….Part 1
It was 5am in London and in one small room in an apartment there where two people sleeping side by side. Though the initial position was that they both faced the wall since it was decided that they share the bed, even after the other party insist on sleeping on the floor, since there was only a single one and it was cold sleeping on a stone floor especially during winter which is the very season right now, they both somehow ended up facing one another with the girl sleeping with her thighs entangled with the legs of the boy and were both snoring loudly.
A somewhat normal scene one would likely to observe on two 'deep sleepers'.
The peaceful scene would have continued if not for a noise that came from the alarm clock.
*Ring*
*Ring* *Ring*
*Ring* *Ring* *Ring*
"Ugh…Shut up…"
Voice full of annoyance weakly stated by the girl resounded in the room as it tried to reach out of the alarm which was placed on the drawer which was on the right side of the bed.
Unaware of the obstruction she felt when she tried moving her body more to the left side she insisted on reaching out.
*Ring* *Ring* *Rin-Click*
Finally succeeding on stopping the alarm she planned on returning to sleep and once again hugged her pillow (the boy) only to be awakened by another groan which she heard on her right side
"Mmgh…"
"Mmm…?"
Finally opening her eyes which gave her a hazy sight at first she froze momentarily and every nerve in her body woke up instantly. A blush crept up her pretty face as she noticed the position they were in with her hugging the other party albeit a little tight. The large space between them that was present last night was now gone.
Suppressing an urge to scream she snapped out of her thoughts once the alarm clock rings loudly again. She finally noticed the light passing through the edge of the black curtain which was a little bright. Turning her head to the wall clock she saw the time and screamed.
"SHIROU WE'LL BE LATE!"
A pair can be seen running through the corridor of the third floor of a dormitory with their clothes in a slight mess. Both were Japanese teens with their hair slightly dishevelled.
With a piece of bread in his mouth he inserted his right arm in his black and white jacket. He had a brownish red hair with specks of white at the edges, golden-brown eyes with a serious face that matured slightly over a year. The name of this young man was Shirou Emiya, an orphan of the Emiya household, career magus, and an aspiring hero of justice.
The girl running alongside him wore white shirt and black skirt both covered by a large red jacket which reached her knees having jet black hair with one side being tied by a ribbon and on the process of tying the other side for a twin tailed hairstyle, aqua blue eyes and a pretty face which had a worried look. Her name was Rin Tohsaka, heir of the Tohsaka family, a Japanese lineage of magus, career magus, goal was to make the name of Tohsaka renowned and recently to guide and help Shirou into not dying in an early age because of his attitude of always putting other people before himself first.
"You should've waken up earlier, you know I'm a heavy sleeper right?"
Sighing the Rin looked at Shirou with a disappointed face as if saying 'It was your job'.
"I can't help it I was tired since there were many customers yesterday at the restaurant. You made me run through the city also for picking up your jewelry right? I lost my way two times and had to run around the whole city since the pawnshops were far away from one another"
Rin suppressed the urge two smile wryly after remembering her unreasonable request to Shirou yesterday though she also can't help it since she was arranging their enrolment to the magic association academy which was one of the most important things.
After hesitating a little she began to speak albeit turning her head the other way
"…Hmph bear with it, you're a man right"
Her face was slightly tinged with a pink color.
Shirou couldn't help but sigh
The reason for the rush of the pair was because today was their very first exam in the academy. Before entering the academy a magus would undergo long procedures but this was one of the two most important parts when entering the academy. Its importance was for both the examinee and the association which backs up the university since for the examinee he/she will know the degree of their skill so as to effectively know which or what to learn. As for the association it is to keep datum about the magus taking the exam. It is more for security as to learn how powerful a magus is and if he/she isn't breaking any rules implemented by the association itself.
The association itself was consisted of three branches which was build to help in developing magecraft. It was also built as a barrier for the people called magus to the ordinary people so since limited people could only know or have knowledge about magecraft.
Arriving at the stairs they met with their neighbour who was an old woman named and exchanged greetings which had already been a routine. 1 month had already passed since they began staying here in London at this dormitory. There were many eventful happenings that had already passed and yesterday was finally the day that they can tell themselves that the two had finally settled down.
Arriving at the first floor of the dorm both had log out with a smile to the attendant of the dorm.
Finally exiting the building an intersection could be seen.
Across them was a restaurant were they both work during the night as their part-time job as an extra income for their studies since Rin was a scholar in the academy.
Going to the right road would lead to the city of London. It was a huge place compared to the Fuyuki city and after a month of going in and out of it the would still lost their way from time to time.
