A Small Answer

by PsychoInnovations

His first true trial ended in victory. The man that he would become is still there looming over him like a dark cloud, but the boy does not hate himself and salvation can still be found. It is something that will continue to build using all his life. The path is long as the boy is called to distant shores. But still - the man was not wrong.

1. Contracted

Hello Mr/Mrs/Ms/Dr Reader (I-X) and all other titles I should have included. I present to you the first Fate/Stay Night and Pokemon crossover to hit this site. I've had this swimming in my head for a year now and decided to finally get it pumped out. That being said this is going to be a dark story. Or maybe not for some of you. For the Nasu-fans this is par for the course in terms of violence and some language. I'm keeping this teen for now because the violence isn't anything new to any of the more adult animes/manga.

This is a Shirou that is UBW for the most part - six years after the fact. I try and explain most the events through dialogue and memories, but I can address specific things in PMs and notes if I am asked. Hmmm let's see. So this also encorporates all the current Pokemon and some Gen VI stuff as well that will be touched upon in later chapters. Shirou starts out pretty buff in this chapter, but the fighting is going to be lackluster for him for a bit.

Anyway that's all I got, so I'll see you at the end of the chapter! Thanks for the read and I hope you take the time to review either on parts you like or that you found to be out of place. Let me know either way and enjoy the show!

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"Project it again, Shirou!" I felt my Circuits burn once more as I moved to comply with my instructor's orders. I held up my hand in front of me and imprinted the blueprint of my chosen Phantasm onto my Circuits once more.

"Rho Aias!" The Shield of Ajax sprung into existence as I shaped my od into my construct. Moments after my shield deployed a wall of fire blazed against it and washed around me. I felt the intense heat of the flames flowing around my shield before I felt a presence hidden in the flames make itself known. Dropping the Aias, I traced Kanshou and Bakuya into my hands and crossed them in front of my body. I was forced back slightly by a high-speed kick from the small form that had assaulted me.

Repelling the attacker by bucking them off with the twin swords, I crossed the gap between us quickly and swung my blades. My swing met the block of an energized shield spell and it was rebuffed. I leapt backwards from my opponent when they through their hands up. As the attacker formed their fingers into a handgun and black energy swirled about, I dismissed Kanshou and Bakuya. Smirking, I held my hand up and snapped my fingers in a manner I stole straight from Gilgamesh.

"Enkidu!" I exclaimed as the chains of heaven shot around my opponent and bound their hand up into the air making the gandr curse go wide. The chain snaked its way round my opponent's other hand and bound them in place. I walked up to my opponent and, still smirking, patted her on the head. "Looks like I got you, Tohsaka."

"S-Shirou let me down!" Rin sputtered indignantly as the smirk on my face grew into a full grin. This had been one of the few times I'd used Enkidu in a combat situation and Rin had never been around when I had used it before. "I didn't know you could even use this…this…thing!"

"Oi, it's a weapon isn't it? Besides that's a good look for you," I replied slyly to her. That actually managed to set her blushing and it was very rare if my teasing was ever this effective against her. I leaned forward closing the distance between our faces and when I looked her in the eyes her stare caught me off guard.

"….." She said nothing, but is just looking at me fiercely. It was starting to get awkward, so I looked away from her and scratched my face. All of sudden I felt something touch my lips. That little devil was kissing me! I stumbled away from her, my blush rising, and I had a hand covering my face.

"T-T-Tohsaka!" was all I managed to get out, while my mentor and lover started to laugh at my actions.

"Oh you're still the same Shirou. Even after six years you still are so shy!" The black-haired magus replied between laughs. Grimacing, I relinquished my hold on the prana in Enkidu and the chains faded away. With her hands free, Rin slinked over next to me and grabbed ahold of my arm. "Now how about you put on that apron and cook us something for dinner. Sakura and Fujimura-san will be dropping by in two hours. You know they'll kill you for not preparing something amazing after not being here for so long, right?"

"I know. Ever since we left for England it always plagued my mind on if Fuji-nee was starving or running Sakura into the ground by having all her meals prepared by your sister." I replied while nodding to Rin's point. "Regardless of when they get here we need to bathe. It wouldn't do to drive them away before they even get here." I chuckled a bit at Tohsaka's unkemptness as she flushed slightly before eyeing me with small evil smile she always got when plotting.

"Well then Shirou-kun, why don't you escort me to the bathhouse since this is your property after all," she sensuously whispered into my ear and I knew she was teasing me. "What's the harm? No one is here and we have the entire complex to ourselves." Still the offer was pretty enticing…

"Ah what the hell," I snorted and I scooped up the woman who had claimed my heart and strode off to paradise.

*Scene Break*

It wasn't until about four hours later that dinner had finished. Rin had taken to entertaining Sakura and a drunk Taiga in the living room while I cleaned up the remnants of dinner. As I soaked a large glass pan my thoughts wandered to the past week. The Lord El-Melloi II had contacted Rin whilst she was in the Clock Tower on business and had news concerning the Grail Wars.

The Grail War…what a cursed event it was indeed. Seven magi summoning seven Servants, Heroic Spirits copied into usable bodies by the Grail, battling to the death in the name of the Holy Grail. The War was responsible for orphaning me and the destruction of hundreds of lives. It is the reason I fight. El-Melloi had turned out to be a participant in the Fourth War, the Master of Rider. The news he had for Rin concerned the dismantlement of the entire system in Fuyuki.

After it had reached the ears of the Tower six years ago that Rin had used her Servant to destroy the Grail there were many magi that had been upset at the news. However El-Melloi had other plans – he told Rin of a way to permanently dismantle the entire system, and that was the reason we were back in Japan.

"It's really going to end isn't it?" I muttered to myself while I dried the glass pan.

"What's going to end, Shirou?" I jumped slightly as Rin wrapped her arms around my torso. How the devil did she sneak up on me like that? I calmed my nerves and placed the glassware on the counter next to the sink.

