Upon his arrival at school, Shirou saw a familiar figure talking with some people in front of the gate; Shirou assumed they were techinicians of some sort due to the uniforms they were wearing. The person he saw was none other than the director of the school herself. Fujimura Taiga, also known as Tiger among the students, even though no one who valued his life would dare call her like that in front of her, that nickname had followed her from her teacher days. Taiga was an average sized woman in her mid-thirties. She had short light brown hair and chestnut eyes which some people swear that they turn black like some sort of demon when she gets angry. Taiga was an honest, hardworking teacher who really cared for all of her students equally and even though her fiery temper could make someone misunderstand her sometimes, her intentions were always pure. You could describe her as a strict, but loving mother who made sure her children are raised properly.

Shirou and Taiga are going way back when he was still a little brat. Because his foster father Kiritsugu travelled a lot and he was often absent from home for long periods of time, Taiga was the one who took care of him during those times and they grew closer to each other as years passed. During his high school days, Taiga was his teacher at school; despite their relationship Taiga never treated Shirou differently than any other student, in fact you could say she was stricter with him because of it. If it was to describe their relationship, it would be that of a brother and an elder caring sister. As he approached the school gate Shirou greeted the technicians and then turned his gaze on Taiga.

"Good morning Fuji-nee. What's with the technicians? Has something broken?" He asked her, curious.

Taiga as she heard his voice turned to face him. Shirou noticed she was frustrated.
"Oh…Good morning Shirou, yeah the phone was dead when I arrived in the morning. I called the phone company from my cellphone to investigate the issue."

"That reminds me, I really have to buy a new cellphone someday. I have been trying to fix my old one, but it keeps breaking down."

"Well, if you can't fix it with all your knowledge on electronics. I doubt that anyone else can. I can give you my old one if you want."

Taiga was of course referring back when Shirou was still in high school and he would always be the one who would fix various school equipment and electronic devices; and he continued that tradition as a teacher. Of course she didn't know that he was repairing them with magic rather than real life skills. It was not that he was completely clueless though. Thanks to his Trace magic he acquired various knowledge regarding everyday electronic appliances and he was able to fix some small problems even without using magic.

"Thanks Fuji-nee. I appreciate it. I'll tell you if I need it."

"Anyway, it is time for class. Let's leave the people to do their job, I'll make sure they have everything they need." Upon hearing her words Shirou headed to the gym after waving her goodbye.

Time passed quickly, it was already 3pm, the afternoon classes had ended and the club activities had started, Shirou was responsible for the fencing and the archery club. Because of the small number of members each club had, their activities were taking place in the same building. Shirou was an expert with swords but he was proficient with bows as well, so when he heard that one of these clubs had to be disbanded due to lack of teachers, he immediately suggested to merge them in one club and that he will be the teacher responsible for both of them, his suggestion had been accepted.

There were a total of seven students who were members of those clubs, four for the fencing and three for the archery club. In his high school days the archery club was way more popular than it was now, Taiga was the supervising teacher of it and the club had many talented members like his old friend Mitsuzuri, who was captain of the archery club back then and now she was going to represent Japan at the Olympics in 2016, Sakura was a member as well, a pretty talented one too. Shirou was part of the archery club too for some time but then he quit because he wanted to work part time after the school.

As time passed Shirou was growing impatient as he wanted to know what had happened with Rider and his costume, but he couldn't leave just yet, he had a responsibility towards his club members. Finally, after three long hours which seemed as six to Shirou, he headed back home. He was going to take a quick bath, put on his new suit, which Rider would have hopefully managed to bing and then go pick up Sakura for the big night. It was a little after six when Shirou arrived at home; the whole place was empty as he expected, Sakura was at her Tohsaka's house and Rider didn't have a reason to stick around when no one's there.

"Mmmm...I like this silence, I can prepare myself without distractions now." He mumbled out as he stepped inside the house.

Even though he said that he had plenty of time to prepare, Shirou wasn't a person who took forever to bathe and get dressed; the maximum time limit for these two activities was fifteen to twenty minutes top. He was a simple man after all and such kind of preparations never took him too much time. After finishing his bath he emerged out of the tub, opened the bathroom door without putting a towel to cover his body and headed towards his room. He noticed the red light on the home phone bleeping.

"Hmm...a missed call from Rider. Wonder what she wanted to tell me-
Eeek! It is 18:45 already, I must make haste." He shouted panicked as he saw the time on the phone screen.

He fast-walked to his bedroom in order to get dressed. Thankfully it was there when he opened the wardrobe. He thanked Rider in his mind.
"I should at least treat her to her favorite food sometime."

The funny thing is that as Rider is originally a Servant, the only thing she needs is the magical energy Sakura provides her with. But, since she decided to live as normally as possible she decided to start eating and sleeping like normal people. She even got a job and took some trips to other countries with the money she made. She visited many countries mostly European ones: Italy, Spain, England, Germany, Egypt, China, Brazil, USA but according to her, the one she enjoyed her visit the most was her homeland Greece; she visited the places where she used to live four thousand years ago, even though they were noting like in her memories, thee fresh, morng breeze of the Aegean sea was still the same. It made her reminisce her old life with her sisters Stheno and Euryale. nevertheless, along with the good, bad memories resurfaced in her mind too. She didn't mind though, she believed that it was a necessary step if she ever wanted to overcome her grudge for the people responsible for her fate who were none other than the greek gods Athena and Poseidon.

Despite everyone calling her Rider which represent her servant class, her true name is Medusa, the youngest of the gorgons' sisters. There were many myths about her origins, but the truth was that Medusa and her sisters were not actually humans, but mythical creatures called Gorgons. Gorgons were monsters who had hair made of living, venomous snakes, as well as a horrifying visage that turned those who beheld her to stone. But unlike the rest of the Gorgons Medusa and her two sisters were born with a human form while retaining their original abilities. They all grew up to become beautiful women with Medusa being the most dashing of them all. The sisters were spending their lives in a small island in the Aegean sea, tending to a temple of the goddess Athena there and helping the passing sailors' boats.

Unfortunately, their beauty was their downfall. One day the sea god Poseidon deceived Medusa pretending to be a shipwrecked sailor asking for shelter. Medusa young and naive as she was fell right in his trap and offered him a room to sleep. Unfortunately, the same night oseidon revealed his true nature and proceeded to rape Medusa inside Athena's temple. Athena was furious with his actions of course, but because she didn't want to come into arms with a more powerful god than her, she took out her anger at Medusa, the rape victim. She put a curse on her which transformed her, making look like into the rest of the Gorgons. Since then her life slowly fell into ruins, she isolated herself not wanting to be seen like that from her sisters and when after many years her sisters found her and tried to help her she ate them alive, that's when she became a true monster. She was finally killed by Perseus the hero from Greek mythology by having her head chopped off.

"I should totally get her to that new Greek restaurant that opened up outside town, I heard from some of the kids at school that they make really good…..what was its name again…?ah yeah mousaka, she would love it"
"Yeah everything is great, I'll make sure that Sakura has the best time of her life tonight, she deserves it after all." He said to himself, as he was checking out himself at the mirror for the tenth time.

He double checked his pockets to make sure he had everything he needed. Wallet, keys, cell phone and most importantly the ring, they were all there, so without any further delay he locked the house and headed for Tohsaka's mansion while humming a cheerful tone.

Thus ends the introduction for the Fate universe.

Next chapter will be about Supernatural. Until then be well ! :)