[Chapter 45] timeskip-no-jutsu

(A/N: I fucked up the timeline so bad.)

~Time Skip~

Years passed in a flash. Well, not really, but you get the point.

Tony Stark was born from an affair Howard had with a crew member, causing him to stop his playboy lifestyle.

After the young man grew up, he started to work with his father, inventing frighteningly futuristic weapons thanks to their environment.

Barnes and Steve got used to their new powers, which were respectively technomancy and forcefield generation.

Alex had turned Jack into a half-human, causing the girl to be able to age. Currently, she looked around 15 or 16. It wasn't only her looks that had changed, but also her mental age as well.

Alex had given Artoria Rhongomyniad, Pridwen, Carwennan, and Caliburn.

The blonde king didn't know why her Master had given her the ability, but she didn't mind.

Jeanne had gotten a few upgrades as well, the blonde saint's sword's 'sacrifice your life for power' aspect getting removed.

Alex had summoned Kid Gil, Dante Sparda, and Void Drifter, the last one getting a boost in abilities so that she could use the powers of Herrscher of the Void without losing her sanity.

Scathach's relationship with Alex had gotten better, the woman possibly starting to develop feelings. (A/N: I have no idea how to write good relationships that don't feel rushed.)

Alex had also recruited Bruce Banner.

...

"Come here!" EMIYA said as he chased a small blonde kid around. The kid was Gil, and EMIYA had been responsible for his parenting for a long time.

Why? Even the man himself didn't know.

Watching from up above was Alex, a white-haired man next to him. The man was Dante the Devil Hunter.

"Don't you feel bad for him?" Dante asked, a pizza visible in his hand.

"Nah."

"I see." The man said before taking a bite out of his pizza. "Poor dude, getting this dude as his Master." He said while chewing.

"Eat before you talk." Alex frowned when Dante didn't look like he was caring at all. "*Sigh* I'll go now." After saying that, the boy opened a portal and entered it.

...

Exiting the portal, Alex saw Tony and Howard (Whom he had given an antiaging potion) working on yet another project.

"Hey!" He waved before appearing next to them. "What's this?" He looked at the hologram in front of him.

"This is a new project we're working on for miss Kiana (Void Drifter)." Howard tapped the hologram, causing more data about the pair of pistols to appear. "They are designed solely for her."

"Good." Alex nodded. "These are good." He casually gave them an energy core that had 1% of his total mana. "Use this to make it."

He didn't care about the mana cost, as it would regenerate any–

–way. Look, it regenerated already.

"Thank you," Tony said as he inspected the metallic object. He had given the Stark duo multiple abilities related to the mind. "This will do nicely."

"Kay." Alex nodded before leaving the Starks alone.

"...Come, let us start," Howard said as he placed the core to a machine.

"Uh-huh."

...

Sitting atop a skyscraper, Alex looked at the city below. The year was 2008, and the cars below were honking, causing the boy to shut his hearing.

After feeling the presence of a familiar king, the boy looked behind him.

After all the decades together, he and Artoria were much closer.

Quietly walking next to him, the woman sat down. "Hey, Master?"

"What is it, Arti?" Alex replied, having long opened his hearing back on.

Oh, and yes, he still used that nickname. It just never got old.

"Can we stay here for a moment?"

"Of course," Alex said before suddenly appearing behind her. "Come." He hugged her to his chest.

"I-I didn't mean that!" Artoria stuttered, yet her voice was left unheard.

During their years together, Artoria had opened up to him, letting him see 'Artoria' instead of 'Saber.'

It was honestly a great feeling.

He laid on the rooftop, resting Artoria's head on his arm. He wasn't human; his arm wouldn't go numb even if someone used it as a pillow for weeks.

"Let's stay like this for a while," Alex spoke while pressing her closer. "Is that okay with you?"

"Nn." She nodded, her arms wrapping themselves around him. "I was the one who came here in the first place."

As the duo looked at the stars together, they saw a shooting star pass by at incredible speeds.

"Huh. Was that the aura of a human I just noticed?" Alex murmured, yet stopped his talking when he noticed the sleeping Artoria.

He smiled before picking the woman up, teleporting to her room shortly after.

...

After appearing in her room, Alex gently placed the blonde on her bed before covering her with a blanket.

"Sleep well."

"Nn." Artoria made incoherent sounds, her eyes slightly opening just to see him leave her room.

Her eyes fell shortly after, the young-looking woman falling asleep.

...

(A/N: I don't know about Void Drifter's personality at all. Like, I looked up material for an hour yesterday, but zero information. From her trailer video thing, I think the best character for her would be this. Tell me if I'm wrong, though.)

Walking through the halls, Alex noticed space disturbances a few rooms away from him.

'It's Kiana, I suppose.' The boy thought before suddenly teleporting to her.

...

ROAR!

A gigantic red dragon roared as hundreds of lances pierced his body, the wounds healing immediately after.

He was Great Red, the Dragon of Dreams.

"Kiana, Kiana!" The crowd behind the woman cheered as she teleported to dodge a claw attack from the dragon.

Suddenly, a black and yellow orb appeared on top of the dragon, diving towards him shortly after.

Bzzt–

–BOOM

An incredible volume of energy was released from the position of the dragon. However, the white-haired girl didn't care. More subspace lances spawned around her before stabbing the dragon's scales.

ROAR

The ground beneath her started to shake furiously, yet she didn't falter. Kicking the earth, Kiana jumped to the air.

The woman stared at the red dragon, and the red dragon stared back. Sighing, Kiana's eyes turned yellow.

"If you insist so much." She mumbled before dozens of portals appeared behind her.

The red dragon in front of her started floating as the physics around them got chaotic.

SNAP!

She snapped her fingers, causing lances larger than a car to start raining down on her enemy.

She was Kiana Kaslana, the Void Drifter.

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Sorry for not uploading a chapter yesterday, homework and stuff. I also kinda lost my creativity halfway through.

Oh, and, does anyone know more about Void Drifter's personality? Is she like Kiana but broken?

Good night.