"... What's all this?" Ritsuka asks walking into the cafeteria inside the dorms. He and Edmond walk into the room for breakfast as normal before seeing everyone gathering around a whole bundle of food in the middle of the room. "Woah! What's with all this food?"
"I'm just as shocked as you are. But it's definitely tempting for me to eat all of it." Artoria Alter says popping up getting ready to eat with Edmond stopping her.
"Do you not have any manners? You have no idea who this belongs to and yet you are going to take it for yourself." Edmond states with Artoria Alter grunts before nodding with Emiya walking over to the group.
"It's fine. I made this for all of us to enjoy. Call it a little last-minute treat before we begin. Plus having proper food and nutrients is important." Emiya says with a smile with everyone looking at him with a smile.
"Thank you mama Emiya!" Everyone yelled out with Emiya being a little confused by the name. It was a ton of fun before everyone looks over at the entrance of the cafeteria to see Gilgamesh and Enkidu walking into the cafeteria.
"Oh? What's going on here?" Gilgamesh asks with the mood suddenly become heavy. "It seems as you are all celebrating."
No one said anything to the two before someone walks up the two holding two plates for the two.
"Come on. Why don't you join us? It is unfair if anyone was left behind." Gudako hands the plates to the two with a small smile as the two look at each other.
"Well, this is definitely a surprise. Thank you." Enkidu said being polite before taking a bit of the food as he perks up. "Woah! Gil, you have to try it! It's amazing! Compliments to the chef!"
Gilgamesh looks over at Enkidu before taking a bite of the food. "It's not bad… but I'll allow it to satisfy my hunger."
'His face says otherwise…' Everyone thought at the same time as they see that he was definitely enjoying the food.
"Very well. I shall stay here and take part in the festivities. Surely there is no trouble with that, seeing as everyone is here." Gilgamesh walks past Gudako before making his way to Ritsuka who was standing next to Mashu.
"What are you doing?" Ritsuka asks.
"Nothing that you have to wrap your mind around Ritsuka. Though we may be enemies today on the battlefield, it doesn't mean that we can't share a meal and be civil like any other person should."
"There is nothing wrong with that…" Mashu comments in response with Gilgamesh nodding.
"See. Even your friend agrees. I'm not cruel enough to be so rude to my opponents." Gilgamesh states with a smug expression. "Though it may seem like I am unwanted here. I'll take my leave."
Gilgamesh turns around to leave before Ritsuka takes a step forward. "No. You don't have to leave. Just like you said… We're enemies on the battlefield but that doesn't mean we can get along here."
"Even with our deal, you still say that we can form some kind of balance…" Gilgamesh chuckles a bit before exploding in laughter that roars throughout the room before turning to Ritsuka. "Very well, Ritsuka Fujimaru. I shall stay as you requested. Though that doesn't mean that I won't be harsh on the battlefield."
Ritsuka lets out a firm smile before looking straight at Gilgamesh. "Same for us, King of Heroes. We won't hold anything back! We are going to win!"
Chaldea Academy
By: NexusMHX
Chapter 10: Sports Day Blitz
While there was definitely the energy in the room, everyone was doing their best to hide about it while whispering to each other before Da Vinci walks into the classroom. "Good morning. Time for homeroom. It's finally time for Sports Day! Testing is just around the corner, so make sure to make the most of this and sweat the stress out."
People let out some small groans before Da Vinci clears her throat while everyone looks at her. "Now I know everyone is antsy so I won't waste another second. Class Representative, Atalanta, the class is yours. I'm going to be setting some stuff up for the Sports Day so good luck everyone!"
Atalanta walks up to the front of the classroom and stands behind the teacher's desk before placing the folder on the desk. "Alright, everyone. We have quite a number of events in store for us today. We have 11 events in store of us… though everyone knows this. You all know what you all signed up for. Let's see…"
Atalanta takes out a folder before looking at the schedule of the sport's day.
Beginning Ceremony
Event - 1. Boulder Toss: Heracles
Event - 2. Servant Duel: Artoria Alter, Jeanne Alter
Event - 3. Three-Legged Race: Okita Souji, Oda Nobunaga
Event - 4. Tug of War: Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare, Thomas Edison
Event - 5. Bread Race: Ecchan
Event - 6. Ice Sculpting: Marie Antoinette, Helena Blavatsky
Event - 7. Relay Race: Atalanta, X, Fuma Kotaro, Kagetora
Lunch break
Event - 8. Tag: Edmond Dantes, Kato Danzo, Ushiwakamaru
Event - 9. Dodgeball: Cu Chulainn, Ritsuka, Sakata Kintoki, Meltlilith, Shuten Doji
Event - 10. Archery: Robin Hood, Emiya, Ishtar
Event - 11. Bo-Taoshi: whole class
Closing Ceremony
"Alright. Everything here looks good. Now… even if all of us might be thinking about the competition with Gilgamesh, remember that this is a sport's festival first. In any case, change into your PE outfits and head to the track field for the opening ceremony! Get ready everyone and good luck." Atalanta exclaims as everyone in Class 2-B raises their hands with a cheer.
"Alright, everyone! Here we have the first event for you all today which is the boulder toss!" Romani announces out in the middle of the baseball field towards the students. "Now allow me to explain the rules. Students from each class will be taking a 50-ton boulder that is especially heavier thanks to the school's thaumaturgy enhancements! The contestant will take the boulder and toss it as far as they can. The highest one wins! Now we'll start in the first years! Asterios, make your way up to the field!"
Asterios flinched a little before slowly making his way to the field before looking at Euryale and waves a little before reaching the massive boulder.
"Jeez… Fifty tons. There's no way that I can move it… let alone grab it and toss i..." Gudako says to herself as the boulder passes the stands all of the sudden making her freeze up all of a sudden.
"Gudako… Are you alright?" Nero asks before looking at her friend before starting to shake her as the girl falls on her back. "Ah…"
"She's in quite the shock… Guess Asterios strength really spooked her." Euryale comments as a massive crash could be heard from far away from the bleachers asAsterios makes his way back to the stands sitting next to Euryale.
"7650 meters and the distance was solid… Pretty good for a first-year Romani says to himself writing the results on his notebook. "Alright! Next servant, please walk up."
