Author's note: Really, the original guys never made much use of the henge into weapons ability. Seriously, it is the perfect way to avoid enemies and detection. Have someone throw you into an enemy base unseen or have them throw you in odd angles for attacking. Naruto only used it a few times in the entire series, relying too much on Rasengen.
Team Kakashi
A week passed by quickly for Team Kakashi. Every morning, the three genin would go to the clearing by the bridge and train in their new formation. Naruto had wanted to call it super ultra orange death, Saber promptly shot that down. Instead, the team referred to it as the Orange Flash after Shirou informed them that another ninja had done something similar.
Sasuke had been ruffled by the fact it was named after Naruto, but Saber pointed out that it was mostly Naruto's doing, and Naruto could do the formation alone. Sasuke had grunted and accepted the logic.
The team had built over several days of practice a routine that worked for them. Naruto would summon dozens of clones, sometimes over a hundred. Over half would turn into various weapons and be thrown in random directions.
Sasuke and Sakura would henge into Naruto and blend in with the ever shifting crowd. At first, they wanted to stand still, but Shirou could figure out quickly which one of them they were if they did so.
Now, the entire team shifted their movements like leaves on the wind. Shirou was constantly smashing clones left, right, up, and down, but it took him a while to finish the job. The team was now able to hold him off for about thirty minutes with their formation.
With that, Shirou upped the difficulty. Kakashi was brought in to provide training in mist.
While Kakashi could not move or perform complex jutus, the Hiding in the Mist jutsu was fairly simple.
The three genin were thrown off a bit by the mist. Naruto had to sacrifice several clones before he was able to locate Saber. Once found, they would narrow down Saber's location and began the formation again. Their time, however decreased rapidly. Now, they could only hold out for only twenty minutes if they were lucky. Often, Shirou would take them out in short order before they ever saw him.
Kakashi was impressed, Saber displayed a great deal of stealth in the mist. He was no Zabuza for quiet, but he did a good job simulating it.
During the week, the team learned of Inari's stepfather and the treatment he received from Gatou. Naruto felt a renewed vigor to train, while Shirou quietly planned on killing Gatou later on.
The relationship between Inari and Naruto continued to spiral downward until the sixth day of training.
"Why do you fight so hard?" Inari demanded, "No matter how hard you train, you'll never beat gatou's men. No matter how hard you try, there will always be stronger people then you. When you meet them, all you can do is die."
"Hmpf," Naruto dismissed, "Whatever kid, I'm not like you."
That set Inari off further, "What the hell do you know about me! You're always so damn cheerful, you have no idea how hard life can be!"
"So," Naruto said quietly, "That's it? You're going to spend your life crying like the star of some tragedy?"
Naruto pointed a thumb at Saber, "He's seen and done things that would break anyone else. He has endured pain far worse than anyone I have ever met."
Looking back at Inari, "Keep crying you little baby. Cry forever, I've got better things to do."
Naruto stood up and walked out of the house. Inari continued to cry, sobbing for his lost father and the harsh words.
Shirou slowly stood up and followed Naruto, the wooden sword Torashinai was in his hands.
Sasuke and Sakura shuddered at the sight of the sword. They knew all too well what that sword meant. They swore that Saber must have gotten it from a demon
Fuyuki City
Fuuji-nee sneezed.
"Catching a cold sensei?" a student asked.
"Naw, Tiga-san is too stupid to catch one," a second student whispered. Unfortunately, he wasn't quiet enough.
Fuji-nee pulled out the real Torashinai from behind her desk. "Minato-kun, come here." She said with a feral gleam in her eye. The rest of the class shuddered at the sight of the sword. Truly that was the sword of a demon.
Elsewhere, Rin was in front of a place she never expected. Beside her, Illya walked along happily in her favorite purple coat and hat.
"Hmm," Illa said looking at the mansion, "So this is where you lived Rin." Illya indicated the Tohsaka residence. Over a decade ago, Rin and Sakura had formerly reunited. Rin had been able to convince Sakura to move in with her and leave her empty Matou mansion behind. For some reason, Sakura had agreed without a second thought or moments hesitation.
Rin did not know that Sakura's 'Grandfather' had finally corroded completely after the Fifth war. Apparently, the knowledge that there would be no more Grail wars had been the final nail in his coffin.
Rin knocked on the door waiting for her sister to answer.
The door opened, but it was not Sakura who opened the door.
"Gah, Tohsaka." Issei chocked out. Rin rolled her eyes
"Good evening brother." Rin said to her brother in law. It had come to a surprise to everyone when Sakura and Issei were engaged. Apparently, Issei told Sakura she had an aura of purity about her he had only seen once before. For some reason, that pick up line had gotten him a date with Sakura. One date lead to another, and finally the two were married.
"Papa," came a young voice behind Issei. "Who is it?"
Behind Issei was young Shirou Ryuudou. Though the boy looked nothing like her Shirou, Rin felt a lump rise in her throat. She might have had a child that old herself.
Shirou had his father's black greyish hair and his mother's eyes. He was almost seven years old, and believed everyone was his friend. One look at his happy face made Rin feel regret and sorrow.
Rin squashed her emotions quickly. This was no time to be filled with such things, she needed to get to her Shirou.
"Is Sakura in Issei?" Rin asked.
Issei thought for a moment, "Ah, no, she said she wanted to visit her old home again."
"Ah, thank you Kaicho." Rin said mildly mocking Issei's old title.
"Dad, is auntie Rin leaving?" Shirou asked
Rin went down on her knees, "Sorry Shirou, but I need to talk to your mother."
"Okay Auntie, come back soon." Shirou said cheerfully. Rin shook her head, how such a cheerful and outgoing child came from those two was beyond her.
Rin and Illya walk away towards the Matou mansion.
"You want his child Rin." Illya stated.
Rin sighed, "I want Shirou, but she got him first."
There was no question who she was. Every time he looked at the moon, Shirou was seeing the day he met Saber.
Illya rolled her eyes, "So steal him." Illya had long ago considered her feelings for her brother and found that they were merely childhood crushes and sisterly love. That, and a hate that her father had left her for him. Of course, that emotion had died out in the war. And Shirou was always so sweet to her. Not to mention, he was always the lousiest liar she ever met. He was rather cute when he tried to lie.
She had to personally coach him on withholding information. He still sucked at lying, but he was decent at holding information back.
The two walked in silence until they came to the old Matou building. Even though no-one had lived there in years, it still looked the same...ugly, dark, mysterious.
Sakura was waiting for them at the door. Actually, it looked like she was doing something to the door.
Beside her, a small suitcase rested. It looked like it held barely anything of use to her.
"Sakura," Rin called out.
"One moment nee-san" Sakura answered not even looking up.
Sakura soon stood up and began walking away from the house. Behind her, smoke began to rise from the building.
She had set the place on fire.
"S-sakura?" Rin stammered.
"So you finally did it." Illya stated like Sakura had dumped a bad boyfriend.
