Fate-Stay Night: Precognitive Realization

by SilverMan42

This is the story of a boy named Yuzuru Shindou, an ordinary young man who had gotten himself into the battling ritual known as the Holy Grail War. What will become of him now that he has become part of this war that may result in his death? Will he be able to survive with the help of his Servant? Or will he fall into despair? (Rated M, in case sexual) (Few Tsukihime) (OCxHarem)

3. Chapter 0: Prologue Part 2

I do not own Fate/Stay Night or anything related to Type-Moon whatsoever, except only the OCs of the story. Also, spoiler warning: M is in case of sexual themes and stuff. Anyway, other than that, enjoy!

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Chapter 0: Prologue Part 2

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Sakura's POV:

Before…

After I told Shindou-kun to stay outside and wait until he knows he needs to call someone for help, I went inside to see what was going on. Before I would go in, I hid behind the walls and peeked at what was going on inside the archery club, poking only half of my head out to see with my own eyes. I was ready for what was to come, only for me to stop and gasped and my eyes wide opened in utter horror. What I had just witnessed…was horrifying.

The team captain of the archery club, Tsukino, was lying on her knees crying in horror and in pain while looking at her arms that were now completely broken and all covered in blood. The forearms looked as if they were stomped by large feet; her left elbow was broken and bent to a different side instead of being bent in a normal way, causing blood to be dripping out of the broken elbow; both of her wrists also looked as if they were crushed by feet, blood dripping out of her palms; both fingers were in the worst shapes, either they were broken and twisted or they were torn off of her hands; what was worse, was that it was so painful for her, she kept on screaming and crying non-stop from the pain, for she was in great agony.

Then, I looked to someone who did these awful things to her. Suddenly, I was shocked, my eyes widened in horror, to see who it was. To my shock, it was not one of the members of the archery club, rather it was Shichirou Hashimoto, the troublesome bully of the Homurahara Academy. He was a very muscular young man, about 6'0'' tall, with messy curly blonde hair, reddish-amber eyes, and tanned skin. Unlike the other students at school, he does not fully dress up in a full-fledged Homurahara school uniform. Instead, he is dressed in a black shirt with the skeleton head and the word "DEATH" on the center of it, with the school blazer daunted as a cape around his shoulders, dark blue ripped jeans that have chains hanging around each pocket, black bracelets worn in each of his wrists, and black boots.

Shichirou Hashimoto is the worst student around the campus and has been beating and bullying every student in the school, both boys and girls alike; doing so out of his own amusement, wanting to see everyone suffer. He even beats up teachers and staff alike, beating them until they broke. What was even worse, was that everyone in the entire school was, and still is, afraid of him, afraid of being in his way and trying to stop him, they fear him for being the school's bully who likes to see everyone hurt and making them weak to him. Not even the school principal was able to do anything, because he was once beaten by him as well, and was afraid to be beaten by him again if he dared try to call for help. Hashimoto is the worst, using his power and strength to do whatever he wants, just for his amusement, and no one was willing to do anything to stop him. As seen by the members of the archery club, just standing there watching, as Hashimoto stood there with an amused look as he watched Tsukino sitting there crying in pain; Most of them were too afraid to even approach him to stop it, while there were few that just didn't seem to care and they just stood there while amusingly snickered at what was happening to Tsukino as if they knew she deserved what happened.

"That's what you get, you stupid bitch!" said Hashimoto, as he kicked her in the chest, forcing her to lay on the ground crying. There was so much blood coming out of her arms and it looked very painful for her to move it. She was helpless and couldn't do anything.

"Help!" she cried, "Someone! Anyone! Please, help me! It hurts! It hurts so much! Please!"

But as she cried, no one dared try to move, either they were too afraid or they just didn't care.

"What are you waiting for?!" she cried, "Just help me, you- AHHH!"

Hashimoto stomped on one of her arms and started moving while crushing it, despite it already broken. And then he shouted angrily, "Yeah?! Go ahead, you pussies! I dare ya! C'mon! Come at me! Hah?! You guys want some, too?!"

Everyone responded by backing away, afraid to even come over to help.

He smirked and said, "Yeah. That's what I thought. Pussies." Then, he stomped on her again, making her scream in agony again, as tears were flowing down her face. Tsukino tried to move but to no avail.

That Hashimoto! He's not even part of the archery club, and he still acts like he owns the place to himself! Making everyone suffer from his beating and bullying, just for the fun of it! It was too much to watch. I couldn't take it anymore. I couldn't take watching all of this going on! I brought out my hand as it began to glow with magical energy. I can't just let this go on, so I have to stop it. If I could just get everyone to sleep, I'll be able to...to...but then I stopped myself and dismissed the magical energy away from my hand.

"No." I thought, "I already gave up on that life. I won't ever use my power again." I looked up to the situation and said, "Even if I fail, I have to stop this myself. Without it, if I have to."

I got up on my feet and rushed in and shouted, "STOP!"

Everyone stopped to look at me with a surprised look on their faces, except for Hashimoto, who then let go of Tsukino to be left on the ground crying.

I looked at Hashimoto angrily and commanded, "Hashimoto, get out! Now! You're not even in this club! This isn't a place for you to be messing around and hurting people!" Then, I looked to the other members, and yelled to them, "And what are YOU PEOPLE waiting for?! Quit standing around and HELP HER!"

They all hesitated for a second before I shouted, "NOW!" Immediately, they hurriedly went to Tsukino and tried to help her up, planning to carry her somewhere safe, away from Hashimoto. But suddenly, Hashimoto turned and kicked one of the members away without any effort, punched the other with his strong fist, and then kicked the last one close to Tsukino, breaking his leg in the process.

Now, everyone in the club was afraid to approach him or get in the way.

"Hey!" I angrily said, "Hashimoto, what did I say?! I said for you to-"

"SHUT UP!" he yelled at me, as he angrily approached me, "Don't you dare tell me what the fuck to do, bitch! I'm in charge here, and nobody tells me what the fuck to do!"

"How dare you?!" I shouted, "I'm your teacher and an adult! You do not insult your teacher when in-AHH!"

I was suddenly cut off by him slapping me in the face, throwing me across the wall, breaking the archery equipment. I was hurt so bad, that I had to cough from the impact and try to hold my consciousness. Still coughing, as I opened my eyes, with my right eye half-opened, Hashimoto was already walking towards me while everyone from afar behind him just stood there, terrified to do anything. They were cowards, they couldn't do anything to stop this. Then, I felt a kick to my stomach, and I screamed out in pain.

"SHUT THE FUCK UP, YOU BITCH!" Hashimoto angrily yelled, as he then repeatedly kept kicking me in the stomach, sending me more pain as I screamed out from the pain, as he continuously yelled and kicked, "SHUT THE FUCK UP! SHUT THE FUCK UP! SHUT THE FUCK UP! SHUT THE FUCK UP! SHUT THE FUCK UP! SHUT THE FUCK UP! SHUT THE FUCK UP! SHUT THE FUCK UP! SHUT THE FUCK UP! SHUT THE FUCK UP!" Then, with a final and hard kick, he yelled angrily, so loud that it brought shivers to everyone's spines, "SHUT! THE FUCKING! HELL! UUUUUUPPP!" He kicked me once again in the stomach, but this kick was much harder this time, so hard and so painful that I screamed very loudly in pain, so loud that it felt like it could be heard everywhere.

I coughed in pain from all the kicks that he delivered to me by Hashimoto. It was so very…very painful that it reminded me of the physical pain that I went through, what I had to endure in my younger years. Pain was something that I haven't felt in a long time. I could barely move, and barely get up on the floors, trying to get back up. But then, suddenly, I was grabbed by my hair by him as he forcefully pulled my hair and brought me up to my knees. I painfully looked up at him as he gave me his angry look at my eyes. He tsked and then slapped me hard in the face, twice in both my cheeks and then threw me again. I lied there on the ground, barely able to move and barely conscious of my surroundings.

"Who do you think you are, huh?!" he shouted, "Telling me what the hell to do, and acting like you're the boss of me?! HUH?! WELL, FUCK YOU! I do whatever the hell I want because I feel like it! You got that?! No one tells me what to do! And people like you are all the same! WEAK!"

He then laughed out of mockery and enjoyment, doing what he likes. I just laid there as he continued his laugh. I looked up to the members of the archery club, and they just stood there, too afraid to do anything or fight back. It was hopeless. I looked up and saw that Hashimoto was about to kick me again, and I had to shut my eyes tight from what was about to happen. But then, I heard someone shout, "STOP!" That voice…I know that voice! While still weak, I managed to get my head up and turned around to see who said that. And, to my shock, as I gasped with my eyes wide opened, a familiar figure appeared in the hallway from the door, and I said, shocked to see him here, "Shindou-kun…?"

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Yuzuru's POV:

Now…

I saw Matou-sensei, lying on the ground completely hurt, so I hurriedly rushed over to her and helped her up, getting her in a sitting position so she could rest. I checked on Matou-sensei for any signs of injuries, and sure enough, there were some cuts and multiple bruises, the slap bruises on her cheeks, cuts on her back, likely because she was thrown or so, and kick bruises on her stomach.

"Sensei, are you okay?!" I asked as I was worried about her condition, "Please, tell me you're okay!"

