The girl whose name was Saber and I left the room with me using her as support while walking. I looked at her now and I seen that all of her armor plating was off. Know she was just wearing a blue and white dress. I was a real mess. I could only see from one eye due to the blood that was coming down my face from the glass shards. I could barely see where we were going. I just knew that we were leaving that damned place where I was almost killed by the man in black and the one he called Assassin. God damnit! Damnit! Damnit! Why is this happening to me? Not only that why did that, but why did the voice call me 128? I mean I have a name and it's Mahiro Ishida. Saber and I continued to walk. We seemed to be in the middle of the hallways. My legs are starting to shake… damn! I have to make it out of here. I look up at Saber who smiles at me just before my legs give out on me. All movement in my lower body stops its function. My legs start to drag. All the world around me is turning into darkness. I can't see anything. Then I can't even hear myself anymore. That's when I felt it. My own body landing on something flat and very hard. I can't move a single muscle anymore. Then there is nothing.

I wake up in a bed in a room that I was unknown to. I feel wetness on my head. I lift up my arm to see what it is. It turned out to be a rag. I must be in the infirmary. I look up to be the tips of my white bangs to be a dark red. It must be blood that was left behind. "I'll wash it out when I get a shower later" I thought. I look around the room. At the chair next to me I see the Blue Swordswomen sitting in the chair sleeping. "She looks pretty cute sleeping. I would prefer her like this rather than with that armor on any day of the week" I thought. I continue to stare at her. Suddenly as if sensing I was awake she opened her green eyes and stared at me for a second with a somewhat serious expression before making a small smile.

"Oh Master you seem to be awake" She said cheerfully.

"Yeah… Sorry for making you worry I got a little cut up and I think I might of passed out" I said.

"Might of?" Saber asked sarcastically. I guess she was worried about me. I wonder if she knows why I was called 128? Might as well ask her.

"Saber" I said. "Before you came I heard voices they were calling me 128. do you know why?" I asked. She probably thinks that I'm delirious who would believe that.

"Thats because you're the 128th and final player in this game of war. The voices you heard were probably .PH. You know hosts" She said waving her hand dismissively as if she did care much about this .PH "You had to Soul-Hack to get in here in order to fight for the Holy Grail. You're the very last one chosen out of the thousands of people who have entered. Those who haven't been chosen lost their lives and cannot live in this world, nor the your world" She added.

"No way" I said in shock. This can't be. I'm pretty sure this is true, but I don't want to believe it. If I die here I die for real.

"You have no need to worry Mahiro. They say the Saber Class Servant is the strongest of the seven classes." She said confidently with a smile and her eyes closed. I could tell she was telling the truth somehow. But…

"Who is this SE. and what is Soul-Hacking?" I asked confused. I have no idea what's going on here besides that this is some kind of battle for the Cup of Christ that grants a wish and heroes from the past. Present, and future fight for the right to get their wish granted. Maybe Saber can fill me in a little bit..?

"You have not regained your memories Master?" Saber leaned forward in her chair in surprise, as if expecting me to know what the situation was." The SE. should have repaired your memories by now."

"…My memories?" I said as I tilted my head I mean I remember my name Mahiro Ishida and my parents- a flash of red comes in my brain like a knife and causes me to grip my head as if to force everything back together. As I try to force myself to remember, I feel Saber suddenly reach across my bedside to poke me in between my eyes causing me to break out of my confusion and panic and look at her where she stood leaning toward me somehow moving in front of the bed without me noticing.

"There is no need to push yourself Master everything will come together eventually." The words that leave her lips causes me to stop panicking about my memories. It's strange, with most people I would never let them into my personal space but I let her though so easily. Could this be because she is a hero or something else? She seem so, so….

Seeing that I was once again calm, Saber walked back to her chair sitting down with an elegance I have not seen by the female students here.

"Do you at least remember your name?" Saber said with a mischievous smirk that contrasted her earlier elegance."I don't mind calling you Master but I feel that you might…enjoy it too much."

"I ,uh, huh?" Saber sudden change threw me for a loop and honestly, I never thought that this Swordswoman would use such wording! She seems so noble!

Still wearing the same smirk the blue dressed woman asked the same question,"Who are you, Master?"

"My uh, name is Mahiro," I say expectantly timid. " Mahiro Ishida."

" A strong name I look forward to working with you."

" You as well Saber."

" Now are you going to sit here like an invalid or are you going to go out and face the world?"