"Yes, the Matou family is no more." Sakura said with satisfaction.
"B-but all that knowledge." Rin stammer again. The thought of all that knowledge burning ripped all thoughts from her mind. It was the ultimate sin for a Magus to destroy any magic knowledge.
Illya rolled her eyes, "Rin, she moved all that out years ago."
"Huh?" Rin asked confused.
"Nee-san," Sakura said patiently, "I've been living in the old Tohsaka residence for years. I took the knowledge years ago."
Rin was finally able to grasp her thought. Sakura hadn't burned down the knowledge, she had been burning her memories of the place.
Sakura calmly took the suitcase and handed it off to Rin. Rin quietly took the case and looked inside. There were diagrams and a stack of notes worn with age, but still legible. With this, all the pieces of the mirror could be assembled.
Sakura, Rin, and Illya continued to walk back to the Tohsaka residence. Rin noticed a definite spring in Sakura's steps.
"So," Illya said curiously, "When are you due?"
Rin twisted towards Sakura and saw her place a hand on her chest. "Six months."
"Yay," Illya shouted, "Any names yet?"
Sakura smiled, "Kariya if it's a boy, Aoi if it's a girl."
Rin was shocked, Sakura was having another child, and if was a girl, it would be named after her
mother. "Why Kariya?" Rin was sure that was Shinji's father's name.
"I owe him much," Sakura said softly, "It was the least I could do?"
Rin tried to inquire, but Sakura refused to comment.
Rin walked with Sakura and Illya back to the old Tohsaka residence. Rin stopped at the doorway.
"Nee-san?" Sakura asked.
Rin shook her head, "I have to go, Shirou needs me."
Sakura arched an eyebrow, "As you say nee-san." clearly not believing Rin's excuse. She was secretly amused by her older sister. It looked like she needed sempai more than she would admit.
"Ah," Illya exclaimed, I'll just get my things then." Illya skipped off back to the old Emiya residence to pack.
Rin sighed, it looked like it was going to be a long flight back to the Tower.
Gatou Hideout #3
The week was passing badly for Gatou shipping. Everyone except for Zabuza, Haku, Rider, and Gatou himself were suffering from weakness every morning. The men were so tired they could not get out of bed.
Gatou tried to motivate his men to move, but threats and offers of bribes fell on deaf ears. The men could not move. In addition, it seemed that many men were disappearing in the night. Gatou blamed it on desertion and increased his pay offers.
While the men all seemed to agree to the larger paycheck, every morning several men would be gone. Gatou was getting desperate. If the men were deserting him, it was a sign of weakness. Other crime lords would come sniffing into his territory and the bridge would be built regardless of Gatou's interest.
What made matters worse, Zabuza had demanded more money since it was clear that Gatou's ship was sinking. Gatou swore that the damn ninja was smirking underneath the mask.
Every day, Gatou sent out notices to the area trying to hire new thugs. The first few days, thugs, brutes, and strong arms showed up eager for easy money. The next day, the new hires would suspiciously end up exhausted as well.
Word was spreading, there was whispers of plague within his hideout. By the fifth day, the new hires stopped coming. Gatou had to send the healthiest of his men, numbering in a few dozen, to a site away from the base lest they end bed bound.
Rider was pleased with her harvests. Every night, she manipulated the dreams of the barbarians and drained a part of their souls. In addition, she would steal several choice men and feed completely on their souls.
Around the base, her bounded field was charging up nicely. It would soon be ready within the week. Yes, Rider was pleased. Not only was she ridding the world of these lowlifes, but she was stronger than ever. By the time she went to face Saber, she was sure that she could kill Saber no matter how many Noble Phantasms he had.
Her master seemed not to care what happened to the lowlifes as long as she was ready to face Saber again. In her mind, she pictured herself feeding on his soul. It looked delicious. It radiated purity that only a heroic spirit could hold. Saber had clearly been one of the purest heroes she had ever encountered.
His soul would be divine to feed upon if she was fast enough.
Pegasus was healing as well. The ancient creature had been horribly wounded after the battle, but even it would be ready within the week. Yes, everything was almost ready, all she needed was to finish the bounded field and the Blood Fort would feed her strength even more.
Rider found herself smirking slightly. The battle to come had excited her like no other. It would be one she would remember for eternity, she was sure of it.
Team Kakashi
The seventh day ended with the longest delaying tactic yet. The three genin had managed to hold Saber off for thirty one minutes in the fog. They knew, however, that Saber had been holding back a great deal. Every time they nearly scored a hit on him, he would miraculously move out of the way. His speed was clearly something not to be underestimated. But, they were not trying to delay Saber, they were only interested in delaying Zabuza and his henchmen.
The entire team saw that Saber was on edge. He was looking everywhere, clearly expecting trouble. While everyone else went to bed, Saber climbed on top of the roof, keeping an eye out the entire night. His Reinforced eyes were able to see massive distances, but he was sure that any Archer could see further than him.
Shirou kept Kansho and Bakuya in his hands at the ready. He was certain that Rider would strike within a few days. Shirou did a quick evaluation of himself. He was about three fourths full at this time. More than enough for most enemies in his way. It would come down to whether Rider revealed her legendary eyes or not. If she did, Shirou had only a few items that would counter or slow down their effects. Shirou would need to counter any attempts to reveal her eyes before she could undo her seal.
The only consolation was that Rider could not dare to harm her Master.
Shirou was riding on his evaluation that Zabuza preferred to do the job himself rather than send Rider in alone. As long as there was a chance that Rider could kill her own Master, she was restricted on her attacks. On the other hand, Shirou was also limited in his attacks, though not as much if Naruto was near him.
This was either going to be a quick and decisive battle or a long draw out battle of titans. Shirou silently prayed for the first as he was dubious of the assistance the two spies could render.
Morning came too quickly for Shirou's liking. He could feel it in the air, someone was going to die today.
Zabuza flexed his hands and crushed an apple to test his strength. "Good," Zabuza said pleased with Haku's work, "Let's go." He said to Rider and Haku.
"Master," Rider said, "Allow me to stay here for a bit, I will gather the last bit of strength I can from here."
"Hmpf, do what you want," Zabuza said, "But hurry it up. We'll meet at the rendezvous point near the bridge."
Rider licked her lips in anticipation. The foolish thugs were going to die, and they had no idea. She watched her Master and his apprentice leap out of the building and began the ritual. As she started, she saw the foul midget and two guards strut out of the base. 'And I had hoped he would have enjoyed my temple.' Rider thought.
Around her, the sky turned red.
Everyman in Blood Fort Andromeda was quickly melted down into blood and their very essence was feed to Rider. Once the last one died, Rider exhaled and removed the barrier.
She was ready.
Tazuna's house
Shirou canceled the morning practices. The three genin were instantly alert.
"What's wrong Saber?" Naruto asked.
"They're coming." Shirou answered. "Rider just used a powerful spell a few miles from here."
