AN: The next chapter's already out, but that's because I wrote chapters 1-4 early, and right now I am currently typing chapter 5, so I won't be doing ANs until Chapter 5 again. Now to the story!
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Fate series, they belong to someone else.
"Alright, now for what we're doing today—gyah!? I left the printouts!?" Taiga laughed nervously as she slowly etched her way to the door. "Everyone, be good and study on your own for a bit…"
As soon as she left, she ran as fast as she could.
"Yeah! Study hall!" A blonde haired girl shouted out.
With that said, all the most of the students crowded around their two new classmates to know them better, while the others preferred to watch from the sidelines. Illya was in the front of the class with a friend of hers, looking at the two transfers.
"Everyone's so amazing…" The girl beside her said.
"Y-Yeah…" Illya muttered, then made an excuse. "Sorry, Mimi, I need to use the restroom."
"Okay."
When she left, she failed to see two sets of eyes staring at her. For a short while, Lance contemplated the idea of talking to her about last night, but instead he opted to stay behind and get accustomed to school life, as per his Nee-sama's wishes, not noticing, or ignoring, a certain pair of hilt and wand that went out undetected. Specter will come back on his own.
The familiar feeling of his bracelet appeared on his hand.
"I apologize for my abrupt leave, Lance-sama." Specter said as quietly as possible. "I merely wished to introduce myself to Ruby's master alongside Sapphire."
"No, it's alright Specter. I have a feeling we'll be seeing both of them more often." Lance whispered back, then turned back to his "classmates".
"Dude, that's an awesome scarf." A boy said.
"Thank you, it was a gift from Nee-sama." Even with his blank reply, the others could see his eyes light up at the mention of his Nee-sama.
"You have a sister? So you're a younger sibling, huh?" Another one asked.
"… More or less." He muttered back, catching the returning figure of Miyu Edelfelt, followed soon by Illyasviel von Einzbern, as he learned to be Purple and Pink's respective names.
Soon enough, Taiga returned and everyone went back to their seats.
(Math Class)
"Alright, who wants to solve this equation?" Taiga looked at the class and stopped at a blonde girl. "Tatsuko-chan?"
"I'm no good at Japanese…" Tatsuko muttered out, sleeping.
"Tatsuko! We're doing math right now!" Taiga shouted as the class laughed. "Forget it… Then Miyu-chan, Lance-kun, why don't both of you try it?"
"Yes."
"Understood." Miyu stood up and went to the front taking one side, while Lance took the other.
"Show us what you two can do… Good luck!"
Both started writing the exact same formula as everyone kept staring at what their writing, Taiga herself showing a really surprised face.
"Hey, uh, Miyu-chan? Lance-kun?" Both stopped writing and turned to Taiga.
[Yes?]
"Not "yes"… There wasn't any need to solve the problem that way." Taiga explained, still shocked. "Both of you didn't need to use equations or integrals!"
"Hmm?" Miyu.
"Huh?" Lance.
"No, don't look at me with confusion…" Taiga pleaded.
The class just continued to stare at the two.
"I don't quite get it, but they're both academically amazing!" Illya thought.
(Arts Class)
"Everyone, draw freely and vividly!"
[Okay!]
Taiga was walking around the room, looking at each of her student's art work, but stopped when she saw a certain someone's art.
"S-Suzuka-chan?"
"Yes?" Suzuka looks up from her work.
"What are you drawing…"
"You said to draw freely, so I'm breaking down the gender wall, and expressing a homosexual love between handsome young men." Her glassed glinted as she gave a thumbs-up.
"Oh, I see…"
"Wow, amazing!"
"How did you draw this?"
"Dude, that looks awesome!"
"Hey, can you teach me how to do that?"
Taiga looked to her side to see a few girls were crowding Miyu, and a few boys were crowding Lance, both groups looking at the mentioned students' work. She went over to them and looked at both works.
"What are these…?"
"You said to draw freely, so I broke apart shapes and abandoned a single point perspective." Miyu explained her work.
"I wanted to do something similar to Claude Monet's Impression, soleil levant, and made it medieval-like." Lance shrugged, like it was simple.
"That's too freely!" Taiga shouted, slamming her hands on Miyu's desk, as both groups of girls and boys looked at them with WTF expressions on their faces. "I mean, Cubism and this level of Impressionism isn't on the elementary school curriculum…"
"Hmm?"
"Huh?" Both Miyu and Lance tilt their head to the side, question marks floating above them.
"No, don't look at me in confusion…" Taiga pleaded, again, with everyone either sweat-dropping, or shocked.
"I don't quite get it, but their amazing at art, too!" Illya thought, again.
(Cooking Class)
"Today, we're going to work on cooking!" Taiga said. "Do your best to make delicious salisbury steaks."
[Okay!]
Illya made a star-shaped patty, while Mimi made a heart-shaped one. Both showed it to each other and smiled happily.
