Prologue

"Mr. Tanaka, I will say it to you again." A firm and authoritative voice echoed throughout a large, well-furnished room. The lights were out, the room was poorly-lit by lights coming from a computer on the desk and lights coming from the next building.

"If you don't follow what I said, you'll have to say the Amendments all over again. The trial will take longer, and more time and money will be wasted." the person, speaking through his phone, moved and turned his name stand in front of him.

He spoke as he began to wipe some small dust off. "You mightn't be able to invest on Friday, if you keep going around the trial." The man looked sternly, at the name stand and smiled.

Bennet, Jamie

-Corporate Lawyer-

The man then glanced at the window. "That will be all, Mr. Tanaka, the rest is up to you." after a moment of silence the man put down the phone, glanced at the window again and sighed.

Jamie Bennet, stared at the faded reflection of his 30-year old face. The man's brown eyes were half open, eye bugs forming underneath. He sighed heavily, tried from non-stop talking.

It's Christmas eve today… his thoughts, however, were disturbed when his telephone rang again. "Yes, did you finally change your mind, sir?" he asked after picking up the phone, knowing it could be that hard Japanese man again.

"No... but what about you, Jamie?" Jamie was taken aback. It was a woman's voice but the voice was very familiar to him.

"Sophie…?"

"Yes Brother?"

"Sophie, it's been awhile!" his face brightened up as he smiled and heard the familiar giggle of his little sister, who was now, maybe, a grown-up mid-twenties woman.

The siblings chat, reviving old memories and events from their childhood up to the present. Jamie smiled even more, remembering the good old days.

"So brother, are you coming home?" Sophie asked happily as Jamie answered excitedly.

"Of course I will. It's been so long... that I almost forget the whole town." Silence followed his sentence, puzzling Jamie. Usually Sophie would laugh or even comment, jokingly, however the girl was silent.

"Oh...that's good. I will wait for you, Jamie." Then Sophie spoke, but her tone changes into a calm yet, anticipatingly, as if she was waiting for him to say that.

Jamie looked at the city outside, lost in thought before responding. "Sure. I'm going to catch a red-eye flight. See you then." Jamie bid farewell and put down the phone.

He then looked outside again. The bustling city of New York was lively, its lights seems to be alive as it shimmers brightly. He could see tiny dots, people walking from stores for last-minute Christmas shopping, or going to restaurants for celebration, moving along the pavement.

He sighed in amazement. Well...at least I reserved myself a ticket last month. Jamie smiled to his preparation and began to pack some of his things. It will be a busy travel but he wouldn't mind. After all he's coming home.

JFK International Airport

Jamie looked, sharply, around the lobby of the airport. The place was jampacked with people, all probably going home for the holidays. The noise increase, annoyingly to his irritated ears, making him clicked his tongue, irritatingly.

So many people...gosh. He thought grumpily as he squeezes himself into the hazardous crowd.

It wasn't long after that he found the line to the ticket counter and he breathed in relief. "Finally-ooh!" Jamie snap from being space out after he accidentally hit a person's back, absentmindedly.

"Sorry, sir."

"It's alright," the person humbly replied, but Jamie didn't look clearly at the man. It wasn't long after, however, that he found a line to a ticket counter.

Finally, I can go home... Jamie smiled joyfully, as he watched the man in front of him leave the counter. He immediately moved forward and put his ticket in front.

"Jamie Bennet, I believe I reserved a ticket last month." he said as the lady on the counter type something in her computer.

"Ah, yes. Mr. Bennet." she said and glanced up to him and smiled. "I'm sorry to tell you Mr. Bennet but, your plane is overbooked. I'm afraid we can't put you in this particular flight"

Jamie's brows connect as he frowns at what the teller had told him. He leaned on the counter.

"Ma'am, I reserved this ticket one month ago. I don't understand."

"We can put you on our next flight, the 5am flight." That's 6 hours from now, Jamie grunted mentally to the delay, I will not accept that!

"Ma'am," he began in a threatening voice while he leaned, "you've got to put me on that plane, or else I'll sue this airline under the law of-" but then a hand touched around his right shoulder making Jamie stop and darted irritably behind him.

