His Children
Saber thought things would be interesting now that she's summoned by Kiritsugu's foster children, the two of who survived the Fuyuki Fire that was their doing.
While Shirou has the skill, he didn't have the personality. THANKFULLY. She wasn't sure if he can deal with Kiritsugu Jr., not after putting up with Kiritsugu.
As for Kazuki...she was 'raised to be Irisviel' and she could see that clearly. Her way of speaking, manners, hairstyle, clothes...what is Kiritsugu thinking? However unlike Irisviel who was pure and innocent to the point of treating a car like a carnival ride reminiscent of a roller coaster, octopus and anchor's away combined, and thinks of it as a 'favorite toy'; Kazuki enjoys teasing their friend, Hibari Kyouya and unlike Irisviel, very open with her advances, and quite fine with kissing them like a lover would as a show of affection.
That, and their friend...is a battle-nut he spars with Shirou whenever he could, but Shirou would put his foot down if its time to cook meals.
'Now then, while the men work off their excess testosterone, let's get you enrolled in High School so you're with oniichan in class.' said Kazuki. 'Given your work ethic you would be against leaving him alone so you'll be going to school together.'
'Really? That's thoughtful of you two but can I fit in somehow?' Saber wondered anxiously.
'Well, you've known tousan has a wife right? Act like her, and become a normal girl.' Kazuki advised. 'As long as you're in school and its morning, you are Aria Pendleton the student and normal girl. At night when Fuji-nee goes home after dinner, you are Saber, oniichan's protector and Servant.'
Saber gulped.
Behave like Irisviel?
To be fair she's the only female she associated with in the modern era...because the mannerisms of women in her era would be extremely weird and out-of-place here.
'Oh, and Saber?'
'Hm?'
'While in your Aria persona, do not use your Saber-voice OK? You deepen your voice in a bid to pass off as a male. Try speaking in how you'd sound if you relaxed yourself and let your true voice come out. It'd be weird if you act girly-girl with your male voice and I'm the one supplying your clothes...'
Saber sweatdropped as she imagined it now.
Her wearing such feminine clothing, yet talking like she usually does, as a Knight.
Kazuki dresses in very feminine clothing, in the form of one-piece dresses.
'A-ah...'
That would indeed, be weird...and in order to stay with Shirou in school, she must master being feminine!
xxx
Three weeks of Spring Vacation.
Spent in getting to know Saber, and Saber getting to know her new Masters.
To be fair, she has two freaking years with Shirou. While she only has three weeks with Kazuki and Hibari.
And one week before vacation ends?
'Saber, I wish to spar with you.' said Hibari after breakfast.
'Very well.' Saber nodded. She felt the two foster children made friends with a battle-nut...that she felt if he ever became a hero, he'd be Berserker. Its the only class he can be in. And considering how he disregards his injuries? He'd be summoned with an E-.
'Well, can that wait one hour after breakfast so nobody throws up?' Shirou suggested, considering Saber likes his cooking so much she could eat for four people. At least she's not as bad as Taiga...
When one hour of rest passed, it began.
'OK you two,' said Shirou, taking out a pair of metal, and blunt-as-possible Bokken. 'Try not to damage each other too much! We'll put a bounded field so the garden won't be wrecked and for the battle to stay in the garden only!'
After that, insanity pretty much ensued.
'Ahhh...if this keeps up, nobody from the mafia can beat Hibari~its even a fool's hope now.' Kazuki sweatdropped.
'Ah...' Shirou could agree. 'Hibari...you could say he evolves in Combat to the point he surpassed me.' he said. 'If he surpasses even Saber...really, lord help whoever pisses him off now.'
'Well, its a good thing we're only here for one more week, right?'
Unfortunately, they underestimated Hibari...combine the fact he has Cloud Flames despite being latent and a strong will to match, he pushes himself to be able to catch up to Saber and force his body to do what he wants even if it meant torn muscles as unlike the two, he is NOT flexible and it takes years of training to be flexible. His strong will and the ability to force himself causes his latent potential to seep through...
Its thus a cycle of heal-fight-heal-fight-heal-fight-heal-fight-heal-fight-heal-fight-heal-fight-heal...only stopping for meals, bath and sleep.
And indeed, one week was sufficient. Hibari caught up to Saber in skill while still hopelessly-outmatched in strength and durability as she is a Servant.
The children felt had Hibari been active...he could catch up to Saber in no time flat, strength and durability included.
'Oniichan, can you tell me Saber's specs?' Kazuki asked him. 'We know her parameters as tousan's Servant, what about you?'
