AN: It is said that no matter what happens, and even though it may not seem like it, your friends will always be there for you...

Note: This chapter takes place in the second half episode 13 of Fate/Stay Night: Winter Castle and the first half of episode 14: At the end of Ideals. More than half of the dialouges were quoted from these episodes.

I'm going at top speed now because I want to progress more with this fic. I apologize if it seems a bit rushed. I might be writing another one on the side as well, but I'm not sure.

Standard Disclaimer: For the millionth time, I do not own Inu Yasha or Fate/Stay Night. Please enjoy.

Chapter 14:

A friend in need is a Friend indeed

March 30th 2008

7:00 PM

Near Fuyuki City

Einzbern Castle

Shiro's Dream II:

A golden sword, that sword was meant for nobody but her. It's not like I want it or anything. It's just that it's so beautiful, and if possible I'd really like to hold it someday. Even if it's in my dreams, I'd still be ok with that. But if I'm gonna imagine what it's like to be able to do so, reinforcement magic isn't gonna do it. I'm gonna have to use something more complicated, there's a name for it, why can't I remember...?

End of Shiro's Dream II:

Shiro's POV:

Another dream, that too about that sword. When I had come to I was in a daze, but suddenly, I remembered what happened. I wasn't in the park anymore. I was in a strange room filled with stuffed animals. It looked somewhat like Rin's house, but it wasn't.

Where the hell am I? Last thing I remember, Ilya had paralyzed me, and then...

I tried to get up, but I realized that I was tied to the chair I was sitting in, I struggled and struggled, but it seemed like it was no use. Then I looked out the window and realized. The sun's already setting and if I don't return home soon, Saber will fade away. Just thinking about it made me struggle even more. Just when I thought I could free myself, the door opened and Ilya was standing there.

"So! You finally decided to wake up!" She took a few steps closer to me, "How are you feeling? You should be able to talk by now." She asked me as though we weren't masters trying to kill each other.

"Yea, I'm feeling great. I've recovered enough presence of mind to realize that you've made me your prisoner!" I snapped

"What's wrong? Are you mad now? I did you a favour! Captured enemies are supposed to be thrown in the dungeon, you know! But I made an exception for you and kept you in my room! My castle is deep within the forest, nobody is going to come save you or interfere!

"Why did you even bother bringing me here? If you're planning to kill me, you could have done that back in the park!" I asked

"What do you mean? I don't want to kill you Shiro! I never even thought about it! Sure, I'm gonna kill the other masters, but you're special!" She said as she sat on my lap, "So, what do you say you join me and become my servant? That way, I'll never have to kill you!" She had a devious smile on her face.

Become Ilya's servant?!

"You can't be serious!" I burst out of fear.

"Oh but of course I am! So, what do you say?"

"Oh come on! You know that's crazy!"

"No it's not. Think about it, once Saber's gone, there's no way you can win a fight! Why should you be a master if you can't win?" Ilya asked

"You're wrong! Saber isn't going anywhere!"

"She may not disapear, but in her condition, she'll easily be killed! You really are better off staying here! And if you do, I'll protect you forever!" she said as she threw her arms around me.

"You can keep asking me this all you want, but there's no way I'll-" She silenced me by placing her finger on my lips. Ilya looked at me strangely and had a smile on her face, a smile of murderous intent...

"Wow. You just don't get it don't you? Whether you want to accept it or not, you are a caged bird and I have the key! I'm the one who decides whether you will live or die! Think twice about saying things that will make me mad! I've been waiting for this for ten years so it wouldn't be fun to just kill you now! So I'll ask you this one more time, what do you say? Be my servant Shiro!"

"Ilya, I can't do that, I'm sorry. As long as I have Saber as my servant, I'll keep being a master."

"I see. So that's how it is, you're just gonna betray me too." She let me go and was about to walk off, her voice hided some disapointment, "I've been turning a blind eye to you lately, but not anymore. Wait here." She was about to walk out the door when,

"Hold on Ilya, what are you going to do?" I asked.

"I'm gonna kill Saber! Once I do that, you'll be sorry you turned me down!" I was shocked, I couldn't let her do that, I had to stop her at all costs.

"Ilya! Don't! Saber and the others have nothing to do with this! I can't team up with you for personal reasons and nothing else!"

"Is that so? I'll kill them anyway! That other girl as well! She's no master, and it's the rule to eliminate all witnesses right?"

