Shadow of a memory: ==lll I already had a Beta, I always write it after the reviews in case you missed it

Darkconvoy99: now that you just have to wait and see~

sinnerlust: I don't know, I mean in the Fate universe they said that the Age of Gods had ended but they didn't specified how it did or even why it did and then they manage to put some other characters like Tamamo who was created from Amaterasu's soul and Brynhildr who is also a goddess and then there's Scathach who in legends said was immortal and yet they were there so..yeah don't know what else to tell you unless someone could tell me how or why

Now for those asking about Miya and Karasuba, reason I put them there is because I wanted something to spice it up you know and when I thought about it I remembered that the Freezing never showed other staff other than Kim Yu-mi so I thought I can use that angle by adding teachers and as to why these two...well...they popped into my mind the first time I write it out, at first I wanted to use Esdeath but she was too young looking to be a teacher so there

Beta'ed by Aburg76

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(Next day Shirou's room)

"So" Started Shirou as he looks on at his sister who was nervously twiddling her fingers as she sat on his bed as he crossed his arms over his chest, giving her an impassive look as the former Beast of Alaya continued on "do you mind telling me just what that was all about yesterday?"

What he was referring to was the fight that he had interrupted yesterday where his sister along with her friend Arnett was involved in a fight with Satellizer and the Tibetan girl the previous night. After that was a wild ride for the two of them as they were punished with Archer though his was a little lighter than the others as the former Counter Guardian had tried to end it, the two siblings didn't get the chance speak to each other the whole night they were in solitary confinement and so here they were after their classes ended as the Beast of Alaya wanted answers from his sister about her actions.

Creo for her part was unable meet her younger brother's gaze as she instead fidgeted around in her seat while she thought of a valid excuse as to why she was fighting yesterday with her juniors, the words seemed to die in Creo's mouth before she even began tospeak them as anything the Pandora thought about wouldn't cut it for her brother. So with a sigh of resignation from the girl, Creo relented as she answered him "that" she began hesitantly "was because we thought it best to teach her a lesson"

Seeing Shirou raise an eyebrow as this, the Pandora continued "look Shirou, this school has something of a hierarchy where we third years are at the top among the students; the fourth years don't count since they're always on missions so it's up to us to handle the school"

The sliver haired former counter guardian gave a snort of derision "and by handle you mean beating your juniors" Shirou retorted his tone harsh.

The harshness of his tone made Creo flinch since she rarely saw her brother this upset before and also the feeling she was now experiencing was new yet disgusting to the girl as she was being told off by her own younger brother. Even then Shirou didn't relent as he continued on "what the hell sis? You're supposed to be a senior, someone to lead the younger students so they could be ready to protect the world and here you are, trying to push them down and prevent them from getting the strength to do just that and for what? Your pride?" he asked before giving a rather embittered chuckle "Well, tough luck because the world isn't all that black and white here and pride don't mean anything on the battlefield"

Creo could hear the venom dripping from her brother's voice as Shirou laid it out to her as if he were washing dirty laundry then the girl felt as sudden burst of anger as she challenged him "then what do you expect us to do? We're just following the tradition that our seniors laid out for us, you expect us to just sit back while some upstart humiliates us in combat?"

Despite this outburst, Creo saw her brother giving her an unsympathetic look as he didn't even deign to speak only nodded in answer to her question. It brought another bout of shivers as Creo was intimidated by this so she kept silent. "If you keep losing then train harder, fight smarter, learn from your mistakes so you could prevent from making them in the future. At the very least it'll be better that you learn it here than out there where not only your lives but also the lives of others are on the line" Shirou explained to her.

Again, Creo had to flinch as she slowly realizes what her brother was getting at. So she sat back down on her bed, looking down on the floor as her brother then said to her in a more gentler tone "look," he began "I get that you want to show that you're top dog in this school and show your strength to your juniors that you could lead them but this is not the way to do it"

Shirou then went to sit beside to her and put an arm over her shoulder as he continued "listen sis, if you keep doing this then sooner or later they will fight back and believe they will fight back hard if this keeps up" the former Counter Gaurdian promised

The Pandora closed her eyes for a moment as she asked to him in a soft voice "then what do you expect us to do?"

"Let them grow" was the Beast of Alayas reply "if you keep holding them down like this then it's not just you that's going to suffer but the rest of humanity is also going to suffer as long you keep behaving like the way you are now" Shirou explained. "So how about you just think about this for a bit okay, because this problem is just going to fester into something worse over time until one of them says that enough is enough"

Creo sighed as she leaned into her brother's arms "fine" she managed in a tired manner "I guess, but the rest won't be more receptive to the idea" the Pandora informed him.

Shirou couldn't help but chuckle as he playfully "well, I guess that they'll have to live without my oh so wonderful cooking until they have learned their lesson then. While you will have to hold out for a week" he informed Croe

The moment Shirou had said that, the silver haired Pandora's eyes widened in terror as she looked up at him with her jaw agape with her eyes wide open "what the hell, why bro why?" she pleaded.

