Charging fast toward a group of two, a black-haired male jumps across one of the black figures, as two golden blades appear near the one beside it, quickly stabbing them right at the neck.
The man now turns around, facing the one he just jumped over. Before the man is able to turn around, a golden drill appears within his hand as he smashes it right into the figure's back, drilling him so hard that he explodes, leaving only black goo in place.
He pulls his fist close to him, having a mini celebration as he turns toward an orange-haired female, still having a smile on his face.
But she did not return the smile, instead she looks away quickly.
"Good work, Assassin, Avenger."
The two turn to one side of the forest, seeing a group of three, leading by a golden-haired man with red eyes, wearing only pants and some ornaments with him.
"Thanks, Gil-sensei," Gudako smiles at him.
The blonde man smirks as he speaks up to both of them, "You two are indeed my own ace students. Those weapons I gave you are merely enhancement for you. Still, I am your king, not your teacher. Do remember that."
A silver-haired girl beside him interrupts him, "Why can't your Archer-self ever been nice like you do?"
The man snickers at her words, "Do not lump me together with that half-mongrel. He may be a king, but his arrogant is the sole reason for the fall of Babylon."
"But he's… you, right?"
"No, young Archer. I am the Mankind's Oldest Hero. He is the Mankind's Oldest Douchebag. Let's not waste our time further, brats. We should regroup with the rest ASAP."
The man quickly walks away from there, abandoning the four.
Gudao sighs, now turning toward the last member of the team, "Shin, how are your-"
"Do not pity me."
A blue-haired man glares at him, slowly making his way as Gudako moves close to him, helping him with the two slowly catching up with their teacher.
Archer moves close to Gudao, quickly grabbing his hand as she pulls him off from there.
"You two really wouldn't talk to each other?" she springs a question as the two keeps on moving toward their destination.
"She wouldn't even if her life depends on it."
"I'm sure she'll speak to you soon."
"Even if both of us have become Heroic Spirit, she'll never even try to do such thing."
"Hey, let's not get too pessimistic here. "
He snickers as he gives her a faint smile, "I doubt that."
At their front, Shin glares at the two, with his teeth clenching within a certain feeling, in which Gudako quickly distracts him, "Don't you mind about my brother. He's just an idiot father-con."
"Must be nice…"
"Eh?"
"Must be nice to be have such life… your dad is a hero, your mom is a goddess reincarnate, you even have a Magic Crest…"
"But mine's half. I've told you before; I wasn't even supposed to have one. My stupid brother is so bad at magecraft he literally needs to rely on creating circuits out of his nerves if he ever wishes to do a more complex spell."
"At least yours just a mark. Mine are worms…"
The two now keeps on moving, with the man's sour face still around.
Xxxxxxx
With that, the team finally reaches where they are moving toward to; a really huge campsite with numerous people in it.
Archer comments on the sight, "I didn't realized we have this many people within this organization?"
Gilgamesh seemingly smirks, "Everyone you are looking at right now is humanity's last defense against the threat of the Greater Grail. Some of them are Servants employed by the Alaya, while the rest are the soul of humanity trapped within this giant world."
Gudao mutters, "To think that it has been 100 years since the first time the grail gone berserk and absorbed everybody into it."
"Do not sweat yourself, kid," he speaks up as their feet reaching the front of the site, "We are giving our best to win this war. The next operation will be the last, and soon all of you will be able to return home. You won't miss a thing outside there. One year in the real world is not one year in this world, do note that."
"Of course, Gil-sensei!" Archer chuckles with the man snickers at her words.
Shin speaks up, "Can we even win against that black thing?"
He points his finger far above one direction, showing a mountain of darkness filling one area and as tall as how far the cloud is from earth.
"Do not underestimate the combination of humans, gods, Servants and all living creatures within numerous timelines. Absorbing worlds is the very worst mistake the grail ever made."
The team now enters biggest tent of all, and with that a female voice greets them, "As expected from the Wise King of Uruk. Search and destroy mission is as easy as stepping on an ant for you."
Gilgamesh stares at the owner of the voice, a black-haired female with red eyes staring back at him, wearing a red sweater over her clothing.
"Do you forget, Ishtar, that I am the one feared by the deities of Babylonian? Though, compliments aren't supposed to be given to me, but to my students."
