Chapter 4 - Birth of Prisma Illya
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After our... fun time we had, Illya and I quickly fell asleep, exhausted from the late night activity. I used my magic to rid the room and our bodies of the smell and sweat. We had also hadn't gotten re-dressed afterwards, sleeping completely naked together. Thank god I usually lock the door. I also made it so our activity didn't tire us out, or rather that our sleep would be enough to reinvigorate us come morning.
Sure enough, the next morning, my eyes warily open as the sun hits our faces. As they get used to the light, my eyes open more and more, soon not being bothered by the brightness at all. I look at my digital alarm clock showing '6:45'. A bit early, seeing as how I had set it for seven. I look down and see my cute little sister, fast asleep against my chest, my arm wrapped around her and holding her nude body tightly.. I can't help but smile while looking down at her, looking at her cute face and hearing her soft breathing. It seems like it'd be a crime to disrupt her like this, but...
I nudge my arm a bit, causing her to move. After a moment, she stirs, clenching her eyelids tighter as the light hits her eyes through them. Eventually, she blinks open her ruby red eyes a few times, before they raise up and land on me. The pair of ruby orbs widen a bit before a serene smile appears on her cute face.
"Good morning, Onii-chan."
"Morning, Illya."
My girlfriend snuggles her body closer to mine. "We really did all of that last night, huh?"
"Yup." I say, popping the p.
"It felt really good." She smiles.
"Yup." I say again, popping the p.
"I don't wanna get up." She whines.
"Yup." I say once again, popping the p.
"Don't tease me!" She whines from my identical responses, pouting up at me.
"But I'm not." I smile down at her. "I was just agreeing with you. I don't wanna get up either."
She hums in agreement, clearly upset about our fate of going to school as well. Instead of complaining anymore, she just snuggles closer to me. "I love you, Onii-chan."
I smile, pulling her closer. "I love you too, Illya."
The two of us then dragged ourselves to the bathroom (after putting our pajamas back on), and brush our teeth. Afterwards, we both got dressed, Illya also taking the time to brush her hair, despite how cute her bed head looked.
"Good morning." Illya says, opening the door to the dining room.
"Mornin'." I say, right behind her.
"Morning." Liz says, casually taking a big bite from her toast as she sits at the table.
"Good morning, Illya-san, Shirou-kun." Sella greets, walking from behind the counter over to the table and placing down a drink for Illya.
"Mornin', Sella." I greet once again.
"Good morning, Sella." Illya greets. "Hey, do you think it'll arrive today?"
"That anime DVD of yours, yeah?" I ask, remembering that she ordered a magical girl anime DVD a while back.
"Yes, I think so." Sella says, before turning her attention to her fellow homunculus. "Hey, Liz! You're eating already?!" She shouts at her sister, indignant. "And you too!" She half-heartedly lectures Illya, drinking from her cup. "You need to say 'Itadakimasu'!"
Illya sighs happily as she sits her drink back down.
I just smile at their antics. Not long after the four of us finish eating, Illya and I go over to the entrance and slip on our shoes, my sister also putting on her brown hat which I think is just for female elementary students. It was weird seeing it on her the first time.
"See you two later." I turn away from the door and smile to our two caretakers.
"See you later!" Illya echoes cutely.
"Have a nice day!" Sella chirps as Liz blankly waves as we leave the house.
Illya then walks alongside me as I walk with my bike. It's become something of a hobby for me, to ride to school after Illya and I split up partway through our walk to school. The two of us chat about this and that, the cute girl hugging into my arm the whole time, until we near a certain crosswalk. Illya perks up as she sees her friends nearby.
The four girls seem to notice her as well. Tatsuko, the shortest of the bunch with a head of blonde hair, slightly darker gold eyes, and seemingly endless energy, shouts and waves wildly while shouting, "Hey, Illya!" Her friends Mimi- a girl with short brown hair and purple eyes-, Nanaki- who has short pink hair done in twintails-, and Suzuka- a bespectacled girl with dark green hair done in low pigtails and slightly lighter green eyes- all shake their heads at the energetic girl's antics.
Illya introduced me to them all once before, they're all sweet girls, though nowhere near as cute as Illya is. Bar fucking none.
My sister lets go of my arm and waves back. She looks up at me with a smile. "I'll see you later, Onii-chan!"
