Chapter 19 - End of Zero Part 2

Fuyuki HarborFate world199420 Minutes to midnight

(General P.O.V)

If one were an outside observer, they would see streaks of gold and explosions appearing all over in the Fuyuki Harbor along with a ton of thick smoke…

"Stay still!" Gilgamesh roars as over and over, Arturia continues to dodge, duck and weave her way through the chains of Enkidu, making sure that not a single piece of the chain touches her. Gilgamesh is suddenly forced to dodge a fireball that comes at him from his blind spot, forcing him to retaliate and send several blades toward the direction of where the fireball came from, popping a shadow clone in doing so.

Arturia barely twitches, her crimson Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan eyes only peering at Gilgamesh with a stern expression before seamlessly forming a new shadow clone that disappears with a Kai Kai before Gilgamesh can get a shot to dispel it.

For the last 20 minutes, Arturia and Gilgamesh have been maintaining a status quo, Arturia forms a shadow clone, that clone soon disappears, Gilgamesh tries to catch Arturia with his chains and then gets a fireball that he has to dodge for his trouble all while the cycle begins anew with Arturia creating yet another one.

Without warning though, the status quo is once more broken by Arcueid who has finally arrived, going to attack Gilgamesh with her claws ready. Gilgamesh, already paranoid from all the shadow clones immediately bombards Arcueid's position. However, without warning she suddenly teleports away, only to appear not to far away and rush down Gilgamesh from a different angle.

All thanks to the benefits of a not-too-well-known perk that Tempest Jewels can access along with the shroud of power..

Apportation.

Arturia, after Fu's death and planning Gilgamesh's downfall, had decided to research options that Tempest Jewels have and discovered that Apportation could allow a retinue member member to teleport to another one. Even escaping back home if needed..

While this does make the death of Fu all the more bitter as had Arturia recalled she had this earlier, or at least had informed Fu of it, the death may never had happened..

Either way, Arturia and Merlin tested as to see if apportation would work with clones..

It did

This led to the idea of using clones as teleport points for the fight ahead, and as such, it allowed for us to bring in reinforcements if needed at a point where they may be needed most, and at a safe distance at that.

So as Arcueid teleports out and charges out from a different angle, there is a shadow clone positioned among the harbor, patiently waiting to be used as a teleport point.

Something that Gilgamesh has no idea and has no time to comprehend as every time he tries to portal bomb Arcueid with his treasures, he has to divert attention in order to do so. It's during one of these crucial diversions of Gilgamesh's attention that he's lost track of Arturia.

That is when he decides to stop trying to be precise and starts to utterly shred through the entire block of cargo containers to finally draw them both out through sheer quantity of Omni-directional fire.

Arcueid is ultimately forced to teleport back home due to every shadow clone immediately being destroyed due to this incredibly aggressive move from Gilgamesh. As for Arturia, her armor takes several more blows, and even has to form the imperfect Susanoo to keep herself from taking any further hits, revealing her position.

"Hmph, at long last this charade can finally end…" Gilgamesh says, leering at Arturia who's armor is completely shattered but is protected by the Imperfect Susanoo. The Blue bodysuit reveals a lot of her buxom and curvy form to Gilgamesh who takes in the sight with a smirk.

"Oh I don't think so Gilgamesh…." Arturia says before she weaves through one-handed hand seals while simultaneously charging her lance. Gilgamesh scoffs before sending his chains at Arturia again, intending to neutralize her now that there is no longer any cover for her to make.

"Fire Style: Great Fire Annihilation!" Arturia declares before letting out a literal tsunami of flame at Gilgamesh, the chains diverted from their course due to the intense flames that now rush right toward Gilgamesh.

This once again forces Gilgamesh to use the "Shield of Gods" once more to protect himself from the flames before, out of nowhere, the shield is suddenly ripped from his hands by a sudden blast from Arturia's lance.

Gilgamesh barely has time to think about that though as he sees Arturia begin to charge up a second shot from the lance, prompting him to rush forward and fire multiple weapons from all positions to get her to stop.

Just before the weapons get close though Arturia Kai Kais away and fires the lance yet again, Gilgamesh dodging and returning fire with more weapons. The two slowly get closer to each other with each fire, dodge, and fire again.

Eventually, Arturia gets close enough to start trying to thrust her spear directly at Gilgamesh, with him forced to deflect it with two swords from his treasury once more, this time only chipping the blades due to deflecting it rather than flat out trying to block it.

