Notes
Hey guys, this is a worseman and this is the third part of the arc in this crossover fanfiction.
It's been a long time since I last wrote the last chapter in January. My writing skill was very rusty and I'm having a hard time writing with my lack of brain. I tried to write to manage the flow of this story properly and thinking very hard to write to fit into the scene. I might
I tried to rewrite the last two chapters to make them fit in this story with the flow including removing Woz and Den-O from this arc but they will join in the future chapter. I still have a tough time writing the description of Kamen Rider's Suits like how they looked in this story.
The reason I chose Wizard, Ghost, Build, Zi-O and Geiz because:
Wizard = Magic
Ghost = Historical Hero Figures
Build = Science
Zi-O and Geiz = Time Travel
I hope this explanation will be easy for you, readers, to understand easily and I don't think I need more explanation to you about this reason unless you still want more.
If you spot any grammar errors or spelling in this story, I will try my best to improve my story.
Disclaimer
I don't own any characters from both Kamen Rider and Fate Franchise as both belong to their respective owners except my OC.
"Why do you side with these wanders?" asked Medusa.
"Hah? Because it's better than being on your side!" Caster shouted as he moved his palm in a single motion as several letters of light formed in the air and it transformed into fireballs that flew towards Medusa.
Wizard jumped back to the group when he saw the fireball and knew that it would go with a big bang. The fireball hit Medusa, causing a large explosion. This forced the members of Chaldea and Zi-O to cover their faces and stood to their ground. Caster walked forward and stood in front of Mashu, Ritsuka, Olga, and Zi-O.
"I'm the Servant: Caster. For a certain reason, I consider her an enemy. The enemy of my enemy is not necessarily my ally, but for now, you can trust me. Get in position, young lady. Skill aside, your courage is second to none," Caster introduced himself to the group.
"Understood!" shouted Mashu as she turned forward, ready to fight.
"Kid! Are you a Master?"
"Yes, I am," Ritsuka replied bravely although he was in constant fear.
"Then I'll leave it to you for the commands of battle."
"Are you sure?" asked Ritsuka.
"It's a temporary contract, but out of regard for that young lady, I'll act as a Servant under you," Caster replied with a smile.
"That's fine with me. It means I can kill you earlier than planned," Medusa said as she stood up and readied to attack. "I'll take you while you're still flesh and blood."
A strand of chains, which was hung on a railing, came to life and spun into thick strands that attacked where Caster stood. Caster jumped as the chains slammed into the ground in front of the Chaldea Members but Mashu was lucky to shield them behind and Wizard began to run along with him. The chains began to follow Caster but he dodged with ease to not sustain injury and the curse of petrification. As the chains twisted in midair, Wizard jumped up while switching his weapon from gun to sword and slashed it apart. Medusa attacked Caster, but Caster blocked her attack and landed on the ground swiftly. He jumped back with his quick reaction as she swung her scythe at him, barely scratching the fur on his clock. Her attack began to swing relentlessly, forcing Caster to dodge by jumping back, ducking, and making a short roll when she swung downwards.
Seeing two servants run up the slot to the upper level, the group decided to chase after them without hesitation. While they were running, Wizard took off his ruby ring from his left hand and replaced it with a sapphire ring. He flipped a left switch on this belt and hovered his left hand over his belt.
WATER, PLEASE!
SUI-SUI, SUI-SUI!
A blue magic circle appeared on the top of Wizard and moved down, changing his appearance. His color began to change from red to blue and his head helmet changed to the identity of the sapphire ring. Kamen Rider Wizard Water Style.
Ritsuka, Olga, and Mashu were amazed at Wizard changing his form. Olga thought that she should examine his power to see if it related to magecraft when the situation was resolved after eliminating the source of singularity.
[~~~~~]
Build continued to fire his Hawk Gatlinger gun at the skeleton archer while dodging their shooting arrow, giving Geiz and Ghost to cut down the remaining skeleton soldier with ease. He dived down towards the ground and flew up upon the ground to the archers. As he flew towards them, he summoned his driller sword in his hand and slashed through them. Ghost lowered one of his dual swords which had its eye crest to his belt buckle and began to scan his sword.
DAI KAIGAN!
GAN GAN MINAA~!
Ghost dashed towards the charging skeleton soldiers with his dual red glowing swords and slashed them while passing through them. As he stood behind them, he pressed the trigger of his sword.
OMEGA SLASH!
Ghost turned around in a quick second and swung across, creating a projectile slash to finish the skeleton soldiers off. Geiz pressed his axe and raised it backward. His axe's blade was coated in red energy. He then charged towards the remaining soldiers while its announcement sounded.
TIME CHARGE: 5… 4… 3… 2… 1… ZERO TIME!
Geiz swung across the remaining soldiers' chest with a full blow, creating his symbol.
Zakkuri Wari!
The remaining soldiers exploded, leaving no trace of their bone, armor, and weapons. Build landed on the ground and his wing closed. He turned around to Geiz and Ghost and simply greeted, "Yo."
"Where have you been, Sento?" Asked Giez.