Ishtar smiles, now turning toward the four behind him, "Great work, Sub-servant Archer Nameless, Sub-servant Berserker Gudako Tohsaka, Sub-servant Avenger Gudao Emiya and Sub-servant Saber Shin Matou."
She then moves close to Gudao and Gudako, quickly patting her hands onto their heads, staring at them with her blue eyes with a wide smile on her face, "I am so proud of you…"
But Gudao quickly pulls his head away from her, stepping away from her.
Smile loses from the goddess's face.
She then turns back toward Gilgamesh, now speaking to her with her red eyes glaring at him, "For now, all of you should spend what's left of your time. All team leaders should debrief in one hour. Expect our last operation to be started in two or three hours, if nothing else comes up."
"Yes, ma'am!" Archer responds with a hand up as she turns around and walks out of the tent.
Gudao follows her, which somehow almost all decide to do the same, except for Gudako who decides to stay in there.
She seems to be gritting her teeth and turns toward Ishtar, "Mom, you should scold Gudao! He's rude before you!"
Ishtar now sighs, putting her rear onto the chair, now having her blue eyes staring at her, "It is my fault after all… it's okay for him to be mad at me…"
"You were simply doing your job at the Clock Tower. Dad is the one that keeps on disappearing, wanting to be a hero and all! His anger should be directed toward that deadbeat!"
"Gudako, he is still your dad. You shouldn't be saying something like that to him."
"He's just a pervert that hangs out with too many women!"
"He can't help it. He has this hero complex he couldn't control. Those women do get attracted with that part of him."
Gudako screams out at him, "Mom, aren't you worried about him!? You loved dad, right!?"
"We are no longer husband and wife, if that's what you are talking about. My love for him is as much as other's affection to him."
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Gudao find his feet moving all over the place. He first wished to just go to where his tent is and rest, but his mind couldn't help but wander around.
He keeps on walking, checking out other groups as they are prepared to work their ass off, ready for the next to come.
He found himself seeing Archer, who just stares into the medical part of the campsite, "What are you looking at?"
"Gudao?" she turns to see him, as she peers back into the tent, "I was just looking at them."
He joins her, now looking at a group of people in school outfit of white shirt with linings with the ladies are in magenta skirts and the two boys are in black pants.
Archer mumbles, "The first evidence of how worse the absorption has become. From what Zelretch has told me, even with his Kaleidoscope ability, he can only go so far. He said he won't be able to appear in certain worlds."
"Why would that be?"
"From his long boring explanation, our worlds are all observed by a mushroom king deity, and there are other worlds there were governed by different deities. He can only travel to worlds under the mushroom god, and appear in ethereal form in some worlds outside. He called them megaverses or something alike."
"But those people in there, they are from one of the world outside our own. The grail's influence has reached where Zeltretch couldn't normally reach. It is at that moment that the barriers between worlds have been breached."
Gudao mutters, "And they are the first proof of that problem?"
She nods, "It is all thanks to human's greed. Almost every single of worlds related to ours are all had to start an iteration of Holy Grail War, one way or another. Fuyuki, California, Tokyo, Trifas, inside Moon and even throughout the history. The numbers of worlds not related to the grail can be counted with fingers, and almost all conflicts need one. Humans keep on playing with something they couldn't contain."
"This particular grail just had to go wrong during the war and now instead of flowing out whatever corruption inside it, it ended up eating every life it can find."
Gudao now looks down, "And now we are stuck inside the grail itself. I wonder how many deaths ever since?"
Archer turns around, now giving him a warm smile, "Don't overthink this. Your mind fills with so many questions you can't barely answer them. How about loosen up for once?"
"Loosen up? How?"
"Don't think. You shouldn't be the smart one."
"What?"
The two eventually walk away from there.
Gudako somehow appears outside of the tent, glaring at the two before entering the tent.
Slowly, she approaches a purple-haired female, calling out to her, "Ba-chan, how are they doing?"
The female turns to see her, followed with a sigh as she moves to see those on the beds, "Doesn't look like they are going to be okay. The mud from the grail hit them hard. It seems they were caught within the first wave's epicenter, and now they had to relieve one of their biggest nightmares."
The orange-haired Berserker just stares at some of them, looking at how a long, raven-haired girl is seen muttering in her sleep, "Mom… forgive me…"
"Asia… where's Asia…"
She turns to see a brown-haired boy, doing the same thing as the one beside him.
