Tsukiko Chronicle
Chapter 2 – Meeting of souls
AN: I do not own Harry potter, Type-moon or anything that's worth ALOT of money. This is non profit and purely for fun. This chapter took me quite a while. Almost 12000 words. I hope you will enjoy this chapter. I will do my best to produce readable material for your enjoyment.
Version 2.0 correction 2.25.16
Second of October, 1986
Little Whinging local Library
It was a cloudy afternoon. Within Little Whinging library sat a young girl no more than six years old in the darkest corner of the library. The girl had short messy black hair, a strange scar above her right eyebrow, she wore a white shirt with long sleeve pink jumpers and mid length light brown skirt going to her knees.
At first she would appear to be a normal and beautiful child reading a book, but if one were to look closer, they would have noticed the vacant expression and soulless green eyes.
The young girl lived with her aunt Petunia Dursley, her cousin Dudley Dursley and her uncle Vernon Dursley. Both her aunt Petunia and cousin Dudley were out shopping, she would have been left alone with her uncle Vernon, if she had not sneaked out of the house soon after. The girl was terrified of her uncle, while her aunt and cousin threw abuse at her, even hitting her at times.
It was her uncle that scared her the most. His eyes were always filled with something, every time he looked at her. He always buys her new cloth, made sure she was fed properly, but the look in his eyes always seemed to want something from her, something that would break her completely.
While the girl was deep in thoughts and her book, she never noticed an old man sitting next to her. It was only when the old man closed his book and walked towards the entrance of the library did she noticed him and the red stone shard he left behind.
The girl thought the old man had forgotten to take the pretty red shard. She said to him in a small, shy voice, "Sir, you left your red stone." The old man just kept walking. The girl picked up the stone and was about to run towards the old man and return the item he left behind.
It was then she felt something strange with the hand that was holding the stone. She opened her hand and discovered the red shard 'sinking' into her hand, it was then she felt pain exploded from her chest and spread outwards. In her delirious state of endless pain, she never realized she was screaming, the last thing she saw before unconsciousness took her, was the blurry image of the old man half turned his head towards her and smiled at her.
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She did not know how much time had passed since she had fallen unconscious. When she had woken up, she found herself in a strange place. As far as her eyes could see, was a barren desert with monolithic gears in the skies and infinite number of swords littered the ground like grave markers. As she looked on in awe, she noticed the sky was in an eternal sunset with many clouds moving slowly through the skies, casting soft shadows across the strange world.
For the first time in her life, she found beauty in this breathtaking landscape. As the girl took in the landscape, she noticed movements coming towards her, the girl looked around her, found the biggest blade she could see and hid herself. The girl hid behind a massive blade that seemed to be made of rocks, as she quietly observed the strange situation that was unfolding before her, the man she saw earlier was soon joined by two other women.
Shirou Emiya was confused, one moment he was with Zelretch when he used the soul stone and next he was within his reality marble, Unlimited Blade Works. Shirou could tell something was off with Unlimited Blade Works. It almost felt like something extra was added into his reality marble, but before he could further contemplate on this, he was soon joined by Rin Tohsaka and Saber.
Shirou noticed their wide eyes and slacked jaw expression, he said the first thing that came to his mind. "Hi."
Shirou soon found out that might had been the worst possible thing to say as Rin slugged him right across his jaw and knocking him down. This was when Shirou discovered that extra addition. He could feel within his mind scape, he could feel the wind, the hard ground, breath the air, have all five of his senses and of-course that VERY painful punch Rin had just given him to his jaw. As Shirou stood up and tried to recover from the daze of that punch, Saber went right in front of Shirou and send an uppercut straight into his jaw with her metal gauntlet, Shirou was sent five feet into the air and landed on his ass, dazed, confused and more than a little frustrated.
Shirou said with annoyance. "It's good to see you too, Saber." When Shirou looked up, he was not expecting to see both Rin and Saber had tears in their eyes. Angry, YES. Tearful, NO. Shirou was speechless.
After Arturia punched Shirou. All the pain, sorrow, frustration and anger just boiled over. The stupid ass hole, he had been dead for two years and all he had to say to them was 'Hi.' She thought she had lost him for good. For two long years she had mourned for his death, so had Arturia.
Rin said with tears in her eyes. "Shirou, do you have ANY idea what you put me and Arturia through, we MOURNED for you for two years. For two years we cried for you, for two years, I felt dead inside because of you." Rin knelt on the floor and cried. "When we finally met again, all you said was 'Hi?'" As Rin cried, Arturia knelt beside Rin and hugged her, rubbing her back with one hand and whisper soothing words to her. Rin whimpered and said in such a low voice, even Shirou had problem hearing them. "He doesn't know, he doesn't know."
Shirou was completely stumped, he knew how to deal with Rin when she was angry, but never like this, of all the years he had known her. This was only the second time for Shirou to see Rin this upset, this broken up. The first time when Shirou saw Rin this upset was when Sakura, his kohai committed suicide. Shirou moved to comfort Rin, but Saber stopped him with a glare.
Saber said to him. "Shirou, NOW is not a good time, so stay back."
Shirou was confused and said to them. "Didn't Zelretch tell you two I was sealed in the soul stone he made?" At this Saber looked at him in sheer amazement.
Saber said to him. "You trusted Zelretch to tell us something that important? Have you lost your mind as well as your senses, SHIROU EMIYA?!" On reflection, Shirou realized his mistake and because of this Rin along with Saber had suffered greatly for two years. Before he could say anything else, he felt a presence behind Heracles sword. With a simple command, the sword broke up and revealed a six year old girl hiding behind the sword.
To the girl, the man dressed rather strangely, black under clothing with curved lines of silver, black and grey trousers, boots with metal covering, he also wore a red cloak that seemed to separate at his waist and made the cloak into a two piece clothing. He had white hair, dark skin, silver grey eyes and was extremely tall.
The two women that came after him. The girl noticed one of them was wearing armour, silver breast plate with two silver triple segmented armour plate running down on either side of her hip, she also wore silver metal gloves that covered her entire forearm, silver armour boots that had gone all the way up to her knees. Beneath those armour she wore some sort of blue dress. The young woman had golden hair tied into a bun, beautiful pale green eyes like jade stone, for some reason the girl compared this blond hair young woman to a noble knight, one that slays dragon and save the princess, she wondered, if this knight had come to save her from the Dursley.
The other woman dressed in a red turtle-neck shirt with a white cross in front of her shirt, a short black skirt that only barely covered the upper half of her thigh, black long socks that reached all the way to the middle of her thigh and she wore traditional leather shoes. She had brown wavy hair that was styled into twin pony tails with black ribbons on either side of her head, she had light blue eyes and sharp features. To the girl, she seemed like a business woman that could run her own company or a very strict teacher.
The following events that had happen when they met, had confused the girl greatly. Why did the two women hit the man? Why were the two women crying? Why were the two women shouting at the man? Was the red cloak man a bad person? As the girl was thinking about those questions, she realized too late the blade she was hiding behind had vanished into thin air.
