Note: I just realized it while looking for a little piece of information about Uesugi Kenshin (It's not the real name which is Nagao Kagetora, it's something I already knew.) It's the "Prefecture", in Sengoku's time it wasn't called a prefecture, they were called "Province" but I've already used Prefecture so I'm not going to change all that. The provinces were replaced by prefectures during the Meiji era in the 19th century as part of the country's modernization. It may still be a piece of information that no one is interested in, but I let them know.
Arc 2: Chapter 2.5
[Japan – 1552]
Echigo Prefecture, Kasugayama Castle.
In the center of the entrance to the castle were two people having a training confrontation.
Using a katana in the duel, the sounds could be heard echoing even reaching the interior of the castle which caught the attention of the servants watching the duel.
They watched as a reddish-haired samurai fought with his lord Uesugi Kenshin, who fought almost at the same time.
The samurai's katana made a vertical cut that was easily dodged by his lord Uesugi Kenshin. Seeing how his attack was dodged, the samurai attacked again with a horizontal slash that was dodged by a jump. The samurai, seeing how Uesugi Kenshin did not have a stand, quickly attacked again where the katana descended to cut in two.
Krssshh!
Uesugi Kenshin used his katana to deflect the samurai's attack where it embedded itself in the ground. Seeing this opportunity in his favor, he decided to attack with the intention of cutting it in two.
Krssshh!
The samurai released his katana from the ground to fend off Uesugi Kenshin's attack.
They stared at each other fiercely with a faint smile adorning their faces.
Krssshh!
Without warning, the two attacked with a speed greater than human sight. Uesugi Kenshin's servants as well as vassals only stared at the blurry red-and-white blob in the center.
They couldn't discern who was winning the match.
Until they began to be alarmed when they saw that the center began to glow white.
Boom!
Everyone began to take cover when they saw a small shock wave that lifted the ground, slightly destroying the entrance to the castle.
The dust smoke that had risen only allowed the silhouettes to cross their weapons, they could not differentiate who crossed whom. The dust smoke began to clear little by little until they could see what had happened.
The weapon that his lord Uesugi Kenshin had used had been replaced by his prized naginata that was mostly used in wars.
As well as the samurai's katana that was replaced by a katana that could be seen to be of better quality than the previous one, being a fact since on one side was the previous katana broken into several pieces.
"Hmph. This time it was a draw, Uesugi-sama." The samurai spoke with a tone of respect as he put the katana in its holster.
"Tch. Next time I'll beat you, Senji." Uesugi showed his displeasure at having a draw as he astralized his naginata.
"Whenever I want." Senji walked toward the entrance, which was slightly destroyed. "I will retire. I've fulfilled your whim to have a duel."
"I would like to know when you will fulfill my whim to marry me."
Uesugi's answer almost tripped Senji as he retreated.
"The day you beat me, I'll fulfill that whim." A smile of arrogance had shown itself on Senji, as if it was a revelation that he would never lose to Uesugi.
"Heh. I hope you will live up to your words, Senji Muramasa." Uesugi's excitement overflowed that he even caused his naginata to rematerialize in his hand.
[Senji Muramasa]
As he left Uesugi's territory, Kenshin decided to bathe in the lake he came across while riding his horse.
Sigh. "What a pain in my wrists." Senji twirled his wrists where the bones were heard crunching. "Every time we fight, she becomes strong again." Senji began to massage the muscles of his body, relaxing them a little from the pain he had received in their confrontation.
"It's fortunate that Uesugi is meeting us. It would be a dangerous enemy in the future if Nobunaga-sama were to resume his campaign of further expansion of his rule into more parts of Japan." The bones in his neck began to crack. "Rotating Formation of the Eight Aspects of Bishamonten. It's kind of annoying to try to evade that attack from Uesugi."
I bring my hand to the side of his abdomen where you can see a large scar.
"A draw was that fight to the death, heh." Senji let out a slight laugh. "It's always been a draw in our fights, there hasn't been a winner." With a smile he looked up at the sky. "It's a shame, really. Next time there will be a winner." He said the last thing in a whisper as he enjoyed his swim in the lake.
Two minutes after trying to enjoy his bath, he heard two horses riding in his direction.
He decided to continue enjoying his bath thinking that those who came were none of his business. Even if they were bandits, he would easily kill him.
When he heard the horses stop near him, he began to open his eyelids.
"Senji-nii."
"That voice is Hana's."
He looked back where he saw two beautiful women with long black hair and golden eyes wearing their combat clothes.
Hana Muramasa and Himari Muramasa, the twin cousins of Senji Muramasa where the main feature to differentiate them are the rose ornaments they wore on the sides of their heads.
Hana always wears lilac roses, and her sister Himari wears black roses.
"Hmm... I pass by for them to come and get me." Senji asked calmly as he continued to enjoy his bath showing off his wide, toned back with scars that was done by Hana and Himari several years ago.