"Nii-sama…"
"Irina…"
"Xenovia…"
"Everybody…"
Every single one of them are within the same trance, muttering words repeatedly over and over, trying to move their hands as if they are grabbing something unknown before their dreams.
The purple-haired nurse speaks up to her, "What they are looking at are either memories or illusions of their worst fears being shown as if real. It is the effect of what a corrupted grail is capable of. We were just lucky we were able to survive those fears and now standing within the world made by the grail itself."
"Are they going to stay like that forever?"
"I don't know," the nurse shakes her head, "I can't tell if this is temporary or permanent. Maybe if the grail is destroyed, they will be cured? But there are also chances that they will never wake up and are forced to stay like that for the rest of their life. Or maybe all they need is their own will to move forward. There are just too many possibilities…"
At that moment, another purple-haired female, albeit in black jacket and looking younger than the nurse, enters the room as she smiles at the older purple-haired girl, "Mom, we don't have much more medicine supplies. We will run out at this rate…"
She quickly notices of the orange-haired lady, "Ah, Gudako… are you injured? Do you want me to heal you up?"
Gudako quickly shakes her head," It's okay, BB. I'm just around to see those people over there."
The girl, BB, turns her attention toward the patients.
She then turns back to her, "Now that you mention it, where is your brother? He's oddly missing today…"
"M-M-My brother? What does that asshole has anything to do with this conversation?"
BB stares at her for a moment. A smile creeping on her face as she responds to her finally, "He's the first one that found them, right? It seems he is really fond of them. He visits them every time, asking me how they are doing. Kinda wish he used them as an excuse to see me instead…"
"BB… you're creeping me out…" her mother quickly mutters as she simply chuckles, "Didn't I was made based on you?"
"I'm not a stalker type… am I?"
With her mom now lost in thought, BB pulls Gudako's arm as they move out of the tent.
The purple-haired girl now speaks up to her, "Say, how long are you going to play tsun-tsun with your brother?"
"P-play- DO NOT IMPLY ME OF SUCH! Where did that notion came from anyway?"
"Isn't calling bad names are the very first symptom of being a tsundere?"
"Why does it sound like tsundere is a disease? And who do you call a tsundere!?"
"Then, why are you hating your bro?"
"I…"
Gudako loses her anger. Her eyes turn dark as she looks down.
Her lips mutter words, "I don't hate him… I just… disappointed…"
"Why? He never told me why you two are no longer spending time together, so how about you fill me in with that?"
"You were in this world's moon before, so you didn't know much about what happened on Earth. Our parents were being far away from each other for a really long time. My mom was with the remains of the Mage's Association in fighting against those wraiths. My dad was somewhere else saving people who were absorbed into this world."
"They just… not in sync anymore. Mom accused dad to be a womanizer after she saw him interacting with various women and dad somehow sees mom as a killer after the scandal with what the Clock Tower did. Dad was just too nice to everybody and mom had nothing to do with those experiments. They both know that, yet they decided to get a divorce somehow."
"Gudao just… had a huge outburst before when the two told us about their decision. Mom and him argued and even going so far as to use magecraft in those arguments. Mom cried and dad somehow got snapped…"
"He just left home that day… dad ended up being a real deal womanizer while mom… she got possessed by that goddess Ishtar afterward, almost as if she was sleeping forever…"
BB asks, "What do you think about him then? What disappointment you hold for him?"
"I just... I don't know… I just thought that with that silent demeanor of him, he will appear a lot smarter than to act like that. He almost killed mom before with that outburst of his. He knows his Origin is a problematic one, and yet he used up his magecraft to the limit."
"We just no longer speak to each other anymore…"
"And you hate him?"
Gudako glares toward her, "Of course I am! He hurt mom! He fought with dad! He didn't even nice with Shin anymore! They used to be friends! He used to be really nice to him, no matter how much tantrum that guy made!"
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Gudao and Archer are now moving near the campsite, moving close to the nearest lake.
He then goes to dip his feet into the lake, sighing. He turns to see Archer doing the same; dipping her feet and sighing just like him.
The two now chuckles for a moment.
Archer mumbles, "I'm don't want to peer into your lives, but you seem to have some sort of issue with your mom…"
"I told you before, didn't I? My parents are all fucked up in the head. My mom is no longer my mom and I might have way too many siblings than I thought. My sister is just…"
He ends his words with a shrug, not knowing how to finish that sentence.
Archer giggles at him, mumbling, "That is quite an abridged version."
