A NEW FATE
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Fate has always had an interesting way of screwing people over. On one hand, it methodically shoves a pointy stick up one's hind quarters without warning. On the other hand, it has the habit of rewarding the one it stabbed with the most delicious lollipop in existence, similar to how dentists gives out candy to their patients.
That is the life lesson Shiro learned the hard (and painful) way through the course of his 2 lives.
'2 lives?' you ask?
The answer is fairly simple: Zelretch's Overwrite failed in spectacular fashion. Originally, Overwrite was suppose to allow the one with a heavier soul to crush the smaller soul, thus taking over its body.
What actually happened was something similar to making a mango shake. The mango (the 40 year old, battle hardened Emiya Shiro) was stuffed into a blender (his current body) along with a fair bit of ice ( the Emiya Shiro of this world). The Emiya Shiro of this world was able to live a fairly uneventful life during his childhood. However, when he reached the age of 7, someone decided to turn on the blender, causing the 2 souls to fuse together. As a result, the mango provided nearly every aspect of the shake, while the ice merely contributing a bit of substance.
In other words, 40 year old Shiro became the dominant soul while the younger Shiro was fused into him. Unfortunately, the younger Shiro's abnormally strong impulses was inherited by the older Shiro... and the younger Shiro happens to be a pervert.
Out of guilt, the older Shiro decided to live his life exactly how the younger Shiro would live his. If he has to become a pervert in the process, then so be it. It is the least he could do for ruining the younger Shiro's life.
However, the perversion is a bit... You know... Lets just say Shiro's hesitation is understandable.
"*Sigh*... No point bellyaching about it. Just got to do what comes naturally"
Shiro pulls himself out of bed and greeted the new day with a calm enthusiasm.
"Im surprised how refreshed I am, considering how wild I was yesterday"
Yesterday, Shiro added another eroge to his ever growing collection of eroticism. Naturally, he sat in front of his computer and wanked his shlong with the wrath of a fierce god through out the night. He repeatedly shot his white beam of justice until exhaustion took him to the deep depths of sleep.
It was time well spent if he says so himself.
"Well then, time to do my morning ritual"
Similar to his life in the other world, Shiro regularly kept his body at an acceptable level of fitness. His morning regiment comprised of 50 push ups, 50 sit ups, 50 squat thrust, and a fair bit of stretching.
"Even if I'm living in a peaceful world, there is absolutely no demerits in keeping my body at good condition."
After his morning workout, Shiro exists his room heads for the dining room located at the floor below. Before the flight of stairs, he stops in front of a room and takes a peek. From the looks of his, his silver haired younger sister is very much asleep as usual.
"~Magical Girl Musashi! Set Up~ ... MAIDO SWITCH... zzzzzz" said his sleep talking little sister.
"Heh. Looks like she's having a good dream. Better not disturb her"
Shiro gently closes the door and heads down the stairs. He enters the living room and makes his way towards the kitchen. He inspects the contents of the pantry and decided to make a bit of Chinese fried rice coupled with Buttered Chicken and some miso soup on the side.
Once decided, his body moved with the surgical precision that would rival any 5 star chef. He is actually thankful that the younger Shiro is just as interested in cooking as he is. Cooking is the last remaining bastion that is holding the old Shiro together. If he loses that, he'll be reduced to nothing more than a perverted monkey who was always in heat.
With intense concentration, Shiro quickly yet skillfully prepares all the food as planned. Normally, people are fairly happy of Shiro's abnormal devotion to cooking... save one person
"EMIYA SHIRO! What in gods name are you doing here?!" roared a familiar silver haired beauty.
"Morning Sella. Just cooking up some breakfast." Shiro replied as he adds the finishing touches to the miso soup. "Could you get me bowl please?"
Sella moves instantly and takes out a large bowl from a nearby shelf. "Here you go... THATS NOT IT!"
Sella's sudden roar nearly made Shiro spill the incredibly hot miso soup.
"Will you please not shout so early in the morning Sella? You'll disturbed the othe-"
"SHUT IT! It was suppose to be MY turn to cook today!" Sella rudely points her finger at Shiro. "Yet you! How dare you take away my duties!"
"I'm just lightening your work load. You should be thankful you know?" Shiro replies as he puts the miso soup bowl on the table.
"I. DO. NOT. WANT. MY. WORK. LOAD. TO. BE. LIGHTENED!"
"Calm down Sella. It'd be a waste of your beauty to make such an ugly scrowl." Shiro lightly caresses Sella on the cheek, causing her to blush profusely.
"Y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-you PERVERT!" Sella bashes Shiro in the face.
Mind you, Shiro could have evaded the punch with little effort, but it was a calculated move that has been tried, tested and proven to end Sella's nagging. By forcing Sella to use violence, she would simply grumble and return to her other duties. The best way to do that is to play with Sella's heart by showing her a few of Shiro's Casanova side.
Just to be clear, while the younger Shiro is as dense as a rock, the older Shiro has gained insight of such things over the years. In visual novel terms, the older Shiro is perceptive enough to notice the flags of those whom he has in contact with. In this house alone, Sella is the one with the most flag raised, thus putting her in the Romancable Heroine pile. Following very far behind her was his half sister, Illyasviel Von Einsburn who has a serious case of the BroCon. Leysritt is more of a Bro-type of girl due to having an ego of a brick wall. The rest are then are labeled as under the family tag.
Anyways, a few minutes after the two's brief clash, the members of Shiro's family awakens one by one.
"Yo Shiro. Looks like you two are at it again." said his father, Emiya Kiritsugu. "I know this is out of line, but will you please just marry Sella already?"
Sella's face suddenly turned red in deep embarrassment. "K-K-Kiritsugu-sama! That is not funny!"
Naturally, the Emiya duo laughed at Sella's expense.
