Saber
'I don't want to die!' Shirou though as he... well, fell into the shed. Somehow, through the pure luck, bleeding cut on his finger touched a long-forgotten runic circle that had been drawn there on the ground maybe a decade ago. 'I don't want to die!' He repeated in his mind while looking for something – anything – that might help him survive that lance-wielding freak that was out for his blood simply because he saw something he apparently shouldn't have...
The next moment the runic circle lit up with an eerie blue light, before a large cloud of thick smoke exploded, making it impossible to the red-haired teen to see anything. Then a powerful gust of wind blew this smoke away, revealing a very intimidating woman.
She was rather tall and slender, but not even for a moment Shirou doubted that she wasn't strong. She had waist-long blond hair that noticeably curled at the ends despite being otherwise relatively straight. Her eyes were light-blue and she had long eyelashes. Also, her lips were pink and full... All in all, she looked like a textbook image of some 'ice queen'. To absolutely complete this image, she was dressed in a World War I style blue military uniform, complete with white gloves and black combat boots. On her right hip there was a saber-like sword, while on the left one Shirou could see a pistol in a holster. Lying on the floor, he couldn't see her shoulder straps, but simply from the way she carried herself, he could easily tell that she was a high-ranked officer.
"Your will to live is admirable. Even if you are not the ...most powerful magus, I shall accept you as my master in this Grail War." The woman spoke, her eyes completely focused on Lancer who was still shocked by the fact that his soon-to-be-victim turned out to be the seventh master. "Now then..." The mysterious woman attacked, moving really really fast. She managed to catch the blue-clad master of spear by surprise and landed a hit on him. A hit powerful enough to sent him flying out of the shed and into the wall on the opposite side of the yard.
"Miles,.." The military princess spoke, addressing to someone. Almost instantly, a man – presumably Miles – materialized next to her. He had dark skin, white hair and his reddish eyes were hidden behind his snow-blindness goggles. He was wearing a similar blue military uniform, but with a darker-blue coat over it. "Protect the boy. There might be more enemies nearby." She ordered.
"Yes, ma'am!" Miles saluted, before moving to stand next to Shirou, an assault rifle held at the ready. Satisfied, the blonde general drew her pistol and shot at Lancer who had just raised himself back onto his feet. Somehow, the man managed to dodge bullet and instead of being killed, he got just a small would on his forearm. The blue-clad man rushed back at her, his blood-red spear ready, but before it could touch a single hair on the blonde's body, it was stopped by her sword. Then, the military princess threw him back a good dozen meter with but one arm...
"You are lucky to have major general accept you, boy. And as per her orders, I shall protect you with my life." Miles commented as he guarded his queen's master, while also watching her fight. He had no doubts in her victory, it was clear, but he appeared to be eager to see her in action.
Meanwhile, the fight in the Emiya residence's yard continued. Mostly, it consisted of Lancer coming at the blond beauty, before being thrown away. The blond swordswoman also tried to shoot him from time to time, but so far she managed to give her opponent only an assortment of light wounds.
Suddenly, Lancer's spear started glowing. It looked like the blue-clad man was preparing some sort of an uber attack, and both miles and major general could see it. Unfortunately, it seemed that neither knew what exactly that attack will be, so the military princess could only ready herself for anything.
"Your heart is mine! Gae bolg!" Lancer shouted. His spear then became a beam of red light that twisted and bended at impossible angles in order to reach its target... Somehow, though, the blond warrior did seemingly impossible and dodged this attack: instead of being killed by the spear piercing her heart, she only got a serious wound.
"Major General!" Miles shouted, scared that he might lose his queen. He needn't have worried that much as while her wound was serious, it was not serious enough to stop her. Gripping the shaft of the spear, she ripped it out of her body, simultaneously once again throwing Lancer across the yard with her inhuman strength.
"Nice weapon you have here." The swordswoman commented, before throwing it at its original owner with such speed that to Shirou it turned into another beam of red light. And the blue-clad man now was pinned to the wall with his own spear sticking out of his shoulder. "Now... Let's find out who you are..." She continued as she began walking towards her downed enemy, her saber in one hand and her pistol in another. Apparently, the wound she had just suffered was not as serious as it first looked... Or maybe she just healed this inhumanly fast?
"I would love to fight you, Saber." Lancer spoke, raising his head to look at her. "But I'm afraid, my master's order was to retreat, should my spear be dodged. See you again soon." He said, before simply vanishing, along with his spear.
"Are you alright, ma'am?" Miles spoke as he seemingly phased next to his queen, who now had a somewhat pained expression on her face. Apparently, she wasn't as tough as she wanted Lancer to think she was... Major general looked at him for a long second, before she finally answered:
"I should be fine in time for our next guests to arrive. I shall ask you to be ready to provide me with some support. I'm not sure I can take another such opponent all on my own right now." The dark-skinned man saluted, before 'blinking' back next to Shirou in order to guard him per his earlier order. Maybe twenty seconds passed, before a strange pair walked into the yard.
One of the two was a tall and dark-skinned man with white hair, dressed in a black armor with a red cape over it. The other one was ...Tohsaja Rin, a schoolmate of Shirou.
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Shirou's visit to the church had been ...enlightening. Even if he absolutely detested the idea of a game where people killed each other. But with no easy way out and a chance to keep causalities at minimum, he accepted his role as Saber's master.
