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BLAH...- Driver/Gaia Memory
Fate/Stay Night x Kamen Rider
Journey through the Kaleidoscope
Fate/Stay Night x Kamen Rider W
Fate/Maximum Drive
Case ?: Find the C/Sakura's Discovery
It was around 21:00 when Shirou opened the door of the shed that was attached to the grounds of the Emiya estate, carrying with him a plate of food, inside he was greeted by the sight of Shinji standing in front of one of the many whiteboards, the seaweed haired teen muttering something to himself as he scribbled down what appeared to be random jargon that no doubt made perfect sense to him.
"Yo, Aibou…" Shirou called out.
At the sound of his voice Shinji ceased his scribbling and looked over at the rust haired teen standing in the doorway. "Shirou…" Shinji acknowledged him.
"Here, I brought you something." Shirou said, holding up the plate before he entered the shed and walked over to the work bench and set it down.
Shinji let out a sigh as he rubbed the back of his neck, glancing over to the open door he noticed the darkened sky and realized how late it was. "Thank you." The seaweed haired teen said as he set the marker pen down. "You're heading out I take it?"
"That's the plan." Shirou replied as he walked over to a corner of the room in which sat a large object with a tarp draped over it was located, "Jeanne and I are gonna swing by Tohsaka's place before we look into the source of the supposed gas leaks that have been occurring lately."
Taking hold of the material, the rust haired teen pulled it back to reveal the Hardboilder, a modified green and black Honda CBR1000RR that served as W's personal vehicle.
"Tohsaka reckons that it's the work of one of the other Servants." Shirou continued.
"A logical assumption." Shinji replied as he scooped up a spoonful of rice and slipped into his mouth.
"All the same I don't want to rule out that a Dopant could also be involved." Shirou said, his tone firm. "You think there could be one with an ability that could cause that many casualties?"
"Hmmm, not to my knowledge." Shinji replied, rubbing his chin. "Then again I suppose it could be possible. This could bear looking into."
"Anyway, I better go. Tohsaka gets pretty antsy when I'm late." Shirou said, grabbed the handlebars of the Hardboilder and began wheeling it towards the door. "Later Aibou."
"See you later." Shinji replied, scooping up another large spoonful of rice and took a bite.
Emerging into the night air, Shirou wheeled the bike around the house and headed towards the front gate where he found Jeanne waiting for him, the French Servant clad in her casual wear as well as a thick looking coat and carrying a motorcycle helmet in both hands.
"Shirou," She addressed him upon seeing him approach. "Are you ready to go?"
"Yeah." Shirou replied, passing through the gatehouse and into the street beyond, Jeanne following after him. "I hope we can wrap this whole gas leak thing up tonight."
"Indeed, the idea of a Servant preying on innocent bystanders to bolster themselves is unforgivable." Jeanne said, a harshness in her voice compared to her normally more pleasant tone as she tossed Shirou his helmet. "Are you sure you wish to drive Shirou, as a Saber Servant I have an A Rank in operating land vehicles."
"I'm sure." Shirou replied, fastening the helmet strap together and securing it to his head before mounting the vehicle. "Besides, what kind of man would I be if I left everything to you. I'm not exactly all that powerful as a Magus so I gotta contribute where I can."
"Shirou, there is more to being a Mage besides just raw power." Jeanne said, her tone somewhat insistent. "Besides, despite there being Magi with far more power and experience than you, I would have no one else to be my Master."
"Jeanne…" Shirou muttered, taken aback a little as he stared at the French beauty as she secured her helmet to her own head.
"Now, we should get going." Jeanne said before she took her place on the bike behind Shirou, wrapping her arms around his waist and resting her chest against his back. "It would be unwise to keep Rin waiting any longer."
"R…right…" Shirou replied, a slight pinkness appearing on his cheeks as he felt the blond haired Servant press herself against him.
Shaking his head to banish any inappropriate thoughts before they could take root, Shirou inserted his key, performed the necessary steps and kickstarted the engine, pulling back on the accelerator the bike began to move forward and both vehicle and Riders took off into the night.
Unbeknownst to both Shirou and Saber, an unseen set of eyes watched them as the Hardboilder tore through the empty streets, staying just out of Jeanne range as not to be detected.
No sooner had Shirou and Saber departed a portion of the air atop one of the other residences shimmered and Rider appeared.
For the next few minutes the lavender haired Servant kept her silent vigil over the Emiya household, searching for even the slightest sign that there was an occupant that could be inside.
After a few more minutes of watching and finding no sign of movement from within, Rider vanished once more before taking off into the night.
Sakura shifted uncomfortably in her seat as she waited for Rider to arrive, the source of her discomfort not just due to the bench that she was seated upon.
She was grateful to Senpai, she really was, he'd welcomed her into his home and taught her how to cook and fold laundry like a pro. And yet…for the past year he'd been more guarded…like he was hiding something.
She'd head out to the shed in the morning to wake him up only to find that he'd locked the door behind him, something that he'd never done before.
Her grandfather had revealed that he was secretly a Magus, Sakura couldn't be mad at him for that, after all she'd not exactly been forthcoming about being one herself. Not only that but like her he'd been chosen to compete as a Master in the Holy Grail War.
Why did she have to compete? Of course, as one of the three founders of the Holy Grail War Ritual it was expected that the Matou be involved, usually with the clans head or heir as their representative.
However, as far as she knew, there was no rule that stated that the representative had to be a blood member of the family and that, for at least the founders, they couldn't enlist other Magus to be their representative. That's what the Einzbern had done for the previous Grail War.
So again, why did she have to compete when grandfather could easily have hired some mercenary with Magecraft to represent the Matou? She had no will or desire to fight, neither did she have a wish that she wanted granted.
Because grandfather had ordered her to do so and she, knowing that she had no real choice, had dutifully obeyed him.
Thanks to her training with grandfather, she had more than enough Prana to sustain Rider, it would have been easy enough for her to just to stay home and wait the War out whilst the other Masters and Servants were busy fighting each other.
But grandfather had been…insistent. He'd told her that he'd not allow her to use such a tactic.
So here she was, heading out most nights performing her duties as the Matou Master. All the while praying to whoever would listen that she'd get through the night without encountering any of the other Masters or any of the strange creatures that had been popping up all over Fuyuki during that past year.
