A/N: And the daily updates continue!

So very tired...

I'm on the Fifth Singularity now and from what I've heard about the sixth, I'm positively dreading Camelot and Babylonia. At this rate, I'm going to rapidly run out of content to play; given that I haven't even been playing for a month yet, and that makes me a sad boy. I'm rather curious about the Lostbelts, but from what I've seen we won't be getting those for a AWHILE. Which sucks, given how many intense Servants they have locked behind those.

Still holding onto my Four Star Ticket for now, can't decide who to use it on. Gorgon, Fran, or even Nitocris, decisions, decisions...

Anyways, sorry if this is short. I'm having health issues and whatnot.

Next few chapters will be longer and not interludes.

Also felt that Protea deserved her own chapter.

As ever, I own no references or quotes.

Not a thing, not a thing~!

"I know a thing or two about cages. Never liked them myself."

"Wait, you can't just break the rules like that, its not-

"Can. Am. Did. Consider this your jailbreak."

~Moon Cancer.

A Most Unlikely Family (Interlude)

How long had she been trapped here?

It had been so long now. So very, very, very long. Days. Months. Years? She could no longer recall. She couldn't even turn her head to look out at the endless blue expanse surrounding her on all sides; such was her size; such were the bars of the cage that held her. For all her strength and power, shew as powerless as newborn in this gilded coffin. She'd been made too large, too powerful, too almighty from composite goddesses and so, in her fear, Mother had sealed her away. Left her here to rot. There was nothing she could do about it.

She was helpless.

Wholly, utterly powerless here.

Unable to do anything but sit and stare at her feet, bandaged knees tucked into her chest. Forced to spend her days in slumber, brief bouts of wakefulness only interrupting her perpetual slumber once every cycle. There would be no visits here, no social interaction, no conversations that she so craved. Only perpetual, endless silence. Dreams were her only solace and even then they were only ever fleeting; a few sweet seconds of freedom scattered among the pleasant numbness of slumber.

So it came as something of a surprise, yes, quite the surprise indeed, when King Protea opened her eyes and found someone sitting at her feet.

"Well, hello there." a young man's voice reached her ears.

Protea blinked rapidly.

Once.

Thrice.

Five times did her eyes flutter in confusion before she realized that, no, her mind wasn't playing tricks on her. There was actually someone here. On the far side of the moon. It wasn't Mother-wasn't BB, wasn't the one she hated more than anything, wasn't the one who sealed her away-but she could feel Mother's power thrumming through his body. Her authority, subsumed by this strangest of strangers. She couldn't bring herself to speak, or even understand what was happening; she could only gape at this tiny creature that had somehow slipped between the bars of her cage.

"I hope I'm not bothering you," said stranger drawled as he climbed back to his feet, "Its just, you looked so peaceful. Didn't want to disturb you, ya know?"

Protea tilted her head.

She found herself gazing down at a young man with bright blue eyes, blond hair, and whiskered cheeks. Clad in strange robes, he nevertheless raised a hand to wave up at her and she timidly returned the gesture. Shock still had her senses by the throat; as such she couldn't bring herself to respond properly beyond that. Thankfully, the stranger was more than happy enough to do that for the giantess.

"Right, then." he smacked a fist into an open palm, "I'll be blunt. The name's Naruto. I'm here to break you out."

Protea beamed.

"I like you. You're nice."

Naruto absolutely sputtered. "Well, thank you! Now, then."

But in the same breath, she told him the truth; what he'd just said...it was impossible. No one could break these bars. She didn't know how he'd managed to usurp BB and steal her authority for herself, but she had made these bars unbreakable, even for herself. There was no conceivable way that a Servant, no matter how powerful, could possibly do anything about them. Nothing short of a Grand Servant could even hope to put a dent in these bars and...wait. Why was he smiling? Almost like he knew something she didn't?

That didn't make any sense.

There couldn't BE a Grand Servant here on the Moon. It wasn't feasibly possible Grand Servants were a cut above the rest. They were a class unto themselves. True heroes from days of yore, meant to hunt anomalies; a force that threatened the earth, or humanity, or what passed for humanity or...

In a sense, the Moon Cell was humanity, wasn't it? BB's mad machinations had threatened it in no small way. Which meant...!

"I know a thing or two about cages." Naruto harrumphed. "Never liked them myself."

"Wait, you can't just break the rules like that, its not-

"Can. Am. Did. Consider this your jailbreak."

Something clicked in the back of Protea's brain as she watched the brash blond roll up his sleeve. In the same moment he swung forward. His arm didn't move. It blurred into one of the great gilded golden bars of her foul cage and struck it with a sonorous gong. The result was nothing short of spectacular. For her cage did not crumble; it shattered, burst and and flew apart in every conceivable direction. Despite herself, the giantess fought down a flinch and squinted against the sudden surge of light.

Her hands flew to her mouth, only then did Protea realize she could move.

Just like that, the world opened its arms to her.

Everything was so...bright.

Naruto only beamed.

"Let's go, then~!"

A/N: Gao~!

And there we go, jailbreak for King Protea. Her mere presence is sure to wreak havoc on the Moon Cell. That's the intention, of course. No one ever said Moon Cancer!Naruto was the

Once more, this will be gone in two days if folks don't like it...

...I do hope people like it.

Naruto basically used his authority to make BB a kid and swiped her authority-as well as the Sakura Five-from her. Obviously BB won't stay as such, but the idea itseld

Clearly the pairing centers around BB and her copies. Kiara will be here of course, but I feel that she deserves her own tale...in A Most Unlikely Saver.

So tired...working a double sucks, and I'll be working it again by the time you read this. Still...

Ta-da~!

Felt good to get this off the ground again, though my attention has been focused of Game of Thrones and Fate Stay Night as of late. I'll do my best to keep up with everything, don't you worry! After all, reviews are water to my wine, and hearing from you wonderful people keeps the creative juices flowing.

So in the Immortal Words of Atlas...

...Review Would You Kindly?

And enjoy the previews!

Potential ones at that.

(Previews)

"What do we have here? I didn't think it was possible for someone like you to worm your way into the system. It weakened you, didn't it?" circling him, this discarded wraith, this fragment, he looked almost like a shark. It was a smile on his face to be sure, but it looked decidedly predatory. "Oh, you poor thing. If you'd just let me help you-

Beast snarled and slapped his hand away. "NO! Never?! Just because I'm weaker doesn't make you any stronger, faker! You're weak! You can't kill me! So just shut up and be absorbed like a good boy-

Moon merely tilted his head. A shadow loomed larger over them.

"Protea?"

"Yes, darling~?"

He flicked a lone finger forward. "SMASH."

Beast swore softly. "You shitty little-

Then he she kicked him.

"How long are you going to keep me like this?!"

If her captor had a response to give her, he didn't seem keen on offering it up to BB. Much to her chagrin, he'd taken her authority and gone right to work restarting the Holy Grail War. By itself, that shouldn't have been overly concerning. But he'd stolen enough of her functions to know what she'd been getting up to. So long as she lived, Hakuno wouldn't be deleted. That mattered...and yet...

BB puffed out her cheeks in a childish-fitting, given her temporary appearance-fit of defiance and refused to be swayed. "Lolicon!"

"WHAT?!"

...why am I putting up with you lot again? Oh, right. I'm a masochist."

"Wait, but that implies that you're just as-

BONK!

"I'm sorry, what was that?"

...nothing."

R&R~!