This allows Gilgamesh to try and swipe at her, attempting to try and stab her shoulders to disable her arms. Arturia ducks the stabs and sends the lance away before suddenly bursting into Super Saiyan. The shockwave forces Gilgamesh back and allows Arturia to quickly re-close the distance and land a direct punch on his armor, visibly cracking it and forcing Gilgamesh way back.

He coughs violently, hacking up blood before turning his attention fully at Arturia, who's finally got her hair completely undone from the braided hairstyle she had at the start of the fight. He chuckles before saying…."I see why you kept it in that hairstyle you had before, it could get in the way of your fighting…"

Arturia just scoffs and soars forward, surprising Gilgamesh at just how much faster she got all of a sudden and he starts to take multiple hits, his armor taking alot of damage with every direct punch she lands.

All leading up to an uppercut that sends Gilgamesh into the air briefly before she slams him back down to the ground with a heel drop, cracking the ground and forcing him to cough out more blood.

Arturia narrows her eyes and plants her boot on Gilgamesh's chest, who without warning grasps it. Before Arturia can really respond, Gilgamesh finally manages to get the chains to appear and successfully wrap around Arturia's arms and legs, restraining her.

As Gilgamesh slowly gets up, he starts to slowly chuckle before starting to go straight into his Iconic laughter, howling in the euphoria of triumph. Soon he looks at an utterly enraged Arturia before he gets close and begins to grope one of her huge breasts through the body suit.

"At long last, it took some time but at long last I will have you know your place beneath me goddess.." He says, using another hand to force Arturia's eyes to look directly into his own, marveling at the currently green glowing eyes that look at him with such an expression of hatred.

He starts to slowly remove his armor, seeing that the goddess before him is now neutralized and while he isn't sure where the other blonde is, he doesn't care since he threw a ton of weapons back there and doubtless she must have been killed, at least as far as he's concerned.

"Do you have anything to say before I bless you with my seed Goddess..?" He says with an arrogant smirk. Arturia looks at him with utter fury before rapidly turning that fury into an utterly downright evil grin.

"Yea, I think I'll enjoy the one thrust you'll get to experience~!" Arturia says. Before Gilgamesh can really respond, a familiar tanto blade goes right through Gilgamesh's heart, forcing him to gasp in pain.

"And with that, I have returned what you have done to me…." Fu who had come up behind him says, her glasses gleaming in the moonlight as she watches the chains around Arturia disappear, letting her get up and look down at Gilgamesh.

"But…how…" Gilgamesh says slowly beginning to disappear before the two. Arturia sighs and just stares at Gilgamesh with an unreadable expression. He reaches out to her, words wanting to come from his lips as he feels himself growing weaker but those words never leave his lips as he fades entirely..

Fu sighs before sheathing her tanto, looking at Arturia with a mischievous grin on her face before walking up and groping one of her huge breasts. This causes Arturia to blush and moan as Fu soon begins to talk.

"Really, that was the best line you got?" Fu says, continuing to grope Arturia while she tries to respond without simply moaning.

"It was….ah…..the best I could…..AH FUCKING STOP PLEASE~!" Arturia says, suddenly swatting away Fu's hands with her own armored ones, instinctively going to cover her massive breasts with her arms while blushing deeply.

"DID YOU REALLY HAVE TO DO THAT?!" Arturia screams, prompting Fu to nonchalantly look at her nails before looking at Arturia with a deadpan.

"You really forgot about the Warranty Plan, didn't you..?" Fu asks before Arturia freezes and deadpans, facepalming before she suddenly hugs Fu deeply. This catches Fu off-guard before she returns the hug, although this is more so because she can feel her dear sister's huge bosom against her own more than anything.

"I'm just so glad you're back.." Arturia says, tearing up slightly in pure utter relief and joy. The hug continues for some time before they pull away, Arturia about to say more..

When the two of them see a bright light, the use of Excalibur in the distance..

Before the area around that point turns to fire and mud…

At the same time as the start of the chapterA nearby Fuyuki Carpark1994

(General P.O.V)

The fight between the three sabers and the berserk Lancelot is going well for the sabers, although Lancelot is able to keep them at bay due to this savage and unpredictable fighting style so much unlike what he was before as a Knight of the Round Table.

"Tch, of all the people I expected to become something like this, never pegged you for that one eh lancy~" Mordred says, taunting Lancelot who briefly focuses his attention on The traitor and rushes at Mordred, only to need to dodge an attack from on of the Artoria Sabers aiming for his sides.

As the fight continues, all four of them have yet to take any real damage in this stage of the fight. While there is a lull in the battle, Mordred notices that Lancelot has yet to finish repairing the massive rip into his armor that she did a while ago, only partially mended.

"Oi, dad!" Mordred says, prompting BOTH Artorias to look at Mordred, who looks sheepish before having to dodge a swiping slash from Lancelot.

