*Just a quick note: There should be a poll in my profile where you could vote for who you want to be the Saber of this story, ethier Kirito or Levi.
I also have an idea for a prequal for this fanfic called Fate Anima Core Zero so I might publish it if this fanfic gets popular and gets finished. What your reading right now is just short stories that serve as a prologue to the actual story that explain why the servants joined the war. They aren't canonical to the official series and are alternate bad ends I made up to give the characters an excuse to be in the war.
Also, if any of you spot something that looks like a plothole or is out of character please be sure to tell me.
With that out of the way enjoy!
As the blue reploid stood atop the hill overlooking the Maverick base, his mind was somewhere else.
"Zero… Why did you have to leave me like this…?"
He was thinking about his former comrade Zero who lost his life fighting alongside him in the Maverick war which still to this day, drags on even now.
"I'm starting to get sick of this… What am I even fighting for?"
"Commander! How should we proceed!?"
The presence behind him snapped him out of his daze and brought him back to reality.
It was Tybalt, a fellow member of the repliforce who was just manufactured recently. Even though he only joined recently, he seemed to learn the ropes quite quickly and always seemed eager to work.
"Echelon formation 2 kilometers of off the flank of the base. Tell everyone to get ready, we're leaving at 23:00"
"Yes sir! Roger Sir!"
And just like that he was off to inform the others.
As X stared at the starry night sky, he seemed to grow more agitated with each passing second.
"Let's get this over with already."
He slowly descended the grassy hilltop and headed towards his comrades who were getting ready for battle.
"Advance!"
X roared at the top of his voice as his troops advanced towards the base.
Using his buster, he shot a massive hole through the wall at the back of the base and jumped in going on ahead unbeknownst to his comrades except one…
"X Sir…!"
It was Tybalt, the rookie. He ignored the orders he was given and rushed headlong after X calling out to him but he didn't hear.
X advanced through the base tearing down any enemy he came across, rending them with his z-saber, a precious memento Zero left behind for him to keep.
He dashed, he shot, he slashed, he crushed and raged on in a wild frenzy.
"WHY…!?"
He was taking out his frustration on whatever was in front of him, be it an enemy or a wall or harmless machine, he destroyed everything in his way until he stopped.
He stood around looking at the mayhem he spread across the enemy base.
And just for just one second he seemed to lose his will to do anything entirely and just stood there.
But one second was all it took to have the situation turned against him.
"Commander X! watchout! In front of you!"
"Huh…?"
One second he was standing and in another he was on the ground.
What happened?
He tried to get up but for some reason couldn't.
He looked down only to see that both of his legs were missing, cleanly sliced off lying a few meters behind him.
"Ngh…!"
He looked around but couldn't see an enemy.
"X!"
Tybalt called out to him approaching closer.
"Stay away tybalt! The enemy's too fast for you to take on! Retreat!"
"But I can't just leave you here!"
"Leave now! Do you have a death wish or something!?"
Ignoring X's orders, Tybalt began rushing to his side.
"Hu….h…?"
Tybalt's upper half, everything above his torso slid off of his lower half, making a deep metallic sound as it hit the floor.
His legs continued to run even after being separated from the rest of his body towards X until they abruptly stopped after it tripped over X lying on the floor.
"TYBALT!"
No… I'm losing everything...again… Zero… help me Zero! If only he was here...
"DAMN IT! I SWEAR I'LL KILL YOU! YOU WILL PAY FOR THIS I PROMISE Y-"
His head was severed cleanly of his shoulders flying into the air before abruptly being impaled on a pike by an enemy Maverick.
With the last remaining energy he had left, he maintained his consciousness just a few brief seconds, enough to see who had attacked him…
"...Vile… y..ou..bas..ta..rd…"
The light in his eyes faded and he deactivated for good. Vile made sure of that.
Do You still have regrets?
Strangely, as his consciousness faded to black and he couldn't feel anything else, he heard a voice call out to him.
Do you wish you could go back and redo it all?
…
I couldn't save them. I couldn't do anything.
What does your heart desire?
I wish that damn war would just end already…
Is a peaceful world too much to ask?
You shall be granted a chance to fight for peace once again. Will you take it?
Yes… yes I will.
Bright light filled his vision and he found himself on a side of a road.
A big blade swung in his direction. He swiftly blocked it with his Z-saber and continued deflecting each and every oncoming blow that was swung at him with deadly precision.
"Archer!"
A middle aged man called out to him from behind.
"How many enemies?"
X called back to the man behind him.
"Just one!"
"Just one.. I can handle this, hide master! Sheesh… I can't really seem to catch a break can I? Not one moment of peace…"
X prepared for battle and stepped into a proper stance staring down the servant in front of him.
"Bring it on!"
Class: Archer: Mega Man X, Prologue 4 END