She didn't know exactly how it happened, but there was a man in golden amour residing in the Iwasaki residence. Charming in stature, he had arrogantly made himself at home as if he owned the place. Despite his massive ego Minami couldn't help but be fazed by it instead of getting upset. That said, she was home alone in her room and had absolutely no idea what to do with him.
"You're supposed to be my Master? You sure don't look like it." His words were of utmost solemnity yet were mocking at the same time. Minami completely mistook the remark as one to her non-existent chest, which she silently patted. Much to her surprise the man gave off an amused laugh. "You don't know what you're doing, do you!"
"To be honest, no." Minami answered rather bluntly. The silent girl had gone off to the school library on her own after school when she found some books of special interest. She borrowed some out to read at home only to have herself read out loud an interesting page; it was at that very moment that light engulfed the room and left a man in golden amour sitting on Minami's bed in it's wake. The whole situation left Minami completely dumbfounded; it wasn't every day that reading out suspicious yet interesting passages actually caused something to appear in your room, and worse off she had the feeling that her room should have had a massive hole left in the ceiling. When Minami thought back, it was rather out-of-character for her to read things out loud; she usually read quietly as to not disturb those around her.
"Hmph. As you don't seen to have any idea about the Holy Grail War or have the slightest intention of fighting I guess I could have a bit of fun in this world."
"Holy Grail...war?" Minami asked, she obviously never having read or really heard of Fate/Stay Night. Her otaku levels were very very low.
"I hardly think that's going to matter; you're obviously uneducated and thus innocent. But know this: you stand before Gilgamesh!" Arrogantly introducing himself, Minami was left with an extremely puzzled look oh her face.
"You couldn't possibly be the same Sumerian King from The Epic of Gilgamesh?"
"Yes I am. I'd tell you how the hell it's possible for me to be here when I'm supposed to be dead but your brain wouldn't be able to take it. Fate/Stay Night is very very very complicated." Now Gilgamesh was actually trying to mock Minami, though the girl didn't seem to exhibit the emotion called anger and thus responded with silence.
"Umm, do you know what this book is, Mr. Gilgamesh sir?" Minami was lost for words when it came to trying to acknowledge the self-proclaimed king. She was usually very smart but it seemed that she looked like an idiot in front of Gilgamesh. Was he having some sort of effect on her? Or was he just too damn smart? Either way Minami had to get to the bottom of the situation quickly or else she'd probably end up falling in love with the golden man. The girl handed the king a strange occult-looking book that she had used to unintentionally summon Gilgamesh. His only response was to take the book from her hands and tear it into pieces with his bare hands. Only dust-sized scraps remained; needless to say, Minami was rather shocked at this for many good reasons.
"Screw that. It was probably some book on magic and it wouldn't even help with dismissing me. Look at your left hand." Minami obeyed the king to find some random-ass red symbols on the back of her left hand that looked like incredibly neat bloodstains; either that or a cut on her hand.
"See those? They're Command Spells or Command Seals whatever. They unfortunately mean you're a Master and I'm your so-called "Servant". But really it's the other way round cus I'm the one who kicks all the ass while you just sit back and watch me. How lazy. But anyway, you get 3 Command Spells which you could use up to 3 times to make me do anything you wanted but I have Independent Action and I won't obey them, so haha! They're actually useless. Oh, and you're usually supposed to feel some kind of random burning pain when the commands appear on your hand but you didn't notice or feel any pain. Lucky you." Gilgamesh spoke as if he was talking to a child, which was what he very likely viewed Minami as despite the girl being of high regard.
"You said something about a war. With what I've heard from you, am I supposed to fight in it?" Minami had picked up that important piece of information Gilgamesh had dismissed. She was speaking to this man with utmost seriousness despite being massively looked down upon. He did look very intimidating.
