Notes
It has been about four to five months since I wrote this, but I'm back to writing on this. However, my writing completely became rusty so I have tried my best to write this story but it could become rarely active since I got some plan on writing another story at the back of my head.
For example, a crossover fanfiction between Kamen Rider Saber and Granblue Fantasy because it's honestly a good mix to write since I think both genres are fantasy even though I'm going to write this storyline just like the collaboration like Demon Slayer, Doraemon, Gintama, Persona 5, Street Fighter, Tales of (series), etc.
As for this story, I already planned to choose any specific riders to be in the main singularity and events and I already planned to create my version of singularity for the specific riders, which is going to be after this arc. However, for this chapter, I'm not sure if you're going to hate this chapter because it's stupid so I might or might not rewrite it.
If you spot any grammar or spelling errors, I will improve them in this story.
Disclaimer
I don't own any characters from both Kamen Rider and Fate Franchise as both belong to their respective owners except my OC.
A Moment Prior Before
As Cu finished off the last remaining supernatural creature, he pulled his spear out of it as it fell to the ground. He looked back to see that Ghost, who was in Billy the Kid Damashii, and Beast had finished defeating them and then turned to the battle where Ritsuka and his group were at. He hoped that the kid would stay alive a little longer as he felt a faint presence of the enemy servants from the far distance.
"Cu!"
Cu turned to Ghost.
"We need to regroup with Ritsuka right now," said Ghost.
"I already know that ghost boy," Cu scoffed. "But yeah, We should go right now."
The trio began to move in a hurry to their group. While they were running, Beast turned his head behind to see for a moment to spot any supernatural creatures ambushing towards them from their back but noticed something burning in the sky that shaped like a person. He stopped at the track and turned around to look up. He squinted his eyes to identify the silhouette in the sky. Ghost and Cu stopped at their track as they noticed him standing behind them when they looked back. They were curious about Beast's current behavior.
"What the hell are you looking at?" Cu questioned Beast as he followed his gaze to the sky.
"Beast, what's wrong?" Ghost asked in his worried tone as he looked up to the sky where Beast was looking at.
"Someone is flying in the sky but I had a terrible feeling that she or he is not friendly," Beast answered, feeling uncomfortable at looking at the silhouette in the sky while preparing his weapon.
"You're right…" Cu agreed with Beast as he felt ominous by looking at the sky but noticed that it was heading towards them and it turned out to be a flame comet. He shouted in panic, "Move!"
The trio began to run as fast as they could to be out of the range that the comet might impact upon reaching the ground. As Cu turned his head to take a peak, it already reached the surface of the ground.
"Shit!"
1431
New Orleans, France
Phoenix raised his broadsword at both Kamen Riders and Chaldea and began to rush towards them for an attack. He jumped up in the air and swung it down at Artoria but, Wizard intercepted by raising his sword to block his attack. Both of their swords clashed with each other with a loud clang noise. It was locked for a moment until Wizard pushed Phoenix away by swinging his sword forward in a vertical line. Phoenix leaped back from him and landed on the spot beside Samson further away from himself.
'What kind of strength Phoenix had possessed?' Wizard thoughts as he glanced at Phoenix while readying his sword and moved to his fighting stance. He never felt much pressure from Phoenix's broadsword even though he did fight with him in the past and considered him to be the most formidable phantom.
Beast groaned in soreness from being crushed to the ground and slowly stood up with his left hand on the ground while his right hand grabbed his saber from the ground. He swept the dirt and dust away from his pants and looked up to see Phoenix. He was shocked and confused at his sight and quickly turned to Wizard.
"Haruto, Is that really Phoenix?" Beast asked Wizard.
"Yes, but I don't think it's him because he usually taunts so much and fights recklessly in the past but now, he doesn't do that," Wizard replied in his unsure tone while still looking at Phoenix.
"Could he be a weak replicate?" Beast speculated about Phoenix's existence.
"Or from the A.R world?" Wizard added his thoughts to Beast's guess.
"Soma-San, You know this person?" Mashu asked Wizard.
"Yes, He's the most dangerous phantom in my world and I had a hard time dealing with him due to his resurrection," Wizard explained about Phoenix to Mashu. "But he's not the phoenix that I know of."
"What do you mean?" Mashu raised her eyebrow in confusion.
"That's because I threw him into the sun," Wizard responded, shocking the chaldea group.
"Wait, what?!" Ritsuka shouted in shock.
"That's badass…" Cross-Z mumbled in amazement as he was excited to hear from Wizard and wondered how he did it.
"The reason is that every time he died, his strength grew stronger and his resurrection time shortened from day to hour, for example," Wizard explained in his grim tone. "So, throwing him into the sun is the best option as it undoes or slows his resurrection."
"That's a smart move," Archer complimented Wizard.
Ghost and Cu slowly stood up to their feet while groaning in soreness.
"Oi, Ghost Boy and Spear guy! You two can still fight?" Den-O asked in his serious tone.
"What the hell is the question about, demons?" Cu retorted lightly as he turned to his fighting stance with his spear. "I can continue to fight all day whether I'm tired or injured." He displayed a crazed grin on his face.
"Tch! I will let you off the hook for calling me 'demon'," Den-O said with his light glare at Cu before turning his head forward.
Phoenix pointed his broadsword at both Kamen Riders and Chaldea groups with his head tilting. Its blade ignited into a flame and he swung it forward, creating flame slash projectiles towards them. Both groups were able to avoid his attack but both Samson and Lancelot took that chance and charged towards them to kill.
