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Fate Zero: Part Three

Archer aimed two fingers at Berserker, energy building up into one potent shot.

“Nothing shall remain of your corpse, boy…” He sneered as he abruptly fired at the insane Dragon Slayer.

Just as swiftly, Natsu slid back into some flames – his movements momentarily obscured from everybody. When he emerged, it seemed at an awkward angle, but he did that several more times before anyone could dwell on it – traversing through flames as he agilely avoided Archer’s rapid-fire shots. Hades’s lips curled down in distaste as he also registered that Berserker’s fireballs had not dissipated… They were hovering in their original positions, undisturbed. He could only scoff as three of them soared at him at the same time – without missing a beat, he fired off a single shot into the center fireball, making it explode and consequentially setting the others off. His eye widened, however, when Berserker emerged from the wall of flames and smoke, fist smashing into Archer’s chest and sending him plowing back into the side of a large shipping container.

Gray and Erza were boggling at the sight of Berserker actually landing a solid hit on Archer so soon. Gray was the only one able to find words to voice his shock, however.

“The hell?! He’s even faster than the last time I fought him…!” Lancer huffed in frustration, feeling the demanding urge to go and pick a fight with that pyromaniac.

Saber simply stood there, mouth agape, as her eyes followed Berserker’s every movement. Her mind registered what she was seeing… but she didn’t want to believe it. Natsu was here. A participant in the Grail War.

‘And he’s… Berserker…’ She thought to herself, grimly. She wasn’t certain what had led Natsu to be given that Class… but her heart definitely clenched at the implications.

“I-I don’t understand…!” Waver stammered. “What happened?! It all happened so fast!”

Gajeel had his arms crossed as his eyes narrowed.

“You couldn’t tell what he did? He’s using the flames for short-distance teleportation. It’s a nasty trick he learned… near the end of his life…” Rider grimaced at the memory. He definitely wasn’t dwelling on that. Not now.

“Sh-Should we help beat down Archer, while Berserker’s giving us an opening?” Waver asked uncertainly, to which Rider shook his head firmly.

“Hell no… I’m not getting between those two. Hades is gonna be pissed, and that’s just gonna set that Pyro off even more… They’re the biggest threats here, aside from Titania.”

“Didn’t you want to fight all the Servants?!” Waver was gobsmacked at the dark-haired man’s refusal to step in.

“Those two ain’t gonna die so soon… Just look!” He pointed at Hades, who unleashed Amaterasu Formula 28 to keep Berserker at bay. The old man then formed a seal with his two hands.

“For your impudence, I shall smite you…! Grimoire… Law!!!” Hades barked, focusing the dark energy forming between his hands into an orb, which shot out at Berserker. As the pink-haired man wasn’t in the vicinity of one of the flames on the ground, he was forced to hold his arms up in defense and tank the blast. He was sent careening back through a wall of a warehouse, making a loud, resounding crashing noise in his wake. Archer sneered at his handiwork. “Not so nimble now, are you, boy? Your parlor tricks will only get you so far!”

“Hades…! Leave him alone…!” Lancer howled as he charged the old man, who weaved around the strikes of the lance or deftly blocked them. Saber and Rider were both caught off-guard by how defensive he was of Berserker, but given how they were all Guildmates in life… Regardless of their current status of enemies, they all used to be Fairy Tail. Seeing one of their own attacked so viciously… It just made Hades the priority target, that’s all there was to it.

“Kid, you just stay right here with Lily…” Rider growled lowly as he morphed one arm into an Iron Sword. He then bellowed out a warcry as he charged at Archer as well, not even sparing Saber a glance as he passed her by.

For Erza’s part, she was now standing rigidly in place as her eyes froze on the warehouse where Berserker had been launched into. Her mind was trapped in bewilderment as she asked herself how Natsu could be Berserker… What had compelled the Grail to bestow that Class on him? Why him? Out of everyone, he had deserved the most peace… in life and in death…

But that wasn’t the case. And it bothered Erza to no end.

“Bah… You boys have gotten weaker!” Hades harrumphed as he kicked Rider away without missing a beat and then used a chain that he materialized to latch onto Gray and hurled him into Gajeel for extra damage. “You are hardly worth my time…! I won’t even waste my Noble Phantasm as I finish you all off!”

As Hades fired off more magical bullets at the quickly recovering Lancer and Rider, he was initially unaware of the fireballs that formed in the sky over his head. He looked up when the ground suddenly lit up in an orange haze, and he leaped away to avoid the initial barrage of fireballs that rained down in droves.