"Trying to avoid anything that is trying to kill me and meeting with Wizard, Den-O, and Caster which I don't know his real name," Build replied, recalling the moment before assisting Geiz and Ghost.
"Well, it's a very long story, but we should hurry to join them to finish this," said Ghost.
"Agree, but I don't think they don't need our help since Caster was with them," Build replied, pointing his finger towards the other side where the group was currently fighting Medusa.
[~~~~~]
Caster was continuously dodging by jumping backward from Medusa's swinging scythe. It missed him while causing minor collateral damage including destroying the statue in her way. He jumped up to the mid-air when Medusa missed her attack, striking down the statue in front of her. She jumped up to chase after him.
"It's all you can do just to run away! It seems you don't even have time to cast a spell, right?" Medusa asked as she swung her scythe down on Caster, but he quickly tapped his hand on the ground and rolled forward to evade. "This is what you get for opening your big mouth. This is what happens when you express your intentions."
Medusa prepared to swing her scythe down to kill the cornered Caster before her but Caster smiled in anticipation, much to her shock.
"Mashu!" shouted Ritsuka before Mashu stood in between Medusa and Caster to block her attack.
Suddenly, Zi-O jumped in between Medusa and Mashu with his sword raised above his head. He swung his sword to hit Medusa, forcing her to block it. Medusa pushed back from Zi-O's attack and glared at him with hatred. He steadied himself to prepare to either attack again or block and counter her incoming attack. She landed a fair distance away from the three but suddenly…
BIND, PLEASE!
Wizard's magic circle appeared below Medusa out of surprise. The blue liquid chains flew up from the circle and wrapped around her both legs and arms and torso to immobilize her movement. She tried to break free but to no avail, as she tried to cut the chains off but it made out of the liquid.
"Nice job," Caster complimented with his grin towards Wizard and turned back to Medusa with a smile. "Heh, I don't need to chant a spell to use Runes. So go back learning the basics, dimwit!"
Caster waved his hand and a letter of light glowed from where Medusa stood and a pillar of fire incinerated Medusa and she screamed in pain from the burns. Zi-O pressed the button on top of the belt, making it tilt anti-clockwise.
FINISH TIME!
Zi-O spun his belt to activate the power surging from within.
TIME BREAK!
Zi-O knelt his legs down before jumping into the air, extending his right leg as his left folded up; his foot was surrounded in the pink aura as multiple katakana lettering for the word 'Kick' surrounded the incinerating Medusa.
When the fire dissipated, Medusa suffered serious burns, but she held her guard up to continue fighting despite her state. Much to her surprise, she did not expect Zi-O's flying kick and Den-O's blade coming towards her. Den-O's blade cut her weapon to split apart with its full force, leaving her vulnerable and the multiple pink katakana that surrounded her, merging into one and imprinted onto Zi-O's foot as it connected to her chest. She skidded backward from his kick, both overloading her body and paralyzing her in place.
Ritsuka gave a troubled expression at how the rider and servant's attack did not completely defeat her. "You gotta be kidding me."
Olga suddenly noticed Caster made another wave of letters to fire at the Servant. She theorized that Caster might have cast a stronger spell than the one he does down the slope. She quickly shouted at the top of her lungs at everyone to hear, "Everyone, take cover!"
Zi-O and Wizard quickly rushed to hide behind the shield. Serval fireballs hit Medusa, causing an enormous explosion that blew apart the building near them to rubble. When the smoke and dust cleared, her whole body was frozen until she disappeared with her shocked face, leaving a trace of purple particles. The duo riders stood up after covering from the direction of the explosion.
"Whoa, that's one huge explosion," Zi-O said, impressed at Caster's ability.
"Never estimate the power of magic, Zi-O," Wizard replied as the small blue magic circle beside on his right and placed his weapon inside.
Mashu walked towards Caster and bowed in respect towards him. "Thank you. You helped us when we were in danger."
"Yeah, good work," Caster held Mashu by her shoulder before putting his face close to hers. "But we were saved because of your support. Don't worry about it."
Seeing Caster rubbing Mashu's exposed shoulder after giving a wink at her, Ritsuka somewhere felt a little irritated at his action. Nevertheless, he honestly believed the Chaldea needed more help to resolve the singularity and Caster might be only a sane servant left including the new Kamen Rider. He quickly began to walk towards them to interrupt before Caster did anything more sexual harassment.
"That's one sexual-harassing old pervert," Olga said with a hint of disgust and disappointment. She realized that Caster had some bad quirk that was on a different scale.
Geiz, Ghost, and Build have arrived late to see the active group and the demolished building. They were relieved that the Chaldea group, Wizard, and Zi-O have survived both Medusa's attack and a large explosion caused by Caster. Geiz turned to Olga and asked, "snake woman is dead?"
"Yes, she has been incinerated by Caster along with the help of your friends." Olga nodded, pointing at Caster with her index finger.
"You mean the guy with the blue hair and wooden staff?" Geiz clarified as he wanted to make sure that the caster was the one who saved them.