Lancelot swung his pole at Artiora to hit but Artoria blocked his attack with her invisible sword, and yet she was being dragged by her feet, leaving the trail in front. Archer fired his bow a couple of times at Lancelot but his arrows were being countered by Lancelot who swung his pole randomly but received a few hits.
Maria fired her crystal projectile at Sansom but he swung his sword to smash her projectile into pieces in front of him while running towards her. However, he knocked away from Amadeus's mana projectile and rolled back until he stopped and completely stood up. He glared at Amadeus and growled in anger as he considered him to be lower than a disgusted and evil human being.
"What's wrong, Sanson?" Amadeus asked with his taunting smile. "Is your blade over rusted from massacring lives or your abilities lacking?"
"Amadeus, don't you think it's a bad idea to taunt him?" Ghost questioned Amadeus.
"Of course not, Takeru. I'm only taunting him to have fun because he's very easily irritated!" Amadeus answered loudly with a smile as he enjoyed taunting Samson.
Sanson yelled in anger and shifted his focus on Amadeus. "I will kill you!"
"Great! You just made him madder!" Den-O scolded Amadeus loudly.
"It's not my fault that he lost his temper," Amadeus retorted, pointing at Samson.
Maria sighed in disappointment at Amadeus for his behavior but noticed two silhouettes in the distance, which turned out to be Lords and Phantoms. She shouted to alert them. "Everyone, look at the distance!"
Some of the group turned to see two Kaijins, which consists of a scorpion armored humanoid creature with its stinger on its head wielding its ax and shield and a white tiger-like humanoid creature whose head is identical to the tiger head but its head inside the open mouth. Both began to charge towards them to assist the Jeene Alter's Servants.
"Ah, Shit!" Den-O cursed.
Jeanne gripped her flagpole tightly in anxiety and turned to Ritsuka. "Sorry, Ritsuka. I have to help them now." She apologized and ran off in the direction where the French army was fighting the wyvern.
"Jeanne, wait!" Ritsuka shouted but fell deaf to Jeanne
"Den-O, Agito. Go help to assist Jeanne now. We will handle this situation," Wizard commanded Den-O and Agito as he turned to his fighting stance along with Beast.
"Are you sure about this?" Agito questioned in his concerned tone as he was worried about leaving the dangerous fight to the rest of the Kamen Riders while he and Den-O have to go to Jeane's rescue.
"Of course, Tsugami-San. We can take care of ourselves," Beast assured Agito. "You need to go now."
Agito nodded as he and Den-O ran off while the riders prepared to fight the kaijins. Beast took out a ring from the golden chain on the left side of his waist. He placed the ring on his right hand which was a red ring with its buffalo insignia and punched it on the right slot on his Beast Driver.
BUFFA! GO: BU-BU-BUBUBU-BUFFA! (Buffalo grunts)
A red magical glyph circle appeared and moved towards Beast from the right side. As it passed through him, he gained a right armored shoulder guard with its cape. It was colored red with a gold design on the low part of its cape with a hole and its shoulder guard shaped like red buffalo bullhead with golden horns. Kamen Rider Beast Buffa Mantle.
Wizard quickly took out and wore another Water Ring with an additional design on its horn. He flipped his belt switch and hovered over the center.
WATER, DRAGON! JABAJABA BASHAN, ZABUN ZABUN!
A blue magical glyph circle appeared in front of him and passed through him. A blue water spectacle of Dragon emerged from him, flew around in a circle, and completely engulfed him. The water disappeared, revealing his new form which was identical to his Land Dragon Style except for his square-shaped topaz gem on his shoulder guards was replaced with a diamond-shaped sapphire gem. Instead of a squared topaz in the middle of his forehead, it had a diamond sapphire. Kamen Rider Wizard Water Dragon Style.
"Now, it's showtime!" Wizard said his catchphrase as he and Beast began to charge towards Phoenix for an attack while Ghost and Cross-Z ran off as well to take care of the two kaijins.
Weretiger Phantom charged towards Cross-Z and swung its sword down at him, but he dodged to the left and punched its face, staggering it. He punched left and right until he grabbed both of its shoulders and uppercut its face with his leg upward. He continued to attack but it quickly recovered and managed to slash him in a second. He stumbled back before stopping as he opened his hand and the tube emerged out of his belt to his hand. It materialized into a sword.
BEAT CLOSER
Cross-Z grabbed his sword and charged towards Weretiger Phantom.
Ghost, who was in his default form, had a difficult time attacking Leiurus Acutia because his attack had no effect as it blocked and countered, pushing him back. It blocked his attack and slashed across upward at him. He flew away and rolled back until he stopped himself. He stood up and quickly took a white eyecon to press the top button. It created a hologram of multiple weapons pointing at each other in the circle. He slotted it inside his belt before taking out his ore eyecon and closing it. He pulled his belt's lever.
KAIGEN! BENKEI!
(Grunts)
ANIKI! MUKIMUKI! NIOUDACHI!
(Soldiers cheering!)
A white parka flew out of his belt and hovered above Ghost's head before his orange parka disappeared. It placed itself on him to change his new form. His mask lit up with a white glow and his faceplate was identical to the hologram. His coat was shaped like a monk robe and bronze beads were located on both of his shoulder areas along with a long metal plate on the sleeves. Kamen Rider Ghost Benki Damashii.
