"ENUMA ELISH!" was the last words Emiya Shirou had heard before he fell into darkness.
He felt his connection with Miyu sever as he continues to fall.
"Ah, so Miyu just made it in time" he said with a smile on his face.
He also thought that after all this, after straying from the ideals he once pursued though he doesn't regret that choice. He wished that he could restart and save everyone because deep within his heart he still yearned to follow his past ideals of saving everyone he can.
Then a voice spoke "Do you truly wish to pursue your ideals of saving everyone? The very ideals you threw away after meeting Miyu?".
Confused of where and whom the voice is coming from but he calmed his mind and replied "Why do you ask?"
"Because I am willing to give you a second chance" the voice replied.
"What do you gain from giving me a second chance?"
"Entertainment, I am willing to give you a second chance to see if you truly have the resolve to see through your ideals!" the voice replied in a loud manner.
"I'll watch you writhe and struggle and grow as you live through of pursuing your ideal of saving everyone!"..."What do you say Emiya Shirou?!"
Shirou in deep thought analyzed the words the voice is saying and he thought that there is no point in thinking about it too much and what he is literally being offered the thing he wanted the most. After all he had nothing left to lose.
Shirou replied to the unknown voice "Yes, I accept your offer."
"Excellent choice young man! Then I shall grant you your wish! I shall send you into another dimension using the 2nd Magic: Kaleidoscope!" The voice shouted in a festive voice.
"Do not disappoint me Emiya Shirou" was the last thing Shirou heard before he suddenly woke up in the middle of a forest.
He looked at his surroundings to find himself no longer inside the cave he went in.
"I guess he really did grant my wish." he said. Then he looked at his body, to his surprise his wounds are healed and his body is not sore after that last stand against The Gilgamesh card holder and to his surprise he was wearing the armor when he used the Archer card.
"Well, first things first. Got to scout the area" he reinforced his legs to jump on a tree to get a better view of the area. He saw a tall structure not too far from where he is. "Well that's a nice sign, at least I'm not that far away from civilization".
He felt his senses sending him alarms of something ominous. He looked around carefully to see four black creatures with bone-like armor on its skin along with red streaks.
"What are those? It's the first time I've seen this kind of creature, they are pretty far so I should just avoid them." without looking away from the creatures he jumped down from the tree but as soon as he jumped down the creatures are already running his way.
"I guess I gotta fight huh?" he asked himself with disappointment.
He reinforced his body and thought of the image of two swords. The two swords he favored the most.
"Trace on"
As he said his aria, his magic circuits flared into life as he projected the Married Blades, Kanshou and Bakuya. He went on a fighting stance ready to fight the creatures he saw earlier and after a mere second the first creature leapt at him trying to bite his neck off
It was fast but, a servant was faster.
As it leapt Shirou evaded by pulling to the side and as the creature was in front of him still in mid-air he brought Bakuya down on it slicing it in half.
Shirou thought "So the anti-monster trait of the blades works on these guys-" but before he could finish the second creature attacked him from behind. Trying to claw him but just in time Shirou turned around and blocked the claws with his blades and proceeded to kick the creature away sending it flying to and crashing to a nearby tree.
He knew it was still not dead but the last two creatures popped up in front of him preventing him to get to the temporarily stunned one to finish it. He knew it would be a bit troublesome to fight three at the same time so he threw the married blades to the stunned creature before it could get up.
As he threw the blades he traced a new pair of the married blades to block the other two creatures' attacks. Before the stunned creature could get up the flying blades shredded it and then came flying back like boomerangs. Sensing the married blades from earlier are coming back he dematerialized the two in his hands after parrying an attack from the creatures
The creatures with no wasted time leapt to Shirou but only to be beheaded by the Married Blades that were flying back to Shirou. As he caught the blades in his hands he dematerialized it and let out a sigh then looked at the bodies of the creatures only to see it evaporate.
"The first thing I do here is to fight." he let out another sigh. "Well time to head to that building I saw earlier I guess." as he said that before he could even start to walk he heard someone call out to him.
"Young man, what an impressive display of prowess fighting against Grimm. Are you perhaps a huntsman?"
Shirou thought of the man's question and noted that the creatures are apparently called Grimm.
He did not know what a huntsman on this world is so he would not pose as one he thought. He also thought that this man might fill him in about info of this world but he has yet to choose to reveal to this man that he is not from this world.
