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Prologue 2: The Journey
It was another sunny day in Fuyuki.
It had been few weeks after the events of the battle at the Tohsaka Mansion and things had barely returned normal in the first few days.
The Grail had been seen by almost every inhabitant of the city and it had taken a massive combined effort from the Magi and the Church members to push the 'movie excuse' to be accepted.
An huge backlash for Clock Tower as the Association had been until the end against the idea of destroying the artifact but the attempts to have Rin, Shirou and Illya called to be judged in a trial were in vain as the opposition from both the Wizard Marshal and from Lord El-Melloi II were able to disrupt their plans of shifting the guilt to innocent people.
The resulting struggle saw the early ascension of Lorelei Bartholomei to the position of Director of the Association.
Coming from a very influential family, Lorelei was more than ready to take the role and her impartial mentality made her the perfect replacement for the former leader.
In the end the situation was stabilised as the new Director saw to bestow medals to those who prevented the chaos of Fuyuki to be unleashed on Earth.
Since the location of Clock Tower was not safe as the some families had yet to accept the situation, Paris had been chosen as a common ground.
The capital of the French Republic had a secondary headquarter for the Association and was safe enough to make the event there.
And so the very weird family that inhabited the Emiya Household had packed the objects needed for the travel and were supposed to met at the local airport with the (still not old enough to be) Second Owner of Fuyuki, Rin Tohsaka and an unusual quirky former Servant of the Fourth Heaven Feel, Gilgamesh.
When questions about his shockingly happy look reached him, the King of Heroes replied with an even more surprising smirk.
"France is famous for their wine, one of the greatest in this petty world. It's been far too much ever since my lips were properly bathed by the heaven's milk."
The answer managed to settle the shock and to cement the quite materialistic view of the Archer.
As they all finally regrouped by the airport, Shirou and Rin were surprised to see a familiar face that they hadn't seen in a while.
"Julian?"
The Ainsworth Heir merely snorted a bit annoyed and looked quite frustrated.
"Don't 'Julian' me, Shirou-kun. I just heard what had happened while I was away for family matters. Why hadn't you contacted me? You and Rin-chan got all the action and stu-! GAH!"
The glass-wearing boy stepped back as he nursed the bruise the young Tohsaka had decided to bestow on his head.
"Tohsaka-chan, why are you so cruel?" The young Ainsworth whined but was soon silenced by a glare from the girl.
"It isn't Emiya-kun's fault you had decided to up and go to watch your sister's latest audition. Plus it was a moment were we could do anything but fight the threat. And.."
Rin continued her lecture as Julian stared to the ground silently.
Shirou sweatdropped as he thought of it as a scene akin to a mother scolding her child.
As if the situation wasn't already quite surreal, a familiar kaleidostick decided to interfere.
"You shouldn't hit cute boys, Rin-chan. Your chances of getting in a relationship with one would be close to zero if you keep being such a Tsundere. Or maybe..."
"Or maybe what, you stupid stick!" Giggling at her reaction, the Mystic Code giggled amused.
"Or maybe you swing for the opposite side?"
While Shirou was confused about the comment, Rin looked a perfect mix of embarassment and fury.
Meanwhile a more quiet girl blushed at Rin's humiliation and.. was that blood dripping from her nose?
As she tried to grasp the still cheerful Ruby, the young Emiya felt something inside his bag move.
Weirdily enough, the one who took major notice of this action was the same kaleidostick.
"Oh! I almost forgot. Had my sweet, loving oniichan truly ditched us for this event, Shirou-kun?" The sickening sweet tone sent some shivers in Shirou's back as he remembered the discussion he had with Diamond.
"I cannot survive Neechan being near me for that long, Shirou-kun. What should we do?"
Shirou stared confused at the flying wristband.
During the short celebration after defeating Angra Mainyu, Ruby had 'taken' (Read as kidnapped) Diamond for some special 'rewards' that only them alone could enjoy.
(AN: Even through I'm the author, I don't know myself what had truly happened with the two.)
The following morning, our young Protagonist woke to find the wristband shaking on his bed.
Questions were asked about the weird behavior but the replies were mostly incoherent words.
Only a week after the whole ordeal Shirou saw Diamond return to his usual attitude, yet he would try to hide when someone used the word 'Ruby'.
"I thought we already established that you cannot stay here alone, Diamond."
The kaleidoband sighed but as he was about to whine more about this predicament, an idea struck and the Mystic Code expressed it to his owner.
"What if I come with you all BUT without anyone else but you and me knowing about my presence?"
Tilting his head, Shirou gestured his lack of understanding.
"If Rub- Ah, Rub- RUB- My neechan doesn't know I'm there with you, she will not haunt me during the whole month. So if there is some problems I will be there to help AND Neechan will not harass me... anymore."
And so Diamond had settled to hide inside the bag until they had reached the hotel room in Paris.
You would ask 'Wouldn't he get bored and blow his cover by sheer idiocy?'.
Nah. Diamond might be kind of a moron but he know better to fall for that the seco- thir- tenth! time.
"Y-Yes, Ruby. Diamond wasn't feeling well and I decided to leave him back home."
