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Chapter 3: Unexpected Change


Tonight was going to be epic.

Danny left the warmth of his house with that thought in particular, having already found the perfect solution to guarantee Sasha's safety while he was away.

Nitocris, like any Caster worth its salt, was able to create small prana constructs, in this case a small sphynx one, to guard her Master's daughter while the duo stepped into the first true act of the War.

The former Queen of Egypt felt confused when around her curious Master.

He didn't seem like one of those Magi the information supplied by the Grail had described, yet he seemed to know incredibly well about the major ritual of the Heaven Feel.

Plus the fact this Danny Dempsey had been able to perfectly identify the other Masters and Servants.

In a normal situation Nitocris would have been wary to fight any of those legendary heroes, yet she didn't felt threatened by the competition.

Somehow the man that was her Master knew what he was doing and she felt oddly confident enough that they would be the one to win the War.

The wish her Master wanted to accomplish while weird was quite acceptable in Caster's mind, especially after the explanation granted by him.

The forced creation by the Grail of a evil spirit that should represent the God of All Evil was not something that she would usually accept as a Pharaoh and the fact this spirit had corrupted the Grail it has become an important duty to deal with, for the sake of Humanity itself.

Nitocris had expected to be on the frontline of the first battle, yet here she was, sitting in a chair in a distant building with her Master.

The bag in his feet contained that sniper rifle he had taken from the military installation and several bullets.

The anticlimatic gravity of the situation fell quickly as the big man that was Rider finally was approached by a Servant and her Ma-'Fake Master'.

Caster glanced back to her Master and saw him smiling through the long-seeing device.

Danny finished looking through the bynocular, giving it to Nitocris, so the Servant could see herself what he meant.

An Individual with black clothes was watching the scene with a sniper rifle, completely unaware that someone else had seen him/her.

Saber's real Master?

Her Master replied with a silent nod as he continued to watch the situation with interest.

Danny knew how things would have turned up, with Lancer and Saber fighting, Gilgamesh interrupting them and attacking Berserker, ending with Lancelot targeting Artoria.

Yet as the fighting between the two Knightly Servants, Danny frowned as Archer didn't appear like in Canon.

Several questions started to flood his mind, mostly about the lack of Gilgamesh's intervention.

Fate decided to answer those thoughts quickly as a familiar golden rift appeared just few metres from him.

Turning his head slowly, Danny grimaced as someone appeared out of the portal.

The grimace disappeared quite rapidly as his jaw hit the floor as soon as his eyes saw the figure clearly.

Gilgamesh was a woman... a very hot one.

"So you are the mongrel that evaded me for so long."

...What?

"...What?"

What did she meant?

Wait! Did this mean that he was exempt from Gilgamesh's Sha Naqba Imuru?

She sighed as she walked calmly towards the Master of Caster, his Servant looking ready to spring in action but trying to avoid getting her Master in danger doing so.

"How did you do that? How are you eluding my Omnipotence!"

The question was laced with a demanding tone that left no space for other replies but- "Dunno."

Red eyes glared into his soul, trying to find any clue of this answer being a lie, yet the Archer closed her eyes in deep thinking.

"I will enjoy solving you, little puzzle."

With a smile that sent shivers to the Master-Servant duo, the King of Heores turned back and walked away.

"This will be a very curious War afterall.. Tokiomi, I'm returning in the mansion. I hope you found a throne worth of my title-"

Danny blinked in surprise as the strongest Servant in the entire War disappeared with another portal.

He just survived a close encounter with Gilgamesh, a female one..

Remembering why he was still there, Danny's head snapped back to the lower floor and saw a major change in the previous scene.

Lancer had left the battlefield, same for Rider, Berserker was approaching Irisvie-!

Danny jumped in action as he took the Barrett and loaded the AT bullets.

Crouching on the ground and using the bipod of the rifle, he aimed the shot as Lancelot closed up on the white-haired woman, Saber in pursue.

The AT bullet was so strong that, using the speed Berserker was going, managed to make him trip and fall on the ground. Hard.

Thankful that he had avoided disaster, the young man took a remote device and pushed the red button and an explosion destroyed a near crane, thus ending Kotomine's direct intervention in the war as Hassan was destroyed.

Hopefully the 'soon' said by the nun would be a never kind of soon.

Dodging Artoria's strikes Berserker individuated the cause of the pain in the man sitting on a distant roof.

With a massive jump, the Servant of Madness attempted to destroy this new obstacle to his revenge but sadly forgot about Caster.

After hearing the explosion, Nitocris had moved to position and started to project a big sphere of iron.

Just few seconds from hitting Danny, Berserker was intercepted by said large projectile and was sent flying on the waters of the sea.

"Everything alright, Master?" Caster asked concerned to which Danny replied with a smile.

"Yeah. You came in like a wrecking ball right in time." Even through she didn't understand the reference, she smiled at the fact they had just defeated Assassin and badly damaged Berserker.

Once more Nitocris felt that this War was already won for their team.

Danny smiled by the fact he had now an excuse to approach Kariya Matou and solve one of the major issues of Fate Zero and Fate Stay Night.

His mind was already envisioning a little smiling Sakura Matou calling his daughter 'senpai'.

But for now, it was time to go home and rest for the following day.

A very difficult day.


AN

First major change of the War. It will not be the last one.. :3

Next chapter there will be a part with Iri POV and considerations of the battle at the Docks.

Reviews Q&A!

merendinoemiliano: Thank You!

fafnir1404: Epicly so!

Guest(chapter3): It happened and, while it might not seem much, the lack of a reaction from Archer is actually an hint to how much change is going to happen.

Guest Q: Waver and Artoria I'm uncertain, Iri is a possibility. And yes, Gilgamesh-ko is in this fanfic!

MWkillkenny84: 1) Sasha might get a depowered version of Shirou's Harem-Magnet; 2) I don't think Gilgamesh-ko has any interest in Sasha at the moment. In FSN he was interested in Shirou because he was a Faker (So no, Shirou and Sasha are not loved by the King of Heroes).