This world has actually been kind to Shiro. In this world, Emiya Kiritsugu is Shiro's biological father. Shiro's brown skin was inherited from his biological mother, Emiya Shirley. Unfortunately, Emiya Shirley died giving birth to Shiro due to her weak body.
Sad really. Shiro believes that he'll get along very well with his mother.
"~ Gd Morning~! *YAAAAAWN*" said a half asleep, silver haired woman. Next to her was a younger carbon copy of herself.
"Morning mom. Morning Illya" Shiro replied.
"Morning Iri. Morning Illya" Kiritsugu follows.
This is Irisviel Von Einsburn, Kiritsugu's 2nd wife, Shiro's step mother and Illya's biological mother. A couple of years after Shirley's death, Irisviel (a rich, high class lady.) forced her way into Kiritsugu's (a practical combat coach) heart. Kiritsugu would normally associate Irisviel's relentless advances to a grenade launcher. Using her own brand of crazy, Irisviel successfully conquered Kiritsugu and eventually, gave birth to Illya.
On a side note, it is a well known fact that Irisviel and cars do not go together. Both Shiro and Illya have the psychological trauma to prove that fact.
Last but not the least was his younger sister Illyasviel von Einsburn. She's every bit as energetic (and crazy) as her own mother. Her infatuation to magical girls was, unfortunately, influenced by Shiro.
Now you're probably wonder why is Irisviel and Illya not using Emiya as their last name. That is because Irisviel marriage to Kiritsugu was not approved by the Einsburns (a wealthy alchemist family). Though they cant really stop Irisviel from doing whatever she wanted, the Einsburn atleast made sure that Irisviel will never have the honor of being called Emiya Irisviel.
Despite their different family name, they consider each other as family never the less.
All in all, fate has treated Shiro incredibly well and he is eternally grateful for that.
-:-
After the usual chaotic breakfast, the Emiya/Einsburn family heads their separate ways.
Kiritsugu works as a professional coach for participants of THE GRAIL WARS, a popular sport that uses weapons and magecraft to defeat the opponent. Its so popular that nearly every school is mandatory to have a GW (Grail War) club. The professional GWs are normally televised and participants automatically gain rock star status.
Kiritsugu is actually one of the best trainers in GW history, and most of his trainees believe that he could easily stand on top if he ever found the interest to fight.
Irisviel works with Kiritsugu and normally handles stuff related to alchemy. Due to the vast scope that alchemy can be used on, Irisviel's top tier skills is highly sought after. She is also does counseling as a side job.
Illya and Shiro both attend classes in Tsukumihara Academy, the largest and only school in Mooncell City. Shiro is in highschool while Illya is grade school.
It would be natural to ask 'Why is there only 1 school in a massive city?". Mooncell City is actually owned by family so rich that it puts the Einsburn to shame. Nearly everything in the city is owned by the Uruk family, they just pay other people to do their work for them. In turn,the Uruk family gets richer from all the efforts of their employees. A win-win situation where everyone is happy.
Anyways, back to the topic.
Tsukumihara Academy is a massive 5 square kilometer academy in the middle of city. It is split into 4 smaller (yet still very large) campuses: Elementary (which includes Pre-school), Middle School(4 years), Highschool (4 years) and College. Due to its large student body, each year level has its own Student Council, Disciplinarily Squad, etc.
All in all, the Tsukumihara student body is a chaotic mess of young, talented and immature children. To describe it as a ticking time bomb is no exaggeration.
Shiro and Illya takes their usual path to school until the point where they have to go their separate ways.
"Oni-san, I'll head on first, okay?" Illya said as she heads to a familiar face among the stream of students. "Miyu! Wait up!"
"Oh yeah. Illya did boast about defrosting a kuudere classmate of her. I guess that's the girl huh." Shiro thought as he saw off his sister. "I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one who's setting up the flags."
Suddenly, someone speaks near his ear "Fu fu fu... I see you appreciate the beauty of young little girls. I commend you, my friend."
"GOOD FREAKING *()(# *$)(#$*!" Shiro leaps away. Just like always, there was a tall dark skinned person of his age standing behind him. " Zayd, would it kill you to stop popping out of nowhere?!"
"Apologies. It's a habit of those born in the Hassan-i-Sabah to reduce their presence to near zero" Zayd replied in a gentleman manner.
"Zayd, while I do respect your commitment to your desires, lusting after little girls is fairly disturbing." said a green haired youth who was standing right beside Zayd
"Oh David, you were here too?" asked Shiro.
"Good day Shiro. Good day Zayd. I see neither of you has enough common sense this morning." David replied with a smile.
"Hello David. I see your eyes are still blind to the true beauty of women-kind." Zayd replied like a religious man on a mission. "Those worthless slabs of meat you call breasts are nothing more than blemishes to the real, unripe beauty of a woman!"
"I suggest you stop rationalizing the fact that you are nothing but a second rate pedophile." said David. "However, I am willing to forgive your transgression for you are nothing more than a lamb who has lost your way. "
"WHAT?!" Zayd roars
"I know Gilles De Rais-senpai was the one who taught you the ways of the Perv, thus the blame for your twisted transformation is his and his alone." David raises his hand to the heavens. "Fret not Zayd! Before we graduate from highschool, I shall teach you the beauty of OPPAI!"
To those who are wondering, these 2 crazy perverted monkeys are Shiro's closest friend.
First is Zayd Hassan-i-Sabah. He is one of the many children born into the Hassan-i-Sabah clan (those muslims love making children), who are famed for constantly being assigned into the ASSASSIN class. He is also a pure bred lolicon who appreciates the beauty of flatness and underdeveloped bodies from afar. FYI, he never EVER touches lolis without their consent, which means that he has never touch a loli... EVER
The second one is David Israel. As a lover of boobs and MILF, David is one of the few good looking guys who are scorned by many of the females in the school. Due to his ballant preaching that a woman with no bust is no woman at all, David has been labeled a sexist despite being kind hearted and an overall nice guy. Naturally, despite his perverted tendencies, David has a fair bit of secret admirers because of his sincere kindness.
