Velvet Grand Order

by Light He'arth

Based on Grand Order by Kenjichan251. What would happen if the members of the Phantom Thieves of Heart were all recruited to join Chaldea with twin brother and sister, Ritsuka and Ritsu Fujimaru? What would change, what would stay the same. Find out in Velvet Grand Order.

3. Chapter 3: Start of the Grand Order War

Hello everyone and welcome to the third chapter of Velvet Grand Order. With me again is my friend and co-writer, Darklord333.

Dark: (In the corner mutters some demonic language while writing on a book with hell runes around him)

(Hits him in the back of the head with the but of my sword/guitar to stop him from doing that) KNOCK IT OFF!

Dark: OW! What the hell?!

Yeah, I was stopping you from summoning something from there.

Dark: What? No I wasn't! I was trying to translate some text for a client of mine, Doom Slayer, as he would pay me by lending me his Super Shotgun.

… Seriously? … Did he throw in the Chainsaw Shield?

Dark:...Yes.

Cool.

Dark: Anyway you want to introduce the guest?

Right. Today's guest is none other than the high class phantom thief herself, Haru Okumara a.k.a. Nior.

Haru: (Walks on with a cheerful smile and waves. "Hello~"

Dark: Why hello there, pleasure off you to visit us.

Haru: (Sees Dark and tenses) "A shadow!?" (She pulls out her battle ax and grenade launcher, and points them at Dark)

BOOM!

Dark: ... (COUGH)! I think I need a rather change of appearance(Dark soon falls unconscious)

… You do know… he wasn't a Shadow right…?

Haru: (Smiles sheepishly) "Oops… My bad…"

(Slashes water on Dark to wake him up)

Dark: I'm up! ... And I'm not one of those Shadows just to let you know.

I just scolded her on that, but you looking like one doesn't help…

Dark: Can we just get into the chapter please?

Haru, if you would.

Haru: (Nods) "Right, Light/Xara and Dark do not own anything from Fate or Persona, those belong to their rightful companies. They only own changes and ideas for this story. Is that correct?"

Dark: Yup! Now then onto the show! Fair warning! This would have some depressing elements that a few of you would cry and I actually mean it.

In both joy and sorrow, like the twin's Personas. Now, on to the-

Crash!

… What was that…?

Dark: I have no clue what just happened.

(Just then, something grabs Dark, pulling him back)

Dark: Oh…..WAAAAAAHHHHHHH!

… We should help him.

Haru: "Agreed."

(Both went to save Dark… again…)

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Chapter 3: Start of the Grand Order War

(Singularity F: Archer's Reality Marble: Thieves Vs. Servants)

(Cue: Last Surprise -Scramble- Persona 5 Strikers OST [Extended])

youtube;com/watch?v=rKeOkWJGBIE =356s _channel=Pollux

Noir and Chevalier were keeping up the assault on EMIYA, while he was trying to attack them with all his weapons.

"Archer!" Ivan called out. "Why haven't you dispelled you Phantasion yet!?"

"I'M TRYING!" EMIYA shot back. "FOR SOME REASON, THEY'RE KEEPING IT ACTIVATED, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW!"

"IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE YOUR PHANTASM! HOW ARE THEY CONTROLLING YOUR REALITY MARBLE!?"

"I'LL GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT WHEN I FIGURE THAT OUT!"

"You should really pay attention~" Noir stated, smiling and was right behind EMIYA.

Iskander and Ritsuka fired Lightning and Light at Ivan, making him focus on those two again

"Gahahahahah! Such marvelous power you possess!" Iskander complimented Ritsuka. "I feel that you possess some sort of connection to third true magic! It's a marvelous sight to behold!"

"Helps that my Persona helps with that," she stated, smiling.

"Is that what it's called? Haha! A fantastic name it is! You, girl, remind me of one of the amazons, a group of ferocious strong women who are not something to be scoffed at!"

"Thank you~" she said, with a flourish bow.

They were interrupted by a blast of lightning from Ivan, making the two dodge.

"It seems our foe wishes for us to keep on fighting~!" Iskander stated, smiling.

"Guess we captivated him with our show~"

With Ann and Charlotte, they were dodging Nobunaga's onslaught of bullets.

"YOU WILL KNOW THE FURY OF MY MIGHT!" Nobunaga shouted, laughing maniacally. "WHEN I'M DONE WITH YOU, I MIGHT SUMMON YOU BOTH TO CONQUER JAPAN AGAIN!"

Ann/Panther gritted her teeth. "We need to hurry this up and help Ren!"

"We need to find an opening to strike her down Master," Charlotte stated, cutting the bullets in half with her knife.

"WHAT MAKES YOU THINK YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DEFEAT ME!?" she roared at the two girls, still firing at them.

"Is that all you got?" Ann mocked the servant. "From the history lessons Ren gave me you committed suicide right after a humiliating defeat when they suddenly ambushed you when you were having tea."

"YOU DARE BRING THAT UP!?"

"Oh so it looks like it's true then."

"Master, I know I've already asked this already, but is it wise to make her angry?" Charlotte asked Ann.

"Trust me, they're a lot easier if they're angry."

"If you say-" She dodged another shot fired at them.

Nobunahga summoned more guns that pointed at the two.

Charlotte gave Ann a flat look. "Or she can summon more weapons to blast us with…"

Ann laughed nervously. "There was a 50/50 chance that would have happened as well…"

While those two were dealing with her, Morgana/Mona, Ryuji/Skull, Diarmuid and Voyager were still dealing with the Four Armed Centaur and the T-Rex Servants. Ryuji had his Persona, Wukong, shove their staff in the T-Rex's mouth, stopping it from biting them.

Ryuji then pulled out his shotgun and fired in her mouth. "Choke on this!"

BOOM!

ROOOOAAAARRRRRR!

"Haha! Beat that you damn giant lizard!" Ryuji shouted at the T-Rex. "Oh man! This is like one of those movies Jurassic Park!"

"Focus Skull!" Morgana scolded him, while firing pellets from his slingshot. "Remember, Berserkers get stronger the angrier they get!"

"Relax, we have our two Servants with us~" Ryuji said, unfazed.

BAM!

"... I just jinxed it… didn't I…?" Ryuji asked, his face deadpan.

BOOM!

The T-Rex slammed its foot on Ryuji before lifting it up, burying Skull on the dirt.

"...Ow."

"Are you okay Master?" Diarmuid asked Ryuji, wincing.

"I'm just glad we're in the Metaverse… otherwise that might have killed me…" Ryuji answered, groaning in pain. "Still hurt like hell though…"

"Told you so," Morgana stated, smiling cheekily.

"Shut it cat litter."

"We should…. get back… to the fight…" Voyager stated.

Ryuji got back up, ready to fight. "True. We have to hurry up and help the others."

CLING!

CLING!

CLING!

Both Medusa and Pandora exchanged blows, Medusa ran towards Pandora while dragging her chains, as she did she narrowly avoided ice that burst from the ground. Crossing her arms while appearing behind Sophia, before raising her chain.

CLING!

THUD!

Yusuke/Fox and Katsushika used their sword and brush to parry the chain, and then both hitting her in a X diagonal attack on her..

"Very impressive." Medusa said while wiping the blood from her mouth. "Not many could match my speed, however you manage to react, despite being human."

"A benefit of being a Persona user in the Metaverse," Yusuke stated, sheathing his sword for another quick draw. "We thank Archer for taking us into his palace, or Reality Marble if you will."

"Then I take it, you also are the reason he hasn't canceled it somehow?" Gorgon asked, ready to keep attacking.

"Sorry, but I can't tell you that, otherwise you'll inform your group on how to stop it."

"Quite observant aren't you?" Medusa said to them before raising her chain.

"... You were her servant weren't you?" Sophia asked Medusa. "Sakura's Servant. You and Pandora spoked to each other, I was initially confused however I pierced it together, the way you knew Sakura."

"... I was." Medusa answered to Sophia.

"I just want to know." Sophia took a deep breath. "Is it true… that she really did…. Did she really lose her child?" She asked the hardest question.

The sullen look on the Beast Servant was telling enough of an answer.

"It is truly sad, for a life so young to be lost so quickly," Yusuke said, giving his respect for what had happened.

"Holy Grail Wars are a grim and messy thing, Master," Katsushika said.

"Why would he do this?!" Sophia angrily asked Gorgon. "To his own child!"

"He wasn't the same, and neither was Sakura." Gorgon said to Sophia. "She has lived a life of suffering and never once was she given any satisfaction of happiness, all of it was taken away from her. She gave everything for him and in return he sticks to his ideals of Hero of Justice, he would destroy everything that is darkness, that even including Sakura."

"Sounds like someone was pulling the strings on this, like a twisted puppet show" Yusuke stated. "To what end that might be, I have no clue."

"If no one would give her happiness, Joker will." Sophia said with conviction. "If there's anyone who could help her retrieve what was lost to her, it's him."

"We will just have to see then," Medusa stated, getting back to the battle at hand.

"Yes, we will," Yusuke stated, as he and his team got ready to fight again.

Makoto and Jack were still driving and avoiding the Oni Naga Girl, but thanks to all the weapons around them, they were using them to attack her from a distance.

This was infuriating the Naga, making her fire more fire at the two. "WILL YOU TWO GIVE UP ALREADY!? YOU'LL NEVER WIN! THE ODDS ARE IN OUR FAVOR! FIGHTING IS USELESS!"

"We shall keep fighting, even if the odds look grim!" Makoto shouted, throwing another spear at her, coated in Nuclear energy.

"What Mommy said," Jack stated, agreeing with Makoto.

The Oni Naga dodged the attack. "THEN I WILL SHOW YOU HOW MEANINGLESS YOUR ATTEMPTS ARE!"

"And I'll show you how we'll still fight, even if it's meaningless." She turned to her servant/adopted child and asked in a whisper. "Is your Noble Phantasm almost ready Jack?"

"Almost, can you make another dust/mist cloud around her, mommy?"

"I might be able to, I just need to distract her. Keep covered Jack until it's ready."

"Yes mommy!" Jack replied to her master before dashing towards the Oni, jumping and twirling around the flames that erupted, slashing her daggers at the berserk as she narrowly avoided it though wasn't fast enough when blood trailed down from the slash mark on her face.

"You….YOU FUCKING BRAT! YOU DARE LAY YOUR DIRTY FILTH WEAPON AT MY FACE?! I'LL BURN YOU AND YOUR MASTER TO OBLIVION UNTIL THERE IS NO ASHES REMAINS!"

"Frei!" Makoto casted the spell again, hitting her in the face with the Nuclear spell. "Over here you over Grown Snake!"

