Energy and Mana filled the area as someone bounced against the wall, launching themselves from it and slamming into the other side. The shadow forcing themself to go faster, avoiding the debris that was falling around the ruins. They gasped when more Prana forced itself through their body, reinforcing it and making them bounce down to the lower level- however the force throwing them to the ground. The person groaned and got up, forcing their exhausted body to continue walking to the entrance. Only...a bit more feet to go...

As if the very existence that cursed them heard what little hope they had, a bolder fell from one of the upper floors and dropped in front of the exit. Under any normal circumstances, someone would had given up and screamed in frustration at the futility of their struggles.

But this person was not a normal one.

"Piercing Blade technique...Lightning Arc." Just by calling the name of the ability out, they ran forward with a sword in hand and slid the tip of it into the boulder. Slowly it cracked before exploding everywhere- revealing the exit once more. Though both from heavy injuries and a curse flowing through their body, they stumbled into a wall- breathing heavily from the use of the attack. Then they simply stopped and laughed, sitting down on the ground with a serene smile on their face.

"Ah...what was I thinking exactly? There's no way that I could get out of here...There's barely enough energy to in me to keep going..." They coughed while still in the exit's tunnel, their arm wrapped loosely around their bleeding stomach.

"Guess...I can't keep that promise to come back then. My role is over, and I can finally say sorry to him..." Still smiling even through the destruction around them, the warrior died without a single word about anything else.

Alaya saw the chance to create another Counter Guardian in the warrior, but before she could offer them a wish while in the form of their loved one- something interrupted her and brought them into the Throne of Heroes under the Saber class. When Zeltrech saw the warrior's reality, his smile grew mischievous and began to alter a universe that housed the 5th Heaven's Feel with the same Servants every single time.

Watching Arturia copies struggle did get rather boring after a while and having a certain Emiya bother with accidental and intentional harems got stupid.

So, let us observe in this new reality of the Holy Grail In every other universe, Rin Tohsaka summons the servant Archer- Counter Guardian EMIYA and loses him either to Berserker or is abandoned and kidnapped; leaving her in the Einzburg Castle's basement with Shinji Matou while he fights Shirou Emiya. However, because of a certain Dead Apostle's meddling in the Third Magic- this would not happen.

"Mana levels are 100%...current time is 2:00 AM, rewound each clock to make sure it matches with the time outside." She mumbled to herself while holding a few gems in her hand, her eyes closed and focused on the revision of each part needed for the ritual.

"Ok! Everything is ready!" Rin Tohsaka announced with a successful smile on her face, looking down at the magic circle inscribed on the floor.

Today went about as well as normal, though coming to school an hour earlier than usual and talking to both Issei Ryudou and Shirou Emiya. Though Kirei Kotomine reminded her about the Servants that haven't been taken yet, those being the Archer, Saber Classes and that they'll most likely be taken in the next two days. Though annoyed at the initial news, she took the priest's advice and went to summon her Servant tonight.

Ye first, O silver, O iron.

O stone of the foundation, O Archduke of the Contract.

Hear me in the name of our great teacher, the Archmagus Schweinorg.

Let the descending winds be as a wall.

Let the gates in all directions be shut, rising above the crown, and let the three-forked roads to the Kingdom revolve.

Shut. Shut. Shut. Shut. Shut.

Five perfections for each repetition.

And now, let the filled sigils be annihilated in my stead!

Set.

Let thy body rest under my dominion, let my fate rest in thy blade.

If thou submitteth to the call of the Holy Grail, and if thou wilt obey this mind, this reason, then thou shalt respond.

I make my oath here.

I am that person who is become the virtue of all Heaven.

I am that person who is covered with the evil of all Hades.

Thou seven heavens, clad in a trinity of words,

come past thy restraining rings, and be thou the hands that protect the balance-!

With the pulsing Mana in the room, she felt her own Prana flow into the circle and then disperse. Looking around in confusion before looking down at her hand, she confirmed that she was indeed a Master- but her Servant was not there.

"What could I have done wrong? I followed everything to a tee!" Before she could rant more about being too late, a loud crash threw Rin of her feet and her eyes widened. That was upstairs!

Running up the stairs, she was surprised to see her furniture destroyed and said criminal was crawling out of the wreck.

"Damn that hurt. Couldn't you have been a bit nicer about Summoning me here?" They said in an almost condescending voice while rubbing the back of their head.

"So even though its obvious as all hell, I have to ask it as per rules of the Holy Grail. Are you my Master?"

"Yes, I am." Rin was rather annoyed at their nonchalantness towards being summoned, at least they had enough Respect to announce themself.

"Well then, which Servant are you? At this point I would be surprise if you were a Rider." Though she said this, she was REALLY hoping that they weren't a Rider. They were the weakest class next to Assassin!

"Oy oy, don't count me out so fast." They said while patting the dust from their clothes and standing up.

"Servant Saber, at your business!" With a smirk, they pointed to themselves as the light flickered back on.

The light revealed a young strawberry blond-haired man of what looked to be 18 years old with heterochromatic red and yellow colored eyes. He wore a dark orange jacket with rolled up sleeves and fingerless gloves on his hands, along with a hell of a lot of belts- three of them showing the holsters that were clipped to his back. The rest simply showed a pair of heavy duty jeans and dark orange boots. The most noticeable thing about the Heroic Spirit was the scar across his left eye and a faded lightning-bolt tattoo on his right cheek. All in all, Saber looked like he was ready with an Original Character Anime Convention rather than to fight in a war for the Holy Grail.

Rin wasn't sure what to honestly think. Though he seemed lax and was the Servant Class she was looking for, he just seemed kind of...weak. he raised an eyebrow at the red-clad girl before blinking at her.

