Battle Royale For The Holy Grail
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Okay, a couple of reviews, but still it's enough to give me inspiration to bring out the next chapter, and this will put more emphasis on the plot where last chapter left off, in which Caster plan has succeeded on making Ryouma Mougami one of the NEW Masters, resulting in him gaining a NEW Servant and coaxed him to head to Fuyuki City, and now she is about to commence the same plot on the other "Armored Fighters", and formulate a plan to exploit them to her advantage and use them as pawns in her plans to win the recently opened Holy Grail War.
Last chapter also showed Rin Tosaka summoning her servant while Shirou "summoned" Saber, and now both teens are debriefed on the "rules and regulations" about the Holy Grail Wars. Now you will get to see the 2nd of the five NEW Masters and which Servant would be revealed...
At Fuyuki City, the scene shifts to Kotomine Church, where Rin brought Shirou in and Saber decided to wait outside as the two teens went inside and there she called out for Kotomine, and there she explained to him about the situation where Shirou became the 7th Master yet he is unaware of the current Holy Grail, and there Kotomine decided to tell Shirou about the history of the Holy Grail as well as the previous war.
"So...you are the seventh Master..."
"So what's this Holy Grail War and why am I involved in this..."
"Because it is FATE."
"Really...?"
"Yes...may I know your name?"
"Shirou Emiya"
"Huh? "Emiya" you say...?"
"Yes..."
Kotomine then explained the history of the previous Holy Grail Wars, but after learning of the 7th Master's identity, he decided to leave out the important ones and vaguely tells him how this "tournament works", and how to win this battle and the ultimate prize, as well as explaining what went on in the last war, which was related to the "great fire" that involved Shirou being the sole survivor. Hearing this made Shirou feel disgust and after learning on how to defeat the other masters, he decided to join in on the tournament so that once he became the victor, he would use that wish to permanently put a stop to the succeeding Grail Wars and to prevent another incident like the great fire from happening again.
With that, Shirou and Rin left with Kotomine proclaiming that the war is now in full swing.
Battle Of Destiny by KOKIA
(OST from Dragon Nest)
Eniimashia kk"useiiy
Rumunas"akta
Titerna woo s"ek toor nut
Jienii s"umutiseina
Damukk"unajjia
Mikk"oohi tt"uo ss"ia
Oo ss"ehr mat
Toki wo koete mo nao tsudzuiteru
Itsu no jidai mo sukuimotome
Nageku monotachi tatakau monotachi
Subete wo kaeru tatakai nara
Eniimashia kk"useiiy
Rumunas"akta
Titerna woo s"ek toor nut
Jienii s"umutiseina
Damukk"unajjia
Mikk"oohi tt"uo ss"ia
Oo ss"ehr
Kk"aime ww"ankk"at
Kk"aiw"ar oss"anak
Ss"aknar nonak w"ou
ch. 4: Atarashī Masutā to Sābanto part 2
Outside, Kotomine Church, Shirou and Saber stared at Rin as both parties are about to go separate ways after meeting with Kotomine and there Rin made it known that now that he knows about the Holy Grail War, they would be enemies as they are after the other Masters and Servants in order to defeat them and win to get the "prize", which is the Holy Grail. Deep inside, Rin doesn't want to fight Shirou, but if this is fate, then she has no choice but to fight him.
"So now you know, right?"
"Well...yeah..."
"Then you know that we're enemies, I take it?"
"Um..."
"So brace yourself...because I won't go easy on you the next time we meet!"
"Do we have to...?"
"Yes!"
"However..."
But Shirou smiled and stated that he rather have Rin as a friend than an opponent which she was taken aback, and after that he and Saber left, leaving Rin flustered at what she was just told, and sighed as she wondered if Shirou has what it takes to be a Master and win this war. After that she leaves as well and wondered what her next course of action would be now that ALL seven Masters and Servants have appeared.
