[Author's note]
Hello there!
It's me, LDC.
To those who've never heard of me, I am just another fanfict writer.
And to those who already followed my works, this is just another pre-written work.
I wrote this two years ago.
I got the idea to write this after watching Fate Zero.
I didn't watch Fate Zero when it was released.
In fact, I watched Fate Zero in 2014.
I was busy with my college works so I don't have time to watch anime.
Now, I'm slightly free so I can write fanfict to fill my past time.
As for commemorating the upcoming Heaven's Feel movie this March, 2017, I'll post my version of Heaven's Feel Prologue.
I probably won't post a second chapter for a few months since I'll be busy with my crossover fict.
For my followers:
As for the sequel of Return from Nothingness, I've finished two chapters with around 8k words each.
I'm still fine tuning the details and I won't post it until I figure out the main plot.
Right now, the plot is basically absent despite many things have happened.
So, without further ado, I present you my per-written work.
Prologue
The story starts at western-styled manor.
A man in red tuxedo is having a conversation with an old man wearing traditional Japanese kimono.
The man in red is most likely the owner of the manor.
"I've heard that both of your daughters have great potential for mage craft," the old man says.
Both men are sitting on a sofa.
They were sitting oppositely as if they were trying to sign an agreement.
"That is true. Both Rin and Sakura have great potential for the future. Rin has the attribute of an Average One. We haven't seen one of those in decades. I can hardly believe that my daughter possessed such potential. In the other hand, Sakura possesses the rare Imaginary element. My wife's womb is very bountiful," the man in red claims.
"With such great potentials, your daughters will bring glory to the Tohsaka family. I envied your lineage. My family is already done for. Along with Kariya's betrayal, the Matou family has reached its end," the old man states with grim tone.
It appears he was lamenting the fate of his family.
"Kariya was a coward from the very beginning. I knew that he has feelings for Aoi yet he was reluctant and simply refused to take the initiative. However, due to his wavering wits I manage to claim Aoi as my wife. Anyway, Zouken. I didn't know Kariya had an aptitude for magic," the man in red asserts his opinion on Matou Kariya.
"He was never talented in the first place. However, he was the only one in the family who has the attribute for magic. His brother, Byakuya had no Magic Circuit," the old man claims.
"Yet, he refuses the path for mage craft. Such a pity, Zouken," the man in red emphasizes his sympathy.
"I guess my lineage ended here, Tokiomi. I hope you can achieve the objectives that our families have sought. Even if you failed, your daughters can usurp it," the old man who was known as Matou Zouken tells him.
"That would be a problem," Tokiomi, the man in red states.
The old man is shocked by his statement.
"And why that is a problem? Do you fear that your daughters will fail you?" Zouken inquires.
The man in red sighs before imitating the Thinker's gesture.
"I refuse to allow one of my daughters to live in the shadow. I also refuse to allow one of my daughters to live with the rabble of commoner. Did you forget Zouken? If a mage has more than one offspring, only one may learn the secret of the said family. The remaining offspring either will live in the shadows of the family or adopted into the commoners," Tokiomi states his concern.
Zouken contemplates his statement and then he starts laughing.
"Tokiomi, both of your daughters have great potential. Therefore, there is no need to be meticulous. The word of mage craft will marvel at their talent. You can always have two heirs," he says while grinning.
Tokiomi sighs again.
After that, he shows him his Magic Crest.
"If I have done that, the Tohsaka Magic Crest will have to split into two. I simply refuse to split our family crest," Tokiomi says.
He elegantly pours some tea into his cup.
He sips a little of his tea.
"Aoi has fine aptitude for tea brewing," he comments.
Zouken smirks before sipping his own share of tea.
"I admit that your wife is a fine beauty. Not to mention, she's talented in ways; making her a perfect wife," Zouken compliments.
"She is an obedient wife. I am a very lucky man," Tokiomi claims.
The old man in kimono grins again before proposing an outrageous proposal.
"Tokiomi, if you don't mind, perhaps we could take care one of your daughters," Zouken grins as wide as a devil would.
/***Scene break***/
A few days had passed since Zouken's proposal.
Tokiomi is deep in thought.
He still hasn't thought it through.
He was contemplating about which of his daughters to be send to the Matou.
The said family specializes in water magic; therefore, Rin would be better to be sent.