She let out an angered roar, looking at the Punk Bike looking Thief. "YOU DAMN BRATS! YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS!"

"Try it if you can catch us!"

"GRRRAAAAAAHHHHHH!"

"Looks like I got her attention," Makoto muttered to herself. "Now it's up to Jack."

Jack was gathering up mana to use her Noble Phantasm, and thanks to her class, she was also counseling it until it was too late.

"What is she-?! NO! You were distracting me weren't you?!" The oni realized what their plan was. "YOU GODDAMN MORTA-" Before she could finish that sentence, she was surrounded by a 1800's England Street that was covered in fog with the laps flicking on. She looked around to try and find the little Servant. "WHAT THE HELL!?"

"Hell starts here." Jack's voice came from all around in the fog.

"We are the fire, the rain, the power... Let the slaughter begin." Just then, blood red eyes showed in front of the Naga woman, actually startling the Oni.

"Maria the Ripper." Jack then cut her three times, all in precise locations on her body, before stopping behind her, and blitzing past her and hitting her with a X slash, blood spraying out of the Naga from all her wounds.

"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" the Oni Naga shouted in pain and anger.

Makoto grabbed Jack, smiling at them, and said, "You'd fit in as a Phantom Jack~ That was almost like our All Out Attack~"

Jack smiled at her. "Thanks Mommy~!"

BOOM!

BOOM!

CCRACK!

BAM!

Makoto and Jack were surprised from the sudden explosion, looking ahead of them, they saw numerous explosions happening above the mountain, thunder struck and fires erupting.

"What the hell is going on up there!?" Makoto shouted in shock. "Who are Joker and Arther facing!?"

---

(With Ren and Arther)

Joker/Ren was facing his Alter Ego counterpart, both clashing blades and firing shots at each other.

"MORNINGSTAR! Spear of Pride!" Ren shouted, summoning his new Persona, and sending a spear of energy at his Alter.

"GABRIEL! Heaven's Protection!" A pillar of light protected Alter Ren, making the Spear vanish.

BAM!

"GAAAAHHHH!" Unfortunately, Ren instantly appeared over his counterpart and kicked the side of his face, sending him away before slamming onto a rock. Alter Ren got out of the rock and wiped the blood trail from his mouth. "Getting too rough are we-"

SHING!

Alter Ren widened his eyes and immediately jumped back from a flurry of dark spears.

"Do me a favor and DIE!" Ren shouted at him as his eyes glinted in red light while his Persona leaked dark aura around him and Ren.

"What happened to not killing your enemies? Having a change of mind?"

"No, I'm treating you like a Servant, since you seem to be like an Alter Ego of me," Ren stated. "And I'm pissed off that you would become a puppet after everything we went through?"

"They were holding me back, they never took anything serious, and I wanted to get back at the world for what it did…" Alter Ren started, glaring. "I don't need bonds, I'm strong enough on my own…!"

"That's the difference between you and I! I charested the bonds I made! They are what impower me!" Ren shouted, summoning my power to his attacks. His body was straining to keep his circtes from overclocking him.

"Yeah, only in the Metavers," Alter Ren shouted back, sending Spears of light at him. "I don't have that limitation."

"If you think thats gonna help you, well then FUCK YOU! I'LL MAKE YOU PAY FOR WHAT YOU DID TOWARDS OUR FRIENDS! MORNINGSTAAAARRRRR!"

Morningstar appeared again and sent out a blast of energy at Ren's Alter.

Alter Ren summoned another protective barrier. It held but he was hurt from the attack.

"Gah!" Alter Ren shouted, being sent sliding back a few feet.

"If this is what I could've become, then I'm actually glad I took the right decision instead of becoming a murderer such as you!" Ren shouted at him in anger.

Alter Ren narrowed his eyes at his counterpart. "Your lose…" He summoned his Persona again, and charged at him.

While those two were fighting, the two Kings were dueling it out. Both sending shockwaves from their clashes.

"Fool, you may match me in combat." Altoria said to Arthur.

BOOM!

"You are not a match for me, pretender." Altoria punched Arthur, impacting his chest flying away from her, skidding through the ground as Arthur spins around and stomps his feet.

"Is this how low you've fallen? Going for such a barbaric method in a duel of knights?"

"I care not for knights, honor means nothing to me. It's what restricted us of who we were."

"They were placed there for a reason!"

WHOOSH!

CLINK!

Arthur and Altoria's blade pushed at each other, sparks flew between their blades. "We were meant to become kings! To lead Camelot into a utopia! We were supposed to be the embodiment of order! Not to become a tyrant such as our uncle!"

"What is the use for order when everything crumbled fool?!" Altoria shouted at him. "I did everything for our people and what have I deserved? Knights turning their backs, not understanding what a king is than being human and having an affair behind my back! Is this the price of being a king with an empty throne?!"

"So you would turn to the dark, for what!? A Dark Version of Camelot to wish up!? To make the Shining City it once was into a Beacon of Darkness!?" Arthur shot back at her.

"If it's worth keeping my kingdom enacted and fulfilling my duties as Britain King, camelot will reign forever."

"In a bloodshed!"

CLING!

BAM!

Eventually Arthur overpowered Altoria, sending her away from him as he pointed his excalibur at her. "You are exactly as our uncle once was, a bloodthirsty tyrant and a monster who has no regards to any human lives! You're not human nor are you a dragon! You're a monster! As King of Britain, it is my duty to slay monsters and tyrants such as you!"

"... So say I'm not a Dragon? But what is a Dragon, but nothing more than a monster…?" Altoria said, not even fazed by his words in the least. "And I'll show why they are just that." She summoned an aura of darkness around her.

"Is that what you said to Tristain before or after he left when he could not see us as kings?"

"After, which I executed him, for daring to call out against me as a sign of rebellio-"

"RRRRRAAAAAAAAHHHHHH! STRIKE AIR - HAMMER OF KING: EMPTINESS WAAIIILLLL!"

Arthur shouted, unable to contain the anger, raising his Excalibur as it spins around in a cycler before swinging it, cutting the air itself as it creates an X-crescent vacuum slash.

BAAM!

Altoria used her Excalibur blade to try and stop the slashes coming right at her. "Is this the best you have!?" she roars, trying to cut through the vacuum slashes.

"No."

WHOOSH!

"?!"

"But it is enough of a distraction." Altoria widened her eyes when Arthur appeared behind her with cold eyes, raising his hammer.

"Strike air - Hammer of King!"

CCRACCK!

BOOM!

"ACK!" she shouted in pain, sliding back a few feet. "I'll admit," she said, her wounds healing again, "I actually felt that one a little."

Arthur didn't look fazed, kept his cold expression towards his dark counterpart before raising his sword. "Good, because there is more where that comes from, tyrant. In my name as Arthur Pendragon, I will slay anything that is evil or threatens the realm of man, starting with you." Whatever hesitation Arthur had within him was gone, the only thing in his mind was slaying the monster before him.

"You can try," was her response. "And you will fail."

"As the saying goes, 'Pride comes before the fall'," Arthur stated, still ready to fight.

The two then clashed swords again, trying to defeat the other.

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(Small timeskip)

Both Ren pant heavily while both were bleeding, their clothes ripped apart, Ren lose his right sleeve as his entire arm was covered in blood while Alter Ren blood dripped from his head and eye.

"I think it's time we end this, both of us." Alter Ren said to Ren.

"For once I agree with you." Ren said to him, both charging their strongest attack to finish this.

"MORNINGSTAR! FALLEN'S PURGATORY!"

"GABRIEL! HEAVEN'S JUDGEMENT!"

Two giant balls of darkness and lights formed over the two, and were fired, and clashed into each other into a beam struggle fight. Both Rens roared, putting their will into their attacks.

"I WILL SAVE EVERYONE, AND FIX EVERYTHING! JUST LIKE WE ALWAYS DO!" Ren shouted. "STARTING WITH YOU!" Suddenly a huge burst of energy flowed through Ren, overwhelming his Alters

"H-HOW IS HE STRONGER THAN ME!?" Alter shouted in shock, calling up more of his powers to try and push back. "HOW ARE YOU DOING THIS!" his Alter shouted at him.

"BECAUSE I ACTUALLY HAVE SOMETHING TO FIGHT FOR, UNLIKE YOU!" Ren roared, his Circuits going at full force.

"GRRRRAAAAAHHH! I HAVE MY MASTERS DEMIURGE POWER FLOWING WITHIN ME! HOW CAN I-?!" Alter Ren eyes suddenly widened when he recalled something.

"You will never be welcomed into the kingdom of heaven or the underworld itself. You will spend an eternity in an empty void where there is only nothingness, you will wander there blind and forever lost."

"And you will also relive every moment of your failures, of betraying everyone you cared for, never forgetting what your actions caused."

"NO! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Alter Ren remembered the curse that those two beings cursed him with. "EVEN IN DEATH YOU TWO ALWAYS BRINGS ANNOYANCE TO ME! LLLLLLLLIIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHTTTTTTTTT! DDDDDDDDDDAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRKKKKKKKKKKKK!"

"IT'S OVER!" Ren shouted, as his attack shattered Alter Ren's.

Alter Ren's eyes widened in horror. "I have to-" he started, trying to move,but he fell to his knees, having used all his power. "W-What!? B-But I'm connected to the Grail!? I-I shouldn't be out of power." His eyes widened in realization. "Unless I was only given a certain amount… She made it so I wouldn't stab her in the back if I won my fight… Damn it Sakura… Your foolishness has doomed you…!"

BOOOOOOMMMMMMMM!

"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

Alter Ren was hit and was sent flying back from into the side of the wall.

Ren walked up to his Alter, reading his weapons. "This is the end."

Alter Ren pants for a while before laughing at him. "Hahahahahaha… how poetic… not once but twice… have I been defeated, first those two beings… and now my counterpart." He laughs for a bit before coughing up blood. "Go on… do it… use that weapon… to tear my heart out… rip it out and smash my brains… I know how much you hate me… I'm you after all."

"… That is true, we are the same person… But there is one difference." Ren said, raising his sword.

THUD!

Before stabbing it onto the ground near Alter Ren, shocking him

Ren turns around and walks away. "I did want to kill you but that's what you wanted me to do, become what you were, a murderer. The difference between you and I is that I won't sink so low as you did. Killing you would not make any difference, it'll just prove you right."

"Where the hell… are you going?! Get back here!"

"No," Was Ren's response. "You're beaten. And I'll stick to my ideals, unlike you."

"Then I kill everyone again! Futaba! Ryuji! Haru! All of our friends again! And you will come back crawling into that sinkhole pit! With nothing but vengeance in your eyes!"

