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.
With Baron and Ryugen are now in Fuyuki City, another Armored fighter is about to get involved as he is forced to face a Servant yet soon finds himself making an alliance with another Master, while Yggdrasill is now starting to become aware of what the Armored Fighters are doing...and where they are at the moment...
The next morning, the scene shifts to the Takaishi manor, where the maids and other household staff members are scrambling after failing to find Takeru since late last night, and by then the maid who fainted started to rouse, and there she told the other maids what happened before she fainted, which they slowly got confused at what they were just told, refusing to believe her claim, though the maid reiterated her claim and even suggested that they check the CCTV footage.
"Are you sure you're just seeing things?"
"But it's true!"
"There is no such thing as an "angel"!"
"But I saw it!"
"Preposterous!"
"Check out the CCTV! You'll see that I'm not lying!"
"Someone give her some aspirin!"
"Wait!"
By then the butler of the manor decided to check the CCTV footage to end the "bickering" once and for all, and after some 5 minutes the staff went silent after seeing the footage of Takeru being saved by White Lancer, as well as seeing the Servant flying out of the manor with Takeru in tow. They are speechless at what they saw and now they have no idea on how to tell Yamato that his younger brother had "stow away" with a strange stranger.
By then the butler thought of checking his Takeru's room to see if they could find any clue before considering calling Yamato about this development.
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. 7: Atarashī Masutā to Sābanto part 5
Later within the morning, the scene shifts to Yggdrasill Corporation as the scene shifts to the conference room where two persons are there having a private discussion as Sid the Lock Dealer is telling the corporation's Chief R & D, Yamato Takaishi, about the status of the Lock Drivers, which Yamato deems as "good" with the plans flowing smoothly, but then Sid brought out a black folder which contains the files of the "test subjects" who are using the Drivers, which, unknown to Yamato, included Takeru, Yamato's younger brother, but Yamato turns down the offer, feeling that he doesn't need to know.
"So...what are your thoughts, chief? Are they to your liking?"
"So far."
"Glad you're pleased..."
"Except that you gave the Lock Drivers to mere "street kids" instead of REAL guinea pigs..."
"It's better that way...at least they won't question anything and that they are eager to use them to their physical pleasure..."
"..."
"Here is the files...it contains five of our test subjects...care for a peek...?"
"No...keeping an eye on them is your job."
By then the telephone rang and Yamato answered it, which the caller turns out to be one of the residence's maid and informs Yamato that Takeru disappeared since last night and said to have "discovered something" that has something to do with the teen's disappearance and said that they have obtain the footage from the manor's CCTV and the recorded telephone conversation on Takeru's room, and Yamato became concerned as he only wants Takeru to concentrate on his studies and intend to keep Yggdrasill's activities secret until the right time.
By then Yamato told the maid to forward the footage and recordings to his office while telling her to call any of Takeru's classmates if they know where Takeru went. By then Yamato's secretary came and informed him of the conference meeting which he immediately left, while Sid snickered, seeing that things are becoming interesting now that Takeru is an "Armored Fighter" while mentally mocked Yamato for not looking at the file he is offering to show.
"Heh...so ignorant...the answer is already under your nose..."
-x-
At Fuyuki City, the scene shifts to the Emiya house, where Shirou woke up and there he noticed that he is wearing only his pants while his upper body is wrapped in bandages, and he slowly had vague recollections about what happened and went to the dining area where Rin is helping herself with tea, and after some few minutes he finally recalled the events from before, in which she told him that he somehow healed considerably and that she had to carry him to his house on her own.
"...really? That's what happened?"
"Yeah...and your lucky you survived..."
"Then...the Holy Grail war...everything that happened last night..."
"It's all true."
"So that means..."
"That's right...you and me will battle one day..."
"But that isn't right!"
"There are other things you should consider..."
After telling him about the situation about Ilya and Berseker, as well as the reality that they may eventually battle each other, Rin bids Shirou goodbye as she leaves the Emiya house to head back to her house, meeting Sakura on the way, while Shirou again recalled the "great fire" that struck Fuyuki 10 years ago, and the words Kotomine said to him, which gives him conflict while at the same time vowed to win the Holy Grail war without using too much violence, and then he went to the other section of the residence to check on Saber.
