Chapter 1- The King Awakes
It was a rather one-sided fight. The only thing of significance was when a Saxon nearly attacked the King.
"Milord! Watch out!" Bedivere shouted in fury.
However, the monarch, although unconscious, turned around and punched the soldier in the foot, which caused him to drop the weapon in surprise.
Bedivere looked in horror as the monarch was about to be hit by the falling blade.
And Shiro saved the day. He grabbed the falling sword and killed the soldier with it and continued to kill many more soldiers that were in his way.
Bedivere raised her sword and continued her swordplay antics, struggling to defeat a horde of soldiers ganging up on her. She blocked twenty blows or so before one caught her off guard, injuring her left wrist.
And once again Shiro saved the day. He used his twin blades and massacred the whole lot of them.
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"Thank you again, Sir Shiro. Without your help, our King would be doomed," Bedivere thanked in gratitude.
"Let me go with you two. The Anglo Saxons can invade at anytime, and it is not safe especially when the country has been weakened by civil war," Shiro said.
"Then I will have to trouble you again," Bedivere replied in a smile.
"By the way, the King will awake after a few more minutes, at twelve noon. During this time however, we would have to try to find a caravan that will bring us back to Camelot."
"Yes, I agree. I shall go and find one. In the meantime, may I request for you to guard the King?"
"Mm… I would be honoured to," he said.
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He looked at the sleeping King.
"She looks kinda cute when she is asleep…never got to look at her while she was asleep during those twelve days…"
He sighed. Slowly, he turned to the sky and recalled his memory about the Holy Grail War.
"She had come just to obtain the Holy Grail. She had died and reborn twice, and this was the second time she was summoned. Just like me…
"At first, it seemed like she was protecting me from Lancer, that extremely swift servant. However, soon, Berserker came and injured her to that state…
"I could not believe that I actually wanted to protect her then. She was crouching before the servant, with blood spilled everywhere, especially from Invisible Air. She was weak and looked so helpless…
"I came close to being killed after taking the hit for her. She gave her ability up to make sure I survived the blow. The important ability which healed her when she was injured. And I saw my future self, which I am, now, advising me on her and tracing…"
Something stirred the grass. Shiro was ready and traced his sword, however, it proved to be the wind.
"And I was ambushed in the school by Tohsaka. Damn…she caught me off-guard…
"And we found out that there was another master and servant in the school, which proved to be Maotou Shinji…
"At first, I was nearly killed by his servant…but Tohsaka saved me. However, she was angry…"
He could not help but smile at this thought. Their first argument.
"Later, she confronted Caster at her stronghold in the temple, only to be stopped by that Assassin, which nearly killed her. She was clearly extremely exhausted after the long fight when Assassin used Tsubame Gaeshi…
"Meanwhile…Rider slipped into the base, only to find a lot of zombies pursuing her…
"And we had our final showdown against Rider. I managed to hit Shinji but his servant nearly killed me, had I not summoned her…
"While she battled the servant, she was put at a disadvantage and had to stop it with Excalibur. This nearly killed her…
"I was then kidnapped by Ilya. Darn…she caught me off-guard too…
"And then she and Tohsaka came to rescue me…when we were escaping, she lost all her strength and could not get up…she wanted to be a shield for me. And we hurried outside and soon he was tasked to stop Berserker as long as possible…
"When he (I) died…Tohsaka was clearly distraught while she could not hold it any longer and slipped into unconsciousness…
"We went into a derelict hut and there I gave my mana circuit to her…it was strange…I found myself just lying beside her…
"And together, we killed Berserker…and to face Caster immediately. Soon, we found ourselves at her doorstep again. She managed to kill Assassin when that other Archer showed up…he killed them both with blades…
"We managed to escape from him until the end of our date…when we teamed up again to barely survive against him… and found Tohsaka brutally injured…
"We confronted Kotomine and Gilgamesh for the last time and succeeded…but…I did not hear those three words. Perhaps my ears were not tuned properly as the Sun was too bright…
"How could you not know that…"
She turned around and coincidentally faced him. The emerald eyes appeared after a while. The first thing she saw…
"Are you awake, Arturia?"
"Yes…Shiro…is that you? How…did you…"
He could see that her eyes were full of shock. He subtly put his finger on her lips.
"Do not speak, Arturia, continue resting…"
It seemed to soothe her and soon, she closed her emerald eyes again.
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Bedivere had returned soon, and found the monarch resting by the tree, with Shiro sitting beside her.
She was about to open her mouth when he interrupted, "Ssssshhhh…he has gone back to sleep. Do not disturb him."
Bedivere nodded her head. She pointed at the caravan just down the dusty road. Whilst Shiro carried the King to the caravan, Bedivere went to the front.
"Those two have gotten along just fine…"
And so, began the journey back to Camelot. It is estimated that it would take two days, but might be delayed due to unforeseen circumstances.
And right now, the King was awake again.
She looked like a helpless child who just survived a firestorm (in which the person who did was sitting just right beside her). And her confused emerald eyes finally set, gazing upon the one she knew she loved most and slowly she was comfortable again.
"Hello again, milord," he said.
Arturia nodded. Slowly, she removed the cloak around her.
"Bedivere, may I request we close the front door? It is getting cold in here."
"Yes, milord, whatever you say."
Deep down, Bedivere knew that this 'Shiro' had something to do with the dream. She smiled as she could imagine the two of them going deep down in a conversation.
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Saber talked first.
"So how did you come to my world, Shiro? After being Archer, that is…no one summoned you here."
"I just cut my contract… because… I … I wanted to be with you…"
"……"
She could not believe that he had come for her. Unnoticeably, she blushed and water swelled her eyes, but she managed to stop the flow of emotions that threatened to flood her.
"Don't be shy… let out all your emotions…"
"Why? Forgive me, Shiro, for overreacting like this," she took a handkerchief and wiped her eyes.
Without warning though, she opened her arms and went forward to Shiro like a bullet. Her head was over his shoulder. Hot tears were flowing down her cheeks like waterfalls.
"Thank you, Shiro," she said after a while of crying.
At first, Shiro was overwhelmed by Saber's sudden reaction. Then, he smiled and patted her back.
"Nah... its nothing. After all, you were waiting for this moment just one hour ago while I wanted this moment to happen for years…it's natural I could not bear it first."
She immediately withdrew herself from the embrace and lowered her head. The strand of standing hair was twitching nervously.
"Sorry…for breaking out my emotions…like that…"
He smiled again. Slowly but calmly, he brought his hand towards her face.
He used his index finger to gently poke her on the nose. This caused her to blush a bit.
"You know what, Saber?"
He paused, checking that Bedivere was not eavesdropping.
"You…are so cute."
Her slightly flushed face turned into one of happiness as she smiled weakly at him.
"Thank you."
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OMAKE
Supposedly, Bedivere was hearing all these…
Her mental feelings…
"I didn't know she was that close to Sir Shiro…"
"What had Sir Shiro done for her to react like this?"
"I just hope that she does not declare Sir Shiro Queen when she reaches Camelot…"
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