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"Blah" - Normal speech
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Fate/Stay Night x Kamen Rider
Journey through the Kaleidoscope
Fate/Nexus Future
Chapter ?: Day of Ohma
The Heisei Kamen Riders have passed through this era.
It's time to pass that power down to the future.
Rejoice at the birth of the new king!
Shirou could feel his blood pounding in his ears as he ran through the streets of Fuyuki, Rin Saber Geiz and Tsukuyomi following close behind him, all around them the sounds of panic filled the air. Running as quickly as they could, it wasn't before long the small party found themselves on the west bank of the river Mion, leaning against the railing that separated the path from the stretch of water that separated the two halves of the city.
From the west bank Shirou and his companions watched on in horror as the seven colossal machines ravaged the eastern part of the city. As he gazed at them Shirou was overcome by a sense of familiarity, as if somehow he'd witnessed these events somewhere before although why that was he couldn't explain.
Was it possible that he was experiencing a remnant of his old life, back before that fateful night where his previous self had died and Emiya Shirou had been born? If that was the case then what did it mean, how could his old self have experienced these events if they were only just playing out now?
"W…what the heck are those things?" Rin exclaimed, the sound of her voice snapping the rust haired boy out of his musings.
Off to the side both Geiz and Tsukuyomi watched as the colossal machines cut a wave of destruction through the city, Tsukuyomi sporting a look of horror whilst Geiz looked on with a look of contempt etched into his face. "Dai Mazine." She muttered.
"D…Dai Mazine…" Shirou exclaimed, looking over at the pair of time travellers for answers. "Is this the work of the Timejackers?"
"No." Tsukuyomi replied before she turned her attention to the rust haired Magus/Rider. "They are the servants of Ohma Zi-O."
"O…Ohma Zi-O…" Saber said, shock creeping into her voice. "You mean the tyrant who destroyed your future?"
"That's right," Geiz replied, his palms clenched painfully into fists. "The Demon King used them to reduce the planet into a barely habitable wasteland."
"Dai Mazine, the servants of Ohma Zi-O…" Shirou said to himself. "But why are they here? Ohma Zi-O can't have just sent them back to this time for no good reason?"
"You are correct Waga Maoh." A loud voice coming from behind them was heard, Shirou and the others looking round to find none other than Woz standing there above them on top of the small slope where it met street level.
"W…Woz…" Shirou exclaimed as beside him Saber shifted uncomfortably, the strange man unnerving her. "What's going on?"
"Oh great," Rin muttered to herself. "This guy…"
"Your assumption is correct Waga Maoh, the ruler of time and space has indeed sent the Dai Mazine here for a purpose." The man in the olive green coat proclaimed, spreading his arms wide as he did so. "Iwea, for the Day of Ohma has arrived."
"D…day of Ohma…" Shirou exclaimed.
"That's right. It is upon this day that the Demon King sent his servants to prepare the world for his reign." Woz announced. "The time is drawing closer Waga Maoh, the hands of the clock cannot be stopped. The day where you obtain the powers of all the previous Kamen Riders is almost upon us, marking the inevitable moment that you become the undisputed Toki no Ouja, Ohma Zi-O."
"T…Toki no Ouja…" Rin blinked a couple of times before shifting her gaze over to Shirou, a dumbfounded look on her face. "Emiya…Emiya you…you're Ohma Zi-O…"
Before Shirou could say anything a buzzing noise coming from his pocket was heard, the sound distracting everyone and allowing Woz to turn on his heel and walk off.
Reaching into his pocket Shirou produced his phone, an image of Swartz on the screen. "S…Swartz, what's he doing?" The rust haired teen questioned aloud, unbeknownst to him the leader of the Timejackers was broadcasting his message to every television, computer, phone and electronic billboard in Fuyuki.
"People of Fuyuki, I bring to you a message of the utmost importance. These mechanical monstrosities are the heralds of the one who rules over space and time, they have come to pave the way for his future rule." The man in the purple pleather coat said, his tone grim. "Now look up and behold the face of the real terror who is responsible for this destruction."
He then pointed a hand towards the sky, the camera filming him turning itself upwards, the atmosphere above them rippling as an image appeared. Projected onto the sky was an image of the statue that Tsukuyomi had shown him, the one that depicted his current self in his transformation pose standing before a large clock like structure that was being flanked by depictions of all the Heisei Era Kamen Riders, from Kuuga all the way to Build.
And that was not all, for standing before the statue was a figure clad in black and gold armor, a pair of clock hands hanging off of his back acting like a cape, the Demon King and Shirou's potential future self, Ohma Zi-O.
"E…Emiya, that statue, It looks like you." Rin said, her voice shaking slightly. "You…you really Ohma Zi-O."
"Behold the monster that will bring about the ruination of both the world and its people, the Demon King Ohma Zi-O." Swartz continued. "But do not despair for the future is not yet written. There is a way to ensure that this terrible future cannot come to pass, this path will not be easy but it will bring about a new future. So I beseech thee, go forth and become the new King."
With that the screen of Shirou's phone went blank and the image of future in the sky faded away leaving the small party in a state of stunned silence. The message over Shirou slipped his phone back into his pocket, as he did so he felt an almost overbearing presence bearing down.
He didn't need to look up to know that Rin and Saber were staring at him, no doubt wanting to explain what it was that they had just witnessed. Now they knew the truth, that he was seemingly destined to become Ohma Zi-O, the same monster who had destroyed the future that both Geiz and Tsykuyomi had travelled back from in order to prevent.
A portion of the air began to shimmer as an opening surrounded by dozens of what looked like clocks, moments later a figure clad in gold and black armor emerging from it, landing with one knee resting on the ground.
Geiz scowled as he fixed his eyes on the figure as they rose up to their full height. "That guy…" He growled.
"Who the heck is that?" Rin wondered aloud, "Is he with the Timejackers?"
"No, he's a servant of Ohma Zi-O." Tsukuyomi informed her.
"Indeed," The robotic figure added, "I am Kasshine, retainer of the Demon King. I have come to this time period on orders of my Master to eliminate both Geiz and Tsukuyomi."
With that said the robotic figure then moved in towards both Geiz and Tsukuyomi, a twin pronged spear appearing in his hand that he used to slash at the pair.
"Hey hey," Shirou cried out at the black and gold robot. "Knock it off…"
"I cannot do that Waga Maoh, I was ordered by you to eliminate both Geiz and Tsukuyomi." Kasshine replied, glancing over to look at Shirou. "Be thankful that Tohsaka Rin is also not one of my targets."
Seeing an opening, Tsukuyomi dropped to the ground and delivered a sliding tackle to Kasshine's shin and managed to knock the robotic retainer to the ground before pointing her Faiz Phone at his head only for Kasshine to avoid her shots by flipping back up to his feet.
Now back on his feet Kasshine made to grab at the white clad teenager only to be intercepted by Geiz, the short haired future Rider seizing one of his arms and managed to toss the robot to one side and away from his sister.
With Kasshine momentarily dealt with Geiz pulled Tsyukuyomi back to her feet before siblings began to run, Kasshine recovering quickly and following after them as they ran in the direction of Fuyuki Bridge.
"Geiz…Tsukuyomi …" Shirou cried out as the two dark haired teens from the future dashed away.
Pulling out his Ziku Driver Shirou was about to go after them when a blur of royal blue suddenly rushed by him, a burst of air accompanying it, Saber standing before him with her back turned to him, her civilian clothes having vanished and replaced by her battle dress and armor.
"S…Saber…" Shirou said, taken aback by the aura of hostility that the blond haired Servant was suddenly giving off.
"Unforgivable…" The blond haired Servant muttered, her voice practically a growl, before she suddenly spun in her heel to face him, letting out a cry as she swung her wind encompassed sword at her rust haired Master who was so taken aback that he barely managed to stumble backwards to avoid getting cut down.
