Chapter 4: Friend
During lunchtime, one of his classmates approached him.
"Hey, Shirou-kun! I'm Hiro. Wanna be friends?"
'Ah, the innocence of little kids. Don't they know not to be so friendly on the get-go? That'll just lead to them being taken advantage of.'
Shirou was not sure why that thought popped up in his head. After all, he was also one of those little kids. Perhaps the salaryman side of his personality shone through.
[Choose!
A. Go away, little brat.
B. I'm not interested.
C. Sure!]
Option C was obviously the correct answer. Despite that, Shirou was slightly tempted to go with Option A. Alas, even with the saving and loading feature, Shirou was not brave enough to do it.
"Hiro-kun, huh? Sure, let's be friends!"
Thus, Shirou made his first friend. But… he had no idea what being friends entailed. His memories indicated that he had spent his 'past life' as an otaku who had no friends, and was only interested in anime and manga.
In fact, the first thing Shirou had done when he reached the Emiya residence was to check the development of these things in this world. However, he was left disappointed. Perhaps it was because they had to deal with copyrights, there were none of the popular manga or anime in the Fate world.
In the end, what this meant was that any topics that Shirou might have been able to talk about did not even exist in this world. So what were they to do when hanging out?
This question was at the forefront of Shirou's mind.
Thankfully, Hiro seemed to be on top of everything, and spoke up.
"Ne, Shirou-kun, let's play some soccer!"
[Choose!
A. I don't want to go outside.
B. But there's not enough people.
C. I don't know how to play…]
This time, the options were a bit tougher. While it was true that Shirou didn't know how to play, his memories of FIFA and his physical ability would probably put him above the other students. He would be seen as arrogant and a show-off if he ended up demolishing them after saying he didn't know how to play.
Since Option A was obviously out of the question, there was only one suitable response.
"Soccer? But there's only two of us…"
"Ba~ka! Of course there are other people! You can't play soccer without 5 people on each team!"
Shirou could only blame himself. He had never played soccer with actual people before and was unsure on how children played their games.
Nevertheless, Shirou was the only one who was embarrassed. The other kids weren't exactly bullies, so they didn't pay any attention to his question.
Evidently, the teacher's words about Shirou's circumstances had gotten through to them.
After gathering another 8 players, the group marched out of the room and onto the field. There were no real goals, so they just got some sticks and stuck them into the ground.
Shirou had been assigned as the midfielder of Hiro's team. To his knowledge, midfielders usually get more touches of the ball, so he assumed that it was because they didn't want him to feel left out.
However, the truth was that midfielders would run around a lot more, and none of the other students wanted to do it.
The game started soon after.
"Hiro-kun, pass it here!"
After the kick-off, practically everyone was scrambling after the ball. As expected, since they were just children. Shirou, however, was actively trying to find free space so that he could receive the ball.
"Hiro, over here!"
The ball was sent rocketing towards Shirou's feet. Shirou, who had recently increased his reflexes and body control, was able to control the ball perfectly.
He dribbled his way out of the pit of elementary school students, and approached the two defenders of the opposition team.
The other kids who were playing on the field or playground were all staring at Shirou. His movements were so smooth that it seemed like he was a pro soccer player.
"Hey, who's he?"
"Saa, I don't know. Maybe he's new."
"I know him! He's in my class. Name's Emiya Shirou. He was affected by the Fuyuki City fire, or so I heard."
"Hee~, poor guy."
Shirou could not hear any of the surrounding conversations. He was completely focused on the soccer match.
When the match had started, his DS system had prompted him that the action 'play soccer at school' had started. As such, he practically had no control over his body and was moving subconsciously.
Moving his feet in feints over the ball, Shirou performed a Maradona Spin and slid past the two.
Since there weren't any nets for the goal, Shirou could only adjust his power to make it roll right in. Despite that, his speed was still so fast that the goalkeeper couldn't even respond.
The game continued on until the end of the one-hour lunchbreak. After that, Shirou's Physical ability had increased by one point again.
Shirou secretly marvelled at the power of the system. Although 9 points was less than an average adult's, the system allowed him perfect control over every aspect of his physical body. With such control, his capabilities had already far surpassed even the best in any field.
"Hehe, Shirou-kun. You're really good as soccer, aren't you?"
[Choose!
A. Heh, bow before me, loser!
B. It's just that you guys suck.
C. I don't know.]
"I don't know, I guess I have some talent for it. I've never touched a ball before today."
"Hee~, that's pretty awesome! Maybe you can become a pro or something."
"Hahaha, there's no way that will happen."
*Ding* *Ding* *Ding*
The lunchbreak was over, so all the students naturally dispersed and went back to class.
When Shirou entered his classroom again, his ears picked up several conversations.
"Hey, that Emiya is pretty hot, isn't he?"
"Yeah, and he's like, super good at soccer as well."
(A/N: O.o an 8-year-old gyaru?)
"He was involved in that fire as well, wasn't he? Poor thing."
(A/N: 'Poor thing' is 'Kawaisou' but I'm not sure how to put it in English effectively. I would have used 'Poor kid', but they are all the same age…)
"Eh, who cares about that. More like, it just adds to his charm."
"You're really into him, huh? Why don't you ask him out?"
"Eeh~, no way, no way. Getting close to him reduces his mysteriousness, you know."
'What a pointless conversation. Why don't they focus on studying instead?'
And another conversation.
"Man, even if he's got talent, there's no need to thrash them like that, right? I mean, 15-0 is just bullying."
"I'm just glad I was on his team instead."
"Heh, in the end, it's just playing, right? There's no need to get so worked up about it."
"Oi, why are you guys trying to defend him? Even if he's a victim of the fire, that's no reason to defend him so much."
"Shh, he'll hear you!"
'I can already hear everything you said…'
And yet another one.
"Ugh, what a riajuu. I hope he dies."
"Hey, that's not nice. He might actually have died in that fire!"
"So what? A dead riajuu is a good riajuu."
"Um… that's… kind of dark."
"Huh? Just a joke! Hahahaha."
'…'
Shirou had inadvertently become super famous throughout the school on his first day.
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SSBGoditz And here's the 4th one! Probably no chapters tomorrow.
Tell me your thoughts on how OP Shirou should be. One thing is for certain, he will train his Magic Circuits.
Also, 8 year olds are surprisingly mature, aren't they?
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