Fate/Zero 10th Holy Grail War

After talking, Crastel and Rider decided to take a walk on the streets. Nearby, Lotus and Saber were there. Both Heroic Spirits were noticing each other's presence but didn't say anything to their masters.

"Wow that must have sucked"Ratchet said"Was there magic then?"
"Some but not as advanced as now"Said Berserker"Very different magic back then and a lot less known"

Rider and Saber crossed each other on the street. They knew that one could kill another on a split-second but they decided not to disturb the city's people, so they kept walking. Lotus got cross Crastel but didn't sense anything so as Crastel. Saber grabbed Lotus' hand and took her inside an abandoned sports hall, while she was asking what was going on. "Rider's here..." he said "And if I'm not wrong, he already challenged me to a duel!" "Rider? You mean you want to battle here with him?" asked Lotus "That's right!" he answered.

A light suddenly glowed on Saber's back which then moved like a creature into the darkness before fading away

"Huh?" Saber made a sound. "What's up?" asked Lotus "Nothing..." answered Saber. Rider was quietly heading towards the abandoned sports hall "Master, hide yourself. If you can, just use your spells to help me, but this time, they can't see you." "Ok, Saber." she answered as she went inside the girl's balneary.

"At least I can rely on Assassin..."Drake said to himself"He seems to truly be worth the effort

Rider entered the sports hall and took his Human Form. "Saber... It is a pleasure to meet you face-to-face. No Berserker in the middle." said Rider "Rider... Are you sure you want to duel with me?" "Indeed I am. Don't worry about my wounds, I'm healed and so is my mount... You know, I am a little envy of you because you got the Saber Class and I also have some experience with swords and spears. Why didn't I stay Lancer either? Oh well..." he continues as he wields his sword ready to battle "I used to battle with a mount a lot of times, that's why I am Rider, and with a sword, what a great combination. Let me be honest, your fighting style is somehow familiar to me." "And what you just say may have directed me to the right conclusion." "And it is?" "Your identity..." "Want to guess?" "Well, by my code we have to say our names before battling, something that it is not really happenning in this Holy Grail War." said Saber as he was getting prepared to present himself "You are right, indeed why are we all quiet about this? Saying our identity will bring us disadvantages on battle? We all know each other in Heaven and Hell. We will find out sooner or later." "Very well, then let me introduce myself. I am the Miyamoto Musashi, the one who never lost a duel since my childhood." "Woah! That's really pleasant to meet such a sword wielder as you. Right before battling, I think I understand why your class is Saber. Me? Conqueror of Wu, I faced Cao Cao and Liu Bei in numerous battles and fought all to my life to unify China into just one land. We all failed, but we are memorable warriors of the Three Kingdoms, I am the head of Wu of the Sun Family, I am Sun Quan!" "May I say that facing such man like you is interesting?" "Legends facing each other, only in the Holy Grail War..."

Assassin manifested in the dark to observe Saber and Rider

Saber and Rider ran towards each other as they sword clashes with each other. Saber immediatly moved to the right and was about to stab Rider when Rider managed to block the move. Rider counter-attacked but Saber jumped backwards. "A little more complex please" asked Rider. Saber then attacked swiftly and fast with the sword on his right hand. Rider managed to block all of his attacks, it was a very balanced battle. They stopped then Rider said "I know this isn't the best you've got, after all you are a swordsman that made his name trough Niten-Ryu style, using two swords, where is the other one?" "Somewhere..." Saber replied as he continued his attacks. Hidden, Lotus casted a dark spell that could give a dark power to Saber's sword. Saber noticed the difference and the spell caused an effect to the clash. Saber was starting to dominate Rider's block and counter rhythm. Rider stepped back and his sword started to get a fire effect. "It seems I'm not the only one who's got someone to support, huh?" said Rider "They are also participating in the Holy Grail, never forget that." "Then, let's continue."

A knife flew towards Saber's head from the darkness

Saber immediatly avoided the knife and Rider stopped the attack. "Well, we were so excited with our battle that we forgot a friend's presence!" said Saber "Can't we have a nice one-on-one duel nowadays?" asked Rider.