Lastly, leading to the right road which was going uphill was the national museum of London which was the front of the magic academy where the Clock Tower was located, the main branch of the association.
Upon checking the time on her analouge wrist watch Rin stated with a hint of both impatiance and excitement
"Hurry Shirou, we need to be there by 8 am!"
Shirou could only smile wryly in reply to the young lady beside him as he to felt the excitement building up somewhere inside him
The two energetically walk up-climb the hill with their bodies bathing at the morning sunlight.
….Part 2
The two entered the National Museum upon arriving atop the hill. Going through the reception desk they were given a special ID different from the usual one which were given to visitors who were not magus or not visiting the association.
After thanking the receptionist then proceeded towards the second floor of the museum which leads to the 'National History Section'. Replicas and Statues of different heroes, evolution of different things can be seen as they passed through the third section of the National Museum.
Though it was a sight to admire for the normal eyes of an average human a magus like the two can notice the originality of those that were posted especially for Shirou who was an expert in Structural Analysis of Magic for the things displayed in the museum are mostly made for only the outside appearance especially the ones with the long history.
Different Swords, Battle Axes, Halberds, Spears and other medieval weaponry could be seen on the right side of the corridor and paintings of different heroes and a human size replica of them could be seen. The two just smiled after passing through a certain hero with blond hair holding the famed sword of Excalibur remembering certain memories of their past year in Fuyuki City.
At the end of the hallway a right turn could be seen but was blocked by a security guard dressed in a slightly different way than the normal guards roaming across the whole museum. At his back was a place with tapes obstructing the way that had 'Construction Underway' printed on it. A barrier can also be felt upon closing in to the guard which served as a security for the entrance.
"This place is under construction kindly use the other way available at the lobby after you turn left"
It was stated in a monotonous voice that one would receive a chill in their spines since it was like a human skinned robot which was in front of them, though for the two they were already used to it after having gone back and forth at the academy especially having a hard time finding this exact place if not for the help of some of their acquaintances.
The two just placed their ID at the desk of the guard which then glowed slightly before the guard lowered its head in a bow and muttered "You may pass"
As they were told the two walk onwards.
A curious critic who saw the unusual scene walked towards the guard the same as the two. It was because two teenagers were just given the right to pass a restricted area which lighted the doubt, curiosity and envy of the man. He adjusted his eyeglasses and look at the guard with dignity.
"Hmm excuse me can I also see what is on the other side?"
Just for a second the eyes of the guard glowed slightly and the dignified look of the man vanished in a mere second and turned into empty glazed eyes.
"I see"
Nodding off to nowhere he turned right back towards the center of the floor.
Smiling the two then turned to the right and entered an elevator which then led them into the basement of the museum which was the real entrance of the magic association academy.
The lounge of the magic association academy can be described in one word, Grand, pure white room with white glossy marble tiles with gold linings covered by red carpets designating the walkway towards the other room and to the reception desk.
Paintings of different famous magi could be seen portrayed in the wall of the surrounding room and a large iconic bust could be seen in the middle which has a clock, wand and a sword which was the main symbol of the association.
Arriving at the reception desk that Rin and Shirou have gotten to know after going in and out of the academy for the almost the whole past month they smiled.
"Good morning Crea, we're here to take the exams for the entrance"
Crea greeted them back, smiled and nodded to the two as she began typing away the computer desk. Though most magus were known for being unknowledgeable regarding the current technology mostly due to their pride as a magus the association doesn't implement that and like Emiya Kiritsugu, the father-in-law of Emiya Shirou, as long as it would bring more progress they don't limit their selves with only magecraft.
The sound of typing of computer and small talk of other people of the lounge resounded between Shirou, Rin and Crea.
After a few more seconds of silence she smiled and turned back towards the two. Handing a piece of card she began applying mana on to it as she passed it.
"Here are your passes for the exams, do not lose it and as you can see written in there are your names, ranking and other important information. It will just be a piece of junk for those who don't have mana since you could only see this data when you apply some prana into it"
The card was the size of a normal school ID with the color of grey glossily shining as if boasting itself as being 'New'.
Name Nationality
Rank Address
Titles
Origin
Such things were imprinted onto the card after it was passed to Rin, it then faded away much to the surprise of the two even after the explanation of Crea.
"It fades depending on how much prana you have poured into it"
"Thanks Crea" both of them muttered and slightly bowed to the English lady at the desk. Nodding in appreciation she continued her explanation.