Olga nodded although she became a little irritated with Geiz's question she cannot blame him for being cautious with unknown people who might or might not have bad intentions. She cannot take a feeling as if he had been through many wars. A sudden beep sound was heard from her device and she pressed on it. "Romani, did you get all that?"
The hologram visual of Roman and Kota formed and Roman responded, "Yes, Director."
"Also, who are you and your friend?" Olga demanded after turning to Build from the hologram and pointing at Wizard.
"Huh, Go straight for an answer from me and not appreciate us for helping you, aren't you, little uptight miss" Build sighed in annoyance, rallying Olga up to furious.
"Why, you…"
"Please don't fight right now," Ghost told Olga and Build, "We still got a mission to do."
"Tenkuji is right, we cannot afford to waste our time here arguing over the attitude," Roman reminded Olga reasonably. "For now, let's ask him about the situation. It seems he's a sane Heroic Spirit."
Caster smirked in amusement at Ritsuka's irritated expression for making a move on Mashu before he noticed the hologram of the doctor. "Oh? Is that some means of communication through Magecraft?"
"Yes. It's a pleasure to meet you," Roman greeted, bowing his head, "Heroic Spirit, I don't know where you hail from, but it's an honor-''
However, Caster turned around with an annoyed expression and stated bluntly. "There's no need to be so florid. Just state your business quickly."
This shocked Roman unexpectedly.
"Just state your business quickly. You're good at that, right, weakling-man?" Caster continued.
"W-weakling…" Roman repeatedly stunned.
"Does all Heroic Spirit always speak bluntly?" Kota questioned with a sweat drop in his head.
2004
Fuyuki City, Japan.
Under a bridge, Caster explained the origins of why he and the other Servants were in Fuyuki.
"Is short, you're Servants from the Holy Grail War that took place in this town, and the only survivor, yes?" Roman recalled Caster's explanation while confirming.
"I didn't lose if that's what you mean. Somewhere along the line, our Holy Grail War was switched with something else." Caster stated with silent anger.
"Switched?" Olga Marie repeated, emphasizing more detail from what Caster meant.
"I don't know the details myself. Overnight, the town was blanketed with fire, all the humans disappeared, and only the Servants remained," Caster summarized.
"You don't know what caused it to be happening but you do know who caused it, don't you," questioned Zi-O.
"Yes," Caster answered, nodding his head. "Saber was the one to start up the Holy Grail War again. That one Servant went on a rampage with relish, like a fish finally getting water. Saber has defeated Archer, Lancer, Rider, Berserker, and Assassin. And then the defeated Servants became corrupted by a dark shadow, as you saw with Lancer."
Zi-O wanted to question again but he let Caster continue his summary of the dire situation at stake.
"I disposed of the corrupted Assassin before I encountered Build and Wizard here. Then we took down Rider before we encountered you guys. As for Berserker, I have no clue how he got defeated."
"Actually… We took him down," Zi-O said with nervousness.
"Huh? You guys fought Berserker and survived?" Caster asked in disbelief as he did not expect that out of the group.
"Yes. Before we came across Lancer, Zi-O and Giez were fighting Berserker before Mashu and Ghost helped them to defeat him," Ritsuake replied with detail.
"Luckily, Zi-O and I weakened him before we finished him off although his attack hit like a truck," Geiz said though he internally remembered that he and Zi-O had to run and jumped to escape while trying to defeat the insane Goliath. He would not want to encounter a servant like him ever again because he almost killed them and he might remember one of many worst moments in his life.
"That's a relief." Kota sighed in relief.
"So, if we defeat the last remaining Servant then…" Roman began.
"The Holy Grail War will be over," Castor finished.
"There's a high likelihood of settling the singularity F abnormality, too," Olga stated. "Do you know where it is?"
"Yeah. At the heart of this land. They're protecting it: The corrupted Holy Grail."
"Corrupted?" wondered Ritsuka. "What caused the Holy Grail to become corrupted?"
"Not sure, but you all noticed the red marking on the Servants you fought, right?" asked Caster
The group thought for a moment until they remembered seeing such markings in Berserker and Lancer.
"Now that you mention it! I thought they were tattoos or something…" Zi-O responded.
"That's a sign of the corruption from what I can tell, but I don't know all the details." Caster apologized.
"It's fine. You just gave us another clue to work with," said Olga.
The riders were fortunate to gain new information about a source that caused an anomaly in the timeline and its location. Without Chadlea's help, they would act like headless chickens running around and letting the singularity cause some damage to both timelines and the world. However, they did not know the road path to it in Fuyuki City as they were unfamiliar with the city which was non-existent in their timeline. Caster was the only servant who knew its location while the Chaldea's group were clueless as them. So they have to rely on him until it was all over.
"I'll take care of the Archer Bastard. I need to settle things between us once and for all." Caster stated with a firm tone.
"You don't mind helping us? Even though you hardly know about our situation?" Olga questioned with her raised an eyebrow.
"No, I don't mind. So don't worry about it," Caster assured the group.
"Anyway," Olga said before turning to five riders. "Can you take off your armor to show us your true appearance?"
