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Author's Notes: The universe encompassing Fate/Stay Night is very interesting, because you can mould characters that are different from their 'canon', and yes I know Fanfiction exists because you can shape the characters in the way you want to but still, in the Nasuverse you can be free with its rules because it supports the parallel worlds, and I quite frankly love it. Now onto the reason why I went on a tangent, it's because I'm going to take liberties regarding some of its rules, so to those who think that this will be a story that will strictly adhere to Nasu's 'canon' rules. I'm sorry but I'm not going to go down that route. (I just felt my Kaleidoscope senses tingling) Please ignore my sudden bout of chuunibyou. To those that are still reading, well I hope you enjoy my story.

"Hello"- Talking

'Hello'- Thoughts

"[Spell]"- Casting a Spell

Disclaimer: I don't own anything related to the Nasuverse franchise if I did I would be rich.

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Prologue

I always knew that the principles of the universe are very different from the principles of humanity. I can attest to that for I am not a mere eight year old child; I am a reincarnated man or to be precise a seventeen year old who had too much time on his hands and spent it by reading books instead of going out of his home to conform with his age group.

What was the focal point of this internal dialogue again? Oh yes, this person in front of the classroom.

"Quiet down class we have a new student" After making sure the children are silent the teacher nods. "Now introduce yourself young lady."

Standing at the platform is a girl (more like a porcelain doll in my opinion) no more than eight years old; she has an innocent air about her from her face, from her demeanour, everything about her radiates innocence. Cerulean eyes that radiate curiosity and mirth, blond hair that shines in the light and a petite body; she can be likened to a child who can never hurt a person, be it with words or force. That would be your opinion of her until you know what she is and what she is capable of.

"My name is Sajyou, Manaka it's nice to meet you all. I hope we can all get along" She smiles an angelic smile that entrances both teacher and students.

'But for me I have no reason to fear that innocent monster.'

The teacher snaps out of her reverie and smiles "That's nice of you to say Sajyou-chan, now then let's find you a seat."

As the teacher looks for an available seat the girl looks around and her eyes lock with mine and for a moment I can see her true nature; a beast that is tightly chained and bound longing to be set free and beside it a child with the likeness of Manaka soothing and guarding it. Behind them are branches with so many concentric paths each larger and longer than the last, that was all I could see before I was forcefully ejected, feeling the strain of seeing a portion of that familiar place.

I reel back feeling the backlash from seeing her soul, feeling warmth from my nose I dabbed at it and saw it was blood, I quickly stood up and rushed out of the classroom, not noticing that Manaka's eyes held no semblance of emotion as I passed by her.

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Lying in the bed of the school clinic with an icepack on his cheek the boy composes his thoughts and tries to make sense of what he just saw.

'That was her soul. I just saw something that I did not mean to see, but I don't understand, when I did this to other people I need to permit it to see their souls. But her I inadvertently saw everything about her, her personality, her masks, and her true self.'

I rub my forehead, already feeling the migraine fading thanks to the medicine the nurse gave me.

'I can already tell that retribution will be swift.'

True to my thoughts, the sound of a door opening catches my attention "Oh hello there little lady are you feeling si-" The voice of the nurse abruptly stops and the sound of a door closing follows.

Footfalls can be heard echoing around the room and it makes the boy's heart beat faster, already knowing who is coming.

The sound stops on the foot of his bed and he sits up to see Manaka standing there with her face set in a doll-like expression, no emotion to gauge what she is thinking even her body language is carefully guarded.

She opens her mouth "Who are you?" A voice that can only be called arctic passes through. How can three words inspire such dread when spoken by a cute and beautiful child?

I shiver under her gaze, it feels like I'm being sized up by a predator, with what she is it is highly possible that that is the case.

I steel my resolve and think of a solution to get me out of this mess.

It seemed I have taken too long to reply because there is a nigh imperceptible frown on her lips.

"Do not make me repeat myself." There is a small amount of heat in her voice and a cold fire on her eyes; it seems she hasn't cut off all of her emotions; that's good I can use that.

"My name is Akari, Tsuki." A cold and resolute reply was my answer.

"Akari, I haven't heard of a Magus family name like that." Murmuring, I caught snippets from what she said and 'Magus' was definitely one of them.

"What's a 'Magus'?" I raised my voice feigning a look of confusion and it looks like she fell for it judging from her surprised reaction.

"What do you mean 'what's a Magus?' don't lie to me, I felt my insides squirm with whatever you did to me." Indignation and confusion can be picked up on her tone, her face set in a scowl and her arms across her chest.

