Chapter 14 - Incoming Climax
Ryuudou Temple
Naruto was sitting down with his legs and arms crossed. It appeared similar to that of a sulking child when in fact, Naruto was listening to Albedo explaining her situation with the Caster class servant.
"So then Jason went ahead and married some king's bitchy daughter. After all Medea-chan did for him and Jason goes ahead and marries some dumb bimbo! Medea-chan while I'm glad you killed the bimbo... why did you leave me!? I thought we were friends!" Albedo said as she started crying onto the Caster's chest.
Caster also started to get teary eyed, "I don't know! You were my only friend in this forsaken world and I let my grief take over!" she said as she hugged Albedo.
"Well I'm glad you two are together and happy again. Because you are both grounded and will be staring at the wall for 30 minutes." Naruto said as Albedo whined while Caster sweat dropped. "Speaking of which. Who is your master?" he asked.
Caster's senses quickly activated, "As if I would tell you!" she yelled only for Naruto to unleash a giant amount of miasma.
"What was that young lady?" Naruto asked as Caster started to cower again.
"Nothing papa, Medea-chan is just protective of her master. She knows better than to attack the spawn of a primordial entity like Chaos." Albedo said as Caster paled at hearing this new information.
"Albedo you never told me you were that thing's progeny!" Caster yelled she referred to Chaos.
Naruto shook his head, "Ok, enough! You two can play later after I take Shirou home and Albedo's punishment ends. Though I still want to know who the master is." he said.
Caster sighed, "Souichirou Kuzuki, but don't think that just..."
Naruto chuckled as he clapped, "Oh good, I'll just talk things out with him over pizza." he said before standing up and lifting Albedo over his shoulder. "Come on Shirou, looks like I need to start a random faculty meeting with Kuzuki-san." he said as Shirou followed Naruto despite the fact that he was nervous about the injured Caster.
The next morning
Naruto started off his day like any other day... with Albedo attached to him as if she was still a fetus. It made the man wonder how Albedo was able to live for so long without her parents. Maybe it was just a slight psychological impact on her mind so she copes by cuddling up to her family.
'Whatever it is, I still need to get breakfast started.' Naruto thought as he tried to peel his daughter off of him.
"No... no leave... my papa... papa don't leave!" Albedo muttered in her sleep.
Naruto sighed, "Now isn't a good time Albedo-chan." he said as he continued trying to remove her.
Semiramis opened her eyes and groaned as she saw her husband trying to remove Albedo. The former Assyrian Queen had stood up from bed and gave out a long yawn before adjusting the hair covering parts of her face.
"I will fetch you a spatula Naruto." Semiramis said only to hear something come out of her daughter's mouth.
Something that made Naruto and Semiramis freeze in place.
"Ni... Nig... Nigredo..." Albedo muttered.
"Naruto, how does Albedo know that name?" Semiramis asked with wide eyes.
Naruto couldn't answer that. No one living today should be aware of that name.
"Albedo! Albedo wake up!" Naruto said as he started shaking Albedo.
"Too early papa." Albedo whined she buried her face into his chest.
"Albedo Armstrong Uzumaki Namikaze of Assyria, wake up right this moment!" Semiramis ordered as Albedo whined as she yawned and opened her eyes.
"Is breakfast ready mama?" Albedo asked.
Semiramis rolled her eyes, "Albedo, where did you hear that name?" she asked.
"What name?" Albedo asked with genuine confusion.
"Nigredo, where in the infinite timelines have you heard that name?" Naruto asked.
"Zeref mentioned it before we left. He said he found notes so he can make his book of demons or something." Albedo answered as she let go of Naruto and stood up.
Naruto gave Semiramis a serious look which she replied with a nod, "I see, we'll be speaking with your younger brother about this." Semiramis said as they went to prepare breakfast.
A while later
After setting up breakfast for the massive family. Naruto had to excuse himself from the table.
"I'll be right back everyone. I remembered I had something important to do." Naruto said as Semiramis also stood up.
"Let me help you with that." she said as she followed him.
Everyone felt rather suspicious of the sudden serious tone that Naruto had and how eager Semiramis looked when she followed her husband. Naruto always prefered to be relaxed and happy. Semiramis loved her husband but wasn't always one who liked being physically attached to him all the time.
"It's probably Albedo's fault." Meliodas said as the pale girl looked scared.
"You think?" Albedo asked nervously.
"Meliodas don't say such things!" Elizabeth said while coming to her granddaughter's defense. "He didn't mean it Albedo. Naruto loves you too much to be angry at you." she said.
"Nope, he did ground her earlier after the thing with Shirou happened." Meliodas said as Albedo started to feel bad.
However Shirou gave her a comforting hug, "Don't worry about aunt. I'm sure it's something else." he said.
"Though I am impressed to see that you were able to hold your own against Assassin." Saber spoke up after finishing four bowls of rice.
"It was nothing. Though he would have probably kept up with someone like Zaratras for a few minutes. Unless fake Nanashi carried a pie with him." Meliodas replied as he along with King and Ban managed to defeat Caster's Assassin class servant.
"Then perhaps you can help me with teaching Shirou." Saber suggested as Meliodas nodded.
However before anyone said anything else. They all watched as Arthur was already dressed for the day and making his way towards the door.
"Heading somewhere?" Meliodas asked.
"Yeah, I promised I'd meet with Ayaka since I got her worried with my absence." Arthur said as he adjusts his jacket.
"Should you not eat first?" Elizabeth asked.
"It's fine, I'll grab something on the way." Arthur said.
"Aren't you forgetting something?" Albedo asked.
Arthur sighed before giving Albedo, Elizabeth and Saber a kiss on the cheek, "Goodbye aunt, ancestor and twin sister." he said as he left rather quickly.
"Twin sister?" Saber asked as she rubbed her cheek.
"Well you two are from alternate timelines but the same sentient." Merlin said as she finished up three bowls of rice.
"Then would that make my Merlin and his Merlin your siblings?" Saber asked.
Merlin shrugged her shoulders, "Maybe, I wouldn't mind trading notes." she said with a smirk.
