" And then, I called him a nobody, should have seen the look on his face!" Yukimura was already bragging to the rank in File in the room with them, Gouki and Mitsuhide were raising their brows at this.
' A Nobody' The way he fought showed a vast difference in that, a guy who knew how to fight as Mitsuhide was searching him up on his smartphone, soon finding a video
" Hah, no doubt if I meet him again, me and Garuda can fold hi-"
" Yo, Yuki, you might wanna, see this, you too boss man. I think we just got a bit more complicated." Linking his phone up to the tv via an App, a full image spread and article of Ziden appeared.
'The Man behind the Infamous and publicly applauded M-day Genocide.' Yukimura's face soon slowly lost all of that bluster.
"...Thought that name was familiar, 's the guy behind this slaughter and why we don't have Muties anymore. All of em killed in combat by this guy." Mitsuhide stated while laying his head back.
" And the hero who saved this dirt ball from those ICBMs the Angels tried to hit he world with. So this is why Belial was so wary, hah, ain't that somethin'." Gouki lets out a hearty chuckle while Yuki clicked his teeth.
" So damn what, those Muties weren't shit compared to a Supernatural slayer like me, when I take him on seriously, I'm gonna show that false hero something special." Yuki grumbled before stepping out of the room, the two looking at each other before laughing.
" So where is the boss man at right now?" Mitsu asked while soon putting his phone down and stopping the video after seeing ziden's hands crushing the skull of a blonde with a large sword.
" He's out currently making a deal with one of the masters, and by making a deal, I mean forcing em to work for us. That berserker will be a nice aid to our cause." Gouki said while grinning.
Elsewhere...
" ANDASSAMFKASMKF%$ ?!"One could see a towering giant being smashed clean through the wall of the castle, all while the Archer of Darkness and Isurus watched and held Illya and her servants at massive gunpoint. Belial himself came out of the hole Hercules made .
" What will it be, Einzbern? Side with us and take down the Icrim punk or we take you out of this war ourselves." He laid down a simple demand, normally one she would be laughing off, but her servant was literally being ragdolled by the superior power of the demon.
But her face showed minor concern to this, she saw Herc fighting back but only for him to be tossed away like a ragdoll, seeing the demon soon towering over the servant, sparks forming in his hands as he soon aimed it down at the Greek.
" Trisagion." Three spinning orbs of fire formed in the palm of the demon and his eyes gazed down at the servant who got to his feet, only to see those orbs spinning together and soon, along with Belial's palm, smashing into his chest as a literal towering inferno.
At first Illya felt nothing, this was just a being that caught berserker off guard, there is no way it can get past his special trick, but then, the look of stoic worry, turned into outward fear. Bones and veins bubbled from Herc as the fire tore through his body like butter and his flesh burnt like meat in open flames. Death instantly came for the servant, but just as quickly as he died, he came right back in full force, his skin red and revived
Only for that red skin to instantly be blasted off and melted once more. Illya was not sure what was happening, his Twelve Labors made sure that what killed him last, would have a nigh impossible time killing him again, but those flames tore through him as easily as the first time, his flesh seared and his muscles destroyed by sheer ease, and Illya could only watch in horror as It happened, there was no mercy to it.
Another life that was burnt away in seconds by the power of his flames and a secret Only Belial carried and knew about was unleashing on Heracles and Illya finally had enough.
" Stop! I'll, do what you want, stop, stop killing Berserker!' Her screams filled the dark skies as Isurus smirked, waving his hand as Belial faltered for a moment, his flames soon ceasing, the ground scorched to heaven and beyond, the ground scorched and burnt beyond repair as Belial stood up tall.
" those Greeks were nothing special at all. Multiple lives and I still burnt through 5 like they were paper." A slam of his trident and he scoffed, as he watched Hercules, slowly coming back from being a corpse, ready to fight, only to see Illya running to him through the smoldering landscape to run to her servant, all while Isurus followed after.
" So it is true, demons through the Summoning app are vastly superior to Servants, this war, thanks to this app, is ours.' Isurus stated, a jaunt to his step as he approached Illya and her still enraged Servant. " A Deal is a deal, you help us take care of the Icrim Punk with that monster of yours. And we support you to the end."
