Chapter 7: Explanations, Encountering Madness (again), Slaying Archer V5, Accessing the full extent of Shirou's Spiritual Powers, And Being 'Moved' by Angra Mainyu

AN: Here's Chapter 7 – I have every intent of showing the Fairy Tail involvement and the reason for Shirou's additional abilities this chapter. Also I refer to Prana and Od usage as spiritual due to Magical Circuits being in the soul itself not the body of the person and as such Magecraft can be considered similar to the Kido of Bleach. Note Fairy Tail magic's are body/mind based not soul-based (in my opinion at least).

Disclaimer: I don't own Fate Stay/Night, Fairy Tail, Bleach, any quoted media, or any related media.

Day after the deaths of Zouken Matou and Rider (Medusa)

"So Shirou, care to explain why you leveled the Matou household and wiped Ryuudou Temple's location off the planet when you Killed Rider and Gilgamesh respectively?" Rin questioned him, her posture and tone ice cold while she smiled. This scared Shirou more than if she was showing her anger as he couldn't tell how screwed he was when she was like this.

Shirou gulped and replied calmly, "I took a lead from Schlock Mercenary. Maxim 20: 'If you're not willing to shell your own position, then you're not willing to win.' I also took a lead from another quote I heard and Maxim 37: 'There is no such thing as overkill. There is only open fire and I need to reload.'"

Tohsaka nodded and this and asked, "What's the other quote you took a lead from?"

Shirou smirked and replied cheerfully, "It's called the Tim Taylor Method, 'If it doesn't work, then just add more power. If it works, then add more power anyways.' As such I massively overpowered my final attacks on the two of them."

Tohsaka sighed at this and questioned, "Alright only two more things. First, what's with the new eye-color? Second, did Servant aid Gilgamesh in trying, and failing horribly I might add, to kill you?"

Shirou nodded and replied "In reverse order, yup, he put a Hrunting and a Gae Bolg through my heart. The new eye color is due to the fact that my over-reinforced bones were the only things to survive the explosion outside of my soul and my eyes, as well as the rest of my body, were regenerated by a combination of Avalon and some energy I didn't know so my eyes gained color's similar to the ones of both energies."

Tohsaka muttered something about idiotic males their Sadomasochistic tendencies before commenting, "You're going to kill Archer and Lancer with or without Saber's help aren't you?"

Shirou nodded before replying, "I plan to take down Berserker first, as he's the biggest threat since you and I are still technically allies."

Tohsaka nodded in reply before stating, "I know where the Einzbern base here in Japan is. I'll take you there if you'll leave Archer for last."

Shirou chuckled lightly and replied just as Saber entered the room, "Sure, lead ahead. Though you didn't have to blackmail me to get me to do that for you. Oh, and Saber – come along. But don't attack Archer."

Rin blushed heavily at that before doing the typical Tsundere reaction and commenting, "Follow me Shirou. Oh and I command for my Servant Archer to come to me and aid us in this endeavor as well using the power of one of my three Command Seals."

Archer instantly flashed in afterwards and panicked inwardly at Shirou and Saber's presence before Shirou commented, "Don't Worry EMIYA, due to an agreement with your Master myself and Saber will not attack you unless provoked or all servants outside of you and Saber are dead." Archer nodded and sighed in relief at this knowledge while blanching at his identity being known, but noticed Saber had her blade in hand to which Shirou commented, "Don't worry she just doesn't trust you due to your sneak attack on me with Gilgamesh."

"Well then let's get going everyone." Archer commented trying to keep his mind off the fact that nobody here trusted him. Shirou idly asked, "What do you think of my new trespassing sign?" They all looked at the sign and chuckled as the sign read, 'Trespassers Will Be Shot! Survivors Will Be Shot Again!'

Later at the edge of the Einzbern property

"Well then, how should we announce our presence? Sneaky or with authority?" Shirou questioned seriously before Rin replied, "Why would we do it with authority? Hell what does that even mean? Though if you really think it'll be more effective do the authoritative announcement."

Shirou gave an positively Evil smirk before turning towards the castle and focusing before firing the strongest Telekinetic pulse he could at the castle, well strongest that wouldn't knock him out or disable him via a migraine. Rin, Archer, and Saber all gaped at the destructive power of whatever it was Shirou did as it ripped through the bounded field and the thousands of trees between them and the castle in under a minute and was barely stopped by Berserker, who was thrown through the castle by the force of the pulse.

