A/N: Hey everybody! :D I'm back with Chapter 7 of the Cause Route :D I hope you enjoy it and remember to check out my twitter account (Assassin Number 9) and look at my design of Axer :D Well, enjoy the chapter! :D
Warnings: There may be some spoilers for other routes.
P.S. – Also, remember that this is another route completely, so please don't get confused from the last chapter I wrote.
Cause Route: Chapter 7 – The Grail Summons
"Saber!" Shirou yelled after his blonde sword-wielding Servant, trying to stop her.
"Emiya-kun? What are you doing here?" a familiar voice asked the orange-haired male. His fellow classmate and Master was standing by the end of the alleyway.
"That's what I should be asking you", he replied to Rin Tohsaka.
"Well, Archer and I sensed a disturbance. Bazett and Lancer should be arriving soon", Rin responded. Only an hour had passed by since Archer and Lancer were ordered to retreat from the fight against Healer.
"Oh, alright. Anyway, I'm here because Saber decided to come to this road to check out an enemy."
"I see. I wonder who the enemy is this time. The first enemy was Axer, whose identity is unknown at this point. Then, we ran into Healer, whose identity is that of the sister of the legendary Alo and now this. Oh, that reminds me Emiya. Do you happen to know Axer's-" Rin was cut off.
"Rin, why did you tell us to come here?" the voice of Bazett Fraga McRemitz sounded from behind them. Shirou and Rin turned around to see Lancer setting Bazett down on the ground.
"Well, we sensed a strong disturbance from around here, and Saber and Shirou are here as well. So maybe, we could defeat the next enemy Servant together."
"Personally now that I'm here, I'm not sensing any type of Servant at all. In fact, I'm just sensing something weird around here", Lancer told his Master and their ally.
"I agree. I don't think it's another Servant causing this, but I think it's the Grail itself", Archer said as he materialized.
"The Grail?" Rin questioned.
"I agree. Huh? Wait a second, now I am feeling a Servant. Wait no, now I'm feeling a lot of Servants", Lancer stated, confused at what he was truly sensing. The next moment, Saber jumped down from atop a tall building and into the alleyway that they were now in.
"Shirou, we should get out of here quickly", she said with a worried tone.
"Wh-what do you mean?"
"I mean-", Saber was interrupted by a familiar bright blue light.
A summoning circle started to glow at the other end of the alleyway where nobody could see unless you got close. Rin, Archer, Saber, Shirou, Bazett and Lancer ran towards the light and went around the boxes and dumpsters that were located in the alley to find the summoning circle at the end. They looked at it in confusion.
After a few seconds, they could see the figure of a small girl being materialized. The girl appeared to be very short and had medium-length hair that was a little messy on the top and curly on the bottom. The figure floated to the ground and looked up after she was fully summoned. Her eyes were a brick brown color and her hair was a dark red violet. She had freckles and looked to be only about 16 or 17. Her armor was a bright greenish yellowish color and consisted of two upper arm plates and a breast plate that covered her rather small chest. Her tank top underneath the armor was a light blue, and she wore a waist cape that matched the color of her armor. She also wore light brown leggings and dark brown boots. Her accessories included two necklaces and two dark brown gloves with a dark brown belt, as well as two hoop earrings in her left ear.
"A-another Servant? But, that's impossible. The eighteen classes of Servants have already been summoned", Bazett stated, astounded at what they had just witnessed. The girl, who was so short that Saber was taller than her by two full inches, looked at the six people around her.
"I realize that this may sound odd, but I believe that the Grail just summoned eighteen more Servants than normal. I am not sure why, but right now the Grail is supplying me with the mana I need to stay in this world as a familiar", she told them, her voice was a little bit more high pitched than Rin's and was more cute and sweet than beautiful and elegant. "Since I cannot fight in this Grail War alone, I shall serve you six. My identity is that of Felicity Telion, Savior of Katanta."
"Wait a second; did you say 'Katanta'?" Rin asked the girl.
"Yes, I was a warrior who trained under General Alodine", Felicity replied. "May I ask why you asked?"
"Wait, so you know what Queen Leanne Lemile looks like, right?" Bazett questioned.
