Elena stood frozen, gazing upon her Servant and in all it's glory. She was never in the presence of something, so, so…. God-like. No voice came out of her opened mouth, so she closed it. It was awkward, both were looking at each other, no words, apart from him calling her 'Master', exchanged. She could see Cendrillon looking at her, silently telling, 'Speak. Introduce yourself.'

She gulped, taking in air and gaining courage to talk. Stepping up, raising her head high, and with elegance, she introduced herself, "I'm please to meet you. I am Elena Tachibana, the one who summoned you to aid me in the Holy Grail War." Most of her worries were gone. "What my your name be?"

The tall man stared, before revealing his name. "I am Karna, Son of the Sun God."

The Master once again, stood still, mouth wide open. A son of a god! Meaning a demogod!? She had been through many surprises, most of them heartbreaking, but this took the cake.

"AH!" she yelp, then bowing to him. "Forgive me for not summoning you in a much proper…." she glanced at the place she studied magic. "...place."

He simply stayed quiet, making Elena's worries and shyness come back.

"Well, this is awkward" the chirp of Cendrillon was heard, the orange haired remembering that she still hadn't introduced him to Karna. She went to her Familiar and bended her arm for him to climb on it. The Son of the Fire God followed her every move.

"Forgive me, Cendrillon," she apologized. "Karna, this is Cendrillon, my friend Familiar" she introduced the phoenix to the God.

The mythical bird unhooked its claws from his Lady's arms and with its fiery wings, flapped them flew to the face of the new commer. "Please to meet you, Karna, son of Surya" he revealed, something that Karna himself didn't say. Elena was questioned, how did he know that when I don't?

"Yes" Karna replied, emotionless.

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The phone from the study ranged, Tachibana thanking for the silence to be gone, in a way. She grabbed the phone and placed it on her right ear, saying, "Hello, who is this?"

"Elena-chan" the voice of Asuka's mother, "I'm calling you because Sera wanted to say 'Goodnight' to you"

Elena was passed to her sister, who sounded sleepy.

While that happen, Karna decided to look at his surroundings. For the most he took in was that there were many books, on shelves, tables, and on the floor, all with one thing in common. Fire. His Master was very studious, he noted, and dedicated, (or just messy), but one with a good heart. By the way she talked to her sister over the strange machine, her voice calm and happy, but saw that there was something, something that his ability, Discernment of the Poor, caught on, confusing him because it was suppose to see through all deceptions. Another thing he saw, was that in the largest table there was a picture, placed in a see through case, his Master and three others, all smiling.

"I hope she doesn't cause any problems," Elena, after talking to her sleepy sister, was then talking with Mrs. Matsushita again. "Please, if anything happens, don't hesitate calling me and I'll be there." "Okay, well then, goodnight, Mrs. Matsushita." She placed the phone in it's place, breathing in and out.

"You are really overprotective of Serafine" Cendrillon chuckled, remembering the time he saw Elena, bandaging and considering calling an ambulance, her sister's leg after she fell of her bike, a small scratch only. He had the front row seat always, being with his Master at every single moment, no human ever noticing him.

Elena pouted and blushed. Why does he have to be so mean? Yep, even though the age of fourteen, she was still a child, more than a teen. They continued their teasing and fight back, forgetting the person, or Spirit that was right in the middle. He had his eyes closed, no expression on his face.

"M'Lady, as much as I love teasing you, you are forgetting our new guess here" the phoenix pointed out, which the human magus to eye's widened and became beat red.

I'm acting childish before the god who is going to help me win this bloody fight. He must be questioning me about being his Master!

"Forgive me!" she bowed to Heroic Spirit. "I was caught on my own things, that I ignored you. I will organized this place up and bring all necessities that you may need."

Karna looked at her.

Why does he only stare?! "Since tomorrow is Sunday, I will have enough time to tidy things up and buy extra groceries" she explained.

The son of the Sun God remained the same, but this time he shook his head side to side, "We don't require food, though, it can help us restore a bit of our mana."

"O-Okay" She made a mental check about that. She needed to behave much more secure and brave, so because of that she said, "Today was the day all of the Master's should have summoned their Servant so, because of that, I shall sent Cendrillon out to scout Japan in search on any information about them" she declared, turning to her friend, who nodded and flew straight to one of the flaming torches, disappearing from the place. "While he is gone, I would like to know you better, on how to perform a strategy to defeat the other Masters with their Servants."

"I agree" he said stoically.

"What are your parameters, Karna?" Elena asked, preparing to take in knowledge that will help them obtain victory.

"My Noble Phantasms are without comparison" he said, showing his golden spear. "My Strength and Mana and are rank B, while Endurance is a rank lower, but, no matter what, I will come out. However, I have D for Luck" Karna's face never changed when telling her.

"I believe I'm starting to understand…." about the Luck part. She mentally told herself, not wanting to insult her familiar. Thought, she placed her right hand on her head, while her left held on to a nearby table, preventing herself from collapsing, "'My Noble Phantasms are without comparison', part."

The demigod knew what was going on, so he made the spear disappear, hoping to alleviate his Master. Certainly, he was strong, but consumed a lot of mana.

Elena noticed what he had done, relieving her. She knew that she could supply him with enough mana, but the Summoning had taken quite a lot from her, and that she has been staying up most of the nights studying magecraft and her normal work from school. "Do not worry. I'm simply a bit tired from the Summoning and things I have done" She smiled at him.

"Understood"

Even though he doesn't show his emotions, he cares from the inside.

A rainbow colored feather gracefully floated down, landing on the head of the orange haired. She reached for it, quickly knowing from whom it belonged. She lit a small flame in her right palm while holding, then letting go of the feather in the blaze, turning to ashes.

"Elena, there appears to be four Masters, apart from you, in Japan" Cendrillon's voice informed. "The other two are unknown" The message ended.

Both Master and Servant took this in. After that, she formed another flame and sent it to her bird familiar, telling him to come back.

"Should we take action?" Karna asked, but received a shook from side to side, being told that they should wait till another one of the contestants made the first move. He complied. His attention stayed on his Master as she ordered him to in Spirit Form to not draw in any possible attacks from enemies, retiring to her room, leaving him to please in doing whatever he wished where they were or anywhere in the house, except the room she sleep in.

However, before she left the room, she did what she hadn't told him when they greeted each other. Walking over to him, grabbed his hand and with a warm smile, she said, "I'm glad to work with you"

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~Introduction of Aspiring Flames~