Well, This is Hirem. First this Story will take longer than Bane King. I do not own Fate/stay night. Just the OC and some spells. All other character are from Nasu and urobochi. This story is just a what-if that tries to be as close to cannon. Forgive the Grammer errors. They be correct in the Summer.
Begin!
Mage Association- Clock Tower After the 4th Holy Grail war. Night
The Clock Tower.
The HQ of the largest organization of Magecraft. Its school and governing body. Less paranoid than Atlas, and less closed off than the Wandering Sea. This institution represents the power and Mystery of the magical world. Any distinguished Mage family or mage starting out, if they want to secure their standing and pursue Magecraft align here.
With the emergence of the Market, all unaffiliated freelancer mages, ultimately get work from them and by proxy the Clock Tower.
For centuries, this institution has never experienced an act of hostile aggression against itself. Even the hostility of the Church was cordial.
But the same couldn't be said with the Market.
Because the market supports the freelancers, it could cut on the Mages Association hold on them and gave the Market its own army.
As such due to the Market following different policies from the Clock Tower, both sides have often been at odds with one another.
The Association focusing on the secrecy, development, and progression(regression) of magecraft.
The Market guarding magecraft and using it to make a profit. That profit often being Magecraft and even the modern magicians' services.
Again, driving a wedge between the two.
Because somehow the newly established market had been able to get Kaleidoscope and Blue to help develop advanced magical gear along with other Sealing Designations.
At night, after the students have left for home and the teachers remain to grade exams a lone figure stood at the entrance of the Clock Tower.
It was a beautiful short youth of androgynous appearance. With purple hair that was waist length and golden eye, they looked at the HQ of Magecraft and smiled.
They were waiting the Atlas academy uniform and going to their left breast pocket removed a pocket watch.
This watch had the symbols of the Wandering sea etched on its gold surface. Opening it to check the time, they nodded their head and clicked it twice.
And vanished.
The next day 12:00pm.
"This is an outrage!"
"A hostile threat!"
"An insult!"
And even more complaints and arguing.
It wasn't unusual. All around the room are the most prestigious Lords and Professors of the Mages Association. Everyone of have gathered here to this meeting room to discuss their next course of action.
Why? Because the association had been attacked!
And in just one night!
Looking at the security footage and images projected by the familiars and every investigative magecraft they could, showed the culprit.
That same purple figure taking out a watch. Then, disappearing from their sight before appearing 33 minutes later. Then thy took a cab to the nearest hotel.
They tried pursuing them in the morning, but all that left was the Atlas institution's uniform.
The culprit was the Atlas institute!
While the more radical, and hot-headed Lords called for retribution, the ones with cooler heads began paying attention.
"Is it really Atlas?"
"What're you talking about? Of course, it them, or better yet some fake or one of those clowns got permission to leave."
BAM!
Before one of the calmer Lords could respond, the door to the meeting was slammed open!
What came was one of the aids wearing a frantic pale look.
Catching his breath, the aid calmed down and with salute, howled the news.
"Atlas has been robbed!"
Silence fell at the news before panic spread.
First the Clock Tower. Now Atlas. What next the wandering Sea?!
BAM!
Another aid was panting after running to the meeting panting." The… Wandering…. Sea's…. been…. Attacked!"
This time everyone was screaming with a panic. For the first time since its founding, the Mages Association had been dealt a devastating blow to it ego.
All three branches have been attacked, and they're busy arguing over who did it.
"How did they do it?", Suddenly, a calm voice echoed through the room.
It was The Association Director.
Or to be more accurate the blank faceless Golem transmitting the Director's voice. Because the Director had been the oldest Mage and with the most power, he always stayed hidden and only communicated with the lower division with a remote proxy. This time he was communicating with a simple blank faced golem with a mirror the size and shape of a human face wearing a black academic robe.
But his question did calm hem down and made them all think.
With haste they took the messages of Atlas and the Wandering Sea and with a special seal, projected the image of what the other branches recorded.
From the Atlas letter record showed the image of the purple haired golden eyed youth entering the institute before disappearing.
The wandering Sea reported the same youth entering their docks, disappearing and reappearing before they escaped.
It was the same with their surveillance.
But the only difference was they were dressed differently.
Atlas broke into the clock Tower. Clock Tower did the same to the Wandering Sea. And the Sea robbed Atlas.
