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Fate/Stay Night x Kamen Rider
Journey through the Kaleidoscope

Fate/Stay Night x Kamen Rider Gavv
Fate/JUICY

Special Chapter: A Gummy Christmas Brawl

"Be it snacks or evil, I'll consume them all!"

Despite the impassive look on her face Saber couldn't help but wonder what it was Shirou was up to as he led her through the grounds of the Einzbern Estate, the winter chill hanging in the air as the two of them headed towards a more secluded part of the estate's grounds.

While she'd not say it aloud, she'd been a little surprised when her red haired Master had asked her to accompany him, stepping away from the group whom had gathered at Illya's home to celebrate the season, although the invitation was not unwelcome as she'd seen little of him the past few days having spent them here the estate, assisting Illyasviel's two maids make preparations.
Still, she couldn't shake the feeling that Shirou was up to something, making her wonder just what the rust haired young man was up to.

As the two of them rounded a corner, Saber quickly stopped in her tracks and her eyes widened like saucers at the sight before her. Two long tables, both of them having a spread of dishes spread out across them, all of which were laden with different foods. Cooked meats, an array of steaming vegetables. Traditional Japanese dishes mixed in with European style ones. The sight and smell of them all, it was indeed a feast for the senses.

"S…Shirou…" She said breathlessly, glancing towards her Master who looked back at her with a wry smile on his face.

"So, what do you think, quite the spread huh." Shirou said nonchalantly, "At first I wasn't sure what to get you for Christmas, but after some thought I realised that you'd appreciate a spread like this,"
"W…wait…" Saber gasped, trying not to hold out hope. "You mean that this…all this is?"

"Most of it." Shirou let out a small chuckle, a warm smile gracing his lips. "Merry Christmas Saber."

"Ohhh wow." A voice from behind them was heard, "All that food, it looks so good."

Looking round both Shirou and Saber found Shouma standing there, the brown haired man Noticed the brown haired young man, whom Shirou had been found passed out in the middle of the woods from on the brink of starvation, sporting a look of awe on his face as he gazed upon the two tables lined with various dishes.

"Shouma," Shirou muttered, surprised to see him, "Is something wrong?"

"I'm…I'm sorry, I promise I wasn't following you two." Shouma replied, rubbing the back of his head. "The maid with the serious look, she mentioned needing something from inside and I said I'd get it for her only I seem to have gotten turned around somewhere. I was trying to find my way when I spotted the two of you, I was hoping that you could point me in the right direction."

Just then a loud growling noise was heard coming from the newcomer's stomach, Shouma chuckling nervously as he placed his hands on his stomach, something that Saber couldn't help but smile at.

"Sir Shouma, would you care to partake in these dishes with me?" Saber asked.

"R…really? Are…are you sure about this?" Shouma exclaimed, a look of disbelief on his face, something that Saber couldn't help but chuckle in amusement at before she nodded affirmingly in response to which a wide smile spread across Shouma's face, "Thank you so much?"

Without a moment's hesitation the brown haired youth then ran over to one of the tables, both Shirou and Saber watching him as he looked from one plate of food to the next before grabbing a piece off of the closest one and shoving it into his mouth.

"Saber, not that I mind but are you really ok with this?" Shirou asked his Servant. "Don't get me wrong, Shouma's nice enough guy but I mean I made this for you?"

"Of course, it would be wrong for a noble ruler to avert their gaze away when a hungry man stands before them." Saber replied, "Besides, tis the season for giving and generosity is it not? Now, if you'll excuse me…"
Without another word the blond haired Heroic Spirit then headed over towards the twin long tables covered in various dishes, quickly grabbing up various food items and stacking them on an empty plate all the while Shouma continued grabbing up various pieces of food and shoving it into his mouth.

"So…so good." Shouma proclaimed happily, his voice muffled slightly from the food still in his mouth, "This might be the best food I've ever eaten."

Saber couldn't help but smile at the young man's sheet joy. "Indeed, Shirou is an excellent cook." She replied before she too began shovelling food into her own mouth.

