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Chapter 5: Trapping the Worm
Danny smirked as he finished the notification in front of him.
The letter had arrived to his door by familiar and it was written exactly how he remembered the one that warranted the opportunity to team-up against Canon!Caster, this time against Zouken Matou.
His smile widened even more as he thought of the face Kariya was going to make at this news.
The young man was going to discover it quite soon as his next step was approaching the Master of Berserker.
But first! "Ready to go to school, Sasha?"
The girl grinned as she had taken the elementary school quite well, exceptionally better than any of her peers.
Plus the tales that she narrated when she returned home, about her day at school or how weird her interactions with Rin Tohsaka were.
One time the girl wanted to show off her popularity, then tries to ask shyly for some help in some math problems.
The latter was mostly indulged by their mutual friend, Kotone, as she enjoyed teasing the little tsundere.
Nitocris had more than once joked about this being the first steps for Sasha's harem and everytime he would reply with a cold glare toward the cheeky Servant.
His little Sasha was far too young for that kind of stuff, no matter how cute and charismatic she was.
They walked out of their home but not before the young man saluted their newly-added intruder.
Shock of the year, a ghost has finally decided to haunt his weird life.
It was even more unnerving how silent she was.
The ghost was a small frail woman with white hair and yellow eyes, her right eye covered in bandages and she had a simple white dress.
Nitocris, being quite attuned with the undead, defined her as 'harmless' and 'friendly'.
She just kept smiling at him and he was the only one other than Caster to see her.
He had hoped to understand more about the subject in that moment, but it had been few hours before he had to get Sasha to elementrary school.
After leaving his adopted daughter at school, Danny walked back to the local park to see and find the elusive man known as Kariya Matou.
His hair had already turned white and he was trembling in the bench as he tried to relieve the pain of the extensive price of restoring Lancelot.
With a simple casual look, the young man sat in the free seat of the same bench.
Zouken's older son looked at him in confusion, before recognising the person calmly staring at him thanks to Berserker's vision.
Fear quickly took over his pained soul but, several minutes of relative calm, were enough to make him realise that he wasn't going to be attacked in broad daylight.
"W-Who are you?"
Danny smiled as he was glad that the man wasn't as insane as he had thought.
"Danny Dempsey, Mr. Matou. I'm here to discuss a possible deal not as Masters but as responsible adults."
"S-Speak then!" Kariya said vehemently. "I'm not in the mood of games."
Sighing the Master of Caster decided to go as bluntly as possible.
"Mr. Matou, I know what your wish truly is and it's not truly one that is going to happen if you keep collaborating with Zouken."
Danny stared in surprise as he felt Kariya's hand grasping his arm quite harshly. "Y-You don't-!" "I know about the worms, I know about Sakura and... I know of your 'problem', Mr. Matou."
The rage that had fueled the strenght behind the hold vanished instantly at the young man's words. "That's why I wish to create a truthful cooperation between the two of us, as a mean to deal with the old worm."
Hissing in pain as the worms inside his body acting at the outrageous old teen in front of him, Kariya smiled through his suffering. "C-Continue."
Danny picked up his wallet and removed a photo that he had added quite recently.
"This little girl." He pointed at a smiling Sasha, as she bearhugged his neck, Danny crouched so the young girl could truly hug him well and without issues. "is my daughter, Sasha."
"W-Why are you showing me this? What are y-you trying to accomplish with this?"
Kariya knew that he was already sold because he had already understood what this curious man was trying to explain but he wished to hear it properly as not to spoil the negotiations.
"As a parent, I wish the best for my child and I hate any abuse towards children, especially the one young Sakura is undergoing. This is why I offer you the opportunity to finish the big worm with my support, in exchange I wish for you to forfeit your role as Master of this war."
Kariya grimaced at the cost of Sakura's survival.
While that would guarante an end to the madness caused by the oldest Matou, it also meant giving major power to another player of the Heaven Feel.
Danny's hand felt warm for a moment as two new Commands appeared on it.
"I thought I was supposed to save Sakura first." The confusion was silenced by a snort from the Matou.
"Spare it, Dempsey." Kariya said, feeling the lack of strain caused by Berserker. "I cannot sustain Berserker in a fight as difficult as one against Zouken. You will save her or I will haunt you for betraying our trust."
Kariya decided to leave in that moment, the trembling having completely disappeared yet a small limping from his right leg remaining.
Smiling at another success, Danny was about to calmly leave the park himself.
He looked in front of him and saw a mother and her child walking his way and he noticed just few elements that made his blood freeze.
They both had white hair and.. red.. eyes. . . .
Irisviel's smile originated by little Illya's antics about Kerry disappeared as soon as she noticed the individual in front of the two.
SHIIIIIIIIII-!
Danny saw the woman's eyes widen in recognition and he started to run away from the duo, unwilling to deal with the Einzberns and their Servant.
Yells asking for him to wait fell deaf as his pace picked up a major speed and, almost five minutes of insane escaping, Danny happily realised he wasn't being chased.
His legs, hurting from the rare over-extended run, felt sore as they finally stopped their mad running.
The young man had seriously felt unlucky and not just because of that moment.
He had encountered Kiara, Kariya, Risei and, now that he thought about it, Claudia Hortensia.
While his inner fanboy side squealed at meeting the characters in person, his logical side reminded him of how dangerous those were.
Especially Kiritsugu Emi-*Poke Poke*ah?
Danny frowned as he felt a small finger poking at his leg.
He slowly turned around and saw a cute girl with plum winter clothes.
"Hi. Can you help me go back to my parents?" She asked, showing her adorable rubies.
In that moment Danny, the Master of Caster, knew that he had been given Luck F..
AN
I noticed a mistake last chapter. The AN for ViU will be published tomorrow, not today.
Also almost 700 favs for FPO... Oh YEAH!
Reviews Q&A!
MWkillkenny84: Next chapter!
merendinoemiliano: Ok!
Guest Q: The secret has been revealed! Danny got an haunting! Also no problem asking, I just hope no one ask questions already answered in the cha-*look other reviews*pters...
nanox876: 1) Fate/Prototype is a different timeline, in fact the Grail War is sited in Tokyo and it's the second one. Plus there are characters that aren't supposed to exist or at least not have the role given in FSN. It's stated in the Wikia that Nasu himself wrote Fate/Prototype as a failsafe for FSN, in case the idea wasn't accepted by the public. 2) Kariya goes ballistic and target Gil because he know he's Tokiomi's Servant. In this twist there is nothing stopping him to truly try and win the Grail tactically as he tried to kill the 'Master' of Saber without having his already draining Berserker got damaged too much.
fafnir1404: Dunno at the moment. Danny's Magecraft will possibly be described in the sequel.
ZenoZen: Thank you!
Fenrir-kun: Indeed.
CD123505: Danny's buttcheeks are stronger than the lovespot! xD
eNervFlinC: Prepare for a storm 'cause Danny is going to rain on the Worm!
Guest(chapter5): I already explained it (go and reread the chapters) and no, only prana cannot sustain a Servant. Gilgamesh was a special case as he was hit by the corruption of the Grail at the end of FZ.