Prologue part one
"What a beautiful sunset."
"I can only imagine how captivating this sight must be for the people who live here."
"It is indeed a very beautiful scene. A shame that it doesn't really exist."
"On the surface it seems like such a benign, peaceful world. A pity that it'll soon come to an end.
"Impressive, to think that such a sight managed to impress the miss Tohsaka." I walked right next to my former master with a touch of nostalgia in my voice. It made me sad to think that we would soon come to blows with one another in this cruel war for the miracle, but for now we could enjoy what little peace we had left in the preliminaries.
"... what are you doing here Shirou." My former master said with an edge to her voice, threatening me to stay away from her which I promptly ignored.
"As your servant is it not right for me to be by your side master?" Cutting off the prana supply to the mystic code Dark knight's armour I dematerialised the helmet and deactivated its functions to reveal my cheeky grin.
"Seriously why are you here Shirou, I thought I told you to get lost and never see me again when I hung on the phone on you. Unless you didn't get the message, maybe my fists would remind you." I could tell she was serious with the way her body expressed itself, one more snide remark and she would pounce on me with full force in all her womanly fury.
"... Fine." As much I would like to mess with Rin I didn't want to destroy the fragile relationship we had right now, so I decided to tell her what I really came for.
"I just wanted to check on the rumours about a girl dressed in red known as little red rooftop, I wanted to make sure that it was just a coincidence and maybe that it wasn't you. But in the end my hopes was dashed." I gave her a smile but even I knew that it was fake.
"Shirou you know why... are you crying?"
"... I see, I thought I got used to it losing everything but in the end I guess I'm no longer a fake." When was the last time I cried? After all ever since that day I had always felt empty inside a machine cannot cry, but I guess that was no longer true as I could feel liquid forming in my eyes.
"What are you on about? Here stay still for a second." Rin took out a handkerchief but as she went close to me I grabbed a hold of her.
"Hey what are you doing." Ignoring her protests I gave her a tight hug causing her to drop her handkerchief in surprise, but seeing the way she squirmed in my arms and her face turning bright red stirred something inside of me.
Giving into impulse, I was going to do something that might never be forgiven but if I wanted to put these feelings to rest then... "I'm sorry Rin but could you please close your eyes I don't want you to see me like this."
"Okay?" She was confused but closed her eyes anyway, it felt wrong to take advantage of her trust like this but... I needed to kill off these feelings and return back to the person I was before.
"Are you done yet SHhmmf." I pressed my lips onto hers, taking advantage of her current status I manoeuvred my tongue deep within her mouth. I wasn't sure if I was doing it right but didn't people say you had to use your tongue?
"LMMFM" Rin resisted for a moment but eventually gave in as I refused to let go. For a brief moment all was silent aside from the sounds of making out.
"Hah." My lips parted from hers in slow motion as a thin line of saliva could be seen when we separated.
"It tastes a bit salty?" Licking my lips I pondered on the so called taste of a first kiss, it didn't really taste anything special but I could feel my heart beating furiously and sweat running down my body.
"...!" For a second Rin was speechless before she lifted her arm at my direction, it started to glow a reddish black colour.
"! Wait Rin lets calm down for a moment." I knew that pose anywhere and I wasn't going to let our reunion end in such a fashion but maybe it was fitting.
"I was a fool to even trust you Shirou. To think you would..." Her face turning bright crimson as she failed to finish her sentence.
"Would?" I couldn't resist, I knew that I shouldn't but seeing her like this reminded me of the times we've spent together.
"That's it take this you BRUTE code cast GANDR." In a flash a reddish black curse was sent my way but...
"Trace on... Code cast reinforcement." I knocked the blow aside with my left arm and with my right I blocked the incoming barrage with ease.
"GANDR, GANDR, GANDR." Rin was in a mad fury dashing from right to left shelling out Gandrs which I easily deflected. She may be one of the most talented wizards out there turning a Gandr shot into a Finn shot but I had faced far worse.
"... Rin thank you for everything you've done for me. Had we met under different conditions I would have most likely spent the rest of my life with you." The rain of Gandrs stopped as Rin stared at me flushed and out of breath.
"But I cannot run away from my past and duty after all I still have a promise to fulfil." This reminded me of that day where I was given a chance for happiness had I just abandoned everything but just like before I chose Miyu over all else.
"Shirou... I." I could feel the pain in her voice as her emotions interfered with her reason but eventually reason won out as she remained silent.
We had both entered into the moon holy grail war, there was only one outcome for the both of us, one must live and one must die.
"So hopefully we would not meet again on the fields of battle Rin." I gave Rin a sad smile, before activating the mystic code Dark's knight armour the product of our combined efforts, allowing the steel cage to cover me I melted into the shadows but not before leaving behind my last gift and farewell.
"...That idiot why now." Letting out a small sigh Rin picked up the mystic code and started to hack into it. Breaching through the defences with ease Rin scanned through the vast amount of information contained within.
"...I see a one time explosive." Contained within the mystic code was all sorts of information, information about the moon holy grail war that Shirou has uncovered, his basic programs along with his signature code cast reinforcement, instructions on the mystic code and how to activate its true abilities a one time use with the power equivalent to a C ranked broken phantasm.
"...What's this?" Attached to the mystic code was a message. "P.S By the way... I think black hair doesn't suit you I liked blond better."