Meanwhile in Avalon
Merlin shivered, "Please don't let that woman anywhere near me my king." he pleaded as he had the sudden feeling that his tower wouldn't be able to stop his counterpart.
Back in Fuyuki
"However, with that in mind. Do you think there's another Naruto in this world?" Merlin asked as she saw various reactions across the living room.
Most ranging to shock, fear and nervous smiling.
"I think one of my father is enough." Zeref said with a loud sigh.
Though he said that, Zeref was unaware that about several hundred alternate timelines and reality caused a giant shift because each individual version of his father had sneezed at the same time.
"I still wonder what those two are up to." Diane said as Elizabeth also felt curious.
With Naruto and Semiramis
The husband and wife treaded down the halls of the large lab space Naruto gave to Merlin. Hoping that she was unaware of the little secret that Naruto kept locked away. It was difficult for Semiramis and even knowing that her children were independent, she still believed that Nigredo was a topic that they weren't meant to know about.
"Naruto, I know this is sudden, but do you think it's wrong to keep this away from them? Zeref likely already knows but hasn't seen it?" Semiramis asked.
Naruto sighed as he gripped his head, "Semi, I don't know. You know Nigredo got unstable as time passed. She didn't like the idea of Albedo learning independence and started to freak out." he said fearing that his own creation was not stable enough to be released yet.
"I've always trusted you on these matters as you were more knowledgeable. Now I think we should consider this again in the near future." Semiramis suggested as Naruto grabbed her hand. "Naruto please don't." she said.
Naruto rubbed the back of her hand, "I'm just anxious Semi.I know with auntie Merlin around, I have an extra pair of hands when it comes to magic, but even then Nigredo would likely panic and attack anything in front of her." he said as they finally arrived and found what they were looking for.
In front of them stood a large crystal with a person inside. The person was alive, but unconscious and unaware of the world outside of the crystal. It was a girl that had to be in her late teens. Likely just older than Rin and Sakura but with an appearance just younger than Albedo. The child had hair that was black enough to rival Semiramis' hair. Her clothes were a nice short black frilly dress that appeared to be in fine condition.
"Naruto, where did you even come up with the names?" Semiramis asked as she kept a tight grip around her husband's hands.
Naruto snorted, "I was an alchemist in the past life, but it wasn't like the alchemy of this world's era. They had three stages, the first was Nigredo which also had the term for black in it. The next stage was Albedo which had the term white. With the final being Rubedo which has the term for red in it." he said.
"You and your magic science. Why do I even bother?" Semiramis asked as she slowly approached the crystal.
"Because I intrigue you. Though sometimes, I needed to realize that there are some things not meant to be researched." Naruto said with some faint hints of regret in his voice.
Semiramis shook her head as she gazed at Nigredo's frozen form, "Someday... someday we'll fix you my dear daughter." she said as she placed a hand on the crystal.
"Careful Semi, I need to move this. I'll just let Pandora's Actor guard it along with the other treasures." Naruto said as he gently moved her away from Nigredo.
Semiramis nodded, "You are a hypocrite in a way Naruto." she said as Naruto stopped in his tracks. "You only just now remembered about the one treasure you didn't keep safe." she said as Naruto lowered his head in shame. "Though I'm not much better am I?" she asked as she wiped a single tear away.
With Arthur
The King of Knights took a deep breath as he stood outside of a fairgrounds that was just set up in Fuyuki appeared. Ayaka was planning to come to the fair but didn't have anyone to go with so Arthur decided to be date. Though Ayaka really didn't want to admit it was a date since the idea of romance made her nervous. Arthur hoped that he could at least help her snap out of her anxious state of mind.
Speaking of which, the spectacle wearing girl finally made it, "I'm sorry! Did I make you wait too long?" she asked nervously.
Arthur smiled and shook his head, "No, a lady is never late." he said as he held her hand and went inside.
Naturally as a perk of being king, Arthur had his great charisma and was taught how to be a proper gentlemen after his coronation. Ayaka ironically felt as if she was in a fairy tale and met some prince who he fancied. He also had his skills to back up his image. Though the traditional method of winning the prize straight from a stall wasn't used here. Instead Arthur had to earn his tickets by playing the games and then heading towards a large tent where all the prizes are kept.
Maybe it was a security thing.
However before he prepared to select something nice for Ayaka. Arthur decided to try his hand at a shooting gallery with cardboard targets. He also took a look at the scoreboard that determined his prize amount upon finishing.
1 ticket per hundred points
1 = 100
2 = 200
5 = 500
10 = 1000
20 = 2000
'Ok, I've seen Tristan do this before. It won't be easy, but I've seen his skills.' Arthur thought as he started shooting.
After a few minutes, he realized he wasn't as good as he thought. Arthur sighed at his lack of accuracy with ranged weapons.
'I trained with my ancestor's family who are a clan of ninjas. I have a riding skill that can let me fly a plane. Yet I can barely hit a slow moving target made of cardboard.' Arthur thought with a sigh.
"Arthur would it be ok if I gave it a try?" Ayaka asked as she tapped his shoulder.
Arthur scratched the back of his head, "I don't see why not. You probably have more skill than I do." he said as he paid for another turn for Ayaka to play.
As he paid, he was given 6 tickets as his prize with most targets being worth about 20 points or more. With a rare star shaped target worth 500 that he ended up missing. Arthur started wishing he had taken up Tristan on that offer to learn archery. Bows are completely different, but he would get that eagle eye that Rin's nameless archer has.
'The guy can even see how many bricks make up a bridge.' Arthur thought. 'What am I saying? I'm an amazing Saber!' he thought as he shook his head of all those depressing things.
"Winner! Winner! Winner!" said the stall owner.
"What?" Arthur asked as he realized Ayaka hit that stupid star.
"I did it!" Ayaka said as she put the rifle down and hugged Arthur. She then blushed and pushed him away in embarrassment, "I'm sorry! I didn't mean to..."