"Of course, I served her after my Master died. Why are you asking?" Felicity asked once again.
"Never mind, but you'll help us? You've only known us for a little- ow!" Shirou exclaimed, as Rin punched him.
"Don't make her change her mind, you idiot! We'll need all the help that we can get!" she yelled.
"Oh well, I have no desire to fight you right now", Felicity barged in the conversation. "And, there are enemies coming, so I'll need help in defeating them." The girl ran up the building next to the alleyway. The three Masters and their Servants followed suit and followed the girl.
Saber gasped when she arrived on the building. Two figures stood atop the building – two figures that she had already fought. There sat the King of Conquerors - Iskandar the Great, and – Diarmuid, Saber thought to herself as she looked into the eyes of the handsome man. His charm curse seemed to be mocking her, and she had no idea why. It radiated under the light of the moon, his orange-ish yellow eyes staring directly into hers. The color of his eyes made them seem warm, but his stare felt cold and harsh like a terrible blizzard during the worst parts of winter.
"Ah! Saber! I had no idea that you were lucky enough to participate in the Holy Grail War once again!" Iskandar's loud voice rang through the seemingly empty night.
"Y-yes, I was once again summoned by another Master", she responded, only taking a mere glimpse at Rider before looking back at the raven-haired male beside him.
"Now Lancer, we were lucky enough to be summoned by the Grail, so we should be careful with whom we challenge. Am I right?" Iskandar said, as he turned to Diarmuid, who held only one lance – Gae Dearg. He closed his eyes and stayed quiet. "Hmm? What happened to you? Saber, do you know anything?" Saber stayed quiet as well, as she lowered her invisible sword.
"Not going to talk, huh? At least tell me why you're keeping secrets", Iskandar told the two Servants who looked at him with cold stares.
"I never thought that I would meet the legendary Cu Chulainn", Diarmuid stated while looking towards the Lancer class Servant of the Fifth Holy Grail War, totally ignoring Iskandar. His expression was blank and hard to read.
"Ah, and I never even thought about having the chance to meet Diarmuid Ua Duibhne. It is an honor to meet you", Cu replied.
"No, the honor is all mine."
"Diarmuid", Saber whispered (more like mouthed), hoping that no one would hear. Unfortunately, this did not go unnoticed by Diarmuid. He looked into her eyes with the cold expression he wore before.
"I'm sorry, but I must get going for now. Have a good night", he said before he left. Saber turned to Shirou.
"Shirou, may I follow him?" Saber asked. Luckily, Diarmuid did not turn into his spirit form, so she could track him down easily.
"Um, sure, if you want to", Emiya replied.
"My thanks", she muttered to her Master before taking her leave to follow Lancer.
Saber landed in the woods she witnessed Diarmuid enter. She walked around for a bit before finding Lancer sleeping soundly against a tree in a clearing. Saber smiled at how peaceful Diarmuid looked when he slept. She seen him crack his eyes open; he probably had sensed her nearby. He blinked a couple of times, as he looked at Saber, his cold expression coming back.
"Oh, Saber, it's just you. What do you want?" he questioned coldly, as he got up.
"I want a duel."
"Oh? Already?"
"Yes, but this is not a duel to the death, well not unless you win. If I win, you become our ally. If you win, you may have my head, or whatever you want. Do we have a deal?" Saber asked sternly.
"…Hmph, fine", Diarmuid replied.
"Ha! I must be pretty lucky to be summoned into the Holy Grail War once again! It's not every day you get the chance to meet Cu Chulainn and Felicity Telion!" Iskandar exclaimed loudly. "Although, I would have imagined that the Savior of Katanta was going to be much taller…and overall bigger for that matter."
"Yes, I know that I am rather short. But fortunately, my Master taught me how to deal with it", Felicity replied to the tall, hairy man.
"Ha! I would expect as much from your teacher! She was the legendary Alodine after all!"
"Yes, she would not cease to amaze anybody", the short girl smiled. "And I would know; she was a motherly figure to me."
"Oh? Is that so?" Iskandar asked Felicity.
"Yes, well the only person who would know her better would be her retainer, Zoal."