Shirou watched, as the young girl looked confused then realized her cover was gone. She looked at them, looked left then right, then ran to the next blade and tried to hide behind a double handed broad sword. Shirou approached the young girl with a gentle smile on his face. The girl tried to hid as much of herself as she could.
Shirou decided to start off with an introduction. "Hey, my name is Shirou Emiya, can you tell me how you got here?" The girl looked at him with a vacant expression, one that had slightly disturbed Shirou.
The young girl had shrunken further behind the sword and replied softly. "Don't want to."
Shirou sweat drop at this and asked. "Umm, why not?"
The young girl said to him. "You made two girls cry, so you're a bad man, I don't want to tell you anything." For the few times in Shirou life, he felt utter despair. A six year old girl just called him a bad man, and its all true, he did make Saber and Rin cry.
As Shirou curled up into a ball in despair. Arturia approached the girl while supporting Rin. Arturia decided to introduce herself and Rin to the young girl. "Hello young one. My name is Arturia Pendragon, this is my friend Rin Tohsaka, would you mind telling me your name?"
The young girl looked up at her and said in an emotionless dead voice. "I don't have a name. My uncle, aunt and cousin calls me freak. They said my real parents don't love me, so they didn't give me a name." Arturia winced at what the girl said, she looked over to Rin and saw her turned white as a ghost.
When the young girl answered Arturia question, Rin could not help but see a superimposed image of this girl with her sister Sakura, when she was six years old. She had the same emotionless eyes, the same withdrawn empty expression. This girl looked nothing like Sakura, all they had in common was her expression and the way she dressed, but this was enough to drag up unpleasant memory, as Rin though back to the day when she received news of her sister suicide.
(Flash back)
Seventh of June, 2003
Nasuverse Clock Tower
It was the start of the working day for Rin, learning second true magic from Zelretch and refining her jewel craft within her work shop. Before she start her day, Rin headed to the reception to collect her mails.
It was then a staff member of the clock tower intercepted her. "Miss Tohsaka, may I have a moment of your time?" Rin stopped and looked at the man, by the way he dress, he must be responsible for handling all the paperwork and delivery in the clock tower.
Rin replied. "Yes, how can I help you?"
The man looked uncomfortable and said. "Miss Tohsaka, there is no easy way to say this, Miss Sakura Matou passed away this morning, they said it was suicide, you have my condolence." Rin felt weak in her legs, it took all her effort to remain standing. The man continued."I have the keys to Miss Sakura Matou personal effects, her will stated that you are to inherit everything she has." The man gave the keys to Rin.
Over the next few days, Rin poured over the journal Sakura kept. In a fit of anger, Rin threw her tea cup against the wall of her work shop, she pick up her chair, smashed it against work bench, as she proceeded to demolishing her work shop. Breaking many instruments, whether it was instinct or magus training, Rin managed to avoid destroying priceless research. Rin sat down into the corner of her workshop and cried.
The journal Sakura kept described her time with the Matou since age six. The inhumane training, the neglect, the torture and most of all the crest worms, Rin thought to herself, what kind of sick fuck would stick those things into a six year old girl. Then she read the entry in the fifth holy grail war, how she was used to summon rider, how Zouken Matou ordered Shinji to rape her sister, but the hair that had broken the camels back was not from Sakura journal.
It was from her father research into the Matou families, to her shock, she found research document into crest worms, long before the fourth holy grail war, the document was made by her father. The old fuck knew all along what he was sending Sakura into. Rin idolised her father, this revelation was what drove her over the edge.
Later that day Rin was found by Arturia and Shirou, it was thanks to them, that she was able to pull herself together, she told them what had happened to Sakura, they were shocked and offered their support to her, they were even willing to ask Zelretch to give Rin a few days off.
Zelretch agreed to let Rin have some time off, told her to put her house in order and tied up lose ends.
Eleventh of June, 2003
Fuyuki City hospital
Rin Tohsaka stood over a comatose Shinji Matou. "If I had known what you did to Sakura, I never would have saved you." As Rin said this, she pulled the plug from Shinji Matou life support machine. She placed a bounded field over Shinji room and over herself. Shinji Matou would be long dead before anyone could reach him. As Rin make her exit and returned to the Clock Tower in London.
(Flash back)
The thought of the young girl before her was suffering the same fate as her sister Sakura, sickened her. Rin was determined there and then, she would help this girl escape her uncle and aunt. Rin would not let this child become a second Sakura Matou, not if she could help it.
Rin quickly gathered herself and kneeled down in front of the girl, Rin placed herself on the same eye level with the girl. Rin looked into her eyes and said. "Well, that will not do, we can't just call you 'girl' or 'hey you'." Rin took a moment to look deeper into her eyes. "And we will NEVER call you freak." At this Rin noticed the girl eyes widened a little before returning to her almost expressionless gaze.
Rin took this as a good sign as she smiled softly at her and thought of a good name for her. "Until we find your real name. We will call you Taiga-chan. OK?" The girl nodded in reply. Rin noticed a little life was returning to the girl.
Shirou Emiya was still in a state of self loathing. He muttered. "The girl is right, I'm a bad man. I'm a bad man." As Shirou muttered this over and over, he never noticed Rin came up behind him and booted him in the back of his head.
As Shirou face met the ground. He heard Rin said to him in an annoyed tone. "How long are you going to sit there and mope? Get moving, this is your reality marble, so you should know where to go next."
Shirou gathered himself and picked his face off the floor. He replied. "Well, we are all souls here. I assume Zelretch also used the soul stone on you and Saber?" Rin just nodded at him in reply. Shirou then looked to Taiga-chan. "So the question is, how did Taiga-chan get here?" However instead of replying to Shirou question. Taiga-chan ran behind Saber and hid herself from Shirou. As Shirou once again found himself in an state of despair.
Rin Tohsaka found the situation before her VERY amusing, who would have thought little girls would be Shirou's weakness. As Rin mused over this, she approached Taiga-chan and said. "its ok Taiga-chan, you don't have to be afraid, you didn't do anything wrong, you can tell me and Arturia how you got here." Rin had left Shirou name out on purpose. She met Shirou eyes and gave him one of the coldest smile she has, Rin reminded him. 'This is FAR from over.'
Taiga looked up into Rin eyes and told her how she was hiding from her uncle, when her aunty and cousin was out shopping. How she met an old man who left a pretty red shard and tried to return the stone to him, only to find the stone 'sinking' into her hand.
Taiga description of how her uncle tried to be alone with her had raised alarm bells, to Rin it was all the sign of grooming, good thing Taiga seemed to have unnaturally sharp instinct to stay away from her uncle. Rin dreaded to think what might have happened, if this Vernon person got the chance to be alone with Taiga.
Then there was Zelretch, what in the name of Root was he thinking! When he gave the soul stone to Taiga? From the description of her pain, when the soul stone 'sunk' into her hand, it sounded very similar to a person who had all their magic circuits opened in one go. Rin could not be sure of anything, she would need detail analysis and testing to determine what was really going on.