"A small rebel group going against Nobunaga-sama."
Himari Muramasa was the next to speak, catching Senji's attention.
"A small group?" Senji asked.
"Like that small group!" Hana claimed her twin sister Himari. "If it's a large group of 2000 people who want to rebel against Nobunaga-sama!"
Senji sighed. "Leave the jokes aside, Himari."
"But it's still insignificant, since the three of us are going to eliminate that group." Himari responded calmly as she evaded her twin sister's complaints.
"Even if it's insignificant for the three of us, you always have to be careful."
Senji had come out of the lake as he looked at Himari scolding for his haughty attitude.
Hana and Himari didn't know where to look, as Senji was naked, showing off his muscular body as well as his slightly swaying manhood.
"Et… to… can… you… please… cover yourself…" Hana and Himari stammered as she tried to cover her eyes with her hands while cupping her fingers to keep looking.
"At least make an effort not to be watched." Senji said as she grabbed her clothes and dressed quickly so her cousins wouldn't keep watching.
"What a pity." Hana and Himari said in a whisper as she showed a discouraged expression seeing that Senji was covered from head to toe.
Senji gave them a small slap on the forehead with his index finger.
"What a headache you guys are." Senji climbed onto his horse. "Where is that little rebel group?"
Senji's horse was moving at a slow pace because of the order he had received.
Hana and Himari got on their own horse, advancing in the same way as Senji.
"In Shinano Prefecture, near Kai Prefecture." Hirari replied.
"Huh, so Shinano... A hot spring bath has my name on it." A faint smile appeared on Senji.
"It's true!" Hana exclaimed. "Shinano is becoming popular because of the hot springs that became recent, you have to go to that place!"
"If you decided, then I will go with you." I speak Himari so as not to feel excluded to a place where Hana and Senji go.
"Then it's decided. Once we finish the mission to eradicate this rebel group, we go to the thermal baths." Senji replied where Hana and Himari nodded.
Shinano Prefecture.
The group of 2000 people who had the objective of rebelling against Oda Nobunaga. He was in danger.
They saw about 3 people: 2 women and 1 man. With unusual eyes, they had black sclerotic and the pupils, which were white, were barely visible. They arrived and began to eliminate them easily, 700 people died in less than half an hour. And the numbers kept going up by the minute. There were already less than 1000 people on the mountain where they were hiding.
At the end of the massacre, it was like a path of dead bodies leading to the mountainous forest.
Finishing the work, they began to retreat until they felt the presence of supernatural beings on their way back.
Passing through the trees they saw two young people, one with reddish hair and violet eyes and the other with green eyes brown hair.
Senji sharpened his gaze as he analyzed the new people who had arrived, he had never seen those two people wearing clothes that differentiated their current era from a different era.
"Be on your guard, we don't know who these people are."
Senji alerted Hana and Himari that they began grabbing the hilt of his katana in case a fight broke out.
His senses were heightened as he listened to them talk. They looked Japanese, but they couldn't understand them.
Until they saw how they raised their guards as if they were ready for a fight.
"I'll go first. You guys analyze how you're going to attack." Senji ran over as he grabbed his katana to start slicing the enemy.
Much to Senji's surprise. His katana was easily destroyed upon impact with the brown teenager's giant sword.
"You'll find it hard to beat my sword [Brynhildr]!" A long smile was drawn on the brown-haired boy's face.
Although Senji didn't quite understand what the boy said, the final part interested him [Brynhildr]. Maybe that was the name of the boy's sword. That's what Senji might have thought.
"Heh." Senji let out a mocking laugh, confusing the boy.
"Agh!"
A loud punch hit the boy's stomach, blowing him out of the air and sending him flying several meters.
"If I was only good at wielding my katana, I wouldn't get to where I am." Senji said as he raised his arms on a boxing guard, which the boy knew.
"Agh... I didn't know that at that time they knew boxing." The boy didn't understand Senji, languages were always evolving, the boy's current Japanese was very different from the old Japanese that Senji Muramasa handled. "Even if we don't understand each other in our own Japanese language. Fights will be the language in which we will understand each other best. My name is Basara Toujo." He dematerialized his greatsword as he looked at Senji.
"Senji Muramasa." Senji could at least understand that his opponent was giving his name, and he replied with his name.
The two flashed big smiles and went back to the attack where their fists connected in their faces.
[Mikoto Gremory]
Mikoto watched Basara's fight against Senji.
Sengo Muramasa's soul was stirring within him.
"What a time, old Muramasa."
Mikoto started talking to Sengo Muramasa.
"Let me fight! I want to have a fencing fight back!"
He listened to Muramasa's call as he dodged the sudden attempts to slice him by Hana Muramasa and Himari Muramasa.
"Tch, it's okay. I'll let you take control this time."
Hana and Himari stopped attacking and began to raise their guard more when they sensed Mikoto's sudden change in aura.
