Third person's view
It has been almost a week since our Heroic Spirits were summoned and not much has happened besides the occasional fallen angels and a few local vengeful ghosts(Ayakashi in Holic).
Sakura had been providing the group with some monsters to practice their combat abilities and Tomoyo was kindly enough to design clothes for Hyde's body.
Today was the Nadeshiko festival- Tomoeda's famous festival. In the few days leading up to the festival, the heroes had seen the people of the town all busily decorating the place with flowers.
Jekyll and Mordred walks down the street, enjoying the scenery.
"Uh...Saber, why did you drag me out here again? I mean I don't regret going out here but...why me?" Jekyll asked
"Simple, you're the only one available. The Masters are all busy, nobody's going to be able to pull Goldie off from his work and father...well..."
"Hmm, is she that scared?" He thought to himself
"Did you say something?"
"No, it's nothing. Hey, there's a café over there, do you want to get something to eat? Since you paid last time, this one's my treat!" He said
"Why all of a sudden?" Mordred asked
"I just thought that you'd like it. You saved me from those Fallen Angels yesterday, after all."He said
"Well I won't turn down the offer, come on, let's go." Mordred said, pulling Jekyll along, the doctor was barely able to catch up
~in the café~
"Hey Saber, do you mind talking about how you feel about mrs. Arturia?"
"I had a feeling that this was coming." She sighed
"If you don't feel comfortable then you don't have to talk about it." He said
"It's ok, but you owe me one."
"I don't mind. So...why haven't you tried to have a conversation with her? She has been trying her best to start a conversation with you. It doesn't look like you hate her so much that you don't want to talk to her. Nor does it look like you're oblivious to those attempts."
"N-no! I hate father!" She shouted, Jekyll silently thanked that their table were a bit isolated from the others and that everyone's minding their own business
"Really? Because I feel like it's quite the opposite, judging by the first time I met you." Jekyll said
"I almost forgot you where there." Mordred turned a bit red
*chuckle*"Don't worry, I don't intend break my promise."
"You better."
"Now answer my question again if you could." He said
"...I love my father, I want to be recognized by father and I'm ready to do anything if it's for her. But I feel like she wouldn't be able to forgive a traitor who destroyed her kingdom very easily." Mordred answered
"But she's always trying to start a conversation with you."
"I know. But I just have a hunch. And my hunches never failed me before." She said
"But it's just a hunch, right? That means that there's a chance that it is wrong. So try to reply to her next time, or even better, start a conversation with her." Jekyll said
"I normally don't like it when people(except father) tell me what to do but I'll spare you this time." Mordred said
"Here's your order." The waiter puts the drinks down on their table
"Wait a second, it's YOU!" The two Servants look up to see Touya, Sakura's older brother
"Hey...you two are Sakura's new friends." He said
~Yesterday morning~
"Who-"
When the three Servants and Shirou went to the dinning room to make breakfast, they saw a young man sitting and drinking coffee casually.
"So you guys are her new friends? Hi, name's Touya, I'm Sakura's-"
"Good morning every-Onii-chan?! Why didn't you tell me you were gonna come back?" Sakura enters the room
"Well well, I see that you're still stomping around. Then again, you are a monster after all." He teased
"What did you just say?! Sakura's not a monster!!" The little girl raised her fists
"Monster." Touya smirked
"Even though you're a college student now you're still a big meanie!"
"Even though you're a middle school student you're still a bratty little monster." He said back
Aaaaand I don't really know how to describe this (adorable) scene
~Back to the present~
"So...why are you here?" Mordred asked
"Part time job. Also Sakura's going to preform there." He points to the stage right outside
"You seem to care about your sister alot." Jekyll commented
"Yea, and you spirits or whatever better take good care of her when I'm not here." Touya said before going to another table
...
...
"Wha-how did he..." The two heroic spirits were completely surprised
How did a regular human like him know that they were spirits? Sure, he's the brother of Sakura but she also said that her brother doesn't have any abilities.
"Don't worry, he's just looking out for his little sister." A familiar voice said behind them
When Mordred and Jekyll turned around they were greeted by another man, this time he had short silver hair and amber eyes.
"Let me introduce myself, I'm Tsukishiro Yukito, but I suppose you guys know my other self, Yue better."
"So you're like me?" Jekyll asked
"No, rather, I was created to be Yue's vessel and disguise. But we are treated as separate people by everyone who knows so it's not bad. I still wish to some day meet my other self though."
"I see..."
