Code Mystic.

Our story takes place within Restricted Section 13, a small Island Former-Nation on the easternmost part of the world.

The Templar Knights are patrolling the streets, and they look a bit more agitated than usual. Apparently, someone had attacked one of their members and devoured them, his clothes left behind. Simultaneously, seems a nearby base was assaulted by someone with Electromagnetism; Soldiers in armor and weapons and even a large chunk of the facility were all tossed about like toys.

Because of this, they were on high alert and this was causing a bit of a problem for the one actually involved in the Templar incident.

"Tch," Tiir crouched in an alley. He was holding on to a young child that he had taken from the very Templar that he had "Eaten", "Listen, I need you to stay very quiet, understand?" He said to the little boy. He nodded his head, and Tiir smiled, to try and keep him calm. The young boy couldn't have been over ten, and was clearly holding back tears.

"Alright, when they go by we're going to cross over into that alley over there. Ready?" He was taking the boy to his underground safe-house, where he brought any who needed safety from the government and everyone else. It was a bit less livable than the Designated Areas, but this was all those who used the "Dark Arts" could hope for aside from the literal prisons, which were much worse than living in a hidden area under the sewers.

There they were, patrolling the streets again.

Ugh.

Eiko could see them, out of the school window, even. The school day was almost over, and she really couldn't help but notice them now. The military. She hated even seeing them right now... Why were they even patrolling around the middle school of all places? Whatever. There wasn't anything she could do about them at the moment. Instead, she refocused on the task at hand.

Which was the teacher wrapping up the class and about to dismiss them. Eiko leaned back in her seat, then glanced around at the other students for a few moments, before once again returning her focus to the teacher. She leaned forward with a sigh. Any moment now, the teacher would be finished, she'd spend some time with her friends, and... probably wasn't a good idea to do another attack tonight, now that she thought about it. Eiko resolved to just spend the day with her friends, and her older sister, maybe.

Soon enough, the bell rang. Eiko stood up, and gathered her things to leave.

"I dunno why a brat like him gets to work in the branch." A balding man muttered as he shouldered his equipment, marching through the streets with a small squad behind him. All were dressed in kevlar and modern day armor, belts full of various weapons clattering in their holsters with each step.

All save for two.

Seperated from the main group were two individuals dressed in specialized black uniforms, crisp and sharp as opposed to the bulky armor the others were wearing. The material was akin to black leather, though it was not. Tinges of white fur adorned the neck hems, adding contrast. They were both dwarfed by the group in front, yet their gait was confident and strong.

The male part of the duo was idly fixing his partner's hair, making it stylish as they walked. "Master, that tickles!" Halloween giggled as the white haired youth continued brushing at it, smoothing out the red strands with the brush. Smiling, Tasha continued at it, earning more looks of disdain from the brawny men in front of him.

"Fricking bastard. Showing off his wench in front of us." The balding man cursed, his hand clenched about his beatstick as though he was contemplating to use it in an abuse of power.

"Don't do it, Garel. That... brat..." The word was spat out by the man's friend. "Is the Magic Marksman. Rumors say that he's considered A ranked when he first joined, and that he almost killed a Templar for mocking his sister fetish." The reedy looking partner worriedly glanced back at the youths' antics before spitting out a wad of tobacco. "He's not in prison because the Knights need him for his firepower. He's also known as the Miser, and regularly extorts money from people who want his services. If you give him a reason to fight, he'll rob you of anything that can be sold for money after almost killing you." A pause and another spit rang out.

"Tasha... Can I cut them? They're saying bad things about you..." Halloween muttered, her hands itching to do violence.

"Let them talk, Halloween." A tired smile rang out. "Even as a dog, I am not fit for a pack." Ignoring the Familiar's disgruntled look, the boy finished up, putting a band about her hair and creating a small ponytail. "There we go."

Kensei was watching the Templar Knights scurry about with interest. Not that she was having any luck in discerning patrol patterns or the like. No, that would imply caring for the tactical advantage such a thing would bring. What the suit-wearing woman found interesting was, in fact, that their normal discipline appeared to have failed them for the moment. Eiko was such a good little girl.

