Hi this is Benji Himura. I am now starting a new fanfic is a Ranma 1/2 story. I don't own Ranma1/2 or any of the characters. Some anime or manga characters might show up in the story I also don't own then. I don't own FATE/Stay night and the characters of that story. I own Benji Himura and others characters that will show up in the story. It might be violence and sex in the story so if you are underage of seventeen are warned the content might be too improper to your age. Read by your own will and risk. In anyway enjoy the story.

Signed: Benji Himura.

"Text"= Talked sentences.

'Text' = Thoughts.

-Text- = Sounds effects.

(Text)= Talked sentences in a foreign language as English when everyone else speaks Japanese.

: Text: = Messages show in an electronic screen or written.

Text: something being recalled, flashbacks, scenes being replayed.

Text: a detail found in a location, scene, person, recording and images that originally wasn't there.

"Text"= Alteration in the voice, not in the tone but the voice itself.

Warning! For those of you that haven't played the game or watched the anime of Fate Stay/Night I place this warning that there are spoilers for Fate in this chapter.

Outcast Chronicles of a lost writer in Ranma world book two

Chapter forty three: Changing the rules

Elenore was pleased with herself, she finally got what she wanted and was everything that she imagined that would be and more, and at the same time she replenished a considerable amount of Benji's mana, no one would complain of that. Now rested Benji's movements aren't sluggish or his mind is clouded by a mist of tiredness.

Shouldering the weapons' bag Benji leads the maid out of the room, they had to walk back to the bike and then they have a long way back to the Einzbern mansion. Elenore didn't minded the silence between them, she was content with it, it meant that he wouldn't ask her questions, wonder why she did it, she knew that if she lied telling that was just to restore his mana he would know the lie.

Elenore feels embarrassed as people looks at their direction, it wasn't her maid clothes that were getting attention, she could feel that, her face was clean and she didn't had any visible marks exposed, she wonders what could be making the people look so much at them as they walk.

Looking at her left at Benji's direction she notices something that doesn't belong to a human. Elenore grabs the black fur covered tail making Benji tense up; she now sees a pair of wolf ears on the top of his head. She understood that people looked at them and saw a maid and a kemonomimi costumed man wearing a suit; it wasn't a surprise that people stared.

"Benji do something about your appearance!" Elenore hissed. "What?" Benji asked looking at the maid, Elenore tugs on his tail, and then Benji realizes what is going on and feels his hair and feels the two wolf ears on his head. "Why I am on wolf ears mode?" Benji exclaimed surprised. "I didn't willed for this!"

The two rush to the bike so they can leave the open and public area; it would be bad to be seem by to many people like that. Riding to the mansion was fine since no one paid attention to them like that, Elenore is confused that wasn't a regular shape that a werewolf can change to, it was undeniably cute but uncommon, she wonders what kind of mutation gave him that shape.

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"Ojou-sama!" Elenore exclaimed when entering the mansion followed not so closely by Benji. "Elenore what is going on?" Irisviel asked surprised. "Wait, better than that why Benji looks like an anime character?" She refrained when seeing Benji with the wolf ears on his head.

"I have no idea, when we left the hotel he was like that." Elenore answered. "Why Benji is an anime character?" Sora asked confused at Benji's ears, while Saber and Miki rub, pull and tug on Benji's ears, both for fun and as confirmation that they are real. "No idea, we left the hotel and he was like that." Elenore answered. "This is annoying." Benji said to the two tugging on his ears.

"I don't think so, they feel really nice." Saber commented, she was fascinated with them, not to mention that they have a nice silky feel on them. "I mean that it is annoying me." Benji replied in a flat tone. "Bear it." Miki said with a grin. "Once again you held back on us."

"So why you are like that?" Irisviel asked while fixing a potion. "Remember the first night when you summoned me what the were-maid did?" Benji asked to Miki. "Yeah, she attacked you and you beated the crap out of her." Miki answered with a frown. "What this has to do with that?"

"Remember that I was trying to say something back then?" Elenore asked knowing where Benji is leading the conversation. "And he threatened me to not." "Now that you mention yes." Miki replied. "Well I knew back then that Benji was a werewolf, or at least something similar, but I admit that I never saw anything like that." Elenore said in a serious tone, pointing to Benji's ears. "At least not outside anime."

"Okay there is anything else that you haven't told us?" Miki asked to Benji, now really pulling on his ear. "Yes and I am not telling." Benji answered pinching Miki's hands away from his ears; oddly enough Saber is more than happy in rubbing on his sore ear. "We have a half ton demigod out there trying to burst his way in, can we worry about that and not my ears?"

"It is kind of hard considering that they look cute." Maiya commented, then she blushes at the slip of her tongue, Kiritsugu sighs and looks away from the scene. "Just go ahead before you start regretting." He said to the younger woman. Maiya takes the offer and moves to Benji's side and eagerly plays with his ears, Benji was really annoyed for becoming their plaything.

"Okay what can we do now?" Irisviel asked from her cauldron. "How we kill Berserker?" "I killed him at least five times yesterday and he is still alive." Benji said from his seat. "And I must say that I threw pieces of him all over the park." "Okay, so normal killing isn't all that effective." Irisviel commented. "What about your rifle?"

"Not good." Benji answered. "First he is too hard to get damage from the ammo that we have; second to get the really nasty damage I need a considerable energy supply."

