As Shirou was blown away by the unstoppable force that was Enuma Elise, Miyu was being sent to a new world. A world that she can live a 'normal' life, make friends, and most importantly, be happy as per her brother's wish.
However, she could not accept it. She could not accept the fact that because of her, her brother has to go through so much hardship, sacrificing his dream of becoming a Hero of Justice just so that she could live a fulfilling life.
What about his life?
What about his dream?
Does she deserve this? Deserve the sacrifice that her brother has made for her?
It should be him.
He was the one who won the war, he should be the one to have his wish come true. At the very least, she wanted him to be happy as well.
So she gathered her willpower, to overwrite the wish her brother has made, but that was not to be, even though she was the Miracle child itself, she could not control her own power. The wish of finding a suitable world for her to live in and be happy can not be changed.
If that was so… then instead of over-writing the intended wish, she would add more into it.
"I wish upon the Holy Grail, for my brother Shirou Emiya, to find a world where he can pursue the dream that he has once abandoned, I wish for him a world where he could make friends with the same dream and together overcome the hardship that would await him on his path. Give him a world where he can finally save the people that deserve his help, his undying will to make everyone around him smile,…
Please… bring him to a world where he can smile brightly once again."
Her plead to the Holy Grail, or rather… to the power within her was the answer. As a bright light of Kaleidoscope color shined and took both her and her wounded brother to their respective worlds.
"I hope you can be happy, Onni-chan".
"AUGGGHUHJH…" Shirou woke up and coughed non-stop all the while drinking in the air as if he had been suffocating. The coughing and breathing hurt him though as the cuts and wounds all over his body started to notify the man that he was still alive after taking a blast from the Primordial Sword that split Heaven and Earth.
'Somehow I'm still alive'
He tried to remember what had happened when the memories came rushing into his mind like a tsunami. He massaged his aching head, trying to gather his thought.
'Where's Miyu? did I succeed?'
He struggled to get up, his legs trembled like leaf in a gust.
He looked around his surroundings and to his surprise, he wasn't in a dark cave with a blond chick trying to kill him but in an exotic jungle. Green is all that he could see, so much so that they almost block all the sun above his head.
'Where the hell am I ?'
AUGHH
His head ached again
He began to walk with his right hand on his forehead and explore more of his surroundings. His mind was too much of a mess right now so he couldn't form any coherent thought.
And he was really really really… Thirsty.
As the red-head carefully(he tried to) tread around the jungle for an hour looking for a pond or lake for some water. He was so exhausted, his eyes were beginning to see double. As his body was about to give in, he heard a sound that was akin to the falling water.
A waterfall.
Abandoning caution, Shirou ran(limped) toward the direction of what he thought was a waterfall.
After 15 minutes of excruciating, the sound of a waterfall became clearer and clearer and he finally found it. Beautiful and picturesque scenery that can only be described in faeries tale, at least to a dried-throat Shirou Emiya. The waterfall was about 40 meters tall(roughly 140 feet) with water as clear as a mirror. A natural beauty untouched by the human hand.
An Oasis.
Shirou got on his knee and quickly dipped his face into the clear water and drank in the long-awaited reward for his perseverance. The man coughed profusely while drinking but he didn't care.
After what felt like 2 liters of water in his body, Shirou finally stopped and took a breather.
'That was oddly satisfying'
It was then that he finally began to notice his batter clothing and body. Although the wounds on his body had stopped bleeding, his clothes looked like he had just gone through a war zone, which wasn't very far from the truth.
A battered body full of fatigue and clothes that had seen better day
A Waterfall
There was only one right thing to do in such a situation.
It was time for loooooong relaxing bath
*Line Break*
Shirou sat in the river behind where the water was falling to avoid the blaring sun, the wounds and cuts on his body ache when exposed to the water, but he couldn't care less. He could handle this much pain on his body. As a matter of fact, the numbing feeling plus the sound of water falling were soothing somehow. So much so that he dozed off.
As Shirou was chilling and having a nap in the waterfall a group of females dressed in white short tunics fastened with girdles were heading toward the waterfall.
