Diary Entry #2: "Circumstances are called circumstances for a reason."

Like promised, Zelhirou and the two Emiyas were now staying in my- our(?) residence. Coincidentally, it was Golden Week and Fuji-nee was surprisingly busy in another town. Now that I think about it, she did seem a bit scared at going to the other town, but only said that it was a home tutor of a middle school student that's got her all tense. Sakura went on a 'trip' with Shinji, but I can't help but to feel like they just said that to get rid of the nuance that they were still in Fuyuki- just not at their house.

Although besides that update...I find myself unable to get out of bed lately. Not that there's anything physically wrong, but the fact that- -

(The rest is omitted, as Archer Alter fell off Shirou's head at that exact moment and fell onto the journal)


"Alter, what are you doing? You're going to get hurt if you keep climbing up and falling on the desk." Shirou said while picking the tattered spirit up and dusting him off a little. He purred at his ministrations, which involved gently rubbing its head and massaging any kinks out of its body.

After he went to move away, Alter grabbed onto the redhead's shirt- quickly climbing up from the sleeve to his shoulder and then back to the top of his head- growling in happiness. The only thing Shirou could do was sigh and try not to shake his head, getting up from the table and moving to the door.

Ever since Zelhirou and the others moved in, Shirou has found that his room, with as little as there is in it- has been invaded by them. The blue-striped futon was thrown back into the closet and replaced with a huge king-sized bed right in the middle of the room and his furniture placed tastefully near different parts of it; namely his dresser now was to the right instead of the left and table replaced with a rectangular one instead. Most of Zelhirou's 'stuff was contained in the closet, which now had an alternate space of being a hidden laboratory (another thing he was widely questioning, since the grandson of Zeltrech was taller than he was), including a poster of a wasteland filled with swords that gave him a headache every time he passed by and saw it.

"Ah! Sorry, sorry! I forgot that you haven't awakened THAT yet!" And with that confusing sentence, quickly snatched the poster off of the wall and threw it into the closet. The entire debacle surrounding him and the poster was a confusing one, yet he for some reason wasn't in a hurry for him to know. All in all to say that everything has been 'calm' would be a major understatement.

It seems that most of that would end today when the owner of the Emiya house went to practice his Magecraft today.

Leaving Archer Alter in the living room with Chibi Archer and Zelhirou, Shirou sought to going into his 'workshop' aka the workshed. In the shed was several nondescript items that included some pots and pans, a chainsaw, and several pieces of metal that haven't been used yet. To other Magus it would be known as the highest of insults, but to the redhead it was a comfort in a way. Sitting down in the middle as he always did, he grabbed the metal pole from yesterday and concentrated.

"Trace, o-" "Yo Shii-tan! What'cha doing up so early in the shed?" It was by this little reaction that Shirou lost control before even getting the chance to create a circuit. Turning his head over to Zelhirou, he glared furiously at the adopted Zeltretch for his distraction.

"Zelhirou!" He responded, his eye twitching as the other simply looked to the side while whistling as if nothing was wrong. Normally he wasn't the type to get mad over a distraction, but after two days it was almost as if he was doing it on purpose now!

"Why so mad Shii-Tan? I was just going to tell you that Taiga called saying that she may be in Namimori for a few more days. Looks like helping train Sawada is a lot harder than expected, even with her famed Bouken." Even he shuddered at this, thinking about the cursed sword that seemed to radiate bloodlust at every given moment. Shirou nodded, although still glaring at him.

"Anyway, that's not what I wanted to mention to you bud buddy pal chum pal. It's the fact that you're destroying your body every single time you decide to use Magecraft since dear old Kiritsugu didn't teach you properly. Now forced to rely on both the nervous system and Avalon, you dear Shii-tan are a fine recipe for being screwed over in the next year." He sounded a lot more serious than his usual cheerful self. To the point where it was almost unnerving in a way. There was always a bit of darkness in everyone, but it felt even darker when comparing it to Zelhirou.