"Saber…" Shirou exclaimed. "Saber, what's gotten into you?"
"Unforgivable…" Saber said again, her face twisted into a look of pure anger as she made another attempt to cut Shirou down, the novice Mage and Rider barely managing to avoid each of her attempts.
Gritting his teeth, Shirou grabbed his Ridewatch along with his Ziku Driver, rotating the plate on the front of the device to reveal the image of his Rider forms face before hitting the button.
ZI-O…
He then slid the watch-like item onto the peg protruding from the right side of the Driver, that done he placed the device against his waist.
ZIKU DRIVER…
Ducking out of the way of another slash that the blond haired swordswoman had aimed at him, Shirou then pushed down on the Ziku Driver, slanting it slightly. As he did so an old fashoioned clock surrounded by several smaller clocks appeared behind Shirou.
"Henshin…" He declared announced before he gave the device a spin.
(Clocking ticking noise followed by a clock chime) RIDER TIME! (Electronic Beat) KAMEN RIDER ZI-O!
Katakana emerged from the clock as several metallic bands formed around Shirou and spun around. The belt had Zi-O written on the belt and the words "Rider" in katakana appeared on the clock behind him. A leather suit with bits of armor replaced his usual clothes. His suit was black with pink highlights on the hips. He also sported a black shoulder that had a pink and purple outline. The faceplate of the helmet resembles a watch. Uneven clock hands formed the antenna of the mask. A metallic band runs down the center of his chest and back to make it look like a watch.
The pink letters flew out of the clock and slammed into Katsuro's face. It formed the visor of the mask.
Now clad in his Rider armor, Zi-O grabbing his Zikan Girade, quickly shifting the weapon into its Ken form, he raised the weapon just in time to block another slash at him from Saber.
"Saber," he cried out, his voice somewhat strained as he tried to push back against the wind coated sword wielded by the much stronger Servant. "Please, listen to me…"
"Save your words, demon." Saber spat back, her tone laced with venom. "All this time I believed you to be a kind soul, that I could believe in you wholeheartedly. But it was all a lie, I wanted to believe that you were a better man than Emiya Kiritsugu but now I see you are just as cruel and underhanded as he was. I cannot, will not allow that ghastly vision to come to pass, to ensure a better future you must die…Ohma Zi-O."
Zi-O stared at Saber, her words were like a gut punch. Despite the secrets that he'd kept, that he was seemingly fated to become Ohma Zi-O, he wanted to believe that Saber would continue to support him, to help him in creating a new future for himself, or at the least that she'd hear him out.
However, seeing the anger on her face and the look of betrayal in her eyes, those hopes were shattered like cheap glass. He really was alone in all this.
Balling up a fist Zi-O aimed a punch that made contact with Saber's face, the blow being enough to momentarily knock her off balance, the black and silver Rider quickly following this up by slashing at her several times with his Zikan Girade before delivering a kick to her midsection that sent her stumbling back several steps before she managed to catch herself.
All of a sudden buzzing noise was heard, Zi-O barely managing to fall back and duck out of the way as a pair of spinning disk whizzed past, slicing the air where his head had been seconds before, no sooner had he straightened up a streak of red appeared before Zi-O, a blade slashing him across the chest with enough force to knock him off of his feet and sending him sprawling to the ground.
Grunting in pain Zi-O looked up, the black and silver clad Rider saw the familiar sight of Archer standing there, one of his trademark blades in hand, the tanned skinned Servant looking back at him with a stern look etched into his face, his cold grey eyes fixed on him.
"Archer…" Zi-O grunted as he pushed himself up into a seated position.
"Emiya Shirou, I can't claim to fully understand what is going on here, however what I do know is that your continued existence will ultimately doom mankind. As a Counter Guardian it is my job to protect it from any and all such threats." The tanned skinned Servant said, as he did so his other sword appeared in his hand. "Emiya Shirou, for the sake of the future of mankind you have to die."
"Well said Archer." Saber said as she walked up alongside the tanned skinned Servant, her cold gaze fixed upon Zi-O who was getting back to his feet. "Shirou, as of this moment consider the pact between us null and void, I could never willingly serve a Master that would seek to doom the world. I will kill you here and now and afterwards I will find a new Master, one who is good, honorable and worthy of my blade."
Confronted now by both Saber and Archer, Zi-O gritted his teeth as he grabbed a hold of a orange and blue Ridewatch that was mounted onto his other arm, twisted the faceplate before pressing the button.
GAIM…
He attached it to the peg protruding from the left side of his Driver, once again titling it and gave it a spin.
RIDER TIME! KAMEN RIDER ZI-O! GAIM! (Clocking ticking noise followed by a clock chime) ARMOR TIME! (Modernized Japanese music) SOIYA! GA-I-M!
The zipper-like opening appeared in the air above him from which the helmet shaped armor descended and landed on Zi-O's shoulders where it unfolded itself to create the Gaim Armor,
golden attachments similar to the ones sported by Gaim along with orange slices lining the sides of the shin armor and samurai hip armor that had connecting points to the chest. The chest itself was the upper half of Gaim's helmet, having Orange Lockseed's for shoulder pads. More orange styled samurai armor extended from the shoulders and extended outwards
The top and sides of his helmet was just like the Orange Arms back helm while the front Zi-O's mouth plate now had Gaim's crusher jaw, the upper half being dark blue with Gaim's head crest. Between the mouth and forehead was the blank space where the pink katakana for Gaim shot into place.
Reaching up Zi-O grabbed the pair of Daidaimaru that hung from the armors shoulders pauldrons before he engaged both Servants, slashing at Saber who stepped back out of the way, undeterred Zi-O shifted his attention to Archer, managing to block the tanned skinned Servants blades with his own.
"Give it up Emiya Shirou," Archer growled, putting his full strength behind his weapons. "You must know that Saber and I cannot allow you to walk away from here."
Behind his helmet Zi-O glared back at the Servant of the Bow. "Screw you…" He snarled in response.
Meanwhile, further down the path Geiz and Tsukuyomi were trying to put as much distance between themselves and Kasshine.
As the two of them ran, the sounds of battle coming from behind caught Tsukuyomi's attention and looking over and past Kasshine she saw Zi-O engaged in battle with both Saber and Archer.
"Geiz…" She called out to her sibling, "Geiz, Shirou in trouble."
"So what," Geiz retorted. "We're here to prevent him from becoming the Demon King, remember."
All of a sudden barrage of crimson bolts struck Kasshine in the back and caused the robot to stumble, looking round Kasshine as well as Geiz and Tsukuyomi was met by the sight of Tohsaka Rin, the black haired heiress standing there with a hand extended towards the black and gold robot, dark red energy gathering at the tip of her finger.
Reaching into her coat, Rin produced one of her gems, the crystal beginning to glow as she quickly muttered a string of German under her breath "Geiz, Tsukuyomi," She called out, "Get down."
No sooner was she done saying this she then tossed the gem at Kasshine where it made contact with the robots chest causing it to shatter, moments later a small but powerful burst of energy accompanied by a bright flash of light that
Seeing their chance both siblings grabbed a hold of Kasshine and with great effort managed to drag the retainer of Ohma Zi-O over the railing and pulled it over the side where it was sent tumbling into the water below.
"Phew, that should deal with him," Tsukuyomi sighed as she leaned against the railing. "At least for a little while."
Geiz said nothing at first, his gaze fixed upon the flowing water of the River Mion before looking over at his sister. "Come on, let's go." He said to her, "Let's get out of here before he's able to pull himself out."
"But what about Shirou," Tsukuyomi replied. "He's in trouble right now."
"So what," Geiz shot back, "He can get himself killed for all I care."
Tsukuyomi stared back at him, an uneasy silence fell over the two siblings as they glared at one another.
