Shirou suddenly felt a chill going through his body, like if someone was watching him.
"What the?! What was that feeling in my body just now?! It felt like something or someone is watching me...just who or what is it?"
Shirou turned around to see if there was something or someone was tailing him. To his relief, there was no one behind him. "Well, there's nothing behind me...am I getting crazy? Or is it my imagination?" Shirou then dismissed his thoughts and continued walking.
Little did Shirou know that he was wrong...because in the distance of the hallway, there was someone falling him.
And that someone is Kiara Sessyoin, who is also known as Beast III/R.
"So that is Emiya Shirou huh? The younger counterpart to the counter guardian I have corrupted many years ago..."
(A few hours ago...)
Kiara Sessyoin was walking in one of Chaldea's hallways, minding her own business. As she was walking, she overheard something that interested her.
"Hey EMIYA?" Ritsuka asked EMIYA.
"Hm? What is it master?" EMIYA replied.
"Well...there's one question that's been on my mind for quite a while now. You see, how is it that you and Shirou are the same person, but you look different from him?"
EMIYA gave Ritsuka's question a long thought and said, "Well, it's because my younger self didn't make the same mistake me and my altered counterpart did."
"Really? And what mistake was that?"
"Overusing projection."
"Is that the reason why you and your altered counterpart have tanned skin, white hair, and grey eyes while Shirou has red hair, untanned skin, and golden-brown eyes?"
"Yeah."
"I see..."
As Kiara overheard the conversation between Ritsuka and EMIYA, she was immediately interested in Emiya Shirou, the younger version of EMIYA Alter, who she had corrupted a long time ago.
"Emiya Shirou...so he's the younger version of the counter guardian I corrupted a long time ago...he sounds interesting to play with. Wonder what I shall do to him...should I break him and make him experience pleasure? Or should I brainwash him? Oh the many possibilities I want to do to him..."
And just like that, Kiara had one new goal in mind.
Meeting Emiya Shirou.
(Back to the present...)
Kiara continued following Shirou in the distance, her mind set on meeting him and enacting her plans on what to do with him. As she continued to follow him, she had to hide in a corner again as Shirou turned around again to see if there was someone following him. "Tch. Damn, he's always on check with something..."
Soon, Shirou left. As so, Kiara peaked out of the corner to see if he was gone, which he was. Kiara let out a sigh. "Soon Emiya Shirou. Soon you will meet me...and you cannot escape from me and my embrace..."
Kiara was in the corner, monitoring her target as he was sitting alone in the cafeteria, eating his food. "Great. He's alone in the cafeteria. Perfect to make a move on him."
Kiara then proceeded to move out of her hiding spot and went to where Shirou was. However, before she could even to do so, Arturia and her counterparts just arrived and then went into the cafeteria.
"Shirou!" Arturia and her counterparts yelled, grabbing his attention.
"Hm? Oh, hey Arturia. What are all of you doing here?"
"Isn't it obvious? We're here to have lunch with you," Arturia Alter said.
"Exactly! We don't want you to have lunch all by yourself you know!" Arturia Lily said.
"That's right. After all, you are our queen," Lancer Arturia said.
"And what kind of king we would be if we let our queen eat alone?" Lancer Arturia Alter said.
"Exactly. We don't want to leave you alone," Ruler Arturia said.
"And plus, it's already lunch time right now," Archer Arturia said.
"Yes. And we're quite hungry now Shirou," Rider Arturia Alter said.
"She's right. We want some of your cooking again," Santa Arturia Alter said.
"Yeah. I want some of your fried rice again..." Mysterious Heroine X said.
"And your sweets too..." Mysterious Heroine X Alter said.
"Yeah. So, I hope that you don't mind all of us eating here with you," Mysterious Heroine XX said with a smile.
"Sure. I don't mind," Shirou replied.
"Great!" Arturia and her counterparts said in happiness as they sat down next to Shirou. As they did, they then ate with Shirou while having conversations with him along with themselves as well.
Meanwhile, Kiara was watching the scene in temptation of crashing the scene but was waiting for Shirou to be alone to have a better chance of corrupting him.
