4. The strategy
There is no such thing as coincidences
There is only Hitsuzen
Third person's view
"Wait..."
"This doesn't look familiar."
The two Servants stood in front of a rather out of place house.
"Where the heck are we?! We can't be that far from the house right?"
"It's like our legs moved by themselves." Jekyll commented
"And looks like they are!" Mordred shouted as their legs moved forward
"W-what is this?! I-I can't stop!" Jekyll tried to make it stop but to no avail
The two Servants just kept going forward until they were inside that house where they saw two little girls standing in front of them.
Mordred's POV
There were something off about these girls, buy I can't point it out. They don't feel like living beings, but they don't feel like spirits or those winged things either.
"Guests for the mistress! They're guests for the mistress!"
"Yes, guests for the mistress!"
They cheerfully whispers to each other before they grabbed our hands and pulled us into the house.
"W-wait, there have been a misunderstanding. I know it sounds crazy but we didn't want to go here, out legs moved by themselves! We don't even know who your 'mistress' is!" Assassin said
"Well that would be just a big fat lie wouldn't it?" A familiar voice echoed through the hall, it was Yuuko's
Jekyll's POV
The girls stoped us in front of a large door. When they opened it, smoke started to come out along with the strong smell of alcohol.
After the smoke had cleared, we saw mrs.Yuuko sitting on a long couch, smoking from her pipe.
"Good evening, you two. Let me guess, you guys are wondering why you are here and why your legs moved by themselves and a part of you are saying that I'm the one responsible for it. Correct?"
"Y-yes." I replied
"So is that true then?" Saber asked
"Nope. It was inevitable that you two would come here, at this time. So even if your mind doesn't want to, your body will just move you to where you need to be. To put it simply, inevitability brought you here." She said
"Interesting..." Saber said
"So...why are we here exactly?" She asked
"Usually, anyone who enters this place has a wish they want to have granted, for a price, of course. But today, you two and later, the other Servants along with Rin and Shirou will be planning for the upcoming Grail War." Yuuko explained
"And what about the kids?" I asked
"My house smells like smoke and sake, I can't let children in here. And even if this doesn't smell like that, they wouldn't be able to even SEE this place. If there's no need for someone to enter this place, then there won't be a need for them to see it." She takes a shot of vodka from her glass
"So father's gonna be here too?" Saber said
"Yup!"
Saber had a weird face on her, I can't tell if she's nervous or excited. One thing is for sure though, she's definitely loosing it.
"Hey, Saber? You seem to be a bit off. Is everything ok?" I asked her
"Who me? N-no! Why would I be?! Y-y-you are just imagining it!" She said
That's definitely a lie
"Ok then." I said, still worried
"That aside, the two of you must've been wondering what those wings were, yes?"
"Yeah, since the Grail didn't provide us with any information about it, we were planning to ask the others-"
"None of them know, especially the Masters. Unless you are a spirit of sorts or have special magical eyes, you won't be able to see them." She said
"That explains a lot. So what is that thing?"
"First of all, I literally cannot give anything for free or else someone will be harmed so a price of equal value will be needed. In this case, a Noble Phantasm will do the trick, it doesn't have to be top-tier."
"A Noble Phantasm?! Isn't that too much for the knowledge of what those wings were?!" Saber said
"The wings are a crucial part of a ginormous plan that I can't tell you, but trust me, one Noble Phantasm is a small price to pay."
"Should we trust her?" I turned to Saber
"Doesn't look like she's lying. But a Noble Phantasm..."
"You can pay it later if you want, and didn't that Goldie have like a dozen or two Noble Phantasms? I know that he would."
"What do you think?" I asked Saber
"Let's do it." She replied
"It's a deal then." Yuuko said. Then, she continued:
"Those wings you saw, we call them fallen angels around here. In a person's life, there are an equal amount of things that are taken in and let out. The fallen angels will come to those who secretly wants to let out more and in exchange for the pleasure of not having to endure anything, they will slowly take their soul."
"That's...that's so..."
"Disgusting." Saber said
"After they have taken those souls and grew in size, a gate will open for them to get to another dimension where their creator, Fei Wong Reed is waiting to use the souls to fulfill his...wish."
Mordred's POV
"Wait a minute, Reed? So that person is related to mr. Clow?" Assassin asked
"Yes, your Master is also a descendant of Clow, you know. Sakura is also somewhat related to him in a way...though not as...direct as the others." Yuuko replied
"Interesting." Assassin said
"What is his motive to doing that anyways? Destroying the world?" I said
"Close, but I can't tell you, if I do, I will cross my limit of interference. But let just say that his wish is something all humans dreamed of."
"What could it be?" Both of us wondered
Hmm, maybe the Root?
"Oh, looks like the others are here!"
Jekyll's POV
As we hear the voices of our allies telling the girls the same things we said a few minutes ago, Saber turned stiff when she recognized her "father's" voice.
The doors opened again and the others were behind it.
"Hey guys." Yuuko casually greet them
"What is the meaning of this?!" Was the first thing Caster said after mrs.Yuuko's greeting
"Well..."
*After the same exact explanation*
"I see, so shall we get started then?" Mrs.Arturia sat down
"Just a minute, Saber, Assassin, tell'em about the payment."
"Okay. So..."
*After that~*
"You two are just too foolish if you just agreed to that deal without me actually being there. However, I will pay since I do see the threat in those things." Caster said
"It's a good thing that someone understands why I can't give things away for free." Yuuko put her pipe down
"Now that that's out of the way, let's get to the actual reason we are all here, plans for the Grail war. First, I'll need a payment."
