Fate: Bonds Beyond Humanity

That ticks his teacher off. "Shirou, you barely hang out with your club or any other friends. Damn it, I think the only friend you have around here is Issei-kun." The teacher lets out a sigh." It got to the point that I have to invite you for a party… that everyone knew for weeks."

"Really, I didn't notice." Shirou was picking his lunch from his bag but in reality he was not hungry, still recovering from the ride to the school. "But it is fine. I don't like parties that much anyway."

Taiga lets out a sigh. "And it is that attitude that stopped you from competing in tournaments. We could have gone to nationals with you there."

"But… we went to nationals. We even won." Well, one of his club mates did, Shirou, stayed at home.

"Yes, but it would have been more dramatic if we hadn't- You know what: Just show up at my house. Or if you want I can take you straight from here." His english teacher was really trying there. "We party a bit, you speak with the guys and have some fun, ya know."

The 'Tiger of Fuyuki' as she was called stepped back and tried to appear non-threatening and that lit the alarm on Shirou's head. When that woman wanted something, she could be much more pushy.

He would know, since his refusal to participate in tournaments had her more than once following him with banners and other stuff to try and make him compete.

"Sensei… What is the problem?" And she knew that he was serious when he didn't use her nickname.

The silence lasted a minute until finally the teacher took a deep breath. "Ah, it's nothing much. It is just that many of us are moving to… better schools and the like."

Ah, that was the problem. The woman had attended this very same academy all the way until college, she had been one of its students and even was part of the kendo team herself. Taiga also would have won a few championships if she didn't have a certain habit of letting a tiger striped tag on the handle of her sword. That was completely against the rules, both sides had to fight with equal equipment for the fairness of competition.

The tag actually did nothing, it was just her preference but rules were rules and Fujimura Taiga never passed the third place.

But that didn't mean she wasn't skilled, if it wasn't for the rules or her lack of respect for them it was assured that she would have won a lot of competitions.

But all that, all the joys and failures, all that happened in her time as a student of the Homurahara Academy.

When she graduated from college she came back and even if the academy was not as grand as it once was it was still important to her.

"Come on Tiger, you had lots of students go in the past." It was hard but not new right? "What is different this time?"

The woman gives him a nod and a smile but Shirou even could tell it was fake. "You are right! You are right! Doesn't mean a teacher can't have her favorite students together for a small go away party right?"

"You remember that there is still a full day of classes right?"

"Yes, but I am super excited!" And it showed. The woman was almost bouncing with repressed energy. "I see you there okay?" The tiger exits the classroom, supposedly to have her own lunch. "Oh before I forget!" Her head appears at the door. "Do me a favor and pass by the club to get a commemorative sword. It will be there until you get it."

And with that she was gone, the students, used to her antics, just kept eating while Shirou stopped to think for a bit. He didn't decide if he was going to go do that or just go home but at the very least he could go collect the sword.

He didn't have the courage to tell her he was quitting… maybe he could stay for another year?

Either way Shirou still had stuff to do and his next stop was in the student council room and as a bonus if he decides to eat he is sure the main secretary will let him.

Suddenly his nose started to ich, it was not something uncommon but he also felt a particular smell from… his right.

Shirou looks to the window in the hallway and sees on the school grounds a girl dressed in a uniform that has nothing to do with theirs.

Like their academy it had long sleeves and a tie but that was where the similarities ended. The colour was all different, not wrong for the girl was dressed well but had to force his vision to notice all the differences but some were easy to not.

It had a shoulder cape for starters, the skirt was smaller, much smaller in perspective of a magenta color with a matching corset. Paying close attention he could see the white ascent on the skirt and the lines on the shirt but that was until he noticed the person itself.

She was beautiful with blue eyes and the most vivid red hair that he had ever seen, but that was not what caught his attention.

A person like her was standing in the middle of the grounds, surrounded by people and no one said anything, nobody reacted to her, it was like she had no one's attention and that should be impossible.

But what Shirou found truly odd was that the girl was looking at him. Not in his general direction but directly at him.

He didn't know why but he could tell she was looking at him for a few seconds, maybe a minute until she let out a smile.

Then Shirou blinks and the girl is gone, the ich on his nose and the smell are too.