Ghost split his blade in half and placed it at the bottom of the grip, making his weapon into a double-bladed polearm. A mechanical spider swung around with its thread out of nowhere and became the head of the hammer before attaching to the side of the top blade. He rushed forward while moving his hammer backward and swung it forward to Leiurus Acutia. His hammer made an impact on its shield, pushing Leirus Acutia backward. It dragged his feet to stop him from moving backward and growled in anger at him before charging towards him.
Wizard and Beast simultaneously tried to attack Phoenix but instead, they were being attacked as he randomly attacked them with full force, not countering or blocking their attack. He was not bothered feeling pain from the hit of their weapon. He swung his broadsword around in a horizontal line, pushing them back. He leaped forwards and slashed down at Beast. Beast received his attack and tried to attack but Phoenix gave no chance as he slashed Beast many times until his last slash. Beast fell to the ground as his endurance did not last for a long time against Phoenix.
"Kosuke!" Wizard shouted before blocking Phoenix's attack in time.
Phoenix displayed his 'smile' and pushed Wizard back to force him to lose his balance. He then slashed him in the x-shaped and slashed again. Wizard fell backward to the ground and quickly stood up. He switched his connect ring with his bind ring and flipped his switch before hovering it.
BIND, PLEASE!
A magic circle appeared below Phoenix's feet and a blue liquid chain emerged out of it and wrapped around him. Phoenix struggled to break free from the chain while Beast who was just recovered a moment ago, spun the dice on his dice saber that emitted a drum-roll sound, and punched the ring to the lion's mouth.
ONE! BUFFA!
"You gotta be kidding me," Beast groaned at his luck. "But oh well…"
SABER STRIKE!
Beast swung his saber, creating his magical glyph and a single flame bull appeared out of it. As it was charging, it enlarged twice and rammed Phoenix, causing an explosion. As the smoke disappeared, he and Wizard were a little shocked to see Phoenix survived even though his left arm was missing due to his saber strike. Suddenly, A flame appeared out of nowhere, connecting his missing arm and covering it entirely. As the flame disappeared, his missing arm grew back.
Mashu dashed forward and swung her shield towards Lancelot, who leaped off to thrust his pole to her. His weapon clashed against her shield but he, unfortunately, flew back by her strength in her shield. Samson tried to jump on her but Cu intercepted him by charging with his spear pointing towards him. Sanson blocked his attack with his sword to his chest level and backed away. He and Cu began to attack each other but his parameter rank was at disadvantage against him and he was being pushed back. He leaped back and stood beside Lancelot.
"Arrrrrrrrrr!" Lancelot growled.
"Damn. What is this servant?" Sanson growled in annoyance, looking at Cu.
"Sanson, what's the meaning of this…" Marie asked in her distressed tone.
Amadeus noticed something in the sky and turned to see that it was the swarm of the flying wyverns in the sky heading towards them. "Damn it, now there are more wyverns, too!" He then turned to Sanson. "If only they'd focus on that crazy deprecating manic."
1431
New Orleans, France
"Ha!"
Jeanne thrust her flagpole into the chest of a wyvern, ripped it free from its now corpse, and struck another wyvern in the head, shattering its skull, as it tried to sneak on her. The soldiers were blinking in confusion as they watched her ripping some wyvern apart with the assistance of both Den-O and Agito.
"Why is she fighting the wyvern?" the soldier asked the commander.
The commander however scoffed and spat, "Who cares!? Let them kill each other! That bitch killed everyone in my village!"
"Hey, you idiot. We're trying to save your sorry ass from that damn flying lizard!" Den-O yelled angrily at the soldiers, and some flinched a little at him.
"It can't be helped because both our and their Jeanne are the same to them," Agito said to Den-O, pointing at the soldiers.
"My my?"
The trio turned to see Camilla stalking towards them.
"The people you protect are saying such cruel things about you, my Saint," Camilla said as she gave a cruel smile to the trio. "Rather ironic that they are in a position to say such things only because you are here to defend them."
"Lady, your words are shit to us," Den-O said rudely to Camilla.
"Silence, you imbecile warrior! Your retort is nothing but disgust to my ear!" Camilla yelled angrily at Den-O.
"Leave us be," Jeanne narrowed her eyes at Camilia and leveled the point of her standard in her direction.
"Still going to protect them? How stubborn," Camilia smirked.
"Enough with the talk, spirit."
Camilla turned to the source of the distorted male voice and glared at the individual walking towards her. As he stood behind her, he revealed to be a crimson red reptile humanoid in his armor, which was less identical to roman armor, wielding a battle-ax in his hand.
"Agito," the Komodo Dragon Lord growled at Agito.
Agito, who was currently in his flame form, stared at the komodo dragon lord for a moment and asked, "Are you Els Lord?"
Komodo Dragon Lord nodded. "I'm El of the Fire, Agito." He raised his battle-ax and pointed at the trio. "You and your humanity must die…"
Jeanne carefully observed Camilia and El of the Fire to be prepared to counter their attack if any of them made a move and tried to think of a plan to protect the remaining armies behind the trio.
"I could have killed you for interrupting me…" Camilla said in irritation to El of the Fire as her hand gripped her Spector staff tightly.
"Your threat is empty to me, spirit…" El of the Fire replied coldly before glancing to the other side. "Your friends were not about to survive Phoenix's attack," he said to the trio.