"Later, Illya." I smile as she runs off, her and her friends walking towards the elementary school. I just smile and hop on my bike's seat, before pedaling towards the high school. I quickly make it to the school's gates, riding along the sidewalk. There, I greet Issei as I park my vehicle in the bike racks, making sure to lock the damn thing. As a (former) American, I don't trust leaving it unprotected, afraid people will go and try to steal the damn thing. School, as per usual is boring as hell. I end up swapping with a clone after second period, before swapping back before final period.
After spending the day training in my pocket dimension again and getting memories of the school day from the clone, the final bell of the day rings quicker than expected. I bid Issei goodbye as I walk with my bike, only to hear a cute voice yell, "Onii-chaaaaan!"
Sure enough, there's Illya, running up to me with a big smile on her face. I smile back, "Oh? Decided to go this way today?"
Her running comes to a full stop just a bit away from me. "Yeah! I wanted to go with you today, Onii-chan."
I just shake my head with a smile as the two of us begin to walk together. My sister then stops and turns around. "Say, how about we race home?"
"You know I've got a bike, right?" I ask, raising an eyebrow as I gesture down to my vehicle.
"It's okay, you know how fast I can run." She chirps, before turning around and running down the sidewalk.
"Okay, okay." I say to myself as I watch her run, her skirt lifting up a bit with each step. Honestly... I hop on my bike and follow after her, making sure to go slow. By the time we arrived home, she pouted at me for letting her win, but the sidewalks aren't quite wide enough for us to race side by side like she wanted.
""I'm home."" Both of us announce as we enter the house, the sun having dipped down in the sky a bit.
"Welcome home, Illya-san." Sella says, greeting us, polite as ever. "Oh? Shirou-kun was with you?" She asks, seeing Illya and I taking off our shoes.
"Yeah, she took a different route today. Met me at my school's gate." I explain.
"Oh, a package arrived for you this afternoon, Illya-san." Sella explains, causing Illya to beam at her. "I believe the contents were-"
"DVDs?" I finish as Illya runs off, Sella blinking in surprise. We both then blink to see Illya shouting at Liz, who's currently watching her DVD.
"Liz-oneechan! Watching it without me is mean!" The short girl whines, pointing at the tv.
"Oh, Illya. Welcome back." Liz says lazily, two pieces of pocky in her mouth.
"Don't give me that 'welcome back'!" Illya snaps.
"I'm the one who paid for them." Liz points out calmly.
"Th-That's true, but..." Illya stammers.
"I was wondering what it was." Sella says.
"Yeah, she got Liz to buy 'em for her a few days ago." I explain as Illya pulls on Liz, shouting at her.
"Illya has been throughly tainted by this world. I cannot face Madam Irisviel like this, after she entrusted me with the household." The polite homunculus bemoans dramatically.
"Stop being so dramatic, Sella." I deadpan. She gets like this every now and again, and it was kinda funny at first, but now it's just tiring seeing her getting so worked up over little things like this. "You don't have to worry about this."
"What an irresponsible thing to say!" She snaps at me, looking up to meet my eyes.
I just groan in response. "Huh? How's that irresponsible?" I snap back.
Sella and I then began to half-heartedly argue as Illya and Liz continued to watch the Magical Girl anime DVD, the former being far more enthusiastic about it.
Day soon turned into night as Illya stayed in the living room to watch that DVD of hers. I popped in every now and again to see what was happening. Spoiler: it was what you'd expect from an anime like that. She did take a break for dinner and to change clothes, but went right back to watching.
Honestly, today has passed without much fanfare. School was boring, as usual, and Illya was cute, as usual. Just another average day for-
My eyes snap to the side, sensing magical energy being discharged in the city, or rather over it. Who the fuck is that? I use a trick I picked up, making a small screen of sorts in the air, allowing me to se what's going on. Looking through the screen, I see great flashes of light in the night sky of Fuyuki. Looking closer, I see... I see...
...Okay, that the fuck am I looking at here?!
It's clearly Rin Tohsaka and Luviagelita Edelfelt in the sky fighting. Rin, as I recall via rumors, left for England last year, likely to join the Clock Tower, but why is she back? More importantly, why is Luvia here? I can understand them fighting, they're heated rivals after all, but why are they doing this in the sky?
And why are they dressed like goddamn magical girls?!