What was stolen was standard research from each division but nothing they couldn't replicate in a few years.
No, wait. There was something of importance stolen. In fact, why hit all three?!
The meeting continues for 3 days before someone realized what was up.
The Market had tricked them!
They didn't know how or why, but somehow the Market hand humiliated the Association.
Long story short, in just a few weeks, TEM was attacked by the Mages Association.
And they barely survived.
Emiya Manor
Shirou Emiya was what many housewives call a jackpot catch.
With auburn red hair the color of vermillion and golden eyes combined with his adorable boyish face and serious expression it won't be denied he'll grow up handsome.
As the adopted son of the Emiya family, Shirou found that he was the only one who was deemed responsible and competent at housework.
Well, it was a given considering the alternative he thought as he looked at the other occupant of the living room table. He compartmentalized each person reasons for pushing the duty of cook, cleaner, and general maid onto him for the past month.
Kiritsugu Emiya. His adoptive father and the man who inspired him to be a mage and hero. Because of the Fire and due to the man naturally confessing eating mainly junk food on jobs, his body is incapable of doing such tasks.
But that was okay. Afterall Shirou was learning magecraft from his father, the maids and the other resident.
He was enjoying his breakfast while laughing at the amusing scene of the high school girl who joined them.
Taiga Fujimura or Fuji-nee. Granddaughter of a yakuza. She comes here to visit his father. Possibly due to a crush on him. It didn't take long for Shirou to understand that besides fighting and teaching, his big sister was a violent, childish idiot.
Well it was preferable compared to having her wreck the house.
Still Shirou wished that she wasn't arguing with the other girl the table over the spot between Kiritsugu and were he sat.
Illyasviel von Einzbern. That was the name of his new older sister. Well she should be his older sister.
Apparently, she suffered a genetic birth defect when she was younger. The cure was a procedure that was simple but costly. But thankfully they managed to negotiate an alternative form of pay.
He recalled the first time seeing Illya.
"Ehh, an older sister?"
"That's right, Shirou." Kiritsugu said with a smile. "From on, you'll have an older sister. Be a good boy and listen to her and keep her safe, okay."
Shirou looked at the young girl who was only a foot shorter than him.
Snow white hair and milky skin. And red eyes with a hint of brown.
She was an exquisite porcelain and Shirou had an urge to help her.
So, he just nodded his he dumbly stared at them.
A happy family.
And he was a part of it.
With that thought, he was smacked upside the head by his cooking partner.
"Pay attention fool!"
Shirou winced at before realizing his might've chopped his fingers is Sella hadn't caught him.
Sella was a maid from the Einzberns, the family that his dad was married to. She was also Illya personal maid, tutor and protector. From the moment he met her Sella always displayed the bare minimum of politeness laced with hostility. This increased when she saw him work, and somehow, she seemed to dislike even more. Genmu joked that Shirou was a better maid than Sella so jealousy was the reason.
Shirou barely believed the man's joke. Still Sella had been a huge help in taking care of the house.
Unlike her sister, who sitting on the other side of the table enjoying his cooking.
Liz was Sella twin. But unlike Sella, she was in a word lazy. She can barely do any housework and frankly didn't understand why she was hired.
Ironically, she was considered his maid.
But he didn't mind the maid's lack of skill and ethic, but that only pissed Sella off.
"Man, another day of Shirou's breakfast!"
Lastly was the man who helped Shirou in convincing his dad along with Fuji-nee, to teaching him magecraft.
Genmu Fuujin. Appearing in living in his simple plain pajamas, was the person he had to thank.
However, Shirou couldn't understand feeling something familiar about him.
He generally liked Genmu and knew that he and Kiritsugu were partners at work. But the man was slightly eccentric.
Alright he admitted it. He thought the guy was a lazy, sneaky, twisted pervert.
Kiritsugu himself warned him that Genmu was, from a certain point of view, the most dangerous mage in all of Fuyuki.
However, he was seeing contrary otherwise.
The man was moody, flirtiest and didn't do a single bit of housework.
When Shirou asked why Genmu was staying, Kiritsugu said that he owed the guy a favor and a ton of money.
When he asked a week ago, three days after Illya moved in, Genmu showed him the bill. He thought he would have fainted on the spot.
I mean come on! 17 zeroes! That's almost highway robbery!
Well, the guy was nice enough to let them keep living with him. Even if he could Repo their house. It would take them generations to pay him off. Even with Old man Raiga's help.
