Hi everyone! I'm back. Hopefully this chapter isn't too sucky. Special thanks to Assasin Number 9 and Ms. Atomicbomb for reviewing multiple times and following my story! Your reviews really make me want to continue writing the story. Also, thank you to those who favorited, followed, and/or reviewed. X3

Also, I might have made this fanfic confusing with the how I wrote the characters. So to clarify this, I offer the following points:

-Mordred will be very ooc (I already said this in the second chapter when I introduced her) and I know the relationship between the canon Mordred and Arturia. I'm just making them sisters for the plot. It wouldn't make sense if Arturia already had a 15 year old "son". I have plans for her character in the future. Please bear with how ooc she is now. I'm only on the fourth chapter.

-Arturia wasn't cold to Gilgamesh because she hasn't cared about the popular people and thus she doesn't know their names and who they are.

-Enkidu has already been stated to be male in the "Epics of Gilgamesh". That's why I stated it as Fem!Enki. The only reason why I haven't made them equals instead of being in relationship will be revealed in the future.

-Also, it's alright for characters to be slightly ooc in fanfics. I haven't made Arturia completely cold because she has all these friends around her. I made it so that Arturia is cold to her fellow classmates, but she shows her true self to her friends. Also, this is the first time for me to write as Arturia, so this I haven't quite gotten the feel of her character yet.

Now on to the story.

Disclaimer: I do not own Fate/Zero

Saber POV

Morning classes were not fun this morning. In every single class so far, all I've been hearing about was "how cute Mordred and Gawain were" and "how jealous half the girls in my grade were". I imagine that was the result of my suggestion. I felt physically drained throughout the morning. Irisviel knew about what I was going to do and she worried about my mental well being. I assured her that once everything was settled down, my mental well being would not be too damaged. She looked at me with sadness and pity, but accepted the fact that I would have to do this. "Are you sure that this is the only way?" She asked me during physics, my second class of the day.

"Yes," I sighed. "This is the only way my parents will stop pestering me about the future of the tea company."

"Okay, if you need any help with spreading rumors about this, just ask Kiritsugu, Maiya, and me. We'll be able to discreetly do it," Irisviel offered.

I smiled tightly in thanks. I told her that I would think about it and we continued to do our classwork. She kept looking over at me, gauging my expression, but all she is going to get is a stoic look. Eventually, physics class was over and it was time for physical education. PE was… interesting to say the least. I had PE right before lunch, so I shared it with some sophomores. The juniors in my class consisted of Gilgamesh, Diarmuid, Sola, Kayneth, and most of the fencing team. There was also the new girl. I think her name was Grainne? There were also the few sophomores that shared class with juniors. Unluckily for her, Mordred was among them. All the junior girls glared at her. Mordred, being a ball of fire glared back. I sighed. This was going to be a long gym class. "We're playing dodgeball today!" The gym teacher barked. "You will split into even teams with the same number of Juniors on each side. Everyone find a partner and stand across from them." Or not.

I paired up with Sola across from me and Mordred paired up with Jeanne, a French exchange student and a friend of ours. It ended up that Mordred, Gawain, Bedivere, Gilgamesh, Diarmuid, Lancelot, Kayneth, and I were on one team with the guys in junior year with some sophomores, and all of the girls in junior year on the other team along with the rest of the sophomores. This would be one interesting gym class. The game started out with everyone on the other team aiming for Mordred and ignoring the rest of us. Mordred dodged all of them, having experience in dodging foils. Now, all the balls were on our side. Long story short, the game was very short with almost no one on our team was out. The rest of the games were the same with Mordred being the bait. Needless to say, she was quite frustrated with both our team and the other team. Our team because we used her as bait, and the other team because they all targeted her.

The bell rang and all the juniors sprinted out of the gym in anticipation for lunch. All of us were drenched in sweat and starving with empty stomachs. Especially Mordred and me. With our league deep stomachs, we were completely starving after the dodge ball game. I was ready to devour an elephant. Mordred was ready to devour a blue whale. I couldn't blame her though. She did have to dodge all the balls from the other team.

Out of the gym, Bedivere and I talked about many things as we went along our way to the cafeteria. We talked about the strategies we were going to use, the odd pairing of Mordred and Gawain, and finally, the topic I dreaded the most, how we were going to show that we were "dating". "I wish there was an alternative," I sighed.

