Ch. 8 – Bach's Violina Air
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Tohsaka Residence
Rin walked through the front doors, her eyes lit up through the power of nostalgia. All three of the house maids, plus the cook were all standing in a line, bowing as Rin acted a queen. Shirou just huffed and looked away.
"Jeez... what a queen."
Shirou took a couple steps inside, his large boots slamming into the tile. Behind him, a maid was busily cleaning off the mud that he tracked in, she was obviously very annoyed with him. He hunkered down onto a ebony wood seat with a soft, artistically made cushion. Rin talked with a couple of the maids, they all nodded and whisked away in a hurry.
"Shirou, there's someone you have to meet, he's coming soon."
Shirou crossed one leg over the other, his trench coat flipped open. A maid came in quickly and left a tea set on the Japanese redwood table in front of him. He flipped a couple sugar cubes inside and sipped it.
"A he? Rin, well this is a surprise..."
"Wait, no, Shirou, it's not what you think."
The doors opened up once more. Standing in the doorway was a young boy, his greenish eyes hinted a bit of mischievous danger. He stood with his hands in his pockets, a tuff of hair bounced up and down as he walked. The curly brown hair bounced as if in synchronization. Rather than something formal such as a bow or even a friendly hello, Kamatari said something else.
"What? Who's this?"
"Kamatari, that's not nice, you have to be at least a little more courteous with guests."
Shirou crept near Rin's ear, whispering to her as he gave Kamatari a wary look.
"Hey Rin, isn't he a little too young to be screwing with?"
Rin's face lit up like a rocket, she was flushed with embarrassment and turned around to face Shirou. In the same manner Shirou did, Rin spoke to him, just evilly.
"Hey... Shirou, remember that dagger I lent you? Did you know that I kept it in my back pocket this entire time?"
"Wh... what do you mean?"
"Shirou... do you want to die?"
As if she were a demon, flames seemed to erupt out of her, her hatred was the spark that lit the fire. Shirou immediately knew when to shut up, he slowly backed away and looked at Kamatari. Kamatari slowly walked up to Shirou, looking all around him. Kamatari's eyes suddenly lit up with realization, he grinned.
"You're Shirou Emiya!"
Shirou looked down at Kamatari, he stood about a couple inches shorter than Shirou, but had the aura of someone much bigger. It seemed that he almost diffused his own energetic nature all around him.
"Yes, how did you know?"
"I think... I've seen you before."
"What's your name?"
"Me? My name's Kamatari, Kamatari Tohsaka."
Shirou was speechless, he just pointed from Kamatari to Rin, back to Kamatari.
"You... you're..."
He pulled Rin back and whispered to her as Kamatari took a cup of tea and drank it silently. His mom told him that she was bringing back an old friend. Shirou shook his head in disappointment as he looked at Rin.
"Rin, I can't believe it..."
"What? It shouldn't be that much of a shock, I felt like settling down."
"Yeah... but, you know, you shouldn't marry someone that young."
Rin scrunched her nose and looked at Shirou like he had been joking, or rather, he must have been joking. Unfortunately for Shirou, he wasn't joking, as evident by his next statement.
"But, even so, at least let him keep his last name. Taking advantage of little kids like that."
Rin was definitely pissed, she felt a burning hatred inside her that she had not felt in a long time. Rin lifted her fist in anger and threw a hard right hook into Shirou's face. He flew back.
"Shirou, you idiot!"
Rin grabbed Kamatari and placed him in front of her as if he were a rag doll up for display at a cheap one dollar store.
"This person, this kid, is my child."
Shirou pinched himself, he was sure she was kidding, but it was better than the way he was thinking, much better.
"Wait, how? Who did..."
"Shirou, it's better not to talk about that."
Shirou picked up the air of despair quickly, Kamatari looked away as if something horrible had happened and he wanted to disappear.
"Oh..."
Shirou looked around nervously, he realized that his own isolation from the rest of humanity has made it difficult for him to see everything the way that everyone else had seen it.
"Kamatari is it?"
Kamatari nodded silently, looking at Shirou as if he were a stranger and Kamatari was the small child ready to willingly accept candy. Shirou set his hand on Kamatari's head, even though Kamatari was 18, Shirou treated him like a child.
"Mr. Emiya, how do you know my mother?"
Shirou smiled as he looked at Rin, she looked the other way as if she were blocking him out of her memories.
"It's a long story, and a long past."
"Are you guys close?"
Shirou looked up into the ceiling, the lavishly painted figure of an angel piercing a demon's heart seemed to take all the attention away from the other figures.
"We've kept in touch by phone... that's all."
Kamatari looked like he was satisfied. He sipped the rest of his tea and set it down on the tea set.
"But... what are you doing here?"
Shirou showed an almost evil smile.
"You didn't hear? I'll be your Moderator."
Kamatari looked confused, he tilted his head sideways slightly and moved his lip to one side.
"Moderator?"
"That's right, the War... the War is going to begin soon."
"Well, then it's a pleasure to meet you."