However, Rin was adept at using jewel mage craft.
He was placing high hopes on Rin.
The Tohsaka family specializes in jewel mage craft.
They can use jewels such as a ruby as catalyst for their magic.
Sakura was an able mage as well but she was not as talented as Rin in jewel craft.
He thought again.
"Perhaps Sakura would do better as a Matou," he says alone.
Suddenly, a vase broke.
He looks at the perpetrator only to his distress.
Rin is there.
"Father, you're not giving Sakura away, are you?" she asks.
The man in red shrugs before placing his hand on the little girl's shoulders.
"Rin, it's for her own good," the man claims.
The little girl was too young to understand her father so she believes him.
"I understand," she says in woe.
Tohsaka Rin was immersed in doctrine to ensure she would be a fine mage.
She admires her father and assumes he was right in everything.
Considering how young she was, she tells her sister about the upcoming event.
"No…." her sister says in horror.
" Listen Sakura, father was doing his best to help you," she tries to convince her sister but to no avail.
"NO!" her sister yells.
She runs toward her mother to beg for her mercy.
"Mother, I don't want to go there. I don't want to go to the Matou!" the little girl begs.
Rin is taken aback by her sister's reaction.
Sakura was closer to her mother instead of her father.
Rin was unable to comprehend the situation.
Why would her sister be that frightened?
Father knew what the best is for her.
So, why is she reacting like that?
"I am sorry, Sakura. I have no authority in this. Your father decides everything," the mother wipes her tears and hugs her.
"Please Mother! I promised I would be good. Just, don't send me!" she cries again.
Rin is there.
She was not happy with her sister's attitude.
However, she was shocked when she saw her mother's tear.
It was obvious that her mother was not happy with her father's decision.
She runs away from there and enters her room.
"Why would Sakura do that? Doesn't she know that Father is right? Then, why is Mother crying?" she says before start crying by herself.
She doesn't understand anything.
If her father was right, then why her mother would cry?
She was not close to her mother like her sister, Sakura.
Nevertheless, she loves her mother more than everything in her world.
She admires her father but her mother was the one who give birth to her.
Her mother cried at her father's decision.
The little girl cries alone in her room.
Suddenly, her mother enters her room.
"Mother?" she glances at the visitor.
"Rin," the woman hugs her daughter.
"I'm sorry. I really don't want any of you go," she hugs her daughter even firmly.
Her tears reaches Rin's face.
"Where's Sakura?" she asks her mother.
The woman strokes her daughter's hair before answering her.
"She's asleep in her room," she answers.
The little girl snuggles in her mother's embrace.
At the same time, she ponders.
"What if Father was wrong?" she thought.
Her father would always be a mage.
Nothing can change that.
He lives his life as mage to the fullest.
Most likely, he would drag his daughters to follow his path.
To learn mage craft is to walk by death.
Her father once said that.
Then, if only one of them can succeed the Tohsaka family magic, she should take on it.
There is no reason for Sakura to be sent away.
The little girl didn't understand her father much so she's placing high hopes on that.
She thought Sakura was supposed to be given away so she could live normally.
/***Scene break***/
The next day, the little girl goes to meet her father.
Tokiomi, as usual, was busy in his study.
Rin knocks the door of his room.
"Come in," he simply replies.
The little girl enters the room, preparing for the worst.
She was trying to convince her father so her sister would remain in her family.
"Father, I would like to talk about Sakura," she states.
The man in red turns his chair so he would face his daughter.
"What is it? Didn't I make it clear last night?" he says.
The girl draws a deep breath before requesting.
"Father, can Sakura stay in this family? I can carry on our family alone if that was your concern. Sakura can live normally in this house even though she is in the company of mages," she asserts.
Tokiomi sighs and starts caressing his daughter's cheek.
"Rin, I fear you were mistaken. I wasn't trying to give away Sakura so she could live normally," he pauses.
"The truth is I was trying to make both of you mages. However, it was impossible for a mage to have two heirs. I can only give the Magic Crest to one of you. That is when Zouken came in. He proposed that Sakura could learn their magic and inherit their Magic Crest. It appears their family doesn't have any heir. I believe this is a great chance for Sakura," he says while patting his daughter's head.
The girl enjoys her father's patting and believes him to the letter.
She goes back to her sister and tells her about it.