"...Shirou you never learn." A brief smile was on her face for a second before it disappeared. Turning her head Rin continued to watch the sunset only leaving when the sun was no more. Soon she too disappeared from the reality marble.
"It's here the source of the anomaly." In front of me was a concrete wall located at the end of the west corridor of the first floor. From the very start I had noticed that this world was a reality marble and that the answer lied here, but I had wanted to enjoy these emotions one last time before I had to kill everyone in my path.
After all it reminded me about the peaceful days I had lost before Miyu was discovered, the school life that I never got to finish. But all good times must go to an end and it was finally time for me to become a master.
Placing my hand on the wall the illusion covering the entrance faded away, revealing an old door in it's place. Pushing the door open, an entrance to another world appeared or rather an entrance to another reality marble.
Walking through the door I entered into what I thought was an old dusty storeroom. Boxes stacked upon boxes littered the room, old dusty shelves pushed against the wall, the only source of illumination being the single window right next to the pixelated door I came out from.
Yet the most striking feature of the room would be the large doll standing right in front of the shelf and boxes. Compared to the ones I have faced this doll was a cheap mockery of the Ainsworths dolls. Being completely featureless having no facial expression or bodily parts as if it was roughly constructed in the shape of an human. The only thing it had were strange red and yellow pulsing lines on its body connecting towards the oval on the doll's face. The lines probably being the lifeblood of the doll, acting as its pseudo nervous system which allowed one to control the doll.
"Code cast: Reinforcement." Running my prana through the internal program installed within my avatar, I reinforced my entire body to its limit allowing me to temporarily reach the same level as my real body in terms of parameters.
I wasn't going to be taking any chances, maybe the doll was another test from the moon cell?
The doll turned around to face me with its left arm raised high.
"..." In an instant I charged forward with my right hand clenched into a fist, striking the doll's left arm I knocked it into the wall before following it up with a grapple.
"..." I threw the doll onto the ground before snapping it's arm off, causing the arm to fade away into darkish purple particles.
"Welcome, potential master." I stopped my attack as a voice started to play out of nowhere.
"That effigy with you is your sword and shield for what lies ahead. It will move in response to your commands."
"Now then, please proceed. The truth that you seek lies ahead."
"...I see." An overreaction, I thought that it was going to attack me as it saw through my mystic code concealment but I guess it was greeting me instead.
"In that case Code cast: structural analysis." Placing my hand onto the ruined effigy I examined the source code comprising the effigy. It appeared that the central control system still worked despite the missing arm and the damage I've inflicted upon it however it wouldn't be fighting anytime soon.
"Code cast: Reinforcement." I reinforced the effigy entire body to about eighty percent of it's presumed maximum capacity. With this it should be far more durable than the others and that was all that mattered as I would be the one fighting.
"Effigy your orders is to stay behind me and focus on defence." I couldn't risk losing it as it was probably a test by the moon cell to weed out potential masters.
"Trace on" I conjured an image of a gun cocking and firing.
Judging the conception of creation. Twin swords created on the orders of a king, a sword without a purpose, a sword crafted for the sake of being crafted.
Hypothesising the basic structure. Twin swords with a curved blade that broadens towards the point, each representing a force, yin and yang together they create the cycle.
Duplicating the composition material. Created by the finest materials at the time of its creation.
Imitating the skill of its making. Created in grief by one of the finest blacksmith of China, Gan Jiang.
Sympathising with the experience of its growth. The twins was separated upon it's creation, one given to the king the other staying with its creator.
Reproducing the accumulated years. Kanshou used as a memento by it's creator, always waiting for the day it reunites with it's counterpart. Bakuya used primarily as a ceremonial sword, always waiting for the day it reunites with it's counterpart.
Excelling every manufacturing process. Twin swords reunited once again with the death of it's creator.
I could feel the image of the blades taking shape but I wasn't done yet, there was still one final step left to project his blades, Alteration.
I felt a slight strain on my magic circuits as I finished the incantation, without the support of Miyu I had to draw from my own supply which is why I chose theses blades.
A pair of swords lacking in pride and yet it's craftsmanship is extremely captivating and beautiful. A noble phantasm that pales in comparison to it's peers, its only redeeming feature being its bond with one another and its fast tracing time. These were EMIYA's favoured weapons having modified them with his magecraft to suit his abilities.
"..." It felt strange to once again be using his blades, symbols that belonged to a hero of justice after all this time but... For the sake of my wish I would once again use the power meant for humanity for one person.
'Wait for me Miyu, I still have to fulfil my promise to take you to the ocean
Author notes
Lazy bad author that only writes first drafts.
Yeah its been a while since I worked on this, and after reading through it I decided to change parts of the story.
The reason why I did this was that I didn't want to give him Erebus without him going through a proper journey, so the shirou you see here still retains the ability to project other weapons. Basically the same Shirou from father and son/ oath under ice with slight differences due to the background.
I haven't decided the majority of his opponents yet, but I have decided some which is that he would be facing against Hakuno (female.) with nameless, Leo with Gawain.
So I still need a Caster, Assassin, Berserker, Lancer, Rider. For Shirou. They cannot be Hakuno opponents but Alice is allowed since Shirou fulfils the role of Caster.
Feel free to give me your suggestions for which servants he should go up against.