Sensei looked at me with one eye half-opened. She was really hurt, but she managed to smile, even though it was a weak smile, saying kindly to me, "No, don't worry. I'm fine. Thank you, Shindou-kun." But I could tell she was not okay. She was hurt very badly and was likely trying to endure whatever pain that she was going through moments ago before I came in. And looking at her eyes, I could tell that she was about to cry from what she had to endure.

"Sensei…" I said, quietly, as I then gently hugged my sensei to comfort her. While I did so, I felt some wetness slowly dripping on my right shoulder, and I knew what it was as I heard her softly crying with her face onto my shoulder. I looked around to see that everyone just stood there watching, and being careful of getting too close, as they were trying to stay away and being clear from the worst bully in school, Shichirou Hashimoto.

I knew him before once. Remember what I said about a certain complaint that happened with Yukitsuki-san? Well, he was once one of the residences that used to live in our apartment before I moved in. He was the one who complained to Yukitsuki-san about the apartment being all crappy and was not happy about how it was and not being cleaned up. Yukitsuki-san tried to reason with him that it would take time because she was the only one that was managing the apartment and that no one else was employed to work for the apartment, at least not in years since her uncle got sick. However, unlike me, Shichirou was not a very patient guy and he threatened Yukitsuki-san that he would beat her up and break her if she doesn't do something to make the apartment better; thus, her situation worsened and everything could have gone to hell if I hadn't intervened in time. How? Well, let's just say that it all started with certain words "Hey, you! Why don't you/How about you take on someone your own size?!" Yup, I went in and got into a fight with him…and it ended up with me losing and getting beat up to a pulp by him. Not a very smart move for a guy who just moved here to Fuyuki, I know, but what else was I supposed to do in a situation like that? I couldn't just leave Yukitsuki-san taking all the blame and suddenly have her get beaten up, she was a girl. And yes, I know, that is the stupidest reason for me to help someone in need and very cliché. Anyway, after I was beaten up by him, and before he could finish me off with the last punch, that was the day when I met Kurosawa-san, who was passing by one time and stopped Shichirou from doing whatever he was doing. He did so by fighting back, only that he was a better fighter than I am and that he took down Shichirou without a sweat. After that, Shichirou left the apartment and never came back again. Of course, I was treated from the fight and struggles, and that is how I helped Yukitsuki-san from a certain complaint, and we became friends since, and Shichirou was one of my worst enemies; although, I'm pretty sure he was everyone's worst enemy.

Anyway, back to where I was. I looked up to see Shichirou looking at us with an angry look, and I knew he was not happy to see me, considering what happened two weeks ago. I then looked the other way to see that the members of the archery club were just standing there watching us while trying to be careful not to get too close to Shichirou. I guess it shouldn't be surprising since everyone is afraid of him. I then looked to see the captain of the archery club, and by God, I was both horrified and disgusted.

The captain of the archery club was lying on the ground crying in complete horrid pain, but that wasn't what surprised and disgusted me; what I saw was both her arms and hands were all crushed and broken, lots of blood bleeding out through severe wounds and broken bones, and with most fingers twisted and bent in wrong ways. I could imagine what had happened when Shichirou came busting in. Dear God, it must've been painful for her to go through.

I then looked back at Shichirou as he was still looking at me, probably waiting for me to pay attention to him. I let go of sensei and turned to face him while I raised both my left arm to the side to guard her just in case. I gave him a look of seriousness and anger, but I didn't show any signs of anger to him yet.

Shichirou smirked at me and said, "Well, well, well. You've got balls coming in here, Shindou-boy, I'll give ya that." He continued as he cracked his knuckles, "Too bad I'm gonna have to rip that off of you along with your guts."

"First, you threatened Yukitsuki-san during the apartment incident…" I sneered, "Then you busted in here and broke the captain of the archery club's arms...and now you're doing this, hurting people that are part of a club you're not even in…you have some nerves, you know that?! You even beat up sensei for your own amusement! You're sick!"

He scoffed at me and said, "What's it matter to you, huh, you wannabe superhero?" He then pointed at the captain and continued, "This little bitch here deserves what I gave her anyway. She was the one who was being all bitchy about having people work harder and shit like that, so I gave her what was coming for her. Bitch brought it upon herself."

"Damn you…!" I growled.

"And what're you gonna do about it, huh?" he taunted, "What are you gonna do?!"

While he continued taunting me, I looked around with my eyes to see what I could do. Then, I noticed something on the ground. A long wooden sword, a thin sword that was longer than half of my height. It was laying a little close to the captain of the archery club, and I knew it was the same wooden sword that she was using when being strict with the others. I guess I could use that as a weapon. Granted, I wasn't really the best fighter of all out of everyone in school. I can't even fight anyone in hand-to-hand combat, much less using a weapon in a fight, and let alone beat anyone down and winning. I honestly was a terrible fighter. And in this case, I know I can't win against the school bully, Shichirou. But…even so, that doesn't mean I can't at least try to. If I can't beat someone who's stronger than I am, then how the hell am I supposed to keep my promise to my childhood?

I looked up to see him still laughing and taunting me before he turned around to laugh at and taunt everyone else in the club for being weak, saying to everyone that he was better than everyone, and he was ready to beat up everyone one by one until all of their bones were broken. I decided to use this opportunity and quickly ran to grab the sword.

"Shindou-kun, wait!" sensei cried out to me, but I didn't stop to listen.

I quickly, and luckily, grabbed the sword and hurriedly moved to be right in front of Shichirou to guard the other club members while standing in a basic kendo style.

"Stay away from them…!" I warned.

Shichirou looked surprised before he laughed out loud at me and said, "Seriously?! Are you stupid?! You're seriously gonna fight me with that puny little stick?! C'mon, don't be stupid, Shindou-boy! Even you should know it's pointless to fight against me! You can't win!"

"Maybe not." I said, "But I'm still going to try to, anyway. Besides, I'm not standing up to you for myself! I'm standing up to you for everyone!"

Everyone in the archery club looked at me and was stunned when I said that. Even Matou-sensei was surprised. Then, I shouted and I charged at him, "Because if I don't…then WHO WILL?!"

I continued running towards him and prepared to swing the sword in my hand to strike, only for Shichirou to casually move aside and trip me over. I landed face-first on the ground when he did, and he laughed at me. I lifted myself up and turned around to see him still laughing.

"C'mon, Shindou-boy!" he taunted, "Is that all you got?!"

I growled as I got myself back up from the floor and then back to my stance, before I charged at him again, and I swung the sword at him to his left side. But he moved back and dodged the attack and went up and hit me in the stomach with his knees. I was hurt so bad that I coughed from the pain before he punched me to the face, and I was thrown to the wall.

"Shindou-kun!" I heard sensei cried.

I was laid back against the wall while I was on the floor before I coughed and I slowly got back up, using the sword to help me with the balance, and went back to my stance. There was still pain going on in my body, but I ignored it. I looked up to see Shichirou smirking and made a gesture for me to come at him. I growled and charged at him to attack. I jumped up to him and moved my arms up above with the sword above me to prepare a strike. Then, I swung the sword down for an upper strike, but again, I was unlucky. He brought his arm up and casually caught the sword and grabbed hold of it, much to my surprise. I was back standing on the floor as I struggled to move around with the sword, trying to either push it to try to hit him or pull it to have him let go of it, all to no avail. Then, out of nowhere, he kicked me in the stomach and I was forced to let go of the sword and the force of the kick pushed me back. I landed back against the wall and pain surged through my body. God, it hurts!

I struggled to get up as I was leaning my back against the wall and I looked up to see Shichirou throw the wooden sword away and come right at me. Before I could do anything, he punched me in the gut, then he punched me in the face, then he punched me again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again; he kept on continuously punching me everywhere, never stopping as I was bleeding from all the beating that he was giving me. He kept on going, and going, and going at it with all the punches until he punched me to the side and I was knocked to the floor. I lay there as I struggled to move. I was bleeding everywhere in my face, from my forehead to my mouth. Then, I looked up to see the wooden sword there in front of me.

"C'mon, Shindou-boy, get up!" he shouted, "You want some more?! Huh?! You want some more?!"

I slowly and painfully crawled up and reached for the sword and I grabbed it. Using the sword to help me with my balance, I slowly got back up and looked up at him, with a look of determination in my eyes, despite the pain and blood going around my body. I slowly went back to my fighting stance, never dropping my determined look, and readied myself.

He saw this and sighed, and then said, "Really, you just don't know when to quit, do ya, Shindou-boy?"

I just continued standing there and looked at him, getting ready to fight. I heard whispers from the others while I stood there.

"Is he crazy?" I heard them whisper, "Is he seriously still gonna fight?!" "He looks like he's in bad shape." "I don't think he can win." "Should we help him?" "Maybe we should call for help!" "We gotta do something!" "He can't keep up like this."

"It's okay." I said, getting everyone's attention, "As I said, I'm doing this for you guys, not myself."