"A wonderful morning all!", Genmu cheered. "Mm. Cooking from Shirou, yum!"
"Morning." Kiritsugu muttered. He continued his knowing the impending migraine.
"Morning, Uncle Gen!", Illya exclaimed while she and Taiga pulled at each other's cheeks.
Liz just nodded her head while Sellla ignore him.
"Morning, Uncle Gen," Shirou said. "How was your sleep?"
"Terrible. I dreamt I was enjoying a threesome with two hot sisters and getting on. But it changed into coming back to my stinking dead-end job."
Genmu showed a look of true displeasure.
Shirou shook his head with smile and a light blush. Genmu often spouted bouts of adult content early in the morning, showing his drowsiness before beginning the day.
When Shirou was done he joined everyone and after Kiritsugu settled Illya and Taiga's fight, they finally were all seated.
Kiritsugu at the head of the table. Illy to his right while Taiga to his left.
Shirou sat down next to Illya.
Genmu was next to Taiga along with the maids.
They enjoyed this quiet breakfast before Shirou heard Genmu's voice." Shirou?"
"Y-yes, Uncle?" Shirou responded. He saw Genmu look at him solemnly. That was strange.
"How's your back, any problems?" Genmu looked at him clearly. Taiga and Illya looked both for an answer.
"Nothing much. It's a bit achy but it'll pass." Shirou answered. This made everyone relieved. Even Kiritsugu who was looking at both Shirou and Genmu.
"See Kerry, the kid's fine. Now we can begin!", Genmu said to Kiritsugu. Who felt his stomach tie into knots on the impending task.
Shirou was perplexed at the statement before he realized what Genmu meant.
Tomorrow was Saturday and he and Illya were finally going to learn magecraft.
2 days ago.
"Are we really going through with this?", Kiritsugu asked his more optimistic partner. Genmu merely chuckled as he and Shirou were lying on straw mats awaiting the procedure to happen.
"Of Course," Genmu assured him. He had set up the shed that kept Irisviel stable as a Temporary workshop. Taking out the necessary equipment and awaiting of the perfect conditions for the procedure was necessary. "You may have half-assed the security of the manor, but until the renovations are done, I can only use this place to work with."
Kiritsugu wasn't completely relieved. He never knew what the man was capable of.
It contrasts Shirou was excited, but perplexed. He was going to see real magecraft. Still this did not suppress his Anxiety.
"Hey Genmu," Genmu's harsh glare scared Shirou." I mean Uncle."
"Yes, Shirou?", Genmu asked, his eyes were back to their flippant warmth.
"What are we doing lying done shirtless?"
True, both father and son were lying on the mats with only their pant on. But bizarre addition were they both had markings resembling circuits all around their bodies.
"Well Shirou, what I'm about is a difficult but necessary procedure." Genmu explained as he crushed bones, grounded herbs and lit incense from his briefcase. "I'm going to transfer your dad's Magic Crest into you."
Genmu opened another compartment in to brief case to take out a strange gyroscopic paperweight.
Magic Crest?
"Yep, his Magic Crest." Genmu continued. "See kid, mages are a selfish, cold, heretical lot. But they have one trait of Humanity that is admirable. The pursuit and inheritance of knowledge."
"Oh."
"Simply put it kid. This is basically your trial by fire. You want to magecraft?"
Shirou nodded.
"Then take it like a man!" With that Genmu began the spell.
Kiritsugu felt something off. "Hey Gen, What you-?!"
Both father and son felt intense pain as if thousands of iron needles coated with electricity pierced their pores. That pain was supplemented with the sensation of something being taken from Kiritsugu and being given to Shirou.
Kiritsugu felt the sensation end, but the ache was still there. Genmu quickly went held his head to give him a drink in a ceramic bowl.
It tasted like mud, grass and peppers, but Kiritsugu suddenly felt strength return to him.
And not just that, he felt his eroded Magic circuits recovering or at least slowing their atrophy.
"Keep drinking it, Kerry." Genmu let him hold the bowl and continued his treatment of Shirou. "That potion won't heal your curse, but it will buy you time and recover some strength."
Kiritsugu looked at his partner, who surprisingly had a look of concern. "You knew?"
"That you are running out of time and dying?" Genmu looked with a raised eyebrow. "Yeah, I figured."
"When?"