Shirou Emiya came out of his self loathing, when he heard Taiga's story on how she acquired the soul stone. Many things in Taiga story concerned him greatly, he also knew Zelretch never does anything without a purpose, serious or not. Shirou was betting on the serious side this time. Shirou looked over to Saber to see how she was holding up. As expected, Saber was barely able to hold in her anger. Shirou knew Saber was keeping quite for Taiga sake, her words might scare the already fragile girl.
Shirou closed his eyes and focused on his mind scape to see if there was any changes, during his search Shirou discovered his mind was no long just his. Foreign elements were at the centre of his Unlimited Blade Works.
As he came out of his meditation, he called out to the two women and one girl. "Rin, Saber, Taiga-chan. There is something different at the centre of this mind scape, we might find what we are looking for there." As Shirou headed towards the centre of Unlimited Blade Works, Saber, Rin and Taiga followed after him. Taiga clung onto Rin the whole time and putting as much distance and obstacle between herself and Shirou. Shirou could only sigh at this, guessed he made a poor impression on Taiga. As he was thinking this, Shirou spotted a person in the distance.
Arcueid Brunestud was confused. One moment she was dreaming of a volleyball competition on the beach with Shiki as the main prize and now she was in the middle of a barren desert with infinite number of swords as grave markers. The massive gears in the sky and the eternal sunset made it somewhat enchanting, but hardly romantic. Arcueid knew she was no longer in her dream, since Shiki was not here with her. She also no longer felt her blood impulse and the presence of The Millennium Castle. There was only one explanation she could think off that make any sense at all, Zelretch.
Arcueid pondered what it all meant, she spotted a man with white hair and tan skin, he wore black and red armour. She could sense a battle hardened spirit within the man, he was like a drawn sword.
The blond hair young woman beside him was even more impressive, she wore a silver and blue armour, she was giving off a noble air that was rare even within the clock tower.
Then she spotted the other woman, a brown hair woman with twin pony tail tied with black ribbons, she wore a red turtle-neck shirt, black mini skirt and over the knee black socks.
Arcueid met her before, she was Zelretch latest apprentice! Judged by her ashen face, she recognised Arcueid, which could be both good and bad. She watched as the ashen girl ran behind the blond hair woman, putting the white hair man and the blond hair woman between them. Yes, it was definitely leaning towards bad. It was only then did Arcueid noticed a very young girl with short black hair, with a strange scar above her right eyebrow, she wore a white shirt, with long sleeve pink jumpers and mid length light brown skirt going over her knees.
Arcueid could see sadness in the girl eyes, she could tell the girl have build a wall around herself. The girl looked at her for a moment before she dashed behind Zelretch apprentice, imitating her. Arcueid let out a little laugh at that and approached the strange group.
Rin Tohsaka was having a VERY BAD day. On top of Shirou being found alive and clueless as always, she met a young six year old girl that somehow dragged out the memory of her younger sister who committed suicide and now she met a person that scared the living day lights out of her.
The White Princess of the True Ancestor, Arcueid Brunestud. It was official, her day could not possibly get any worse. It was then Arcueid Brunestud approached them with a smile on her face. Shirou and Arturia tensed up, they were ready to fight at a moments notice. That was when she realized Taiga was not behind her, she looked around and to Rin's horror, Taiga was standing in front of the True Ancestor.
Taiga looked at the young woman approaching Miss Rin, Miss Arturia and the bad man. She had shoulder length blond hair and red eyes. She wore a white jumper, purple long skirt and black long boots. However what got her attention the most, was how happy she looked. Joy and happiness rolled off her like waves. Taiga looked at Rin, Arturia and the bad man. She noticed they were afraid of this person. Taiga was confused, she went up to the short blond hair woman and asked her. "Miss, why are they afraid of you?" Taiga pointed at the trio as she said this.
Arcueid was impressed when this little girl just walked up to her and asked her why her three companions were afraid of her. Arcueid decided to ask a question of her own. "They are afraid of me because of what I am, because of my reputation." Arcueid looked into the young girl's green eyes and continued. "So, little one, why aren't you afraid of me?"
The young girl tilted her head to the side, she looked confused and replied. "You seem so happy and nice, so I was confused why they would be afraid of you?" Arcueid was not expecting that answer. Even though the girl seemed to have lost her emotion, much liked her until she met Shiki, the young girl was being truthful to her.
Arcueid smiled happily at the little girl and decided to introduce herself. "I am Arcueid Brunestud, White Princess of the True Ancestor. True Ancestor is a powerful race of vampire." The little girls eyes widened at this. Arcueid smiled sadly, she thought the little girl was afraid of her.
The little girl said. "Miss Arcueid, does that mean you SPARKLE under the sun?" Arcueid face planted the floor. She was NOT expecting that! Arcueid picked herself up.
Arcueid asked. "Little one. Why do you think vampire 'sparkle' in the day light?" The little girl looked up for a moment, one finger pointing at her own chin in a thinking pose.
The little girl answered. "It was from a series called the Twilight Saga, the cover on the book was strange, it has no author name, just the publishing company called Zelretch Inc."
Arcueid decided there and then, that if she ever met Zelretch again. She was going to break his nose. Arcueid looked at the slightly happy girl and said. "Sorry little one. I don't 'sparkle' under the sun." The little girl looked crestfallen at that, Arcueid started to feel guilty for shattering the girl's expectation and decided to cheer her up. She summoned seven small white orbs of light, soft white light like miniature moon orbited the little girl. Arcueid smiled and continued. "But I can do some pretty cool magic tricks like those." Arcueid saw the girl eyes lights up with wonder and happiness. Arcueid felt happy just being able to cheer up the little girl. She realized, she never asked her name or that of her three companions. "So little one, what's your name and those three that are with you?"
The little girl looked to the floor and said. "Before I met Miss Rin, I don't have a name. Until they find my real name, Miss Rin named me Taiga-chan." Arcueid realized Taiga was becoming uncomfortable and agitated. She wonder what the little girl had been through to become like this in her short life. Arcueid could see the girl perked up soon after and said to her. "Miss Rin is the woman in red, Miss Arturia is the blond hair woman and the white hair man is a bad man."
Arcueid narrowed her eyes at the white hair man and asked. "Taiga-chan, why is the white hair man a 'Bad man'."
Taiga replied. "The Bad man made Miss Rin and Arturia cry." Arcueid laughed and looked towards the three shell shocked companions of this amusing and interesting little girl.
Shirou was confused, when he saw Taiga standing in front of the True Ancestor, he formulated a dozen plans to save the little girl. Shirou had heard the reputation of the White Princess of the True Ancestor, Arcueid Brunestud. Their chance of beating her without casualty was low, VERY low, and now that chance seemed to have reduced to nil. Just as Shirou was ready to dash in and save Taiga.
He heard Taiga asked Arcueid Brunestud if she 'sparkle' under the sun and witnessed the True Ancestor face planted the floor, Shirou higher brain function stopped, Shirou wondered if he was dreaming? Did Taiga just ask a True Ancestor if she 'sparkle' under the sun? Did the True Ancestor face planted the floor? Now the True Ancestor was trying to cheer Taiga up?
