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Hello everyone! My name is Darklord331 and today, we are bringing you a new story! A Fate series but with Chaos Gacha! I’m here with my friend Light He’arth/Xarazechi.
Light/Xara: Hello. Thank you for having me again. I take it we’re doing the same thing with Danmachi, except Fate?
Yup, filled with conception, world ending threats, alien beings that can bend reality just like their daily life, fucked up timelines I can keep going on and on.
Light/Xara: And who is the Lucky user of the Gacha?
It's your typical protagonist, Shirou Emiya!
Light/Xara: … Shirou Emiya… E rank Luck, Shirou Emiya…? Dark, can I ask you something?
Sure what is it?
Light/Xara: ARE YOU TRYING TO DESTROY THE NATSUVERSE!?
What are you talking abou-Ah hang on a second (Was hugging a female servant and kissed her for a brief moment before breaking it off) You were saying?
Light/Xara: Who was that…?
A random female servant that was thought to be man but a female.
Light/Xara: That doesn’t narrow it- Nonono, not getting off topic here. I’m a fan of Shirou myself, but you are giving him something that is based on LUCK, his LOWEST stat. I can only see disaster coming from this.
That's what makes it funny and interesting, anyway care to do the disclaimer?
Light/Xara: … If the universe implodes because of this, I’m blaming you… Got it?
Understood.
Light/Xara: So… How is this going to work with Alaya trying to turn him into a Counter Guardian?
You think she would try to make something that basically would give OP powers within a roll that even defies conceptions and even primordials such as her?
Light/Xara: Right, she’d try to prune the timeline if it doesn’t favor human survival. Like that’s any better…
Agreed, now the disclaimer please?
Light/Xara: (Groans) Sure… We do not own Fate, the Chaos Gacha or any other franchise used in this story. All belong to their proper owners, we only own our changes and OCs. Is that good?
Yes it is, now then onto the chapter! Excuse me for a moment, where were we (Dark was about to kiss until he saw another female servant looking angrily at him) Uhhh, I can explai-
“YOU SAID YOU LOVED ME!”
WHACK!
(Slaps the shit out of Dark so hard he spins around before falling down)
Light/Xara: (Facepalms) Speaking of E Rank luck…
Chapter 1: Chaos Gacha
Within deep of the dark gloomy world that's filled with endless darkness and abyss that extends infinitely to the void, a dark forged being was there within his throne.
“Of all the people that enter within my domain I should’ve expected less from anyone other than you, wielder of Second Magic or should I say, Zelretch.”
The old vampire just smiled, looking at the being made of pure darkness. “Well, I was in the multiverse and wanted to drop by and see this place~”
Dark just rolled his eyes, knowing far too well that Zelretch was planning something more than just ‘stopping by to chat’.
“What is it you want? If your here to propose another idea that involves fucking with Alaya, do it with your other versions like you did, all the time.”
“Oh why would you say such careless things to me, old chap?”
“‘Cause I get complaints from her all the time. And do you know what's the best part?”
SNAP!
WHOOSH!
An entire river of papers flooded the area around them that nearly filled the entire room.
“This was all from just yesterday. Not just her but other gods from reality that are requesting me to blacklist you and hunt you down to the end of existence until they see your head on a spike combined with your limbs cut off and heart ripped off your chest.”
“Not very creative are they, in their torture methodes, are they~?” He asked, looking unfazed.
“Just tell me what are you doing here?”
“Alright alright spoilsport.” Zelretch waved his hand in amusement. “It's about a certain individual whom Alaya keeps a close eye on.”
“Her dog, Shirou Emiya?”
“Yup! That's him! You see I was observing other realities, was bored and wanted to see what to do for fun. That is when I come across a peculiar reality where slot machines are used to give skills. That got me thinking, what if I were to create a similar power and place it onto Shirou himself.”
“...........Go on.”
“You know how one of the Universes is like a Gacha Game?” He asked,his smirk widening. “The Grand Order one~?”
“What about it? That reality is constantly on the verge of collapsing. It is not their only efforts that's keeping it stabilized but me and Light’s effort.”
“I was thinking of giving him a literal Gacha power~. I call it Chaos Gacha!”
“Hmmmmm, sounds interesting.”
“Hell yeah! That's why I need your help and your friend to connect it with the Omniverse.”
“You need me and Lights help?”
“Yup, only the two of you have the power to connect to the Omniverse. So what do you say? Wanna give it a shot and mess with Alaya? I know how much you HATE her.” Zelretch proposed to Dark.
“ARE YOU BOTH MAD!?” came an irate shout, as a portal of light appeared and an angel in all white, besides the red cloth covering his eyes, appeared. “No seriously, are you two out of your minds?”
“What is it?”
“Oh hello there Ligh-”
“SHUT IT YOU DAMN DIMENSIONAL WARPING VAMPIRE! DO YOU KNOW WHAT HIS LUCK STAT IS!? AND YOU WANT TO GIVE HIM ONE OF THE MOST LUCK BASED POWERS OUT THERE!? ARE YOU TRYING TO RIP A HOLE IN REALITY!?”
“Oh? And that is a problem?” Zelretch asked Light in confusion.
Light’s eye started to twitch in irritation.
“What seems to be the problem? I don’t see any issues.”
“His luck is E… The lowest Rank there is in stats… Try picturing what he might get with that kind of luck…?”
“That’s the fun part about it~” Zelretch stated, still smirking.
Light let out a beleaguered sigh. “Look, I'm normally okay with a lot of things… But you two are going to have to convince me on why Shirou SHOULD have this.” Both were about to speak. “And no, messing/screwing with Alaya doesn’t count.” He interrupted them.
“Darn it, alright here’s the reason It's not about Alaya, it's about the pure, uncut, chaotic narrative potential. Think about it, Light. You mentioned disaster? That's exactly what we want! Shirou's E-Rank Luck isn't just a low stat; it also helps him. It ensures the mundane becomes a catastrophe, and the improbable becomes a weekly occurrence.”
“My dear Light, you worry too much about ripping a hole in reality. That’s an occupational hazard, and frankly, a bit dull. The true excitement lies in the internal logic. If his luck is E, the Gacha, which is designed for infinite possibilities, must constantly overcorrect itself. The probability of getting a world-ending threat is exactly equal to the probability of getting a slightly used mop. And knowing Shirou, he'll likely pull a world-ending threat that requires him to use the mop to defeat it.” Zelretch stated, still smirking.
“Exactly! The story won't be about him getting easy wins. It'll be about him drawing something insanely powerful, but with an equally crippling drawback due to his luck. He might pull the strongest Noble Phantasm in existence, but it only works when he’s holding it upside down, or only on Tuesday. E-Rank Luck is the ultimate check and balance on ‘OP powers.’”
Light held up a finger, ready to retort… and faltered… He… couldn’t come up with a good rebuttal. “... Fine…” He said, sighing and facepalming. “But I’m jumping ship the moment reality starts to implode, got it? And I’ll blame both of you for it.”
Both chaotic being shrugged in agreement. “Fair enough.”
Light let out another sigh. “So… When and where are we giving him the Chaos Gacha?”
“Don’t worry! I have the perfect place, first!” Zelretch turned to a dimension hole he opened and whistled. “IT'S A GO BOYS! LETS GET TO WORK!”
“YEEEEAAAAHHHH!”
Dark looked at the dimension before to Zelretch. “Was that the Fortune and Lucky Gods?”
Light groaned. “I’m already getting a headache… And he hasn’t even gotten the damn thing…”
(Fuyuki city)
[Ding! Congratulations! You have been chosen!]
“Huh? What's this?”
[You have been chosen by the graces of the Gods of Luck and Fortune. You have been blessed to wield one of the most useful, if your luck is high enough, powers out there, the Chaos Gacha.]
“What?”
[The Chaos Gacha is a system that gives special abilities, traits, items, skills, familiars; anything that can be obtained.]
“Chaos Gacha? I…….. don’t understand.” Shirou spoke with confusion and hesitation.
[In essence, you are able to get new things by earning tickets through feats you achieve based on actions you take. The better the action and how difficult it might be the better the quality of the ticket. There are 8 types of tickets: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, Legendary, Mythical and Divine.]
Shirou was still lost. He still doesn’t understand what this is or this screen before him that just appeared. Was it some sort of trick or something? Maybe if he took a closer look at the screen he could try to find something.
“Trace on.” Activating his magic circuits and trying to scan the screen before him. But what truly shocked him was that it was actually a system and it wasn’t lying.
[Feat achieved! Be the first to scan The Chaos Gacha system itself! +1 Platinum Random Ticket]
“What the? I just got a ticket?” Shirou was taken aback by what it also said to him. He just got a ticket from scanning the system.
He looked at the physical ticket that looked like a movie ticket, just a bit bigger, almost twice or thrice bigger, and looked like it was made of platinum, with the Hiragana characters ら (ra).
“So… This can give me something from a random draw from this Chaos Gacha…?” he questioned, looking at the paper thin piece of metallic, or was it paper that was metallic.
Curiosity getting the better of him, he chanted “Trace on,” again to analyze the ticket, seeing it was a strange item that was made of platinum paper, paper that was made from platinum instead of wood.
[Feat achieved! Scan a Chaos Gacha ticket to understand what they are made of! +1 Gold Random Ticket]
Just then, a gold ticket that was the same as the platinum one appeared in his hand. Same Hiragana and everything. Only this time the feat didn’t appear.
[Some certain actions can be determined if a feat has been accomplished or not. Repetitive actions would determine if it works or not]
“I……guess it makes sense.” Now Shirou was starting to understand the system. It was some sort of a video game system, he used to play games in the past with his dad. When the system said it would give special abilities, what does that even mean? “You said that the Chaos Gacha would give special abilities correct? Is it restricted or certain types?”
[Neither, the chaos Gacha would give the users ANY type of familiars, skills, traits, items even abilities.]
“......... By anything, do you possibly mean even…………… reviving the dead?” Shirou spoke with hesitation.
[Anything is possible. It determines what the host can roll]
“So… how do I use these tickets?”
[All you have to do is rip them.]
Shirou looked at the tickets and picked up the Platinum one. “Like this?” He asked, ripping it in two before it turned into dust.
[You have used a Platinum Random Ticket!
Spinning…
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Spinning…
Name: Senju
Type: Trait
Rarity: Legendary (6.0)
Naruto - You are a direct descendant of Hashirama Senju, granting you greatly increased lifeforce and energy reserves as well as martial prowess. In addition, you possess a natural Wood Release and have increased Natura Affinity. (Does not give Chakra)]
“Wait, Trait? It gave me a bloodlin-AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!” Shirou was about to speak until he felt great pain all over his body all of a sudden.
It was like something was stabbing him all over his body multiple areas and also burning at the same time. Twisting, turning and tearing apart, it was happening all at once.
CCCRRRACCCCKKK!
His bones cracked and muscles twisted at each other, it was unbearable as if he went through that fire that nearly consumed him. What felt like an eternity, the pain stopped all of a sudden. Shirou panted for a while as he gasped and tried to regain his breathing. Heavy sweat all over him. Looking around he saw that there was blood over him, not just that but also black color over it.
“What…………. What the hell happened?”
[Take a look at yourself Host]
“............ Trace on.” Shirou scanned his body when the system told him to take a look at himself. What he found out was utterly shocking, his body, it underwent sudden changes around himself as if completely changed. He doesn’t feel aching pain sometimes nor does he have to strain himself. His magic circuits, it went a different change. He didn’t have to actually trace on the circuits into his spine anymore, instead, his body had awakened them properly, and they were a better quality then before, just a rank up, but still. He also saw that instead of the 27 he had unawaked before, he had thirteen more, giving him a total of 40 in total.
