/N: Highschool DxD belongs to Ichihei Isibumi and Illustrated by Miyama-Zero. Fate/Apocrypha belongs to Yuichiro Higashide and Illustrated by Ototsugu Konoe
Jeanne & Hero Faction Vs Chaste Huntress
"As much as I understand your role in this war, by the order of my master, you must die, Ruler." Declared Atalanta.
"I see. Then..." Fate Jeanne already changed to her battle outfit and already summoned her battle flag. She then looks at her soul inheritor. "Jeanne, please go back to Georg-san camp. This is not your group battle." She advised.
"No." She replied immediately. "I and the others are ordered by Cao Cao-kun to protecting you from the Red Faction. I'll help you fight her."
Atalanta raised her eyebrow. "Oh. So you're one of the humans that Lancer talking about. To think that young women like you is a soul inheritor of a Saint." She said acknowledged DxD Jeanne presence. "But, you should listen to Ruler words. The battle between Servants is not an affair for humans. Go and I'll spare you."
"Jeanne, please just go." Fate Jeanne gave a last warning. She then moves forward and running toward the Chaste Huntress. Using her battle flag, she tried to hit her by swinging it. But Atalanta easily jump upward with quick reflexes due to her Crossing Arcadia skills, making her nimble and swift. When in mid-air, she prepared two arrows, aimed it at Fate Jeanne head, then fired it at quick succession. The Maid of Orleans saw through this and spinning her battle flag at the incoming projectiles, deflected the incoming projectiles. The Chaste Huntress then using her agility to jump to nearby tree branches. Fate Jeanne jumped toward her, using her battle flag to strike her. Atalanta managed to block it using her bow, Tauropolos, a bow that was gifted by Artemis, but the force of Fate Jeanne strike make her crashed to the ground.
DxD Jeanne is awed by their battle. 'Incredible! When fighting Sieg-kun, she's not as powerful as now. So this is Servant's power. If they ever gained all of their power...'
Meanwhile, Fate Jeanne and Atalanta still continuing their battle. Battle flag and bow are clashing against each other. Sometimes, Atalanta put Fate Jeanne on the defensive by shooting a barrage of Arrows at mid-range, putting her on the defensive. Sometimes, Fate Jeanne managed to get close to her and tried ramming it with her flag, only for the latter of nimbly jumped to avoid the attack. After a series of clashing, both of them jump back to pause the battle.
'She is able to deflect all of my attacks.' Fate Jeanne thought while prepared to battle once more.
Atalanta then readying her arrow once more, only to jump upward because suddenly, a collection of Holy Sword suddenly emerged from the place she stands. She then landed on a branch of a pine tree.
DxD Jeanne appears to raise her right hand to create Holy Sword. Her left hand is grabbing her rapier.
Fate Jeanne is angry seeing her soul inheritor actions. "Jeanne, I told you to not interfere. This is not your battles!" She yelled at her.
"No!" DxD Jeanne yelled back. "I can't see it any more than you're being slowly overwhelmed by her. I'll stay here to help you fight against her."
"Why!? Cause it's Cao Cao-san orders?" Fate Jeanne asked her.
"Because you're my friend." DxD Jeanne said immediately.
"Eh?" Apo Jeanne didn't believe what she heard. A human regarded a Servant as a friend. Only a kind-hearted master would think of that.
Atalanta chuckled hearing DxD Jeanne words. "Such words. A servant is only a copy of the real heroes that existed in the Throne of Heroes. We exist in the world only for obtaining the Holy Grail, that's all." She said.
"So, you think Servant is only a familiar..." DxD Jeanne speak back. Her face is had a pity look toward the Chaste Huntress. "If that's so, you're wrong. The servant also a living being, they had emotions as well, not a puppet. If that's how you think of yourself, I pity you. What a bad Master you have there, Atalanta."
"I think talking is enough. Since you decided to enter the battle between Servants, you marked your own grave." Atalanta said while she preparing her arrows that charged by Mana, not hearing her words at all. After charged enough, she shoots it towards DxD Jeanne. The later formed a Holy Swords Wall in front of her to block it, but the arrows pierce through the wall of Holy Swords and pierced DxD Jeanne on her left chest. She then cried in pain, then fall on her knees, grabbing the arrow that almost embedded to her left lung.
"An impressive abilities. However, humans can't hope to match a Servant in term of strength." Atalanta declared. "Now then..." she then jumped to a pine tree branches and turned her attention to Fate Jeanne once more and preparing her arrow that aimed to her head. The latter prepares herself to deflect the arrow. "One-shots and you will-" She didn't manage to finish her words, as suddenly she feels something slashing her right side. She looks to her front and saw a holy sword is embedded in the ground.
