Big Damn Heroes
Kuoh Academy
At the school, the army of fallen angels lead by Kokabiel is confronting the Masters and Servants lead by Shirou Emiya and Ruler-class Servant Jeanne d'Arc. Both sides are in tense; battle can start at any moment and the time for that moment to happen is something that neither side knows.
"My question?" Said Kokabiel.
This brings both sides' attention to Shirou. He doesn't feel even a slight worry. Kokabiel asked a question, and he intended to answer it.
"You asked whether or not humanity can be saved." Replied Shirou.
"Ah, yes. I remember that question. So, what is your answer, son of Adam?"
Instead of saying the answer, Shirou changes his stance to the one that's more fitting for a fight.
"It's better to show you."
Kokabiel lets out a little laugh before creating two swords – one in each hand – from light. He spreads his wings a little bit more…
…before flying towards Shirou.
All hell broke loose.
Issei is using Boosted Gear to blocks an attack from a fallen. He then jumps back before crouching to avoid an attack from another fallen. Mordred immediately come to the rescue by stabbing the second fallen from the back. She then runs and attack the first.
"Thanks for that, Saber." Said Issei.
"Less talking, more action!" Replied Mordred.
Issei knows better than not listening to the advice. He collects some power while Mordred holds up the now three fallen angels. Once it's done, he gives a warning to her.
"Mordred, get back!" Shouted Issei.
Mordred turns around to look at her Master in confusion. Once Issei explained the reason through their link, she doesn't turn back.
"Just shoot it now, Master!"
"Are you crazy?! You'll get hit!"
"I have B-rank Magic Resistance! In your condition, it won't even reach B-."
Issei wants to retort, but he realized that Mordred is right. His proficiency with magecraft is still low. Unfortunately, somehow it's also affect his Sacred Gear's power.
[I can't agree more with her.]
Heck, even Ddraig said so.
Seeing that if he doesn't do it sooner will risk their lives, Issei shoots the power he collected.
"Dragon Shot!"
Issei punches to the direction of Mordred and fallen angels. It resulted in a ball of energy flies towards them. The fallen angels are seeing it and want to dodge, but Mordred keeps attacking them, making it impossible. When the shot almost reach the group, she immediately runs to the side, letting the shot takes out two fallen angels. The last wounded fallen tries to retreat before Mordred slices him at the back.
"Back stabbing. That's not exactly chivalrous." Commented Issei.
"Issei, I am not above kicking or biting to win a fight." Replied Mordred.
Suddenly, many fallen angels land around the duo. Issei and Mordred make a back-to-back pose to prevent any possible surprise attack.
"We're surrounded." Said Issei.
"Do you need to say such an obvious thing?" Asked Mordred sarcastically.
"Well, it sounds appropriate."
"Good things that most of them are not in good condition."
"Huh?"
"Short explanation, when I fought them, most of them…"
Mordred's words are cut short because she must defend herself from an attack. At the same time, Issei catches a light spear and used his reinforced-boosted right feet to kick the attacker. The spear disappear as the fallen flies few feet away.
"Them?"
"…have injuries that will prevent them from being active in a battle."
"So why are they fighting?"
"That's a question that better saved later."
Suddenly, Mordred grabs Issei by the waist. Before he can ask the reason, she jumps with him, dodging the attack from all sides. Seeing that the fallen angels are now in one spot, Issei says some chants.
"Feuer. Intensiv. Umgeben."
A small fire appears slightly above Issei's right hand. He immediately throws it near the group. When it reach the ground, intense fire emerges from it and surrounds the fallen angels.
"Mordred, Clarent!"
When they land, Mordred releases Issei and targets the fallen angels, who tries to extinguish the fire. It's a good thing that they in such a tight position that flying is not an option. Mordred begins to prepare her Noble Phantasm. Her helmet falls into her armor.
There's actually a way to control the power of Clarent Blood Arthur. That is, by unleashing it before the power reach its peak.