“....... I was activating and using my circuits wrong this entire time…?” he muttered in shock.
[Chaos Gacha grants anything with what the Host can roll. Depending on what feats Host gets determines the rank of the tickets]
Shirou looked at his hands for a brief moment, he underestimated what the Chaos Gacha can do. If it helped him rewrite and fix his body then what else he can get? Only one way to find out. Taking out the golden ticket and ripped it off.
[You have used a Gold Random Ticket!
Spinning…
Spinning…
Spinning…
Name: Full Coverage Insurance Plan
Type: Trait
Rarity: Epic (5.2)
Description:
Your Familiars get a full coverage insurance plan, as long as a familiar is in Familiar space for 24 hours straight, uninterrupted, they are completely and absolutely returned to perfect health. If a familiar dies, they will be resurrected in the familiar space after 48 hours have passed in perfect health.]
(Light: (Spittanks his drink) The heck!? How did his luck give him something like THAT!? That’s broken if it works on Servants! Dark: And he’s supposed to have E-Rank Luck!)
“Huh? But…….. But I don’t have a familiar…………… yet I think.” Shirou said to the system.
[The system has explained all its functions, this system shall be on Semi-active. It is up to the host to discover and accomplish Feats. Earn Feats and you get a ticket, the greater the feats accomplishments are the higher ticket rank can be. Good Luck host]
Shirou was about to ponder this further, before he heard knocking at his door. “Shirou, you up!? I’m hungry!” came the familiar voice of a certain tiger woman.
“Alright alright I’m coming, I’m coming.” Shirou said to his sister. Just as he was about to he looked down and saw the blood and the black color, he scanned those earlier and found out they were impurities in his body. “This is gonna take a while to clean, hopefully Fujimaru won’t noticed-”
“WHAT THE HELL?! IS THAT BLOOD?!”
“....... Ah crap.”
(Homurahara Academy: Class Room)
RING!
“And that's a wrap, students! Don’t forget winter is coming but that doesn’t mean you’d have to procrastinate. Exams will be coming soon so you should be prepared to study and take as many notes as you can.” A teacher spoke to his students as the students all got up and walked away.
Shirou got his bag and was gonna head to the archery club, it was thanks that he quickly came up with an excuse that the blood was actually fake blood and it was from a theater club that accidentally fell on him, and he had to clean up.
Shirou grabbed his bag, and was about to head out.
“Hey Shirou.” He heard someone calling out to him, turning to see it was one of his friends, Issei. “I assume that you're headed off to your “fake Janitor” duties, is that correct?”
“Yeah, a few people called me to ask if I could repair some broken stuff.”
“Just be careful, okay, I’ve been hearing strange rumors going around, and none of them are pleasant.”
“What kind of rumors?”
“Like people going missing, or being attacked by something,” Issei answered. “I’m not completely sure, I’ve been busy with my temple duties and training to get the whole story. But still, be careful.”
“I’ll try to be,” Shirou told him. “I’ll see you tomorrow then.”
With that, Shirou heads out to one of his part-time jobs.
On his way out, he sensed that something was… off for lack of a better term. He didn’t know what, but it felt wrong, like something was keeping a close eye on him.
‘Is it because I have my circuits?’ he thought to himself, still walking down the stairs. When he got to the 1st floor, and to the shoe lockers, he saw Sakura Matou, one of his other friends.
“Oh, Shirou,” she greeted, smiling at him.
“Hey Sakura, are you going to have dinner with me and Taiga tonight?”
“I’m sorry, my grandfather needs me tonight for something.”
“Really? That's a shame.” Shirou sighed, a little bit of sadness in his voice.
“But I have some time for us to head to the Archery Club.” Sakura said to Shirou.
“Well that's great. At least we’d have some time together today.” Shirou said to Sakura.
“I’ll see you after your shift then?” she asked him.
Shirou nodded as he and Sakura headed to the Archery Club.
Shirou frowned when he was walking side by side with Sakura. For some reason, there was some unnatural aura, dark and corrosive leaking from Sakura. He didn’t say anything ‘cause it was all new to him. Why didn’t he feel this aura before? Was this before or after that trait…………. Fused………. with him.
‘Wait, that trait. Senju trait. It gave me increased lifeforce and energy reserves. Plus Natural Affinity. I can also sense natural energy?’ Shirou thought to himself while stunned. ‘Then that also means it also enhanced my sensing capabilities.’
[Feat Achieved! Discover more of your Trait’s power through observation! +1 Silver Item Ticket]
Ignoring the achievement in front of him (Which he plans to roll later on). He needs to figure out what it is with Sakura? Why does she have that foul energy? It felt so similar that he couldn't put his finger in it. Whatever it is, he might have to investigate.
“Surprised to see you here, Shirou,” Taiga said, getting him out of his thoughts. He was so wrapped up in his own mind that he didn’t realize they made it to the archery club already. “Still not considering rejoining the club?”
“Sorry, I just… I don't think I can after the injury…” Shirou said, not wanting to say his real reasons for not returning.
“It is a shame, though you were good at it before.” Sakura said to Shirou.
“Yeah. Let's have a quick one instead of getting into outfits.” Shirou said to Sakura.
“Ok Shirou.” Sakura said to Shirou before grabbing her bow and arrow, Shirou mimicking her. “So how do you want to do this?”
“How about whoever has the most bullseyes wins.” Shirou proposed to Sakura.
“Alright, I hope that you win this match Shirou.” Sakura said to Shirou with a smile as both she and Shirou got into position.
“I’ll make sure to keep score,” Taiga stated, and pulled out her bamboo sword, the Tora-Shinai, and pointed it at them. “And no cheating, or you get a strike to the head.”
“.....Why do you have the Shinai with you?”
“Got a problem with that Shirou?” Taiga said to Shirou with a raised eyebrow.
ROAR!
For some reason Sakura and Shirou heard a tiger roar for some reason. They still don’t know where the tiger is or it's just Taiga acting like a tiger. Or somehow her bamboo got powers, somehow.
“Alright, get ready, in position. Pull your strings back.” Taiga instructed. “On your mark, get set……………… PULL!”
In the span of 20 seconds Shiro and Sakura fired and shot 5 arrows, each getting a bullseye on each one. On the sixth one, somehow both their arrows hit each other making them miss the target, Sakura’s going into the ground while Shirou’s seemed to disappear into shadows cast in the wall.
“AAAAAAAAAAHHHH!”
“Huh? What was that?” They heard a scream all of a sudden as Shirou asked.
“Sounded like a scream?” Taiga said in confusion.
Throughout the Natsuverse, various Shirous felt vindicated and satisfaction for some unknown reason, and not just them but others as well.
(The Kaleidoscope)
“So that's why you told me to take five steps away.” Dark said to Light.
Light nodded, seeing Zelretch pulling the arrow out of his rear end. “Honestly, I’m just baffled on how he did that.”
“Three words, E-Rank Luck, somehow just bypassed the dimension wall, just like you said.” Dark said to Light.
Light took a deep breath. “So… Dumb luck… I thought it was A-Rank that was supposed to give you good fortune… I swear his luck is all over the place now thanks to that Gacha…”
“Hey! I got an arrow in my butt! Is that not important?!” Zelretch shouted to both Elder beings.
“Does this face look like it cares?” Dark deadpanned at Zelretch. “You had it coming.”
“Yes, it was bound to happen sooner or later with how you troll a lot of the Natsuverse,” Light stated, giving him a flat look. “Karma was going to bite you sooner or later.”
The Old Vampire Wizard of the Second Magic and the Clock Tower gave them a flat look.
(Homurahara Academy: Archery Club)
[Feat Achieved! Tie with Sakura in an archery with five straight bullseye! +1 Silver Trait Ticket!]
[Feat Achieved! Bypass the dimensional walls to pierce a multiverse vampire troll in the butt! +1 Legendary Random Ticket!]
‘WHAT?! BYPASS THE DIMENSIONAL WALL!? HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE-WAIT A MINUTE! A LEGENDARY TICKET?!’ Shirou widens his eyes in surprise and is completely taken back at the second achievement. He got a legendary ticket by shooting someone on the butt? A vampire multiverse troll? Who was that person? … And why did he feel vindication for some reason?
“Shirou? Are you alright?” Sakura asked him with concern, seeing his complete surprise look on his face.
“Huh? Oh! It's nothing! Just surprised! Yeah I was just surprised.” Shirou quickly came up with an excuse to Sakura, smiling at her while rubbing the back of his head while holding back his surprise and nervous inner feelings. “Anyway it's a good match.” Shirou said to Sakura, holding his hand to her.
“Its a good match, shame you didn’t win Shirou. I was hoping you’d win.” Sakura smiled at him while taking his hand, smiling at him.
This was it, he finally made contact with her. It's not or never, he needs to know what’s going on with Sakura and the reason behind her foul energy.
“Trace on.” He whispered under his breath as he got to work on scanning her. The moment he did……………………………was not what he expected.
… He’d wish he didn’t.
“What?” Shirou spoke with a low, horrified tone.
“What was that Shirou?”
“......................... Sakura………………….. Why………….” Shirou turned to her with a horrified look at her. Sakura was confused with Shirou as she didn't know what he was thinking, until she became horrified. “Why do you have worms………….in your body?”
“?!” Sakura let go of Shirou’s hand and jumped back. “No………….No you didn’t.” She spoke with hushed terrified tone.
[Feat Achieved! Scan Sakura’s body and discover the nest of maggot crest worms within her! +1 Gold Ability Ticket!]
“Sakura.” Now more completely horrified as the achievement he got revealed a nest of worms within her.
“I DIDN’T WANT YOU DISCOVER IT! I’M SORRY SHIROU!” Sakura exploded with sadness and grief as her eyes filled with tears. “I’M SORRY!” She turned and ran away.
“SAKURA! WAIT!” Shirou shouted at her, reaching out her hand but couldn’t as she ran away. “... What the hell…? Who… Or what could have done that to her…?” Shirou whispered under his breath.
He was brought out of his worried thoughts when he was hit in the back of the head by an irate Tiaga, making him clutch his head in pain from the strike. “WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO OR SAY TO HER, EMIYA!?”
Shirou was now sweating in fear. Taiga was now completely and utterly pissed off at him. How could he tell? She used his family name instead of his first name. And she had an aura of wrath surrounding her. “Uhhhh, I…………. I………… I………” He struggled to make a sentence, what was he supposed to say? That he discovered a nest of worms within Sakura’s body? Taiga might be horrified and would try to get straight towards the one who did this to her but Shirou is afraid that he might drag her into the Moonlight World which he doesn’t want to do. “I…………. I think I…….. might’ve said something that……………. upset her.” That was all he could come up with. “I’ll try to find her and apologize, I didn’t mean what I said to her.”
Taiga's eye twitched at Shirou’s blockheadedness. She then pinched the bridge of her nose. “You moron… You’re going to have to do it later then. Don’t you still have your part time job to get to?”
“Oh yeah I do. Tomorrow I’ll try to find and apologize to her.” Shirou said to Taiga.
“I hope you do, you must’ve hurt that girl feeling you, idiot!” Taiga said to him while raising her voice. “Next time watch what your saying!”
Shirou nodded his head to her and left the club, hiding his grim expression from her.
[Feat achieved! Survive an encounter with Taiga Fujimora the ferocious tiger! +1 Diamond Ability Ticket!]
Shirou gave the notification a flat look. ‘... Don’t know whether that’s over or underselling that confrontation…’ He mentally sweatdropped.
