Red and black filled her vision.

A man towered over her small and young frame.

A sour and bitter knight protected her against the bright light of the morning sun.

A broken ideal held tightly so that his existence wouldn't shattered like glass.

She had to crane her neck up just to stared at this individual with sad and tearful eyes.

The man's mouth quirked up and his once usual cynical and cold voice came forth warm and relaxed.

"Please take care of me. I think you know, but I am unreliable—Please support me."

"—Ar…cher…"

Her feelings for that man were complicated, her Servant was someone she had fought alongside and had seen every possible aspect that there was of him.

And yet…

When she heard those words, words filled with so much blind trust…

There was just no possible way she could deny them…or him.

Not when there was no salvation for him.

So, she opened her mouth to speak and make her promise to him, but…

She found that her words were unnecessary just as she spoke them…

The smile and peaceful expression on his face was the only indication that he knew that she would keep her promise.

"I found my answer. It's fine, Tohsaka. I'll do my best from now on as well."

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Rin's eyes snapped opened and snapped them close when the morning light filtered into the apartment's room.

She mumbled incoherently and snuggled her face into her pillow, the escape and comforting embrace from the soft object dulled her back to sleep. A euphoric smiled stretched through her lips as oblivion pulled her into its embrace.

Unfortunately, she made the mistake of sniffing the air in self-satisfaction and made her realize an important fact…Shirou Emiya had woken up early like usual and was cooking breakfast.

She groaned angrily at the daily fact and sat on the bed, her face grumpy that she could never get her few extra minutes of sleep thanks to him. It was not like she could just ignored Shirou and go back to sleep, that was very disrespectful and in poor taste. As a Tohsaka, she would not allow herself to act like that.

Even if it pained her…two years since the Holy Grail War and she still hadn't gotten over her troubles with mornings or about how early Shirou could wake up.

She got out bed, cat pajamas hung loosely on her and walked for the bathroom to freshen up. Along the way, she fetched for her red blouse as she dragged her feet in discontent with the smell of Shirou's cooking to accompanied her.

A few minutes later she came out dressed in her usual colors, red blouse, black mini skirt, and leggings. She brushed her hair absentmindedly as she went for the dinner table.

Her dulled and grumpy aqua eyes landed on the table, filled with a colorful and delicious looking western breakfast. She felt her stomach clenched in delight at the sight. She stepped towards it, but stopped…

Where was Shirou? It was highly unusual for him not to be next to the stove or doing something in the small kitchen or even seated at the table as he waited for her. Not seeing Shirou around was enough to make her usual morning grumpiness reside bac—!

A cup of steaming hot coffee was shoved to her face followed by a good-natured call. "Good morning Tohsaka."

Rin stared at the mug with surprise, her mind barely registered what had happened. She followed the white cup towards the one holding it and found the pleasant and relaxed expression of Shirou Emiya.

She blinked a few times and the morning weariness disappeared, she took the cup and sent the young man before her a sullen pout. "Was the surprise appearance really necessary, Shirou?"

He only smiled and scratched his cheek with his now freed hand. "Sorry Tohsaka, I thought about bringing the coffee to you directly, but I didn't find you in bed."

"Humph, I guess I should take the blame this time." Rin admitted and took a sip of the coffee, she let a satisfied hummed vibrate through her and gave Shirou a pleasant smile.

"—!" The young man, froze at the sight of her smile. It took everything she had not to let another happy hum escape her at the look he gave her.

"Don't scare your master again like that Shirou, or you might actually force me to take revenge on my poor and dimwitted student."

Shirou just scratched the back of his head, looked off to the side and walked towards the table. "Tsk—It wasn't like I was trying to scare you, Tohsaka. It's not my fault you have so much trouble with mornings."

Rin smiled triumphantly at the reaction and followed him. "Hmm, but it's because of my trouble with mornings that make me so adorable, right? Right? No use being ashamed to admit it Shirou, you enjoy seeing me like that every morning."

"…" His silence was more than enough for her as she sat down and placed the cup on the table. She looked up as a flustered redhead sat down and glared at her.

Her expression was one of satisfaction, she placed her right elbow on the table and rested face comfortably on her palm. "Ah, no words?"

A snort escaped him as he grabbed his utensils. "Humph, I've learned my lessons about giving you more ammunition against me whenever I say what you want me to say, Tohsaka."

She pursed her lips at the words. "Too bad, I actually miss the days when you didn't know when to shut up and stammered your way into getting me all work up and angry with you. A unique trait that only you seemed to have, hmm?"

"…you enjoyed whenever I pissed you off?"