It had been a truly foul one. Shirou was certain it was her Blood Fort. He knew, somewhere in the north, a great many people died because of her. All in the name of getting stronger.
"What do you recommend?" Tazuna asked.
"Naruto," Shirou ordered, "I need a fake Tazuna,"
Naruto promptly summoned a clone and changed it into Tazuna.
Shirou looked back at the real Tazuna. "Keep your family hidden. Kakashi will be your last line of defense."
Kakashi nodded. He was not physically capable of running, but he still could fight for a short time.
"What about us?" Sakura asked, hoping that they would not have to fight.
Shirou sighed, "Unfortunately, I still need you to come with me if we are to pass off the deception."
"Why?" Sakura asked.
"Because, if we don't go to them, they will come here to us." Shirou explained. "If we fight here, many people will die."
"Besides," Kakashi explained, "Kage Bushin can only go a certain distance from the original before they vanish."
Shirou nodded, if he went alone, the fake Tazuna would vanish letting Rider know his Master was not there. If that happened, Rider would go on a rampage in the village and probably kill Naruto before he could get there.
The three genin reluctantly left the house and headed to the bridge.
Bridge
The four members of team Kakashi and the fake Tazuna made their way to the bridge. The clone Tazuna was reeking of alcohol due to Saber dumping a bottle of cheap wine on it.
"She might be able to smell you if I don't" Shirou explained. He wasn't sure if Rider had a the nose of a dog or not, but better not to take chances.
"Hey, what the..." Naruto yelled. Before the team were the workers, all of them knock unconscious or injured.
The fake Tazuna ran up to one of them and asked, "What happened?"
"M-monster," the man squeezed out.
A fog began rolling into the bridge.
They were here.
Shirou made a quick glance and saw his two 'helpers' were seemingly unconscious. As he looked, one of the two made a small thumb sign before relaxing again.
The stage is set, the players are assembling.
Shirou traced two blades in his hands. One was a small knife he had witnessed Gilgamesh long ago. A dagger that froze the space it cut. In the other was a sword he had gained from Gate of Babylon. Dyrnwyn, the sword of Rhydderch Hael. In Shirou hands, the entire sword blazed with fire. The three genin felt terror rise up in their guts. That sword seemed to challenge their very being.
Shirou was well aware of the properties of Dyrnwyn. As long as the man wielding it was fighting for a noble cause and had noble worth, the sword would burn his enemies and be able to slay about anything. If he were to falter and dishonor himself, the sword would bun him alive.
But Shirou had spent his entire life fighting for a noble cause. The sword would not burn him, only his enemies.
All around the five people there, the mist was becoming thicker and thicker. Shirou smirked and slashed his dagger.
Before the genin, the very air froze. The mist turned into a labyrinth of ice.
Inside the ice, Zabuza found himself trapped. His legs and arms were caught inside pillars of ice. Haku wearing his mask had barely dodged the tundra and stood a bit back from the ice.
"What the hell?" Zabuza exclaimed. He had never heard of a jutsu that froze his mist before.
"Zabuza-sama!" Haku yelled. Haku began making his way to Zabuza to try to free him.
Shirou drew back his arm wielding the burning blade and prepared to throw it.
Before it could be thrown, a flash of purple smashed the ice.
There she stood, nail weapons in hand, purple hair blowing in the wind, smirking.
Rider had come.
"Wondered when you would show Medusa," Shirou said, enjoying the flinch displayed upon hearing her true name.
Rider did not talk, instead, she crouched. She was on all fours looking like a feral animal preparing for an attack.
Shirou swung his sword, sending a wall of fire towards the Servant and her Master. Rider deftly kicked Zabuza out of the way and jumped above the fire. She threw her nails at Saber who casually knocked the two aside with his weapons.
"Come now Rider," Saber admonished, "I know you can do better."
Shirou walked forward slightly separating himself from the other four.
Behind him, the three genin were shaking. Zabuza smirked "I see that the brats are shaking from fear."
Shirou shook his head, "Is that what you see?"
Around the four genin, six water clone Zabuzas emerged.
"You know what I see?" Shirou asked
Suddenly, the three genin went into action. Sasuke began delivering spinning attacks slicing several Zabuzas. Sakura threw a kunai into the face of the slashed Zabuzas. Naruto slid between the clone Zabuza swords and slit their throats. Everyone of the clones was killed within two seconds.
"I see them shaking in excitement." Shirou said smirking.
Zabuza grunted at the display of teamwork. He mentally reevaluated the brats. The coordination he just saw was on par with chuunin teams who had worked together for years.
Haku was impressed, "Water clones have about a tenth the strength of the original. To defeat them so easily is impressive."
Haku turned to Zabuza, "I wish to fight them."
Zabuza grunted, "Do what you wish."
Haku vanished for a second.
Saskue sensed what was about to happen and blocked Haku's attack.
"I'll take this one," Sasuke yelled, "Guard Tazuna!"
It was a good call. Orange Flash required Naruto above all else. Sasuke would need to handle the masked boy on his own.
Rider dashed in and unleashed a series of kicks and stabs with her nails at Saber, who countered all her attacks.
With Sasuke and Saber committed, Zabuza dashed forward to kill the old man. Suddenly, a hundred orange clones were before him. Several dashed forward to slow him down while others turned into weapons. Orange Flash began once more.
Zabuza was almost startled by the sudden onslaught of attacks. Even as he killed a few clones, weapons were being thrown in every direction and changing back into clones. These clones unleashed their own barrage of weapons to try to take him down. In the distance, the old man and the pink girl were falling back to the end of the bridge.
Shirou saw that everything was in order and dashed at Rider. Rider was caught unprepared, and Shirou pushed her off the bridge and leaped after her.
As he fell, he sung the dagger and turned the surface of the water to ice. Shirou landed easily and detraced the dagger. In his hand was the legendary weapon Harpe, the very weapon that had killed Medusa.
Rider had landed on a distant part of the ice and smirked. The fool had given her the opportunity to use her Noble Phantasms.
Shirou was smirking as well. 'And...here we...go'
Tazuna's house.
Two of Gatou's men smashed the door down.
In front of them, Tsunami was holding her son.
"You're the old man's daughter?' One of the thugs asked.
"Damn shame," the other thug said, "I wanted a piece of that."
"Yeah, well," the first thug shrugged, "orders are orders."
The two advanced, only to trip over a wire.
As they fell, the woman and her child turned into a scarecrow cyclops with gray hair. The man pulled out two knives and smashed them into the backs of their necks.
Kakashi looked over the two dead men. "So, Saber was right. Gatou did send some thugs over here."
Tazuna and his family walked down the stairs. "Everything alright?"
Kakashi shook his head, "No, my team is under attack."
Tazuna sighed, he didn't want dead kids on his conscience. "What can we do?"
Kakashi looked at the village, "I have an idea."
