"And you expect us to believe that?" The Director asks.

"Yes Ma'am!" Subaru replies. "I'm obviously better looking than Berserker, but we're still the same person…to an extent."

BZZT!

"Despite the change in classes, his signature is the exact same. Subaru-sama, right? Just how is this possible?" Raising his arm up, Dr. Romani appears on Fujimaru's communicator.

"That…I don't know. Also, Subaru is fine. I'm not that strong, so adding -sama to the end is kinda pathetic." Romani recoils in embarrassment at being called pathetic, but otherwise returns to monitoring their surroundings.

"So…I'm going to go off on a limb here, but I'm guessing this isn't a normal Servant Summoning?"

"No. It's not." The Director answers, being the most knowledgeable about the process. "Leave it to the civilian to botch a Summoning."

"Don't worry, Miss! I'll do my best to protect you all!" Subaru tries reassuring her, but it doesn't really bear fruit.

"So…Um, Subaru? Who exactly are you?" Ritsuka finally asks, the curiosity eating at him for too long now. "It's just…I've never heard of a Hero who wears a tracksuit."

'This again?' Scanning his surroundings, Subaru plops onto the mostly clean ground, as clean as it can get in a ruined city. "Sit down. It's a long story."


Singularity F: IV

Subaru Pov

"As for Berserker? No clue what his story really is, maybe it's the same, or it's a lot more different."

'Doesn't matter.'

'Right…'

"So all of those Isekai manga…You're one of the Protagonists to them?" Ritsuka asks in slight amazement.

"Pfft. I wish, on my first day there, I di-"

"L… .ou."

Feeling Satella caress my heart, I grab at my heart. "Haaa!" Sucking in as much air as possible, my heart starts beating once more.

""Subaru!""

Coughing, I try to calm the obviously shaken Ritsuka and Mashu. "I-I'm fine…It was probably my body's reaction to all those curses I drained from Elsa." I try to play it off.

'Real smooth. Dumbass.'

'Oh, shut up.' They seem to buy it, only for their concern to be replaced with a more curious look. "You called that servant Elsa, right? Did you know her, Subaru-san?"

"Yeah. Something like that. I met with her on two separate occasions, both of which we were enemies. She was known as the Bowel Hunter, an infamous assassin who left her targets with an open stomach." Noticing my Master's horrified look, I can only imagine his thought process right now. "Yeah…Not really someone you'd call friendly. Oh, but one of my friends ended up killing her." And, thank Od he did.

"That's wonderful. However, we have better things to do than sitting around and telling stories. Romani!"

Bzzt!

"Nothing in your immediate surroundings other than some dragon tooth warriors heading away from you. Ryuudou Temple is still your destination."

"Quickest route?"

"The only way to cross safely is the bridge, after that…most of it will be a walk through a residential area."

'Damn…' "Is there no alternative route? Chances are, they're watching the bridge."

'Speaking from experience?'

'Yeah.' My first loop was still fresh, all things considered.

"Even so, we must solve this singularity." The Director presses on, leading the way to the bridge.

'...Damn.'


Fuyuki Bridge

3rd Person

The Chaldeans, now on their way across the bridge separating both districts of Fuyuki, run in pairs. Mashu carried the master, Ritsuka Fujimaru, and Subaru carried the Chaldean Director, Olga Marie.

'Oh, man…this is so embarrassing! No! Focus!' Following behind the shield maiden, Subaru scans the old and decayed buildings of Miyama city. 'That's the only possible place they could realistically shoot us from…but I don-'

"Subaru-san!" At the shout from Mashu, Subaru jumps away from his current position, landing near the bridge's rails.

THUNK!

What had landed at his previous position was not an explosion, but a scythe instead. Embedded into the stone, the chain connected to the weapons slumps as the owner lands on the weapons hilt. "You have sharp reflexes, boy. You were already dodging before the warning. Too bad you were still too late, if only you had been faster, maybe then you wouldn't have turned to stone."

