Hello, here is the next chapter everyone!
In this chapter, we get a bit of time between Fiona and Lancer and then some action.
But before we get into the story I would like to address some reviews.
First off to LilithDCLXVI: Thank you for pointing out my mistakes I will try and fix them in the future, I like it when people point out little things like that so I can adjust and improve my story later it's so hard to miss the little mistakes that slip by during chapter making.
Next, AmatsuKitsune: First I like the idea of summoning both Medusa and Ozymandius as Lancer and Rider but unfortunately I have planned for Cu Chulainn to stay as Lancer but under a different master. I have made notes though so I might do a future story with your suggestion, just have to wait and see!
Your next suggestion about Sakura is good but she's gonna be the master of rider either way in my book so no worries there and I have plans for the Matou family, and yes Illya will stay the same with Berserker as her servant and your words on Shirou...
I was planning to do a female Shirou! So, Archer Emiya is gonna be in for a huge shock! I hope you like my little spoiler.
And regarding the Rider problem, I have put much thought and debate into it while editing my plot in a few areas and I have decided to stick with Medusa, sorry to those who wanted Ozymandius in the story.
I do NOT own Harry Potter or the Fate Series, just my Oc's and story idea!
Here we go!
CHAPTER 6: Talks and Action
TOHSAKA MANOR
NIGHT TIME
It was quiet in Tohsaka home as Amaris awoke from her slumber, she groans blinking her eyes of sleep as she felt movement beside her. Grunting she rolled over to see her king asleep but it was not a restful one, his face was tense as his eyes twitched behind his eyelids at his nightmare concerning Amaris as she sat up and tried to wake him up.
"Gilgamesh? Gil? Gilgamesh!" Amaris almost shouted making Gilgamesh snap awake with a gasp and bolt up into a sitting position.
"Gilly?" Amaris asked using one of their childhood nicknames making him turn to her.
"Amary," Gilgamesh said a turmoil of emotions in his eyes before he moved and embraced her.
Amaris wrapped her arms around his shoulders as he buried his face into her neck, she could feel his shoulders shaking.
"That must have been some nightmare," Amaris said as she rubbed his back helping him to calm down.
After a few minutes, Gilgamesh calmed down and pulled back letting Amaris hold his cheek.
"Do you want to talk about it?" Amaris asked making Gilgamesh shake his head.
"No, it was just a nightmare, a silly little nightmare," Gilgamesh said as Amaris frowns but nods.
"Alright," She said before placing a gentle kiss on his lips making him respond in kind.
They pulled apart and settled back down into the bed, Amaris hums before saying "Rest well, my love,"
"Sweet dreams my queen," Gilgamesh said as he watched Amaris fall asleep, he released the sigh he was holding back.
He lied when he said it was nothing, a silly little nightmare, a nightmare that was all too real. His nightmare had been him reliving Amari's death, he had felt so powerless so useless! He bit back his growl as he got his anger under control, he would not let her die again. His nightmare would stay just that from now on, a nightmare. She was here and with him, she was safe in his arms and he would make sure it stayed that way.
He leans over placing a kiss on her forehead, he pulls back to watch as the moonlight from the window washed over her making her skin and hair glow under its light.
"I love you, my moon goddess," Gilgamesh said as he lay his head back down and slowly drifted off to the lands of sleep once more.
MEANWHILE
WITH LANCER AND FIONA
Fiona sighs as she sat in her hotel room in the Fuyuki Hyatt Hotel, she was tired after the whole fiasco with Berserker and Saber yesterday night not to mention the Archer pair turning up like that.
"Master? Are you alright?" Lancer asked as he materialized in the room from his patrol holding something in his grasp.
"Hm? Oh, I'm fine, just thinking about the battle yesterday, I didn't expect to see a paired Archer unit in this war considering how rare paired units are and how strong Berserker was," Fiona said as she leans over and poured herself a simple glass of lemonade, her uncle refused to let her drink alcohol until she was 18.
"It is a surprise, but I feel honored that I got to fight the king of knights himself," Lancer said as he walked over to his master.
"It was a fight to behold, I can't wait for the rematch," Fiona said before noticing what Lancer was holding.
"Is that a strawberry cheesecake?" Fiona asked her eyes lighting up, she loved strawberry cheesecake!
"Yes, I saw that is was on the menu for the week and ordered some for you," Diarmuid said with a smile.