DxD Jeanne, while trying to stay conscious due to her wounds, is managed to controlling one Holy Sword to silently strike Atalanta when she drops her guard. Blood is seen trickling from her mouth. The skin around her eyes turn pale because of blood loss and her breath become raspy. "Who says...that us humans...can't match Servants...that...is a payback...for your words..." She said in falter tone due to her wounds. "One wound...is enough..."
"Jeanne!" Fate Jeanne worried seeing her soul inheritor wounds on her chest.
"Why you..." Atalanta narrowed her eyes while touching her side that had a medium scratch.
DxD Jeanne then fall backward. "Then...I leave it to all of you...to assist...Jeanne...chan..." her body then touched the ground, losing consciousness.
"Jeanne..." Fate Jeanne said after seeing it. She then turned towards Atalanta with a glare. "Why'd you attacking her, Archer of Red!?"
"She, who is not a Magus, is dared to interfered Servant's battle. As such, death is the quickest decision. Who knows she will spread the information about the Holy Grail War after this." Atalanta answered. "Then, I'll go back to the mission ordered by my Master."
"Hoo. But, we can't allow you to escape, Atalanta-dono."
Suddenly, the landscape around Fate Jeanne and Atalanta is turned into a grayish color. Both of them are shocked by the sudden change of the atmosphere. Siegfried suddenly is behind Atalanta and using his Gram, creating a Destructive Aura that race toward her. The latter jump to the ground to avoid the attack, but the tree where she perches is reduced to dust by it. She then looks toward her surroundings.
'What's happen? Why the air felt different!?' Atalanta thought. She then looks toward Siegfried. "So, you're her friends, huh?"
Though Atalanta didn't know, Fate Jeanne turned behind and saw a familiar purple mist.
From the mist, Cao Cao and Georg emerged.
'I'm glad we arrive here in time. If not, who knows what happens to you, Jeanne-san." Georg said.
"Georg-san...Siegfried-san...Cao Cao-san...How could you know the battle?" Fate Jeanne asked.
"You forgot about the Detection Barrier, are you?" Georg asked.
Fate Jeanne put her hands on her chin, remembering about Georg explanation before. She then nodded toward Georg.
"But, I was able to go here because I detect disturbances from Jeanne's Mana. I don't know that a Servant is the one that attacked her." Georg said, clearly confused. His Detection Barrier should detect any disturbances from Atalanta if she enters it.
"Some Servant are resistant to Magic, Georg-san. The level of Magic Resistance is varied. The reason you'd able to catch me with your Magic yesterday is that the Grail haven't analyzed your Magic yet. Now, due to already being analyzed, your Magic can't be used on me anymore." Fate Jeanne explained.
"I see. So, it was pure luck I'd be able to catch you at the time." Georg commented. He then rubbed his head, then look at Cao Cao. "Cao Cao. It seems I became useless in this dimension against some heroes."
"Don't mind about it. You already prepare by putting the barrier in the first place." Cao Cao replied. She then turns his attention to Atalanta, already recognizing her true identity. "The current striker now is the famous Chaste Huntress, Atalanta...a member of Argonauts and the unwanted child of the King of Arcadia. Interesting." Cao Cao spinning and pointing True Longinus at Atalanta. "Now then, it seems you need to be equally injured as my comrades that you hurt." Said Cao Cao, glaring at her.
"Another human? From the spear, you must be the one that fought against Lancer, haven't you?" Atalanta asked.
Fate Jeanne then walked toward Cao Cao. "Cao Cao-san, what is happening? Why the atmosphere felt so different."
"This is my Longinus Sacred Gear, Dimension Lost. I can send anything that I choose to the Alternate Dimension by means the one that wants to be sent must be enveloped by the purple mist." Georg explained his abilities to Fate Jeanne.
"So, that's the case Jeanne isn't seen in here." Said Fate Jeanne, realizing that her soul inheritor is not in this Alternate Dimension. She also glads because, if he using this ability, Servant can fight not only on the night but during the day as well, without worrying about injuring the innocents.
"Jeanne now is safe. Heracles is with her, so you don't have to be worried." Cao Cao assured her.
Meanwhile, outside the Alternate Dimension, DxD Jeanne weakly opening her eyes and saw that Heracles is sat beside her. Her body is now being leaned against a tree.
"I'm glad you're awake," Heracles said with a relief.
"W-where am I?" She questioned. She suddenly remembers something. "Jeanne-chan!" She quickly gets up from her seat, only to fall on her knees clutching the previous wounds that made by Atalanta. He then being supported by Heracles and put her body leaning against a tree once more.