"Sakura…" The purple haired girl gasped as she heard her name being uttered, so lost in her own thoughts that she'd been oblivious to the world around her. A mistake that could easily get her killed.
Looking up to see who it was, Sakura was greeted by the sight of Rider standing before her, the lavender haired woman sporting her usual blank expression as she stared back at her despite the blindfold that she wore.
"Rider…" Sakura said, letting out a sigh of relief as her body untensed itself.
"I have done as you requested Sakura, I observed the home of Emiya Shirou until he and Saber departed." Rider informed her purple haired Master. "After they left I checked to ensure that the residence was indeed empty before returning to report my findings."
"Right." Sakura said to the long haired Servant as she rose from her seat. "Let's go Rider, we need to get to Senpai's home before he and Saber get back."
"Are you certain about this Sakura?" Rider asked. "As your Servant I will go along with whatever decision you deem best, but if I may offer my perspective, I see no benefit to this. Focusing solely on Emiya Shirou and Saber whilst ignoring the other Masters and Servants would be a tactical error."
"I understand that Rider but…this has nothing to do with the Grail War, this is something I need to do." Sakura told the Greek Servant. "I thought that Senpai trusted me, that he'd trust me enough that he could tell any secret that he might have with me but he's been secretive about something for the past year. Maybe he thinks I haven't noticed that he goes out at all hours of the day and night, and that he often comes home looking like he's gotten into a fight."
Sakura paused for a moment, breathing heavily as she gathered her thoughts. She hadn't meant to go off on this tangent but the more she spoke the more the words just seemed to flow out. What had started as a response to Rider's question had now transitioned into a full blown rant.
"And then there's that shed of his, the one where he works on things and often falls asleep in, it seemed like every morning I'd have to go out there and wake him up. I'd walk in there to find him sprawled out on the floor. But lately he's been locking the door behind him, I have to knock on the door to get his attention and he never lets me inside any more. He's hiding something in there and he won't tell me what it is."
"I need to do this Rider. I need to know what Senpai's got in there and why he needs to hide it from me. I want him to trust me, I want him to confide in me. If he's in some kind of trouble then maybe I can help him
"I see…" Rider said, her normal blank expression hiding the awkwardness that she felt underneath. "If that is what you have decided upon then I will do my best in aiding you carry it out."
Without another word Rider then scooped Sakura up into her arms and too off once again, moving through the streets swiftly before leaping high into the air and landing on the roof of one of the nearby builds, bounding rooftop to rooftop it wasn't long both she and her Master found themselves on the familiar street on which the Emiya manor was located.
With a final leap Rider and Sakura flew through the air before landing in the yard behind the main house, Sakura's gaze fixed up the shed standing a short distance away from her position as Rider lowered her to her feet.
"Thank you, Rider." Sakura said as her feet touched the ground, Rider saying nothing in response.
Taking a deep breath Sakura moved towards the shed, her hand extending out in front of her as she prepared to take hold of the door knob…only to hesitate once she got there.
Standing before the door to the structure Sakura felt a flood of emotions brew within her, no longer certain of herself as she had been moments before.
Was she truly ready for this, to learn what it was that Senpai was hiding on the other side. What if it was something bad? Something truly horrific that Senpai believed that he had to keep it hidden away and didn't wish to share with anyone, not even her.
No, no she had to do this. She had to know what it was that he was keeping from her, no matter what it was this was something she needed to do.
Looking over her shoulder, Sakura saw Rider still standing in the spot they had landed in, the long haired Servant of the Mount standing there unmoving in the moonlight. The sight of enough to dispel the worries that the purple haired teen felt.
Taking a deep breath the Matou heiress turned back to the door and reached out and took hold of the doors handle, giving it a twist a clicking noise greeted her ears informing her that Senpai hadn't locked it before he headed out it, and pushed the door open.
Having finished the meal that Shirou had brought him, Shinji was currently pacing the room. "Gas…gas…" He muttered to himself, tapping his chin as he did so. "A Dopant that utilizes gas to subdue its victims…"
A light sound of chimes was heard as the Boundry Field that covered property altered him to the arrival of somebody to the manor.
Shinji paid it no mind, it was possible Shirou had returned to pick up something that he'd left behind, that or it was Taiga dropping by to try and score a free meal off of his partner, something that she was known to do.
Walking over to the work bench Shinji picked up his book that was laid out on its surface, picking it up he readied himself to dive into the Gaia Library, the other worldly repository in which the entire history and secrets of the planet were contained, to look into Shirou's inquiry.
That was until the door to the shed suddenly opened. "Your back already," Shinji said, expecting to see Shirou as he began turning his head. "Did you need…"
His words died away as he saw who was standing there, instead of Emiya Shirou or possibly Jeanne as he was expecting, standing there in the open doorway, a look of wide-eyed shock on her face, was Matou Sakura.
"Oh…On…Onii-san…" Sakura exclaimed, her eyes wide in shock at the sight in front of her. Standing near a workbench clad in odd looking clothes was Matou Shinji, her older brother who had been missing for over a year now.
This was it, the secret that Senpai had been keeping from her for all this time? That for an entire year he'd been hiding her brother away from everyone in his home and hadn't told her?
Meanwhile Shinji stared back at her, equally as taken off guard by this as Sakura was. "Matou Sakura…" He muttered to himself.
What should he say to her? What could he say to her? That the boy that she believed to be her brother didn't exist anymore, that his body had been used as a vessel to resurrect the digitized soul of a boy that had fallen into the core of the planet itself.
All of a sudden the sound of a shrill sounding cry was heard, the noise shattering the awkward silence, both Shinji and Sakura snapped their heads in the direction of the work bench on which they found the bipedal form of the Fang Memory, the Dinosaur shaped Gadget glaring at Sakura.
"Fang…" Shinji exclaimed, his look of surprise quickly turning to one of horror as he realized what was about to happen. "Fang, no…"
Fang however didn't heed him, letting out another cry the living Memory Gadget leapt off of the work bench and launched itself at Sakura, obeying its programming to protect Shinji/Raito from any and all threats to him. Before it could reach her a length of chain appeared from thin air and wrapped itself around Fang before tossing it aside.
As it flew through the air Fang repositioned itself, its legs connecting with the wall which it kicked off of and performed a forward facing flip before landing on the ground, assuming a defensive stance as it glared in Sakura's direction.
