Here is ch11. This chapter is more of a build up for a good fight. Also I have been considering what to do with the whole Kenichi side of this fic, and I came to a decision...But it will take alot of time.
Ch11 Declare Your Intension with No Remorse.
Strength….
To live, one must be strong.
But, what is the meaning of being strong?
Heaven….
You said that thy have eyes…..
They said the best race among the horse is the Ferghana….
The Red Hare ….
Yet among the warrior….
Who shall prevail among the other?
Only those who have tasted the frontline of the battle field….
Only those who have reached the highest cultivation of the heroes amongst warriors….
But, for the highest race among warriors and heroes….
Only the Lu Bu amongst warrior shall reach the highest Throne of Heroes….
In the past, we have the Conqueror of West Chu burning his mark on the name of history for eternity….
Yet, for amongst the heroes who now only have their name remains….
Only those who seek for living is fitting to be heroes…..
Those who have the courage just like the past King of Yue…
The Last Hegemons of Spring Autumn
Because Lu Bu is a hero who does not care and seek for living, even if he had to betray everything in this world.
He dared to shoulder the humiliation, comparable to the late Han Xin and King Gou Jian. Knowing that is for greater goal …
What is important is staying alive.
Lu Bu is an unquestionable hero…
SHE is hero among hero.
Long time ago her family was lost to her…
Despite the talent and power that she has, she lost her precious people…
However… someone took her under his wing…
That person is Ding Yuan.
He treats her like his own flesh and blood, with care and love…
Under Ding Yuan charge, her talent bloom.
It did not took too long for people to starting acknowledge her great skill and power.
People look up upon her and before long, she become the imperial capital's cavalry commander.
Now, she has the necessary power to protect her precious people.
She is grateful for what Ding Yuan have done to her.
Forever she will be in his debt.
To repay her debt to him, she lends him her power.
She is his daughter in any kind of aspect but blood.
She is his pride…
She is the mightiest warrior of the era.
She supports his will.
Even when the Han dynasty was in decline, she still supports him and his quest to restore the power and the glory of the Han…
She still remembers that event to this day…
The event that will change her live, the turning point of her live.
She was standing behind her father in a large hall…It was the meeting room of all the great ministers, the high ranking nobilities and the members of the government that acts as the pillar of the Han's power.
They are the wisest men of the government that tries to conclude a way to bring forth the power of the Han back…. In the middle top table are the most powerful and the highest-ranking member of the government…The person who hold the position of the Prime Minister of the Great Han.
She was a short girl who wears an elaborate and decorative robe with silver white veil that cover her small body, which make her already small figure become more delicate and beautiful. The girl has a small cute face with pale skin as the moon and short silver hairs up to her neck. Her hairs have slight curly end and on top of her head is a red hat, something that solidify her position as one of the finest politician of Luoyang.
"…Servants and the devoted men of Han…As you all know since our previous Emperor Ling's death, the capital has gone through great torrent of pain and chaos. The Eunuch's scheme to fill their pocket and the infighting between the royal family for the throne has caused a scar that will not heal for long time…I believe the best way to start healing the wound of the event is to have a strong and stable leader…"
The young girl turned to all the men who are three times older than she is.
"I am ashamed to say this, but I firmly believe that current Emperor Shao is unfit to rule and to fix the problem we are facing…. I propose that we unify our will to bring Prince Chen, the younger son of the former Emperor Ling to take the throne… the mandate of heaven is not with him… as the Emperor Shao Di is a mere descendant of commoners, incomparable to the royal blood of Prince Chen Liu. Much like how King Zhou of Shang, King Jie of Xia , and Qin Er Shi lost their Mandate of Heaven, I firmly believe Prince Chen is peerless and more suitable than Emperor Shao…Prince Chen is the most suited to lead the Han to their glory once more."
The meeting room more silent than a haunted mansion.
"What….What do you think you are asking! Dong Zhuo!"
That is right…This little girl is the legendary tyrant Dong Zhuo, the Chuuei Toutaku.
"This is outrageous! Dong Zhuo if you have any dignity and sense of shame you will hang yourself!"
"Lord Ding Yuan I understand the reason of your distress, however this is an age of chaos and anarchy. The order and the authority of the Han is crumbling and we need a firm and strong leader…I believe young Xian is what we need to save the realm."
"Dong Zou! What you are proposing is to go against the Son of Heaven! You dare to even say such preposterous thing! You are asking us to agree with you to dethrone our emperor! How dare you!"
"Our duty is not only to the emperor, but also to the people. Old out dated ideas can only reach so far. We are now in a decline Ding Yuan Daren; I plead you to see the truth."
"The only truth I see is that you are using the circumstance and the instable condition of our nation to gain political power! You speak of serving the people, but you are only serving your own greed!"
"Ding Yuan Daren! Please control yourself! Dong Zhou Daren is only thinking of the people and she has no wish to-"
"Jia Xu…." The tiny girl warned the girl named Jia Xu.
"But Totaku-sama…." The woman who spoke out muttered. She is a scholar of great talent and one of Dong Zhou, Chuuei Totaku's finest advisor and friend…. Jia Xun, also known as Kaku Bunwa.
The argument on the next step to take for the sake of Han continues for several more minutes. Many other officials throw in their own comments and the meeting was getting heavier and heavier.
The red haired warrior only watches her father yelling at the small and sad looking girl and frown…
Somehow, the sad and lonely look that the younger girl has is unsettling…. But why?
Lu Bu watches her father walk out of the meeting room steaming with rage.
"Hear me Dong Zou! This preposterous thought will only bring you heaven's reprimand and the retribution upon you! May the ancestors and the noble spirit that protect our Han bring you the consequence of your action!"
As her father left the room with his last words the remaining officials felt uneasy, however the small girl sitting on the end of the table let out a sigh.
"…Commander Lu Bu…Please escort your father home…I am afraid my proposal only unsettled him…But please understand…I was not hoping to anger him, but done this for the sake of the Han.
Lu Bu stares her…
The future War God may not be a much of a speaker, but she has eyes for characters…Dong Zhou….Chuuei Totaku only speak the truth.
After the incident, Lu Bu speaks to Dong Zhou several more times…Not understanding why she does that.
"I simply want what is best for the Han…Commander Lu Bu. I wish I were like you… a warrior with power and skill to make the difference in the era of the warlords…. All I can do is talk and run the government, but in this era of battle, A LOFTY WORDS FROM MAN OF LETTER CAN NOT COMPARE TO HARD ACTION OF MAN OF THE BATTLE…a hero of the era can shape the world, but a lone follower of the text and pen is weak in the era of the swords…"
That is what Dong Zhou tells her in one of their conversation…
Lu Bu is conflicted…. She loves her father but is protecting tradition and the power of the royal family truly the right way?
