Chapter Two: Those Normal Days

Fuyuki City, 2008:

"Hey, are you going somewhere?"

Kiritsugu turned around to see his adopted son standing right behind him. Looking at the boy behind him, the former assassin allowed a small smile to form on his face. It had been at least three years since he had adopted Shirou; and in that time, he had truly changed from that shy, soft spoken boy.

Hell, it only really took a year for there to be a huge change in the brown haired boy. He now stood up straighter and with a bit more confidence. The boy also now spoke much louder than he did when he first arrived; though that may be due to the fact that he needed to be louder in order to be heard by Taiga.

However, one thing still remained the same about Shirou: he seemed to still be an introvert. Though that may have been his fault as he has never really encouraged Shirou to go out and find some friends. Not only that, but since last year, Kiritsugu had been leaving the house quite frequently to go on what he liked to call 'business trips'.

In reality, the black haired man was making several trips to Germany with one goal in mind: rescuing Illya. Although he wanted to go and take Illya away from the Einzberns immediately after the Grail War, Kiritsugu decided against it. For one thing, he needed time to prepare and gather the necessary supplies to rescue his daughter. The second reason was…

"Is it another one of those business trips?"

He couldn't Shirou by himself. The boy needed some emotional support, and while he was the worst choice to provide actual emotional support, he knew it was his duty as the boy's father. So he stayed home and spent time with Shirou for a year and then began his rescue operations.

"Yeah," the older man replied back, "It's really important."

Shirou just shook his head at this answer. "It's fine and all, but I'd like to know where you go all the time. And why for that matter."

"I'm sorry Shirou, really I am. But, this is the last time I will probably need to make one of these trips."

If things went the way he had hoped they would, indeed this would be the last time Kiritsugu would ever need to leave Shirou alone. It would be the last time he would ever need to go to Germany.

It would be the last time he would let Illya be alone.

Shirou merely frowned at this answer before saying, "Alright, but do you know when you'll be back?"

Kiritsugu gave the boy a reassuring smile as he replied, "Hopefully sooner than you think Shirou." After finishing up typing his shoes, Kiritsugu stood up and grabbed his suitcase. "Raiga's number is on the fridge. If you need anything, do not hesitate to call him."

"Alright."

"And if something happens, call him immediately. He'll know what to do."

"Alright."

"And Shirou..."

The young boy looked at his adopted father in confusion as he asked, "What is it?"

"…please be safe."

"…I will dad, don't worry about me. You come back safe alright?"

The black haired man allowed himself to smile once more before replying back, "I will Shirou, I promise." 'And when I come back, hopefully it will be with Illya.' With their goodbyes said, Kiritsugu walked out the door and out the gate. Parked right in front of his home was a black car with tinted windows. Although he did not own the car, the former assassin knew that this was his ride. Grabbing the door handle, Kiritsugu opened the car door and slid into the car. Sitting right next to him was Raiga Fujimura.

"So," the yakuza leader began, "You've found her?"

"I think so," Kiritsugu replied. "I have a contact that was in Germany who says that he heard around the grapevine of a castle that has a young girl with white hair and red eyes."

The older man laughed at this. "And he managed to escape those bastard unharmed? He must be either really skilled or just damn lucky!" Being a longtime ally to the former Magus Killer meant that Raiga knew a thing or two about the world of magecraft and those within it.

Kiritsugu did not say anything. All he did was look out the window and watch the passing by scenery. As he did this, his thoughts were focused on one thing, 'Illya, daddy is coming, so please hold on a little longer.' His thoughts were cut off however by a harsh coughing fit.

Seeing this, Raiga asked in concern, "Kiritsugu, are you all right?"

After suppressing the coughing, Kiritsugu sat up and replied back, "Yeah, it's *huff* it's nothing."

"How long has this been happening?"

"I'm fine Raiga; it was just a small fit, nothing to get worked up about." However, the older man was not at all convinced and merely just looked at the black haired man with a raised eyebrow. "I swear, it's nothing-"

"How long has this been happening Kiritsugu?"

Knowing his friend would not drop the matter, Kiritsugu sighed as he began to explain, "It has only been happening recently. I guess running all the way to Germany and putting all my effort into so many things is catching up to me."

"Does Shirou-"

"No, he does not, and he will not know about this Raiga. Besides," Kiritsugu paused as he looked out the window once more, "This is the last time I am doing this."