"When I came to collect the 2nd favor. I saw how sickly you looked. You may fool most mages and doctors. But to a former Market salesman, it was obvious."
"So Shirou?", Kiritsugu looked at his son who was still feeling the agony as that electricity was surging into his body. Kiritsugu looked his son then Genmu with concern.
"He's done inheriting your part of the Magic Crest."
Genmu began placing heavy stone slabs al over Shirou's body. With each part covered, the pain and energy surge increased and Shirou screams grew. Genmu stuffed a cloth on Shirou's mouth to muffle the screaming and sprinkle bone powder and added another layer of heavy stones.
"Wait. My Part?" Kiritsugu didn't like the way Genmu said it.
"Yeah, your part." Genmu took out an apple from his box and began munching it. "It'll take three hours to be sure, but within that the entire Emiya Crest will be inherited."
"What are you up to?" Kiritsugu asked. "You and the Market only move when it benefits. Why would you want my Son to inherit my Crest even though he's not by blood?"
"Hold that thought." Genmu ignored Kiritsugu by taking another apple from the box. He then removed the cloth from Shirou's mouth before replacing it with the apple.
"I told you. Teaching the boy magecraft was your job and I'm helping you. Part of the 3rd deal was that I complete the other two offers to the best of my ability. So long as I am not breaching my contract, I can do anything I want and tell you anything you need."
Genmu plopped another stone slab onto the pile on top of Shirou. He also covered Shirou's head with slabs like a tent and covering it. He poured a bottle of sapphire liquid and the surges faded and the pile was a stable light.
"He won't hear us for a while. This pile will suppress the rejection and improve compatibility as best they can. Everything else will be up to him."
Genmu took out some bottle of sake and offered Kiritsugu a cup.
"So, Kerry, what do want to know?"
Saturday
Shirou, Illya and Kiritsugu were together with Genmu, Liz and Sella inside the mansion dojo. Genmu had brought some human shaped mannequins with hollow indentions.
Everyone of them were perplexed at what Genmu was up to. They had seen him use cheap knock off golem for construction and renovation of the mansion defenses, but all three of them felt they were going to lose a part of their sanity with what this loon had planned today.
"Well before we start the first lesson, I want the three of you to do me a little favor." Genmu proceeded to give the three family members a slip of paper.
"Sorry." Shirou asked curiously. What did these slips have to do with Magecraft?
"Simple. After I read my paper, Kerry will say his then you and finally Illya.", Genmu explained with a bit of embarrassment. "I accidently set up these passwords when preparing the Train course. Worse was that I could redo the job, but that would take months, and lack time."
"With that out of the way, let 'do this!" The assistant tutor exclaimed excitedly. "Cool dude!"
Suddenly around the floor was a magic circle with various lines and symbols changing radiating energy. On the walls were smaller circle rotating and revolve around a larger circle like the floor.
Genmu looked Kiritsugu with urgency. "We got a 180 second interval between passwords. We miss it it'll take longer to reset, Kerry!"
Kiritsugu looked at his password and instantly blanched. Really!?
"Hurry man!"
"Yeah, Dad."
"Please, Daddy."
Kiritsugu felt like he trapped with Kirei in a hotel.
Damn you Genmu! You'll pay for this!
Kiritsugu steeled himself to say the password.
"Sexy Dandy."
When words came out of his mouth not only did the circles shine brighter, but his children had their mouth wide with shock.
They suddenly realized what Genmu seemed to have planned. They learn magecraft, but he gets to humiliate them.
"Next is Shirou. Come on hurry it up." Genmu said with expectation. Shirou noticed he had his fingers in a snapping position.
Gulping some saliva, it was Shirou's turn.
"Idiot Playboy!" He said with more volume than he intended.
The circles shined brighter. Genmu smiled, but this time he was shaking. His eye radiated something hungry, fierce.
Worse he was looking at Illya.
Seeing the salesman's looked everyone from the maids the father and son were prepared to do their worst if the made a move.
"Hehehehe. Come on Illya-chan, just say the password." Genmu said slobbering he was wiggling his fingers in the air. "Say or all the magical energy we gathered will go boom."
What!?
This made everyone inch closer to Genmu to strike.
Illya didn't learn about reproduction yet so she didn't the implication of Genmu's behavior. What scared her that he almost looked like a monster with how he looked at her like meat.
Worse, if she doesn't say it, they'll all die!
