Chapter 10: The Fall of the Big Ben
A/N: Thanks for the support you've given me even though most of you are silent... I have taken note of the people who suscribed to my story. Anyways, let us get on quickly, and enjoy the next chapter.
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Her hair fell into place on her shoulder. Not much has changed about her, only that her hair was now a long bunch that extended towards her waist, and instead of the red blouse, it was a garnet-coloured armour, with the holy white cross emblem that extended from her neck to her waist, and otherwise, it had some white marks on it. It was well-polished, showing off the reflection of Joan of Arc.
"Damn you to have escaped the fire while I was killed by it," she snarled at Saber (Rin), who replied back with, "I know, but then you were tied to a cross, you couldn't escape even if you wanted, you know."
They both stared at each of for a rather long time, swords in their right hand, and a moment too soon, Joan cast a Fire Breath, and Rin lashed out her blade, to freeze the fire (technically, it is not possible, only put out if there is no oxygen, but then, this is fanfiction...) into icicles of air.
Rin then thrust her steel blade towards Joan, who fired a Fire Arrow in retaliation. However, the arrow struck her hand first, and she dropped the blade immediately, while her hand continued to bleed.
"Darn... you are pretty good as an Archer, even though you would be better as a Saber," she replied as she pointed her index finger at Joan, who stepped back one step in caution.
"And I should have been an Archer..." she said as waves of dark energy charged and left her finger. "Gand!"
Rin fired her most trusted spell at Joan, who summoned her chariot and took to the skies to have better chance at avoiding the Gand shots. However, the chariot was not fast enough as well, and it fell back to the ground, leaving Joan to protect herself with her Fire Arrows. She thrust her hand up and down to shoot the arrows at top speed, although Rin seemed to gain speed as fast as a machine gun.
"Heck... you are one hell of a demon, Saber," she panted as she charged forward and breathed a Flame of Death.
An extremely powerful explosion occured, which shattered the glass windows of the Big Ben. The shockwave was so powerful that the Big Ben rang thirteen times, normally impossible in history.
Joan smirked in confidence in her ability to wipe out a Saber. 'I would not be so proud to be winning a Rider or Lancer, but a Saber!' she thought as she proceeded to attack Saber (Arturia), however, being stopped by Rin's near mechnical firing of Gand.
'Heck... how did she survive?' She thought out loud to herself as she ran around, dodging the flying energy bolts, which have gained even more speed than before.
Meanwhile, Rin was smirking as well. 'Reinforcement certainly has done me well; at least I have not forgotten how to use it on limbs, but then Gand is too ineffective to take her down. See if I can get close enough to her to...'
Well, it was Joan who came to her, and as she proceeded to strike out a second Flame of Death, Rin immediately stopped her Gand and shouted, "Activate!"
A blinding light appeared and Joan appeared later in a golden lamination that seemed to have restricted her movements by a fair bit.
"This thing is one heck of a heavy object... wonder what it is..." she said to herself as she proceeded to flame the golden lamination.
Meanwhile, Rin appeared with several lines of blood on her right arm; it seemed that she had trained herself to the extent that Reinforcement could change the atomic matter of air particles around her. However, she clearly needed a bit of her blood to do it. To tell the truth, actually quite a lot of it is needed.
She slowly limped towards the golden lamination and forced her right hand to pick up the blade to slash and kill her as quickly as possible. However, before she could get close, the lamination just shattered, and a Flame of Death appeared without warning.
Another explosion occured, and Rin was thrusted by the force of impact towards the walls.
She laid there for a while until Joan of Arc stood before her and slowly she stood up.
'There is only one last chance and this will have to work,' she calculated.
Meanwhile, Joan of Arc was charging an extremely powerful Flame of Death as well.
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Gilgamesh rushed towards Saber, who just managed to block Ea by a hair's length.
After a series of swordfights and even a few daring moves, none of them have made any blow on each other yet. And then, the explosion occured. It thrust both of them towards one side of the Big Ben; whilst Gilgamesh slammed his hard armour against the wall to break his fall, Saber had to do a somersault to stop the effect of the explosion thrusting her to a pitiful severe injury through a fall.
And after the explosion, she summoned another crusade army at Gilgamesh, who seemed to effectively stop with Gates; which in turn, caused her to roll towards the side to avoid the matter-destroying energy.
After the dust had cleared, Gilgamesh launched a rain of blades at Saber, who, as expected was caught unawares as she was busy guarding from Joan of Arc too. She managed to shoot back some blades, but most that were close hit her.
The rain of blades had settled, and Saber was on her knees; just at the same time as Rin. Fresh blood flowed down from various parts of her body, staining the blue dress pure red. There were openings from her shoulders, elbows, thigh, hands, kneecaps... but there was a clear river of red on her face, via her left eye. Shivering uncontrollably, she thrust her blade into the ground to keep herself at support.
Gilgamesh lowered his eyes to look at Saber, who was looking down at the floor. He slowly approached her with a sword in his left hand and used his right hand to grip her by her neck. Quickly, he lifted her up to his neck level and gave a wicked smile before saying, "Heh... you are still this weak, Saber. Marry me now or suffer a terrible fate."