"But if he dies and it's not by your hand?" Tsukuyomi said p in a firm tone. "Your whole purpose for coming here was to kill him yourself, are you really fine with the idea that someone accomplished doing what you came here to do. Can you really live with that?"
Geiz glared at Tsukuyomi, his eyes narrowed and a scowl etched into his face as he fixed his gaze upon his white clad sister. "Fine," He said. "Just know I'm only doing this because I'm the only one who gets to kill the Demon King."
"Hold it." Rin spoke up, addressing the siblings, both of whom looked to see het pointing her finger at them, the tip of it crackling with crimson energy. "Tell me, will Emiya really become Ohma Zi-O?"
Geiz glared back at her, matching Rin's stern look with his own. "Yes," he told her. "Emiya Shirou becoming the Demon King is the whole reason that Tsukuyomi and I came back to this time period, to prevent that from happening."
"But that doesn't mean that he has to die." Tsukuyomi said, looking at the Tohsaka heiress "Rin, Shirou wants to create a new future, one free of Ohma Zi-O."
Rin cocked an eyebrow at hearing this. She was conflicted, from a young age the lessons of a Magus had been drummed into her and now that she was aware of what Emiya might become she knew that as a Magus she should stop him from becoming Ohma Zi-O at all costs.
But then there was the other side of her, the side that wanted to believe Tsukuyomi's words. She wanted to believe that Emiya Shirou, that frustrating and yet endearing boy, could change his future for the better.
Closing her eyes, Rin lowered her hand, the crimson energy fizzling out. Taking a deep breath she opened her eyes again and fixed Geiz and Tsukuyomi with a stern look. "Go," She said. "Don't make me regret this."
Taking a moment, Geiz shot the Tohsaka heiress another stern look before he dashed back towards the spot where Zi-O was engaged against both Saber and Archer, as he did do he pulled out his Ridewatch and his Ziku Driver, slapping the device against his waist, the strap emerging and securing itself to him.
ZIKU DRIVER…
That done he rotated the faceplate on his Ridewatch and hit the button.
GEIZ…
That done, he then slid the Ridewatch onto its peg, slamming his fist on top of his Ziku Driver, much like with Shirou a large clock like image appeared behind Geiz, this one designed like the display of a digital clock surrounded by a dozen smaller clocks. Tilting it slightly before seizing the upper and lower parts of it.
"Henshin…" He announced before he spun it.
(Clocking ticking noise followed by a clock chime) RIDER TIME! (Electronic Beat) KAMEN RIDER GEIZ!
Much like Zi-O a pair of bands encircled Geiz, these ones being red rather than sliver, and his Rider armor appeared, somewhat similar to design to Zi-O his was primarily red with a strip of black running down the middle of his chest and the tips of his gloves being yellow. Yellow Hiragana that spelling out 'Rider' attached themselves to the visor of his helmet.
His transformation complete Geiz continued to charge towards where Zi-O was fighting Saber and Archer, his Zikan Zax in hand, leaping upwards he pushed himself up off of one of Saber shoulders, twisting in midair and attempted to slash at her with his axe, the blond haired Servant managed to catch his weapon with her before he landed.
"G…Geiz…" Zi-O exclaimed, surprised by the other Riders sudden arrival.
"Don't get the wrong idea Zi-O," Geiz told him as grabbed a red and black Ridewatch, rotating the face plate before hitting the button. "I'm only helping you with these two because the only one who gets to defeat you is me."
WIZARD…
That done he slotted it onto the left peg of the Ziku Driver, hit the top of it and spun it.
RIDER TIME! KAMEN RIDER GEIZ! WIZARD! (Clocking ticking noise followed by a clock chime) ARMOR TIME! (Drum beat) PLEASE! WIZARD!
A magic circle appeared above him as the Hiragana for Wizard shot out from his belt. The magic circle descended before stopping at Geiz's shoulders and chest, growing smaller before the armor for the form appeared in its place. It unfolded onto his shoulders, chest, back, waist and head as the Hiragana locked in place.
His chest piece was similar to Wizard's flame style, though with part of a magic circle overlaid on it with golden bits that made it seem like a dragon's face. The shoulders were giant versions of the Flame Style Ring, with a few cloth pieces being draped from them, the rest of the magic circle acting as cape-like tassels while he also gained a waist coat similar to flame styles. His helmet though was the biggest change, sporting a helmet piece that made his look just like Wizards though with the Hiragana for 'Wizard' acting as the eye pieces.
Both armored up Riders moved in to engage the pair of Heroic Spirits, Zi-O locking swords with Archer whilst Geiz dealt with Saber.
Zi-O let out a cry as he sliced at Archer with one of his twin blades only for the orange slice themed sword only for it to be met by one of the weapons wielded by the tanned skinned Servant, a clang of metal striking metal ringing out.
Pulling back the Armor clad Rider tried slashing at Archer again and again only for the Servant of the Bow to repel his attempts each and every time. "I must say that I'm disappointed Emiya Shirou, is this really the best you can do." Archer said sternly, "I'd tell you to should perhaps pay better attention to Saber during her lessons but somehow I doubt that you'll be receiving any more lessons from her."
Behind his helmet, Shirou glared at Archer. "Go to hell…" He hissed at the white haired man.
Although he didn't show it, in his head Archer could only chuckle humorlessly. 'You have no idea…' He then pulled back one of his swords and made to slash at Zi-O's helmet bedecked head only for him to pull back, putting a short distance between the two of them.
Once he's backed up enough Zi-O pointed one of his swords towards the sky dozens of misshapen cartoon orange projections appeared above him. He then threw his sword forward as the projections rained down upon Archer, littering the Servant of the Bow with juice filled explosions.
"You think that this is a joke Emiya Shirou, do you really think a childish thing like that has a hope of defeating me." Archer snarled, his breath laboured slightly, "If so then I fail to see how someone like you could ever become a Demon King that rules over the world."
"I deadly serious Archer and my future isn't written yet." Zi-O snapped back, pressing down on the pair of Ridewatches attached to his Ziku Driver and before he gave it a spin before, shifting his swords into a reverse grip, "I will become a Hero of Justice and I won't let anyone, not even you stand in my way."
FINISH TIME…GAIM!
"Your future, your future will bring pain and misery to everyone around you." Archer said as he readied both Kanshoa and Bakuya, his voice carrying a steel like bite to it. "As a Counter Guardian it's my job to stop that from happening. You will die right here and right now…"
And with that said he dashed towards the black and silver Rider, the Married Blades at the ready to cut him down.
Seeing Archer come lunging towards him once more Zi-O took a step back before throwing his arms forward, shifting his blades into a standard grip and slashed at the tanned skinned Servant, both of the Daidaimaru catching him in the chest and cut through him.
SQUASH TIME BREAK!
Through his gritted teeth Archer tried to suppress a grunt of pain as the two orange slice themed swords sliced through him as his body was split three ways briefly before he was engulfed in an explosion that knocked him to the ground.
Meanwhile Geiz was busy dealing with Saber, the former King of England relentlessly slicing at him with her invisible sword which he responded with by doing the same with his Zikan Zax, their respective weapons colliding with one another again and again.
"Stop this foolishness Geiz, if anything we should be working together." Saber implored the red and black Rider, "I finally understand your aggression towards my former Master and the world that will come to pass if he is allowed to become the Demon King. Stand with us, together we can prevent the suffering of humanity."
Behind his helmet Geiz glared at the blond haired Servant. "Screw you," He snapped at her. "I came back to this time for the sole purpose to defeating the Demon King and no one, not even you, is going to take that from me."
Pulling his Zikan Zax Geiz grabbed a hold of the Wizard Ridewatch and attached it to the connection point on his axe like weapon.
FINSIH TIME…
"As for you, just drop dead already!" Geiz snapped as he began to swing his weapon around and around, as he did so the Zikan Zax began to radiate with glowing energy that grew and grew until a projection of itself created and appeared above it.