"Hell in a Fractured Dimension because Avalon lost a good majority of its Mana from the excessive use of Excalibur and lovely lil' Arthuria getting it back, your body slowly started to deteriorate to the point where you couldn't even walk anymore. That's how fried your nerves were. Your 'dream' became nothing more than an illusion in that timeline and Alaya's wise-ass simply altered your naive wish and still became a Counter Guardian in the end." The way he was staring him down sent a primal bolt of fear into Shirou for some reason. He wanted to run, but couldn't- more like something was forcing his body to ultimately obey and not be killed.

"...You….." Before he could say anything else, a rather loud yowl ripped its way out of Zelhirou's throat as he jumped forward and then backwards, running around the workshed and pretty much breaking the tense air and possibly one of the stray pans lying around. If one was to look directly at Zel's butt however, they could see one very angry and hungry Chibi Spirit firmly attached and growling aggressively. And as everyone knows, sharp fangs really hurt!

"Ah….Ah, Alter!" Snapping out of it, Shirou went to help peel him off, but the other redhead was jumping around far too much for him to even be able to grab.

The fact that it ended like this bothered him for a bit...Why did Zelhirou seem a lot more dangerous when he was practicing Magecraft and what did he mean by Fractured Dimensions and burning his nerves? That was the right way to do it….right? But for some reason, when he said it, everything felt wrong and a small sense of irritation built up in him from the secret.


Ashi: Woah, a lot of people like this surprsingly…

Aschlyn: Everyone loves Fate/Fanfictions, ya know.

Ashi: Ni shi shi…..I wasn't expecting such good insight of it though. Guys, thanks a lot for supporting the first chapter of this crack-tastic series!

Aschlyn: Says the one who was scoffing earlier.

Ashi: O-OY! Anyway, I'll get to the FAQs of this story then.

hyperomegasonic26: First review, nice. While I am glad of the advice you gave me- I unfortunately haven't played Fate / hollow ataraxia for two facts. One is that there's not a English patch that's extensively available and my brother owns a PSVita and not me. Two is that I want it to mainly focused on Shirou and not really on Saber and them (mostly because they'll be there later and my faithfulness to be able to write Saber is not a very good one). The only reason why I know of Bazette is because I read Prisma Illya and honestly like that version more than the one from HA and Unlimited Codes and Caren…..Eh.

As for the whole 4th Holy Grail thing and Zelhirou being sent on a mission for that doesn't really fit the happy atmosphere I was going for- that and I'd probably end up putting in more ideas from Tales of Xillia 2 with the fractured dimensions (speaking of which- I should address that in one of the chapters).


AvengerEmiya: Ha, nice name. The reason why I didn't add Avenger or Ruler is for the same reasons as above- I haven't played Hollow Ataraxia. Now in terms of Apocrypha, I'm still on the first chapter of the first volume to be honest so the last place I left off was when Kairi Shishigou was talking about an agreement about his participating in the Holy Grail War. Archer is in fact going to be in the series and the mini Emiyas actually are more like….Shugo Chara or Toraneko Folklore to be honest (That was the best comparison, I don't watch a lot of anime with mini-characters). So I really don't have a good idea of Avenger or Kotomine's personality.

Also I read your Fate/Nympho! My favorite chapter was the one with Kotomine and Rin!


Suzululu4moe: Lol, thanks for reviewing.

Guest: I'm glad you enjoyed chapter 1! I hope you like the next chapter as well! Sorry for the months of delay!


And as a included reference from the previous chapter, yes that was a reference from JonTron's Japanese Shoot 'em Ups Video and the mentioning of the Fractured Dimensions will actually be a 'small' plot hole. Mostly to explain a bit about why Zelhirou knows what he knows.

Next chapter will include some actively crazy shenanigans from Zelhirou and possibly some more info about him! Also if anyone can catch the 'very obvious' reference from this chapter, I'll write up a One-shot of their choice! See you all next time! ...Maybe?