McKenzie Farm
Waver Velvet was shaking in excitement. Today was the day he would finally prove his worth as a Magus. Kayneth Archibald could be damned for all he cared.
It was only till last week did him first discover the existence of the Holy Grail War when Waver uncovered his teacher's catalyst, the tattered cape of Alexander the Great. To get back at Kayneth for publicly humiliating him at the Clock Tower, he stole his catalyst and decided to partake in the war himself. The whole of his life, he had been humiliated for coming from a third-rate Magus family but the war would soon change all of that. A war, whereby only strength mattered and not nobility or bloodline.
Finally he would prove to that ass of a teacher that his thesis was right! As long as one understands the spell, even the higher generation families can be surpassed. This war was Waver's big ticket to getting the fame and recognition he deserved.
When he awoke to find the command seals on his hand that morning, Waver was ecstatic. The Holy Grail had finally recognized his strength and deemed him a worthy Master of the War. Screw you students and definitely, screw you Kayneth.
He had used the blood of chickens to draw the circle and instantly began reciting the ritual chant.
"Oh mighty Iskandar, appear before me!" Waver thought fervently.
Smoke billowed out of the circle and a blue light flashed into the sky as the servant appeared.
Waver smiled with glee as he watched the servant appeared but that soon changed into a look of dumbfound. From what he had gathered, Alexander the Great was not Japanese. So why the hell was he dressed like a samurai.
The servant was decked out in a black body suit as well as having a blue high collared, sleeveless cloak worn that was spiked at the ends. He had medium lengthed brown hair and he had a traditional samurai helmet worn with an extra-large golden crescent moon as the insignia of the helmet. On the back of his cloak was a coiled dragon. He had a golden eye whereas the right one was obscured by a black eye patch. What got Waver's attention was that he was carrying six swords, three on each side, sheathed in what looked like dragon wings.
The man had a cocky grin plastered on his face and was glowing in confidence.
"Howdy! I am Rider and I am guessing you are my Master."
"Ye-yes," Waver stammered, still surprised and shocked from the summoning.
"Alright! Now dig the wax out of ears and listen well!" Rider proclaimed as he pointed to Waver. "I have ridden across the lands of feudal Japan for hours on end! I have crushed all those who have stood in my path, friend or foe, enemy or ally! My army has conquered lands as far as the eyes can see! I am the Rider of this war, the One-Eyed Dragon, Date Masamune! Remember that my Master, for you are now part of the Oshu Army. With me at your side, the Grail shall be ours!"
"Huh," stammered Waver in confusion. He did not get anything that his servant had just said.
"That aside, let us depart for the nearest Sake house. It has been a few centuries since I last had a drink and I am in need for quality alcohol." Rider then grabbed Waver by the collar and slung him over his back.
"Wa..Wa..Wait a second! Rider!" Waver yelped out as he hung helplessly on the taller man's back.
What the hell was going on here?
Elsewhere in the streets of Fuyuki
Kariya began to breathe raggedly as he limped down the abandoned streets of Fuyuki City. He needed to catch his breath and slowly propped himself against a wall for some R and R.
As he caught a breather, Berserker spoke. "Master, was I too harsh on that old man just now?"
"No, you weren't. You have no idea how much of an ass he was before you came along. Thank you for standing up for me." Kariya weakly wheezed.
"But even so, permanently amputating his arm seemed too much. As his son, don't you feel hurt?" Berserker questioned with anxiety behind his tone.
With that, Kariya removed his hoodie and let Berserker take a good look at him. Berserker let out a small gasp of surprise as he gazed upon the body of Kariya Matou. Half of his body was infested with vein like creatures that seemed to be feeding on him as they spoke.
"Would any father do this to his own son! No caring father would allow flesh-eating creatures to devour his son alive nor would he implicate and deflower a young girl of the age of six by throwing her into a pit of rape-worms!" He roared angrily before another coughing spasm took over.
Berserker immediately supported Kariya, apologizing while at that. "I'm sorry. I didn't think he would be the cause of your pain."
