Somehow forgot an entire section, so I have updated this chapter
The Scorched and burnt landscape of what should have been the town of Fuyuki, turned into an infernal battle field thanks to the winner of the War making it this way.
Shirou felt the burning ash of war in his lungs, forcing blood to leave his lips in brutal coughs as he crawled along the ground, looking for anyone, any survivors in this hellscape. " R-Rin!" With a gasping breath, he found someone, and was quick to force his hurt body over the countless shattered buildings around them.
A long, painful crawl but he ended up reaching her and tugging her up into his arms to shake her awake. But she was not going to awaken, after all, how could she when Shirou noticed it, how light her body was, his eyes looking down to see all but her torso remaining.
Her legs and lower half gone, likely bisected by one of the laser blasts that tore into the Earth. There was no way any of his friends survived this hell, looking up to see a Big Core gazing down at him, its weapons turning hot as he closed his eyes as he felt the searing heat race over him.
" Shirou!" A hard thwack on the back of his head snapped him back to reality and knocked the tiny green light out of his eyes as he was looking at everyone in Ziden's living room, with the man himself sitting before a table, a translucent image of a massive scale floating above the table. One that everyone was focused on due to the light and darkness floating on either scale.
" You back with us? You spaced out pretty badly there." Keine raised a brow at this, she had noticed he had been doing that alot lately.
" N-no, its fine, I'm paying attention now, so...what's with the scale?" Shirou was gazing at it, feeling an odd sense of familiarity with it, as did Archer when he gazed upon it.
" The Balance of Light and Dark." Ziden's words came out simply, as Chaldea and even Team A were listening and watching over the comms, this was information vital to what was happening and what he did as a hero. " Scales that exist to balance Light and Darkness throughout reality, to ensure one is not vastly greater than the other, but close to equilibrium."
The Legendary Hero ( Wind Waker)
The scales that held light, was now sinking downwards, showing that light was getting heavier than darkness, and soon the opposite would happen, before they eventually went back to being on equal standings.
" It is through this Balance, that the worlds can live mostly peaceful times. A balance that exists for every world and affects the bigger scale." A wave of his hand and one could see the countless copies of smaller scales appearing and floating above the myriad of worlds out in the Multiverse.
" The balance itself, a highly powerful creation, its existence among the highest in what we would call the Heavens, but even with its power, it cannot directly interfere with the worlds should something go wrong." Yukari chimed in, her hand softly snapping to show figures of people, be they human, non human or even aliens appeared before the massive scale. Some figures, were recognizable.
One was that odd cat god that aided them back during the Ultima Brigade War and most importantly, one could see Ziden standing there, with someone in shadow standing next to him. All they could see, was that they had a long mass of hair.
" in most cases, some are picked by the Balance itself to be its workers, we are the ones who keep an eye on the worlds. In order to do this, we have to check what the world needs, is it a hero, or is a villain to bring back the balance." Ziden crossed his arms at this while looking at the cross.
" Those that manage the balance of worlds, are known as Agents, heroes, villains and warriors that are strong enough to handle the battles the worlds will be under, as well as being able to be mentally strong enough to deal with what comes next." Yukari soon waved her hand, as Ziden and said cloaked person was standing on a world, covered in flames. " The Balance is important, should a world fall too far onto either side and the agents simply cannot commit acts towards light or darkness."
" The world has to be destroyed before the world experiences a fate worse than the death we bring to it." Ziden answered while Reimu looked concerned for a moment.
" wait wait wait, so if a world is too far to be saved, you have to destroy it, but why!? Aren't you a hero, shouldn't you put it all on the line to save that world?" Shirou of course objected to this, while Artoria simply sat there, listening to this, as if she had heard this talk ages before.
And it was shown why, a race of beings where the scale of darkness was being outpowered by the light and they witnessed a horrible sight. Purification. Where the beings of the world were being blessed by light, too much light where their bodies were warping, skin warping into a pure white flesh and becoming monsters that became hard to watch before everything faded into light.
And soon, the darkness side was shown, which Reimu and Sanae already had an idea of, darkness drowning the land and Heartless being born from the people.
" Because once the scale dips that far, there is nothing to save, the people will dip into the belief that Light or darkness must rule, forcing the aspect of good or evil so far into it where it should not be. Its a crueler mercy to leave them alive like that." Ziden softly placed his hands on his lap.
Rin herself was disturbed but she was more focused on something else. " I do have a question, you guys are agents but, is it just you guys protecting the worlds or-"
And Yukari, made sure to answer, all while her fan was pointed over her face. " Not at all, Agents have their bosses after all." And a wave of her hand and several important figures appeared in shadow but Reimu and crew definitely remembered some of them, The Yama of their Land, Eikishiki, the Current Goddess of Hell, Hecatia and even the two massive floating hands. " They are referred to as the Custodians and they are the ones who keep an eye on such scales, while also typically dealing with the soul side of things, typically rulers or judges of the dead that handles the bossing of Agents around. So Eikishiki and Hecatia, can boss around Ziden as long as it pertains to the Balance of Light and Dark."
