Shirou was currently sitting inside of the Occult Research Club Room, drinking Akenos tea while speaking to her King, Rias. She had wanted to speak to him about something important, or so she said.
"So what did you want to talk about Rias?" Shirou asked as he placed his tea down.
"Shirou, are you aware that there is Fallen on our territory?" Rias started, right into the important part.
"Yes, I felt them pass my Bounded Field around the city about 3 days ago. They are currently residing inside the church and I have contacted Serafall in regards to it seeing as how she is head of foreign affairs."
"Well I would like you to tell Leviathan-sama that the issue has resolved itself with the Fallen having left the city." Rias ordered.
Shirou raised a brow and asked, "Now why would I do that Rias?"
"Because I have my eye on a very special potential peerage member that I wish to recruit."
"You mean to tell me that you wish for Issei Hyoudo to get killed by them so you can resurrect him as your slave, essentially making him hate all Fallen Angels due to your actions. May I remind you that we have our own rules when it comes to the civilians in this city, the most important being to not let them come to harm?"
"Essentially, yes." Rias admitted without shame.
"And why would I even listen to you? What you plan on doing puts the entire fragile ceasefire we currently have at threat." Shirou leaned one arm on his knee and rested his palm on his cheek.
Rias was expecting this, judging by the smirk she was sending him, "How would you react if I told you that I know how you got your servants? Like the fact that oh I don't know, Artoria Drachengarde is actually a genderbent King Arthur? Or the fact that your Knight is actually Atalanta from Greek mythology? Or how about your Pawn, what do you call her, Jack was it?"
Instead of paling at the information spilled to the room Shirou instead held a steely gaze and spoke a voice of iron, "And just how did you come across this information Miss Gremory."
"Oh you know, just had a familiar watch you summoned them, what was it you did? Ah yes, made some ridiculously long chant and poured your magic into it with some form of catalyst." Rias said with a cat-like grin.
"Don't tell me you tried to summon someone." Shirou asked with a commanding voice.
"Did you know that just a few of your hairs made the perfect catalyst?" Rias asked as though she did nothing wrong.
'Okay ONE, how did she watch me when I should have sensed it, TWO, how did she get into my estate to take my hair, and THREE, please tell me she didn't summon who I think she did.' Shirou frantically thought, his mind going a mile a minute.
The teen then looked his fellow heir in the eye and asked, "Who did you summon?"
"Please show yourself Archer." Rias spoke in a smug tone.
After Rias spoke, Shirou noticed a blue shimmer in the corner of the room and a figure appeared. Dressed in black with steel toed boots and a red holy shroud, the familiar tanned face with silver eyes and hair stared at Shirou.
Shirou took note that deep under the indifferent facade he put up, EMIYA was hurting, whether it was due to being summoned as he was, or it being Shirou's current life, the teen doesn't know. Shirou turned to look at the red haired girl, taking in her practically euphoric smug smirk on her face before replying.
"I hope you know what you have done Gremory, because the fact that you summoned a Counter Guardian of all things makes our future look real fucking dark."
"And what is that supposed to mean Malthus?" Rias asked in return, also using Shirou's family name.
Shirou took a deep sigh with closed eyes, before turning to the Archer and saying, "Do you want to explain your purpose or should I?"
Archer smirked and retorted, "Why don't you tell her, I want to see how naive you are."
'So you aren't even the one I met in Chaldea huh?' Shirou thought sadly.
"Counter Guardians are beings who are contracted under the collective will of humanity. They are usually summoned to deal with anything that could cause the end of the world, normally by killing every single person involved even remotely, regardless of age, gender, race, or innocence. Now that you have summoned a Counter Guardian, that means there is going to be an incident that will potentially cause the destruction of the world. This Counter Guardian in particular is Alaya's favorite, calling himself her guard dog because he seems to be her favorite method to deal with these potential incidents." Shirou answered, sadness evident in his tone when speaking of EMIYA.