Arthur chuckled, "It's fine, I'm actually kind of jealous." he said as Ayaka looked kind of worried. "You have some real skill Ayaka. It just shows that some people are better than others. So don't be so shy that you want to hide it." he said as Ayaka nodded before receiving her tickets.
"Wait is this right?" Ayaka asked as she couldn't believe she earned 25 tickets.
'Crap I was seriously distracted. I haven't been this ignorant since I learned Lancelot and Guinevere were dating behind my back.' Arthur thought sheepishly.
"Nope that's right young lady. You scored 2,680 points! You're better than your boyfriend!" the stall owner said with a chuckle as Ayaka and Arthur blushed
"No we're not... we're friends! Just classmates!" Ayaka said in a panicked tone.
"HA! You got friend zoned then classmate zoned!" the stall owner said as Arthur had enough and left.
Ayaka began to wave at her face to cool down her blush, "Can we... can we just turn in our tickets?" she asked nervously.
Arthur nodded, "Yeah, they probably have something nice." he said as he wanted to forget about that stall owner who was still mocking him from a distance.
At the prize tent
Inside the tent, Aki's two servants were currently at the fairgrounds as well. Mordred and Berserker were currently looking at the various prizes to buy with the giant pile of tickets they've earned from tall the games.
"That!" Berserker said as she pointed at something.
Mordred squinted her eyes and realized it was a halo ring with wings, "Seriously? Gonna show me the path of enlightenment Fran?" she asked.
Fran nodded as she grabbed the necessary amount of tickets and paid for it. Mordred snorted as Fran looked excited at the gift. However her bit of entertainment was gone when she noticed her father's counterpart. Fran, the Berserker, also noticed this but restrained Mordred.
"No fights." Fran told her friend.
"But..."
"Aki say no." Fran said as Mordred gritted her teeth.
Arthur quickly noticed them too but tried to avoid making eye contact. Though he was surprised to see that Aki's Berserker didn't have her horn or implants on the side of her head visible to the public. Maybe Aki could make a potion similar to the Glamour Naruto normally crafts. Putting his thoughts aside, he kept Ayaka close and approached the vendor.
"And what will it be?" asked a middle aged female vendor.
"Anything you like Ayaka?" Arthur asked as the girl adjusted her glasses.
"Um let's see." Ayaka said as she took her time to pick something out.
Meanwhile Arthur subtly turned his head to see the glare coming from Mordred while Fran just looked away. Realizing that only one of them wants to avoid a confrontation while the other would gladly pull out her sword. Arthur decided to see if he could deescalate things.
"Hey Ayaka, I need the restroom so I'll be right back." Arthur said as she nodded.
Mordred excused herself as well, "Don't spend the tickets on stupid things while I'm gone." she said as Fran just looked at the many prizes that interested her.
With the two Sabers
Arthur paid close attention to the close distance between Mordred and himself. Hoping to avoid battle in public and avoid unnecessary casualties. He hoped that he could at least talk things out. While he was the King Arthur of a separate timeline, Arthur didn't really do well around the Mordred of his time and lost many of his good friends in the Roundtable. Hopefully this second chance could at least help him to avoid repeating the same mistake.
Once he stopped in a cornered a blocked alleyway, he turned to son's female counterpart.
"Well, here I am." Arthur said as Mordred glared at him. "You keep giving me dirty looks. Why? Because I'm your father's counterpart? Because I'm an enemy servant? Does my existence spite you Mordred?" he asked as he wanted to get to the point.
"Well I do hate that woman. That's for sure and I doubt your Mordred has love for you either." Mordred answered.
Arthur nodded, "No doubt, you know I was out of town with Naruto er... Foreigner's family." he said as Mordred looked confused. "It's a long story, but you know. I remember that there was this evil man named Danzo. He believed that all soldiers and people in general are weak should disregard emotions. That they're tools meant to break upon failing. Artoria and I both got hit hard with that. The Perfect King doesn't exist if they can't relate to others." he explained.
Mordred sighed knowing that was one of the biggest downfalls to the King she looked up to. However that wasn't the only reason why she hated Artoria Pendragon so much.
"Though to be fair, Tristan was weird in general. I don't think anyone would understand his heart." Arthur said as Mordred snorted.
'Did he ever find that lady he was looking for?' Mordred wondered. "Yeah, well maybe I am glaring at you out of spite. So don't blame me if I still see you as a copy of the woman who denied me what I wanted." she said.
"The throne?" Arthur asked as Mordred balled her fists. "Or was it her love?" he asked as she stiffened and looked shocked. "But you know what I think?" he asked as he approached Mordred.
"What?" Mordred asked before realizing Arthur lifted her up by her waist.
"If my Mordred was a cute little girl I would have adopted her right on the spot!" Arthur said as Mordred's face turned bright red.
She then proceeded to swing her fists and legs, "Put me down you pervert!" she demanded as Arthur complied but continued to laugh.
"You really are adorable Mordred. Just maybe, things could have been different if the two of us remembered what it meant to be human. Maybe even remembering what a legacy actually meant." Arthur said as Mordred continued to stiffen at his words.
However Morgan's selfishness continued to invade her thoughts, "Well you can play the saint all you want you old bastard, but you're saying that because you know you screwed up. I bet you even know what the woman's wish for the grail is!" Mordred said accusingly.
Arthur sighed, "She wants to rewrite Camelot's history to avoid it's downfall." he answered.
"I knew it! Even if you're different, she's just the same selfish woman who cares about being the "perfect" king!" Mordred yelled.
"Mordred I..." Arthur was soon cut off by his cell phone that started ringing. Arthur sighed as he answered the phone, "Yes?" he asked.
"Shirou's in trouble again! Someone's going to kidnap him at the park!" yelled a childish voice belonging to none other than little Gil.
Arthur pinched the bridge of his nose, "Again?" he asked.
"Yes." Gil replied.
"How do you even know?" Arthur asked with some skepticism in his voice.
"I had this vision or something. Maybe it's my noble phantasm! I already told dad and he's on his way!" Gil said with urgency in his voice.
"And where's Artoria?" Arthur asked as Mordred crossed her arms.
