[It's some time after the last Holy Grail War... Quite a few years, in fact. Our useless Matou heroes are now 16, and the next one is coming up very soon. Ten years ago, it was something that wasn't explained to them. From their point of view, the strange happenings in their house only got agitated for awhile, and then dropped sharply.
For Shinji and his near-nothing magical ability, it probably wasn't that big a deal. For Byakuya, just strong enough to see what was going on, it was the scariest week of his childhood. Still, he's always been terrible at communicating what's going on to his twin, so from the outside at 6 years old it most likely just seemed like he was being more annoyingly scared of everything than usual.
Ten years later, nothing much has changed. They say twins often have a unqiue bond. They say that many of them interact on a level that other people can't truly understand. Byakuya and Shinji are not that sort of twins -- mostly. They don't sync up with each other. They don't communicate with fluid ease. They fight as often as they get along, often violently. Most importantly, the difference in their powers is still a giant sore spot.
Byakuya would rather not have any magic at all. He doesn't have much, but it's still too much in his opinion. Of course, he can't expect Shinji to get that, especially when their grandfather only pulls one of them aside to talk about secrets -- secrets like the Grail War, which Byakuya is expected to enter whether he wants to or not.
Yeah, they definitely aren't that kind of super-close twins. But they can still tell better than anyone what mood the other is in, and even if their relationship is horrible from every angle, the older brother still has a completely stupid habit of cowering near the younger when his stress levels get too high.
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For Shinji and his near-nothing magical ability, it probably wasn't that big a deal. For Byakuya, just strong enough to see what was going on, it was the scariest week of his childhood. Still, he's always been terrible at communicating what's going on to his twin, so from the outside at 6 years old it most likely just seemed like he was being more annoyingly scared of everything than usual.
Ten years later, nothing much has changed. They say twins often have a unqiue bond. They say that many of them interact on a level that other people can't truly understand. Byakuya and Shinji are not that sort of twins -- mostly. They don't sync up with each other. They don't communicate with fluid ease. They fight as often as they get along, often violently. Most importantly, the difference in their powers is still a giant sore spot.
Byakuya would rather not have any magic at all. He doesn't have much, but it's still too much in his opinion. Of course, he can't expect Shinji to get that, especially when their grandfather only pulls one of them aside to talk about secrets -- secrets like the Grail War, which Byakuya is expected to enter whether he wants to or not.
Yeah, they definitely aren't that kind of super-close twins. But they can still tell better than anyone what mood the other is in, and even if their relationship is horrible from every angle, the older brother still has a completely stupid habit of cowering near the younger when his stress levels get too high.
Anything but being alone with the ghosts.]
Hey, Shinji...