Hello. I want to thank ChristmasForJuan for his support and Aburg76 for become my new Beta. The chapter six is already half done and I expect to have it ready on the next weekend.
It was a nice morning that marked the first day of the summer holidays for the Emiya household, and we can see how full of activity their owners are in getting ready for a family trip.
"Are you ready Tatsuya-kun?" Iris asked from downstairs.
"Just a minute" replied a 13 years old Tatsuya from the door of his room while carrying a suitcase as he hurried to go join the others who were waiting for him.
"I am ready" the boy confirmed as he joined the others that were waiting for him
As they exit their home Tatsuya couldn't help but reflect about everything that had happened to him for the last 3 years.
It had been three years since the day that Tatsuya arrived to this home, and lots of things had changed for the young boy since that first day. At the start Tatsuya had the belief that after some time these people would grow tired of him and eventually throw him out, but as time passed he soon realized that they did not have that intention of doing so and were more than willing to keep their word about him.
And that also proved to be a double edged sword because when they said that their training will be extreme they were not joking, after their first training sessions ended, Tatsuya had learned of a new level of pain, he wondered if what they were doing was real training or they were just sadists. For many years Tatsuya believed that Kogoro-jiji was the strongest fighter that he had ever known, but that idea was soon discarded, he still believed that he was strong but now he realized that there were people even stronger out there, as his new older siblings had proved to him that they were on a entirely different level. At this revelation he asked how they could be so strong training this way, and he always got the same answer: "This is the only way of training that we know."
But their training was not only about combat and how to use magic, but also include a great deal of magic knowledge lessons, which was not a surprise considering that they are the owners of AvalonTech, the number one company in the field of magic. During these lessons it was young heroes' turn to be surprised by the great level of intelligence of Tatsuya showed and the rate that he appeared to absorb knowledge about magic of either type like a sponge.
It was because this talent that a year after Tatsuya became a part of their lives that he got another surprise when Shirou and the girls revealed to him that they were the four seats of Avalon, the group of magic research team that changed the face of the magic. If Tatsuya respected their power before; now he could not help but admire them, because even with all their power and talent they were humble and friendly unlike the people that he had met during his time in the Yotsuba main house. Also special because they told him their reasons why they did not reveal their true power to the Master clans or the government. For him, a year ago he was desperately looking for power to earn the love of his family and here are four strategic class magicians that chose anonymity so they could live in peace with their families and loved ones, this made Tatsuya spent the next few days reflecting about this and came to the conclusion that he never really understood what it was like to have a family from the beginning.
"Well are you ready for a family holiday?" said a happy Aoi as she got inside their car that would take them to their airport.
"Mom, do remember that this is also a business trip" Rin reminded her.
"Do not worry, that's why Kiritsugu went ahead of us." replied Iris in defense of Aoi. "Besides this only a preliminary business meeting with the military heads at Okinawa Base."
"Are you sure that you do not want us to us the teleportation to go there? It will be faster than taking a plan.e" Shirou asked.
"Of course not, that would ruin the experience of a family trip" Iris replied as she took the driver seat of the family minivan. What she didn't know was that the offer come from the desire of the young ones including the maids of avoid being in the situation where she was the driver. And as a pre-caution, a few minutes ago Rin reinforced the car.
Once all were aboard the vehicle they left their home, all of them including Leysritt and Sella. While many could be worried about leaving their mansion alone, none of them had a bounded field that protected their home, and additionally they had four powerful magicians that can teleport there and take care of the intruders in a moment and then return with the rest of them.
After a very short trip to the airport, a special event with Iris on the wheel they got inside a private jet that they rented and flew to Okinawa. No one of them knew this this trip will have consequences that no one would ever expect.
"Tatsuya-kun." called Sakura.
"Yes, Sakura-ne?" was Tatsuya reply.
"Are you sure that you are feeling well?" this was the kind question Sakura would ask.
"I am fine, it was a little difficult at the beginning but now I feel great." Tatsuya assured her with a smile.
"That's great." Sakura stated in relief. Over the years Sakura had developed into an overprotective big sister in regards to Tatsuya, no small part due to of her memories from the previous world and her desire to help him was because she did not want him to feel that same powerlessness that she had experienced.
And with that Tatsuya looked outside of the window of the plane, his mind drifting on the clouds while he started to think about how much his life had changed over the last few years.
Flash Back
It was a couple of months after they told Tatsuya about their secret of them being the four seats of Avalon. That had a consequence as now Tatsuya began to work even harder on his training and studies. But as worked harder and harder, the more evident that there was a problem with his magic, which as a consequence saddened Tatsuya because he said that if with masters at the level of Shirou and the others he was still failing that only meant that he was a lost cause. It was at that moment that Rin came and after performing a deep analysis on Tatsuya, she came to the conclusion that inside of Tatsuya's body the magic circuits system and the modern magic system were fighting for dominance, something that by itself should be impossible. Remembering how the relic reacted to Tatsuya that night on the river Rin theorized that if they could conceptualize the relic inside Tatsuya that could work as a stabilizer allowing both magic systems to work together. But at the end all of them agreed that it should be Tatsuya's decision after he received all this information.
It took about two weeks for Tatsuya to decide after he received all the information and agreed to have the relic conceptualized inside his body. At first there was no evidence of any change or improvement, however soon Tatsuya could feel a change when his magic became easier to control. It was like if a balance was finally found inside his body, but still took a lot from the boy, but as he said each time it became easier.
Thanks to the relic and the new balance that he now possessed Tatsuya managed to learn the basics of both magic systems. How this arrangement worked was something that no one knows, but a secondary effect of this was that Tatsuya seems to be able to analyze both types of magic systems with the only exceptions when Shirou, Illya, Sakura and Rin when they used their most powerful magic. Because of this Tatsuya would later say that, their power progressed beyond the limits of the human understanding. Still his great intelligence kept growing and soon he found that he have a natural talent for designing Casting Assistant Devices.
