If in the hands of a more capable person, Sword Birth could potentially be stronger and more versatile than Unlimited Blade Works. Heck, if managed properly, it could even take on Gate of Babylon for the first few minutes before Gilgamesh would think of taking on the user seriously.
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Well at the least I was able to grasp something about the gear, but something was eluding me. Although I could reproduce the blades he created, something still felt off about them, as though their core was missing. My best guess was the individual blades were merely extensions of the real gear itself, so they would not possess much within. Still it was a little irritating to me, because aside from Gilgamesh's Ea, all the other blades I have glimpsed have been copied perfectly into Unlimited Blade Works, and in an odd sense, my pride demanded that I add Kiba's blades properly into the collection.
Well, since sight doesn't work, I would have to go for the physical approach.
I used a little extra force to force Kiba back, making him stumble and giving me the chance to close in quickly to parry his swords out of his hands and kicking him in the stomach to get more distance between us, before throwing Kanshou and Bakuya at him. Without missing a beat, I raised my arms up in time to grab his swords neatly in my hands and…
"Ba~ Bump!"
Again, that odd feeling of something stirring inside me, only this time it was a lot louder and harder, as if the creature inside was actively trying to wake up. At the corner of my mind, I noted the two swords seemed to have gotten heavier, more 'solid' if one were to describe the feeling. I ignored the feeling and focused my attention on Kiba, who managed to sidestep both of my thrown blades, letting them get embedded into the trees behind him while he created another sword in his hand. I immediately dashed forward and swung [Sonic Flash] right at him, just as he raised his blade to block it and…
"CLANG!"
"CRACK~ BOOM!"
A crater appeared at our feet as Kiba got thrown back by the shock wave resulting from our blades hitting each other. For a moment I stood there like an idiot while looking at the damage made, before turning to look at [Sonic Flash]. Okay~ maybe there was a lot more power than I had anticipated regarding this blade. From what I had glimpsed, it seemed to be a blade that concentrated more for quick slashes and small burst of speed, none of which suggested the ability to create sonic booms!
For that minor distraction, I nearly paid dearly for it, as Kiba quickly got back on his feet and started to go on the offensive, nimbly attacking both my neck and heart at the same time and not letting up on the aggression, and for the first time of our spar, was pushing me back a few feet. I was keeping a tight hold on my abilities to avoid overpowering him, but looks like I had to get a bit more serious.
I quickly scrawled a rune on the ground to agitate the soil and make him lose his footing temporarily, before making my way to the trees, when for some reason, [Sonic Flash] started to glow brightly and within a blink of an eye, I found myself within an inch of slamming my face into the tree in front of me. I rammed my foot hard and stopped in time to avoid crashing into it and turned around, frowning at the newly acquired blade in my hand.
This was really weird, I should have been able to detect these abilities from the get-go, yet there was nothing that suggested such abilities from such a weak blade. Furthermore, this odd feeling I have been getting this whole time, as though the blades were alive for the first time since I laid eyes on them.
No time to think about it, Kiba was getting back up, I better end this spar so that I can return these blades back. I rushed back at him and started to parry with the blade, managing to nick at the sides in between our attacks, then with a great swing, I aimed [Earth Shatter] at the side, meaning to scare him into a corner if not disrupt his footing. Kiba quickly dodged to the side, leaving the blade to hit the ground and…
"BBBBBOOOOOMMMM!"
… Leaving behind a huge crack in the ground that split the forest behind him and seemingly the small hill in the distance?!
"What~ wait a minute?! You mean to tell me you have been using this weapon against me earlier?!" I turned to Kiba who was openly gawking at the destruction behind him. "Doesn't that mean you were trying to kill everyone in the area if you used this at full power?"
"… That is not how it works." Kiba blinked and replied back in shock. "That is definitely not the power that is inside [Earth Shatter], I know because I made it. It should not be able to do that!"
"Well, if that is the case, think you better take them back." I lightly stabbed the swords into the ground while silently giving my prayers that they don't activate, before stepping back to let Kiba take back his ownership. It was only a few seconds later I realised that something was wrong given that Kiba was frowning at the blades, before he moved forward to grab them by the handles.
"AAAHHH!"
Kiba suddenly gave a yell as he jumped back and looked at his hands which were burnt red from grabbing the blades. My worries later got turned to suspicions as the two blades started to give off a faint glow of red light, with a light pulse of energy coming from them.
"Ba~ Bump! Ba~ Bump!"
The feeling inside me was getting more intense, as though the thing inside me was now trying to be free, and unless I was mistaken, it seemed that Kiba's swords were reacting in sync as the blades started to glow and shake in time. Then without warning, the blades dislodged themselves from the ground and flew straight at me with the blades aimed at my head. By the smallest of margin, I twisted my body to avoid the tips and grabbed the handles as they flew past me. Immediately they stopped glowing and moving, allowing me to slowly raise them to my eye level, before I turned to look at Kiba and the others who were watching our spar. Their expressions were all I need to accurately summarize with these words.
"Okay~ this is awkward."
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"Thank you for the meal!" A loud shout was the only indication before everyone started to eat the food in front of them, with Ise and Koneko seemingly forgoing all table manners and competed with each other in stuffing as much as food into their mouths.
"Where is Yuuto-kun?" Rias turned to Akeno who was quietly sipping some soup.
"He is currently outside, doing some minor training." Akeno replied as she laid down the spoon. "But I think he is just blowing off some steam after what happened earlier."
Rias could only nod while sighing lightly. Considering how two of Kiba's swords ended up getting attracted to Shirou in some odd manner, it was perhaps understandable that Kiba would feel a little peeved since they rejected him when he tried to grab them. What puzzled her more was why the blades reacted so violently towards the both of them; the swords kept going after Shirou despite his best efforts to keep them in one spot, making him throw in the towel around the evening and just store them in some dimensional pocket that he conjured up.
He was truly a mystery. She would need to double her efforts on finding out who Shirou Emiya really was.
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