Chapter 2: Meeting Lancer and Saber

AN: Well here is the Outbreak of the Fifth Holy Grail War, it'll somewhat follow canon drawing elements from reality and past chapters. I hope you all enjoy

Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail or Fate Stay/Night

"Are you sure you'll be fine Shirou?" Issei Ryuudou questioned.

"Yeah, yeah I'll be fine Issei, nothing to worry about." Shirou replied with a slight grin.

"Alright then Shirou, take care and see you tomorrow." Issei replied as he left.

After an hour fixing up the heater Shirou had finally finished and decided to head for home taking his usual path until he heard something odd. 'Is that…the sound of clashing blades?' Shirou wondered.

Shirou took a look and instantly paled at seeing a man in red using twin Chinese falchions he recognized as Kanshou and Bakuya fighting a man in blue who wielded a red lance he recognized as Gae Bolg. Shirou cursed violently in his mind as they stopped fighting when they noticed him there and the man in blue whom Shirou assumed was the Lancer of the Holy Grail War charged him. "Aw Crap, well time to run for the workshop before he catches up to me…if I can run that fast that is." Shirou commented before reinforcing himself, having achieved four layer reinforcement (layer 5 is the absolute and 6 is over reinforcement as they would reinforce the molecules and atoms respectively), and making a run for it.

Shirou panted as he stopped in front of his house panting and engaged his circuits so he could trace a Phantasm instantly if he needed to. He heard the man in blue comment "Wow, your pretty fast for an unregistered, according to my Master, magus kiddo."

"Eh, Dad went through a lot of working training me, I wasn't about to declare myself to the Clocktower." Shirou replied

"True kid, too bad I've gotta kill ya." Lancer replied.

"Wait a sec, if I recall correctly the Irish can't refuse good hospitality so fancy a beer before offing me?" Shirou Questioned?

Lancer gained a startled and poleaxed look at that and questioned "How'd you know I'm Irish? Oh, and I'd love a good beer."

"Structural Analysis training and being able to use it when just looking at something, the spear your holding," Shirou replied, nodding towards the spoken of spear, "is Gae Bolg, thus your Cu Chulainn – the Hound of Ulster."

"Well then, that's surprising and ingenious for someone entering this war." Cu replied still feeling off balance.

They walked into Shirou's home heading for the kitchen together as Shirou commented "I could just call you Lancer if it'd make you feel safer." Shirou then grabbed a beer from the freezer, reinforced it, and tossed it to Lancer "There you go, one extra-strength beer."

"Thanks kiddo, I'd appreciate that. Wait, how is this beer extra-strength?" Lancer questioned looking at the inconspicuous bottle.

"Four-layer reinforcement on the beer itself is what gives it the extra-strength." Shirou replied.

"Reinforcing beer…why the HELL didn't I think of that before?" Lancer questioned himself before quaffing a drink. Lancer blinked and stumbled, "Holy Hell, that's powerful!"

Shirou chuckled and replied "I warned you it was extra-strength didn't I? Hell due to extenuating circumstances it takes ten of that power-level beer to get me hammered."

"How'd you learn that?" Cu questioned as he noticed the kid was well below 21.

"Dad's training for alcohol resistance." Shirou replied calmly.

"Ok then, well I'm nearly done so it's about time for that killing." Cu commented before tossing the empty bottle into the nearby trashcan.

"Right, could I grab a weapon first so it's somewhat fair and a better fight for you?" Shirou questioned

"Nah, my Master would castrate me, she's violent that way." Cu replied before shivering to which Shirou gave a sympathetic wince.

"Two things – one let's take this outside, I like my house the way it is and two, tell your master my last name was/is Emiya." Shirou said as he started walking towards the front door.

"Alright kiddo." Cu replied following Shirou.

"Masters Order's kiddo, gotta finish this quick so I'm going all out." Cu replied before taking a stance.

"Alright then Lancer, fire away." Shirou replied cheekily.

"Alright kiddo, nice knowing you." Cu replied before activating his spear "GAE, BOLG!"

Shirou's first thought after getting hit was 'OW', his next thought was 'WTF was I thinking letting him fire that at me?'. "Seriously? Noble Phantasm right off the bat? Don't you think that's a bit overkill for one guy?" Shirou questioned with an obvious annoyance.

"Quickest and surest way to kill you and make sure you stay dead kiddo, sorry." Cu replied sheepishly.

"Oh and if I survive this or am revived and you come after me again – I'm going to fight back" Shirou commented before passing out.

"I'll look forward to it Kiddo, it'll be a damn good fight." Lancer replied with a bloodthirsty grin.

