Fate/Project Alice
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This fan fiction's storyline is pure fiction, utilising characters, ideas and concepts from the Nasuverse by Type Moon.
Those may have changes or may be alternate versions from the original.
I do not own material that already exists in the Nasuverse.
This fiction is recommended age is 13 or above.
Original Characters are used and belong to me.
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The following are suggested to be watched before proceeding as basic concepts, storylines and information:
-Fate/Zero (TV anime ,all seasons/manga, all volumes)
-Fate/Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works (TV anime, all seasons/visual novel)
-Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya (TV anime, all seasons/manga, all volumes)
-Fate/Grand Order (Mobile RPG, played the entire main story-Salomon Chapter completed)
-Fate/Grand Order x Fate/Zero Collaboration Event -Fate/Accel Zero Order-(Played the event or know the summary of the event's story line)
-Fate/Grand Order x Fate/Kaleidoscope Liner Prisma Illya Collaboration Event -Prisma Corps/Prisma Cause- (Played the event or know the summary of the event's storyline)
-Knowing of the Counter Force
-Basic knowledge of the setting of the Nasuverse
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-ALICE dimension-
-A.D.2012 April 24th-
-Mifune City,Kyoto-
Mifune City, home to one of the most advanced cities in Japan, yet the place seems to be 3 decades older than it should be.
This is where it all began, not of a life, yet a relationship of three…
-A normal elementary school residing in Mifune City-
The new school year has just began, students are leaving the school since the classes of the day had already ended.
Yet, not everyone was out of the campus.
"Kanata, are you sure that the janitor's closet is over here?"a young girl asked her male companion.
The female had raven black twin tails tied with Pom Pom hair accessories, ruby red eyes, and was wearing the uniform of the elementary school she is in at the moment.
"Yes, according to sensei, it should be around here."The male replied as the two walked through the somehow dimly lit hallways of the basement of the campus.
The male had spiky jet black hair with Tuscan sun yellow eyes, who was wearing the same uniform's male version.
Everything was silent, only the duo's footsteps were heard.
The female trailed behind Kanata as she fidgeted a bit, and the male noticed.
"Serena-san, are you scared?"Kanata asked innocently "T-There's no way that a powerful enchanter like me would be afraid of anything!" Serena protested as she stuttered and blushed.
"There's no need to worry,"Kanata began, ignoring Serena's protest "no matter what happens, I'll protect you."he declared, causing Serena to flinch.
"Well then,"Serena began, calming herself down "you better do it well."she demanded with a playful tone.
As of this moment, they could hear a growl, they were pretty sure that it wasn't from an animal, but rather a human.
They turned to the direction where the sound came from, they could hear footsteps, slowly approaching them, as the figure emerged from the shadows, their eye widen.
The figure was a man, yet not a normal one, his skin has seemed to be decayed for weeks, and he was at terrible movements are sloppy, and it seems that the person has lost their mind, as if a zombie has came to life.
"Just what is that?!"Serena exclaimed as the zombie-like person gave out a battle cry and dashed towards them.
Kanata stood in front of Serena and held up his right hand in defense and shielded her with his body.
"Serena-san, get behind me!"he declared as he braced himself, while the female closed her eyes and hugged her own petite body, shaking with fear.
Just before when the zombie could make contact with Kanata, he closed his eyes shut as well, afraid of what will happen next.
At that moment, as if time slowed down, another figure emerged from nowhere, and appeared mid-air right back of the zombie.
And with just one moment.
The both of them could hear slashes that slashed through something.
They heard a thump, yet they didn't open their eyes due to fear.
"Are you guys alright?"a calm, quiet and serious female voice asked, making them flinch and open their eyes.
What entered their view was unexpected, the zombie's head was removed from the main body, and his waist was separated from his lower part as well, of course with those kind of wounds, blood was pouring out of the dead body slowly, causing a terrible smell which made Serena having the urge of vomiting.
The body was the only thing between them and the figure would spoke.
Judging the girl by her appearance and clothing, which she was wearing the same uniform as theirs, she seemed to be at the same age as them, meaning, an elementary first year as well, she also had a oversized dark blue muffler, covering the lower part of her face.
The girl had a midnight black slightly-sided ponytail and azure blue eyes that shone brightly in the dark, as if she was looking right into their soul.