Shirou turned to Rin and asked. "Rin, you seeing what I am seeing? Am I dreaming?" Rin looked over to Shirou and slapped him right across his face, Shirou responded with "OWWW! What was that for?"
Rin said to him. "No, you're not dreaming and you still deserve plenty more of those." Just as Shirou looked over to Arcueid and Taiga.
Shirou heard Taiga said. "The Bad man made Miss Rin and Arturia cry." Shirou winced at that, he REALLY did make a bad impression on Taiga and he had no idea how to make it up to her. Shirou decided this must be the fault of one counter guardian with too much time on his hand.
Rin Tohsaka was both confused and very afraid, confused at the interaction between Taiga and Arcueid Brunestud. Afraid, because of the reputation of the said True Ancestor. The said True Ancestor approached them with Taiga leading her. Rin mustered all her self control not to hide herself behind Arturia again.
Arcueid said to her. "Miss Rin Tohsaka if I am correct, the last time we met, you were handing in your assignment to the old man. How is he anyway? since I consider my current predicament involve him somehow."
Rin winced at this, she might as well filled her in and tell her the truth. "Miss Arcueid, I thinks it would be best if I start from the beginning."
Rin told Arcueid about her assignment to hunt down a sealing designate, how she almost died after being cursed, how Zelretch appeared before her and Arturia. Zelretch half hour explanation of how he came across the soul stone. Rin left most of those tales out, since they had no relation at all to the soul stone itself. She explained how she came across the little girl and how Zelretch implanted the stone into the little girl.
Arcueid face palmed and said. "At least you guys got an explanation. For me, one moment I was dreaming in Castle Brunestud and the next I am here in this weird place, I though I was still dreaming." Arcueid looked into Rin eye and said. "You left out some details, care to explain why Taiga called him a Bad Man?" Rin tried not to flinch when Arcueid pointed at Shirou. Even thought this was a personal matter, Rin decided they could not afford to deceive or refuse to answer Arcueid,. Their lives could very well be on the line. Rin told Arcueid about how Shirou died, how she and Arturia mourned for his death for two years, and finally their encounter within this mind scape.
Arcueid Brunestud would never admit this to anyone, she was a VERY romantic person, this side of her came to be when she met Shiki and two years of dreaming about Shiki had only made her into a more passionate and romantic sort of person. Not that anyone needed to know this detail, if this got out, her reputation would be ruined.
As Rin told her about the grief Shirou had caused her and finished with their less then ideal reunion. Arcueid gave Shirou one of her coldest glare and said. "Taiga-chan is right. You are a 'Bad Man'." Arcueid watched as Shirou curled up into a ball with an aura of depression over his head.
Arcueid saw another person approaching them in the distance, as the person got closer. Arcueid felt tears streamed down her face.
Shiki Tohno found himself on a strange desert filled with swords, those swords were like grave marks upon the landscape, he could not help but notice many of the beautifully crafted sword he came across, he also noticed the sky, strange massive gears, eternal sunset. Shiki found the whole scene awe inspiring.
As Shiki admired the scene before him, he spotted a group of people moving, he approached them, only to see one blurry figure ran towards him. As she got closer, Shiki felt tears welt up, his heart skipped a beat, he recognised her sun kissed blond hair, her ruby red eye, the unbridled joyous smile, she was as beautiful as the day he remembered her, only this time even more so as her true smile only made her even more beautiful.
Before Shiki realized, he was running towards Arcueid. He could hear Arcueid shouting his name as she embraced him. "Shiki! it's really you! It's not a dream, you're really here!" Shiki held Arcueid in a tight embrace, afraid of letting her go, afraid of losing her.
He said to Arcueid in joy and happiness. "I love you Arcueid! I love you so much, please don't leave me again." Arcueid responded by pushing Shiki down onto the floor, kissed him deeply and passionately. Shiki returned her kiss with equal passion and hunger.
Both Shiki and Arcueid stayed like this for almost a minute, before Shiki noticed a six year old girl looked at them with curiosity in her eye, he also noticed three other people looked at them with disbelief and shock.
Shiki took note the young girl dressed very modestly, she wore a white shirt, pink jumper, light brown skirt. The young girl has short black hair that seemed a little messy and a strange lightning bolt scar above her right eyebrow.
Shiki's attention turned to the white hair man behind the young girl, the red and black armour the man wore was most unusual. The way he moved, marked him as a seasoned fighter whose experience might greatly exceed his own. The man was very tall, he stood at six feet one inch.
He also noticed the golden hair girl next to him, she wore blue and silver armour, very short, around five feet tall, but despite her short stature, Shiki felt nothing but respect for this blond woman. Her stance told him, she was a seasoned fighter, even more so than the white hair man. She also seemed to give off an aura of leadership and charisma.
The girl with brown wavy hair tied into two pony tails, dressed in a red long sleeve shirt and black mini skirt, she gave off a serious and refine attitude, reminded him of Ciel senpai.
As Shiki examined the three, he helped himself and Arcueid up from the floor. Shirou, Rin and Arturia all have one unifying thought, the young man before them had black short hair, wore a large round glasses, he was a kind looking person, he wore a blue high school uniform, he was a very ordinary looking person. Both Arturia and Shirou noticed the new arrival was trained in combat, not for a long time, but trained none the less.
Rin Tohsaka was both confused and baffled by what she saw before her. How did this Shiki tamed a True Ancestor? How had he made a True Ancestor fall in love with him? As Rin was thinking up more and more bewildering scenarios.
Shiki Tohno greeted her. "Hello, My name is Shiki Tohno. May I have your name, Miss?"
Rin came out of her thoughts and replied. "Ahh yes, how rude of me. I am Rin Tohsaka, the woman next to me is Arturia Pendragon, the little girl there is Taiga and the man here is 'Bad Man' Shirou Emiya." Rin saw Shiki raised his eye brows at Shirou, as Arturia and Arcueid tried to hold in their laughter. Shirou looked like he was on the verge of tears.
Shiki nudged Arcueid and asked. "Why did they introduce him as 'Bad Man' Shirou Emiya?"
Arcueid held in her laughter and said. "I will explain later, Shiki. Also I might change my mind about breaking Zelretch's nose when I meet him next time, since I assume he brought you here as well." Shiki nodded with slight confusion at that statement.
Shiki noticed the six year old girl Taiga looked at him and Arcueid with an expression of curiosity. Before Shiki could introduce himself. Taiga cut him off.
Taiga said to him with a tone of excitement. "Mr Shiki, are you and Miss Arcueid boy friend and girl friend? In this book I read, what you did was a French kiss."At this point a book materialized from nowhere into Taiga hand, without thinking Taiga showed them a picture of a French kiss along with a diagram of tongue movement and continued. "It's also called a deep kiss, it said in the book, only couple who love each other very much do this." Both Shiki and Arcueid turned red at seeing the young girl showing them the book on kissing. They did not even notice Taiga literally materialized the book from nowhere.
Rin Tohsaka paid special attention to what Taiga had done, materializing items in a mind scape was not unusual, all of them could do the same as long as they were familiar with the item in question, like everyday objects or items they deal with on the regular basis or had detail knowledge of the item in question. What really stood out for Taiga in this case was the detail of the book she pulled out.