Rin is wearing a strangely cute red and white dress with a cape and... black cat ears and tail? What the fuck? And why does she have a red and gold staff with a star at the end? And why's it giving me a strange feeling? That clearly ain't some normal mystic code.
As for Luvia, she has on a blue and gold dress with... what I can only assume are brown dog ears and a tail. She too has a staff, this one blue and gold with a star at the end. It's giving me the heebie-jeebies.
The two magical girls (I hesitate to call them that) continue to strike at one another, throwing around obscene amounts of magical attacks. How are they doing that anyway? They're nearly using Servant levels of energy. Is it because of those mystic codes? Eventually, the two of them stop to glare hatefully at one another.
"Could you too just please stop all this?" The red wand asks, causing me to blink in surprise. It's conscious? How? What the fuck is this?!
"Be quiet, Ruby!" Rin barks at the wand, before pointing at the Finnish girl. "She's the one that started it, so she's the one that's in the wrong!"
"If the children who dream of being magical girls were to hear that, they'd cry." The red wand, Ruby, says in a sing-song voice.
Luvia, however, makes use of this distraction and prepares another spell, which fires at Rin.
"Ruby, erect a barrier!" Rin shouts frantically before the blast hits her. As they dark smoke from the explosion clears, Rin is perfectly fine, holding Ruby in front of her and... does the wand have a bandage on its 'head'?
"The barrier is always up, but it can't completely deflect magic that powerful." Ruby explains, looking a bit singed.
"Unbelievable, you're as tough as a cockroach." Luvia scoffs. "Won't you just disappear?"
"I see... I understand how you feel." Rin says in a dangerous tone, her bangs hiding her face, before an equally dangerous grin appears on her face. "If that's how it is, I'll perform your last rites!" She declares, pulling out a... card? A card with an archer on it. Hang on, Archer?
"A Class Card?" Luvia says, pulling out a card with a spearman on it. Lancer too? "Very well. In that case, I'll play along."
Then Rin slams the card onto the star part of the wand, yelling, "Class Card: Archer! Include!"
"Lancer! Include!" Luvia shouts, doing the same.
Class Cards? Does that mean those wands let them use the power of Servants? If that's the case, how did they get into cards? Something fishy is going on here. My mind races, trying to figure out what I'm the absolute hell is going on as the wands do... absolutely nothing?
Rin blinks. "Huh? Hey, Ruby! Include!" She shouts, poking the wand with the card.
"What's wrong, Sapphire?" Luvia asks the blue wand. Sapphire.
"Oh man, I just can't deal with you two anymore." Ruby bemoans, the six wings around her 'head' moving in such a way that it looks like she's holding hand out to stop Rin. "The reason that the Grand Master lent us Kaleidosticks to you both was so you could cooperate and complete the mission."
I should've known. This has Zelretch, the master of the Second Magic, Kaleidoscope, written all over it. And what mission is she talking about?
My musings are interrupted by Luvia laughing in her usual 'Ojou-sama' way. "Ohohohohoho! Serves you right, Tohsaka Rin! For your own stick to reproach you, I knew I was the superior master-"
"No, that applies to Luvia-sama as well." Sapphire interrupts, her voice much calmer than the energetic one from her sister, Ruby.
"What was that?" The blonde magus asks, taken aback.
But Sapphire reiterates, calmly, even bowing politely, "Luvia-sama, you've been ignoring your mission and acting in an arrogant fashion. Regretfully, I have judged you unfit to be my master."
Luvia all but growls at the stick, causing the brunette magus to chuckle at her expense. "What was that about being the 'superior master'?" She taunts.
"Be quiet!" Luvia snaps.
"Well, with that..." Ruby says, as she and Sapphire pull away from the teenage magi.
"Though this is entirely selfish..." Sapphire begins as they finish in unison. ""We'll be taking some time off."" They say, the blue wand bowing and the red one curling into a 'C' in an almost teasing way.
"Wait a minute!" Rin growls, pointing at the Kaleidosticks. "You mean to defy your master, you damn stick?!"
"You're not my master anymore, Rin-san." Ruby teases in a sing-song voice.
"You'll pay for this, Sapphire!" Luvia growls, pointing at the Kaleidosticks.
"I apologize, ex-master." Sapphire bows politely.
