"THOUSAND LIVES BLADE WORKS!!!"
1̴̲͈͓̞̚ș̶̂́͗t̶̢̀̓̽͑̅̎͘̕ ̵̢̟̤̟͇̦͇̮̂̇s̸̬͇̫͔̙̻͓̈͗̚t̶̜̬̜̍̀̏̐͗̄̚͝ͅͅr̴̛̰̖̲͉̅̑̔͠į̵̛̝͈̦̩͔͖̅̌͘ķ̶̤͉͉̝̩̆͑̑ͅe̶̢̡̹̫̻̘͍̫̐
Afterimages of swords were swung as the man began resembling afterimages of people while blinding light encased everything
2̵̙̽ņ̷̧̡̬͚͍̱̜͎̽̉̍d̷͕̠̗̱͖̜͊̊̔̓̉̉͋́̚͜ ̸̧͚͔͔̭͛̄̈͑͂̈́̏s̶͚̦̣̪̠̯͎̗̅̊͐͛̃͊̓́t̶̛͎̲̿́͆͋̔͑͠r̷̲̫͈̃̏̂̆̉͝͝ḯ̶̡̌̏̅̔͝k̶͚͋é̷̠͕̠̼͉̲̘̒̑͂̔̕͘̕͠ͅ
Limitless colors began resounding through those slashes as the world began shaking uncontrollably
3̶̡͇͔͙̫̝̌͌̀r̶̲̖̂̈́d̶̳̖͈̞̳͂̃̎̄ ̵̡̰͔̝̖̻̈́̈́́͐́̕s̷̼̫̬̹̈́̊́͠͝ṫ̴̨̢͓̭̻̪͝r̴͕͖̍̌̾͑̕ͅȋ̶̥̰̬̌̔̕͝͝k̵̩̀͂̎͂̎ė̸̙̥̼̩͋͑
The man yelled words that even the most trained hearing couldn't even fathom
7̶̲̞͚͔̇̀̂ͅţ̸̨͙̰͕̼̿̿͒̌́͠ḫ̷͎̤̗̫̼̌ ̵̢̐̽̎̍͂s̴̻͐̆t̴̪̝̫̥̥̓́͌̃̀̾r̶̻͒i̴̝͚͓̟̗̋̽͋k̸̛͉̦̦̈́̔̀̂̈́ě̶̠
An afterimage of a golden sword was swung
1̶̰̰̘͔͈̣̊3̵̝̮̦͔͑̕t̶̜͚̄h̵̫͚̏́̍̏͝ ̴̣̭͉̓̔̎͠s̶̺̟̠̳̈̉̏t̵̛̥̏̀̌͛r̷̖̹͉͙͍͒͘i̸̧͈̱̭̺͌̎̚k̶̲̀̈́ͅê̷̙
An afterimage of unlimited concepts were shown
4̵̢͚̭̤̟͎͑̅2̸̛̫̮͌̽̿̎n̷̤͋͐d̵̳͗ ̴̯̘͎̽́̕ͅs̵̢͓̥͉̈́̓̆̍̕͘t̷̩̟̰̺̹̼̍̈r̸̰̓͐͒î̵͇̠͇̮̺͍̆̍̈́͋̇k̷̬̾͐͝e̵͖̼̭͍̗͐̄͊
Long swords were swung in succession
1̸̮̠͍̜̌̓͆̋̚2̴͉̤̬̭͓̰̈́̒̀͋͝1̶̢̽͌̄t̶̯͎͕̠͆͐͛̓̈́h̷̡̛͍̤̭̼͉̓͝ ̸͍̟̦̗͉̝̓s̴̞̻̑̅̽͑̈́t̵͇̤̺̦̀́͆̚r̸̡̛͛̃̀͐̕͜i̴̬̝̠̖̤̖̿̈́͗́̊k̵̬̮̈e̶̺̳͇͈͉̜̋
Unseen arcane was being used at a reckless rate and was being used to it's utmost capabilities without any regard for
it's aftereffects and consequences
3̵͈͙͊͗7̸̫̝̹͎̋̀9̴̧͈̳̾͠ṭ̸͓̟͉̾̂͌̿h̸̼̾́͒̚͠ ̵̫̽͂̀̇̎s̶̡̪̈́̆t̶͆̽ͅr̷̰̰͙͚͗́͠ḭ̵̡͉̫̞͋̽͗k̶̬̃́͒͝e̸͇̗͔͂͊͜͠
