Well guys, guess what? I was able to churn out a chapter during NaNoWriMo after all! ^-^ So great news for you, you don't have to wait until December to learn what happens next. As for the Guest that said this story should be rated "M", well I know that Gil's a perv but I am going to try to keep this story rated "T" despite Gil's character. A lot of suggesting might be in the future. XD But anyone, enough of that, enjoy the chapter.

Hikaru glared up at Shinji, her mind whirling to think of a plan to get out of the predicament she was in.

He was staring down at her with that stupid, smug grin on his face. Next to him was Rider. She was holding one end of the chain dagger as she looked down at Hikaru. Although her eyes were covered by that weird blindfold, Hikaru had no doubt that if she tried to escape, Rider would react faster than Hikaru would.

"I told you," snapped Hikaru as she slowly moved to try to sit up so at least she would not look as undignified as she already was. She froze as Rider's attention focused solely on her and Hikaru decided that lying in the dirt was a good idea at the moment. "I told you," she began again. "Yes, I am technically a participant but no, I am not doing this War business. I was just thrown in as a Master with no say whatsoever so there is no reason for us to fight at all. I don't give a damn about this War."

"She might be telling the truth. No Servant has come to her rescue and she still has all three of her command seals," spoke up Rider.

"Hmmm." Shinji's eyes narrowed as he stared at her in a way that made her feel very, very uncomfortable. "But you still have a Servant don't you? Maybe if you give me your Servant then I might let you go."

"Trust me. You don't want my Servant." Hikaru rolled her eyes. With Gilgamesh's attitude, there was no way Shinji could handle him.

Of course that was the wrong thing to say as Shinji's expression darkened. She felt a slight tugging on her foot and her eyes flickered over to Rider. She thought about the chances of reinforcing her leg, break the chain and make a dash for it. Very, very slim she knew.

"Look Shinji," she began as she slowly sat up and thankfully, this time, Rider let her do it. "My Servant is very different from yours. He does what he wants and doesn't listen to me at all. He also tends to engage in…inappropriate behavior. But anyway, the point of this is that he is way too difficult to handle and you should give up on that prospect and just let me go because I have no interest in the stupid Grail."

The more she spoke, the less, she thought, Shinji believed her.

"Well obviously you aren't much of a magus," laughed Shinji. "Why don't you just summon your Servant and we shall see about that? I should able to handle your Servant just fine."

Ugh. Shinji's cocky attitude made her want to punch him the face. That was ill advised at the moment sadly. She glanced down at the command seals on the back of her left hand. No way. Nope. She was not going to call him. Glaring at Shinji she curled her hands into fists. "Sorry but I'm not going to summon him for you."

Shinji's face darkened. "Well then. I think I need to make you summon him."

She refused to show fear on her face as she continued to glare at Shinji. Her eyes flickered to Rider. The Servant had the other end of the nail-dagger in hand. Hikaru's eyes went back to Shinji as she calculated if there was a chance she could give him a good pounding before Rider got to her. Yup. She could do that. Maybe not an actual pounding, but one good punch would be good enough for her. Right in the jaw so he wouldn't be able to eat correctly for a while. And perhaps lose a couple teeth. That would be great too!

Rider took a step towards Hikaru with the dagger in hand but stopped after just one step.

"What's wrong Rider?" snapped Shinji. "Teach her a lesson!"

"You must be her Servant," said Rider.

It was then that Hikaru noticed the crackling of prana in the air. She turned her head to the direction Rider was "looking". There he was, Gilgamesh, her Servant. His hands were in his pant pockets and he looked like he was out for a nice, relaxing stroll. Well, everything but his crimson eyes that seemed to be blazing with the intensity of a thousand suns.

"I was wondering what was taking you so long to get home my Queen so I came to look for you." His eyes looked down to Rider's chain around Hikaru's leg. "I will have you know that the only one allowed to tie up my Queen up is me."

He would. "Really now!?" she snapped. "I'm currently at risk for dying and you had to make a comment like that!?"

A grin spread across his face but wasn't his devilish playful grin. Instead it looked downright malicious. "In any situation your comments amuse me."

Ugh. Why did it have to be him? She would rather face Rider single-handed right now.

"Release my Queen this instant and I will make your death quick and painful."

Hikaru thought she could see the sweat coming off of Shinji. He wanted to save face but at the same time he could feel the prana radiating off of her Servant. Even Hikaru could tell that Gilgamesh was on a different level than Rider.

"H...Ha! I'm not scared of you!" He crossed his arms. "You are all talk. You are nothing compared to Rider's power!"

