A/N If you've already read this fic, read the edits on the bottom.
So I wrote an Astolfo Fic as a one-shot to give a new perspective of the character, then I thought, why not do a cross-over? This was my miserable attempt. Still better than my Astolfo short if you ask me. I am not a writer, I am not good at it, but this is what I wrote. Sorry if I didn't portray these characters correctly, but I tried to go for a pre-UBW EMIYA where he is basically Alaya's attack dog. Well, enjoy... or not... up to you.
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Salem stood.
"What?!"
She looked at the hands, her body.
She was human again.
She stared at the… thing… in front of her.
She refused to believe he's human.
He's cold, calculating, uncaring.
This was supposed to be her glorious moment, when the world realized it was all over. She almost won. Then… it… came along.
At first, she thought mankind was putting up a resistance, but resistances don't constantly detonate explosives the likes that killed her Monstra at Atlas, at least, not this frequently.
To her surprise, it seemed that a single human was causing all this. He wore a black cuirass that she couldn't seem to identify the material, along with some kind of red shroud, with metal plated boots, skin tan with white hair that hides his age.
He interested her. A lone hero going up alone against an army of Grimm. But he would wear himself out, as all men do. Then he'll just be another statistic. That's what she thought, until she noticed he never seemed to sleep, or eat for that matter.
He was like a weapon, pointed at the enemy for someone else's glory. A tool to Ozma's goal if ever there was one. But the more she observed him, the more she felt something… wrong.
He was clearly killing not just Grimm, but people too. And not just bandits or the White Fang, but anyone unfortunate to be caught in his crossfire. When he released that ungodly bow, death would soon follow. Bandit, Huntsmen, civilians, he cared for none of them. If they happened to be in the blast radius, they were dead.
The thing that caught her off-guard the most is just as fast as he appears, he disappears. Not even her scouts can track him, only to show up in another part of Remnant, doing the same thing.
This continued for two weeks, until her castle was blown to rubble. Poor Tyrian did not survive, but at least Cinder was spared the carnage, although she was a week late for her reports. Realizing what was going on, she went on the attack as soon as she was able.
"Rule Breaker!"
Just those two words broke her. Here she is now, cured of her Grimm state, cured of her immortality, she could feel it. She was mortal.
She was vulnerable.
This was not even a fight, this wasn't even a slaughter.
It was an execution.
She looked at the being in front of her, bow drawn with what seems to be an estoc for an arrow pointed at her. The moment seemed to last longer than it was.
"Do you believe in-"
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What do you think? Bad? Terrible? Let me know. And Rule Breaker is BS
Edit: So people want me to make a part two, like an epilogue or different perspective, but I am not sure I am up to the task. I think I barely qualify as a third-rate magu-er writer. If you want a shot, just PM me and make sure to credit me
Edit 2: I might remake in the future when my writing gets better, maybe I'll add more details from other perspectives, but it won't be anytime soon. it might even be a multi-chapter fic. I need to break my 300-400 word style, which I never did even outside writing stories, or do it in a way that creates a more cohesive story. If anyone has advice on how I can approach a remake, or break my style, that would be great. I also tried not to mess with RWBY canon to not contradict any future information. Just bear in mind that if I do rewrite it, it would be post-Volume 8, and pre-Volume 9, and I can't promise everyone will make it, or an epilogue would be finished until Volume 9 finishes. Also, I have things going on, important and unimportant. On the important aspect, I got the best news in half a year. As for unimportant, i consider it a priority to writing for my own mental health (read as 'sanity'). The important things always take precedence over unimportant though. Hope you understand. Also, even if I do a remake, EMIYA will not be a character, he is a force of nature as he is in this fic, thus will be mostly silent.