Chapter 2: The Faux City

I ran through the city, looking for robots not currently fighting another U.A. hopeful. I didn't want to steal someone else's points; plus, it might be to much trouble to be worth the hassle. As I dashed through the streets I had to keep refocusing myself from the crazy things I passed. I saw a guy with a stomach beam that sparkled, a kid made of metal, and someone faster than I could ever hope to be. Then I saw it. Unattended robots. Here we go.

"Trace on," I said, as I reached into my core with my mind. Then, I mentally grabbed at the familiar shapes I'd grown to know so well that they were practically an extension of my own self. Finally, I pulled, and they appeared. In my hands shimmered a blue light, which was quickly replaced by twin swords. Kanshou and Bakuya. I tighten my grip on my weapons and charge. The robot that I chose to hit first snaps it's head towards me and locks on, readying its attack. It never got a chance to fire. I leaped into the air and slashed downward with both swords. My swing, with the assistance of gravity, went clean through the robots head. The bot's 'eye' immediately stopped glowing, and the whole thing began to collapse as I landed. "One point," I said, standing up. Then I heard the sound of launching missiles. I spun around and threw my swords into the missiles, causing a few to explode. This set off a chain reaction; the exploding missiles caused the others to explode, which set off the rest. As this happened, I traced the twin swords again. I then threw them again, this time aiming for the missile launcher. The swords, once they hit their target, were lodged in the launcher, effectively obscuring multiple slots which the missiles shot from. This obviously caused some problems. Even though the robots last attempt was foiled, it began to try the same thing again. It didn't work. The missiles from the blocked holes hit the swords and exploded. This set off another chain reaction, causing the launcher, along with the entire robot, to implode. "Three points," I said.

This process continued for the next seven or so minutes. I found a robot, or it found me, I destroyed it and moved on. It wasn't exactly trivial, but it wasn't extremely hard, either. To summarize, it was underwhelming. Then again, what if I wasn't going fast enough? What if everyone had more points than I did? I just need to go faster, get more-what the hell is that? My train of thought was suddenly derailed by the biggest thing I had ever seen. Wait a minute. 'These are worth zero points. I recommend you avoid them.' Great. I could partially see it a few streets away, blocked from full view by a couple rows of buildings. It shouldn't be a problem for me. The others, however...no, no way they would set them to kill. Then again, some of the other robots had missiles. And machine guns. "Damn it," I muttered as I ran toward the giant robot.

I dashed across streets and in between buildings towards the ridiculously huge machine. As I was nearing it, I hit a crowd going in the opposite direction. I noticed some of the weird or shocked looks they were giving me, but I just dismissed them. Then I felt someone's hand grab my arm and a voice say "Are you insane? Why are you going towards it?" He yelled over the noise of the robot and the crumbling city. Instead of answering his question, I responded with my own.

"Is anyone still back there?" I ask, with worry lacing my words. As I looked over at him, I realized it was tall kid. His face once again showed shock as he heard my words, then switched to guilt, and finally landed on determination.

"Yes, I think so. I'm going with you." He responded. I nodded, agreeing since we might need to carry someone out and I might need the extra manpower. We both headed into the dust-covered area, looking for injured. Then we saw them. Cute girl, stuck underneath rubble, and right in the robot's path. In front of her was my new friend, floating kid. I never did get his name. We began to call out to them as we raced toward them. Just as we were reaching floating kid, he stood and began to run. Then he crouched. Then, he JUMPED. He leaped into the sky, cracking the cement below and pushing us back. We both just stood there, watching in shock and awe he soared toward the villainous robot, rearing back his arm. Then he yelled one word.

"SMAAAAAAAAAASH!" He plunged his fist into the things face, throwing it back and causing various explosions across its body. Then it fell. It crashed into the ground, definitely destroying anything underneath it. It wasn't the only thing that fell. The floating kid...no, that doesn't seem to really fit anymore. The smash kid was falling, too. It wasn't a controlled fall, though. His limbs, except for his left arm, were flapping everywhere in a way that shouldn't be humanly possible. It was almost like...his limbs were broken. There's no way he could land without dying on his own. Maybe if he smashed the ground at the correct, precise moment, he'd survive. If he was a second too late or too early...

"We've gotta catch him," I tell tall kid. "Run at me, I'll give you a boost and you can jump and catch-"

"I don't think that will be necessary," said tall kid, cutting me off.

"What do you mean? What-"

"Look," He said, cutting me off again while pointing behind me. I turned around and saw...cute girl? She must have somehow freed herself and was currently riding a floating robo-corpse. Smash kid was gaining speed and about to smash his face into the concrete. He was falling...and falling...right past cute girl...and smack. Smash kid became floating kid again. Smashy was floating just above the ground when he suddenly fell to the pavement, albeit safely this time, along with cute girl and her robot. Then she vomited. She seemed okay, though. Everyone was okay. Then I remembered smash kid. One look at him confirmed that he was definitely NOT okay, but he was alive. His limbs will heal. I may have abandoned the exam near the end, but I don't regret what I did. I was there to help if anyone had needed it. I looked over at tall kid. No, I wasn't there to help. We were.

"Hey," I said, getting his attention. "What's your name?" Hearing that, his entire body shifted from tired teen to formal adult.

"I am Tenya Iida, pleased to meet you!" He said, loud and proud, with a slightly overdramatic bow.

"I'm Shirou Emiya," I responded, smiling at his strangely formal demeanor. "Nice to meet you, too."

"ANNNND TIME'S UP!"

I hope the points I got were enough.