"I feared that." Irisviel replied. "Saber what about Excalibur; can you use it on him?" "Yes, but I am unsure of the results." Saber answered. "If Berserker came back to life after being killed several times, I don't know if my attack will stop him either, maybe it will kill him once, but Berserker might come back before I can ready a second one or even prepare a defense."

"However we know that as a servant he must be able to be killed." Kiritsugu said in a serious tone. "No servant is invincible. Benji's jacket might be a perfect barrier but it still has limits, so Berserker's resurrections must also have a limit."

"That is true, so what are the limits of the Crystal Cloak?" Miki asked to Irisviel. "Around ten percent of all concussive damage passes through the cloak and hits the user, it only works when it is being worn, without the cloak Benji isn't protected by its amazing powers, and there are also the unprotected areas to count. It is armor bordering perfection since it protects the user from virtually everything."

"And Berserker's resurrection?" Sora asked hopefully. "Never saw it so I can't guess anything." Irisviel replied. "It takes some time to kick in." Benji said. "It varies with the overkill effect, more we overkill Berserker longer it takes for him to be fit to battle." "Wait isn't overkill the term used to classify post-mortem damage inflicted to someone already dead?" Maiya asked confused.

"Yes, it is normally used for that, it is like using a nuke to kill a fly, you are overkilling it since you don't need that kind of power to kill a fly." Benji answered. "But what I mean right now is slice and dicing Berserker, maybe if we chop him in enough pieces, lock into steel boxes and throw them in different parts of the city he won't come back."

"I don't think that it will be functional." Kiritsugu commented. "If you have a better idea speak up that I am listening." Benji said in a dry tone.

Benji isn't surprised by Kiritsugu not speaking up. "Okay, okay, once again we are back with Kiritsugu shooting down the only ideas that we have." Irisviel said trying to defuse the argument. "While the overkill theory is plausible we need something easier to do, we will keep the overkill as a back up plan."

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Meiko sighed annoyed while watching the Tendo household from a certain distance; it was so boring to sit on her Hayabusa watching nothing happening for the morning. Of course that she is aware that she is getting quite much attention from passersby, she is after all riding on a massive sports bike, actually sitting cross legged on it while it is parked and resting on the solid parking support, wearing black and red leather biker's clothes and a red and helmet with an reflexive mirror like visor.

Her clothes didn't hide her curves, they barely hid her weapons, and her long blonde hair is swaying with the breeze. 'If nothing happens I will so need to kill someone.' She thought angrily. 'Staking out is so boring.' She drums her leather gloved fingers on her ankles nervously, at each passing moment she gets more and more unruly.

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In her room Kasumi still sobs softly, filled with guilt, regret, shame, anger, and fear. Kasumi knew that she had hurt her sister worse than anyone else have ever had, with a pain equal as first finding Benji's corpse. Part of her wanted to apologize to Nabiki, but another part was glad that Nabiki is suffering, that her barriers are finally down.

It was cruel but Kasumi accepted that dark part of her, she saw in one moment the girl that she loved as if her daughter vanish away to nothingness right in front of her in the very day of her graduation. Kasumi could still remember the sheer fright in her brown eyes as she slowly faded.

Kasumi didn't fight her tears as the memories surface on her mind. After Benji's death Nabiki was badly struck by it and fell in a depression for few months, during that time Kasumi took care of Rosa, so Nabiki could mourn without doing anything that she might regret later.

Rosa wasn't all that willing to stay with Kasumi, even being her favorite auntie who Rosa wanted was her mommy and daddy after more than two years away from them. It pained Kasumi to force Rosa to stay in the Tendo household, but Nabiki wasn't anywhere in shape to be with her daughter.

And even after getting over the depression Rosa stayed most of the time with Kasumi as Nabiki oscillated between being distant and being too touchy. During her yearly teens Kasumi took care of Rosa who didn't know what was happening and where her father and mother where, just later after the end of the war and on her mid teens Rosa understood what happened.

Kasumi recalled how Rosa reacted, how understanding she was, she knew that they told her a lie that Benji was traveling and she couldn't visit her, not to fool her but to save her from the pain and learning about death when too young. At fourteen years old Rosa suspected that her father had died in the war, she felt sad, but not as devastated as Kasumi imagined that she would be.

Deep down Kasumi had a hope that Rosa had a small hope that Benji was still alive, traveling on a distance place of the Earth where he couldn't contact them, it was wishful thinking but Kasumi knew that Rosa would hold a hope like that; she was after all still a child.

In the kitchen Ranma had finished fixing the breakfast for everyone, while it wasn't on Kasumi's level Ranma took pride in her own cooking, now all that she had to do is to get a tray full of food for Kasumi and take it to her, in her opinion Kasumi desperately needed to rest.

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Pain is finally acknowledged by Nabiki's brain, the now dull but sharp throbs on her knees are finally registered by her mind; that until then was lost in a spiral of sadness and a pain greater than any physical pain that she had ever suffered, including childbirth.

Nabiki exams her knees and shins, the cuts are swollen and red, purple in the surroundings and starting to infect. Hissing softly Nabiki moves to the kitchen, inside a cabinet she pulls a first aid kit, a must since accidents are common in the kitchen, and kids get hurt often, no mattering how much protected they are and how fierce the parents are in protecting them.