"The Grail Wars, it's just a bit hard to believe after everything we went through it's going to end." I picked up another dish and gave it my attention.

"And why are you thinking about something so glum?" Rin asked as she flicked my head. I turned to give her an annoyed look and then sighed.

"Just after six years, we finally return home, not for any reason other than business as usual. I can't even recall the last time we have gotten away from all the studying and magic just to take time for ourselves," I replied to my lover and I took her hand from my should and held it in mine.

"Shirou, what is this all of a sudden? Have the chemicals from that ratty storage shed you call a workshop been getting to you again? Not even five minutes here and that's where you spent the first two nights in there asleep," she huffed and I chuckled.

"I was just feeling a bit nostalgic is all," I assured her. "In all seriousness, Rin, all we have done is pursued our magecraft. I know even though I have made the jump from third-rate to second, there's just no study for practical uses in projection. If you would just ease up on the Enforcer stance maybe I wouldn't be getting cabin fever."

"You know damn well why I can't give permission to you becoming an Enforcer, Shirou! You still haven't developed enough battle-applicable combinations with your ruin studies to justify you doing it. If all you have is your reinforcing and projection techniques to offer and still manage to qualify, that'll place a lot of unwanted suspicion on both you and me." Her tone turned soft.

"If the true nature of your magecraft became known I'd lose you and probably end up with a Sealing Designation of my own for hiding such a specimen. That's why I can't risk you gallivanting around with those degenerates until you have enough spells to be a degenerate yourself." She stuck her tongue out at me and I rolled my eyes at the subtle jab. Most magi looked down on the Enforcers because they did little to actually progress Thaumaturgy as a whole.

"Then after Waver-sama arrives in Fuyuki and your business with the Clock Tower is taken care of, why don't we just stick around for a while? We could use a bit of a vacation from England and you could even write it off as being neglectful for land under your ownership." More than anything I wanted time away because I missed Rin.

Our time in the Clock Tower had been extremely advantageous to both of our separate studies in spellwork. However as the years passed, Rin moved up in her roles and I moved on in my own rights as well. While I didn't make leaps and bound in any department due to the nature of my magecraft, I surprisingly moved up in the culinary arts in the Clock Tower, having acquired my own class. Although it was small and I even though I usually detested magi in general, the pupils under my tutelage were some that I could count among my friends.

I had originally been approached by a second son of a forgettable family that had had bad relations with my father, Kiritsugu. The day of the encounter, instead of us dueling for honor, I had instead invited the man to tea, where I planned to simply scare him off. One compliment on my brewing lead to other things and then before the month was out I was teaching those too poor to afford the Clock Tower's fine cuisine how to cook and shop properly lest they starve.

"I suppose we could do something," Rin trailed off in thought. "Alright, I suppose I've been lacking in my duties as your tutor. Taking a small vacation to properly teach you should be fine. Now finish up in here and come join us in the living room. Taiga is becoming a bit much." I laughed as Rin walked out of the dining room.

*Scene Break*

After seeing the two guests to the door, with Sakura assuring me Taiga would make it home safe, Rin and I retired to Kiritsugu's old room which was meant to accommodate a couple, rather than the smaller guests rooms.

"I still can't believe she said that," I sighed as I removed my shirt and sat on the futon as Rin began undressing as well to change into her night clothes. My head felt light as the alcohol still coursed in my system. "It's amazing that she was legally established as my guardian at all."

"It's not like you were any better for a while there!" Rin admonished me. I traced her frame as she slipped out of her dark maroon skirt and was working on unbuttoning her lighter red top. She noticed my gaze and an evil smile graced her face. "Oh my Emiya-kun, has something caught your attention?" It took me a few moments for my hazed mind to process what she had said.

"Ah – sorry," I apologized. Even if we were together it was still rude of me to treat Tohsaka like that. She chuckled and it hit me she was just teasing which caused me to scowl. "T-Tohsaka," I began before she kneeled down and snared my lips in a kiss. My mind blanked again.

"I hope that teaches you not to stare too long," she teased with a wink. I nodded and went to lie down, but was held in place. "Aren't you forgetting something, Emiya-kun?" I hated when she got that tone I her voice. "Didn't you leave some of your experiments out in your shed? Clean up your workshop so we can use it in the morning for some more practice."

"Rin it's past eleven o'clock, can't we just go to bed?" I asked her. She firmly shook her head and folded her arms across her chest.

"It wouldn't do for an apprentice of mine to have an unkempt workshop. Now march!" She pointed to the door and smiled gleefully as I rose to obey. I shot her a wry look and shook my head.

"Whatever you command, your highness," I muttered under my breath and I saw her brow twitch.

"What was that, Shirou?"

"Nothing, omae," I dug at her as I saw her face light up at the title. I chuckled and left the room.

*Scene Break*

After I had slipped back into my dark denim jeans and shrugged on a blue oxford button down I dug out of my bags, I slipped into the shed and turned on the light. Wow Rin was right, this place is a mess. I began ruffling through the piles of notes I had made while working down here and sorting them into workable groups.

Unexpectedly a sharp pang hit my senses and felt like a drill going into the back of my skull. My entire body froze in place as prana not my own totally invaded my person. Whoever was doing this was extremely powerful as when I tried surging prana through my Circuits I couldn't remove the foreign energy. Another burst of energy hit me and I felt as though I was leaving my body. Conscious but unconscious as well was the best way to describe it. My vision began to darken and the world around me faded.

*Scene shift*

Another sensation, however, forced my eyes open. I don't know if these were exactly my eyes I was seeing through due to the surrounding having underground a radical change. As my vision refocused I noticed that I seemed to be inside a holding tube, like I'd seen on some old sci-fi. Wherever I had ended up, I was being transported rapidly through a series of metal-walled corridor. This place screamed militant to me, but I held my tongue as to not agitate my captors. If it came down to it I could just shoot a sword at one.