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An hour later, Ryouma Mougami arrived at Fuyuki City, and managed to find some bystanders and asked any of them if they know anything about Kotomine Church, which he got the answer and went to the direction where he was told. However, along the way he stumbled onto some two groups of Yakuza gang who are about to exchange a pair of briefcases that contain money, which Ryouma nonchalantly walked passed them, which drew the ire, and the apprehension of the gang members thinking that they would be exposed, and they all surrounded the teen.
"Halt!"
"Hmm...?"
"You! You have the nerve walking past us!"
"So what?"
"You saw us! Which means we can't let you live!"
"Hmph!"
"How dare you!"
"Let's kill him!"
Ryouma scoffed as he walked passed them, but one of the gangsters pointed a gun at him yet the teen is calm and cool and asked if they have a "death wish" which caused the two groups to get amused, seeing that the teen is "suicidal" and stated that it is HE who will die, but Ryouma smirked as he snapped his fingers and "Red Saber" (in full armor) appeared out of the blue and she seemingly knew what her master wished for and began beating up the gangsters brutally, leaving them bloodied and fractured which they began begging for mercy.
"AAIIIEEEE!"
"GGGYYYAAHHH!"
"MY ARMS!"
"SAVE ME!"
"A MONSTER!"
"AN ASSASSIN!"
"SPARE ME!"
"HELP!"
Ryouma smirked as he saw two briefcases and discovered them to contain cash, and he took them with him and left, which his Servant disappeared as well leaving the two Yakuza gangs battered, humiliated and terrified. After some 20 minutes Ryouma arrived at Kotomine Church and proceeded to go inside, and looked around, wondering if this is the right place where the caller (which was Caster) instructed him, and as he loitered around, Kotomine came, surprised to see that he got a "visitor" and decided to "accommodate" him so as to get him out.
"Ahh...a visitor...this very late...what can I do for you?"
"Are you the priest here?"
"The one you speak to..."
"Then you are the one I seek..."
"You sure are confident...what is it that you wish to seek me for?"
"I was told...to ask you about this Holy Grail War..."
"Pardon?"
"The caller said you know this..."
Kotomine raised an eyebrow when told that Ryouma came here to get answers about the Holy Grail War and about the Masters and Servants, and tries to pretend not to know anything, and attempts to steer clear from the topic, but when the teen revealed his "mark", Kotomine went still, slightly surprised to see that an "8th Master" has appeared, and wondered what to do since the Holy Grail War is accommodated for only seven masters and Servants.
"Where...did you get that?"
"It appeared out of nowhere..."
"And...?"
"A Servant appeared afterwards...and this caller told me you know how this tournament works...between masters and Servants...whatever you call it. The caller even stated that a prize...an ultimate power it claims...will be awarded to the winner...what can you say about that?"
"Really...?"
"If this turn out to be a lie and it wasted my time coming here..."
"How strange..."
"What was that?"
"Very well...I will tell you..."
While a bit problematic about how to sort this, he came to the realization that this might be a good way to have the teen duke it out with the seven others and decided to tell Ryouma about the Holy Grail War, the advantage and disadvantages and what's at stake, as well as winning the "ultimate prize". When told that the Holy Grail can grant the winner any wish, including attaining "power", Ryouma appeared to be enticed, since he always wanted power, but for a personal reason that doesn't appear to border malevolent craving.
Ryouma then accepted and leaves the church with Kotomine "congratulating" the teen and wishes him luck. As Ryouma left the church, a smirk appeared as he has something in store for the teen and wondered what good this would do to him and went back inside his quarters as he wondered how an eight Master came to light, and if this is possible, this may be a good thing for this tournament.
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About several minutes later, Ryouma is walking the road, pondering on which place he should stay, as he is told that he'll have to spend his time in Fuyuki City since the other Masters are situated here and seeing that if he return to Kyoto, the other Servants might go there just to find him, and he doesn't want Team Baron to get dragged in so he decided to look for an inn to settle in for the time being. However, he paused as he sensed that he is being followed and turn around, where a Servant appeared before him. It was Lancer.
