"What a week, between the fights and rescuing I don't think I've had a very night of sleep lately. Hopefully I'll change that tonight" Shiro said laying down and looking up at the ceiling "Not to mention I have a sister now to protect. It was a shame that she had to head back home for the next couple of days so she could transfer her stuff over here" he said. Soon his eyes shut and he fell asleep as Tenshi sung her lullaby, her beautiful voice sending him into a comfortable sleep.
'Sweet dreams Shiro'
Shiro opened his eyes and looked around seeing his was a charred city and dark clouds. He looked confused,
"Where am I?" he asked before seeing a door. Walking up to it and reaching out his hand, stopping to see what he was wearing, basically a bright yellow outfit with a black leotard type garment, with matching gloves and boots. "I look absolutely ridiculous in this outfit, more importantly am I here?" he asked looking around before opening the door and being blinded. Once the light died down he was in a room with a fire flickering. A man in a red suit stood looking into the fire. A maid took a woman away, presumably the man's wife.
"And now the pact with the devil has been made, and I am the poorer for"
"You sound Shakespearian there Lord Tohsaka" a voice said
"Show yourself, I know who are and I am not scared of you" Tohsaka said as the fire went out. Soon the room was flooded by moonlight.
"My apologies, I didn't know that you were not scared, even for your own daughter!" the2 voice said as a man clad in all white walked forward, a crescent moon on his chest. "You do know what that vile bastard will do to her, even if you win this war. She will never be yours again" the man said
"I am well aware Moon Knight" Tohsaka said as Moon Knight walked forward.
"I know, but to make a deal with him, over more nobler source"
"The Einzbergs, their dog Emiya? Hardly!" Tohsaka snapped.
"If you had teamed up with one of them, then you would goodnight to two delightful little girls with such potential. Instead of one; you handed over to a monster! One that once he takes hold ones heart does not let good so easily" Moon Knight said. "Besides, Emiya's daughter took have used a couple of good role models. What with Illya being only two. But instead you surrendered your daughter to torture, desolation, darkness. You all but signed her death warrant, and Aoi has suffered for it" Moon Knight said leaning into Tohsaka's face, making the man sweat more under the heated gaze of the lunar warrior. "But I digest, what will Rin think when she has to face her dear darling little sister in a future war, ripping out her heart only to realise
"Stop it" Tohsaka whispered
"That she killed her own flesh and blood for something vile!" Moon knight taunted. "Would she laugh, would she cry, or would she get rid of her own life to join her dear sister in the next?"
"STOP THIS!" Tohsaka shouted panting "I have made my bed and will sleep soundly unlike you"
"Have a goodnight" Moon Knight said leaving "And remember the moonlight never forgets" the moon themed hero said disappearing, but not before looking in the direction of where Shiro was viewing it from.
"Who was that and what did he know about Sakura?" Shiro asked. "he mention Illya and her parents; a servant of the Einzberg clan?" Shiro asked as a second door appeared a bit further down. He opened the door seeing it lead into what could be call a lake from an fairy tale. It was bright green and peaceful. He approached the lake looking down see his new yellow costume.
"Still not getting any prettier, but why am I here?" he asked before his eyes were set upon a mirror like waterfall. In the waterfall was Tenshi and in her arms was a toddler. She looked worried
"Mama, where's papa?" the toddler asked
"I don't know, but he'll be here, I just know it" Tenshi said smiling. The toddler giggled until a maid rushed in
"Milady, we must leave" she said
"Wait why, what has happened
"I did"
'Zouken' Shiro said running into the waterfall, the vision becoming a lot bigger and grand, picking up his billyclub, Shiro swung at Zouken, only to phase through him
"WHAT!"
"Zouken!" Tenshi panicked shielding her daughter from the nightmare in front of her.
"What a pretty little thing you have, what a pity that I will control her fate one day" Zouken said as several armoured guards rushed in to defende the two women. "And when I say I will, I mean it" Zouken said as he left from the shadows. Once he was gone the guards looked for him while Tenshi calmed her daughter down.
"Only a devil can take him down and make sure he stays dead" Tenshi said.
Shiro was seeing what these visions were meaning, in the ones he had so far, two things were made clear: Zouken is a monster and a 'devil' could only take him down, mean that it seemed like fate had chosen Shiro to become the Daredevil to stop the Dark Man, but he didn't know how to do that, he needed to keep going in these visions to find out how to defeat Zouken. Once he got out of the waterfall he was looking at a frozen area, it glistened with golden light
"Okay where's the next vision" Shiro asked looking around. He found a small fire amongst the golden ice. He saw a girl dancing around it, and behind her was Zouken. Quickly putting his hand in the flames he witnessed the next vision.
"Ah Sakura Tohsaka" Zouken said as he walked up to the girl, she was dancing in the park "As of today I am your new grandfather" he smiled
"Daddy?" Sakura asked looking up at Tohsaka.
"It's true dear, he is going to look after you from now on. The stress on your mother has risen lately and Mr Matou has offered to take you in until she gets better"
'Like that will happen, she dies and you die as well. Making Zouken Sakura's official guardian until I saved her.' Shiro though
"Sakura" a second voice
'Rin' Shiro thought as the younger version of his paramour appeared
"Ah Rin, meet Mr Matou, he'll be looking after Sakura until your mother's better okay?" Tohsaka asked
"OKay, we will still be able to play together?" Rin asked.