I tried to turn my head, but it seemed I was still paralyzed. My transport came upon a checkpoint and from behind a desk out of the corner of my vision a lanky man with red hair wearing a style of robe I couldn't place a name to. It was a layered ensemble with a gray shoulders piece layered over a red flowing garment that stopped above his ankles. He also wore black rectangular sunglasses that covered a good portion of his face.

"Ah you have it I see. The Grand Master will be most pleased that it is unharmed." The voice rang out in my head as opposed to me hearing it directly. Something was off about this scene. "To think that he would go this far though…" The man seemed hesitant about presenting me, or the tube's contents, to his father. He waved the transport through to an elevator and soon I began to ascend.

After a brief trip up the elevator, it deposited my transport tube into the middle of a large room, reminiscent of the Colosseum arena in Rome. Some meters ahead of my position was a floating chair that contained an old man wearing glasses and that had the largest earlobes I dare say I'd ever encountered. He was dressed in a blue robe with yellow stitching.

"Ah Eldes, welcome back to Citidark, I assume to acquisition went well?" The old man addressed the man in red. Citidark? I've never heard of such a place before. Where had I been taken too? The man, Eldes, walked into my line of sight again and bowed to the older man.

"Grand Master, we have acquired the comet fragment as well and can optimize this Pokémon when you like." Pokémon, huh? Nothing like that rang a bell, and it didn't even sound like a real word. And I'm a magus. "Tell me something though, what makes this one better than your previous choice? Lugia offered such promising results and its unrivaled psychic powers would have made it an excellent choice."

"Hohoho, it is not like you to question my choices, but it will not hurt to tell." The man maneuvered his hovering chair around the room and in front of my pod. "This Pokémon offers much that Lugia can't if the legends are to be believed. It has a very unique and powerful gift which I can use to bring our plans to fruition. Imagine if you can the ability to possess endless riches, or to command the most powerful Pokémon! Anything you can ask for is granted!" Hold on...this man thinks I can grant wishes? Or does this have something to do with the Holy Grail dismantlement? If they knew about me, what about Rin? They must know about our connection to the Clock Tower and are trying to prevent the Wars from being stopped. Alright now I know all I need to. The man continued his speech.

"The ability to wish for anything and have it brought to you; that is your true power is it now?" He stared right into my eyes, speaking to me. Maybe he didn't know about the Grail, then what was this about? "Once you are processed I will be unstoppable. My…Jirachi." What in the name of Zelretch was a Jirachi? He didn't mean me, I mean I'm a magus, but I don't hold much value outside of being studied, and event then he'd have to know about the Blade Works. What was this man talking about?

"Grand Master?" the red-haired man interrupted. The old man turned to face his subordinate and let a small grin form on his face.

"Bring me the meteor fragment, and I will show you this Pokémon's true power!" After a few moments a nameless guard brought in a large geode and handed it to the old man before bowing and leaving. I felt another pang of energy in my skull and the fragment began to glow radiant silver. "Behold Eldes, the power of Jirachi. You can ask it for anything and it is yours, no matter how outlandish." The man faced me again directly looking into my eyes. "Now Jirachi, I command you, bring forth a creature that has never graced this world before." Around my field of vision a low, blue hue began to shine and then my world faded once more.

*Scene shift*

I was once more in my workshop and I was lying on the floor in a pile of papers. I pushed myself to my feet and got ahold of my bearings. Moving the piles of paper to the side, I walked out into the courtyard of my estate and looked up at the sky. Just what the hell had happened? Was it a precognitive vision from the Greater Grail itself as a cry for help or was it something entirely different?

As if to answer my question, a giant vortex of spiraling energy opened up above me and I knew that whatever was happening was because of that damned Grail. The thing began to descend on me and I began running to the north, and the vortex promptly changed its course. I wonder if I could stop it. I traced my longbow and knocked a simple arrow that similarly appeared and shot it. The arrow flew true toward its target before vanishing and not appearing on the other side. Ah – it had to be teleportation.

I thought about invoking Avalon, but I didn't know if the defensive Phantasm could stop a forced summons. It places you in the dimension of the Fae, but it wasn't something I was willing to gamble my prana reserves on. The vortex picked up speed and I held my ground against it and traced.

"Enkidu!" I commanded the chains to come forth from the Blade Works and I bound myself with them. The Chains of Heaven held me fast, but I felt my essence being pulled into the vortex. Nothing I'd ever encountered, save for Heracles, could break this divine construct. The vortex grew larger as it seemed intent on simply bringing the chunk of earth I had routed the chains through with too. There wasn't much else to do then, but pray wherever this dumped me, I wouldn't have to kill…too much. Then, for the third time, I met darkness.

*Scene break*

After what felt like an eternity I saw color in the distance of the dark, inky void I had traveled in. I must have moved a very long ways for the transportation to take this long. I exited the void after a few more moments and was deposited onto a metal floor. My landing made a loud clang and I kept my posture low, hands slightly open to grab onto the blades that I hadn't made yet.

"What is this?!" A voice shouted in rage. I looked up and saw the same old man from my weird vision trip except now here he was. "Who are you?!" He demanded of me and I slowly stood up, but kept my palms in the same posture. Something he seemed to pick up on. I cocked the hammer in my mind, ready to explode with prana at a whim. The man whirled around from me and faced a large tube. "Is this a joke Jirachi?" Jirachi? That's' what he had called me.

Moving slowly I rotated to face the containment tube and saw something I was not really ready for. A small, white humanoid floated in the pod. It had short legs and much longer arms, and a curved black seam on its torso. Its head had large, yellow structure with three points extending outward. Each point had a blue…tag attached to it, and on its back appeared to be yellow streamers. This was a Jirachi?

"Jirachi," I whispered quietly, testing the word in my mouth. My sudden vocalization caused the old man to whirl about and face me with a dangerous look riddled with curiosity. "Is that what called me here?" I voiced louder, for rest of the group present to hear me.