"I am fighting an uphill battle…Most likely my action regardless of the its good intention will portray me as a tyrannical villain…The history will paint me in black and the generations after us will remembers me as villain that tainted the heaven of Han…But I do not care."
In the end, the distant road tries the horse's strength; the course of time proves the warrior's heart. A warrior's real character cannot be recognized in just a dawn-to-dusk period.
"When Duke Zhou feared the days of rumor, Wang Mang enjoyed being praised as a polite and modest scholar. If both of them died at that time, their loyalty and talent would be hidden for eternity."
The little girl lifts her small, pale hand to the warrior.
"Will you help me Lu Bu? I don't know why, perhaps it is work of fate, but I believe you have the power to make the changes…Lu Bu…Ryofu Housen…Will you lend me your halberd and might to protect the near 1000 years of Han's glory? Become my shield and sword that don in color of evil and carry out my will…Let your halberd pave the way to victory and in return I'll become the vessel of darkness and villain to endure the hatred the world will have for us." The silver haired girl bowed to the warrior with golden eyes and red hair.
Can she do it? Can she hold Totaku's hand and help her? She is merely a fighter…She is incapable of anything besides fighting…Can someone like her…Do anything for this nation?
"Lu Bu….My dear Ryofu…I want you to take my Chìtù mǎ, the Red Hare."
"But why?...That is your…Prize horse…." Lu Bu answered, but the Silver haired girl shook her head.
"Chìtù mǎ is a gift too vast for me…I am its owner, but not its rider…I am never a warrior. A weapon of unmatched sharpness or a masterful stallion has no value to me… perhaps you could benefit better."
Lu Bu shows no outward expression, but felt very grateful…The famous Red Hare own by Dong Zhou is a famed horse indeed…A truly a fine breed of war horse.
"…Thank you….Totaku."
"You are welcome…Ryo-chan"
Dong Zhou wishes for her help…She even given her a gift not to bribe, in hope to be useful for her.
…Can she do it? If she helps Dong Zhou…Will she be able to save Han? Could it be this is her purpose? IF so…If so…Then she must….she must make a decision….
"…If I convince my father…to help you in the name of Han…Or at least not fight you…all the way….Will you bring peace?" the red haired warrior asked.
The silver haired fairy was surprised at the question and smiled.
"That will help…But I cannot bring peace to the realm and restore glory of Han…But two of us, and many that follows us with good intention in mind will…Let us protect the Han, Lu Bu-daren."
"…And my loyalty…to you…General Dong Zhou…My friend…Chuuei Totaku."
However, not everything is mean to be…. Not everything can go smoothly as the plan.… Not everything can be control.
From the residence of Ding Yuan….Ryofu burst out of the wall with her halberd raised.
The smoke from the destruction of the wall is hindering her sight, but to a warrior of her level it's a child play…. She only wishes she could deal with this like a child's play as well.
"LU BU!" roared out a male voice as someone burst out of the smoke with a sword in hand. The man attacked Lu Bu with a horizontal slash, but Lu Bu easily redirected his blow by shifting it away.
Lu Bu jumped up and used the shaft of her halberd to smack the attacker away, but the attacker simply used the shaft as a foothold to make distance between them.
"Lu BU! If that is what you, believe in! To believe the word of a little girl to take control of the throne and bring chaos to the Han…Then you must cut me down…" The man drew his sword in a fluent motion that was flawless. The jian, the long sword in his hand glowed with determination.
"And cut me down you must for I cannot forgive you!" roared the man who is Ding Yuan charged at his adopted daughter.
The two of them exchanged several blows with their individual weapons, but it was clear while Ding Yuan is fighting with all his worth, Lu Bu was fighting with great restrain. This was proven when Lu BU blocked one of Ding Yuan's combinations of slashes easily and continued her block into a lazy swing and sent her father to the ground.
The man's well-kept dress and hair was now all sweaty and disorganized, but his eyes were very, much alive.
"I will not let you get away with this! Of all people to join that wrench you have to join her? I will not allow it! Not child of mine! Blood related or not will be a traitor of Han! Before such shame can stain my family…I"LL END YOUR LIFE WITH MY OWN TWO HANDS!"
Lu Bu easily blocked his rejuvenated attacks, but difference in power and skill was too much of a gap for the older man to overcome with spirit alone.
"I do not wish…to fight you…Father. Please consider…Dong Zhou Daren's reason…She is not the enemy…of Han."
"Doesn't matter what her reasons are! Doesn't matter the noble excuses are! Doesn't matter the great goal with in her heart! A betrayer to the Son of Heaven and its mandate to rule are what we must prevent! What you speak of is to challenge the heaven! Why cannot you see it?"
"And in return…Why can't you see Dong Zhou's view…You can help us…father…" Lu BU argued, but her fathers' sword was still relentless.
"I will not!" the older man jumped back and got into a stance…a frontal charging stance, "If you feel that your grand goal is more important the stability of the Han…The kill me!"
The man charged forward and jumped into the air. He kicked about as if he was running in the air and he did sail toward Lu BU as if he was running in the air.
Lu Bu burst into action as she jumped straight up and spun her halberd around.
WHOOSH! CLANK!
And broke her father's sword into two.
"…I win…Father." Lu Bu said as she landed on her knee, with her back turned towards her adopted father.
"No…" the man was also on his knee, but his hair and the darkness of the night covered his eyes.
"…This is not over." The old man spun around like a quick succession and blasted toward Lu Bu's exposed back with his broken sword. He not only flied forward, he also spun like a drill.
"LU BU! I'LL TAKE YOUR LIFE AND DRAG YOU WITH ME TO HELL!" he roared as he sailed toward his step daughter…
Lu Bu was so surprised at her father's action that her instinct took over…and didn't hold back.
WHOOOOOOSSSHHH!
FHHHNNNG!(Sound of flesh being cut)
The man sailed passed his daughter and stopped…His once well-kept and clean clothes now pooling with fresh red blood.
"Uggh…" the man groaned as he kneed down for good this time…No longer having strength to get up.
"Is this really what you want?...If you and your master's goal fails…You and she will be remembered as one of greatest villains of Han…and will forever stained by the mark of traitors and be shamed by the pages of history..."
"…Then we must…win." Answered his daughter.
