Fate/Stay Night: Sacred Temple [Chapter 1]
”————Ow.”
As I wake up, the blinding light emitted from the sun attacks my eyes. My name is Shirou Emiya. I am a 2nd-Year High-School Student that goes to Homurahara. I get up, brush my teeth, get dressed, do the usual things I do before going to school.
”Oh, Senpai, you’re awake.”
”Good Morning, Sakura.”
That’s Sakura Matou. She’s my underclassman at school. She started coming over to my house about a year and a half ago. Now, she comes over every day and helps me do housework.
When I go to sit at the table, — that had all of Sakura’s amazing dishes on it — I notice something off. So, I ask Sakura.
When I go to sit at the table, — that had all of Sakura’s amazing dishes on it — I notice something off. So, I ask Sakura.
”Where’s Fuji-nee?”
Ever since I moved in with Kiristsugu, my adoptive father, Fuji-nee has been my neighbor. When he died, she became my guardian and started living with me. She’s also a teacher at the school I go to and the supervising teacher of the archery club.
Ever since I moved in with Kiristsugu, my adoptive father, Fuji-nee has been my neighbor. When he died, she became my guardian and started living with me. She’s also a teacher at the school I go to and the supervising teacher of the archery club.
”She told me that she had to leave for school early. She told me that there was a meeting involving all the teachers, so she told me that she would miss breakfast with us.”
”Ah.”
I see Sakura smiling and blushing a little bit when she finished telling me about the situation with Fuji-nee. ————Actually, now that I think about it, ever since I woke up today, she’s been smiling a lot more than she usually does.
”Sakura… is there a reason for why you’re smiling a lot more?”
”Well………”
She stops talking and then starts looking downwards at the floor. Then, she makes a face which tells me that she’s gathered all the courage she has in her to say something important.
”Ah.”
I see Sakura smiling and blushing a little bit when she finished telling me about the situation with Fuji-nee. ————Actually, now that I think about it, ever since I woke up today, she’s been smiling a lot more than she usually does.
”Sakura… is there a reason for why you’re smiling a lot more?”
”Well………”
She stops talking and then starts looking downwards at the floor. Then, she makes a face which tells me that she’s gathered all the courage she has in her to say something important.
”……It’s because I’m finally alone here with you, Senpai.”
”Ah, well, I enjoy your company too, Sakura”
”That’s great to hear, Senpai.…”
After a long moment of silence, she finally decides to respond to what I said.
I’m a very unsociable person, so I didn’t know how to respond correctly to what she said. What I had said made Sakura lose her shining smile and go back to washing the dishes. More silence is followed after that.
I slowly start eating all the delicious food Sakura prepared for me. The air is filled with awkwardness, and I start thinking about how I should respond to this kind of thing, next time.
——————If there’s a next time.
”Ah, well, I enjoy your company too, Sakura”
”That’s great to hear, Senpai.…”
After a long moment of silence, she finally decides to respond to what I said.
I’m a very unsociable person, so I didn’t know how to respond correctly to what she said. What I had said made Sakura lose her shining smile and go back to washing the dishes. More silence is followed after that.
I slowly start eating all the delicious food Sakura prepared for me. The air is filled with awkwardness, and I start thinking about how I should respond to this kind of thing, next time.
——————If there’s a next time.
✬
For once, I was alone walking to school, today. Sakura was clearly disappointed in my response and was saddened. I guess that just killed her good mood. However, I don’t blame her for being upset, though, it’s totally normal for a girl to react like that.
On my way, I find Issei walking to school alone, like me. He travels two hours every day to attend school. We’ve known each other for two years and have been great friends since then.
On my way, I find Issei walking to school alone, like me. He travels two hours every day to attend school. We’ve known each other for two years and have been great friends since then.
”Oh, Emiya.”
”Hey, Issei.”
”I see that Sakura isn’t with you today. Did anything happen?”
”She’s just a little upset at me, is all.”
”I see.”
When we arrive, we see tons of students surrounding the front door of the school, naturally, Issei and I head over to see what’s happening. What we saw, really shocked us. But what we saw was hilarious at the same time. There was a boy on the floor being pinned down by a girl.
The thing is, I recognize both of them. The boy being pinned down was Shinji Matou, I met him in Middle School and we were good friends until he started hating me one day.
