Duality
Summary: Post UBW Good Ending. Masaomi Kida is contacted by a woman named Taiga Fujimura, asking him to make contact with his biological cousin. Kida goes to Fuyuki get away from Ikebukuro after he dropped out of school. Masaomi expects Fuyuki to be a boring place to spend the summer, but then again, his cousin Shirou Emiya is a Mage.
Prologue
Masaomi Kida stared up at the ceiling, completely bored. It had been quiet and everything was normal and uninteresting. Suddenly, his cell phone rang.
Masaomi looked at his phone. He didn't recognize the number. He answered the phone.
"Hello?" Masaomi asked the caller.
"Is this Masaomi Kida?" Taiga Fujimura asked.
"How do you know my name?" the school dropout asked curiously.
"My name is Taiga Fujimura. I contacted your parents; I'm the legal guardian of your cousin on your Father's side. Do you remember Shirou Kida?"
"Shirou? Shirou?" Masaomi asked himself, then he remembered. His cousin and his family lived in the city of Fuyuki, but he heard that his aunt and uncle and cousin had all died in the Fuyuki fire ten years ago. He'd never seen anything regarding Shirou in the news.
He had given little thought to his cousin; it had been years since they'd seen each other. Masaomi hadn't seen Shirou since they were eight years old.
"Yeah, I remember him, my folks tried to find him after the Fuyuki fire, but they never could, what happened to him?" Masaomi asked curiously.
"He was adopted by Kiritsugu Emiya, a very close friend of mine," Taiga explained. "I'm now his legal guardian."
"I see," Masaomi understood her. She seemed like a nice lady, this Taiga Fujimura seemed like someone he could see himself hanging around, as strange a thought that was.
"Can I ask that you come see Shirou? When I tell him he has a cousin, he'll be thrilled."
"But I haven't even decided if I'm coming to Fuyuki!" Masaomi protested.
"I'll come pick you up myself!" Taiga told him enthusiastically.
"I can't just—"
"Your parents approved it so it's fine!" Taiga cut him off.
"A-all right," Masaomi stammered a bit.
"All right then, I'll tell Shirou you're coming!" Taiga was giddy. "I'll call you back okay! You'll really like it here in Fuyuki, Masaomi Kida!"
"I'll see you then, I guess," Masaomi told her.
She hung up the phone.
Masaomi sighed in confusion. What had just happened? He'd found his long lost cousin, and apparently, was being dragged off to another city for the summer. He was wondering if this was his parents' attempt to straighten him out after he dropped out of school.
He found Saki and spoke to her, "I'll be going away to Fuyuki for the summer."
"Really? Why?" Saki queried curiously.
"A woman named Taiga Fujimura called me, she told me about my biological cousin. His name is Shirou Emiya. She wants me to visit him over the summer, so she's coming to drive me there."
"That's great, Masaomi, maybe you'll get to know him again," Saki told him with a smile, "But knowing you, you'll flirt with girls the entire time."
"No doubt I will," Masaomi laughed.
"Let me help you pack," Saki Mikajima offered.
They packed his suitcase and he wondered just how boring the city of Fuyuki would be. A whole summer in an unremarkable city. At least there was Mikado, Anri, and Celty in the chatroom, and thank God, no Izaya Orihara.
Taiga Fujimura walked into the kitchen, Shirou was preparing breakfast.
"Shirou, I have god news for you!" Taiga said loudly.
"Good news? What good news Fuji nee?" Shirou asked.
"I found your extended family! I found your adoption papers and it turns out, you have a cousin in Ikebukuro! His name is Masaomi Kida, and I want you to let him stay here for the summer! Apparently, he's a school dropout and he's a bit troubled. Being around you will do him a lot of good!"
"Shirou, are you okay with this?" Rin Tohsaka asked.
"Yeah it's fine, if I can help him, it's all right," Shirou smiled. "Besides, I didn't think I had family left, and now I do, and I hope that we can get along. When are you going to go get him Fuji nee?"
"Right now, since I have his address, it'll only take me a few hours to drive to Ikebukuro and back."
Arriving at Kida's apartment, Taiga picked him up.
He didn't say much to Taiga, but thanked her for letting him stay with Shirou for the summer.
"Thank you so much for doing this, it's just that Shirou thought he lost all his family in the fire, for you to do this, means a lot to me."
"No problem, I could use a change of scenery," Masaomi smiled at her.
He logged into the Dollars chatroom.
Bakura has entered the chat.
Setton has entered the chat.
Saika has entered the chat.
[Bakura] Gonna be staying with my cousin, I heard Fuyuki is uninteresting and boring.
[Setton] I actually have a job in Fuyuki soon, I'll come see you there.
[Bakura] But you don't even know where I'm staying!
[Setton] I'll find you easy enough when you're out and about.
[Taro Tanaka] We will come visit you in Fuyuki, I want to meet this cousin of yours!
[Saika] Yeah, want to see him too!
[Bakura] I'll message you the address once I get the go ahead.
[Taro Tanaka] All right!
[Setton] I've got work, gotta go.