"That's for asking me for the 100th times…"
The two now sighs, looking forward, far to whatever at the other side of the lake.
Archer springs up another question, "You know what isn't even been told to me? The issue with you and Shin. What's up with him? Why did he hate you so much?"
"He just hates everything…"
"By everything, you mean…"
"Just like us, he was also absorbed into the grail when he was still a child learning how to speak properly. Unfortunately for him, his family isn't the best family in this world."
"He is a Matou, the son of the infamous politician Shinji Matou. Seems like that guy used to be a friend of my dad, though my mom said he tried to rape her before during a Holy Grail War. They do said that he just turned good at the end of the war and tried his best to amend himself."
"But then there is a rumor that he raped his sister and then there is a scandal where he raped somebody else before. And then there is the fact that Shin's mother hasn't been around for no reason whatsoever. People just started to speculate naturally, saying that he is a child of rape and stuff like that."
"The thing is, Shin is easily influenced with almost anything. He is too gullible for his own good. He just took in what people said about his origin and takes it as a real thing. He should have realized that if he really is a child of rape, then that means he should have stayed with a mother, not a father."
'Eventually, his personality just started to shift. From a generally nice guy and an eye catcher for ladies just turned into a angsty guy who screams out all the time."
Archer mutters, "Gudako seems to be really close to him. She never told me why, but are they dating?"
"They did, but now I have no idea. I heard that they broke up before, but that doesn't seem like it right now…"
"You didn't know?"
"How do I? I barely speak to my sister, let alone Shin himself."
"Not even once?"
"You're a newbie in the team; you have no idea how awkward it could get. I am better off speaking to others from other teams than having a staring contest with those two."
Gudao stretches, putting his back onto the grass beneath.
His eyes stare straight toward the white-haired female clad in red, "What about you? What's your story?"
"Whatever you mean by that?" she smiles at him, "You need to be more specific, or we are going to be here all day long…"
"How about your origin?"
"My Origin is Sword."
"No, not that origin. Your backstory, what about it?"
Archer giggles once more as she responds to his words, "I know. My backstory? There isn't one. Before I am a human, I was simply a sword; a weapon given soul by my own creator. She gave birth to me out of guilt, regret, and most important thing of all, a wish. She wished for the one she loved the most to be saved from his cruel fate. That is the main priority of Counter-Counter Guardian."
"If Counter Force is an agent of the will of humanity, then Counter-Counter Force is an agent of an individual."
Gudao mutters, "Yet you have no name for yourself?"
"My creator; she didn't get to give me one. She used up everything she has just to create me. So I just lived as somebody with no name…"
"Then, how about we create your name together?"
A smile appears before him in the form of what people called as a cat smile, "Together?"
Gudao just stares at her, dumbfounded, "Not that kind of together…"
Again, Archer chuckles, "Why would we do that? Isn't it fine that you just called me Archer like everyone else?"
"It sounded too formal for me. Feels like we are not even close of a friend…"
Archer now lays down onto the ground, moving close to him.
This movement of hers, alongside her cat smile, ended up having Gudao slowly moving away from her.
Archer gives off a wide smile, "Then, what do you want to call me?"
"First, what's your mom's name?"
She seems like she is trying so hard in having a thought of the answer, "von… Einzbern? Illyasviel von Einzbern? Yeah, I think that's it."
"What do you mean by 'think'?"
"My mind is a bit hazy. I was given a memory of my mother when she was a really old woman. I think it was at the point in time where the end of the world is near and the last of humanity was fighting against… Ultimate Ones? I think that's what they were called as… Either way, it seems she also used a different name before. Emi- something…"
Gudao ignores her rambling, "What I should your first name will be then…?"
"Just call me Archer von Einzbern; end of story…"
"Archerko… Yeah, I'm going to call you Archerko for now…"
Archer smiles at him, "Archerko von Einzbern? That sounds nice…"
The two now shares some more laughter together…
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The moment for peace and reflection of life isn't as long as they hoped…
It is all because of what happened next…
SLASH! BANG! BANG! BOOM!
"Tamamo Squad, Enkidu Squad, to the left!" Ishtar screams out from behind an army.
Two groups charge to the left of a plain battlefield, moving into a large group of black humanoid figures with the black figures fly one by one from the numerous explosions coming out from the Tamamo no Mae and her students and all the various attacks from the other team.
She then turns toward Gilgamesh and his team, "Your chance is here. Go!"