(Emiya Residence: Night)
Finally home after coming back from his part time job, he was exhausted from all the craziness of the day. Sitting on the shed with a pipe on the ground. Looking at it for a brief moment and to his hands.
Previously he was only able to scan items and only strengthen them to a certain degree. But thanks to the Senju Trait he got, recovering his magic circuits and improving them while also unlocking the rest of his magic circuits. Placing his hand over the pipe.
“Trace on.”
WHOOSH!
Using his trace on the pipe, not strengthening it but also scanning it. Knowledge went to his mind. Imagining it copying its foundations.
SHING!
CCCRRAACCCKKK!
A pipe appeared over his hand as he looked surprised. Not just that but also small wood sprouted from the ground like a sprout. Shirou then noticed other energy that he absorbed wasn’t just mana but also nature itself. Stunned but also amazed that not only can he absorb mana but also nature energy itself.
[Feat achieved! Accomplish your first Projection magecraft! +1 Gold Skill Ticket!]
Getting an achievement is one thing but also learning more of his Trait, maybe if he can train more of his Tracing ability, he can even try to see how to use nature energy as well. Speaking off trait, turning to the tickets before him. If he could roll something that can help Sakura with those……………….. worms. Thinking about those disgusted him, especially how they looked. It was as if she was violated! And like they were eating away at her being, mind, body and soul.
Shirou let out a shiver, that feeling of being watched was there again. Further away, but he could still sense it.
‘I felt that same sensation before running into Sakura… Are they connected somehow…?” he thought to himself. ‘If so… I might be targeted for knowing about Sakura’s ‘parasitic infection’.’
He then covered the windows in the shed and closed the door. He did not want whatever that was watching him to see him using his Gacha. It might even put a bigger target on him.
He then pulled out the tickets in his pocket: 2 silvers, 2 golds, 1 diamond blue and one burnt orange. The two silver ones looked looked the same, but had 特徴 ((Toku-chō) Feature/Trait) written on it and the other Hiragana characters for い (i), the gold ones had kanji for [技 (waza / gi) and the other had the Hiragana character あ (a), the diamond was like the gold one with the same Hiragana, and the Legendary, he assumed that was the burnt orange colored on, had the same Hiragana as the first random tickets he had.
He started with the first, well third, ticket he got that day, the Silver Item Ticket, and ripped it.
[You have used a Silver Item Ticket!
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Name: Moonlight Greatsword
Type: Item
Rarity: Rare (3.1)
Description:
Dark Souls - A sword mage of moonlight crafted from the severed tail of Seath the Scaleless. Wielding this sword makes your spells stronger and you can unleash blasts of magical power from its blade.
Shirou’s eyes widened when a giant, duel wielding sword with a magical glow of blue/turquoise came off the blade, like it was harnessing moonlight itself.
(Light: … D-Did he just… Get one of the most sought after blades from the DARK SOULS UNIVERSE!? Dark: His Bullshit luck has again transcended from across the dimensions. Oh this is gonna tear a lot of dimensions.)
Shirou grabbed the sword with reverence, something inside him pulsing to the moonlit sword, like it was the counterpart to something, but unsure what. He then placed the sword down, gently as he could with how heavy it was when he grabbed it and whatever was keeping it floating vanished. He would Trace it later.
He then got the next silver ticket and ripped it.
[You have used a Silver Trait Ticket!
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Name: Cat's Feet
Type: Trait
Rarity: Uncommon (2.0)
Description:
You almost always land on your feet when falling, in addition, you are immune to all fall damage, even falling down from space to earth will not hurt your legs.]
Shirou blinked… as he felt more agile then he did before… and that he instinctively knew where his center of gravity was at all times to recover from any landing or fall.
“Huh… Might help in fighting…” He muttered to himself. He then looked at the Legendary Ticket, a bit of trepidation for what he could get. He could get something good, or something that would fail him. He took a deep breath. This was no time to be scared, he would take whatever he was given, if it meant helping everyone, to be a hero. So he ripped it.
[You have used a Legendary Random Ticket!
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Name: Kingdom Soul
Type: Ability
Rarity: Mythical (7.7)
Description:
Your soul is its own sovereign kingdom, you can take the souls of the people you have killed or any wayward souls you have encountered into your soul and add them to your kingdom. For spirit like entities, inside of you is like a vast kingdom that you can shape at your will, acting as an afterlife of its own. You can control the souls inside of your kingdom to either turn them into physical soldiers with your mana, sacrifice them to increase your power, recover your energy, or simply let them exist in your kingdom.]
(Light: ………… (Throws hands up in the air and starts to walk away) Welp, this timeline might as well be in trouble… He might have already gotten his broken power! Dark: Face it dude, sooner or later his luck would also cause a lot of side effects, this much power of caliber will definitely change a lot of stuff.)
After reading that… something inside Shirou’s very being shifted… Merging with something and empowering it, as well as combining with the two powers he gained from this morning. He was clutching his head in one hand and his torso in the other, pain racking every corner of his very being. Far worse than when he got the Senju powers.
Gritting his teeth, just as he was about to think about what to do, he noticed that the pain was fading for some reason. Confused until widening his eyes that he felt nature energy soothing his pain. He hasn’t practiced on Nature Energy and doesn’t know the risk but he’s gonna have to take it cause it felt like it was tearing his soul apart.
“TRACE…………………… ON!”
WHOOSH!
Activating his circuits and using it to gather more nature energy within him. The moment he does.
CCRRRRACCCCKKKK!
Wood started to sprout below him, quickly getting out of the storage. Sitting criss-cross while drawing more Nature Energy which more wood sprouted from the ground and soon grew behind him. It started to grow more and more until it became a tree as it was still growing. Another energy also erupted which started to provide energy.
Soon the pain went away, Shirou panted with lots of sweat all over his body, drenched with his sweat. Looking behind he saw the tree had grown to a full height, almost as high as his house.
[Feat Achieved! Reality Marble has evolved into Marble Phantasm! +1 Legendary Skill Ticket!]
[Feat Achieved! Unlock the sheath of the Promised sword! +1 Diamond Familiar Ticket!]
“Unlock?” Shirou thought with confusion, did he unlock something? What was it? His reality marble evolved into Marble Phantasm? What is that and what does that even mean?
Taking a quick check on his own body.
“Trace on.” Activating his Tracing to scan his own body. What he found also surprised him. There was a sheath that was radiating with mana within his own body. And the moment he scanned it, it wasn’t just an ordinary Sheath, it was Avalon, the Sheath of King Arthur himself.
[Feat Achieved! Discover the ancient Sheath of King Arthur! +1 Platinum Item Ticket!]
Shirou blinked, looking at the three added tickets, seeing that the one for a familiar had the kanji 親しい (shitashii). “Even more tickets…” He muttered, saving those for last. He then got the gold Trait ticket and ripped it.
[You have used a Gold Trait Ticket!
Spinning…
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Name: Hook & Line
Type: Ability
Rarity: Rare (3.4)
Description:
Allows you to conjure a hook attached to a line out of energy, the hoot can be used as a weapon, when you hurt someone with the hook you can instantly teleport them to you with the reel, which can only be used one target at a time.]
He got the information of how to use this power in his head, it wasn’t as bad as his last few integration powers. He could use this to swing around and manover better. … But why did he have the urge to shout “GET OVER HERE!” if he used it on someone? He shook that off for now, he just wanted to finish all of this before any other crazy incident happened today. He tore the Diamond Ability Ticket.
[You have used a Diamond Ability Ticket!
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Name: Immune
Type: Ability
Rarity: Epic (5.2)
Description:
You are immune, simple as, while Immune is in an active slot you cannot be poisoned, become ill, get cursed, or receive debuffs. You are immune to all negative status effects.]
(Light: D-Did he just get a HARD counter to how he gets nearly killed by a Servant? Dark: You know what, you should not be surprised. Light: I know I shouldn’t, but… E! RANK! LUCK!)
… Shirou didn't know why… but it felt like he was going to be dodging a bullet with this one… and for the life of himself, he wasn’t sure how to take that… He decided to not dwell on it and just move on. He then used his Gold Skill Ticket.
[You have used a Gold Skill Ticket!
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Name: Adept Driving
Type: Skill
Rarity: Rare (3.0)
Description:
You are as skilled as a veteran driver, being able to handle any vehicle with familiarity and ease. If you participate in a race, chances are you will embarrass the competition.]
“... Well, at least I’ll be able to use vehicles to transport anything now…” He muttered to himself. He then used his second Legendary Ticket
[You have used a Legendary Skills Ticket!
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Name: Master Item Construction
Type: Skill
Rarity: Legendary (6.3)
Description:
You know how to create epic enchanted and special items depending on your capabilities, if you know fire magic, you could turn a regular ring into one that allows the user to use fire magic themselves at a lower level. If you had an ability like superhuman, you could create a ring that turns the average Joe into a super soldier. Stronger enchantments demand stronger base materials.]
Shirou’s eyes widened. He felt his Trace skill get a boost and upgrade from this skill… but also a raging headache. “... Why do I get pains from getting powerups from my powers…?” he groaned, not liking this at all. After the headache passed, he then continued, having only two more tickets left. He Diamond Familiar Ticket next.
[You have used a Diamond Familiar Ticket
Spinning…
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Name: Unicorn
Type: Familiar
Rarity: Elite (4.2)
Description:
A unicorn of the myths, a creature that represents purity and clarity. This creature is capable of healing others and purifying objects with their horn, in addition, they are incredibly strong physically to the point where a modern military would be rendered ineffective. But only someone who retains their purity can ride a Unicorn. Otherwise, you're gonna have to attach a sled.]
Shirou’s eyes widened in shock after reading that, as a magical portal appeared in the shed and out stepped the white fur and hair mythical horse appeared in the shed… and barely fit in the room.
“Uh… hey, sorry for the crap space,” Shirou apologized to the Unicorn. “I wasn’t expecting to summon something liker you in my shed. I do have my soul kingdom/familiar space you can stay in for now until I find a place not to be watched.”
It huffed in agreement and then vanished into Shirou’s soul. He sensed the mythical creature inside.
“Well, at least it was friendly,” he muttered to himself. He then pulled the last ticket, the Platinum Item Ticket, and ripped it.
[You have used a Platinum Item Ticket
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Name: Archmages Robes
Type: Item
Rarity: Elite (4.4)
Description:
Robes worn by an archmage that is suspiciously comfortable. Wearing this robe lets you learn magic much quicker and amplifies the power of the spells you cast.]
Just then, well made and hand crafted robes appeared in front of Shirou. He was shocked by what they could do, he was already given boosts to his Mage Craft, and this thing just gave another boost to his already boosted his circuits.
The rolls he got, everything he’s rolled and acquired, if he could roll more then maybe……………… just possible he could be a Hero of Justice. Just like what Dad said. Saving everyone and no one has to di-
“?! Wait a minute.” Shirou widened his eyes in surprise when he suddenly thought of something. Just before he could head to his familiar.
SHING!
ZZZTCCH!
There was a sudden light that brightened the warehouse and his home all of a sudden which came from the unicorn as it stepped out of the shed.
“Wait! Don’t come out yet its too dangero-!”
SCCCRREEEECCCCHHH!
“Huh?!”
He suddenly heard a screeching sound and voice. Turning to see some sort of unusual bugs that was dissolving in dark miasma as it twitched.