-x-
At a local inn, Takeru is staying at a room he rented, and as he is settling in, White Lancer "materializes" and brought him spare clothes as well as the credit cards and money which he asked his servant to bring, in which the teen would need them to pay the lodging and for buying food as he is now aware that he may have to fight other masters in order to win the Holy Grail War as well as to defend himself. He also made sure that the Lock Driver and the Budou Lockseed are with him as "extra protection".
"Here are the things you asked, Master..."
"Thank you."
"You should be wary of anyone and everyone...you know that..."
"I know...I will be careful."
"Perhaps I should tell you how to use your "powers" in order to replenish my mana if I..."
"You know?"
"Yes...I will tell you if..."
"Alright...but right now..."
By then White Lancer assumed spiritual form and Takeru is alone now, as he brought out a map which shows the entire area of Fuyuki City, and he wondered which place to go and how to find the areas where other rival masters would appear, and though he knew that he can't tell who are the good ones and the bad ones, he'll have to use deception and manipulation in order to win and felt that killing them would be his last resort if other "diplomatic" and "non-lethal" means are exhausted.
"Only the last man standing in order to win this "war"...huh?"
-x-
At a park somewhere within Fuyuki City, Jyou is sitting on a small bench, and he is at loss on where to go as he realized that he has no contact here and is formulating a way on how to find a place to stay since finding other masters is a tedious process and is pondering on calling Masaru for assistance, though he decided not to knowing that he wouldn't believe the story about the Holy Grail War and about him being a Master and acquired a servant. Hence there is no point in dragging Masaru in to this mess.
"Sigh...even if I tell him...he wouldn't believe me anyway..."
Jyou then removed his eyeglasses and wiped it with his handkerchief before putting it on, and when he looked straight, he is almost surprised to see someone in front of him, and that someone was a female, her eyes covered and is almost crouching. It was Rider and she materialized in front of Jyou upon sensing his "mana" and immediately figured that he is a Master, and Jyou managed to stay calm and asked Rider any question that popped on his head, which did little to alleviate the situation he is in right now.
"..."
"Er..."
"..."
"Can I help you...?"
"..."
"Um..."
"..."
"Is there anything you need...?"
After a minute, Rider finally spoke, and pointed out her intentions.
"That mark on your hand..."
"Yes...?"
"It's the crest of the Holy Grail War..."
"Huh?"
"That means your a "Master"..."
"Wait...then that means you're..."
"Yes...a "Servant"..."
"EEEEHHHH?!"
By then Rider delivered a roundhouse kick that sent Jyou tumbling back, and when he got up, he saw her throwing sickles-wielding chains at him and he narrowly dodged them, making him realize that he is fighting a servant, and immediately puts on the Lock Driver before unlocking the Donguri Lockseed in preparation to transform into an Armored Fighter. But before that, he decided to see how strong his opponent is as he took out an Ichigo Lockseed and unlocked it, summoning the Invess Digimon Karasumon and had it face Rider.
"Go get her!"
The crow-like Digimon went after Rider and the two appeared to be equal in terms of speed, and the Invess Digimon managed to catch up with her and the two traded blows, but Rider unleashes her chain and sickles, and tied up the Invess Digimon before using her sickles to jab the creature several times before it exploded, and Jyou appeared to be apprehensive seeing that it was no ordinary servant, and yet he suspected that Rider's Master is near by, so he chose not to summon Black Berserker yet and inserted the Donguri Lockseed into the Lock Driver before pressing the "cutting blade", initializing his transformation.
"Henshin!"
Donguri Lockseed: "DONGURI ARMS...NEVER GIVE UP!"
Becoming Armored Fighter Guridon, he went towards Rider and attempts to nail her with his mallet, but she dodged them using her speed, and uses her chains to trip him, and because of his inexperience in combat, he is in a precarious position, and as Rider wrapped him in her chains, she is about to add more damage when Guridon though fast and presses his Lock Driver's "cutting edge" to get out of his current situation.
