Looking up at the massive figure behind his 'little' sister, Shirou's confidence wavered 'How are we supposed to kill this thing TWELVE times?'

" Let's go Berserker. Crush these fools!"

Behind him, he vaguely heard Rin gasp and Saber shout out to him to retreat. Shirou's feet took a few steps back, though whether this was due to Saber or the sheer aura of intimidation surrounding Hercules was unknown. Inside Shirou's head, connections flashed as he began to pour magic through them. He heard Hercules begin to roar, and Saber ran towards him.

Rin shouted, and tried to pull Shirou away, but he shook her off. He needed to be here even uninjured, Saber couldn't possibly win twelve times against her opponent

So he did the only thing he could he ran after her

Saber took in the situation instantly. A second later, she slid under the massive stone axe-sword that passed through the air and smashed through the handrail in front of which she had been standing a second before. Following the movement through, she span and slashed her weapon into the hamstrings of the giant.

except he dodged it with a step and countered with a upward slash

Saber felt her hand go numb as she blocked the strike that sent her flying in the air

Saber looked down to find Berseker missing

'Where ? Above'

Berseker was above her his ax-sword raised and three arrows slammed into him mid air causing him to crash down but the one who shot them was not Archer

" Saber ! " Shirou yelled

' Master !?? ' sabers eyes widened as she landed near him

" .. Graveyard, there's a graveyard neaby we can use it as a cover to fight berserker "

" understood master "

Berseker gave a roar as he stood up

" Lets go ! "

Rin ducked as another beam wizzed above her causing her to lunge forward into a pit

While Saber and Shirou were dealing with Berseker she took the initiative to attack Illiya except that homulculie was tougher than expected

' Mental note don't try to fight creepy homulculie loli ' she winced as she got up

"Looks like this is goodbye Rin " Illiya smiled cutely as her birds hovered directly above Rin

'No '

The next second multiple arrows descended destroying those birds

" Archer!... "

'Are you alright master '

" Where the hell were you Archer ?"

' I had to find a proper tower '

'What sort of a lame excuse is that ?!!'

' Either ways I have lost sight of Berserker '

'How could you even lose sight of something that big !? '

A loud explosion followed by a golden beam of light

' I found him now master '

The axe-sword rages around with each swipe gravestones are flung aside.

In the chaos, Saber is fighting Berserker

With Shirou's assistance from afar, and the advantageous terrain of the church cemetery where he advantage belongs to someone with a small body like Saber.Berserker is hindered by obstacles,and Saber acts as if there's nothing in her way Saber was able to easily hold her own against Berserker. However even then they were in a standstill

six times they killed him and again he revived

She looked at her master he was starting to run low on prana from projecting multiple swords/noble phantasm

" Saber I'll try to create a opening and-" he looked at her

She nodded in silent agreement and charged at Berseker

"Spirit and technique, flawless and firm"

Kanshou and Bakuya manifested themselves in his hands as Shirou threw them at Berseker only for them to miss

What Berserker didn't notice, was that neither of the two pairs of had actually hit the ground, in complete ignorance of reality, the swords were suspended in the air whilst continually spinning around each other.

" Our strength rips the mountains."

Shirou manifested another pair of Kanshou and Bakuya as he charged the Servant, this time his held the pair behind his back "Our swords split the water." the swords behind him were reinforced and altered well beyond their safety limits.

The once pristine blades became elongated and brittle, as he dashed towards Berseker

Saber immediately withdrew back just as Shirou pulled the blades from out from behind his back.

"Our names reach the Imperial villa."

Berseker's horizontal slash complete missed him as he leapt bringing his sword down on Berseker, the swords shredding Berseker's flesh

Shirou landed on the ground hard the force jarring his legs

"The two of us cannot hold the heavens together."

He finishied with a dashing double slash.

Blood suprted from the wounds as Berseker died for the seventh time

Saber Shirou yelled as he rolled out of the was

"Sheathed in the breath of the planet,

a torrent of shining life.

Feel its wrath."

"Excalibur"!

Is it over ?

Shirou felt a chill

Archer he's readying a bow, what he is readying in his bow is not an "arrow, but something completely different And his intent to kill it just directed at Berserker

" Saber ". he rushed grabbing her hand and running as fast as he could before Caladbolg II detonated

The last thing Shirou was aware of was a searing pain in his back

1.2

On the stairs leading to the mountain gate…Stands a Servant.

His name is Sasaki Kojirou.Servant Assassin, the protector of the Ryudou Temple, wielding the longsword Monohoshizao.

Saber's mind is disturbed as she readies her "Invisible Air".her Master is on the other side of that mountain gate but the Servant in front of her is way too strange he revealed his true name willingly even though he does not have a stance, and his cool enmity is transparent.

She cannot figure out his power because of his transparency.She can see his power as a Servant.Assassin is not a strong Servant, so it should be easy to defeat him but her instincts are telling her something different…that she cannot beat him in a normal duel

" I do not have any business with you move, Assassin." Saber warned suppressing the strange unease and glared at Assassin.There's only one more step until they are both within range If either one moves, a fatal attack should be executed.

