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In the end, after waiting a month long, Yu Narukami's private room in the Wandering Sea gets a lot of new stuff. Starting from furniture to items that are guaranteed won’t be boring to Yu. He even has a special table for working on garage kits because apparently some servants also have the same hobby to the point that he is being invited to join another club called "build a model/kit" Club.
Yu feels more and more comfortable being surrounded by all kinds of people (he already considers servants who were not human, as ordinary people) and is no longer surprised if something unreasonable happens again at the Wandering Sea. Even so, it does not mean that he feels that this place completely replaced his beloved people in Inaba.
Yu gets out of bed and stretches his stiff muscles.
"No, it's not the time to think like that... here, even though it's not Inaba, everyone here care enough for me and remind me that I'm not alone."
As usual on his days since he was in Chaldea, Yu prepares himself for the chaotic habits of the organization to save human history. It doesn’t take him long to change into short sleeves because this month is summer.
When he leaves his private room, he finds the Wandering Sea hallway filled with colorful ornaments and various kinds of national flags.
Instantly the memory of talking to Sieg about the summer madness at the Servant Human Club flashes through the brain. This causes cold sweat to start appearing behind Yu's clothes. He ends up frozen in place because his brain is working to think a way to disappear until the summer event was over.
But unfortunately, the two Servants with same nationality is seen walking towards him. One of them is the Servant who is known as the “demon king” aka Oda Nobunaga, who is approaching the point where he stands. Servant Oda Nobunaga's hands are immediately placed on Yu's shoulder.
“Yo! Grandpa's hair, you're originally from Japan, aren't you? Which sport you will participate to represent Japan?"
The girl with pink hair color beside her is doing a facepalm.
"He's not a grandfather, Nobunaga! Oh, please join the Olympics I beg you! You don't want Japan to lose to western countries, right? Plus, I couldn't possibly participate because *cough*” suddenly, red blood come out of the woman's mouth in a kimono and Nobunaga caught her instantaneous limping body.
“Okita? Hold on! Okita! Look, young man. Okita Souji, asking you to fight on behalf of Japan. She has high hopes for you, young man! Come on, be one of the participants. I’m begging you! "
Yu sees well that the two of them are doing a fake act to ask him to join. He can see how "hammy" their acting is. When he sees the Archer class, said servant's eyes are also shedding tears. He believes that those tears are fake tears. Yu is not feeling sorry at all, instead he gives them a judgmental look.
"... You don't need to go that far okay? I'll definitely participate in this event," because I have no choice-add Yu inside his head.
Yu's statement immediately makes Okita rises up from her passed out position, "really?"
Nobunaga just grinned, "wow, it's true that you can't be deceived. No wonder you’re famously known as Seeker of Truth!"
Yu is seen lets out an exasperated sigh at Nobunaga's praise.
⥽---⥼
Yu in the end chooses to get into two Sports, football and basketball. Initially, some Japanese Servants asked him to enter the fencing, but he refused when he remembered that his opponent was quite heavy from the Saber class. Servants who get stronger because their mystical history yet he wants to fight them as modern servants? Yu immediately felt a "dangerous" atmosphere when he sees the names of the participants.
Another reason why he chooses these two sports is actually not that serious. He once participated (more precisely was forced) when he went to school at Inaba to make up for the lack of players on the Yasogami basketball team. As for football, he participated in the class festival with Kou and Daisuke.
The day after tomorrow finally passed and the event this year’s Summer is starting.
It doesn’t take long for the opening of the Servant Summer Olympics -Yu finally finds out the name of the event to be held. He discovers that the first day he will sit in the audience because at the opening, Athletics is the first to be held. He claps his hands in appreciation, and when Sieg's part appears as the athlete of the flying branch (since when is there a flying sport? (Yu is looking at the announcement with amused face), he shouts out encouragingly. But ended up being stared down at by a Japanese servant who happens to be nearby named Kiyohime.