Whistling jauntily to herself, the swordswoman took a stroll right past one group of Templars, her Kusanagi in hand and not even making an attempt to hide the blade. Taunting them. Teasing them. Anything to make the idiots attack so that they didn't have time to report in to base.

The last thing that Kensei wanted was to have a bunch of idiots out to recruit her because she was 'Blessed by God' or some similar shit. Idiots; their god was younger than she was, why should she care? She'd even met someone two thirds divine. Well, everyone though Gilgamesh was two thirds divine and that was what mattered, right?

Inevitably, the Knights started shooting. Fools! They were just common footsoldiers, no decent abilities between them. No enhanced speed, no enhanced strength... just assault rifles, point blank range, and a strange girl. It was, naturally, a slaughter; their first round failed to achieve anything due to being expected and there was no time for more before only one, literally disarmed, was left.

His blood rather reminded her of strawberries...

---

"I'm afraid I can't do anything. If they had been found a few minutes earlier, then maybe. But whoever did this... they obviously have a lot of practice at killing, each incision lead to a fatal wound," Lily said, examining the same corpses as they were brought to her ten minutes later. The strangest part about this ward was, naturally, the resident Healer's fancy attire, the teddy bear propped against the windowsill, and the blonde child put on one bed with a kitten looking at them.

That the youth lacking arms had been inexplicably brutalised beyond the rest was left unsaid.

The healer glanced over her shoulders, at the child that claimed to be the King of Heroes, and noticed that they were now cuddling the kitten. "Becky! Be careful that you don't hurt the poor thing."

Why Becky? She liked the name.

Eiko waved to her friends. She had to drop her stuff off back at home, and she'd have liked to change her clothes first. The school uniform was nice, but she'd been wearing it all day so far and she wanted to change into something more casual. She quickly exited made her way through the halls, and then exited the middle school. Glancing back over her shoulder, she noted that the military patrol had since passed the middle school by completely. Perfect.

She'd seen students harassed by them before. She'd be harassed by them before. It took self control not to put a coin through their head when that happened. It was generally just because she was Japanese(or because of her skin and eye color. Albinos were kind of rare, after all...). It was among many things she hated about the current system.

However, at the moment, Eiko didn't intend to focus on that. Picking up her pace a bit more, she headed for her home. After all, she wanted to say hi to her older sister(and depending on timing her adoptive mother) before going out to spend time with her friends.

----

Gilgamesh's recent life had been very, very odd. Devoured by that girl, only to be brought back to life by a force other then an impending Grail War? That was strange enough, but a pleasant kind of strange, really. It meant that he could enforce his rule once more! After all, he was the King of Heroes, ruling over the world was his right!

Only...

The force that had resurrected him decided that his original body wasn't suited for a new life, for whatever reason. No, they had decided to deprive him of a great deal of things... and leave her as a neigh-powerless little girl. Before shunting her off to some other person intended to be her caretaker.

Gilgamesh would have none of it! In any form, she was still the King of Heroes! She wasn't about to let this mongrel care for her like she was a child! Even if she was good at feeding her and providing her with fitting clothing, and was very nice...-But that wasn't the point! At all! No, Gilgamesh was planning just what to do as she sat on the empty bed in the medical ward of the base, as her 'caretaker' went about examining the corpses.

And... the kitten was soft, and nice, and... it was comforting on the King of Heroes' arms, so why shouldn't she hold it?!

"The King of Heroes knows her own strength, mongrel!" she declared, rather loudly, "I would never harm this kitten without intention to harm it."

Tiir smiled. Seemed there was a chance for the boy to make it, but it would require him to distract the Templars and soldiers. Time to be a monster again, but first...

He whispered to the boy how to get to where he needed to go. Across the street, into the manhole, and down a ways. Shout out the day's keyword and someone will be there to help soon.

"Ok, good luck kid. Remember, make sure nobody's looking," The boy nodded, tears in his eyes at the prospect of being alone right now. "Hey don't worry, you'll be with friends soon,"

He then turned, and sighed before putting on his slasher smile, "Showtime..."

He dashed out at high speeds, passing right by Tasha and Halloween. As he did so, two soldiers found their heads removed. He continued running by and the soldiers shouted and chased after him, barely able to comprehend the sudden attack that just occurred in broad daylight.