The room was quiet, Rias was silent as she took in the information with clear suspicion on her face. Shirou had his face towards the floor, thinking of ways to reinforce the town now he had confirmation of a potential calamity. Archer meanwhile, stared at Shirou with an indecipherable gaze, thinking that something was wrong.
"Who are you?" Archer asked, clearly intent on gaining some kind of information.
"I'm not the same naive kid you knew EMIYA" Archer recoiled slightly at his name being dropped, "I already accomplished my dream and now I am just a humble blacksmith." Shirou answered with a sad smile.
"Hmph." Archer scoffed quietly.
"If you don't believe me then fight me. You know what happens when the two of us fight." Shirou offered, referring to when he assimilated EMIYA's memories by being under attack from him.
"Hng, I may just take you up on that." Archer hummed.
"If that is all Gremory, then I will have to return home and make some preparations." Shirou said and left without waiting for a response.
As Shirou walked through the halls of the old school building he thought back on what had been revealed. A Counter Guardian had been summoned, the first of his kind in the world, something that should have been an impossibility if it were not for Shirou's tampering and Summoning of his Queen Artoria, Knight Atalanta and Pawn Jack.
'Holy fuck, does the Emiya line just have the worst fucking luck or what? I gotta let Sona know that we have to up security in the town, Serafall should also be able to help bolster things around here. As it stands though, the only ones truly capable of doing anything around here would be me and my peerage and EMIYA. And boy am I glad I didn't decide to go by Emiya in the human world.'
Shirou rubbed the bridge of his nose as he walked, body on autopilot as he returned to his home. As he stepped through the gate he sent out a pulse of his magical energy and waited in the living room. In under a minute, his peerage had returned to the home, confused as to why Shirou called them back.
Artoria was the first to speak up, asking, "Why did you call us here Shirou?"
Shirou took a moment to look the girls in the eye before saying, "Gremory knows you were summoned. She apparently watched the ritual, knows your identities and also summoned her own Servant."
The room fell into silence for a full minute before Atalanta spoke up, asking, "Who did she summon?"
"EMIYA, using my hair as the catalyst." Shirou answered.
"What the hell?!" The girls practically screamed.
"She summoned a fucking COUNTER GUARDIAN?!" Atalanta raged.
"Does she know what this means Shirou?" Artoria asked, seeming calm but with a glance into her eyes, one could tell she was seething.
"She did after I explained it, but even then she seemed skeptical of it." Shirou answered with a tired sigh.
"Can I cut her up, mommy?" Jack asked, deathly quiet.
"If she ever escalates things, then if I give you the go ahead sure. But for now just hold off."
"Why did she show you EMIYA, Shirou?" Atalanta asked after getting the anger out of her system.
"Because she wants to use it as blackmail to keep me from doing my job properly. That Hyoudo kid into her peerage by having him die on his date in two days. Her allowing that is against the laws we have restricting us, specifically the one set by the Shinto pantheon stating that 'Any and all potential peerage members must have explicitly agreed to become a devil beforehand, death does not apply as an agreement to join either.' Gremory is actively breaking the laws that Shinto enforced upon us." Shirou growled, anger spiking as he thought of the political backlash he and Sona would receive.
"Hmm here's a thought. Why not deal with the Fallen behind her back? Besides, who would actually believe what she says about us?" Atalanta suggested.
Shirou sighed, "I would Atalanta, but here's the thing. With the knowledge a Counter Guardian has appeared, I need to take appropriate action to prepare for the potential calamity. So I guess you three can deal with it, just leave one or two alive so I can interrogate them."
"We will get right on that Shirou." Artoria answered as the girls got up to leave.
"Stay safe girls, when they entered there were about 6 Fallen and a small army of humans with them, most likely stray exorcists." Shirou informed them.
The girls nodded and proceeded to leave the estate geared up in Shirou's experimental body suits.
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Artoria knew that these body suits are for their protection, but she was silently cursing Shirou's inner pervert for making them skin tight. She glanced at the other two girls with her, both dressed in their own bodysuits, with their own slightly different designs. Artoria's had gold accents along her abs and underboob, with golden lines tracing down her arms and thighs, with a belt to hold a scabbard if she needed to.