The girl who was pinning him down was Rin Tohsaka. I haven’t talked to her much——— I don’t think she even knows me. There’s no doubt that most would call her the ”Prettiest Girl in Homurahara.”
”Emiya, we should head to class. We don’t want to be late, do we?”
”I guess you’re right.”
Issei and I see Fuji-nee and another other teacher talking about something. I decide to not ask Fuji-nee about what she and the teachers were talking about when we get home. So, me and Issei just continue walking to our class.
The thing is, I recognize both of them. The boy being pinned down was Shinji Matou, I met him in Middle School and we were good friends until he started hating me one day.
The girl who was pinning him down was Rin Tohsaka. I haven’t talked to her much——— I don’t think she even knows me. There’s no doubt that most would call her the ”Prettiest Girl in Homurahara.”
”Emiya, we should head to class. We don’t want to be late, do we?”
”I guess you’re right.”
Issei and I see Fuji-nee and another other teacher talking about something. I decide to not ask Fuji-nee about what she and the teachers were talking about when we get home. So, me and Issei just continue walking to our class.
✬
After all my classes are over, I sit at my desk and contemplate whether I should go fix broken equipment which will help Issei, or if I should just go to work. I finally choose that I should help Issei so he won’t be upset with me like Sakura is.
And, I really don’t need the money from work, as Fuji-nee’s grandfather is covering for my living expenses and the like. I mean, I only got the job so I wouldn’t be a freeloader.
And, I really don’t need the money from work, as Fuji-nee’s grandfather is covering for my living expenses and the like. I mean, I only got the job so I wouldn’t be a freeloader.
”I’m here to help with the repairs, Issei.”
”That’s great.”
”So, do you have anything planned for me to do?”
”Not anything major. But the heater I bought last month for this room stopped working for no reason. You can fix that if you would like to.”
”I don’t really have anything to do if I just left and went back home, so I guess I’ll fix that.”
Issei sits down on the floor next to the heater and wipes some of the dust off of it. I grab a screwdriver from my toolbox. Not looking in front of me, I trip on a different screwdriver that was laying on the floor and fall down.
————When I opened my eyes I saw that we were in a very ”intimate” and ”questionable” position. Issei was lying completely on his back, his legs were spread out, and his eyes were closed. I was on top of him and our faces were close enough we could kiss any second. He opens his eyes and it takes him about a minute to assess the situation.
”EMI——ya…”
He screams at first, but that scream slowly drifts away, as we both start gazing into the other’s eye.
”…”
”…”
Neither of us have anything to say. We just continue to stare into each other’s eyes. The room gets filled with silence and I feel my mouth getting closer to his mouth every second.
”————”
Someone opens the door and interrupts what we were doing.
It was a teacher.
His name was Souichirou Kuzuki. He’s Rin Tohsaka’s homeroom teacher. He and Issei were practically like brothers, so I just start imagining about all the crap I’m going to be going through soon.
”Issei, I need to talk to you for a second.”
He had the same stern face and cold voice, despite the scene he just walked in on. Most people would at least be a little shocked should they see this, but he just remained the same.
”R–right!”
Issei pushes me off of him and walks out of the room. Kuzuki closes the door. Trying to keep myself busy from what was going to happen to us, I continue to try fixing the heater. I go and grab my screwdriver, which flew away from my hand earlier.
”——Emiya.”
Right before I can grab the screwdriver, Issei opens the door to the room, much to my shock.
”———”
”Kuzuki has told me that I’ll have to go home and help with some specific things. And, you don’t need to worry, I told Kuzuki that the position we were in was an accident. But, he said that he wouldn’t care if I fell in love with someone of the same sex.”
. . .
”——N–not that I would!”
”Am I allowed to stay here until I’m finished fixing this heater?”
”You’re allowed to stay here until 8 PM.”
With that, Issei takes his leave. He and I agree to never talk about what happened earlier, ever again.
”That’s great.”
”So, do you have anything planned for me to do?”
”Not anything major. But the heater I bought last month for this room stopped working for no reason. You can fix that if you would like to.”
”I don’t really have anything to do if I just left and went back home, so I guess I’ll fix that.”
Issei sits down on the floor next to the heater and wipes some of the dust off of it. I grab a screwdriver from my toolbox. Not looking in front of me, I trip on a different screwdriver that was laying on the floor and fall down.