However, as time passed, Shirou was still with eating and chatting with Arturia and her counterparts, and it was annoying her.
"Come on already! Move along you girls!" Kiara thought angrily. Eventually, Arturia and her counterparts were done with their meals. Soon, they then left Shirou. "Good now I can-" she thought but was interrupted with what happened next.
Because in an instant, a bunch of other servants came into the cafeteria, prompting Shirou to get back to the kitchen.
Kiara groaned at what just happened. Guess she'll have to wait another day...
Little did she know that it was not going to be easy...
Like yesterday, Shirou was walking down the hallway, minding his own business. However, unlike yesterday, he didn't feel that anything or anyone following him. "Well, looks like nothing is following me today."
As Shirou continued walking, he came across a poster flyer that was on the wall.
The poster said this:
Tired of constant stress in your body?
Need a way to release all of it?
Well then, come to Kiara's relaxing yoga classes, where she will help you get rid of the stress in your body!
Location: Chaldea's recreational room #2
Time: 12:00-1:00 pm.
The poster itself showed Kiara in a sports bra, workout tights, and was doing some yoga poses.
"Yoga huh? Well...this poster doesn't look too suspicious...and I could use some yoga. My body feels sore recently..."
It was just then that three certain servants suddenly surprised him from behind, interrupting him from his thoughts.
"Emiya-kun!" three voices said in unison.
Shirou nearly jumped from hearing the voices and turned around to see who the voices were.
They were Ishtar, her Rider counterpart, and Ereshkigal.
"Wah! I-Ishtar? Ereshkigal?"
"Yup! It's me, Emiya-kun! And I need your help right now!" Ishtar, her Rider counterpart, and Ereshkigal said in unison.
Shirou then quickly calmed down from his earlier outburst and asked the three goddesses a question. "What is the problem?"
"Well...we need your help fixing a video game console..." Ereshkigal muttered in embarrassment.
"What happened?"
"Well...me, my Rider counterpart, and Ereshkigal were playing a game of some sort, and then suddenly, the game stopped for a moment," Ishtar said.
"Is that so?"
"Yeah. Anyways, can you help us?" Rider Ishtar asked.
Shirou gave the request a thought and said, "Sure."
Ishtar, her Rider counterpart, and Ereshkigal smiled upon hearing Shirou's answer. "Great! Now let's go and fix that game so we can continue!" Ishtar said. She then grabbed Shirou's arm and started dragging him to her room.
"Wah! Ishtar! Slow down!" Shirou yelled as he was dragged by Ishtar with Rider Ishtar and Ereshkigal following them.
Meanwhile, in one of Chaldea's recreational rooms, Kiara sighed as the person she was hoping for didn't come...
"This time, this time for sure I will surely capture him..." Kiara thought as she was in a corner looking Shirou who was working on fixing a broken appliance. However, before she could come up to him, Parvati suddenly showed up. "Damn it! Not again!"
"Senpai?" Parvati said, making Shirou stop for a moment.
"Hm? Oh, hey Parvati. What are you doing here?" Shirou asked.
"Well, Da Vinci told me to give you this box," Parvati said.
Shirou then grabbed the box. "Ah! The parts I needed to fix this has arrived. Thank you Parvati."
"No problem senpai. See you later then."
"Bye."
"Bye." Parvati then left, leaving Shirou alone with the broken contraption.
"All right, this is my chance!" Kiara thought. However, before she could even do so, Kama suddenly came by. "What?!"
"Shirou," Kama said.
"Hm? Oh, hey Kama. What are you doing here?" Shirou replied.
"Can I have some sweets now?"
Shirou let out a small sigh. "When I done fixing with this, I'll go into the kitchen to make some sweets later. For now, be patient, okay?"
"Okay..." Kama said.
Shirou smiled and gave Kama a head pat. "Great. Just wait now."
Kama blushed upon Shirou giving her the headpat. "A-Alright!" She then quickly left.
