'BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM!' Loud noises went through the ears of a young boy as he opened her eyes. The boy looked at the alarm clock that read '4:20' in the morning. This only made him even more confused as he went to check out where the loud noises were coming from.
'BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM!' The noises persisted as the boy got out of his bed and rubbed his eyes while walking to his nearby bedroom window. The boy then opened his blinds to notice that there was-
A gigantic piece of flesh outside.
"A-A-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" The boy screamed at the top of his lungs as he fell on his ass. But then…
'BAM!' The boy's bedroom door was slammed open! The boy tilted his head and noticed that it was his father.
"WE HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE RIGHT NOW!" The boy's father commanded as he approached the boy and swooped him into his arms without waiting for his son's response. However, this only confused the boy further. He wondered about…
… Where was his mother?
"Dad! Where's mom?!" The boy shouted as his father ran out of his son's room with the latter in his arms. The boy tilted his head to the living room and saw a massive piece of debris in the hallway…
… Along with a hand and a ring on it. The boy knew this hand so well. The hand that tucked him into his bed at night and always checked his temperature when he was feeling under the weather. It was…
… The hand of his mother.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" The boy screamed at the top of his lungs again with tears in his eyes as his mother was brutally crushed to death.
"DON'T LOOK BACK! WE'RE GOING TO BE OK! WE'RE GOING TO BE O- The boy's father tried to reassure him as they reached the front door. The father opened the door but before he knew it-
'BAM!' A loud noise shattered the boy and his father's eardrums as a massive foot came crashing down through their roof!
"SHIROU!" The father shouted at the top of his lungs as he threw his son outside just before-
'BAM!' His father was crushed to death right before his eyes.
"Father! Mother! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" The boy named Shirou screamed as both of his parents were taken away from him. Shirou was now alone. Or that was what he thought until he noticed-
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" That everyone else was suffering around his eyes. Everywhere he looked someone was either screaming, running, or brutally murdered. It reminded him of that one apocalypse movie he loved.
However, that movie was fiction, and this was reality. Shirou then looked up to see that massive humanoid giants were the ones that destroyed his home and wreaking havoc in the city. The boy then did what everybody else was doing.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Screaming and running from their lives.
"Hahaha…" Lambda laughed until-
"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Lambda laughed hysterically as she watched the civilians be massacred. Bern on the other hand was not amused in the slightest.
"OH WOW! THIS IS EVEN BETTER THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE! THIS PUTS THE GREAT HINAMIZAWA DISASTER TO SHAME! LOOK AT THEM RUN! LOOK AT THEM SCREAM! THIS IS FUCKING AMAZING! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Lambda shouted at the top of her lungs and laughed like a witch once more.
'CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!' The propellers of the helicopter clanged in the distance as humanity's last hope would soon reach their destination. Saber was in the cockpit flying the helicopter. She then suddenly remembered-
'Anyway, I hope you get to fly a plane one day.'
"It might not be a plane… but I'm flying Irisviel." Saber muttered with an expression of sorrow as her friend wasn't here to see her fly and that she would most likely never see Irisviel ever again. Even still, she continued to fly the helicopter forward while her companions were behind her. There were a total of six seats behind her with a total of five being occupied.
"…" Kyoko, Lucy, Waver, Tokiomi, and Maiya were in these seats. They were all silent as they knew what they were going to face soon enough. Each of them had lost people that they cared about due to the Rumbling…
… And they were ready to fight in the final battle of the Fourth Holy Grail War…
… Or at least they thought.
"Maiya, was it?" Tokiomi asked as he was in the seat right next to the woman in black.
"What is it?" Maiya asked as she didn't make eye contact with the man in red, instead choosing to stare at her sniper rifle.
"May I see that rifle in your hands?" Tokiomi asked. If they were not cooperating in order to stop the Rumbling, then Maiya would have whacked him against the head without a second thought.
"Sure. Knock yourself out." Maiya replied as she handed him her sniper rifle.
"Thanks." Tokiomi replied.
'Clink. Clink. Clink.' Maiya didn't look at Tokiomi as the latter was most likely checking out the barrel of her rifle and checking how many bullets she had. The maximum number of bullets her sniper rifle can hold is five and that's all she had. Maiya would have brought extra ammunition with her if the Titans hadn't invaded the Einzbern Castle before she could do so.
"Make sure you save one bullet." Tokiomi spoke as he handed the rifle back to Maiya.
"Sure. I can make sure it goes between your eyes if you want." Maiya spoke.