But what caught their attention the most was what she was wielding.
Twin blades.
No, rather twin katanas, that made Serena stared at them with shock.
"This aura-"she began but cut herself off as something came out of the dead body, a spirit, to be exact, as it flew towards the ceiling.
"Stand back!"the girl demanded softly, yet with a strong will, as a rune circle appeared beneath her, she vented her legs a bit, then was launched by the circle towards to spirit.
"You mere wraith!"she scolded it with her serious voice, then she pierced one of her katanas at a certain point of the wraith, and it perished.
The girl did a flip mid-air and landed on her two feet perfectly, she sighed in relief, as her blades disappeared.
"Now then,"she began "Let's go."
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After some time, they had learned that the girl who saved them is Itou Irika, and they introduced themselves as Mizuno Serena and Nakagawa Kanata.
"Itou-san, so you're a magus?"Kanata asked as he called the girl's surname.
"Call me Irika,"she told them "and yes, I'm a magus, like you two."she replied as they strolled down the Central Moon Park nearby.
"H-How-"
"It's pretty easy, after people see Magecraft, they will assume it to be magic and I'm a mage, magician, or witch of some sort, the term 'Magus' is rather only for the ones who use Magecraft themselves." Irika explained as she sat down at a bench.
That left Kanata speechless, he never thought that someone could be as sensitive as that-
"Hey, are you going to sit?" Irika asked as the male flinched in surprise.
"Yeah…"he trailed as he took the seat next to her.
After a few minutes of silence, a voice interrupted.
"I've got us some matcha soft cream~"Serena called out to the two as she handed Kanata one and sat down between them, after she settled down, she gave Irika one.
"Consider this as a gratitude for saving us."Serena told Irika with a smile
"Thank you." Irika muttered quietly right before she bit down the top bit.
"It's cold, but really sweet and light."she commented "Of course it is-Wait, are you saying that this is the first time you're eating soft cream?!"Serena exclaimed in disbelief and Irika nodded her head a bit while continuing her poker face.
Serena sighed at her answer "Well there's no helping it, technically it's ice cream adding air into it, you had ice cream before, right?"
Irika nodded once more "Shiki always buys Häagen-Dazs strawberry flavoured ice cream for me to eat, but it's usually hard and frozen."she replied as she looked back down at the green tea flavoured deliciousness.
"Soft cream…It's a nice thing huh?"she complimented with a small smile, making Kanata and Serena smile as well from her happy reaction.
"By the way, who's Shiki?"Serena asked out of curiosity
"My cousin."
"I see, by the way, the Magecraft you used earlier was Rune Magecraft, right?"Serena guessed
"Yeah,"Irika replied as she turned her head back to Serena "That platform was created by null runes, serving as a platform boost or just something I can step on."
"But doesn't Rune Magecraft acquire you to draw the Runes before using them?"Kanata pointed out, Irika blinked once, then twice before answering "I've used it so many times that I don't need to draw them."
There was a few awkward moments of silence, not sure what to say.
"I-I never thought that Rune Magecraft could be used for this…Did someone taught you to do that?"Serena asked, trying to break the silence
"It was my idea,"Irika began as she took another bite "but the person who taught me Rune Magecraft was Touko-nee."
With Kanata and Serena looking puzzled, Irika continued "My dad, cousin and my boss."
…
"Irika-san, you're working?!"
"Isn't that inappropriate for an elementary school student?!"
Irika shook her head "I'm not working for money, rather for experience."
"The experience of ?"
"Fighting."
"Fighting what?"
"3 years ago, wraiths had been appearing too frequently to be possible, yet they only happen to Mifune City, not somewhere else." Irika began
"To become stronger, I need more experience."
"That's why I fight."Irika concluded, making the other two gulp at her seriousness.
"Irika-san, how did your weapon just disappeared earlier?"Kanata asked, trying to ignore what just happened.
"It's another trick that I came up with utilising Rune Magecraft." Irika replied as she licked the dripping part of the cone "I've placed an active Rune Summoning Circle at home and placed the weapons that I may need on top, I will summon the weapon to me when needed and send it back when not needed, the only demerit is that casting it will only spend your own Od." Irika concluded as the two look at her with awe.