"Oh, so you actually think that Holy Grail War crap actually has relevance here? Well to be honest 7 Masters are supposed to be chosen to participate in a war for a Holy Grail that is mine but the Holy Grail apparently doesn't exist anymore. So basically the Holy Grail War is a piece of crap that got flushed down the toilet. End of story. Nowdays I just do things for fun, enjoying the fact that I own every damn thing in the world. Since you're here you might as well get off your ass and come have fun with me!" Gilgamesh was speaking more enthusiastically, and surprisingly enough felt that he could invite Minami to go places. "But first, I'm gonna put on a sexy-looking pair of street clothes so nobody recognizes me as the fictional character Gilgamesh from Fate/Stay Night or else there'll be serious questions asked. You can watch me get changed in your room offscreen; might be a good experience for you."
One hour of power later, Minami found herself on the city streets of Tokyo under Gilgamesh's insistence. The man himself was wearing clothing that you could imagine as being that of the Fate/Stay Night clothing he wore but was not for good reason. Minami didn't feel unsafe around Gilgamesh for some reason to the same extent that walking around in the city at night in Japan was safe in itself.
Gilgamesh had just gone into a wine store hoping to buy some wine to share with Minami; it was like he was actually trying to destroy the girl's innocence. Minami herself was forced to stand outside in the cold, though luckily she had brought something warm to wear.
The time Minami had to herself was spent trying to think about everything that had happened; she had accidentally summoned a man from legends who probably shouldn't even be real, and was apparently free to use her Command Spells to make him leave anytime she wished. But for all the flack Gilgamesh gave to her, Minami felt that she should spend some more time with this man, as majestic as he was.
"Well, I have to put up with these crappy wine brands. At least compared to Kirei's epic collection, that is. Damn, if only you knew how good wine tasted you'd probably be able get some cool ones for me. But then again you're no king." Minami didn't need to look around to know that the king had returned from his short shopping spree. Without a word the two started to walk back together.
"Gilgamesh...do you plan on staying the night with me?" Minami asked; she was embarrassed and possibly lovestruck but neither gave way easily due to Minami's monotonous voice.
"Yep, but just so you know I can enter some random spirit form which can use to turn invisible or teleport short distances for some completely random reason. You should be able to sense my presence but you wouldn't be able to at all. I'd just hide from your mommy while I stay with you for the night." Gilgamesh gave another random explanation that Minami did not understand.
"Gilgamesh keeps mentioning "Fate/Stay Night". I vaguely remember having heard about it on numerous occasions...that's it!"
"Gilgamesh, I need to stop at one more place before we go back home. Could you enter that spirit form like you said and turn visible when I ask you to?" Minami requested.
"Sure, but I'll change back if the plot demands it." Gilgamesh said rather awkwardly before turning invisible.
Another ride on the train took Minami to the Izumi residence where her best friend Yutaka Kobayakawa was currently staying. The one who answered the door was none other than Konata Izumi, the one-stop otaku girl Minami was looking for.
"Hey Iwasaki-san, what brings you here so late at night?" Konata asked energetically, pleasantly surprised to see Minami alone at the doorstep at night. Minami came through the door and took off her shoes as per usual.
"Izumi-sempai, do you know about "Fate/Stay Night?" Minami asked.
"Of course I do. Don't you?" Being all too familiar with the name, Konata simply assumed Minami was familiar with the franchise despite the fact that she had no otaku interests whatsoever.
"I don't as a matter of fact. Do you know of a character named Gilgamesh?" What Konata heard Minami asked amused her. She was almost eager to hear what was to come out of Minami's mouth next...
"I see..." Minami had just spent hours sitting through Konata's Fate/Stay Night manga and had to spend some of that time watching the anime of it as well. Konata had shown the mint-haired every scene that had Gilgamesh in it. Now Minami was far more familiar with the character, even more so than she ever would have wanted to be.
"And that's just about it! You sure surprised me there with such a strange request Iwasaki-san. Are you by any chance a secret otaku?" The sly Konata asked teasingly.
"No...it's for a friend." Minami was forced to tell a partial lie to get out of the situation alive. If Konata ever met the real Gilgamesh there was no telling what she would do. Minami was just glad Gilgamesh hadn't shown himself, but then again she didn't even know if he was around her or not. "I have to go now." Minami said her goodbyes to Konata before leaving the Izumi residence, but not before saying hello to her best friend for a moment.