Blade Borne to Kill

Omake: Opposites Meet

Well, sup guys, this is not chapter seven.

...and everyone's gone.

Welp, this is an Omake made to hold everyone over until I actually get off my ass and write the next chapter...if I don't keep making more new fics.

Well, the context of this Omake is that Blade Borne Shirou here is from AFTER the Fifth Holy Grail War and after the canon end of A Blade Borne to Kill meeting with Shirou after Good the end of Unlimited Blade Works.

Have fun, there will be memes.

Omake: Opposites Meet

The man known as Shirou Emiya had been through many things throughout his life.

He survived the aftermath of the Fourth Holy Grail War. Survived to participate in the Fifth Holy Grail War. Bested a possible future version of himself who was a Counter Guardian. Acquired a Reality Marble. Had one of the most broken forms of magecraft in the Moonlit World. I went to the Clocktower for a few years and was former lovers with the head of the Tohsaka family and the Saber Servant from the Holy Grail War.

Former because he basically pushed everyone away in his single-minded pursuit of becoming a hero without regrets.

Unfortunately, none of that prepared him for meeting another version of himself while he was trying to cross a desert to help stop a war in Afghanistan.

"Really?" his black-haired red-eyed counterpart asked. "Did you really just say that you left Rin and Artoria behind just to go on this 'Hero Crusade' of yours?"

"Yes," Shirou confirmed. This was the fifth time his counterpart had asked him the exact same question. "I just got done explaining this...again."

"I'm sorry," Shirou's counterpart apologized. "I'm just not sure if it was the fact that my mind is was elevated far beyond any Earthly being, or that fact that I constantly experience infinity ever since I became a Great One, but I just can't comprehend what the fuck you just told me."

"I don't see how hard it is to understand," Shirou said irritably. "I left them because I didn't want them getting involved in this. This is the path I chose, I'll walk it without regrets. Besides, they'll forget about me sooner or later."

His black-haired counterpart sighed. "My god, you're a complete idiot." he looked Shirou right in the eyes. "Okay, leaving the people you care about most to keep them away from those that would harm and or use them against you. Sounds good on paper, but listen to me, you, Rin, and Artoria grew closer together in ten days than people do in years. The three of you honestly, truly love each other. Do you have any clue the heartbreak they'll go through? That they are going through right now!?"

Shirou's eyes narrowed at his counterpart. "They're stronger than that."

He looked at Shirou with pitiful eyes. "You know just how much you hurt them with this stunt of yours. They're probably uprooting the Clocktower looking for any info on where you are as we speak. It's only a matter of time before they find your dead corpse hanged like Archer."

Shirou flinched, his counterpart was right, he knew just how much his actions had hurt Rin and Artoria. He knew where it led, but this was the path he chose. His dream was to be a hero of justice. He swore to walk this path without regrets. Even if he knew how grim the end would be.

Shirou's eyes widened as he dodged an incredibly fast slash.

"The hell are you doing!?" Shirou shouted, his counterpart now had an oversized scythe in his hands.