"Leave Kagome out of this!" I burst out.

"So that's her name huh? Well then, first Saber, then Rin, then this Kagome! After them, I'll come back for you. If you don't want to be mine, then I have no use for you!"

"You can hate me. But there's no reason for you to kill Saber, Tohsaka, and Kagome!" I wasn't going to back down so easily.

"I can't let them live, most of all witnesses! These are the grail wars, remember?" Ilya replied simply.

"Ilya! Don't talk about killing people like it's nothing!"

"It's not that big of a deal! I already killed a master!"

"You did?" I asked incredulously.

"Yup! Yesterday! But it was unexpected and I didn't plan it. I thought you would have killed him yourself. But when you didn't, I did it for you. I hope you're not upset. I feel kind of bad whenever I steal prey from someone else. I'll be back soon. Try to escape, but it's a waste of time!" She said as she walked out of the room.

So she was the one who killed Shinji. Well I do know one thing, this girl has no sense of good or evil. She doesn't know right from wrong. Since that's the case, she shouldn't have become a master in the first place. I can't help but feel sorry for her. If we ever beat her, this is one thing I'm going to correct...

I struggled and struggled but I couldn't set myself free. I was still feeling the effects of her evil eyes. I decided, even though it won't help my condition, I'll use magic to set myself free.

Trace, on!

Basic structure, established!

Components, determined!

I was surprised, the mana was being generated quickly. I recalled some days ago, while Rin was teaching me about magic, as she has been doing ever since we started cooperating, she made me swallow a jewel to help me activate my magic circut. Maybe it was because of that. As I tried to set myself free, I lunged over and felt sick, I started coughing up blood. I couldn't stop now. I was almost there...

Meanwhile...

Fuyuki City

Shiro's house

Saber's POV:

I opened my eyes, despite the fact that my condition was still not improving. I felt something out of the ordinary as soon as I woke up. I knew one thing for sure, Shiro was not here, he was not in danger, but most likely in the hands of an enemy. I looked around, nobody was there. No. I was wrong, there was someone there, I looked and my eyes met a pair of chocolate brown eyes.

"Saber? You're awake! Thank goodness! We were worried!" The voice sounded relieved, I looked closer and then I knew who it was.

"Kagome? Have you been tending to me all this time?" I asked.

"Yup! Inu Yasha was worried too!"

"What? Inu Yasha? He's still alive?" I asked. I am surprised. I thought that he had died at the hands of Rider. It seemed that I was wrong.

"We all thought that he's dead, but he's actually alive." Kagome replied. Suddenly, the door opened and Inu Yasha came into the room.

"Saber? How are you feeling?" He asked.

"Forgive me Inu Yasha. I thought that you had died at the hands of Rider, in any case. You have saved me from a blow that could have been fatal. Thank you. I am in your debt."

"Feh. It's no big deal." Inu Yasha scoffed.

As arrogant and cocky as always...

"Why did you save me back then?" I asked out of curiosity.

"If you died, none of us would be able to win, right? And none of us will get the Holy Trail..."

"Holy GRAIL!!!" Kagome and I corrected him in unison.

"Whatever."

"Kagome, can you do me a favour? I have a feeling Shiro is in danger. We have to fight, we must get Rin and Archer's help."

"WHAT?! Are you serious? No way! Not in your condition! You'll most likely be slashed in two in less then a second if you go out like that!" Kagome objected.

"I know you are worried about me, but we have to try. Please Kagome. Do not underestimate the power of a servant."

"Servant, shmervant! You're still hurt!"

"If Shiro got killed...?" Then Kagome realized what I meant and was convinced to help me.

"Ok, but if you are in no condition to fight, then tell me. We'll take over if that happens."

"What do you mean we?" Inu Yasha asked.

"SIT BOY!!" Kagome screamed, making Inu Yasha fall to the floor like the countless times he has.

"All right! All right! I'll come with you! It's better then sitting at home!" Inu Yasha grumbled.

As I got out of bed, Kagome supported me and helped me to walk. With Kagome's help I looked for him. He was not in the Dojo. So I decided to go to Rin's room. Midway, I collapsed due to my condition. My breathing was irregular and I felt like I had a fever. Yet even so, I had to bear with it for Shiro's sake.

"Saber, are you ok?" Kagome asked.

"I'm fine. Don't worry about me."

