Karma sat in a classroom, many familiar faces surrounded him. Some were seated at the table with him and others stood around it. Jeanne D'arc stood at the head of the table, a determined look spread across her face.
"Alright!" She shouted, "This is the first official meeting of the second year offensive force!"
Many fellow students whispered to eachother. The situation was rather odd because nobody truly knew what was happening.
"The third years have been getting far to much special attention at the school! It puts everyone else at a disadvantage!" The room grew quiet during her speech, "We couldn't come to an agreement, so Principal Olga Marie has issued a Cavalry Challenge!"
A Cavalry Challenge was where two groups of people both wouldn't back down or come to an agreement. It was making a decision based off of combat ability and tactical decisions. There hadn't been one of this scale since Olga Marie herself was a student.
"I have gathered the best of our class today in order to formulate a strategy." The saint looked around the room.
Karma spotted several people he recognized. Harry, Artoria, and Tohsaka were among them.
"We have the over all numbers advantage." A brown haired boy named Seig pointed out.
"But they have a few powerful people like Karna and Gilgamesh." Harry held a tablet and was going over rosters of both sides.
"Gilgamesh will likely be their Ace." Achilles was rather excited.
The 'Ace' was considered the strongest fighter on their side. The other important person is the 'King'. It's game over if the king is captured.
"That makes Ozymandias their king right?" Harry walked around the table to stand next to Jeanne, "Both of them are powerful, but they also have Karna and Arthur Pendragon."
"Artoria, your brother will be participating on the other side of this battle." Jeanne said.
"It's alright, I'll fight him if I must."
Karma looked at the lists. Their upperclassmen definitely had many powerful players in this game. However...
"That makes this easy then." Karma stood, "Artoria will be our King, and Achilles our Ace. Usually the Ace doesn't get played until the very end, so using our invincible hero against gilgamesh will be the best option."
Jeanne seemed to think for a moment before shaking her head.
"We'll need Achilles on the front lines, if that's okay with him." She scrolled through the list on her tablet, "Artoria will be the King, as you said, however the best possible Ace is someone with the power to counter Gilgamesh's gates of Babylon."
"We could always ask the first years for assistance." Seig was looking through a list of strong first years.
"No, we don't need to. After all the strongest second year happens to be standing before us." Jeanne dramatically announced, "The perfect person to counter both Gilgamesh and the bulk of their forces."
Her finger pointed to Karma. He looked behind him before pointing at himself.
"Me?" He was suprised.
"Him!" Rin yelled.
"Of coarse. It makes perfect sense." Seig explained, "Not only is he physically one of the strongest of our year, but his specialized projection is the best counter we have. He's shown that numerous times, after all."
Karma thought back to all the time he had annoyed the King of Heroes and it turned into a fight. Half the time Enkidu came to break it up.
"Right on the dot seig." Jeanne smiled brightly at him, "So Karma, will you be our Ace?"
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Fate/Alternative
FanfictionA world in which masters and servants all exist at the same time, and even go to school together. This story follows a boy named Karma as he and his friends go through his 'everyday' life.