Bridge
Cat watched the battle from the ground. Saber's plan was going according to his estimates. Sasuke and the boy were evenly matched, while the jinchuriki was holding his own against the demon Zabuza. He approved the third genin's initiative to move the target out of the area. Zabuza kept trying to get past the clones, but they were doing a fine job of slowing him down. Cat estimated that at the rate that the clones were being killed, it would take Zabuza several minutes before he could give chase.
Any time he stopped blocking, Zabuza would be swarmed by the clones. For some reason, they seemed to have memorized the exact distance of the sword, and knew how much to fall back. Not all of them would make it, but Zabuza could only kill one or two at a time.
This was going to be easier than Cat and Crane thought. The two silently rose up from their spots and drew their weapons.
Now, if only fate would let them get close undetected.
"Who the hell are you?" Naruto yelled.
Yup, fate hated their guts.
The battle paused for a second. Everyone on the bridge stared at the two Root members.
Zabuza grimaced, the job had just gotten a whole lot harder.
Suddenly, the bridge rocked from impact everyone was knocked off their feet.
'What the hell?' everyone thought.
Below the Bridge
Rider was constantly jumping and rolling to dodge Saber's attacks. She could tell that Harpe wanted her dead again. 'How? How does he have that sword?' While Rider was ready for it, Harpe is still a terrifying sight for her.
It was time to use one of her abilities. He skin began turning into scales.
Shirou suddenly fell back. 'Monstrous Strength.' According to the book he received from Rin, it was an ability that rose her strength to unbelievable proportions, but it would cause her to revert back into the legendary gorgon. As she attacked, she began growing larger and larger. She smashed his copy of Harpe and Dyrnwyn heedless of the burns and cuts she received.
Shirou traced his twins swords Kansho and Bakuya to conserve his strength. Time and time again she smashed them with her increased strength, but Shirou noticed something. She was getting a bit slower. Not much, but he was able to dodge more of her attacks.
Rider was now the size of a small house. He purple hair was looking reptilian. Shirou knew he needed to stop this quickly.
In his hands he traced Durandal, the sword of Roland. It was gifted with the ability to grant three miracles. At this point, Shirou needed only one,but it was important. He kept pumping odo into the sword until it became a Broken Phantasm. With a mighty throw he yelled "Cancel."
The sword struck her on the arm and exploded. The explosion was so strong that the bridge rocked from the impact. Rider was suddenly forced back into her regular form.
Rider was shocked, she had never been forced to revert back into her humanoid form before. She tried to activate her ability again, but found she could not. Saber had found a way to cancel and block her ability. Rider saw her arm had been cut up a great deal from the Broken Phantasm. She was now unable to use her left hand at all.
She had little time to think before Saber unleashed a new barrage of attacks with his white and black swords he seemed to favor. The fight had just gotten a great deal harder than she had expected.
Bridge
The ninjas all carefully got up from the apparent earthquake. What was strange was that the country of waves was never known for earthquakes. Only Naruto, Zabuza, and Haku realized that it was due to the Servants. Only they truly understood how powerful Servants were.
Zabuza used the short interruption to destroy many of the clones, but he wasn't lucky enough to hit the original. Haku and Sasuke continued to exchange blows. Crane attempted to kill Zabuza, but was killed with an almost contemptuous swing of the sword. Cat was now the only adult that could fight with the Demon, and he was not feeling good about the outcome. How the kid could fight so long against the demon was beyond him.
"I don''t want to have to kill you" Haku said. "Will you not stand aside?"
Sasuke didn't bother to answer. Saber had beaten out most conversations during sparring sessions. Something about not wasting breath. Instead, Sasuke unleashed a combo of upper and middle attacks with his knife.
Haku understood the message though. "I see... but, you won't be able to keep up with my speed. And besides, I have two advantages."
Sasuke was almost contemptuous of the masked boy. Who would be stupid enough to tell one's enemy things like this? Well, alright, Sasuke had to admit he might have in another time, but Saber had beaten that out of him too.
That wooden sword worked wonders for breaking bad habits. Except on Illya for some reason.
"The first," Haku said, "Is the water around us." The bridge was soaking from the water clones and melting ice. Haku suddenly blocked a blow from Sasuke and the two were pushing their respective weapons against each other in a contest of strength.
"The second," Haku said, "Is that I have occupied of of one your hands."
Haku suddenly made a series of one handed seals.
'What?' Sasuke thought in surprise. 'One handed? Is that even possible?'
'Ninpo,' Haku thought 'Flying Water Needles'
Haku tapped the ground with his foot, and suddenly, the water around them formed into a cage of ice needles.
Sasuke instantly sent massive amounts of chakra into his legs. He jumped as hard as he could and was able to evade the barrage of attacks. Sasuke began raining shuriken down at Haku. For a second, Haku was confused by Sasuke's disappearance, but he was able to avoid Sasuke's attacks.
Sasuke landed behind Haku and placed a knife by Haku's neck. 'From now on,' Sasuke thought, 'You'll be running from my attacks slowpoke.'
Haku swirled out of the way and was able to dive under sasuke's swing, only to meet a foot flying into his face. 'He's fast.' Haku thought as he was sent back.
Haku ended up rolling by Zabuza and had to dodge weapons thrown from the Orange Flash maneuver.
Sasuke changed into Naruto and joined in the formation. Haku and Zabuza were now occupied dodging and attacking the various thrown clones and weapons.
Cat stayed back out of the maelstrom and looked in awe. 'These two are genin? They're using jonin level ninjutus and techniques.'
Before anything decisive could happen, a blinding light blew past them. Everyone felt the bolt of light pass them at incredible speed. Right behind it, a ray of darkness followed. What ever they had been, the lights had nearly killed them all.
Surface of the Water
Rider was being forced away from the bridge. She was having a hard time dealing with the slick ice the two were standing on. It was constantly melting, making the ground slick, hampering her movement slightly. This small disadvantage was enough for Saber to cut her several times. Rider had to resort to using a large amount of stored energy to heal herself. She was now able to move her damaged arm, but it was still not ready yet. Unlike the Saber class, Riders were not known for their regeneration.
Rider had to make a decision. Breaker Gorgon could kill Saber easily, but she was facing the wrong way. If she released it, she could end up killing her Master. Many times, she had tried to jump behind him, but Saber was anticipating this. Every time she tried to get behind him, he would give ground rather than let her face away from the bridge.
There was only one option left.
Rider tried to cut her neck, but Saber interrupted her attacks with a barrage of blows from his swords.
What was worse, was that he would sometimes bring out a green spear. His entire rhythm would change instantly. Whoever this Saber was, he was good. Perseus probably would have had no chance against this one.
While he looked confident on the outside, inside, Shirou was worried. They had been battling for over ten minutes. He estimated that Naruto would run out of steam within ten or fifteen more minutes.
Shirou mentally reviewed his armory. Many weapons could kill Rider instantly, but took too long to trace. Only lower level Phantasms could be traced instantly, but they would do reduced damage due to her magic resistance.
Shirou made a decision.
He backed off.
Rider saw the lull and immediately stabbed herself in the neck.
