It was dark inside. With the lights out and curtains drawn shut, even with the sun rising very little of it's light actually can be seen in the room. Where sitting near the bed, Sakura shivered in fear. Her eyes shook as they observed an unnatural being that she couldn't tell if it was her imagination or real. As it looked like her only as a shadow with lines on the forehead while the eyes glowed.
"Why bother playing dumb." The shadow version of her then said in a mocking tone. "Why pretend to be weak. Or are you that desperate for his attention. You coward."
Sakura closed her eyes. Doing her best not to listen to this thing!
Yet it wouldn't stop talking. Why would it? It hasn't stopped speaking to her all night long when it came in during her sleep. As it mocked her with her greatest insecurities. All with her voice.
"Come now. Don't you wanna cut the good girl act." It said as it got closer to Sakura who moved back pointlessly. "Then again, you were always a fool who can't take action. Just staying quiet while looking at him from a distance. Foolishly thinking that it's enough for that idiot."
"H-he's not an idiot." Sakura then defended him. The man that always helped her, ever since she was younger and met him. The one who made her feel normal, even if just for a bit.
"You're right." The shadow then grinned."You are."
Sakura shut her eyes, hoping it'd just go away. Yet she felt her eyes opened forcefully as they were then made to look into the dark eyes of this shadow of hers. As it then giggled to ensure that she suffered. To be miserable as it sensed those lovely emotions.
"It's such a shame," It began. "You just want to be with that man, but frightfully don't. But it makes sense." Sakura moaned as beneath the shadow forms of familiar creatures came from it that squealed and squirmed as they inched towards her with their open maws and sharp teeth.
"Who would want a defiled flower like you."
A pain was felt within her and a spike of anger, rage, and agony all at the same time. Where another emotion that wasn't hers swelled within her. One that made the shadow grin as the worms got even closer. Their teeth being seen while they inched at her ready to consume her while resuming their normal duty they do on her. Sakura, for a moment, couldn't decide what to do. To allow this thing to do what her grandfather did to her…
Or to release these emotions in her?
Yet before she could even decide, footsteps could be heard.
"We'll talk later."
Then the shadow and worms vanished away where unknown to Sakura, small spider with markings crawled away. Knocking could be heard on the door where a voice came from behind the door. "Hey Sakura, you still sleeping?"
It was senpai's Servant, Saber.
Breathing heavily, Sakura stayed silent. Not daring to move. After a bit, the knocking ceased. "Well, come out later if you're up. Master is gonna be back soon with food and make us breakfast."
Senpai. Just thinking of him made the emotions sway away, just for a bit. Her eyes clearing up just imagining him, and the way he smiled at her. Her mood changing just a bit now, as Sakura slowly stood up. Looking where the shadow had been before. Was it...just her imagination after all? I mean, she has been feeling off lately overall. Maybe she was just tired.
"Just...just need to help senpai. That's it." Deciding she needed a distraction, Sakura went to get changed to help Shirou out with the cooking. She may as well set things up like the cooking ware and do a few chores. Afterwards, she can then listen to the recorder she set up and see what news happened as she knows her sister and the others apparently attacked Caster but with something happening.
If she did this, maybe she can be more useful to senpai and thus be needed. Yeah, that'll be nice. She just needed to be useful to him, and maybe he'll look at her and only her. Becoming a magus was useless since she had no knowledge, but this aura thing might work out. She just needed to see her brother later.
'Ah.' Sakura thought as she took off her shirt, revealing rather impressive assets. 'I bet senpai is doing a good job right now,'
"Ahhhhhhhhhhh!" It happened so fast, that Shirou didn't even know what occurred. One second he was talking to Illya in a good mood. The next, he saw red with the ground next as he fell onto his knees while screaming in agony. Eyes widening while tears threatened to come out as he saw his entire right arm with just a bit of a stump now on the ground near him. Blood poured out his shoulder where he saw torn flesh, boots of bone, and veins which made him sick. The only reason he wasn't throwing up though was because the pain was too much to even consider it.
His aura flashed brightly. Instantly getting to work, as Ozpin told him wounds would automatically be healed by aura thanks to it's regenerative powers. However, that was for cuts, bruises, and for deeper wounds like broken bones or burns would take longer depending on the damage. An entire missing arm was a completely different level of healing.
Or more like, impossible.
Shirou's aura desperately attempted to close the wound. Thanks to its unique supernatural nature and Shirou's own life-and-death instinct operating at full force, his aura began to stop the bleeding.