"…"
"…"
"…" Thirty seconds passed by with nothing but silence until-
"That was a joke." Maiya spoke.
"Hahaha." Tokiomi awkwardly laughed in response.
"…" Waver was silent as sweat dripped from his face profusely. He was scared. What man wouldn't be after seeing the monsters that ensured the death of his friend? Waver was afraid that he was going to die. Not only that but he was going to have to see Kyoko die as well. Kyoko noticed this and put a hand on his.
"It's going to be ok. Don't you remember? You've got the most awesome Servant who has ever lived on your side. I'll make sure that you survive what's coming no matter what." Kyoko spoke with a smile on her face.
"I know." Waver replied. Waver knew that Kyoko was going to protect him from harm's way. But that was exactly what he was afraid of.
"Yeah! You have nothing to fear! So, chin up and let your girlfriend do all the work!" Lucy spoke with a smug smile on her face.
"S-Shut up with that already!" Kyoko snapped back with a face that was bright red as she instantly let go of Waver's hand and you used said hand-
'Flick!' To flick Lucy right across her forehead.
"Ow! Kyoko! You're soooo mean! Meanie!" Lucy spoke as she playfully hit Kyoko a few times.
"O-Ow! Quit it! Wait… is that you Nyu?!" Kyoko yelled out.
"Yeah. Didn't I tell you that there are parts of me! One is Nyu! And another is Lucy!" Nyu spoke with a smile.
"N-No… you didn't." Kyoko replied as sweat dripped down her face profusely.
"Wait. So, you have multiple personality disorder?" Waver asked.
'Yes! That's right! I'm 'Nyu' right now but ever since I became a Servant I can switch to 'Lucy' much more freely than I used to!" Nyu explained.
"I see. Just curious… is there another personality we don't know about?" Waver asked but this made Nyu's smile disappear as she frowned.
"Jeez! Now look at what you did!" Kyoko shouted as she punched Waver in his arm.
"O-Ow! Hey! It's not like I asked her age or anything!" Waver yelled out.
"Yeah! But girls have tons of secrets we don't wanna go spillin to guys! Be more considerate, baka!" Kyoko snapped back.
"Kyoko… it's ok. You're right, Waver. I've… one more personality that I haven't told you about. It's… the part of me that destroyed the city where I was from and… killed Kota. My third personality… DNA." Nyu admitted with a serious expression on her face.
"Oh… I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you remember something that awful." Waver apologized.
"Don't worry about it! It's OK now! Really! I've got Kyoko by my side now, so I know I'll be able to control myself!" Nyu replied as she closed her eyes and smiled.
"Hahaha… you know it!" Kyoko spoke with a smug grin on her face. She knew that deep down she was full of herself. Kyoko still believed that she was not cut out to be a hero. But even if her being a Magical Girl and now a Servant…
… Meeting Waver and Lucy was not a mistake as they had both become two people that Kyoko had begun to care about on this adventure. That together… maybe this time she could finally get the happy ending she always wanted alongside her friends. But…
… Even though Kyoko tried to believe in that. The looming sense that something is about to go horribly wrong remained stuck in her mind. But she could not reflect on it as her banter with her friends was interrupted by-
"WE'RE HERE! THE CITY IS BELOW US!" Saber shouted at the top of her lungs from the cockpit. Kyoko decided to take a look outside through the window behind her head. But all she saw was…
… Devastation.
"HOLY SHIT!" Kyoko shouted at the top of her lungs as everyone looked out of the window as well to see that the city below them was covered in flames. As well as-
'BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM!' The massive humanoid monsters were crushing Fuyuki to nothing but rubble in the distance. The monsters had not yet destroyed the city completely, only a part of it. Approximately twenty percent…
… But that percentage was rising with the passing of each and every second.
"Shit! A-Are we too late?!" Waver yelled out.
"No! There's still a chance to save everyone! So, that's what we're gonna do! Right, Kyoko?!" Lucy shouted.
"R-Right! We've got this! Let's kill those fucking giants already!" Kyoko yelled out as she slammed her fist into her other hand as she was itching for this final battle that would prove to be the fight of her life. But before she could leave the helicopter-
"REMAIN SEATED! I REPEAT DO NOT GO AFTER THOSE TITANS!" Saber shouted from the cockpit. But this only confused everyone, especially Kyoko.
"WHAT?! WHY THE HELL NOT?!" Kyoko yelled out at the top of her lungs so that Saber would be able to hear her.