"Don't move too much. Because of your wounds, I already give you a Phoenix Tears. For now on, you should rest." Heracles advised. "One of the Servants, comrades of Karna, attacking you isn't it?"
"Where the others?" DxD Jeanne asked.
"All of them helped Jeanne d'Arc fighting against...her," Heracles said, with a little press on his tone when he said.
"But why you don-" She stopped after looking at Heracles face that had a sad frown. "It's about your past, isn't it?"
Heracles didn't reply.
Back to the Alternate Dimension, Cao Cao then walked forward toward the place where the Chaste Huntress is standing. Fate Jeanne is concerned that he will fight Atalanta. "Cao Cao-san. You mustn't interfere with this battle. This is a bat-" She stopped talking when Cao Cao turned and narrowing his remaining eyes at her, signaling to her that this battle is his personal business against Atalanta for almost killing DxD Jeanne.
Atalanta then readying her bow. "So, you're the one that fights with Lancer."
"Lancer? Do you mean Karna-dono?" Cao Cao asked. He then remembering it. "Yes. My name is Cao Cao, the descendant of Cao Cao from Three Kingdoms. If I don't mind, how is he now?"
"You don't deserve to know." Atalanta quickly replied.
"Very well then." Cao Cao then taking a battle stance. "You know. I'm curious. Between you and Karna-dono. Who's stronger?" Although saying that, his minds think of something else. 'To think now I fight because a person injured my friends...I suggest this is your influence, Sekiryutei?' He thought with a smile.
Atalanta takes those words as an insult and narrowing her eyes. How dare he compare a hero strength like that! "You'll regret those words." She then shoots an arrow with a quick move. But Cao Cao easily swipes it aside with True Longinus like it was an annoying fly.
"Extend!" True Longinus later extending at the Chaste Huntress with amazing speed, but her agility makes her able to avoid the attack and she later jumps to a nearby pine tree.
"I'm impressed, to able to avoid the True Longinus Extension. Servant surely on a different level. I now know the reason why'd Karna-dono didn't get serious from the start. He could've easily killed all of us." Cao Cao commented. The True Longinus later shorten to its original length.
Suddenly, Siegfried launches forward and jump toward the tree where Atalanta is standing. He takes Gram, Nothung, and Balmung at the same time, with Balmung is grabbed by a silver arm that emerges from his back. This is his Sacred Gear, Twice Critical: Dragon Arm. He swings his three swords down. The combination of the magical power of three strongest demonic swords creates a huge explosion that destroys the tree. However, Atalanta once again able to avoid the attack and jumping to the ground.
"How about this then. Balmung!" Siegfried swings his Balmung down, creating a drill-like whirlwind that races toward Atalanta. The latter using a Mana enforced arrow and shoot it at the Whirlwind, parrying it for a while, then dispersed it.
'Impossible!' Siegfried thought, stunned by his opponent strength.
"All of you attacks are useless. There's no hope for all of you to win." Atalanta said with a neutral tone.
"Tch," Siegfried grunted. He then jumped back to the ground.
"It's impossible to attack her head on." Fate Jeanne said. "Due to her Crossing Arcadia skills, she can swiftly avoid any attacks."
Cao Cao who heard Fate Jeanne explanation, then smirking. "I see now. So all Servant skills are the embodiment of their legend through their historical facts and anecdote. If a normal warriors fight against them, they'll think that Servant are invincible because of it and thinks that only a Servant able to fight another Servant." Said Cao Cao. His mind quickly summarized Atalanta skill. "However, we, living beings, also advanced from time to time. After all, the jobs of the new generation to surpass the old ones, isn't it?" Said Cao Cao. "Siegfried, guard Jeanne-dono with Georg. The Chaste Huntress is mine."
Cao Cao then launches forward, the tip of True Longinus shines with Holy Light. Cao Cao then swings his spear with a quick move to Atalanta. the Chaste Huntress easily avoid it by jumping. Seeing the attack isn't working, he then launched a beam of Holy Light toward the Chaste Huntress. Since she can't avoid it because in mid-air, Atalanta force to take the attack head-on. Although she's not injured, the force of the beam makes her launched toward the deeper part of the pine forest, creating an explosion where she crashed. Cao Cao, using his ability to Flight using Magic, flies towards it with amazing speed. When landed to the site, it had a huge hole, but Atalanta is nowhere to be seen, confusing him. Suddenly, an arrow is fired out of nowhere, piercing his shoulders.