Illya bit down on her cheek, before thinking it over, deep down, she didn't much trust the drivel Ziden spouted about the grail being tainted, plus, as one of the Three great families, taking out the man who revealed the supernatural to the world is someone she has to take down. And like with Shirou, she was not gonna wait long either. " Lets go Berserker, we're gonna go paint the land with his blood. Now."
A bloody battle was coming for Ziden and it didn't seem like it was gonna be a fast finish either.
In the Woods near the Dreamstalk...
Regular Boss Battle ( Wario: Masters of Disguise)
" Gah!" A blade of fire came down on Gale Slicer's chest, a bloody splash of red and sparks came from the impact as Ziden was quite literally, striking without mercy towards the Youkai, causing the weasel to leap backwards while spinning that scythe like a a whirlwind, whipping up the brutality of the winds that blew around them." Sonic Burst!" A powerful downwards swing, and Ziden saw a blade of wind smashing into the earth
Soon forming three missive twisters made of airy blades, spinning and sucking in everything around them into a vacuum that only got stronger as time passed on. "Tch! Come on!" A grip onto his blade and flew into the winds, swinging his blade clean through it with a massive horizontal cut imbued with fire, catching Gale off guard and catching him with an elbow to the face, followed by a swift kick to his chest, causing him to crash into a tree, and coughing up blood.
The winds were making this battle annoying for many reasons, namely the fact that alot of leaves were fluttering about and getting stuck to his helm, even if he wasn't in Rider form, he'd still have to deal with it by burning it off or just peeling it off. But still having to be wary about not causing a massive fire, that was for sure.
The Youkai slowly getting up to his feet, the shaking excitement he had, he was really enjoying this. "So much better than that weird guy with the invincible familiar, you I can harm without mercy, and we can drain each other of our red essence until the sun rises." A long, sickening lick along his blade as ziden grunted from that.
" Gross, why do you guys do that with your weapon, what if I had something?!" Ziden pointed at the Youkai before the creature shrugged.
" If ya did, who cares? I'm not a human, like a human disease would strike me down or give me an unending itch till my fading days!" And a slam down of his scythe as the ground next to him started to crackle and soon black flowing winds surged around him. " But today, I thought I am gonna have true amounts of fun, so my servant shall be joining us, I hope ya don't mind!"
Out of the wind stomped down a black shadowy armored foot and ziden stared deep into the abyss of that man's armor and for some reason, his blood itself boiled when it saw that man, even seeing that weapon in his hand, only tightened his grip on that blade.
" Hmm, a 2 on 1 match is not exactly what I call fair, is it?" Ziden blinked under his helm when he heard that voice ringing over them and the seeing Gale literally leaping back to avoid a rain of red spears coming down onto where he was standing, the creature clicking its fangs as ziden could see a woman in a skin tight purple and black body suit. she had the lower half of her face covered with a mask, stopping Ziden from seeing her face but she felt, familiar. " If you are to fight to the death, atleast do it honorably and not like a coward."
" Eh? Who are you!?" Gale actually hissed at the arrival of a new troublemaker and one that seemed to be quite strong.
" My name is not low enough that I would allow a rodent to speak it freely, but I am Lancer, Lancer of Darkness. I sensed a good fight would be happening tonight so I decided to join the side that seemed to be more fun." And that familiar red lance that formed in her hand.
" Well, that's fine by me, I guess, you can handle that servant, I will handle the Youkai." Ziden said while the woman under that facemask smirked
" fine by me, try not to be killed, Icrim." The male blinked at this before seeing her dash right at the servant, questions would have to come later
Elsewhere...
" Shirou, should we truly be out scouting at a time like this, in the darkness of the night, you can never tell who or what will strike." Artoria remained in that yellow cloak she was given as the duo made their way towards the park.
" We should, I dunno why but I got a hunch we should be here and find out just what is that weird tree. Might be the kid in me, but the idea of being able to see an alien lifeform is pretty neat. But the man in me believes we need to find out what its doing before things get worse."
" Oh but my young friend, wrapped in the breading known as Stupidity, it is about to get so much worse like a smorgasbord for a party that has turned moldy and sour." The loud whirring of a floating platform soon came into view as Shirou and Artoria was immediately on guard, the flowing red cloak and the green bean shaped head., it was clear who this being was.
