Special: Tokiomi

In the day he was born, his parents were expecting only one child not twins. Yet, every time someone would brought up the subject of twins, his parents would always say that there was nothing wrong with having twins and that they were happy in having twins.

As for him, he was happy with his twin brother, Hariyu, because they would always play together and sometimes they would commit pranks together.

Despite the fact that both twins looked identical to each other, those who knew them would agree that they were as different as day and night. For example, Tokiomi was care free, laidback, a prankster, and arrogant while Hariyu was the total opposite of Tokiomi although there were times were they would play pranks on others… If their interests were the same.

But, one day the life that Tokiomi was living abruptly changed.

It was like any other night, Hariyu was diligently reading a book while Tokiomi was either sleeping on the couch or simply laying in the couch.

"Hariyu! Can we do something together!? It's pretty boring seeing you there reading a boring book." Tokiomi complained.

Hariyu didn't bother to respond to Tokiomi, so Tokiomi removed the book from Hariyu's hands.

"Tokiomi, give it back!" Hariyu said.

"I'll give it back if you agree to go out with me." Tokiomi said.

"No!" Hariyu said.

"Why not!?" Tokiomi said.

"Must I remind you what happened last time we went out together!?" Hariyu said with an annoying tone.

"Oh, come on, Hariyu. In the end, Eleonoora forgave us." Tokiomi reminded him.

"She had to! After all, she is the family head of the Edelfelt family and she is betrothed to marry one of us!" Hariyu said.

"Yes, yes. But, you have to admit that she has some impressive assets and-" Tokiomi got interrupted by Hariyu, who said, "Tokiomi. Stop!"

"Come on, brother. I know I wasn't the only one interested in them." Tokiomi said while looking at his brother.

"Yes. Eleonoora is a very beautiful woman, but you shouldn't refer her physical attributes in such a vulgar manner." Hariyu said while he was blushing when he remembered seeing Eleonoora.

"Sure, right." Tokiomi said.

"Anyways, you should concentrate on your magecraft." Hariyu said while threw a book towards Tokiomi, who caught the book.

"I'll do it when-" Tokiomi stopped talking when both he and his brother felt a strange presence in the house.

"I'll get dad." Tokiomi said.

"Dad, would have already felt this presence and dealt with it." Hariyu said.

"What do you think happen?" Tokiomi asked.

"I don't know. But, the best thing that we could do is to remain here." Hariyu said to which Tokiomi nodded.

"AHH! Naoto!" Tokiomi's mother screamed.

"Mom!" Tokiomi said while he left his house.

"Tokiomi, stop!" Hariyu said while he tried to stop Tokiomi, but Hariyu was unable to stop Tokiomi.

Tokiomi went out and, after running for a few seconds, he saw his mother holding the corpse of his father and a man wrapped in shadows who was close to them.

Tokiomi's mother looked at Tokiomi and said, "Tokiomi, run!"

But, before Tokiomi could ran away, the man wrapped in shadows got in front of Tokiomi and knocked him out.

When Tokiomi opened his eyes, he was in a cell.

Tokiomi was dizzy and he had a headache.

"Where am I?" Tokiomi asked.

Tokiomi looked at his cell.

His cell had rock walls with no windows or openings he could use to escape. Tokiomi tried to use his magic, but he realized that he couldn't.

"No… NO!" Tokiomi screamed while he tried to use his magic again and again with no results.

Then, the same man, who knocked him unconscious before, seemingly appeared out of thin air and said, "You're awake."

"You think?" Tokiomi said, then proceeded on punching the man, but the man quickly grabbed Tokiomi's neck and started to strangle him.

"The process needs to continue." The man said and let go of Tokiomi, who was gasping for air.

The man teleported with Tokiomi into a dark room.

In the room, Tokiomi saw that his mother and brother were in a metal table and a black substance was being poured into them.

"MOM! BROTHER!" Tokiomi screamed. But, they seemed to be in their own world.

"What did you do to them!?" Tokiomi told the man.

"What will be done to you." The man said.

Soon, other men appeared and forcibly put Tokiomi in the metal table and poured the black substance into Tokiomi.

Tokiomi was trapped in a dream like state where he was with his family as if nothing happened. But, Tokiomi knew it was false.

"This is all fake!" He said and the picture of his happy family broke. And, something appeared before him.

"I like you more than the others." The thing said.

"Get away from me!" Tokiomi screamed.

"Oh, you'll make a wonderful host!" The thing said while it smiled.

