THE BEGINNING BUT NOT THE START.
We begin with a story from another world where magic was dying and Chaotic battle ensued to claim it this is the main theme of this small multiverse, but let's watch one of the linear time where the 7 singularities, made by the king of magic solomon brought the world to an end and one organization fought back with all its might to correct the wrong doings, that was what supposed to happen but one miniscule thing can't change the entire board, but what if it was many?.
In one of the Chaldea facility
-BOOM
Two people are wreaking havoc through the facility, one fully cloaked in red coat vs a person in full green and a hat fought, the first rush to kill while the other counter while running away.
The first person with a glint in his eyes summoned a bazooka aiming for the second person and it not knowing the trap was set, with a swoosh the missile was infront the second and with a boom survived with some bruises and a face full of anger.
The second person who's name is Leff lainur Flauros shout in rage," i don't know who you are so why are you antagonizing me!".
The person in the red cloak answer, "because i know who you are demon" then aim his twin black and white pistols.
Leff donestalling for the teleportation to work activate it but felt the a slow pull him back, then with a turn saw three black keys embedded in his shadow.
-Bang, his body lay down the ground with the cloaked person slowly getting closer but then its expression changed pulling his guns and taking a shot but miss as the teleportation circle vanish along with the body, with a grunt the people of Chelsea appeared with magic on standby aim it on the person in red cloak, one person move forward introducing herself then ask.
"My name is Olga Marie Animusphere head of the Chaldea organization state you name and why you did this" she said with teeth grinding controlling herself.
The person in red cloak answer" my name is Shirou Emiya also know as the Beast of Judgement, I have come to apply as a master candidate else be an instructor, as for why I did this that person was a demon who by the way installed many bombs in your facilities how I know that is a secret, if your not convince find the controller he left somewhere in our fight then all will be answered". Shiro said then his expression changed throwing his cloak his suit in black and red pattern burn to life and him chanting
" I am the beast that hunts my prey,
None shall live nor they escape,
For I am one of the judge(sin) of humanity,
As the world summoned me,
Now appear Beast of Judgement"
While casting his Np the surrounding was being covered by black mud not before they saw the world begun to burn some of the quick witted run fast back inside and activate the barrier, Shirou taking some of the biggest hits, sensing that all have come inside the barrier he turn off his noble phantasm and them stand in shock as the fire burning the world don't affect him, now inside he said.
"Now where do is start my work?" He said with a toothy grin.
What has transpired for this to happen?, let me take you into the past, to where it all began or what was one of the main reason.
Main POV
The World burned in black flames as the winner of the holy grail war stunned into shock of what he did, with some minutes of pause before he run into frenzy to find someone alive, a consequence bigger than he can ever know was unfolding, a boy in a field of black flames with tears in his eyes scream for help for anyone alive, every step he made shows collapse buildings, skewered, burning bodies and mutilated ones making his mind stop for many hour, but his will to live outmatch it making his body go on for many hours slowly giving up as many wounds that does heal along with growing hunger in his stomach, now tired and weak he collapse near a debris of a destroyed home,
Slowly thinking what went wrong he thought of the past but find his mind blank,with tears in his eyes he look into the sky where the black sun hovered then closed her eyes praying for someone to save him but no one answered, with minutes turned to hours his body slowly failed him and with his sustained injuries slowly bleeding and with his eyes dried from tears he waits for his end, with a final prayer no one knows if the world or the devil answer but a voice appeared in his mind.
"That's a big predicament you got there bo yo, what is your heart desire?"
The boy answer with weak voice
"P..lease...help..me"
"No can do, I don't do deal without returns"
"I..will..give...any...thing"
With a laugh the voice answered back
"Then everything it is no turning back bo yo, take this power and live, if you can overcome it" and with a last laugh it vanished from his mind, then the black sun hovering in the sky slowly bleed a drop of mud that touch the boy's chest there a blue flame appeared circling him, slowly unknown language marks appeared in his body along with pain overloading his senses, it took minutes for his scream to turn silent but the burning symbols still flare to life embedding themselves into his skin, as the last mark appeared the slowly receed into his chest forming a small reverse grail symbol, with it done the boy lost conscious not before he saw a silhouette running to him.
-Kiritsugu POV
The grail showed me what my wish might look like so with willpower I receed my wish taking me back outside where Saber stand eyeing me with a smile but then he froze when I used all my command seal to destroy the grail while I explain the circumstance in the limited time left, she sight with disappointment as she slowly vanished not before I said my final sorry, but then something happened the grail that was almost purified pour out black mud like a fountain turning the sun black and then hell broke loose as everything burned with flames, shock for sometime I put myself together running fast and yelling for anyone to respond but none answered back, I search and search not thinking about the injuries I got from it, with despair almost taking me i headed a scream, then with my remaining strength search from that direction, almost near the voice stops making me panicked so I used my last remaining mana to help me speed up taking me into the dilapidated part of the house where a boy lie still, my injuries brought me back to reality so I slowly make my way into the still boy, checking for pulse I sense it but weak so with my remaining power extract the scabbard Avalon and tried to place it into the boy but something shocking happened, as it touch his skin a hole appeared where they contact then blue flames burst out deflecting the sheath, the power made my hand holding it let go and with a sound of metal hitting the floor, with the shock I vomit blood and slowly walk to the scabbard it's faint glow healing me, then with my last try channeled it through me into the boy, it worked but with most of the healing going to the boy my injuries kept bleeding, stained with many vomit blood due to injury the boy was now out of critical condition so with my body now a little rested I pick him up and head to find the nearest hospital.