"I should be the one apologizing. You had no idea and yet I took my anger out on you." Kariya bowed his head in shame.
A moment of silence passed between the two before Berserker spoke.
"You know, I could try purifying you right now to get rid of the worm within you. Although I cannot guarantee it will be any less painful than your father's."
Kariya shook his head fervently. "These worms act as my magical circuits. If you destroy them, you can't materialize and have your wish."
"But, Master your body…" Berserker protested only to be dismissed by a wave of Kariya's hand. "I'll be fine, Berserker but do promise me something. When the war is over, please free Sakura-chan." Kariya looked up at Berserker with pleading eyes.
Berserker instantly recalled the purple-haired girl that bade them goodbye. Like Kariya, he could sense that there were those vile things inside of her. Her eyes were empty and filled with sorrow, reminding him of his younger self when he lost Mana.
"I promise, "Berserker replied with hard determination. "Regardless of the war's outcome, I will save her."
Kariya gave a warm smile in which Berserker returned it. No more words needed to be said between them.
Random House in Fuyuki City
'Fill, fill, fill, and fill 'er up. Repeat four times…" Uryuu Ryuunosuke muttered to himself as he continued drawing the magical circle that he had seen in his ancestor's books in the middle of the living room.
"Out of blood…" He muttered as he dipped the wet cloth into the now empty bucket. "Never mind, there plenty more here." He chuckled with a glee as he squeezed dry a dismembered hand on the floor.
The book was vague on the subject but it mentioned something about summoning a demon, or something along those lines. That alone sent him into ecstasy. It was fun killing people and all but it was totally worth it to let a demon return to life and do the killing for him. How cool was that.
"Was it four or five?" Uryuu counted his fingers as he re-read the lines on the book. "Fill, fill, fill, fill, and fill. Yes it was five! Lucky me!' Uryuu fist-pumped the air.
In the background, a news report was being played on the television.
"In today's news, there have been a slew of murders that have been occurring in Fuyuki City. Families have been slain in their homes. In every one of the houses of the victims, there is a strange symbol being drawn with the victim's blood. Police are now investigating as to how the symbol and the murders are all related. We now have an expert on crime psychology to speak to us…"
"Did you hear that? I'm on the news! I am famous baby! Look at all my beautiful artworks!" Uryuu exclaimed as he spoke to the couple lying on the sofa. Only thing was that they were dead, their heads now lying in their laps when Uryuu decapitated them from the back.
"Oops my bad! No heads, no eyes."
With that he turned back to the kid in the corner of the living room. The boy was hogtied and gagged from where Uryuu last left him. He had slaughtered the boy's parents in front of him and the boy was scared shitless. His expression was priceless in Uryuu's opinion. The sadness, the fear, how beautiful it was.
"Do you believe demons exist kiddo?" Uryuu asked the squirming kid, already liking the kid's expression. "I know the news calls me a demon and such but don't you think that's a little rude if demons exist. Don't you think so?"
Uryuu then walked up to the kid's face, the kid sweating profusely and eyes widening with each step. "Sup!" he said, surprising the kid. "My name's Uryuu Ryuunosuke and I am a demon."
"See these," Uryuu waved his ancestor's books in front of the kid. "They say that if I follow the instructions here, I can summon a demon. How cool is that! Demons do exist!" At this point, the kid was crying and yelling like a madman if not for his gagged mouth. "So if a demon does come out," he patted the boys head "do you mind letting it kill you?"
"MMMMMMMMMMPPPPPPHHHHHH!" The kid began thrashing about in a desperate attempt to escape.
"Hahaha!" Uryuu began to bounce about ecstatically. "I wonder how a demon looks like! Better yet, how does it feel to be killed by a demon! I bet its so co-ow!' Uryuu looked down to his hand as he felt it burn. Three crimson red command seals then appeared at the back of his palm.
"What the…" Uryuu drawled but before he could finish, the circle began to glow and billow smoke.
But as the smoke died down, nothing appeared. "Aww man! I failed again! " Uryuu pouted with a disappointed look on his face. Little did he realize that all the shadows in the room were now congregated on the ceiling.
