The Riders stood before the ruined grounds of the Millennium Tower and the destroyed and fallen remains of Psyko hitting the ground behind them after that explosion, many of them detransforming and standing tall as the waves of victory washed over them.
Everyone was happy that this hellish battle was over, this war won and their homes restored to how they were before. Zoro sheathing his blades with a sigh and the other straw hats celebrating with the others.
" Everyone, get into the building, find any and all survivors and get treatment for them, on the double!" The demon hunters moved fast and Chopper immediately went with them as Ziden caught something odd on the winds, and he was not the only one.
Bloodlust, coming from beneath them, Ziden noticed it as Reimu looked at his troubled face. All threats were beaten or arrested, or even slain, so what could remain.
Those with Observation haki felt it, and Ziden didn't even hesitate. At absurd speeds he moved, to an outside view, one watched him vanish in an instant, to those with trained eyes, they could see him outright dashing at speeds no human should be able to move right back into the building.
Down below, after that battle with Saber Alter, no one could move when they were watching Olga Marie floating towards a flaming sphere, screaming and crying about her life, all while that top hatted man was laughing and going on.
Even though Marisa wanted to do something, she could barely move after that fight, inches away from seeing another person die before her. Only for them to all blink, her gone from the sphere and now in the arms of Ziden who was crotched before them.
" Tch, had to be a showoff, Fire bird?" The annoyed tone of Caster flowed into his ear as Ziden was holding the shaking and calming down Olga.
"..What. How did." And Lev, was utterly baffled, a fated moment of getting rid of the director, failed in moments due to the new Master of Chaldea having snatched her from the jaws of death.
" And here I thought you already had bad vibes when I saw you on the ship. You Demon Gods sure got awful goddamn smells to the regular ones." And a hand was gently patting Olga upon the head before gently placing her down and unsheathing his sword to point at the foe. " But you definitely shouldn't have come here, especially with an army of Demon Slayers right above you."
" Tch! Speak big all you want, Master of Chaldea! That was only pure luck you solved this singularity! And saving the failure child, only a fool of a hero wo-" And he should have listened to the male's words, because he felt that sudden surge of heat and steam, his eye gazing to the left to see a certain male standing away from him.
" Jet, Pistol!" An elongated fist and a brutal impact that sent Lev flying across the cavern and smashing into the rocks, with the pirate landing down on the ground near Ziden and Co, the sense of evil leaving the area when Lev decided to leave immediately after that impact. A life saved and a future heavily changed from the hells that follow that moment.
In the Present...
A startled shock and Olga found herself awakened in bed, sweat pouring off of her from that dream, as she found herself looking around her room, an odd dream to remember that day for sure, to hold onto this Organization and bring back the Human order of this world, she had alot on her plate and according to the snide words of the workers, definitely not up to her skillset, but she wasn't afraid of this task anymore.
Gazing down at her arms, and seeing the green veins moving down her arms, she lets out a long sigh. And got ready to get dressed, surely today can't have been that weird while she was out from that bottle she was given by Ziden, the masters down for a while with this fever to adjust to the new Mana flowing through their system, their training wheels removed.
"...I sure hope nothing weird has been happening while I was down."
Unfortunately for her, something was going down when she reached the Command Room, the sight on the screens that had all of their breathes frozen. " What the hell happened while I was sleeping!?"
Ziden's ear rung when he heard Olga now awake and at em, the male looking at the God before him as he was on edge. " Hah, I see, so this is a God that remembers that ancient battle. Unfortunately, I am not one to catch up on times. So I hope you do not mind. but this Sword of Mars shall end this swiftly."
Attila the Hun, a famed figure from the past, having an unknown tie to Sefer, the White Titan, no one could have expected this at all, a monster of a servant Ziden summoned using that blade.
" Hah, leave it to me to summon a monster from the past. Enough talking, lets get this battle rolling." Ziden said while drawing the Crimson Edge from its sheathe, the skies rippling with lightning that tore across the skies.