Atalanta voice then echoed. "You're foolish if you think you can't defeat me in here. Forest is my hunting ground. That attack is just a warning. Your head is next"
Cao Cao, despite hearing this, just casually pulling the arrow from his shoulder, then smirking.
Atalanta, who hides on trees that close from the place Cao Cao is standing, is shocked by his durability. 'What durability. His speed and strength are not the same as the girl and the one with the sword. If I right calculating, his ability with that spear of his almost reaches low-class Servant, perhaps if he trained more, he can reach the level of mid-class Servant.'
'I see, like a huntress, she had a great advantage on here. However...' He then looks up then smirk. "I know you're here somewhere, Atalanta-dono. How about I'll show you something. I'll show to you that not even terrain advantage can protect you from this." Cao Cao replied. His spear later making a bright light. "Be honored. Cause you the first true heroes in this dimension to witness it. Balance Break!" After he said that, a ring of light formed behind him and after that, 7 bowling ball sized orbs floating up in the ring of light. Cao Cao then walked forward, the orbs following him. "This is my incomplete Sub-species Balance Breaker. Polar Night Longinus Chakravartin, although I bet you didn't know what a Balance Breaker is."
"You're naive. Do you think an incomplete ability can defeat me?" Atalanta's voice echoed, underestimating Cao Cao.
"Who knows? We don't know unless trying, isn't it?" He then moves his hand forward, six of the orbs launched at high speed. Three to his front, three to his behind. The orbs later morphed into a spear, who cause an explosion when it hit their target.
It later revealed that Atalanta is on the tree a little far away from Cao Cao. She then jumps down when the morphed orbs are closing in.
"So, only creating a bunch of weapons. As I suspect of incomplete abilities. And that will be your downfall." While in mid-air, She then shoots three arrows at once toward Cao Cao. Hearing that she's behind him. the remaining orbs move forward and expanded. When the arrows come into contact with, it was destroyed.
"What?" Atalanta said in disbelief. 'It's so hard!'
"This abilities of mine doesn't increase my strength at all. This Balance Breaker had seven abilities called "Shippo". All are based on my desires to make the one to surpass the original Balance Breaker of this spear, heroes of the past, Supernatural Being, and God." The abilities that were shown is Chatsuka Ratana. Is the ability to destroy all weapons that came into contact with. Cao Cao concluded that since arrows are different from weapons like swords and lances, the possibilities to penetrate it is low.
"Tch." Knowing that won't work, she then jumps toward the closest pine tree. However, she didn't realize that one of the orbs is touching her back. Suddenly, she was teleported in front of Cao Cao, make her shocked. Cao Cao, not wasting this chance, quickly impaled her with True Longinus in quick succession.
"Guagh!" Atalanta coughing blood. There is also blood trickled from her mouth. "B-but how?"
"Why don't you try figuring it out by yourself? Since my Balance Breaker isn't a Magic at all, you Magic Resistance can't resist it. This was payback for what you did to Jeanne." Cao Cao said while narrowing his eyes toward her. It's Atsusa Ratana, and had the ability to teleport anything to the place that Cao Cao desired.
Atalanta painfully glaring to the owner of Holy Spear. "I-I pulled...back my...words from...that time...However..." She then preparing an arrow and pointing it towards the True Longinus user, who just smirks. "From this...range, no matter...how skilled...you are...You can't avoid it...Isn't it?" She said while shoots the arrow. The Chatsuka Ratana is moving in front of Cao Cao, protecting him from the incoming projectiles.
'Impossible! The Orbs even reacted to that kind of attack!" Atalanta thought in disbelief. She then is impaled by five of the orbs that morphed to spears, making her screamed in pain.
"How fast I beat you. It seems I prefer fighting Karna-dono more. I compliment you for that attack, however. If my orbs failed to intercept it just a millisecond, I'll be dead by now." Said Cao Cao, clearly states that Karna is stronger than Atalanta by his opinion. "Although with this trump card, I think I could never beat him." He then pulls out the tip of his spear that impaled her in the stomach.
"Ugh..." Atalanta falls to the ground groaned in pain. Many wounds in her body due to Cao Cao attacks. "H-how could...a human...defeat me like this?"
"The reason huh?" Cao Cao catches her raspy question. "It's simple. You injured one of my precious comrades. Due to meeting with a warrior with a determination that I never have seen before, I learned that care for your comrades can give you an unbelievable strength in some condition." Cao Cao explained. "And, as I said before, the world is spinning around you. Don't expect the new generations are weaker than the old ones. After all, you're alive before you become Servant."
"I...see..." Atalanta acknowledged his reason while chuckling. She then loses consciousness due to her wounds.
