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Fate/Catalyst
Prologue II: Servant "Wielder"
Week 1, Day 2
3rd POV
"Don't make such a face, little brother. I'm sure school will be a beneficial experience for you."
"Heiwa, I've already went to elementary school. Why should I enter again?"
The siblings were conversing as they walked to Kinto's new school. The boy was still not agreeable with going to elementary school, while the elder insisted that he should take this time to interact with others after so long.
Kinto was older than he looks, yet his real age is older than his mindset. The age of his mindset was closing in on a teenager's. He felt that he wouldn't fit in a school filled with 8-year old children, even if his mortal form is exactly their age.
"Oh, it seems we're here. Let's go, little brother. We have to stop by at the office to confirm your transference."
"…Hai (Yes)."
=O=
Tohsaka Rin. Daughter of Tohsaka Tokiomi and Tohsaka Aoi. Heiress to the title of Tohsaka family head. She maintained a rather calm and composed façade, suitable for what an idol student should appear. But she was bored on the inside. Today, everyone was reviewing what they learned yesterday in class, and it was a bit of a pain since she already memorized all of this information perfectly.
"Attention, everyone. I would like to make an announcement."
All students looked up at their teacher, Yoshida-sensei. She was quite pleasant, with short brown hair, bright blue eyes, and a glowing smile. Yoshida was respected by many students and the staff around the school.
"A new student will be transferring to our school and grade. Please make him feel welcome!"
The door to the classroom opened as a nervous boy with spiky, blonde hair and brilliant green eyes came walking into the room. He was wearing the traditional school uniform. The boy was repeatedly tugging at the collar of his uniform. When he stopped in front of the podium at the front of the classroom, he turned to the other children.
"Um…ohayo, minna (good morning, everyone). My name is Hiraishin Kinto. It's nice to meet all of you. I'll be staying here for a few weeks, so…"
He bowed down.
"Please take care of me!"
"Well then, Hiraishin-san. Why don't you take a seat next to…"
Yoshida-sensei looks around and sees an empty seat in the back row.
"Tohsaka-san, do you mind if Hiraishin-san sits next to you?"
Rin looks up with a small smile. "No, I don't mind."
Kinto nervously walked down the aisle as he felt the every student gaze upon him with looks of curiosity. It felt a little unnerving to him. He finally reached the back and took a seat next to Rin. He glanced at the black-haired girl next to him. Something about that girl just felt…different than the other students. The boy ponders the reason, which caused him to drown out the voice of the teacher.
=O=
Heiwa sat in silence as he finished drawing another teleportation circle in the backyard of their house. He would have to create as many as possible to get around this huge city easily. But now, he just felt the need for momentary silence.
The man tugged at the green jacket he was wearing over a white shirt. He needed to wear some clothes that would allow him to blend into society, as it would be queer for him to wear a golden tunic, a brown leather shirt, and baggy green shorts while carrying a staff. Definitely not common attire.
Well, with the free time he had, Heiwa began to ponder over the strange things that had happened to him right before he entered this world. If he remembered correctly, a mechanical voice echoed these words.
…Engaging structure alteration…
…Adjusting body and power to adaptability of world…
…
…Reformation complete.
Spirit: ?
Master: -
…
Class: …Caster…Saber…
Wielder
"What did those words mean?" Heiwa thought to himself, "…Maybe something had happened to me that I wasn't aware of?"
The man glanced at his hand. He brought two fingers up to his forehead before closing his eyes and taking in a deep breath. Heiwa tried to gather up the energy in his body…only to realize that it had been much reduced.
"What happened?!"
Heiwa then remembered the following words stated by the mechanical voice. "Adjusting body and power to adaptility of the world."
"Does this mean I'm…no longer a transcendent being? No…even I can tell I still have great amount of power left in this body. I guess I'm not exactly human either. In that case, what am I?"
A web of thoughts was running through his head as Heiwa continued to grasp some sort of understanding. Come to think of it, Sega's power was reduced even lower to more of a peak human level. Perhaps he underwent a different change than himself?
Heiwa furrowed his brow in frustration as he tried to understand what had happened.
Update.
The man's eyes widened as a voice resonated through his mind.
Mission information uploading. Please stand by…mission status changed. Defend city from heartless for length of three weeks and within allotted time…
Win the Holy Grail War.