Diarmuid was then shocked when his master jumped up and hugged him while thanking him for the treat, in her excitement Fiona pulled back and kissed his cheek before taking her treat and sitting back down to eat it with a smile on her face while the lancer servant stood in shock before his face flushed red.
'Did, did that just happen?' Diarmuid thought a hand coming up to hold his right cheek where Fiona kissed.
He shook his head as he willed his blush away, he looked back at his master as she ate and was nearly finished with her treat when an alarm went off.
"Huh? A fire alarm?" Fiona said putting her plate down and getting up.
Lancer stood tense as he summoned his spears in case of an attack as the phone went off, Fiona moved over and answered it.
"Hello? Yes...I understand," Fiona said before putting the phone down and turning to Lancer.
"Someone started a fire in the lower levels of the hotel, an evacuation has been ordered," Fiona said as Lancer narrowed his eyes.
"An attack?" He asked tensely.
"Could be, let us evacuate I will not take any chances I can feel my uncle leaving the building so at least he's safe," Fiona said making Lancer nod as Fiona made her way over to the door.
Just as her hand touched the door handle a rumble was heard as explosions went off, the room shook making Fiona yell as she felt the building starting to fall.
"Fiona!" Lancer yelled moving to cover her with his body as her mana flares as the building crashed down around them.
Fiona growls as she activated a shield which protected them, she kept it up until the shaking stopped. Opening her eyes Fiona saw Lancer holding her close, she blushed a bit before nudging Lancer who nods pulling back as her shield dropped letting them see the destruction around them.
"My God," Lancer said as he stood up and helped his master up.
The building was in ruins around them, the explosion had collapsed the building and they were now on the ground level. Fiona patted herself down as she looked at the damage, if not for Lancer and her shield then this attack might have had a chance at killing her but thankfully she was still alive and breathing.
"There's only one mage who would do something like this, Kitsurugi Emiya, the mage killer, looks like he was hired to take me out or," Fiona said looking around.
"Or what?" Lancer asked as Fiona began moving making her way over to a safe area and away from the rubble so they won't get caught.
"Or the mage killer is a master in this war, tell me Lancer did you sense any command seals on the Einzburn?" Fiona asked.
"I sensed command seals nearby but not from the Einzbern," Lancer said as he moved to help his master over some rubble.
"I see-Ah!" Fiona said only to yell as she lost her footing and fell backward.
Lancer moved and caught his master with ease in the bridal hold and out of reflex Fiona's arms wrapped around Lancer's neck, the skin on skin contact made a small shock run through both of them. Fiona's cheeks flushed pink as Lancer seemed to be in a daze before shaking his head as he set Fiona down.
"Thank you, Diarmuid," Fiona said her cheeks returning to normal.
"Your welcome, master," Diarmuid said before sensing other people approaching.
"Master, we need to move," He said making Fiona nod as they quickly left the site before anyone could find them.
MEANWHILE
AT THE CHURCH
Amaris chuckles as she sat on the sofa in Kirei's office at the church, they had come here after Gilgamesh discovered some nice wine Kirei had stashed away. So, in their modern-day clothing, they were enjoying the wine. It was good and thankful not having that much effect on them due to their heritage but it made them relax a bit. Gilgamesh was laying across the sofa with his head on her lap, she smiled taking a sip of her drink as the door opens and Kirei enters.
He quickly took notice of them saying "Archer, Amaris,"
"There are far fewer bottles here than in Tokiomi's room but of higher quality, I must say that's some apprentice he has," Gilgamesh said as Amaris smiled.
"What do you want?" Kirei asked cautious of Archer, he knew Amaris as Emily but it still amazed him to see how much she had changed after regaining her memories.
She had gone from a quiet woman to a confident one with an aura of warmth and it made Kirei feel relaxed, he also felt the need to protect her yet he did not understand why.
"Apparently there are those in this other than ourselves who have an abundance of time on their hands," Gilgamesh said as Kirei walked further into the room.
"What do you mean?" Kirei asked wondering what he was going on about.
"Otherwise a master existing under the kind protection of the church would hardly need to wonder about," Gilgamesh said as Kirei looked away and went over to the bottles on the floor.
"I don't know what you're talking about," Kirei said as he starts cleaning some of the bottles up.
"Are you dissatisfied with your master? Gilgamesh," Kirei asked as Gilgamesh hums while Amaris finished her glass of wine.