Speaking of others, the room was only filled with the old man, the man named Eldes, and six men in similar uniforms but of different colors. Maybe they were lieutenants to this organization or some similar position? Eldes was the first to move and began walking towards me before the Grand Master stopped him.

"Eldes!" he snapped, "Stay where you are. We do not know who or what this man is. For all we know it is some shape-shifting Pokémon that Jirachi simply summoned to aid itself." The old man turned to me and gave me a predatory smile. "Tell me, boy, what is your name?" How droll. This man is very full of himself.

"In my country, it is proper to introduce oneself before asking another for their name. I seem to be your guest, so that would be the polite thing to do." I kept my voice nonchalant and the man in red bristled at my apparent disrespect, but the old man chuckled ruefully.

"Of course, I am known as Shigeo Mecharich, and you are in my base of operations on my personal island. I welcome you mister..." he supplied the title as an expectation that I would name myself.

"I am called Emiya Shirou, Mecharich-san. Thank you for welcoming me into your home despite the unusual circumstances of my arrival. If you don't mind my asking, how is it that I came to be upon your island?" I had to play this very carefully. They seemed to possess a Phantasmal creature, but for all they seemed to know they could be scientists and I couldn't risk exposing my knowledge of magecraft.

"You were brought here by Jirachi, a wish granter," the old man gestured to the pod containing the…Pokémon I believe the term was what they had used. "I made a request of this magnificent creature to bring to me something this world has not seen and you answered the call. I do not know where you come from, but I know that you are not of this world."

"What a bold claim to make," I replied casually. "Do you happen to be in league with anyone known as Zelretch, or perhaps the Kaleidoscope?" If they were suggesting I was from a parallel world, then Kischur was definitely behind this. I know he was pissed Rin and I managed to duplicated his Jewel Sword, even if it was a crappy knock-off, but this was a bit much. Mecharich seemed confused by my question.

"I do not know anyone by either of those names, Shirou," he answered back. I ignored the usage of my first name as cultural ignorance, but he seemed to pick up on my brow twitch. "However, now that you are here I'm sure you will have questions. My guard, Eldes, can attend to anything you may require. Is there anything else you need, Mr. Emiya?"

"Just one thing, what do you plan to do with that...Pokémon?" My use of the word seemed to set Mecharich on edge. If I was supposedly from a different world like they thought, my usage of the term should put them on the track that I was from this world and never left it to begin with. I couldn't rule out the fact that this Jirachi was a Phantasmal Beast that could really use the Second Magic.

The short man chuckled darkly at the question I posed. "Why it's going to grant my wish. Now please follow Eldes to your temporary quarters. I will send for you shortly, but must attend to a most pressing matter. If you would excuse me," he spoke politely and then turned to the six men and began walking to the far side of the large room.

"Ah Mr. Emiya, if you'd follow me?" The man in red posed the request as a question. I relaxed my stance that had tightened ever since my arrival in the strange room and I let a small smile touch my lips.

"Of course, lead on." Hopefully he will be of more help than the supposed Grand Master was.

*Scene Break*

After I had followed Eldes through a labyrinth of halls, we found ourselves in a large meeting office room with a few computer consoles and a lounge area off on the opposite wall. When he gestured to the chairs in the corner I nodded and took a seat as he went over to a small kitchenette and began preparing beverages. After a few moments of tending to the refreshments, the other man turned to me and presented a Styrofoam cup filled with a dark liquid.

"Coffee?" he asked plainly and I nodded. I took the drink dark and I knew Avalon could purify any poison he might have slipped into the drink. "So I know that the Grand Master must have pulled you from somewhere, but where exactly. It couldn't possibly be true that the wish maker took you from another planet." He sounded doubtful that I came from another world and I doubted it myself too, but there were too many variables here to totally deny such a claim outright.

"I can't recall exactly what I was doing before I wound up here," I replied, keeping my response vague. "I remember being working in my home before a paralysis overcame me and I only saw darkness for a long while." Eldes nodded, accepting my reply.

"How long have you been fighting then?" The question caught me off guard, but the level of sharpness the man displayed also made me raise my respect for him. So he had noticed my exit from the portal.

"Since I was around nine," I admitted freely. "My guardian was a champion in our region's kendo circuit and she taught me the basics, but I received much more advanced training from two masters when I turned sixteen. One preferred the use of the claymore and the other used two falchions interchangeably."

"I see. A swordsman huh, well my father had my twin and I sent to the region south of here to train with a master martial artist in a cave in his hometown. He's the gym leader there and one of the best fighters of the region. That was about ten years back." I nodded with interest, as this man didn't seem nearly as deplorable as I pegged his boss to be.

"Your stance when you exited the portal spoke of a fighter. Were you truly expecting to fight for your life upon your arrival? Most would be ill prepared to suddenly be whisked away from their home and brought to a strange new place." He was baiting me and I wouldn't bite.

"So it did. I suppose the rapid refinement of my character judging skills at a young age has taught me to expect the worst from anyone. I prepared for what might come," I murmured quietly. A brow arched past the sunglasses of the man as he must have studied me intently.

"And what did you think might come?" A simple question for sure.

"The worst," I kept my reply as simple. The man sighed as he capitulated to the fact that he wouldn't get me to tell him anymore. Eldes didn't seem like a bad person, but maybe with the wrong people to say the least. "So what exactly can you tell me about this organization that requires enough secrecy to be located away on its own island?"

"We are a primarily a porting company that ships out of Gateon Port which is about ninety kilometers north of here. We also have been delving into research of new types Pokémon after the acquisition of new assets in the past two years. We hope to become a world leader in cutting edge technology very soon."

"How does a business in the shipping industry find itself conducting research into biology? That's the equivalent of taking my cooking skills and deciding I would like to become a fighter pilot for the JDF." The acronym confused the man, but I paid it no mind. "So that thing…Jirachi? What does Mecharich-san plan on doing with something that can supposedly grant wishes? That is a dangerous power to be left unchecked." Eldes gazed into his cup for a long time before nodding solemnly.

