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Death and Rebirth

Chapter 7

Gunfire blazed under the Fuyuki Grand Hyatt, as Maiya struggled to fend off Kirei. She fired in bursts, eyes following Kirei with the ease of experience, not of fighting against the man, no, but of a lifetime on the battlefield. Her hands followed her eyes' movements without thinking, her trigger finger likewise pulling as needed and sending nine-millimeter rounds in Kirei's direction.

For his part, Kirei was holding his own, if not actually holding the upper hand in this battle. Like Maiya, he too had spent much of his life until now on the battlefield, if against different foes than those she had fought in the past. Compared to the likes of Dead Apostles, alchemically-bred monsters, and the like, Maiya was painfully slow, and almost certainly much more fragile…

…assuming he could get close enough, that is.

As it was, Maiya was keeping him semi-suppressed, forcing Kirei to run between and from one pillar to another to keep behind cover from her MP5 submachine gun. His habit might be bulletproof, and his body reinforced, but Kirei hadn't lived as long as he had by being reckless, and neither countermeasure could be completely counted on the closer one became to the enemy. And fragile as she was, Maiya wasn't stupid. She made sure Kirei had no direct path to her, nor did she give him a chance to properly throw Black Keys in her direction.

The only silver lining to this whole situation was that despite having a clutch of grenades on her person, she couldn't use them to flush Kirei from cover, if not outright just blow him to kingdom come. Well, she technically could, but considering he'd caught her wiring demolition charges to the Fuyuki Grand Hyatt's internals, it'd be suicide, as there was a good chance a grenade would set them off as well.

Unfortunately, the third party that chose that moment to join the fight clearly didn't know, and had Kirei briefly thanking God that the wall's explosion hadn't set off any nearby demolition charges. Then a nagging sense of wrongness presented itself, as though there was something that wasn't quite right about this picture.

"German soldiers…?" he thought as he ducked under a swung halberd aimed at his head, before jumping up and overhead, avoiding a stab from the same halberd, and then twisting through the air to avoid another halberd from cutting into his side. "...no…and yes…homunculi…dressed as WWII German Army soldiers…why…? No…that's not what's wrong with this picture…that is…!"

Kirei grimaced as he found himself once again running from one pillar to the next, chased by German soldiers, no, Einzbern homunculi out for his literal head. "They didn't blow up the wall." he realized, eyes briefly flickering towards the pile of broken concrete and torn rebar. "They just…punched through it."

Then he grimaced again, barely turning a pair of halberd strikes that would have taken his head or floored him helplessly, before dodging a third swing that left the homunculus wide open. Unfortunately, Kirei's couldn't take advantage of it, as another homunculus swung at his head, before the previous homunculus tried to cut his legs out from under him.

Kirei jumped up, twisting through the air and sending sparks flying as he blocked halberd strikes with his Black Keys, and again and again after landing on his feet. Then feinting, he snarled and dashed away, taking advantage of the resulting opening not by counterattacking, but by running.

"This battle is lost." he unhappily thought while dashing over to the exit, booted feet thumping after him. Then he snarled again, as a pair of homunculi dashed past along his flanks and then doubling back, cut off his line of retreat.

Sparks flew through air as Black Keys met rhenium alloy, Kirei grunting as he struggled to match the homunculus' strength. Beside him, one of Assassin's bodies had materialized and was now doing likewise with a scimitar, parrying twice before feinting and cutting low, the homunculus jumping up and back before counterattacking, the Assassin riposting in their turn.

Kirei blocked and riposted a stab aimed at his chest, before blocking another blow aimed at his head, dodged low and back from a second blow at his head and the followthrough towards his legs. Then another homunculus was dashing in, only for another one of Assassin's bodies appeared, and threw a fistful of powder at the homunculus.

For the first time since the battle began, a Human voice was heard as the homunculus screamed, his clothes burning away in a haze of chemical fumes, exposed flesh sloughing off bone that just as quickly began to fizzle and turn porous.

Kirei barely noticed this, however, stuck as he was in a life-or-death struggle against just one homunculus. Then, with a loud grunt, he feinted again, jumping up and over the homunculus, twisting through the air to avoid a swing meant to gut him, and then landing stabbed at the homunculus' back.

No such luck, moving faster than he had expected, the homunculus turned and riposted Kirei's attack, forcing the priest to practically bend back at just nearly 90 degrees to avoid getting cut in two. Blows aimed his legs and side followed, Kirei barely blocking before grimacing as he spotted more homunculi closing the circle around him.

"I'm dead at this rate…" he thought before his eyes spotted something and an insane idea came to mind. "...so be it…let my fate…be in the Lord's hands…!"