This lead to an event that also resounded throughout AvalonTech and the world; the birth of Silver. Since the appearance of the Four Seats of Avalon, AvalonTech had become not only the best magic material supplier but also the only one that specialized in magic system tools based on the magic circuit type. That left the market of the modern magic system CAD unexplored and was limited to only provide some of the parts and materials. However that changed the day that was spent in the afternoon with Iris, Aoi and Kiritsugu. Shirou and the girls were doing some college work and would be busy for the rest of the day, that left him to spend some time with his "Aunts and Uncle". Because most of his time he had spent with Shirou and the girls, he was unsure about how he should behave in front of them, after all they were the owners of this mansion and the number one company on the world, but more importantly the ones that had offered protection from the Yotsuba with the only reason that that was the right thing to do. And that confused Tatsuya because he had never met a person or people in this case that would have those ideals.
Realizing the turmoil Tatsuya was feeling, Kiritsugu asked him if he could help him in his small workshop. When Illya and the others first showed them their creations he couldn't have been prouder of them and immediately provided them with a generous salary as official researchers in the company, so when they asked him to allow them to modify the library in the mansion to turn it into their workshop he agreed to that, after all a lot of space was been wasted on a mansion so big, so the remodeling ended with two rooms that were next to the library becoming part of their workshop. However this also made him miss his days as a magic engineer and he ended up also renovating the room over the garage as his personal workshop, not because he didn't want to work with his kids, but because he knew that their works were so different and advanced so he didn't want to slow their progress.
Tatsuya followed him to his workshop, the same way that an attendant follows his master.
"Tatsuya" said Kiritsugu grabbing the attention of the boy. "I know that the last few years had been very difficult for you and you must be very confused, but I want you to know that no one that lives in this house sees you as a bother or an attendant, in this place your only responsibility is to try to be as happy as any 11 year old boy".
"But the Yotsuba would never approve of th-" Tatsuya tried to say but was stopped by Kiritsugu.
"Then it is a great thing that we are not Yotsuba." Kiritsugu interrupted. "Look at Leysritt and Sella, they may dress as maids but to us they are part of our family, they are free to follow their own dreams and have our full support but they said that they are happy with their lives as it were, and that is what all of us want for you. To be happy. I know that you will have to face many challenges and difficulties but you can always rely on us to support you."
As those words were said, time seemed to stop for Tatsuya who didn't know how to react, but from the back of his mind the last words of Kogoro-jiji were played in his head "Someday you will meet people that will see you as the wonderful boy that you are."
Deciding to move up the conversation Kiritsugu revealed his personal project, two pistol shaped CADs.
"This is my little project." said Kiritsugu showing him the CADs, "Did you know that I started my career as a magic engineer before Iris and I founded AvalonTech? In the last years I had been too busy running the company, but with the discovery made by the kids it made me want to try my best again, so I reopened my old research." while Kiritsugu was saying that Tatsuya had moved closer to see the CADs.
"These CADs are more precise than the standard one and have better range, but unfortunately they can only carry a single magic sequence, in order to change to a new one it is necessary to swap out a loader that has the new sequence, but that takes time and it is impractical. I had been working for years on this project but unfortunately it appears to be beyond my ability." as Kiritsugu finished saying this he turned to see that Tatsuya's full attention was on the two CADs.
"So what do you say Tatsuya, would you like to work with me on this project?" Kiritsugu asked.
After six months of work, Tatsuya was able to create a loop cast system that marked a new beginning for AvalonTech. The incursion on the modern magic market. When Kiritsugu said that this system was Tatsuya's creation, Tatsuya wanted to deny that saying that it was a team effort, but Kiritsugu stated he knew his own limits and that Tatsuya advanced more in a few months than he had in many years, so is only natural that he received the credit for his work.
But that was not the only surprise that he got from this. A few days later after he showed his Loop cast system to the Emiya family, they told him that they had decided to reveal this discovery to the world. So it will be necessary that he come up with a code name just like Shirou and the others, so after a moment Tatsuya decided, it was Silver.
But that was not all, because the Emiya had another surprise when they offered to adopt him into the family; it had taken them all this time to get the papers ready without alerting the Yotsuba but now all they needed now was his approval, they told him that if the Yotsuba ever learned about him, the fact that he is now an Emiya will force them to move with caution and that would provide them with enough time to make plans and counter measures to face them, it wasn't until Sakura placed a hand on his shoulder as a sign of support that he agreed to their idea.
The next day the news that AvalonTech had ventured into the modern magic system marked with the development of a loop casting system shook the world because it came with the announcement that a new seat inside Avalon had been taken by their new member Taurus Silver.
On a personal note Tatsuya was surprised when he learned that part of the technical staff that works for AvalonTech used to work for FLT, his former father's company and left it because they were considered outcasts in that place, but were hired soon after because Kiritsugu wanted to start a modern magic department that also could help to produce the technical parts for his kids' innovations. At first he has his reservations about them but after he learned of the opinions that they had about his former father, all that changed and soon after he was already friends with them.
Two months ago Tatsuya was trying to learn Shirou' structural analysis skill, but he soon realized that while he was unable to use it on magical objects like Shirou, he was able to see the magic sequence when Kiritsugu, Iris and Aoi practiced their magic, not only that but he could see the information of any object and person too, so he chose to focus on that skill hoping that with enough time and hard work he soon would be able to create objects from thin air just like Shirou. Unfortunately when he chose to practice that skill, the test object that had been a kitchen knife, it just disappeared like if it was erased from the world, after other experiments with this skill he soon realized that he can restore objects that had been destroyed under the last 24 hours to a state before it was damaged.
Flash back end.
It was the voice of the pilot that announced that they will be arriving to their destination in the next few minutes that made Tatsuya return to the present.
The trip from the airport to the hotel was short and soon they were arrived to the penthouse that they had rented for their time on Okinawa.
The reason behind this trip was the deal that was to be made between AvalonTech and the military. While under normal circumstances the Emiya family would prefer to limit their contribution to the world in a peaceful way, but the recent actions of the Great Asian Alliance was something that they couldn't ignore, especially for Iris that still had the memories about the events that followed the destruction of her home and family. After all what is the point of changing the world for the better if someone else is going to destroy it? That is why they are here, to sign a contract to develop military CADs with the loop cast system on it.