I get off of the bed, stood up and raised my arms in surrender "Look Sajyou-san I don't know what a Magus is, but I do know what happened earlier."

An expression of curiosity flits across her features before becoming neutral; waving her hand as a signal to go on.

I take a deep breath preparing for whatever outcome this will lead to "Whenever I look at a person's eyes or when I carefully observe them I can see what makes them what they are, their personalities, their masks, and their true nature."

She holds her hand up "So in essence you can see what makes them a person or," She snaps her fingers, a look of realization crossing her face "You can see their soul." She finishes with wide eyes and her mouth slightly agape.

Well that's not all that I can do with my ability, but what she doesn't know won't hurt her or more importantly me.

Silence blankets the room with the girl thinking over what she has just learned, leaving the boy with his own thoughts.

'She believes me? How can she be so sure that I didn't lie to her?' Tsuki's face scrunches up in confusion.

He voices his question "Why did you believe me so easily Sajyou-san? For all you know I could have lied to you." Let's see where this goes.

His question snaps her out of her trance and she contemplates whether to answer him or not, huffing she sets her features to an indescribable emotion.

"I believed you because I felt something within me agree when you told me what you can do," She sets her tone to a lecturing one "It's like following a direction that was given to you not by your mind but something else inside, and then you just accept it."

"I think that's called instinct, Sajyou-san." I quickly clammed up when she glared at me

"Anyway I believe your explanation, what I don't believe is that you claim you are not a Magus."

I sighed "What can I do so you can believe that I am not a Magus"

She contemplates on what to do then after a few seconds she nods and says with a straight face "Take off your shirt then."

Blinking the boy needed to run that by his thoughts for a second time. "I beg your Pardon?" I said with a strained expression.

Manaka tilts her head in a way that says 'I said something so obvious, so why can't you get it?'

Frowning and tapping her foot "I said take off your shirt so I can check if you are a Magus or not." She said with an exasperated tone

Sighing, I proceeded to take off my blue uniform "What are you going to do now?"

She walks and stops in front of me "I'm going to put my hand on your chest, don't move or make any noise. Understood?" She said with a serious expression

I nod hoping that whatever she's going to do to me won't harm me in any way.

She puts her dainty hand on my chest and a green glow emanates, that was all I could see before I lost consciousness.

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Waking up the scent of medicine wafts through the air, opening my eyes I can see that I was still in the school clinic and in the same bed where I was resting, but the difference was that the sun was close to sunset meaning the day was ending and there is a girl beside me sitting in an office chair too large for her.

We look at each other for a few minutes our faces blank, the only sounds that can be heard are the footsteps and people chattering from the hallway.

A small smile appeared on her lips "How are you feeling?"

"I feel fine Sajyou-san." Except the faint numbness of my body I can ascertain that I am healthy.

She looks at me oddly, her eyes looking at mine searching for something it continued for a few seconds, before she stopped, looking satisfied "Call me Manaka-chan, Tsu-kun." She said with a bewitching smile that lesser men would kill each other to take another glimpse of it.

I stare at her, my features set in a deadpan "Of course Manaka-chan." My reply was as dry as a desert.

I look at my chest where the glow had been earlier "What did you do to me Manaka-chan"

Her eyes crinkle in amusement "Oh I just sedated you to check your body without any interruptions, you're not a Magus, but you have the potential to become one," She puts on a thinking pose "For a mundane to have the Magic Circuits of that quality and quantity, it is quite baffling."

Ignoring the fact that she sedated me, having Magic Circuits is not really surprising; I already have an ability to look at a person's soul why not put Magic Circuits on the mix. For now I'll play the ignorant card "What's a Magic Circuit? And why would it be odd for me to have Magic Circuits, Manaka-chan?"

She blinks and then remembers that he's not from the moonlit world "A Magic Circuit is a pseudo-nervous system that can be found in the body of a human or to be precise their souls, it is also the deciding factor if you will be a Magus or not, if you have little to no circuits then you can't be a Magus naturally," She crosses her arms "As for its functions it converts the life force of the user to magical energy and by using that it can be used as fuel for the spells of a Magus."

Closing her eyes she speaks in a lecturing tone "As for your second question, it is because you're not part of a magical lineage, normally the mundane don't have Magic Circuits, and if they do they have circuits the quality and quantity will be very low. So you can see why I am surprised. Oh and before you ask, your Magic Circuits are above average for a Magus." She adds the last part as an afterthought

So I can be a Magus if I wanted to, well that's comforting I don't want my life to be as boring as my last one, I should thank that truck that killed me. Huh a truck, maybe trucks have otherworldly powers that can transport and reincarnate people. Hmph as amusing at where that train of thought would lead to, I'm pretty sure that's not the reason I was whisked into this world.

