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Chapter 8: Unexpected Lecture
I was very tired, like really tired.
Sitting in the couch, Assassin and Caster sandwiching me, I stared at the English teacher in utter sleepiness and boredom.
"You shouldn't fall in this category of people, Graham-kun. You will get pulled in terrible circles and fall in addictions."
Sure and you actually drinked apple juice when you go to your rendevouz by the pub.
"Also you skipped your punishment in every single occasion and I cannot let this stand, thus I decided I shall try again to get your custody and put you away from this house."
...
"Taiga, are you trying to mock me?"
That very tone that I used when my patient was scrapping the end of the barrel seemed to surprise the woman and I was sure in a roll.
The last time she had tried that stunt I had been forced to accomodate a strict inspector and follow his stern rules to the very end of the duration of the examination.
In the end, Taiga's attempt was defeated soundly by the re-opening of my parents' last wills that were adamant and specific on my freedom of living where I wished.
I wasn't in the mood to let that bullshit happen again, especially with this goddamn War still ongoing.
I wasn't going to back down, nor I was going to restrain myself!
"You are trying to tell me you, a woman in her twenties, single, know drunkard and also lacking when doing chores and cooking, would take care of me as I grow up to adulthood?"
I scoffed, my mind drowing in loathful memories of the past. "Even I know that Shirou learned to cook and clean because no one of his guardians were able to. You aren't certainly the worst guardian but you seem quite fine by going to pubs and drinking the sadness away when every dates of yours dump you one way or another."
I felt Assassin flinch at my words, while Caster seemed to enjoy the one-sided exchange in silence and perfectly away from it.
"I bet you don't know that Sakura was abused or that there is this massive secret War going around that is killing people." The Servants almost jumped in surprise as I revealed this bit about the shit going around that explained the murder spree in Fuyuki, yet I wasn't finished with my rant.
"You know, Raiga-san has called multiple times to hear about you. He told me how you either don't answer the phone or you are so much drunk when you do that any possible conversation is nigh impossible."
I sat up and walked to the silent woman as I finished with one last blow.
"And do you know why he didn't ask Shirou? Because Emiya doesn't care about you. You are a parasite and an annoying leech, Taiga Fujimura-uh?"
My mind snapped out of my sleep-induced rant and I realised to my utter shock what I had just said in those few minutes.
My eyes stared wide open at the teacher, tears flowing from her face as she stared at the floor, a blank expression in her visage.
I have done the most absurd and morbid thing I could ever imagine.
I broke the Tiger of Fuyuki in this empty state.
What have I done?!
"T-Taiga, I-I-I didn't mean to-!" I tried to grasp her shoulder but my shivering ended up messing my attempt to get a hold of the woman, pushing her softly as her body calmly fell fully on the couch.
"A-A-A blanket!" Assassin blasted from his seat and returned swiftly with a blue one, I settled it to cover the woman as my brain scrambled in defusing this hellish scenario.
"C-Caster, guard her, try to cure her and inform me if she wakes up and-" I started to walk towards my room, my first Servant following closely, concerned on my distraught state. "D-Don't you dare hurt h-her. I-I will use one of the Command spells and send you to hell with your lover to stay forever!"
The hooded woman paled at the panicky-furious tone but nodded as she started to study the teacher to see what she could do to help her.
I had to sleep! I was doing too much damage by being so much tired!
Almost tripping on the stairs, I managed keeping myself standing thanks to the close wall, which I used as a crutch until I found my way in my room.
"Master, I think-" "N-No. I cannot nothing now but rest. I-I am not thinking straight."
With those words, I settled in my bed, trying to catch some sleep while trying to keep that very image that had been burned in my soul.
What have I done...
I whimpered as I continued to search for some peace, finding none and staying awake and in emotional pain.
Assassin stared the shaking form and grimaced, knowing he had left a mess with his death.
Kirei Kotomine smiled as his familiar returned from his spying duty to relay quite the exquisite scene to him.
To say that the priest was proud would be an understatement.
Graham-kun had been so masterful in causing so much pain to the annoying woman without even going physical.
What a majestic sight to be bestowed, one that pleased him to no end.
The King of Heroes was currently missing from the Church, possibly trying to entertain himself before he could finally intervene in the War or maybe to spy himself the same Saber that had catched his attention during the previous war, leaving the former Enforcer to plan more amusing acts.
He needed to create a spark similar to the one that had forced Kiritsugu Emiya to fight against him, to agree to his wish, but with a curious twist in the approach.
Sure Shirou Emiya was related to the young Einzbern but his relationship with her was shaky, something quite the opposite for the Master of Assassin.
Kirei sighed, losing himself to when he was chosen as a Master and when he had summoned an Assassin too.
It was funny how fate had presented him the opportunity to make the past happens once more but quite differently from the previous predicament.
Graham-kun was more impulsive when his precious people were hurt, thus making him so much attuned to the former Magus Killer, while Emiya-kun was quite devoted to his 'ideals', making him somewhat detached from human feelings.
He will need to use Lancer in this ploy, to get the Einzbern and her attack dog in the open and use Rin's brash personality to spark another fight.
Then urge Graham-kun to protect young Illya from a more serious threat in the form of that alliance.
Yes, the priest will finally get the answer he had dreamed to get ever since the end of the Fourth Grail War.
Will ideals prevail over selfishness or fall soundly before it?
The Matou Mansion was quite desolate.
Zouken grimaced at the fact Sakura was dodging her 'training' by using the War as an excuse, yet his disappointment was diluted in the morbid curiousity he had regarding this new Master.
At first sight, the Worm would have defined the average human a simple boy with no potential...
He had been proved wrong in the first two days in the conflict, when the teen had managed to not only befriend the Master of Berserker but also killing his foolish grandson without having to fight with Rider.
The Servant was smart, Zolgen had seen it first thing during the summoning, and he had been quite convinced that giving Shinji full control of her would have doomed his plan so quickly.
The old Matou also appreciated the fact he wouldn't have to deal with the jealous, little brat that had annoyed him for so long.
The fact that the Graham had dethroned Caster from her fortress in a quick skirmish was also something that increased the worth of the teen.
Maybe if Sakura could get near him and kidnap him, the boy could turn into something quite useful.
Either a puppet, a new host or maybe... another heir?
His Circuits should be able to hold the 'training' and his mind could be broken and rebuilt from scratch.
There was also his little Dark Grail that needed just some more time to start its path in the city to gather enough prana.
By the end of the day, Zolgen Makiri will stand victorious and above the Tohsakas and the Einzberns, attaining true immortality and power over the world!
AN
I know that someone might starts calling this a 'Taiga bashing' chapter, but I think that, if I have to go blunt honest in every situation, I cannot just skip this character's behavior.
Taiga is... a nice character but she is trash in taking care of people.
I mean, she should have noticed that something was wrong with Shinji and Sakura, yet there was no hint whatsoever that she knew stuff.
Sure maybe she had a mind-wipe in an theoretical search for clues by either Zouken or Kirei, but I still thinks she was ignorant of the abuse and... that feels much more worse.
As a teacher, Taiga should have noticed something wrong regarding her students and maybe acted upon it, yet nothing.
In the end, I still love the character. She represent the comic relief in the story and also give some insight regarding Kiritsugu to those who have not seen Fate/Zero. Plus Taiga Dojo.
P.S. Can I get some more feedback this time? I would appreciate if someone pointed out if I did some mistakes so I could fix them. I will not condone flames, tho.
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