"Haah~." Even the tone of voice had changed. "It's been a long time since I've fought again." A katana was materialized in Mikoto's right hand. "I hope I haven't rusted." They watched as Mikoto began to move with some exercises to warm up and stretch her body to prepare her muscles.
"Heh. Let's start with the fun."
Hana and Himari fought back at the same time. He was taken by surprise as he had materialized another katana to attack Himari at the same time as he attacked Hana.
"So, you're double katana." Himari pretended to speak calmly when it was a surprise to her that she almost lost her mind for a second if she hadn't relied on her [Duality] instincts to prevent any danger.
"And you were well educated to be warriors." Mikoto praised Hana and Himari's skills.
"No need for your praise!" Hana exclaimed as she jumped backwards and then pushed herself off the ground and back to the attack where she pushed Mikoto a little.
"What good strength you have, girl."
"Shut up!" Hana's face changed to one of anger as she gnashed her teeth showing her dislike and hatred for Mikoto.
"What a bad temper you have, little girl." Mikoto teased Hana by driving her crazy, this was an advantage for him.
"I'll kill you damn for treating me like a child!"
"Calm down, Hana."
Himari was trying to help her sister who had been carried away by her emotions by senselessly attacking Mikoto.
Mikoto easily defended herself from Hana's attacks, as she was easily able to see the points that Hana wanted to attack.
"Now you're like an open book."
"Heh. You're interesting."
"What!"
Mikoto was alerted and hurriedly dodged Senji Muramasa's slash coming from behind.
"You weren't busy fighting with Basara." Mikoto showed his confusion as Senji was inches away from piercing him with his katana.
"I still am."
"Hey, wretch, come back!" They heard Basara's angry scream as he started running to get to the place where Mikoto was fighting Hana and Himari.
"I only came here with the goal of protecting them. I can't afford to rely so lightly that this can help Hana and Himari grow when the enemy is good at altering people's emotions."
Mikoto sighed. "The problem would be that girl who gets too carried away by her emotions. It is seriously a danger to her if the enemy uses that strategy to its advantage."
"That's why the three of us act on missions. I have to make sure that Hana doesn't do something stupid that ends up against her where she ends up losing her life."
"Hey! That's why you better not defend me!" Hana claimed Senji.
"Well... Senji-nii is right about that."
"You too, Himari!" Small tears welled up in Hana as her own family didn't have much confidence in her abilities.
"They're done talking about their stupid things. I want to fight again." Basharah showed his anger to all of them.
"What did he say?" Senji asked Mikoto knowing that she could understand her partner and translate it for the three of them.
"He said he wants to fight you." Mikoto replied matter-of-factly.
"I don't have any problems... But I'll have to ask you to withdraw from the fight." Senji glanced sideways at Hana and Himari who could only nod to his words reluctantly.
"He replied that he would fight, but the girls would not participate." Mikoto spoke to her partner Basara.
"I'm more interested in fighting Senji Muramasa." Basara stressed Mikoto.
"I'm a Muramasa too, this disrespectful brat."
"Oh! This time I will fight alongside Sengo Muramasa, what a thrill lol!"
"Are you done yet?" Senji waited patiently for them to finish speaking.
"He said we're starting."
"Ha!"
Basara was the first to attack with his fists while Mikoto followed behind with the two katanas.
"Foolish to attack me with a katana."
Senji's comment confused the two. But then they saw several greenish lines emerge from Senji's arms.
"Magic?" Mikoto asked in confusion if it was the magic of this world.
"That's right." Senji answered him truthfully and came in the blink of an eye to Mikoto, easily destroying the katanas that were in his hands and also launching a strong kick that landed on Basara's back.
"Damn!" Basara's complaint was heard about receiving the sudden attack and spitting blood out of his mouth.
"Hey Mikoto, I'll let you take control. You're the one who wields magic, I'll lose."
Sengo Muramasa switched body control to his true owner, Mikoto Gremory.
Something alarmed Senji's body causing him to quickly retreat from where he was standing.
Boom!
An explosion appeared at the spot where Senji had previously been standing.
"Tch. I dodge the magic of destruction."
Senji looked up to see how Mikoto flew with bat wings that had appeared on him.
"A demon?" Senji was confused. "You're very different from what I thought a demon would be."
"I think the same, it was a disappointment that demons would look as well as humans."
They shared the same opinion of the demons.
"Seriously, what a disappointment demons are."
As they talked, Senji stopped the sword with his right hand.
"That strategy never works for me." Senji spoke to Basara who had made a surprise attack summoning his great sword at the last second.
Senji grabbed Basara's jersey, throwing him into the air to make him crash or block Mikoto's vision.
Mikoto grabbed Basara by turning around so that Basara's body would travel back.
"That was an interesting move." Senji didn't expect Mikoto to return to Basara causing his plan to be damaged.