Until finally fourth day later where basketball is being competed, Yu wears a black jersey with the Japanese flag in the middle. Their first opponent is from... Greece.
Yu raises his right eyebrow.
When he learns that the Greek representative basketball players are their strongest servants. Yu begins to feel sorry that he agreed to join the Olympics, which is definitely never going to be fair. If he could go rayshifted secretly without Chaldea knowing, at least he was in better chance in fighting monsters than meeting Greek Servants.
Hercules' massive body definitely makes this match unbalance, and he becomes the center of attention of anyone on the field.
Plus, there is also a former Grand Archer Servant, Orion.
To be more precise, the entire Greek team consists of top Servants. Only Jason can be said to be an ordinary human among the ranks of great servants. The Greek team consists of Heracles, Orion, Achilles, and Chiron.
Yu looked at his own team. His eyes see Tawara Touta, Kintoki, Tamamo Cat, and Ibaraki Douji. Wait, why are Japan's team players mostly from the Berserker class?
It could be worse, Yu’s thought trying to convince himself. Oh yes, the captain of the Japanese basketball team is him. In the audience he notices Emiya giving him a thumbs-up, Sieg who without care cheers for him, despite someone is giving him a sour look, and finally the small group of Japanese cheerleaders where one of the members is... Marie? It's true that summer can affect the Servants because in fact his friends are becoming more active than usual.
“At least someone have fun...”
Meanwhile, the referee is someone from The Wandering Sea, Sion Eltnam Sokaris. As for the commentators, the Servants are Lancer Class along with Caster class, Jaguar Man and Illya von Einzbern.
A whistle is blown, and the ball is tossed into the air, it is Achilles who catches the ball first. With high speed he tosses it to his teacher, Chiron, but with electricity(?) the ball gets cut off by Kintoki. Wait, is this even a basketball game anymore at this point?!
“Oi Saber! This is for you!" Kintoki excitedly passes the ball at Yu which is well receives. He immediately dribbles the ball towards the opponent ring. But why isn't anyone trying to stop it? Wait, why did Jason have her eyes wide toward him?
Unexpectedly, Heracles jumped in front of him and Yu is thrown backwards with only the shock creates by the body of this large servant.
"Foul!" A whistle is blown for second time.
"Aww look, Einzbern, Heracles from the Greek team takes the first foul on the Japanese player, Yu Narukami."
Illya, who is gasping in surprise, immediately replied to Jaguar Man's comment, “You're spot on, Jaguar Man-san! But isn’t Berserker class have a flaw in understanding the rules, though?”
Shouts of "Hey!" Full of offense expressed by some Berserker class who still can comply with the rules from audience seats.
After the health staff confirm that Yu is okay, the game is resumed.
Just like before, the Greek team is the first one who able to grab the ball. This time Chiron gives it to another Archer Class servant, Orion. The famous Hunter is seen dribbling with high spirit to Japan’s ring, but Tawara Touta is standing to intercept said Servant.
"My dear~ If you lose, I'll turn you into a bear shaped chocolate cake~"
A threat filled with encouragement from Artemis terrifies the former Grand Servant to death and causes him to do the extraordinary, using his full strength to throw a basketball into the ring.
The basketball which is thrown with all Orion's strength begins to glow until it engulfs in flames.
Yu who happens near the ring of Japan's team, is looking dumfounded upon seeing a flaming ball thrown at his way with high speed.
“NARUKAMI, STOP THE THROW! IF NOT, THE GREECE TEAM WILL WON!" Ibaraki Douji's shout sounds annoyed, hey does she even comprehends that Orion's throw is no longer a “throw”? This is already using a “noble phantasm” or skill judging from the intensity of its power! There’s no way Yu will be able to block it.
Yu understands this throw is not normal anymore and he ends up doing things that are not usually done in blocking, in a typical basketball match.
"IZANAGI!"
