Well here is chapter 4! ^-^

Hikaru jerked awake, a small cry dying on her throat as she did. The dream that awoke her was slipping away as fast as it had come. She could still remember the flames and heat though. That was always the thing that stayed behind in her memory.

She moved her left hand to push her hair out of her face. A flash of red caught her eye and she paused to look at the command seals on her hand. For a moment she was confused to what that was and why it was there. And then the events of last night came to her.

She had somehow summoned a servant and somehow became a participant in the Holy Grail War. She sat up and pulled her knees to her chest and thought about last night. So many things did not make sense now that she was thinking about it.

How in the world did she just summon a servant with ease like that? From what she remembered, servants needed a magic circle as a minimum for summoning. She had done it from what seemed to be like pure will. And while she was on the trail of thought…how in the world could she forget all of the information about magic and such? When was the last time she legitimately thought about magic? Why had she not used her powers for years? Hikaru had the strange feeling that something else was going on here. There was a missing piece of information. Or many...

She was unable to continue that train of thought as there was a knock on the door. "Are you up Master?"

Hikaru was surprised how courteous Archer was being. Based on what she knew of his personality, she thought he would just barge in. "Uh yes!"

"Well, breakfast is on the table so just come down when you are ready."

Hikaru thought she heard wrong. Wait what? Did Archer say…breakfast was on the table? He had cooked for her? Did servants do that? He did not seem like the cooking type either…

"And you better hurry it up," called Archer through the door. "You're going to be late at this rate."

Hikaru glanced at her clock and saw that he was right. If she didn't get moving soon, she wouldn't have time to eat anything. Shaking off the remnants of her dream, she pushed the covers off of her and got out of bed.

After brushing her teeth and putting on the school uniform, she hurried downstairs. She stopped in her tracks when she reached the kitchen. It looked like a feast had attacked the table. There was way more food on this table than she could ever eat in one sitting.

"Hurry up now," Archer said as he looked up from cleaning the pans he had used.

Hikaru opened and closed her mouth but no sounds came out. Seriously. It seemed like her servant liked to surprise her over and over again. She sat down at the table and began picking at the food that was laid in front of her. "Is this a part of the servant job description?"

"Not at all," replied Archer. He picked up a bento box and dropped it front of her. "And here's your lunch and please don't tell me you buy food in the cafeteria. That is not a balanced meal. I am not having my Master collapse on me due to malnutrition."

Hikaru swallowed the rice she had just put into her mouth and looked away from Archer. Yeah, there was no way she was telling him she actually did buy bread at the cafeteria. She was just too lazy to wake up early to make breakfast and lunch. "Anyway," she said quickly, trying to steer the subject away from her bad eating habits. "What's the plan for today? Besides me going to school of course."

"Just focus on that for now." Archer crossed his arms. "Don't draw attention to yourself. We have no idea who our enemy is."

"There are six other Masters out there besides me right?" Yes. From the fuzzy memories of her past she could remember talking with her parents about the Grail War. Realizing something, she looked down at her left hand. A glaring beacon to everyone around that she was a Master. She was going to need to do something about that.

She was so lost in thought, she did not hear Archer approach her and flick her on the forehead. "OW!" she yelled as she protected her forehead. "Can you stop doing that!? My forehead cannot stand this abuse!"

Archer sighed and shook his head. "You are going to be late for school at this rate."

Checking the time Hikaru yelped and grabbed a piece of toast and stuffed it into her mouth before she rushed to grab her schoolbag and get out the door.

Hikaru's feet pounded on the ground as she crossed the school gates. Panting, she rested her hands on her knees as she tried to get her breathe. Safe. She had made it before the warning bell had rung. Go her.

"We are going to need to work on your stamina. Honestly, I'm actually happy that you don't need to run through an arena for anything. You would not last five seconds in there." Archer's voice came from behind her. He was in spiritual form and Hikaru found it unnerving that she could see he was there but no one else could. And what in the world was he talking about? What was an "arena"?

Before she could ask him what that was about she heard the sound of clapping. "Good job Hikaru! You made it this time too and didn't have to scale the school gate."

"Rin!" Hikaru stood up (she had finally caught her breath) and grinned at her best friend.