"You can actually sell your theory to the Mage's Association!This will benefit a lot of magi!"Serena exclaimed, with her eyes shining
"No, I'll prefer not."Irika began "If someone were to misuse this, they can take out dangerous weapons or illegal things to certain areas and do harm, it's best to keep it save."
Irika then stood up from the bench "Thanks for the meal,"
She then turned her head towards them and smiled a little.
"Thanks."
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"Geez, the wraiths are getting more smarting than I thought…"an woman with short black hair and the same coloured eyes complained.
"Shiki, you know that it won't be easy."Another woman in the room began, she had red hair tied into a ponytail and eyes with the same colour as well, she's also wearing a pair of glasses "It's already been 3 years after all…"
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-Ryougi Shiki 両義式-
Source:Kara no Kyoukai (The Garden of Sinners) 空の境界
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"Like you're the one talking Touko."Shiki retorted "At this rate, it's going to be the 4th Anniversary of this…"she complained as she paced around the room fuming.
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-Aozaki Touko 蒼崎橙子-
Source: Kara no Kyoukai (The Garden of Sinners) 空の境界
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Touko giggled, putting down the mug of coffee she's holding.
"Well, great thing that we had an extra little helper helping us."she said with a smile on her face
Just with that, the door opened.
"I'm back."
The two turned to the door "Oh, Irika, welcome back, you're surely late today, did something happened?"Touko asked
"There was a wraith taking over a corpse and was roaming at the basement at the school."
"That's right, you're school's basement is connected to the underground sewers…"Shiki trailed in realisation
"So, did anyone saw you?"Touko continued
…
…
…
"No,
No one did.
I made sure that I was the only one down there when I followed it, then I cut it's head and lower half with a surprise didn't had it coming."
Irika then continued "Though the wraith left the body and tried to counterattack, I finished it off before it fully manifested in spirit form."
"Indeed, that is troublesome."
"Geez, why can't they just die when possessing a body!?"Shiki groaned in frustration, making Irika to turn her attention towards Shiki.
"Doesn't the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception helps you a lot?"
Shiki sighed at her question "I can say the same about the Empyrean Eye of yours."she retorted softly
"Well both of you are cousins after all, so it's not strange that you both have earned Mystic Eyes after all."Touko reassured
"But my Empyrean Eye wasn't earned, I'm born with it-"
"I'm talking about the Mystic Eyes of Control, Irika."Touko warned in a much more serious voice as she took off her glasses
"After all those years, I still haven't gotten use to that."a male voice joined in as he walked into the room through another door
"Mikiya-san, hi."Irika greeted to the black haired and blue eyed male
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-Kokutou Mikiya 黑桐幹也-
Source: Kara no Kyoukai (The Garden of Sinners) 空の境界
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"Yo Irika, So you want some tea?"Mikiya asked as he raised the teapot he was holding a bit higher, which he received a small nod as the little girl followed him to the couch area and placed the tea pot on the coffe table.
As Mikiya poured the tea, he continued "Anyways, you shouldn't use that personality when facing a kid, Touko."
"Right right, sorry."Touko apologised, reverting back to her softer tone as she wore back her glasses "But this is serious, Irika, I had never heard of the Mystic Eyes of Control and someone can actually have two types of Mystic Eyes at once."she warned "Anyways, do you have any idea how you had earned it?"she asked
Irika stopped drinking from her cup for a bit and looked at her own reflection in it "Perhaps it was during that time…"she trailed "I wanted to surpress the power I had, since that…
There's no need to go all out every time, right?"
They were all taken back by Irika's last sentence "This power, I didn't even earned it…Yet it's here…"Irika continued as she stared at the tea as it began to swirl in the cup "I don't like it."
The three adults could only look at the little girl as she frowned.
"Touko-nee, where's Dad?"
"Naraze should be back any minute, he went to deal with a small case at the car park nearby."Touko replied
"Surely, Garan no Dou is getting lots of cases now."Mikiya said with a happy sigh
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-Garan no Dou (The Hollow Shrine) 伽藍の洞-
Source: Kara no Kyoukai (The Garden of Sinners) 空の境界
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"And also, Shiki,"Irika continued, turning to her cousin "do you know what is a soft cream?"she asked
"Huh?"Shiki asked in confusion "Of course I know."
"Then why do you always buy Häagen-Dazs strawberry flavoured ice cream when it's much more expensive?"The little girl asked innocently, causing her cousin to take a step back.