Cao Cao seven orbs later disappeared. He then looks at the unconscious form of Chaste Huntress. "As much as I want to kill you, one of my comrades will be sad if you die. I'll keep you to question you about the Red Faction." Said Cao Cao.
"It seems Cao Cao had won," Georg said. From all the time, he keeps watching Cao Cao battle with Atalanta using Clairvoyance Magic.
Fate Jeanne not believing what she heard. Cao Cao now not just fight on par with Servant, he'd actually beat them and beat one of the Greek Ancient Heroes was an amazing feat.
Siegfried who seeing Fate Jeanne expression, smirking. "That's the power of Cao Cao. One of the candidates of five strongest humans in my dimension, plus the training from Sun Wukong and Indra."
"He was trained by Indian God of Storms and the monkey king?" Fate Jeanne said in disbelieve. For a human to be trained by a God is something that can be called a miracle.
"More like his acquaintance," Georg said. "For now, we must go to Cao Cao location." He then activated Dimension Lost, then teleport the three of them in the battle site.
Cao Cao turned his head and smiling when seeing his comrades and Fate Jeanne. "Ah. You came just in time, Georg. I want you to imprison her with your Balance Breaker." Said, Cao Cao, while pointing to Atalanta.
Georg nodded. "Not a problem. Balance Break!" After he said that, a mist is formed around Atalanta, then morphed to form an Energy Barrier that imprisons her.
Fate Jeanne, who curious by this Balance Breaker, asked Georg through Telepathy, to keep Atalanta from hearing the explanation. "Georg-san, what this Balance Breaker actually? Is all the Sacred Gear user have it?"
"Balance Breaker is a state when Sacred Gear is in its most powerful manifestation. All of Sacred Gear user had it. It usually triggered by strong emotions or disadvantageous situations, like the time when Sacred Gear is awakened for the first time. It was the biggest bug of Sacred Gear, which is why other races in my dimension fear the Sacred Gear user. Among those, there are Sub-species Balance Breaker. It creates a different form than the original ones that usually creates by the user personality." Georg explained. "My Balance Breaker unfortunately not a Sub-species. It's called Dimension Create. It can create an Alternate Dimension and imprison those that I desired with Barrier Devices. Like this Energy Barrier I use right now."
"I see..." Fate Jeanne nodded.
"Then, when will you kill her Cao Cao? I don't care if she's a hero or not. I can't stand with the one that hurt Jeanne." Said Siegfried.
"As much as I want to, I can't. You too are aware why isn't it?" Cao Cao asked him.
Siegfried then gasped. And nodded, like he was remembering something.
"Besides, I want to extract much information about the Red Faction from her." Said Cao Cao.
Meanwhile, there is some conversation in the Church that was the base of the Red Faction.
"Why'd Sis still don't come back?" Achilles asked a young man with tanned skin and white eyes and wearing a priest outfit. He is Shirou Kotomine, Master of Assassin of Red and the leader of the Red Faction.
"I give her a mission to kill Ruler. But, her Master can't contact her two minutes ago." Shirou replied. "Her Master said that her path is still connected and the Command Spells didn't disappear. But, she can't be contacted at all."
"What? Don't tell me, sis..." Achilles said in disbelieved. Is Ruler beat her? No, it can't be. Atalanta is the swiftest Servant in this Great Holy Grail War. By agility, she should be outclassed, Ruler.
"I don't think she's dead." Karna joins the conversation. He was leaning on a pillar that was inside the church. "It must be Cao Cao doing."
"The descendant of Cao Cao," Shirou mumbled. "To think he can defeat Archer, it's not believable."
"Oh yes. I forgot to tell you. Berserker already falls to the Black Faction." Achilles said. "It can't be helped. The one that defeats him is the Lancer of Black."
"If you said like that, it would be impossible to assist him, from the start," Shirou replied. "Rider, I get an order from your Master, keep watch the Black Faction and search for Archer if you can."
"Very well then." Achilles said with a smirk. He then turns to his Astral Form.
"Lancer. for now, keep guard in our base. I want to build up a strategy with another Masters for this 'group of human' matter." Shirou ordered him. He then walks out from the Church. 'Is this human is the one that stands against my ambitions.' He thought while walking.
"Understand." Said, Karna, after Shirou is not inside the church. He then closes his eyes, remembering his battle with Cao Cao. 'So, you hiding your strength after all. However, even I already know you can't defeat me and other High-class Servant. I hope I'll see all of your power, Cao Cao.' Karna thought with a smile. "It seems I being summoned in this time isn't bad after all. I want you to show me, Cao Cao. Show me that the new generation can surpass an old relic like me."