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Fate/Symphony of the Night

Chapter 1: A New Threat

Fuyuki City, Evening

Shirou Emiya was working late in Copenhagen, doing everyone's work, again. "And there we go. That's the last one." He said to himself. "Time to report to the Master."

He went to the barroom only to find no-one there. "Hey, anyone here?!"

"I'm here, I'm here. Quit shouting." A woman came from behind.

"It's good you're here, Otoko." he said.

"Did you just purposefully say that?" Otoko asked.

"I'm just messing with you, Neko." Shirou laughed.

"Good, you know I hate that name." She said with a mean look on her face. "Everything done?"

"Yes, ma'am." He said proudly.

"Good to hear it, but take a few days off at least. All that work gets a person stressed, you know." Otoko told him. "Besides it imperative that you get home as soon as possible. Things have been happening lately."

"I know." Shirou sounded annoyed. "I saw the news."

"Then you know you have to leave as soon as possible." she said. "I can drop you off."

"Thanks, but I'll walk." Shirou said as he left. "See ya."

Otoko sighed. "I really hate him when he's like this."

Shirou walked home at night, which he quickly realized was a really bad idea when he heard unusual sounds. "I really put my foot in it now." He started to run. He didn't want to activate a command seal if it turned out to be nothing. So he kept running, until he bumped into a man in a trench coat. Shirou fell but the man he bumped into stood tall, as if nothing bumped into him in the first place. "Hey, sorry."

The man grabbed his arm and picked him up by it. "I would go home if I were you."

"I'm on it." Shirou said. He ran toward his house. He made it to the Emiya Residence and stop to realized when that man touched him, his hand was cold. 'It's summer. Even if he wasn't wearing that trench coat, he would be pretty warm, even at night.'

Shirou entered the house. "It took you long enough. I swear you keep on coming later and later." Fujimura said to him.

"I know. I make you worry." Shirou said playfully.

"I'm serious! Your father, rest his soul, would haunt me forever if something happened to you!" Fujimura pleaded.

"And I'm sure I'll be with him when he does." Shirou joked.

"Saber's been waiting for you, by the way." She informed him.

"In the bedroom?" He asked.

"If she's not in the dojo, she's there." Fujimura joked.

"Thanks." He headed towards the bedroom to find Saber. "You're still up? Of course, you're still up. You barely sleep when I'm out."

"I'm pleased to see you returned uninjured." Saber said.

"Injured, no. Scared out of my mind, yes." Shirou said. "I'm lucky I kept my composure with Fujimura."

"What happened?" She asked.

"I'm sure you seen the news on the TV? About the grizzly murders?" He asked her.

"No, but I have heard Fujimura say stuff about it." Saber said honestly.

"It's strange. They looked like mummies. Dried up from the blood." Shirou paniced just thinking about it. "The only noticeable wound was two punctures on the neck of each victim."

"Are you really telling me...?" she asked.

"I really hope I'm wrong." Shirou said. "It could be vampires."

"What makes you say that?" asked Saber.

"I read something online about a guy who claimed to have seen a vampire in Misaki Town. I thought he was just a nut-job trying to scare people, but after this." he elaborated. "Anyone can puncture holes in peoples necks, but not sucking all the fluids in them, leaving them like a lifeless husk. There's also that guy I met immediately before I got here. He had pale white skin and when he grabbed me, his hand was cold."

"This is causing some alarm." she wondered. "Shall we do something about this?"

"Not just yet." He said. "We don't know what this thing wants or if it even whats anything besides blood. We should let Tohsaka know this. Even if she knows about the murders, she could be in serious danger."

"I agree." Saber picked up the phone and gave it to Shirou.

He enter Tohsaka's phone number. "Come on! Come on, Rin! Answer!" He waited longer. "Damnit!"

"What. What is it." Saber asked.

"Straight to voicemail!" Shirou said furiously. "We need to find her, now."

Riverside Park, Late Night

Rin started to yawn. "I can't believe there hasn't been a servant at all tonight."

"I guess it must be a slow night for them." Archer said.

She scoffed. "I could always fight Shirou, but he's to inexperienced he might as well be a lizard taking on a dragon. Let's go back."