With a cry Geiz aimed the growing projection at Saber who raised her wind coated sword to block it, even as she did this the projection of the Zikan Zax continued to grow in size. For a moment it appeared that the two of them were locked in a stalemate, both Future Rider and the Servant of the Sword glared at one another as they attempted to overpower the other, until the projection of the Zikan Zax grew so large that Saber could not hold it back any longer.
Letting out a yell, Geiz threw everything he had behind his swing and slammed his gigantic energy axe into Saber and sent her stumbling backwards from the assault.
WIZARD…ZAKKURI CUTTING…
Not wasting his chance Geiz reattached the Wizard Ridewatch to his Ziku Driver, pressing down on both of Ridewatches before then rotating his driver.
FINISH TIME…WIZARD…
All of a sudden the ground beneath Geiz's feet began to glow with red energy and as a magic circle took shape before he rose into the air, energy pulsating through the area as he began to float upwards. Fire gathering around right boot and shin as he did.
STRIKE TIME BREAK!
Geiz kicked forward, though a magic circle appeared in front of him. He kicked into the circle, his leg extending and growing large as he slammed his gigantic boot directly into Saber who let out a muffle yell as she was struck, the fiery attack causing an explosion that engulfed her before she was sent sprawling across the ground.
"Shirou, Geiz," Both Riders looked over as they heard Tsukuyomi calling out to them. "We need to get out of here before those two get back up."
"Emiya…" Hearing his name being called, Zi-O looked over to find Rin standing a short distance away from where he was. For a moment Zi-O and Rin wordlessly stared at one another.
"Hold it…" A new voice spoke up, catching the attention of both Riders and Tsukuyomi.
Looking over to find Rin standing there, a stern look on her face as she stared in the direction of Zi-O. "Tohsaka…" He muttered as he looked back at her.
"Emiya, Tsukuyomi said that you want to change your future," Rin asked, her tone firm, "One where you don't become Ohma Zi-O."
"Yeah, that's right." Zi-O replied.
Rin closed her eyes, letting out a deep sigh as she turned her back on him. "Go on, get out of here." She said, "And Emiya, if you don't make a new future and end up becoming Ohma Zi-O, I swear that I'll kill you myself."
For a moment Zi-O was speechless as he stared at Rin's back. Slowly he shifted his gaze over to look at Geiz, finding that the red and black Rider had grabbed a Ridewatch, hit the button before tossing them into the air where they unfolded into his Ridestriker and mounted it,Tsukuyomi seated herself behind him.
Shooting Rin another look, Zi-O summoned his own Ridestriker and mounted it, revving the engine a few times before both bikes raced away just as both Archer and Saber were picking themselves up off of the ground.
Racing up the bank until they were at street level both Zi-O and Geiz guided both their Rider Machine's through the now empty streets of Fuyuki, the crowds having dispersed to find cover in the wake of the Dai Mazine's arrival.
"Shirou, Geiz," Tsukuyomi called out from her position behind her brother. "Archer and Saber won't be down for long. Get us to the bridge."
Following Tsukuyomi's instructions it wasn't long before both Riders were driving across Fuyuki Bridge, the large structure that connected both halves of the city. As they drove across the metal construct when all of a sudden a torrent of glowing red arrows rained down upon them from above.
Abandoning the bikes all three of them jumped clear as to avoid the barrage of arrows, both Ridestrikers reverting back into their watch forms.
Zi-O, Geiz and Tsukuyomi saw both Archer and Saber approaching them. "Come now Emiya Shirou, you did not think that you could elude us so easily." Archer said to the black and silver Rider as he and Saber approached. "Even with all your tricks you have no chance of defeating a Heroic Spirit."
"Shirou, I cannot allow you to escape, not with the sake of the future at stake." Saber added, her grip on her sword tightening. "This is your last chance, surrender yourself to us, you must realise that it is better for you to do so that we can prevent the future that Geiz and Tsukuyomi came from."
"I don't give a damn about any of that." Geiz snapped back at the two Servants as he grabbed the Ghost Ridewatch, twisted its plate and hit the button. "You won't take from me my purpose for being here. I will be the one who defeats the Demon King, even if I must partner with him to make sure of it."
GHOST….
Slotting the Ridewatch into his Driver, he punched the top of it and gave it a spin.
RIDER TIME! KAMEN RIDER GEIZ! GHOST! (Clocking ticking noise followed by a clock chime) ARMOR TIME! KAIGAN! GHOST!
All of a sudden a full body armor formed in front of Geiz, the shoulder pieces being two large eye-like devices whilst the chest had an eye symbol on it, the thighs pieces decorated with bone like pattered on them. And finally an orange face plate thathad a horn protruding from its forehead. All of a sudden the armor split apart and attached themselves onto Geiz's body, forming the Ghost Armor, the Hiragana on his visor now spelling out 'Ghost'.
"Damnit…" Zi-O cursed aloud as he pulled out his own Ridewatch, hitting the button on the elongated form of the Decade Ridewatch that he then attached to his Ziku Driver before he gave it a spin.
DECADE…
RIDER TIME! KAMEN RIDER ZI-O! DECADE! (Clocking ticking noise followed by a clock chime) ARMOR TIME! (Techno Rock music with Decadriver's transformation announcement) KAMEN RIDE! WOW! DECADE! DECADE! DE~CADE!
Suddenly each card became a grey holographic placeholder of the full Armor Time, each placeholder having a piece of the full armor as a result. The grey holograms all slid together onto Zi-O, combining each of their armor pieces into a new more extensive armor.
The armor had drastically changed his bodysuit, it being primarily black but with pink-like magenta that went down his sides, his watch strap still present. Though it was hard to tell what else had changed as he gained silver armor with magenta detailing and accents, making it a lot thicker in the body portion than prior Armor Times.
He now had bulkier chest armor, bar-like strips on the front of his shoulders, one constant one from his left shoulder to his chest slanting downwards slightly. On his right shoulder bar it held 'Decade' in Katakana. The left and center bars held a barcode on it. The face was unique, having a screen instead of the normal visor, the screen displaying a magenta face with black vertical bars, green katakana also showcasing the name 'Decade'
Now coated in the Decade Armor, Zi-O grabbed another Ridewatch, rotated the plate and hit the button on it before slotting it into the elongated attachment of the Decade Ridewatch.
OOO…
FINAL FORM TIME! O…O…OOO…
All of a sudden Zi-O's under suit changed, becoming glossy black with a red segmented pattern running up his legs, his feet, legs and arm now covered in red armored boots that had a gold spike protruding from the toes and grieves, golden bands adorned his wrists. The face on the tablet now depicted a red birdlike faceplate with red eyes, the word OOO in the corner. Finally the katakana written on his right shoulder spelt out OOO whilst as well as the barcode that ran across his chest plate now read TaJaDor Combo.
With their new summoned and attached to them, both Riders moved in to engage the pair of Servants, this time Geiz engaged Archer whilst Zi-O locked swords with Saber, much like it had been during the Fourth Holy Grail War Fuyuki Bridge was filled with the sounds of battle.
Just as he had done with Archer Zi-O enaged Saber, trying his best to keep up with her, something he knew that was proving to be difficult, even with the enhancements that the Rider Armor offered him he knew that he had no hope of matching her strength.
As for Saber, if she had any reservations about this situation she didn't show it, swinging at Zi-O with her wind encased sword as she would any opponent. Again and again she hammered away at the Zi-O, leaving him with little time to either dodge out of the way or block her her sword with his Ride HeiSaber.
