Fate: Bonds Beyond Humanity

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They would help in any way they could, those that wanted to go back to their homes but those that wanted to stay and fight against the injustice that happened to them they can, they will receive training, clothing, documents and everything else they need to start.

She repeats the speech five more times, pointing out that every single member of their group was someone like them, someone that didn't have a home until they made one. Those words were powerful for all could see that she was speaking the truth.

In the end they all left the warehouse and Illya wouldn't know the decision that those people made, unless she asked for above them, hidden from view, was that same bird that was the eyes of the girl.

It disappeared once that there was no one else in the premises.

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Shirou was trying to avoid his sister's eyes, it was clear that Illya was still in a bad mood after what happened two days ago. He honestly couldn't tell what annoyed her the most, the fact that he almost died or that he didn't manage to get back home early and got on that whole mess because he didn't get home when he said he would.

The breakfast was silent this time, the table of the kitchen was almost completely full with only the patriarch of the family missing. The food wasn't made by Shirou… he is grounded.

For the first time in his life, he is grounded, even if he is sure that the event was completely amusing to his mother because she was not angry at all.

Of the women on the table only half of them wanted to rip his skin off at that point. "Sella. Could you please pass me the rice?" Illya asked and Sella did by extending her hand by the other side of the table, getting the container that was at Shirou's side and then placing it in front of Illya. "Thank you."

"You are welcome Illya-sama. It is the least I can do for the best child of the family." The two of them were going all out on their barbs but Shirou could take them.

In a way it was deserved, if he hadn't stopped to help on the repairs nothing of what happened would have happened… not that he regrets it. The stray could have killed Rias if she had gone alone. He wonders if the devil was better.

When he got back home his mother was throwing a small fit, Illya was panicking, Liz got a giant ax out of nowhere and Sella was moving around getting the first aid kit and covering him in bandages.

Once he told the story of why he was covered in blood, wounds and looked 'half dead' their attitudes changed. His mother was surprisingly supportive of the whole thing. "He came back alive and well, that is what matters." Well was relative in his opnion but he would take that.

Liz was nonchalant about the whole affair. "Shirou is growing up." Was her input but he can see she was relived he was safe.

Sella's on the other hand. "ARE YOU INSANE! FIGHTING A STRAY LIKE THAT! YOU HAVE NO FIGHTING EXPERIENCE!" What followed next was a fifteen minute rant that he committed to memory.

Illya's reaction was the one that really hurt. "..." She looked at him, turned around and went to bed. No comments came in the following day, not directed at him at least. She wasn't talking to him for the first time since he could remember and insisted that he should be punished.

While Iri disagreeded Sella insisted as well that Shirou should lose his cooking privileges for a month, Iri decided that he would but only for the week. Bless his mother, he loves cooking and she knew it, he would go insane without the kitchen for a month long.

The day after the events, he couldn't leave the bed, both because his family wouldn't let him and his body would protest any effort.

Iri took some blood out of him, she was going to use her speciality, alchemy, to separate the components and make sure he didn't catch anything on the sewers. Shirou couldn't disagree with the logic and just layed there.

His mother was the best healer of the house. Her family, the Einzebern, were mostly alchemists specialized in homunculus and that translated to a lot of medical knowledge. Enough that he had her help developing EM.

Now he had recovered completely but there were still questions that plagued his mind, he finished his food but didn't move from the table, instead he just stared at his mother.

After a while Shirou asked her. "Why did you never tell me that devils looked so…" He trailed off and Iri gave him a small laugh.

"Human?" Iri just giggled a bit, finding her son's confusion amusing. The rest of the table stayed quiet. "Shirou, let's be realistic here for a second. Who would you sell your soul to? To someone that looked obviously evil or the one that was attractive enough to… get your 'motor' going so to speak?"

Shirou got red at the comment. "So… are all the devils…"

"Attractive? Mostly are. They were made to be." Iri said easily.

"When Lucifer fell," Illya started, speaking to him for the first time, "God stripped him of many of the blessings he gave while sparing his son's life."

When it was obvious that was all that his sister was willing to tell him, their mother just rolled her eyes and continued. "Say whatever you want for the first Satan but the guy was persistent, the most complete records state that he said and I quote: 'If I can't beat you now, I will prove you wrong'. He was referring to the worth of mankind or so many scholars believe."