Meanwhile, On the Watch Tower
Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, and Green Lantern walked into the Control Room, they had been noticed that there was an emergency by Cyborg.
"What do you have Cyborg," Batman asked, straight to business, an emergency called for all of the Justice League members showed just how severe the situation was.
"A few hours ago, our satellites picked up a powerful pulse of energy somewhere on earth that almost fried the mainframe when they read it. I'm creating a parameter and narrowing it down to ground zero"
Everyone was shocked, An energy signal that almost fried the Watch Tower's Satellite should be equal to that of dozens of nuclear bombs all going off at once in a single place.
"A few hours ago, shouldn't you have been able to locate such a powerful source of energy immediately. What are the damages?" Batman was restless, but he kept his cool.
"That's the thing, there was no damage at all, I scanned the whole planet 3 times already and there was no sight of excessive damage on the ground. I thought it happened on or under the ocean but there was nothing near the level of energy that was picked up. And it appeared and disappeared in a flash. As if…"
"As if what?"
"As if someone just rips apart space and traveled through it" Cyborg said grimly
Everyone's eyes opened wide
"DARKSEID!" They said in unison
"Are you sure of the reading" Batman questioned
"Yeah, It was the same when Darkseid came to invade Earth with his parademons using the Mother Boxes. They created portals. Boom tubes."
"SO SOON?" Superman whispered under his breath
"BUT WE BEAT HIM" Green Lantern shouted
"He kinda escaped though" Flash chimed in
"And now he's back for revenge," Wonder Woman said matter of factly. Her eyes filled with the will to battle
"How long will it take until you narrow down the location Cyborg?" Batman asked
"Almost done now, give me 20 minutes" Cyborg replied
"Alright," he said and looked to the other's League members and asked, "Has anyone seen Shazam?"
"I've already sent him the emergency signal but I haven't received any reply of confirmation yet," Cyborg said
"Do you think…" Flash said hesitantly
"No. There should be a bigger mess if Shazam were to fight against Darkseid, even alone" Superman deduced
"Cyborg, you said earlier that the energy signal you picked up appeared and disappeared, how long was that," Green Lantern asked
"…No more than 1-second" Cyborg answered
"So little was there any error because of the sudden in fluke of energy" Wonder Woman asked
"Nope. Everything is working perfectly, It only almost fried the mainframe" Cyborg said, not knowing whether that bit of information was to reassure the situation or not.
"Then It may not be Darkseid this time," Flash said, a bit hopeful
"Still, something might have passed through that portal and could very well be a danger. We can not ignore the possibility that it came here with ill intension." Superman said with a heavy voice
"Then get ready, we move when Cyborg finds where this thing is. " Batman finalized "And Cyborg, keep trying to contract Shazam, we'll need all the help we can get"
Everyone nodded and prepared themselves for the oncoming battle
….
When everyone on the Watch Tower was on edge
Billy yawned while sitting in his classroom
"SCHOOL IS SO BORRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIING" while forgetting his contacting device beeping continuously at home.
At the same time
*Splash**Splash**Splash*
*Giggle**Giggle**Giggle*
Shirou opened his eyes when he heard a disruption in the sound of the waterfall. He dipped his face under the water to wake himself up and peeked his head out to see what was it?
In front of Shirou Emiya was what all men at least once in their life dream of seeing. 3 beautiful women were bathing, laughing, and playing with each other no less than 15 meters(roughly 50 feet) away from him. Oh, and did he mention that they were all naked.
'Damn you Archer and your E rank luck'
The women's bodies are well defined and torn, they were all muscular but in a way that would add more to their beautiful bodies. Their bodies looked like they belonged to professional gymnastics. The first one had long blond hair tied into a ponytail with big ember color eyes, the second woman had spiky short black hair with brown foxy eyes. Both of them are beautiful
But It was the third one that took Shirou's breath away. Long beautiful crimson red hair with a pair of eyes of the same color that would capture any man in their beauty because of its mysterious and fiery nature…
.
.
.
And at least a double D cup chest.