Nabiki moves to the bathroom and for the next ten minutes she grits her teeth and swallows her moans of pain while digging for every shard of glass on her flesh. "Now I know what Bruce Willis 'felt' in Die Hard." Nabiki muttered throwing the last piece of bloodied glass in the trashcan.

She was thankful that none of the cuts are too deep or too big, and that they will heal fine after she is done torturing herself, actually sterilizing the cut with the antiseptic and putting plasters on them, it was kind of funny, Nabiki looks at the box of the adhesive bandages and smiled, she was using a type of them that would only be developed years later using cutting edge technology straight from the battlefield, one of the many wonders that the war gave later to the civilians.

When done Nabiki puts the first aid kit back in the cabinet in the kitchen, she was angry at Kasumi, but at the same time she was even angrier at herself, it wasn't Kasumi's fault, Kasumi loved Rosa as much as she did, Nabiki hated to admit but in the first three years after Benji's death Kasumi really took over the role of parent of Rosa, far too often a confused and crying Rosa who had no idea of why her mommy was crying when looking at her sought Kasumi for comfort.

Kasumi never complained about it, she was happy in helping, she knew that Nabiki was suffering a great loss and that wasn't easy for her to deal with it, Kasumi guessed that was because Nabiki had finally allowed herself to be weak, to open up her feelings and let go of the strong, cold and calculating mask that she worn after their mother's death.

Nabiki ponders in what to do, she wasn't rested, the unconscious state that she was in after the breakdown in the Tendo's kitchen didn't allowed her any rest, it only worn her physically and mentally, and she isn't ready to face Kasumi after what she did to her.

Kasumi had shattered the last remaining shield of her heart, true Kasumi was pounding hard on her barriers, masks, shields and protections, with a devilish accuracy and efficiency, but Nabiki still couldn't get truly mad at Kasumi. She was mad at herself, for her inactions when it mattered most.

Too emotionally worn and beaten Nabiki curls in the sofa, hoping to capture a pleasant dream, one that won't make her hate herself when waking up and let her get a precious rest.

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Irisviel alerted everyone that the barrier around the forest were broken, with the use of divination she knew that it was Berserker attacking, he was still two hours away from there, but everyone inside the mansion is an hair away from a state of panic, arguing almost senselessly about possible battle plans.

Benji was very irritated, it wasn't the semi-panic that was bothering him, nor the previous curiosity over his ears, it was something much fainter than that, everything felt so badly wrong and he can't help in feeling that everything is wrong. Since Benji was quietly sited in a chair everyone is surprised when he bolts to his feet walks to a column, holds it with his hands and then hits it hard with his forehead.

"Benji!" Miki exclaimed in horror, she can't understand what made him do such a thing, but she was quite afraid of him, his headbutt gave the column several cracks. "Now that is better." Benji commented without any sign of pain on his voice. Turning away from the column Benji licks some blood that is running next of his lips from a trail that begins on his forehead and stains his face.

"White mage." Benji said to Irisviel. "You have dislocation magic haven't you? Teleportation and the lot?" "Uh…I do but why that?" Irisviel asked confused. "Doesn't matter now." Benji replied. "Get a teleport ready, the target location is a military base, any one with a well stocked armory, the exact target is inside the armory, I want it done and I want it done five minutes ago!"

Irisviel nodded, actually too scared to disobey, Benji was different, she can tell, but she can also tell that he has an idea. "Saber how much weight you can carry with that small body of yours?" Benji asked to the other servant. While offended at the remark of her body size Saber ponders on the question. "Without bothering me much during combat I can carry over one hundred kilos, two hundred with my fighting ability halved." Saber answered.

"I don't care if get in the way or not, I want to know how much you can carry before you fall." Benji replied icily. Saber really hated the way that he is speaking to her but swallow her pride. "Four hundred and twenty two kilos." Saber answered seriously. "Better." Benji said with a nod. "Maid, how much you can carry in your war form?"

"Twelve hundred kilos and some change." Elenore answered, she isn't sure if she is that strong anymore but she used to be able to lift that much weight before. "Good." Benji commented. "What is going on?" Kiritsugu asked. "I won't explain now." Benji replied. "You know conversion magic?"

"I do." Kiritsugu answered. "Just to make sure you mean the type of sorcery that changes the weight and size of things, right?" "Right." Benji answered. "Get the biggest chest that you can find and cast the most powerful one that you can cast, then cast a fixation spell on it. I want it done before the white is done with the teleport."

Kiritsugu nodded, it felt that Benji has a plan, and he has a minor outline of it already. "White maids." Benji said turning to the two maids of Einzbern. "I want a detailed map of the best spots to view the surroundings of this mansion, as well all the exit points, safer areas and exit routes." "Understood." The two said as one and went to obey the commands.

Benji turns to Maiya. "Get every piece of weapon that you and the other mage have here, place it all over the dinning table and start to see what can be used and how much ammo you have." Benji instructed to her. "Everything, no secrets." Maiya nodded and leaves to do so. Saber was pretty impressed with everything, it is clear that Benji is up something, but she can't ask him since he is sorting the weapons that he brought over the table.