"Ah yes, I have heard of Zoal. He was a beast was he not? He was also your Master after Alodine's death, am I correct on this statement?"
"You are. He took me under his wing after Alo had died."
"Felicity, may I ask you a question?" Bazett's voice came from beside her.
"Of course."
"Well, I was wondering if you knew anything about your Master's past. Like, do you know when she became a warrior or anything like that?"
"Hmm…well, my Master actually hated talking about her past. In fact the first time I had a personal training session with her, she told me to never ask anything about her past. And I actually did one time, she didn't get angry or anything, but she ordered me to help the prisoners captured in the battle two days before move all of the weapons into the wagons. Now that wouldn't be such a bad job to do in normal circumstances, but there were only a few prisoners and thousands of weapons to move", Felicity replied to Bazett. "Sorry, I know that doesn't help, but I really don't know anything about my Master's past. Why do you ask?"
"Well, you see, we think that the story of Alodine was heavily tampered with. That's why I was asking", Bazett responded.
"Oh, alright then. Anyway, it's nice to see you again Sir Cu", Felicity said to Lancer with a smile. It seemed that they had met before as well.
"It's nice to see you again, too! Contrary to what the King of Conquerors said, I personally can't believe how tall you got after I had met you. You were probably only 4'8" when I last seen you", Lancer smiled.
"Hehe, yeah that's probably right. That was before the war between Katanta and Montalonia. I personally can't believe how much I changed after that war was over", the violet red haired girl stated.
"I wish I would have gotten to see you after the war, but I think that this is fate that we were both summoned into this Holy Grail War."
"I think that as well", Felicity agreed with a friendly smile.
Saber and Diarmuid's fight could be heard throughout the woods. The clang of metals sounded, and the fight seemed to be never-ending. Ugh, he's good. But, I know I can win this fight, but how? Saber asked herself. His strikes were even more powerful than before, like they were filled with the anger that he held before his end in the Fourth Holy Grail War. She tried to remember all of the times they crossed weapons or fought side by side. Nothing from the fighting Caster will help me. When we had our small alliance, no, the last time we fought each other, no, the first time we fought each other, no – wait, the first time! Saber knew her battle strategy. All she had to do was wait for the time they backed away from the fighting for a few seconds. Are his strikes never-ending? she asked herself. He continuously attacked Saber. All I need is a few seconds.
After what seemed like hours, they finally backed away from each other. Diarmuid's eyes followed Saber. They stared at each other for a few moments. And then, Saber's plan could finally get started. Diarmuid loosened his grip on Gae Dearg to get into his unique stance. Saber smiled at him. "Checkmate", she said to him, his eyes widened in both surprise and confusion. She got rid of the armor she wore, leaving only her dress underneath. Diarmuid looked at her in surprise. He seemed to be frozen, and that's when Saber finally got her chance to get into the offensive. She charged at him with incredible power and swung her sword to her left. Luckily for her, Diarmuid was too late in tightening his grip when getting into his stance, and Saber successfully disarmed him with her swift swing of the invisible sword she held in her hands. The spear flew to the right of Diarmuid and landed too far away for him to reach. Saber finally received the upper hand and tackled her handsome opponent to the ground, causing him to fall on his behind and Saber standing over him with the tip of Excalibur pointing to his neck.
"That's it. I win", she replied, a smirk could be seen on her face. Diarmuid was too surprised to respond. He looked up at her with widened eyes. "You are now our ally. Welcome to the alliance." What happened next surprised Arturia. Diarmuid closed his eyes, and she could see a small smile on his face. For some odd reason, his smile got bigger and started laughing. "Wh-what?! What's so funny?!"
"Hahahaha! Oh, n-no, it-it's nothing. S-seriously, i-it's – hahahaha!" the handsome man laughed.
"Wh-what?! As a knight who just lost, you should at least tell me why you're laughing!" Saber told the male. She could feel a blush coming to her face.
"I-I told you. It's n-nothing – hahahaha!"
"Tell me now!"
"F-fine, I'll tell you. I'm laughing at you", he said matter-of-factly.
"Why are you laughing at me?"