'Well, definitely an improvement as you made my Circuits A-Class.' said Shirou. 'Her luck went A while her luck with tousan was D. Her mana pool is also larger compared to his. If with tousan she was 3000...with me its 5000.'
'Heee...that's A-Class for you.' Kazuki whistled.
'Well, staying materialized all the time costs her 6 units a day just staying around in a normal life like this but if there's a battle, that'd be a big problem if you hadn't enhanced me...' Shirou said weakly. His original Circuit Quality was a miserable D-, almost an E even if he has 27 Magic Circuits that produces 25 units per circuit but Kazuki made it 30. But while Circuit Amount cannot be increased, quality can if and only if your helper is connected to the Root. Thanks to Kazuki, his circuits are A-Class, the best a human can have unless you're that damn lucky and blessed at birth like Aozaki Touko who was born an EX. That, and quality will never degrade on any child/descendant of his as long as they're of his bloodline even if his future spouse is no magus or from a dwindling bloodline.
Because of Kazuki's enhancement, he gained a Sorcery Trait called 'Gift from the Root'. A Sorcery Trait his children and descendants fathered by sons would always get.
When the week ended, it was time to go home.
'Mama, I'm home!'
xxx
Meanwhile, in Italy...
Timoteo was in deep thought.
Plans out of consideration for a civilian went awry from that kidnapping and now Kazuki knows that they're Mafia but not much detail about Vongola. And she is his sole heir left. Iemitsu stayed with his family for a year to reconnect with his amnesiac daughter with his wife. He always visited her in Rehab and watched over. And one year at home, he said that Nana 'bounced back real quick', showing a before and after photo. He felt its perhaps because she got her daughter back. Nana looked as what you'd expect in her condition before she is smuggled back to Japan, yet she's as 'bright as a flower' in just one year. And she did not look 33 due to a long sleep and whatever happened in that one year back home. She looked like a young mother.
Perhaps being happy worked miracles.
(what they don't know is that Shirou enhances the groceries with sorcery when he established himself as the grocery shopper)
That, and his relationship with Xanxus somewhat soured. Xanxus is angrier than usual, especially around him Squalo often had to be around as his Rain just so meetings with him wouldn't go downhill...and when he saw his room rummaged and his diary found, he easily guessed what happened...and he found out what led to room-searching.
Xanxus found out because of a loud phone call so its actually his fault he found out.
Well, at least he understood that while he'll never inherit Vongola despite how hard he worked for it, at least he knows that Timoteo acknowledged him more than he did his own sons. But still, not inheriting somehow stings for the boy.
Ah, if only he were more like that Fujimura girl from what Reborn told them...
Speaking of him, his time with the Cavallone boy has ended hasn't it? And Kazuki is familiar with him...
He reached for his phone. 'Ciao, Reborn...'
xxx
Reborn put the phone down after conversation with Timoteo.
'So now its her turn eh?' he mused.
A year ago, he ended tutoring Dino, making a wimpy, clumsy idiot into a formidable boss. His family once on the verge of bankruptcy and dissolving, is now the third richest in the alliance with over 3000 subordinate families.
And Kazuki is a civilian princess he can surely make into a powerful donna more powerful that Ottava had been, if he worked it good.
He just hoped those two kids hadn't...done anything stupid while adults weren't looking...he still remembers that night that got him shocked.
So yes, he'll damn rush over.
xxx
April 1...
Classes begin.
Its now Kazuki's turn to step foot into Namichuu.
However, with Hibari at the gate...
'Hibari? Didn't you already graduate?' Kazuki croaked out, wide-eyed, seeing him at the front gate.
'Hn. I simply came back.'
'E-ehhh?!' Kazuki squawked as Hibari smirked.
'It feels that leaving this place won't be much fun, little bird.' he said. 'So I'm sticking around. I'm doing online anyway.'
'Mou, you're impossible...' Kazuki sweatdropped. Hibari does what he wants to do indeed.
'Get going for the Welcoming Ceremony already little bird. Tardiness is not allowed by the Disciplinary Committee.'
'Hai hai...'
'And we'll talk at lunch break.'
He wanted an arrangement. Every after school, she is to chuck him to Fuyuki once they got Shirou and Saber's schedule down pat as he wants sparring hours with Saber.
'So that's why neh? I can't come with you to Fuyuki on those hours for mama's peace of mind alright?' Kazuki told him. 'So for you to heal quick as oniichan's power is focused in Saber now, you will make a Link Contract with me.'