"Ahh this is a paradise…" Sella stated.
"It will be our first vacation since forever." added Leysritt.
"When will dad be joining us?" Illya asked.
"He is in the final talks of the contract with the self-defense force." responded Iris, "If anything he should be done with it by the nightfall."
"Well that means that we have the rest of the day to ourselves, so how about we go explore the beach and the city?" offered Aoi.
This was a new experience for Tatsuya, before this day in his time with the Yotsuba all the other members always kept their distance from him and his only family saw him as nothing more than a servant, his mother never acknowledge his existence, even his sister followed her orders treat him like a stranger. And during his time living with Bogoro, while it was an improvement was also lonely, always in their home away from everything else and only going to the nearby town for supplies and school but even then again he had no friends. But in the three years that he had been living with the Emiya family, it was so different that sometimes he had some problems with accepting how unique they are from all the people that he had met. How they treated all around them with respect, their willingness to help others. Even now on the beach, when he offered to carry all their luggage, Shirou and the girls came to help him, saying that he didn't need to act like a servant because he is a part of their family. It made Tatsuya feel something that he believed impossible for him, happiness.
Their time on the beach was fun for all of them and lunch was full of jokes, most of them had Shirou as a target when both Iris and Aoi asked him when he will take the next step and made them grandmothers. Of course the three girls were also indirect targets of these jokes, while Tatsuya, Sella and Leysritt enjoyed the show. In the afternoon they went to explore the city. By night time they were waiting for Kiritsugu to appear by dinner time. Little they know that that very same night a new chapter of their lives will be written.
They were on the terrace of the penthouse enjoying the view of the city at night.
"He sure is taking his time." noted Iris.
"You knows how these type of meetings are, he sure must be tired after all that." commented Aoi. It was in that moment that Iris phone rang.
"Well speak of the devil." Iris said as she saw the screen of her phone. "Hello darling, we were wondering when-" Iris paused "Hold on a moment I can´t understand what you are saying, slowdown."
"There is no time to waste. Put me on the speakers, NOW!" ordered Kiritsugu in a commanding voice. Understanding the tone of voice that her husband used, one that he hadn't used ever since he saved her life in the war that destroyed her country she followed his order.
"Listen well, something is happening, the military is all worried about something, I am not sure what is happening but from what I could gather it looks like an attack is imminent."
"An attack? By who?" Aoi asked.
"It looks like the Great Asian Alliance, listen well, I want you to go and find a safe place and pray that I am wrong, don't worry about me I'm fine in the base shelter." finished Kiritsugu before the call was cancelled.
After hearing that call, there was only tense silence.
"An attack. Do you think that Kiritsugu-sama could be wrong?" asked a worried Sella.
"I do not think so, he has already lived through something like this before, and you cannot survive something like that without learning how notice the signs that something is about to go wrong." said Iris with a serious look.
"Even then now is a holiday season, this place is full of innocent tourists, in the case of an attack they will all be in danger." said a worried Aoi.
While the adults keep talking about the situation, Shirou, Rin, Sakura and Illya were looking at each other's eyes as if having a private conversation, as if trying to decide what they will have to do if the worst were to happen. However that decision was taken from them when an explosion was heard from the distance and they could see a ball of fire rise from the beach district followed by many others that could be seen in the other parts of the city.
"Oh my god, this cannot be happening again…" Iris whispered quietly as more explosions resound across the city followed by the sounds of the city emergency services.
Seeing the situation that was developing around the city from their penthouse. Shirou and the girls gave each other a look that said that a decision was made.
"You should block the door." Shirou suggested to the adults who immediately understood the meaning behind those words.
"Oh no young man, you will not go out there and play hero, I already lost my family once and I refuse to lose my children, not like this." Iris stated with Aoi agreeing with her.
"Mom, we understand your reasons and worries, but we have the power to save innocents lives that are in danger, and if tomorrow when we see the news and knew that we could have done something to save even one of them and chose not to, how do you think it will make us feel for the rest of our lives?" Ilya countered to her mother.
While all this was happening Tatsuya could only see what was happening before him, how people who have fortune and power were willing to risk their lives to do protect people that they didn't even know just because it was the right thing to do. But more importantly, how mothers that loved their children acted in situations like these.
"Also there is something that you should know." continued Shirou attracting the attention of the adults once again.
"We still haven't shown you our full power." said Rin with determination and with a nod while looking at the others, all of them forced mana to their magic circuits that caused a powerful wind to surround them to the point that for a second there the others couldn't see them, but when the wind stopped what they saw was something breathtaking.
In the place were Rin, Sakura, Illya and Shirou were, now four figures in black combat armor that have their heads covered with some helmets whose visors covers their faces. One of them turned to see the shocked looks on the other occupants of the room.
"As you can see mom, we are ready at any moment to defend ourselves" Illya stated as the visor of her helmet retract to show her face to her mother. Iris still could not believe what she just saw.
These battle armors were created by the young universe jumpers a couple of months ago. Made of Urú; the same metal that Shirou created had made it possible for its' creation, it was modeled after Archer's armor without the conceptual item that was a Holy Shroud, with the big exception of the helmet that was a modern tech gear, the best that AvalonTech could manufacture made of a protective shell of Urú, it had the best technology available, this model was one the prototypes that AvalonTech was to show the self-defense force. Under normal circumstances it would be difficult for them, especially for Rin to use technology, but it looks from the memories of their counter parts that lived on this world that they had no problem with the technology and were very good at using it, the proof of this was evident when Rin, the same girl that blew up a blu-ray because she couldn't understand how it worked, was now able to not only use computer but also an advanced scanner to help out on her research. But the most important function of the helmet was that it will protect the identity of the young heroes when a battle is inevitable.
"Mom, Aunty Iris, we love you but this is something that we must do." Sakura stated in reply to their silence.
"Wait, I want to go with you" Tatsuya spoke for the first time since the situation started.
"Tatsuya, we need you to stay here and protect them." said Shirou while looking at Iris, Aoi, Sella and Leysritt. Tatsuya for his part didn't want to do it but chose to follow the order of his "Big brother" even if he knew that the women that he mentioned were magicians strong enough to protect themselves.