Everyone looked surprised went I said that before looking at each other with concerned looks on their faces. I looked back at Shichirou who was waiting for me to make a move. I readied myself and charged at him again, despite the pain I was going through. As I got close to him, I swung the sword to his right to strike again. But, as my strike got closer, he grabbed the sword again with his left hand, and then he pulled it along with me to his other side. Then, he swiftly used his right hand to punch the wooden sword, and with a great amount of force, he broke the sword in half, shocking me and everyone else, before Shichirou let go of the top broken half of the sword and punched me in the face again, sending me flying back to the others, forcing me to let go of the now broken sword, and I landed on the floor to my left side. As I lay there, I coughed out blood from the punch that he gave me.

I then slowly turned to look up at Shichirou and saw that he was walking towards me. When he got close to me, he grabbed me by the collar of my shirt and lifted me up with his right hand. I was already weak from all the beating, so I was hanging limply, but I was still breathing, just didn't have any strength left in me now. I slowly and weakly looked at him and, for a moment, he was looking at me straight in the eyes, before he let out a smirk.

"So, you wannabe superhero," he began, as he gripped on my collar shirt harder, "How does it feel…to try to fight back, only to lose to someone stronger than you? How's it feel to be the one on the losing side? Huh?"

Seriously? What kind of question was that? Though, then again, he does have a point. Even though I used up all whatever strength that I had, doing the best I could to fight back, I had already lost a sword, lost use of almost all my body, and I'm bleeding a lot like shit. I'm basically broken, I can barely make a move, let alone fight back against him. To be honest, I knew I wasn't gonna win, but…I let my own feelings get the better of me. I knew, but I just…I honestly just wanted to stand up to him for everyone who just couldn't, because they were too afraid. I had to be brave for them.

I weakly chuckled at Shichirou's question and answered to him weakly, "Hey…let's answer that question…with another question…"

"Oh, yeah?" said Shichirou, "And what's that, huh?"

"Tell me…" I said, weakly, as I slowly reached my left hand and grabbed his right hand that was holding me up, "How does it feel…Shichirou? How does it feel…to be going out picking on people who're weaker than you…? How does it feel…to be hurting lots of people who can't fight back and stand up to you…? How does it feel…to break someone's bones…until they can't even move their own bodies…? How does it feel…to break someone until they bleed…? How does it feel…to be known as the school's…worst bully…?"

He was dead silent for a moment after hearing what I had just asked him. Then he began laughing out loud, so loud that it was loud enough to be close to a burst of maniac laughter. Everyone looked at him with horrified looks on their faces as if they saw a demon was born inside him. Even Matou-sensei was shocked to see such a display that was happening in front of her.

Then, after finishing his laughter, he looked at me with a sadistic grin and shouted at my face loudly for me and everyone to hear, "MUCH BETTER THAN BEING A COMPLETE FUCKED-UP LOSER WHO DOES NOTHING BUT STAND AROUND AND EJACULATE TO A BUNCH OF BITCHES A HUNDRED TIMES ALL DAY! BETTER THAN BEING A COMPLETE NOBODY WHO'D RATHER BE A PUSSY THAN TO GO WILD WITH PEOPLE! BETTER THAN A REAL DUMBASS STUDENT WHO'D BE A TEACHER'S PET AND OBEYS ALL DAY! AND FUCKING MUCH BETTER THAN YOU!" Then, he threw me to the side to the ground while shouting, "YOU SHOULD TRY IT SOMETIMES, SHINDOU-BOY!"

I landed on my right side and laid motionlessly on the floor, struggling to move a muscle, and lots of blood was dripping out from the wounds I got from him. I was hurt real bad and I felt like the pain was going to overwhelm me. I slowly, and weakly moved my head to look above me and, while I was looking while lying on a different side, I saw that I was close to where Matou-sensei is lying next to me as she tried to slowly move to get closer to me. She was still weak, so it was hard for her to struggle to move, let alone get up on her feet. When she got close enough, she slowly reached out to grab my unmoving hand, reaching closer and closer until she grabbed it and slowly began to pull me towards her, leaving some trails of blood on the floor. By the time she pulled me close to her, Matou-sensei was hugging me and holding onto me tightly as she could, placing my face close to her chest, but I was beaten up pretty bad that I couldn't move, I hardly even notice it or I probably didn't care right now, while she began rubbing the back of my head, whispering quietly to me for me to hear, "It's okay…that's enough now, Shindou-kun…you've done enough…that's enough…that's enough…"

"Matou-sensei, I…I really am pathetic, aren't I?" I thought, "I…I'm really sorry."

As if she was reading my mind, she quietly whispered to me, "No, don't think that way. You weren't pathetic. You were very brave in protecting everyone. And…I'm very happy…that you did. Thank you, Shindou-dun…"

Matou-sensei…dammit, it hurts…that I couldn't even do much to stop him, let alone beat him in a fight, and in the end, I ended up losing because I didn't stand a chance to someone stronger than me. But…at the same time, I guess I was glad that I was at least able to do something for the club, even if it was just a little. Honestly, it's not that I wanted to be a hero or anything, I just…wanted to help people as best I can, because there was no one else who would do that, for them, for Matou-sensei, and for everyone; even if they had wanted to, they couldn't. I…had to at least try. Besides, I…I made a promise…to someone very important to me. I made a promise that…I would be…well, it was something that I made to her, and I can't break that promise.

When I turned my eyes and glanced up, I saw Shichirou was already in front of us, looking down on us, cracking his knuckles as if getting ready to beat us again. I felt Matou-sensei was now holding onto me much tighter as if she is trying to protect me for dear life. I was still weak from the beating, so I wasn't able to move my body yet. Still, even in my weakened state, I was ready for what he was about to do next. I glanced around and see that everyone else was still standing there, still afraid to intervene in what was going on in front of them, and the captain of the archery club still lying there as well, and her arms were still bleeding from being crushed.

I glanced back at Shichirou, and he was smirking at us, readying to finish me off. Then I felt Matou-sensei's hold on me growing tighter, shielding me as best she could to protect me from him and said angrily to Shichirou, "That's enough, Hashimoto! He's had enough already! Leave him alone!"

He laughed at Matou-sensei as if he sees her being pathetic and said to her mockingly, "What, is a teacher trying to protect her little pet now?! How fucking adorable! I guess Shindou-boy really is a teacher's pet!"

"How dare you?!" she shouted at him, angrily, "He's not my pet! He's my student! And as his teacher, I will NOT allow you to further insult- AHH!"

Shichirou suddenly grabbed Matou-sensei by the hair, forcing her to let go of me as she was being pulled up by the hair, and he yelled "SHUT THE FUCK UP, BITCH!" before he slapped her hard with the back of his other hand across her face and he threw her away from where we are. Shichirou then went to where Matou-sensei was and kicked her five times while yelling "SHUT THE FUCK UP!" to her repeatedly. After that, he turned back to me and cracked his knuckles again as he began to approach me again. Dammit! I was still too weak I could barely even move a muscle. I tried to get up, slowly and painfully, trying to push myself off the floor. It was struggling for me to even move myself, but I didn't care right now. Even the way I am now, I still had to fight back against him. But just then, as I was about to get up, I was felt a foot on my back and I was forcibly pushed back to the ground painfully. I was in immense pain being pushed back to the ground. I turned my head around to the left side in order to look up at Shichirou from my left. I saw that he was standing there looking down on me with one foot on my back that was pushing me down, and he was smirking down at me for how pathetic I was right now.

"Dammit…!" I thought, while struggling to move, "I can't get up now…!"

"What's the matter, wannabe superhero?" he mockingly asked, "Did ya lose your 'superpowers' or something?" He laughed at me before he continued, "Did ya really think you could best me? You? A weakling? Who do you think you are to challenge me? Huh?"

I tried not to listen to what he was saying. All I could do was grunt at him and struggle to try and get up, all to no avail. I was stomp to the ground once again, and I did little to none to fight back since I was still too weak to even move my own body.

"Say," said Shichirou, "Why do you still struggle, huh? Why do you still insist on fighting back? Why do you still persist in trying to fight me? You know that even if you did try to put me down, I would still rise and break you again, right? And even if you fix your limps and body, I'd break them again." He stomped on me again before he continued, "People like you try so hard, but every time, it ends badly for them; the same bad results, you have proved that. It's why weak people like you don't have any real power to fight and to survive, and why strong people like me have the strength and power to rule over every other weakling that's just like you! You've seen what I can do, and that's why I'll live as the strongest! Even people you think you may save will turn their backs on you because you're weak! And yet, you, out of all the weaklings that I make around suffer, you still try to fight and resist me. Why? Is it because you wanna be a "Hero of Justice" or something? Huh? Is that it? You wanna be the world's savior to save weaklings from strong people like me? Huh? Tell me!"

For a moment, I stopped struggling, after hearing what he was saying to me, and I felt him stop stomping me for me to process what he was asking of me. There was one line that he said that made me stop for a moment. A "Hero of Justice". Hero of Justice, huh? Me, being the world's savior? Ha. What a joke. I chuckled at that line, and then I began laughing a bit, not too loud and not too much, much to Shichirou's confusion. Then, I stopped laughing and looked at him from my side with a look of seriousness.

