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NOTE: SINCE SPRING BREAK IS COMING, I'M GOING TO BE STARTING MY FOURTH PIECE FOR THIS SERIES: FATE SHARDS OF DESTINY IT WILL BE A ONE-SHOT FIC BASED OFF THE FATE/GRAND DESTINY SERIES I'VE CREATED. IT WILL BE BASED ON EVERY DAY LIFE IN CHALDEA BETWEEN SINGULARITIES AND WHAT THEY DO ON THEIR DOWN TIME. SINCE IT IS A ONE-SHOT SERIES, I WILL BE TAKING REQUEST SO PLEASE PM ME OR LEAVE ME A REVIEW IF YOU HAVE A SERVANT YOU WANT ME TO WRITE ON, JUST LEAVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

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4. GOAL

5. WHEN IT TAKES PLACE

6. EXTRA INFORMATION YOU WANT TO HAPPEN IN STORY (YOUR CHOICE)


Chapter 6- Aftermath

Cleo sighed as she sat around a table with 'Ruler' otherwise known as Jeanne d'Arc. It had been a long time since the blonde haired Servant had come back to the hotel room that they made their base alone. They were still waiting for 'Ari' or Ariene to appear.

When they first arrived in Fuyuki City, 2004, they were all shocked to see that the city was still completely standing and bustling with life. They were even more stunned when Jeanne realized that there were more than the standard seven Servants around. Ariene had later come up with a theory along with Roman that maybe since the two separate worlds had merged, none of the Servants disappeared, instead, the regular Holy Grail War becoming a Irregular Holy Grail War.

"What a mess." Ariene suddenly materialized in front of them, her hood off and looking worse for wear. She honestly looked slightly beaten and worn down, not a look that either girl was used to. "That Berserker was more of a monster than I anticipated."

"Is Shirou okay?" A new voice spoke as a girl with flawless fair skin, intense green eyes and straight green hair entered the room. She was dressed in a simple white long sleeve button down and a navy blue skirt that went to her ankles.

"You're former Master is fine." Ariene said, "Though, it didn't go exactly as you explained. He didn't get hurt pulling you away from Archer's arrow attack."

The dark haired girl blinked in confusion. "Are you sure?"

Ariene frowned at that, "Why would I make that up, Artoria? I was right there. Instead of being injured by Archer's attack, he pushed another Master out of the way and got struck by Berserker's sword."

Cleo watched the exchange silently with Jeanne, the biggest shock of coming to this singularity was not that the city was intact; maybe they should have considered the possibility, after all, the other singularities were war-torn, not already burned to the ground like Singularity F. It wasn't really the fact that there were more Servants either. No. The biggest shock was that King Artoria Pendragon, one of the Servants Cleo had chosen to come with her to this irregular singularity immediately realized that it was the Fifth Holy Grail War that she had participated in.

With that fact, the four of them had decided to find some place to stay so that Artoria could explain. Surprisingly enough, since Fuyuki was a modern day city, the Chaldean staff along with a far too excited da Vinci were able to hack into a modern day hotel and get them a room and make it look like that they had reservations all along. da Vinci later told them that they'd rayshift a Servant over with the proper commodities for such a modern day setting.

They wondered what da Vinci would do for a bit before Artoria explained the Fifth Holy Grail War she had participated in, about the Servants she fought and how Archer turned out to be a future version of Shirou, but more importantly, she had explained about the corrupt Grail who ended up being Angra Mainyu and how she had destroyed it at the end.

Artoria had wanted to freely walk around the city that she had known for two Wars, but everyone else saw that as a bad idea; since she would likely be summoned in this strange war by her previous Master, she'd be recognizable and it would only cause suspicion if there were two of her. Funnily enough, the King of Knights looked like she would have pouted when Cleo suddenly smiled; the female Master saying that Artoria could stay materialized if they could find her a good disguise. Those, Cleo had bought her a straight dark brown wig to cover her usual bright golden hair.

With the dark hair and green eyes, Artoria looked incredibly like she could be Cleo's younger sister; something Jeanne had noted with amusement when she first returned without Ariene.

"Berserker's sword?!" Artoria's eyes widened with shock and fear. "Is Shirou okay? What about Rin? Berserker's sword didn't get Rin too did it?" She asked again, worrying knowing at her.

"Yes, he didn't heal right away, but when he did, the healing started at the worse areas of his injury. His color was already coming back when I left." Ariene nodded. "And he didn't get Rin. The Master that Shirou pushed out of the way was named Ayaka. She was walking with Rin and Shirou when Berserker started to attack us. Ironically, she's also the Master of a Saber."