Hikaru had to give Shinji props for trying to stand up to Gilgamesh. Especially when those blazing red eyes turned on him. Whoops never mind, Shinji was wilting under her Servant's gaze.

"I was trying to be generous but maybe I should end your life slowly after all." A golden portal opened up behind Gilgamesh and a bunch of swords began coming through it. "You will feel the wrath of the Gates of Babylon!"

Hikaru whirled around so she was fully facing her Servant as her neck was starting to hurt from craning it back to look at him. "Gilgamesh. Really now. You don't have to do…whatever you are doing…" She trailed off as Gilgamesh's eyes darkened further(which Hikaru thought was impossible at this point).

"You dare scar my Queen?" he snarled.

Hikaru's hand went up to her cheek where Rider had nicked it before. It was still bleeding but it wasn't anything serious. He was furious over a scratch on her face?

She was jerked backwards as Rider pulled on the chain around her leg and she flew back into the Servant's arms. She wrapped one arm around Hikaru's shoulders to hold her in place and held the other end of the dagger against Hikaru's throat.

"H…h…ha! What are you going to do now? Your Master will die if you try anything!" Shinji jumped closer to Rider as Gilgamesh glared at him.

Hikaru's eyes focused on the blade that was lightly pressed her throat and swallowed slowly. It seemed like her situation could always get worse. How was she going to get out of this one? She didn't know how Gilgamesh was going to use those weapons that were coming out of the portal but she didn't doubt that Rider's knife thrust would be faster.

"I told you before that I'm not participating. There is no point for this fight," she protested.

Rider didn't seem interested in her plea as she continued to keep her dagger against Hikaru's throat.

"You will not harm my Queen."

Rider's arm jerked away from Hikaru's neck. Without thinking, Hikaru used the moment to slam her elbow backwards, coupled with reinforcement, into Rider's stomach. Feeling the grip on her shoulders slacken, Hikaru threw herself forward and rolled to her feet. Near Gilgamesh now, but thankfully not close enough that he could touch her, she looked back and saw Rider was pinned in place by chains. The chains came out of small portals that looked the same as the portal behind Gilgamesh. Hang on. Those chains looked like the ones that had tied up Hikaru last night!

"Rider! What are you doing!" cried Shinji.

Rider tested the chains but they would not budge.

Gilgamesh was grinning as the sword behind him shot forward and pierced Rider. "This is what happens when you touch my Queen!"

Hikaru just stared in horror as Rider was pierced over and over by the swords shooting out of the Gate. Rider could do nothing but take it. The chains kept her from moving as Gilgamesh continued hurling swords at her over and over.

As fast as it had begun, it was over. Rider was beginning to fade away. Gilgamesh had won the battle in under a minute.

Shinji fell to the ground in fear as Gilgamesh's eyes settled on him.

"Woah, woah, hang on minute." Hikaru stepped in between Gilgamesh and Shinji. She finally understood how ridiculously powerful her Servant was. No wonder the air around him felt so different as compared to Rider. And she had been fighting against him this whole time. There was no time to be thinking about that now though. If she didn't do anything Shinji was going to be a goner like Rider.

"My Queen, that vile mongrel has tried to kill you." He took a step towards her and reached out for her and with surprising tenderness touched her cut cheek. "That mongrel is responsible for scarring your face. He is trying to ruin your perfection."

Perfection? Hikaru bit her lip and backed up a step so he could not touch her anymore. "What you are doing was uncalled for. I am not participating in the War and you made it so Shinji no longer has a chance-"

She heard Shinji laugh from behind as he got to his feet. "I knew we were friends Hikaru. We didn't talk much but-"

"Just get out of here Shinji," she snapped. Today had been a long day and she was really getting tired of everything.

Shinji, thankfully, took the cue and bid a hasty retreat.

"There is a chance he could get another Servant." Gilgamesh pointed out. "However I like your style. Let them escape and then completely crush them if they come back again."

Yeah sure. Let's go with that. She was not in the mood to argue anymore. She massaged the bridge of her nose as she walked over to the window she had broken. "Well, there's no fixing this…" Hopefully no one else had witnessed her escape. She couldn't afford to pay for a broken window right now.

"Where are you going my Queen?" asked Gilgamesh when Hikaru climbed back into the school. She was careful to avoid the pieces of broken glass that were still stuck to the window pane.

"I'm getting my school bag," she explained. She had dropped it on the roof in her mad dash to get away from Rider. She didn't hear Gilgamesh's response but she really hoped he would stay outside.

She left the classroom and headed for the stairs. The sound of footsteps behind her made her sigh. "You didn't have to follow me," she replied.