After the second servant went, it was the second year's turn to throw the boulder as both of the two glare at each other. Lu Bu was the first to go as he jumped straight next to the boulder almost landing on Romani as he runs away. Lu Bu picks up the boulder and with a bit body movement, throws the boulder into the sky with all of his might. It took quite a while for the boulder to stop ascending and start falling again crashing into the ground with a cloud of smoke shots out.
"H-H-HOLY COW! 12192 METERS!" Romani exclaims as loud as he from his device before being knocked back by the massive cloud of dirt. However, a magic barrier pops up saving Romani and everyone else that was in the stands from the massive cloud until it calmed down after a while. Everyone looks at Headmistress Olga Marie who had set up the barrier with the help of Da Vinci's technology.
"What are you waiting for Romani? Continue the round!" Olga Marie announces as the doctor gulps a bit before fixing his head. He looks toward Heracles before slowly motioning him to come over. Heracles jumps straight at the area before looking at Lu Bu who gives off a blank expression as he passes by him. Heracles looks over at the boulder before grabbing the boulder and throws it with all of his might.
"Oh no… Not again!" Romani exclaims before dropping his measuring machine and starts running away from the field as the scanner points at the massive boulder before smashing into the ground causing another massive hole in the ground with another blast of dirt and dust hits the magical barrier.
Olga Marie sighs before seeing Martha walking over to pick up the monitor and looks at it. "12576 meters! The winner is Class 2-B!"
There was pure silence before the students of Class 2-B start letting out massive cheers as they all started to cheer in excitement. Though they were all shaking as they look over to see Heracles jumping in excitement as the group simply smiles at each other.
Lu Bu looks over at his teammates who were smiling despite the loss as Gilgamesh looks over. The large figure looks away as Gilgamesh looks at the boulders. "You went further than his boulder. You make them give it they're all. Well done."
Lu Bu and the others of Class 2-A were definitely a bit shocked at Gilgamesh who simply stares at Heracles before walking off towards the stadium. After a few more shockwaves, the bells rang throughout the school signaling everyone to head to the next event.
(Class 2-B: 1 Win. Class 2-A: 0 Win)
Nero is someone that a lot of people like because of her dazzling personality. She has this natural charisma that makes everyone come towards her and gives love equal to all the praise that has been given to her… except for one person who Nero absolutely despises. Her teammate for the second event.
Tamamo no Mae, otherwise known as the Fox Caster is someone that Nero has clashed heads with ever since primary school to middle school. There was a heavy tension between the two of them as their opponents, Mordred and Frankenstein from Class 2-A could already tell that their opponents are not exactly trusting with each other…
And it was a swift victory for Mordred and Fran as Tamamo and Nero were bickering about their team compatibility before being kicked out of the arena making way for probably the biggest event of the day. Artoria Alter and Jeanne Alter made their way towards the arena in their casual battle outfits (their Shinjuku outfits) before looking over at Gilgamesh and Enkidu who were also in their casual battle outfits(Gil's UBW outfit and Enkidu's cloth clothes). Jeanne walks to the middle of the arena before looking at both parties.
"Rules for this are simple! Once your health reaches red on the screen, you will be unable to continue fighting or if you are knocked out of the arena then you are immediately disqualified. The match is over when both servants from one team are unable to fight or both party members are knocked out of the arena." Jeanne says before leaving the arena and turns on the monitor showing everyone's health.
Everyone from Class 2-B was a little hesitant about the whole situation after what just happened with Nero and Tamamo who were currently resting in the stands as Ritsuka and Gudako bring them drinks.
"I'm sorry for messing up," Nero comments to herself before drinking all of her soda in one gulp.
"Seriously… Your rivalry has been going on for so long that I'm surprised that the school allowed both of you made it into the same classroom." Arjuna comments to the two girls.
"Says you and your sibling rivalry. You and Karna have destroyed the arena so many times that the school banned both of you from dueling each other on it!" Tamamo says as a come back with Arjuna letting out a grunt before looking away.
"How bad could it possibly have been?" Both Ritsuka and Gudako ask at the same time. Tamamo takes out her phone and shows the complete destruction of the arena making both of them going pale.
"Luckily Da Vinci sensei has made the arena much more durable just in case for when servants decide to have a massive brawl," Tamamo says before looking at the servants in the arena.
"This is really quite the sight that I thought that I would never see. The two servants who clashed the most in this whole school's history are teaming up to oppose me. It truly is a laugh." Gilgamesh chuckles before looking over at Ritsuka. He folds his arms as yellow portals open up behind him. "Though I do have to admit that while I did mock you two. Taming such wild beasts such as yourselves is interesting."
"Who exactly are you calling a wild beast? You're one to talk." Jeanne Alter exclaims taking out her flag slamming it into the ground before letting out a smile.
"We will be taking our second win, King of Heroes." Artoria Alter says afterward with Excalibar Morgan at the ready.
"We'll see about that. We'll show you our bond." Enkidu lets out a smile raising both of his arms ready for what's to come. Each of the four servants gives off a rather stronger aura around them that made the air in the stadium feel very heavy.
In the middle of the monitor, a clock started counting down from 10. The stadium got ever more tense with each passing second before slowly reaching… 0 with a big bang.
"Tsk. To think that's how you're going to start." Enkidu jumps back from the flames that were summoned by Jeanne Alter. He lets out a small grunt before slamming his hand into the ground summoning yellow spears of light before shooting them at Jeanne Alter which is blocked by Artoria Alter's Excalibur before being scraped on her shoulder by a launched trident. She looks overseeing Gilgamesh letting out an evil smile with a bunch of portals behind him.
"Gate of Babylon…" Artoria Alter says to herself before rushing over to him while slicing away the weapons that Gilgamesh shoot towards her. She gets scraped a few times before being halted in one spot where she's forced to stay in one place and focus on defense countering all the weapons coming straight at her.
Meanwhile, Jeanne Alter blocks the chains that Enkidu is using to wrap around her with her flag before shooting another fireball exploding on contact with one of the chains knocking Enkidu back giving Jeanne Alter a chance to jump in the air and thrusts the end of her spear at Enkidu. He recovers just quick enough to move his head away before summoning chains to wrap around Jeanne Alter. The chains grip at her tightly while slamming her on the ground rapidly while giving Enkidu a chance to recover before slamming her into the ground.