A saddened sigh escaped her as she pouted. "I wouldn't say enjoy…more like I found you endearing back then. Now you're just maturing too quickly and I don't get to enjoy seeing you make a fool out of yourself anymore…"

Shirou shot her an annoyed look mixed with confusion. "I thought as the master, you would've been happy to know that the apprentice finally managed to get the teachings through his skull—or did you want me to keep failing?"

"Oh, I'm happy…" Rin said and took a bite of her breakfast, she chewed on it happily and swallowed in happily. She looked down at her food in satisfaction. "Very much so, I'm actually feeling like you'll spoil me with all the new recipes your coming with."

The redhead smiled at that. "It's the least I can do after all you've done for me. You've dragged me all the way to London with you and taught me how to be a better mage. Spoiling you a little doesn't seem too bad."

Rin didn't even bother to hide the full-blown smile that appeared on her face when she heard that. "I knew there was a reason I didn't give up on you after you actually stopped making a fool out of yourself."

Shirou just smiled at that, her teasing being something that he had grown accustom to in the past two years. She ate her food, smile clear on her face, her mood bright and the expectations she had for the day soared high as the sky.

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"Ah, we're going to be late Shirou!"

"Don't go off blaming me for this Tohsaka!"

"You should've told me that it was late! You're always the one with the perfect internal clock!"

"That's because you always mess things up when they matter the most! And the kitchen's clock was in front of you anyways! Why weren't you paying attention to it!?"

"I was distracted okay!?"

"By what!? There wasn't anything interesting going on in the kitchen!"

"Your butt was pretty interesting…"

"What was that!?"

Rin shot Shirou an alarmed look, her face red. "Nothing!"

The two ran through the morning streets of London, their steps desperate and hurried to arrive towards their destination. The Clock Tower, the Mage's Association headquarters and current place of study for both her and Shirou. Magi from all over the world came to London just for the opportunity to furthered up their own research or gain renown in the magus world.

For her and the redhead beside her, it was a place of study, a place where they could better themselves as magus. But if they arrived late to their classes, they wouldn't be learning anything at all.

She let her eyes wandered off to the young man beside her and analyzed him. Even though they were in a hurry and there was the fear of losing important information that could prove useful in the future, there was not much of a hint of worry on his face over the possibility. He didn't care much for the affairs of the Association, and neither did he care much over what he could or couldn't learn from them. He was still considered an amateur and his classes mostly consisted on him going for the basic courses. For him, learning by himself is what he considered important.

A bitter smile spread on her lips as she stared forward, an important realization came over her.

'I'm losing him…'

Even though he had not taken any action towards it or had probably given it much thought, she knew he was distancing himself from her. His mind wandered off more frequently. He was not as attentive as he was of her now that he was out of the confines of the city he was born and forged in, Fuyuki City.

His grasp over his magic only got better and better with each passing day, it was horrifyingly almost matching the quality of her past Servant…

A field swords…

Soon, he would go away in pursuit for that impossible horizon of his…

A light beyond reach…

To chase after his ideal…

A figure in red tried to hold it with those bloodied hands of his…

To surpass where his ideal had faltered…

and yet the knight in red could hold nothing…

Rin shook her head and cleared her mind of this thoughts, she didn't wish to dwell on the past…if she did, then she would more than surely loose Shirou Emiya from her hold…

She turned towards him, she adjusted her purse and smiled at him. "Shirou?"

"Hmm?" The red head looked at her with curious golden eyes.

"You have basic classes, right?" At his nod, she smiled even brighter. "How about you join me on my mineral classes? I heard we're dealing using certain materials to craft weaponries, could be useful for you."

Shirou's eyes sparked a little, curiosity shined in him over the news. "I'll go with you Tohsaka."

Before Rin could respond, a loud and graceful voice called out from the street by their left. "Ohyuuhooo! Out in a morning stroll, Shero?"

Rin's expression suddenly turned completely sour, she recognized that voice. Shirou did as well as he slowed his running, turned towards the streets where a black limousine moved with a leisurely pace, a young blond hair woman dressed in blue greeted him gracefully from the window of the back seats. Shirou returned a small wave of greetings.

"Yo, Luvia-san, heading out for the Clock Tower?"

Luvia smiled brightly at the greeting. "Hohoho! Very astute as always Shero. But please, no need to be so formal with me! How many times have I told you to call me Miss Luvia? Hmm, though was I wrong to presume that you are performing some morning jogging?"

Rin internally snarled as she slowed her own running pace to match up with the redhead, the blond bimbo menace was blatantly ignoring her and trying to push herself onto Shirou. She sent a sour glare at the blond who completely disregarded her.