"You could try, but they're not weak, just like you are."

"Hah! If you think that sparing me would do you any good? Think again! My master Demiurge will always come back! Just like he was able to convince that boy filled with the Justice ideal just so he could achieve his wish of becoming a hero!"

"Wait, you did what?" Ren stopped and turned around to Alter Ren. "You… Demiurge was the cause of his change?"

"Hahahaha! So you saw it didn't you?" Alter Ren laughed at him. "I'll enlighten you, yes he did. That broken boy was obsessed with becoming a hero of justice, my master decided to convince him to give up what was holding him back, his humanity, and in exchange, he would have what he wanted."

"...So I was right. He was being controlled by something." Ren slowly turned around, narrowing his eyes to him. "I nearly forgot what his energy felt like, I wished I did. I should've figured he was the one behind it."

"You…."

WHOOSH!

"GRAAAHHHH!"

Suddenly black tendrils burst from the ground and entangled around Alter Ren, restraining him. Sakura approached him while having a furious expression.

Alter Ren's Eyes widened as he looked behind him in horror, seeing the aura of pure hatred coming off her.

"Your master… was the reason Senpai changed?"

"H-How did you-?" Alter Ren started, before black spikes ran through him, in his arms and legs. "RRRAAAAHHHHH!"

"You don't get to speak scum, you took everything from me, you've stolen what should've been mine, what I could've had." Sakura's dark tendrils wrapped around Alter Ren's entire body, leaving his left eye. "Die."

SCHLUNK!

Ren turned away from his counterpart, hearing Sakura crushing his entire body and blood splattered all over. His body then started to fall apart back into the Mud he was summoned from.

"M-Master… She is a loose end now…" Alter Ren said as he faded.

Sakura stayed silent for a moment before falling to her knees, tear drops dripped from her eyes.

Ren slowly walked over to her before stopping near her.

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(Meanwhile: Archer's Reality Marble: At the same time)

While the battles were continuing with Ren and Arther, the others were keeping up with their opponents.

Futaba/Orical and Jinako Carigiri were making sure that they kept everyone healthy and in peak fighting condition. They even were able to keep Archer's Reality Marble open, thanks to each other's powers.

"Jinako, you're code for keeping EMIYA's Reality Marble/Palace up and making sure it stays up is incredible~! We have to talk about code more~!"

"It's impressive you can actually keep up and understand the code," Jinako said, sounding impressed. "I see I picked a good Master to partner with."

"Who knew I could summon someone who's similar to me."

"You're just lucky to have summoned me." Jinako stated, chuckling.

"I wonder if I'll meet other Super Brilliant Servants like you and Devinchi~!?" Futaba wonders, chuckling like the little gremlin she is.

"Who knows master~. You'll just have to see, for now let's get back shall we?"

"Gladly!" She agreed, her glasses glintinging. "Here's a healing boost everyone~!"

She sent out a wave of healing energy to everyone, making her friends gain back a good amount of stamina.

EMIYA's eye twitched in annoyance, seeing this, and seeing that Haru and her Servants were in better condition to keep fighting. "This is getting REALLY annoying…"

Iskander let out a hearty laugh. "Good to have a competent Support mage on the battlefield~!"

"Yeah yeah, gloat at your enemies while I'm on the losing side."

"Hah! Do not be such a downer my friend!"

"Don't call me your friend…" EMIYA said, irritated.

"You fought marvelously like no other opponent there is! If you weren't an enemy I would've asked if you would join my army."

"No thanks, I'm already a slave to another." EMIYA said to Alexander.

"A shame indeed, perhaps in another life, you would've been a marvelous commander."

"If they're lucky enough to survive." EMIYA sarcastically said to Alexander.

"Hah! Then they have much greater chances of joining my army!"

"That was supposed to be sarcasm, not a fucking compliment you damn greek."

"You should watch your surroundings more, and not get distracted so easily~" Caster Cu stated, tapping the ground and a spell circle appeared around EMIYA and the two other Enemy Servants they were fighting.

"When did you have time to do this-ohhhhhh." EMIYA shouted in shock before his eyes widened. "... I see."

"Yup!" Caster Cu smiled at him. "While you and the others were distracted, you nearly forgot about me which is perfect! I just need the distractions to conjure up runes."

"That would explain why I've seen norse marks on the ground without noticing them." EMIYA said to Caster Cu.

Ivan tried to use their powers to break the circle around them. But he failed.

"What?!" Ivan shouted in fury.

"It's useless to try and escape." Caster Cu said to Ivan. "Once the primordial runes are set, there's nothing to escape from it."

"You arrogant fool!"

"Well played Caster, I doubt you planned this all on your own." EMIYA said calmly.

"Nope, it was her idea." He pointed to Futaba. "Thanks to her idea, it was thanks to her, we were able to use other other types of Runes I rarely use."

"YOUR WELCOME!" Futaba shouted to Caster Cu.

"She is a dangerous adversary," The Purple Armored Giant stated.

"Brains beat Brawns all the time~!" Futaba stated, cheekily. "Nyehehehehehehe~!"

"... Do you think she'd be a Caster or Moon Caster Servant…?" Mash asked, sounding unsure, and a bit nervous.

"Honestly… I'm unsure…" Achilles said. "... And that scares me… She might even be a Ruler Class as well… Though with her Persona, Foreigner isn't out of the question…"

"... That is scary to think about…"

"And a farewell gift from the Phantom Thieves~!" Futaba stated, summoning a gain bomb in the middle of the circle.

EMIYA just gave a flat look. "I hate my Luck…"

"That's just how the dice roll~" Futaba stated.

Ritsu looked at the others. "Let's NEVER get on her bad side."

"That is wise, Master," Martha agreed.

"Now, with that settled." Caster Cu placed his staff in front of him before chanting. "Timber giant, eaten away by fire. Be imprisoned in a cage of flame! Wicker Man!"

"... Did he just summon Burning Man…?" Futaba asked, confused. Caster Cu sweatdropped hearing that comment.

Olga gave Futaba a flat look. "And you're supposed to be the smart one…?"

"Hey! I know what the Wicker Man is, I'm making a joke," Futaba said, annoyed at her boss.

When the Wicker Man punched the ground, the bomb went off, sending out an explosion that sent a shockwave out.

"... What the hell was in that bomb!?" Olga asked, sitting up after being knocked back from the shockwave.

"Are you gonna keep complaining or are you gonna look with your clear eyes damn woman." Caster Cu said to her irritated, pointing his staff to the fallen servants.

The Dust cleared and they saw the three servants that they were fighting were badly wounded.

" … Damn….. Guess this is it for me." EMIYA said while feeling his essence slowly faded away.

"My country… I have failed to… bring my country back… to glory." Ivan said.

"You maybe thieves… but you are honorable warriors…" the Purple Clad Warrior stated.

'Excellent, you have managed to plan on defeating not one, but three servants. How exotic, shouldn't expect it from you girl.' Futaba heard her persona, Necronomicon complimented her.

'It wasn't much of a big deal.'

'That would be the case, as a reward I'll give you one insight that would help your understanding of paradoxes. That servant with white hair, his servant name is EMIYA.'

'EMIYA?' Futaba mentally said in confusion. 'Who the hell is that?'

'It's the one you know, someone who you likely know considering your leader has met him before. Hehehheeh.'

'The hell are you getting at you damn eldritch thingy? I don't even know what your say-?!' Futaba was about to argue with her persona until she remembered the name Ren told her about when he was in a vision. Slowly her head turned to the Archer servant. "That's… EMIYA? ... Shirou… EMIYA?!"

"Heh." EMIYA laughed while blood leaked from his mouth. "Guess that 'Persona' of yours has told you who I was. I can't keep a secret, can I?"

"No secret is safe with my Persona~! Nyehehehehe~!" Futaba stated, smirking.

"You are one scary individual," EMIYA stated.

Futaba shifted her expression to serious, getting closer to EMIYA. "Forget about what I said, I want to know one thing, Emiya, why did you do it?" She asked him.

"Do what-"

"You know what the hell I was talking about, murderer!" Futaba shouted at him with anger. "Why did you do it! Killing your own unborn child and betraying Sakura's heart! Joker told us everything that happened! So unless you don't want to suffer a fate worse than death, I suggest you answer me."

"... I see." EMIYA replied to Futaba, closing his eyes. "Guess he saw everything? Well, since I'm dying and have nothing left, I'll tell you. That wasn't me, but rather my younger self."

"...What?" Ritsu said in confusion.

"In short, I'm the future self of Shirou Emiya, like the famous reference I'm from the future."

---

While they were gathering information from their beaten foes, we turned our attention to Ann and Charlotte, still evading Nobunaga's attacks.

"She should be running out of energy," Ann stated, whipping away any stray bullet with her whip.

"Master I hate to inform you but her mana, it's not running low." Charlotte grimly said to Ann.

"Wha-what do you mean?"

"HAHAHAHAA! FOOLISH CHILD! MY MASTER IS CONNECTED DIRECTLY TO THE GRAIL SO I HAVE INFINITE MANA SUPPLY! GIVE UP WHILE YOU CAN GIRL!"

"... Okay, how is that fair?" Ann asked. "That's just cheating."

"Master, I have a plan." Ann hears her Persona speaking to her.

"Carmen?"

"She has mana oozing off directly towards her, it's like what she said but what if we were to cut off her connections from the Grail."

'How do we do that?' Ann asked her Persona.

"Did you forget about my other form? What am I?"

'Oh that's simple you-?!' Ann widened her eyes in realization. 'Of… magic, of course! I forgot about that!'

"I would normally not recommend using my other form but you're in an imitation world which means you won't have to worry about massive drainage, so please use me as my summoner."

"You don't need to ask." Ann said to her persona, before looking at her servant. "Charlotte, I need you to cover me."

"Master?"

"Just trust me, Assassin. It won't be long, can I trust you?"

Charlotte nodded, summoning her knife. "I'll do my best, just have whatever you have cooked up ready, Master."

You got it," Ann stated, ready to put her plan into action.

"DO YOU THINK WHATEVER YOU HAVE WILL BE ABLE TO BEAT ME!?"

"No, but enough to get your attention." Charlotte closes her eyes and walks towards Oda Nobunga, suddenly vanishing and appearing near her. "I cannot move the world, but the world cannot slow me down. Please forgive me and participate in my foolish act of murder. Le Rêve Ensoleillé. Goodbye, beloved."

SHINK!

Oda's eyes widened, looking down and seeing she was stabbed in her core. "H-How? Y-You shouldn't have gotten close to me…"

"What do you think my class was? And it's not just simply my presence concealment. My Noble phantasm allows people to see me elegantly, pure, innocent with no doubts in their mind."