Artoria took a deep breath, trying to calm herself and make herself believe that everything was going to be okay. Even if events weren't happening the same. "Shirou and Rin will partner up with this... Ayaka?"

"Who knows. Rin was throwing a fit about how they were all supposed to be enemies before we revealed ourselves. And Jeanne had barely introduced herself when Berserker arrived." Ariene shrugged, "Things are different then what we know. We just have to listen by ear and hope for the best."

Artoria nodded, trying to adjust the brown wig on her head. It was an odd weight and itchy. "Did Shirou still summon me?" Artoria asked curious.

Ariene blinked before looking at Jeanne, her eyes narrowing slightly as Jeanne refused to meet her eyes. "Jeanne didn't tell you about the summoning of Shirou's Servant?"

"Did he not summon King Arthur?" Cleo asked from her place, speaking up now since this was vital information.

"He did..." Ariene smirked, watching as Jeanne's eyes widened, her cheeks blushing slightly. If anything, it was amusing since Jeanne had such an issue with it. For her... well, now there could be an unforeseen complication in the mission for her personally. Maybe Cleo too. "He saved Shirou just as Lancer tried to kill him again."

Cleo nodded, "So that at least went with what Artoria remembered." She looked between the two Servants who had been scouting the city while she had admittedly had too much fun helping Artoria find a disguise. "Anything else?"

"Apparently that Ayaka girl met Ariene in front of the church in the afternoon and thought she would kill her." Jeanne stammered out, blush still on her face as she looked at Artoria... she couldn't believe that one of her best friends in Chaldea had been summoned as a...

"I see...?" Cleo's brow furrowed in confusion. Was there something that Jeanne wasn't telling her?

"More importantly, our plan to pretend that Jeanne was a Ruler-Class Servant summoned by this Grail might not work. We came up with the plan in hopes that Servants wouldn't attack her or us and maybe help us. Illyasviel von Enizbern didn't order Berserker to attack the Masters, she ordered him to attack Jeanne." Ariene spoke up, looking calm despite that. It was a long shot after all, and Jeanne had said she'd been attacked before when she had been legitimately summoned as a Ruler-Class in Trifas.

Artoria looked at Jeanne, seeing her frown. "It's fine. However, Berserker must be as strong as I remember. Was I able to at least kill him once?"

"Yes. King Arthur was able to kill him." Ariene felt her smirk grow as Jeanne's eye twitched. Did King Arthur being male really trouble her that much? She guessed it was weird if you were more used to a female version.

Cleo looked between Jeanne and Ariene and sighed. "Will you two please tell me what's going on? Why is Jeanne so bothered by this King Arthur? Jeanne? Ariene?"

"I would like to know as well." Artoria said seriously, looking between the two of them like they were crazy.

"King Arthur is male." Ariene finally said, trying to sound as serious as possible.

"WHAT?!" Cleo demanded, her voice rising in a yell, unable to help herself at the sudden news that was brought to her.

"The Servant that Emiya Shirou summoned is a male version of King Arthur." Ariene said again, this time looking directly at Artoria so that she knew that the black-haired Servant wasn't kidding.

"That's..." Artoria looked like her legs would give out at any second. "Who knew that such a version would be in the Throne of Heroes." She looked stunned that there was an actual male version of her. "And this... Arthur is Shirou's Servant?"

Ariene nodded. "Yes, he seems like he's a lot like you, Artoria. Even more reason for your disguise now."

"But if he's male, there is no reason for me to wear this wig." Artoria protested.

"Artie," Jeanne began softly, "He really does look like a male version of you. Same fair skin, blonde hair and green eyes. Though the threat of you being recognized as Saber is now gone in this war, I believe you should keep the wig if you materialize outside."

Cleo nodded, "I think so too, at least until we know who we can trust in this war. From what I'm hearing, the Einzbern Master and her Servant are not to be trusted. But what about the other three? Shirou, Rin and... Ayaka?" Cleo asked, looking to Ariene for confirmation.

"I believe that they would all be excellent allies." Ariene nodded. "They all have strong Servants, two Sabers and one Archer. What are you going to do about that Artoria? That Rin's Archer is Shirou's future self? Will you allow him to actively try and kill Shirou now that you're here?"

Artoria frowned, her brows furrowing as she thought, she wanted to protect Shirou; after all, he had been her Master and in his own way, saved her, but... "I won't intervene. Unless ordered otherwise, I shall stay focused on our task ahead. I trust my counter-part to protect Shirou with his life. I also believe that due to his challenges with Archer, Shirou was able to become his best possible self. If I were to intervene and reveal Archer's true identity to Shirou before it was time, I fear the knowledge will stop him from reaching his full potential."