"...Indeed, she lacks the overwhelming force of Old... which means I must smite her and you quickly before she regains that power." Thor's hammer channeled the power of the Heavens within it and charged at the duo.
A scene of endless carnage, not unlike the flames he experienced as a child, the smell of burning corpses, stone and earth, the vivid sensations brought him back to that day, though that day, was the day the Grail unleashed its power, but this day
Was the day of Victory for machine kind, Shirou's blooded face gazed up at the heavens, seeing countless ships firing down on the city around him, the explosions that blasted out his eardrums with each resounding blast and the hums of their blue cores overclocking to deliver the most damage to this town.
In his arms, he could feel a body resting against it, and his eyes trailed down to see Rin, peacefully sleeping in his arms. To sleep through this hell was...ah, truly an impossibility, because Shirou knew she was not sleeping.
After all, how could one sleep with only the upper half of their body remaining? He could hear the cackling laughter of Venom in the heavens above them, and he could only close his eyes when he felt a stray laser blast rain down on him, cooking his flesh and bones in a mere instant, taking away all thought and replacing it with lethal pain.
Back at the home, Shirou finally found himself waking up and being explained what happened while his eyes focused on the large screen on his table to watch the battle, losing his arm, and gaining the arm of Archer. Which he can not use or else the power of his Noble Phantasm could manifest inside of him and expand outwards. So it would be wise to not try any unsupervised Projection spells.
But he spoke nothing, merely holding onto the shroud on his arm while he watched the battle that even, this far away, he could feel rumbling in the distance.
Boss Theme ( Shin Megami Tensei 4A)
There was barely a time to react to what was happening, the hammer that flew to his face was instantly. and was blocked by that blade of his, feeling the ground slide under him from the sheer impact and clash of their weapons.
The sheer power this hammer had was a far cry to what it was in the path, was the RED even powering up his hammer as well, gathering the strength in his arm, he swings the hammer down into the earth, watching it explode, before quickly throwing up his arm to block a bone shattering kick from Thor.
Certainly stronger than before, but then again, so was Ziden from those times long past. A strong parry to that blow and Ziden's foot smashed right into the golden chest of Thor, the air cracking from the impact as the Demonic god was sent soaring into the air.
" Geh! Zionga!" A swing of his hand and lightning rained down towards Ziden, only for a flash of rainbow light to cleave through all of them like butter and repel them, with the blade even soaring up to him and gripping around his wrist.
" Come.' And a strong yank downwards and Thor was yanked towards Ziden at absurd speeds, a strong slam of his foot into the ground and a gripped fist before that hand slammed into Thor's face, bones shattering upon impact, the air shattering from the strike, sending the God airborne once more.
Ziden was quick to leap into the air with his blade drawn and fires dancing along his blade. " Hey, jackass! you're not gonna do that Reaver thing on this guy?! Isn't he a God!?"
" There is no need, Thor is of a Pantheon where they don't have immortality, just long life!" Strong grip upon his blade and soon that blade came down against that armor of his, spraying the air with his divine blood, the crimson raining down along the battlefield, before Ziden felt a powerful impact to the side of his head, his skull shaking as he felt himself smashing clean through a building and into the living room of an unsuspecting family.
" Watch closely. young Shirou, if you desire to be a hero, then watch. How one must fight to protect those dragged into battles." Yukari's voice was heard, even to Ziden's head.
Shirou did indeed watch as Ziden slowly got up from someone's table, before spotting a young woman in shock when she saw him crashing into her home. " Shit- RUN QUICKLY." Ziden tried to force himself up fast enough, only to see the bleeding God standing in the hole, his gaze upon the human.
