I do not own any of the original Fate Series characters. I don't actually remember what ever happened to Avalon. Sorry for posting the wrong document as chapter 11 before. Here's the correct one.
A.N.: To the guest reviewer that, once again, felt the need to point out parts of my story that don't perfectly align with the cannon universe, I FUCKING KNOW! ! ! BELIEVE ME I'M WELL AWARE THAT MY STORY ISN'T PERFECT AND ISN'T AN EXACT REPLICA OF THE CANNON UNIVERSE! ! ! DO YOU KNOW WHY THAT IS? BECAUSE IT'S A FUCKING FANFICTION! ! ! IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE PERFECTLY CANNON! ! ! IF MY STORY ALIGNED PERFECTLY WITH CANNON, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD BE? THE FUCKING CANNON STORYLINE! ! ! GOD FORBID I WRITE A STORY THAT DOESN'T PERFECTLY ALIGN WITH YOUR PREFERENCES AND IDEAS! ! ! GOD FORBID MY FANFICTION DOESN'T PERFECTLY ALIGN WITH A CANNON UNIVERSE THAT, AS I STATED BEFORE, I DON'T EVEN KNOW! ! ! I'VE WATCHED THE UBW, ZERO, AND APOCRYPHA ANIMES! ! ! AND GOD FUCKING FORBID I EVER USE A FUCKING OC! ! ! I DIDN'T EVEN MAKE HIM OP! ! ! I GAVE HIM SKILL WITH A SWORD, A SPELL TO MAKE A SWORD FROM WIND MAGIC, AND THE ABILITY TO CONTROL BARRIERS, WHICH HAS BEEN SHOWN TO BE TIRING! ! ! AND DON'T EVEN START WITH THE WHOLE "MY POINTS ARE VALID" BULLSHIT! ! ! IF YOU WANT AN EXAMPLE OF ONE COMPLAINT THAT YOU WERE OFF BASE WITH, THE TAILOR DIDN'T MAKE ARTURIA'S ARMOR! ! ! IF YOU HAD READ THAT PART AT ALL, YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN THAT HE WAS ALSO A MASTER WHO HAD SUMMONED MERLIN HIMSELF! ! ! I'M SORRY THAT I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT MERLIN LOOKED LIKE AT THE TIME THAT I WROTE THAT, BUT GO FIGURE, ONCE AGAIN, IT'S NOT FUCKING CANNON! ! ! SO I'LL SAY IT AGAIN! ! ! IF YOU HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING POSITIVE OR EVEN REMOTELY CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM RELATED TO SAY ABOUT THE FUCKING STORY, THEN STOP FUCKING REVIEWING! ! ! I DON'T NEED OR WANT YOUR INPUT! ! !
To the reviewers that have supported the story or supplied constructive criticism, I thank you deeply, and would appreciate further support.
Berserk
Daniel yawned, stretching his legs in front of himself, tilting his head to rest it on top of Arturia's, Arturia currently being asleep on his shoulder. Across from him sat Caules, with Berserker somewhere nearby in spirit form, and with Sakura and Lancer in the next car up. Daniel's group currently occupied the rearmost car. Daniel looked down at his and Arturia's hands, their fingers intertwined. He smiled, gently stroking his thumb over hers. Caules smiled, watching him.
"You really do love her, don't you?" Caules asked.
"With all my heart," Daniel replied. "She's everything to me. What about you? I saw your face when you talked about destroying the Holy Grail."
Caules's face fell and he sighed quietly.
"I...I don't want Berserker to go," Caules said. "She's the only one that wants to do this. But I know it's the right thing to do. So...I will help to destroy the Holy Grail. Even though it means I'll lose Berserker."
Daniel stared at him in silence for a bit. "I don't want Arturia to go. I can't bear to lose her, even though I know I will, if we succeed. Hell, with who we'll be up against, I might lose her before that. Honestly...I don't know if I'd actually be able to do it, given the chance. I don't know if I could destroy the Holy Grail, and kill Arturia. She's all I have in this life. I may not be out of school yet, but if I lose her...I'll have nothing. I won't even have the will to live. If she dies...I'm not going to survive this war. Because of that, there's a very real chance that...if I have the chance...I can't promise I won't use the Holy Grail to wish Arturia back to life."