"Tokiomi invited me to this world and maintains my form here, his greeting was worthy of my elevated station so I felt that I had to respond to that, but I never expected he would be such a dull and boring person," Gilgamesh said as Amaris chuckles.
'Try being his apprentice for the first years of magic training, his lectures could get sleeping inducing when he got into it' Amaris sent her husband making him stiffen a chuckle of his own.
"So you are unhappy with him as your master," Kirei said walking over to them.
"He wants to reach the vortex of the root, what a boring plan not to mention tedious," Amaris said leaning over Gilgamesh, ignoring his happy hum at being slightly squashed by her chest, to pick up the wine bottle and refill her glass, she leans back taking a sip of the wine before looking at Kirei.
"The unflinching desire for the Root is unique to mages, it's not for outsiders to comment upon, in a sense the path to the Root is a path to an escape from this world. For us, who are interested only in the world itself it may well be a tedious plan," Kirei said as Amaris held up her glass gazing into the red liquid within.
"Is that so? True, I am full of love for this universe that is my personal playground, I have no interest in realms outside my dominium, this Root of yours does not concern me in the least," Gilgamesh said looking up at the wine glass his queen held and smile.
"Perhaps, but the grail is not a device specifically designed to seek the Root when we say that it is omnipotent we mean that it has limitless potential to alter even the reality of the material world," Kirei explained which made Amaris on edge.
'A device like that, it is too deadly for mortal hands' Amaris thought as she took a sip and looked at Kirei
"So your saying, the other masters have motives, other than Tokiomi, for wanting to obtain the Holy Grail?" Gilgamesh asked with interest.
"Tokiomi is an archetypal mage and at the same time extremely orthodox, what the other masters seek is one form or another of success here in the material world, prestige, desires, power," Kirei said making Amaris glance at her husband, she knew someone else who liked those things.
"I know someone else who loves those things," Amaris said in a teasing tone making Gilgamesh smirk.
"Yes, but not as much as my love for you my queen," Gilgamesh said making Amaris blush lightly.
"You are a king who rules over the profane and the vulgar, Gilgamesh," Kirei said making Amaris remember the days of Gilgamesh's youth and rebellious stage, it was indeed vulgar but more in the way of Gilgamesh pissing his teachers off to go and visit her, ah, the good old days.
"So, what is it that motivates you? Kirei?" Amaris asked finished her drink and looking at Kirei.
Gilgamesh took a sip of his own drink and looked at the priest.
"What do you want from the Holy Grail?" Gilgamesh asked making Kirei blink confusedly.
"Me? Nothing, I have no real desire for it," Kirei said.
"I seriously doubt that Kirei, doesn't the Holy Grail call only those masters who it considers worthy of possessing it?" Amaris asked tilting her head, surely he had some form of desire?
"So they say, but why did it choose me? I have no ideal or other desire, so why choose me for this battle?" Kirei asked wether at himself or to the couple before him was unclear.
"No ideal or other desire? Then why not simply wish for something like joy?" Gilgamesh asked as he sat up and wrapped an arm around Amaris's shoulders.
Kirei seemed to glare at them saying "Ridiculous! Wish for joy? You'd as me too long for something that blasphemous and sinful!"
Amaris raised an eyebrow at his outburst, that was the most outrage she had seen out of him since meeting Kirei.
"Blasphemous and sinful you say? That's going a little far, isn't it? Why the connection between joy and sin?" Gilgamesh asked looking at Kirei.
Kirei narrows his eyes saying "Well, I,"
"True, joy gained by evil means could be considered sinful, but joy may be attained through good deeds as well, what kind of philosophy calls joy itself a sin? It's absolutely ludicrous," Gilgamesh said as Amaris put her empty glass down.
"Joy is another quality that I lack, I seek it but never find it," Kirei said glancing at the floor.
'Looks like we need to teach Kirei a few things my dear' Amaris sent her husband who nods and looks at Kirei with a smirk.
"Kirei Kotomine, I find myself interested in you," Gilgamesh said confusing the young priest.
"What do you mean?" Kirei asked as Amaris pointed at the chair beside the sofa.
"It's as exactly as he meant it, Kirei, you are an interesting person and a mystery," Amaris said as Kirei stared at them for a moment before moving and sitting down on the chair while watching them carefully.