"A human summoned me? How pathetic. Who are you?" An ominous voice echoed from the ceiling and Uryuu turned to look up.
On the ceiling was a black blob that extended from the shadows. It had multiple crimson eyes as wells as serrated rows of teeth all over it.
"So cool!" thought Uryuu as he gazed up in amazement. "Umm, hi there!" Uryuu began as he rubbed the back of his head. "I'm Uryuu Ryuunosuke. I'm currently unemployed and I like killing people very much. Especially women and children."
"Oh, a murderous master? Interesting, I think we will get along very fine. I am servant Caster and our contract is now complete." The shadow grinned.
"Okay…"Uryuu drawled, not understanding Caster's words or what he meant. "Hey, want a little snack?" Uryuu smiled as he pointed to the kid who was desperately shaking his head.
"Itadakimasu." Said the shadow before it lunged for the kid. It pierced the kid's stomach and the slid into him. The kid then underwent about of spasms and the shadows tore through every living fibre of him. His organs were hurled out of his body as his body began to erupt into a messy pile of blood, spraying all over the walls. Then a moment of calm, before the kid's appendages all exploded simultaneously, his arms, legs and head all over the place. After which, millions of black arms emerged from his torso and began to pull and reattach the separated body parts. After reattachment, red lightning coursed across the dead kid's body and healed all his wounds. The "kid" then sat up and examined himself.
"A little more spacious than my previous container I guess." Caster remarked as he got used to the corpse that he had just taken over as his new body.
"THAT WAS SO COOL!" Uryuu exclaimed in joy as he jumped towards Caster. Shaking Caster's hand, he remarked "You are the most awesome dude I have ever seen! I don't care I will follow you forever, Mr…"
"Selim, just call me Selim. Help me win the Grail War and I will impress you even further" Caster replied with a smirk.
"Fine, whatever that its. Let's go Mr Selim. Show me more cool ways to kill!" Uryuu exclaimed as he headed for the door.
"Another gullible pawn for me. A good way to start the Grail War." Thought Caster as he subconsciously licked his lips and followed a hyperactive Uryuu out of the crime scene.
Fuyuki Church
"The final servant has been summoned," Risei told Kirei who nodded in confirmation as he sensed the appearance of Caster.
"Assassin," Kirei told the said figure who was currently stacking a pile of cards, "It is time." Over the past week, Kirei had come to realize that despite Assassin's size and appearance, his knowledge and experience far surpassed his. He had revealed that he was part of the underground trans-dimensional police force of a Mafia society in his world. This piqued Kirei's curiosity as who in the right mind would choose a baby for this kind of dirty work. Assassin's sensing Kirei's thoughts, sent out an immense wave of killing intent, warning Kirei to avoid the subject or there would be hell to pay. With that, Kirei dropped the subject and let their conversation end there, although the thought still lingered around in his mind.
"Fine, time to get to work." Squeaked the baby as he dumped the cards aside and vanished. Within a few seconds, Assassin had warped to the edge of the forest that overlooked the Tohsaka Manor. According to the plan that Kirei had shared with him, he was to infiltrate the Manor, deactivate the defenses and kill Tohsaka Tokiomi. It was simple and straight-forward and Assassin did not like it one bit at all. After years of serving with the Vindice, he had learnt that each plan had a secondary meaning to it. Trusting Kirei word for word was akin to putting a pistol in his mouth. Rule number one, trust no-one. For now he would just follow Kirei's schemes, but when it came down to it, he would act on his own.
Assassin then warped a few meters into the air above the manor. Right below him were three pedestals with rubies on it, indicating the defense system. "Perfect," Assassin thought as he fired three chains that were coiled around his wrist. As the chains approached the rubies, they began to grow in size, big enough to crush each ruby with a soft crunch.
Assassin then warped to the front of a giant ruby located in the center of the garden. Judging from the soft whirling sounds, there was an invisible barrier protecting it unlike the rest. Once again, Assassin fired his chains at the barrier, watching intently as they bounced off one by one, revealing the three rings which revolved around the ruby.