" and who exactly are you, odd bean creature." There wasn't even a wasted moment as her blade was summoned into her hand as the creature began to laugh shrilly.
" I see, so this is the Servant of a Master, like a fungi infested foot stuffed into a warm shoe, you are unpleasant to gaze upon. Such a terrible fate, but I am not here for you two bite sized morsels. I am here for the 3 course meal known as the Dreamstalk. Never in Fawful's wildest dreams did he believe there would be a being on this planet capable of yanking it here to be reborn. Fawful had thought it to be the burger of impossibilities but this far off Croissant of a planet is truly a surprise each time!"
Shirou and Artoria are on guard with this man, Shirou himself holding onto a training sword, on guard as Fawful continued to spin on his platform.
" But I am learning that Masters like you are the mold upon the breakfast that is my feast that is the end goal of our plans, So I must apologize, for now, you must be swept away like leftovers that have grown old in the fridge. Midbus! Come and play with your new Morsels!" A clap of his hands as Shirou and Artoria felt the ground explode before them, causing them to slide back in the park and waiting for the dust to clear.
A towering armadillo like creature now towered before them, a flabby but strong pink armed beast with the snout of a pig, that gazed down at his opponents. " I see, so today, i must smash down children. Normally, Lord Fawful, Midbus would be against such things, but if this is the path I must take to get my revenge against the Koopa, so be it."
" NYEEYEYEHEHEHE! Try not to play with the Appetizers of your meal for too long, for I have the great needing of your muscle to help root out masters in this cake we call a war. I HAVE EVIL!" And the loud whir of his platform began as it soon span up into the air and made itself towards the dreamstalk, the towering brute made his way over to the duo.
" I dislike doing this, but the Lord's orders is the Lord's Orders. If you believe in the Stars, then pray to them, I will not be gentle here." Midbus slammed his fists together, causing the ground itself to shake and crack, as Artoria was ready to fight this foe.
Big Bang!( Mario and Luigi: Paper Jam)
And a thundering fist slammed down into the earth where Artoria was standing, watching the earth itself be shattered where she was standing and her blade soon swinging down onto him, watching his thick forearm block her blade, watching it slightly cut into the flesh. " A toothpick I cannot see, that is adorable."
A flex of that arm and one could see even his veins and muscles flaring to life to repel her off of his arm and onto the ground, seeing him chasing right after her with another thundering blow. Artoria met that blow head on with her blade, and felt her bones almost reduce to sheer dust from how hard the blow was. In another timeline, this would be like taking on Heracles but more severe.
" Such Power! Will I just continue to face monsters that are not even servants?!' Her thoughts were in a disarray, that was to be sure, her blade had no fear of cracking against the sheer power of Midbus' swings, each clash caused the earth to rumble by his strikes colliding with her blade.
Her bones shook each time but she kept up the fight, using the flat of her blade to smash that fist down into the ground, letting wind bellow from her blade and lets it come down right from above, down onto that face, only for his other hand to catch her blade. " Pitiful. Is this what this tooth pick truly do? Barely Knick my flesh? Even my Razor is sharper!" A familiar crunching sound of a hand being shaped into a fist, Artoria soon found herself tasting that fist into her armor's rib area, feeling the air leave her body, and her bones even shattering from the impact.
" SABERRR!" Shirou's voice almost froze from seeing the impact, the air itself cracked as he watched Saber be smashed along the ground from the impact, bouncing and skipping like a pebble over water, though with rock, grass and dirt instead of water.
" Pay attention, small Fleshling, for you are next!" And like a bulldozer, Midbus came right for Shirou who felt his blood turn Ice cold as that fist came towards his head. Reinforcement, something he was good at, would not stop this fist, so he was quick to duck and fall out of the way. The wind that he felt brush past him, almost felt like it would tear the flesh from his face. And once he rolled, he even ran a hand along his face to make sure there was nothing there.
Good, no tears of the flesh but it felt painful and red. This was what it was like to be a hero? To fight monsters like this? Fear slowly raced in but was swallowed down and his grip on his wooden sword deepened. Reinforce it, and make it stronger.
But he took too much time not looking at his opponent and soon Midbus was before him again, this time with his fist clenched and coming down onto Shirou, at the speed and angle it was coming, there was no dodging this without damage.