Feinting, Kirei slid back on one foot and threw a handful of Black Keys. The homunculi dodged easily, but they were never the target. The targets were a pair of demolition charges, the Black Keys impaling the detonators which sparked before exploding.

Almost immediately, other detonators began to explode, and the circle was broken. The homunculi began to retreat, a hulking mountain of muscle in a Wehrmacht officer's uniform barking orders in German before glaring at Kirei and running as well. Maiya had already made herself scarce, and Kirei didn't have any time to enjoy his victory either, as he also broke and ran from all the explosions around him and the surrounding hotel groaned and began to totter precariously as its innards were torn apart.

"Well, that could have gone worse." Schneeweißchen remarked, even as she knelt down and unbuttoned the top of her dress. "An off-sequence detonation caused an incomplete chain reaction, and preventing the complete destruction of the Fuyuki Grand Hyatt. This, in turn, has allowed Lord El-Melloi to orderly disassemble his workshop, and evacuate in similarly good order to a new location."

"Yes, my lady." Arnold said from where he was standing at attention further down the poolside.

"Hmm…" Schneeweißchen hummed as much in thought as effort as she gently but firmly pulled her breasts out from her dress, and wrapped them around Konstanz's cock. Then just as gently but firmly holding them together, began to rub up and down in a steady rhythm. "...the question now becomes whether or not Lord El-Melloi will attempt to counterattack Kiritsugu Emiya in the aftermath of this engagement, as per the archive."

Pausing, she pursed her lips, and then sticking out her tongue, delicately licked at Konstanz's tip as it pushed up and out from between her breasts, and causing her partner to hiss in shocked delight. "In any case," she said. "Asset Speer survived, which was the primary objective of this mission. You may go."

"Yes, my lady." Arnold said with a salute, before sharply turning and leaving Schneeweißchen and Konstanz alone to their 'experiment' next to the penthouse rooftop.

"...how is it?" Schneeweißchen asked after a few moments.

"...arousing." Konstanz gasped.

"Hmm…shall I make it better for you?" Schneeweißchen asked before tilting her head forward, and gently nibbling at Konstanz's tip. Nothing permanent, just gentle squeezing using her teeth, but it caused his cock to twitch and his hips to thrust up and into her breasts. "...do that again…"

Putting his hands on the armrests and gripping down hard, Konstanz adjusted his position on the pool chair before thrusting up with his hips. Schneeweißchen smiled, a smile that grew wider as Konstanz adjusted his timing to match her own rhythm. This persisted for a couple of minutes before Konstanz groaned.

"My lady…please…"

Schneeweißchen actually giggled, something unfamiliar yet feeling completely right bubbling up deep inside of her. "You want to take the lead?" she asked. "By all means."

Snarling possessively, Konstanz forced himself up onto his feet, and after indicating Schneeweißchen keep holding her breasts in place, placed his hands onto her head. An eyebrow rose in surprise, before its pair joined it as Konstanz used it to hold her in place as he steadily fucked her breasts while also pushing his tip inside of her mouth.

Then blinking, Schneeweißchen relaxed and focused on licking at the cock thrusting in and out of her mouth, only Konstanz's heavy breathing to be heard around the pool. It took only a few minutes before his steady rhythm began to break down, but his speed increased instead, his thrusts growing jerky and frantic before with a groan, he thrust forward while pulling hard on Schneeweißchen's head.

Then something hot, wet, and jelly-like with a fishy taste was filling her mouth. Schneeweißchen closed her eyes, resisting the urge to spit it out, instead swirling it around with her tongue and over Konstanz's tip, until he finally relaxed and let go. Opening her eyes, she saw him collapse back on the chair, gasping and looking at her with a mix of apprehension and confusion.

Opening her mouth, she showed him his semen still in her mouth, and then slowly swallowed. At the sight, Konstanz's cock twitched weakly, prompting a giggle from Schneeweißchen. "It seems," she said, crawling forward while discarding the rest of her dress. "That male homunculi have the same refractory period as Humans. Interesting…"

"...didn't you…already know that…my lady?" he gasped out.

Schneeweißchen hummed as she licked Konstanz's cock up and down, a hand reaching out to gently massage his testicles, and causing him to groan and slowly thrust his hips. "No…I did not." she admitted between licks. "It was not mentioned in the archive, although it is unsurprising. It's not especially relevant outside of special circumstances such as my own."