"I don't know, Shirou wanted to go off on his own again. You should seriously go like right now!" Gil told him.
Arthur sighed, "Fine, and you owe me for this Gil." he said before hanging up and turning to the Knight of Rebellion. "I gotta go. Shirou is in trouble again." he said as he walked past her.
Back at the tent
Mordred also returned back to the prize tent. However when she arrived, she groaned at the sight of Fran holding a bunch of stuffed animals, flowers and some costume pieces. No doubt Astolfo would also enjoy some of these prizes. Meanwhile Arthur had already gotten his prizes bagged before asking for a pair of necklaces with a shape of a broken crescent on each one that connects.
"Maybe we can do this again sometime Ayaka." Arthur said as Ayaka tried to suppress her blush.
"I e-enjoyed s-spending time with you too Arthur." Ayaka said as she gripped her half crescent shaped necklaces.
Arthur then turned to his phone and saw the message from Gil.
HURRY UP! STOP STARING AT PRETTY GIRLS!
Arthur blinked twice, 'Is he somehow stalking me? There is no way he has clairvoyance.' he thought. "Anyways, let me walk you back to the train station." he said without trying to sound urgent.
Ayaka nodded, "Sure, it's getting late anyways." she said even though she could see how tense Arthur felt.
Both completely unaware of what was going on in the distance with Shirou
At the park
Naruto flew to the skies with Meliodas and King by his side.
"Something is really wrong here. I haven't gotten this weird feeling in my gut since Chandler tried taking you away dad." Naruto spoke up.
Meliodas nodded, "Then maybe you should have picked some real armor son." he replied.
"I need this armor for slaying goblins!" Naruto argued as he defended his rusty armor.
"We aren't fighting goblins." King interrupted.
"Demons of this world are the evolved form of goblins!" Naruto continued to argue.
After a long argument about demons, goblins and Naruto getting defensive about his dirty rusty armor that he's only used once (when Caster kidnapped Shirou). The three men landed in the park and didn't see anything noticeable. If Shirou was here, then he most likely didn't put up a fight. So either he surrendered like a coward or was knocked unconscious.
"If that kid could see the future. Then he should learn to be more specific." Meliodas stated bluntly.
Naruto sighed, "Sometimes I need remember that Gil is still a bit of a brat. I bet he just sent me out here so he could goof off while Semi and Albedo left the house." he said.
As the father and son were discussing whether or not Gil was messing around. King started to look around as he thought he had heard something.
'I wish Oslo was still here.' King thought sadly of his old friend.
Along with being a close friend, Oslo was a canine and could likely have started smelling for clues and hearing if anything was nearby. Because King may be paranoid, but he had this familiar feeling that something felt off.
"Guys, I don't think we're alone." King said as both men looked towards him.
In the distance, several more of the demons that attacked the school weeks ago had appeared. Naruto got his dual swords ready as Meliodas prepared Lostvayne.
"Well maybe Gil did predicted something after all." Naruto said as he prepared for the onslaught of demons that roared as they charged at the men.
With Shirou, a while later
The copper-red haired teen groaned as he started to regain consciousness. Shirou could hardly recall what had happened. All he did was remember that he was in a park earlier where he met that albino looking girl who was the master of Berserker. Yet, it gets hazy and he can't find himself recalling what happened after that. The worst part is, when he finally got his barings. Shirou couldn't recognize where he was or why he was tied to a chair.
"Good morning big brother." said a voice belonging none other than Illya who climbed up on his lap and looked at him directly in the eye.
"What? You're the girl from the park!" Shirou pointed out as he tried to break his bonds by tapping into his magic.
"Don't bother big brother. I put a drug in you that nulls your magic or at least keeps you too weak since Mr. Really Long Named Foreigner has been teaching you." Illya said revealing that she has been somehow spying on him.
Shirou didn't trust the loli, "Why am I here?" he asked as he tried to keep his cool.
"You're in my home, the Einzbern castle." Illya answered. "Big brother, I brought you here today because I want you to become my servant. Though I prefer using the term pet." she said while trying to maintain that cute look.
Shirou shook his head, "No way! You just want me to surrender Saber so you can take the grail for yourself don't you?" he asked.
Illya giggled, "That would be a good perk too. Though if you think about it, not counting the old man. I clearly have the superior servant." she answered as she leaned closer to him.
"Well you can forget it!" Shirou exclaimed as Illya frowned, clearly not liking that answer.
However before Illya could consider torturing Shirou or finding out what to do with him. Illya and Shirou felt the castle shake.
"Sella, Leysritt, go deal with that!" Illya ordered as the two maids left the room. Illya then got off of Shirou's lap, "Don't go anywhere big brother. I need to get Berserker-kun and have him deal with the intruder." she said as she left the room.
Shirou sighed, he knew he needed to get out but the toxin Illya used was pretty strong and kept his magic inactive. Then he remembered something, Naruto told him that Semiramis was the first poisoner and likely the best there is because of her legend. Putting aside the praise for his great grandmother, he remembered that she used poisons on Naruto for her challenge. Only Naruto revealed that he had a way to flush out the toxins and heal himself.
'Ok Shirou, just concentrate. What would uncle do?' Shirou thought.
With Naruto
"Someone is getting grounded when I'm done slaying these demons!" Naruto yelled as he kept cutting down demons that got in the way.
After dealing with the ones at the park. Zeref and Albedo arrived and managed to find a way to track Shirou. Which lead to the outskirts of Fuyuki city where they found a German Castle-villa. Only to end up finding more demons along the way which made things more annoying and take longer.
"We're almost there kid." Ban said as he ripped off the head of a horned demon.
"Also if you're slaying demons are you a demon slayer?" Zeref asked with a smirk as he saw his father stop for a moment.
The black mage could only stifle his laughter as he saw his father's reaction, "NO! NOT A DEMON SLAYER!" Naruto yelled.
"But you're slaying demons." Zeref insisted to goad his father.
"Zeref you are thinning out my patience." Naruto said before looking up at the sky to see several golden portals in the distance. "Ok, that does not look good. Hopefully Saber and the others already there." he said before a larger demon appeared.
