Crossover between fate stay night and infinite stratos
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The first chapter, the meeting seemed to gain a good enough review, i thought it would be worse. Now i have to exert more of my mental ability to create the 'interaction' and to continue on it. And my other works...
Thanks for all that have reviewed and advised me on how to make this story better. Hopefully it succeeds your expectations. *Bow
After thinking my Tabane will be OOC or not. I dunno, please tell me in the reviews section if my Tabane is OOC or not. Please, i need to make this work before all my spoof is gone.
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Unlimited Fate Works - Divide by Zero
Chapter 2 : New family?
"How does things lead to this?" Was the exasperated complaint to the world Shirou excluded as he asks how did his predicament occur.
Shirou accepted the offer of having a roof to live under and also to fix the misunderstanding of attempted kidnapping. Right now he is in front of Shinonono Ryuuin, Tabane's and the newly introduced Houki's father, the head of the Shinonono family with a wooden sword in his hand.
The man's body was well built, experienced, the glare he sent to the young man that he accepted as a skilled warrior is mortifying at best, terrifying at least. But that is not the problem here, right now the problem is that the way Tabane introduced him to the household was... unique.
Tabane made a story up for him, such as being in a tragedy at birth. Losing parents and living alone for the years. Training oneself, taught by a hermit and now was in the city when she picked him up, falling unconscious due to severe hunger and lack of money to purchase food.
She said that the 'hostage' situation was because of panic, that in the sudden realization that he was in a strange location urged him to do. It's not a shabby explanation one can say but how does that explanation led me to a fight with their father? He did introduce himself formally...
The male adult just suddenly stood up nodding with a stern face before giving a notion to follow him, to the dojo. The man then threw towards Shirou the wooden sword he now hold in his hand as he took up all of it's memories, even if it is wooden it is still a sword, of the Shinonono family sword arts but is hesitant to use it.
Evading a sudden strike towards his head Shirou put guarded his right at the fluid second strike. Ryuuin twisted his hand and changed his grip, twirling the sword in a downward arc for a powerful strike from above. A powerful strike that Shirou use a slanted sword to block, dissipating the strength of the swing and let it slide down the 45 degrees slant.
The change in sword's direction created an opening in the man's stance but Shirou did not dash in for the opening is too small to take advantage of.
In ability and technique Shirou have the upper hand from the numerous experiences he have gained but his young body does not have the strength to defeat a grown man without reinforcement. Deeming the same magic as cheating he refrains from using it and if he loses, he'll accept that loss.
"You are experienced... whom did you learn these techniques from?" Ryuuin asked the boy in pure curiosity at the precise swordsmanship that does not lose to his own fluid swordsmanship.
"It's self taught," Shirou replied causing the man's eye to widen in surprise, "My teacher is not really a swordsman kind. He's a researcher of some sort." He's not lying since what he is saying is half true.
"Is this teacher of yours how you know Tabane? I know she have weird hobbies like inventing and meeting with strange people, we have been inconvenienced numerous times by her contraptions." Ryuuin sighed at the recollection of a few failed inventions that blew up in the kitchen or bathroom. "What is your connection to her? I doubt that she'll help someone that she met just the other day."
"In fact, we just met yesterday." Shirou replied now going on the offensive thrusting his sword forward. "It's just a coincidence that we are to meet."
"Coincidence heh?" The man seemed to be musing and having secondary thoughts but his hands still move as fast protecting his torso from the thrust and protecting his left flank at the circular arc swing Shirou had performed.
After a few minutes of sparring, true enough to the thoughts before, while Ryuuin has only begun to prespire, Shirou has long lost the strength to swing his sword. Only able to let it hang on his side and using momentum to deflect further strikes, right now, he is ready to rescind. Ryuuin too know that it is the limit for the boy, well far beyond the limit of a regular boy so he said, "Thank you for the spar." bowing respectfully in front of a mere boy.
Shirou winced at the bruise in his left hip before he too bowed in return as respectful at the true warrior in front of him.
"Tabane," Ryuuin called upon one of his daughters that have been watching as the young inventor replied with a "Hi~ Hi~", maybe her way of saying yes. "Why don't you ready the bath for our guest?" and she replied with an "Okay~!"
"A hot bath will be appreciated." Shirou replied rather weakly after slumping to the floor from tire.
Tabane beamed as she left to ready the bath not failing to say it in an enthusiastic way. Ryuuin left the Dojo quite satisfied for reasons of his own while Shinonono Houki, the last member of the household watched Shirou with renewed amazement.
"Ne nii-chan." She called, "Why are you so strong?" He chuckled at the same question he have heard from numerous people, of course in a different way.