Her sister cries even more.
"Onee-chan, you don't understand. I don't want to go to other family!" she cries.
Rin iss taken aback.
She was not expecting this.
It doesn't matter if she wants to learn magic or not.
It was the family.
Sakura is loved by her family and if she were to be taken away, there is no telling she would be loved as well.
An adopted family can be cruel.
Her sister may be treated badly.
She tries to calm her sister but the girl lashes at her.
"You're cruel! Onee-chan you're so cruel! You don't care even when I'm about to be given away. In fact, you might love it when Mother and Father would focus only on you!" Sakura yells before running to her room.
The little girl didn't thought about it.
Sakura was scared.
She was scared of the other family.
Rin goes back to her room.
She cries alone in her room.
Why hadn't she thought about it?
Any child would be scared if they were to be taken by strangers.
After finishes crying, she decides to make a hard decision.
She would take Sakura's place as an adopted child.
She steels herself before heading to her father's study again.
"Anything wrong, Rin?" her father asks.
"Father, I would like to make a proposition," she says.
Tokiomi was all ears.
"I will be Matou's adopted child. Sakura can stay in the family," she proposes.
Tokiomi is horrified by her statement.
"Rin, I believed you are better with us, the Tohsaka. You excel in jewel craft even better than I do when I was your age. Sakura might do better at different field like the Matou," he claims.
"But you said Sakura's element was Imaginary. Matou family magic has the attribute of water. I have the attribute of five elements so it would be better to send me instead," she argues.
"Where did you hear that?" Tokiomi is surprised that his daughter knew about Matou magic.
"Their old name was Makiri. I learn about them in one of our family old book," Rin claims.
Tokiomi ponders about her proposition.
Her words have sense.
However, he was not willing to give away his most talented daughter to the Matou.
Zouken would be delighted of course but he was not.
"I'm afraid I cannot agree. You will remain to be Tohsaka heir. Sakura will be move out of this house in a few days. That is final," he declares.
Rin is shocked by her father's decision.
"But Father…" she tries to argue.
" I said, it is final," he asserts.
Rin remains silent, as she was not willing to enrage her father.
/***Scene break***/
The little girl known as Tohsaka Rin was very upset.
She never knew that her father was a very selfish person.
Then, everything that he had done was for his benefit only.
She may have better attribute for jewel craft but her sister, Sakura was also a splendid mage.
Just like her mother, her sister was a shy and timid person.
She didn't like to show off.
Therefore, she kept everything under her sleeves.
Rin knew this but her father, Tokiomi did not.
While Tokiomi's true personality remained enigma to the little girl, she knew her father well enough.
Tokiomi won't take back any decision he made.
Unless, something unexpected happen before him.
"I can ask Sakura to perform magic in front of him. That might change his mind," the little girl thought.
She was inside her bedroom, snuggling to her pillow.
Suddenly, she heard a knock at her door.
She goes to answer the visitor.
It was her mother.
"What is it, Mother?" she asks.
The mother of two children smiles and pats her eldest daughter on her head.
"Let's go to the park. I believe fresh air would do us good," she says while beaming a bright smile.
Her daughter responds by nodding.
Tohsaka Aoi brings along her daughters to the said park.
Sakura seems to forget about the whole ordeal and plays to her heart content.
In the other hand, Rin was expressing displeasure.
The mother realizes that and fetches the older of the two.
"What's the matter, Rin? Is there a problem?" she says while patting her daughter's head.
"She was so happy with us," she replies in trembling voice.
Rin was about to break into weep.
Aoi is surprised by her reaction.
She hugs her daughter.
"I am sorry. I don't want any of you to go," she says while shedding tears.
Rin cries within her mother's embrace.
Sakura was oblivious to their behavior because she was not there.
All of a sudden, Aoi realizes something was wrong.
Her other daughter is missing.
She was so shocked that cause her to let go of Rin.
The little girl was taken aback.
She didn't understand what was going on.
The mother desperately tries to find her other daughter.
She runs across the whole park to find her other daughter while yelling her name.
Rin was left behind.
"Mother?" she says in confused tone.
"Hmm… Your mother just left you alone to find your sister," an unknown man suddenly appears while humming at the turn of event.
He has brown hair and blue eyes.
He was tall.
To be exact, he was taller than the little girl's father was.