"What the hell do you mean?!" Den-O asked loudly.
"None of your concern…" El of the Fire responded before moving to his fighting stance. "I will have to kill you three for her master to destroy this world!" He leaped off with his battle ax raised above his hand and swung it down at the trio.
The trio jumped away from the impact of the battle-ax attack as it smashed to the ground. Agito dashed towards Els of the Fire and swung his sword towards him. His sword locked with the battle-ax swung by him. He however had trouble throwing his battle-ax to disarm him so he decided to kick him away with his abdomen to change his tactics. He hit his hip button and his left armored arm changed to his Storm Form arm. He then took out his stick emerging from the middle of his belt and extended it into a double-bladed polearm in his left hand. Kamen Rider Agito Trinity Form.
Agito charged towards Els of the Fire, who was ready to swing his battle-ax down at him, and block his attack with his sword when he reached him. He then thrust his polearm to his chest to push him away.
"Hey, Brat! You're needed here to shoot that flying wizard!" Den-O yelled to himself.
"Okie dokie, stupid oni!" Ryutaros responded with a childish speech.
"What the hell do you say…"
Momotaros ejected out of Den-O's body when Ryutaros entered his body. Den-O pressed the purple button and swapped his pass over the symbol.
GUN FORM!
The red armor pieces flew out of Den-O's body and turned into purple armor. It then attached to his body and changed him to his gun form.
"Hey, Can we beat you? Can't hear you!" Den-O proclaimed while disassembling and reassembling his weapon from sword to pistol before firing at the swarm of Wyvern.
Camilla swung her staff, conjuring a wave of blood towards Jeanne but Jeanne jumped up to avoid her hit. As she landed safely, she carefully observed her movement and thought of her possible attack pattern to block and counter to protect the armies behind her. She glanced back to look at many soldiers' eyes filled with hatred and resentment. She cannot blame them for it but at the same time, she was tired from fighting her.
"How stubborn. If you're worried about your lack of manpower, then by all means, why don't you ask the French army?" Camilla released a false chuckle. "Oh, forgive me. You're the 'Dragon Witch' now, aren't you? A saint cruelly burned to death and then resurrected for revenge. A beautiful, ephemeral, and ultimately ridiculous tale. And yet, you're still struggling…" She shouted in delight, "Because this time, they see you as the enemy!" She questioned Jeanne. "Can you tell me, Jeanne d'Arc? How do you feel right now? Do you wish to die? Or do you wish to kill? Do you long to drive that flag into those soldiers' hearts like a stake?"
Jeanne remained silent for a few moments before replying, "Normally, I'd fall into distress, I'd despair…" She cracked a small smile, "But unfortunately, I'm an optimist in life. Their hatred of me gives them the strength to rise and that's a good thing."
Camilla remained stationary for a few moments before tilting her head and raising her eyebrow. "...Are you san?"
Jeanne shrugged, "Good question. People questioned my sanity when I decided to bring Salvation to France."
Camilla released a mirthless chuckle, "Yes. Whether light or dark, it just means both of us are insane." She raised her scepter. "Wyve-"
"Artillery, FIRE!"
A shout interrupted Camilia and echoed across the battlefield and it was quickly followed by the crack of cannon fire. The screams of Wyverns were obliterated and fell to the ground as they were hit by the cannonball.
"What?!" Camilla cried in alarm but not knowing to allow Jeanne to attack,
Jeanne spun on her heels and stared into the center of the French lines. She widened her eyes upon recognizing the person leading the offensive. The person was a male in knight armor except for his helmet and he had a pale complexion and black long hair.
"Gilles!"
"Prioritize all surrounding dragons! Fire all cannons!" Gills commanded the french army to fire the cannon at the wyvern.
Jeanne turned back to Camilia and charged her. She rushed to strike but her attack was blocked by her scepter. Nevertheless, she sent her skidding backward.
"Heh…" Camilla released a mirthless laugh. "I expect nothing less from a Ruler. Even with your power stolen, your physical strength…"
All of the sudden, A huge fire came into sight of the sky brightly on the other side, attracting the servants, Kamen Riders, and El Lords including some of the armies to look.
"What in the world…"
A Moment Prior Before
Cross-Z inserted a light yellow full bottle into the middle empty circle in between the sword's grip and its blade, creating a lock hologram.
SPECIAL TUNE!
Cross Z pulled the grip end thrice, making the meter of the gauge move up and down thrice too.
PULL! PULL! PULL!
(melodic electro music)
Cross-Z positioned himself with his sword and swung it, creating blue flame dragon-shaped projectiles charging Weretiger Phantom
Million Slash!
(disc scratching and dragon roaring)
The blue flame dragon-shaped projectiles rammed Weretiger Phantom and exploded, destroying it. As Ghost slammed Leiurus Acutia away, he lowered his hammer to his belt to scan.
DAI KAIGAN!
Ghost lifted his hammer and swirled it around upward, generating a wind around him, and flew up as it acted like a helicopter blade while it enlarged.
GAN GAN MINAA~!
As Ghost reached in the air, he pulled his belt's lever.
OMEGA BOMBER!
Ghost swung his hammer down on Leiurus Acutia while dropping down to increase the force to it. Leiurus Acutia raised its shield to block but his attacks were too powerful and destroyed it, causing an explosion. He heard the scream of Wizard and Beast and saw them being pushed back. They tried to stand up but the pain held them down so he decided to assist them without hesitation after seeing them.