Tokiomi tried to get away from it but found that he couldn't even move.

"I'll tell you some secrets while we're together. First, did you know that your parents were going to kill you?" The thing said.

"You're lying!" Tokiomi said.

"I promise you that I'm not, but, if that planned failed, then they would have either erased your memories or put you in an insane asylum." The thing said.

"YOU'RE LYING!" Tokiomi screamed.

"I'm not. And the second thing that I learned involves your mother." The thing said.

"If you hurt her, I swear that I'll-" Tokiomi was interrupted when the thing said, "Too late for that, Momma's boy."

Tokiomi tried to attack the thing, but, like before he realized that he was unable to move.

"I'll tell you. Your sweet mother lied to you and your brother because her real name was not Mia Dietrich instead her name was Annina Edelfelt and, let me tell you, that from the moment she saw you she knew that you were the one to die." The thing said.

"My mother would never think that!" Tokiomi said.

"Well, she never had the chance to do that." The thing said.

Tokiomi woke up from the dream like state he was in only to see the corpse of his mother and his twin brother fighting the men who had kidnapped them.

"TOKIOMI, RUN!" Hariyu said.

Tokiomi realized that he was on the ground and, without thinking about it, he ran… Like a coward and left his brother to defend for himself. When Tokiomi managed to get out of there, he looked at the place one last time and forced himself to remember all of the details. Tokiomi doesn't know how much time passed until he encountered a magus, who was surprised to see Tokiomi alive.

Tokiomi told the magi everything he had been through and where he was held and, in return, Tokiomi learned that two years had passed and that almost every magus thought that his family was dead.

After Tokiomi learned about that, he was put under the care of the Edelfelt family while some magi went to search for his family. The reason because Tokiomi couldn't accompany them was because he was very weak.

It didn't take long for the group of magi to find his remaining family, his twin brother, who was now a rabid dog. And, as for the men who kidnapped them, they disappeared without a trace.

When Tokiomi saw his brother, he was overjoyed and he was about to hug him, but stopped when his brother showed him his teeth and started to bark at him. Needless to say, Tokiomi was shattered by this.

Soon, Tokiomi changed. He became cold, ruthless, and his eyes looked dead. After some months of the magi community trying to rehabilitate his brother, Tokiomi visited his brother and killed him without a second thought.

During the funeral, Eleonoora came and asked him how he was.

"I'm… Fine." Tokiomi said.

"Tokiomi, I-" Eleonoora got interrupted by Tokiomi, who asked her, "Did you know that my mother was part of the Edelfelt family?" Tokiomi asked.

"Yes. She eloped with your father and changed her name which angered her family." Eleonoora said.

"I see." Tokiomi said.

"But, Tokiomi it was obvious that she loved her family, especially her children." Eleonoora said.

"Or so you thought." Tokiomi though because days before he went to the attic of the Tohsaka family house and found three types of documents. One was his death certificate, the second was a document which was for a mental institution and the third one was for his new identity as Hayao Amano.

After that little chat, Tokiomi left the funeral, but, before he left, Eleonoora told him that she would always be available if he needed her. Tokiomi thanked her.

The following years, Tokiomi honed his magecraft and made allies within the magi community. In addition, he kept his friendship with Eleonoora although rumors appeared and stated that they were in a romantic relationship. Despite the fact that Tokiomi viewed Eleonoora as a beautiful woman, he saw her as a friend and she was already in love with another magus named Anderson Skarsgård. Also, if they would marry, he was pretty sure that it would be out of pity on her part.

Sadly, one year after her marriage with Anderson, Eleonoora died after giving birth to her daughter, Luviagelita Edelfelt. When Tokiomi went to the funeral he saw Anderson and it was obvious that he was broken.

When he saw her open casket, he took a good look at her. She looked peaceful. Her long curly golden-brown hair was carefully put in the casket and her eyes (which Tokiomi remembered were blue) were closed. She was wearing a beautiful white dress which was worthy of a woman of her class.

A year after her death, Tokiomi accepted to meet a woman named Aoi Zenjou as a possible wife.

When the day came to meet her, Tokiomi was concentrating in reading a book until Aoi slammed the table and said, "The least you could do is introduce yourself!"

Tokiomi was stunned by this. After standing up, he asked, "And, who are you?"

She seemed to regain her composure and introduced herself.

"I'm sorry that I ignored you earlier, Miss Zenjou. I hope you can forgive me." Tokiomi sincerely said.

"I forgive you, Mr. Tohsaka." Aoi said.