"All right. Now's my chance, unless if this happens a third time in which it shouldn't," Kiara thought as she planned to make her move. However, as if fate was tempted to save Shirou, BB and her sisters arrived. "Aw come on! Not this again!"
"Hi there senpai!" BB said.
"Hi Shirou," Passionlip said.
"Hey Shirou," Meltlilith said.
"Hi Shirou!" Kingprotea said.
"Hm?" Shirou said as he turned around to see BB, Passionlip, Meltlilith, and Kinprotea together. "BB, Passionlip, Meltlilith, Kingprotea? What are all of you doing here?"
BB smirked. "To thank you for earlier!"
"Yeah. Thank you for fixing the tv earlier," Passionlip said.
"Yeah. Now we can watch our shows easily," Meltlilith said.
"Yeah! Thank you Shirou!" Kingprotea said.
"No problem," Shirou replied.
"Anyways, bye Shirou! Come on everyone!" BB said as she quickly left. Soon BB's sisters said their goodbyes and left Shirou along.
Kiara let out a sigh as the distractions were gone. "Great. Now to enact my plan, and-"
"All right. Should be fixed. Now to give this to Da Vinci," Shirou said as he picked up the fixed item and soon left, leaving Kiara in dismay over what just happened.
Shirou was walking in the hallway, minding his own business. As he was walking, he came across a certain object that was on the ground.
"Hm? What is this?" Shirou thought as he picked up the object. The object itself was a pendant. The jewel that was in the middle was a diamond with gold engravings on the side and it was held by a gold chain. "A pendant? What's a pendant doing here on the ground? Did one of the servants here dropped here or something? Or maybe this is one of Da Vinci's experimental mystic codes?"
As Shirou continued examining it, in the corner of the hallway, Kiara was watching gleefully as Shirou picked up the object she wanted him to pick up.
"Yes! Shirou has picked up the pendant I created! All that's is left is for him to wear then pendent which should activate upon him wearing it around his neck, and soon, he will come to me."
As Shirou continued to look at the pendant, Kiara was watching carefully as she hoped for the moment Shirou started to wear it.
"Come on...come on..." Kiara thought.
However, her hopes were crushed as Illya, Kuro, Sitonai, and Miyu suddenly came in.
"Onii-chan!" they exclaimed in unison as they all gave him a hug.
"Wah?! Illya?! Kuro?! Sitonai?! Miyu?!"
"Hey onii-chan! Miss us?" Illya said.
Shirou let out a small sigh. "Illya, Kuro, Sitonai, Miyu, what are all of you doing here?"
"What? Isn't it obvious that a little sister wants to see her big brother right now? Anwyays, what are you holding in your hand?" Kuro said.
"Hm? Oh this? Some pendant that was on the ground earlier," Shirou replied as he showed it to Illya, Kuro, Sitonai, and Miyu. As they took a closer look at it, Sitonai and Miyu noticed something.
"Hey Miyu, are you feeling that?" Sitonai whispered to Miyu.
"Yeah. That pendant...it seems dangerous..." Miyu whispered back. "Illya, Kuro, what do you think of it?"
"That pendant? It smells like danger," Illya replied.
"Yeah. Even by looking at it, it irks me for some reason," Kuro said.
"I agree," Sitonai said.
"Me too," Miyu said.
As Illya, Kuro, Sitonai, and Miyu were chatting among with each other, Shirou was confused with what was going on between them.
"Um...everyone...?" Shirou asked.
"Onii-chan, do you mind if you give the pendant to us for a while?" Illya asked.
"Well...okay, but-"
"Do it," Kuro, Sitonai, and Miyu said in unison and meanincly.
Not wanting to anger his little sisters, Shirou quickly gave them the pendant. "Here."
Illya instantly grabbed the pendant. "Good. You can move on now," she said.
"But-"
"Now," Kuro, Sitonai, and Miyu said.
In an instant, Shirou quickly left the hallway he was in, leaving Illya, Kuro, Sitonai, and Miyu alone with the pendant.
"Okay, now that onii-chan's is gone...shall we do it?" Illya asked.
"Yes," Kuro, Sitonai, and Miyu said in unison.