"Indeed, you seem to speak from experience." I grimaced at the man's train of thought and instead simply drank my coffee. Apparently that was all he needed before he let out a thoughtful hum. "I see. Well Mr. Emiya, I am going to report in with the Grand Master and someone should be along to escort you in a short while. Please feel free to make use of the computers or kitchenette." With that he bowed slightly and left the room. I sat for a few moments before getting up and emptying the rest of my drink into the sink. It had gone cold during our talk.

I decided to go over to one of the computer consoles and see what information I could find. I always hate to admit the fact I am not very versed with the contraptions, but finally caved and bought one while in England two years back. I hoped my limited knowledge would let me browse this thing. I pulled up the web browser, but it seemed the terminals in this room were blocked from outside access.

I instead opened up a folder on the main page titled 'Public' and explored that. A few old newspaper articles detailing a Mr. Mecharich supporting growth of many small business in Gateon and how he had a small stake in the Orre Colosseum, whatever that was. I then found a picture file simply titled 'map-world' and opened it. I was underwhelmed to say the least. This map of the planet detailed unknown continents and named countries I had never heard of before. Okay so maybe the little floaty thing could use the Kaleidoscope. This was not good at all.

*Scene Break*

I managed to sift through all the relevant data on the terminal that I could find and was mostly disappointed. I had indeed been transported to a parallel world by that strange creature and was now stranded here with only it being my way home. Sadly it was being guarded by armed men and I don't think they'd just let me mosey on in and talk with the thing. What I couldn't understand is why I was connected to it before Mecharich made his request of the creature. How could it have possibly found me? Was it truly that powerful or was it entirely random that I was picked?

'Shirou.' I heard a small voice utter in my skull. It sounded like a small child's voice. Was there a Psychic nearby? I knew of some humans who developed special powers linked to unusually active Circuits, but I had never heard of one with the ability to tap into another's mind so easily.

'Jirachi.'It replied, mostly likely having read my questioning thoughts. 'Uh hello?' It felt weird announcing my thoughts in my thoughts, but it made more sense to me than it reading my feelings and responding without prompting. 'Are you the one who brought me forth?' There were a few moments of silence. 'Yes. Need saving from bad man. Your mother said she would send one her guards to protect me.' My mother was dead. I had never known my biological family and only had a father in Kiritsugu. Unless it meant… 'Do you mean one called Fujimura Taiga?' I felt a shifting in my skull that probably equated to the thing shaking its head 'no'.

'Mother's name is Alaya and she promised a Guardian. Showed me how to find him and I called. You do not look like him though. Seem much younger, but the feel is similar. You must be him!'Oh…well that complicates things a bit. This small creature managed to break a deal with Alaya, the spirit of civilization on my homeworld. I don't know how it did so, but apparently a Counter Guardian was supposed to be here. 'Wait one that feels like me?' 'Yes.' This thing was supposed to get Archer?!

I promptly palmed my face and prayed to the Root that this was a sick joke. I don't know what I suddenly stumbled into, but its threat level definitely jumped up to what the Americans would refer to as DEFCON 2. If a freaking force of nature like a Counter Guardian was supposed to be sent to this world then the problem was very real and very serious. I consulted with the voice in my head. Did I seriously just announce that? 'It seems that Alaya either hadn't prepared your true savior or you picked me out by mistake. Either way it seems that you're stuck with me. How do I get home?' 'Save me, and then go home. Don't let bad man erase the light. He is here now. Hurry Shirou!' The presence faded from my mind and if this was the only way to get home then I would do whatever it takes to secure that Pokémon. Who knows Archer, you may be my end after all.

*Scene break*

I strode around the corner of a corridor that was one of many that I had memorized when Eldes had taken me to the lounge. So far I had encountered no one in the first ten minutes of my escape plan, but that was not to last. I began rounding another corner to the left and came upon a similar checkpoint that Jirachi had been checked into a few hours ago. I must be getting closer. The two men got up immediately and reached for their belts. No guns? What were they doing? Both procured small balls from their waists and with a tap they grew to the size of a baseball. They tossed them and two creatures appeared in a flash of red light.

The first creature was a purple bat-like creature. It had a small circular body with two pairs of wings, the larger set being on top. It had two pointed ears and piercing, yellow eyes with red pupils. The beast summoned next to it was unrelated to any animal. It was a large, bipedal thing that seemed most relatable to a sumo wrestler. It had large three-fingered hands and was of a cream color with blues and oranges intermixed.

"So you fight with familiars," I murmured and the two guards looked at one another confused at what I was getting at. "Shame really, I'm more of an upfront kind of guy. Trace On!" I held my hands crisscrossed in front of me as Kanshou and Bakuya burst into reality. Both of the familiars instantly assumed a defensive stance and appeared to be awaiting orders.

"J-Just what the hell are you?" The first guard, a man, stammered. "Are you an illusionist like that Mysterial clown?" I snorted at him and held my blades at the ready. "Whatever you're going to do, my Crobat will stop you! Go, use Swift!" The bat moved with great agility and blurred from my sight. That was fine. Structural Analysis…structure established. Reinforcing…reinforcement complete. I laid out the groundwork for my self-reinforcement and I felt my senses enter a new plane any normal person would be hard pressed to match.

With my enhanced eyesight I picked the bat out of the air as it was gathering energy in the shape of real five-pointed stars around it. The attack was launched as quickly as it was initiated and I threw up Kanshou and Bakuya to block them. I managed to ward off most of the attack, but a few snuck by my defenses and bludgeoned against my reinforced clothing. I blurred to the side to prepare a counterattack, but I was greeted by the large form of the other creature. It stood nearly a half a meter taller than myself and was truly a sight to behold. I slashed at the creature with Kanshou.

