Servants.

Beings summoned and made into special familiars of the highest rank, and were so powerful, they can destroy an entire county if used right. Thankfully, the Servants were only manifested for one purpose. To fight each other, where the winner gains the right to make a wish on this Holy Grail. Not that it would be easy, as to win, one had to defeat all seven of the Servants summoned. Each a powerhouse in their own right.

Saber. The one known to be the best Class, with great swordsman skill and high parameters. Wielding good skills, including the Riding Skill.

Lancer. The fastest and most agile of the Servants. As their name states, they are good with a spear.

Archer. Servants known to be great with long-distance projectiles, and capable of being independent from a Master.

Rider. One that boats greatness in the battlefield, and capable of riding different types of mounts or vehicles. Certainly one not to mess with.

Caster. Servants with magecraft beyond that of modern times. Capable of altering their surroundings to suit their needs.

Assassin. Usually the weakest of Servants, yet the greatest threat to a Master. Capable of perfect stealth and are to be wary of.

Berserker. A character that gave in to madness, and trades sanity for greater power. A reckless Class, but should not be underestimated.

There were of course other Classes, but these were the ones here in this war. With Shirou Emiya having at last summoned the best Class of them all, Saber. A class that was smart. Beautiful. Elegant. Full of hope. Sword beams. Awesome. Cool. Extraordinary. Tough. Exquisite. Smooth skin.

"This is...a long list of why the Saber Class is so great." Shirou deadpans a bit as he checks the list that Saber, Musashi, gave him to describe all the seven classes. Though her class seemed to be a heck lot longer in description, with the woman herself looking smug about it. She certainly liked the flattery.

"Yep. Because that's how cool I am." Musashi then gave a wink that made Shirou slightly blush. She certainly was a beauty. Heck, the unique hair, that skin, not to mention her clothes suited her. There was no denying that Saber was a blossoming flower.

'And yet…'

"Oh. You do have more udon."

'She's like this.' Eating his udon without permission, and already on her third bowl with the dirty dishes piling up. Shirou supposed the new information was worth it, now knowing more than enough to figure out what was going on. 'And yet, she keeps eating and eating.'

Food budget was going to be tight at this rate.

Still, he had other matters to attend to. After leaving Musashi to have her mea, saying she was super hungry, Shirou went into another room in the house. There, Ozpin was waiting.

"So, are you ready?" Ready to start teaching him a bit. While Shirou was getting better at his magecraft, he knew that he shouldn't neglect his aura. Thankfully, Ozpin was more than willing to teach him. So, a small little bout was to be made between them. Ozpin ready to show him how to use his aura, for both offense and defensive manners, and other techniques once he got down the basis. His own aura already recharged, feeling the energy from it was back and ready to be used.

"Yeah. I am." If Shirou wanted to be a hero, then he needed to learn not just magecraft, but his new power as well. Aura. He already saw how impressive Ozpin was when facing those skeletons. If he could gain even a fraction of that power, then he'd at least be capable of defending himself more.

"Good. In that case," Ozpin set aside his cane, and placed it near a wall. "First, you must learn how to defend."

"Defend?" Shirou thought he'd be learning how to attack.

"Aura is used for many things, but primarily, it is used as a defense against blows one cannot see." Ozpin's aura shimmered all around him. The front, the back, neck, joints, everywhere. "If you wish to participate in a battle, then you must also be ready for attacks that aim at the conventional human weaknesses."

"I guess that makes sense." While Shirou would prefer a cool attack, he supposed that power to defend even your back was okay. Why dodge a strike there when aura can apparently do it for you.

"Of course, first we must see how much aura you have." Ozpin then raises his fists. "I'm going to see how much you have through the old fashioned way." Then, he was in front of him. "By punching you."

"Wait, wha-!" Shirou then felt a blow to the jaw.

"Come now Emiya." Ozpin then kicked him away, aura already shimmering. "If you wish to aid others, then first aid yourself. Otherwise," Ozpin was suddenly behind him. "You will die sooner than later."

Shirou gritted his teeth. "Don't," He then turned around. "Underestimate me."

The magus tried throwing a punch, but Ozpin easily countered by avoiding it then hitting Shirou's abdomen. Shirou spat some saliva, as he felt the blow. Aura was good, and held a powerful defense. But against someone like Ozpin, who has long since mastered it while also facing someone who had barely unlocked it, the victor was decided.

In seconds Shirou could do nothing but get hit over and over.

At the side.

His chest.

Jawline.

Uppercutted.

Even tripped.

Shirou feeling his aura go lower and lower, all while unable to land even a weak punch on the old man. After one full minute, Ozpin then elbowed him and just like that, Shirou's aura shattered.

"Hm. I see." Ozpin said as he looked at the downed Shirou. "You did seem to have some experience in a battle, seeing as you made good judgement during the little fight. However, your moves were amateurish at best, and it seems you haven't been fully augmented by aura."

"Augu...mented?" Shirou tried balancing himself by propping his elbow up while still laying down on the ground.