" How...do you know about this, Yukari? This seems alot more than just second hand knowledge." Reimu asked while looking at the woman.
" Because she was the agent of this star System before I took over, she demoted herself into being the agent of Gensokyo instead. She focuses on keeping the balance of that land while I focus more on Earth overall and the Star Systems in this space. To commit acts of good or evil while thinking of which side of the scale to make heavier deep in my soul." Ziden said while sighing while looking at the scales.
" But of course, there are another tier of workers." And with Yukari's gloved hands, the image on the tablet changed to a myriad of heroes, several of which, they recognized. From Mario, to that Samus that aided them in the war against Bison, Sonic, and even the Pokemon. But most shockingly was Reimu. " Deputy Agents!"
"BUH!?"
" They agents of the world itself, people who simply, either by just waking up, by fate's grip or even by the world itself and its God, picked to do battle against the world or against evil. They exclusively tend to work on one side without much interference from Custodians or even the Balance." Ziden explained while Yukari came in with a finger.
" They do as they please and what their heart tells them to. In short terms, the heroes of the world, are Deputy Agents, and so are the villains. The battle of Light and dark is balanced almost entirely by them, Agents are there to handle the things far too much for them normally."
" Heroes of the world...by your words, we would be considered Deputy Agents because we are fighting to overturn the Incineration of Mankind then." Wodame's voice came through, while Ziden was the main Master, Team A would be aiding him in Singularities though they seem to have decided to aid him in refining their powers.
" Correct, fight for the world or destroy it, be it of your own will or forced against your will. And you would be a Deputy Agent. Its why Reimu is one, she is not a Agent, but a Deputy."Ziden could see the faux excitement in her eyes.
" You mentioned things that would be too much for them normally, what does this mean?" Rin asked while his hand soon moved over the table, showing a world that happened to be flicking in a massive sphere of broken and distorted time and space.
" Distortions, massive breaches of time and space that tend to either encompass an area of a world, or an entire world or section of space, leading to beings from other worlds interacting with and interfering with the path of the world. Leftovers from the Formation of the Multiverse and aftershocks from the countless battles of the Deities of Time and Space." Ziden soon zoomed in on the world and showed a scene from it, Mario submitting to Bowser as it seemed Kamek was about to use magic on Peach.
" Elements that are not native to that world, begin to mix in and fester, combining into it and causing a massive storm of hell for that world. A nearly insurmountable challenge for a Deputy Agent to face. Another world's enemies, another world's villains, another world's gods. And in Mario's case Another world's destroyer." Yukari soon zoomed ahead before the towering figure of a sleek blue machine, one they had seen before in Kalos.
" Distortions, always have a key being that must be defeated or destroyed in order for the Distortion to be cleared. This was that incident's Distortioner, Turbo Mecha Sonic. The machine that slaughtered Sonic's world, the Distortion formed due to a last ditch effort from Sonic and Shadow to stop the Chaos emeralds from being his, sent them to Mario's world. The Distortion soon formed directly afterwards, with them chasing down Mecha." Yukari changed the scene forward to show the unholy beating that Mario and Sonic upon that isle.
" That's one mean ass machine, but then again, being alien, guess being badass like that wouldn't be too hard for it, eh Boss man?" That slimy voice, Beryl, Ziden could see Mash wince from hearing him. He got caught to speed on him, one to be wary of.
" Yeah but it was here that I reconciled and became friends with Mario and Sonic." The scene shot into the future, where a beat down Mario and Sonic were sinking into quick sand and Ziden appeared to tug them out. " When I was a younger man, i went to their worlds to gain shortcuts to power. The Star Spirits and the Master Emerald. Both plans failed because they beat me down and shockingly, forgave me after I was, made to apologize to them. I left their worlds and only met them again in that moment. I was an Agent then for about a Year and was ready to help them but." Ziden taps his fingers on the desk.
" They turned him down and wanted to clean up their own mess and who was he to force himself into their fight, so he let them be. We have known Mario since the Melee Tournament. No human could possibly have a bigger and more noble heart than him. He was willing to risk his life and limbs to fight with Sonic to save their world. And they did." Yukari explained.
" The Most famous Distortion, according to internet goers of this world. It was compiled and recreated in Animation form. Thanks to that, Master Hand caught wind and that was how Sonic was brought into Brawl. And that caused, the Biggest Distortion yet, but that is a story for another time." Ziden said while looking up at the sky while Archer himself had a question.