=O=
Week 1, Day 3
Saishu's POV
It has been about a day since my mind was flooded with new information. The sensation was overwhelming. Apparently, I was not a human, nor a physical being. Rather he was more of a 'spirit' in nature. A spirit called a Servant.
And I was to take part in this 'Holy Grail War' and claim victory…that was just about it, other than the fact that from now on, I must refer to all enemies by my given Servant name.
…Wielder.
That would be my new alias from now on. Since I was to participate in this war, I had to get ready. It could happen at any time during the three weeks of my stay. It would start when all Servants are summoned, but I have no knowledge of such information. And it was likely that this competition was not common knowledge either, seeing that most of the city's inhabitants seem to be normal people.
There were two other things on my mind. One was my brother. I pondered if I should tell him about the Grail War. If I had to guess, he must still be uninformed of the event. And would it be a good idea to get him involved in this mess? Maybe he's already going to be pulled into it…
The second was this world. Ever since I arrived here, I felt some familiarity of this world, excluding the city. Have I been here sometime in the past?
…No matter. I had to finish drawing this last teleportation circle up in the Ryuudou Temple. In total, there were about sixteen teleportation points drawn at critical areas in Fuyuki, each hidden in a location that should be concealed to public eyes.
I stood up deciding to do a test run. Looking up at the sky, it was a little past midday. I should go to pick up my brother from school soon.
Clad in the trinity of powers, soaring through the distant heavens
Bring thyself from point to point.
Distance traversed and world crossed!
Yatsushirodai Shougakkou!
My surroundings vanished into light as I reappeared at a circle a hundred meters away from the school in a clump of trees that effectively hide the teleportation circle. Before stepping out, I took a brief scan of the area, and it was thankfully vacant of any people.
I was about to start towards the school, until I jolted to a stop as a feeling of apprehension ran through me. I could feel it. The presence of the Heartless was up at the harbor. This was odd, as Heartless do not usually strike during the day.
"…I suppose you'll have to wait a bit, little brother."
Backing into the trees, I muttered the incantation again.
Minato (Harbor)!
=O=
3rd POV
Kinto was walking down the hall after class was finished. It was recess, and it was one of the few things he actually enjoys about elementary school. It's a shame that it's removed from the schedule in junior high and high schools.
The boy was casually walking down the hallway with his hand on the back of his head. He blankly gazed out of the windows he passed by. The light grey clouds hung overcast in the sky.
"The young boy suddenly hears a bang, as a dark creäture tears down the hall. The boy gets ready to give the monster a beatdown…or at least I wish that happened."
He needed to get outside as quickly as possible. But Kinto suddenly heard the sound of falling books, followed by several voices and crying.
Kinto ran down the hallway and peered behind a corner to see one of the girls from his class being bullied by two boys from the same grade.
"…Bullies…what detestable people. Picking on the weak."
"Oi, you two. What do you think you're doing?"
The girl, Kotone, stopped crying as the two startled boys turned around to see the new transfer student walking towards them with a passive look on his face. Around the same time, Rin caught sight of the scene and quickly rushed to Kotone's rescue.
"Hey, didn't I tell you not to bully someone by ganging on them?!" Rin exclaimed with irritation as she stood in front of the two boys. She then pointed a finger at them. "You suck more than I thought!"
The boys looked apprehensively at Tohsaka, not sure of what to do now that the class idol was present.
"Yeah, you were being a jerk, bullying a little girl like that."
The two turned to see the blonde-hair boy dully staring at them.
"Now, if you know better, then I recommend you two leave."
The two boys looked at each other nervously before arriving to an agreement. The two then turned and walked away from the three. Kotone got up and let out a relieved sigh. Rin picked up her books and held them out to here.
"Arigatou, Rin-chan," Kotone said happily. Rin smiled in turn before she faced the boy standing only feet away from them.
"Hey, thanks for standing up against those two," Rin said, "Those two never learn to stop."
"No problems here. Bullying just ticks me off," Kinto replied nonchalantly, "Ah, speaking of which, I haven't gotten your names."
"Oh, right, my name is Rin, and this is my friend Kotone!"
"It's nice to meet you…?"
"You're the new transfer student, Kinto, aren't you?" Rin realized.
"Yep, that's me!"
Kinto then realized something. He should try to get used to this new school, but he doesn't know his way around it.
"Um…can I ask you two a favor?"
The two looked curiously at him.