If they were a little slower they might have incounter a cute little creature searching for something, sensing nothing it quickly vanished.
Main POV
The boy now rescued sleep in the hospital bed not knowing what was transpiring in his body as two opposite element are fighting and his body slowly adapting to it, the man talk to the doctor asking his wellbeing, slowly the boys eyes opened and see the white ceiling, standing up he search the surroundings with his eyes when the man walk in asking him how he feels.
The boy answering with a blank expression the man felt guilt then question the boy about his, name, age, where he live, etc.
With a blank look and some headache the boy answered "I don't know" making the man more guilty, with some heavy sigh he smiled then said "take care" patting his head then walk out to find information this triggering another divergence in the timeline.
As the man known as Kiritsugu search for the boys family something dark is happening at the church, as the Priest takes the orphaned children into the basement screams appeared then silence, afterwards the priest come up and a Blond man appears hold a golden cup in his hand slowly sipping it, the blond and the priest talks about what to do and prepare for the next holy grail war, after the discussion the Blond man got up and slowly got out to find amusement.
For many days the town was peaceful after the calamity but one day the Priest visited the hospital taking the next batch of orphans with Kiritsugu being stuffed on searching for the boys family through his connections and stealthily visiting his daughter, by the time he arrived the doctor given him the news that the boy was to be taken by the priest along with other orphans when no one comes to claim them and due to guilt Kiritsugu vigorously search for the boys family neglecting his health, as the time for the priest to take them to the church Kiritsugu watch as the children was brought into the car and slowly leave the hospital, with a heavy sigh he called his informer to hold the search then ask for information of the Einzbern with no new news he stop the call and head back home not knowing what was going to happen, as the children go inside the church the priest fed them and taken them to sleep in the basement as the door slowly close a chill run down the boys spine so with a swift action he rush out of the door almost crashing into the wall with adrenaline coursing in his vein he walk to the seats in the church and slowly begun to meditate as the knowledge appeared in his mind making his mana blend with the surroundings, as he slowly got into trance a scream woke him up and a power slowly rush into him overwhelming him, this broke the stealth he was on making the Blond man who entered frown and with it something shiny zoom past near where the boy was, scared in shock he quickly rush back down while similar shiny projectiles bombard him, with power coursing in his vein he temporary used mana burst as he rush into where the only place the scream came from there he saw scars him for life as acquaintance children before lie and turned into mummies, this shocked him along with a power slowly coming to him, for a while he stand there with glimpse of scene playing in his mind, then survival kick in as he sense the Priest slowly coming back, so with a rush he go out and face the blond person waiting with a smirk.
"A little mice got out of the cage, Kirei you are getting sloopy" He said.
"I'm sorry my king" the priest now know as Kirei replied.
Then the blond summoned golden ripples firing it to the boy while saying
"Die little mice like the rest of you" with a laughter.
The boys fear was slowly being overwritten into rage and the voice familiar to him appeared.
"Another predicament appeared your luck really is so low, anyway I will help you for now as I don't want my entertainment to break easily" then his vision begun to blurr and the symbol in his chest begin to glow along with markings slowly covering his body.
Then the boys aura change along with a wicked smile appearing it chant
"The starting penalty is five.." it swiftly dodge while casting the noble phantasm rushing into the enemy, the Blond man grinning as many golden portal appeared behind him bombarding as smoke scattered, then a voice inside said, "Verg Avesta" then shadows begun to appear forming small silhouette that point to the priest, they combined to form a spectral in rug clothes with a massive scythe that run after him, as it was form from resentment any physical move phase through so the priest used the black keys to deflect the enemy weapons, as times runs on the mud below the boys feet form another until they were three as the marks in his body and the rising temperature from the overused circuit, sensing that they cannot defeat the two on the long run the resentment used some of its power consuming the body via the mud then teleporting it out of combat along with a last word from them "live and avenge us" then with itsremainingpower granted by the mud continued its assault in the two, while this was happening near the area Kiritsugu was done buying grocery sense a mana shift followed it taking him where the boy lay with steams rising on his body and the mark slowly preceeding back into a symbol of reverse grail, with a grim reaction he took off his coat then wrap the boy then rush home laying him in the bath tub with water,mist begun to appear due to the heat so he open the bathroom windows and sat near the boy, with burn due to the heat the scabbard slowly healed him but with the slow return of the marks left some curse on him activated making him cough some blood, wiping it off he gaze through the ceiling thing of something making the man doze off. Time past as he comeback to his senses and see that the heat was gone along with the marks so he cleaned the boy up then lay him in bed, checking him up he sense that his mana was Chaotic so he used one of his hand then place it into his chest while the other was holding a scabbard and gently push it's power through him into the boy as he found out the physical contact was a faster way for the boy
While this was happening inside the boys mind the gruesome scenes of what happen in the church play, the boy watching it all almost lost his mind as the pain was also transmitted, when he was close to breaking a shining light appeared along with warmth he smiled then faint into sleep, the black world tried to consume the boy but with the light shinning anything that touches it vanish so the Chaotic mana came to balance, outside feeling weak kiritsugu lay his head in the side of the bed while still holding the boys hand.