"Taking order from a mongrel…" Caster Gil mumbles as he turns toward all four of his sub-servants, "Go!"
The four run forward, reaching close to the two teams from earlier with their leader simply watching from afar, "I've gone really soft lately…"
A group of black humanoid figures suddenly appearing before them, and with that Gudako jumps before the three.
"Trace Enhance!"
Blades appear around her, which then are stabbed into each of the wraiths. She then throws gems all around them, with each one of them explodes upon impact.
Some more wraiths appear, now reaching them from their back, but suddenly all of them are frozen after an aria of, "Break, Frigid Heaven!"
Archerko turns around, seeing a group of fox girls standing behind them.
"Tamamo-sensei!" she calls the tallest one out.
"Go, Gil's cute boys and girls!"
The four now charging forward, reaching a different part of the battlefield, whereas the intensity of the battle is a lot more extreme at that point.
Shin now steps forward, putting his right hand to the front.
The three watches how something just coming out from his palm; something organic that forms an organic blade that he holds with the same hand.
"Shin!" Gudako calls him out.
The man simply moves forward, muttering, "Do not interfere, Tohsaka!"
He then goes toward the closest group of wraiths, slashing each and turning them all back into mud.
Shin keeps on slashing and slashing, hitting each of them without any restraint of his power.
That is, until he found himself toe to toe with two sword-wielding wraiths, who proceed to beat him and smash him away from them.
Archerko jumps close, having blades flying around her as she steps before him, separating the two away from each other with her blades as projectiles.
"Archerko!" Gudao calls her out.
She gives a thumb's up pose toward him, "Don't you worry about me. I am facing against Sabers here. I can win this easy."
She then pulls out a pair of long blades and charges forward, slashing the two off as they try their best getting close to each other.
"These things… are really annoying!"
She jumps away, now pulling out a giant arrow with engine-like machinery behind it.
Archerko now jumps high, ready to strike down the enemy as she throws it toward them, "Second Sin of the Virgin Goddess: BUSTER ORION!"
"Wait, why are you using that again?" Gudao wonders, now seeing the arrow is being thrown toward the two.
The explosion is so strong the two wraiths are then being thrown away from there.
And now the man is even more confused, "It worked? Are you into necrophilia then, Archer!?"
"Wh-what!? How dare you speaking like that to you cute teammate!?"
Gudako is now facepalming, with Shin mutters, "Such free-spirited people… Are they even allowed to be in the battlefield?"
Some more enemies appearing, this time Gudao steps off, pulling Archer's shoulder off as he now pulls out the golden drill he used earlier.
"Now is the time for the Avenger of the group to act."
He charges forward, smashing the tip of the drill right into the ground as soon as he reaches the middle between the enemies.
The drill turns on, with him spins around, sweep kicking all as they fall before him.
Gudao then pulls out more golden sword, stabbing right at their heads.
But then a huge giant appears as a silver-haired female with horns, alongside some more wraiths.
"B-Beast!?" Archerko is now in shock, looking at this newcomer, "Do not joking with me! How are we going to get to the grail this way!?"
Above some of the mud people, a yellow portal appears, with something protruding out from there. Sparks can be seen flowing between them.
KZAAAKKK!
Lightning appears out from it, striking down the wraith back into their mud form.
A huge axe is then seen thrown off and struck near them, with Gilgamesh now appears beside them, "Good job, my students. Perfect as students of the king."
He then turns to glare toward the giant female, grinning at her, "Tiamat, huh? You guys are really pushing your luck here."
Circles of portals appear around him, shooting out blades straight toward her, striking the giant right near her head.
A roar is heard with him keeps on shooting at her.
"Foul beast, witness the defense of Uruk, the greatest and richest of cities! The deluge of the land is my will! King's Signal Cannon: MELAMMU DINGIR!"
The four realized how from afar, a huge city appears and from the city, golden arrows and other projectiles are being shot out from the city and straight toward the giant and her minions, raining them with arrows that somehow having the Beast scream out in anger.
But then some of them are being deflected away, thanks to yellow portals that appear before the minions.
Gilgamesh's eyes are now scanning the owner of the portals, noticing somebody in golden armor slowly walking before him.
This figure of mud person may be looking like the rest of the wraith, but just like the wraith, this one seems to be wearing its own unique clothing, which is golden armor with red patterns.