"Did you honestly think that me awakening your aura would make you super-human instantly?" Ozpin then asks, bending down and grabbing Shirou by the collar, and lifting him as if he weighed nothing. "It takes time for aura to infuse itself fully within the body. Strengthening it. At your level, all it has done is given you a decent healing factor and sharpening your wit, nothing more than that."

Ozpin then threw Shirou like a rag doll where the magus hit a wall and groaned, yet also growled as he tried getting back up and glaring at Ozpin. His new mentor was unperturbed at it. If anything, he seemed more colder as the training began, staring at Shirou with judgemental eyes, like a true magus.

"I do recall you mentioning how that Berserker punched you, and your aura defended you from the worst of the attack." Eyes narrowed down at Shirou. "Yet it seems I was wrong. Originally I thought you mastered the part where you allow aura to constantly coat yourself constantly. Though now I see that it was just your body reacting instantly to cover yourself, not your own thought."

Shirou got back up, while feeling tired, he didn't wish to give up. Grabbing a training sword made of wood, he then shouted and ran at Ozpin to hit him with it. The old man just lazily held his arm and blocked with his forearm, looking as if he didn't even feel anything.

Pow!

"Guh!" Shirou got kneed in the gut. Falling onto his knees, and spitting out more saliva.

"You say you wish to be a hero?" Ozpin then asks again. "Then you better learn how to defend, or at least throw a good punch."

Getting rather angry, Shirou grabbed the wooden sword, and with his knowledge of magecraft, he activated Reinforcement and yelled out, "I'm not done yet!"

The wooden sword then began getting covered by a strange light of multiple green lights. Shirou rushed at Ozpin, and swung his sword with Ozpin once more blocking by using his hand.

"..." Ozpin then threw another punch, only this time, with enough force to knock Shirou out. The sword dropped and the reinforcement with it gone. Ozpin staring down at Shirou and sighing.

"You certainly have potential. But it's a long road until then."

"Aw. Don't be like that." Ozpin then gazes upward, to see Saber near the entrance with a bowl of udon and happily eating it. After slurping a bit, she then smiled. "I think he has potential, if that hand of yours says anything about it."

Ozpin looked at the side of his hand, the one used to block the reinforced sword. A small little bruise was there, which quickly healed up. Ozpin glancing at the weapon and went to pick it up. Then back at Shirou.

"I assume he used magecraft?"

"Yep. Reinforcement from the looks of it." Musashi tells him. "In my...travels, I've learned a few things here and there, along with the information of spells. Reinforcement being the pouring of magical energy to strengthen an object, or while rare and risky, a human being."

"Like aura then." Ozpin said as he has to admit, this Reinforcement certainly acted like aura's own capability of reinforcing objects from weapons to even food and the person themselves. Though clearly it held more risks than aura, with Shirou also admitting he was just now getting the hang of it. But still…

"At the very least, he has other options when his aura runs out." Ozpin gave the knocked out Shirou an encouraging look. Truth be told, the fact Shirou's aura was destroyed this quick meant he had little aura. Not everybody was blessed with great reserves like a certain blonde knight. However, with training Shirou can simply raise his techniques with aura, and become all the better even without such reserves. Not to mention with this magecraft, he had other choices even without it.

In time, Shirou can become very strong.

"That's nice. Maybe I'll train with him too." Musashi then declares.

"You're a teacher as well?" Ozpin didn't think Musashi was one.

"...I'm sure I can think of something." Or...not. "In the meantime," Musashi then pulled out her weapons, going duel style. "How about you and me go at it for a bit. I wanna see how tough you really are."

Ozpin smirked. He walked toward the wall, and then grabbed his cane. "Very well then. I heard from Shirou you are some famed swordsman, and due to my circumstances, I have no clue who you truly are." He pointed the end of his cane at Musashi. "I hope you live up to your reputation."

"Oh I will." Musashi grinned. "So enough talking, let's go." She then rushed at him.

"With pleasure." He moved at her.

Two blades rose in the air, then aimed downward to cut into Ozpin. They moved at a speed comparable to a shot bullet. Thankfully, Ozpin is accustomed to such a thing. He twisted his body and then raised the Long Memory, which defended against the two blades without even breaking. Musashi a bit impressed by this.

Ozpin then tried to kick at her but Musashi jumped back. She smiled and moved quickly, her swords ready to strike down. Moving even faster. Ozpin having to dodge them as best he could lest he get slashed at. When one blade got closer, he used the Long Memory to deflect and parry it away from him then moved forward and thrust the cane's end at Musashi's chest.

She instantly defended herself with her other blade, but was pushed back just a bit. Not that it stopped her, as suddenly she vanished away. Thanks to his senses though, Ozpin knew where she was and jumped forward, avoiding a slash that would have dug into his shoulder. He turned around, then leapt at her. Throwing more thrusts with each one being defended against. It seemed she truly was as skilled as she appeared.

Once Ozpin stopped thrusting, Musashi smirked and took that chance to avoid the final thrust, then lunged intending to skewer him. Realizing he couldn't avoid it, Ozpin focused his eyes and guessed where the blades would aim at, then put most of his aura onto the front side of his chest. So to his surprise, Musashi then jumped over him and landed right behind him.

