S13 - Defeats Shirou

With that, he turned towards the imposing figure of Wesker and walked forward. Fred turned back to the boulder, seeing the efforts to clear its path. Liza tried to hack off bits with her sword, Deadpool threw his body weight against it, and Edward leaned forward, slamming his fist into it over and over. Over all the chaos, however, Fred was able to hear a mantra.

“I am the bone of my sword.
Steel is my body and fire is my blood.
I have created over a thousand blades.”

Fred looked over his shoulder. All he could make out was the figure of a warrior battling down a truly terrifying beast.

“Unaware of loss,
Nor aware of gain.
Withstood pain to create weapons, waiting for one’s arrival.”

A hero that was fighting for what he believed was right. Maybe, in another world, he could be a monster. But not here.

“I have no regrets. This is the only path.
My whole life was Unlimited Blade Works.”

There was a flash of white, and suddenly, everything was quiet.

All that remained over the rest of the volcano was a single orb, floating in midair. It was miniscule, barely recognizable as a substantial object. It simply hovered, an ominous and powerful mystery.

With a triumphant grunt, one of Edward’s punches actually dislodged the boulder, and with Liza’s help, they were able to shove it aside. All four of them doubled over as they continued to climb to higher ground.

”Did you believe this reality could hold the Dread One?”

The world began to shake again, and Fred turned a terrified eye to the orb. It began to move as well, jerking from side to side. The slight glow it gave off became brighter and brighter until it was nearly blinding. Then, a single crack of darkness broke through. It was small at first, but it quickly began to tear through the light. The chaotic mess of sound began to fade back in as the light was torn apart by the darkness, and millions of blades came crashing through onto the rock below. Swords of different shapes and sizes clattered over each other as they spilled into the lava. The rock itself began to crack and break apart, sinking away into the heated magma as it grew to a boil.

Shirou’s body came tumbling out with it. Fred saw it spill to the floor, twisted and fused with metal. It was as if his whole body had become a blade, but his eerie stillness told Fred it hadn’t been enough. Liza grabbed onto his hand and pulled him with her before he had to watch the lava rise over his head.

- Season 13, Finals, /u/RobstahTheLobstah