History Fanfic / PromisesOfAWanderingHero

** On the Fate side, the story takes place a few years after an AU Heaven's Feel route where [[spoiler:Shirou used a Command Spell to summon Saber just before she was consumed by the Shadow, who later sacrificed herself to end the war in Shirou and Illya's place. This left Shirou stuck with Archer's arm, and the difficult mission of saving Illya from her preprogrammed demise, which so far he has been successful at, but details remain unrevealed]]. For the rest, it's pretty much the same as canon: [[spoiler:Sakura took over the duties as Fuyuki's ''Second Owner'', and Rider remained in the world as her Servant. Rin moved to London to become Zelretch's apprentice, and Shirou somehow ended in a [[{{Polyamory}} open relationship with the three of them]]... [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers wait]].]]

* ShoutOut: Motoko's first day of training is not dissimilar to that of [[LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero Guiche's]] in ''Fanfic/TheHillOfSwords''.

* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: The Molmolian Royal Family is much more colder than there canon counterparts, with Amalla Su even caring that Kaolla has a dangerously high fever.

* StalkingIsFunnyIfItIsFemaleAfterMale: {{Averted|Trope}}: Naru, Kitsune, and Motoko stalking Shirou is not PlayedForLaughs at all. Rider took exception to the second time they tried it and found a way to ScareEmStraight without attacking them (see UncannyValley below). At his return to the dorm that night, he tells them that what he does with his own time is none of their business, and that if they ever do it again, he'll throw them out and maybe even take it to the cops.

%% About the "Uncanny Valley" example: To quote the guidelines in YMMV/HomePage, "The only way [an Audience Reaction trope] can be allowed on the main page, is if one of these tropes happens in the show, and gets that reaction from the _characters_ that these tropes often get from the audience."

* BikerBabe: ''Very'' much {{invoked|Trope}} by [[TheGadfly Rider]] in ''Opening (VI)''. Picture this: GorgeousGorgon wearing a very formfitting [[HellBentForLeather leather full-body biker suit]] walks into a dorm full of girls already very leery/curious/cautious of their male manager, greets him in a very familiar manner while taking off her helmet only to reveal an unlikely colored and long CompressedHair and an impossibly beautiful face and proceeds to HintDropping [[TheTease tease]] the guy like a [[OldFlame still-interested ex-girlfriend]] would do in front of two of the residents. All just jokes and lies, of course. [[spoiler:The "ex-" part, that is.]]

** Rider. Picking up Shirou in a [[BikerBabe biker]] [[HellBentForLeather suit]], making easily misinterpreted comments...

*** First, her biological father walked away from her mother the moment he knew she was pregnant, leaving her to raise Naru as a single mother. To make things worse, Naru was canonically ill as a child, and they burned through a lot of money because of it. She eventually got better, but by then the lesson that a woman only has herself to count on was deeply ingrained in her mind.

*** First, her biological father walked away from her mother the moment he knew she was pregnant, leaving her to raise Naru as a single mother. To make things worse, Naru was canonically an IllGirl as a child, and they burned through a lot of money because of it. She eventually got better, but by then the lesson that a woman only has herself to count on was deeply ingrained in her mind.

** On the Fate side, the story takes place a few years after an AU Heaven's Feel route where [[spoiler:Shirou used a Command Spell to summon Saber just before she was consumed by the Shadow, who later sacrificed herself to end the war in Shirou and Illya's place. This left Shirou stuck with Archer's arm, and the difficult mission of saving Illya from her preprogrammed demise, which so far he has been successful at, but details remain unrevealed]]. For the rest, it's pretty much the same as canon: [[spoiler:Sakura took over the duties as Fuyuki's ''Second Owner'', and Rider remained in the world as her Servant. Rin moved to London to become Zelretch's apprentice, and Shirou somehow ended in a [[Polyamory open relationship with the three of them]]... [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers wait]].]]

** Though Shirou is in a longtime relationship with [[Polyamory Rin, Sakura, and Rider]] it's been made clear several times that he still misses Saber dearly, even years later. Her name is hardly spoken aloud, but her impact on his heart is still felt and is acknowledged by his partners.

* Polyamory: [[spoiler: After the events of the Holy Grail War, Shirou entered a somewhat-open relationship with Rin, Sakura, and Rider. However, there's not enough emotional attachment for Shirou to fully give up his path of a hero.]]