"You're right. We won't lose because I won't let this world beat me" I replied. "If I came to this world by doing this Soul-Hack thing then there must be something that I want or need that's worth putting my life on the line for but, for the life of me, I can't remember what that thing was" I added. I pushed myself up and used my arms to hold me up for a bit. I finally readied myself and got out of the bed. I put on the slippers that were left for me and started making my way to the door.

"Mahiro, where are we going?" Saber asked.

"Back to my room I need to take a shower to get the rest of this blood out you're welcome to come to the room too if you would like" I said calmly. Saber got up from her seat and made her way over to me. We both left the room. I lead the way to the room. We kept walking until we made it there. Saber being quiet and looking around the school grounds with curiosity when I looked toward her. When I tried to stop so that she could look around some more she just looked at me expecting me to keep walking toward my destination.

Finally making it to my dorm room, I walked right into the shower when I got there. I hopped in it and turned it on. As the water came down it turned from its original clear color to a light red from the blood. If I want to live, then I have to win. So the only way to leave here is by beating all of my opponents no matter who they are. There must be something that I want. As I thought this an image of Saber fighting that red haired Assassin guy popped in my mind. I wonder what's the true identity of Saber is. I think she said that it's just the name of her class that she is part of . She avoided that question quite neatly back in the nurse's room by egging me on. Saber did mention something about heroes from the past, present, and future coming here so… could it be possible that I know or will know her? This is so confusing…damnit….

Also do I really have the guts to really send somebody to their deaths? I am not sure but I am sure I want to live. Holding out my hand a few red drops fall onto my palm before being flooded away by the clear water.

"Mahiro I put out a change of clothes for you!" Saber called out to beyond the noise of the shower spraying out water and the droplets hitting the bottom of the tube. Hearing this broke my chain of thought. How long have I been in here? It must have been quite awhile if Saber went and found my clothes in the drawers.

"Thanks" I yelled back to her. What was I thinking again? Oh well. I started to finish up in the shower. I turned

I turned the water off and walked out of the shower. I reached my hand out trying to find the towel. I got a hold of the one I was looking for. I tied it around my waist and walked out. I turned and looked as I seen Saber using the toilet. I turned away not thinking much of it. Then I looked again. Wait, what the hell is she doing here! As I looked at her my face started to turn redder, and redder. She does know that the shower and toilet are in the same room right?!

"Looks like I can't get married now because I have a pervert as a Master…" She said jokingly, but I couldn't tell. Did she not care if she was seen in like this way. I mean her dress and underwear is down and I can see her legs and…and…! I feel like steam is coming out of my head!

"No, no, no Saber, it's not what it looks like," I said frantically. "I mean I was just taking a shower and...and you were there" I added while bowing in order to not look at Saber. Wait a second, isn't this her fault? Why am I the one who's taking blame? I'm innocent right?!

"Hey! This is your damn fault!" I yelled at her, yet still embarrassed.

"Aw… and I was hoping that you wouldn't figure that out for a bit longer. It would of been fun messing with you for a bit…" She said sounding disappointed. How can someone play such a cruel joke? Like really this isn't fair. How could she be like this aren't women supposed to be elegant and such. Especially someone like Saber. I guess that there's an exception to every rule. But if I hadn't known better she acts like a normal girl about my age. I could feel my cheeks turning red. I shaked my head to get myself together. I then stomped out of the bathroom. Never mind her age, I can say that was a pretty shady move. Who would really do that for a joke? Not cool at all! I continue to walk to my bed and start to get dressed. I hear a creaking sound and sounds of clothes rustling coming from the shower room door, Saber was peeking out with a grin.

I think this blond haired girl just might be the death of me….

"Sorry Mahiro but I could not help myself," Saber said revealing herself to be fully dressed once more with a giggle." You're too tense; you should learn to relax a little."

"Let's just forget about it" I said. "I should apologize for flipping out at you." I added as I lowered my head to her.

"I think you should apologize for leaving yourself wide open Master quite literally may I add." Saber replied back to taking a look at me standing there in only a towel.

"W-Whatever!" I yelled back to her rushing past her in order to get to the clothes that Saber left out for me.

I got dressed in the spare school uniform that Saber left out for me and left the room with Saber following me. We walked outside of the school and onto campus in complete silence. Except for this one part where one of my fellow classmates(or perhaps fellow Master if that's the right term now.) told me to go to the church past the main building where classes were held if I wanted to get more information about the Holy Grail. The quickest way there was though the main building.

"So Saber does everyone here have a Servant?" I asked trying to start a conversation in order to fill the boredom on the way there.

