And here we go, for the 100th time... ok, for the fifth time. It's a new story, this time a cross-over between Fairy Tail and the TYPE-MOON universe (elements of Fate/Zero and Tsukihime). Just like TSCM, this story features a strong Lucy, but apart from that it's completely different.

NOTE: For the purposes of this story, the time line has been adjusted. The events of Tsukihime happened several years before the Fourth Holy Grail War, not during the Fifth War. Also, Ultear will be younger than in canon. Much younger. You'll see why.

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail, Fate/Zero, Fate/Stay Night, or Tsukihime.

The former Magus Killer exhaled smoke heavily and sighed. "I'm sorry, what?"

"Like I said." Shiki Tohno looked visibly uncomfortable. "Somehow Roa has reincarnated again. Arcueid is going to go after him, and I'm tagging along to help out. It went rather well last time, after all."

"And what does this have to do with me?"

Shiki motioned for a nine-year-old blond girl to step forward. "Arcueid and I have decided to ask you to watch over our daughter Lucy during our absence. Seeing as you recently took in that surviving boy from the Fuyuki fire, we thought you'd be less opposed to the idea than the pre-war you would have been."

Kiritsugu looked amused. "The two of you are barely acquaintances of mine. Just because I helped Arcueid out when Ciel was Roa's reincarnation, she thinks I'll agree to watch your kid?"

Shiki shrugged. "I guess so."

"I must be crazy to even consider the idea." Kiritsugu leaned back in his chair. "Anything I should know about the girl?"

"We gave her the surname Heartfilia, after a mutual associate of Arcueid and Zelretch who lives in another dimension." Shiki explained. "Also, she seems to have inherited my Mystic Eyes."

Kiritsugu almost fell out of his chair in shock. "She has the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception?"

Shiki nodded. "That's why we're asking you. You're strong enough to shield her from anyone who comes after her due to her lineage, as well as stop her if she shows signs of going crazy from the Eyes' effect."

"And her bloodline? Is she a vampire, a True Ancestor, or what?"

"No." Shiki told him. "Apart from the Eyes, she's a normal human."

"Doesn't look like I have much of a choice..." Kiritsugu mused, then stood up. "I know I must have lost it, but... fine. I'll take care of your kid."

Shiki nodded gratefully. "Thanks, Emiya."

Despite what Shiki told Kiritsugu, he never came back. The Magus Killer received a short note from Zelretch saying that Roa had gone after Shiki with all he had to prevent the Mystic Eye user from killing him again. Arcueid, having killed Roa with rare ferocity to avenge Shiki's death, lost her mind to her vampiric impulses shortly after. With her last remains of sanity, the White Princess managed to seal herself away from the world, leaving her daughter alone in the process.

Zelretch himself came to visit Kiritsugu shortly after. The man, fearing retribution from the Einzbern family, convinced Zelretch to transport all three of them (him, Shirou, and Lucy) to the universe where Arcueid and Zelretch's mutual friend Layla Heartfilia resided in. Zelretch complied and left the unusual family in a snowy, eternally cold region in northern Fiore.

It was there that Kiritsugu met Ur Milkovich, who quickly became a friend of the family. The woman fell in love with the Magus Killer and often hinted at her interest in him, but he stubbornly refused her advances... until one night, when he finally caved in and slept with her. He and his two adopted children were gone the next day, with no sign of them having ever lived there. The only memento Ur had of him was a note, apologizing for leaving her like that and telling her to find someone more deserving of her. Unknown to Kiritsugu, she was already carrying his child, a daughter she later named Ultear.

Kiritsugu died three years after Shiki, having succumbed to the curse the corrupted Grail gave him. His last words to Shirou and Lucy, both of whom were with him in his final moments, expressed relief that both of them were intent on becoming a superhero, just like Kiritsugu wanted to do. What the Magus Killer did not realize was that Shirou and Lucy had vastly different ideas of what a superhero was. Shirou planned to become a superhero who could and would save everyone. Lucy, on the other hand, already considered Kiritsugu a superhero and following that belief, chose to emulate him as much as she could, to the point that she transplanted the remains of the Emiya magus crest onto herself. The results of the operation left her bedridden for almost a year while her body adjusted to the crest, but after she recovered, she was able to use Kiritsugu's famed Innate Time Control, quickly becoming as proficient in it as the Magus Killer once was.

With everyone in the Heartfilia estate dead (Kiritsugu died from the curse, Layla succumbed to an illness, and Jude overworked himself to death), Shirou and Lucy left the Heartfilia property and headed towards the nearby town of Magnolia. Once there, Lucy left Shirou at a local mage guild called Fairy Tail, and went on to follow in Kiritsugu's footsteps. She promptly vanished in unknown circumstances, leaving Shirou as the only person with any contact with her, and even then, he was never told where she was, just that she was fine. That is, until one day...

"Man... why did Nee-san decide to meet here of all places?" Seventeen-year-old Shirou Emiya sighed, glancing at a magic shop, then at the cat and the wobbly pink-haired boy around his age behind him. "And why are you two tagging along, anyway?"

