Notes: Hey, everyone, Lo here! I've decided to enter this contest. It's being hosted by a Mr. Alex Kellar. ( www. Deviantart alex-kellar/art/Writing-his-Fate-mini-contest-750953301). You can type Alex-kellar in the deviantart search bar if you'd rather do it that way instead.
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Anyways, without further ado, I hope you enjoy the story.
Fire. It was a world on fire. No, it was hell. Burning debris lay all around. People screamed out in agony as they perished. And walking through this hell, ignoring all others, was a lone boy.
Death, death, death. The boy saw so many people dying indiscriminately. He couldn't help any of them, he could only walk through this field of suffering.
Throw away, throw away, throw away. With every step he took, it was as if the boy would lose a part of himself. It was all he could do to survive.
Finally, the boy stopped. He fell into a small pile of burnt wood and charred stone. He, too, was going to die. In one last act of defiance, the boy reached out his arm. His hand outstretched towards the sky, he cursed whatever lay behind that black canvas. It was only for a few seconds before his arm lost strength, but they were the most important seconds of his life.
As his arm began to fall back to his side, another pulled his hand into both of theirs. The boy looked at the face of the one who had found him. He was crying. They were tears of pure joy over having found someone. A man with happiness overflowing from his heart, that is what the boy saw in his face.
"Thank you." he said to the young boy.
Seeing the look of pure joy on his face, the boy couldn't help but think, 'How great would it be if people could live like that'.
That night, within the blazing inferno, Emiya Shirou was saved just as much as he was.
[Fate/RWBY]
Team CFVY was being pushed to their limits. It was supposed to be a simple mission, but... there were just so many. No one was expecting this amount of grimm to be waiting for them. It was fortunate that the standard practice was to pack more equipment than you were expected to need.
They had been fighting for days, weeks even. With how many kept coming, it almost felt endless. But it wasn't. This, luckily, seemed to be the final wave of the onslaught. They just needed to finish off this little bit of grimm in the forest and their mission would be complete.
"Fox, eight o'clock!"
The copper haired teen pushed away the small Beowolf attacking him, turning to look at the new beast approaching. Seeing an opportunity to strike down the boy who had turned from it, the Beowolf tried to jump at him again. Unfortunately for the creature, however, the boy had thrown it right next to his large teammate, Yatsuhashi.
Yatsuhashi swung his large sword down on the creature, splitting it in two, similar to how one would use an axe to split wood. The teen quickly retracted his weapon, throwing it up just in time to block the claw swipe of an Ursa. As Yatsuhashi pushed the claw away and made to cleave into the large creature, another teammate ran past him.
A young girl with a pair of bunny ears on her head launched herself up and over Fox and the creature he was dismembering. She landed on the head of one of the monsters that was charging her teammate. Pushing off of the creature, she back-flipped to stand next to Fox, the creature's head slamming down with enough force to crater the ground.
While they were all doing this, their leader, Coco, used her mini-gun to mow down the horde behind them all... She killed a number of trees along with the grimm.
One of the creatures lunged at her from behind. Before its teeth could reach her flesh, a hand shot forth, catching it by the throat. It was Yatsuhashi who had grabbed the thing. He tightened his grip, crushing its neck before it got a chance to claw at him. Throwing the corpse to the side, Yatsuhashi stood prepared for any other attempt on his leader's life.
And so, on the battle raged. The four students slowly eradicating the threat.
[Fate/RWBY]
Much time had passed since the start of the battle. And just as quickly as it had started, it ended with one last swing from Yatsuhashi's sword. A head flew, the battle was won.
"Good work, everyone." Coco congratulated her team. "The mission is complete, we can finally head back to school."
"We missed the dance, though." The girl's bunny ears drooped slightly in disappointment.
"There's always next time." Coco said, placing a comforting hand on Velvet's shoulder.
"Yeah, I guess you're right." The girl smiled up at her leader.
"Alright guys," Coco turned and walked around to address everyone. "Let's get going home... well, to school, that is."
Everyone made to follow Coco's lead, however, Yatsuhashi's eyes suddenly widened. "Watch out!" He yelled, quickly turning to face Velvet.