Other groups of soldiers and knights noticed and shot at him, chased him, but he just laughed at and taunted them merrily. Once everyone was sufficiently distracted, the boy ran for the safety he was promised...

Tiir would doubtless appreciate the help that suddenly arrived, even if it made minimal sense and announced itself only as a shower of blood from one soldier unfortunate enough to be vertically bisected. The major downside with violent combat was that it made noise, which inevitably drew the attention of those as insane as Kensei. Fortunately, it was working in the youth's favour on this occasion, as the mad female in the bloodied suit had opted to help him.

The suit promptly got more bloody, one man getting a lucky shot in... and then staring in horror as the hole in the swordswoman's throat began to close up. Suddenly, the facial features seemed eeriely familiar; Kensei's visage being one that the Templar Knights knew but couldn't capture despite her lack of major offensive capabilities.

---

As the soldiers carted out the dead bodies, thinking about how strange the mad girl actually was in person, the healer walked over to Gilgaloli with a beatific smile on her face, something that could mean nothing but trouble, "Becky, what have I told you about calling me a mongrel? Do you like spending five minutes with an exploded digestive tract? And you're still hurting the poor kitten!"

Eiko ducked under an overhanging roof for a moment. The shade was nice and cool... her skin was sensitive to sunlight and it was already pretty hot out. Well, at least nobody was stopping her on the way home today...

----

"Ex-exploded digestive tract?"

No, the King of Heroes would not be stopped by such a paltry threat! Even though... that sounded pretty painful. And... She hadn't really noticed that she was hurting the kitten. Taking a deep breath, she loosened her tight grip on the kitten. It wasn't like she had to, but Gilgamesh... this kitten was part of her kingdom, and clearly hurting it was not a good idea. It wasn't as if she didn't want to hurt it because she liked it. Not at all. Or that she didn't want to be punished, that didn't enter into it in the slightest!

"... I suppose the King of Heroes must sometimes compromise!" Gilgamesh declared, a great deal less enthusiastically then she had at first. "Calling you mongrel is not... appropriate for the current situation!"

Yeah, that was the reason. It made perfect sense.

Pausing once as the others raced out of their sight range, the duo shrugged at that. "They're grown men. Wouldn't want the help of a brat like me." The white haired youth said, shrugging his furred shoulders as he continued his leisurely walk. Halloween smiled grimly as she followed her Master, uncaring for those corrupt enough to misuse their powers.
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It was under the roof that Eiko would find crimson eyes slightly narrowed and aimed at her. The owner of said eyes were an albino girl, her hair and skin bleached. Little to no muscle mass showed on her, making her look like a mannequin or a porcelain doll. The flower hair clip only strengthened that impression.

"You should use an umbrella if you don't like the sun." Yuriko stated to the new girl, feeling a bit less confrontational as she took in the coloring of hair. Conversationally, she leaned back and took a sip of her canned drink, the outwards facing label stating it as black coffee.

Pausing in idle contemplation, she held up another can. "Want some?" Apparently she really liked her black coffee.

Eiko blinked. She hadn't noticed this girl when she went in to get out of the sun... well, it was obvious that she wasn't military. Therefore, Eiko was perfectly alright with her. Friendly, even. She was a generally friendly person, after all.

"I do have an umbrella," Eiko replied. It was the truth, she had one... it was just kind of used as a weapon last night. So... she currently did not have one. "I don't like black coffee too much, but thanks anyway... What's your name?"

----

The streets weren't a particularly friendly place, but she had persevered.

Shirou's recent life had been a strange one. He remembered Ilya, the dress of heaven... and then nothing. Well... not until he woke up. He was rather surprised when he woke up, alone, in a body seven years younger then his original and also totally lacking any maleness. Indeed, Shirou found himself in llya's body, and now she was trying to make her way back home and see if she could get any help with this situation... Clearly, she had been left for dead. Her original body was totally gone, which was likely why... But that didn't matter. She was going to find Sakura... She had to find Sakura.

And also more magical girl anime, that would be nice.

With a huff, Shirou leaned against a nearby wall. She'd been walking since the early morning without rest, after all... and managed to get herself turned around in the alleys.