And they then destroyed the pendant, with Kiara watching from the sidelines in despair.
"Okay. This plan shouldn't fail this time. All I need to do is to wait until the right timing, and then he'll be mine to play with..." Kiara thought as she was reviewing the plan she had in her mind. What her plan for today to get Shirou was to set up a small trap in the hallway in which one of the doors he would usually pass by was rigged with a mechanism to suck him into the room.
Which was her room coincidently.
As she was done with rigging the room, she heard some footsteps coming in from the hallway. Kiara quickly went behind a corner of the hallway, waiting for her plan to happen.
It was then Shirou came into the hallway.
"Yes! All I need to do is to wait until he comes by room, which should activate the trap on my door. Now come Emiya Shirou..."
Shirou kept walking.
"Come on..."
She heard his footsteps getting closer.
"Come on..."
Then she heard a door opening, followed up by Shirou yelling, "Wah!"
And the door closed.
"Yes! My plan finally worked! Let's see the results now!" Kiara thought happily as she checked on her room to see the results. However, as she went to the front door of her room, the rigged door opened on its own and out of nowhere, a pair of mechanical hands grabbed Kiara and dragged her into the room. "What the?!"
Kiara was soon dragged into her room, the door shutting itself behind her.
"Great. I'm being trapped by my own trap...just how did he escape? And who's door was opened earlier?"
(Meanwhile...)
"That's it Shero, just pull it a little bit tighter," Astraea said.
"Like this?" Shirou asked as he did what Astraea told him to do.
"Yeah."
Shirou let out a small sigh as he was helping Astraea getting dressed. As he was helping her getting dressed, Shirou can't help but think that something bad was going to happen if Astraea didn't drag him into her room earlier...
"Come on my praetor! There is a lot more I want to show you!" Nero exclaimed excitedly.
"As so do I!" Caster Nero said.
"Me too!" Bride Nero said.
Shirou let out a small sigh was being dragged by Nero, Caster Nero, and Bride Nero inside of Chaldea's mini mall. What happened was that earlier, Shirou got himself roped into one of Nero's shopping sprees by an invitation from her.
And that included her counterparts too.
Right now, Nero and her counterparts were dragging Shirou to each of their favorite stores and restaurants. Earlier, they had a meal along with some sweets and right now, they were shopping for clothes and accessories.
However, what they didn't realize was that Kiara was stalking them in the distance and was waiting for a chance to strike.
"Jeez. Just how long can these girls go? It's already been hours since they've been together, and they haven't even taken a break. And even if they did take a break, he's always with the girls together. Man, this is taking longer than I thought..."
As she continued to follow Shirou, Nero, Caster Nero, and Bride Nero, the four of them then stopped at a nearby bench. Kiara then hid behind a corner of a store, being unseen by them.
"Wah! Today seemed like a great day, don't you think my counterparts?" Nero asked proudly.
"Yes! A whole day of eating food, drinks, and shopping is a good day for all of us!" Caster Nero replied proudly.
"Yes! And with our praetor as well!" Bride Nero said.
"Well...I'm glad that all of you liked it," Shirou said with a smile while taking a few deep breaths.
Nero and her counterparts let out a smile. "Yeah!" they said in unison. "Speaking of which, do you mind if I use the bathroom?" Nero asked.
"So do I," Caster Nero said.
"Me too," Bride Nero said.
"Sure. I don't mind," Shirou replied.
"Great! Thank you, my praetor!" Nero and her counterparts said happily. They then left for the nearby bathroom, leaving Shirou alone in on the bench.
"Yes! Now's my chance!" Kiara thought as she was now ready to enact her plan...
Only for someone else she did not except to come by.
"Hm? Kid?" Cu said as he noticed Shirou.
"Eh? Cu? What are you doing here?" Shirou asked as he noticed Cu.
"I'm here doing some errands."
"I see."
Shirou and Lancer Cu then began to have a long conversation. As their conversation went on, Kiara looked at them in annoyance. "Come on! Hurry up already!"
Eventually, Shirou and Cu were done with their conversation and Cu left.
