Land of Steel REMASTERED

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Chapter V

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"So, as I was saying, I need you to help me communicate with your History Compilation Committee. I have a few demands."

"Demands such as letting you leave the country untouched in exchange for leaving me alive, huh… You damn cultist, that's really crafty." Renjou Ayane grumbles.

I am not a cultist, damn it! I just want to tell her that I am a Campione, one of the less-than 10 invincible monsters who can only be matched by Gods and other Campione.

But not now. I'll tell her that in when I meet the heads of this so-called History Compilation Committee. I can just imagine her surprise.

Anyway, after a somewhat tense discussion, I found out that Japan's Magic Association is called History Compilation Committee.

The name supposedly comes from the fact that they maintain the proper history of Japan by keeping the knowledge of magic and divinity away from the public.

"Ayane-chan, please be a bit more mindful of the fact that I have a sword and you are more or less completely helpless." I swing around Kanshou a bit to demonstrate.

"Okay, okay. And don't call me that!" Ayane stuffs her hand into her hand into her skirt pocket and whips out a rectangular bar. Pressing it's side makes the bar light up. The screen is filled with numbers from 0-9 and the characters for * and #... I finally realize! This thing is a cell-phone!

Looks like her call cut through. Ayane starts speaking.

"Hello, this is Renjou Ayane speaking. Is this Amakasu Touma's number?" She must be speaking to a prominent H.C.C. member.

"Hello, Ayane-chan. What did you call me for?"

"Actually, someone wants to speak with you. May I pass the call to him?"

A second later, she passed the cellphone to me.

I kept the bar from touching my skin. The screen is touch-sensitive and it would be a pain to have the call disconnect mid-conversation.

"Excuse me, my name is Amakasu Touma. Who am I speaking to?" A polite voice.

"Hello, you might have heard of me. My name is Emiya Shirou."

"The Campione… Forgive me, I lost myself. I suppose you would want to meet with us to know about the Committee and your powers?" Quite perceptive.

"That's right. Could you send someone to pick us up?"

"I have already taken care of that. One of the HCC members is arriving to pick you up." He… has been tracking me?

"Tracking magic?" I asked my suspicions.

"No, one of the wonders of technology. GPS is really useful. So kind of Ayane-chan to email the co-ordinates…" What does that mean? I understand e-mail, but GPS? One of the advances in technology…

No matter. I'll think about it later.

"Thank you. May I return the phone to Ayane-chan?"

"Calling her by her first name already? How good to be a youth…" Subtle, real subtle. Actually, I am only calling her by her first name because it annoys her. Really, if this guy tries to set me up with her, it'll get really annoying. I'll clarify it later.

"Excuse me? Do you have anything left to say?"

"No, not really. Please pass the phone to Ayane-chan." I do. Ayane puts the phone near her ear, blushes and stuffs the phone in her skirt pocket.

"What did he say?" I ask, interested.

"None of your business!" Her curt words and blushing face almost makes me laugh.

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Around five minutes later, a mini-van arrived to pick us up. The driver was a rather well-built man. Still, he seemed somewhat wary of me.

Ayane picked up on that. Before she could even think of asking him, I lightly bent ahead and whispered to him to not reveal my identity. He nodded.

Sometime later, when she finally asked the man about me and he declined, she angrily turned to me and asked.

"Just who are you? I am not exactly a strong mage, so you easily defeating me is only natural, but however strong you are, you were there with Athena yesterday and helped her attack the shrine! Goddesses don't really care about humans! Sure she might have rewarded you with a fragment of the power of the Gorgoneion, but in the end it's just that: a fragment! Normally, the HCC would attack you because you would be defenseless without the goddess! I thought you were bargaining with them with my life as your hostage! Instead, they let you push them around! In the end, the only thing you required from me was the phone number! Just who the hell are you and why is the HCC kowtowing to you?"

"Good, good! You have finally put the pieces together! Then I shall reward you with what you seek, my identity! I am the strongest, towering above all mortals! My will is the greatest, it even pierces the heavens! My fists tear apart the threads of fate! If I wished, I could even slaughter all life on earth with my strength! My mind is—" The speech I stole from some Final Fantasy boss is stopped by the fuming Ayane-chan.

"Goddamnit! STOP THAT CRAPPY BOSS SPEECH! I'll just ask Amakasu-san! You damn cultist, you are really annoying me!" Thank you, Ayane-chan. That's exactly what my goal is.

For the rest of the time, Ayane-chan remained quiet. Looks like I really pissed her off. Too bad. Still, annoying her was fun. I wonder what her reaction would be when she finds out what I am… well, no need to waste time thinking, she'll find out soon enough.

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And we finally get off the car. Aobadai, located in the northern part of Meguro ward, is the place where the HCC grimoire library is located. During the entire car trip, me and the damn cultist with the smug expression didn't exchange any words. I only asked him who the hell he was and he starts spouting a goddamn boss speech?! Is he trying to annoy me?

…Of course, that was a rhetorical question. He is definitely trying to push my buttons.

