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A/N: The Sixth chapter is now out! This chapter may contain some spelling or grammatical errors.
Chapter Six: Assassin's Noble Phantasm
After making sure the servants don't attack each other, the 3 master's explained the situation. After everything was explained Assassin starts speaking. "So, there's a bounded field covering the whole school and there's a servant on this floor even though the bounded field's point of origin is somewhere on the first floor."
After Assassin summarizes what happened more golems started coming from the ground. Saber immediately readies her sword for the incoming battle while Shirou and Rin back away. "I shall handle these enemies, master.". Shirou nods as he drags Rin and Sonoko to find Shinji.
Assassin looks at Saber and the golems. "Do you want my help, or can I go try and kill the servant?". After a second Saber responds. "I do not need your help right now. You should go kill the servant and disable the barrier." Assassin nods as he prepares to jump out of the window.
After landing on the window below him, Assassin continues going down until he's on the first floor windows. Looking into the room Assassin can see the Rider class servant and a blue haired boy.
After thinking for a while, the Assassin jumps in the room with the intent to kill Rider right now. Before Rider can fully turn around, Assassin swings his katana and Rider's right hand is cut off. With a mana enhanced swing of his sword, Rider is swiftly decapitated.
After killing Rider the Assassin turns around to look at Shinji. Before he can say anything the door opens and a teacher enters the room. The teacher was of average height and he was wearing a dark green suit. Shinji stares at the person. "H-how are you able to move Kuzuki?"
Without responding the teacher named Kuzuki rushed forward to attack the servant. Recognizing the danger the Assassin immediately charged forward trying to kill the teacher only for his sword to be caught between the teachers hand. Assassin allowed the sword to dematerialize. Within moments Assassin is forced to redirect Kuzuki's hits. This pattern continued until Assassin seemingly predicted Kuzuki's next move, and hit him with enough force to throw him into the wall.
"I wondered why I felt like I knew that style. That style was a style that has been used by assassin's even when I was alive."
After Kuzuki got back up they engaged in fighting once more. This time instead of being stuck on the defensive Assassin was pushing Kuzuki back. Right before the 3 masters entered the room a sickening crack was heard as Kuzuki was sent into the wall once more.
Before the fight could continue Caster appeared. "I shall be taking my master back home." Just as sudden as she appeared she disappeared.
Assassin sighed as he rematerialized his sword and went to stand behind his master. The 3 master's entered the room only to see the whole place in shambles. Near the corner of the room there was the body of Rider slowly fading away from the world.
Sonoko was the first to speak after witnessing the scene. "So I guess you killed Rider and canceled the bounded field." Assassin looked at the blue sky and nodded.
Before another word could be spoken Shinji started running away until his leg was pierced by Rin's gandr. As the Assassin started walking towards him, Shinji started screaming "G-get away from me!" He looked at Sonoko, "Tell your servant to get away from me., I'm not a master anymore!"
"Assassin, don't kill him yet, I want to talk to him. So Shinji, What makes you so scared of my servant."
"Your servant just appeared out of nowhere and killed my servant." After that was said all of the master's turned to look at the Assassin. Assassin stared right back at him.
"Did you forget I'm an Assassin. Appearing out of nowhere and killing people is what all assassin's do."
Sonoko stared at Assassin even harder. "You never told me you could do that." Assassin just shrugged his shoulders.
With the attention back on Shinji Rin started speaking. "Leave this place Shinji." Before Shinji could leave Assassin grabbed him by his arm. "Where are your command spells?"
Shinji pulled his arm back nervously. "Why do you need to know that". "I need to cut off the location where your command spells are located." Hearing that Shinji started yelling. After Assassin got annoyed with the noise he pulled his sword out and placed it at Shinji's neck.
"Let me ask again where your command spells are."
"I don't have command spells, just let me go!"
Assassin put his sword closer to Shinji's neck until a drop of blood could be seen. "Don't kill him, Assassin, he is harmless, there's no point in killing him." Assassin stared at Shirou . "This person I am about to kill will end up killing more people if he leaves this place alive. If you truly want to save people you will allow me to kill him. Plus what makes you think you can stop me."
Shirou turns to Sonoko before the noise of a bladed object cutting flesh enters his ears. He looks back to see Assassin's sword in Shinji's throat. Shirou grips the metal bar in his hand tighter as he stares at Assassin. Sonoko, noticing what Shirou was about to do, tells Assassin to dematerialize. Assassin nods as he disappears from view.
Before long the 3 master's plus Saber are helping the students and the teachers in the building. When they start leaving they end up seeing Archer. Rin notices him. "Archer! What's with you showing up after everything is done?"
