Fate/Stay New Dawn

Chapter 2

"Trace on."

In a dark room, a boy practice his magecraft. Cyan-blue lines activated through his body. Magical circuits were their name, 12 could already be use at will, many more still slumbered within him.

As the flickering blue light shone in the dark, a small panel of glass had it's physical properties magically enhanced.

When the blue lines, in the object, disappear, the boy stood up, grabbed a hammer and hit the panel with all the strength he could muster.

No crack could be viewed in the piece of glass.

"Success!!!"

( Knock Knock )

"Onii-chan, it's almost time for dinner."

"I'll be ready, as soon as a take a quick bath."

"Can I take one with you?" Illya asked as she opened the door.

"No, you can't."

"You changed, Onii-chan. You're so cruel now." She said with disappointment.

"I didn't change, I grew up. I am eleven now and you are twelve.

The time of shared baths is long gone."

"You'll have to make up to me then, maybe more kissing practice."

"Again, I appreciated if you stopped kissing me while i slept."

"Slept?! Do you think you can fool me, onii-chan? Tongues don't move like that when you're asleep, you know."

I stood up and went to the door.

"Anyway gotta take a shower." I passed her and run to my room.

"Kukukuku. You can't run away forever." I hear her say.

---( Scene Change )---

"Do we really have to go?"

"Yes Iri, the kids spent 5 years cupped up in the castle. They have to get out at some point."

"But why do we have to move to Fuyuki city?"

"There's 5 years left before the next Holy Grail War, we have to prepare."

"But the kids..."

"We both know, full well, that the kids will want to participate, when the time arrives."

"And you're going to let them?"

"They'll be teenagers at the time and we will be there for them."

"But... Ok. How is Shirou training going?"

"I told you about his origin and elemental affinity, there is not much me and Stella could teach him in that regard. But he was made a amazing job in Reinforcement and Gradation Air."

"I see, is he still on about the importance of Structural Grasp?"

"Yes, he said something about being important to him."

"I don't know what goes through my Shirou-chan head sometimes."

"He wants to develop a new type of magic called Tracing, apparently."

"I don't know what that does but I sure he can do it." She says, hands on her h.i.p.s, puffing out her c.h.e.s.t with proud face.

"You give them to much support sometimes, you know?"

"It's the duty of a mother to let her children follow their dreams."

"Like that time Illya wanted to drive a car and all Homunculi in the castle had to search you and our daughter all afternoon?"

The proud mama pose falters.

"You're never going to let that down, are you?"

"It's called being the voice of reason."

"No, it's called being a party popper."

( Knock Knock ) The door opens.

"Dinner is ready."

Iris-"Thanks Leysritt, we'll be there in a moment."

The maid nods and closes the door.

Iris-"Let's go, dinner time." The proud mama tells her husband.

Kiritsugu-"Yeah, yeah."

---( Scene Change )---

A dining room some would called it, those 'some' are of course rich people. The Einzbern dining room is in fact large as a ballroom, in it our family of four eats our meals. Maya visits from time to time, ever since she adopted Miyu, she rarely goes out on missions. She doesn't live with us since she believes that a ancient castle in a zone that suffers snowstorms most of the time is a horrible place to raise a child. I actually always enjoyed the snow levels in games, so a really have no problem with it.

But continuing, the four of us have already started eating, even if two don't require food, we have made a habit to eat meals together.

Sella and Leysritt stand at the side of the table, waiting for orders.

"So Shirou-chan, mommy heared you wanted to create a new type of magecraft. Tracing?" Mom asked me while we dine.

"It's basically a more advance version of Projection." I answered her question.

"But why do you want to project objects? Didn't you want to be a Spellcaster like your dad?"

"And I do. Believe me Tracing can be a powerful tool in combat."

"How, Onii-chan?"

"It's like Transmutation, normaly, you wouldn't see the battle aplications.

Mom produces instantaneous homunculus with alchemy, capable of transformation. Like your Engel Note, you both can create mini Magus to aid you in combat.

Tracing is a form of projection that also replicates the history of a object, in this case a weapon. A almost perfect method to copy..."

"You want to copy other's Magus Mystic Codes don't you?" Dad asks. "That would be a nice trump card, actually."

"That's thinking to little dad."

At that moment Sella's eyes had a look of shook, as she understood the real applications of the magecraft that 'Shirou Emiya' created.

"Is that why you want to participate in the Holy Grail War? To copy Noble Phantasms?"

After her question, silence ensued.

"Let me get this straight kiddo, you want to create a type of magecraft that allows you to copy physical mysteries in the form of powerful armaments wielded by legends." Kiritsugu questioned me.

"It's not 'i want', it's 'i already created'. I just have to understand it more and higher my proficiency in it."

Sella-"Is that why you're always on about Structural Analysis?"

Shirou-"So now you're all interested in my research?" I asked them with pride. Watching the series didn't made me a pro at Tracing, I had to start from the basics, like everyone, to get were I'm now. So while I did steal the idea, I still, basically, created Tracing. Their interest does make me, a little, proud.

Sella-"I just find hard to believe that information gathered by just sight allows someone to replicate Noble Phantasms." She state's, looking at me with a questionable look.

Shirou-"Wweell, there might be a small degradation." I try not to stutter.

Sella-"By how much?" A question, no doubt, in all their minds.

Shirou-"In theory, a whole rank. But by reinforcing them or overcharging them with prana, to became Broken Phantasms, the decline of the copy's power can be fixed."

Iris-"Still to create something as powerful as a Noble Phantasms and then reinforce or overcharge them, most be very taxing on prana reserves, don't you think so, Shirou."

Shirou-"Yeah, it is, a lot actually. I been Tracing some swords from the armory to compare the levels of consumption related to the history of a weapon. But it's the only Thaumaturgy I can practice ,worth my time, besides Runecrafting, so I don't have much of a choice."

They seemed to take my last sentence as for the cue to end the topic.

---( Scene Change )---

I returned to my workshop, most tools were already pack up for the trip. I don't have many in the first place since I'm still a child.

Either way I here to train so it doesn't really matter.

"Trace on."

When I'm not studying runes, I'm tracing and reinforcing weapons.

Remember.

First step - Judging the concept of creation.

Second step - Hypothesizing the basic structure.

Third step - Duplicating the composition material.

Fourth step - Imitating the skill of its making.

Fifth step - Sympathizing with the experience of its growth.

Sixth step - Reproducing the acc.u.mulated years.

Seventh step - Excelling every manufacturing process.

My prana takes the shape of a rapier I fond in the armory. I can tell the name of it's wielders and a couple of techniques they used in their lifes.

And thats about it. Yep, no Caladbolg, no Durandal, no Hrunting, no Kanshou and Bakuya and certainly no Rho Aias.

The Unlimited Blade Works appears in my mind every time I trace a weapon and every single time I realize how far it is from it's true form. Bounded Fields are a pain in the a.s.s. In the 5 years I spent in this world I only entered it once for seconds, and it's shape was just a wasteland with no weapons.

It barely even helps me in the Tracing process of weapons.

But I can't give up, I feel like I'll lose a part of me, if I do.

( Knock Knock )

"Shirou, can I come in?"

"Yes, you can Sella." 'Weird time to come here.'

As the maid opens the door, she shows a apologetic look.

Wait what?!

"I'm sorry."

"For what?"

"I may have been a bit to much rude about your Tracing."

"Wait, is this about that?"

"Yes, I could feel your frustration and my comments certainly didn't helped you."