"Sure," Zi-O replied as the other riders silently agreed with him.
Five riders untransformed themselves to their civilian outfit in front of the Chaldea group and Caster. They were a little underwhelmed that the rider's identity was just a civilian although they were capable of fighting. Although the rider seemed to have a tough time fighting with any servant, they were almost at the level of the servants. Haruto walked to Ristuka and reached his hand for a handshake while introducing himself, "Soma Haruto. Kamen Rider Wizard."
"Nice to meet you, Soma-San," Ritsuka greeted Haruto as he accepted his handshake. "Your rider's name was related to magic?."
"Yes, it is," Haruto answered with a simple explanation. He probably wondered how the magic of the timeline worked unlike his magic because both of them worked differently in their respective timeline.
"Kiryu Sento. The self-proclaimed genius, Kamen Rider Build," Sento introduced himself with his little egotistical, making the Chaldea group a bit uncomfortable but relieved.
"I am Olga Marie Animusphere, Director of Chaldea and these two are Master and Demi-Servent, Ritsuka Fujimaru and Mashu Kriyrelight," Olga introduced herself and the group to Haruto and Sento.
"Chaldea?" Asked Sento.
"Yes, an organization was to travel through time to eliminate the singularity to save the entire timeline whether it's in the past, current, or future," Olga explained about Chaldea.
"Quite impressive, to be honest," complimented Haruto.
"Takeru Tenkuji, was it? Is your father, Ryu Tenkuji?" Olga asked Takeru for her faint memory of an older man who looked similar to him and he shared the same smile.
"Yes, he's my father," Olga responded with surprise. "Although you are talking about this version of my father?"
"Yes. he did help me and Chaldea with time travel theory and shared his wisdom. Without him, nothing would be possible and it would have been delayed," Olga explained about her and Chaldea's relationship with Ryu. "Although I don't know about his personal life after leaving Chaldea until I just know that he had a family after seeing you."
"So, he really is Ryu's Son…" Roman muttered with a smile even though Takeru was not theirs.
"Oi!" Caster shouted, catching both Chadea's and Kamen Riders' attention. "Since the introduction is over, can we please go to the holy grail otherwise we're going to die?"
2004
Fuyuki City, Japan.
The Chaldea group and several Kamen Riders walked through the city to where the Holy Grail was. As they walked, Caster decided to make a small take to break the silence. "I don't get involved with things outside of my period. At the end of the day, I cooperate as a weapon. That's the Servant Golden Rule."
"So, every servant must follow their master's order all the time whether they have either good or bad intentions in this war?" Sougo questioned as he walked forward while glancing at Caster who appeared on the top of a ruined parking lot building.
"Yes, This is what the Holy Grail War is about. Ordering Servent like me to kill the other remaining master and their servants to become a winner to receive a wish," Caster replied before he disappeared.
"Here I thought that Rider Fight is worse," Geiz mumbled, recalling the history and detail he heard in his original timeline.
"It was honestly plain and stupid for whoever who came up with an idea to create a battle royal for every chosen participator to fight each other to the death to become the last survivor to get a wish from a magical cup," Sento said bluntly about his view on the Holy Grail War. He honestly hated the concept of the Holy Grail War and saw it as pointless meaning that the chosen participants have to kill each other over their desire. "It would be better if it was left untouched."
"What do you mean, Mister Kiryu?" Mashu questioned
"The way I see it: the Holy Grail Cup can bring more harm than granting miraculous wishes towards the people. Whether it's a fraud or real, it can bring the worst out of everyone and causes pain and misery to themselves and others." Sento explained to Mashu about his view. He compared the holy grail cup to an extraterrestrial artifact, Pandrox Box, back in his original world before merging when Caster said about his servant role and Sougo's recap of the Holy Grail War. Both were similar but different as it caused the people to be gluttony and selfish for their agenda and not considered the people around them. Nevertheless, he wondered how the cup worked but theorized that it cannot grant some ambitious wish such as ruling a country or entire world.
Olga was outraged at Sento's view of the Holy Grail War due to her pride in both the Animusphere family and the director of Chaldea. However, she cannot deny that some part of his words was brutal honesty. His influence made her doubt her capability and status in her position and think that if she was on the right path to success herself, her father, and others. She had too much responsibility that the Chaldea was in the worst shape and some of the staff members were either heavily injured or dead. How was she going to explain all that to Mage's Association after all of this happened? She shook her head to push her thoughts and focus on eliminating the abnormality.
2004
Fuyuki City, Japan
Upon reaching a part of the highway that was completely collapsed, the group was forced to climb down to the other side to climb back up. Geiz lifted Sougo to climb up with one hand to pull him up while Mashu helped Ritsuka up the road. Takeru, Sento, and Haruto have no problem climbing up even though they helped each other a bit.
"Your purpose is investigating the abnormality. My purpose is drawing the Holy Grail War to a close," Caster concluded.
When Olga approached the ledge, Caster rematerialized before her with his hand offered out. "Our interests line up. Why not join forces in a jovial manner?"