Let it be known that in no way that Shirou Emiya was peeping, his situation was particularly bad. He was just studying the people that he might have to fight against. Every little detail was needed as they might play a 'big' role in defeating his opponents.
Then again, the redhead was a teenager, in the peak of his youth, so he might or might not have enjoyed the sight before him a little bit.
After a while, Shirou decided that he had gawk-uh studied enough and came to a decision that sneaking away was the best option. He had done a lot of atrocious but he didn't want peeping to be one of them, even by accident.
While they were busy bathing and chatting about some things, he couldn't hear it very well because of the loud waterfall next to him. The red-head slowly yet carefully swam toward where he had left his clothing. Thankfully, he left it to the left inside the jungle while the women were on the opposite side. He just has to somehow jump out of the water without making too much sound and run 20 meters into the cover of the tree's leaf.
This was the tensest situation that he had ever found himself in, barring the Holy Grail War.
He observed the women, timing to jump out of the water and run toward his clothes. But the opportunity never came and they were facing his direction and chatting, he couldn't come out.
'Damn my Luck'
And then it hit him, if the opportunity never came then create your own.
Shirou slowly and carefully activated his magic circuit and he traced out a knife, it was merely an unknown utensil he used to cook with. He threw it with all his might behind the women, creating a rustling sound and a "puff" when it hit a tree. All three women quickly turned around to see what was behind them, perhaps too quickly for his liking but this was his chance. Using the waterfall nearby to cover the sound of him escaping the water, Shirou quickly jumped out and ran toward the forest while keeping his eyes on the women to make sure they didn't see him.
But as if Fate or rather his Luck had decided that his misfortune wasn't enough. The women turned back as if hearing something, it would seem that he had underestimated the women's intuition.
When their eyes laid upon his naked body, Shirou Emiya stopped halfway toward his covered and freeze like a deer in the headlight.
It was official. Shirou Emiya had been caught red-handed. The only saving grace was that his back was facing the women instead of his front, not that the current situation was any better.
The women's eyes became wide open and stared at him. Their faces revealed a shocked expression, showing just how much his existence here was affecting them.
"A…A man" The blond fumbled
"How is it possible?" The black hair said in disbelieve
The crimson red hair remained silent and gawked at him, she seemed to be trying to comprehend the 'creature' in front of her.
Shirou had been caught, so he had to defend his case now before these women screamed for help
"Wait a minute, I know this looks bad but I was in no way peeping, I was behind the waterfall until you girls came in, although it was my fault for not being in the open for people to know that I am here. You are also at fault for not checking your surrounding before coming in. So how about we both take responsibility for our mistakes, take this situation as a lesson for the future ahead of us and move on. There is no need to scream and call each other's names for a matter that is entirely an accident. " Shirou explained the situation and defense himself while making sure his back still face the women.
Honestly, the situation was quite comedic. The fact that he was blaming them for not checking their surrounding was just him trying to make them distracted and confused with his rapid-fire. What were they called it these days again… right 'gaslighting'
Looking at the women, they certainly looked confused, at least that was what he hoped for as the expression of shock was slowly morphing into a cold fury.
That was his cue to get the fuck out of here.
"Well then, I'll be off no-" Shirou casually said as he was walking away when the crimson hair woman who hadn't said anything shouted, "ALERT THE SISTERS, WE HAVE AN INTRUDER."
Shirou didn't bother to look back and immediately sprinted.
'Well so much for distracting and confusing'
He could hear Archer's cynicism in his head which was not something he needed right now.
He picked up his clothing and put them on while running away. He could hear the women getting out of the water and running opposite of him, he assumed that they were running back to alert more people about his 'intrusion'.
From what he heard, this seemed like a girl's camp or something.
Or maybe there was a tribe of females only in this forest that has been living in secret for millenniums and his existence was forbidden and if caught they'd kill him.
….
HAH. AS IF THAT WAS POSSIBLE
A chill run down his spine as a feeling of foreboding came to him.
'Did I just jinx it, of course not, right? That's just ridiculous no matter how you looked at it.'