"Well actually.." She started to say until she was interrupted. It was a voice that I knew too well.

"Actually, Mahiro there are 128 Masters and the rest are just NPC's" The voice said. This voice belonged to Shinji, my once friend.I turned around and upon seeing him close to me, grabbed him by his collar of his school uniform.

"You bastard….. people like you deserve to die. Leaving others in order to save yourself. If you had a Servant why didn't you fight to protect me, your friend?!" I yelled at him.

"Because I was curious on how well you would do against him" Shinji replied cockily not even caring what I thought of him like it was just a game.

"I swear you make me sick Shinji. If you have the power and ability to fight to protect others you use that power to protect. If I had Saber at the time I would have fought to protect you." I said. I don't know why I snapped at him I just did. No, it is because I believed in him that I snapped at him. I know he might be an ass but still he is the only friend I had before I landed into this crazy situation.

Shinji just sneered at me and turned around and walked away not even caring for my feelings.

"Mahiro are you okay?" Saber asked quietly.

"Just fine" I said to her still agitated. Shinji Matou what an ass. Now that I think of it I guess life is fend for yourself considering everything together now, so I can't really blame him for his actions. But his personality really bothers me. I wonder how I put up with such an arrogant person. "Saber I'm sorry, but I'll need some time alone for now" I said. I started to run to a tree I always came to at the very edge of the school's property when I needed to think. If this is a game of life or death then I'll have to win. No we're gonna win no matter what. Saber and I together. We'll beat this world and overcome any challenge that might come our way. I looked around the surrounding area and… and my vision has gone red. I was seeing something that wasn't really there. It was a projectile, but it had to be an arrow. It wasn't as long as if it were to be shot from a bow so maybe a crossbow or something. But I seen this arrow flying straight at me. Saber wasn't around to protect me from this one I was a dead man walking. I closed my eyes waiting for my end to come. Once I opened them the arrow connected. Blood shot from around my forehead. But the weirdest part of it all was that I wasn't injured at all. And that blood that I wasn't mine. I turned and looked at the ground behind me and seen that there was a body there. That body looked like me. It had my face, hair, body type, and ever clothes too. It hit me then and there that the one on the ground then and there was Mahiro Ishida; me. My face turned pale and the world that was red around me turned back to its normal colors. Seconds later the arrow came again. The same exact one that I just saw. Time slowed as it got closer and closer to me. I.. I can dodge this. The arrow was closing in as time passed. But at the last minute I side stepped the arrow. My body wasn't hurt, but it has skimmed the tip my bangs as I was turning. The arrow was lodged into the tree. I wasn't hurt by it, but why would people be trying to kill me? Not only that, but how did I know that arrow was coming? How did the world around me turn red when I seen it come the first time? This is so damn confusing! I left the tree running away from it not knowing if the sniper who had fired that arrow was still after me. As I was running the world around me turned red again. Another arrow came flying while I was running and connected with my temple. Another one of me fell and died. The world turned back to normal and I continued to run. The second arrow came and time slowed down once again. But I had to keep running or else I would be wide open to a third shot. Once I seen that it was nearly at my location I jumped backwards to avoid it again. Once it connected with the ground I kept running through campus hoping to get away from this snipers arrows. If I stopped I was a dead man if I kept running I could only hope that I would see where the arrow is going to be coming from. I looked in front of me and seen the entrance to the males dorm only a few yards away. I kept running till I there. I was surprised that arriving upon the entrance of the building that not another arrow was fired at me. I walked into the building. I looked both ways to check my surroundings to make sure that the coast was clear and I wouldn't have to worry about this happening while I was in here. I made my way upstairs into my dorm room. I opened the door and seen that Saber was sitting on my bed. I guess that she was waiting for me.

"Saber" I said.

"Yes Mahiro?" She asked.

"I was almost killed twice while I was out and they were by arrows" I said. "So I'm gonna assume that they were from an Archer class servant, but why would they be after me?"
"First off how were you able to dodge two arrows from an Archer class servant without a servant?!" She asked, but it was her tone I could tell she wasn't mad, but surprised. "It's not like an Archer to miss" She added.

"Well before each arrow was fired the world around me it turned red. Not only that, but once the shot was fired it came at me in slow motion" I replied.

"That would make sense" She said. "This just goes to prove that the magic that you are able to use is evasion magic" She added.

"What exactly does that mean?" I asked.

"Well it's like there is magic in the Holy Grail war. Each master has a type that only they can use, but there are some like magic like healing and protective magic that anyone can learn. So the magic that the they gave you is the one that's most compatible with you and your personality" She said.