Shirou dove into the water
'Trace on'
Rider's blood began forming into a magic circle.
"Bellerophon!" Rider yelled
Pegasus appeared with the golden harness, saddle and bridle on. Rider leaped onto her steed and took off, melting much of the ice in her wake.
'What are you planning Saber?' Rider wondered. For now, she had an opportunity. She could kill his Master before Saber could get there.
As Rider turned towards the bridge, Shirou burst from the water.
In his hands was a giant bow and a black sword turned into an arrow.
Hrunting, one of two swords of Beowolf. Once fired, it would track his enemies as long as it's target was in his view. Right now, Rider was sticking out in the air like a large neon sign saying 'HIT ME.'
Shirou unleashed his attack as he landed on a small piece of ice. True, a normal bow string would have snapped after getting wet, but this was Shirou's ideal bow. It would fire even if it was wet.
Rider felt death approaching her. She immediately had Pegasus bank above the bridge in hopes of dodging the attack. Hrunting kept up with her regardless. Rider passed quickly over he bridge with only a few dozen feet to spare. Pegasus tried to dodge an weave from the black missile, but it followed regardless.
Back in the water, Shirou had finished tracing a second Hrunting and unleashed it. Now, instead of one black missile to dodge, there were two. Ducking, weaving, performing aerodynamically impossible moves did nothing to get rid of the two black arrows. Quickly, a third black missile joined them, then a fourth, and finally a fifth. Each time, the arrow was traced faster and unleashed all the quicker.
Rider knew she was cornered. It would be a matter of moments until she was killed.
'Forgive me master.' Rider thought. He hadn't been a bad Master by all accounts. She even thought she might miss him a bit. Rider dismissed Bellerophon and waited for the end.
Pegasus was not going to have any of that. Freed of the Noble Phantasm, Pegasus shook Rider off and charged the arrows. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, every one of them hit Pegasus.
Rider could here it scream in pain as she fell over a thousand feet. She was truly touched by Pegasus' sacrifice. Yet, Pegasus was not done yet. Normally, Pegasus were not aggressive creature. They mostly preferred to fly away from conflict.
There are exceptions however.
Shirou watched in horror as the creature charged at him in wounded fury.
"Rho Aias!" Shirou yelled. It burst through the first through third petals without any sign of slowing. The fourth through fifth petals slowed it down considerably. The sixth barrier was burst, but the wounded creature was unable to break through the final barrier. With a final heave of its lungs, it neighed its hatred and vanished.
Shirou almost collapsed from the pain. Rho Aias was his second strongest barrier. Every time one of it's petals was burst, it caused him incredible pain. The Pegasus had broken through six of them. Shirou almost swore Hanabi had hit him again.
Shirou had no time to waste however. Rider was still alive, and in fairly good condition. And above all, she still had her eyes.
Shirou traced the dagger again and turned the surface to ice.
He had to hurry before it was too late.
Bridge
"Haku," Zabuza ordered, "Use it."
Hakue made a strange hand signal. 'Demonic Ice Mirrors.'
Around the two genin, a dozens of Ice mirrors surrounded them. Zabuza easily walked past them and went to kill the other jonin quickly. The old man and the girl were gone, but he could track them easily.
Haku stepped into a mirror. Suddenly, all the mirrors had Haku's reflection in them.
'Dammit' Cat thought. Before he could help them, Zabuza jumped in the way.
"Where do you think you're going?" Zabuza asked. "You're opponent is me."
Inside the cage of mirrors, Haku unleashed a barrage of needles at the two genin and the few remaining clones. All the clones were destroyed, and Naruto and Sasuke were coated in needles.
Sasuke used a fire jutsu on the mirrors, but it was useless. The mirrors barely melted in the least.
Haku sent a new wave of needles at the two causing them to bleed even more.
"Don't follow me with your eyes." Haku advised, "You'll never be able to catch me."
"I won't die here," Naruto declared, "I haven't fulfilled my dream yet."
Sasuke snorted at the cliché line. "Same here I guess."
The two stood up and prepared for another wave of needles.
Haku felt conflicted inside. One part of him was bleeding for harming the two. Another part knew he had a duty to.
Cat and Zabuza were busy exchanging blows. Zabuza wielded his massive blade with ease, while Cat lived up to his code name and dodged with fluid grace.
"Haha," Zabuza laughed, "Those two are dead now. Haku's better than me in a fight."
Cat continued to strike. He was a Root. He would support the tree even if it killed him.
Zabuza wanted to use his hidden in the mist technique, but had no desire to be frozen once more. He had no clue where Rider and Saber were. However, just because he couldn't sense them, didn't mean that they weren't there. The air around them was getting cold, like someone was making massive amounts of ice.
No, it was best to err on the side of caution.
Back in the mirror cage, Naruto was down. Sasuke was still standing, but even he could tell he was at a major disadvantage. The team had trained to take on Zabuza, not this kind of technique.
As he watched, Haku drew forth more needles.
'He's coming,' Sasuke thought. 'I need to concentrate.'
Sasuke inhaled, 'Concentrate, see though it.'
Suddenly, he could see it. Sasuke dodge to his left, avoiding the needles.
'He dodged it?' Haku thought. He watched as Sasuke looked at him. His eyes were red with two strange marks on his eyes. The looked like halves of yin and yang symbols.
"I see...you're also from a bloodline limit" Haku observed. "Then I need to hurry."
Sasuke could see it. Haku was going to kill Naruto. Before he knew it, his body began to move. He had to stop it.
Before the bleeding Naruto, Haku and Sasuke collided.
Edge of the bridge
Sakura held back a scream when the fake Tazuna vanished. The only reason the clone would have vanished was if Naruto had been knock unconscious. At least she hoped it was because he was unconscious, if not, then Naruto was dead. She shuddered thinking about that. Not only did she not want him dead, she also knew that Sasuke would join him soon if Naruto fell. She wanted to race back to them, but her part was to be a distraction. Lead them on a false trail and hope that Saber could save them.
She ran behind a tree, only to have her neck grabbed.
She was lifted up from the ground and looked into the masked face of Rider.
"So," Rider said, "Running away are we?"
Sakura shook her head. She knew she was dead, but the thought of treated as a coward scared her more.
She had been doing her part, not running away.
Sakura looked Rider over as her airflow was cut off. Rider was bleeding, and one of her legs was bent at an odd angle. Sakura had no idea that Rider had fallen a great distance and was only saved by falling into trees and landing in a small bay.
Rider could feel her reserves falling dangerously. All her Noble Phantasms had failed, and she had been wounded grievously. She had to use massive amounts of Prana to heal as much as she could as quickly as she could
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This pink girl would make a good snack before she went to deal with Saber's Master.
Before she could bite into the girl, an arrow slammed into her shoulders. Rider was sent flying sideways from the surprise attack.
Sakura dropped to the ground panting as her lungs gathered much needed air.
"Are you all right Sakura?" A familiar voice called out. Saber stepped out of the bushes with a black arrow in his hands.
