"The final event of Chaldea Academy's Sports Festival…" Everyone in the crowd looked at the field with anticipation. Romani raised his starter pistol in the air with a serious glance on his face. "Starts now!"
Romani pulls the trigger in the air, signaling the beginning of the end of this massive struggle.
Chaldea Academy
By: NexusMHX
Chapter 11: Toppling the Pillar
Heracles was the one who to start rushing over to 2-B crashing with Lu Bu. Both Berserkers gripping each other in a massive deadlock in the middle of the field. Both of the massive warriors did their best to push each other that they started headbutting each other shaking the area slightly around the two.
"Jeez! Those two are just going crazy!" Ritsuka folds his arms doing his best to stay on the pillar before looking down. "Kintoki, Cu! Are you alright down there?"
"We're fine bro. It's just that Herc is going a bit crazy is making this a bit shaky." Kintoki grunts trying to keep the pillar stable.
"We can keep it like this. We need something that can help us!" Atalanta runs to the side and jumps in the air ready to aim at Lu Bu only to be knocked back by Chiron's arrow. "Tsk. I figured as much."
The group notices that Class 2-A has started taking formations and is charging towards the Class 2-B servants who are still getting knocked over. Ritsuka grunts while looking over at the two Berserkers again.
"I have to do something!" Ritsuka makes his right hand shaped like a gun as an energy blast charges up at the fingertips which force almost everyone to react in shock. "GANDR!"
Ritsuka shoots the bolt of energy straight at Lu Bu stunning him for a few seconds which were enough for Heracles to gain the advantage and punch Lu Bu straight out of the field, crashing into one of the buildings.
"Oi! Red Card! Red Card!" Da Vinci exclaims while holding said red card while Romani and Jeanne are holding her back.
"Resume the match!" Romani yells out before looking at Ritsuka with a smile. Ritsuka nods firmly before looking at his classmates.
'10 minutes…' Ritsuka thinks to himself while taking out the paper.
"Ritsuka… Always surprising me." Artoria Alter comments before looking at her teammates. "What are you all standing here for? Ritsuka has cleared the way for us! Attack!"
The students of Class 2-B were smacked into reality by Artoria Alter's words before nodding. Artoria Alter turns around and sees Artoria standing right in front of her.
"Ritsuka is definitely quite surprising… He seems to somehow one-up everything that he does." Artoria comments looking at Ritsuka.
"He's a wild card for us. Your class is quite unlikely to have him as an enemy." Artoria Alter readies Excalibur Morgan about to face her counterpart. "We will show you our true power. Here and now."
"Very well then. Let us see how is truly the strongest." Artoria readies Excalibur. Both swordswomen charges straight at each other clashing their blades.
"Artoria Alter is stronger then her normal version however normal Artoria has more well balanced with her strikes." Enkidu comments looking at the scene while standing next to the pillar with Gilgamesh stands on the pillar. "We also got to worry about Heracles. He's going to be our biggest problem at this rate."
"Hmph. Don't worry about the beast. Just simply keep watch, Enkidu." Gilgamesh folds his arms while on the pillar.
Artoria Alter engulfs her sword in dark energy and slams it down. Artoria narrowly dodges it before swinging her sword at Artoria Alter slicing her shoulder. Both of them jump back before rushing back in to strike each onslaught of heavy and power slices that Artoria could only dodge or block rarely having chances of counterattacking.
"Hmph." Artoria Alter comments before charging her Noble Phantasm. Artoria quickly realizes the situation that she was in and she beings to charge her Noble Phantasm.
"And here we have the first Noble Phantasm clash between Artoria and her Altered self!" Romani says in the microphone.
"Excalibur!"
"Excalibur Morgan!"
Both of them released their blasts with all of their might with a massive impact that pushed a few of the servants back. The clash of both Noble Phantasms knocked both Artorias back a few feet.
"Jeez. They're pulling out the big guns at the very beginning. I'm definitely not going through that." Robin Hood comments before putting on his hood, vanishing from the chaos.
"This is just pure chaos. How are we going to be able to topple over to pillar at this rate?!" Ritsuka exclaims.
"We just got to do it somehow. Some of us how Noble Phantasms that can cover a huge area though we might have to hit our own guys." Kintoki comments.
"... Then message Class Rep! Have them spread out so that our AOE users can shoot out while our forces dodge!" Ritsuka looks over at Ishtar. "Ishtar! Tell that to Atalanta!"
"F-Fine! I get it!" Ishtar exclaims floating over towards Atalanta who was busy shooting a few opposing servants. Ishtar swiftly whispers Ritsuka's plan before nodding.
