Lucy's revenge: No mercy (Edited)

Chapter 12: Clashes of gold

Shirou's POV 

When we got back to the house we all went into the living room after putting Fuji-nee in bed. Angelica had also fallen asleep half way home so I had put her on my back. Arriving home instead of putting her in bed, I sat down with her laying her head in my lap. I hated when this happened to Angelica, she was always so strong but when she used her unlimited blade works it broke my heart. It showed just how much she was hurting and there was nothing that I could do. All I wanted to do was to make all of her pain go away after everything she had done for me. She deserved to be happy or at least content without needing to be in pain anymore. She was getting better though, she was warming up to Saber, Rin and Archer not that she would ever say that out loud. This time when she lost her temper she actually managed to stop herself from killing Caster which made me proud so I would have to reward her by making her favourite foods for breakfast tomorrow. For now though I knew she would be near me so she wouldn't suffer nightmares so I would keep her close so that she could at least have a peaceful sleep and hopefully not go back to that snowy place. 

Archer's POV 

Looking at the woman that was curled up asleep with her head on Shirou's lap I couldn't help but realise just how much pain she must have suffered through. I didn't even realise that she had an unlimited blade work but to have one with so many blades and such isolation. It astounded me seeing as she would have only developed in it the last few years to have such control, at least three was needed to control it on that level. Even I, who had my unlimited blade work for so many years, didn't have as many blades as she does and at least in mine I had a sun for light all she had was a pale moon. What exactly had happened to her to cause such sadness, hatred and rage that had caused her to not only have such a blade work but to also lose her emotions? I had thought when I first met her that she just hid her emotions from everyone but Shirou but today I was proven wrong. No one, no matter how good, could cry and keep their mask up but this girl was crying silent tears with such sorrow in her eyes but that was all nothing else changed. For some reason thinking back and seeing her tears pulled at something in me, making me want to hide her away from the world and make it so nothing could ever hurt her again. 

Rin's POV 

Angelica always looked so strong and in control most of the time so when she lost her temper at Caster it scared me a little. What scared me even more was when she cried. She didn't make any sound and her face never showed her sadness but those tears that were running down her face were real. They showed just how much it hurt her to lose control, how much deep inside she hated the abilities she had because of the pain they could cause. When I met Angelica I had thought of her as a stuck up cold woman that didn't like anyone or anything but Shirou but now I could see the truth. She had been hurt, so hurt that the only way to cope with that pain was to cut herself off from all emotions and all people. It wasn't that she wanted to be alone, she couldn't trust anyone but Shirou to not hurt her. Think about it like that made me really admire Angelica for how strong she was, even though something had hurt her and she had lost all emotion but anger and sadness, she continued to live and for that I hoped that maybe one day she could trust me like she trusted Shirou because I wanted to help her. 

Saber's POV 

The first thought that I had when I saw Angelica lose control was how much she looked like Gilgamesh. In fact she looked like a mirror image apart from the gender and eye colour being different. It made me remember when in the fourth Holy Grail war, Gilgamesh fought against Berserker. The rage that they both showed was so similar that it made my blood run cold but then there was something different. Angelica managed to control her rage and didn't kill Caster, only made her vow to never hurt her friends again and then once Caster left she cried. A person who I thought was ruthless and heartless much like Gilgamesh cried while showing no emotion except pain and sorrow. She might not have emotions but that did not stop Angelica from crying; she would never actually break down but her tears showed enough of a crack to see how much she was hurting. Angelica's inner world also spoke in volumes about her, it was cold, lifeless and dark with only moonlight to see by. Somehow though there seemed to be a state of calmness and content when Shirou was around. They were like the sun and the moon or even like the married blades they held each other together. Like true siblings, to them it did not matter that there was no blood between them because to them they were siblings and nothing could break that bond. They had both bonded over something terrible that had happened to them; for Shirou it was the death of Kiritsuga and the remains of surviving the fourth holy grail explosion but for Angelica it was something even more traumatising that she did not speak of. It made my heart ache just thinking about the pain and sorrow that she must have gone through to get this way.