Ten minutes later both Irisviel and Kiritsugu return to the dinning hall. "We are done." Kiritsugu announced. "Good." Benji said with a nod, calling Saber and Elenore Benji leaves to the room with the magic circle. "You really intend to break inside a military armory and steal from it?" Irisviel asked worried while Benji puts on a pair of gloves.

"Yes." Benji answered. "We lack firepower so we will get more, this is war, raiding, looting and pillaging is common." Saber can't contest that, she did stuff like that in the past as well, she doesn't like it but accepts it silently, it is his plan so she will play by his rules.

After stepping inside the circle and putting on masks and gloves everyone is teleported inside a deserted weapons' depot. "You get explosives, grenades, detonators and mines." Benji instructed to Kiritsugu. "Load half of the chest with it, then get RPGs, both anti-personal and anti-tank. Take Saber with you."

Kiritsugu nodded and moves away with the servant. "Maid you go with me and the white mage." Benji said to Elenore, the two nod and follow Benji. Benji doesn't have much trouble to find what he is looking for, but his two companions are surprised, it was literally heavy artillery, automatic belt fed grenade launchers, anti-tank machine guns, and even a cannon!

'I don't know what was wrong with me.' Benji thought while checking the weapons, locating the ammunition and placing it all together. 'No wonder it was so fucking hard, when I started to play by their rules? One on one combat? Honor? This is war, honor is worth shit, the goal is to survive. When I forgot that I am not a martial artist?'

Irisviel watches surprised the growing pile of weapons and ammunition in front of her, she has no idea of what Benji is planning but he is loading a large caisson with everything other than the cannon. Machine guns bigger than herself, others with six barrels that were thicker than her thighs, ammunition belts that could easily wrap her up several times, and the list keeps growing.

"Hey...!" A guard falls in the ground holding his heart, Irisviel stares at the fuming pistol on Benji's right hand. "He is just unconscious." Benji said while holstering the gun. "Keep loading." Elenore nodded, while Irisviel go checks on the guard, Benji's reaction was too cold blooded, but seeing that the guard is indeed alive she leaves him alone.

"We are done." Kiritsugu said walking with Saber, both of them holding the closed chest, over it a large pile of boxes tightly strapped to the chest. "We got one and a half ton worth of explosives in here not even counting four RPGs and two hundred rockets." "Load it up." Benji replied pointing to the caisson.

Kiritsugu nodded and they do so, Saber with large bag in her back look at the weapons, Elenore holds several ammunition boxes and few more machine guns in her arms before they teleport away from there. "I am so glad that I used the entry as return point." Irisviel commented looking at the amount of weapons in there.

"But we aren't done yet." Benji answered. "New location and new shopping list, we have one and a half hour before Berserker arrives." "What you need?" Kiritsugu answered. "Security cameras." Benji answered. "Not the usual type, battery powered wireless ones, the type that you just place it and aim, security monitors and radios for communication."

"I know where to get those." Kiritsugu said. "The check with the maids the locations for them and get twice as many cameras as they say." Benji explained. "I want to see them coming from whatever direction they might come." "That is a needless worry." Irisviel said. "The only way to get here is from the forest in front of the castle."

"I don't care, anyone with half a brain would use a less obvious route." Benji answered seriously. "And Berserker might be a diversion as well, therefore I want to know if anything else comes from the other way." Saber can agree with it, it was wise to guard blind spots.

Irisviel leaves with Saber and Kiritsugu, Benji starts to aim the cannon towards the door, it is a certain that Berserker will come through it, so they will be ready for him. "Anything that I can do for help?" Maiya asked to Benji. "You know how to use one of these?" Benji asked back pointing to the cannon. "Yes." Maiya answered. "Good, then you are the one in charge of it." Benji replied. "I want the most armor piercing, explosive and overall armor lethal round that we have loaded and ready to be fired."

"Understood." Maiya said with a nod, finding the shell was easy, with the aid of Elenore she moves all the rounds to the back of the cannon, as well firmly bolt the cannon to the floor. Benji is feeding the machine guns with the respective ammunition belts.

Ten minutes later the Einzbern maids arrive and aid Benji with the placement of four of the machine guns in the second floor of the entry, plus two more facing the outside. "All the windows are magically shut and are part of an alarm field." Miki said while walking to the entry. "What in name of heavens is this?"

The young mage stares in horror at the huge amount of weapons in the entry, she never saw that much firepower together outside action movies. "Our defenses." Benji answered. "Place these in the first floor windows." Benji hands to Miki a large duffle bag.

"What is this?" Miki asked worried. "Bombs." Benji answered. "They are safe for now. Once you place them in the windows press the red button on the display on it and leave the room in twenty seconds, after than the motion sensor will activate." "You want me to plant bombs in master's house?" Miki asked swallowing hard.

"It is a secondary way to know if the enemy breeches the mansion, and a way to kill them in the process." Benji explained. "Now hurry up I have other chores for you." Miki whined but obeys. Elenore wanted to comfort her master but now she can't do it, alongside with the Einzbern maids she is burying and hiding landmines, bombs and tripwires in the front yard outside the mansion.

After forty minutes the preparations are done, Irisviel is now charged of watching the security monitors that gives her excellent view of three hundred and sixty degrees around the mansion, as well above the mansion. The Einzbern maids are placed as backup gunners in the second floor in order to give support fire against the enemies using a total of six machine guns, two rocket launchers and ten rockets.