All the while that the pair were feasting Shirou stood off to the side, watching as they indulge themselves. This is what he enjoyed most about cooking and food preparation, seeing the looks on his loved ones faces as they enjoyed the food that he'd prepared for them.

The faint sound of chimes was heard and glancing over he was greeted by the sight of Archer standing beside him, the tanned skinned servant watching as Saber and Shouma moved from one plate to the next.
"Archer…" Shirou muttered, a look of annoyance appearing in his face at the sight of the man whom he'd potentially become one day.

"I see you gave Saber her gift," Archer said nonchalantly, his attention solely on Saber as she continued to stuff her face, "She seems to be enjoying it, then again given how much of a glutton she is it doesn't surprise me that she'd gladly eat even the slop a third rate hack like you can cook up."

"Archer…" Shirou muttered as he glowered at the man next to him, unappreciative of his snide remark. Averting his gaze away from the new arrival, Shirou took a deep breath, a serious expression appearing on his face.

"Archer, as much as it pains me to say this, thank you for your help." The rust haired teen told the man beside him, doing his best not to brush off his snide remark, "I couldn't have made all this by myself."
Archer didn't look at him, the potential future version of the rust haired boy let out a sigh as his expression softened slightly. "Heh, acknowledgment of your shortcomings, that's unexpected." He replied, "Still, since it's the holidays, I'll throw you a boon and accept your thanks. reluctantly, of course."

"Of course." Shirou replied. He then turned his attention back toward the tables where both Saber and Shouma were still feasting. "Hey, Saber, is it good?"
Hearing her Master's voice, Saber turned to look in Shirou's direction with a happy expression on her face, her cheeks bulging like a chipmunks, the sight of which filled both Shirou and Archer with a sense of accomplishment.

All of a sudden a long pinkish tendril shot out from a nearby bush, wrapping itself around Saber, her body glowed before shrinking down into a small transparent plate that bore her image, her form bound by a cut off piece of that same fleshy looking material.

"SABER!" Shirou cried out, the feeling of enjoyment and satisfaction that he and Archer shared shattering instantly at sight of Saber being compressed.

Meanwhile Shouma too was shocked by what had just occurred. There was no way, there's no way that he'd run into one of his siblings' agents all the way out here, could he?
A rustling noise was heard, catching everyone's attention, before moments later a A shady looking man emerged from the bushes that surrounded the area. "Kek kek kek, a fine catch." The stranger sneered, "To think that I'd find such a high quality product all the way out here, must be my lucky day."

"A…a Granute?" Shouma exclaimed, shocked to see one out this far, just how far did Stomach INC's reach stretch?

"A fine catch, I can practically taste the joy radiating off of this." The strange man said as he picked Saber's Compress off of the ground before pulling out three other acrylic stands, these ones bearing the images of Rin, Sakura and Illya, all of them bound by the same fleshy looking material, "These ones, they'll make for excellent spice."

"Spice?" Archer questioned, confused by the oily looking man's words. "What do you mean by spice?"

"Why to make the Dark Treats of course," The stranger replied, "It's my job to round up humans brimming with emotions, compress them and send them off to my employer so they can be harvested."

"Your…you're going to eat them?" Shirou exclaimed, shocked by what he was hearing, that shock quickly fading and anger taking its place, "You…you bastard, let Saber and the others go right now."

"And why would I do that, especially when I'm rewarded handsomely for my work." The oily man replied as he gazed upon the Presses that he was holding, "If you ask me, human joy makes for the best spice."
Stowing away the four Human Presses that he'd obtained, the oily man fixed his gaze upon Shirou, the rust haired teens anger evident on his face, the sight of which resulted in a disturbing looking smirk spreading itself across his face.

"That look in your face, normally we harvest joy but that hate that coursing through your veins right now, makes me curious how it would taste." He leered at Shirou, "I wonder, if I presented you to my boss would they make a Dark Treat out of spice for me?"

"No! No, I won't let you…" All of a sudden Shouma suddenly appeared, seemingly attempting to tackle the stranger, wrapping his arms around his waist.
The strange man grabbed a hold of the back of Shouma's hoodie, managing to pull the brown haired off of him before hurling him into one of the food laden tables, knocking it over and sending its contents scattering across the lawn.