The old man smiled bitterly.
"Lu Bu…My little Ryofu….You foolish child…You could have stayed off the stage of this era…You could have avoid joining the upcoming conflict that is sure to take advantage of the chaos and decline…You could have…Avoid the cruel hands of history…You foolish girl…You foolish…daughter."
The old man fell down, but his daughter caught him before his head hit the ground.
"FATHER!" the emotionless girl shouted in despair, but the old man smiled at his killer…his daughter in all but blood. Lu Bu held her father in her arm...Her hands shook…She didn't mean to…She didn't mean to kill him…
The violet eyes warrior's eyes are now swimming with emotions. Her thin body filled with unnatural strengths shook and shivered like a leaf.
WHY?...It happened so fast! WHY? WHY?"
"Win…"
"Huh?"
The girl faced the sweat covered and aged face of her father…the same father she just cut open with her halberd.
"History is determined by…the victors…. If you are strong enough…If your lord's will never falters…If you win all your conflict and become the ultimate victor…The history…The history will not blame you as a villain, but praise you as a hero…Lu Bu…Forgive this old man…(He grabbed her smaller hand with his own aged hand)…I am an old am…who couldn't let go of his outdated ideals that he held for so long…I feel that…I was unable to stop you from a cruel hands of destiny…( Tears swell up on his eyes…a lonely tear spill from them as the old man's body shivers weakly) I am so sorry…I-I…am…" The old man's voiced trailed off…His eyes glazed up and the hand that held on Lu Bu's hand fell limp…Ding Yuan, adopted father of Lu Bu, the God of War…Father of Ryofu Housen, the future most powerful warrior of the Era of the Warlords…has died.
In the end history is written by the victory… his is what they say as the Young wave of Changjiang (Yangtze-kiang) river pushing forward the old waves.
"UAGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH! AAAAAGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!"
That night she cried for the first time in years…She clear all her pent up sorrows….and it will be years before she cry again….Years before she will feel like the hurt girl she is…deep inside.
Shirou woke up immediately as his forehead was drenched with sweat. His heart beat rapidly as he recalled the dream.
"That is…Rider…That was her life? And…And…Tyrant Chuuei Totaku and his evil adviser Kaku Bunwa are girls too? First king Arthur, Lu Bu, and now these two…Next thing I'll see is the Sworn Brothers of Peach Garden and Even Sousou Motoko is a little girls and perhaps all the past heroes are girl! I mean how they could mess up the record of history like that! Should I be worried that Lancer was a male?"
Shirou shook his head once more and got off the futon.
"I swear I better be recorded as a man or dear god help me I'll go on to a bloody massacre."
Shirou walked out of his room and saw Rider standing guard outside of his room. She was out of her armor and had bandages all around her chest, but she showed no sign of discomfort.
"Rider?"
"Ah…Good morning…Master."
Shirou looked at the girl in front of him…IS she truly the famed traitor hero of Romance of Three Kingdom? How history did recorded her as an ungrateful and pathetic man in his final moment?
She had an ideal worth fighting for…Someone to believe in…And she killed her father to do so…The insulting nickname, The Man with Three Surnames…The insulting name that stained her history.
How did this happen? Moreover, what truly happened? He thought he knew the consequence of summoning LU BU, the War God. However, he never expected it would ever be like this…. Honestly he has no interest in winning the Holy Grail War…He has no wish to ask for, so he is actually here because the Magus wants it…it is in Yami's interest to hold the balance of power between all associations and ruining or depriving the magus of the grail is well-suited for them.
Fight…He is only here for the chance to fight actual legends…The true master of warefare.
He has no need for the Grail, so he has no intension of killing all Servants and Masters and sacrifices his Servant to summon the Grail. If he can tick off the magus, the better. The Yami works alongside Church sometimes, but 99% of the time Yami is not in friendly terms with the Magus Association.
He not only gets the chance to spit at the Clock Tower but also get to fight legends? This is an opportunity that he or the Yami, higher ups cannot refuse.
'Join the Holy Grail War and fight for the sake of Yami…The Grail itself has no purpose among us, but destroy it to prevent the magus from reaching their little fairy tale…the Akasha.'
That was the One Shadow's order in nutshell.
Yami and Magus Association has different goal that has complete different direction in its foundation.
Both are an ancient organization that shared power struggle for many years and for some point so did the Church against the Yami. However the magic side's goal are constant and the same…reaching the root, the beginning of everything.
Magus seeks to go back to the beginning to understand everything from the everything itself; however, martial artist, Katsujinken and Satsujinken has single goal…To prove their martial art is the strongest.
Magus has single goal that is unified, but their goal seems impossible and far fetch.
Martial artist seeks to make their own branch of fighting skills to be the strongest and their goal seems endless because there is no real way to determine which art is superior.
One seeks to turn back the flow…other wishes to spread further out.
Both has impossible goal…But both endlessly continues…So this is why they compete to gain more power and to get rid of another.
Yami saw the magus as old washed up fools who chase fairy tale of some sort of root or something and the magus saw the martial artists as barbaric non-magic folks that know too much and are too many to get rid of completely.
So Shirou is here as the tool to cripple the magus's change to get what they want.
He doesn't necessary has to win the war either. He was told to ruin it for the magus…, which means killing all the Masters so no one really wins, or use his Servant to destroy the grail, or perhaps ruin the war itself by leaking sensitive information or cause a disaster to risk the association canceling the war.
Shirou originally planned to use the legend on Lu Bu's battle tendency and fighting lust to point and let loose. He has three Command Seals if things get difficult and he has no problem making things wild for magus…Hell, getting his Servant, who he thought was a Traitorous War God of China killed was not a problem either.
However…How can he treat this misunderstood girl like that…He is a Yomi, part of Yami, a group of martial artist who has no trouble killing, not a cold-hearted magus who cut up babies if it serves some sick magical purpose.
Getting an ungrateful hero killed is one thing, but not getting a misunderstood girl!
"Ah, this is a fine morning." Shirou said as he looked over her injury. Her wounds on her stomach which got the worse damage last night by Lancer's spear was still not healed…She should have been cured by now, but it seems the curse from spear is slowing the healing.
"…I am feeding you as much prana as I can for now, but having actual food will be better."
Shirou walked into the kitchen to cook their meal. The Master of Rider opened the door to the kitchen, but was greeted with Maiya who still didn't left for school, because she was in the middle of cooking.
"Let's see…pour the oil on the frying pan…then allow the pan to heat up for a minutes while preparing the vegetables…and…Oh where is that carrot!"