"BECAUSE… THE ONE WE HAVE TO KILL IS THE ONE PAST THEM!" Saber declared at the top of her lungs as she was focusing her eyes on her target. The Titan that most certainly had Berserker inside of it.
"T-The one past them?!" Kyoko yelled out as she focused her eyes on the Colossal Titans in the distance and noticed something that was even bigger than them behind those giants.
"HOLY FUCK! W-WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!" Kyoko shouted at the top of her lungs as everyone tried to see what Kyoko was talking about. Everyone was able to see the monster that Kyoko was referring to in the distance, except Waver.
A giant beast that was far taller and longer than the army of Colossal Titans. The beast had long skeletons and bones that reached into the heavens and back down to the Earth. As well as long hair and a face that was instantly recognizable to anyone that had seen him…
… The face of Berserker. But this beast was different. This beast was the one that was controlling them without question. They had no clue what the beast's name was. But they knew that it was most certainly the true ultimate final form of Berserker…
… The Founding Titan.
"…" Everyone had no clue a monster this large and mighty would be the one they would have to face. No one could have predicted such an outcome. Everyone was trying to remain confident and composed. However…
'THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!' Tokiomi's heart would not stop beating as he thought about his daughters. Rin was safe in a neighboring city on the outskirts of Fuyuki and the Titans were nowhere near said city. Tokiomi knew this.
But his other daughter, Sakura was still in the Matou household. Tokiomi knew that Zouken Matou was not a man who would abandon the home that he had lived in for centuries. That's why he knew that both him and Sakura were still there. And that fact…
… utterly terrified Tokiomi to his very core.
"…" Tokiomi stood up.
"Master, what are you- Lucy spoke but was interrupted as-
'WHOOOSH!' Tokiomi creaked open the door of the helicopter letting a gust of wind inside in the process. And then…
"I'm… sorry. Lucy." Tokiomi spoke as he tilted his head to look at his Servant one last time with a look of sorrow on his face until-
"MASTER! DON'T DO IT!" Lucy shouted at the top of his lungs but before she or anyone else could stop him-
'WHOOOSH!' Tokiomi had already jumped out of the helicopter.
"QUICK! SHUT THE DOOR!" Waver shouted at the top of his lungs as there was still a ton of wind being blown inside of the helicopter due to Tokiomi's early departure. Kyoko stood up and then slammed the door shut.
"AH!" Lucy gasped loudly as she checked outside for her Master by looking out the window and saw that he had a parachute on and was floating down into the city in flames. Everyone else noticed and could not understand why Tokiomi would do such a thing.
"WHAT JUST HAPPENED?!" Saber shouted at the of her lungs as she had no clue what just occurred due to being in the cockpit.
"…" Everyone didn't respond as they were all taken aback by what just occurred. Tokiomi Tohsaka had just abandoned them. It was something that none of them would have been able to predict occurring. But Lucy understood why Tokiomi did what he just did. Lucy remembered a time when Tokiomi slipped up and mentioned that he had two daughters.
Lucy knew that Tokiomi was a man who cared about his family, so much so that he made sure his family was away from Fuyuki. But if his other daughter was still here. Then Tokiomi would stop at nothing to make sure she was protected at all costs. He may have acted like a stereotypical cold-blooded man…
… But the man named Tokiomi Tohsaka loved his family and both of his daughters.
"MY MASTER HAS LEFT!" Lucy shouted at the top of her lungs so that Saber would be able to hear due to the noise of the propellers.
"I SEE! THEN WE'LL DO THIS WITHOUT HIM! IT WILL ONLY BE A FEW MINUTES UNTIL WE REACH THAT MONSTER! BE READY!" Saber shouted at the top of her lungs. But it's only a matter of time until the Colossal Titans are going to stomp Fuyuki to oblivion! How were they supposed to do nothing and let those monsters rampage through the city?!
'Who was going to stop all of those monsters?!' Is what everyone thought to themselves.
"Soon this city will be destroyed! I can't wait to see the look on your face when all of the people that you tried to protect are six feet under! You failed…" Lambda spoke but paused for a few seconds until-
"… WITCH OF FAILURE! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Lambda laughed like the Witch she is with a horrifying smile on her face. But then…
"I wouldn't be so certain about that, if I were you, Witch of Certainty." Bern replied with a smirk on her face. Lambda noticed this and was understandably confused by this.
"Uh… are you stupid or something? The Colossal Titans are going to destroy everything! Not even an army of Servants could stop them!" Lambda shouted.
"You're right… one would be able to destroy all of them just fine." Bern replied with a smug smile on her face. Lambda noticed this as her eyes went wide.
