"Master of the sword huh? If so, where is your sword? I don't see it with you." questioned Mebius.
"It's concealed." responded the blonde woman.
"Why?" asked Mebius.
"So my identity won't be exposed." the woman answered back.
Mebius sighed. "Does that mean Saber isn't your real name?"
Saber noticed something was wrong. He was behaving in a way she did not expect. She got suspicious.
"You're not a normal servant, aren't you?" questioned the blonde woman.
Mebius didn't answer her question. "Why does concealing your identity matter?" he asked.
"Our identities are tied to our Noble Phantasms. If either of our Noble Phantasms were revealed, our masters would formulate a plan to get around said phantasm." answered Saber.
"Noble Whatasm?" Mebius said in confusion.
Saber was surprised by this. He didn't know what a noble phantasm is! There was something wrong with this servant. She said in an authoritative voice.
"You're definitely not a normal servant. All servants should know what a noble phantasm is, especially their own. Yet you don't. Do you even know what class you're are!?"
"Supposedly Rider." Mebius responded. There was a brief silence.
"I'm guessing that something went wrong in your summoning and it made you a defect." said Saber.
"Why does this matter right now?" questioned Mebius who was starting to get annoyed.
Kiritsugu was observing the conversation. As it went on, he noticed something about Saber that piqued his interest. It was the color palette. It was eerily similar to the design of Avalon, the catalyst he used to try to summon King Author. Could it be that Saber was King Author? That shouldn't be. King Author can't be a girl! King Author was always known as a man. Kiritsugu knew that fictional works can affect servants but there was nowhere near the amount of works depicting King Author as a woman to make this happen. Even if that was true, there should be no way that the boy would be able to summon Saber because Kiritsugu had Avalon. King Author was a legendary hero and every high-class mage would kill to get any remains of him. There was no way a boy who seemed to be a third-class mage can get his hands on something like that. The only way that the boy would've been able to summon Saber if the friend that Mebius spoke about had somehow gave the boy Saber. Even then he finds that iffy. Kiritsugu checks his earpiece to contact Mayia.
"What is the guy in the jumpsuit doing now?"
"He's still on the crane but he now has a walkie-talkie with him. Also, I found Kayneath. He should be in your sights." Maiya responded.
Kiritsugu searches the area and managed to find Kayneath. He was on top of a stack of ship containers opposite to him however he was hidden in the shadows.
"There you are."
But before he could press the trigger he could hear the sounds of blades colliding with each other. He looked down and could see that his servant and Saber were fighting each other. This has him worried.
Kayneath could only watch. With his servant immobilized he couldn't do anything. He was mad at the fact that someone (let alone a servant) was willing to defend Waver's moronic theory and he wanted to punish him for it. He could've easily used a command seal to rid his servant of whatever immobility spell was placed upon her and have her continue fighting. However, Kayneath was too smart for that. He knew if he did that Saber and Rider would team up and defeat her. Kayneath did not want to be the first master out of the war. He decided to continue watching until an opportunity presents itself.
On the crane
The man in the red and black jumpsuit was watching everything. He was there since Lancer and Rider first encountered. He was giving information that he observed through a walkie-talkie. There was obviously someone else with a walkie-talkie who was gaining said information.
"Saber and Rider are fighting each other. I repeat, they are fighting each other."
"Assassin, you do realize these radio things are unnecessary and we could telepathically communicate with each other?"
"Come on! You said I could do anything I want after I faked my death for you and Tokiomi! Plus, stop calling me assassin. It was cool the first couple of times but now it's just annoying. Call me Wade." the man in the jumpsuit responded.
"Fine."
The person that the guy in the jumpsuit was talking to was Kirei Kotomine. He was a young man in his late 20s. He is a priest and an executor for the Holy Church. He is a master in this war and the guy in the jumpsuit is his servant. He is trying to get the Grail just like the other masters but it's not for himself. Unlike the other masters in this war, he has no desire for the Grail. Or any form of desire at all.
The only reason he's in this war because the grail because of his father, Risei. 3 years before the war, command seals appeared on his hand. He didn't understand why the grail would choose him as a master. He has no emotions whatsoever. He realized this in his youth and since then tried everything to feel something. His final attempt was marriage. However, it didn't last very long and it ended with his wife's suicide. He didn't shed a single tear. That was the moment he realized that he can't feel anything.
Kirei was currently in the basement of the Fuyuki church. In front of him was a strange contraption. He was speaking the information that his servant gained for him in front of it. It was clear that he was communicating with someone.