"Ah! By the way you two, your transformations have already been dispelled, so you'll fall if you don't act fast."
True to Ruby's words, Rin and Luvia's clothes have changed back to normal ones, and it's their usual clothes from the Fate series at that. Then, in honest to god cartoon fashion, Luvia and Rin look at each other, then down. Only then do they scream and fall.
"Have a great day, you two!" Ruby shouts happily. I can only watch as the two manage to use magecraft to mitigate their falls, though they do plunge into the water below them.
...What the fuck did I just watch?
Closing the screen, absolutely confused, I open the door to my room to see Illya in the hallway, yawning.
"Finally watched it all?" I ask.
She's so tied she doesn't even jump from my question. "No, there's still two more episodes. Sella said I should go ahead and take a bath."
"Ah. Well, I've already gotten clean, so go ahead." I say. The albino nods with a smile, then enters the bathroom, sliding the door closed behind her.
I sit there for a few minutes, contemplating what I just saw. Rin and Luvia have been sent here, likely by Zelretch considering the 'Kaleidosticks', to do something. They also have 'Class Cards', which I can only assume hold a Servant's power. The questions are numerous. Why are there cards like that? How are there cards like that? How did they get Servants powers in a card (provided that is indeed the case)? Why is Zelretch involved? What's happening in Fuyuki? Why is it always Fuyuki? Why magical girls?
No, seriously. Why magical girls? That's the most important question I have. Why magical girls? Seriously, what the-
BANG
I almost jump out of my skin from the crash that shakes the house. What the fuck?! Was that in the bathroom? Going back into my bedroom, I open another screen into the bathroom. I can only blink as Ruby is floating next to the door that has a new dent in it, saying, "Oh, you managed to dodge. I wanted to get it over with quickly. Well, that's fine." She chirps as Illya stares at the stick with wide and confused eyes. "Nice to meet you! I'm a magic stick of love and justice, Magical Ruby-chan! You there, would you like to become a magical girl?" She says cutely, posing.
Illya, still in the bath, just blinks at the arrival.
"How about it~?" Ruby asks, practically dancing in the air. Illya just sits there, covering her tiny chest as Ruby prattles on, "Become a magical girl, and with our combined strength, we'll fight evil together!"
Then, my girlfriend's face turns to one of suspicion.
"Ah, just now you thought 'this seems suspicious'." Ruby whines, getting closer to Illya, who puts her hands up in surrender.
"W-Well..." Illya begins. "...yeah."
"How sad." Ruby says, her wings drooping. "In this modern age, are there no girls left who conveniently dream of becoming magical girls? And- Eh? Are you bleeding?"
Illya looks down and, sure enough, she has a small cut on her arm. Did she nick herself on something? I knew I should've fixed those damn edges around the faucet. "Oh, I guess that must have happened when I dodged you." Ruby then flies over and touches the blood with her wing.
"Now, getting back on topic, would you like to become a magical girl?" The stick asks, continuing on like she didn't just absorb my sister's blood. The fuck was that about anyway?
"I don't really follow you anymore..." Illya deflects, looking away. "Can't you find somebody else?"
I just smile. Illya has always been real good at reading people.
She jolts as Ruby flies into her face again. "It's fun being a magical girl! You can fly through the sky, use beams to destroy your enemies-"
"Wai-" Illya tries to interrupt.
"-, and even fall in love using magic!" Ruby continues.
Illya deadpans.
"Ah! You reacted to that!" Ruby points out. "Is there someone you're interested in?"
The girl sighs. "There is, but I don't need any help there."
"Oh-ho? Who could it be?" Ruby teases, holding wings to her head and gushing as she... these sticks can blush? What the fuck is this all of a sudden, a gag manga?! But Ruby's curiosity knows no bounds, "Something cliche like a classmate?"
"Th-That's not it!" Illya protests, blushing. I swear, she can suck my dick and be fine, but with everyone else she blushes from the simplest things.
"Ah! I've got it! It must be something forbidden! Like another girl, or a sibling!" Ruby continues, causing Illya to jolt, which she notices. "There's nothing to be embarrassed about! Love is a wonderful thing. But to think you'd fall in love with your sibling! Such a forbidden, immoral romance! Ahh, love is wonderful!"
...I'm going to throttle that stick.
But, it seems Illya will beat me to it.