"What? Were you expecting Arthur Pendragon or Date Masamune? Sorry, but you'd probably need a catalyst to summon them." With that, he shrugged and put his hands in his pockets.

"No, but you'll have to do." Then she smiled, though it was filled with Malice rather than happiness-enough to make even Saber flinch in surprise.

"Hu hu hu...this Grail War is as good as won with Saber on my side..." While she was doing that, Saber shook his head and started cleaning up the mess from his Summoning.

"Ah right before I forget, Master- what did you enter this war for?" The question knocked Rin out of her murderous laughter and brought her attention to the orange-haired Servant. Unlike before, he had an air of seriousness around him that surprised her.

"I don't really have a wish, truly I'm in here to win back the Pride of my family and participate as the 5th Generation Tohsaka." Huh. He didn't expect that honestly. He expected something like money or glory, not participation for the sake of participating.

That was enough to make him smile again.

"Alright then. If that's the case then I'll take the wish for myself!" This had surprised Rin and made her sputter, not exactly expecting her Servant to say he was taking the Grail out of the blue like that.

"You don't care about reaching the Root and only want to restore honor upon your family, right? So that means I can take it!" It was then that a small and bitter smile replaced the enthusiastic one of before. "I have a wish that needs to be granted in order to rectify my mistakes. It may be pitiful, but its what I've got."

Rin complemented Saber's words for a minute, thinking about what he said. With a broken voice like that, she could highly doubt that he wasn't telling the truth. He didn't seem like the type to lie just for an advantage either...Mou! Why did she have to be such a bleeding heart?!

"Okay, I'll let you have the wish, but I have two major rules! One is that you don't lie to me about any situation having to do with our battles in the grail war. Second is that you need to tell me your name so I can make up a strategy." She was fully serious at these rules and the orange-haired Servant nodded. Though when asking about his name, Saber rubbed the back of his head.

"Ahh...Do you really want to know? I was pretty infamous when I was alive and really don't know if saying this could cause a lapse in the time-space continuum." He scratched his cheek before sighing. "Master Tohsaka, what year is it exactly?"

"Huh, its 2006. Why do you ask Saber?" She raised an eyebrow at his annoyed expression before it turned into slight nervousness.

"Ah ha ha...2006? That's just perfect..." He looked even more nervous than before, his hand sliding down to his sides and resting in his pocket. "...My true name is Rikudou Haruna, a future Heroic Spirit. Please don't scream." Saber looked at Rin's face as it stood at a blank before falling backwards onto the floor, well if he hadn't grabbed her in time.

"Master Tohsaka! Come on, don't tell me you fainte-oh she's asleep." He looked down at his Master and found her fast asleep, most likely from the strain of summoning him.

Shaking his head, Saber carried Rin back to her room- easily stripping her down and putting her into new clothes before tucking her in bed. When he really thought about it, he looked down at his crotch area and tiredly groaned.

"Did the Grail really have to materialize me as a boy? Or is it messing around with me because I dressed up a lot as a girl?" Walking over to the window that showed the light of the full moon, Saber looked up with a tired smile- his hand resting on the hilt of a bronze greatsword with a mahogany hilt.

"Well, this is going to be an unexpected change right, Kagura?"

Ashi: Okay, here's chapter 1 of Inochi no Arcana! Introducing our newest announcer for this story, Saber Riku! Or Saberku for short.

Saberku: Yo. Good to join. Asch isn't here because she's prepping herself for the season finale of 'From Songs to Ashes'.

Ashi: Saberku, like Aschlyn is actually an incarnation of another original character from another series I made. Though in that series, Riku is a girl instead of a boy. And compared to that Riku, Saberku has more advantages in terms of power and ability because he unlocked all of them before dying. So Rin summoned him at his strongest as a Saber because she was late.

Saberku: Yeah. If Master hadn't summoned me now and instead a few weeks ago, then I would have been summoned at my second strongest- Assassin or my weakest- Berserker.

Ashi: Yep. Also I am saying this now, Saber Arthuria nor any of the other incarnations (Lily, Alter, Sakura, and Nero) will NOT be summoned. While I love Saber with Rin, everyone ALWAYS has Shirou summon her or another girl or summons her at her second strongest class- Lancer. But he (of course Cú Chulainn) has already been summoned along with Rider (who if I had decided, would had been Zero!Saber because I love her to death in that series). So sorry! No Arthuria! But I can point you to another series with her: Fate Sins by Warmachine375! Its a Fate/Nanatsu no Taizai crossover and has 7 chapters at the moment. If you love a badass Arthuria or love NoT!

Saberku: Also before you guys see my stats, let this be known that I am NOT a Gary-stu. My high stats will be explained later on in the story since Ashi doesn't want to show it all in the first chapter. That and well, I'm a Saber summoned at full-power. It would be strange if all my stats were degraded for being in my fullest potential Class.

Ashi: -Mumbles- When you really think about it, all Saber-Class Servants are Mary-sues/Gary-stus. They're literally known as the most powerful class. Also I'd like to thank the owner of tatari byethost33 com / fuyuki / incantations htm (just remove spaces and add periods) for translating Rin's incantation ritual since the Type Moon Wiki didn't have her version. Go check it out! They have everyone's from Apocrypha to Archer's Unlimited Blade Works translated on there!

Aschlyn -From a Distance-: None of the sass Ashi!

Saberku: Well that's all for now! Next chapter is when Master wakes up and I have to explain why I'm a Future Heroic Spirit...oh god...Please attack us hard and fast so I don't have to, Lancer.

Ashi: Ja ku ne everybody!