"And about Touya's power, Sakura doesn't know that he has it but he'd rather not tell her right now so please don't tell Sakura about it. Anyways, here are your pancakes, enjoy!" Yukito smiled
"Okay, thank you very much." Jekyll smiled back
~A few minutes later~
"That was good! We should visit this place again!" Mordred said, satisfied
"Sure." Jekyll said
They continue to walk down the street into a less crowded area and...into a forest?
"Wait, why are we here?" Jekyll asked
"I felt something. But then those damn ghosts blocked it! Now I can't sense anything!" Mordred said, clearly frustrated
"What was it like?"
"It was like a bunch Servant was here."
"But it's only been a week!"
"I don't know. Let's just look around." Mordred materialized her crimson armor
Jekyll nodded before following Mordred deeper into the woods.
"You feel it too right?!" Mordred said after a while
"Yes! It's down at the bottom of that cliff!" He replied
The two Servants jumped down and landed behind a man.
He had short, dark hair and looked to be European. The man turned around and looked at them with calm eyes
"Mr.Holmes! It's you!" Jekyll said upon recognizing the person before them
"Mr.Jekyll, it has indeed been a while."
"How nostalgic, I never got to say this but thank you for helping me when we were alive."
"Oh, there's no need to thank me. However, I must remind you that this is the Holy Grail War."
"Yes, I am well aware of that. So did you get summoned into the Ruler class?" Jekyll asked
"Indeed, how did you know?"
"Lets just say that having someone who could see the future on your side is pretty convenient." Mordred stepped in
"Yes, we already knew who were going to be in the 7 classes so figuring that you're Ruler wasn't that hard, I guess. Although there was the possibility of you being a Servant summoned by Ruler."
"By the way, what the hell were you doing here? Summoning your Servants?"
"Summoning my Servants. I'm done already, they are helping me look ar-"
"Ruler! Is everything ok?!" A voice shouted
This was the first time Jekyll had heard this voice, but it's another story for the knight who's standing next to him.
"Gawain..." Mordred murmured
"What...?"
"I recognize that voice anywhere." Mordred said, her grip on Clarent tightens
The source of the voice finally came into view and Gawain was there with Excalibur Galatine in his hand, ready to to strike at any moment. Suddenly, his eyes widen as he saw Mordred.
"Knight of Treachery..." Gawain said, anger clearly showing on his face
"Yeah, it's me, Mordred, the one who killed you!" Mordred said confidently
"To summon a traitor like you here, that Master of yours really has to be some kind of monster." He said
"I'M NOT A MONSTER!!" The Heroic Spirits heard someone said from up in the air
They look up to see a white bird with a star on its chest. It landed on Mordred shoulder.
"Geez! I just got here and this is the first thing I heard?! DO I LOOK LIKE A MONST-oh...oh no! This is so embarrassing! S-sorry! I overeacted!" The bird's face turned red and any signs of hostility from before seemed to disappear. Both Mordred and Jekyll immediately realized who was talking.
"Mr. Sakura? When did you learn to shapeshift?" Jekyll asked
"Oh, this isn't shapeshift, bird-san here is my farmiliar. Yuuko-san taught me how to do this." The bird answered
"A...child?"
"Y-yes, I'm Kinomoto Sakura, Mo-umm Saber's Master."
"YOU'RE Mordred's Master?!" Gawain's eyes widen
"Yes, well, not bird-san, I'm talking to you guys through him. Oh and who's the person that's over there? He looks like he would shoot us at anytime." The bird points to a nearby tree
"Tristan, you came back." Holmes said
The red-haired Archer jumped down from the tree and walked towards them.
"Now that everyone is here, I want all of us to leave this place."
"Huh, why?" Jekyll asked
"You guys can feel it too, right? I can't see them, but this place has alot of bad energy, it must've made you guys feel uneasy right?"
"You mean the gho-"
"Ayakashi! They're the Ayakasi!" Mordred cuts Tristan
"What was that for?" Tristan said, annoyed
"The kid has a fear of ghosts, so don't say the damn word in front of her!" She whispered
"How old is that girl again?" Gawain said
"I'm 14! Why do you ask?"
"We should get out of here now." Jekyll said
"Y-yeah."
~out of the forest~
"Okay, I'm going now. Bye."
"Wait, was that the only reason you came here? To tell us to leave that place?!" Mordred said
"Yup! And to tell you that Ruler and his Servants came, but you already knew that." Sakura said
"Jezz, save your energy for something else next time. I can take care of things by myself."