The other guard, a woman, called out to her familiar. "Hariyama use Wide Guard!" Prismatic walls formed around the large being and Kanshou bounced off without a scratch. I followed up with Bakuya but the shield didn't budge. My neck bristled as I felt a rush of wind and I rolled into a backwards somersault. The Crobat had attempted to strike at me and I saw its upper wings were glowing faint silver. A cutting edge formed from energy maybe? It didn't matter; I needed to take down the larger creature before dealing with the bat. Their tactic revolved around distracting with this Hariyama thing and swooping in with the bat.

"Follow up with a Dynamic Punch!" The woman called out and her familiar's fist began to glow. I see – focusing all its available power into one blow. I motioned to get out of the way, but the large bat swooped down and began a high pitch scream that stunned me momentarily. The Hariyama leapt into its punch and I threw up Kanshou and Bakuya to try and block.

The result was a large explosion and I flew back as my blades shattered and dissolved into loose prana. The power these things had was insane. Alright enough feeling them out it was time for action. I called to mind two weapons I had only seen in the memories of my Servant and with the help of notes left by Rin's father from the Fourth War, figured out who they belonged to.

In my left hand formed a golden spear, 1.4 meters in length, it was the shorter of the two weapons I was calling upon. In my right, I traced a red spear that had half a meter on the other one in my hand. Gáe Buidhe and Gáe Dearg, the spears of Servant Lancer in the Fourth War, were my chosen weapons. The Buidhe was capable of inflicting wounds that would not heal and the Dearg is a weapon that severs all ties with prana.

"Crobat, Haze!"

"Hariyama, Focus Blast!" The two trainers cried out in unison and their familiars complied. The bat bellowed out an icy fog from its maw and spread it over the corridor with its powerful wings. My visibility range plummeted and I couldn't make out where the large thing was. Its thudding footsteps gave it away at the last moment and I stabbed forward Gáe Dearg and I heard a grunt of pain from the beast. I followed up with a thrust from the Golden Rose and ran it through the thing's hand.

The sumo creature's eyes narrowed as I pulled out the spear and knew I would have precious seconds to locate the bat and take it down before the sumo was back in the fight properly. I scanned the scene following the path of the moving haze and spotted it hanging upon a rafter. I cocked my right arm back and threw Gáe Dearg for all I was worth and it soared toward the bat.

"Protect!" Its master cried out and the bat desperately complied, a green barrier forming in front of it. It didn't matter. The spear pierced the veil of protection and pinned the presumably dead creature from the upper part of the wall. The man cried out in shock as his familiar died, which caught me off guard a bit, but no time to doddle. I continued to circle the limited field and found that the Hariyama was now on the move again. The last of the haze dropped and I saw it moving toward me quickly, a rage about it. Was that thing really so close to its fallen comrade? Or maybe it's some instinct implanted on them to induce a blood-lust? Whatever was happening to it a wispy black aura appeared around it.

Quickly I dismissed the twin spears and a long sword appeared in my hands. Its pommel had a small crystal orb fitted into it with a black leather grip. The cross guard was golden. I held Durendal in my hands and ran toward the creature. This was one blade that I could count on to not shatter. The creature just kept charging and I did the same. Now only meters away I could see that it had no pupils and appeared to be soulless. What had happened to this thing? Then we met.

I crouched into a quick squat and with all the force I could muster in that time I leapt over the hulking familiar. As I spun in the air I poised Durendal and swung it into a low arc. The creature seemed to realize I was no longer there and made a move to turn around, but by that time its head was already sailing in the air. I landed a good distance away and the thing's body fell with a thud.

I turned to face the man and the woman who were now paralyzed either with fear or shock; it didn't make a difference what emotion stopped them. Durendal still had the blood of the creature dripping from its blade and I swung it up over my shoulder.

"Well now that that's out of the way, who is going to give me directions to the central chamber where Jirachi is being held?" I asked in a polite voice. I don't think the small smile I gave helped much. Rin is a terrible influence like that. Both guards remained frozen and unwilling to speak. "You both saw what I did to your familiars, now how much better do you think you'll fare?" Finally the woman began sputtering.

"W-What kind of person kills Pokémon? Just who the hell are you?!" she demanded of me and I just sighed.

"That's not the answer I'm looking for. Please try again," I replied casually and this angered the man out of his stupor.

"Bastard! Have you no respect for life? Even we have a code against killing Pokémon!" Okay now this wasn't making much sense.

"I killed your…Pokémon out of defense for myself. They're just familiar anyway, you can always make more," I tried to reason out, but that logic didn't seem to fly with the two guards.

"You're just like that Giovanni bastard from Rocket. Only see them as tools! Even if our motives seem wrong to you, they are our partners and companions!" The woman shouted, tears on her face now. I sighed and rubbed my head with Durendal's pommel. This was getting me nowhere. Aiming the hilt of my blade at the man, I hit him in the skull and promptly knocked him to the ground. The woman gasped at the sudden violence.

"I don't know what your concerns for these things are nor do I care at the moment. There is one your boss is holding and it's calling for me. Now if I ever want to see my home, my family again I need to secure it! Tell me how to get there and you and your friend at least keep your lives." The woman whimpered and pointed to the desk. I looked and found a small layout of the area I was in and the directions I need. I looked back at her and felt a small twang of pity. Shaking it off I dashed down my route.

*Scene Break*

After dismissing Durendal and making my way around the complex, I stumbled upon a room that seemed to be a personal quarters. I poked my head inside to see if it was clear and saw no sign of life. I entered the room and moved quickly around seeing if there was anything useful. In the end I found a bandolier that had three of those little balls attached to it. I wonder if there are more of those crazy familiars…no Pokémon around this island.

I scooped it up and attached it to my person. I dug through a few more drawers and found a familiar set of robes and I smirked. So this was Eldes' quarters? I quickly donned the garments over my current ensemble and traced a pair of black sunglasses and placed them on my face. Hopefully with my similar hair color and styling I could pass as him at a glance.