Berserker ran towards them carrying Illya after he had recovered from the pulse and Illya, who was still shaken from the display of power, asked Shirou, "What was that Big Brother? That had no trace of Prana or Od in it and was similar to one of Berserker's air pressure waves." Shirou nodded and replied with "It is similar. It was a pulse of pure concentrated Telekinetic power. Telekinesis is the art or act of using the mind to manipulate the world around the user and can be used to cut, defend, push, or pull."

This information surprised the others while Berserker stayed his insane self and didn't react to the reply. Shirou sighed and commented, "Illya, I'm going to ask as you've had a week, give or take a day or so, to decide. Would you like to rejoin me as an Emiya and live with me? The most important things to me are my Friends and Family and I'd rather not fight them." Illya found herself shaken by the pure sincerity in his voice and decided that she did but couldn't, but replied, "I cannot for as long as I'm a Master in the war Big Brother, but I do want to."

Shirou nodded in reply and turned to Saber, "Together, just me, or just you – your choice on this one Saber as I haven't let you get much action since our first encounter with Lancer and the encounter with Caster." Saber pondered it slightly and replied, "I'd like to take Berserker on myself Shirou." Shirou nodded and replied in a nonchalant tone, "Go ahead and good luck – I'll be funneling you prana and some of my Mana which is what my Flame Dragon Slayer Magic draws on to use." Rin and Archer were both shocked by the conversation and the fact that Shirou was letting Saber choose.

Shirou sat down in a meditative position and yelled to Illya, "Feel free to come over and join me Sis. The others won't try to harm you if they know what's good for them." Rin and Archer paled and nodded while quickly blabbering out promises about not attacking her while Illya beamed at Shirou, hopped/ran over to him, and plopped herself in his lap leaning into him happily while quietly muttering, "Ever since you told me about the Einzbern's manipulations I've been noticing things odd in what they've said Brother. Thanks very much for this opportunity to get away from them and rejoin my family."

Shirou smiled kindly at Illya as Saber and Berserker clashed and commented, "For my Friends I'd go to Hell and back, for my family I'd be willing to rip both of the celestial plains to pieces. Now let's watch the fight." Illya nodded and they turned back to the fight which had escalated and Illya idly commented to her brother, "It seems like they're probably going to be pulling their Noble Phantasms out soon." Shirou nodded in agreement to Illya's comment, sweating from the amount of magical energy that Saber was drawing in order to keep her Prana Burst going.

The two of them just watched as Saber roared out the name of one of her two Noble Phantasms and used it, "Hammer of the Wind God: Strike Air!" Berserker was hit by the gale and blown into and through the castle again (AN: Poor Bastard, that has to hurt like a bugger!) and back still into the mountain. Berserker just rushed back out as Illya commented, "That took one of his lives, he has 7 left now," making Shirou nod as Berserker again hit Saber. Shirou questioned Illya, "So how much longer until he fires his Nine Lives' attack Sis?" Illya sheepishly responded, "He won't fire it until he gets the order to." Shirou nodded and idly asked, "Fire it when he's down to one life himself?" Illya nodded in agreement as Saber suddenly pointed her sword straight up and the sword shed Invisible Air revealing the sword Excalibur in all its glory as it began to shine.

Shirou panicked as he noticed himself and Illya were behind Berserker and yelled frantically, "We need to move! NOW!" As he grabbed Illya and ran for cover and Illya questioned him as to why and he replied with, "That shine means Saber is about to fire her Noble Phantasm and we were behind Berserker who she was aiming said Anti-Fortress Noble Phantasm at!" Illya quickly blanched and thanked Shirou for getting them out of the way just before they heard a roar of "EXCALIBUR!" as a massive Wall of golden light roared by behind them making Illya gasp as Berserker lost five of his lives and at the power of the attack. "Brother that attack took five of Berserker's lives at once, the Invisible Air attack took another, and your earlier supported attack on Berserker took five lives. He's down to one so time to take your suggestion. Berserker! Use Nine Lives' Hundred Shooting Heads attack!" Illya sadly commented and yelled out.

Shirou nodded watching Berserker charge Saber knowing that he had developed too strong of a resistance to Excalibur and Invisible Air's edge's for Saber's normal attacks, and Saber didn't have the power for another usage of her Noble Phantasm. Saber then shocked everyone except Shirou when she pulled out a sheath and barked out, "Avalon: The Ever distant Utopia!" to which the sheath scattered into blue and gold lights which encased her as she settled into a stance with Excalibur set so it pointed tip first at Berserker's heart.