"OH COME ON!!" We shouted
"Quiet down! Now, the price is-ah right in time too! Follow me." Yuuko stood up and walked out of the room
We followed her to a large were house that was filled with antiques and strange items. The were house was overflowing with magical and spiritual power so it made me a bit uncomfortable, I don't know what the others are feeling though.
Gil's POV
The witch stopped in front of a shelf and picked up a disgusting, dried-up hand of some sort. She gave it to us and said:
"This is a monkey's paw. As you probably know, it is rumored that this thing can bring wishes and surprise, it does, but like all things, it is at a price. Take this to Sakura and tell her to put a proper seal on it, that will be your payment. Something to seal away a wish-granting device for the strategy to destroy one, sounds like a fair deal to me."
"Very well, we'll take it." I said, taking the thing
"Ok, now with that step taken care of, lets get back and talk about the war." The Servant of Rin said
Rin's POV
We sat down in the guest room where the two kids from before, who was introduced as Maru(dashi) and Moro(dashi) respectively brought some wine to the table for us.
"About the Servants in this war, if you recall, there's a lot of powerful Servants such as Karna and Achilles and they will be our main problem. Especially Karna but you won't have to worry . For Achilles, it is best that Caster here take care of him since he has some divinity. Next up, about Kintoki, he'll enter a battle with David on the first week of the Grail war. Kintoki will be left injured while David will be badly burnt by the Berserker's lightning."
"Another lightning wielding Servant." Assassin said but Mordred, who is that other lightning wielder stayed silent, only really focusing on Arturia
"So for fighting Kintoki, we'll need someone who is either as powerful as him or someone with brains, if you have both then it's even better. This fight will happen at the same time as Goldie's battle with Achilles so I suggest that Mordred and Jekyll working together, at that time, the two of you have already grown*ahem*close to each other so that should mean that you two will work together nicely."
"What's with the nickname you mongrel? Do you want to die?!" Goldie shouted angrily
"Well technically I'm supposed to be already dead but ANYWAYS let's talk about Ruler and the Servants that he'll bring. You guys will fight once but will be in good terms with each other's."
"May I ask about their identities?" Arturia asked
"I do know who they are but it is best that you guys see it for yourselves. You'll find out in the first encounter so don't worry, it won't bring any harm." Yuuko replied
"Are you sure?" I asked
"Dear, I might not be able to see as far into the future as the kid and the devil in glasses but I can see it in great detail and I can still see a few years ahead you know."
"At least can you give us a little hint." I said
"Fine, I'll tell you this, they are from England. There, and Arty, it won't be like the fourth one so stop worrying."
Jekyll's POV
She's given mrs.Arturia a nickname and looks like Saber here isn't very pleased about it judging by the death glare she shot at mrs.Yuuko just now. Oh god I hope that nothing bad will happen. I should really do something about this.
"Saber, try to calm down, I don't think she meant anything." I whispered to her
"I know but-wait, how did you know?" She whispered back
"You were looking at mrs.Yuuko very angrily."
"Wh-What?! I did?!"
I nodded as Saber's face started to become redder and redder. I have to admit that it's quite cute and I almost chuckled but something tells me that if I did, the consequences will be deadly.
"Listen, not a word of this to anybody. Or else." Saber threatens, but still whispering
"Ok I won't tell anyone." I said, she's so violent
"Hey! Were you even listening to me?! Well sucks to be you then because I'm not going through that again." Yuuko said
Oh no how could I? For me to just completely ignore someone like that.
"We're sorry, it won't happen again." I apologized
Mordred's POV
"I'll accept that apology. Hey, once you guys are home, can you guys explain to them what the plan is? Thanks. Ok, one more thing, besides the things that are after you in the war, there will be outside problems too. And by that I mean Wong will try to eliminate you for his own good so if you see fallen angels, feel free to burn'em and if you see people with giant claws, masks and a bat symbol on them, feel free to cut'em up into pieces."
"With pleasure!" Assassin turned into Hyde
"It's night already? What was I expecting, you guys came here late in the afternoon. Jekyll or Hyde, the work on a vessel for Hyde is starting so remember to send me some measurements and pictures and it'd help if you send me some clothes too. Welp, that's all I have to say for now anyways. Now get out of here, the kids are going to pick you guys up on the Tokyo tower so you better get moving. And yes, you are in Tokyo."
"Y-yes." Assassin's back
And then, before we even knew it, we were in front of the Tokyo tower.
"Wha-" We were just in Yuuko's house a minute ago! How are we-I'm just not gonna question it today, nope.
-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-
Yeah, Yuuko's back because I absolutely love her!
Oh yeah and about Wong's(god this guy's name is so funny to say) wish, well I can't tell you because I'll cross my limit of interfere-nah I'm just kidding I can say what I want to say. Wong's(😂) wish is ...drum roll please...: TO REVIVE YUUKO. Yup, and not because he loves her or any of that cheesy stuff, NOPE, it's because he wants to prove that he is more powerful than Clow who could only freeze Yuuko's time(with only his thoughts, mind you), hence why she's still breathing and walking and granting wishes.
Btw, I changed the cover, it's one of my favorite art of these two
YAS! Finally! CCSCC IS HEREEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
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By the time this chapter gets posted there's already been 3 episodes (my personal favorite being ep 3, at least until Flight gets introduced)
and OMG THIS IS SO GOD DAMN NOSTALGIC!!
The memes they are catching on 😂
Also, Kero's world logic
Also also, because Last Encore is only one or two days later so here's the January gals clothe swapping
UMU UMU UMU UMU UMU
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