"UGH! You're more stubborn than I thought! I can't let a friend get hurt like this! Come on, I'll help you." she grabbed my hand and placed an arm around my shoulder.

Friend...?

"Kagome..."

"Don't exert yourself! Now come on, let's go talk to Rin about this."

"Please let me finish, nobody has ever considered me as their friend-"

"There's always a first time! Now, let's go." We went to Rin and I told her the whole story.

"Shiro's gone missing?" Rin asked incredulously.

"Yes. But I can sense that he is still unharmed. And far away, most likely in the hands of an enemy." I replied, "Please Rin, I will need your help as well as Kagome's and Inu Yasha's. We cannot do this alone-"

"Leave him to his fate." Archer rudely interupted,"Chances are he was abducted while sitting in the open, lost in thought. You have no obligation to help such an incompitent master like him."

How dare he, who does he think he is?

"You're out of line!" I yelled at him with all my strength.

"Need I remind you we're enemies? If the boy gets himself killed, it's less work for us."

I felt weary again and collapsed once more, since this time I was holding on to the walls. Rin however, managed to help me up.

"Careful, Saber! You're so low on mana that you can't even arm yourself!"

"I can still fight! No matter how I feel, I can't abandon Shiro!" I replied with determination. As I said this, Kagome's old self returned once again and she had a wide smirk on her face. I overlooked it since we had more important things to worry about.

"Archer..." Rin called out, he simply turned around and scoffed. Which meant that he approved of this, but I was not sure.

"Ok then, let's go." Kagome said.

Later that day...

Somewhere in Fuyuki City

Kagome's POV:

So the five of us, Rin, Inu Yasha, Archer, and me supporting Saber, were going out to look for Shiro who was in the hands of an enemy, but who it was, we had absolutely no clue. We all started walking down a dark alley, thinking of the places he'd most likely go to. It was kind of hard to walk because I was supporting Saber, but I just had to live with it, she had it harder than I did.

Where could he have gone? He couldn't have gone to school, or work, or Rin's house. Is there anywhere else he could have gone? Hmm... I don't think that's it, but we'll just have to try.

"Hey guys, why don't we check the park? He might have gone there."

"Maybe you're right. Good idea, Kagome." Rin replied.

It took us some time but we managed to make it there. There were no signs of him anywhere. Suddenly, Saber gasped as though she realized something important.

"Ilyasviel!" She burst out.

"Ilyas...viel? Oh yea. Ilyasviel von Einzbern."

I remembered when Saber told me about when they first met, they had a run in with a girl called Ilyasviel and her servant, Berserker, who nearly sliced Shiro in half because he risked his life to save Saber. He seemed pretty scary when Saber described him, I shudder to think how he'd actually look like. Hmm... come to think of it, I saw a huge monster in the building yesterday, and a young girl, could they be the ones?

"Wait, Saber, you could be right!" Rin said, "It's gonna take long, but we have to get there!"

"Where?" I asked

"Einzbern castle! Where else?"

"Keep in mind that I haven't lived in Fuyuki City for all my life! I have no idea where to go or what you're talking about!" I replied.

"Well I do! It takes an hour by car to get there, so it will obviously take even longer on foot. Now let's not waste time. Let's go."

It took even longer than we expected supporting a 'sick' person, but after an hour, or was it two? Not sure, we made it to the place Rin mentioned. It was a huge forest filled with trees, at that moment, I remembered the forest of Inu Yasha where I first met him and freed him from the sacred tree. It was a strange memory but I couldn't help remember it as it changed my life forever.

"By the way, who is this Ilyasviel?" Inu Yasha asked.

"Another master. Don't be fooled by her age or looks, she may be a middle school student, but she's really dangerous! Berserker's even worse..." Rin replied.

"Ok, I got it. But I don't know what this, middle school is."

"Ugh. Never mind. Then again, you are from the past as well, so I can excuse you."

After what seemed like an eternity, we made it to the castle itself. It was an extravagant ten storey building with a huge wooden door at the front that had elaborate carvings on it. The stairway seemed to be about four yards long. All five of us were hiding in a clearing, waiting for Ilyasviel to come out.

"Einzbern castle..." Rin mused, "You're absolutely certain he's in here?" she asked Saber. In response, she looked at Rin and nodded.

"I don't believe it, have you lost your mind? I'm sure you haven't forgotten the pawn that she controls." Archer remarked in an angry voice.