"I mean the non-busty version!" At this Saber (F-Zero) just looks visibly annoyed by this but Mordred gives her no time to comment on that quip, saying.."The tear in his armor, can you aim for it..?" Which prompts Saber (F-Zero) to look and see that there is indeed a tear in Lancelot's armor down the back, not large but still noticeable.

Saber (F-Zero) nods, making Mordred grin and start to slowly move Lancelot around, Artoria (Saber) Helping her, making Saber (F-Zero) look on wistfully at the two..

"Could things really have been so different that we could have worked together my son.." Saber (F-Zero) says, lamenting at lost opportunities and potential branching paths. All the more reason for her to get the grail to undo the mistakes of the past..

Saber (F-Zero) readies her weapon, aiming the blade toward the tear in the back of Lancelot's armor, hating that she has to do this to her loyal knight but seeing no choice..

Soon enough her chance comes as Lancelot's attention is now completely on the two pendragon sabers, the only indication he gives that he still knows about the original saber, is a minor shift in his stance every now and then intending to be ready for a sudden attack from another.

But even in his maddened state, he never expects the sudden trust into his shoulder through the tear before Saber (F-Zero) Slices right through the back of Lancelot. Thus the fight ends as Lancelot soon comes free from his maddened state, Saber (F-Zero) catching him in her arms as both Mordred and Arturia (Saber) Give the two privacy while exiting the carpark, soon discovering Irisviel watching the fight between Kiritsugu and Kirei Kotomine.

"Wha…." The sudden appearance of another version of Saber surprises Irisviel before she feels the mana of Lancelot soon flow into the grail, prompting Artoria (Saber) to quickly force her own Avalon into Irisviel, this allows Irisviel to continue surviving the manifestation of the grail with her body.

This, however, provokes the greater grail itself to take drastic measures to ensure it manifests, resulting in the Greater grail itself suddenly switching the intended vessel from Irisviel back to it's original intended vessel, a golden cup.

A cup that spontaneously appears above both Kiritsugu and Kirei during their fight.

"W-what?!" Kirei exclaims, seeing the holy grail in the air above them. But this only gives Kiritsugu the chance she needs and fires several shots into Kirei, finally killing him for good.

With Irisviel no longer the lesser grail, Artoria (Saber) Takes back her own Avalon, leaving the original in there, although Irisviel is completely unaware of the addition or removal taking place due to being so haggard by handling the grail itself.

Saber (F-Zero) Also comes out from the carpark, looking like she had been crying a bit but looks resolutely at the grail before her, going to Kiritsugu's side as she begins to talk..

"So….that's the grail…?" She asks Kiritsugu, who merely nods. The Buxom Mercenary woman sighed in relief as she gazes up at the grail, thankful both for the fact that Irisviel was able to live while also being still able to claim the grail.

It's then the grail soon receives the mana of archer, and then..

Just like in the original timeline, Kiritsugu Emiya receives the visions just like before.

"Master, please allow me to seek out Caster and finish the grail war.." Saber (F- Zero) says eagerly, Mordred above her looks like she's about to go down there to try and stop her but Artoria (Saber) Shakes her head.

It's only then that Artoria (Saber) Remembers exactly what her version of Kiritsugu ordered, and before she can shout out her words of warning..

Almost as if fate is mocking the efforts of the Pendragon family, Kiritsugu once again uses two command seals.

Once again, Kiritsugu's Command seals are used to destroy the grail.

And once again, Saber (F-Zero) is forced to obey with an utterly betrayed expression..

But unlike the original time-line, it's not Gilgamesh that gets utterly swamped in the mud.

As Saber (F-Zero) Destroys the lesser grail and begins the release of the mud that would cause the Fuyuki Fires yet again..

Saber isn't even given a chance to disappear before the mud envelops her, it's only when the mud is touching her, does she realize what Kiritsugu was doing. But it's far too late to think about that now, as the mud rushes past her and starts to unleash the same destruction it would in the original timeline.

Mordred and Saber quickly use apportation to go back to the manor, taking Irisviel with them but not before she asks them to remove Avalon to at least allow Kiritsugu to get it.

Leaving only a scene of pure hell behind them…

Author's note

So..yea…

The more you try to change, the more things tend to stay the same somehow.

So yea, Irisviel survives past the Fourth Holy Grail war, what does this mean for her now..you'll have to find out.

But as you all know, this is a three-parter, not a two-parter..

There is still more to come!

Next time on A Golden Goddess: The Fuyuki Fires, Salvation, and final fight!

Next Chapter is already being written!