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Sorry if this chapter is not that good, I was busy so I couldn't write and I'm a little rusty.

Shirou Emiya felt like crap. He felt like his entire body was burned and then cooled. He felt like his body was microwaved twice. He slowly got up to see 3 figures. One was Kiritsugu who looked very on edge. Across from him was Kirei looking extremely overjoyed at the presence of the two Emiya's. He felt dizzy as he lifts his head over his body. Then Kiritsugu noticed and said with a happy expression, "Shirou! Thank god you're awake." Then his face turned serious, "What were you thinking, using so much prana, you could have died."

Shirou replied, "I'm sorry, dad, but I didn't want any more people to die." Then Kotomine decided to speak up, "I would have preferred it if you had kept the collateral damage to a minimum, as covering that up took extreme amounts of work." He looked very annoyed at that fact. Kiritsugu silently thanked his son for that. Then Kotomine added, "Even so you did take care of the Dead Apostle and ghouls which made clean up much easier."

"Oh yeah the church is involved in that," thought Shirou remembering what his father told him once. Then the Emiya's said their goodbyes and left as Kiritsugu was in a hurry to leave. Then when they got home Kiritsugu told Shirou, "Don't be fooled that man is not a good person." Shirou asked why and Kiritsugu said, "He is a man that revels in the suffering of others." While Shirou thought that the priest seemed to be nice and just had a creepy aura. He decided to trust his father.

It's been three weeks since that incident. While nothing as eventful as the DA incident had occurred, Shirou was worried about one thing.

His father's health

In the span of merely three weeks the deterioration of Kiritsugu's health had accelerated. It seemed that he would not live past Shirou's twelfth birthday. So Shirou had a plan, he would secretly go to the church and ask Caren and Kotomine about it. While he didn't want to disobey Kiritsugu, he still needed to save him.

He went to the church and Kotomine greeted him, "Oh, what do I owe this pleasure to?" Then Shirou decided to tell him about his father's condition. Then Kotomine replied, "I see, well come in, boy." So Shirou did. Although Kirei seemed nice. His father's warning and his instincts told him to be on edge. So he was ready to trace swords at a moment's notice. Kirei then said, "I would hope that Kiritsugu does not die, so I shall help in any way I can." Then Kirei thought, "After all, I would not wish his suffering to stop." So he told Shirou to come back in three days and he will try to find ways to help Kiritsugu.

The next day, Shirou woke up from a dream. He saw the memories of a shield so great that it stopped a spear considered to unblockable.

Rho Aias

The legendary shield of Ajax that blocked the spear of Hektor of Troy. A seven layered shield that could block any projectile.

As Shirou awoke, he had another splitting headache. So he drank some water and went down to the kitchen to make breakfast. He then saw his father looking worse than the day before, and rushed to help him. Shirou said, "Dad, you shouldn't move that much you look even worse than before." Kiritsugu tried to protest, but Shirou was firm in keeping Kiritsugu resting.

After Shirou had looked after him the whole day. They were sitting together under a full moon. Then Kiritsugu spoke up, "I wanted to be a hero when I was young." Then Shirou looked and asked, "well why didn't you?" Then Kiritsugu replied, "I tried and failed, I couldn't save anyone." His face had a sad expression. Shirou said the words that so many of his alternate selves had always said, "Well, then I'll become a hero for you!" and continued "I'll save everyone!" Then Kiritsugu looked shocked and then happy. He looked relieved and content. He then said, "Thank you, Shirou." The two Emiya's then fell asleep gazing at the full moon.

In the Church

A man with golden hair and red eyes said to Kirei, "Well you seem happy." Then Kirei simply replied, "It seems my life has been given new meaning."

Chapter End