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This chapter has been edited with corrections.
Rin Tohsaka; Magus, Former Master, Jewel magecraft user, and heiress to one of the founding families that created the Heaven's Feel ritual, was currently hiking through a forest. Yes, a forest..., one filled with deadly unknown creatures that want nothing more than to tear her to shreds, black ribbons, twin-tailed hair and all. Apparently, that wasn't even the worse of it.
Staring once more at the shattered moon above her, she let out a heavy sigh.
"Really, it's just one thing after another."
She thought that at least she wasn't stranded all alone in a foreign world. The talented magus looked behind her to see the forms of her companions. Illya was moving carefully to avoid tripping on roots or rocks hidden in the foliage, while Shirou was moving at a slightly slower pace because he had to guide and help Sakura, who had finally woken up but was still feeling a bit sluggish.
It was understandable, considering that Sakura had been about to give birth to Avenger, 'all the evils of the world.' There was also the severe emotional distress that she had experienced under its influence. Truly understandable, except-
"Ahh~!"
Sakura had her foot catch on a fallen tree branch. She almost tripped had Shirou not caught her in time.
"It's okay, I'm here for you," said the concerned boy.
They were both tightly grasping on to each other's arms. Sakura was blushing and looking away from the red-head's face. Noticing this, Shirou showed a blush of his own and both of them quickly tried to regain their composure, unable to look at each other's faces.
Rin saw all of this and you could make out a visible vein on her temple that was throbbing at the current display of emotions. 'This guy! I'm glad you have time to flirt around with my sister while were trying hard to get out of this forest alive,' she thought loudly to herself.
In all honesty, the Tohsaka heiress was feeling bit jealous at the two. She was happy for Sakura being able to be with Shirou after all the painful experiences she had been through, but Rin also felt a pang of longing to be with the boy as well. She had grown close with him through the course of the Holy Grail War together and could still feel her heart beat just a little faster every time she looked at the blockhead's face.
Sakura noticed her older sister's gaze.
"Is something wrong, Neesan?"
"N-no! Nothing at all!" quickly stammered Rin, "I was just wondering if it's okay for you to move around since you were unconscious just a while ago."
The younger girl gave a reassuring smile at her sister and answered, "I'll be fine, Neesan. It wouldn't do for me to rest while everyone else is trying their best."
"I-I see. But just make sure not to push yourself too much, okay?" Rin said so as she starts walking forward at a more brisk pace.
Sakura kept staring with a curious look at her sister's back as the Tohsaka magus continued to walk a little bit further ahead.
'She'll definitely be happy with Shirou,' thought Rin, 'Even if it means I can't be with him, I'm just glad to have my only family back.' The stubborn girl seemed steadfast in her decision, but still felt a hint of loneliness. She decided to check up on Rider who was moving slightly ahead of the group in order to clear the way of the same deadly creatures they kept encountering every now and then.
As she was walking to catch up to the quick Servant, the littered bodies of multiple monsters can be seen dissipating on the forest ground. The magus can't help feeling curious at the sight of the creatures that keep trying to attack them. It was hard to study them properly since they have little time right now, but seeing as they can't really stop the bodies from slowly disintegrating, dissecting them seems like a pretty far-fetched idea for now.
There was also the problem with the moon. Rin was wondering what on earth could have happened that would cause the moon to be like that. Briefly, the image of an eccentric old Wizard Marshall came into mind. 'That blasted wrinkled old vampire better not have fought with the Crimson Moon again,' she sighed inwardly. Considering the mystic code responsible for destroying the Holy Grail was created from the plans the Kaleidoscope left her family, it wouldn't really surprise her if the weird magus had a hand in their current environment.
She stopped to find that Rider was standing a few feet away and just staring at her, or what she assumed was staring, since she can't really tell with the Servant's blindfold on. Although she knew that Rider was utterly loyal to Sakura, it didn't really make it any easier to tell to read the usually emotionless Servant.
"What?" the irritated magus asked.
Rider was silent for a moment before replying, "That was quite the face you were making. Just what was it that you were thinking about?"
"Hmph, I was just recalling someone unpleasant."
The buxom Servant shook her head, "I meant when you were looking at Sakura and Shirou."
A flush of red cheeks appeared on Rin's face before she answered in a frustrated manner, "I-I wasn't making any face at all! The fact that you were in front of us the entire time notwithstanding, how are you even able to see my face at all with that blindfold on?!"
"I can actually perceive the world around me through hearing, touch, smell, and magic-detection. It allows me a better perception of my surroundings rather than relying on vision alone," stated Rider. "Maybe you should take some time to talk with your sister, now that both of you have reconciled."
"You don't need to tell me that!" trying to change the subject, Rin hastily said, "Anyways, we have more important matters to deal with right now. So are we getting closer to getting out of this forest?"
Finding no further need to pry, Rider said, "Yes, I can feel the presence of a large concentration of people. Based on the number, I think we may be headed towards a city."
True to her word. Both Master and Servant arrived shortly at the edge of the forest with a view of large coastal city of modern design.