Oh, and if you havent already guessed it, Zayd and David are this worlds version of the TRUE ASSASSINS and KING DAVID OF ISRAEL of Shiro's old world.
"What a truly crazy world this turned out to be" Shiro pondered as he listens to his friends bickering.
"Dont just stand there like you're not involved Shiro!" said Zayd. "Surely a generalist like you can understand the beauty of those soft supple bottom, those small budding bust, that long white ha-"
"DIVINE BUSTER!" Shiro sinks his fist into Zayd's face.
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?!" Zayd twitches like an electrocuted rat. " AND DONT JUST SPOUT STUFF THAT COULD CAUSE A COPY RIGHT INFRINGEMENT!"
Shiro stands proudly in front of Zayd
"As a generalist, I admire women irregardless of age or bust size." said Shiro "HOWEVER! That white hair girl is my sister and I refuse to let her be tainted by those lustful eyes!"
Zayd's jaw hits the floor. "SISTER?! You never told me you had a cute loli sister!"
""Well DUH"" said Shiro and David in unison
Zayd descends into a meditative silence. After a few seconds, he looks at Shiro with a serious face.
"Oni-sama, I'll be in your car-"
"STARLIGHT BREAKER!" Shiro's knee sinks into Zayd's golden nuts.
As the Hassan crumbles to the floor in agony, Shiro can tell its going to be a good day
-:-
The day passes by like a breeze. Before he could even notice, it was already lunch time. As per usual, Shiro, David and Zayd heads for the cafeteria to eat.
In the Olympic sized cafeteria, it is crystal clear what and where the social cliques are nesting.
One of this cliques is the Jocks. Just like their counter part in Shiro's old world, the Jocks are the all brawn, little brain type of people. From where Shiro was standing he can identify Beowulf, Cu Chulainn and Lu Bu amongst the many steroid inducing men.
Another one of this cliques is the Popular Kids. These people are almost always the center of attraction. There was once a rumor that the Popular Kids cant even fart without causing a scandal. Social climbers is normally what everyone else views the Popular Kids
This group is a mix of very different people. Some of these trend setters are nice people (ex. Gawain, Jubei Yagyu and the Qiao Sisters), while others are... not so nice (ex. Cleopatra, Cao Cao and Agamemnon).
And lastly, the most diverse clique in the school: Everyone Else. This clique is nothing more than the combination of cliques too insignificant to be considered. While easily forgotten, these people have no reputation to protect, thus they can freely do what they want to do. Shiro belongs to this group.
Suddenly, an elbow to his ribs snaps Shiro back to reality.
"Give it up Shiro. There's no way we'll be able to go there." said David
"Eh? What are you talking about?" Shiro asked
"Don't play dumb my friend. You were seriously checking out Gil-sama. Give it up man. She's just too up there for us bottom feeders." David replied
Gilgamesh Uruk or Gil for short. The most beautiful and most popular girl in the campus. It would not be an exaggeration if Shiro claims that she has all the assets required for a typical Oujo-sama character. With her blond drill twin tails, decent bust size, white knee high socks, black high heels and haughty personality, she is the target of countless lustful eyes.
While Shiro does harbor a bit of admiration to Gil like any young hormone driven monkey of his age, he has actually avoids her like a plague. It may be just an unnecessary worry on his part, but he has a gut feeling that he'll end up fighting Gil if they ever meet.
The 3 heads for their usual seat at the very far corner of the cafeteria. There they met the other 2 of their group of misfits.
"Shiro! Stop looking around like a perv and get over here!" said the massive hulk of muscle.
"Hera Cles, would it kill you to turn down the volume?" replied Shiro
Introducing Shiro's childhood friend, the young maiden of love and joy, Hera Cles. Imagine Hercules of the Fifth Holy Grail War. Now imagine that person to wear a FEMALE Tsukumihara uniform. The sight was so disturbing that 8 year old Shiro nearly had a heart attack when he first met Hera Claes.
However, once Shiro got used to her menacing exterior, he soon discovered that Hera is just like any other girl. Hera loves the color pink, bunnies, and her cooking is at par with Shiro's. She dislikes a disorderly room and snakes make her scream like a little girl (before she smashes said snake into a bloody pulp).
She is also very caring with many students seeking her advice in different matters. Because of this, she ended up being the older sister/ mother hen of Shiro's year level. All in all, despite her ability to rip steel with her teeth, survive a head on collision with a bullet train without a single wound or even her ability to not die even when killed, Hera Claes is a normal teen age girl... sort off...
Hera slaps Shiro in the shoulder (which hurts like hell).
"Thats your own damn fault! Perverts like you three are a bane to all woman kind. " said Hera. "Might as well let everyone know that the 3 stooges are in the vicinity"
"""Hey! We resent that!""" Shiro, David and Zayd replied in unison.
While they were at the starting act of their regular impromptu comedy skit, the other girl, a tall yamato nadeshiko, did not share their love for stupidity. She grabs Shiro by the hand and pulls him to the table.
"Shiro. Sit" the girl said in a voice that was barely louder than a whisper.
"As forceful as ever, arent you Amu" Shiro does as instructed and sits down.
"Silence. Eat" the girl named Amu replied as she takes the seat next to him after nudging it closer.
Introducing Date Masamune AKA Amu, one of Shiro's close friends and one of those overly-obsessed people that Shiro has unintentionally attracted. If the name wasn't a dead giveaway to whom her counter part is, then google is your friend.
