"Man this is seriously a boring town, why did I come here in the first place?" a young woman asked munching on some sort of pastry. She quickly wiped off a bit of honey running down her chin. "Prana seems a little low in this city. But then again something could be smothering it" she said looking around. She stood still admiring the bridge before walking off. I hope mum's around" she said in a solemn way.
"Geez hurry up Shiro, we'll be late!" Rin shouted
"I case you haven't noticed we're already two weeks late" Shiro shouted back
"Sure is lively with you here miss Tohsaka" Kiritsugu said reading a paper
"I'm sorry for that Mr Emiya" Rin blushed
"Don't be; I was friends with Tiger" Kiritsugu said
"How is she?" Shiro asked
"Bored, I nearly had to hit her with the Tora-Shirai to calm her down" Kiritsugu said "Now it's about time for school" he said looking at a clock
"So it is" Shiro said feeling his watch as he got up. "I'll see you after school.
"Alright; but be careful" Kiritsugu said sighing after the door closed "Maybe I should talk to Rin about his gift?
"Should we tell him I know?" Rin asked
"Not yet, let him come to us first" Shiro said "But for now, brace yourself" he smiled
"What?" Shiro asked
"RIN! Where were you, are you okay; did Shinji harm you, but more importantly did Shiro save you?" Ayako asked squeezing the life out of her friend
"You told her?" Rin glared at Shiro
"Shiro, you're safe. I thought something happened to you, that was until yesterday" Issei said pushing up his glasses
"Yesterday, what happened?" Shiro asked as Ayako placed a paper in his hand "DAREDEVIL RETURNS, KINGPIN PUT IN CHECK" was the headline
"So Shinji's in trouble now, but he still has Sakura and Illya" Rin said
"Plus Daphne" Shiro said
"So get them back!" Issei said
"Easy for you to say, we don't know where they are" Rin said
"So look" Issei said
"Where do we start?" Shiro asked
"So this is the place huh?" the girl asked "seems cosy" she said walking into the Emiya compound "Hello?" she shouted "YO Anyone here?" she shouted out. She looked around before drawing out a wide bladed tanto dagger, hoping she was alone. Quickly she slid open a door and slowly entered before removing her boots. The girl quickly went from room to room looking for signs of life. 'There appears to be signs of life here but not at the moment' she thought. She however was confused there should have been a maid or something "So where's the maid" she asked removing her red jacket once she reached the lounge room. She also quickly removed her top and shorts as well before drifting off to sleep. "Mother, where are you?" she softly asked.
"I'll keep an eye out for anything at Ryuudou temple" Issei said
"Thanks man, I appreciate it" Shiro said
"No problem, just stop Shinji and whoever he is working with" Issei said
"I will" Shiro said
"Then maybe, just maybe you can retire and live a happy life with Tohsaka" Issei said
"Still don't like her do you?" Shiro laughed
"Get out of here, I'm sure a certain cat needs a visit from her ward" Issei replied.
"will do" Shiro said as Rin helped him along. An hour later they reach the hospital where Kiritsugu had taken Taiga. Once they made their way up to her room. It was silent, nothing like the loud and energetic Taiga they all knew.
"I hate seeing her like this, she's suppose to be up and about mooching off of us and shouting at us for saying that name" Shiro said upste
"We'll get those bastard back, and then we'll save Illya and Sakura finally we'll end the Grail war!" Rin said taking his hand
"Shinji fucked up big this time!" Shiro said walking out of the room. "We'll Avenge the city and defend it from anything in the future"
"War's a nasty business" Rin said.
That evening when Shiro returned home he froze as the air had a slightly sweet scent to it. Shiro inhaled deeper to get more of the scent. It was a mix of spun sugar, orchids, vanilla, apples and a hint of cinnamon. Shiro was nervous so he quietly went over to the shed and found his original black costume.
"Better to be safe than sorry" he said equipping it. It was a bit more comfortable than the Black armour he wore these days. He would still use the red costume for time to time as well. "Time to see who our house guest is" He growled grabbing a pair of steel poles and twirled them. He leapt in through the air landing on the porch. The sweet smell was still in the air. Luckily it created a scent trail on Shiro's radar sense. He showed him whoever was in his home was in the lounge. He quickly found the person; he tapped her back with his weapons.
"Not yet" she moaned
"Really, then when?" Shiro asked spooking the girl who only had her underwear. "So who are you?" he asked, only to be kicked and sent flying
"Intruder" the girl said pulling on her tube top
"Ow, and that's my line" Shiro said bringing up his weapons, thinking quickly he used it to block a hammer kick from above. 'She's got training, maybe MMA judging by her stance. but which ones?' he asked adopting a boxing style over the kendo.
"A boxer huh?" she asked only to be tripped.
"How's the floor?" Daredevil asked.
"Try it yourself" she said knocking Daredevil to the floor. Standing up the girl was going in for a finishing move when she felt something cold against her neck.
"One more move and you'll have a hole in your neck to help you breathe backwards" Kiritsugu said as Rin raced in and helped Daredevil.
"I take it you are Kiritsugu Emiya?" the girl asked
"What of it?" Kiritsugu asked
"My name is Merida Lyons, you know my mother Daphne Lyons!" Merida said
"WHAT!" the trio shouted.
"ow, ow, ow, ow, ow" Shiro said
"Sorry" Rin said
"That bloody hurts" Shiro said
"She gave you a kick in the ribs and you went flying back huh?" Rin asked
"Shut up" Shiro growled.