"Ehh…It's because it's delicious?"
"Just as I thought, it's linked to what happened to you with Mikiya-san before you got married." Irika came into conclusion
"Wha-"
Touko giggles at Shiki's reaction "It seems that someone is getting more smarter."
"No, it's quite obvious, whenever Shiki eats that ice cream, she would be deep in thought, yet not under pressure but happy, remembering something happy." Irika explained
"You and your observation skills are too good to be real!"Shiki exclaimed in embarrassment.
"Wraiths are human spirits that are still attached to this world due to having grudges or regrets or unfinished business in this world, right?"Irika asked "Yes?"
"Then where do they come from?There aren't any reports of serious life-threatening cases around Mifune City or itself, and the number of people who died are close to none…"she wondered out loud
"Well anyways, Irika, it's time for your daily Magecraft lesson."Touko reminded and headed towards the next room, which the little girl trailed behind her and the door was closed shut.
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-The next day-
-A.D. 2012 April 25th-
-The same elementary school-
"Hey, it's Miss Perfect!"
That made Serena flinch a bit from it.
"I heard that because she's the teacher's pet, she gets answers for the quiz yesterday before they began!"
"Seriously?That's cheating!"
Serena stopped walking and turned to the duo who gave her that last comment and gave them a death glare, which it worked and they ran along.
"Hey hey Miss Perfect, threatening other students is not allowed."
"Ara, then pointing out a wrong fact is not allowed as well Kurama-san?" Serena retorted back as she turned to see the head of the school bullies
"No, not at all,"he began "if it was really wrong, that is."he declared with a sickening smirk that Serena hate so much
"Then do you have proof to your statement?If not, I'll be taking my leave."Serena declared firmly as Kanata stood next to her in defense
"Hey, that's not how you're suppose to say to your seniors."Kurama warned
"Oh by the way, you didn't got the answers from the teachers,"he began as he went through his pocket and pulled out a photo.
"You stole them!"he declared as the photo turned out to be Serena bending over and trying to pick a piece of paper from a stack of papers that were believed to be exam answers.
"No matter how you look at it, it's fake!"Kanata pointed out at the picture where the Serena in the picture had tattered parts around it
"Well whatever you see boy, is that your little girlfriend is going to be expelled!"Kurama declared with a grin
"W-We're not together-"Serena tried to protest with a big blush on her face
"Sadly, I won't allow it."a familiar voice declared, causing everyone to turn to the direction of the voice.
"Irika-san!"Kanata exclaimed as it turned out to be their saviour yesterday.
"Huh?And yet I thought it was someone else, well isn't it Miss Lonely, What brings you here?"Kurama mocked
"This," Irika began as she held up a photo, with a hole that it's shape of Serena in Kurama's photo, clearly Kurama cut Serena out of it and stuck it on the photo he is holding, making everyone gasp.
"If you wish to erase the evidence, you should have put it somewhere else except for the trash can in the library." Irika began, then she turned to Kurama, staring at him intensively, so much that as if her eyes are glowing.
"But sadly, you're one who would rather use your time framing others rather than focusing on your studies, I believe that you have to prepare for entering middle school as a sixth grader, right?"she asked in a warning voice.
"Tch,"Kurma clicked his tongue as he ran away with dismay, leaving Serena and Kanata speechless.
As Serena turned to Irika, she was nowhere to be found.
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-After School-
Irika headed towards her shoe locker, she opened it and a piece of paper fell out, she caught it before it landed onto the quickly scanned the paper and sighed, changing into her shoes and headed out, dropping the paper.
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I want to thank you for helping me earlier, can you meet me behind school?
Serena
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Irika headed towards the meeting stop and found no one, she halted, and inhaled.
"I know you're there,"she began, then she heard some rustling in the bushes and Kurama emerged from it, along with his companions.
Including Kurama, there were around 10 people who are around the same age as Kurama, judging by their clothing, they seem to be Teenage gangsters.
"Hah, you fell right into our little trap kid, it seems like your not that smart, huh?"Kurama huffed
Irika, snuggling further into her muffler, but she didn't broke the eye contact between them "When I read that note, I knew that it wasn't Serena just by looking at the handwriting."she retorted with a monotone, causing Kurama to click his tongue in annoyance.
"Then why did you came?!"