"H-Heh! Y-You think this simple wound would stop me? The great Demon King of Seventh Heaven?" She asked, guns pointed at her all around.

"No, but it is enough to distract you."

"WHAT?!" Oda shouted, being struck by a double

WHOOSH!

Behind Ann, her Persona, Célestine, appeared. Closing her eyes while putting her hands together in a prayer position.

"Great goddess, I seek a path for a journey long beyond lands, safe passage from the ever eclipsing chaos on my steps. Let the light shine upon me with your everlasting grace."

Mist started to shroud Célestine.

"I-Is she using a Noble Phantasm!? How!? She's just a Human! I need to sto-!" Oda tried to move, but Charlotte was keeping her in place. "I-I can't move! Let go or we'll both be hit!"

Charlotte just smiled. "Oh, I trust my Master."

"And I seek knowledge from the mother of magic. Originator of Witchcraft itself. Witch of the underworld! Chthonic Goddess even Zeus fears! Goddess of passages and magic itself! Hecate!"

WHOOSH!

Instantly the mist was blown off and her ultimate Persona appeared behind her.

Oda Nobunga widened her eyes. "HECATE! How! How are you able to summon a Goddess of Magic?!"

"Because she's also my Persona!" She summoned all three versions of her Personas, Carmen, Hecate, and Célestine, using both her Circuits and Cognitive Powers to do so, even if it was straining on her. All three reading three Massive Fire Attack Spells. "She's also known as the Goddess of Crossroads, and with both my Circuits and the Cognitive World, I can make all three paths fight as one!"

Oda's eyes widened, she was able to resist fire, but something was screaming in her to not get hit by those attacks.

"Triple Blazing Hell!" Ann, Carmen, Hecate, and Célestine all shouted, sending the three attacks right at Oda, all of them going inside her body.

Oda smirked, thinking her attack failed. "Was that it-!?" She then coughed up blood and smoke, blood coming from her eyes. "W-What the hell!? W-What did you do!? W-Why do I feel hot!?"

"It's simply burning your soul." Hecate answered Oda.

Oda's eyes widened in shock. "WHAT?! IMPOSSIBLE! HOW ARE YOU ABLE TO BYPASS MY MAGIC RESISTANCE TO FIRE ITSELF! I WAS BATHED IN HELL FIRE!"

"Foolish child, do you know who I am? I am Hecate, Goddess of magic itself. I made the conception of magic itself, that's why you are burning? It's simple, I've added the concept of burning to your soul."

"That type of magic requires-"

"True Magic? Child, that is but a child's play. I used the lesser version of third true magic to truly damage your soul."

"H-How…!? HOW!? YOU'RE NOT EVEN A REAL SERVANT OR THE ACTUAL VERSION OF HER!? YOU'RE JUST A PART OF THIS HALF-BLOOD'S SOUL! YOU SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO THIS!"

"A soul I've chosen to be with. Listen well Demon King, I am as real as anyone, I am the Goddess whom Solomon cannot surpass, I am Hecate, Goddess of Magic and Witchcraft itself and you are but a pebble in a ocean tsunami."

"SHUT THE HELL UP!" Oda roared, summoning a thousand rifles. "I WILL NOT BE LOOKED DOWN ON! I WILL SURPASS THE GODS! AND BECOME A DEMON LORD THAT KILLS GODS! FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRE!"

"Obliterate."

CLICK!

BOOM!

Oda Nobunga widened her eyes as she stood still before coughing out blood. Slowly looking down before, to her horror, there was a massive hole going through her chest, looking up and saw the exact replica of her guns materializing before Hecate.

"H-How…?"

"It's easy to copy how you materialize your guns into existence. Mere child's play it is. Now then, begone. Let this be a lesson that hatred and anger is never enough to truly achieve what you have sought for."

Oda slowly fell to her knees before falling limp to the ground, disappearing into golden pixels. Before she fully disappeared, she had this to say. "I… now see… what I need to surpass… If I am summoned by you, Ann Takamaki… Know that I will learn everything about you and your powers to surpass them one day…" She laughed loudly before completely vanished.

Ann let out a sigh… before falling to the ground, groaning in pain, dispelling her Personas. "Okay… Note to self… Only use a Triple Persona attack as a last resort option…"

"Master, are you alright?" Charlotte said to Ann.

"I'm fine, just….. used a lot of energy." Ann groaned out. "Should've thought twice before using three Personas at the same time."

"Should we regroup with others?" she asked her, helping her up.

"Give me a few moments to rest, I just used up all of my mana circuits and energy." Ann said to her servant.

"They I will keep guard in case one of the other Enemy Servants gets past your friends."

"Thanks Charlotte."

---

While Ann was recovering, Morgana, Ryuji, Diarmuid and Voyager were still dealing with the two Monster Berserker Servants.

"Anyone got a plan to stop these two?" Ryuji asked, recovered thanks to Morgana's healing.

"Unless we have something on dealing with two bloodthirsty berserkers. We still have to hold them off." Morgana said to Ryuji.

"Aren't you supposed ta be the one with the plan, cat?" Ryuji asked, annoyed.

"And aren't you supposed to be the manliest in our group?" Morgana retorted at Ryuji.

"Can you two not fight, please?" Diarmuid asked his two Masters.

BOOM!

"But I'm serious." Morgana said to Ryuji as they dodged the Berserkers' attack. "I'm trying to think but these are legends we are fighting. I barely know any history, I'm a cat, remember? I barely pay attention to the internet."

"I guess that's true," Ryuji agreed. "I've never even heard of legends of a T-Rex or a Four Armed Centaur." Ryuji widened his eyes when he recalled something. "Wait a second, I think I have an idea!"

"Really?"

"I know it sounds dangerous but here's my plan. We're gonna make dinosaurs extinct, by blowing it the fuck up. That's how they were wiped out right?"

"And how do you plan on doing that?" Morgana asked.

"Maybe one of our Servants has a Noblala Phantsaman."

"It's called Noble Phantasm…" Voyager corrected.

"Yeah yeah, anyway do any of you have anything that could make them extinct?"

"I can… send Cosmic Energy… raining down on them… with mine…" Voyager admitted.

"Mine is more of a rapid sword slashes and it only works on one target, unlike Forgener's here," Diarmuid answered.

"Then let's make it count! Come on, let's reenact how the dinosaurs were blown to smithereens!"

"You do remember the Giant Four Armed Centaur, right Skull?" Morgana asked the blond.

"... Dammit you ruined my moment you damn cat."

"Nyehahahaha~ Can't let you take all the spotlight," Morgana said, laughing. He then got serious again. "Also, we should add our own strongest attacks as well."

"Oh already on it, SUN WUKONG!" Ryuji shouted, summoning his awakened Persona.

"Heard you loud and clear kid! I've always wanted to punch some ancient fossil lizards!...Well minus the Jade Emperor's Dragon."

"Show them my Resolve, MERCURIUS!" Morgana ordered, summoning his awakened Persona.

"I am at your command, shall we blow them away?"

"You know it, Mercurius. Let's set the stage!"

The two Berserkers roared at them, not wanting to give them a chance to try and defeat them before they could try anything.

"Okay, first we have got to hold those two in place somehow," Ryuji stated. He then snapped his fingers like a lightbulb going off in his head. "A Thunderstorm Hurricane!"

"Wow Skull, your head must be smoking from all the ideas you're cooking up," Morgana stated, with his chesher smirk.

"I'll get mad at you later for the comment, cat, but right now we need to combine our attacks Mona."

"Right! Still wondering if your head isn't cooked when your ideas run out."

"Shut it cat."

Both of them then got serious and summoned their strongest moves.

"Maziodyne!" Ryuji called out.

"Magarudyne!" Morgana shouted.

Both of their attacks formed over the two Berserkers forming a giant storm. The two, being Berserkers, tried to ram through, but were sent back by the attacks holding them in place.

"Now you guys! Use your Ultimate moves!" Ryuji ordered the two servants. "We're using our Circuits to keep the attacks up for more than a second, and it's really damn draining!"

"NYA! It's like feeling electrocuted all over my body! Is this how people feel when they use their magic circuits?"

"We're ready master, and I might be able to hit both since they are close together," Diarmuid stated, ready to charge at them.

"I shall do my best," Voyager said, going to fly over the two berserkers.

"The boundary that divides life and death… I shall see even that! Haaaaaah! Found it! Móralltach!" Diarmuid charged up energy in his blades and then ran at the two Berserkers, slashing at them in the blink of an eye before jumping in the air and charging up a giant energy slash at the two.

The two Berserkers were weakened from the assault, but were still up, but badly hurt. They roared in outrage, trying to get to them through their natural cage.

"Forener, finish this!" the three shouted.

Voyeur nodded, before what looked like a glow came off the boy and what looked like Earth appeared behind him. "I'll be the guide. Humanity's dreams. Humanity's hope. I'll deliver them all to the distant starry sky." As he was chanting, he seemed to go into deep space ase the planets appeared behind Earth. "I'll reach it one day. Pale Blue Dot." He then started sending out golden energy from the cosmos, smiling brightly like the energy itself, and hurting the two Berserkers with the Energy they could not defend against.

"I can't hold this any longer…" Ryuji groaned out, stopping his spell.

"I'm out of energy too, nye…" Morgana stated, slumping over.

Both spells dissipated, showing the two pissed off animal Berserkers that were bleeding and bruised all over.

"Don't tell me that wasn't enough…" Ryuji groaned out.

The two Berserkers took a step forward to kill them… before falling to the ground, unable to keep their bodies standing.

"Oh thank god…" Ryuji said, slumping in relief.

"Phew! That was exhausting!" Morgana slumped to the ground in tiredness. "We really need to get used to using our Magic Circuits."

"You don't need to tell me twice, Morgana." Ryuji said to Morgana. "Still, useful to have in both the Metaverse and Real Life."

"Still, we need to help the others quickly… right after a cat nap to recharge my energy and strength…" Morgana said, before collapsing backwards from using a lot of energy.

Ryuji took a seat on the sandy ground. "Yeah, I just need to catch my breath…"

---

Yusuke, Sophie, Katsushika and Van Gogh were still at it with Gorgon Avenger Servant, and the battle was like that of a master playwright and a portrait in motion.

"You are a skilled combatant, Lady Gorgon," Yusuke complimented, smiling at her, cutting away her chains with ease. "It's a pity we have to end this glorious artwork soon."

"... .Just promise me one thing." Gorgon said to Yusuke, knowing she'll be defeated. "Give Sakura the peace she deserves, she has endured enough pain, losing everything at a cost."