"Yeah, we're running a bit late. We'll probably won't make it in time for Tohsaka's class." Shirou answered with a small look towards Rin, who maintained her sour look towards the blond. Though she found herself pleased that he included her in his words, a reminder that Luvia's attempts of flirtations were met with failures.

Luvia then smiled, it was an elegant and honeyed smile…but Rin knew better, that bimbo's smile could only signify a horrendous and dreadful intent that would only serve to be use against her. Rin Tohsaka braced herself for the woman's intention to be reveal…!

"Oh, Shero, you should've said so! Come now, there's enough room in this quite costly and pricey ride of mine—!" The blond smile turned sharp and her honeyed brown eyes flicker briefly for Rin's blue eyes with a mocking shine in them. "How about you ride with me, hmm? I'm also heading out for the Tower, we shall arrive for our destination in record time."

Rin's face grew tight at the mere suggestion.

Shirou gave her an awkward smile. "We wouldn't want to trouble you Miss Luvia—!"

"That is no problem at all Shero! I could never live with myself if I simply let you run all the way towards the Tower! So please, I must insist—!"

Rin snapped, she had just about enough of the bimbo's babbling!

"Your desperate and insisting nature can make even the coldest and calculating magus vomit in pure embarrassment, Miss Luviagelita!"

Luvia's eye twitched at the insult and let her eyes wandered towards her. The blonds face morphed into an expression of fake surprise, as if she had not known she was there the entire time. Rin internally scoffed at that.

"Of Miss Tohsaka, my apologies for not seeing you there! You see I had you confuse with a common folk who had decided to go off in a run to get rid of all that flab she had gained. Truly, your lack of grace is simply astounding, simply seeing you sweat like a pig is saddening!"

Rin smiled coldly at the insult. "Oh, thank you very much for your compliment Miss Luviagelita…and thank you oh so very much for serving as my inspiration for what to avoid, after all, I wouldn't want to end up with those two grease bags that you have on your chest. So thank you Miss Luviagelita, for serving as a great example for what not to be."

"Huh…" Shirou looked at the feuding girls in worried, the blond girl leaned further out of the window of the moving vehicle and the dark hair girl nearly stomped on his foot as she began to close in on the Edefelt heir.

Luvia's face grew tight, the limousine still leisurely followed the two mages. "Hohoho, how incredibly funny Miss Tohsaka! It makes me want to get out of this vehicle and give you a crushing hug—!"

"Can we all calm down—?" Shirou called out, but was ignored and Rin pushed him aside, her anger and intolerance towards the human known as Luviagelita Edefelt had long since reached past its limit.

"Please do! It would give me the chance to reach and tug that disgustingly drilled bleached hair of yours—!"

"Hey—!"

Luvia's grip on the edges of the car window tightened to the point it left a dent. "Oh, Miss Tohsaka, what would I ever do if I got out this damnable vehicle—!?"

Rin smiled, "That is such a fine question to ask! I myself was wondering what I would ever do to you should you step out of that cheap, insecure monstrosity of yours—!"

"Luvia-san…Tohsaka…I really don't think you should be fighting in the middle of—!" Shirou tried to call but was promptly and swiftly ignored…

The two young women lunge at each other, the intent to hurt and humiliate one another was clear. Rin jumped from the side-walk with barely contained fiery anger, her magical crest unconsciously activated and power scored through her. Luvia jumped from the moving limousine full of disdain and a hurt pride, the vehicle nearly flipped over from the force the blond had used to jump as she reinforced her limbs to go beyond super-human capabilities.

The two crashed and…!

And just fell on the floor, their limbs flailed around pathetically as the two tried to hit, tear and rip each other apart.

"—streets…" Shirou finished as he watched the fight dissolved into a mess of curses, hisses and flailing. His words went unheard off, as did the crowed of ongoing people who stopped to watch the show in interest or amusement.

Inside the mess of tangle limbs and insults, Rin heard Shirou's resigned sigh. She knew that whenever he did something like that, it meant that something was about to screw her over, but at the moment she found herself incapable of caring as she tried punch the blonde left breast repeatedly and as hard as she could.

"Hohoho! You have grown more flexible Miss Gorilla! Have you've been practicing—!?"

"I have a boyfriend, Miss 'I can't find a lover because of her dumb fake wrestling'! Make a guess—!"

"—! You have gone too far! Rin Tohsaka!"

"Bring it! Luviagelita Endelfet!"

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"I think the class ended ten minutes ago…" Shirou said as they stood in front the Clock Tower, it's entrance a few meters ahead of them.