"Because I know that you're up to no good again."she replied as she narrowed her eyes
"Tch,"Kurama then pointed his finger in the direction of Irika "Get her!"
As Kurama demands, the gangsters sprinted towards Irika's direction.
Irika didn't bothered to move, as the gangster taking the lead dashed towards Irika head on, Irika stepped aside, and she gracefully spun on her right leg 360 degree, and her left foot was placed on the ground once again, tripping the second gangster, causing them to fall like dominoes.
She stared at them as if they were worthless, trash, looking down at them as harsh as possible someone could, yet cold and warning.
Kurama clicked his tongue once again, as his minions were trying to grab or at least touch the little girl by swiping around, but Irika dodged them easily with some kind of inhuman agility and swooping around.
"What's wrong?Are you just going to dodge after that big talk of yours?"he tried to threaten but clearly scared.
Irika didn't want a fight, she didn't want to hurt anyone, but these people are really getting her to her nerves, they aren't worth fighting at all.
She didn't have any choice but to run.
She waited for a few moments, when there was a hole in their formation, she prepared to dash to the direction-
"Sensei!They're over there!"
Everyone froze, including Irika, they turned to the direction of the voice, where they saw multiple figures, a few athletic teachers,
And Serena alongside with Kanata.
Irika's eyes widen as she saw them, they are the last people that she expected to pass by, but judging by what Serena said earlier, they were searching for them.
"Itou-san, are you alright?Did they hurt you?"
"You all!Follow me to see the headmaster!"
After some commotion, Kurama and his gang were taken to the headmaster and were expelled instantly, the teachers left as Irika wasn't hurt, leaving her alone with Serena and Kanata.
"Irika-san, are you alright?"Kanata asked with concern
"We saw that piece of paper near your shoe locker, and I knew I didn't wrote it, since it was Kurama-senpai's handwriting, so we alerted the teachers to find you since we know that Kurama-senpai was up to no good."Serena explained
Irika's faces darkened for a few moments before speaking up.
"Why did you guys came?"
Serena tilted her head to the side with confusion "We're friends, right? Friends help out each other."she answered without hesitation.
Irika widen her eyes in surprise and softly spoke
"Friends, huh?"
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-One week later-
-A.D. 2012 May 2nd-
-Garan no Dou-
The door creaked open, making Touko turn her attention towards it.
"Oh Irika, welcome back-"
Touko cut herself off as two figures followed Irika into her office.
"Touko-nee, these are my friends from the same class as mine." Irika introduced as Serena stepped forward.
"Aozaki-san, I-I'm Mizuno Serena, it's nice to meet you."Serena introduced herself nervously, as she bowed.
"Nakagawa Kanata, it is a pleasure to meet you Aozaki-san."Kanata greeted sincerely as well, causing Touko to flinch a bit and darkened her face.
Irika was unable to read Touko's expression but she could feel that Touko was breathing in and out intensively, and though that she was angry, so Irika looked down with shame.
"Sorry Touko-nee, I shouldn't bring other people to Garan no Dou without permission…"
Touko walked up to Irika silently, then she grabbed onto the little girl's shoulders and inhaled before blurting out "Irika, you've finally made friends?!"
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"That's your point?!"Irika exclaimed in disbelief
"Oi Shiki! Irika brought some friends over!"Touko shouted towards the room on the right
"Huh?Really?"Shiki asked curiously as she headed towards her cousin
"Heh, not bad…"
"So what did you bring them here for?I believe that you didn't just brought them here to greet us."Touko asked softly
"About that…"Serena began shyly as she fidgeted, after a few moments, she gathered up her courage and inhaled "we want to work here!"
…
"Huh?"
"We've heard from Irika that wraiths had been haunting around Mifune City for quite a few years, we want to help out."
Touko was taken back "…"She glanced at Serena and Kanata, who had pleading eyes on their faces.
She then glanced at Irika, Touko knew that Irika won't bring someone with that kind of request without knowing that they have the strength to do it.
Touko then sighed "Alright then, so how much do you want?"she asked
"?"
"If you're working here, that means that you want to get paid, right?"Touko asked impatiently
"N-No, we don't need-"
"If people know that your are working and you weren't paid, it'll damage the name of Garan no Dou."Touko replied softly "Really, don't mind about it."she reassured
Kanata and Serena turned to each other, smiling within themselves.