" The way that Balance works...it sounds alot like-"
" The Counter Force? Of course it should Alaya is a Custodian after all. She deploys powerful human heroes to defend humanity from extinction events, so Ala and the Balance often work together. Even I have taken orders from 'er sometimes." And Shirou seemed more focused on what he had learned
" And we...are currently in the middle of one of those...and if you hadn't joined in..." Shirou was gripping the table.
" You'd all likely be dead from the Absurdity of these Masters. Especially Morgan." Ziden said while sighing.
" Tch, knowing that she is a servant, just gives me solace that the bitch died hopefully in a pathetic way." This caused Ziden's brow to raise.
" What does dying have to do with a Servant?" Ziden asked while Mash piqued up.
" In order for a Heroic Spirit to be created and formed into a Servant, they must not only leave a mark on history, but pass away to allow their death to stain the world as well." Mash explained it well enough for Ziden to understand while rubbing his jaw.
" then, how is she a servant? She never died. Hell, she's the Current Ruler of Britain." Ziden said this before his face was absolutely destroyed with water sprayed from Artoria's mouth.
" I BEG YOUR PARDON!?" Artoria slammed her hands onto the table, demanding an explanation.
The screen on the table returned, showing Morgan Le Fay leaving the burning Camelot. " Well, not much to this. After the fall of Camelot, she decided to finally cut her losses and left for a while. Letting the people flourish and rule on their own for a few decades, until." And soon, the image showed the Mage, the exact same age as before, cutting down countless knights and guards with her magic, soon having her hand being kissed by the former King of the land. " She had a hostile, straight to the door take there, she has lived as the ruler of Britain, their Shadow Queen."
Time seemed to shoot forward before showing the sight of Morgan sitting on a throne, in a more modern era, her pitch black robes changed for a pitch black business suit dress combo while she was holding her current descendant, Queen Elizabeth in her arms, much like a loving parent would.
" She holds all of the power as its Queen, and has been causing trouble constantly." And the scene changed to Morgan, holding that fabled spear staff of hers and firing countless blue flames at a man flying about in armor, firing lasers at her, with a Mage constantly casting spells with his hands. "She has not been exactly happy about losing the position of Sorcerer Supreme to a man without a prestigious line behind them."
And now Ziden was having his face sprayed with water once more, grumbling as he wipes his face clean. " THE SORCERER SUPREME IS REAL?! THE ASSOCIATION SAID THAT WAS ONLY A FAIRY TAIL TO KEEP LOWBORNS IN THEIR PATH AND MAKE THEIR LINES LONG AND PROSPEROUS?!"
" Yes, he is real, and I kinda get why Clock Tower and such told ya that, knowing that a man without an ounce of mystic training, a normal surgeon, got made the above all Mystic Defender of the World, would ruffle some feathers." Ziden said. " Would likely cause a storm of pissed mages futilely tracking him down."
Rin was about to say something when the air broke into a loud clamor of helicopters tearing through the sky as everyone found themselves clamoring outside into the yard which had been repaired from the countless battles.
" Ah, nice to see something normal compared to the, cosmic scope we were just having dumped into our brains. JSDF is here." Sisigou was gazing up at the machines soaring through the skies as Illya raised her brow.
" The JSDF?" Illya asked while Ziden stepped out into the Yard.
" Japan's Special Defense Force, sent in to deal with Extra terrestrial and supernatural forces that invade Japan's borders. Not to be confused with their Self Defense Force, which is just their army." Ziden said while looking up at the sky and catching a glimpse of the insignia that was emblazoned on the side of choppers. " But I do not think its them."
" They're all heading towards the Dreamstalk. seems that they are going to investigate it." meta Knight's voice came from the roof as Reimu noticed something. When she was looking at all the Heroes and stuff, she noticed that Kirby was neither in the agents nor Deputy agents...but she was more focused on this.
" Which means so should I." A smash of his hands into his palm, caused him to wince as Mash went to hold him up.
" Senpai, you should really-'
" Not gonna be bedridden, had enough of that a year and a half ago." Ziden looked to the distance. " Just in case this is what I think this is, only a few of you should come with. Sisigou, with me, Altera, with me. Reimu, Jotaro and Meta Knight with me. Mash, stay here and hold the fort."
" Hey, what about us!? I am still up for another adventure!" Rin seemed up for it, before Ziden shot her down.
" You got school work to bust through, so you need to get some rest, sides, you kids went through alot lately, you need some rest." Ziden's eyes darted to the very distant Shirou, even making sure that she saw, which caused her to sigh. She had to keep an eye on Shirou, how lovely.
" Fine, but you better tell us what is happening, this is a alliance, we need to all be in the know!" Rin said while the group made their way into what would be unknown territory.
Somewhere near the base of the Dreamstalk...
A Grumbling Ziden had been dealing with the brush and bristle that was in his way and made sure to clear them out of the way of him and Sisigou while Mordred smacked at her exposed legs that attracted countless bugs.