"Maybe" Tohsaka lied to her
"We'll be going now" Zouken said "Say goodbye Sakura"
"Goodbye" Sakura said
'No don't let him take...her' Shiro shouted before spotting someone he doubted would be there: Kiritsugu 'What is my father doing there?'
Once he spotted his father Shiro came back to the frozen land where he found the memory fire. Now he was concerned that his father was involved with Zouken Matou, he didn't know how. These memories were becoming confusing to the young hero. He needed to seek out the next memory point, so he got up and started walking off. He lost track of how far he walked when he bumped into something
"Ow" he muttered seeing it was a door.
"So why can I still see in my dreams?" he asked opening the door to reveal it was a cinema. He sat down in the very middle, which was where a bucket of popcorn sat. Soon the movie countdown started
"Hope its a good movie" Shiro said.
The 'film' started up by showing Kiritsugu approaching what appeared to be the Matou house
"So we're breaking and entering now?" a female grumped
"No, Taiga we are saving a little girl from a monstrous bastard!"
"Really?" Taiga asked "Then why didn't you say so"
"Because you were suppose to stay home and look after the place" Kiritsugu snapped.
"But its so boring there"
"Geez, you know Shiro is all alone right now!" Kiritsugu said
"So?"
"He's a blind five year old in a new house! Get going otherwise, no food" Kiritsugu
'Typical Taiga' Shiro thought munching on a bit of popcorn.
"Whatever, just stay quiet and wait here!" Kiritsugu said
"Fine" Taiga whined. Suddenly Kiritsugu opened a window and jumped in. Taige looked around nervous before Kiritsugu jumped out the same window "RUN!" he shouted taking out a gun and firing back at the window.
"WHAT IS IT?" "LIKE I KNOW!" the two shouted at each other
'Most likely a defence of Zouken's' Shiro mused as the memory ended.
"So my dad tried to save Sakura, but couldn't because of something" Shiro said sitting there digesting what he saw, while munching on teh popcorn.
"So let me get things straight: Rin's dad gave Sakura to Zouken because of their mother's health, then dad tries to rescue Sakura while Fujinee tagged along; so I'm guessing after the rescue attempt this Moon Knight taunted Tohsaka and Zouken attacked Tenshi and her daughter" Shiro said as he walked out of the cinema to see something that he thought he never would
"Not this please anything but this" he said as he saw the embers of the great Fuyuki inferno. This one he knew well.
A Young Shiro stumbled down a street, his eyesight taken from him by the fire and smoke. He could hear them: the cries and pleads of people around him. He couldn't help them because he was a blind little boy with no hope for the future. He collapsed in a concentrated area of flames. In the air the sound of steel colliding against steel as a fight sound
"Its over Kiritsugu" Kotomine said
"It will be when I end this war by claiming your life" Kiritsugu
"How will you do that, when you're servant isn't faring well" Kirei taunted as Shiro saw the shadowy outline of the fighters engaged in mortal combat for the Holy Grail. Looking back to himself he was shocked that the flames had completely surrounded him and was inching towards him.
"NO!" he shouted running towards him
"HELP I'M SCARED" Young Shiro said as thunder rumbled over head. The flames stopped and a woman stepped forward
"You will save this world" she said as the flames started to swirl around the boy and enter his body via his hands, badly burning them. Out the flames stop Shiro got up and fell backwards. Once he did the world turned red and black as images were now outline.
"Hey" a voice said above him making Shiro look at him
"You're alive, thank goodness you're alive" Kiritsugu said carrying Him away
"Yeah old man I'm still alive." Shiro said before he looked behind him and saw a new vision
"What now can't I think about the last one.
The vision had changed to a volcano with embers of red and dark purple sparks flying up into the air, and vile dark purple smoke coming from the crater.
"What is that?" he asked before hearing footsteps. He turned around and was shocked to find himself looking at Daredevil, a black costumed Daredevil with red and silver armour. Soon came Rin and Moon Knight, followed by a man in a black costume, a wizard looking guy, Berserker, Archer, Rin dress in violet combat gear while holding a bow and a girl holding a blood red and silver sword dressed in a most revealing out.
"Is that him?" the black Daredevil said
"Yeah that's him; Avenger that heroic spirit that corrupted the Holy Grail." Moon Knight said "If we defeat him, then that is it; no more grail wars"
"Alright Defenders form up!" the mage said as everyone got ready,
"Wait where is?" Rin asked
"We are here mortal" a voice said as Tenshi, holding a spear walked up with a man in leaf mail and leather armour holding a hammer in his hand "And I brought my newest servant: Thor!"
"Alright, think we can handle this guy?" Sakura said pulling back an arrow. After all he's a servant"
"Yeah but one we can take down" Rin smiled
"Alright DEFENDERS ATTACK!" the mage said firing off a spell creating a blinding flash.
"WHOA!" Shiro said falling out of bed, he could feel the sunlight on his skin informing him that it was morning already.
"That's it no more Yakisoba before bed" Shiro said "But that last vision what did it mean, could there be something inside the actual grail that was or is pure darkness, something worse that Zouken?" he asked himself before his door opened revealing Daphne holding a spatula
"Come on kiddo, less dream more eating breakfast is up and boy do you need it" the housekeeper said walking away.
"I have a bad feeling something is on the horizon" he said getting up and walking out.
Okay so this is the flashback episode showing some of the things from the past (that may not have happened in FateZero) and setting up something pretty big in the future, next chapter we'll be back to the current war and there will be a few surprises mix in there so look forward to that.
The locations were something to felicitate a scene change in the dream which led to the next memory. Most of them dealing with everyone but Shiro until the last two