"Haruto! Kosuke!" Ghost yelled their name as he reached the duo mage riders and stood behind them.
Phoenix stood silenced but turned to yell in anger as his broadsword ignited a huge flame engulfing it. He turned around to the swarm of wyverns in the sky and swung his sword at them, shooting a flame slash projectile. It swallowed an entire swarm and burned it to ashes, shocking the group and its allies.
"What the hell did you do!?" Sanson yelled angrily at Phoenix but ignored him.
Ritsuka looked up to the sky and to his surprise, the flame was still visible in the sky, not extinguished. It then suddenly flew down on its own and entered Phoenix. Phoenix breathed in and out in satisfaction. His flame generated and covered his entire body. This shocked everyone.
"What the hell was that?!" Cross-Z questioned loudly in a surprised tone, unsure of what he saw.
"Phoenix absorbed his flame that killed the wyverns…" Wizard answered Cross-Z grimly.
"This is not good," Beast commented in horror. "Because I think he became stronger."
Archer quickly aimed his bow at Phoenix with his metal-spear projectile and fired, releasing the nock. The projectile flew towards Phoenix at high speed but Phoenix's slash projectile flew toward it and both exploded upon making contact. He clicked his tongue in irritation that he failed to kill Phoenix quickly.
"That's your plan, red?" Cu asked Archer with his blank face.
Archer growled in annoyance for a moment and asked, "What about you, Lancer? Are you going to use Noble Phantasm?"
"I wish I could, but my guts told me that I will be killed," Cu responded, glancing at Phoenix with his cautious look.
Phoenix turned to Lancelot who was bashing against Mashu's shield and fired his projectile with his sword. It flew towards them and exploded upon making contact with them. Mashu skidded backward and smashed the bottom part of her shield to the ground to stop herself. She was off guard by the explosion and it was stronger than the normal version. She raised it down to take a peek and saw Lancelot with some part of his armor either cracked or destroyed and his left part of the visor of the helmet cracked open, revealing his tiring purple eyes filled with madness including his blood dripping down. He tried to move but was unable to due to being hit by an explosion. It angered her by looking at him as she did not know why he was familiar to her.
"Mashu, are you okay!?" Ritsuka asked loudly in his concerned tone.
Mashu turned to Ritsuka. "I'm alright, Master."
Phoenix was about to charge the group at the opposite side but stopped, making them curious. His flame spectral wing shot out of his back and he jumped up to the skies to fly away.
"We're retreating."
Hearing Camilia's voice, Sanson looked up to see her riding on wyvern and turned to the group, specifically Marie. He sighed as he turned away. "It appeared our reunion had to wait." He sprinted away and towards Lancelot. "We're retreating. You're not at your prime to kill your king."
Lancelot growled in irritation as he wanted to kill Artoria but his injury held him back. Els of the Fire appeared out of nowhere beside him and grabbed his arm to pull him up and dragged him away. As he was dragging Lancelot, an aurora curtain appeared in front of them and they entered it.
1431
New Orleans, France
Jeanne was honestly frustrated, not unable to chase after Camilia due to Els of the Fire interfering, but she should be glad that the French army was safe. As she was about to move to join, she heard Gilles' voice calling her.
"Jeanne!"
The trio turned around to see Gilles running out of French lines and towards them.
"Jeanne! Please wait! You are indeed Jeanne d'Arc!" Gilles said as his face broke into an unrestricted smile. "Not the Dragon Witch but a bona fide saint!"
Den-O and Agito stared at Jeanne in silence before Jeanne turned away and continued walking. They walked up to her to join. Den-O began to ask, "Missy, you're not going to answer your friend."
Jeanne shook her head. "If I do that, I will endanger Gilles' position. For now, we can't depend on them. At the very least, we must endure the scorn of those who once fought by our side."
"But do they really hate you?" asked Agito.
Jeanne gave a small smile. "Let's go."
1431
New Orleans, France
A flame explosion appeared in the middle of the open grass field. As it slowly disappeared, Phoenix stumbled back but stood firmly, not to fall. He heard a stepping sound and turned his head in the direction of the source to see Sin walking towards him.
"How disappointing…" Sin sighed in dismay as he stopped at his track. He then raised his hand and snapped, producing a sound at Phoenix.
Phoenix tilted his head in curiosity but suddenly became limp as he fell to his knee and faced down to the ground. No movement. No reaction. No flame. He had become an empty husk. Sin walked towards the static Phoenix and punched into him. He grabbed something and pulled it out. He released his grip to see a small gold shard in his palm but it was charred at its bottom. He stared at it for a moment until he closed his palm and punched into him again. As he pulled his arm out, he snapped his finger and Phoenix awakened.
"Rest up wherever you like until you're ready to burn everything," Sin told Phoenix.
Phoenix stared at Sin for a moment until he began to jump up to the sky and flew away. Sin heard a footstep from behind and looked back to see a muscular individual who was not around from that period. An individual was revealed to be wearing a button white shirt with his dark blue long overcoat over it, black trouser pants, and black boots, but his face was hidden in his hood.
"He's unstable due to the shard that you put in and he's a mindless beast," said The hooded man.
"I know. I want to see how his presence impacts this battle and singularity since I'm the one to create him by using Gate to be in his despair. He would defy me once I inserted a shard into him so I decided to erase his soul completely but not his body." Sin stated his explanation about Phoenix.