Crack!
However, the unique curse of Gae Bolg slowed down the healing immensely, as such while Shirou's aura managed to stop two-thirds of the bleeding, the curse and grave wound that drained Shirou's aura made it shatter, leaving Shirou with nothing at all.
"Uh...ahhh…" Throat sore and still bleeding, even if less compared to before, Shirou then felt his vision going dark. With all that blood loss his body was starting to weaken. He would need medical attention now as his body was slowly ceasing to be. His voice attempted to call out to somebody, yet with his mind racked in pain he could only make a few rasps before his eyes rolled into the back of his head and his body fell away.
With a thud Shirou fell down, unmoving and unconscious while he still bled out. Nearby, people who were walking screamed as they saw this sight. They had no idea what happened, nor saw what even occurred. Those who were closest just saw Shirou and Illya talking, then suddenly something red which in truth was Lancer's spear but to the humans nearby, now just assumed was Shirou's blood while freaking out.
A few instantly taking out their phones to call the ambulance and the police and what must have been a crime.
"..." To one girl however, she knew what was red eyes eying her unconscious brother who was slowly dying. Emotionless is seen on her expression, yet suddenly a twitch on her lips can be seen. Where then her eyes dash toward a spot on the grass. A small hole that wasn't there before, one that was covered in Shirou's blood.
Yet where did the hole come from?
Eyes then turned toward the building closest to the park. Where at last her instincts as a magus kicked in, and Illya sensed it. The presence of a Servant. So caught up with her beloved and hated brother she didn't even sense this person. Ah...well now they have her attention.
It was then the people nearby who were walking to help froze.
While the girl before them paid them no mind, not even signifying she felt their presence, the air felt cold to them. Freezing them in place despite the fact Illya wasn't paying them any mind. As if their own instincts were telling them not to interrupt the girl at all, even though the boy was bleeding out. Then, to their shock her entire body glowed red.
To the people, they felt they were seeing some kind of unnatural body condition.
To magus if they saw her, they'd realize that these were the abnormally large Command Seals on Illya's body. One that began to activate as Illya decided to use one now with a command told in the coldest of voice. One that held no concern over what was about to happen despite the rules that magecraft should not be used in daylight.
"Berserker." At this moment, Illya didn't care. "Come and kill the Servant near here."
To bystanders they instantly backed away as a golden light came and from thin air itself a massive behemoth of a man with bulging muscles and in a metal skirt thing came with a visibly angry face. One that opened its mouth and roared so loudly that those who had wanted to help Shiro felt their instincts override that and instead ran away in panic while a few also took a video of this and pictures.
Berserker didn't care though as he then looked to where the nearest Servant was and detected them. With a Command Seal used on him already and seeing how nhis Master gazed at some kid on the dirt dying, Berserker, while unable to comprehend properly why Illya called on him, decided to just focus on the command used on him.
Mainly, slaughtering the Servant that dared to hurt his Master's feelings!
So with a roar Berserker jumped an incredible distance toward the building leaving Illya who knelt down toward Shirou, knowing what she had to do.
Which naturally left for one thing to happen next.
"Shit!" Lancer running of as he began to sense Berserker, the great Heracles coming after him. Even worse though, is the fact that Berserker isn't even trying to hide himself. As those on the sidewalk screamed as they saw a giant man chasing a blue spandex man on the roof.
"Is your Master crazy!" Lancer shouted as he ran ahead of Berserker.
A mistake as Berserker roared louder and quickened his pace.
"Damn." Lancer didn't expect this, and he doubted his cowardly Master did either. For a Master to release her Servant in broad daylight of all things! I mean, yes Lancer was the same but he did it discreetly and when he launched his spear and that boy, he made the spear vanish and tried to leave quietly. Berserker wasn't like that and now people were seeing them.
"Fine then." Lancer said as he saw a relatively empty street with little to no people. No choice then. "You wanna dance!" Lancer grinned as he jumped off the roof and landed on the street. "Then let's dance!" Slamming his spear on the ground, Lancer quickly made a few runes to aid in ensuring more people can't come as things were about to get loud while Berserker landed across from him and raising that massive weapon of his while roaring.
"Come on Berserker!" Lancer snarled yet felt joy that he could finally battle. "Let's go!"
Berserker accepted the challenge.
Instantly he was in front of Lancer with his weapon raised and aimed to ground Lancer to dust. The targeted Servant just smirked as he then just raised his spear. Oh yeah. This was going to be fun. In his view anyway, because as the two clashed a shockwave came.