"Because – hahaha – th-that was a pretty bold move you did there, Saber."
"What do you mean?"
"Hahaha! You do just realize that you took off all of your armor just to get me to freeze up for a little bit, so you could tackle me and stand above me – well like this – hahaha! Very bold move, Knight King, very bold move!" Diarmuid laughed hysterically. And then, Saber realized what exactly he meant. She had just made a plan that involved her removing her armor to use her beauty as a weapon, and ended up standing over him with her left foot by his right hip and her right foot by his left hip. She felt color rise to her face.
"W-well, it was the only way I could defeat you!" she defended. Dammit, I can already hear Axer laughing her ass off, Saber thought to herself while mentally face palming.
"Yes, yes, sure it was King of Knights, sure it was", he smirked, still laughing at what she had just done to win the fight. "Now if you really want to prove it, you could let me get up. Unless you're planning to do something un-lady-like to your 'left hand'", he jested, as he chuckled, making Saber blush even more. She instantly tried to pick up her right foot, without failing to lose her balance and fall on top of Diarmuid. She personally had no idea whether it was his bad luck or her bad luck.
This time, it was Diarmuid's turn to start blushing. "I was kidding", he told the woman on top of him. If you're seeing this and/or listening to this Axer, do yourself a favor and shut up already, she mentally told her strawberry blonde haired frenemy. Although they did act like enemies on the battlefield, off the battlefield the two got along quite well.
"I-I lost my balance." Saber was a tomato red color.
"And I'm really hoping that's true, but you're really not proving anything by staying on top of me like this." At his words, Saber got up, letting Diarmuid finally stand up and grab his spear. Arturia turned to Diarmuid and looked up at him.
"Shall we go back?" she asked the raven-haired male.
"We shall", he replied. The two then went back to meet with the others back at the alleyway.
Servant Stat Cards – Felicity Telion
Master: None
True Name: Felicity Telion
Sex: Female
Height/Weight: 148 cm, 38 kg
Alignment: Lawful Neutral
Strength: A
Endurance: C
Agility: B
Magical Energy: C
Luck: C
Noble Phantasm: A+
Class Abilities
Magic Resistance: C
Bravery: A
Details
Felicity Telion, aka the Savior of Katanta, was born in a poor and nameless village during the time of Cu Chulainn's legend. Her parents were later murdered by Montalonians when she was at the age of 11. Before she could be murdered however, the legendary Alodine Lemile came to her aid and rescued her from the soldiers and took her under her wing. When arriving at the capitol, the twenty-year-old Alodine started training the small girl who was barely 4 feet tall at the time. Felicity went through years of training under Alo and even started to see her as a motherly figure. At the age of 13, the young girl was told to step onto the battlefield being on the front lines, right beside her Master. From the ages 13 to 15, Felicity had stepped on hundreds of battlefields and showed her incredible strength in each one. After a total of four years of intense and brutal training under the famous Katantan warrior, Alo unexpectedly died leaving Felicity to study under her retainer, Zoal Zeokill. Ten months had passed when Felicity was forced to finally step on the battlefield as a general after the death of Zoal. At the age of only 16, she entered the last battle. Her army was at a major disadvantage, only having 15,000 soldiers compared to the Montalonian army's 23,000 soldiers. The battle lasted a total of six brutal days, Felicity not having slept during any of the five nights. On the sixth day, only 200 soldiers remained, and the number quickly decreased. An hour before the end of the battle, there were 70 soldiers left in the Montalonian army and only one left in the Katantan army – Felicity. The final second of the devastating battle and war between the two countries approached when Felicity managed to land a fatal blow on Montalonia's best general and cut off his head before he could strike back. Alone on the bloodstained battlefield, Felicity took the head of the general and traveled back to the capitol that was located three days away. For the rest of her days, she was declared a hero and later became the successor to the throne of Katanta. She finally died at the age of 38 as the Hero Queen of Katanta.
Noble Phantasms
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A/N: Man, that one took soo long to write speaking that my brain temporarily ran out of ideas for this route, but now I think I know where this one is going thankfully So, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Thanks for Reading! :D And remember to check out my Twitter page! Thanks for the support! :D