"Tsk, annoying brat…" The strange man growled as he glared at Shouma who was gasping on the ground when he noticed that in the shaggy haired youths grasp was the Press that bore the image of the white haired girl that he'd collected earlier.

"Wha…what!" He exclaimed, quickly realizing that the kid's pitiful attempt to tackle him had been a ruse to snatch away the ingredients he'd collected. "You…you little bastard, give that back right now…"
Momentarily shooting the part timer a defiant look, Shoua looked over towards Shirou and tossing Illyaviel's Human Presses over to him, the rust haired boy quickly snapping out of his confusion to catch it.

"Grrr, fine then…" The Part timer growled angrily as he grabbed a hold of the front of the jacket and pulled it up to reveal their bare stomach, on which was a mouth filled with jagged looking teeth. "Just for that I'm going to press you too…"

Reaching into their stomach mouth the stranger pulled out an odd looking device that was sticking out of its lower jaw, their form changing to a more monstrous looking one. While their body retained a somewhat of a humanoid shape, their upper body was completely inhuman in appearance.

Their head in shape as well as well as in appearance looked akin to an octopus with several tendrils protruding from its face, a large skull like protrusions shaped like fish heads on both of its shoulders, a long tentacle protruding from both of the eye sockets, and a tentacle in place of arms. Finally, was it the large mouth filled with large teeth that it had affixed to its stomach, much as it had done in its human looking form, only now it looked a whole lot more intimidating.

"No…no way," Shirou exclaimed, a look of wide eyed shock on his face, "That guy, he's…he's some kind of creature?"

Due to all that he'd experienced since that fateful night when he'd stumbled head first into the Holy Grail War, Shirou believed that he'd reached a point where nothing could surprise him anymore, after all being a part of something that involved magicians, ghosts and walking alongside heroes of legend that had being revived in the modern world, it wasn't hard to believe that it would takes lot to surprise him anymore.

However, seeing this stranger change into a literal monster was still a turn of events he'd not expected, further still was the information that they'd let slip, that they seemed to be working for someone whose business was snatching up people for the intention of eating them. Not only that it was clear that his new acquaintance Shouma was more aware of what was going on than either he or Archer were.

His head spinning with confusion and questions by what was going on, Shirou shifted his attention to the acrylic stand that bore Illya's image that he was holding, the silver haired Einzbern just so happened to be someone that he'd grown to care deeply for.

Regardless of whether he understood the situation or not, he couldn't let Illya stay trapped in this form, he needed to do something to free her from the state that she was in. a frown etching itself into his face Shirou grabbed onto the fleshy substance and tried to pull it off.

"Don't do that." Shrouma cried out, his tone causing Shirou to cease his actions,"The press, if it's damaged the person trapped inside will die."

"What, how the heck does someone like you know about Human Presses?" The Whiple Granute demanded.

Getting back to his feet, Shouma unzipped the zipper located across his waist, exposing his bare stomach from which, to both Shirou and Archer's shock, protruded a bulky looking red device that was vaguely shaped like a mouth.
"No…no way, it's you," The Granute exclaimed, "The Granute with the red Gavv!"

"Gavv?" Shirou muttered, both he and Archer puzzled as to what was going on.

Before they could question what was going on, the sound of high pitched squeaking noises caught both of their attention, averting their gaze downwards the two of them were greeted to the sight of a dozen scuttling across the ground headed in Shouma's direction, one of which launched itself onto the air and was snatched up by the brown haired stranger.

Gripping the strange object between his thumb and middle fingers, Shouma used his other hand to flip open the top part of his Gavv before placing the box shaped item inside the red month shaped device that seemed to be protruding from his waist and closed the lid, a purple gelatinous substance emerging from either side of the device and wrapped itself around his waist.

GUMMY!

The Gummy Gochizo now in place, Shouma grabbed the handle that extended out from his Gavv's right side and began turning it, the 'mouth's' upper jaw moving, as if biting down on the thing inside of it.
As he turned the hand crank, a projection that somewhat resembles a transparent bag descended over him as what looked to be various candies emerging from his body.