Rin decided to test Taiga, to see the full extent of the suspected ability she might have. "Taiga-chan, earlier you said that you have read books called the Twilight Saga, can you materialize those books for me?" Taiga looked unsure for a moment and seemed a little afraid at what she had just done.
Rin remembered the treatment Taiga suffered at her suppose relative and quickly added with a gentle smile. "Its okay, Taiga-chan, what you did is not weird, see I can do the same." Rin materialized a small perfectly cut topaz for Taiga. Taiga stared wide eye at the beautiful gem stone. Rin continued. "In this mind scape, everyone can create what they are most familiar with, I am sure later on we can show you some really interesting things. So please, don't be afraid of us. We won't treat you like the Dursley." Rin said the last part with some venom. Taiga nodded at her and materialized four books, all parts of the Twilight Saga.
Rin Tohsaka read through the pages at a fast pace and confirmed her suspicion, only one more test to confirmed it fully. "Taiga-chan, in the library, there is a guest registration form, did you put your name into one of them?" Taiga nodded at Rin. "Can you materialize that for me as well?" Taiga did as Rin asked and gave her the form. By now everyone was curious at what Rin was doing.
Arcueid was the first to ask. "Rin-san, what are you doing?" Rin decided it would be quicker to show them. Rin materialized two books, one book was technical book on gem stones. The other book was Northern Lights by Philip Pullman.
Rin said to them. "Read those two books and tell me what is missing." The group read the technical gem stones book and saw nothing wrong with it, but when they turned the pages in the Northern Lights book, they discovered a lot of words and sentences were blurred out.
Shiki said what everyone had on their mind. "Rin-san, a lot of things are missing from this novel, why is that?"
Rin replied. "Because that's all I can remember, Shiki-san." Rin moved into lecture mode number one as she materialized a chair to sit on and continued. "Because the human mind can only remember what the person deemed the most important, for me the gem stones book is linked to my research, so I remembered all the details in the book, while the novel is something I read to pass the time. The best for that novel is I remember the author, title and the cover. The detail inside was something I only have a passing interest in. Magus training included a second nature in remembering important details that are related to our research. But in Taiga-chan case."
Rin paused and smiled fondly at Taiga as she looked into the girl green eyes. "Taiga-chan remember everything she sees with crystal clarity. The Twilight Saga have no blurred parts, and I ask for the library registration form, knowing she will only pay brief attention to it, and see for yourself." Rin handed the form to Arcueid. They all looked at the form and discovered there was no blur or detail left out on the paper. Arcueid looked confused, so does most of them except Shirou.
Rin decided to fill them in. "Taiga-chan here have a rare ability called Eidetic memory, between two to ten percent of one to six year old have this ability, however after they turn six, this ability start to disappear, main reason for that is due to growing vocal skill in children. What made Taiga-chan stands out, she has fully developed vocal skills and still retains the full use of Eidetic memory, as shown in those books and that library form."
Rin Tohsaka kneeled down in front of Taiga, bring her to eye level with the young girl. She smiled gently and said. "Taiga-chan, you have a rare gift and I know you can become a very special magus, since for some reason Zelretch had chosen you to have the soul stone. If you want, how would you like to be adopted into the Tohsaka family?" Taiga's eyes widened and tears began to form in her eyes. Before Rin could continue, Arcueid snatched Taiga from behind.
Arcueid said to her. "Rin-san! It's not fair, you're hogging Taiga-chan all to yourself! I am going to have Taiga-chan as my daughter and Shiki can be her dad." Arcueid smiled happily as she hugged Taiga and gave a couple of spins with Taiga still in her arm. Shiki Tohno turned red and look apologetic to Rin, Arturia and Shirou.
Taiga felt very emotional and thought. 'Is this what happiness feels like?' When Miss Rin offered to adopt her into her family, Taiga felt happy. Then Miss Arcueid hugged her and said she wanted her to be her daughter to Miss Arcueid and Mr Shiki. Being hugged by Miss Arcueid felt very nice, soft, warm and safe. Taiga wanted to stay like this forever, if this was what it feels like to be wanted, to be loved. If it was, she never wanted this to end.
Shirou Emiya found the scene before him heart warming, it was good to see little Taiga show emotion like that, it was a shame he had to cut this heart warming scene short as he coughed into his hand to get everyone's attention. "Don't mean to interrupt, but we should make a move to the centre of this mind scape, the answer we are looking for might be there." Shirou watched Arcueid put Taiga down and held the little girl's hand, as she led her towards Shirou.
Arcueid with a bit of mirth said to him. "Well, lead the way, 'Bad Man' Shirou." Shirou slumped at this and knew deep in his heart, this was going to stick from this day onwards. Shirou led the group to the centre of Unlimited Blade Works. They found six statues and a large obsidian obelisk. Each statue faced outwards and form a circle, each statue was made from pure white marble, one for each of them. Shirou paid special attention to Taiga's statue. From her right eye brow, a dark web of cracks formed, the area of the crack seemed to ooze darkness.
Shirou decided this was not a good sign. Just as Shirou pondered what the darkness on Taiga statue could mean, the obsidian obelisk had lighten up, the obelisk was positioned outside the circle of statues. The obelisk projected an old man with dark brown overcoat with a hood covered the top half of his face and he wore a Jedi white robe under his coat. Shirou Emiya face palmed along with Shiki Tohno.
The projection continued. "This is a pre-recorded projection to give you all some important information. First being." At this the Zelretch projection become serious. "Yes, this is a Jedi master uniform I am wearing, I just got back from a star war convention when I made this recording."
At this both Shirou and Shiki looked extremely annoyed, while the girls looked completely clueless as to what the projection was talking about. "The second important information, is about the child I have placed all of you in. Her name is Tsukiko Potter, she has phenomenal two hundred magic circuits, each able to produce thirty units of prana, making her have the total of six thousand units of prana at her disposal, she is a natural born prodigy." Rin eyes and mouth widened in shock at this news.
Arcueid smiled at the newly named Tsukiko-chan, as the girl finally learned her real name. The projection continued. "The young lady also have two origins, one being 'Soul', the other I could not identify. Tsukiko Potter have the power and ability to bring you all back to life, how? I do not know. All I do know is that, she will find a way eventually." Everyone except Tsukiko face palmed at Zelretch's irresponsibility.
Rin noticed something odd about what Zelretch had said. He could not identify one of Tsukiko origin? Either the old man truly doesn't know or most likely, the old man was holding something back. Rin was betting on the old man holding information back. Zelretch always bet on certainty, he knows almost all the outcome and knows almost everything. There was something about Tsukiko he was not sharing. She just doesn't know what it was.
Rin looked over to Tsukiko, saw her cried a little and moved closer to Arcueid. Rin thought for a moment if it was a good idea to drag such a young innocent child into the world of magi. The projection continued unabated. "The third important information is the dimension you are all in. The rule of Gaia works differently here. For starter all mysteries do not diminish no matter how many people use it, secondly, the world does not see magecraft or other mysteries as unnatural or hostile, thus all craft and activation of magic circuit will be painless in this world. Even lingering magic or mysteries are slow to dissipate, sometimes even lasting for centuries."