The answer?
"Because i need it to survive." It was that simple. Survival. Behind the facade of society, the world is still a dog eat dog world, some worlds are even cannibalistic. The weak will be mere fodder as the strong reign. To be able to fulfill his ideals of being an ally of justice he must survive the harsh worlds and in time save it from grace. Since explaining such distorted but philosophical view to the young girl will be quite a challenge, he just shortened it. "To fulfill my dreams basically."
With an "O~" the little girl gained a sense of admiration towards him, one that he of course did not notice as he received a towel from Tabane who returned.
"The bath is ready." She said as Shirou used to towel to wipe the accumulated sweat. "Houki-chan~ you'll take a bath after Shirou onii-san over here okay?" with the mentioning of 'onii-chan' he is sure that she had been listening, and for quite a while.
Houki nodded with a 'Hai~' and ran off he know not where, maybe her room.
"Umm..." He forgot another thing entirely, "Do you have spare male clothes?" Shirou have no such thing as luggage. His clothes that he brought with him has been torn to shreds and this stolen piece of fabric is his currently one and only clothes.
"Do not worry about it~ I fixed your tattered clothes~" Tabane replied expecting the question Shirou had asked as the young man had a blank look on his face. his thoughts? 'How did she fix his clothes in a span of a night?' No, it may not be a night. If she had performed such action overnight he doubts that anyone could still be this energetic.
"I had my sewing machine resew the clothes for you. It's fully automated." She took out a pile of clothes out of nowhere, Shirou's casual clothes with the robe that he used to keep himself incospicuous. All of them in top condition. "Here there's even my name on it." Sure enough beside the otherworldly brands there is a 'Tabane' sewed in with a pink thread. Her courtesy...
"There there, the bath is going to get cold~" She pushed Shirou out of the dojo towards the main house where the bath resides as he looked blankly at his resewed clothes.
The bath is more of a bath house than a mere bath tub. It has enough space for a half dozen people, maybe a dozen. The house too is bigger than it seems and may in actuality fitting to be called a mansion, in an eastern way.
Washing his whole body with the hot water he dipped his whole weary body into the bath. He shudders in bliss as his body lost tension the deeper he dipped and exuded a nostalgic sigh once he is neck deep in the water. It has been a long time since he had a japanese bath. Soaking himself in the water he thought of the times he had bathed under a waterfall, some river or a lake.
He chuckled to himself at the somewhat fun adventures he had gone on, travels beyond imagination, worlds where logic does not make sense and dimensions where people are actually overpowered from birth. Meeting and parting, it is a typical repetitive cycle, one that will happen till he gets home.
Not long he will also leave this place. How is the question. He need to go out onto the world, even if this world has no magical practitioner there should be relics of the past. Tombs of past rulers, the old golden age of gods where items of power is abundant. If he could get a hold of one then maybe, just maybe, he could go to another world where his regular usage of the 'Kaleidoscope' is enough to travel in between worlds.
Why is he unable to leave this world? Why is the time of this world so saturated?
He remembered that his master one say, "Time is all the same. It is infinitely one and will never change.", but if he is right then why is there different 'densities' of time? What are the conditions to the shifts in time? He who knows not much about the second magic but the basics can only speculate much.
"If you keep sliding down like that you'll drown you know?" A voice causes Shirou to jolt and jump out of the bath. Looking at a smiling Tabane his already red face turned redder like a tomato. Now matter how much one is used to women, it is impossible to actually get used to them. He immediately dived back into the water now fully submerging himself to avoid seeing and being seen.
"Tee hee~ Shirou-san is so energetic" He somewhat heard underwater. "But~" That teasing voice is not in the slightest good.
Much to his dismay the curious teenage girl pulled on his back causing him to stand from his sleeping position before falling into a sitting position, his back touching quite ample breast for a young girl. The two slender arms that pulled on his neck does not allow him who is struggling to leave while Tabane is laughing to herself in joy. He could not just use force and hurt her so in the end, with nose partially bleeding, he submitted but closed his eyes.
As a guest he is not supposed to complain minor things since it would be rude but for this, he must actually bring the girl into the realization of doing a shameful action."As a young girl shouldn't you know any decency?" It is an unsaid rule that boy and girls above 7 years old are not supposed to be bathing together.
Tabane is now leaning against his back, body covered fully with a towel answered, "It's fine isn't it? I'm wearing a towel and all."
"I have a lot of questions for you and i just couldn't help it." She whispered to Shirou's ears making him shiver in delight, a reaction that he never wanted to show as he scowled soon after. Tabane just smiled brighter at the expression he shown, probably used to it or used to Orimura Chifuyu's own scowl.
