The rise of the Hypocritical Hero and the Shield
A crossover between The Raising of the Shield Hero and Fate/Stay Night
Author notes: This Shirou is one from the best Happy End as well as after Chaldea when he became a Demi Servant of his own ancestor.
Chapter 1: The Summoning
I was at a loss for words, I was in London with Rin as I was making a meal for her, Saber and myself. Now for some reason I was in a rather large audience hall, next to me where 4 other persons, all 4 where boys around college age and where confused as well.
This is not the first time I was summoned… or would be summoned.
I was someone who became/would become a heroic spirit sometime in the future. However that would be after my death, so this is the first time I would be summoned when alive.
I readied over 10 blueprints of swords into the front of my mind in case things get violent.
The people around looked confused as well and then I noticed it, the 4 others had in their hands weapons, well 3 of them did, one had a small shield, however as soon as I saw it, I saw the potential of them as well as their drawbacks.
All 4 weapons got recorded into Unlimited BladeWorks as I saw the 2 most important looking people in the audience hall.
One was a regal old man with ostentatious decorations and beside him a red haired woman who claimed that the 4 other boys where the heroes and had been called to protect this world from a catastrophic event.
As the one I pegged as a king and his daughter looked at the 4, I noticed the look of disgust and hatred towards the one with the Shield, albeit they hid it well, but after dealing with the fake priest, Gilgamesh and Archer I learned to pick those things up.
After introducing themselves and pleaded to the 4 after which they accepted as they had nothing else, as after their services where no longer needed they would, supposedly, send them back home.
The people flocked towards the ones with the spear, the sword, and the bow, while the one with the Shield was left all alone.
"It is no wonder, if they form a party they look for someone with attack capabilities, however they seem to forget that a weapon is useless if you are dead" I thought to myself as I remember the many times I got saved by Rho Aias.
The princess Melty was about to speak, however I moved towards the one with a shield. "I am Emiya Shirou… and you?"
"Naofumi Iwatani, thanks for joining me" he said sincerely grateful.
I pulled him to the side and discretely whispered to him "Be careful of the princess, she is giving me a bad vibes and been displaying a rather hostile attitude towards you, even if she hides it well"
He looked in shock as he did not notice it but I pulled him as to get him to stay quiet.
Then she smiled to all,however her smile did not reach her eyes when she saw Naofumi and now myself.
Then came to address the elephant in the room. Myself.
They had no idea how it had happened, as it was only 4 heroes, and it has been that way from the time this ritual was set.
I had my own suspicions… mainly one culprit that had the ability to manipulate and travel through parallel worlds, one that was an unrepentant prankster who had a longer life than common sense.
I played dumb and said I would help Naofumi and that way I would earn my keep as the kid had no clue what was going on and had 0 experience in combat from what I could see.
Both king and princess wished for me to leave Naofumi alone but I declined, further earning the princess hatred and dislike from the king.
Then she insisted on joining us, as her fire magic would surely benefit us, or so she claimed.
I could smell the fire magic from her, and it had a rather strong intensity, however I declined her once more.
The spear hero was rather furious that I rebuffed the princess and that I was foolish to go with Naofumi, that I should go with the others as they had combat abilities.
I simply raised my eyebrow, they had no idea what I can do, nor they have any experience fighting beings of the level of Servants or even Dead Apostles, or even the beasts of Gaia.
I shot him down and I was mocked and given pitiful looks, but I knew I done the right choice, this kid… he was too kind.
He was naive and trusting.
I did not wish to see that broken by these people, if I could… I would at least protect him from the worst and if not train him so he can stand on his own when Rin manages to find me, or spirit him away if I could, he had no stake on the dealings of a world that was not his own.
With a bag of gold coins we went to town, looking for lodgings, it was hard for me as I could not understand the language, however Naofumi could.
I knew it was due to his shield, also I noted that no one bothered to explain to him anything about the sacred weapon he held, with it we slowly began to learn the language so reading wouldn't be a problem for either.
We booked a single room at a local Inn as to lessen expenditure and then we asked for a blacksmith.
The owner of the shop greeted us, he was a rough looking man with a black beard and a bald head, he had several scars that looked like it came from fighting monsters, he welcomed us heartily and introduced himself as Erhard and we began to examine his wares, I felt like a kid in a candy store as I recorded everything of value in Unlimited Blade Works, most of these swords were just regular ones, but there were a fair few that could be a low grade Noble Phantasm to a high grade mystic codes.
Naofumi wanted to get a sword but I quickly stopped him from making a costly mistake. "You can't use it… your shield will not allow it." I told him as I held his hand before he grabbed the sword.
"Eh?! what do you mean?" Naofumi asked in shock.
"Your shield is special, it won't let you use anything other than itself, if you equip any weapon the Shield will destroy it and hurt you, unless you break the contract with it, but I advise against it as it is increasing your body's strenght and abilities to resist damage" Shirou said.
"Oh man… how am I supposed to fight and get stronger?" Naofumi lamented.
"I recommend buying some armor, due to the shield's inherent defensive properties." I explained. "however, there is a way for you to use another weapon... but i will not say it yet, he needs to condition his body first, and the shield will help him greatly due to the increase in durability of his body"
The man in the counter whistled "You got a good eye there, how did you know about the shield's lore?"
Naofumi blinked, that was right! even he did not know and no one bothered to tell him.
"That is not important, however I will need some armor as well, for my friend maybe an armor that has high defensive capabilities while not being too cumbersome, allowing for freedom of movement, while in my case just leather will do, as tough as you can make it." I said, "Just… no red, please" I said with an awkward smile.
He gave a look to us and nodded,"Sure thing, give me 16 days and I should have something done by then"
I thanked the man and we both left. "That is the drawback that comes with it"
This was a huge blow to him, "H-how will I be able to grow and defend myself with just a shield?" He asked.