"I'm Accelerator." The fellow white haired girl stated aloud, pausing in her ingestion of caffeinated drink to reply back an answer. The look on her face was more similar to an older woman drinking a can of beer than a high schooler; a much more mature look on her face then one would've expected. "I discarded my real name a long time ago." This was said without much emotion save for melancholy.

She then remembered something rather half good. "If that's too out there for you, just call me Yuriko. Yuriko Suzushina." The barest tinge of red spread about the bridge of her nose and towards her cheeks as she said that. "An idiot gave me that after trying to guess my real name." Only now did she get flustered, a grimace upon her face as she tried to get the boy's face out of her head.

"Tell me again why we're in a dango shop?" A brown haired male asked, glancing at his younger companion. She was a beautiful, blonde woman, who attracted the attention of many in the establishment. But not because of her beauty, oh no that was the farthest from the spectators minds. It was the fairly large sword at her hip and the mountainous pile of dango on her table that attracted all this attention, "And who is gonna pay for all that?!"

"You are," Ferris stated simply, taking a bite out of her 20th dango, "It's only fair for a lecherous wolf to pay for my food after you preyed on a beautiful, fair maiden such as myself."

All of this was said with an emotionless tone and face, making it incredibly hard for outsiders to tell if she was serious or not.

"Preyed on you...?" Ryner muttered to himself with a sigh, laying his head on the table. He at that point gave up, too bothersome. "Whatever... this is going on Tiir's tab..."

---

There was barely any light. Everything was dark in the abandoned building Miyu had taken upon herself to hide in while she waited for sundown. It helped that the windows had been painted over. The vampire child had to rely on touch and memory to move about the room.

Unknown to her, just outside the building, in the alleyway, there was a pink haired boy-turned-girl. Miyu was making alot of noise navigating the dark room, occasionally causing things to clang or crash on the floor. Anyone would be able to hear the racket in the alleyway.

Eiko cocked her head to one side. Well, that was a pretty strange response... Eiko wasn't entirely sure what make of it, but at least she had something to call this girl now. "Suzushina-san... My name is Kimura Eiko. It's nice to meet you, Suzushina-san."

After several moments of silence, she took note of the angry blush. That was pretty notable, maybe it'd be something to talk about while they both(presumably) cooled off under this overhang.

"An idiot?"

----

As Shirou rested, she couldn't help but notice the clatter from inside the nearby building. What was that? Was somebody lost in there? Well... she had to check out what was going on in there. If somebody was lost in there, it was an abandoned building, and they might get hurt! Shirou had to help them escape, if that was the case. The building was some kind of abandoned factory, or some sort of industrial complex...

She scanned the wall, looking for the door, and soon enough she found it. No one had even bothered to block it off, from the looks of things... No wonder people were getting lost inside, and getting hurt!

However, when Shirou went to push the door open, it became quickly apparent that the person inside had taken a different entrance, as this door was rusted and difficult to budge. Shirou strained. The body of a little girl was neither very heavy nor very strong. Light and with a lack of upper body strength, Shirou found herself struggling with the rusted door. Every few moments it would move slightly, with a grating metal-on-metal sound. Panting, she tried to force it in more.

Then, suddenly, it swung inwards. With a yelp, Shirou toppled into the building and flopped onto the ground.

Tiir turned to see the woman get shot and healed. He laughed, "Wonderful! Let us devour the humans then, shall we?" Tiir turned to a soldier who shot Tiir several times in the torso.

Suddenly Tirr was behind that man, and grabbed his head. Tiir's eyes glowed and the body of the man seemed to be absorbed into Tiir's mouth, leaving the clothing behind.

"Monsters! They're both monsters!" The voice of a man cried out and a soldier opened fire on Tiir, only to be shooting air as suddenly that mans head was crushed in Tiir's hand.

"I can't really waste much time here. I have places to go," He commented, and was then suddenly on top of a nearby building.

Kensei didn't take kindly to being called a monster, weaving between the gunshots to the person stupid enough to insult her like that. Back and forth the gleaming katana slashed, leaving ribbons of human body strewn around like the contents of some macabre piñata. The person standing behind her didn't do much better, his position perfect for an accidental-seeming decapitation as the black-haired female turned.

