Fuyuki city, Saturday, early morning

The police sirens could be heard from afar; their sound growing louder and louder as their cars were approaching Shirou's residence. They were pretty sure that a neighboor must have heard the commotion from their battle with Caster and had called the police to investigate. The car parked right in front of the curtyard's door, its tires' screeched as it braked. Two young officers stepped out; a woman and a man. They crossed the courtyard and they rang the doorbell.

DING-DONG

"I'm coming..." A man's voice was heard from inside the house.

The man examined the courtyard behind them and then turned to his partner.
"See everything looks normal, just as I thought it would be. I told you that this lady who called us was probably a lunatic. There was no need to come here after all.
Brrrr…! It's freezing." He complained as he tightened his jacket around him.

"We just got our badges. Of course they would send us to do the grunt task for them. Deal with it." Answered his partner.

"Sigh- I can't wait to return home, take a hot, bubbling bath and-"

"Snap out of your daydreaming!" The woman harshly brought him back to reality with a slap at the back of his head.

The male officer grumbled "Aaw...that hurt. By the way, did that lady also mentionned a gunshot? Besides, that weird dog monster she claimed she saw."

But before she could reply the door opened. A man with dark blond hair and green eyes greeted them.

"Uhhm…Good morning officers…. Why are you here so early in the morning? Did something happen?" He asked them politely with a smlie on his face.

The female officer spoke first.
"Good morning sir, I am sorry to disturb you at this ungodly hour, but we had a complaint from a neighbor; specifically Mrs. Chang who lives across the street. She called at the station earlier and stated that she heard a gunshot...huh, among other things."

"Other things?" The man repeated after her curious.

"Ahem...We'll get to it later. For now, can you please tell us your full name?" The woman asked him politely, avoiding te awkward subject for the time being.

"Angus Young." The man answered naturally. However, the male officer stared at him suspiciously.

"Excuse me for asking sir, isn't that the AC/DC's guitarist's name?"

"Yeah, I get that a lot, my father was a big fan of their band and named me after him." The man explained.

"I see, but just for the procedure can you show us your ID card or some other identification papers you have?"

"Of course." The man replied willingly and took out his wallet from inside his breast pocket. He opened it and showed the policeman his ID. The officer took it in his hand and after inspecting it he returned it to him.

"Everything seems in order. Now, can you explain us what happened here? Did a brawl really take place here?"

The man at the door brushed his hair awkwardly.
"Ooh I see….! Well I'm sorry that you came here for nothing, but what Mrs. Chang heard was nothing more than a small fight I had with a drunkard.
You see, I just arrived from abroad to visit my friend living here and after I arrived at her house a drunk man came out of nowhere and demanded me to hand over my wallet.
I noticed his condition and I asked him to put down the gun and relax. He refused to comply and angrily fired once at the sky. So, I had to defend myself. What Mrs. Chang heard must have been the sounds of the two of us fighting."

"So she was correct when she reported that she heard people fighting, but it turned out to be nothing more than a drunkard asking for drinking money." The male officer muttered.

"This time the female officer took the initiative and asked "Excuse me for easking. But how did you manage to defend yourself from an armed assault?"

"As I said he was drunk as hell and I also know a thing or two about self-defense. I managed to knock him down. As he stood back up, he must thave realised that I was not easy target and ran away, before I had a chance to apprehend him."

"I see. Your explanation matches what the witness saw. One last thing sir and we are done." Said the female officer.

"Of course." He answered in a willingly.

"Well, I don't really know how to ask this so I will be blunt. Mrs. Chang also mentioned that she saw a monster jumping over the fence. She said it looked like a little human girl with dogs as legs.
Did something else happen? Did you see that so called monster that Mrs. Chang claims she saw." The female officer tried to sound as professional as possible when she referred to the monster. She was well aware that disturbing people at this early hour in order to ask them for something as ludicrous as this could make even the most patient people lose their temper.

"Well…I'm not sure how can I explain something like this. There was nothing like that when I arrived. No dogs, no little girls and certainlly no monsters. Only that drunkard. I am not really sure what Mrs Chang saw, but from what I hear from my friend who lives here, she is not quite alright in her mind." The man replied.