"That's a logical decision," Olga responded with a smile before accepting his offer. However, she was surprised when he dragged her up and onto the higher ledge.
"Still, it's unusual," Caster said as he came closer to Olga face to face with his suspicious stare. "You don't have the potential to be a Master?"
"Eh?" Ritsuka asked in a little shock.
Olga gripped his hand into a fist in frustration due to Caster's blunt word of not being a potential master and her face turned sour. She asked while roughly pushing him away with irritation, "What of it?"
Caster moved back and stood in front of Olga in little amusement and curiosity. "I mean, you're a first-class Mage. You just don't have the potential to be a Master? Is it a curse?"
"What difference does it make?" Asked Olga.
"You've got a first-class stubborn streak, too," Caster replied, not answering Olga's question while lightly mocking her.
"What was that?!" Olga shouted at Caster in irritation.
Ritsuka lightly laughed at the light argument between Caster and Olga while the riders watched them in amusement.
"Does he always talk like that?" Takeru asked Haruto and Sento.
"Yeah. He spoke too bluntly towards us too, but he seemed to be okay despite his attitude," Haruto replied with a nod of confirmation.
"I can vouch for that and I can also handle his blunt word," Sento agreed with Haruto's word about Caster.
"Jeez, talk about women's pride," Geiz said, looking at Olga arguing with Caster.
"Let's not talk about that, Geiz, because she would kill us if we talk," Sougo told Geiz to prevent his talk about anything sensitive to women.
Ritsuka turned around to Mashu and noticed her depressed expression along with Fou who also noticed her too. He was worried that something was bothering her and wondered what it was. Was she overdid due to his command? He was unsure to figure out by guessing so he began to call her out. "Mashu?"
Mashu recovered from her thoughts and looked at Ritsuka.
"I overworked you, didn't I?" Ritsuka asked with a hint of his guilt, feeling that he was at fault for her ability as a demi-servant.
Mashu was shocked at Ritsuka's question and responded loudly in a hurry, "No!"
Hearing her shout, Mashu quickly calmed her nervous and continued, "No, I'm fine. I'm operating perfectly. But..."
The group waited for Mashu to finish her response but she was hesitant to speak out until Olga intervened as she knew what Mashu was referring to. "Oh, I know what it is."
"Sempai, I can't use my Noble Phantasm yet," Mashu responded with a sigh.
"Noble Phantasm?" Sougo spoke out of his curiosity along with the riders.
"They're weapons that Sevents use," Olga explained the definition of Noble Phantasm.
Ritsuka was unsure of Mashu's discontent with her shield which was her Noble Phantasm. "But, Mashu, you have…"
"No, this shield hasn't shown me its true form yet," Mashu explained about the issue with her shield.
"Tell me if I'm wrong; every noble phantasm needs a true name to be fully activated as it is associated with many variants of historical or mythology characters?" Takeru guessed for the Chaldea group to correct his mistake.
"Yes, Tenkuji-San, As you said, every Servant's Noble Phantasm needs a true name that must be associated with their history to be active," Ritsuka answered, confirming Takeru corrected while shocking the Chaldea group. He quickly turned to Mashu with his apologetic face, "Sorry, I'm not saying that you're weak. I'm just confirming for Tenkuji-San about Noble Phantasm."
"It's alright, Senpai. I wasn't offended by the word as you're helping Mister Tenkuji," Mashu said, being shocked by Ritsuka's apology and trying to calm him down.
"Commoner, How do you know so much about it because you understand the basic knowledge of the holy grail war and know what you're doing?" Olga demanded Ritsuka for his answer.
Ritsuka turned to Olga and answered truthfully, "Well, it's because my great grandparents were once magnus for Mage's Association until my grandparents left for a normal life and I read the book about the holy grail war written by them too."
Olga was shocked to hear that Ritsuka was a member of his declining magus family and wondered if he was recommended to work with Chaldea by the magus from Mage's Association. She slightly became both worried and frustrated at his revelation since she might have fired him but she knew that she always fired those whom she did not like without hesitation.
"It's quite impressive if you ask me, Ritsuka," Sougo said with a smile.
"Really?" Ritsuka asked in shock.
"Of course, even though you have no magic power, you seem to have some knowledge and are capable of handling things on your own like helping people," Sougo replied with a little optimism.
Feeling satisfied by Sougo's word, Ritsuka smiled in return, "Thanks."
"That's just Sougo, alright," Geiz sighed while watching Sougo having a heartfelt conversation with Ritsuka.
"It can't be helped, Geiz. You know Sougo more than we do," Haruto said with a smile.
"You're right, Haruto," replied Geiz.
"Even though Mashu was classless, judging by her armor, it might belong to Europe." Takeru theorized, examining Mashu's both armor and shield.
Olga sighed loudly to catch everyone's attention. "Anyway, you said you didn't know what kind of Servant you merged with, so I figured this was the issue."
"I'm sorry," apologized Mashu.
"It's not all your responsibility. An outstanding Master should be able to analyze the servant he's contracted to."
