Bloodletters - A Fate/Stay Night and Soul Eater crossover fanfic
Disclaimer: I don’t own F/SN or SE.
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Tables of Contents
Part I: Yama Uba - below
Part II: Lies Aren't Golden; Blood is Red
Part III: …
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Part I: Yama Uba
The soles of her shoes padded along the mountain path, white hair flowing as she ran. Clutching at her chest in partial pain, the young woman in robes directed her thoughts to the weapon in her hand, ‘The target is less than three-hundred yards from us now, higher up the mountain. I am prepared, but about you, Emiya-kun?’
The blade she held responded, ‘I’m ready whenever you are, Caren. Just don’t go overboard, alright? I know how you can get, and I don’t want to deal with spikes or blood too much if I can help it.’ That being said, she nodded, but he continued a bit, ‘Synchronization is at 34% and stable, meaning we should be well prepared already.’ Without another word, she continued her race forward, her own eyes sweeping back and forth the mountainside.
Before either of them could prepare for it, a shriek tore through the air, rocks and leaves shuddering all around them, lancing pain into them both. But rather than be dissuaded, Caren twisted her grip on the blade and swung it twice through the air before a dark spike lanced itself out from her skin pointing straight to where her and her companion’s target was. “Yama Uba…”
The evil human, if the creature to their left and crawling on the mountain could be called anything of the sort, clothed in rags glared at them through beady eyes, its maw open the smallest bit to hiss in anger. Its skin looked like a botch between leather and rock, and Caren noted that it gripped onto the rock of the mountain like a spider on a web. “Yama Uba, the mountain hag, said to have lived on this mountain slowly devouring any passerby and growing into a kishin egg two or three years ago. This is our target, Emiya-kun…let’s go.”
Caren braced herself liked a spring against the ground, one hand securely around the hilt of her weapon, the transformed state of the redheaded young man, whiched shined in the afternoon sun. ‘We don’t know if it’ll hit and run on us, or attack us full force, Caren. Don’t try to take more damage than is needed, alright?’ The only reply he got was a slight shifting in her feet as the monstrous humanoid leapt straight off the mountainside, fangs bared and aimed straight at her legs.
Despite how thin and frail Caren appeared, dodging the attack with a swirl of a heel and a small leap to the side. A large chunk of earth was devoured and quickly turned to powder by Yama Uba, but just as quickly as it had attacked; it found a blade lashing out at its unprotected back, tearing through its hide like a slightly dull knife through tough meat. Not entirely effective, but the wound was formed.
The hag moved to try and chomp down on the stretched blade, but Caren carefully dislodged it from within the monster’s reach, reconnecting into one blade from the bladed whip it had been mere seconds ago. ‘You’re getting better at this, Caren; seems the training we both went through paid off better than you thought, huh?’ She could almost feel the small hint of joy and encouragement in his voice, even as she crouched down and sliced upwards, both avoiding a hit towards her head and striking the beast across its gullet.
‘Less talking, Emiya-kun, more keeping track of the fight, alright? The more distraction you bring, the less I can concentrate, and we both know how that goes,’ the response she got was a mumbled, embarrassed and sheepish apology before his thoughts re-railed to the purpose at hand.
‘Right; synchronization is fluctuating near 58% now, Caren. You know what that means…’ the tone of his voice was a bit sharper and clearer, but also a bit pained, trailing off when his partner nodded ever so slightly in response. Caren had to steel her features and thoughts as the hag targeted them again, this time going for a ramming attack, its gaping maw closed tightly.
With a flick of her wrist, the outstretched blade reassembled faster than the attack approaching them, allowing Caren to sidestep once more. But, instead of lashing out once more with her partner’s weapon form, the white-haired meister’s left hand crackled and spiked with white energy. Faster than apparently possible for the young woman, using the charged energy, punched out at the monstrous being, catching it squarely where the ribs should have been.
As both meister and weapon hissed in pain, Yama Uba let out a pained screech as it was launched a few feet into the air, skidding across the mountainous plain, blood seeping from the few wounds that they had managed to make upon it, and a bit from the side of its mouth. ‘…this isn’t working, Emiya-kun. I can only use Soul Menace around half a dozen times before it’s too much for both of us. What is our rate right now? How far are we from being near 100%?’
There was a pause between them, Caren warily eyeing the evil human as it shook and writhed in pain, even as it slowly became enraged. Finally Shirou responded, ‘We’re fluctuating near 71% right now, give or take five.’ There was another pause, this time shorter but Caren was able to hear his pained and worn breathing, a few wincing hisses escaping, too. A faint blush creeped across the bridge of her nose, but she shook her head quickly to rid herself of that line of thought, ‘Go on, Emiya-kun.’
She could tell he was nodding slowly, though just as aware of the situation, ‘We can make the jump to 100% easily right now. Are you ready?’ The only response he got was a positive in mind, but that was all either of them needed. A spiritual crackle and spark alighted between their souls, Caren’s an off-white with black spikes at random points and Shirou’s a sunset red with countless swords and blades jutting out everywhere except for a trio of spinning gears on one side.
With a shout between them, mixed between an announcement of power and pain, they called out in unison, “Soul Resonance!” Near-instantly, a red aura seeped out around Caren, while a black and white glowed around Shirou’s weapon form. Small cuts etched themselves onto Caren’s forearms, and pain lanced itself into Shirou, but both endured.
By this point Yama Uba was enraged completely, but had stopped to watch the light-show for a moment. That moment didn’t last long as it charged straight forward as before, but this time its maw was open slightly. As before, and this time with much for skill and speed, Caren side-stepped the charge, only to be caught on one foot by a blast of sound, sending her spinning to the side. Catching her footing wasn’t easy after that, and she could feel pain pulse from the injury already.
‘We can finish it now, Caren; let’s do that before the pain is too much for one or both of us.’ Giving no response, the meister lashed out with her right arm in one fluid motion. Like a flash of lightning, his weapon form darted forward, aimed at the center of the beast. With little more than a whining hiss, the rough hide was pierced through entirely to the other side and the creature glowed white in death.
The glow of resonance dissipating, the white-haired young woman pulled back slowly, panting and lazily retracting her outstretched weapon. ‘Emiya-kun, I think I just want to rest a little while…go ahead and collect the soul, though.’
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Finally got around to what I had planned: moving this crossover from my drabble thread to a thread of its own! Hope you all enjoy and look forward to updates and revisions.