"Piece of cake, I don't even have to warp." Assassin then just simply walked forward towards the barrier. Judging from the way that they revolved, Tokiomi was apparently expecting a regular sized servant. Too bad that he didn't calculate the odds of the servant being an infant. Assassin just strolled forward towards the ruby and within seconds stood before it. "Now come to papa."
That was when a single shot rang out into the night. Assassin' didn't feel any pain, just annoyance. The shot had torn threw his hat and embedded harmlessly onto the ground behind him. It was his favorite hat too.
"I won't miss the next shot. Go back home you little baby." A female voice rang out. Assassin glanced up and saw curly-haired blond dressed in a school uniform holding a smoking musket. Figures he shouldn't have trusted Kirei.
"Who are you calling a baby, woman?" Assassin growled, anger rising in his voice. "I dunno, how many servants are less than half a meter tall and wearing a pacifier? Oh, just you." Archer replied with a smug look on her face. "I won't repeat myself, go home baby or you will suffer."
"Don't worry about repeating yourself because I'm going to kill you!" Assassin declared as he shot his chains forth at Archer. Archer responded by summoning forth another musket and with a single shot, deflected all the chains, sending them all spiraling back at Assassin. "Tsk," Assassin nimbly sidestepped to avoid his own weapons before he warped. Archer's eyes widened as she watched the servant disappear before her eyes.
"Where did he go?" Archer soon felt as though someone threw a rock at her back. Turning around, she saw no-one. Again, another rock to her arm. She swung around, only to see nobody. Then all, at once she felt rocks being hurled at her simultaneously, hitting every inch of her body. While it was not very painful, she was slowly receiving minor cuts and bruises. To top that, her patience was wearing thin. She hated it when she couldn't shoot her target.
In the dimensional portals, Assassin began to smirk. Although his punches were weak, it was obvious that he was starting to wear Archer down. Time for the kill.
Archer was still contemplating where Assassin was going to appear when an idea appeared as she saw the shattered fragments of the rubies. "Arms Change" she muttered and summoned forth eight muskets, all pointing in a different direction. This time however, all the muskets had streaks of red in them. "Come, you sneaky bastard."
Assassin warped just right above her head, before firing off his chains and declaring "Die, you bitch!". Archer just smirked as all her muskets fired at the same time. This time, shotgun shells were released. "What!" Assassin thought just before the shells plummeted him. "Damn you! How did you know where I was?"
"I didn't," Replied Archer honestly. "You were moving too fast for me to see so I just had to cover as many areas as possible." She then aimed her muskets all at Assassin. "Now, Vamos."
Assassin tumbled and ducked as the shells sprayed all around him. He made a U-turn and shot his chains forth, only for Archer to whack them aside with the butt of her musket. Assassin then warped again and before Archer could summon another musket, he charged for her ass. "You're mine now!" Only to stare down a shiny silver barrel. Assassin barely had enough time to bend backwards before the musket fired, the bullet zinging inches away from his head. As he did that, Archer swept the butt of another musket on to his side, sending him spiraling a few meters away. For the second time that night, Assassin was surprised.
This time, Archer was not smiling anymore. Her face was now red with rage and embarrassment. "How dare you stare up my skirt you pervert!" she hollered at Assassin as she summoned forth another musket that had streaks of yellow. "Die you ero-baby!" This time round a cannon shell came out.
"Fuck," thought Assassin. This was going to be a long night.
Tohsaka Manor, Study Room
Tokiomi watched in horror as he watched his garden blow up although his facial expressions refused to show it. This was not in the plan. Assassin was supposed to be "killed" by Archer, not duking it out with her. At this rate, his house would be destroyed as well. He hastened his pace towards the telephone in the hallway only to watch the hall get blown up by another cannon shell. "Screw this," he thought as he pulled out his cellphone. He really hoped that he had remembered to buy insurance for this place.