"Hero of Justice?" I began, "World's savior? Don't make me laugh, you big idiot! I'm not doing this because I want to be a Hero of Justice! I'm not doing this because I want to be the world's savior! I'm not doing this so that I can save everyone and everything! I'm not doing this so that I can save the world! All of those things…they're nothing but a load of crap because that's an impossible thing to do; THAT is something that I can't do because it's impossible for me to save everyone! I…I don't want to become the Hero of Justice, nor am I going to be one, because saving everyone in the world is the one thing that I can't do! So, no! I'm not doing this to be a Hero of Justice! And like I said, I'm not doing this for myself, I'm doing this for everyone; because it's the right thing to do, and because it's so I can be brave for them, and because helping as many people that I can help is something I CAN do, and because if I don't do something to fight for them…" I then found and grabbed a broken hilt of the broken wooden sword and held it tightly before shouting, "…THEN NO ONE ELSE WILL!" Then, with all my strength and might that I had left and as quickly as I could, I used the broken top of the bottom broken wooden sword and stabbed it at Shichirou's leg that was stepping on my back, right around his bottom calves.

Out of shock and sudden pain, Shichirou screamed in pain and agony after being stabbed in the leg, causing him to release his foot that was on my back and I could get up and move again; though the pain of what I went through was still there, so I had to move as slowly as I could. I turned and look to see him still screaming and crying in pain, agony, and complete horror at what had happened to his leg while cursing to himself and the pain. Everyone else in the room was in complete shock and amazement at what I had just done. As soon as I got on my hands and knees, I was suddenly kicked in the stomach and I have kicked to the side again, and I was laid to the side again. I looked up to see him giving me an angry and dangerous look on his face as if he now wants to kill me. In fact, I could tell he already plans to kill me.

"THAT'S! IIIIITTT!" he screamed at me, angrily, "YOU! ARE SO DEAD!"

Out of sheer rage and anger, he lifted his right arm up, ready to land one final blow on me, and I could already tell that this last blow was definitely going to kill me for sure if he crushes my face with it. Then, he quickly and ferociously threw his arm down for one final strike, and out of panic, I closed my eyes shut and I was about to brace for the impact of that blow. By the time I closed my eyes to brace myself, there was an impact. But…I didn't feel the impact, I just heard it. I slowly opened my eyes again for me to look up. to my sudden surprise, there was a fist that was already close to my face, but it was stopped for some reason. I looked at his arm and noticed something. There was another hand that was gripping at his arm, preventing him from landing a final punch at me, and to my surprise, it was a girl's hand that looked to be slightly small and slender, yet the grip of her hand was surprisingly strong despite it. When the hand yanked his arm to the side still holding onto her grip, I caught a clear view of who my savior was. And to my surprise, it was a maid that stopped him. I looked at Shichirou, even he was shocked and surprised who had stopped him. I looked back at the maid girl and took a clear view of who she was and what she looked like.

The maid that saved me has short, rough-cut pink wavy hair and deep blue eyes. She appears to be about 4'9" tall and appears to be in a slender build body. She seems to be wearing a traditional maid uniform, which has the usual black and white elements commonly associated with a maid uniform-frilly shoulder ruffles with a high collar, a long-sleeved black blouse with white cuffs, a long white apron ending in more ruffles covering a calve-length black skirt, with a red bow tied around her collar and a traditional-looking French maid lace doily hat.

She turned to look down on me to look at me, and I looked up at her back. After looking at me for a few moments while still holding onto Shichirou's arm very tightly, and surprisingly she's very strong and was still holding onto him without even breaking a sweat, she smiled at me and kindly said, "Are you alright, mister? Are you hurt?"

"Huh?" I said, slightly surprised and confused, "U-Uh, yeah, no…I'm…I'm okay. I-I'm fine…um…thank you…"

The maid continued smiling and nodded, saying sweetly, "Good. I'm glad that I got here in time."

"Hey, you little bitch!" Shichirou yelled, "Who the hell ya think you are?!" Then he tried to pull out of her grip, but surprisingly to no vail, before he yelled at her, "And let go of me, you bitch! How are you this strong?! Do you have any idea who I am?!"

The maid, however, ignored him and continued smiling at me. "You, good sir, have done enough fighting for today," she said sweetly, "Please, good sir, take a good rest, and allow me to handle the rest from here."

I had no other words to say to the maid as I was still amazed that she was able to hold on to him without worrying or breaking any sweat, so I just stood there and nodded my head, giving her affirmation that I would let her handle it.

"Thank you, good sir." the maid nodded while smiling before she turned to Shichirou, and instead of the nice look that she gave me, she gave him a deathly glare of hate, and she said coldly, "As for you, terrible sir, I would say for you that that is enough of hurting people for today. You are coming with me to the student council's office to be dealt with personally."

"What?!" he shouted, angrily, "Who the hell do you think you are, huh, bitch?!"

He quickly raised his other free hand to land a punch on her face and threw his free arm out to give her a deadly blow. Unfortunately for him, however, the maid was already quick to block his attack and quickly wrapped her arm around his to lock it around hers, causing him and his arms to be stuck, unable to get out of the strains that he was trapped in. Then, out of nowhere, she kicked him in the groin, causing immense pain to Shichirou as he was now growing weaker from the pain. The maid released his arms to allow him to cover between his legs, as he was now going down on his knees while groaning painfully from the impact that she made.

"It's quite rude of you to attack a lady, while she is telling you to stand down, terrible sir." said the maid, coldly, "You have quite a terrible manner for someone of such strong builds."

The maid then walked up to him, standing about close to his face when he looked up at her. She then said coldly to him, "As for who I am, terrible sir. I am the maid of the current student council president of Homurahara High and heir to the house of the Tohsaka family, Mirai Tohsaka."

This caused everyone in the room to gasp as they had all recognized the name that the maid had said, Mirai Tohsaka. This even shocked and terrified Shichirou as he realized that the one that sent the maid to stop him was none other than the only person that he was truly afraid of. Even the name suddenly hit me when I heard it.

Mirai Tohsaka. She is the current student council president that everyone loved and admired due to her great status and popularity. She has been known to the school as "The Eyes of Fortune" as she has been known to give fortunes about what would happen to their lives much sooner or later or even any future events that may happen to them should they want to have it come true or if they want to be careful, and whatever fortunes that she makes, it all somehow comes true for everyone; some were good and some were bad, and the bad ones were the ones that many tried to avoid as much as possible. I honestly never met the student council president yet, but I heard that she's pretty good at being the student council president and that she knows lots of stuff as if she had foreseen what might happen to people in any events sooner or later, and that she would send her members of the student council to either make it happen or to prevent it from happening.

Actually, now that I think about it, maybe she foresaw this and that's what's going on now. And she sent her maid to stop it of all people.

"Now, then…Shichirou Hashimoto, was it?" said the maid, "Also known as "The School's Worst Bully". Age 17. 2nd year. 6'0" tall. Known for hurting and threatening others, including teachers and the principal, and most recently, have broken the arms of the captain of the archery club until she bled, as well as using physical violence on the club's supervisor, Sakura Matou-sensei, AND putting up an unfair fight to one of her very students that she favors dearly. You, terrible sir, are in a heap of trouble for causing such disturbing ruckuses and for putting others in such terrible harms and positions. This is the line that you have terribly crossed and that must not be taken lightly. You will be taken to the student council's office, for you will be there for further speculations and shall be punished thoroughly by our Madam Tohsaka herself."

Shichirou growled angrily as he got back up after recovering from the impact and he gave her a deadly snarl like an angry hound about to attack his prey. Then, out of sheer hate, he yelled angrily, "AS IF I WILL BE, YOU DAMNED BITCH! I'M GONNA KILL YOU BEFORE THAT HAPPENS!" Then, he began charging ferociously at the maid, despite the leg injury that I had given him.

The maid sighed before she stepped aside to her right, making him pass by her as she said expressionlessly and nonchalantly, "You will fail to try to."

Then, out of nowhere, she drew out of her hand a leather whip stick crop in her right hand, and then out of quickness, she used it to slap his left abdomen, making him feel the pain and suddenly making him fall to the ground. The maid stopped and stood there elegantly as she turned and smiled to the awestruck archery club members and bowed as if they were her audience. Then, she heard Shichirou getting up ferociously and looked at the corner of her eyes that he was about to give her a bunching blow up above her. When he dropped his arms to punch her, however, the maid quickly ducked down and jumped backward to let him pass again, and then she charged up at him and gave him two quick hits from behind his back, making him stagger in pain before he turned around to hit her again with a back punch. The maid stepped back from his attack and then went down to give him three quick slaps to each of his legs, making him stagger and nearly fall forward. The maid saw this and rolled over to her left side and then quickly hit the back of his right calves, making Shichirou feel the pain from his leg and fall backward and landed on his back. When he looked up, he saw that the maid was pointing her crop at him with a serious expression on her face, making him stagger in fear a little.

"Now then," said the maid, "Do you yield, terrible sir?"

Shichirou growled before he yelled angrily, "AS IF, YOU BITCH!"

The maid sighed and said, "I thought not…"

The maid quickly stepped out of the way as Shichirou got up and tried to punch her only for him to miss again. As he tried to make another punch again, the maid quickly used her crop and slapped his approaching left arm, making him loosen his fist as he winced in pain and pulled his arm back. He then tried to use his right arm to strike, only for the maid to slap it with her crop and make him loosen his fist on his right arm. Shichirou looked at the maid angrily only for him to be slapped in the face by her crop. The maid then began slapping him very fast with her crop as she was now slapping him everywhere, all from top to bottom, and then back to the top again, and she was even moving everywhere around him fast and even slapping him everywhere around his back before going back to the front, then moved to his back, and all of that was being repeated. The maid was really amazingly fast at slapping him everywhere; in fact, she was like super-fast that even my eyes could hardly even see wherever she was going and wherever she was hitting him at. I could even tell Shichirou was having a very hard time trying to get to her but was feeling the pain so much he couldn't even try to move around because it was like she was around him everywhere.