"You didn't… don't tell me… YOU SUMMONED A SERVANT?!" Lambda shouted at the top of her lungs.
"No way… I did no such thing. I just let them know about your plans… the Counter Force that is." Bern replied with a shit-eating grin as she extended her arms outward.
"You… WHAT?!" Lambda shouted at the top of her lungs.
'WHOOOSH!' Lambda then flew into the night sky at supersonic speeds and used her enhanced vision due to being a Witch to notice the Servant that was below her. And then…
"Who the hell is that?" Lambda muttered as she noticed someone who was out of place in the city of flames. Someone who was walking toward the army of Colossal Titans. No. There were two of them!
"Kyoko! Look!" Lucy shouted as she looked outside the window. This prompted Kyoko to do the same. But then…
"W-WHAT THE?! WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY DOING?!" Kyoko yelled out at the top of her lungs as she noticed two girls who were approaching the army of Colossal Titans. One was blonde and wore a turquoise dress. The other had long black hair and what appeared to be a miko outfit. But Kyoko recognized them instantly as…
… THE TWO GIRLS SHE MET AT THE ARCADE!
"J-Just what are they thinking?!" Lucy yelled out as she stared at the girls in the city below them. Lucy and Kyoko had never learned the names of the girls, but they were just average teenagers who loved video games…
… Right?
"You've noticed them. These girls are my trump card. Specifically, the one in the miko outfit courtesy of the Counter Force." Bern admitted with a smirk as she was now in the night sky with Lambda.
"Just… who the hell are they?" Lambda asked.
"You really want to know? Just wait. I prefer to not spoil the surprise." Bern replied with a smug smile. Back in the city Shirou was running for his life and noticed the exact two girls Bern was referring to. But they weren't running away. Instead…
… THEY WERE APPROACHING THE COLOSSAL TITANS!
"W-WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!" Shirou shouted at the top of his lungs, but the girls kept moving forward.
"Don't worry… We'll protect this city." The blonde-haired girl spoke.
"Just focusing on running." The black-haired girl spoke. But they didn't look at Shirou as they both had their attention on the Colossal Titans in the distance. And then, without further ado…
"Kill them. Kill them all. AISA!" The blonde-haired girl commanded.
"I thought you'd never ask, Manaka!" The black-haired girl replied with a smile.
'WHOOOSH!' Not even a second later the girl named Aisa leaped onto the top of a nearby building.
'Step! Step! Step! Step! Step! Step! Step! Step! Step! Step!' Aisa ran forward on the rooftop until she reached the body of one of the hundreds of Colossal Titans and-
"Red-Blood Katana!" Aisa yelled out. And then…
'SLICE!' A loud slice echoed throughout the scenery. Everyone focused on what just occurred. Silence passed by for a few more seconds until-
That Colossal Titan Aisa had leaped onto…
… COMPLETELY DISINTEGRATED!
"What…" Kyoko muttered.
"The…" Lucy muttered.
"HELL?! WHAT JUST HAPPENED!? THAT COLOSSAL TITAN JUST VANISHED?! THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!" Lambda shouted at the top of her lungs as even the great Witch of Certainty had no clue what just occurred. Though Bern knew.
"You mean you didn't see what just happened. Figures. Your vision must be shit with you being such an old hag." Bern spoke with a smug smile on her face.
"SPILL IT! WHO THE FUCK IS THIS GIRL?! THERE'S NO WAY ONE LITTLE FUCKING GIRL COULD HAVE KILLED ONE OF THOSE UNSTOPPABLE FORCES OF NATURE!" Lambda yelled out at the top of her lungs as she glared at Bern with daggers in her eyes.
"Didn't you hear me? That girl is the Servant that the Counter Force sent to stop your plans of world domination! Her True Name is Aisa Himegami…" Bern spoke but paused for a few seconds until-
"… THE GRAND ASSASSIN!" Bern finished with a shout at the top of her lungs. Lambda froze completely. Sweat dripped from her face. For the first time since she has become a Witch… the Great Witch of Certainty…
… Was terrified.
"T-The Grand Assassin? N-N-NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! BERN YOU CHEATED! YOU FUCKING CHEATED YOU BITCH! RRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!" Lambda screamed like a child as had a mental breakdown over this sudden reveal. Not even the Witch of Certainty could have predicted this twist of Fate! And now…
… She was about to see just how powerful this Grand Assassin really was!