All of a sudden the air in front of Sakura shimmered as Rider came into view, positioned in front of her Master, clutching her nail weapon, ready to protect her. "R…Rider…" The purple haired exclaimed.
"Sakura, stay back." The blind fold clad Servant warned her Master, her voice carrying a sinister edge to it.
From his position Shinji stared at the long haired Servant, his connection to the Gaia Library revealing to him her identity. "Medusa…" He hissed.
This caught both Rider and Sakura off guard. Both of them left baffled as to how he'd managed to deduce Rider's identity with a single look.
Shinji looked over at Fang, the small Memory Gadget glaring at the newly revealed Servant. "Fang…" He cried out, thrusting his hand out in front of him.
The small dinosaur-like creature let out another cry before leaping into the air and into Shinji's outstretched hand, quickly folding it into its Memory Mode and hitting the button in it.
FANG…
"Shirou…Shirou, we have an urgent situation," Shinji called out, hearing this confused Sakura and Rider as the rust haired teen had gone out for the evening. "An enemy Servant has shown up here…"
Elsewhere Shirou and Jeanne were standing in front of the Tohsaka manor, both she and Archer emerging from the building as they prepared to begin their investigations when all of a sudden on a road headed into town Shirou's eyes widened as he heard Shinji's voice in his head causing his eyes to widen and his breath to catch itself in his throat.
"Shirou.." All of a sudden the sound of Shinji's voice echoed in his head, the sudden of it causing his eyes to widen and his breath to catch itself in his throat. "Shirou, We have a situation."
"Shinji…" Shirou muttered, saying his partner's name caught the attention of everyone around him.
"Shirou…" Jeanne asked him, concern evident in her voice. "Shirou, what is wrong?"
Shirou didn't answer her, his attention fixed solely on the message that Shinji was trying to impart. "An enemy Servant has shown up here…"
"Servant, damn…" Shirou muttered, quickly reaching into his coat Shirou produced both his W Driver as well as his Joker Memory.
"Jeanne-san, you need to get back home right now." Shirou told the blond haired Servant as he placed the Driver against his waist, the strap emerging from it to secure itself. "Shinji, he's in trouble, a Servant has shown up at the house."
"A Servant…" Rin blurted out.
Jeanne stared back at Shirou, normally she'd have scolded him for using her true name in public, however judging by the seriousness in his face and in his tone, she would let it slide this time.
"Understood Shirou." She replied. Without hesitation she dashed towards the Hardboilder, kickstarting the black and green machine into life and sped off into the night.
For a few moments Shirou watched as the Saint of the Flag sped off before looking over in Rin's direction, finding the ebony haired heiress looking back at him, a serious look on her face. "Tohsaka," He said, "I'm counting on you ok."
"Got it," Rin replied. "Leave it to me."
Shirou responded by giving her a nod before looking away, hitting the button on his Joker Memory.
JOKER…
He then loaded the black memory into the left chamber of his W Driver, the black memory then vanishing in a whisp of black data.
All of a sudden Shirou's world went dark as he felt his consciousness faded and his legs collapsed from underneath him, only to be caught by Rin before he could hit the ground, the ebony haired teen straining a little under his dead weight.
"Archer, let's get going." She ordered the tanned skinned Servant.
Archer regarded the unconscious form of Emiya Shirou with a look of disapproval before letting out a sigh. "Very well Rin." He said before he scooped Shirou up and unceremoniously draped the redhead teen over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes.
That done he wrapped his free arm around Rin's waist and took to the air with a powerful leap, the trio of them sailing through the winter sky.
Unbeknownst to them however, this little gaunt of theirs hadn't gone unnoticed. A short ways from down the street from the Tohsaka residence a smart looking car was parked, a pair of individuals were seated in the back of the vehicle.
One of them was a serious woman clad in a smart looking business suit jacket as well as a short yet smart pencil skirt, her attention focused upon a tablet that she held in her hands, the device depicting various charts and figures.
"Looks like that the targets are on the move," The second individual, a rather oily looking man with scraggly hair, commented. "They seem to be in an awful hurry."
The smart woman didn't look at the man beside her, seemingly too engrossed by the images depicted on the tablet in her hands. "Well what are you waiting for, get going already." She told him. "I'll be heading back to the office, you know what to do if you should come across the target."
A creepy looking smile spread itself across the oily man's face as produced a Dopant Memory. "Of course, Sonozaki-san…" He said before pressing the button in the device.
COCKROACH…
He then inserted the Memory into the connection port imprinted into his right foot, the USB shaped device was absorbed into his body.
In a flash the oily man's form shifted, his lower body becoming off white with a belt-like strap around his waist with a circular blue stone set into it whilst his upper body became more insectoid in appearance as well as a cloak that resembled insect wings that draped around then, his head charging into a giant cockroach.
His transformation complete, the Cockroach Dopant let out a chattering noise before opening the car door and disappeared into the night. All the while the smart looking woman appeared to be unphased by the whole thing.
"Let's go." She told the driver, the unseen man saying nothing before starting the cars engine on and the vehicle departed the area
Back in the shed a flash of light emanated from Shinji's waist as the W Driver appeared there, quickly followed by Shirou's Joker Memory suddenly appearing in its left chamber, Shinji pressing down on it.
JOKER…
That done Shinji then reconfigured the Fang Memory again, the device now taking in the appearance of a dinosaur skull with a horn extending from its snout, and loaded it into the right chamber of the W Driver.
FANG…
"Henshin!" Shinji announced, sliding the chambers of the Driver apart, as he did so parts of the Fang Memory slid in place, creating a lower jaw for the Dinosaur skull as well as a horn on the tip of its snout.
FANG/JOKER… (Heavy metal guitar riff to orchestral hit)
From the doorway Sakura watched as a spiral of arm and crackling energy engulfed her older brother, the effect drawing in debris from around him, coating his body and taking on the appearance of an armorer suit, the left side of which was black with purple detailing on the chest, shoulder pad ankle and wrist.
The right however was white with black highlights, and the suit now had spikes along the sides and the eyes had jagged sides, a jagged looking the antennae that was attached to the front of the helmet looked more like simplified lightning bolts and the shoulders were spiked, giving him an overall more feral look.
