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Ushiwakamaru had many questions.
Foreigner was stronger than either her or Atalanta were in pure strength, so why did Naruto assign the two of them to be her guards for a trip to another timeline? That was a concerning question, but a more concerning question was why did Naruto not assign Assassin, Saber, or Lancer to do the job as they were his strongest servants along with Foreigner?
Atalanta didn't question her orders.
They travelled through a rainbow of colors as they slipped through space and time itself, travelling through the very nature of science and magic. Sometimes she would see a tentacle peek out of one of the flying colors that travelled passed her.
"Archer... why do you think Master picked us for this role, when there are stronger servants?" Ushiwakamaru asked.
Atalanta was holding the memory chicken.
She herself was holding onto a bottle that contained a tear that had been diluted with water so that her Master would not be overwhelmed by all of his previous timelines memories all at once. Abigail was leading the way, her body surrounded by grey and black tentacles, her white skin turned grey and her outfit transformed completely. She guided their path through the ever changing rainbow of colors, through the void of colors, and through the complete absense of everything and anything.
They were everywhere and nowhere at the same time, it was only their spirit bodies being spirit bodies that allowed them to exist in this space at the moment. The fact Featherbreast was still in one piece at all was a startling amount of insight into just what she was.
"We are strong, but not so strong that he would be required to have us to complete his goals in his own timeline... strong enough to do this job, and help this next Master." Atalanta gave her insight.
Her insight wasn't helpful actually, since Ushiwakamaru didn't really believe her words. She hadn't been around Naruto long enough to have that great of an insight into his choices. She met him days before he ruled over Hell and Earth and was moving onto conquer Heaven.
"Foreigner?"
"Master is Master, and I am more linked to Master than either of you. I am also Master in that way, and this timeline will reject my existance more than it will either of you... because you are not Master like I am." Abigail spoke with a spiked grin.
Atalanta raised an eyebrow.
"What?"
"The World itself hates Master, and it hates those of us who were given form thanks to Master. His power makes up our bodies, but the two of you have bodies that are made up originally of magic that is not that of Master... so the world doesn't register you as much... not to mention, I wouldn't be strong enough to defeat Alters of Saber, Assassin, or Lancer if they came along... I have no true Alter." Abigail stated as she looked towards the nothingness before them.
They came out of the void, or rather they were ripped out of the void.
They stood on nothing and everything.
There were countless floating crystals of shining and dim colors everywhere, and yet, nowhere at the same time. They had not yet reached their destination, and when Ushiwakamaru reached out to touch a crystal, her hand phased right through it as if it didn't exist.
"These crystals... are the physical manifestations... no?" Atalanta didn't think that was right.
"They both exist and do not exist, they are concepts given image... but not form itself. They are the very concepts that make up everything... this is the concept of a timeline in which Master does not have Excalibur... you can see them play out, but you can't interact because they have no form... this is the concept of victory that is tied to Excalibur... there are infinite concepts... but our eyes can only see concepts that are related to us." Abigail stated as she reached out and pointed to a concept that neither of them could see were there.
Ushiwakamaru saw a concept of her first Master not being killed by Illya, but Abigail didn't seem able to see that concept, just like she couldn't see the concept that Abigail was pointing to either.
They could all 3 see the concepts that involved Naruto though, as they were related to him on the level of concepts.
"This... this is me... but..." Atalanta looked at herself.
"... I can... that's not a concept!" Abigail shouted as she jumped back when a black arrow came flying at them and stabbed into nothingness. A second arrow came flying and Atalanta shot her arrow and blocked it between them.
Atalanta Alter.
"The world doesn't want us here." Ushiwakamaru had a corrupted sword at her throat, and she glanced behind herself and saw a corrupted, altered version of herself. She flicked her sword out of it's sheath and it stopped her neck from getting slit, she grabbed it's handle and jumped away from herself. "Berserkers! They are us, but as Berserkers!" Ushiwakamaru realized when herself came rushing at her with a look of utter hatred.
Where was Foreigner's Berserker at?
"I am an existence outside of the domain of the world, thus, the world can not alter or reproduce me like it can the two of you or Master's other servants. At the same time, my powers barely work here... and I can't use my Noble Phantasm at all." Abigail was almost completely helpless. She could use her basic attacks, but that was it. Featherbreast carrying the tear bottle landed in her arms.
"You sided with a CHILD MURDERER!" Atalanta Alter screamed as she got her claws out and rushed towards Atalanta.
Atalanta readied her bow and aimed it up.
"Phoebus Catastrophe!" She released her noble phantasm up into the air, and two arrows turned into millions of arrows that started to fall down towards her and her alter. Not a single arrow came even close to hitting herself, but her Alter could only dodged most of the arrows, with several of them sticking into her body.
She didn't stop her charge though.
She was just as fast as she was, but with her body transformed like that she was no doubt far physically superior.
'Why is my Alter's chest larger than mine?' Atalanta thought as she looked at the modest sized chest her alter had, and she glanced down at her own completely flat chest. What concept made this version of her have a large chest.
Ushiwakamaru and her own Alter were engaged in a super high speed bout of jumping and slashing at each other, at speeds that were slower than Atalanta's own speed. Slower, but her close combat powers with her sword made her a larger threat.
