-At night, near the edge of Fujiyoshida Park-
The master and servant both walk along side by side, scouting for enemy servants.
"This is so boring..."
Saya let out a yawn. They had been walking around for quite a while now since Crusader had been summoned.
"C'mon, let's sit on the swings then."
Crusader decided to let her have a break, besides it would be a good opportunity to try to get to know her better.
"So, what's your wish?"
Crusader went straight for his question. Saya gave him a stern look as she casually swung back and forth.
"You have to earn it."
She coldly answered him. She stopped swinging and looked directly at him.
"Your chance of earning it can go up if you tell me your wish though."
She asked him. Crusader looked up at the stars for a few seconds before giving his answer.
"To have had God help us during the crusades...If he or maybe any other deity at all had helped, the amount of soldiers killed would had been lower and maybe my friends would have survived."
He looked back at her with a smile of reassurance.
"Maybe now I can hear that wish I had to earn."
He poked her cheek playfully even though she was making a guilty face for asking about his wish.
"F-fine! You'll have to wait until we get to my house though."
She said this, but Crusader wasn't paying attention.
"Saya, stand back..."
He immediately stood up and took out his sword while Saya took a few steps back.
There was a man who was in samurai armor, and he held two swords. He was likely a servant of the saber class.
"Two step, three..."
The servant mumbled to himself before beginning his assault.
At great speed, he took two long steps towards Crusader and launched three consecutive attacks, all of which were blocked with difficulty. The enemy servant was surprised that his very own attacks were weaker only when the swords met, even with the great force behind each strike. His strength wasn't reduced much, but he just didn't anticipate it and he had trouble adjusting himself before the three strikes ended.
"Damn he's fast."
Crusader went on the offensive and tried to cut the enemy's wrist to slow down his katana's movements. This failed as the dual wielder's abnormal speed quickly deflected his attack and countered.
"Be careful."
Saya shouted out as her servant took and dealt hits repeatedly in his swordfight against the samurai.
Considering his status as a samurai, this would mean that he's definitely Japanese, thus giving him a major stat boost in this country.
"My best chance against this guy would be to use my Noble Phantasm to finish this quick, but that would also mean that he'd try to counter it by using his own too. I can't risk Saya getting caught in my attack either."
He looked back at his master. Realizing that he distracted himself, he jumped back and steadied his sword.
The two warriors stared at each other waiting for the next move to be made. The samurai prepared to start his next attack.
"Seven round step, five."
He quickly took three steps, within a second he was simply an inch away from Crusader. Caught off guard; barely managed to block, dodge, and then block the next three attacks.
"WHOAH WHOAH WHOAH!"
A servant and a master crashed in between them, stopping by the slide nearby. This was the intention of the servant since he likes to make big entrances.
"I thought I told you to slow down or else we'd be found! It's bad enough that we had to stop for some taiyaki on the way here!"
Shade grabbed a pebble and threw it at his servant's head, but strange waves emanating from his servant caused the pebble to whither away due to it's small size.
"..."
Emperor didn't notice that Shade was talking.
"Don't ignore me!"
Emperor stood up slowly after analyzing the other servants, notice of his master on the ground.
"Get up, you're making us look weak."
Emperor dragged him to his feet.
"So who would like to have the honor of being my first opponent?"
Shade hid behind the slide while Emperor made his proclamation.
"How odd are they?"
Saya said to herself, mostly referring to Shade.
"Hey servant, my battle with you is now over. I'll now battle this man."
The samurai couldn't turn down a challenge from anyone.
"Right, just know that I'll be waiting for our next match."
Crusader smiled at him before carrying Saya away.
"H-hey! Let go of me~!"
Saya's voice could be heard from a distance, anyone could tell that she was blushing.
"Hmm...A dual wielder, I have much experience fighting those of your style. This will be fun, but before we start our duel, let me introduce myself. I am of the emperor class."
"I...am of the saber class."
"Then let's begin!"
Emperor quickly drew his long sword, readied his shield, and the two began their duel.
"Five step, seven"
Saber's raw strength was beyond Emperor's, he continuously pushed him back with his dual-blades striking the rival blade and shield.
"His strength is overwhelming for a dual-wielder"
Shade talked to himself as he watched his servant having difficulties in his duel.
Emperor repelled the enemy's attacks with his shield but saber was too fast for any attacks to land a hit.
Saber was too elusive for him or anyone for that matter; one would have to anticipate his movements to land a hit. On the other hand, emperor's shield was a good defense against a swift enemy with strong strikes.
Emperor levitated up into the air to lure Saber up. His plan worked, Saber jumped up to him with ease, but was rammed into the ground by Emperor's large shield. Saber regained his posture in time to get into a firm stance to push Emperor away using both swords.
Their swords clashed over and over without delivering even a single scratch to each other as they quickly tired each other out.
"Ok, think...The enemy is of the Saber class, he duel-wields, and looks like a samurai..."
A thought occurred to shade.
"What the-! That's so cheating! No wonder Emperor is having a tough time with him!"
He continued to watch the two fight, but he felt a pain in his left hand.
"GRAHHH!"
An arrow had been shot into shade's left hand. Shade fell down in complete pain.
"Shade!" Emperor turned back and ran to his master.
"Don't forget the current matter at hand.." Saber blocked his path and thrusted both his swords down at emperor. Even though Emperor just barely managed to block the attack, it was powerful enough to push him back into the nearby jungle gym destroying it.
"Who said I forgot?"
Emperor said with a smirk under his helmet.
"..."
Saber just stood in the same spot focused on Emperor.
"Damn, I need to rescue shade, but if i don't focus on Saber then I'll be finished. If I don't focus on Saber then Shade will be killed...Either way I'm finished!"
Blood leaked from his head. Exhausted, having to use his sword to support him while he rose up from the wreckage.
"I need to get out of here, I'll be killed if I stay here."
Shade said this while attempting to stop his hand from bleeding. He got out of his hiding spot and ran as fast as he could away from the park. Just as he was nearing the exit, he could hear a whistling sound of an arrow coming at him.
"Shade you fool!"
Emperor shouted as he turned towards his master. Both saber and emperor sensed another servant nearby.
"RAAAAHHHHHH!"
A large man is foreign clothing blocked the arrow with his large wooden blade. Clearly this man was of the berserker class. His reasons for saving an enemy master was unknown. Shade managed to get away from the park.
"Wha-?"
Saber was caught by surprise by a thin beam shot at him and jumped back, but he was forced to block against it and was blown away into the ground.
"Shade!"
Emperor had shot a thin beam from the tip of his sword as a diversion for him to fly towards his master.
"About time..."
Shade complained while breathing deeply due to exhaustion.
"Thanks..."
Emperor said this to Berserker while flying over as he flew over the large servant. He picked up shade and flew him home as Shade gave him directions there.
"Why did you save the enemy..?"
Saber gave a serious look to berserker as he walked towards him with both his swords in hand.
"Because that kind of death wouldn't had been good for his glory, just like how you didn't kill him because your honor and pride wouldn't allow it." Berserker went into spirit form and saber left the park.
-On a rooftop nearby-
"Good, we may have failed in killing him, but we got good info on the them. Next time you see that berserker, I want you to immediately use your noble phantasm."
A man in an Indian garb walked up to Assassin and placed his hand on servant's shoulder.
"For peace, right?" Assassin looked to his master with uncertainty.
"Yes, let's not take the initiative until we've seen every servant OK."
"Right."
Assassin went into spirit form. The master looked over the city lights while sitting on the edge of the rooftop.