Fate/Monogatari

The flames were burning everything in one part of fuyuki town. They moved forward devouring the earth and buildings, screams of pain and agony were the only things that could be heard, charred bodies and rubble the only things that could be seen in this part of town.

In this infernal scenario, a single boy with red hair walked with his legs trembling with exhaustion, he took heavy steps and his body was already on the limit. Every step he took gave him a world of pain and every time he took a breath his lung burned with the smoke he inhaled

however, something burned inside that boy, it was something that was not caused by the flames that hit the city but something else, it was the flames of hope and will to live, the boy would not give up his life so easily, and so he continued walking even if it causes you pain

but, one truth was obvious, no matter how hard the boy tried, there was a physical limit he couldn't overcome, and that limit soon reached him and his legs failed to knock him to the ground amidst many bodies charred by the flames and crushed by rubble

The boy used all his strength to turn his body and look up at the sky, where he saw an imposing black sun hovering across the sky. The boy let a tear fall from his eyes and began to pray for salvation.

He felt his chest ache even more with the smoke entering his body from his breath and he understood no one was going to come to save him, and he was going to die. But, a part of him was happy about it, the pain would finally go away, and he could go rest

Unlike the boy's expectations, something heard his prayer and decided to help him, but the being who decided to help him was not a benevolent God but the evil thing that was in the holy grail

The cursed energies entered the boy's body and with the cursed energy, blue energy also entered his body.

He felt a warm hand touching his face and struggled to look at the owner of the hand, when he opened his eyes, the boy saw a woman with white hair and red eyes wearing a strange dress smiling at him

"It's going to be all right" The woman whispered and closed the boy's eyes with her hands

The fear and the pain disappeared at that moment, he no longer felt anything, no fear, no pain, no happiness, he was empty the boy died and something was born in his place

A black and white desert world formed in his soul and then another glow lit the boy and a sword scabbard was stuck in the middle of that world and the world took on colors

The boy opened his eyes once more and saw that he was no longer alone in that world of flames, this time a man was with him and taking his hands. The boy could see the smile on the man's face and the tears falling from his face.

"You're alive" The man cried, putting the boy's hands on his face

The boy looked at the man strangely, not knowing how to react to the situation, and did not even have time to react, because he fainted

(--)

The boy's eyes opened and stared at a white wall. He blinked a few times until he realized he was in a hospital bed and felt his body numb, something was sticking in his arm probably a needle

The boy looked around and saw that in his room there were other children like him and all injured, he then saw the man who saved him standing a few meters away from him.

"Thank you" The boy whispered feeling his throat ache "for saving me"

"You're welcome," the man replied with a gleam of happiness in his eyes. Was that the same glow the boy saw when he was saved by the man, was that what it felt like to save someone?

"My name is Emiya Kiritsugu, what's yours?" Kiritsugu asked

the boy looked at the ceiling and saw the color white and then opened his mouth, "my name is Shirou"

"Just Shirou and the family name?"

"I'm sorry..." Shirou and thought about his family, but nothing came to his mind the only thing he could remember was the fire and the deaths "I don't have any memories"

"I'll look up your record for you," Kiritsugu said, not taking the smile off his face. Shirou nodded, trusting the man's words, and closed his eyes to sleep again

(--)

At the end of the day none of Shirou's relatives were found and Kiritsugu adopted Shirou, it was nothing difficult to do, many children were orphaned that day and the adoption system was overloaded, so Kiritsugu adopting Shirou at the time was a wonder for the system

After less than a week, Shirou officially became an Emiya and left the hospital on the same day he was officially adopted by Kiritsugu

"I am a magician" Those were Kiritsugu's words before adopting Shirou

"okay" Shirou accepted the man's words without question

The fact that the boy didn't ask anything about it made Kiritsugu laugh, normally a child would ask a lot of questions about magic, as they have a very fertile mind.

After Shirou left the hospital the father and son pair moved to Kiritsugu's house which was a huge traditional Japanese building, could easily function as an inn

Shirou liked the peaceful atmosphere of the house and quickly settled down. The only problem was the neighbors, a yakuza family called Fujimura

Shirou noticed that the old gang leader seemed to respect and even fear, Kiritsugu, as the man's daughter had a crush on Shirou's father, even a child-like Shirou noticed

The Fujimura girl declared herself Shirou's older sister and started going to their house, which Shirou didn't mind, the only thing that bothered him was that he's had to cook food for three people since then.