Hades was not prepared for the explosion that followed their impact… None of the Servants present were prepared. Rider and Lancer got caught up in the explosion as well, and Erza and the Masters all looked on in morbid fascination. When the dust settled, Lancer was revealed to be in a crouched position, clutching his side; Rider was leaning back against a crate, also equally winded from being sent flying from the explosion. And Archer… He picked himself off the ground once it had all settled down, and he unleashed a massive wave of killing intent at Berserker, who was now crouched on top of a crate across from Rider.

“I had thought that last attack had taken some wind out of your sails, but it appears you are in need of stronger discipline…!” Hades prepared his Grimoire Law attack once more, but he grew uncharacteristically quiet and stiff. “Tokiomi… I do not think it is wise to retreat. At the very least, I must put this ravenous, wild dog down for presuming to strike me without consequence…”

As Archer paused, clearly having a mental discussion with his Master, Erza’s gaze was locked on Berserker once again. A pair of fireballs hovered behind the pink-head’s shoulders, ready to fire at a moment’s notice, and his face was set in an animalistic snarl, eyes burning into the occupied old man. A man that looked more dissatisfied with each passing moment.

“… Very well.” Hades killed off the energy going into his Grimoire Law. With a furl of his cape, Hades turned his back on Berserker. “It appears I will end things here for now, mad dog. You other Fairies! See to it that you quell your numbers by the next time we meet. I shall not waste my time on weaklings – I will wait for the strongest among you to challenge me.”

At that moment, Berserker launched his fireballs at Archer’s back, but by then it was too late – the old man shimmered away, departing the battle. From atop the crane, Cobra rolled his eye at the “tactical” retreat.

“Tokiomi just doesn’t want to reveal all his cards yet… Good idea, I suppose… But it does come across as cowardly.” Cobra muttered to himself.

“Damn old fart…” Lancer cursed as he rose to his feet slowly. He twirled his lance around in frustration before pointing it straight at Berserker. “Oi! Flamebrain! You mind explaining all that just now?!”

The Ice Mage didn’t appreciate getting blown to kingdom come. But Berserker’s attention wasn’t on Gray. Or on Gajeel. That honor belonged purely to Erza, whose eyes were now locked with his. No words were exchanged, but Erza could see flickers of emotions passing through his eyes at breakneck speeds… Emotions that greatly distressed her.

She knew Natsu better than anyone, even better than Gray and Gajeel. Whoever had summoned Natsu had done something to him… But it was more than that. Despite the modifications, Natsu was still himself.

… And he was hurting. Not from any physical wound or even anything recent… This was a deep-rooted, psychological pain. She was used to seeing Jellal have such a look in his eyes, but Natsu?

‘Natsu… What happened to you?’ Erza thought to herself, furrowing her brow in concern. Natsu had to know she wanted to talk… But it didn’t look like they had the time.

“Enough, Lancer! Strike Saber down while she is vulnerable!” El-Melloi bellowed from the rooftop he was on.

Gray gripped his lance tightly in frustration, gnashing his teeth.

“Screw that…! I’m takin’ Flamebrain down first, and then I might go after Erza…!” He twirled the lance around again, charging it up with Mana. “I gotta get payback for that little bit of ‘friendly fire’ earlier…!”

Lancer was stopped in his tracks, and it showed. His whole body twitched as some greater power kept him rooted in place.

“I decide the order of things, Lancer… By power of Command Seal, I order you to use the full extent of your abilities and cut Saber down! Let nothing stand in your way!”

Gray’s face became shadowed as the Command Seal compelled him to obey. His posture unsteadily straightened as he did a one-eighty and turned on Saber, hands curling into fists. From the shadows, Kiritsugu turned his full attention on El-Melloi.

“Maiya, keep eyes on Assassin! I’m going to take out El-Melloi…!” His finger slowly curled around the trigger of his gun. The moment he was about to shoot, a single fireball obstructed his view of the Magus – an attack easily dodged by the blond, but the warning made clear.

Berserker stood up straight, a wall of fireballs appearing behind him threateningly. Everyone was stunned into silence at the sight, and even Gray, who still felt the phantom urge of the Command Seal to attack Erza, had gone deathly still.

“You Masters…” Natsu growled lowly. “Including everyone in the shadows… If you continue to interfere, you will all die. Every last one of you.”