"It looks that they are attacking different places in the city, that means that we will need to split up." commented Rin. "Are you ready?" with all of them agreeing they used their unique magical teleportation to leave the place before their mothers could say something else and from their point of view they could only watch as their kids turns into sparks of blue light that dispersed into the air.
Seeing this they knew that the only thing they could do now was pray. Soon after Tatsuya said that it will be possible to get more information if they turn on the TV and see the news, which they did.
There was smoke, fire and screams all over the streets; many civilians were running for their lives while a couple of cops that were on patrol tried to give them the time that they needed to escape.
"Dammit what that hell is happening here?!" shouted a female officer to her partner while she fired her gun.
"What makes you believe that I know the answer for that?!" retorted of her partner, an old veteran man on the police force. "You just keep firing and pray for back up to get here girl!" It was then that they saw a group of soldiers aim a rocket launcher at their location. "Move!" the older one yelled out just in time when the rocket impacted near where the patrol is forcing the two officers to join the civilians that were there running for their lives. It was when they turned a corner that they saw all the civilians that were in front of them stopped as one. The reason of that is a squad of armed men pointing their guns at them.
"What the hell do you want, why are you doing this?!" shouted the old police officer.
"Like if we need to say something to dead people." sneered the leader of the soldiers as he raised his arm, the police officer knew that this is over for them, he regretted that he didn't have any more bullets to at least take that idiot with him. He waited for the end when the leader signaled for his squad to fire. Shots could be heard as he and the others closed their eyes, waiting for the impending pain and death, only to find that nothing happened.
"That is not something very nice of you." a female voice could be heard and the police officer and the others civilians opened their eyes they could see that there was a dome made of crystal protecting them.
"Who the hell are you?! Show your face, you coward!" screamed the leader of the soldiers.
"You were about to kill innocents that couldn't defend themselves and you are calling me a coward? That is truly ironic you know that?" said the same voice as this time a female armored figure appeared like a ghost between the soldiers and the crystal energy shield that was protecting the civilians. "I already know the answer but in respect for one of my friends I will ask anyway, will you surrender now that you have the chance save your lives?"
The answer that the armored woman got was all the soldiers firing at her only to have a crystal barrier appear around her that disappeared when the bullets stopped. "I guess the answer is no." said the armored girl as she took a CAD that looked like an old western pistol.
Few moments earlier.
Rin had just teleported at the top of a near building when the sound of an explosion. When she and the others learned that a confrontation with the Yotsuba was a real possibility, they chose to increase their training and made a personal goal to learn the teleportation on their own, because they knew that as long as Shirou is the only one that knows how to use it, he will just leave them behind and try to face all the dangers alone. It was a difficult task but after they managed to increase their power levels, the way to use that magic was open to them, and from that point it got easier and less energy demanding to the point that now all the girls could do it without any issues. And now she is here looking at how those soldiers were about to kill those defenseless people. In the previous world she would have escaped this place in order to conceal her ability to use magic, but here, not only the magic is public knowledge but part of her told her that saving those people was the right thing to do, "Damn it, must be Shirou's influence!" Rin thought pretending to be mad, but the truth is that she liked this version of herself better than the person that she had used to be. So she took her special "CAD" that was on her right side of her hip on a cowboy looking holster and fired on the ground making a Crystal shield that saved the civilians in the last moment.
It was true that none of them needed a CAD to use magic but still the use of magical tools was something that made things easier for them. So with the help of Shirou's original magic forge, it allowed Shirou to make his original creations as long as he have the necessary materials and magic power for it. While many could say that this is just a form of alchemy, since Shirou did combine two chemical elements to create a new one, no alchemist could give their creations the powers and abilities that Shirou could to his creations by using the weapons of his reality marble as a base. So when Shirou offered to make them their own weapons based on their personal taste, all of them agreed to that but that left them with the problem of what weapons to choose. In her case a revelation comes from an unusual source, a newscast saying that old western artifacts that belonged to legendary guns fighters would have been on display in the Tokyo's museum as a cultural interchange to strengthen the relationship between the USA and Japan, under normal circumstances that wouldn't be anything worthy of mention, until Ilya joked saying that between a legendary gunfighter and Rin with her Gandr shots who would win? Rin´s head turned with such speed that for one moment Ilya believed that she was mad at her until she saw the smile on her face. After that Rin went to see who was the most famous gunfighter whose weapons would be on display in the museum, when she found that the gun of Wyatt Earp would be there she made sure that Shirou would take her to a date on the museum (for research purposes of course, nothing more) where she made Shirou use his structural analysis on that gun. After that Shirou used the information of that gun and the skill of it's legendary owner to make a custom made gun for Rin, with the main differences that instead of bullets it used Rin´s jewels that she can trace inside the gun to be used.
Back to the present
Rin faced the enemies soldiers as she channel mana on her magic circuits and traced some special jewels inside her CAD, after they were done with firing with a burst of speed she moved into the middle of their group, just behind the leader.
"You really should have taken my offer." said Rin with her CAD pointed at the leader back. "RUBY!"
That word was the last thing the soldier heard before dark red energy ball made direct contact with him. While with Gandr she could render a person unconscious. But this new spell stored a great deal of mana inside a jewel that is released upon impact turning any target she hit into ashes. That was the case of the enemy in front of her, as the jewel hit him a high speed and released all the mana it stored in less than a second, turning him into a statue of ashes that fell to the ground a second later.
Looking at the others she just said, "OK, who is the next?"
All the other soldiers fired again just for Rin to dodge the incoming fire with blinding agility and speed and at the same time that she kept firing at her enemies. Soon all the enemies were nothing more than an ash pile.
Turning to face the shocked civilians that were still under the protection of the jewel shield, she walked until she was in front of them, extending her open palm to them the shield started to shine until the light started to gather into Rin's hand forming a green jewel that then turns into green sparks.
"You are safe for now, but more enemies could come at any moment, so you should leave now that you have the chance." as she said this she turned to leave when the female officer call out to her.
"Wait, who are you?" but the armored figure just kept walking until she disappeared into blueish light.