Velvet turned just in time to see a Beowolf jump out of a bush. Its mouth was wide open, its claws up and at the ready. It was prepared to shred her apart. To pull flesh from bone and devour her. The girl raised her arm, the only defense she threw up against the beast.
Everyone ran towards her, trying their best to stop the beast, but there was no way they'd be able to make it in time. They wouldn't be able to save her.
Its claws dug into her neck, tearing apart her throat. Its teeth sank into her shoulder, ripping off an arm. And as its body impacted the girl it had started dismembering, her near-dead body fell to the ground, the creature standing atop of her...
At least, that's what should have happened. The girl's body was thrown to the side, impacting the soft grass. The rest of the teens stopped there charge, stunned frozen.
Velvet looked up, her eyes widening in surprise at what she saw. Where she was standing a few moments ago, a young man with auburn hair now stood over the lifeless body of the Beowolf, a lone black blade the only thing he held. He was looking down at the rabbit faunus, concern flashing in his eyes.
"Is everyone alright?" he asked gently.
"Y-yeah," Coco answered, being the first to recover. She walked over to stand between the man and Velvet. "Thanks for the assistance."
The other two teens recovered from their shock shortly after, and followed after Coco's actions.
"That's good." The man turned to face them directly.
"Huh?!" Velvet exclaimed upon getting full view of the man. Under his pale-gray cloak, the blue sleeve of his shirt was ripped open, the sight of crimson just barely visible on his skin. "You're injured!"
The man looked down at his arm. "Yeah, you're right." He brought his hand up and touched the wound, checking the severity of the damage. Luckily, cause even E rank luck doesn't always fail, it wasn't too deep. "It'll be fine, don't worry about it."
When he returned his gaze back to the four teens, they looked at him with mild surprise. Unable find anything else to do, he offered up a simple smile.
"I've got some food over at my camp, if you guys are hungry." The man said.
The team shared a look with each other. After a few moments, they all nodded to Coco, leaving everything to her judgment. So, with a sigh, Coco answered the man.
"Sure, we'll take you up on your offer."
"Then follow me." The man motioned with his hand. "Ah, the name is Shirou, by the way."
[Fate/RWBY]
"There, that should do it." Velvet stood up, walking back to sit next to her team.
"Thanks," Shirou said, his eyes still locked on his freshly bandaged arm. "You didn't need to do that, though."
"Uh- uh," Velvet shook her head. "You got hurt helping me, so it's the least I could do to help."
Shirou showed the girl an appreciative smile, and she smiled back.
Coco's eyes ran over the both of them several times. With a cough, she said, "You can put your shirt back on now."
"Ah, right." Shirou quickly complied.
Fox handed Velvet a bowl of the stew Shirou had made. The other teens had already started eating, but Velvet insisted she bandage up Shirou before she eat. He told her he could excuse himself to his tent and do it himself, but she wouldn't let him. She did have a point, bandaging ones own arm was a bit difficult.
After he had given his name, they were all fairly quick to introduce themselves. There was Coco, the brown haired, beret wearing, large gun wielding leader. Fox, a copper haired, scar covered, hardly ever speaks, boy. Velvet, the bunny eared, kind of shy, has a box on her back for some reason, girl. And Yatsuhasi, the large, strong, giant sword wielding boy. They were nice people.
"So how did you find us?" Coco asked the man.
"I heard some noises... loud noises. There were a lot of grimm swarming that way, too. I would have shown up to help sooner, but I had to take care of the few that branched off to attack my camp."
All of them nodded at his answer. It was the one that made the most sense. It would have been pretty weird if he didn't find them based on the noises, and even weirder if he didn't hear any noise at all.
"Are you a Huntsman?" Yatsuhashi asked.
"No, I'm not." Everyone was visibly surprised by that answer.
"What? Really? With how skilled you were, I thought you must be one." Yatsu explained his reasoning.
"Yeah," Shirou said. "People tend to make that mistake."
"Well, if you don't mind me asking, why would you jump in to help us if you're not a Huntsman?" Yatsu eyed Shirou's wounded arm. "Especially when you're aura was depleted."
"Huh? Isn't that what anyone would do?" They were taken aback by his reasoning. "If it's within your means to help someone, especially if their life is in danger, you should help them."