Now, he was returning home, Saber and Rin accompanying him, when they ran into a weird pair on one of the deserted streets of the night Fuyuki city. First, there was a seemingly-young girl with white hair and red eyes, dressed as if she had just escaped from tundra. Just behind her there stood a gray-skinned colossus in bronze armored-skirt with a ridiculously-large axe-club made from a slab of rock held in his hand.
"Good evening, onii-chan." The girl greeted. "This is the second time we meet." And while the red-haired teen was wondering why this girl was calling him 'onii-chan', Rin was more interested in the giant that was with her.
"This is not good, her servant is very strong." The Tohsaka heir commented, visibly ready to summon her Archer in order to defend herself.
"Pleased to meet you, Rin." The unknown girl replied, while doing a reverence. "I'm Ilya. Ilyasviel von Einzbern. Understand?" Apparently, the dark-haired beauty knew some secret significance behind that name. "But I don't think any more salutations will be necessary, since you'll all be dying here." Shirou let out a surprised 'ah' at this proclamation. "All right, I'll be killing you then. Do it, Berserker!"
The gray-skinned giant proved to be surprisingly fast for someone of his size. Monstrously powerful too: even though Saber did block his axe-club, everyone could see that even with her great strength her hands were shaking slightly... But while the Berserker was physically stronger, Saber was faster and more agile, so she sidestepped, allowing the huge weapon to crush the asphalt on the ground, before delivering a powerful roundhouse kick, sending the giant flying backwards... Apparently, the purple-clad white-haired girl was not all that happy with such a turn of events.
"Berserker, kill them!" She ordered again, this time without any playfulness in her voice. The colossus that was her servant let out a mighty roar, before raising his crude weapon over his head. But instead of charging at Saber, he simply smashed it against the ground, causing a massive chasm appear. However, this attack was a slow one and the blue-clad major general had problems with evading it.
And drawing her pistol, she fired at least a dozen of bullets at her opponent. Somehow, though, they all ricocheted harmlessly from the giant's bare chest. Saber raiser her eyebrow at such ridiculous endurance that the Berserker was demonstrating, before her pistol got replaced with an RPG. And a moment later the mad servant was struck by a magically-amplified grenade that managed to completely envelope his humongous body in the fire of an explosion... When the smoke cleared, everyone could see Berserker rising from a crater, an obviously fatal wound on his chest healing as if it was a mere scratch.
"I see..." The military princess muttered under her breath. "You are a tough bastard, but are fit enough to survive in front of the fort Briggs?" Suddenly a ring of fire spread from Saber, enveloping everyone on the street... When Shirou could see again, he found himself standing on the top of the giant dam-like fortress located in a narrow valley between snow-covered mountains. Somewhere far away on the ground he could make out the Berserker who was looking around, trying to understand what had just happened.
"Reality marble?" Rin asked from behind Shirou, apparently also amazed by this feat of magic.
"Briggs soldiers, destroy our enemy!" Major general ordered, giving a wave with her sword. The very next moment the Berserker found himself under the bombardment from the many cannons, mortars, tanks and personal weapons that the firepower of the fortress was composed of...
Saber
True identity: Major general Olivier Mira Armstrong
Series: "Full Metal Alchemist"
Age: unknown, ~30
Sex: Female
Alignment: Lawful Good
Strength: A+
Endurance: B
Agility: A
Mana: C
Luck: D
Independent action: C+
Magic resistance: D+
Battle Continuation: B
Bravery: A
Eye of the Mind (false): B - Olivier is an experienced fighter and has a developed 'sixth sense'.
Eye of the Mind (true): C+ - Olivier is a skilled and experienced military commander.
Military Tactics: B+
Discernment of the poor: C
Riding: D - Olivier has some experience in driving tanks, automobiles and horse-pulled carriages.
Weapons: Firearms: C+ - Olivier is skilled with firearms, and can use anything from pistols to RPG with deadly skill and precision. She also can operate heavier cannons,both stationary and tank-mounted
Noble Phantasms:
Armstrong blood: D, support, permanently active. Actually a bloodline trait that grants all members of the Armstrong family physical strength far exceeding that of a normal human. True extents of Olivier's physical strength are unknown, but it is presumed that she was at least twenty times as strong as someone of the same build while still alive. Additionally, as the primary heir of the family, Olivier is in possession of the Armstrong heirloom sword (it is not a noble phantasm).
Briggs stalwarts: A+, support. An abnormal noble phantasm that allows Olivier to summon any of the soldiers that were under her command to aid her in the battles. They are summoned as heroic spirits with E+ independent action and can be using up to C-rank noble phantasms of their own. Number of such summoned heroic spirits is not limited, but Olivier herself is unable to sustain more than two at once because of her relatively-small prana pool. Most often, the summoned heroic spirits will be adjutant Miles and captain Buccaneer.
Fort Briggs: A+, support, anti-army. A reality marble noble phantasm that brings fort Briggs into temporary existence. Olivier and her allies are placed on the wall of the dam-like fortress, while her enemies find themselves on the ground on the Drachma side. Inside this reality marble Olivier has access to the entire military power of the fortress, including tanks, mounted cannons as well as the entire garrison. Heroic spirits summoned through Briggs stalwarts noble phantasm do not spend their prana while inside this reality marble, nor will they disappear if the reality marble is dispelled or forcefully destroyed.