Chapter 1: A New Fate
The Rusting Sword: Shirou Emiya
As his vision began to clear up, what greets him was a clear white room void of all objects, even shadows. He was surprised by a group of seven teenagers a close distance from his left side and a woman with brilliant long blond hair and clear transparent blue eyes to the front of him.
His senses quickly worked to its limit, telling him that the teenagers were harmless with almost no mana and the most physically capable of the group, the only male, was at most as capable as an inexperienced soldier. But the woman. His nose twitched, and he furrows his brows, she had mana in spades. If his sense were correct, and they always were, she had enough mana to be equals the Caster of his War.
Shirou maintained his reinforcement, widening his legs slightly with his arms placed by his sides and his hands slightly grasping thin air as if it were his favored Yin Yang swords.
With his mind cleared of distractions and filled with swords ready to be traced. His attention entirely on the woman, ready to attack at a moment's notice. A scenario, a path slowly formed, the teenagers were innocent with their expression either plague with confusion or fear, though Shirou either ignored or notice that the male teenager's gaze was fully focused on the woman his eyes filled with a lustful light. The woman, on the other hand, was calm with a sense of superiority present in her expression.
His mind was made up and the situation was clear, he had people to save and a strong opponent to defeat.
"Welcome heroes, my name is Rena, I am the goddess of beauty in Elios." the woman began, he voice was clear almost like a song.
What?
"What?"
His train of thought cut short in his confusion, a confusion that was voiced by the teenagers aswell it seemed.
"I have summoned you here to request your help against the demon king." the goddess continued
What?
"I will gladly help you!" the only male besides Shirou proclaim without missing a beat.
Wha. No. Focus. This. Was this one of those stories Taiga used to read? Was he still dreaming? And this situation, how can this self-proclaim goddess so proudly admit to kidnapping 8 people?
The male teenage proceeded to stand up from his precious sitting position move towards the goddess then spoke.
"My name is Reiji, and I will gladly do everything in my power to help such a beautiful goddess."
As the male Reiji finishes his speech, Shirou heard a loud sigh from the girls to his left. It seemed as though this was not the first time, this Reiji has acted this way. The girls seemed to have calmed down sporting a bitter smile at the antics of the male, some whispering "It can't be helped". However, Shirou's attention focused on the goddess' words.
"Wait."
As he gained the attention of all present, except for Reiji it seemed.
"What do you mean by 'Demon King'. What did he do? Also since you're a goddess, why can't you stop him yourself." Shirou's voice was laced with skepticism and caution.
Every single legend he knows that involved gods ended with the gods manipulating and betraying the mortal. Medea was made to love a man she never met betraying her entire family, Medusa was cursed to become a monster by the gods due to their jealousy of her beauty, the only individual Gilgamesh's valued most was killed by gods due to a useless goddess throwing a tantrum, even Archer was tricked by Alaya to become a Counter Guardian forever trapped in a cycle of death and destruction...
The goddess features stilled, a small frown appeared on her otherwise calm facade.
"He has betrayed the gods of Elios and was banish from this realm." The goddess states with venom toward this "Demon King", and slight anger towards Shirou claim of her incapability.
"If he was already dealt with, then why…"
"He was banished from this realm, but he still lives. He has made a home for himself in the land of darkness, building his army of demons. A war will commence when he's ready, and I've summoned all of you to act as a balance for this upcoming war." Shirou was cut off by the woman. It almost seemed like a prepared speech and from her slight expression of self-satisfaction, it most likely was.
It was fair, he surmised. If what she said was true, given the situation, it was fair. But.
"What do you expect from 7 highschool students and an adult man exactly, Rena-san?" A girl from Shirou's left questions. A black hair girl, dressed in a fashionable dress, stockings, and accessories. It seemed like all of them was getting ready to go out, judging from some of the other girls missing a complete attire, one sock on one, half-finished makeup on another. (AN: you get the point)
Shirou was glad someone else had enough common sense to question this self-proclaimed goddess. With his mind wondering if he had enough power to defeat this "demon king", he began to analyze his body again... and Shirou widened his eyes in surprise.
"You should've already begun to notice. The summoning ritual, summoned you all from the spirit world, during that process you will naturally acquire a unique strength. It would be too small to detect at first, but by now, you should be able to tell. yes?" The goddess began to smile smugly, it was just like Rin when she had managed to complete a particularly hard magecraft ritual.
Unique strength indeed. Focus. Shirou narrow his eyes once again and fully used Structural Grasp on himself, he was physically at servant level, not only that it was close to Sabers. His circuits had grown to a worrying number, as much as Rin's if not more. The only comfort he had was the quality of said circuits, being the same as before. Shirou turned his self-inspection towards the others as well. Every single one of them had mana in spades, enough to make thousand years old magus families want to kill them from envy. The boy Reiji seemed to have to most out of the teenagers and a quick Structural Grasp told him that aswell.
