Fate/Stay Night: Umbra Bello

CD123505- Yes, this fanfic is going to be based off of the abridged series. And no, he has no idea about the abridged series. He's only watched UBW on netflix. So he has no idea about Heaven's Feel, or Fate/Zero, or basically anything else. He has no idea about the changes to the characters, only a general idea about the events of Zero thanks to a cursory glance at the wiki. Even beyond that, he has no idea what Angra Manyu is. He knows that the Grail is corrupted by "All the World's Evil" but has no idea what that really means. Only knowing that if the Grail is used, curses will spill from the Grail, bringing about a lot of bad things. Hence his little obsession with Kirei, and Gilgamesh. He has no idea about Angra Manyu, Dark Sakura, Zouken, or Kirei's real deal (Mainly thinking he's just a generic villain.). So, in short, he's more in the dark than he knows.

Also, fair warning for this chapter, I've decided to go for the time skip, so there are a few out of place things that will be answered in a few chapters.


"To do anything truly worth doing, I must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in with gusto and scramble through as well as I can."

-Og Mandino


Chapter VI- Round One

Date: 02/02/2004

Time: 6:30 am

Location: Tohsaka Manor


BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEE-

"Ugh…"

BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEE-

"Alright, Alright, I get it, I'm up!"

'SMASH'

'CLATTER'

An alarm clock resounded throughout the house as it flew across the room until it's collision with the ground.

The person responsible for the clocks unfortunate fate groaned under her bed sheets.

"Argh, stupid clock! ((Incoherent mumbling)), I swear vengeance… ((complaining into her pillow))" the bed's occupant continued to go through the paces of getting herself into the swing of the morning. Like a berserker working themselves into an uncontrollable rage.

Then she pops out of those sheets like a groundhog.


Now properly prepared for the day, she gets ready for school.

"Another important day at school Rin." she told herself as she made her way downstairs.

"You've got a math test to study for, teachers to suck up to, creepy boys to reject… exclusively Shinji…" she paused for a moment, and asked herself, 'does she really want to do this shit today?'.

Her answer was-

"Alternatively-"


"GONNA GET MAGICAL UP IN HERE!" she shouted.

I think you guys know the rest…

If not, well… just watch the abridged series… honestly, it's probably a better watch than anything this author could come up with...


Theme Song- Fate/Stay Night - "Brave Shine" (FULL Opening) | ENGLISH ver | AmaLee


Several Hours Later…

"This is definitely a Noble Phantasm... someone is definitely gonna try to slaughter everyone at the school to try and harvest Mana" Rin diagnosed the magical seal at the school.

"A Servant can harness the souls of the living to acquire Mana." her Servant informed her telepathically.

Rin, of course, had a less than normal opinion on the matter.

"You can gain experience by eating people? That's awesome!" she exclaimed. Thinking about the possibilities…

"I'm not doing that Rin!" her Servant objected.

"Of course not!" Oh, maybe she does- "When people learn who you are they'll obviously track it back to you Lucey-Goesy"... or… maybe… not?

"Rin, I-am-not-Satan." the Servant complained about his Master's insistence on calling his Satan.

"'Pfft, then who are you? Dante, son of Sparda..?" she put that out there as a joke, but 'Saber' had a little snap.

"...ok, one, Dante looks completely different from me-"

"Yeah, completely. With the exact same hair, clothing, and personality-" Rin interrupted.

"Two… I've never even heard of him before. If it weren't for the Grail, I'd have no idea what you're talking about-"

"Funny how the Grail deems a video game character valuable information, yet your own history? Pfft, nah! That's completely unneeded!"

"Three, and I need you to follow me on this one, I-am-not-the-"

'CLANG!'

'CLING!'

'CLANG!'

"Huh?" Rin turned to the source of the disturbance, and felt her hand holding her command seals burn for a moment.

"That's… that's not right…" Actually Satan mumbled in her head.

"You're absolutely right… no one gets first blood but ME!" Rin shouted.

"No Rin… I mean, something about that fight seems… out of place…" 'Saber' reasoned, with something in his memories saying that this wasn't right…

It was just supposed to be him, and Lancer… right?

In truth, due to a mistake in the summoning, and perhaps due to some influence by the counter force, or by some unknown factor, a lot of his own memories are blurry.