" Filth, unworthy of life." Ziden watched the lightning course along that hammer and he immediately knew what was about to happen. That hammer flew and if he had not switched places with her, that woman would have become a smear in her own home, his ribs and bones cracking and tearing from the hammer crashing into his body, he found himself on the floor, drooling down the remains of blood and anything else that decided to leave his body but the woman was quite alive atleast. " The foolishness of humanity, risking your lives for someone you don't even know, perhaps I should truly crush your spirit by-"
Ziden didn't even let him finish, his fist smashing into that helmet and taking him clean off of the ground with that single blow. " Young lady, go hide in your bathroom, duck and cover, I dunno if that asshole is gonna try and come back, but I will be back to pay for these damages!" A strong leap and Ziden was gone, power exploding from Thor's body as he could tell the god was no longer about to hold back.
That blade of Altera's immediately gripped onto his neck and tugged back, causing the god to choke while Ziden's hand gripped onto his jacket, soon tossing it off. " Flame, Release!" Those on the ground witnessed the explosion of power and heat that came from the skies above, the coiling dragons and Phoenix that exploded around him as his body erupted in flames.
The sheer force flowing through his arm, the heat boiling through it, there was only one thing to do, unleash this pent up energy and send this bastard to the ground. " Infernal Break!" A solid strike in the gut that caused fire and heat to outright explode from the impact, the air cracking from the impact and the clouds even parting in a full circle from his blow
Those below on the ground gazed at the sight before the ground exploded from Thor smashing into it while Ziden floated in the air, soon shifting his hands down onto his blades, Nosada and Murakamo and unleashing their magic.
One Piece Pirate Warriors 2 ( Speed of Sound)
Thor's body was broken under that melting armor, heat burning off his golden chainmail, before watching and seeing the Camelot duo coming right for him. " You fools of a fallen Kingdom dare!?" That hammer was swung without mercy, Artoria and Mordred's Blades smashing against his own as Light and Lightning Clashed, a King and her knight forcing the demon back.
His body exposed from that one strike, demonic flesh coiling and healing itself, the God seeing his foes getting the upper hand on him. " Heh, got alot of damn nerve calling our lands fallen when no one even cares about your stories anymore, Thunderer!" Mordred barked back while pressing down against him, before the God forced them both back.
" I will not take such sharp words from fools loyal to a fallen Kingdom of God's folly!" And his hammer raised high, before soon coming down onto the ground. " Zionga!" Raining of yellow lightning came from the heavens and raced towards Artoria and Mordred, who were quick to dodge out of the way while Ziden landed before its path, gripping his blades.
" So much power, was his Flame Release always this strong?" Reimu wondered to herself, gazing up at the parted storm and the flames dancing around him.
" Hellfrost: Drill!" A strong grip on those blades, before a spinning swing erupted forward, blades of fire and ice spiraling together to make a massive drill that fired forward towards the lightning, smashing it apart and smashing right into Thor's chest, fire and Ice colliding and dealing damage as everyone watched his chest armor shatter and melt from the ice and heat watching flesh soon collapse against the drilling attack, blood spraying along the street and causing him to drop to his knee when the attack exploded around him.
Ziden immediately leapt into the air with his blades crossed, flipping forward and swinging both blades down onto Thor. Even wrapped in flames and frost, his hammer swings up to clash with Ziden, causing the ground to explode under them, causing the non fighters to leap back out of the way, and causing a clash between the Demon Hunter and the God, before the clash broke and the now armorless god, bled out onto the ground below.
" NO MORE GAMES, YOU FOOLISH SPIRITS OF THE PAST AND ICRIM!" Ziden could feel a massive shift in the air from the sheer power releasing from the God, the air crackling from his force of power and he responded in kind by releasing more of his own power.
" Really? Because I am still enjoying this little Stage 1 Boss gameplay, Taser boy!" Thor immediately fell for the taunt, hence why his hammer was inches from Ziden's face, who immediately blocked it with the flat of his blade, before the two vanished into the air
Their brutal clashes speeding across the skies of the Fuyuki awoke those that were sleeping, memories of ages past unlocked for those who were adults. Memories of the man who fought this very same God through the skies of New York where Japan watched the evil that tried to destroy Japan in the past. Those days when the hero struck down the God and like the cruel circle of Fate, it becomes a return to form.