Ritsuka looked at Olga, who was walking towards him and Mashu, with his raised eyebrow and guessed, "You mean me as Mashu's Master?"
Olga pinched Ristuka's cheek and pulled back, agonizing him in pain.
"Owowowow!"
"I'm saying your skills aren't sharp enough!" Olga rephrased her words with her strict tone towards Ritsuka.
"I'm sorry," Ritsuka apologized loudly to Olga, hoping she would stop while earning a mixture of sounds of sigh and laugh from the riders.
"Sorry for interrupting the fun…"
The group turned around to Caster who interrupted them.
"...but a Noble Phantasm is about instinct," Caster said as he began to point his index finger at Ritsuka with his serious face. "If something happens that calls upon that instinct… It will awaken naturally."
Ritsuka did get a glimpse of a word from Caster about Noble Phantasm but tried to process what he meant. Until Mashu dashed to the right behind Ritsuka and placed her shield in front of Caster. Ritsuka and the riders were oblivious to Mashu's action until they realized that Caster was trying to cast a spell to attack him. The riders went to take their transformation belt but much to their surprise, Olga dashed to the left and stood behind Mashu and Ritsuka. They did not expect Olga to somehow be ready to lay her life to protect them. However, Caster relaxed his body with a smirk on his face. He raised his hand down to cancel his casting and disappeared. They became clueless at the scene until the sigh breathed out of Olga's mouth.
"I'm tired. Let's rest a bit up ahead," Olga said before walking off.
"Right," replied Mashu as she began to walk along with Olga, followed by the riders.
As the Kamen riders and the Chaldea group were walking, leaving Ritsuka behind, Ritsuka realized what Caster meant by, but he was unsure whether Mashu's instinct would work to activate her noble Phantasm in the battle in the foreseeable future. He raised his hand where his command seal was and looked at it to wonder if he was suitable to be a Master for Mashu or other servants.
2004
Fuyuki City, Japan
Olga chose a ruined and abandoned school building as the best place for the group to rest. In the nurse office, Geiz searched the drawers and cabinets for any usable bandages and medicines to patch those who were seriously injured, mainly Sougo who had taken a hit from the goliath many times. Takeru slept on a dusty but suitable bed after what happened to rest as much as possible while Sento sat on the chair to reflect and think. As for Haruto, he decided to walk around the school building for a while to take off his mind.
[~~~~~]
In the classroom, Ritsuka walked through while looking around to see the upturned desks and chairs. He reminisced about his high school years as he, Kota, and his couple of friends spent some fun enjoying themselves. He remembered the mundane and enjoyable past that he had in the school including camp and other places. After finishing the recall of his past, he walked out of the room but he came across Mashu looking out at the window along with Fou who noticed him and cried, "Fou! Kyu!"
Mashu turned around to see Ritsuka walking towards her. "Senpai?"
"Are you cold?" Ritsuka asked, worrying about Mashu being in her armor while stopped in front of Mashu.
"I'm fine. It seems this form isn't affected by temperature," Mashu replied.
"I see," Ritsuka responded but stopped for a moment, making both Mashu and Fou uncomfortable until he said with an unexpected "I'm sorry."
"Eh?"
Ritsuka turned around to the window for a view while continued, "I keep putting you through hard times, Mashu. If your Master was a first-class Mage instead of some commoner, your burden would probably be lighter."
Mashu was surprised before she smiled in understanding. "You really are human, senpai."
"Eh?" Ritsuka responded with surprise and turned to face Mashu to wait for her reason to explain about saying the word.
"I'm happy. Happy that I could form a contract with you as a Servant." Mashu explained with a smile.
Rituska was little delighted at Mashu's simple explanation and smiled at her for being both honest and joyed with him until he and Mashu's familiar voice. "Mashu is right, Ritsuka-Kun."
Ritsuka and Mashu turned around to see Haruto walking towards them with a paper bag in his hand. As he stopped in front of them, he began to advise, "Being doubtful and feeling guilt are nothing wrong as it was part of being human. It can't help but feel. So, you need some confidence in your ability of what you both can do and decide and hold your hope high enough that you can achieve what you truly wanted."
"Need some confidence…" Ritsuka repeated Haruto's advice.
"You should think about it either now or later, Ritsuka-Chan." Haruto reminded Ritsuka as he walked past him and Mashu while taking something out of his paper bag, revealing a brown donut coated with white sugars to ear.
Ritsuka was dumbfounded at Haruto's advice and he, fortunately, took it to his heart to remind him to be confident and try to become a good master. He was glad to listen to Haruto's advice not because he was Kamen Rider but an ordinary person at the same time. He smiled again.
Was there a blue sky here, too?" asked Mashu as she turned to the sky.
"Yes, Mashu. It's just that the blue sky will appear on a day when the sun rises. I will take you there once this is all over," Ritsuka replied with a promise as he received a nod from Mashu.
While Ritsuka and Mashu looked out of the window for a view, Olga observed the interaction from her position at a top stairwell before moving up.
[~~~~~]
"Stars Cosmos, gods, animus, hollow, void, anima, Animusphere."