Illya nervously looked at her password. Her looked confused.
What was wrong with this phrase?
"Magical Girl?"
Then everything shattered.
Literally, the light shattered, and everything went to normal. No lights. No circles. No magical anything.
Shirou was disappointed at the result.
"Hey, what happened?" Illya asked with a pout. "Are you a fake?"
"How dare you, Illya-chan?", Genmu asked indignantly. "Of course, it worked. Otherwise, we'd all be dead. All my calculations pointed to two options when testing this theory. Success or death."
"Wait. You risked the lives of my kids just to validate a theory!?", Kiritsugu yelled in anger. "What the hell were thinking Gen? Are really honoring our agreement or just toying with me?!"
At that Genmu's eye turned cold. While Kiritsugu was unfazed, but Shirou and Illya felt the room freeze and felt like a beastly demon was in front of them.
"First of all, I will always honor our deal. It is part of my Origin. Second, I told you three to quickly say those passwords so that we may begin."
Taking a breath from a few minutes, Genmu calmed down before the visage of a lewd, idiot pervert appeared before them with a smile. "Though you weren't wrong in believing I was messing with you. I still can't believe you said it with a straight face Kerry! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHHAAHAHHHHHHHHHHHAHAAAAHAHAHAH!"
Genmu was so much that he was rolling on the floor clutching his stomach.
"Liz. Sella." Kiritsugu ordered. "Until he calms down, Beat him."
"Yes, Master Kiritsugu!"
"Got it."
Shirou and Illya could barely process the flow of events. They didn't know what shocked them more.
Their father ordering someone to be beaten.
The maids listening to him and not them.
Our that Genmu was still laughing loudly while Liz and Sella began beating him hard with iron clubs.
Were they really going to learn magecraft?
59 beating later.
Genmu had finally calmed down. But this time, including his red tinted glasses, he also sported and an afro of large bumps.
"Are you calm now Gen? Because Shirou and Illya still think you screwed then into acting like idiots."
Kiritsugu looked at his partner as if daring him to prank them again.
Seeing that even Shirou and the cute Illya were staring at him like garbage he relented. Genmu stood and walked to a wall.
"Hey, Mr. Gen. What are doing?" Shiro asked him.
"Yeah, what trick are you pulling" Illya was also peeved. She was begging to see why her father warned her about him. Even if Shirou looked handsome angry it was sill unacceptable.
"You know you guys need to trust me a little." Genmu retorted as hem faced the three of them while the maid merely observed.
""" We trust you to screw with us all the time."""
All three had emotionless blank expression at Genmu.
"Damn, you really do not trust me." Genmu cried. "Well behold you peons! I will show my brilliance!"
"And how are going to do that in the dojo that cat train in?"
"Easy Illya-chan," Genmu knocked on the wall three times. "We use the space where she can't get to."
After the third knock, the wall began to fall. The entire room collapsed like a magic box. All the walls fell flat.
THUMP!
When they opened their eyes, they saw once again something incredible.
A boundless space with a sky resembling an astronomy planetarium. Below their feet the ground was a mirror that had microscopic magic circles and leylines, shining of stained-glass windows.
Shirou was at awe with the scene. Illya was amazed at how pretty the scene was. Kiritsugu was disturbed.
He knew Genmu related to resources, but this was beyond ridiculous!
The amount of resources to create this world should be staggering. And he did it by forcing three mages to say embarrassing phrases.
Unless…
"The Market had to spend a hefty penny to get both Kaleidoscope and Blue to aid in the creation of this realm." Genmu complained. "Luckily, I managed to acquire a prototype and finished product before the collapse."
The Magicians!
They helped them design this world!
No wonder Genmu was waiting for them to get this set up. He was preparing to synchronize the dimension with them!
"Welcome Emiya Family."
Genmu made a wave around the entire dimension. Like a salesman delivering a hook to a revolutionary product.
"To the Thaumaturgical Elucidation Market's Reverse scale Mirror Inversion Training ground!"
Genmu smiled and hidden by his shade, the light of progress glimmered.
"The Reflect Refrain"
Six Months later.
"Ow!"
Shirou winced as he Barely dodged the blow of his opponent. He had been fighting him with both a projected sword and a reinforced sword for a while no, but he was still nowhere near succeeding.