He was wearing black trench coat with matching boots.
The little girl was startled by his appearance.
"Who are you?" she asks while preparing to escape.
The man was eyeing her before breaking into laughter.
"There is no need to be wary. I am not a lolicon. I am just an experienced detective," he claims.
The little girl narrows her eyes.
"What's a lolicon?" she asks.
The man was taken aback.
"I guess not everyone knew that phrase. Well, forget about it kid," he shrugs.
The little girl was still alerted by his presence.
"Anyway kid, I think your mother was practicing double standard," he says.
Rin is surprised by his statement.
"What makes you think that?" she says angrily.
"Well, she just ran away looking for your sister while leaving you alone weeping," he concludes while grinning.
The little girl starts yelling.
"Mother is not like that! She's just worried about Sakura!" she claims.
"Then, explain this; why is your mother leaving you alone in the company of a dangerously looking man?" he smirks.
Tohsaka Rin is even more surprised by his assertion.
"Face it kid. She was trying to get rid of you so her beloved daughter could stay," he says while smirking.
The little girl is horrified.
Before the man could say anything more, she escapes the park running to her house.
"Well, that ended badly," the man in black trench coat says.
He let out a sigh.
Then he breaks into laughter.
"So, that little girl is Tohsaka Rin. I can't believe my luck today," he smirks alone.
Another man enters the scene.
He is wearing ordinary clothing like a t-shirt, blue jeans, and sport shoes.
However, what was surprising about the other man was he looks the same as the man in trench coat.
"Well, I have lead her sister to a free ice-cream corner. Our plan will commence after this event," he reports.
"The little girl will believe she was not needed in her family. Talk about demoralizing. Anyway, a little correction to your statement earlier; it is not our plan but it is my plan," the man in trench coat claims.
The other man smiles before merging body with his doppelganger.
"This bound to create a very interesting development. My role here is done," he says while smirking.
The man walks away from the park leaving a dumbfounded Aoi.
She was shocked when she found out that Rin missing.
However, she was relieved when Tokiomi sent her a message telepathically, that Rin was home.
The mother walks her way home with her other daughter in her hand.
/***Scene break***/
Tohsaka Rin was depressed after her episode with the mysterious man.
She doesn't want to believe his words but it was almost believable.
Her mother arrives at home with her sister right after she was home.
She didn't seem to concern about her.
Right now, her mind is jumbled.
Uncertain, filled with unanswered question.
Her father preferred her to remain at the family so she would inherit the family magic.
However, she questioned her father's intention.
Does he love his family or not?
Her question was answered when a friend of their mother came to visit.
His name was Matou Kariya.
The man was questioning Tokiomi about his decision.
The head of Tohsaka family simply replied that he would prefer if his daughters would live as mages.
He doesn't want any of his descendants to live as a rabble.
The rabble in the statement was referring to commoners' family.
Being a mage means to walk the path of death.
Therefore, happiness is not affordable.
After that, he chased away Kariya out of his house with his fire magic.
Kariya struggled to survive his onslaught.
However, he was barely alive.
He was burnt badly.
The man was preparing to accept his fate before a little girl saved his life.
It was Rin.
She was listening to their conversation and was shocked when her father acting out of character.
She didn't anticipate that his father would attack a commoner like Uncle Kariya.
She already knew Kariya from several occasions.
She tried to bring the injured man to a hospital.
She was strong for her age since she was not any ordinary 7 years old girl.
She reinforced her hands and legs so she could carry the man.
From that moment, she decided to be adopted.
Her Uncle Kariya is friendly so that means his family is as accommodating.
Sakura is loved by her mother and if her father knew about her inert talent, he will learn to love her as well.
She was not needed.
Nevertheless, her father will not let go of her that easily.
She must find a way.
The little girl was unaware that her decision will bring into unimaginable suffering.
"Rin?" the injured man identifies his savior.
The little girl smiles at him.
"It's okay, Uncle Kariya. We'll arrive at the hospital in a minute," she says in friendly tone.
The man is touched by her kindness.
At the same he regrets his inability.
He was supposed to help the girls and yet he was saved by one of them.
They arrive at the hospital in half an hour.
"Uncle Kariya, I've decided to be adopted into your family," she says to him while beaming a bright smile.
The said man was horrified by her statement.
"No Rin, you don't understand…" he tries to say something before a number of nurses come to carry him away.