"I had to make sure my Queen is safe. That mongrel might still be about. He could try to push you off of the roof."

The roof was surrounded on all sides by a high fence so that was not happening. Plus she highly doubted in a one-on-one fight she would lose to him. Whatever, she was already exhausted for the day, she was no longer in the mood to fight Gilgamesh.

Once she made it to the roof, she found her bag a couple feet away from the door next the fence. "I have a good arm," she commented as she walked over and picked up her bag.

She turned and jumped slightly. Gilgamesh was right behind her. He reached out and held onto the fence behind her with both arms on either side of her head. She backed up with her back pressed against the chain links.

"Seriously?" she snapped as she glared up at him. Long day aside, did he really need to try something now?

He released one hand from the fence and gently rubbed the blood off of her cheek. "Why haven't you healed this?" he asked softly.

"What are you talking about?" Her healing? Really now. He was expecting too much of her. Where in the world did he even get that idea?

"You can't heal," he murmured under his breath. He was looking past her as he seemed to be thinking of something.

She grabbed his hand with her own to pull it away from her while he was distracted. He returned his attention to her (much to her dismay) pulled his hand out of hers and grabbed her wrist. He stared at her hand for a couple of seconds before bringing it to his lips and he lightly kissed the palm of her hand.

"Wh…what the hell are you doing!?" She tried to pull her wrist out of his grasp but his grip on it tightened.

"Being with my Queen of course," he said as he leaned in close to her face. It was then that she was painfully aware of how close he was to her and he was still trying to get closer.

"Stop it," she snapped as she lowered her head so he couldn't attempt to kiss her. "This is way out of your jurisdiction as a Servant isn't it? Don't as a Master, I have a say in this kind of stuff?"

"Well I don't view you as a Master, especially at a time like this."

She could feel her heart pounding in her ear as she looked up at him. The way he was looking at her, the way he was watching her, it conveyed something that she could not put her finger on. It seemed…familiar though. Why? And why was she suddenly getting so nervous? "Stop it," she murmured, as she forced her eyes to the ground. His shoes were almost touching hers and again she was hit by how close he was. "Just stop it." She shut her eyes.

He sighed and released the fence and gently held her left hand in both of his. His thumbs ran over the command seals on the back of her left hand. "You should have called me, he murmured.

What? She opened her eyes in surprise. He was still standing so stifling close to her but his attention was on her left hand. "I didn't need help," she murmured.

"Always so independent," he said with a small grin as he looked up at her again. "However," he began and Hikaru suddenly felt stifled again. His grip on her hand tightened. "Rider would have killed you and I cannot have that."

"Well it turned out fine didn't it," she replied under her breath. Yes, thinking back on it, that probably wasn't the best idea of hers but what was happening right now was the reason why she didn't want Gilgamesh around. Stuff like this happened and now that she was thinking about it, she wasn't reacting how she normally would at all. She shut her eyes again as she realized why. She could picture Rider being impaled over and over by those weapons and those chains. He had used them to pin her in place in their first meeting. Who was to say he would not do that now? She was powerless even though she had tried to fight against him. What was to prevent him from doing something like that now?

"You're shaking," he commented.

Was she? Damn it. She needed to stop over thinking. Obviously he hasn't used those chains on her after the first time despite all of the kicking and screaming she had done against him. She sensed him move and she stiffened. Great. Was he going to try to kiss her again?

Nothing of that sort happened. Instead, she could feel his fingers run through her hair gently.

She opened her eyes in surprise again. The gesture was so sweet and seemed so unlike him. "Gilgamesh?" she asked.

He stared at her for a few seconds before he released her hair and took a couple steps back to give her space. "I would never force you to do anything you don't want to," he stated. "Well, besides stealing a few kisses from my Queen of course!"

Jeez. She sighed. What was she going to do with him? Only he could totally turn the mood of a situation around that fast. She moved away from the chain-link fence since she had the space now. She put a hand to her chest. "Why am I your Queen in the first place?" she asked. "I don't even know you. I have never met you before."

He smiled at her like he expected her to just know the answer. "You will understand in time. Let's go home my Queen. You seem tired." He grinned. "Why don't I help you sleep tonight?"

"I veto that," she huffed with a roll of her eyes. Fine. He wasn't going to tell her yet but she would find out soon, that was for sure. There was no way he was goigng to be able to hide it from her forever! She began walking towards the door to the roof but paused and glanced back. It felt like someone was watching her. When she didn't see anything, she cast out her senses but there was no prana signature anywhere.

"My Queen?"

Hikaru shook her head. It was probably nothing. She focused her attention back on Gilgamesh and headed for the door. "It's nothing. Let's go."