"Well, I'm sort of new to this school…just entered yesterday and…well…"
"You were hoping that we can show you around, right?" Rin finished for him.
"Er, yeah…"
"Sure, we don't mind at all!" replied Kotone happily.
"Really? Thanks a bunch!"
=O=
A blade flew through the air as it blasted through a bunch of Shadows, the weakest but most common type of Pureblood Heartless, like a boomerang before returning to its owner. Saishu caught it in his left.
"Hm…it sure is useful to have so many weapons to use."
Heiwa muttered to himself as he brandished the Keyblade, Oathkeeper, in his right hand. This Keyblade would be the one he would use the most often, along with Oblivion if he chose dual wielding, if he does not use his personal Keyblade. Only the Keyblade can truly destroy the Heartless…or at least that was what he was told. But this world he is in was likely not part of that universe, so just about any weapon can destroy these creatures.
He held out his left palm and shot a large fireball out of it that engulfed another group of Shadows, incinerating them into nothing. The blonde man then whirled around and planted his foot in the face of a Darkball that tried to take a bite out of him. He then raised his leg and slammed it into the ground with an axe kick, dispelling it into darkness.
He then whirled around to the sea to see a several Darksides offshore. Each of them was charging up a large sphere of darkness that hovered above their heads. Heiwa pulled back both of his Keyblades.
"Dual Strike Raid!"
The blonde man hurled the two Keyblades out across the ocean just as the spheres the Darksides were carrying burst apart into missiles of darkness. Heiwa rushed to the harbor edge and leapt up while summoning another Keyblade.
"Brightcrest…Shotlock activate!"
A green cursor appeared from a first-person POV that locked on all the dark missiles. Oathkeeper and Oblivion, thrown earlier, cut right through all the Darksides as the dispelled into darkness.
"Ragnarok!"
The Brightcrest Heiwa was holding shot three rounds of light projectiles that countered all the blasts of darkness flying through the air. He then flipped backwards in midair as he landed gracefully. Dispelling Brightcrest, he caught both Oathkeeper and Oblivion before doing the same.
"…It looks like they've stopped attacking for now."
He turned his back to the harbor and began his trek back to school. The blonde man had taken a look at his watch earlier, only to find that it appeared that he estimated the time wrong. It appeared he still had an hour or two before picking up his brother. In that case, he decided to take the remaining time to do a little reading at the library. Reading books had always been a pastime for him.
"Oh, I should also pay a visit to the church sometime later. Wouldn't hurt that much."
=O=
Rin's POV
I took a look at the new student that was following us. He asked for a tour of the school. Of course, it would be rude to say no, not to mention it would give him a bad impression of me.
My impression of him was just a normal schoolboy. But something about to boy just seemed to keep my attention. He seemed to have a foreign air around him, and his appearance didn't look native to Japan. He looked like he came from the West.
"Hey, where did you come from, Kinto?" I asked him.
"Hm? Oh, my brother and I travelled here from China, and before that we were in England, and the France before that, and so on. Bro and I travel a lot."
"Sugoi!" Kotone exclaimed, "You travelled to so many places. It must be fun!"
"Yep!"
So he wasn't just a regular kid.
"But don't you have a home you go to?" I decided to ask a different question.
"Hmm…I don't remember where's my home. As far as I know, bro and I don't have a real home."
He didn't have a real home to return to? I didn't know what to make of that response. I wouldn't know what that would feel like, since I've stayed with mother and father for my entire life so far. Only father travelled outside of Japan.
But when he said that, there was an awkward silence between the three of us.
"Ah, but it's nothing too depressing! As long as bro is around, I don't ever feel far away from home!"
On his face was a rather cheerful smile. Somehow, I couldn't help but smile back at him. It looked like it's the same for Kotone as well. Our joy stayed that way as we walk to the last stop of our tour, the library.
When we finally reached our last stop, I saw that the librarian was here. I hoped that she wouldn't be here now.
"There you are, Kotone-san," the librarian said in a cold tone, "You've arrived in time. I need you to help clean up these books."
She motioned to several large stacks of books on the counter.
"I need to handle some business down in the office. Take care of this."
This was why I didn't like the librarian. Whenever we come here, she always forces work on Kotone. It was unfair of here to simply have someone else do your own work!
"Oi-!"
"In that case, may I help her?"