“What the hell?!” Shirou widens his eyes and is taken back. “Bugs?” Shirou sighs in annoyance. “If you don’t like bugs I’ll make sure to find any bugs around that won’t bother you-Wait. That energy.” Before he could speak to the unicorn, he sensed that those bugs felt a similar energy that made him stop and looked down at the dissolving bugs. Furrowing his brows. It felt so familiar and felt like it was just recent ago. Similar to what he felt when he scanned………….. Sakura’s body. Lifting his brows. And… This was the presence he felt that was watching him… just one of them. “Those bugs………………. they were keeping an eye on me?” Turning to the unicorn.
The unicorn snorted its snout and stomped its hooves at the bug, squashing it. Showing its distaste to foul dark and evil energy.
Shirou remembered something from the unicorn when he got the familiar. They can purify objects with their horn. If it can do that………….. then……….. It's possible. Turning to the unicorn with a determined look. “I know I just summoned you, I didn’t initially wanted to keep you, I thought about sending you to the forest would be helpful since I don’t want to keep you like a pet but……………… I’m asking you………….if you could purify anything. Then please, I beg you. Those bugs that you just exterminated.” Shirou pointed at the bugs. “I sensed them not too long ago by a friend of mine. Her name is Sakura Matou. The only thing is, she has a nest of worms inside of her. Please, I need your help. I need your power. I don’t want to force you.” Shirou said to the unicorn, getting onto his knees and bowing to the unicorn. “I want to save her, what they’ve done to her. I need your help. … Please… She’s someone I care for…”
The Unicorn bowed to Shirou, sensing the pure serenity of his want to help people, it huffed in agreement, willing to help him. Not only ‘cause they were their new master, but also ‘cause they were a kind soul ruined by a world full of power-hungry people/magicians. It would not stand for this.
Shirou could sense that his new familiar agreed to help him. He looked up to the mythical creature, smiling at it. “Thank you. … I should give you a name and not just call you Unicorn.” He thought about it for a second. “How does… Hikari sound?” he asked them, using the Japanese name for light.
The now named Hikari huffed in acceptance, liking the name.
Shirou smiled, glad they liked it.
(Matou Residence: Zouken’s Hidden Study)
To say Zouken Matou, head of the Matou and sadistic asshole, was irritated and intrigued was an understatement.
When he first felt an unfamiliar magical cricket system in his ward from one of his worms around Fuyuki, he had to investigate.
He was surprised to find it was the orphan boy that fool Emiya saved. He had somehow activated his circuits properly. They weren’t that well, and only 40, but he could tell there was something else to them, like he gained new powers through some… he wasn’t sure if the boy stumbled on a crest or something.
During the day, he kept one of his worms follow him and monitor him. He was surprised when he looked in their direction a few times, but didn’t spot them.
And the… he heard though sakura and the worms in her…
“......................... Sakura………………….. Why…………. Why do you have worms………….in your body?”
He was tempted to have his ‘granddaughter’ kill him, not only to keep his worms secret, but to feel the amazing cruelty of having both watched someone being betrayed and the one doing the betraying kill the one they cared for. (Light: (Held back by Dark, sword drawn to kill a mothereffer.) LET ME AT THAT UNDEAD BASTARD! I’M GOING TO KILL THAT WALKING CORPSE MYSELF! Dark: You can try BUT you’d risk tearing apart the universe! Not how our presence would shatter reality but it would make things worse than it is! And with Shirou’s luck it’s the timeline is already beginning to fracture and the worst part is! The butterfly effect is happening! Light: (Grumbles in irritation))
But he decided to wait, and follow the boy. He then sensed something akin to one of the true magics coming from the boy shed when he got home from his work. It was so strong, he could feel it through the Bounded Field of the boy’s home.
Whatever kind of power this boy had, he needed it. So he had one of the worms infiltrate the barrier and go to strike and infect the boy.
… Only to feel immense pain when the worm was killed by something that came out of the boy and struck the worm with something that actually hurt his real body and mind.
He was now clutching his cane, while trying to recover from whatever it was that brat did. He did know one thing… he needed to get the boy’s guard down before he could control him.
Since he knew Sakura had the worms, he could send her and his grandson to help. He might be useless with no magic circuits, but he was a good little marionette with the worm in his brain, making him his toy to break Sakura further and make her more obedient, and he so did love being the one in control.
(Homurahara Academy: Next day)
At school today Shirou has been looking for Sakura but so far, she wasn’t in class. He tried to look for her for at least a good amount of time. Asking anyone around if they had seen Sakura. It was all the same answer, they didn’t see her, she didn't come to school today or was at the archery club.
Cursing himself that he just blurted it out loud and wished he could’ve just kept it to himself rather than saying it unexpectedly. This wouldn’t have happened.
“Shirou Emiya?” A voice from behind him called out.
He turned to see a young woman with aqua eyes and long wavy black hair in a two-side-up hairstyle, which consists of part of her being made into twin tails tied with black ribbons, while the majority hangs loose.She is wearing the standard Homurahara uniform, with a long red coat draped over it.
This was Rin Tohsaka, the ‘princess’ of the school.
“Uh… Can I help you with something, Tohsaka?” Shirou asked, confused by why she was talking to him out of the blue.
“I need you to come with me,” she said.
“Uh… Can it wait? I’m looking for Sakura. I need tp apollo-”
“I said, I need you to come with me, now…” she said, a bit more force in her voice.
Shirou shivered at the tone of the voice, he had Moonlight Greatsword and his Archmages Robes in his soul Kingdom to summon if need be, as well as Hikari. He wasn't sure, but he felt like he might need them, and that was before the bugs that were tracking him.
“O-Ok.” Shirou said to Rin. Following her to another classroom. Once they were inside, Rin closed the door behind them. She then took out what looked like a gem from her pocket, and placed it on the door. The room was then encased by a magical field of some kind, shocking him.
She then turned to Shirou, gone was the kind princess, there stood a woman that demanded respect, even if you think she didn’t.
“Shirou Emiya,” she stated, glaring at the red head. “Do you mind telling me how you gained Magic Circuits, and how they seemed to almost double and increase in rank?” She asked in a no nonsense tone.
Shirou had his hand out, ready to pull out Moonlight, something telling him whatever Rin did would stop his normal way of using his powers.
“Don’t even try, the crystal I used has a soundproof Bounded Field, as well as a nullification field that doesn’t affect m-” She was cut off when she saw him somehow bypass her Bounded Field and get a weapon somehow. “WHAT, HOW!? You shouldn't be able to use your magic circuits!”
“Tohsaka, what are you planning to do?” Shirou asked her, not sure if she was a friend or foe yet.
“What am I planning? That's not the point! How are you able to pull your sword out? Was it some sort of magecraft you have? In fact, do you have a crest?”
“What's a crest?”
“Are you serious?! You don’t know what a magic crest is?!”
“I just recently found out I was using my magic circuits wrong the last two days, and just got them to work… I didn’t really get a chance to actually know all of the Moonlit World in and out yet.”
Rin…. looked unconvinced, giving him a flat look. “... I don’t believe you for a second.”
Shirou sighs, looking irritated. “Look, I don’t have time to deal with… whatever this is,” he said. He normally wasn’t rude to anyone, but he had to help Sakura, and find out where those worms were coming from. “I need to find Sakura and help her.”
“What do you need with the second owner’s granddaughter?” she asked.
“... Second owner?” he asked, looking lost.
“Fuyuki city is the territory of me, the head of the Tohsaka Clan, and Zouken Matou, head of the Matou,” Rin stated.
“... When you say it like that you sound like magical mob bosses or yakuza,” Shirou said in a deadpan tone.
Rin looks affronted. “HOW DARE YOU!?” she roared at him, livid at saying such a thing.
“See? You're proving my point.”
“What!? I’d-you-why I outta-” Rin stuttered while her face turned red.
“So what if we’re magus? I’ve been one for a while since my dad trained me.” Shirou said to Rin. “Now can we please make this quick?”
“Your dad trained you? How did he teach you to increase your magic circuits and double them?”
“............. He’s dead.” Shirou said to Rin. “Dead for a while. All what he taught me was structure, grasp and reinforcement that’s it.”
“Then… How do you have your circuits?” she asked him. “Who activated them properly?”
“... That’s… Hard to explain…” He said, unsure if he should tell him about what he got, and everything else. What was he supposed to tell her that he got this mysterious power that allowed him to change his gene into something else? Yeah even he could see that's unbelievable unless he proves it to her……………..though that is if he trusts her. “Look, are we done here?”
She crossed her arms. “I’m not letting you leave until you answer me. I can have you removed from Fuyuki if I see you as a threat.”
Shirou groaned… he’s starting to get annoyed. “Tohsaka, I told you I’m not an enemy and I do not want to get any trouble with you.”
“How do I even know that Emiya?”
“I don’t have time for this Tohsaka!” Shirou raised his voice. “I need to look for Sakura and you're making me lose time!”
“Again, why are you looking for her? Are you trying to do something to her after yesterday?” Rin asked. She might not be her sister anymore, having to distance herself from her, but she wouldn’t let something bad happen to her sense she was to be the head of the Matou Caln.
“Why do you care about her? Since when did you get involved? I’ve seen you walk past her and never said a word to her, Tohsaka.” Shirou said to Rin.
“It is my problem regarding Magus.” Making up an excuse, crossing her arms to him.
“She’s a magus?” Shirou furrowed his brow at her.
“You really don’t know? By Root you completely are living under a rock. She’s a Matou, one of the magus family residing in Fuyuki.”
“A Matou family?” Shirou said the family name, soon slowly widening his eyes in slow realization. “...........Would their specialty be……………bugs?”
Rin raised an eyebrow. “Why do you want to know?” She asked him, dodging the question.
“... Do you know that Sakura has a nest of those things in her body, eating away at her very being?” he asked her, eyes hardening. Her answer would tell if she was to be trusted.
Rin looked confused. “Eating away at her…? What are you going on about? Yes they go in the body but they shouldn’t do that? The Matous control them.”
“Well, if they are controlled, I think they only obey the head and no one else,” Shirtou stated. “They seem to feed off people, to make the one who actually controls them not die."
“What do you mean by that Emiya……………… wait……….. You mea-?”
SHING!
BAM!
Shirou swung his sword at the barrier with his Moonlight Greatsword, destroying the bounded field. “Thats all I need to hear.” He said. Now he knows what happened to Sakura, those people, they're not even human in his eyes. If they’ve done this to Sakura, then they will pay. Just as he was about to head to the Matou family estate.
“Gandr!”
SHING!
BOOM!
Quick reflexes as he blocked the sudden attack with his greatsword, lowering it down to see Rin pointed her finger to Shirou.
“......What the hell are you doing Tohsaka?” Shirou narrowed his eyes to her.
“......... I……….. Can’t let you do that.” Rin spoke to him with hesitation.
“What? What did you say?”
“I can’t let you go to the Matou estate.”
“........ Tohsaka, give me one good reason why I shouldn’t. Do you know what they’ve done to her?! What you just heard?!” Shirou shouted to her with anger.
“Do you know what happens if you attack a Magus clan!? You’d be a wanted man! And right before a Grail War, it can be considered-!” She realised what she said and covered her mouth. She let her anger get to her.
“... Grail War?” he asked, unsure what, but those words give a chill down his spine.
“Its-its nothing!”
“What the hell is the Grail war-nevermind that! So what if I head to their house!” Shirou shouted to her. “She has bugs in her for crying out loud and you’re telling me I shouldn’t?!”
“You’ve seen the bugs that might be watching you?” She asked him, getting a nod. “If my father’s notes are correct, then he has a basement full of those things, and wouldn’t hesitate to throw you in to be eaten alive, or worse, infected yourself.”
“Then he’ll have a better way to deal with me.” Shirou said before turning around.
“I said you can’t! You’ll only make things worse! Are you willing to make an enemy of the Moonlit world and the Clocktower?!”