"Shut it, you compete idiot!" She yells, grabbing the stick and rotating around to throw the thing out of the open window. But suddenly, Ruby stops midair, Illya not able to move the thing as it chuckles teasingly.
"Heeheehee~ That was easier than I'd imagined." Ruby says, causing my eyes to narrow dangerously. "Master certified by blood, contract sealed by contact, and the key to activation, a maiden's love power!" Illya pulls on the stick, to no avail, all while Ruby teases the poor girl. "All received without a problem! Now, shall we move on to the final part?" Illya, however seems unable to move at all.
This fucking stick... If it hurts her, I'll kill the damn thing, revive it and kill it again.
"Won't you tell me your name?" Ruby asks.
Illya's body moves without her input as she grabs the stick with both hands and struggles to not speak, "I-Illya... Illyasviel... von Einzbern!"
As she says her name, Ruby begins to glow golden. "Yaho! With that, the master registration is complete!"
Suddenly, Illya and Ruby are teleported outside the bathroom as gold light engulfs them both and goes straight up into the air.
"Compact, Full Open!" Ruby shouts within the light. I then hear her yell some shit about cuteness. What the hell's going on in there?!
Eventually, the bright light dies down, revealing... Illya. In a magical girl outfit.
...For fuck's sake.
It's super pink, almost to the point of it being hard to look at for more than a moment. Illya looks down at Ruby in her hands- and at her new outfit- in a trance, her ruby red eyes wide and confused. Eventually, though, she snaps out of it.
"W-What is this?! Am I really a magical girl?! And when did I get outside?!"
"Well, it was a bit cramped in there." Ruby reasons.
"I came outside naked?!" Illya says dangerously as she grips the stick tightly, her face red and teary with rage and embarrassment.
But the stick dodges the question. "It suits you! It really suits you!"
"You aren't helping at all." Illya says as she falls to her knees, sounding completely exhausted. Makes sense, she was pretty sleepy before she got in the shower.
But once again, Ruby completely ignores my sister's plight. "Little girls really DO make the best magical girls! Unlike a certain old hag of a magical girl."
"Oh? Who are you calling an old hag?" Rin says dangerously, coming around the corner of the house, looking completely dry at that.
Illya turns around and looks at the magus warily, while Ruby just prattles on, "My, if it isn't Rin-san. So, you're alive."
"Yeah, no thanks to you." Rin growls, crossing her arms. "It's a miracle that I managed to survive." She says, walking up to the downed Illya.
"That sounds terrible." Ruby says, feigning ignorance.
"You... impudent little..." The brunette growls. "Anyway, come here, Ruby! I'll teach you who the real master is!"
"No, no. There's no need for that." Ruby says, shaking her 'head'. "The reason being that this girl here, Illya-san, is my new master."
"Huh?" Rin asks, baffled, just like I am. I don't even know what's happening anymore. "Hey, you."
"I-It's not what it looks like! It's a scam! I was deceived! I was like this before I knew what was happening!" Illya quickly shouts, holding her hand out to placate Rin. She still hasn't let go of the stick, though.
Rin just sighs. "Well, it's fine. I more or less understand. Anyway, would you mind returning that stick to me? It may be good for nothing, but I need it."
Illya looks at Ruby before holding it out to Rin. "Here."
"Thank you."
Despite that, Rin pulls on Ruby, but it doesn't break away from the younger girl's hand. "Huh...? Could you take your hand off of it?"
But the stick chuckles pridefully. "It's no use! The master information has already been overwritten! Her will has nothing to do with it. As long as I prohibit it, changing masters is imposs- OWW!"
Illya blinks as Ruby's prattling is interrupted by Rin slamming the stick into the wall, causing a small crater. What ever happened to subtlety?!
The magus grits her teeth. "Isn't that just great, Ruby? If that's the case, then I'll just torment you until you feel like changing masters again."
But the stick is unperturbed. "You're as passionate as always. Do you miss being a magical girl that much?"
"You think I'd miss it?!" Rin yells, face red. "I'd rather kill myself than be seen like that."
"Does that mean I should kill myself now?" Illya says, dejected.
But Ruby just sighs and pulls herself from the crater. "Well, it's fine. Illya-san, point me at Rin-san while thinking, 'You bastard!', and waving me around."