"Those chains… They're annoying." Jeanne Alter grunts to herself seeing Artoria Alter starting to get overwhelmed by the number of Noble Phantasms coming at her. She stands up a bit and summons a black sword before slamming into the ground as black spears appear behind Gilgamesh. He turns around but by the time he realized it, he's stabbed by the spears knocking himself a few feet backstopping the onslaught of Noble Phantasms at Artoria Alter as she drops to her knees letting out heavy breathes. Once she sees Gilgamesh getting up, she uses whatever energy she has and rushes straight towards him. Enkidu jumps over Artoria and shoots mini sparks of energy forcing Artoria Alter back next to Jeanne Alter.
"They're strong…" Artoria Alter grunts while leaning on her sword.
"Eh? You're giving up already? I expected more from you." Jeanne Alter comments trying to get up before falling onto her knees.
"I don't want to hear that from you. Especially when you're in such a sorry state." The two irritated by each other's words stand up and walk slowly towards Gilgamesh and Enkidu.
Gilgamesh looks at the two and couldn't help but chuckle before standing up and opens a single Gate of Babylon. A red spiral sword with a golden handle appears from the portal as he grips it.
"While I must admit that I thought that this was going to go the same as the previous round. However, you have exceeded my expectations. Thus I'll give you a treat. Our strongest Noble Phantasm. Take it with all of your might." Gilgamesh says as the energy starts rising from the sword. Enkidu surrounds himself in the same energy before being swallowed into the blade as Gilgamesh starts floating into the air.
"Damn. We don't got much time!" Jeanne Alter channels energy into her flag before slamming it into the ground as a sudden urge of energy increase in her and Artoria Alter though she looks like she got a bigger boost of power. The two of them start channeling energy in their swords before looking at Gilgamesh.
"Cry out. It is time to fall to the ground. Hammer of the Vile King. Overturn the aurora. Swallow the light!" Artoria Alter yells out as a chant while a dark aura starts surrounding her sword ready to swing with all her might.
"All evil is here. This time for revenge has come! This is the roar of my soul that was polished by hatred!" Jeanne Alter chants as her sword engulfs in both dark energy and flames. She raises it high preparing to slam it into the ground.
"I shall offer this one strike as the ceremony of separation! I speak of the beginning. Heaven and earth are divided and nothingness celebrates creation! My Sword of Rupture rends the world apart. The vortex that turns the stars, this heavenly hell signifies the end of the eve of genesis. Subside with death! Enuma Elish!" Gilgamesh raises his sword before shooting a red beam straight at the two alters while a piercing yellow light shaped as an arrow appears on the tip of the beam.
"Excalibur Morgan!" Artoria Alter unleashes a massive blast of energy straight at Gilgamesh with the two beams clashing with a massive shockwave shatters the glass in the building. Da Vinci's machines activate protecting the crowd from the massive shockwaves of the beam clash. Artoria Alter was however on the losing side of the beam clash as the beam slowly closed into her.
"La Grondement du Haine!" Jeanne Alter unleashes a blast of energy comes from the ground engulfing Gilgamesh in fiery flames as spears stab parts of his body causing him to lose quite a bit of concentration giving Artoria Alter to overpower him slightly as the beam clash is at a steady standstill. Jeanne Alter drops down onto her knees from the amount of power she used in her Noble Phantasm.
"Damn you! I won't lose! I'm the strongest!" Gilgamesh yells out as he grunts before holding his sword with two hands and thrusts it forward as he starts winning the beam clash once again slowly overpowering Artoria Alter.
"Not yet! I can still keep going! Mana Burst!" Artoria Alter exclaims as she thrusts her sword forward causing the clash to once again go into the middle. Both servants don't let up an inch with both of them giving it their all. The amount of energy in the clash ignites the air making a small vacuum before a massive explosion swallows the whole arena building, shattering the barrier that Da Vinci made swallowing the students as well.
The smoke lets up from the room with everyone in the crowd was coughing from the smoke as everyone looked at each other.
"We're… not hurt?" Ritsuka looks over to see Mashu with a massive shield letting out heavy breathes. A massive castle had surrounded the whole crowd stands as he looks over in amazement. "Mashu!"
Mashu turns around to Ritsuka with a tired expression. "Thank goodness everyone is alright…"
"Mashu! You saved everyone!" Nero exclaims as Emiya looks at the castle with interest.
"What's this? Is it your Noble Phantasm?" Emiya questions with Mashu nodding slowly.
"Yes… Lord Camelot. This is my Noble Phantasm." Mashu says as her shield disappears.
"Amazing!" Ritsuka exclaims before realizing and looks at the arena. "Wait! Artoria, Jeanne! What happened to them?!"
Artoria Alter and Jeanne Alter were both lying unconscious on one side of the arena while on the other side, Enkidu was knocked out as well while Gilgamesh was barely on his knees with wounds all over his body. Jeanne looks over before letting out a sigh of relief.
"The winner of the second round… Team 2-A!" Jeanne announces before looking at Da Vinci who groans at the sight of the work that is ahead of her. Ritsuka runs down the arena and makes his way to the two alters before calling out.
"I'm going to go get Head Nurse!" Ritsuka carries Jeanne Alter over his shoulders before slowly making his way to the nurse's office. Jeanne Alter wakes up briefly to see Ritsuka carrying him before passing out again. After the first trip, Ritsuka comes back with Nightingale and carries Artoria Alter while Nightingale goes over to Enkidu and Gilgamesh.
"Are you alright? I'll take you to the nurse's office right now." Nightingale says before trying to pick up Enkidu.
"Don't touch him! I'll take him myself…" Gilgamesh states suddenly before groaning.
"Nonsense. You can hardly stay stand… let alone carry him. I'll take you both if you'd like." Nightingale picks up Gilgamesh over her shoulder to his dismay and holds Enkidu with her other arm before running off with Ritsuka. The two lay the servants on their beds while Nightingale starts sterilizing her hands.
"I'm going to have to ask that you stand back," Nightingale says as Ritsuka stands back as a steady flow of energy surrounds her. She starts chanting, "Treatment, start. I will abstain from everything that is harmful and everything that is poisonous. I will stop them with all my strength and guide everybody to happiness! Nightingale Pledge!"
