Hey guys, Flipkicks here and today I bring you guys is a new chapter for "The Reaper's Unlimited Heaven", thank you guys for checking out the story and letting me know what you all thought of the previous chapter.
I'm glad that the anticipation between Artoria and Ichigo has been received very well by all of you guys and the wait is going to take a bit longer until Ichigo heads to the European Branch. His main priorities are to be in Japan before he will head out of the country and head to a new one.
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Miguelgiulano: It was actually a typo with the 4th Grail War as it was meant to be the 5th Grail War (The one from the Fate/Stay Night) and there will be some flashbacks. Ruler isn't going to be a main competitor as she is to watch the other servants of the European Branch as you expected./En realidad fue un error tipográfico con la cuarta guerra del Grial, ya que estaba destinado a ser la 5 ª Guerra del Grial (La de la noche de destino / estancia) y habrá algunos flashbacks. Regla no va a ser un competidor principal, ya que es para ver a los otros servidores de la rama Europea como se esperaba.
This chapter is going to be the last of the intro chapters of the main cast and also show a new flashback with Ichigo and Saber (Artoria).
I do not own neither series.
"Hey" Talking
'Hey' Thought
Yo Flashback
The King
London, England
'So, the Grail War has started?' A man with a black hoodie says to himself as he was walking through the streets of London. Right now, he is wearing a black hoodie that is covering his face, blue jeans with gold lining on the sides, black sneaker hightop with white laces. His right hand has the 3 marks of Command Seals that resemble a crown. This young man is the fabled King of Britain, the King of Kings, Arthur Pendragon, King Arthur.
For awhile now, he has been walking through the streets of London, hoping to find some a particular someone that has been around as long as he has, Merlin. And there is another thing that has been on his mind, the disconnection of Avalon.
Merlin or the class that he is in, Caster, is the one that saw the prophecy of the Rise of King Arthur when he pulled the sword from the stone. He would be his mentor and great advisor to King Arthur but he was also a mischievous Caster during his reign as the King of Britain and was the one to give him the sheath of his legendary weapon, Excalibur. The sheath, Avalon, is considered to be named after the island that he was taken to recover and was created by 'fairies' and is also of Divine Mystery.
Please make no mistake here. The sword Slashes the enemy, but the sheath protect you. As long as you have the sheath on you, you will spill no blood and take no wounds. You should truly value the sheath, not the sword.
Those are the words that Merlin has told him when he was young lad around the age of 15 and they still follow him to this day until the disappearance of the sheath.
'Need to know where he is.' Arthur says to himself as he continues on with his walk, taking a gaze on one of London's landmarks, Big Ben. 'Maybe the Association may know where he is and the disconnection of Avalon.' He then heads inside of the iconic landmark and walks around the building.
The Samurais
Kyoto, Japan
*Klang* *Kling*
That was the sounds of 3 blades clashing against each other, two of them were being dual wield by a woman about in her twenties, platinum blonde hair with her hair going to her right side, a black/red hairband that ties the back of her hair, a blue sleeveless kimono with a red/orange sash that has an oceanic appeal, red earring on both ears, black sleeves on her forearms and her thighs, her sheaths rest on the left side of her hips.
The second female has the so called 'Saber Face' with her face greatly resembles the face of Artoria Pendragon but her hair is also has platinum hair color, grey eyes and wears a pink kimono from a light pink top and a dark pink as her gown of sorts and wears brown boots. She has the appearance of a girl in her mid-teens.
These two women are part of the Saber Class and are both historical figures of the same period, the Edo Period.
"Not bad, Sakura Saber." Saber praises the younger Saber, "Could use some work though." A cocky smile appears on her faces as Sakura Saber pushes her back.
"Like I need your advice!" Sakura Saber said in a annoyed tone, both girls would go on with their match with each of them blocking at swinging.
Sakura Saber would use her wooden sheath to block some of Saber's Wakizashi from hitting her but had to jump back when Saber uses her katana, swinging it in a vertical line at her. Each time their blades would connect, it would create a massive gale wind, something that only the two swordsmen or swords women of these two can create but,
"That's enough." Their blades were almost at each others necks as they stopped by the words of Japan's Ruler class servant, Shirou Kotomine. "Okita Souji and Shinmen Musashi-no-Kami Fujiwara no Harunobu or rather Miyamoto Musashi for short." Ruler stated to the two girls.
