53The next chapter is here! Enjoy!
In this chapter, Virgil's familiars report in and the battles start.
Also, Virgil won't be fighting himself just yet he'll make his first appearance later so, for now, he is gathering intel and saving his energy.
Also, I forgot to mention, in the pairing between Gilgamesh/Virgil/Enkidu is that Enkidu is submissive, Virgil is the Sub-dom, and Gilgamesh is dominant to both Virgil and Enkidu.
I do NOT own Harry Potter or the Fate series, I only own my Oc's that I make and my story idea!
Off we go!
CHAPTER 3: Fights and Intel
FUYUKI
NIGHT TIME
It was night time at the Granger safe house as Derek sat inside a living room, a big table was in front of him with many notes and information spread across it. He was currently in a pair of jeans and a simple T-shirt, he was busy gathering as much intel on the war as he could.
Beside him sat in a chair was Virgil he was dressed similar to Derek at the moment, his eyes closed as he leaned back in the chair. He was right now communicating with his familiars as they relayed what they have learned or seen, he would look through their eyes but he could only do that one at a time so he decided just to relay the words that were sent to him.
The other servants had been summoned 3 days ago and were on the move to Fuyuki, Virgil hums as he got some more intel on the master of Lancer.
"Lancer's master, Archibald has just signed into a hotel a rather fancy one," Virgil said as his crow, Alvis sat on the building opposite the hotel watching it.
"Right, location?" Derek asked as Virgil gave the address before he tilted his head.
"The master of Rider, Waver is trying to keep his servant from causing trouble, hehe, poor kid," Virgil said as Derek winced having learned who the kid summoned and mentally wished the boy the best of luck.
"What of the masters of Saber, Assassin, and Archer?" Derek asked as he pulled out a book and placed it on the table.
"The master of Assassin is on the move while the master of Archer is held up in his home and the master of Saber has yet to arrive in Fuyuki, all three servants are unknown," Virgil said as he frowns.
"Something wrong?" Derek asked as he looked over from a map he was looking at.
"I think Assassin is becoming wary of Hunapo I think he can sense that he is a familiar," Virgil said as a figure appeared beside the master of Assassin, Kirei Kotomine, he was all black with a white skull masked fixed to his head.
"I have a visual on Assassin, he has black skin and blends in with the night he has a white skull masked affixed to his face," Virgil said as Derek began rummaging around the history books he had as fast as he could.
"Call Hanupo away or at least to a distance so Assassin can't sense him," Derek said making Virgil nod and sent Hanupo away but the bird stayed close enough to hear things.
"Skull mask, assassin roots, ah! Did he look like this?" Derek asked as Virgil opens his eyes, they glowed with power before calming down as he got up and went over to Derek as he handed him a book.
"Yes, that is close to what he looked like," Virgil said as Derek got the book back and read out the name.
"Hassan-i-Sabbah, I've read of this servant in an old diary from the first Holy Grail war that one of my great-great-grandfathers witnessed, this servant is said to be a hundred assassin's in one or that's how he described them," Derek said as he put the book down, he would research him in more detail later.
"A very skilled assassin then or should I say assassin's, we will need to be wary if they can blend in with the shadows they could be anywhere," Virgil said as before he got a message from Hanupo.
"Hanupo just heard a loud noise from the Tohsaka home, he feels the energy of Assassin fading away," Virgil said as he closed his eyes and ordered his owl to fly over the home to get a look.
He then connected his eyes to Hanupo's and saw a big hole inside the garden of the Tohsaka home, his owl saw a figure vanish from the roof before he could get a good look at him.
"The unknown archer servant has taken out one of the assassin's, hm, something doesn't feel right here," Virgil said as he ordered his familiar to check on another master.
"In what way?" Derek asked as he yawns before shaking his head.
"I do not know, there are many questions but no clear answers as of yet," Virgil said before taking note of how tired his master was.
"Why don't you go to bed master? I will continue to gather intel while you rest, as a servant I do not require sleep or food like you do though I can eat and sleep if I want to," Virgil said making Derek nod.
"Okay, I'll leave this to you, wake me if something important happens," Derek said before leaving the room.
Virgil stood watching him leave before looking back at the notes and all the information they had gathered, he frowns recalling the damage done to the Tohsaka garden.
"That damage it feels familiar, could it be? No, I will not get my hopes up," Virgil said before sighing as he went over to start his long night of information gathering.
It was calm the next day, Derek was going over a map while Virgil was practicing one of his spells when he suddenly gasped in surprise startling Derek as a spell flew past his face.
"Virgil! What the hell?!" Derek yelled in shock as his servant looks at him in apology.
"Sorry, master, but another servant has been summoned another Caster and it's not a nice feeling," Virgil said as he quickly sent Alvis to find the new servant.
"But! Summoning another servant like this will upset the war's balance, not to mention breaking the rules as well but if it had been a different class like Ruler then this wouldn't be a problem," Derek said as he scratched the back of his head as Virgil closed his eyes.
"Alvis has found the new servant, he was summoned by a murder it seems and his energy he feels not all there and I can see the man's command seals they are pitch black," Virgil said as he opened his eyes.