Suddenly he heard a whoops sound and instinctively dodge to the side. An arrow struck the tree ahead of the track that he was running just a second ago. He turned back to see the woman that shouted for the other two women to alert their companions of his existence fully clothes, holding a bow, dozens of arrows on her back, and was running toward him
"WELL, FUCK ME!" Shirou unconsciously blurted out
The woman seemed to have heard it, grinding her teeth and staring at him with murderous intention.
"YOU VULGAR MAN" She shouted and shot another arrow at him.
Shirou dodged and tried to defend himself
"I DIDN'T MEAN IT LIKE THAT"
Only to be met with another arrow toward his lower part, he didn't know if that was intentional or not but either way he cursed his luck and jumped away.
As he kept running away and dodging. He noticed that the woman was running quite fast, as fast as an Olympic sprinter or even more so.
'I guess that well-torn body wasn't just for show'
As if hearing his thought another arrow flypast where his head was again.
'Dammit!'
After a while, even though he had already lost her multiple times with his Reinforcement. She still managed to somehow find him. He was faster, that was for sure, but she was more familiar with the terrain, she probably found a shortcut to chase after him.
'This isn't good, if she keeps following me like this, it means she is keeping track of me and when more of her people's come. She'll signal them of my location. I have to take her down now'
Shirou stopped running and face her.
The woman also stopped on her track, warily looking at the man.
She had seen him dodge her arrow as if they were nothing and run much faster than her even though she was a trained warrior.
"Why are you trying to kill me?" He asked
"You're an intruder" She replied matter of factly
"As I have said, It was an accident, I doubt that was enough to condemn me a death sentence" He argued
"You have known about our island location, surrender now and we'll make your death a painless one"
"The location of your island" Shirou mumbled
'So he was on an island, good to know'
But then a story of ancient time came to his mind and he started sweating
"Say, I'm just guessing here, but is this possible that this island only has women on it," Shirou asked with trepidation. Hoping that his premonition was wrong.
The crimson hair remained silent and just looked at him intensely.
That was all he needed to know. An island with only women, all of them trained warriors and kill all men that trespassing on their territories. Even an idiot with no history knowledge had heard of them.
"You're the Amazon," Shirou said with resignation
"So you've heard of us, man" She barked back as if the fact that I knew them was something to be disgusted by.
But this also made him realize something. The air around him was full of mana and using Reinforcement-Magecraft felt so easy to him now, he felt no resistance when he traced that knife at the waterfall too. He had not noticed it because the knife was a low-level tracing. And the fact that the Amazon was still here made the possibility that he had somehow traveled back in time to the Age of Gods too damn high.
'Did the Holy Grail drag me in with Miyu? Does that mean that Miyu is also in this world? If she was also ended up in this place…'
He felt more pressure on his shoulder as he imagined Miyu falling in the hand of these Amazon. Although she wouldn't be killed because she's a girl. But the slim chance that might happen just because she was an outsider scared him to death. He was happy that he might have come here with Miyu but to end up in a place like this.
'Is the Grail broken? Didn't I wish for a kind world for her? A World that she could finally find happiness. How did this happen? Shit! Of all places that I could have fallen into, why here?' Shirou lamented
'Tsk. It doesn't matter now, what I need to do now is capture this woman and question her if Miyu is here.'
"Sorry in advance at what I'm about to do to you" Shirou apologized follow by a whisper "Trace on" and charged at the Amazon warrior
In his hands, a pair of White and Black falcion, he had already blunt them so it wouldn't hurt her, its beauty captivated the female for a millisecond before she got herself into a defensive stand. Pulling out her hunting knife she blocked the incoming strikes and retaliate with her own attack.
"Magician," She said with an even tone
The female warrior was at a disadvantage as she was holding a bow in her left arm and the arrow on her back, these two things slow her down. She seemed to be a long-range's fighter so Shirou's close-range combat advantage should overwhelm her. At least that was how it was supposed to be. The Amazon warrior moved with grace as she blocked and dodged Shirou's oncoming onslaught. She even used her bow as a close-range weapon to deflect his attack. Shirou was honestly impressed but it was to be expected. She was after all a train warrior.