"I...I can understand that feeling," Caules said, looking out the window and absentmindedly reporting what he saw. "Tunnel."
A moment later, the train was plunged into darkness, a light flashing overhead every couple of seconds. Finally, they exited the tunnel, a steep cliff on the train's left side, and an equally steep one rising above the train on the other. Daniel looked out his window and up the cliff above them, eyes snapping wide open.
"ROCKSLIDE! ! !" he shouted.
The other passengers reacted instantly, all rushing to his side to see the rocks, even as Arturia grabbed Daniel and Berserker appeared, grabbing Caules. Both Servants rushed to the door facing the drop, Berserker bashing the door out with her maul before both leapt out of the train. Daniel shouted in fear as they began to fall, forming a barrier to catch them, all of them groaning just as the falling tsunami of rocks blasted into the train. It hit two cars up from Daniel's, one up from Sakura's car, and the entire train was instantly shoved off the tracks, tumbling down the other embankment, kicking up more and more rocks and boulders behind it. Then, just as it crashed to the ground, it exploded, only for the rockslide to instantly crush and bury it, putting out the flames instantly.
"Shit! The others!" Daniel said.
"Look!" Caules said, pointing at the tracks.
Daniel's head spun around and he stared at Lancer, who was kneeling on the tracks, setting Sakura down and turned to Daniel, nodding. Daniel sighed in relief and moved their barrier to the tracks carefully, all of them stepping off before Daniel let the barrier disintegrate, sighing.
"If you hadn't been looking up..." Caules trailed off, shaking his head as he stared down at what little of the train they could see. "They're all dead. All of them."
"Um, Caules?" Daniel said. "You might want to look up yourself now."
Caules turned, looking up and staring at the two obvious Servants at the top of the cliff. One was hunched forward, ready to dodge or charge. He had light grey skin, a sadistic, psychotic grin plastered permanently across his face, blonde hair pulled back into a ponytail with his bangs hanging messily on either side of his face, an iron harness on his face and torso, black gloves, a armor-plated underwear-like piece with armor plates to protect his hips, a gauntlet on his left arm and what looked like a shackle on his right, shin protectors, and a double-edged sword that was almost as long as Daniel was tall but that seemed short in comparison to the behemoth of a man. The other Servant was even larger than the first, and stood tall and proud. As with the first, he was ridiculously heavily muscled, but his body was a dark brown with long darker brown hair that blue in the wind, glowing red eyes, armor bracers on his wrists and ankles, an armored belt and splintmail skirt over a dark blue skirt, and a massive stone cleaver that looked big even for him.
"The bigger one is Heracles," Arturia said. "He's dangerous. He has to be killed twelve times in a single fight to be defeated. If not, whatever lives he lost will be regenerated. And with each one lost he gets stronger."
"Sounds a little like the other guy," Caules said. "That's Spartacus. He was a gladiator in life. His Noble Phantasm is his regeneration. Any wounds or pain he feels only makes him stronger, gives him more mana and mutates him into a gigantic monster. However, there's a limit. And once he reaches it, he explodes. Well, the explosion's a little more like a laser, but still."
"Right," Daniel said. "Sakura, Lancer, try and find their Masters. Hopefully they're nearby. Caules, you and Berserker try to handle Spartacus. Leave Heracles to us. Lancer, if you can't find their Masters, come back and help whoever needs it more."
Lancer nodded and picked up Sakura, turning and sprinting away into the tunnel. Arturia turned to Daniel instantly.
"Please be careful," Daniel said. "I don't want to lose you."
