Warning, it is highly recommended that you have a knowledge of all three Fate Routes before reading this story, past this chapter, all vanilla Fate stuff will be uncensored and spoiled. Meaning servants Names will be nigh instantly revealed from the Fate routes and plot points too. You have been warned.
Also, only new events will be covered at the forefront, no reason to type up the parts of Fate you have already seen, so if you see something from another route being focused on, expect a massive shift to occur in it.
" Attention class! We have a new batch of students coming in today, so I'd like it if you would all be nice and be sure to greet them to our nice class like respectable young people." A simple teacher was in the classroom today, all while Ziden, the mysterious servant and the mysterious man who caught the eyes of everyone there.
Even some students from other classes were peeking in on the tall male, as he decided to be the first one to speak. " Since we have to do this, I'm gonna go first and get this over with. The name is Jotaro Kujo, don't do anything stupid and try and try to new Kid rush me. You see how big I am compared to you."
While he didn't outright say it, the tone clearly put into everyone's heads to not try anything stupid with him. While Ziden soon stood up next in front of everyone, he did not look happy to be here, he was not a guy who liked school. " Yo, the name is Ziden, transferred from some school in Tokyo to be here cuz my folks want a less, chaotic environment for me to be in. Last name is Icrim but just call me ziden, weird to have my last name stated outloud."
Ziden stepped back as the tanned woman stepped forward and soon bowed. " My name...is Alty Icrim, I am, Ziden's younger sibling, pleasure to meet all of you." she bowed softly before stepping back, soft whispers happening in the class.
" Different dads, hence the different skin tones, don't overthink it." Ziden said while soon placing his hands in his pockets, Alty was the only one who wore a school uniform. Ziden wore the Rider clothes from his last adventure while Jotaro wore his usual clohes.
" I see, welcome to our school, we heard a teacher came with you as well and she will be taking over this class because of your usual teacher's uh, injury. She'll be here in an hour." Ziden softly snorted before taking his seat down next to an orange haired male, and Jotaro and Alty took their seats in different parts of the classroom.
The classroom began to gossip amongst itself while Ziden kept his head in his hand, and closed his eyes, he could feel the magic around the school, magecraft was it? The lesser form of Magic he is used to dealing with, the magic he and his allies use are a magic above that. But this was familiar to them.
His eyes do reopen when the teacher entered the room, long flowing silver and blue hair and her usual blue dress that didn't do much to hide that figure that the students ate up like dinner. Ziden didn't much care of the eyes on her but she does stand before the class. " Due to your former teacher's injury, I will be taking over as your teacher during this semester, my name is Keine Kamishirasama, but you may call me Miss Keine if my last name is too long to remember."
The class was surprised by how surreal her last name was, but they made sure to pay attention in class, most were actually paying attention to what she was teaching, which was history for the day, but many were just oogling her. Horny teens tend to do that.
Once the class ended, Ziden found himself exploring the school once the classes were over, god, this sucked. To be back in school was just utterly troublesome. A long sigh came from his lips as his mind remembers why he was in this school.
Someone was using this place as a killing grounds, murders have been springing up like crazy since the last month, having shut down the school 2 hours after the school day ends due to how unsafe it was. Ziden even noted that the school had police officers and security guards here and there.
" Seems like someone is going crazy in this place and wasting kids, according to Romani, some masters in Grail Wars love to go wild and kill happy on the innocent, so this could be a Master, or just some sick crazy asshole. Either way, I was hired to pose as a student here by the principal and I plan on taking this guy out." Ziden simply looks outside the window with his eyes closed for now.
He even heard the city had some weird murders occurring, stabbing victims, what appeared to be devourings. Too much was going on in this town, and it seems alot of them were non-native.
" Hey! You're Ziden right?" Ziden was snapped back to reality by a student coming up to him. " Can you come help with something right quick?" Ziden raised a brow as the boy led him into a side room, where that orange haired boy from before and a black haired girl were talking. " Hey, Shirou, I brought him."
