Starnightking here, someone's already pm me about Minato's stats and those stats will be the stats Minato has through the story. Another thing I want to ask people is if they want to see Minato pair up with anybody. If you do just leave who you want in the reviews since I'm new to this site, I'm not sure how to do the polls yet. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Anyway on with the show.

I look down to see that I am sitting on a throne, and all around me, in this room the size of Rin's house, are all the Personas I have come to summon, know, learn from, and love. Some are standing on the levitated ground, other are sitting down on chairs they made for themselves. The overall place, ironically, looks like Tartarus.

This, is my Sea of Souls.

"So…did any of you sense, or see anything I didn't?" I ask them.

One looks at me. He is a man in a blue jumpsuit, with long blue hair tied up in a pony tail. His lance is still, and always will be at his side. Gae Bolg.

"That man with the blonde hair…he's not human." he said seriously.

"Yes. For once I agree with Cu Chuulain." said Nero. She had her long blonde hair tied up in a bun, and had her ever beautiful red dress on. Strange thing is, the front of her skirt, is see through…she say's it's because she has nothing to hide or something like that.

"The man had a tremendous air of strength, my king." said Gawain, a Persona I had recently summoned. He had a gold mop of hair and wore silver armor. His sword, Excalibur Galantine; the sister sword of Excalibur, was at his waist.

"I bet he'd give us one hell of a fight." Another one of my Personas comment. I look towards her. Another damn history screw up. Mordred, the 'son' of King Arthur, is actually a girl. She dons silver armor from head to toe and I would have confused her a man had she also worn her helmet.

She has her blonde hair tied up into a bun and has green eyes and no matter how I look at her face, it screams 'woman'. Strangely enought, she looks kind of like Nero... Are they related? Never asked.

Right now, she is sporting a feral grin and is tightening her grip on her sword Clarent Blood Arthur.

"You know I can't do that Mordred. If that man is a Servant, I wouldn't stand a chance against him. I'm not even up to half my power." I tell her.

She clicks her tongue and looks away, uninterested in the conversation now.

"Scathach, how's my mana restoration?" I asked the most powerful Persona of the Priestess Arcana.

"Still, slow going, Master." she answers.

I nod and sigh. At this rate it will take me a week just to get to 75% capacity.

"Oh. I don't know if it's necessary, but there was a boy who could clearly see your Master from the bottom of that building." speaks out Robin Hood.

"I noticed, but do you think he is a Master?" I asked

"No, I couldn't feel any powerful magic from him." said Gabriel, an Arch Angel of God's Heavenly Host.

"Well, he did see you and Rin while scouting. Maybe he is a Master. We shouldn't take any chances." I turn my head to look at one of the more mysterious Personas I have.

Emiya, is a Persona I got only recently. When I asked why he appeared, he answered that I had the ideal to save everyone from danger, an ideal he once had, but gave up on. In truth, I gave up on that ideal as well, when Shinjiro died, and was once again reminded of it when I thought I had lost Aegis after her fight with Ryoji… I learned on those days that you can't protect everyone.

When I asked about his history, he didn't answer me, and to this day, still will not tell me his story.

"I'm not going to risk the chance of hurting an innocent and getting stuck with more stupid chores from Rin as punishment or having her use another Command Seal." I tell him.

He smirks, as if he knows what I'm going through, though he must since he is a part of me.

"Anything else?" I asked. Most Personas shook their heads, but I felt the one behind me stand still.

Tamamo was very loyal, to me…though she calls it love. Freaky ain't it. She wears a beautiful kimono that shows more skin than it should. Another thing unique about her, is that she has two fox ears and a fox tail. Well, she was a fox spirit in life.

"Tamamo?" I asked.

"…That girl who talked to the foreigner…I think she may be a Master." she told me.

My eyes widened. Now Tamamo is the best Persona that I have for sensing. She's kind of like Mitsuru's Persona, designed to fight, but can be used for scanning or sensing.

From what I could guess from Rin's reaction, she didn't just 'know' that girl. She had a deeper connection to her than she let on. Luckily for me, I have excellent Persona who have an eye for minor details like that.

"Eh? That beautiful girl with the blue hair. We have to fight her? Geez…and here I was thinking to convince Master to go after her…what a shame…" Robin Hood sighed…and then was beaten by some of my female Persona.

"You know that now isn't the time for that, Robin." I tell him and sigh.