"Fucking goddamn bugs!" Mordred grumbled as she was making her way into an opening they found.
" Wear pants and you'd stop being so bit up, dumbass." Ziden grumbled under his breath while seeing the glowing lights of the Dreamstalk before them. " Unbelievable, everytime I snuck out to get here, I get into battles but we sneak here together and we reach it with no problem."
" Hey, atleast no tree is attacking us this time, but, what's with all the tents and buildings. Were they here before?" Reimu's voice remained in a hush whisper as they hid behind a bush while Ziden cut a hole through it to see a hole inside, seeing a camp formed around it.
Countless sleeping tents and research tents, along with people in hazmat scanning the tree along with a brown haired man in a suit who bore the marks of a Master on his hand, a red seal formed into the shape of Angel wings. Stock and tall, he could tell he was buff under that suit of his, navy blue, with an American Flag on its sleeve and the CIA logo on the back of his jacket. That sight, caused him to click his teeth.
The purple haired woman in a business suit and skirt combo was familiar to Ziden but he could not place where he saw her. " So, what are the scans bringing up about this thing. Where the hell did this thing come from?"
" Not sure Director, one day it just appeared and tore through our Atmosphere, its giving off weird levels of energy." One of the scientists gave him a pad that the others could not see from their angle.
" And this energy, would it be useful to what we have planned?" The CIA Director looked at the graphs and data, raising a brow at the data being shown.
" Yes and no, sir. It seems that the Energy from this Stalk would be a great booster to his Lordship, but when it comes to reviving him, it would be mostly useless." This caused the director to click his tongue as Ziden grimaced.
" First Morgan, now the CIA and the FBI too?" His eyes noticed several armed guards wearing the FBI body armor, armed to the teeth with assault weapon and large blades on their leg.
" This is gonna be a bit of a problem. A normal Master is one thing, but someone with the resources of the CIA and FBI, not to mention the consequences of attacking them, its a win and lose situation." Sisigou wasn't happy with this turn out as well, with Meta Knight's eyes and Reimu's staring to Ziden for an answer.
" Striking at them means you can face becoming a terrorist and enemy of the state in their eyes. Even if we win this war, they can have you listed as a criminal and hunt you and your friends down for it. Not even a Mage can go up against such odds." Ziden tapped his jaws. " Reimu and Sisigou can't directly act against them, but I can, if we have to deal with them, let your servants deal fatal and non fatal blows. Meta Knight is not of this world, so he would be fine too."
" Seriously? This is getting troublesome, is this what Kaguya was talking about? The annoyance of Enforcers of Justice in the Outside world?" Reimu asked while sighing. " Fine, I'll let it to the servants and try to avoid directly striking them."
" I'll be sure to hold back when striking them, I'm not exactly interested in harming humans only doing their job." Mash gripped onto her jacket, shifting and uncomfortable about this situation.
" Good, then we should get back before they-"
Ziden could barely get a word out when he saw a red lance inches from his face, and found his blade smashing it into the ground, causing a large explosion that destroyed the area around them, turning it into a nigh smooth land free of brush, in the smoke Ziden snapped his finger and sent Reimu back instantly, despite Gensokyo being a part of Japan, he messing with Americans would end badly for the Emperor.
A swing of his arm and the wind dispelled the smoke around them, showing a highly armored group of men around them, armed with Ak-47s aimed right at them. " Honestly, Master, you had rats in your camp and you didn't even notice." The woman in the business suit had lights forming around her, soon changing into a body suit and was holding a single red lance.
" Indeed, and what do I find but our local Golden Boy of the West, Ziden Icrim hiding in bushes with the a Saber Servant and her Master. So the rumors were right, you are apart of this war, vying for the grail." The Master stepped forward, the lights showing his slicked back brown hair and that strong jawline of his.
" And who would have known that one of the foes I would face here would be the CIA and the FBI, wanna tell me why America's special forces is here in this quiant town, fighting in a mystic war?" ziden asked while the male placed his hands in his pockets.
" Shouldn't that be obvious? We're here for the Holy Grail to further our goals. Duh." THe Master spoke as Jotaro stared at him and sighed.
" You're going after that thing knowing full well that any wish is worthless and will be corrupted? Why?" And the Director looks directly at the male, smiling and showing those pearly whites.
" Because it will grant our wish, Jotaro Kujo. Is the Resurrections of our beloved master and ally, Dio!" At the utterance of his name, Jotaro instantly scowled. " How lovely this is, to save us the effort of turning this city upside down to find you, the killer of our Master and you, the enemy that stopped our Holy Millennium Kingdom and killed Thor. Oh, you being here was a bonus, we were just gonna come onto the Isle of Hope and get you sooner or later."
