Chapter 3: The King In Love

A/N: Alright, here is a much-awaited chapter 3... damn... can't believe I have been stuck down here for 2 weeks...

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The King dashed into the forest, the very same forest in which she was supposed to perish. Her blade was kept within her hand's reach so that she can prepare herself against any ambushes.

Night can transform a place from a peaceful to a dreadful one. During the day, the forest seemed peaceful, with the many aspects of nature revealed by sunlight. But by night, it seemed as though something was lurking in the forest.

She continued towards the cave. However, she stopped mid-way as she had heard footsteps.

"Show yourself!" She demanded, and a shadow appeared from the thick forest.

"Heh... so it is the King. Under the orders of my Irish general, I will have to have you annihilated." He said.

She stared coldly at the enemy. He was quite familiar to her, but she had forgotten where she had last seen him.

"Oh... so the King don't remember me anymore... pity I do... Gae Bolg!"

The weapon he was carrying shone in the moonlight. Without closer examination, the King could tell of its user. She was stabbed rather badly in the chest, but she managed to get it away from the heart.

"Chuculainn... So you want a rematch... So those traitors wanted Irish ranks to invade us too..."

The sword in her hand shook, before she made a slashing action and the whole area turned bright and then dark again. Someone could be heard falling face-down on the ground.

Faraway, the loyal knight of the King rode towards the King, who was running extremely quickly for a normal human being and even a horse. It was then that she saw a blinding light, a light that only happened for a fraction of a second, and she rode towards the source.

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"Time to move on..." she said, cleaning her dress of signs of bloodstains before continuing towards the cave. The body was left by the riverside.

"Heck... what a way to die... killed twice by the same person..." he laughed at himself for this thought as his eyes closed.

And a knight rode past here a while later, relieved that the King was not hurt.

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The King has reached the cave, which was guarded by no guards. Inside, she could see faint candle light coming out.

Without a second thought, she madly dashed into the cave, right into a trap.

A person in a black cloak was awaiting her. He bowed before zooming right up to her. The King barely had time to react but managed to avoid the fatal jab into one of her acupoints. Furthermore, she was protected by the armour, which prevented the fainting jab to her neck.

But the person was not giving up. He took out his blade and did some strokes, but the King just dodged effortlessly. And she decided to end this by blasting another shot of the holy blade.

"Excalibur!"

However, the person was gone, not even the body was seen. Later, the two traitors appeared from her back, and brought to her two startling discoveries.

One, which was of course Shiro Emiya, no surprise there.

Second, who was the one who surprised her, was Bedivere. (Heck! How did she get there?)

"Hahahahahahahahaha! My loyal 'ninja'! Kill her for me now!"

The same person under the black cloak attacked the King once again.

This time, instead of trying his usual close-combat attacks, he threw out thousands of shurikens (those throwing stars) and to be truthful, it was no wonder that the King got hit by some of them.

Now, strength was seeping from her body, pain was rushing in to fill the gap, and her lethargy prevented her from moving too much. She felt like dropping her sword, and entering the realm eternal.

But she knew, before that, she needed to save her comrades. She mustered all the remaining strength and attacked them with a last unleashed energy of Excalibur; the foes fell quickly. And Shiro was rudely awakened.

"Darn... was I in some kind of dream? What? Saber!"

He just managed to catch the falling body of the King before it reached the ground. He looked at her body. Her dress with now tainted red, and her blade was not shining anymore. The steel armour on her had reduced to that of rusting plates; near useless, after the toll it had taken when its owner went down with the attack.

He knew that her time in this world was not much longer. Furthermore, her body was just on the way of recovery, and she had to go through near death experiences again...

However, she seemed as though she was in a good dream. Her eyes were nearly closed, and her hair fell unbraided, while her skin became colder and paler.

He was wondering what she was thinking. What was better than leaving him. Without control, a tear fell onto her face.

Slowly, she opened her emerald eyes, and muttered, "Shiro... meet you... in... Avalon... and ... I... love... you..."

He laid the limp body onto the ground. Seeing Bedivere getting up as well, in tears too, he could not help but shed another.

"I have waited for you for so long... and yet... I could not say out those three words... she beat me to it again..."

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A/N: This is the end of this chapter... yes, character death, and one more will happen, but please do not view character death as... I'm out of this story, time for a break...

I am not a religionist or anything, but in this story, character death does not last long... remember those words she said before she died? About meeting him in Avalon, you'll see more of it.

And try not to throw tomatoes... because you will be wanting to clear them up before the story ends... (smirks)

Best of all, the same damn thing is happening to the other story too... it will not last long, but the outcome will be different...

Pls R and R... no flames, absolutely please, or else you will have to pay for the damage to my property...