"Yeah, yeah, I'll finish up here. See you around," Kensei replied, turning to face what little soldiery remained. This was going to be fun: plenty of targets, no artillery, and no sign of those annoying magics that got in the way of killing. She scarcely noticed as a bullet tore through her arm.

---

"No, it isn't. Now, my shift is over and we can go home now. Isn't that nice?" Lily said pleasantly, straightening. Though Gilgamesh might not remember, she had mentioned possibly baking some sort of cake when her work was finished... if the blonde girl behaved herself during the day. She had, too, apart from hurting the kitten.

It was now that Gilgamesh recalled the mention of the cake... Surely, that was a reward fit for a king such as herself! And she had fulfilled the request to the letter... Wait, wait, she had to behave, and... certainly, calling Lily a mongrel and accidentally hurting the kitten surely wasn't behaving herself... Wait, why did that even matter? She was the King of Heroes! She should be getting the cake regardless, it was her right!

But... would Lily give it to her? This was such a hard situation to figure out. Gilgamesh released the kitten and stood up, reaching towards Lily.

For once, her voice did not sound like a confident announcement.

"Are you still making the cake?" Gilgamesh asked.

"Yeah... A straightforward idiot who keeps on butting in other people's business." Accelerator stated, draining the last of her canned coffee. Without really looking, she tossed the the can towards one of the nearby waste baskets, scoring a goal as the recyclable hit the rim and toppled inside. The frown on her face had not lessened in a bit, nor her blush it would seem.

"It used to be better..." Tugging unconsciously at the electric collar around her neck, a look of dissatisfaction, the albino's frown suddenly deepened some more as she remembered something.

"Frack... I gotta pick her up from school..." Cursing under her breath, she attempted to pick herself up. Of course, due to circumstances, her legs were rather shaky until she propped the specialized cane against the ground for stability. "It was pretty nice meeting you. Not much people tend to like me, so it was a good day I suppose." She said with something like an afterthought, before beginning to walk out of the shade, the cane pushing about at the ground like a third leg.

Eiko watched the older girl begin to leave, slightly confused. Noticing she required a cane, Eiko really couldn't help but ask if she needed any help. "Err... do you need any help?"

This person seemed decent enough, after all, if a little strange.

Tiir would let out a sigh but he didn't want to show the humans any sort of weakness, "Thank you. With your help a life has been saved," with that vague comment he turned and on his way out took a few more soldiers down, just for fun.

Kensei had no difficulty lopping the soldiers into pieces until the last who, despite her prodigious speed, managed to block her katana with a shoddy looking broadsword. Repeatedly. Despite looking aghast, whether at the destruction or the fact that the last block had snapped a bone was hard to tell.

"Oh... a magic blocking sword? Not sure who they thought you'd be fighting. Can't have been me, because..." the tall female drawled, getting into position faster than the eye could follow, "Tsubame Gaeshi."

There are many uses for a sword that will block any melee attack. Blocking an unblockable technique, for instance. The problem was, Tsubame Gaeshi was unblockable not due to speed but due to being three simultaneous strikes with the one blade. Despite the magic broadsword succeeding in stopping one and dislocating the soldier's shoulder, it could do nothing for the other two strikes that went through his flesh like a hot knife through butter.

"Pathetic, no skill himself," the immortal spat, cleaning her blade with her tongue--even though this meant waiting thirty seconds to regrow it after slicing it off the first time--and sheathing it before picking up the other sword. Like most blades, it didn't respond well to being slammed into the ground flat-first and snapped.

Kensei resumed heading homewards. First, to get changed and bath, then to find Eiko...

---

"You did hurt the kitten..." Lily said, looking at the immediate disappointed reaction, "But since you've been good the rest of the time, we can make the cake anyway. Have you named the kitten yet, Becky?"

The small feline didn't seem inclined to leave the blonde girl alone, poking its head against Gilgaloli's ankles as the white-haired female grasped her free hand.

When Miyu heard the rusty creak of the door, she quickly backed into the shadows. No, the templars couldn't possibly know she was here. Surely they hadn't found her so soon? But if they had a demon tracker....