Kamatari bowed and looked at Rin who was nearly tearing up. Of all the emotions Rin picked to choose, she chose the one that she swore she would never express. Ever since that day.
"Kamatari, please don't make things too dangerous for yourself."
Shirou sighed as he turned away and lit a cigarette. He was lost in his own little world as Rin and Kamatari spoke to each other. He knew it was best to leave the mother to her child.
"Yes, yes mom. I'll get a Saber class. Don't worry mom, you've trained me for all of the 18 years of my life. I'm sure I'll be fine. Now, I'll be gone for 3 days, please don't worry about me."
Rin looked down, as if she had already lost her child to some senseless war. Pea-sized tears appeared at the sides of her eyes, she showed a painful smile through all of it.
"I know Kamatari, you'll be fine..."
Kamatari walked away as a single maid followed him around, also cleaning up after him. Evidentially, the family did not take care about cleanliness as much as the maids. If it weren't for the maids, they would have been stuck in a pigsty and not care about it. Luckily for the both of them, wealth flowed freely for them thanks to Rin's occupation. After Kamatari walked away, Shirou came back, the cigarette still smoking out.
"Eh? A Saber class? Does he really need 3 days for it?"
"Shirou, not everyone is as lucky or as half-assed as you are."
Shirou smiled.
"I'm not sure about lucky, but I guess no one is as half-assed as me."
"I guess I'm just worried. Do you think he'll make it?"
Shirou puffed out a ring of smoke.
"I don't know, but trust me, I'll make sure that he does with all of my power. If push comes to shove, he can always find refuge in the church."
Rin felt relieved, she looked at the door Kamatari had disappeared off into.
"This brings back a lot of memories... I wish... I wish Illyasviel was here to see this. I wonder how she would have grown."
"Hey, Rin, it's not a good thing to bring back bad memories, they'll do nothing, but hurt you even more."
Rin bitterly wept, she cried on Shirou's shoulder. She clung onto his trench coat, pulling on it with all her strength. Shirou patted her back and spoke softly to her, trying to ameliorate her pain.
"Rin, I'll take care of him. I know my role, but who says a little interference hurt?"
Rin suddenly remembered what Tristan had said, she looked up into his eyes, those eyes that showed years of suffering, years of emotional death, had shown a burning compassion that Rin was warmed by. She buried her face into his coat. Shirou looked up and closed his eyes.
"Maybe... maybe hope is the most important thing..."
"Hey... Shirou."
Shirou looked down.
"Smoking is bad for you."
Shirou chuckled and held onto her, he knew he was her emotional support at these time, he remembered everything she had told him about.
"I know Rin... I know."
Ch. 8 – Bach's Violina Air
Tohsaka Residence
Rin walked through the front doors, her eyes lit up through the power of nostalgia. All three of the house maids, plus the cook were all standing in a line, bowing as Rin acted a queen. Shirou just huffed and looked away.
"Jeez... what a queen."
Shirou took a couple steps inside, his large boots slamming into the tile. Behind him, a maid was busily cleaning off the mud that he tracked in, she was obviously very annoyed with him. He hunkered down onto a ebony wood seat with a soft, artistically made cushion. Rin talked with a couple of the maids, they all nodded and whisked away in a hurry.
"Shirou, there's someone you have to meet, he's coming soon."
Shirou crossed one leg over the other, his trench coat flipped open. A maid came in quickly and left a tea set on the Japanese redwood table in front of him. He flipped a couple sugar cubes inside and sipped it.
"A he? Rin, well this is a surprise..."
"Wait, no, Shirou, it's not what you think."
The doors opened up once more. Standing in the doorway was a young boy, his greenish eyes hinted a bit of mischievous danger. He stood with his hands in his pockets, a tuff of hair bounced up and down as he walked. The curly brown hair bounced as if in synchronization. Rather than something formal such as a bow or even a friendly hello, Kamatari said something else.
"What? Who's this?"
"Kamatari, that's not nice, you have to be at least a little more courteous with guests."
Shirou crept near Rin's ear, whispering to her as he gave Kamatari a wary look.
"Hey Rin, isn't he a little too young to be screwing with?"
Rin's face lit up like a rocket, she was flushed with embarrassment and turned around to face Shirou. In the same manner Shirou did, Rin spoke to him, just evilly.
"Hey... Shirou, remember that dagger I lent you? Did you know that I kept it in my back pocket this entire time?"
"Wh... what do you mean?"
"Shirou... do you want to die?"
As if she were a demon, flames seemed to erupt out of her, her hatred was the spark that lit the fire. Shirou immediately knew when to shut up, he slowly backed away and looked at Kamatari. Kamatari slowly walked up to Shirou, looking all around him. Kamatari's eyes suddenly lit up with realization, he grinned.
"You're Shirou Emiya!"
Shirou looked down at Kamatari, he stood about a couple inches shorter than Shirou, but had the aura of someone much bigger. It seemed that he almost diffused his own energetic nature all around him.
"Yes, how did you know?"
"I think... I've seen you before."
"What's your name?"
"Me? My name's Kamatari, Kamatari Tohsaka."
Shirou was speechless, he just pointed from Kamatari to Rin, back to Kamatari.