Illya gaped as Shirou commented, "I gave her a traced copy of Avalon as the true one is too invaluable to me to give up as it has saved my life countless times." Berserker hit Saber with Hundred Shooting Heads, shattering his blade upon Avalon's protection as he impaled himself through the heart on Excalibur due to his blind and rage-filled charge adding the needed strength for Saber to pierce his skin. As he faded Shirou and Illya walked over to Saber as the traced Avalon de-activated and was subsequently crushed by Gaia.

Shirou, after they had gotten to Saber, knelt in front of Illya and questioned her, "So are you coming home or going back to that prison?" To which Illya enthusiastically replied while beaming, "Coming Home." Shirou nodded and looked towards Archer, "You and me, fight to the death, all out. Let's head deeper into the forest to minimize the public damages. Oh, and Saber, protect Illya as if she was your Master."

The two men headed off into the forest making Rin sigh and mutter something about stupid males as Illya and Saber stood together watching them head off and Rin commented, "We should stay at the edge of the forest, he might pull a redo of what he did to kill Gilgamesh and we'll probably need to drag him back to the house even if he doesn't." To which both Saber and Illya nodded in agreement.

Back to the Idiot Emiya's

"So you're an alternate Shirou Emiya then Archer?" Shirou commented curiously to which EMIYA (AN: Please note this war's Archer will be referred to as EMIYA from here on out while the previous war's will be referred to by Gilgamesh.) nodded in the affirmative.

"I do have to wonder if you have a Reality Marble though, as I don't have the non-tracing abilities that you have." EMIYA commented to Shirou to which Shirou Replied, "I know half of the Aria for releasing it and I know the name of my Reality Marble. I'll tell you mine's name if you return the favor."

EMIYA nodded and said simply, "Unlimited Blade Works." Shirou blinked and commented, "Mine's name is, Eternal Forge of the Draconic Blade. It grants me the ability to trace or use anything that was ever involved with the forge in any way whether it was a conceptual item, Noble Phantasm, or personal ability. It also grants me the ability to pull anything forged or created into it from the world around me and use the essence, if said items were Non-Traced Noble Phantasms, of the item to heal me."

EMIYA blanched at the information given and replied, "Unlimited Blade Works is only a manifestation of my ideals and tracing in the world around me. It super-boosts my tracing speed and removes any limitations I had in tracing blades."

EMIYA sighed and began to chant his Aria:

"I am the bone of my Sword.
Steel is my body, and fire is my blood.
I have created over a thousand blades.
Unknown to Death. Nor Known to Life.
I have withstood pain to create many weapons.
Yet, those hands will never hold anything.
So as I pray, Unlimited Blade Works!"

As he ended the Aria and swung his hand, a massive ring of cold fire roared out changing the land around them. Shirou looked around at his counterparts soul and noted that it was a barren graveyard of swords with cogs in the sky and bathed in an eternal twilight and commented, "Your ideals truly have betrayed you if your soul holds this appearance."

EMIYA nodded in reply before gesturing towards Shirou causing thousands of blades to rise up and charge him as Shirou reacted quickly barking out, "Null!" creating a barrier made of blades around himself. EMIYA blinked and questioned Shirou, "Why can't I trace those swords Shirou?" Shirou smirked and replied, "During the imagining of their conceptual existence I removed the concept of time from them removing both Gaia's ability to crush them and their ability to be destroyed by anything less than an attack which would warp reality."

EMIYA paled at this and quickly pulled up and fired his strongest Noble Phantasms at Shirou ignoring the fact he was increasing Shirou's own traced arsenal. Shirou questioned EMIYA, "How long can you hold this Reality Marble up?" EMIYA replied, "10 minutes at my current power. Why do you ask?" Shirou smirked and replied, "The other lines of my Aria are coming to mind as we fight and I currently know eight out of the ten total lines."

EMIYA paled and tripled the number of Noble Phantasms flying towards Shirou, who panicked noticing his timeless swords beginning to crack and break under the power of the barrage. Shirou ran for it as he opened the back of his barrier just before the front shattered and hundreds of Noble Phantasms impaled his old position.

Shirou smirked while he continued running as he noticed the world around them starting to crumble and commented slyly, "So increasing the number of powerful Noble Phantasms being shot at me is draining? Good to know as at this rate my Aria will be complete before this world crumbles." EMIYA growled and started pulling stronger Phantasms to send at Shirou while questioning him, "How can you still run so fast yet hold a conversation with me?!" Shirou replied, "Quite simply, in all honesty I'm reinforcing my eyes, brain, lungs, and muscles as well as my bones. Granted it's quite dangerous but it's all that's keeping me alive at the moment."