"Did you not hear me? I told you to move, Assassin." She gave her final warning.

"I see. So you would like to pass this mountain gate, Saber?" The swordsman calmly responded to her words.

Her green eyes glare at Assassin for asking such a foolish question however Assassin's longsword dances through the night in an arc

"Then force your way through. You should hurry, or your master's life will be gone"

Saber charges in reply.The longsword comes down at her at the same moment, and she repels it with her invisible sword.

Oddly Shirou wondered how he gets into such situations as he blocked another attack by Archer

Lets see he was kiddaped by Caster then Archer saved him they argued a bit then he decided to drop it and started walking away when Archer attacked and nearly took out his arm

"I missed, huh? It must have been my mistake in letting out my intent to kill, or it must have been your cleverness in jumping back instantly. Well, I don't care either way."

" What the hell, Archer!" Shirou shouted as he stepped backwards.

" I only came here to stop Caster that doesn't mean I will pass an oppertunity to kill another master " he attacked again

"Trace on "The twin swords appear in Shirou's hands,the rare swords that a legendary craftsman made at the price of his wife

" Attack another master my ass ! I know what you want EMIYA!! "

think back he probably shouldn't have said that or give Archer an explanation of how he's from the future

"Just because the other fool stopped trying to kill you doesn't mean I will! I must stop you from ever becoming a hero, no matter the cost!" Archer said as with each strike he forced Shirou back.

"I told you, I won't end up like you " Shirou raises his twin swords and meets Archers hits blow-for-blow.

"That is meaningless! Do you think I'll believe you just like that?! I'll just let this go?! I cannot allow this cycle to continue! Overedge !" He slamed his overedge swords into Shirou's swords causing both to shatter and Shirou to fall to the ground.

"That's why I... no you, should never become a Heroic Spirit! Even if you differ from my path, there is still that chance, that very slim chance that this will happen again..."

" Then,I am the bone of my sword..." A dozen swords materialized and sped towards Archer who jumped back to avoid them

"That is why you must die, Emiya Shirou." He raises his hand as numerous swords materialized

Shirou responded with his own

Saber impatient her enemy she must quickly defeat is a strong one that would be hard to beat even without any time constraints

' Shirou please stay alive '

"Trace, on." Shirou traced another pair of the yin-yang swords

" Did you think my Kanshou and yours are equal? Your assumptions of the basic structure are too weak even if you get the appearance and the composition materials down, it is a matter of course for it to be destroyed if the structure is not reasoned out. Even an image falters if it is illogical." Archer cried as he attacked

He slashed Up and down, left and right.

"Aahhh!" Only to be parried

"——— ! "

"How " Archer asked those four attacks are enough to cut off his limbs and to cut up his body to pieces!

" I traced your sword technique and even your reproduction ability.It's natural for them to suit me.Your abilities are Emiya Shirou's optimal technique, perfected over many years of training there's no way it would not suit me. " Shirou answered the unspoken question ignoreing the red headache burning his eyes his body breaking every time they clash with each other

" I guess it's a miscalculation.I've heard of magic that lets you acquire skills from the past by possessing yourself with a previous self… It seems your skills improve the more you fight me." Archer stared at Shirou "Then my projection shouldn't be the only thing you got from me. That face. Seeing that nasty face of yours, you saw it too, Emiya Shirou?"

"Haa, haa, haa, ha" Shirou prepared for his attack." That's right. I already knew that……This is just a dream.But I kept on believing in it because I thought it was right.Kiritsugu pursued it because he knew it was an unattainable dream, an impossible ideal.Even if it may be unattainable…He believed that he would reach his destination if he kept running.

" That ideal is a failure. The idea that everyone else is more important than yourself, the wish for everyone to be happy. is all justfantasy. If you can only live by holding onto that borrowed ideal drown in them."

" There are always things that will be forgotten.

So I swore to myself never to forget this one fact those ideals were not borrowed Kiritsugu were from a wish to get that hell undone thats was I will oppse you till the end Archer "

Wh———at? " Archer's indifference turns into surprise within a second. The speed and strikes of the swords are crazy.They clash against his swords with unimaginable speed.

Where is his power coming from? The attacks are unlike before.

"You !!!" Realizing that he cannot make light of the boy Archer jumps back and perares his sword

But he was too late

Slash !

'What !? since when was the sky upside-down no He has been cut in half

"———! " Shirou looked in horror as saber slashed Archer in half

Then everything went dark

Shirou opened my eyes immediately and found himself sitting on a chair facing a girl with silver hair.

She had beautiful purple eyes and a scar almost hidden by makeup if they do not pay attention . She wore a white and purple one-piece dress with yellow trimmings and purple coif on her head.

(——silence———)

" Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Eris, the Goddess of Fortune and the loop admin who watches over this world I welcome you Emiya-kun " The Godess finally spoke

"———!!???

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