She sports a waist long dark blue hair that is normally tied into a pony tail. With her cherry white skin, very large breast (F Cup FTW!) and tall stature for a girl her age (she's the same height as Shiro), it's no surprise that many has mistaken her as a model.
The most eye catching feature she has is the eye patch over her right eye that conceals the large scar underneath it. There's a fairly deep and moving story behind it, but that's for another time. However, in order to satisfy the audience's curiosity, here are a few words that would act as a prologue to that particular story.
Emiya Shiro
New Eroge
Destroyed
Date Masamune
Battle Hungry
Anger
Unlimited Blade Works .v3
As a result of those chaotic circumstances, Amu was beaten, bashed, stabbed, gouged, ripped, slashed and battered within an inch of her life. Fortunately, Shiro had enough common sense stop short of killing her outright. He called an ambulance and used what limited first aid knowledge he had to keep her alive.
Naturally, he was taken in by the police but was released only after 30 minutes of question. Apparently, Amu was a well known trouble maker who attacked people at random. The police told him that swimming in one's own blood tends to change one's outlook in life.
3 days later, Shiro found out how true it was. Since then Amu followed him like a loyal guard dog, even going as far as refusing any further treatment on her damaged eye (which suffered a near miss from Caldabolg 2) which she considers a mark that signifies Shiro's ownership over her.
"And I thought Zelretch was beyond understanding..." Shiro thought as he sighs.
Oh... About the UBW v3. Let's just say that the fusion of souls has altered something in Shiro. Once again, that story is for another time.
The group settles into their table and begins their lunch but David has other plans. Before the group could properly take their seats, David makes a suicidal dive for Amu's breast.
"OPPAI FOREVER!" He roared like a true man.
... He never got close.
Shiro respects David for his love of big, mature breasts. He really does. However, David should have known by now that Amu has been around him long enough to anticipate his intent.
Amu takes out a fancy silver revolver and shoots David in the nuts. She does it again and again and again until David stops twitching.
"Oi Amu! Are you trying to kill David or something?" Shiro asks as she grabs Amu by the arm.
"Rubber Bullets" replied Amu calmly.
"That's not the point!" Shiro rages. "If you crush a man's ball sack, you crush his very soul! A man without balls is as good as dead!"
Amu stares at Shiro for a couple of seconds, then with her normal emotionless face, she gives him a thumbs up.
"Exactly"
"Forget about that pervert Shiro... Though you're just as perverted as he is..." Hera inserts. " You should be more concerned about yourself"
"Eh? Why?" Shiro said, dreading the answer his about to hear.
"Zecchan was screaming for your blood earlier" said Hera. "Looks like you dodged the CLASS ASSIGNMENT for 3 months now. I suggest you take the damn test before Zecchan beats the stuffing out of you in the Tiger Dojo."
"Ah damn... I guess I can't lie my way out of this one huh..." Shiro sighs.
Zecchan happens to be the Fujimura Taiga counter part of this world. Her full name is Freya F. Valkyrie AKA Zecchan (nickname given by Irisviel). She once lost her memories and ended under the Emiya's care. Back then, Irisviel was just starting out as a councilor so she dragged the amnesiac around until her memories returned. Ever since then, Zecchan maintained a close relationship with their family. She is even recognized as Shiro's and Illya's official guardian.
While the nickname Zecchan may make anyone misunderstand that she's a grade A idiot (which she is at times), it is important that her name is FREYA, the most prominent valkyrie in Shiro's old world. In this world, Zecchan is considered as the most powerful female in the city if pure martial abilities are considered. Kiritsugu even said that he'll require a lot of underhanded trickery if he wants to win against Freya.
"By the way, why are you even dodging the Class Assignment?" Zayd asks. "Don't you want to be famous amongst the women? Girls love Grail War participants you know?"
"I have my reasons..." Shiro replied.
On the corner of his eye, Shiro could spot a small smile on Amu's normally emotionless face. A natural reaction from one of two people who knows Shiro's true power.
Truth be told, Shiro wants too keep his true abilities under wraps. Unfortunately, when participating in the Class Assignment, there is a device called a CIRCUIT TENSION MONITOR, which as its name states, measures how much strain the person's magic circuit is experiencing in conjunction to how much mana is being used. Based on the readings, his Class and Rank can be determined
That device instantly reveals that Shiro is holding back due to the lack of tension in his circuits. On the other hand, if he goes all out, that device can instantly tell that his strength is unnatural for his age.
Hera leans across the table and speaks in a kind (yet very deep and very intimidating) voice.
"Shiro, just do it will you? Zecchan is a good person in most cases. What's the point of making trouble for her?"
"... You're really good at manipulating people, you know?" Shiro sighs in resignation.
"It takes more than just bashing skulls to get people to do what you want them to do." replied Hera as she puffs her chest (sorry, cant call those solid muscles as breasts) proudly
"Touche."
The group finishes up and heads back to their respective classrooms... completely forgetting the existence of the ball crushed David who was still withering in pain.
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A few hours of fairly boring classes blazes by until the time of Shiro's reckoning, Physical Education. While PE in Shiro's old world revolves on running or something similar, in this world, PE is all about the Grail Wars. As usual, it's one hour of combat training with large explosions and loud screams of agony.
As Shiro exited the locker room, he was stopped by a nun with a height that barely reaches his chest. Sporting a short pink hair, near non-existent breasts, a mini skirt and black knee high stockings, the loli nun's appearance is as sinful as it is holy.
"You're here... Thank goodness" the nun sighed cutely in relief.
"What can I do for you Class Rep?" Shiro asked while patting her head.
"Moh! I told you not to call me that!" the nun replied with her gentle and cutesy voice.
"You are the class rep you know? It's only natural to call the Class Rep as the Class Rep."
"Just call me Debi like you used to do!" the loli nun pouts.