An unexpected voice spoke out. I glanced at the blonde kid right next to me. Did he just ask to help Kotone?
"I'm sure Rin-san would like to help as well, right?"
Kinto looked at me with a bright smile on his face. I felt blood rushing up my cheeks as they felt rather warm. Why am I reacting this way? I never felt this way towards people unless they compliment me, and even so this felt a little more intense.
No, snap out of it Rin. Remember what father said. A Tohsaka must always be elegant.
"…As long as you get the job done, then do as you wish," the librarian replied as she exited the library.
The new transfer student walked a few more steps ahead before turning around to look at us.
"Well? Those books are not gonna arrange themselves. If were quick enough, we can get to class on time."
He spoke with such positivity about putting away so many books. I glanced over at Kotone. She already seemed enraptured by his enthusiasm.
"Right!" Kotone quickly began to follow Kinto over to the counter. They each picked up a pile of books.
"Come on, Rin-chan! Let's get to work," Kotone called out to me.
"Right."
Father…Mother…I made a truly unique friend. But I have yet to realize who…or specifically what I've made friends with.
=O=
3rd POV
"So this is Fuyuki City's church."
Ever since stepping in front the building, something about it felt incredibly off. It was like something inside is head was beeping at a rapid rate. But he shrugged it off momentarily as he walked up to the front door and knocked before pushing it open.
It was eerily silent, as sunlight mildly passed through the few windows in the main room. The primary illumination came only from several candelabrum near the entrance and at the end of aisle behind the altar. There were electric lights hanging above the ceiling, but the were currently off. It appeared no one was around. The seats were empty, and the head priest wasn't in front of the altar at the other end of the aisle.
"…No one is here today?"
It would make sense since attendance to church usually takes place on Sundays, but somehow…Heiwa felt that someone was there.
…
…
…!
The weight of eyesight bore into his back in that instant. Someone was watching him! And there was hostile intent! Heiwa pivoted 180 degrees and fired Aeroblade up near the ceiling.
Aeroblade was a spell that allowed him to fire a sharp blade of wind at an enemy faster than the speed of sound. It makes no sound upon release; and the power is concentrated straight into its tip, so it possesses significant piercing ability, able to at least cut partway through stainless steel.
Heiwa then heard a cry of agony as something fell from the ceiling and vanished into thin air in particles of prana. Any blood from the ceiling also left without a trace. Deciding now was not a good time to stick around here any longer, he quickly casted a teleportation spell and warped out.
It was more than likely that his presence had been alerted to enemies.
=O=
Kirei, who was in the basement of the Tohsaka residence with Tokiomi, quickly received the image seen through the Assassin that was killed at the church. It appeared that a Servant has made himself known, and a Caster class based on how it killed his Servant.
But this information was confusing, as he was supposedly the only Master who has summoned a Servant so far in this war, based on the 'spirit board' that his father, Risei, had used. It was able to display the number and Class of Servants that have summoned in the war, no matter where they are summoned. If that was the case, then what was the thing that killed the Assassin?
"What's the matter, Kirei-kun?" Tokiomi spoke up, "You have been awfully silent for a moment."
"It appears that someone has killed the Assassin I posiioned in the church."
"…This is troubling. I shall ask Kotomine-san later about this."
=O=
Heiwa appeared in a bright flash of light within a clump of trees. He was trying to conceive a plan of action after that incident in the church. More than likely he has already started the Holy Grail War with that small bout. He may have to prepare to fight other Servants. That being he killed back in the church may have been a Servant, most likely Assassin. However, he found it incredulous that the Servant went down so easily…
"…It shouldn't matter now. My primary concerns should be the other Servants. The most threatening should supposedly be Saber, Lancer, and Archer, the three 'Knight' classes…this quite a mess I've gotten myself into. Hm, speaking of which, since I will be fighting in this war, I guess I should refer to myself with alias given to me to hide my identity. Not that it will benefit my enemies if they do discover it."
Wielder continued to articulate his thoughts as he went to pick up his younger brother.
[Chapter End]
T12UR: That brings an end to the second part of the prologue. Following this there will be just one part left before the main storyline starts. It will just cover a few more events, like the summoning of the Servants and the revelation of Wielder's Master. Who is it? Well, I'm pretty sure it's quite obvious on whom it is, and how particularly dull is the idea, but I'll keep silent until next chapter. Well, until then!