"He is a fake servant or a shadow of one if you will," Virgil said this was not good, shadow/fake servants were not bound by the rules of the war and they cause chaos in their wake.
"Keep an eye on him, we'll take him out when we can but for now we need to focus on the other masters and servants," Derek said as he picked up a map from the table and began marking places.
"Speaking masters, Saber and their master have arrived in Fuyuki and are touring the city as we speak," Virgil said as he got the information from Eris.
"Saber huh? You know what let's follow them and see their threat risk ourselves," Derek said as he looked at Virgil who nods a smirk growing on his face.
"I request that when we do meet and fight the other masters, Derek, you must call me by my class name," Virgil said getting a nod as Derek pulled his jacket on.
"Request accepted, come on, let's move!" Derek said before running out of the room.
"I wonder if he had too much coffee this morning?" Virgil muttered under his breath before de-materializing and following his master.
LATER THAT EVENING
Derek grins as he hid in the shadows with Virgil, they were in a warehouse district after following Saber and her master around. He was amazed to see an Einzbern homunculus outside of Germany but that aside they had been following them until Virgil picked up another servant sending out a signal that was inviting them to a fight.
So, here they were hidden under a spell and by shadows. Derek knelt down as he saw Saber and her master arrive prompting Lancer to come out, Derek ever the bookworm put the bag he had brought with him on the shipping container below them and knelt down to pull four historical books out.
"Looking for lancers true name?" Virgil asked as Derek nods.
"Yes, can you detect anything unique about him?" Derek asked as Virgil looked back at Lancer.
He focused on Lancer and took in his armor and weapons he would feel the power hidden in the spears but he couldn't sense anything magical about his clothing or armor, he then looked at Lancer's face and felt an itch at his mental shields he pushed the intrusion away before focusing on the beauty spot Lancer had and felt a curse on it.
"His spears are powerful, one is cursed and the other I can sense has magic blocking abilities, he also has a cursed beauty mark under his right eye," Virgil said as he looked back at Derek as he looked through his books.
"Duel spears, curse, beauty mark, ah! Here we are, Diarmuid Ua Duibhne the first of the Knights of Fianna or Diarmuid of the Love spot," Derek said as he found the mans legend.
A spike of mana made Virgil look down to see Saber now in armor, he quickly spotted her weapon covered by a spell called invisible air and her armor was made by magic.
"Saber's armor is made from magic and her weapon is concealed by invisible air but even from here I can sense the energy of it," Virgil said as he knelt down and focused on his barrier and spell to keep them hidden.
"That armor is familiar, it looks like the armor of an English Knight but there are many knight legends in British history, damn this will be hard," Derek said as he put his books inside his bag and pulled out a notebook and pen before taking notes and drawings of Saber's armor.
'Master sure is dedicated, he would have made a fine student in my time' Virgil thought with a smile as the fighting kicked off below.
Derek whistled as he watched them go at it, there was something amazing about watching two people from completely different eras fight. He glanced at Virgil who had his hood up, he couldn't help but wonder how Virgil would battle in the fights to come. He looked back at the fight as Lancer used his Noble Phantasms, he managed to catch Saber off guard which impressed him.
"They are both powerful in their own rights but I do not look forward to a fight with Lancer, that red spear will be a pain to deal with," Virgil said as he held his chin while making a mental note to stay away from that red lance.
"Right, his spear could cause you problems," Derek said as he glanced at Virgil who was watching the fight.
Derek smiles before looking back at the fight, it looks like Saber after getting cut on her left arm from the yellow-spear could not heal the wound. This lead to the discovery of Lancer true name for her, then it got interesting.
"Wait? King of Knights? As in King Arthur!? Holy hell! The king was a woman!" Derek said his eyes going wide in disbelief as Virgil looked at him while strengthening the silencing spell around them.
"Are you alright master?" Virgil asked as Derek nods.
"Uh, yeah, um, just rethinking many things here," Derek said as he tried to wrap his head around this discovery.
"Okay," Virgil said with a blink before looking back at the fight right as something was picked up by his senses.
"Incoming servant," Virgil said making Derek snap out of his thoughts and go tense right as lightning filled the air and Rider appeared and revealed himself.
"Iskandar the King of Conquerors? Boy! Is he a big fella, how did he get so big?" Derek asked in shock, he has never seen anyone not of giant descent get that big!
"He is being very risky revealing his true name like this, that or very confidence in himself," Virgil said as he eyed the chariot and bulls pulling it, he could almost feel the guys high charisma from their hiding place.
It was almost as high as his kings but there was still a power difference between them, Virgil sighs as he looked at Derek as he wrote down Rider status and rankings. Virgil was about to say something when a flicker caught his eye. Looking over he saw something that made him growl, it was Assassin.
"Master, look," Virgil said pointing in Assassin's direction making Derek look and go wide-eyed.
"Assassin? You think he is up to something?" Derek asked moving carefully as to not give them away.
"I do but as to what that is remains something for another time, we have more company I sense a powerful servant on their way here, a very familiar power," Virgil said as his tone of voice made Derek gulp it was worry mixed with excitement or anticipation it was hard to tell.