Just as the blond haired Servant swung her sword at him again Zi-O managed to block it with his own, throwing his full strength behind it he tried his best to hold back her blade. "Saber please," He said, his voice sounding strained. "We don't need to do this…"
"Save your words Shirou, nothing you say will diswade me from what we must be done." Saber shot back. "As much as it pains me to betray my Master I cannot allow a tyrant who will drown this world in endless suffering to rise, not again…"
Hearing this Zi-O felt a coldness. No matter how much it pained him it was clear that Saber wasn't going to listen to him. "Saber…"
As the two of them locked blades Zi-O began rotating the golden clock arm on the center of the Ride HeiSaber's guard and began rotating it until he found the Rider symbol that he was looking for.
HEY W…
The blade of the Ride Heisaber became engulfed in a vortex of green and black swirling energy, something that took Saber off guard momentarily.
Pulling his blade back from Saber's, Zi-O thrust his weapon towards Saber, driving the blade of the Ride HeiSaber through her stomach, her body becoming engulfed in the black and green energy, before sharply pulling it back, a large explosion engulfing the Servant of the Sword.
W! DUAL TIME BREAK…
Meanwhile Geiz was still locked in battle with Archer. Ducking out of the way of Archer's attempt to slash at him, he grabbed his Ziku Driver and gave it a spin.
FINISH TIME…GHOST! OMEGA TIME BURST!
Several Parka Ghosts emerged and charged at Archer, at the same time that the tanned skinned Servant was being momentarily distracted, an orb of glowing orange energy began to gather in Geiz's hand.
Once it had reached sizable mass Geiz tossed it into the air before delivering a roundhouse kick and launched it at Archer, the Parka Ghost quickly scattering moments before the orb collided with him. Like with Saber, Archer's body crackled with energy before being engulfed in an explosion.
The two explosions quickly dissipated, revealing a disheveled looking Archer and Saber that were sprawled across the ground. Gritting her teeth, driving her sword into the tarmac, Saber pushed herself up. "Shirou, I won't let you get away." She said, her voice filled with determination despite painting heavily. "All the destruction, the destroyed lives. I can't…won't allow it to happen, not again…"
"Saber…" Zi-O muttered as his potentially ex Servant shakily got back up to her feet, Archer doing the same.
"Oi, Zi-O," The sound of Geiz's voice got his attention and looking over was just in time to see the red, yellow and black Ride toss him something, catching it it was revealed to be the Driver Ridewatch. "Try giving that one a shot."
"Right." Zi-O replied before taking his W Ridewatch and tossing it to Geiz. "Here, we'll trade."
Geiz said nothing as he caught the green and black Rider watch, choosing instead to activate it before slotting it into his Ziku Driver before giving it a spin.
W…
RIDER TIME! KAMEN RIDER GEIZ! W! (Clocking ticking noise followed by a clock chime) ARMOR TIME! CYCLONE! JOKER! W!
The Ghost armor vanished off of Geiz's body as a pair of human shaped robotic figures appeared before him, one green the other black, before they folded in on themselves and creating the new Rider Armor appeared before him and attached itself to him, the two halves configuring themselves into chest armor and Gaia Memory shaped shoulder pads, the hiragana on Geiz's helmet now spelling out Double.
No sooner had Geiz summoned his new Rider armor, Zi-O did the same, hitting the button on the Drive Ridewatch before slotting it onto the Decade Ridewatch.
DRIVE…
FINAL FORM TIME! DR…DR…DRIVE…
Once again Zi-O's under suit changed, this time becoming glossy black, with blue armored pieces on his legs and forearms that also had a tire attached to each of the, an odd looking brace attached to his right wrist that had what looked like a toy formula one car that had been twisted in the middle set into it. The tablet on his helmet depicted the image of a racing helmet with a black visor and four stripes running across the top of it, two black and one blue and a silver plate over where the mouth would be. In the corner of the screen the word 'Drive' could be seen. Lastly, the katakana written on his right shoulder now read Drive as well as the barcode that ran across the chest changed to Type: Formula.
No sooner had the Decade Armor shifted itself to incorporate elements of this new Rider, Zi-O slid the Decade Ridewatch off his Ziku Driver and slotted it onto the side of his RideHeisaber, with that done he flipped it over and began to quickly rotate the clock arm on his RideHeisaber, the symbols of past Riders flashing by at a rapid rate.
HEY! KAMEN RIDERS!
At the same time, Geiz was reading his own finishing move, tilting it slightly before giving it a full spin.
FINISH TIME…W! MAXIMUM TIME BREAK!
The two halves of Geiz's Rider Armor detached from him and resumed their humanoid form, all three of them then leapt into the air, green swirling energy carrying them upwards, at the height of his arc Geiz repositioned himself with his feet pointing towards the ground before quickly descending towards Archer and Saber, the Memory Droids attaching themselves to his feet and creating a W shape made from glowing green and black energy that slammed into Archer and Saber, their job done the Memory Droids reattached themselves to Geiz.
No sooner had Geiz performed his finisher, Zi-O readied himselt to follow it up with his own.
HEI…SEI…HEI…SEI…HEI…SEI…HEI…HEI…HEI…
As the weapons standby jingle rang out a A diagonal line of semi transparent Ride Cards appeared in the air before Zi-O swung the Ride Heisaber at the two Servants, unleashing a barrage of dozens of a spectral Shift Cars at them.
Not finished Zi-O unleashed several slashes to Saber and Archer before delivering a vertical slash that resulted in a large explosion that engulfed the pair of them and sent them once more sprawling to the road beneath them.
D…D…DECADE! HEISEI RIDER ULTIMATE TIME BREAK!
With both Archer and Saber momentarily dealt with both Zi-O and Geiz took a moment to catch their breath, engaging the pair of Servants left both of them feeling exhausted.
"Shirou, Geiz…" Hearing the sound of her voice both Riders turned to look over at Tsukuyomi, the dark haired girl turning on her heel and began running towards the side of the bridge and leapt over the side.
Glancing at one another momentarily both Riders quickly followed after her, at the same time that the two Riders were dashing towards the side of the bridge both Archer and Saber were coming too. Letting out a groan Saber pushed herself up off of the ground into a sitting position, as she got her bearings the sound of hurried footsteps caught her ears attention and looking over in the sounds direction she was just in time to see as both Zi-O and Geiz climbed over the barrier and jumped over the side vanishing from view.
"Wha…what the," Saber exclaimed before quickly scrambling to her feet, eyes wide at what she had just witnessed. "What are those two thinking?"
Archer didn't reply, much like Saber he too had his gaze fixed upon the spot where both Zi-O and Geiz had jumped. Getting back up both Servants approached the barrier that ran alongside the side of the bridge, as they did so a loud roar filled the air which causing both of them stop in their tracks and assume a defensive stance.
All of a sudden both Zi-O and Geiz came back into view, the sight of them ascending higher and higher until a Time Mazine came into view, the two of them standing upon its the hull. Once it had risen high enough the large machine swung itself around, its thrusters suddenly flaring up launching it the machine towards the sky as well as knocking both Saber and Archer off of their feet.
"Shirou," Saber muttered to herself as she picked herself up again, narrowling her eyes as she fixed her gaze upon the retreating time machine. "You're not getting away…"
Backing up a short distance the blond haired Servants body tensed up momentarily before the former King of England dashed forward and launched herself into the air, sailing towards the retreating form of the Time Mazine as a time portal opened up a short distance in front of it.
As the Time Mazine moved towards the time portal something caught Zi-O's attention, looking over he saw Saber drew closer. "Saber…" Zi-O muttered, staring at her for a few moments before he dashed forwards, reaching down and gripped the side of his Ziku Drive as he did so, his gaze fixed upon her for a few moments before spinning it.
FINISH TIME…DECADE! FINAL ATTACK TIME BREAK!
A line of semi transparent of Ride Cards appeared before Zi-O, stretching out towards Saber as she inched ever closer towards the Time Mazine, the silver and black Rider jumping up into the air, repositioning his body at the zenith of his jump extending his right leg forward as he dived through the line of cards towards Saber.