"Igneel's in this town!" Happy, the cat cheered. "Besides, everyone's curious about this Nee-san of yours! You talk about her a lot, but no one has ever met her or knows what she looks like!"

Shirou sighed. "Whatever."

A woman with long white hair and cold brown eyes watched Shirou, Natsu, and Happy make their way past the magic shop, then turned back to the shopkeeper.

"At this rate, I'll be late." She told the man sternly. "Have you found any useful magic yet?"

"No..." The man sighed. "But we do have some new items in stock! How about this 'Colors' magic?" He eyed her black suit and matching trench coat and gloves nervously. "You can change the color of your clothes with it..."

"Useful for camouflage." Lucy agreed. "But I already have one of those. Well then, if that's all..."

The man sighed and bowed as she left. "Please come again!"

"I doubt I will."

"Kyaah!"

"Salamander-sama!"

"Salamander!" Natsu perked up. "We finally found him! Come on, Happy, Shirou!"

"Aye!"

"This must be a joke." Through a window in an abandoned building, Lucy watched as Salamander showed off to a crowd of adoring girls. "A simple poser with a Charm spell... this is what I was hired to eliminate?"

She sighed and opened the case she always had with her, quickly putting together a sniper rifle. "Apparently this guy actually runs a slave ring..." She mused, lining up the rifle until she had clear aim at Salamander. "There's no need in the world for scum like him..."

She scowled and gave an aggravated grunt, lowering her gun when a mass of pink hair suddenly blocked her aim.

"Igneel!" Natsu pushed past the crowd. "Igneel!"

He froze and stared at Salamander blankly. "Who are you?"

The surprised man quickly recovered. "Maybe you know me as... Salamander."

His jaw dropped when he noticed Natsu walking away dejectedly, having not even listened. "He left already?"

Salamander chuckled when his fangirls railed on Natsu for his insolence. "That's enough, girls. He didn't really mean it."

"Here." He scribbled something down on a piece of paper, which he then handed to Natsu. "I'll give you my signature. You can show it off to your friends."

"I don't want it."

That statement earned Natsu another trampling.

"I don't think that was him." Shirou observed, once he pulled Natsu away from the commotion.

"I appreciate your enthusiastic welcome." Salamander observed, bowing to the gathered women. "But I have some errands to run at the port. Please excuse me."

With that, he snapped his fingers and a swirl of purple fire formed under him, carrying him off.

"We're having a party on the ship tonight!" He shouted as he left. "Make sure to come!"

Natsu sighed, watching the man fly away. "What was that guy?"

"Just some creep." Shirou shrugged. "Don't worry about it."

"He's my target." A female voice from behind them declared. "If you hadn't butted in, I'd have taken him out."

Shirou turned to the speaker and his eyes widened. "Nee-san?"

"You are a nice person." Natsu mumbled thickly, trying to devour food from six plates at once.

"Aye!" Happy agreed around his mouthful of fish.

"Nee-san." Shirou looked elated to see Lucy. "It's been seven years since I saw you... there's so much I want to ask, but I'll start with the most obvious thing. What the hell did you do to your hair?"

"I grew it out and dyed it white." Lucy told him. "Can't you see that? Anyway, who are your friends?"

"I'm Natsu, and this is Happy." Natsu paused eating for long enough to introduce himself. "And you are?"

"Maiya Emiya." Lucy gave them the fake name she always used. "I'm Shirou's older sister."

"Anyway..." She leaned back to avoid flying scraps of food. "What is your business here? I requested that Shirou came alone to meet me."

"I heard Salamander is in this town, so we came along, but it was the wrong person." Natsu sighed. "And I totally believed it was Igneel, too."

"Igneel?" Lucy raised an eyebrow. "As in the fire dragon? I really doubt a being as large as him would be parading around in the middle of a harbor town."

Natsu and Happy gave identical expressions of realization.

Lucy shook her head at that. "I'm sorry I left you with morons like these, Shirou."

"Still, it's nice to calm down once in a while." She relaxed in her seat. "After today, I have no jobs to do for about a week... what say you show me your guild, Shirou?"

Natsu looked at her curiously. "Jobs? What kind of jobs?"

Lucy gave a small smirk which didn't reach her eyes. "I'm a mercenary."

With that, she tossed a wad of bills on the table and stood up to leave. "Enjoy the rest of your meal. Shirou, I'll meet up with you once I'm done working here."

And with those words, she left before Natsu or Happy could comment.

"Hah!" Natsu patted his stomach contently. "I ate a lot!"

Shirou sweatdropped. "A lot is kind of an understatement..."

"Aye."

"Oh yeah..." Happy spotted a ship in the distance. "Salamander said he'd have his party on a ship. I wonder if that's it."

"Look!" A nearby woman pointed the ship out to her friend. "That's the ship! Salamander-sama's ship! Aw, I wanted to go to the party too!"

The other woman frowned. "Salamander?"

"You don't know about him? He's this great mage who's currently in town!" The first woman explained. "I heard he's a mage from that famous Fairy Tail guild."

The trio's eyes widened at that. "Fairy Tail?"

"Rose, huh?" Salamander looked impressed. "Such a name suits you..."

The woman smiled and nodded. "Thanks."