But they felt it, an explosion of mana from Saber that caused in her dash, they could feel the force of the shockwave from her shoulder checking Midbus away, and the follow up swing of her blade into Midbus' chest to draw blood was just as powerful. But Midbus had enough of this, as on her next swing, when it seemed the winds around her blade were exploding out, he caught the next swing of her blade with his palm.
" I have had enough of this game of yours." Artoria looked shocked that her blade was caught like this, unable to pull it away from his grip, even with seeing blood pooling down her arm from the cut on his hand. " It is time for you to go Squish." And his other hand grabbed her by the head and her free Gauntleted hand punched away at the hand on her head until...
CRUNCH!
Shirou felt his heart stop when he heard the noise and what came from that noise, the viscera of skull, brain and flesh that was leaking between Midbus' fingers and palm, literally raining down on the moonlit ground of the earth beneath them and the instant slack that came from the death of a body. The hands that gripped her blade, left them and Midbus soon dropped the remains of Saber's body, listening to the splash of her headless body hitting the ground, seeing golden sparkles coming from her body.
" So it seems that this Servant is done, do not fear or cry. you will be joining her shortly." Shirou couldn't even react fast enough in his shock, Midbus was on him and his chest quite literally became a crater from the fist that smashed into his chest. Shirou felt the ground leave him and the air becoming his friend, seeing the blood and flesh leaving him as he soared through the air and smashed down into the earth, feeling his organs drag down along the earth and him feeling the cold grip of the afterlife slowly take him.
" Sab...er...no...not...Sab...er..." Clinging to life desperately, he did not want his story to end like this, killed by a monster they had no hopes of overcoming. So with one last, definite breath in his dying lungs, he screamed. "SAAAAAAABEEEEERRRR!"
" Pitiful!" Midbus stepped forward to finish the job, only to see a sky splintering green light coming from Shirou's chest, blinding him and shrouding that area of the park on a green light, complete with rotating rings. " What!?"
The sound of a clock tick could be heard ringing through the area as something mystical happened, the flow of events reversed and one could see everything moving backwards from the outside looking in, Shirou's body sucking its organs back in and literally being sucked through the air, Midbus being yanked backwards and yanked back to Saber in his palm, as brains, blood and organs literally sucked back in through his fingers and reforming her head as it unclasped from her head.
The fight itself seemed to rewind itself back to an earlier point, when Shirou felt his chest instantly, his organs back on the insides and he seemed so confused, before he saw Midbus before him once more, being violently tackled by Saber. He was not sure how, but he was brought back to this point at the fight.
Seeing Artoria's blade caught in its hand, Shirou instantly knew what comes next. " Saber! Let go of that blade and duck!"
Artoria blinked at this, to let her sword go would be foolish but ignoring the orders of your master was even more so, letting her blade go, and ducking, she felt the air above her head being grabbed and she made sure to roll backwards from the follow up grab. " Beh! Slippery like roach! Made to be squished! Or in this case, Skewered!" Like a missile he tossed that blade at her, which she barely avoided when it stabbed into the ground next to her.
Midbus was about to go after them, when he heard an explosion behind him, Shirou looking and seeing Ziden and Gale rolling out of the woods with Ziden running up with a card. " Lets finish this right now!"
" Finishing Strike, Ready!" Dragons of fire were seen flying around Ziden and soon slamming into his leg, soon front flipping into the air and leaping down with a Rider Kick.
" Infernal Dragon Impact!" The fires whipped around his leg as Gale was quick to stand right up, soon swinging his hands around.
" Not this time, Rider!" A surge of wind wrapped around Ziden and changed his course almost instantly, directly towards the back of Midbus, with the impact causing the very air to crack from the force and for Midbus to actually cough up spit from the impact, seeing as the heavy monster was sent flying into the distance and smashing into the Earth a good distance from Artoria, before violently exploding into a fiery explosion, causing her to roll along the ground and right next to Shirou.
" What the!?"
" NYEEHEHEHEH! SEE YA, FILTHY RIDER!" Gale swings that scythe and wraps himself in a coat of swirling wind, Ziden too late to catch him, Artoria catching a glance of that pitch black knight that was in the woods, staring right at her, her breath caught in her lungs for a moment.