Donguri Lockseed: "DONGURI SQUASH!"
To Rider's surprise, Guridon spins at high speeds with the mallet held out. The spinning forms an acorn projection in which the servant was dragged towards her target due to her chains tied on Guridon, and before she could react, Guridon knocks the opponent with a high-velocity hammer slam, causing her to release her hold and fell to the ground, and Guridon removed the chains as he is formulating a plan to knock her down knowing he is inexperienced in close combat.
"Okay...calm down...think of a way...I wish Masaru-chan were here...!"
However, someone appeared and tells Rider to stand down, which she did.
"Rider...stand down. He is no threat."
Guridon turned around and saw who appeared, which appeared to be Shinji Matou, and there the student of Homurahara Academy greeted Guridon and apologized for the "attack" and offered his gesture of "good will" and "peace" which made the Armored Fighter feel wary, yet he is willing to listen as he intend to know more about him as he sensed that something is different about Shinji, in which the two talked, and seeing Shinji's sincerity, Jyou cancelled out his transformation and the two further talked, in which Shinji became suspicious when told about how Jyou came to become a Master though Jyou kept the fact that he has a servant a secret for now since he hasn't fully trust Shinji and is willing to play along with his rival master.
Shinji observes as Jyou showed him his hand that has the "command spells" yet he claimed that he hasn't "receive" his servant yet but then Shinji decided to offer Jyou a proposal to form an alliance and stated that this will benefit both of them as they will eventually be the last two masters remaining and that this would give Jyou time to summon his servant, and though he knew that this might be a ploy, Jyou decided to go along with him as this would be beneficial to him as well as to see what else Shinji can do when told that he is a "special case" when shown that he lacked a "command spell".
After that, Shinji invited Jyou to stay at his house which he accepted so that he won't have any problem finding a place to lodge, and so Rider "vanishes" as the two rivals-turned allies leave the scene.
-x-
Much later, the scene shifts to the streets of Fuyuki City as Shirou is heading for school after managing to convince Saber that he will be alright and promised to "summon" her if he encountered an enemy servant. As Shirou approaches the gates of Homurahara Academy, the scene shifts to the rooftop of the school, where Rin and Archer are looking around to see if Archer could sense any servant within the school's vicinity, and when they saw Shirou entering the gate, Archer questions his master on why she hasn't targeting him though she claims that she will deal with Shirou at a later time, which Archer then questions her her that would put her in a situation.
"Archer..."
"Yes...?"
"Have you sensed anything...?"
"Not at the moment..."
"I see..."
"What about him? The redhead..."
"Shirou?"
"Yes...about him..."
When reminded about the rules of the Holy Grail War, Rin is forced to assure him that she will take care of everything, and from there the bell rang and Rin heads out to report for class, and deep in her mind she hoped that she doesn't encounter Shirou as facing him is the one thing she wanted to avoid, since she appeared to be sympathetic towards him, and hoped she gets her wish and that the scenario she wanted would come through.
However, later in the day she encountered Shirou in the hallway, and sensing that he is without his servant, Rin is now forced to plan on fighting him herself.
"That idiot! He came here without his Servant...!"
As Shirou greeted her, she ignored him as she is pissed at her schoolmate's ignorance as she already told him about the disadvantage of not having his servant beside him.
To Be Continued…
Hope you liked this chapter, as the fight is shown between Rider and one of the Armored Fighters, Guridon, only for Shinji and Guridon to form an alliance, and are now plotting on how to remove the rest of the "competition", which would be beneficial to both parties for he time being. However, neither are aware that Baron and Ryugen are in Fuyuki City as well, hence foreshadowing a future chapter where the Armored Fighters would eventually face head-on with their servants in tow.
However, the battle royal would soon escalates in to a full-blown battle between Masters and Servants once Shirou and Rin fight it out, which would happen later on.
Preview:
The next chapter would show the following senario:
- Shirou and Rin fighting each other,
- "Team Yggdrasil" set to enter the fray within the Holy Grail War,
- Another Armored Fighter is set to appear in Fuyuki City, which he would be the fourth "new master", along with his servant.