KWWWWOOOOOOM!
The Skies cracked from the sheer force taken to Ziden's head as he fell back from the clash, falling backwards, then forwards, then backwards, then forwards before showing he was now spinning like a wheel, flames gathered around him like he was a miniature star being born in the skies above.
" Hey! You two, knight people!" Artoria and Mordred gazed back at Reimu who was running over to them. " Those fancy beams you shot out of your sword, can you do it again?"
" Well, wish we could, but that requires alot of Magic energy and Command seals are the best way to gain that." Reimu listened to this while looking up for a moment, while an idea was forming in her head.
The sun soon dispersed and reformed around Ziden's leg, letting it glow with intense flames that crackled in the sky, his blue eyes glowing in the moonlit skies above them. " Rampaging Skull Crusher!" 3 lightning fast spins before his leg smashed into the chest of Thor, a massive ring of fire forming in the sky before the God smashed into the earth like a meteor, the sheer heat from the impact actually melting flesh and bone from the Aesir.
With Ziden soon slamming into the ground, his flames melting the ground around him as Artoria and Mordred soon appeared next to him, making sure to avoid the melted ground.
Thor forcing himself out of the crater as lightning channeled to the Hammer, tearing the ground even more apart while he gazed down at the group of four before him, with Altera so casually walking to join the others. Mana soon caking the area as his divine power was exploding outwards, with Ziden sensing something behind them but was more focused on the foe before them.
" NO MORE GAMES. VANISH FOR THE SAKE OF OUR ETERNAL KINGDOM! THUNDER REIGN!" An unholy surge of power surged forth, a rolling wave of lightning that tore apart the land and razed all before it, like a cage of death that approached the heroes at unholy speeds.
Only for a powerful blast of water to shoot from behind them and clash right against the spell, forcing it to stop cold in its tracks during the clash while Ziden watched the clash happening before them, seeing the shadow of a man high above Thor.
The blue light that fired from his fast cleaved right through Thor's helmet and tore the flesh from his mouth, exposing those teeth of his under that helm of his, with Ziden watching that blue light coming right towards him, and through instinct alone, knew what to do. Which was punched out of sheer reflex, Ziden feeling demonic energy when he clashed with it before sending it soaring through the lightning and piercing right into Thor's shoulder, staggering for a moment before feeling the blade cleave right through his pectoral muscle and straight out of his back, spreading his gore through the broken streets behind him.
" NOW!" The Trio of Sabers wasted no time at all, weapons of Holy might came forth and all 3 cleaved through Thor's body without any mercy, bones falling to steel and light as they dashed past them and Artoria and Mordred held two glowing cubes in their hands, soon quickly devouring it, feeling their mana being fired right up to max.
Ziden wasted no time at all, hands gripping his blades before appearing before the torn up God of Thunder. " Hellfrost: Wild Dance!" Brutal dance of blades, with flames and ice trailing between each rapid slash, from shoulder to hip, to across the chest, through his legs, arms and even face, his blades left nothing untouched.
The Divine healing that gods possessed made it hard to deal lasting harm but not it was not a constant that could not be stopped, each time his wounds tried to heal, two more wounds appeared through his body, like a living blender of steel, fire and ice that made sure flesh did not survive the impacts, before it stopped with him doing a spin, dragging his blades along the ground and sending the God flying into the air with a powerful launcher, two blades striking back to back to send him off of the ground.
Lights that danced along the ground and the red lightning of Mordred's blade soon exploded forth, their feet stomping once more in Unison as Thor saw the heroes of a fallen Kingdom soon swinging their blades.
" NO!" With how damaged his body was, he could not lift his hammer to summon his divine lightning to defend himself against the combined Noble Phantasm that tore clean through him, enveloped in light and lightning, all watched this happening as even more clouds were parted by the power of another absurd energy source, a sword birthed to repel enemies of the planets and a sword devoted to the end of Arthur.