"Continue"Assassin said with a disguised voice"I wanted to check your reactions"

"Like I would! Well, in middle of war, even at one-at-one, there were arrows everywhere, but the answer is no!" said Rider "Rider's words are mine" said Saber.

A light appeared from the dark and went between the two
"Then i'll take you both out at once!"He said and laughed"How is you and your tiger's wounds,Rider?"

"So it was you..." said Rider "Striking like that, never showing it's face. Stealth and surprises attack, you are Assassin, I presume!" "As expected as one who stand up against Cao Cao" said Saber.

"Maybe I was"Assassin replied"But I might be so much more..."

Since Assassin was a little far from the girls' bathhouse, Saber rose his sword his right hand and Rider rose his with his left hand. At the same time, they swung their swords down so fast that it caused a long ranged wind attack going into Assassin's direction.

As the attack was about to hit the light,it split in 7 which transformed into Assassins armed with Katanas and Shurikens
"4 vs 1 and 3 vs 1 or 7 vs 2"Assassin 1 said
"Or you can surrender"Assassin 2 said
"But that wouldn't be very fun..."Assassin 3 said

Saber was looking at the seven Assassins and was about to use his Noble Phantasm when Rider interrupted him. "Don't..." he said calmly as a light and fire circles were appearing behind Rider, his Tiger Mount appeared as shiny as ever. A glowing gold and red. The tiger had en eyeband to hide the eye that was hit by Assassin in the last battle. "7 VS 3... That's a little more fair..." said Rider "How are going to split up this? My Mount will decide..." As he finished talking, you could hear low roars from the Tiger, then suddenly, with his roar he created a supersonic attack that was destroying the sports hall little by little, making blocks and lost pieces flying around. Lotus and Crastel noticed what was happenning and wanted to help their Servants in battle. "I can't afford using another Command Seal" thought Crastel who also was hidden. He quietly entered the girl's bathouse when he suddenly found Lotus. "What? A m-master?!" he said. Lotus raised her right hand, holding the right arm with her left hand. "Who are you? Don't even think about touching me?" she said "Oh..." said Crastel "You are Saber's Master... Then we have the same enemy right now, why fighting? Why not together, just this battle?" he asked.

The Assassin's ran at the 3,throwing a wave of shuriken's and kicking the rubble towards them as they went

The Tiger increased his roar power to slow down the Assassins. Rider started fighting against 3 of them and Saber with the other four. Then the Tiger went to meet his master and Rider rode him and was doing spinning attacks with his sword. Meanwhile in the girls' bathouse... "Such a beautiful face you have, I must admit, you have a nice bodyguard indeed... So how is it going to be?" said Crastel who was trying to touch Lotus' face "Leave me alone, you pervert. Only this time, because our Servants are on a big disadvantages. But showing our identity like that?" "You have already shown yours, my dear. As for me, don't worry, sooner or later, everybody will know who is who, you know?" "If it's for our Servants..."

"Combo attack!"One of the Assassins attacking Saber said and they all attacked at the same time with a spinning blade attack while the other 3 used Rider's tiger to defend and attack

To prevent any Damage, Rider's Mount changed to Spirit Mode in the blink of an eye. Saber and Rider stick together with the seven Assassins surrounding them. "Hmph..." said Saber "We can handle this, can't we?" said Rider. Suddenly, a fire shield was created around both Servants in order to chase them out. Right after that, all the Assassins had their hand locked with a dark spell that was blocking a great amount of strength. It was Crastel and Lotus coming from their girls' bathouse. "7 VS 4, I think that's a little more fair..." said Crastel.

"Shall we make this an even more heroic battle?"One of the Assassins said
The others looked and nodded as they turned into light and combined with the middle assassin and then split out into 20 smaller lights that manifested as Assassins
"How are THESE odds for you?"One in front of all the others asked
(Each of the Assassins is 5% of the original Assassin using one of his skills given to him by Drake)

Crastel and Lotus created a combined shield of fire and darkness around themselves and their Servants. "We are dancing like a lovers couple..." said Crastel as he was enjoying the battle "Shut up!" shouted Lotus. Rider turned to Crastel "I'm going to use it!" he said "What? Not now!" said Crastel "Plus, it's the Assassin Class, they are really not that good at solo, specially with more than a Servant, they are just dodging things!"