They couldn't reject that. After all, they all strived to become Huntsman and Huntresses to help people. There were other reasons, of course, but at the root, helping people in need was what they all wanted to do. However, that was why they trained, to acquire the skill-set they needed to perform these dangerous tasks. He did not train for this. But even if he didn't officially train, he still showed that he was capable of performing in a combat situation.
"I see what you mean, I really do, but it's still kind of weird for someone who thinks that way to not be a Huntsman, or training to be one." Coco said, scratching the back of her head.
"Yeah, I know what you mean. But I do have my reasons for staying away from that profession." Before they could follow up on that last part, Shirou took a long sip of water, indicating he would not like to discuss it further. And so, with the setting sun dyeing the sky a mix of orange and pink, they all sat in silence eating their meal. But the silence would not last.
Coco noticed Velvet awkwardly shifting around in her seat. She looked around at everyone else to try and figure out what was up. Fox's eyes were fixed in his bowl as he ate his food. He was eating quite fast, a normal thing for him, but no matter how many times you see it, it's still impressive. Yatsuhasi was eating at a much slower pace, his gaze locked on the setting sun, admiring the beauty he saw. Then her eyes fell on the source of the problem, more specifically, Shirou.
"Yo, pervert, what're you doing." she called out to Shirou.
Fox and Yatsu both stopped eating, and found their leader's gaze. Seeing that she was talking to Shirou, they both adopted a questioning expression as they turned to him.
"Eh? Me?" Shirou suddenly asked, confused as to why she would address him as such.
"Yes, you." Coco replied. "You were obviously looking at Velvet's breasts."
Both Yatsu and Fox looked at each other with wide eyes. They quickly turned their eyes to Velvet. Upon seeing her red cheeks and uncomfortable expression, they turned a more hostile gaze to Shirou.
"Woah, woah, hold up!" Shirou threw his hands up as he started to explain. "I wasn't looking at her breasts, I was looking at that emblem on her chest. The heart."
"Huh?" Velvet stopped shifting in her seat when she heard that... then she was embarrassed by the misunderstanding. "Ah, I'm so sorry!" she quickly apologized.
"You were looking at her emblem, why?" Coco questioned, finding it slightly weird that anyone would look at an emblem so intensely.
"I don't know." The three teens narrowed their eyes, having believed that to be the extent of his answer. However, Shirou explained further, "When I look at the emblem, I find myself thinking about a heart of glass." The expressions of the three teens softened at the more satisfying, if more confusing, answer. But Velvet took on a confused look.
"Heart of glass?" she questioned. "What does that mean?"
"It's nothing." He showed a polite smile. "Sorry for staring."
"N-no, it's fine."
"Anyways, you guys said you went to Beacon, right?" Shirou asked.
"Yeah, that's right." Coco answered.
"I assume you'll be on your way back to Vale in the morning, then."
"Yeah, that is correct."
"Mind if I tag along with you guys?"
"What?!" Coco was fairly surprised by his request. "You wanna come back with us?"
"Yeah." That was the only thing he said.
"Mind if I ask why?"
"It's nothing special. There's just someone in Vale I need to see... a brother, actually. I was already on my way there, but I think it'll be faster to travel with you guys."
They all shared a look with each other. No one seemed to have a problem with it, so with a sigh, Coco once more spoke for the team.
"Sure, you can come with us."
"Thanks." Shirou smiled. "You guys can go and get some rest. I'll take first watch."
"Yeah, here's a better idea, Mr. person-we've-never-met-before. You, Fox, and Yatsuhashi will take first watch while Velvet and I get some sleep. We'll take the next one."
Shirou scratched the back of his head. He probably should have seen that coming. "Okay, let's do that."
And so, that night, Shirou spent some hours sitting between two guys.
Closing Notes: Well, hope you all enjoyed. I think things did happen a little fast, I'll try and do better in the next chapters. And this one is short, but I'll try and have the next ones be a bit longer.
Coco doesn't trust him to watch them sleep, but they all trust him enough to eat the food he made. Funny how that works...
Shirou be on his way to Vale. He needs to meet with someone, apparently.
Again, this is for Alex Kellar's contest. You all should go check him out and consider entering the contest as well. I would love to see someone do a Shirou and Koneko story.
Unfortunate news, there are certain issues that I am experiencing. Not personal, but with the writing machine. I'll do my best to keep writing, but it will prove difficult.