Arturia smiled and nodded, then turned back to Heracles, sprinting up the cliff and leaping over him as Spartacus charged at Berserker. Daniel formed a barrier, riding it up to the top of the cliff as Heracles turned, chasing after Arturia on the small rounded, mostly flat top of the mountain. Arturia spun, rolling out of the way of his cleaver then stood, blocking a slash and skidding backward. She darted forward, slashing at him from the left and he deflected it, swinging a punch at her, only for her to roll aside from it. As she stood, she slashed at his side, managing to make a scratch only for it to seal almost instantly, Heracles turning and slamming a backhand into her side, launching her away off the mountain. Daniel flew after her on his barrier. He landed beside her, releasing the barrier and she shoved him away then leapt backward, Heracles crashing down where they had been. Daniel stood, backing away as Saber charged, beginning to slash at him rapidly, darting around him nonstop to try to keep him from targeting her. He blocked everything she threw at him, slashing at her and only barely missing each time. Fear began to grip Daniel. No matter what attacks Arturia through, Heracles blocked it, and he seemed to be speeding up. Finally, Arturia stopped in front of him, ducking under a diagonal slash then leaping into the air, slashing him across the face as she did. Even as she fell, the damage healed, but as soon as she landed, she drove her sword through the back of his head. Then, she leapt backward as that, too, healed, though slower and glowing red this time in stead of simply sealing. Heracles turned toward her and she sprinted forward, droving into a slide as he slashed at her. She rolled over as she passed under him, slashing the backs of his knees before standing, slashing him across the back, severing his spinal cord. Again the wounds glowed red, healing slowly.
Then, Heracles spun, hand crashing into Arturia and blasting her through a tree, his skin beginning to steam and glow a dull red as his eyes practically shone. He roared in anger, charging and Arturia grabbed her sword, sprinting to the side, beginning to dart around him again, but this time, he slammed his sword down in her path and slapped her again, blasting her into a tree. Arturia coughed up blood as she hit then dropped, pushing herself up with the sword as Heracles charged, slashing at her rapidly. She began to backpedal rapidly, barely managing to deflect each blow as she did. Finally, she spun, Heracles stepping past her, only to mule kick her and launch her backward again. He turned, roaring as he charged. Arturia picked up her sword, preparing herself then dodging to the side of his vertical slash, splitting his torso wide open across the right lung and the heart. She staggered forward, putting some distance between them just as he roared angrily, already on his feet and glowing almost cherry red. She turned, blocking a slash only for the force to send her crashing through the trees, landing on the ground beside Daniel, Excalibur stabbing into the ground somewhere behind her. Heracles roared, streaking toward her again as she was picking herself up, his sword rising.
Daniel's body reacted almost without command. His mind found hers, merging with it instantly and allowing a sense of peace to fill them both. Then, he stepped in front of her, arm swinging up and forming a barrier in front of himself, all the magic he could gather forced into the barrier. Then, he launched himself backward into Saber. Heracles's sword hesitated for half a second when it hit the barrier before splitting it. Arturia and Daniel bounced off the ground from the force of his jump, both flipping before crashing down and rolling to a stop beside Arturia's sword. She stood, grabbing the sword and stepping forward raising it. Then, she froze, staring at the blood coating her hands. Her sword crashed to the ground. She stared down at her front and the blood coating it. But her suit wasn't damaged. She dropped to her knees, rolling Daniel and choked out a sob, pressing her hands to the gash across his torso.
"Daniel!" Arturia screamed before breaking down into sobs. "No! Daniel! You can't die! You can't! I need you!" She pressed harder on the wound, trying uselessly to slow the bleeding of a wound reaching from his right hip to his left shoulder blade, his shoulder having been entirely split. "Daniel please! Please stay with me! I can't lose you! Please! Open your eyes!"
Behind her, Heracles roared, but she ignored it. She pressed harder still into the wound. Daniel didn't flinch. Then, three people stepped out of the trees, two of them firing arrows at Heracles. One was the new archer, a girl with cat ears, blonde hair reaching her waist with the last fifth fading to white and the bangs green, a black dress with green on the shoulders and sides, black thigh-high boots, and black gloves, the right of which reached her elbow. The second person was Rin's Archer Emiya. And the last was a woman with straight dark purple hair reaching past her waist, a matching skin-tight dark purple body suit, lighter purple pauldrons, darker purple armored high-heeled shoes, a black shirt over the body suit and open except at the top, a black piece of cloth on the outside of each thigh, a black piece of cloth that was essentially panties outside of her bodysuit, and a long red lance. The new archer took to the trees instantly, drawing Heracles away while Archer and the newest woman dropped to their knees beside Daniel immediately.