A day pass as the two now fully acquainted live on the house with the boy now named Shirou help take care of the house while Kiritsugu do his daily task of searching information about him and his daughter, the negative aura he always have seems to always vanish when near Shirou so he made time to study what is happening gaining conclusion that something was inside the boy that feeds on the negativity, this shock Kiritsugu as something in mind appeared, a silhouette of a lady dress in black gown with a wicked grin, cold sweat appeared in his face so he made up his mind to help the boy overcome or atleast control his power, so he showed him his world, one full of killing and misery, here Kiritsugu found out many things about Shirou, one is that his sensitivity to negative aura was like a tracker no one can escape, he can fully see the lingering spirits near the targets and can be emphatic to them, this also lead to a disturbing scene where in one time a serial killer was near and all of the lingering spirit took over Shirou's body making him track down the target, rushing close he saw something that made him shudder, with a wicked grin on his face Shirou was surrounded by mud that made a barrier, inside the killer was slowly being eaten away by the mud as the spirits continously torment it with weapons it used to kill them recreated by the mud, after they were appeased Shirou faints on the spot but not like last time that smoke comes out of his body due to circuit overload this time he quickly change back, this made Kiritsugu more sure of what he needs to do and that is teach him all his knowledge and experiences, this monumental change was where his path took turn leading him into what other will fear.
Many years pass and with Kiritsugu done teaching him all he have Shirou take task as trial, completed they share a seat out the backyard gazing the moonlight here Kiritsugu told his past, with his strength almost gone he pass on all his work to him, but this is not the normal route instead of dying from his illness Shirou made a bold move using his power he consumed the curse along with elevating some pain and healed him with the scabbard that was now slowly dimming, with extra days extend they made a plan on how to rescue Illya from the einsbern.
After days of planning they rush to the castle with Kiritsugu taking the task of distraction while Shirou search inside for Illya, this was the first challenge of their willpower.
With explosion and gun sounds outside Shirou quickly search all areas known on the map made by Kiritsugu, with his sensitivity toward negative aura high he sense a faint trace, tracking it he found an underground facility some where experiment lies, storage full of parts in jars, dead specimens, and the final area where the head was doing a ritual and his target Illya inside a circle screaming in pain, with the negative aura almost overwhelming him he toss a flash grenade along with smokebomb afterwards he rush inside and took out Illya rushing out of the castle, with a scream coming behind the castle begun to shake signaling something was going to appear, pushing one of the button he have signaled the mission was success, meanwhile Kiritusugu was using all weapons he gathered, bazooka, grenade,machine gun..etc. Just to stall for time, when he seen one of the light go on he used his latest acquired weapon a small nuke firing it off, he run quickly out of range to the extraction point.
With a large BOOM a big mushroom appeared behind him along with the shockwave that took him out for a minute, waking up he saw the wreckage and start moving again but his sharp senses pick up an incoming attack, dodging he saw what it was, one of the head families experiment, a human chimera, being that a big fight was coming he stalled for time praying for the two to get away, with minutes going to hours and his strength waining he was flung out far, coughing blood he smiled then saw the clear sky, with the monsters fist incoming Kiritsugu close his eyes but the coming pain didn't appeared, opening his eyes he saw Shirou standing behind the disfigured monster with pain in his eyes but overcoming it with his will power slowly walk to Kiritsugu and with a smile help him get up and walk, many minutes later they saw Illya smiling to them waving happily and afterwards they rest in their home in fuyuki with smiles on their faces.
Many things happened years later one is Kiritsugu succumbto his illness due to the deteriorating body parts and the two taking task across the world and successfully accomplishing it spreading their name, and many canon events ,now the two are now in high-school and Illya before being disconnected from the grail sense that another war was coming so with planning they split into two illya goes abroad learning at the clock tower, while Shirou stays and intervene, as why that happened it was because before Kiritsugu died he trained both his children on all his knowledge here they learned that Illya learned quickly on support spells than combat similar to his mother Kiritsugu smiled in melancholy and taught here techniques and body strengthening along with his mother's skills making her happy.