It kept going on and on until eventually, the maid went down and slapped both of Shichirou's legs twice each, before going for the leg that I had wounded him in with the broken sword earlier, really hard enough for Shichirou to feel it, distracting him with the pain. He was screaming out really loud painfully as the wound was now bleeding again. The maid took the opportunity and quickly ran past to go behind him before the maid quickly jumped up and span around in the air. Then, with full force, she did a back-roundhouse kick to the back of his head and the left side of his face, knocking him down to the ground.

The maid landed on the ground, very lightly and elegantly, and then bowed and smiled to her "audiences" who were all awestruck from what they had just witnessed. The maid then went back to approach Shichirou who was struggling to get up on his feet. By the time she got to him, he was standing on his hands and knees. When he looked up and turned his head to see the maid in front of him, she was standing there with her arms behind her back and with the same very smile on her face.

"Now then, Shichirou Hashimoto," she said, still smiling, "Next time, why not try to remember what happens when Madam Tohsaka sends one of us, and remember your place like everyone else…" Then, her face suddenly became an ugly scowl, before she said coldly, "And never, EVER DARE hurt anyone else, EVER AGAIN!"

Before Shichirou could react, the maid already quickly raised her crop and hit him in the back of his head real hard, knocking him out cold.

The maid then turned to the awestruck members of the archery club, who were amazed at what the maid just did, and she smiled and bowed to them again as if they were her audience. No one in the room said anything before one of them cheered, "That…was AWESOME!" Then everyone cheered along as they all then approached the maid and began to either cheer and congratulate her or shake her hand in appreciation and say thank you to her, and the maid accepted all with a kind smile on her face.

Then, she stopped at said, "Alright now, that's enough everyone. While I do appreciate your admiration for me and my actions and your appreciation for what I have done today, I believe that it is time you should all deal with the real issues here. Your captain of the archery club is still suffering from both her arms broken as well as blood loss from her wounds, and your supervisor is in need of any medical treatments that she may need from her latest physical violence. You should all tend to your captain and supervisor immediately and give them any help treatments that they may require from you at once."

Each of the club members looked at both their captain and Matou-sensei respectively. They then looked at each other and nodded, taking the maid's word wholly and they spilt up into two groups to help them; the first half went to their captain, while the other half went to Matou-sensei.

I then saw the maid approach me and bow to me, before she said, "Yuzuru Shindou-sama, was it? How are you feeling now, good sir? Are you well-rested? With enough rest, you should be able to stand up on your own two feet by now, despite the injuries that you have sustained and received."

"Huh? O-Oh…!" I said, confused for a bit, before I noticed something. She was right! Despite what Shichirou put me through, I was well-rested and I was able to move my body get back up again. After I got back up, I looked at the maid who was smiling at me and I said, "Umm…y-yeah, I'm okay now. I'm fine, thank you. Umm…uh…"

The maid giggled and introduced herself, "It is Aimi Shimizu, good sir."

"Aimi Shimizu…" I said her name, "Then…Thank you, Shimizu-san."

"Oh, no need for my last name and honorifics." she said, "I am merely a simple maid, working for the student council, so please just call me Aimi."

"Oh, uh…okay." I said, "Well, if you say so…um…Aimi."

"Good sir," said Aimi, "While I am glad that you are not further hurt nor worsen, and as much as I'd like to say to you that you are fine and that there is nothing for you to worry about, you are still injured and are in need of medical treatments for your injuries that you have sustained. I would advise that it would be best for you to go to the nurse's office for some attention."

She was right. Even though I'm all better now, I still need to be treated for all the beating that I got from Shichirou. Even if it wasn't a big deal now, I still have to get myself patched up to get myself as good as new again. I decided that I should take her advice and go to the nurse's office.

I nodded to her and said, "Okay, I will. Thanks for the advice."

"Good." Aimi smiled, "And, Shindou-sama."

"Huh?" I said, "Yeah?"

"I wish to say that what you did for everyone here today," she said, keeping that smile, "You should know that you were very brave. Reckless and thoughtless, but nonetheless, you were very brave."

Aimi then turned around and then lifted the unconscious Shichirou up to carry him onto her shoulders. She looked at me and then smiled at me again one last time before she began to walk away with the unconscious Shichirou.

I stood there and watched the maid leave all the way until she was gone from my sight. After that, I went with the archery club members to the nurse's office to get the captain, Matou-sensei, and myself treated.

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At the nurse's office, although it looked more like a hospital now because of the redesign of the academy, I was already patched up from my injuries and was covered in bandages. The nurse said that it wasn't that dangerously serious, but I still needed to be wrapped in bandages in order for me to completely heal. After that, I decided to see how everyone else was doing, but before I could go, I saw Matou-sensei open up the curtains and approach me. She had a look of concern and I felt there was a serious atmosphere around her. I guess she must be upset with me now.

Matou-sensei cleared her throat and asked, "How are you, Shindou-kun?"

"I'm fine." I answered, "My injuries aren't that serious, but after all that beating, I still need to be wrapped up to make sure I'm fine."

Matou-sensei nodded and said out of relief, "That's good. It's good to hear that you'll be fine."

"And what about you?" I asked, "Are you feeling okay?"

"Just bruises and slap marks, but I'll be fine." she answered, "Besides, I've been through worst…in my younger years."

"Oh." I said, "Okay, then…that's good."

Matou-sensei sighed before she looked at me and said in a serious tone, almost shouting at me, "But more importantly…Shindou-kun! What were you thinking?!"

This shook me a little as I stepped back from Matou-sensei a bit because I knew why she was using that tone on me. I knew that I was in serious trouble as what I did back there really made her mad. I can even tell from that serious look on her face that she was making at me. It was a serious look that no one else in the school wanted to see her make when they get in trouble or when they didn't do what they were told to do by her. It was like she became from a very kindhearted mother to a now angry strict mother that no one wanted to see. Yup, she is definitely called "The School's Mother" for a reason.

Matou-sensei was still looking at me with that serious look on her face, as she wanted me to answer her now. I honestly didn't want to argue with her, so I just sighed to myself and said to her apologetically, "I'm sorry, Matou-sensei…I just…I just wanted to help and…things just happened…and-"

"Stop, right there!" she half-shouted at me, cutting me off, "Don't you give me that "things just happened" excuse to me, young man! Do you have any idea how worried I was when I saw you recklessly went in there and started trying to fight him off?! Do you have any idea how worried I was when I saw you getting beaten up by him?! Do you have ANY idea what would have happened if you'd gotten yourself hurt even further, or EVEN worse, GOTTEN KILLED?! Do you have ANY idea at all?! What on EARTH were you even thinking?!"

I was taken aback when she already shouted those words to me. Her facial expression was in a mixture of upset, seriousness, and concerns. Even in her eyes, I could already tell that she really was worried about me, and I knew that what I just did back there really made her upset and I felt really bad for what I did. Again, I sighed to myself as I looked away from her face and said apologetically, "I'm sorry…"

"…Yuzuru." said Matou-sensei, saying my first name, which made me look up at her again a bit surprised, but her expression remains serious to me, "Listen, I'm not angry at you for doing what you did today to protect us, I'm just disappointed in you for not doing what I had told you to do. I had told you to wait outside the dojo and then go look for help if and whenever something goes wrong. I never said for you to go inside and then pick a fight with Hashimoto. I gave you that specific instruction as YOUR teacher, and then you just completely disobeyed them just for you to end up getting hurt."

Then, her expression softened, and she asked out of concern, "Why didn't you do what I'd asked you to do, and instead went on to try to do something reckless? Why didn't you just go and look for help when something was wrong? You didn't have to do anything and you could just let the adults handle this, but instead, you went out there on your own accord. Why?"

"W-Well…" I hesitantly said, "I-"

"And don't think about giving me an excuse, like "things just happened" excuse." she cut me off a bit, "I want to hear, your honest answer."

My honest answer…

I nodded to myself and said to her with all honesty, "Well, like I said, I just wanted to help. And honestly, I couldn't just leave you, or the members of the archery club on your own. If I'd left, then you and everyone else would've gotten even more hurt, or even worse than that. Also, when I looked around the school to find help, nobody was there passing by for me to call for them. Even if I did find someone, I don't think that anyone would want to help, and all because of Shichirou. I mean, you saw what Shichirou is, and you know what he'd do to people that try to get in his way. Even if I did bring in lots of help that I could find, Shichirou would just make them all be afraid of him. Hell, even the principal is afraid of him because he threatened him. By the time I saw him hurting you and everyone else, I…I knew I had to do something, and leaving you there was the last thing I'd rather do. Honestly, I knew I wasn't the best fighter, and I knew I couldn't beat him in a fight, but…I had to at least try. Even if I knew that I'd fail, I had to at least try and do something to fight back, because no one else in the dojo would. I had to be brave for them because they were scared. I had to try. Not just for me, but for you and the other people who were scared."