"Please, call me Tokiomi." Tokiomi told her.

Tokiomi didn't like that people would call him 'Mr. Tohsaka'.

"In that case, you can call me Aoi." Aoi told him.

For the next 3 months, Tokiomi got to know more about Aoi and, he had to admit, that, every time she was with him, he felt happy… In peace. It didn't take long for him to propose to her and, when she accepted, he felt the happiest man in the world.

A few days later, they got married, but Tokiomi saw that, before they exchange vows, Aoi would look at the door as if she was waiting for someone to come. Tokiomi was aware that Aoi had strong feelings for Kariya Matou, the magus who decided to live a normal life which baffled Tokiomi.

After a month, Kariya visited them and, after Kariya and Aoi talked in private, he left. A few weeks after that event, Aoi found out that she was pregnant and both of them were happy about that. But, when Rin was born, it was obvious that her chances for survival were slim. In the beginning, Tokiomi thought that she would survive, but, when Rin started to cough up blood, Tokiomi was convince that she would die.

One night, while he was using his magic to keep his daughter alive, Tokiomi said, "I'm sorry. I brought you to this world only for you to die in such a horrible way. I'm sorry, Rin."

Rin just smile at him and tried to grab his hand. When Rin grabbed his hand, Tokiomi saw that her bony hand was smaller than the nail of his thumb.

Tokiomi began to cry and apologize, but Rin began to coo as if she was telling him that everything was going to be alright.

"Thank you, Rin." Tokiomi said which made Rin smile.

It wasn't long until Tokiomi and Aoi decided to have another child and, after nine months, Sakura was born. But, Tokiomi and Aoi realized that Rin was getting stronger and, when Sakura was born, Rin was healthy. This became a dilemma for Tokiomi because there could only be one heir for the Tohsaka family and that meant that… One had to live and the other one had to perish. It didn't help that both of his daughters had a natural talent. After 8 years, Tokiomi realized that he had to decide about who had to be the heir. At first, he was going to choose Rin, but then he remembered Sakura's affinity to Imaginary Numbers and Tokiomi had learned that the Tohsaka magecraft could greatly benefit Sakura. Yet, when he chose Sakura, another dilemma arose and that dilemma was what he was going to do with Rin. Killing her was NOT an option, and erasing her memories and leaving her with a normal family or locking her magic was also out due to the fact that not only would it be a waste of talent but also it would become easier for less savory magi to get their hands on her. Then, he remembered what Aoi's parents suggested to him when it was obvious that Rin was going to survive and that was for a magus family to adopt one of his daughters. Obviously, the Edelfelt family was out, so the other family left was the Matou family after all they were allies and Tokiomi knew that Zouken was desperate to have a capable magus in the family line plus Rin could easily get acclimated.

The other problem that Tokiomi had was with Kariya because, although he hated to admit it, Tokiomi knew that Kariya was more of a father than Tokiomi would ever be and, every time he came, Aoi was happy and she would smile at Kariya with such tenderness that she never showed Tokiomi. Tokiomi never comprehended what Aoi saw in Kariya, a coward. Yet, Tokiomi was aware of the possibility that Aoi would leave him for Kariya or that she would be in a romantic relationship with Kariya. As much as Tokiomi hated that idea, if Aoi was happy then he would let her be happy.

After talking to Aoi's parents about his decision, he informed his daughters who were devastated by the news. Yet, he continued his plans and the next day he took Rin to the Matou household, but, while they were going there, Rin and Tokiomi began to talk.

"Daddy, I had a weird dream." Rin said.

"What kind of dream, Rin?" Tokiomi asked.

"I was talking with three people. Two looked like you except that the first one had long black hair and black eyes while the second one was identical to you and there was also a beautiful woman who looked like me." Rin said.

Tokiomi was curious and asked, "Did they tell you their names?"

Rin nodded and said, "The two adults were named Naoto and Mia although she said that her other name was Annina and the other one was named Hariyu."

"Did they say anything else?" Tokiomi asked.

"The two adults wanted you to know that they were sorry and didn't blame you if you never forgave them. And, Hariyu said that he never blamed you for anything and that he wants you to move on. That's all they told me. Daddy, did you know them?" Rin said.

"A long time ago." Tokiomi said.

When they arrived at the Matou household, Rin asked her father if he, Aoi, and Sakura would visit her to which Tokiomi lied to her by saying, "Yes, we will."

