Disclaimer: First Chapter
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It was lame.
'Still... it isn't like Achilles can lose against these two, who don't even possess divinity... even if I don't know what their names are.' Atalanta had met gods in her life. She knew what the divine felt like, and as she sat in a tree, crouched down with her bow drawn, she could tell that neither of the opponents standing in front of Achilles had it.
A Saber with skill equal to Achilles, and who had a body durable enough to not be damaged by his attacks, but without the ability to damage Achilles with his attacks.
A Rider with a lance, who was so far below Achilles in skill that it just wasn't a far competition.
She was a good 100 meters away from battle.
'This forest smells so familiar... I've never been to this country in my life though.' Atalanta let her mind wander slightly. She had been summoned to this grail war, and her master was hidden away from her and kept safe by her "current master". The person who had taken command over the Red Faction. She had a simple wish.
The smell of this forest made her think of her wish.
"I wish we could have another chance... I would have the grail summon you, and incarnate us both... together." Atalanta could smell the scent of her child on the wind. The wild scent of the hunt. The Calydonian Boar fur that she cradled him in as a baby, the wild scent on it that had mixed so well with his scent. There must be boars in the forest, after the grail war was over she would have her child back, and they could hunt boar together once more.
"Hey Sis! I sense somebody with divinity incoming, I am going to need some support soon!" Achilles called out to her.
Achilles was powerful.
At the same time, he could sense somebody with divinity enter the forest and quickly approach them. A level of divinity high enough that his invincibility would be completely negated. Before, he had been happy to just let her watch the fight and not do anything.
The scent of divine milk, apples, and honey entered her nose.
"No way..." Atalanta knew that scent.
How could she NOT know that scent?
That was the scent of the baby that she nursed off her tit. He, who gained divinity from sucking off of Artemis' breast as a mere newborn, who had her divinity inside of him. She, who had fed him apples and freshly killed game as a baby and taught him how to hunt. She knew before she saw him coming.
Actually, the fact that she couldn't see him and had to smell him was proof he was there.
"My son..." Atalanta's face split in a smile as she stood up and jumped down to the ground. She had her bow notched with an arrow, so that if an enemy servant battled her, that she could shoot them quickly. She also made sure to keep Achilles' tendon in her vision.
If her son had been summoned to the other side, she might have to betray her master to be with him on his side. If that was the case, she would shoot Achilles in his weakspot, that way his invincibility would be completely negated, making his mortal for all attacks.
She landed next to Achilles.
"An Archer!" Astolfo grinned and got ready to battle an archer in close combat. Even he felt confident that in this situation he could be useful if he faced an archer in close range.
Siegfried was less sure.
'He called her because he sensed... divinity... why would he be worried about an enemy with divinity... you can sense that?' Siegfried analyzed the situation. He was faced with an opponent who he couldn't even slightly injure, and now his opponent had called for backup. Should he be worried about a stronger enemy coming?
He couldn't sense anyone coming.
The Archer seemed... very happy, which filled him with doubt. He was facing off against two opponents who seemed to have complete confidence in themselves, while he had Astolfo as his backup. Vlad was off with Avicebron and Frankenstein to capture Berserker alive, and their only other support was Naruto... who had an equal chance of not helping as he did helping. He seemed to not care about sides that much.
'Speak of the devil...' Siegfried sighed in relief when Naruto landed on the ground.
Achilles was instantly amused.
"Oh hoooooo... you guys got lucky with an Archer of your own. If there was anyone who could kill me, it would be that one!" Achilles laughed in the greatest amusement possible.
He had been worried for a second.
Heracles and Naruto, if there were any heroes of his people, those would be the two that could brute force their way into defeating him easily. He looked at Atalanta, who was staring at her son with eyes widened with tears. He looked at Naruto, his famous whisker marks that denoted his true name were impossible to hide from any Greek hero worth their salt. Achilles placed his spear over his shoulder and became relaxed.
"Naruto."
"... Mom." Naruto approached his mother.
She smiled at him.