Memories began playing as these mirages of the past was used as a conceptual strength
7̶͈̫̜̾̈́̀͋1̵͙͐̐̚͠2̴̧̛͇̠͓̌̐̔t̷͓̿̍̀̍h̶̛̯͓͋ ̶̡̼̪̻̽s̷̤͎̟͋̅̾t̵̞͇̄̓̿͌͜r̵̭̫̳̯̒̋̎í̵͖̲̗́͠k̴̜͒e̸̛̯̭̋
Walls, Barriers, Fortresses were beginning to manifest their prowess in a full blown burst of power
8̶͎̭̣̥̂1̵̹̫̬̟̔̂̈́̈́4̷͎̝̭̀͠͝t̶͇͔̏h̶̬̼̦̩̑̂ ̴̢͎̫̿s̷͈̉t̶̡̘̬̒͛r̷̨̟̞̘̃i̸͙̒́͒̈k̶̻̗̦̫̃̐ȩ̷̇̒͌̋
Divine concepts and weapons began resounding as the limitless slashes began growing more and more intensely
9̴̘̣̘͘̕͠9̶̥͖͉̜̔̃̌̂9̸͈͛̑̌t̴̹̻̦͂͌͊͠ͅh̶̢͂ ̷̦͇̋̍s̵̡̞̜͠t̷̻̱̄͠r̵̬̝͖̱̈́̐́̐ỉ̴̫̣̔̅̕ḵ̵̽͐͝è̴͔̬̙̽͝
Strange, the power died down however, something felt out of place as the power began concentrating itself onto one final blow
???:" ACCEPT MY REALIZATION!!!"
1̴̘̹͕͍͌͆̒0̶̤̼̙̘͆̈́0̸͎̺̼̃͌̉͠0̸̺̮͈̐t̴͎̤̿̐h̸͖̫̙͍̎̚ ̷̜̙̭̽̉́s̷͇̎̎̀̍t̴̬̃͂̓̉r̵̞̳̦͇͋͝ï̷͕̟̽ͅḳ̵̨̠͔̾͛̓͝e̵̹͛̎̾̽
The last slash was a blinding color of gold, it was so bright that it outshined even the beauty of the stars. However, as everything was encased by that light a small voice played like a lost mirage that was too weak to hear in full
Ĭ̴̯͕̭̟̩̳̣̬͇̺̲̥̰̪̈́́͐͂͋̓̒̊̅̀̀̕͜͜͠͝ ̴̨̪̪̱̣̜̹̼̭͙̲̜̓̍̎̑̓́͝ļ̴̨͎͈̬̦̺͔͚̥͓̞̳͛̄̈́̈́̊̑̓̿̄̏̍̿͘o̷̧̢̧͖̗̭͖͚͕̤̘͙̫͓̩̬̟̙̗͑̑́̇͝ͅv̶̡̨̢̧͔̩̠̥̩͉̞̦̝̣̬̱̘̰̼̤̼͍͈̣͑̂̋̐̾̓̕ͅe̷̡̜͕̺̣̜̭̹̱̙͈̺̣̠̜͉͖͖̙͓̔͛̇̋́͗̍͘̚̚͜͜͝ ̵̡̝̪̜̦̖͎͚̖̱̗̺̼͖͎͙̠̼̞̭̄̐̈̂̀́̆̃̽ÿ̷̨̡̧̤̯̳̫͚̠͇̝̬́͑͋̎̎͗͌̐̄͘̚͜͝͝ȍ̴̡̢̠̬̮͉̜̦͚̦̲͎̃̀̏͐̃͝ͅų̷̡̖͕͎͇̺͓̥̰̩̖̳̩̝̻̪̀́͛̃̈́̊͊̿̀̒̈́̈̇̍́͒̓͋̉̇̕͝͠͝͝,̶̬͉̙̤͈̟̥̗̼̦̥͔̘͖̥̘̩̱̠͕̞͕̤̖͙̬̬̮̀̈́̅̏͒͂̌̈́̉̎̓̓͆̈̐̓͗̐͑̇̃̐͝ ̸͙̳̫͕̳͇̹̱̣̹̘̮͔̟̗͇̼̥̱̙̊̀̂͊͊̅̂̈̿́͂̂͛̈́̇̍̒͌̇̉́̄̃͆͌̂̀͗͘͝-̶̛̤̳̲̥̞̞͆̆̆͆́̀̃̓̑́̓̔̚͝-̸̢̗͖̉̂̔̃̔̊̽̉́̓̓-̷̡̼̙̯͉̻͎̘̗̹̠̱̭͇̩͍͙̹̣̪̗̽͊̒̉̈͂̐̏ͅͅ-̷̡̛̲̤͈͕͖͚̫̗̙͓̩̆͑͗͂͌́̊̄̾̄̀̽̈͋̂̉͗̀̋̈́̐̕͝͝ͅ-̶̡̰̫̗͈͓͖̈́͊̀̌̿͘-̶̡̢̧̤̦̥͍͓̗͇̯̗̱̱̻̩̘̜̺͓̪̪͙̪̼̈́̓́̏͜-̸̲̳̟̻̮͉͂̈̾̈́͆̈̈́̂̑̐̚͝ͅ-̸̡̭̟͙̪̥͕̹̟̦̾͜͜
...
???:" Ú̸̩̤͔̒̀̇l̵̡̲̜͔̳̐̾̈̏̀͝t̸͚̼̬̟́̾̅ͅͅi̵͓̰͈̪͎͜͝m̴͔̀̽̅͝a̵͙̮̞̪̓́̐̽!!!!!"
A female yell screamed ferociously as the figure saw what was in front of her
???:" S̸̰̗͖̹̪̳͉̯̅̔̏̃͝͠͝ͅơ̴̹̜͍̝͙̻͉̙̒̾̀̚͘͝ͅl̸̛͓̭̰͕͚̇͌a̷̯͈͓̰̾̚c̵̜͈̭͆̈̃̕̕͠͠ȩ̸̙̻̯̯́͒͊̀̅͒͒͘͝ ̸̢̫͎̮̞͙̳͇̱̒̍̂͋͝o̷̧̪̱͇̰̜̲͐̀͊̀̒̄̕f̴̧͔͇̝̭͈͗̿̾ ̷̧͓̞̺̲͈̘͍͑͒͜A̷̧͔̍̀̆́v̵̥̺̰̞̘͔̍͒̓͆a̵̡̲͓̲̞͈͔̿̄̋̈́ͅr̴̙͚̩̫͂́̕i̸̢̤̲͙̝͈͉͉̼̓̅̾̕c̴̨̡͙̘̀̂̀͠ḙ̶̹̯͕̇̾̀̒ͅ"
The female figure yelled as her spheres began devouring everything in it's wake
...
The whole world, or no rather the whole universe went silent as the clash of black and gold light dissipated into the air.
Upon the opposing side of the field was a female figure in her knees with a face that was in despair and a distorted smile plastered onto her face.
Surrounding her where the corpses of her so called allies, to her they were nothing more than tools if she had to be honest.
But what drove her to he knees was the fact that of what surrounded her
It was a thousand dark shatters of glass like things were scattered on the ground as their destructive residue began pouring out of said broken pieces immensely.