** On the Fate side, the story takes place a few years after an AU Heaven's Feel route where [[spoiler:Shirou used a Command Spell to summon Saber just before she was consumed by the Shadow, who later sacrificed herself to end the war in Shirou and Illya's place. This left Shirou stuck with Archer's arm, and the difficult mission of saving Illya from her preprogrammed demise, which so far he has been successful at, but details remain unrevealed]]. For the rest, it's pretty much the same as canon: [[spoiler:Sakura took over the duties as Fuyuki's ''Second Owner'', and Rider remained in the world as her Servant. Rin moved to London to become Zelretch's apprentice, and Shirou somehow ended in a [[MarryThemAll romantic relationship with the three of them]]... [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers wait]].]]

** Though Shirou is in a longtime relationship with [[MarryThemAll Rin, Sakura, and Rider]] it's been made clear several times that he still misses Saber dearly, even years later. Her name is hardly spoken aloud, but her impact on his heart is still felt and is acknowledged by his partners.

* MarryThemAll: [[spoiler: After the events of the Holy Grail War, this is what Shirou's relationship with Rin, Sakura, and Rider eventually evolved to. However, there's not enough emotional attachment for Shirou to fully give up his path of a hero.]]

* EmpathicWeapon: Implied with ''Shisui'', a treasured heirloom of the Aoyama family and Motoko's favored sword. It's far from true sentience, but [[spoiler:it's following ''Shisui's'' wishes to help its current wielder that Shirou later decides to take Motoko's challenge to a duel as an opportunity to take the sword and swordsmanship in general away from her as a mean to deprive Motoko of a convenient tool she was using to avoid facing her problems.]]

* DysfunctionJunction: Hinata-sou in a nutshell. It says something that Shirou considers Kitsune, a [[TheGamblingAddict gambling addict]] and HardDrinkingPartyGirl, by far its ''least'' troubled resident.

** Just like in [[Manga/LoveHina canon]], Keitaro (Shirou) pulling off a BarehandedBladeBlock on Motoko pushes her into a HeroicBSOD. [[spoiler:Not PlayedForLaughs at all here, because this takes place during a duel between them and at this point Motoko was losing to Shirou, she is desperate enough to kill Shirou and letting her fears consume herself. And the arm Shirou used to pull this block? It was Archer's arm.]]

** Shirou is favorably compared to Buddha, with even the residents of the Hinata Inn admitting he's a kind, forgiving, and understanding man. He can also defeat even Motoko's older sister Tsuruko, and if he's willing to kill, he can take on her entire clan and win, and that is when he is calm. If he is angry, [[TheDreaded there is a reason]] Shirou is known as [[RedBaron "The Second Magus Killer"]].

** This is also the case when [[spoiler:[[EvilAunt Kyoko Urashima]] attacks Keitaro (Shirou) and kidnaps Illyasviel. She wouldn't even dare to make such an attack [[MuggingTheMonster if she knew about]] [[TheMasquerade the Moonlit World]] or [[TheDreaded how dangerous they really are]]. The rescue of the Hinata-sou tenants and Illyasviel by Rider and Shirou respectively is a CurbStompBattle as a result.]]

* MuggingTheMonster: [[spoiler: [[EvilAunt Kyoko Urashima]]]] [[DramaticIrony doesn't know it but by]] [[spoiler:hiring mercenaries and kidnapping Illyasviel just to attack Keitaro, she]] [[ItsPersonal made it personal against]] [[UnderestimatingBadassery Shirou]] [[TheDreaded Emiya]] [[spoiler:to the point he is willing to sic [[SuperSpeed Ri]][[LightningBruiser der]] on them all.]]

** There is a far worse one that happens within the Urashima Family. [[spoiler: Specifically between Kyoko and Haruka. When Haruka refused to seduce Keitaro's Father, Kyoko disowns her.]]

* GuiltByAssociation: [[spoiler:Kyoko Urashima]] planned to kill the Hinata-Sou tenants for the sole reason that they were given a place to live by Granny Hina and they want to burn everything she has built.

* BikerBabe: ''Very'' much {{invoked|Trope}} by [[TheGadfly Rider]] in ''Opening (VI)''. Picture this: GorgeousGorgon wearing a very formfitting [[HellBentForLeather leather full-body biker suit]] walks into a dorm full of girls already very leery/curious/cautious of their male manager, greets him in a very familiar manner while taking off her helmet only to reveal an unlikely colored and [[RapunzelHair long]] CompressedHair and an impossibly beautiful face and proceeds to HintDropping [[TheTease tease]] the guy like a [[OldFlame still-interested ex-girlfriend]] would do in front of two of the residents. All just jokes and lies, of course. [[spoiler:The "ex-" part, that is.]]

* TangledFamilyTree: The [[IncestIsRelative Urashima family is known to marry into itself]] that the best way that Haruka can describe it is that the family tree is contorted. [[spoiler:Haruka herself was once [[ArrangedMarriage arranged to marry]] Shirou's biological father, her uncle.]]