Caster chuckles, grinning madly at this figure, "So, even the grail has picked you as its subordinates. Nice timing! I have been really wishing to beat some sense into you, King of Douchebags!"
"Sensei!" Gudako screams out, seeing how her teacher is now moving far away from their current enemy to engage a red-gold drill-sword user before him.
The four now turns to see the giant female is getting closer and closer toward them, but red projectiles now smashing onto it, gaining attention of hers.
Nearby the team, more helpers have arrived into the scene, led by a female in violet skintight suit holding a red spear.
She glares at the four, "Leave this one to us, Servants. You four were tasked with the grail's destruction, right?"
They nod, now charging forward toward the source of the black tower.
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The night before, Gudao pulls himself out from his tent, yawning as he looks around.
His feet somehow bring him close to the lake once more, now dipping into the body of water again.
"Ah…"
His head is quickly turn to the side, seeing Gudako now staring at him.
…
…
…
"H-hi?"
…
…
…
Gudao's head: MY GOD! THIS IS SO AWKWARD!
Gudako slowly looks away, "H-hi…"
…
…
…
Gudako's head: AAAAAAAAAAAAARRGGHHHH! CAN'T THIS ATMOSPHERE BE MORE AWKWARD!?
Gudao finally decides to speak up for real, "How's Shin?"
"Fine. Archer?"
"She's Archerko now."
"What?"
"Her name. It's Archerko now."
"I see…"
…
…
…
Gudako turns back toward him, "We haven't really… speaking to each other…."
He nods, "How long has it been? 10 years? 20 years?"
"It's close to 70…"
"That long, huh? And yet we still looked like we just graduated high school…"
She nods with a smile on her face.
The two now sighs.
Gudako suddenly speaks up, "Do you know why we have the sub-servant system?"
"Mom never told me that…"
She now stares straight into his eyes, "Dad got out of this world few years ago. She said it could be because his status as Counter-Guardian, so Alaya just summoned him out of here, or he was summoned as a Servant."
"Then…"
"Sub-servant is like demi-servant, she said. She said that she wanted us to escape from the grail, any way we can. She doesn't want us to be somebody's slave in a war, but as a real human being. In a way, she wishes to cheat the grail."
The two are now silenced.
Once again…
…
…
…
"I'm going in…" Gudako stands up, walking away from there.
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
They finally reach the black cup.
Gudao turns around, seeing how the rest of them are busy with the enemies at their front.
He turns back to the grail, nodding to himself as he slowly approaches the grail, holding a sword in his hand.
"Shin, no!"
He quickly jumps away, evading a slash from the owner the said name, rolling away and turns toward him, "What the hell are you doing!? This is finally our chance to get out from this world!"
"Shut up!" Shin screams out at him, "You are wasting an omniscience wish-making machine!"
"What!?" Gudao screams out at him, "Are you saying you are going to use that thing!? You're crazy!"
"You're an idiot!" he screams back at him.
Gudako moves close to her brother, "Shin…"
"Do not interfere with my dream!" he growls at them.
At that moment, the place around them is now filled with flying bugs, moving around as they surrounding him.
The sword within his hand is now flying as well, showing itself as made up of the same bugs combined together, now joining their comrades.
Shin moves close to the grail, "Don't you see what we are looking at right now? My dream of a good life is finally here! I won't let you damn my life even further!"
"Shin, that thing is dangerous!" Gudako screams out at him.
"You're wrong. This thing is a blessing for a hero like me…"
Shin stares at them, somehow with his eyes not seeing any life in them. He turns back to the cup, smiling wide as he moves close to it, "With this… a story of a hero, me, can finally started properly. Shin Matou, the bastard son of Shinji Matou, blessed with the grail's power, now joining a Holy Grail War against his two enemies; Gudao Emiya and Gudako Tohsaka, the true villain of the story. Yes, that is perfect… Perfect story for me!"
Archerko mutters in disgust, "You're crazy…"
Shin suddenly laughs out loud maniacally. His voice can be heard echoing as the mud slowly swallowing him, "Four teams, one winner… See you in the next Holy Grail War… outside…"
"No!"
Gudao goes forward and tries to grab him away from there, but noticing the bug sword now strikes down worms toward him, moving fast toward him.
"Fail-Not! Phantom Canceller!"
A huge black hole appears before him, swallowing the bugs into it.
Slowly, the world now turns black…
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
"Hey… hey…"
Grunts…
Gudao opens up his eyes, pushing himself up as he looks around.