()

Shirou was on his way home while passing by an amusement park. He usually just drove by all day without stopping to see the park, but today something has changed

Shirou ran towards the park when he heard a small scream. When he arrived at the scream place he saw a group of children pulling the hair of a blue-haired girl

"Leave her alone" Shirou yelled and ran to stand in front of the girl

"Who are you, a friend of this freak?" The children's leader said with a confident smile on his face

The boy punched Shirou and because of his lack of fighting skill, he received the punch. His face burned, but it was nothing like the pain he felt from being in the flames

He just took a step back and stood in front of the girl, protecting her with open hands to prevent the other children from passing by him and getting to her.

The children looked at each other and attacked Shirou and once again because of his lack of fighting ability, he took quite a beating, but at no time did he relent by leaving his place.

After a few seconds of hitting Shirou the boys stopped with a startled look, they couldn't move him. Even though the red-haired boy was bleeding, he didn't show any sign of pain

"Damn, let's go, this guy is another freak," the children's leader said and ran off followed by the children.

Shirou saw the children's backs moving away and sighed with relief and then looked at the girl and showed a smile of victory

"Are you alright?" he asked, worried about her

"yes, I'm sorry, you got beaten because of me" the girl whimpered shyly without looking into Shirou's eyes

"That was nothing, a secret between us, they don't even hit that hard" Shirou whispered with her hand in front of her mouth and the girl let out a small laugh

"Thanks for saving me, I'm Matau Sakura" the girl smiled gently at Shirou

"Shirou, Emiya Shirou" Shirou said a little stunned by the girl's beautiful smile, "It's a pleasure to meet you"

(--)

A few minutes later, Shirou arrived home and was greeted by his father, who was very concerned about Shirou's condition.

Shirou told his father about what happened, and the man smiled proudly at his son.

"You did well Shirou, helping others is never a wrong thing to do," Kiritsugu said proudly as she cleaned her son's wound.

"Dad, could you teach me how to fight," Shirou asked

"Why do you want to learn to fight, son?" Kiritsugu asked worriedly

"I just got beaten up today and I could barely keep Sakura safe."

"I see, so I'll teach you"

(--)

When Kiritsugu started teaching Shirou to fight, he also started teaching him more than just fighting, he taught the boy to plan and cheat to win the fight.

He noticed that the boy was absorbing everything he taught like a sponge, and so he took a step longer and started teaching the boy how to use Magecraft

He honestly only taught the boy the basics of the basics, as the boy is a first-generation wizard and Kiritsugu is a terrible teacher.

He watched his son happily and then felt a pain in his chest. He was already starting to get weaker by the day. Curse of the grail was killing him

(--)

Kiritsugu looked at the son in front of him eating his food and then formed a sad smile.

"What was Kiritsugu?" Shirou asked worried about his father

"I'm going to Germany to try to get your sister back," He spoke with a sad smile.

He would try again to get his daughter from the clutches of Einzbern

"I have a sister?"

"Yes, her name is Illyasviel von Einzbern" Kiritsugu said with a nostalgic gleam in his eyes

Shirou saw the sadness in his father's eyes and felt bad. He then smiled at the man and said "I'm sure you saw him bring her"

"yea,"

(-years later-)

Another failure, he failed to save his daughter again. Kiritsugu knew he wouldn't have another chance, as his body was already very weak

"Shirou, I think it's time to talk about the politics of the moonlit world and who I am," Kiritsugu said calmly as he sat down in front of his home's dojo.

Shirou listened attentively to his father's words and not once did he try to interrupt him or judge him for the things he did

"remember Shirou, being a mage is walking with death" Kiritsugu spoke while gazing at the stars

"Yes father"

"you know Shirou when, I was his age, I wanted to be a hero of justice" the man spoke tiredly.

Shirou looked at his father with tears in his eyes, he knew that the curse of the Grail was destroying the man inside and he wouldn't survive that long.

"don't worry dad, I'll become a hero in your place and save people" the boy spoke with a smile hiding the sadness he was feeling

"I see, I'm relieved, but before you can save someone, you have to save yourself" The man spoke his last words and took his last breath dying sitting in front of the dojo

(a few more years later)

Shirou listened attentively to his father's words and not once did he try to interrupt him or judge him for the things he did

"remember Shirou, being a mage is walking with death" Kiritsugu spoke while gazing at the stars

"Yes father"

"you know Shirou when I was his age, I wanted to be a hero of justice" the man spoke tiredly.

Shirou looked at his father with tears in his eyes, he knew that the curse of the Grail was destroying the man inside and he wouldn't survive that long.

"don't worry dad, I'll become a hero in your place and save people" the boy spoke with a smile hiding the sadness he was feeling

"I see, I'm relieved, but before you can save someone, you have to save yourself" The man spoke his last words and took his last breath dying sitting in front of the dojo

to be continued