Exiting the room with the gear I swiped, I rounded the corner into my next hallway and proceeded unhindered. I only passed one guard who cast his eyes down when I passed so the guise must have worked well enough. According to that map I had found in the terminal I was about ninety kilometers south of the main continent and would need to somehow procure transport off this island.

Then I needed to find someone to talk to about this company, Cipher, I managed to see from the desk of the checkpoint I had passed earlier, but I had no clue where to go. Once I had Jirachi I couldn't simply wish myself away and leave it alone. Doing so would defeat the purpose of my summons entirely. I reached the end of another hallway and was greeted to the sight of the elevator I had seen in my vision. Good I was almost there. Of course that's when things always go south.

"Brother! I have torn this base to shreds looking for you! The Grand Master was expecting you fifteen minutes ago for the final stages of the processing for XD001. Come with me now!" A man in blue attire similar to the garments I wore marched toward me and then stopped. A look of sudden understanding came to his features and then he frowned. "Emiya! You were the one that was brought forth by that damned Pokémon. Where is my brother?"

"I can't be bothered with you now," I growled before I stormed the elevator and started prying the doors open with my reinforced limbs. As soon as I wedged it open a klaxon began sounding and the entirety of the light turned red. "Shit!" I wedged open the elevator and traced Enkidu. This thing was sure seeing a lot of action today. I commanded the chains upward and when they found purchase I began climbing the sidewall of the shaft.

"This is Admin Ardos, the man known as Emiya Shirou is now en route to the Grand Master's chambers via the elevator stationed on floor five, quadrant 'C'. All personnel in the immediate area are advised to take caution; he is in the guise of Admin Eldes and is armed. Deadly force from the Shadows is authorized, I repeat Shadow Pokémon from quadrants A-F are authorized for use. Do not fail!"

Well that's just fantastic. I had made good progress up the shaft, but a door about four meters above opened and a horned dog peered in and its eyes narrowed in rage. It opened its long mouth and fire spilled from its throat. These people have hellhounds?! Damn! I threw myself to the other side of the shaft and got caught in the heat of the blaze as I felt the skin on my back definitely blister. I threw a length of chain around the canine's neck and pulled. The result was it tumbling into the shaft and falling to the floors below. I continued my climb.

*Scene shift*

I reached the room that I first had been transported to and in the center was the pod that held Jirachi. I bolted and reached it in seconds and there was nothing to be found inside. I pounded my fist against the glass and caused it to fracture. As I seethed over this setback a mechanical whine emitted from the ceiling somewhere as a loudspeaker activated.

"Hohohoho so Mr. Emiya it seems you knew more about this situation that you let on. No matter in a short while the entirety of my forces stationed here will converge on your location and you will not leave this island alive." The voice of Mecharich rang out in a condescendingly happy tone.

"Where is the wish-maker, you bastard?!" I shouted up toward the sky. "I've seen one wish making device tainted and almost destroy everything I knew. I'm not going to let that happen again."

"I admire your bravado, Mr. Emiya, but you are dangerously outnumbered. While I am extremely intrigued as to how you bested two fully evolved Pokémon, you present more of a threat than a gain so I'm afraid this is our final goodbye. The XD0001 – Jirachi as it was originally named – is now undergoing the closure of its heart and will soon be unleashed upon this land. I of course welcome the challenge of the populace to try and stop Cipher, but I doubt I will find such a worthy opponent in any of them. You would have done nicely, but even one man cannot stand up against an army. Goodbye and good death, Shirou Emiya." The speaker clicked off and I pounded my fist on the glass again. There's no way this is the end for me. I managed to best a freaking demi-god in single combat that was when I was an unexperienced third-rate who barely channeled through a single Circuit.

Now I had access to all twenty-seven of my Circuits and the eight that Rin had reluctantly relinquished to me during our time at the Clock Tower when I had been asked by Burial Agency to freelance in a situation that required clearing out an entire city converted by a single Dead Apostle. That procedure had not been fun and had a pain intensity of the process I used to initially make a Circuit nearly a hundredfold.

So I can endure most things. Emiya Shirou will constantly seek his dream. Even if that dream is nowhere but inside me. I sat in front of the pod in a seiza position and waited for my enemy to approach.

*Scene Break*

After a fifteen minute lull from the time Mecharich has told me I was a dead man, the first enemy made itself known. I had abandoned the robes that I had procured from Eldes and discarded the bandolier and had pocketed the three balls. I stood up from my place on the floor and traced Kanshou and Bakuya in my hands, already a blur.

The first creature, a large purple King Cobra type, fell in an instance from being sliced into thirds. I heard a 'Damn!' cried out from somewhere and after the first forty guards flooded in I lost count. There was a frenzy of flashing red lights as they all released their Pokémon and nearly thrice as many creatures entered the fray. I blurred from beast to beast, trying to get a killing blow before they could gang up on me, but some I couldn't kill conventionally. Some seemed to be made of steel or pure rock and my blades could only go as deep as a few centimeters.

After five minutes I was feeling my wounds that would get through. Most of the flyers or bigger ones had a ranged fire or lightning attack that hurt like hell and it was slowing me down. My Circuits pumped od and I was still safe for now. I moved to swing at another Hariyama, but was sent flying by a huge whirlwind that came from the birds and other flyers combined power. I flipped in the air and tumbled to the ground in a daze. I got up quickly and planted my feet.

I held my hand up and transposed twenty nameless swords onto my Circuits. "Trace On!" I felt my body warm up with the increasing flow of prana. "Roll Out! Bullet, Clear!" The twenty swords appeared around me aimed in multiple directions. "Freeze Out! Sword Barrel Full Open!" With that the swords fired off and were instantly replaced by another that was shot like a Gatling gun from hell. The first few rows went down like nothing, unable to stop a sword sharpened to its finest launching at the speed of a bullet from penetrating their hides.