Rin realized Tsukiko was already involved the moment Zelretch had chosen her, the very least Rin could do was to prevent Tsukiko from becoming the worse kind of magi. With her help she would become a magi with moral standards.
Rin thought with amusement, some magi she was turning out to be, she was becoming more and more like Shirou, his ideal must be contagious. The projection continued. "The fourth important information is the mind scape you are all in, Since this mind scape also belong to a six year old girl, all swearing and material that is rated over eighteen will be censored and restricted, that mean Rin will not have her three-some reunion until either she is free from the mind scape or when Tsukiko-chan turn eighteen." With that announcement the projection had an amused and evil grin.
Rin Tohsaka exploded. "What the 'beep', you old 'beep', you cannot do this to me, I waited two years for this, you old 'beep' 'beep' creep." Both Shirou and Arturia were holding Rin back from charging at the projection. They tried to calm her down. While Arcueid and Shiki turned bright red, they only just realized, they almost did something that no six year old were suppose to know about.
The projection continued after a momentary pause, allowing Rin to recover from her rants of murder and mayhem. The projection turned serious. "My last information. There is a foreign soul that will soon attempt to take over Tsukiko-chan, my soul stone may have opened an opportunity for a possession. So be on your guard." The projection paused for a moment and said. "Good luck and may the force be with you."
Both Shiki and Shirou face planted and both muttered. "He just have to go and ruin it!" The projection winked out.
After hearing Zelretch last warning, Shirou closed his eyes and focused on Unlimited Blade Works. After a moment, he found a dark presence was approaching the centre of the mind scape. Shirou opened his eyes and said. "Zelretch is right. I can feel a presence heading towards us from that direction, whoever it is will be here any moment."
Shirou pointed in the direction where the entity would come from, everyone turned towards where Shirou was pointing at and saw a dark robe figure heading towards them. The figure wore a midnight black robe, pale white skin, no hair, no nose and god forsaken ugly. Shirou was unsure whether to feel sorry for the guy. He stopped a good twenty metres away from the group.
The figure spoked loud enough for them to hear. "Tsukiko Potter! The girl who lived." The thing sneered at Tsukiko. "I. Lord Voldemort will now finish what I started five years ago, but first I will show you the true meaning of fear, before making you beg for death." At this the figure turned into a walrus like man.
Arcueid held onto Tsukiko hand, when the creature turned into a walrus like man. Tsukiko was shaking violently, her face had turn white as a ghost, with tears streaming down her face and fears that no child should possess.
Arcueid knew what she had to do. She hugged the young girl from behind and said to her. "Its okay Tsukiko-chan, I promise you I won't let him hurt you. With us here, he will never be able to lay a finger on you." Arcueid then focused her attention on the walrus like man, but before she could act.
Arturia shouted. "Stand down and leave this spectre to me! My honour as a knight demand that I strike this creature down." Arcueid decided to let it be, she needed to comfort Tsukiko-chan. It seemed like her words had some effect. Tsukiko-chan had stopped shaking.
Arcueid pulled Tsukiko into a tighter embrace and said. "Watch Tsukiko-chan. Watch what we can do and watch as we strike down the monster before you."
Arturia was beyond angry, this thing looked into Tsukiko's worse fear and used it to terrorise her. This 'Lord' Voldemort was nothing more then a coward. Arturia readied her invisible air and lower her stance, ready to spring the moment Voldemort made his first move.
Voldemort watched the group around Tsukiko Potter, those people and this landscape must had been part of the girl's Occlumency defence. No matter! He would sweep away the pitiful defence of a six year old girl and then he would show her true suffering and terror in the form of her uncle Vernon, then send her broken mind into the deepest and darkest corner of her psyche.
As he lifted his wand and chanted. "Avad-" He never finished his chant, as his wand along with his arm flew away from him, The young blond hair girl was already in range and slashed off his wand arm. Voldemort apparate away from her in the form of black smoke. And not a moment too soon, as Voldemort felt blood trickled down his neck, the wench ALMOST beheaded him! Voldemort saw red and summoned a hundred Inferi.
Voldemort shouted at them. "Tear her apart! Tear them all apart! Devour them, but leave the girl to me! I want her to see..." Voldemort stopped when he heard gears turned above him, he looked up and saw the gears turning as if the world he was in became a living entity. Thousands of black swords rain down on his Inferi.
Shirou aimed his Black keys at the undead, made sure he left this Voldemort untouched by his weapons. Saber would never let it go, if he killed her target. Shirou almost pitied Lord Voldemort, almost. Shirou smiled and looked over to Tsukiko-chan, the girl was staring at the scene with wide and bewilder eyes, then he heard Voldemort shouted at them. "Is this the best you can do? Inferi cannot be killed with muggle swords!"
At this Shirou said with a whisper. "Sacrament. Burn." Hundreds of Inferi burned to ashes as Shirou activated the command words of the Black key's Sacrament ability.
Voldemort watched as his Inferi army turned to ashes. He looked over at the group with unrivalled hatred. He used this hate. He shouted the words of the spell. "Fiendfyre" He could cast this spell wandlessly and he refused to lose to a six year old girl and her Occlumency puppet! A gigantic snake made of fire rushed toward Tsukiko.
Shiki Tohno watched as a colossus snake made of fire headed towards them, he looked towards Shirou and said. "Leave this to me, Emiya-san." Shiki then ruffled Tsukiko hair and said to her. "Watch this Tsukiko-chan."
Shiki took off his mystic eye killer glasses and ran towards the fire snake at top speed. Shiki could see the line of death on the snake and saw the points of death along its side. Shiki took out his knife, before the snake even noticed him. then drove the knife into the snake's points of death.
Voldemort could only laugh and sneer at the pathetic attempt, a muggle knife against his Fiendfyre filled with his malice and hatred. It was such a bad joke, he didn't even change course and just send his spell at the girl.
That was until the Fiendfyre stopped dead on it's track when the knife made contact, as Voldemort watched in fascination and fear. The giant Fiendfyre snake, started to break apart at the point where the knife made contact. Voldemort could only watch with complete shock. It was only then he realized something was VERY wrong. This land scape filled with swords, those people he had never seen before in the girl memory.
Voldemort was broken out of his thoughts when he heard a shout from the brown hair woman with twin pig tails. "Arturia, finish him!"
Voldemort felt a burst of power coming from the blond hair girl. In her hands, the invisible sword unravelled to reveal a beautifully crafted golden sword that would put the Gryffindor sword to shame. Voldemort noticed golden motes of light rising off the ground around them and headed towards the blond hair girl. As she lifted the sword and pointed it skywards. The golden light increased in intensity as it glows even brighter from the sword. The intensity was as bright as the sun itself, white glowing feather snowed down around the girl, the golden motes of light rushed toward and circled her.