"It's okay. I knew you're a good man," she states before running home.
"Stop! Please stop her…," he says before fainting.
His pain was too much to bear.
He is carried into the ICU since his injury was abnormal.
/***Scene break***/
(Kariya's point of view)
When I woke up, I saw a white room.
It appears I'm in the hospital.
Rin was kind enough to carry me to the hospital.
I felt much better since Tokiomi's attack.
But how many days had passed since that?
I need to stop her from being adopted.
I fell unconscious after being sent to the hospital.
I need to rush!
She needs me!
I sit up on my bed and try to figure out the date.
Not surprisingly, I'm wearing a patient's robe.
I need to get better clothing and try to convince the doctor that I'm well enough to leave.
Suddenly, the door to my room opens and I am visited by two men.
I recognize the one in white is a doctor but the other man…
"Good morning, Mr. Matou. It appears you have gotten better," the doctor says.
"Yes, I am well. Thank you for taking care of while I'm staying," I reply to him.
"Ah… I'm just doing my job," the doctor says haughtily.
The other man in black trench coat was looking at me as if observing me.
"And who you might be?" I ask the man.
The man holds out his hand and smiles.
"You forgot already? I was the one who told you about Tokiomi, remember?" he claims.
I try to memorize him but failed.
"I'm sorry. My memory was so vague," I claim.
The man sighs before shaking his head.
"Well, it can't be helped. You were inflicted with weird injury in the first place," he says.
Weird injuries? What did he mean by that?
"Mr. Matou. We found your injuries are quite abnormal. Your skin doesn't look burnt but your nerve was ruined as if it was burnt. We were unable to do anything," the doctor claims.
That wasn't much of an explanation to me. But if they cannot save me, then who did?
"More surprisingly, your nerves were restored by themselves. I believe some kind of illusion was playing with our eyes when we double-check your status. At first, we were confirmed that your nerve was burnt. We checked every hour since your arrival. We manage to minimize the pain by applying some drugs but it was impossible to restore your nerves. You were supposed to be crippled by now," the doctor explains my circumstances.
"Somehow in the third day while you were still unconscious, your nerve restored its health. We were quite shocked by the sudden turn of event," the doctor claims.
I ponder about it.
It was logical that my injuries were abnormal since it was done by mage craft.
Then, who healed me?
Tokiomi is out of question.
The old man was far from being a suspect.
"Did somebody visit me when I was admitted?" I ask.
The two men look at each other.
"Yes, it was a little girl with twin tails. Did you somehow knew her? As far as I know, you were single. And your family didn't have any female offspring," the doctor says in confusing tone.
I was shocked by his statement.
Rin!
She came again to save me.
What kind of uncle am I?
"How many days since I was unconscious?" I ask them.
"2 weeks," the doctor replies.
My face turns grim.
2 weeks! I was unconscious for two damn weeks!
I rush out of the room.
The doctor was calling for me but I ignored him.
I'm late!
I'm very late.
Please let nothing happen to you, Rin!
I run toward the exit before a familiar man appears before me.
"Ah, Kariya. I see you're looking better," the old man in kimono smirks.
I never like this man even if he is my father.
"What is it, Zouken? Why do you even bother to visit your traitorous son?" I say to him.
He grins even more.
"Regardless, you are my son. Even if you cut all the ties with our family, you will always be my son," he claims.
I ignore him and head toward the exit.
"Wait!" he says before handling a handful of clothes.
I grab it and leave him smirking alone.
After changing my clothing, I run toward the Tohsaka residence.
It doesn't matter if Tokiomi want to burn me again.
I'm going to stop him from letting Zouken adopting Rin.
Even if it means killing Tokiomi.
Aoi, hate me if you must but I can be the villain if it means your happiness.
/***Scene break***/
While on my way, I saw Aoi at the park.
That means they are going out for some sight-seeing.
I approach the woman I love in careful steps.
"Hello, Aoi. You're looking well," I greet her.
She smiles and replies to my greeting.
She doesn't seem to know the ordeal that I've been through due to her husband.
"Where's Sakura?" I ask her.
Sakura shows up as if answering my question.
"I'm here, Uncle Kariya. How are you doing?" she asks.
I laugh a little and replies with a bright smile.
"I'm fine. I am very healthy thanks to your sister," I say.
