Chapter 2: It's not Magic Kaito, idiot!
Rin Tohsaka was just your average teenage girl, well if you stretch the word average and include being the sole heiress of a powerful and secretive family that existed for centuries that periodically participates in a death game were the fate of the world is at stake.
Plus she can do magic. Not the one usually seen in children's birthday parties.
Other than that, you could say she was pretty normal.
That was until a certain incident happened.
The Holy Grail War.
Every so years, seven people are chosen, chosen to fight against each other for the chance to win anything their heart desires, by wishing it, because that was the prize, ambiguous as it was.
And she was one of them. One of the chosen ones.
Because of this once in a lifetime chance. Something that a lot of people only dreamt of. This was a life changing event, she could either win or become like the others who lost, and in this game, not winning means more than just losing the chance to get the wish, and she knew it, and she can't afford it, even though she's loaded.
With this event, a lot of ups and down would happen, she would meet and say goodbye to a lot of people. She would learn many lessons and values in life. Things that could change her life forever.
Well, that's what should have happened.
Due to certain circumstances, everything is now different.
It all started because of a simple whim of a teenage girl.
She was just bored and had nothing really else better to do, so what did she do to get away from her boredom?
Did she sleep? No, she wasn't that lazy, and it's still the middle of the day.
Did she watch television or play with a computer like others? No, her and technology wasn't really the best of friends.
Did she go guy hunting? She most certainly did not, she wasn't like that at all!
So what exactly did she do to pass the time. Well, she just went for a simple stroll. That was basically it. Just a lone girl trying to pass the time by walking around without a certain direction to go to.
Breathing in the fresh air of the city, and basking in its peaceful serenity.
It was something that she completely regretted, she should have just acted like a spaniard and went for a siesta. If only she didn't think of that, things could have certainly been different.
And why did she completely regretted her simple and mindless decision? Well, the answer lies at what was in front of her. A mirror, not the mirror exactly, but what it showed.
The reflection of a naked girl, and no, the problem isn't that she has no clothes on, it was the reason why she was completely in the nude. Something far more terrible than just having no clothes on.
She had a panicked looked on her face as if her whole world was about to end, which wasn't really far off from the truth.
It was because of one simple thing.
Her smooth silky skin that did not have any blemishes or anything on them. And yes, that was the problem. Why did she not like this, something most girls would spend thousands of dollars on?
Well, because something very important was missing. Something only seven people in the world has.
Her command seal was gone.
Something that was granted to her, to specially fight in the contest.
But now it was like cake, a huge fat lie!
"How is this possible!" A shout you wouldn't expect from a lady came out.
She now could not think straight, which completely contradicted her character of someone who was cold and calculating, well as cold and calculating as a teenage girl could get.
But this was different, this was something that was near impossible.
'Why was it gone!?' That was the most obvious observation she could make at the moment.
She was repeating those certain words inside her head over and over, thinking it would get answered if she said it enough times. But it will never be.
Was she unworthy to hold it?
Was she not good enough to become a Master in the war?
Why? Why? Why!?
...
No!
If that was true, then why did she have it in the first place. Was this some kind of sick joke played by someone?
She was sure she didn't just dream it all up, nor was she hallucinating about it.
She actually had it, but then it disappeared.
Like magic!
But of course.
This was not the time to be panicking, she is better than that, she isn't just some normal high school girl who would panic at just about everything that didn't go her way.
This was the time for what she was best known for, rational and methodical thinking.
She was smart, she isn't so weak willed, she was something only a few can become. In this world, she was something one might call a magus.
And in her line of business, one wrong move can cost you something more than just money.
What she needed to do was to calm herself down and think things through, carefully. Every detail counting.
But, first things first?
Well, clothes. Because she was as naked as she was born. After all, she was most certainly not an indecent person who liked flashing herself, even if this was her own home.
But before she was about to put on some clothes, her gaze went a few degrees down, a very displeased look appeared on her face, as if she was reminded of something very disgusting.
Her already pale face got a few shades of red due to furiousness.
A single thought, that practically drowned everything else appeared in her head.
She was most certainly not flat!
Was that idiot blind!?
He even got a feel out of it and he even didn't realize it!
He should get his eyes checked!
Seriously though, can someone that stupid exist!?
Okay, it was more than just a single thought.
Greeting her teeth, she was about to say more demeaning words to the certain boy when she realized that she was getting off track.
'No! Who cares about what he thinks! This certain anomaly must be answered first!'
Or else, this incident could haunt her for rest of her measly life. Because things don't just happen without a reason.
And the second and most important thing is?
How does one lose their command seals?
A very good question indeed, she nodded to herself as she sat down on her work desk, now fully clothed with a new pair.
She was surely certain that it was placed on the back of her hand just this morning, and the next time she just casually looked at it, the thing was already gone, the first thought she had when this happened was that maybe it went to her other hand.
Nope, she checked, maybe her other appendages? Both of her feet were clean. Still nothing! Maybe...