His opponent was a Cobalt- black hair young man in his 20s. He wore a gentleman's suit with a dull gray suit vest and dark blue trench coat. He was looking at Shirou with Stern Blood red eyes with flecks of blue in them, as telling him to work harder. Taking his cane sword topped with a serpent swallowing a cobalt gem, he plunged his blade forward.
Shirou immediately dodged the blow coming from behind, but he barely had enough time to dodge it coming from his right.
He was a few feet away from him opponent. They were training inside the Colosseum Realm for practical lessons and Shirou was barely holding on.
Still it was an improvement to what he had to start with.
Six months ago
"The Reflect Refrain?"
Kiritsugu said with his mouth wide open.
"Yep Kerry. The Reflect Refrain. An artificial Parallel universe designed with the optimal condition s and time dilation for training future mages."
Genmu made an upward gesture. A slab of the floor the size of a dinner plate levitated. Looking at it the Emiya family saw that the disc had six pictures and their names.
The Frist picture was an image of a Roman colosseum with books.
An image of a sword stabbing a stone cube with black feathers and light casting shadows on a sundial-Shirou.
A snowy mountain inside a cup with two hourglasses on each side with wings-Illya.
A bullet inside an inverted cross made of clock hands surrounded by tied knots- Kiritsugu.
Finally, a set of scales with a man wielding a sword skull on side, and a naked woman wearing fruits on the other and a field of swords and flowers around them-Genmu.
The last one appeared black as if it was locked.
"Hey Gen, what the hell are you plotting?"
Before Kiritsugu could say another word, Genmu shushed him. Taking the silence to continue, he took out some papers.
And unrolled a very long speech.
"This world is the pride and joy of the market's research, time, and successful heists and investment." Genmu coughed as if to emphasize attention.
"Here we will learn Magecraft and magic as well as the history and theories of magic spells. We will learn the ancient craft of our noble houses."
Genmu was reading lines as if bored, but the three family members could tell the smug look of his boring expression was just to get a rise out of them.
Wait.
Did he just say they stole this!?
"Each picture represents a room with the courses of ones magecraft. Because Kerry is ill, his realm is to be used in the education of Anti magic tactics and skills. Illya's realm will be where she will learn the Einzbern magecraft. The same for Shirou's Realm. The last Realm is forbidden and none of us have access to it."
Shiro understood the gist of the beginning.
This place was a training ground for them to practice without disturbing the neighbors.
But he and Illya have their own Realms?
That couldn't be right. Why would he have his own Realm?
"Every lesson unless stated otherwise, we will begin in my Realm. This realm will be used to drill the proper cultivation of magecraft into your puny bodies. Any questions?"
"UMM yea-" Shirou started.
"Good. Cool Dude."
Genmu then tapped his realm image and the world began to spin twist and flatten
When everything went back to normal, they were in a fancy college classroom.
"Here we will learn many of the spells of magecraft and the respective schools. You will each be given doll tutors during training."
Now they were all sitting in desks. Genmu was stand in front of a chalk board wearing cliché teacher outfit.
"You really are enjoying this, aren't you?", Kiritsugu said while he leans back on his chair. "Toying with us while still abiding by your contract."
"Yes, yes I do." Genmu admitted shamelessly. "But frankly, the two of them will need it. Even though 6 months in here equals a day outside, they'll need to be trained diligently in other fields. When they successfully reach six months normal time, they can begin train with you. Relax the setting were put on easy and normal respectively."
Genmu looked at Liz and Sella. "I hope that satisfy you?"
"It is acceptable."
"Ditto."
"Well then, Miss Illya," Sella huffed and turned to her master with a smile." Shall we get started on your lesson."
"Okay, but..."
"What is it?", Sella asked worriedly.
"How do we get there?"
This was a valid point. According what Genmu said, Illya had he own train realm. But he neglected to tell them how to get there.
Genmu tossed something to Illya. Illya caught and saw it was a medallion with the mountain cup symbol." Just imbue magical power into that medallion and say your password and amount of people present. You can also send invites and request invitation to the other opened realms."
Say the password? He can't mean…?
"Magical Girl 2?"
BANG
With that Illya and the maids vanished." Don't worry. I sent the doll tutors for her to her Realm already."
"Right." Kiritsugu sighed resonantly. He knew Illya was already ahead of Shirou, but that didn't decrease his worries.
Genmu looked at Shirou. "Kid I'm not going to lie to you. If we don't work fast, you make a piss poor mage."