"Ask away then." Thinking that the faster he answer the faster the ordeal ends he replied seriously but for Tabane to start rubbing his back, inspecting his rough skin, her question deriving from it she asks, "Why is your back so rough? It's like there are scratches here and there."
'Her eyes are exceptional', Shirou thought. "These 'scratches' are rather small scars. It's not that clear but there are many." He allowed the girl to see his arm where there is a small scar, one that is more visible than the others, and his left foot that have another. "Only powerful things can actually scar me, other wounds usually disappear completely."
"What happens to those then?" She continued fast wanting to know what is the definition of 'powerful' to the dimension traveler while pointing to the places he had allowed her to see.
"This one," He pointed to the one on his right arm, "Is from a werewolf's claw." He said half expecting the girl to not believe it as he continues, "Those ever regenerating creature have claws that can cut diamonds like butter. I won though, since i used tempered silver, their weakness."
"So the legends are true? in other worlds i mean." The ever cheerful girl showed a serious moment as she speculated of the 'logics' of other worlds. Shirou could only nod at her serious persona amusing himself with the thought of having her as an apprentice. Ignoring that superfluous thought he continues.
"This one," pointing to the one on his stomach, a bigger circular scar as if it has been pierced. The lack of the same scar at his back implied that the penetration did not pierce through his back. "Was caused by a legendary lance known as the 'Longinus'" He said with admiration rather than hatred while half wincing at the memory, "The conceptual weapon is strong enough to halt my regenerative ability for a year as expected of the lance that can actually kill a child of god for a few days."
"The stories in the bible did happen? I always thought of it as a mere fairy tale, one made to teach the younger generation of morals and ethics." She said as a matter of factly, "I never expected such events such as resurrection and gods to actually exist..." She said with renewed realization.
"It's a matter of perception." Shirou assured the girl that her original thoughts weren't wrong. "There is nothing wrong nor right, there is only what you deem as right and what you deem as wrong. It's the reason why i am always chasing at the concept of 'evil' and 'justice'"
"Hmm... Shirou is indeed interesting~!" Her serious persona receded showing her usual cheerful expression. Only now did the teen remembered that they are in the bath, both wearing nothing but thin towels and while they are having a conversation, they rubbed each other's backs! He had been swept away and now he's blushing oh so furiously at his memories of touching silky smooth skin.
"Excuse me!" He quickly exited the bath without giving the girl any more view of himself nor look at the girl. Searching frantically with anxiety for his clothes before the girl follows him out he used his clothes at the speed of sound, lucky not to rip out the seams of his resewed clothes as he ran away as fast as possible, without reinforcement, forgetting that he has not been allotted a room to inhibit.
A guest room was given to Shirou soon after by Tabane, one that he prepared for himself, he insists that Tabane does not need to help him even if he is the guest.
The room is as big as the living room back in Fuyuki. The futon he sleeps in is of a better quality too. All these make a luxurious kind of feeling, one that Shirou doesn't really like to indulge in, causing his insomnia like state. No, it's not just the atmosphere. Right now his body is experiencing time displacement, it's like jet lag but just much much worse.
He was really grateful that Tabane did not intrude into his room, an action he expected out of her. Yet right now with nothing to do but star gazing he merely waits till his body settles down enough for him to actually sleep.
He heard numerous sounds though far below. To his superhuman senses it is a mere buzz like a high speed rotor or a drill. He guessed that it is Tabane, maybe one of her projects in her secret laboratory.
'Maybe, just maybe he will look at what she is doing,' was the thought that creeped up, one that he could not endure for long for the curiosity of the inventor's actions. Giving up to his curiosity he just sighs before exiting his guest room and moves stealthily down the hallway towards where he thought the sound came from so as not to get lost.
Entering the same storage shed, he could not find the door he exited by. He is sure that it exists since the sound he had been hearing from before is much louder here. Rather than the drill like voice, now the sounds is more like pulsating energy.
Shirou searched for the means of getting in as he searched for secret panels but to no avail well until the door abruptly opened surprising the soul out of him.
"It's late in the night, what are you doing?" Tabane asked as if it is the only question she could ask, Shrou almost made an automatic retort at this point. 'Isn't that what you should be asking yourself?' that sentence almost forcefully came out of his mouth.
"I couldn't sleep," He answered before replying the question, "why aren't you asleep too?"
"Ehe~ Curious?" Tabane asked with an amused voice, one that somewhat irritates him. "Well, i have a few projects in progress and this one is my number one priority you see..."
"What is it this project of yours?" Shirou asked his curiosity still moving his body.