Ziden watched the beam slowly diminished in size and power and the god soon falling down into the streets, his body steaming, burning and bubbling, but not giving up, as they watched his hand slammed onto the streets, and slowly forcing himself up onto his knees. "...I will not...fall. For his holy empire to be born...I will not surrender, I shall not...yield to Ghosts...of the past. Or to Oscura's slayer...especially not...to the White Titan's avatar...!" Lightning faintly sparked along his body as Altera slowly made her way to him. Ziden feeling a surge of mana from her and his body losing a chunk of mana.
Ziden's eyes noticed two familiar figures approaching the scene but refocused to Altera seemingly ready to deal a final blow. " O fallen God of the Nords, I know not what caused your fall to Demonhood, nor do I care. I am the Scourge of the heavens." Magic began to erupt from her blade, and the prongs of her blade made sure to pop right open as a red light formed near its hilt. " To send Gods to their fated destruction, is my duty. Connecting to Mars."
A red laser soon fired from the blade and illuminated the skies in glyphs and sigils as Ziden stepped back for a moment. " Oh hell, that's not what i think it is...is it?"
The air itself began to shimmer and warp from the destructive energies ready to be born and the world knowing the damage is about to take from side blast. " Commencing fire in 2 seconds."
Ziden was quick to slam his hand down onto the ground, barriers soon wrapping around them, and the approaching Masters from A team as Artoria watched in awe.
" N-no!" Forcing his hammer to raise, lightning finally burst to life from him. " I am the great Kishin Thor, I will not fall he-"
" Tear Drop Photon Ray." When her blade came down, so too, did the blue light from that spell. All Ziden and the others could feel, was divine wrath itself coming down. A blue light that seared and melted all around it. Thor's words even erased before he noticed it. Flesh melted, bones crushed, clothes destroyed, the ground turned to a heated mush of mud, soil and concrete.
The sheer heat of the explosion even melting the trees and buildings around them, causing them to warp inwards and coil as the explosion blasted past them. And Altera simply walked away from the carnage she caused without a care in the world once the impact ended. Red lightning arcing along the ground before everything returned to normal.
Shifting from the phantom world where powerful attacks are unleashed without harm to the current world they stand on, the area was still damaged from Ziden's attacks but not from Altera's and Ziden's eyes focused on Thor's remains, before slowly getting up and walking to him, fires vanishing from his body and replaced by his jacket, looking at the now lifeless remains of the god before him.
Red cracks forming in his person, before his body exploded into red orbs and a glowing silver orb that remained, the soul of a Powerful demon, that Ziden's hands took into his jacket, while the orbs danced into his jacket as well. " So aside from Macca, even the demon currency of Makai can be obtained from Demons of the Expanse."
" So it seems that your Saber has quite some secrets behind her, Icrim, I do not believe I have seen an Anti Army Noble phantasm like that before." That familiar tone of voice
" Mr Wodame, Miss Ophelia. What are you two doing here?" Mash soon approached the two approaching A team members surprised to see them there.
" Well, we had just contracted our servants, so we decided to come and deliver our aid to you two and your allies. We hadn't expected that a fully incarnated God would come to attack you." At the mentioning of Thor, Ziden immediately vomited now that the battle was over, a mix of bile and blood from the damage he took.
" Master, are you alright!?" Medusa was quick to check on him, while he simply held her back with a finger.
" I took, alot of blows, to my head. I am not sure if I can answer that properly." Ziden said while looking at the two new allies.
" Well I do believe that a concussion is the least of your Problems right now." A New voice echoed over the group, as a flash of light brought in a new threat to the party, an imposing man had appeared before them, clad in golden armor and blonde hair, holding a staff in his hand. Ziden immediately remembered him and immediately grimaced, today was not a good day.