Rin, covered in grime, dirt and scratches turned towards Shirou and sent him a disgruntled glare. The redhead stared squarely into her eyes and dared her to say something. She looked away, miffed, and put off by the decisive and swift victory in Shirou's gaze, instead she settled into glaring at Luvia who was in a similar state to hers.

The blonde noticed her glare and flicked her hair back disdainfully. "You have no one to blame but yourself, Miss Tohsaka. You're lack in self-discipline is embarrassing for someone who calls herself a magus."

Rin let out an unamused snort escape her, Luvia's callous and mocking words always found a way to spark her anger. She opened her mouth to respond, but was cut quickly by Shirou who grabbed her hand with his and squeezed it.

"Tohsaka, cut it out. Aren't you being hypocritical here? You're always telling me to be mindful of how I act, right? So, you should take your own advice and stop reacting so violently towards everything people say about you."

"W-w-w-what—!?" Rin sputtered in disbelief, her stomach clench at the words and in embarrassment at her own teachings being used against her. She pointed towards the now smug looking Luvia. "She was the one who started! And you're taking her side!?"

"Hohohohoho!" Luvia's haughty laughed returned in full force, left hand underneath her chin she looked down on her, it took everything Rin had not to explode right there and then. "Now, now, Miss Tohsaka, you should've realize that you're at fault here after all. Even Shero agrees! A couple of teasing words from me shouldn't have made you lose the little self-control you possess and attack me, that just shows yo—!"

Shirou cut her off effortlessly. "You too should stop provoking Tohsaka so much, Miss Luvia. Doesn't this kind of goes against everything you stand about being elegant and graceful in every aspect of your life?"

"…" Rin stared at Shirou in surprise, but glad that he had grown some backbone from the two years she had been with him. Back them he would've probably said something, but it would've been brief and awkward and it would've just went unheard off. Seeing him assert some dominance in situations such as this made her feel all the prouder and even more attracted towards him.

"…of course, Mister Shirou." Luvia on the other hand looked red, embarrass, but too proud to let it show aside from the blush on her cheeks and her burning red ears. The way she had called Shirou too, was an indicator of the blonde's utter defeat.

Rin smirked at that. 'I'll gladly take that has my victory, Miss Luviagelita.'

Shirou sighed, probably already aware of her thoughts, and looked forward. He narrowed his eyes in confusion and his gaze grew sharper as he applied a quick and simple Reinforcement to improve his eyesight. Not a moment later, he suddenly grew rigged and stared up.

Luvia noticed the redhead's reaction first. "Mister Shirou…? What is wrong?"

"Shirou?" Rin questioned in worry at the sight of the young man's tense body.

"Is that a crack in the sky…?" Shirou asked absentmindedly.

Rin turned towards her the redhead and a followed his gaze. She muttered something under her breath and her eyes could look beyond human capabilities. She focused her gaze on the abnormality. Her eyebrows shot up at the sight the black crack in the sky.

It looked to be about five meters in length and as thin as one of her forearms, black in color. It stood in midair, a mile above the top of Clock Tower's roof.

"Wait…did it just grow?" Luvia's voice asked, her tone serious and curious, none of the past condescending nor mocking jeer present as she stared at the strange phenomenon.

It indeed had, it had increased six meters in length.

Rin crossed her arms as she studied the crack. "What is that? Could it be a failure in the boundary field surrounding the Tower? No…something that high up wouldn't have appeared, the magus here wouldn't have been so careless, would they?"

"Humph, of course not, Miss Tohsaka. Do not be foolish." Luvia scolded, Rin returned her gaze back to normal and glared at the blond who ignored her in favor for the abnormality. "The Mage Association would never risk being discover after centuries of secrecy for such a simple mistake. Whatever that thing is, it's not something caused by the Associatio—!"

Her words were rudely interrupted when the crack burst wide opened, ten meters in length and fifteen meters wide, blue dense energy poured out of the black crack like a dam and washed over the Tower's tallest structure.

Rin froze at the sudden pressure that settled, every instinct in her told her to turn back and run. The sense of danger and death blared loudly in her brain, it was clear that whatever the crack was, it wasn't friendly as a sinister feeling nestled itself deep within her. She would bet a good sum of money that Shirou and Luvia froze as well at the sudden appearance of the energy. Rin gritted her teeth and looked as the blue and dense energy poured down as if it was waterfall…

And then it stopped.

It was Shirou who asked the question that was in her and probably Luvia's mind. "What the hell?"

Suddenly a large, burly white body dropped through the black crack like bullet and straight through the clock tower of the Mage's Association headquarters as if it had been made of paper.