'Step! Step! Step! Step! Step! Step! Step! Step! Step! Step!' Aisa ran faster than the naked eye could see! No! Her speed was comparable to a thunderbolt! It was so fast that you could only see her for a split second until she-
'SLICE!' STRUCK YOU BEFORE YOU KNEW WHAT HIT YOU! ANOTHER ONE OF THE COLOSSAL TITANS VANISHED LIKE THEY HAD NEVER EXISTED IN THE FIRST PLACE!
'Huh? N-No way… that can't be him!' Eren thought internally as even he couldn't see this girl clearly. The speed was comparable to the captain of the Survey Corps that Eren had joined along ago… Levi Ackerman! Eren couldn't figure out whether this girl was Levi, but he knew that she was dangerous!
'SLICE! SLICE! SLICE! SLICE! SLICE! SLICE! SLICE! SLICE! SLICE! SLICE!' In the blink of an eye, Aisa Himegami had leaped across several Colossal Titans and slashed all of their Napes with her katana made out of blood! Killing them instantly!
"T-T-TEN OF THEM?! NO! THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE! I DOUBT EVEN THAT OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN WOULD BE CAPABLE OF SUCH AN ABSURD FEAT!" Lambda shouted at the top of her lungs as sweat dripped down her face profusely. She was scared of this girl. And Bern was loving every second of this.
"You've never heard of her, have you?" Bern asked with a smug smile.
"NO SHIT SHERLOCK! WHO THE FUCK IS AISA HIMEGAMI?!" Lambda snapped back at the top of her lungs.
"The young woman named Aisa Himegami had gone through so many trials and tribulations of her own and even saved her world from being destroyed! She has even killed Dead Apostle Ancestors and has earned her way into the Throne of Heroes as the Grand Assassin!" Bern explained with a serious expression on her face.
"A Vampire Killer? Ha! What a joke! So, what if she has killed a few of those old-ass vampires! There's no way that this Vampire Killer can kill this army of Colossal Titans." Lambda spoke as she bluffed out of her ass. Bern noticed this.
"If you don't believe in her, just watch. Watch her prove you wrong by killing all of those overgrown abominations!" Bern shouted with a face full of confidence in the Grand Assassin that the Counter Force had summoned a few days prior just in case Bern spoke the truth regarding Lambda's plans.
'WHOOOSH!' Aisa leaped into the air as there were still hundreds of Colossal Titans left and very little time until they had reached the rest of the city. It was a race against time, but the girl named Aisa Himegami had already dealt with world-ending threats before!
'WHOOOSH!' One of the Colossal Titans moved their arm forward as they noticed the girl in the miko outfit and attempted to kill her before she could kill them! But before that-
"Red-Blood Gauntlet!" Aisa shouted as a massive red gauntlet made out of blood materialized on her hand! And then…
'BAM!' AISA PUNCHED THE COLOSSAL TITAN SO HARD THAT ITS TEETH WERE CRUSHED TO PIECES AND ITS HEAD WAS KNOCKED OFF!
'BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM!' THE HEAD OF THE DECAPITATED COLOSSAL TITAN THEN HIT THE ONES BEHIND THEM SENDING THEIR HEADS FALLING OFF TOO! TEN, FIFTEEN, TWENTY, THE NUMBER JUST KEPT RISING!
"WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?! DID THAT BITCH JUST KNOCK THE HEADS OFF OF THOSE COLOSSAL TITANS LIKE A BOWLING BALL?!" Lambda shouted at the top of her lungs as her jaw dropped all the way back to the city below her. Bern noticed this and grinned.
"You're damn right she did! How do you feel about underestimating her now?!" Bern asked with a smug smile.
"NO! THERE'S NO WAY SHE CAN KILL ALL OF THEM! I REFUSE TO LET AN OUTCOME LIKE THAT OCCUR!" Lambda yelled out at the top of her lungs as a massive purple sphere of energy materialized out of thin air!
"W-WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Bern shouted at the top of her lungs, but Lambda ignored her completely. Bern knew that Lambda was a spoiled brat but even she didn't consider that she would actually try to end everything herself!
"BIGGER! BIGGER! BIGGER!" Lambda shouted at the top of her lungs as the sphere of pure energy became even more massive until-
"PERFECT! NOW GO TO HELL YOU FUCKING BITCH!" Lambda yelled out at the top of her lungs.
"NO! PLEASE! DON'T DO IT!" Bern shouted at the top of her lungs but before she could do anything to stop her-
'WHOOOSH!' The deed had already been done. The massive ball of pure energy was falling straight to the Earth creating several air currents in the process!
'CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!' The windows of buildings shattered as the civilians noticed what was heading for them.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" The civilians ran away as fast as they could! Not even focusing on the people in their way! This meant that-
"Ow!" Shirou groaned in pain as someone running bumped into him which caused the boy to fall to the ground. He tried to get up, but his knees were bleeding.
"Come on! Damn it! DAMN IT!" Shirou yelled out as he tried to stand up but no matter how much he tried it was to no avail as his body did not listen to his commands.
'WHOOOSH!' The sphere of energy went closer and closer to the young boy as his life flashed before his eyes. It would be a matter of seconds until he would be obliterated. But even though no one was going to sacrifice their own lives to help the life of a boy that they didn't know… even though his parents had died trying to save their child's life… even still…
"SOMEONE! ANYONE! SAVE ME!" Shirou cried out at the top of his lungs for a person to save him! And then…
'BAM!' The woman named Aisa Himegami appeared at that exact moment and stood in front of him.
"Sure thing." Aisa spoke with a smile on her face as she tilted her head to look at the boy. Not even a second later-
'RED BLOOD GIANT KATANA!" Aisa shouted at the top of her lungs as a giant katana of blood materialized in her hands.
"AISA! DON'T YOU HAVE TO ESCAPE!" Manaka shouted at the top of her lungs from a rooftop. But before she could do anything to stop her friend-
'BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM!' THE KATANA AND THE SPHERE OF ENERGY HAD ALREADY STARTED CLASHING AGAINST EACH OTHER! THE STRUGGLE OVER WHICH WOULD PREVAIL WAS ANYONE'S GUESS!
"RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Aisa roared at the top of her lungs as she used all of her power to hold up the sphere of energy even though the sphere was so close to her it was burning her! That intense pain would be enough to make anyone give up!
BUT AISA HIMEGAMI HAD SUFFERED MUCH MORE THAN TO JUST GIVE UP OVER A LITTLE BURN!
"RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" With a mighty roar-
'BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM!' AISA HIMEGAMI HAD DONE THE IMPOSSIBLE! SHE HAD KNOCKED THAT SPHERE OF ENERGY INTO ORBIT LIKE A BASEBALL!
"I-I-Impossible." Lambda spoke as even she was in awe over what had just occurred. This wasn't just a normal sphere of energy she could create for shits and giggles. This was all of the magical energy she had been saving up as a Witch for centuries…
… And it was just swatted away like a baseball. But even though Aisa had done a feat of strength on the level of a miracle… Bern was worried.
"Oh no." Bern muttered as sweat dripped down her face profusely as she noticed that Aisa Himegami had suffered severe wounds all over her body because of this.
"HAH… HAH… HAH… HAH… HAH…" Aisa breathed in and out loudly as she stood triumphantly… ate a cost.
"AH!" Shirou gasped as he noticed all of the wounds on the girl's body. Parts of her skin had been burned black. And even some of her bones were visible. It was a miracle that she was still alive. But then…
"BLAAAUUUUGGGGHHH!" Aisa vomited up her blood and fell to her knees.
"AISA!" Manaka shouted at the top of her lungs as she flew down toward her friend. She wanted nothing more than to heal her but even Manaka knew that her friend wouldn't be able to survive with her injuries. Aisa would soon return to the throne.
'BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM!' While hundreds of Colossal Titans remained.
"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Lambdadelta laughed hysterically as she was truly a Witch at this moment.
"SO MUCH MORE FOR YOUR TRUMP CARD BERN! ANY MOMENT SHE'S GOING TO DIE AND RETURN TO THE THRONE! YOU'VE LOST IT! AND I WON! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Lambda laughed like the Witch she was once more as Bern bit her lip. Her plan to create a miracle was dying before her eyes.
"You know… You look just… like her… my friend who- Aisa spoke weakly as she looked at Manaka while the latter had tears in her eyes.
"Please don't talk! You need to conserve your energy! You need to get back up! You must! You can't die like this!" Manaka cried out as she cradled her friend in her arms.
"Manaka… these wounds are… going to be… the end for me… but don't be afraid… don't lose hope… you'll be able… to save your sister… I just know it…" Aisa spoke with a smile on her face as she looked at Manaka in her eyes. Aisa then remembered a brief moment of the past few days-
"Who are you?" Manaka asked her. Aisa was confused over what just happened. First, she was in the Throne of Heroes and now she was here? What was going on?