In the basement of a mansion, there was a man with a goatee in a red suit which looked like it would be from the 19th century, sitting next to a table and on the table was a device identical to the that Kirei was using. This man was gaining the information.
"So, Lancer is a teenage girl and Rider doesn't even know how his own class works? This war is easier than it should be. Has Saber revealed anything yet?"
"Not yet." responded Kirei.
The man was Tokiomi Tohsaka, the current head of the Tohsaka clan. His family was one of the founding 3 families that created the grail and started the grail wars. His family's dream was to reach Akasha or alternatively known as The Root. This goal was once shared by the other two families but they clearly abandoned it.
The reason why he was working with Kirei was mere coincidence. He visited Risei when Kirei got his command seals. He met Kirei and noticed his command seals. Once he saw those command seals, he hatched a plan inside his head.
He wanted an alliance with Kirei. He managed to convince Risei to allow it. The church doesn't really like mages and would prefer the grail not going in any mage's hands. Somehow the Tohsakas managed to be good friends with them and due to that the church would be fine with the Tohsakas winning it. Although despite them not exactly seeing eye to eye, the church would rather have the Tohsakas win the grail than the Einzberns or dear god the Matous.
However, the alliance would have to be kept under wraps because Risei was going to be this war's mediator. An alliance with the mediator's son would question the legitimacy of the war. Tokiomi had thought of a plan to get around it. He would have Kirei summon Hassan-I-Sabbah. Due to Hassan's multiple personalities, Tokiomi could fake a battle between him and his servant with his servant "killing" Hassan (in reality only killing of one of the personalities). This would trick everyone into thinking that assassin is dead. After that, he would have Kirei as his eyes and ears as Kirei would use Hassan's other personalities to spy on everyone. The other masters won't bother to notice them because they think assassin is already dead. That combined with Kirei's lack of interest in the grail (meaning he won't be backstabbed) he should be able to win the war. It was the perfect plan.
Almost.
Instead Kirei got a guy in the jumpsuit known as Deadpool as his servant. Kirei's servant horrified Tokiomi because not only he broke all the rules of the assassin class, he was also an amalgamation of everything he hated about modern society. What made things even worse for him was that Deadpool discovered the plan. And he didn't like it.
"Is Assassin behaving?" asked Tokiomi.
"Don't worry. He is well under control." responded Kirei. After he said that, he could hear his servant yell in his head.
"I HEARD THAT!"
Kirei groaned after hearing that.
"Don't do that again." Kirei replied telepathically.
"Hey! I have the right to be angry! I don't like the fact that you won't let me fight. I REALLY wanna behead someone with my katanas." Deadpool responded.
"You do realize the assassin class is naturally weak and it is a terrible idea send an assassin into direct battle?" responded Kirei.
"Then whoever came up with the class system is a moron. Seriously, who thought this broken system would work?"
"That would be the Matous. Luckily for you, they're participating in this war so you could ask them that." Kirei responded.
"Too bad I am not going to confront them directly due to your caveman friend. Seriously, what's with his deal with technology? What did it ever do to him?" questioned Deadpool.
"He's just a very traditional mage." Kirei answered.
"So, he's the mage equivalent of rednecks from the south?" asked Deadpool.
"He is definitely not a Redneck but I would say he is very right-wing." responded Kirei.
"Right wing? Dear god, I don't wanna know what the mage equivalent of Donald Trump in this universe will look like." Deadpool thought to himself after hearing Kirei's response.
"He really needs to open up to technology. If I had a sniper rifle with me, I could have easily killed 3 of the masters already." Deadpool said.
"You know Tokiomi won't approve of that. He hates firearms with a passion. Plus, there will be no need of you taking out the other masters. Tokiomi's servant is more than capable to destroy all the other servants." Kirei responded.
"You mean that blonde asshole? What good is he? He is far stuck up his own ass he's more likely to kill Tokiomi than the other servants. I can already see it happening!" rebutted Deadpool.
Kirei was starting to get irritated. "I am done discussing with you. If you're using this as an opportunity to argue that we're nothing but fictional characters in a story then I'm not having any of it. Go back to observing."
"Fine." Deadpool said in a grumpy tone.
After Kirei finished talking to Deadpool, he went back to talking to Tokiomi.
"I'm guessing you had a discussion with your servant?" questioned Tokiomi.
"Yes." Kirei sighed.
"Don't worry. This war shouldn't take long. With my servant, this war should only last about a week. You will soon be relieved of assassin." Tokiomi said in an ensuring voice.
"Thanks for your comment."