"F-fine" Sakura choked.
"Run." Shirou said suddenly running towards her as fast as he could. Before Sakura could get to her feet, Saber grabbed her roughly and tossed her to the side "RUN"
Something in his voice betrayed his fear. Sakura felt terror rise within her. If Saber was afraid, something bad was going to happen. She picked herself up and dashed as afar away as she could. She needed to get to Kakashi-sensei. The whole mission was going down hill fast.
Behind her she heard Rider yell "BREAKER GORGON"
Shirou barely had time to get behind a tree, Rider had done it. She was now using the mightiest of her Noble Phantasms. Unlike Ria who could withstand Rider's attack at the cost of lower abilities, Shirou knew he had too low a Magic Resistance.
"Hiding are we Saber? Not very heroic." Rider mocked as she limped closer. Her body was too injured. She could no longer run or dodge. She had to get Saber into view, or she would lose.
"I am the bone of my sword," Saber chanted. The voice seemed to come from everywhere at once
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Rider tried to hurry, but there was still a good hundred feet between him and her. Saber was using magic, his words were filled with Power.
"Steel is my body, and fire is my blood."
Eighty feet, everything around her was petrified, but Saber had found a good place of cover.
"I have fought countless battles undefeated."
Rider was scared, Saber had used so many powerful Noble Phantasms, she didn't want to see what his true one was.
"Unknown to defeat, nor known to victory"
She was almost there, less than fifty feet till she was there. She began to sidestep to try to get him in view.
"Have searched constantly"
Too many lines in the Aria. This wasn't magic, it was Sorcery, she was sure of it.
"To find the one I love"
One more step and she would see him. His red clothes were flapping in the air.
Rider had done it, she looked at Saber. She had won, he was paralysis and at her mercy
Only, he wasn't there.
Just his red cape.
Behind her, Saber burst through the bushes and rammed a knife into her back forcing her to fall.
She tried to turn her head, but he planted it into the mud. Two more swords pinned her hands to the ground, and two more pinned her legs down.
She was dead.
Rider waited for the inevitable.
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Why?
Why hadn't he killed her?
"It's done," Shirou heaved. "It's over Rider."
Rider tried to gaze upon him, tried to kill him with her eyes, but he kept her head down.
"Put it on Rider" Shirou commanded.
Rider struggled for a while, but could not do anything.
Finally, she returned her seal to her eyes.
Saber turned her over. He was panting from exertion.
"You have no Master now Rider." Saber declared.
Rider could tell, she felt no Prana flowing through her from her master. No connection to Zabuza at all.
The both suddenly turned their heads to the bridge. A demonic aura filled the air. One familiar to Shirou.
"Shit" Shirou said.
Bridge
Naruto was horrified. Sasuke had protected him at the cost of himself.
"Planning to sleep all day?" Sasuke tried to joke.
Naruto felt his blood turn cold. "Why?"
"Pft," Sasuke said, "We're a team remember?"
Sasuke collapsed.
Naruto held his dying friend in his arms.
"I haven't killed him yet." Sasuke whispered. "Do it for me. Kill my brother"
Naruto had quit listening after he heard Sasuke ask him to kill for him. Naruto's whole focus was on Haku. 'I'll kill him'
Haku was bowing in pain, "He died to protect you. He was a worthy shinobi."
"Shut up" Naruto said, his entire body shaking.
"Is this your first time seeing death?" Haku asked, "All ninja will go though this."
"Shut up." Naruto said louder.
Haku backed up into the mirrors. "Are you going to waste his sacrifice?"
"I said... SHUT UP." Naruto roared. His entire body was oozing out red chakra. Haku watched as Naruto turned feral. His hands became claws, his whisker marks on his face grew larger and darker. His eyes resembled a mad dog. His canines had grown to fangs.
"I'll kill you."
Naruto dashed forward at blinding speeds. Haku barely managed to leave the mirror before it was shattered.
Haku watched in fear as the red chakra resembled a monstrous head above Naruto. The very air was filled with malice and evil. Before Haku's eyes, Naruto's wounds healed.
Outside the cage, Cat and Zabuza stopped their duel. Zabuza was grateful for the respite. For some reason, his left hand was burning.
'What the hell is this?' cat thought. Only once, when he was very young, did he feel this chakra before. 'The fox! It's getting free.'
Cat tried to go for Naruto, better to kill him now than release the demon, when Zabuza cut him down from behind.
"Stupid," Zabuza said, "Never leave your back exposed."
Zabuza started to walk towards Haku where the kid was tearing up the mirrors, when he saw something.
It was Saber, and he was dragging Rider behind him like some kind of trophy. He hands were pierced together with a sword. The same was done to her legs. Rider was breathing, but in rasps of pain. In her back was a jagged dagger. It was clear, Rider had been defeated, and was now being humiliated without the decency of a quick death.
What truly halted him, was the sword in Saber's hands. No, not a sword, a boulder chipped like a sword. It was larger than his own blade. To make matters worse, Saber was holding it in one hand.
'Damn' Zabuza thought, 'That's a big sword.'
Zabuza had no clue how much it weighed, but Zabuza was sure that it was more than he could hold in one hand.
"Move" Saber said.
That was enough for Zabuza, he dashed forward to free Rider.
With one swing, Saber smashed the flat of the blade into Zabuza. Zabuza tried to block the weapon, but the force and the weight was too much, sending his sword flying. With one more swing, Zabuza felt his arm dislocate. The blow sent him flying and smashed him against the wall of the bridge, dislocating the other shoulder.
'Kami, I'm an insect to him,' Zabuza realized. He had been sure that Saber would be a challenge, but now...challenge was an understatement. Even in his prime condition, it was clear that Saber was worlds apart from him. Zabuza could feel fear like he never had before. There was nothing, nothing at all he could do.
Hakuwas blown near him, his mask breaking from a blow to the face. The orange kid dashed forward to kill Haku. Before he got there, Saber smashed the giant weapon in front of Naruto, blocking his way to Haku.
Naruto halted and pointed at Haku, "You, you're from that time."
Haku asked Saber, "Why? Why did you stop him?"
Shirou looked over at Sasuke and saw the damage. "To keep him on the right path." Shirou continued to walk towards Sasuke.
Naruto ran forward, but the killing intent was lost. Instead, Naruto smashed his fist into Haku's face. "I will never forgive you."
Haku could feel the hate in Naruto's eyes. "So, why can't you kill me? I killed your friend?"
Naruto pointed at Saber, "Because he doesn't want me too."
Shirou stopped dragging Rider and looked down at Sasuke. Shirou placed a hand on Sasuke's neck.
"He's fine." Shirou called out, "It looks worse than it is."
Naruto snapped back at Haku. "Why?"
Haku smiled weakly, "I couldn't do it."
Zabuza wanted to admonish Haku for his weakness, but Saber was too much for him. What ever happened, it was up to that Servant to decide.