And that was the whole reason why all her clothes were haphazardly strewn all over the floor.
So that denies the possibility that it is still with her, and the fact that she couldn't feel it anymore cemented that fact.
She place her hand under her chin as she thought of the other possible scenarios.
The most known and understood way of losing your command seals was obviously using all of them. By using the usual three commands, the marks on your hand would start to fade until it completely disappears.
The other, is by willfully giving it to someone else.
And this isn't some two bit jewelry, no run of the mill thief can just steal it silently, and without the owner actually noticing it, the seals were etched at her very being, you can't just simply take it away, there's a whole and very complex process for that.
But that can't be right, as in the War has still not officially started. She still hasn't summoned her own servant yet, so how could she use them, and if she did use them, obviously, she would be the first to know.
So its not the first one.
The second one, she did not recollect ever allowing it to fall into someone else's hand. Much less willingly.
And last, well, her pride would deny it vehemently, she wasn't your two bit magus that would let anything as obvious as stealing her own command seals go under her nose.
There were still more, she could go over this all night, and still not get a good answer out of it.
She paused for a moment in thought, there was one other way to lose it, something that's pretty common sense to everyone that it practically gets ignored. But she just could't shake the feeling of thinking about it.
Death.
If you die, you obviously lose your command seals. And she lost her command seals.
That could mean...
She immediately shook her head at that, where the hell was she going with that? She was most certainly alive, that's something she couldn't/won't deny.
But, what if...
"Gaaah! Damn it!"
"How did this happen exactly!"
She was about to go hysterical when she was suddenly reminded of a certain person again. A slight coloration appeared on her face again.
She gave a long sigh.
"Could this day get any worse? First, a pervert. And then this?" She waved her hand at particularly no one.
What a very stressful day. She was a about to use her fingers to massage her forehead, when something in her words made her stop.
"...The pervert..."
Out of this very uneventful and boring day, the only thing that of note she could make, was her meeting with that idiot.
It was so strange and stupid, that it completely evaded her mind until now, after all, it's not everyday someone randomly calls you a cross dresser. Not only that, he had the actual gall to fondle her. And then he proceeds to mock her obviously not flat chest.
On broad daylight!
Where everyone can see you.
Now that she mentioned that, there were a few people who were whispering to each other when she stormed off angrily. Housewives and students alike.
Just that fact alone made her want to never walk out in public again, without wearing some kind of mask. She wanted to slap herself out of it, but nows not the time for that.
She could be embarrassed about that later.
Normally, if this happened any day, she would have just brushed it off as just some punk being a pervert, but the fact that a certain something was missing from her, it just spelled something more malicious then what she would normally assume.
The whole incident was just too uncanny to be a mere coincidence.
She was now picturing it in her head, her earlier assumption of that sea urchin with that stupid and perverted look on his face, it slowly melted and reformed into the face of a master thief wearing a butterfly mask and a matching top hat that covered his spiky hair. His cape billowing in the wind.
"Muhaha! You can never catch this phantom thief in the act, little girl. Your command seal is now mine!"
Then while posing stupidly in the moonlight, he suddenly disappeared with a flash."
...
Okay, maybe that was a little bit exaggerated.
But that was a possibility she couldn't easily deny. But if it was him that did this, how exactly did he do it? She was about to think more in to the line when a small memory her brain tried to wholeheartedly suppress came up.
"D-did he s-steal it by touching me!?"
Well, of course he did, how else could he have done it?
And what's worse is that of all the places he could have taken it, it had to be the place were most girls are pretty sensitive at. Her face turned beet red.
"Damn it!"
Not only was he a damn thief, he was a huge pervert. She was played like a fool. Just like her breasts. And of all the contestants, it was her, for that matter! The one who carries the name 'Tohsaka' was made into some damn fun bags.
She was now gritting her teeth, if she ever catches that guy... She was already imagining the many inhuman things she would do to him.
Though, don't misunderstand, she was most certainly not an S.
Well, not on paper.
But at the end of the day, what can she do about it, the guy who did it was obviously an expert at his line of business. How else did he manage to fool her into thinking he was just a random by passer that accidentally bumped/molested her.
He must either be in some far away place, or hiding god knows where already. Even if she were to go back to the place where she met him, the chances of him still being there is as good as a normal human defeating a servant with just a single touch.
He was also probably laughing his ass off already while thinking along the lines... "Heh, heh, heh! So that is the heir of the 'Tohsaka's', she may be the most beautiful goddess with perfectly sized breast and obviously not flat chested, who ever graced this earth, and I am lucky enough to touch them, I may never ever wash this hands again for the rest of my pitiful life!... Oh yeah! And I also stole her command seals."
Which was also accompanied by even more deranged laughter.
...
After a few more minutes of delusional thinking she finally snapped out of it. Turning both of her hands into a fist, she raised her right hand to the sky while shaking it dramatically.
"Curse you! You damn Master thief! I'll get you for this...!"