Our War Together ✔️

4 - Fighting and Singing

The sun was slowly rising as you both felt the other Servant.
"Go warn our Masters. I'll keep watch." the Lancer said. You nodded, jumping down the roof quietly, going to your master's room. You knocked gently, but loud enough.

"Master, get up. It's urgent."
"Ugh... 5 more minutes-"
"There's another Servant nearby. In 5 minutes, they might as well start a fight." you bluntly said, sighing.
You heard the bed shift violently. "WHAT" , the door before you opened in a quick movement. "H-How close?"
"Not too close, but its approaching towards us. Your orders?"
Koni nodded, rubbing his eyes. "Okay okay... I'll go wake up Yuyu..- I mean, Ayuna." he shook his head as he said the last part of his sentence. He then looked at you. "Attack if necessary." he simply said.
"Understood."

You ran outside, in front of the house. Diarmuid jumped from the roof, now standing beside you.
"Dematerialize. I'll start the fight. Find their Master." he said, focusing his gaze in front of him. "Go-"

"Actually, I'd rather fight that lovely Saber, if you don't mind." a voice appeared, then a figure. A slender looking man, with long blue/purple hair, a katana in his hand and a smile on his face, looked at you for a while, then to Lancer.
Dia growled under his breath. "Damn Assassin-"
Before he took a step towards the Assassin class Servant, you put your hand on the spearman's chest. "Switch roles. Ill fight him." you said.
He seemed worried, clearly hesitating, but then sighed and disappeared.
'If anything goes wrong, yell out my name. I'll come right back.' he whispered in your ear, feeling his warm breath on your skin, before truly going away. You inhaled, keeping your emotions aside. No time to get flustered now.

"Samurai, if I had to guess." you said to yourself out loud.
The man in front of you laughed and nodded. "Good deciphering. Now, shall we fight, swords-woman?" he smiled.
Without letting you answer, he charged at you.

You smiled at your turn.

Dodging his attack easily, you summoned your blade[s] and clashed swords with him. He backed away, jumped into the air and came back down. Raising your sword to defend yourself against his attack, you used your force to push him to the side. As you got back your fighting position, you slashed when he was still off balance...

...and nearly cut his chest. Nearly.

"Ooh..." he chuckled, "That was pretty close." he backed away, meters now separated both of you. "You're a better sword wielder than I thought... I think I might've underestimated you."

You smile. "You aren't the first."

~~

Diarmuid ran through the trees and bushes, looking for Assassin's Master.
He stopped, sensing something move.
As he looked from behind a bush, even though he was dematerialized, he saw a woman stand in the middle of a circle that was drawn in the dirt underneath her feet. She inhaled very slowly, and smiled. Her long, pink hair swayed with the sudden wind. Her eyes, shined a bright purple.

"I smell... something that isn't of natural." she slowly articulated. She had a very... very creepy smile on her face. "Human? No, even more unnatural. Servant? But I thought that my dear Sasaki was taking care of that... ugly woman Saber."
Dia frowned as she said the last three words.
"Ah! I know! That's why I smelled it even more than I should've..." she closed her eyes, taking a step back.

And she started... singing.

"Oh He... He who hides.
Oh He... He who cries.
Cries of pain.
Pain and loss.
Come to me, I plea."

Diarmuid felt, dizzy. Like if everything in his brain decided to fade like nothing. Everything... except the feeling of love. The woman smiled, like if she knew everything that was happening to him. And as she let the wind play the music in the background for her, she figured out her next lyrics.

"Oh He... He who dies.
Dies, for stupid love.
Called as 'Traitor'.
By his own King.
Come to me, I plea."

She continued to hum the melody, dancing around the circle drawn in the ground. Diarmuid had, against his will, completely brainwashed, gotten up and materialized, walking towards the woman.

"Oh He... He who loves.
He... He who adores.
Has to choose,
Between the two.
Come to me, I plea."

'What... Why is... Why is Gráinne in my head all of a sudden... And.. [y/n]...' Diarmuid tried to think, but the more he tried, the more he felt tired. And before he knew, he was on his knees in front of the woman. She lifted his chin with her hand, caressing his cheek, the same side with his love spot. Instead of the woman he saw two seconds ago, he saw Gráinne, and then after he blinked, it was you. After another blink, it was back to the woman.

"Oh He... He who's cursed.
Maidens fall for him.
Women of then.
Women of now.
Even me, I plea.–"

The woman continued to hum the melody, taking out a blade from her pocket, dancing around the spearman. She goes in front of him again, but stops and she hears something approach.
Another voice came in. A lovely, but firm female voice. This one was familiar though.

"Oh He... He who's weak.
Fell into a song.
You should wake up.
B'fore it's too late.
Saber bleeds, she pleas"

Diarmuid opened his eyes, and saw that he was two steps away from being stabbed in the heart by the woman.
"Get up, Lancer. Go to Saber. I'll handle this... siren." Ayuna said, clearly annoyed.
Her Servant did so, blinking multiple times and went running to you.

"YOU DARE CALL ME A SIREN?!" the woman who sang, yelled. "My power to enchant men with my song is not the same like those... things from fairytales."
"I mean, it is, really. Enchant sailors with songs, enchant men with songs, really, it's the same thing. Pretty pathetic power with women though. You're lucky I summoned a male, and not a female. Plus, you made me sing. I hate singing, like, a lot. So, let me kill you, or make your Servant kill himself. Which one, lady?" Koni's sister said, crossing her arms. She chuckled. Ayuna opened her mouth, one last time.

"Oh She... She who's dumb.

Dumb, to the core.

So ignorant.

And very weak.

Choose for me...

...

I plea."