————When I opened my eyes I saw that we were in a very ”intimate” and ”questionable” position. Issei was lying completely on his back, his legs were spread out, and his eyes were closed. I was on top of him and our faces were close enough we could kiss any second. He opens his eyes and it takes him about a minute to assess the situation.
”EMI——ya…”
He screams at first, but that scream slowly drifts away, as we both start gazing into the other’s eye.
”…”
”…”
Neither of us have anything to say. We just continue to stare into each other’s eyes. The room gets filled with silence and I feel my mouth getting closer to his mouth every second.
”————”
Someone opens the door and interrupts what we were doing.
It was a teacher.
His name was Souichirou Kuzuki. He’s Rin Tohsaka’s homeroom teacher. He and Issei were practically like brothers, so I just start imagining about all the crap I’m going to be going through soon.
”Issei, I need to talk to you for a second.”
He had the same stern face and cold voice, despite the scene he just walked in on. Most people would at least be a little shocked should they see this, but he just remained the same.
”R–right!”
Issei pushes me off of him and walks out of the room. Kuzuki closes the door. Trying to keep myself busy from what was going to happen to us, I continue to try fixing the heater. I go and grab my screwdriver, which flew away from my hand earlier.
”——Emiya.”
Right before I can grab the screwdriver, Issei opens the door to the room, much to my shock.
”———”
”Kuzuki has told me that I’ll have to go home and help with some specific things. And, you don’t need to worry, I told Kuzuki that the position we were in was an accident. But, he said that he wouldn’t care if I fell in love with someone of the same sex.”
. . .
”——N–not that I would!”
”Am I allowed to stay here until I’m finished fixing this heater?”
”You’re allowed to stay here until 8 PM.”
With that, Issei takes his leave. He and I agree to never talk about what happened earlier, ever again.
✬
After fixing the heater I fell asleep. When I wake up, I see that it’s nighttime. I get up and decide to go home. When I go outside, I hear faint metal hitting metal sounds. Suspicious, I keep on walking closer to the sounds. I’m eventually lead to the schoolyard.
There I saw a man in blue with a giant red lance fighting another man in red, with two daggers. This was definitely no facade, sparks fly as one’s weapon hits the others and their aggressive presence.
—–—And then…… They both turn their attention to me.
I immediately start running as fast as I can. I enter the school and I hear footsteps. One of them was definitely chasing me. I stop running, as I couldn’t breathe. I don’t hear anyone following, so I sigh a breath of relief because I’m safe now.
”I don’t have anything against you, but I’m going to have to kill you. Sorry.”
I see the man in blue in front of me, my brain can’t process how he got there——Casually, he lifts up his lance and stabs me in the heart.
———————My heart doesn’t explode like it normally should have, instead, it just…… stops working. That was definitely no normal lance. Suddenly, I hear someone talking. I can’t identify the person, but I can tell that it was a female. I also hear a male, he was talking to the female. I don’t know exactly what they were talking about, though.
”——What…… happened……?”
I somehow managed to survive. It must have been the help of third party. maybe it was the two people who visited me…? No, I can’t think about that now, I should get home. I mop up the blood, so there was no evidence that I got stabbed.
Appearing from the ceiling, the man in blue drops straight at me, with his lance, intending to kill me. I somehow manage to dodge the strike by rolling away. Quickly, I pick up one of Fuji-nee’s rolled posters that were laying on the ground.
”Trace. On.”
The rolled up poster becomes enhanced with my Magic and is now harder than steel.
”I was trying to be merciful and kill you without you noticing… I’d never thought I would have to kill the same person, two times the same day.”
He raises his lance. This time, he seemed a little disinterested in killing me, maybe even a little bored. But, it probably makes sense to him. Trying to kill an insignificant ant like me a second time is probably boring.
”—I guess it just means that this world is always full of bloodshed.”
With just one clash of our weapons, he already overpowers me. With no option left, I run away.
I manage to get to the backyard. I come to a stop because my heart started aching again. Ugh. Why now out of all situations? I can’t even call for help, if I did, the man would’ve instantly killed me, instead of just toy with me, like he’s currently doing.
”Cya.”