"No sir, I am not a Huntsman" he politely replied.
The man raised a brow at his answer which caught Shirou's attention.
"Very well. Also what is your name young man?" the man asked.
"Shirou Emiya sir." he replied while bowing
"My name is Ozpin, " Ozpin stated
"Pleasured to meet you." he replied while reaching out to Ozpin to Shake Hands
"Likewise." Ozpin said as he returned the gesture. "I have many questions to ask you but it's a bit dangerous here so we should talk in my office."
Shirou nodded and followed the man to which ever they are going.
As they arrived in Ozpin's office, Ozpin sat down on his chair behind his desk and told Shirou to sit down on one of the chairs in front of him.
"Welcome to Beacon Academy " Ozpin stated
"Beacon Academy? So I take it that you are the Head Master of this school ?" Shirou asked
"Yes I am, and before you ask Beacon Academy is a school that trains people who aspire to be huntsmen. And we have produced several huntsmen among the best of the best!" Ozpin stated proudly.
Shirou couldn't help but smile to that. "So I would like you to answer my questions. Is that alright?" Ozpin asked.
Shirou simply nodded at Ozpin. "Very well. Then , how did you end up in Emerald Forest?"
Contemplating on whether to reveal or not that he is from another world he chose not to for the time being so he thought of a story hoping Ozpin would believe him.
"I was from a far-away place from here called Fuyuki but it was swarmed with large amounts of grimm and got destroyed. And while I was fending off some grimm my friend kept shouting at me that I should run away but I chose not to. So after that someone suddenly put cloth over my nose and I was knocked out and after that I just woke up in that fores." he replied.
"I am sorry for your losses but I must say that I'm not surprised since most outside villages tend to get overrun by grimm." Ozpin replied and Shirou felt relived after hearing that his story was acceptable.
"On to the next question I saw you creating blades out of thin air earlier..." Shirou felt nervous again at this statement "Is that your semblance?" Ozpin finished.
Shirou thought what that semblance is. And since Ozpin doesn't seem suspicious about it happening maybe it's a common occurrence here. He noted to himself to research about this at a latter date but for now he just answered yes.
Shirou nodded at Ozpin. "Alright, last question." Ozpin stated "Do you have a place to go to?".
Shirou sighed and replied " To be honest I don't and I also don't have any money on me. I lost everything in Fuyuki"
Ozpin smiled at Shirou and said "How about this young man, I'll let you study in Beacon for free but classes will start in 2 days so for the mean time I'll give you some money so you can stay in Vale for the time being" Ozpin offered.
Shirou looked at Ozpin. "As much as I want to accept your offer but I do not feel good taking advantages of your kindness." he replied with a frown
"Don't worry boy you can repay me by studying hard and becoming one of the best huntsman out there!" Ozpin replied while smiling.
Shirou after thinking about it and did not find any more reason to reject offer replied "Then I'll take you up on that offer, after all denying blessings is bad omen from where I came from" he sighed and shrugged.
"Very well see you again in 2 days." Ozpin smiled and gave Shirou a small pouch with money in it. Shirou stood up from his seat. "Thank you sir or should I say headmaster?" and bowed.
Ozpin nodded in approval. After seeing the gesture Shirou asked Ozpin how to get to the city and after some brief explanation Shirou thanked Ozpin again and left his office to head for the city.
Shirou Walked through the city to familiarize himself with the area he noticed some people with animal-like characteristics he didn't mind but he was curious. After walking for a while Shirou's stomach grumbled.
"Time to find something to eat I guess"
After walking a bit Shirou found a stand that sells burgers but he would not like to eat that greasy monstrosity so he chose to find another and after a while he found restaurant and ate what seems to be vegetables with grilled chicken breast. He noted that it lacks flavor but it's better than the greasy monstrosity called a burger. After eating he thought of getting some clothes because all he had was his battle armor. So he went to a clothes shop and bought a white sweatshirt with dark blue sleeves and a pair of black jeans. After buying the clothing he ought to find a place to sleep because it was already getting dark.
Not long after he found an Inn. Then he took a bath he put his recently bought clothes on and after that laid down on the bed of his room.
Staring at the ceiling he asked himself.