He knows who he is. He knows his own past to an extent. He knows the deal he made with the world.

And he remembers what he has to do, to stop it all from happening again.

"Right on the nose Saber-"

"Rin, I'm not-"

"We're not there right now! Onwards! Towards glorious bloodshed!" She ran off in the direction of the fight.

"..." You hear that? That's the sound of a Heroic Spirit wondering if he's getting paid enough for this shit.


"No FREAKING WAY are they starting this war off without me!" Rin thought as she turned the corner and saw the fight taking place.

A Servant with a red spear in blue spandex was squaring off against… it was hard to tell. The other Servant was so fast they were little more than a black, and blue blur.

The Spearman seemed to only barely be able to keep up with the blur. Receiving small cuts every other moment. But his defense prevented the strikes from hitting anywhere vital.

"It looks like the blue guy is probably Lancer… but the other one… maybe Rider?" Rin judged based off of the raw speed. "What's your take Saber?"

"The blue spearman is likely a Lancer. The other one… could be a Rider? Either that, or Assassin… or maybe…" he briefly considered that it could be a Saber, but that was unlikely considering his own knowledge of the war, and the part he played in it.

Thinking about it… he could barely remember the Assassin from his own time. Just remembering they were a good swordsman guarding the Ryuudou Temple.

And Rider… he knew she wasn't supposed to be here this night.

Hold on… that's not right then… if Assassin is at the gates… and Rider is with… then who the hell was this!?

"We should be careful Rin. We can stand back and watch to learn of their abilities-"

"Oooor, we're going to join in!"

"Wait, what-?"

"There's no way am I missing out on the first fight Lucifer. Now get your Satanic butt in there and THROW DOWN!"

"I gotta say-" the conversation between the two was interrupted when the Lancer Servant started speaking.

Apparently while they were talking, the two Servants broke off their fight and started talking.

The view between Rin, and the other Servant was obstructed by the cover she was using to spy on the fight.

"I've been having a lot of fun Assassin. Was expecting someone of your class to be a lot more… what's the word..?" he continued, then asked himself.

"...Subtle?" Another voice answered for him. A female voice. Perhaps the Servant in play?

"Cowardly, yeah! Still… I think I might have your identity down… a swordswoman of your ability… you can only be Hua Mulan!"

"..." There's an irritated silence that hangs over the courtyard for a minute.

"Do I look remotely Chinese to you!? Did the Katana not tip you off!?" the Servant called him out.

"If it weren't for the Grail I'd have no idea what Chinese means! But regardless…" he loosens his grip on his spear, and drops into a more relaxed stance. "As per my Master's orders, I'm supposed to be testing out all the Servants I run into. And since I'd rather put your skills to the test in a mano-a-womano, I'll have to accommodate the company first!"

'Saber' grits his teeth. Apparently they'd been spotted anyway.

"Oh? So you did notice us…" Rin confidently stepped out from behind their poor cover.

"I'm a Lancer Servant. Perception is kinda my thing. That, and you weren't exactly inconspicuous standing right there." The blue Servant stood out.

"Ah, well this is just fucking perfect…"

Rin turned to the new voice, and saw who it belonged to.

They seemed to be around her age, if not a bit older, with a patch of white poking out of his brown hair. They were a foreigner, apparently. So she initially assumed he might've been from the Magus Association, but soon doubted that assumption. It was unlikely most Mage families would send someone that young without reason.

She mainly joined the war on a whim, as it was her family's duty to get the Grail. That, and there were no other Tohsaka's that could do the job.

He didn't seem like a particularly shady character. She honestly was expecting a lot… worse from a Master of such an underhanded Servant.

Then again, looks can be deceiving.

His Servant on the other hand…

Now that she wasn't moving around at the speed of Sanic, Rin could see she seemed to vaguely resemble the descriptions of the Saber Servant of the last Murder-Death-Kill. Only, she seemed to be Japanese, platinum blonde, and wasn't wearing anything in the way of armor.

Rin theorized for a moment that perhaps the two Servants could've been related, but decided to leave those ideas alone for now.

'Saber' on the other hand, was actually confused for a second.