"Well you heard her." said the old police officer.
And with that the group left that place while sounds of distant battles echoed.
While all this happened.
"Argh!" was the scream of pain a soldier who had his heart pierced by a beam of light.
"Where the hell that demon come from?!" shouted another soldier as he took cover behind a car.
"Just keep firing!" shouted another one.
Moments ago this group of soldiers had gathered some civilians that they had cornered against the wall of a building and were about to execute them when a tiny ball of golden light started to appear around the civilians, and in the last moment before the soldiers open fired golden lines connected those light balls with each other creating a barrier that stopped the bullets from killing the civilians.
"That was not very nice of you." commented a female voice dryly from behind them, making the soldiers to turn only to see a female armored figure wielding a rapier from which the golden light seem to originate from.
The soldiers immediately open fired only for the sparks of light to create another barrier that protected their owner. That with small movements of the rapier the owner willed the sparks of light that to attack the soldiers that were quickly cut down.
Looking at her rapier Illya could only smile, because that rapier was the symbol of her link with her Onii-chan. After Rin manage to get a date with her onii-chan with the excuse of making a new weapon, but Illya knew better, that was just a trick to spend time alone with him, so taking a page from her playbook she managed to also get a date with her Shirou-nii and as a souvenir she got a new weapon, her rapier that was an original piece that her brother made only for her, taking inspiration from the many rapiers inside his reality marble.
"Well, it doesn't matter because you will no longer be here." Illya stated as with great satisfaction she used her rapier to pierce and slice the soldiers that were close to her, while they panicked and tried to shoot her, only to miss her and in some cases hit their comrades.
With their numbers thinning out each time that the sword girl attacked them many fearing for their lives began to run away.
"I am sorry, but I cannot let you escape so you can hurt others innocents later." Illya informed them while she was raising her rapier that started to shine, creating many more golden sparks that appeared in the air, when their numbers were enough, she placed a single command to them, "Only destroy my enemies" after give the single command she lowered her sword and pointed it to the direction where the enemy soldiers ran, no caring that some of them had already turned the corner. What happened next was something that was considered impossible. All the sparks of light shot themselves towards the fleeing enemies and then turned the corners and avoided all the obstacles in their way stopping at nothing until they hit their targets. Soon all the enemies laid dead, not only the ones that were close to her position.
"I can't believe it." a teenager girl that was with the group that girl rescued said. But when she turned to see her savior, she was no longer there.
"Fall back! Everybody fall back!" shouted a police officer. He and others that were close to the location where a report stated that a tourist bus full of people was in danger and it couldn't escape. After he and his partners arrived they could see the bus against a building, bloodstains on the seat of the driver was a clear indication about what happened, not wasting time they proceeded to break the windows and help the passengers escape while some of them kept their eyes open in case that more enemies came to finish them, unfortunately they didn't have to wait too long when enemy soldiers appeared and began to fire at them. While some of the officers returned fire, the others kept trying to save the passengers.
"Argh!" the officer cried as a bullet hit him on his arm. "We need backup, we cannot keep this position for too long!"
"We need to hold them back! The evacuation of this area is not finished!" shouted back another one of the officers.
"In that case I may be of some help." said a female voice, but when they turned they didn't see anyone.
"Just stay in cover, I will deal with them." they heard her voice again but this time they saw a woman in armor appear from thin air, the bullets hit a wind barrier that stopped them before they could hurt the woman.
The officers could only see that the woman just kept walking ignoring the bullets seemed to be useless against her while she took out an object from her holster, under closer examination the item looked like a Tessen (war fan) with blades on it.
Sakura was in front of the enemies, in other any time she would have stayed away from this conflict but since she was granted a new chance at life, she had come to the decision that she will no longer be a bystander, but more importantly she no longer will be a victim or allow anyone to be the victims of power hungry monsters, and this battle will be the first test of her new resolve. Her Tessen would be another symbol of this new Sakura, because not only did it represent her will to fight, but also as a memory of her first official date with Shirou-senpai. When she learned that Rin and Illya had been going on dates with her senpai, even if they used the excuse of having him make new weapons for them, she came to the decision that this time she would fight for what was hers, so the shy Sakura that looked on from afar and stole small pieces of happiness from others had died and a new Sakura that was ready to advance and take control of her life for her own happiness.
Moving her Tessen in a dance she sent some wind blades that cut down a group soldiers in half, keeping her dance moves in time she sent a big fire ball that hit a car that had four enemies soldiers taking cover behind it, with a final movement of her dance some earth spears come from the ground and flew into an armored vehicle that had come to help the enemy soldier making it explode into a big ball of flame. Then turning to the officers and civilians that had just seen what happened.
"I will take care of the enemies, you take those people back to a safe place." and as mysteriously had she came, she turned invisible and left.
"Ok, can someone please tell me what that hell just happened?" asked a young officer.
"Do not ask kid, just be thankful for this and keep moving." replied the officer in command.
"He is a demon! Call for back up, call for ba-" was all that that soldier could get out before an arrow nailed him in the head.
A few moments ago Shirou had appeared on the roof of a building where he seen squads of the SDF forces were facing the enemies, while some civilians were trying to escape.
Tracing Archer's bow he proceeded to systematically eliminate the enemies with his arrows. To the enemies he became an even bigger threat than the SDF and to the defenders an enigma after all who the hell used a bow in this era?
It was after several casualties that the invaders called for an artillery strike from a war ship that was now close to the beach. Shirou managed to dodge the attack in time thanks to his enhanced reaction times. But unfortunately the debris was falling to where the civilians were running. So in order to protect them he forced more mana into his magic circuits and jumped down faster than the debris and hit the ground with enough force to create a crater, where the defenders could see him crouched down for the impact at landing, standing up he raised his hand at the falling debris and what will happened next is something that the soldiers from the SDF will be having a hard time making their superiors believe them.
"Rho Aias!" called out the armored hero and a pink seven petalled shield appeared over their heads.
For all that saw this it was something impossible to believe. Because that shield was not only bigger than any other that the SDF had ever seen but it was also stopping tons of debris that were falling over them, not even the best in the Jumonji clan could do that, once all the debris stop falling the armored hero made a pushing movement with his hand to the sky and soon all the debris fell to the sides.