Introducing Deborah Lapidoth AKA Deborah/Debi-chan/Debi-tan/Debi. She's one of the very few legal lolis (lolis that you can bed without going to jail) and one of the most prominent idols in the school (at least amongst those who appreciate the wonders of an under developed body). As a man with a large range of fetishes, Shiro is one of her secret admirers, but then again, he also happens to be a secret admirer of many women.
However, don't let her overwhelmingly sweet lolita charm mislead you, she is one of the people that no one wants to fight. She is not one of the 3rd year disciplinary committee for nothing.
FYI: Deborah is the only female judge in the Christian Bible. Once again, google is your friend.
"Anyways, what's up Debi?" Shiro asks.
" Zecchan-sensei was worried that you'll dodge your class assignment again. She sent me to make sure that you won't." Debi looks at Shiro with her signature insta-kill move, the puppy dog eyes. "You won't leave... Will you?"
Shiro, and 8 fellow loli-lovers in the vicinity (including Zayd), were instantly blown away.
"So Freya knew I had no resistance against Debi's loli attacks..." Shiro though. "Well played Freya. Well played"
Shiro gently pats Debi in the head.
"Debi... If it's for a beautiful maiden such as yourself, I would jump through hell itself!" Shiro exaggerates loudly, surprising Debi in the process
"E-eh? Beautiful? M-me?"
"WITHOUT A DOUBT!"
"B-but, I'm short"
"YOU'RE PETITE!"
"I-I'm not as sexy like the others"
"YOU"RE CUTE!"
"M-my breasts are small"
"AND WHAT THE FREAKING HELL IS WRONG WITH THAT?! I'LL SKEWER THE FIRST FOOL WHO SAYS THAT SMALL BREASTS IS A BAD THING!" Shiro looks around and says. "DO YOU AGREE MY BROTHERS?"
""""HAIL! HAIL! HAIL!"""" replied the numerous enthusiasts.
With a satisfied nod, Shiro turns his attention back to the very confused Debi. "Debi, your beauty is top tier, I can promise you that. If anyone says otherwise, just tell me."
"W-what are you going to do if I tell you?" Debi asks with great hesitation.
"Me and my brothers will TALK to them..." Shiro replies with a very evil smile. "Mwhahahaha... MWAHAHAHAHAHA"
Shiro and his brethren of loli lovers laughs so devilishly that the little loli nun can't help but feel a fair bit of uncertainty.
"A-anyways! Zecchan-sensei wants you at Ring #4!" Debi grabs Shiro by the hand and runs.
-:-
The Grail Wars has so much similarities with the Fuyuki Holy Grail Wars that even Shiro is a bit skeptical of its origin.
In this world, the Grail Wars were established 500 years ago at the very end of a long and bloody conflict called THE WAR OF 3 RULERS.
Yes... This world was not the peaceful utopia that it is now.
800 years ago, a dispute between 3 powerful beings consumed the world in war. These were SUSANOO (who advocates pure Science to shape the world), TSUKIYOMI (believes that anything but magic is a heresy) and AMATERASU (who wants to use both).
With their own followers behind them, the 3 ravaged the world for 200 years of endless conflict which often resulted in a stalemate.
When things looked like nothing will change, Amaterasu brought out the fruits of her research that instantly changed the balance of the war. She created 9 full body armors and gave 7 of it to her most trusted generals based on their affinity with said armors. The following are the name/type of the armors and their respective owner
RULER & BEAST- Amaterasu (yes, she can wear 2 armors at the same time)
SABER- Ares
LANCER- Shiva
ARCHER- Futsunushi
RIDER- Durga
CASTER- Yama
BERSERKER-Seth
ASSASSIN- Mictecacihuatl
These armors grants the wielders near limitless mana, thus boosting their abilities to unrealistic levels. With the 7 generals acting as spearheads, the 200 years of stalemate ended and the faction of Amaterasu gained global domination in a mere 100 years.
And then, there was peace.
In honor of the 7 generals (who are still very much alive thanks to their armor which grants them immunity against aging), the Grail Wars were fashioned using them as basis.
The standard rules are as follows:
Teams are comprised of 8 members. 1 RULER and 7 of any combination of the 8 classes.
Take the down the RULER to win the game.
Fairly straight forward... until rule # 3 that is.
Special conditions are added to the battlefield. The team that breaks those conditions loses.
Since the conditions that are added are totally random, the players needs to work their way through to those unexpected elements to emerge victorious. These random bits of chaos is what makes the Grail Wars so interesting.
Anyways, that's not really important right now. At the present, Shiro's physical well being is under threat from his very pissed off homeroom teacher/english teacher, Freya F. Valkyrie.
"You've got balls for lying to me you punk..."Zecchan rudely pokes Shiro in the head with her shinai. "To think you dodged the Class Assignment for 3 months because of that complex sounding illness you used as an excuse. It goes without saying that I'll make you suffer so badly."
Shiro bows low.
"I'm truly sorry Freya-sensei. I did not expect that you were gullible enough to fall for the I had Trichomoniasis routine."
"WELL IM SORRY FOR BEING GULLIBLE!" Freya smashes her shinai into a nearby wall, destroying it in the process."And what the hell is a Trichomoniasis anyway?!"
" Without going through the gory details, its a vaginal disorder, which means that it only happens to women." Shiro replied with a sage like voice. " As a member of the female race, I assumed you have the innate knowledge of-"
"DIE YOU BASTARD!" Freya abandons her shinai and begins strangling Shiro.
As expected of a good loli class rep nun, Debi tries to calm down the raging tiger.
"Sensei please calm down! Violence is not the answer!"
"How wrong you are Debi-chan! If violence is not solving your problem, then you're obviously not using enough!" Freya replied as she struggles to get Shiro into a sleeper hold. "Besides, its not like anyone would miss a pervert like him!"