Finally the door opened, letting in searing bright light, making her edge back even further into the shadows. The vampire stared down at the one who just fell through the door. A girl, no older than her it seemed, possibly even younger than her. Miyu felt relief wash over. So it wasn't the templars. Still, this child needed to leave, she was jeopardizing her safe house.

"Go," Her voice rang out of the shadows and echoed in the bare, spacious room. Though she wasn't visible, it was obvious that the voice belonged to a young girl, "You shouldn't be here."

Pausing in surprise, Accelerator glanced back at the girl. As the "no" was about to slip out of her mouth, the girl thought the better of it. Obviously, someone new to bug would help out with Last Order's hyperactive little self, and let the girl have a bit of rest.

"Sure." Saying it less gruffly than normal, the white haired schoolgirl paused awkwardly as if to say thanks. Deciding against the uncharacteristic answer, she opted to say something else. "Her school is close, so that's a good thing." Accelerator then resumed her slight hobbling towards the elementary school in the distance, where veritable stream of small munchkins were flowing out of.
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"..." Tasha glanced at his device, revealing that the rest of his "squad" was mostly brutalized and dead. Snorting, he pocketed it and turned about to view Halloween stuffing her face with ice cream.

"Tasha, I want something else to eat." The girl stated with a chirp, causing her handler to frown and wipe at her mouth with a napkin. This action resulted in squirming and a glare. "I'm not a baby."

"Well, with the mess around your mouth, you sure look like one." The teen retorted back, before checking his wallet. The thing with the boy was that he tended to spend as little as possible for the most in quality and quantity. As such, the miserly brain began whirring. His eyes locking upon the dango shop, he nodded. "We'll go eat there." The boy then walked off towards the establishment.

Halloween hummed and skipped after him, not caring that the food was cheap as long as she could eat delicious things.

Gilgamesh looked down at the kitten that was nudging her leg. Bending down, she ran her free hand across the kitten's head and back, thinking hard. This kitten had not left her side since she had met it... clearly, it was a loyal creature. She wrapped her arm around it. "Hmmm.."

Gilgamesh straightened, now carefully supporting the kitten in the crook of her arm. "Clearly, this kitten is a loyal subject of my kingdom, and has earned a name that I remember fondly. As such, she will be known as Enkidu."

----

It sounded like a little girl... Lost in this factory? Alone? She was probably scared... Shirou got up and brushed herself off, looking around in the dark. Completely forgetting that she was now a little girl herself, she took a step into the darkness. Fear made people say illogical things, that's clearly why this girl was saying what she did...

Shirou looked around. Her eyes had yet to adjust. "It's not safe in here! Can you see me? I can help you get out!"

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Eiko nodded, and followed.

Up ahead, she could see the elementary school... it hadn't even been a year since she left elementary, she wouldn't really be surprised if some of the children recognized her. It wasn't as if she had changed all that much, really... somewhat to her dismay.

"Enkidu? Well, we'll have to get some food for Enkidu to eat on the way home, then, as well as a few more eggs," Lily said, putting her hand out for the lolified King of Heroes to take, "And maybe some icing sugar, if possible. Do you like icing, Becky?"

---

Down by the sea, the beach was lumpy. This wasn't to say that there was anything wrong with the beach proper; the smooth sand was as far from lumpy as you could possibly get. No, the reason for the beach's lumpiness was much simpler: a body had just washed ashore, half dead, naked, with blood-matted hair, and quite clearly a young woman.

Lucy had escaped after all, it seemed.

With her free hand, Gilgamesh took Lily's. She didn't mind going out to shop at all, it allowed her to assert her dominance over the checkout workers. They would not work slowly in her presence! Plus, Enkidu needed food quite a bit. "Icing? Of course! Sweets are the best type of food, I would never pass up the opportunity to have them!"

Gilgamesh quite liked anything sweet.

These were the moments you treasured most. Just walking along a beautiful, pristine beach, hand-in-hand with your lover, just the two of you listening to the sound of the surf meeting the sand as you strolled alone together.

"Mmmm, Sempai..." Sakura mumbled as she leaned into Shirou's arm. "Isn't it beautiful?"