The loud crash reached their ears and their eyes widened as the clock tower systematically exploded in bright red lights from the roof, all the way down towards the base of the structure. The rubble of the tower flew, massive chunks impacted the surrounding area of the Association's headquarter and crashed deep into it.

Rin gritted her teeth in disbelief at the occurrence. "What the hell is going on—!?"

Like expected she received no response, to mystified by the destruction of what was supposed to be a haven for magus all around the world. But she caught through the peripheral of her eyes movement. She looked away from the event and stared at the back of Shirou Emiya as he stalked forward, ready to and able to run straight for the center of the chaos, now that he was aware of the danger for the life of people inside the Association headquarters.

Her eyes widened as she saw the redhead on the move, she went out to call for him, but stopped when up in the sky…through the black crack, a second pale white body descended calmly and serenely towards the destruction.

Luvia caught sight of it as well. "A second one! This is not good at all, how many are there…?"

"No way to tell…" Rin voiced her answered distractedly, her mind raced through all the events that had occurred and had tried to make sense of all it. But she found herself more worried for Shirou who had disappeared through the entrance of Tower.

The second pale being descended through the deep fog of dust and dirt and disappeared in it, above the pale being, the cracked sealed itself off. It was as if it was never there.

"Well that answers my question." Luvia noted dryly, Rin looked at the sky and then down at her.

"You may leave if you wish, Miss Luviagelita." Rin said as she turned towards the Association's entrance, she didn't give the blonde enough time to respond as she stalked for it. Truly she was quite worry and mad that she had let the redhead go. "I have something important to do."

Just as Rin made it for entrance door, Luvia appeared beside and walked firmly by her side. She sent the blond a questioning look. "What, Miss Tohsaka? Do you truly believe I will let you go and safe Shero all by yourself? Of course, I shall not allow for that, he is my responsibility after all, being my favorite butler and all of course."

"Of course…" Rin repeated dryly, she shook her head and took off into a sprint. "Try and keep up then, Miss Luviagelita!"

"I should be the one saying that!"

The two young women then ran, through the entrance and the halls of the Association's headquarters. Along the way, they caught sight of many magus who ran the opposite direction of them, fear and worry clear on their expression, all of them had been completely blindsided by the sudden destruction. Some were just in too much shock to move as the possibility of the Mage Association being attacked seemed impossible. Other's moved alongside her and Luvia, but they're intentions were more to satisfied their curiosity.

Rin could barely care much for the mages around her, her blue eyes darted left and right as she tried to catch sight of one Shirou Emiya through the flowing bodies of escaping mages and the multiple halls that made the interior of the Clock Tower appeared to be like a maze. It almost seemed impossible to find him…

But her eyes caught sight of a very familiar red hair as it rounded a corner and disappeared.

"Damn it Shirou! Slow down!" She howled fruitlessly as she made to follow, Luvia beside her.

The blonde's eyes darted towards the escaping bodies and then towards the crushed bodies beneath the rubble of the destroyed clock tower. Her face soured at that. "Well, now we have a body count…and most probably growing." She said as the closer they got to ground zero.

Rin clicked her tongue as she rounded the corner and followed the distant redhead. "That just means more motivation for Shirou to stick his nose against whatever this is…!"

"Huh…so Shero is that type of person…" Luvia's slow and deliberate response made Rin snapped a glare towards the blond.

"What is that supposed to mean!?"

"Hmm, nothing insulting I can assure you." Luvia admitted with a sharp and confident smile on her lips, the expression made Rin's stomach clench in annoyance.

The two continue with their journey in silence, by now everyone who was trying to escape had already done so, only the crush bodies were there to make them company. The further they ran into the Association's headquarters' the more and more destroyed it look. Crack walls, the ceiling caved in from the debris, the rubble that made it nearly impossible to maneuver around or the cloud of dust that obscure their vision. The sound of nothing but their own footsteps was unnerving, but still, Rin forged on.

A few minutes later, they made it…

They stood right on the edge of ground zeroes.

She quickly scanned the area. Dust lazily drifted around, up above it where there was once a ceiling the cloud of dust swirled with small pieces of debris raining down. The morning's sun's light penetrated on the area slightly. The floor, once adorned by expensive tiles, was nothing more than chaotic mess that left it looking barren. Any furniture was scattered or broken to pieces, any of the old structures such as stairs or columns were reduced to rubble.

Rin looked around and recognized the place as it being the Clock Tower's lobby, a large and spacious area purposely used for relaxation had been reduced to this. She mourned the loss of such area, as it now used to be one of hers and Shirou's favorite places to relax in after a class.