"You should have destroyed Chaldea and Kamen Riders if you have a chance," The hooded man said to Sin.
"That would be boring. I wanted them to struggle against all odds because it would make for an interesting moment," Sin assured as he walked past the hooded man and the aurora curtain appeared before him. He then entered it, followed by the hooded man.
1431
New Orleans, France
The Chaldea Group and Kamen Riders were located at the outskirts of the abandoned fort which was long since the attack of Jeanne Alter's wyvern and servants. They were originally settled inside but by the look of the outwall and structure, the place most likely has no food and supplies even though Cu, Artoria, Banjo, and Takeru decided to take that chance to check-in.
"How is he?" Ritsuka asked as he walked up to Maria, Jeanne, Haruto, Kosuke treating Siegfried.
"My Noble Phantasm can heal wounds, just a bit, but not this one. It seems," Marie responded in disappointment.
"Like it was engraved and a curse," Kosuke said as he examined Seigfried's wounds.
"You're right… I'm cursed," Siegfried responded, agreeing with Kosuke.
"Why were you in that city?" Jeanne questioned Siegfried.
"It seems that I was summoned relatively early. I was drifting without a master… That's when I saw the town being attacked," answered Siegfried.
"So you went to resume them? Marie speculated to Siegfried.
Siegfried nodded. "Yes… Though it's not like when I was alive. Still, with Balmung, I managed somehow," He sighed. "When you're attacked by multiple Servants, it's not easy to pull off, then one of them hides me in the castle. My wound wouldn't heal, and I couldn't ask anyone for help either. I had no choice but to wait."
"Was it a woman in her saint attire and blue hair with a cross-shaped staff along with her dragon turtle?" Haruto asked Siegfried about Martha's identity.
"Now that you mention it, is it possible for that kind of dragon to exist?" Siegfried tilted his head in curiosity, making those, who was in conversation with, shrugged.
"Can we get back to the conversation?" Kosuke asked, gesturing to Siegfried.
"I apologized and yes, she had the aura of a Ruler, similar to what you have," Siegfried answered as he glanced at Jeanne.
"It was St. Martha," Jeanne revealed Martha's identity,
"So that's St. Martha, the one who drove off the evil dragon Tarasque. I want to thank her-" Siegfried stopped as he saw their saddened faces and realized Martha's fate. "I see, then never mind. I am sure she's prepared for the worst." He frowned in dejection. "Still, I feel guilty that she saved me when I was useless."
"It's not your fault and Matha knew the risk to hide you so that you can stop Fafnir," Haruto reassured Siegfried to stop feeling guilty.
Siegfried smiled. "You're right."
"Baptism Rites could probably remove this curse but a servant of considerably high rank must perform it-" Jeanne was about to say, but Marie cut in.
"Jeanne, you can do that, can't you?" Marie asked, knowing Jeanne's abilities.
"No, I tried, but my power alone isn't enough. Multiple curses have been put on Siegfried. It's a miracle he's even alive." Jeanne replied in her sad tone.
"Is there any alternative option?" Ritsuka asked everyone.
"We'd need another Saint to help us remove multiple curses…"
The group turned to Archer walking towards him.
Roman flashed up next to the group. "Archer is right. We do have a chance."
"What do you mean?" Ritsuka turned to Roman.
"He means that if the Dragon Witch was summoned, then it is more than likely that the Counter Force summoned a Saint to combat her," Olga interjected while standing behind Roman.
"Director…" Ritsuka cracked a smile. "How are you feeling?"
"This is no time for personal concerns," Olga frowned. "We are in the middle of a mission. However, if you must know I am… coping," She sighed and pinched the bridge of her nose. "Where is Mister Tenkuji?"
"Takeru went inside to the fort with Cu and Artoria to salvage any little remains," Ristuka answered Takeru's whereabouts.
"Can you pass my thanks to Mister Tenkuji when he comes back?" Olga requested Ritsuka.
"Sure thing, Director," responded Ritsuka.
"I was told about the situation and the disgusting abomination from your world," Olga scowled as she glared at Haruto and Kosuke.
"Um, Haruto. Why is a little girl glaring at us as if we did something wrong," Kosuke muttered to Haruto
"She's the director of Chaldea, Olga, and she's an adult," Haruto whispered back to Kosuke.
"Ah…" Kosuke understood Haruto's answer.
"To think that you and your friend's enemy are a bunch of humanoid monsters from your world…" Olga said with her scowl face. "I cannot believe we're dealing not only with the singularity but a monster made out of mana and a servant of god…"
"What do you expect? We fight kaijin all the time through many years," Geiz commented.
Olga glared to the side where Geiz was at. "Be quiet, Commoner!" She turned to Haruto. "You're familiar with one of your enemies, Phoenix, aren't you? Then you know how to destroy him?"
"He can't be completely killed because the more he was destroyed, the faster that he resurrected and more strength he gained," Haruto answered grimly.
Olga opened her mouth in shock. "You mean there's no way to kill him?!"
"...Unless he's not him because of the behavior he shows, he was most likely to be empty," Haruto reassured Olga.
"He meant that he had no soul from the beginning," added Kosuke.
"They're right," Archer sided with two mage riders before becoming confused. "But I'm more clueless to sense why he had so much mana leaking out because the dead have little or no mana?"
"What do you mean?" Rituska raised his eyebrow at Archer.
