Author's Notes:
Hey everyone! Looks like we're going to have another chapter of the King of Time and Humanity's Last Master: Babylonia. The last time we saw the heroes, they are now doing mundane tasks for Gilgamesh, so that they can be in his good graces. As this was going on. Ana, Ritsuka and Sougo talk about how Ana came to Babylonia. With Ritsuka asking Ana to be his servant, with the latter declining.
Now then in this chapter, the heroes are now going to destroy some evil spirits and have a heartfelt conversation on their choices.
Disclaimers: I don't own any of the characters appearing in this Fanfiction, they belong to their respective creators: Kinoko Nasu, Takashi Takeuchi, Shotaro Ishinomori and Toei Company.
Quartzer 7
2655 BC: A peaceful conversation.
3rd POV
In Uruk, Ancient Mesopotamia
2655 BC
We then saw that the heroes are in an alley, where they are now fighting spirits. As they finish all of them, Ana then said, "Good work. I think we've defeated it. I appreciate it."
"I didn't know such caves existed underneath Uruk…" Ritsuka muttered.
Mash then said, "These spirits were a bit as shocking. Ana, do you know what those spirits were?"
"Yes, do you?"
Ana looks at them as she started to talk, "They are like grim reapers. A deadly disease is spreading here in Uruk.
Ritsuka said, "A deadly disease?"
"Yes. Starting with the weak ones, people fall into an eternal slumber. Those spirits must be connected to that somehow." Ana explains to them as they started to walk.
"Man… if we have Emu here…" Zi-O said.
"So, getting rid of them might reduce the death toll by emaciation?" Ritsuka said.
"Yes, in the Age of Gods, physical death is different than spiritual death." Ana answered.
Mash then said, "So, even if the body is fine, if the soul is taken away by a grim reaper, then it means death for that human."
"That must be really bad and this coming from me…" Ghost said.
"Except having the soul taking away is not quite "death." It's more like being asleep. As long as the body is safe, returning a person's soul will wake them up." Ana replied.
"Wow… It's the same thing with me…" Ghost muttered.
"Ana, how did you find out about these spirits?" Ritsuka asked.
"Yeah, we mean to ask that…" Zi-O agreed also wanting to know.
Ana turns into a flower shop as she starts explaining, "There were so many gathered above the flower shop over there."
Mash smiled, "You are so kind, Ana!"
"That's not true. I…" Ritsuka and the others look at her, "Well, um… I've been wondering why do you two interact with the people of this era more than necessarily?"
"Well, that's…"
"After we have arrived in this world, we had thoughts while we eating meals, or while we were working. Oh, they are the same. They're no different from any of us. They are people who are living in this world. And if that's so, we felt we really do need to give our best. That isn't much of an answer, is it?"
Ana replied to them, "I despise people, but I don't despise thoughts of that nature at all."
"We're glad to hear that." Zi-O smiled.
Meanwhile, in an unknown place, Mesopotamia
2655 BC
We then cut to a place where there are many egg-like sacks, as screams echo the halls, we saw a man being torn in half. With a large snake like being saying to Enkidu, "We have said before… that not a single human shall survive, have we not? I have swallowed up most of the northern cities. It is only a matter of time before we break through the Northern Wall."
"Yes, the goddess who kills the king of this era and obtains the Holy Grail will rule this world. And that will be you, "Mother."
(Cue Opening Theme: Over Quartzer by Shuta Sueyoshi Ft ISSA)
the 'Grand Order' continues with the Kamen Riders and Chaldea are now at the seventh Singularity. Where the first civilization arose now it's up to them to face three Goddesses.
Oh, yeah, Oh...
We saw Mash, Ritsuka, Roman, Da Vinci look and marveled at the Rider kicking Kamen Riders, when suddenly they saw Zi-O, Den O, Ghost, Build, Wizard and Decade walking as their faces are now shown.
sshun de tsukamitoru no sa Are you ready? (Are you lazy?)
We saw Sougo, Ryotaro and Ritsuka look at the clocks as they reach it, they then swing their arms the background starts rotating.
Atarashī rekishi wa soko ni Feel it! Feel it! (Crazy baby!)
We then saw Geiz throws his cloak as he transforms to Kamen Rider Geiz.
Feel it! Feel it! (Crazy baby!)
With Tsukuyomi and Mash walking as Tsukuyomi changes to Kamen Rider Tsukuyomi.
Hikari wo kate ni kasokushite
We then cut to Sougo and Tsukasa who then transform to Oma Zi-O and Decade Violent Emotions as their eyes turn red and slanted.
Konomama Shout it out! Shout it out!
We then saw Takeru appear with Makoto, Alain as well as the Heroes of history. With Roman, Sento, Haruto and Da Vinci at mission control
Ima wo susume yō
We then saw Woz turning his book as it shows a shadowy figure with white hair and black eyes.
Madō hi mo Ikudo tonaku Asu no tobira
We then saw the Shadowy figure as he walks, as an image shows the Heroes doing their daily routine. As we cut to Woz's book showing Oma Zi-O destroying things as well as the Shadowy figure sending creating golden cups.
tatake
As it changes to a white version of Woz. As we saw the Ridewatches.