Voldemort felt impending doom. He truly feared what was going to happen next, he feared this power he could not understand. Voldemort apparate away from her before she could bring that power down on him. As Voldemort came out of his apparate, he soon realized he did not move from where he was! That when he noticed the pig tail girl's hand out stretched and pointed a clear colour jewel at him. By the time he realized his mistake. It was too late.
He heard the golden hair girl shouted. "EXCALIBUR!".
A massive pillar of golden light rushed toward Voldemort, the last thought of Voldemort in the form of Vernon Dursley whispered out. "Impossible." Voldemort was caught in the golden light and erased from existence. All that remained of this soul fragment of Voldemort was a pile of broken dark crystals floating within Unlimited Blade Works.
Tsukiko Potter watched in wonder as the golden light blasted skywards. Parting the clouds and banishing the darkness as well as her fears.
Tsukiko remembered the words Arturia shouted when she used her golden sword, she called it Excalibur. This blond hair woman was none other than King Arthur. No books could prepare Tsukiko for the fact that King Arthur was actually a woman named Arturia Pendragon, no book could prepare her as she realized how beautiful she was at that moment, bathed in white feather and golden motes of light with Excalibur in her hand.
Shirou watched with amusement. When he saw Tsukiko-chan finally figured out Arturia real identity, the young girl looked at Arturia with star struck eyes. Shirou also noticed the darkness and crack on Tsukiko's statue had completely vanished, Shirou smiled at this. He and the others were able to save this girl from being possessed by that spectre. Shirou was truly happy for her.
Arcueid could see little Tsukiko was looking a lot better and said. "See, we won't let anyone hurt you, Tsukiko-chan. Everyone here are super strong and we are going to teach you how to be strong as well." Arcueid smiled at Tsukiko star struck expression.
Only then did Arcueid realised Tsukiko was becoming more and more transparent. Within moments, Tsukiko vanished from the Unlimited Blade Works mind scape. Much to Arcueid and everyone distress.
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Fifth of October, 1986
Little Winging Hospital
Tsukiko Potter had woken up in the middle of the night, she looked over to the wall and saw the clock's short hand pointed towards the number two. Tsukiko though to herself. 'Its two in the morning.' She looked around the room, she was on a hospital bed with a drip in her left arm.
As Tsukiko sat up in her bed, she felt tears dripped down onto her hands, she was crying. As she thought of Miss Rin, her promise to adopt her into her family. Miss Arturia, king of the knights. Mr Shiki, who could kill a colossal fire snake with a small knife. Miss Arcueid, whom she felt safe and happy with, said she wanted her as a daughter. Even Mr Shirou, who she thought was scary and make girls cry.
Tsukiko missed all of them and said. "I don't want to wake up. I want to be with Miss Rin, Miss Arturia, Miss Arcueid, Mr Shiki and Mr Shirou. I never been so happy before in my life. I just want to be with them." Tsukiko Potter cried into her hands, as her emotion and grief overflows.
Then she heard a voice in her mind. 'Took you long enough to stop calling me 'Bad Man'.'
Tsukiko head jerked up and said. "Mr Shirou?".
Then she heard Shirou said to her. 'Yes it's me. Tsukiko-chan, we are really moved by what you said earlier, but please don't say such sad things as not wanting to wake up. All of us love you very much.'
Tsukiko turned red and stuttered. "You all heard that?"
Shirou replied. 'Yes we did and I have to say that was very cu-'
Tsukiko heard a muffles scream from Shirou and heard Rin took over. 'Quit teasing her, you insensitive idiot! Sorry it took us a while to answer you Tsukiko-chan. We only just figured out the obelisk allow us to talk to you directly when we touch it. But only one at a time.' Tsukiko could feel a pause from Rin and heard. 'Tsukiko-chan, Shirou and I saw all your memories from you statue.'
Tsukiko felt her heart drop and thought 'Are they going to hate me now?'
Rin replied. 'Tsukiko-chan, why would we hate you?'
Tsukiko said. "You heard that?"
Rin replied. 'When you think out loud, I can hear you, as long as I touch this obelisk. Tsukiko-chan, what the Dursley did to you is WRONG. You have nothing to apologies for. What me and Shirou worried about was, someone was using mind magic on you. Some one had erased all your memory when you're one and a half years old, and we found traces of compulsion magic that is making you stay with the Dursley.'
Tsukiko Potter was shocked to hear magic was already used on her, and used to keep her with her horrible uncle, auntie and cousin. Rin continued. 'Tsukiko-chan, we are going to help you escape the Dursley, I am going to teach you how to use bounded field, structural analysis and circulate your od to break any tracing spell and any other spells. I'm going to let Shirou teach you structural analysis first, so we know what kind of spells was placed on you.'
Tsukiko Potter listened to Mr Shirou's explanation on Structural Analysisand tried the spell on the bed's steel frame, she saw the process of how it was made, how it was brought here and even how many people slept on the bed before her.
Tsukiko explained her finding to Shirou and heard him said. 'Tsukiko-chan, that was VERY good on your first try.' Shirou paused for a bit then said. 'Tsukiko-chan, I need to speak to Rin and the other for a bit, keep practising.'
Shirou Emiya was alarmed, Tsukiko should not have gotten that spell on the first go, he turned to Rin and said. "Tsukiko-chan managed to pull off a full Structural Analysis on the bed frame, she was even able to tell how many people slept on it before her."
Rin looked alarmed and said. "Shirou, that is impossible!" Then Rin had a thoughtful look and said. "Unless her unknown Origin is playing a part, let me try something." Rin went to the Obelisk, touched it and said, "Tsukiko-chan, its Rin here, can you do Structural Analysis again for me."
Rin heard Tsukiko tried the spell and heard her say the spell was not working. This confirmed Rin hypothesis about the properties of Tsukiko's unknown Origin. "Tsukiko-chan, I am onto something here, I will be right back."
Rin turned to Shirou and said. "It seems Tsukiko-chan can use ability of the person who touches the obelisk, I am not sure if Tsukiko can use all the ability we have, and I don't think we should try. There is too many risk involve for now." Rin thought for a moment then said to Shirou. "Have Tsukiko-chan do a full Structural Analysis on herself, then use Reinforcement to overload the spell matrix, I know its dangerous, but speed is needed here. With unknown forces and enemies, we need to move fast. After those two are done, I will take over and teach her healing magic along with Bounded Field and Memory Manipulation." Shirou looked grim and nodded, he let Rin know he understood the risk and how much it had hurt her to risk pain on Tsukiko.
Tsukiko was nervous and waited to hear from either Miss Rin or Mr Shirou, then she heard Shirou said to her. 'Tsukiko-chan, use Structural Analysis and picture all the information you get clearly into your mind, the obelisk can link our mind together as long as your thoughts are strong enough and directed at me. Stay calm, picture everything you see and send those information to me.'
Tsukiko cleared her mind and pictured herself floating in a calm ocean, she performed Structural Analysis on her body, flood of information entered her thought, she pictured all the information in forms of books and willed them to Mr Shirou.
Shirou received the information from Tsukiko's Structural Analysis, he told Tsukiko it could take a while for him to sort through the information and that she should rest before he got back to her. He was able to materialized them into the mind scape as she pictured them in form of books.