Maiya and Miki are in charge of the cannon, Miki is there to aid in loading the cannon while Maiya makes sure that everything is working and shooting. Elenore is guarding the only unblocked exit of the mansion with two machine guns, one rocket launcher and lots of ammo.

Kiritsugu is on the second floor with a machine gun in order to kill anything that isn't Berserker that might come to invade, Saber is next to Benji who is holding an automatic grenade launcher, standing next a large amount of weapons and clad on his crystal cloak. And lastly Sora is near Irisviel to not bother anyone.

Saber looks at Benji a little confused, the plan was good, any kind of surprise attacks would be countered rather easily thanks to that disposition of forces and knowledge of the terrain, but she was too surprised with him suddenly coming with such idea when similar ones were refused in the past, specially when he suddenly drew marks of power in every piece of weaponry that they stole, making them magical without the need for rituals. Even for hiding information that was way beyond she expected from him.

And Saber wasn't the only one, Irisviel and Miki were also very confused, the type of marks that he used where first grade and powerful types, and very unique and precise as well, as made solely for firearms. As Benji lightly adjusts his grip on the grenade launcher Saber wonders what caused such a change.

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Hel was ecstatic, her plan was working, slowly but surely knowledge from the Benji that freed her is seeping towards the one that she calls 'wolf', with a pleased smile Hel allows herself to fantasy about the final outcome of her plan. "Soon…" she whispered pleased. "Very soon…"

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As subtle as a bomb Berserker arrives in the perimeter of the mansion, Irisviel quickly reports that to everyone. Outside an army of armed skeletons trigger the traps destroying themselves in great numbers and as well making the blasts hit Berserker. And when Berserker enters on the mansion he is greeted by cannon fire.

Maiya fired as Benji instructed, hitting the massive servant straight on the chest, and that is just the beginning as Benji fires as well, using the cycling rate of the grenade launcher to fire a wall of grenades on the other servant.

Berserker roared in rage as his chest is torn open killing him once, before he is fully recovered he is killed a second time, his massive figure is being covered by thick smoke, yet no shot was missed, grenades and machinegun rounds impacts everywhere on his body causing massive amounts of damage.

A second cannon shot tears his right arm away from the shoulder, a rocket propelled grenade punches a gaping hole on his brain, a volley of grenades destroy his heart, lungs and organs, machinegun rounds destroy his muscles and bones as they explode and burn upon impact.

Benji grinned, he counted four deaths, adding with the ones that he gave him earlier it added to nine, a third shot from Maiya's cannon add a tenth time. At the end of one full minute Berserker lies fading on the destroyed floor. 'It was too easy.' Saber thought while seeing the fading warrior.

In the other hand Benji is calmly reloading the grenade launcher, there are more enemies to kill, Berserker was just the strongest one. Disregarding the surprise from everyone else Benji demands a situation report from Irisviel. With a smile Benji learns that Caster is approaching from the sky, while there isn't much time to move every piece of weaponry Benji moves to the roof with the grenade launcher and a machinegun, he will shoot the witch out of the sky.

Caster was shocked with the volley of machinegun fire at her, she couldn't cast her barrier fast enough and the first one hundred rounds hit her square in the center mass, and even her barrier has trouble when dealing with the massive firing rate and impact from the shots, it was her first time under attack of firearms, bleeding profusely from her wounds her concentration is enough to heal herself, fly and keep her barrier.

Before she could ready another spell to break her fall her barrier is shattered by a volley of grenades and machinegun rounds, with the barrier gone Caster is nothing more than a target to be destroyed. Emptying the guns on the female servant Benji watches as she vanishes. Benji walks back inside the mansion, now with only two remaining servants the end was near, and he knows exactly where the other servant is staying.

"That was easier than I thought that would be." Miki commented casually. "I honestly thought that it would be much harder." "The pairing of modern weaponry with magic allowed us to achieve this." Maiya replied. "They weren't expecting this kind of thing after the approach that we took until now."

Kiritsugu was worried about something else and moves to Irisviel. "Anything?" He asked to the white haired woman. "Nothing." Irisviel answered. "Five servants are dead yet I haven't received them. There is something really wrong with this war first there are two Sabers now this."

"Yet Caster and Berserker were working together and came to attack together." Kiritsugu said. "Assassin also told us that yesterday Rider attacked him after he fought with Berserker, perhaps the other masters were working together, but why?"

"I am not sure, but now there is only Saber and Benji." Irisviel answered with a sigh. Her eyes go wide when realizes that, with only two servants the alliance is over, Benji would kill Saber without much of a second thought. Irisviel and Kiritsugu rush to the entry.

"Hey Benji your plan worked really well." Saber said to Benji in a friendly tone. "Thanks." Benji replied with a smile. "And sorry." "Sorry?" Saber asked confused. "Yeah." Benji said while shoving the barrel of the grenade launcher on Saber's mouth and lifting her small body from the ground.

Saber was surprised, her instincts never failed her before, she could always feel killing intent, yet Benji haven't let any out, and she can tell that he is going to kill her, a thick barrel on her mouth pointing straight to her brain is certain death, even without the markings on the gun.