At the same time Saber continued rocketing through the air in pursuit of the fleeing Time Mazine, reaching a hand out towards it, when all of a sudden her vision was blocked by the line of Ride Cards. Seconds later Zi-O emerged from them, his foot extended out towards her.
For a moment time seemed to grind to a halt as their eyes met.
Once again Saber was engulfed in a large explosion that sent her plummeting towards the river below as well as knocking Zi-O backwards towards the retreating form of the Time Mazine before all of a sudden his momentum shifted and he too began to fall.
All of a sudden Zi-O felt something latch onto him and looking up he was met by the sight of Geiz, the future Rider was hanging off the back of the Time Mazine as he held on tightly onto Zi-O's wrist, moments later the machine entered the space/time distortion which quickly behind them.
Meanwhile down below a resounding splash filled the air as Saber made contact with the waters of the River Mion, sinking beneath its surface. As she sank towards the murky depth Saber looked upwards, watching as the shrinking spot of light that was growing further away from her.
All of a sudden something broke the surface of the water and gazing up she saw Archer looking back down at her as he raced towards her.
Once he was close enough the red clad Servant wrapped one of his arms around her shoulders and with a powerful kick he carried both of them back to the surface, breaking the surface of the water both Saber and Archer gazed upwards towards the spot in which the Time Mazine had vanished.
Inside the cockpit of the Time Mazine things were tense. At present Geiz pacing back and forth, a look of frustration on his face as he marched over and punched one of the bulkheads.
"Now what?" Geiz said cooly as he glanced over at Tsukuyomi who stood at the controls of the machine she was piloting. "Thanks to helping Zi-O we've now got the Holy Grail War participants gunning for us."
The dark haired girl let out a sigh. "I don't know." She replied. "Things have gotten a lot more complicated."
"Well you better figure something out." Geiz said harshly. "I really don't want to spend the rest of my life on the lam."
Meanwhile Shirou wasn't listening as Geiz and Tsukuyomi tried to figure out what they were going to do now. The rust haired youth instead merely content to sit there on the floor of the Time Mazine's cockpit, resting his head against the wall.
As he sat there a nasty thought crept itself into his mind as it dawned on him that he could probably never go home again. Saber, Tohsaka. Fuji-nee. Sakura. Everyone. They now knew, knew that in the future he would become a tyrant that would dominate the world with an iron fist.
What would happen if he did go back? Would they give him a chance to explain himself, after everything that they'd been through so far surely they'd give him that much as all they'd been through, to tell them that he was trying to alter his fate, that he'd no intention of becoming the tyrant known as Ohma Zi-O.
Or would they just try to kill him again? Saber had already tried. The memory of her looking at him, a look of betrayal and hatred on her face as she glared back at him. Shirou normally wasn't one for self pity but right there and then he could do nothing but wallow in his own misery.
Meanwhile back in the present day Fuyuki City, Rin and Saber had made their way to Homurahara Academy, the school had been evacuated following the Dai Mazine's attack on the city leaving the whole area deserted, and were seated outside the building used by the Archery Club,while Archer was sitting on the club houses roof.
All three of them were sitting in silent contemplation as they tried to come to terms with what they had just learned. For Saber and Rin the revelation that in the future Emiya Shirou would become the tyrannical monster known as Ohma Zi-O, the man that had all but destroyed the world that Geiz and Tsukiyomi had come from and ruled over its remains with an iron fist had been a real shock to the system.
Neither of them wanted to believe it, that the kind hearted, if a little naive, boy they knew could possibly go one to become such a person.
For Archer however, his thoughts were troubled for a different reason for he'd always believed that the life of Emiya Shirou was predestined to one path, his naive desire to walk the path of a hero only to become the antithesis of all he aspired to become in the end, leaving him a bitter and cynical person in the process.
But now he wasn't so sure. Was it possible that there was another path that Emiya Shirou could take, one that didn't leave him becoming a Counter Guardian? However this different path led to a future far worse than the one that had led to becoming who he was now. A path that led to Ohma Zi-O.
Part of him couldn't help but wonder if this whole thing was the universe playing a joke at his expense. The very idea that a life of hardship and suffering which culminated in becoming the entity known as EMIYA was a better outcome than becoming a monster that in the future would dominate all of humanity. It seemed like a bad joke.
"Well well, look what we have here." Came a voice that suddenly caught the trio's attention. "I gotta say Saber you can be pretty elusive, we had to look all over town for you."
Looking over, the trio were greeted by the sight of a pair of individuals standing a short distance from them. The first was a girl who looked to be in her late teens/early twenties clad in a leather white jacket and matching mini skirt, both of which had grey detailing on them as well as black thigh high boots.
Her companion was a boy who looked to be several years younger, his face framed by his dark bangs, wearing a blue leather jacket with oversized sleeves and matching shorts, his feet covered by white sneakers.
"These two…" EMIYA muttered to himself as both Rin and Saber quickly got to their feet. "What are they doing here? And how did they manage us without either attracting the attention of Saber and I?"
"Who are you?" Saber demanded, gripping the handle of her wind coated sword as she eyed the two newcomers.
"Oh right, this is the first time we've actually been introduced to one another." The girl in white replied. "My name is Ora and this here is Heure."
"We're members of the Timejackers." The boy in blue added.
"T…Timejacker…" Rin exclaimed.
"I see, so you're the ones who have been running around and causing trouble." Saber said, her tone disapproving. "You're the ones turning innocent people into monsters."
"Hey now, you make it sound like we're the bad guys." Ora replied offhandedly. "All we're trying to do is create a better future. One free of Ohma Zi-O."
"Yeah, yeah. Don't forget that Emiya Shirou is the real villain here." Herure added. "If the future is not changed he'll become the Demon King and doom all of humanity."
"Shi…my Master will never become Ohma Zi-O." Saber retorted in a stern tone. "I will not allow that future to come to pass."
"Oh, you won't allow it will you. And what pray tell are you going to do to ensure that." Heure asked coyly. "Will you kill him?"
"If I have to," Saber retorted. "To protect this world from that monster I will willingly take that responsibility upon myself."
"No need to be so dramatic, especially since there is another way, a way to protect the future and allow for Emiya Shirou to live." Ora said firmly. "All it requires is for someone else to become the new Demon King, so how about it Saber, how would you like the job?"
"M…me…" Saber replied, taken aback a little by the female Timejackers suggestion. "You want me to become the Demon King in Shirou's stead?"
A small smirk graced Ora's lips as she pulled out an Another Ridewatch. "That's right," She said as she held up the dark purple device in front of her. "You've already been King in the past, surely it shouldn't be too hard for someone like you. All you need to do is accept this power, become Another Rider and a new future will be created."
She then pressed the button on the device, a demonic looking face appearing on the front of it.
BLADE…
"Don't screw around." Rin snapped at the pair. "She may not be my Servant but I've gotten to know Saber pretty well, I can assure you that there's no way that she'd ever agree to such a thing."
Heure and Ora glanced at one another, both of them wearing a matching look of bemusement before looking back at Rin and Saber. "What about you Tohsaka Rin, don't you want to stop your dear friend from becoming a heartless tyrant?" Heure said, doing his best to keep his voice even. "How about it, if Saber won't then perhaps you'd consider becoming the Demon King instead."
"You're clearly not getting the message," Rin scoffed. "Both of you are out of your minds if you think that Saber and I would even entertain the idea of helping you."
"Such a fiery temperament." Heure spoke up before he glanced over at his fellow Timejacker. "Hey Ora, maybe we're trying to recruit the wrong target, if Saber won't do it then maybe we should have Tohsaka Rin become the new Demon King instead?"
"M…me…" Rin exclaimed. "What makes you think that I'd want to become the Demon King?"
