Moon Knight had quickly finished off Shadow Guard and was looking for information about Zouken's motive for attacking the school, he could sense a large amount of mana in the air, so he knelt down and looked at Shadow Guard before realising what he needed to know.
"Shit so that's his plan, dammit!" Moon Knight growled as he heard gunfire below. "He seems like he's having fun" shrugging the hero returned to the Gym, which now held the girls in most of their uniforms. Some were still pulling their tops on. So Moon Knight waited awhile before Rin walked outside and bowed to him
"Thank you for saving us" Rin said
"No problem, but I have something else for you to give to the Daredevil" Moon Knight said
"What?" Rin asked as Moon Knight whispered something into her ear. Once all the information was given to her Moon Knight departed as all the girls walked outside as a couple of SAT Officers lead them over to where the paramedics looked over them. "wait who are you?"
"You can call me the Moon Knight" he said from thin air as Sakura walked over to her sister.
"Rin?" Sakura asked
"We have to find Daredevil" Rin said
"No he'll find us" Sakura said.
"Where is he?" Daredevil shouted knocking back a thug before grabbing the next one
"I Have no idea where he is," the thug said
"Tell me, do you enjoy walking?" Daredevil asked breaking his knee before stomping on it ""So tell me where Shadow Guard is and maybe, just maybe I'll let you walk"
"THE BROADCASTING ROOM, he's in there to make sure his threats and demands are heard. Let me go man, I have a family" the thug said
"Then why you here?" Daredevil asked walking away. He thought he heard sirens, so he stopped at a window and used his radar sense to peer outside and see the police escorting majority of the students outside the gates. It seems like most of the students were fined, five were at the back of ambulances; while he saw three fully covered bodies, one of them being the first hostage executed on the roof. He stopped and bowed silently praying for those who were lost. But he needed to get to the broadcast room asap. He ran off unaware of the gentle laugh floating in the air.
He found the broadcast room , which was now in a state of disarray, and laying there on the ground filled with holes was Shadow Guard, but instead of red blood, it was almost a rich purplish colour oozing from his wound. The feeling from the crest worm pit in Matou manor manifested itself in this room, Shadow Guard appeared to be a walking Worm hive, one that Zouken could control like a meat puppet. But one final question left Daredevil s the Fuyuki Police's SAT came towards the room
'Who could have done this?' he though before turning to the door "In here officers!" he shouted before walking out so the police could extract the body.
"Thank you Daredevil" one of them said
"I didn't do this, someone else did" Daredevil stated before leaving.
"No thank you for saving our city multiple times" the officer said
Once everything was settled down the team headed back for teh Emiya compound together, Issei and Ayako had to be taken to hospital for safety precautions, Issei freaking out over the death of that student and Ayako had a minor head wound. Even though it had been a win they felt like losers in the hindsight of everything. Sakura was on teh verg of tears and had to be escorted by Rider. Archer was behind Rin who seemed out of it while Shiro was leading the trio home, his head down
"We lost three students" Sakura said
"We know" Rin whispered
"I couldn't do anything, until someone else stepped it" Shiro said
"You couldn't Shiro they were waiting for Daredevil" Rin said
"I don't care I could have save those girls" Shiro snarled.
"no you couldn't, you're arrival would have killed more of them" Archer said
"ARCHER!" Rin scolded her servant
"He's right, I couldn't do anything about it" Shiro said gripping his cane harder.
"Shiro whne we get home I have something to tell you" Rin said softly, an undertone in her voice made Shrio worried.
"Sure, we're nearly there anyway" Shior said taking her hand.
Once home the trio was joined by a clingy Illya and a concerned Saber. She was almost ready to storm the school and rescue them. Rin looked nervous even with a cup of soothing tea near her.
"Okay Rin, what's wrong?" Shiro asked
"I was told something after being rescued" Rin said "About Zouken's activities under his Dark Man name is not to rule the city, but to draw enough fear from people"
"Why?" Sakura asked being one of the less informed members of the group.
"So that way he can gain mana, if you use strong emotions then you'll be able to gather a lot more mana then say ripping a soul and body aprt and absorbing the soul. And the two strongest emotions: Fear and Love. Zouken must be using the fear he gathers to increase his magical abilities so he can attempt to bypass the rulkes of teh war and go after the grail directly." Illya said
"Is he able to do that?" Shiro asked.
"We don't know. I mean in the past people have been stupid enough to try and bypass thge system, but most times they got a nasty shock whne they tried." Rin said
"So we know he's using the fear the people release for something to do with the Holy grail, but what?" Illya said
"I don't think we should let him do it" Shiro said
"So we make a move tonight" Rin said as everyone agreed.
"By the way Rin who gave you this information?" Shiro asked.
"Someone named Moon Knight" Rin said which was followed by a clatter of plastic dishes
"Rin please tell me you did not just say Moon Knight" Saber said glaring at her.
"I did why?" Rin asked.
"Because he was basically what Shiro is now, a vigilante. Only difference being he could see and he killed a lot of people while acting as a free radical during the fourth Holy Grail war, some people believed he worked for one of the major families but no one could link him to any one particular group expect the Fujimura Yakuza family" Saber said "Eventually he disappeared probably a month before the Great Fire. Rumours were he was hired to make sure no one got the grail but those who paid him" Saber said
"Wait he fought in the fourth war with our fathers?" Rin asked.