As the new semester arrive two brother and sister greets Shirou with him reciprocating it, they head to school the starting stage of it all.
Many days past as many anticipate the war slowly come close a symbol at the back of Shirou's hands appeared, with a grim face he prepared for what was to come, done with the summoning circle he made as the old one was destroyed when they tried to see his origin and attributes.
With a drop of blood and a chant Shirou raise his hand as it glowed activating the symbol this was how the einzbern changed the class of their servants by using outside influence while the summoning is on going, then his vision blacked for a while showing his mind fractured visions of the future afterwards he woke into a world full of sword where a guy in a black and red suit hold twin sword ready to strike, with a smirk he said.
"I don't know how this happened but thank gaia your here, now die" with a swift burst he vanish from sight and Shirou's instinct kick in dodging the swipe but not his kick, BOOM he flew far into the distant then steady himself then tried to take a sword on the ground but didn't budge so he used his marked to cover the weapon then take the incoming slash, when the white-haired man saw the weapon Shirou was holding he froze then with a sigh retreated going back to the hill to sit, sensing the battle was done he slowly approach to ask where this is, with a grunt the white-haired man answered.
"You are not what I want to see " pointing into a distant there appeared a door "That's the exit, now scram!" It said while staring at the geared sky, not knowing what to do he move away from him into the door that appeared and with a click from gripping the handle he vanished, the white-haired man smirked about how his boss will react making him laugh out loud forgetting to take back the sword Shirou was holding.
Appearing into a corridor full of colors he sense something calling him so he followed, now standing on a door smeared by red and black he approach the handle gripping it then blackout, as many information appeared in his mind some repeating with variations one in particular was about someone killing a person similar to their homeroom teacher and going berserk from the misery before being corrupted by someone his senses perceived and a word appeared in his mouth "Beast" as it was said the woman turned while holding the head of a person similar to the one he battled it smirked then smiled stretching his hand but then the person he was holding snap back then grab the woman's hand and with malice in his voice " get!..out!"with it the world turned white, awakening I was on the sofa and the white haired man he saw with the woman infront of him with a stern face.
Getting up his gaze didn't take a second away from me then ask, "we'll this is new, how did you of all people summoned me who are on the opposite side of the spectrum" he said then a twin gun appeared in his hands pointing it to Shirou, so with a sigh he explain my plan for the incoming holy grail war while the white haired man listen, afterward they exchange information(story) slowly upgrading the plan, along the way they encounter two overlapping events, the blackening of Matou Sakura, the fragment on my mind was from a perspective of her being close to a similar Shirou who only found it late bringing chaos to the war, while the ones in the white haired man was when he was near corruption he killed her and starting the spiral of madness of his past, so we made two contingency, done planning we split the parts into two as some needed to be implemented simultaneously, on day the white haired man called Alter execute the plan while Shirou go to school and sometimes execute his part.
The changes happened quickly as one of the servant exit the stage taking the other masters aback, the servants class was Assassin along with its master the head of the matou family, this slowly escalated the war as caster taken the whole mountain as his base with Lancer becoming a guard dog, berserker who's master is still unknown wreck havoc to any servant he sees similar to Rider who takes lifeforce from unsuspecting people and Saber know where to be found.
As this was happening the matou siblings was running away from someone, when Sakura fall Shinji with quick hesitation ignore her and run far away, Sakura with void emotion said nothing, then a person in robe appeared and with a wicked grin taking her and vanished, where was Alter when this was happening he was saving Rider as he was hunted down by Berserker and Shirou was busy saving bystanders.
After losing Berserker , Alter ask Rider where his master was but now knowing anything which puzzled the two so they ask his story shocking the two as Rider was summoned by a extra master and dying in her hands due to obsession, so he used the bystanders to harvest lifeforce for her to stay in the war.
The two's eyes made contact and sigh as their lead turns to dead end, with Alter Having Independent action Shirou ask if he wants him to be his master, with no choice she accepted, now they search all of Fuyuki to find Sakura as she was the biggest danger in this war when they seen what happened to the matou residence in debris not knowing if the old worm was still alive but with how crazy everything is happening no new lead appeared so they made their way into the church to eliminate the two hidden variable which their luck take a dive as Berserker sees them rushing forward, with a sigh Alter begun acting as bait to lure it into the mountain shrine while Shirou track a scent he was familiar with Sakura due to activity they do in school like helping those who really need it.
This taken him to the church where some of his trauma started, clenching his fist he walk forward not long before he sense danger dodging as a gold item slam the ground he was before then a blond man with a smirk appeared.