I gave her a saddened look on my face and said to her, "I'm sorry. You were right. I should've just listened to you, but…but I couldn't, because the last thing I wanna do is…" I stopped to sigh and then said, "…is to see you all in pain. All because no one else did anything."

Everything was quiet now for the moment. We were both silent as we both processed what I had said. There were no more talks, no more yelling or scolding, just…silence. Complete silence until Matou-sensei spoke up.

"No." she said, which made me look at her a little surprised. She then gave me a warm smile and said sweetly, "I think that your reasons are justifiable, Shindou-kun."

"Huh?" I said, surprised, "Really?"

"Yes." she nodded, still smiling, "You're right. It's true that everyone in school is afraid of Hashimoto, because of his horrible antics and his irrational behavior towards everyone, and everyone would always get hurt because of what he would do to them, and even as a teacher, I'm no exception. And yes, while your actions and your reckless behavior was…just as irrational as Hashimoto's, you were indeed very brave. And you have tried your best, all the way up until the student council member showed up and took care of everything."

"Sensei…" I said, relieved.

"However," she said, with one finger lifted, before she pointed at me and scolded me with a stern look, "That does NOT mean that your action today is something to be praised about, nor is it something that YOU should be proud of, young man! You were given a specific instruction of not going in there unless you brought help with you, but nonetheless, you were thinking for yourself by recklessly going in there to fight in order to protect others from harm, and then in the process, you yourself had gotten hurt instead! That reckless behavior of yours is something that should not be tolerated and you should now know better than to go in there and fight by yourself!"

Oh, jeez. I had never seen her look that mad at me before. Then again, I guess I did outdone it to myself. Though I guess it's okay since I did deserve it. Hell, if anything, I deserve a lot of scolding from everyone in school. And besides, after what I did for them back at the dojo, I guess Matou-sensei could go easy on me and let me off the hook for a while.

"Yes, ma'am." I said, "I'm sorry, sensei."

Matou-sensei stopped pointing at me, lowering her arms, and said while softening her tone, "It's alright. As I said, I'm not angry, just disappointed. But, I'm also glad that you did what you did back there, and I'm proud of you for what you did for us, for me. However, the next time a situation like this happens again, don't put yourself at risk for us again. Follow what I tell you to do and go call for help next time. Even if it becomes hopeless, just go and look for help. I don't want my favorite student to end up getting hurt again. Do you understand?"

I nodded in acknowledgment and said, "Yes, Matou-sensei. It won't happen again. I can't promise anything, though."

Matou-sensei looked at me for a moment before she sighed and muttered, "You really are just like him…"

"Hmm?" I said, confused.

"It's nothing, don't worry about it." she smiled at me.

"Oh, okay." I said before I remembered, "By the way, how's the captain of the archery club?"

Her expression became sadden and said, "Unfortunately, not so well, after what had happened to her."

"Mind if you show me?" I asked, "I'm just a little concerned as you are."

Sensei nodded and then gestured for me to follow her, and I did.

As we walked, she was leading me to the next bed curtain that was just on the opposite side of where I was. When we made it there, she opened up the curtains to reveal the members of the archery club that were gathering around the bed before they noticed us, and they moved away to reveal their captain.

Their captain was…well, let's just say, in a very worst shape than we were. Both of her arms were covered and wrapped around bandages and cast along with her hands. The captain was crying for what had happened to her as she looked at both of her bandaged and cast arms, while everyone else just looked down in shame, unable to do anything for her. There were few who snickered for what she deserved but were all suddenly silenced by Matou-sensei who glared at him with strict eyes. We then approached the crying captain and Matou-sensei sat on the chair that was right next to the captain, while I stood there next to her to watch.

"Tsukino," said Matou-sensei, "How're you feeling right now?"

The crying captain, Tsukino, looked at Matou-sensei tearfully and sobbed, "Matou-sensei…I-I…I…I can't…I can't…"

"Easy." I said, trying to calm her down, "Just calm down. Just take a deep breath and calm yourself. Breathe and calm down."

Tsukino, however, instead of doing what I said, glared at me angrily and yelled, "SHUT UP! SHUT THE FUCK UP! DON'T YOU FUCKING TELL ME TO BE CALM! DON'T YOU FUCKING TELL ME TO CALM DOWN, YOU FUCKING USELESS DUMB-"

Matou-sensei suddenly got up and slapped her in the face real hard and scolded, "Tsukino! Don't you EVER yell at my student when he's telling you to calm down! Besides, you should be grateful to him for what he did! He saved your life from Hashimoto!"

Tsukino looked at her shocked before she turned back to me with a glare and said angrily, "Saved my life?! That useless dumbass didn't save my life! He didn't even come to save me when I was being attacked! He didn't even save me when my arms were being crushed! And now, look! Look at me! Look at what that brute did to my arms! I can't even feel them or move them anymore!"

Tsukino then began crying again. We just stood and watched her crying for a moment as Matou-sensei then sat back on her chair again. Tsukino then glared angrily at me and shouted angrily, "AND YOU! Do you have ANY godly idea what I've been through, what I had to endure from this?! Do you have ANY idea what kind of pain that he inflicted on me?! Do you have ANY idea, WHAT it's like, LOSING both arms that can't move anymore?! HUH?! DO YOU?!"

I was taken aback by what she was shouting at me about, but I became composed again as I looked back at her and said, "You're right, I'm sorry. I don't. I don't know what you've been through, what you had to go through."

Matou-sensei looked at me for a bit out of concern before looking back at Tsukino who was still glaring at me, as did everyone else before they looked at their captain.

"You didn't save me…!" said Tsukino, before she yelled at me angrily, "YOU RUINED ME! YOU RUINED MY LIFE! YOU RUINED MY ARMS! YOU RUINED MY DREAM! YOU RUINED MY REPUTATION! YOU RUINED MY ONE AND ONLY TRUE GOAL THAT I HELD IN MY HEART! YOU RUINED MY WISH! MY…my…!" she stopped for a moment to catch her breath before she yelled angrily at me again, "THIS WAS THE ONE THING THAT I DREAMED OF DOING! BEING THE CAPTAIN OF THE ARCHERY CLUB! ALL I WANTED WAS TO BE CAPTAIN! I DEDICATED MY WHOLE LIFE TO THIS, FOR THIS TRAINING, FOR ALL OF THE ARCHERY CLUB! I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE CAPTAIN, AND BE LEADER OF IT! THAT WAS MY DESTINY! AND YOU! YOU RUINED IT!"

After all that yelling, she looked away from me and began wailing as tears were falling out of her eyes, and all I could do is just stand and watch, as did everyone else as each of them then began to look down again in shame. Tsukino wasn't wrong. She did dedicate herself to the archery club, as I could tell that she had worked really hard for herself to get herself into becoming captain of archery. Matou-sensei, after hearing all of what Tsukino said, spoke up for me, "You're wrong, Tsukino. You've got it all wrong."

Tsukino then stopped crying as she then looked at her supervisor shocked at what she said, that Matou-sensei of all people, would speak up to defend me.

"It's true that you dedicated yourself to the archery club," Matou-sensei began, "And it's true that you've worked really hard into getting yourself into becoming captain of the archery club. However, you're wrong about my favorite student, Shindou-kun, being the one who ruined you and your dreams. All of what you said about him is wrong. As in case you didn't know, Shindou-kun was the one who sacrificed himself to defend you and the archery club members from being hurt by Hashimoto and protected all of you until he could barely hold himself anymore, all so that none of you would be further harmed or worst. And despite the fact that he failed to stop Hashimoto, Shindou-kun still stood himself up to protect all of you, as he was being brave for all of you when none of you in the dojo could."

Everyone in the archery club muttered to themselves, remembering what I said and did at the archery club before they all nodded in agreement to what Matou-sensei had just said to Tsukino before they called to me and all began to show gratitude towards me one by one, even though I failed.

"Thank you, Shindou-san." "Thank you for saving us." "Thanks for the save." "You really saved us back there." "You weren't good at fighting, but really, thank you." "Thank you so much." "It was stupid of you going out there, but thanks." "You were very brave out there." "Thanks, Shindou-san." "Thank you for being brave for us." "Thank you very much back there." "You were beaten, but you at least put up a good fight there." "Thank you so much, Shindou-san"

"No, it's okay." I said, kindly, "You don't need to thank me for that. I was just doing what I can for you guys, because you were all scared. I just wanted to do what I can to help, that's all."

Everyone gave me each of their warm smiles and continued to thank me for what I did anyway, and one by one, they either shook my hand or hugged me in appreciation. Even though I failed to beat Shichirou, they at least showed that they were thankful for what I did. Tsukino, on the other hand…didn't seem appreciated for what I did, as she then yelled at them.