"Benji wait!" Irisviel exclaimed, but Benji just levels the machine gun at her with his left hand. "Look I know there is only you and Saber." Irisviel said nervously, she saw the damage that it gave to Berserker, that gun would easily tear her and Kiritsugu apart. "But remember that you met a Saber yesterday before meeting Berserker, it wasn't Arturia. There is something really wrong going on here Benji. I know that you want to end this soon, but this isn't right, there are a third servant lurking around."

Benji does recall seeing Saber, and the robed people when he fought Berserker. "Look there is something else." Irisviel added. "I am supposed to gather the dead servants, turn them into energy to become the Holy Grail, but there are five dead servants and I haven't collected a single one of them. I was made to be the recipient to summon the Grail, if I am not receiving the servants someone else is."

"No one can say anything about this, you are an assassin, the terms of our truce had ended, and you used an opening to end this." Irisviel said. "If we discover what is wrong I will let you kill Saber, but for now let her go." Benji lowers Saber who coughs and spits blood.

Saber is surprised and confused with everything, yet as Irisviel said she can't condemn Benji for his actions, she would have done the same if she has realized that earlier, and if she was less honorable. "Then what is going on here?" Benji asked to the mage. "I was told to kill the other servants and get the Grail so all would end."

"I am not sure of it." Irisviel answered. "But there is something going on." Benji frowned and recalls who told him to do that. Benji walks to a mirror and with a pocket knife he makes a cut on the palm of his hand, with one long swift motion Benji smears blood in the mirror. "Hel what is going on here?" Benji asked angrily. "I know that you know what is going on!"

From the red tinted glass Hel's image appears, she is smiling while looking at them. "Quite simple." Hel replied casually. "You are in a different war than the others." "A different war?" Irisviel asked confused. "Yes, Benji and the servants that he killed are part of a different grail war that it is overlapping with yours." Hel answered. "Using the settings that you people created as base I have copied and energized it creating a mirror Grail war, simply putting at this particular time there are fourteen servants and masters in the city, and they are divided in two groups, the Fuyuki Grail war group which you white witch is part of, and the Mirror Grail war group which Benji and Miki belong to. You just messed up and got mixed together by accident."

"Wait, you mean that all this time I was fighting for nothing?" Benji asked angrily. "No." Hel replied. "My Mirror Grail is very much real and not tainted as the Fuyuki Grail, if you succeeds you will have a wish granted. Using what exists in Fuyuki City as base I have created my own grail, don't worry when you kill the last servant the grail will appear."

Irisviel looks at Hel confused, to make the settings for the Holy Grail war it required countless mages, a long ritual and much more time to make it happen, yet the woman named Hel claimed to have made it all by herself, and a untainted grail above everything.

"And what about your interests that you said that I had to watch over?" Benji asked annoyed for being toyed like that. "You are watching over them." Hel answered with a large smile. "And I am very happy with the results so far, because of that I will grant you with some information, in this Mirror war there are only two sides fighting, that means you and your master, and the enemy's side that is composed of an order, they got six servants, now left only with one."

"How fair is that?" Miki exclaimed angrily. "It wasn't supposed to be fair." Hel answered playfully. "It was supposed to be challenging, anyway Benji, you know where they are hiding, you just don't remember, strain your memory a little and you will discover their hideout. And it would be wise to leave that mansion, the enemy is aware of it, go to Miki's the barrier there is stronger, I bended the rules a little and made it stronger."

Benji was honestly confused about that, he has no idea of what Hel is talking about. "And one more thing, you aren't assassin." Hel said playfully. "You are Saber, my knightmare." With that as parting words Hel's image fades from the mirror and so does the blood on it. Everyone look at Benji confused, they can't see Benji as anything other than assassin.

"Don't look at me." Benji said to them, but the word knightmare struck a chord in his mind, but he wouldn't tell them that. "I have no idea of what she is talking about."

"And who was that woman?" Kiritsugu asked to Benji. "Hel, she is a goddess." Benji answered. "So deities do exist." Irisviel commented. Miki looks away but the suddenly change of demeanor is noticed by Saber. "What you know about it?" Saber asked to Miki seriously.

With a sigh Miki looks at everyone who is now looking at her. "My family worshiped her for generations." Miki answered. "Somewhere in the past a priest of Hel married into the line and it started." "It does explain why she sent me to you." Benji commented. "As much I feel like shoving this launcher up Hel's ass we should do as she says, if she says that there is danger in us staying here then we should move."

"And what about you knowing the enemy's location?" Maiya asked. "Like I know?" Benji answered. "I totally have no idea of what she is speaking about. The most annoying things about deities, is that they like riddles."

…

It took six hours to move everything to Miki's mansion, all the way Saber eyed Benji suspiciously, no one really blamed her for that given what happened earlier. In another part of the mansion Irisviel is speaking with Kiritsugu, trying to understand why Kiritsugu never said anything about her having sex with Benji, and not getting any answers.

Benji was sited in the living room staring a map of Fuyuki city trying to make sense of Hel's words without much success on that, he couldn't really figure how he would know the enemy's hideout when he don't even know the city. 'Maybe isn't that I know the exact address, but maybe is some branch of something, something that I would know.' Benji concluded after carefully studying the map.

"How long he has been like that?" Maiya asked to Saber. "It should make an hour in a short while." Saber replied. "I have a feeling that he figured something but not of much importance." Maiya doesn't say anything at that, she is unsure of how proceed with things, Kiritsugu used two command spells and the war wasn't even the one that he was supposed to be fighting on.

