*Still in the hospital*
Shirou was about to pull his hand away.... before he noticed....More circuits on her back ? They're in the same state as her other circuits.
Shirou feels his hands starting to shake from the strain and pain as he tries to find out more.
No, they are actually worst.... But how does she have extra circuits? Norikata did write that there was a set number of them...Quickly structurally grasping them Shirou felt information flooding his brain finding out that it was a magic crest?
Before long he learned what a magic crest is by grasping its history, his hands being unable to work or move anymore... It's the Emiya's Magic crest. Norikata's great Grandfather created it -the creator of the Emiya name- from his Magic circuits and then infused magecraft into it.... he can't see what magecraft it was... But what he can see, is that it was passed down every 60-70 years until Norikata got it... and....
It was broken....He doesn't see who or what broke it.... But he sees this just a fragment of the original...Before it was given to Kiritsugu
Wait...Wait if this is just a fragment... then the other pieces have more magic circuits.....He needs them....But where could th....The clock tower...Norikata did say that the clock tower was after him... But who are they and more importantly where?
From who can I find out... Before he remembers... Kirei! she might know where it is.
Taking one last look at Kiritsugu, Shirou walks away his hands hanging by his side...
' Be a villain who will save you. '
*The church*
Kirei feels it... the pain... her wrong smile turning into a small grin and is growing... Turns her head when she hears the door open to great the one who brought her such a tasteful snack... She was actually surprised when she saw Shirou, who notices her grin and immediately got a confused expression before realization struck him. He remembers she told him she enjoyed the pain of others...."Hello and I can definitely say you're human" Now this surprised her more.
"I asked you before, can someone who enjoys pain caused to others be called human?" Kirei asked once more and Shirou nods with great amount of hesitation.... He saw humans enjoying things worse than pain.... some of them even enjoyed killing other people and fucking their corpses and they called themselves human... So Kirei who just enjoyed the pain of others he can definitely call human.... even if he doesn't understand why or how she envoy's pain.
"Humans have done worse things than just enjoying the pain of others and they still call themselves human's and not... demon's.... I won't deny that enjoying the pain of others might be a bad thing.... But I don't think I'm someone to judge... I, after all, am... not better...." Shirou said resolutely.
Kirei just looks.... at the child.... And then cackles in amusement.... Maybe she shouldn't be he's just a child after all... But... " Really ? If someone else finds out that what they have done... Will they call them human's .... or scum.... monsters ? " Kirei asks making Shirou frown with his smile...
He....
He really is selfish he only though in his own view.
Kiritsugu smile grows feeling Shirou's pain grow... well not pain exactly.... more frustation
But that's not the only reason her smile grew...
She's....
She's really interested that Shirou is trying to see her as human... Even people from The Church stay clear of her... and they fought vampires.... Fucking hypocrites if you ask her... They enjoy causing pain to nonhumans and sometimes even sinners and the unenlightened/ignorant ones... aka the none believers... But they're hypocrisy, how much pain it, brings.... mhhhhm... Still... he really is an interesting child of God... What did he endure on God's Garden.
"So why have you come to the house of God?" Making Shirou realize he got distracted a bit.... ok a lot.... "What is the clock tower and where is it...And everything else you can tell me..." Shirou asked seriously, making Kirei's face go blank...
"And what will I gain from telling you about clock tower?" Kirei asked... after all she's technically a magus and magus take as much as they can....'Fuck....Of course, she wants something....Wait this isn't her trying to make me coo...' " And no this is not me wanting to eat more of you're godly tofu....May Chr...." And.... started praying.... At least this is giving me time to think of something....wait "What is your relationship with Kiritsugu?" Shirou asked randomly.
Confusing Kirei for a moment before realizing... that he will be trying to manipulate her... Such a.... well..... Kiritsugu move... or should she start calling it an Emiya move ?....
But if she could classify her relationship with Kiritsugu... it would be "Rival... I would classify us as Rival's".... 'Ok so maybe it won't work ....but I can still try' Shirou thinks his plan crumbling " It will give me a chance to heal Kiritsugu " Shirou says trying to be confident... But even he is not sure, if he will be successful, it's just a plan, he thought thinking that with Magic Circuits he could heal Kiritsugu back to health, since that's the only thing he found wrong with her.