EAT GUMMY! EAT GUMMY! EAT GUMMY! (Chomp chomp chomp)

As more candies emerged, Shouma extended his left arm out and waved his hand across his face as his eyes began to glow purple before pulling his hand back sharply, his glowing left eye framed between his pointer and middle fingers. "Henshin…" He proclaimed before eyes slapping the button protruding from his Gavv's left side He then pressed the button, resulting in the Gochizo loaded into his Gavv to cry out.

WAAAAH!

No sooner had he said this the bag that surrounded Shouma burst open and all the sweets were sucked into his Gavv, when they'd all been absorbed Shouma seemed to lose balance, stumbling forward before managing to catch himself.

As he fell forward, The latter gasped as he felt a change in him as a black and silver jumpsuit appeared on him, leaving his Gavv visible as if it were a belt. Then came leggings, a gauntlet and a similar breastplate made of purple gelatine fading to blue or yellow at the end.

His eyes glowed violet as a black helmet formed and a large violet faceplate with yellow gelatine eyes appeared on his face.

POPPIN GUMMY! JUICY!

"Poppin…Gummy?" Archer muttered, taken aback by what he'd just witnessed.

"N…no way!" Shirou exclaimed, recognizing the figure from the stories that had been popping up all over the net that Fuji-nee had shown him, "Is that…the Kamen Rider?"

Now Transformed, Gavv charged towards the Granute who in return lashed out at him with its tentacle arms, the candy Rider narrowly avoiding the fleshy tendrils by leaping up and over them. Sailing through the air towards his opponent, Gavv cocked one of his fists and attempted to aimed a punch at the Whiple Granute only for his attempt to be thwarted as one of its tentacles wrapped itself around his neck.

"Heh, are you really the guy who's been taking out all of the other Partimers?" The Cephalopod themed Granute sneered as it pulled Gavv towards them, "The fact they lost to someone like you just goes to show how weak they were. I bet if I beat you the higher ups will reward me handsomely, I bet I could be promoted."

As he was being pulled in closer towards the Octopus themed Granute, a faint glow came from within Gavv's Gavv before moments later his base forms signature weapon, the Gavvgablade, was launched out from it, striking the Whiple Granute in the chest and causing it to stumble back a few steps.

With his opponent momentarily distracted, Gavv reached out and managed to grab a hold of it of his sword, using it to sever the fleshy tendril that was restraining him before moving in to engage his opponent once again, delivering a pair of slashes across its chest before being forced to pull back as to avoid a tentacle that his opponent whipped out at him.

"Gah, you little…" The Whiple Granute snarled as he recovered, "Why are you getting in my way? Obviously, we're both Granutes so why are you playing nice with a bunch of stinkin 'humans? Or could it be that you're just trying to eliminate the competition so you can harvest all the high quality spice for yourself."

"I'm not like you, I might be a Granute but I don't want anything to do with Stomach INC and their Dark Treats." Gavv retorted. "As far as I'm concerned, you're all a bunch of monsters who prey on people's joy and suffering."
"Monsters?" The Whiple Granute said, taken aback a little by the Candy Riders comment. "Idiot, play pretend all you want your still a Granute like me. If I'm a monster then what the heck does that make you?"
"Your right, we're both monsters, I won't deny that." Gavv retorted, gripping the handle of his sword and his body tensing up, "But unlike you, I have no desire to make humans suffer. If you and the other Agents of Stomach INC are going to continue targeting humans, then I'll be a monster who fights other monsters."

Before Gavv could attempt to make a move a shadow fell upon the Whiple Granute and the sound of something coming from above was heard, glancing up both Gavv and the Granute were met by the sight of Shirou dropped down from above, a curved sword in each hand that he then hurled towards the Whiple Granute who quickly used one of its tentacles to shield himself from the pair of incoming blades.

Having successfully shielded himself, the Whiple Granute then launched his tentacle towards Shirou as his feet touched the ground, reacting quickly the red head quickly dropped to the ground and rolled out of the way.