"It is our job as Phantom Thieves to help those in need," Sophie stated, smiling. "I am Humanity's Companion after all~"

"Yes, we know what it is like to be used by Selfish Adults that only want to abuse people," Yusuke stated, ready to go for a grand finale of a finish. "We will help her the best we can." He turned to the two Servants. "Isn't that right, right Foreigner G, Foreigner K?"

"As you say, Master." Both painters nodded in agreement. Preparing for their noble phantasm.

"Before you kill me, there is one thing I need to warn you." Gorgon said to the Phantom Thieves. "Whatever has caused Shirou to change, it wasn't by Alaya, it was something else."

"Alaya?" Yusuke raised an eyebrow in confusion while Sophia froze a bit.

"I don't know what it was but whatever it did… It granted him the desire that consumed his despair."

"Then you were all manipulated like puppets," Yusuke said, feeling pity for everyone in this war. "We are all well aware of how that is. We will find and stop whoever it is, that is our vow."

"Thank you."

Yusuke closed his eyes before lifting his hand and opened them. "By the power of my command seal, release your Noble Phantasm and draw the illustration of the poor serpent maiden Gorgon!"

Katsushika had energy flowing through her. "Right away Master!"

Sophie did the same. "By my command Seals, I give you the power to use your Noble Phantasm to help defeat Servant Avenger!"

Van Gogh had the same energy flowing off her as well. "Let us make a masterpiece~!"

Just then, a sensation Yusuke hadn't felt in a while appeared. He smirked. "Ladies, shall we make this a Showtime?"

"Showtime?" they asked.

"Think of it like your Noble Phantasms, but with multiple people," Yusuke explained. "Normally only two people can do it, but I feel like if me and Sophie use our new Circuits, we can make it work with the four of us."

"Sounds interesting," Katsushika stated.

"Yes, I find it fascinating~" Van Gogh said, smiling.

"Let's do it~!" Sophie cheered.

"All right then," Yusuke said, a spot light shining on him from somewhere. "It's Showtime!"

Just then, the area was surrounded by a red currant, shocking Gorgon. When it was removed, there was nothing but black all around. She then looked down, seeing a white floor. No Giant Blank Canvas.

She then saw the four that were fighting her were floating in the air.

"Let us make a masterpiece," Yusuke stated, framing his hands like a camera. He looked at the two Forener Servants and asked, "Shall you two start us off?"

"Allow me first~!" Van Gogh said, taking a seat, looking at the sky that formed stars, a vision of her famous painting, Starry Night, as it fell showing a red moon. She then fell like she was on water, paint coming down like rain on her and everyone. "I need to paint… The starry sky and cypress trees that surpass life and death. Far beyond faith, romance, and trompe-l'œil. From eternity, through the whirlpool of the stars... With a handshake to you. De Sterrennacht!" After it was used, Gorgon was stunned as the others gained strength from paint. On the canvas, her art style was that of a roaring valley and mountains.

"My turn~! Here I go!" Katsushika said, flying to the canvas and Gorgon, paint brush at hand. She used the paint around her from Van Gogh's Noble Phantasm, and used it to paint the famous Great Wave painting with her painting. "On Sochirishuta Sowaka, On Makashiri-ei Shibei Sowaka! The heavenly deity, lord of the universe… O esteemed king of the stars, wielder of the North Star and protector of the eight corners of the earth! I shall pour all I have into this to deliver my greatest brush stroke! Bear witness! Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji! The Great Wave of Kanagawa... My brush dances!" With each swipe of her brush, Gorgon took damage from it, and was being knocked around.

"It is coming along nicely, now it is my turn! Come, KUMU SUSANO-O!"

"Let us make this masterpiece~!"

The two of them summoned a Traditional Japanese Mansion and Garden, but it had modern colors and textures to it, as well as it being on a cloud. Persona and Persona User then rapidly attacked Gorgon from multiple sides, while painting the same castle in the painting, with Kumu Susano-o looking like it was doing battle with something that was missing on the canvas. Yusuke framed his hands as the places vanished. "It is missing something, Sophie, care to finish this?"

Shopie's visor showed her smiling. "Sure thing Fox. Let's do this, PANDORA!" Sophie's visor shattered as her Persona appeared.

"Let us help with this art piece, Sophie."

Sophie sent her Yoyos out at Gorgon, hitting her and acting like spray cans coloring the canvas. She was painting what looked to be a giant Easter Water Dragon coming out of the wave, in the form of Street Art with a bit of Digital Artwork to it. It didn't have any outlikes, but above the canvas, Pandora was hovering over it, the boxes spinning around her. They then opened up and fired lasers on the dragon and Gorgon, giving the outlines.

The Canvas then stood up for them all to see, making Gorgon fall to the ground of an Art Museum. The four looked at their piece, giving their thoughts on it.

"This truly is a marvelous painting," Yusuke said, sounding proud.

"Why thank you~! It's thanks to watching those artists from the internet that helped out a lot~!" Sophioe said, cheerfully.

"It's good to know that art is still appreciated to this day," Katsushika said, smiling softly but warmly.

"And that art is not limited in any fashion~" Van Gogh stated, happy to be appreciated.

Gorgon got up, as she heard a hissing sound, and saw fireworks under her.

"Let us celebrate this collaboration piece with fireworks, the artwork of the skys~!" Yusuke stated, snapping his fingers and Gorgon was sent rocketing to the stratosphere by all the fireworks. They went off, showing chibi faces for all four of them, the four turning away, posing.

After the Showtime was over, the four reapered where they were before, Gorgon on the ground, Battered, bruised, cut and burnt.

"You are truly powerful foes…" Gorgon whizzed out, starting to fade. "You are humans, but are on par with Servants… You might be able to fix all this…" Slowly closing her eyes as she disappears. "Sakura…. forgive me…. as a failure…. of a Servant."

Yusuke kneeled next to her, a somber look on his face. "You did not fail her, if the game was rigged from the very start, you did the best you could with the hand you were dealt with. We will get to the bottom of this, and stop whatever did this to your friend. That is my vow as a Phantom Thief."

"...I see, then let me warn you. Beware of the one that radiates brilliant false light, that brings despair instead of hope. And beware of Alaya" Gorgon muttered.

"Who is Alaya?" Yusuke asked, confused.

"She is the will-"

---

"-Of Humanity's consciousness." EMYIA said to the Phantom thieves.

"Let me get this straight." Haru said, narrowing her eyes. "Are you telling me that you're a parallel version of Shirou Emiya who made a deal with the Will of Humanity that's called Alaya in order to pursue your dreams of being a hero of justice?"

"Yes, that is indeed correct." EMIYA replied to them. "I realized that my dream wasn't what I thought it would be, it was an endless nightmare, I was made into one of her counter guardians, one of her hitmans. Kill one to save ten, kill ten to save hundreds, kill hundreds to save thousands, kill thousands to save millions. It was an endless nightmare."

"She sounds almost like Yaldibath…" Futaba stated, seeing the similarities.

"Yes, the Demiurge." EMIYA sighs while closing his eyes. "I tried to get out of this nightmare, I thought by killing my younger counterpart would free me from that thing's imprisonment yet instead I'm turned into another hell, one which caused by him again."

"How so?" Ritsu asked. "It seems to me you're the one who did the domino effect."

"You're not the first person to tell me." EMIYA replied to Ritsu. "There is one thing that every timeline Shirou Emiya has and that's the pursuit of; Hero of Justice ideals, a foolish ideal that brings nothing but pain. They would do anything to become a hero, no matter what."

"... Did it ever occur to you to try and help set them on the right path…?" Futaba asked flatly.

"Oh the thought occurred to me but like all fates being a bitch, they all eventually end up in the domino effect."

"... I'm starting to see a similarity to you and Ren, manipulated by others that thought/think they can," Haru stated. "Alaya is sounding more and more like Yaldabath."

"Unlike me, your friend somehow was able to break his fate, somehow…" EMIYA stated, gritting his teeth. "Though that won't stop. Once Alaya sets her eyes on someone, she has high interest with your friend Ren. She will do anything to get him under its thumb."

"Then she'll get a bullet like the last gods did," Futaba stated.

"... You're joking…" EMIYA said in a deadpan.

"You'll have to determine that yourself," Futaba stated, with a gremlin smile.

"You're a Gremlin, you know that…?" EMIYA asked her, getting a laugh from her. EMIYA sighs before closing his eyes. "I can only hope when it comes, your leader would make the right decision, unlike me."

"He always does," Haru stated, smiling.

EMIYA hums under his breath before particles slowly wisp away from his face. "Seems like no matter what, I think I know what you mean Minato. I wish you were here to see this… one… last time." EMIYA said before disappearing.

The other two Servants behind EMIYA were fading as well.

"Guess this is where we bid farewell." The Purple Armored servant said. "You are worthy as nights even though you are thieves, you have honor."

"Yes, you lot are worthy foes on the battlefield," Ivan stated. "The next time we'd meet, we could be allies in the battlefield, together as comrades." Ivan said before disappearing along with the purple servant.

"You know, I don't think we got the Lancers name," Ritsuka stated.

Before anyone could comment, everyone heard an explosion.

"Wait, is someone still fighting?" Olga asked.

"It's coming from where Makoto is. I think she's finishing up her side with Assassin."

Just then, it started to rain, as giant snakes appeared from the ground.

"... That's not good…" Futaba stated.

---

Makoto and Jack were still dealing with the Saber Servant. And she was getting pissed off.

"I'm done playing with you brat!" she roared before transforming into a gain woman floating on clouds.

"Oh, that is not good…" Makoto said out loud.

"Mama! She's using her Noble Phantasm!" Jack warned.

"Fear me. Tremble. For now, calamity descends upon you. Release your divine wrath! Sword of Gods - Kusanagi-no-Tachi!"

An ocean appeared around them as rain came falling down, and Giant white snakes appeared ready to devour them.

"Mommy! Take cover!" Jack shouted to Makoto as they dived towards the debris as one of the snakes slammed where they were.

"That was close! I would've been turned to shish kabob if those got near me." Makoto sighed in relief.

Just then, a giant whip sword came crashing down on where they were, making Makoto's eyes widened in shock. She then moved out of the way as the rain and ocean disappeared.

"That was way too close, I thought that those snakes were her Noble Phantasm. I can't believe I let my guard down."

They then see that she was back in her child form, angrily pouting and flailing her arms at them. "No fair, how could you dodge my attack!?"

"Bitch please, I've been dodging near fatal attacks all my life… now that I think about it I'm beginning to think that's how I aced all my gymnastics."

"Mommy, can we focus? I can sense that Archer's Reality Marble is starting to fade."

Makoto was shocked. "Archer was already beaten!?"