"Ah if it's just healing Kiritsugu then I could do it... Lets just say that as an agent of god... I am better than most in the arts of healing. " She said simply.
Thinking if she should heal Kiritsugu or not... who is she kidding, she will because it will be interesting... plus the reaction and the glare she might receive might amuse her... That or a bullet to the heart again... Which again... Will amuse her.
"Really? You can heal almost destroyed circuits from a curse or create circuits ?" Was Shirou's.... sarcastic reply ? as he looks at her flatly.... "Depends on what kind of curse is it?" Kirei said surprised by Shirou's newfound sarcastic personality and that Kiritsugu actually got cursed with how cautious she is, Kirei wouldn't have been taken aback if Kiritsugu had the ability to escape even God's attempt to curse her.
"Ok, do you think you could heal magic circuits damaged by this?" Shirou asked while activating one of his weaker curses put on him with blue words appearing on his arm... While also keeping in mind to look into or ask her about teaching him how to Heal since if he is trying to heal Kiritsugu learning how is the most important step... After all, if he just has Magical Circuits how will he know how to implant them ?
Or at the very least ask her to do it since she doesn't seem against it for now.
" Anway's the clock tower is located in London, In the United Kingdom of Great Britain..." Kirei replied ignoring Shirou's look nor acknowledging that no she can't heal that curse...Where and how did he find that curse either way...Also, how is he not dying...Should she experiment on him?... It would be interesting/tasty to see how humans react to that curse.
Wait should she even send him to the clock tower now?...
No.
A child should not be in Clock Tower... Children are just simple and top of the line guinea pigs there. Not even talking about Shirou being connected to the Emiya name... If he doesn't die the minute, he steps his foot in there she will believe that Shirou is really blessed by the gods.... aside from his magnificent tofu... Well, that or they somehow found about the curse and will try to experiment on him and see how he survived and how it exists what it does to the body and so on... Herself being an example as she thought of doing it right now and she isn't even a proper Magus...
So, after thinking of all of this, Kirei decides that she can't allow her entertainment and cook to die, can she? "Shirou... You're not allowed into the clock tower before I decide you're strong enough to survive." Kirei said after a moment of thought, surprising Shirou.
"And why not?" Shirou asked not understanding why he can't go into the clock tower which Kirei explains " Well first I don't think you can talk English and most magi don't talk in Japan since it's not really liked... And when I say that. I mean they won't like you since you're from Japan. Most magus think Japan is a useless country that takes resources and just a breeding place for mutants or demonic bloodlines while producing weak magus." Kirei explains to Shirou that his Japanese lineage will make it harder for him in the clock tower
"The clock tower is like a school you could say..." Kirei says thinking if she should downplay the dangers of the clock tower.... But why should she "But it's also a place for research where they do ANYTHING to progress their research even killing 100 babies is acceptable if it gives good results to the clock tower...Although if you're wasting their resources they will kill you..." Kirei says not downplaying the dangers of clock tower.
"But Shirou if you're going into clock tower... be careful and don't show your curse or you will become a sealing designation. Sealing designates are people who have created or gained something so impressive that the clock tower will not allow you any freedom in case you disappear, run away or just die.... Although it's more likely that you will be imprisoned and experimented on, never seeing the light of day again." Kirei continues making Shirou remember his second hell.
And wait.... KILLING 100 BABIES ?! WHAT ?!
WHY ?!
"For that reason, you have to become strong enough to survive in the clock tower.... Also, expect anything else happening to you, backstabs, front stabs, poisons, explosions, assassins and so on" Shirou nods his head but only later did he realize what she said his mind still processing....
100 humans.... 100 babies.... killed ?
He saw how terrible humans can be... but....
"Now...You owe me a meal for telling you all of that " Shirou didn't hear her first since he was still thinking, so he nodded his head....and was about to glare at her for her trick before...
He see's her laughing...
Ah...She did tell me to expect anything...He smiles at her as thanks for warning him...."So tofu?" Kirei's smile just grows.