Shirou processed his words carefully, even when they weighed heavily. He wouldn't able to become a better mage.
But that didn't matter.
He would still work until he became as good as Kiritsugu.
"Luckily, we are here.", Genmu as he gestured around them. Shirou was confused.
"But you said I would make a poor mage."
"He said you would if we didn't work fast Shirou." Kiritsugu corrected. "Gen is just stating the fact, while omitting his solution."
"Exactly, Kerry." Genmu agreed. "Look around you Shirou. Where are we?"
Shirou looked around. "A classroom?"
"No," Genmu shook his head. "We are inside another world were one year here equals just a day at home."
"Meaning I'll Have enough time to catch up." Shirou realized what Genmu was saying.
"Bingo! In just one 1 month here. You might get the basics down. And then, we'll finally get to your curriculum."
So Shirou spent first month in the Realm developing his basics. He learned about Magical Energy, proper breathing and his magic circuits, Elements, and general various systems of Magecraft.
Kiritsugu spent month teaching him the basics and proper breathing, while he visited Illya. So, he spent the rest with Genmu on general knowledge.
"Good, you can circulate magical energy well. Now we begin the fun part." Genmu commented one time before revealing three coffins.
They were wooden and blank, but they had the words written in English:
Witch.
Noble.
Shrine.
The last two sound good but was perplexed about the first. Was there a witch inside?
"Shirou be a pal and take us to your Realm."
"Got it."
Shirou took out his medallion and recited his phrase. "Idiot Playboy 1."
Instantaneously they were in his Realm.
A vast wasteland of rotating gears in the sky with changing day and night. Except for them and the three coffins there was nothing.
"Now Shirou," Genmu started. "Inside these boxes are your magecraft tutor dolls. These dolls take the form of very special individual that were excellent in their field of magic."
"So, they teach me magic?"
"That's right. They'll teach the theoretical parts for the run and then go for the practical application."
Genmu went to the box labeled Noble and kicked the lid open. "I almost forgot to tell you. Focus and pay attention to their lessons…"
Something attacked Shirou from inside the box and the next thing he knew he on his back and a slender sword was aimed and his thought. Genmu was still warning him as if commenting the weather.
"…otherwise you'll die."
Present
And here we are for the past six months in real time Shirou comes to this artificial dimension to train after school and on the weekends. He still played and hung with classmates, but mostly he worked with Kirtsugu Fuji-nee and Genmu with Kendo and Mage training.
Ever since day one, the Noble (what he calls his opponent), had been his sole training partner for the three months real time. He was the most brutal of the dolls teaching, but oddly enough also the one he could deal with.
"GUFF!"
While was distracted, the Noble somehow appeared behind Shirou's right flank. He then slashed upwards causing both the weapons out of his arms and kicked him down. When he looked, he was once again introduced to the Noble's sword tip.
"Sorry, was I distracted?", Shiro ask apologetically. The Noble looked at him for a few seconds before levitating his heath quickly and sheathing his sword. He then tapped the ground of the colosseum and Shirou felt something pound his head hard.
"Ow!" Looking up, he saw the Noble's cane recede from the small portal it came from. "So, that was a yes."
Shirou had been training with the three Dolls so he understood their intention despite the lack of speech.
You're still green to be loafing, Imbecile!
With a huff the doll was instantly sealed into its box and sent back to his Realm. Taking its place was another Box.
The Witch.
Shirou soon felt nervous. He admitted something about the Witch scared him, but he couldn't understand. He felt more worry from her that the other two simply because he couldn't see why.
While the Noble was brutal in both practical and theoretical courses, Shirou could easily learn from the applied work. However, the Witch was different.
She good at theoretical but dealing with her practically was almost beyond him. It took twice the effort to learn her spells than it did the Noble's
He couldn't understand why Genmu and Kiritsugu said to start each session with her, the Shrine and Noble in that order.
Still Shirou was grateful. Kiritsugu and Genmu were teaching him magecraft and he felt a sense of complete understanding from the experience.
Kiritsugu had taught Projection, Reinforcement, Weakening, Alteration and He learned basic time perception. While the Noble taught him the Flash Air, revolver door, Mental doll and illusion schrift. Illya helped develop his basic healing, alchemy, and familiar usage as well as thought acceleration. Genmu taught him economics, basic histories, and albeit reluctant on his part curses, mental manipulation, Necromancy, and counter magic etc. And the dolls were teaching him the rest.