The blast goes straight to the group of fallen angels, killing them. Because the power is low, the blast disappear before it exits the school's ground.
"By the way, nice trick there, Issei. Only three chants though."
"Many thing to learn, I still have."
Somewhere in England…
A man is currently checking a condition of a sword before it glows a little. He almost drop it in surprise before grabbing it harder. He puts the sword back to its place before going to report it.
It may be not something worth a mention, but there's no hurt in reporting it.
Kuoh Academy
Medusa is trying to hit a fallen angel on the chest, but she flies away. So far, she only manages to wound them. Sakura on the other hand managed to took out three. But that might have something to do with the fact that most of her power being based on All The World's Evil.
Medusa immediately sends her chain-dagger to wraps a nearby fallen angel. Before she can escape, Medusa runs to the fallen and kicks her on the side. As she falls, Rider of Blue grabs her dagger and stabs it at the heart.
When she takes the dagger our, Medusa jumps away to avoid an attack from another fallen angel. She throws it and the fallen use his right wing to receive it. Medusa smiles a little before grabbing the chain and spins around counterclockwise while pulling it. Medusa then kicks him on the face the moment the fallen angel close enough. She keeps pulling the chain before he finally got released. The fallen angel falls to the ground before suddenly got disintegrated.
Medusa looks at the culprit and sees that it was Sakura. Behind her, her shadow familiar is strangling a fallen angel before she disintegrated her as well. Two fallen angels appear on her back and tries to slice her but two shadow familiars appear and take the hit. Medusa immediately attack one of them while Sakura shoots someone sort of spear. The fallen that Sakura attacked got hit at the feet while trying to fly away. The spear entangled the feet while also absorbing the energy of the fallen angel. He soon falls to the ground as his energy completely depleted.
Medusa tries to hit the fallen angel she fights but she manages to deflect each of her attack. Feeling frustrated, she decides to not holding back anymore, something that almost everyone here do. Hopefully the school will remain intact. Medusa throws the dagger but this time with more power. The fallen angel tries to block it but the attack penetrate her light sword. It's embedded in her shoulder and Medusa then grabs the chain and throws the fallen angel to the school. Before she can react, Medusa already stabs her on the wall.
"Don't damage the school. We don't have enough money and that man won't handle his treasure to even help us." Said Sakura
"Don't worry. I won't be too big." Replied Sakura. "Anyway, you sound like you're in trouble."
"I…am. Looks like my skills make me a high-value target."
"Alright. Hang in there."
It's a good thing that they're actually quite close. Medusa just need to run for half a minute to see that Sakura is holding back a rather large group of fallen angels. They're making a square formation, where the ones that have an unprotected side create a shield to prevent an attack from that side. Sakura's shadow familiars are trying to make a hole, but the shields are too strong.
"Close your eyes!" Shouted Medusa.
Her shout surprised Sakura and the fallen angels. Medusa jumps to the sky and lands directly at the center. The land manages to hit one fallen angel and scattered the rest. The fallen angels are preparing to counterattack, but to do that they must see Medusa, and she decided to release her blindfold.
If you know Greek mythology, you know this won't end well for the fallen angels.
"Cybele!"
Somewhere in Greece…
The three eldest gods of Greek mythology, Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus are having their own meeting. They're only talking about everyday life, whether something interesting happened or not, etc.
Suddenly, Poseidon falls silence while his eyes become wide. He feels something that he hadn't felt since more than a millennium ago. But that's not possible after what Perseus did. But could it be possible that…
"Something wrong, brother?" Poseidon looks around and see that it was Hades who asked that.
"Yes. I mean, no. I mean…" Poseidon stands up and walks away from his brothers. "Forgive me, brothers. But I have something important."
As Poseidon leaves them, both Zeus and Hades look at him and each other with confused look.
Kuoh Academy
Both Ruler and Sieg are currently defending the main entrance of the school. The other entrances are blocked by the fights between the fallen angels and the Master- Servant pairs. Both of them know that the plan is to kill at least one of the heiress of a devil nobility to start a war.
