Other Dimension's Knight

Chapter 14 - XIV: Shadow

Saber appeared in front of Shirou, clad in her usual beautiful armor and with her sword in hand. She quickly cut down the two minions in front of her and dashed for the ones behind her, successfully getting rid of the dragon tooth warrior present around her master and Rin in less than a second.

While Rin was still a bit awed by the display of Saber's technique and strength, Shirou wasn't as the situation was urging.

" Saber! " said Shirou as he ran towards her.

" I have come in response to your summon. Master, the situation? " asked Saber.

" It's as you can see. According to Alexander, a servant that he said was true assassin put up a bounded field. I want to dismantle it as soon as possible. " said Shirou.

" Didn't Alexander said that he destroyed the formation? And also where is he right now? " asked Saber but when she heard the sound of a fight beneath her she understood.

" He's apparently protecting Sakura from true assassin, he also said that Caster was here apparently. " said Shirou as he walked towards the stair.

" What are you doing Emiya? " asked Rin who frowned at his action.

" What do you mean, I'm going to help Alexander of course. " said Shirou.

" Emiya, I don't think it is necessary, and you would probably hold him back more than anything. " said Rin

" Let's go, we first need to go find the source of the bounded field and get rid of these things " said Rin as more dragon tooth warriors appeared.

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True assassin was surprised to say the least to see Alexander here. His intelligence wasn't complete yet so he only had his battle instinct and the orders of his master, which was to capture Sakura. He sensed another powerful servant appearing in front of the room he was supposed to get his target from but he thought that with the help of the shadow, he could kill any servant or atleast not lose against them.

He arrived in front of the classroom and sent his daggers against his opponent. Alexander easily blocked them and engaged the assassin, who immediatly realized that he had no chance against him in close combat so he retreated. The shadow followed true assassin in his retreat but Alexander didn't have to chase them, he simply stood in front of the door, guarding Sakura. True assassin quickly noticed the fact and frowned since it was quasi impossible for the shadow and him to get his target now. He didn't know what the shadow was, but he knew that it currently obeyed his master, Matou Zouken and that it could taint the servant if it ever got a hold on them.

True assassin thought of a way to get past the servant guarding his target but couldn't. His only attempt would be to kill the master of the servant, which was supposedly the little girl that was above him. Unfortunately, Alexander retrieved Sakura and tried to join the other group fighting, which was something that true assassin couldn't let happen or else he would fail his mission, so he once again engaged Alexander, hoping that the shadow would succesfully taint the servant in front of him.

Alexander's swordsmanship was strong, too strong in fact for the assassin that tried to stall time. He noticed the existence of the shadow a while ago, and apparently it was waiting the right moment to jump on him, but his mouvement were too fluid and precise. Alexander didn't let one opportunity show for the shadow while true assassin was beginning to take serious injuries. He had medium cuts all around his body and he had a serious one on the arm that possessed his noble phantasm. Alexander had been aiming for this arm since the beginning, and true assassin realized it. He didn't know how Alexander got information about him under his cloak, but if he ever lost his arm he would lose his noble phantasm, which was a problem for the war.

Alexander could have ended the fight much faster if it wasn't for the fact that he had to be wary of the shadow and had to protect Sakura. With his eyes he instantly realized the danger of the arm of true assassin. He didn't exactly know its feature, but he got the information that it had to do with some sort of demon. And he knows that anything that has to do with them is nothing good for the enemy. The both of them looked at each other for a second. He readied his two swords once again, while the tension was at the maximum, Arturia arrived behind Alexander and looked at true assassin.

" Be careful of the shadow that is roaming around, it's as dangerous as true assassin. " said Alexander to Saber.

Saber nodded and started to be more alert of her surroundings.

" Saber, take care of Sakura in the classroom, I'll deal with him and the shadow. " said Alexander as he approached a bit true assassin with caution.

True assassin knew that the mission was basically over at this point. He got a retreat order from his master, so he threw a couple of daggers towards Alexander before dashing out of the window. Alexander could have easily caught him but he didn't know where the shadow was right now, so he couldn't blindly follow true assassin. He simply looked towards the classroom where Saber was checking if Sakura was still alive with his two swords still ready.

The shadow also escaped with true assassin, but this time its mouvement did not escape Alexander's eyes which widened when he realized the identity of the shadow.

' This war is really more complicated than it should be. ' thought Alexander as he recognized the identity of the shadow.

' As I thought I'll need to finish this war before taking care of the other problem ' thought Alexander as he sighed and sheathed his blades.

Saber picked up Sakura and looked at Alexander for a second before leaving the classroom.

" Where are Shirou and Archer's master ? " asked Alexander.

" They went destroying the formation on the first floor. " said Saber as she headed to the stairs to join Shirou's group.

Alexander followed her as he kept an eye on the surrounding since he didn't see Caster's master nor her shadow anywhere. He guessed they must have escaped before true assassin.

Suddenly the formation started to become weaker and weaker as the eye in the air started to disappear and the red energy followed. Alexander saw Rin and Shirou on the first floor and walked towards them.

" Did you manage to destroy the formation? " asked Alexander.

" It wasn't us, somebody else did it. " said Rin looking nervous.

" Oh, Professor Kuzuki and Caster then. " added Alexander before astralizing.

But for Rin that wasn't aware of the fact that Professor Kuzuki was a master, she was quite surprised to get the information.

" Professor Kuzuki is the master of Caster? " asked Rin for confirmation.

" Yeah, Alexander discovered the information a couple of days ago. " said Shirou.

" I see .... " muttered Rin before following the group.

After picking up every fainted student from the various classes, they called Kirei to help them and inform them of the situation.

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