couple of knight from some table. That one with the red skirt had punched pretty hard.

"I'm sorry." Mashu apologized.

"It's not all your responsibility. An outstanding Master should be able to analyze the Servant he has a contract with." Olga Marie said before she turned to the redhead.

Upon hearing her words, the former soldier had eyes that weren't lifeless, but they weren't alive either. "So I'm the cause? I see..." Aka said with an even tone as he stared towards the blackened sky. Then he turned to Olga Marie while his hair covered his eyes. "Director, is it possible to transfer this Command Spell to another?"

"Sempai?" asked Mashu who noticed he was behaving oddly.

"Well... Yes, it would be possible if this was a conventional Holy Grail War." Olga Marie stated though she had doubts that a transfer of Command Spells would be possible due to the change in the Holy Grail War they were currently in.

"Understood." The redhead answer coldly before he pulled off his belt and then tightened it around his left forearm so bloodflow will be cut off.

"Master what are you doing?"

"I'm preparing to cut off my hand, so that it can be transplanted onto the Director." Aka stated with a logical tone as he pulled out his knife and set the edge near his exposed wrist.

Upon hearing his words and seeing his planned actions, the group sprang into action to prevent the redhead from doing something stupidly reckless.

"Wait a minute! There's no need to be so drastic!" shouted Ex-Aid as he grabbed the arm that held the knife.

"Yeah! You don't need to act so recklessly, Aka!" pleaded Ghost as he held the former soldier from cutting off his hand.

"But Mashu needs her Noble Phantasm! And since she can't awaken it due to my inability to Magic, it's better that the Director becomes the Master!" responded the redhead as he forced the knife down, drawing a bit of blood.

"It doesn't work like that, you idiot! Now put the knife down!" ordered Olga Marie but her words failed to convince the cyborg as he moved the blade down through his wrist.

"Sempai! Stop!" Mashu dropped her shield and grabbed the knife's blade to pull it away from the redhead's slit wrist. "Please...don't do this!"

"Why Mashu? Couldn't you see that it's better you have a better Master than me, a weapon?" asked Aka as he stared at the girl with lifeless eyes.

"But still..." Mashu tried to respond to his words but could not come up with anything.

"OI! GHOST! EX-AID! HOLD HIM STILL!" shouted Den-O before he moved Mashu out of the way and punched Aka in the face, sending him crashing into a nearby concrete barrier.

"Master!" shouted Mashu in worry as she tried to run to his side before Ghost blocked her way. "Tenkuji-san, get out of my way!

"Don't worry Mashu-san! Sempai is only going to reason with Aka!" Ghost reassured that the older Kamen Rider was only going to talk sense into the redhead.

"Listen up, Aka-baka! What you're doing is no different from abandoning her, brat." Den-O said with a harsh tone.

The group turned to Den-O with a bit of surprise considering his violent tendencies.

"Abandoning? I'm just making the logical-"

Then train Kamen Rider grabbed the redhead's collar and looked him in the eye. "BULLS**T! You're just dropping her onto someone else's lap just because you couldn't handle a little criticism! Stop trying to make excuses and instead take a little responsibility! You got the guts to fight a monster like that Berserker guy. So you should use those guts to prove the morons who say that you're a bad choice that you got more spunk than any of their elitist asses! I bet most of these mahou-morons haven't learned how to throw a punch to save their life!" Olga Marie took offense to that but Ghost quickly held her back. "So stop acting emo and start acting like a Master! A Master of your own fate!"

"A Master of my own fate?" Aka repeated in his own mind.

"Okay, I feel a bit better now... You take over shield-onna." Den-O said as he walked away from the cyborg.

"Sempai..." Mashu approached the redhead who looked up and then she took out a scarf to cover his cut wrist. "That should stop the bleeding for now."

"Mashu... I'm sorry." The redhead apologized for his brash behavior.

"Sorry for interrupting this little make-up, kid…" Caster said. "…but a Noble Phantasm is about instinct. If something happens that calls upon that instinct…" Then he pointed at the redhead. "…it will awaken naturally." The man stated with a dangerous look.

Mashu sprang into action along with Ex-Aid and Ghost to protect the redhead. Then the director stood in front of them all with her arms spread out. Den-O pointed his sword forward to help out. A standoff occurred with the Servant and the Chaldea members and Kamen Riders.

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Author's Note: Please be patient as I build the third and final part to the First Order Arc. Though I wonder how I can build a character who is a former soldier in battle.

Edit Notice: I decided that Ghost wasn't getting enough screen time, so I decided to edit him into this chapter before sending him off in the next, so the moment I planned for him in the final part chapter of the first arc will still work.

Edit Update 4/26/2019: I decided to change up Rothus's reaction to Olga Marie's comment on his status as a capable Master which I thought that there should be a more drastic reaction.