Olga was on her knees, examining an 'N' on the stone from among several of it on top of a yellow magic sigil. The symbol was transformed into the symbol of the Zodiac constellation, Capricorn. The stone glowed with a yellow aura as the symbol disappeared into it. When faded, the stone looked as normal as any other stone. She sighed in disappointment. Caster materialized into existence behind her as she placed the stone and picked another one to use."You're working hard."
"Better than nothing, right?" Olga stated rhetorically as she traced a different symbol on the stone she held.
"Hm?" Caster looked curious as he picked up the couple of the stones which were enchanted when he sensed it.
"Hey, don't take that without permission!" shouted Olga. She instantly gave up that any of her further orders were deaf to the Servant so she decided to go with another topic. She folded her arms with a little discontent before asking. "There's something important that I haven't confirmed yet."
"And what is that?" Caster responded with a question as he was tossing and catching the stones without looking at Olga.
"Do you know the True Name of the Saber Servant? You speak as if you fought her several times."
Caster ended the pattern of tossing and catching to answer. "Yes, I know. Anyone who's been struck by her Noble Phantasm would realize her identity. Pulling the sword from a stone selects a king. It's the most famous sword of all, even in your period. Its name is Excalibur."
Olga gasped loudly in shock. "Excalibur?! Then that means-"
"The sword that belongs to King Arthur, the celebrated King of Knights," Caster confirmed his answer to Olga.
Olga realized the circumstances were dire due to the identity of the last Servant. "Are you going to tell Mashu to fight King Arthur? Her Noble Phantasm is still sealed!"
"The young lady has that shield," responded Caster.
"But her Noble Phantasm…"
Be wary of that shield, there was a bowman who targeted that young lady because of it."
"What?"
"If Archer makes a move, then Saber is involved. And if my hunch is right…" Caster implied there may be more to the shield than two realize.
Olga remembered something that Ghost said back in the hallway. 'Let's see… Judging by the armor, the Servant was a knight… So he's from a European Legend.'
[~~~~~]
"Thanks, Geiz," Sougo thanked Geiz for treating his minor injuries.
"Try not to get injured or killed in the process," reminded Geiz.
"I can't promise that but I won't die that easy," Sougo responded with a smile. "Anyway, we got new information from both Chaldea and Caster about the cause of Singularity except the culprit that we need to find out."
"It's possible that he or she would be at the location of the cup," Geiz theorized about the culprit's possible location.
"I don't think so."
Sougo and Geiz turned to Sento, who was looking at them. Sougo raised his eyebrow and asked, "Why is that, Sento?"
"He, she, or they can be either anywhere or not here. They should be here to stop us from spoiling the plan of increasing the cause by simply facing us or sending his kaijin to stop us. But he didn't. If he's here, I would think that he's watching how events play out and he might be working with another one who might be the cause of creating this singularity," Sento explained grimly.
"Even so, we should be ready for something malicious that might get to us and the Chaldea. We still don't know the identity of the culprit but I think I can guess the identity," said Sougo as he was worried about his guess on what the culprit was.
"Time Jacker?" Geiz guessed.
"Possibly because Time Jacker can travel to another world or timelines with his or her time manipulation power according to you, Sougo," Sento agreed with Geiz although there was little evidence.
Sighed in tiredness, Sougo had enough guessing as he stood up from the bed and told firmly, "Anyway, there's no point in thinking. All we do is restore this timeline. Simple as that."
The door was opened to reveal Ritsuka, Mashu, Haruto, and Fou, who still sat on her shoulder. All of the riders, including Takeru, who had just woke up from the sound of the opening door, looked at them.
"Are we ready to go?" Sento asked as he stood up from the chair.
"Yes, we should meet up with Olga and Caster," Ristuka replied with a nod.
"What are we waiting for? Let's go," said Sougo.
2004
Fuyuki City, Japan
"The Holy Grail is inside here."
The group arrived at the entrance of a cavern in a deep forest-covered mountain.
"It looks like any natural cave, but has it always been in the town of Fuyuki?" Mashu asked puzzled what the cave was so special.
"It's half-natural and half-artificial," Olga stated, bringing everyone's attention to her. "A sign that a Magi spent many years expanding his underground workshop."
"I wonder how big the workshop is? If I think the cup was huge, that would be the case because of expanding," Sento said out of his thoughts.
Sitting on Mashu's shoulder, Fou felt a shiver before turning around to growl at something behind them. The group noticed its growl and turned around to face whoever stood behind them with Mashu readied her shield and the Kamen Riders taking out their transformation belt.
"Well speak of the devil. The disciple is here." Caster commented as he walked forward.
Standing on the cliff was a tall man with a tan complexion and white hair. He wore a black sleeveless shirt that doubled as light armor with a torn red tailcoat with a pair of leggings and armored boots. His body had similar red markings to the previous Servants that the group fought against.
"The Archer Servant?" Olga said with her determined face.
"Are you protecting the weald of the holy sword as always?" Asked Caster.