He notices of a purple-haired female in violet armor sits near him, looking at him warily as she mutters, "Are you okay?"
What?
He rubs his head, now turning around once more.
He sees Gudako slowly wakes up, seeing a man in white uniform sitting beside her, "Wh- are you an angel? Is this heaven?"
"No…" the violet-haired girl mutters, "You two are outside of Chaldea. You two just popped out of nowhere.
The male moves from Gudako toward him.
He notices of the man's face seems… familiar… as if he is looking at a mirror…
"What's your name?" he asks him.
"Gudao... E-… To-"
"…miya Gudako…" his twin mutters, pulling herself up.'
The violet-haired girl stares at him, looking at him as she tilts her head, "Gudao Tomiya? Gudako Tomiya? Are you two siblings?"
He slowly nods.
Gudako is heard speaking up, "Yeah… we're… twins…"
She is seen smiling wide, but he knows how she seems uneasy, looking at these two.
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[PRESENT DAY]
"Finally…"
A man mutters, as he is now approached by the black-cloaked man.
The two are now looking straight at two cups; one bigger than the other.
The cloaked man grabs the smaller one, looking at it for a moment, "Hey, I know this thing… This is the Sacred Gear Sephiroth Graal…"
"It's a Holy Grail of this world."
"But it does not functions the same."
"No, but who says I can't change it as one…"
"You're going to…"
The man grabs the grail and puts it back near the big one, "This will be the vessel for the second lesser grail…"
"The first one is at the back of Type-Mercury, right?"
"Yes. Now that we have two lesser grails, we can start the war."
"What about the Masters?"
"I've handpicked them already. We are going to have so much fun…"
"How about you tell me the rule here?"
The man snickers, "Sure. Four teams will be competing against each other. Seven administrators will be elected, acting as Rulers-like figures. New members for each team can be added with the permission of the admins. Only one person can become the winner."
"Sounds complicated."
"It is necessary of course. It is for me and my legend… the Hero of Salvation, Shin Matou…"
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"So… you are going to summon a new Archer?"
Gudao simply nods at his sister.
She nods back at him, "Good. Let's hope you are not summoning another female."
He sighs, "Damn you, Emiya gene."
The male Master now moves forward, charging up his prana and pours it into the circle.
The circle lights up, blowing wind as usual.
With that, a figure clad in red is now standing before the two, smiling wide as she mutters, "Finally. It took you way too long to get me ou- owh…"
She stares at the twins for a moment before muttering, "Sorry, I was under the impression that you two were my friends. This must be the alternate universe where you two, who look like my friends, are being nice enough to stand side by side like that."
Gudako glares at him, "Wow, another female? Don't you think you are making a harem kingdom right now?"
"You can blame our dad for that…"
Gudao sighs, waving at Archer, "Welcome, Archerko von Einzbern…"
The white-haired female now stares at him, looking confused, "How did you know my- OWH, It's really you!"
So… this isn't a proper chapter 9. 8.5 maybe?
This is more of the prequel for the Tomiya twins…
Next: True start for Holy Grail War/Three Factions arc, also the final arc because I am saving the arc after Three Factions for Fate Grand X-Over. Yes, that is officially a sequel.
But tell you what, this story's ending isn't what you think… not that easy…
Gudao's team:
Saber- Altera (Extella)
Lancer- Scathach
Archer- Archerko
Rider- ?
Caster- Tamamo no Mae
Assassin- Mysterious Heroine X
Berserker- ?
Gudako's team:
Saber- Souji Okita
Lancer- Enkidu
Archer- Ishtar
Rider- ?
Caster- Cu Chulainn
Assassin- Shiki Ryougi
Berserker- ?
Misc Servants:
Akeno- Cleopatra
Kalawarner- ?
Grayfia- EMIYA
Xenovia- ?
Issei- ?
Le Fay- Mordred
Comment Answering Section
MaxHD2490: Dammit, if only she appeared earlier, I would've favor her more than MHX. Also, do you know how Tiamat actually attack? It's hard to find the clips I want in Youtube. She may appear later in the story, again…
Ultima-owner: It's good for easy tanning, though it's a bit too tan, like how Ushiwakamaru shown. For some though, white hair dye…
Death0887: Solomon as Rias's Servant? That's overkill! If she's turned evil, sure… But which Solomon are we talking about here?