"So any idea who she is?" Rin asked
"Merida Lyons, Saber's daughter" Shiro said
"Exactly, we don't know which spirit Saber is, so we don't know who she is and why she's here" Rin said
"I'm hoping the old man does" Shiro said
"How come?" Rin asked confused.
"Simple, Dad was Saber's previous master" Shiro revealed
"So Merida, or should I call you Mordred instead?" Kiritsugu said
"If you must" Merida said
"Why are you, as you can see Saber isn't here" Kiritsugu said
"A man in a long cape sent me here to help the Daredevil defend this city and to reclaim the shards of the False Grail a servant and her pawns are trying to summon" he said taking a gulp of drink.
"So that man in meddling again" Kiritsugu said "Alright so where are we going next?"
"Don't know. All I was told was I'm here to help and I had to get along with father" she said
"Father, oh you mean Saber, right. She told me about you" Kiritsugu said
"Really" Merdia said "I thought she wouldn't"
"Don't underestimate Saber" Kiritsugu said walking away.
"so any idea where Shinji might be hiding the others?" Shiro asked as Rin looked over a map.
"No, but then again have we checked the Einzbern and Matou Mansions?" Rin asked
"Too obvious"
"But this is Shinji we're talking about here"
"Maybe, but still" Shiro said
"We'll look at this in the morning, goodnight" Rin said walking over to her guest bedroom
"Goodnight" Shiro said heading off for his room. Once the pair had fallen asleep Kiritsugu walked out in his Moon Knight armour.
"I better get going before those two go themselves
"Allow me to accompany you" Merida said walking out with a pair of serrated blades and a long sword on her back.
"Thank you, Mordred" Kiritsugu said
"Actually, call me Blade" Merida said sliding on a pair of red shades
"So where are we?" Blade asked as she looked around
"The Einzbern mansion, this was where Illya lived" Moon Knight said as he curled his crescent moon shaped cloak over his black and white armour.
"You lived as in?" Blade asked
"She moved into my compound with my son" Moon Knight said
"Nevermind that, come on" Blade said walking up to the door and kicked it opened. Once she walked in she whistled.
"So this is where Berserker died" Moon Knight said
"Her servant I take it?" Blade asked
"Yeah, she wanted to enter the Grail wars for revenge against us" Moon Knight said
"How sad" Blade said running her hand over a piece of granite
"Blame her grandfather, he poisoned her mind and then when I tried to claim her, wouldn't allow me to, so I told Shiro of all that because I passed on" Moon Knight said looking around
"Where would they keep your daughter?" Blade asked
"Most likely in a basement lab" Moon Knight said preparing his staff.
"Right behind you" Blade said drawing her longsword. Once they reached the basement. Moon Knight felt despair as nothing was there.
"I should've known she wouldn't be here" Moon Knight said
"We'll find her" Blade said "But for now we have to get back before Shiro wakes up"
"Alright, let's go" Moon Knight said disheartened.
"That fool Shinji nearly lost another one of the keys" Caster said
"So where is she?" her master asked
"Somewhere no one will find her. Besides the other two keys are well hidden" Caster said
"I'm worried about the Mukomizuna" her master said
"The Daredevil is nothing to us"
"Well I for one do not trust him to leave us alone" her master said
"Then have Shinji do something that will cause trouble in the city for the hero to deal with" Caster said
"I doubt he'll listen to us" her master said
"He will, if he wants out help in conquering this city" Caster said
"Of course" he said leaving making Caster sigh.
"Why did the Grail create Daredevil, or did someone else using the power of the Grail?" Caster asked.
Shiro suddenly shot up sweating, he had the dream of the fires of Fuyuki city again but something was different, after the woman's voice informed him about saving the city, a chant of Latin could be heard in a male voice.
"Arise Mukomizuna of Fuyuki City and go, grow and learn how to defend your home from evil at a future date" the voice said, he saw a glimpse of a tall cape being swished as he walked away
"Who was that guy?" he asked as he laid down and tried to go back to sleep, "Is someone trying to help me?" he laid there before sighing "Illya, Sakura andf Daphne where are you?" finally falling asleep he may have gained his answers.
He saw a glimpse of a church alter, in front of the wall was Saber in a white dress with red wire binding her hands making her bend at the hips. Revealing her stockings and garter. She seemed to be in pain, then it flashed to Sakura surrounded by burning candles and weird waist high spires, while she was forced into a bondage like outfit. Tears streamed down her face. And finally he glimpsed where Illya was, it was the last place he would expect: a dungeon under the old Ghost House. She was wearing the same thing a hospital patient would wear with bloody bandages on her name. And all of them said the same thing
"Help us, please"
So here is the next chapter and it seems like someone else had a hand in Shiro's awakening as Daredevil, plus a new character. So let's do a character roster up, plus thank you for those who followed and fav this already, but I need to know if I'm on the right path with the storyline, because I know some people really didn't like when I deviated from the source material fo the Grail Wars, so now I'm using it as a plot line while trying to set up the third one which will hopefully be towards the end of the series. So if you like or don't like tell me about and I'll fix it
Now updated character roster
Shiro-Daredevil
Issei-FoggyAyako-Karen
Daphne/Saber-herself (no Marvel persona)Rin-Elektra/?
Sakura-?Illya-herself
Morder/Red Saber/Merdia-BladeKiritsugu-Moon Knight
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