From the flames, Midbus came out of them, smoking from the burns he got. " Bah, a cowardly move, but expected from you, fire chicken man, I will pay back by crushing your skull!" And Ziden watched Midbus close the distance on Ziden in a nigh instant, that fist coming down onto him.
THWONG!
And all Midbus got was the loud sound of his fist hitting steel, as a shield was soon parrying that blow and he soon felt a powerful leg smashing into his face, feeling skull shaking from the impact and soon flying backwards a fair distance before forcing himself to stop.
" Senpai!? Are you alright?" And just from that voice, Ziden knew who it was just from the way he was addressed him, all while looking at Midbus getting to his feet.
" Bah, too many cooks in this kitchen, we will settle this another time, Servants and idiot masters." A bursting flash of darkness and now Midbus was gone, Ziden responding to this from removing Salamander from his driver.
" Great, he's gone, guess that means Green bean is here too, that's gonna be a problem." Ziden said while looking at Mash who had a smile on her face, before he flicked her on the forehead. " What'd I say about calling me Senpai, ya rascal?"
Mash was sheepishly apologizing to him while Artoria could blurrily see that shield she was holding, knowing it well. "That...shield...is that...you...Gala..." Her words failed her and soon her body lost itself to the void of unconsciousness.
" Saber!" And Shirou was quick to run over to her, shaking her to make sure she was already, ziden gazing over at the duo, before side eying the massive tree in the distance.
" That sensation earlier...one of the Gems are here, but it vanished as soon as I got over here. Where did it go?" Ziden gazed over at the duo before going to pick up the duo. " come on, you runts, I'm getting you two home. Lets go Mash, I'll fill ya in on what is happening so far."
An hour later...
Ziden stood out on the porch of his home after digesting what Rin said about Saber. The male rubbing his jaw. " So she is nowhere near her peak, unable to even get mana from Shirou's fucked Mana circuits, lovely. Meaning she will eventually hit empty and be dead empty." Ziden said while placing his hands in his pockets while stepping out into the street, before seeing Ilya standing there in that familiar purple coat.
Ziden would normally greet his guest, but sensing the bloodlust, it was clear what she was here for. " Stick back Altera, I'll call you in if things get too hairy for me." The Saber that was with Ziden simply sat back down on the porch as Ziden saw the towering Berserker coming into view, that blade in his hand seeking a new shade of red.
" Not gonna rely on your Servant? You've got brain worms for believing you can handle Berserker here." Illya spoke smugly and plainly, her awful showing against Belial being shoved in the back of his head.
" Nah sides, getting to fight a hero of legend, from one to another, nothing would be better to face him myself. Lets go big and ugly!" Ziden bounces on his feet and soon taunts him to come forward, as Heracles roared out as that flesh turned a heated red.
Elsewhere...
The master of the Rider of Darkness stood before a massive machine that was slowly breathing back to life. " The Masters of this war are so used to their mystics alone that they will not expect the hell I will bring here. All for the sake of my wish, all for the sake of Vengeance. Let this world know, that machines will grant me victory alongside my Rider!"
The Rider of Darkness raised his brow and grinned, making his way out into the field while red lights soon formed along the machine humming to life in the dark, getting ready to take on the combatants about to be in a bloody battle.
Trivia:
1. Artoria is badly gimped during FSN due to shirou not being able to properly provide her mana, hence why she was getting wombo stomped by Midbus, who is capable of fighting the monstrous Bowser
2. Lancer of Darkness is someone alot of you will have no problems guessing, alongside Rider of Darkness.
3. Only 1 of the Masters of Darkness are technically an OC, all of them shall be canons from other places, which you guys will have fun guessing who they are.
4. Shirou's major hit was a reference to the major blow he took from Heracles I believe in Unlimited Blade Works, just as bloody and violent too
Author's Note: you know, you guys can yell at me for this but uh, this story has been finished since the 21st of August but ahem, guess who forgot to actually upload it before taking a nice gaming break. This guy, my bad, I know some might be, upset with the Midbus thing but remember, he fights Bowser, a super strong monster turtle, and Artoria is very weakened right now. So yeah, anyways, Read and Review if ya got questions or things to say, thanks!