" Yeah and look at how that will get you, lot of dead men and me enjoying a drink in my manor. Sure ya wanna do that, sending those families ' hey, sorry for sending your sons and daughters up against a living tornado, we couldn't give you anything back that wasn't smashed or sliced apart.'" Ziden sasses back while getting up to his feet while Mash had already shifted into her Servant gear and holding onto her shield.
" Worthy sacrifices to bring back our Lord Dio. The Families will understand, and if not, they can whine about it on Social Media like they always do. Won't stop us from coming after you for ruining America's shining bright future."
" Yeah? You're gonna get a shining bright future from messing with a Grail that can backfire on you? I had heard you Americans were kinda stupid but this takes the cake. You guys aren't even that good with Mystic Artifacts or do I have to bring up Salem?" Sisigou simply cocked his brow as the director almost clenched his fist.
" Erik Masterson, don't fall to such easy bait at your country's failings. Take the bite and counter back amply." The Lancer servant spoke her words with that sweet face of hers while Ziden was more focused on her than the others. Ziden knew that Altera was in spirit form nearby but he definitely needed to get away.
" Heh, our past aside, the Grail in our reports will grant our wish at reviving Dio and with him revived, Phase 2 of our plans will begin. We'll take the Grail and give it to the President to use as fuel for the country's power and weapon development." Erik was honest about it but reviving Dio is only phase 1? then what is Phase 2?
" Of course, give it to yourselves to cause a calamity and then be surprised when it backfires, sounds about right for you damn clowns " Ziden stated while his hand gripped onto the back of Mash's armor. " But I am not in the mood for fighting you guys, so its time to book it!" And a strong kick to the ground and he made sure to leap off the ground with Mash.
Or so he thought he was going. " Think you're getting away, you scum? Dragonforce!" Ziden didn't see what came forth and grabbed his leg, but Jotaro did and watched him get tugged forward and slammed right into the earth, causing blood to spray out of his mouth from the impact. Thanks to him Yanking Mash back, he caused her to backflip over the armed Guards surrounding them.
Jotaro saw the thing that grabbed Ziden, a powerful, Draconic Stand with Red and and electric blue skin that showed a toned body and dragon talons and claws. The head was a human's with dragon features and glowing yellow eyes with hair akin to a cloud rising out of a smokestack. The size of the being and its build, it must be a power type like Star Platinum and the World.
" Gah! What the hell was that!?" Ziden was quick to leap on his feet as he heard the safety on all of the weapons coming off.
" Its a Stand, only stand users can see them, the CIA director is a stand user!" And seeing his hand raised Jotaro's stand bellowed forth from his body and towering over him. " Star Platinum: The World!" And explosion of force erupted from his stand, as color filled the world, before it faded into a grey, along with the sound of clocks ticking and stopping. He didn't even hesitate in grabbing Mordred and Sisigou by the back of their jackets and tossing them backwards in that Frozen time, using Star to slam the ground and leap back into the air, letting gravity and momentum carry them over the air. " And Time Resumes."
The grey colors faded and color returned to the world as Erik was confused to see only Ziden was in the circle. " Son of a bitch, his power is the same as Lord Dio's now!? Doesn't matter, waste Icrim right now!"
Before bullets even got a chance to start flying, a rainbow whip tore through a large group of the solders, flesh torn asunder and intestines staining the grass as it tore through their armor like butter as Altera appeared before him. " Master, i overheard, I shall not be holding back, but we should retreat, I was scouting in spirit form, over 300 soldiers are in this camp alone, too much for us to deal with."
" Yeah, I don't feel like an army right now. Scatter em and escape to the home. Mash! With me!" A raised finger as it soon glowed orange and white as he dashed towards the one guard aiming for her. "Shigan: Bomb!" A powerful stab into his body with his finger, caused him to recoil in pain, before Ziden lifts up the man and tosses him towards Erik's forces. The man's wound soon began to glow exactly like Ziden's finger.
" SIR HELP ME!" A scream that was all that left him, before he exploded into blood, organs and fire from the explosion he left behind as Ziden, Altera and Mash made sure to escape out of the woods and into the park.
" That crafty son of a bitch! He won't get far! The Shadow Scouts will get them all! Find his home base and slaughter all of his allies for interfering with this operation!" Erik screamed out as a woman in a fox mask appeared next to him.
" That is very unwise sir, are you sure you wish to invoke the punishment of the Phoenix Clause for going after his friends and family unprovoked?" The woman's voice, low and seductive but one could tell from that tail that she was certainly not a human.
" Feh! The Phoenix Clause is nothing but a superstition that pansy of a goddamn president foolishly believes! Its nothing but hog wash and poppy cock. You really think that wild card jackass would go out of his way to make rules to keep him out of affairs that do not involve him!?" Erik was soon touched by Lancer's hand while she was smirking.
" But do you truly wish to chance the moment that attacking his innocent allies unprovoked would invoke its mystic wrath. I doubt you wanna wake up in the flames of the underworld, the instant it magically kills all of you?" Her eyes were closed but the male simply clicks his teeth.