"Hmmm, I don't think so." Ora said dismissively. "Tohsaka Rin isn't a good candidate, actually I bet an even worse future would come to pass if she were to become the King."
"Hey," Rin snapped. "I would not make a worse king than Emiya."
Just then a devious smile spread itself across Heure's face. "Hey Ora, I have an idea." He said, both he and his female companion ignoring Rin's outburst. "Why don't we have these two fight it out and whoever wins gets to be the new Demon King."
"Hmmm," Ora rubbed her chin thoughtfully. "I guess. Actually it might be fun to watch these beat the crud out of each other."
"Enough of this." Saber snapped, pointing her sword at the two Timejackers. "Begone Timejacker, Rin and I want nothing to do with you."
"No need to be so self righteous, Saber, you really should take us up on our offer. You know by refusing you are condemning the world to ruin, one way or another Emiya Shirou will become Ohma Zi-O and the blame will be solely on your head." Just then a knowing smirk spread itself across Ora's lips. "Or could it be that secretly you wish for that future to come to pass?"
"Wh…what…" Saber exclaimed. "Why would I wish for such a terrible future on this world and its people?"
"Why, to make up for your own failures of course." Heure smirked. "Emiya Shirou becomes the Demon King who will ravage the world and all but subjugate its people. But then you step in and slay him, saving everyone and freeing the world from his clutches. A real fairy tail ending with you as the big hero."
"Enough of this." Archer said as he jumped off of the roof and landed on the ground in front of Rin and Saber, his signature swords appearing in his hands.
"Well well, look who's come out to play." Heure said as he and Ora acknowledged the tanned skinned Servant's sudden appearance.
"We have no time to be a part of whatever scheme the two of you are cooking up Timejacker so I strongly suggest that you both leave and be quick about it." EMIYA said sternly, gripping the handle of both of his swords as he did so. "If you don't, well I will not be held accountable for your continued existence."
"Ahh foo, you guys are no fun." Ora groaned, a serious look then spread across her face as she then snapped her fingers. "Perhaps you need a demonstration to prove that we mean business."
The sound of footsteps caught Saber and Rin's attention as from around the corner of a nearby building emerged Matou Sakura as she walked out from behind one of the buildings and made her way towards them, her hair that she normally kept tied back hanging freely, her clothes wrinkled and unkept, a distant look on her face.
"S…Sakura…" Rin exclaimed at the purple haired girl's appearance as well as the state that she was in.
"Tohsaka-senpei…" Sakura said in a drone like fashion, fixing her uneven gaze at the Tohsaka heiress.
"Sakura…" The shock on Rin's face quickly vanished and a look of anger appeared as she fixed her gaze upon the two Timejackers. "What did you do to her?"
"It's like Ora here said, think of this as a little demonstration…" Heure said as a paych of dark purple energy took form on Sakura's chest, reaching into it he pulled out Another Ridewatch, hitting the button in it before he reinserted it back into her body.
GAIM…
Sakura gasped in pain as a dark transformation overtook her, a blue and gold accented monstrous body formed. It had rotten orange branch-like samurai armor covering it, a crude version of the Driver everyone wore wrapping around his waist. He had a demon-like plated face with gritted teeth, a blue helmet over his head with an orange visor covering his eyes. A branch stuck out from the helmet, red cracks stemming from it. On her left shoulder pauldron bore the year 2013, while on his right shoulder pauldron was printed the name Gaim.
Rin's eyes widened as her breath caught itself in her throat. "Sa…Sakura…" She stammered, unable to tear her gaze away from the monstrous looking creature that stood a short distance away from her. "You…you turned her into Another Rider…"
"Of course, how else are we supposed to find someone to appoint as the new King." Ora said in a matter-of-fact tone as she placed a hand on Another Gaim's back and pushed her forward. "Go on, go play…"
Another Gaim let out a guttural cry as she charged towards Archer, Saber and Rin, cleaving the air with her large sword as she swung her oversized weapon, raising his swords Archer managed to block the monstrous Rider's attempt to slash at him.
Letting out another guttural cry, Another Gaim swung her sword at Archer a few more times, each time he managed to block her weapon with his own, before unleashing a horizontal swing at him, an attempt that Archer managed to avoid by ducking down and rolled out of the way.
Watching Archer fall back, Another Gaim turned her attention to Saber, a low growl escaping from her as she turned and swung wildly at the Servant of the Sword, the former King meeting her weapon with her own, the sound of metal striking metal ringing out.
Saber took a step back. "Ms. Matou, despite your current state I know that you can hear my voice." She said to the monsterous parody of the Orange themed Samurai Rider. "Please you need to resist, resist it and return to your true self."
Just then, unbeknownst to her, the world suddenly flickered and all of a sudden Saber heard a chuckle coming from behind her. "Y'know it was pretty cute of you." She heard Ora say, from the tone she could practically hear the smirk in her voice.
Saber's eyes widened as she quickly spun round and found herself face to face with the female Timejacker who was looking back at her with a smug look etched into her face.
"You really thought that I was giving you a choice…" She continued, pressing the button on the Another Ridewatch before pressing it against the breastplate that covered Saber's torso which was then absorbed into her body.
Her eyes wide and breathing rapid Saber stumbled backwards, dropping her sword as she did so, before letting out a scream as her body became engulfed in dark purple energy that gathered together and took the form of large rectangle that bore a demonic face that passed over her and vanished.
BLADE…
Where the once King of Knights had been was now a creature that that looked like a cross between an insect and a demon clad in a navy layered leather bodysuit. Sharp, layered silver armor adorned the various parts of its body as it was fairly bulky from the top. On its back it held the name Blade alongside the date 2004. The belt buckle held a gold spade with a skull on it and above it on the abdomen was a spade engraving.
No sooner had her transformation been complete Another Blade spotted Another Gaim, the two Another Riders growling as one another as they glared at each other. Another Blade's growl suddenly shifted itself into a loud cry before she lunged at the twisted Samurai Rider, a new sword that looked like a twisted parody of the weapon wielded by her namesake with a serrated saw blade attached to its hilt, and swung it at Another Gaim.
Seeing the Another Gaim raised her own sword, intercepting the slash that Another Blade aimed at her, the ring of metal striking metal filling the air as both Another Riders engaged one another.
"Saber…Sakura…" Rin cried out, her eyes wide in shock and horror at the sight of the monstrous creatures that both the Servant of the Sword and her estranged sister had been forcibly transformed into.
All of a sudden the air behind Rin suddenly shimmered before Heure suddenly appeared behind her. "Y'know you should pay attention to your surroundings." The youngest member of the Timejackers said to her as he produced his own Another Rider Ridewatch, hitting the button on it before pressing it against the Tohsaka heiress's back, a circle of purple energy appearing there before it was absorbed into her body.
Rin gasped as her body began to erupt into flames, being fully engulfed before his new form began to take shape.
Where there Tohsaka heiress had been now stood a monsterous figure clad in black armorl, having a red ragged coattail that went to its ankles, a red skull shaped jewel-like chest with silver rimming alongside a red mantel going over its chest and shoulders. The shoulders being ordained with two skull shoulder pads.
The face looked jewel-like though held a skull underneath, a warped frame wrapping around it and making it look like a ring, an actual metal ring jutting out of the sides and around to the back of its head. It held a black silver rimmed buckle with a skeletal hand alongside a pointed red jeweled ring on its left hand. The back of the mantle read Wizard, the wind blowing to show a silver plate with the date 2012 on it.
WIZARD…
Snarling Another Wizard fixed her gaze upon both Another Gaim and Another Blade, raising her hand a magic circle appeared from which a barrage of fireballs were launched at the pair, knocking them back and bring their fight to a halt.