Bedivere only gave me a slight look of pity and I glared back, telling him that he shouldn't pity me.

When we finally approached the cafeteria, we showed the grade and proved the rumors right.


Diarmuid POV

The entire cafeteria was in shock as Bedivere kissed Arturia. It was only a peck on the cheek, but still. Arturia, the ice queen of Fate Academy, was being kissed by someone. But the most shocked was Lancelot, her faithful "knight" as most people called him. "B-bedivere? Ar-arturia? Wha-what are you two doing?" He stuttered.

Arturia stood on the tips of her toes to whisper something in Bedivere's ears and he nodded his reply. Then, she walked over to her table and sat down to eat lunch, as if nothing out of the ordinary happened. I noticed that some of the fencing team looked shocked, but the majority looked smug, as if they knew that this would be happening. Some of them even cashed in for bets they made in freshman year. At that point, Arturia glared at them and they all cowered at her ice cold glare. I stared forwards as that feeling came back. That clenching feeling that felt painful returned, but I knew it wasn't an ailment. "Diarmuid," a soft voice called.

I turned around and Grainne was standing there. "Do you mind if I sit here?" She asked, a soft smile on her face.

"Yes, of course you can," I replied with a smile.

Pink dusted her cheeks charmingly. Her chocolate curls floated for a second as she sat down. "Diarmuid, what's your next class after lunch?" She asked.

"I have English next," I answered. "You?"

"I have it next too," she answered, smiling.

This time, my face went the slightest bit hot and I think that the others noticed too, because Sola and all of my "fans" glared at Grainne. Luckily, she had no response to it and continued to talk to me. Her eyes shined as she talked about how excited she was for art class. She explained her interest in making glass and I listened attentively and ignored all other conversations. Until Gilgamesh started being aggravated that I wasn't listening to him talk. "Diarmuid, you mongrel! Listen to me talk!" He snapped.

I smiled sheepishly at Gilgamesh while he looked irritated. "Is the new student really that pretty that you start ignoring me?"

I stared back at him, shocked at what he was suggesting. I sputtered out, "Wh-what? What are you talking about?"

Luckily, Grainne was talking to Tokiomi Tohsaka and Aoi Zenjou. Kariya sat near them, listening to their conversation. Gilgamesh sighed. "It's clear that you like her, so stop denying it."

I choked and started coughing. "Diarmuid, are you okay?" Grainne asked, concerned.

"Yeah," I managed to cough out. "I was just taken by surprise. Gilgamesh said something that surprised me."

The person named sat there idly as he watched the drama going on. "Gilgamesh, what exactly did you say that made Diarmuid choke?" Grainne asked.

I choked yet again and she looked at me with concern again. "Never mind, don't tell me. If you tell me, then I don't think Diarmuid will be alive any longer."

I coughed and eventually I stopped. I sighed with relief. Grainne won't hear the embarrassing thing that Gilgamesh said. However, it seemed that Gilgamesh had other plans. He decided to start embarrassing me with what had happened in the past. "Grainne, did you know that Diarmuid had to cross-dress as a girl once to escape his fans?"

I looked on in horror as Gilgamesh described the incidence. This was something I didn't want to remember. It all started a fateful day at a ball. It was a charity ball and something that my parents, the owners of a foil producing company, made me attend. "Well…" He started, smirking at me. I desperately wanted to disappear or turn into water, or something along those lines. "It's a long story, and I think Diarmuid will murder me if I told you." Graine looked at him with disappointment and intrigue. The bell rang and I sprinted to my locker, relieved to finally leave the teasing behind.

Hey guys! I'm sorry I haven't updated in like... three or four months? Whoops… I've just been crazy busy lately, and haven't had any time at all. I will try to update within the next three weeks, but no promises at all. Orchestra is hectic, especially with our crazy repertoire. For some reason, the staff at my youth orchestra decided that playing Stravinsky's Firebird would be fine. And if you know classical music, you'll know that only the serious professional orchestras would try to play this. Anyways, totally off topic. I'm extremely busy (I don't know what I was thinking at the time when I signed up for five clubs -_-) with clubs, orchestra, and chamber orchestra. I'll try my best, but I don't know when I'll next be able to update.

Signing off,

EnticingNocturne