"Being prepared isn't about sacrifice! True preparation means cutting open a bright path from the darkest of fields!" -Giorno Giovana, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven
A week or so later, the group is once again in the snake swamp, this time much more prepared than last time. Due to Artoria, Shirou and Archer's guidance, Raphtalia improved with the sword, as well as a couple other servants Rin had unlocked, enough to contend with even Shirou in skill. These were the Lancer Cu Chullain as well as a Rider class named Ushiwakamaru.
However, Shirou and Naofumi didn't skimp out on the upgrades either, as he now possesses a sword the Monohoshizao, as well as eerily enough, the black keys of a certain rejoicing priest and the ability to use Alteration magic, something he was forced to bypass early on with scotch or duct tape and Naofumi unlocked a bunch of upgrades to his existing shields, as well as his Snake Bite shield now recieving the ability to swap between paralysis venom and harming venom.
Right now, Shirou and Rin were back to back, with Shirou wielding the Monohoshizao and Rin using the Artoria class card with Excalibur Tohsaka in hand. "Well, we're surrounded, what genius plan do you have now, wise guy?" is what Rin says, with an annoyed tone as various different colored snakes surrounded them both. Shirou quickly unsheathes his sword before swinging it down, uttering only three words "Hikken, Tsubame Gaeshi" as the single slash separates into three different ones, cutting the creatures down. One of the surviving snakes then lashed out at Rin, who then counters with the Artoria class card's intuition skill to capture it and snap it's neck by crushing it's spine with a hand chop. Despite the speed and power these creatures possessed, they sadly have only so much going for them in terms of defense after all.
Meanwhile in a different area, Raphtalia is chasing around one of the snakes, and, after seeing that it was heading straight for Naofumi, she then calls him, to which he responds with a "Right!". He then goes in front of the snake and shouts out "Shield Prison!" summoning a giant orb made of shields and chains that enveloped the serpentine creature, effectively stunning it. He then shouts "Raphtalia, now!" to which Raphtalia nods, leaps and, just as the shield prison disperses, stabs down on the snake, killing it with a stab through it's face.
"Good job Raphtalia."
"Always, Lord Naofumi!"
Suddenly, a giant snake then appears making Naofumi shout "Oh shi-"
*Technical Difficulties*
We then skip back to Shirou lugging around the much taller Naofumi, as the icon for Avalon hovered above him. While that happened, Rin was also in Artoria mode to maximize Avalon. Raphtalia then stands in front of Naofumi and Shirou and says "Lord Naofumi, your armor is far from sufficient! We need to go to Sir Erhard right away! Besides, the shipments should have arrived by now."
Naofumi then retorts with "No, we still need to train more for the upcoming wa-" before getting cutoff by Raphtalia placing a finger on his mouth, saying "Nope! We need armor upgrades. Period." with a serious face. Shirou sweatdrops and chuckles slightly seeing Naofumi speechless and then thinks to himself "Gee, I feel like Rin may have had rubbed off on Raphtalia with how commanding she is getting." Rin was also sweatdropping, thinking "I feel like Shirou's stubborness is rubbing off on Raphtalia here." and Naofumi thinking "It's good that she can stand up and think for herself now... or maybe she's just rude."
Shortly later, all four of them then arrive at the quaint smithy with a chime of the doorbell. Seeing them enter Erhard came out holding four clothing stands and set them in front of them. He then goes and gives them a hearty laugh before saying "Ah, if it isn't the exiled hero and the three musketeers!" to which Shirou said "Please don't call us that." "Anyways, here is the armors!"
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Hero of Justice (Fate/Stay Night UBW x Shield Hero)
FanfictionA year into the aftermath of the Holy Grail War, Shirou Emiya and Rin Tohsaka were now happily studying together in the Clocktower school for Maguses. This all changes after the beckoning of a Wizard Grand Marshal and a certain magic book. Their jou...