"But, can you send us back to our world?" one of the girls asked
As the question registered, he smiled bitterly at the fact that it never occurred to him to ask.
"... I do not know." the goddess said after a few seconds of silence.
"What!?" many of the girls screamed.
"The ritual took a considerable amount of rare resources to perform, even if I wanted to, it would take a considerable amount of time to gather those resources once again."
"This. This isn't fair! How can you just summon us on a whim without any way to go back! This is just a kidnapping!" a girl with black hair done in a ponytail yells with an expression full of panic. (AN: took her that damn long, yes)
"Calm down Shiroe. Whatever happens, I'll be sure to protect you." Reiji announces, sending a smile to the girl now named Shiroe. It seemed to have calmed her down if the blush was any indication.
Many girls seemed to have once again sighed in acceptance, it looks like they'll follow along with the boy no matter what. As Shirou also released a sigh, relaxing his features and undoing his reinforcement. It was just like the girls' said "it can't be helped".
"I will help with your war aswell." Shirou finally said dragging a hand through his snow-white hair. The goddess nodded with his acceptance and through the corner of his eyes, he saw Reiji looked at him with detest. Shirou quirked an eyebrow in amusement but otherwise ignored him.
"I will assume that you have all agreed to help then?" With nods of acknowledgment, the goddess smirk and began to cast a spell.
"Then I will send you to the mortal realm, there you will have the aid of the royalties as well as the aid of my church in your journey. Though this will not be our final meeting, I wish you luck." A gigantic magic circle once again appeared below my feet. Has my destination changed, I thought.
A bright light began to fill my vision. Has my fate finally changed or is this simply a heat-hazed brought with the memories of his self-proclaimed big sister. Still, dream or not, he still had a duty to uphold. It looks like this new world was still in the age of the gods, that meant servant level oppositions. His gaze stayed on the woman for a second, gods taking actions on a whim never caring for the damage they create. Shirou look over to the boy, Reiji. A selfish teenager with too much power.
Kill one to save ten.
Ten to save a hundred.
The demons to save the humans.
The gods to save the mortal.
The powerful heroes to save the powerless weak.
Even with the wish to save everyone, to be a hero of justice. His only talent is to kill. If he couldn't save everyone, then he'll do the next best thing. If his hands have to be stain with blood to create a better future, then so be it.
Shirou will give them the benefit of the doubt. Even still, with his luck…
Focus. It didn't matter. He will do what he must when the time comes.
The group of humans was engulfed by light and disappear from the white space.
Self-proclaim Goddess of Beauty, Rena
Sigh
"How tiring." the goddess said with an annoyed expression, lying on her bed.
While she was glad they accepted her request, she frowned at their disrespect towards her.
"Well, I guess I will pardon them for this one time" It has been years since she's seen a handsome young man walk in this realm, let alone two. The other gods were all old and wrinkly, blerg, Modes the "Demon King" was the ugliest of them all and he had the gall to confess to her. Detestable. She had petition with the other gods using all her connections and favor to have him banished, so she didn't have to see him ever again. The pig had made a condition, it was harmless at the time, he had asked for a lock of her hair. She only gave it to him because the god-king forced her to, and now because of this. That damn pig had made a clone of her, just thinking of him laying his hands on a copy of her made her wanted to vomit in disgust. Worst of all, she had an unwilling connection with this clone, every night when she sleeps she would be seeing what the clone sees.
She had sent a message to her church, to send an expedition towards the land of darkness and kill Mordes, but they had all fail. The pig had made a kingdom for himself in the land of monsters. When she asked the other gods for help, they simply ignore her saying that she'd done enough. With an unending frustration and a lack of sleep, she had decided to perform the old hero summoning ritual. She had lied to them a little. But what did it matter, they were just mortals, they should be glad they are in the service of such a beautiful goddess. While she was capable of transporting them to another world, it was completely random, just like the summoning was. It would be best if they died along with the Pig. No. The goddess smiled charmingly "I'll spare the white hair one" she whispers. While they were both handsome, the older one was more of her type, plus the blonde seemed like a womanizer with all those girls and the gazed he sent at her.
"hmmmm~"
Now that she noticed, the man, he seemed experienced and if she wasn't wrong he was using magic before the summoning. All the records of the previously summoned heroes were all incapable of magic, some were soldiers experienced in fighting sure, but never magic. Well, no matter, it would be a boon to her if he was already capable of magic anyhow. Hmmm, she never did catch his name. Well, he'll be forgiven if he properly introduced himself the next time they meet.
As her thoughts went back to the Pig, she smiled evilly.
"Just you wait, I'll pay you back a hundred times over."
AN: And that's all I got for now, hope it's not retarded.
btw, just for the record, if ya can't tell by now, I'm just writing down my daydreaming XD
So expect it to be shitty.
Edit(1/8/2019): just made some grammatical fixes