Woah... I got some bad vibes from this guy but I didn't think he was THIS mean!

"Whatever is waiting for me inside is of no consequence." Saber replied. "For any servant, her master is-"

"Quiet!" Rin burst out, I knew it. That could mean one thing. Ilyasviel is coming, "You need to hide yourself, Archer. You should mask yourself too, Saber." At that moment, Archer took a few steps back and disapeared. So this is what they mean by sending a servant in spirit form.

Suddenly, the door opened, and out of it came a young girl. She couldn't have been more than 13 or 14 years old. The girl clad in a purple shirt and a long white skirt had long silver hair and a teardrop face. She was walking out slowly with her eyes closed. At one moment, they opened to reveal a pair of bright red eyes. The girl suddenly turned around, as though she noticed we were here. She started to look around and then sighed. She actually looked very pretty. Nobody would have guessed that she was a master, much less Berserker's.

"I guess it's nothing..." She said to herself as she went back inside and closed the door.

"THAT'S Ilyasviel?!" I asked Rin incredulously.

"Yup. I told you before. Don't be fooled by her age or her looks. She's more dangerous than she seems." At that moment, I remembered Kohaku who was about the same age as Ilyasviel. Then I thought of Hakudoshi, then Kanna, and lastly, Naraku's baby. Then I realized what she meant by that.

"Big deal! She doesn't look THAT dangerous! I bet she's probably like Kohaku or Kanna or Hakudoshi! I could beat them in no time flat if it wasn't for Naraku!" Inu Yasha scoffed, echoing my thoughts.

"Exactly! You could beat Ilyasviel if it wasn't for Berserker! Same thing here!" I replied.

"Feh." The standard answer for him...

Slowly and steadily, we crept inside the castle to rescue Shiro, with no idea of what would happen next...

Meanwhile...

Einzbern Castle

Shiro's POV:

It took a really long time, but after an eternity of struggling, I had managed to break free of the ropes. I got up and ran to the door. I have to get to Saber and the others fast, otherwise they'll be killed. I opened the door, only to realize that she's got a guard out there. I picked up a rod I found nearby, inched closely to the door, ready to attack in case they found me. Suddenly, the door burst open,

"Don't move!" The voice burst out, then suddenly it's tone changed as though it recognized me, "Shiro!" I turned around and realized that it was Saber.

"Saber? What are you doing here?" I asked

"I was about to ask you the same thing." She replied.

"You're in better shape then we expected. I suppose this means you didn't need our help after all." Suddenly, at that moment, Rin and Archer came into view.

"Hah! See, Kagome! I told you we didn't need to come." I recognized that voice too, it was Inu Yasha, and Kagome was there too.

"That's what I said from the beginning. We were better off just leaving you to your fate." Archer replied.

"You guys are here too? I can't believe it!"

"It was because I asked them for their help. I had a very strong feeling that you were abducted by Ilyasviel. Kagome only came along because she was worried about my condition, and Inu Yasha... never wanted to come in the first place." Saber replied. I chuckled. What does he have against helping people? I never understood that from the start.

"And I agreed to this because we are more or less, partners." Rin elaborated on Saber's statement.

"Wow. It's a good thing you were- wait, Kagome? Inu Yasha? Oh no! You have to get out NOW! Ilya thinks that you're a witness! She won't leave you alone unless you're dead!" I realized and warned them before it's too late.

"You told her about us?!" Kagome asked in an angry voice.

"No! She found out on her own! She was inside that building last night as well!"

"She WHAT?" Kagome was as pale as a ghost.

"Guys! We don't have time to sit here and argue! We'd better get out of here before Ilya actually shows up!" Rin yelled.

Rin was right, so the six of us started to run out the door at breakneck speed. In midway, we turned around and realized that Saber was missing, I went back to find her without any second thoughts. When I turned around, she had collapsed on the floor and was shaking slightly.

"Saber!"

"I'm all right!" She replied, trying to deny her condition.

"I knew it! You haven't recovered, have you?" I asked.

"It's true and it shames me to admit, but it doesn't matter! I can still fight and cover for you!"

"No you can't! Don't be ridiculous! Come on, lean on me!"

"That won't be necessary." Saber said in protest.

"Do it, Saber!"

"Just leave her alone." I recognized that voice anywhere. That arrogant, stubborn, cynical-

"Oh yea?"

