"You look so much better like this~" Rin said, as she tied Enkidu's hair into two twintails, not unlike her own hairstyle. Enkidu waited patiently as Rin tied up the finishing touches. "So, Master Rin, tonight was quite busy. I trust that you'd get some sleep now?"
Rin nodded, trying her best not to yawn. "yes, that will be the case..." she said as she headed to her room. "Hey, Enkidu. Wanna have a bit of a sleepover? I know you can't sleep, but...wanna try it out?" The green-haired servant blinked in surprise, not expecting its master to do such a thing that was usually only between friends.
"I do not mind." Enkidu said as it followed Rin into the bedroom. "Goodnight, Master." it said as it tucked itself into the blankets, besides Rin. Rin smiled. "Goodnight to you too, Enkidu."
Rin found herself in a mountainous region, as she looked upon a swirl of clay, spinning in the air akin to a tornado. Forming in the sky, it twisted and contorted as it was created, before being set upon the land.
It was a huge monster, akin to a bear, yet with antlers still on its head. As it ran towards her direction, Rin flinched and braced herself, but to her surprise, the monster ignored her, instead grazing on the grass along with other animals.
As it grazed, it looked towards the distant city, as if wondering if something was calling for it. However, it did not dwell on this thought for long, as a few moments later it began to run along in the wild mountainous region with the animals once more.
As time passed by, Rin then noticed a figure slowly coming towards the beast. The figure had Enkidu's beautiful appearance, yet she still looked far more feminine than it. "So this is Anu's bidding, correct? Then I shall do as he says."
The beast noticed her, before then giving out a slow rumble as a warning. The woman did not flinch, still walking forwards in a slow stride, as the beast watched with interest. Laying a hand on its snout, the woman said, "Hello, Enkidu. My name is Shamhat. It is my duty to bring you to an understanding of humanity."
The beast's eyes blinked, as it then knelt down, and followed the woman. Rin, desiring to see more, followed them, as she looked at the tent that Shamhat had made. If her memory was correct, Shamhat was a prostituite...and she put a hand on her mouth.
She was not sure if she wanted to see what came next. As she peeked into the tent, she then realized that the beast had changed. Hair came from its head, in a light-green hue, not unlike Shamhat herself. "So...this is how...you became human, isn't it?"
The rest was almost like a flash, as everything began to fasten and unravel in front of her eyes, before she then realized that Enkidu had finally assumed its form, that she was personally familiar with. It looked so much like Shamhat, yet in a way, it lacked the sort of feminine charm that Shamhat had.
"Shamhat...I finally understand my mission. My name is Enkidu, the chains of heaven. I shall impose the wrath and judgement on the puppet of the gods." Enkidu said as it rose up, then embraced Shamhat. Shamhat gazed at the clay figure, who had shaped itself in her image, yet was still somewhat taller than her.
"Enkidu...as a sacred prostituite, would you like to know what my profession entails?" she said, as she traced her hand down Enkidu's cheek. Enkidu had a somewhat limited understanding of such a gesture of affection, but as she was the first human it had ever met, it did not try to deny the touch.
"I do not mind, Shamhat. After all, I suppose it would be nice to experience what you call...culture." Enkidu replied, as Shamhat nodded. She then said to him, "You may have assumed my outwards appearance, but what is your inwards appearance?"
Rin held her face, as she felt her cheeks turn red hot. "Oh no, no..." she didn't want to see it, yet she couldn't bear to peel her eyes away from the act that was about to be done. Enkidu frowned towards Shamhat. "My inwards appearance?...what do you mean?"
Shamhat giggled, as she then placed her hands on Enkidu's shoulders, slowly removing the simple white tunic that covered its body. "It's not like everyday you can get to bed one who is so similar to yourself, Enkidu."
Enkidu had a confused look on its face as its shoulders were revealed, with Shamhat running her hands down on its shoulders and caressing the smooth, pale skin. Rin turned her back, holding her face as she knew what was coming.
However, she did not run away, as part of her had fallen into the temptation to see more. As she looked towards Enkidu and Shamhat, she realized that she was just in time to witness the latter in the middle of kissing the former, her tongue mixing in with Enkidu's own unused mouth.