"Wow, incredible! Those look great!"
Both girls turned to where the sound came from, and saw people staring at the table where Lance and Miyu were. In front of each of the two were full course meals, with salisbury steak as the main dish. The only difference was that Miyu's were in separate plate, while Lance's was in one plate, and that Lance didn't have a cake.
"Wh-What is this!?" Taiga said, her left eye twitching. Both students looked at her, confused.
"Did I make a mistake?" Miyu asked.
"Is something wrong Sensei?" Lance asked.
"We don't do such intricate cooking in elementary school… How did both of you even make this with only a frying pan!?" Taiga asked/shouted.
"Hmm?" Miyu tilts her head in confusion.
"Huh?" Lance does the same, question marks floating above him.
"Gah! Damn it, I can't take this!" Taiga shouted, then heard someone eating. She turned back and saw a pink haired girl eating both Miyu and Lance's meals. "Nanaki-chan!?"
"Seconds please!"
"Wait! Why have you been eating already? Good grief, all of you…" Taiga took out two forks and took a bite of each dish, her face lighting up with sparkles appearing around her. "It's great! Miyu-chan, Lance-kun, seconds please!"
"Sensei, you're being annoying."
"Please stop that, Sensei." Miyu and Lance said respectively.
All the students looked at them with impressed and shocked faces, with Illya's face slightly twitching.
"Th-They're totally perferct!?" Illya made a WTF expression as she realized that both transfers excelled at each subject.
(Physical Education Class)
Currently, all students of Class 5-1 were preparing for their PE class, with the boys going to the locker room to get changed, while the girls changed in the classroom. Illya, Suzuka, Mimi and Nanaki were talking with each other as they changed to their PE uniform.
"Miyu-san and Lance-san sure were incredible, weren't they?" Illya said, still comprehending things.
"Yeah, I guess there really are geniuses, huh?" Suzuka added.
"Uh-huh." Nanaki agreed.
"Don't you agree Tatsuko?" All four girls turn to look at Tatsuko, who was placing one foot atop her chair, clad in her school swimsuit. "Huh?"
"The pool is calling me…!"
"What's with that outfit?" Suzuka asked.
"Tatsuko-chan, we aren't swimming yet." Mimi said.
Illya looked behind her to see Miyu getting changed. She was quickly snapped from her thoughts as Suzuka called for her.
"At this rate, the transfer students will keep outdoing us… Lance-kun is fine, since he's a boy… But Miyu-chan is a girl like us!" Suzuka explained. "If we can at least beat her in gym, then…!"
"We're counting on your legs, Illya! They're our last hope!" Nanaki stated.
"Leave the butterfly to me!" Tatsuko said cheerily, completely missing the point. Illya noticed Miyu already leaving. "See, with the butterly, what matters is rhythm! Like, stroke, stroke…"
"That's enough from you!" Suzuka bonked Tatsuko on the head, silencing her with a loud "Gyak!"
(Field)
Bang!
Currently, Lance was racing with a boy from their class, with Taiga keeping track of the time it took for them to reach the finish line. Lance won without a sweat, while his partner was sweating and panting hard.
"*pant*Man, Lance*pant*you really*pant*run fast!"
"Thanks." A simple reply was given as Lance calmly walked back to the others.
"Okay, next group, get ready!" Illya-stood up as her friends cheer her on, and Miyu stood up soon after.
Lance sat down and watched, interested in seeing which one would win
"Ready!"
Bang!
With the signal rang, both girls made a dash for the finish line. Everyone else were cheering loudly for who they want to win, while Taiga kept record of their time. At first, Illya and Miyu were keeping the same pace, but eventually Miyu took the lead, with Illya trying to catch up. Both of them were breathing hard, Illya moreso than Miyu.
"Hah…hah…" Illya slowed down her run as Miyu gained a large distance away, winning the race. "I-Impossible…"
(Local Park)
Walking back to his home, Lance began thinking of what he'll cook for dinner tonight, considering that it is his turn today. Or maybe his Nee-sama will order take-out? Either was fine, he though.
Near the park, he saw Miyu Edelfelt walking away. Inside it, he saw Illyasviel von Einzbern standing there while staring ahead, with Magical Ruby floating beside her.
"… Why are you just standing there, Illyasviel von Einzbern?" He asked, Specter materializing beside him.
"If it isn't Lance-san. Heya, Specter-nii!" Ruby greeted.
"A pleasure to you again, Illyasviel-san, Ruby." Specter's regal voice snapped Illya out of her thoughts.
"Ah… H-Hi…" Was her only reply. "A-Are you on your way home, Lance-san?"
"Again with being polite!?" Ruby screamed, then got wacked by Specter. "Ow!"
"Yes." He nodded towards her. "Yourself?"
"Y-Yeah…"
Lance tilted his head before shrugging and turned away to resume his walk home, but stopped to ask her a question.