But Artoria and Mordred were more focused on the woman with him, clad in a black and blue dress, with her face covered by a veil of night, they knew this woman well. " What a curious family reunion this is. To see my Sister who stole the throne from me due to the machinations of that halfling mage." And such cold eyes to gaze down upon Mordred. " And the failure I created to take the throne from her...honestly, a simple task was all you had and you ruined it so soundly." Both gripped their blades
Morgan La Fey, the Black Witch of Camelot was there before them as the Caster of Darkness. And the magic that poured off of her, showed she was no slouch in terms of power, along with her Master. " FINKRATS!" And everyone looked up at Fawful who had appeared on the scene, that wide beanish smile.
" Wait a second, Fawful. If you're here, then-"
" That would mean I am an ally to the Scions of Oscura...well you would be technically right. I am an ally, but I am seeking to claim one of the empty Seats that you guys have caused to be opened with the deaths of Sigma and Bison. Not to mention Ganondorf and Vergil leaving."
Vergil...after the reset, Yuyuko told him that she couldn't find him again, like he faded from the Netherworld and came back to life somehow. " Indeed, the party seats of this bountiful feast known as Oscura's revival has been soured due to your uglinesses polluting the Punch known as evil. But his darkness can infest the grand stew of the new ingredients to our main dish!"
" Making it sound like our attempts at stopping you guys would be pointless if you can just refill the seats." And Reimu tapped her gohei on her shoulder before pointing it at them. " Of course, that's /if/ you can refill those seats as much as you want huh?"
A silence followed this, their faces remaining the same smug calm they had before. The man in Gold, the Man known simply as Emperor cracked a smile
" Ah, so that hag figured it out and let you know. Interesting, indeed, his power is immense but only 2 more seats can be filled before his power cannot replace any more heads to our proverbial Hydra. Not that you will be defeating any more of us after your victories over our weakest members. I shall be claiming my seat and enjoying the new world order he will make when he is revived." And his staff soon began to crack with magic.
" Hah, then we're just gonna have to settle things he-"
And then, everyone felt it in the skies, the loud boom that rang into their ears, enemies, allies and heroes alike heard it, the sound of something crashing through the atmosphere, and their gazes went up and saw what made that noise. The noise that made the battlefields stop stone cold
The sight that caused Shirou and the others back home to limp outside to look into the skies and see.
A Massive cross shaped rock in the skies above Earth, an unknown to the many who had not seen such a thing before. From Japan's populace witnessing it, to as far as the Clock Tower students and mages looking into the skies and seeing how far humanity had gone away from its gaze.
A Colony, that was a Colony falling towards the Earth, at such a size to deal untold damage to the world that life may not survive.
" Axis...That's Space Colony Axis." The words left Ziden's mouth almost wordlessly, as he watched what could possibly be the worst disaster of Earth history about to come to pass.
Trivia:
1. Thor's form had him changing into his stronger and more Popular Nocturne Design, with him gaining SMT4's Thunder Reign spell to his arsenal.
2. Altera's origins are a big meaty spoiler but yes, she is indeed tied to an ancient being that basically folded the Gods sideways.
3. Excalibur is a weapon made to destroy threats to the planets, despite how much they protest otherwise, demons are very much weak to that Holy Sword.
4. Morgan is by technical standpoint, Mordred's mom, so this is indeed, a family reunion of sorts.
5. Emperor hails from Final Fantasy 2, having him be a Master in this war was honestly the main reason why I made this story, because this was originally gonna be a grimdark story of Shirou's struggle to take down this monster of a mage from another world.
Author's Notes: Two months and some change since the last update, one day I will stick to actually working on the story and not be distracted by games. But hahah, you guys thought that Char reference was just a cute lil reference, though the sharp one so if you could tell that famous moment was coming. But no worries, I might upload late, but imma still upload, speaking of, An Altered Chronicle will be getting an update soon, I actually have fun doing that. Even ideas to make it more, Touhou ficy wise ( If you know, you know) but next chapter will be an interesting one, so I hope you guys enjoy it. As always, read and review!