"T-thats not true! Though Shiro is a pervert and a bit on the crazy side and slightly creepy and disturbing at times..." replied Debi
"Debi-chan. For some reason, your words hurt!"
"But he's kind and considerate! He is a nice guy despite his faults and I like him that way!" Debi yelled with all of the power that her loli voice could muster.
Naturally, everyone within earshot paused like statues. Who would have thought they'd hear a confession in a place like this?
While its true that Shiro has raised a lot of Debi's flags over the years (typical save the loli from bullies scenario), he never actually thought that Debi had the guts to go out and say it.
... From the looks of it, neither did Debi.
"Eh? Wa-... Er... Huh? Um... Ah... " said Debi as she finally understood what she has done. Smoke puffs out of her ears, a clear sign of brain overload.
Thanks to that, Freya releases the nearly dead Shiro from her vice grip. "*sigh*. If you put it that way, there's no way I can kill Shiro now."
"You were actually trying to kill me?!" roared Shiro in protest
"When someone says I want to kill you, it normally means I WANT TO KILL YOU, you know?" Freya replied as she puffs her chest in pride.
"NO IT DOES NOT!"
However, Shiro's protest were ignored as Freya leads the still overheating Debi away from the ring.
"Besides... I already selected the perfect person to punish you... MWAHAHAHAHA" said Freya as she and Debi settled at the ringside along with David, Amu and Zayd. "Now go and meet your maker!"
Shiro heads up the large circular ring which is normally used for 1 on 1 duels. In the middle of the ring stands a person with the worst possible compatibility to Shiro. The blond swordsman stands at attention and introduces himself to Shiro
"Good Day, Emiya Shiro. I, Arthur Pendragon, will be your opponent in the Class Assignment test. I hope we get alo-... A-are you alright?!" Arthur says out of concern.
A natural reaction, seeing how Shiro was grabbing his head as if experiencing a severe headache.
"Don't worry about!" Shiro replies is he struggles to accept reality. "Let me be for a few seconds. I'll be fine then"
"I-if you say so" Arthur said, clearly not convinced by Shiro's words.
"This world is so messed up! Everyone knows that King Arthur Pendragon is actually A GIRL! First there was Hera Cleas, then Date Masamune, NOW THIS?! Just how much will this world screw with me?!" Shiro rages in his head. "Nononononono! Stop! Think Logically. Even in my world, there is no such thing as an ARTHURIA Pendragon. Just a King Arthur. If you think about it, my world is weird for gender bending a prominent historical figure. It's as if some writer of an eroge decided to gender bend her to fit the tastes of their target market... Yes... That's it... Relax and accept the new reality!"
With that line of thinking, Shiro eventually returns to his normal state of mind.
"Er... Are you alright now?" Arthur sincerely asks.
"Yeah... I'm fine now."
"Are you certain you want to continue this duel? There is point in fighting an unwell opponent."
"Don't worry about it. It's just me and reality not seeing eye to eye" Shiro sighs. "Nothing life threatening nor physically damaging, I assure you"
"I see... " replied the still not convinced Arthur.
A person steps in the ring and positions himself between the two.
"Arght ye scallywags. Me thinks the 2 of ya r fit as a fiddle. Me be Davy Johns, a Grail War instructor n yer referee fer dis little match. D rulz r simple as walking d plank. Beat yer enemy till he stops his twitching to win. Savy lads?" said the muscular, one eyed pirate.
""Yes"" the two replied.
"Argh then! Begin!"
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David Israel. A kind hearted young man who adores the female anatomy at its full bloom.
While he and his two friends, Shiro and Zayd, are considered by many as disgusting pieces of solid mass, there is more to them than it seems.
For one, David has always hidden his tactical wit that is leagues above the average highschool student. If used it extensively, he would most likely be a RULER along side his ARCHER class.
Another example is Zayd. While a peerless lolicon without compare (not even the great Gilles De Rais can hold a candle to him anymore), his information gathering ability is as top notched as his over all ability as an ASSASSIN. Thanks to his natural stalking ability (normally used on little girls), Zayd's knowledge of every last person in the school is second to none. This vast info makes him very important ally and a very dangerous enemy to anyone and everyone.
And then, there is the mysterious Shiro.
For all of David's pride in his insight, he can barely deduce anything of Shiro's inner workings. One thing is for sure though, Shiro is VERY strong.
Date Masamune is a well known delinquent due to her powerful Noble Phantasm befitting the RIDER class. However, a drastic shift in her personality happened a year ago. She proudly labels herself as Shiro's property by right of conquest, which only means one thing... Shiro destroyer her in combat.
Even now, David can spot small hints of power within Shiro's defensive fighting style.
Shiro, who was wielding a pair of black and white hatchets, does nothing but block and dodge Arthur's relentless assault. Constantly moving back to minimize damage while staying within Arthur's sword range as if spurring the SABER to attack him. If David's guess is right, Shiro is testing Arthur.
A brave thing to do, considering that Arthur is ranked #1 among the 3rd year SABER class and #2 overall in their year (Hera Claes is #1).
David looks around to see if anyone notices the same thing as he.
Beside him, Zecch- Freya-sensei and Zayd are screaming "KILL HIM ARTHUR! RIP HIS GUTS OUT!". While Freya's anger is justifiable, Zayd's rage is completely childish.
"Just because the top 1 loli of the school just made a pitiful excuse of a confession does not mean that Shiro will accept it you know?" David thought. "If my guess is right, Shiro will try to brush it off as nothing more than a casual statement. Such is the way of a main character from an eroge."
On Arthur's side, his fan girls are either screaming "Do your best Arthur!" or "Kill that pervert!".
"We really are that hated huh...*sigh*"
At the very least there some people on Shiro's side. There Debi who watched worriedly and there was Amu who has a very rare smile on her face. This caught David's attention.