Meanwhile Archer could only look on in disbelief at the trio of Another Riders that were gazing menacingly at him. "N…no…" He exclaimed. "Rin…Saber…"
All of a sudden the fighting between the trio of Another Riders ceased their actions, all three of them letting out a low growl as she turned their gaze in the direction the tanned skinned Servant, Archer sudden felt a cold sweat roll his spine as Another Blade, Another Gaim and Another Wizard began to slowly advance towards him.
Elsewhere, far from Homurahara Academy, Kotomine Kirei made his way through the graveyard that was connected to Ryuudou Temple, a leather satchel dangling from one of his shoulders.
To be honest he'd not expected to be strolling so casually across the temple's courtyard, however the guard at the front gate seemingly had no qualms in letting him pass and given that he'd experienced no push back as he crossed the courtyard it seemed that the resident witch and her Master were currently elsewhere.
At his pace it wasn't long he was walking between the headstones, scanning them as he searched for one in particular, soon enough he found the one that he was searching for, the name Emiya Kiritsugu emblazoned upon it.
Standing before the headstone, Kirei set his bag down onto the ground before he reached into it and produced a pair of items, the first being a bottle of fine wine that had somehow managed to elude Gilgamesh's attention and the other a corkscrew.
"It has been sometime Kiritsugu, I hope you can forgive me but being arbiter of the War leaves me very busy." The mullet bedecked man said as he worked the corkscrew. "Today however, today has been a rather interesting one, one filled with revelations."
Once he'd freed the cork from the bottle, the former Executioner reached into his bag once again and produced a pair of wine glasses and began pouring the dark red liquid from the bottle into them.
Filling a glass the priest placed it before Kiritsugu's headstone before filling a glass for himself, once he'd filled his glass he raised it in a mocking toast. "That boy of yours, he's an interesting one. Franky he's nothing that I'd expect from a child raised by the Magus Killer." Kirei continued, swirling the red liquid in his glass. "Today, today I learned that your boy has an interesting future ahead of him."
He paused for a moment to take a sip from his glass. "I wonder Kiritsugu, what would you do if you were still here? What would you do if you learned that the boy you took in was fated to become a tyrant that would bring misery to the entire world?" He said, a sly grin in his lips, "Would you allow such a future to happen or would perhaps the Magus Killer emerge once more and bear the burden of killing a child, one that you had taken in and raised?"
"Having a conversation with the dead, you are an interesting one Kotomine Kirei," A voice spoke up. "The man that is buried here, were the two of you close or is this perchance you trying to kick him whilst he's down?"
Hearing a voice, Kirei glanced behind him to find Archer glanced behind him to find a man with slicked back hair clad in a long purple coat seated on one of the headstones.
"I'm sorry, I don't believe that we've met." Kirei said as he turned to face his new companion, narrowing his eyes as he glared at the man a short distance from him. "If you wish to confess your sins you didn't need to follow out here, my door is always open."
"Indeed, this is our first time meeting. I am, however, quite familiar with you." The man in purple said as he rose to his feet, "I am Swartz, leader of the Timejackers."
"Timejacker…" Kirei said, once again swirling the wine in his glass, "Ah yes, I recall Rin mentioning you and your little group. Supposedly you and your associates have been transforming people into monsters and have the ability to travel through time. An interesting ability, if true…"
"I and my associates are merely trying to avert the horrific future that will come to pass should Emiya Shirou become Ohma Zi-O." Swartz replied as he approached Kirei, walking past him and towards the head stone and picked up the glass of wine. "I take it that you are aware of what it is that he will become should he be allowed to follow that path?"
"I am, I must say I found the whole thing rather amusing. A boy who seeks to be a hero who will save everyone instead ends up becoming a monster who will doom everyone." Kieri replied, a small grin appearing on his lips momentarily. "I am however curious, what has that got to do with me?"
"I am simply looking for a suitable candidate to take Emiya Shirou's place as King, one who possesses the strength to bring about a new future." Swartz said in a matter of fact tone, reaching into his coat as he did so. "Right now my associates, Ora and Heure, are pitting Saber, Tohsaka Rin and Matou Sakura against each other to see if any of them are worthy of being King, however I believe that their perspectives are skewed in this case. Neither of their choices possess the conviction to create a future without Ohma Zi-O."
He said as pulled out an Another Ridewatch from his coat and held it out before him. "The new Demon King, in my view, needs to be someone worthy of this particular Ridewatch…" Swatz continued, pressing down on the button on the Ridewatch.
ZI-O…
"So Kotomine Kirei, what do you say," Swartz said, raising his wine glass, "If I were to give you this power and you became the new Demon King, just what kind of future would you create?"
Riderwatches obtained
Zi-O: Build Ex-Aid Fourze OOO Decade Den-O Drive
Geiz: Ghost Faiz Wizard Kuuga W
AN And with that the long awaited Zi-O chapter is in the can and whoo boy this was a long one, as such I'll try to keep this part as short as I can.
I once heard in someone describe Zi-O in a review of theirs that the overall theme is inevitability and if you ask me something that both Sougo and Shirou have in common is that they are both struggling against a looming fate that neither of them can ever really escape. Sougo goes through Zi-O trying to achieve his dream of becoming King whilst avoiding becoming Ohma Zi-O only in the end becoming the very thing he was trying to avoid.
And as for Shirou, well…a common debate in the Fate community is which timeline dose EMIYA come from and if you ask me the answer is pretty obvious: all of them. No matter which Route you play in and no how much he struggles against it Shirou is doomed to eventually become EMIYA just as Sougo is doomed to eventually become Ohma Zi-O. After all, as the old goes, "A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it".
Just clarify something in case it wasn't clear, prior to this Rin and Saber would have told by Geiz and Tsukuyomi about Ohma Zi-O, so they know he is, they just were't aware of 'who' he is. hence Saber's reaction, I'd say she felt a mixture of betrayal as well as a seeing a little of herself in him.
As for how Shirou in this story came to be Ohma Zi-O hawko2632 had a really good idea in their review on chapter 18. Essentially unlike Sougo, our boy Shirou never aspired to be king. Instead he road to become Oma-ZiO came about from Shirou's dream becoming a hero who could save everyone but after years of struggle he'd realise that travelling around the world and helping one person at a time wasn't getting him anywhere, it would never be enough. And such he'd come to the conclusion that the only way to truly ensure that the world could be kept safe would instead of a hero he'd have to become would a conquerer
And so he'd become Ohma Zi-O and become the undisputed ruler of the world, becoming the antithesis of everything he ever aspired to be.
But of course, given the history of Zi-O, Shirou's rule would lead to rebellion, their number of course including Geiz and Tsukyuyomi, which would ultimately end in failure and leading to the events of this story.
Also the part with Kirei and Swartz at the end wasn't something I had planned when I originally wrote this, it was a spur of the moment idea that came to me as I was editing although initially I thought about Swartz approaching EMIYA and offering him the Another Zi-O Ridewatch but decided to go with our favourite fake priest instead.
Before I sign off however several of you have asked about a potential Geats crossover story, whilst I've kicked around a few ideas its nothing concrete as if now. That being said recently it occurred to me that Ace, Kiewa Neon and Michinaga all have their Supporter's and I got to thinking who could fill those roles for, whilst I could just use the same characters that are in the show but since I already thought of using Fate characters as members of the DGP staff and using Artoria in the role of Niram/Gazer why not use some other Fate characters to fill their roles, after some thought I came up with the following…
Ziin - Gudako
Kekera - Romani
Kyuun - Gudao
Beroba - BB
So what do you think? Do you like this idea or not, if you've got any suggestions of who to use feel free to share.
So yeah, I think this is a good place to stop. This chapter has been a long time coming, both the time it took to write as well as the time it took to come out. Hope it was worth the wait. To everyone whose stuck with me for the whole 12 months that this story has been around for.
As always feel free to drop a review and tell me what you thought of this one and heck if you why not tell me which chapter/crossover so far has been your favourite.
Till next time, peace out y'all