"I wonder how Miyu is doing, I hope she makes friends and finds a place to call home"
he smiled at the thought that his little sister is finally gonna find her share of happiness. He was happy but still couldn't help being a bit sad now that they are separated. So he rose from his bed and decided to take a stroll in the city. He didn't have a watch to tell the time but he knew it was already late by the lacking of people on the streets. But his strolling was put to a sudden stop when he heard glass breaking. Instinctively he reinforced his body and projected his most favored weapons, the Married Blades. With light steps to not make noise he closed in a bit to get a clearer view of what's happening. He saw some of the Animal-like people entering a shop through a broken glass pane and one human with orange hair that looked like he was commanding the animal-like people.
After Realizing the situation he stepped out from the shadows and shouted at the thieves. "Care to explain?" he pointed Bakuya at the Man with orange hair.
Hearing Shirou, the man looked at him.
"Oh what do we have here? Someone trying to play hero?" the man said in a joking manner "Mind your own business." he said and commanded 3 of his lackeys to go and attack Shirou.
Preparing to fight the 3 individuals, Shirou altered the married blades to be blunt to avoid fatalities. As the first lackey went and try to slash Shirou with a knife, Shirou swept the knife away with Kanshou and brought down Bakuya on the lackey's shoulder. A bit surprised Shirou felt a bit of resistance when Bakuya landed and was also surprised that the lackey he had struck was still standing. He didn't really know what happened but he summarized that they have more resistance to damage.
So he just had to beat them down till they drop. As he was fighting the 3 lackeys he noticed the Man from earlier signaling his other lackeys to escape. But before he could retort he saw a hooded figure with a weapon that looks like a scythe swung at the man but the man managed to avoid it and ran away the figure chased after the man. Shirou thought that the figure was maybe a huntsman so he left it to the figure for a bit but will follow and help after dealing with the still standing lackeys he's fighting.
Shirou threw the married blades to the left traced another pair and threw them to the right and again, traced another pair and dashed forward to the lackeys.
The lackeys took a defensive stance but they were surprised as one of them screamed in pain after the married blades hit it on the rib cage confused by the scream another one screamed in pain after getting hit by the second thrown blades confused on what's happening the last lackey standing panicked and that didn't do him good as Shirou saw the opening and brought down the blunted married blades on the lackey and the lackey getting knocked out. Shirou sighed and proceeded to tie up the lackeys with cloth that he tore from their shirts to form a makeshift rope so that they can't escape if they wake up.
"That should do it, now to help that man or woman earlier" he ran to the direction where the pursuit went but after some time he saw the figure from earlier on a rooftop looking at a helicopter flying away, he reinforced his eyes to see that the man with the orange hair was in it and had escaped.
He leapt to the building and landed beside the figure. Startled, the figure jumped away and readied his or her weapon. Shirou sighing, putting his hands up in the air.
"Look I'm not a bad guy ok? Too bad tho the thieves escaped." he explained. The figure seemed to relax and retracted the weapon took off the hood of his or her cloak to reveal that the figure was a she.
Shirou looked at the girl in front of him. She had short black-reddish hair and silver eyes. He noted that she looks quite young.
"Uhmm nice to meet you. My name is Shirou Emiya" he spoke. The girl, surprised by his sudden introduction replied.
"O-oh my name is Ruby Rose."
Shirou bowed and apologized. "I'm sorry for startling you earlier."
"No no its fine I was just you know a bit cautious because of earlier." she explained.
"Thank you." Shirou replied. "Also there are 3 lackeys I tied up back to at the shop earlier you should call the authorities to pick them up" he added.
"Oh sure I'll do that." she replied.
"Anyways it got pretty late I'm going back to rest now, Be careful on your way back too Ms. Rose."
"Ah just Ruby is fine" she said to him while smiling.
"Then you can call me Shirou and again do be careful on your way home Ruby." he said while giving a sweet smile to Ruby.
"O-oh I will Shirou, you too." she blushed a bit from the boy's sweet smile.
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"I will, thanks." Shirou replied before he jumped down leaving Ruby on the roof heading back to the inn he was staying.
And after walking for quite a while he finally found himself in front of the inn and proceeded to head to his room.
"Man I'm tired, time to hit the sack." Shirou mumbled.
As he returned to his room he plopped onto the bed and fell asleep.
Hi completely newbie writer here. Please do enjoy and slap me with those feedbacks to help me improve. And oh the Shirou I shoved in here is Miyuverse Shirou