"How about we do a light training regimen? I will help you learn how to fight and that way you will grow into a capable fighter" I said as to distract him as I grabbed a couple of well made knives.
I paid 10 silver coins and got change back, we left towards an empty pasture and told him to stretch a bit while I did the same.
"Since you use a shield your defensive abilities are rather high, meaning you would need to be attacked critically to do normal damage." I explained to him, "that also comes with the thinking that you can't attack"
"But, isn't a shield used for defending?" He asked.
"Yes, however you are thinking too narrowly, look at the edges, with enough speed or force you could cut someone, if you sharpened it that is" I explained.
"T-Thats true" he said as if that revelation shocked him.
"Also, the shield can be used to stun enemies by smashing it in their temple… or even as a diversion," I said as I grabbed a round barrel lid.
He got close to Naofumi with the "shield" up.
"What are you doing?" He asked.
"Look down" I said.
There was a knife that had slid on his side.
"Of course you can't do this, as any other weapon you use would be destroyed, however you still have your legs, a good hit in between someone legs will stun and possibly cripple anyone of the Male variety" I said with a pained grin.
"Now, I will teach you the most important part of battle" I said.
"And that would be?" Naofumi asked.
"Being able to weather killing intent" I said as I unleashed it.
P.O.V Naofumi
Shirou was helping me become a greater fighter… and then he asked about the most important part of a battle… weathering killing intent.
"What do you-" I stopped mid sentence.
It was heavy, I felt like I was in a sea of syrup, the air was cold, a dark cold presense behind me.
It felt like death was behind me with its scythe at my neck.
My vision began to darken, my body shivered and I sweated profusely.
Shirou slowly walked up to me.
I was crying, I was hyperventilating.
And then… it all stopped.
Due to the sudden stop of that oppressive feeling I felt to the floor, like a puppet whose strings got cut.
"Never forget that feeling, until you are able to act like normal even under that oppressive feeling, that is when you will be able to become a fine warrior" Shirou said to me.
"H-How? How can you do that?" I asked in shock, unable to reconcile the God honest fear of death I felt with the kind and easygoing person who joined me.
He simply smiled and said, "Come now, I will teach you some ways to use your shield properly"
And so we began, with the knives he would attack me and then he would instruct me how I should block, how to position the shield as to make attacks slip and be able to counter in one fell swoop as well as training my kinetic vision to be able to catch the movement of fast moving objects, such as projectiles or the like.
We spend many days doing so, and I was growing, it seems that in this world we are quantified and assigned Levels, my level was around 14 while his was… unreadable.
It looked like a bug to be honest "$%!£¥ "
In the display it said his name "Emiya Shirou" as a member of my party as well as a title "Hero of Wrought Iron"
I blinked at that. Why that title?, I was told there were only 4 heros.
Shirou was an enigma. He was a GREAT fighter, even the blacksmith guy told me so, "he has a presence, and he knows how to pick his steel" he said.
Also… this guy, he knew how to cook.
He had appropriated the kitchen at the Inn we were staying and cooked such a delicious meal that the Innkeeper made a deal to give us a discount if Shirou cooked.
Every day we would have an intense physical training as he taught me throws and grapples and how to use my shield in both offence and defence, then we had the psychological part as he subjected me to killing intent, I still froze at it, but at least u could now be able to act after a few seconds. "You need to be able to fully resist it, but as you are now I supposed that is all we can do," he said.
He said that it was mostly because I realised that it was training and wouldn't be lethal. I had to agree even if I did not fully believe it as it felt very much dangerous.
After a 20 minute break we went back to combat training.
It was really something, Shirou would see any and all openings and exploit them, he would hit me with the handle of the knife rather violently "since we can't use killing intent it would be better to have you fear pain"
It made sense in a twisted way.
Still, when I tried it on him I simply got my ass handed to me.
The sound of metal on metal, of steel against steel, it made such a charming music as my efforts where paying off.
After I had sufficiently leveled up I decided to go hunting for monsters.
The whole thing seemed like a MMORPG for me, every one had an HP/MP and level
The first monsters we fought were called Balloons.
It took a while but I managed to kill them, who knew a shield could hold an edge?
"Many old stories tell tales of heroes who used shield for both offence and defence… I mean, if you know Greek mythology the greatest example would be the story of the hero Ajax and his shield" Shirou said with a smug grin. "Another freat example would be the 300 spartans who used their shields in tandem to protect one another from a volley of arrows"
To be honest I was a bit of a NEET… save for one E… as I had employment, but it was mostly as a freeter. I spend most time playing games and reading. Training with Shirou was the first time I ever done such strenuous activity. My muscles were sore as high heaven, Shirou had to carry me back to the Inn many times as my muscles ached in places I was sure shouldnt.
I got hit a lot but due to the high defense stats that was given by the shield, the damage was merely scraps, both Shirou and myself had become rather well known to most people and they even greeted us warmly and Shirou would go out of his way to help anyone who required his help.
He was weird, he never asked for anything in return, however even if it was weird it was part of him and he was kind.
However good things don't last.
It was on the 3rd week… when she and her father made me taste hell.
The bitch and trash
Chapter end
Author Notes 2: Hello everyone I am back with a new crossover, hopefully I gotten things better than before, pardon my making it short but I hope it suffices for now, the reason I have been AWOL is due to my mental health, I am suffering from severe clinical depression on top of my slight case of autism, also I am working on my original light novel, as well as working on my YouTube channel "Haseo's Animation" Also... I am looking for beta readers for my light novel, any interested please send me a PM or comment as well. thank you very mcuh and have a nice day.
If you wish to please send encouragements and review my new fic, thank you very much for reading my works and have a good day.