Mitsumeta sono saki ni
We then saw the statues of the Riders appearing as Geiz activates his Ridewatch.
Tobikonde mitara
As the statues continue to appear, as Sougo activates his watch with Ritsuka, Tsukasa, Takeru and Ryotaro watching him.
Believe Yourself!
Sougo, Tsukasa, Ryotaro and Takeru transforms into their Rider Forms.
Toki no ame Surinukete Tomo ni
We then saw the Riders riding their backs, as Shadowy figures started walking. As the Rider kicks started moving.
You, Over "Quartzer"
We then saw Zi-O riding through the blaze. As OOO and Ankh are at each other's backs.
Mirai wo koe yō
We then saw heroes standing outside of a city. With Gilgamesh greeting them and Ishtar suddenly barging in. and Ana looking at Medusa with surprise. And the Artoria trio sighing at Merlin's antics.
Kako no ishi wa Uso de wa azamuke nai
We then saw the Riders as well as the Servants fighting some enemies. With Woz using his Kamen Rider Ginga Miridewatch.
Kanjiro sō Nexus Future
We then saw Tsukuyomi and Mash walking down the stairs, as the scenery started changing. With Natsumi, Medusa and Kaitou appearing to take their hands.
Now, Over "Quartzer"
We then saw Zi-O using his sword.
Mabayui sekai Misete
As it switches to Geiz with them duking it out as the title appears.
Sougo POV
In London, England
1888 AD
We go back to the London Singularity, as Solomon appears with the heroes except the Kamen Riders struggling, "This is the one and only warning I will give to you all. Know that abandoning everything now is the easiest way to live— Burn and leave not even ash. That is your future."
Suddenly he was punched by none other than Oma Zi-O causing the others to be shocked.
"What the—Who are you?!"
"Oh me… I'm just the future self of Sougo Tokiwa…" Oma Zi-O then disappears.
"Thanks and also Solomon if that's who you truly are would you just shut up!"
"Why you!"
"We don't care who you are… If you are really Solomon, then God should have abandoned David's family a long time ago." Shotaro said.
"You... just who the hell are you?"
"We're just some passing through Kamen Riders you better remember that!"
"Tch… I'll remember it…" He then disappears…
"...This is the end. I feel unsatisfactory, though we got the Grail back."
In Uruk, Ancient Mesopotamia
2655 BC
We then cut to the present where Mash, Ritsuka, Sougo, Eiji, Hina, Tsukuyomi and the Taros are now creating walls, with them sticking the bricks as Mash narrates, "A month has passed since we arrived at Uruk. This was the first taste of everyday life I've obtained outside of Chaldea."
"Today's work was a bit hard on us…" Ritsuka remarked.
"Yes, but I've finally gotten accustomed to working as of late." Mash agreed.
"Well as for us, it wasn't too hard…" Momotaros interjected.
"Yeah… I'm finally getting the hang of things myself." Ritsuka smiled, as they talk Fou notice a hooded man. With Sougo also noticing the creature.
"Hey guys look…"
They turn to the two. "Fou? Sougo?" As they say that they saw the hooded man, "That man…"
"Maybe he's hungry…" Sougo and Ritsuka then went towards him, "Senpai? Tokiwa-san?"
They then approach the man, with Ritsuka and Sougo offering some bread, "Hey are you hungry?"
"This maybe uncalled for, but take this…"
"Compassion without reason is evil. Feeling shame is another!" This caused the heroes to be stunned at this. With him continuing, "However I do appreciate such kindness." He takes the bread and hides it as he said, "Heed me, children. Three storms will soon sweep over Uruk."
"Three…"
"What do you mean?"
"Empathize not with the hateful one. Celebrate not with the joyous one. And extol not with the pained one. Remember always, tis a fools task to speak of man's ways to a god." The man then disappears in a gust of wind.
"Senpai, Tokiwa-san, that just now…"
"Yes, and that voice…"
"Storms are coming here to Uruk!"
"Yeah, and by storm you mean the goddesses."
At the house in the middle of the night, Uruk, Ancient Mesopotamia
2655 BC
We then saw Ritsuka, Sougo and Eiji sitting in the roof. When Mash, Tsukuyomi and Hina shows up. With Mash asking, "You all can't sleep?" They look at the girls.
"Oh well we were…"
"We were remembering what that old man said."
"So, perhaps something will happen after all."
"We've lost many people along this journey. Both Servants and humans." Ritsuka said as he remembers about Olga.
Fuyuki, Japan
2004 AD
"Take a good look, Scion of the Animusphere family. This is the fate of your family's lunacy." Lev then tries to pull Olga towards Chaldeas.
"Hey what are you..."
"This is the end; I'll make your wish come true. Now touch your treasure."
Olga then started screaming when suddenly Tsukuyomi shouted, "I don't think so!" She then stops Time and jump so fast that she grabs Olga. She then shoots at Lev as time started moving.
Lev was surprised saying, "What the what the hell happened?"
"Simple I stop Time and rescued Olga-san here." Tsukuyomi answered while holding Olga who was now unconscious.
The others then went towards her with Ritsuka saying, "Thank you Tsukuyomi."
