Index:
Chapter 1- "Just who is this strange Servant?"
Chapter 2-「It's not my fault!」
Chapter 3- First Night, First Blood
Chapter 4- Spanner In The Works
Chapter 5- Actions And Consequences
Chapter 6- Oncoming Storm
Chapter 7- Storm Fall [WIP]
Chapter 1- "Just what was with this strange Servant?"
"Fill. Fill. Fill. Fill. And with each repetition, be destroyed. I declare. Yourself is under me, my fate rests in your sword. In accordance with the will of the Holy Grail, if you abide by this feeling, this reason, then answer. This is my oath. I will ally myself with all the good in the world and I will wage war against all the evil in the world. You, seven heavens clad in the three words of power, arrive from the ring of deterrence, oh keeper of the balance!"
With those words a tremendous surge of red energy exploded outwards from the summoning circle, hurling the heir of Tohsaka against the far wall and kicking up a cloud of dust that filled the basement chamber. The girl, a certain Rin Tohsaka, got up coughing and rubbing the dust out of her blue-green eyes.
Rin's mind raced at the various possibilities of which Servant she'd managed to summon. She'd done the ritual to summon a Servant of the Saber class so she knew that they'd be a bladesman of some sort, but that didn't exactly narrow it down very much. Would it be the noble, handsome knight sir Gawain? The bold, handsome hero Siegfried? Or perhaps the unparalled and ruggedly handsome swordsman Miyamoto Musashi?
An astute reader might notice something of a pattern in Rin's picks here (beyond all being members of the Saber class). Yes, well she may be a magus of incredible power, resourcefulness and intellect but the heir of Tohsaka was still a hormonal teenage girl with all that entailed. Besides this was a ritual where one summoned a capital H Hero from the Age Of Gods, when the air was thick with prana, dragons roamed the earth and knights rescued princesses from high castles. You could forgive the girl for being a little romantic.
When the smoke cleared the figure standing before her wasn't at all like she'd imagined. He wasn't bad looking mind you, but he didn't at all have the kind of knightly aura Rin was expecting from a Servant of the Saber class. In fact he seemed to radiate a kind of oppressive averageness that threatened to drag down everything in his vicinity.
The boy had an unremarkable height and build, wide blue eyes, short black hair and a cheerful smile plastered on his youthful face. He wore what looked like a black school uniform consisting of a jacket with five gold buttons along the front, black pants and matching dress shoes. He looked for all the world like he'd plucked right out of a japanese high school in modern day. Still, there was something a bit unnerving about the boy's smile that made Rin shiver slightly.
"...Are you my Servant?" Rin asked, breaking the silence between them.
「Eh? Your servant?」 the boy asked curiously and Rin immediately felt a shudder going up her spine. Something about his speech just seemed fake somehow, as if he were merely acting out a role. 「My my, are you perhaps some sort of dominatrix? How positively lewd! Although I don't exactly mind, do you want me to lick your boots, bark like a dog or...」
"Enough!" Rin shouted louder than she intended to. Did this Servant honestly not understand the nature of the War? She'd thought the Holy Grail system automatically filled in Servants with all relevant information like that. "That's not what I meant! I, Rin Tohsaka and student of the archmage Schweinorg have summoned you into this time to partake in the Holy Grail War!"
The boy put his hand to his chin and scrunched up his face in thought. 「 Hmmmmm... so you're saying that you've summoned me to compete in a magical war of some sort? How exciting, that sounds just like out of a manga! Lemme guess, now you're going to have to seal the contract with a kiss right?」 the boy said, puckering up his lips in an exaggerated fashion.
Rin's face blushed a shade of bright pink. "Not a chance! I wouldn't kiss someone like you if my life depended on it!" she shouted.
「Ah, I suppose that it was too much to hope for that this would be like Zero No Tsukaima.」 the boy commented sagely.
"Zero what now?" Rin asked.
「 ...Nevermind.」 the boy answered after a momentary pause. Even though Heroic Spirits were supposed to be summoned from mythical times this one seemed to have knowledge of manga and... certain lewd archetypes that Rin didn't care to mention. She was supposed the Holy Grail could have informed him about them but it seemed odd, such things were hardly relevant to the War. This Servant was an enigma, that was for sure.
"Just which Heroic Spirit are you exactly?" Rin asked, narrowing her eyes.
「 Kumagawa Misogi, or in western order it'd be Misogi Kumagawa.」 the boy answered as if he were simply giving his name (which to be fair, he basically was).
"That doesn't help! Who the hell is 'Kumagawa Misogi'? I've never heard of someone like that from any myth! Just what kind of hero are you?!" she shouted.
「 I am many things. My beloved underclassmen call me the wind, who cannot be held down and can travel anywhere without distinction. I'm the zero on a roulette, the Joker card in a deck, the patron saint of fools, good-for-nothings and weaklings. I'm the perfect loser who's never once won at anything, the minus that crawls through chaos, Misogi Kumagawa. It's a pleasure to make your aquantaince, miss.」 he said, still smiling cheerfully and with his arms held at his sides, palms facing up. As he talked Rin felt her blood run cold, something about the boy was just plain wrong and that little speech of his only emphasized that fact.
"A loser? Do you really think that's something to be boasting about? Don't you have any self-respect at all you worthless Servant?!" as soon as she spoke the words Rin immediately regretted it, the boy may be weird and unsettling but it definitely wasn't befitting of the Tohsaka heir to call others worthless at the drop of a hat. Misogi's smile instantly disappeared and he burst out crying, comical tears rolling down his face as he flew towards her like a puppet with its strings cut, sobbing inconsolably into her red sweater.
「 How cruel! Oh, the pain! The agony of a thousand knives stabbing into my tender heart! Oh God in heaven, what crime hast I done against thou to be delt such a cruel and tragic fate?」 Misogi wailled melodramatically.
"Er, I'm sorry okay? I didn't mean to say that I'm just... not sure what to think right now. Please don't cry." Rin said, awkwardly patting the boy's head. He perked up instantly, practically beaming with joy. 「 So does that mean I can see your panties?」 Misogi chirped, his hand reaching to pull up her skirt.
She decked him across the room without thought, pulling her skirt down with her other hand and blushing fiercely. "What kind of perverted request is that?!" she shouted indignantly. Misogi lay there on the basement floor groaning in pain, one arm raised skyward and a dazed look in his eyes. Rin stared at him, a bewildered expression on her face. What kind of Servant would be harmed by a punch from an ordinary human? It's not like she was even reinforcing the punch with magic. It shouldn't have even made him flinch, much less go flying like something from a cliche manga. Just what was with this strange Servant?
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Yes, this is the fic I was asking for help with in General Discussion the other day. A Medaka Box/Fate Stay Night crossover, with a certain Misogi Kumagawa summoned in place of the regular Archer. I've actually already written up three chapters for this so I'll probably be posting them up pretty regularly to drum up attention. I'm planning to update this (a bit) more frequently then my other fic, considering I actually know the source material this time and can use it as a baseline for events.And I just used regular brackets for Misogi's speech instead of the corner brackets because I'm lazy and those would take forever to paste on to his every sentence.Thanks to Dullahan's amazing new search&replace method I can now use corner brackets to my heart's desire! Like always, be sure to give comments and criticisms!
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