Shirou turned around and shouted, frustration in his voice that people, no Magus, would do this and not bat an eye, “AND WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO, HUH? I SEEM TO BE THE ONLY GOOD PERSON IN HER LIFE, AND HER GRANDFATHER IS USING HER AS A GODDAMN BATTER TO TRY AND BECOME IMMORTAL!"
Inside Shirou’s soul, Hikari sent waves of soothing energy through his being to calm his rage.
Shirou felt the energy, and let out a sigh, calming down. He wasn’t the only one to sense it. “W-What in the Root was that energy? T-That wasn’t Mage Craft… T-That felt like it was True Magic.”
“... The heck is True Magic?" Shirou asked her, confused.
“Emiya what the hell was that?!” Rin demanded him. “What kind of Magecraft is it?”
“.......Why would I tell you?” Shirou said to Rin heading to the window. “You clearly just don’t care about her even when she’s used as a maggot nest and about me being an enemy to the world? It won’t matter to me because she’s my friend and if she has been suffering all this time.” Stepping onto the window. “Then how can I call myself a hero if I can’t respond to her cries?” He declared before jumping off the window.
“EMIYA!” Rin rushed to the window, she was too late to grab him. Looking in the direction he was heading off after he landed on the ground. Rin let out an annoyed sigh. “That moron's going to get himself killed…!”
“He should just get killed,” came an annoyed voice in her head. “He’s just a fool trying to be something he can’t.”
Rin glared at nothing in the air. “Quite Archer, this is serious. You need to stop him.”
Just then, a man clad in red appeared out of thin air, his skin tan and his hair white. “And why should I? If he wants to go on a suiside mission, let him.” He said, but in his mind, he was thinking something else. ‘What the hell is going on? This shouldn't be happening. None of this should. This didn't happen last time.’
“I would use a Command Seal on you, but I’m not wasting it,” she said, irritated. She was not going to lose any of them, and had only three of them. “At least keep an eye on him so he doesn’t get turning into a tool for Zouken, I don’t want to imagine what that kind of power would do to him, or how powerful he’d get from it.”
“...... Damn… I hate that you’re right…” Archer grouched out. He was surprised that Rin was a lot more competent then he remembered. Something was definitely up. (Light: (Looks at Dark in suspension.) Do you have anything to say…? Dark: It's what I said before, the dimension is starting to change, because of Shirous Luck the butterfly effect has begun, one of the chaos theories has begun.) He’d figure it out later, right now, he had to save an idiot… one he wanted dead anyways, but would rather not by a walking corpse. He vanished right when he leapt out of the window.
(Somewhere: Night time)
Shirou marches towards the Matou resident through the streets with a clear intentional goal of his plan. He isn’t going to stop anytime soon nor is he gonna have any distractions. If those sick people, the Matous did this to her then it's unforgivable. Just thinking about it makes him think about Sakura and Shinji.
Shinji was her brother yet he acted like an arrogant asshole. He hopes he swears to God or whatever being there is (As he is an atheist) that he wasn’t a part of those sick twisted experiments on his own sister. If he did…………… then he’s not his friend anymore.
He’s gonna put an end to this, one way or another.
“Hehehehehehehe, what do we have here?”
Oh great, just what he wanted, another distraction. Turning to see someone walking with an umbrella in her hand as lights flickered.
“My my, what a cute young handsome boy you are.” She said to him, lifting up her umbrella, turning to Shirou.
“.. Who are you?” Shirou asked, having a bad feeling.
She has ankle length light coloured hair that has skull patterns near the ends. She wears a dark ribbon in her hair and a vertically striped top with a short skirt. She also wears a visible garterbelt connected to stockings with bone patterns on them and boots with eye and teeth like designs adorning them. Finally, she wears a pair of fingerless gloves that go up to just below her shoulders.
“What is such a boy like you doing on the streets?” She asked him while smiling, closing her umbrella. “Then again I can sense that you must have had such a shocking revelation. What was it? Oh yes, you might have learned something haven’t you? The truth or was it a lie? I can’t tell.” She said to him, still smiling at him.
“I won’t ask again, who are you?”
“Such rude manners to a lady like me?” She pouted to him like a child and huff. “Children these days. Oh well, if you want to know who I am. My name is Francesca Prelati!” She poses to him with a peace symbol near her eye and a tongue out. (Dark: No, no by all the gods above. No, not her! NOT HER! ANYONE BUT HER! AAAAAHHHHHH! Light: … I’m not liking how freaked out you are… Is she… really that bad? Dark: AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH! Light: (Sweating) … You’re no lessening my concerns you know…)
“......... I don’t have time for this. Excuse me.” He said to her, walking past her… only for something to shoot right past his head and bead itself into a tree. He looked and saw it was… a flower?
(Light: So is she connected to Merlin or something? What’s so worrying about that? Dark: AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH! Light: Oh for… (Grabs and slaps his across the face) You calm now? Dark: Thanks I needed that, anyway, if those who knew her, played FGO/read the novel/watched the anime of Strange/Fake. She’s really that terrifying. Now if you’ll excuse me, AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH! Light: Oh come on she can’t be worse then a lot of Casters in Fate.)
“Ah, ah, ah. I didn’t say you get to leave.” She said with still a smile. She then snapped her fingers… and shot a huge beam of energy at Shirou, who quickly countered it with a Senju infused Moonlight Slash, making the anomaly miniscule Beam Slash as big as a house and collide with the beam, causing an explosion that sent the two back, both landing on their feet gracefully.
(Light: … What in the name of Dragon Ball Beam Clashes was that!? I thought her magic was in flowers, not beams that match a Z Fighter!? Dark: Now you know how terrifying and deadly she is. She isn’t your typical common witch, she’s far worse and the worst part is? She was Giles' teacher. Light: Giles… As in the knight that fell when Jeanne was executed… The man that became Blue Beard… T-That’s his teacher… (Look more into her and see that there’s more to her) I-Is she an Eldritch being…? I just saw that she… in her torso like Glutton from Fullmetal Alchemist… Dark: Now you know. AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH! Light: … Is it weird that I’m picturing her as Nui Harime from Kill la Kill with her mannerisms? Dark: Don’t make it worse than it is, AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!)
“Oh… How interesting~ You actually countered my attack~ And what is that sword you have? It’s quite lovely~”
‘What the hell?! How’d she-!?’
“Did your parents not tell you to keep your eyes aware of your surroundings~?” She asked
WHOOSH!
CLING!
“Gah!” Shirou suddenly blocked a fist on fire that sprung up out of the tree the flower was thrown at. ‘What- Who the hell is she!?’ he shouted in his mind. ‘Is she a Maguis!?’ He needed his robes!
“Impressive Shirou Emiya~. I’ve never had this amount of interest before.” She complimented him.
“How did you know my name?” Shirou shouted, getting ready to summon his rods, he was going to need all the firepower.
“Oh I know who you are, Shirou~. In fact I even met your father. He was quite the man he was back in the day.”
“My father?” Shirou narrowed his eyes at her. “What do you know of him?”
“He had quite a reputation, he was known as the Magus Killer. His reputation extends across the world as a boggy man. Killed quite a lot of people.” She still smiled at Shirou. “He even tried to kill me~.”
“You're lying! My dad wasn’t a killer!” Shirou shouted at her.
“Guess he didn’t tell you. He must’ve felt so bad after what he did before, ten years ago. When he caused a massacre.”
“Shut up! What do you know ten years ago?!” Shirou shouted at her.
“Ah did you forget? Did you forget the despair and anguish you felt before?” Prelati said to Shirou. “How did you feel so powerless before when you couldn’t save anyone?”
“... You know something about the fire… Don’t you?” Shirou asked, remembering the event that made him forget his life years ago. “You know?”
“Ohohohoho, let's just say it was one of the reasons why your father simply vanished.” She said to Shirou. “By now you should guess.”
“...........No……………no………I don’t believe it.” Shirou denied the guesses. “You're lying you bastard!”
“Oh my dear boy, what do I get by simply telling what has happened~?”
“SHUT UP!”
WHOOSH!
SHING!
Shirou dashed to her, activating his magic circuits and reinforced his legs, propelling himself to her and slashed at Prelati as she dodged it at the nick of her face, still keeping her smile.
“Why so angry~? You just don’t want to hear about your dear old daddy-huh?” She paused when she felt something on her face, wiping it and saw what stunned her. It was black color, her blood and she felt a brief pain. “Is this………….. my blood?” she spoke with shock in her tone. “I can feel………….. pain?” speaking in a stunned tone. (Dark: Quick lesson before I get back to panicking, those who played Dark Souls, it's all about souls. The MoonLight Greatsword fits in the category since it was made by Seath tail which means it has soul properties. Simply put any cut or damage from the sword, their souls get cut as well. Light: And since Servants are Spiritual Beings, it is a hard counter to them.)
Shirou looked confused, not by the blood, though it was disturbing, but by what the woman was saying. ‘She acts like I shouldn’t be able to hurt her.’ In their brief pause, he quickly adorned his Archmage robes around him, summoning on his body through his Soul. He had a bad feeling things were about to get worse.
“......Hehehehehe.” Her shoulders moved as she was chuckling, her smile spread out further. “Hehehehehehe! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA~~~~!” Before suddenly turning into a full blown laughter. “THIS PAIN! BLOOD! THE SENSATION! I FORGOT HOW IT FELT LIKE! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! DEATH! TRUE DEATH! SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY CAN KILL ME!”
Shirou took a step back with his eyes in surprise.
“MORE! SHOW ME MORE SHIROU EMIYA! WHAT A FASCINATING ANOMALY YOU ARE!” She shouted with a sickening smile as her navel suddenly sprouted fangs and opened, thrusting her hand onto her stomach as it made squelching sounds before pulling out a sick twisted flesh fused sword.
(Light: … Now I’m getting Soul Caliber vibes… (Shivers) She is just… wrong… Dark: She’s very twisted and so much worse)
Shirou quickly shouted, “TRACE ON!” and slammed his hand into the ground, sending tree roots to bind her, and maybe drain her if his knowledge of the tree manipulations powers was accurate.
“Oh~? Interesting~” She said, lazily dodging the tree roots coming at her. “You are becoming more interesting the longer this go-~” She was cut off when a root grabbed her by her ankle… and she felt her energy being drained by it, somehow. Her smile widened ever further. “Oh, you are full of surprises~”
Shirou had a shiver run down his spine. She was treating this as a game, and was just toying with him… and ther energy he was sensing through the tree roots… it was… foul and chaotic, too chaotic. Like as if running widely and malevolent. It was almost like the flames, those blue flames.
“Ahhh, don’t like what I have?”
“....What even are you?” Shirou spoke in a stunned tone.
“Oh I have been called many things, demon, witch, whore, abomination.” Listing various titles she was called to Shirou. “Even been called Lilith at one point.” She turned him with a malevolent glare combined with her mouth stretched far across her face, wickely smiling at him. “Show me what you are made of Emiya!”
Prelati lunged, the flesh-fused blade whistling through the air with a wet, rhythmic pulsing. Shirou didn't move until the last microsecond, his feet glowing with a faint green light as he activated his Cat's Feet trait to pivot around the strike with impossible grace. "Trace on!" he roared, and the ground erupted. Thick, gnarled roots of wood, infused with the vitality of the Senju bloodline, burst from the asphalt, twisting like serpents to ensnare Prelati's limbs.