This was why they were Foreigner's guardians!
"Die! Die, so that I can replace you, and KILL Naruto myself!" Ushi Alter shouted at her original, who blocked 12 slashes of hers with 12 slashes of her own blade.
Ushiwakamaru got several cuts across her body, but so did her Alter as well. The two of them were perfectly evenly matched in all forms of combat. Her alter was more violent in nature, making her hard to predict, but her own strategic mind and calmer demeanor allowed her to evenly fight against herself.
Ushiwakamaru and Atalanta were forced back to back.
"How do we win against foes we are perfectly matched against?" Ushiwakamaru asked her partner in protecting.
...
"Foreigner, find the concept that we need and open the portal there, and do it fast!" Atalanta shouted out her own orders to the superior servant.
She looked around and Abigail was standing at a crystal she couldn't see, with a key in her hand. She inserted the key into the object that she couldn't see, and a gateway opened up where the crystal should have been.
"This timeline has a 92.9% similarity to the one we are leaving, the only variation is the concept that Rias Gremory or Sona Sitri will try to manipulate Naruto." Abigail stated as she was given the amount of similarity at the current point in time by comparing it to the concept of her own timeline. "You two, grab Featherbreast and the Bottle, and hurry through the gateway. My job is over now!" Abigail called out to them.
Ushiwakamaru nodded and rushed towards Abigail and grabbed the bottle, rushing right through the portal without hesitating. Atalanta rushed and stood by Abigail's side, with Featherbreast jumping onto her shoulder. She raised her bow when she saw Ushi Alter and her own Alter turn towards them.
"You can't beat them, and I won't allow you to try." Atalanta stated to her partner.
"I'm not going to try and beat them, I'm Master's servant. I can't make a contract with Master on the other timeline, when I die I'll go back to the timeline I came from... two of me can't exist together under Master. But those two can't be allowed to go through the portal, after you go through the portal, I have to close it here to stop them from going through it. Servants who don't need Masters." Abigail summoned tentacles and prepared for combat.
Atalanta was keeping the alters at bay with her arrows to prevent them from getting close to them.
"But-!"
"It's okay... dying is going to hurt... but when I die... Master can just summon me again... if you and Rider die in this place, Master can't summon you... you need to go through the portal... because if a Servant dies here without a contract to their Master... they will be removed from all of history... you will stop being a concept." Abigail stated as a tentacle grabbed Atalanta and threw her through the portal.
In slow motion, Atalanta watched as Abigail smiled at her and reached towards the portal with a key. Atalanta was halfway through the portal when she saw the Alters rushing towards portal and Abigail. Her bow arm was already through the portal, and she was unable to pull it out as she got sucked through to another timeline.
3 arrows stuck in Abigail's back, and Atalanta Alter reached the portal as Abigail started to turn the key. Ushiwakamaru's sword started to approach her small body, and that was the last thing that Atalanta saw happen before she was fully sucked through the portal and tossed out on the other side where Ushiwakamaru was.
"Abigail!" Atalanta shouted out in worry.
Atalanta Alter appeared before her and Ushiwakamaru with grit teeth.
"We have no time for you, leave now and don't bother us again! If you approach out Master, we will kill you together!" Ushiwakamaru declared as she pointed her sword at Atalanta Alter's face. The woman looked at her for a second and grit her teeth, and she looked at Atalanta and saw her readying her bow.
'Abigail... I hope Master will reward her in their timeline for her hard work. I won't allow her suffering to go in vain... this timeline will be a better one.' Atalanta took aim at her alter.
There was a long pause.
Atalanta Alter jumped up to the trees and took her spirit form, escaping them and retreating from combat completely.
"... Well, Master wanted more challenges... and it would seem this world has an extra challenge for this... uh... wait... our contract with Master was revoked... and we... oh we need to go and find Master in this timeline FAST before out magical power disappears!" Ushiwakamaru realized with widened eyes.
They were Servants with Broken Contracts.
Not Servants with No Contracts or With No Need for Contracts.
They had a strict time limit for how long they could remain in the world now that they had a need for a supply of magical energy. Atalanta closed her eyes and she sensed the area.
"Master's magical energy is that way, since I was originally summoned with the purpose of hunting him down, I can sense him no matter where he goes... I was summoned for the hunt." Atalanta could see another reason why she had been picked. Her hunting skills and the purpose of her original summoning made her the perfect person to deliver herself and Rider to this timeline's Naruto.
They started to RUN.
Somewhere in Jail, Naruto sneezed several times, hoping that the girls who accused him of crimes he didn't commit would get what was coming to them as he started to fall asleep. He didn't know what was in store for him.
Chapter End!
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Conditions for Good End
1. Rias not Manipulating Naruto into her peerage.
2. Illya and Naruto meet in person.
3. Artoria reveals who she is to Naruto, willingly or by force.
4. Naruto and Asia have sex (does not have to involve her being Naruto's first time)
5. Orochimaru dies by either Naruto or Illya killing him.
ALL of these conditions MUST be met during this timeline for it to result in a Good End, if they are not met then only the Bad and Neutral Endings can be achieved in this Timeline.