"Why do you fight?"
"E-Eh?"
"You don't seem like the type who likes violence. In fact, you act the complete opposite." He continued, ignoring her stutter. "Even if Ruby made a contract with you, you could've still rejected it and she'd have no choice but to accept it."
"I fight for my ideals, and for Nee-sama. Specter and I will aim to collect all the Class Cards. And while I have no idea on why Miyu Edelfelt fights, I can at least affirm that she has one. But you, are an enigma to me. So I'll ask again, why do you fight?"
"W-Well, I guess it's because it's fun, and that I want to try it?" Illya's answer made no sense to him. "But, being friends with—"
"Friends?" Lance cut her off. "Maybe I heard incorrectly, but I am not here to make friends. We are merely acquaintances on the same job. And once it is over, we have no reason to involve ourselves with each other anymore."
Silence filled between them, and Lance took that as his que and left, with Specter turning back to a bracelet, leaving behind a saddened girl.
(In front of Emiya Residence)
Illya walked to her house in silence, muttering and grumbling to herself as she contemplated her recent confrontation with both transfer students, with Ruby hiding inside her hair again.
"Both of them were dragged into it, too, right?" She muttered under her breath. "Lance-san only told me his reason for fighting, and it's better than mine, but before that, Miyu-san told me to…"
She saw a grey haired woman around her early twenties standing in front of her house, staring weirdly between two houses in front of her.
"Sella, what's going on?" She asked, looking at her guardian.
"Oh, Illya-sama, welcome home." The grey haired woman, Sella, greeted her, then turned back to the two houses. "It's just, we'll, these two houses were being constructed earlier today, but they seem to be already done with them..."
At first, Illya was confused, then she looked at where Sella was looking and there was definitely two new houses in front of theirs. Not only that, but they're both mansions of the same size, with a huge front yard in front of them. Walking towards both these houses were two very familiar figures.
"Eh!? Miyu-san, Lance-san!?" Illya squeaked out, staring at her two classmates as they looked at her.
"…"
"…"
Both blushed in embarrassment and turned away, opting to go straight to their home, Miyu on the right, and Lance on the left. Both of them tried to avoid the girl gawking at them from the front of her house. Lance even tried to hide his face using his scarf.
"Wait…" Illya tried to stop them from leaving, but noticed where they were heading. "Eeehhh!? D-Don't tell me, those mansions… are those both your homes?"
"Well, kind of."
"I guess." Miyu and Lance said respectively, both still a bit flustered, entering their respective homes I a hurry.
"Illya-sama, are those your friends…?" Sella asked.
A slow laugh was the only reply she got.
(Sieghart Mansion)
Lance was stationed at the kitchen while wearing an apron, cooking a meal above that of even five-star chefs, for both his and his Nee-sama's dinner. All the while Alexis was in a huge bath with a woman in her early thirties sat dutifully near her as she soaked in the water.
"Do you think I made the right choice in enrolling him, Aversa?" Alexis asked, worry clearly in her voice. "I mean, what if he's bullied while he's there?"
"Alexis-sama, you must have faith in young Lance-sama." The head maid offered a kind smile at her mistress' worry over her adopted little brother. "We may have only known him for three weeks, but he has proven to be very capable despite his young age."
Alexis bit her bottom lip in discomfort, concern filling her body.
"I know but still… Even if I met him just three weeks ago, I can't help but feel like he's been with me my whole life… I may heave just picked him up from the streets on a whim, but he already feels like my real younger brother." Alexis threw a sad glance at her maid. "I'm just concerned as his honorary big sister, is all…"
"I understand, Alexis-sama, but he will be fine." That is all Aversa could say to at least try to calm her mistress' worries. Honestly, meeting the young boy was only by coincidence. But seeing a boy bruised and on the streets with torn clothing, it's not unnatural to worry about him.
He clung tightly to Alexis the first week of his arrival, scared of the new environment. But when Specter suddenly chose him the day Alexis got the mystic code, he began adopting a more calm personality. For a child not even in his pre-teens, he was admittedly very serious about things.
Thinking back on those, Alexis couldn't help but smile.
Knock! Knock!
"Nee-sama, Aversa-san, dinner is prepared!" Lance's happy voice rang out from the door as she stood and grabbed the towel being handed to her by Aversa.
"We'll be there soon, Lance." Yes, there's nothing to worry about. Her new younger brother would be able to handle it. And if someone does harm him in any way… Well…
"It is impractical to make food wait, Alexis-sama." Specter scolded.
"Shut it, you damn spade."
There will be hell to pay.
AN: Well, there you go, chapter 2! Oh yeah, and if any of you noticed, but I'm mostly using the anime as a basis for this, with Lance and Alexis being the main difference. I'll be changing things up a bit more on chapter 5, though, so don't worry!
As I said before, I'll talk to all of you again on chapter 5, so, see ya!