It was clear she was out of her element and was not experienced enough.
"Maiya?"
"Eeekkk!" Being too occupied by her attempt at cooking Maiya was completely caught off guarded as she spun around and threw her hidden blade at the voice.
Shirou turned his head around to dodge the black kunai.
"Watch it!"
"Gomennasai! Shirou-sama!"
"….Hungry…."
It seems not even the finest of Yami are prepared for the tiring morning.
"I am heading for school now. Bye Shirou-sama!"
"Be home soon. You are late already so make haste before you miss you other class!"
"Hai! Rider! Take care of Master!" Maiya said as she ran toward her school in fast pace…Like a track star, but not a ninja speed… She needs to keep up the appearance after all.
Shirou waved her off as he stepped back into his house. His mansion was kept under guarded by his Keigun 24/7 with constant rotation. He has the fifth division, the Intel gathering units to continue their mission in the city as well.
From his morning report there is no trace of Bazett McRemitz or her Servant…So it is either she succumb to his poison tactic, which he really isn't comfort with or is now in hiding to recover…Both are good news with hidden thorn.
The paralysis drug shouldn't kill normally, but if she sustained enough life threatening injuries and perhaps medical condition, the paralysis poison could cause heart attack at worst.
Einzbern team has entered their forest last night and they have not left yet…. The Church showed no sign of moving and the Matou and Tohsaka should knew about his fight last night to knew that there are others with Servants already brawling…Hopefully this will make them hasty and summon a Servant via random by not giving them any chance to acquiring an artifact.
"In any case sooner they summon and get into fight so I can start my mission to fight Kuzuki-taichou….But before that I need to make sure Rider is all healed up."
He turned to see Rider stuffing her mouth with food as he ate with such cute expression that it should be categorized as a Noble Phantasm or a Mystic Face.
Her wound is still too unstable for a fight. While he is skilled at auto regeneration, thanks to his dark prana. But the dark prana is unsafe to use on allies…He can use them to boost his reserve of prana level to convert them into normal prana for Rider, but direct enhancement on the Servant may result in something bad…At least that is what his instinct is telling him.
As for the gold prana, the Avalon in him…. While the golden light can heal, but it heals slowly. Even he only relies on it to purify the dark prana in himself than as a healing tool. In addition, for some reason the golden light didn't heal Rider.
Strange?
Nevertheless, it shouldn't be…After all Avalon's power was meant for King Arthur…The fact it even react to him was amazing in its own way.
"I guess we both need rest over battle."
"…Hai."
Suddenly Shirou noticed a bento box on the kitchen table.
"…Maiya must have forgotten it in her rush."
He had better get it to her.
Tohsaka Rin is a genius magus…She is capable of using all five elements and she has high quality magic circuit that is proof of her family's fame and skill.
She taught by her father at young age and later taught by that fake priest to further her knowledge…She is the head of the Tohsaka and one of the chosen Masters…
In addition, she didn't see the fight between the Servants last night.
She was at her home preparing for her summoning which will be held on the day, the hour, and the exact moment her power is at its peak…. During her research and planning she felt he disturbance of high level prana and realized it was a magic battle…A clash of Servants if what her Command Seal was heating up for.
She tried sending out a familiar and get to the scene of the battle to observe, but her familiar was shot down the moment it left the building and into the city, by something or someone unknown.
Not knowing the attacker, she dared no leave her home, but it also meant she would not get the exclusive Intel on her opponents! By the time she was secured enough to venture out into the night, the fight was over and the scene of the battle was cleaned up…Most likely done by the Church or the victorious Master.
Now she don't know what Servants fought, died, or got injured! Hell she don't even know who the masters are!
"What a troublesome situation…A vital Intel was shown in the open and I have nothing on it."
To say she is not in a good mood and that is an understatement.
"Sakura…I told you I am fine."
"Huh? This voice…"
"But Maiya-san. You said you didn't bring lunch and missed the notes for the math class. You can copy off of mine you know."
"That sound now…Sakura?" muttered Rin as she looked up.
"I appreciate the notes, but I am not going to starve to death." the green tint haired girl said as she sighed.
Rin watched from her position as the two under classmates walked toward her.
It was the new student she heard about and her sis…no…The heir of Matou.
While she know great deal about Sakura, but this other girl was a…mystery.
First she took interest when she heard that the new girl beat up that mop head Shinji, but from what she observed…This girl is much like her…she is wearing a mask.
If she wore a mask of an honored student, this Maiya girl is wearing a mask of a normal girl as she tries to blend in with the masses. Too bad it failed when she beat up Shinji.
It was clear she is nothing like the other girls and became instant popular for beating up Shinji and earned admiration from the female population as their 'Onne-sama.'
Rin didn't like her much…she is not normal and she is too close to Sakura…and she transferred a month before the Grail War.
"She is no Master…Or a magus from what I am sensing but…I better keep an eye on you regardless."
Suddenly Rin felt her Command Seal heating up. She looked forward and narrowed her eyes as Sakura tensed up as well…She was expecting this because there is no way for Shinji to be a Master.
She watched as the two under classmate one magus and another mysterious martial artist entering their classroom.
"Sakura…Why must you be a Master too…."
Rin felt…sad.
Sakura is her sister, but she too is a magus of Matou and their Master…As soon as they summon a Servant they must fight. She never hated the system in the Grail War that automatically allow one of the three founding family their spot more than she did now…If the founders didn't install such program, then Sakura might not have been selected.
"…If anything….I'll make sure you get to live." Rin whispered as she turned around to head toward her own classroom…However…
"!"
"!"
Both Sakura and Rin felt their Command Seal glow up…and it was not by each other…There is another Master in the school…But whom?"
Shirou walked through the hallway with a wrapped up bento box in hand. While he was silent and his Ki sealed and stable, the Command Seal is a pain in the ass alarm system for all party…When you sense another…They can sense you back.
There is no stealth here.
"…Most likely the Tohsaka girl and Sakura."
Shirou silently walked through the classroom. He pulled out a cellphone…a tool no magus will use. He typed up a message for Maiya to meet him up.
Few minutes later Maiya arrive.
"Shirou-sama."
"Maiya. You need to be more aware. Here is your lunch."
She happily accepted, but her face was devoid of her joy.
"You shouldn't be here. There are two potential Masters and Kuzuki Souichirou."
"I am now sure that the two so call potential Masters are the real deal…I am feel their Command Seal echoing with mine." Shirou said as he raised his hand up to see his three Command Seal.
