This story hasn't left me alone for a solid week now. I'm starting it and if you don't like, don't read any farther. Flames will be responded to with Excalibur and maybe Ea if I can catch Gilgamesh in a good enough mood to let me borrow it.
Darkness and Light, Into the Chaos!
Rick walked down the street in Fuyuki whistling a merry tune. He was here for one of his book signings, but he had to admit he was surprised when his editor had told him it would be so close to his place. Turning the corner, he spotted his little house and smiled. Coming to said house and opening the door, he called, "I'm home!"
The writer was instantly tackled by a white blur crying, "Welcome home Daddy!" Rick just rolled his eyes and ruffled the white hair of the girl clinging to him. The girl released him and stepped back, her hands behind her back as ruby eyes looked into his own emerald ones. "How was the signing?"
"About as exciting as normal. How was school?" Rick replied, taking his shoes off before stepping farther into the house.
"Tatsuko being Tatsuko and Mimi trying to get some new material for her story." the girl shrugged. "About normal for me too."
"Don't hold out on me, Illya. What was your orange-haired monkey doing this time?" Rick asked teasingly. Illya started going into details about her eccentric friend trying to cause two food fights and swim with the class fish, Rick thought back to the first time he had met the snow-haired girl.
...Three years ago...
Rick had just moved to Fuyuki, familiarizing himself with the area when he ran into an odd sight. Not as odd in New York City, sure, but still odd. A child no more than ten was wandering the streets alone, taking in all the sights with a gleeful smile. "Hey, where are your parents kid?" the brunette writer asked, approaching her warily.
The girl turned in shock. Seeing Rick, she ran into the crowd. The writer could only shrug, continuing his walk.
...
It had been another few days before he saw the strange girl again. It was during an evening stroll that took him by the local church and he saw the same snow-haired kid standing with a giant of a man next to her. Rick considered turning and leaving when Berserker charged a trio of teens. Interested, he recorded what happened through the fight before the girl retreated with her human mountain. Rick looked over his notes, an idea forming for his next action scene.
The third time he had actively sought the girl out, finding her castle in the woods and it was clearly under attack, if the crashes inside were any indication. Slipping in unnoticed, he saw a blonde man maybe in his twenties shooting weapons from golden portals at the man-mountain with the girl. Taking notes once again, he saw the giant go down and the girl panicking. As the man swung his sword and blinded the girl, Rick reacted.
..
Gilgamesh had thought it would be easy to get the Grail's heart. The giant was amusing but not a challenge for his power, and the Grail was a little girl it would be easy to kill. As he swung and blinded the doll, it fell and tried to clamor to its servant. Gil made to stab the doll, brining the point of his sword towards her head when a blue-gold portal opened, enveloping the sword. "What?" the golden archer gasped.
"Sorry, couldn't let someone kill a little girl in front of me." came an unfamiliar voice from behind the former Servant. Gilgamesh turned to see a brunette man approaching him with all the confidence the King himself held. "I'll be taking her with me, if you don't mind."
"As if I'd let you do that, mongrel!" Gilgamesh snarled, his Gates opening. "Die!"
As blades shot toward the man, the same blue-gold portals opened and enveloped each weapon. "Nice toys. Noble Phantasm grade if I'm not mistaken." the man said matter-of-factly. "You must be the one I inherited this power from. Now who's will prove stronger? Your Gate of Babylon?" he wondered, portals appearing behind him, "Or my Hall of Remembrance?" blades clashed in the air while the two hidden spectators watched in awe.
Rick just continued smirking as he willed the Hall to collect his fallen weapons, and his goal. Come on, use it so I can escape. The writer thought, firing more of his weapon collection.
Gilgamesh was furious. This mongrel dared to use anything even close to his Noble Phantasm? Unforgivable! The blonde Archer drew Ea from the portal next to him. "Now you die! Enuma Elish!" the blade whirled to life, creating a devastating effect. Rick smiled as he stepped into the Hall.
...
"Hey! Are you listening?" Illya snapped, looking at Rick with an adorable look of cheek-puffed irritation on her face.
"Sorry Snow Angel, just thinking." the writer replied, trying to appease the angered girl.
"Fine, but you have to tell me what you were thinking about." the girl bargained.
"My little Gilgamesh showdown when I saved your cute little hide." Both fell silent as memories came to them, both from the Fifth Holy Grail War and beyond. "Well, what do you want to eat for dinner?"
"Tuna Casserole!" Illya chirped, hoping for her father's best dish.
"Coming right up, why don't you go wash up before it's done?" Rick suggested. Illya nodded and hurried upstairs. The writer smiled and thought of his daughter's life since the two had come together. It had been peaceful, almost mundane. He would go to the occasional book signing but was otherwise home to goof off with Illya, which he knew he spoiled but couldn't seem to care, and feeling like a kid again. Then, as he put the water on to boil, he heard a crash from the bathroom.
He should have known dealing with the magic world so closely that that wouldn't last.
And done! So, what do people think? I promise I'll explain the Hall of Remembrance in more detail down the line and maybe go more into Rick and Illya's past together, but for now this is what people get. Hope you enjoy, I'll be adding this to my poll, and I hope to see you guys again soon!