One that caused the small street in Fuyuki that led to the local elementary school was now officially in ruins.
"Hahaha! All because of two battle maniacs that battled it out in the day. "Come on!" Lancer roared as he dodged the sword that cracked through the street. "Is that all you got!" He then jabbed his spear in Heracles's gut, and while it didn't pierce it it still stung the giant harshly.
Roaring, Heracles tried cleaving the Hound of Ulster only for Lancer to dodge it as smoothly as pie before he then twisted his body to leap at Berserker and slammed the end of his spear against Heracles's face.
Lancer then landed and dodged another volley of attacks from the mad Servant while Lancer began to enjoy himself. Finally a person worth fighting. "Still," Lancer said as he then slowly did something to his spear. "It's getting annoying not to see you bleed. So let's change that." With the knowledge he gained from his teacher, Lancer then used his lovely runes to alter his spear to become a bit stronger.
Heracles stomped toward Lancer and made a side-way slash which Lancer avoided by bending himself backward not getting gruesomely cut in half. Lancer then stood and jabbed his spear forward, where to Heracles's own maddened mind became shocked as the spear actually pierced through his skin.
"Got ya!" Lancer laughed as he then backed away when Heracles retaliated back. "Oh come on now." Lancer jumped up as he escaped an attack that would have sent his head flying. "Upset you're bleeding while I got no red on me?"
Lancer's answer was Heracles dashing toward him and recklessly attacking him with his weapon at random yet devastating swings. The ground was being reduced to mere rubble. Buildings shaked at the pressure of those attacks. Glass shattered from the wind being gusted at them, and animals fled from the two 'monsters' they saw. Yet through it all, Lancer avoided each attack with a smile on his face.
"Oh yeah. You're certainly tough." The son of Zeus, the greatest hero in all of Greek. With a legend so grand that almost everybody in the world knew of him. What a shame that he's a Berserker though in this war. Sure he was still stronger than him as one hit would certainly do fatal damage on him, yet these attacks were so sloppy that Lancer can see their projected path and avoid them with simple foot work.
"Ah. How would this fight have turned out were you in another class." Boy would that have been awesome. Still, Lancer had a job to do and that was having as much fun in this battle as possible, otherwise his Master will soon tell him to come back which sucked. As such, with his spear that can now harm the flesh of the great Heracles, Lancer dashed around Heracles and then threw his spear at him. Particularly, at the ankle.
Heracles growled as he felt the spear burst through his muscle tendons and felt himself unable to stand up properly now on his ankle. The blasted Servant limited his ability to move now, something Lancer was proud of as now Heracles can't just run up to him as easily as before. Something Lancer knew as he then ran up to Heracles up front and personal and before this behemoth could do anything, he had Gae Bolg go forward and slice through some of Heracles flesh.
Particularly some of the muscles that connected to the fingers on the right side of the body.
Heracles howled not in pain, but anger, as he outstretched his left hand to grab Lancer's skull and crush it. Too bad for Heracles that Lancer was too quick and avoided such an attack before attempting to render the left hand useless. However, Heracles wasn't dumb as some might think. Sure Madness Enhancement reduced Heracles intelligence to a rather pitiful level, and yet far was he stupid.
For when Lancer attempted to render his left fingers useless by destroying the muscles connected to them, Heracles moved forward despite the damage state his right ankle was in and let the spear run him through beneath his ribs.
"What!" Lancer yelled in surprise that Heracles would do that. That surprise went away when Heracles lifted his right knee and slammed in beneath Lancer's chest who coughed as he was sent away. Lancer landed near a building and broke through the door. The force of the entry caused some damage within, but not too much.
Lancer then got back up-
"Yikes!" Then laid back down as suddenly his own spear went over where his head used to be. Heracles had thrown it in hopes that once Lancer sat back up he'd get the head. Guess luck wasn't on his side. "Bastard." Lancer raised his right hand where Gae Bolg found itself nested there. "Tried to use my own weapon against me, huh."
Well, he supposed it was his fault. While Heracles wasn't smart, Lancer can admit he let down his guard and assumed Berserker was no different than a wild animal. Best not to think that or he'll get caught off guard again. In which case, maybe he should do that.
