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FICTION
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Chapter 6: School Trip
The walk back to the CCG Main HQ was pleasantly quiet, the two investigators sent to search for survivors after the radios went off had immediately found Shirou and Koitsu waiting in the main hallway leading to the entrance.
Their faces turned sour at the somber look on the two survivors' visages and, reporting back to the HQ, they proceeded to escort the two specialists back to the 1st Ward.
A tragedy, one that was relayed by several TV News channels in Japan, one that stung the Magus in an odd way.
He imagined himself as the Counter-Guardian he could have and.. nothing.
The Emiya knew that he wouldn't have been sent to save the escort that had protected them back in the 3rd Ward because it wouldn't have mattered much to Alaya.
As much as it represented humanity, the Will of Mankind wasn't going to shed tears to the death of some unimportant pawns.
What truly mattered were the major threats to humanity itself, mostly men themselves.
Yoshitoki Washuu, the vice-director of the CCG, was the first of the group of influential people that had greeted them few hours after being sent to the infirmary of the building.
An interesting, simple man seemingly concerned for the health of his subordinates that had more than happily conceded a week of exemption from work for the Magus and the researcher without removing any Yen from their pay.
Among the small group of investigators and administrators, Shirou noticed the man that had guided him to his current workplace, Itsuki Marude, whispering furiously to the younger white-haired man on his side.
While they were all preparing to go to the 3rd Ward, Koitsu had mused over the possibility that, since the mission had a way too small escort group compared to the difficulty it represented, someone might have as well prepared to kill them with that.
Initially scoffing at the supposed pessimism, Shirou found out the hard way that this theory might as well be correct especially with the luck he had always had with this kind of stuff.
Bronze eyes brushed upon gray ones, that brief contact giving much more than the both expected.
What Shirou saw was... oddly familiar.
The week passed smoothly and uneventful as Shirou spent most of it trying to explore the immense capital.
A monumental task for someone that had lived most of his life in a city less than 1/4 of Tokyo's size but it had been an interesting period of being a tourist.
Yet he still ended up having a cup of coffee and a small breakfast in the 20th Ward, at Anteiku.
The cafe had curiously wormed a place in his heart by the first time he had been there with Chigyou.
Becoming a frequent client at the coffee shop attracted the attention of the small staff as they started to warm up at his presence.
The manager had been the first one to approach him, offering him a slice of cake which he agreed to order.
A delicious sweet food that had shocked him to his whole core as Shirou had barely tasted anything else but the food he made himself.
It was an interesting change in his normalcy, one that he didn't disagree with.
Slowly he started to make conversation with Enji Kouma and Kaya Irimi, the two friendly workers being keen to break formality once there were few clients in the shop.
A shameless flirt in many situations, Kouma was one that teased people a lot in his free time and that was mostly focused onto his partner at work.
Irimi was quite reserved most of the times, letting others speak, but never once shied away from offering her own opinion or suggestion.
Ken Kaneki was actually a funny young man behind that shell he had around his mind.
The eyepatch-wearing teen behaved awfully similar to Sakura, always thinking that he had something to account for.
The manager was still an unknown piece of the shops, most of the time away for various commissions.
Lastly was Touka Kirishima...
His first assumptions regarding the young girl finding some proof in the only three days he had the opportunity to 'study' her.
Very jumpy, snappy like Tohsaka but she also took her job seriously without whining or hesitating.
An hard-working girl, Touka reminded Shirou of himself during the first year after Kiritsugu's death.
Very reserved, masking the pain with a faux attitude while still being helpful around when needed.
The Emiya almost didn't notice the Kirishima getting few days off from work because another grave news reached his ears.
During an investigation in the 20th Ward, Kureo Mado was killed by the child Ghoul that he had been searching for almost two days.
A painful loss to the CCG since the Quinque Expert had been one of the 'invicibles' that had fueled the propaganda of the organisation.
It was during the funeral cerimony that Shirou had the opportunity to see Kishou Arima once again, this time away from him noticing his glances.
His initial thoughts regard the White Reaper, finding dangerous similarities with Kirei Kotomine's mindframe, collapsed as he looked at him going to offer some flowers to the closed coffin.
Behind the barely formed mask, Shirou noticed genuine sadness towards the event and that pained expression only few like him could understand.
Kishou Arima was not Kirei Kotomine, he looked like Kiritsugu Emiya.
The week ended and the Emiya returned to work the day he wasn't even going to do anything.
A class from the Academy Junior School had been given the opportunity to experience a guided tour around the CCG Main HQ, possibly to impress future investigators to the job.
"Quinques are very dangerous weapons and are mostly used by experienced and trainer Investigators."