"Just because you're a corporate lawyer, doesn't mean you have to use the law as your weapon." It was the man from earlier, that he bumped into. Jamie saw him clearly now. He was wearing a red-black vest over his tight white-shirt and black pants and boots. However, what he noticed oddly about the man was that his well-tanned skin contrasted to his white spiky hair and grey eyes.

The man looked very enigmatic and handsome for him

Whoa...this guy... Jamie gulped down in bewilderment but then he snapped back as the man spoke.

"There's a line behind me, sir. If you wouldn't mind for them,"

"Uh…" Jamie glance back behind the man and saw a long line of very irate passengers. "Sure." He only sighed defeated and glared back at the woman before leaving.

There goes my plane... Jamie look with beaten eyes as he watched the plane, moving in reverse, from a large window. Crestfallen he only sighed and glanced away towards the large T.V. on the wall and watch the news.

U.S. and other Allied nation, finalizing peace treaty with Russia and China,

World War 3 would not likely continue.

"Guess...we averted a disaster." Jamie smiled and sat down on a long bench.

"But that doesn't mean that there won't be an another storm like that." A familiar voice said making him turn to his right. It was the man from before again. The man's face was plain and look bored, a red traveling luggage standing beside him, with an airline ticket stab hanging on the handle.

Oh, so him too huh, Jamie thought and remembered something from earlier, piquing his interest on the man. "How did you know earlier that I am a corporate lawyer?" he asked, staring questioningly. The man glance at him and made a mischievous smirk.

"It's kinda easy. Your right hand was the first to touch the counter, which makes you a right handed person. Your clothes, straight from necktie, polo shirt and coat are ironed and folded perfectly, but clearly you'd been using it sometime, with care. Also, you've an exquisite pen in your left breast pocket, a sign pen, which wasn't normal for most, ordinary, people unless you're a doctor, a business man, or someone who worked on the law, which is probably a lawyer. You're most definitely not a politician because you don't have bodyguards and you don't care showing any aggravated response in public." The man paused and looked at him.

"You're not a doctor…expert doctors rarely shook their hands impulsively, so most probable profession: lawyer." Jamie only stared in silence. Amazed to his fast deduction. This man…isn't an ordinary one. "Ho-how…do you know that I'm a corporate lawyer…not a Criminal on-"

"It's because you are calm, even though you'd shown extreme anger earlier. Most criminal lawyers are edgy or agitated, because they're always subject to their client's psyche, affecting theirs." The man finished, leaving the man's mouth hanging, perplexed to his deduction.

"O-ok…" Jamie stutters as he recovers, "um…what's your name?"

The man smirk at him and said. "Name's Emiya 'Archer' Shirou and I believe that I've been rude for my sudden deduction. I don't ask for your forgiveness though, if I offended you."

Jamie blinked fast." Uh no, you're not offending me. You're amazing…how did you deduce all of that?" The man crossed his legs and beamed his right eye while he closed his left. "I am an ESPER." Jamie blink plainly to what he said before the man chuckled.

"No, I'm just kidding, I'm rookie writer. I only publish three books though, all for children only." The man named Emiya smirk again at Jamie. The lawyer sighed in exhaustion, what a weird man, he thought only and looked back to the T.V.

The man, Emiya, however didn't leave his eyes at him. "We almost had a close call huh, in that fiasco politics, 1 year ago." Emiya began as Jamie nodded. "Yeah, during that time I, too, panic. But now, everything seems to be a nightmare." Emiya only nodded as the man made a warm smile before he darted to him again.

"Oh I'm sorry, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Jamie Bennet." Jamie as the man smiled and showed his grey eyes. "Nice to meet you Jamie." He glanced at his watch and stood suddenly, "and good bye, I'm going to take bus to my destination instead."

"Well, be careful sir."

"Same to you, Jamie." Emiya bowed and walked away, while pulling his luggage. Jamie watched as he disappears from the crowed. He looked back at the T.V. and then after a minute he glance at his watch. "Guess I shall take the train then."

New York Grand Central Station

And the sandwich party continues…Jamie grumbled in frustration as he looked down to the whole hall of grand central station. The hall, every inch of it, was filled with people walking, and lined up at a ticket counter.