"Yeah. Best to finish this quickly now." Lancer could hear it, the sound of sirens and a chopper. Thanks to his runes, Lancer created a Bounded Field. However, it was a quick and rather shoddy work so it won't really last long at all. Meaning if the humans came here they'll see him and the big guy and that'll open up a big can of worms. Not to mention his Master will have him leave and he'd rather kill the big guy before he has to go.
As such, time to kill this bastard.
"Alright then Berserker!" Lancer's spear glowed a bloody red making Heracles wary. "I believe it's time to end this now!" Heracles roared in defiance. "Ha! As if that'll stop me!" Lancer then rushed at Berserker who in turn raised his own weapon to chop Lancer into many pieces.
Both of them emit so much bloodlust and animosity that a grown man would pee their pants by seeing these two. Bloodlust to kill their enemy, giving in to maim and murder their opponent. Bloodlust...that can be considered a negative emotion in it's own right.
"Graaaaa!" Where from the ground beneath their feet collapsed and the Creeps screeched at them both surprising them at the sudden appearance. Both then falling into the pit full of Grimm just as the bounded field made finally collapsed allowing the ordinary to come in.
All while the cameras of the nearby pawn shop saw it all.
Ozpin had to admit, this world was certainly nicer in some aspects compared to his own home. The people had no fear of the Grimm, the moon was whole, and no homicidal ex-wives trying to destroy the entire planet. Admittingly, that wasn't to say there weren't problems, but overall things seemed fine.
'And yet the Grimm are here.' This walk served more than just viewing this city, but also to figure out what was going on here. Particularly with the enemies of humanity, the Grimm.
'Thinking about it, I never considered the possibility that others from my world could come here.' Though that made sense to be fair. I mean, how was he to know his own enemies would arrive when he came here at random. Though maybe it isn't as random as he believes considering that just as soon as he came, the Grimm just supposedly arrived as well. Meaning there might be a chance others of his world will come.
'Including her.'
The 'Mother' and 'Mistress' of the Grimm. Remnant's greatest threat and the first survivor of the devastation of humanity. Salem.
Such a thing frightened him, more so as how devastating it would be if Salem did come and would no doubt cause chaos just to get to him. Having lived for so long, Salem cared very little for normal life and and was practically suicidal beneath her eons of life. While she was his enemy, Ozpin did understand why she became the way she was. Not just ideologies clashing with him, but also that she spent lifetimes alone before the second incarnation rose from the dust, effectively breaking her.
Humans weren't meant to live forever. As the consequences that came with immortality can be devastating on the human psyche. The only reason Ozpin came out better compared to his old love was because he had friends and family to aid him while ensuring he didn't go down the dark path. Salem on the other hand, with eons of solitude, her destructive nature after her fall in the pool of Grimm, and surrounding herself with the cruelest and selfish humans that allies with her didn't help matters on her mentality.
And now there was a chance she could be here. If not, then the possibility is there and Ozpin couldn't let that happen. After seeing the people of this city, he realized that, while a bit offensive, they were weak. To be fair, so were the civilians of his home, but aside from Shirou and the Servants he met, there is no indication of Huntsmen here which meant the best he could expect to defend this city is regular trained cops or military officers. Also there was no Dust either, and no aura to help in augmenting them.
Meaning if Salem came and commanded the Grimm to attack these people, it's more than likely Fuyuki would fall apart.
"Unless the magus here decides to protect them." Rin did mention there were more magus here than just her and Shirou. Though unfortunately judging by Rin's tone of them, it was unlikely they'd aid their people and just watch the Grimm in action to study them. Which left only the Servants to potentially defend Fuyuki, and they were fighting each other.
BAM!
Ozpin then turned around and saw smoke at a distance where he then heard sirens and saw a helicopter in the sky heading toward the direction of the smoke. "That can't be good."
It then got worse as he saw something coming out of the shrubbery of a park.
"Grrr." A Beowolf. In broad daylight.
Ozpin quickly ran at it while also feeling worried. Whatever drew this Grimm out must have been a spike in negative emotion. If so, then something bad must be happening for the Grimm to come out in daylight. He just wondered what and feared it.
Like those two will be killed by a bunch of lizards. If anything, the Grimm are gonna regret interrupting the fight. But moving on, Shirou just got maimed and without Saber's scabbard being active, he isn't looking hot.
Plus in anger Illya released Berserker in daylight, not to mention that some Grimm are about to be seen as the negative emotions emitted attracted a few. That's not even including Sakura who spent a rather scary night with the spider Grimm, and she doesn't even realize Shirou's condition yet.
Overall, we're about to see the aftermath.