"Why you I'll make you pay for this!' As he was saying that he heard a man from behind saying.
"Hey!"
He turns and saw Den-O and the others, with Den-O punching him in the face. They then went down and join the others, as Lev glared at them. Mash then forward saying, "Oh no!"
"You trash! You'll regret laying your hands on me, and Romani as a fellow student who studied sorcery together, I will give you a final advice. The Future has not disappeared. It has been incinerated." This caused the Heroes to be surprised, "Chaldea is probably being protected by the magnetic field of Chaldeas. I'm sure the outside is meeting the same fate as Fuyuki."
Back at Uruk, Ancient Mesopotamia
2655 BC
"You're thinking about Olga, aren't you?" Sougo asks Ritsuka.
"Yeah, at that time I couldn't do anything."
Mash then tries to console Ritsuka, "Even then, we were able to repair six singularities!"
"Yeah, and Olga still has her soul in an Eyecon." Tsukuyomi agreed.
"Uruk here marks the seventh. As long as that belt of light is up there, our future, the history of humanity is still incinerated. And when we lose, that will be confirmed." Ritsuka said.
"Yes."
"Sometimes I wonder, did I make the right choice? At first, I wasn't ready. I was engrossed in running through it all, thinking I had to do it. But there were people I couldn't protect." Ritsuka muttered.
"Previously I had a conversation with Amadeus."
Back at Orleans, France
1431 AD
We then cut back to the time when Mash and Amadeus taking with each other, "...Right. I hate to bring this back up... But it's about when we heard that Marie had died This is what you said, Amadeus. "Humans choose what they love." I don't understand what that meant. Rather, I understand the meaning of the words, it's the "choose" part that I don't understand. I mean, things we should view favorably are morally just, and things we should reject are socially bad. That's what I was taught. I feel deep down that it's right."
Amadeus then look at her with a smile, "Hmm. What do you consider right then?"
"Well... Something that saves many lives, and sees value in many lives, I suppose."
"That's rather ill-defined. Let us assume for a moment that Fujimaru and Tokiwa-kun were not such a person. What then?" Amadeus asked.
"But that's..."
"Forgive me, that was a mean assumption. However, keep that hesitation and discomfort in mind. Mash, I suspect that you are a person who has only recently gained her freedom. As such, you freeze in the face of hard choices and have doubts about the person you are becoming."
"...Yes, I think you might be right. I, uh...didn't know much about the outside world. ...No. Maybe I never had the right to care for anything in the first place. I mean, I—" Mash tried to explain.
"Oh, dear. You truly are pure, aren't you? You're like a music sheet without a single note on it. But heed my words, Mash. Even if you are a doll created for the sole purpose of fighting... ...You have the obligation to care for something. You may not have freedom, but you have obligations."
Mash was surprised at this, "Obligations? Not rights or privileges?"
"No, obligations. Or duties if you like. Humans have that responsibility, for they possess the intelligence to think. What to care for, what to dislike, what is considered precious, what is considered evil. Those are the things you must choose for yourself. Not by the words of others, nor by conforming to your environment. Every human is unique. So too is each one's values. We learn and see as much as we can. By doing so, your life will be enriched. Listen, the world is not what you make of it. You are what the world makes of you. Then when you have become you, become more than this world. You must leave proof that you existed, whatever it is. I have. All the music I left behind is proof. Even though— that itself is insignificant."
Mash was surprised at this statement, Amadeus then continued, "After all, I am a man who couldn't even bear witness to the death of his one and only first love. My legacy may have been loved by many, but my actual life was nothing special. Still, I am content with that. Human beings are filthy and unpleasant. My conclusion stands. There are sinners who shine brilliantly and saints that make one retch. So, there is no need for you to fear your own future. You are created by the world, and you expand and improve the world. That is what "being a human" is all about. Begin by absorbing all you can from the world and then return those favors to the world as you see fit later. Worrying over what results that will have is a matter for another day."
"Amadeus..."
"However, most things in this world have a fair value, and a result fit for such value. As was the case with my music and my life. As long as humans are human, evil will not prevail. After all, humanity will be unable to flourish otherwise. It is said that "evil" is the hindrance to the prosperity of life. The species cannot survive with it there. If humanity cannot purge itself of that "evil," that is the day of humanity's extinction. It's that simple." Mash was now calm at all of this.
...l see that you are now breathing more calmly. Our break is over Mash, let's return to the others. Most likely this is the last time we shall chat. For some reason, it turned into a bit of a lecture. Still, I'm happy that we were alone for this final talk. From start to finish, you're a charming young lady."
Back at Uruk, Ancient Mesopotamia
2655 BC
"That's why I'm sure that the answers that you chose are correct, Senpai. I believe in your answers." Mash declared as she continues to comfort Ritsuka.
"Yeah, us too man." Sougo agreed.
"The answers I chose, huh? You're right. The answer that I chose when I became Humanity's last Master…"
"Yes! That's why I will always be by your side…"
"I will try to keep the faith in my own answer, as well!"
"Now that's the spirit!" Eiji smiled.
Author's Notes:
And that's it see you later, guys!