The stick kept starting emotionlessly at the nervous boy before nodding satisfied and returning to harass her owner.
"My, my. It seems we are in time."
Julian turned to the origin of the voice unfamiliar to Shirou and seemed to lighten up.
"Yes. I should present you my friends, Tou-san. These are Shirou and Rin."
He then pointed at the others. "Illya, Shirou's Sister, Leysritt and Sella, their caretakers, Sakura, Rin's sister, and Gil, Rin's Caretaker."
Darius turned to each of those named and gave them his usual calm smile.
When it was the King of Heroes' turn, his face seemed to harden but nothing changed from his usual cheerful tone.
"It's nice to meet you all, especially you Shirou-kun. I heard great things from my son and I'm happy he got a friend like you."
Shirou felt relieved that Darius seemed much less stern than Kiritsugu.
"It's nice to meet you too, Ainsworth-san."
The man laughed at the honorific. "Please Shirou-kun, call me Darius."
Nodding, Shirou smiled at the infectious personality Julian's father exuded.
"Oh my, it's almost time to embark. Please follow me or we will be late for the flight."
As the group moved their luggage following the two Ainsworths, someone was plotting a sinister future for our dear protagonist.
Somewhere else, unknown hideout...
The big room was covered by shadows and weird objects. Creatures' arms, legs, eyes and some unfinished humanoid puppets left to decay.
Tendrils stretched around the single figure in the room as he watched through a crystal ball the face of a smiling Shirou Emiya as he loaded his bags.
"Your progeny is going to suffer and perish like you hurted my own family..."
A sadistic smile appeared on his face and it revealed two fangs.
A red glint started to glow as he stared intensely the boy entering the plane for France.
"Your son shall become the monument to your sins... Kiritsugu Emiya!"
Several tendrils grasped the sphere and destroyed it with ease.
Some debts have yet to die for the Emiya Family.
AN
I'm back!
After a week (circa) of being inactive (studying and stuff) I'm finally ready to return to my daily updating!
I know someone will asks questions like "Is it fine for you to study AND write fanfics?"
Thing is that I got everything that I needed to study done and I will just restudy it for the *counting* 159th time few days before the exams, so don't worry ya all!
Arc 2 will be incredibly less canon than Arc 1 for several points:
-New Characters (expect 'minor' OCs and NO they will not replace Shirou);
-New Location (Paris and -?-)
-New Antagonist (Vengeful against Kiritsugu and... protagonist of the 1st 'Movie'?!)
Lastly, I remind everyone that I will be in June 2nd to Etna Comics, an event that happens every year in Sicily, Italy. I will be there for the first time and, since I'm not that much important, I will not have a stand. I will be more than happy to engage in some dialogues with fans and I will be eager to hear ideas that I could implement in Arc 2 or in the Rewrite of Arc 1.
Review Q&A!
MWkillkenny84: Angra Mainyu è la Nuvola Da Impiegato! Essendo il Dio del Male ( o di Ogni Male) Avenger rappresenta tutto il male del mondo, compreso quello del Ragioniere. Ora mi sta venendo in mente di scrivere un omake dove Ruler non è Balilla ma Paolo Villaggio xD
SentinalSlice: Define your confusion so I can sate your questions. Ruby and Sapphire are canon in FSN. They are OP from the base of this fanfic and Diamond is a mere updated version. Also Thank You!
KRKing: That kind of Spin-off is not planned but I am starting to write a spin-off that will explain the hidden motivations of our dear antagonist. Also why did you copy and paste that message a second time?
kagemoto: Wrong about Saver! Kiritsugu has returned to the Counter-Force, I will try to add that detail in the rewrite.
AngelaVargas: It has begun! Also "Heroes never die!".
merendinoemiliano: I wished to make it longer but I decided against making something too much complex. Will see your favourite stories for inspiration! Also Thank You!
AbyssRhythme: Thank you for you support! Yes, I used Archer EMIYA's FGO Lvl100 Stats to describe an average Servant's might. Shirou will go for more as the Gamer opens up more opportunities to grow into something more than human. Plus CONGRATULATIONS! You are the first one to get the correct characters in ARC 1 Ending! If I had some money I would send you a trophy with 'Reward for Smartest Cookie' but I'm poor and I will just give you a cookie! xD
Wowza48: Wrong! Those were Merlin and Justeaze, still you were quite close and you got Fou! Thank You!
klim770: It seems you have yet to watch FKLPI and OC is not going to make a Coup d'Etat against me to become protagonist, still thank you for your concern. I wrote in that chapter that the Servants summoned were seriously depowered as the power used by the Grail wasn't enough to recreate proper bodies, so yeah Mordred and Atalanta weren't in the best shape in their short cameos.
bloodredmoon22: It kind of tends to be difficult to use such a slow charge Skill after being almost oneshot by Angra Mainyu final form. It's like asking me why Goku didn't use the Genkidama against Hit but used the Kamehameha.
Nick terakidan: You are the second person to guess correctly! As I said, if I had the cash, I would send you both Trophies but I just got those cookies. I have a cookie addiction :3