[Taro Tanaka] I've got homework.
[Saika] Same here.
Setton has left the chat.
Taro Tanaka has left the chat.
Saika has left the chat.
A few hours later, Masaomi Kida arrived at the Emiya Manor. He gawked in awe. He didn't know his cousin was rich too! The house was enormous, and it had a separate dojo and storage room.
He made his way through the yard and Taiga opened the door.
Masaomi stepped inside, taking off his shoes at the door.
Taiga showed Masaomi to the kitchen where he saw his cousin for the first time in eight years.
"Shirou, your cousin's here!" Taiga called.
"Send him into the kitchen!" Shirou replied. "Dinner's ready!"
"Oh perfect timing! I'm starving!" Taiga was enthusiastic.
The former leader of the Yellow Scarves walked into the kitchen.
Attending the stove was the most unassuming person Masaomi had ever seen. Shirou had red hair and as he turned his head, Masaomi noted that he was definitely a good looking guy. It was a thing in this family he supposed. Saki had often told him he was good looking.
He observed all the occupants of the kitchen were women, and not just women, they were all very beautiful. Did his cousin have a harem he didn't know about?!
There were two teenagers there, one had purple hair and eyes to match, she was definitely a hottie! The other could have been her sister, maybe, if it weren't for the hair.
The other girl was just as pretty, her dark hair pulled up in pigtails gave her a charm that he could tell when it came to popularity she would be on par with Anri. But Anri Sanohara beat her out in the "boobielicious" department for days.
Masaomi turned his attention to his cousin, Shirou Emiya.
Looking at Shirou, Masaomi was able to recall spending a few vacations with him, but he couldn't remember much of Shirou's personality or traits.
"Shirou!" he heard a voice say his name. Shirou was surprised; it was eerily similar to his own voice. So much he knew people would probably confuse the two of them.
"Shirou!" Masaomi called to him.
"You're Masaomi Kida?"
"Was that a question? Sounded like one, so now you get three answers to choose from. One, Masaomi Kida! Two, Masaomi Kida! Three, Masaomi Kida!" Masaomi waved his fingers in Shirou's face.
The young mage sighed, Shirou slapped his forehead, "Your jokes suck so bad!"
"Aw, c'mon man, don't be that way! My jokes don't suck they rule, now Lemme look at you!"
Masaomi scrutinized him. "Wow, you really haven't changed that much since we were little! You look exactly the same!"
He turned Shirou around by his shoulders, playfully slapping him on the back.
Masaomi laughed, "I missed you, man!"
"I wish I could say the same, but I really don't remember you, or anything else from before the fire," Shirou admitted sheepishly.
"Don't sweat it, this'll be fun, getting to know you better, besides, I needed to get away from Ikebukuro for awhile. I would've brought my girlfriend, but she said she'd be fine without me."
"You should have brought her with you, it's no trouble for her to stay here," Shirou told him.
"You are way too nice, you know that?" Masaomi told Shirou.
"What's wrong with helping others?" Shirou looked at him. "It's what I enjoy."
"Nothing, but you're the sort of guy everyone would take advantage of, and you'd be the sort of person Izaya Orihara would have a field day with," Masaomi sighed.
"Izaya Orihara?" Shirou asked, he'd never heard of him.
"He's an info broker, and someone you don't want to piss off, the less you know about him, the better. But he usually stays in Ikebukuro."
"I see, are you hungry?" Shirou asked. "I just made dinner."
"Sure, I'm always down for food."
"Shirou, you didn't tell me we had a guest," a woman's voice said behind Masaomi.
The blonde haired young man turned around to look for the source of the voice.
For the first time in a long time, Masaomi Kida was absolutely tongue tied. He'd see many women in his teenage life, and they were all what he'd referred to as "hot chicks", or "smokin' hot babes" but the moment he'd laid eyes on her, he had no words to say.
This blonde haired woman before him was the most beautiful woman he'd ever seen. She wore a simple dress, and her hair was pulled back into a ponytail, but she had a bearing and an elegance he'd never seen before. Her golden hair and green eyes struck him deeply, and for a brief regretful second, he wished he were not in a relationship with Saki Mikajima.
This blonde lady was not hot, she was drop dead gorgeous! How did his cousin know this beautiful lady anyway?!
For all the jokes he made about polygamy, he'd never cheat on Saki, he wasn't Chikage who had chicks on his arms for days, but he always enjoyed cheerfully flirting with all sorts of women, mainly to amuse himself.
Masaomi gazed at the three beautiful women in front of him.
"Masaomi, these are my friends, Sakura Matou, and Saber," Shirou gestured to them. He glanced over at the girl wearing red with black hair and pigtails. "This is my girlfriend, Rin Tohsaka!"
Masaomi bowed.
"It's nice to meet all of you, I'm Masaomi Kida. I bet you guys think I'm all mature and everything, but I'm an innocent 17 year old. I rock!"
"Sempai, is your cousin…all right?" Sakura queried. She had always assumed that members of Shirou's family were a lot like him.