Benji leaves the area and isn't followed by Saber or Maiya, Benji had a itching feeling about something that is just out of his reach, it is annoying being on the verge of recalling something but not knowing what it is or the importance of it, and having that strong desire of recalling and trying hard to recall whatever it is.

Benji walks by the living room and hears an announcement about the local mall, normally he would just dismiss it, but when the announcing voice mentioned that the mall has the largest ice court in Japan, that rang a bell on Benji's mind that he just couldn't ignore, plus the exact term was ice rink and not ice court which made him even more curious about it.

Sora was idly watching the TV and doesn't notice Benji or his focus on the segment of the local news that she is watching, as for Benji the logo inside the ice stirs something on him. Walking away from there Benji strains his mind trying to figure where he saw that image before.

Benji leaves the mansion quietly, he was set on going to that mall hoping that the feeling that he has will be either explained or go away. It wasn't much of a walk to the mentioned mall, and in there Benji knew for sure that the logo shouldn't be there, it was the same one of his keychain, not the one that he bought after arriving in Japan, but the one that he had before, his old, worn and handed down keychain gained as a gift from a small and rather unknown surf shop back in his hometown in Brazil, down the very letters and name of the store.

Now Benji understood what Hel said about him knowing, she even laid hints, a quick visit to a phone booth later Benji learns that the store is located in the mall exactly bellow the ice rink, further investigation told Benji that there was only one underground floor.

Activating his cloak Benji moves to the store, he is certain that it is just a front for the hideout, the trick would be learning how to enter in the hideout. Meanwhile in the mansion Miki was panicking, Benji escaped on his own unnoticed again. "Anyone has any clue of where he could possible go?" Miki asked even knowing the answer. "Elenore can't you track him by the scent?"

Elenore denied with a nod. "It is almost impossible track someone by the scene in a densely populated urban area, especially with so many cars and scents, given the time that he left and we realized that he left." Elenore answered seriously. "Even tracking him immediately after he left would be hard given the area and the scents, late tracking is impossible."

"What about magic?" Sora asked to the others. "There has to be magic that would allow us to know his location, like those crystal balls from stories." "Divination isn't on my area of expertise." Irisviel replied. "No one here can perform that kind of spell, if we could we would have done that before."

"We should at the very least look for him, he is out for blood." Saber said seriously. "Sora go watch the news." Miki said to her friend. "Saber is right, Benji is out seeking for the enemy and given his habit of wanting to end things quickly he will fight it regardless of the location, so the news will say something about fighting, shots or explosions."

Sora nods and leaves to do so. "You really think that Benji would recklessly endanger civilians?" Elenore asked to her mistress. "Before today I would say that he wouldn't." Miki answered. "But you saw that suddenly he changed his approach, he will take whatever means to get to the end, so I can't discard the possibility of Benji considering the civilians as acceptable losses."

Kiritsugu can't find any problems with that line of thought, he isn't much different on that matter either. "However if he is truly from this age he wouldn't do anything to endanger his self that isn't a servant." Kiritsugu said in a plain tone. "Reckless killing and getting himself exposed would only get him trouble."

"He does wear gloves and other stuff to conceal his identity when fighting." Miki commented. "Guys!" Sora shouted from the living room. "There are news about a massive explosion on the mall just now! They are saying that is was caused by a broken gas pipe!" "And there is Benji." Irisviel said casually. "It is just too much of a coincidence that a huge gas explosion happens when he is out."

…

Benji brushes some dust from his clothes, he had overestimated the structural integrity and solidness of the wall that led to the hideout, he could hear the fire alarms and screams for the people on the mall as they try desperately to flee, the sprinklers showering the entire mall with water just make things worse for them, but it wasn't important for him, with a machine gun on his hands Benji walks down the hidden stairway.

A man that runs upstairs is cut in half by Benji's shots, Benji wouldn't take chances and would kill in sight, plus the guy is wearing the same robes that the mages that bothered him when he was fighting Berserker wore, so he was indeed in the right place, and he could kill to his heart's content.

…

Still bound by her punishment's chains Mordred let out a surprised cry when hearing the panic of those who aid her master, the darkness of the room is cut when the only door of the room is suddenly open, the intense light burns her eyes that got too used to darkness, tearing up Mordred recognizes her master and the fear is clear on the little that she could see of his features.

The chains that bound her are cut and she falls limp as a rag doll on the floor, it was the first time in a unknown amount of time that she was granted freedom, but she couldn't move, the wounds caused by the mystical whip are still opened, burning her very soul and filling her with pain, she is too weak to even break her fall.

"You useless doll..." The master spoke when seeing the badly wounded servant. "When I actually need you…" A roaring sound drowns the next words, Mordred watches her master's chest explode open and his waist being reduced to a bloody pulp, before he falls on the ground miserably cut in two pieces.

A massive shadow appears over her master's corpse, Mordred can't see the person's face, but she knows that is an enemy, too weak to do anything, closing her eyes she just accepts death, it would free her from the pain that she is feeling, so it wouldn't be bad.

Benji looks at Mordred lying there pitifully covered in dried blood and open wounds, the marks of torture are evident on the servant, she was stripped of her very own pride by her master, but wasn't that what stopped Benji from killing her, it wasn't her resemblance with Saber either.