A huge white figure appears in front of Nightingale resembling her quite well before raising a sword towards the four as both Ritsuka and Gilgamesh were quite stunned at the sight.
"Wait! I thought you were going to heal them!" Ritsuka exclaims.
"What kind of nurse are you?! You're going to kill us!" Gilgamesh exclaims as the sword fazes through his body. "Eh?"
A small aura surrounds the four servants healing most of their wounds. The massive white figure disappears as Nightingale puts on rubber gloves with a treatment kit next to her and she starts working on treating the servants one by one.
"Ritsuka Fujimaru." Ritsuka looks over at Gilgamesh who had a cast on his arm. "This has been an interesting battle I must say. So far, you've given me quite the struggle."
Ritsuka stays silent before sitting on a chair. "What are you playing at?"
Gilgamesh raises his eyebrow at Ritsuka who suddenly gives off a different type of aura.
"People who take pleasure in harassing others like this isn't normal. You're either grasping at straws." Ritsuka states looking at Gilgamesh dead in the eye. "Or perhaps you're being serious about enjoying all of this. I hope it's the latter one."
"I am simply enjoying myself. Whilst we have our agreement, this is still a day of activities between classmates. Surely we can enjoy it as such." Gilgamesh comments looking at Ritsuka who stares straight dead in Gil's eyes.
Ritsuka stands up and turns his back from Gilgamesh before looking back. "Yeah. Let's have fun today."
Ritsuka said nothing more as he walks to sit next to the two alters in complete silence.
'That feeling from him… What was that just now?' Gilgamesh thinks to himself before looking outside. A few moments pass before Jeanne Alter and Artoria Alter both wake-up.
"Guys! You're alright!" Ritsuka says as he quickly changes back to his normal self as he hugs the two of them. "I was worried about you guys!"
"What the heck?! Get off me!" Jeanne Alter exclaims as Rituska instantly jumps back.
"Sorry! Sorry!"
"This is the Nurse's office? Did you take us here Ritsuka?" Artoria Alter asks as Ritsuka chuckles with a nod. Artoria Alter smiles a bit in amusement. "Figures as much. Thank you."
Jeanne Alter recalls when he saw that she was being carried by him as she twitches a bit while looking at Ritsuka who looks back with a smile. She quickly looks away hiding her face making Ritsuka confused for a bit.
(Class 2-B: 1 Win. Class 2-A: 1 Win)
After a good amount of time, Ritsuka, Artoria Alter, and Jeanne Alter make their way to the track field to see that the third event had started with Okita and Nobu were racing against Arash against Ozymandius which seems like a close match.
"You would think that Arash would be on during the archery event… But it looks like his teamwork with Ozymandias is amazing." Ritsuka says looking over at the event with both teams seemingly reaching the finish line at the same time.
"It's close… I can't really make out who wins." Jeanne says looking at the camera before handing it to Romani who takes a look.
"Indeed. 2-B is the winner. Here look." Romani points to the picture showing Okita's ahoge being over the lane first.
"That doesn't count!" Martha exclaims taking the camera and looks deeper into it. She blushes a bit before looking away. "Though… 2-B wins."
"Eh? How so?" Romani questions before looking at the camera again and realizes. "Wow. Vice President is a pe-"
Martha punches Romani straight into the stars with embarrassment and anger. "Winner is Class 2-B!"
"Eh? What was the deciding factor?" Jeanne looks at the camera before blushing. "Oh… B-Breasts. Okita…"
"Nice one Okita! Your massive chest helped us win the round!" Nobu laughs while slapping Okita on the back.
"My what helped us win?!" Okita punches Nobu away while blushing with Ritsuka and the other two alters. "Eh?! When did you three get back?!"
"Just now though we heard the last bit. Quite an interesting way to win," Artoria Alter chuckles to herself a bit. Okita freezes up as she looks over at Ritsuka.
"Which means that you heard that…" Okita slowly looks at Ritsuka before turning away before running off.
"EH!? What the hell? She just bolted all of a sudden!" Jeanne Alter exclaims.
"Aheh. Kinda makes sense when you really think about it." Ritsuka looks away covering his face.
"The dense Ritsuka actually understood a girl's problem?!" Everyone who was in the conversation states extremely loudly.
"Who are you calling dense!?"
(Class 2-B: 2 Wins. Class 2-A: 1 Win)
"Indeed. This is very nice." Lancelot states next to Tristan and Gawain looking at some to the female students in their PE outfits. The other two nod with smiles as they looked at the outfits. Meanwhile, a figure behind them is surrounded by a huge amount of purple energy. Mashu takes out her shield and smacks each one of them.
"You all are indecent human beings! Especially you, big brother!" Mashu walks off with Lancelot trying to call out to Mashu who ignored him. She makes her way to Nero, Tamamo, and Gudako before handing them their drinks.
"You're quite harsh on your older brother," Nero comments looking at the three who were being carried by Nightingale.
"Now I just feel bad for them… I don't think I ever had something like that with my older brother." Gudako drinks her soda with a slight chuckle.
"Even me and my eight other sisters… We have our differences and such… But still." Tamamo looks at Mashu who looks back.
"Was I being a bit too harsh on them?" Mashu sighs before looking back towards the field.
Meanwhile, Ritsuka was taking a look at the clipboard before thinking to himself.
"Atalanta… I got a question. Caesar is quite fit but Shakespeare and Edison aren't exactly strong physically. I've seen them try to lift up weights. Why put them on the tug of war team?"
Atalanta takes a sip of apple juice before taking a look at the clipboard. "Nothing we can do about that one. We're purposely throwing this round."
"Eh?! Throwing the round?! Why!?" Ritsuka exclaims as the ground shakes all of a sudden. He looks around before looking at a girl passing by making him drop the clipboard with just once glance of her.
"Yeah… That's the reason mostly." Atalanta looks over at the figure, Passionlip holding up two heavy-looking metal gauntlets… and big landmasses "Giving up finding someone as strong as her beside Heracles. Even then, I'm pretty sure that he'll lose."
Everyone simply gets into position as Passionlip easily pulls the rope back throwing Caesar, Shakespeare, and Edison into a pool of mud. It was a losing battle by far. Passionlip was a bit shy about it and quickly apologizes before running off.