"I'm just an ordinary teenager, nothing more!" Masaomi laughed. He said his last phrase in English.
Saber raised an eyebrow, "You speak English?"
"I try, is it any good?" Masaomi asked.
"Compared to me, not by a long shot!" Saber laughed.
"Ugh! It's not fair!" Masaomi sighed. "So Shirou, how did you get such a boobielicious girlfriend anyway?"
"SAY WHAT?!" Rin shouted at Masaomi.
"Live by the boobie, die by the boobie!" Kida laughed, "She's not as stacked as Anri though," he held up his phone, showing them a picture. "My best friend's girl has boobs for days!"
"Are women and boobs the only thing you think about?" Shirou asked, aggravated.
"No, but I do love teasing Anri about her rack, she looks so cute when she's uncomfortable!"
"If Anri's not your girlfriend, who is?" Rin asked.
"This is Saki Mikajima," Masaomi showed them another picture.
"She's very pretty," Sakura told him.
"Thanks, I just got lucky, that's all," Masaomi laughed.
They began eating and talking, and Masaomi thought maybe he would enjoy his time in Fuyuki.
Celty Sturluson stood before Mizuki Akabayashi. She held up her PDA.
"So you want me to be your bodyguard while you go visit Old Man Fujimura on behalf of the Awakusu?"
"Yes, but you have to watch out for Akane more than me, she really wanted to see Fuyuki."
Celty typed quickly. "What's there that she wanted to see?"
"Akane insists that there are magicians in Fuyuki."
Celty was amused. "Magic does exist in this world, but it's a closely guarded secret, Mages try not to use it in public if they can help it, so it's not like I can just find one."
Akane says that one of her friends has a big sister named Kotome who was rescued by a Mage," Mizuki smiled. "Celty, have you ever seen a Mage before?"
"I have seen Mages, but not as powerful as the one I knew when I was in Ireland. A long time ago, I knew a Mage, he was the Mage of Flowers, he was an eccentric creature, but he was the mentor of a great king, but he incessantly talked about love, to the point of annoying everyone. He was immensely powerful, in fact he never died."
"Are modern Mages that powerful?" Mizuki queried, curious.
"No, but they are active, I was here in Fuyuki in January, and since I can still usher people to the afterlife, these Mages have kept me quite busy," Celty sighed.
Celty typed more, "But I remember Fuyuki and the fire ten years ago, I ushered a whole lot of people to the afterlife then. But I remember a little boy, because just as I was about to call out his name, a Mage saved him with a powerful conceptual weapon. The little boy seemed like a sweet kid, I don't know what happened to him."
Mizuki laughed, "Maybe you'll find him on this trip!"
"The odds of that are slim to none," Celty replied. "But who knows, maybe Akane will get to see a Mage after all."
Meanwhile Taiga Fujimura finished her dinner and prepared to leave the Eimya household.
"Good night, Shirou, I'll be by tomorrow for breakfast!" Taiga Fujimura told Shirou as she prepared to walk Sakura Matou home.
"Dude, does your guardian always mooch food off you?" Masaomi asked Shirou.
"Yeah, I wish she'd cook her own damn meals for once," Shioru sighed.
"I gotta say, that your cooking is really good," Masaomi glanced his direction. "I noticed you had a bow and arrow in your closet. You do archery?"
"Yeah, I did, but I had to quit because of work," Shirou sighed.
"That's not quite true, he quit because Shinji Matou harassed him until he quit!" Rin Tohsaka smirked.
"Where is he?" Masaomi asked, "I'll beat the shit out of him!"
"Oh, please don't do that Masaomi, my big brother's not that bad," Sakura pleaded with him.
"Let it be, Masaomi, he'll just harass you too," Shirou put a hand on his shoulder.
"Not if I break his face in with a Jimmy bar!"
"Leave it be, the best course of action regarding Shinji is to just ignore him," Shirou smiled, "Let's go back inside, I'll show you where the guest rooms are."
"Thanks, I really appreciate you letting me crash here," Masaomi told him.
The group headed back inside the house.
Unbeknownst to them, someone was watching the Emiya household.
"That's Taiga Fujimura, isn't it?" a voice asked.
"Yeah, do you want us to snatch her?" they asked.
"No, not yet, not until Masaomi gets settled down. I'm far more interested in this cousin of his, Shirou Emiya; he seems like so much fun!" he smiled. "I've got a whole new group of humans to observe, this'll be a blast! What will Shirou Emiya do when he discovers that his guardian has been kidnapped by his cousin's old gang? And what will Mikado do when he discovers that the Dollars are also involved? I can't leave out the most unpredictable people! But how will I get Shizu-chan involved? I still have to get his attention!"
The man hung up his cell phone.
"Just when I was growing bored of Ikebukuro, old man Fujimura contacts me with a request for his granddaughter, looking into, of all people, Masaomi Kida! I never liked the old man, so kidnapping Taiga Fujimura to troll him will be quite amusing! I love humans so much; they'll never cease to keep me entertained!" Izaya Orihara smiled.
"This summer in Fuyuki is going to be so much fun!"