"Oh, okay then."
"Goodbye." She said as the bird take off.
"Now that that's done, c'mon Assassin, lets go somewhere, there's still some time before the festival starts." Mordred said, returning to her casual clothing
"Wait! Where do you think you're going?!" Gawain said
"What? What's wrong with walking around town?" Mordred said calmly
"I won't let you hurt innocent people!"
"And why would I do that? I'm not a Berserker, I'm Saber. Come on, Assassin, let's just ignore them." Mordred turns around and walked away, grabbing Jekyll with her
"Hey-"
"That's enough, Gawain, let them be." Tristan puts his hand on Gawain's shoulder
"But-"
"We should get moving now, there's still things that we need to do." Holmes said
"Fine." Gawain said
~later~
"Thank you Tomoyo-chan for your wonderful song! And with that, let us watch a splendid play put together by the students of Tomoeda middle school, Alice in Clock Land!" The mc said
The curtains starts to unfold and the student playing Alice(Akiho)enters the stage.
"Saber! Assassin! Over here!" Rin waved at them from a distance with Shirou and Arturia by her side
"Coming." The Assassin-class Servant walks towards them. Mordred hesitated a bit but decided to go with him.
"So, how was your day?" Arturia asked Mordred
"...I-it was...o...kay." Mordred answered but doesn't make eye contact
"Reply properly." Jekyll whispered
"Ok I get it... It was fine for the most part but...."
After that, Mordred and Jekyll proceeds to tell the others about their encounter with Ruler and his Servants.
"I see, luckily nobody got hurt. And about the knights, I need some time to think." Arturia said
-_-_-_-_-
Just as Sakura (and Syaoran)enters the stage, a bunch of cameras seemingly shoot up from the ground and almost made Rin fall, but she was caught by someone.
"Excuse me, miss. Are you okay?"
"Y-yes, I'm fi-"
"Gawain? Tristan?" Arturia, Mordred and Jekyll all said
"My King? H-how are you here?" Gawain immediately recognized Arturia
"Let's talk later, right now, they're too many people here." She said
"Y-yes."
"Would you like to watch the play with us in the meantime? Or were you busy?" She asked
"What do you say, Gawain?" The closed eyes knight said
"Sure, we have already done all of our work for the day so why not?"
"Great, sit here then." Arturia smiled
The knights were a bit taken aback, this was, after all, this was their first time seeing their king smile like that.
They took a seat and enjoyed the play.
"Oh hey it's Touya." Rin points to the side
"Who's the person he's with? I've never seen him before." Shirou wondered
"That's Yukito, we met him earlier this afternoon, he's Yue's disguise."
"I was wondering where that Yue person is since Cerberus stayed with Sakura."
"He looks a bit pissed." Rin said
"Touya?" Jekyll asked
"Yeah."
"I can't believe that twerp is with her again. Grrr..."
"Still as overprotective as ever." Rin commented
~After the play~
"Thanks for waiting guys! Hoe? Hey you guys are here too?"
"So you're Saber's Master?" Holmes asked
"Y-yes, Ruler-san." Sakura replied
"Well, nice to meet you, young Master, and to you other Masters too. However, I must remind you that we won't be taking any sides in the War."
"Yes, we are well aware of that, but the War hasn't really started yet, so we'll use this time to talk. But first... I have to ask, where's Caster-san?"
"We couldn't get him to come with us. He said that he don't want to spend time doing 'useless things' and would rather spend his time working." Shirou said
"That's a bummer...but seriously, if he don't get a break, he'll die from overworking." Sakura signed
"Ha ha, yeah."
"Sorry for keeping you guys wai-who are they?" Syaoran walked to them
"Let's talks somewhere a bit more private." Arturia said
....
....
"Ok, we're here. The penguin park." Sakura said
"I've set it up for nobody to come here at night so we can talk freely...."
~blah blah blah...Exposition is boring so I'm gonna skip it~
Aaaaand...I'm gonna stop right there, partly because I don't know what to write next. Yeah... I know, I'm lazy but I needed to get this out before a certain day....
So...Last Encore finally came out....
UMU
UMU UMU
UMU UMU UMU
UMU UMU
UMU
***UMU***
I feel so happy right now~
That's all I can say
Holy shhhh....crap! They really went all out with this one didn't they... and I friggin' love it!
I think that I actually prefer this over UFOtable in terms of animation, what could I say, I'm a weird kid who likes trippy stuff.