I try to keep myself calm and dignified. Since the cultist is trying to push my buttons, I should keep myself calm.

Emiya Shirou, the exceedingly strong cultist-mage, is walking ahead of me with a smug smile on his face. We are following the driver to our destination, the HCC's office.

After around three minutes, we finally reach the HCC office. Once, we are inside, the driver frantically bows to Emiya-san, shows us the direction where we have to go and takes his leave.

"Why did he bow to you?" I ask Emiya.

"You… are you a mage affiliated to this HCC? Or are you just a hobbyist?" His smile is getting a bit forced.

"Actually, I have been learning magic for only three months." I say this embarrassing fact while trying to keep my face from changing color. Knowing myself, I must have failed miserably.

"Is that so. Have you ever heard of the word 'Campione'?" He asks me this with an impassive face.

"I haven't. I think it means 'Champion' in some western language?" I heard someone say that.

"…You are right. Be prepared for what comes next; it may be helpful for your studies." He says this with a somewhat resigned expression.

I wonder what that means. Anyway, my answer wiped out his smug smile, so that's a victory for me.

We walk ahead. The room where Emiya (my intuition tells me to stop referring to him as 'cultist') is going to meet up with the HCC brass. From what I know, a negotiation will occur. And most likely, Emiya-san will have upper hand.

He knocks once, and opens the door. I follow him and enter.

…The sight I see will surprise me for the rest of my life.

I am just an amateur mage. The Renjou family has really fallen due to a large number of Hime-Miko having their powers destroyed due to certain circumstances. I am not even a Hime-Miko; I had a normal life until around three months before. Completely unaware of magic and related things. Then one day, due to an unfortunate chain of events, I saw magic being used…

Suffice to say, after that, the mage came after me. I had enough fantasy novels to know what would happen: she would either erase my memories or kill me outright.

Well, she caught up to me and tried to erase my memories. It didn't work, and I took the moment of surprise and imitated the mage. Instead of a memory-altering spell, I summoned a blast of fire. Unfortunately, it didn't do much to faze her. It did surprise her, and I took the moment to run like hell before she killed me outright. She didn't chase me.

…That day later, my parents told me that magic existed and I had somehow awakened my abilities as a mage.

… And the woman I tried to blow up became my teacher.

Well, my Spirit Vision is more or less nonexistent, I have no talent at exorcism and no talent in any magic other than fire magic. Latent talents like sensing magic nearby is nil. For now, I am only good at fire magic, and fire magic only. And even my fire magic talent is mid-level at best. My mage ranking is mid-level, but it's only due to my family's status… Actually, I am worse than a trainee.

My teacher tries her best to teach me the basic types of support magic. I am decent at [Instruction], average at [Hypnosis] and any [Healing] talent is non-existent.

Due to which she has been basically ignoring Magic Theory for me. Since my talent for sensing Magic is basically non-existent, I was told to be wary if I saw someone exceedingly beautiful since that person could be a God.

Anyway, the point is that I suck at magic. Latent, passive or active, I suck at using them.

Still, when I entered the room after Emiya, and found the Sayanomiya heir, Kaoru-san, her assistant Amakasu Touma-san and the Hime-Miko with the highest Sprit Vision, Mariya Yuri with their heads touching the ground in an expression of subservience, I couldn't help but be mystified.

Emiya looked like he knew this was going to happen. He gestured them to stand up.

Sayanomiya Kaoru, the person with the greatest authority here said, ""We are immensely touched by your arrival to this humble meeting, Emiya Shirou-sama. The very presence of a Campione is an honour to us. May you forgive me my insolence, in begging a respected, noble godslayer such as yourself to step into this place."

The dots finally connected.

Campione… this person, Shirou Emiya, has defeated a God!

-Chapter End-

-A/N Start-

So, how did ya like this chapter again? Thanks to battleking as always. Reviews are appreciated. Inform me if you see any errors. Blah, blah,blah…

My OC… is a text book tsundere. Also, I inverted most of the Canon circumstances. Most of you will probably hate my OC but I hope you don't. As I said this person is a one-shot side character. Forget about pairing her with Shirou, you probably won't hear about her again after this arc.

Thanks to Piterio for the review and informing me about the anime. The original route… I read on the wiki that the Sakura route and Ilya route were to be packaged as one in a "Fate/Another Night" game but the plan fell through and Ilya route was not done… Hence, there actually might be a chance that the anime heroine will be Ilya… Rejoice, lolicons! Your wishes MIGHT finally be fulfilled!

Anyway, I would still like to hear your thoughts on my OC. She is an original creation. Her character, though ripped off from many tsundere anime, still is my creation. I personally hate most tsunderes (especially Louise, but I love Tohsaka and Shana) but that doesn't change the fact that they are the easiest to design. Those of you who are tsundere fanatics, please rate my character!

And… the A/N ends. One last thought… I am naturally a lazybones kinda guy and my typing speed sucks. Once the chapter is around 2k word, I am like, so great… Once this fic is completed it might actually have 50 or so chapters and fic size… around 50 to 75k. Please bear with me. I am still an amateur… and thank you for bearing with me.