After that event, Tokiomi realized that Aoi grew distant from him as if she didn't want to see him. But, he didn't have time to concentrate on that because the Fourth Holy Grail was going to begin and he had to have all the advantages possible.

When he did, he sent his family away to a safe place, but he and Sakura had a bitter goodbye. Yet, Tokiomi had to focus on the Holy Grail War… Nothing would distract him from winning.

When he summoned Gilgamesh, he was sure that he had already won. But as time went on, Tokiomi realized that Gilgamesh reminded him of his past self and, if Tokiomi had to be honest with himself, there were moments in which he wanted to tell Gilgamesh to stop acting like a brat and to grow up, but Tokiomi couldn't do that because he couldn't afford for Gilgamesh to rebel against him and thus he would be force to use all of his Command Seals.

Yet, as the War went on, Tokiomi internally started to doubt himself and there were times where he had questioned himself if everything he did was worth it. When he saw how Kariya was looking, a part of him feared that Rin was like Kariya or worse but he tried to keep his thoughts away from that and instead he took solace in reading.

Then, one day Aoi visited him.

"Tokiomi, we have to talk." Aoi said.

"What do you want to talk about?" Tokiomi asked without looking at her.

"We have to talk about Rin. I want her back." Aoi said.

"Why? She's fine with the Matou Family. Plus, she's not our daughter anymore." Tokiomi said hoping that Aoi would understand.

"How can you say that!? She's still our daughter no matter what!" Aoi said.

Tokiomi didn't want Aoi to make him question his decisions even more so he said, "Aoi, I don't have time to talk about this. I need time to concentrate about my plan for the 4th Holy Grail-" He got interrupted by Aoi, who said, "WOULD YOU LISTEN TO OTHER PEOPLE FOR A CHANGE! Just look at what this war is doing to us! For once in your life think about others!"

"I care about other people." Tokiomi said although he wasn't sure if he wanted to tell that to Aoi or to himself.

"Then, the least you could do is to look at me while you're talking." Aoi said.

Tokiomi stood up, but, he didn't know that Aoi was very close to him, so, when he turned around, the book he was reading hit Aoi's face. Tokiomi wanted to apologize, but, before he could do that, Aoi grabbed the Azoth Sword and said, "IF YOU TAKE ONE MORE STEP, I'LL PIERCE YOUR HEART WITH THIS!"

Tokiomi stopped walking towards and he watched as she left him. Tokiomi had to admit that he had hurt Aoi and that there was the high probability that she was going to leave him.

When Aoi left, Gilgamesh said, "It is obvious that she deserved someone better than you, Tokiomi."

After that day, despite being closer to winning, Tokiomi felt as if he had already lost everything.

"Was it all worth it?" He would ask himself in a daily basis.

But, one day, Kirei visited him and told him that he wanted to inform about something. But, Kirei killed him without a second thought.

Tokiomi closed his eyes and, when he opened them again, he saw that thing again.

"It's been a long time, Tokiomi." The thing said.

"No, you were a product of my imagination. Nothing else!" Tokiomi said.

The thing smiled and said, "I don't care what you believe, but I am real. And, I have something to show you."

The thing showed Tokiomi what happened to Rin when she was with the Matou family.

"No! I gave her to the Matou's so that they would keep her safe!" Tokiomi said.

"Sure, you did. After all, it's not like you had any other choice… Or, did you?" The thing said.

"I… I… I don't know." Tokiomi admitted.

"Don't get so sad, Tokiomi. After all, the fun is about to begin." The thing said.

Suddenly, Tokiomi found himself in his body and Aoi was there.

Aoi looked at something that Tokiomi was apparently holding and she tried to get away from him. But, the doors closed and Tokiomi felt his body acting on its own.

When Tokiomi reached her, he strangled her and her last words were, "To… Ki… Omi… S… Stop."

When he killed her, Tokiomi internally screamed and begged the thing or someone to just kill him.

"Aoi. I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Tokiomi said nonstop.

"It's all my fault. This wasn't worth it. IT WASN'T WORTH IT!" Tokiomi screamed while he remember all the happy moments he had with his family and how he ruined everything.

"Aoi, Rin, Sakura. You deserved better." Tokiomi said.

"Don't worry. You'll see them again." The thing said.

Tokiomi saw that the thing had taken the appearance of Rin.

"But, I'm pretty sure that they hate you already." The thing said while smiling.

Tokiomi felt as he was dying for a second time.

"You'll return when I need you." The thing said while he closed his eyes.

Author's Note

Another special and tell me what you think about it. Also, don't forget to RSS!