"Yes. That's it Shirou. Now move your foot to the right," Arturia Alter said as she instructed Shirou.

Shirou nodded to Arturia Alter's voice and followed her instruction, moving her foot to the right.

"Excellent. Now repeat this multiple times."

Shirou and Arturia Alter then continued practicing their steps as they were holding each other's hands in a private room.

"Man. I can't believe that I'm taking dancing lessons with Alter..." Shirou thought as his mind went back to what happened earlier...

(A few hours ago...)

Shirou was walking down the hallway, minding his own business. As he did, it was then that he came across a certain poster. The poster itself had a silhouette of a person doing a dance pose, the colors were in black and neon blue, and it has some words on there as well.

Let's Dance!
Chaldea's First Dance Contest! Hosted by Da Vinci!
First Prize is 1,000,000 QP!
Location: Chaldea Theater
Time: 2:00 pm

"Hm, a dance contest...never seen that before here..." Shirou thought as he looked at the poster with great detail. As he continued to look at the poster, he noticed that on the bottom of the poster was a sign-up sheet. The sign-up sheet was split into two columns, one for solo dancers, and one for dancing duets. "So, this dance contest is not only limited to solo dancers. It also allows duets as well...and the grand prize is 1,000,000 QP...that sounds interesting..."

Eventually, Shirou lost interest in the poster and moved on, walking down the hallway.

Little did Shirou know that he was going to be dragged into the competition...by a certain altered servant...

Shirou was in the cafeteria, washing the dishes as he was done with his daily work in the cafeteria for lunch. As he was washing the dishes, he noticed something.

Arturia Alter was still in the cafeteria, waiting for something, and it was making Shirou confused for a moment.

"What is Alter doing over there? Is she waiting for something to happen?"

Despite the thought in his head, Shirou continued to wash the dishes. Soon, he was done with the dishes and proceeded to leave the kitchen. As he did, Arturia Alter got out of the seat she was sitting on came up in front of Shirou.

"Alter?"

"Shirou, come with me for a moment," Arturia Alter said as she grabbed Shirou's hand and proceeded to drag him out of the cafeteria. Eventually, Shirou and Arturia Alter arrived at a room and they went inside. She then let go of Shirou's hand and locked the door behind them.

"Um...Alter? What's going on?" Shirou asked as he was confused with what was going on.

"Shirou. We are going to practice dancing right now," Arturia Alter answered.

"Dancing?"

"Yes. And you can't refuse this order."

Shirou was confused for a moment before he figured out why he was in this situation. "Let me guess. You saw the dance contest poster along with the sign-up sheet, and signed both of us up in the duet section in hopes of getting the grand prize of 1,000,000 QP?"

Arturia Alter let out a smile. "Exactly."

"But I don't know how to dance though..."

"Which is why I am here to teach you how to dance. Anyways, we only have a few days before the competition, so let's get started quickly."

Shirou let out a small sigh. "As you wish..."

And thus, began Shirou and Arturia Alter's days of practicing for the competition...

(Back to the present...)

For the next few days, Shirou and Arturia Alter were practicing dancing for the dance competition that was coming up soon. Every day, they would come into the room and practice on their dance moves.

Little did Shirou know that Arturia Alter used the practice to her advantage to be a bit possessive over Shirou, and it was shown as she would drag him immediately to her private room whenever he was done with his duties, much to her counterparts' jealously.

"Good. Now turn to the left and spin around and we let go of each other," Arturia Alter instructed.

Shirou nodded as he let go of Arturia Alter's hand, turned to the left, and did a spin. As he did, he ended up in a pose that involved him with his arms in the air while Arturia Alter did the same thing as well.

"Excellent. Just a few more days of practice and the dance we'll be doing will be perfect," Arturia Alter said as she sat down on a nearby couch. She then grabbed a nearby water bottle and started to sip on it.

Shirou then did the same and sat next to Arturia Alter while grabbing a water bottle of his own. For a moment, they were silent as they were drinking from their water bottles.

Then Shirou decided to ask Arturia Alter a question.

"Hey, Alter, can I ask you something?"

"Sure, but keep it short. We still got a lot of practice to do after this."

"What are you going to do with the prize money if we win?"

Arturia Alter gave Shirou's question a long thought before giving him her answer. "Well, I would use the 1,000,000 QP to buy a huge supply of junk food for me to eat, which would consist of potato chips of many flavors, sweets, and many more."

Shirou nearly sweat dropped from Arturia Alter's answer. "Um...are you sure? I mean, a lot of junk food isn't good for you..."

"Shirou, we're servants you know. No matter what we eat, it's not going to affect our bodies negatively," Arturia Alter argued.

"You do have a point there..." Shirou thought as he continued to drink from his water bottle. "Anyways, there's another question that's bothering me for a while. Why did you sign me up in the dance contest? Even though I can't dance before."

"Well, isn't obvious? To win that prize and show everyone our dancing as a couple. And plus, with my instructions, you are able to dance now. Is there a problem with that?"

"Well, no, I'm just curious."

"I see. Anyways, break is over now. Let's go back to practicing."

"Okay."

And Shirou and Arturia Alter got off from the couch and continued to practice...