EMIYA blinked in shock at Shirou's stupidity in reinforcing his vitals as Shirou stretched and popped his back during the temporary relieve as the ninth out of ten Aria lines snapped into place. Shirou nearly yelped as suddenly EMIYA was before him and punched him before screaming in pain. Shirou blinked and commented nonchalantly with a lazy grin, as EMIYA looked at his hand which looked as if he had punched a meat grinder incredulously, "Oh sorry, I must've instinctively engaged Over-Reinforcement on my skin when I was focusing on reinforcing my vitals."

EMIYA's hand healed and the world around them crumbled to dust making Shirou grin nastily as the final line of him Reality Marble's Aria clicked into place. Shirou focused all his power and began to chant out his own Reality Marble Aria as EMIYA went white:

"I am the Bone and Blade of my Sword.
Lava is my Blood, Iron is my Heart, and Scale is my Body.
I have withstood Pain and Fire to create countless weapons.
I have walked and flown through many battlefields undefeated and untouched.
Not once have I retreated. Nor once have I strayed from my path.
I have no regrets to tame or dampen my determination and Will.
This is the only path that will ever be available to me.
Certainly this body…is made out of blades.
Forged in the image of a draconic human and made for Battle and Fire.
So as I roar out into the night, providing the Fire and Light for my own world,
Eternal Forge of the Draconic Blade!"

Shirou let out a Draconic roar at the end as Fire poured from him in obscene amounts, spreading throughout the forest as the world surrounding the two of them changed. The new scenery had thousands of blades impaled blade first in the ground, a Massive volcano in the center which was constantly pouring out lava, thousands of different airborne fighter vehicles in the sky including Vimana, tanks, jeeps, and a weird black bike on the ground, and all around them were guns of every shape, size, purpose, and function. But what scared EMIYA the most was the weird katana with a red and white wrapping around the hilt which Shirou pulled out from the center of the Volcano as just looking at it, he could tell it represented all of Shirou's abilities, nature, goals, and his soul all in the form of a single katana. His structural analysis of the katana nearly killed him with the mental strain, but there were literally an infinite amount of memories and experiences in the sword but one fact he had found during the analysis stood out to him: This was only the blade's completely sealed form and it has four releases and the wielders power massively increased with each release.

EMIYA gulped and questioned Shirou, "Are you going to use that on me?" Shirou nodded to his question in reply. Shirou sighed calmly before stating, "I have two different branches to the releases, pure which has two releases and three forms, and corrupted which has two. Witness the pure releases of Ryuujin Jakka you poor bastard. Reduce All of Creation to Ash, Ryuujin Jakka." (AN Translation: Ryuujin Jakka means Flowing Blade-Like Flame) Shirou was engulfed in a pillar of blue fire which cleared to reveal the Katana's blade having become blood red as fire circled the blade and stayed near Shirou who then commanded, "I'm only willing to use this next release due to my Reality Marble restraining my Spiritual Pressure and my attacks. Ban-Kai! Zanka no Tachi." Shirou was engulfed in another outbreak of Fire, but this fire was a golden color as opposed to the earlier blue and cleared to reveal Shirou holding a Katana which held a fire-scorched blade.

Shirou sighed sadly and commented, "This is the end EMIYA, I have yet to meet someone who I believe could survive the onbreak of Zanka no Tachi's attack. Zanka no Tachi, Kita: Tenchi Kaijin. (AN: Translates to – Longsword of the Remnant Flame, North: Heaven and Earth End in Ashes.)

The massive wave of fire roared towards EMIYA who knew he was screwed and questioned Shirou, "Would I ever have been able to touch you once you engaged that release you call Bankai?" Shirou shook his head in the negative replying, "No. Zanka no Tachi's power, Zanka No Tachi, Nishi: Zanjitsu Gokui (AN Translation – Zanka no Tachi, Nishi: Zanjitsu Gokui translates to Longsword of the Remnant Flame, West: Remnant Sun Prison Garb)engulfs me in heat equal to that generated by the fires of the sun without harming me." EMIYA nodded and consented his loss just before he was burnt from existence by Tenchi Kaijin and Shirou quickly released his Bankai, Shikai, dismissed Ryuujin Jakka, and deactivated his Reality Marble as holding Bankai too long could burn him, and subsequently the rest of the world, from existence.

Later on, after traversing the scorched wasteland that was once a large part of the forest, Shirou stumbled out into the view of the girls and was subsequently tackled by Illya to which he complained, "Illya I can't handle this right now – my bones are creaking from using my secret weapon on him." Rin then questioned, "You mean that Katana on your left hip with the red and white wrapped hilt?"