Saber Oni smiled, hearing this. "And that means you'll lose your power boost soon, all I have to do is wait and let you revert back~"

"Then I'll just have to go full throttle then and beat you before it's completely gone! I just know how to defeat you!"

"Oh really? How can you possibly defeat me? An Almighty Yokai that serves under Shuten-douji?"

"Do you know how to stop a fire?"

"If you're going to say water, I don't think so~" she said, smiling wickedly.

"No, ICE! Mabufudyne!"

She turned to see the speaker of the voice, and saw Yusuke coming at her, with his Persona out and Sword ready to be drawn in a quickblade. In the blink of an eye, he was behind her, sword drawn as Ice started to fall on her.

"GAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH! HOW IS THIS ICE AFFECTING ME?! IT SHOULD'VE MELTED!"

"Because my ice can almost reach Absolute Zero, the coldest anything can get," Yusuke stated.

"WHAT KIND OF MAGE ARE YOU!?"

"We are not Mages nor are we those disgusting Magi's, we're Phantom Thieves and it's time to extinguish your fire." Yusuke declared to the Oni. "Bufudyne."

More ice fell on her, as it was starting to freeze her body.

"NO! NO! NOOOOOO! I AM IBARAKI-DOUJI! CHILD OF THE YAMATO NO OROCHI AND THE HELLFIRE ONI! HOW AM I DEFEATED BY BUNCHES OF THIEVES?!"

"Because we fight to save people and bring justice to those unjust," Yusuke stated.

She let out a roar, and went to attack him, even if her body was sluggish from the ice. Though the ice was spreading towards her rapidly, solidifying her as Yusuke watched it calmly.

"Let the snow embrace you, let the winter cover you with the infinite snowflakes that drapes over you. Shall you be quelled from fire to snow." Yusuke recited before the Servant, Ibaraki froze completely. He framed his hands to look at her. "I'm not one for sculpting, but I must say, you look lovely like an ice sculpture." Slightly tapping the frozen servant.

CCRACCKK!

BOOM!

Before shattering to thousands of pieces, disintegrating to light pixels.

"Thanks for the help Fox," Makoto thanked her teammate.

"Anytime, Queen."

"Sorry I wasn't able to beat her," Makoto apologized.

"Not a problem, you two had to face her alone," Yusuke said, as Sophie, Van Gogh and Katsushika

"You alright Makoto?" Sophia asked her.

"I'm fine Sophia, Yusuke managed to save me from being turned into roasted chicken."

"Both of us," Jack said, looking from behind Makoto.

"Now that that's taken care of, we should regroup with the others," Sophie stated.

"Then we head to where Ren is-"

WHOOSH!

BANG!

"What the?!" They were suddenly interrupted when they heard a huge explosion that caused a mini earthquake. "What the hell was that?"

"Guys!" Romani screen appeared with a worried expression. "There's a huge amount of mana energy I'm reading over the shrine! Something's happened!"

"How bad are we talking about?" Ryuji asked.

"Really bad, I mean Servant Level Bad!"

"Great… And we just dealt with these guys…" Ryuji stated, as the Reality Marble finally vanished and everyone turned back to normal.

The siblings nearly fell over, but were caught by the others.

"Why are we so tired all of a sudden?" they asked.

"Post Awaken Fatigue," Futaba answered.

"It sucks…" Ritsu said, whining.

"Rest later! We need to get to Ren and fast!" Makoto said in worry, getting Gudao over her shoulder and running towards the shrine as the reality marble slowly disintegrated.

---

"Kill me." Sakura said in a broken voice, looking at the ground with an empty look.

"… No, I won't." Ren said to Sakura. "Even if I did, it wouldn't do anything good."

"Good? Look around you, I caused this world to become a living hell, millions of people died at my hands and I did it without mercy. I spared no one. How can you say it won't do anything good? You'll remove one sick stain in this world."

"I know what you did was unforgivable." Ren walked closer to Sakura. "What you did, no one could forgive you but I will."

"..."

"I've seen what you lost, tortured and went through the nightmare when your family casted you away for some damn tradition, going through hell and ending up losing something precious to you. You heard what my counterpart told me; it was his Master who caused Shirou to change when he gave in to his despair."

"So what? What are you trying to say?"

"I'm saying that it's not your fault." Ren then hugged Sakura as she became stunned. "You were being used as a puppet, not letting them decide what you wanted, what you truly desire. You didn't get an option of being a normal girl and most of all, a mother. If we met sooner, then you wouldn't have had to suffer, the Phantom Thieves would've helped you, I would've helped you."

"You would have died like everyone else, if not by me, then by my Grandfather… Or worse, he would have experimented on you…"

"We've dealt with people like him before." Ren stated, starting to get angry at the injustice this girl went through.

"Even if he can take over you with Worms he controls?"

"He'll try but in the end he'll fail, just like all the rest."

"... How can you be so confident…? How are you able to move forward like this…?"

"Because we are willing to do just that, and make it so people like him see justice."

Sakura stayed silent before her eyes became watery and tears slowly started to fall from her eyes.

Ren kneeled in front of her, a sorrowful look on his face. "I'm sorry we couldn't stop all this from happening. We know what it's like being in a rigged game."

"… I just wanted him to respond back to my feelings, wanted him to know what a beautiful gift he was about to have." Sakura placed her hand over her stomach.

Ren held his hand out to her. "It's not too late to come back to the light. Let us help you."

Sakura looked up at him, tears in her eyes. "… Are you sure it's not too late for me…?"

Ren nods his head to her, still holding his hand out to her. "It's never too late to have a change of heart."

Sakura went to take his hand; hope in her eyes once more.

"How very sweet, I'm afraid to cut this short."

They suddenly heard someone speaking to them, Sakura widened her eyes.

"By my command seal, I order you, Saber, to disrupt this union."

---

A minute before the command was cast, both Arthers were still in battle, but sensed that the Alter Ren had been beaten. But Sakura's powers were the one to do so.

"It seems the Altere on my Master was beaten, now I just need to stop you," Arthur stated,

"Like you'll have the chance, I'm still healing while tire out," Alter stated. "But you are forgetting something else."

"And what's that?"

"She is not my real master."

His eyes widened in realization. He then narrowed. "Then who is your real master?"

"By my command seal, I order you, Saber, to disrupt this union."

"You're about to see for yourself."

WHOOSH!

Arthur widened his eyes as Altoria sped off towards where Ren was, sword ready to pierce his heart.

"NO! MASTER!"

---

WHOOSH!

"NO! LOOK OUT!" Sakura pushed Ren away, just in time before he could've been stabbed by Altoria, right through her heart.

"SAKURA!" Ren shouted, horror on his face. "NOOOOOOOOOO!" He quickly catches her falling body. "Hold on Sakura! Just hold on!"

"Hahahahaha! What a fitting end for the girl that caused the destruction of the world."

Slowly lifting his head to the one that spoke as he was clad entirely in brown robes as he spoke. "Once again, the Shadow Thieves leader has once proven to surprise me yet again. I can see why 'IT' has chosen you."

"What are you talking about?" Ren asked, gritting his teeth. "And who the hell are you?!"

"Oh, my name is not important BUT what is important is that he is not happy that he lost one of his most valuable followers."

"Followers, what are you talking abo-?!" Ren was about to question him before widening his eyes in realization. "No, it can't be. He's still ALIVE?!" He shouted in shock. "HOW?!"

"Oh you forgot what he is." The brown robes laughs at Ren. "The name Demiurge holds another meaning, 'the source of all things'. You only destroyed a simple aspect of him. And our King has high plans for you and your comanyons."

"King? Who the hell are you talking about? Another False God?" Ren asked, trying to get more information.

"Ah, ah, ah! That would be spoiling~!" The brown figure wiggled his finger to Ren.

"Whatever the case is, we defeated Demiurge and we'll do it again!" Ren said to the brown figure.

"Oh I believe you would, if you could survive in this world, I will be waiting for you." The brown figures smiled behind his cloak before walking away as he slowly became transparent.

"Like hell I'd let you leave! By my command seal! Saber stop them!" Ren raised his hand, using one of the command seals, making Saber instantly appear and dashed towards the duo.

"Unfortunately I have to cut this short. We will be meeting again. By the power of my two command seal, Saber, use the full might of your Noble Phantasm against those two." The brown figure said to his servant before disappearing.

"Understood." Altoria said before raising her sword

"I will not let you harm my Master!"Arthur shouted, ready to use his Noble Phantasm on them for fatally wounding Sakura in cold blood. "Seal Thirteen. Decision, start!"

Just then another voice appeared. "Approved by Bedivere, Gareth, Lancelot, Mordred, Galahad…"

"Arthur."

"Excalibur!"

BOOM!

Both Noble Phantasm clashed at each other, both light and darkness trying to dominate each other. Arthur groaned and growled as he kept using his Proto-Excalibur noble phantasm but the two command seal boost their enemies gave his servant, it wouldn't be long until he would eventually fade.

'Dammit! If only the other seals were unlocked!' Arthur mentally said in his mind while gritting his teeth.

That is until he heard a voice that he nearly forgot.

"Arthur Pendragon, the King that was promised, heed my words."

'Wha? Lord Metatron?" Arthur widened his eyes. The last time he heard this voice, was when he drew Excalibur from the stone, when he was decreed as the king of britain.

"The lord has heard your pleas. He has decided that you would be allowed to use the full might of the crystalization wishes of mankind."

SHING!

Looking down, he saw his Excalibur restraint were unlocked, showing the true appearance of his sword.

"Protect the messiah, for he would be the one who would bring salvation to this world. Good luck, Arthur."

Shaking his head before narrowing them. "Altoria! You've stained your Excalibur with the blood of the innocent! You've forgotten what Excalibur used to be! It is to protect our people and lead our kingdom to Utopia! Let me show you the real light of our blade!

EXCALLLLIBBURRRRRR!"

Altoria was gritting her teeth, trying to push back, roaring in anger, however to her horror, it was being pushed back. When the lights nearly hit her she widened her eyes as she heard voices in her head.

"Great job Artoria! You'd make a fine knight!"

"A knight must know what is right and what is wrong."

"To be a king doesn't mean discarding your emotions, it is to understand the people, someone who could feel free in the world. A king that does not understand emotions means he is only an empty husk."

"This sword, if you take it out it does not mean you won't be human, you would be a guiding light, a ray of hope that gives inspiration for people to understand that they are not alone."

"Even if you don't become a king, that is fine, you would be a king in my eyes. You could always be what you like to be, a knight."

She heard her adoptive father's words in her mind as she stretched her hand out to the light as if seeing visions of her father and her adoptive brother Kay with tears in her eyes.