'Servants… are scary sometimes. Even if they act like that.' Ritsuka thinks to himself.
(Class 2-B: 2 Wins. Class 2-A: 2 Wins)
"Oi. Ecchan. You sure you should be eating all of those sweets? You're going to give yourself a stomach ache right before the event." X comments bluntly while seeing her twin stuff herself with dango.
"I'm fueling myself for the event. You know that is how I do things that require a lot of physical activities. I can't function properly without the proper level of sugar. Now go back to the stands. I'll show you my power." Ecchan says with a motion that looks like she is psyching herself up though X is not as convinced but still leaves Ecchan to herself. She stuffs whatever sweets into her mouth as fast as she can before wiping her mouth.
"Ready! For the bread!" Ecchan exclaims making her way to the starting lane looking at her competition. Okita Alter gives a peace sign before waving at Okita, Nobu, and Ritsuka.
"I'm going to eat the bread first, Ecchan." Okita Alter looks fired off before getting into position with Ecchan remain silent gets into position.
"The battle of two gluttons…" Okita comments looking at the scene.
"First one to eat their bread and make it to the finish line wins! Get ready!" Romani announces with a starting pistol pointing in the air. "Start!"
The gun fires into the air as both alters ran as fast as they could towards the hanging bread. Okita Alter, however, was slightly faster as she was able to grab the bread slightly before Ecchan. However, Okita Alter took quite a bit of time to eat it while Ecchan eats it all in a few bites before running towards the finish line.
"Banzai!" Ecchan exclaims in a soft voice with her hands in the air as Okita Alter walks up to Okita and the others while eating her bread in a more relaxed manner now. She breaks a small piece and hands it to Ritsuka. He was a bit confused before accepting it and taking a piece.
"An indirect kiss!" Okita exclaims as Ritsuka and Okita Alter look at her with confusion about what she was talking about.
'There's the dense person we all know…' The usual group thinks giving Ritsuka and Okita Alter a deadpan look.
"Wow. Is Okita jealous of her younger self? That's a surprise!" Nobu exclaims in laughter.
"That's not what I meant! I was just surprised was all!" Okita yells before taking a deep breath. She looks over at Okita Alter who gives her a peace sign before seeing a piece of bread on Ritsuka's face and picks it with her finger and eats it. Okita gets rather irritated as she turns away to hide her frustrations.
"So many emotions over a piece of bread…' Ecchan comments before eating a piece of melon bread looking over at the scene. "Food is truly powerful."
(Class 2-B: 3 Wins. Class 2-A: 2 Wins)
Anastasia looks at the massive block of ice that Da Vinci created with one of her machines. She examines it a bit before starting to float and starts spinning around the massive block chipping at the side with a hammer and chisel giving off no sign of exhaustion.
Marie and Helena, on the other hand, were giving it their all when it came to their ice sculpture. Even with the one person advantage, the measurements and details for the ice sculpture had to be perfect if they had any chance to compete with Anastasia. They both worked on different sides of the massive block of ice with everyone at the stands quite interested in this new sport's event. No one made a sound to distract the artists.
Each ice sculpture was kept hidden by a massive tarp to give the element of surprise. Romani kept a look on his pocket watch for the timer while sitting next to Murasaki Shikibu who was going to determine the winner. Twenty minutes of dead silence in the summer heat later, the timer rings. Romani claps his hands as the curtains fall down revealing the ice sculptures.
Marie and Helena were the first ones to reveal their ice sculpture which was Marie riding a horse like how she does with her Noble Phantasm. A lot of people were quite surprised by the level of detail that it had. Marie and Helena looked quite happy about the creation that they made before looking at Romani and Murasaki who gave positive expressions.
Next was Anastasia's ice sculpture is a perfect replication of herself and the doll she carries around everywhere, Viy. The sculpture looks almost perfect in all directions with every little detail put into it. It also sparked a ton of emotion in the style of clothing and expression that Anastasia had. When everyone saw the level of detail it had, everyone looked dejected by the fact.
Though Murasaki took her time taking a look at both ice sculptures, expecting every inch of it. After ten minutes, she goes back to Romani and whispers it to his ear. Romani looks at both of the ice sculptures before picking out a microphone.
"After much discussion, a decision was made! The winner of the ice sculpture contest is Anastasia from Class 2-A!" Romani announces towards the audience though everyone realized it.
Anastasia walks over to the ice sculpture of Marie on her horse and looks at it. After a few moments, she takes a picture of it with her phone which definitely came as a surprise to Helena and Marie.
"She…" Marie starts off.
"... liked it?" Helena questions before the two of them look at each other before cheering.
"She liked it!" Both of them said to each other. This was a sign to them and the rest of the school. That it was definitely a close call as even Anastasia didn't even take a picture of her sculpture.
(Class 2-B: 4 Wins. Class 2-A: 3 Wins)
"Wow… I heard that Atalanta was fast… but that was just overkill." Ritsuka says walking towards the field and takes a seat with the Artoria Alter, Jeanne Alter, Okita, Okita Alter, and Nobu.
"Her speed is unmatched… except for one person. Luckily he's a 3rd year or else we might have been screwed." Nobu comments eating chips with Ritsuka catching interest. "Right… He's a 3rd year whose the fastest in the whole school. Achilles."
"How fast is he compared to Atalanta?" Ritsuka asks as the others look at each other.
"The thing is… we don't know how fast he is. He's never really shown his max speed but he's definitely faster than cars and such." Okita answers scratching her cheek.
Ritsuka turns a little pale by this fact but he shakes his head. "It's kinda overwhelming how amazing you guys are."
"You're not doing bad," Jeanne Alter says looking at her bento before pointing at Ritsuka. "You're still nowhere close to where I'm at!"
Ritsuka chuckles before looking for at Emiya before looking at a group of people walking over towards him. He sees three short girls wearing a school outfit similar to the Chaldea Academy uniform before seeing a tall figure with white hair and dark skin walking with a woman with long white hair that gave off a calming feeling.
"Emiya's family." Artoria Alter explains eating her burger with a blank expression. "There's one more… but most likely he's by himself."
