Thanks to all the readers for your feedback. As I thought, the same answer was written in a lot of the reviews. Good, good...the shota lover is popular!

WARNING: RANT INCOMING!

It's really irritating when someone points out a 'mistake' I made in TYPE-MOON lore, especially when the reviewer him/herself hasn't done enough research.

For example, the Origin of a person could be changed by some drastic circumstances, such as the case of Shirou. Moreover, the name 'Shirou' is the only thing Shirou remembers from his past, before the Fuyuki fire. Kiritsugu did not name him. It's in the original text.

RANT END. Sorry, just needed to stroke my immature self-ego.

That being said, I'll be most grateful if someone could actually point out a critical misunderstanding I may have...if the reviewer actually did his research.

Enough bitching around! Time for more bitche-(Gets blasted into oblivion)

Death Flags Reemerging

Shiki Tohno was a man of many acquaintances, the most being women.

Women that were beautiful as they were deadly, befitting of his Mystic Eyes of Death Perception. Among his 'harem' of top-tier ladies, there was the Moon Princess who was created to execute the defensive mechanism of planet Earth, the Ancestor Slayer of the Holy Church Elites, the Demonic half-blood heiress of the Tohno clan, and the Lady of House Barthomeloi.

And that's not even counting half of them.

Shiki Tohno was also a man of many achievements, the most being vampire-related incidents.

Incidents that range from Dead Apostle Ancestor slaying that was akin to killing a fallen god, to successfully postponing the Aylesbury Valesti ritual, the most earnestly desired ritual for the old Ancestors...especially the first six True Ancestors devoted to the deceased Crimson Moon Brunestud, the 'creator' of Moon Princess Arcueid Brunestud and the one ancestor of all Dead Apostles on Earth.

That was why in the split-second his consciousness realized what was about to happen before his eyes, he forcefully took over Shirou's magic circuits and sent them into overdrive while simultaneously utilizing the boy's nerves as pseudo circuits, and then proceeded to leap out of the churchyard at top speed...and not a second too soon.

"Sen-sensei!? Y-your girlfriends are fighting to the death behind us! W-we should try to stop them!"

'Don't worry! They're just letting off some steam. A lot of pressurized, high-density steam. Mainly Akiha, though I suspect that Ciel might be enjoying it slightly.'

"E-even so! W-we need to stop them before they hurt each oth-"

Behind them, the church roofs caved in with an earth-shattering smash.

'You were saying what again? Stop who? With this fragile body of a seven-year-old?'

"N-nevermind!"

Shirou looked positively terrified. Shiki couldn't blame him, not at all. After all, a woman's wrath is the most fearful thing in this entire world.

"W-wait! What about the iron rule of keeping arcane Mysteries a secret from mankind!? They're going to cause an earthquake at this point!"

'Look around you. Ciel has already created a bounded field of the highest level; a barrier of human exclusion that warps the onlooker's cognition, woven into Gothic Wall: Lesser Cathedral, a more eco-friendly version of Gothic Fort: Cathedral which is an anti-Ancestor containment field that comes at a high price. This more convenient version is basically an isolation-type conceptual barrier that was designed to subdue low-rank Dead Apostles. Nobody will know...oh. Shit.'

"...Please don't tell me..."

As if to confirm the boy's fears, an iron statue of an angel sailed over his head, pierced through the sound barrier, only to hit a half-transparent wall a hundred yards away. It bounced off as an orb of crushed metal- an awful abomination of tangled wings and mangled limbs. An angel never looked so grotesque.

'Nothing shall leave this place. No secrets shall be unearthed. Such is the principle of this 'wall'. ...I never thought the Church would be my second grave...haha...'

"S-Sensei!? S-surely you could 'kill' this wall!? Please tell me you can!"

'I could...but who's going to keep the non-mages from gossiping? News travels fast in the modern age.'

"Ah. But, would it be really that bad...?"

'The mage association would literally burn this town and its inhabitants to ashes if necessary. So the answer is a big fat YES.'

"..."

'By the way, this barrier could also distort space, albeit slightly. For example, it could turn a bedroom into roughly the size of a football field.'

"No wonder why I felt the church grounds was so big! It expanded! Who is this 'Ciel' lady anyway!? How can a sister of the Church be so powerful!? Is she an executioner!?"

'Mostly correct. She holds the seventh seat in the Burial Agency, a place where the best hunters of Dead Apostles in the Holy Church reside. A sanctuary for the fanatics among fanatics.'

Shirou felt Shiki sigh deeply.

'I should've predicted this outcome. Ciel is, to put a very long story short, the seventeenth incarnation of Roa, the former vessel of the vampire that granted me this reincarnation. Due to a contradiction caused by her not dying after Roa transferred to his new host which was my stepbrother, the boy that nearly killed me, she became immortal. That was until six years ago.'

Shirou wordlessly nodded, urging Shiki to continue.

'Right now, at least from what I 'saw', she regained some of her formal immortality. The only possible reason for this is the world mistaking me as Roa, though due to the Snake of Akasha being incomplete, and Roa's soul actually 'dispersing' from the world altogether, the world must've deemed me as a fragment of Roa. Thus, Ciel retains a part of her immortality. That is the only logical conclusion I could come up with.'

Shirou now had a faint idea what was going on.

"Soooo...it's like the connection with your stepsister, right? Ciel could 'sense' you as the reason for her immortality through the bond she shares as the former incarnation of Roa?"

'You catch up very quickly, Shirou. That's correct.'

Shirou grimaced. Another statue flew past their heads, this one looking suspiciously similar to Saint Mary, albeit beheaded. ...Wasn't one of them supposed to be a Christian!?