"So you really did comeback faker" the Blond said then firing many weapons to Shirou who continuously dodge them, then he pause as a huge negative aura overwhelming him making one of the fired items shockwave toss him in the air, with a smirk the blond man fired many again impaling him making Shirou scream but no blood pour out of him, this was because of the assimilation of the power given to him, when Kiritsugu he saw that everything Shirou become injured the Symbol begun to cover the injured part seeping into it then return the damaged part like nothing happened, this shock Kiritsugu as one type monster does this and that was a dead Apostle, so he made another contingency he used the scabbard remaining power and pour it all to Shirou so that the power he have may not twist him, not knowing that Shirou made a mad decision as he sense the incoming imbalance of power so with the help of Illya he ingrained the scabbard in his backbone via melting an iron for merging as the mud healed him they didn't reject the item as the power it hold was familiar to it and not one they can counter this slightly alter his alignment going far from evil nor near good.
Getting back up after taking out the embedded weapons out he rush into the smirking Blond and summon a weapon the one he taken from the other white haired man, with swordsmanship honed to mastery learned due to the connection with the weapon to its owner, he deflected the incoming bombardment almost face to face the Blonds aura changed into fury as chains appeared binding Shirou, using all his strength but not budging the blond summoned a big weapon to crush him, so he poured his remaining power into the scabbard who responded temporary shielding him from the impact.
-BOOM
The blond got made as he sense Shirou still live so he started another bombardment, but he got out of the area with some chains still holding him but now black, this made the blonds face turn cold along with some changes happening to it as his blond hair slowly turn bluish and corruption marks appeared in his face, Shirou Sensing a familiar aura stunned and said "you too?".
But the change blond didn't answer and just bombard the area, when the fight was coming to a close as Shirou was tired a gun fire sound appeared and the blond fall into the ground then Alter appeared with a gun still pointing at the blond, Shirou knowing the power of the mud summoned the weapon and beheaded the lowly standing blond who summoned a cylindrical weapon because of his arrogance he died dropping the weapon, Shirou try to touch it felt a huge migraine making him scream, Alter checking him sigh as no damage was done help him get up, as Shirou sense that the weapon was powerful he used the mud to corroded it but only made it vanished as the owner was now gone, sighing Shirou rest for a while studying some of the power he acquired from the weapon little as it might, desummoning the stained sword his chest got hurt for a minute not knowing changes was happening on his reality marble, inside the world was desolate land with the stained weapon stuck in the sandy earth and gears from far away can be seen, above was a starry sky with a black sun hovering.
Done resting they made their way to the church we're a powerful aura was leaking, with dread faces they rush inside seeing no one, but Shirou knowing the hidden basement rush in then saw Sakura hovering in the air and the priest chanting something, Alter taking the shot fired his gun hitting the priest chest who stopped for a while then turned, seeing it's face Shirou was shocked as he sense a similar aura on Blond, he said solemnly.
"What was the price?"
Kirei with a smile answer "nothing, I just want to watch the birth of the end" then laugh madly,Shirou with anger fought him but with the Priests experience it was equal to the two fighting it, needing to rush and rescue, Alter made a decision of battle solo while Shirou rescue Sakura, the priest as a master of hand to hand combat deflected the bottom of the guns Alter was using while Alter continuously take damage but with his body reinforce into steel mitigated some of it, but this stand still will not stand long as the ritual is near completion, Shirou using the mud to analyze the ritual was slow so he made another mad decision he jump inside to take Sakura but when he touch her the world shift as he saw a black world with scenes playing which was familiar, then a laughter appeared one he knew from his father, "Angra Manyuu" He said with conflicting emotion, the one called appeared with bandana in his blue hair, pulsing blue marks and a black shorts, with a grin Angra Mainyuu said" your wounds hurt me Shirou, I was the one who helped you, but not for free though, how was the power Invigorating right?"it said as weapons appeared in hand.
"Not much of a fan, but I thank your help before" Shirou replied summoning the stained blade then they clashed, Angra mainyuu being agile dodge all the swipe Shirou done while he takes all the damage and using the mud the heal with each clash they Shirou caught a glimpse of memories, one of it was Angra Mainyuu Talking to a Black haired young man, another a cafeteria eating his fill with smiles, another was in an old era fighting alongside different servants.
Then something click on Shirou's mind why all of it happened, he grit his teeth and ask "it was all you,you are not from here" Angra stunned for a sec then laugh then said " ah, forgot about archers power, really now tracing is absurd, anyways this timeline was going to vanish I only help save it" he said throwing one of his weapon like a boomerang, Shirou deflecting it back ask "why are you doing this you could just leave",
Angra with a sigh answer" no can do kiddo my timeline was gone poof, became a collateral damage from one of the timelines, this one was nearer so I jump here, anyway this one is not good too, many world destroying events will happen from outside in here not like mine" after he throw both his weapon.
"Then help me save it" Shirou said deflecting both, Angra with a smile answer back" what do you think I'm doing?, readying you for what is to come, one of it is already here sleeping in the bottom of the ocean, many more will be coming, this world have to much infighting they forgot that the universe is vast and some enemy might come from outside" then thrown again both with more power due to anger, Shirou deflecting it back ask" then let me see it" let go his sword then AngraMainyuu saw something similar to archers stance as Shirou open his hands wide.