Benji couldn't even put into words what made his chest tighten seeing her lying there in pain, waiting for her death to come, if anything it was her hair color, it was the only thing that Benji was sure that he could begin to understand as a reason, it triggered unknown emotions on him.

Inhuman as he is Benji just couldn't bring himself to kill Mordred, not like that, not when she is lying there broken and naked, so pitifully waiting for death, he still isn't inhuman enough to kill like that, holding on that little humanity Benji sighs annoyed and let go of the machine gun that he was holding, letting it hang by its sling.

Tearing the robe of a nearby corpse Benji walks toward Mordred that is just confused with everything, she was expecting to die so miserably as her master to then be freed of her pain, but it never came, instead she feels soft fabric being gently wrapped around her broken body and then strong arms kindly picking her up with care while fully wrapped by fabric.

Blinded by the light Mordred closes her eyes, she feels more fabric being placed over her face, protecting her eyes from the offending light, then she hears a violently loud noise close of her and feels an odd vibration, she could somehow hear the cries of those who receives that mysterious form of death.

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Miki and Irisviel look at the crowd confused, when they arrived there the story that is being told is totally different from the one that they heard in the news, in the news it told that it was a gas explosion, in the area people said that someone had triggered the fire alarm either by accident or as some sort of prank, even the news reporters were saying that and not even mentioning a explosion as they did before.

"According to the police since the very beginning the incident was reported as activation of the fire alarm." Kiritsugu said after approaching the others. "No one reported anything different than that or a possible cause for the activation. Certainly no gas explosion."

"Media control?" Miki asked confused. "More like mind control." Irisviel replied. "Citywide memory control and override, people without magic or other supernatural abilities got their memory replaced from a mysterious explosion to a prank activation of the fire alarm of the mall."

"Benji's noble phantasm?" Saber wondered. "He said kingdom wide death." Maiya replied plainly. "Not city wide mind control." "He lied to us before." Kiritsugu pointed out. Maiya can't counter that argument. "Still I don't think that this is his doing." Irisviel said seriously. "At least not the memory trick. For now we should focus on tracking him."

"I found a faint trail." Elenore tells to them. "It is pretty weak, but is mixed with sulfur and gunpowder smoke, I think that I can track it better thanks to that." "Then do so." Miki commanded, Elenore nods and walks following the scent trail with everyone else following her.

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Benji throws away the last of the dirty gauze that he used to treat Mordred, it took time to wash and clean the servant before he could treat her wounds, it was clear that it wouldn't do any good, the wounds aren't showing any sign of healing, and deprived of the master's mana her existence in the physical world would end in a short while, at the best few hours.

Mordred was just confused with everything, while being bathed and having her wounds treated hurt she also got something that eased her pain, and now her wounds are covered and she is wearing a loose shirt, a great improvement for her, but she can't understand why Benji was having so much trouble to treat a broken servant, a enemy that he should kill.

End of the chapter forty three:

Author explanation corner:

I am sorry for the huge delay on this chapter, I can hardly believe that it has been more than one year since I last updated this fic, I mean honestly I can't believe on it, I mean I worked on it as often as I could, but when you add writer's block, personal issues, work issues and other stuff it gets a bit hard to keep up.

Still I worked quite a lot on this chapter, to be honest this is my beta version of the chapter, meaning if I am unpleased with the outcome of what I wrote in a chapter I copy the entire chapter into a new document and erase everything that I that is unpleasing me, I am doing quite often, anyway this chapter was very troublesome, I wanted to end the Grail war that dragged a lot so I ended blocking myself because of it, which added to why this chapter took so long to end.

Originally I was going to add a better battle with Berserker, but in the middle of the chapter I thought that Benji wasn't playing by his rules, he was using theirs and that is what changed the chapter, I decided to change Benji's approach and that made everything faster, specially when you throw heavy weaponry against people that never saw such a thing.

Once again sorry for taking this long to update, I hope that the next chapter will come faster.

Hel's grail war: From the beginning I decided that Benji, Miki, Sora and the other servants like Lancer would be from a different grail war than Saber (Arthuria), after playing the game of Fate Stay/Night I came to understand a bit better the process of the grail way, so I could make Hel use the existing system to make her own grail.

Since Hel is manipulating the entire thing she can easily point out masters and servants, as well make a suitable recipient for the grail. Anyway the grail war is coming different than what I planned, so I still am unsure of Mordred's fate or if other servants will appear, but one thing is certain, I am ending this grail war in the next chapter at the latest.

Marks of power: They are runes, symbols and other stuff like that, that once written in something it will cause a specific magical effect.

Hideout: Originally it was going to be in a private building, I had tons of ideas for what it could be, all of them are places (shops, dinners and stuff) that only exist in Brazil, that would indicate to Benji that something wasn't right, in the end I made it a store in a mall as a private building wouldn't normally be part of the news unless something happens on it, and since Benji wouldn't leave for no reason it couldn't be a random location that Benji would stumble by accident.

Mordred: A little over one day had passed since she was punished for failing to kill Benji, so it felt natural that she would be badly wounded when Benji found her as unlike Saber she isn't blessed with Avalon's healing. Since I am pretty unsure of how I will end this grail war I made Benji hesitate to kill Mordred when she is on that weak state.