"I never thought I would have to participate in another one," Shirou said to himself as looked at the familiar magic circle in front of him drawn in chicken blood.

The twenty-three third-rate Magus smiled in anticipation of what was about to happen, after wandering for five years he was finally going to meet her again.

Shirou would have to thank Zelretch for sending him to this timeline, where seemingly Grail Wars were a common occurrence.

Shirou didn't know why the old vampire had chosen to help him, but Shirou appreciated it none the less. As now he could be reunited with the person he loved most in the world.

Now it was time to summon her, he didn't have a catalyst, so he hoped the connection he had with Saber was enough.

He lifted up his hand where his new Command Seals were situated.

Shirou opened all of his twenty-seven Magic Circuits and flooded them with Od to be converted into usable magical energy.

He began to chant, and the summoning circle started to light up, and seconds later it blew up with smoke.

Though from within the smoke Shirou heard a familiar voice speak as it began to disappear and he saw her. "Hello, Master, I am Servant Saber, but I'm still a novice with a sword so call me Saber Lily, let's have a grand adventure together."

Shirou didn't hear what she was saying he just went up to her and hugged her with all his might. "Saber!" He shouted with joy as he held the smaller woman close to him.

"Master would stop hugging I'm not used to men touching." Shirou did, in fact, hear her this time and let hug go.

Now Shirou got a look at the Saber he had summoned, while she looked exactly like his Saber, she was not clad in blue, but rather white and sword at her hips wasn't Excalibur, but Caliburn. The sword he and Saber had used to kill Berserker.

"And why did you hug me, Master?" Saber Lily as it was asked him.

Shirou just looked at her embarrassingly. "Well, I will, but first I have to clean up the Summoning Circle so the hotel won't get mad at me," Shirou answered her.

"When I shall help, you clean it up, Master."

Xxx

Arturia Pendragon, known to the world as King Arthur, King of Knights. Though now she had been summoned to this Grail War in the form of her younger self right after she pulled Caliburn and went on a few adventures with Merlin and Kay.

That she had told her Master after he had explained to her why he had hugged her.

Her Master's name was Shirou Emiya, and he was apparently from another timeline, where he had participated in a Holy Grail War, by summoning her adult self. And apparently, they had fallen in with each other.

A thing Lily didn't think was possible with her older self, she knew what would happen to her when she truly took up the persona of a king.

A life without love.

Though he didn't have to mention that they had sex, Lily had blushed up a storm hearing about such a lewd thing.

Well at least didn't stay a virgin even if it was after death.

And because of that Shirou had promised his Saber that they would see each other one day, and so he spent the last five years of his life doing so. Trying to find a way, to do so.

And that's why he was here in this timeline, by the act of the Wizard Marshall Zelretch, who had offered him the chance to do so earlier. By participating in the Grail Wars that occurred around the world and trying to summon his Saber.

It was a tale that Lily found to be romantic.

"So, Master what is your wish Master?" Lily asked she knew he sought his Saber, but he could only get her through summoning in other Grail Wars he probably was going to participate in after this. So she wondered what other things Shirou desired.

"Please don't call me Master Lily, and I don't have a wish for the Grail, so I'm going to let you have both wishes, now that Grails fully work now," Shirou said to her surprise.

Shirou had read in the pamphlet that Zelretch had given him, the Sub-Grail Wars had started working probably about a year ago and could summon a full set of seven Servants. So now there seemed if the schedule were true a Grail War would occur at least once every three months in various countries.

Though a wish had still yet to be granted by the last four as the competition had either managed to destroy the grail in the act of spite or kill each other before a wish could be. As had happened many times in Greece with the Masters killing each other over a catalyst for Heracles and Achilles.

Shirou kinda, in a messed up way found that funny.

"Now, about I start cooking some dinner and discuss our strategy for the war?" Shirou asked her.

Lily smiled at her Master. "I would like that Shirou."