Mebius found himself going on the defensive just like his last battle. Mebius was using his daggers to block Saber's sword just like he was using his daggers to block Lancer's spear. Already a few minutes into the battle, Mebius knew that Saber is going to be a major threat.
Although Saber attacked at a slower rate than Lancer, Saber attacks were far more heavy-hitting. Mebius knew this because every time Saber's sword hit Mebius's daggers, they made a loud impact noise which was far louder than when his daggers collided with Lancer's spear. Saber's sword hit Mebius's daggers so hard, he felt tiny droplets of water coming from his daggers (Wayward Deluge is a water weapon). Mebius knew that if Saber's sword hits him, it would cleave him in half. Mebius could use an illusion again but he didn't want to constantly use them and end up creating pattern for his enemies to figure out.
Another problem that Mebius has is the fact that he can't even see Saber's sword. Mebius was surprised that he was even able to block Saber's sword and last this long. However, he knew this luck wasn't going to last any longer. He knew that he will slip up just like his battle with Lancer.
Saber swung her sword at Mebius again and this time she was going for the head. One of Mebius's daggers blocked the sword right before it can hit his head. In the brief second that the sword was near his head, he felt something. Something familiar. It was….
Wind magic. An idea popped up in his head.
Saber pulled back her sword then swung it again and one of Mebius's daggers blocked it just like before. The other dagger flew towards Saber but she noticed it and jumped back to avoid it. After the dagger missed its target, it went back to Mebius.
"I know what you're using to conceal your sword. Its wind magic. I know how to get around it." Mebius said with a confident tone.
Saber tighten her grip on her sword in response.
Mebius's Wayward Deluge floated down and went under his cape (which hid his backpack) and then took out a new weapon. A bright yellow scythe with a flowery design. Mebius held it in his hands and pointed it at Saber.
"What do you think?"
The only response Mebius got was uncontrollable laughter coming from the still immobilized Lancer. Mebius turned around in Lancer's direction.
"WHAT KIND OF WEAPON IS THAT?! IT'S SO GIRLY! SERIOUSLY, WHY WOULD YOU HAVE A GIRLY WEAPON LIKE THAT?! EVEN MY OLD FRIENDS WOULD THINK IT TOO GIRLY!" Lancer said laughing.
"Hey! It was free! Plus, it's a very effective weapon!" Mebius yelled back.
During this commotion, Saber was thinking about the weapon that Mebius just took out. Was it a Noble Phantasm? Her enemy showed such confidence in it despite its feminine look. Maybe it's supposed to confuse her? Saber started to think of all the possibilities of what that weapon could be. Was this the thing that would that would get around her wind magic? She didn't know but she knew she had to take a chance. She lunged herself forward in Mebius's direction, creating a burst of air in her wake.
Mebius immediately turned around and throw his scythe at Saber like a boomerang. Once Saber got close enough she swung her sword at the scythe and the scythe got into position and they both collided. Immediately after the collision, Saber felt something wrong.
The wind magic that was concealing her sword was being destroyed. But how? She looked at her sword and was shocked. The part of the blade that the scythe touched was exposed! Saber tried removing her sword to get away from the scythe but the scythe followed her blade. The scythe hit her blade again in the same area it was earlier but then it went up the blade, destroying the wind magic and exposing the blade. It eventually slides off the blade and it went back to Mebius.
Saber's sword was fully exposed. Now everyone knows her true identity. Almost everyone.
"Wow, that's a cool sword you got there." Mebius said after seeing the exposed sword. It had a blue hilt and a gold cross guard, and the blade was a fine silver.
"I guess you know the name of my blade then?" questioned Saber.
"Huh?" Mebius muttered.
"I know what you're trying to do. You pretending to stupid to me to confuse me. That weapon you pulled out is a magic destroying Noble Phantasm and it looks like that to make your enemies put their guard down. I know what you're doing!" said Saber.
"What's the point of this?" asked a confused Mebius.
"You exposed my blade. You should know my name now. When a Noble Phantasm is revealed, the identity of the servant is exposed." Saber responded.
Mebius sighed. "I think I should explain. I come from a world vastly different from this one. Magic is normal everyday occurrence and is known by the public unlike this world where it is kept from the public. However, my world is not as technologically advanced. The main force that keeps my world in balance is the elements. There are many elements but there are 8 main elements: fire, water, earth, energy, ice, wind, darkness, and light. They all can counteract each other. For example, a fire weapon can kill an ice monster and vice versa. In this case, my earth weapon can counteract your wind magic. Do you understand now?"
"I understand. But why would you explain this to me? Wouldn't it be better for you if I didn't know any of this?" asked Saber.