"Let us toast with a glass of wine." The man declared, pouring two glasses of said drink.

"Um..." His guest hesitated. "Don't you have to attend to other girls?"

"It's fine. I just feel like drinking with you." Salamander snapped his fingers and small orbs of wine began hovering over to Rose. "Just relax and open your mouth. Pearls of wine will slowly come in."

The woman raised an eyebrow, finding the idea a bit odd, but complied. After swallowing down a few red orbs, her eyes began to droop, until she finally slid off the sofa with a snore.

Salamander smirked. "Another one, boys!"

"Good job, Salamander-sama." A large thug stepped out from behind a curtain and held up the sleeping woman. "This one's a beauty, too."

"It just had to be a ship..." A white-haired woman grumbled, attaching another explosive charge to a wooden wall. "There are about twenty women being held captive... once I blow up the hull, Gemini can rescue them."

"I just hope nothing goes wrong." Lucy Irisviel Heartfilia, more commonly known as Maiya Emiya or as the Wizard Killer, sighed. "The slavers are an acceptable casualty, but I'd prefer to get the captives to land, where it's safe."

With a loud crash, the ceiling broke and Natsu came down through it, landing in front of Salamander with a scowl on his face.

The man paled. "The boy from earlier?"

"Ugh..." Natsu bent over and struggled not to hurl. "I can't handle vehicles..."

"What's going on?" Salamander stared at the night sky through the hole Natsu made. "Why would a brat fall from the sky?"

"And he's already got motion sickness, too..."

"Pull yourself together, Natsu." Happy chided the boy, using long wings to hover above the ship. "Now's not the time to be sick."

He promptly had to avoid several gunshots as the gathered thugs focused on him.

"Fairy... Tail..." Natsu rasped. "You..."

Explosions rang out all over the ship as Lucy's charges detonated and ripped the hull apart, causing the ship to begin to sink.

Natsu's cheeks promptly swelled up and he hunched over again. "Gh..."

A blip of static came over Lucy's earpiece, before a voice identical to her own spoke out of it. "We got all of the captives back to land."

"Good." Lucy nodded. "Dispel yourself, Gemini. I can handle it from here."

"Understood."

Salamander scowled as the damaged ship was pushed ashore by the waves and stopped on the beach. "What's going on?"

"It stopped." Natsu sat up in relief. "The rocking... it stopped."

"Brat..." Salamander smirked, turning to him. "You shouldn't get on other people's ships without permission."

Natsu frowned and stepped forward. "Are you a mage of Fairy Tail?"

"So what if I am?"

"Let me take a good look at your face."

Natsu stared at Salamander for a moment, before charging forward and slamming two grunts out of his way. "I'm Natsu from Fairy Tail, and I've never seen you before!"

"That mark..." A thug noticed a red bird-like symbol on Natsu's forearm. "He's the real deal, Bora-san!"

"Don't call me that, idiot!"

"I don't care if you're a bastard or a good person." Natsu grit his teeth. "But I can't forgive you for using our name!"

"Whatever." Bora scoffed, blasting Natsu with a burst of purple fire. "Hmph... noisy brat."

"Awful."

Everyone's eyes widened in shock when the fire was sucked into Natsu's mouth.

"Are you really a fire mage?" The teen shook his head. "I've never eaten such disgusting flames before."

"Still..." Natsu wiped his jaw and smirked. "Thanks for the meal."

Bora's jaw dropped. "What is he?"

"Now that I've eaten..." Energy began to swirl around Natsu. "I can feel my power! Here I come!"

Several grunts tried to intercept Natsu, only to get trapped by a rain of swords falling from the sky.

"Do not interfere." Shirou warned them. "Natsu will just beat your boss up and let him go to jail. Nothing serious."

"Bora-san!" A terrified grunt pointed at Natsu and Shirou. "I've seen those guys before! The red-head is definitely Shirou of the Infinite Sword..." He glanced between Shirou and Natsu and blanched. "And the other one... there's no doubt, he's the real Salamander!"

That was all he managed to say before Natsu exhaled a huge gust of flame at Bora.

"Remember it well, mage." Natsu ran towards the man, enveloping his fist in fire as he approached. "The name of-"

Just before his punch connected, Bora fell to one side and lay still. A pool of blood quickly began spreading from under his head.

"What the..." Natsu stared at the dead man in shock. "What happened?"

Shirou paled and looked around. "Nee-san..."

"We should go." Lucy observed, appearing behind them only to start dragging them away. "The military will be here soon, and I'd rather avoid them."

"Nee-san..." Shirou glared at her. "You-"

"Don't start." Lucy cut him off sternly. "We've had this argument before. I'll stick to Tou-san's idea of a hero, you try to develop yours. We'll both be happier if we don't complain about the other's methods."

"Ok then!" Natsu slung an arm around each sibling. "Maiya-san, you said you wanted to see Fairy Tail, right? Then come with us!"

Shirou nodded. "Yeah, I want to show you my home, Nee-san."

"And I want to see it." Lucy agreed. "Lead the way, Natsu-san."

AN: Oh, wow... what did I just write?

Chapter 2 will be out soon. Thanks for reading.

Till next time!