"Finally!" smiled Rin, "We can find a nice place to stay while I work on figuring out just where the Grail sent us."
"Are we there yet?" came a tired question from the small homunculus that just now emerged from the forest. She was followed shortly by the two lovey-dovey teens behind her.
"You should really stick close to us, Illya. We know don't know how many other dangerous creatures are out here," said Shirou.
Illya was actually trying to maintain her distance from the two couple. She really didn't want to stand too close to them and get pulled into a world of their own from all the embarrassing and awkward conversations they were having.
"Hey, looks like we finally found civilization at last," answered Rin to the latecomers.
Shirou reinforced his eyes to observe the city. "It looks normal enough, except I don't really recognize where this place is. Well, I guess we can figure all of that after… we…"
Everyone was waiting for the red-haired magus to finish his suggestion but it never came.
"Oi, Shirou. What were you saying?" asked Rin.
The boy stood still with his brow furrowed in thought, as he continues to view the city in front of him.
"Hey, Rin, I know we magi aren't the best when it comes to technology," mentioned Shirou, "but I'd like to think that I would still recognize something like THAT when it comes down to it."
Rin and everyone turned to look at just what Shirou was pointing to. In the distance, flying slightly above the city, a futuristic looking airship was there. They could clearly see the wings of the ship flipping up and down as it casually glided through the air.
"Oookay... maybe we ended up in America and they just invented a new kind of plane that we are seeing for the very first time?" answered the twin-tailed magus doubtfully.
"Yeah, we are definitely not in America," said a sulking Rin.
The surviving members of the Holy Grail War were gathered and holed up inside a modest house, courtesy of a hypnotized local old man. Shirou was sitting in the middle of a couch with Illya on his lap, while Sakura and Rider each occupied a space beside him. Rin was currently pacing back and forth in front of them.
"Awww… I was hoping we could tour sunny California," said Illya.
"Uhhmm…" Sakura had her hand raised. "Neesan, does that mean we won't be able to get home soon?"
The jewelcraft user just sighed, "Unfortunately, It's a lot worse than that. I've asked our current esteemed host about where we are, and every place he mentioned doesn't ring a bell for me. Either my geography skills have completely failed me or I think we may have been sent to a dimension far different from ours."
Silence claimed the room as everyone contemplated what was just said.
"Is there any way we can get back?" asked Shirou.
"There may be a way for us to do so. I have an idea on how to get us all back, but I'll need to test it out first." Rin had stopped to stand still and continued to say, "The problem is, I'm not exactly sure it will work, and we'll need to do this quickly before our connection to our own world completely disappears. The lingering energy from the destroyed Holy Grail won't last much longer than a few more days at best, so it would be best for us to start the test tomorrow after we're good and rested."
"Uhhh… what do you mean by us, Rin?" Shirou asked with a confused look on his face.
"Isn't it obvious? I need you and Illya's help with the plans I have tomorrow."
"You need our help?" both Illya and Shirou questioned at the same time while pointing blankly at themselves.
"Yeah," Rin smiled deviously at them. "How else am I supposed to conduct my test without the proper tools?"
The two guinea pigs began to shiver in fear whilst hugging each other closely as the demonic magus in front of them started to make a soft snickering laughter to herself.
"S-save me, Oniichan," cried Illya. "I don't want to be sacrificed."
"I think it may be best if we split up for now then." Rider, who had remained silent the entire time, interrupted the scary conversation. "Sakura and I don't seem to be needed for this test so we will remain here for the time being. Some more time for her to recuperate would put me more at ease."
"Mou! I already told you I'm fine, Rider," pouted Sakura.
Rider shook her head in disagreement. "Whatever happened may have affected you more than the rest of us. I need not mention that you were about to unleash Avenger upon the world not more than a day past. I just want to make sure that you're perfectly alright."
"She's right, Sakura," agreed Rin. "We're going to have do the test near the outskirts of the city to avoid being noticed by the people here, and I don't like the idea of you being too close to those monsters we saw earlier. No, it's better if you stay here for now."
Sakura looked quite forlorn at their statement. Tears were starting to well up in her eyes and it looked like she was about to cry.
Seeing this, Rin and Rider looked a bit panicked as they didn't know what to do. Fortunately, a kind-hearted remark from Sakura's senpai saved the two.
"That's good! At least we'll have a nice meal to look forward to once we get back," exclaimed Shirou. "I feel like it's been ages since I've had Sakura's delicious cooking."
The shy girl's face quickly lit up at the comment. "Y-yes! I'll do my best!"
The two panicked women sighed in relief.
"Oh! But I'll need to go out and get more food tomorrow then," pointed out Sakura.
"That's fine, there should be no problems with that as long as Rider goes with you," said Rin in a defeated tone. "But make sure to bring Mr. Chen with you. You can ask him to show you were to go and he can just pay for all of it since we don't have any money of our own."
"I don't think we should just use poor Mr. Chen's money like that. He's already letting us stay at his home, and I feel like any more than that would be too much," worried Sakura.
