"Who are you guy's supposed to be? Can't you see what you're doing is so wrong?! Taking a Sekirei from their destined Ashikabi?" Minato was the first one to speak to the bespectacled man.
They let out a huff, giving Minato an unimpressed stare.
"I am Kazikaki, secretary of Higa Izumi, the Ashikabi of the East. Of course I don't expect a plebian like you to recognize such names. Someone like you who simply stumbled into this game by pure luck. As for our actions? It's nothing personal, just business." The man now introduced as Kazikaki replied with a mocking tone to Minato. Looking at the Ashikabi, Kazikaki had already concluded that Minato is nothing more than a newbie and someone below average in the spectrum with his looks and dress code. Despite the appearance of two Sekirei defending No.84, Kazikaki is not afraid.
Not with all the hired help he got.
Homura can't help but curse silently. To think the Ashikabi's would already start making factions. Ashikabi of the East, he will remember that for Matsu later. Looking around, he can't help but wince at the number of Sekirei trapping them on the building. About more than a dozen Sekirei. Maybe he could take on five or six by himself but more than that? He'll be in trouble. Not to mention, there's Musubi and Minato. With these numbers, Musubi will be tied down protecting Minato.
Leaving No.84 defenseless.
"Can you still fight?" Homura whispered to Yashima, who in turn silently nodded. That's good confirmation for Homura. Now how to escape.
"So dear No.84, would you please surrender yourself to us. I hate using violence, it's too crude of a tool in negotiations and barbaric for my taste. But it doesn't mean I can't use such tools." Kazikaki said, urging the girl to surrender now.
Yashima didn't reply, only tightening her grip on her new hammer. Her eyes wandered all around her, trying to locate a weak link. Something or anything she could use to escape!
[There]
Behind them, two Sekirei. An alleyway below. There's a parked pickup.
That would do.
"What's your-"
Yashima threw her hammer to him. The bespectacled man yelp in fear as his Sekirei tackled him out of the way as the massive weapon crashed into the spot where he was, destroying concrete and splashing superheated dirt as electricity began building up, sending shocks around it.
That's the signal.
"Musubi, carry Minato and follow us!" Homura ordered, leaping and sending a wave of flames fanning out around them to attack the entire ambush area. It worked as intended as the rest backed off at the sudden attack, not expecting their prey to fight back while outnumbered.
Yashima didn't wait, she immediately jumped down the alleyway and landed on the back of the pickup. Following behind her is Musubi, putting down her shaking Ashikabi. Homura came down next after taking some potshots, landing next to Yashima.
"What now?" Minato asked, breathing heavily in fear and adrenaline.
Homura responded by punching the window open and getting the keys of the car. Minato'sjaw dropped at the blatant theft before the keys was thrown at his head, hitting his forehead.
"Drive."
"I don't have a license and this thef-"
Homura's glare would melt him on the spot if his powers actually worked with his eyesight. With a great reluctance, Minato climbed into the driver's seat while Musubi happily joined him on the front.
"Okay, just remember what Uncle taught you." It's not like Minato doesn't know how to drive. It's the theft that made him feel bad.
Mom, your son's a criminal now.
"Minato!" Homura called out, sending a fireblast at the Sekirei peeking down. After the flames subsided, one Sekirei dropped down to attack Yashima!
A spear came screaming down to Yashima's position, aimed to pierce her thigh and force a surrender. Unfortunately, said girl isn't so keen to that idea.
Not to mention, her new friend won't allow it.
In a flash of thunder, Yashima's new hammer reappeared in her hands. The Spear wielding Sekirei was to surprised to see the sudden return of the thrown hammer as Yashima blocked the attack. With a violent throw, Yashima sent the Sekirei crashing to the wall of the building, earning a grunt of pain from the Sekirei.
"I got it!"
"Fucking floor it!"
Yashima yelped as the pickup began to drive out of he alleyway into the street. The girl held on for her dear life as the pickup swerve and dodge any cars or pedestrian on the street. Meanwhile, Minato is screaming in panic as he absolutely floored it in fear of Homura and the Sekirei gunning for their heads. Not only he is commiting theft but also reckless driving, he had really become a criminal now!
Meanwhile, Musubi whooped in joy as her Ashikabi took her for a fun ride.
"Minato, can you drive back to the Inn?!" Homura hollered as the pickup's speed almost drown out his voice.
"I can!" Minato screeched, dodging and swerving the vehicle from an old lady. Why was that old lady on the middle of the road!?
"Then get to it! We'll handle it in the back!"
"Handle it in the back?" Minato repeated, looking at the side mirror to see what Homura was talking about.
A knife flew and broke said side mirror, making the boy screech in terror at the near hit.
On the back of the pickup, Homura and Yashima stared with grim determination at the pursuing Sekirei. Elemental attacks and weapons began to fly immediately as they catch-up, trying to hit the vehicle to make them stop. Of course, Homura won't let that happen so easily. His flames countered both projectiles, countering elemental attacks and melting flying weapons. His defense only made him a priority target though, his firepower and element being too much a nuisance. Instead of the vehicle, they began sniping Homura instead.