The large beast was completely blackened with a white face and red eyes, "Ew devil." Albedo murmured.
"I don't have time for this! Wingblade!" Naruto called out as several several glass swords appeared behind him.
At the courtyard
Sella and Leysritt were killed in battle. Their foe was a blond man with red eyes that had the ability to launch weapons out of golden portals called the Gate of Babylon. This man was Gilgamesh, the true Gilgamesh that had survived the previous Holy Grail War and was now attacking the Einzbern castle. Most likely to go after Illya and her Berserker class servant.
Illya actually had come outside and witnessed the deaths before noticing Gilgamesh's arrival.
"I'm guessing you're one of the enemy servants. Where is your master?" Illya asked without showing a hint of fear.
Gilgamesh snickered, "You do not fear me. I would have assumed you were basking in the glory of being in the presence of a king. However I can tell a child such as yourself clearly lacks the ability to grant respect to your betters." he says as he aims his weapons.
Illya just smiled at him, "Close enough, I just wanted to make it easy on you when Berserker-kun rips to head off." she says as Berserker bursts through the wall and rushes at Gilgamesh.
Gilgamesh merely laughed at the brute that dared to challenge his might. He couldn't care less if the man was as strong as his father Zeus. For Gilgamesh believed anyone who hasn't done anything worthy of earning his respect would be beneath him. So with that, Gilgamesh pierced Berserker with several high ranking noble phantasms until he was sent flying back into the castle. Where he was finally killed only to be revived due to his Twelve Labors reviving him and healing the damage to his body.
Illya was shocked by the power that Gilgamesh showcased. However that didn't mean she lacked any faith in her servant being able to defeat the King of Heroes who continued his assault.
Back with Shirou, a while later
Shirou panted in frustration, he still hasn't mastered enough of his magic to flush out the toxin in his body. That and the toxin itself reduced his strength which left him unable to break the ropes or at least slither out by dislocating and relocating his joints after being free. However hope wasn't completely gone as he heard more noises that started to make the castle shake. Before long the door opened to reveal a familiar face.
"Well Shirou, this is an interesting situation." said the voice.
"Aki sensei? What are you doing here?" Shirou asked wondering why Aki was here of all places let alone knowing where.
"It's a long story and I had to get a ride from my Rider." Aki said.
In truth, Mordred was being stubborn and asked Arthur what was going on. Arthur told her about Shirou being in danger so after Naruto cleared the park of demons. Aki arrived and was told where to go once Zeref and Albedo figured out where Shirou was. So Astolfo gave Aki a ride on his hippogriff all the way to the castle so they can get to Shirou.
"Anyways, let's get you out of those things." Aki said as she reached behind Shirou to untie his ropes rather than go behind him.
It was thanks to this ignorance that Shirou's face was caught in between Aki's massive breasts. Shirou was no perv and no matter how many times Albedo may have almost turned him into one. He still respected women and didn't enjoy the idea of sticking himself inside of a woman's private areas. It didn't help that his voice was being muffled by Aki's soft flesh and thinking about it now. Shirou wondered if Aki's magic somehow caused her breasts to grow exponentially.
Once again he wasn't a perv, but he's noticed that a lot of women around him have large breasts as well. So how did Aki develop an unhealthy size? While all these thoughts were likely caused by his anxiety, it made him very curious and worried about her health. Semiramis always claimed she had back problems which prompted Naruto to massage her, so did Aki by chance have some chronic pain? At least Rin doesn't have to worry about such a problem since her chest was nonexistent.
"Emiya-kun are you ok? You've been oddly silent." Aki asked only to hear some muffled sounds.
By the time Naruto arrived, via smashing down a wall, did Aki notice her mistake. The nurse looked down and realized that she could have went around Shirou's chair. Now the poor red haired boy had his face squeezed in between her breasts and was likely suffocating.
"Shirou, this is not a good time to be role playing with your second girlfriend. You can do that in your own room or in the shed." Naruto said as he put his weapons away. "Because doing it in someone else's house will leave a dirty stain." he said as Aki had turned bright red while Shirou had his screams muffled.
"Naruto-san, it's not what it looks like!" Aki panicked. "Besides, Emiya-kun and I are too far apart in our respective ages!" she said as if that was the one thing to be concerned about.
Naruto shook his head, "You can't hide your shame from me with a pair of numbers." he said as he tossed a mini dagger at Shirou's ropes that finally set him free. After Shirou removed his head from the endless pit, Naruto started running, "Let's go, I have a Berserker who I need to beat up and a loli that needs some discipline!" he said as he broke down another wall.
"Naruto-san is very excited isn't he?" Aki asked as Shirou sighed.
"I can't tell what goes in his head anymore." Shirou said with a sigh.
Back with Illya and Berserker
By now, Gilgamesh revealed that he identified Berserker as Heracles. The legendary demigod known for his numerous strength and his Twelve Labors. Because of such a great accomplishment, Heracles' body was so strong that it made his body feel like steel which made sense considering that Shirou thought he was a statue when Illya ambushed them back when the Grail War just started. However, despite being nearly indestructible.
Heracles was no match for the seemingly endless amount of weapons that were unleashed upon him. Gilgamesh's Gate of Babylon is able to store the many noble phantasms that were forged in the shape of weapons that all came from historical facts. Many being A ranked and having the potential to pierce the Berserker's flesh and killing him every time one of his labors resurrected him.
"That now makes 8 Heracles." Gilgamesh said as Heracles roared at him.
"You can do it Berserker! You're the absolute strongest!" Illya exclaimed as Heracles kept running at Gilgamesh.
By then Gilgamesh dealt enough damage to where more a death counted more than once. Leaving Heracles to feel more encouraged to kill the King of Heroes before the man could land a final hit on him. However it didn't help that Gilgamesh lacked honor and aimed for Illya. Prompting Heracles to dash in and save the albino girl while being killed in the process yet again.
