I am alive. I just have too many homeworks. Noone should have so many homeworks. Guest 2: Thanks for the feedback. I know the pacing is too fast and I am trying to get better at it. About the MC talking like a retard... THAT IS HOW I TALK IN REAL LIFE. If it isn't about the grammar mistakes that I probably did then it really is how I talk. I don't even think it was that weird? I am trying to be realistic but this is as far as I can go if I don't really find myself in Fuyuki one day.
Oh and also I watched the Heaven's Feel 3. It was great! Rider and Shirou vs Saber was so good. Berserker vs Shirou too. They both were a bit different than the VN but still great. Although I was disappointed in Kirei vs Shirou. It was my favoriye fight in the VN but it just wasn't that good in the movie. It could have been so much better.Guest 1: Timeline will probably be something like Heaven's Feel.
'Hakuno Kishinami? Wasn't that the main character in Fate/Extra? This can't be a coincidence right? Am I too quick to judge? How many people are named Hakuna Kishinami in Japan? I have no idea.'
Noticing I have been looking at her face for more than a few seconds, I shake my head and reply,
"Ni-nice to meet you."
She nods her head.
"Okay then, let's go! Just follow me."
'She is a cheerful one that's for sure… too cheerful actually. She almost got kidnapped. Maybe she is trying to forget about it?'
We start walking to her house as we talk.
"Are you sure you are okay now Kishinami?"
"Well, I was scared but now I'm okay."
"You got over it too fast… are you really sure you are okay?"
"Yep!"
"That isn't normal."
"I'm not normal!"
We reach her house after a few minutes and get inside.
"Welcome to my home. I hope you'll enjoy your stay here, even if it'll be a short one."
"Thanks."
I say as I look around.
'This place looked smaller from outside.'
"Uhh I hope I'm not being rude but do you have something to eat? I didn't eat anything since morning"
She freezes as she looks at me.
"I… totally forgot about that. There is nothing in the fridge. This is why I went to market. But then those guys came and I kind of forgot about it… We never got the food back."
'Oh, that's right. How did I miss that? She even told me she bought them too.'
"It's not your fault. That wouldn't be the first thing in your mind after that. Can't we just order some to here?"
"Yeah we can do that."
I let her order whatever she wanted. She ordered shawarma and I went to the bathroom. I needed to check something.
I locked the door and turned to the mirror, then tried to make the barrier that I made while fighting those guys before. I made it appear in my right and looked to the mirror. What I saw confirmed my suspicions.
Two glowing blue/red eyes were looking at me.
'These are… Mystic Eyes?'
I closed my eyes and opened them again. They were still glowing. I made the barrier disappear and my eyes stopped glowing too.
'This has to be Mystic Eyes. But Mystic Eyes of what? And why do I have them? So many questions and only a few answers. What am I supposed to do…? I don't know damn it! My only plan is to finding Shirou and asking for his help. He can't do anything about this. The only one who can help me in this world is probably Zelretch and I'm pretty sure I can't talk to him now.'
Looking at the mirror, I notice my eyes watering again.
'Come on! This is no time to be getting hopeless! Or else I'll… I'll… never be able to see my home again.'
Tears are flowing down my cheeks now. I try to not cry too much. I don't want Hakuno to hear me.
'I can't breakdown now. I have a feeling that if I do I'll never have the will to try anything anymore.'
I quickly wash my face and try to distance myself from my thoughts. 'If I give up for even a second, I won't be able to pick myself up. I am not that strong. I only have my hope and nothing else.
I know the events of Fate Stay/Night happen in 2004 but I don't know when exactly. If I am lucky and they already happened, maybe I can ask Rin for help. I don't know if she would help me though… Still worth a try.'
I dry my face and hear the door ringing. It's time to eat then.
Hakuno took her shawarma and immediately started talking as I ate.
"…and I said 'Combos are the best! You can't play UNO without them! Are you crazy?' so she got angrier and said 'You have to be a maniac to play it with combos! All they do is ruin the game and nothing more!' and to that I got even angrier and threw my cards at her. Justice served. Oh! That reminds me of the time when…"
The problem is, SHE DIDN'T STOP TALKING.
"…and that is why I hate making frogs sit on my head. That doesn't mean I don't like animals though! I love birds for example. They aren't-"
"Your shawarma is getting colder, shouldn't you eat it already?"
"Ah! Yes of course."
'I wouldn't mind listening to weird stories but now? It's just hurting my head. I can finally ask something now that she stopped too.'