"How dare you treat Saint Mary as a catapult!? You should be ashamed, Akiha!"

"You are the one who beheaded her! What a pious Christian you are! ...As I thought, a barbarian such as you are not befitting of my brother."

...Shirou really didn't know how Shiki survived till the age of twenty.

"Fu, fufufufu...at first, I thought to spank you a little for going high on your demon blood, but it seems that you might need to bleed out a bit to cool that hot head of yours!"

"Oh? How considerate of you. I'll make sure to repay you by burning you in return...who knows? Maybe your frigidness might even come off!"

"...Harlot. In the name of our Lord, come forth, O' third cause of death!"

"...Thot. Fall in Crimson Red, O' Blood of Vermillion!"

Shirou felt the very hair on his skin stand up as if electrified. As a matter of fact, he felt as if the very air was boiling with mana. Was the scenery surrounding them becoming warped!?

'Don't tell me they're...oh, they're so going to regret this...it's they who have to regenerate their organs after all...'

"Excuse me? Regenerate their organs?"

Shirou felt Shiki gesture towards Ciel.

'Look over there. See that Giant multiple-bladed sword Ciel is now wielding? That mecha-weapon shaped like a wing? That's one of the seven forms of the Seventh Holy Scripture, a treasured holy relic created by the Holy Church to demonstrate the Lord's power. Each form of the Seventh Holy Scripture is associated with a specific cause of death, in this case, death by blood loss.'

Then, Shirou felt Shiki tug his eyes towards Akiha.

'Now, see that Crimson hair of Akiha's? That hair that seems to have a consciousness of its own? They're actually corresponding with Akiha's will. Those with thick demon blood are often overwhelmed by their blood, succumbing to a state where one's instincts overpower their human mind, and those that manage to maximize the power contained within their blood are called Crimson Red Vermillion, also known as Ancestral Return. As the name suggests, her body reverts back to that of the ancient Oni (Japanese demons that were sometimes feared as wrathful gods).'

Shirou felt cold sweat trickle down his brow and down the collar of his shirt. He could 'see' the almost transparent hair writhing in the air like a colony of deadly crimson serpents, and the menacing dark glow of the giant blades that promised certain, agonizing death.

The boy gripped his fists tightly and clenched his jaw. Shiki frowned.

'Shirou, don't do something-'

"Hey, ladies! It's me you want! Stop hurting each other in the Lord's holy ground! I won't forgive you if you so much as scratch each other!"

'-drastic...', Shiki trailed off. He sighed. 'Well, I guess it might be time. Enough is enough. While my first priority was to keep you safe, I should've known that you wouldn't let this pass.'

"...Sensei, I'm-"

'No, don't apologize. I'm proud that you are so considerate of others, even when two women that could easily tear us apart are at each other's throats. Not the first time this kind of 'cat fight' happened behind my back, and I'm afraid it wouldn't be the last...'

"Sensei..."

'Focus, Shirou. Here they come. One word of advice; let me handle this. ...I promise that I will protect your chastity no matter what.'

"That was what you meant by my safety!?"

"Mind if I join in your 'inner' conversation, my little boy?"

"I would very much like to chat too, sweetie."

"!?"

Shirou didn't even notice the two beautiful women closing in. One second, they were several hundred yards away, the next, they were standing right in front of him. ...Were they subtly trying to stomp each other's foot?

""Well?"", the two women asked. The poor Christian boy felt as if the sky was pressing down on his shoulders, such was the immense pressure they were exerting.

Shiki gave him a subtle nudge, urging him to lend him the driver's seat. Shirou didn't need to be told twice. Shiki opened his mouth.

-A flash of light passed through the void. A pure blade of the heavens, slicing the impure in its way.

"Hey there, calm down! I won't let you two women keep him- I mean, harm this pretty- Ahem, poor boy! He's mine! To protect, of course! Nothing else!"

With those eccentric words, the Gothic Walls of the Lesser Cathedral fell apart, a single cut in the middle.

A white-haired woman with a playful smile hugged Shirou from behind. She was clad in a kimono of red and blue, with two katanas strung to her waist. The katanas sheathed themselves with a clear CHINK, suggesting that she was the one who effortlessly cut open the barrier with a simple strike.

A significantly watered-down version of the original it may be, it was still a barrier capable of withstanding several hits from an Ancestor, yet...

Shiki gulped. He had a very bad idea of who the woman was. Her presence was an answer on its own. No human of this current era had this level of mana density...much less Ether from the old ages. This woman was a servant in flesh form.

Her silvery blue eyes bore into his single golden bronze. She flashed him a cheeky smile.

"Mind if I ask your name?"

"Shik-Shirou. Shirou Kotomine."

"Good, good. I'm still in Japan. The far future, perhaps? Buddha does work in strange ways...is this another punishment for eating the offerings at the ...what was its name...Ryūdō temple? Or was it the one before!? I can't remember which one...!"

The woman shrugged. She winked at him as if to tell him not to worry about her mumblings.

"Oh, I haven't introduced myself yet! My name is Musashi. Musashi Miyamoto! Please call me Musashi-chan, my Shirou-kun!"

Killing intent filled the already decimated grounds of Fuyuki Church.

"No fighting!", Shirou squealed helplessly.

Muhahaha, I bet a lot of you didn't realize the last chapter was an event flag! Yes, surprise guest Musashi-chan is here! She will eventually fade away since she is a dimensional traveler, but she will be around Shirou/Shiki for some time.

PS. Yes, Shiki has no idea that Musashi is not a servant, at least not this version of her. She's still 'alive'!

Next time on Re: Fate/Deathly Moon. [Shiki's contract with the Clocktower] ⇦Queen of the Clocktower incoming!

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