???: "How could this be ..Haha..haha ..they were sliced through..where did I go wrong..L̶͉̲͇̤̻̓͋͑͆̾̋o̷͔̙̦̞̫̜̽͊̊̀r̷̞̙̜̝̟̳̞͎̀ͅd̷͉̳̘͇͗̐-̴͙̖̩̘͘͜͜ͅ-̶̡͉̱͇̖̳̣̎̍̎ͅ-̴͚̼̻̮̞͉̞̺̞̈́̃̀-̶̡͍̯̮̍̕͜-̵̭̟̞͍̭͈̥͎͒̑̓̒͝ͅ-̴̢̡̫̯̟͍̼̻͑-̷̢̟̰̖͎̦̎?"
A loud crater was visible as a lone man stood in the middle of it began floating slowly in front of the despairing female figure.
?:" Do you not get it Monarch?
"..."
"Tell me Monarch, why have you intervened with this -̴͙̖̩̘͘͜͜ͅ-̶̡͉̱͇̖̳̣̎̍̎ͅ-̴͚̼̻̮̞͉̞̺̞̈́̃̀-̶̡͍̯̮̍̕͜-̵̭̟̞͍̭͈̥͎͒̑̓̒͝ͅ-̴̢̡̫̯̟͍̼̻͑-̷̢̟̰̖͎̦̎?"
"Orders are orders Ǘ̷͖̏͋̕͜l̵̟̃t̵̤̖̦͎̱̯̤̀ͅͅi̶̢̖̭̺̒̀̕m̴̧̘͓̽̔̓̓ả̵̞͕̈́̏̿̏͌̋͊"
Upon hearing that name being used the man visibly tensed up and began walking towards the female figure
"I prefer not to be called that name -̴͙̖̩̘͘͜͜ͅ-̶̡͉̱͇̖̳̣̎̍̎ͅ-̴͚̼̻̮̞͉̞̺̞̈́̃̀-̶̡͍̯̮̍̕͜-̵̭̟̞͍̭͈̥͎͒̑̓̒͝ͅ-̴̢̡̫̯̟͍̼̻͑-̷̢̟̰̖͎̦̎"
The man said sarcastically. Upon hearing
the last word in that sentence the despairing female figure stood up as what seemed to be a last ditch attempt of fighting back.
"The others will have your head for this Ǘ̷͖̏͋̕͜l̵̟̃t̵̤̖̦͎̱̯̤̀ͅͅi̶̢̖̭̺̒̀̕m̴̧̘͓̽̔̓̓ả̵̞͕̈́̏̿̏͌̋͊!"
The female figure grunted in pain afterwards as that yell in retaliation seemed to have been a mistake while she was to weak to fight back as of the current standings.
"Your nothing more than a pathetic excuse of a!!!--"
The female figured yelled but was cut off as a familiar falshion interrupted her as it was thrown at her heard and was edged there instantly.
?:" I'm sorry Monarch, I'm just doing what I think is right..."
The female figure's body fell unto the ground head first. As her corpse fell onto the ground her body began dissapearing into particles almost like mana of purple and black began fading away from existence.
Before she completely faded away, a few words were heard as it was carried by the wind
"I'm sorry -̴͙̖̩̘͘͜͜ͅ-̶̡͉̱͇̖̳̣̎̍̎ͅ-̴͚̼̻̮̞͉̞̺̞̈́̃̀-̶̡͍̯̮̍̕͜-̵̭̟̞͍̭͈̥͎͒̑̓̒͝ͅ-̴̢̡̫̯̟͍̼̻͑ I wasn't strong enough to protect you ..."
And with that her body faded completely as if it never existed there in the first place, her allies corpses then soon followed as the calamity has finally ended.
Then out of nowhere a crystal suddenly appeared from the once female figure's dying position was.
A sudden aura of malice began exuding from the said crystal.