Sakura couldn't believe what she was seeing. For the past year she'd heard rumors of the half and half man, a mysterious figure that had appeared at around the same time the strange creatures had turned up, but had never really given them much thought. And now here he was, standing before her.
"Aibou," Shirou's voice spoke up, the left red lens flashing as he spoke, "What's the situation?"
As he spoke the rust haired teen noticed Rider standing next the doorway of the shed, the light moon that streamed through the open door glinting off of her chain mounted weapon.
"Rider…" Shirou growled, recalling his previous encounter with the lavender haired Servant of the Mount as well as just how much of a tough opponent she was.
Meanwhile Sakura was feeling overwhelmed by what was going on. Now she was hearing Senpai's voice coming out of the suit that she'd seen her brother change into.
"S…Senpai," She blurted out. "Senpai, is that you?"
"Huh," The left side of W exclaimed, hearing her voice he looked past Rider to see Sakura standing behind Rider. "Wait…Sakura? What the heck is she doing here?"
"I'm sorry Shirou but Matou Sakura being here can mean only one thing." The right side told the left. "She is the Master of Rider."
"But…but, if she's Rider's Master that would have to mean that she's Magus too." Shirou said, his voice filled with both realisation and shock.
"Focus Shirou," Shinji told his partner. "We can question her once Medusa has been dealt with."
"Medusa?" Shirou said, sounding surprised. "You mean…?"
"Indeed, the Gorgon of Greek mythology." The right side of W replied. "Cursed by Athena along with her two sisters, Sthenno and Euryale, for the crime of being more beautiful than she was, beheaded by Perseus who presented her head to the petty Goddess who mounted it to her shield."
Meanwhile a wide eyed and heavy breathing Sakura was clutching at her chest as she tried her best to comprehend everything that was going on around her. Senpai, he'd been secretive and guarded about something which turned out to be him hiding her brother right under her very nose after he'd vanished mysteriously.
Obviously the two of them were working together on…something, she was too flustered to guess at what it could be.
Shinji, who had also managed to instantly identify the true identity of Rider, was the half and half man and her Senpai somehow was able to project his voice through.
"Sakura, you should fall back." Rider told her, the sound of her voice snapping Sakura out of her stupor, "I will do my best to distract them long enough for you to get away."
"R…right…" Sakura stammered, quickly backing up out of the shed and began running towards the house.
Now that her Master was out of the way, Rider then lunged towards W, moving at speeds that to would make it seem that she vanished and reappeared in front of him, aiming a kick at the black and white Rider that he barely managed to duck out of the way of and rolled to one side, her foot colliding with one of Shinji's white boards and set it flying towards the wall where it shattered upon impact.
"Such a powerful strike," Right W muttered as he straightened up. "Getting hit by that is something that is best avoided."
Rider, glancing over at W she set herself upon him again, aiming punches and kicks in his direction.
"Shinji, Saber's on her way." Shirou informed the right half of W as both haves did their best to avoid being struck by Rider, "We just need to hold out until she gets here."
"Understood." Shinji replied, balling up his gist before aiming a punch at the long haired Servant who easily leaned out of the way of his attempt. Undeterred W tried again and again to connect with the Servant before him, each of his attempts unsuccessful as the long haired Servant to easily avoid their attempt.
Trying again, Rider reached out and grabbed a hold of W's arm and pulled him towards her, shifting him off balance, before spinning round and tossing the black and white Rider through the open door of the shed where he flew through the air before colliding with the ground, landing a short distance from where Sakura was.
"Damn…" W muttered as he rolled onto his side, looking over he saw Rider emerging from the shed, moving towards him with the allure of a predatory animal.
"Come on Saber, where are you…" W muttered to himself as he got back to his feet, that done he then reached towards the skull shaped Fang Memory and pressed down on the horn like switch that protruded from it.
ARM FANG…
All of a sudden a long curved blade protruded from W's right wrist. Now armed, W let out a yell as moved to engage Rider once more, slashing at her with the arm blade, Rider responding to this by parrying with her nail.
A deep frown had etched itself into Jeanne's face as she tore through the streets of Fuyuki towards her destination, her presence as a Servant pushing the Hardboilder beyond the limits of what it had been designed to.
Moving at such velocity it wasn't long before she turned onto the street that Shirou's home was located and just as quickly the house came into view, wrenching the handles the French Servant twisted the bike around so it was sliding across the surface of the road, coming to a halt in front of the gatehouse.
Pulling back on the throttle Jeanne the steering bike through the open gate and round the house, the sounds of battle coming from nearby filling her ears, the sight of W and Rider fighting coming into view as she turned the corner.
Hearing the approaching vehicle, W, Rider and Sakura looked over and saw the French Servant as she rounded the side of the house.
"Saber…" Both sides of W proclaimed, both of them sounding relieved at her presence.
Rider however clearly did not share this, as for her Saber's arrival complicated matters, now she would have to fend off both the half and half warrior and the Servant of the Sword if she had any hopes of escaping here along with Sakura.
Narrowing her eyes Jeanne squeezed the break of the front wheel sharply forcing the it to stop spinning, so sudden was this the back of the bike lurched upwards, catapulting Jeanne, who'd released her hold on the handle bars, off of it and sending her flying forward as the bike flipped forward.
As she flew through the air Jeanne's civilian clothes vanished in a flash of light, her white and silver battle garb taking their place as well as her rolled up banner appearing in her outstretched hand.
Her rolled up flag in hand the French Saber Servant swung it at Rider, the lavender haired women back flipping out of the way to avoid this and landing a short distance away, assuming a defensive posture with her nails at the ready.
"Masters, I am here." Saber told W as she took her place alongside him. "I apologize for not being here sooner."
"No worries Saber, I'm just glad you're here." Left W replied, his words filling the French saint with a warm feeling.
"Be on your guard, Saber, our opponent is the Gorgon Medusa." The right side of W warned her. "Do not take her lightly."
"Medusa…" Jeanne said, acknowledging his words, "Thank you Master, I will heed your warning."
Off to the side Sakura felt her sense of panic within her as she watched as events played out before her. Now Rider had to contend with Saber along with the half and half man who turned out to be her missing brother Shinji who also happened to sound like Senpai.
Rider, who despite her demeanour, had proven to be surprisingly pleasant, offering Sakura words of encouragement and comfort that she lacked from her own family.