Persona in a black long jacket floats up in front of him. Izanagi then immediately uses his big naginata to fend off the ball, but unfortunately, it's still too strong until Yu's psyche defense is destroyed. Yu grimaces in pain because of that, and with the last remaining strength, he summons his trusted katana and with it he tries to block it again, but unfair strength causing his katana broke up into two.
Seeing his broken sword makes Yu panic, and in the end, the shining inferno ball ends up hitting him.
Then he ends up thrown into the audience seats, no, even he is keep flying over the benches until his body slammed against the wall. To the point the wall behind Yu cracked and leaving a crater-like dent.
This caused the entire basketball court to fall silent. Even the commentators choose not to speak up. Several servants who have health experience are hurriedly approaching Yu who has lose his consciousness to check on him. Upon closer inspection, there are several wounds on his body. from small cuts up to a large gash on his chest.
"YU!"
"N-narukami-san!?"
"Mr. Yu Narukami!"
"KID OI!"
The last thing Yu sees before completely passes out is the worried faces of Marie, Ritsuka, Sieg, and Emiya are staring into his face with concerned expressions.
⥽---⥼
When Yu is unconscious in the real world, in the subconscious part of him, he is in the opposite. The gray-haired young man now is floating among the darkness.
Yet, a sudden strong light is shone toward him until he loses his sight around. After the light disappeared, he is in a room with blue all around him. He has returned to the Velvet Room, the question is, why? And how?
But there is an oddity in the special room in his psyche, the absence of Igor or Margaret creates confusion arises. What happen with Velvet Room of his now?
He looks out the limousine window, but what he finds is darkness. No fog nor anything out of place at all. Just, nothingness.
"Huh?"
His voice echoes to fill the stillness of the room, wait, where's the signature Velvet Room song accompanied by an opera woman's voice? As time went on, Yu is no longer confused, but he feels dread. The Velvet Room without any characteristics that usually makes the soul feels calm turns unnerving. In fact, it feels like he is being a prisoner inside his own mind.
Yu takes a deep breath because panicking won't solve his problem. Let’s seek for a way out – thinks the young man while he is looking around the all-blue limousine. But unfortunately, he doesn’t find the door nor any way to get out.
Amidst the confusion, a strong aura fills with malice power flares up at the seat where usually Igor sits on. The burst of aura is causing the limousine to shake slightly. Yu ended up falling on his knees because of it.
When his eyes set on Igor's usual seat, he goes into high alert because someone is sitting there, and no, it isn’t one of usual Velvet Room dweller.
A pair of yellow eyes are staring at Yu’s body, a smirk and this someone speaks to him with a low distorted voice that strangely has same tone like his.
“*chuckle*... How can someone as pathetic as you become the pride of this room dweller? It’s absurd!”
Yu then tries to summon his persona, but strangely his true other self is never appearing at all.
“Wait, you are-”
Just like his real-life self, his consciousness is gone, and the last thing he remembers is pair of yellow eyes straight up staring into his own soul.
⥽---⥼
Tomoe Gozen is seen yawning as she enters the baseball court and she prefers the bench actually. But with Yu Narukami is fainting, she is forced to replace the collapsed teen and play. In the middle of walking to her position, she manages to catch a glimpse of paramedics are carrying Yu in a stretcher towards exit doors.
She remembers Asclepius's words about Yu's awkward state too.
Asclepius shined on Yu's eyes, he finds out that the gray-haired teen's pupils had no "light" at all, as if they had died. But he knew that Yu didn't die at all. And he knows why,
"This young man's origin spirit... is gone."
Ritsuka stared strangely at current 'doctor' Chaldea as if he had grown two heads. Mèuniere understand his point as he instantly opened the servant data through a transparent tablet which he carries as long as the Basketball match competed that day because his position as the committee.
“W-what!? His class... His class is gone, here his class is no longer detected by Servant classification system!”
Asclepius looked at everyone gathered around him, “You guys are too much. He's still young and isn't the way he's summoned by a special method? You shouldn't overdo it in the first place. " The doctor with his snake then stood up.