Atalanta's bodysuit had a hole in the back cut out so her tail could fit through it, hers also had a hood and jade green accents along her abs and underboob, same with down her arms and thighs too. There was also a quiver on her back to hold any arrows she may need.
Jacks though, was a little different than theirs. Due to the loli's tastes she had told Shirou she wanted hers to be a sleeveless top with a thong and thigh highs. And Artoria knew that Shirou couldn't force Jack to wear something else as she really liked to wear thongs for some reason, often being found around the estate in a thong and t-shirt. Hers also had the same lines as Artorias and Atalantas but silver instead, there was also a belt with a sheath for her daggers on the small of her back.
Right now they were standing outside of the abandoned church the Fallen had taken residence inside. Artoria, as the Queen of the peerage, had taken command of the girls with her and ordered Jack to do a quick reconnaissance of the Church for any back entrances.
"Atalanta, once I break the door down I want you to pin down the weakest ones in there with your arrows and knock them out if you can, if not then just incapacitate them and help me out."
Atalanta nodded her head, "Got it, once two are dealt with I'll go for the kill on the rest."
The two waited for a few more minutes before Jack returned. The white haired girl crouched down next to the two others and spoke.
"There is a singular entrance around the back, I think it leads to a cellar."
"That will most likely be where the rogue exorcists are hiding. You can go around and engage them Jack, just make sure to be careful and once you're done find a way into the main area." Artoria ordered the small girl.
"Got it mommy's lover!" Jack said excitedly before dashing off.
Artoria shook her head to get rid of her blush before noticing that Atalanta had a hand covering her mouth and her shoulders shook. Artoria just fixed her with a deadpan glare until she stopped laughing. Once she was done, she gave the go ahead to start the attack.
"Let's go, Jack is probably almost inside."
The two got up from their positions and walked over to the doors to the church. Instead of opening it, Artoria punched the doors off their hinges with her Queen piece enhanced strength, crushing one of the Fallen under the weight of the door.
All of the remaining Fallen snapped their heads over to the entrance, seeing that there was a blonde girl in a bodysuit looking at them. The lead Fallen Angel, a woman with black hair and violet eyes, dressed in a thong and bra with leather gloves on beach hand going up to her shoulder, with spiked shoulder pads, glared at the girl and went to speak.
"What the hell is this?!"
"You are currently breaking the terms of the ceasefire by sneaking onto devil territory unannounced, my master has ordered me to bring two of you alive for interrogation purposes. Please, do make this harder than it has to be." Artoria spoke in a commanding tone.
"Tch, stupid devils. DIE!" The lead Fallen shouted as she threw a red light spear at Artoria.
Artoria didn't move as she watched the spear fly through the air aimed at her. An arrow shot from behind her knocked the spear off course, landing in the ground next to Artoria and detonating, creating a cloud of smoke. From that smoke, Artoria came bursting out, speeding towards the closest Fallen to her, a man that looks like the textbook definition of pedophile.
The man in question quickly back stepped away from the rushing girl and summoned multiple light spears, launching them at her. Each spear was either sidestepped, blocked or parried as she made her way closer and closer to her opponent. Once she was right in front of the Fallen she slashed her sword diagonally upwards, severing his left arm clean off.
With Atalanta, she has just entered the church with her bow drawn, taking aim at the Fallen who first threw the spear at Artoria. With the Fallen's wings out, Atalanta was able to pierce both of them with ease, crippling her flight, as she turned to another Fallen, this time a buxom blue haired one.
With the blue haired Fallen in her sights, Atalanta put her bow away and quickly drew her sword. With electricity rushing along the blade she ran towards the Fallen, intent on stabbing her and shocking her into unconsciousness. The blade pierced through her stomach as Atalanta poured her mana into the blade, making the sparks intensify and knocking the blue haired Fallen out quickly.