Natsu craned his head around, passing along the message that he knew each of their specific locations. Even Assassin, Maiya, Kiritsugu, who hadn’t been detected by the other Masters and Servants yet.

“This is a fight between us. You get with that program, or I melt you to ash!” The Dragon Slayer’s face was stony, and left no room for argument.

Grinning cockily, Rider got back on his feet and looked up in the general area where El-Melloi was biding his time.

“You hear that, slimy bastard…? I think the Pyro’s gettin’ serious here. You stay out of it. And if you wanna try your luck… I’ll kick Ice Princess’s ass all over the pavement! With this damn Pyro gunning for you!”

Berserker gazed down sharply at Rider at that declaration, but did not correct him. Gray dipped his head in shame at the turn of events… Not only because the others were stepping in while he was powerless, but because his new Master was being made a laughingstock.

Erza, meanwhile, had recovered enough that she stood staunchly in front of Irisveil again, prepared to deflect any attacks Natsu made on her. She wasn’t sure if he would be aiming for her fake Master… But given how many fireballs were hovering in the air, she just couldn’t take the chance. Waver himself was cowering behind some crates, Panther Lily on standby to protect him, too. In the shadows, Kiritsugu and Maiya both elected to be as cautious and merely observe; not shoot to kill for the moment.

“Tch… that stinkin’ showoff…” Cobra rolled his eye, but had to admit, Berserker definitely had the interlopers by the balls. If they decided to press their luck… the Grail War was going to see a few Servants get wiped out in one night.

The threat worked, though.

“Fine. Retreat for now, Lancer!” El-Melloi barked. Bitterly, the Master departed.

Rather than look up at Berserker appreciatively, Gray looked up at the Dragon Slayer with an annoyed expression. He then turned his gaze to Erza and Gajeel, eyes softening.

“Sorry about that, guys…” He sighed before his tone hardened as annoyance came over him again. “You humiliate my Master like that again, though, and I’ll kill you. Even if you did it so I wouldn’t be an honorless asshole…”

With a deep sigh, Lancer faded from view. And now that it was just Saber, Rider, and Berserker, the tension lessened a little. However, Berserker didn’t stick around long. With his threat successful, the Dragon Slayer dismissed the fireballs and faded from the field himself. He spared one last look at Erza as he went, but Erza couldn’t decipher that one with how quickly he faded after that.

“What a pain in the ass…” Gajeel grumbled, running a hand through his long hair. He then turned to Erza, a massive smirk on his face. “Listen, Erza! I know this kinda went to Hell pretty quick… But how about you and me form an alliance? Ice Princess’s got his lance shoved up his ass, and I don’t even know what’s goin’ on with the Pyro… But you and me? We could clobber ‘em and Hades!”

A tense silence followed Gajeel’s animated proposal. It was harmless on the surface – they’d both been Guildmates in life, and it’s not like the others were moving to make offers of friendship, despite how close they all used to be.

“Gajeel…” Erza muttered as she half-turned away from him, eyeing him shrewdly. “I’d like nothing more than to work together with all of you… But we can’t afford that luxury. This Holy Grail War… is fought until there is only one survivor to claim the Grail. And knowing that, I cannot agree to an alliance that would inevitably lead to backstabbing…”

Rider’s smirk dropped, turning into a scowl.

“Don’t gimme that load of horseshit… This is about fightin’ Salamander, and we both know it. You’re not gonna get through to him! He’s Berserker Class, for cryin’ out loud!”

To the dark-haired Dragon Slayer’s credit, he didn’t back down when Erza’s eyes narrowed into slits. He stood his ground, but that didn’t make Waver – or even Irisveil – any better. This tense atmosphere might just explode, if any more pressure was applied…

… At least that’s what they thought.

“You know we used to think the same of you, back when you were in Phantom Lord. You even destroyed our Guildhall… But we took you in, and accepted you as one of our own.” She then walked by him as she took her leave. “Doesn’t Natsu deserve the same chance, even now…?”

If nothing else, that succeeded in shutting Rider up – the dark-haired Heroic Spirit looking down in frustration and clenching his fists. Waver still cowered behind his Servant even as Irisveil ran after the scarlet knight, and Panther Lily looked up at his friend in concern. But the Iron Dragon Slayer was lost in thought now. Lost in his own memories

And up above the lingering Servant and Master, Cobra sat atop the crane, similarly overwhelmed by memories…

~*~

In the slums where Kariya had taken refuge, a small pillar of fire appeared before Berserker emerged, his cloak fluttering behind him. Despite the Dragon Slayer’s stormy countenance as he kept walking, Kariya fell into step behind him, hands shoved in his pockets.

