Hey guys, Flipkicks here. Today, I will update you on "Fate: A Reaper's Grand Order." Thank you for checking the story and telling me what you thought of the previous chapter.

I was working on the chapter, planning the story's arcs, and I decided to scrap the Steampunk American Civil Movement since I had trouble setting things up in that chapter. Still, for some reason, I thought of how JJK's Shibuya Incident went and figured I would go with that arc because of its dark arc. I plan on featuring the side characters as the leading party in this arc.

There will be some Servants that I plan to have that have yet to be featured in the game.

I do not own either the series or the characters in this story.


The Warning

Unknown Garden

"..."

"Seems you once again arrive in my garden, young master." He hears a familiar female voice. "And it would seem that you used your Reality Marble." She hears him groaning on the floor. "Welcome to my world again, Ichigo." She greets the orange-haired late teen.

He shakes his head and slowly rises to his feet, taking time to regain his balance.

"To think that Reality Marble would have this much effect on you." She glances at Ichigo and notices that his eyes differ from those she saw earlier. "The Pure eyes on your right eye are turning permanent, making things a bit harder for you to turn on and off."

"Pure Eyes?"

"You read some manga about a protagonist or one of the characters having the ability to change their eyes?" He nods to her question as she continues, "Basically, that's what you are dealing with in your right eye. Your Pure Eye's ability to see your counterpart's history is making and copying weapons. Each person with the Pure Eyes has different abilities, and some Servants have these eyes but are called Mystic Eyes. Think of Medusa's eyes that can turn a man into a stone statue."

"So my counterpart had these eyes that can improve things and put his spin on it like Excalibur." He materializes Excalibur in his left hand, and Caster glances at it. Sure enough, the sword is almost an exact copy of King Arthur's sword, but instead of the Fae inscriptions, it's all written in Kanji.

"He who Protects." She mutters to herself, but Ichigo hears her.

"Guess something my counterparts and I have a thing in common." She looks at Ichigo as he spins the handle around his palm, "Growing up, when my mom brought my sisters into the world, my parents would tell me that I am a protector. Guess it's like that guy who thought of being a Hero of Justice." He then materializes his other armaments in crystal forms, and Caster is shocked to see all these weapons. "I'm still tryna figure out these other weapons and where I based them off of."

"Interesting..." She places her hand under her chin and examines each crystal weapon around Ichigo. She notices a pair of handguns and can sense something from them. She would have to see where these came from, but for now, she would look at the other weapons. "13 or rather 16 'Royal' Arms, and each of them is based on Servant's most legendary weapons like King Arthur's Excalibur." She begins to think of which weapons would make the most sense regarding legacy. She already knows that King Arthur's sword is the most iconic weapon in medieval times, so she would call it the Sword of the Father since Arthur is recognized as the legendary knight of Britain.

"Again, I'm still trying to figure out these weapons and where they are based." Ichigo then dematerializes the weapons around him. "So, how can I return to my world, Caster?"

"Unfortunately, you're stuck here until you see this." He raises an eyebrow but must find out what's happening. Caster then leads the way as both walk into the flower garden. Ichigo looked at the large garden of flowers as the two walked through it and couldn't help but take in the sight. Just seeing a garden with this unusual flower with these pink petals and a yellow dot in them along with blue and red petals. Hell, he can even see the tower in front of them, and in his mind, it would make a nice picture if he had a camera with the flowers in the front while rounding the forest surrounding them is an excellent foreground, and the tower is a background.

"Right now, you are unconscious from exerting too much of your Spiritual Pressure into that Reality Marble during your sparring match with that Demi-Servant." Caster told the teen, "You're overthinking instead of letting it flow naturally like some of the Servants of the World." She shows an image of the Archer Servant he met during the Singularity, "While you haven't faced off against him with his Reality Marble, both of yours are similar but to a certain extent." She shows Archer and himself materializing a weapon into their hands after seeing Archer's years as a magus teen while Ichigo was facing off against the Alter Archer. Both of them would have an incantation on materializing the Reality Marble, and their backgrounds differ. Archer's is filled with cogs in a murky red sky with swords everywhere, while Ichigo's is a bright blue sky in a city.

