This chapter is a bit more humour-centric. It's main intention to introduce characters.


Shirou woke up. He immediately noticed Illyasviel's presence next to his own. Typically, the redhead would wiggle himself free and allow his sister to sleep some more, but today was special. Using his single free arm, Shirou shook the snow haired girl lightly. "Ilya, it's time to wake up." He spoke to her softly.

The girl only snuggled closer to her brother.

Repeating this several more times, the boy finally managed to jar his sister awake.

"Onii-chan?" She asked sleepily.

"Hey Illya." He said. "Come on. We need to get up."

"Five more minutes." Illya said, snuggling back into her brother's side. "It's too early."

"Actually, we need to get moving soon." Shirou said. "Today's important, and we don't want to be late."

The snow haired girl looked confused. "Hm? Late for what?"

He looked back at her. "School obviously."


*10 Minutes Later*

Shirou was heading to the bathroom. It had taken a good five minutes to get Illya fully awake. He knew that he was going to have a decent amount of time until he had to leave, so he decided to take a shower before hand. After all, cleanliness made for a good first impression. After opening the bathroom door, Shirou was surprised by what he saw.

Sella. Her naked form only just concealed by a towel.

Hearing the door open, the white haired woman turned to face it. When she saw Shirou, she froze.

Shirou, not really knowing how to handle the situation, decided to speak. "Uuuhh, h-hey Sella." Shirou began awkwardly, his cheeks bright red. "I-uh, think I'm just going to-uh close the-" The redhead was cut off by a foot impacting his face.

With strength and speed that the homunculus shouldn't have, Sella had quickly run up to Shirou and delivered him a savage kick to Shirou's nose.

If Shirou had been ready, he would have been able to react before the kick made contact, but he had not been expecting the sudden violent action in any way shape or form. The boy flew threw the air a few feet before hitting the opposite wall with a thud and sliding down.

"PERVERT!" Sella yelled as she slammed the door shut.

Shirou brought his hand up to his face. He touched his nose and winced slightly. It wasn't broken, but it was definitely bruised. With Avalon still in his body, it should be fully healed before he left the house, but it would still be something he'd have to deal with for around an hour. The boy stood up. "Sella isn't a combat type homunculus, but she could have fooled me." Shirou stated as he walked away. 'Well, that's a way to start the morning.'

*Two Hours Later*

After the "bathroom incident" as Shirou referred to it, Sella had given the boy the silent treatment all the way until the boy and his sister left for school. Sella had insisted on driving them, but Shirou had wanted to try not to draw too much attention.

Illya, on the other hand, had just wanted to spend time with her brother before they inevitably had to go to different classes, her being a year above him, and since walking was naturally longer than taking a car, she had opted for it. Said white haired girl was currently glued to Shirou's arm. "Hey Onii-chan?" She asked.

"Yeah" the redhead replied.

"Whats school like?" the Einzbern asked excitedly. "Is it like that those anime I saw with all of the boys being a bunch of hormone crazed dogs that attack the popular one, or do all of the girls carry weapons due to vague and unreasonable school rules. Oh, or maybe all of the teachers are secretly trained assassins or something like that.

Shirou's sweat dropped. "I dont think were going to be running into any assassin teachers here." He spoke awkwardly.

*Homurahara Academy*

Inside the teacher's lounge, Souichirou Kuzuki suddenly sneezed.

"Hey, are you alright there Kuzuki-sensei?" Another teacher asked.

"Yes, I am fine." Was the man's curt reply. 'That's odd. I've never been sick before.'

*Back with Shirou*

"I'm pretty sure that were going to a normal school, Illya." Shirou continued.

"Hmmm" The white haired girl pouted. "That's boring."

Shirou chuckled softly at his elder sister's behavior. "I prefer to think of it as peaceful."

The duo walked for several more minutes before Shirou noticed someone else taking the same path as them. "Is that?….Tohsaka-san!" Shirou called out to the black haired girl.

Said girl turned around and looked at the person who called her name. "Oh, Emiya-kun." I wasn't expecting to see you again so soon." She stated.