He began to sift through the information, ignoring most and locked many away, as he was sure if Arcueid or Arturia was to know the full extent of her abuse at the hands of the Dursley, they would not out live a day when either of those two obtained freedom. Shirou thought thankfully that Tsukiko was not sexually abused, that would have been a horrible blow for all of them. Soon Shirou reached the information he was looking for and paled at what he had found out.
He thought to himself. 'What the hell was Zelretch thinking!?' He would have to inform Rin of his finding.
Rin saw a paled face Shirou approached her, she knew that look, it was the same look that tells her she wasn't going to like what Shirou had found out. Shirou said with some anxiety. "Rin, Zelretch grafted both Emiya magic crest and Tohsaka magic crest onto Tsukiko-chan." Rin gain a twitch on her right eye brow.
She said to Shirou. "I'm sorry, I MUST have misheard you, did you just say Zelretch, OUR Zelretch grafted both Emiya and Tohsaka magic crest onto Tsukiko-chan?" Rin watched Shirou back away from her in fear and nodded to her, too afraid to speak to her.
Rin's anger boiled over as she cursed and swore at Zelretch and anyone who got in her way. Of course all swearing and cursing was still censored within the mind scape, after ten minute of none stop rant. Rin was able to calm down enough to ask Shirou. "How is Tsukiko-chan? Is there any side effect, illness or abnormality."
Shirou replied. "Everything thing is fine Rin, both magic crests seemed to have adapted to her. Beside those, I found two other foreign spells, one seemed to be tracking, the other compulsion."
Rin pinched the bridge of her nose and thought. 'This is NOT fine! It should have been impossible for Tsukiko to adept to the Tohsaka magic crest since she is not a blood relative. Even more impossible to have both Tohsaka crest and Emiya crest! Just what is Tsukiko-chan? To be able to use two magic crests from two very different families. I am sure Zelretch have a hand in this, what was he trying to achieve?'
Rin look to Shirou and said. "Show me what you found on the tracking spell and compulsion spell." Shirou handed her a open book and showed her the diagram of the spell. Rin looked over the spell, it was a simple matrix that used Tsukiko's own magic as fuel, if she overload the siphoning matrix between the spell itself and it's intended target. It would create a cascade effect that would burn out the rest of the spell matrix. It's the fastest and simplest way, but also very painful, since the matrix that they planned to overload was also closes to Tsukiko's magic circuits.
Rin looked at Shirou with a frown and said. "Have Tsukiko-chan overload the siphon matrix here and here for both spells." Rin noticed Shirou looked very unhappy and said to him with a tone of regret. "Its the only way Shirou, we need this done fast. I will be right behind you to help Tsukiko-chan after she breaks the spells."
Tsukiko waited for what must had been hours, she saw the short hand of the clock pointing to four, she tried to sleep, but she was too nervous. As she fidgeted nervously in her bed, she heard Mr Shirou. 'Tsukiko-chan, I am going to send you a mental image of the tracing spell and compulsion spell, once you have them in your mind. I need you to flood the area in red with as much od as you can, until the spell breaks apart.'
Mr Shirou paused a bit and said with a worried voice. 'I wont lie to you Tsukiko-chan. This will hurt a lot, but you have to bear with it and must not stop until the spell is broken. Rin is here beside me, she will teach you the healing spell you need to reduce the pain and injury you might receive.'
Tsukiko closed her eyes and calmed herself down. The short lesson she had from Shirou in Structural Analysis and Reinforcement told her magecraft was not easy. It also involved hard work and lots of pain.
Tsukiko readied herself and said with determination. "Mr Shirou, I am ready."
With that announcement, the diagram of the spells appeared in her mind. She flooded the red area of the spell with as much od as possible. The pain was intense, but not as much as the beating she received at the hands of her auntie. Tsukiko focused through the pain, she pushed the pain into the back of her mind as she pushed more od into the spells. In her mind, she could see both spells breaking apart and with a final push, the spells had broken into pieces. Tsukiko came out of her trance drenched in sweat. She found blood on both her forearms, she saw the pattern matched that of the spells she had just broken with Reinforcement.
Tsukiko heard Rin said to her. 'Tsukiko-chan. I am going to teach you basic healing magic. While I am in contact with the obelisk, the magic should work as it is intended. Focus on the surface of you skin where the spells was once located, then gently push your od into those area and imagine what the skin cells used to look like before they were damaged. The magic should do the rest, don't worry about muscle damage for now. We need to stop the bleeding and let the rest heal naturally, after this I will teach you Memory Manipulation. Once we leave the hospital and found a safe place, I will show you how to set up a Bounded Field.'
Tsukiko watched in fascination as her skin healed up. She still felt a bit sore, but otherwise there was no pain. Tsukiko found her clothing in the wardrobe. As she was getting dress, Tsukiko looked into the mirror and noticed the weird scar above her right eye brow was gone. There was no mark there at all.
Miss Rin explained Memory Manipulation to her and gave her a crash course in it's use. During the explanation a nurse came into Tsukiko's room and found her not in her bed and dressed ready to go.
The nurse was about to berate Tsukiko, until Tsukiko did what Rin taught her, she looked into the nurse's eyes, she then channelled her prana into the nurse's eyes. They didn't break eye contact for almost a minute, as Tsukiko manipulated the nurse's memory into believing that Tsukiko was her niece and she needed to drive her home. Out of Little Whinging and south into Charlwood where her parents live.
Tsukiko made sure the nurse memory was set to forget four hours after the Memory Manipulation. When the four hours was up the nurse would not remember Tsukiko or where she herself had been for the past four hours. Tsukiko left the hospital with the nurse, to begin her newly found freedom.
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Albus Dumbledore only just discovered Tsukiko Potter was hospitalized for almost three days. Getting hold of the Dursley had been a chore for him, having to put up with Petunia Dursley complaint about freaks and their magic, at least Vernon Dursley seemed eager to have his niece back.
The power of family and love would surely bring the much needed light into the magic world. When they arrived at the registration desk during the opening hours, they were led to the room where Tsukiko Potter was staying. Only to find the room empty!
Albus became worried and activated the tracking spell he had placed on Tsukiko Potter, only for it to turned up blank, he couldn't find Tsukiko Potter! While Albus Dumbledore wondered what could have happened, Petunia Dursley stormed off to find someone that could tell them where her wayward niece was, Vernon followed after his wife.
Albus mind raced to find a solution to this problem, The Girl Who Lived gone missing while under his care would be a total disaster! If the wizard world were to find out.
To get the Wizengamot or the ICW to help him search for Tsukiko Potter, would require him to disclose the sealed Potter will. If the will came to light, he would never be able to use the blood ward at number four Privet Drive. Refusal to disclosed the detail of the will, would only raise suspicion and possible investigation.
Only one option was open to Albus Dumbledore, he would need to wait for Tsukiko Potter eleventh birth day and used the owls to track her down.
AN: Just one more chapter to go then Hogwarts first year Arc will start, as always leave your reviews and input any suggestion you may have. Next chapter might take me a week or two, Depend on my writers block in putting my ideas into a readable format.