"H…huh…" Gavv exclaimed, shocked to see that Shirou hadn't fled,"What are you doing, you should get out of here."

"Sorry, I can't do that." Shirou replied as he rose into a crouched position, "Sure, I have no idea what's going on and whatever it is probably doesn't concern me. But this thing, from what I gather, he's targeting people including ones I care about, there's no way I can let that slide."

A faint glow emanated from the palms of his hands and in a swirl of mystical energy a new set of swords appeared out of thin air. Grabbing onto them, Shirou then launched himself towards the Whiple Granute, moving at speeds that surprised Gavv, quickly closing the gap between himself and the cephalopod themed Kaijin and lashed out at him with one of his swords, attempted to deliver a slash across the its chest. Only for the blade of his sword to shatter upon impact, something that came as a surprise to the rust haired Emiya.

Seeing that his prey had been taken off guard, the cephalopod Kaijin again whipped its tentacle towards him, this time managing to find purchase and wrapped itself around Shirou's neck.
Before the Granute could attempt to reel his newly secured prey in, Gavv appeared behind it before slashing the Whiple Granute across the back with his Gavvgablade, resulting in a grunt of pain and frustration from the Whiple Granute.

A snarl escaping from its lupus, the Whiple Granute lashed out at Gavv by who retaliated by whipping at him the with its other tentacle, the Candy Rider attempted to block it with his sword only for the bladed weapon to be knocked out of his grip and sent clattering to the ground.

Far from done, the Whiple Granute then spun around and hurled Shirou towards Gavv, the rust haired teen slamming into Gavv's chest, the impact of which damaging a portion of the Riders chestplate, which sent him flying backwards before the two of them were sent sprawling across the lawn.
His head still spinning, Shirou barely had enough time to gather himself when he felt himself being dragged along the ground towards the Whiple Granute, that same deranged smirk visible beneath the tendrils that covered its mouth.

"Don't go thinking that I forgot what I promised, I want to taste your hate." The Whiple Granute sneered as it pulled Shirou in, the rust haired boy struggling futilely to break free of its grip, "Your spice, just thinking about it has me giddy, I can't wait to taste it."

Try as he might, Shirou couldn't break free of the Granute's grip. This was bad, he couldn't free himself and Kanshou and Byakuya had shattered when he'd tried to engage them. He needed to do something or he'd end up in the same state as Saber, Tohsaka, Sakura and Illya.

As he tried to figure out what to do something out of the corner of his eye caught his attention, glancing over he noticed the Gavvgablade lying a short distance from him. Gritting his teeth, Shirou reached out towards the discarded blade, the tips of his fingers brushing against it before he was pulled away from it.

"Trace…on…" He growled, within seconds a highly detailed image of the weapon flashed through his mind. A faint glow appeared in the palm of the rust haired teen's hand and in a flash a perfect replication of Gavv's sword appeared in his hand.

With a grunt of exertion, Shirou aimed his new weapon at the tendril that was wrapped around his leg, severing it with ease, before hurling his new weapon at the Whiple Granute, catching it across one of its shoulders and resulting in a pain filled grunt.

Flipping back up to his feet, Shirou turned around and grabbed hold of the Gavvgablade. "Hey, Kamen Rider…" He called out to Gavv before he tossed the sword over to him, the candy Rider nodding in appreciation as he caught hold of it.

His weapon now reclaimed, Gavv stepped forward alongside Shirou, producing another Poppin Gummy Gochizo as he did so that he then placed it into his Gavv before turning the crank quickly before pressing the button on the side.

POPPIN GUMMY! JUICY!

All of a sudden, a gelatinous substance suddenly appeared in the damaged areas of Gavv's chestplate, quickly solidifying and repairing the damage that he'd taken.

At the same time, Shirou focused his mystical energies into the palms of Shirou's hands, conjuring up a new pair of Gavvgablades, both he and Gavv fixing their gaze upon the Whiple Granute whom all of a sudden wasn't feeling so confident about its chances.

"Grrr, you two, you're really pissing me off…" The Whiple Granute snarl as all of a sudden the various tentacles that protruded from its body increased in length before it then launched them at Gavv and Shirou, both of them using their weapons to fend off the mass of fleshy tendrils before they could ensnare them.