It didn't take long before Schneeweißchen's licking and massaging had Konstanz back at half-mast, then briefly repositioning herself, she took the whole of his penis into her mouth. A frown briefly crossed her face as her gag reflex kept her from what the magazine had called a 'deepthroat' before she settled for simply sucking him off.

Konstanz kept his eyes on her, and even reached down to gently hold and guide her head up and down his shaft, but after barely a minute she pulled away, smiling coquettishly as she spread out her discarded dress. Slowly and languidly, she draped herself out over the dress, watching as Konstanz looked hungrily at her, his erect cock twitching and glistening with her saliva.

"Come now," she said as she laid back down and spread her legs. "Shall we finish this properly, with you mating with me as you desire?"

With a feral snarl, Konstanz practically pounced, Schneeweißchen letting out a happy yelp he ran his hands possessively over her, squeezing her breasts and biting and leaving marks over her. His cock prodded hungrily between her legs, and then finding her slit, pushed inside all the way to the hilt.

For a long moment, they stayed still, luxuriating in their union, and then Konstanz all but pulled out, leaving only his cockhead inside, before thrusting back inside. Then he reversed, then thrust forward again, settling into a steady rhythm even as Schneeweißchen raised her legs and pressed them against his hips.

Then she cried out as Konstanz all but bit down on her breast, before grunting in surprise as he began to suck. "Oh…you…you won't…" she gasped out. "...no milk…will come out…no matter…how hard…oh…oh…that's it…you…you've…got to make me…pregnant…before any milk…"

Schneeweißchen broke off, broken laughter coming out between gasps only to be quickly snuffed out as Konstanz pressed his lips against hers. The kiss was clumsy and hungry, their tongues twisting against each other before they broke it off for a breath, Konstanz slowing his rhythm in long, deep thrusts into her.

"That's it…so…deep…ah…!" Schneeweißchen cried out as she unexpectedly peaked, and again as Konstanz renewed his rhythm. "I just…! Ah…this is…too good…!"

Konstanz nuzzled at her neck again, and then at her breasts, his thrusts speeding up and becoming more frantic as he too approached his peak. "That's it…come inside…do it…" Schneeweißchen egged him on, and wrapping her legs around him to hold him in and as deep as he could go. "...do it…make me pregnant…then you can…drink…as much…milk…as you want…ah!"

Konstanz growled and bit hard enough to draw blood from Schneeweißchen's shoulder, while his penis twitched and ejaculated several times inside of her. The first jet of hot liquid had Schneeweißchen peaking again, her vaginal muscles milking Konstanz for what he was worth, and then both were coming down from their high, Konstanz's softening cock staying inside of Schneeweißchen's pussy and keeping his semen inside.

"...can you…" he eventually gasped out after a few minutes. "...actually get pregnant…my lady?"

"...I honestly do not know." Schneeweißchen whispered into his ear. "Subject M-0042 was sterile due to internal scarring of her uterus, and her chronic parasitic disease having spread to her ovaries and fallopian tubes. Projekt W repaired the damage, no, more than that, completely rebuilt that portion of her body as it did with the rest of her body, resulting in yours truly, but still…insufficient data for a concrete conclusion."

"I…see…" Konstanz said, pulling out and rolling to lie next to her, Schneeweißchen cuddling closer next to him.

"Disappointed…?" she asked.

"I do not know." Konstanz admitted. "This is…beyond my programming. I lack the context for a proper answer…"

"Hypothesize."

"...I might be."

Schneeweißchen laughed. "Well…" she admitted. "...it'd be interesting to find out one way or another, and the experiments aren't unpleasant, are they?"

"...I will admit they are not." he said, and Schneeweißchen laughed again.

"Still no sign of Lord El-Melloi?" Irisviel asked as she arrived with breakfast for her husband.

"None." Kiritsugu bit out. "Damn Kotomine. This is all his fault."

Irisviel smiled. "Not Schneeweißchen's?" she asked.

"Schneeweißchen's men arrived chasing after Kotomine." Kiritsugu said. "Can't blame them for that…Kotomine, though, messed up Maiya's part of the mission, and from what she said, he was the one who prematurely set off an explosion. Only since the explosion didn't start in the right place, well, the hotel wasn't completely destroyed, and Kayneth was able to slip away."

Kiritsugu paused to take a drink of his coffee, before smiling at his wife. "Thanks." he said. "And sorry for making you put up with that rant just now."

Irisviel smiled back. "It's no trouble at all." she said. "How is she, by the way? Maiya that is."