Ziden was wondering why he was brought here and it seemed that Shirou, the orange haired was messing with a large cabinet that was busted. " ah, sorry for bugging you but you looked rather strong, so I was wondering if you can help me get this door open." Shirou was rubbing his head. Ziden noticed the tools around it, the kid was a handyman of sorts. Odd for a Highschooler.
" Sure thing." Ziden moved past Shirou and soon ripped open the locker with ease, causing Shirou to flinch back. " Oh, my bad."
" Well gee Shirou, he just ripped the door off of its hinges." The black haired woman looked unsurprised at this, before watching him putting the door back on what was a cabinet, only to realize. Oh, it was a locker, and there was a bag inside of it.
" Ah, sorry Rin, but you can atleast get your gym clothes now." Shirou rubbed the back of his head while sheepishly chuckling.
The girl's name was Rin huh. Ziden felt eyes boring hard into him, she was focused on him but he did not much pay attention to it. He had not noticed that her eyes were focused on the command seals visible on the back of his hand.
' This guy's a Master? And he's not even bothering to hide his seals? Either he's confident about his servant and skills...or this guy is an idiot." Ziden was seen putting the door back in place as best he could. ' Definitely an idiot.'
" Well, I can definitely fix it before we go, just gonna have to come back here tommorow and do the rest. Thanks Ziden." Shirou said before standing up and holding out his hand. " Shirou Emiya, its a pleasure."
" Ziden Icrim. Its a pleasure to meet ya Shirou." Ziden nods at this and takes his hand while looking at Rin.
"...Rin Tohsaka. We're all in the same class it seems so we should atleast try to get along." Rin didn't offer her hand, but she did greet him atleast.
" Yeah but we should get going when this is done, its not safe to be out at night, one of our teachers got attacked saving a student from an attacker. Hence why she is not here right now." Shirou saw the sad look on Ziden's face. " Oh no no, she is still alive! She is just at home resting."
" Thank goodness, but did she see who attacked her?" Ziden asked while Shirou rose a brow.
" Well, no, not really, all she remembers is that the guy carried a large scythe. Said something about being part of some army or whatever." That immediately caught his eye but said nothing. " But Imma be heading home soon, thanks for the help Ziden."
Ziden nods at this before heading out as Rin watched him
" His servant doesn't seem to be around, Light Archer will have to get him tonight when he is away from his servant.' Rin thought to herself
Hours later...
The dark of night filled the air of the school, as Ziden snuck back onto the campus while looking at an image of Romani. "You think a servant can be behind this killing? Don't know any heroes known for scythes."
Romani thinks for but a moment. " Hmm, according to our databases, no servant comes to mind, nor does any heroic spirit. Could it be those Dark Youkai Army folks?"
" Possibly, I'm gonna see if I can lure them out, I have Saber waiting on the outskirts of the School in Spirit form if I need backup. Well, not if. Something is here, skulking around." Ziden placed his hands in his pockets while he walked to the school.
"If it is, do be careful, we may have Team A, it seems that they are alot more confident having someone so experienced on their side." Ziden chuckled at that.
" Please, they're the ones with those fancy bloodlines and stuff. An old fossil like me can't be leading kids. Though, i guess since I am Mash's master, guess I gotta work well with em. What have they been up to?" Ziden asked while teleporting into the school, soon shaking his feet as he began to explore.
" They are currently inside of the library on your ship, they said they want to learn about your world to better be helpful. It seems they wish to truly thank you for aiding them in the restoration of our world."
Ziden snorted at this while smiling. " Well, good, tell em if they need any help, to just call me, keep in touch Romani."
" I will but are you sure about this. If you do this, you'd become an enemy of the three great Mage Families, they'd probably stop at nothing to make you pay for ending their dream." Romani had a point, he came here to destroy the grail and prevent it from ever being used again.
These people fought to have their wish granted and reach the Root, apparently an ancient force all Mages strive to reach, due to being at the rebirth of the universe into the massive Multiverse it was, he and several others saw deep into it and many other similar concepts but got nothing out of it.
