Elimination Battle
When I wake up, Saber is clinging to me protectively. I smile at her. Last evening just made it obvious that Saber is jealous, and possibly afraid of losing me to Rin. While I think that is silly, I will definitely be more sensible now. I feel really ashamed that she needed to force herself on me like this—and she did not even stop after the first time—to make me realise how she feels.
I caress her cheek a softly push a strain out of her face. Within the night, at one point Saber actually managed to fully undress me. She did not let me get dressed afterwards either, I had to sleep nude and so did she. As Saber wakes up, she throws herself onto my lap. Really clingy now, aren't we? I smile to myself, but I cannot have Saber fall asleep again.
I run my fingertips down her spine, obviously surprising her. "We should get ready for the battle," I tell her.
Instantly, Saber gets fired up—seems like she cannot wait to chop off that man's head. I can relate for once, really. Saber stands up and materialises her full armour, along with the helmet. "I'm ready!"
"I can see that," I chuckle. She really cannot wait, can she? Such a childish knight, but it is adorable in its own way. I get dressed, but leave out the uniform's jacket as well as the tights. I cannot really repair them as soon, since writing a Code Cast for that would take a while…
This outfit works as well.
"Let's go," I say, and we make our way to the elevator, in which we meet Julius and his Servant. He must be Asian from the looks of his red outfit, suiting his red hair. His expression is strict and he gives off a similar vibe as his Master. Probably Assassin class, I think to myself.
"No need to hide behind your Noble Phantasm, we know who you are," says Julius. But that is not the point, we are not trying to hide Saber's identity right now. We do not know what he and his Servant are capable of, thus having Saber 100% protected by her full armour seems a safe approach.
The elevator comes to a halt and opens its doors to the Arena, in which we step. Our plan does not exactly suit Saber, but at least she agreed to it in the end. She will have Assassin come at her and just stall his attacks.
He is fast—too fast—when he charges at Saber, but no hit from his fist can put even a dent into Saber's armour. However, he is pushing her back and she has trouble keeping her stance, while Assassin does not even seem to be any hurt from his knuckles repeatedly hitting metal.
He has not uttered a single word, either.
Julius looks at me, and there is still no kind of emotion on his face. "Stalling is all you do? Won't help," he says, as he slowly approaches me. Just as planned.
We knew he had stalked us up until now, so he knows I am not good at combat, not even at defence. Ronnie got far enough to almost bite off my head, if not for Saber's speed. That is probably why Julius has his Servant keep Saber busy with deflecting his attacks, so she could not come to my aid.
That is exactly what we counted on.
As soon as both Servants are out of his view, Saber throws her sword. Julius turns just in time to see the sword's tip coming at him, impaling his chest. "What the…?" He coughs up blood.
Assassin seems shocked, but does not hurry to his Master's side, and the barrier is already forming. That means, Julius' death is certain and nobody could keep him alive at this point—our plan worked out. Saber dematerialises her helmet, getting her sword back and resting it on her shoulder, just holding the tilt with her right hand.
"You… !" For once, Julius' face shows emotion—raw anger flicks through his eyes. "If you just dare to threaten Leo's victory… I'll have your head." He grunts, but still staying on his legs, despite the large puddle of blood forming at his feet. Assassin still stay silent, I cannot read him.
Before I could even ask him who he is, both of them are deleted.
They are gone.