"What do you mean by that?" The male officer asked him.

"She suffers from some kind of mental disease which causes her to see hallucinations. My friend can tell you more; I can call her if you like to explain the situation to you herself. She was taking a bath when you came"

"Please do. We will need it for our report later." The man asked.

""I understand. No problem, wait a moment please." The man went inside and after a while he came out along with a woman.

The woman was wearing a bathroom robe and a pair or pink flipflops. She had her hair wrapped in a bath towel and her face was wet. It was obvious that she was taking a bth before. She saw the two officers and greeted them with a smile.
"Good morning officers, how can I help you? I'm sorry for my inappropriate appearance, but I was taking a bath when Angus called me."

"No need to apologize madam. We are sorry for interrupting your bath for something like this, but we need your testimony for our reports." The male offices said with a hint of displeasure in his voice.

"Bureacracy, huh? I know how it is. I have to deal with it myself every day. There is not really much to tell though. Angus covered them all. Mrs Chang has indeed a rare medical condition which causes her t see thing which aren't there."

"What do you mean?" The male officer interjected.

"It is a rare mental disease whose name I can't remember right now.
Anyway lately her condition has deteriorated. The hallucinations occur more frequently rate as I've heard from people that take care of her. If she takes her pill she is usually fine but if she forgets to do so, those things happen."

"Poor woman!" said the female officer.

"Indeed! She also has no alive relatives to take care of her. Some people of the neighborhood visit her from time to time in order to bring her food and medication and make sure she is ok. Sometimes I too bring her magazines to read."

"Interesting! Anything else about Mrs. Chang that we should know?" The male officer uttered loudly and gave his partner a look "I told you so".

"Well there are a few other things. I have seen her staring at the moon quite often, especially during full moon nights. I have also seen her dancing in her courtyard alone. In fact, she is quite the elegant dancer despite her condition."

"I see, anything else…?" The male officer asked indifferently, while writing down a synopsis of what he heard on his notebook.

"Well….despite the people in the neighborhood, her only companion is her pet rabbit which she has with her since the day she moved here."

"With all due respect madam, but we don't care about things like that, if there is nothing else to add; I believe we're finished here." The male officer responded abruptly.

"Ooh I see. Well officer, that's all then. As you might have already concluded, Mrs. Chang isn't the most trustworthy person in existence. What she claims she saw was probably another one of her wild hallucinations."

"Yeah, we thought as much" The female officer cut in.

The male officer finished taking notes. He let out a small breath. "Thank you both for your cooperation, you have been really helpful. Lastly before we depart, would you like to file a warrant against the mugger?"

"No, it's not worth it. He was a miserable drunkard after all." The man replied.

"As you wish sir." He put away his notebook in his jacket's pocket and looked at the man and woman at the door. "Have a nice day sir, madam" The officers bid them farewell and left.

As soon as they were out of sight, the woman turned to look the man. "Well Dean I must admit, your plan was exquisite. They totally bought it."

"I told you it will work Rin. You also played your part really well. Have you been taking acting lessons or something?"

"No, but I'm used to lying. It is essential, if you want to succeed in my line of work."

"Yeah, mine too. In order to tell apart a liar, you must be a better liar than him. That's my opinion at least."

"And I totally agree with it" Tohsaka replied with a smile.

Another person then appeared at the door from inside the house.
"What a lovely conversation you two have here!"He said to them angrily.

Dean looked at him and frowned displeased. "And here comes the party-pooper. Will you quit with your grieving already?"

"He's right Shirou, it was the only thing we could do in order to get the police off our backs. Be thankful that the officers didn't dig any deeper or we would be in trouble now." Tohsaka retorted.

"Maybe! But still I can't believe you two. You lied to the police and you did it so casually, like you do this thing every day. I wouldn't be able to lie that well even if I practiced."

"Be more flexible will you?" Tohsaka said to Shirou as she took off the bathing robe and the hair towel. She was in her casual clothing underneath. She had only washed her face to look like she was taking a bath. Her long black hair fell down and she fixed them with her hand.