"Well, it's honestly a surprise for me too. My sister and I were going to start classes today. Speaking of which" Shirou then turned to his sister, who was silently glaring at Rin. "Ilya, this is Rin Tohsaka, the girl I told you about. Tohsaka-san, this is my older sister, Ilya."

The black haired girl looked at the Einzbern wearily for a second before acting. "Hello Einzbern-san. Emiya-kun has told me a little about you. I trust that he has mentioned me to you as well."

Illya just continued to glare at the younger girl. After a moment, she spoke. "What are your intentions with Onii-chan?" She asked.

"What?" Rin asked not understanding the question."

"Oh, don't play stupid with me." Ilya ordered accusatively. "I've seen this enough in anime to know how this works. You make Onii-chan come to your house every weekend, to keep him close and slowly did your talons into him. Then when he becomes comfortable with your presence, you force yourself on him and make it so he can't fight back! Well, I'm not letting that happen! You will not lay your skank hands on my Onii-chan!" She shouted loudly, not caring if the people passing by heard or not.

"ILLYA!" Shirou shouted in shock, his a blush rising too his cheeks. He had no idea where his sister and learned the word "skank" and he wasn't very interested in finding out. Also, the boy had never seen this overly-protective side of Ilya before, leaving him with no idea how to properly deal with it.

"S-Skank!?" The Tohsaka repeated in shock. "I wasn't planning on doing anything to Emiya-kun! And besides, what gives you the right to call me that, you annoying little-!" She was cut off by the homunculus.

"Please! No teenage girl would make a teenage boy constantly go over to her house alone unless she was planning something! Well, I'm not going to let you play your game you little hussy!"

"Wait! So I'm a hussy now!? What the heck with these outrageous accusations! I don't need to take this from you! Need I remind you that you and your family owes me for letting you stay in town! I can still kick you out whenever I feel like it!" Rin countered

"I'd like to see you try, you little girl!" Ilya retorted.

"Little girl!? Your only a year older than me! Don't act all high and mighty!"

Shirou looked on at the two arguing women. If he was being honest with himself, then he had no idea how a simple introduction had turned into a full on screaming match. The boy looked around. Apparently, the two screaming girls had gathered quite the crowd of passing students. Comments ranged from. "Isn't that Tohsaka Rin. She's the school idol." and "Whose the white haired girl? She's kinda cute." to "Catfight!" and "I wonder how long until one of them throws a punch.". There were also some comments about Shirou going around, such as "Who is that redhead, he looks kinda familiar.", "Lucky bastard. He's got two hot girls fighting over him", and "I wonder what he did to piss those two girls off." Deciding to take some action. Shirou stepped between the two arguing girls. "Um, I'm sorry to interrupt you two, but, if you haven't noticed, you seem to have some spectators."

The to girls stopped shouting at each other and looked around, suddenly noticing the everyone around them.

Rin blushed slightly in embarrassment over having been seen acting so out of character. "She used her hand to flip her hair back before she turned around."Emiya-kun, we'll be talking about this later." She stated in an aggravated tone. She walked away.

"Wait, what?" Shirou asked not knowing why her anger was directed at him.


*One Hour Later*

"Hello" Shirou introduced himself in front of the class. "My name is Shirou Emiya. I actually lived in Fuyuki a couple years ago, but I moved away to family issues, but now I'm back." He gave a slight bow. "I hope that we can all get along."

The teacher gave a nod at the redhead's standard introduction. "Alright then, do any of you have any questions for Emiya-kun" The teacher asked the class, suddenly several hands went up.

Shirou pointed to one of the girls in the middle of the classroom. "Um, how about you? What's your question?" He inquired.

"So where did you live before moving back here?" She asked.

"I was living in Germany." He answered. "It's not really a bad place, but Im happy its not as cold here." He joked. He looked around the room and pointed to a boy in the first row. "Yes?"

"What kind of hobbies do you have?"

"Well, I like doing household stuff like cooking and cleaning. I also practice some martial arts and according to my neighbor, I have a knack for fixing motorcycles." Shirou chuckled. He then pointed to one of the boys in the back of the class. "Alright and your question?"

