Some men find a sort of piece in the concept of Fate. It fills their Souls with a feeling of purpose. It makes them think that there suffering wasn´t in vain that all that they endured served a higher purpose unknown to them and yet of highest importance. It leads them to their destination like a mother would lead a Child at his hand. For men like those Archer had only little more than contempt. Alone the thought of such foolish men raised his anger. Fate wasn´t a guiding Hand it wasn't a great picture in which everything served some glorious Endgame in which all suffering was a price worth payed. For all his miserable life in which he sought to archive the dream of becoming a Hero of Justice he never had believed in Fate or providence. It would have been easy to do so to let the Faith that there was a meaning to suffering let ease the pain he felt whenever he failed to save those in need but it would have gone against everything Shirou Emiya had ever believed in. And even now after his own Death, rebirth as an Heroic Spirit and Second death at the Hands of Gilgamesh he still hated Fate and those who were crawling before it stretching out there Hands in an futile attempt to validate their suffering as something that had to happen. Such where his thoughts as he again stood upon the barren wasteland that was his Inner world. The Endless Number of swords constantly reminding him of his own Failures his own suffering. And yet despite all this he was, in some way, at peace.

After all he had gotten his answer.

"Archer"

He looked up as a voice which he never thought to hear ever again rang in his ears like a long the sound of an old lullaby. And there she stood. Rin. Rin Tohsaka or at least something that looked like Rin.

Standing up with his brow furrowed and his two trusty blades in hand he stepped closer to the apparition in front of him unsure if that what his Eyes saw was Real or just Scheme, atrick that his own mind was playing him.

"It seems that you haven't changed a bit since the Last Time we saw each other" said "Rin" the faint hint of a smile on her lips.

"Who are you?" said Archer and took his typical battle stance his upper body slightly bowed forward with his right leg set before the left while he let his twin blades whirl in his Hands.

"No, not a bit." Came a remark from the now smirking "Rin" while she started to move in the direction of the glaring Archer which readied his weapons at her advance seemingly willing to stop her with lethal force.

As "Rin" made no attempt to stop in her movement Archer let out a almost Feral growl an launched forward both his Swords sparkling in the reflected light of his inner world.

Seconds drew out into Hours while his blade slashed through the Air aiming at the neck of this "Rin" leaving behind a silver streak. He didn't want to do this. He didn't want to hurt Rin and yet which choice did he have? There was no way that Rin could be here no way at all. Whichever that…thing was it was not the Rin Tohsaka that he once had loved. Still his heart would not stop to hurt still he could not blend out the thought of what may happen if this truly was his Rin.

What would he do if he spilled the blood of the Person he had once loved.

For the moment at least he would get an answer to that. Because right in moment where his blade would have cut the head of this "Rin" in one clean cut right of it dispersed into a cloud of blue sparkling dust floating away.

"Seriously Archer? Against all odds I manage to find you in this place and the first thing you do is attacking me like that?" yelled the somewhat annoyed yet also somewhat amused "Rin" which stood now right in front of him.

"I thought that you would be happy to see me again…..well whatever I don't have enough time to lecture you thorough so I will just skip it entirely and come right to the point."

Wondering what this "Rin" wanted Archer decided to remain silent and wait what would happen.

Seeing that Archer made no effort to react to her in anyway Rin pouted inwardly. She had expected that he would be at least somewhat happy to see her. But maybe it just should not happen.

"I have made some arrangements, don't ask me how, with Schweineorg"

By the ring of this name Archer gripped the hilt of his remaining sword harder. Schweineorg was, that much he knew, a dangerously eccentric magus with an tendency for dangerous jokes which he kept to call lessons. It was so no small wonder that the thought of Rin making "arrangements" with this guy caused not just small turmoil inside him.

Seemingly it wasn't just internal then suddenly Rin´s brows furrowed and face took on a somewhat worried expression.

"It's alright Archer. Schweineorg has promised that you will be fine. That means fine by my Standards not his"

Once more smiling she continued. "But I am happy that you seem to care at least a little bit about my wellbeing….so where were we? Ah yes, after a thorough discussion with him I managed to get his help in freeing you from your contract with Gaia. "

This left Archer at a loss. Freeing him from his…Fate as Counter Guardian? Was that even possible? Well it seemed to be after all Rin,that means the Rin he had known, was not one for Jokes of that kind.

Meanwhile" Rin" went on in her explanation. "So we are now able to break you out of this contract with Gaia utilizing the Original Rule Breaker. But as all things this one comes with some sort of catch. You can't return to a Timeline or Universe in which you already existed. That means that this will be a farewell of sorts as you will land in a Universe without a Shirou and by extent without Stupid old me." A few tears ran down Rin cheeks and she stopped slightly sobbing.

Archer wanted to hug and comfort her. But even more than that he wanted to stop her. While Gaia did not think like an human it would surely not go such an act as Rin was planning unpunished.

Yet he just stood still unsure in his course of action.

As Rin finally continued her Eyes were red of tears. "But don't worry not about me. I am sure I will find a way to move on my own. You just have to live your life. Be happy. Have afamily or found a school for Kyudo or whatever would make you happy. Do that and I promise you that I will be smiling." With these words she draw a strange looking dagger out of seemingly nowhere and pointed it at Archer which looked somewhat puzzled.

He wanted to say it the one thing that burdened his soul right in this moment more than anything else ever could.

"Ri..Rin i..." he started sounding like his much younger self but before he could say the too most important words that he could have ever said Rin shouted.

"RULEBREAKER"

And the world became an Ocean of colours