While the Candy Rider and the Emiya Magus fended off the multitude of tendrils that whipped around them, all of a sudden a multiple spinning disks appeared out of nowhere and buzzed around the Whiple Granute, drawing its attention away from Gavv and Shirou, each of them shattering as they made contact with Cephalopod Kaijin.

Its attention diverted, the air suddenly shimmered and Archer appeared before the Whiple Granute, a newly conjured set of Kanshou and Byakuya in his hands that he swung at the Cephalopod Kaijin who raised one of its tentacle arms to block the attempt, the Servant of the Bow's weapons shattering like glass, before whipping it towards Archer who jumped up out of the way, lashing out with this foot which stuck the Granute in the face before he vanished from view.

Seconds later Archer reappeared, appearing alongside both Gavv and Shirou, the rust haired teen shooting him a side eyed glance. "Archer, you actually decided to step in." He said in a stern tone, "And here's me thinking that I'd have to do everything myself."

"Don't go getting the wrong impression, I simply got tired watching the two of you flail about." Archer replied, his tone matching Shirou's. "While against my better judgment I felt it best to assist you in dealing with this creature, whatever it is, since it's clearly too much for you to handle."

"Oh, you're going to help us." Shirou scoffed, "It must be a Christmas miracle."

"What's going on?" Gavv asked, confused by the interaction between the two Shirou's, "Do you two not like each other?"

"Long story." Shirou and Archer said simultaneously.

"That aside, this creature, it's unlike anything I've ever encountered before." Archer continued, shifting his gaze towards Gavv, "You, I believe that I heard you refer to this thing as a Granute as well as something about some group called Stomach INC."

"You…you heard that?" Gavv exclaimed, a sudden feeling of nervousness gripping him.

"I have very good hearing." Archer replied. "This suggests that you are far more clued in to what's going on here than either I or Emiya Shirou do."

"Erm, well…" Gavv replied, a feeling of panic bubbling up within him as tried to think of what to say, worried at just what else the man in the red coat could have heard.

Meanwhile panic was also beginning to set in for the Whiple Granute as they stared down the renegade Granute along with his two human(?), no longer liking their chances as they found themselves out numbered.
This wasn't good, the red Gavv by himself was enough of a problem, what with him taking out Stomach INC's other employees, however the two humans (were they even human?) that were fighting alongside him were proving too much for them to handle by themselves.

But what to do? Running and getting as far away from here would be the smart thing to do, however the higher ups would not look kindly on them for doing so, especially after exposing themselves and leaving witnesses behind. Would they punish them for doing that, or worse, would they cut them off?

Then again, they still had three high quality Presses in their possession, presenting those to them that would hopefully buy them enough good will with the higher ups that their punishment wouldn't be too severe, that had to count for something right.

Their next course of action decided upon, the Granute extended its tentacles and lashed out at Gavv and his two allies once more, forcing the three of them to dodge out of the way to avoid them. The desired outcome achieved, the Whiple Granute took the opportunity to turn on its heel and ran, running back towards the forest that surrounded the Einzbern estate.

"H…huh, they're running?" Shirou muttered as he noticed that the Cephalopod Kaijin was running, a frown spreading across his features, "Oh no you don't…"

Quickly getting back up to his feet, Shirou channelled his Prana into his legs and, in a sudden burst of speed, moved to give chase after the fleeing Granute, Gavv quickly following after him.

Archer meanwhile did not follow after them, merely shaking his head before he shifted back into his Spiritual form, his form vanishing in a swirl of mystical particles that quickly dissipated.

Moments later the tanned skinned Servant reappeared ahead of the Whiple Granute, appearing on the edge of the treeline. "Trace…on!" Archer muttered, mythical energies appeared gathering in the palms of Archer's hands and in a flash a long red spear appeared in the air before him, the tanned skinned Servant quickly grabbing a hold of it.