"Rin's right Shirou. You gotta be more relax about those kind of things. How are you going to fight in this war if you can't even tell a tiny lie to the police? Take an example from Rin, she is a natural at this."

"No comment, about that last thing, but seriously what's it with you?" He slapped the wall angrily. "You are unbelievable! From all the servants I have met so far; you are by far the most recalcitrant and the most annoying of them all.
You may have saved us from that monster and I thank you for that, but from there everything went to hell.
For starters, you lied to the police and risked to get us all in unnecessary trouble.
You falsely blamed one of the neighbors for being crazy.
And worst of all I learnt your true name from Tohsaka." Shirou pointed at Tohsaka who looked at him indifferently.

"Hey, in my defense, you are the one who told me that she actually dances alone in her garden during full moon nights; so I decided to use this information to make our story more believable. I mean a person like this will probably seem like a lunatic to any sensible person." Shirou grunted in displeasure because he knew that Dean was right.

"And as for my name, the reason is simple. Since Rin was the one who wanted to go along with my plan in the first place, we had to get acquainted with each over. Basic rule of a successful plan is to know who you're working with. Well I didn't say my name to you when we first met, because we were under attack and you never asked me afterwards."

"Still that…." Shirou's sentence was interrupted by Tohsaka.

"Will you both shut it? I'm freezing here. Let's go in and have some breakfast. Solve your differences inside."

"Yeah Rin is right Shirou. It is chilly out there and I'm starving as well. I will answer all of your questions later inside. Now let's go I can't wait to taste how real japanese food tastes like. I have only eaten japanese food at Chinatown."

Shirou was ready to punch him in the face; annoyed by his arrogant attitude, but he decided to suppress it and wait for his servant's explanations during breakfast. "Ok sure, let's go have breakfast...even though servants don't need to eat..." He mumbled lowly to himself.


In the kitchen Shirou prepared the breakfast there without saying a word at Tohsaka and Dean, who were chatting happily about various things.

"Why did I summon someone like him? This is a perfect match for Tohsaka not me. If only Saber was here. She was really well behaved and never did anything to upset me."

Shirou placed the food dishes on the table and sat down along with the others.

"Let's dig in!" Dean shouted enthusiastically. He grabbed the chopsticks and started eating.

Shirou looked at him surprise as he was ready to swallow the first mouthful. He noticed his stare and asked him with a full mouth.

"Hmm….munch, munch….What? ...Do I have sauce on my face?"

Shirou opened his mouth to complain, but Tohsaka seemed to have realized the misunderstanding and explained before Shirou started ranting about Dean's behavior again.

"Shirou, please understand. He is foreigner. He probably doesn't know about our custom to say "Itadakimasu" before eating."

Shirou let out an annoyed grunt and looked away from Dean; Tohsaka continued her lecture "And Dean please remember it next time, Shirou is easily annoyed by such things."

"Okay, I'm sowwy, Itadakmasu." He said with full mouth and returned to his food.

"You are supposed to say it before eating..." Shirou sighed frustrated.

The rest of the breakfast continued without further interruptions, except from Dean's grunts in his effort to eat the rice with chopsticks. Shirou got mad at Dean spilling his food all over the floor like a baby and he brought him a spoon so he could eat normally.

" Hey dude, the food was quite tasty, but if I don't drink coffee in the morning. I can't function correctly for the rest of the day." Dean asked Shirou after they had eaten.

"Sorry-dude, we have no coffee here." Shirou replied in a rather rude tone.

"Really?! How do you keep yourself awake without drinking coffee in the morning?" Dean asked surprised.

"Look, we have tea, if you don't like it, go buy coffee from a luck finding money."
Even though Shirou was normally understanding with his guests; he was being rude with Dean. His whole behavior just annoyed him for some reason.

"Pff…. what a grumpy person. You could have simply said no."

Shirou glared at him, but Dean continued his rumbling. "So Shirou, I couldn't help, but notice that this house is pretty big. Do you live here alone?"