"No way," Hikaru heard Archer murmur. "She's here too? Then can it be possible that…"

There was no way Hikaru could ask what he was talking about as Rin Tohsaka walked over with her head held high. Rin had transferred to the school a couple months ago. Sure their first interactions were rocky but in the end Hikaru's clumsiness and kindness were somehow able to worm into Rin's heart and here they were, the best of friends.

Rin smiled back at Hikaru. "Just think. Soon you will be able to walk to school at a leisure pace- Hikaru! What happened to your hand!?" Rin grabbed Hikaru's left hand which was now wrapped in bandages, her makeshift way to hide the command seals.

"Oh, you know me," Hikaru said with a small laugh. She rubbed her right hand on the back of her head in a sheepish manner. "I had an accident yesterday. It doesn't hurt though, don't worry. Just a scrape that wouldn't stop bleeding."

Rin sighed. "You need to take better care of yourself Hikaru."

"Hehe."

Hearing the warning bell, Rin grabbed Hikaru's right hand. "Well come on now. I'm going to make sure you don't injury anything else on the way to class."

"Uh right," Hikaru replied as she let her best friend drag her along.

Archer stood on the roof of the school and looked out at the city. What a strange turn of events. Hikaru was friends with Rin Tohsaka. Close friends by the way Rin acted around her. What did that mean though? Was there a chance that this Rin was also a Master in this War? It was a huge possibility.

He looked down at the school grounds where students were having gym class. His eyes settled on a blue-haired boy that was sitting on the sidelines while proudly talking like everyone had their undivided attention on him. Shinji Matou. There was a huge chance that he was also a Master.

He gritted his teeth. Unlike the Moon Cell there was no rules put into place that would prevent Masters from attacking each other. The only thing that was keeping Hikaru safe for the moment was that they did not know she was a Master. And that was going by the assumption that both of them were Masters.

He turned his thoughts to this morning. He was proud of himself. Yes, he had made her lunch and breakfast but that did not mean anything. He was just looking out for his Master, that was all. There was no other ulterior motive behind it. At least that was what he kept telling himself.

Knowing that she would be safe at school for now, he decided it was time for him to do a quick run around the city. He would be able to get his bearings and possibly find out more about the other Masters.

Hikaru stretched her arms over her head as the last bell rung for the day. Finally. She could go home and kick her feet back as tomorrow was a day off. She thought of Archer. Maybe not. They would probably be spending the afternoon information hunting. Speaking of her servant though…where in the world was he? He had said he was going to do something during second period and he hasn't been back since. He was an Archer class servant though so she wasn't too worried.

"Hey Hikaru," Rin walked over with her hands behind her back. She put them together in front of her face and lowered her head slightly. "I know we promised to hang out after school today but plans came up and can we hold off on that?"

"Yeah, sure Rin," Hikaru replied. She noticed Shinji Matou from the class next door was waiting in the doorway of the classroom. His hands were buried in his pockets and he had a very smug grin on his face. Woah. Hang on a moment. Hikaru stared at Shinji and back at Rin. Yup. Following his gaze, he was looking at Rin. No way. She was not expecting this at all.

"Uh Rin…I hate to comment your choices but I don't think this is a good one…"

"Huh?" Rin stared at Hikaru in confusion. "What are you talking about?"

"Uh, nothing." There was no way she could say anything to Rin about this without making her sound like a jerk. Maybe there was a side to Shinji that she did not know? Shinji did not seem like the type of guy to have multiple sides though…

Well, all she could do now as a friend was support Rin. Yup. That is what she would do. "Well, good luck to you Rin!"

"Uh..thank you?" Rin was staring at Hikaru like she had grown two heads. Shaking her head, Rin slammed her hands down on Hikaru's desk and leaned in close. "You are leaving school now right? And not coming back until Monday right?"

"Uh yeah?" Hikaru said slowly. That was an odd thing to ask. "Why?"

Rin sighed, stood up and threw one of her twin tails over her shoulder. "No reason. Just don't come by the school okay? Go straight home!"

"Uh…sure?"

Satisfied by Hikaru's answer, Rin turned to leave. Hikaru watched as Rin walked past Shinji without a word. As if he knew that would happen, Shinji shrugged and walked away in the opposite direction that Rin had walked.

Maybe they were playing hard to get with each other? "The road to love is a hard one Rin! You can do it!"