"It's your first time, isn't it, Enkidu? I'll be gentle on you." Shamhat said after their kiss parted, as she then slowly slipped down Enkidu's tunic, leaving it completely unclothed. She then stared at Enkidu's bare body. By bare, it was not that Enkidu was unclothed, no, rather, it was utterly devoid of any sort of genitalia or sexual organs, almost like a barbie doll.
"...you don't know what you should put there, don't you?" Shamhat said as she looked at Enkidu's body. Rin kept looking, the only thing that kept her head from exploding from utter embarrassment was the fact that Enkidu did not have any genitalia.
Enkidu looked down. "I do not know what to put there. May you show me?" Enkidu asked Shamhat innocently, who had an...interesting smile upon her face. "Of course. after all, it is part of my job, Enkidu." she said, before kissing Enkidu once more.
This time, Rin had the pleasure of seeing the full action of Shamhat kissing Enkidu, her tongue mixing with Enkidu's own, before it parted as their mixed saliva dropped to the ground. "Shamhat...that felt surprisingly good." Enkidu commented.
"Oh, we haven't even started yet." Shamhat giggled, as she lay a hand on Enkidu's chest, before then removing the straps of her dress, letting it fall to the ground as she revealed herself to Enkidu, and by extension Rin.
Rin felt her entire existence implode upon itself as her eyes widened.
"AAAAAAHHHHH!" Rin screamed as she burst up from her bed, with Enkidu propping itself up from shock of her scream as well. "Master! What is it?" Rin grabbed her pillow, as she then realized that Enkidu was right besides her.
"IT'S ONE HUNDRED PERCENT MAXIMUM NO CHILL, NOT 30% SLOPPY SECONDS WITH SOME MIRRORVERSE BITCH!" Rin yelled as she began to beat Enkidu with a pillow, much to its surprise. "Master, why are you hitting me? And what do you mean by 'sloppy seconds?'" it asked innocently, before Rin then started to kick it in a matter not unlike how she kicked Archer in Carnival Phantasm.
Enkidu cowered, not out of fear, but rather out of instinct, though it did not hurt it to any significant degree. "Master, are you done?" It asked as it looked up to gaze at Rin. She had notable thighs, it noted, not that it cared too much.
"Enkidu..." Rin growled. Enkidu frowned, then began to catch on. "I presume that you may have dreamt of my past, master?" it said, as it went towards the closet, before coming out in a purple button-up coat and leggings, with its pigtails still relatively untouched.
Rin sighed, calming down as she then sighed. "I'll get dressed first, we'll discuss this at breakfast later. Lancer, get cooking." Lancer nodded. "Understood, master." it said before it then headed to the kitchen.
A few minutes later, Lancer set down an array of toasted loaves, decorated with jam, buttered garlic, peanut butter, etc. Setting down two flasks of milk, Lancer put the milk container on the table, and sat down on the chair besides Rin.
"So, Master, what do you wish to discuss?" Enkidu asked her. Rin, seeing as this the optimal time to direct the focus away from the dream, said, "Where do you think other masters could be?" she asked Enkidu. Enkidu drank its own milk, then gave a thoughtful smile while swallowing its bread.
"I think that a place in the mountains like..." Enkidu realized that it did not know all of the geographical locations of Fuyuki. "I don't know any places in the mountains." it admitted. Rin crossed her arms, before sighing.
"You know, whatever. Let's see if we'll be able to get the Matous next." she said, as she straightened her shirt. "Enkidu, feel free to follow me to school today. Just don't let your identity as a servant be discovered." she said as she then began to walk out of the house with her backpack.
"Understood." Enkidu said, as it followed Rin. "Rin, it's that boy again." Enkidu pointed, as they noticed Shirou. Rin's eye twitched. "Okay, forgot about him...normally I would tell you that we should go 100 maximum no chill...BUT THIS ANNOYING, HIGHJUMP KID! just had to show up again." she growled.
"Hey, Rin!" Shirou waved his trembling hand towards the girl, who ignored him. Shirou frowned. "I never had the courage to even wave towards her before, let alone a hello. Was last night truly a dream? ...after all, she talked to me WAAAY too much. Yeah, it must've just been a dream."