Archer sighs as he senses the incoming issues. "It seems I chose the worst time to show up then." After leaving the school, Rin starts speaking again. "Rider and Shinji were killed by Sonoko's servant." Archer looks surprised. "The Coward. She really was all talk."
Saber stands up for the dead servant. "Archer, Rider died protecting her master. You are in no position to call her a coward." Archer responds back. "A coward is a coward. One who calls themselves a hero should at least try to take her opponents out with her." Assassin dematerialized. "I killed Rider before she even knew what was happening. If you think you can kill me in a fight, we can try right now Archer or even you Saber."
"Assassin, dematerialize. Since the servant plaguing the school is dead we should leave." Assassin looks at Sonoko, "Fine master."
After this Sonoko and her servant leave the other masters. After entering her home, Sonoko immediately starts questioning Assassin. "Why do you cause issues wherever you go?"
Assassin thinks for a moment "It is not my fault they don't like how I act. There is also no reason to try and make them feel good. As of right now we are not in any alliance."
Sonoko stares at Assassin before she sighs and prepares to go to her workshop. "Master, there are things I need to tell you about today." Sonoko looks at Assassin motioning for him to start speaking.
"I am sure you already know that Caster was in the building. What you don't know on the other hand is Caster's master. After I finished killing Rider a teacher by the name of Kuzuki appeared"
At the mention of the teacher's name Sonoko seemed surprised before she hummed in acknowledgment. "I always thought something was weird about him. Well anyway I guess we should go to Ryuudou temple tomorrow night. At the very least you can try and kill the other Assassin."
Assassin nodded, "You should get some sleep to recover some mana." Sonoko voiced her agreement before heading off to bed.
Sonoko slept without dreaming of anything that night.
Since Sonoko was not planning on going to school today she slept until 11. As always when she woke up, food was waiting for her. After eating and talking to Assassin she decided to read some books about magecraft until night.
While Sonoko was reading, the Assassin was wondering how he would defeat the Assassin at Ryuudou temple. "Sasaki Kojiro, A sword user only from fantasy. I still don't know his noble phantasm. I might just have to use my noble phantasm to combat him though I'm not sure if it would help."
Once the sun disappeared from view, Sonoko and the Assassin went to Ryuudou temple. Before they reached the temple, the Assassin told his master to hide. As he approached he saw the second Assassin waiting at the gate. "Have you come to try and enter again?" Assassin looked at Kojiro before responding. "I have decided that it would be beneficial if I got rid of you"
"So you came for a fight then." Assassin nodded
Before Sonoko could see anything else Assassin ran at Kojiro. While Assassin was faster than Kojiro, Kojiro was higher and more skilled than Assassin.
Assassin looked at Kojiro's sword "That sword isn't really beneficial for close fighting like this" Kojiro responded while blocking "It seems to be doing just fine." As they continued fighting Sonoko was comparing the fight to other fights Assassin had. She realized this fight seemed much more calm than other fights. Every move in the fight was calculated. There were no wasted movements or energy in any of the combatants' moves.
Before long Kojiro moved down the steps to stand on even ground with Assassin. Without a word both went back to fighting. The sound of the 2 swords echoed throughout the temple entrance. Due to the quiet night the 2 swords might as well have been right next to Sonoko.
This continued until Kojirou took a weird stance with his nodachi. Assassin's eye widened before he himself took a stance with his sword. "One of us will die here."
"Let's see who will come out of this alive then."
Both stated the name of their move.
TSUBAME/BREAK - GAESHI/SPACE
For Assassin the world slowed to such an unbelievably slow pace it might as well have stopped. Right in front of him were 3 swords that were close enough to draw blood from him. Seeing an opening, Assassin ran into the middle of the 3 swords. It took less than a second for him to appear right in front of Kojiro. With one swift motion befitting of an Assassin, the true Assassin swung his blade.
After the Assassin appeared behind Kojiro, space and time resumed as Kojiro fell down to the ground surrounded by blood. "It seems I have lost, would you do me a favor and tell me the name of the man who killed me." Assassin looked back at Kojiro "My name is not something you need right now"
Kojiro looked surprised for a moment. "I see, the war is still going on so it's dangerous to reveal your name" Before Kojiro faded away he said one last thing. "While not the fight I was hoping for this truly was an enjoyable fight"
After Kojirou turned into mana Sonoko came out from hiding. "So Assassin it seemed like you won. I don't feel any drain on my reserves though."
Assassin looked at his master and said, "We should probably head back home now." Sonoko nodded. "When we get home the first thing I'll do is actually check your parameters."
Assassin whipped his head back to stare at Sonoko. "Have you actually not looked at my stats yet." Sonoko blushed while looking to the side. "Let's just go home." Assassin nodded as he dematerialized.