Xxx

Lily had to say that the Grail War that had taken place within the American city of Las Vegas had been fruitful.

She and Shirou had very successful in the War, with her acting more as support to Shirou due to her Journey of A Blooming Flower skill, and Shirou's unique Magecraft that allowed him to copy Noble Phantasm and use them.

So together they had managed to defeat three Servant, and Master pairs and they were no fighting against the last Servant of the war.

They had managed to beat Lancer, Rider, and Assassin. Whos identity had been Benkei, and Ushiwakamura their Masters had been working together. The assassin had been one of the Hassan-I-Sabbah, with the ability do things with crystals.

The Archer, Lily, and Shirou's remaining opponent in the who had defeated the rest of the Servants in the war was one Nikolai Tesla apparently a famous inventor, who had very much been enforced by his legend.

Though the one that fighting him was Shirou, as he was much better suited to go against the mad inventor.

Though Lily wished that he would stop laughing, and shout about how great he was.

Lily's opponent was instead the Magus who was the Master of Archer, while Lily thought it was a rather dirty move, more befitting of an Assassin.

She knew she had to do it for Shirou's sake and increase his chance of winning against Archer. For she would not let the kind man, she had gotten to know over the past week of conflicting be killed unable to reunite with the one he loved.

Even though the person Shirou loved was technically herself.

But that was semantics, though semantics she could wait for later.

And she would kill herself first if she had to be departed from his food.

Now though she had a Magus to kill.

Lily had found the place where the Master of Archer was hiding and provide support to Archer, from, and it was apparently the cities local power plant. Made sense as Archer possed the Skill Galvanism so he could convert electricity into magical energy.

But the Bounded Fields the Magus had put up to defend himself, would not stand up to her Noble Phantasm.

Lily unsheathed her blade from its scabbard and pointed it at the location of there the Magus was, and so she unleashed it.

"Caliburn!" She shouted as a golden beam shot from the tip of her blade and struck her target, creating a golden explosion that killed the unknown Magus she did not know the name of.

"Now I'm coming back Shirou," Lily said to herself as she resheathed Caliburn.

It took her a few seconds to get back, but she managed to find Shirou still standing, with a red spear in his hand that recked of bloodlust and Archer nowhere near in sight.

There was also a different smell in the air, a thing the Grail told her was called ozone.

Modern age knowledge was pretty neat Lily thought to herself as she approached Shirou, and he turned around to face her.

She saw him smiling. "Here Lily to make your wish." He said, and now Lily could see the golden cup form of the Holy Grail floating behind her Master.

"When I shall make my wish Master," Lily said as she walked up to the magical artifact with a smile on her face. "Oh Grail hear my wish, I wish for a body of flesh and blood, with all of my powers so I might stay with my Master."

Lily didn't hear what Shirou yelled as the Grail lit up and she lost consciousness.

Xxx

Lily woke up in the bed she had been sleeping in the past week, with Shirou looking at her concerningly. "Are you okay Lily?" he asked her.

"I'm fine Shirou, for now, I can stay with you now." She answered.

"About, that why did you ask to be incarnated and stay with me?"

Lily blushed a little before she answered. "Because, because, despite the two of only been together and know each other for a week. Being with you have made experience emotions I never thought I could. Maybe it had something to do with you telling me about your relationship with my adult self and wanting experience what she did. But Shirou I want you to know that I love, and I hope I will be able to be a good substitute until you find her."

Shirou just blinked as he heard Lily's confession and what she thought was her relation to him. A substitute he would discard the moment he meets his Saber again. It was a thought process he would not stand for.

Shirou quickly took hold of her hand. "Lily your not a substitute for Saber at all, and I won't throw you away when I find her. And I try to see if I can love, you like I did her, though if your anything like her, as you have shown to be over the last week. I don't think we're going to have any problem at all."

Lily just smiled and cried a bit as she heard Shirou speak, but right now she was content with holding hands with him.