"That makes 11 now Heracles." Gilgamesh said as he slowly walked up to Heracles who was slowly regenerating once more. Only as Heracles was about to strike the blond man only to be restrained with various chains, "You almost had me, but you threw it away for your master. Dying like a mindless animal with a slave title." he said before summoning a sword and piercing his chest as Heracles gave out one final roar.
Illya watched in horror as her seemingly invincible Berserker was killed like a rabid animal. Though she was unaware of two things that lead to her defeat and likely should have noticed one of them right away. One, Heracles is not invincible and two, Heracles cared deeply for his master and would have likely reached Gilgamesh in time but at the cost of Illya's life. Illya was already aware that Heracles had given her some form of affection by protecting her when she initially kept him restrained like a wild animal.
Now Illya was all alone, stumbling around and looking around in fear and confusion. Gilgamesh knew he didn't need to get rid of a master once a servant is deceased. However he was cruel and deemed that there was nothing wrong with his actions so long as he achieved his own goal of creating a new world order. So he summoned a sword from his gate and slashed at Illya's eyes.
The girl screamed in pain as she stumbled around blindly. Leaving Gilgamesh another wide opening as he was about to impale the homunculus. Only for a set of knives to hit the sword away along with one thrusting through his hand. Gilgamesh squirmed as he dropped his sword and looked up to see his attacker had tackled him down.
(Overlord OST - NPC Battle)
'Who is this!?' Gilgamesh thought as the two tumbled around.
"Nice try jerkface!" Naruto said as kicked Gilgamesh away before running towards Illya's side.
Gilgamesh glared at Naruto as he recovered, "All those who oppose a king shall be executed without trial!" he said as he unleashed more weapons upon Naruto who clutched Illya tightly to his chest.
"Hold on tight." Naruto whispered into her ear before raising his palm. "Walls of Jericho!" Naruto casted as a large stone wall appeared and blocked the incoming assault.
Gilgamesh narrowed his eyes as he kept attacking until the wall broke down. When it did, he summoned the Chains of Enkidu to restrain him.
"Perfect Shell!" Naruto casted as he surrounded Illya in a purple bubble. Only to find his arms and neck being restrained as Gilgamesh fired a set of spears at him, "Purge of the Thunder God!" he yelled as the whole room was struck by a giant bolt of lightning.
Gilgamesh was sent flying back outside as he attempted to cover himself while Naruto managed to weaken the chains enough to break out. Luckily the Perfect Shell also kept Illya safe from the attack. Seeing that she was fine, he went after Gilgamesh who clutched his arm.
"You are a very capable opponent. I haven't been this troubled since my battle with the previous war's Berserker." Gilgamesh said just as Saber and some of the other servants arrived. "A momentous occasion too to see the other heroic spirits here as well. Though I suppose now is not the best time or place for a grand finale. I bid you farewell Foreigner, for we will meet again." he said as he tried to disappear.
"Random Ball!" Naruto yelled as he used one of his Merlin's spells in an attempt to stop Gilgamesh.
"He got away!" Astolfo exclaimed as everyone else sighed.
(End of Song)
However the fight didn't end there as more of the demons started showing up. At a time like this, Zeref concluded that the presence of more servants and likely the extension of the Holy Grail War was likely causing more of these beasts to appear. That or the grail has been corrupted and likely caused all of these things to appear.
'Hopefully it calms down now that one of them has been defeated. Though it's not over until another five or six are defeated as well.' Zeref thought as he used the notes on what he gathered from spying on Rin and the church.
"Everyone cover me! I'll get us home safe!" Naruto said as he started drawing up a magic seal on the ground.
"Hey buddy, could you hurry up with that holy chalk?" Astolfo asked as he kept pushing smaller demons away with his lance.
"Stop complaining! More fighting!" Robin told him as he kept shooting at a few new demons that sprouted wings and could fly.
"More Riders would be good right about now. Especially since I can't carry everyone on my chariot." Achilles said after stabbing a demon in the head.
After a few minutes of everyone pushing back the horde. Naruto slammed his hands on the ground and activated the magic circle. Before it could go off, he disabled the barrier he put around Illya before lifting her body up in his arms.
"Albedo surround us!" Naruto ordered.
The black haired woman nodded as she created a stone wall barrier around the magic circle, "Walls of Jericho!" she casted as she trapped everyone inside long enough for the magic circle to send them back to the Emiya compound.
At the Emiya residence
Everyone but a hand full of people fell on their back. Mostly from not enjoying the one way trip across the city in a second.
"My body feels like Legos." Astolfo whined as Fran grunted in agreement.
"Shirou do you mind putting me down?" everyone turned and realized that Shirou was carrying Aki in his arms like a princess.
"I thought you jumped into my arms." Shirou said as there was no hint of deception.
Especially as Aki blushed as she realized her position, "Aki!" her three servants yelled as they only saw Shirou as an enemy with a one time truce.
One time if you ignore the time they got into a scuffle and had to fix his home. That was a separate thing considering Fran and Mordred attacked Arthur first.
"Just put your girlfriend down Shirou. You only have a few days left before school starts again and you can have your private time later." Naruto said as the two blushed. "Anyways, thanks you everyone else, but now I have to help this girl before she goes blind." she said only for Saber to grab his arm.
"You can't be serious." Saber told him.
"Saber, this girl is merely misguided and look at her." Naruto said as Illya was whimpering. "She can't even open her eyes." he added.
"She's very cunning and will no doubt try to fight back out of spite." Saber said trying to convince him.
Instead she was given a terrifying glare, "You listen to me Artoria Pendragon. I am not unwilling to abandon an injured child. She is no longer our enemy and unlike you, I am not going to leave her for dead for your absolute victory." he told her in a low voice but remaining careful as to not unleash his dangerous aura around Illya who was still traumatized.
All Saber could do was step back, "He has a point Saber. Maybe you and Rin look at these things the wrong way." Shirou said as everyone went their separate ways.
Inside
Naruto made his way into the bedroom where Semiramis was reading a putting Baby Shirou to rest. The Assyrian Queen turned her attention to her husband as she saw him gently place Illya down and summon various medical supplies.
"Who is this child?" Semiramis asked.