"It is already a profit to confirm our suspicion…There is no need for me to see them or let them see me. However…I believe I need to see Kuzuki-taichou again."
"But sire!"
"This is the way of Yami." He pulled out an emblem with mark of wind.
Shirou turned to Maiya. "Go back to class young lady."
He walked away before she could even protest.
"…The Japanese culture was first influenced by the foreign power that was closet to our Island nation. The ancient Bakjie, an ancient nation that was part of Korea's Warring era was one of greatest influence Japan received. Art of farming was one of greatest teacher we received…" Kuzuki Souichirou was reading out a passage from his book in his even tone. The only reason none of his 2nd year students were falling asleep because he is a guidance counselor and a respected/scary teacher.
Suddenly the door to the room opened.
"And with a land like Japan were a fertile soil was rare at the time and the lack of farming skill, the trade earned from Bakjie and their knowledge allowed Japan to develop as it is today."
Kuzuki Souichirou pause his lecture as all his students turned to the intrusion.
Some of the girls start whispering as a tall, handsome red haired teen walked in with simple casual clothing instead of a school uniform…He is not one of their students.
"Correct Emiya…I am glad to see you."
"It has been some time…Kuzuki-sensei."
Shirou walked into the classroom with air of causality and as if greeting an old friend. All the students stared at his entrance as a total stranger walked into the room.
"Why are you here? I do not recall you attending this school?"
"I heard from a little bird that you work here sensei. Therefore, I decided to drop by. When you quit teaching at the University all the staffs were surprised at your transfer…Principle Furinji was sad to see you go and all the other teachers told me to send you their regard."
"Oh Furinji-sensei(One Shadow)?…I am surprise they didn't show up sooner…"
"Oh you know how they are…Hongou-sensei is scolding Shou as usual. Diego-sensei is hyper as ever and all other teachers has their own class to deal with…It just happened that the University is closed for a week…You know how we are."
"I see…"
"I decided to visit my hometown and it just happened you are here…So I decided to drop by to warn you that I am in town."
"How kind of you."
"…."
"…"
"…How is your life here…Are you happy with your class?" Shirou asked while waving at the silent students in their seats."
"I am fine…and the students are fine as well."
"I bet they are nothing like us huh…You might actually have easier time dealing with them." Shirou said with a small chuckle.
"Yes…It is quite an experience."
"I am doing fine in my school work myself…As the president of the Student Disciplinary Council with Kajima-san as my vice president, we had to cover up all kind of trouble." Shirou said without a single tensed muscle in his body.
"Oh…As expected you became the president of the Disciplinary committee…I guess you have been busy." Kuzuki said without a single waver in his eyes.
"Well, I still get to train and perfect my archery."
A certain captain of the archery club perked in attention.
"I see…Your skill in archery is legendary in the school after all. I believe no on in the club managed to top your skill…. am I wrong?"
The certain Archery club captain twitched once more as she eyed the mysterious teen with eyes of great interest.
"I have been practicing….other members of the club(Yami's All female Archery division) praised me, but I am not at the top yet….I heard there will be an archer even greater than me coming here in Fuyuki soon."
"Oh? Perhaps you know a name?"
"Yeah… Archer."
"How strange…and how these have to do with me?"
"…I don't know…I thought that you might know of other 7 experts visiting the city…Perhaps I was wrong."
Well honestly…The fact the man has magus helping him hide when there is a grail war going on kind of makes it seem very workable. If Kuzuki knows a magus then there is a chance that magus is in Fuyuki for the War. After all what sane magus will be in Fuyuki at this time?
"…."
"…."
The two continued to converse peacefully in the middle of the class, and none dared to interfere.
"Do you know any of these...experts?" the teacher asked.
"I was told that they make all the teachers at the university look weak…and you know how all the professors and teachers back at the university are…"
"…Do you know any of these experts by name…" Kuzuki asked.
"I know one."
"…But I suspect it is a secret."
"Very true…" Shirou answered.
The two men continued to stare at each other, but suddenly Shirou turned around and revealed his back to his…teacher/target.
"Well, I'll visit you soon enough. I am sorry for wasting your class time Kuzuki-sensei…"
"Not at all…perhaps you should visit the school facility to see how good this place is…It is like living anew when I work here."
"…Perhaps."
Shirou left the room and closed the door behind him…Leaving a room bursting with chatter and rumor of a 'cool and handsome' boy and an 'intense greeting' with the iceman Kuzuki-sensei.
A small declaration…but an important one indeed.
The moment Shirou stepped out of the room he sighed.
He already now that Kuzuki has magical assistant seeing how his spies are returned with their minds wiped, but there is no evidence that Kuzuki has anything to do with the Holy Grail war.
"…I better bring Rider with me as a safe guard."
Shirou stared at the direction of the Ryuudouji.
"…That place is a dangerous place after all."
Tohsaka Rin felt her command Seal glowed off slightly under the cover of her sleeve as once again it picked off the presence of an enemy Master.
She felt the presence somewhere in the same floor she was on, but now it was passing by her room and heading toward the school gate. From her seat, she didn't have a good angle to see out the window and she in her carelessness didn't packed any crystal with spell to at least see her future enemy…What a blunder.
"I doubt that was Sakura or an Einzbern…. This person is not really hiding that he is a magus by flaring his prana for any half decent magus to sense him…So he is either a talented novice or a confident in his skill…Most likely the first one, because I doubt any Magus will be willing to flare their power when they could have done their deed in silence."
Rin bit at her lips as she fumed.
This was a great opportunity to see her future opponent, but she couldn't run out of her class because it will ruin her pain-taxingly created cover…. Until the war starts officially she can't break her image to send any message to her potential opponents…She is the last Tohsaka so her place in the war is certain…and it doesn't take much to find her home to begin with.
"Calm down Rin…Like father said, always be elegant and graceful…Tohsaka motto is elegance in any situation…Do not gave your enemy clues…no hint of worry or fear…just elegance and control…"
Rin took a deep breath and focused back to class…She cannot afford to be unguarded any longer…She will need to summon…Tonight.
Matous Sakura felt her command seal stopped glowing…She sensed with her limited skill that the Master she felt was now gone.
"I wonder who that is?...I hope whoever it was didn't found out I am the Master…Sis-I mean Tohsaka-senpai is most likely a Master too…hopefully the unknown felt her over me."
Sakura felt her heart skip a beat as the thought of the Holy Grail War approached….Tonight is the night she will have to summon her Servant…She already know who she will summon too.