"But, there is one condition."Touko began once more, making the two turn to their new boss.
Touko paused a bit before talking once more "Take good care of Irika."
That made Irika made a small noise of surprise, she never thought that Touko would go this far for her.
Kanata then nodded without hesitation "We will, thank you for giving us this opportunity, Aozaki-san."he thanked formally
"Oh and by the way, calling me Touko is absolutely fine."Touko informed
"Yes, Touko-san!"
"Touko-nee, now that you have new employees, there is something you need to remember." Irika began as Touko turned towards the girl
"Touko-nee,one only needs what what will use,unnecessary things are nuisance,don't buy things that you don't need."she warned
"Of course I know..."
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-Serena's POV-
With that, it was the beginning of our friendship.
We learn together, teaching one another, eating together, sharing things about our Magecraft and abilities, fighting off wraiths together…
Have fun times, hang on during hard ones, it was like that we were fated to be the best of friends.
Coming up with strategies, new inventions, playing video games, sharing about our own stories…
Irika has somehow changed greatly, she was stronger, more confident, stern, and somehow, charismatic
It's nothing comparing to real leaders though, leadership perhaps?She has changed so much as if her entire personality has is less colder towards others, more straight forward and more is a mysterious aura around Irika, just like the ones that her swords have on the day we had met…
Kanata was more open and began to have the courage to share his own thoughts, his Magecraft is getting better as well.
As for me, well…I didn't change much, I am just the same old Serena.
Time flies for sure, right?
-End of Serena's POV-
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-6 years and 11 months later-
-A.D. 2019 March 23rd-
"So another school year ended, huh?"Serena asked as the wind blew and her school dress flow with it
"A lot of things had change for sure."Kanata agreed
"And,"Serena began as she and Kanata turned back at Irika's direction "we were able to get off that stupid muffler of yours finally."
Irika then paused "You know that I wear that because I feel cold all the time right?"she asked, her voice was deeper and more serious than before.
"Yeah of course I know, you are as cold as ice in any season of the year, I do mean by physically."Serena answered "But you can't wear a muffler in the middle of the summer!That's why you are going to get use without it."
Irika could only sigh in response.
"Anyways, let's head back."
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-Garan no Dou-
"We're back!"
"Welcome back, how was the last day of school?"Touko asked
"It was fine."Kanata replied as a monitor on Touko's desk shone.
"Welcome back Irika-san, Kanata-san, Serena-san!"
"We're back Histoire, how was your work?"
The one who greeted them was a projected small girl with blonde curly twin tails, amethyst eyes and was wearing a dark blue coloured sailor female uniform.
"Yes, Irika-san, I have just finished my live a few minutes ago."Histoire replied
"Who thought that an AI could become one of the world's most popular net idols…"Serena trailed awkwardly
"Why yes, 3-HI-chan's popularity is high without a doubt!What's fun is that others don't know that I'm just a personality-installed AI created by Irika-san!"Histoire exclaimed with her cute voice
"I still can't believe that you were able to make her…"Touko trailed
"It wasn't much of a big deal, Histoire was created for helping us in missions, but it's fine for her to do what she likes when she's free, as long as she doesn't reveal who she is." Irika answered
"Yes, as expected of my creator!I was set to follow all my creator's orders, but even without that setting, I will still follow Irika-san!"
'Humanoid Intelligence System On Information Research Engine, Histoire, Irika-san's greatest work.'Kanata thought 'she has absolute power over the Internet, truly earning the title of Ruler of the Internet Sea…'
"Anyways, you guys have a week and more of spring break, meaning…"Touko began
"More intense missions than usual, right?"Serena asked
"This time, it's the abandoned Ogawa Apartment Complex."Touko informed
"Wait, that's-"
"Yeah, that's the place where that incident happened."Touko continued with a smirk on her face
"There are signs of numerous wraiths gathering there, it's best to wipe them out before they are up to no good."Histoire reported
"Since that Naraze is on a solo mission which will last to tomorrow morning and Shiki has some personal business to deal with, it'll just be the three of you."Touko told them
"Don't forget about me!"Histoire pouted
"You guys will take action at 12:30 at midnight, so get some rest and prepare well."
"Roger."