Olga, who was previously on the Saber's back, can only look on in shock as Subaru's body starts to petrify itself from his feet up.

Rooted in place, Subaru looks down at his feet in horror. Memories of one of his past loops of being frozen to death replays in his mind as he can't stop the process.

'Idiot. Switch with me, It should stop the process, and considering you have a built in magic resistance it should disappear after a few minutes.'

Snapped out of his fear, Subaru nods, only slightly unsure. "R-Right…Switch!"

In a glow similar to the servant summoning, standing in his counterpart's place, Berserker stares at the enemy Servant with annoyance. "Tch."

"Hoh?" The cloaked Lancer raises her eyebrow in interest. "I'll enjoy killing you the mos-"

"Invisible Providence." In an instant, Subaru wills the arms to throw one of the many destroyed cars at the blackened Lancer.

Shink!

Cleaving the car in half, the servant grins maniacally as she rushes at the Berserker. 'Fuck.'

Stopping the Lancer from going any further, the invisible hands summoned knocks her back a few feet. Noticing the shaken Director at his side, Subaru clicks his teeth again. "...What the hell are you still doing here? You're in the way." Grabbing her by the waist with Sloth, he throws her toward the shielder and master.

"B-BERSERKER!" Rolling his eyes, he focuses back on the Lancer again. She was currently observing him, or rather at where she thought the hands were.

"Hiding behind those invisible arms of yours?"

"If it works." He shrugged, before getting serious again. "And it's working greatly." Lifting two more cars, he throws them at her again.

"As if! Something like that won't work again!" Dodging out of the way of the two cars, she is unable to stop or dodge the incoming haymaker directed right at her face.

"Didn't need it to." Backstepping from the scythe's downward slash, Subaru uses his Invisible Providence as a shield. Eyeing his surroundings, Subaru notices the bright flash a distance away near the mountains. "Shi-"

BOOOM!!!

A strong explosion like that would've normally killed the average servant, and it should have killed Subaru too. Therefore, it was incredibly fortunate for him that he still had his Invisible Providence working as a shield.

Though, it didn't come without its consequences. Crashing into one of the many ruined cars, Subaru lets out a groan of pain. "...My arm…" Missing his right arm, along with his entire right side being burned, he takes the only choice available to him. "...Switch."


Pov - Subaru (Saber)

"Ack! You ass! Warn me next time!" The sudden soreness in my fleshy legs hits me like a truck as I materialize once more.

'You don't have time to complain.'

"Yeah, I know…" Pulling myself out of the car, I feel the bridge start to shake. "That isn't good."

'Nothing has been.'

Walking back to where they fought at a cautious pace, I notice the injured figure of the blackened Servant. Lying in a pool of her own blood, her gaze lands on me. "Here to kill me? Then just do it." She says, closing her eyes. "Couldn't turn you to stone anyway, I'd be dead before I could even try…" She mutters something else, but I don't catch it.

Placing my bandaged hand on her arm, the Dragon's blood does its work. It doesn't take long for her to start glowing, though I'm unable to keep my eyes on her as I throw up all the curses that were just in her. "Bleugh…Ptuh!" Spitting out any remnants, I wipe my mouth. "This is still really gross."

'Oi. You didn't kill her.'

"Wha-HUH?!" Looking back at the servant, I notice her change in appearance. Instead of the purple haired raggedly clothed servant, I find a similarly dressed and looking child. "Did I do this?"

'Does it matter? Either kill her or leave her to die, this bridge could collapse at any point.'

Weighing my own options and not the ones given to me, I am unable to come to a decision as an explosion sounds out again.

BOOOM!

'Shit.' Picking up the servant, I start running back to where we came from, the bridge's imminent collapse sounding out.

Rumble…

Feeling the ground at my feet start to move around, I start to hear metal creaking all around me. "Not good, not good, NOT GOOD!" Jumping off the ground, I don't dare turn around as the sound of something large and heavy impacts the water.


Shinto, Fuyuki

Staring at the destroyed bridge, I feel increasingly worried. "We got split up…That's…"

'Should have just left her to die, then we wouldn't be in this situation to begin with.'