Tohsaka Manor, Garden
Assassin was getting really steamed. He had come, full intent on killing Tokiomi and Archer and yet at this rate he was going to die instead. He had almost died 30 times that night, no thanks to Archer's long ranged explosives. Archer was still relentlessly dishing out cannon shells and it did not seem like she would stop anytime soon. "Hell hath no fury like a woman's scorn indeed." Assassin thought as he dodged another explosion and threw another cannon shell back at Archer. This battle was dragging out too long. He was going to strike at full strength."Present Ple…"
"By my command seal, I, Kotomine Kirei, order you to cease all attacks on Archer immediately." Assassin halted in his tracks just as he was about to release his Noble Phantasm. "Damn you Kirei, guess you are as obedient as the rumors go. Screw the plan." Assassin grumbled as he turned to leave, only that Archer wouldn't let him.
"Binding Ribbon!" Archer cried out and from the holes in the ground, ribbons emerged and wrapped around Assassin. "Shit," Assassin snarled as he struggled to break free but Archer was onto him in a second. "Die you pervert." Archer said coldly before Assassin found himself stared down by the barrels of ten muskets.
An explosion of dirt and smoke swept through the entire garden, scaring away the familiars of all the Masters that had been watching the battle. The dust cleared, revealing only Archer with a scowl on her face. Although the other Masters would receive reports on Assassin's death, she knew very well that he was not dead despite being hit at close range.
"Damn that pervert-baby!" Archer hissed being returning to the mansion.
Fuyuki Church
Kotomine Risei watched as Assassin re-materialized in the church grounds. His cloak was tattered and there was a slight trickle of blood down his face and from his mouth. The bandages around his face had been burnt off by the heat of Archer's weapons, revealing a white and slightly burnt face. In his teeth, to Risei's wonder, were ten shells, caught at the last moment Archer unloaded them into his face. He spat them onto the ground, releasing a roar that Risei shuddered from.
"DAMN YOU ARCHER! DAMN YOU KOTOMINE KIREI!"
Hi all, I managed to have some spare time so here's the second update. Many thanks for the awesome reviews that you guys gave. Love you guys! For the identity of the servants competition, the cookies goes to "drumrolls", mr I hate znt nobles kill em! "roars of applause and trumpet sounds" Congratulations to you. Have fun guessing the identities of the last servant (Rider announced his). Without further a due , here are the stats of Assassin
Class: Assassin
Spirit: Bermuda von Veckenschtein (Katekyo Hitman Reborn)
Armaments: Chains
Alignment: Neutral/ Evil
Strength: D
Endurance: A
Agility: E
Mana: B
Luck: C
Presence Concealment: A+
It is possible for Assassin to disappear completely and become almost impossible to be detected. However, efficiency will decrease once preparations to attack are taken.
Magic Resistance: B
Cancel spells with a chant below three verses. Even if targeted by High-Thaumaturgy and Greater Rituals, it is difficult for him to be affected.
Assassin's long period of wondering and burning in the underworld have made him resistant to most spells and curses as a result of his body being used to them.
Prana Burst (Flames): B+
A version of Prana Burst that infuses weapons with prana that imparts a flame effect.
Assassin is able to coat himself in with the Flame of the Night, inflicting minor burns to enemies when he attacks. Prolonged exposure to the flames can cause heavier burns to occur to enemies.
Noble Phantasms
Present Please: C Anti Unit (self) type
Assassin reverts back to his normal form instead of his Arcobaleno state. All his stats are raised to B+ when done so. However, this form can only be used for 3 minutes only.
Flame of the Night: B Anti Unit (self) type
Assassin coats himself with a thick and heavy flame that burns black. Flame is centralized around the limbs as well as the chest. When used, Assassin's stats and Noble Phantasms are all boosted one rank up.
Chains of the Vindice: B Anti Unit type
Assassin binds and restricts his opponents with chains that are clad in black flames. As long as the target is bound by the chains, Assassin can feed off the target's Mana supply instead of his own.
Void warp: C
Assassin is able to instantaneously teleport himself anywhere he wants for a short distance.
Void Warp, Light Speed: A Anti Unit type
Assassin's ultimate Noble Phantasm. By moving through multiple portals made from the Flame of Night, Assassin can propel himself quickly enough to reach the speed of light. Requires activation of Flame of the Night to use.