"True joy you see, might be thought as a form of the soul, the question isn't whether it exists or not but whether you know it, Kirei, you have yet to see what form your soul has taken, that's what it actually means when you claim you lack joy in your life," Gilgamesh said seeming to set something off with Kirei.
"You're just a mere servant and you dare sit there and lecture me?" Kirei said with a glare.
"Don't get cocky, Kirei, friend or not, I will strike you for your words of disrespect towards royalty," Amaris said her tone of voice calm and sweet though her aura gave off killer intent making Kirei stiffen.
"I am a king who has tasted all the pleasures the world has to offer, hold your tongue and listen before my queen slices your tongue out," Gilgamesh said refilling his drink.
"Kirei, you are to learn what pleasure is, look first to the outside, I know, why not begin by joining Amaris and me in our entertainment?" Gilgamesh said while leaning back and kissing Amaris's cheek.
"I have no time to waste on pointless trivialities," Kirei said looking less than amused by Gilgamesh's suggestion.
"You can do it between the jobs Tokiomi assigns you, so your not really doing anything wrong or time-wasting Kirei," Amaris said which was true.
"To begin with, your task is to keep watch over the five other masters, Isn't that correct?" Gilgamesh said making Kirei look away.
"What of it?" Kirei asked.
"You should investigate not only their plans but their motivations for obtaining the grail as well then give that information to us," Gilgamesh said glancing at the priest before looking at his queen admiring her as the candlelight danced across her beautiful features.
"That would be possible if I ask the Assassins, but Archer, what does any of that matter to you?" Kirei asked looking at Gilgamesh snapping the king from his observing.
"I already told you, I enjoy watching humans, one or two of them should be interesting enough to keep my Queen and I entertained for a while, compared to that dull Tokiomi at least," Gilgamesh said finishing his wine and placing the glass down.
Kirei signs relenting to the request and said "Very well Archer, I will accept, but it will take some time to do it,"
"That is fine, we will await your findings Kirei," Amaris said holding her king's hand as they both vanished leaving Kirei alone in his office and alone to his thoughts.
AMARIS'S ROOM
"Kirei sure is an interesting mongrel," Gilgamesh said laying on Amaris's bed in only a pair of black pajama pants as she changed into a black nightgown.
"He was always a strange one, he just seems like a part of him is sealed away," Amaris said walking over to the bed and climbing on.
Gilgamesh moved to let them both climb under the covers, the king wrapped his arms around Amaris holding her close as her head rested on his chest. She hums feeling his warmth, it always relaxed her and made her feel safe.
"The mongrel will need some work but he would be an interesting retainer to have," Gilgamesh said with a smirk as Amaris chuckles.
"Let's talk about that in the morning, Gil, for now, let's rest I get the sense the next few days will be hectic," Amaris said making Gilgamesh hum.
"Very well, I learned long ago to listen to you and your senses on certain matters," Gilgamesh said remembering the many times in the past when Amaris's sixth sense for trouble had saved his behind more than he could count.
"As you should, it's my job to make sure you don't hurt yourself by being an idiot and getting carried away with things," Amaris chuckled as Gilgamesh shot her a playful glare.
"Oi! I don't get carried away with things," Gilgamesh said while Amaris looked up at him with a raised eyebrow.
"Need I remind you about the 5 training grounds you and Enkidu destroyed? Or that one time in the mountains where we got lost on a hunting trip in our youth and nearly destroyed half the forest after you awoke a demonic beast or that," Amaris said only to be cut off by Gilgamesh kissing her.
He pulled back a small blush on his cheeks saying "I see your point, though I will never regret getting carried away in my love for you, Amaris, my queen,"
"I will never regret it either, Gilgamesh, my beloved king, my little charmer," Amaris said smiling as they shared another kiss before settling down.
As the king and queen slept away, entering the world of dreams, in another part of the city a figure moved through the streets. The light from the street lamps showed that it was Alexis on a midnight stroll, she was humming a small tune as she carried a bag of recently brought items.
Unaware of the figure in the shadows watching her, following her, the figure hidden by shadows smirks moving closer to the unsuspecting mage, who was the none the wiser of her little follower.
Done!
Sorry for not updating in a while, I've been busy with college work and assessments not to mention exams. (Why do maths exams give you such a headache?)
Anyway, in the next chapter, Amaris learns of the cease-fire and is invited to a banquet.
Until then, SaberbladePrime signing out!