"But, Master," Chu Chuulain starts with a smirk on his lips, "you did have a harem, when you were alive. All Robin was saying, is that you should have a little more fun before you have to go back." I could only glare at him…mostly because what he said was true.

"Shut up." I say and leave my Sea of Soul.

(Rin Pov) Next Morning…

So… After breakfast, which Minato had made (he's a surprisingly amazing chef, and he even said that he doesn't need his Persona's help), I clearly explain my immediate plans.

"School?" he asks and looks at me with his normal emotionless face.

"Yes. Do you have a problem with that, Minato?" I say.

He shakes his head and looks like he's about to say something, but decides against it and sighs. He must have realized yesterday that I'm not the type to take back my decisions. I can kind of tell without him saying so. Minato is rude, blunt, and can be sarcastic, but he's almost always honest. So it seems he wont complain about something that he has accepted.

Yes, in other words, he's very faithful in his own way. This is my conclusion…no more of an intuition after watching Minato for all of yesterday.

"Rin. Being a Master now, you have to be careful. School is a place where it's hard to be prepared for sudden attacks." he says.

"That's not true. Look, Minato, even though I am a Master now, I don't intend to change my lifestyle. Besides, a battle between Masters is something that should be done out of public view, right? So if were are at school where there are lots of people, I don't think we'll see any kind of surprise attacks." I explain to him.

"I see. If that's what you want, so be it." he accepts but continues, "But, I can at least guard you in spirit form, right. You don't think I'll actually stay here right."

"Of course not. Not just at school, but I will want you by my side whenever I go outside. It is the Servant's role to protect the Master, so I'll be counting on you." I tell him with a smile.

He nods and says, "I'll try to meet your expectations. But I still think we shouldn't try our luck at school."

"Yes, yes. Let's go, Minato." I say and look at the clock. School starts in thirty minutes so we wont make it unless we leave soon.

"…Well, looks like I was right." Minato arrogantly says right next to me.

"…Shut up…" I retort.

As soon as we pass the school's main gate, we joke around like that. Around us are the students heading to classrooms and it's almost time for homeroom. In the crowd of people rushing into the school building, we stand dumbfounded.

"This isn't just the air stagnating. Isn't there a boundary field set up already?" I ask him.

"It doesn't feel complete. But it seems that preparations have started. The Master must be confident to be doing this so openly." he comments.

"Or he's an amateur." I correct him, "A boundary field that lets others notice the abnormality is only third class. To be first class it has to be hidden until it's activated."

"Which do you think it is, Rin?" he asks.

"Who knows? I don't care if he's third class or first class. I just going to beat him mercilessly for setting up such an indecent thing in my territory." I growl.

I walk angrily though the schoolyard. As a magus, I'm not about to mince words, but I can't be satisfied until I properly punish the creator of this boundary field.

After second period, while walking back from the music room…I see a first year student walking unsteadily. The student is carrying some stack of papers and it looks like she's having trouble.

"I'll help, Sakura." I say politely.

"Huh…? Ah, Tohsaka…Senpai…" she whispers.

"What, handouts? World history… that'll be my homeroom teacher. That Kuzuki, what's he thinking making a girl do this? Here, give me half of it." I tell her.

"Ah…Yes. Thank you, Senpai." she meekly says.

"It's fine. So, we're taking these to your classroom?"

"…No, we're taking them to Kuzuki-Sensei. He said he's recalling them because there was a misspelling." she tells me with a small smile.

"…I understand. Kuzuki's really stubborn. He's the guy who cancelled a whole test just because there was one misspelling in it."

"…Huh? You mean the school's exam?"

"Right. I think it was last year's midterm. He came in while everyone was filling in their names and said in his usual tone that the midterm has a misspelling in it. He said that the question was not correct, so the midterm was to be cancelled and retaken on a later date. We were just as surprised, but so were the teachers, and they still talk about it today." I tell her the story.

"That's just like Kuzuki-Sensei. He doesn't think teachers should make any mistakes." she says.

"He goes too far, though. You'll realize soon too. Kuzuki is a stubborn as a rock or a mountain." I say and she chuckles.

"Heehee. Tohsaka-Senpai, you must like Kuzuki-Sensei." I hear Minato cough, which sounds very much like a laugh, "It's rare for you to talk about someone like that."

"Really?…Well, I do think he should be more flexible, but…" I think that, but I also think he's not bad this way.