Shirou turned his gaze away from Dean. "No I don't" he stated and he headed to the kitchen to wash the dishes hurryingly.

Dean tilted his head "You live with Rin then? I mean, are you a couple?"

"Hell no! There is no way that…." Shirou shouted.

"Hey, I'm here thank you!" Tohsaka interjected.

"You are not a very talkative person you know. You act strangely when I ask you things and overreact at unimportant stuff."

"Overreact? Really?!" Shirou barked at him. The dish he was holding fell on the floor and smashed into pieces.
"In case you haven't understood it already, we're at war. From now on we are going to risk our lives fighting other masters and servants. Do you have any idea, how I feel now that I have to fight in this damned war all over again?
Do you know how I feel that Sakura is in the hospital fighting for her life as we speak?
And as if that wasn't enough, you do everything you can to anger me even more." Shirou panted trying to catch his breath from all that yelling.

"Wait what?!Who is Sakura? Why is she in hospital?" Dean asked befuddled.

Shirou didn't answer Dean's question. Instead he walked outside to the courtyard with a sad face which Dean couldn't help but notice. Dean observed him confused and looked over at Tohsaka for an answer.

"Did I say something inappropriate?"

"No, it is not your fault. Sakura is Shirou's girlfriend; they live together for some years now. And as I have been told Shirou was about to pick her up for a date yesterday. But when he went to the appointed place he found out that she had been brutally attacked, her heart had been nearly torn apart. It was a miracle to find her alive at that condition that's what the doctors said. The only road now is to find a compatible transplant or else her heart will fail her even with support from the machines-" She made a pause for him to process the information.

"Also, before summoning you, we learnt the identity of her attacker. It was none other than Caster; the servant you fought a few hours ago."

"Caster? That dog monster girl? Are you sure she was her?"

"It was her. She admitted it herself when she said that her dogs played a bit too much with another girl earlier this day."

"I see, thanks for telling me that Rin." Dean stood up and headed for the courtyard.

"Where are you going?" Tohsaka asked him.

"T o clear things up with Shirou. I have been an insensitive jerk all this time and I have to at least apologize." He stepped out of the living room thrugh the sliding door and saw Shirou standing near a small shed - Dean didnt know the significance this place held for Shirou, to his eyes it was a normal shed, but for Shirou it meant so much more, that's why he chose this place to gaze at the morning sky. He approached him and greeted him.

"Hey Shirou" He waved his hand. "Well...I was talking with Rin and she explained me the situation. She told me all about your girlfriend Sakura and what happened with her...I-I just wanted to tell you that I am sorry.
Anf if I acted like a douche before. It was….well, the way you were behaving before, wanting me to follow your evey order and all that - it reminded me of an..an unpleasant situation.
But what Rin told me made me realize I was an idiot. I judged you hastily, without even knowing what you were going through. I'm sorry - I know how much it hurts when someone you hold dear is in grave peril. I have been in a similar situation." Dean wasn't good at apologizing so all he could do was say honestly what he could come up with in the moment.

Shirou saw the earnest effort Dean was puttng in order to amend himself and he felt the need to apologize to him too. because Shirou knew as well that he too had said some rude, innapropriate things.
"Thank you..." He replied with a faint smile. He made a small pause before continuing. "What you said was true though; what happened to Sakura really affected me and I was acting out of character. I'm sorry for not informing you earlier; I should have done it from the start. And also I'm sorry for being such a rude host so far." Shirou apologized and bowed his head to Dean.

Dean who wasn't familiar with that custom, felt a bit awkward, but he didn't say anything about it. After that, they shook hands.

"Just so you know from now on, you can trust me with anything. I'm the servant you summoned and it is my duty to assist you. So from now on I want you to be honest with me and tell me everything that may trouble you. And don't worry, I'm sure Sakura will be okay. Even I had trouble fighting Caster, yet Sakura held her own against her alone and survived. I am sure she will still fight it to the very end." Dean smiled reassuringly.