"Do you have that much confidence that you will succeed?"

"That," the former Magus Killer began, "And I don't think I can do one more attempt if this fails."

Raiga merely hummed at this before turning away.

"Raiga."

"Yes?"

"…If I don't come back…please take care of Shirou."

The yakuza leader just chuckled at his friend's request. "I would have done so even if you didn't ask me to do so."

"…Thank you, my friend."

For the rest of the car ride, the two did not say another word.

In the three hours since his father had left, Shirou Emiya had become…well, bored. There was really nothing for him to do, despite the house being enormous. He tried watching TV, but there was essentially nothing of interest on. He chose against going to the park because of…reasons. And there were absolutely no books in the entire house.

Even when Kiritsugu was here, there was still rarely anything to do, but at least he could talk with his dad. That was something of interest. But when he was gone, Shirou was left all alone.

And then there was the fact that he could not even practice magecraft. One year after being adopted and learning that his father was a magus, Shirou begged his father to teach him magecraft. Of course for the last two years, he had been denied every single time. And since there weren't any books on how to practice magecraft lying around the house, learning and practicing was out of the picture.

The brown haired boy sighed as he sat at the table in the dining room. 'There has to be something to do around here…' It was then Shirou looked over into the kitchen and noticed that there were some dishes that were rather dirty. Shirou just looked at the dirty dishes for about a minute.

'Well…they won't clean themselves.'

Getting up, Shirou made his way over to the kitchen and began to hand wash and dry every single dish that was in the sink and then place them in the drying rack. As he did this, the young boy let a small hum fill the silenced air.

After placing the last dish on the drying rack, Shirou dried his hands and turned to make his way back to the table when he noticed that the carpet had not been swept.

'…Well it's not as if I've got anything better to do. It's not like I'm going to clean the whole house. I'll sweep the carpet and that's it.'

Shirou would never admit it, but he enjoyed cleaning the entire house.

Two hours later:

"Whew, well that's it," Shirou said as he wiped his forehead. After sweeping the dining room carpet, the young boy just continued to clean and sweep the house. The last place he cleaned up was the dojo space. Looking over the now polished and clean wooden floor, Shirou felt a smile etch its way onto his face. He couldn't help but be proud of his work.

"Kiritsugu!"

It was at that moment, that Shirou's smile dropped a little when he heard that voice rang through the house. The brown haired boy then began to get up when the door to the dojo was slammed opened.

"Kiritsugu, are you in here!"

And the perpetrator standing in the doorway was none other than Taiga Fujimura, his 'self-proclaimed' big sister. Now don't get Shirou wrong, he did care about Taiga. After all, she was one of the people who helped bring him out of his little 'shell' when he first got here. But now days…

"Huh," the light brown haired girl blinked as she only saw Shirou in the dojo. "Oh, Shirou you're here. I thought you left the house or something."

She could be a little more aware of the situation.

"Good morning to you too Fuji-nee," Shirou replied back, "Is there something you need?"

"Oh yeah!" Taiga exclaimed as she hit her fist into her hand. "I came over to see Kiritsugu, but I can't find him anywhere."

"He left this morning; a little over five hours ago to precise."

"What?!" Taiga looked like she had just been told that her birthday was cancelled during her birthday. "Why didn't he tell me he was leaving?!"

Shirou merely shrugged at her question. "I don't know," he began, "Maybe he didn't find it important to tell you that he was leaving."

The seventeen year old girl narrowed her eyes at this response. "Oh, and he felt the need to tell you this?"

"Well, I live here and I'm his son, so I guess he did feel the need."

Taiga let out an 'hmph' as she crossed her arms and closed her eyes. "I miss the days when you were shy and cute. You weren't such a big pain to speak to."

Shirou narrowed his eyes at the older girl before replying back with, "Oh yeah, well I miss the days when you weren't such a pain to be around Tiger." After saying those words, all hell broke loose.

"What did you call me?!" Taiga exploded and charged straight for him. There are many things one must never do in life: never steal, never kill, and never, ever call Taiga Fujimura 'Tiger'.

Before she even was upon him, the brown haired boy knew he had royally screwed up. Shirou tried to turn and run, but he did not even get a foot when he was caught in a head lock by Taiga.

