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It's Jess this time playing around while Connor is asleep in his room. He's been stressing himself out trying to get his updates done with all the crappy weather we have down here in Florida fucking with the power so I'm posting this behind his back. So you better enjoy his newest idea and shut the hell up about updates because he's been busy with physical therapy. Here's a disclaimer even though I don't see the point in doing one ever odd chapter. We own nothing except the OC things tomato head thinks up so sue us if you want to get the fifty cents I have in my pocket.
{A completely random idea that I don't know what to do with at this point in time. This first chapter is just a test run to see if it should live on so hate it, like it any suggestions are helpful.}
{Warning updates are random and flamers can go jump off a cliff if they don't like the idea I came up with!}
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'Thoughts, Dreams!'
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Chapter 1
'Hmm? What's this? I'm being tasked with a mission?' "L-let s-silver and s-steel be the e-essence. L-let stone and the a-archduke of contracts be the f-foundation." 'So that's how you'll do it? A summoning of all things and so early? Who could have enough power to summon a Servant outside of a war though? ...Of course your bending the rules to allow it but still I must test his metal myself.' "Let r-red be the color I p-pay tribute to. L-let r-rise a wall against the wind that shall f-fall. L-let the four cardinal g-gates close. L-let the t-three-forked road from the c-crown reaching unto the Kingdom r-rotate." 'He's in so much pain yet still has enough power to maintain such a draining ritual.'
"L-let it be declared now; y-your flesh shall s-serve under me, and my fate shall be with your s-sword." 'I'd admit to being curious over such an event and he holds an ember that could just as easily see everything around him destroyed.' "S-submit to the beckoning of m-my blood and the artifact of my a-ancestors. Answer, if y-you would submit t-to this will and this truth." 'I'll listen for now so show me your resolve child of the Sky.'
"A-an oath shall be s-sworn here." 'What has happened to make your heart ache so?' "I-I shall attain all virtues of all of H-heaven; I-I s-shall have dominion over all e-evils of all of Hell." 'Speak louder and show me the flickering embers that have caught my interest.' "F-From the S-seventh Heaven, attended to by three great words of power, come f-forth from the ring of restraint, p-protector of the holy balance!" 'I see it clearly now. Very well I'll take your mission. He's piqued my curiosity so I shall answer his summons... Though I suppose a slight change is in order to prevent such a thing from happening if a faker is running around with my treasures.'
Hours later at Namimori's General Hospital a devastated mother collapses to the ground next to her son's bed holding his hand while the doctor delivered the worst news possible. "By all accounts Miss Sawada your son should have died from the injuries he sustained earlier this morning." Nana Sawada cried even harder at the news as she gazed at the sleeping form of Tsunayoshi Sawada her little tuna hooked up to life support from what those cruel children did to him. "He has multiple lacerations, four broken ribs, a fractured clavicle bone, his left arm is broken in three places and suffers from a cracked skull from where he was repeatedly struck by a blunt object that the police informed us was a steel toed boot." He didn't know if Miss Sawada could take the rest of the news but pushed on following the lead surgeon's orders. "Tsunayoshi flat-lined on the operating table twice but they were able to revive him both times. They also had to place your son in a drug-induced coma for now in order for him to rest and it'll take some work but he will recover if given enough time."
"Tsu-kun is such a sweet boy. Why would they do this to him?" Nana asked nobody as she ran her fingers through Tsuna's spiky brown hair praying he'd open his brown eyes soon. Hearing the door behind them opening the doctor excused himself when a nurse came in to inform him about more of the patient's family waiting in the lobby.
Excusing himself even though Nana wasn't paying either of them any attention the pair left only for the door to open minutes later revealing her cousin standing there with his adoptive daughter a few steps behind him. "Nana." He whispered closing the door behind them. "Nana its me." The man tried again when he got closer and finally got a reaction out if the grieving woman when she felt his hand on her shoulder.
Wiping her eyes Nana looked over her shoulder to see the pair standing there and tried putting on a reassuring smile for them that was falling apart with each second that passed. "I wish I didn't have to call you for something like this Kariya but I have no one else to call since the day Iemitsu vanished with Giotto." Just thinking about how that bastard of a man who took their oldest son to Root knows where without even a call or letter in over five years had her crying again at everything wrong with her family. 'I was a good person wasn't I? I stopped my uncle, destroyed his familiars and even helped Kariya rescue his daughter so why do bad things keep happening to my family?'