" Yeah, i am sure and if things get dicey enough, I'll call to have that Assassin we summoned to come and aid us, would be nice to have a Ninja. I'm here to destroy the Grail and take out that golden asshole. no reason to play fair." Ziden said while he was walking up the stairs, looking at the blue screen on his jacket's arm.
" Very well, but just be careful alright, this war...feels different from any I've heard of. Servants of Light and Darkness. Sounds like you will have alot of foes."
" Nothing I can't handle." Ziden did make sure to close the screen and soon stopped as he smelled the air, blood. He was too late. Ziden made sure to run down the hallways with no form of care before he came across a body Orangeish hair? That Shirou kid.
And in his hand was that tool box he had, don't tell him he stayed behind to try and fight the killer? Ziden checked his body for but a moment, no wounds but there was blood under him, he was stabbed it seemed, but not by a scythe or anything, the scar is a bit too small for that. So what.
" Hey kid, you still alive." And he slaps his face a few times to get him to snap to, watching the male stir for a while before opening those eyes. " Hell, almost thought I lost a new classmate."
" Ziden...why are, you here?" And Shirou was slow to rise, the male softly gripping on the wall to help himself stand., he looked pale but he was alright, seems he was healed by some kinda magic, so, someone else is here?
" Just skulking around, that killer has me interested is all, thought I could see who he was. Didn't expect you to still be here." Ziden said while gently placing his hands in his pockets, gazing upon Shirou who seemed to be coming back to.
" Yeah...that's my bad, after fixing, Tohsaka's personal locker, I think I might have passed out and went to sleep, dunno why though, just felt so comfortable once Rin left." Shirou rubbed along his chest, especially where he was hit at earlier, before slowly remembering. " Oh yeah, we gotta get out of here, a few minutes ago, I was attacked by some guy, we need to get out of here!"
Ziden simply sighed. " Relax kid, if he thought he killed you, then he is long gone. no way a killer would be stupid enough to stick around the scene of the crime-"
Die...
" !" Ziden felt that surge of bloodlust before quickly ducking from by the window, watching a red spear stab clean through a window and shatter it on impact
" Oh? Looks like this one has a sharper instinct than you, kid." Ziden's eyes focused on the man in blue, he looked, eerily familiar, that blue hair, those red eyes, and that tight blue spandex but he could not put a finger on it. Ziden's eyes, were drawn to that spear though instead. Its not a scythe, so this guy is not the killer at the school.
" Shirou...get out of here now. Find somewhere safe, and then call for help, I'll hold him off." Ziden's eyes darted to a large broom nearby , before kicking it with his shoe and now holding it like an impromptu bo staff.
" But! I can't just leave you here, Ziden!" Shirou had that burning urge to stay and fight to, but Ziden's gaze stopped that.
" You have to if ya want to live, I've been in a few scrapes but this one feels different, just run, get help from anywhere you can or hide, makes no difference to me, just get out of h-" And in the middle of him talking, Ziden felt searing pain tear through his shoulder, along with the loud noise of bone, muscle and flesh being blasted apart with a single spear thrust, his left arm now barely hanging on by a thread. The dripping of blood and destroyed flesh rained down onto the ground and Shirou had to hold in his lunch from the sight.
" Hey kid, the hell are you doing!? Talking so much during a dance like this, next time, I'll make sure that's your skull." Shirou saw Ziden's blood spill down onto the ground, and his blood ran cold, he wanted to stay and help but he knew better, quick to his feet and running down the hallway as the mysterious Lancer saw him. " Oh? who said I was gonna let you escap-"
And a loud crack occurred when he tried to dash past Ziden, a pitch black broom stick smashed down into that skull of his, a shock that rung through his body as the lancer almost lost consciousness for a sheer moment before snapping to, with his spear shooting towards ziden's chest, which he was quick to parry with the haki enhanced stick. " Sorry, but you're dealing with me now punk."