And now she was in danger of being defeated, not only losing but to have her fade away permanently. All of this brought on because of her decision to snoop around Senpai's home without his knowledge.
Turning she saw a pair of individuals, Tohsaka Rin and her Servant Archer, the tanned man in question had the unmoving body of Senpai slung over one shoulder.
Rin stared at Sakura, a look of disappointment on her face that quickly shifted itself into a look of sternness.
"Rin, it appears that both W and Saber have their hands with Rider." Archer addressed his Master, "Should I go assist them?"
Rin didn't say anything, her gaze fixed upon Sakura, merely nodding in response. A wry smile appeared on Archer's lips before he casually dumped Shirou's body on the ground, conjuring up a pair of his signature swords before moving to engage Rider alongside Saber and W.
"Senpai…" Sakura gasped as she looked upon Shirou's body, her panic rising higher at seeing him lying there unmoving and unresponsive. Had Tohsaka-Senpai done this to him, according to Rider both Senpai and Tohsaka-Senpai were working together. Why would she render Senpai unconscious if they were allies?
Then what about Saber, from the looks of things she had no problem working with Toksaka-Senpai and Archer. Why would she continue to work with them if her allies had made a move against her Master?
And what about her brother/the half and half man, how did he factor into all of this? Just what had happened in the year that he'd been missing and how was Senpai involved. Also where had he acquired the odd looking armor that he was currently donned in, many in the Moonlit World might think that it was the result of Magecraft but that was impossible, Shinji was incapable of it, it was the whole reason that she'd been adopted into the Matou Clan in the first place. Could it be some kind of Mystic Code, possible but even that raised more questions then they answered.
Worried and confused, all Sakura could think to do was to go check on Senpai, to see if he was alright. She began to move, to head towards Shirou's unmoving form…only for Rin to step in front of her, her hand extended towards her, the tip of her pointed finger crackling with dark energy.
"Sakura, you're in seriously deep trouble." Rin said to the purple haired girl, her tone strict. "I strongly suggest that you call Rider off and give up, do it before you cost your Servant their life."
Despite her stern look and tone of voice Sakura swore she saw a look of pleading in Rin's eyes, as if to let her know that the ebony haired Heiress really didn't want to fight her.
Meanwhile, whilst Rin and Sakura were having their interaction, battle was being waged between the gathered Servants and W continued to be waged.
With Archer's arrival Rider was cursing her luck, his addition further stacking the odds against her. With both Servants along with W it forced her to keep on the move, never stay focused on a single opponent for too long.
Ducking under a slash from Saber Rider kicked out at the blond haired Servant, sweeping her leg out from under her and sending her tumbling to the floor.
Just as Saber went down W moved it, slashing at Rider with his arm blade, the lavender haired woman leaning out of the way of his attempt before quickly raising her nail to block the arm blade when the white and black Rider attempted to stab at her.
Much like she had done earlier Rider grabbed W by the arm before tossing him, sending the dual colored Rider flying.
With both W and Rider dealt with for the movement, Rider turned her attention to Archer, the tanned skinned Servant dashing towards her, his twin swords at the ready before slashing at her.
Ducking under the tanned skinned Servants attempt to slash at her before backing up slightly before aiming a kick at Archer who leaned out of the way of her strike.
As she moved backwards Rider swung one of her chain mounted nails in Archer's direction, seeing the metal spike come flying towards him Archer sliced the air in front of him with his sword, a loud metallic clang ringing out as his blade deflected Rider's nail away from him.
Saber rushed towards her, thrusting her rolled up flag towards Rider again and again forcing her to duck and fall back to avoid her, before delivering a horizontal swing which Rider backflipped out of the way of it.
Raising her rolled up weapon Saber's flag unfurled itself, the French Servant that waved the material at the Servant of the Mount's direction using it to occupy Rider's attention as she grabbed the rapier at her side and drew it from its sheath.
"Que Dieu ait pitié de votre âme..." Jeanne cried as lunged towards Rider, the blade of her sword catching the Greek Servant's side and delivering a nasty wound.
A grunt of pain escaped Rider as she stumbled back a few steps, blood oozing from both the wound in her side courtesy of Saber's sword as well as from between her gritted teeth.
"Aibou, this is our chance." Shirou told the right side of W, seeing the state that Rider was in.
"Understood." Shinji replied, flipping the horn shaped switch on the Fang Memory three times in quick succession.
FANG, MAXIMUM DRIVE…
In a flash another curved blade extended from W's body, this time from his right ankle, the white and black Rider's body tensing for a moment before he launched himself into the air, and he soon jumped in the air, and W was in a flying roundhouse kick causing him to spin around and around.
"FANG STRIZER!" Both halves of W cried out as he performed a roundhouse kick on the air in front of him, a projection of Fang Memories Dinosaur head appearing round him, its jaws wide as they flew towards Rider, the ankle blade slicing through her and the jaws closed, leaving behind the glowing "F" projection behind as energy began crackling off her body before being engulfed in a large explosion.
"RIDER!" Sakura cried out as she watched as the beaten form of her Servant sprawled across the ground, just as she was about to go to the long haired woman's side, Rin stepped in front of her, a stern look in her face.
"Give it up Sakura." The ebony haired Master said to her, dark energy crackling at the tip of her finger. "You're outnumbered and out matched, you have no hope of winning. I strongly suggest that you surrender."
"Sakura," Shirou spoke up from the left side of W, the seriousness in his voice catching everyone's attention. "It'll be alright."
As he said this he reached down and closed up the W Driver, seconds later the W armor vanished from the black and white Kamen Rider's body, leaving Shinji standing there, his gaze fixed upon Sakura.
Moments later a groaning noise caught Sakura's attention and looking over in its direction she watched as Shirou pushed himself into a sitting position before the rust haired teenager turned to look in her direction.
"It's ok, we don't need to fight anymore." Shirou assured her. "I get that you're really confused right now. End this and I promise I'll explain everything."
Sakura stared back at him, behind her eyes a turmoil of emotion could be seen brewing within her. Unsure of…everything frankly. Looking into Shirou's eyes she searched for any hint that he was misleading her and found none, he was being honest with her.
"I…I surrender." She cried out, pleading with the people around her. "Please, just don't hurt Rider anymore. I promise she's not a bad person."
Shirou let out a relieved sounding sigh. "Saber, it's ok. We're done fighting here." He instructed his Servant.