"By the way, the test will start in around 10 minutes at the main coliseum located at the deeper most part of this first basement floor. Should you rush now I think you would arrive there at around 6 minutes from know"
"Wah…wah-I-f-forgot"
Losing her composure Rin suddenly grabbed Shirou's hands and started a sprint which was not expected for a young lady like her.
"Thanks for everything Crea we need to go"
"Uh, thank you"
Having given no time to speak Shirou could only mutter small thanks which made Crea laugh slightly.
"Hehe that doesn't mutter it's my job, anyways good luck you two"
Crea waved her hand to the two even though she had already known that her voice hadn't reached the pair. Well she knows that they will both pass since to pass you only need to learn how to control prana. In all history of the magic association no one had ever failed in going in as long as he/she is a true magus or knows the basics of manipulating prana.
….Part 3
*Huff* *Huff*
"Hmm"
While Rin was out of breath Shirou could be scene composed even after the long rush since even though for a small build he had trained his body well in order to move the way he wanted to. Rin could only look at Shirou with the eyes that implies annoyance and a bit of admiration.
Realizing these cause a slight shade of pink in her face which caused her head to turn away unconsciously.
"It seems we've arrive on time, haaa that was tiring"
Shirou finally heaved a large sigh and slightly bent his back stretching.
"D-Don't state the obvious, mouuu I think I need to start exercising"
"All examinees please proceed to section 1 for briefing the exams will start in 30 minutes after the attendance had been checked, please do not cause any disturbance for a faster progress"
The two were cut off of their thoughts and finally they noticed that there were a large number of people in the area. The coliseum was huge enough itself giving the typical Roman Coliseum feel or where battles of gladiators usually happen.
They were at the entrance of the coliseum which in the middle had raw land. The oval shape coliseum was divided into sections numbering from 1 to 6. At their right side which was the right side of the entrance was the section one.
A booth could be seen in stand and different kinds of people were standing here and there with some in groups, in pairs or solo. It was like a scene where one would see on a fieldtrip. Though all people here were mostly composed of old people and the only young ones were Rin, Shirou and around two to three more.
Going towards the crowd of people the two proceeded towards the both. They received different kinds of looks but most were of annoyance maybe because of their age.
"Youngins of today shouldn't enter immediately, Hmph I doubt they could do more than the basics"
An old man with white hair muttered in his breath as he looked towards a young child who was alone in the crowd. The look he gave was that of annoyance and discrimination.
It was a tradition to only enter the academy when one had already mastered a single specialization of magecraft. Rare were that who mastered them at a young age and mostly comes from people who had lineage in their family as a magus especially since not all people had lineage in their family as a magus and only discover magecraft due to luck or tragedy.
Of course Rin comes from the long line of family of Tohsaka and though the comment was not directed their way she couldn't help but rebuttal for feeling insulted. Normally she would just let those comments slides but not when it talks about her skills and maybe it was due to the excitement that she replied almost unconsciously.
"The academy is for all magus to study and of course to expand our knowledge. Well old people should just stay at home or else their bones would ache"
Rin muttered it in a low voice though enough for those around her to hear it and it was obvious where it was directed.
"W-What did you say!?"
"Huh? You just heard me right?"
"Oi Rin don't start anything now"
"Don't stop me Shirou, prideful people like him brings shame to all magus"
A build up in tension in prana could be felt among the crowd which was dispersed like a circle with Rin, Shirou and the old man at the little. Glow could be seen starting to build up in the old man's hand and the same red and black flare could be seen building up on the tip of Rin's finger. Though Rin doesn't want to hurt anybody especially since after hearing Shirou she had already realized her mistake but it was not herself to back out on this that was why she continued building up a Gndr Shot.
Fraga
A black ball was shot towards their center which builds up a cloud of dust. An announcement was made after that.
"I said! DO NOT CAUSE ANY DISTURBANCE, FALL IN LINE!"
Standing at the center of the cloud of dust was a lady in her twenties having red-violet hair which the two knows full well. Their free loader for their past year and was like another family to the two.
Shirou and Rin having forgotten the event a few seconds ago could only mutter in surprise after seeing her. The last time the three saw each other was at the airport after arriving here in London.
""Eh!?""
A/N
Here it is, finally got the motivation to write again, please review to boost my motivation to write more. This was written in a slight rush since I just recently reviewed the typemoon family again. This is a redo of my Fate All War since I didn't liked how it turned out and the first person point of view is not what I wanted.
Too much characters introduced was one of the reasons of the redo and I can't catch up to the old one, I'll do it slower this time and wouldn't stress myself in writing and releasing chapters
I'll do this on the ideas that will suddenly pop in my head so I need to review my motivation so I won't suddenly stop
Hope you like the chapter
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