Shirou merely smiled in response. Yes, it was beautiful. So very beautiful. He hadn't appreciated it before the Grail War, but now, after all he'd been through, after he'd been so lucky to survive, he realised just how fragile and beautiful the world around him really was. And nothing was more beautiful than the girl leaning against him. "Sakura..." He began, before the steely gaze boring into the back of his head caused him to choke.

"...What's wrong, Sempai?"

"N-nothing... Just..." He turned his head ever so slightly to the side and looked at the long haired woman who had been following them. "...I know Rider wants to make sure you're safe, but does she really have to follow us even when we're on a date?"

Sakura giggled, and Shirou blushed. Knowing what she'd been through, it was always heartwarming to see her so happy. "I don't mind, Sempai. I feel... So much safer whenever she's nearby." Right after saying this, her smile was replaced with a flustered look of embarrassment. "Um, I, uh, not to say I, um, don't feel safe with, with you, Sem-"

Shirou couldn't help it, and cut off her babbling with a deep kiss. As he felt her soft lips meeting his, he opened his eyes and saw, not far behind Sakura... Something odd.

"...Hmmm? Hey, Sakura... Isn't that, um..."

"Ah? Wh-what, Sempai?" Sakura turned to look at what Shirou had noticed, and... "S-sempai!" Her face beet red after seeing what was clearly a naked girl lying on the sand, she gave her lover a look of indignation.

"Wh-what's wrong, Sakura?" Shirou replied, seemingly oblivious as to why Sakura might be upset. "She looks hurt! Shouldn't we, um, help her?"

It took Sakura a moment to calm down, but eventually she finally muttered, "Y-yes, Sempai... But... Don't look at her too much, okay?"

The two walked towards the bloody body lying on the beach, and Rider followed, keeping to a safe distance. Sakura was rather relieved that Shirou had found something to hold his interest more than the girl's curves, but unfortunately this just brought up a different kind of worry.

"Sakura... Does this girl..." Shirou slowly reached out to touch the girl's head. "...Aren't these... Horns?"

Tiir landed on a street a good distance away from where the fight had gone down. He was aware that a rather large and much more prepared force would soon be there to search every nook of the area to discover what happened, and a clean up crew would be there soon to clean up the mess.

He also suspected, though he wasn't sure, that that immortal back there would finish the job then leave. If she had stayed that'd been stupid, no matter how strong you are just sticking around and fighting a large army by yourself wasn't an option that would end well.

He would have to thank her later for her help, some time. Right now though, there was no chance he'd get into his safe house secretly. So instead he opted to get clean and blend in with the crowds for a bit.

"Yurikooooooooo!~" A high pitched scream of delight that could only belong to a child rang aloud, before something jumped out from one of the nearby alleyways and clung onto the white haired girl's back, forcing her to jolt forward and almost fall, if not for the fact the cane was precariously supporting her balance. "Misaka Misaka was waiting all day for this moment!" The girl's voice came out like a machine gun, rapid and loud. Accelerator was wincing as she attempted to shrug the girl off without harm, harder than it looked.

Suddenly, her face changed as she saw Accelerator's new companion. "Yuriko! Misaka Misaka demands to know if this person is a new big sister!" The girl then smiled as she looked at Eiko, ignoring the curses emanating out from her mount. "Hi! Misaka Misaka's name is Last Order! Who are you?"

Walter led an elite force to the now abandoned site of the carnage. As the cleanup crews did their work and the other knights examined what had happened, Walter bounded up several windowsills and landed on the roof of a building. He gazed around the area as he adjusted his monocle.

"Hm. At least whoever did this was intelligent enough to evacuate before reinforcements arrived." He muttered.

"Right, well, I'll need you to keep an eye peeled for icing sugar," said Lily, leading the way out of the hospital area and asking 'Becky' what she had thought of the day as she lead the way to the nearest shop. Couldn't bake with no ingredients, after all...

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The pink-haired girl stirred weakly, blinking up at Shirou with wide, confused eyes. The girl obviously didn't have any idea where she was or what was going on, only that some strange person was poking her horns. Which hurt somewhat, due to the recent head injury, and made the naked female bat his hand away with a sort of meowing noise.