Still Shirou kept his guard up. The box opened to reveal his opponent.
A young 18- year old girl with medium long brown hair and blue eyes. She wore glasses and an old black Witch hat with six crow feathers on her head. She was dress in a white and black sun dress with the black part being longer than the white along with a medium black cape. Her arms and legs were covered with elbow length gloves, stockings, and simple black shoes, all black. In her right hand was a steel staff tipped with a baseball sized black pearl surrounded by metal shaped like a spiderweb and rose combined.
Shirou had to admit if the doll was a normal girl, she would have been a very beautiful without her glasses.
She began chanting. Shirou quickly dash to her side with his weapon raised.
But he was too late.
Several black feathers flew at him at the same time. Some pierced his chest and other hit the ground. But Shirou felt the immense pain flowing through with each breath.
These Feathers are cursed!
Yes, the feathers had been cursed. With pain, weariness, fear, and numb. Shirou trapped as the Witch completed her chant and delivered the finishing blow.
Again.
At the colosseum emperor box
"Wow he really can't seem to beat her." Genmu commented as he kept munching on some popcorn.
"What do you expect?" Kiritsugu asked. He was also enjoying some hamburgers and a shake. "You designed that doll to actually be the hardest of them all. You craft them to appear obvious but, their difficulty level is practically reversed."
"Guilty. But still its impressive." Genmu admit and commented as Shirou's Final opponent appeared after the Witch left. "He's been able to grasp the basics of each of those three in such a short time while dodging Kioku's yaka arrows. He really is a natural at these spells."
"What do expect? You built this Realm to be an optimal training and learn area. If he fails, he learns and try again." Kiritsugu stated. "Still I have to ask you two things"
"Who are those three?" Kiritsugu asked. "I wasn't sure until I him fighting Shirou a few time but now I'm certain. That blank faced guy in the robes halfway looks like Shirou."
He pointed at Shirou's 3rd tutor Doll. A Young man of 20s wearing a black onmyoji outfit. He had a blank expression but golden eyes and black hair with red highlights. All around him were metal arrows aimed at Shirou firing at him with ruthless accuracy and precision.
"And your second?" Genmu asked with a smile.
"Was it really necessary to rob the Mages Association blind for my family's Crest and adapt Shirou into it?"
"Of course," Genmu answered. "You might hate your lineage, but that doesn't mean your son should. Just giving him you Crest will ensure he's not a complete outsider. And you've seen how he is coping with your innate Time Control."
Shirou used Double Accel to dodge 50 arrows.
"It may hurt at first but with both our intervention, he can handle the strain."
Kiritsugu look away in shame. True he saved Shirou's life with Avalon but had Genmu not fixed his mistake his son's Elements and Origin would have been permanently change instead of added.
"To your first let's finish after Shirou is done and in private. While I can't say their relationship to the boy, I can tell you the identities of the people I Based them on. Will that satisfy you?"
"Alright," Kiritsugu nodded. "Who the hell are they?"
Genmu took three files with The Market symbol on them. Kiritsugu took the first and read the Noble, Shrine, Witch.
"Kerry, allow me to introduce you to…" Genmu began while look at Shirou's progress.
Kiritsugu looked at the name and picture…
"Alexus "Aizen" Ainsworth- The Sculptor of Nobility…"
…And each on filled him with shock...
"Kioku Sakatsuki- The Divining Moon Arrow…."
...Horror…
"...and Ayaka Sajyou- The Witch of Formality."
…Dread.
Genmu looked at Kiritsugu and saw his pale expression. He closed his eyes with understanding his friend's inner turmoil.
Afterall Kiritsugu had just found out that his son was being taught by three of the worst urban legends in the Mages Association.
The Other Three Great Families of the Holy Grail War.
End
Wow Heavy. In case of reviews and PM. Yes I just brought a huge spoiler. I was tried of Shirou being untalented so I made some modifications. Don't worry he'll still be the same idealistic moron we all love but with Genmu around, he atleast have the balls to desire beatiful women. This is a Harem story but not as brutal as my first one. Comment and review. Be Honest but fair. No Shaming. And for those of you who hate the idea of Time Alter Shirou I dare to imagine him in a five way with Illya, Sakura, Rin, and Artoria. Enjoy and see you soon.