Shirou stayed silent for a bit trying to process the information, it didn't fit in his head. "If he lost all his blessing how would he do it? How he created the devils as a race."

"Not all, most." Iri places her cutlery down, Sella starts to move to wash the dishes while the older woman debates where to begin. "Lucifer was unable to create devils by himself, but he was one of the oldest creatures to ever exist, being there at the beginning of creation. Thanks to that he was there when Lilith was created."

"Lilith?" Shirou heard that name before but he can't remember where.

"She was the first woman, made to be equal to Adam… that is what the church will tell you." Irisviel's face was serious at that point. "It is hard to pin down the truth, only those there would be able to tell you. Maybe she was a goddess, a demon or really a human that was to be the wife of Adam but she was there, she was different and there were consequences. All that is know for sure is that she was powerful, cunning and had a chip on her shoulder against the chirstian God."

"That is it? A chip on her shoulder?" Shirou couldn't believe that was the best anyone could come up with.

"Her reasons were her own," Irisviel tone made clear that he shouldn't interrupt her now, "all that anyone is sure is that she teamed up with Lucifer to make the devils in unholy union. They became the parents of the first family of devils and then they promptly killed them."

"WHAT?" That shocked Shirou.

"They wanted to create the perfect beings." Irisviel explained. "So they tried a lot of many methods. Exactly what I don't know but they ended up using lots of sacrifices and energy to have Lilith give birth to many different types of devils that are today the 72 pillars… or what is left of them since the civil war." She cuts Shirou before he asks. "I don't know the details and you should ask them if you want. Our family had nothing to do with devils and other supernatural stuff in general because Kiritsugu and myself wanted you and Illya to grow safely into the people you wanted to be. Nothing else."

"But that changed when Illya-sama started to exhibit evidence that she had a lot of mana." Sella decides to say, still doing the dishes.

"Yes." Irisviel nods solem. "At that point we needed to teach her and you magecraft to at the very least make sure you were able to defend yourselves… Illya is an oddity in the supernatural and we dealt through a lot of pain to make sure that all the channels of it could only call her a 'normal human'."

That was a hard pill to swallow for the only male in the house, he didn't know that was the reason why they started to teach them magecraft, his father just offered and he just said yes because he wanted to learn with his sister.

"Are devils dangerous?" He couldn't help but ask.

"Yes they are!" Shirou turns to see Illyaviel looking straight at him. "Look what happened with you! And that stray business! That is dangerous!"

"Now, now Illya, calm down." Iri was all smiles again but anyone on the table would call that one strained, it was still enough to force her daughter to stop. "The truth about Lilith and many other things could be solved if angels spoke more with humanity. Do any of you know why they don't?" Everyone on the tables shooks their heads. "Angels can lie, but they can also tell the truth. Good and evil are subjective. Devils are dangerous? Sure, they are powerful… but so is anyone with a gun when compared with normal people."

For a second Iri turns her head up, her eyes filled with curiosity before she lets out a giggle. Sella then stops washing the dishes. "Irisviel-sama!" She called but the woman was already waving for her to calm down.

"Relax Sella, we are about to receive some guests, that is all." With that said they heard the doorbell. "Shirou, could you please be a dear and go answer the door?"

He could tell that his mother's eyes were full of mischief, one way or another he was expecting something to happen, something it was going to be funny for her.

Once he opens the door he sees her once again, long red hair, blue eyes and a smile that could stop the heart of most men. This time she was accompanied by another girl… he could see the whole temptation angle.

With long raven hair with a ponytail tied by an orange ribbon she had violet eyes, was taller than Rias and bigger… Shirou was not a pervert but these days he was starting to doubt himself. The fact that she was in a black t-shirt and white pants that fitted her figure plenty didn't help.

"Good morning Shirou-kun!" Rias greeted him. Unlike before she wasn't in a school uniform but in a form fitting green t-shirt and a black miniskirt. "I am glad you have recovered, I didn't know if you would be well to receive visits but I wanted to talk to you about some things."

"Ah. Thanks… How are you?"

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