"STOP THANKING THAT USELESS FUCKER!" she yelled, angrily, "WHAT IS THERE TO FUCKING THANK HIM FOR?! HE DIDN'T EVEN FUCKING DO ANYTHING TO SAVE US! HE DIDN'T SAVE ME! HE DIDN'T FUCKING DO ANYTHING AT ALL! HE-"

"Stop, Captain Tsukino!" a male archery club member said. He seemed to be close with the captain, so I assumed that maybe he's the vice-captain. He stood in front of me blocking her away from me and said, "Matou-sensei is right about him! He did do something for us! He saved us when no one else could! Even if he did fail to beat down Hashimoto, he still protected us from him! I'm grateful for what he did for us, we all are! And…you should be grateful, too. He's…"

Matou-sensei lifted a hand to signal him to stop for a moment, and he did. Matou-sensei then turned back to the captain and said to her, "Tsukino, can you understand what everyone is saying to you now? Shindou-kun is not at fault for what had happened to you, nor is it anyone's fault for not being able to do anything for you. In fact, none of them even knew what would've happened to you sooner or later during practice, nor what would've happened to you even now. Do you know the real reason, why all of this had happened to you in the first place?"

Tsukino stopped for a moment and looked down, trying to think of a reason why. But her facial expression showed that there was not just anger, but there was also a mixture of sadness and confusion. I guess it shouldn't be surprising since her anger, strictness, and sadness had probably clouded her mind, making her completely confused. She must've probably spent so much time being the strict captain to everyone that she didn't have time to stop and think about it, and it may have clouded her mind and thoughts of judgments.

It was on like this for a while before Matou-sensei answered, "It's because of your disdainful attitude and your aggressive behavior towards everyone."

Tsukino looked at sensei in shock and complete disbelief in what she said to her, before looking at everyone who all nodded in agreement. Then, Tsukino looked back at Matou-sensei who continued.

"The reason why all of this had happened to you was because your recent attitude and behavior towards everyone in the archery club was being horrible and that you were being too strict towards those that work with you during practice." said Matou-sensei, "Your strictness and harshness towards everyone was the reason why you got yourself in such a horrifying situation, and the reason why no one would come to get you out of that situation. Your attitude was the reason why everyone in the archery club has shown great dislike towards you, and your strictness is the reason why no one wishes to continue doing any club activities. You're too dedicated to the club that it has gotten all over your head to make you think that everyone is not taking the club seriously." She stopped to sigh before she continued, "Look, Tsukino, you are very strong and very dedicated to archery, and you wish to make everyone the same, and I'm grateful that you are and grateful that you're doing so for them. But, not everyone is like you, not everyone is as much dedicated as you are, and not everyone in the club can keep up with you and your skills in archery. Everyone has limits to what they can do, and everyone in the club is no exception, not even you. Your harshness and strictness have caused lots of stress towards everyone, and you putting blame on my favorite student does not help your situation, and that is something that I, as a supervisor, cannot accept."

"But, I-" Tsukino tried to shout again.

"That's ENOUGH OUT OF YOU!" said Matou-sensei, sternly. This made Tsukino stop and freeze in fear of her being serious. Matou-sensei then soften her expression and said sadly to her, "Look, Tsukino. All of this happened because of what you were and how you had behaved recently towards everyone, and everything that happened today is something that you should blame yourself for and not others. What happens now no longer matters. Everyone and myself here have already drawn to our conclusions as to what had happened today and whose fault it was. And as a supervisor of the archery club, it is my job to inform you, Tsukino…that you are no longer qualified, to be the captain of the archery club."

This news shocked Tsukino as her eyes became widened in complete shock and horror. Matou-sensei then said, "And, due to your recent disdained attitude and harsh behavior towards everyone, and the injuries that you've sustained during what happened today, I will also inform you that you're no longer a member of the archery club. You're banned from coming to the dojo and doing anything related to our club activities."

This shocked Tsukino even more as her pupils became smaller from shock at what she was hearing. She then tried to reason, saying, "No…no, you can't! You can't kick me out! Please, don't kick me out! I'm the captain, and I need to lead this club! I need to be the leader! This club needs me!"

Unfortunately, Matou-sensei shook her head no and said, "It has already been decided. As I've said, you're no longer captain of the archery club. That said, the position of captain of the archery club will now go to the vice-captain of the archery club. He'll be the one that'll oversee the archery club until the end up to graduation day, or until further notice." Matou-sensei then got up from her chair to turn to everyone else and said, "That is all. Due to the recent incident today, tomorrow's club activities will be canceled until the dojo is fully cleaned from the recent mess that was made, and all the archery equipment are to be fixed from any damages. Understood?"

"Yes, ma'am." they all nodded.

"Good." said Matou-sensei, "You're all dismissed."

They all nodded and bowed to her before they turned around and began to leave the nurse's office one by one until it was only just me, Matou-sensei, Tsukino, and the now new captain of the archery club. Matou-sensei sighed to herself, exhausted about what happened today. I can't disagree with her there. After today, I'm a bit exhausted, too.

Matou-sensei then looked at me with a smile and said sweetly, "Well then, shall we leave, Shindou-kun? It's going to be late soon and you don't want to be around after curfew."

"Yeah, sure." I said. I stopped for a minute to turn around and looked at the now crying and depressed Tsukino, who was being comforted by the new captain. I looked at her out of sympathy, and I couldn't help but look sad.

I then felt a hand on my shoulder and I turned to see Matou-sensei as she said, "Let's leave them be for today. After all that's happened, she's going to need to take time to take it all in. She'll have to be able to face reality soon enough."

I looked at them one more time before I nodded in agreement. Then, we left the nurse's office, leaving Tsukino and the new captain alone.

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The sun was already beginning to set and the sky was getting a bit darker as we left the school and began to walk to leave at the school's entrance. I looked at Matou-sensei who looked at me back and smiled. Seeing her smile like that, I just couldn't help but smile back. We then stopped to talk for a moment.

"Shindou-kun," Matou-sensei began, "After what happened today, I just wanted to say thank you for saving everyone, for saving me."

"Oh, not at all." I said, "I just wanted to help as best I can. Plus, you're my teacher, and I can't let any bad students like Shichirou do something bad to hurt you…" I stopped to think about what I'd said for a moment, before I corrected myself, saying "…or any other teachers that's involved." Honestly, I wanna avoid her teasing me again. Unfortunately, that didn't seem to work, as Matou-sensei somehow noticed this and gave off a teasing grin at me. Oh, God, this is not good.

Matou-sensei began to lean towards me, moving her body closer to mine before she said to me seductively, "My, oh, my. Shindou-kun~ Could it be…that. You're. Fall-ing. For. Me?"

"Huh?! H-H-H-HUH?!" I quickly stammered nervously, as I was now trying to back away from Matou-sensei, who then quickly wrapped her arms around my left arm, making my arm being pushed closer to her…oh no! My arm's already gotten close to her supple assets that are now right in front of me! Oh, God! Oh, God, they're so close, I can already feel them! Oh, God! They're so big! So supple! Hell, they feel really soft even through her clothes! I didn't know what to think. I didn't even know what to do! So, I just gulped out of utter nervousness. I looked away from her chest and then looked at Matou-sensei who was looking at me seductively.

"Hey, Shindou-kun~" she said, seductively, "Do you want me~? All to yourself for tonight~? If you want, I can be your girl all to yourself~ Well~?"

Oh, God, I have to stop this! "U-U-Uh…w-w-w-wait, M-Matou-sensei..." I said, nervously, "I-I-I-I…I-I-I…I don't t-t-think we should be doing this! I mean, someone else could see us! And I don't think-"

"Shhhhh…" she shushed me as she placed her finger on my lips. She then went even closer to me and smiled as she whispered seductively into my ears, "Don't worry, Shindou-kun. Everyone else has already left school, so no one else is around to see us, let alone catch us and bother us." Then, she placed her hand closer to her…oh no! She was close to removing her blazer to show her big assets! Oh, God! Oh, God! Oh, God! What do I do?! As I panicked, I tried to pull out of her embrace, but she held onto me real tight that I couldn't even escape.

"Uh~uh~uhhh~" she seductively said as she moved closer, revealing her cleavage to my face, "You're not going anywhere, young man~ Because, you have captured my heart tonight~ And I, want. To. Have. You. To. Night~"

"N-N-No, wait, sensei!" I tried to reason, "We can't! We really shouldn't-"

"Don't worry, Shindou-kun~" she said, seductively, while pulling my arms already closer to her soft chest, "Like I said, no one is around, so no one's going to bother us. We're all alone, you and I, all by ourselves together, in this very lovely evening~" She then placed her hand on my right cheek to make me look at her lovely face, to make me look at her seductive eyes, showing her obsessiveness towards me, and with her pupils showing the shape of hearts. Oh, no! This is not gonna be good! I just know it! I didn't know where to look other than her face, but I didn't want to look at her chest either, because she might notice where I'm looking! Oh, God, what do I do?!

"Hey, Shindou-kun~" said Matou-sensei, seductively, as she then placed her hand on top of her breasts for me to see, "Come on…take me~ I'll be all yours for tonight~ I'll love you in any way that no other women could~ I can make you fall for me all over for tonight~ I'll make so much love to you that you'll never ever fall for any other girl that you'll look at~ And~ I'll. Rock. Your. Whole. World~"

At that moment, after hearing her say those words, all of my thoughts and mentality broke, despite my strength to resist my sexual urges.

Oh, God! Oh, God! Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Shit! I don't know what to do now! Oh, man, after hearing what she said to me, I don't think I can take it anymore! She's so close! So close! She's so close to me, and she's telling me to do these crazy things to her, all with those lustful looks in her eyes! No! No, no, no! I gotta…I gotta do something! I have…I have to fight this. I have to fight the urges! Fight my sexual urges! Just…FIGHT IT!