Luvia's hand pointed forward. "I believe that is Shero over there!"

Rin looked over and true enough, there she saw him, he was kneeling beside a female body, his hand on the body's shoulder and the other on neck as he tried to keep her in a sitting position. She walked towards him and he looked back at her alarmed.

"Tohsaka? Luvia-san? What are you doing here? You're in danger being here."

"Humph, hypocrite. You should take a good look at yourself first before you start scolding others, Shirou." Rin rebutted with an unimpressed look.

Luvia had pained looked and sent Rin a resigned look as she agreed. "That was very irresponsible, Shero. You could've gotten yourself killed."

Shirou sighed at the remarks and lowered the woman's body downed. He stood up and regarded the body with a blank look. "She died has I was pulling her out of the rubble."

The way he said that didn't surprise Rin, she was already used to his callous words when it came to this, she had already prepared for it. Still, she winced slightly at how indifferent he sounded, she at least hoped for a little bit more emotion or something. She dared a glance behind her to see the blond, and her expression was one of surprise, taken back by Shirou's attitude. She chose to ignore her for now.

"There's wasn't much you could've done for her, Shirou."

"I know." Shirou stated firmly and looked back at the rest of the destroyed lobby. "I'm more surprise that someone actually survived this…"

"…" Rin remained silent and just sent the redhead an analyzing look. She was about to open her mouth to say something to him, but Luvia roughly grabbed her by the shoulder and pulled her down. She had to resist the urge to cough as the high dust nearly choked her out.

"Shero down! Now!" Luvia whispered loudly as she looked up, he obeyed due the urgency, but looked somewhat confused. Rin still shock and annoyed from the rough treatment, followed her gaze, and found herself looking at the perpetrators of the entire incident.

A burly pale humanoid body floated stoically right on the center of the destroyed lobby.

It was male, its body enormous and pale all over. The pale giant was nearly the size of Berserker, but the mad Servant still had him beat in the height department. He had long white bony horn above its left eyed. Impossibly big meaty hands were by the sides of his body. Its features were bizarre, small rounded pale eyes with a big nose. Pale short gray hair covered its head with a beard on his face.

The dust dissipated abruptly as another pale humanoid descended and waved his hand in disgust.

This one was male as well, he had smaller and slimmer body compared to the burly one. Pale skin and pale-blue hair like the other, but tied into a long ponytail. The top of his head was adorned with a pair of flat, curved horns which resembled bull's horns. Unlike the other one, this one had delicate facial features. And a transparent veil over his head.

"Humph, quite the disappointing showcase, Kinshiki."

The scolding words came from the small pale humanoid, who looked at its partner in disappointment.

"My apologies Momoshiki-sama, the effort to get to this world was greater than anticipated."

The giant apologized and inclined its head subserviently.

Rin stared at them, bewildered, and confused. "Is that…Japanese…?"

The two floating beings looked around. And the small one spoke. "Hmm, in another time I would've been greatly displeased with your performance and find a suitable punishment for you Kinshiki, but since you are correct, I shall forgive you."

Kinshiki inclined his head in respect and gracefulness. "You are to kind, Momoshiki-sama."

Momoshiki just scoffed and looked at the destruction with dispassionate eyes, a sneer of disgust crossed his features.

"They don't feel like human at all…" Luvia's words made the other two mages look at her. "This feeling…those things are definitely not human…"

Shirou turned back and looked back at the pale humanoids. "Are they Dead Apostle then…?"

Rin sighed and looked frustrated. "Possibly…but, I don't know, it just doesn—"

"I can feel something in this place…something that holds great power." The voice the slim humanoid cut her off and she looked up just in time to see him stare at the area with some interest.

Kinshiki looked at his partner with patience. "My lord."

Momoshiki hummed in thought and nodded to himself. "A lynchpin. Yes, a lynchpin, something is tying this world together. Is that why this world exudes this chakra-like energy in the atmosphere? How very intriguing…"

"But it is not what you search for."

Momoshiki sneered at the words and clenched his hands in disgust. "Humph, of course not, while the energy in the atmosphere would be quite nutritious, it holds very little substance to get what I desire!"

"Then we shall be on our leave my lord? We must hurry lest we want for that old human to interfere once more."

"Yes…that worm has caused us more than enough troubles for the two of us. And to believe there exist a maggot capable of interfering with the will of a god…"

"By your command Momoshiki-sama we shall leave. It would be prudent to use the reflections of this world to cover our tracks. The old human would simply find a way to expel us back out with the authority of that origin."