Time-Skip to after Tohsaka Rin's interference in the circle of life

"Hrm, well this is Tohsaka's so it was probably her that revived me. Wonder if she's a master in this war too." Shirou wondered as he woke up from his near-death experience and picked up the odd heart shaped ruby pendant.

'Why do I feel the need to make a cheesy quote here…' Shirou wondered idly before noticing a blur of blue, silver, and red coming towards him and instantly thinking both 'SHIT!' and 'Trace Bullet On' before sending swords screaming at the blur using solely his magecraft and running for his workshop.

'What the hell is this kid!' was the primary thought in Cu Chulainn's head as he charged towards Shirou Emiya and saw the many swords screaming towards him too fast to dodge. Cu quickly brought Gae Bolg around to block them but switched to deflecting after one nearly ripped the lance from his hands as they were going too fast to dodge.

Shirou, having gotten into his workshop and was now bleeding on the circle engraved in the cement floor, sighed in semi-relief and cancelled his trace bullets and started to pour prana into the Servant Summoning Circle on the floor.

Cu entered the kid's workshop warily noticing the eerie glow emanating from the back of the small workshop/shed. 'Master what the hell is this glow?' he questioned mentally as Bazett (Yes I'm including her) replied 'Shit – I recognize this glow – it's the glow that emanated from the summoning circle when I summoned you. Stop the summoning, hurry Lancer!'

Cu ran for the innards already half way through activating Gae Bolg and struck at the kid only to feel his spear stopped as he and his Master both commented ''Aw Shit''.

Shirou breathed in relief when the circle worked and openly stared at the rather beautiful woman that was summoned. The female stated "I am Servant Saber. I ask of thee, are you my master?"

Shirou gulped and replied in the affirmative before stating "The guy in blue you threw out the front door of my workshop here is Cu Chulainn, the Hound of Ulster who wields Gae Bolg."

Saber smiled kindly "Thank you for the information Master, it will help greatly in the following fight."

"No problem Saber, say what's the name of the Phantasm hiding your sword if you don't mind telling me that is?" Shirou questioned.

Saber frowned lightly and replied, "Its name is Invisible Air Master."

Shirou grinned, "Alright two things, one question one statement. First, please call me Shirou as being called master irks me. Oh, and the statement is this, good luck 'Ria."

Saber, revealed to Shirou by himself as Arturia Pendragon blushed and questioned, "How did you figure it out Shirou, I thought I'd hidden it very well?"

Shirou replied cheekily "Yes but telling me the name of the Noble Phantasm allowed me to use Structural Analysis on it and see who its wielder was."

Arturia nodded and jumped after Cu leaving Shirou alone with his thoughts as he considered telling her of his abilities.

Shirou stumbled outside just as Cu leapt away using one of Arturia's blows to gain momentum. "That was ingenious of him." Shirou commented despite Arturia's annoyance at the move.

"Ingenious yes, cowardly as well." Arturia replied with great disdain.

"Well yeah, but he is about speed, battle, and skill not honor like you are Saber." Shirou commented.

"Fair enough." Arturia replied consenting to Shirou's views before perking as she sensed another servant "Here comes another servant Shirou."

"Wait Arturia, reconnaissance to see if they are hostile first but be ready to attack if needed." Shirou replied stopping her from charging off.

"Alright Shirou." Arturia replied.

Shirou blinked in shock as the Man in red who he guessed was Archer as he himself had just summoned Saber walked towards them with Tohsaka Rin whom he noticed had command seals on one of her hands. "Hello Tohsaka, I'm guessing the Servant next to you is Archer?" Shirou Greeted.

Tohsaka had an evil smile on her face as she greeted Shirou "Hello Shirou, I'm guessing that the Servant at your side is Saber?"

"Yes she is in fact. I'm guessing you intended to summon Saber and instead got the Shounen reject over there?" Shirou replied noticing the KI (Killer Intent) flowing off Rin in Tsunami's. He idly noticed she bit her lip too keep from laughing at his comment while KI started flowing from the Servant.

"Are you going to attack me Tohsaka?" Shirou questioned.

"No, there are bigger fish to fry in this war." She replied.

"How about a truce until we off the rest of the servants," Shirou questioned, "our servants complement each other as Archer could provide ranged support while Saber acts as a 'Tank' of sorts."

Rin blinked as the thought hadn't occurred to her and she found herself surprised at Shirou's tactical plan and agreed to it.

AN: Well that's chapter three for y'all. Hope you liked it. Constructive Criticism is appreciated and flamers will be ignored. Thank you for reading and I plan to have the next chapter out soon. Oh and I'm not using the weak "Friend of Kiritsugu's" reason for Arturia being at the Emiya household.