History Fanfic / TheRedDragonsSaber

** When Koneko smells dragon on Artoria, her group assumes she is a dragon in human form rather than someone with DragonAncestry. They also assume she arrived because she is in love with Issei and wants to take him away as a mate, which couldn't be farther from the truth. When Artoria doesn't know anything about House Gremory, Akeno and Kiba assume this is because dragons tend to live isolated from society, rather than her being from another world.

* LetsYouAndHimFight: Since Rias' peerage have no idea who Artoria is, where she came from, or what her true motives are, they prepare for a fight after she defeats the Fallen Angels. When she says she simply wants to make sure Issei and Asia are safe, they stand down, but are still wary.

At the end of the Fate route, Artoria Pendragon, formerly known as Saber, patiently waits in Avalon for her lover, Shirou Emiya, to find her, knowing it could take centuries from her point of view. Meanwhile, in another world, an injured Issei Hyoudou watches helplessly as Rias Gremory's peerage is about to teleport him away without his new friend Asia Argento, leaving her at the mercy of Freed Sellzen, Raynare, and her Fallen Angels. In desperation, he cries out for someone, ''anyone'', to help him save her. Much to Artoria's surprise, she hears his plea all the way in Avalon. Moved by his plea and wishing to honor Shirou's dream of being a hero, she summons herself. She arrives in the [=DxD=] world and pledges herself as Issei's Servant.

* {{Revenge}}: After getting defeated after Artoria slices off her wings, Raynare swears she have her revenge and slice off all of Artoria's limbs.

* GrievousHarmWithABody: Artoria throws the Fallen Angels into each other several times.

* ExplainingYourPowerToTheEnemy: While fighting the Fallen Angels, Artoria asks if they can survive without their wings. They gloat and explain that their wings hold a great percentage of their power, they cannot be damaged by ordinary weapons, and they eventually grow back. This in part because of their ego and because of Artoria's Charisma skill persuading them. This explanation proves to be their undoing as Artoria has Excalibur, a weapon far from ordinary, and she chops off their wings, incapacitating them.

** When Artoria arrives, both the Fallen Angels and Rias' peerage assume Heaven sent an Angel to be a representative in the conflict because of her beauty. However, after a few seconds, they realize she is not an Angel because she doesn't have any holy power.

* UnderestimatingBadassery: Raynare and her comrades completely underestimate Artoria both because of their arrogance in assuming they are perfect beings with no equal and because she doesn't use holy nor demonic power.

* ParryingBullets: Artoria blocks Freed's bullet with her invisible sword when he tries to shoot her.

* ExplainingYourPowerToTheEnemy: When Artoria asks about the Fallen Angels' wings, they explain that their wings hold a great percentage of their power, they cannot be damaged by ordinary weapons, and they eventually grow back. This in part because of their ego and because of Artoria's Charisma skill persuading them.

* WhenSheSmiles: When Artoria first appears, she has her usual stoic look. When she identifies Issei and Asia, she smiles. Issei is awestruck, telling himself he didn't think she could be any lovelier, but he was wrong.

* WhatBeautifulEyes: Asia is enthralled by Artoria's emerald eyes.

At the end of the Fate route, Artoria Pendragon, formerly known as Saber, patiently waits in Avalon for her lover, Shirou Emiya, to find her, knowing it could take centuries from her point of view. Meanwhile, in another world, an injured Issei Hyoudou watches helplessly as Rias Gremory's peerage is about to teleport him away without his new friend Asia Argento, leaving her at the mercy of Freed Sellzen, Raynare, and her Fallen Angels. In desperation, he cries out for somebody, ''anybody'', to help him save her. Much to Artoria's surprise, she hears his plea all the way in Avalon. Moved by his plea and wishing to honor Shirou's dream of being a hero, she summons herself. She arrives in the [=DxD=] world and pledges herself as Issei's Servant.

* LetsYouAndHimFight: Since Rias' peerage have no idea who Artoria is or what her true motives are, they prepare for a fight after she defeats the Fallen Angels. When she says she simply wants to make sure Issei and Asia are safe, they stand down, but are still wary.

* ParryingBullets: Artoria does this when Freed tries to shoot her.

* CatchphraseInterruptus: When Artoria is summoned, she turns to Issei and starts to give the, "I ask of you, are you my Master?" speech, noting it's been a while since she was able to say that. In the middle of her sentence, Issei snaps out of the shock of her arrival and incredible beauty and runs to Asia trying lead her to safety. Artoria then protects them from an attack by Freed and dryly comments that answered her question.

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Raynare cannot understand why anybody as powerful as Artoria and not connected to House Gremory would want to help Issei.

** When Artoria arrives, both the Fallen Angels and Rias' peerage assume Heaven sent an Angel to be a representative in the conflict because of her beauty. However, after a few seconds, they realize she is not an Angel.

** When Koneko smells dragon on Artoria, her group assumes she is a dragon in human form rather than someone with DragonAncestry. They also assume she arrived because she is in love with Issei and wants to take him away as a mate, which couldn't be farther from the truth.

* IOweYouMyLife: Issei comments to himself that he owes two beautiful girls. Rias for reviving him back when Raynare murdered him, and he really wants to repay Artoria for saving Asia.

* TheNoseKnows: Koneko smells that Artoria has DragonAncestry, though she assumes Artoria actually ''is'' a dragon.

* IOweYouMyLife: Issei really wants to repay Artoria for saving Asia.

* TemptingFate: When Artoria asks if the Fallen Angels can survive without their wings, they boast that they can, but their wings cannot be damaged by ordinary weapons. Excalibur is far from ordinary, and she quickly chops them off, crippling them.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Raynare and her comrades completely underestimate Artoria both because of their arrogance in assuming they are perfect beings with no equal and because they can't sense Artoria's energy because she doesn't use holy nor demonic power.

* WhatWouldXDo: One of the reasons why Artoria decides to help Issei is she knows Shirou would do it if he were in this situation.

* IWillWaitForYou: Artoria was doing this in Avalon, waiting for Shirou to find her. But she decides to help Issei out both because it is the right thing to do and because Avalon is boring. Besides, it will still be centuries from her perspective before Shirou arrives.
* NoodleIncident: Koneko mentions that she had faced a dragon before, which is how she knows what they smell like.
* TheNoseKnows: Koneko smells that Artoria has DragonAncestry, though she assumes Artoria actually ''is'' a dragon.

At the end of the Fate route, Artoria Pendragon, formerly known as Saber, patiently waits in Avalon for her lover, Shirou Emiya, to find her, knowing it could take centuries from her point of view. Meanwhile, in another world, an injured Issei Hyoudou watches helplessly as Rias Gremory's peerage is about to teleport him away without his new friend Asia Argento, leaving her at the mercy of Freed Sellzen, Raynare, and her Fallen Angels. In desperation, he cries out from somebody, ''anybody'', to help him save her. Much to Artoria's surprise, she hears his plea all the way in Avalon. Moved by his plea and wishing to honor Shirou's dream of being a hero, she accepts when Issei inadvertently summons her. She arrives in the [=DxD=] world and pledges herself as Issei's Servant.