"She's Aisa Himegami, Manaka." Bern spoke as she materialized out of thin air and revealed that fact.
"Berny!" Manaka yelled out as she jumped onto her friend.
"GAH! I hate that nickname!" Bern shouted as she was tackled to the ground by Manaka. But this only made Aisa even more confused.
"What's going on? Who are you people?" Aisa asked with a curious look on her face.
"I'm Manaka Sajyou! But you can just call me Manaka! This is Bernkastel: Witch of Miracles. Though she prefers Berny!" Manaka spoke with a smile on her face.
"I DO NOT PREFER BERNY!" Bern snapped back at the top of her lungs.
"Hahaha." Manaka laughed while approaching Aisa.
"Nice to meet you." Manaka spoke as she extended her hand toward Aisa. Aisa paused as the face of this girl who looked just like one of her friends, Frenda. A girl who sacrificed her life to save and bring Aisa back to life. But then…
"Ah." Aisa gasped as Manaka grabbed her hand with a smile on her face.
"You know what you have to do right?" Bern asked.
"Yes… I was summoned by the Counter Force to stop a threat known as… the Rumbling? But I don't see any threat." Aisa spoke.
"Well, we don't know exactly when that Witch is going to make her move, so we alerted the Counter Force ahead of time just in case something bad happens soon." Manaka admitted.
"So… you don't know when the Rumbling is going to happen?" Aisa asked with a blank expression on her face.
"We have no idea!" Manaka yelled out.
'H-How can she so be proud of that?' Bern thought internally as sweat dripped from her face profusely.
"So… what am I supposed to do until then?" Aisa asked.
"Hmm… whatever you want." Bern spoke as she walked away.
"Y-You've got to be joking." Aisa replied while sweat dripped down her face profusely. But then…
"Hey Aisa! Let's hit up the arcade! I know this game you'll just love!" Manaka yelled out as she dragged Aisa along with her against her will. That was the start of their friendship. Aisa and Manaka had bonded over their love of old-school arcade games and even admitted their deepest secrets to each other.
"The truth is… I died. But somehow… I woke up alive again. After that, Bern rescued me. She told me that my sister, Ayaka, had disappeared from her Fragment. The same one that I sacrificed my life to protect." Manaka admitted.
"We do not know who kidnapped her as well as the one who resurrected me as a Witch. But… they are most certainly the same person. And our theory is that they might have influenced Lambda's scheme." Manaka continued.
"But even if that's the case… am I really going to be able to do it again? Can I really protect my sister from a Witch who is even more powerful than the one we faced off against? I… I don't know… and that scares me." Manaka admitted.
"Manaka… I believe in you. You might not be that strong… and your gaming skills could use a lot of work…" Aisa spoke but paused for a few seconds until Manaka interrupted her.
"I-Is this supposed to be a compliment? Because it doesn't feel like one." Manaka replied as sweat dripped from her face profusely.
"I'm getting to that… you are stubborn… more stubborn than any person I've ever met. And that's really saying a lot." Aisa admitted.
"Hey! Now you're just making fun of me!" Manaka yelled out.
"Trust me, I'm not. Being stubborn isn't a bad thing… no matter the odds you never give up. Even though you can't even compete with my skills in Turtles in Time, you refuse to quit. I admire that part of you…" Aisa admitted.
"Once I gave up… I didn't let people into my life because I was so scared to get to know them… and lose them… just like my parents. But that's just life. You win some and lose some… someone special to me taught me that." Aisa admitted with a smile on her face as she brushed her hair out of the way while looking toward the setting sun.
"You on the other hand… never gave up… not even once. You always believed that your sister would save you in the end… so believe in yourself for once. You can create miracles if you believe in yourself." Aisa replied with a bright smile on her face.
"E-Easier said than done. Unlike Bern… I can't create miracles at the drop of a hat. The one time I did… I died." Manaka admitted.
"I'm not saying it's easy… but it's possible… Manaka… being a Witch doesn't make you special… it's the other way around… never forget that." Aisa spoke with a smile.
"Thanks." Manaka replied with a smile of her own.
"One day… I'll show you a miracle that will blow your socks off. So, get excited." Aisa replied with a smug smile on her face. And then time moved forward back to the present moment.
'T-That's right… I promised her that… I'm going to die soon… but that's ok. After all… I've always played a small role in other people's stories… the ones up there on that helicopter… this story is all about them. I'm just a bit player… I'm just Aisa Himegami. So that means I can go all out since I'm not going to be one of the ones who will survive till the end.' Aisa thought internally with a smile as she looked at the helicopter in the distance.