The lancer was confused at this but Ziden can feel it now, this was a servant, no human could survive with the force he just hit that skull with. The lancer spitting out blood onto the floor while that spear spun and soon shot forward with Ziden quick to spin that stick to block the hit, only to feel himself flying out of the window with the sheer force of the impact, feeling the air burning around him and soon letting himself glide along the ground of the track field beneath him.
" cocky for a human aren't ya! That tricky lil magecraft didn't hurt one bit!" The lancer came right out of the window and soon rocketing right to Ziden, who was quick to respond to the action. Ziden simply tossed away the broom handle, he did not need it anymore.
" Lying ain't good bub, so lets see how ya like this!" And a red flash appeared from ziden's hand, his Crimson Edge soon summoned and soon sliced right down into Lancer's spear, causing an explosion of force between the two, as the Lancer was caught off guard by that and the sight of his arm actually healing.
" You...you're a servant aren't you!?" The Lancer grinned at this, this man had to be a servant pretending to be a human, no human could be strong enough to fight a servant like this.
But a swift step and Ziden was right before him, that blade slamming down into air as the Lancer made sure to get away, watching that blade literally smash the ground apart from the sheer force of the swing, causing the track to explode into rock and snoke as the lancer kept his hands on his spear.
" Sorry but nope, just a normal human, remember that!" And Ziden made sure to leap right out of the dust and smoke and bring that blade down onto LAncer's red lance, causing the ground to quake and his knees to buckle, quick to push Ziden away and quickly stab upwards with that spear, prompting Ziden to fall backwards to avoid the strike. The battle now flaring up to its high point.
Boss Battle 1 ( Final Fantasy 4)
Lancer's brow raised when he heard the music flaring up but he was too focused on his opponent, quick to slam his blade down onto the ground and soon flipping into the air and coming right down with a powerful downwards slam with that blade, cleaving the air and clashing with Ziden's blade, sparks that danced along the battle field.
THis thrill of battle, it followed in the both of them, it had been too long since Ziden was back at full charge and he was gonna get the most out of it here in this war, to a person looking at this, it was a blur of red, attacking, deflecting, defending, the loud sounds of their battle rang through the air.
Weapons of crimson that lit up the battlefield, with Ziden sliding along the ground, his blade glowing from the light burning off of the blade. " Shining Burst!" And powerful swings sent massive orbs of light right at the lancer, catching him off guard and prompting him to leap out of the way as the blasts destroyed the ground. Before school tomorrow, he was certainly gonna have to repair this ground after this battle.
" With how you're fighting right now, no way you're not a servant! Now who are ya!? Some weird Japanese swordsman!?" And the Lancer dashed right forward, spinning that lance above his head and soon stabbing the spear through Ziden's head, who soon faded away into mist. " An afterimage!?"
" I told ya! I'm a damn human!" And a powerful kick slammed right into the side of the lancer, his leg crackling in flames as the kick made sure to burn deep into the flesh with the impact, his body shaking from the powerful kick that smashed him through the earth and rolling him along the very ground, Ziden landing with the flames vanishing from his leg and his blade still glowing with that red light. " Just a damn powerful one."
The ground calmed down from the ravaging blast it suffered, but Ziden was still on guard and he had the right to be, considering the Lancer soon burst out of the ground and soon stood before Ziden, exactly in a good spot that Ziden wanted. " Heh, you still holding onto that huh? Well, you can pretend to be something you're not all ya want! But I'm gonna end this now, sorry!"
A stance of him getting down low as that lance was now glowing violent, with what seemed to be violent red winds dancing around it as Ziden got ready to take it on and let Saber get her shot in. But-
" Ziden!" A familiar voice caught Ziden off guard, and his eyes darted behind him to see that Shirou had returned with a blonde woman in silver armor, one who looked familiar but at the same time, did not was there with him, the energy she has...was she a servant? Shit, he forgot about the lancer.
" Pierce him right through the heart!" And a powerful thrust of that spear forward saw Ziden seeing it coming to his chest, which he quickly leapt to the side to avoid. " Gae Bolg!" And it did something no one ever expected, it somehow curved and hit its mark dead on. A heart pierced and a curse slowly forming in his heart. Only for a red glow under his shirt to shine and the curse was destroyed, leaving it to be a powerful stab to the heart. Causing him fall down onto his knee as blood instantly poured out of his mouth like a waterfall. " What!?"