Shirou stopped dead and went a nearly-transparent white at this outbreak of knowledge as he looked down and, sure enough, there was Ryuujin Jakka sitting upon his left hip innocently. He immediately turned to the other three and commanded, "If this blade is blood-red or has the image of a flame-scorched blade, turn and run for your life and under no circumstances are you to touch the blade or myself respectively on the images." Rin, Saber, and Illya immediately asked why to which he commented, "Ryuujin Jakka, the katana, is a Zanpaktou – mine to be specific – and when it's blade is blood-red it is in Shikai and being nicked by its fire will kill you instantly, while touching me while it's in its flame-scorched form, or Bankai, will be like touching the sun and touching the sword will burn you to nothingness."

The three others went white at this knowledge as they looked at each other knowing the others were massively afraid of this knowledge as Shirou comforted them, "It'll take me a while to reach Bankai again but I will have access to my Shikai soon." The other three slapped him upside the head as they barked out, "That's not comforting in the least you Idiot!"

Shirou scratched the back of his neck sheepishly and replied, "Well at least the grail war is over; let's head to the church to figure out how we use the Grail." The three girls all gave him an evil look and commented, "Hell No! Tonight and tomorrow morning you're resting to prepare." Shirou sighed in defeat knowing that he was too weak and that the girls would never give up unless he agreed.

Later the next night at the Church

Shirou greeted Kirei Kotomine nonchalantly as he stated, "All servants, including the Archer from the previous war, except Saber are dead – let us proceed with the Wishing sir."

Kirei nodded and turned towards Illya with malicious intent obvious in his posture only to be stopped and told, "Use a different Vessel; you will not use my Sister." Kirei nodded and quickly found an old homunculus which was decaying anyways and used it as the vessel for the Grail.

After the famed Holy Grail had formed, Shirou waved Saber forward to make her wish only for her to state, "I wish for my Master's wish to come true and for his sister to stay by his side for as long as they both wish it." Before she subsequently disappeared she smiled kindly at Shirou as he thanked her and dissolved into energy. Shirou gulped before making his wish, knowing that with Kirei there it could go bad very fast, and stated his wish, "I wish for the Holy Grail war to permanently end for the rest of eternity, never to again happen or exist."

Kirei, Rin, and Illya's eyes all shot wide open at the wish and paled when the Grail exploded into black mud which formed into a ghastly being who spoke in a rasping echo, "Your Wish be Granted User. As a Reward for loosing me on this World I will send you too the world of your birth parents along with your sister as per the Servant's wish." Shirou questioned the being as he and Illya sank into the weird mud, "What or who are you? If you should be removed from existence would my own and Illya's travel to this other world? Oh, and run Tohsaka as you won't survive if you stay much longer."

The ghastly being replied, "I am the one known as Angra Mainyu, the pure manifestation of the world's evil. Also, no – not even slaying me would stop your travel now." Shirou smirked and stated, "Good. Reduce All Creation to Ash, Ryuujin Jakka!" Shirou then baited his timing for the next move, as Angra wondered what the boy was thinking, until nothing but his blade and head were above the mud and commanded, "Burn in hell you bastard, I may not be able to stay here for Tohsaka but I can kill off the greatest threat to her. Ennetsu Jigoku!"

Shirou smirked as he left just before the ten pillars of immensely dense fires of heaven (AN: This is actually just normal flames from Ryuujin Jakka infused with the holy energy of Avalon and Excalibur.) consumed Angra Mainyu, removing it from existence.

AN: That was Chapter 7 everyone. If you noticed I made Schlock Mercenary quotes and referenced the Tim Taylor Method. I'm wondering what you all think of my alterations to Shirou's Reality Marble and the Bleach Shinigami-ish ability I popped into the mix and I do hope you enjoyed the twist. I picked the Zanpaktou that I did due to its nature as well as Shirou's edited abilities – also I didn't let him die Chapter 6 due to the plotline needed to go on and flipping him off for the cheesy-as-hell quote about, "People Die when they are killed!", or some BS like that. FYI – the corrupted releases would make Shirou take a more draconic form (Beyond the effects of Dragon Force). I pray that you all enjoyed this chapter of my story and have enjoyed the others. I am proud – due to positive reviews mostly – that so many of you have enjoyed my non-beta'd story. I will be adding translations for each of the abilities used – also this is my largest chapter ever with three fights so YAY!.