" Fine, fine! Find out where he lives and arrest them, they fight back, and they'd be getting involved, which means its free game to strike them back for attacking us. Now scour the city, I want his home discovered by the end of the week! He might be escaping, but the Shadow scouts will track him down without mercy! In fact, Lancer of Darkness, track him down and kill him! I want his corpse brought back to me within the hour!" The woman grinned at this before fading away into the shadows.
" The Phoenix Clause...acts caused by him should be responded solely to him. In return, he will not needlessly jump into worldly affairs that do not directly involve him. What bullshit." Another man in a suit, an African American with a scar along his temple walked up to his Director, a mohawk formed along his head. " World Governments only signed on that so Ziden won't get them attacked by rival nations or aliens, what damn cowards."
" Relax Johnson, that part's real. Being born on the isle of Hope, which is co owned by Japan and America, he decides to go rogue, could bring war to our and their front door. Smart thing for the UN and that new World Government to Enforce. What's bullshit is that magic part of it. No magic is that potent to kill people for forcing his hand. And whole scores of Organizations either. Come on, lets head back to our base." Erik made sure to head out back towards the camp, while Ziden and Mash made their run through the park.
" Goddammit1 First Morgan and now the Angel's lapdogs, America's forces! This Distortion is a pain in the ass!" Ziden ends up stopping his run as he watched the air shimmering around them.
" Angel's lapdogs? But I thought the FBI and CIA were agents of America's and the world's Defense, are things different on this world?" Mash asked as Ziden stopped cold in his tracks.
" Its a long story, but the short of it is that this world's CIA and FBI are vastly different from what your world's must have been on the records." Ziden said while lifting up his hand, before slamming it forward into the air, time slowing down as the air rippled, shimmered, as an armored bodysuit cloaked soldier soon rumbling across the ground in a broken heap.
Countless sparks of lightning soon showed a large group of twenty guards appearing before them, pitch black body suits, cybernetic bullet proof vests and a helmet much akin to what army men wear complete with a visor for statistics. " And you will most certainly not be leaving this park alive."
From their sides, long machetes coated in lightning that hummed along the blade as Ziden cracked his neck. " Must be talking about yourself, cuz you're in my way and my blade is feeling itchy! Mash! Don't worry about killing em, just knock em out! Altera, go as wild as you want!"
Battle Theme ( Final Fantasy X HD Remaster)
No moment of hesitation and Ziden's blade came free and defended itself against countless blades coming down onto him, his blade arcing against theirs before quickly forcing them back and with a brutal spin slash, cleaving through their armor with a solid strike, blood trailing from the impact as they screamed and fell back.
" Hey, what the hell, this armor is good enough to stop Adamantium claws, the hell is this!?" And the man found his words ended when Ziden's blade came down from a brutal, into a brutal down stab, that impaled and crushed him into the earth like a pancake of flesh.
" Come now, that was clearly, some awful exaggeration! These couldn't even stop the Average katana or even longsword!" Removing his blade and spinning it, letting fire dance around it in a spiral that formed to the center of the blade. " Flare Spiral: Inferno!" And a powerful swing that caused a massively increasing fireball to fire out from the swing and trail along with the slice, causing it to snowball and swallow any of the guards not fast enough to move away, sizzling flesh and cooked muscle filled the air.
Mash inhales deep into her lungs, before slamming her shield into the ground, causing a shockwave to knock some of the guards off of the ground, prompting her to run up and axe kick one of them into the ground, solidly smashing them into the earth Cartoonishly but still mostly alive. " Remember your training, hold back on your strength and don't kill!" An exhale came from her mouth as she dashed ahead without her shield.
" Yo, this eggplant is tougher than she looks." A female guard was quick to try and bring her blade down onto Mash's neck, who responded by grabbing her arm, striking the side of it to cause a pop and force her to drop the weapon, before 3 solid strikes to her chest, causing the woman crumple like a sack of bricks as ziden noticed what she was doing while having a woman impaled on his blade.
" Hold on, that was CQC, where in the world did you-"
" Mr Snake taught me during the break between the Party and then now! I learned the basics and now, I just have to apply and grow them!" And another foe came and she was quick to judo throw them onto their back over her back, causing them to groan in pain from the impact.
Meanwhile, Ziden focused on a more permanent ends to his problems, a solid kick into the head of a female Scout that attacked him, with enough force to flatten it like a pancake and allow the brain to ooze out like goo while he witnessed Altera cleaving through a Scout that tried to sneak up behind him.