But he had already seen enough. The moment she drew out her hunting knife, the battle was already over as Shirou Structure Grasp the knife and found out about her fighting pattern ignoring everything else. He immediately came up with a plan to win.
Because he was on the attacking side, his usual suicidal fighting style was not very effective. But he had a trump card.
As the battle continue on, the female warrior was getting used to the attacking pattern that Shirou was throwing out. He wasn't much, despite having the advantage, he wasn't able to overwhelm her. She'd give him compliment though for he was able to fight against her this long. He fought like a warrior despite knowing Magic. She'd give it to him. So she will give him a warrior's death. Live by the sword and die by the sword. She had already found the weakness in his attack. When he struck overhead with his right hand, he left himself open for her to counterattack.
'Here it comes'
When he struck her overhead this time, she'd use her bow to block and cut off his arm with her hunting knife and go for the kill.
That was how it was supposed to happen to her. However, when he struck her this time, it was so much stronger than she had anticipated. He broke into her defense and struck his blade right in her head.
Yes. Shirou's secret weapon was his Reinforcement. All this time that he fought against the Crimson red hair, he had only lightly reinforced his body, normally, it wouldn't have been enough, however, Gaia's existence didn't seem to be active plus the abundant mana in the air. His light reinforcement body was enough to match a train Amazon. At the last stroke, he had boosted his Reinforcement to the limit and struck her with one heavy blow.
She should have died, sliced in two. Yet what she received was akin to a strike from a hammer, knocking her down.
"Damn you. My sister will avenge my death" She grinded to her teeth
Though dizzy, she was still conscious but she couldn't control her body because of the strike to the head. He pushed her down on her stomach. She could barely see what was happening. Somehow the magician had created a rope out of nowhere and tied her down.
Shirou inwardly thanks heaven that there was nobody around to see him tie down a resisting woman like this, and god forbid Miyu.
"I think you misunderstood. I merely want to get some questions out of you. You can leave when I get my answer" Shirou said with a neutral tone
"You think I'd talk. An Amazon Warrior would rather die than cave in to your torture"
"Why are you being so negative? I never said anything about torture. Like I said I just want some answer. Believe me, as I am as confused as you are to me being here on this island of yours"
"Are you saying you came here by accident?"
"Very much so. And I'd like to leave as soon as possible to not trouble you all with my existence."
"Impossible. You'd already known of the island's location and existence. You can not leave"
"It's not like I'm going to tell everyone about this place when I go back to the mainland. People would just die if they came here and I do not wish for such a thing to happen. And I have more important things to do rather than gossiping" Shirou felt like a hypocrite when saying this, given what he had done. But still, he wasn't lying.
"We can't know that. The best way to make sure that our secret remains is killing you, after all, dead man tell no tales…"
Shirou clicked his tongue when he heard this, he was really tired of how she kept wanting to kill him.
KILL
KILL
KILL
'Is that all they can think of'
"…or you can stay on the island forever as a prisoner"
"Is that supposed to be a better alternative?" Shirou retorted
"You'll live" She shot back
"Fair point. But there are matters that I need to do and I can't do that if I'm stuck on this island." Shirou said with determination in his voice
"There's a question that I have been wanting to ask. Theoretically, if a little girl were to somehow end up on this island, what would you people do?"
"…" The female warrior remained silent, refused to talk
"Would you kill her, an innocent little girl…?" His voice was cold, almost chilling
"…" Still nothing
"You would, wouldn't you? I expected nothing less from a bunch of barbarians who worship gods that caused death and destruction everywhere they go"
Her eyes twitched and she grinded her teeth. This got a reaction out of her
"You would do the most heinous of crime just so you can protect your small little island. How small-minded. What warrior? All I can see are a bunch of savages. The only good thing about you is that you are all women…"
"…Only good for breeding and being toys"
Shirou was really channeling his inner Archer right now, It was terrible of him to do this, provocation and manipulation. But Miyu's safety trumped all, even the whole world. This was nothing.