"Humph, this world and its reflections are useless to us Kinshiki." Momoshiki said with sadistic glee and raised his arms up. He let the ringed eyes on the palm of his hand show as it glowed brightly with power. "That is why I see it more beneficial and easier…to simply cut all the roots connecting the worlds and let them all burn beneath us until we reach the origin of this dimension."

Just as those words left his mouth the air above him parted like sliding windows as it followed the movement of the ringed eyes on the hands. The dust clear away at the motion as if it was commanded to do, just to reveal the smaller pale humanoid's intention…

A black void stood eerily above in the skies. The clouds and light in its path were consumed by the black ripped space, it was like a small black hole had been summoned.

All three magus froze at that, a sudden overwhelming pressure tried to drown them out as the ripped space above grew and in its intensity.

Rin's mind went into overdrive with all the information she had heard. Roots? Origin of this Dimension? Wolds reflections? The old human that would interfere?

What were they speaking about? She couldn't even wrap her mind around what she had learned with her instinct screaming at her to run as far away as possible from these two. But she still needed to figure out what they—wait! Root, Origin of this Dimension…

"Akasha!?" She blurted out in shock. Had these two found a way to reach back to the Origin? Had they done what so many magi had failed to reach? But how? And what did they want with the Akashic Records?

Were they seekers of knowledge…?

"Miss Tohsaka…?" Luvia asked tersely, jewels in hand and poised for any attack.

Rin shook her head and tried to focus. "…Those two they're—!"

"Tohska, Luvia…we need to run…!" Shirou's distressed made them look at him and them towards the ripped space.

"Oh my…!" Luvia breathed out with dread as the void grew bigger and bigger, a variety of colors and a bright light appeared on the growing void. "This may actually be worse than we thought…!"

"He can use the kaleidoscope—!" Rin screeched in disbelief.

A wave of malicious intent filled the air as Momoshiki smiled viciously, as if he had heard the cry of distress and snapped his arms to his sides. The action caused ripped space open fully and covered the entire London sky.

The three mages stared at the event in distressed as the impossible occurred before their eyes.

Momoshiki smirked sadistically. "I believe it's time to start a pyre…and burn every world in this pathetic reality!"

And like glass, the space around Luvia, Shirou and Rin shattered apart.

They didn't even get an opportunity to scream as every went silent.

The air cease to exist.

Rationality became irrationality.

As the scatter space pierced through them and broke.

The intensity would've broken anyone who didn't know about the world of magic instantly.

But even a magus would break in matter seconds thanks to sensorial overload that this experience bestowed them.

The pain was unbearable…

It was like a combination of all the worst pain imaginable were being thrown one after the other in rapid succession without mercy or hesitation…

Being burned…

Being suffocated…

Being stabbed…

Being crush…

Being drowned…

Being cut opened…

Being blown up…

Ans so, so much more…

Rin opened her eyes, she hadn't even realized she had closed them, but she opened them and saw…

A vortex of the kaleidoscope laid before her.

This was what the Second Sorcery looked like…it was simply beautiful…

Even though she didn't want to, she could die happy that at least she got to see something like this…

There was no helping it, it wasn't like she could've pulled something to get her and Shirou and the blond out of this mess…

This matter was simply too complicated and above her understanding…

From the corner of her eyes she caught sight of Shirou as he was face was contorted into one of pure agony…

She had to wondered if her expression was like his…

His hand desperately tried to reach for her…

Rin smiled, a pang of warmth filled her to know that even in this last moments Shirou would reach for her like that…

She felt something on her back, she had collided with a body and a blue cloth arm encircled around her waist…

Drilled blond hair filled her vision…

If she could've, she would've grumbled at the fact that she was going to die on the arms of her nemesis and not on the arms of her lover…

Life was cruelly unfair to her…

"Humph, seems as if I'm too late."

Rin's being shook in shock at the impossible occurrence once more. In the space were sound had cease to exist, a voice was heard.

An aged and irritated voice.

Rin focused on the direction where the voice had come from and found herself looking at dark cloaked shadow.

The figure seemed to notice her and tilted his head.

"Hrm, going by your features, I'll say that you are Rin Tohsaka. Hmm, yes, yes, the Tohsaka's of this world have yet to accomplish the task I set of them to do…" The aged voice said with a little disappointment, then he shrugged and reached out for her.

Rin's eyes widened as the cloaked figure closed in and the shadows evaporated away.

She recognized this old man…this was…!

White gloved hand encircled around hers and suddenly the pain disappeared.

Rin blinked and looked up at the old man, she tried to speak, but found her throat to be raw and in pain. Had she been screaming herself raw…?