A poke on my cheek disrupted my thoughts and I see a pouting Manaka "You really shouldn't ignore a girl Tsu-kun, that's very rude." She proceeded to knead my cheek like dough, and to be frank I'm not really against the feeling of her hand in my cheek.

I gently take her hand off of my face so I can speak "I'm sorry but I was deep in thought." I look at her intensely

She looks back, mirth visible on her features "What were you thinking about then?"

'If I say this there's no turning back, my normal life would be over and nothing can change that,' I didn't even spare a single second regarding that thought. A savage smile appeared on my face 'Then again I didn't really like a monotonous normal life anyway.'

Manaka's smile widened as if sensing what I would say.

"I want to become a Magus, Manaka-chan."

An indulging smile was on her cute face "Oh do you know what a Magus is? Do you even know what they strive for?"

I shake my head "I don't know what a Magus is or what they strive for, but I still want to become one."

That same smile still adorns her visage, instead of feeling irked by it; I am only feeling anticipation and excitement to ending my monotonous life.

"Magi search for a way to the Akashic Records and they will do anything to accomplish their goal they will even commit atrocities if it is needed for their research," Her lips curl into an excited smile and her eyes are shining with barely restrained glee "Do you still want to become a Magus? To become part of the moonlit world, a world where the weak are devoured by the strong, are you ready to gamble with your life?"

"Yes." A short crisp reply was my answer; I stare unflinchingly at her slightly manic expression.

Silence fell upon the room after a few seconds a giggle echoed in the room and in a few moments it turned into a melodious laughter. It continued for a couple of minutes before she ran out of breath. When I saw her features the most prominent emotion that can be seen is elation, and excitement, I can see other emotions flitting across her visage but I can't tell what they are.

She looks at me with her face flush, her smile turning into something akin to a crazed one "It seems I have found someone interesting, a person that isn't in awe or afraid of me, especially when you saw my true nature," Her eyes softened and a look of fondness can be seen in her features "You know you're not even repulsed when you saw that part of me, I saw that you weren't even afraid when I confronted you here."

A genuine smile appeared on my face "Why would I be afraid of you? You're a monster yes, but that doesn't mean you will kill anyone without a reason," I look at her in the eye "You are also a human after all and humans need reasons for their actions, without it they would be just animals following their instincts, and you are far from being an animal."

She cups my cheeks like a lover would and bring her face close "Oh you think so highly of me even though you saw my soul. How could you be so sure that I wouldn't just break and start killing people en masse?" She is so close that I can smell her alluring sweet scent

I hold both of her hands gently "I know that you won't do that because you can hold off your desires, such mental fortitude at such a young age is very impressive, astounding even, and even if you do lose yourself I will pull you back and reign you in no matter what," I wrap my arms around her, her body stiffening in the contact but gradually relaxes as I play with her hair "And if I can't fulfil that promise, then I will kill you myself."

We stayed in that position for a moment; she gets out of the hug and sends me a smile that conveys so much emotion that I can't identify any of them.

She stands up and extends a hand to me.

I look at it; I don't even need to think about it.

I took her hand.

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Standing in front an old, but not quite old, mansion at night is quite exciting especially, when it is a magical one, in front of me I can see a bunch of bounded fields, traps hidden in the land, Spirits roaming around the perimeter of the mansion and its courtyard, and a blinding light of what I can only assume as Mana near the backyard of Manaka's home.

If a normal person can see what I can see I'm pretty sure they would have turned tail and scream; fortunately I'm not normal, I have longed to see the supernatural even in my first life and now my wish was granted, .

I look at the girl clinging to my arm "Manaka-chan what are those?"

She looks at me questioningly and tilts her head "What do you see, Tsu-kun?"

"I can see a bunch of domes, bright lights with differing colours in the ground; spirits of what I assume are the dead, and a blinding light there." I point above the mansion, the ground leading to it, the courtyard, and the way leading to the backyard respectively.

Manaka detaches herself from me and looks at me inquisitively "It looks like you can see our defences," She gestures to the mansion "The domes that you see are our bounded fields, those things that are in the land are traps that activate when someone is near them or the traps themselves go to them, the spirits that you see are called Wraiths those Wraiths are, as you have guessed, souls of the dead, and as for the last I think what you're seeing is either the garden or my workshop."

