Chapter 4: It wasn't that bad

"So let's start!" - said Lancer.

Itadori and Saber prepare to fight, but something was strange, Lancer was staring too much at Saber. - 'Why is he looking at her like that? Don't tell me...' - Itadori thought abruptly. - "Seduction magic?" - Saber exclaimed.

'WHAT? IS THAT WHAT HE WAS DOING?!' - Itadori thought. Realizing it wouldn't work, Lancer breaks his pose. - "I'm sorry, I can't help it, it's a curse that has accompanied me since my birth, you can blame my origin, or the fact that you were born as a woman."

'Urg, this preppy guy is annoying me...' - Itadori thought. - "Don't think your pretty face will save you from my blade, spear user." - Saber said. - "If you saved me, it would ruin all the fun. I understand, the anti-magic abilities of the Saber class are impressive. Defeating a woman who was under my spells would be pretty boring."

"Don't forget me, preppy boy..." - Itadori said, somewhat irritated. - "Yuji, you seem angry, is this girl your suitor?" - Said Lancer. - "Huh...What? N-NO! I-WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A BATTLE, MAN!" - Itadori said, dying of shame.

Lancer laughs and says. - "I'm happy to see the determination of the couple in front of me." - said Lancer. - "So you want a fair fight? Facing such a noble Heroic Spirit also pleases me a lot, but we are two against one, wouldn't that be a problem?" - Saber asked.

"I don't see any problem with that, in that case...be on guard!" - Said Lancer. - "Art-...Saber, let's do the following, I go at him and you stay on the defensive until you find the blind spot to hit him, and when you do...let's switch, I stay on the defensive and you go for on top of him."

Itadori quickly runs towards the Lancer at an absurd speed. With a sequence of quick punches, Lancer dodges two punches. - "You're fast, boy..." - said Lancer - 'This guy is skilled.' - thought Itadori.

Lancer tried to hit the pink-haired boy with the red spear, Itadori ducked to avoid the cuts and then prepared the punch. 'I could use the divergent fist now, but I'll wait for the right moment...' - Itadori thought.

Itadori punches Lancer, but he blocks it with both spears forming a cross. - 'Damn you! It's as if he read my movements... He must have felt the pressure of my punch, but these spears, they have a special power, I need to discover it, with one or two punches it will be enough.' - Itadori thought.

Saber goes behind Lancer and tries to hit him in the back, but the same man notices and blocks Saber's attack and tries to hit her with the yellow spear, which she quickly dodges. To know.

Itadori looks at Saber with agreement, the plan has begun, this time, Saber will attack Lancer. Saber threw several blows, but Lancer dodged or blocked them. Itadori was preparing his divergent fist.

'I understand them both... They are alternating between them, what a simple plan, I didn't even have to make an effort to use the eye of truth... I'm going UP!' - Lancer thought. The man with the spear attacked the girl with his spears, first the red one, then the yellow one. - "It's not long before I find out the size of your sword, Saber. Tell me why you're in defensiv...-' - Itadori punches Lancer in the side of the body.

His body shakes, Lancer stumbles a little to the side. - 'This boy... Was that punch... in my SOUL?' - Lancer thought. The boy went up and launched several blows.

After Lancer desperately dodged each blow, something happened, the punches started to become slower and more predictable. - 'He's getting tired, his next attack will be the end of you, boy!' - Lancer thought, preparing his golden spear.

One of Itadori's arms comes apart and is exposed. - 'Now!' - Lancer uses his golden spear to cut off Itadori's exposed right arm. - "ITADORI!" - Irisviel shouts to the boy. - "I discovered the power of one of your spears... you really have a curse..." - Itadori said.

"There's no point in healing your servant, this spear makes strong wounds incurable, in this case, your arm is gone... Tell me, boy, by punching my soul, could you have killed me at that moment?" - Lancer asked. - "It's not that simple... I can only take and manipulate your soul close to death... the more weakened it is, the easier it is to break... manipulate... Or remove it from your body." - Itadori said.

"You underestimated me, boy. But you have a lot to learn, when you participate in more wars, maybe you will understand how to fight someone hand to hand." - Lancer said, preparing to deliver the final blow.

Itadori looks down, panting, placing his hand on his missing arm and says. - "What are you talking about? I think you're the one underestimating here...-" Itadori looks at Lancer with a smile and punches the ground with his left arm very hard. - "I am completely cursed!" - The punch was so strong that it broke part of the floor.

There was smoke, Lancer couldn't see where the boy was, but he had nowhere to run, soon the smoke would disperse, but something came out of the smoke, a line, a line of blood pierces his belly.

'W-WHAT? WHAT IS THAT?' - Thought Lancer, but before he even reacted Saber gave a clear blow to Lancer's back who fell to his knees, the boy came out of the smoke with absurd speed, the lancer, still on his knees, picked up the red spear to try to hit him, but he He noticed something, his right arm was brand new.