"Thank you for the posittive thinking...yes, I know she will. And I will be with her all the way until she recovers..." Shirou stated determined.

Fwooosh

A cold gust of wind blew. "Shall we go back inside? It's strange that I cannot feel cold in this body, but I am guessing you must be feeling chilly."

"Not really, I usually go jogging at this time during weekends. I am used to that cold." Shirou replied indifferently.

"Oooh...well, you still have to clean that plate you broke. So there's another reason." Dean said jokingly.

"Unfortunately, I have and I also have to clean up your mess. All the rice you scattered all over as you were trying to eat." Shirou retorted likewise.

"Oh shut up already. I told you, I haven't eaten with chopsticks in ages." they laughed.

Shirou cleaned the kitchen and washed the dishes alone, even though Dean offered to help him, he refused. So Dean chatting with Tohsaka in the living room.

"You two get ready, we will be leaving for the hospital soon. Grab your stuff and meet me outside at my car." Shirou announced to them.

Dean hesitated for a moment which Shirou didn't failt to notice. "What is it Dean?" he asked him.

"Well, you know since I'm of the rider's class and all...I was wondering if -" Shirou stared at him suspiciously. " -do you mind if we use my own car to the hospital? I really want to take my car out for a test drive. I mean it will be my first time driving a magical car; I want to see if it is the same as the original."

"Car? You have a car? What kind of heroic spirit are you? You msut be a modern one considering your clothes and all. Hmm..fine, as long as it doesn't raise any suspicions it should be fine." Shirou gave his consent.

"Thanks, you won't regret it. My baby is the best." Dean proclaimed proudly, puffing out his chest.


As they entered Dean's car; Tohsaka made an observation about it.

"Isn't that a Chevrolet Impala made in 1967?" She then proceeded to fully explain all of Dean's car details.

Dean and Shirou were astonished by her vast knowledge of the car; each one for a different reason.

"It is the first time, I meet someone who knows the details of my car as well as I do. Not even my brother knew all of these details; not until I taught him how to fix the engine. How do you even know all of it? Are you into vintage cars?" Dean asked her.

"Yeah Tohsaka, the only things I have seen you explain so eloquently were things that have to do with magic. Since when did you know so much about cars? I thought you were terrible with anything that has to do with technology" Shirou added

"There are a lot of things you don't know about me. I learnt about this car because some acquaintances whom I've cooperated in the past happened to have the same one and they told me all about it. They were two brothers too."

Dean started the engine. It made a roaring sound.

"Wow! It sounds exactly like the real one." Dean said enthusiastically. He hit the throttle and the car started moving.

As they were crossing the bridge which connected the old Fuyuki city area with the modern one Shirou turned to Dean.

"So…Dean, you said earlier that you will explain your circumstances at the breakfast. With all what happened, we never had that chance. It is not like I'm forcing you to talk about it; only if you don't have a problem with it."

Dean sighed "I suppose, I said that I would explain. It is nothing special though, but I shall tell you. You see, my real name is Dean Winchester and I died last week in an abandonned construction site."

"W-What? Last week!" Shirou exclaimed. "Can you even become a Heroic Spirit in such a short amount of time? And what did you do that made you turn into a Heroic Spirit after death?"

"Easy now…" Dean took a deep breath and continued.
"First things first, for starters I was stabbed in the stomach and I believe I died from blood loss in my brother's arms. I don't really remember my moment of death, I was really dizzy. As for the second part…well…I wasn't exactly chosen as a Heroic Spirit, more like I forced myself to become one in order to escape slavery."

Tohsaka who was staring outside the window indifferently all this time; took interest in Dean's last words and asked "What do you mean "escape slavery"? I thought that after death, your soul goes to either in heaven or hell - at least that's what people say - can someone trap your soul somewhere in-between?"

"What you say is mostly correct and those places do exist. Demons and angels are real. I have met both of them. In fact one of my best friends is an angel. However, while most people either go to heaven or hell, some stay down here and become ghosts. Hunting ghosts, demons and other monsters was my job when I was alive." Dean explained her.