'Link Contract?' Hibari frowned.
'Until the Holy Grail War ends, since you're sparring with Saber after dinner until 11 pm, your injuries will immediately heal when you think the words 'This spar is over' so you can recover by drawing power from me.' she said. 'This will happen automatically.'
'Alright.'
Kazuki stepped up to him...and kissed him deeply to his mortification.
But gawd...the kiss was good. Too good he couldn't help but melt into it and kissed back just as fiercely and he saw it.
Deep within his mind, Ribbons from two opposite directions shot out of nowhere, and its ends merged with each other and he felt a strong presence deep within him. It must be the contract.
But did she really have to...kiss him...?
'Link established.' Kazuki gasped out breathlessly.
'Did it have to be a kiss?' Hibari asked, red-faced.
'It didn't have to be.' Kazuki smiled mischievously. 'Its my preference.'
'Preference?!'
'Because its not too showy.' she said matter-of-factly as if stating the obvious. 'If I did it the magical way, people would see the bright lights caused by sorcery and the strong winds from a Magic Circle.' Kazuki explained. 'And Sorcery is supposed to be a secret, remember?' she reminded him. 'So using sorcery on people from now on, will be through kissing, alright?'
Hibari sighed.
Looks like if he asks things from her for himself, he'll be getting it through a kiss...
Just thinking about it made him hard...
'Oh my! You're hard again.'
'...shut up...'
xxx
By around nighttime, Reborn arrived in Namimori.
He could smell dinnertime. He had Reborn become a cane with a horizontal tip just to press the doorbell.
/Yes?/
'Maman, its Reborn. I am sent here by the boss.' Reborn spoke up. 'Kazuki and Shirou knows me so its OK.'
/Reborn?! Oh, come inside./ this time, that was Kazuki as she was the one who came out to let him in.
'Its been four years, Kazuki.' Reborn noted as he sat on her shoulder.
'Yeah.'
'So, how are things?'
'Well, mama bounced back in health, but no guns in the house, alright?'
'I know.'
'And is your brother cooking?'
'No, its mama. Oniichan went back to Fuyuki right after graduation because of his final homework from Kiri-tousan.' Kazuki explained. 'But we're not undefended because his best friend is just as reliable.' she smiled.
'Hooo?'
'He's a battle-nut...he saw oniichan's body in P.E, challenged him to a fight every single day but kept losing...but he lasts longer until eventually, he caught up. He's stubborn as a mule to the point he ignores his injuries...honestly, oniichan once joked he's a zombie!'
'I'd like to hear that over dinner.'
This friend perked Reborn's interest. The two just met a potential Cloud or Sun Guardian. That, and Shirou is not here so he wouldn't be seeing these two kiss for a while but what happened in four years is anyone's guess...
And so...
'My, so you're a bodyguard Timoteo-san sent?' Nana asked as she put food on the table.
'Yes.' said Reborn. 'And also to tutor and train Kazuki.' he said. 'One day, Kazuki will join the organization to replace her father who, by the time she's old enough, would retire.'
'O-oh my...' Nana squeaked, going pale. She really, REALLY doesn't like the idea that her daughter would be in 'Special Forces' but...since they know too much already...they really don't have a choice, don't they?
'It'll be alright maman.' Reborn reassured her. 'I'll make Kazuki a powerful agent. If I can train a wimpy, clumsy idiot into being a boss and that's a miracle, she'll be easier to teach as she did workout on Kiritsugu's instructions. Progress is also faster no doubt.' he swore. 'Kazuki, about this friend of yours...'
He learned about Hibari Kyouya that dinnertime...making Reborn think hard about the matter.
'Well, if you're going to be a bodyguard...use oniichan's room then.' said Kazuki. 'Its right next to mine so you're close by to us incase anyone gets ideas.'
'Very well.'
'Shirou's room? But we're not allowed there by even your father.' Nana pointed out.
'Well...out of consideration for your feelings, you're not allowed in there.' said Kazuki awkwardly. 'Mama, you know that he's had training from our foster father, right?' Nana nodded slowly. She knows what Emiya Kiritsugu used to be from her husband just to know who the children lived with for five years. 'Vongola basically made his bedroom an armory for our sake.'
'They what?!'
And upon seeing the bedroom, she saw guns and sniper rifles on the walls, and a cabinet full of bullets be it in boxes or cartridges.
'W-wha...?' Nana swayed as if to faint, stunned by the sight.
Reborn whistled.
'Well, this is of great help at any rate.' he said. 'Well, I'll stay in this room then.'
