Welcome to the eighth chapter, this will be a chapter, i think. Oh and also Fgo lostbelt 7 / Ordeal Call prologue spoiler will appear, starting from this chapter. (I was suppose to say this like five chapter ago but I forgot)
Susan Inn
"... Nice to meet you all." Iori introduce himself to the group of servant in front of him, "Welcome to the group, successor of the Niten Ichiryu." Shiki greeted him sarcasticly while Brunette came to refill her tea... Again.
"Ah, can I get the same tea as Shiki-san, please." Shirou ask and the waiter nodded at his request, "Lets get straight to the point now, shall we? Whats your goal when you're summon here? Because as far as I'm aware, all of us here are united under the same goal, to find out why we had been summon here." Shiki said as she bring the cup of tea up to enjoy it.
"My goal... Is at least, the same as you guys." Iori answer with a pause, decide not to reveal his true intention, "Hmm, then do you also get weaken, Saber-san?" Fujino ask as Shiki put down her tea after she finish drinking it.
"Yes, i guess we all get weaken?" Iori ask as everyone nod at his question, everyone but Shirou, "Weaken?" He said, confuse at what everyone is currently talking about, "What? You don't get weaken?" Shiki ask, "No, i don't feel any weaker at all, in fact i even feel stronger than usual." Shiki fall silent, cleary considering wherever or not hes lying, then she remember about Kitsuki contract, 'This kid...'
But before the conversation can continue further, the door to the inn open, there enter a blond, crimson eyes figure wearing a black cloak with his sword seal in the back, because his cloak cover most of his body beside his head and sword, so what he is wearing inside was a mystery.
"One cup of Senhana tea, please." The figure said as he go to a table close to the group of servants, "Coming right up!" The cooker said as she grab a tray consitst of 2 Senomana tea to serve Shiki and Shirou with the latter see that his order has been serve, decide to bring the tea up to see what it taste like.
'Sweet, yet still bitter enough so the favor doesnt get too sweet nor too bitter. That combine with the auroma that the tea smell really make this a delicious experience.' Shirou compliment the tea while saving the complain for later . "You should try the Senhana tea too, it taste the most unique out of all the tea i have experience." The mysterious figure suddenly add in as if he has been reading his mind, "Oh, i will taste it when I have the time, thank you for your recommendation mister?" Shirou said while keeping a smile as Shiki bring her tea up to enjoy it, "Arthur, Arthur Pendragon, you don't need to use any honorific, just call me Arthur is fine." Shirou nod even though he is a little shock about his name, but Shiki on the other hand, spill her drink out and hit directly at Iori, who scream because of the tea heat.
"Arthur? Like the one in the five hero?" Fujino ask in Shiki place as the Assassin servant is currently coughing. "So, you know about me..." He talk silently to himself, although Fujino still pick up Arthur silent muse to himself, "So she was right, you didnt die, that is a great new." Shiki ask as she recover from her coughing.
"The five hero?" Shirou and Iori ask at the same time, with the latter showing more interest than the former, "Oh right, you two didnt know. Alright, i will shorten thing up so that we can continue the conversation faster. So in this world there is a group of hero travel to beat the Demon Lord guy who has been tormenting their people, the hero group consists of Arthur, Merlin, Heracles, Elena, and Rostin, and that guy in front of you there is one of them." Shiki explain while Brunette come to serve Arthur and Shiki more tea while clean the girl mess.
"Wait, you are Arthur from the Five hero!" Brunette call out of recognition, while cleaning Shiki mess, "Do that mean that all the hero are here?!" She ask excitedly as Arthur seem hesited to answer her question, "... No, its just me here, my teamate are... Away, prepare for an upcoming fight." He said a half-lie answer, it seem to be effective as Brunette feel a little bit disappointed after hearing the answer, "Oh, then excuse me..." She said while going back to her stand.
"Why did you tell her a lie?" Shirou said, saw through his speech, "... Theres a reason why follow you guys." Arthur said while holding his tea up to drink it, "... A week ago, our party, the five hero, come close to the Demon Lord castle in order to approach and defeat the man..." He said before drinking the Senhana tea, "I guess this is where the 'but' come in." Shiki said as Arthur just nod his head, "You are correct miss, thing go wrong, horribly so. As when we are about to go inside the Demon Lord castle, a lady appear. No, that thing is not a lady nor it is anything i can even regconize. That thing is a monster, a 'monster of love' is what she said when I call her that." Arthur said as his hand start shaking from both anger and fear in just remembering the memory, "We all survive... Well at least i think that is the case as my mentor, Merlin, has teleport us out while he stay back to buy time for us to run to a safer place before the thing can do anything else, but that thing has already done something to him as the spell that used to normally teleport us out without any drawback, now it come with a curse for all of us and separated the four of us faraway from each other."