"I see." Jeanne nodded, she really did. It was something that Artoria would do. "But, what's our plan now?" She asked, keeping them on track. There were seventeen known Servants in this city. More if the Grail summoned them because of the singularity. "How are we supposed to find the cause of the singularity?"

"We need more allies first." Cleo reminded them, "The three that you ran into tonight seem to be the best bet to me. Shirou, Rin and Ayaka. Now, I just need a chance to talk to them. Master to Master." She looked at three of the strongest Servants Chaldea had. They were her best protection, but for something this big, they needed much more.

Since this was a singularity that seemed to have some version of a true Holy Grail War, she didn't want to bring more Servants from Chaldea than necessary, in fear that it would make her a target and throw even more chaos into the situation, so she only brought the three. "We must speak to them soon, before this Holy Grail War really goes off."

Ariene looked at her Master, the two of them would need to plan as well. On what to do about those two Sabers. "We will Master. Unfortunately, we just need a new plan of contact."

"If I may," Artoria began, green eyes serious. "I have an idea."


Ayaka groaned as she blinked open her eyes. As usual, everything around her was bleary without her glasses on her face. She stretched out her body before reaching for her glasses. What a horrible dream that she had just had; she had dreamt that she had been chosen as a Master and was participating in the Holy Grail War. Of course she would never-

"Good Morning Master." A smooth, deep voice greeted, causing her entire body to freeze.

Ayaka fumbled for her glasses and put them on, blue eyes widening when she saw her Saber sitting cross-legged near the wall opposite her. His sky blue eyes were warm and welcoming as he smiled at her.

"W-what are you doing in here?!" Ayaka demanded as she stumbled to a sitting position and pressing her back to the wall, her cheeks burning red. "Shouldn't you be de-materialized?"

"I saw that you were waking up and wanted to make sure you were fine. Did I make a mistake Master?" Saber asked.

"N-no. It's fine." Ayaka grumbled, her heart pounding in her chest. So last night had really happened after all... "Where are the other?" Ayaka asked, her back was stiff. Why didn't Shirou have any actual beds in his house? Just because it was a Japanese-style house didn't mean there couldn't be any beds or other western appliances! How could he sleep like this anyways? She honestly preferred her western-style home.

"Rin and my King are in the dining room. I believe Archer is on the roof and Shirou is still asleep, but I believe that he will awaken shorrtly." Saber then nodded, "Shall we join them?"

"Yeah..." Ayaka nodded and pushed herself up to her feet when she froze, "Saber... did you just call Shirou's Saber your King?"

Saber frowned, "It was a slip of the tongue Master. Once you know my true name, it will become clear on who he is."

Ayaka nodded, "I won't push." She said, sliding the door to her room open and making her way to the dining room.

She found Rin and Saber sitting at the table, a tea pot between them. "This is good tea, Saber. I'm honestly shocked, it's almost as good as the one my Archer makes." Rin said, a smile on her face as she took a sip.

"Thank you, Rin." Saber smiled back, his green eyes pleased. "It's the least I could do after causing you trouble last night. And as a thanks for not attacking my Master while you could. Good Morning Ayaka." Shirou's Saber said, looking as she sat down beside Rin. "Tea?"

Ayaka nodded mutely, watching as her own Saber sat next to the other blonde who was his supposed 'King'. She also noted that Shirou's Saber was dressed in a red v-neck, black coat and dark jeans. Where had he gotten the clothes?

"When you were sleeping, we came to a decision." Rin began as Shirou's Saber poured Ayaka tea. "We're going to start calling your Saber Platinum Saber to differentiate him from Shirou's Saber."

"Then what are you calling Shirou's Saber?" Ayaka asked, somewhat surprised that Rin had just decided it.

"Saber of course. With how that Idiot acts, can we really trust him to remember his Saber if we made the name longer?" Rin asked. She had just finished saying that when Shirou himself appeared in the dining room, still looking half-asleep.

"Huh? Tohsaka?! Sajyou?!" Shirou stumbled back in surprise. "What are you doing in my house?" He paused, eyes flickering with the memories of last night. "Ah, I remember... But why's my room a mess?"

Ayaka blinked in confusion at that. Shirou's room was a mess? She swore that it was clean when she left it the other night.

"You were an idiot last night. Throwing yourself in front of Berserker's attack... " Rin scoffed as she took a drink of her tea. "About your room, I woke up early to find the two Sabers talking. Your Saber was still in his Armour and since he can't de-materialize because you're a novice, I had to rummage through your closet to find him clothes."

"You... rummaged through my closet?" Shirou looked absolutely horrified at the idea of Rin looking through his things. "More importantly, you never said why you were at my house."