"Is it true that Rin Tohsaka and some foreign girl we're fighting over you on the way to school this morning?"

"Yeah, is it?". another boy added.

"Tell the truth dude". Someone else said.

"Huh? Oh no. That was just a misunderstanding. The foreign girl is actually my adoptive sister. She was just a little concerned because I've been going to Tohsaka-san's house recently." The redhead clarified.

"Oh so you have been going to her house! What for?" The same kid asked in irritation.

"Oh, uh, well that's been…" Shirou was having some trouble coming up with a good excuse. It's not like he could tell them that, as far as the Mage Association was concerned, Rin owned Fuyuki and he had worked out a deal with her to live there. Half-truths he could do, but the boy totally stink at lying. Luckily for him, the teacher stepped in before he needed to say another word.

"I think that enough questions for now." She began. Emiya-kun, please o take the empty seat by Ryuudou-kun." She said.

Shirou followed her instructions and took a seat next to a glasses wearing blue haired boy.

When Shirou sat down, the boy leaned over and whispered to him. "Hey Shirou" he said. "It's been awhile, hasn't it?"

"Issei," Shirou replied quietly, "Man, I'm happy to see a familiar face."

"Let's talk during the break." The Monk in-training said.

"Sounds good."


12:00 PM - Lunch break

"So, spill it Shirou-san" Issei asked. "What happened to you, you just up and disappeared one day."

"Like I said, it was family issues." Shirou stated. "It's actually pretty complicated, but simply put, my dad's wife's family pretty much dragged us back to Germany with them."

"Aah," Issei went, "that sort of makes sense I guess."

"Well, well, well" a voice said from their side. The two boys turned there head to the side to see a boy with purplish seaweed like hair approaching them. He was accompanied by a black haired boy in glasses. "If it isn't Emiya-san. I honestly thought that my eyes were deceiving me when I first saw you this morning."

"Shinji," Shirou said with a chuckle. "It nice to-"

"Save it." Shinji interrupted with a dismissive wave of his hand. "I don't really care."

"Well it's nice to know that you haven't changed at least." Shirou said blandly. He then looked at the other boy. "I'm sorry, but I don't really recognize you."

"That would make sense." The boy stated. "We've never met before." He said curtly.

"That's Julian Ichigi." Issei said. "He moved into town a couple weeks after you left. Don't take this the wrong way, but he kind of took your place in our circle of friends. He might come off as kind of rude, but he's not a bad guy."

"Shut it Ryuudou." Julian responded angrily.

'Rude indeed' Shirou thought. "Well, it's nice to meet you Ichigi-san. I'm Emiya Shirou." He extended his hand. 'He has a western first name and an eastern last name. Is he mixed blooded?' the redhead thought.

"Well then, hello Emiya Shirou." Julian shook his hand. "I hope your at least less useless then these two." He gestured to the two other boys with them.

Issei just sighed.

Shinji on the other hand responded. "Who are you calling useless four eyes?"

Shirou chuckled at the display.

"So Emiya," Issei began, drawing Shirou's attention. "Are you gonna join a club?"

"I guess," Shirou replied. "I was thinking maybe the cooking club, but I'm also interested in a archery and kendo clubs too."

"Well, I'd recommend the Archery club." Shinji said. "I'm a member myself, and I don't want to brag, but I'm quite the prodigy." Shinji bragged anyway.

"Hm, well, that sounds interesting." Shirou said. He then turned to Issei and Julian. "What about you two, what clubs are you guys in?"

"Actually, Julian and I are in the same club." Issei stated as he looked towards the glasses wearing boy.

Julian nodded. "I'm not sure I'd say "club"? Its student government. During club times, we go over to the highschool section and help out the student council. We're basically interns. Something tells me it's not really something you'd enjoy."

"Well, it certainly doesn't sound like something I'd me interested in. Okay, Archery club it is then." Shirou decided. "Anyway, I should get going, my sister-"

"Onii-chan!" Shirou heard before he was suddenly tackled from behind, but he managed to remain standing. Shirou looked over his shoulder to see Ilya. The girl currently had her arms draped over Shirous shoulders with her head resting on Shirou's left shoulder.