The man then began walking towards it, as he arrived he slowly raised his hand as the crystal began floating towards his direction. As it reached near at the palm of his hands it was encased in a bubble of
golden and pink light.
"I'm sorry, I couldn't do anything for you but please rest peacefully"
After those words were said the man's posture visibly relaxed as his shoulders began to slump. The crystal then disappeared into seemingly out of nowhere as it left a trail of White and pink sparks.
"Well that's one down"
The man said with a sarcastic scoff but a helpless smile escaped his lips.
The sky began returning to it's harsh cold environment as tinctures of snow began to fall on this barren and damaged land.
every one present visibly relaxed at the site of everything returning to normal.
As the environment slowly reverted back the ones present could feel their hearts becoming lighter and lighter. But this did not stop the sparks of a few conversations.
Numerous small murmurs were heard at the site.
"It's.. It's over?"
A certain servant said
"..yeah..seems like it.."
A certain servant in tiger pajamas said while beginning to fall on the ground like any child would do to their bed
"What the hell was that?"
A certain little girl said
"Illya watch your tongue"
An assasin said amongst the crowd.
"Who is that guy?"
"Is he even considered a guy? he looked something that resembled of a wolf in sheep's clothing!"
"That man..he seems oddly familiar a little too familiar for my tastes"
"Gramps! did you see that guy and the amount of swords he had!? He looked so cool! He went whoosh and boom! and kabam!
"yeah, yeah keep it down ya vagabond"
"Who does that mongrel thinks he is?, I could have beaten those things had that man not intervened"
"Yeah right Goldie"
"what was that you slut?!"
"Master, Zeltretch are you okay?"
"I've been better but yeah I'll be fine, the more pressing matter is-"
"MASHU! no! please wake up! ..please... please...Please.."
A young man's yell was heard catching the attention of nearly hundreds of presences nearby. They could only look at the site in agony and regret. They knew the reason the young man was crying
They knew all right, they knew the sacrifice she went through to protect their second chance at life and their home"..."No please...I can't loose another one"
"Now now we can still find-"
"a way? what way? we all know the amount of pain she went through! it's not even a Farfetch thing to say is she's dead by no!-"
"Gawain! Do not make this worse as it is already! have some decency!"
A punch was thrown during that scold"Lancelot is right Gawain"
"Forgive me my king, I was out of line"
Right now in the middle of this barren battlefield a young man is on his knees with a n unconscious girl at his hands.
As he ran his hand through her long purple hair he could only blame himself at the site before him
"why?...why?...time and time again, you always have to go through this again.."
The young man said as tears began encasing his vision
"Is it so wrong of me to see you smile and be happy mashu?"
His tears began blinding his sight
"I just want to see you happy..why do I have to feel this pain of loosing you over and over and over again?!..why?!.."
The young man's emotions got the better of him as he lets out a yell at the end
"just..why?"
The young man said softly as the lingering feeling of regret began covering his heart.
?: "If you ask me, it's not all that wrong you know"
A voice said as the sound of visible footsteps can be seen from the young man's side of view
Numerous yells could be heard from the young man's speaker in his ear and the sound of his servants and allies yelling in attempt to warn or protect him but failed to do so due to the lack of their strength as of the current moment.
?: "Do not worry, I'm not here to harm you, rather I think I might be of help"
A chuckle was heard at the end of that sentence, but that laugh wasn't of malicious nor of any devious intent. It was rather one of a man that just wanted to help.
"who..who are you?.."
The young man mustered all of his energy onto his all ready drained voice.
?: "That can wait later, for now I must focus on the task in front of me"
"In..front ...of...you?"
The man nodded, he bent down until he was just about at the same height of the kneeling young man with the girl at his hands.
?: "please, help me"
Golden mana and prana began gathering at the man's side, the golden dust then began settling on the ground...
Then out of nowhere a golden blossom of pink and white bloomed forth from the barren land at his side.