The Lancer felt it, he hit his mark dead on, and this guy should be dead, but he was, still alive. He wasn't gonna let this stand, he needed to follow up and destroy that skull too, dashing right to him before Ziden's light blue eyes shined up at him with a bloody grin. " Mimicked Skill: Ryuenjin!" A wake up attack in the real world, that's scary, but not as scary as a leaping upper cut with a blade of fire that dragged the lancer up in the air, blood spraying out from the wound and Ziden soon spinning over to be above him. " Hyouretsuzan!" Ice soon replaced those flames and soon a pillar of ice was on that blade, and he made sure to smash right down into the lancer, blasting him down onto the ground and skidding along it, coughing up blood from the two attacks.
Shirou watched in shock from what he saw but the woman that stood next to him, did not seem so surprised but caught off guard that the man could do what he did. Ziden watched the Lancer slowly get back up while coughing up blood, his suit stained heavy in blood. But he did not seem too distressed by this. " Heh, seems like you've got some bite for a Saber! I dunno how you survived Gae Bolg but I guess that means I should get more seriou-"
And his words were cut clean off guard by the rainbow colored blade at his throat as the rest of Ziden's Saber materialized. " Your arrogance is quite astounding, Child of Light, Cu Chulainn, do you not see you are out gunned by my master and his fellow classmates?"
Ziden wondered what his Saber was talking about before he saw Rin landing right down on the ground next to Shirou, with a red coat, tan skinned man carrying her. " I had a feeling you were a Master in this war but." Her eyes focused on his Saber, the odd chills she had from her were unholy ' But what is with that servant? She feels...different.'
" R-rin?" Shirou himself noticed her as she soon sighed.
Cu saw what was happening and sighed, letting his spear fade away as he looked up at the woman who had him pinned down essentially. Soon turned into his spirit form to lick his wounds as Alty desummoned her blade and stared at the blonde hair Saber, her cold eyes focused on the blade she could somewhat see in her hand, the familiar sting of that blade, she knew it well.
" Well, I wouldn't say I'm a Master in this war...call it more I got business down here of a vital importance, mainly, solving the murders happening down here." Ziden left out his plan to shut down this war for good, as he knew that would make him enemies of her and he was not yet ready for that. The Archer with her, was eying him up carefully.
" What, a detective that has a servant with him? Guess the big city has some odd Magus' up there." Archer spoke while seeing Saber slowly walk to him, Ziden staring at her for a moment.
" Do you, recall who I am, Sir Icrim?" Ziden stared at her for a moment as Shirou seemed confused that she walked up to him, Ziden not saying anything as he stared directly at her.
Up above them on the School's roof, stood a woman in a black and purple bodysuit, an existence that should not be here in this war. This war that now bore the Wills of Light and Dark. She was the Lancer of Darkness, and her eyes were focused on Ziden. " So, the Phoenix child still lives in this era as well as I do? Interesting, and my student is here as well. This war...shall be interesting." She soon made sure to fade away into Spirit form.
Hours Later...
Ziden was on his way back home, Alty had already gotten back home before him, the male wanting to take a scenic walk, there was a killer in this town, and he wanted to see who it was, so maybe wandering around outside of curfew might get him an interesting encounter.
And judging by the set of footsteps behind him, he hit it on the money. The male pretending to not notice at all before he heard the steps soon change into a run. A quick turn and Ziden saw his own fist colliding with a magically enhanced one, a teacher from the school was the one stalking him and it seems he must be the killer. All with that woman in purple behind him, watching silently.
In an Office building...
A rather massive gathering of people were in this office, counting up money while listening to the clamors of their conversations while one notable man was there. A tall, powerful looking man with broad shoulders stood before a man, currently sitting down with liquor bottles all around him. Dressed up in a pinstripe suit and a fancy hat, the male looked down at the money all on the table.