"Very well Shirou." Saber replied, returning her rapier to its sheath at her side, her posture then became more relaxed.
Shirou then looked over in Rin's direction. "Tohsaka…" He said firmly.
"Fine." Rin sighed in response. "Archer, you can stand down now."
Archer merely shrugged, his twin blades vanishing from his hands before he crossed his arms, a nonchalant expression on his face.
Shirou glared at him. "Did you need to treat my body so roughly?" He asked the tanned skinned man, his tone stern as he got back up to his feet.
Archer shrugged at this. "Hmmm, must have slipped my mind." The tanned skinned Servant replied offhandedly.
Now that the fighting was over, Sakura dashed over to Rider's side, a worried expression on her face. "Rider, please don't push yourself." She said to the blindfold clad Servant as she pushed herself up into a sitting position, a pained expression appearing on her normally stoic face as she did so. "Here, let me help you."
Focusing on her Prana Sakura channeled it through the connection formed by the pact between her and Rider, instantly the Greek women felt a warm sensation flood through her as the pain from her injuries dulled and her wounds began to close themselves up.
"Keh keh keh, well isn't this a cozy looking scene." Came a voice, looking over the party found the Cockroach Dopant standing atop the roof of the Emiya house.
"Dopant…" Shirou hissed before positioning himself in front of Sakura. Had they all really been so focused on Sakura and Rider that none of them had noticed this Dopant to sneak up on them?
"S…Senpai," Sakura stammered. "What is that thing?" Whilst she's heard about the strange creatures that had been showing up round the city this was her first time seeing one of them for herself.
"That Sakura is a Dopant," Rin told the purple haired teen, her eyes narrowed as she glared at the Cockroach Kaijin. "A person whose body has been warped through the use of an item called a Gaia Memory."
"N…no way," Sakura exclaimed as she took in this information, shocked to learn that the monster before her was a person. "D…Dopant…Gaia Memory…"
"Kek kek kek, what's this? First time seeing a Dopant." The Cockroach Dopant chuckled, leering at the purple haired girl as he pulled out a smartphone and held it out in front of it, a sudden flash emanating from the phone in the roach monster's hand as he took a photograph.
"Dopant, what are you doing here?" Shirou demanded. "Are you working for the Organisation?"
"Wouldn't you like to know." The Cockroach Dopant replied, tapping away on his phone's screen. "Sorry but I pride myself on not disclosing the names of people who hire me. All I'll say is that, based on who it is, it's not worth risking my neck to tell you."
The cockroach monster tapped his phone one last time, sending the picture he'd taken to the special email address that they'd been provided with.
"There, my job is done. Although, with that I'm free to do what I please." The Cockroach Dopant said, putting his phone away before he went back to leering at Sakura before looking back at Shirou. "Plus, my employer never mentioned what I should do about your associates."
Dropping onto all fours the Cockroach Dopant then skittered towards the edge of the roof and dropped to the ground. "Who knows, maybe if I kill you, they'll let me keep her as a bonus." He told Shirou, the tone of his voice sending a chill down Sakura's spine.
"Shirou…" Shinji called out, tossing the Joker Memory to the rust haired teen before producing his Cyclone Memory, hitting the button in it.
CYCLONE…
"Right," Shirou replied, snatching the Memory out of the air before turning back to face the Cockroach Dopant. "If you think I'll let you get your greasy hands on Sakura or Tohsaka, think again."
JOKER…
"Henshin…"/"Henshin…" Both of them cried out. Shinji inserted his Memory into his belt where it transferred itself over to Shirou's Driver, the seaweed haired teen collapsing to the ground, who then inserted the Joker Memory and slid the device open.
CYCLONE/JOKER… (Technical guitar to orchestral hit)
In a swirl of energy Shirou's body became clad in the green and black armor of Kamen Rider W, a sudden gust of wind momentarily buffeting the area that rustled the muffler attached to W's right side as well as the hair and loose clothing of Rin, Sakura and the three gathered Servants.
"S…Senpai…" Sakura exclaimed as she took in the sight of the armored figure standing in front of her, she thought Shinji was the half and half man. "S…Senpai, what is all this? Why didn't you tell me about all this? That you were hiding my brother and that you were the half and half man?"
W let out a sigh. "I know, I'm sorry." The green and black warrior told her. "Also for the record it's not half and half man, it's W…Kamen Rider W."
"Dub…W…" Sakura muttered.
From his position the Cockroach Dopant's gaze was fixed upon the green and black armored figure before him. "Ohh, Kamen Rider, that answers a question I had." He said. "I was curious as to why a group like Museum was so interested in you."
"Huh…Museum?" W muttered. After a year of fighting, he and Shinji finally learned the name of the group that was flooding the streets of Fuyuki with Gaia Memories. "I don't care who you work for, your days of being a blight on this city are finished…"
With that W charged at the Cockroach Dopant, aiming a punch at the bug who easily dodged out of the way of his attempt. Undeterred W tried again, attempting several times to punch the Dopant who easily skittered out of the way of each of his attempts.
Letting out a frustrated grunt W aimed a kick at his opponent with his right leg, the green armored limb leaving behind a green energy trail as the Cockroach Dopant dropped onto all fours once again to avoid it before skittering away, putting some distance bet him and the dual colored Rider.
"Damn, this guy's fast…" W muttered to himself before pulling out his Trigger Memory. "Ok, let's try this…"
TRIGGER…
The green and black Rider then slotted the Trigger Memory into the left chamber of the W Driver.
CYCLONE/TRIGGER… (Technical guitar to rock guitar riff)
The left side of W's armor gave off a flash before it changed from black to a metallic looking blue, along with this change this Memory's signature weapon, the TriggerMagnum appeared attached to his chest plate on his left side.
Weapon in hand W spun the firearm on his finger before pointing it in the Cockroach Dopants direction and fired several shots at him but like before the insectoid Kaijin's speed allowed it to avoid them with relative ease, ducking left and right as well as skittering on the ground to avoid them.
"Too slow Rider-san…" The Cockroach Dopant said in a mocking tone as darted to and fro, effortlessly avoiding each of the shots W fired at him before moving in close, speeding around W, never staying in one spot long enough for him a chance to get a clear shot.