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"After the Human Order was restored,us servants had fulfilled our contracts with Fujimaru Ritsuke and Fujimaru Ritsuka.I'm back at hell,somehow with the alternate version of my adoptive father, and the clone of a magical girl version of Illya."a certain white haired Counter Guardian runted
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-Emiya エミヤ-
Source:Fate/Stay Night (Unlimited Blade Works Route)& Fate/Grand Order
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"That's harsh,onii-chan~"the girl standing next to the older male said in a sing-song tone.
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-Chloe von Einzbern クロエ・フォン・アインツベルン-
Source:Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya & Fate/Grand Order
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"…"the even older man was silent, not commenting on he argument of the other two
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-Emiya Assassin エミヤアサシン-
Source:Fate/Grand Order
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"By any means, I am able to understand why Dad is here, but not you!"Emiya exclaimed towards his supposively younger sister.
Kuro(Chloe) pouted "You're such a meanie, that's why Tohsaka Rin isn't with you."she teased
"How do you even know about that?!"
Kuro then winked in a teasing way "The Memorial Essence from Master~"
Memorial Essences are a type of Craft Essences that allow people and servants gain memories of their alternate selves, it does help some of their relationships like Emiya Assassin accepting Irisviel (Dress of Heaven) as his wife and Emiya, Illya and Kuro as his kids.
But there are also bad memories of their alternate selves, so it is up to the ones who want to use them or not.
Emiya sighed at his little sister's response.
"Just tell me why you're here…"he pleaded
Kuro smirked a bit before answering "Since that the crisis of saving Miyu and the world are done, I don't have much to do."
"But mostly it's because I'm using your Class Card to steady my existence, Alaya will only let me off the hook if I finish this mission."Kuro told Emiya with a serious tone
They stayed silent for a few seconds, surely, why would Alaya send all three of them to a mission?
Suddenly a spark of light shone, causing a gust of wind, making the trip hold their hands up in defense as the gust blew past them.
What revealed was something like a blue globe, being circled by two rings.
"Alaya…"
"Emiya Shirou, Emiya Kiritsugu and Illyasviel Von Einzbern, you are all here to take part on a mission together."Alaya began
"Hold on, it's Chloe, I told you a million times!"Kuro protested
"That, is not my concern."Alaya replied "as you all are guardians who protect humanity from extinction, you are to head to the A.L.I.C.E. dimension at once."
"Alice?As in Alice in Wonderland?"Emiya asked confusingly
"This dimension was named after the organisation there that I directly contact with, you can say that it is a base of the Counter Force."Alaya replied Emiya "This mission is located in a city in Kyoto called Mifune, where A.L.I.C.E.'s headquarters is."Alaya continued "Since 10 years ago, a huge number of wraiths had been haunting the city in the shadows, you are tasked to eliminate them and get to the bottom of this."
"Why?We can just defeat them."Kuro asked
"For the past years, agents of A.L.I.C.E. had trouble defeating them since that wraiths have no body, even so, the number wasn't shorten, it even increased, I cannot detect any possible points where or who is causing it.I'm leaving this for you three to investigate."Alaya ordered as a portal opened up "You are to report to A.L.I.C.E. headquarters and learn about the details from them, good luck."
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-A.L.I.C.E. dimension-
-Mifune City-
"Hmm…"Kuro hummed as the three of them are in spirit form and looking around "Geez!Just where is the stupid headquarters?!Can Alaya just give us the address or something?"she complained
"Knowing Alaya, it should had teleported us to the direct spot…"trailed Emiya
"Perhaps it's over there?"Emiya Assassin asked in a monotone as he pointed towards the direction of a tall and modern looking building with a rock as a sign which carved 'E.C.I.L.A'.
'No way that it's that obvious…"Emiya and Kuro thought awkwardly with disbelief at it's extreme.
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-12:25 a.m. 2019 March 24th-
-Outside of the front door of the Ogawa Apartment Complex-
Irika was wearing a lake blue sporty jacket with a plain dark blue T-shirt underneath, black sporty tights and a pair of black trainers with neon blue linings.
As for Kanata, he wore a his usual casual wear: a green long sleeved hoodie alongside a pair of denim jeans, as well as a pair of white trainers.
Serena, well, being the most fashion conscious of the three has chosen a black leather jacket with a red sweater underneath, a pair of black leggings with the same colour of longing combat boots.