With Jack in the basement, the rogue exorcists were screaming in horror and rage as they tried to fight against Jack. The girl practically danced from each human, cutting them in either lethal places or areas where they would slowly bleed out. Her face was an emotionless mask as she cut down any who stood in her way. There were moments where she was almost hit, but that was just an illusion on her part, allowing each blow aimed at her to just pass by barely to give them the illusion of being able to do something.
"Mommy said to not let any of you live." Jack said when it was quiet, before disappearing in a burst of speed.
Back with Artoria and Atalanta, they had dismantled each and every one of the Fallen Angels in the church. The only survivors being the Raven haired one who wouldn't look out of place in a strip club, and the blue haired slutty secretary looking one. They were both knocked out while the other four unimportant Fallen were placed in a pile ready to be obliterated.
"Good work Atalanta, now we just wait for Jack." Artoria spoke as she finished restraining the living Fallen.
"Right, I think she is already done though, I'm not hearing anything from the basement." Atalanta informed.
Artoria looked over to the altar that she knew had a secret passage to the basement and strained her hearing as best she could. She could hear the faint sound of footsteps and a dripping sound that could have been water, if it wasn't for the faint coppery smell she could detect.
She nodded, "Sounds like Jack is done, I can smell the faint scent of blood from under the altar. I'll go push it open."
Artoria then walked over to the altar and shoved it open with her strength. Rising from the darkness below, was a bloody Jack, her face looking strangely pleased as she got to the top of the stairs.
"I assume they are all dealt with Jack?" Artoria asked, feeling unnecessary to even question it though.
"Yes, they are all dealt with, nobody was left alive down there." Jack answered calmly, wiping the blood from her blades.
"Good, we need to return home with these two in tow, let's go." Artoria said as she walked to one Fallen.
Before reaching the Fallen, Artoria turned to the pile of Fallen and drew a special blade that Shirou had made for situations like this. She poured some mana into the blade and threw it at the bodies. When the blade pierced the ground right next to the bodies, blue flames sprouted from the blade and spread out in a spiderweb design before rising off the ground and creating a ball of fire that engulfed the bodies. Atroria turned away from the fire, knowing that it would burn both the bodies and the sword away, and returned to the girls.
She and Atalanta grabbed one each, and with Jack near them, teleported back to the estate. Once they returned, the Fallen were placed in a spare room, tied to chairs and with their limited knowledge of Bounded Fields, created one that would restrict the powers of anyone in the room.
Once the girls were finished with that, they all went to the bathroom to clean themselves up before looking for Shirou. They found him sitting in one of the side rooms he had set up as an office and was going over some papers.
'Man this is annoying, I guess this is kinda what Rin felt like huh?' Shirou thought to himself as he sorted through the reports.
"Shirou, we're back." A voice called for him, causing him to look up from his desk.
"How did it go Artoria?" He asked.
"We managed to capture two of the Fallen and eliminated the remaining Fallen and rogue exorcists. There weren't any complications in their disposal either." Artoria reported, sounding professional.
"And where are these two Fallen prisoners?" Shirou asked.
"Tied down in one of the spare rooms with a Bounded Field restricting the use of any kind of powers. It should be safe to leave them there overnight as I don't think they will be waking up soon."
Shirou nodded his head, "Alright, I just need to finish this report then I'll be going to bed."
"Okay Shirou, just dont stay up too late." Artoria said, turning to leave.
Shirou chuckled as he returned to his reports, letting out a sigh as he read through it.
'Looks like the Phenexes are going to be showing up in a week's time. I guess I'll have to figure something out with the marriage arrangement around then.' He thought while slumped in his chair.
He finished the report and then got up from his chair, turning off the lights and leaving the room. He made his way to the bathroom and cleaned himself up for bed, everyone clearly too tired for dinner that night, and jumped into bed with the girls. Atalanta claimed his right side with Artoria using his left, with Jack laying on top of him. He smiled at them and closed his eyes, going to sleep for the night.