Kouitsu somehow managed to write down a speech two hours before the tour started, proving to Shirou once more how panic and self-determination can achieve some impressive stunts.
The class was taken by the beautiful Rinkaku released by the case in Chigyou's hands, drawn by how much cool the show was.
Children will always be impressed by 'cool' stuff but Shirou couldn't do much but stare from not much afar as he had been ordered by Dr. Shiba to interfere with the tour in case of emergencies.
He was doing his job of keeping quiet and just watching the scene but..
A young girl started to stare at him, moving away from the mob of students she had came with, opting to approach him.
"Yes?"
She blinked, her blue eyes unfazed by his question. "Are you the repairman that fought back that Ghoul in the 3rd? The one on the news."
Oh? Shirou had been sure that by now no one would have remembered that event, still.
"Yes. I was me and Chigyou there." She hummed quietly at the Emiya's answer before turning her eyes to the Quinque sitting by the table he close by.
"Do you know how that actually work, repairman-san?"
"A quinque?" She nodded, keeping her blank expression going. "Wouldn't it be better if you asked to Chigyou-san?"
The girl shook her head. "Nah. Baka-niichan said that no one would have liked if I had asked something so much boring."
Shirou evaluated the predicament in his mind, contemplating if giving a small lesson regarding to the Quinque to an investigator-in-training would actually be considered as interfering or not.
In the end, the Emiya just sighed and gestured the girl to sit on the chair beside him as he turned to stare at the small case he had been working with.
"How much do you know about Quinques- Actually before we start, my name is Emiya Shirou."
She nodded at the presentation before speaking again. "My name is Yonebayashi Saiko, Emiya-sensei."
'Sensei?' Shirou shrugged the curious honorific away as he focused back on the case as he started to explain the basics behind the Quinque's creation, ignoring the quiet scribbling sound the blue-haired girl caused as she started to write notes in her small notebook.
As the workshift ended and the classroom returned to their bus, Shirou happily gave a goodbye to the curious girl that had been his student for a short amount of time.
She had seemed quite restrained in her goodbye, as if she had done something she was trying to hide.
Seeing this, the Emiya had controlled thorougly the case he had used for the examples in his single lesson but there was no sign of tampering.
While this proved that nothing wrong had happened there, the small dread that was coldly washing upon his bones didn't cease.
It was by the time he reached for the door of his flat that he noticed something was wrong.
A small pair of shoes were calmly put by the entrance and a familiar blue-haired girl appeared from the living room with her bored expression. "Thank you for inviting me for dinner, Emiya-sensei."
...
WHAT THE HECK!
AN
I will bring the text of a funny image about EMIYA I found on Pinterest:
EMIYA: "There are three words that define my past."
Anon:"Unlimited Blade Works?"
EMIYA:*Face darkens* "No, Unnecessary Harem Routes."
Also yes, cute girl Saiko Yonebayashi just infiltrated the Emiya's flat!
Explanation in how she managed to do this and how this is going to put an interesting swing to the story will be given NEXT CHAPTER!
Review Q&A!
Yolea Irk's: I have already planned a 'punishment' of sort for Arima that will be shown next chapter. Actually, I think that what I planned will act more as a deterrent from the Reaper's scheming.. or not.
ThatIdioticMelodic: Thank you for your kind words and repairing works are already starting. Thank you and hope you had an happy Thanksgiving too (Even through we don't celebrate that in Italy xD)
FerunaLutelou: Clocktower will do so if Shirou tries to teach Magecraft to people or reveal it to someone who reveal it. Not even they know when someone is revealing stuff and Tokyo is kind of an Haven for people running from the Organisation because Ghouls and CCG so much dense in the area. The Church would not act on that but be quite disgruntled because a treaty exists between them and the Washuus, thus nullifying their influence in the city.
Kayen1024:
1) He needs to touch the Quinques as he is not as powerful as Post-UBW!Shirou but, if he get hold of IXA or Narukami, then yes.
2-3) He wants him to become the One-Eyed King, his successor. I want Arima to actually try to make Eto's life a bit more difficult with this new challenger he will properly direct on the right places at the right time.
KRKing: Shirou is still in the dark regarding the truth about Ghouls and for now will be CCG-aligned without becoming an Investigator. Later his life will get.. chaotic.
Maelaeran:
1) No, Ghouls have no connection to the Moonlit World.
2) A tad bit difficult for Shirou to convince someone as smart as Chigyou is..
Ezequiel Kirishiki: Ghouls have actually a pretty similar origin as humans have, there are just some influence from other factors that led their creation as they are and not into other humans. For now Ken and Shirou will be unaware of their true selves as Ken is trying to hide his Ghoulish side while Shirou has no reason to just reveal what he is to Anteiku. Still, Thank you for your support!