"Yo!"
"What's this...?"
"I sensed something from you..."
"So?"
"That means you're a Master..."
"And what if I am?"
"That's strange...the Holy Grail War can only accommodate seven Masters and seven Servants...I can't believe there's an eight master here...Oh well...I guess that's okay..."
"What are you getting at?"
"Well...since you saw me..."
As Lancer made it clear that he will face anyone who has seen him, he raised his spear and is ready to do a lethal blow, but is taken aback when Ryouma brought out his Banana Lockseed and unlocked it before placing it inside the Lock Driver, which Lancer appeared to be bemused as to what Ryouma is up to.
Banana Lockseed: "BANANA..."
"Eh? A huge banana...?"
"Looks like you'll be my first opponent in this Grail war..."
"I see...having a feast before you die?"
"Don't take it the wrong way...you'll be the one who will die..."
"Heh...you seem to be confident...knowing you're death is coming in mere seconds..."
"You really are a fool..."
"What?"
"Those who bark without finding out are the weaklings...so now you will feel the taste of power I acquired. Henshin."
Ryouma then places the Lockseed inside the Lock Driver and prepares his transformation which made Lancer a little suspicious.
Banana Lockseed: "LOCK ON..."
Lancer looked up seeing a huge banana appearing from the sky just as Ryouma's body is encased in red armor, and then the teen presses the "cutting blade" of the Lock Driver which causes the banana to fall down on the teen's head, and seconds later it formed the helmet and outer armor of the teen, which Lancer is somewhat surprised to see the teen appeared like an armored knight, as Ryouma now transformed into Armored Fighter Baron.
Banana Lockseed: "BANANA ARMS...KNIGHT OF SPEAR!"
At first surprised, Lancer composed himself seeing that Baron's appearance is just show and proceeded to attack him, but Baron brought out his lance and deflected the attack and their weapons clashed, and to Lancer's surprise, Baron's pose appeared to be that of a real knight, having maintained his stance and composure unlike Shirou, and is similar to Saber's stance, unable to budge the armored teen.
"Huh?"
"Hmph."
"What power...are you really a Master?"
"So...regretting about bragging carelessly?"
"Heh...you're all show..."
"Then how about I up the ante then?"
"Bring it on!"
"Hmph."
Refusing to be intimidated, Lancer backed away before moving forward to get an opening and tries a vertical thrust, but Baron managed to anticipate the move and blocked it with his lance and as the two are pushing their weapons forward, Baron managed to move his right foot and stomped on Lancer's weapon, disarming him and then punched him on the face, causing the Servant to back away, blood soon dripped from his nostril and was quite insulted to be struck by a mere Master, feeling humiliated and decided to rush things by using his Noble Phantasm.
"GAE BORG!"
As Lancer's spear glowed with energy, Baron sees this and anticipate the move as he presses the "cutting blade" of his Lock Driver to prepare for a counterattack.
Banana Lockseed: "BANANA SQUASH!"
As Lancer makes his move, so was Baron and they thrust their weapons charged with their respective energies and their weapons collided, which causes a chain of energies flowing around them and the impact caused the two combatants to back away, and Lancer is surprised, and dismayed that his attack has been deflected the second time and as before, he is forced to back away because his orders were to test out Ryouma and see if he is a threat, which appeared to be the case as his Gae Borg was deflected again. As Lancer walked away, Baron asked if he is conceding, which the Servant reluctantly confirms, but vowed that the next meeting will be a different matter.
After Lancer left, Baron got into a mental conversation with Red Saber, which the Servant was quite impressed at how her Master handled himself against another Servant.
"Not bad."
"You saw it?"
"Yes...I'm amazed that you managed to hold on your own against a lancer-class Servant..."
"Are the other Servants like that?"
"I suppose..."
"Then the road to seeking this power officially starts..."