"We don't have any other choice. Everyone! Spread out and prepare for impact!" Atalanta shouts jumping a few feet back. She carefully waits for all of her allies to get into position before charging an arrow and points it in the air. "It's time for the hunt! This is an offering of the two Goddesses! Phoebus Catastrophe!"
Atalanta shoots an arrow into the air. A moment passes before arrows start raining from above, striking down the whole field. Servants from 2-A were getting pierced while the servants from 2-B were better prepared for this Noble Phantasm as only a few of them got hit.
"Well that went better then I thought it would. That person… is the pinnacle of insanity.!" Emiya exclaims before raising his arms, projecting a few swords in front of him to block attacks from the younger-looking Cu Chulainn. Emiya summons out a bow before aim it straight at the swords with Cu Chulainn breaks through them. "Caladbolg!"
"What the hell?!" Cu Chulainn exclaims before getting exploded by Emiya's Noble Phantasm, crashing into a wall.
(Lancer Dead 25 → 26)
"Ransa ga shinda!" Okita coughs blood.
"Kono hito de nashi!" Nobu exclaims.
"Wrong one!" Ishtar yells out.
"Isn't that joke getting old?!" The normal Cu Chulainn yells out while hanging onto the pole.
"LIKE HELL WE'RE STOPPING!" Everyone yells with Cu Chulainn lets out a cry of sadness.
"Oh come on! Can't ya just give me a break?! I already have enough trouble as it is!" Cu Chulainn exclaims before seeing two servants coming towards the group. "Oi! Incoming!"
The two look over to see Arash and Ozymandias walking towards the pole with Cu and Kintoki starting to freak out.
"Oi! Arash! Don't be so crazy!" Kintoki panics a bit.
"A sad fate that you are to be toppled here and now, Ritsuka Fujimaru! Truly, you are a foe worthy of such an exit." Ozymandias lets out with a firm nod. He looks over at Arash who readies her bow.
"School Nurse will take care of you Ritsuka. Sorry but we're not going to let this go!" Arash says with the servants realize what was going and the defensive servants started going after the group but none of them were going to make it in time.
"Damn it… Is it going to end like this?! Do something! La Grondement Du Haine!" Jeanne Alter yells slamming her sword into the ground as flames shoot straight towards Arash and Ozymandias faster then anyone is rushing over.
"O' My Good Willed Sacred Master. O' Lord of Brightness who bestows all of his power, sanctity, and wisdom to me." Arash starts to chant his Noble Phantasm before groaning in pain. "See clearly my heart, my thoughts, and my skill. Now, O' being who created the moon and stars… Behold my deeds, my death, my spenta armaiti which I must carry out. Stella!"
Arash shoots his arrow straight at the pillar just before Jeanne Alter's Noble Phantasm burns him along with the spears knocking him away. However, it was too late with the arrow exploding right in front of the pillar with a huge blast of energy pushes everyone back no matter how far away on the field they were.
"Damn it… Ritsuka wasn't a servant! There was no way that he's living that!" Ishtar yells out with a massive cloud of smoke hindered everyone's vision.
"The mongrel…" Gilgamesh comments looking at the cloud of smoke with Clairvoyance. "Hmph. As expected of him. He's alive. The battle is far from over."
"Gil?" Enkidu questions his friend. The cloud of smoke lifts up with the pillar remaining up and Ritsuka, Cu, and Kintoki were alright. "H-How?"
"Dust of Osiris…" An aura that was surrounding the group disappeared as Ritsuka. He lets out a few heavy breaths before wiping his brow. He looks over the see fire around him. "That… was way too close for comfort."
"Arash!" Ozymandias yells out holding the body of his fallen comrade.
"Ozy… I leave the torch to you. And Ritsuka. You were able to protect yourself from my Noble Phantasm. Simply amazing." Arash says before Nightingale takes him to the medical ward to be treated. Ozymandias shakes his head before standing up facing Ritsuka. He walks forward before Melt appears right in front of him.
"We're not going to let you pull a stunt like that after what just happened. I'll take care of you." Melt says before looking at Ritsuka. "It's too dangerous to be this far behind. You should go on ahead."
"Y-Yeah. We should. You two able to do that?" Ritsuka asks as the two servants nod. "Thanks, Melt! This means a lot!
"Be quiet and hurry up already, idiot!" Melt yells before walking towards Ozymandius.
"Oh? You're approaching me? Instead of being with Ritsuka, you're coming closer?" Ozymandius says with a smile.
"I can't defeat you without coming closer," Melt says walking closer to Ozymandius.
"Oh ho?! Then come as close as you like." Ozymandias walks towards Melt with Ritsuka getting some weird vibes off that.