"DIVERGENT FIST!" - Itadori punches Lancer in the face and throws him away. - "This blue fire... What is it?" - Saber asked. - "That's cursed energy." - Said Itadori.

"Y-your arm...how?" asked Lancer. - "That's reverse cursed energy. It seems I'm immune to curses." - Itadori said smiling. Lancer stands up and says. - "My spear had no effect against you... so, that was your plan, to pretend that you were weakening just so I could believe that you were winning. That was dirty."

"I have no honor, I'm not a warrior, I'm not a hero, I'm a Jujutsu sorcerer! If I'm going to defeat an enemy, I'll defeat it in the dirtiest way possible." - Itadori said, recovering completely.

'This is strange, my connection with my master changed, what did he do?' - Lancer thought. - "Enough with the bullshit!" - said the unknown man.

"Whose voice is that?" - Itadori said. - "Is that Lancer's master?!" Irisviel said. - "There's no point in prolonging this nonsense, these two are really scary opponents. Finish them both off quickly! You should use your Hougo now." - said the Lancer's master.

"As you wish, my master." - said Lancer, releasing his golden spear and leaving only the blood red spear. - 'So this long spear is Lancer's Hougo.' - Saber thought. The red spear, which was previously bandaged, was now fully exposed.

"You heard him, from now on, I will fight to kill. Saber, you are using wind attribute magic... To conceal your sword, correct?" - Saber doesn't answer. - "I see, there must be a good reason for that. Will I be able to lift the veil of your invisible sword, Saber?" asked Lancer.

"You'll die before you even make it." - Said Saber, putting pressure on his sword. The two go up, Saber's sword crosses with Lancer's spear.

A golden light appears as they clash their weapons against each other, Saber herself seemed impressed. - "Did he dispel it?" - Said Saber, moving away a little.

Lancer tries to lunge at Saber, but the young knight seemed to dodge with a certain ease.

"What he is doing?" - asked Irisviel. - Lancer's attacks began to become more assertive and Saber was having difficulty countering his blows. - "He's trying to understand what size Saber's sword is." - Itadori said, preparing his divergent fist.

Lancer almost managed to hit Saber, each hit released a beam of golden light. - "Now I know the size of your sword." - Said Lancer.

Saber walks away and starts thinking. - 'I just need to resist...a poorly placed attack!' -knowing she had an idea, she will pretend that she is going to take damage to her magical armor from Lancer's direct attack, and then she will retaliate against his chest.

The two advance, but unexpectedly, Saber takes the actual damage to her magical armor. - 'What? Don't tell me that spear... It's capable of piercing through magical tools.' - thought Saber

'Now it's my turn to attack!' - thought Itadori, approaching Lancer. "I just need to hit him with that divergent fist and the battle will be ove...-" - Before Itadori finishes speaking, Lancer slashes Saber that hits her left eye.

Itadori is amazed looking at that situation. "Artu... ria?" The boy remembers his old friend, Nobara. Several flashes come to his mind and everything goes back to that fateful day in Shibuya. "No... not again..." His cursed energy begins to darken and turns reddish. 'Itadori... It wasn't that bad.' his mind goes black and all he wanted to do was end this Lancer's race.

Without realizing it, the boy was going to use Black Flash, his speed started to increase and Lancer noticed his presence, he turned towards the boy, but it was too late, he was distracted again by Saber hitting his body with one of his bleeding eyes. And Itadori...

"Black.... FLAAAAASH" - Itadori hits Lancer right in the belly and he is thrown away again.

"Saber!" - Irisviel began to heal the armored girl. - "Thank you, Irisviel, I'm feeling the effect." - Said Saber. - "Saber! Are you okay?!" - Itadori says, worried about the girl. - "Don't worry, it wasn't that bad." - Saber said, trying not to worry Itadori.

The boy thought about crying, but held back a lot, Itadori realized how strong Arturia was. Saber looks at Lancer who was badly injured. "You are first among Fionna's knights, Diarmuid of the Passionate Sign." - Saber said.

Lancer gets up, badly hurt. - "Th-that's right, the pleasure is all mine. And you must be Arturia Pendragon, the King of Knights, it was a fun battle..." Before anyone could respond, someone else was heading towards them, another servant.

When they looked up, they saw a carriage floating through the sky. - "What is this? Santa Claus?" - Itadori said perplexed. After landing, the giant man raises his arms and says. "Sheath your swords! You stand before a king!"

Everyone is perplexed by the sudden appearance. - "I am Iskandar, the king of conquerors. Summoned to fight in this Holy Grail war as a valiant warrior of the Rider class! But I have a question... How about you consider the Cup for me and join my army?" asked Rider , but everyone had an answer for that, and it was...

"NO!"

End of Chapter 4