'... Crap, I'm under orders not to speak out loud... the situation has gone from bad to worse.' Siegfried just heard the archer on his side, refer to the woman in front of him as his mother. That was more than enough for him to suddenly be very sure that backup did not arrive for them. Astolfo just grinned.
"Ah, sweet, a family..." Astolfo slowly stopped talking.
Naruto walked so that he was standing next to Atalanta, and he looked at them and summoned a matching bow with his mother. He had an arrow locked and loaded, and with him standing between Rider and Archer from the other side... even Astolfo could pick up that he was in a lot of trouble at the moment.
"Uh... Archer... that's a really funny joke, but those are the enemy... so maybe come over here and-" Astolfo had his cheek cut by an arrow that was let loose, and pierced through 3 trees that were behind him. Naruto had shot an arrow at him.
"... Yeah, I'm not fighting against my Mom."
"Yeah, the family that has sex together, stays together." Achilles laughed as he spun his spear around his wrist.
"Shut up Achilles." Naruto and Atalanta responded in unison to each other. There was very little reason for them to keep his true name hidden, or even Atalanta's name hidden. The fact was that he pretty much showed he was a Greek hero, and one with knowledge and the abilities shown so far could only be one hero.
Siegfriend slowly sheathed his sword and slowly backed away.
"... Now now, you can't expect us to just let you go?" Achilles stated.
"That is exactly what we're going to do. Naruto... lets go... Achilles, stay if you want, but I'm retreating." Atalanta couldn't keep her hand off of Naruto's face. She had reached up and stroked his cheek, her eyes unable to leave his features. She was no longer in the mood to fight. "Berserker has been captured by now... but I think a trade could be in order." Atalanta turned and started to run away in retreat.
"I've severed my connection to my Master, so her Command Spells have no more power over me. Punishing or attacking her would be useless." Naruto lied easily. He didn't want them torturing the girl or having her use a command spell to hurt him. If they just believed she was useless, they would no doubt not waste their time on her... or maybe they would try to capture another enemy servant and transfer control to her. "The enemies in front of you are Siegried and Astolfo, do with that what you want." Naruto stated to Achilles as he passed him.
Either way, he didn't want Fiore to get in trouble.
"Why are you betraying us, not cool!" Astolfo called out after Naruto.
Atalanta and Naruto were gone.
"... You know... I have a weak heel, and you have a weak back... so do you want to see who can hit the other's weakness first?" Achilles readied his spear for a fight. Siegfried jumped back, and vanished as he went into spirit mode. He retreated from the fight completely, which left Astolfo and Achilles alone with each other.
...
"... Can I please escape?" Astolfo placed his hands together and begged Achilles.
"Yeah, go for it, you're not a threat. I'll still end up killing you eventually though, so this is just a temporary thing." Achilles grinned as Astolfo skipped away from the fight in happiness.
"Thank you Achilles!"
"Kill you later Astolfo!" Achilles waved to Astolfo casually, before turning around and making like a sprinter after the mother and son combo... who were long out of sight by this point.
"Please don't do that!"
"I like him... he's fun... dodged a bullet though." Achilles muttered.
It was pure luck that Atalanta had been summoned to their side, otherwise he didn't see a path to real victory ahead of them. Don't get him wrong, he would have fought against Naruto to his dying breath anyway, and enjoyed the hell out of it, but even he could see that it just wasn't a fight he was going to win. That wasn't even to mention that anyone without Divinity Rank A would have to fight Naruto with a disadvantage.
Also, like himself, Naruto had a buttload of Noble Phantasms.
He was not somebody you wanted to fight by yourself.
'That man is somebody you fight with multiple servants at the same time... but man would it be an amazing fight.' Achilles was tempted to try and pick that fight anyway, just to see how far he could go against him. 'Then again... Lancer may be able to help me match him... he gives off a pretty strong vibe.' Achilles thought of future plans.
This was a Grail War, a weird one, but still a war.
Every servant could become an enemy at any moment.
Chapter End!
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