"Illya von Einzbern, she's the master of Berserker who was most likely Heracles. He was killed by a man that looked like an adult version of Gil." Naruto answered as he gently applied the disinfectant on Illya's eye.
"Ouchie." Illya whimpered.
"Stay calm, breathe in, I'll be as gentle as possible. Except you shouldn't try to open your eyes while I'm helping you." Naruto said as he tried surrounding the room with a warm aura.
"Where are her parents?" Semiramis asked.
"I believe Illya is a homunculus. She was likely born in a lab to serve in the war." Naruto answered as Illya kept whimpering in pain.
"Poor baby." Semiramis cooed as she stroked Illya's hair.
For once, Illya didn't feel pain and was just content with lying there. Being blind and unaware of her surrounding was better than suffering alone.
Several days later
Illya had to spend several days with bandages over her eyes. It was thanks to quick work that she didn't have permanent damage and become blind. Elizabeth helped with avoiding any scarring. So Illya was able to go through her recovery with little pain. Though she did feel some hostility from Saber and a little bit of hesitation from Shirou. Though Illya couldn't blame him with how he treated her and most of it was a bluff.
Eventually Naruto mediated things between Shirou and Illya. Shirou had learned that she was the child of a homunculus and Kiritsugu who initially worked as the master representing the Einzbern family. Ignoring the shock, Illya explained that her mother was killed while working alongside Kiritsugu and since Kiritsugu failed to return with the Holy Grail. He was denied from being allowed to see her, but Illya only recently learned this. It didn't help that she had this idea implanted into her mind that Kiritsugu abandoned her for Shirou though.
Eventually Illya opened up and became closer to Shirou as some part of her wanted a little brother. It confused everyone at first, but apparently Illya's condition keeps her appearance to that of a small child when she's actually 18 years old. It also helped that Gowther helped the two share their respective memories of Kiritsugu which did help Illya gain some closure and Shirou see the goodman Kiritsugu was before the man saved him. Even more touching was when the two decided to visit Kiritsugu's grave together.
"Watch your step Illya." Shirou said as he helped the blinded girl make her way to the headstone.
"Are we almost there?" Illya asked him.
"Yeah, right here." Shirou said as he stopped her. "Are you ready?" he asked.
Illya nodded, "Yes Shirou, time to take off the bandages." she said as Shirou carefully removed them.
When they were off, Illya had a difficult time adjusting to the bright sun. After a few minutes of her blinking repeatedly and clearing her motion blur. Illya could only watch in sadness as she stared at her father's grave.
"Hi papa." Illya said sadly as she put down a single flower by his headstone.
In the distance, Naruto crossed his arms and lied against a tree. Watching as the two step siblings spoke with their deceased father. Naruto never really personally experienced suffering in his life. It's an ironic truth and it would have made more sense if he did in this lifetime. That didn't stop him from seeing other times where humans have screwed up.
"Hi Kiritsugu." Shirou said to the headstone finally snapping Naruto out of his thoughts. "I brought Illya, we didn't start of so great, but we're friends now." he said as he placed his hands on the girl's shoulders.
Illya giggled as she looked up at Shirou, "I miss you papa. They tried making me fight in the war and I almost died." she said with a sniffle. "I was mad at you for so long. So I used that as an excuse to fight against brother Shirou." she continued to say. "Now it's over and Naruto-san took me in with Shirou. They even healed me when the enemy servant almost blinded me." she said.
"Its ok Illya." Shirou said comforting the girl.
"I miss you papa. I miss you and mama all the time." Illya said as she wiped her tear away. She then turned to Shirou and hugged his waist, "But now I have brother Shirou who will take care of me." she said.
"I miss you too dad. I'll protect Illya." Shirou said as he hugged her back and doing a small prayer for his adoptive father. "Let's go home Illya, I'm sure you want to meet everyone now that you can see." he said as he held her hand.
Illya nodded, "I wanna see the baby dragon first!" she said excitedly.
Shirou scratched the back of his head nervously, "Well, I think you might be surprised to see that." he said as they had yet to explain his infant counterpart's existence.
Naruto chuckled to himself before heading home for the night.
Later that night
Naruto and Semiramis smiled at the cute sight in front of them. Illya decided to sleep in Shirou's room in the spare futon that Sakura used. So now the two slept peacefully. So the two parental figures closed the door and went to their own bedroom. Ironically walking past Albedo and Zeref who were also sleeping next to each other.
"I feel like I'm in some sitcom from the 1990s." Naruto whispered as Semiramis rolled her eyes.
"The last thing I expected was being a part of a nuclear family. The idea of bearing children wasn't one of my priorities as a monarch." Semiramis says as she looks at the sleeping form of her children. "I always hated my mother for abandoning me. So even if I found myself with children, I promised myself I would never abandon them." she said as she lied her head on Naruto's chest.
Naruto smiled as he kissed her forehead, "It's funny really, if you met yourself all those years ago." he trailed off.
"I would have ordered my own execution of ridiculous banter unfit for a queen." she finished with a light chuckle.
"That and the fact that you supposedly went to war for a man named Ara the Beautiful." Naruto added.
"That was just you flaring your Grace in battle. They likely called you Ara because you used that japanese mannerism." Semiramis said with a scoff.
"Ok, history is stupid anyways." Naruto said before the two went to their own bed for the night.
The next morning
Shirou yawned as he tried to sit up. Only to find that Illya snuck into bed with him and latched onto him. It was cute, but a bit frustrating to pry her off which left Shirou understanding how Naruto and Semiramis feel when Albedo refuses to let go. Eventually he did escape the girl's grasp as he went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast and finding Ban already getting started.
"Ready for another team up kid?" Ban asked as Shirou yawned but nodded.
Another skill Shirou picked up was Ban's cooking skills with the former immortal learning quite a bit from Shirou too. So it kind of looked like one of those cooking shows where the chefs move their utensils in a way that make it look like they were dancing. With quite a few amateurs looking at such skill as if it were magic.
Putting aside the amazing display that was beyond one's ability to describe. Meliodas came walking in while chuckling to himself as he carried a box inside.