"I have no memory of becoming a disciple. But I can at least do the work of chasing off mundane visitors," Archer replied coldly.
"In other words, you're a gatekeeper. I don't know what you're protecting Saber from, but let's end this here."
A rustling sound of the leaves from the forest alerting the group to look at. They saw many grayish-silver skeleton soldiers with sharp teeth mouths marching out to the opening with their bone weapons.
"What the hell is that?" Asked Geiz.
"Dragon Tooth Warrior, a familiar made from Dragon's Fang. I don't know where they came from but we need to focus," Olga replied with a serious look.
"Great, we have to deal with them too," Haruto said, seeing the situation turn to the worst as he brought his hand with his ring down in front of the hand-shaped belt buckle on his waist.
DRIVER ON, PLEASE!
Sougo, Geiz, and Sento also placed their transformation belts on their waist while Takeru simply summoned his belt on his waist.
GHOST DRIVER!
ZIKU DRIVER!
"What's a cheap trick that you had, Archer. I thought that you're an honorable one," Caster said, unimpressed with Archer.
Archer commanded a sword and bow into existence before preparing to nock the sword onto the bow. "Sorry, but I don't have that kind of…"
The sword transformed into a metal spear-like projectile, and he aimed at Mashu.
"...free time!"
Archer released a sting and fired the arrow through the air as everyone ran to cover or stayed in place. Noticing the arrow coming towards her, Mashu quickly tried to shield herself but the arrow came too fast.
"Eihwaz!" chanted Caster.
The arrow was suddenly burned out of existence, much to the surprise of everyone present.
"Don't say such sad things, Archer," Caster said. "Unless you don't have the confidence to take me on?"
Caster quickly created a row of rune letters to fire spell attacks at Archer. Archer quickly jumped away from the attack which had just shattered the cliff he was on.
"Go right now! Saber's in there!" Caster shouted as he turned to the Chaldea members.
"Sougo, Geiz. You two go with them. We three will help Caster to handle it," Sento instructed Sougo and Geiz as he turned to Archer and took out red and blue bottles in each hand and shook it while saying, "So, Let's begin the experiment."
Sento placed both bottles at the time on his belt.
RABBIT! TANK!
BEST MATCH!
Sento placed his hand on the lever and turned it around. A tube extended out of the driver and a transformation contraption forms around him, red and blue liquids enter shapes of a body. Red in front and Blue behind him. The liquid and glass form together into body armors.
ARE YOU READY?
Haruto flipped two switches on his belt which made it glow with a magic circle.
SHABADOOBI TOUCH HENSHIN! SHABADOOBI TOUCH HENSHIN!
Haruto raised his left hand with his red ruby jewelry ring and flipped down a small guard that looked like his helmet. Takeru took his eyescon and pressed the left-hand side. He opened his belt and slotted it inside. He vanished as his black parka with orange trim emerged out from the center of the eye.
EYE! BATCHIRI MINAA~~! BATCHIRI MINAA~~!
"Henshin!" Three riders proclaimed as they activated their transformation.
KAIGEN ORE!
LET'S GO! KAKUGO! GO-GO-GO-GHOST! GO! GO! GO! GO!
Takeru transformed into Kamen Rider Ghost.
FLAME! PLEASE!
HII, HII, HII-HII-HII!
A red magic circle enveloped Haruto from the right and moved to transform him into Kamen Rider Wizard.
(Techno rock music)
HAGANE NO MOONSAULT! RABBIT TANK! YEAH!
The armor closes around Sento completing his default form. His armor was similar to his HawkGatling Form except for some parts change. His left red leg was with a white spring wrapped around his shin while his right blue foot looked to be a tank's caterpillar track. His left arm and shoulder were protected by the blue metal with a double protrusion of a blue tank's muzzle and a red rabbit's ear pointed outwards past his left shoulder while his red right arm and shoulder were opposite to his blue counterpart. His helmet mask was a mix; his left visors were a red rabbit's head with the ears pointing diagonally left and a blue tank that pointed diagonally right. Kamen Rider Build.
The Chaldea group was astonished at the rider's transformation sequences and admitted they were very awesome.
"Guys, we need to move now!" Sougo shouted, interrupting the group's awe as he and Geiz began to run towards the cave.
The group looked at each other and began to move.
"Let's go!" Olga shouted as she also ran into the cave.
"Got it!" Mashu responded as she followed Olga, followed by Ritsuka.
While running, Ritsuka turned his head behind to see Caster and Kamen Riders for a moment and turned back to focus on catching up with the group. Caster smiled in respect as Archer landed near the destroyed Cliff. Archer looked up to see the group were running into the cave. He attempted to chase after them but Caster, Wizard, Build, and Ghost stood at the ready before the Kamen Riders summoned their respective weapon. The Dragon Tooth Warrior Armies began to charge towards them with their readied weapon.
"Now, it's showtime," said Wizard.
Caster spun his staff and stabbed its end onto the ground, creating a letter that caused the ground to glow. A wave of fire charged at Archer who was forced to dodge it then another explosion leveled the blast area with fire and smoke billowing upwards.