The Sword Of Justice (Male Reader x DC)

Forgotten Dream

Narration

Archer battles Lancer for a second time when the latter joins Shirou and Rin in their renewed effort to reclaim Saber. After his defeat, Archer retreats back into the Church and betrays Caster and her master and kills them both, revealing his true intentions.

Archer's identity as an older version of Shirou is also revealed. Archer reveals he needed to be freed from his contract with Rin in order to accomplish his goal of killing Shirou.

Archer then kidnaps Rin after she forms a contract with Saber, forcing a situation where Shirou must engage Archer. During the battle it's revealed that due to Shirou and Archer being the same person, the more he engages with Archer the more Shirou absorbs Archer's skills and abilities. In addition, Shirou also witnesses Archer's memories, glimpsing into a supposed future that awaits him.

Archer during his attacks, constantly critiques Shirou's ideals as hypocritical and borrowed, causing Shirou to waver in his resolve. Yet he firmly held onto his ideals, claiming they were beautiful and worth seeking after.

Though superior in strength, Archer loses the battle due to accepting Shirou's unwavering desire to remain a "Hero of Justice."

Gilgamesh uses this opportunity to annihilate Archer, but thanks to the Archer-class skill, Independent Action, Archer remains alive and hidden up until the final battle. Despite everyone believing him to be dead, he saves Rin from the Holy Grail and eliminates a cornered and nearly defeated Gilgamesh who had lost to Shirou.

Rin appears before him desiring to form a contract with him. Archer tells her he does not want to and he believes it would not be possible. He then disappears for good with a smile on his face, confident that Rin will stop Shirou from taking a path that he will regret.

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"I wish upon the Holy Grail, for "Shirou" Emiya, to find a world where he can pursue the dream that he has once abandoned, I wish for him a world where he could make friends with the same dream and together overcome the hardship that would await him on his path. Give him a world where he can finally save the people that deserve his help, his undying will to make everyone around him smile,...

Please... bring him to a world where he can smile brightly once again."

Her plead to the Holy Grail, or rather... to the power within her was the answer.

"I hope you can be happy".

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(YOU'RE P.O.V)

???: 'AUGGGHUHJH...'

You woke up and coughed non-stop all the while drinking in the air as if had been suffocating. The coughing and breathing hurt through your entire body.

You: 'Somehow I'm still alive'

Trying to remember what had happened when the memories came rushing into your mind like a tsunami.

Massaging your aching head, trying to gather your thought.

You: 'Wasnt, I've supposed be back at Alaya...? Why can't I feel its presence anymore...?

You struggled to get up, your legs trembled like a leaf in a gust. Looking around your surroundings and to his surprise, you weren't back to the Counter Force anymore.