"Eh?" Illya blinks, before... oh, come on, Illya... I repress a groan as Illya points the stick at Rin and says, "Um, you... bas... tard...?", as lazily and monotonously as possible. Liz would certainly be proud.
ZAAAAAAAAP
Rin screams as she gets zapped by a bolt of purple mana from the wand.
Illya freaks out, eyes wide as she screams, "Something came out!"
"This is Illya-san's reply, 'I won't give my stick to anyone! Go back to where you came from, twin-tailed hag'." Ruby says smugly as Rin is frozen in place, slightly charred.
Illya screams, "I never said that!" frantically as Rin lifts a finger and charges up a Gandr.
"What do you think you're doing?!" Rin shouts, pissed, as she fires a few shots at Illya, who quickly ducks. I suppress the overwhelming urge to punt the magus as Illya crouches, closing her eyes tightly and clutching Ruby to her chest in fear. Rin blinks in surprise, panting a little and holding her hand as she notices all of her shots either missed or hit Ruby's shield.
After a moment, Illya cautiously opens an eye, before looking at herself. "Eh? Nothing happened."
Ruby just chuckles smugly. "Did you forget, Rin-san? Kaleid Ruby possesses an A-ranked magical barrier, full physical protection, and great power. In other words, 'I now possess the power of a hero, and some twin-tailed hag thinks she can beat me?', is what Illya-san was saying."
"H-Hey! Stop making stuff up!" Illya cries, trying to cover the wand's mouth.
Rin just sighs as Ruby prattles on, continuing to 'speak' for Illya. " 'Being a magical girl doesn't suit you. Just give up and go back to where you came from, twin-tailed hag!', is what you're saying, right Illya-san?"
"I told you, I didn't say that!" My sister yells as Rin pulls a small blue gem from her pocket and flicks it at the downed girl. The thing explodes in a bright light above Illya, blinding her. I use a bit of magic on my eyes to negate the effect.
"What is this?" Illya asks.
"It's a flashbang!" Ruby cries, sounding a touch worried. "Illya-san, run away!"
"Even if you say that, my eyes-"
But the young girl's words are cut short by Rin placing a finger against her head. "Sorry. Sleep for a bit." Illya then blacks out from the spell, unharmed. Ruby's transformation wears off and Rin places Illya sitting upright against the wall. The small girl is thankfully clad in a towel, covering her chest.
"Man, you got us!" The damned stick whines. "To think you'd attack from inside the barrier. The difference between you two's battle experience shows. I guess I still have a lot to teach her. With that, I'll be on my way."
"Hold it, you stupid stick!" Rin growls, snatching the thing from the air. "Don't think you can just get away in the midst of the confusion!"
"I-I won't bow down to violence!" The stick cries. "I have already decided that my new master is Illya-san."
"I see." The magus says, tossing Ruby up.
"Huh?" The stick says, surprised.
"If so, that's fine." Rin says, crossing her arms. "It wasn't my intent to get such a little girl caught up in this." She walks up to the downed girl and shakes her. "Come on, wake up."
Sure enough, Illya's eyes slowly open.
"I held back, so you shouldn't be injured." Rin says.
"Yeah." Illya says, noticing she isn't in pain, before blinking and looking down, her face red and eyes wide. "Ah, I'm naked again!" Sure enough, a towel is covering her chest and not much else.
"Okay. I'm about to tell you something important." Rin begins. "You don't get to refuse. If you're going to blame someone, blame Ruby. From now on, you will be a magical girl, and collect Class Cards."
""...Eh?"" Illya and I say in unison.
No, seriously, WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON HERE?!
After a bit of commotion involving Sella freaking out about the bang of Ruby and Illya's cut, Illya went back to her room and got dressed in pajamas. Ruby and Rin snuck in as well with me watching the whole thing unfold.
"Well?" Rin asks, sitting on the younger girl's bed. "Were you able to skirt around their questions?"
"Yeah, somehow." Illya says.
"Well even so, your mother was hysterical." Ruby says, floating next to Illya, now no longer able to be called a stick due to just being the 'head' part now.
"Sella isn't my mother, she's our maid." Illya explains, a bit awkward. I knew this was gonna happen, I fucking knew it.
"Oh? Then where are your parents?" Ruby asks.
"They both fly overseas for work a lot, so they aren't home that much." My sister explains. I really need to see what Mom and Dad get up to out there. I have a hunch of what they're doing, but still...