"You need to give up the notion that you have any chance of saving her. You must accept that there's nothing you can do." Archer said simply.

"No. I don't!" I insisted on helping Saber. I wasn't gonna back down because of this guy. I glared at him and if he was planning to attack me, I was ready. Yet he wasn't fazed. I wasn't so sure but I thought I heard from Kagome,

"Man! You can cut the tension around here with a knife!" On hearing so, Archer gave up on me and ran off.

"Come on Shiro, let's go." Saber said.

"Right!" and with that, we continued on our way.

After some time...

Kagome's POV:

It took some time, but we managed to make it to the entrance. All we had to do was climb down the winding staircase quietly and we were out.

"That's the..."

"The exit." Rin finished Shiro's sentence for him, "It looks like we made it just in time."

"Yea. It's also the front entrance to the castle. Isn't this exactly what they'd expect from us?" Shiro asked, unsure of what to do.

"Oh! Good point." I replied.

"Our enemy is not here, so it's best to take the shortest route out of this place! All right, let's go!" Rin said as we made our way down the stairs. Suddenly, just when we felt we could leave, I heard a voice that sent chills down my spine,

"What's wrong? You're all leaving so soon? That's too bad. We just got here!" We all turned around and then we realized who it was. No escaping for us, we were caught.

"Ilyasviel..." Rin mused.

"Good evening! Now I don't have to go looking for you Rin! Thank you! Oh... and you over there, you must be Kagome! How interesting! You brought a friend as well! I know perfectly well that you two aren't masters or servants, so what's the point in participating in the grail wars? No matter, I'll just have to kill you off and be done with it! After all, dead men tell no tales!"

So Shiro's right... this girl really IS out to kill us! Is this really how they treat witnesses in the grail wars? I'm glad I can fight!

"My reason for being here is none of your buisness! Don't underestimate us Ilyasviel, we are well experienced in combat unlike your average so called witness." I snapped and raised my bow ready to aim an arrow at her as proof of my experience. If there's one thing I learned in the feudal era, it's this: Your enemy is your enemy, don't show mercy just because they're younger than you.

"Wow... so killing you will be much more fun than I expected!"

There was an awkward silence. After some time, it was broken by Ilyasviel,

"Something wrong? Come on guys! I'm giving you some time to come up with some last words! It's more fun if I hear you say something before I kill you!"

"All right! Fine! Then let me ask you this, Ilyasviel, how come I couldn't sense your return to the castle? Was it because you were hiding here the whole time?" Rin asked

"That's right! I didn't go anywhere! I was just having fun watching you guys run around like a bunch of fools!" Ilya replied.

Woah... this girl's more clever than I thought! Glad she's not working for Naraku! Or I'd really be dead!

"So the person you sent out your front door was a fake!"

"Yup! And after all, I'm the lady of the house! It's my job to take care of my guests needs! AND to keep them entertained!" She said with a wide smirk on her face.

At that moment, as though he dropped from the sky, Berserker appeared, far more grotesque than I imagined he would be. He was a large bulking monster with his hair in dissaray, and incredibly huge muscles. One of his eyes was more of a bright red gleam than an eye itself. He didn't wear much armour as it only covered the lower half of his body. In his hand, he held a huge axe sword. He barred his teeth, or were they fangs? at us as we stared at him in shock. So this is what they mean when they say one has gone berserk. All parameters are increased, but your sanity is lost. Now it was getting REALLY hard to believe that this innocent young girl was the master of this killing machine.

"Anyone have anything else they want to say?" Ilyasviel asked. Everyone just stared at her open-mouthed, all but one.

"Feh! So THIS is your little pet? Ha! I've fought demons like him before, this is gonna be a piece of cake!" Inu Yasha yelled out of the blue.

Inu Yasha... this isn't your ordinary guy! Ugh! Now thanks to your arrogance, we'll be done for!

"Really? Wow, you really are different from your average witness! All right then, let's get started! You have my word, I won't let anyone escape!

"Shiro, I want you out of here! I can handle this!" Saber said, but as soon as she said so, she broke down and started breathing heavily. What a fool, thinking she can beat him in her condition.

"What are you talking about? You know I can't do that!"

"But if you don't..."

At the same time, I heard Archer and Rin talk,

"Listen Archer, it doesn't have to be for long, but I want you to try and slow him down for a bit."

