On a warm August day near night time, a boy named Shade wakes up from his long night of desperation, gets dressed, eats his meal of the day and leaves his one room-apartment. Shade was heading to the festival which was held regularly. He held a backpack which held the materials needed to summon a servant, along with some snacks in case he were to get hungry later at night. He didn't have many friends due to his focus on getting ready for the war;he did have many acquaintances though.
"I can't wait for the festival...Though, I might miss the fireworks."
Having time before nightfall Shade took his time walking to the festival while listening to music on his mp3 player. Shoving his way through crowds he reached the festival later than he expected. Once there, he also tried to win a game at a stand so he could get a few extra goldfish. To his discomfort, he had to wait in line and had failed to bribe the stand owner to let him cut to the front.
"Damn bastards..."
After gathering a few goldfish, he walked around the festival with an angry look on his face. He hated to see people laughing and talking.
"Oh crap!"
He hid behind a small chair. In the nearby distance, he saw some students from school, a few of which were too pushy. If they saw him, he'd surely be dragged along with them the whole night. He hated other people and he only wanted to be left alone; however, people around him would always try to get him to open up and to spend time with them.
"Off to the hill I guess."
Shade ran off to a large hill that had a cherry blossom tree at the peak and was fairly a good distance away from the festival. He reached the top and placed the materials on the ground and drew the summoning circle. The sacrifices consisted of dead animals he found on the street and a few goldfish from the festival. Finally, he placed his relic in the center. His relic was a necklace with a stainless steel cross with a diamond in the center that he had found in a field of dead plants with a one sole blue rose in within a patch of vibrant green grass. He felt a strange power emanating from the necklace. He took it and the only living plants in the field withered away, he would later decide to use the relic assuring himself that an item with such power wou undoubtedly grant him victory. He assured himself that he would win with his servant.
"Ah, the fireworks are starting now, huh."
He looked back to where the festival was being held as the fireworks were launched up into the air.
"Time to start..."
He chanted the spell to summon his servant.
"What the-!"
A bright light appeared just as the fireworks exploded. The tree caught on fire from the summoning and Shade was on the ground from being startled by the blast.
"Considering you're the only one here, I'll take it that you're my master."
The servant switched out of his knight armor and into his noble attair. While asking, the unassuming slightly older young man who was now wearing the necklace; looked down at Shade as if he was speaking to a child.
"Uh...yeah"
In awe, Shade enthusiastically looked up at his servant.
"Hmm...How lucky of you to summon the conqueror of the world, I am of the Emperor class. My name is Christian Alpizar."
He helped Shade up before looking at the fireworks.
"It's kind of you to set up such a welcoming surprise for me.
Emperor didn't know that the fireworks weren't really for him, but his master just decided to let him believe that it was for him.
"Lets head into the city; it's time to look for the other servants."
Shade said with unshaken resolve.
"I would like to see what is down where all the lights are first."
Emperor said out of curiosity
"It is already beginning to end and we need to begin the war."
"Let's get going then before we are late."
"Fine"
They walked down the hill to the now dimming festival. The stands were closing rapidly, but Emperor had spotted a taiyaki stand that had not yet closed. He then had Shade reluctantly give him the appropriate currency to buy one. Shade refused to stand in line with him and sat down nearby. Upon consuming the pastry Emperor assured Shade that he had been satisfied and was ready to begin the war. The two then went to a secluded area, blue mist briefly covered Emperor as his full knight armor appeared on him; he then carried Shade and flew towards the city.
-Around sunset that day-
A teenage girl grabbed a scythe and walked out of her house. Her name was Saya and she was a weird yet kind person.
"Hello world~!"
She shouted out since there was no one around. She was ready for the next Grail War and had acquired her relic a whole year before hand. It was a wooden cross from a very long ago.
She ran to the nearest church to summon her servant. She thought it would be better for her servant to be summoned in a place that would suit someone from that religion.
"Hello Father Wahasane, may I summon my servant here?"
She happily asked the priest what looked like a cowboy hat and a scar on his left cheek that seemed to intentionally look like a cross.
"Yes you may, but I'm afraid you'll have to leave immediately afterwards. No masters are allowed inside unless they wish for advice or if they seek protection until the war ends."