I quickly closed my eyes shut very tightly as if to prevent myself from losing control and doing something crazily bad thing to sensei, all the while fighting against my sexual urges. I shut my eyes as tight as I could and waited until I was able to stop my urges and nothing bad would happen. But then, I heard a snap, like a camera took a photo of something. Curious, I slowly and cautiously opened my eyes to see what it was, only to see that it was Matou-sensei holding up her iPhone and taking a picture, all while giggling at me until eventually, she burst out laughing out loud while pointing at me.

"Oh, my God!" she laughed, "You should see the look on your face! It's so priceless!"

She then continued laughing out loud as she then showed me the picture she had just taken. It was a picture of me making a funny face with my eyes closed. I just stood there with a look of bewilderment, as I began to process what the hell just happened. Then, my face became red out of sheer embarrassment as I then realized that she teased me again. Oh, God! She did it again! I CANNOT believe I actually fell for that!

Out of sheer embarrassment, I yelled at her, "GODDAMMIT, SENSEI! IT'S NOT FUNNY! DO HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU PUT ME THROUGH?! I WOULD HAVE COMPLETELY LOST CONTROL!"

Matou-sensei was still laughing out loud all while still holding her phone with a picture of me in my stupid face, until her laughter was slowly dying down as she then said while still laughing a little, "I'm sorry! I'm so sorry! But, you were so cute when made that face, Shindou-kun!"

I sighed exasperatedly and said, "Seriously, Matou-sensei, do you really have to tease me ALL the time? I seriously could've done something that I'd regret later."

Matou-sensei finally calmed down and said, while laughing a little bit, "I can't help it. I like doing these things to you. After all, you're my favorite student. Teasing you is my way of relieving stress from work and such. If I don't have you around and just tease other boys, it wouldn't be so much fun at all."

"Seriously?" I monotoned.

Sensei smiled and said happily, "Yes! Very! After all, you're always here to make me laugh when I need to relieve myself."

I sighed out of defeat and said as I smiled back, "Oh, well, at least your happy that I'm around. Although, I'd wish you'd stop teasing me all the time. I really would've lost to my hormones."

I then looked to see that Matou-sensei was giving me a mischievous smile and said teasingly, "My, oh, my. Shindou-kun, you naughty boy. Could it be…that you WANTED to do it with me? "It" as in…S…E…X?"

My face became even redder from her saying that word, and I yelled out loud, "NOOOOOOOO!"

Matou-sensei started laughing again and said, "I'm joking, Shindou-kun! I'm joking!" She then stopped laughing and said, "You are SO easily fooled, and easy to tease when it comes to women, aren't you, Shindou-kun? Especially if it's an older woman like me."

I sighed exasperatedly again and said as I looked down at the ground, "I swear, Matou-sensei, you're going to be the death of me one day."

Matou-sensei giggled and jokingly said, "Well, I sure hope you don't die anytime soon because of me. It wouldn't really be fun if you were dead already."

I sighed and muttered, "Very funny…"

I then saw that Matou-sensei was still holding her phone and waved it at me. To my shock, the picture of me making that ridiculous face was still there, only this time, she was using it as her wallpaper for the lock screen. I was so shocked that my jaws dropped.

"Well, in the meantime," she smiled, "I'll be keeping this photo of you in my phone for me to look at every day."

"H-Hey!" I said, trying to take her phone, "Matou-sensei!"

Unfortunately, she was already backing away while still smiling with her hands behind her back. She then put her phone away and said, "Well, anyway, you should hurry home before it gets dark soon. We wouldn't want you to be out here for very long for you to break your curfew."

I realized this and then sighed in defeat, and decided to let it go. I looked at her and nodded, saying while smiling back, "Okay, I will. Thanks a lot."

Matou-sensei smiled and nodded, saying, "Good. That's what I'd like to hear from my favorite student. Anyway, I should go now."

She turned around to walk in the opposite direction to where I was going, but then she turned back to wave goodbye to me and said, "Have a good evening, Shindou-kun!"

I waved back and said, "You, too, Matou-sensei."

After that, we turned away from each other and began walking away from school to our separate ways.

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Sakura's POV:

As I continued walking to go home, I took out my phone to look at the picture I took from Shindou-kun today. The look on his face was so funny and adorable, and I couldn't help but giggle at the face that he made.

"Shindou-kun is so adorable." I giggled, "I should do it again, sometimes."

I then looked at his picture again and smiled. Shindou-kun…he really does remind me of him. I looked at the setting sky as it was getting darker, and I said to myself, "I wonder what you're really doing now…senpai?"

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Normal POV:

At the school window, a figure with short shoulder-length black hair was seen watching through the window what was going on outside. The figure looked down to see the recent interaction with Yuzuru Shindou and his teacher Sakura Matou. The figure smiled down at them as she seemed happy about them having fun talking to each other.

Then, another figure with long blonde hair with two white ribbons forming two long pigtails and a black ribbon tied to the rest of her blonde hair approached the figure and asked, "Lady Mirai Tohsaka, if I may ask, why did you choose to have us save the boy? If you hadn't heard, there is absolutely nothing special about him. He's just…normal."

The figure, now named Mirai Tohsaka, turned to her blonde student, loyal servant, and companion, revealing her appearance.

Mirai Tohsaka has black shoulder-length hair with two hair ties tied to make two small strains of hair on both of her sides and has bluish-green eyes. She appears to be about an inch taller than Yuzuru and has an amazing body as her mother does when she was younger. Like everyone else in school, she wears the female uniform of Homurahara Academy, but like her mother, she also wears a long red trench coat, a gift given to her by her mother. Mirai was holding her cup of tea when she turned around to look at her friend.

Mirai smiled at her fellow student, loyal servant, and companion and said, "Patients, Vice-President, Sayaka Tsukuda. My Mystic Eyes tell me that this boy may become a valuable asset and may be useful for our cause for our upcoming battles. When the time comes, you'll see. Besides, Aimi has seen what he has done in action, and despite his failures of fighting, he was still able to hold on his own. If trained properly, he may become a formidable fighter."

The blonde student and Vice-President, now named Sayaka Tsukuda, stepped up to reveal herself to Mirai.

Sayaka Tsukuda has long blonde hair with two white ribbons forming two long pigtails and a black ribbon tied to the rest of her blonde hair and turquoise eyes. She appears to stand about 5"2' tall and has about the same slender feature as her mistress. Like Mirai and others, she also wears the female uniform of Homurahara Academy, but with a black blazer that has red trimmings, and underneath her skirt, she wears two pistol strap holsters around both of her thighs, two pistols placed in both holsters with magazines strapped around the straps.

"With all due respect, milady," said Sayaka, "Will it really be wise to allow an idiot such as him into the Mage's World, and to involve him into what will come for us? Involving outsiders would be strictly against the rules."

Mirai took a sip of her tea before she looked at Sayaka again and said, "Of course, I'm sure. Trust me, he will become a valuable asset to our cause, despite his flaws and weaknesses. When the time comes, you and the others will soon understand." She then put her teacup down and continued, "And until then, we must focus on our end. We must have the ritual ready."

Sayaka bowed to her lady and said, "As you wish, milady."

Then, there was a knock on the door.

"Come in." said Mirai.

The door opens to reveal another one of Mirai's servants and companion came in holding a katana that appears to be from the Yakuza.

"Ah, Hiroko Ishikawa." Mirai smiled, "What is it you came to see me for?"

Hiroko Ishikawa, one of Mirai's loyal servants, a member of the student council, and companion, came up to Mirai and bowed, before looking up to reveal her appearance.

Hiroko Ishikawa has raven black mohawk hair and sharp dark blue eyes. She appears to be about the same height as Mirai, and has a slightly built-up muscular body than Mirai and the other two servants. Like Mirai and others, she also wears the female uniform of Homurahara Academy, but like Sayaka, she wears a black blazer, only hers has dark purple trimmings, and underneath her skirt behind her thighs were two knife-like swords that have the same features as her katana that she holds.

"Milady, I've come to inform you that Aimi has the one responsible for the latest incident today and is being kept tied up in another room for you to deal with him personally." said Hiroko, "We are ready to punish him for his aggressive behavior and what he has done today. We simply await your commands."

"Ah, I see." said Mirai, "Thank you. Anything else?"

"A package that was ordered today will be arriving within tomorrow." said Hiroko, "Soon, the ritual for the summoning will be prepared. We simply wait for your time to begin."

"Good." said Mirai, as she took one last sip of her tea before placing it back down and continued, "Then, we'll begin tomorrow at nighttime. My mother will be leaving for London for a certain business trip and then will be returning home for the time being. This will be the perfect time to begin the ritual once again."

"Understood." "Yes, milady." both Hiroko and Sayaka bowed to Mirai.

Mirai closed her eyes as she goes into her thoughts, and she then said, "Finally, the time has come. For the battle that has been set for us mages. The battle that will bring us to victory. the battle that will surely grant our wish. The battle that will change our fate forever. This will be the battle…" then, she opened her eyes that were now glowing bright blue as her Mystic Eyes were being activated, as she begins to foresee the future, as she then said with pride and determination, "…for the Holy Grail."

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