The old man reached out for Luvia and Shirou, their pained expressions and posture suddenly relaxed but remained slack. They had fallen unconscious. The man pulled the two beside her and then looked down on her.

"How very irritating this is, I see those idiotic 'gods' have done more damage than what I had anticipated." He looked as if in thought. "I could pull you back to your original world and get you to start helping out in fixing this mess those idiots caused…but I think I have better idea for you Rin Tohsaka, and for your maybe nemesis or maybe lover Luvia Edefelt and for your probable boyfriend or most likely slave Shirou Emiya…"

The man smiled and pulled an antique black phone with a large star on the center of the round dial. With one hand, he handed it towards her, she grabbed and looked down at it.

"You and the other two will be conducting an investigation for me, considering that this ripped space seems to connect with a dimension that is not native to this one and is completely unfamiliar to me…you shall go and investigate. I believe that's a better task than dealing with the fallout of this mess, am I correct?"

Rin didn't respond, all the of the sudden dizzy and nauseous. She felt herself be pulled back and away from the old man who smiled at her.

"Do not worry, with that phone in your hands, you shall be safe while traversing the dimensional rift between our native reality and the alien one. Just keep a hold of it and you and your friends will be fine."

Everything was so dark for her, yet Rin made sure to hug the phone tighter into her chest, not willing herself to let go even should she fall unconscious. The bodies of Shirou and Luvia drifted alongside her.

The old man grinned in amusement at her clear show of determination and turned around, ready to head out and fixed things.

"Know that I, Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg, will contacting you soon, Rin Tohsaka."

That was all she heard before she felt a sudden tug in the back of her neck and was immediately pulled back. The smiling user of the Second Sorcery just watched her and the other two go until he disappeared from her vision.

She felt scared, the rapid swirl of colors and the unknown were the only thing that kept her company for the next thirty seconds.

Then there was a white flash.

And then there was the pain.

Rin groaned as a hard and hot surface met her back, she grimaced and held to the antique phone tighter.

She opened her eyes and saw a beautiful night sky with hundreds of shining and lively star.

"…night…?" She croaked out in confusion and the sudden exhaustion that overtook her. Her head dipped to her left and was met with the unconscious form of Shirou.

She smiled at that, her eyes began to close, but before she fell into oblivion she caught sight of something behind the redhead.

In the distance, a long mountain stood proudly.

With five faces carved into them.


Author Notes

Holy Shit! It's finished, I finished the chapter! Finally! Damn' I've had to re-write this thing like three times! Three! And it was all because they didn't feel adequate.

The first one was nothing but a huge slug fest, where there was a little scene between Shirou and Rin and then this whole mess happened with Barthomeloi, Bazzet, Luvia and Rin fighting Momo and Kishi, with Waver and Shirou coming in to land the ending blow and get the fight to end. It was a mess, and not enough interaction between characters.

Second one had more interaction but to little Luvia, and the action I suddenly felt it unnecessary. I mean, this is like the first chapter of the story proper no need to have the heroes already stand up to the villains, right?

So here was the third and final attempt, I must say I liked how it came out. Anyway, onto the next part…

Answering Reviews:

Bloody Hero: I'm glad that you've enjoyed the prologue! Though sorry to disappoint Rin and Luvia here are in their basic and normal move-set, though I've been watching Fate/Kaleid to get a better grip of their behavior and been watching how they fight in the Unlimited Codes game to use them well in fight, I can safely say that using them for fights will be fun. Rest assure, the rest of the Naruto World will be rocked by the dynamic trio here.

Amatsumi: Bad force of habit, lurking around type-moon forums and participating in them has somewhat gotten me to referred to every powerful entity in this universe as female. Though I don't see it as too much out there having Zelretch referred to Akasha as her. While Momo and Kinshiki are alien threats, their kind of the extradimensional kind, I haven't seen anything in the series that has suggested for the counter forces being able to counter that.

The Another One: Glad to know you're giving it a chance! Hope I don't disappoint. And thanks, I completely missed that.

Guest: Well, it was still nice you pass by, so thanks!

Javi30: Thanks.

a crashclown: You and I know that, but they don't. Momo just saw what he wanted and went for it, consequences be damn.

UnwantedNox: Thanks

ArcherShirou: Thanks

Smeargledaking: Thank you, I hope this chapter lived up to some of that potential.

: Pues aquí tienes el capítulo y para lo de Arturia, hay que ver. Tal vez se aparezca en su forma de Archer y preparada para la playa.

Anyway, I hope you all enjoy the chapter. Please tell me your thoughts.

Until next time.