She laughed, a high-pitched, melodic sound that grated against the silence of the night. With a casual flick of her wrist, a burst of chaotic, purple miasma disintegrated the wood into fine sawdust. “Wood against a witch? How quaint!” She swung her sword in a wide arc, a wave of crimson energy erupting from the pulsating flesh of the blade. Shirou raised the Moonlight Greatsword, the turquoise glow of the blade intensifying as it absorbed the moonlight from above.
The two energies collided in a deafening explosion of light and shadow. Shirou was thrown back, but he didn't lose his footing. While mid-air, he extended his left hand. “Hook and Line!” An ethereal, glowing chain tipped with a jagged hook shot from his palm, piercing through the smoke and snagging Prelati's shoulder. “GET OVER HERE!” he yelled, the instinctual command tearing from his throat as he reeled her in.
Prelati looked genuinely surprised for the first time, her body jerking forward through the air. However, mid-flight, she began to dissolve into a swarm of skittering, black beetles. The hook passed through the empty air where she had been. She reformed behind him, her flesh-sword descending toward his neck. Shirou didn't turn; he slammed the Moonlight Greatsword into the ground. A pillar of turquoise light erupted around him, the magical blast of the blade throwing her back once more.
The fight became a blur of steel and sorcery. Shirou used his Wood Release to create a forest of defensive spikes, while Prelati danced through them, her chaotic magic turning the very environment into a nightmare of shifting geometry and grasping shadows. Shirou felt the strain on his magic circuits, but the Senju vitality kept him standing, the Nature Energy around him feeding his reserves.
Seeing an opening, Shirou threw his sword to the side, seemingly a desperate miss. Prelati grinned, stepping in for the kill, only for the hook to shoot out again, not at her, but at the Moonlight Greatsword. He reeled the blade back into his hand with a flash of light, the momentum carrying him into a devastating overhead strike.
The Moonlight Greatsword sliced through her chaotic barrier, the soul-cutting properties of the blade making Prelati shriek in a mixture of agony and ecstasy. Before she could recover, Shirou was upon her. He used the Hook and Line to bind her sword arm to a nearby tree and, in one fluid motion, brought the turquoise blade of the Greatsword to a halt mere millimeters from her ivory throat.
The turquoise light reflected in her wide, manic eyes. Shirou panted, his Archmage robes tattered but his gaze steady. “Yield,” he commanded.
“Hehehe~ HAHAHAHAHA~! You are truly a wonder~! A human actually keeping up with the likes of me~!? And I thought Galis was interesting~” Complimenting Shirou. “What are you waiting for? Aren’t you gonna claim your prize?” She asked him, not losing her smile.
“.......... No.” Shirou said to her. “Despite who you are, I’m not going to kill you.” Pulling his sword and robes back into his soul palace.
“Ah, I was hoping to get my head cut off again~ I do enjoy it so~”
Shirou looked weirded out by her comment. Shaking his head and getting off of her.
[Feat achieved! Match a round against the immortal insane demon sorcerer! +1 Legend Item Ticket!]
‘Wait a minute, she’s an immortal?!’ Shirou shouted mentally in his head, taken back by what he just saw.
“What's the sudden stop~? Why can’t you cut my head off~? Toss me on the river and burn my body to ashes or better yet tear off my limbs piece by piece with that sword of yours~? I wanna feel pain again!”
“What the-why the hell would I do that to you?!” Shirou jumped away from her, taken back what he just heard.
“Death is always a fun concept to explore~. Countless times I’ve been killed, tortured, mutilated, burned and even exploded to pieces yet I can’t die~. I’ve given up trying to die but now~! I found something more fun!” She said while getting close to him
“Get the hell away from me you crazy woman.” Shirou pushed her back. “I’m not killing you and that's final! Can you please stop trying to ask for death?”
“Why not? It's fun to know how your soul leaves and feels nothing but death crawling all over you?” She said, her smile became manic at this point. “You should be use to it~ You should embrace it~ It is you-”
“No and like I said I’ve got more important things to do.” Shirou interrupted her, walking away from her.
“Ahhh, what could be more important~?” She pouted while putting her finger under her chin in thought before realizing what his intentions are. “Ohhhh! I see! You're going after Zouken Matou, is that correct?”
Shirou stopped his footing. Prelati smiled as she got his attention now.
“So you know about his bugs, is that correct? His nest of maggots and bugs?”
“.......... How do you know this?” Shirou turned to her, narrowing his eyes at her.
“Silly Shirou, I have known about him for a long time~ In fact he wasn’t originally called Zouken Matou, his original name was Zolgen Makiri. He’s the same as me, an immortal.” She explained to him. “And one of the founders who created the Grail War.”
“What? An immortal? And Grail War?”
“That is correct~! If you think you can try to kill him, I’m afraid it won’t be that easy.” She explained to him, hopping to Shirou. “You see, his true body isn’t there. He put his soul in worms where he can still survive even that sword that cuts soul ‘cause his soul isn’t with him. But in a different place that I don’t know~.”
“So I’ll just have to get rid of the worms then.”
“Ohhh I’m afraid it won’t be that simple.” She said with a sad(fake) frown. “Even if you kill him, I doubt you’d care about your reputation BUT! You forget about the others you missed? That girl? Even she will face the consequences ‘cause Clocktower will believe she’s a part of it and do you know what they’ll do? Strip her magus rank, cut her magic circuits and imprison her.”
“She’s not involved! I’ll just hand myself over to him!”
“Do you think they’d care? The Matous are a powerful family and many want that power. You get rid of one head and two more will sprout like Hydra from Greek mythology. You don’t know much about Magus. They will do ANYTHING that it takes to have more power under their grip.”
Shirou gritted his teeth in anger, wanting to venomously deny and argue against what she said but she was right. All this time he thought he was gonna save her and be a hero of justice. Getting rid of the worm nest within her and dealing with her grandfather but the problem is that she will also face the consequences. And he doesn’t know about the Magus culture making it more difficult for him to think how he can save her from that infested household. It would only make things worse for her.
Just as he was about to think about the situation.
“But you know, there is another way you can save her and not get targeted by Magus~.” Prelati said to Shirou.
Shooting up his head to her with a desperate look.
“How?”
“Do you know of the Holy Grail War?” She asked him.
“The Holy Grail War?” Shirou asked, having heard of it from Rin. “What does it have to do with this?”
“Why everything! It's a Holy Battle Royal where the victor gets everything! It's simply a contest on who wins and when they win, they get their prize. A wish, from a Holy Grail that grants them ANY wish.” Prelati explained to Shirou. “The thing is, during the competition so long as you're in the game. You can do whatever you like to do! Even commit murder or genocide against an entire Magus family and they won’t bait an eye!”
Shirou looked sick at the concept. “What the hell!? Why would I join a blood sport!? And the wish sounds too good to be true.”
“Even if you can stop people from being killed~?” she asked, trying to bait him. “If you want to save the girl, this is your chance. It will help get rid of those bugs infecting her~. And the best part? You get away with it, killing two birds with one stone. You get in the Holy Grail War and you can use this chance to save her? What do you think?”
“... I say you’re trying too hard to make me join this… why?” Shirou asked her.
“Because you became my source of my entertainment~!” She answered instantly. “If you're gone, where can I find someone who I can play with~? And a chance of seeking True Death!”
“... There’s more, isn’t there? And you’re not trying to tell me because you’d find it more amusing for me to fumble around and find out.”
“AHEHEHEHE~! You’re already catching on~ But you should look for a summoning circle in your shed under the floor birds~ Though be careful of Master of the Lancer~ He’ll force his summon to kill anyone no matter who they are~ Combatatinte or not if they are spotted~”
“A magic circle? I don’t remember a magic circle being there?”
“It was originally drawn there by your father before he decided to move his summoning to another place.” She said to him.
“How do you know all this?”
“Shirou, when you live a long time, you’d know how much influence a lady like me can have.” she said to him.
“........... What would you gain out of this?”
“Because I’m also a part of the competition~!” She said to him, revealing her neck which was some sort of tattoo, etched into her skin like a grotesque, curled claw or a thick, spiraling talon. The markings twisted with a singular curved arc at the top, a rounded bulbous section on the right, and a wide, jagged tail-like appendage sweeping across the bottom left. “This is a command spell. I originally wanted to see what fun there is and I just so happened to get a jackpot!” (Dark: SHE’S PART OF THE HOLY GRAIL WAR?! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Light: … Wait, if-if she’s a Master… W-Who the hell did she replace and what Servant does she have? Dark: Oh no, the Grail war hasn’t changed. It……. oh dear god it's far worse! Light: Worse? This is the Grail War with a Trapped God Servant of an AVENGER CLASS! What could be worse than THAT!? Dark: See for yourself.)
“You're in it too, why even bother helping me? Can’t you use this to win the Grail War?” Shirou asked her.
“Oh silly you! Of course I had some thoughts about it! I originally came here to see how fun this would play out. BUT! You showed me that you're more fun to be around!” She said to him, winking at him. “If I’m around with you then I can have all the fun I want! Maybe even dying at your hands!” (Light: … Is she… Hitting on him? Dark: I honestly don’t know and I’m too afraid to even know what the answer is. Light: Honestly… Fair.)
“How many times do I have to say I’m not killing you.” Shirou deadpanned at her, before sighing as he might regret his decision. “Fine, you can stay around.”
“Yay!”
WHOOSH!
“Thank you so much!” She said with joy and jumped at Shirou as he instinctively catched her while holding her in a bridal carry.
“But if you’re staying with me, we’re laying ground rules.” He said to her.
“Aahhh, ok.” She pouted at him.
“............Can you also let go of me?” He asked her as she was still hugging him.
“Ah, but you're so comfy~” (Light: Again, getting Nui vibes from her… Dark: It's best not to think before the nightmares will become worse).
At the trees, Archer stood at the branch as he had a shock expression.
‘WHAT THE HELL?! WHY IN THE LIVING FUCK IS FRANCESCA PRELATI HERE?!’ He shouted while having wide eyes. Surprised, shocked and a bit horrified to even see HER here of all people. Archer knew who she was and she was no doubt a living nightmare. ‘THIS… NONE OF THIS IS SUPPOSE TO HAPPEN! WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO ALTER THE TIME LINE THIS BAD!?’
He remembers her, she was one of THE worst existences he had to deal with before. She can’t die because she has that tricky reincarnation ability that allows her to revive and gain a new body. Countless times he hunted her down and each time was living hell for her. So much so it was impossible to kill her with all the weapons he carries within his arsenal.
She wasn’t supposed to be here, he clearly remembers but she is and she’s all over him which makes it much worse. What is happening, what is causing the timeline to change? Just what the hell caused this change?!
(???)
In a dark ethereal place was just molten black mud. A familiar black mud that once caused a great disaster within Fuyuki City.
“Well… this is interesting~ That kid has something new~ Something powerful~” A pair of bronze/red eyes opened. It had sensed another participant, one that is more twisted and chaotic like itself. However it also sensed another, one that had so many great magic circuits, quite possibly even having some sort of energy that felt like True Magic itself. Its mouth turns into a full smile that extends further with a twist smile. “I thought things wouldn’t get more interesting.”
It was going to be a full blast, waiting to see how much this would go.
But the thing is, it's gonna be boring. Seven individuals against each other? That’s happened four times in a row. Thinking on what to do to make things more interesting and more fun while watching everyone tear itself apart.
“Hmmmm, what to do, what to do? How can make this even more fun than it is?”
Thinking about it after a while, what seemed like hours for it before widening its eyes and snapping its nonexistent fingers. “I got it! Why not instead of seven, why not make it more! 14…? Not too small… 28 or 35? No, becoming too cumbersome. Guessing 21 servants should do, maybe more. And… Why not have it so heroes from multiple legends in the multiverse can be summoned? It’s fucking genius!”