"You are more powerful and more suited for the ritual than that fool Kariya was…No matter how good of a tool you give, if they can't wield it… then it means nothing…"
She remembered her Grandfather's dead eyes staring at her…stripping her of all protection and dignity by glance alone.
"I do have high hope Sakura…that you will succeed where your pitiful uncle failed…If you do not want to end up like him…You will control your Servant property…"
The Servant she was told to summon…The same Servant that not even her uncle managed to control…
"The Servant now it open for taking is a too much of a power for your worthless brother to command…You will need to fight in this war as a proper Master."
She knew that she is no battle magus…But she was taught how to control her grandfather's insect to a degree…According to her grandfather, if her uncle could fight as well as he did will dying…She could do better…She will use her distasteful and hated bugs to fight for her life…
"Do not forget Sakura…If you win the Grail War…You can wish for anything…Anything…"
She can be free of the worms! If the Grail is powerful as it is told to be she can…she can be free of the worms and her taint!
Sakura looked toward her newest friend and sighed.
…Oh how she wish she was strong and bold as Maiya…If she even had the half the strength and confident her newest friend had, she would fight this war with determination to win.
If Maiya was a magus she bet that Maiya could win the war for sure…Maiya may seems cold and distant, but she is very sharp and she is very dependable. She would never let her brother to rape her and be defiled as she was…She even bet she would have fought bravely with an uncontrollable Servant regardless of danger.
"I wish I was like Maiya…Then I could live with no doubts in myself…Able to hold my head high…"
Do not forget Sakura…If you win the Grail War…You can wish for anything…Anything…"
She must win…For once in her life she must fight for herself…Just for once…Let her be selfish and allowed to ask for one wish to be grant…All she want is to be free of her taint.
From behind certain heir of Matou was Hisau Maiya. She narrowed her eyes as last message from her Master rang in her head.
(Flash Back)
"Now that I revealed myself…other two will be now pressured to summon their Servants for protection…Redouble your focus on them and make sure other 'eyes' are aware of this…Now their job is to identify the Servants."
"But sire why didn't you eliminate the Tohsaka and Sak-Matou girls?" said Maiya as she tried ton hid her slip.
"I didn't kill them off sooner, because the Grail system has seven by seven rule…There will be seven Masters…Whether we like it or not. If they are killed off too soon, then someone else we have no idea will be given the Command Seal…It is better to have enemies we know by face then unknown potential…"
"Hai!"
(Flash back end)
Maiya resolved herself…Now she will spy on their enemies up close…A dangerous mission that might get her killed…But it is her duty, and path to help her master…
"This is for Shirou-sama's sake…and in the name of Satsujinken…"
Now, in the middle of late afternoon…
Emiya Shirou can be seen walking back home after meeting his spies to get their report.
Shirou felt a small burden on his chest was relieved after declaring his intention to kill his old captain…The responsibility of eliminating Kuzuki Souichirou is his duty and something he must fulfill as the current head of the Keigun, the leader of the dark guild of Yami.
To finally finding him and declaring his challenge meant he is much closer from fulfilling his mission…or die for it.
"There is nothing left to do, but duel him…May my fist determine my future…" Shirou muttered as he hopped across the housing area via roof and telephone pole express.
Suddenly he felt a spike of prana usage further ahead of him and felt his command seal heat up.
Shirou jumped off the roof and land on the street and as he expected the street was empty and void of life.
"A barrier?...it seems to be the 'Notice me not' kind…But which Master is it? The three family? The Clock Tower?"
Shirou pondered as he pretends to be relaxed, a loose stance to move when has to.
Suddenly he felt his senses slowing down…it was a hypnosis or at least a magecraft to dull one's movement by fogging their sense.
Shirou blinked and saw a little girl with purple coat and a fur hat on top of her long silver hair danced and twirled toward him. While it was late afternoon now, the air was chilly so her coat was not out of place, but her albino appearance was a sight to be seen…
"Hee heeh heee…"
She is giggling and smiling as she danced toward him slowly.
Shirou felt himself suddenly awaken once more as he recognized who she is…She is…His father's last legacy besides him…. Ilyasviel von Einzbern.
She didn't look at him, but he could still see the smile on her tiny face in afternoon sun. "You'll die if you don't summon it soon, onii-chan," she said with a giggle, her tone not making it clear if she was talking to him or just speaking to the chilly afternoon air.
Shirou broke off his daze.
And spun around to grab her arm.
"Wait!" However the moment he laid his hands on her he felt a pike in his senses…And let go of her as he flipped back to avoid a bisecting slash from behind.
Shirou flipped into the air and saw that his attackers were three in total. One was a blue and silver blur that went the silver haired little girl and the two remaining attackers were two maids in white outfit and a headdress that covered their hair. Both had red eyes like the little girl, one was pointing at him from behind, and the other was the one who tried to slice him into two it a fancy looking halberd.
"…Einzberns's homunculus?" Shirou whispered as he felt an attack coming from behind and saw one of the maids firing a Gandr curse at him.
He immediately traced kunais that are only designed to be thrown and fired the small ninja knives at the incoming curses. This brand of curse can touch physical object and not only the spiritual side of the target. The Kunai can be a good interceptor.
The maid who was using magecraft against him released more barrages of various and dangerous offensive spells, which caused Shirou to recall the tight space and dodge painful rubber bullet training with his master Hongou.
Shirou was like a bird in the sky as he dodged the shot after shots with incredible acrobat skills that show years of dedication.
He slide, roll, dodge, duck, and drop, as he took no damage in exchange for effort.
Shirou flipped away into a roll to avoid the next wave of attacks, but now he gotten used to the Einzbern maid's fighting pattern. It seems she is the range support and the halberd-welding woman who tried to kill him before is the brawn.
At a time like this, killing your opponent is not the top priority, but to restrain one to focus on one opponent. The third individual that went to the silver haired Master of the Einzbern is a concern as well, so a swift action is needed.
"Trace on."
At a time like this, the old classical restrain method is the best…Chains.
However not any chains will do. The Homunculus are made to be tough, so normal chains might not do the trick, so something tougher…not normal metal chains or other chained weapons…Something special.
"Reap her…Kazeshinn." Shirou whispered as he traced a twin windmill scythe connected by thick chain. The Very chain scythe he uses for termination mission that took more effort. Only this time it is not for killing.
Shirou held the chained blade to his right and took a pose to throw it, however, from under his breath he focused on his Command Seal.
"Rider…Come to my aid." He thought through the Command Seal. He is not using the Absolute Order, but to send in a SOS. After he deals with the maids…He is going to need Ryofu's help with the third individual who is most likely a Servant.