"I cannot believe it." whispered a SDF soldier.
"I do not know who you are but thanks." said another one
"It is not over yet." said the hero. And true to his words the enemy soldiers that were shocked by what had just transpired, soon started to react. So Shirou prepared his next attack by summoning blades after blades that soon started to accumulate over their heads and with a movement of his hand those swords flew straight at the enemies destroying and killing everything on their way, but not satisfied with Shirou sped up so fast that the SDF soldiers could barely see his movement, soon the screams of the enemies called their attention to the front where they could see the same man a second ago that was near them, now a hundreds of feet away killing the enemy with his swords, some of the swords he picked up from the previous attack, some others he made them appear from the thin air like he did with the other ones. Soon the battle was over and the person that had just saved their lives as well the civilians' kept advancing.
"I do not how we are going to explain this to HQ after all this is over." remarked one soldier as he saw how the swords that that armored man used become sparks of blue light and vanished.
While all this happened on the hotel room of the Emiya family, their occupants were looking at the news hoping to get any information about that it is happening.
"We had reports about battle all around Okinawa where a force that many believe belong to the GAA." reported a young woman to the camera. "However we have received information that a group of warriors on black armor had been active in the defense of the city and eliminating the enemy."
"Those must be the kids." Aoi reasoned.
"I hope they are ok." prayed Iris.
"They have to be, they are some the best on the world." affirmed Tatsuya.
It was just after he said that the newswoman reported something that caused great concern to them.
"Oh my god, we had received information that there had been an explosion in the SDF headquarters!"
"Oh no Kiritsugu's there." a worried Iris commented, and soon was joined by the others members of the room
For Tatsuya those words made him remember that tragic event three years ago, how helpless and powerless he felt when he saw how his grandfather figure sacrifice his life in order to save him, all that made Tatsuya feel a great weight over his shoulders. Looking around to his luggage he went to open it, inside he found his two CADs and a helmet that was supposed to be part of the presentation that AvalonTech would be giving to the military. It was until he got his gear on that the women of the family realized what he was planning to do.
"Oh no young man. Not you too." Iris said as she saw how Tatsuya moved to the window.
"I am truly sorry for this, but I had already lived through this situation before and I do not like the possible consequences." said Tatsuya as he jumped before they had the chance to say something else.
As he fell he used a gravity spell to reduce the speed of the fall and reinforced his body so he can resist the impact. After he landed he ran up to the location of the base hoping that this time he will be able to do something.
"I wish I could do the teleportation magic…" said Tatsuya to himself after a few minutes of the running hoping that he wouldn't be late.
Avoiding all the gunfire he soon arrived to the base where hid in a safe place, he proceeded to use his elemental sight, few moments later he could see a gunfighting inside the base between what looks like two groups of SDF soldiers. That alone didn't make any sense, until he saw how the person that he was looking for was fighting to protect a group that appears to be civilians along with what could be SDF soldiers. When he was about to go there he could see how one of the soldiers that was supposedly helping Kiritsugu turn his gun against his comrades and Kiritsugu and open fired, taking Kiritsugu and a woman in a suit by surprise.
"No not again!" Tatsuya shouted as he forced his body to go faster.
A few seconds later Tatsuya arrived to the place, at his arrival the soldiers that had just attacked the occupants of that shelter raised their guns against him, not wasting time Tatsuya raised his right hand with his CAD and in a single motion pulled the trigger. The effect was something that Tatsuya had only done of practice targets, but this time it was a real combat and as the consequence the enemy soldiers turned into blue mist and dissipated. Keeping a hard face Tatsuya turned to see Kiritsugu holding his bleeding left arm.
"What are you doing here, where is Shirou and the others?"
"Why do you ask a question when you already know the answer?" Tatsuya replied as he raised his left arm with his other CAD, this time calling a completely different magic, by restoring Kiritsugu injuries as if they never existed.
"We do not have time to waste, there are still many wounded."
"I will that care of that, but after that we need to-" Tatsuya suddenly stopped talking, Kiritsugu turns worried that he may had seen a new enemy. But instead saw him frozen in place looking at three woman, two adults and one girl about his age.
"Are you alright?" after a few seconds the boy finally responded after he touched a button on his helmet that moved the visor revealing his face.
"She is my sister and she is…" Tatsuya began before he corrected himself "…was my mother." Kiritsugu understood in that moment what the boy was feeling and placed a hand over his shoulder he said:
"I know that this must be really difficult for you, I can imagine your feelings about this situation and I won't force you to do anything that you don't want to do, but I will only give you this advice, in order to love or hate someone, that persons must have significance on your life, so tell me does she still have power over your life?"
After a few moments that for Tatsuya felt like an eternity, he raised he left hand using his unique magic on the younger girl. After the blue particles restored her dying body, and her eyes start to open Tatsuya pushed the button again closing the visor of his helmet.
"What just happened?" asked the confused girl as she looked up to see a boy about her age, that for one moment looked very familiar to her until her view clears and saw that he had a black helmet with a visor, by this moment she would have reached for her CAD, but something stopped her, a feeling that told her that the boy in front of her wasn't her enemy.
"You better move to the side." said the boy and he walked past her. When she turned she saw something that turned her blood to ice, The injured bodies of her mother and guardian.
"Mom!"
"Just stay beside them." the boy instructed as he raised her left hand with his CAD. Just as the girl saw him raise his CAD towards her mother she hurried to stop him. The hand of a black haired man stopped her.
"Don't worry, soon everything will be fine." before she could even try to decide what to do a blue flash from her mother direction called her attention. What she saw was something that she could only consider as true magic. Her mother body began to be restored right in front of her eyes and seconds later her body was restored to the point that there was no sign of any injury, and even if she was still unconscious she could see that her mother was breathing.
"Mom!" the girl hurried to hug her mother.
Turning to a woman that was in a suit that was with Kiritsugu when they had been taken by surprise by the betrayal of some of the soldiers, the masked boy repeated the process with her.
"Honami-san." said the girl calling the attention of the woman.