Angra laugh then plunged his weapons into Shirou who accepted it along with information appearing in his mind two different timelines, one which was the white haired man using his all to defeat a monster over his class and sealing his fate with a contract just to repel all the monsters overdrafting his lifeforce and dying after, the other a black haired young man using his will power to defeat a monster in a brawl but both dying as debris buried them.
Done watching Shirou saw Angra slowly turn into mote of light "we'll this is my last flight, as a freebie I will tell you "I" was never your enemy it's the 'other one' " after that he vanished then the black world slowly crumble down and a large scaled hand appeared from the crack before all turned white.
Back in his body holding Sakura's hand the ritual circle was turning red and tendril was slowly appearing, Sakura hovering was slowly turning, his hair going white, skin turning dark with marks appearing his clothes changing black and powerful symbol appearing behind her.
With no choice, Shirou used the mud to repel the incoming power out of her but this only made it worse as the body and soul split with the 2nd one getting stuck and with a burst of light a large door appeared and the same scaly hand opened it what walk out was a huge humanoid monster, everything it touch turn into a pool of mud corroding anything.
Rushing out with Sakura's body the church was devoured whole and slowly the mud move making Shirou run while absorbing the power given by Angra Mainyuu, now far away Shirou regroup with Alter and Rider, now done integrating it he tried thinking of how to repel the huge humanoid monster while dodging incoming debris with black mud, then an idea appeared one from the memory where corrupted servants appeared, combining it with something similar he have Shirou with telepathy ask Rider if he wants power but giving a warning with it, Rider needing it desperately shook the hand Shirou showed, with it black mud envelopes Rider and past sad memories appeared making her scream as a huge cocoon appeared where he was enveloped and Shirou pouring all his power into the black cocoon was getting weaker and weaker from the upkeep, alter sensing this concentrate to find nearby enemies, not enough energy to maintain it he used his lifeforce as he know that if he didn't stake big the world will be destroyed and the same fate as the original timeline will happen to him, thr draft changed him making some part of his hair white starting from the scalp along with the permanent symbols in some body parts like the chest glow with the reverse black grail symbol, now his hair color was bizarre but style as the scalp was white middle part was black and red on the tip, his skin color slowly turn brown, his eyes one colored gold and the other turned crimson red as something was adapting to his body something that the world doesn't want but needed, as it taken a long while the symbol slowly turned light blue and his crimson eye pulsed his vision changed, he was back to the sword graveyard and the man in battlesuit was waiting with his stance of attack, his face was serious then said.
"I am sorry but this is your drop point anymore and my boss will kill me so leave now else I will surely kill you no holding back"
And the battle started one that will stake the future of the world.
As the battle continued Shirou's skin color changed into pale one as the overdraft from his lifeforce was huge but the grail fragment given by Angra adapting to him and the scabbard slowly healing him, now ashen Shirou was staking all that he have in saving his world and the man now known as his Future self try to stop him, they class with will and exchange story of their past, their happiness, sadness, grief, and despair but one thing remained the same or similar as one memory appeared in their mind of the cloudless night with the blue moon hanging in the sky, similar background different outcome, the two memory clashed like two ideals not backing down.
then a crimson eye appeared breaking the battle a mud slowly appeared in the battle area transforming into a familiar silhouette, with pale yellow hair and a face with a corruption mark pulsing, ashen shirou was confused while the other was seething with rage as he didn't sense the grail corruption entering here, then without pause the figure vanished and appeared infront of his original future self,maintaining a block and counter stance the battle was in stalemate but with the figure using the sword in the battlefield to clash the clashed it slowly turned one-sided.
Every change of weapon the figure do some black mark appeared corrupting the weapon and when it was destroyed the parts turn into mud staining the battle field, AshenShirou Sensing something wrong saw this and his experiment done align with what was happening but in a large scale, the battlefield slowly begun to change as half of it turned black and the OriginalShirou was getting weaker as his reality marble was being consumed.
AshenShirou tried to take control of the mud but failed so he made a decision of helping the Original Shirou but the tide didn't change as it only turned into stalemate and with the mud slowly seeping into the remains marble time was not on their side, with a sigh the Original used his remaining power to call upon his greatest achievement, a sword of ethereal craftsmanship along with its pulsing power.
In a stance that made the Original gasp in pain he swung the sword and said " Excalibur" and the world was bath in gentle light and warmth,the Original kneeled without any power left and a unsteady breathing the sword stab into the sand, but the fight was not over as the marble was cleansed but not the. Perpetrator weakened but still there the event will replay in the same manner if now stopped, the Original now without any strength to fight sigh in defeat but, Ashen did not as his will power was tempered into more than what he was supposed to be. With one suicidal choice he rush into the enemy and stab it with the sword he taken before consuming it but that was not the end.