"Like this one too!" Basara attacked Senji like a beserker.
Senji caught sight of a luminous green tuft as well as his right eye and the scar under his eye lit up. As he showed a fiercer expression.
"So, another demon. This looks interesting."
Senji parried Basara's attack by grabbing her wrist while with his other free hand he prepared a fist to strike at Basara's rib.
Bam!
Senji's punch didn't connect to the place he had intended.
"Now my skills improved quite a bit." Basara's arrogance was heard by all. Senji's punch was stopped in Basara's left forearm.
"I can see that." Senji was smiling as he watched the fight with amusement.
Krssshh!
Senji's head was submerged hard, leaving a crack in the ground.
"Let's fight with the intention of killing each other!" A big smile appeared on Basara showing his teeth.
Senji on the ground turned his body with his left elbow attacking and connecting Basara's rib sending him flying.
"Sure!" Senji's fighting instincts kicked out.
Exerting force on his legs to run faster and reach Basara's body in the blink of an eye, flying and with his hands interlacing his fingers with the intention of destroying Basara's skull in a severe blow.
Bam!
The blow missed its target. A silver suit of armor had appeared in Basara. Raising his armor-covered forearm to protect himself from Senji's blow.
"I wish they wouldn't exclude me from their fun." A high kick landed on Senji's back.
He glanced sideways to see Mikoto flying in the air. I hadn't felt his presence until the moment I received the blow.
Basara and Mikoto flew in the air, while on the ground Senji stared fiercely hiding his amusement inside.
The guards of the three of them stood up, and looked at each other, waiting for someone to make the first move until...
"What?" Senji was confused.
The two boys in the air disappeared without a trace.
Even if he tried to enhance his senses with magic, he couldn't find the traces of the two of them in the forest or in the air.
They vanished.
"Shit." Senji began to scratch his head. "When I finally had some fun and it vanishes without leaving a sign where they went."
Hana and Himari walked over.
Hana sighed. "If there is no sign of them, it is up to us to return to Nobunaga-sama Castle and report that we have done our work."
"It's the only thing left." Himari replied agreeing with Hana.
Senji sighed. "Then let's go. There's nothing to do in this place anymore."
They began to retreat along the road they had come to this place.
[Little Garden]
A small cry was heard in Alice's castle.
"I congratulate you." Basara and Mikoto looked up to see Alice on her throne looking on with a smile. "They fought Senji Muramasa for more than two minutes."
Alice began to rise from her throne and descended the small stairs with great care as royalty would.
"But there's something that caught my attention."
Mikoto's ears tingled when she heard that from Alice.
Without realizing it, Alice had disappeared, only to appear in an instant, choking Mikoto and lifting him up.
"You have another soul inside you, right?!" A big smile appeared on Alice, also baring its fangs in the excitement that overflowed from her. "And it's also a Muramasa! And not just any Muramasa, while searching for his past I managed to see that this Muramasa met Gorō Nyūdō Masamune! This will be great!"
The strong emotions that overflowed inside Alice made her unconsciously lose where she pressed harder on Mikoto's neck about to break it.
"Oops." Alice let go of Mikoto, letting her breathe as she coughed heavily. "My mistake. A little more and you'd be dead."
Alice returned to her throne in an instant. Where he returned to his cross-legged posture and staring boredly at Basara and Mikoto.
"So Muramasa with Masamune's teaching methods... A perfect specimen of creating another sword just like Tsumukari Muramasa or surpassing him."
Alice's face darkened as her red eyes began to shine.
"Hehehehe."
A gloomy laugh could be heard from Alice.
[Japan, Fuyuki]
A fight broke out in the church in Fuyuki where several people were present, as well as a giant, muscular man carrying a large slab in the shape of a sword.
The slab sword attacked a beautiful golden-haired woman. Which dodged and with her invisible sword returned the blows.
"Know how to beware!"
A boy with auburn hair rushed to defend her from an attack by the muscular man.
"Emiya-kun!" The scream of the black-haired teenage girl alerted the so-called "Saber" to her concern as she quickly looked at her Master approaching and protected her with her life.
"Master!" Saber screamed as she was pushed away from the attack, receiving the reddish-brown boy squarely.
Where the blood splashed, falling on Saber's face as well.
"Emiya-kun!" The girl with double pigtails hurriedly gave the boy first aid.
"Wow, it looks like I'm a little late." Everyone looked at the person who had arrived, even the girl who was tending to the boy's wounds.
"Emiya-kun?" His eyes showed confusion. After all, the boy in her arms... It was the same one in front of him.
"Emiya-kun?" The individual repeated the same thing that the girl with the double pigtails said. "I'm not Emiya Shirou. My name is Senji Muramasa... although the truth is that I stopped being that Senji Muramasa. Now I'm known as Sengo, you can call me that."
The boy who looked like Emiya Shirou introduced himself as he continued his walk approaching Shirou's injured body.