"So what did the maid do?" The magus asks.
"Well, she said she'd catch the culprit behind the prank, turn them into ground meat, and ship them out for ninety-eight yen per gram! How horrifying!" Ruby says, shaking a bit. Yeah, Illya managed to play it off as a prank some kids pulled.
"Oh, really?" Rin asks cheerfully. "That makes me want to catch the culprit and hand them over to her!" She says, plucking the small, gold star from the sky with a pissed off face.
"By the way, um..." Illya begins. "What's going on?"
"Oh yeah." The magus says, tossing Ruby aside. "I guess I should explain it to you. The name's Tohsaka Rin. I'm a magus."
"A... magus?" Illya blinks.
"Yup." Rin confirms. "Think of me as something like a magician." She adds, noticing Illya's confused look.
"A magician..." Illya muses.
"It's completely different from what you're thinking!" Rin shouts, chopping Illya on the top of the head lightly. "I'd rather you not think of me as the sort of person who'd go around wearing such embarrassing outfits!" She says as Illya clutches her head. "I may not look it, but I'm a candidate to be the chairman of the Clock Tower."
Oh-ho? This world's Rin is in a high position, huh? Interesting.
"I was just as embarrassed to dress like that, though..." My girlfriend pouts.
"It's fine." Ruby reassures. "It suits you better, Illya-san."
"That doesn't make me very happy." Illya deadpans. "So, what is a magus like Rin-san doing here?"
"Right, that brings us to the main topic." Rin says, putting on glasses... for some reason. Where did she get those?
Illya shares my thoughts as she covers her mouth and whispers to Ruby, "Why the glasses?"
"Maybe she's trying to set the stage." Ruby's wings shrug.
"Basically, we've come to this city under order from the Clock Tower to collect cards." Rin explains.
"Cards?"
"I mean these." Rin says, holding out a card to Illya.
Illya squints her eyes at the card, trying to read the word. She does well in English class for someone her age that doesn't speak it, but she isn't perfect. "A... r..."
Rin just smiles. "Archer."
"Archer?" Illya asks. "I don't remember there being a card like that in tarot."
"This isn't a tarot card. This card was fabricated using exceedingly advanced magical theory, and holds a special power." The teenager says, serious as can be. "If used for evil, it's powerful enough to destroy an entire city."
"Destroy a city?" Illya asks, a bit worried. "T-There are things that dangerous in this city?"
Rin sits back down, crossing her legs. "That's right."
"I got it." Illya realizes. "So it's like Rin-san diffuses bombs set up around the city, like some secret bomb squad agent!" She says, enthusiastic.
"That's a rather... original way to put it." Rin sweatdrops. "...but irritatingly, you're mostly right. This dangerous job would be too difficult to handle without being armed, so they specifically lent me..." She trails off, grabbing Ruby by the wing. "...this stupid stick."
Ruby takes offense. "It's rude to call the greatest magical artifact a 'stupid stick'!" Rin lets the thing go. "That's the reason why I rebelled against you! We have the right to choose our own masters!"
Rin just sighs, sounding exhausted suddenly. "I didn't want to get outsiders involved like this, but this stupid stick has that kind of personality." She says, grabbing Ruby again and squeezing.
"I won't bow down to violence!" Ruby whines.
"So at least until I can convince her otherwise, you'll be assisting me in collecting cards." Rin explains. "You better be prepared!"
Illya just dumbly nods, before she realizes. "EH?!"
Soon after, Rin left, leaving the dumb stick with Illya. Satisfied with this, I closed the screen. I can do nothing but sigh as I lean back in my chair. Honestly, Rin didn't even explain what getting those cards entails. I'm not sure if she just forgot or what, but I still don't know what it entails. I can only hope it isn't fighting a Servant. I swear, if either of those idiots put my sister in danger, I'll hurt 'em. They think Sella is scary? Just wait 'till they see me.
Feeling far more exhausted than I should be, I move over to my bed and lay down. I guess Illya's gonna sleep in her room tonight. Oh well.
Still, I'm gonna have to keep an eye on this shit.
Seriously, what the fuck even IS this turn of events?
AN
This one was mostly just the first bit of the anime, just setting up some things here and there.
I hope you enjoyed this chapter and look forward to the next!