"Is that a reference to something? I feel like it is." Ritsuka wonders to himself. The servants pick up the pillar and move closer towards the field, near some of their allied servants.
Emiya looks straight at the pole to see he had a clear path and rushes straight in. He summons Kanshou and Bakuya in his hands before coming near Enkidu and Gilgamesh.
"I was expecting you to be the one to come here, Shirou Emiya." Gilgamesh states as Enkidu prepares himself. "No. Enkidu. I will deal with him. You would handle the Useless Goddess."
"Who the hell are you calling Useless Goddess?!" Ishtar states floating next to Emiya. "Now I'm pissed! I'm going to kick your ass till next week!"
"Come and try." Enkidu zooms away with Ishtar shooting blasts at him before flying in that direction.
"That leaves the two of us… However, let's find a more suitable frontier." Emiya says before extending his arm out.
"What are you playing at?" Gilgamesh opens up his Gate of Babylon before shooting multiple Noble Phantasms straight at Emiya. He responds with a purple barrier in front of him to temporarily protect him.
"I am the bone of my sword! Steel is my body and fire is my blood. I have created over a thousand blades. Unknown to death. Nor to life. Have withstood pain to create these blades." Emiya says as the barrier protecting shatters from the number of blades that he made. "So… As I pray! Unlimited Blade Works!"
"A Reality Marble?" Gilgamesh looks around with interest. The field had turned into a glorified wasteland with swords lying everywhere.
"It's not much. But if a key element to a Heroic Servant is their Noble Phantasm, then this Reality Marble is my Noble Phantasm." Emiya readies his twin swords. "Come King of Heroes! This is the final showdown!"
"Hmph." Gilgamesh shoots Noble Phantasms at Emiya who uses nearby swords to shoot to clash the weapons. The few stragglers had Emiya have to dodge some of the blows before getting out his bow and shoots different swords trying to hit his opponent. Gilgamesh simply responds by shooting more Noble Phantasms to protect himself.
"This is getting nowhere!" Emiya grunts running towards to Gilgamesh, slicing through any Noble Phantasm that is about to hit him while not even focusing on the other Noble Phantasms and simply jumps through. Gilgamesh opens more portal as chains try to wrap around Emiya with arrows shot the chains out of nowhere.
"What?! Who dare?!" Gilgamesh looks behind him to see Robin Hood with a few crossbow traps as some of them pierce Gilgamesh. Irritated, Gilgamesh shot Noble Phantasms at him. Robin jumps back but gets a grazed on a few parts of his legs dropping to the ground. "That's enough! I had enough of this!"
Gilgamesh opens up a portal and takes out Ea before pointing it straight at Ritsuka. "Arash may have tried but you don't have another invincibility."
"Oh no…" Ritsuka comments looking for a way. "Uh, guys move!"
"We can't move so fast with a frickin pillar on us!" Cu yells out still trying his best.
"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 chants before shooting a massive beam.
"Don't forget about me!" Emiya yells as a bunch of swords from everywhere forming what looked to be a beam that clashes with Enuma Elish. Each sword that touched the beam got obliterated but more and more swords kept on pushing the beam back.
"Emiya…" Ritsuka comments before gritting his teeth and jumps down from the pillar and runs towards him.
"Hey! What the heck are you doing?!" Kintoki yells out. Ritsuka didn't listen as he ran through the crowd of servants. The servants from Class 2-A did their best to intercept him while his classmates did their best to keep them at bay.
"Force!" Ritsuka yells out making his hand into a fist and shoots it at Emiya as his power suddenly increases with all of the swords start to push Enuma Elish back.
"What?! I'm losing to a mongrel like you?!" Gilgamesh says before increasing the power towards the blast.
"Heracles! Toss me into the sky!" Ritsuka yells towards his Berserker classmate. He nods before pushing Cu Alter back and runs up and grabs Ritsuka and tosses him into the yell with a massive roar. Ritsuka flips into the air flying straight towards Gilgamesh. "Gandr!"
Heyo everyone! This is NexusMHX here with another episode of Chaldea Academy. Before I say anything, I'm not going to do Chaldea Station until after this arc is finished. I have something planned for this (going to be the next three chapters so it's going to be fun). I gave Ritsuka his Battle Mystic Code, with his attack and stun skill but the problem was order change which I thought wouldn't have made sense in this so I gave him Dust of Osiris which would make much more sense when Romani gave it to him, just so he can be able to fight with his classmates. I swear to god if you guys talk about the JoJo joke in here. I made that on a whim. I made the chapter really simple, and other such so I hoped you guys enjoyed this episode of Chaldea Academy. If you enjoyed it, please make sure to follow, favorite, and comment for more content. This is NexusMHX signing off! Stay Classy!