After sending out his SOS, he throws the scythe and he watched his deadly weapon spun like a spinning disk of death.
Finnng! Finnng!
The sound of Kazeshinn cutting through the air sent a chill down my spine as the bloodthirsty scythe made a curving arc, as it not aimed to kill.
"Such attacks are useless against the Homunculus of Einzbern! I'll make you pay for laying your hands on Ilya-sama!" the maid said as she fired more spells of hers, but they were either a miss or cut down by the disk.
"Huh?"
Before she understood how the normal mundane weapon cut down her spell and managed to curve around her, it tied up the curse firing maid by her thigh and arms.
"Nani! Let me out!" the maid(Sella) yelled. However, Shirou was already moving into the next phase of his plan. He floods his body with his Od and felt his Ki filling his flesh to refine his focus and power. His body s a weapon….A follower of Satsujinken.
The air was saturated by his killing intent as he rushed toward the immobilized maid and the other maid.
"Sella, I'll deal with this." the halberd welding maid said and she charged at him.
"Be careful!" Stella yelled as she watched her friend face off against the red haired teen.
Shirou burst into motion as the other maid with the halberd came at him once more, but fighting alongside a true master of halberd, Shirou already gathered enough information to fight a halberd user.
She came in for a strong swing that could have bisected him, but Shirou duck from the blow and dodged the following attacks by a hair's length. He side step to dodge the third swing and saw this reflection on the decorative halberd's wide blade…and prepared his counter attack.
(Shirou POV)
"In mid-air…Lucha Libre has the aero advantage! For it is Diego quality!"
I recall that when Master of the Lucha Libre, the Laughing Fists Diego Carlos explained once. Lucha Libre is not only an entertainment martial art, which uses flashy throw, and tosses. It has jumps and drops that can inflict unimaginable damage.
In mid-air, a flying jump or mid-air drop techniques can maneuverability advantage if used correctly, can make you fly.
First, I leaned into the air to avoid the halberd thrust that seems impossibly strong from a maid, but as a Homunculus she has physical advantage.
I recalled the techniques that I once saw and burst into action.
"Rachel Rush!" I roared as I recalled my old friend Rachel, the Yomi of Steel's Lucha Libre move…A high-speed combination technique.
I dug into the maid's guard by taking advantage of the fact her weapon is a pole based weapon.
A single step into her range of attack and closer to her center caused her momentum to shift, as she now has to get me out of the hot zone and in her range of attack.
The maid spun around her halberd expertly and thrust for a head removing thrust, but I duck the attack and even then kept my eyes right on her face. Barely stopping from the dodge, I rushed in and delivered a powerful upper cut into the chin of the maid and the force of the punch lift her up.
By taking over my friend's style with 70 to 80 percent power, I knocked the maid into he air with rapid kicks, punch, and other wrestling moves to keep her in the air in a chain of attacks.
Rachel Rush after all is not a defined set of attacks, but rapid punches, kicks, clothlines, elbows, and knee blows to overwhelm the target.
I felt the flesh hitting flesh as my blows knocked the red-eyed maid further into the sky. The maid tried to get out of the chain attack, but the whole point of the chain attack was to limit her movement in mid-air.
However the chain attack serves another purpose…To deliver the finishing blow, my target has to be in the air.
"Trace on!"
I traced a large broad sword he saw from a knight who is part of the Armed Division. However, instead of welding it properly, I dropped it and I used the wide surface of the blade like a surfboard in mid-air, corrected my position, and jumped.
Whoosh!
And took the maid's back…With her unable to use her prize halberd or change direction to even defend herself…She was completely under the mercy of Lucha Libre.
I reinforced my arm as I crossed them over my chest and made an x-symbol as I fell toward her like an arrow…Toward her exposed back, which she can't defend in time.
"Diego Tick! Cross Guillotine!" I shout out as I slashed with both hands to do a double chop on the maid's neck. The sheer power of the blow sent a great shock wave though her body, but I was not over yet.
Homunculus is artificial humans, which possesses limits that out performs any normal living beings. They can continue to function and battle even if they are being torn apart limb from limbs and their endurance and toughness are even greater than some of dedicated martial artists…So I needed to try harder.
"Trace on!"
I traced a wide war ax to appear and rolled in mid-air to plant my feet on the wide blade and blasted myself head first toward the maid's whose neck I nearly torn off.
"Diego Tick! DOWN BURST!" I roared out as I double punch the air like how Superman fly and smashed my entire weight down on the maid's back.
The maid let out a yell of pain as I harden my resolve and buried my fists into her back and drop down to earth like a missile. My target…The other maid below.
I was using the halberd welding maid as a meat shield as I fell and by the way the fancy halberd is out of her grasp and on the ground below.
By my impact to the ground, a large dust cloud was formed and the second maid frantically tried to locate her friend and me…
Whoosh! Voosh! POW!
At last, I stood behind her and my hands on her shoulder.
"W-What! Let me go you!" the second maid tried to struggle, but I noticed that she didn't have good reflexes or speed when we briefly exchanged spells/kunais. Most likely this one is the magic support and the other one was the brawn and CQC.
I rolled my thumbs, finger into her flesh from her back, and applied an unexpected attack.
"Hahhh!"
Snap!
"Ah!-Hahh!..."
The maid (Sella) let out a moan as suddenly a rush of strange sensation filled her shoulder and body as a whole as she lost strength to her limb. However, instead of pain, she felt very…very relaxed.
Her face lit up red as she realized she moaned in pleasure, but before she can correct herself she realized she couldn't move her shoulder…It was not broken or anything, but it is in a state of shock/relaxation to move correctly.
The halberd maid (Leysritt) was definitely tougher…The soft method might have worked, but against an opponent like her a sharp pin-point technique with great destructive power is more effective. On the other hand the second maid is well-suited for a soft method. A massage, sedation, and restraining technique used by following the teaching of Kalari's oil massage and pressure points is perfect for the job.
Now with both maids down, I turned around to face the third person…The blue blur that took The Einzbern's representative's safety as first priority over killing me…The Servant of Einzbern.
(Normal POV)
Glow…. Glow that seems to devour him in light of majesty and nobility…The light that seems to engulf him into an inescapable rhythm…The presence of the Servant of the Blade…The Hero of Sword.