"Now you mention it, I scanned Phoenix when SHEBA noticed a minor anomaly about him and I was hoping I was wrong…."
Everyone began to feel dread when Roman's tone changed to serious.
"I believed that he had a small remnant of the Holy Grail within him," Roman said grimly, shocking the group along with those who were in Chaldea.
"Doctor Roman, it is a very dangerous joke that I have to fire you!" Olga yelled at Roman in her angry tone, hoping that he was wrong.
"...I'm not, Olga, and SHEBA doesn't lie either," Roman sighed in dismay. "It's true that Phoenix had grail energy within me
"It must be Sin who acquired a small part of the Holy Grail from Fuyuki Singularity," Sento said in a serious tone. "How much mana is the normal holy grail cup held?"
"It's unlimited but as for a small piece, its mana is the same as the normal mage and it will run out once he uses too much," Roman answered with an explanation before his face filled with questions. "But what I don't get to know is how it recharged?"
"It may be Phoenix absorbed the mana from other beings like Wyvern once it was killed," Haruto gave a possible answer to Roman.
"It kinda makes sense to me once the logic is thrown out because there's no way for him to absorb it from the dead unless it must be one of his abilities." Roman agreed with Haruto's answer and deduced.
Olga groaned in irritation while pinching the bridge of her nose and looking at the group. "It doesn't matter now. We have a job to do, everyone."
"Fujimura-Kun, According to the Chaldea's record of the time period, there are two population centers west of you which likely still stand: the city of theirs and the commune of Montlucon," Sento said as the screen split and showed a line heading to the city which was a few miles away from them, and the commune being near twice the distance from them.
2017
Chaldea, Antarctica
"Hey! Who authorized you to use the system?!" Olga shouted, demanding Sento as she glanced at him who was sitting in front of the control panel.
"You're director no longer since you're technically dead even though Takea's eyecon saved your soul and Doctor Archaman is in charge now," Sento responded to Olga with his irritated look. "We, Kamen Riders, agreed to help you to solve it whenever we can but we're not your lapdog, Former Director Olga Marie Animusphere."
Everyone in the control room was sweatdropped at Sento for voicing against Olga with his nerve of steel because she was their director after her father and in charge of the whole organization. They were afraid of her and few of them showed their dislike towards her even though she ignored them. They turned to see her glaring at him with her furious glare while her hand closed in anger. She then marched away to the door to exit out of the control room. As her presence disappeared, the room became quiet until Roman began to speak to the screen.
1431
New Orleans, France
"Fujimura-Kun, I suggest that your group should split up into two to cover more ground so that you will encounter more servants. In addition, I think you should summon more servants in your journey to make it easier but it's up to you. Also, Mashu's shield can act as a summoning circle if you don't know about it, which it's mostly my fault." Roman said with a little hearty laughter.
Ritsuka smiled. "Got it, and you should replenish the sweet that you ate otherwise Mashu will do something stupid to you."
"Ugh, you and Mashu… Why do you two like to tease me a lot?" Roman groaned in dismay before he however smiled in return. "Anyway, godspeed, Fujimura-Kun."
The screen turned off.
"Yo, Master!"
Ritsuka turned around to see Cu and the group walking towards him empty-handed and figured that the abandoned fort had no supplies. As they reached them, Takeru first asked, "Ritsuka, did we miss something?"
"Not at all, but Olga wants to thank you for saving her," Ritsuka replied with a smile but leaving an unpleasant moment out of the details.
"I'm glad to hear she's doing okay," responded Takeru with a smile.
Archer turned his head to Ritsuka. "you're going to summon another servant, aren't you?"
Ritsuka nodded. "Yes, Archer. we need as many servants as we can to help us." He turned to Mashu. "Mashu?"
"If what Senpai wanted, then I will go along with him," Mashu replied with a smile.
"May I come with you to see your summoning since I'm very curious about it?" Amadeus requested Ritsuka and Mashu.
"Sure, but you might get bored…" Ritsuka told Amadeus, sensing that he would be disappointed.
"It doesn't matter about my feelings, Master. I would like to see it." Amadeus reassured Ritsuka.
Ritsuka and Mashu looked at each other for a moment until returning to face Amadeus and he nodded at his request. They began to move away from the group to summon other servants while the rest began to have a conversation.
"Jeanne, how are you feeling?" Artoria asked Jeanne.
"I'm doing fine, Artoria," Jeanne replied before asking. "What about you?"
"Same as you…" responded Artoria with a smile as she looked away.
Jeanne glanced at Artoira in curiosity to see her face filled with sadness and guilt and knew that it was due to her facing one of her round-table knights as her enemies, but it was more than that which she thought. She began to ask. "Is the berserker one of your knights that caused you to be in that state?"
Artoria turned her head back to Jeanne with a little hint of shock on her face.
"I apologized for poking into someone's business…" Jeanne apologized to Artoria, feeling terrible for opening her old wound from her past.
"There's no need for apologizing, Jeanne. I know that you were very curious about me." Artoria ressaured Jeanne .
As Jeanne stopped apologizing, Artoria continued. "Yes, Lancelot was one of the best knights that I ever have and admired as the strongest among them. I also saw him as a friend." Her mouth turned downward. "Seeing him in that state during our battle, I was reminiscing to remember the terrible moment with him but I can't blame him for his actions since I was incapable of feeling emotions during my time as a king. While I forgave him, others however did not, especially Gawain."