A glow made Derek look back at the scene below as golden particles gathered on top of a lamp post before a person was seen in golden armor, he had golden hair and red eyes and gave off an arrogant but powerful aura. Derek heard Virgil give a shuddered breath as he looked at his servant only to see Virgil's eyes locked onto the new servant who was Archer.
"My king, so he is in this war as well," Virgil said as he gazed at Archer.
"Wait, my king? So he's Gilgamesh! The king of heroes," Derek asked as he looked at Caster again who nods.
"Well, damn, this just got very interesting," Derek said after a moment as Gilgamesh talked with the servants below who must have angered him because he summoned two of his gates.
But before the king could fire them another servant appeared, Berserker, Virgil narrowed his eyes as he felt the darkness shrouding and hiding Berskerers true nature from his eyes. It was hard but he could see just enough to know that while mad the servant was powerful, Virgil stood up and summoned his staff.
"Brace yourself, master, this could get ugly," Virgil said as Berserker looked up at Gilgamesh which annoyed the king making him turn his gates upon the mad servant.
The battle between Gilgamesh and Berserker was impressive in Virgil's eyes, Gilgamesh's aim was still as deadly as when they were back in Uruk and his treasures seemed to have increased from what he can feel. Berserker was also very good at using Gilgamesh's treasures to deflect and fight back, the mage watched on as smoke covered Berserker from deflecting another weapon then two weapons shot from the smoke and hit the lamp post Gilgamesh stood on making him jump and land on the ground below.
Virgil tensed up as the smoke clears to show Berserker staring at Gilgamesh who was very angry now and summoned even more of his gates, he faintly heard Derek mutter something like 'bloody hell' under his breath at the display making him smile slightly. He then frowns when Gilgamesh glared at something they could not see, most likely his master, he said something before dismissing his gates and leaving with some parting words to the other servants.
"Holy hell, temper much?" Derek asked as Virgil chuckles.
"You have no idea how much of a temper he has this was mild compared to his anger in the past, hehehe, you should see him rage over a prank when one is pulled on him," Virgil said as his master looked at him.
"I'm sensing some interesting stories that should be shared over some drinks," Derek said as his servant smirks.
A roar then made them look down to see Berserker attacking Saber with the cut-down pole of the lamp post only it was black and red now, Virgil looked it over before he realized what was going on.
"Anything he touches becomes his Noble Phantasm, interesting," Virgil said as Derek stood up as a new fight started below.
"Come on, let's head back we've got more than enough information," Derek said making Virgil nod and with a flare of magic, he teleported them away as the barrier they hid in vanished leaving nothing behind.
SAFE HOUSE
Later in the safe house both master and servant sat in the nicknamed 'planning room' as they went over today's events, both sat with some mild alcoholic drinks and in casual clothing.
"So, let's go over what we learned, Lancer is Diarmuid Ua Duibhne who has two cursed spears one of which will give you a hard time if you two battled, Rider is Iskandar the King of Conquerors who is a big fella and we have yet to know of his power set, Saber is King Arthur the king of England and is a woman which still amazes me, Berserker's identity is unknown but he is powerful and Archer is Gilgamesh of Uruk and the King of heroes and is also your king, have I missed anything out?" Derek asked as he took a sip of his drink.
"Apart from Assassin being up to something, no, you've not missed anything out," Virgil said as he finished his drink off.
"Good, ah, speaking of Gilgamesh! I read that there is a rumor among the historians both magical and non-magical that you, Enkidu, and Gilgamesh are closer than friends? Cause in your legends it's hinted at you three being in a close relationship, is that true?" Derek asked as Virgil paused in pouring himself another drink.
He was quiet for a moment before he sighs saying "Yes, we are all together, which is why it pains me that I will have to fight him in this war,"
"Sorry, Virgil, I can't control who summons who but if you don't want to fight him then I won't make you but if he comes after my head I'm sending you his way to calm him down," Derek said as pointing at Virgil who nods with a small chuckle.
"That is a fair reason and thank you, now I believe I have some interesting stories to share you with," Virgil said as a glint enter his eyes as a devilish smirk grew on his face that was soon matched by Derek's own smirk.
The rest of the night was full of stories of old, laughter, and Virgil telling Derek about his many pranks and adventures with Endiku and Gilgamesh.
Done!
I hope I did okay, it's hard keeping a straight face when re-watching Rider on the screen the big guy always makes me want to laugh! He such a big lovable goof in a way, any way, Virgil now knows Gilgamesh is in the holy grail war.
Do you guys also like the shadow servant idea? And don't worry Virgil will be fighting soon enough but before all of that happens I have some questions for you guys.
When the 4th holy grail war reaches its end should I have Virgil fight and fade away or should he survive and gain his own body with Gilgamesh?
And if they do survive then how will he and Gilgamesh gain their bodies? With the grail's help or by something else?
Until these questions are answered the story will be slightly delayed.
(UPDATE: I've just realized I have been spelling Enkidu name wrong! It's Enkidu, not Endiku, so I've gone a fixed it just thought I'd let you guys know)
So, in the next chapter, The shadow servant causes trouble and Virgil sees some action.
Until then, SaberbladePrime signing out!