"Oh boy." Ozpin gives a slight chuckle as Musashi then runs at his exposed back. No way he could react in time. So he had to take a bit of a risk.

As for Musashi, she was centimeters from more or less stabbing him. When suddenly, Ozpin raised his foot and stomped. The very ground cracked and extended all the way to even her direction. The wooden floor falling apart and as such, messing with her own positioning and slowing her down to catch herself from tripping over, wasting two seconds. Two seconds was all Ozpin needed, as he then turned and threw a punch at Musashi's face.

"Tch." Yet even then, Musashi didn't fall backward. While the punch did indeed hit her, Musashi adjusted her feet then jumped and headbutted Ozpin while cracking his nose and his own aura flaring while also instantly trying to heal the damage. Musashi using that time to then slice him down from two angles with both blades being swung at him.

Ozpin, in desperation, bent backward as much as his knees allowed him to, the blades missing him by just that much. He then back flipped and landed on the ground, jumped into the air and came downward ready to thrust his cane onto her. Musashi once more blocking it with both her blades, creating a small shockwave in the room.

Ozpin then went back and landed meters across from Musashi. "I must say," Ozpin then spoke. "I can see you are indeed strong."

"So are you." Musashi complimented back. "You're pretty quick in adapting, and seem to have more experience than most should have. But," She then kneeled down a bit. "It won't save you!"

She then ran forward, the ground cracking at her impressive leg-strength, and she was already in front of Ozpin. He could not escape, block, and not even his foot stomp would work seeing as Musashi was in the air, ready to dice him. So, he had to use another method.

BRING!

"!" Where a green sphere then appeared out of nowhere, and Musashi feeling her arms shake the second her blades came into contact with it. Feeling as if she hit some kind of super-metal, as she made no dent at all, and felt a slight pain from trying to go further in. This caused Musashi to stagger for just a bit, and Ozpin used that time to make the barrier vanish, and then thrust at her abdomen making Musashi bend over at the hit.

Ozpin then tried to knock her out with a well placed wack to the head, only to feel cold steel meet his neck. He smiled, as he looked at Musashi who looked back at him with her own grin, even though the cane's end was near the top of her head.

A short little battle, and already a draw.

Both then put down their weapons and sighed.

"Okay, that's a pretty dirty trick." Musashi says as she sheathes her blades. "You never said you could summon a barrier. Uh." She then shakes her wrists. "Felt like I was trying to cut down a thick tree or whatever."

"To be fair, had I not done that, then you'd be cleaning up my upper body and a lot of blood in this room." Ozpin playfully says. ?Though…" He then looks around the room and flinches. "We may have to in the end considering what we did."

Musashi looked around the room and cringed. This room was usually empty, and according to Shirou some woman trained here with him a few times for self-defense. Now, it had broken wood all over. No telling how much one had to pay for that. Neither having any money for it.

Musashi's eyes then lit up, and quickly reached into her pockets to pull out some bills she got from one of her adventurers revealing...bills that were no longer in stock here in Japan, and were useless and seen as garbage. A moan was then heard, and Shirou was waking up.

Bam!

Musashi used the blunt end of her sword to knock him out, then looked at Ozpin. "You wouldn't happen to have any magic to clean, do you?"

Rin sighed as she wandered around the school. Upset how dumb Emiya was, at how he barely knew anything of this war, and didn't even summon a Servant yet. Honestly. It was going to be such a pain to teach him everything.

"Still, maybe he'll be so grateful, he'll hand me Saber." Rin giggles to herself, imagining the praise Shirou will give her once she finishes teaching him.

"My, my. This excited to teach that fool" Archer then appeared, with that stupid smirk of his. "Is there something I'm not seeing?"

"Guh. Shut it Archer." Rin tells him, not wanting to hear his comments. "I brought you here on the off chance a Servant is here, not to meddle with my needs."

"Those needs being to help Emiya, correct." He grinned a bit as Rin blushed before that red then became for anger.

"I knew I should have just gone here myself."

"Fun as that would be, you were smart to not do so." Archer then gets serious, as he looks at the school before them. "A barrier has indeed been set up here. But do you know who?"

"No idea. For now." Rin tells Archer, as she observes the school. "Thankfully, it doesn't seem to be active. So we have time to study what this spell does, and maybe find out who casted it."

As Rin said this, her eye then caught someone. Sakura.

"Yeah. Best to find out who's responsible, and ask them what the purpose of it is." Best to ensure it didn't cause any harm to the civilians here. An honorable mage didn't involve such people in the moon lit world.

"Very well. I'll try to see if I can spot a Servant here." Archer then dematerialized and left. With Rin watching Sakura before turning away to do her own investigations. Never once noticing Shinji who had a devious smirk on his lips, and a book in his hands.

Musashi would win against Ozpin in the usual cases. While aura and his own immense skills will allow him to evade and make a few good blows, Ozpin cannot defeat Musashi with just those alone. Thankfully, his suped-up barrier helped him out, and thanks to the laws of Nasu, his barrier has become nearly indestructible to the point a missile can hit him head on and he'd be walking without any dirty clothes.