"I wanted to ask something by the way. Is the uniform you are wearing right now from the Homur- Homurham- Homurahmar-"
"Homurahara?"
"Yes! I mean is your school Homurahara Academy?"
"Yeah, why? Are you going to transfer there or something?"
"N-no? I'm not sure but that isn't why I asked you about it. Do you maybe know someone named Emiya Shirou in it?"
"Emiya Shirou? Hmmm, it feels familiar… Oh right! You mean the fake janitor? He is a nice guy. Are you his friend?"
"Well, no but I need to talk to him. I was going to ask if you can ask him to go to the gate so I can talk to him when the school ends."
"Sure I can! Do you know where Homurahara Academy is?"
"I… don't"
"No problem. We can go there together tomorrow!"
She stops for a second, then her face turns grim.
"…tomorrow… is the last day for my mathematic homework!"
She is panicking now. It is kind of funny actually. I can't stop a grin from forming in my face.
"Don't laugh! It isn't funny! Oh what do I do what do I do?"
She is looking left and right as if searching for an escape. Unfortunately, she seems to realize there is no escape from reality.
"She was already angry with me from before… I don't want to get scolded again! I will have to stay awake all night to complete this…"
To that I stop grinning as I remember how I got here in the first place.
"I can help you if you want, my math is pretty good."
Her head turned towards me so fast I thought her neck broke.
"You will help? Thank you thank you thank you! You really are a hero!"
So it turns out Hakuno sucks at math.
"But I don't get it. Why did the root just disappear?"
"It's not that hard, you just have to…"
We've been at this for 2 hours yet we have made almost no progress. She is learning but it is slooooooow.
"Hmm, I think we should stop. I know you planned on staying awake but I don't think you can."
"Yeah… thanks anyway. If I tried this myself it would have taken much longer. You are good at teaching you know?"
I smile at that.
"Thanks, I have a little sister back home and she is worse than you at math. I had to help her a lot."
I yawn. This day was really tiring. Math didn't help too.
"I think I will go to sleep now. It's… 1 AM already?"
"I can barely keep my eyes open too."
She points her finger at a room.
"You can sleep there, it's my parents' room but they wouldn't mind."
"Okay. Good night."
"Good night"
With that, I go to the room and collapse to the bed. I close my eyes and sleep instantly.
Morning comes a lot closer than I thought. I was too used to schools being online and afternoon. So I was pretty surprised when Hakuno woke me up in the morning.
"You are STILL asleep? We are going to be late if you don't get up!"
"So… tired… five more minutes…"
"You said the same thing fifteen minutes ago! I already had breakfast too…"
"I'll just… skip the breakfast… let me sleep a bit more."
"I am saying we will be late even if you skip the breakfast!"
'Oh'
"Okay… I'll get up."
"Finally!"
Just a few minutes later we are already running towards Homurahara Academy
"Are you sure we need to run?"
"There is only seven minutes remaining, what do you think!?"
"I haven't slept for two days so you'll have to excuse me."
"Why did you not sleep for two days?"
"It's complicated!"
We continue running for some time until-
"We are on time! Well I am on time since you apparently don't go the school? What's up with that anyway?"
I try to catch my breath then answer.
"It's complicated."
"Ugh, this again? Come on you can tell me."
"Don't you need to go to your class now?
"I- you are right but you will tell me after school!"
I don't answer as she runs to her class. I don't think I am going to explain and there is no point in telling meaningless lies.
'So this is the Homurahara Academy. It is bigger than I thought. Then again, didn't it have a lot of club rooms? I should have expected this.'
As much as I am trying to not get excited, it is just impossible.
'…I really am going to be talking to characters from a fictional world aren't I? Well I guess I was talking to them since coming here because the city itself is fictional but… I am going to be talking to Shirou Emiya! Shirou was my favorite character before coming here. It's probably not healthy to think of him as a fictional character now that he is real but… I can't help myself.
Now… there is still at least eight more hours until the school ends. I don't know when Japanese schools end with all the club activities. I might try to use my new 'power'. I'll need to be careful though. Can't let anyone see it.'
So after trying my Mystic Eyes in an alleyway for a few hours, I learned some things about it:
1. It lets me make a barrier that I can move. It is length can be changed from about 50 centimeters to about 3 meters. Width is about the same.