"It's fine Nana. We were already on the way over to visit when you called and I've already looked into the attack along with the people looking into it." Letting Tsuna's pale hand go her eyes hardened as the retired Magus turned around completely getting a better look at one of the few people Nana would ever trust.
Her younger cousin Kariya Matou the current patriarch of the clan after Zouken Matou's untimely 'accident' had on a black hoodie with a crimson strip running down the arms and black cargo pants. She was glad to see his hair was back to its original dark black and that his eye sight was finally okay even if he has to wear glasses to read anything from now on. At first it was a pain working out a deal with the Clock Tower for help in the matter but after bartering away a few pieces of the grail that the Matou clan had on hand thanks to Zouken's scheme they were able to get rid of the Crest Worms and fix almost all the damage done to them.
Nana's niece Sakura Matou who was adopted into the clan by the former patriarch is almost as shy as her Tsuna but was now Kariya's legal daughter after the Zouken's death who is still helping her get pass the trauma that thing put her through. She is a kind young girl with violet hair styled with an orange ribbon on the left side, and violet eyes. The ribbon in Sakura's hair was a gift from Tsuna when they first met and she's rarely seen without it but what she held in her hands almost caused Nana's heart to stop. Her personal dark red colored grimoire is in Sakura's hands covered in dried blood. It was decorated with the design of a tree that was dying on the left side while completely fine on the other and wasn't that big of a book compared to the family's grimoire.
"The Hibari clan were already looking into it by the time we arrived but from what little I could gather is that they cornered Tsuna in the school's supply shed while he was practicing with your grimoire again." Kariya informed Nana who took the book wondering how Tsuna kept breaking into her workshop and stealing it.
'He is my son though.' Nana thought a sad smile making its way to her face knowing that no matter what the neighbors said or even if the local kids called him no good her youngest child took to being a Magus better than most adults in the Clock Tower ever could. He wasn't a prodigy by any means since a few things still stumped him enough he'd come to one of them for help but Tsuna learned his grandfather's brand of Magecraft faster than even she could. "They weren't able to gather much from the bodies except that they belonged to Namimori Middle's kendo club and from what the youngest Hibari knew took great pleasure in making Tsuna's school life a living hell." Both of them knew about the bully problem Tsuna dealt with thinking they were like normal bullies after Nana went ballistic on the schools principal who reassured her everything would be taken care of last week. Neither of them could have known that the man would bench key members of the club so that they couldn't compete in the upcoming competition leaving a group of angry upper classmen knowing who was responsible for their club's loss. "Right now all I know is that Tsuna was practicing with a summoning circle of some kind and whatever it is he managed to summon killed them quickly before bringing him here for medical treatment. The men the Hibaris have cleaning up the scene have no clue which of the rituals were used since your father studied every branch of summoning he came across during his travels."
"Y-you know how strong Tsu-kun is Kariya. There's no telling what kind of familiar he could have summoned without him telling us which ritual he used." Nana knew her youngest child was powerful with 72 B+ Rank Magic Circuits. She knew that Tsuna dreamed of being a famous Magus one day since he wasn't doing well in school or anything else most kids his age could do thanks to his clumsiness but at the same time worried because of how kind her son was. He had the potential to be great but the life of a Magus is a hard one making her worry over him every time Tsuna snuck off with her grimoire trying to learn as much as he could from its pages.
"Nana we've talked about this before after Iemitsu ran off but I really thing you should move to Fuyuki where I can keep a better eye on the both of you." Looking up to meet her cousin's gaze Kariya kept pushing knowing she needed to move on from this place especially since the Hibaris would start looking into matters the longer they stayed within their town. "It's been five years Nana you need to move on. If not for yourself than please do it for Tsuna. He needs his dragon of a mother back, not some frail woman who just pretends everything is okay."
I-I'll need to find a new home if we do move." Nana admitted gazing at the unmoving form of her youngest child who needed an oxygen mask just to keep breathing. Tears started building up in hers eyes knowing it was her fault for not doing more to protect Tsuna when he needed help with the bullies plaguing his existence just for fun. "I-I need to start making some phone calls." Standing up on shaky legs the pair of adults left the room leaving Sakura alone with her cousin and the figure watching them. Muttering a few words under his breath a green light flashed across the girl's eyes before she slumped into the chair out could from the temporary curse cast upon her.
The figure materialized in front of a comatose Tsuna's bed a small smile tugging on his lips after finding out from the chart in his free hand that his Master would recover soon enough if given enough time. He looked around sixteen maybe seventeen with golden hair that looked like a blazing flame and blood-red eyes. Wearing wine red robes in the form of a hooded cloak over a snow-white overcoat with golden trims along the edges that revealed his bare chest the figure looked imposing. The simple golden necklace looked expensive with four leaves and a golden circle in the middle of a chain while even the white shorts that fell a little past his knees made it obvious the strange teenager wasn't from this age.