Ruler can see the irony behind it; the Saint of Christianity defended the forever sworn enemies of God.
"Oh, how the world has changed." Commented Ruler with a little smile.
"You say something, Ruler?" Asked Sieg.
"Yes, but nothing important."
Both Servants manage to hold back the fallen angels from reaching the entrance. But it's clear that they keep and keep coming. Each wave, the number of the fallen that participate increase. If this keep continue, then the fallen angels won't need to defeat both Servants as they would only need to have one or two to get pass them.
Then again, there's a term called Spanner in Work…or something like that.
Something suddenly land near the fallen angels. Both them and the Servants stop their fight to see the thing that landed and flattened a fallen or two. It's revealed that it was a giant dark man carrying a large club-like weapon and a little albino girl on his shoulder.
"W-What are you doing here, Illya?" Asked Ruler.
"Fighting with you, of course. Staying in the castle doing nothing is no fun at all." Replied Illya with a smile. "Let's go, Berserker!"
"▂▂▃▃▄▄▅▅!"
Heracles immediately charge towards the fallen angels. Before any of them can even put a small defense, he already smashes himself to them, resulting in many of them flying around. Berserker then swings his axe-sword, sending some of them flying towards the school building. The fallen angels either hit the wall of smash through the window. Either way, the school is damaged.
"So much for preventing collateral damage." Commented Sieg.
"At least it's a school." Commented Ruler back.
"Wait, some of them fly towards the windows and…"
After saying that, both Sieg and Ruler immediately run inside the school. Through the windows. Obviously breaking them.
Meanwhile, the fallen angels are having problem damaging Heracles' skin. Some of them are trying to attack Illya, but it only serve to make him angrier and in turn, stronger. Unlike the other Servants, almost – if not all – of Heracles attacks are brute force and almost without skill. Considering that it's effective, it's not quite a problem.
"Well, as much as good the progress is, this is too slow for me." Said Illya.
Suddenly, Illya's Command Seals begin to glow. This makes Heracles stops for a while and attracts the fallen angels.
"Berserker, attack the fallen angels as strong as you can!" Command Illya.
After saying the command, Heracles lets out a big growl. Mana starts to concentrate inside his body. He also lets out an intimidating and dangerous aura. Then, without warning, he begins to attack the fallen angels with increased strength and speed.
Somewhere in Greece…
After Poseidon went away, both Hades and Zeus are now resuming their conversation.
"So, do you have any idea what makes Poseidon has a business suddenly?" Ask Hades.
"No, brother. I am as confused as you…"
Before Zeus finished his words, he immediately feels something familiar and stands up on reflex, startling Hades. After that, he realizes that this might be the reason why Poseidon went away.
"Sorry, Hades. But I have something important to do."
With that, Zeus goes to somewhere, leaving Hades in the room. The Greece God of the Underworld is utterly confused.
"What is happening here?" Comment Hades.
Kuoh Academy
Two fallen angels are descending towards Rin. Seeing that, she shoots several Gandr. They managed to avoid some but two hits each of them. From another side, a fallen angel tries to get closer to her. Rin immediately takes out one of her jewel and shoots it at her. The fallen angel gets engulfed by flame the moment the jewel hits her.
When Rin is distracted by them, three fallen angels silently approach her outside of her view. Then, Caladbolg II landed near them and violently explode. Rin looks at the explosion at the same time as EMIYA landed besides her. He dematerializes his bow and traces Kanshou and Bakuya.
EMIYA blocks and attack from a fallen angel before cutting off one of his arms and stabs him in the chest. As he pulls Kanshou out, he suddenly raises Bakuya and destroys a light spear. EMIYA looks up to the sky and see the culprit. He throws Kanshou to the fallen and just as he expect it, she dodges the sword and is about to throw another spear when Kanshou flies back towards EMIYA and beheads the fallen angel on its way.
As the sword returns to its owner, both EMIYA and Rin look at their surrounding with their back on each other.