More and more seemed to appear from the shadows and Ziden was quick to leap down onto the ground and doing a break dance shin, will an odd white light was shining along his head. " Rankyaku: Spiral!" That white stream of energy danced around his leg like rising spirals before lashing out like a whirlwind and soon powerfully cleaving through countless Scouts, cloaked and uncloaked in a myriad of ways, but it vertical cuts, diagonal cuts and horizontal cuts, the blades of wind coming from his legs danced around like a whirlwind before he hits the land with his legs and ceases the attack, landing on his feet.
" Senpai! What was that?!" Surprisingly, that whipping blade from his leg didn't harm his allies but it was still surprising to witness. These Rokushiki arts, are incredibly amazing. So versatile!
" A Martial arts move from Luffy's world with my own spin on. Alright, you two get back to the base with Jotaro and the others, I'm gonna run around and do some clean up to get them off of our trial. Stay safe!" Ziden cracked his knuckles as Mash was quick to grab her shield, shaking it from the amount of blood that stained it as she ran off to the other side of the park with Altera. " Remember! The trick in Tokyo still works and can be used to get home!"
Mash immediately remembered it and kept her guard up while escaping with Altera. Ziden's breath coming forth as he shakes his blade free of blood before vanishing into a sprint, dashing away from the park and finding himself at a very familiar Japanese locale, a riverbed next to a massive grassy hill. An Artificial Riverbank, interesting.
" Well, good place to catch my breath atleast." ziden almost dropped his guard entirely, before feeling a surge of blood lust coming down on him, and he was quick to leap out of the way, feeling the ground exploding from the sheer impact of something hitting where he was standing.
" Heh, don't know why you're out so late at night but what a perfect time to pick a fight when your Master isn't even around, Saber of Darkness!" That red lance that was spinning in his hand, it was him.
" Cu Chulainn, the Child of Light, and who the hell are you calling the Saber of Darkness, I told you I'm human!" And Ziden was quick to draw his sword and ready to defend himself as the Hound of Ulster chuckled at this.
" Still on that Sthick huh? No human is strong enough to fight like you can, so its clear-"
" That is he not a mere human but something more." Cu's blood ran cold the instant he heard that voice as he saw the woman walking down the stone stairs that leg to the leveled ground of the Artificial riverbank. " Come now, I believe I taught you better than that. The people of this era are far stronger than expected, monsters that outclass us servants and perhaps us in life. But that, only makes the blood boil for combat, doesn't it, Setanta?" The Lancer of darkness slowly stopped between the two, red lightning forming in her hands to form two spears as she pointed it at them both.
" T-teacher!?" That term, caused his blood to run cold as did Ziden's, he was well aware of who the famed Cu's teacher was. In shattered memories, he fought this beastly woman and her magic and it didn't go well.
" Out of everyone to be in this war, I had to deal with a monster of a woman again, huh?" And his grip on his blade tightened. " Might not remember all of it, but its been a while, hasn't it, Scathach, Mistress of the Land of Shadows." A grin formed on her face, as he could tell this fight was gonna be the opposite of fun.
At the Fuyuki Hospital...
A purple haired girl was standing at the checkout station while signing several forms with her free hand, the other wrapped in a bandage after the surgery she went through to repair it after Gale Slicer's attack. " And there you go ma'am, make sure you take those pain pills 2 times a day for a week. And the bandages will be safe to leave off after the week time is over."
" Thank you, Doctor Sakamoto." A bow of her head and the woman slowly made her way to the entrance wing of the Hospital.
" Sa-ku-ra!" The purple haired woman was almost taken off of her feet by the strong grabbing hug of a teacher she knew well.
" Miss Taiga! You're alright!" Sakura was more than happy to see that her teacher was okay, seeing as the woman was flexing that arm of hers.
" Like any youkai could take out your ole teacher! But I have to say, was scary seeing all of your blood leaving your body. Thank god they had a surplus of my blood type at the bank.' taiga tapped her chest, barely missing the scar where the scythe hit her.
" I see, I am glad you are still with us Miss Taiga, I was, on my way to Shirou's house to let him know that I am out of the hospital, if you are willing to come with me." Sakura said, holding onto her bag with a soft smile.
" I am fine with that but he is not at his house, luckily, he sent me a few letters to let me know he is currently living with a Class mate, something about his home being fumigated, but he did give me the address of the friend. Turns out its that foreign exchange student's home, Ziden's?" At that name, Sakura's smile turned into a frown, he saw him at the school, the Kamen Rider.
Being around him, would only put Shirou in danger due to his Hero Complex...too dangerous to be around. Unseen to either of them, was a stirring shadow that seemed to wiggle with malicious intent for the Illusionary Heroes.
In The Ashura Kai HQ in Fuyuki...
" The boss is pretty pissed at this revelation huh?" Gouki was seen gently peeling a banana in his hands while he was looking at his fellow Lieutenant who seemed to simply be relaxing along the back of the couch in the office.