Suddenly, Aoi's face turns grim while Sakura make a dumbfounded face.
"Uncle Kariya, don't you know?" she says.
"What do you mean?"
I don't want to hear it!
Please don't say it!
"Rin is not my sister anymore," she says with no concern.
After that, the little girl leaves me to play with her friend, a boy with red hair.
"Aoi, she can't be serious."
I was trembling.
The woman I loved just averted her gaze as if to answer my question.
Damn it! Damn my fate! Damn you Tokiomi! Damn you Zouken!
After that, I go to the Matou residence, my previous home.
To me, it was just a hellhole right now.
I hope Rin is all right.
I enter the mansion without any concern to knock.
It was my house in the first place.
"Kariya, what do you think you're doing! Barging at our doors like that! You cut the ties with this family long ago and you still have courage to come," my brother, Byakuya says to me.
I ignore him and his son to find my father, the owner of the house.
"Zouken!" I yell.
The old man comes down from the stairs while eyeing me.
"Oh Kariya, did you come to visit your poor father?" he says while smirking.
"Don't act innocent! You knew why I came," I bellow.
The man laughs evilly before facing me on the same ground.
"Did you come to see the little girl?" he says while smirking.
"Where is she?" I ask in trembling voice.
His grin was even broader.
"You could guess," he says.
My face turns pale.
It can't be...
"You were a little late. I already introduce her with new friends," he claims.
I run upstairs and rush toward Zouken's room.
I open a secret chamber inside his room and move downstairs.
There, I saw my little savior.
She was covered in worms…
/***Scene break***/
"Are you trying to kill yourself, Kariya?" the old magus says when I said about the Crest Worm.
"My life doesn't matter. That girl saved my life twice and it's my turn to save her," I claim.
The magus laughs evilly.
"Very well. Let's see if you can survive the worms. Then, I will change my mind," he says.
/***Scene break***/
It has been a year since I started my training.
In return, Rin doesn't have to go into the worms.
Although, she is free from the worms, she was not allowed to go out.
She must remained inside the mansion.
I approach the little girl inside her room.
Unlike other children's room, hers was dark and gloomy.
"Rin," I call her name.
The little girl recognizes my voice and run towards me.
She snuggles in my embrace.
"There, there… Had a bad dream again?" I ask.
She nods.
"Don't worry. I'm here. I won't let that monster from touching you as long as I live," I tell her.
My hair had turned white ever since I start my training.
And one of my eyes is blinded.
Even thought I said that to comfort her, I believe my life isn't very long.
The worms already consumed half of my body.
I only have a month or two before dying.
Short but it's enough.
I'll win the Holy Grail War and bring Rin out of this hellhole.
That was what I thought.
She starts crying when she heard that.
"No! I don't want you to die! You're my only family!" she says.
"I won't die that early, Rin. Besides, you still have Sakura and your mother," I say to calm her.
She remains silent and looks at me in the face.
"I dream that you died trying to get the Holy Grail. You died because of magic exertion from your Servant," she says in sad tone.
I heard the girl.
It could probably a sign that I will lose.
I already have the command seal in my hand.
If that's the case then I'll use my Servant against Zouken.
It doesn't matter if he is a strong magus.
A Servant is a legendary hero from the past so there is no way he could survive an onslaught from such thing.
I hug the girl in front of me.
At the same time, I plan my course of action.
What will happen if I was successful?
Nevertheless, my first priority is to send Rin back to Aoi.
Tokiomi will be an obstacle so I'll need to get rid of him first.
I hope I'll get a Servant powerful enough to defeat Zouken.
"Rin, listen to me…" I say to her.
Then, I explain my plan.
She shakes her head violently.
"No, Father will never accept me again. Not after what I have done," she says.
"I don't know what have you done but a father will never ignore his daughter regardless how cruel a man is," I claim.
But I wasn't sure if Tokiomi would be as I predicted.
/***Scene break***/
I've summoned a Berserker.
Yes, this is just what I needed!
Zouken was caught unprepared when I ordered my Servant to attack him.
That is part of my plan.
Knowing the vampire, he will not die from such blunt attack.
So, I command the mad Servant to kill every worm he could find with a Command Seal.
I run toward Rin's room and take her away.
Berserker followed me in his astral form.
As his class indicted, he was insane.
