The first thing the boy saw was white.
Blinding white.
Turning his head, and feeling a crick as he did, the blinding white was juxtaposed by a figure dressed black, like the be-@s*t!/
As the boy's eyes accustomed to the blinding white, he was able to make out details he didn't notice.
Like how he was in a bed, a warm bed, not as hot as the f/#r%
He also noticed he wasn't alone. The black figure he saw was actually a man. The same man that saved him.
The one that smiled.
Before he could pursue that line of thought, his attention was pulled to the slight weight on his left wrist. Looking down, he saw a giant red armlet on his left wrist.
It was almost pure red, if not for the metallic oval on top surrounded by a thick black line.
Hearing the rustling from the boy investigating his new attachment, the man dressed in black looked towards the boy.
With a small tired smile, the man greeted the boy.
"Hello."
The boy paused in his investigation of the armlet to turn to the man, his saviour.
The boy was silent, not saying anything because nothing truly came to mind.
The man, taking this as a sign to continue, spoke.
"My name is Kiritsugu Emiya. What's your name?"
The boy closed his eyes, before speaking for the first time.
"I-I," he coughs trying to get used to speaking again after sleeping for so long, "I don't know... my name."
The only reaction the man gave was a darkening of the eyes, and a clenching of his fists, before continuing,
"Is there anything you would like to be called?"
The boy wondered, before, in his mind, he saw a flash, of a tall man with white hair slicked back, and a smug smirk.
"Shirou," the boy responded.
The man looked a little less upset, no longer clenching his fists.
"Well Shirou. I'm going to ask you a weird question. Would you rather go with the other children to the orphanage, or with a stranger that you don't know?"
At the mention of other children, the boy looked around, noticing the other people in the room.
Children, with arms and legs in casts, or bandages around their heads and bodies sat around in separate beds, all looking at him.
Closing his eyes and making a pose he remembers his fa#t-?he$r making, he thought on his choices.
Go to the orphanage with the other children, or go with the strange man. He almost went with the orphanage but...
That smile...
If he went with this man, his saviour, would he be able to smile like that too?
Decision made, he nodded his head and pointed towards the man.
The man looked shocked, before smiling warmly and standing.
"Alright then. I'll go talk to the hospital staff. From today on, you'll be known as Shirou Emiya. Is that okay?"
The boy, the newly named Shirou Emiya, nodded his head.
The man began to walk out of the room, before stopping and half-turning to Shirou.
"Oh yeah, I forgot."
Gesturing with his right hand, on which lay a red armlet similar to Shirou's own, but with a different design, and black-and-yellow tape wrapped around it, Kiritsugu stated,
"I'm a God Eater."
"Heeeeey, Shirou!"
Startled from his reminiscing, Shirou looked to the source of the energetic voice only to see...
"Ah! Fuji-nee!"
Before being summarily bonked on the head by the dreaded Tora Shinai. As he collapsed to the ground, he heard Sakura cry out,
"Senpai!"
All was silent, until...
"Man Fuji-nee, you hit as hard as ever, huh?"
Standing, Shirou turned to look at the woman next to him.
She had short brown hair, and brown eyes that conveyed a sense of excitement. In her hands was the Tora Shinai, a weapon that looks like a normal bamboo practice shinai, but truthfully houses the bloodlust of a tiger demon. It is feared by many, and wielded by the kendo master, Taiga Fujimura.
"Mou, I remember when such a hit would've knocked you clean out!"
Despite all of this, Taiga is actually a supremely childish individual. Although she operates as Shirou's 'big sister', he's really the one that takes care of her.
"Come on Fuji-nee. You still almost knocked me out..."
"Senpai, are you okay!?"
Before Shirou could move on, Sakura interrupted him with her worries.
"Yeah Sakura, I'm fine. It's just a little bump."
Believing he had calmed her worries, Shirou moved on, unaware of the conversation behind him.
"Fujimura-sensei! You shouldn't keep hitting Senpai so hard!"
"It's alright Sakura. You heard him, he's fine."
"Sensei, if you keep hitting Senpai so hard, me and the others will make less food for you!"
"Ack! S-Sakura, there's no need to do something so drastic! He'll be fine!"
Sweating from the harsh glare Sakura was giving her, Taiga acquiesced.
"Fine, fine, I won't hit him as hard."
Letting up on her glare, Sakura looked to where Shirou was before noticing his absence.
"S-Senpai!?"
Running down the hallway, Sakura chased after Shirou.
"W-Wait, Sakuraaaaa!"
Taiga then followed, waving her arms exaggeratedly .
Shirou was, meanwhile, back reminiscing. Thinking back on the day he had decided his path. The day Kiritsugu died.
The day he decided to become a Hero of Justice.
Thank you for reading! This is Cee, your author! I just wanna say, I'm actually super-giddy seeing the amounts of Follows, Favourites, and Reviews I have. I didn't think I'd get that many until later. I also wanna say, this feels super-cringe writing, but the hypest thing reading, purely because I'm the author.
Another thing I wanna say (or ask), do any other authors have the problem of words disappearing during typing, or words duplicating themselves after pressing space? Because I'm being haunted by this particular ghost.
Third, If you're having trouble imagining Shirou's armlet, think Archer Emiya's sleeve.
Fourth, I'm almost certain I fucked up the tense, and I feel like a piece of scum for that but... I'm also a lazy bastard, so...
Fifth, I get the bad feeling I'm writing the characters poorly, or at least not as they should be.
Sixth, I feel like some of the things I'm saying are redundant, because I just said it.
Seventh, I'm trying out something different with the page breaks, as just doing the dashed-line doesn't appear on the Internet version of.
Eighth, this became too long again.
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