"Tohsaka!" Shiro yelled as couldn't believe this. And neither could I! Archer's no match for Berserker and she knows it quite well!

"That's absurd! Have you lost your mind, Rin? Archer can't take out Berserker by himself!" Saber asked, echoing my thoughts. Rin ignored her and whispered to Archer,

"You keep him busy and we'll escape, ok?"

"That's the wisest course of action. If you can escape first, I should be able to follow. Independent operations like this happen to be a specialty of the archer class." Archer replied.

Well it looks like Ilya's gonna teach this guy a lesson. Good riddance to bad trash!

"Wow! I don't believe it! Do you really think this low rank servant of yours is gonna stand a chance against my Hercules? You're so much funnier then I thought Rin!" Ilyasviel scoffed.

Woah woah! This guy's HERCULES?! This is getting even crazier! How could one of the greatest heros of greece go berserk? Woah, I guess my parents didn't make me read all those stories about great heroes for nothing.

"By the way Rin, let's be clear on this. If all you want me to do is buy you time, I can do that. However, would you be dissapointed if I just destroyed him instead?" Archer asked.

Wow... he's more cocky than I thought he was!

Rin looked pensive, almost worried. The mask that she put on around all of us was starting to fade, I had the slight feeling she was scared. I don't think it's possible, but could Rin of all people be... in love with Archer?

"Archer... go ahead! If you wanna take him, then do so!" Rin finally replied.

"Excellent. I won't dissapoint you."

"Kagome! You and the others escape! I'll back this Archer guy up!" Inu Yasha replied.

"Inu Yasha? Do you remember what happened with Rider? I can't let you get yourself in such a situation again! Except with Berserker, you'll be dead for sure! I can't let you-" He silenced me by placing a finger to my lips and then,

"Kagome, I'm not going to let that happen. You know that. Think about it Kagome, think about the countless foes we have encountered back over there. Naraku, Kagura, Seshomaru, Koga, remember the time when we had to fight the spider demon? I was in my human form, honestly, if I hadn't held on a little longer I would have been dead. Berserker's probably no different. However, if Archer dies, I'm coming straight back here. I promise you that."

"Inu Yasha...? But... are you sure?"

"I couldn't be more sure. Just have faith."

"You... You're right. I'm counting on you Inu Yasha so don't die on me."

"Not happening, Kagome. Not happening.

"Wait... you two are in love? Wow, wonder how you'll feel when this guy dies? Go on Berserker! Rip that ridiculous servant and the strange witness limb from limb! I wanna see them dead!" Ilyasviel ordered her servant as he let out a loud roar.

Same time

Shiro's POV:

"Now's our chance! Come on! Let's go!" Rin yelled as she ran away, soon after, Kagome followed.

"Shiro, this is our only chance to escape." Saber whispered in my ear and started to run away, when she suddenly stopped.

"Inu Yasha? But you-"

"Saber. I'll be fine." He replied simply.

"Very well then, we are all counting on both of you." After saying so, she continued on her way. Just when I was about to run away, I heard a loud booming voice, like the one I heard back at the mall that day,

"Shiro Emiya..." I turned around, I had no need to search for the source, for I knew it was Archer like before.

"Listen closely, you aren't a person who fights, you're a person who creates. Clear everything else from your mind. There's only one thing you are capable of so it's imperative that you master it."

"Archer..." I tried to say more, however at that moment, his two trusty swords appeared in his hands and then,

"Never forget that what you should always be visualizing is you at your most powerful. You don't need external enemies, your own worst enemy is the image you have of yourself in your own head."

After saying so, he threw one of his swords at the wall above, cracking them, and quicker than you can blink, the ceiling started to collapse.

"Come on Shiro!" Rin screamed in a distance.

I had no time to think, I had to run fast otherwise I would be crushed by the falling debris. I ran as fast as I could, and I managed to get away. I looked at the pile of rock behind me. I couldn't help but think, what did he mean by what he said...? Why would he say such things? Was this another one of his remarks about how much of a novice I was? Was he trying to scorn my feelings? Like when he 'warned' me about Saber back at the mall? Or did his words actually mean something? Could it be that he actually cared about me? Why all of a sudden? After he hated me so much... why the sudden change? Why?

Archer...

I know it's taking a bit longer than I thought. And I know, the chapters are getting longer. But many things have been happening this week, so I haven't had much time to update.

Until next time...