Assuming a wide legged stanced, Archer reared his arm back before hurling the replicated spear at the Whiple Granute, the blood red polearm slicing through it the air before impaled the Whiple Granute through its stomach mouth, a spurt of blood erupting from both its wound as well as from its mouth.

Seeing their chance, both Shirou and Gavv moved in, the two of them delivering a powerful horizontal slash to the Kaijin, the three Presses contained Saber, Rin and Sakura falling to the ground as the Kaijin was sent sprawling.

Noticing this, Shirou practically dived towards the ground, quickly snatching up the three Presses. "I…I got them," He managed to say as he gasped for breath, a look of relief on his face, "I got them."

"I see, that's good." Gavv saud, sounding relieved, he then turned his attention towards the Whiple Granute as it struggled back to its feet. "I'll take care of the rest."

The Candy Rider produced a new Gochizo which he then inserted into his Gavv, cranking the handle attached to it a few times before hitting the button located on the side.

KICKIN GUMMY!

All of a sudden a shower of glowing orange particles erupted from his Gavv and an orange gelatinous substance encompassed his right foot, quickly molding itself into the shape of a large boot. "Listen up, I'm giving you two choices." The Candy Rider told the Granute as it struggled back to its feet, "Either give up the Dark Treats, or I'll put you down myself."

"Give up the Dark Treats, are you stupid?" The Whiple Granute retorted, "Something so good, why would I ever want to give them up."

"I see, so that's your choice…" Gavv said in a low tone, sounding somewhat disappointed, taking hold of the hand crank again and rotated it a few times. "If that's the case…"

CHARGE ME! CHARGE ME! CHARGE ME!

KICKIN GUMMY KICK!

His slipped into a crouched stance with his right leg out in front on his while his left extended out behind him, his body tensing up before he then launched himself into the air, twisting in midair where he then shifted himself and delivered a powerful stomp to the Granute's chest, knocking it once again to the ground.

Upon impact, the orange gelatine undulated, sending out a pulse of glowing orange energy into the Granute, it body crackling momentarily before dozens of orange spheres erupted from its body, knocking Gavv back into the air and was thrown back a short distance the purple, blue and yellow Candy Rider back flipping in midair before his feet touched the ground, turning away from the crackling Granute before it suddenly erupted in a large explosion, a ghostly version of the Kickin Gummy Gochizo with small angel wings emerging from his Gavv.

"Is…is it over?" Shirou asked as he approached Gavv who nodded in response.

"Yeah, that guy," Gavv replied, "They won't be bothering you again."
Shirou let out a 'hmmm' before he then held the four Presses out towards Gavv. "What about Tohsaka and the others, is there any way that we can fix them?" He asked.

Gavv regarded the rust haired boy in front of him for a few seconds before reaching out to the four Presses and took them from him, something that surprised him greatly. "Wha…what!"

"Trust me, I can fix this." Gavv relied reassuringly before he then headed towards the remaining standing table, setting the four Presses down upon its surface.

Pulling out his Gavvgablade he rested the blade against the red fleshy material that bound them and slid the weapons blade across them, severing the red material. all of a sudden the Presses glowed before leaping up off of the table and floating a short distance away, before in a small flash of light the restored forms of Saber, Tohsaka Rin, Matou Sakura and Illyasviel von Einzbern appeared, all of whom seemed to be rather confused but on the whole unharmed.

"H…huh?" Rin exclaimed as she glanced about her, "How did I get here?"

"I…I don't know Onee-san," Sakura replied, sounding equally as confused. "Last thing I remember was heading back towards the house to retrieve the gifts I got for everyone and next thing I know I'm here with you."

"You…you guys!" Shirou called out, the sound of his voice catching their attention, the look of relief on his face only serving to confuse theme further. "Your back, thank goodness."

Just as she was about to say something Saber noticed the table that had been overturned earlier by Shouma when the Granute had thrown him into it, the various pieces of food scattered across the ground and mostly ruined due to the battle.

"NO!" She cried out, her eyes beginning to water as sunk to her knees in a dramatic fashion. "No, my Christmas feast, its ruined."

"Honestly," Illya sighed, shaking her head at Saber's outburst, noticed Gavv standing off to the side. "Wha…what the, what the heck is that thing?"