Later when he was leaving he will realize how calmy she said all of that...
The Moonlit world is really dangerous ! He can definitely see why Kiritsugu didn't tell him about it earlier.
*The next day Shirou house*
After cooking Kirei her tofu Shirou went back home and instantly went to sleep, in what felt like millennia... Which might be true... He always took sleep for granted before... Now that he has woken up well rested he will definitely be sleeping more.
Picking up his phone he checks the time and sees it's 7:30... A bit too early but still gets up. Walking into the kitchen Shirou started cooking himself some breakfast before... Despair... he felt pure Despair in someone...No.... and he sniffs? it smells like Sakura ?.... Wait since when can he smell Sakura so far away... she also smells of something familiar like.... his * Prana * .... But more ?..... Could she be... Wait yes, she could be a magus, that explains why Kiritsugu was so defensive near Sakura....But why is .....Her fucking family.....
Quickly turning off the stove he walks to the front door and opens it seeing a surprised Sakura in front of him. He quickly cheeks her out.... and sees nothing on her... not a single bruise or anything like that... But... He feels the Pain from her....That means... How long... How long has she been hiding her pain for her to get so good....Rage started to overcome Shirou which he tries to calm down but it was harder than usual... How dare they... How dare they harm Sakura....How dare they make her Despair....
Sakura noticed Shirou's change immediately...His eyes turned cold.... His golden-brown colored eyes that usually glow turned into ice-cold glaciers.... And for a second, she swears she saw them change color for a second before turning normal and he smiles kindly... But it looks fake...She knows... She always wore one.... She always wore one for Shirou-Kun...
"Come in Sakura" Shirou says quickly... a little too quickly for Sakura... But she follows him into the house, believing that he won't hurt her. When they made it into the kitchen everything went back to normal except... Sakura felt Shirou gazing at her when he thought she wasn't looking at him.
"SHIROU'S FOOD!!!" A new voice screamed running into the kitchen and we see it was Taiga that returned from the monthly kendo championship. Shirou sighs and with Sakura sets up the food on the table which Taiga quickly devourers. While Taiga was devouring her food Shirou and Sakura started to sit down and eat quietly....But Shirou continues taking glances at Sakura.
Which Taiga noticed and after swallowing her food tries to tease Shirou "Aw it seems like little Shirou is starting to develop a crush!" Taiga says hiding her teasing smiling behind her hand. To which Shirou didn't understand so he tilts his head to the side making both of them scream Kawaii in their minds... especially in Sakura.... but still makes Taiga sigh "Shirou tell me sometime in the future to teach you about relationships..."
They continued eating or in Taiga's case devoured the food...."Ah right! Shirou I heard you visited Kiritsugu today!" Taiga says while glancing at Shirou in worry, who just nods his head slowly "Are you okay Shirou?" Shirou stops eating and then looks at Taiga, he sees how worried she is so he just smiles "Yes I'm fine I just wanted to visit her..." Taiga still didn't look satisfied but let it go...
*An hour later*
We see Taiga running to her school not wanting to be late for her job.... She also said that she will be gone for a while....
' Wait when do I have to start going to school?... Next year? ' Shirou thinks not completely sure but before he can think about it more " I think it's about time for me to go home" Sakura says about to walk to away.... But Shirou grabbed her hand "No." Shirou says looking her straight into the eyes "No?" Sakura repeats for clarification
"You're not going back." Shirou says shocking and terrifying her since that would.... her family... might come and see Shirou. She can't get him hurt... She CANT....She WILL NOT ALLOW IT...no....go away... go awa.... Before Sakura could finish thinking Shirou started to hug her "Shhhh... It's okay... It's okay... Your safe... You will be safe here" Shirou says calming her down and draining... the curse how does she have the same curse as me? Its on the lesser scale but still...
Quietly he tries to use structural grasp on her making "NO!" Making Sakura scream confirming her as a magus dispelling the od he put in her "Don't.... Don't I'm filthy..." Sakura says starting to cry "No your not I.... I promise you that you will be ok here..." Shirou promises... his second ? promise...