[PROLOGUE]
-Unexpected Beginning-
Debris and ruins are as far as the eyes can see as an evidence of remnants of the preceding war. The starless sky and gentle cold breeze of the night silently observes the aftermath of an eventful farewell ritual on top of the skyscraper of Misaki City. One might say this is truly a fitting end after all of the so-called heroes have triumphantly saved the world from apocalypse.
There, on top of the tallest building in Misaki, a bunch of peculiar people gather around.
At one side, three men are standing next to each other. The first man named Seth stands firmly with his ponytailed blond hair flutters as if dancing to the rhythm of the wind. On his left eye, there lies a strange black coloured tattoo running across on his cheek. The clothes he wears, however, seems to be contradictorily ordinary despite his exuding extraordinary aura. Seth simply wears a blank blue shirt with a black jean and an unbuttoned blazer in black and white colour.
Next to Seth, the middle man named Ken stands with a perfect smile. The clumsiness and airhead tendency are very apparent in which further being amplified significantly by his girlish face. Not to mention, being the shortest amongst the trio only signifies more of his feminine visage. Although he has a somewhat Asian feel from his relatively long brownish black hair complete with the sideburns, Ken's bluish eyes slightly glow from the reflected moonlight above which weirdly emphasizes his appearance closer to a cute girl even more rather than a healthy young man. His sense of fashion, however, does not keep up with his appeal with simple brown trousers and a white shirt covered with unbuttoned blue t-shirt. At the very least, the huge single-edged sword resting on his back adds a bit of his masculinity like a tiny drop of cold water amongst the vast hot boiling water.
The last of the trio, who looks rather old with green coloured hair and a scar running across his left eye, smiles with his favourite "toothpick" on his mouth while casually standing next to Ken. Appearance-wise he looks like the oldest amongst the trio but the truth is rather different. He is still younger than Seth and his laidback attitude highlights his young carefree spirit. A well-built body with muscular arms wrapped by white bandages up until his elbows, the figure of this man named Ron is exactly like what a martial artist should be.
"Well, this is a farewell party, I guess…" Ron breaks the ice and shrugs.
"It seems indeed a farewell…" Another stereotypical Japanese student with eyeglasses on his face smirks. The boy is no other than the user of Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, Tohno Shiki standing in front of Ron.
Sion Eltnam Atlasia who stands on his left and Emiya Shirou who stands on his right side are not good at handling such situations. Both of them make a mutual silence from the awkwardness of the situation. After all, the first time they met with the trio in front of them, they were clashing quite literally at each other.
"Now, now Emiya-kun, you do not have to be so tense…" Slapping on Emiya Shirou's back 'gently', Tohsaka Rin tries to help Emiya Shirou's awkwardness.
"T—Tohsaka…!?" Emiya Shirou gasps by the sudden attack from behind.
Saber who stands next to Tohsaka Rin can't help to smile for an instant moment. Her smile is naturally as elegant as one expects from the King of Knights. She might never expect to bid a farewell with people who were initially hostile to her. Who would have thought that a mere human was able to exchange blows with Saber in the first place? From her point of view, her encounter with the trio especially Ken who was responsible as the first human capable of fending her off in close quarter combat has now become a nostalgic memory.
"Well, it's the time for us to leave now…" Ron closes his eyes for a moment and looks straight to his newfound friends.
"Too bad that Sensei can't be here to bid you farewell, Ron-san." Tohno Shiki jokes around for the last time.
"Nah, I'm good. I might accidentally piss her off anyway. We have bad chemistry with each other and she has done her business here too… Kid, you should stay away from her bad influence" Ron shrugs and heaves a sigh. He never expects that Tohno Shiki is actually an acquaintance of Aozaki Aoko, the one who is the main cause of this accident. Nevertheless, it was not entirely Aozaki Aoko's fault to mess up the time axis and hence brought Holy Grail War incident to Misaki City. Furthermore, the Night of Wallachia improvised the situation into bloodier war. However, it was all in the past. The incident ended well with minimal casualty. These people around Ron and this farewell are concrete evidence of it.
"Please forgive our previous misbehaviour. Should we have assessed the situation better in the earlier stage, the casualty can be minimised even more." Seth bows down to apologise out of formality. It is just his personality to do so.
"It is us who should apologise first, Seth-san. As the native representatives of this world, we shame ourselves to look at your good intention." Speaking naturally in formal accent, Sion bows down as well.
"Let's drop all this formality, okay… Eh—w—haa…" The one being startled is Ron. The white blinding mist engulfs his feet climbing up his body gradually. This is the same mist which got him in this 'another' world and hence Ron flashes a smile for one last time. "Okay, looks like the time is up, mates. Let's meet again in the future, hahaha…"
"Yeah, you are not that bad actually…" Tohno Shiki replies with a casual smirk on his face. Just like that, his fateful encounter with Ron and the other two eccentric guys have ended.
"Bye-bye, hehehe— ", Ken, unlike Ron's laidback attitude, waves his hand and laughs mischievously. It's just his personality to cover up his slight heartache of pains with a fake beaming merry-go-round face.
This is the end of their story. Leaving no trace behind of their proof of existence, the eccentric trio vanishes into nothingness. However—,
"W—what the heck…!?"
At that instance, Tohno Shiki gasps for something neither he nor his comrades expect to occur.
-End of Prologue-