"Captain I swear, you better not make a mess Shirou and Elizabeth need to clean up." Ban said with a sigh as it was too early for Meliodas' shenanigans.
"I bought some stuff to mess with my son." Meliodas said as he opened the box to reveal a bunch of pregnancy tests.
Shirou turned bright red as he got the wrong idea, "Why do you have these!?" he asked.
Meliodas laughed at his reaction, "I saw this thing called a meme on the internet so I bought these joke tests." he said as Ban took one and examined it.
Saber was the first victim, "What is it that you have there Meliodas-san?" she asked.
"Saber don't!" Shirou tried to say as Meliodas gave her one and told her to shake it.
Saber immediately realized what it was, "Is this some sort of joke?" she asked as she pointed at the fake pregnancy test as it said positive.
"What's a joke?" Naruto asked as he appeared. Only for Saber to turn around while still pointing at the test, "Shirou, I may tend to tease Saber, but I did not approve of her to be a part of your harem. I'm going to call Sakura and tell her what you have done." he said before going into the kitchen.
"UNCLE!" Shirou exclaimed before Albedo came into the room.
"Good morning everyone! Grandpa, what's this?" Albedo asked as she dug into the box.
"A surprise." Meliodas said as Albedo pulled out a fake pregnancy test and pointed at it.
"I think this is a mistake." Albedo said as Naruto turned around and saw the display.
(Overlord OST - Blood Frenzy)
Suddenly the atmosphere became frozen as Naruto's rage was unleashed. Naruto's bangs were covered as his hair turned as black as midnight and his eyes changing as well despite not being visible.
"Who touched my baby girl?" Naruto asked as he was ready to murder someone.
Meliodas wasn't afraid seeing as he was holding back his laughter. Even Albedo was afraid of her father's bloodlust despite the fact that his hate wasn't aimed at her.
"I'll be right back. I'll just calm down my bloodlust a bit." Naruto said as he used his pocket watch to escape into another timeline. A minute later he came back with someone's head that had roman numeral IV under his eyes before disintegrating it, "It was a tough battle and he was obnoxious. Yet I somehow poisoned his need to drain energy." he said as the head completely gone.
(End of Song)
Meliodas blinked twice, "Well son, you just destroyed someone's entire plot for a sequel." he said as Naruto could be seen rapidly recovering from his apparent extensive damage.
Before anyone mentioned that the tests were fake, Semiramis came in as Naruto's form returned to normal, "What was that!? The child was crying when he felt all that!?" she said as Baby Shirou was still whimpering.
"Someone touched my other baby!" Naruto yelled as he pointed at Albedo who held up a pregnancy test.
"Albedo have you been letting someone taste the forbidden fruit?" Semiramis asked in a dangerous tone as Albedo started to fear her mother as well.
"No mama! Grandpa is..." Albedo tried to say only for Illya to grab a test as well.
She then turned it to Naruto in confusion, "What's this?" she asked.
"AAAAHHH! SHIROU YOU HAD ONE JOB AND NOW YOU LET SOMEONE TAINT YOUR SISTER!" Naruto yelled as Shirou dropped everything.
"Uncle, I don't think you understand..."
"I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON!" Naruto yelled before hearing the doorbell. "Everyone hide!" he said as Albedo, Ban and Meliodas themselves in the corner along with everyone else who was just coming in.
It turned out the guest was just Medea in her casual clothing with her master Souichirou Kuzuki. Apparently the man was dragged here because Medea believed she would find some male friends instead of brooding by himself. Albedo came out of her hiding spot and engulfed Medea in a hug before noticing the box just as Naruto greeted Souichirou.
"Um, what is this?" Medea asked as she pointed to the fake test and not realize it now said positive.
Souichirou's eyes were overshadowed by his glasses, "It means that perhaps I should keep a leash around you." he said as Naruto looked gobsmacked.
Medea then realized what it said, "No wait! This isn't it what it looks like!" she said in a panicky voice.
By now Semiramis knew what was going on, "Naruto, do you not what this is?" she asked.
Only it now said positive, "Semi while I am happy for us. Now is not the best time with all these babies coming out." Naruto said as he tried to stay calm.
"Uncle these are fake tests." Shirou said as he showed the contents of the box. "Your dad was doing this to mess with you?" he said as Meliodas chuckled.
"Dad!" Naruto yelled angrily as he went to look for his father who hid himself somewhere in the residence.
Another day later
School was finally here, after the series of "mysterious" accidents had ended. Things were much more calm, especially since Naruto was willing to give a little bit of mana every so often to Medea. Only so she doesn't go on a killing rampage to absorb people like she did with Shirou. It didn't really concern Souichirou, but Naruto made sure to keep an eye on him and Medea. The last thing he needed was the community being turned into a more dangerous place. Especially with demon attacks being more frequent in recent days.
Now Naruto stood beside his motorcycle and took in a deep breath of fresh air. Hoping for a bright day and a better tomorrow. Though he might have to put that on hold as he could sense that mysterious Rider along with Rin's Archer. Something was off and he knew it was just going to create more trouble.
Naruto sighed, "Why couldn't I be born in a normal dimension and accept life there?" he asked himself before going into the school.
Unaware of what the day had stored for him and his family.
TO BE CONTINUED...
Note: Sorry for long updates guys. Work was the worst and the past couple of months, my job kept forcing mandatory weekend overtime. Sure it's a nice small bonus, but it's exhausting and hardly left me room for my stories. Honestly I love my stories... except the Jojo story which I may never update. Honestly if you guys read that and are reading this, stop with the comments.
I'm not gonna be high and mighty and say I don't care for bullying. I'm saying it because I'm not gonna respond because that story is abandoned and I no longer care for it. So stop spamming my mail with that story's comments!
Anyways, since this story has a mix of mostly UBW and Heaven's Feel, more Heaven's Feel stuff should show up in the next chapter before we get to the epilogue. I'll probably show Naruto's true base parameters as a Foreigner in the next chapter. Just to give a good idea of his power since I've hardly shown him in many fight scenes.
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