The Sword's and Void's Paradox

*Author's Note

Hello everyone, sorry for the late update due to the maintenance of the website for two freaking days but anyways I'm so happy about all the comments that I received from my very first chapter on this very first fanfic of mine. Well again, I'm inside the faculty room, typing this chapter while waiting for my other co-faculties to go home altogether. Midterms and paneling are coming but this won't stop me updating this fanfic every week.

Without further interruptions, this will be my second chapter.

Again, I OWN NOTHING in this fanfic.

Chapter 2 – The Encounter

Emiya Residence, Fuyuki City, Japan – 2 Days before the Holy Grail War

Shirou POV

As I saw her came out of the green light in front of me earlier, I stuttered a bit but even so, it won't stop me helping her. So I ran towards her then asked her if she's alright.

"Hey! Are you alright?"

Louise POV

"Oi! Daijobu desuka!?" said the voice.

As I heard a voice, I open my eyes and saw a guy with a red hair on weird clothing.

"Yokata." said the guy.

The guy in front of me said in relief with a great smile on his face but during the current scenario that we had, I noticed that his face was very close to mine which results to the reddening of my face making me struggle a bit.

Shirou POV

I'm so glad that she woke up. I felt relieved that she is in a safe condition right now but suddenly she started struggling making me to let go of her from my grasp. I tried to help her stand afterwards but she stands on her own with a 'tsun' post. "She reminded me of Tohsaka." I then realized and noticed that she has strange clothing so I asked her.

"Uhmm, who are you? Where are you from?"

She put her finger under her chin and muttered something making me dumbfounded of the current situation I'm into. Then I saw that she was holding something. "Is that a wand?" Without any hesitation, I readied myself to step back but it's already too late. She already pointed her wand towards me but then a sudden explosion came to her face. As the smoke clears, I rush again to her and ask her "Hey, are you alright?"

"Hmmm… Yes? I understand that…" said the pink haired girl.

Then I replied and introduced myself "Oh, let me introduce myself. My name is Emiya Shirou. You can just call me Shirou."

Louise POV

"What a strange name?" I look around first after he introduced himself but then I suddenly remembered before I woke up here that I tried to summon a familiar, but then just like any other spells that I've casted, a great explosion appeared before me making the things go dark around me. I sighed then thought "so another failure for me just like the rest, I'm really a zero." As I look up in the sky, my eyes widened. The pain from the explosion ensured that this is real. "Oh no, this is not a dream. Why is there only ONE MOON floating in the sky?"

"Hey you! Why is there only one moon?" I asked the guy named Shirou in front of me.

"There is ALWAYS ONE MOON in the sky." Shirou said.

Then a thought came to my mind. "Where in the founder am I?"

Shirou POV

"Why did she asked a strange question? Don't tell me she's from another world or something? I must be dreaming." After thinking those things, I close my eyes really hard to see if this is just a big bad dream. Then I open my eyes again and she was still there. "I guess this is real." I try to ask her name once again "Uhmm, who are you?"

"I am Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière. Where am I?" the pinked haired girl answers.

"You are in Fuyuki, Japan in front of my house's doorstep." I replied.

"Where in the Halkeginia was that?" She replied.

"Uhm… Can we talk this indoors?" I thought that this would be better to be talked inside the house.

"Hmm… Okay." She said while having a confused looked on her face.

Louise POV

I followed him inside the strange house through a strangely made door. "Why was it made to open sideways?" As we walked inside the room I saw a strange woman with a short brown hair.

"Hey, Shirou, where's my dinner?" the woman said to Shirou.

"I will make it quick Fuji-nee. Oh Louise just sit wherever you want to." Shirou replied.

Then the girl with a brown hair looked at me. In response to that, I also looked at her. After a couple of seconds of staring contest, she quickly glances to Shirou while pointing her index finger towards me and said "HEY SHIROU! WHO'S THIS LITTLE GIRL!?"

"Uhmm… Fuji-nee she's a daughter of an acquaintance of the old man. Her name is Louise and she's from Europe so she'll be staying here for the time being." Shirou said that while having a pleading look on me.

Shirou POV

"I know I forgot something before I entered the house." I groaned inwardly while hoping my plan works on this scenario I'm facing with. "Please Louise, tag along with my story…"

"Uhm, yes! My name is… Louise… and I'm from…" Louise said as Fuji-nee looks at her intently.