"Just like in Fuyuki, huh?" Stated EMIYA.
"Well, I guess you can call it that." Replied Rin.
Despite there are only hundreds of fallen angels – hardly worthy opponents for these many Servants – it looks like they know all sort of tricks needed to be extreme survivors.
How Kiritsugu does know about this? The answer is simple; there are still many fallen angels running…eer, flying around. It's kind of frustrating since they need to end this situation as soon as possible.
Suddenly, a fallen angel tries to stabs Kiritsugu, but he parries it with his blade and immediately shoots him at both the chest and head with Calico. A pair of fallen angels tries to attack him while he's distracted, but get screwed by Karna. Three more try to attack him and Karna swings his spear. They try to block it, but Karna's swing is powerful enough to penetrate the defense and kills all three of them.
Kiritsugu sheathes his blade and takes out a grenade. He primes it and throws it towards a pair of fallen angels. One of them catches it and is about to throw it back when the grenade immediately explodes, destroying his hand and wounding the other fallen angel. Suddenly, they lose their heads thanks to Karna.
"Karna, end this problem immediately." Said Kiritsugu.
"Master, doing that will require a substantial amount of prana, to the point that you won't be able to defend yourself effectively." Replied Karna.
Kiritsugu thinks about it as Karna holds the fallen angels. While he can trust Karna to be able to protect him, he knows from experience that multitasking is not something that can be done without a minor mistake or two. In battle, that minor mistake might be the difference between life and death.
"Alright, I make my decision. I'll lend you my prana and you'll use it do defend myself by eliminating any nearby fallen." Stated Kiritsugu.
"Of course, Master."
Both the Master and Servant walk closer towards each other. Then, both of them stop attacking the fallen angels with Karna only destroying any light weapon thrown at them. Seeing that throwing a weapon is futile, the fallen angels decide to have a closer fight. When they're near Karna's range…
"O Agni."
The moment Karna says those words, Kiritsugu crouches as his body gets weaker due to the amount of prana needed to activate Karna's power. At the same time, this makes him to be able to avoid Karna's attack, as long as Karna doesn't point his spear downwards.
Somewhere in India…
Three gods of Hindu are currently having a conversation with each other regarding the current situation of the world. The three of them know that something…"interesting" will happen, but they don't know what and how they should react to it.
Suddenly, one of them tense up and it can be sensed by others.
"Is there something wrong, Surya?" Asked one of them.
Surya, the Sun God, looks at the speaker before telling him what happened.
"I am sorry, Shiva. But there's something that I must do as soon as a I can. Permission to leave the conversation?" Asked Surya.
"Permission granted." Replied Shiva.
With that, Surya starts to walk away from Shiva and the other god.
"Do you have any idea what makes Surya like that, Indra?" Asked Shiva.
"I have no idea, unfortunately." Replied Indra.
Answers to some reviews:
Generation Zero: Well, remembering those two powers and abilities, they have a POTENTIAL in defeating them provided that they're both taking it seriously and not do anything stupid.
I'm just a Guest: A) Not on this chapter. B) It will be…interesting. C) Considering the Servants' close connection with Christianity (well, somewhat with both Sabers), most will be confused whether that's OK or not. D) Provided they believe King Arthur is actually female. E) It varies with the Servants. Zelretch is almost plain OP. E) Assassin of Red is…a secret.
ophisdragon: Interesting suggestions. I will think about them.
Guest: I actually forgot about him in the previous chapter.
(P.S. Well as you can see now the replies is at the bottom. When I read Life Seen by a Gentle Phantasmal Beast {pretty good story} and see that the replies is at the bottom, I find it more effective.)
And finally, done.
At first, I want for every Masters and Servants to have their fight in one chapter, but that will be quite long for my standard and I hadn't updated in months. So there will be the next chapter of continuation.
Sorry about the long time for update, this is actually my first time ever writing a fight scene that doesn't involved gunfight (like in FPS) so I kind of stuck.
If you have question or suggestion, feel free to tell me.
Review please.