"Does he not get along with them?" Ritsuka asks with the group looking at each other before all shaking their heads. He wanted to say something else but cuts himself off before going into his bag looking for his lunch to find nothing. "Eh…"
"Something wrong?" Okita Alter eats her dango with Ritsuka rummaging through his bag before letting out a sigh as he puts his hand over his face.
"I forgot my lunch…" Ritsuka lets out a sigh before lowering his head down.
"And you're about to go against Cu Alter in dodgeball? That sucks dude. I already ate my lunch. Sorry." Nobu says looking at her bag of chips which was now empty.
"It's fine… I'll just not eat." Ritsuka says placing his bag away.
"That's not good. You need to eat, otherwise, you won't have enough strength! I'll share my food with you." Okita exclaims using her chopsticks to picks up a piece of tamagoyaki before slowly putting it close to Ritsuka. "O-Open your mouth."
"H-Huh?" Ritsuka questions before eating the tamagoyaki. He takes a few bites before swallowing. "Wow! It's good! Did you make this Okita?"
"Y-Yeah. I did."
'The sly bastard…' Jeanne Alter thinks to herself before looking at her bento. She takes out a mini sausage with her chopsticks. "H-Here."
"H-Huh?" Ritsuka questions looking at Jeanne Alter.
"Oi! Don't get the wrong idea! I don't want you to lose miserably! So take it." Jeanne Alter says acting like a complete tsundere.
"S-Sure." Ritsuka takes a bite of the sausage before a sudden urge goes through him. It tasted both raw and overcooked at the same time. Ritsuka was terrified with what Jeanne Alter might do so he quickly chews it and swallowed it. He lets out a few heavy breaths before drink a bit of water.
"My cooking isn't that bad…" Jeanne Alter is offended by his reaction before eating another sausage before choking herself. She takes the water bottle out of Ritsuka's hands and chugs it down completely.
"Smooth…" Artoria Alter comments stuffing herself with more burgers before handing each of them a burger. "You both owe me one for this."
"Thank you…" Both of them said at the same time.
"I wanted to feed Ritsuka, too." Okita Alter comments preparing to give Ritsuka some food with everyone interferes.
"NO!"
In the middle of the track field, Da Vinci was standing in the middle with blueprints in her hand. She drops the blueprints before taking out a remote control and presses the big red button. A few moments afterward there was a huge explosion before a platform appears right in front of her with small platforms and poles.
"I didn't know that tag was a competitive sport. We had Cops and Robbers " Gudako comments walking over to the field.
"Apparently there's something called World Chase Tag. It's basically parkour with tag." Mashu said looking at her phone. "Perhaps that's why everyone chose the most nimble people."
"Sounds like something that Americans would make to promote fitness," Ritsuka says looking at the whole set. "There's no way that I'm nimble enough to go through all of this… Eugh."
"Senpai? Is something wrong?" Mashu looks over to see Ritsuka is looking a bit pale.
"It's… nothing wrong. I just feel a bit of pain in my stomach is all." Ritsuka comments looking over to see Nightingale standing in a position to make sure that no one dies after what had happened during the second event. "I'll be fine in a bit. Nothing to worry."
"I suggest that you sit. Your condition could affect how we win." Edmond comments placing his arm over Ritsuka's shoulder before walking towards the arena with Ushiwakimaru and Danzo.
"Get some rest, Ritsuka! Their dodgeball team is no joke." Ushi says with Danzo simply bowing before making their way to the platform. On the other side, three servants stood ready to oppose them. Medusa, Hassan of the Cursed Arm, and Ryougi Shiki (Her Assassin version).
"So how exactly does it work? Normal tag works with one person being it and they try to chase everyone else, right?" Nero asks as she was also new to this event.
"Basically it's a one versus one situation. So a person is it and tries to tag the other person on the team. They get timed and stops when they actually tagged the other player. Then the other person is it, also being timed. This goes for three rounds, alternating players. The team with the lowest time wins." Mashu explains rather simply to the group.
"Woah. You know a lot, Mashu." Ritsuka says rather impressed with the amount of knowledge that Mashu had.
"It's nothing special, Senpai. I just learned about it while I was thinking of what event I should be in."
"Yes. Bread Racing was definitely something you did great at." Tamamo comments with a chuckle as Mashu blushes in embarrassment. "I'm joking. Don't worry about it too much."
"Alright, everyone! First one is Edmond Dantes facing off against Hassan of the Friend Faces." Jeanne announces as both figures make their way to the middle of the arena. "Hassan will be the first to be it. Time will start with a bell. That is all. You may go to your corners."
Edmond and Cursed Arm make their way to the opposite corners getting ready to move. Jeanne makes her way out of the arena before holding out a gong handle before hitting the gong. Cursed Arm rushes towards Edmond who barely dodges it before running through the arena.
Edmond turns around before ducking down barely being touched by Cursed Arm before engulfing himself in magical energy before moving away. Edmond grits his teeth with keeping the magical energy surrounding him before start circling around Cursed Arm creating afterimages with his insane speed. Despite what he was facing, Cursed Arm gave a leveled head looking around him for an opening. He gets into position before rushing towards an afterimage barely missing Edmond. Cursed Arm tries again once again missing Edmond with the cloaked figure gives off a rather mocking grin. His boasting, however, would be his downfall as Cursed Arm extends his cursed arm, slightly tapping Edmond's arm with the bell ringing the end of the round.
"One minute and twenty-four seconds! Go back to your place with this time being Edmond Dantes' turn!" Jeanne announces as the contenders followed their instructions before hitting the Gong again.
Edmond wastes no time engulfing himself in energy before rushing towards Cursed Arm trying to get in a swift touch. Edmond was definitely irritated by his mistake does his best to reach towards Cursed Arm only for him to realize that he had dodges with Edmond tripping on one of the bars landing on the ground. Getting irritated, even more, he would engulf his body with the same magic before trying to get Cursed Arm again, once again, missing again.
The process repeated itself with while Edmond having the superior level of speed, Cursed Arm has the reaction time to dodge at the specific time to dodge his foes attack towards him. Edmond scowls as he zooms around Cursed Arm looking for a way to get him. It takes him a moment to think of a way before putting his plan into action.
"I don't need and mercy! My path goes beyond love and hate! Enfer Château d'if!" The energy surrounding Edmond grew even brighter and fiercer as he zooms towards Cursed Arm as he dodges it. Edmond lands on a bar and teleports straight at Cursed Arm grabbing his arm with a tight grip as both of them fell into the ground as the bell rings.