"I have no choice but to cut in." "Uhm, Fuji-nee she's just arrived here earlier so she can almost speak Japanese."

Fuji-nee then change her glance towards me and then have a satisfied look on her face. "Okay then, she can stay… BUT DON'T YOU DARE DO ANY FUNNY THINGS SHIROU! As your legal guardian and your teacher I must make sure that I must prevent all things that could corrupt your young mind."

"Uhm, okay Fuji-nee. I definitely won't do anything funny during her stay and I'll make sure that she stays on a different room."

Afterwards we took our dinner and Fuji-nee went home leaving me and Louise behind.

Louise POV

"Now then, now that Fuji-nee is not around anymore, we can continue our talk from before. Since we're done with introductions, Can I ask you some questions? You can also ask some questions to me after I answer yours and vice versa." Shirou said.

"My first question is this. Are you a Magus?" He asks me with a serious face.

"I'm a noble so of course I'm a mage." I answered back.

"So it's my turn now. Am I now in a different world?" I ask him right after answering his question.

"Based from your clothing, strange name and sudden appearance from the green light earlier, the answer could be yes." Shirou replied. As he answers my previous question, I suddenly looked down and became worried making me having some questions in my mind like "Is Chi-nee sama doing alright?" or "Are they worried that I'm gone?" Suddenly, I felt a light tap from my shoulder.

"Don't worry… I meant what I said earlier that you'll stay here and in addition, I'll help you while finding a way to get you to your home world." He said with an assuring look. I suddenly felt myself to cry as he said those words making me feeling happy deep inside.

"But first things first, I will lead you to your bedroom… Oh, I forgot to tell you something important… Listen closely, the truth is, I am a Magic User." Shirou said while smiling.

"You can also do magic!?" I yelped while following Shirou to the bedroom.

"Uhm, yes, I can do magic but I'm REALLY bad at it. I can only do reinforcement spell. My old man taught me when he was alive because of my stubbornness but he doesn't really want to teach me to begin with." He said while setting up my bedroom.

"Uhm, why are those beddings on the floor?" I asked him with both curious and doubtful look on my face.

"Those are futons. They are designed to be put on the floors and used as a bed in our country." He said calmly.

"Okay then, it's already late so we better get some sleep. Good night Louise." He said as he stands.

"Ah, Shirou. Thank you." I said to him while hiding my reddened face.

"You're always welcome." He said as he left the room.

Shirou POV

I go to the shade to practice my Magecraft as I left Louise's room. "Okay then, it's time for me to practice before going to sleep."

"Trace on." As I muttered those words to try reinforcing the rock beside me, I felt my body more relax than usual. "Is this what he felt when he helped me from the fire?" Suddenly, the rock was split into two sections making me sigh inwardly. "Another failure I guess."

Emiya Residence, Fuyuki City, Japan – 1 Day before the Holy Grail War

"-pai, Senpai! Please wake up!"

I immediately opened my eyes as I heard a familiar voice. "Hmm… Good morning Sakura…"

"Senpai! Please sleep on a proper bedroom! Don't sleep here on the shade!" She reprimanded me with a concerned look on her face.

"It's okay Sakura, I can manage som-"

"But it doesn't mean that you'll overwork yourself until you cannot move an inch!"

With those words, a sigh of defeat comes to me.

"Okay, I understand. I'll promise that I'll try to sleep on my bedroom instead of sleeping here in the shade."

"Is Fuji-nee already here?" I asked her.

"Actually, she already left early because Kuzuki-sensei asked her an errand." She informed me.

"I guess I'll bring along with me her lunch. Well, time for us to take our breakfast in order for us not to get late."

As we entered my house, I felt that I forgot something very important.

Louise POV

By the time I opened my eyes, I saw a different room. Then suddenly I realized everything was not a dream.

"Oh yeah right, I'm in a different world."

Right after I cleared my eyes, I slowly stand up and go to the door. "If I remembered correctly, it should open like this." Suddenly, a delicious aroma of food filled the hallway. I follow the direction of the food. I opened the door in the same manner as my room just to realize that I'm on the room yesterday.

A woman with lavender hair stared at me and quickly glances to Shirou. "Senpai… Who is this girl?"

*Another chapter is done, I guess this will be for today. Thanks for all the views and comments before. I'm open for more comments to come since this is my first novel here in fanfiction.

The next chapter will be uploaded on 09/04/15 GMT +8 unless otherwise it will be interrupted by certain circumstances.

See you all next time.