"I'm surprised he didn't die because of it." The slab sword almost cut Shirou in half. "But I can't let it die when I need it for my benefit."
"What are you talking about?" The girl with double pigtails stared fiercely as she also spoke with a threatening tone addressing Sengo.
"It's something that doesn't concern you. If I remember correctly, you are Tohsaka Rin."
That alerted Rin by preparing her jewels to launch an attack on him as well as raising her other hand to cast a spell.
"You are insignificant to me."
The whisper was heard by all. They looked everywhere since Sengo was not in that place.
"Rin... where is Shirou and Saber." The albino girl's question made her heart beat with fear.
No matter where I looked, they weren't there.
Saber and Emiya Shirou were missing. They disappeared in an instant as they were with the person who had arrived.
[Little Garden]
Sengo took a close look at Emiya Shirou's wounded body, noticing many things.
"It's very weak." He brought his right hand to Shirou's chest as he tried to play with him. "On top of that, there's the magic he uses. It ends up being constantly damaged, even reaching an alarming point where it can die at any moment."
Sighing, he came to an alarming idea.
"If I alter his [being] so that magic is replaced by spiritual energy?"
He began to ponder and analyze the situation.
"It would be easy for him to handle spiritual energy; he would no longer be damaging his body every time he used his spells. He just needs someone to teach him about it, like it was in my case."
Shirou's body began to levitate.
"I'll write some memory in Emiya Shirou's memory of how to manage spiritual energy to his advantage, that way he won't need to look for a teacher."
Shirou's body began to glow into a white color and shrink to a small sphere.
"Then let's get started."
[No Name]
"Here." Leticia handed a double-seal letter to Kuro Usagi where the sender was Shiroyasha. "It's an invitation to the festival that's being organized by the [Floor Masters] of the North and East districts."
"Festival [Rise of the Fire Dragon]? This is from the [Salamadra] Community, Leticia-sama."
Leticia nodded. "Yes. I'm handing you the letter to take care of. If those troublesome kids find out about the letter, they're sure to make trouble there."
Leticia let out a long sigh, knowing how relaxed and troublesome the three of them were.
"What don't we need to know?" A long smile was shown on the teenage boy with light blonde hair, falling down in all directions, and purple eyes. He wears white headphones, with black straps and a flame logo on each side. Wearing a black gakuran uniform.
"I-Izayoi-san..." The sudden stutter alerted Leticia.
"Nothing important, Izayoi-san. You should go back to your cave, as there is nothing interesting at the moment."
"…" Izayoi's eyes stared at Leticia. "Okay~, I'll go back to the library."
Izayoi's action surprised Kuro Usagi.
"… That was not strange Leticia-sama." Kuro Usagi commented on his suspicion.
"You're right... I'll go back to my job." Leticia, who saw how Izayoi disappeared, decided to return to [No Name's] maid's trade. "Take good care of the Kuro Usagi card."
"Yes! I'll take perfect care of the menu!" Kuro Usagi held up the "letter" and began to sweat profusely. "Where's the letter!"
"What!" Leticia exclaimed, seeing how Kuro Usagi no longer had the letter. "Surely Izayoi-san snatched the letter from you, and we didn't notice!"
"I'm sorry Leticia-samaaaaaa!" Kuro Usagi began to cry comically as he made several apologetic gestures by hitting his forehead on the grass.
"Now that's not important, we have to hurry up before they run away!"
Meanwhile, Leticia and Kuro Usagi began to rush to catch the three troublesome boys.
They have already taken several steps, quickly reaching Shiroyasha who ended up taking them to the place of the festival that it said in the letter.
[Tartarus]
Several centuries ago, Senji Muramasa or currently known as [Demon Lord] King Oni Sengo.
I visit Tartarus with a goal in mind.
And that was stealing the powers of the God Cronus.
"Stupid oni." The Titan, locked up with several other Titans, ended up insulting Sengo. "My power of time was snatched away by Gaia. And it is currently in your possession."
"What?" Sengo was confused when he heard this information.
"You really thought that every time I came back to life it was because of Gaia's curse..." Kronos looked like he was talking to a little boy. "Besides, there's another important issue with your daughters."
Sengo stared at the floor as he began to put together several pieces in his head as if it were a jigsaw puzzle.
"The day the two of them were born, they snatched away that power of [Time] that you had within you and took over that power. One more child you have, and the rest of that power will become your poison."
"What do you mean?" Sengo asked Kronos.
"That eye you hide with your patch is the reason. Answer me truthfully, you've already lost that eye, haven't you?"
"… Yes, one day it disappeared and there was only darkness. That's why I started using the patch to hide that."
"If you end up having another child and he gains the power of [Time], it will only end up hurting you severely."
[Sengo]
Once he had finished altering Emiya Shirou's being. A sudden pain emerged from within Sengo that began to damage him severely.