The priest moved out of the way to let Saya inside of the church.
"It's already sunset isn't it."
She said to herself. She usually talked to herself due to her lack of friends; in fact, one of the reasons she wanted a servant was so that she could have someone to talk to.
Saya drew the summoning circle and placed the wooden cross in the center of it. She came into possesion of this relic when she had Father Wahasane go find a relic for her while he took his vacation the previous year. Saya was hoping to summon an angel or some historical figure from that religion; she assumed that they wouldn't have much raw power, but someone like a high ranking angel might have strong magic. She said a short prayer before the summoning.
"Amen..."
She then chanted the spell.
"AHH!"
She let out a scream at the sudden burst of mist from the summoning circle that had rapidly enveloped the room. There was a person in the center of the mist. His blade cut the wooden cross in half before speaking.
"Did something go wrong!? Are you okay!?"
Father Wahasane rushed into the church.
"So you're my master..? I look forward to working with you."
The servant looked at Saya as he said this. He certainly wasn't an angel, but he looked more like a lightly armored warrior. He looked as if he were around her age.
"I'm Saya Correa, I hope we can get along and win the grail."
She bowed to her servant nervously.
"You don't have to be so formal. I'm Sykaro of the Crusader class."
He rubbed the top of her head as he smiled at her.
"R-right! Let's get going."
She immediately said with a hint of hesitation. They both walked towards the exit of the church together and walked by Wahasane.
"So the church has damaged you too..."
Crusader quietly whispered this to Wahasane as they both walked past him. The priest stood still for a few seconds before looking back at him immediately with a sense of fear. He intended to stop them, but the two had already exited the church.
"Here, take two of my daggers for protection."
He handed his master the daggers even though she would hardly need them considering the scythe she was carrying.
"Oh, thanks."
She happily took them. As much as she wanted to talk to him, she knew that their purpose was to defeat the other servants.
"So let's go hunting~!"
She shouted childishly as they both happily walked near the festival.
-Around early dawn that day-
"The city is so pretty~"
The girl shouted after exiting the airport. She called a taxi and got a ride to the edge of the city.
"So this is Aokigahara..."
She held her bag tightly before wandering inside the forest.
"How creepy."
After a few minutes of walking deeper inside the forest, she had already seen several decaying bodies. She saw a tent nearby and went to see if anyone was inside.
She peeked inside and saw someone about to stab himself.
"No! Don't do that!"
She went forward and took the knife from the man.
"Don't you know that your life is precious! If you were to die, people would be sad, even strangers will too."
She slowly started to cry as the man gave a second thought.
"Your right...I'll live my life and stop hating myself."
The man smiled at her and exited the tent with her. He turned around to start packing his belongings back into his hiking bag; he then felt a sharp pain in his back.
"Too bad, you should really plan more if you wanna get ahead in life."
The girl happily said this as she stabbed him over and over. Now in shock, the man couldn't talk anymore; all he could do was lie on the ground and feel the pain of the stabbing until he bled to death.
"FUN FUN FUN FUN FUN~!"
She shouted while she even started to cut off his limbs. She picked up his severed head.
"My name is Minako Rerlasaura, pleasure to meet you mister."
She smiled at the head and kicked it away before running deep into the forest while swinging the man's dismembered arm and leg.
"Here we are."
She had drawn the summoning circle with the blood from the arm and leg. She then placed a lit torch in the center. She chanted the spell to summon her servant.
The servant appeared before her and greeted her.
"I am the goddess Hecate of the caster class, if you are my master then speak."
Hecate ordered her master.
"I'm Minako Rerlasaura, your master in this Grail War."
She kneeled down to her servant.
"Let's get to work then, master."
Hecate began to create her workshop, an area that would boost her spells and serve as a base of operations. She planned to finish before night would arrive.
"Let's have fun killing~"
Minako set up her tent and other items for later.
Co-author Red's notes: Don't get all mad about this story. We will be getting stuff incorrect about the nasuverse. This story is mainly to entertain. At first I didn't want to make up our own servants, but co-author Blue persuaded me to make my own custom servant. I soon realized that it was a good idea for the story.
Co-author Blue's notes:We will be adding character illustrations at a later time, please enjoy the story. Look at them so you can image the characters more clearly.