Nasuverse Akabane Shirou

[Ray]

Alright, here's a crazy idea that's been hovering around my head for a while:

After the end of Fate/Zero, right after Saber blows the Grail up, a twist of fate forces Emiya Kiritsugu to abandon the area, fast. Whether what happened took place before Kiritsugu found Shirou or after he implanted Avalon inside of him and was ready to take him to safety is up to you, though if its the latter you'd have to make it so Kiritsugu is outright taken away from Shirou by whatever happens, as I don't think he'd ever leave him behind by choice.

Anyways, shit happens, Kiritsugu is no longer in the area, and Shirou, with or without Avalon, is lying on the ground, half-dead. At that moment, a man passing through the area observes the wreckage, and sees Shirou, burned and covered in blood, passed out on the ground. Normally, the man would've just ignored everything; after all, he only took the small detour that let him reach Fuyuki to amuse himself with the killing taking place, which is already over.

However, there is something about this boy. Something that reminds the man of a similar child he once tried his best to save, only to fail utterly.

However, Akabane Kuroudo is a consummate professional, and old memories won't hinder him. He turns around to leave, but Shirou chooses that exact moment to wake up, whispering a strangled cry of "Help!".

No normal person would have heard Shirou, but Akabane's senses are superhuman. He turns around, seeing Shirou staring at him with wide, pleading eyes.

Akabane's resolve to just leave cracks, and he decides to take the boy to safety. After all, its not like he can't just drop him off at an orphanage after he's treated.

Much to his surprise, however, he finds that, after Shirou recovered and recognized him as the one that saved him, Akabane just can't get rid of him.

Thus, we have Shirou following, emulating, and possible being trained by one of the most ruthless and dangerous men in the world.

For those of you who don't have a clue what I'm talking about, read the Wiki article.

 

[shout27]

Dude, all you would have had to say for me to get the reference is "Dr. Jackal" and "Getbackers" and while that is a scary idea it seems to be missing something.

 

[Shiakou]

As badass as Dr. Jackal is, I don't think he can compete against Servants. And unless he can teach Shirou more about magic. . . :huh.:

 

[GenocideHeart]

Dr. Jackal is about as hard to kill as Heracles, so yeah, I think he can compete with Servants, all right. It's like the guy has a permaent God Hand effect on him - no matter how much fatal damage you deal to him, all it accomplishes is to deck him for a few minutes, if you are lucky, and then he gets right back up.

The man's about as human as your average Servant, that's for sure.

 

[Shiakou]

Dr. Jackal is about as hard to kill as Heracles, so yeah, I think he can compete with Servants, all right. It's like the guy has a permaent God Hand effect on him - no matter how much fatal damage you deal to him, all it accomplishes is to deck him for a few minutes, if you are lucky, and then he gets right back up.

The man's about as human as your average Servant, that's for sure.

I doubt it. Nasu said that Ciel-class fighters would only be able to fight defensively against a Servant, and Ciel was also immortal throughout 90% of Tsukihime.

That, and even if Jackal's skills are somehow on par with a Servant's, as far as I know they aren't magical. . . and magic is the only thing that can disperse a Servant. Even a high-grade nuke wouldn't scratch them, because it's a different kind of energy altogether.

Maybe if he were to go after the mages first? No prana supply, no Servant. . .

 

[GenocideHeart]

After seeing Jackal use Bloody Sword, I'm not too sure you can dismiss his abilities as 'not magical'. Nothing in the GetBackers world can even begin to explain what he can do, since the others either have skills with substances (like Himiko) or a genetic mutation (like Ginji).

Akabane's abilities are neither there not here. And frankly, I could see him edging Ciel out. He just doesn't seem... defeatable, no matter what you hurl at him.

 

[Ray]

The only clue we have about Jackal's powers is something he said along the lines of "everything that touches my blood becomes my weapon". That alone wouldn't make much sense, until you consider that every time he survives a battle where his blood is drawn, the next time he appears he is exponentially more powerful.

This kinda fits in with his nigh invincibility (he has only lost a fight ONCE during the whole GetBackers manga, and even then he found a way to neutralize the technique that beat him so it couldn't be used effectively against him again) and with the possibility of making his powers be magic, as no mutation could possibly account for his ability to control his own blood.

 

[Shiakou]

That's the ticket then. Just make his powers magic-based, and he's all set.

Though I'm wondering if Jackal isn't part Saiyan after this discussion.

 

[Ray]

Don't say that. Jackal's way too badass to be some sort of monkey/human hybrid with hair-color-changing powerups.

On a more serious note, if Jackal's powers are some sort of sorcery, then he could probably teach them to Shirou. Now imagine that - Shirou had good regeneration in canon, but with Jackal's powers, he'd be able to exceed even that, and that's not counting the offensive capabilities of Jackal's skill set (most of which revolve, predictably, around the manipulation of his own blood).

 

[Shiakou]

He might even be stronger than Emiya!Archer. While Archer could create/recreate most weapons known to man, Akabane!Shirou could create similar weapons based on his own blood. Heck, he could hide them in his own body, same with Avalon.

 

[Ray]

Nah. While Shirou would probably be damn powerful if he could somehow learn even half of Akabane's techniques, he wouldn't be on the level of Archer, both because of the age/experience gap and the added strength bonus Archer gets from being an Eirei.

Ninja Edit: However, the fact that he's nowhere near close to Servant power doesn't mean that Akabane!Shirou wouldn't be able to brutally own most humans he comes across.

He probably would try to minimize losses, though. Even if Shirou was raised by Akabane (thus losing the "hero of justice" bit), canon shows that it was mainly the fact that he lost his self-awareness in the fire that made him want to help people and make them happy without any concern for himself.