Rin passed Shirou, as she then walked upwards towards where her class was located, before rushing into the bathroom. Heavy breaths came out of her mouth, as she washed and scrubbed her face furiously with water.
"That was close...I really hope he didn't say anything. I don't want to harm her...it's a good thing that idiot's out of the war now. You've done nothing wrong, Rin..." She thought to herself, before then regaining her composure.
"Enkidu, I'll be going in class. Please don't be conspicuous with your outfits if you choose to materialize...in fact, i'd recommend that you don't materialize. But it's up to you." she said, before heading towards her classroom.
A dematerialized Enkidu walked into the men's restroom, as it closed its eyes. It could feel several sources of mana...if it kept being dematerialized, opponents might actually get a servant to try to catch itself. Maybe a thin-air sort of disguise could work...?
It then noticed a couple of boys coming into the restroom. Looking at them, Enkidu then found a certain blue-haired boy with curly hair to be intensely dislikable at first sight. From what he was saying, making some inappropriate and rather insensitive jokes, Enkidu could tell that this person was not one of good character, and could tell that there was an increasing lack of tolerance around the other boys for this particular boy.
As soon as that blue-haired boy entered one of the stalls, Enkidu jumped into the same stall, and whacked the blue-haired boy right in the head, knocking him out. Rummaging through his backpack, Enkidu looked at the boy's schedule. "Shinji.."
Shifting its appearance into Shinji's own appearance, Enkidu looked at him, before stripping Shinji of his uniform and tucking it on, then tying him up with chains and shoving Shinji's sock into his mouth. "First class...History class..." Enkidu murmured, before rushing off to class.
As Enkidu listened to the teacher, it noticed that Rin happened to be sitting besides it. "Hey Rin." Enkidu said telapathically to Rin. It could feel its master's voice. "What is it, Lancer? What's so important?" was Rin's reply.
"I just became the student sitting right next to you." Enkidu said, as Rin spun around to see Enkidu...in Shinji's form. "Of all the people you could've chosen to shapeshift into, why him?" Rin groaned, as her servant replied, "It didn't seem like anybody would miss him in particular."
Rin pulled on her pigtails, as she calmed herself down. "I mean...you're not wrong. But please, switch into your original form sooner or later. I really can't stand the sight of that creepy prick. Seriously, he thinks girls are the male version of dildos!"
There was no reply from Enkidu, as the two wrote in their notebooks, copying down whatever the teacher was saying on the board. In the case of Enkidu, it was instead just doing scribbles on its notebook, with little drawing of a comparison between Vegeta from Dragon Ball Z and Gilgamesh.
"Shinji!" The teacher called, as she noticed that "Shinji" was not exactly taking notes, and was instead doodling. "Shinji!" There was still no response. Rin face palmed, as she telepathically said to Enkidu, "Enkidu, that's the boy's name. Just respond before you get into more trouble."
Enkidu stood up. "Yes, Lady of Louds?" "You get up here, young man!" the teacher yelled, as she pointed towards the front-center of the classroom. "Shinji" walked up into the front of the classroom, and suddenly yelled, "Hey kids wanna see a magic trick?!"
Everybody looked at him, startled by "Shinji's" sudden outburst. "Shinji" then ducked under the teacher's tall desk at the front of the room, and shifted back into its own form. "Tadaaa!" It yelled, as its luxurious green hair flowed down from its back and down to its uniform.
Rin couldn't believe it. She had told Enkidu to get back into its original form sooner, but she wasn't expecting this. Everybody stood up to get a better look to see "Shinji's" magic trick. As Rin stared in utter disbelief, Enkidu winked at Rin, before the bell then rang.
"So, what do you think, Rin?" Enkidu asked as they sat outside under a tree, near the school field, during lunch. Rin sighed. "Well, when I ordered you to change into your original form soon, I didn't expect...such methods."
Enkidu shrugged. "Gilgy would've done so. After all, he's the center of attention. And he loved it." It twiddled with a stick, before looking at Rin, who had her hand on her forehead. "Look, Enkidu...where did you put Shinji?"