"AAAAAHHHH!"
Sengo screamed in pain where he ended up falling to his knees.
"Shit!" Sengo began to bring his hands to the center of his chest and then astralized his hands. "I need to get to my soul quickly before it keeps making my situation worse!"
His astralized hands gradually reached the black sphere that was his soul. His soul was surrounded with several reddish-black rays that began to severely damage his soul. Little by little, a fissure began to open.
His hands reached out and neutralized the destruction of his soul.
"Haaaah." Sengo took a deep breath. "Alice should have used that power back."
Sengo spat to the side in annoyance. "I'd end up dying at this rate for Alice if she started using that power more often."
He approached Emiya Shirou, who was still unconscious.
"I'm surprised she figured it out the moment I grabbed the guy."
He glanced sideways behind where Saber was unconscious.
"For now, I'll leave you both. I need to see where... I think it's a time when [Salamandra] does a festival... I will leave you in that place, in addition to that my body is also in that place."
[Outer Gate 54545: Salamander]
"Hm?"
"Did something happen, Izayoi-san?" Asuka inquired about Izayoi's sudden action.
"I think I saw two people appearing and falling in that place, I'll go check."
A loud sound was heard as Izayoi jumped where the ground was destroyed.
Hurrying his steps, he had come to a street with several barrels where he saw the two people who had fallen from the air.
"A reddish boy and a beautiful woman..." Izayoi walked up to them where he grabbed the collar of his clothes. "It looks like they're not going to wake up right now..."
He carried them like a sack of potatoes on his shoulders.
[Emiya Shirou]
Shirou's eyelids began to tremble.
"Where am I?" He looked at the ceiling, although it was very strange, it looked like it was part of a tree. "Am I inside a tree?"
Looking around, he may be right. It was all part of a tree.
He started to get out of bed to go to the door and before he opened the door, someone had done it.
"Know!" Shirou was shocked to see the beautiful woman who was summoned for the Holy Grail War.
"Good morning, Master." Know how to greet as a servant would his master.
"I'd like him to stop calling me that."
Saber shook her head. "I'm your maid, I can't call you informally."
Shirou sighed. "Then please call me Shirou. It doesn't matter if you wear honorific, but to be treated as someone important... I don't like it."
Saber took a close look at Shirou. "If that's your request, I'll do it."
"Thank you." Shirou smiled at him as she always did. "By the way, Saber, where are we?"
"In another world."
Saber's response almost tripped him up as he grabbed a seat.
"What!"
"This world is called [Little Garden]."
Shirou fell silent as she looked at the table thinking about how she got to this place.
"Knowing... just in case something happened while I was unconscious."
She nodded. "An unknown individual appeared and ended up reaching you and, in an attempt, to save you I was unconscious."
Shirou decided not to scream knowing another revelation.
"If that's the case... then he must be to blame for bringing us to this place... but where it will be is the question."
"Me! It looks like the reddish boy has already woken up." The sudden greeting of a light-blonde-haired teenager alerted Shirou where he had raised his guard and started using his magecraft.
"What..." Shirou began to analyze his body realizing something else, like the energy that was now inside him. "This is not mana... Even this energy is easier to use."
"Hm? Did something interesting happen?"
"Shirou-san, this boy's name is Izayoi Sakamaki. He's our benefactor, he ended up finding us and brought us to this place."
"Oh. If so, thank you very much... Sakamaki-san."
"You can call me Izayoi."
"Japanese?"
"Yes, it's a surprise to meet another Japanese in this place." A smile appeared on Izayoi.
"Are there others?"
"Yes, Ojou-sama and Kasukabe. We came to this place to have fun and help a community that was in danger. Come, follow me, you must know others."
Shirou nodded and followed Izayoi.
Saber followed Shirou by his side.
[Alice]
"I'm surprised to find you in this place, mother."
Alicia, who had traveled to enjoy the festival in the territory of Salamandra as she had done a few times in the past, was surprised to see her mother Leticia in this place.
"I'm looking for some troubled kids." Leticia responded to her daughter.
"… I'll help you look for it. The festival hasn't begun." Alicia walked without worrying about Leticia.
"Leticia-sama!" Kuro Usagi's scream caught Alice's attention.
"Hm."
"Alicia-san, I'm glad to see you back!" Kuro Usagi swooped in to give Alicia a hug.
"Ugh... that disturbs positive emotions." Alice showed her displeasure at the radiant happiness that overflowed from Kuro Usagi's body.
"By the way, Leticia-sama, I've already found Izayoi-san, Asuka-san, and Yo-san!"
Leticia pointed out that she will lead the way. Where Kuro Usagi nodded and started walking in the direction of where the troublesome boys were.
"Can I go with you?" Alicia asked.
"Of course! I'd like to talk back to Alicia-san!"
Leticia let out a small sigh when she saw how Kuro Usagi let Alicia follow them without wondering why she wants to go with them.