"Wanna see it?" Her expectant eyes just grew brighter the more interest Shirou showed in her work. "Come in then~!" She pulled Shirou into the underground hallway till they arrive at the laboratory to let him see the changes that had occurred since he was last inside.
The operating table was gone and so were the medical tools. Right now in the middle of the hall is be held a circular item, partially undone it have several metal arms with tools at the ready surrounding it. It shines in a strange blue glow. Other than that, scattered all around are metal plates of various shape and sizes, from the view alone Shirou deduced that it is some kind of armor. Only the strange item in the middle of the workstation is alien to him.
"What is that?" He asked couldn't hide his captivation by the item.
"That is an IS core." Tabane answered, "IS stands for Infinite Stratos, it's my newest project on the limits of energy, it's capabilities, the effectiveness and efficiency level of a conducting system to create a self sustaining source of energy."
Shirou walked closer to inspect further the 'IS core' as he harbor thoughts of using his 'structural analysis'.
"It's poor at best. I haven't been able to bypass a few physical laws, trying to bend it have all been failures." Tabane pouted while reciting the efforts she had tried and failed. "Right now i am trying the tesla coil theory and if it fails i might resort to using nuclear fission." Her words are bordering on anger as she was irritated at the efforts the world has done against her.
"Mind if i touch it?" Shirou asked his arm half extended.
"I don't mind but..." The but was too late for a huge electric current shocked Shirou's nerves. "It's electrocharged." Tabane finishes her warning as Shirou's body smokes, a burnt odor swelling inside the laboratory.
"Please warn first before allowing anyone to touch something." Shirou pleaded to the enigmatic girl as she just giggled while closing off the power circuit to the core.
Now not charged with electricity, the core lost it's glow as it is now merely a metal circle. Shirou touched the core and activated his analysis magic understanding what the device is supposed to do and what are the requirements or conditions on usage.
"Your theory is right." He assured the girl who did not know he had just understood everything about these cores or what she initially tried to do with this particular core. "Just lacking an certain ingredient, a reagent for conduction, a catalyst to speed up the movement of electrons and a conduit strong enough for the electrical magnification."
"Three different properties in a single material? Hmm..." Impossible should be the answer to most scientists, people that knows magic not even mad scientists, but Tabane actually thought on the matter. "The closest material that i can think up of is rare precious metals." Shirou's affirmative nod caused the girl to squal in glee. "Arigatone Shirou-kun~"
"Ah." He accepts that appreciation as he yawned, his body starting to settle down to the time and space.
As Shirou is leaving the laboratory Tabane now just started to wonder on a something and so she asks him, "How do you know how these Cores are to work? I think i never told you my theory nor the expectations i have of it." She wondered cutely, the expression she had and the finger she pressing her forehead in confusion just make it all most cute, like a bunny in distress.
"Did i or did i not?" Was the question that Tabane questioned herself.
"It's Magic." Shirou told her in her current dilemma half playful at the expected reaction, her agape expression, and at the same time hopeful, hopeful that the scientist would give it a deeper thought. Just like that their first night together ended. It was somewhat peaceful without any explosions but sadly, it's merely a calm in the storm for the next day, something ridiculous came up.
It was a peaceful morning.
Birds chirping in the background.
The gentle warm rays of sun shines down onto the garden.
"Shirou! Welcome to the family~!" Tabane exclaimed with joy over breakfast and Shirou choked over his soup.
After his coughing fit died down he asked with ever increasing voice, "What is the meaning of this Tabane-san?"
"I have asked quite many questions about your experiences but i forgot to ask about your details so in the fake records i made over night, i just write down that how you came to japan is from an overseas adoption, tee hee~"
Cute is one thing but irritating is another thing. If not for Shirou's tolerance to unique people, he might have exploded within moments after the information sinks in.
"Shinonono-san! Do you really agree with this!?" Shirou quickly looked towards Ryuuin in hopes that he rejects her daughter's actions and use that pressure to make her tamper with the records again.
"I'm fine with this." Shirou's heart stopped beating for a moment as if he had a temporary cardiac arrest at the man's somewhat irresponsible words. 'Irresponsibility might be in the blood after all,' he thought as he tried to regain his composure.
"Yay~! Shirou Onii-san!" Houki's agreement shatters what resistance is left as Shirou just sighs.
"There is no way out of this aren't there?"
"Nope not at all~" As Tabane replied Shirou caught Ryuuin's thin amused smile and Houki's admiring smile compared to the regular enthusiastic beam Tabane wore, it's warm.
'It might not be so bad,' he thought.
'for a while...' he persuaded himself.
"I am in your care then." He returned their smile.
Trial 1
Hmm... I think it has few errors... maybe many...
I don't know!
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