"Cursed?" Iori speak up, "Yes, normally i would be immune to all the cursed... But that thing somehow manage to cursed me." Arthur said as he bring the cup up, and then drink the remaining Senhana tea, "May i ask whats your curse, Arthur-san?" Fujino ask as Arthur finish his drink, he began to answer, "My curse... Its not exactly a harmful one, for me at least." He said as he point his finger into his left eyes, "This is my curse."
Upon seeing the confuse look of most people in the table, Arthur decide to make a clearer example. He reaches the sword on his back revealing a beautiful sword with a blue grib with a simple yellow guards. Then he raise his sword up and swing it down at his left arm. *Thud*, his hand fall off the ground but just in a second, another arm that look exactly like the original appear, "Your curse is... Immortality?" Shiki guess but was met with a head shake, "No, mister, my curse is far greater than that... Its vampire, my curse has turn me into an ancient vampire." Hearing that, everyone face turn shock at the news.
"Now normally, a vampire would required blood in order to continue living but in my case, due to my sword, Excalibur, i am no longer required blood to live, but rather mana." Arthur explain, manage to calm everyone down before they could assume the worst, "A Dead Apo- I mean, vampire that require only mana to exist..." Shirou said with his right hand on his chin, "Its alright, you guy can use the term you are familiar with, no need to use the word that you arent familiar." Arthur said, shocking Shirou, "You guys are servant right? Being that immortalize their existence in human history. Powerful and famous individual that only required mana to exist."
"... You know about us?" Shiki ask as she signal Brunette to bring her more tea, "Yes, Merlin told me about you guys and tell me to find six of you to help defeat that thing." Arthur explain.
"... Do you know what your teamates curse is?" Shirou ask, making Arthur face darken a bit, "... I know, out of the four of us, i am the least effect by my curse, but the same cannot be said to my teamates. Rostin, he got the worst out of the four, he is force to experience time a thousand time slower compare to a normal average person, meaning one hour to us would be almost a week to him. Heracles curse make him unable to tell the truth nor feeling any emotion anymore. And Elena, her eyes has now turn into a horific curse making her unable to turn off her mystic eyes anymore, effectively make her to kill everything that her hand touch."
"May i ask how you know that Arthur-san." Fujino ask making the hero look away out of embarrassment, "Umm, before I became a hero, i actually try to become a magican by remembering all the spell, but that dream fell off as I pull out the sword of selection and become the hero." He answer, making Shirou face darken although nobody noitced that. 'Its just like her.'
Food District
Out of an empty street of the famous food district of the Hajigami kingdom. Stand in the middle of all the sweet and warm smell of the night are a shady black cloak figure with a missing arm, if one were to look closer, they could see that the figure doesnt have any flesh at all, instead, they had a purple crystal body thats radiating Magical Energy. Maybe, because of the massive Magical Energy, surounding the figure are a mountain of corpse, dismember and twisted.
Then suddenly, the figure drop to his knee and use its only arm to cover its belly, acting as if they were in great pain, "Arggghhh!" The figure scream out, arm now no longer hugging their belly, but rather lashes out, revealing a purple crystal in their belly, and said crystal is attached to the figure body by several meat tissue and is now glowing intensely.
'Help, Help, Help, Help, Help, Help, ..." Is what the figure want to cry out, but instead, coming out of said figure twisted mount are a simple sentence, no, a curse, "Transformation activate."
Upon saying that, all the corpses blood get absorb into the black cloak figure through their arm and making them in even more pain.
Then suddenly, from below the figure grow several crystal of the same color as the one in his belly, and it cover all of surounding area, including the Susan inn, making the Food District become a crystal dome.
"Step one complete, await order." The figure said as all of the Food District now in a Crystal Cave, "Excellent, Now wait there and let him defeat you, do not forget to fight back." An unknown female voice can be hear out of nowhere and the figure respond with just a simple nod.
Susan Inn
'An earthquake?' Is what Shirou think, but the moment he look outside, that thought gone as fast as it came and before anyone can utter a word, several crystal penetrated the inn and exposing it to the Magical Energy outside, "!" Shirou react quickly as he open his mount to activate his skill. But before he can do that, a golden light appear, a shining yet warm light erupt from Arthur spot as two of his hand on the end of the sword grip and everywhere the light touches, the crystal is destroy.