He sighed as he walked down and squeezed himself to the sardine can-like crowd, walking toward the line. "Oh…how I wish there's a new deadly plague." He grumbled, frustratingly, while moving and avoiding fellow passengers.

"Ugh…" Jamie, after a long hour in the line and searching for a seat inside a café in the station, finally found one and sat down. With a heavy sigh he sips his hot coffee. "Finally," he sighed again this time in relief and watch the sea of crowds grow thicker by seconds.

"So many people how I wish that there's-"

"-a new plague." Jamie was startled as a familiar voice, from behind him, interrupted him. He turned around quickly and he was correct. Emiya smiled down on him, a coffee in his right hand and his red luggage in his left.

"Oh…Mr. Emiya."

"Please, Archer is fine." Archer walked over and sat down opposite of Jamie and looked at him. "I assure you though that I am not stalking you."

Jamie chuckled to the man and quickly said. "The more you say it, the more suspicious it looks," Archer only nodded as he took a sip of his coffee.

"So…Archer. You're Japanese right? You're very fluent with English." Jamie observed Archer while sipping his coffee. The man only replied. "Yes, I am. Born in Jap, but completely raised in the neighborhood of Boston." Archer stirred his coffee, swirling his reflection.

"What particular books is it that you wrote. I might've read some." Jamie asked, curiously, making Archer smiled. "Children's books, though. Like The adventures of Medea, the witch princess. Iskandar and the Assassin King, and my latest book which was a horror story, Cu Cuhlain, The mad dog of Cuhlain. I'm currently writing my next book, this time for Teens genre…but I'm having writer's block." Archer smiled sheepishly while Jamie only nodded in awe.

Amazing…" I think I saw one of your book, but I didn't particularly pay any attention to it."

"It's alright…most people in my life never paid attention to me." Archer plainly said but Jamie was stricken by sadness with his words, he looked down in guilt. The man noticing his reaction, quickly reacted. "Ah no need to worry. I am ok, I'm just an introvert." But it wasn't effective as Jamie silently sip his coffee.

Archer sighed. "I think I can cure my writer's block if I go to Burgess. Because the last part of my story happened there." Jamie looked up, his face brightened up in surprise. Burgess…but that's my home town! "I'm also going to Burgess," he said excitedly as Archer laughed lightly.

After hearing what he said, Archer slowly formed a smile and muttered inaudibly. "Looks like, that long line in the bus was a blessing in disguise."

After a long but enjoyable two hours of waiting, Jamie and Archer moved along a narrow hallway of the train, walking towards to their seat. Coincidentally, the two men had the same train to ride on towards their destination. Jamie didn't mind his presence though. Archer's presence seems to have made him feel at peace.

"Here we are." Jamie said as he sat on his seat while Archer sat opposite of him. He looked outside and watched the long line people entering the train. Jamie looked at him, inquisitively. The man had caught his interest and he didn't know why.

"Say what's your story by the way. I mean what's the title," Jamie asked as Archer didn't reply, he only glance at him, silently. "It's ok if you don't want to tell me."

"Uh no…it's just that, I am really bothered that I couldn't come up with a proper ending for my story." Archer frowned in disappointment but then slowly he smiled, an idea pops into his mind. "Say why don't I tell you the whole story first, then, in exchange, you'll give me any suggestions for an ending."

Jamie gasped in startle. What the man's asking was completely impossible, I do read books…but I never actually imagine one. "Archer…well…I might not give a good one."

"It will be good, after all you lawyers are so creative in creating fake statement just to win a case, anyway." Archer didn't mind as Jamie frowned a bit and he continued. "So do we have a deal?"

Jamie looked at Archer's suspicious kind smiling face. He didn't detect any malicious intent in his voice or face. He sighed, defeated by his nagging curiosity about the man's story.

"Ok…so what's your story." Jamie asked and just as he said it, the train carriage rocked hard, forward, as the train began to move. And just as the train began to move, Archer's smile slowly formed into a malicious grin, like he had caught a prey.

I got…you now…Jamie. He thought, excitingly. "Well the title of my story is…Dawn of the Guardians."

Archer began to weave his story inside his mind as the train to Burgess rattled loudly while moving further away from the city of and onto the Christmas eve's night.

Hello there! After a long hiatus, I've finally found another fanfic! Guys you would love this! :)

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