"Rest easy Master, I've taken care of every problem keeping you trapped here within the town. Now all I have to do is watch over you until the Fifth Holy Grail War starts in three years and make sure the Matou clan competes like she wanted." Looking down at his right hand the teenager ran a finger of the ancient key Tsuna used as a good luck charm. He couldn't have known at the time that the gift from his uncle was in fact one of the relics Kariya stumbled across before Nana showed up to help end Zouken's life.
The Servant didn't know much about his Master other that he was powerful but still learning. Tsuna was like a small ember that could grow to be a warming fire or if left unchecked burn everything around him to ashes. Though with him being granted the rare personal skill Double Summon thanks to how complex the summoning circle Tsuna used the Servant could already tell a few things about his Master's character. "The day will come where you will refuse your position in the world. On that day your resolve will either burn hot enough to scorch the heavens or die out suffocated by the coming storm. Impress me before than little Master and I might add you to my growing treasures. Show me your will so that I might claim the one thing no other has. Show me so that I might claim the Sky but till then I will grant you the peace denied to your clan for so long and make you happy."
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With the help of Kariya, Nana was able to get all of her affairs in order in under three months. They were able to transfer a still badly injured but awake Tsuna to a hospital in Fuyuki along with selling their old home with his help. Nana hated having to go through the Tohsaka child's legal guardian after everything Kariya told her about the clan but they needed to get permission so the move would be possible without worry of getting kicked out of the city later. Though he made sure to get it in writing with a third-party as witness since he'd sooner trust Zouken then Kirei after both adults felt the effects of a bounded field over the church grounds.
One of the things Kariya pushed for was for Nana to file for divorce against her soon to be ex-husband. It broke his heart seeing her break down like that after calling the number Iemitsu gave in case they needed to get a hold of him almost fifty times trying to get him to answer the phone once just to prove he still cared about them. It needed to be done though because with Tsuna already marked by the Hibari clan thanks to whatever he summoned their youngest child was tasked with monitoring every move they made by the Church. Even though they hold no allegiance to either faction the Hibaris always honor a debt when it's called upon. That helped Kariya get through all the paperwork without going insane knowing Kirei had to deal with the youngest Hibari moving to Fuyuki under the clan matriarch's orders and a pissed off Rin getting half the city bought out from under her nose.
Now after a total of six months of planning they were moved into the new Matou residence after the 'tragic gas leak' that led to the death of Zouken when the former home went up in flames all those years ago. Currently Sakura could be found walking beside her cousin Tsuna who had his injured arm bound in a sling. Nana didn't take chances with her child's health and used every ounce of Healing Magecraft she knew to speed up his recovery. It was one of the driving reasons why the fluffy-haired teen took to studying that particular branch of Magecraft so he could heal any future injuries before Nana could see them so he'd never have to hear his mother crying over him.
"Sakura? What are you doing here?" A voice called out as they moved through Miyama's shopping district. Turning around to face the voice she saw Shirou Emiya a friend from school making his way towards them with a few grocery bags in his hands. He was fourteen, almost a year older than both of them with auburn hair and golden-brown colored eyes. As the crowds thin out some they can see he had on casual clothing, consisting of a black long sleeve baseball jersey t-shirt, blue slim straight jeans and brown boots.
"I'm picking up some dinner for tonight and Tsuna here wanted to get out of the house for some fresh air." Shirou shook the younger teen's good hand with a warm smile firmly in place at finally getting to meet the cousin Sakura sometimes talked about during practice. Though he couldn't help but wonder what happened to Tsuna after spotting the bandages hidden under his coat.
"I'm doing the same with Taiga-san eating over at my place almost daily. Is everything all right though? You've been out of school for the last couple of weeks now and I was starting to get worried when I went by the apartment you were living in to find out you moved." He couldn't help but be concerned about her after a simple gas leak led to her old home going up in flames. Then Shinji vanishing a few weeks later following her grandfather's funeral had him worried about the younger girl after everything that happened to Sakura in the past.
"S-sorry s-sempai. U-uncle Kariya was helping my mom move to the area after my accident leaving Sakura to help me since I still have trouble getting around by myself." He could walk just fine but the adults in his life were being extra careful for now and had Sakura or a familiar watching him since the fluffy-haired teen was still recovering. Tsuna could lose the familiars easy enough but didn't want to worry his mother again or see her crying.