Now it has thought of a brilliant idea. A glorious battle royal that can even turn the fucking whole world apart. It knew of the multiverse cause it only briefly connected to the Root before that Will sensed it. It doesn’t have those great powers but it has the power to reach out the multiverse enough from other prying eyes. (Dark: This is what I mean, what I saw. Already changes have happened. Light: I’m not tempting fate to know who has been summoned to this already clustered War… A-And why do I get the sinking feeling Shirou’s going to do something that’ll make me want to fly to the other side of the Omniverse? Dark: You fuck, your tempting fate.)
Forget about a battle royal, it’ll be a fucking bloodbath! Oh it's going to be fun. So much that it has already started to pick out candidates. From more than just seven but other Masters. Many will be tempted. The thing is, if it does this then it would lead into the brink of fading away………………… which is not going to stop. Who cares if it was gone, this is gonna be one big glorious event. At least it would live long enough to see it before fading.
“Suck it you great big ball of Will wasted shit. Wait until you see it doesn’t got as it planned. Get ready for the greatest fucking massive singularity that not even you could stop it! Hahahahahahaha!”
It did as it did, sending out command spells and modifying the Grail enough for it to reach across the multiverse. Its own, very energy was consuming so much that it was barely enough to keep itself from fading, though won’t have enough time. At least it won’t be so boring now. All that's left is for those masters to summon their servants. It still kept a smile as it was fading, disappearing until nothing is left.
(Clocktower: El-Melloi’s Study)
“This is not good.”
“Teacher?”
“Not good at all.”
“Teacher, what are you saying?” Both people were at a study as one spoke with a horrified and concerned tone while the other was confused and didn’t understand.
“Gray, I don’t know how to tell you this.” One of them spoke to her with a serious look, early thirties with long loose hair. He wore a red coat with golden ornamentations on its shoulders. “You're going to die.” He said it in a blunt tone.
“What?” Another spoke, was taken back and shocked. She was a young British girl with green eyes and grayish hair. She wears black and gray, a skirt, and a hood with a cape. “Teacher, what do you mean?” Gray asked her teacher El-Melloi.
“It's what I feared would happen.” El-Melloi answered his student. “You were chosen as a master of a deadly tournament. One that was supposed to happen in sixty years yet ten years passed. How is this possible? Shouldn’t the Grail War happen every seventy years?” He spoke while in thought.
“The Grail War? You mean…………….”
“You guessed it correctly, the grail has chosen you as a master in a Holy Grail war.” He turned to her.
Gray looked down at her arms which had the command spells, it was a circle with another circle inside that was broken in parts with what she guessed was a star in the center with eight points.
“Gray, you need to listen to me.” El-Melloi spoke to her. “You need to get out of the Holy Grail. There’s an overseer by the Holy Church that will be stationed there, once you're there you need to tell him that I’ll be taking your place.”
“Teacher? I don’t understand.”
“I participated in the Holy Grail once before and it's not pleasant, Gray. It's a death match where even I managed to get out of there alive.” El-Melloi spoke to his student with a stern expression. “I’m not gonna send you where you’ll come back in a coffin.”
“Fat chance!” Suddenly somebody spoke to them. Gray pulled out a birdcage and inside was a cube that had a square facial look.
“Add, don’t be rude.”
“Gray, don't listen to your teacher, this is actually the perfect chance.”
“What the hell are you saying midget? Are you suddenly thinking she should go out and die?” El-Melloi said to Add with narrowed eyes.
“As if they would kill her! She can beat anyone because she has me!”
“Its not the same.” El-Melloi retorted at Add. “There will be historical figures who are far more powerful than we can handle even for you cube. Despite what you are, those Servants aren't likely to be taken and if you try to fight one, you’d be lucky to get out of there alive with a single limb attacked.”
“Exactly! Historical figures, you did say to Gray that you saw what could be possibly her ancestor King Arthur! Don’t you think that if she could meet her ancestor she’ll get her answers why her face looked like King Arthur?”
“I said no! There isn’t a high possibility she’ll meet with King Arthur! Every Grail War has different servants from different eras. It's highly unlikely she won’t meet him or ever.”
“What if it's different? You’d never know unless you try.”
“For the last time, I said no, and that’s final!”
“Teacher, what if he’s………right.” Gray spoke up to her teacher.
“Gray, what is it that you're thinking, no.”
“Teacher please listen!” She raised her voice. “I want to know the truth, why I look like…… this!” She pulled down her hood, revealing her face to him. “Why did they call me the second coming of Arthur. I want to know the reason. If King Arthur is there, then he knows.”
“Gray, listen to me, there is no guarantee that you’d even find him.” El-Melloi said to his student. “You want to gamble away your life for the question you're trying to look for?”
“Yes. I want answers. I’m tired of looking at myself in the mirror and seeing my reflection.” Gray insisted to her teacher. “I don’t live looking like King Arthur, what his intention is, does he want to make me his vessel for his resurrection, was it some sort of experiment, if I don’t then how am I supposed to find those answers Teacher?”
El-Melloi groaned. “Gray, this is a long shot. You’d be putting your life in danger just for a 1 in 1,000,000,000 chance.”
“I’m willing to take them Teacher, please let me take part in the Grail War.” She said to her teacher with determination.
“............. Alright fine.” In the end, El-Melloi relented and sighed. “But you're not going alone, I’m gonna be with you. You're not gonna die under my watch.”
“Thank you teacher!” Gray said to El-Melloi and hugged him, smiling.
“Yes yes, since you're gonna be taking part in the Grail War. I’m gonna need to instruct you on what you need to do and how to survive.” El-Melloi rolled his eyes and pushed Gray off of her. “We’ll need to get prepared. Get your stuff ready, we’re heading to Japan.”
“Yes right away Tea-” Greg stopped and her eyes widened seeing something. “T-Teacher, your hand!”
“..... Don’t tell me……” El-Melloi sighed and looked down, saw the command spell, the same he had before. “Goddammit.” Unlike the time he summoned Rider, this one was different. It looked like a skull or sword of some sort.
El-Melloi facepalmed. “I thought I was done with Grail Wars…” He was just worried about WHO he was going to summon.
(Edelfelt Estate: Dinning Hall)
In the Edelfelt mansion, there was a meeting going on… of their family being selected for the Grail War.
“Ohohohohhohohoho! Looks like I have been decided to bring the glory of the Edelfelt family!” A young woman spoke with arrogance in her tone and a haughty laugh.
“My lady, you should consider the possibilities.” A butler spoke to his mistress.
“Hah! What possibilities? The only possibilities there is, is that the winner has been decided!” The girl still spoke with arrogance. She has long golden blonde hair styled entirely in large coils. She physically resembles Rin somewhat, she wears ribbons in her hair with the color blue; she wears a long blue dress with sleeves. Luviagelita Edelfelt, heiress of the Edelfelt family.
“Mother, father, this is the chance to reclaim what we used to have before it was taken by the Tohsaka family.” Luvia spoke to her parents.
“I completely agree with you, my dear daughter.” Her father spoke to his daughter, agreeing with her. “The Grail chooses candidates who have the highest proficiency. For years we have been training and waiting for the opportunity. It is within our grasp.”
The daughter looked at her command crest, yes it did look strange, but it felt powerful, she could tell. It must be a regal Heroic Spirit, one that befits her.
“Do we have an instrument of a legendary composer?” she asked her family. “I have a feeling that this servant is a regal composer~ Fitting for our family~ Ohohohoho~!”
“Its usually unusual for a command spell to look like this but maybe the Grail is favoring us.” Her mother spoke up. “Showing us a possibility of victory for the Edelfelt family.”
“Yes, we shall do the summoning in the music hall then, one of the instruments in our vast collection should resonate with your Servant,” her father stated.
“Wait, we should do our summoning in a theater!” Luvia suggested her father. “If we were to increase our chances of summoning a servant, then an ideal location would increase those chances.”
“Excilent idea,” her mother agreed. “You, get the catalyst transported to a theater, prepare a summoning circle.” Turning to her daughter. “Luvia, remember this, if you see the Tohsaka’s. Make sure they suffer and wipe them out so we won’t have any stains or shame within our family.”
“Don’t worry mother.” Luvia smiled at her mother. “They’ll grovel on my feet begging for mercy by the time I’m done with them.”
(Emiya’s residence)
Back at the Emiya residence Shirou and Prelati were. Shirou was serving some food Curry Rice, something easy but filling to make.
Prelati let out a squeal of delight: “SO GOOD~!”
“Thanks, glad you liked it.” He said to her, appreciating her complement.
[Feat achieved! Make the infamous immortal demon sorcerer taste one of your infamous cooking! +1 Platinum Ability Ticket]
“So, can you tell me more of the Holy Grail War?” He said to her, sitting at the table as Prelati was eating the curry.
She swallowed the curry, savoring the taste for a bit and turned to Shirou. “That was the best dish I had for many years. Though you already want to know what it is? Alrighty then~! It is pretty simple, the Holy Grail War is a tournament that is a mythical cup that was created by the three founding families who founded the Grail War, Einzbern, Tohsaka and the Matou family. They created the Holy Grail for the sole purpose of one goal, reaching the Root.”
“The Root?”
“The source of all knowledge!” Prelati spread her hands out. “The Akashic records! Powers beyond powers! Knowledge that extends to the omnipotent realm! A realm that can give someone who just could see the Root will become the most powerful existence of all creation!” Explaining to Shirou. “It is the dream of EVERY magus wishes to achieve the power of past, present and future.”
“The Grail……. can do that?” Shirou was surprised to hear that the Grail could be capable of reaching something that could turn anyone into a God and he still was adjusting the Moonlight World side. “If that's the case, has anyone won?”
“Nope~!” She said to Shirou. “No one was able to win because it landed on a draw! People killing each other~! It has been like this for all Grail Wars!”
“... And I’m guessing that there were a few members that didn’t take that well, and tried underhanded tactics to try and win,” Shirou said, not sure how he was able to think this rationally. Might have been a bleedover of the sheath inside his being.
“Yes~! They do anything to win no matter what the cost. Betrayal, murder, chaos, destruction, taking advantages, no one can trust each other because they all desired to be the winner of the Grail war.” She explained to Shirou. “They are not afraid to use underhanded techniques, even going so far as ignoring collateral damage or killing an entire family.”
“What? They’d even do that?”
“Yup! Like last war, there was a master who caused too much trouble because he was slaughtering, kidnapping and torturing children along with his Servant~.”
“WHAT?!” Shiorou shouted, anger in his eyes hearing that.
“But he broke rules on getting civilians involved so he was dealt with~. A shame, I would’ve liked to meet my discipline.” Prelati spoke while in a sad(Fake) expression before brightening up. “I would’ve LOVED to see his creations with what he does, he was one of my brightest students~.”
“... You are messed up in the head, you know that… then again… I’m talking to an Eldrage Vessel Being… I feel like the time line shifted somewhere and I’m the cause somehow…” Shirou said, before facepalming and muttering after the ‘you know that’ part. (Light: He has no idea how true that state is… Dark: Obviously, what was I forgetting? Oh yes, AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH! Light: (Getting annoyed) WILL YOU CUT THAT OUT!? (Slaps him like Woody slapped Buzz in the first Toy Story) Dark: Ow. Light: You done streaming into your domain or do I have to use more power slaps? Dark: I think I’m good, for now, so long there aren't any more dangerous beings like her. Light: … So should I not tell you about the two extra Casters? Dark: Don’t make it even more worse.)