"What will you do Kuro Usagi when the festival starts?" Alicia decided to have a conversation with Kuro Usagi.
"She'll be the judge for the [Gift Game] that's going to be done in a few hours." Kuro Usagi replied with a smile.
"Oh... what kind of [Gift Game] will it be this time..." Alice looked at a coliseum in the distance where the festival games would be held. "This time I'm going to be a spectator. I've already played the [Gift Game] a few times on [Salamander's] side."
"Really, Alicia-san?" Kuro Usagi showed his confusion. "There are interesting people this time, I'm sure you'll like to fight them."
"You can name me the subject of someone interesting."
"Fufufu." A laugh came out of Kuro Usagi. "There's our wild card named Sakamaki Izayoi."
Kuro Usagi raised her arms in arrogance.
"Pfff." A snort came from Alice. "I'm sorry." Alicia quickly apologized. "If Kuro Usagi says he's his joker, it must be someone super strong."
"It is!" Kuro Usagi exclaimed as he looked back at a large tree that stood near them. "We're here."
"So, they slept in this place..." Alice looked at the huge tree.
"Let's go in."
Alicia and Leticia followed Kuro Usagi into the tree through a door.
Inside the tree they saw that he found several things of good quality, implying that it is a hotel inside the tree.
"Me!" They watched as a boy with light blonde hair walked down the spiral stairs where a couple of people followed behind him.
"That boy is Sakamaki Izayoi." Alice looked at the boy who was pointed out by Kuro Usagi.
"Too bad we found ourselves in this place... If it wasn't for that, I would have struck the first blow by now." Alicia brought her hands to her hips as she said that.
"Don't start a fight in this place!" Kuro Usagi was frightened.
"Don't worry. I control my fighting instincts, I'm not like my father."
"Who is the albino girl?" Izayoi asked.
"She's Alice." Kuro Usagi replied. "And she's also Leticia-sama's daughter."
Izayoi looked at Leticia. "So, the loli has a daughter, that's a surprise."
"Hey! Leticia-san has a daughter!" Asuka looked at Leticia in surprise, as well as at Alicia, as if she were comparing something.
"They're almost identical." Kasukabe responded with the stoic look he always has as he ate a fish-shaped bun.
"Leticia-sama." He named her and looked at Kuro Usagi. "Izayoi-san met two unknown people and brought them to this place."
"Sounds problematic." Leticia replied stoically.
"He's a reddish-brown teenager and a young blonde woman." Kuro Usagi said.
They approached the front which they were described in that way.
"Nice to meet you. My name is Emiya Shirou."
"Know."
The teenager responded more humanly than the young woman. He looked like a machine because of the actions and how it sounded in his voice.
"Hm." Alicia walked over to Shirou as she swirled around him looking intently. This made the boy uncomfortable. "The question would be who came first..."
"Huh?" That confused Shirou.
"Senji Muramasa or Emiya Shirou?" Alice whispered to herself thinking she wasn't heard. Izayoi raised an eyebrow, he was intrigued by what the albino girl said.
"I'm sorry if it bothers you. I was just thinking about something." Alicia left while staying with Leticia. "I can ask you a question... Emiya Shirou."
The appointee nodded in agreement with her request.
"What's your dream?" The question only confused all of them. To Alice it was something of greater interest. "My father dreamed of creating the ultimate sword that he ended up achieving... but what would be this boy's dream." Alice thought to herself.
Shirou looked down at his hands as he recalled the promise he made to his father.
"An ally of justice." Shirou replied firmly, surprising the determination with which he said those words.
"A hero?" That's the question Izayoi asked.
Shirou scratched her chin expressing her embarrassment. "You can say yes."
"Hero, hero, hero, hero."
Izayoi looked on, also raising his guard as a strong murderous sensation arose in the hotel lobby.
"A-Alicia-san..." Kuro Usagi fearfully spoke to the person behind who was to blame for releasing the killing intent.
"This girl." Leticia said subtly as she prepared to neutralize Alicia.
Arriving quickly to stop Alicia where the albino girl easily dodged the blow that was going with knockout action to quickly end this problem.
"Shirou." Without bothering to say honorific, Saber reached out to protect Shirou by raising her invisible sword as well. "If you take a step, I'm forced to kill you." Without hesitation in his words, he looked with determination and ferocity at Alice, who stared.
"Pff. How scary." Alice was mocking Saber.
Saber wanted to attack her, but since she didn't know the enemy, she wouldn't know if she could protect Shirou from any unexpected moves that came from Alice.
Crack!
Izayoi, unconcerned about the situation, had attacked Alicia out of sheer self-interest by destroying the tree lobby.
"What good senses you have." Izayoi praised as he gave the girl a mocking smile.
"I'm sorry, but this time I have no interest in you."
Disappearing and appearing in an instant behind Shirou to hang him.