The two power similar but opposite in ideal clashed within as Ashen was on the weaker side, but one thing was in his favor it was his will to survive and save his world that overcome the enemy after many grueling fight of consuming each other and prevailing, the scene of the battlefield appeared again with the Original still kneeling as the power he used was not aligned with his nor he the owner, along with the drain of the power it wield his body was overloaded to move.
Seeing that Ashen won he weakly smirked then used the sword with a rusted gear noise
Trying to stand, weakened but with renew conviction they clashed again but this time like two friend that was now reunited, ending with the Original vanishing into mote of light and the sword with faint glow stabbing into the sand.
A red door appeared ending the battle, Ashen rested for a while recollecting the battle to adapt it into his fighting style, the now ownerless weapon pulse lightly when he walked by, sensing a connection with it he taken it one final glance of gratitude before entering.
Another reality marble appeared one that he was not familiar with as an army appeared and a large red haired man leading it rush into him with it another battle started, every time he win and a door appeared another battlefield awaits, Ashen didn't remember how many times he almost died but with one memory of his family along with his friends appearing he move on with rest in between, a door different in color appeared as it pulse black, sensing the dreadful aura he readied himself and open the door, the battlefield was different as a huge creature was inside giving a threatening aura, with a swipe half of the building exploded making the battlefield larger, here he saw a ruined world full of wrecked building without a soul in sight, dodging everytime a building will be destroyed showering the remains inside filled with bones of different sizes, he used everything he managed to copy from all his past encounter but they only withstand one or more blows before being destroyed, now thinking for long he used the sword behind him as his energy was critically low, the sword lightly pulsing parry the incoming attack but the strength in it almost made Ashen let go, now knowing that his strength was not enough he used curses ones he learn from a little egoistic lady bombarding it as curses has low energy output than other magecraft.
The battle taken toll on both of them with Ashen being higher and only his willpower kept him going, in the process of destruction and rebirth from his body breaking its limit and the sheaths healing power slowly healing him his endurance was slowly climbing higher than the world expected and a power different and unknown to the world was slowly being unbind as echos of chains breaking was heared not known where.
The sword now looking ordinary still resist the power of the enemy but with the protection it give now exhausted Ashen made a bet, using his recovered power he used the skill of the Original reconstructing the weapons body without tampering its essence, the sword now look menacing but the power felt in it didn't change it's power to protect, this didn't only zap the remaining power he restored but also made him weak thar was taken advantage by the enemy as it howled causing a widespread destruction.
Getting out of the debris he look to the monsters eyes and with conviction used his body to counter the attack and dealing a blow the sword now embued with a power that affected the monster embedded deep into its neck as it howl in pain, knowing that this was his last gamble Ashen used the power he siphoned from the other mud and slowly corrupt the monster not knowing that it was poisonous to it weakning it further and the other part given to him by Angra draining it to recover himself, this taken a long while of standoff as both was enduring pain of different levels.
The monster slowly recovering using unknown power and Ashen becoming different as the energy he got slowly transform him changing him slowly, his ears becoming pointy, his face now different as the mouth was elongated like a dog with two fangs sticking out, his eyes still chromatic was now similar to a cats eyes but with the same determination inside it, his hair same but slowly getting longer, nails changing into pointy claws and fur slowly covering his body similar color to his hair, but inside three powers are clashing making him more in pain than the enemy.
two power who maintained balance now clashed with a third one that appeared and is more malevolent than the second, the weaker of the three glowing faintly but not giving up was being help by the second as it now reconciled for their host and the black fragment of the grail in the second pulsing to resist the third, like a sentient spirit the two combined it's power to activate a sealed door where the third power was getting swept inside was full of flowers and a column of a structure can be seen.
With a last roar it was taken inside and the door shut tight leaving a small portion that was overpowered by the two, now the balance was restored as the second used the grail fragment to seal the remains of the third and the body slowly adapting the change, now that the power was in balance the changes outside slowly resided turning him back but with it giving a strength from unknown origin.
Disengaged the two now slowly recovering clashed once more but this time as equals as similar power was pouring out of the two, the monster not liking it's domain being Intrude upon roared in anger then got faster, this still didn't change anything as Ashen now in full control of his body along with experience he gained from memories his and not his own become better and better at countering it making the battle was go on forever with no winner in sight, with a pulse from the grail fragment a information appeared in Ashen's mind an information he can use, using the power he gained he poured it into the fragment slowly restoring it into a new grail but pulsing with malevolence the weak pulsing light embedded itself into a slot made in it pulse into a symbol that embedded itself into the now restored grail.
Now ready he clashed with the monster now known to him as the Beast from the information given, a near immortal being made from the advancement of civilization along with their vanities, the only move to take is to seal it as he doesn't have the power to kill it and with its power now interlink he nows that he cannot escape being persecuted along side it so that was his only choice.