"Summon me if you wish to use my power..."
"I will."
After that, Baron removed the Banana Lockseed and is de-armored himself and leaves the scene as well, looking for a place to stay in as the night is getting late.
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The scene shifts to Kyoto, where you can see that the scene zoomed towards outside the Takaishi Manor, where Takeru arrived from his secret meeting with Team Gaim, just as his elder brother, Yamato is about to leave the manor as he is heading for Yggdrassil Corporation, and as the two siblings left, he tells him that he is off to an important work and reminded his younger brother not to neglect his studies.
"Nii-san..."
"Late again?"
"Yes...cram school...as usual."
"Fine. I'll be late at work tonight..."
"Be careful then..."
"I will...and don't forget your studies...once you graduated...you will work at my side..."
"Of course..."
"Then goodnight..."
After Yamato left the manor, Takeru is about to go inside when he noticed that the ground is glowing and out came skeletal creatures, and they all appeared to go after him, which Takeru is taken aback and is about to bring out his Lock Driver when he noticed his left hand glowing where a red mark-like symbol appeared, and as the creatures are about to get him, the mark on his hand glowed brighter and the ground lit as white light emanated and out came what appeared to be a human-sized figure, who appeared to be angelic, and is holding a spear, and wings are seen flapping, which created a gust of wind that caused the creatures to fall back, and then the angelic-like entity stared at Takeru, engaging in a brief conversation.
"I have arrived...and answered your summon..."
"Eh?"
"Are you my Master...?"
"What...an...angel...?"
"That mark on your hand...it confirms that you are my Master..."
"What...what are you...?"
"I am your Servant...Lancer."
"A...white...Lancer...?"
But as the creatures rose back to their feet, the angelic-like figure, who identified himself as White Lancer, brought out his staff and flew towards the creatures and moved in fast speed as if a bird is flying straight to catch its prey, using his staff and speed to take out the creatures in an awe-like fashion which the fight lasted less than a minute while Takeru was speechless at what is happening before him, having been called a "Master" which he is unaware that this was part of Caster's plot to bring out new masters and Servants.
After the coast is clear, White Lancer approached Takeru and pointed out the red symbol on the teen's left backhand, and there Takeru saw it, but then he saw the butler about to come out after hearing the sounds of explosion and light, and by the time the butler came out, all he see is Takeru, in which the teen assured that everything is okay, and when the butler went inside the manor, Takeru noticed that White Lancer is not around, and he sighed as he thought that White Lancer has left and went back to his bedroom.
As soon as he entered his bedroom, he glanced at the back of his left hand where he saw the crest symbol and wondered what this means which by then White Lancer "phased" through Takeru's window and pointed out to the boy's left hand stating that the symbol is proof that he was summoned by a Master, and told Takeru that HE is his Master, which Takeru was baffled until the telephone on his room rang, and in his confusion, he accidentally pressed the record button, as as he answered it, his conversation with the caller, who turn out to be Caster, is now being recorded.
"Hello, young man..."
"Who is this..."
"It's not important who I am...the important matter is you."
"Me?"
"Yes...I take it you just got that mark on your left hand...and that a Servant appeared before you..."
"What...? How did you know about that?"
"That means you become a "Master"...and soon there are others who would come after your life...and those who hold dear to you..."
"What do you mean by that?"
"Believe me...you are in danger...so you must head for Fuyuki City at once..."
"Why would I...?"
"That's the only way to save those you care deeply...and once you arrive at Fuyuki City...seek out the priest named Kotomine...he will tell you what to do..."
While told that he must head for Fuyuki City at once, Takeru is having second thoughts about leaving, but when recalling his encounter with the skeletal army, he felt that this might put citizens at risk even when he fights as Ryugen, and not wanting his family put in danger even with Taiki's help, and fearing for the safety of Team Gaim, Takeru reluctantly decided to heed Caster's advice and puts down the phone, and tells White Lancer to take him to Fuyuki City while holding a map to serve as his guide.