"Yes, and boy did all of them hate each other, but that's enough for now, time for bed. All of you" Saber said.
"Okay" the team said going to bed. The Servants went outside to guard while Saber stood still
'SO you're still alive you insufferable bastard' she thought.
Shiro was not going to get any sleep soon, so he did what he usually did and walked outside. He didn't sense the shimmers of the servants allowing him to scale the walls and once he was outside he ran off, leaping up into a tree.
"TRACE ON!" He shouted landing on the ground in his black Daredevil costume. "I need to change this soon, it looks kinda ratty" Shiro said pulling out a billy club and used it to swing around. Once he reached the Matou house, he tried to sense out where anyone was. Thsi was the difficult part, he would have to can down any familiars whiel avoiding Gilgamesh and Shinji. Hopefully he would find Zouken in the basement, it would be tehre the Dark Man would be killed. But something was up with the air. It had a vile aura in it.
"What's going on?" he asked as he used his radar sense to look around.
"Shinji, have Gilgamesh guard the house" Zouken saiud as he opened the secret passage, "But if he spots the Daredevil order him to let the hero into the house, I have something waiting for him" Zouken said as the secret door closed behind him, he walked over to a staircase leading away from the worm pit, instead these stairs lead to what looked like a pool of black coloured liquid chrome. He walked into the pool and sunk down to the bottom, before two rings etched into stone around the rim of the pool started to glow a sickly green colour. Soon ancient script showed up in red between the two rings. The chrome pool started to form a crystal. Soon a dark mist erupted from the crystal as it shattered.
"Ah it feels much better" a Russian voice said as he summoned a dark robe "I, Makiri Zolgen has returned" he said as slicked back his hair smiling. "Soon I will control the Grail" he smirked as he teleported out of the secret room.
"Okay where is this guy?" Daredevil asked.
"Right here" Makiri said picking him by the scruff of his shirt and threw him into a wall. Next Makiri kicked him into the opposite wall. Daredevil stumbled onto his feet, only to be gut punched by Makiri
"Where's Zouken?" Daredevil asked trying to defend himself with his billy club, only to be head butted by his new foe.
"I am Zouken Matou; this was man 400 years ago
"What?" Daredevil asked stunned
"That's right I Makiri Zolgen, or as you know me Zouken Matou is 500 years year old and one of the originators of the Holy Grail War!"
"So you're trying to make me feel bad for destroying an old relic, too bad; wait did you say you were one of the originators, that means you know what's in Grail" Daredevil said
"Yes I know, and until that thing is purged, only I will hold the grail"
"Hate to say it but I killed your servant"
"There are other ways, such what I have planned for your sister, and that traitorous brat Sakura" Makiri said
"What are you going to do to them?" Daredevil asked.
"Simple really, I'm going to find them and then I will play surgeon to remove their cores" Makiri said
"And by core you mean their hearts!" Daredevil said shocked
"Yes and with their cores in hand I will use them to summon the Grail and make my wish of a utopia free from conflict. And I will be the ruler of the world; it will be a glorious Utopia" he declared before dodging a strike from Daredevil behind him.
"This is not going to end well" Daredevil said twirling his twin billy clubs. Suddenly he heard Tenshi whispering words into his ear
'Use this at the right time and you will emerge victorious in this fight'
"Okay, thanks for the advice Tenshi"
It was late at night and Rin was sleepily walking toward Shiro's room, the reason was she was cold and wanted to snuggle with her boyfriend. Once she got there and opened the door, she walked in rubbing her eye
"Shiro I'm cold cuddle with me" she said getting into bed, waking up suddenly when she noticed something "Oh you've got to be kidding me!" she shrieked "ARCHER, SABER WE GOT A PROBLEM!" she cried out when she got outside.
"What is it Rin?" Saber asked with Rider and Sakura behind her
"He's gone, Shiro's gone!" Rin exclaimed
"Where would he...oh no" Sakura gasped.
"He didn't" Saber said
"He did" Archer said arriving "He snuck out while I wasn't looking; my bet is he is facing Zouken right now"
"That idiot!" Rin shouted
"What's going on?" Illya sleepily asked
"Nothing sweetie, Shiro's being Shiro again" Rin said calmly to Illya "Sakura you and Rider will stay here while we go get that idiot"
"Okay, come on Illya" Sakura said leading the young girl away.
"Archer you better make sure he doesn't die until I get my hands on him" Rin said as she and Saber went off to get changed.
"Yeah, yeah; kid needs to be more careful" Archer griped.
"The pieces are in position, time for the main event: The Dark Man versus the...um...er...The Man without fear!" Moon Knight said stumbling a bit there at the end "Who will come away from this match alive and victorious?" he asked looking up at the moon "And when will I need to step in and save the dumbass"
SO the final showdown has began and Zouken's plan has been revealed. But how will things end in the conflict of hero and villain?
I'm afraid to say that the next chapter will be the last one...of the 'season' as I have dubbed it and that means we will be back for about two more, maybe a fourth season if I feel like I can handle it. Anyway I just want to say tune in for the season finale of Fate/Stay Mukomizuna
until then catch you on the flip side