Hearing the silver haired homunculus/human hybrids outburst, Rin, Sakura and Saber turned their attention in the direction that she was looking in where they too were greeted by the sight of Gavv, the three of them equally shocked at his appearance.

"It…its ok," Gavv muttered as he glanced towards the ground, sounding defeated, he then. "I…I should just go…"

As he turned away from the small party, Gavv produced a new Gochizo and loaded it into his Gavv, turning the hand crank before hitting the button.

CANDY! EAT CANDY! WAAAAH!

A bust of candy pink energy erupted from the Candy Rider's Gavv, travelling a short distance away before congealing together, taking on the appearance of an odd looking vehicle that somewhat resembled a quadbike with four large pink and blue tires with peculiar looking hubcaps attached.

VROCAN!

His personal vehicle having been summoned, Gavv moved forward and mounted it. "Hey, hey Shouma." Shirou called out to the candy Rider, addressing him by name catching the attention of Saber, Illya, Sakura and Rin. "Your just going to leave?"

Mounting his Rider machine, Gavv turned to look in the rust haired boy's direction. "Shirou-san, thank you for the food." Gavv told him. "It was delicious."

"Hold it right there, you didn't answer my question." Archer spoke up, the sound of his voice catching Gavv's attention. "What are these Granute's and what exactly is Stomach INC?"

"Please, don't go looking it to this further, it's best that you not get involved." Gavv replied, his tone pleading, "People who hang around me, bad things tend to happen to them."

Gripping the bikes handlebars, Gavv revving the throttle, a shower of dirt being kicked up by the tires as they spun before it took off, headed toward the forest and vanished into it, leaving Shirou and his companions behind.

"Ok, is someone going to explain just what the heck is going on?" Rin demanded.

AN And with that, the final chapter of 2024 is fini. Merry Christmas everyone, its that time once again, the end of the year is almost upon us but before we see it out we've got the Yule time to tide us over. Said it before and I'll say it again, where has the time gone? Hopefully we won't get a repeat of what happened I the last time I posted a new chapter and have the frigin site borks for a while, urghh, this site is a pain sometimes.

Anyway, for the final chapter of the year we dip our toes into the world of the newest Kamen Rider, Kamen Rider Gavv. Timeline wise this takes place during the early part of the show post episode 2 where Shouma was largely wandering around meeting people and fighting various Granutes of the week before he started living Sachika at the end of episode 5 as well as the debut of Kamen Rider Valen in episode 6.

Also I'm not entirely sure just how canon this chapter will if and when the next time I post another Gavv chapter, regardless this is just meant to be a fun little instalment that has Shirou and EMIYA teaming up with the newest Kamen Rider in a post Holy Grail War setting akin to Hollow Ataraxia/Emiya-sanchi no Kyō no Gohan.

Speaking of Gavv the past few episode have been pretty eventful. Obviously the big thing is Gavv Caking form, which might be my favourite form for Gavv right now plus the deign reminds me a little of Blade King Form as well as Siita's death. And of course there's the connection between Suga and Nyelv who appear to be pretty chummy with each other, the head of Stomach INC R&D also supplied the shady researcher with another Granute organ and looks to be making a new Driver meaning we'll either be getting a new Rider soon or Hanto might be getting a new toy.

Also something I want to share with you all is that it took me until the previous episode to realise that the human disguise of the Rojoe Granute is played by Kishi Yōsuke aka Stinger/Sasori Orange from Kyuranger, I was kicking myself for not realising that sooner. Not only that but when I looked it up I found out that the suit actor for the Rojoe Granut is Imai Yasuhiko who also was the suit actor for Sasori Orange.

Can't think of anything else so I'll be signing off for the final time for 2024 but before I do I'd like to thank you all for sticking with me through the year please and say that, whether you celebrate Christmas or not, whoever you are and wherever you are I hope that 2024, for the most part, treated you well and I wish everyone all the best for not only the remained of the year but for the one one ahead and with those you care for, be it with your family or the family you've made for yourself.

So, once again Merry Christmas and until the new year, peace out y'all.