"You dare insult my people and our gods you filth. The Amazons are honorable warriors that fight till the very end and never yield. Unlike you men who use trickeries and deception. Causing chaos and bloodshed wherever you go because of your greed and lust. We have principles and virtue that we followed. We followed the teaching that was granted by the Goddess of Wisdom, were taught how to fight by the Goddess of the Hunt, we train and strive to be better than ourselves of yesterday. Unlike you swine, that throw them all away just to achieve your pathetic goal and drown in your own sins just to satisfy your bottomless desire"
She breathed out heavily after the rant. The rage she felt right now could consume any treacherous invader that would insult her whole culture
"I see" Shirou breathed out a sigh of relief much to the female warrior's surprise
"I apologize for insulting your people and your Gods." Shirou bowed his head
The Crimson red hair just sat there looking dumbstruck but finally understood what she'd done. She had given away information.
How she had done it? She didn't know.
Originally, She planned to stay silent at whatever question he had for her, this way he'd wasted his time with her and she could buy time for reinforcement to come to save her. She'd already prepared herself for all sort of torture the filth would inflict upon her... even the most heinous of them all, for she knew that he would regret all of it very soon.
But insulting her people and their god's patron had made her furious beyond comprehension and she ended up losing to that rage and spilled the beans.
"You coward! Filth! Swine! Piece of shit! As I thought you used trickery and manipulation just to achieve whatever pathetic desire you have!"
"Yes. I'm also a hypocrite, a bastard, a selfish prick that would abandon the world if it is so that I can achieve my goal" Shirou said in a monotone. His eyes looked dead
She couldn't even care about his self-loathing, It sounded more like he was making fun of her if anything "As I thought you are the lowest of low, a scum that should be exterminated" She shouted at the top of her throat.
But Shirou didn't care. He got what he wanted. Even if Miyu was to be dropped somewhere on this island. At the very least, he could expect the Amazon to keep her safe from danger if they ever found her. Now how would I negotiate with the Amazon? I pissed off one of them quite a bit, if she went back and tell her people about me, then there would be zero chance for me to get myself out of this mess.
'Humph'
After contemplating for a while, he decided to take a gamble. He moved behind her and cut off the rope that was tying her down.
The female warrior was perplexed by the action but took the opportunity to jump away.
"What are you planning this time, swine?!" She grunted she had already been deceived once, she would not fall for it a second time.
"Nothing. As I promise previously. When I get my answer, you can leave freely. I've never had any intention of killing you" Shirou scratched the back of his head with an awkward smile on his face." Although, I'd appreciate it if you could stop chasing me around"
His heartfelt word was met with a murderous gaze and killing intension
"Well, maybe not. Back to running then" He mumbled under his breath as he walked away not forgetting to keep notice of his back in case the woman decided to attack him behind his back.
She did nothing but stared at him.
At least she was true to her word of being honorable.
"Right, almost forgot. What is your name?" Shirou turned back to ask
"…"
"Oh come on, there's nothing wrong in giving one's name. It's a tradition that strong warriors give each other's names before going to battle to remember one's another, you know. Although we have battle already. I still want to know the name of the Warrior that gave me such a hard time. Or is this that's not something you do? Oh, and my name is Shirou Emiya."
The Crimson red hair gazed on him turned to the ground for a bit, contemplating whether she should give her name back to him. She was furious with him, and she still thought that he was a piece of shit for manipulating her. But he did keep his words.
In the end, despite being a magician. He had indeed fought like a warrior. She decided that an exchange of name was a fair trade.
"My name is Theresa Ariti" She replied
"A pleasure to meet you then, Ms Ariti."
So yeah This chapter ended up much longer than I expected. Honestly, It wasn't supposed to be this long. Originally the 3 women back in the waterfall were supposed to be girls 1, 2, and 3 but somehow, someway I dragged it out this long. Ang Shirou was supposed to fight off the Amazon army instead of chatting with one of them but I had so much fun writing Theresa that I gave her a name and a better description. Anyway, next chapter is going to be a big fight so stay for more.