He wondered if Saber had been summoned early or something, then dismissed that thought quickly. They looked fairly similar but… this wasn't her. And that Master behind her… that wasn't him.

Either something was completely fucked with his memories, or this timeline… and he had no idea which. Could very well be both for all he knew.

"Why don't all you assholes just start showing up?" The other Master tempted fate.

"Funny you should mention that-! ~Saber~?" Rin snapped her fingers, and 'Saber' materialized.

"There are a number of things I feel I have to address at the moment Master-" 'Saber' was about to call out his Master on her reckless charge into battle.

"Don't worry about it Satan! I know you'll mop the floor with these mooks!" she declared confidently.

"S-Satan?" the other Master seemed to be questioning his own hearing.

"Rin…" her Servant growled out.

"That's right ya no-name hack! Whatever you think your Servant has, they ain't got nuttin' on my Saber!" she continues.

"Rin don't-!" Her Servant tried to stop her, but it was already far too late.

"But… that's not…" The other Master seemed to be questioning her sanity. And/or his own sanity. Somebody's sanity was being questioned right now.

"I... thought it was impossible to summon Divine Spirits as Servants?" The Assassin asked those present for confirmation.

"It is, or at least it should be. But let's all be honest here… it wouldn't be the first time some rule was broken in the Grail Wars." The Lancer Servant called out, to which all Servants present, and both Masters begrudgingly agreed.

"You have a point Lancer... You also have a decent explanation." The Assassin punned with a grin, to which her Master groaned in exasperation.

"Consider yourself a comedian huh?" Lancer readied his combat stance once more. "I look forward to wiping that grin off your face… but first..."

He turns to 'Saber'.

"If the Devil truly does stand before me, my duty as a hero compels me to assign him as a priority." as red Mana glows around the tip of his spear, he grows a wolfish smile. "As long as that's fine with you Assassin?"

"Depends, think you'll have the juice to keep coming when you're done with him? Cause this is the most excitement I've had in nearly a week." The Assassin lowered her blade slightly.

"Hmph, lady? I could go at it for a whole week." The Lancer winked at her.

She didn't catch the hidden meaning right away, and simply nodded respectfully, before stepping back. Letting Lancer have first go at 'Saber'

Only then did she notice what

he meant, and immediately started sputtering. Much to her Master's chagrin.

"Under normal circumstances, I believe it's customary that two warriors ought to exchange names before trying to kill each other. Care to share Saber?" the Lancer probed for information.

"Bite-me. What's yours?" The 'Saber' wasn't going to give away his true name here of all places.

"Oh me? Names Mario. First name Mario, last name Mario. Mario-Mario." The Lancer joked.

"Funny, I almost took you for the great Italian spearman Cu Chulame." The Archer quipped.

"Bite me Bite-me." The Lancer responded. Irritated.

"I caution you Lancer. You've chosen a terrible opponent as your first…" 'Saber' warned as his twin blades appeared in his hands.

The tension built up for what seemed like an hour, but in fact was merely a few moments.

"Rin, we need to get the FUCK out of here!" Her Servant warned abruptly, in a near panic.

"What? Why?"

"This guy is going to DESTROY me!" he said, knowing exactly what he was up against.

"Naaaah~! You got this!" Rin declared confidently. He was Satan after all.

"He's basically Irish Hercules Rin!" And he knows a thing or two about Hercules.

"Wait- how do you know that!?"

"Be-Because Magic! Does it matter!?"

"Maybe you recognize him because you dragged his soul down to Hell at some point? Which kinda means you're already stronger than him!" flawless logic right there.

"I'm not the Devil Rin!"

"Looking nervous there Saber?" The Lancer asked rhetorically.

"I am merely granting you the final moments deserved of a lamb about to be slaughtered." 'Saber' threatened.

"Rin! They are going to murder me!"

"Nah~! You can take on a stupid Lancer can't you~!"

"Even if I miraculously beat one of them, I can't fight them both!"

"Then use your Reality Marble! Pull em' both into hell!"

"THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS WRONG WITH THAT IDEA!"

"I'm starting-!" The Lancer warned.

"Not if I start first-!" 'Saber' charged.

Bzzzt-Bzzzt-Bzzzt-Bzzzt-Bzzzt-Bzzzt

Clang!