For Ichigo, he could tell that both are yin and yang to each other. While both are 'protectors' in a sense, Ichigo is a protective big brother and one of Karakura's towns known as 'warriors,' and Archer is the Servant of the world as a Counter Force Guardian. His personality is very contradicting. While he is thoroughly cynical and nihilistic, he is at the same time devoted and protective, and even a little childish to the point that it makes him hard to hate. He does not lie but keeps secrets and tells half-truths. When it comes to fighting, Ichigo has a complex sense of honor; he regularly seeks revenge for his opponent's cruel actions, such as instilling the fear of being murdered in Shrieker and cutting off the right arm of Yammy Llargo in retaliation for him ripping Yasutora Sado's right arm off. The two continue walking toward the tower before them; Caster continues explaining why he and Archer are similar.

'I guess it makes sense...' Ichigo thought, 'He bought into an ideal of being a Hero of Justice and became disillusioned over time.' The two would be in front of the tower's main door.

"Here we are." As the doors open, she says in a cheery tone, "Seems that while you were off in that Singularity, I found another person that has wandered into my garden of flowers." The two walk through the main hall and enter a small room a woman occupies in her bed.

"Isn't it rude to enter?"

"Like my other friend, she is in a deep sleep," she says, her face saddened by the sleeping woman. Judging from her appearance, she is a woman with a slender build. She has fair skin and long light-brown hair with a large pink ribbon; within the ribbon, she wears black gloves extending to her elbows, red boots, black socks, and a metal guard on her left elbow on her nightstand.

Ichigo looks at her and raises an eyebrow, 'Wait a minute...Jessie?' He recognizes her, and she seems like one of the mechanics of Chaldea, but she also looks like another person. He knows Jessie has brown hair, but the light brown hair reminds him of Aerith, and the glove on her nightstand slightly reminds him of seeing Tifa this morning. "Caster, why does she remind me of three of my colleagues at Chaldea and that first lady I met that reminds me of two?"

"Because it's simple on my end." Ichigo raises an eyebrow, "These women are the key to saving you."

"Saving me?" He repeated her words, " So Olga, Lisa Lisa, Aerith, Tifa, and Jessie are the key to saving me?"

"There are things I can't reveal under certain conditions, but those ladies you just met will be critical to saving you." She taps the end of her staff on the floor, and everything changes as they are in a blank white room, "One of these Singularities will test all of you. Your Servants you have summoned, the friends you will make, and the ladies will be key." She shows him a city under fire and destruction, "You will face a rather challenging foe that can and will adapt to your abilities. You must master all of your abilities to kill this beast." a towering, muscular humanoid figure with four wings protruding from its eye sockets and a tail-like appendage extending from the back of its head. Hovering just above this is a sizeable eight-handled wheel and also sports black hakama bottoms and a white sash around its waist to cover most of its lower body.

Ichigo could tell that she wasn't lying or trying to play games with him. He can sense this intimidating presence coming from this beast and wonders how this beast can be dangerous.

"Why give me a heads up on this Caster?" He asks her. "I haven't done anything for you when I first got here, and yet you gave me abilities of my counterpart.

"You will be a significant change for this world, Ichigo. This timeline was to be destroyed before you arrived, and fate needed someone like you to be that Counter Force. The people needed you to be that change, and your bloodline will help this timeline for generations to come."

"..."

"Fate can be a cruel joke sometimes, but sometimes there is always a light in that tunnel, and you are the light for this world, Ichigo." She materializes the handguns before him, "You will need your counterpart's abilities and mindset to help this world. Each Singularity will be challenging, and again, you will face tough opposition in each of them. Maybe after this journey, you will get a rest and have some peace."


And that ends the chapter, guys; while it is a short chapter, I mainly wanted to show what's going on between the small dynamic between Ichigo and Caster (Prototype Merlin) and what is to come in the second OC Singularity Ichigo and the Chaldea crew will face.

I am open to hearing what Servants should be in the second OC Singularity, and I have been trying to find which historical figure can pull off a long katana as their primary weapon (hint hint)

I hope to hear what you guys think of the chapter and potential Servants, and as always, I'll talk to you all later.