"One minute and forty-five seconds! Advantage Class 2-A by eleven seconds! Bring on the second pair of servants!" Jeanne announces.
"My failure is inexcusable. I apologize." Edmond says to the other two as Ushi passes by him.
"I'll take care of it from here. Luckily the difference isn't too great. You did good work so don't be so down." Ushi comments before making her way to the field facing off against Medusa.
"Ushiwakamaru will be the first one to chase. Please make your way to your corners." Jeanne says waiting for the two servants to follow through before slamming the gong starting the round.
Ushi is quite a nimble jumping-off platform to platform using the bars giving herself quite the amount of speed easily closing the distance with Medusa. Medusa, however, was no slouch when it comes to movability as she also jumps around trying her best to keep a reasonable amount of distance between her and her opponent.
The two jumped all over the field with neither of them letting up with Medusa looking over to see her older sisters, Euryale, and Steno watching the match with a bit of interest. Though she gets distracted as she slips up giving Ushi enough time to tag her as the bell rings.
"Fifty-seven seconds! Please make your way back to your corners. Medusa will be chasing Ushiwakamaru next!"
Medusa looks over at her sisters who both give looks of disappointment feeling dejected about her mistake. She notices that Ushi had walked up to her giving her a hand and pulled her up.
"Don't let a simple slip up stop you. Just push yourself up and keep moving forward." Ushi jumps back to her spot with Medusa thinking a bit about it before moving back to her corner. The gong rings again with Medusa rushes over at Ushi who is outpacing her by jumping off bars giving herself the speed advantage. It's a simple game of cat and mouse with neither of them really letting off an inch. Medusa suddenly gets an idea as she circles around Ushi and uses her eyes to stun Ushi in place before rushing in for the kill. However, she goes through Ushi to find her a few feet away, heavy in breath. Medusa zooms around before using her eyes again and goes in this time getting Ushi barely on the arm.
"One minute and ten seconds! Advantage Class 2-B by two seconds! Bring on the final contestants for the final round!"
Kato made her way to the arena facing off against Shiki. Both of them look straight at each other's eyes evaluating each other before Jeanne clears her throat.
"This is the final round. Ryougi Shiki will be the first chaser. Please make your way to your positions." Both complied with Jeanne's instructions quietly. Jeanne hits the gong and both figures disappeared with no one really being able to determine where each servant was at. However, the bell rang for a few short moments as Jeanne looks at the timer.
"15 seconds!" Jeanne exclaims as everyone was definitely shocked at the massive amount of speed that the two servants possessed. Jeanne lets out a sigh before smashing the gong. Kato had only 12 seconds to win the whole thing as both figures disappeared in massive balls of speed.
Though it was harder to see, the extremely fast figures were definitely moving a lot slower, most likely from their fierce chase with Shiki starting to slow down until everyone could see Kato tagging her barely on the hand.
"10 seconds! The winner of this fierce battle of speed and precision… Is Team 2-B!" Jeanne announces with the crowd being silent for a bit before a roar of cheers and excitement could be heard for many streets.
"It was an unfair advantage… Kato Danzo… Is an android after all." Tamamo comments with Ritsuka and Gudako exclaimed in shock.
"How ridiculous can you all get?!"
(Class 2-B: 5 Wins. Class 2-A: 3 Wins)
It was rough for the next two rounds. To save time, both archery and dodgeball happened at the same time. Robin Hood and Emiya got perfect scores on their archery with Ishtar slipping up slightly. However, the other team, William Tell, Tristan, and Emiya Alter all got perfect scores giving Class 2-A the win. And dodgeball was the harshest it as Cu Alter had almost the same strength as Lu Bu and was able to evade a lot of balls being thrown at him with ease. Ritsuka couldn't do much with him not having any real physical capabilities while Shuten Douji lost to one of the Cu bros that looked like the youngest out of four of them. Kintoki had tried to help her but gets hit by the robe version of Cu. The normal Cu and Melt were the only ones left facing off against Cu Alter, Arthur Pendragon, and Medb who was really offering support to the two. Cu gets completely destroyed getting smashed so hard in the face that Nightingale had to take him. Melt was surrounded by the two and she eventually loses.
(Lancer Dead Counter: 26)
(Class 2-B: 5 Wins. Class 2-A: 5 Wins)
Melt lets out a sigh as she walks out of the gymnasium with Ritsuka and the others. "That could have gotten a whole lot better."
"Y-Yeah…" Ritsuka comments groaning while rubbing his face which was swollen.
"Yo dude. You should put some ice on that. Luckily us Servants didn't take too much of a beating." Kintoki says before thinking to Cu Chulainn. "Man, that dude gets rekted on a daily basis."
"It's a sad fate for him… but his faith nonetheless. He'll recover." Shuten comments drinking from a water bottle… though the insides of it didn't look like water.
"Hey, Melt. I always see Shuten drinking something weird. Do you know what it is?" Ritsuka whispers to the purple-haired girl as the two looks at Shuten Douji who was currently hugging Kintoki out of nowhere.
"Everyone is thinking it's hard alcohol… or sake. One of the two. Honestly…" Melt looks at Shuten. "I'm leaning over to the sake side. It's a weird thing, really."
"You're telling me… I'm gonna get a soda for this. You want anything?" Ritsuka asks looking at Melt, Kintoki, and Shuten.
"Don't worry about me, boy. Just get something for you two. We have our own thing to do." Shuten pulls Kintoki as the two walk away.
"They just became way weirder then I thought…" Meltryllis comments before feeling a huge surge of energy behind her as both she and Ritsuka look to see a tall woman holding out a katana embedded in lightning staring at Kintoki and Shuten.
"Eh?" Ritsuka questions as the lady stares at him, with a shiver, goes down his spine. He moves aside as the lady simply smiles at him before walking slowly towards Kintoki and Shuten. The two turn around seeing the lady.
"Eh? Boss Raikou?! What are you doing here?" Kintoki exclaims in a loud voice.
"Mama came to check up on you after your big match, only to find you hanging around with girls like this?" Raikou comments looking straight at Shuten.