Clang!

Cling!

In a swirl of twisted metal, the two Servants fought.

The Lancer was the more aggressive of the two. Using the reach of his spear to get in between the 'Saber's' twin swords, and strike him in the chest, but the red Servant had a counter.

With his Mind's Eye, he could deflect the Lancer's strikes with ease, however he couldn't make an opening on the blue Servant.

The Lancer broke off for a moment to get a better bearing, and prepare a new plan of attack.

"It's a long shot, but I think I got your true identity down!" He claimed, not fully believing Rin's 'Satan' claims. "That blade in your hand is Kansho. That means you have to be the tragic blacksmith of China, Gan Jiang."

"Secrets out! You got me!" 'Saber' mocked as he attacked once more.

"Actually~!" Rin shouted, about to correct him.

"Rin! No!" Archer warned, dodging a thrust that got close.

"He's the Fallen Angel, Lu-ci-fer… (either that, or Dante)." A possibility, but she was more sure of him being Satan.

"(Okay, what's wrong with her?)" the other Master mumbled.

"Rin!" The red Servant shouted as his blade clashed with Lancer's spear with all his strength.

"Rrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaghhhhh!"

A burst of Mana launched Lancer through a building.

That didn't slow him down long, as Lancer leapt out, and brought his spear down- "Your mine!"

His Spear knocked the 'Saber's' blade out of his hand, while the blade proceeded to shatter.

'Saber' backed off to dodge a spear to the neck, and began reciting his Aria.

"I am the bone of-

body, and fire-

Withstood pain to create-

as I pray-

Unlimited Blade Works -!"

He projected a new blade just in time to deflect another stab from Lancer.

"So you wanna talk about those high-speed incantations you just threw down?" The Lancer quipped after he broke off once more.

"You noticed that?" 'Saber' asked rhetorically.

"Again- Lancer." The blue Servant pointed out. "But regardless, I'm not gonna waste my time disarming an opponent with an effectively inexhaustible source of weapons. In that case..."

The spearman gripped his weapon as red Mana glowed along it.

"I'll just put an end to this now! Prepare yourself Bite-me!" The Lancer readied his Noble Phantasm.

"Do your worst Lancer. We'll soon see who the real hero is here…" the 'Saber' dared.

Again, the tension built up to a crescendo.

"See Rin!? Now we can't run! We just lost the Holy Grail War!" 'Satan' lamented.

"Naaah~!" Rin still thought 'Satan' had this in the bag.

"I WANT THAT!"

Everyone turned to see that someone else was watching the battle.

"Who's there!? Who just complimented us!?" Lancer was pissed his cover was blown.

"I'M SORRY!"

The person ran into the school to try and hide.

'Saber' stood down as Lancer ran off to chase him down.

"I'd imagine that he… wants to follow Mage Law, and eliminate that unimportant stupid person that shouldn't have been watching." he remembers how this story goes. Hoping Lancer gets it right this time.

Rin's expression twisted into one of concern. For all her… oddities, she didn't want one of her classmates getting hurt.

"Saber we can't! You go stop Lancer, I'll catch up with you!" she ran off to follow the interloper.

"...I'll get riiight on that." 'Saber' didn't move an inch.

"And you! I'll be back for your head so don't- aaand you're gone." Rin tried to warn that unknown Master to stay out of this, but they were already gone. Along with their Servant.

"... so… stopping Lancer?" the 'Saber' reminded her, and she ran off again.

Hmph. If he was lucky, at least two Servants were now hunting that person down.


"I can't let rando's get hurt in the war! I have to stop him!" Rin narrated aloud as she rounded a corner and moved into the building.


"Here I go… stopping Lancer…" he's not stopping Lancer. "I'm committed…" he's not.


"Just-GO!" Rin heard someone shouting.

She rounded the corner to see the other Master shoving that rando into a room, and slammed the door.

"HEY!" Rin got his attention. Hoping to stop him from attacking that student. "No one gets to assault my friends but ME!"

"The hell are you-" he was cut off by… is that a squirrel on his head?

"'Fou!' 'Fou!'" it seemed to be warning him.

"-fuck!" They narrowly dodged a spear materializing where his head used to be, and poking a hole through the door.