They went toward the Tohsaka Mansion, until they heard a scream. "Might be worth taking a look." Archer said.

"I agree." They started to sneak towards the scream.

They saw a man in a trench coat with a woman who looks like Saber. "I don't know why they try to plead for forgiveness before they die." the man said.

"Monsters like him is all the same." said the woman. "They gloat how everything is going their way, but when they're cornered they get on their knees and pray."

"That's a servant, alright." Archer said to Rin.

"The woman? That would explain it." she said. "But I don't understand. He's not a mage, how is he able to summon a servant."

"Maybe you heard of blood magic." They heard a voice from behind them. It was the man in the trench-coat. "I poured some of my blood in the summoning circle. When your me, you can do anything."

"Are they more enemies?" The woman said, brandishing a sword

"No." he said.

She put the weapon away. "All right. Let's go, then."

"Not just yet. I'd like to talk to them." He said walking towards Rin and Archer.

Rin was scared. "Please, come no closer!"

He stopped. "I can drain the blood from your body or we can talk."

Archer guarded her. "What do you want to speak about?"

"I'm here to prevent the summoning of Beast." The man explained. "These 'men' were planning on summoning him."

"Why do they want to summon this 'Beast'?" Archer asked.

"He's the servant to end all servants." The man answered. "If he is summoned, the Holy Grail War is over. Even Berserker cannot kill him."

"And you can?" Archer snapped back.

"No." He admitted. "But we can stop him. I sensed a great evil in the hearts of these men. If the evil tips the equilibrium of things, that's when it will come."

"Sire, we should go." The servant said.

"Until then." He walked away.

"Wait!" Rin said. "Why are you telling us this? It doesn't have any benefit to you as a master."

"Not like that alliance you have with that boy, what's his name, Shirou?" he said.

Rin was shocked. "How do you know that and how do you know his name?"

"Like I said, if you're me you can do anything." He said. "Oh, and it would be in our best interests if you told him and no-one else. If you do, I will find you, Rin Tohsaka. Come meet me in the abandoned house in the Einzbern Forest, if you're interested."

He started to leave. "Hey wait." Shirou called out to him.

Saber started to give chase, but was blocked by Archer. "Why are you doing this?"

"He is an ally." Archer explained. "To make a long story short, there's a servant called Beast and, apparently, it's the strongest servant out of all of them."

"And what does this have to do with them?" Shirou asked. "You're not saying that thing is Beast, right?"

"No, he's helping us stop it. In fact, it's not even summoned yet." he said, then he pointed to the bodies. "They were planning on summoning the Beast."

"Hey, Archer! Come here!" Rin called him over, Shirou and Saber followed. "Look at this." It was a tattoo of a demonic-looking goat.

"That's the symbol of Baphomet!" Saber said.

"Looks familiar?" Shirou asked.

"No. I've been studying many stories and mythologies." Saber said. "I recognized the goat head."

"So, we just need to kill Beast, right?" Shirou asked.

"No, that man said it was impossible." Archer said. "We just need to stop him from being summoned."

"So, where do we go from here?" He asked.

"That guy said he can help us out." Rin said. "He's in the abandoned house in the Einzbern Forest."

"And you trust him?" Saber asked.

"No, but right now he's the only one who knows what's going on." She said.

"We'll see him tomorrow night." Shirou said. "I'm sure he made enough damage to send a message."

"I agree." Rin said. "He definitely made his message clear."

"Tomorrow it is then." Shirou said. "We should get home."

"I go with you. Going home alone, especially with these freaks around. is not a smart idea." She said. "Yes, I have Archer, but even he can do so much. There's strength in numbers, right?"

"I suppose." He thought.

Einzbern Forest, After Midnight

The trench-coat clad man walked with his servant to the Abandoned House. "Did telling them about what we're doing going to help us?" The servant said.

"Yes, Ruler. I know that boy, Shirou, would risk his own life to protect a servant. Even though I admit it would be smarter to tell her to retreat." He said.

"I don't understand. Why would he risk his life to save a servant?" Ruler asked.

"I don't know, but he's the kind of person I know can help us." He said.

Who is this strange man? How does he know about them? How big of a threat is Beast? Find out in the next chapter.