"He will be taken to Med bay to rest, hopefully his Spirit Origin is not completely erased like Miyamoto Musashi."
Quiet apologies began to emerge around the crowd.
Tomoe shook her head for she has priority to win this match!
Meanwhile outside of Basketball Court
Yu finally opens up his eyes, but the usual grey-colored pupils now is being replaced by a sharp yellow color. The face that usually shows a neutral expression starts to shift into smug. An unfamiliar grin is formed on his lips.
Then, the door was flung off its hinges and Chaldea's health staff and stretchers get slammed inside. The whole room is startled for that. This makes everyone turns their attention away from match to a doorless entrance.
From the hole which used to be doors, there’s a person standing straight, someone who was unconscious a while ago. Unlike before, on his face there is neither a neutral nor polite look typical of Yu Narukami, but a defiant grin is shown. And in his right hand is a golf club?
“So… who was the one who dared to throw me against the wall? Did your parents never taught you manners?!”
This makes Gilgamesh to laugh out loud.
But Yu(?) is staring lazily at the world's first Heroic Spirit, “Tch, someone like you is still able to laugh out loud even though the only positive about you is that there is divine blood that makes you special. If you are an ordinary human, there is no way that humans in your era would respect you, even I believe, there are better human as king out there.”
Yu’s words are succeeded in provoking Gilgamesh’s anger, he suddenly opens up his Gate of Babylon to attack the standing young man at the doorless exit, and obviously causing everyone near him panics.
The grin appeared again, even wider. Yu is immediately readying his position to his attack stance and in an instant, he moves to hit each upcoming sword at him back towards Gilgamesh’s seat with high speed using his golf club. Some of those swords then hitting the audience. Which in the end make everyone in that particular section of seat flee to save themselves from flying swords.
“Gilgamesh, stop please!”
Ritsuka with Emiya emerge to meet the weird Yu, when the Master of Chaldea sees what happen so far, his eyes go wide. Yu is bowing sarcastically.
"Ah, my dear... Master. My name, Yu Narukami, at your service.”
Emiya then stands at the front of Ritsuka to protect, although his Master isn’t scared at all for he then steps forward to get closer to Yu.
“... I’m pretty sure you’re not ‘normal’ though. Also, lying in here isn’t recommended. All Alter class even tell their ‘story’ or ‘myth’ to explain their existence, Yellow-eyes Narukami-san.”
This version of Yu’s grin ends up fell, he then rolls his eyes. “Of course, Chaldea’s unwritten rule, huh? Tch, for you to forget already about me. Human sure has short-term memory like goldfish.”
“What?”
Another smirk is being displayed again, this time his golf club is gone and then a large naginata on his hands is summoned. A naginata with bit red hue that adores the large Japanese weapon on his hands look intimidating.
“Remember me?”
“N-no way... you’re from that Pseudo-Singularity! Ma-”
Before Ritsuka identifies this Yu’s version identity, the grey-haired servant put his index finger to the dark-haired male in front of him. Next, the reddish naginata disappear from the yellow-eyed servant hand, “yeah no way indeed but not impossible to happen because Chaldea system also I don't want you to spoil my real identity. Let's just focus on this event. So, Servant Olympics, eh?”
He then looks at Mèuniere, while the one who is being stared at is hiding behind Sion.
“Hey, staff! Put me back to the game, will ya? I want to pay back someone who dare to throw me to that damn wall!"
Mèuniere nods his head and as fast as he can take care the requirement to make Yu able to rejoin the match. The staff of Chaldea who unfortunately in duty as Basketball Committee gives Yu a welcoming gesture to the field. On the other hand, Tomoe who already in position ends up leaving the court again.
“G-go ahead, umm... Berserker-san.”
This time Ritsuka let out a clear gasp, “B-Berserker class?”
“Yeah, Fujimaru-kun. A-and he has divinity albeit low rank too...”
This info is enough causing uproar from audience seat.