Title: Epic Heroes
Synopsis: During the middle of the Holy Grail War Rin, Shirou and Saber take a moment to discuss Shirou and Archer's eyebrows. Archer watches from the window and laughs.
Rating: K+
A/N: My first Fate/Stay fic! Yay! I hope ya'll enjoy it.
Disclaimer: I don't own Fate/Stay Night because if I did certain, um, plot twists would not have happened.
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After a moment of contemplation Rin said the thing that had been nagging at the back of her mind for quite some time. "Hey Shirou, did you ever notice that you and Archer have really similar eyebrows?" Shirou gave Rin a look and she shrugged. "Because you do. It's scary."
"Rin, I think we have bigger things to worry about than Shirou's eyebrows." Saber said with her usual look of mild irritation. Or constipation. Rin wasn't sure which one. Either way, she was just making a comment, Saber shouldn't get so angry.
An awkward silence filled the room for a moment. No one was quite sure what to say after Rin's brilliant eyebrow comparison. "Where did that even come from Tohsaka?" Shirou asked, his face red.
Rin contemplated for another moment, putting her finger up to her lip. "I don't know. I just remember that the first time I saw you I thought about how weird your eyebrows were, and then Archer had the same ones so I thought it was even weirder." A pause. "Hey Shirou, you wouldn't happen to have any epic heroes in your family, right?" It was a long stretch, but since Archer didn't know his identity, the eyebrows were at least a bit of a lead. Besides, it would be interesting if Archer had been in some way related to Shirou; maybe then he wouldn't be so adverse to their partnership. He'd be helping out his great, great, great, great, great grandson or something.
Without much thought Shirou replied to Rin. "I don't think so. Dad never told me about any epic heroes, anyway." A scowl spread across Rin's face. Now she had no leads again. It wasn't fair, all of the other heroes knew who they were. Rin didn't. It wasn't that she didn't like Archer, but it would be nice if he knew who he was.
"Damn it." Abruptly Rin stood up. "I still have no freaking clue who he is!" she said in an exasperated huff. She then stood next to and stared at Shirou, hoping that he would have an explanation for all of this, even though she knew he wouldn't. Either way, it would be fun to make him feel like it was all his fault.
Feeling Rin's want for him to speak, Shirou said the first thing that came to his mind. "Don't worry about it Rin, maybe it's a lot more simple than you think. Maybe his identity is right under your nose!" He said smiling and full of optimism as usual.
Rin huffed again and put her nose up into the air. "The only thing under my nose is a loser, and that would be you. I'm going to bed." She walked out of the room leaving Saber and Shirou staring at each other.
As she walked to the guesthouse she heard a noise. Laughter coming from the area where Archer was keeping guard. She shook it off; it didn't matter. It's not like whatever joke he was laughing at would help her figure out who he was.
Shriou was so wrong. Archer's identity would never be so simple.