She takes out a vial of blood and pours it on the ground; suddenly a tingling sensation spreads through my body and the bounded fields shined dimly before they returned to normal.

"What did you do Manaka-chan?"

"Oh I just keyed you in to my family's bounded field so you wouldn't get killed when you enter the perimeter using your blood. Now come on let me introduce you to my family." She said cheerfully, I avoided raising the question of why she has my blood for the sake of my sanity.

Manaka grabs my hand and proceeds to drag me, when we passed through the edge of the bounded field I felt a prickling sensation signifying that I passed through it, she pushes the front doors of her home with a cry of 'I'm home!' and I follow it up with a 'Pardon the intrusion.'

Guiding me to the living room I can see paintings and portraits of people as we pass by, the one that caught my attention was a painting of four people, a man with brown hair and a small smile, a blond pale looking woman, and two girls.

The man is definitely Manaka's father, Hiroki Sajyou the portrait and the image in the Type-Moon website is similar the only difference is he's just real looking here, the woman who I can surmise as Manaka's mother I can definitely tell Manaka inherited her looks, and beside Manaka is her little sister Ayaka Sajyou, she looks really cute wearing a navy blue sundress while Manaka, also cute, wears an Alice blue sundress. They look quite young, about three years old for Ayaka and four years old for Manaka. They look quite a happy family when they are all smiling.

When we arrived in the living room I saw two individuals: a man and a little girl, the man was sitting rigid in the couch with a stern expression on his face, tapping his fingers in his crossed arms and next to him is the little girl fidgeting with an adorable smile when she saw Manaka.

The man opens his eyes and fixes Manaka with a stern glare "Manaka, didn't I tell you to come home immediately when school finishes?" He said with an authoritative voice

She smiles, not in the least repentant "I know Papa, but I found someone interesting," Grabbing my hand she put me in front of her. "This is Akari, Tsuki he's my classmate and he's special."

Her father raises an eyebrow and glances at me for the first time his eyes analyzing me. When he sees nothing out of the ordinary he frowns "Oh and what is so special about him, Manaka?"

She puts her arms around me and props her head in my shoulder "He is awakened to his Origin, Papa," She tightens her hold on me "In fact he is not even affected by the compulsion of his Origin."

A look of scepticism adorns his features "An awakened at such a young age? And he's not even affected by the compulsion? Impossible the few cases of Magi awakening to their Origins; have succumbed to their impulses in not even a week later and have to be put down for it, and you say this boy nary a decade old has succeeded in where those Magi have not." A slight scowl was directed at me the whole time he has been talking.

Suddenly a heavy feeling can be felt in the room "You doubt me, Father? I checked him myself he has the Origin of Clarity and I can feel its active connection to the Root, his Origin in Clarity manifested in him seeing the souls of people and evidently, Bounded Fields and Mana itself."

Hiroki sighed and rubbed his forehead "I'm sorry for doubting you Manaka, but you have to understand that what you have said is very hard to believe."

Manaka sighed and detached herself from me "Then why don't you test him, Papa? Ask him how many Magic Circuits you have, even I don't know it." She looks at me encouragingly

The man looks at me with doubt "Tell me child if you do see my soul. How many Magic Circuits do I have?"

Those Magic Circuits are a marvel to look at. The 'wires' that connect them crisscross but they don't interfere with each other, it's like looking at a microchip. You would be very confused on how it works, but you can get the gist of it. I focus on the circular structures on his body. "You have Eighteen Magic Circuits, six on the arms, six on the legs, five in the torso, and one near your neck where your spinal column ends."

He looks at me with surprise in his eyes and looks at Manaka "It seems you were right Manaka he can even pinpoint its locations." His daughter nodding and saying 'Of course I am' then looks at her questioningly "But why did you bring him here Manaka? A child like him would be zealously guarded by his family."

She smiles impishly "That's the good part; he doesn't belong to a Magus family, he's from a mundane family."

"Then what about his family then, I'm sure they would be looking for him."

"Nobody will look for me, I'm an orphan. Mother and Father died a long time ago and none of my relatives claimed custody of me, so I was left at the orphanage."

A look of concern flitted across his eyes when I said that I was an orphan, then he looks at Manaka "If that is the case, then are you implying of what I think you are implying young lady?"

She nods repeatedly a look of excitement evident on her "Yes. I want to adopt him to our family, he even said that he wants to become a Magus he even has the Magic Circuits for it."

The man closes his eyes and contemplates on it for a moment and reaching a decision he gazes at me "With your skills and your apparent intelligence, it would be a waste to just leave you be. So tomorrow I will go to the orphanage so I can claim guardianship of you legally."