The grail now reconstructed to seal the evil pulse as Ashen take hold of the beast not giving it a chance to escape and it using every know attack it have, biting, lashing, charging to buildings, etc, this taken a long while as Ashen perservered as the sealing was slow, the long battle ended when the beast was to tired of moving it was sealed the grail in Ashen's chest now have a symbol of a wolf inside the grail then he fainted, waking up he was floating in a dark room with silhouette slowly moving closer, there he saw a girl with a smile making him on high alert.
The girl introducing herself as Alaya ask for his wish congratulating him for coming this far, knowing the girl from one of his memory he quickly made a plan to refuse any invitation to join her side, Alaya not knowing what his thinking introduce where this is and some information he slowly gathered to know before coming here.
Then Alaya made a deal with him to help defeat the rampaging beast in his timeline in exchange for his servitude after death, Ashen knowing the deal was a trap declined as he known from a fragment that when the world was on the brink of destruction from a beast a ritual will activate summoning a grand from the know classes to defeat it, this was part of his plan to wait for the world to summon them and help in the crusade but he didn't know that this only works on the main timeline not the branches so Ashen will get a rude awakening.
Now thinking of his wish he remembered one of the origin magic" materialization of the soul" and a theory of unlimited energy, this was one on the list he needed to get more than the kaliedoscope that sees the parallel universes, so he made the choice of getting it what he didn't know was to get it was to discard the body to elevate the soul was another path similar to the summoning of heroine spirits.
Getting the third magic now he have a support for battling the beast in his world, after the wish was granted the world turn and he came back to his body still pouring power into the cocoon, with his new power the cocoon quickly hatched giving a malevolent aura, multiple snake head appeared and a hand covered in scales with a face similar to the servant he know, with wings that came out it flew into the beast giving it's all to give sometime for civilians to escape as some servant help quickly along with their masters.
With the battlefield cleared he focused on planning how to defeat the enemy many servants appeared to battle the beast one of it was the rampaging Berserker and the mysterious Caster that made an ancient circle binding it then bombarding it with magic, Saber using sword waves to deal damage, Alter(archer) scanning it for weakness and sometimes aiding support to the Frontline fighters. Rider now change into the extra class Avenger slowly push it back with their help but this only annoyed the beast as the mud it stand on boiled in which monsters appeared, this strained the Frontline fighters as they need to defend and destroy the appearing monsters, Ashen thinking remembered how it appeared then search the body of Sakura finding nothing so he used his powers to transfer his conscience into her to search for his spirit but found nothing so he made a decision of using the body to host a spirit that can help fight off the beast with one responding to the call along with a change in the back ground as a moon appeared and a familiar face with it with a devilish smile it approach and with a kiss the background broke.
Blinking his eyes Ashen saw Sakura's body move as it stand up along with changes happening to its clothes, now in a uniform with ribbons on her hair and a similar devilish smile it said " ah senpai your awake, how was the nap?" Then it takes its gaze into the battlefield.
Sensing no malice he ask for help which it didn't say anything but smile, then it spoke
"Why do that when something fun is happening" it replied with its eyes now turned red there he seen something a glimpse of vision from what happened in another timeline this only made Ashen resolute, using two command spell ordering him to fully help the Frontline along with not using his power for chaos without his permission as he seen her half baking it from the vision.
With a pout he used his np sending the beast out into the rift where she came before and with a anguish roar it vanished, the paused war restarted with Ashen's side with more people the war tilted to their side but then an event happened in the mountain where the grail was, a yellow light exploded from within then the grail was dug out by Berserker and taken this didn't gone without a fight as some of the servant and master died like Caster as she and his master was station above where the grail was before, Lancer and it's master knowing something so they investigated dying after.
This only left, Archer(Alter), Saber, Rider(Avenger), and Berserker the one who taken the grail, for a while the town known peace as the battlefield change far from it, with Alter using all he knew he found where Berserker was and they planned how to defeat him, with the three remaining servant uniting and their master using their command spell leaving it to one they rush into battle not knowing they will not come back.
Saber's master now known as RinTohsaka closed herself in blame of what happened to Sakura Matou so Saber voluntarily taken the role of helping get the grail back, then the unthinkable happened as the command seal of the three faded and a last vision appeared in Ashen's mind about the battle and the name of the enemy servant Heracles who overpowered them in the final fight, using every weapon they have to deplete his life count np they known this from information gotten from him through the vision given when I walk the kaleidoscope tunnel before that might actually be the parallel events.
Now that no servant was alive the grail war might be postponed along with the prize lost which give him a headache as it might be use for evil, but with the news that was high jack by the thief he saw no other choice but to fight for the grail again as the person was talking about his founded a magus family and the declaration of war with the clock tower, with a sigh he made preparation for any unexpected that is expected by him knowing how many magus thinks.
With Rin out of the question to fight he leaves BB to heal him as he now control the body of Sakura, with the soul not to be found Ashen completed his preparation to board the airplane going to where the next war will happen to train while he wait.