"Okay. Now to enact my plan and-"
"Hello my praetor!" Nero and her counterparts said as they returned from the bathroom. "Let us move on!"
"All right," Shirou said as he got out of the bench.
And Shirou, Nero, and her counterparts left the bench area.
"Damn it!" Kiara thought as she continued to follow Shirou, Nero, and her counterparts.
"Okay. And all you need to do is to carry the four and add the two," Shirou said as he was explaining a math problem to Jeanne D'Arc and her counterparts in a room that was being used for tutoring lessons.
"Yes!" Jeanne D'Arc and Jeanne D'Arc Alter Santa Lily said in unison.
"Yeah..." Jeanne D'Arc Alter said.
Shirou let out a small sigh as he gathered some breath before continuing the lesson he was giving to Jeanne D'Arc and her counterparts. As he continued giving out the lesson, Jeanne D'Arc Alter let out a sigh with a moan at the same time.
"Is there something wrong?" Jeanne D'Arc asked her altered counterpart.
"Tch. Why do I have to join this tutoring session? I'm not even bad at math you know," Jeanne D'Arc Alter said with a moan.
"Now, now, you know what they say, knowledge is power, isn't it?" Jeanne D'Arc said with a smile.
"Yeah! Follow my proper older self for once! It's better to learn new things you know!" Jeanne D'Arc Alter Santa Lily said.
"Fine..."
As Shirou continued to give the tutoring lesson to Jeanne D'Arc and her counterparts, Kiara was waiting outside of the room, waiting.
"Okay, new plan. Wait until the tutoring session is over as Jeanne D'Arc and her counterparts leave, and then ambush him," she thought as she continued watching the scene of Shirou tutoring. As time passed, Shirou continued tutoring Jeanne D'Arc and her counterparts.
"Okay, and that's how you solve the problem. Are there any questions?"
"Nope!" Jeanne D'Arc and Jeanne D'Arc Alter Santa Lily said with a smile on their faces.
"Nope..." Jeanne D'Arc Alter said.
"Great." Shirou then looked at the clock in the room. "Oh, it seems like there's no time left, so we'll end today's session now."
Jeanne D'Arc and her counterparts got off from their seats. "Finally..." Jeanne D'Arc Alter moaned as the session was over. "Time to get out of here..."
"Thanks for the tutoring session Shirou!" Jeanne D'Arc said.
"Yeah! It was quite interesting!" Jeanne D'Arc Alter Santa Lily said.
"I see. Glad that both of you liked it," Shirou said. "Although I'm a bit worried about your other counterpart there..."
"Nah. She's just grumpy now. Anyways, see you! Bye!" Jeanne D'Arc said.
"Bye Shirou-san!" Jeanne D'Arc Alter Santa Lily said.
"Bye."
Jeanne D'Arc and her counterparts then left, with Shirou following them.
"Yes! Now's my chance!" Kiara thought as she prepared to ambush him. However, before she could do so, she felt a hand touching him.
"Hey."
Kiara turned around to see who the voice was. It was Hans Christan Andersen.
And he doesn't look happy.
"Just what are you up to you perverted nun?" he asked.
Kiara let out a sigh. She was not going to escape from this...
Shirou was in the training room, practicing his swordsmanship as he kept swinging his katana at the training dummies, slashing them down easily, turning them into pieces. "Phew. Seems it looks like I did quite the workout today," Shirou thought as he examined the results of his earlier actions. "Well, time to get back then."
Shirou then continued to practice his swordsmanship on the training dummies. Meanwhile, Kiara was looking afar from the training room in a corner of the nearby hallway.
"Okay. Once he's tired out, I'll snatch him away and escape to my room. All I need to do is to wait..." Kiara thought.
As Shirou continued practicing, it was then that three certain servants came into the training room.
Okita, Okita Alter, and Musashi.
"Shirou-san!" Okita and Okita Alter said in unison.
"Shirou-kun!" Musashi said.
"Hm? Okita? Okita Alter? Musashi? What are all of you doing here?"