Gritting his teeth as he took a hit, a knife to the shoulder to which he pulled out with a grunt, Homura replied with a big ball of fire to that particular Sekirei. He watched with satisfaction to see that one explode in flames and crash to the street, not terminated but down. Despite that, the sniping continues and he could only block one direction at a time.
That's where Yashima came in. Using her hammer's bulk and mass, she easily blocked the remaining blindspots for Homura. Wherever Homura can't defend, she would put her hammer in between from the attacks. Working in tandem, the duo seamlessly defended each other and vehicle without a hitch except for some bumps and Minato's frightened screams. Homura even had time to throw counterattacks now.
Then they arrived to the bridge connecting to the North section of the city, everything went to shit.
Out of nowhere, huge walls of earth rose as they pass though the bridges entrance, cutting off their pursuers. Homura cursed loudly despite the help. Minato and Yashima wondered why but the answer came immediately. Underneath the vehicle, a pillar of earth rose, sending the vehicle flying off the bridge into the canal below.
Minato screamed hysterically, grabbing Musubi in his hysterics as they fell. Said girl clutched her Ashikabi in preparation of the landing. Homura and Yashima screamed with the former cursing their luck. He recognizes their new attacker. As they plunged into the ice old water, Homura immediately assisted Musubi in getting Minato out. He ripped the door open just as Musubi broke her Ashikabi out of his seatbelts. Together, they began to swim up to find Yashima struggling with her hammer.
Hammers are not meant for water afterall.
Then the canal began to change. From below, the earth rose to create a huge wall, moving to sweep them. With little to no way to avoid the wall, they are swept away until they are sent to the edges of the canal.
"AAAAAAH!" Minato gasped loudly, coughing and hacking out water from his lungs. Musubi pulled him up to the banks of the canal, wet and with her clothes being see-through. Not like Minato could appreciate them when he just almost drowned.
"Are you alright, Minato-sama?" Musubi asked, soothing his back in concern as he coughed out more water.
"I'm-hurk! Ugh! Fine! I'm fine!" He shakily replied to assure the girl. Suddenly, he realized that Homura and Yashima are missing.
"Where's Homura and No.84?" He asks with dread.
"They left us." Musubi said with a frown. "When they left, a Sekirei chased after them. I want to join them but I have to save you first."
Minato felt angry at being abandoned until he realized that the enemy only wants No.84, not them. Homura abandoned them to keep them both safe while he took No.84 back to the Inn. With how close they are now, they're in the homestretch. They just have to lose their tail.
"Musubi? Want to fight them?"
"Yes! I want to fight them! They look strong and they felt like Karasuba-sama!"
Minato doesn't know who Karasuba-sama is but he doesn't care at the moment. Standing up and ignoring the way Musubi's clothes clung to her wet frame, he told her what's on his mind.
"Let's got catch up to those two."
He should have rephrase that when Musubi practically threw him on her shoulders and ran like the wind, ragdolling him on her shoulders.
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Huginn Muninn tore through the streets, dodging and weaving through traffic as Shirou tracked the ruckus and the scent of the Sekirei using one of his weapons. If Lancer would see this, she would approve and try to steak his ride for herself and Bazette.
That's just how the infamous Vampire hunter is.
Now if only his passenger will stop molesting him.
"Could you not." Shirou grunted as he felt Karasuba's hands go under his shirt. The mischievous Sekirei forced her way in riding his bike, giving him no choice at the matter. Now said Sekirei is doing her best to subtle explore his torso while she hug him from behind as an excuse.
"Hmmm, I don't what are you talking about." Karasuba played coy, liking what she felt. "But on the other hand, what weapon did that girl get? I didn't see it but that was a hammer right? A big one at that." She asks. She knows his weapons have names when she first asked.
Shirou huffed, turning into a corner as the chase went towards the North. Where is that girl going?
"If you want to know, that was Thor's hammer, Mjolnir." Karasuba blinked, recognizing the name. Sensing her cluelessness, Shirou elaborated.
"It was a hammer of a Norse God of Thunder. Forged from a dying star and made to contain a cosmic storm, it's not just a hammer. It's a furnace of cosmic lightning." Karasuba whistled at that. With that kind of firepower, No.84 went up and beyond nornal power scales in the Sekirei plan.
Minaka wouldn't like it one bit. Now, she's itching to fight the girl herself.
"And how did she managed to call that hammer from your strange ability?" She asks more.
"Not so sure but I need confirmation." Shirou grunted. He didn't like the answer Archer gave to him, not one bit.
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"What do you mean Medea turned my Reality Marble into a pseudo Throne?!"
Archer snorted, "Not just a pseudo copy of the Throne of Heroes but also a gateway into another dimension." Archer said while shaking his head.
"Whatever Medea did, she managed to tap into the Kaleidoscope and manipulate the properties of your Reality Marble into the perfect settings for her plans." Shirou frowned.
Medea's plans.
In one elaborate scheme, Medea did the impossible. She delivered a Divine Entity into the world without repercussions, no rejections or offending both Gaia and Alaya.