Manaka looks at him questioningly and tilts her head "Papa shouldn't you just hypnotize them and be done with it? It would be such a hassle if you leave tracks of your activities."

The man smiles amusedly "It is Manaka, but there is a system placed like that so it won't be suspicious if we just claim his guardianship the proper way, and remember Magecraft shouldn't be used in such a mundane task."

Hiroki stands and walks to the stairs leading to the upper floor but stops abruptly and faces me "I almost forgot I haven't introduced myself. My name is Sajyou, Hiroki and from this day forth you are now part of this household, welcome to our family." He looks at me with concealed warmth on his features; he looks at his eldest daughter "Manaka lead him to the guest room when you are done with your conversations, now goodnight I have need of rest." He climbs the stairs his footfalls echoing throughout the house until it fades.

'It seems he really is more of a father than a Magus that's good, I wouldn't be able to be cordial with him if that were the case.' I look at Manaka and saw that she was pulling her little sister towards me.

They stop in front of me and Ayaka keeps playing with the hem of her skirt, while Manaka just keeps smiling at the two of us.

"Hello my name is Akari, Tsuki what's your name?" I smile at her encouragingly

A startled look flashes on her face and she looks at me "My n-name is Sajyou, Ayaka it's n-nice to meet you Akari-san." A shy smile stays on her as she looks at me

"Just call me Tsuki or better yet just call me onii-chan, Ayaka-chan we are going to be family now anyway." I can feel a wide goofy smile on my face when I ruffle her hair.

She blushes and holds her steaming cheeks looking too flustered to answer, but she does so anyway "G-g-goodnight Onee-sama, O-onii-chan!" She quickly climbs the stairs without looking back.

I can feel heat on my face and I'm pretty sure my heart rate just escalated 'Huh so that's how it feels to be called onii-chan, it has a certain alluring quality to it when spoken by a girl. Now I know why some people love to be called onii-chan.' My thoughts were immediately halted when I felt my cheeks being pinched hard.

"Tsu-kun you shouldn't look at other girls like that. You even made my cute imouto run away." She didn't let me reply as she put more force onto my cheeks, she has a cute frown on her and I immediately try to placate her.

"I'm sorry Manaka-chan." Of course with her pinching my cheeks it came out garbled but she somehow understood it and huffed, turning to the direction of the courtyard and motioned me to follow.

As we walked Manaka explained to me the use of the surrounding Bounded Fields, it turns out they shut off all noise outbound but we can still hear sounds from the outside, puts normal people in a trance when they step on the parameter and makes them walk away but if it fails the Wraiths will drag them towards the basement and keep them there until they were dealt with by either Manaka or her father, she explained the other uses to me ranging to repelling magical attacks, and being a literal wall and so many other things.

When we reached the backyard I saw a garden filled with mana and beside it is a small building made of stone with two windows and a wooden door and it is shining brighter than the adjacent garden, it turns out that the building is Manaka's workshop and it was open anytime for me to visit and only me.

Which is a little weird; if I remember right, even the family members of the Magus are not allowed to enter their workshop. Does that mean that she trusts me that much? She trusts me more than her family? I don't know if I should be flattered for having the honour and privilege of being given the permission to enter and see the inside of her workshop, or feel bad for being the first one to be truly trusted by her, I just hope as time passes by Manaka trusts her secrets to her family. Family will be with you through thick and thin.

After Manaka showed me the whole of her home, she brought me to the room where I will be sleeping, bid her goodnight and closed the door.

I look at the room given to me it's a bit simple with a single bed and a small bathroom for my use.

Entering the bathroom to wash my face, I can see that it is well maintained. After cleaning up I look at my reflection in the mirror: A boy with a round feminine face, antique white hair reaching my shoulders, charcoal black eyes, dainty hands, and fair skin. I am always pleasantly surprised when I look at my reflection, in my past life my appearance was effeminate inheriting the characteristics of my mother more than my father.

Now in my second life my effeminate looks are taken to the extreme, well might as well go the extra smile and pretty up, it would be a good laugh when someone looks at me and thinks I'm a girl and then finding out I'm a boy. I can already imagine their expressions.

Leaving the bathroom I lie down in the surprisingly soft bed, my last thoughts before sleep claimed me is.

'I can't wait for tomorrow.'

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Next chapter:

Chapter 1- Expanding World

End Notes: I hope you enjoyed my story; I will release further chapters in a week or so. I hope to see you in the next chapter. Review, Fav, or Follow no flames please.