"Dad was able to use the insurance money he received to purchase a new home for us closer to the shopping district." Sakura explained using the lie Nana came up with when she saw Shirou freeze up under her cousin's doe like gaze. She was happy to watch that place burn when they came to get her and couldn't help but smile remembering the large explosion Nana set off after trapping Zouken within the manor. "We're even located in the northern end of Miyama a few blocks away from you Sempai." Sakura explained with a giggle that Shirou mistook for her being happy about having a real home again. Miyama was the suburban area of Fuyuki City so he's glad to hear Sakura lived closer and had more family staying with her now even if Tsuna's injuries were the main reason behind the sudden move. Though with the Hibari clan now owning that half of the city most of the crime could now be found in the area under Rin's control.
As Shirou walked them home playing tour guide for Tsuna with Sakura's help the fluffy-haired teen never noticed his shadow eyeing the older teen up trying to decide if the untrained Magus could become a threat in the future. Tsuna knew his Servant was nearby somewhere and still wondered if he did the right thing about lying to his family. 'Though Gatekeeper did promise we could tell them in three years when something big is supposed to happen.' Using that one thought to push away the guilt eating at his conscience it only took a few minutes for them to arrive at the new Matou residence and as Shirou looked around he noted that they were only minutes away from his home.
The Matou's new home used to be a large, abandoned temple that Kariya had converted into a home for the four of them. He kept the outer appearance of a Japanese-style building with a classical elegance befitting the area but helped Nana reinforce every area in preparation for any attackers or thieves who might try their luck against the clan thinking them weak prey.
The temple grounds has a very old storehouse built on the edge of the yard, which utilizes a set of keys designed by Tsuna to keep out most intruders that could get past his mother's barriers. The inside of it looks like a normal storehouse but for those that look harder they'd find the hidden stairs in the back leading down into Tsuna's workshop since Kariya didn't bother with one and Nana wanted to stay retired. The workshop is Tsuna's by name but he shared it with his cousin who studied alongside him under Nana's guidance.
The house is open, letting the magical energy flow about freely, so the closed nature is suitable as long as a magic circle can be established. The main part of the temple was left alone but two interconnecting wings were added forming a loose U shape with a large sakura tree growing in the middle of the courtyard. Looking around their yard Shirou could see the freshly trimmed grass along with a few area filled in with different types of flowers and seeing some of the interior through an open door the teen couldn't help but be happy for the Matou cousins. He had no clue Nana cleaned the place every weekend simply because she loved being a mother or that the woman in charge of the home could give him a run for his money when it came to cooking.
It was bought for the purpose of being used as the Matou family's headquarters in the future Fifth Holy grail War no matter how much Kariya didn't want to get involved with it. He still knew his family would be called upon to act in the war and decided it would be better to prepare with the advanced notice he gained from overhearing a few hushed whispers within the halls of the Clock Tower. That plus a run-in with an old friend helped Kariya find some solace in the fact that as the current patriarch he could toss out everything Zouken stood for and replace it with the subjects Nana's side of the family wanted the clan to stand on in the first place before her father's self-imposed exile.
Passing through the residence's barrier constructed by the adults with some subtly help from Tsuna's shadow the Servant in question continued watched the trio of teens talked about all the different sites around the city. The barrier he helped put into place would have alerted any of them if the older teen was a threat so the Servant wouldn't have to kill Shirou but the golden-haired teen did pick up the way his shoulder's tensed for the briefest of seconds when they passed through it. 'So I was right. He is a Magus.'
"U-uncle K-Kariya planned on taking mom out on the town tonight to celebrate her divorce being finalized so we have plenty of food to spare." Tsuna's voice broke the Servant out of his thoughts as he watched them invite Shirou to stay for dinner who quickly caved unable to say no to the both of them giving him that sad look of theirs. 'My little Master's mother deserves a night out. I hope she enjoys herself after finally getting her life back together.'
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On the other side of Fuyuki Nana was trying to have a good time in the bar Kariya dragged her to even the she couldn't get her ex-husband out of his mind. Taking another sip of her drink she looked down at the divorce papers with Iemitsu signature in all the right places. 'I poured my heart into our old home, raising two kids with no help, teaching them right from wrong and he just signs them without even calling the new number I gave him or anything.' Her eyes were teary but Nana refused to cry anymore over that man as she slips the papers back into her purse before taking another sip of the drink she ordered.