"Hey Amu, mind if I ask you something?" David said.
"Proceed." replied Amu as she takes out her revolver
"... Er... Why did you take out your revolver?"
"Insurance."
"Do you really not trust me THAT much?!"
"Yes" Amu replies with so much certainty that even David was almost convinced that he was a true scum of the universe... almost.
Though crestfallen, David fights down the sad emotions and keeps his head in the game.
" I know Shiro has been hiding his true capabilities from us. As the only one who has seen the truth, please tell me. Just how powerful Shiro is?"
"He fights like the Living God Futsunushi. It was awe inspiring" Amu said with a face of a love struck maiden
David was surprised. For one, that was the longest sentence Amu has ever said. She normally goes for one or two words a sentence. Sometimes three words if she feels like it. Any topic around Shiro seems to be Amu's interest.
The 2nd and more important matter is the fact that Amu has compared Shiro to Futsunushi, the God of Swords. Based on the legends, every time Futsunushi steps into a battlefield, a rain of steel decimates his opponents. The Uruk family proudly boasts the fact that they are direct descendants of the God of Swords, hence inheriting a portion of his ability.
"Like Futusunushi? Care to elaborate?" asked David in curiosity.
In response, Amu simply points to the ring. When David return his attention to the battle, his eyes could not belive what he was seeing.
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After a few minutes of defensive fighting, Shiro comes to a verdict.
"...Is this a joke?"
While Shiro does feel Arthur's seriousness and ferocity, he feel neither the tension that he once experienced during his brief sparing time with SABER in the Fuyuki Grail Wars. There was no sharpness nor the precision that nearly knocks him out the second he lets his guard down.
"But then again, I have the knowledge and experience of a 40 year old man who has fought for nearly his entire life. Who am I to blame a teenager to match a war veteran in terms of skill?" Shiro thought, removing his slight frustration in the process.
"Well then, it's been a while since I went all out. I better practice before I get too rusty."
Shiro parries one of Arthur's incoming strikes then quickly follows with a thrust to the head. As expected Arthur dodges at the very last second by rolling out of the way. Shiro goes goes into the offensive, slashing the knight while he's still flatfooted.
Arthur backs away as fast as possible and makes a bit of distance between them. Unfortunately, that's exactly what Shiro wanted as he also does the same. Before Arthur could notice his error, the distance between the two was already 30 meters.
Shiro begins pulling off some of the moves that neither his old self nor the counter guardian is capable of doing.
Twin Swords of Black and White
Separated by a cruel reality
Rejoice for I change your fate
Married swords, become one.
Shiro slams Kanshou and Bakuya together. Like two snakes coiling into a spiral, the twin swords combines in an unnatural way. A second later, gone was the twin swords of black and white. In it's place is a two handed sword of black and white.
Reinforcement, Projection and Alteration. These were the original abilities that can be performed within Unlimited Blade Works.
However, upon coming to this new world, Shiro unlocked the ability called COMBINATION. He does not know when, where or how he got it, he just instantly understood the he can do it.
Maybe it's because he fused with his other self in this world? Or maybe Zelretch accidentally screwed up somewhere? He has no idea. What is important is the fact that Combination allows certain armaments within UBW to be fused together, creating a very powerful version of the two. Unfortunately, the two weapons need to be very compatible with each other, thus limiting the number of weapons Shiro can combine.
Kansho and Bakuya are one of the very few combinable weapons.
Shiro charges at Arthur with the fury of a fierce god. The sword of black and white clashes again and again with the invisible sword of wind.
Shiro lets lose a barrage of slashes in a very unorthodox manner. Normally, people tend to aim at the face, heart or any other vital organ in the upper body to end the duel as fast as possible. On the other hand, Shiro repeatedly aims at Arthur's outer extremities such as the arms and legs, effectively confusing the well trained knight.
Mind you, even with the powerful magecraft that prevents any lasting injury to the participants no matter how badly they bash each other, the pain will still remain as if they were actually injured until the very end of the match.
Stab a sword into a knight's foot and that's enough to cripple him good. It's a dishonorable and underhanded tactic against a knight, which is why Arthur is forced to go on the defensive.
"But as you expect from a knight, his defense is good... Well then, how about THIS!"
OVEREDGE
The Kanshou-Bakuya 2 hand sword grows in size and changes it shape. Before Arthur could even register the phenomenon, Shiro baseball swings the knight, blasting him 10 feet back at the expense of the overedged sword.
Naturally, Arthur notices this and immediately capitalizes... He never got close.
I am the bone of my sword...
Shiro hurls sword after sword after sword with such deadly accuracy that even the brave Arthur was forced to stop his charge.
The knight ducks underneath the 1st sword, dodgerolls from the 2nd and blocks the 3rd. A big mistake as the sword explodes in his face. Arthur is blown back but he desperately regains his footing because Shiro had no intention of letting him rest.
The knight desperately dodges the rain of high explosive weapons, however, the hit earlier has done it's job of slowing him down.
Naturally, Shiro takes notice of this. He stops his barrage, gathers a bit of power, then shoots 10 weapons at the same time, successfully scoring a number of hits.
"Well then... If my guess is correct, Arthur is about to-"
Suddenly a powerful gust of wind consumes the area. In the middle of the typhoon is a golden light that grows in intensity.
"Hahaha. Gotta love this hero types. They are so painfully predictable."
The hurricane dies down, but in its place, massive amounts of energy is being gathered into the golden sword. After a second of charging, Arthur raises his blade.
Shiro knows that blade oh too well. It is the sword from the lake. It is the strongest holy blade in existence. It is the Excalibur, the Sword of Promised Victory.
The moment Arthur swings it down, victory is assured... If it wasn't for the Caldabolg 2 that is already half an inch into Arthur's skull.