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"My, My," a new voice broke out.
Everyone looked over at the source of the voice. There, at the far end of the bridge, gatou and about a hundred thugs stood.
"So, it seems that the demon was all talk." Gatou said.
"Gatou." Zabuza glared, "Why are you here?"
"Hehehe, the plan changed," Gatou gloated, "Well, I should say that this was my plan all along."
Gatou smirked, "I'm going to kill you now Zabuza."
"What?" Haku demanded.
"I never planned on paying you in the first place." Gatou explained.
Shirou stood up from Sasuke and looked over the thugs. A ghost of a smile crawled up his mouth.
"You missing nin are all the same." Gatou continued, "You're all so expensive, and you all end up betraying me. So, I decided to have you do your job, and then kill you."
Shirou began walking towards the midget, Nine Lives in his hands.
"Oh, don't worry." Gatou says to Saber, "I'll kill you too, and everyone in the retched village."
Shirou continued to walk heedless of the odds. Naruto made as if to follow, but Shirou gestured him to stay out of it.
Shirou began smiling evilly at the men. Every last one of them felt a shiver run up their backs. That smile belonged on the devil himself.
"W-what are you waiting for?" Gatou demanded "Kill him."
The men refused to move.
"What the hell am I paying you for? Kill him."
The men were frozen, while Saber advanced.
'F-fine, I'll add ten times the pay for whoever kills him." Gatou said as he began to step back.
Rather than take up his offer, his men began to fall back.
"T-twenty times" Gatou increased
Shirou continued relentlessly. Every one of the thugs were afraid of that smile. The thugs continued to back up.
"A hundred times and my right hand if you kill him." Gatou squealed.
The men backed up...until they ran out of bridge. Several fell to their deaths before the crowd stopped.
They were trapped, like rats.
"Even partner," Gatou wailed, "You get half of everything."
At first, one, then like a flock of birds, all the thugs charged Saber.
With one swing, seven men died.
Everyone of the thugs paused for a second at the bloodshed. In that pause, Saber killed two dozen more. That did it, the men charged, fueled by their fear of death.
Behind Shirou, he heard the sound of vomiting, but paid no heed to the noises. He cut down the thugs to the last man. All that remained was Gatou.
"W-w-wait," Gatou pleaded, "Maybe we can cut a deal."
Shirou detraced the sword, causing Gatou to relax.
"How bout you be my right hand man? I can always-" Gatou was cut off.
Shirou grabbed the midget by his tie and lifted him into the air. Calmly, Shirou walked back.
Shirou saw that a crowd of villagers lead by Kakashi and Sakura had come to aid the village. Several of the villagers had vomited or fainted at the sight of blood and guts.
Without a word, Shirou dumped the midget in front of the crowd.
"N-no!" Gatou cried. He began backing away from the crowd. He didn't even see Haku behind him. With one throw, a needle hit Gatou in the back of the neck, paralyzing him.
At first, one, then all the crowd swarmed the crippled midget. Screams filled the air as the crowd tore their former enemy to shreds.
Shirou looked over to Sasuke who was getting up, despite his injuries.
"Kakashi," Zabuza said, "We have no reason to fight."
"Yeah," Kakashi agreed.
Shirou went over to the helpless Rider and dragged her in front of his pale master.
"Naruto," Saber said, "You have a choice here." Shirou indicated Rider. "I can kill her, or you can recruit her."
Naruto paled even more. He had just seen Saber cleave men in half. The thought of killing someone else was making him sick. Which was Shirou's whole purpose.
"R-recruit her?" Naruto asked.
Rather than answer him, Shirou began drawing a circle into the ground.
Shirou dragged Rider and pushed Naruto in.
"Repeat after me Naruto." Shirou said.
Naruto nodded, mystified by the whole ceremony.
"Follow the call" Shirou began Naruto echoed him feeling power flow through his body.
"If thou wouldst obey this mind and this reason" Shirou said and Naruto copied
"Make an oath here" Rider gasped caught up in the ancient ritual
"I am the one who shall become the virtue of the afterword" Shirou and Naruto said.
"I am the one who shall lay out the evil of all the afterword" Rider chanted
"I announce thy body shall be under my command, my fate shall be be determined by thy word" Shirou instructed Naruto. Naruto's right hand began to glow the same way his left had glowed when Saber appeared.
"I announce my body shall answer you call and entrust my fate you thee" Rider said, her own body glowing.
"Come forth and answer my word guardian of balance" Shirou finished the ritual of the Master, Naruto echoing his words exactly.
Rider pulled herself up and took a knee, looking like a knight swearing fealty to her king.
"By the contract I have come forth, I ask of you art thou my Master?"
Naruto knew that only one thing needed to be said here. "Yes" With that, his hand stopped glowing. On the back of his hand, three petal marks were etched onto his hands.
Rider could feel massive amounts of Prana flowing into her. She hadn't felt this sensation since her first Master in this world. She had forgotten how her stats had been reduced with her second Master.
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All around the three of them, everyone else stared in awe. There had been a powerful aura in the air that booked no interruption.
Sakura was the first to speak up. "W-what was that?"
Shirou glanced at her. "A contract was formed, nothing you need to know."
Sakura was frustrated, she had been given the least useful job, thrown like a piece of trash, and now...Rider had made a contract? She had had enough.
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN?"
Shirou sighed, "For your continued health, I suggest you stop asking." In his hands was a sword. "Or else I might have to kill you."
Sakura shuddered and went quiet, she still enjoyed living.
Zabuza stood up and joined Haku. "So...you're leaving us Rider?"
Rider nodded, "Yes Zabuza-sama, I have a new Master to serve."
"hmpf, do as you like." Zabuza snorted.
Haku bowed, "That you for your hard work Rider."
Rider nodded back as the two vanished.
There was an awkward silence.
Tazuna was the first to break it, "You know what, this calls for a celebration."
The rest of the village cheered their agreement.
Beside Rider and Saber, Naruto collapsed.
"You guys do that," Shirou said, "We need to get him to bed."
"Indeed," Kakashi said, "I have a great many questions for you."
"I'll bet you do." Saber whispered.
Rider suddenly grabbed Saber. "How? How did you break the contract?"
Shirou traced Rule Breaker. "I got this from a witch in the Fifth grail war."
Actually, that was an over simplification. He had seen the weapon twice. The first time, Caster dropped the dagger as she was being torn to shreds by Gate of Babylon. Shirou had only glanced at it, but he would always remember it. The second time he saw it, it and about a thousand other weapons were aimed at him in Gate of Babylon.
Rider picked up the dagger and examined it. After a bit, she understood that it broke the rules, and all contracts, including those of Servants and Masters.
Rider leaned in close, "Who are you?" she whispered.
"Later," Shirou replied.
Author's note: Woot, longest chapter yet. (Not to mention I uploaded this a day after the last chapter. Man I'm fast)
Yeah, I had several people ask me not to kill her off easily. As you can see, I didn't.