Enkidu frowned. "Does it matter?" Rin bit her lip. "Well, it probably wouldn't...if he wasn't one of the Matous, one of the mage families who first started up this Holy Grail War-or as I like to call it, Murder Death Kill thing."
"He won't be coming out anytime soon." Enkidu said. Rin frowned. "Why not? What did you do to him?" Enkidu chuckled. "I tied him up, and stuck his socks in his mouth. Even if he managed to break out, he wouldn't have clothes anyway."
Rin blinked, and then realized that Enkidu was correct. It was wearing Shinji's clothes. "...well, it's either him or Sakura who's going to be the master of the grail war." Enkidu frowned. "Who is Sakura again? Physical appearance please?"
"Purple hair, purple eyes, purple everything. Basically purple girl. Hangs out a lot with that orange high jump kid. has a pink ribbon." Rin described Sakura to Enkidu. Enkidu recalled a girl like that, calling him oni-san. "Oh, her. yeah, I remember. But...she doesn't seem to be a mage. I could barely sense any significant magic energy from her."
Rin nodded. "Exactly! She's not a mage. She's nothing." A moment of silence filled the air, as her servant stared at Rin, who just tried to maintain the cold facade. Enkidu broke the silence by commenting, "Well, if you insist."
"Young...ling. Did you not think that I'd notice your presence here?" the calm, yet steeled voice from a tall man with glasses sounded, as Enkidu stopped in its tracks. "Excuse me, sir? Is there a problem?"
"I merely noticed...your clothes. You should be wearing a school uniform." The tall man with glasses said. Enkidu had steeled itself, wondering if this man meant any harm, before it then relaxed, with sudden surprise. "Oh. I...was expecting something more serious."
Rin ran in front of Enkidu, as she muttered to herself, "100 percent maximum, NO CHILL!" she stopped in front of him. "Mr. Kuzuki! I'm so sorry about this! This is my...friend, he's visiting, he comes from a rather faraway place so he doesn't exactly know how does the system here operate!"
With the same cold air, and breath, Kuzuki said, "Well, Rin...if you have truly appeared before me...your last minutes of existence here should be near." Rin rolled her eyes. "Yes, I got it! I'll be leaving school soon!"
"Then flee...before the shadows catch you in the night, Rin." Kuzuki said, as he turned his back. "And did you think that your lie of this...young man being simply a friend, could deceive me?" Rin's eyes widened, as she hoped that she would not get into trouble.
"He's a 10 out of 10, Rin. Excellent job." Kuzuki said, before walking away. Rin looked at Enkidu, who gave its thoughts on the entire situation that had unfolded in front of them. "That was weird. Really, really weird."
Rin sighed. "That fucking drama king used to be the teacher of...drama class, but he's scared so many students away to the point that virtually nobody attends his classes..which leaves his schedule empty. Even then, he's just so scary that the principal doesn't want to get anywhere near him or try to dismiss him...or give him a demotion to homeroom teacher, so..yeah. I don't know what he does. Nobody does, in fact."
The loudspeaker sounded, as Kuzuki's voice could be heard. "And as the shadows fall upon the city upon the dead of the night, know that any unsuspecting soul, wandering into its clutches...could be your own. As the prey to the unknown, it'd turn out to be quite a shame if after all these promising years, all that happened to be your destiny was to be food for an inelegant, voracious, eldritch abomination. So head home while you still can, students. And keep both of your eyes open."
"aaaaaand...that." Rin added. "It usually works in scaring most of the students home. His voice, it's like terribly convincing, and even though we know he's bullshitting, it still gives you the chills." she sighed, as Enkidu raised its eyebrows in interest, hearing Suzuki's words.
"But Lancer, we'll be investigating this school once more. I heard of rumors that Ayako was passed out with her blood sucked out, which could possibly be the work of a servant." Rin said, as she then looked at Enkidu, who was sniffing the air, not unlike a dog.
"Lancer, what's hap-" a scream filled the air, as Rin sat up. "Lancer, stay here! I'll be checking the area! Do not engage, it's not nighttime yet!" Rin yelled as she ran down the stairs. Encountering the fallen student, she gasped as she then bent down.
