Fate/Last Light

Chapter 19

Shirou and Archer faced off against Angelica, Archer materialized his bow "For right now, you press forward. I'll give you support." Archer said as he notched an arrow, Shirou nodded "Right." He said and launched forward, Angelica wasted no time, launching swords at Shirou, Archer let off an arrow, it glowed blue and hit several swords out of the air while Shirou dodged and deflected the others "Hmph." Angelica said and several more portals opened "It's just like when I fought Gilgamesh before." Shirou remembered back to his time before "I'll just have to match each sword, even with Archer's help." Shirou thought and his Magic Circuits began to show beneath his left eye like before, Shirou immediately scanned the swords and began to recreate swords from the portals, the swords hovered in the air above Shirou as he ran, and immediately shot off, hitting the swords outside the portals "What?" Angelica exclaimed, before she knew it Shirou was right next to her "You're through!" Shirou yelled and brought around his blades, Angelica smirked "No matter the world, you make the same mistake." She muttered, before the blades hit her, Shirou found himself falling several meters above "What the?" He said, Angelica looked up and scoffed "You're wide open!" Archer moved fast, he materialized Kanshou and slashed at Angelica, but the cut simply passed through her "The Ainsworths' spatial displacement." Archer thought, Angelica kicked Archer backwards and sent him flying, he immediately caught himself and grunted, Shirou slammed into the ground next to him "What the hell was that?" Shirou asked as he stood up "Spatial displacement magic. Something the Ainsworths specialize in." "Oh yeah I remember. How do we get around it?" Shirou asked "You can't. Your efforts are futile." Angelica said and swords began to race between her portals "Whats she-" Before Shirou could finish, he remembered something, from his other self's memories "Archer." "I know." He said and the two put an arm out "Rho-" "Aias!" The two said in unison and Angelica sent the swords forward, the spectral flower sprouted it's seven shields and the swords slammed against the shield immediately piercing through the first two layers "What do we do?" Shirou asked "There's only one way to counter this." Archer said "Will we both be able to use it at the same time?" "Yes, we are the same person after all." Archer said and the two focused "Shirou... Once you do this... There's no going back." Archer turned and Shirou nodded "I know that... I'm well aware." An image of Rin flashed through his mind, it was her smile "I'm doing this for Tohsaka. I'll do anything to save her!" Shirou yelled "You won't win. A fake cannot overcome the original." "You know he said the same thing." Archer said and the two remembered back to Shirou's fight with Gilgamesh "There's nothing that says a fake can't surpass the original." Shirou said. The two returned to the present and nodded
I am the bone of my sword
Archer began to chant, mana began to flow off the two as they struggled to keep up the barrier
Steel is my body and fire, my blood
Shirou planted his feet firmly and the two chanted in unison
I have created over a thousand blades
Unknown to truth
But known to the lie
I have withstood to pain to create weapons
Waiting for the guiding light
The mana flowing off of them, became more intense "I can't let them finish." Angelica said and drew a sword from the portal and rushed towards them
I've come to accept, this is the only path
My whole life has become
Unlimited Blade Works
Shirou and Archer's voices echoed as the landscape began to change, Angelica was too late, she brought down the sword but they were there "I don't need to remind what this is." Archer's voice echoed "The inner most thaumaturgy, created from one's own inner reality....A Reality Marble." The darkness faded and Angelica stood on a  desert wasteland, encased in swords, the blue sky shined with clean gears turning in the sky, Angelica turned to see Shirou and Archer standing side by side, Archer had lost his Shroud of Martin, while Shirou tore off his jacket, smoke sizzled off his skin, parts of his skin had darkened and his eyes had turned from blue to hazel "You think that this mental landscape will help you? It didn't help the last one." Angelica said "That's because he wasn't prepared. But we are." Shirou said and Angelica scoffed, she summoned portals and swords shot from behind Shirou and Archer, racing towards the portals and swatting the swords out of the air "Tch. No matter." Angelica readied her sword and raced forward, with swords still unloading from the portals, Shirou and Archer followed suit, Shirou snatched a sword from the ground while he ran and Archer materialized Bakuya and the three clashed swords, Angelica managed to fight the two off, keeping each strike at bay, but as they fought Shirou and Archer became more in sync "This is just like before." Shirou thought back to his battle with Archer, the more they fought the more Shirou gained knowledge of Archer, and how he fought. More information flooded in "At this rate we'll overwhelm her." Shirou thought, above them, Angelica's portals shot out swords but were stopped by the Reality Marble's swords, Archer managed to parry Angelica leaving her open, Shirou slashed at her but it pass right through "Like I said... Useless." "Not quite." Shirou smirked "What?" Angelica turned to Archer, who brought down a red lance, Angelica readied her spatial displacement but it failed, a fresh wound opened across Angelica's stomach, she grunted and swords broke through their defense, the two took note and leaped backwards. Angelica grunted as she held onto the wound "What the hell was that?" "One of the weapons of Diarmuid Ua Duibhne. The Gae Dearg, this manages to pierce through magic defenses by penetrating the mana. Your impenetrable defense isnt so impenetrable is it?" Archer said and Angelica gritted her teeth "Very well. Then I have no choice." She said and a portal opened beside her, the handle of Ea emerged from the portal "Archer." "I see it." Angelica pulled the blade out and rose it "Return to the beginning." The sword began to spiral "Enuma Eil-" Before Angelica could finish, an arrow pierced her hand, she screeched in pain and dropped the weapon "What the hell?" Shirou asked, the Reality Marble faded and they stood back out in the field in front of the Aisworth mansion "I can't believe it." Archer said and Shirou turned to where Archer was staring.

It was like Shirou was looking on a mirror. Shirou stood with an bow out in front of him, his white and blue baseball t shirt was torn to shreds, parts of his skin had darkened and a white patch covered the majority of his hair, behind him was a small girl, she had long black hair and yellow eyes, she wore a purple outfit that mimicked a ballerina dress with sleeves, in her hand she held a blue wand with a star at the top "I still got it." He said "You!" Angelica yelled "It's only right I take you down... Angelica." The other Shirou said, the bow began to disintegrate into mana. He approached her and looked down on her "I'm sorry it had to end this way." He said and turned to the girl "Miyu. You're up." Shirou and Archer turned to the girl "That's Miyu?" Shirou muttered and the girl approached the other Shirou "Sapphire." The girl said, her voice was soft "Of course, Lady Miyu." A voice came from the wand "That wand... Is a Mystic Code." Archer said, and the star on top of the wand glowed.

A card formed around Angelica's chest and shot from it, the girl caught the card and Angelica fainted, her clothes seemed to morph to regular attire, the girl grabbed the card "Good job Miyu." The other Shirou said and turned to Shirou and Archer "Sorry about that. Haha." He laughed nervously "Archer is that-" "Yes... That's the Shirou from Julian's reality."