"wait-wait-wait. I am having a hard time believing all that. Demons, angels, monsters...You are not joking, right?" Shirou asked him bewildered.

"No, I am not." Dean replied briskly.

"Wow..." Shirou uttered. "What about you Tohsaka? Did you know all this? You seem quite calm as if you already knew about it." Shirou asked Tohsaka whose expression hadn't changed at all frm the beginning despite the huge revelation.

"Don't be silly. How could I have known? It's just that I am not expressing myself as you. " Tohsaka replied abruptly which surprised Shirou. She then realised that she was out of character so she tried to actively join the conversation. "So Dean, what forced you to become a hunter?" she asked him.

"It wasn't a matter of choice more like a family tradition. I grew up watching my dad killing monsters and ghosts from a very young age. So I decided to be like him and save people. Of course before saving all these people; I had to take care of my family, my little brother specifically."

"I see! I can relate to you as a matter of a fact, and for the same reason too. My father had similar ideals and he wanted to help people; that's why when I was a kid I kept saying that I wanted to become a superhero and save people like my father did." Shirou made a brief pause.
"But unlike you, who knew from the start that family and loved ones come first. I unfortunately learnt that lesson the hard way! I realized that I can't save everyone and that I will have to choose at some point.
And that day, I made a decision; my loved ones or the rest of the world. In the end, I chose my family and friends, but yesterday's event made me realize that I'm still too weak to even protect the people I care about. " Shirou clenched his fist in anger.

"Hey cut it out! Sakura getting hurt was not your fault. You couldn't have known that there was a monster lurking around attacking people indiscriminately. Stop blaming yourself! Nothing good comes out of it...I know it."

"Thanks for the support Dean!" Dean's words made him feel better.

"Hey, all in a servant's duties." Dean replied cheerfully.

Shirou continued. "Though…. I'm not sure if Caster attacks people indiscriminately. When she appeared in my courtyard she reported that she was looking for a master. But at the time only I and Tohsaka were inside the house, so I can't understand why she said that she sensed a master. That happened before we summoned you."

"Maybe there was a master in the nearby area and that's why she thought the signal came from your house." Dean made a guess.

Tohsaka who overheard their conversation spoke "Not quite right, but close guess."

"What do you mean Tohsaka?" Shirou asked.

"Caster class are able to pinpoint a magic source with great precision. Especially if that source is something as powerful as a servant. What I believe happened was that the master who was after, sensed her coming after him and fled. But before he did, he took a precauton. He probably left behind a trace of his magical energy so that he would lead her off track." Tohsaka explained.

"So what you are saying is that he cast a spell on my house and then he covered his presence leaving behind only the traces of his last spell, so that Caster would think that he was hiding there?" Tohsaka nodded.

"Even though I don't agree to his idea of involving other people in his business; I gotta say that this was a well thought escape plan." Dean stated.

"Indeed, but you know that if normal people lived there, they would probably be dead by now; Caster would have killed them as soon as she realized she had been tricked." Shirou added.

Silence ensued momentarily inside the car.
"Anyway, that's enough with the sad stories. I think it is better to continue with my reason of existence as a Heroic spirit." He paused awaiting for their response.

"Yeah, better do that, no reason stressing over what-ifs now." Tohsaka replied.

"Ahem...As I said before I kill ghosts, demons and monsters as a job; you can't really call it a job though since no one pays us. Nevertheless me and my brother always managed to take care of ourselves.
But it is not as simple as it sounds. Sometimes shit happens and hunters die during jobs. When a hunter dies, it is common that you burn him along with all of his close personal belonging, so he can't turn into a ghost." Dean paused for a moment and Shirou asked him.

"So, the people who burned your body didn't burn you completely or they didn't burn all of your personal belongings right? That's why you returned as a spirit."

Dean replied "No that is not the case. My brother did a perfect job at burning my stuff and my body when I died. But he didn't know about one last thing that I had given to someone else. And that was the main reason I was revived as a Heroic spirit. It was my own fault to begin with for letting that bastard hold unto this thing." Dean's face started showing signs of anger.