"Fa…ther."

WHOOSH!

Before being enveloped by the light. Her body tried to regenerate, but the attack was too much to recover from and overtaxed it, causing her body and armor to break apart.

"... I guess… I let myself… lose sight… of what was… important…" Altoria said to herself, as she was fading from the Noble Phantasm.

Arthur's attack faded, he and Ren huffing from giving it their all. Ren turned to Sakura, looking at her. "Hang on, me and my team can heal you, you just need to-" He was cut off when Sakura placed her hand on his lips to stop him.

"No… It's too late for me…" Sakura said, tears running down her face.

"Do not say this!" Ren gritted his teeth, feeling most of his energy was spent. "Just hold on!"

"Ren!" came the voice of Makoto. Ren turned to see that everyone had made it back.

Everyone then saw that Sakura was badly hurt.

"Yo, what happened!?" Ryuji shouted in shock.

"I'll explain afterwards!" Ren shouted. "Morgana, help me heal her!"

Morgana quickly went to Ren's side and casted some healing spells, but to his horror he couldn't. "I-I can't Ren!"

"What the hell do you mean you can't?!"

"Her wounds are too fatal! Her inner organs are too badly damaged and beyond repair. Ren, I'm so sorry, but there's nothing I can do-"

"NO! I refuse! Goddammit I refuse!"

Sakura covered his lips again, smiling warmly. "Thank you for trying to save me, but I knew from the start I was done for… So I ask you one thing before I pass… Please… Take me to the graves of Shirou and My Child…"

Ren grabbed her hand, a pleading look in his eyes. "Sakura, please, we'll find a way."

"Please… Just do this one last thing for me…"

Ann walked up to Ren and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Ren, please."

"How very touching." (Dark: Seriously? Just how many times do these people keep appearing? Light: Got me)

Everyone turned to see who it was, weapons at the ready.

"What the-hey wait a minute." Ryuji widened his eyes at the guy before them. "Weren't you the one at the announcement? Lev was it?"

"It's Lev Flauros." Olga stated, going over to hug him in relief, but everyone held her back. "What are you doi-"

"Olga, I get the feeling there's something wrong." Yusuke narrowed his eyes at Lev. "I sense there is some foul energy in him."

"What the hell are you talking about?! Are all of you out of your minds?"

"Doctor Lev is there?" Dr. Romani asked in shock.

"Hm, is that Romani I hear?" he asked, his smile still on his face. "So, you survived as well. I told you to come to the command room immediately, but it seems you didn't listen. Honestly—" His face then became manic. "Trash who can't follow orders. Just the mere sight of it makes me want to throw up. Why is it that humans always try to avoid their preordained destinies!?"

Ren's eyes narrowed. "Olga, this isn't Leff, stay behind all of us and keep Sakura safe!" He ordered, giving Sakura over to her.

"Leff?! What's going on? What's gotten into you?"

"Surprised to even still see you here, after seeing your dead corpse body."

Everyone's eyes widened hearing that. "The hell are you saying you bastard!?" Ryuji shouted at him. "She's standing right here!"

"Oh, but that's just it, she was standing right over where the bomb that blew up the facility blew up. She had no aptitude for Rayshifing while alive, isn't that right my dear Olga~? You couldn't teleport while you have a physical body~ Meaning she'll vanish along with this singularity~!"

Olga's eyes widened in horror. Everyone else were glaring at the monster in Leff's body.

"That can't be true!" Ryuji shouted at him. "If she's dead, then how come she's here!"

"You are a fool, take a closer look at her. Tell me, can you even sense anything from her?" Leff said to them.

Morgana's eyes glowed in a brief moment and Joker used his Third Eye to scan her before gasping and Joker widening his eyes.

"Guys, what's wro-"

"Nothing." Morgana said in a shock tone. "I can't feel anything from her."

"She's… She's like our Personas and the Servants, just Will and Energy…" Joker said in shock.

"No! No this can't be!" Olga put her hands over her head in horror. "I can't be dead! I just can't!" In madness, Olga snatched Joker's knife.

"Hey!"

"I'm alive, see! If I'm alive I can't bleed right?!" Olga said with insanity.

"Olga! What are you doing?! Wait, stop!"

"I'LL PROVE TO EVERYONE THAT I'M STILL ALIVE!"

SHINK!

Olga stabbed the knife over her hand and waited for a few seconds to see the result

…

…

…

…

…

…

… There was no blood coming out, there was nothing, no blood or even any sort of liquid.

"What you see is but a mere echo of your precious director. The only reason she's still alive was because the system SHEBA resonated with her for a brief moment and before near completion the process was interrupted. She is nothing more but a mere illusion, a fake."

Olga dropped the knife and fell to the ground with her knees.

"Olga, don't listen to him!" Ren shouted, getting the director's attention. "This just shows how strong your will is, to see this mission through! He's just getting in your head!" He gave his Joker smirk. "You've actually impressed us, with your Will of Rebellion, to defy fate like we do~!"

"Yes, you lot weren't actually supposed to be here at all, it wasn't part of the plan," Leff stated, annoyed by the Thieves. "It was liked something out of our sight is defying us."

"Our sight? What the hell are you even saying-"

"Wait." Ren lifted his hand, interrupting Ryuji. "Flauros, that name. I read it in the lesser keys of Solomon that it's a part of the 72 demons and Ars Goetia." Narrowing his eyes to him. "That can only mean one thing, you're him aren't you?"

Leff actually looked impressed. "You know your stuff boy, but no." He then smiled at them manically. "We are the 72 Demon God Pillars… And we are here to eradicate all of Human History~!"

"The hell are you saying you bastard!?" Ryuji shouted. "Eliminate human history!?"

"So you're the ones who caused all this!" Ann shouted at him/It.

"No, that would be our lord himself~" Leff stated. "But why tell you, when I can show you that you've already lost~?" He then snapped his fingers and all of them were back in Chaldia, shocking everyone.

"What the!? Is this an illusion!?" Yusuke asked.

"No, he's controlling time and space somehow," Morgana stated in shock.

Olga's eyes widened in horror, seeing the core of Chaldia. "No… T-The core… i-it's red… T-That only ever happens when-"

"When all of Humanity if erraced~" Leff finished. "This is the predestined fate that our lord saw fit. Humanity is nothing but a parasite that needs to be exterminated. Chaldia is the only thing left of Humanity, but it too will fall soon enough."

Joker looked at the demon in human skin. "We won't allow it. This is just another rigged game for us to beat. We'll fix this, and save humanity."

Leff just smiled. "Then I'll just have to break your spirits then." He looked at Olga, who was scared. "And I know just how to do so~" Just then, a tentacle grabbed Olga, shocking everyone, and it went to throw her into the core. "You know, if something is thrown into the core of Chaldia, it'll live forever, but will be torn apart, molecule by molecule~ A poetic way to end the idiot girl, constantly dying from her own family legacy."

"I won't let you!" Renn shouted, shooting the tentacle, making it vanish. Olga was on the path to the core, but was grabbed by everyone.

Olga looked scared. "I don't want to die! I have done nothing of note in my life!" She cried out, tears in her eyes.

"We won't let it end for you, Director Olga!" Haru shouted. "We refuse to let this be your fate!"

Leff just laughed at the futility of their actions. "You worms really think you can change her fate~!? You are all fools~!"

Joker was trying to think of something, anything to save Olga, if not her spiritual body, then her mind and heart. He already failed Sakura, he would fail Olga. His eyes widened, remembering that she was basically a Persona at this point, and he knew one place that could save Velvet Room and the Sea of Souls. "Olga!" He shouted at her, getting her attention. "Repeat what I say, 'I am thou! Thru art I!'"

"W-What!?" Olga asked in shock.

"Trust me!" Ren roared. "Please!"

Olga saw the desperation, but also the rebellious fire in his eyes. "I am thou! Thou art I!" Olga roared. She felt something, and saw a mask form in front of her. She felt her essence and mind being put into the mask.

"What are you doing?" Leff asked, seeing this.

"Like we tell you anything, jackass!" Ryuji spat at him.

Leff just grunted in annoyance, and forced energy on Olga's body to force her to go into the core.

The thieves grunted trying to hold her back. "Just a little more!" Joker stated.

"All of you, let go of me now!" Olga ordered, shocking them. "I was able to put 95% of my being into that mask, I barely have anything left to give. I don't want you to get dragged in with the last part of my being!"

"But-" Ann started, wanting to protest.

She gave a determined look at them all. "You all reminded me why I became the Director of Chaldia, to help the world. If I have to sacrifice a part of my being to do that, then so be it!"

Joker grabbed the mask and placed it on his face and it vanished in blue fire. "Then we'll keep the rest of you safe from the reach of the demons."

She gave them all a smile. "I trust the future and safety of humanity to all of you," she stated, loosening her grip and sliding out of the hold. "Leff! Know this! You and your lord think that with my destruction will weaken their resolve, but I can tell… IT'LL JUST INSPIRE EVERYONE TO WORK HARDER TO STOP THIS!"

Olga finally slipped from their grip, being flung into the core. She had a look of determination on her face, her eyes blazing with rebellion. "I leave everything to all of you!" She then hit the core and screamed in pain as the rest of her being began to fade.

Everyone looked in horror at what was happening. It might have just been a small part that was destroyed, but it was still horrifying to watch.

"That was effed up man," Ryuji stated.

"Well, well, well~ You were able to save her after all~! If not completely~ Well, it doesn't matter." Flauros said with a menacing grin. "We shall see if you're able to get past the Grand Order and even if you do, it will be too late, nothing you can do can be saved." He then looked to Ren. "Though I do wonder where you sent little Olga anyway?"

"She's safe, in a place that you'll never reach! And she'll be stronger the next time you see her!" Ren stated, looking at the demon seriously.

Leff just laughed madly, like he heard the best joke. "That weak little girl~!? Please~! She'll be eradicated with the rest of her being soon enough~!"

"Screw you. asshole!" Ryuji shouted at him, walking up to glare at him. "She might be tough on us, but she was, or is, the leader of Chaldia. She's stronger than you, who fell into darkness and became an effing demon! SHE WAS WILLING AND ABLE TO SEE THIS MISSION THROUGH, EVEN IF IT MEANT THAT IT WOULD BE HER LAST! IT JUST SHOWS AND PROVES YOU DIDN'T KNOW HER AT ALL! AND IF I'M NOT MAKING MYSELF CLEAR ENOUGH, THEN LET ME SAY IT BLUNTLY; SHUT THE FUCK UP!"

BAM!

"ARGH!"

"RYUJI!"