The man then picked the golden blossom and held it outwards towards the unconscious body of the girl in the man's hands.
The man then began saying something softly almost like a lullaby.
*Cue OST: End of a Dream*
"What a brave girl"
The flower at hand began lighting up in gold
"To protect the ones you love, the place you cherished and the one you held dear"
The flower then began blooming more and more until it turned to a beautiful pink rose
"I give you one more chance, little one"
The petals then began falling on the girl's body, as it fell the girl's unconscious body then lit up in a golden and pink light
"Live with kindness, live with compassion, and most importantly, live with love..."
The rose at the man's hand then disappeared in a burst of petals and the light on the unconscious girl's body began healing her fatal wounds.
"Make sure to smile more..."
The mysterious man said with a smile as from what it seemed, he seemed to have been reminiscing a fond memory of the past
The man then said his final words
"Ȃ̶͕͎͓̹̱̭̿̒́̎̓̐͜ͅv̸̡̤̝͍̣̮͔̮͑͌͆a̸̦̹̐͛̇̈͛͂̌͝l̸̦̯͇̂̑̉̀̌̍̋͘͘ͅo̶̱̻͐ň̷̹̦̇͋"
"T̴h̸e̷ ̸p̸l̶a̵c̷e̵ ̴s̶h̸e̷ ̸a̷n̴d̴ ̴I̵ ̵b̴o̸t̵h̵ ̷s̴a̷w̴"
...
"s..sen..pai?"
A tired female voice was heard as the girl's eyes began opening..
"mashu ...your alive...your alive..your alive!"
The young man repeated over and over again as tears of joy began soming down on his face...
"senpai..what.. happened.."
the long haired girl said faintly
"for now.. please just close your eyes and rest...and..thank you ..mashu.."
the young man said with a smile on his teary eyed face
".. alright then.. senpai..I think I'll do just that..."
The girl then closed her eyes as she fell asleep, only this time with a smile on her face..
"Thank you..."
The young man said while closing his eyes, however when he opened them, the man who had helped them was already walking away...
"wait!...please!... come back... at least tell me who you are!"
Although the young man was fatally wounded, and even right now could still be expending large amounts of mana he still mustered up all of his remaining energy to stand up and lay down the girl before beginning to slowly chase the disappearing man.
"..please.. wait!..."
The young man yelled catching the attention of the figure in question walking away. The mysterious man then stopped his tracks to listen to what the young man had to say.
".. what's ..your...name?.."
A complete silence resounded throughout the vicinity
?: " Ultima..."
The man said with a blank response
The young man knew that tone of voice, he was lying or rather not telling the whole truth
"No!..I want to know your real name! ...please.!"
The man was then visibly surprised, never had he met such a young man who knew that he had not told the entire truth.
?: " And to what reason would it be that you would you like to know?"
"You saved our lives... at least let us thank you in some way...but we can't do that if we don't know your name"
?: " You can call me Ultima "
"No.."
?: " Hm? "
" I need to know who you truly are, for saving everyone, including me.. please ...I need to know.."
The man then began laughing slowly as he raised his hands and did a slow head turn
?: " Alright then, if you must insist. I suppose there is no harm in telling you "
The man then turned around revealing him in full, however even with him eye to eye with the young man the hood still prevented anyone to get a clear view of who he is..
...as the sun went up and a new dawn arose...the light of the rising sun touched the snowy hills of this land...
The light then reflected the man's figure as he was standing directly in front of it from the young man's view
The man then took of his glowing hood, as he did it revealed his red aburn hair that a handful of people knew all to well.
And that smile that always brings comfort to the ones who recognized it
...
The mysterious man simply smiled
"You can call me Shirou,"
"Shirou Emiya"
...
A yell was heard amidst the crowd behind the young man catching the attention of all present
...
"Sh..shirou?"
A female voice cried
...
"Sa...ber?"