The only regret Nana had as she made her way over to the counter to order another drink was her oldest son Giotto that still hasn't contacted them no matter what she did to find him. She knew her ex was mafia before they were married but thought nothing of it at first thinking he retired from that life like she did from her old job. Clearly Nana thought wrong since everything in her life looked perfect until he brought an elderly man home on Giotto's fifth birthday. 'He should be eighteen by now and hopefully grown into a fine man even with Iemitsu raising him.' Shaking her head Nana berated herself for thinking about such depressing thoughts and could only hope Giotto got away from her ex the second he turned eighteen.
Suddenly Nana was knocked over the empty cup in her hand shattering to the ground as she fell. "I'm so, so sorry miss. I just got finished with a meeting and wasn't watching where I was going." Looking up from her spot on the ground she saw a man a few years younger than her holding out his hand. "Here, let me help you up miss."
"It's fine." Taking the man's hand she quickly pulled herself off of the floor only to stumble backwards slightly causing the man to frown for the briefest of seconds before it vanished. "My names Nana, Nana Matou by the way." Nana informed him cursing Kariya for leaving her alone to drink by herself.
He just smiled a warm welcoming smile that set her heart at ease. "Nana" The man whispered her name a few times testing the word on his lips. "It's a beautiful name for a beautiful woman."
"My name is Dino Chiavarone." Leaning down he kissed her hand before meeting Nana's gaze. "It's a pleasure to meet such a beauty of a woman."
Author's Notes -
I've been wanting to try this idea for a long time now and ShiroHollow96 along with a few other people helped me plan most of the groundwork out.
Dino is at his Future self's age. I read a few stories with Reborn becoming Nana's new husband and a few other characters though those weren't so good so I wanted to see one where an older Dino starts flirting with a single Nana trying to piece her life back together. As for Nana she's still the same loving woman who won't hesitate to offer someone a meal but this version is a retired Magus who isn't afraid to kick some ass when it's called for.
It's not to far fetched for Tsuna's bully problem to escalate to those kinds of levels since the teachers canon wise don't care or are jerks and the students are used to seeing him as a punching bag.
I have the seven Master's planned out with the Assassin Caster summons being a glitch along with Gilgamesh and the Lancer from the Fourth war coming back for a rematch with Saber.
Giotto and the first generation Guardians are taking the Tenth generations place. I don't plan on introducing everyone else but I wanted to bring in Kyoya as one of the Masters. That plus he'll be bringing his subordinates with him which will wind-up making Kirei and Rin's life hell trying to deal with the youngest Hibari now owning half of the city after buying it out from under them.
On the Mafia side of the things only the bosses of a Famiglia will know about the other factions and if everything works out like I planned then a certain Boss might be joining the war.
Tsuna's Servant is a Teen version of Gilgamesh only under a different class. Gatekeeper is an Extra Servant class mentioned in Fate/strange fake and according to the wikia Gatekeeper was originally going to be the class of Gilgamesh in Fate/stay night instead of Archer. There is little to no data on the Gatekeeper class and I've never seen Fate/strange fake so I'm using it to fill my own needs in this story should it live on past chapter one. Basically he's a teenager who has traits from his child self along with the future adult he'll become. Gatekeeper is basically a mix of Archer and Caster who deals with problems that arise like canon Gilgamesh who should have returned to the Throne of Heroes. I planned on their being a few more glitches so Tsuna isn't stealing anybodys fights but with me adding him into the story and saving Sakura from spending years in that pit with the Crest Worms it'll butterfly effect a few things. Their will be changes and things that shouldn't normally happen happening because the Grail is glitching.
Tsuna's Origin is Creation and Destruction. His Elemental Affinity is Wind and Earth. He's almost a prodigy in anything Magus related but is slightly below average at everything else while at the same time has a caring personality that clashes with the path he wishes to take.
{Stat sheet}
Master: Tsunayoshi 'Tsuna' Matou
Class: Gatekeeper
Identity: Gilgamesh
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Strength: C
Mana: B+
Endurance: C
Luck: C - A (The curse of having Tsuna as a Master means any activity outside of cooking and Magecraft is open to sudden changes in fortune.)
Agility: C
N. Phantasm: EX
{Class skills}
Magic Resistance C
Independent Action A
{Personal skills}
Charisma A+
Rosy-cheeked Adonis B
Golden Rule A
Divinity B
Collector B
Double Summon A
{Noble Phantasms}
Gate of Babylon - Anti-Unit B+
Sha Nagba Imuru - Anti-Unit EX
Enkidu - Anti-Divine -
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