Kanata and Irika are outside the Apartment Complex's entrance on standby, while Serena is on top of a taller building than the complex around 2 km away.
Serena laid down on her stomach, alongside her special black rifle which was designed by herself and Irika, crafted by Kanata.
Irika had her daggers on her waist as her right hand hold on to one of them, readying to unsheath it.
Kanata has his katana passed down from his ancestor's generation sheathed, like Irika, preparing to unsheath it.
"Histoire," Irika began, talking through her band on her left hand, which all three of them possess, allowing them to communicate with each other and contact Histoire, who will be giving instructions at Garan no Dou alongside Touko "confirm target location for the last time."she ordered
"Yes, starting from the 7th floor, there are signs of wraiths hanging around their, they are only occupying the top floors, but not the -san, what do you see as well?"Histoire asked for confirmation
Serena, looking up from her rifle scope as her ruby red eyes glowed, she sees through the walls of the Apartment Complex, auras of wraiths are inside, at the locations where Histoire told.
"Yeah, like what Histoire said."Serena replied
"Serena, don't fire any shots until me and Kanata kill the first one, or else you'll startle them." Irika ordered "Roger."Serena replied as she turned back to her scope.
"The Pure Eyes of Aura-Sight is surely handy at times like these."Kanata commented
"Well, she is an Aura Guardian after all…The ability of seeing auras of beings and things like X-ray, able to identify it's race or type, it's alignment…I actually want it too…"Touko trailed, talking through Histoire's monitor.
"Touko-san, w-what are you talking about?The Pure Eyes of Aura-Sight are nothing special!"Serena stammered embarrassingly
"Calm down Serena, you have a job to do."Touko reminded, trying to calm down the twin tailed girl.
"Y-Yes…"
"Irika-san, Kanata-san, once you're in, I'll suggest to take the stairs, we don't know if they had done anything to the elevator or not."Histoire suggested
"Got 'll begin according to schedule, our goal is to finish this operation in 15 minutes, clear?" Irika asked
"Roger."
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"Geez, when we asked them about the details, they told us to see it for ourselves as well as clearing them out at this, spiral thingy building!"Kuro complained as she, Emiya and Emiya Assassin are at the back door of the Ogawa Apartment Complex.
"Don't complain Kuro, we've been through more worse in Babylonia, wraiths won't be more difficult to deal with than magical beasts."Emiya reminded
"So we'll just check every floor and eliminate them?"Emiya Assassin asked his fellow Archer classed teammates
"Seems like the plan."
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-5 minutes later-
"Scheduled time, operation, start!"
With the announcement of Histoire, Irika and Kanata dashed into the building and Serena was on alert.
The two dashed towards the stair case, going up while trying to conceal their were going up in rapid speed, not wasting any time at all.
Serena, who was still focused on the 7th floor, checked if the wraiths made any sudden movements.
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"Dad, check the 1/F to the 3/F, Kuro, you go check the 4/F to 6/F, I'll head to the 7/F, contact us when you guys spot anything."Emiya ordered as they sprung into action
"Roger~"replied Kuro
Emiya Assassin only obeyed without answering
As Emiya Assassin arrived at the first floor, he scanned the area, nothing suspicious, so he continued to the next floor.
As for Kuro, well, she stared at them as if they are irritating her, after a few moments, she continued to the next floor.
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Irika and Kanata finally reached the 7th floor, and they halted.
"Kanata, go up, leave this floor to me." Irika ordered "Understood."
Irika scanned the floor's right side, you are able to see outside the building.
'Well, let's do this.'
She sprang forward, dashing towards her first opponent.
And she caught it by surprise.
Irika sliced it down from it's weak spot and it vanished.
She continued down the hallway,
Nothing is going to stop her.
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Emiya finally reached to the 7th floor, he projected Kanshou and Bakuya, wielding them as he sensed abnormalities and he headed out to the hallway.
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As the two were too focused on searching for enemies, they didn't realised that there was someone else.
As the two dashed from two different directions, they met up, passing through each other, just 10 cm away.
As they saw each other, both of their eyes widen in disbelief.
This is not a wraith
This is not someone who should not appear here
There isn't suppose to be someone else in this building
As Irika met eyes with Emiya, she immediately knew that,
He wasn't human
"What, are you?"
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序章
運命のあの夜
Prologue
That Fateful Night
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