"Winded, but fine." Kiritsugu said with a grimace. "Shouldn't have left her alone against Kotomine, in hindsight, from what I hear, she was barely holding out against him when Schneeweißchen's men showed up. I mean, I was on the way, but still…"

Kiritsugu trailed off with a sigh and a shake of his head. "...speaking of which," he continued after another drink of his coffee. "Maiya got a quick look at Schneeweißchen's people. Looks like they were homunculi, and Maiya described them as being able to fight more or less evenly against Assassin. In other words…"

"...Schneeweißchen really does seem to be who she says she is." Irisviel softly said with a slow nod. "I see. That's good…"

Kiritsugu glanced at his wife curiously, but decided not to press, at least for now. "In any case," he continued. "I'm still trying to track down Lord El-Melloi, while also trying to find when and where we can fight Kotomine on our terms. Unfortunately, a surprise attack on either of his home bases is just too risky. Tohsaka is right in the middle of an urban area where high explosives are out of the question, not to mention is also Tohsaka's home base, while Kotomine Church…"

"...too politically-damaging, huh?" Irisviel murmured.

"Pretty much." Kiritsugu grumbled. "Well, depends really…if it's in the latter part of the war, and Kotomine is the only one left…it's a viable target. The Church and the Association's issue with us pulling something like that won't matter once we have the Grail, after all. The only problem is that it requires leaving Kotomine for last, and as recent events have shown, he's way too much trouble."

Irisviel was silent for several moments, and then brightening up, placed a hand on Kiritsugu's shoulder before squeezing. "Don't let it get to you." she said gently. "You'll find a way, I'm sure of it. You always do."

Kiritsugu chuckled before reaching up to squeeze his wife's hand. "Thanks for the vote of confidence." he said.

Irisviel nodded. "Don't forget to eat your breakfast." she said. "You can't do much on an empty stomach, after all."

"Guess I won't." Kiritsugu admitted, before taking the sandwich and taking a big bite out of it. "Thanks."

Irisviel nodded before walking off, her thoughts already turning somewhere - someone - else.

"I want to meet her…" she thought to herself. "...Schneeweißchen von Fernhügel."

After a few hours' sleep, a hot bath, and something to eat, Schneeweißchen was once again prepared to lead her army - as small as it was - to war. And now here she was, standing at a table covered in maps of the city, her team leaders standing all around it as well.

"In light of the previous night's developments," she began. "There will be changes to our strategy going forward. Following a Star Child's intervention, Operation Erbärmlich will be aborted, as it seems the Star Child has their own plans for Target Alkoholiker. Surveillance will continue on Targets Verlassen, Pollyanna, and Untermensch, however. Likewise, Operations Wiederherstellung-1 and 2 will continue as planned, likewise for Operation Säuberung."

Schneeweißchen paused. "However, those for the future." she said. "With Kirei Kotomine's active involvement in the previous night's action, priority will switch to Operations Bilderstürmer and Kirchenbrecher."

That caused a stir. "Bilderstürmer should be straightforward," Arnold began. "As it is unlikely anyone would shed tears for the death of Kirei Kotomine…"

"Is he not Tokiomi Tohsaka's apprentice?" Teamleiter Karsten von Einzbern asked.

"And since when has Tokiomi Tohsaka's opinions been of any relevance?" Arnold asked back.

"...this is true." Karsten conceded.

"...however, Kirchenbrecher will cause a stir, to stay the least." Arnold pointed out. "If done…ah, indiscreetly, it will greatly complicate our efforts going forward."

"Then we will have to be discreet." Schneeweißchen said. "Doable, as per Revisions 2B, 2C, and 5A of the operational plan for Kirchenbrecher. However, the preferred plan among those is 5A."

Schneeweißchen paused and smiled. "How does the old saying go?" she asked. "Hunting two geese with a single arrow? Executing the Kotomines in a single night will be quite the coup. Even better, if it invokes revision 5E. The Kotomines and Tokiomi Tohsaka in a single night? Even if we must concede this war in the aftermath, returning with their heads and the objectives of Wiederherstellung will be victory in itself."

"This is true." Arnold said.

"Lady von Märchenwelt would find any other forfeited gains of trivial value in comparison to such prizes." Teamleiter Kaspar von Einzbern added.

"I agree." Karsten said with a nod.

"As do I." Katja von Einzbern agreed.

"Then let us begin." Schneeweißchen said, taking a letter opener and using it like a dagger, stabbed at Kotomine Church on the map. "Tonight will be the last for the Church's lackeys here in this city."

Pausing, she smiled. "And perhaps," she added. "Just perhaps, that of Tokiomi Tohsaka as well."

A/N

Update time!

Action and sex, plus setting up the next part of the war, with Einzbern planning to take out the Kotomines and hopefully, Tokiomi as well.