"Illya" he began. "What are you doing?"

"Don't you remember?" She asked. "You promised to meet me for lunch."

Shirou thought about it for a second before he remembered. "Oh, right. I'm sorry, I totally forgot." He apologized.

"Oh, it's okay Onii-chan." The white haired girl stated, strengthening her hug. "I can't stay mad at you."

"E-Emiya…." Shirou heard. The redhead looked to the source of the voice and saw a shocked Shinji pointing at him. "W-Who is this girl?"

Issei also looked somewhat gobsmacked. His mouth was open and the tint from his glasses shielded his eyes from view.

Julian however just looked annoyed.

"Oh that's right, you guys never met her." Shirou said. He pointed at his sister. "This is Illya. She's my dad's biological daughter, making her my adoptive sister."

The white haired girl let go of her brother and gave a small curtsy. "Hello, my name is Illyasviel von Einzbern, but please, call me Illya." She introduced herself.

Julian's eyes narrowed upon hearing the name.

Shinji eyes widened.

Issei seemed to be the only one who was not majorly affected. "You never mentioned that you had a sister Shirou." He stated.

"Yeah well, certain….circumstances made it so we didn't meet for a while." Shirou gave an honest if vague answer.

The monk in training stood up and extended his hand towards the girl. "Well, either way, it's nice to meet you, I'm Issei Ryuudou, an old friend of Shirou."

Illya shook his hand. "Aaahh", so your Onii-chan's friend. He's told me alot about you." She then looked at Shinji. "Oh, and you must be Shinji Matou."

Shinji looked surprised. He then tried to play it off with confidence. "Oh, so you recognize me huh? Well it's no surprise. I'm quite well known."

The white haired girl didn't seem to pay attention to him. She looked at her brother. "You were right Onii-chan. His hair does look like seaweed."

"Huh?" Shinji gasped, clearly caught the blue haired boy off guard."My hair looks like what!?" He angrily questioned.

"Finally, someone said it." Julian replied

Issei looked at the Matou. "You know, now that she mentions it…" He drifted off.

"It doesn't look like seaweed!" Shinji defended himself.

"What about you?" Ilya pointed towards Julian, ignoring the still angry boy. "What your name?"

Julian looked at Illyasviel for a moment, as if debated whether or not to answer her question. "Julian, Julian Ichigi" He said simply. "Your brother wouldn't have mentioned me. I moved here after he left."

"Ah, well it's nice to meet you Ichigi-san" The white haired girl politely spoke. She then latched onto her brother's arm. "Now Onii-chan, where should we go to eat lunch? I was thinking on the roof like proper protagonists." She offered

"Well actually, since were all already here,why don't we all eat here instead?" Shirou suggested. "Lunch break won't last forever."

"I actually need to go." Julian quickly said. "I have some business to take care of."

"Oh, is that so?" Shirou responded. "Well, I'll see you later Ichigi-san."

Julian simply nodded to the group. The teen walked silently out of the classroom and into the empty hallway. Once he was a good distance away from the classroom, he took off his glasses. "An Einzbern" Julian said to himself, his expression turning to one of pure anger. "How annoying"


*Matou Residence*

As Shinji Matou walked into his family mansion, he was immediately met by his grandfather, Zouken. "Hello Shinji" The old man said as his grandson before the teenager even had the chance to close the door. "You're earlier than usual."

"The club advisor was out sick today, so archery practice was cancelled." Was the boy's quick response. He wanted to get to his room as soon as possible. He didn't like spending too much time with the old man. Everything about him made the teen uncomfortable.

"I see. How was school?" His grandfather inquired.

"Well, it was fine I guess." Shinji stated. "Emiya moved back into town. But the thing is there was a white haired girl with him. She said she was an Einzbern." He explained. Shinji knew that there was no point in hiding anything from Zouken. The old man had worms and insects everywhere. If there was anything in Fuyuki worth knowing, he probably knew it already.