"Everyone! I will take care of here, you two swordman go outside to find civilian and bring them here. You two servant, go and assist them, remember to prioritize civilian life first!" Arthur command insinctively as he keep radiating light fron the sword Excalibur to push back the crystal, "Roger!" Shirou reply as he use his skill and march outside follow by Iori and Shiki.
Fujino however, decide to stay behind instead of following the three servant, "You are not gonna follow them?" Arthur ask as he glance to check on the waiter, only to found her collapse on the floor unconscious, "No, Arthur-san, i can not keep up with them... However, i can still use my skill Clairvoyance to support them here so i don't have to worry about that." Arthur reply with a nod, decide to concentrate on pushing the crystal back.
Hajigami Royal Palace
"Report! The Food District are currently under attack!" A knight kneel down in front of the king, Tenzo Mikoto, "An attack you said... Was it causes by our enemy perhaps?" The King ask as the knight answer with a head shake, "No my liege, i cant identified the name of the attack nor the attacker, however they seem to use magic as the District right now are covering with purple crystal."
The king went silent, pondering about the knight word, "Fine then, send troops to the Food District to rescue civilian and take care of the attacker if there's one." The king order, "Yes, My liege!"
"Please wait a moment Father." A voice interrupt the conversation between the king and the knight, the source of the voice come behind the knight, entering the room was a blue hair man that turn into red when it reaches behind his back, he wore a knight armor with a bat-shaped medal at the right spot of his heart, "What it is that you want to talk about, Takeo?" The king greeted his twenty five years old son, the future prince of the hajigami kingdom.
"My father, i request you to send me to the attacked Food District." The prince said, but the king reply with a sigh, "No Takeo, i won't send you there, the Food District is a unknown battlefield, heading there without a plan could very well be your doom." The king said, although his word doesnt make Takeo step down, even one bit, "I insist Father, our civilian are still there and if we don't do anything right now, we could have more casualties than we couldve accept." The king could only glare at the prince after his answer.
His son, Takeo wasn't always this determine, he used to be bratty and spoil, but all of that change when he turn ten, the moment that happen, something seem to click inside the prince mind as his behavior change dratically. He no longer the bratty prince but now he is a kind hearted prince who would often sneak outside the kingdom to check upon civilian, learning their culture, a thing he didnt like before, talking with shopkeeper, a thing he used to consider disgusting,... Although his rude behavior didnt change, the air around him change similar to that of a kind king.
Seeing how determine he was, the king gave in, "...Fine, you can go there, however, under one condition, i will send an extra troops to ensure your safety." The prince nod, argeeing to the king condition.
'This time... This time for sure...'
Food District
'Theres strangely, no one here ' Iori thought to himself as he scout the East Food District, if thing went as planned then the three of them would meet up at the North of the Food District and then go back to the Susan Inn.
"Yo, it seem you found nobody either huh?" A familiar voice call out for him. It was the black hair Servant who he still didnt know the name, "Yes, i have found nobody on my way here, i am guessing you too?" Iori answer while he sheath his sword, "Idiot, thats why I use the word 'either'." Shiki said to herself, "Well in any case, we should be heading West now, the fact that Mr 'Caster' over here still didnt arrived here meaning that he either slower than you or something happen causing him to slow down. Either way, we should still go to check on him." Shiki suggest to which Iori nod.
But before both of them can proceed with the plan. A giant 35m purple crystal spider suddenly emerge from the ground and use its legs strike both Iori and Shiki to which both of them dodge without a problem, "An enemy? Likely is." Shiki said as she prepare her knife at the same time as Iori pull out two of his sword, one of which is the sword Muramasa give him.
Meanwhile on Shirou side.
'Not here either.' Shirou thought to himself as he scout the west of the Food District, looking for remaining cilvilian, 'Strange, even if its almost night time, there would still be people around.' Then a dark thought enter his mind, 'No, it can't be...' He began to focus observing his surounding, hoping to prove himself wrong. Two crystal connect to each other, one crystal inside a food stall and two crystal with one larger than the other. 'Could it be...' But before he can come to a conclusion, two crystal tentacle appear from the sky and strike him.
And before he can react, a flash of green and red electric come fly by and hit the two tentacle making the two of them suddenly began to twisted and eventually broke. '!' He had no time to be suprise as follow up the two tentacle are a purple crystallize figure with one arm missing, but the other arm has turn into a shape similar to that of a blade, ready to strike Shirou the moment it get close.