W grunted in frustration as he looked around him, trying to get a clear shot at his opponent. All of a sudden the Cockroach Dopant appeared behind him before delivering a punch that struck him in the back of the head, forcing him to stumble forward a few steps, the insect Kaijin suddenly vanishing and reappearing in front of him before delivering a kick to the green and blue Rider's midsection that sent him flying before crashing through the side of the house.
Before the Cockroach Dopant could take any triumph in his defeat of W his ears were alerted to the sound of hurried footsteps alerted him to the arrival of Saber, rapier once again in hand as moved in to engage with him, the Cockroach Dopant barely managing to duck under the swing of the French Servants blade.
"Miserable creature, you will bring no more harm to anyone tonight." Saber said to the Kaijin, restrained anger notable in her voice. "Demander le pardon de Dieu."
Despite knowing that the opponent before her was under the effects of a device that wrapped their mind and body, this one had clear ties to the enemy that her Masters had been engaged with, the ones that had introduced their poison to this city.
Not only that he had openly threatened Sakura's safety, enemy Master or not she would not allow any harm to come to her or to anyone.
Before either Saber or the Dopant could do or say anything a sudden buzzing noise caught everyone attention, glancing over the Cockroach Dopant was greeted by the sight of a pair of metal spinning disks cutting their way through the air as they flew towards him, the insect Kaijin ducking under one of them before jumping upwards to avoid them.
No sooner had he avoided the two spinning weapons Archer appeared, effortlessly snatching the pair of swords that he'd conjured out of the air before moving in to engage the Dopant.
As with Saber, the Cockroach Dopant managed to narrowly evade each slash that Archer aimed at him, moonlight glinting off of the metal of his swords each time the tanned skinned Servant slashed at him, just who was he, same went for the blond girl as both of them were stronger than anyone that he'd encountered.
Were they using Gaia Memories too, if so how come they managed to retain their human forms instead of becoming monstrous like the other Memory users?
As the Dopant pondered this, Saber quickly appeared at Archer's side, the tip of her rapier pointed at him. "Let us end this quickly Archer," the blond haired said, fixing the Kajin with a steely look, "This fiend shall pose no more threat to this city and its people."
"Very well, I don't want to look at this repulsive thing any longer than I already have." Archer replied. Raising one of his swords Archer went to slash at the Cockroach Dopant whilst Saber thrust the blade of her sword in the transformed human's direction
Seeing both blades coming towards him the Cockroach Dopant dropping to the ground to avoid both of their weapons, before quickly skittering around and behind both Saber and Archer, seeing that their opponent had moved the pair of Servants quickly turned to look behind them, finding the insect Kaijin standing behind them.
The moment they did so the Cockroach Dopant raised both of his arms from which a blue viscous fluid was launched, coating both Servants faces and leaving them momentarily blinded. Seeing his chance the Cockroach Dopant moved in and delivered a kick to Archer's chest followed by a punch to Saber's face, sending the pair of Servants sprawling to the ground.
With the Kamen Rider, Saber and Archer dealt with for the moment the Cockroach Dopant turned his bug shaped head to looking Sakura's direction, the purple haired teen recoiling slightly as he stared at her.
"Now then, we should get going, I need to get paid after all." He said as he took a step towards her. "Once I've got my money, we'll have all the time to spend together. I promise I'll treat you like no one else has."
He was just about to take another step towards her all of a sudden a bolt of dark energy sailed past his head, moments Rin appeared in front of Sakura, extending one of her hands out in front of as she charged up another Gandr shot.
"Don't even think about touching her, you disgusting bug…" Rin snarled, fixing the Cockroach Dopant with a look of pure contempt.
"T…Tohsaka-Senpai…" Sakura gasped, shocked that the ebony haired Senior had stepped in to protect her.
"Sakura, get out of here. Get into the house and call the police" Rin told the younger teen, Glancing back at her. "I can hold him off whilst you go get help."
He piece said Rin turned her attention back to the opponent in front of her, firing several Gandr shots in his direction, utilizing his speed the Cockroach Dopant vanished from view, avoiding the incoming projectiles, before just as quickly reappearing in front of her Rin.
"So fiery, I bet a lot of men would kill to have their way with a girl like you." He told Rin in a lecherous sound tone. "Fortunately for you, you're not my type. Me, I prefer girls who are soft and submissive."
Rin gritting her teeth at hearing this, a scowl appearing on her face as she glared fixing the insectoid Kaijin. "Don't fuck with me." She snarled, aiming one of her feet at the Dopant's legs in an attempt to sweep them out from underneath him, only for him to easily avoid her attempt before striking Rin in the gut, the ebony haired girl was sent sprawling to the ground, momentarily rendered helpless as she tried to recover the breath that had been forcefully knocked out of her.
With no one left in his way the Cockroach Dopant walked towards Sakura and seized her by the arm before pulling her in close to him.
"You're coming with me." He told the purple haired teen Sakura before wrapping his arms around her, one around her waist whilst the other covered her mouth, from which more of his blue gloopy fluid emerged and used it to gag her.
Letting out a groan, W emerged from the hole that his body had made, his head ringing as he did so. As he gathered himself he watched as the insect wings that comprised his cape vibrated before his body tensed up.
"SAKURA!" he cried out, aiming his TriggerMagnum and fired several shots in the Dopants direction, all of which missed when the Cockroach Dopant leapt up into the air and landed on the roof of the house.
"Too bad for you Kamen Rider, we'll have to settle this another time." The Cockroach Dopant told the dual coloured warrior. "Then again, since I can assume that this place is your home base, perhaps Museum will pay me to be the one who ends your life."
And with that he took off into the night, taking a struggling Sakura with him.
"SAKURA…" W cried out as both she and the Cockroach Dopant disappeared from view.
"Masters…" Hearing her voice W turned his head in Saber's direction, finding the blond haired Servant standing by the fallen HardBoilder as she picked it up off of the ground. "Get on."
"Right…" W replied, quickly moving in her direction.
In the commotion no one noticed that Rider had vanished from view.
As they jumped from roof to roof the sound of a vehicle caught Sakura and the Cockroach Dopants attention, glancing down into the street W and Saber came into view, both of them seated on the back of the HardBoilder with W in the back whilst Saber was driving.
"Tsk, annoying little punk. Doesn't know when to give up…" The Cockroach Dopant muttered to himself, frustration in his voice.