He stopped, waiting for a reply from the King. She looked at him sternly and yelled, "I have gone through even more terrible fates than this one, Gilgamesh, and I survived every one of them!" before doing a reverse bicycle kick at him. But Gilgamesh was rather prepared for this as he had been retaliated by this way before, and just leapt back quietly. He then grabbed Enkidu from his gate and bound her with it.
"Darn... you are one stubborn King," he remarked as he struggled to chain her up quickly, subdueing her resistance.
Then, he opened his gates again, and pointed Ea at her.
"Gates! Attack!"
She knew that if she was struck by any more blades, she would be killed; for she was human again, but she had formulated a plan in her mind. Before that, she shook her head once to release the tight ribbon that had bound her hair tightly and her hair fell to her shoulders. This was more of a distraction method, in which Gilgamesh stopped his blades for a while, giving sufficient time for Saber to act out her plan.
She got back to her legs and summoned Excalibur, and gave her best to finish him in one shot.
At the same time, Rin was acting out her plan as well, and a dark energy circulated around her right hand.
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Meanwhile, Azuka and Shiro were busy dodging the Tsubame Gaeshi shotgun bullets that were coming out from a pistol. However, Azuka was less-physically trained, and was hit by an oncoming bullet very quickly; but he was still able to stand up.
"Hey, Azuka, are you alright?"
"Heh... I'm fine... not dead yet..."
Blood was gushing out of his shoulder wound and his mouth, but he calmly ignored it, and shouted to Shiro, "Quick! Something's gonna blow! Duck!"
Shiro and Azuka ducked while the man was blasted to the walls by the explosion from Gand and Fire.
Shiro immediately got up and summoned his twin blades. The man got up as well, and started shooting more bullets. It was a busy time of dodging and Shiro was slowly inching closer to the man. Meanwhile, Azuka crept at a corner, watching the battles, recovering the energy required to continue the war.
However, he felt another surge of disaster looming, and Shiro was basically beside the man. He hated to disturb him, but he had to so that he could save him.
"Shiro! Big explosion! Duck!"
Shiro did without any hesistataion, albeit a little sad. And two contrasting attacks appeared, one of light, one of dark.
Rin fired her ultimate Gand attack that was charging for 2 seconds. And Saber was busy blasting a very powerful Excalibur at Gilgamesh, who was rudely shocked, and had no time to run.
The power was so great that it managed to explode upon collision, and the reincarnation of Assassin, who unfortunately was caught in between the attacks, instantly perished. Joan of Arc still had Independent Action though... and Gilgamesh was not near dead at all yet...
The force of the explosion caused the Big Ben to start falling; even from afar, as testified by Rin (the master) and Archer, it was magnificent in this world and probably not in reality.
While the dust settled, Saber found herself barely hanging on to her life under the rocks. Fortunately, Shiro and Azuka were only scratched from the ordeal, and found Saber lying in a pool of her own blood.
"Saber! Are you all right?" Shiro asked in concern as he helped her up.
"Hai... I can still fight..."
"No... don't... I do not want to lose you again..." He said, immediately locking her into an embrace, and a tear dropped from his eyes.
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Meanwhile, Azuka found Rin sitting on top of the rubble, with deep gashes on her right hand.
"Effects of the depression Gand attack, ne?" He said, while patting her on the back. "Never mind, Rin. You did a great job. Who knows, you might meet yourself again..."
She smiled and stood up. "Well, I think I better talk them into carrying on. The master of Joan of Arc is dead, but she still can attack us at anytime she wants. And Gilgamesh, the most dangerous of them all, is still healthy and alive. I think that the damage is done to Joan and her master solely."
They slowly walked towards the duo who were locked in deep embrace under the scorching sun; it was noon, and they still had a long way to go.
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A/N: Done! And now for the stats of Rin!
Rin Tohsaka, Saber-class
History: She went to London after the 6th War to pursue her Mage studies. She became a top mage, and returned to Fuyuki at 31, but found out Shiro had been killed only a week ago. Saddened by the discovery, she started practising Dark Magic, and that was what caused her demise eventually. But before that, she enrolled in the Burial Agency, and tracked and killed demons with Caren Ortensia.
Abilities: 1) Jewels
Jewels charged with Rin's mana can transform into deadly powers of elements. A mediocre mage ability, but extremely effective given the high amounts of mana she has now. Her best form of attack since her teenage years.
2) Azoth- Dagger/Blade of Magic
Well... she put the jewels into her blade, Azoth, and it has grown exceptionally long ever since. Explosive impact caused when using it to attack. Jewels can be removed to save mana.
3) Gand
The same Gand she used when she was a child. Not too much improvement though, but Reinforcement made it better.
4) Gand- Ultimate Front of Depression
The result of her dark magic practises...
And that is all this time! Next, be sure to catch this! Pls review by the way, for many people seem to suscribe my story but not reply it... I need improvements on my writing!
Well... gotta go... and bye!
Tribunal