This time however, he had react quick enough by tracing Kanshou and Bakuya to block the incoming strike. 'A suprise attack!' Shirou thought to himself before doing a counterattack by kicking the crystallize man and jump back to observe the situation. 'It look just like the bandit leader...' He thought after observing the man appearance. Then like before, a green and red electric come fly by, intenting to hit the crystallize man and twisting him just like the two tentacle.
But the man prove to be toughter than those two by stomping on the ground and create a crystallize wall, blocking the electric and end up twisting the wall instead. However, Shirou has manage to make a use of the man brief moment of distraction by leap forward and strike the man, but he manage to block that by using his crystallize blade arm, despite he isnt had all his focus on Shirou.
'This won't be easy.' Shirou thought to himself as he back away and begin to trace the swordaxe and prepare for the battle.
???
'Huh? Where am i?' Thats Kitsuki first thought when she saw the scenery around her. Surounding her were a unknown grass field, behind her are what she think is a house with two people sitting on the coach of the house, one is cleary a black messy hair adult, he is wearing a teal haori with a rather sad face, the other one had a familiar red hair with a golden amber eyes.
'This feeling... Its just like before, maybe its the same dream?' She said out loud... Well try to, but fail.
"Hey old man." The kid said, waking up his father... Wait father? How can she k- "If you wanna sleep, do it in the bed." Without waiting for her to finish her thought, "Hm? No, i am fine..." The adult said as he fall silent, "When i was little, i wanted to be a hero of justice." He confess to the little child who was confuse as to why he say that now, "Wanted? Did you give up?" The child ask, innocently.
"Yeah, being a hero is a limited time thing, its harder to call yourself one when you grow up." The man answer, a sad expression remain on his face, "Oh, its a shame then..." The child said, 'For some reason. I don't like this at all.' Its weird really, "Yes it is a shame..." The man pause, "... The moon really is beautiful tonight." He said while looking up, 'When wasn't it." She thought sarcasticly.
After a moment of silent the child say, "If you can't do it... Leave it to me." Seeing the man shock face, he continue, "You can't do it because you were old right? I'm still young so i can do it." The child said while streching his back, "Leave your dream to me." The aburn hair said while looking straight at the man face, "Ahh, i can be at peace now."
With the man answer, Kitsuki vision suddenly turn black as she awake from her sleep.
???
When Zelretch arrive at Chaldea, he wasn't expect such chaos, "Everyone! Search everywhere, she must be around here..." A grayish hair child with a marine outfit can see commanding other version of themself. "Its no use captain, i check there ten time already, theres no sign of her spirit origin there at all." One of the clone said.
To the side of the command room, a lot of the staff member and a yellow hair and mustache man could seen to have work their best to support the captain, "Have you check America yet? She might be there for all we know." The yellow hair man said, "No, she isnt there director, i have check every state of America already." Reply a staff member.
Seeing the time isnt right to announce himself... He decide to do it, "Well, well, it seem you guy are working hard, what's the deal?" He casually ask, "You didnt know? The Vice-Director, Da Vinci, has gone into a coma, her state similar to the master when she went to the third psuedo-singularity a few month ago, she is sitting next to captain Nemo over there." The director said, without realizing who Zelretch really are, "I see... So thats the situation." Thats then the red hair girl noticed Zelretch presence and pause for a second before scream out, "Wait! That guy isnt from Chaldea!"
The girl shouting had cause a chain reaction in the room, first is the silver hair and amber eyes, he cover his ears and about to shout back at the girl before he spot him and be on guard. The second one to react was the captain, he order his clone to come by his side and activate the emergency button, next is the staff member by preparing their magecraft. And finally, the director he just talk to has back away from him and get closer to the captain.
"Who are you? Identify yourself." The captain demand, "Calm down, captain Nemo, i mean no harm and I am pretty sure all of you has already know my name." Zelretch said, upon seeing everyone confuse face, he sigh then continue, "I am the Marshall wizard, the owner of the Second True Magic, Kaleidoscope, Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg." He introduce himself, causing everyone in the room to have their mouth wide open.
"Zelretch... That Zelretch?!" The director, Goredolf yell out, "Yes i belive i said that." He said, amuse at their reaction, "... What is the Second True Magic user like you doing here." Nemo ask making Zelretch return to his serious expression, "I will cut it straight, i came here to give you a offer, well originally its more like a plead, but given the situation, it had become a offer you can't decline." He said while keeping the serious expression.