"Miyuki-Sama, what happened? Is Miya-sama fine?" the now identified Honami asked.
"We are fine, this person saved us." Miyuki answered pointing to the boy.
"Thank for what you did. But who are you?"
The masked boy just ignored her question as he moved to use his magic on the other injured civilians present. After seeing how the boy saved them she understood what power he used to save them.
Turning around to face them he said something that because the visor on his helmet no one else could hear what he was saying to the black hired man.
"My big brother and sisters are out there fighting the enemy, I must join them to finish this battle" without any other words he left the area.
"What just happened?" asked Honami.
"Don't know, don't ask, just be thankful that you we are alive." was Kiritsugu's answer.
At this moment a man with the badge of the governor, came asking them to follow him to a safe location.
After Tatsuya had left the perimeter of the base, he turned on the radio of his helmet hoping to get information about where Shirou and the others were.
"Looks like the enemies are backing up to the beach" he recognized the voice of Illya
"I just destroyed a convoy of armored transports." added Sakura.
"I have finished the enemies on the north side of the city" reported Shirou.
"Guys, I believe that we have a situation here." commented Rin.
"What happened?" continued Shirou
"I just had a nice chat with an enemy captain, and he told me something serious."
"You used hypnosis, didn't you?" Illya accused.
"It looks that this was only the first wave meant to distract the SDF, the real force that will bring the enemy magic squads here will come from four different locations from the sea."
"What we will do?" asked Sakura
"I do not believe that even if they try to use their own magic they will be a big problem, however…" started Illya.
"Even if we win the battle, the city of Okinawa would be destroyed." Sakura finished the sentence.
"It gets worse, from the information that I gather, in the case that they lost the battle the enemy fleet will launch a missile attack not only on Okinawa, but at many other cities in Japan." said Rin grimly.
"That leaves us with only one solution." Shirou stated.
"To destroy the enemy fleets before they could attack." Illya concluded.
"The enemy formation with be in three invasion groups that will bring more enemies squads with their magicians and a final group that will be their air carriers that will provide them with air support, even if they come from three different directions, their convergence point is the bay that is at the Northwest" Rin informed.
"We must gather there before them" Sakura declared. And with that the young hero sped off for the meeting point.
Tatsuya knew that if he had spoken at that moment, Shirou and the others would order him to return, so deciding to follow the old concept that it is better ask for forgiveness than permission, Tatsuya also headed to that location. It took him more time than he wanted but he managed to arrive at the meeting place. Upon his arrival all the present turned to see him ready to attack on the case that it was an enemy. But when they saw who it was their reactions was as expected.
"Tatsuya-kun, what are you doing here?" a worried Sakura asked.
"The same thing that you are."
"This is too dangerous for you, you need to go and take cover." added Illya
"Neither of you had a real reason to be part of this battle but you just do it anyway because you believed that it was the right thing to do."
"What about the others?" asked Shirou.
"They are fine, in fact I just saw uncle at the base, it was under attack but I took care of things and now he is fine, but there were some complications." before the others could ask what he mean, the voice of Rin made them focus on the present.
"They are here."
Looking back to the front they could see how the big ship formation was getting closer and on the sky a massive formation of all classes of airships.
"We need to stop the planes first so they cannot bomb the city or give support to their troops." Shirou stated.
"I will take care of that." said Illya as she focused her magic into her rapier that began to glow, once the light died down, one could see that her rapier had transformed into a claymore. This is the second sword that Shirou made for her, thanks to the concentration of Úru it helped to control her magic when she was going to use her full power, different from the rapier that she can use at low to middle level of magic. Raising the sword in attack position over her head, she gathered her magic to the point it now could be seem around her body with red lightning moving around her she cried:
"Grant me your power Radiance!" The sword responded to her command and started to shine with great intensity and when Illya struck forward dozens of light beams were shot towards the sky. To the people watching in the distance it looked like a meteor shower that came from the ground, but these meteors can move on its own making sure that they would hit their targets, soon fighters, bombers, helicopters and even drones were been taken down from the sky in a demonstration of power and control that even Yotsuba Maya wouldn't be able to match. Changing the position of the sword to a guard stance with the blade close to her face Illya whispered. "Show me where the enemies came from." One of the golden lights that had just destroyed a drone stopped it's attack and advance to the sea at great speed, after a few moments passed her light shown an enemy carrier that could be seen with it escort.
Placing her sword in a horizontal position Illya closed her eyes for a moment, but when she opened her eyes that were full of resolve, she took one step to the front and she swung with her sword calling for her next spell with a battle cry. "Gathering!"
What happened next was something that would go down on the history books, but it wouldn't be the last one of the day.
All the sparks of golden light that had just ended the destruction of the last enemy aircraft stopped for a moment and then they redirect against the enemy carrier. In the blink of an eye all was over, a massive explosion could be seen in the distance with only the four heroes knowing what had transpired. Gathering her magic Illya released a great portion of her mana in the form of light sparks and then she threw them against her target at the speed of light, all of them hitting the same point at the same moment, in this case the target is the center of the carrier group, the energy release from this collision was big enough to not only destroy the carrier and it's escorts but to also be seen from miles away.
"We need to finish them before they have the time to reorganize." Shirou stated.
The other two girls agreed with him and started to prepare their own attacks with Shirou who had traced a bow and a drill shaped sword that morphed into an arrow.
In the case of Sakura she had her Tessen transform into a Katana as she walked towards the sea, just like with Illya Shirou also made a second weapon for her with a great concentration of Úru that would help her to control her stronger spells. The name of her weapon is Yōso, the sword of elements.
In Rin case, Shirou didn't need to create a new weapon for her because she was already in the process of making her own sword, but Shirou still helped her with the handgrip of a jewel made blade. The name of this weapon is Azoth, named after the weapon was given to her by that detestable priest. This was Rin's version of the Jeweled Sword of Zelretch. Having the shape of a medieval sword it was made entirely of jewels that Rin created.
Once the three of them had prepared their attacks, all of them at the same called their attacks to finish this battle.
"My core is twisted in madness Caladbolg II!"
"Release your fury Yōso!"
"Annihilate the enemy Azoth!"