He didn't avoid punishment long though, as Lancer drop kicked him down the hall.

"There once was a Master in black." The Lancer began to rhyme. "He didn't have a plan of attack. It wasn't too smart, but he fought with heart." He chuckled darkly, then drop-kicked the white squirrel that was now biting his ankles. "Sadly, his grave will be this school."

"Sorry boyo, I can't let your friend run off. Mage Law and all that." Lancer informed the Master as he was picking himself up. "But hey~! Least ya tried!"

"That's where you're wrong Lancer." The Master said. "I'm still trying. And if that's not enough, I think I got somebody with enough try-hard for both of us."

"Your Servant didn't seem to be in a condition to make much of a difference." Lancer pointed out.

Did something happen to his Servant in the last twenty seconds? They weren't even separated two minutes!

"...Who said anything about my Servant?" he smirks.

"100% MAXIMUM-"

Lancer's eyes grew wide as he turned to see a glowing jewel flying at him.

"Shite-"

"-NO CHILL!"

The Gem Rin tossed exploded in a haze of red, and blue sparkling Mana.

While she did partly do it to back that Master up, she mainly did it so she could claim to be the first Master to kill a Servant. Them's some hella bragging rights.

But her celebration was cut off before it started when the Servant twirled his spear, and blew the smoke away.

"Pretty sneaky Little Red. But you'll need more than that to put down this big, bad Wolf." he took a combat stance with a grin. "That being said… why don't we get to the point?"

His oncoming spear thrust was deflected when 'Saber' appeared from thin air.

"Seriously!?" The red Servant complained for his own reasons. "You couldn't take down a defenseless kid!?"

"I know right!?" Rin carried on for… different reasons. "It's actually pretty pathetic."

"'Grrrr', fine! You want him dead do ya?" the Lancer aparates.

"Saber!? Where'd he go?" Rin looked around for a surprise attack.

"He's probably still looking for that bystander." he reminds her.

Rin turned to the other Master-

"Aaand he's gone again yeah… 'Gasp'! What if he's ACTUALLY BATMAN!?"

"Rin." 'Actually Satan' growled.

"Oh chill Satan. Batman might be the Dark Knight, but you're like, the Prince of Darkness." she placated him.

"I'm pretty sure he's going to look for that person as well. We should probably leave them be." he suggested.

"Why would we do that?" Rin thought she was pretty clear about stopping unnecessary casualties.

"Oh… reasons." 'Satan' still remained hopeful fate could be changed this night. "That, and you know Mage Law. No witnesses."

Yeah. She knew Mage Law. But she knew that the law was also fine with memory erasure. The main issue most have with simply doing that was because they were too incompetent to know how to do it, or they were too lazy to bother when killing the witness was much quicker. She was neither of those things.

Rin moved to check the room where the student was tossed into.

When she opened the door, she saw the room was empty.

However a few clues about what happened remained.

A small amount of blood had been spilled on the floor. Likely from that person. There was also an open window with a bloody handprint on it. Indicating he must've jumped out to escape.

They were on the second floor, so odds were jumped got out with minimal injuries.

Walking over to the window, she looked outside to see a small blood trail leading away from the school.

"Both Servants have a head start. We might as well leave him to his fate." 'Saber' 'gave up'.

"I see that as a challenge!" Rin declared.

"Have you considered- Not doing that?" The Servant hoped she'd consider it.


Ten minutes later…

The Master-Servant pair were moving quickly across the city. One hoping to save that bystander, the other hoping to mutilate the corpse.

I'll let you guess which is which.

'Saber' was thinking deeply about all of this. Something was completely wrong. He just… couldn't put his finger on it.

His memories were hazy, but one thing was for sure. He was supposed to have been stabbed by the Gae Bulg. That person wasn't supposed to escape mostly unscathed tonight.

This timeline… it was off. He didn't know what was different. He didn't have a play by play of how it went down in his time, but that person escaping was the proof he had that something had changed. After all, that's how he got the pendant. The pendant that belonged to Tohsaka, and served as his catalyst.

It was vague before, but it's clear now that things were going to be strange this time around. Well… relatively speaking. He'd be paying attention in the future. To ensure nothing about this change affects his goal.