2. It is sturdy, really sturdy. So sturdy that I didn't even manage to make a crack on it. But I was only using a brick I found so I don't think I can say anything about how it will fare against Servants or any magus. But it stopped a bullet before so it can't be that weak.
3. Making it appear and stay drains my… energy? a little but making it disappear doesn't. Making it move as long as there is no resistance doesn't drain my energy a lot too.
4. The more I used it, the more I could feel… something in my body being drained. And I started sweating after making it stay for 4 minutes. I don't feel much if I just make it appear and disappear but making it stay for a long amount of time tires me.
5. Although moving it doesn't drain a lot from me, making it move against something with resistance does. I tried to move a big large can with it. It was probably about 500 kilograms and I could feel myself getting drained by it. It wasn't too much but I could.
6. Standing on my barrier and trying to fly… kind of works? When I focus on moving it I lose my balance because of its suddenness and fall. So might be able to do it later but not now.
That is about all I learned. I didn't have too much to experiment with so I couldn't do much but this is about it. This took me about 6 hours so I still have some time.
But then I hear an announcement coming from Homurahara. I couldn't hear much but it was something about a murderer and school ending early?
'That announcement felt familiar… Did I hear that in the anime? Come on remember, what was it?'
Then it dawned on me. Shinji and Rider.
'Then today is either the day Archer and Lancer fight, or just a few days before that. I don't remember exactly when that announcement happened. But this isn't good. My hopes of Holy Grail War being finished are gone now. I am only at the beginning… This changes a lot of things. I don't think I have a good chance here since there are like 40 bad endings. And since its Shirou who saves the world from the Holy Grail and Angra Mainyu, then it probably means the world is destroyed in almost all of those endings with a few exceptions.
With that, it's settled. I have no choice but to help him save the world since I live in it I guess.
…sarcasm isn't helping me like I thought it would. How am I supposed to help in a fight with Heroic Spirits from the past? I would only be a hindrance but… do I even have a choice? Statistically speaking, the world doesn't have a lot of chance since there are a lot less good ends compared to the bad ones. I need to help or I'll die too. Die without managing anything important in my life. I don't want that to happen, so I won't let it happen. Not without trying anything at least.
Now I really need to speak to Shirou. But… he didn't even summon Saber yet did he? Should I intervene with that?'
I thought as I walked toward the school gate and waited for Hakuno. After a few minutes, she showed up.
"Hey Jan!"
"Hey Hakuno. Did you talk to Emiya or…?"
"I did and he said he would talk to you tomorrow. Someone already asked him for help and he said he will be busy today."
"He will be busy? Did he tell you why he will be busy?"
"Yeah he said he is going to clean up the archery club."
'So that is TODAY?!'
"You panicked for a second there. Did something happen Jan?"
'Damn it she is perceptive.'
"I-It's not that important don't worry. I just remembered something."
"Oh, okay then! So are you coming to my house today too?"
"I am… not sure. Will you let me stay for another day?"
"Yeah sure!"
"Well then, I will come if I don't find any other place. Thanks again and see you later."
"See you later? Aren't you coming with me now?"
"No, I have something to do. Be careful on your way to home and don't go into any alleyways again. I heard some people were killed recently."
"Firstly, it was just ONE time! Secondly, don't worry about it. I'll go straight to my home so… see you later!"
And with that she starts walking and leaves me alone with my thoughts.
'Should I intervene… or not intervene…'
A Few Hours Ago
A Father in a black coat could be seen entering into a church. He walks all the way towards the end and stands there.
His arms crossed behind his back, he says
"It wasn't just a rumor it would seem. Magecraft was used in the area. Those two didn't know anything about magecraft and told me about 'a kid with magical powers'. I had to alter their memory."
In the shadows, a silhouette of a man with blond hair speaks
"So it was just a novice magus playing without caring about any rule then?"
"He used magecraft to play the hero and save some girl. He isn't even a novice as he didn't erase their memories. I don't know of any magus like that in Fuyuki City. It is as if he suddenly learned he had powers and was eager to use them. Just before the start of the 5. Holy Grail Wat? This is no coincidence."
"Don't get too excited Kirei. It isn't like another mongrel could change anything. This war was mine even before it began."
Soo yeah I don't think I solved the pacing problem. I really need help writing I don't know what the hell I am doing- Ehem. Didn't mean to say that. So yeah I tried to add a small 3. Perspective Kirei and Gilgamesh scene to the end. I hope it wasn't bad. I should stop writing at 3 AM. I want to sleep. That is all. See you in the next chapter.