At our school, there's a teacher liked by all students and a teacher feared by all students. The balance between the two works so well that I think Kuzuki-Sensei is a good disciplinarian. He's the stick in the 'carrot and stick' approach.

"Well, you'll get to see more of him once you reach second year. He teaches ethics too…More importantly, Sakura, is it alright if I ask you something?"

"Huh? What is it, Senpai?"

"It's about yesterday. Were you talking to a strange foreigner?" I ask her about the event last night.

Her face turned a slight pink from the question, "Oh…y-you were watching, Senpai?"

"Just by chance. So, what was it? Do you know him?" I ask, curiously.

"…No. Well, he was a strange person and he seemed to be lost. He asked me lots of things, but I couldn't make out what he saying so, um…" she trailed of.

So she ran away. "I see. Sorry, I was just a bit curious." I tell her.

"No, it's all right…Um, here is fine, Senpai. I only have to hand these to him now."

"Okay. See you later then." I say and hand her the papers. As I start to head back to my classroom, I pause.

"Sakura, how are things?" I ask in a worried tone I hope she didn't notice.

"Ah…yes, it's okay. I'm doing fine." All of a sudden, I notice something strange.

"U-um? Is something wrong, Senpai?" Sakura asks, as she notices my stare.

"Huh? Er…no, it's just…you look like somebody I met recently." I tell her.

"Huh? You're right, she kinda looks like me." Minato whispers to me.

"Well, if Shinji does something again, tell me. He doesn't know when to stop, so it will only get worse if you don't say anything." I say.

"It's fine. You don't need to worry, Senpai. Nii-san had been kind recently." she says with a smile plastered on her face. Whether it's fake or not, I don't know… but if she says that with such a smile I can't say anything else.

I bid her goodbye once more and turn my back on the familiar junior

School ends. Students leave the classroom and the building gets darker by the second. The sun will set soon. When the red sun sets and night falls, there should be no one left in the school.

"Let's begin, Archer." making sure sound serious by using his class name, "First, we need to check out the boundary field. Once we figure out what kind of boundary field it is, we'll decide whether to eliminate it or leave it."

He must understand as I sense him nod.

I search the school building and emerge onto the rooftop to finish. It's dark outside. It's eight o'clock now, way past the school closing time which is six. The only people still here are me and Minato.

"So, this makes seven. Well, it looks like this is the origin." I say as I stare at the seven-stroke mark openly drawn on the rooftop.

This purplish-red character only visible to magi is something I have never seen before, engrave with something unknown.

"…Dammit. This isn't something I can handle." I sigh in discontent.

The person who set up this boundary field didn't think about anything. He didn't think, but the boundary field is bound with amazing skill. I can temporarily drain the magical energy from this boundary field, but I cannot eliminate the boundary field itself.

This boundary field can be reactivated just by having the caster put more magical energy into it again.

"…" Minato says nothing. Him being quiet is not something very unusual, but I believe he can feel the boundary field's power. This boundary field doesn't just drain one's strength. Once activated, it will literally 'dissolve' all the people within it.

There are boundary fields that drain physical and mental strength from people within them. But the boundary field laid out over this school is on a completely different level.

This is a soul eater. It is a Bloodfort that dissolves people within it and claims their souls that seep out.

Souls are only 'things to be investigated', or 'things to be moved into containers'. It's incomprehensible not merely to suck them out but also to collect them in a single place. It's because a magus has no use for them even if one were to collect this unconvertible energy.

So if there's a reason, it must be…

"Minato. Are you Servants…this kind of creature?" I ask coldly.

"…Yeah. We are basically spirits so our meals consist of souls and mental constituents. Like you subsist on meat, we subsist on souls and minds. Our abilities stay the same, but we do get stronger. Our magical energy capacity increases." he explains.

…Yes. To strengthen your Servant, you must attack people indiscriminately.

"So the magical energy the Master provides isn't enough." I ask, my anger rising.

"It's not that. But when you lack strength in war, you get supplies, right? It's normal for Masters to steal the energy of innocent people. This boundary field in a good example."

"…" I don't know what Minato is saying…is he saying, that to win this war I should kill people and steal their strength?

It's simple. I already knew that. That's why I think I know which path I am going to choose.

"That annoys me. Don't ever mention it again, Archer." I tell him coldly.

For some reason, I can actually hear the happiness and relief in his voice.

"Good. I feel the same way." he says.