"Hey Manaka… I think… it's time I show you that… miracle I promised." Aisa spoke as she stood up.
"Aisa but your wounds! Y-You'll di- Manaka spoke but Aisa cut her off before she could finish her sentence.
"I told you this once before… NO ONE is better at killing than me!" Aisa yelled out with a look of smug satisfaction on her face. Was Aisa overconfident? Perhaps. But at the same time, Aisa showcased resolve. Manaka noticed that and was speechless.
"A-Aisa." Manaka spoke as she stood behind her friend with an expression of awe on her face.
'CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!' The ground was rumbling as the Colossal Titans made their way to the girl in the miko outfit. It would only be a matter of time until she disappeared and returned to the throne…
… So why not go out with a bang?
"RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!" Aisa roared with the force of a demon as she channeled all of the Magical Energy, she had left in her body for one last attack.
"And still, she refuses to give up. That girl is so pathetic. She's about to die but she still believes that she can kill a few more Colossal Titans? What a joke." Lambda spoke as she mocked Aisa. And this royally pissed off Bern.
"Don't mock her… just wait… wait for her to create a miracle." Bern replied as she held out hope for Aisa to win. But this made Lambda scoff in response.
"A miracle? That's absurd. She's just a stupid, insignificant insect who's about to be crushed under a massive foot. She has no chance of prevailing. Just give up and accept defeat already." Lambda replied with a sadistic smile on her face. But even still-
"RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!" Aisa still persisted in roaring at the top of her lungs. This irritated Lambda.
"Tch." Lambda clicked her tongue in response. But then…
"NOBLE PHANTASM…" Aisa yelled out but paused for a few seconds until-
"BLOOD RED GIANT MEGA ULTRA SUPER ULTIMATE CANNON!" Aisa shouted at the top of her lungs as a giant red cannon materialized right in front of Manaka and Shirou's eyes.
"A CANNON?!" Manaka, Shirou, Lambda, and even the group on the helicopter all shouted in response.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Bern laughed hysterically.
"That's her Noble Phantasm?! Got to say… I wasn't expecting that!" Bern admitted with a smile on her face and tears in her eyes. But this ultimate Noble Phantasm of Aisa's had a cost.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Aisa screamed at the top of her lungs as her right eye exploded! All of that Magical Energy was impossible to contain within her body and this was the result! And Manaka noticed this.
"AISA! YOUR EYE!" Manaka shouted at the top of her lungs as she tried to help her friend.
"STAY THERE!" Aisa commanded as she held out her hand to stop her friend. And then…
"Just wait… and watch… as I show you a miracle." Aisa spoke softly as the Colossal Titans were about to step on her! But before they could-
"FIRE!" Aisa shouted at the top of her lungs as she fired the cannon and-
'BAM!' THE RED BALL MADE OUT OF AISA'S BLOOD SHOT THROUGH THE SKY AS IT COLLIDED AGAINST THE FOOT OF THE COLOSSAL TITAN! BUT IT DIDN'T STOP THERE! IT TRAVELED UP IT'S BODY UNTIL IT DESTROYED THE NAPE!
'BAM!' THE COLOSSAL TITAN DISINTEGRATED COMPLETELY! BUT THE CANNONBALL DIDN'T STOP THERE!
'BAM!' IT HIT ANOTHER IN THE NAPE!
'BAM! AND ANOTHER!
'BAM! AND ANOTHER!
'BAM!' IT DIDN'T STOP AS IT KEPT GOING AND GOING!
'BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM!' AND KILLED OVER A HUNDRED COLOSSAL TITANS!
"T-This is not possible. THIS CAN'T BE!" Lambda shouted in disbelief as the cannonball that Aisa created kept killing more and more Colossal Titans! One hundred, two hundred, three hundred, four hundred! The cannonball had killed four hundred Colossal Titans until it-
… Vanished without a trace. In a matter of minutes, Aisa Himegami had wiped out over five hundred Colossal Titans. Over half of the army that Eren had created with the power of the Founded Titan. And then…
"Wow… I really outdid myself there… that's a new record." Aisa muttered as glowed bright gold and was about to return to the Throne of Heroes any second now. But before that-
"You'll be just fine… like I said… you'll definitely rescue your sister… if you learn to believe in yourself… see you later… Manaka." Aisa finished as she looked at Manaka one last time before she vanished without a trace. The Grand Assassin had fallen along with over five hundred Colossal Titans.
Episode 21: The Vampire Killer's Last Stand