" Heh, so yous supposed to be my Masta eh? Well, I don't mind this servant business, always did wanna see what the Mobs of Japan were like. So you can call me Archer of Darkness. I'll get ya that Grail with my boys aiding me. We'll fill any hero up fulla holes faster than you can say Yugo Slavia."
" Good." The tall man stood there for a moment before deciding to speak his name to his servant. " Isurus...Isurus the Shark. The Current Leader of the Ashura-Kai. And my wise, is to see that the false Yakuza clans who stole our fame and glory, be erased. The foolish Tojo and Omi clans." Isurus nodded at this, his grin soon showing those shark like teeth he had.
" I see, never heard o' no Ashurgo Kais before, but if you got a big goal, i say go for it, so, what is your plan?" Archer of Darkness asked while crossing his legs.
" Thanks to our eyes everywhere, we know there are Masters and Servants at the school in town. So we are gonna send in our heavy muscle to get back what he wants and take out our enemies." Isurus said while looking to the rather large, red skinned demon that was in the room, The Archer actually caught off guard that an actual demon was here. " We wield the powers of Demons and with a Servant, we will conquer this land. Tomorrow, that demon will strike that school and let us see a blood bath as those kids are devoured by the demons." And his light green eyes soon looked to the young school boy being handed a bottle with Red pills inside of them.
" Heh and we get to see the Masters panic as their safest time is no longer safe." Archer grinned darkly at this. " I'll send a few of my boys along, let some kids get filled with lead oughta be nice ya know."
The demon simply looked at the tv screen before him, seeing a still image of Ziden and Jotaro entering the school from earlier in the day. The demon knew well who he was. " If he is here, then those fools have no chance of assuring victory in this war...he will be my main target during the school attack."
In a Graveyard in Fuyuki...
A rather buff man in black pants, a nice black jacket and even nicer shades could be seen standing before the remains of a summon circle and a knight that stood there, in an armor of red and silver, with that helmet soon shifting off like a segmented robotic armor. " Ho? I did not expect this at all, a woman?"
And within a moment, a blade was pointed right at the mage's neck. " Oi, because you're my master now, i'll only say it once, don't call me a wom-" And then an odd sensation washed over her, like this has happened before, and the mage feeling the same way, as sparks flowed through brain cells and that sense of Deja Vu was lifted. And what was left behind, was memories that should not have been.
"...Mordred?"
"...Sisigou?
Elsewhere, in a mysterious cave...
A Man in rather fancy golden armor could be seen gazing down at a large magic circle, as images within were showing all of the currently revealed masters, Minus Ziden. " Hmm, so it seems that the chess pieces are slowly coming to be. Are you excited, Caster of Darkness, that you are going to have a nice family reunuin during this war?" The man simply gazed to the caster he summoned, who happened to be sitting on a fancy chair she obtained from the man.
Flowing blue robes she wore were black and exposed her navel and abdomen, her flowing blonde hair was seen beyond the veil she wore and a soft smile appeared on her face. " Truly, it is lovely, to see my child and sister once more. This war...truly a beautiful thing. And it will be a lovely bloodbath, to pay you back, phoenix boy." and those eyes of hers, focused on the images in the circle, the pure, ancient evil behind those eyes slowly coming forth
Trivia:
1. Sisigou comes directly from Fate Apocrypha or however its spelt, he is here in this timeline because, well, this is a rather unique timeline.
2. The Ashura Kai are from Shin Megami Tensei, think of them as Demon Summoning Yakuza. They are gonna be one of the main causes of how dark this story goes
3. The Dark Masters are are mostly OCs with some being canon.
Author's Notes: Well now, this is gonna be a fun story to write, its mainly gonna be fights, lore bombs, bombshells and all that jazz for this storyverse I am making, i do hope you guys like it because this route, is essentially gonna be dark as hell but the 4th route that focuses on Ziden and a certain female that got kinda gimped. Basically, this is supposed to be Heavens Feel, but shit goes wrong, way wrong. As always, Read and Review! And feel free to guess those servants you saw on the dark side.