Shirou was not fazed as a mischievous smirk made its way onto his face "well, you did cause so much trouble last night and you're lucky that they didn't tell mom or dad and believe me, it's only because of me that she isn't here right now so she could give you an earful and so it is up to me to make sure that you will be punish properly so you will not have any of my home cook meals for a week and a half" he explained.

Now Creo's eyes widened even further if such a thing was possible "you just said I had to hold out for a week" she shouted with an accusatory finger pointed in her brother's direction.

"What was that?" Archer asked his smirk still in place "you mean I said two weeks and not one and a half. Oh thanks for that sis, I mean you know how forgetful I am with stuff like this so I hope you can hold off for two weeks without my food right"

Creo was frozen with shock at how her brother had just casually said that before she started to cry, as she did so a dark cloud loomed over her head at the inability to taste her brother's god like cooking for two weeks. Shirou on the other hand had to chuckle at his sister's antics, the two stayed like that for a while, if anyone could see them as they are now and not know that they were siblings then this would have made a very cute little romantic scene.

(A while later stadium)

Walking towards the stadium, the former Counter Guardian was on guard for every step he took while wondering just who was waiting for him in there as he tensed up for anything that might occur on his way there. The reason Shirou was walking towards the stadium was because it's part of his punishment, so to speak. Sure the contract he had with Dr. Gengo made him having to do tests to figure out just what made him tick now the Beast of Alaya was doing this just to let the teachers of the school to have a more in depth look at his skills.

So here he was, waiting to fight whoever it was they deemed good enough to test him with as he stopped right in the middle of the field. Shirou waited there for a few minutes until his senses informed him that someone was coming, looking to his left the former Counter Guardian saw the purple haired woman that stopped the fight yesterday walking towards him with her katana in hand. This time though she was wearing a grey and black version of her clothing from yesterday but Shirou could see that she was ready for a fight

With naught but a word Shirou got out Kanshou and Bakuya and took his stance as he saw her slowly unsheathing her sword before stopping just in front of him in a stance. Despite the tense situation, the silver haired former Counter Guardian could help but ask "so sensei, mind if I ask for your name since I never seen you before?"

"Miya, Miya Asama, a fourth year teacher though I might be yours too when it comes to doing tests like this or training with some of the other fourth years" She informed him barely batting an eye.

"I thought I would stay with the second years?" the Beast of Alaya replied an eyebrow rose in curiosity.

"True but from what I could see last night, your skills might be a little more than any of the second years and that's also a reason that I'm here for this test, because you have pique my curiosity." The Lavender haired woman answered not missing a beat.

That stunned the silver haired former Counter Guardian as he blink once, twice, and a third time before he managed to speak "what?" Shirou it was not much but the message was as clear as crystal.

"Yes" the woman answered "mainly because I can tell that you were holding yourself back quite a bit and you could say that I am curious to see how strong you really are" she informed him.

It was only through years of experience that was able Shirou spin on the balls of his heels and clash with the purple haired swords woman who was already behind him, the power behind the clash cratered the ground they stood on before the two warriors leapt backwards with pure speed that ripped apart the ground in tandem to their movements and the rest was a blur.

(Stadium control room)

"My, my, he really is something" a voice purred out within the confines of the room as it showed the grey haired swords woman from last night stepping out from the shadows looking on at the fight before her, tracking the two's movements with her eyes while she unconsciously licked her lips as though she was enjoying it

A sigh was heard in the room as she turns to see the headmistress sitting next to her "honestly Karasuba, is there no end to your bloodlust. I'm surprise that you aren't in jail yet because of it" the headmistress stated not even looking at the now named Karasuba.

All she got was a cheeky grin from her as the grey haired woman answered her oh so innocently "awe~" Karasuba cooed "but fighting is what I live for, the steel, sweat and blood is what makes me shiver in excitement and with the eyes he has, I am doing all that I can to not go down there and have some fun for myself"

The headmistress of the school sigh once again as she knew about her tendency to go 'overboard' when it comes to fighting but even then she knew that without a doubt that this woman was in the top five ranking in the world among the staff members and Chevalier but that didn't matter as she looks back among the darkness of the room and she asked them "and what are your thoughts on him?"

Among there were four shadows that seemed to be glued to the field below as they saw the clashing of steel upon steel, evaluating the male as it were before one of them spoke up first "have to say that the guy's not bad though it does make one wonder just how did he get that good?"

Another voice decided to voice out her thoughts to her colleague's question "who knows, he is quite the mystery, the same could be said for that transfer student a while back, what was her name again?" the second voice asked pausing for a moment "ah yes, Leto Tidus I believe."