Unfortunately, Ryuji was hit by something and caused him to fly back away from him, slamming him into a charred-up tree.

Flauros still smiled, but had a twitch of irritation. "Such petty humans you are, very well we shall see when the time for salvation shall come." he said before walking away and disappeared.

Ryuji groaned in pain. " Damn Bastard… Damn Sore Loser…" he groaned out, trying to get up.

"You alright Master?" His servant asked with concern.

"I'll live… for now." Ryuji answered back to Diarmuid, accepting his hand on getting up. "Where the eff does that baster get the right to say all that crap about Olga like that?"

"He's a demon, more less something about demon gods." Futaba answered to Ryuji.

"Why the hell would it call itself a demon god?" Ryuji asked them.

"Because it's close to, if not slightly more powerful to Joker's World Persona, Satinale," Futaba stated, having a holoscreen from her Persona pop up. "I was able to scan the demon in Zeff's body, and it is powerful."

Ann slumped. "Great… Another Save the world Quest from a tyrannical being with a God Complex…"

"Well, at least we know what we're dealing with." Yusuke added his thoughts to the group.

"We had one god to deal with but there's 72 of them." Makoto said to Yusuke. "This is gonna get harder than we thought."

"As well as the one in charge of them all," Sophie added in. "Remember, they are being led by the King of Magic himself, if the stories about him are true."

"Uh… guys…" Ritsu started, getting everyone's attention. "Did anyone see where Ren ran off to after all that?"

Everyone widened their eyes, and looked around, they even saw that Sakura was missing as well. Not before Ryuji had a forlorn expression.

"Let's leave him be."

"Ryuji?" Morgana asked him in confusion.

Martha understood what the bleached blond teen was getting at and gave a prayer to Sakura. "Child, you do not need to suffer anymore. The Lord has said that you will no longer have to face despair anymore."

"This is probably the first person that Joker has failed to save someone."

---

Ren silently walks through the grave with Sakura hanging on his back. Sakura weakly directing him to the graves of the two people most dear to her.

Soon, entering the graveyard, Ren walked through the gravestone as Sakura spoke.

"My Uncle Kairya once tried to save me and I didn't believe in him. Saying there is no escape from my grandfather. I never believed in hope when my father gave me away to the Matou family."

Ren stayed silent as he walked through the grave.

"When I met my sister again, she just ignored me, like I was a complete stranger to her. I thought my big sister would come and help me, she didn't, never once did she glanced back at me. It wasn't until Shirou helped me. He was the first person to help me." Sakura slowly shed tears. "I thought I found someone who could share their feelings with me. Instead, again everything was taken away from me and I cursed the world in return."

"... You lost your child. I can't say what you did was unforgivable but I'm not a fool. Everything that has happened to you…. I can't ever blame you. I would've done the same." Ren closed his eyes, remembering how he was almost fell into despair one time, nearly at the hands of Demiurge if his bonds with his friends had kept him from falling to despair.

Stopping near at a gravesite, soon they were at a grave where it said

'Rin Tohsaka'

"Kaiyra Matou'

"We're here." Ren said to her, looking down to the grave.

Sakura looked and tears were running down her face. But she was also smiling, happy to see this, one last time.

"Thank you… For letting me see them… one last time…" Sakura said, the last of her energy leaving her body. Her body started to dissipate like that of a Servant. "Thank you….for being the second person… to ever show…hope….. to me…..I wish… I could have joined you… in helping stop what was coming… Ren Amaiya…" She soon dissipate completely.

Light particles formed above Rin's grave, gathering around before soon a golden cup appeared, which was the Holy grail.

Ren's hands limped to the side, staring at the cup. Soon falling to his knees.

Ren was on his knees as he looked on the ground, breathing heavily as tears started to drop from his face as the clouds disspart, showing a bright blue sky above.

"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Before screaming out loud to the heavens itself.

Just then, everything around him started to shake, and it wasn't just happening around him. Ren shot up looking around in worry.

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The rest of the group were also feeling the tremors, trying to keep their balance.

"W-What's going on!?" Makoto shouted. "T-This feels like what happens when a Palace is collapsing!"

Just then, Romani's hologram appeared, looking frantic. "The Singularity is starting to collapse! Sakura was the last thing keeping it stable, but now that she's gone, it's starting to collapse and revert back to proper history!"

"Oh come the hell on!" Ryuji shouted. "Can't we catch a break!?"

"You need to get Ren and fast!" Da Vinci stated, appearing. "Otherwise all of you will be erased with the singularity! You are in your actual human bodies, and not your souls projected into that singularity!"

"Any other Good News you want to add!?" Morgana asked sarcastically.

"I might be able to pull you out, but you all have to be in the same area for it to work," Romani stated, frantically typing away at his keyboard. "But it's extremely risky."

"Don't worry Romani! I'll help you out!" Futaba said to Romani, typing in through her virtual keyboard. "Necronomicon! For once if you want to be helpful then get us out of here!"

'Oh my, demanding from an elder god such as me? You've forgotten your place mortal, why should I help you?'

"Because if we all die, if I die then how else can you be entertained? You'll be missing the whole plot actions."

'Hah! Very true, you mortals have your way around your tongue. Very well I shall help you but don't expect to ask anymore in the future.'

"Hey! Who the hell are you talking too and who the hell is Necronomicon? Wait a minute, the book of the dead?! From HP Lovecraft?!"

"I'll explain later!" Futaba said to Romani. "Necronomicon! NOW!"

WHOOSH!

---

(Chaldia)

"WAAHH!"

"OOOFFFF!"

"ARGH!"

"AH DAMMIT!"

"SHIT!"

"FOU!"

All the Phantom Thieves were soon transported out of the Singularity as they roughly landed back to Chaldia.

"What the-Your back?!" Romani said in surprise.

"Can someone tell me what's going on?" Ann asked, groaning from being piled on top of by multiple people and Servants.

"How did you do it?! You completely bypass Chalia's defense and somehow got out of the singularity before I could do anything!"

"Well, let's just say," Futaba said to him while the rest of them scrambled to get off each other, "I'm full of surprises."

"Seriously. You couldn't have thought of another way than crushing us?" Morgana whined to Futaba. Before he sniffed and smelled a familiar scent. "Joker?" He said to him, turning around to see their leader.

Ren was still kneeling down in front of the Holy Grail.

"Ren?" Romani lost his surprised expression, turning it to concern. "Is… Is something the matter?"

Romani felt a hand over his shoulder, looking it over to see Yusuke with a forlorn expression.

"Ren." Makoto walked towards him, kneeling down before placing her hands over his shoulder. "I'm so sorry."

Ren didn't say anything back or even acknowledge her. Joker, the ultimate wild card and leader of the Phantom Thieves who could steal so many hearts couldn't save what he swore to save.

The first person he failed.

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AN:

Dark: (Puts his hands over his nose and pinches it) At the very end, Sakura is at least at peace.

Now we have Jalter to deal with next.

Dark: Yup, they will need to rest up before heading to France, home of cheese, ohohohohoho (Puts in a french laugh)

Haru: "I think you offended a lot of people doing that Dark."

Dark: What are they gonna do, pull a French revolution on me?

Haru: (Pulls her Ax out) Maybe~

… Did you forget she's an executioner to Shadows Dark…?

Dark: Honestly, I forgot.

(Deadpan) … You tend to do that a lot…

Dark: Shut it dude, anyways, let's show a preview of the next chapter.

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"This might be our biggest heist yet, and it's throughout goddamn time itself!"

"Wait, we have THREE WILD CARDS!?"

"Our enemy is time itself!"

"Ren, I know how you are feeling?"

"Do you? Do you know what it feels like to break a promise when you're supposed to fulfill it? I promised to save her and yet I couldn't. What's the use? How can I even be a leader if I failed to save one person."

"Hahahahaha! Burn! Burn! Burn everything! Leave nothing behind and only ashes!"

"Holy hell! Jeanne?! Wait a minute, there's two of them!"

"One must be an Alter like Ren had!"

"Ren-"

"SHUT UP! SHUT THE HELL UP! YOU THINK IT'S EASY ON TRYING TO LET GO! I WAS SUPPOSE TO SAVE HER! AND SHE'S GONE! BECAUSE OF ME! I FAILED HER!"

"We can't change the past of what happened, however what we can do is focus on the present. It's not easy but sometimes, you just have to live on."

"Prove us that you're still our leader Ren! Don't let it take it to your heart! You helped us conquer our fears, now it's our turn to help you!"

Chapter 4: Velvet Rooms And Burning Cities

"Welcome to the Velvet Room, Dear Performers."

"Nyehehe… I'll watch as I take control of the code of reality itself~!"

"Ahahaha, yes, make Jeana even more powerful and burn this wretched land to ash~! Ahahahaha~!"

"Guys, I sensed Jalter energy. She's not the real Jeanne, she's like what we faced before, a Shadow."

"She's not real."

Ren's hair bangs covered his eyes while he sat in the church as a white transparent Sakura hugged him from behind.

"Don't feel bad Ren. You don't have to blame yourself, please don't fall into despair as I did before. You are what Shirou tried to be, a hero."

"I AM REAL! AND I'LL PROVE IT BY KILLING MY WEAKER SELF!"

"You say miracles aren't real? Well let me show you! PERSONA!"

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Dark: Well, looks like Ren is gonna go through a lot since this is the first person he failed to save, not that I can blame him, the toll can take a lot off him.

I'm more worried about that voice that sounded like Futaba but… crazier.

Dark: I think that Alter Ren was one, but others like the Alter Phantom Thieves? Oh boy.

Haru: "And knowing how this would play out, Jalter might be stronger than what she's supposed to be."

Dark: I get the feeling that Demiurge is behind all this.

That or Shiro warped her mind to make her his pawn after he killed her mother.

Dark: For the next chapter, I think I will spoil it a bit. Ren will act sorta out of character cause this would be an emotional toll for him, after Sakura's death and experience a real loss. From being lowered to the pits before his friends can help him reach higher.

Ren always gets stronger after his lowest. He defies Fate itself.

Haru: "Yes, I know he'll be stronger than ever. … (Pauses and looks at us) Though… Will Dark Sakura be a Servant?"

… Honestly… I have no idea… The Throne is the one to make that decision. But we should end this here so I can get the next chapter started.

Dark: Indeed, thanks for reading our chapter, we put a lot of effort into this. Check out what Light He'arth/Xarazechi has in store.

And please leave a comment and review on what Servants they should summon. I think Futaba might have ideas on bringing Fictional Characters the gremlin she is. Anyways, thank you and see you all next time.

Haru: (Waves smiling at the readers) "Bye~!"

Dark: PEACE OUT!

And with that, see you later.

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