"What happened?" the woman asked.
"He shielded me!" Arturia sobbed. "Please! You have to save him!"
"Save him...but...Saber...the blade nicked his heart," the woman said.
"Please!" Arturia sobbed. "Archer! Please! You have Avalon right?"
"It disappeared after the last Holy Grail War," Archer said, placing a hand over Arturia's. "Arturia..."
Just then, a portal opened and Merlin stepped through with his Master, Avalon held in his hands.
"I have Ava..." he trailed off, staring at Daniel only for Arturia to snatch the sheath from him, placing it in Daniel's hands, staring at it as it did nothing.
"Work!" Arturia shrieked. "Work! Heal him! Please!"
"Arturia..." Archer said. "He's...he's dead."
"No!" Arturia sobbed. "I can still save him! Maybe if I give it more mana..."
"Arturia you know that's not how it works," Merlin said. "It can't heal him. There's nothing to heal."
"He's not dead!" Arturia screamed. "I can still feel his mind! He's still alive! I can still save him! I can still...I...I can..." She rested her head on top of Daniel's chest, entire body shaking with sobs. "Daniel! Please! Don't leave me!"
Archer pulled her away from Daniel, holding her against him as she sobbed. As she did, Sakura and Lancer appeared from the trees, walking toward them.
"Hey guys, I don't know what happened but the big guy suddenly...just..." he trailed off. "Oh no."
Caules and Berserker stepped out of the trees, both looking worse for wear but also freezing. "Daniel...How?"
"He shielded Arturia," the woman said.
The new archer landed beside the woman in purple, sighing. "Heracles took off."
"What do...how can we...can we..." Sakura turned to the Servants gathered around them.
"There's no one that can bring life to the dead," the woman in black said.
"Actually, there is one person," Archer said. "One of the heads of the Mage's Association has control of one of the True Magics. He may know a way to bring Daniel back to life."
"What Zelretch?" Sakura asked. "He can only travel between parallel dimensions."
"It's the best chance we have," Archer said. "If he can't do it, he may know someone who can. Or what parallel dimension to find one in."
"Okay, let's get going," the new archer said.
"What, to the Clock Tower?" Archer snorted. "In London?"
"That's where he'll be," the new archer said. "What, Atalanta, so your plan is to walk two days back to the airport, fly to London, hope that Zelretch is in at the moment and pray that Daniel's body isn't too rotted to be saved?"
Arturia began to sob anew, Berserker comforting her this time, glaring at Archer and grunting.
"Sorry," Archer sighed. "The only way we can save him is if we bring Zelretch to us."
"How?" the woman in purple asked.
"We have to expose magic," Archer said. "He'll be forced to come and stop us."
"But didn't the fight against Medea pretty much expose it anyway?" Caules asked.
"It was close, but the Mage's Association blocked all the phone transmissions to stop the recordings then wiped everyone who saw it's memory of the day with an area of effect curse," Archer said. "They've been at this a long time. You can't honestly believe that no mage has ever been exposed in the thousands of years that magic has existed."
"Fair enough," Caules said. "I suppose that makes sense. But, if we try so deliberately, won't he just kill us to stop us?"
"Maybe," Archer said. "But as I said, it's our only chance."
"I agree with you," Merlin said. "We should hurry though."
Archer nodded and they all stood, Berserker pulling Arturia to her feet as Archer slung Daniel's body over his shoulder. Then, they all turned, heading for the nearest town.
Leave a review. As I said, I don't really remember what happened to Avalon after ubw. Also, I just recently got to the part of apocrypha that explained what effect transforming into Siegfried was having on Sieg. Oops. We're just going to pretend that's not the case here.