"Hmm, is that so?" Zouken Matou began. "So it seems that my familiars were right. The Emiya boy's returned, and he brought his sister back with him no less."

"Yeah, what's that about!?" Shinji complained, now annoyed. "You never told me that Emiya was a magus too!"

""too"?" Zouken asked. "I think I should remind you that you're no magus. Those weak magic circuits that you possess, few as they are, barely allow you enough prana to be classified as a spellcaster, and that's being quite generous." The man mocked his grandson, who who shrank back slightly. "But as for why I never said anything before, it's because I had believed that Kiritsugu Emiya had cut his connection to the Einzberns. Also, you friend Shirou was adopted, so I could not confirm whether or not he had magic circuits without drawing an unneeded attention." He explained.

"...So what now?" Shinji asked quietly after a moment.

"For the time being, you should just keep interacting with him like you normally would." The old man ordered. "It is unlikely that he doesn't know about the Matou clan. The fact that he didn't say anything to you earlier implies that he has no intention of making an issue out of things, which is for the best, all things considered."

"Fine then." The boy walked up the stairs and out of the old man's line of sight.

As the boy left, the main entrance opened again, this time revealing a young girl.

Like Shinji, she had purple hair and matching eyes, though they were a shade lighter. The eyes were blank, not portraying a hint of emotion within them. Upon seeing the girl, the old man smiled.

"Sakura," the old man spoke to his adoptive granddaughter. "You've returned later than usual."

"I'm sorry grandfather." The girl said blankly. "My teacher asked me to help her move some supplies today".

"Hmm" the old man hummed. "That's fine, but please do tell me when you are going to be late. It's only natural for a man to worry about his granddaughter after all." He said. "Now why don't you go ahead and go to the training room."

The girl nodded wordlessly and proceeded to walk to the basement.

Zouken smirked.


*Emiya Residence*

Meanwhile, another conversation was happening at the Emiya estate.

Leysritt and Illya were sitting in front of the television, eating from a box of cookies they had grabbed from the cabinet. Shirou and Sella on the other hand were in the kitchen, cooking and having their own conversation.

"Shirou-sama, you should be a much more cautious." Sella scolded. Shirou had just finished explaining his first day at school to the maid. Needless to say, Sella was less than pleased. "Your Matou friend probably didn't know that you were a Magus before, but introducing Lady Illyasviel to him probably gave him a hint."

"I don't really think it's a big deal." Shirou said to the maid. "He'd probably find out eventually. It's not like I can just hide the fact that Illya is my sister."

"Yeah, don't be such a worry wart, Sella." Illya said from her place next to Leysritt and in front of the TV. "Even if Shiji-san is a magus, the magic circuits of the Matou bloodline has been declining for generations. I doubt that he's much of a threat at this point. Besides, if anything happens I'm sure Onii-chan and I can deal with it."

Shirou simply chuckled nervously at his sister's confidence in him.

Sella turned towards the other maid in the room. "Leysritt, you see the issue in trusting the Matous right?" She asked for support.

Leysritt turned away from the t.v. Taking the cookie out of her mouth, she spoke. "Huh? What?"

Sella sighed. "Never mind."


Not a lot happened in this chapter. I, but it was kinda needed to move the story along.

Any of you ever read a manga where two people have a big argument in an open, public space and nobody pays the slightest bit of attention. That annoys me.

The way I'm translating Avalon is that even when Saber isn't around, it still has a minor healing ability, but anything greatly noteworthy.

I know Kuzuki doesn't show up in Fuyuki for another two years, but I couldn't pass up the easy joke.

I did some reading on Shinji. Turns out he wasn't always a piece of shit. It started after Sakura officially took Shinji's place as heir to the Matou family. That being the case I'm gonna try and make him a better person.

Yes, I will be adding in some Prisma Illya concepts.

I tried to get Julian's personality right. There's not alot of him being a student, so I just had to work with what I had.

If any of you are wondering, Ichigi is the false last name that Julian used while at Homahara in Miyu's world.