”——Gahh–—”
I fly for a bit, then fall onto the ground. He had kicked me. But, that was no ”mere” kick, he was clearly 10——no most likely, 100x stronger than me.——there’s nothing I can do to hurt him.
”N——”
I already start coughing blood. I still manage to get up. I run into the shed, with the Magically-enhanced poster in my hands.
”You’re running away? You’re losing all of your pride right now, you know.”
He follows me into the shed.
”It’s all over now!”
He thrusts his lance at me. I unroll the poster—— it blocks the lance, but still explodes. I fall over, unto my back, filled with despair.
”Heh, that was pretty surprising. This is the end for you, sorry.”
Like all the other times, he aims his lance at me, with murderous intent. This time, I knew for sure that I was going to be killed.
”There’s something I don’t understand about you, though. You’re fast and quick-witted, but are worthless at Magic. Maybe you were meant to be the seventh master. But, oh well.”
One final time, he aims the lance at me, and charges at me.
”——I won’t accept my death here! Not by you! Not from somebody who goes out of their way to kill someone!!!——”
A blinding light appears behind me. I couldn’t turn around to see what happened behind me.
The moment the lance was about the strike me, someone—a girl protects me, by parrying the lance with her sword.
”——The seventh servant?!”
The man gets pushed out of the shed. With the moonlight gleaming on her, she turns around. And looks at me. I couldn’t help but be stunned by her beauty, so I just kept on staring at her.
”I ask of you. Are you my Master?”
”——What…… happened……?”
I somehow managed to survive. It must have been the help of third party. maybe it was the two people who visited me…? No, I can’t think about that now, I should get home. I mop up the blood, so there was no evidence that I got stabbed.
✬
Painfully, I manage to get home. No one was home, not Fuji-nee, nor Sakura. I go to the living room and collapse onto the floor. I really needed some more rest. ———I begin to sense a murderous presence.Appearing from the ceiling, the man in blue drops straight at me, with his lance, intending to kill me. I somehow manage to dodge the strike by rolling away. Quickly, I pick up one of Fuji-nee’s rolled posters that were laying on the ground.
”Trace. On.”
The rolled up poster becomes enhanced with my Magic and is now harder than steel.
”I was trying to be merciful and kill you without you noticing… I’d never thought I would have to kill the same person, two times the same day.”
He raises his lance. This time, he seemed a little disinterested in killing me, maybe even a little bored. But, it probably makes sense to him. Trying to kill an insignificant ant like me a second time is probably boring.
”—I guess it just means that this world is always full of bloodshed.”
With just one clash of our weapons, he already overpowers me. With no option left, I run away.
I manage to get to the backyard. I come to a stop because my heart started aching again. Ugh. Why now out of all situations? I can’t even call for help, if I did, the man would’ve instantly killed me, instead of just toy with me, like he’s currently doing.
”Cya.”
”——Gahh–—”
I fly for a bit, then fall onto the ground. He had kicked me. But, that was no ”mere” kick, he was clearly 10——no most likely, 100x stronger than me.——there’s nothing I can do to hurt him.
”N——”
I already start coughing blood. I still manage to get up. I run into the shed, with the Magically-enhanced poster in my hands.
”You’re running away? You’re losing all of your pride right now, you know.”
He follows me into the shed.
”It’s all over now!”
He thrusts his lance at me. I unroll the poster—— it blocks the lance, but still explodes. I fall over, unto my back, filled with despair.
”Heh, that was pretty surprising. This is the end for you, sorry.”
Like all the other times, he aims his lance at me, with murderous intent. This time, I knew for sure that I was going to be killed.
”There’s something I don’t understand about you, though. You’re fast and quick-witted, but are worthless at Magic. Maybe you were meant to be the seventh master. But, oh well.”
One final time, he aims the lance at me, and charges at me.
”——I won’t accept my death here! Not by you! Not from somebody who goes out of their way to kill someone!!!——”
A blinding light appears behind me. I couldn’t turn around to see what happened behind me.
The moment the lance was about the strike me, someone—a girl protects me, by parrying the lance with her sword.
”——The seventh servant?!”
The man gets pushed out of the shed. With the moonlight gleaming on her, she turns around. And looks at me. I couldn’t help but be stunned by her beauty, so I just kept on staring at her.
”I ask of you. Are you my Master?”
✬
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