"Think about it Emiya-kun. How do you think you got here?" Rin asked, looking slightly annoyed.

Shirou looked thoughtful for a moment, "You carried me home?" He sounded amazed at the notion.

"They did Master." Saber said, smiling at him, "Why don't you come and join us for tea?"

Shirou hesitated for a moment before settling in the space between Rin and Saber, a frown on his face. "This is good." Shirou said.

Ayaka watched Saber's smile grow before turning to look at her, or rather, Platinum Saber beside him. Sensing his Master's look, he met her eyes and smiled as well. The two of them looked so much alike. Were they really King and subject? From the small interactions she'd seen, it didn't really seem like it.

"So, I guess I should say thank you." Shirou said, looking at Rin and Ayaka. "Thanks for carrying me home."

"There's no need to thank us." Rin said, "We're your enemies now, Emiya-kun. You should do well to remember that." She stood up to glare at him. "The Holy Grail War is a fight to the death. Good bye." Rin said, making to leave and cut ties when Shirou stopped her.

"Why didn't you kill me then?" Shirou asked. "Or Sajyou?"

Rin blushed and crossed her arms. "I-I didn't feel like it is all." Rin stammered, "Attacking someone in their sleep isn't fair."

Ayaka couldn't help but smile at their interaction, Rin had many face, but what Ayaka had always liked most about Rin, maybe because many other mages lacked it, was her sense of honor and fair-play. Rin had a kindness that she just couldn't let go of. "Thank you, Rin." Ayaka said this time.

"Don't thank an enemy!" Rin snapped, but the blush on her face just deepened, "Anyway, maybe I let my guard down. You could say that I have some emotional flab."

"Emotional flab?" Shirou asked, looking extremely confused at Rin's choice of words. "Are you saying your fat Tohsaka?"

Immediately the temperature in the room seemed to drop as Rin smiled at Shirou, her brow twitching. Ayaka almost spit out her tea at Shirou's words, her blue eyes going to Rin with fear. Did Shirou not know how to speak to females?! Both Sabers just stared at Shirou in utter disbelief, neither of them believing he had such gall to say such a thing to a girl. None of the other inhabitants of the room said anything, they just watched the exchange with wide eyes as Shirou began to sweat, his mouth dropping open at Rin's look, eyes wide.

"You're such a funny boy." Rin finally said, her voice nothing but frost. "Remember, from now on-" She was cut off when there was a sudden knock at the door. "Expecting company Emiya-kun?"

Shirou shook his head, but stood up nonetheless. "It could be a neighbor." He said, "They probably need something fixed." He headed to his front door without a care in the world, leaving the others to look after him.

They heard him talk to someone, Shirou's voice raising in puzzlement before footsteps started heading towards them. Saber and Platinum Saber immediately rose to their feet, materializing their Armour while Rin and Ayaka just blinked in confusion.

A girl with light olive skin, walked in, she wore dark, close fitting jeans, a simple green blouse and a dark brown leather jacket that hugged her body nicely. Her rich coffee brown hair was pulled into a ponytail over her left shoulder and her bright, sea green eyes looked at all of them with a mix of curiosity and caution. Behind her, Shirou looked like he was about to pull his hair out. It was obvious he hadn't invited her in.

"Who are you?" Saber demanded, green eyes narrowing as his grip on his invisible sword tightened. It was like Ari again, he couldn't help but shake the feeling that he knew her somehow.

"I'm Cleo Everett." The girl said, she smiled at them. "Mind if we all talk?"


And that's done! Next Chapter- Chaldea! Alliances may be formed next chapter.

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NOTE: SINCE SPRING BREAK IS COMING, I'M GOING TO BE STARTING MY FOURTH PIECE FOR THIS SERIES: FATE SHARDS OF DESTINY IT WILL BE A ONE-SHOT FIC BASED OFF THE FATE/GRAND DESTINY SERIES I'VE CREATED. IT WILL BE BASED ON EVERY DAY LIFE IN CHALDEA BETWEEN SINGULARITIES AND WHAT THEY DO ON THEIR DOWN TIME. SINCE IT IS A ONE-SHOT SERIES, I WILL BE TAKING REQUEST SO PLEASE PM ME OR LEAVE ME A REVIEW IF YOU HAVE A SERVANT YOU WANT ME TO WRITE ON, JUST LEAVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

1. SERVANT

2. SUMMARY/ THEME OF STORY

3. SERVANTS MAIN STORY-SERVANT INTERACTS WITH

4. GOAL

5. WHEN IT TAKES PLACE

6. EXTRA INFORMATION YOU WANT TO HAPPEN IN STORY (YOUR CHOICE)