"Okay, first wasting my most precious jewel on that high jump kid's stupid ass, NOW ANOTHER FORTUNE ON THIS ONE! Dad, if you're watching, please don't hold a grudge against me! Blame Kirei for everything! If his sorry ass wasn't so bad at infusing jewels, I would've ben throwing them out like confetti!" Rin yelled as she used another jewel.
As she completed the spell, she touched the girl again. Her pulse was beating at a much more steady pace this time, before a chain flew right in front of her eyes, as she instinctively jumped back to dodge it. "Okay, if some stupid mage thinks that he can skewer me with chain weapon, YOU ARE SO GOING TO GET IT! 100 PERCENT MAXIMUM...NO CHILL!" she yelled as she reinforced her legs, and burst into the forest.
Running in the forest, Rin then stopped, hearing a familiar laugh. "That sounds familiar..." something hit near her feet, making the ground erupt with soil, as she jumped back. "Okay! I'm betting on either Assassin or Rider now!"
"What's wrong, little magus? Aren't you going to summon your servant?" a feminine voice filled the air, as Rin gritted her teeth. She couldn't bet to beat a servant. She had to escape. "No, not yet. I like my command seals. Besides, is your master such a wuss that he won't dare to meet me in battle?"
"Oh. I'm sorry. My master doesn't seem to be here right now." Rider smirked, as she was perched on top of a tree. A voice could be heard up above. "OH YES I AM, RIDER!" "No...SHE'S not." Rider grinned, before bursting towards Rin, who had widened her eyes when the rider said "she."
Rin burst to the left, and pushed her back against a tree. At this point, she knew that Rider was simply just toying with her. She had to get out of here quickly. She didn't know if Lancer could get here in time, it could already sense her distress, but the assumption that she would be saved was a dangerous one.
Instinctively crouching, she looked upwards, as the tree behind her was torn apart by Rider's chain, as she bolted forwards. As she made her way out of the forest, she felt something tightening around her waist.
"You're not getting away that easily, dear, sweet little girl." the sensuous voice said, as Rider then placed her hand on Rin's shoulder, then pulled her back, as she pinned Rin's right arm to her back, and a snarl could be heard from Rider as she clenched Rin's face.
"If you really are the sister whom I've seen in her memories...you should've known you had this coming." she snarled, as Rin's eyes widened. "I'm...sorry..."
"Rider!" Shinji yelled, as he dropped out from a tree. "Don't kill her or seriously harm her. After all, I still see some value in her." he said with a rather sinister smirk, as his hand twitched. Rin grit her teeth. This was going to be disgusting.
As Shinji's hand reached over, a sudden wave of dust then blasted onto him, as Lancer arrived. Shinji coughed from sheer surprise as well as dust going into his mouth, while Rider simply just released the chain, resulting in Rin yelping and dropping onto the floor.
"Master of Rider, sorry for the dust, I was in a rush. Well, Master of Rider, you're not wrong. We could join forces." Lancer said as it stood up, dusting its uniform. Rin and Shinji looked at each other, before Shinji said with a certain tone of uneasiness, "Yeah! That's what I meant!...an alliance!...yeah...!"
"Lancer." Rin looked at it, telepathically commanding him. Lancer nodded, as it sprung a blade right at Shinji, inches away from his nose. "If you harm my master, I promise you that I will not treat such an offense lightly. Therefore, please respect our alliance."
Rider lowered the blade with a hand, as she stood in front of Shinji. "Then please do not harm my Master either, if he does not commit any offenses." the pink haired rider said. Rin nodded, as she looked at Lancer, motioning it to take away the blade.
Looking at Shinji, Rin then put a hand on Lancer's shoulder. "We'll meet at 9 pm, up at the mountain. You better be there." she said, before the two departed.
Shinji looked at rider, before getting a good look at Lancer's outfit. It reminded him of something...of course, how could he forget it? It had cost him an entire day of class time, and eventually had him to be properly saved by Rider.
"HOW DARE YOU TAKE MY UNIFO-"
well, last time's reviews were so short that...I'm really not sure how to reply to them. One was more of a comment, and another wasn't even a complete sentence...so yeah. Sumanai!
But anyway, as always, please review, I'd love to hear what you think and I'll try to reply to reviews in the next chapter.