“I think I’m gonna regret this but…………….. can you teach me more……………. on my magecraft?” Shirou struggled to say the words that felt like sucking the soul out of his life as he said those. He has contemplated on whether to either rely on the Chaos Gacha but he still lacks his magecraft skills. With all the skills he has, he lacks experience and training.
“Oh? You want me to take you in? As my Discipline?" Prelati spoke in a hush tone, leaning on the table and close to Shirou. “Many have sought me to teach them MageCraft, few rare cases get those chances my dear boy~.”
“Is that a no or a yes?”
“When did I ever say no~? But are you sure~? I might corrupt you into being like my best student~”
“Look, I’d ask Rin, but I feel like she’d try and stick her ideals onto me,” Shirou said. In the metaphysical plane, Archer or Red stiffed a snort of laughter at the kid’s remark. “And I know I might be making a deal with the devil, but I don’t think I have many options at the moment.”
“Hehehehehe~! Then let's make this official~!” Prelati giggled and jumped to the table with her hands on her hips. “Starting today, you are officially my 65th apprentice! You never cease to make my fun more enjoyable~!” leaning to Shirou with a creepy smile.
“..... Is it too late to reconsider?” Shirou asked, sweating from Prelati’s glare, already feeling he’s regretting his choice.
“Nope! Unless you can kill me, which is another possibility~!” Prelati said to Shirou.
Shirou groaned. He muttered to himself, “I made my bed, now I need to sleep in it…”
[Feat Achieved! Become Francesca Prelati apprentice! +1 Diamond Item Ticket]
“Unless you wanna sleep next to me~?” Prelati laid down and got close to Shirou. “Do you want to keep this girl company~? It would be rude if you didn’t?”
Shirou let out a pained sigh. “Please don’t make it weird… Can we get to the topic of summoning these… What did you call them again, Historic Servants?”
“Oh why yes! And it’s Heroic Spirits. Servants are categorized in each class, Saber, Archer, Lancer, Caster, Rider, Assassin and Berserker. Each Servant class defines their legends of their past. Depends, for example, if King Arthur is summoned, then he’s summoned as a Saber.”
“Makes sense, based on the legend and the weapon/tool that can put them in the class,” Shirou said, understanding. “I’m also guessing that if you know their legend, you can also know what their weaknesses are and how to beat them like their legends?”
“Of course! It's also part of their life as well which makes them Heroic Spirits, how they lived and how they died, from weakness or something else.” Prelati explained to Shirou. “Another example is how popular Heroes are, the more well-known heroes they are, the stronger their legends and myths, the more powerful the servant is.”
“Make sense,” Shirou said. “... Wait, do story book characters count? Because King Auther can be considered a fairy tail.”
“Eh, depends sometimes,” Prelati said, shrugging. “The Hall of Heroes is a place that’s beyond Time and Space. So it just depends as I said before.”
“I see.”
“I’ve explained what the Servants are, now then, do you want to get started?”
“No thanks, not until tomorrow.” Shirou said to Prelati, hiding the fact he’s gonna roll his Chaos Gacha.
“Ahhhhh, alright, but I’m sleeping in your room~.”
“Like I’m letting you, go sleep in the guest room.” Shirou immediately retorted at her and got up to head to his room.
(Shirou’s room)
“Oh boy, what a day.” Shirou exclaimed as he laid down on the bed, first was the revelation of magus world and the fact he fought against an immortal demon sorcerer. Already making him so much exhausted.
But at least he has tickets to roll.
Getting up and starting to roll the Chaos Gacha. He pulled out the the tickets, looking at the newest ticket. He started with the Legendary Item.
[You have used a Legendary Item Ticket
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Name: Bankai - Ryujin Jakka
Type: Item
Rarity: Mythical (7.3)
Description:
Bleach - Ryujin Jakka, the Blade of Ember is a Zanpakuto, a spiritual armament in the shape of a burnt blade bound to the user. The strength of this armament scales with the power of its user. With its Bankai unlocked, it has reached its most powerful state. It allows the use of 4 abilities based in cardinal directions, East allows all of the flames of the user to be concentrated only in the blade to achieve maximum destructive power. West allows the user to cloak their body in exteme heat as defense. South allows them to call upon the corpses of those they have slain to use as puppets. North is the maximum power of the ability that concentrates all of their power into a superheated slash. The potency and heat of the flames wielded by the sword scale with the user. (A/N:Does not give spiritual energy, cannot be evolved)]
When he read that, he saw a katana form in front of him, sensing the power inside of it. It was now connected to his soul… A fire that could consume everything. But it felt like he needed to awaken a first form before it would allow him to use its Bankai.
Shirou took it, looking at it, and was willing to learn to use it to protect those he cares for. He then placed it in his Soul Palace, in the new place where a raging fire, that was now a sun shining above, ready to call on and train with it when he needed to.
He then went for the next ticket. A Platinum Ability Ticket
[You have used a Legendary Item Ticket
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Name: The Hand
Type: Ability
Rarity: Epic (5.7)
Description:
JoJo - Allows you to scrape away space with either of your hands, space scraped away is pulled together and filled in. Although it ignores conventional durability the range is quite short and the energy consumption is rather high.]
Shirou felt a shift in his soul once again, as something came out of his body. This must have been his new stand, The Hand.
The Hand appears as a humanoid figure typically in attire similar to football pads, though it has several spikes jutting from them. A towel-like object drapes over its shoulders, with a $ symbol on one end and a ¥ symbol on the other – corresponding with Japan’s own fashion theme of currency symbols. On each side of the face are blinders that cover its headlight-shaped eyes and limit its vision, a result of Okuyasu's own impulsive demeanor. Its right hand has spiderweb-like lines on the inside, along with two bumps on its palm.
“Huh… this seems useful,” he said. He then blinked, realizing… that he had an additional 10 Circuits now, making his total 50. He didn’t get them up a grade, but he felt that would come later.
“Rin’s going to flip again…” he groaned. There was nothing to it, so he decided to roll his last ticket, the Diamond Item.
[You have used a Diamond Item Ticket
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Name: Power of the Dragon Father
Type: Item
Rarity: Epic (5.3)
Description:
Hota - An armor crafted from the corpse of a mighty dragon. Wearing it imbues the wearer with great physical might and extreme resistance to magic thanks to the scales of the dragon.]
Just then, a red chest armor plate appeared in front of Shirou, the main torso looking like the head of a dragon with actual horns sticking out, and blue (or were they purple?) eyes . The shoulder pads looked like wings as well. He might have to be careful with the spikes on the sides though.
“Woah, this looks amazing.” Shirou was awed by the armor. Shirou let out a breath, his fingers tracing the cool, scaled surface of the dragon armor before sending it back to his soul. He should have enough but maybe in the future, when he gets more, hopefully he should have enough for the Grail War and quite possibly save Sakura.
“Just hold on Sakura.” Shirou said while looking out the window. “Wait for me, I will find a way to save you, this is my promise.”
(???)
“Buddha has blessed us!” A Buddhist monk spoke in great reverent.The room was a simple, serene temple study, but it currently vibrated with a sweet, cloying energy that felt almost intoxicating. Before the kneeling monk was a woman . Out of the light stepped a woman whose beauty seemed to defy the simplicity of her robes. She had long, vibrant pink hair that cascaded over a figure that was both serene and unsettlingly alluring. Her smile was one of pure, boundless compassion, but her eyes, an intense gold, held a depth that seemed to understand every single vice of the human soul.
This was Kiara Sessyoin.
“Oh, what a wonderful energy,” she purred, her voice a soothing balm that promised salvation. She reached out a hand, and the devout monk instantly bowed his head, resting his forehead against her silk-clad foot. (Dark:................Light? Light: Yes? Dark: Can I panic now? Light: You’re scared that those two will meet… right? Dark: Yes. Yes I am. Light: … I’m really tempted to say ‘ICGAW’ just to see what other madness comes and see your reaction. Dark: The important question is, can I panic? Light: Eh, if she somehow summons Nui Harime, then you can. Dark: That would be worse but Kiara is there and I have been holding back my panic, so please can I panic? Light: ………Alright go ahead. Dark: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!)
“Welcome, Saint. We humbly await your guidance, for a great Holy War is upon us,” the monk whispered, his reverence absolute.
Kiara’s smile softened, radiating an aura of absolute love that threatened to overwhelm the monk's senses. “Indeed. A war fought for desire, a vessel promising the achievement of one’s deepest, most selfish prayers. It is truly a wretched concept, born of human greed. It’s almost… beautiful, in its depravity.”
Her gaze drifted, looking past the temple walls, past Fuyuki, and perhaps even past the Root itself. A gentle sigh escaped her lips.
“There are so many souls now, so many Masters reaching out for the chance to fight. It seems the universe itself has decided to multiply the chaos.” She chuckled, a delicate, musical sound. “And one, in particular, radiates such beautiful, misguided altruism. A little flower, yearning to become a hero who saves everyone, even those who don’t wish to be saved. He needs guidance.”
She gently lifted her foot from the monk’s head, and the monk looked up, his eyes shining with utter devotion.
“Who is this individual?” The monk asked her.
“Someone that has once tried to reject my love.” She answered to the monk. Remembering who it was that blasted a hole on her head once before, in a different universe where she only spread love and kindness only for him to reject her. She looked at the seal on her hand. A smile on her face seeing it.
Only time will tell when they will meet again.
AN:
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Light/Xara: Again…?
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!
Light/Xara: (Grabs him and slaps him for the third time) Better?
AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!
Light/Xara: (Pinches the bridge of his nose) WILL YOU KNOCK IT OFF!? (I roared so loudly it sent Dark flying into a wall)
Ow………………. I think I’m calm….for now. Just what we need, more psychopaths who are literally the personification of evil and insanity, plus lust. A whole new nightmares combined in one/
Light/Xara: … I think it’s going to be worse… those marks on the last one… I think I know who they belong to…
Don’t make it worse. I don’t want to have more nightmares or even worse trauma.
Light/Xara: And if I told you I know the other three…?
Let's just wrap this up. Those who know what's the reason for the sudden change, well its simple, because normally Shirou’s luck shouldn’t this good, it caused a lot of frictions and changes within the timeline it is trying to trying to stabilize as it was turning into a new timeline, one that's different from others.
Light/Xara: At least he might get more people in his corner.
And also because we want to balance the story out because while Shirou could get OP, his opponents will also be OP as well, on a similar level to him so that way we can avoid an average OP character solving it with just one go.
Light/Xara: Aren’t most Servants OP?
Yes but also mostly Shirou would have an edge against his enemies. Like his curse immunity for example. And his marble phantasm.
Light/Xara: Reality Marble upgraded.
Exactly. Which is why we also included more servants to the battlefield. Making it our version of Fate, Fate/Chaos(Minus the Gacha).
Light/Xara: I’m thinking more of another story. Ones like Kakashi, Tex, Megatron, Kenpachii were summoned. Ah, yes, FateZero Paradox, that was it.
Oh it would be more chaotic than it would ever. Alright let's close this up, thank you guys for reading our story, we had a fun time writing this down because its like Danmachi but Fate version.
Light/Xara: Agree. And for the Danmachi one, I know how we can reward Bell tickets without restraint, and not make him to OP at the start~ Someone gave me the idea for a good skill in the comments~
Same here, who knows, we might even make ANOTHER chaos gacha because we found what we love to do.
Light/Xara: Anyways. We should end it now.
Agreed, thank you guys for reading our story. Leave a review and fav, plus a comment that helps us greatly.
Light/Xara: Also, if you have ideas for Servants to summon in this war, feel free to suggest someone. Might help us fill the rest of the roles.
Indeed so, thanks again for reading our story and we’ll see you next time!
PEACE OUT!