"I'm a nice guy. You don't seem like a bad person to me." Mebius responded.
While this conversation was happening, the immobility wore off on Lancer and she stood up. She was weak. Luckily for her, she wasn't noticed by Saber and Rider. She took out a candy bar from her pocket and ripped the wrapper off with her teeth and proceeded to eat it. Mebius heard Lancer eating and turned around to her direction.
"Why are you eating? Didn't you already eat when we first met?" questioned Mebius.
"Why do you care?" Lancer answered back as she eats half the bar in a single bite.
"If you're that hungry I could give you something to eat." Mebius responded.
"Oh really?" questioned Lancer as she finished her bar.
"Well, I don't have much. All I got is some leftover bread from my local inn and I don't even know how old it is."
Mebius took out the loaf of bread out then tossed it towards Lancer. Lancer managed to catch it. Lancer's master shouted in anger after she caught it.
"LANCER WHAT ARE YOU DOING!? DON'T YOU DARE EAT THAT!" Kayneth yelled.
Lancer ignored him. She took a glance at the bread then sniffed it. She paused to determine if it was worth trying. She took a bite out of it and immediately her eyes widen.
It was the best bread she ever ate in her entire life. He hastily gobbled the bread and finished it.
There was silence. Lancer had her head down. She said in a begrudging tone.
"Thanks."
"Your welcome." Mebius responded. "I'm guessing Lancer isn't your real name?"
Lancer nodded. Mebius turned around to look at Saber then went back to Lancer.
"You know, I don't understand why we have to conceal our names. I honestly see no point to it if most of us are going to die anyway. Plus, I prefer calling people by their real name. I'll reveal my name to both of you so you can tell me yours. Does that sound fair?" announced Mebius.
Saber was the first one to respond.
"I'll reveal my name. You may not be a chivalrous knight with a code of honor, however due to the kindness you shown to us, I will treat you in that regard. It would unhonorable of me to take advantage of it."
Waver heard that and then tried getting his servant's attention. He did not want his servant's name to be revealed. He appreciated the fact that the enemy servant stood up for him but it wasn't worth having his servant reveal her name.
"Saber, don't it! It nots worth it!" he shouted. However, Saber ignored it and continued.
"I am Aturia Pendragon, or more famously King Author, King of Britain!"
"Wait, you're a king?" questioned Mebius.
"Yes." Saber responded.
"Wow. I didn't know women could be kings in this world. I guess I should introduce myself now your highness?" said Mebius.
Saber nodded yes.
"I am Mebius, Hero of Lore!" he announced in a confident tone.
Saber who is now known as King Author smiled. After that, both Saber and Mebius turned to look at Lancer, expecting her to reveal her name.
Lancer was conflicted. She knew that if she revealed her true name her master wouldn't be happy. However, she didn't like her master. In fact, she hated him ever since she first lay her eyes on him. She always hates how her master criticize her for her eating habits. She personally found it insulting given her past life.
Another thing to consider was how nice Mebius was to her. She found it so strange of how nice he was to her. This wasn't the first time that someone cared about her. Lancer did have friends that cared about her in her past life but this the first time an adult cared about her. Ever since her family died no adult has been in her life ever since.
There was silence.
"Kyoko Sakura." Lancer said. "That is my name."
The silence continued as Mebius is thinking of how to respond back.
"Thanks for giving your name, I'll make sure to remember it." Mebius responded.
"Thanks." Kyoko said in a non-begrudging tone.
"Since we all introduced ourselves, shall we continue our battle?" commented Saber.
Mebius turned around to respond to Saber. "Yes we can."
However, before the servants could do anything else, a certain glided asshole servant joins the fray and expresses his disappoint at the rest the servants.
"I am severally disappointed."
Everyone else present focuses their attention on the newcomer. He was standing on top of a street light. The new servant had blonde spikey hair and was wearing golden armor that covered his entire body except his head. If one thing could be immediately said about him, he gave off a powerful presence. The street light he was standing on was flickering.
"I can't believe I've been summoned to fight a delusional girl who thinks she's king, a Rider who's too damn nice, and a teenager an eating disorder. This war is truly a joke." he continued.
"Wow, don't you scream villain." Mebius commented.
Sorry everyone that this was updated late! I was lazy, and I was too busy focusing making content for my YouTube and Soundcloud and sorta forgot about it. I was going to continue it earlier but then the hurricane happened then more laziness ensued. I want to apologize in advance for this chapter may seem a little bit rushed. I hope you understand. I promise I won't upload this late again!
EDIT: Fixing typos and rewrites