Outside, one of the Takaishi maids arrived after doing an errand, and as she is about to enter the gate, she saw Takeru being carried by White Lancer as both flew to the air, and this caused the maid to shriek out and fainted, which attracted the other maids, in which by this time Takeru and his Servant are already gone as they leave Kyoto and head for Kobe prefecture, unaware of what they accidentally left behind.
To Be Continued…
Hope you liked this chapter, and here you get to see the 2nd of the new Masters and Servant, which he is based on the Digimon, Angemon. Although he is also based on the Greek Mythology character, Icarus which is fitting since he and Takeru are innocent yet eager to take on risks that went in front of them.
Once again, Caster has succeeded in bringing forth her plans, first she succeeded in making Ryouma an unofficially Master in which she used forbidden means to give him a Servant, and did the same to Takeru, resulting in him making a new Master and giving him a Servant of his own, and after some coaxing, he is now heading for Fuyuki City to seek out Kotomine so that he would be coaxed further to join the Holy Grail War.
Preview:
Part three of this arc is underway as another Armored Fighter is unwillingly chosen to become a master and receives a Servant, which would result in him being coaxed to head for Fuyuki City as well.
And lastly, Baron gets to meet one of the seven existing Masters, which would cause some tension between the two characters before a fight breaks out...
Dramatis Personae:
Here are list of some characters appearing in this fic, and which series they belonged to so that you would be familiar with them...
Character: Takeru Takaishi
Series: Digimon Adventure, Digimon Adventure 02
Role: is a member of Team Gaim, nicknamed "TK"by the others. His father owns the Yggdrasill Corporation and he will inherit it, alongside his brother, Yamato. He hides this fact, as well as how he goes to an elite high school and is from a rich background from the others as he enjoys being part of Team Gaim and wants to walk his own path in life.
After Taiki's near death encounter with a white-colored Armored Fighter which forces Taiki to recover from his injuries, Takeru seeks out and convinces Sid The Lock Dealer to give him a LOck Driver. From there, Takeru becomes Team Gaim's second Armored Fighter, with a Chinese warrior-theme, where he was given the name "Armored Fighter Ryugen".
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Character: White Lancer
Series: Digimon Adventure, Digimon Adventure 02
Role: He is a Lancer-type Servant whose identity is based on the Greek mythological character, Icarus, and is the son of the master craftsman Daedalus. The main story told about Icarus is his attempt to escape from Crete by means of wings that his father constructed from feathers and wax. He ignored instructions not to fly too close to the sun, and the melting wax caused him to fall into the sea where he drowned.
Icarus's father Daedalus, a talented and remarkable Athenian craftsman, built the Labyrinth for King Minos of Crete near his palace at Knossos to imprison the Minotaur, a half-man, half-bull monster born of his wife and the Cretan bull. Minos imprisoned Daedalus himself in the labyrinth because he gave Minos' daughter, Ariadne, a clew (or ball of string) in order to help Theseus, the enemy of Minos, to survive the Labyrinth and defeat the Minotaur.
Daedalus fashioned two pairs of wings out of wax and feathers for himself and his son. Daedalus tried his wings first, but before taking off from the island, warned his son not to fly too close to the sun, nor too close to the sea, but to follow his path of flight. Overcome by the giddiness that flying lent him, Icarus soared through the sky curiously, but in the process he came too close to the sun, which melted the wax. Icarus kept flapping his wings but soon realized that he had no feathers left and that he was only flapping his bare arms, and so Icarus fell into the sea in the area which today bears his name, the Icarian Sea near Icaria, an island southwest of Samos.
Similar to what happened to Ryouma Mogami, Caster used a forbidden spell which makes Takeru a Master and Icarus ends up becoming Takeru's Servant, and through Caster's trickery both head for Fuyuki City to get answers.
White Lancer visually resembles the Digimon, Angemon.