Today is the day of the dance competition, and Shirou and Arturia Alter were ready after many days of practicing. Right now, Shirou and Arturia were getting ready for the dance competition, and Shirou was adjusting to the dress suit Arturia Alter gave him.

"All right. I just need to tighten this up...and...done!" he thought as he adjusted the tie of his dress suit.

"Shirou. Are you done yet? We can't be late," Arturia Alter said as she was waiting for him outside of his room.

"Yeah." Shirou finally adjusted his tie and began to walk out the door. As he did, he saw Arturia Alter, who was wearing her black dress. "Well, how do I look?"

Arturia Alter let out a smile. "You look great Shirou. Now come on, we're going to be late for the dance competition."

"All right then. Let's go."

And Shirou and Arturia Alter were heading towards the room where the dance competition was being held. As they were heading towards the room, they received some stares by the various servants and staff of Chaldea. Shirou let out a small sigh while Arturia Alter held onto Shirou's arm tighter, signaling the words, "Hands off! He's mine!"

Soon, Shirou and Arturia got to the theater, and it was packed. Not only that, but it was even modified too. A bunch of servants where there, and they came in as a couple or solo. Shirou even recognized some of them. "Wow. There's so many people here..." he said in awe.

"Doesn't matter. We'll still win," Arturia Alter replied with confidence in her voice.

Soon, Shirou and Arturia Alter then went to the registration table and signed themselves up. As they were done with the registration, they went up behind the stage, looking at the multiple servants who did their dances.

"Wow. The dances the others did...they look great..." Shirou thought.

"Hm...not bad..." Arturia Alter thought.

Soon, it was Shirou and Arturia Alter's turn to dance as they heard their names come up on the speaker. Shirou and Arturia Alter then went up to the stage.

Soon, the song Arturia Alter chose began, and that's when Shirou and Arturia Alter started dancing together. Shirou and Arturia Alter moved back and forward towards each other as they were doing multiple steps and many dance moves while being in the rhythm of the music as well. Not only that, but they were in complete sync. Whenever Shirou moved, Arturia Alter followed him. And whenever Arturia Alter moved, Shirou followed her as well.

And it was beautiful to watch, especially for the judges.

Right now, Shirou was holding on to Arturia Alter's hand as she gracefully moved to the side, moving in front of Shirou. Arturia Alter then twirled in a circle and faced Shirou. Shirou and Arturia Alter then moved to the right and then separated themselves from each other. Shirou and Arturia Alter then moved towards each other again and grabbed each other's hands. Shirou and Arturia Alter then raised their held hands and then Arturia Alter twirled again, ending with her arching her back backwards with Shirou catching her in the process.

As Shirou caught Arturia Alter, the music stopped at the same time. For a moment, there was silence in the air as for the first few seconds, there was no reaction from the audience.

Then someone started clapping, and then others followed, and soon, all the audience were clapping.

Arturia Alter let out a smile as she saw the entire audience clapping at her and Shirou's performance.

Arturia Alter was smiling happily as she carried the dance trophy along with the 1,000,000 QP she and Shirou won at the end of the dance competition. "Today is a great day. I won the grand prize of the dancing competition, me and Shirou were in great sync in our dancing, and everyone enjoyed our dance together..."

As her thoughts continued wandering in her mind, he held onto Shirou's hand a little bit tighter.

"And furthermore, I even showed everyone who Shirou belongs too..."

(After the competition was over...)

Shirou and Arturia Alter were on the stage along with the other competitors, getting their prize from the judges themselves. As Shirou and Arturia Alter received the prize, Arturia Alter did something that Shirou did not expect to happen.

Arturia Alter grabbed Shirou's head and gave him a kiss on the lips before releasing him, pleased with herself that she staked her claim to Shirou in front of everyone in the theater.

"You're mine Shirou. You hear me?! You're mine!" she thought with a smug grin on her face.

(Back to the present...)

"And just like that, nobody should come up to Shirou after that. If anyone does, then they'll receive Excalibur Morgan..."

"Um...Alter, are you okay?" Shirou asked, snapping her out of her thoughts.

"Yes Shirou. I'm fine actually. I've never felt this pleased before in my entire life," Arturia Alter said with a sly smile on her face.

"I see...well, I'm glad that you're happy Alter."

"Yeah. You should be happy too, Shirou."

Soon, Shirou and Arturia Alter arrived in front of Arturia Alter's room, saying their goodbyes.

"Goodbye Shirou," Arturia Alter said.

"Goodbye Alter," Shirou replied with a smile on his face.

Arturia Alter went into her room and Shirou went back to his room. As the doors closed behind Arturia Alter, she put the trophy and the 1,000,000 QP on her desk and laid down on her bed.

"Well then, today was successful. Hopefully, nobody will have any ideas on stealing Shirou away from me or my counterparts...especially when it comes to Nero and her counterparts, the Dragon Witch, Musashi, and the others..."

Omake

Shirou was walking in the hallway, minding his own business. As he was walking, he came across a certain group of servants who were happy to see him.

It was Nero and her counterparts.

"Nero?" Shirou asked.

"Umu! My Praetor! It's nice to meet you! We have a favor to ask for you!" Nero and her counterparts said happily.

"What?"

"Will you dance with us?"