Well since people are liking there, then maybe they'll like this one by Osmosis!
A Lancelot x Drake snip for Theo. Though the characters aren't very...characterized, so you can insert your own favorite pages?
Peace
Anti-Monster
Heaven's Zero Feel
Caster's monster rose from the river that split Fuyuki in twain, a monument to the blasphemy of the madman who'd called it forth. Even now, the Servants gathered to both destroy the monster and kill the summoner, chasing the Command Seal offered by the Mediator of the War.
Saber had run ahead, stepping on the water like it was solid ground as she raced ahead to face the enemy, and Irisviel could only look at her back as she got farther and farther away. The homunculus sighed, and looked at the back of her right hand, where her Command Seals rested. It was the proof of her contract between her and the nameless hero who had nearly halved the number of Assassins -and left on his own mission- long before the Servant of the Cloak and Dagger met it's ultimate end inside Rider's Reality Marble. Technically summoned under the class of Avenger, the lack of class skills did not even weaken him, with the downsides prevented by the technicalities that the surrounded her Servant from the instant of his summoning, such as the Shroud that the Servant wore over his clothes.
But now it was time to fight. Even if she believed that Saber could defeat the abomination summoned by Caster, this was a battle where nothing could be left up to chance. In fact, with both Saber and Avenger around, it was perfectly possible to launch a powerful surprise offense to defeat at least one Servant other than Caster. Trusting in the fact that her body was still strong despite the decay that it should have been going through as the Lesser Grail portion of her existence strengthened it's ties with the Greater Grail, she believed in the fact that her Servant accomplished the hair brained mission he and Kiritsugu had sent him into.
"Avenger, come!" She ordered, empowering her absolute command with the might of one, the first, of her Command Seals.
And there he was, white haired, dark skinned, steely eyed and kneeling before her in a tight black armored body suit and a two piece red coat made from the Shroud of Martin.
"My lady, your Servant is here. What are your orders?" Even if Avenger had been much closer in mentality to Kiritsugu than Saber had been, he seemed to delight in treating both Irisviel and Illyasviel as if they were actual royalty, instead of just pawns of the Einzbern.
"Servant Caster pollutes the river with his wicked powers, my Avenger," she intoned regally, even as she got into the mood set by her Servant. "See to it that he and his wretched pet are smitten with utmost haste."
Of course, she couldn't help but to smile softly through her solemn words as she gazed upon the Servant who had appeared when she watched Kiritsugu summon Saber.
"As you wish, my lady."
With those words, Archer took out a pair of glasses from somewhere and put them on his face. Pushing prana inside them, he intoned, "Prism of the Kaleidoscope, give me sight beyond sight." This caused the glasses to shine brightly for a second, before becoming simple glasses once more.
"Trace, on!"
The dagger that appeared in Avenger's hands was mundane looking. A determined television studio could make a perfect visual replica out of plastic, wood, paint and metal. But nobody who laid their eyes upon it would mistake it for anything but the Noble Phantasm it was. This was the only magic allowed to the Servant Avenger of the Fourth Holy Grail War, the ownership and reign of a world filled with infinite blades, blades that he could bring out and wield. Even if it was a Noble Phantasm older than the Pyramids of Egypt, if it was an Armament, he could bring forth a nigh perfect copy. If it was a sword of some description, then the cost was comparatively, and unbelievably low for such a miracle. This kind of power belonged to the spirit that even then dwells within the Throne of Heroes.
And this Noble Phantasm was almost a sword. It was a dagger. A flute. A mystery capable of summoning an Anti-Giant Monster weapon if the right notes were played. These notes had been memorized by the person who would become the Servant Avenger during his childhood.
[Open this link in another tab without changing tab so that you recongnize the sound grom your own childhood!]
The water of the river bubbled, swelled and broke!
From the water, a mechanized creature born to fight by mankind's, by justice's side against evil and the giant monsters it sent against the innocent, rose.
A roar shook the atmosphere as Irisviel looked in awe, and Avenger, now safely inside the cockpit of the robot ordered it to attack.
The battle would be over at the hands of the Counter Guardian Emiya and his Dragonzord, and without the sheer might of the true power of Saber's Noble Phantasm kept hidden from Archer's eyes, the blonde knight was underestimated at a critical juncture and killed the arrogant, golden armored Servant. Deploying his Reality Marble to isolate the explosion that would result from the destruction of the Grail by Saber's Excalibur, Avenger never noticed the young redheaded boy who had been dragged into it, who suffered so terribly for those few seconds that his previous life was essentially erased, and who's life was saved by the timely implantation of Avalon inside his body. Safe from the Grail Mud by several of the many Noble Phantasms inside Unlimited Blade Works, Kiritsugu was able to find Irisviel and have her heal Maiya.
Injured too badly to continue her mercenary work, Maiya became a Maid of the Emiya family. Uninjured and with Irisviel by his side, Kiritsugu was able to steal Illyasviel away from the main Einzbern compound. Like went on. Spring came again.
Hopefully To Be Continued
Prologue
And with this, I go to sleep. Next time, MoS!Shirou does awesome things by author fiat!
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Originally Posted by Radiantbeam
