Not a defeat yet

Shiro hid behind a rock, hiding from Ainak and his Archer, 'This is insane, I can't take on a servant on my own, He peeped to check if they were coming.

"There you are!" Archer said, he appeared in front of Shiro, aiming his gun at him and shooting out a powerful blast.

Shiro immediately used his rewritten arms to guide his face from the blast, the force pushed him, causing him to crash on the rock behind him.

The rock broke and Shiro went sliding back on his knee, he grunted as he looked down to see that his knee was bleeding.

'Damn that hurts' Shiro struggled to stand on his feet, his hands were oozing out with smoke from the blast he received.

"Oh, you're still standing? You are strong for a human I'll give you that" Archer uttered before aiming his gun at Shiro, "But there is only so much a human can bare".

"Wait, wait, hold on" Shiro yelled, gesturing with his hands, "Why do we even need to participate in this freaking game, we don't even know what it's for".

"It's for the Holy Grail, have you been fighting this whole time without knowing what your battle was about?" Archer asked.

"Of course, I know the winner gets the Holy Grail, but what I don't get is why we have to fight for it, can't we all just make our wishes without the bloodshed" Shiro uttered, removing the nose mask from his face.

Archer stopped aiming his gun at Shiro, "The holy Grail can only grant a single wish, which is why we fight for who gets the right to use that wish.

If it were free like you said, then its worth would be meaningless, we fight because we know its importance, the sacrifice is what brings about the lesser Grail and with that the Holy Grail".

'Lesser Grail? What does he mean by that?' Shiro questioned, "What do you mean by" He suddenly felt something pierce his thigh.

"What the-" He turned back to see Ainak a few feet away from where he was.

His hands were on the ground and there were floating fingers that formed from the earth, "What are you doing chatting with our prey, finish him!" Ainak yelled

'Ainak! damn it, linkin… legs' The magic patterns left his arms and moved to his legs, he zoomed off while dodging the flying fingers that were charging toward him.

"Archer, get him!" Ainak yelled, pointing at Shiro aggressively.

"On it," Archer said, he spotted Rider charging towards Ainak at full speed on her white horse.

Archer turned his focus away from Shiro and moved toward Ainak position.

"What are you doing? Get him" Ainak yelled.

Archer grabbed his hands, "Hold on for a sec master,Airstrike" Archer uttered. He shot the ground and his body went flying to the sky and landed in a different location.

Shiro was still running, but his legs started giving out on him, so he fell to the ground with his body scraping the earth.

"They really did a number on you," Saber said, walking toward Shiro slowly.

"Saber… what are you.." He stammered.

"Don't worry I took care of Berserker" Saber pointed at Berserker who was laying on the floor with her chest wide open from the cut Saber gave her.

Shiro quickly took to his feet, "Is she dead?" He asked.

"I don't know myself, I know I cut her down, but she doesn't seem to be disappearing," Saber uttered.

"Yeah, the same as Kris's Berserker, I never saw it vanish, did you?"

"Hm hmm," Saber nodded negatively.

Rider waltzed in with her Horse, "Master, I took care of their Archer" She said, before coming down from the horse.

"Where did you get a freaking horse?" Shiro yelled.

"It's my Noble Phantasm," Rider responded.

"Ohhh"

"Did your opponent vanish after defeat?" Saber uttered.

"Of course, were you unable to finish your task?" Rider said, in a sarcastic tone.

"Of course I did, she's not just freeing herself from this world," Saber said.

"We worry less about her and more about our opponent who is still alive, Ainak" Shiro uttered, standing to his feet.

He stretched out his hands and Saber's sword appeared, except it was shorter.

"They have one Servant left, we can still win in terms of numbers, but something about that Archer doesn't sit well with me".

"Let's just get it over with".... Shiro uttered, before putting his nose mask back on.

. . . . .

Shiro and his servant moved out to the open with Berserker laying at their back.

"Ainak! No more games, let's settle this one-on-one" Shiro yelled.

"What are you doing?" Saber asked.

Shiro ignored Saber, "it's cowardly making servants fight for our selfish needs, don't you think, let's fight our own battles, here and now?"

Ainak came out of the ground with Archer at his back, "You realize, these servants have to die for the Holy grail to appear right, and they get their wishes too".

"I know that, but the real battle for the holy Grail hasn't even begun yet, this is just a trial sought, and you know it," Shiro uttered.

The place went quiet for a while before Ainak burst into laughter, "Okay, I'll play your game" Ainak yelled, "Archer stand back".

"Are you sure about this, your class doesn't really-"

"Have a little faith in me, Archer"

"As you wish" Archer leaped back, staying a bit far away from Ainak.

. . . .

"Master, be careful, something doesn't feel right," Rider uttered.

"Yeah, I can tell too," Saber added.

"I'll be fine" Shiro walked to the front, 'I just need to pin him down and it's over.

"If this gets bad, I'm going in there" Rider uttered.

"Let's hope it doesn't come to that" Saber stabbed her floor on the ground while focusing her gaze on Archer.

"I'm surprised, this is something you want?" Ainak uttered.

"Let's just fight and get it over with, '' Shiro uttered, stretching his hands out before two short blades appeared on them.

"Entertain me!" Ainak laughed, slamming his hands on the ground which led to the earth-producing fingers that were floating.

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Author's note

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