"True, those two seemed to have a certain air about them that I just can't quite place. I guess we'll just have to see won't we" said the third voice voice though this one seemed a little more nonchalant about it as another voice seemed to agree with her saying "yeah, it's not like they're ohh I don't know, a hero from the future or a goddess that ended up fighting in a secret war where the prize was being able to wish for anything right?"

The moment she said that had everyone there turn and look at her blankly as the first voice said "that" it began "is oddly specific" and all she got for an answer was a shrug of the other person's shoulder as they returned to watching the fight below.

(Stadium floor)

Clashing once more, the two combatants push every ounce of power they had to overcome each other, seeing this Archer sidestep to the left which made Miya stumble slightly with Shirou trying to capitalize on that with a swing but all he got was the open space before he quickly rolled forward to dodge a strike from behind.

Shirou quickly got back up to deflect another strike and countered with a low kick, it might not be enough but at the very least the former Counter Gordian had hope to make her stumble in her step so her could counter attack. It was for naught as Miya didn't even flinch as she spun around to a swing but Shirou leant back if only just barely to avoid that slash before the former counter Guardian jumped back to avoid the follow up.

Now he stood with his swords still at the ready but one could see that the boy was slightly winded as he took a few labored breaths and a light sheen of sweat rolled down from his face. Shirou knew of this but for the most part this was no surprise to the Beast of Alaya as he still needed to restrain himself so he didn't showcase his more unique weapons and skills but Shirou was slowly being forced to break that act as the woman before him is pushing him further and further passed his control.

Despite this, Shirou knew that she was at the very least in the same condition he was in as he could hear and see that Miya had a slightly more labored breaths and a light sweat on her body.

The two combatants knew about each other's current condition but Miya had a slight upper hand in knowing that Shirou was holding back and she was trying to push him to both test the former Counter Guardian and to sate her curiosity

Once more the two clashed with their blades as everywhere they did so tore the ground they stood upon and caved the walls surrounding it, Shirou went with a swing with Bakuya but Miya blocked it before countering with a slash but Shirou managed to use Kanshou to intercept it. Managing to push her off before giving a snap kick but Miya saw it and deflected it with the side of her blade

She now got in close for another strike but what she wasn't expecting was for Archer to dropped Kanshou that allowed his hand to grab her wrist in an attempt to throw her. Miya went with it the motion, due to her years of experience and skill set, the lavender haired woman instead managed to realign herself mid throw and land in a crouched position, without missing a beat she went for a stab.

Shirou barely manage to spin his body to avoid the stab as he tried to strike her with the pommel of Bakuya. Miya then disappeared in a burst of speed, making the silver haired former Counter Guardian wide eyed as he ducked down in one movement to grab Kanshou and swung it upwards.

All he got was an afterimage as the blade passed it harmlessly but instead of meeting resistance, the Beast of Alaya spun around with the married sword still in hand and swung it downwards behind him where Miya blocked it with her sword.

Once more the two struggled for control before Miya leapt back, making Shirou stumble a little while she capitalized on it in a burst of speed poise to strike but Shirou manged to roll to the side to avoid it.

Miya continued to pressure him with precise and powerful swings but Shirou manage to block, deflect, and avoid it as much as he could when all of a sudden the purple haired swordswoman somehow split herself into four of herself, all poised to strike in four directions.

Reacting purely on instinct, the silver haired former Counter Guardian threw Kanshou and Bakuya at two of the copies before calling out Gae Bolg in a spin to take out the reaming copies. All of them dispersed into thin air, but none of them were the real one, it only took a second for him to react with blocking a downward slash from above.

Shirou pushed Miya off before rolling forward, dismissing the cursed spear and went to grab his swords before getting back up, ready for anything that she might have in store for him.

Though it seemed that the fates were finally shining upon the Beast of Alaya as the speakers rang out through the stadium and from there was the sound of the headmistress "alright" she said "that will be enough for today."

The two stared each other for a few more moments until both of them relented as Shirou dismissed his blades and Miya sheathing hers before the two bowed to each other as Miya said to him "it seems that our time is up."

"It seems so" Archer replied. He was well aware that if the two of them continued any longer then they would have left the stadium in shambles by the time either would admit defeat so he mentally thanked whatever deity or worst come to worst Zeltrech for this.

The two didn't say anything else as they walked out to their separate destinations.

(With Miya)

Heading towards the control room, Miya close the door as she heard the headmistress spoke first "so, what did you think of the boy?" She asked.

The purple haired swords woman closed her eyes for a moment before answering "It seems that he has more to show than what he showed just now and I am inclined to believe that he's been holding back for a reason that I am only able speculate."

Everybody there seemed to hum in thought for a bit as one of the shadow's spoke out first "well looks like he's more than meets the eye"

Karasuba licked her lips in anticipation "well, that just make it more fun then" she declared.

Everyone else in there all looked at each other before looking back to see the back of Shirou from a camera angle until it zoomed in on him where the Beast of Alaya stopped for a moment before looking in its direction.

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Done, before any of you ask no I'm not telling who those shadows were so other than that

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