Even if the attacks were made at the same time, their effects were completely different from each other but all were equally lethal.
Shirou's attack sent a projectile filled with an incredible amount of mana in the shape of an arrow that flew into the sky hitting the ship that was in the middle of the formation causing a massive explosion that completely destroyed the battle group.
In the moment when Sakura released her attack she touched the water of the sea with the tip of Yōso, saying the name of the spell that will end the enemy at their left flank "Ouroboros!" what happened next was something that do not even Itsuwa Mio would be able to do. From under the ships the water turned into tentacles that raised all the ships that were coming from the left flank, increasing pressure of the grip every second until the ships were crushed, then the tentacles took the ships down into the deeps.
The last thing on this world that the battle group that was coming from the right flank saw was a bright blue light on the form of an energy beam that was the result of Rin's 'Sapphire' spell. The beam of energy was so strong that completely disintegrated the ships on the middle of the battle group and the ones that were by the sites were destroyed by the expansive wave.
All the attacks met at the same time but for someone with the capability of Tatsuya to analyze information and could all in great detail the only thing that he could said was:
"Unbelievable."
Tatsuya was still trying to understand what he just saw, especially because even with his elemental sight he couldn't understand the magic that his older siblings had used. On that day three years ago when Kiritsugu told that those four belong to the strategic class, part of him believed that is was just to make him feel safe, but now he is beginning to believe that his siblings are in an entirely different class of their own.
Just as Tatsuya thought those words, a loud sound coming from the sea caught their attention and they noticed four smoke trails were ascending from the sea from different direction from where the enemy fleet had been before that was destroyed flying to the city.
"Missiles!" shouted Shirou as he shot them down with his arrows that were faster and more accurate than any missile.
"Looks that this is not over yet, that attack must have come from a submarine." noted Illya
"I will finish this." said Sakura as she walked to the water again.
"Wait, let me do it." Tatsuya requested grabbing the attention of the others.
"You do not need to do this Tatsuya-kun, you do not need to prove anything." said Sakura with concern.
"She is right, you are too young for this." added Illya
"It is too late for that, because to save uncle I already had to kill, besides, like it or not there is a big chance that I will need to face the Yotsuba in the future in order to survive and this is the first step to be ready for that fight." Tatsuya truly believed those words and after seeing his former mother a few moments ago made him feel many things and one of them is the desire to prove himself that he is no longer the weak boy that was abandoned and was hoping for his mother to come back.
"We do not have time for this, that submarine can fire at any moment." warned Rin.
"Please let me do it." said Tatsuya firmly. Looking into his eyes, Shirou came to a decision.
"Do it in one shot, if you miss one of us will do it."
Nodding his head Tatsuya raised his right CAD and using the reinforcement that Rin and the others taught him, he increased the capability of his CAD to it limits, soon the barrel of his CAD lengthened with Psion particles while he gathered all his strength. Using his elemental sight he managed to see the position of the submarine and then with a final push he released his attack. Sending an energy ball that flew to its target that was soon followed by a massive explosion no different than the ones made by the four young heroes before him but having a consequence being the destruction of his CAD by the over charge of energy.
After the explosion was over a quick scan of the area told them that the battle was truly over.
"Unless that you want to start answering questions I believe that it is for the best if we leave this place." Said Illya after a moment of silence.
"Not only that but I believe that it will be for the better if we keep a low profile for time being." added Rin
"Are you sure that we have to come back to the hotel now?" asked Shirou
"I know that you want to keep helping, but our presence will attract attention that we best avoid" answered Rin.
"I know that but that is not what I mean, had any of you realize what our mothers, Leysritt and Sella will do to us after we return?"
"Oh." was the chorus that the five of them said. Under normal circumstances many would have found it funny that five young ones that had just destroyed an army by themselves were more scared of their mothers and older sister like figures, but those people didn't know what those four women were capable of.
Nodding their heads in understanding that the longer their wait the worse it will get, the four heroes linked the hands together placing Tatsuya in the center and leaving in sparks of blue light.
None of them realized that their battle and departure was seen by a SDF satellite that sent all that information to a command center where several people saw everything.
"My god, how can that be possible?" asked one of the officers.
"They are sure to belong to the strategic class but we do not have them on record."
While the military were talking and discussing what just happened a group of people were there for a completely different reason, two of the woman and a little girl were there because a day before they were attacked by a submarine, but younger woman that was the guardian of the mother and child was able to save them while they escaped. The man that was there is the CEO of the bigger tech company in the country that was present when the base attacked and with the shelter destroyed this was the safer place to have them.
"That power is amazing." noted Honami.
"Indeed." was the simple reply of the black haired woman that kept replaying what she saw in her mind trying to understand the consequence that this event will have for the master clans.
"So those were his brother and sisters." the young girl muttered.
"Did you say something little one?" the man with a government uniform asked.
"When that boy saved us he said that he needed to go with his brother and sisters." replied the girl.
"I see." said the governor.
"Miyuki come here, do not go too far from me." commanded the mother of the girl.
"Yes mom." said Miyuki and she moved next to her mother while deep in her mind she couldn't help the feeling that that boy's face that she saw for a second was from someone that she knew, even if it is was forbidden to say his name by her mother orders, but then again that person couldn't use magic and this boy was an incredibly powerful mage, so she ignored that memory because she considered it impossible. "Tatsuya-nii…" whispered the girl.
While the others people on that room were talking about what they just saw Kiritsugu remained silent, doing his best to not draw the attention of the others to him, he knew full well what could happen if they linked him to those mysterious warriors, yet he also knew one thing, those kids will have a lot of explaining to do when he got home.
Notes:
The magic that Tatsuya used was Material burst. What made him an irregular on this ficc is the fact that he can use both magic systems, something that shouldn´t be possible. He still have the same magic as the series, he just gain a few more low middle magic based on magic circuits.
On another note.
To the people that like Familiar of the Zero, had someone considered this idea. Louise always summoned a commoner, but had any considered what would happen if she summon someone from the mahouka koukou no rettousei universe? An original character that you can give him the magic that you want, or even made Saito a student at one of the magics high schools?