"You bastard, you think I'm gonna let you get away with this." W growled, glaring at the Kaijin from beneath his helmet. "Saber, hold us steady. I just need to get a clear shot."
"Right." Saber replied, pulling back on the throttle she increased the bike's speed, at the same time W aimed his weapon at the fleeing Cockroach Dopant and fired a barrage of gunfire at him as he leapt rooftop to rooftop.
"Damn Kamen Rider," The Cockroach Dopant growled as one of the shots from W's weapon narrowly whizzed past him, "Your persistence is most annoying."
He'd just leaped off another roof and was sailing through the air when a spike attached to a long chain appeared from seemingly nowhere and wrapped itself around the Cockroach Dopant's legs before, with a mighty pull, he launched towards the roofs of one of the houses.
Before he could make contact a second chain wrapped itself around Sakura's waist and pulled her free from the Dopants grip, before he slammed into it and rolled across it a short distance before coming to a halt.
"D…damnit…" The Dopant groaned, his body aching as he rolled onto his side. Just as he did so the faint sound of chimes was heard and a shadow fell over him. "Huh…"
Looking up, the Cockroach Dopant was greeted to the sight of Rider standing before her, carrying Sakura bridal style in her arm, the light of the moon giving her an ethereal look as she glared at him.
"Disgusting bug…" Rider muttered; disgust evident in her voice. She then lashed out and delivered a painful kick to the Cockroach Dopants chest, packing enough force to knock him off the roof and send him crashing to the street below.
No sooner had he landed the sound of an incoming vehicle was heard and the HardBoilder screeched to a halt a short distance from where he lay.
"Thanks Rider, we'll take it from here." W said as he dismounted the HardBoilder and took a step towards the downed Dopant. "As for you, Saa omae no tsumi o kazoero."
"Shirou, I believe that this is the best combination to deal with this one." The right side of W informed the left, produced the Heat Memory and inserted it into the W Driver.
HEAT/TRIGGER… (Rock & roll guitar to rock guitar riff)
Grabbing the Trigger Memory from out of the W Driver the red and blue armored figure inserted it into the TriggerMagnum before the clip-like protrusion and shifted it upwards, changing it from Normal Mode to Maximum Mode.
TRIGGER, MAXIMUM DRIVE…
Pointed the weapon at the Cockroach Dopant. "TRIGGER EXPLOSION…" He announced as he pressed down on the trigger, a large stream of flames erupting from the weapon that engulfed the insectoid Dopant.
The flames caused by the explosion quickly dissipated, revealing the oily looking man who had used the Memory standing there before he collapsed to the ground, the Cockroach Memory hitting the ground next to him where it shattered into pieces.
W closed up the W Driver, his armor vanishing from his body. "Sakura," "Sakura are you alright?"
"I…I think so." Sakura replied as Rider set her down, having finally managed to remove the blue goop from around her mouth.
W nodded in response before turning to look at Saber who was still seated on the back of his motorcycle. "Saber…"
"Leave it to me." Saber replied, flipping open Shirou's Stag Phone and began dialling a number. "Hello police, I'm calling to report a defeated Dopant…"
Meanwhile Rider was staring at the oily haired man as he lay unconscious on the ground. "What do you wish to do about him?" She inquired, as she said this, Shirou noticed the nail that she held tightly in her grip.
"We don't kill." He told her. "Leave him for the police."
"Very well." Rider replied, she then wrapped one of her chains around the unconscious man's body before proceeding to hang him from one of the lamp posts.
"Is…is he…?" Sakura asked, looking at the unconscious body that swayed slightly as he hung from the light fixture.
"He's fine, he'll be in for a rough time from using that Gaia Memory of his, but he'll live." Shirou assured her. "Come on, let's get back to the house, I owe you an explanation after all."
Standing before a sizable window of an office located within one of the tallest buildings in Fuyuki, Sonozaki Saeko gazed out at the view of the city that spread out before her. Just then a pinging noise was heard coming from the computer located on her desk, alerting her that she'd received a notification.
Tearing herself away from the window, Saeko strode across the roof and seated herself at the desk, looking at the screen she found that she'd been sent her a message with an image attached to it.
Clicking on the attachment an image appeared on her screen, depicting the image that the Cockroach Dopant had taken at the Emiya residence that depicted.
Scanning the image, Saeko's attention quickly fixed itself onto one of the present individuals, a sinister looking smile appearing on her lips as she stared at the image of Matou Shinji.
"After all this time I finally found you…" Saeko said to herself, as if the image of the seaweed haired teen could hear her words. "My dear little brother, Raito…"
AN And like that a new chapter is in the bag and whooo boy its a long one, I'll do my best to keep this short.
So yeah another instalment in the Fate/W story. Big take away is that Sakura, he's having to take an active role in the Grail War (whether she likes it or not) now knows about Shinji/Raito hiding out it her Senpai's home as well as him and Shirou being W. And following this So yeah Shirou's gonna have to give the explanation about Gaia Memories and Dopants for a third time. Also Sonozaki Saeko is now knows where Shinji/Raito has been hiding which as you can imagine will be a thing for concern down the line.
Also I don't know about the rest of you but after this chapter I'm starting to feel for Shirou's neighbours. I can only imagine what think is going on while listening to sounds of fighting, gun shots and explosions that occurs at various times of the day and night.
No new episode of Gotchard or King-Ohger this week but we did get the first instalment of Kamen Rider Legend and for the most part I thought the it was pretty decent. There was quite a lot of call backs to Decade and is so obvious that Quartz wants to be Tsukasa sooo bad but is trying way too hard to match the man's swagger. Most of what I've seen is a a lot of people complaining about Gotchard's Legend Rider Forms and while I'm personally I'm not fan of them I do think people are blowing things out of proportion, seriously what are you expecting a form that combines Kuuga and Faiz together to look like?
That being said I think the idea of mixing and matching Rider motif's together is an interesting concept, especially given Gotchard's chemistry theming, just kinda wish that these Rider Forms looked a little better instead of Toei just blatantly recycling pieces of Rider Armor from Zi-O.
Oh also apparently I was wrong about Goldmechanicer being Gotchard's first super form.
Anyway I thin that'll do it for this instalment. As always feel free to drop a comment and leave your feedback, I really appreciate it when you take the time to do so, and I'll see you for the next chapter.
Till ne time, peace out y'all.