BOOOM!
The ground shakes as the explosion consumes the knight.
And then, there was silence. The building was so still that even a pin drop would sound like a nuclear bomb.
It was only natural that everyone has eyes on Arthur Pendragon, whom is considered to be a future Grail War star in the making. What no one expected was the said star being butchered in a one sided massacre by an unknown warrior.
This is why Shiro wanted to avoid the Class Assignment. By revealing even a fraction of his power, the entire school will now keep an eye on him.
Regretful as he may be, the deed has been done. He has no choice but to prepare for the consequences of his show boating.
"*sigh*... Its gonna be a loooooong year."
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Unfortunately for Shiro, the worst possible person just happened to be watching their battle.
Gilgamesh Uruk stood at a distance along with her possies. While the extras were shocked at Arthur's defeat, Gil was experiencing a set of very different emotions after watching the match.
Anger, Jealousy, Rage.
Like her family, Gil has always took pride that they are direct descendants of Futsunushi, the Living God of Swords.
Unfortunately, Futsunushi could not perfectly pass down his sword summoning abilities to his descendants simply because the said ability is ingrained in his soul. It is not a magic crest that can be removed and transferred at will.
To remedy this, Futsunushi created the GATE OF BABYLON and passed it to his descendants. While the Gate of Babylon can operate with great cost efficiency compared to Futsunushi's sword projection, it is incapable of his signature Alteration and Combination, thus limiting it's creativity.
This is why she's so angry.
Out of nowhere, a nobody just suddenly pops up and successfully performs the skills that her family has dreamed of copying for generations? It's only natural that she feels a fair bit of envy and hate for the new comer.
"FAKER!"
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Another unexpected viewer watched Shiro's match from the VIP seats on top of the building. This person sports a red and black full body armor without revealing a single speck of his skin. If he was to describe what he looked like in otaku terms, he would look like a miniature Knightmare from C*de Ge*ss.
Despite his questionable knowledge of the otaku culture, the red knight is considered by many as the true leader of the 7 Living Gods. He is Futsunushi (not his real name), Living God of Swords.
"Ho... So that's how I look like from the audience perspective." Futsunushi thought in nostalgia.
While Futsunushi takes a trip down memory lane, a old (yet very fit) butler suddenly appears beside him.
"My lord, care for a drink?" the butler offers a tray with numerous cocktail looking beverages.
" Augustus, you know I don't drink alcohol right?"
"Fret not my lord. These are freshly squeezed juices from the finest fruits in the land. I personally supervised the creation of this concoctions to ensure that not a single drop of alcohol or any similar substance is present in these glasses. I swear on my butler pride."
"... I know I've been telling you this for a few hundred years now so forgive me if I sound like a broken record, but would it kill you to loosen up a little?"
"Heavens! A butler must always be mindful of their master's surroundings. The very thought of relaxing is a mortal sin amongst us butlers. Such sin is punishable by death! In response to your inquiry: Yes, it will kill me to loosen my guard." The butler named August replied with such conviction that the Living God himself was overwhelmed.
"... R-right..."
Introducing Augustus Lycaon, Futsunushi's (self proclaimed) personal butler and his team's BERSERKER. The first 7 servants under Amaterasu are all qualified to be RULERs, thus it's only natural for them to have their won team despite being servants. In Futsunishi's team, Augustus is his very first servant and a very important mentor.
As mentor of a person not from this world, Augustus taught Futsunushi many things during the god's first few years in their past era.
Augustus is also regarded by many is the physical manifestation of Class and Sophistication. Whenever Augustus is present in the room, everyone else would feel like a bunch of uncivilized monkeys compared to him. His overwhelming class is the main reason why he has so many suitors despite his old external appearance.
FYI: Lycaon is the name of the first werewolf in greek mythology.
Futsunushi takes what he thinks is apple juice. He opens the lower part of his helmet and slowly savors the apple goodness.
"I see that child has caught your interest my lord." said Augustus who was also watching the battle between Emiya Shiro and Arthur Pendragon. " He reminds me of you when you were his age."
"Of course he would. After all, we're..." Futsunushi trails off.
"Ah. That fact escaped my memory for a moment. It is no surprise that you two are similar." August replies. "So the trip here was nothing more than walking down memory lane?"
"More or less. " replied Futsunushi in a laid back manner. "Not everyone gets to experience something like this. Might as well abuse it while the opportunity is still present."
Augustus nods in agreement as the two silently watches Shiro walk into the locker room.
" Now that our objectives are satisfied, I must insist that you visit your legal wife and your concubines" said Augustus with a serious face, causing Futsunushi to face palm. "I understand that this ordeal must be straining at times, but you decided to treat your wives with utmost respect. While I am thankful that you do not think little of women like Aries, your approach also has its fair share of problems."
"*sigh*... I was fine with having only one wife you know?" the living God slouches.
"Indeed you are. However your legal wife, Lady Amaterasu, INSISTED that powerful men must have a few concubines." Augustus replies while showing a rare face of annoyance. "And who are we to refuses her wishes? Remember the last time you brought up the subject?"
The two pauses for a moment... then their body suddenly shook in fear and dread.
"... Damn ... I really was traumatized... " Futsunushi said as he desperately tries to control his shaking right arm.
"Fret not my lord... You are not alone." Replied Augustus whose legs were shaking controllably.
Among the male Living Gods, Futsunushi has the smallest harem of 6 women compared to the 50+ of the others.
"Well then, I better do what needs to be done." said Futsunushi
"Very good my lord. I shall prepare the car for you." replied Augustus. With his typical butler ninja moves, he disappears from sight.
Futsunushi takes one last look the sports complex.
"Be careful of anything related to time traveling, Emiya Shiro. For both of our sakes."
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