"So who was that man? And what did you gave him?" Tohsaka asked curious.

"Not a man, demon! Specifically the king of hell himself."

"What?!" Shirou and Tohsaka said in unison.

"I had given him one of my knives. It was during a time when we were cooperating to kill a common enemy. It wasn't my favorite knife, that one got burned with me, but still the one I gave him must have held a tiny piece of my soul inside."

"Sharing your weapons with an enemy and letting him hold unto it after the battle was a pretty stupid and reckless move on your part. I had you for a more careful person Dean." Tohsaka remarked.

"I know it was really stupid to give him something and forget to take it back. But I never knew that magic like the one he used in order to revive me, even existed."

"So wait…. Just to set things straight, not only you know who the king of hell is; you work with him and even give him your stuff?" Shirou asked him surprised.

"It is not that simple, there is a long story between us, he helped us in the past and we helped him now, you know how the famous saying goes: "The enemy of my enemy is my ally" "

"Yeah….but with the king of Hell? Even I know that dealing with demons is bad news. And I'm not a hunter like you or a professional magus like Tohsaka"

"Anyway no point arguing about that jerk." Tohsaka interrupted them "How did that demon enslave you and how did you free yourself?"

"I was getting to that. He combined ancient magic with strong demon mojo and unfortunately he managed to turn me into his demon bitch. I was literally at his beck and call." He took a deep breath in order to suppress the anger that came along with the memories of his time with Crowley.

"I tried resisting him at first, but it turned out to be futile. Every time I did so I was overrun by an intense pain that paralyzed my entire body. So I decided to lay low, until I could find a way to free myself."

"And what did you do?" Tohsaka inquired curiously for an answer.

"I decided to exploit his desire for power. Soon after I made a research about the spell which he cast on my soul, I found out that it was one rare spell used to permanently impose the command seal's power unto your servant. I was technically a demon and a servant." Shirou interrupted him.

"Wait, does a spell like this even exist?" He looked over at Tohsaka.

"I suppose it does. It is my first time hearing about it too though!
The commands seals are supposed to be limited so the master won't use them recklessly. Their power is absolute and when used the servants are frced to execute them even if it involves something realistically impossible; e.g. travelling from Tokyo to London in an instant. If someone could empower his servant like that, he would be unstoppable." Tohsaka explained him troubled.

Dean continued his story. "After learning that I decided to study about the Holy Grail war. And I found out that such a spell could only be broken if the one who cast it, would perform the ritual to summon another servant. Then the previous servant's spirit would be relieved from his duty, though it would be forced to become a Heroic spirit, even if it wasn't a Heroic spirit before; and fight for eternity."

"And even though the cost of freedom was eternal fighting, you decided to go for it?" Tohsaka asked.

Dean sighed "At that moment all I cared was to break free from that bastard's spell."

"I'm guessing, you tricked him into summoning a new servant. And that idiot bought it" Tohsaka chuckled.

"Exactly, I presented him with details about the Fuyuki city and the previous wars that took place here; I managed to convince him that a war for power would soon break out and that he must enter it. I never really knew that a war was really going to happen though. We came here in Japan together and he summoned a servant. The moment his new servant started materializing, I broke free and dissipated. And then the next thing I saw was Shirou when he summoned."

Shirou thought about Dean's story for a few moments and he asked him "So your goal now is to stop him, right?"

"Exactly, I don't know where that bastard is, but I'm sure he is still in town. I will find and kill him for all the suffering and humiliation he made me go through. And also for some things he had done when I was still alive. It is time he paid for his actions." Dean's hands which were holding the wheel were shaking in anger.

"Ok, ok. We'll help you get your revenge, but we won't be able to if you kill us in a car accident" Tohsaka said, prompting him to calm down.

She was right he wasn't paying attention to the road earlier. "Anyway, that was my story, I still have many more things to tell you about my life, fun things too, but it will have to wait for another time."


Notes
1)The knife Dean is referring to; that thing never really happened i nthe show as far as I remember, but since this is a fanfiction, all's well.
2) Exams are starting next week so there won't be an update for a while.