" I would be too honestly, first a Kamen Rider, now the American Feds. Looks like the fight for this Grail won't be that easy. Especially since the feds have you-know-who backing them." Mitsuhide looked down at his banana eating comrade, as their boss came in from a backroom, grimacing as drool poured down his face, or would be assumed as drool.
" Doesn't matter what those punks do down here, we slaughter em like the rest. Have the forces mobilize in the street, they see any of the Masters and Servants, waste em regardless of Casualties to Innocents. Sell Reds to the mentally unhinged, we're gonna turn this town into a blood bath to win this war. No matter what. AH PATHEW!" A strong spit shot something into the wall, the shine of a license plate, and sharp eyes could notice shark like teeth in his mouth before they returned to normal. " Gouki, I want you to find one of the Fed's bases and tear it up, no mercy, no survivors."
Gouki beat hard on his chest before getting up and taking a bunch of bananas with him. " On it boss! This job shall be done!"
Hours Earlier...
The soft steps of boots tapping along a metallic floor, and the flowing robes of a mage dragging along the floor and the sharp hit of glass on the table. " Your world has fostered a weak system to hinder your abilities as mages, made you believe that the magecraft you can do now is the pinnacle of what you can do. But if you desire to aid us in this world, to improve yourselves for the singularities, your Training Wheels must be removed." And the last bottle was slammed down onto the table before Wodame, Patchouli knowledge gazing down at all of them.
" Oh? And what exactly is this here?" Pepe was looking at the blue vial before them, touching it, could allow one to feel highly concentrated magic.
" Magic Circuit Dissolvers." The very term made several of them shiver. " Upon drinking it, it will take your training wheels off and convert you to the next step of the path of a Mage, mastering the Mana system of this world. And shifting from the Use of Magecraft, to the use of Magic. Be it control of Fire, to control of time or even anti life form magic. Upon drinking this, your Mana Circuits will fade away into a single, large pool of mana that you will have to train to get the most of. The magecraft that is passed down into your families, will still be with you even past this point of no return. If you drink this potion, you will no longer have mana circu-"
One of them didn't even bother to wait, the sound of a bottle uncapping was heard and Kadoc downed the bottle in an instant. Lackluster as a mage but with what he was told in Tokyo, lineage didn't matter, hard work could make him as good a mage as Marisa showed them. Someone lowborn but was able to overpower a Noble Phantasm with her own magic. Lightning cackled along his body as he could feel his circuits humming to life, before pooling into an area deep within his core, forcing all mana to his core until it formed a lake that connected to every Part of him. And then his head hit the table.
" It will, also, take you out of commission for a while, as your body recovers, you do not have to do this if you do not want to." Patchouli gazed over the Chaldea Masters of A Team.
" To throw away our family's hard work, but if this is the way to be able to aid in this world and for the harder battles of the Singularities." The brown haired girl popped the top off of her bottle and soon chugged down the contents of the bottle.
"...Hah, I guess if I have to in order to keep up, I have no choice." Patchouli's eyes focused on Hakuta, the bespeckled girl here whose air about made her, different from the others. But she drank down the potion without hesitation.
" Well, getting the training wheels turned off will certainly be a new experience. I wonder just by how much I will get stronger!" And Pepe chugs it right down.
Wodame gazed down at the potion as he thinks for a while, will it be able to even help him...well, he might as well try. A drink of the hatch without a second wasted.
" heh, well, this ought to be an interesting experience, hope my old lady won't mind me doing this!" Beryl was quick to chug his down while Daybit was the final one.
"...To match up with the magus on this world, we must toss aside what we thought of as our pinnacle and go beyond what we thought possible. let us see what this mana can do for us as Mages." And Daybit drinks his down, like Kadoc, they all went down onto the table while Patchouli watched over them.
" Team A, they wish to aid us while helping out their own world. What a good batch of humans." Patchouli only smiles before floating back towards a chair to watch them rest and fully adjust to their new bodies.
Trivia:
1. Deputy Agents are video game heroes and villains, Agents are specialized heroes willing to walk both lines, Custodians are the bosses of the agents.
2. Good and evil do not equate to light and dark to the balance, only focusing on the sake of light and dark will tip the scale, good can be dark and light can be evil.
3. Super Mario Bros Z, as mentioned before, exists and happened in this world, and is the first Distortions.
4. Distortions can bestly be described as canon reasons for Crossovers happening in this story universe
5. Erik Masterson is an OC that craves the revival of Dio for unknown reasons and is Jotaro's enemy in this situation. His Stand is based off of the famed band, Dragon Force.
Author's Note: So, this was supposed to be up atleast 3 weeks ago, what happened? My computer corrupted the file of this document, so I had to retype everything and I feel actual pain for it. Actual pain. it was awful but i got it done and well, here it is, the next chapter, do be sure to leave reviews, let me know how ya feel or just dm me any questions ya might have, as always, read and review, stay safe out there!