"Weird you could just beeline it to that person. Almost like you automatically knew where he was going." Rin pointed out.

"Weird right? Probably the Grail." 'Saber' explained dismissively.

They ended up on a… familiar street.

Rin somehow sensed where that person went to and-

"Oh…" the revelation of who's house this is, and who that person was dawned on her. "Isn't this the house of that weird High-Jumps kids that Sakura hangs out with?"

She wouldn't admit it to anybody, but on a small level deep down, she did still care for her.


A goodbye.

A ribbon.

An empty room.

A sister gone.


Rin shook her head.

No. She didn't care.

Sakura wasn't her sister.

But still, between that messed up family, her rapist brother, this kid was the only friend she had.

...well, now she really can't let him die.

'Saber' looked around.

"Hmm… this all seems familiar…" his younger days… they all seemed lost to him.

Like that dream he had. A girl in the fields of Avalon. They were always so distant, and yet he they were always held close.

They seemed all but lost to him. And yet he could never let them go. No matter how much he gave himself to his ideals. He would always find himself looking for a way to her.

But in this moment of quiet, he found himself asking, where did he really lose them?

Did the summoning damage his memories? Or was it something he-

Bzzzt-Bzzzt-Bzzzt-Bzzzt-Bzzzt-Bzzzt

*Deen Flashbacks*

Bzzzt-Bzzzt-Bzzzt-Bzzzt-Bzzzt-Bzzzt

"OH SHIT!" welp, he remembers this part clearly enough.

"OH MY GOD RIN! MOVE OR YOU'RE GONNA-!" his warning came too late, as a massive hole was blown through the walls of the Emiya compound.

Well, to be more accurate, a bunch of shingles, and smaller chunks of concrete went flying as something was launched over the walls, but failed to clear the height completely.

"WRONG PLACE, WRONG TIME!"

...that voice… he remembers that.

"Saber wait!"

As Invisible Air came down on Rin's head, 'Saber' was just barely able to block in time.

Saber changed targets to him. Delivering several strikes that were inhumanly strong.

"Hold on! Saber- Saber let's talk about this!" he tried communicating, but she was in the zone.

A burst of Mana launched him back about ten meters.

He grit his teeth. She wasn't going to talk this out.

He turned to his Master, and it wasn't good.

She seemed to be barely conscious, and bleeding from the head. Likely having taken a hit from the debris when the top of the wall exploded.

Then there was that other Master. Apparently it was his Servant that got launched over the wall by Saber. Right now he seemed to be trying to get her to take it easy. And only then did he notice Rin, and 'Saber'. Then tried to be-

'WOSH!'

'Saber' narrowly dodged another swing from Invisible Air. He couldn't keep this up.

He remembers how this was supposed to go down. That person was supposed to interrupt Saber with a command seal. But he wasn't showing in time.

'Saber' realized he had no choice. If he didn't grab Rin, and run now, there was a chance they'd both die. And as little as he cared about dying himself, he… he still cared about Rin.

Besides, this way might be easier. Killing that person as an enemy would be easier than putting him in a position to be killed as an ally.

But first he needed to get away-

"I got this!"

'Saber' heard the Assassin shout an answer to an unknown order.

Saber twisted to block a blow from the Servant who had seemingly teleported right to them.

Archer used the opportunity to break off, and grab Rin.

Carrying her carefully, he bolted for it without looking back.

"T-That Servant…" she mumbled in a daze as the compound became a dot on the horizon.

"Rin, listen to me, that Servant is Saber." He made sure she got it this time.

"She isn't just Saber, she's-" Rin began to pass out from a possible concussion.

"Baeber."

And she was out.

Archer was worried that there might be some permanent damage, but knew that she probably knew some healing magic that ought to fix it.

At this point the Servant sighed.

"Beautiful last words Rin."


End Theme- Disney's Hercules - GO THE DISTANCE (Michael Bolton) - Caleb Hyles Cover


So, What do you guys think?

I kinda had an entire episode to base most of the lines off of, but other than those do you think I got the characters right?

Let me know, and even beyond that, review to let me know your thoughts on the story so far. Outside feedback is something I consider critical to a story like this.

Anyway, hope you all liked it, and until next time, goodbye!