"So, your wish is to be a [Hero]." A long, dark-covered crescent smile was on Alice, and her reddish eyes lit up with dangerous intentions. "If you hadn't said that this wouldn't be happening."
"What are you going to do!" Shirou made a quick shot of any sword in order to pierce Alice's chest as she achieved her goal.
"What a pity."
Alice watched boredly as the sword pierced her chest.
"I'm different from my father. He would surely kill anyone who presented himself as a [Hero]..." Alicia looked sideways, expelling a strong pressure that was effective for the weakest. "I like to see how a [Hero] gets corrupted."
Alicia bit Shirou's neck, and he couldn't shake off the tight grip that was holding him. Knowing that she tried to save Shirou did not succeed because of the strong pressure that made her go slowly until she reached him.
"Shirou!"
"Don't come near Saber!" Shirou shouted, causing Saber to be stunned, but he kept moving forward anyway to reach him who was kneeling on the ground while covering his neck where he was bitten by Alicia.
Saber was shocked and frozen by what happened next.
Shirou's body began to emerge blades starting at his back and then exiting on his arms, legs, and head.
"Human pincushion." Izayoi said he was watching the situation progress.
"I want to see that willingness to be a [Hero]... Emiya Shirou."
Alice grabbed the blade monster that had turned into Shirou without worrying about the pain of her hands being pierced with the blades to lift it up and then throw it into town.
In the distance you could see how Shirou destroyed the city being thrown by Alicia.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"
The monster's scream reverberated throughout the city, reaching [No Name's] ears.
"Alice!" Leticia, screaming angrily, grabbed Alicia by the neck. "I thought you had changed!"
Alice snorted. "You thought wrong, mother." And it easily disappeared from Leticia's hands.
"Tsk." Leticia, who drops the ribbon in the form of a black bow in her hair, changed her appearance from a child to a more adult one, where she also released the rest of her power sealed by the ribbon. "I'll get ahead of myself!" Leticia exclaimed, taking flight to get to the city quickly.
"I never imagined fighting a monster made of blades." A smile appeared on Izayoi as he said that. "Loli vampire...! Or wait, you're a mature vampire now. But whatever." Izayoi shrugged. "I won't let you take all the fun for yourself!"
A big smile baring his teeth was what the spectators saw until the dust and splinters of the tree flew in different directions.
The floor where Izayoi had been standing was fractured.
"I have to go save Shirou."
Saber, recovering, rushed to the rescue of his Master.
"Tsk. That Izayoi-san stepped forward. Deen!" Asuka summoned a red robot with a sun drawn all over its chest.
"I won't let Izayoi hog all the fun." Kasukabe with a stoic face, but giving a fierce look, took flight thanks to the abilities taken by the griffin Grey.
Arriving faster than Leticia was Izayoi, who was looking from the rooftops of the houses at the knife-like monster that was still in the center.
"Hey albino girl. What you did to corrupt the boy is not working, I see that your wish was not fulfilled."
Izayoi smiled, mocking Alice who was in the air staring at the bladed monster.
"Hmph." Alice narrowed her eyes at the monster. "Let's see how long that will last... What!"
What was happening was unimaginable to Alice.
The blade monster was slowly beginning to shrink.
The 8-meter height of the blade monster shrank to a scale of 2 meters and kept shrinking by the minute.
Shirou's reddish hair began to show and then it was her flesh-and-blood body. The blade monster was gone.
"Ooohhh, what a pity." Izayoi put his hands in his trouser pockets. "It looks like it's a victory for the hero boy."
"Tsk. You're right." Alice turned to start retreating as she stared fiercely at Shirou. "It's the first time I've seen someone able to resist the gift of demonization."
Alicia disappeared without a trace.
"An iron will." Izayoi approached Shirou's unconscious body. "It's the second time I've taken you, but you turned out to be someone perfect for our troubled community. Emiya Shirou, welcome to [No Name]." Izayoi took Shirou as it was the first time.
Leticia, who had watched everything that had happened, was also surprised to see how a human managed to resist the gift of demonization.
"I won't think about anything and go with the flow. I'm starting to get a headache because of my daughter, and now another special person comes along who will be problematic... it seems that the [No Name] community is doomed to take in problematic people."
Leticia returned with the rest of [No Name] arriving a few seconds after Izayoi.
Note:
Well, this will be the last chapter I publish. I'll stop updating the fanfics I've written for personal reasons.
I had a lot of fun writing nonsense things to be honest. But it's time to stop writing.
Thank you so much to you readers who decided to take a look at what I wrote in each chapter where you surely thought "This is bullshit, it doesn't make any sense." I understand them, since I'm also a reader where I also think the same when I see weird fanfics (XD).
I would have liked to continue with my fanfic Anomaly (it's the Senji Muramasa of the black eyes and bank pupils) but I won't be able to, too bad to be honest.
So, I'll say goodbye, sayonara.