"Well, let's erase this. It's meaningless, but it should hinder them a bit." I say as I approach the mark engraved on the ground and extend my left arm.

The Magic Crest on my arm is the 'Book of Magic' passed down the Tohsaka family.

I switch on my sense. I push magical energy into my Magical Crest, read the part that explains the elimination of boundary fields, and now all I have to do is activate it.

"Abzug. Bedienung Mittelstand." I say.

Eliminate. Surgical extraction, second section. I touch the ground with my left hand and let my magical energy flow out. This will at least wash the color of this mark, but…

"…What, you're going to erase it? What a waste…."

Suddenly, as if to stop the erasure of the boundary field a voice echoes.

"I knew it." I hear Minato say next to me. So, he knew there was a Servant, but didn't inform me? Was he trying to wait and lure him out? Anyway, I will have to have a talk with him later on.

I stand and turn around. On top of the water tower. In the sky ten meters away, a guy is looking down at me.

Deep ultramarine that melts into the night. His grin is wile and a bestial smell carries on the wind….The stare of the beast is a cool one.

The man in blue looks at me like an old friend, even in this situation…

"Is this your doing?" I ask him boldly.

"No. Petty tricks are the magi's job. We only fight as we are commanded to. Isn't that right, you over there?" he says calmly.

…Casual, but his voice is filled with murderous intent. This guy can see Archer!

"As I thought, a Servant…" I think aloud.

"That's right. Since you can tell, I can consider you as my enemy, right?" he says, and I feel my heart stop dead.

My spine freezes. A normal light tone of voice. And it's colder than I've ever heard, scary enough to make me vomit…

…I feel the world stop around me… I can't tell how I should move or what my best course is. But my reason is telling me absolutely not to fight this man right here…!

"…Wow." he says in mock surprise, "That's pretty good. You seem like you don't know anything, but you grasp the important points. Man, I messed up. I shouldn't have called out to you just for fun." he says as he raises his arm.

…And it happens in an instant. The arm that held nothing until now…

.. .now holds a red weapon in it, two meters long.

And…out of instinct…I jump to the side without thinking. I can't spare the time to consider that I can't jump full force while on a rooftop. I just jump with full force to the side as if trying to smash the fence…!

A whirlwind brushes past my hair….I only barely dodged his swing.

"Ha! You've got some good legs, young lady…!" he says as he starts to pursue me.

There are no escapes. The fence is behind me. To my sides…no I wont make it…!

"Es ist gros, es ist Klein…!" I chant rapidly.

I run the Magic Crst on my left arm and assemble the magic in a single measure. It lightens my body and adjusts gravity. In this instant, my body becomes light as a feather, and I leap…

"Rin…!" I hear Minato voice.

"I know, let me handle it!" I jump over the fence and fall from the rooftop.

I feel the wind and pressure push against my body as I fall. fifteen meters to the ground, 1.7 seconds until landing… No, that's too slow. He'll catch up…!

"Vox, gott es Atlas!" I chant," Archer, Take care of the landing!"

I feel my feet touch the ground. I had made Archer take the impact of the landing, and I started to run.

First, I have to change location. We have to go somewhere we can move freely, not a small place like the roof. We have to move to a large field with no obstacles, to play to Archer's and my strengths!

I stop and gasp for air…I had just run from the rooftop to the school ground in less than seven seconds. It's more than a hundred meters. My speed is so fast that normal people would see a blur.

But that's…

"Man, those are really good legs. It'll be a waste to kill you here."

…Meaningless against a Servant.

"Archer!" at the moment I step back, Minato steps in front, taking form. A cloudy night. Minato holds nothing in his hands to battle with, not even a bow…

"…So it is you." Minato states. Does he know this Servant?! That would be a great advantage!

"Huh? Have we met before?" It seems the man doesn't know what Minato is talking about.

"…No…It seems we havent." Minato says and I could feel his Magic Circuit flux.

I take a chance to look at the weapon in the mans hand…the weapon swung at me on the rooftop… the blood red crimson lance that tried to mercilessly slaughter me…

"Servant…Lancer…" I manage to get out.

Sorry, but I'm going to leave you guys with a cliffhanger here. I'm might not update the chapter until the day after tomorrow. I want to satisfy you with a good battle, so I will have to edit and rewrite some of it. If I get done early, I might upload the chapter tomorrow. Again if you want Minato to pair up with anyone, say so in the reviews.

-Starnighking