"You... you're..."
He pulled Rin back and whispered to her as Kamatari took a cup of tea and drank it silently. His mom told him that she was bringing back an old friend. Shirou shook his head in disappointment as he looked at Rin.
"Rin, I can't believe it..."
"What? It shouldn't be that much of a shock, I felt like settling down."
"Yeah... but, you know, you shouldn't marry someone that young."
Rin scrunched her nose and looked at Shirou like he had been joking, or rather, he must have been joking. Unfortunately for Shirou, he wasn't joking, as evident by his next statement.
"But, even so, at least let him keep his last name. Taking advantage of little kids like that."
Rin was definitely pissed, she felt a burning hatred inside her that she had not felt in a long time. Rin lifted her fist in anger and threw a hard right hook into Shirou's face. He flew back.
"Shirou, you idiot!"
Rin grabbed Kamatari and placed him in front of her as if he were a rag doll up for display at a cheap one dollar store.
"This person, this kid, is my child."
Shirou pinched himself, he was sure she was kidding, but it was better than the way he was thinking, much better.
"Wait, how? Who did..."
"Shirou, it's better not to talk about that."
Shirou picked up the air of despair quickly, Kamatari looked away as if something horrible had happened and he wanted to disappear.
"Oh..."
Shirou looked around nervously, he realized that his own isolation from the rest of humanity has made it difficult for him to see everything the way that everyone else had seen it.
"Kamatari is it?"
Kamatari nodded silently, looking at Shirou as if he were a stranger and Kamatari was the small child ready to willingly accept candy. Shirou set his hand on Kamatari's head, even though Kamatari was 18, Shirou treated him like a child.
"Mr. Emiya, how do you know my mother?"
Shirou smiled as he looked at Rin, she looked the other way as if she were blocking him out of her memories.
"It's a long story, and a long past."
"Are you guys close?"
Shirou looked up into the ceiling, the lavishly painted figure of an angel piercing a demon's heart seemed to take all the attention away from the other figures.
"We've kept in touch by phone... that's all."
Kamatari looked like he was satisfied. He sipped the rest of his tea and set it down on the tea set.
"But... what are you doing here?"
Shirou showed an almost evil smile.
"You didn't hear? I'll be your Moderator."
Kamatari looked confused, he tilted his head sideways slightly and moved his lip to one side.
"Moderator?"
"That's right, the War... the War is going to begin soon."
"Well, then it's a pleasure to meet you."
Kamatari bowed and looked at Rin who was nearly tearing up. Of all the emotions Rin picked to choose, she chose the one that she swore she would never express. Ever since that day.
"Kamatari, please don't make things too dangerous for yourself."
Shirou sighed as he turned away and lit a cigarette. He was lost in his own little world as Rin and Kamatari spoke to each other. He knew it was best to leave the mother to her child.
"Yes, yes mom. I'll get a Saber class. Don't worry mom, you've trained me for all of the 18 years of my life. I'm sure I'll be fine. Now, I'll be gone for 3 days, please don't worry about me."
Rin looked down, as if she had already lost her child to some senseless war. Pea-sized tears appeared at the sides of her eyes, she showed a painful smile through all of it.
"I know Kamatari, you'll be fine..."
Kamatari walked away as a single maid followed him around, also cleaning up after him. Evidentially, the family did not take care about cleanliness as much as the maids. If it weren't for the maids, they would have been stuck in a pigsty and not care about it. Luckily for the both of them, wealth flowed freely for them thanks to Rin's occupation. After Kamatari walked away, Shirou came back, the cigarette still smoking out.
"Eh? A Saber class? Does he really need 3 days for it?"
"Shirou, not everyone is as lucky or as half-assed as you are."
Shirou smiled.
"I'm not sure about lucky, but I guess no one is as half-assed as me."
"I guess I'm just worried. Do you think he'll make it?"
Shirou puffed out a ring of smoke.
"I don't know, but trust me, I'll make sure that he does with all of my power. If push comes to shove, he can always find refuge in the church."
Rin felt relieved, she looked at the door Kamatari had disappeared off into.
"This brings back a lot of memories... I wish... I wish Illyasviel was here to see this. I wonder how she would have grown."
"Hey, Rin, it's not a good thing to bring back bad memories, they'll do nothing, but hurt you even more."
Rin bitterly wept, she cried on Shirou's shoulder. She clung onto his trench coat, pulling on it with all her strength. Shirou patted her back and spoke softly to her, trying to ameliorate her pain.
"Rin, I'll take care of him. I know my role, but who says a little interference hurt?"
Rin suddenly remembered what Tristan had said, she looked up into his eyes, those eyes that showed years of suffering, years of emotional death, had shown a burning compassion that Rin was warmed by. She buried her face into his coat. Shirou looked up and closed his eyes.
"Maybe... maybe hope is the most important thing..."
"Hey... Shirou."
Shirou looked down.
"Smoking is bad for you."
Shirou chuckled and held onto her, he knew he was her emotional support at these time, he remembered everything she had told him about.
"I know Rin... I know."