"And that is?" Captain Nemo ask, "I want you guys, more specifically the red hair master over there, to go to another world to defeat an enemy you lot have face before." Hearing Zelretch meintioning her, Fujimaru Ritsuka or Gudako jolt up, "And what happen if we refuse?" Kadoc, the silver hair man cautiously ask, "Nothing really, its just a small thing that your world Leonardo Da Vinci will stay in the coma for i afraid, forever."
"You are the cause of her condition?" Ritsuka ask, "No, i don't have the reason to do that, instead its the enemy you are about to face. They are the one responsible for this." He said while remember his battle against that thing, "... Who are the enemy." Goredolf ask while trying to maintain his serious expression, "To put it to word... Its a certain enemy you guy have face in your latest Lostbelt, they are the one that caused you lot to use everything just to slow it down at its weaken state." Seeing color drain on their face, he continue, "Well, i don't wanna force any of you guys, whether you-" Before he can finish his speech, Ritsuka interfere, "We will do it." She said with a serious face suprise both of her comrades and Zelretch, "Ritsuka are you insane?! You realize you will have to face THAT spider again right!?" Goredolf scream out
"I know that director, but if going to that world and fight it again mean that Da Vinci is going to return... I am willing to do it." The girl said with a charismatic voice, "... You don't really know the word give up, do you?" The director said with a sigh while Zelretch just laught at that, "Haha, now thats the spirit, even though an unexpected one, but its a welcoming one. All right then, i will help you in your journey to the other world, not personally, i will provide you with Magical Energy to summon servant, two to be exact, and also help you to communicate with your Chaldea." The vampire said with Nemo nod.
Thats when a certain pink hair girl and a purple hair girl open the door lead to the command room, with the former fully equip her armor, "Master! Theres a unknown figure here, please stay back!" She said while go in front of the red hair girl, "Oh great timing Mash and Sion, i will get ready to use my magic then." He said, confuse the eggplant and the Atlast mage, "Well its a long story Mash, let me explain it to you." Nemo said, gaining Mash and Sion attention.
Well this is the end... Not really, since at the end of this will be a small omake, so enjoy, and take the omake ending wherever you like, this is a T rated fic after all.
Additional information:
Name: Excalibur
Type: Anti-Fortress
Divine Construct?
Rank: A
Ability: A Divine Construct? Created by ? And giving to Arthur after he broke ? It had ability to cure all diseases and curses along with prevent its user from ageing similar to ? It also had the ability to gather mana to fire a deadly beam, the sources of the mana can come from various thing, such as the user, the area surounding it, the planet itself, humanity and more.
Omake: When they met
I remember it very cleary.
It was ten year ago on a winter night in the street of the Natural Preservation District, more specifically, the Tsukimichi Park, "Oi! what are you doing here, you know its cold outside right?" I said while wearing my classic black and white haori that I kept wearing till today, "Hm? What I'm doing here is none of your business so just go away." The purple hair girl said while still kneeling in front of a random tree, head doesnt even turn around to meet me.
"Tch, i just can't leave you out here, God know what may happen if I left you alone." I said, managing to give the girl a vein in the head, "Well, excuseee me for being such a pain in the ass for you." The girl said while turning around to match my eyes, accidentally reveal the kitten thats wearing part of her haori to warm itself, "Hm? You like kitten? Who could've see that coming. Seriously, and here i thought that you like some black, scary origami monster or something." I said, completely ignore her previous comments about my attitude.
"W-Well, just so you know, i don't like kitten! I just... Just don't like to see them cold like this!" She answer with a blush on her face. *Sigh* that girl really need to be more honest to herself, where did she even get that attitude from, "Well, then you can have this to keep yourself warm, even if I don't exactly like you doesnt mean that I would like to see you freeze to dead." I said while took off the outside of my haori to keep her warm, "W-wait! I can't take this! I'm perfectly fine so you don't have to-" I interfere before she can finish her speech, "I can always make another one so don't worry about that. Oh, if you said you don't wanna be indebted or something, just buy me a hot chocolate tomorrow or something, that will be enough." I said as I turn around to leave, completely forgetting the fact that I came here to try and find my missing sword i just forge.
Tomorrow when I came to school i found her giving me back my haori, although it seem a bit wet, did she try to wash it or something? Geez, that girl still isnt honest to herself huh?
Review
JLJLLJLJLJLJ: Thank you for commenting, this Shirou i use is neither Heroic Spirit EMIYA nor it is Post UBW Emiya, to put it simple it is Heroic Spirit EMIYA before all of the counter guardians year, treat him like EMIYA Lily but this one is like the one who ascend the throne of hero using- Wait its a spoiler.
Fix Excalibur ranking
Added Sion