True to her word the minute they arrived Sonoko checked his parameters. "Not bad. Your stats aren't amazing but they are not terrible." Assassin nodded as he started walking away. Before he could get far his master called him once again. "Hey don't just run away. You used your Noble Phantasm but I didn't see anything happen. Can you explain your Noble Phantasm?"
Assassin sighed "My Noble Phantasm is space manipulation".
Sonoko looked somewhat surprised before her eyes gained an excited look. Faster than the Assassin thought possible, Sonoko started asking Assassin some questions. "What are the limits of your Noble Phantasm? Can you use it to stop time entirely? Can you reattach a broken limb using your Noble Phantasm?"
"I only control space, not time, and 1 question at a time."
Sonoko looked confused. "What's the difference between controlling space or time? Aren't they basically the same?"
Assassin sighed as he explained more about his Noble Phantasm. "Controlling space and controlling space are 2 different things. The easiest way to explain my Noble Phantasm is me throwing someone in water. When you're in water it takes longer to accomplish a certain task but time still flows the same. That is what my Noble phantasm does."
"Oh that makes more sense. So your Noble Phantasm has basically no offensive properties."
Assassin nodded. "Yes, my Noble Phantasm, unlike the fake Assassin, deals no actual damage"
Sonoko looked at the Assassin. "Okay, now I am going to go to my workshop." Before Sonoko could leave, the Assassin's back suddenly straightened and his eyes sharpened. Assassin suddenly rushed outside.
Sonoko rushed trying to catch up with him. "What happened Assassin."
Assassin looked in the direction of the church. "Nothing, I just felt like something happened. Forget about it."
Sonoko stared at the Assassin a little longer before she nodded and went inside her home. Assassin followed her shortly after.
When Sonoko slept she dreamt not of Assassin but of her own past.
She was once again in the body of a child. This time instead of running or hiding she was seeing the time where she first learnt magecraft. Looking at her past allowed her to notice things that she didn't find out in the moment.
When she had her circuits opened she saw that her bracelet on her hand glowed green. Just like when the monster ran away.
She wondered what the bracelet was and why it made the monster run. Before her dream could continue she was woken up by the alarm she forgot to turn off.
As she went downstairs she saw the Assassin deep in thought. She was wondering what was bothering him. "Hey Assassin, you look like you're thinking about something, wanna tell me."
"The church. When you were sleeping something happened at the church. I'm thinking about what it could have been."
"It's rare to see you interested, let's go check it out."
Assassin nodded and after a while the master servant pair went to the church
When they arrived they saw that the church was broken and destroyed. Assassin looked at the scene around him. "Seems someone actually came and attacked the mediator of this Holy Grail War. I doubt he's dead though, he had way too many command seals to die."
Sonoko nodded in agreement before she found a path leading underground. "Hey Assassin, look at this. The servant that killed the priest may have gone underground."
Assassin looked in her direction before heading down the path.
Assassin looked at the basement of the church and saw multiple familiars walking around.
'It seems like Caster is the one that attacked the mediator. She was most likely planning on getting the grail immediately instead of waiting for the other servants to die.'
'Assassin, let's go check and see if you can kill her right now.'
'Wait here master, I can use presence concealment to see if I can win or not.'
Assassin carefully moved around the basement until he came to an opening. As he peeked his head out he saw Saber, Caster and her master.
Assassin retreated back to his master after he saw who was in the room. After retelling his master what he saw she looked somewhat surprised.
"Saber was taken by Caster as her master. This is one of the worst scenarios that could have happened."
"I agree master, I say we leave right now, I can't handle both servants."
Hearing that, Sonoko and the Assassin found the exit and traveled back above ground. When they left the basement Assassin immediately stood in front of his master.
Staring at them right now was Archer and his master Rin. As they stared at each other, Sonoko decided to break the silence. "So what are you guys doing here?"
Rin answered after thinking about whether she should tell them or not. "We're here looking for Caster."
As the 2 masters continued talking the servants were both getting ready for battle.
"Well Caster is in the basement under the church right now, go fight her if you want. Assassin lets go home."
Assassin picked up Sonoko then vanished from the area.
A/N: This is chapter six. The start of the chapter included Assassin killing both Rider and Kojiro. Shinji is dead too. This chapter took a really long time to make since I had other things to do. This chapter is also shorter than I wanted it to be so the next chapter should be a bit longer than this one. There is no current update schedule for this story.
Comment are appreciated, bye
Servant Name: ?
Current Master: Sato Sonoko
PARAMETERS-
Strength: C+
Endurance: B
Agility: A+
Mana: C
Luck: E
NP: Space Manipulation