When I saw they had studied the pattern and the guards ordered different tactics I upped my blades from twenty to fifty-five. Lava was coursing through my veins and I pumped every bit of prana I had into my projections while I held my ground. This will not be the end! I heard myself let out a load sound, but I didn't care. Who was I to abandon my mission given to me by the spirit of my planet? I WILL NOT BECOME HIM! My blade count increased to seventy-eight and my inner prana was dangerously low. I began sweating from the strain as the monsters before me dropped like flies.

I continued my onslaught even after I was sure the last Pokémon had been slain. These bastards weren't getting out alive. Not all of them at least. I heard cries of pain as some drew their last breath while others were only missing a limb. The lucky ones got nicked and had the sense to retreat behind the reinforced walls. Finally after I was sure I would not be pursued due to the chaos I used my last bit of od to reinforce myself to my maximum and trace a set of Kanshou and Bakuya. I smashed the large anterior window of the main look-over and jumped.

The wind rushed around me as I was falling from eighty meters into the sky. I aimed myself to the side of the building and jabbed Kanshou and Bakuya into the paneling. I suppressed a shout of pain and the tremendous counter force put an ungodly strain upon my body. I slid down at least fifteen meters before I stopped completely. I was about two-thirds of the way down and the building curved out so I could safely slide down the rest of the way.

I pulled Kanshou from the panel and dismissed Bakuya and began my slower decent down the building, occasionally using the black sword as a brake if I got too fast. After a few more minutes I reached the bottom near the shore of the island. I rummaged into my pockets and pulled out the three balls containing the Pokémon.

"By the lost First Magic please give me something I can work with!" I shouted to myself as I threw the first ball lamely, my strength pretty much gone from the earlier battle. After a moment, the familiar red light flashed and a small little golem, only about a meter tall, appeared. I sighed exasperatedly and it cocked its head to the side in confusion.

"Golett?" It questioned me, saying something odd. Well I didn't even know these things could vocalize let alone form words. I shook my head and decided to try my luck again with the second ball. I tossed it next to where the golem had landed and much to my dismay, it was useless. A small chick with orange feathers and a yellow tuft atop its head appeared.

"Torchic?" It chattered in the same questioning tone as the golem. Why did they say different things?

"What is a Golett?" I decided asking it and the small thing replied by pointing to itself and puffing its chest out proudly before I looked to the small chick. "And I suppose you're called Torchic then?" The small chick cried its name happily in broken syllables before it jumped onto my shoulder and perched on me. I just rubbed my temples. How the hell do I get into these things? It seems I had just made two friends…unless they were those 'Shadows.'

"Okay so you both seem intelligent," at that they seemed to beam happiness. I was mildly disturbed at that, but put it aside. "Are you two Shadows?" The word caused them both to shrink down in fear and apparently I had struck a nerve. The small golem grabbed onto my pant leg and when I looked down it shook its head before cowering. Torchic similarly said no, but instead it rubbed its head continuously into my cheek in affection. Yeah – no evil at all. "Well here goes number three then guys."

I tossed the last Pokémon out and instead of a red flash, a dark aura appeared from the ball and a large blue creature not unlike a plesiosaur emerged. On its back was a heavy looking gray shell with many blunt knobs poking out from it. And it did not seem happy to be outside. The thing flailed about until it managed to get into the water and I smiled darkly. Finally something I could work with.

I walked over to the creature, but I had noticed both Golett and Torchic had stayed behind and not ventured with me. I approached the sea creature very slowly and put one hand on its shell. It reared in anger and snapped at me. Without realizing what I had done, a slim blade had appeared in my other hand. Forcing myself to calm, I dismissed the blade.

"So you were processed, huh?" I spoke aloud to no one in particular. The creature still eyed me cautiously as I moved toward the front of it. "Well I hate to tell you this, but this whole place in going under lockdown. Sorry about that," I rubbed my head and tried to talk it down. "I know you're probably confused and hate humans, but this is your chance for escape – and revenge."

"Lapras," the creature snorted its name and turned its head away. It seemed to know that since it was in the water it could leave us to die and escape.

"I don't think so; I still have your container. If you want to leave, then we cut a deal. Transport the three of us to the islands south of here and I'll work on setting you free." The large reptile seemed to mull the idea over. I glanced back at the other two Pokémon who were sitting stock still just watching. "Take us to the western cove of the main island and I'll find a way." I firmly restated, and I intended to keep my word. This just got a million times more complicated and I was going to need help. The city indicated on the terminal map in the region called Hoenn seemed like a good place to start and from there I could work on tracking Cipher down.

The Lapras finally nodded its head, no emotion in the gesture. I indicated with a nod of my head for the other two Pokémon to board the reptilian sea creature and the Lapras pushed off from the shore. I looked around at the island as we drifted out to the ocean and saw the billow of smoke rising from the window I had used as my exit. Sirens had been sounding for the past ten minutes and guards would soon mobilize for a search. Too bad too, if they gave me time for a recharge I'd be happy to comply with a game of hide-and-seek. With that last thought, I let my eyes finally close and let the oblivion take me.

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Well pretty good start to this (I hope!) and glad to be back writing. So Shirou murdering Pokemon huh? Yeah I don't know if I'll get much flak for that or not. He's from a world that pretty much sees all those species as tools to further one's goals. Familiars, as Shirou addresses the Pokemon for most of the chapter, are just extensions of the body for a magus. He doesn't realize the connection yet between Trainer and Pokemon, but I've already set him up to have some good times with a Torchic, Golett, and that snarky Shadow Lapras.

So how did it all go? Let me know below! Rhymes! You didn't even notice until now! If you did you're a champ - have a cookie. Anyway I don't write this stuff for the heck of it. I put my writing out there for people who want as good experience as I get writing it, and I hope this story can pioneer more Fate/Pokemon crosses because there's like 74K Pokemon solo-stories. Imagine if the crossovers got that high in any fandom. Spread the love! Review (again shamless plug) and I'll see you all later!