After a short stroll in silence, Kariya spoke up tentatively.

“… Hey, Natsu… You knew her, didn’t you?” Kariya had felt that certain instincts in the Dragon Slayer were homing in on one individual, even as he fought Tokiomi’s Servant… But the instincts were at war with each other.

… She had been someone precious to him. Kariya knew that with absolute certainty.

“… all of them…”

Kariya blinked as he’d barely heard that. The mumbling was nearly inaudible.

“What?”

“I knew all of them.” Natsu answered shortly. The heat around him intensified, but not enough to ignite a fire. “Hades… Gajeel… Gray… Cobra… and… Erza…”

Kariya could hear Natsu painfully clench his fists, his throat tightening around the last name. There was a lot of anguish laden in his words, too. A lot of frustration and rage, too.

… Because of course even now, the madness enchantment would cause his emotions to run haywire.

“I see… so Assassin was there, too…” Kariya also deduced, based off the names given, that Natsu had detected another Servant present.

“I knew every one of them…” Natsu muttered hollowly, his pace not slowing in the slightest. “… And I still have to take them out…”

Kariya’s eyes softened as he watched the back of the Dragon Slayer’s pink head.

“… You don’t have to do anything you don’t want to, Natsu.” At those words, Natsu halted, and so did he. He spread out his arms emphatically. “Natsu, you saved Sakura from a life of suffering! You even spared me! If you don’t want to hurt them, then let’s ally with them instead! We can work something out…!”

Natsu’s head dipped as he cut Kariya off – not heatedly, and not bitterly… He cut Kariya off with all emotion drained from him.

“No. We can’t.” He shook his head numbly. “Seeing her… I don’t have a choice, Kariya. If I’m really gonna make things right… then even her…”

Natsu trailed off so brokenly that it wrenched Kariya’s heart, listening and watching the Servant go on. He placed a hand to his chest firmly.

“Natsu, if I use even one Command Seal, I’m sure that…!” He trailed off as Natsu looked at him with a broken, yet determined grin.

“Kariya. There’s no saving me. Even if I win it all… Even when I get the Grail… I don’t matter. I never did. When you summoned me… I had just one wish. And I’m not letting anyone stand in my way of that wish. Not the Iceman, not Junkyard, not even that bastard Hades…”

Kariya could feel a chill run down his spine as Natsu spoke his next words.

“Failing to save her was always my biggest regret. So I’m gonna undo that failure, even at the cost of my life.”

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- Shoves over a full glass of El-Melloi Fluff -

He really looks peaceful, sleeping like that. You really didn’t mean to, sneaking into El-Melloi bedroom that is. You weren’t like Kiyohime, Raikou or Serenity, the infamous that tries to sneak into your room every single night.

But you wanted his advice on the next Rayshift, figuring the master tactician could provide you with some valuable insight. His room was your first to stop and you aren’t surprised even though the lights are still on the man fell asleep on the bed, book still in his hand.

For a change you don’t want to be a creeper and quietly sneak up to man to at least cover the sleeping Caster with blanket. He wasn’t like a normal servant, as such El-Melloi was still vulnerable to things like the common cold.

What you didn’t expect was when you try to cover him, his hand grabs your wrist. Eyes wide in surprise you look at him yet the man before, well more like below you, looks at you sternly. You are expecting a scolding but El-Melloi only lets a sigh before pulling down on the bed with him.

In his arms, your own magic mixes his with and the man next to sighs.

“Just five more minutes.”

Wrapped in his embrace you you smile softly and nuzzle closer to the Caster, before closing your eyes as well, you didn’t have your afternoon nap after all.

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It is warm all around you, the scent of cigar smoke is in every breath you take through your nose. Strong arms keep you from slipping on the snow.

“Master”

Snow crunches underneath your feet and you hide yourself more in the warmth, nuzzling you face in the strong chest before you. However at the call of your name makes you peer up at the man who is holding you close.

Dark eyes are narrowed in annoyance the caster speaks again.

“Master, this the hardly the time nor the place.”

Even as El-Melloi speaks those words he pulls you closer as sharp icicle wizzes past the two you.

Reality calls and you sigh and with a scowl you turn around and prepare yourself to counter against the snow golem with that damn Christmas hat perched on its head.

Nothing could be done normally in Chaldea, could there?

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