He was yelling and grunting the whole time.
I don't care as long as I can reach my goal.
I head to the Tohsaka residence.
Well, not surprisingly, Tokiomi was waiting for me with a man in golden armor.
"What a surprise, Kariya. You're still alive after being burn," he says.
"I am a cockroach. You can't kill me that easily," I reply while smirking.
"Hoh… A mongrel claiming to be lower than a standard mongrel, quite amusing," the golden man says while chuckling.
"Tokiomi, I didn't come here to fight but I come so you could take Rin back," I tell him while bringing Rin into the spotlight.
He was astonished by her presence.
"What is the meaning of this?" he demands answers.
"I killed Zouken so she could return to her family. There is no one else can teach her magic in Matou. It is better if she goes back to her original family," I claim.
Suddenly, a large number of worms move under my legs and gather forming a large lump of them.
A man emerges from the lump of worms.
It was Zouken.
"Disgusting," the man in golden armor reacts by moving back as if avoiding the said man.
"I am sorry, King of Heroes if my presence disgusts you but I have something that is belongs to me taken to your august presence," Zouken says while bowing toward the golden man.
The man in golden armor nods and turns his back on us.
"At least you know your place, mongrel. I am so disgusted by the event earlier. My eyes have been tainted by your obnoxious appearance. I will not tolerate to watch you anymore," he says while averting his gaze to Tokiomi.
"Finish whatever your businesses with the worm and the cockroach. I can no longer bear to stand here," he says before turning astral.
The old magus smirks and walks toward Rin and me.
"What was it about killing me?" he says.
Rin hugs my back tightly, trying to hide from Zouken.
I was preparing to call out Berserker when Tokiomi decides to speak.
"Kariya, I don't know what are you trying to pull but it is clear that you have tainted Rin' point of view about mage craft," he claims.
I grit my teeth to bear with him.
If I kill him now, Rin will hate me.
"I can no longer take Rin since she is part of the Matou family now," he says.
Rin's eyes were shocked by her father's statement.
She really is unwanted.
"Tokiomi, you bastard!" I yell.
The man in red smirks and walks his way towards us.
"Rin," he calls out her name.
The little girl behind me remains silent as she hugs me tighter.
"I can no longer be your father but I can give you this," the man in red says before handling a red pendant to her.
She takes the pendant and looks at her father.
"Think of it as a parting gift from your previous father," he smiles.
I was gritting my teeth the whole time.
Why is it so hard for these mages to let the little girl have her happiness?
The man in red turns his back on us as he walks toward his mansion.
"Kariya, I'll let you go for now even though you're a fellow Master. Rin is here so it would be bad if she saw you getting killed," he says before closing the door of his mansion.
The old man besides me was smirking all the time.
"Now, now, Kariya… Attacking him at his stronghold would be bad. Let us return home and figure out some strategy," Zouken says while ignoring my intense glare.
"You won't be able to kill me, Kariya. I have live for centuries so did you really think you can get rid of me like that?" he smirked.
"Try your best with the war. After that, the girl can live happily in other family's care," he says while dissembling his body into worms.
Looks like I don't have much choice...
I hold Rin in my hand and head back to the Matou residence in heavy steps.
We heard loud explosion from the Tohsaka residence but we ignore it.
It was probably some of Tokiomi's plot for the grail.
I'll get him the next time we meet!
/***Scene break***/
(Third person's point of view)
And fate plays their part as Kariya fell after his body started to fail him.
He tried to kill the woman he loved as she branded him as Tokiomi's murderer.
Surprisingly, his most trusted disciple, Kotomine Kirei, killed the said man.
The man staged his plot to make Kariya guilty.
Tohsaka Aoi was gullible enough to believe it so all of them fell into Kotomine's little show.
It was a different story for Matou Rin since she was in the hand of a devil.
Her life was miserable after Kariya's death.
She even has to resume her training with the worms after his failure.
Her misery doesn't just end there.
It will resume until the last of her breath.
That inevitable fate awaits her.
[Author's note]
Originally, I plan to write my own version of Fate Zero.
But I got lazy and I skipped to Fate Stay Night.
So, the real story starts at Fate Stay Night.
But for now, I won't be updating this fict.
Until I'm done with my main work, side ficts such as For Brighter Future and Fate Remains Bleak will have to wait.