"I'm growing increasingly tired of your negative comments. You're seriously throwing me off my game." Ignoring him, I feel the girl on my shoulder start to wake up.

Setting her down on the ground, I take a few steps back, away from the potentially dangerous maniac turned loli. "Mn…Huh? How is this..?" She mumbles, looking at her hands in confusion.

"H-Hey…That might be my fault." I make myself known, taking another step back once she looks my way. "I…um, I'm Subaru by the way."

She suddenly stands up, putting me on edge. Removing the hood on her head, she bows her head. "Thank you! I…That form wasn't really me, so…thank you."

"R-Right…" I say, slightly unsure of my words. "Say, I got to ask, are you and I still enemies?" I ask, feeling uncomfortable at the fact that I might have to fight a child.

"N-No?" She says. "You're my Master now, so I couldn't hurt you if I could."

"Ohh…I see. Wait, Wuh?"

To Be Continued…


…Seriously? I actually finished writing a chapter for one of my stories? Holy Shit.

This chapter has always been pre-planned, like I knew I'd have Subaru have servants (Read: Lolis) of his own, but I never planned on him to be split off from the group.

Hm…I wonder how they'll cross the river? Reason why they can't swim across will be revealed in the next chapter, and it's a fairly simple reason.

Now, I'm pretty sure some of you are curious. What is Miyama and Shinto? Great question! In the FSN anime they mention that Fuyuki is split between the old and new districts, that being Miyama and Shinto.

And from my understanding Miyama is the side with the residential area, which include but are not limited to; the Emiya Residence, the Matou Estate, the Tohsaka Estate, and Ryuudou Temple. It also has a few skyscrapers, but those are closer to the river.

And on the other side of the river is Shinto. The new district with all the tall skyscrapers and the shipment yard from Fate Zero. The one where Artoria and Diarmuid fought.

Meaning Subaru and Lancer have to find a way to Miyama but that's for the next chapter. There is one slight issue for that though, there's only one bridge in Fuyuki! What the hell?! Who designed this shit?! Ugh, this sucks. Though, now that I think about it…Rider hasn't been introduced, have they?

Hehehe…

Ah. Another thing came to mind just now. Mashu! Where was she during the fight? That's easy. She was dealing with the petrification too, y'know? And considering she has Magic Resistance A, she wasn't going to turn to stone, but she's still new to this servant thing so cut her (and me) some slack, yeah?

So to explain what happened, Mashu and Saber were hit with Mystic Eyes of Petrification, Saber Switched with Berserker and Mashu was fighting off the Petrification. During their fight, an Enemy Servant (Archer) shot at them, nearly killing Berserker and Lancer.

Trying to put her out of her misery, Subaru (Saber) and Lancer are nearly caught in the bridge's collapse. Saving her, Lancer turns out to be a Loli. Now from what I understand from the Wiki, and this is spoilers for anyone who hasn't read or played FGO, even though you probably should all things considered.

Medusa Alter (Lancer) is strong, but doesn't actually have any stats to back it up. So Berserker, being pretty average(or slightly below) when compared with other Servants, is able to keep up with her.

Also, using Medusa's (Rider) stats as a placeholder, their stats are pretty similar. And if he was using Madness Enhancement to its fullest, he would have beaten her in terms of stats.

So yeah. It's not as if Subaru(Berserker) is weak, he's actually pretty strong all things considered. Even if it's only because he has Madness Enhancement.

Subaru(Saber) though? Yeah, no. He's weak in all meanings of the word. Well, as long as he has Lolimancer - Ex he should be fine.

Another thing just came to mind. How is Subaru going to deal with Berserker? And I'm not talking about Re:Forgotten Subaru. The more I think about it, the less I like his odds. I could have him not be disturbed, but…It's Subaru we're talking about here. It wouldn't be him if he didn't overcome impossible odds.

So expect that after the next chapter.

Nothing else is coming to mind, so goodbye for now.