"Did you still regret it even with your heroic spirit?" Jeanne asked, feeling awful for Artoria after hearing her story.
Artoria nodded. "Yes, I still regret it, but I have learned to move forward and accept the things that can't be changed along with my wish and carried the regret with me as a lesson too. This is all thanks to my master." She smiled with a hint of little happiness. "I really missed him."
"You seem to love to cherish him," Jeanne raised her eyebrow curiously.
"Yes, I did..."
"Oooohhhh, so you're in love."
Artoria and Jeanne quickly turned their heads to the smiling Marie in surprise.
"Excuse me?" asked Jeanne in shock.
"It's okay to be embarrassed, Jeanne, and I can feel that you love him," Marie reassured Jeanne and said to Artoria, who began to blush. "I am in the middle of puberty, right? So I love talking about love and romance."
This caused the group to look at the girls with their blank looks and curiosity.
"Umm, what?" Artoria shuttered a bit before looking around until glanced at Jeanne who knew that she was going to drag in. "What about you, Jeanne?"
'Artiora!' Jeanne screamed in her thoughts and glared at Artoira softly while pouting before saying to Marie with a normal smile. "Well, I was lacking in romance so I made up for in friendship."
"Did the boys like you?" asked Marie.
"Hmm, my hair was short then, so they treated me like one of the guys…" replied Jeanne.
Marie smiled. "Since we're talking about our love life, I will tell you about mine." She began to tell her love story. "At the time I was seven years old and he was only six. The two of us met during a concert at Schonbrunn. Maybe it was because he was nervous, but he had tripped and fell flat on the ground. I offered him my hand, and with sparkling eyes, he said this…" She intimated the boy's speech, "Thank you, my lovely lady. If a beautiful person such as yourself isn't already promised in marriage, would you allow me to be the first?"
This made the group surprised at Marie's story but among them, Takeru thought about her story as he felt that he had heard it before, especially the word 'Schonbrunn'.
"That was what he said! That was the first time my heart had ever beaten like that!" Marie said excitedly.
"What happened to him after that?" asked Kosuke.
"Apart from that, nothing. Seven years after that, I ended up getting married although everyone already met him."
"Ah!"
The group turned to the surprised Takeru.
"Are you referring to your first meeting with Mozart?" Takeru asked Marie.
"Really?" asked Ryotaro.
"Yes, Ryotaro. It's a popular story where Mozart proposed to Marie to be his wife in history," Takeru replied to Ryotaro.
"You're correct," Marie responded in an impressed tone before smirking. "I hope he already heard me telling Schonbrunn."
"MARIE! WHY WOULD YOU BRING THAT UP NOW?"
The group turned in the direction of Amadeus's shouting and saw him running towards Marie with his feared and embarrassed look. Most of them felt little sympathy for his humiliating past to be revealed by his crush.
"What are you talking about, Amadeus? I didn't talk about our embarrassing past," Marie said, looking away from Amadeus with her mischieving smile.
"Of course you did, you femme fatale!" shouted Amadeus.
"I can't help myself from my skipping heartbeat to think that you might propose to me again!" Marie responded as her mischieving smile remained on her face.
While Amadeus and Marie bickering with each other, Archer saw Ritsuka and Mashu walking towards the group with a girl with pink hair. She was dressed in a black outfit with red and white faulds with gold details covering her skirt, gold and red neck guards, white sword sheath, and white cape with red undeath. She had white high boots with hook stockings. She was a new heroic servant.
"Master, you seem to successfully summon new servants," said Archer.
"Why? You're hoping that I failed the summoning?" Ritsuka spectacled with his raised eyebrow.
"No, I was hoping that you would succeed," Archer smirked.
"Typical mom…" Ritsuka mumbled.
"I heard that," Archer gave Ritsuka his disappointed face while Mashu giggled.
The group turned to Ritsuka, Mashu, and a new girl and waited for him to introduce the new servant, but she introduced herself instead.
"Yo Ho. Servant Rider, Astolfo! Looking forward to working with you!"
"Astolfo? As in one of the Twelve Paladins of Charlemagne?" Takeru asked Astoflo to confirm her identity.
"Yeah, that's me. I'm surprised that foreigners know about my awesome title!" Astoflo complimented Takeru with her grin.
Cu walked up to Astoflo after she finished complimenting Takeru. "Yo, little girl. Name's Cu Chulainn, I'm Lanc-"
"I'm a boy," Astoflo replied, grinning as a deafening silence permeated throughout the open field.
"Eh?"
Extra Notes
For those who might or might not be excited to see Phoenix in this story, I'm sorry to burst your bubble for the reveal in this chapter. I add a weakness to him to balance the odds because he was too powerful because of his resurrection. The more time he dies, the stronger that he can get.
I still have a problem with writing the fight scene in this story because I think I noticed that it was getting worse even though I did try to write it to be more fun.
I introduced another OC villain since Sin cannot do it by himself even though he was capable of doing it alone but decided not to or work with Lev and his master (which you already knew their identity by playing games or watching the movie or series). His origin was tied to something which you might easily get an idea of due to his clothing (which is the worst clue ever).
I also introduced Astoflo in this chapter because I like his character and he was related to most of the servants like Jeanne or Seigfried due to them being characters of Fate/Apocrypha. I have a plan for the specific servants to be Ritsuka's Servants. I'm also planning to create a chemistry relationship between the two parallel to Sento and Banjou, which you know who they are but I'm not going to spell it out.