"So I have to run because I'm a coward?" I asked.

"Evasion isn't given to cowards, but given to the one who knows how to act on their feet, but still be able to use their head" She said. "Think of it like this evasion magic if within the top three of the most useful personal magic to have. It was given to you because you use your head to get things done, but at the same time you also can come up with a decent idea on the spot too. So you having this type of skill will give us a better chance at winning the grail" She added.

"So it's a good thing?" I asked.

"Very only on your first use of it you've unlock some good skills of it class. You have the Sixth Sense, and Time Stall. But there are other spells like Freezing which can just stop time, you also have Rewind which can take you back in time, and a bunch of other ones too" She said.

"So how do I activate them?" I asked.

"They can activate when you need them most automatically, but you could make some incantations for them too. With a n incantation for a spell you would be able to activate it whenever you would like to" She said. "You just need to stick your arm out and chant it" She added. Once she said that I stuck my dominant right hand out with my palm sticking up.

"Like this?" I asked.

"Perfect" She said. "Now fire away on how you want the incantation to sound" She added.

I closed my eyes and left my hand out and started to say,"The world that I live in is filled with mysteries. Each step that we take will have an uncertain result. My path is unclear as well, but I call upon the light to rid my path of this darkness. Now show me the light of my future!" I said. I opened my eyes the world was red. I seen a magic circle of the same shade of red appear from my hand. The vision I seen this time was one of Saber hitting me with a right hook in the face. The world went back to normal and as I predicted aber went for the right hook. As she swung I ducked it.

"Pretty Impressive" she said. "Now try to make an incantation for Time Stall. Once you complete it I'm gonna try to hit you again so I want you to be able to get behind me before you get hit ok" She added.

"Got it" I replied. I stuck my hand out to begin the incantation. "From morning to night time flies. Every clock ticks no matter the hour of the day. Now I command the flow of time to stall!" I chanted. A new magic circle appeared, but its color gray. Saber threw another punch at me, but I dodged it and was able to get behind her by side stepping.

"Good now knowing these two should really help us out when we have our first battle. But there are quite a few more spells that you need to learn too" She said.

"So you mean if I keep this up I can get back home?!" I asked excitedly. I have hope now. I might just win this and get back home. Home? What is my home like? Do I even have family? If I do, do they know where I'm at? Damnit this is too much. I fell on my knees to the floor filled with despair that I didn't have a family. At the moment when I thought about it I'm basically a soldier fighting without a cause.

"Mahiro are you okay?" Saber asked. I stayed quiet. I felt tears coming from my eyes. Am I crying? I wiped my eyes with my sleeve. Guess I am.

"Yeah I'm fine" I said while wiping my tears. Saber stuck her arm out to help me up. I grabbed ahold of it and got up.

"Mahiro why are you crying?" She asked.

"I don't even have a reason to fight. I have no memories. So that means that I have no proof that I even have or had a family. I don't even know if I have a home to return to if I win. So I don't have a reason to even live" I said. Still gushing out tears. Saber then embraced me with open arms.

"If you don't have a reason to fight the I'll be that reason. If you don't have any memories then we'll make new ones. If you don't have a family then we'll make one. If you don't have home, then this is our home. Lastly Mahiro if you need a reason to live I'll be that reason" She said. "So do it for me and we'll get through it all together" She added.

"Thanks Saber I feel a lot better now" I said. "You're right I have no need to worry about reasons for things as long as you're here with me" I added.

"Good. Now you know that I'll always be on your side forever and always" She said. I wiped my water works away. I stood up with my head held high and standing straight.

"I know Saber that you and I both have a long way to go. I know that the two of us are basically total strangers too. But from now on the two of are a team and were gonna win this Hellish game of death. But I have one question how can I learn more spells?" I asked.

"Over time they'll come to you. You learn them as more of your circuits are activated over time and training" She said.

"What exactly do you mean by training?" I asked.

"The dungeons. We go there to train together and fight monsters to prepare us for our fights. Shall we go there tomorrow?" She asked.

"Lets" I replied. I know that I'm weak. I know that I'm pathetic. I know the only reason that I'm still here is due to this personal skill of evasion magic, but I'm gonna fight and I'm gonna win even if it's gonna be hard and dangerous. I'll have no regrets if I die because I know Saber and I did our best. The remains of day that were left soon faded into the darkness known as night. I fell asleep soundly from exhaustion. But I was surprisingly looking forward to the next morning. I wasn't really curious about the dungeons, but what Saber was really capable of.