"A middle-aged lady comes in and starts spouting insults at me. Such a meanie." Shuten says in her usual soft voice but there is a hidden fierceness in her words.
"Oi hold on a minute! Calm down!" Kintoki exclaims looking at both figures.
"Hey… We should get out of here. I got a bad feeling about all of this." Melt exclaims says running off with Rituska following after before a massive surge of lightning strikes the area. "Jeez, that was close!"
"Y-Yeah." Ritsuka looks at Melt before chuckling a bit while out of breath.
"Oi. What's so funny?"
"It's nothing. It's just that this place is a blast! You're all amazing in your own right that leaves me speechless. That includes you, Melt." Ritsuka's words made Melt feel somewhat embarrassed before walking off. Ritsuka catches up before starting to wince at his injury.
"Let's go to head nurse. She can patch you up. Don't want the others to see what a sorry state that you're in." Melt comments looking away.
"Yeah."
"Is everyone all here?" Atalanta asks looking at all of her classmates and starts counting heads before nodding. "Alright. As you all know, we're tied with Class 2-A. Which means that we got one more event to decide the victor. Bo-Taoshi. Now I don't want to see any hesitation. We gotta win!"
"Yeah!" Everyone exclaims in a loud voice.
"I get a question. How is it different from normal Bo-Taoshi?" Ritsuka asks as everyone realizes something.
Atalanta thinks a bit about it before looking at Ritsuka. "It's like normal Bo-Taoshi but..."
"Oh thank god. Glad I know the rules."
"Hold on, one second." Emiya walks over to Ritsuka before putting his hand over his shoulder. "There is one difference between normal Bo-Taoshi and ours. Us Servants can use our Noble Phantasms."
"Huh?" Ritsuka questions with a blank expression.
"EH?!" Ritsuka exclaimed out loud while in the middle of the field. He looks at all the Heroic Spirits on both teams who were preparing their weapons while he just sat at a bench completely terrified. Someone touches his back as Ritsuka jumps a full 10 feet before turning around.
"Hey hey! You alright, Ritsuka?" Ritsuka realizes it was Romani as he calms down a bit. "Nervous? I would be after all. This is Bo-Taoshi."
"That's not really the problem. It's… everyone can use their noble phantasms. Meanwhile, I'm just the normal person that I am." Ritsuka lets out a dry smile.
"You are far from normal," Romani says before sitting down next to Ritsuka before looking at the sky. "You're definitely something. Only been here for two months and you've already changed so much. Your positive mindset has given people the courage they needed to try their hardest than ever before."
Ritsuka didn't really know what to say about that. He had heard that statement a bunch of times but he remained quiet and continued to listen to Romani.
"Your still human, like your sister. Compared to these Heroic Spirits, you guys really don't stand a chance against them face to face. Let alone take a Noble Phantasm in the face." Romani comments as he pulls out a skin-tight outfit and hands it to Ritsuka. "Da Vinci made this for you to make this a fair fight. You don't have to worry about the uniform. None of the Spirits are wearing their PE uniforms."
"Another mystic code? How is this going to help?" Ritsuka asks.
"Just put it on. I'll tell you how it works afterward." Romani comments as Ritsuka remains silent before going to the bathroom and comes back in a battle suit. He looks at what he's wearing. "It looks nice on you."
"It feels surprisingly comfortable," Ritsuka says walking around for a bit. "So how exactly is this going to help?"
"This mystic code is equipped with magic. So even if you're a human, you can help out your fellow classmates… Though you would only be more of a supportive role. It'll also absorb some damage so you can take blows. But both know that we'll try to take as least hits as possible." Romani explains before handing Ritsuka a piece of paper. "That'll tell you what to do. Though you are quite limited when you use them. Each power takes a considerable amount of time so plan carefully. Good luck Ritsuka."
Romani waves at Ritsuka before walking away. The boy looks at the paper before making a finger gun as a small ball of energy appears in his hand. He quickly pulls back before looking at the paper. Ritsuka remains silent before putting the paper in the pocket before running towards the field getting ready for placements.
"Hey!" Jeanne Alter walks over to Ritsuka. "Hurry up already. You're going to be ninja."
"Ninja? You sure that you should put such an important role on me?" Ritsuka asks with a hint of hesitation.
"Atalanta was the one who assigned it. So you're not useless out there, probably… Speaking of which, what's with the outfit?" Jeanne Alter comments examining Ritsuka's outfit
"It's a gift to me. You guys didn't have to worry about me out there." Ritsuka states before walking towards the field.
"Eh… What's got into him?" Jeanne Alter comments to herself as she follows Ritsuka to the field.
Ritsuka walks onto the field in his new outfit before looking straight at Gilgamesh. Both of them looked straight into each other's eyes.
"Your grasping at straws, Ritsuka. We're the ones that are going to take the win." Gilgamesh states in his usual cocky tone.
"That's where you're wrong. I know for a fact that we're gonna win. Especially with my hidden card up my sleeve." Ritsuka comments before extending his hand. "Though. Let the best one win."
"Hmph. Indeed." Gilgamesh shakes Ritsuka's hand before turning his back. A rare sight to everyone, as Gilgamesh has shown a high level of respect to someone. Both people made their way to their positions with both of them being Ninjas.
"Was this on purpose, Atalanta?" Fuma comments looking at the class rep.
"Both leaders of their own rights should be the last line of defense for their classes. What happened here… was just a coincidence." Atalanta comments getting ready in running position.
"The final event of Chaldea Academy's Sports Festival…" Everyone looks at the event with an antsy feeling as Romani raises his gun filled with blanks in the air. "Starts now!"
With the roar of the gun, the final battle has commenced.
Wassup my homies! This is NexusMHX here with another chapter of Chaldea Academy. So... I'm a whole month late. School came up... but to make up with everything, I came here with a big chapter. I did the whole Sport's Festival... (except Bo-Taoshi because I feel like I'm going to post way too late since my last update). I got a plan for the next few chapters which is gonna be quite interesting. It's gonna be going on a similar pace that Persona did and Acchi Kochi. Anyways no new Chaldea Station this chapter, I'm am tired as hell. I just wanted to get you guys this. This is NexusMHX signing off! If you enjoyed, make sure to give a follow/favorite/comment for more content. Stay Classy!