All for his sake in a twisted act of love. If only he listened or saw the signs, he could stop her an tragedy that followed.
But that's in the past now.
"And what about Mjolnir tracing itself into the reality?"
"What do you think about the Divine Weapons in your Reality Marble, this Excalibur?" Archer pointed a thumb at the gigantic blade piercing the heavens above.
"Divine Weapons?" Archer snorted at his cluelessness.
"Yes they are but they are not at the same time. They are foreign weapons from another dimension, another world and another time." Archer explained.
"Did you know this Excalibur is far stronger and different than our Excalibur. This Excalibur is an Anti-World Noble Phantasm meant to destroy an alien entity. If deployed, I could safely say it could kill the likes of Type ORT." That's a harrowing fact, Shirou realized.
"How does that connect to Mjolnir gaining independence?"
"Mjolnir didn't gain independence or sentience. The safest thing is could say is that Mjolnir sympathized with girl the same way we sympathized with our traced weapons to effectively use them. With your Reality Marble acting as a Pseudo Throne, your weapons have started to awaken. Whatever this weapons Medea left behind, they are conduits to their original users. So it's safe to say Thor, the other version, sympathized with the girl and lended a hand to her. Ever heard of Demi-servants?"
One hell of an explanation later...
"How long has this been happening?" Shirou asked.
"Since the day you killed me and trapped me here before that little bastard arrived. They are slowly awakening but progress is snail pace. But just today, something speed it up tremendously."
"What?"
"I suspect it's your daughter's fault." Archer pointed out.
"Oi! That's your niece your talking about." Shirou counter points.
"That niece of mine was born in this Reality Marble, this is her Cradle and not only that, she born from a ritual made by Medea by union of Mortal and Divinity. We still don't know how she did it but your daughter is not human. She's a Divine Entity with authority of her birthplace. What she wants in this place, she can change it. Remember, she's the reason why you still have a human body instead of being a featureless entity made of black mud of the All World's Evil." Shirou couldn't fault him for that.
"That's more than what I can answer. Right now, all you can do is confirm if it was so."
"Thanks then." Shirou grumbled.
"No-"
"Bastards! I'll kill you all!" Angra Manyu finally showed himself, having transformed into a massive black wolf as he landed on all fours, snarling with hate at Shirou.
"Speaking of which, I'll take care of the dog." Archer shrugged, tracing a Noble Phantasm.
A beautiful spear was summoned before it disappeared into a portal. Portals began to form around Angra Manyu as he ran to them. From these openings, multiple chains erupted and restrained the raging beasts, bringing him down before the spear re-emerge from the portal, driving straight down to Angra Manyu's skull and pinning him to the dirt.
"Did you just borrow that from my Reality Marble?" Shirou asked, pretty sure that spear is one of the foreign Divine Weapons.
"Hey, it's not everyday I get to study or work with one. Cut me some slack." Archer snorted with a smirk.
"Then see ya later."
And then he woke up to a waiting Karasuba on the rooftops.
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"Damn!" Homura cursed as he and Yashima ran to a dead end, a wall of earth blocking the street. They're so close, just a few more blocks till they arrive to Izumo Inn. Too bad they can't use the rooftops or climb the walls. The structures in the area are too fragile for a Sekirei to jump on and Yashima's hammer weight more than the structures could handle. That meant they have to stick to the streets.
Something that their lone pursuer abused.
No. 05 Mutsu, a single digit and one of the original members of the Disciplinary Squad of MBI.
To think Homura would meet such a monster this early in the game.
"If you would please surrender, my Ashikabi is very angry right now for losing Taki. If you won't, I'm ordered to eliminate you as compensation for our lost, No.84." Behind them, Mutsu stalked.
Before Homura could flareout his power, Mutsu tapped his scabbard to the ground. In an instant, the ground form jagged spikes that pinned him on an adjacent wall. Seeing her companion go down so easily, Yashima could feel her knees shaking in fear. She was so close!
Meanwhile, Homura snarled as Mutsu approach. Lighting up his powers, he began to destroy the spikes pinning him down but wt little progress due to made of concrete and dirt. If only he had an Ashikabi, he could easily break them instantly.
"So what's your answer, No.84?" Mutsu asks once more, now approaching the girl.
"I..." Yashima hesitated. Looking at Homura trying to escape in vain, she felt helpless. She could fight back but she's not confident enough to win against someone who's part of the original Disciplinary Squad and single digit number. Compared to him, she's just a speck against his skill and experience.
She doesn't know what to do!
[Why do you hesitate? Isn't this the main part of the game? To fight and stay with your beloved? Granted I'm only interested with strong opponents but fighting for a cause is something I can get by, girly! So why hesitate!?]
[If you don't move, you lose! You will lose your chance and never find your Ashikabi! Can't you feel it, he's near! Why would you give up when your already at the finish line?!]
[So raise that hammer and CRUSH your opponent!!!]
Power. Yashima felt nothing but pure unadulterated power as lightning surged from the hammer into her body, electrifying her yet it didn't hurt.
No, it felt invigorating.
[I am Thor and as long your this game, you will not fall. Mjolnir is yours.]
[This is my Oath]