128 participants. Only one winner. A magical war fought between Servants and their Masters for only one wish. This is the Holy Grail war now. After an incident in the 1970's the Earth's mana started to deplete from the world. The cause is unknown. Yet the this war is still being fought thanks to .PH.

Year 2032

I'm Mahiro Ishida sixteen and a second year student at Tsukumihara Academy. I'm five foot, seven inches. I have white hair with bangs pushed to the right. As well as blue eyes. As a student I consider myself an above average student with straight A's. I have friends, but I'm pretty quiet and keep to myself. As for anything that I want, nothing comes to mind off the bat.

"So Mahiro" Said a familiar voice. I looked over and it was Shinji Matou. I consider us acquaintances. He and I are Polar opposites. Personally I have no idea what the girls see in him. He's snobby and obnoxious, but I guess they go for his looks. He used me multiple times as well, so thats why I consider us acquaintances.

"What?" I asked in indifference.

"Way to be cold" He replied. " But look out side" He added. I turned my head to see the sky was blood red. I started to hear a cracking sound. It was the glass. I dropped to the ground and slipped my desk to it's side. Shards of glass flew through the room, but I had my desk as a shield. I peaked the corner of the desk to if the glass was still coming. A shard flew and skImmed the side of my cheek. I turned back to my protection. I looked at the class of bodies in front of me the room was painted red. The shock caught me. I looked in front of me and Shinji used his desk as protection too. The whole class beside us was purged by the glass mysteriously flying at us.

"Shinji if you want to get out of this alive you need to come with me" I said

"Yeah just get us the Hell outta here!" He demanded.

"On my go we move out of the class. 3...2..1. GO!" I yelled. The two of us made it out of the room safely. I looked to my right and a shady man with a black coat on. Next to him was another man with red hair, with a black undershirt and a orange vest with design on it. Shinji ran to the left. The two of us continued to run until we lost them, but in the process I lost shinji. "Damnit!" I yelled. I need a weapon. Something to defend myself. I ran and ran around the school. I knew looking behind me would just be suicide so I kept going. I ended up in a room that I had never seen before. I ran in it. It was a room of hallways, but not multiple only one route. I followed it till the end, hoping that there would be multiple other paths to take, but there wasn't. I ended up in a room that was circular with a domed roof. "Dead end. God damnit!" I yelled. I started to hear footsteps. There gonna kill me. This is the end for me.

"Child any last words?" The redhead asked. I'm so gonna die I… I haven't even gotten the chance to live my life yet. Then time seemed to freeze and there was no movement from me or any of my surroundings. All was black. But I was able to hear a voice.

"128 do you wish to life?" A deep voice asked.

"Yes!" I said. "I want to live" I added.

"If I gave you the power to fight them would you fight or run away?" The voice asked.

"I would fight!" I replied.

"Very well then this power shall be yours" It said. I felt a burning sensation on my left hand. I seen three red marks on it. Then a light shown from the sky, as if a goddess was to be summoned. And that description wasn't very far off from itself. A girl in blue carrying an invisible blade in her hands appeared before me. She had blonde hair put in a bun and tied by a braid. I didn't know if she was a friend or foe. Then at that moment I heard her voice.

"Are you my Master?" She asked. I didn't know what to say. I was caught off guard by this girl's overwhelming beauty. I guess I was confused at her question. What did she mean by Master? Was there something that I was missing? "I'll ask you once more are you my master?" she asked again. I stilled didn't respond. Nervous and freaked out from what had just happened I ran my left hand through my hair. Her eyes widened. "I guess I have my answer" She added. I looked in front of me to see my two enemies still in shock like me from what had just happened. The girl looked at the two with a eye that showed that she was going to kill. She charged in for a strike and then a voice echoed through the room.

It said,"Save your fighting for the games themselves" It said. "We of .PH welcome all 128 of you who have made it to the main game. As for those who didn't we apologize and please rest in peace" It added. "Starting next week the first round matches will begin, so best of luck players". " All fighting is prohibited unless it is in the arena during the match. There is training in the Maze, or Dungeon whatever you would like to refer to it as" It added. "This is all we are going to say to those 128 people so best of luck and may your wish be granted" That was the end of it. It didn't say anything after that.

"Come on Assassin" The man in black said. "We're leaving" He added.

"Got it" The red headed man whose name seemed to be Assassin. The two left the dome room leaving me and the girl alone in there. I looked at my arms and legs and them seemed to be all cut up from the glass. I guess I didn't realize how bad off I was already.

"Master are you alright?" The girl asked. I didn't know what to say once again. so I just nodded to make her rest assured. But I guess I had a facial expression that showed that I was in pain. I mean who could fake not being hurt when their whole body is cut up and covered in blood. And I figured out that I fell in that category of people who couldn't fake it.

"Why are you calling me Master it's weird" I said quietly. I'm pretty shy and keep to myself so this is the very best I could do.

"That's because I'm your servant Saber" She said.

"Servant?" I asked.

"Ignorance is a pity, but not a sin so I'll tell you" She said. "We servants are divided into seven classes Saber, Archer, Lancer, Berserker, Caster, Rider, and Assassin" She added. "A servant is a historical figure from the Past, Present, and Future that reach a God like stature" She added. "I'm classified as a Saber because I was proficient with a sword in my past life" She said. " Those marks on your left hand are command seals those give you three absolute orders over me whether I like the idea or not" She added. "But this is to get the Holy Grail a device that grants wishes. But in order for it to be summoned only one pair a master and their servant must be left standing" She added. "So, do you understand it now?" She asked.

"I believe so" I said. "So if I win I get one wish granted and it is a battle between teams on two till only one stands, but.." I added

"But what?" She asked.

"Well there really isn't a single thing that I really want" I replied.

"Then maybe you just don't remember" She said.

"Yeah I guess you're right" I said. Saber stuck her hand out to help me up. I grabbed on to it. I was pulled up and she had me lean on her in order to walk. We headed out of the room that we first met in. I knew that I was in for a dangerous ride. But the thing that drove me to follow through with this wasn't the will to live, but the thought of being with her; Saber. I guess that just a gut feeling told me to live for her.

Authors Note:

I thank those who read the first installment of The World Only .PH Knows. I would love to hear what you thought of the story so far. Once again thank you for reading.