Anyway, Rider's stats have changed because she had a proper master now. Note: only her stats improved, not her skills or abilities or Noble Phantasms
Rider:
Strength B
Agility A
Endurance D
Luck D
Magical Energy B
Noble Phantasm A+
(basically, her strength, endurance, and agility went up one rank)
Skills:
Magical Resistance B: Nullifies all magic that requires less than three verses. It is difficult to hurt her even using great magic or ritual magic. Nullifies B rank and below jutsus.
Riding A+: Ability to ride things. At this rank, Rider is able to ride even demonic and holy creatures, if they are beasts. This however, does not include dragons and Bijuu.
Personal Skills:
Mystic Eyes A+: Inherent ability in the eyes. At this rank, mystic eyes have become a noble phantasm known as Cybele. Capable of petrifying others, is stronger than gold ranked eyes of Dead Apostles. It affects all targets within the owner's field of vision, regardless of whether said targets are looking at the Eyes or not. Those who possess Rank C or lower in Magical Resistance will be immediately petrified, while those with Rank B may or may not be affected depending of the conditions. Those with Rank A or higher won't be petrified, but will sustain "pressure" from the Eyes and receive a one rank-down to all parameters.
Independent Action C: The ability to remain independent even when rejecting the prana supply from the Master. At the higher ranks it is also possible to remain for extended periods of time in this world without a established contract. At this Rank, Capable of remaining in this world for one day without a established contract
Divinity E-: Measures whatever one has Divine Spirit aptitude. Due to Medusa being a fallen goddess, now a demonic beast, as well as her intense dislike of the gods has all but removed this skill. Has a very low chance of reducing special defensive measures using the ability called 'purge defense'.
Monstrous Strength B: An ability possessed by monsters and beasts, temporary boost of the Strength parameter by one rank for a time limit determined by the ranking of this skill. In Rider's case, the longer this is activated, the more she turns into the legendary monster Gorgon. When she is fully transformed, her strength stat becomes A+ for a short duration. Warning, using this skill too long will distort Rider's mind and cause her to go on a rampage.
Battle Continuation C: Able to fight even when receiving grievous wounds. At this rank, Rider can continue to fight after losing a great deal of blood or a limb, but will be unable to fight after receiving a fatal wound.
Noble Phantasms:
Blood fort Andromeda
Temple of Blood that surrounded the Shapeless Isle.
Rider is able to implement it as a bounded field that she uses in order to collect magical energy by converting live humans into blood and organic ooze.
The barrier acts like a separate plane that completely cuts the affected area from the rest of the world, which makes it impossible to see the barrier from the outside, cuts off escape routes for fleeing enemies.
Depending on the strength of the Master, and how much time used to set up the field, Rider can may need time to reduce humans to dissolve victims
Rank: B
Type: Anti-Army
Range: 10-40
Maximum targets: 500 people
Breaker Gorgon
Mystic Eye Killer
Seal placed over Rider's Mystic eyes to suppress them into a self-contained world.
A great bounded field that couples with the Temple of Blood that once covered the shapeless island where Medusa's lair was, but whereas the Temple of Blood "covers the world", this one "seals the world".
Within the limits of the bounded field, all abilities that affect the external environment will be suppressed and all individuals will have their consciousness entrapped into the Gorgon's mind. Furthermore, those entrapped will see nightmares of mixed delight and taboo.
Medusa can also disguise her deeds of sucking the blood (absorbing the soul or Prana) of humans that were seized by it in the form of wet dreams.
Note: Does not actually seal vision. Only suppresses her Mystic Eyes.
Rank: C-
Type: Support
Range: Self
Maximum targets: N/A
Bellerophon
Shining golden harness, bridle, and saddle set capable of fully controlling a divine beast.
It has no effect by itself, but once fastened to the mount, it increases all attributes by one rank and allows for the beast to use its most powerful charge to physically destroy the target.
. It is an attack supreme in attack and defense, capable of killing any servant directly.
The "Armor Class" rank is raised by one hundred, and the maximum speed that the charge of the beast can reach is between four hundred and five hundred kilometers per hour.
Rider uses Bellerophon on her personal mount, the mythical winged horse Pegasus.
While summoning a legendary beast is an ability rivaling that of a Noble Phantasm, it is done independently of Bellerophon as one of Rider's innate abilities possessed due to her deeds as a heroic Spirit.
Both Bellerophon and Pegasus are summoned by slashing her neck with her dagger, allowing the blood to spray out and stop in the air to form a magic circle
Rank: A+
Type: Anti-Army
Range: 2-50
Maximum Targets: 300
I figure several of you have forgotten Shirou's stats, here they are again.
Shirou:
Strength C
Agility B
Endurance B
Luck C+
Magical energy B+
Nobel Phantasm E-A++
Abilities:
Magical Resistance D: Nullifies single action magic. Equivalent to wearing a talisman. Also nullifies low level genjutsu
Skills:
Clairvoyance C: Allows clear vision of distant objects. Improves body movement and vision.
Magic C-: Knowledge of orthodox magic. At this strength able to identify all common forms of magic but is unable to perform any.
Magic detection B: Able to locate source of a spell or a barrier field seals within half a mile. At B rate is unable to identify exact type of spell used.
Mind's Eye (True) B+: Insight fostered by intense training. A 'combat logic' that allows for calm analysis of the situation and the enemy's ability in spite of danger, and a consideration of all possible actions in a particular situation. If there is less than 0.1% chance of a comeback this ability greatly improves the chances of success
Bravery A: The ability to negate mental interference such as pressure, confusion and fascination. At B rank,a bonus effect of increasing melee damage is applied. At A rank, receives a C rank skill of Intimidation skill and a bonus in pain resistance.
Intimidation C: The ability to weaken an opponent's attack and defense. At C rank, enemy's stats are reduced by one rank unless the enemy has either Mind's eye or Bravery of C rank or higher.
Eye for Weapons S: Has a 100% chance to identify a weapon if it possesses legendary or mythic properties. Skill reduced three levels for non-blade weapons
Nobel Phantasm:
Unlimited Blade Works: Infinite Sword Creation
A special magic called a Reality Marble
Usable only by Emiya Shirou
Able to duplicate any weapon seen
Any duplicated weapons will be reduced by one rank
Able to ignore rank reduction by creating Broken Phantasms
Broken phantasms require two to three times the energy to produce
Defensive equipment is also possible
Technique requires two to three times the energy to produce
Rank: E-A++
Type: ?
Range: ?
Maximum Target: ?
Shroud of Martin
A black armor with a red cape and coat worn by Emiya Shirou at all times
Originally belonging to an unknown saint but now recognized as Shirou's
Awarded by the Burial Squad for valor against a Dead Apostle
Outfit protects wearer from heat and cold
Self repairs any damage done to the outfit
Outfit will never get wet or hinder wearer in combat
Outfit is always worn and requires no Prana to use
Rank E
Type: Pro-Unit
Range: N/A
Maximum target : 1
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