"…Servant of the Sword…Saber…" he said as he recognized her from the description of his father's journal…There is no mistaking…Her blond hair, the braids, the silver armor, and blue dress…And the invisible sword that is ringing up all the warning bell in his head by a single glance…
The sword is hidden by magic of the wind…But his Eyes for Weapons already picked up how dangerous it is…After all it once nearly burnt down the Fuyuki in a single slash.
The Blue armored Servant stood in front of her Master in a guard.
"SABER! Leysritt! Sella! What was that for?"
"Ilyasviel! I told you this was reckless! He is an enemy Master and he broke out of your spell and grabbed you! You could have died in many ways if I didn't interfered!" the Knight scolded.
"You presume much Arturia Pendragon…What make you think I will hurt Ilyasviel Von Einzbern?"
"! You know of my identity? How?"
"I am my father's son…Did you think I will not learn about the King of Knight that once served my father in the 4th Grail War?" Shirou said as he walked toward them…ignoring the two fallen maids which one was breathing weakly, but alive and another struggling to feeling back her arm…Tough luck with that. Even if she is not exactly human, but her make-up is similar and limbs that are too relaxed and sedated with massage and pressure point is a limp limb no matter whom or what you are.
…He just hopes he did not go too far with the sleepy looking one (Leysritt).
"Kiritsugu told you?"
Shirou refocused to the real threat.
"More like wrote about you…but regardless I know of you….and I believe you already know who I am since you two came seeking me out."
"That is correct Onii-chan." the cheery voice from behind the intimidating short knight said. Ilya is surprised how this red headed Onii-chan beaten Sella and Leysritt, but she is not worry. Her maids seem to be alive and Saber is here…She is going to win no matter what happens.
"I know a lot about you…Will far as 6 years ago…According to grandfather you disappeared with the folks from the Yami after he died and only recently appeared in public."
"You mean after father passed away."
Ilyasviel narrowed her eyes at the mentioning of her father and huffed.
"Well, I thought I'll come and see this Emiya Shirou that I was motivated to kill for so long…And we also came for Avalon." She said cheerfully and Shirou narrowed his eyes.
"What?"
"Don't play dumb Onii-chan…We know he took it with him when he set off to fight in the 4th war and now my Saber, the true owner of the sheath needs it…I thought it will be a fair deal to let you live for now, in exchange for the sheath."
"Oh? But Ilyasviel…There is two problems with that."
"Nani?"
"One…" Shirou straightens his back and he gathered prana to reinforce his body to the fullest.
"Avalon, the Mankind's Wish for Utopia is now mine…I have no intension of returning it to KishiOh."
At that comment, Saber stepped forward threateningly.
"You dare! The Avalon is my Noble phantasm from the Fairies! Only I can use that tool! You dare to deny me my right and legend?"
"I don't want to hear that from a hero who actually lost her greatest treasure! The phantasm was lost for generations until it fell into Einzbern's possession and later to my father and now it is mine….If you want it then you are going to have to kill me for it!"
Shirou narrowed his eyes as he smirked.
He jumped back as a red and white blur landed in front of him as Rider arrived as his prana spiked and sense of unease reached her through their bond. He could have called earlier with a Command Seal…But it would have been such a waste.
"Ara? You already summoned Onii-chan? I was sure you were a novice with magecraft since you lived with the Yami people and that you might not know about the Grail War or your Command Seal?" Illya asked as she giggled, not worried at all at the appearance of a Servant.
However, her Servant got her guard up even tighter as the enemy Servant emitted a strong presence…. and she was welding a halberd…So she is the Lancer of this war?
Rider, whose class was unknown to Saber twirled and spun her prized halberd, the God Hand around her in expert manner. The straight halberd blurred at the sheer speed of her spinning that it almost looked bended like a whip.
Rider's action caused the air itself to be cut apart and the dust to rise. Within the simple barrier cast by Ilya, Rider was ready to fight all out if she must.
Saber narrowed her eyes at the newly arrived Servant's action. All that twirling and spinning…They are not there to show off her skill…But to cast a warning and a barrier…It is shows that 'This is the reach of my halberd…Any closer than I will attack.'
How droll, because in term of Servant's skill after Archer Class, Lancer class arguable has longer reach thanks to their weapon and their well-known speed.
That so call-warning field….The territory of the spear welding Servant is as limited as her top speed.
Rider stopped twirling her weapon as she got into a guard stance. Her armor and outfit showed no sign of damage or dirt, however, she still has not fully recover from her fight with Lancer…. Most wounds closed up, but the wound on her stomach made by the Gae Bolg was causing phantom pains and lingering irritation…sensation that is as if her wound is being stabbed open by the red spear of certain death once more.
"…Master?"
"I am fine…Ryo."
Saber narrowed her eyes at the fact he didn't reveal the Servant class…and she don't even know if the name 'Ryo' is real or not.-
"How sneaky…As expected of Kiritsugu's son." Saber thought as she readied her invisible sword.
The enemy Master knows about her and he kept his Servant's identity and class a secret…She need to approach this carefully.
Shirou on the other hand slowly took a step back and raised his hands in a low guard stance. His hands are not in a fist, but open hand…ready to use his knowledge of Jujitsu if Saber charge at him…She is not someone he can fight power with power…HE might have better chance catching her guard off with techniques she most likely never faced before in her life.
"Master…Order." Rider asked, but Shirou give none.
Shirou was worried about Rider's chance to win against the most outstanding Servant…. True while she is not at hundred percent, Shirou was confident with the exclusive information he has on the King of Knight from his father and his own skill adding that fact that Ilya doesn't seems to be trained for combat allows him a greater advantage than the knight can imagine.
However….HE will not fight them…or more accurately he does not wish to harm Ilyasviel Von Einzbern.
"Also… Ilyasviel."
"Hummm?"
"Your second mistake that you are constantly making has nothing to do with your servant. It is just that you are keep addressing me as your Onii-chan when I am not."
"Ara? Is that so? But since you were adopted by Kiritsugu, that makes you my Onii-chan right?"
"True…Despite we are not related by blood, we are siblings…However…"
Shirou stepped forward and Saber tensed. Shirou released the reinforcement he cast on himself and smiled.
"The correct title to address is incorrect."
"Huh?" Illya replied with her head titled in a confused expression…A question mark float around her head.
Oh what mistake could she have made?"
Suddenly Shirou bow to the smaller girl, who startled the two Servants and the albino girl herself.
"I, Emiya Shirou for the first time…Properly greet his elder sister… Ilyasviel-Neesama…"
Illya's eyes widen.
Oh yeah…SHE is the older of the two of them…She is the big sister.\
I thought no one ever play around with this fact…So I decided to use it.