"Say my name Shirou!" the brown haired girl demanded as she began to give the young boy a noogie. "Say it and I will let go!"

Knowing it was better to take the high road, Shirou relented and yelled out, "Taiga, your name is Taiga!"

"And, what else?!"

"And I'm sorry that I called you Tiger, so please forgive me oh benevolent and gracious Fuji-nee!"

Satisfied with his answer, Taiga let him out of the head lock, causing the boy to fall face first onto the floor. "There, now was that too hard to do?" All Shirou did was give her a glare that was ineffective in scaring her or even in making her flinch. As he began to get up back up, the girl continued to speak, "So do you know where Kiritsugu went?"

The brown haired boy shook his head in response. "No, he didn't say. He said that it was another one of his business trips though."

Taiga let out a disappointed sigh. 'That's just great! I come all the way over to see Kiritsugu can he's not even here?'

Noticing her depressed look, Shirou continued to speak, "I don't know where he went, but I don't think he'll be gone that long. If anything, he might be back by the end of the week." It was a lie, but if it helped cheer up his surrogate sister, than he'd be willing to lie.

As he said this, Taiga's face regained its cheerful demeanor. "Really?" she asked in excitement to which the young boy nodded. "Yes! Yes! Yes!" she began to chant while raising her arms up and down as she pointed at the ceiling. Shirou couldn't help but shake his head at the girl's actions. She was seven years older than him but she acted just as mature as he did sometimes. When she had calmed down, she looked around the dojo in thought. "Hey Shirou," the girl began.

"Yeah, what is it?"

"You just cleaned up in here right?"

The boy lifted an eyebrow in confusion. "What about it?"

Taiga then turned to look Shirou straight in the face as she asked, "Do you even use the dojo?"

Shirou just looked at her before shaking his head. "No I don't," he answered, "I've never really needed to. I don't practice Kendo or any kind of martial arts."

Hearing this answer, Taiga put her hand on her chin, almost as if she was in thought. After a minute of thinking, the light brown haired girl snapped her finger. "That's it," she exclaimed.

"What's it?" Shirou asked in confusion. From the look in her eye, the brown hair boy couldn't help but feel a slight chill run down his back. There was something in her tone that made him want to run.

"I'll teach how to do kendo!" Taiga announced happily.

The boy just sweat dropped at his surrogate sister's proclamation. "T-that's o-okay," he began nervously, "I really don't need any-"

"Nonsense!" the girl denounced, "You have a perfectly good dojo right here and it would be waste not to at least learn a thing or two. Besides, you have a great teacher to help you out! You've seen me at my Kendo competitions right?"

'That is exactly what scares me.' Shirou knew that Taiga was not exactly the best teacher and her method of teaching more than likely involved him getting hit over the head by her favorite shinai. "Hey, I think I hear the phone ringing!" But before Shirou could make his escape, a hand grabbed him by the scruff of his shirt and held him in place. Even though it was pointless to resist, the boy tried his best to escape the girl's grip.

"Now come one Shirou, I'm sure there are some spare uniforms in here. Maybe I should call grandpa and ask him to bring some over as well as my shinai."

'Help me! Anyone, please!'

AN: Hello Everyone, RoboVolcano4 here and I'd just like to say Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas (seeing as it is Christmas day when I am posting this chapter) Here we are with the second chapter and it is already different from the second chapter of "Fate/Stay Evangelion". First off, we get a little bit more of Kiritsugu then we did last time. Also, some of Shinrou's childhood growing up in the Emiya household and his relationship with Taiga. One thing I wanted to do different here was explore more about Shinrou's childhood and develop Kiritsugu a little more than I did back in "F/SE". That was something that my pal on SpaceBattles recommend I do. So now onto the stats. In a little over a week after posting the first chapter, this story has gotten 113 followers and 76 favorites. Granted most of that probably comes from the people who was following "FSE", but that only makes me even more happy that those guys are now following this story. Plus to all the new people here, thank you so much for giving this story a try. But now, onto the reviews.

CD123505: That is pretty much the idea. And as for what route I will be using, well, spoilers!

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UseFistNotMouth: Pretty much. And don't worry, I don't just plan to go through the Grail War as one would normally expect. I will throw a few things in here that will shake up the story for the better before we get to the Evangelion part of the story. As for Archer, oh, you will see him soon. Hope you stick around for this story.

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