"Who're you?" Saber/Miyamoto Musashi asks the white haired, tanned skinned servant of the Grail.
"I am Ruler, the Grail's observer of the Japan Branch." Shirou stated his Class name to the Sabers.
"And the woman on the rooftops?" Okita pointed her blade at the servant on one of the rooftops of the main buildings.
"She is mainly my observer, my ally Assassin. She is no threat to you if that is your main concern." Both Sabers kept a keen eye on the woman above, retracting their blades back to their respective sheaths. "There is someone I want you to test out." Both of them give him a curious/confuse expression, "He is a 5 Star ranked servant under the Avenger Class and his identity is a complete mystery. I wish for you two girls to test this young man as he has some skills not seen or unheard of." He shows them the photo of him wearing his trademark red mask, brown leather jacket that would have some metal bracers on the forearms, red fingerless gloves, armor chest pads to his shoulders, brown pants and brown boots.
"He's really part of the Avenger Class?" Okita raises an eyebrow as she believes that he fits more of the Archer Class from looking at his two pistols.
"That is correct. This servant is perhaps the most odd judging from the weapons he carries but he is under the Avenger Class. Again: I would like the both of you to test him and see if there are other abilities he possesses."
"And what do we get out of it?" Musashi asks him.
"One step closer to the Grail."
The Past: Saber and Ichigo
Fuyuki City
"You honestly believe he was meant for this?" A battered and wounded Ichigo Kurosaki asks the blonde haired knight, "You've witnessed him facing his own future. A path that only leaves suffering and death, pain and misery." He would lift his two Zanpakutos and points the larger blade at Saber.
"Shirou Emiya is my friend and I would not allow you to get in his way of making that wish come true." Saber pointed her blade at Ichigo, which made him laugh apparently.
"You really just said that huh? The King of Kings, Artoria Pendragon, King Arthur, would allow someone of a hypocritical dream to make that wish come true? Oh that is rich! Ahahahaha!" Ichigo fake laughs at that statement Saber just said. "You just saw what his future self thinks! Even that self knows its all a big fat fucking dream! Being a hero isn't about saving lives! Being a hero is doing what's right! I should know, I made sure that life and death remained separated. Theres a reason why it's called life. It's all about what you make of it." He stated the harsh truth to her as he slowly approaches the unconscious teen known as Shirou Emiya, "What would happen if I kill him?" He crouch down and place his small Zanpakuto at Shirou's neck, "Would you follow that moral code of a knight? Or would you grant the Heroic Spirit, Emiya, his wish?" He stares coldly at her and applies pressure on his neck."Would you kill me to save your friend?"
What he didn't know is that the small connection between his knee on Shirou's neck is connecting. Ichigo, unknowingly, is receiving all of Shirou's abilities of tracing objects and the piece that connects him to Saber and was given to him by his adopted father Kiritsugu Emiya, the hollowed scabbard of Excalibur, Avalon.
"So there is no honor within yourself, Ichigo Kurosaki?" Saber stares at him and tightens her grip on the handle of her sword
"I do have honor Saber but even I can see that his dream of being a hero isn't what he meant for. Not everyone can be saved because it was the righteous thing to do. I witness the deaths of my friends of the Gotei 13 die at the hands of their mortal enemies, hell I had to kill someone that basically a brother of mine." He stated the reality of his past to the Servant and what he would say would hit a nerve of hers, "You probably should know, after all: you caused the downfall of Britain's best knight, Lancelot. You kept it a secret from everyone in the Knights of the Round Table that your friend was seeing your wife and having a affair with her." That struck a nerve of her's as Saber's grip tightens even more as her aura appears all around her in golden brilliance, to which Ichigo isn't shocked to see her rage beginning to show.
"You dare mock my friend?!"
"Merely stating the facts, Saber." Ichigo's dark blue aura started to appear around him as he gather's his Reiatsu and puts it to his blades, which Saber gathers her magic and placing it to Excalibur.
"EX-"
"Getsuga..."
"Calibur/Tensho!"