"Isn't it obvious? We're here to train," Okita said.
"Yeah. I want to practice my swordsmanship," Okita Alter said.
"Me too!" Musashi exclaimed excitedly.
"Is that so? Then try practicing on those training dummies over there," Shirou said as he pointed at a pile of training dummies.
However, Okita Alter and Musashi had other ideas.
"Nah. I don't think that those training dummies will Shirou-san," Okita Alter said.
"Is that so? Then what do you suggest?"
Musashi then pointed at Shirou. "You," she said.
Shirou was surprised. "M-Me?"
"Yes," Okita Alter and Musashi said.
"W-Wait for a moment!" Okita interrupted "Why?"
"Isn't it obvious? He's the strongest swordsman in all of Chaldea," Okita Alter said.
"Yeah! If anything, he's the perfect opponent to practice on!" Musashi said.
"But still...let me ask him for a moment." Okita then turned to Shirou. "Shirou-san, do you mind being our sparring partner for today?"
There was silence between them as they were waiting for Shirou's answer.
"Sure. I don't mind," Shirou replied.
The three of them let out a smile. "Yes!" they exclaimed.
Soon, Shirou then started to have practice matches against Okita, Okita Alter, and Musashi. As they were having their practice matches, Kiara watched with patience as they were fighting against each other.
"Jeez, just how long in this going to take? It's just a practice match. It shouldn't take that long..."
Eventually, Shirou was done with the practice matches. As they were done, Okita, Okita Alter, and Musashi then came out of the training with a smile on their faces.
"Wah! Wasn't today's training interesting?" Musashi asked.
"Yes. Thanks to Shirou-san," Okita Alter replied.
"Yeah. It feels like my swordsmanship has improved a bit," Okita said.
Soon the three girls disappeared into the distance, allowing Kiara to enact her plan.
"Yes. Now's my chance to-"
However, it was then that a bunch of swordsmen just came into the room.
"Aw come on! Seriously?!"
Kama let out a sigh. "Damn it! Just how is it that every of my plans to get him have failed! It's like if there's something or someone out there to protect him from me! Just what is he?!"
"Having trouble over there?" a voice said nearby. She then turned around to see where the voice came from.
It was EMIYA Alter.
"Oh my. It's you."
"Yeah. The same man you corrupted a long time ago..."
For a moment, Kiara and EMIYA didn't say anything. Then Kiara decided to start the conversation. "Just what is it that you want?"
"Just one thing. Stay away from my younger self," EMIYA Alter.
"Oh really? And why?"
"Because he doesn't deserve the torture that you gave to me in the past."
"Torture? Don't you mean pleasure? Like the one I gave to you in the past?" Kiara asked in a sultry tone.
In an instant, EMIYA Alter pulled out his guns, ready to shoot her right in the face.
"Oh my."
"Listen here. I don't want to repeat myself, but I'll say this one more time. Leave my younger self...ALONE," EMIYA Alter said with anger in his voice, especially on the last part.
"Oh. And what if I don't want to?" Kiara asked.
EMIYA Alter smirked. "You'll have to deal with the rest of us."
Kiara was surprised at EMIYA Alter's statement. "The rest of us?"
"Yeah. And they're behind you."
Kiara turned around to see what EMIYA Alter was talking about. As she turned around, there was Arturia and her counterparts, Ishtar and her counterparts, Parvati, Kama, BB and her sisters, Illya and her counterparts, Miyu, Astraea, Irisviel, Jaguar-man, EMIYA, Kiritsugu, Nero and her counterparts, Jeanne D'Arc and her counterparts, Okita and her counterpart, Musashi, the Knights of the Round, and Merlin looking at her with angry eyes.
And they all had their weapons out.
"Oh."
"Yeah. So, I would suggest giving up now," EMIYA Alter said. "Or would you rather die here now?"
Knowing that she was clearly outnumbered by the number of servants here, she made a decision.
"All right. I'll give up."
EMIYA Alter smiled. "Good."
And that's how Shirou unknowingly managed to stay away from meeting the same fate as EMIYA Alter...