"We don't really have much of a choice right now. Besides, we'll make sure to pay him back once were ready to go home," reassured Rin. "It's not like I can use the currency here when we get back home."
That last sentence from the stingy magus made everyone chuckle awkwardly. Some weren't entirely sure she was being serious, while the others were pretty sure she'd take the money with them if she could use it.
"Now then," said Rin as she clapped her hands in finality. "Everyone should head off to bed and get plenty of rest. We all have a big day tomorrow after all."
The entire group agreed and decided to end their strategy meeting of the night.
The sun was high and bright in the sky, and the air was cool, as two teens and a small child was walking down the street towards the edge of the city of Vale. One of the teens, a slightly short male red-head, had an expression of disbelief on his face as their group continued on their path.
"Really, Tohsaka...," Shirou sighed, "Weren't you saying just last night that today was important and that we do your test as soon as possible?"
The teenage girl with him was avoiding his gaze and looked somewhat embarrassed. "I-It's not my fault I overslept! After everything we've been through, it's only natural that I felt completely exhausted. What's wrong with sleeping in a little?!"
"No, I can understand that. It's just that… I wouldn't call it sleeping in a little when you woke up past lunch time," stated the boy. "Even Illya woke up earlier than you."
"Hehehe! It's because I'm a better magus!" proclaimed the white-haired mini-magus.
"Being a better magus has nothing to do with this!" argued Rin. "I just felt like staying in a warm bed for a while."
"Hoh, so you're saying you were just being lazy," countered Illya.
Rin looked surprisingly guilty at the accusation.
"I guess its fine," said Shirou, "I suppose we still have plenty of time to do what we have to do."
The slacker magus was glad that their topic of her laziness can be put on hold. "Yeah, one of those abandoned buildings over there should do nicely for what I have in mind."
At the group's destination, a small empty house that looked like it hadn't been used in years, stood before them. Some of the windows were shattered but everything else looked to be in okay condition.
"Illya, can you set up a bounded field around the building so no one can hear us," said Rin.
The little girl agreed and left to work on her task, while Rin, along with Shirou, also started on preparing a magic circle inside the center of the house.
"So what exactly am I supposed to be doing here, Rin?" questioned Shirou.
Rin, who was kneeling on the floor etching the circle, answered, "Well, the first thing I need you to do is to project the Jeweled Sword of Zeltretch again."
"I see, so that's why Illya is here as well."
Nodding her head in agreement, Rin continued to say, "The second is to act as a magnet to pull us into the right dimension."
"Huh?" the red-head asked confusedly. "How am I supposed to do that? I'm already pretty useless with regular magecraft, and what you're basically asking me is on the level of Sorceries. That just seems pretty impossible for a third-rate magus like me."
"It's true, you're skills in magecraft are sorely lacking-," agreed Rin to a frowning Shirou, "but that's not really what I need you for. It's your arm that I need. Archer's arm to be precise. His presence in the Throne of Heroes should act as an anchor to our own dimension so we don't end up in a parallel dimension of this one."
"Parallel dimension? Wait, I don't get it. Are you saying that this world is not a parallel dimension?"
"Yes," said Rin, as she continues to work on the magic circle, "based on what I've learned about the geography of this world, I can surmise that, aside from basic environment and the presence of humans, everything else about this dimension is different from ours. In parallel dimensions, there may be slight variations where history, countries, and even people can be different. But in the end, you end up in a world much similar to your own, where you can also have a version of yourself in it. Essentially, that is how the Second Magic is supposed to work, travel between parallel dimensions."
The lecturing magus took a moment to take a breath before continuing, "In this world, I found nothing that would indicate this place to be a parallel version of our own world. There are just too many things different here. You can look up at the sky and tell that even the stars aren't the same as ours."
Shirou was scratching his head trying to get a grip at the explanation.
"But then, how were we able to get here in the first place?"
Rin finally stood up from her preparations and faced the confused magus. "The Jeweled Sword uses the Multi-Dimensional Refraction Phenomenon, which is a fragment of the Second Magic that allows the ability to create openings in parallel universes, albeit small openings not big enough for humans. I can only guess that when Illya used the sword against the Grail, the ability mixed with the corrupted Grail's magical energy that, not only enlarged the opening, but connected to a completely different dimension."
"I see," said an impressed looking Shirou, "thinking of all of this, you really are amazing, Tohsaka."
Blushing, Rin said loudly, "I-Idiot! This much is nothing really, and besides, I'm only operating on pure theory right now! I could be utterly wrong and this whole thing and could just blow up in our faces again."
"It's okay," comforted Shirou, "I trust you. If there's anyone who can do this, it would be you." His smiling face showed just how sincere he was of his words.
The completely serious look the boy gave her caused Rin to face the other way to hide her face, which was now flushing red to her ears. She proceeded to concentrate on completing her magic circle to avoid any more embarrassment on her part.
Meanwhile, in another part of the city. Sakura Matou was currently walking back home after a serious bout of grocery shopping.
"My, my, Sakura," said an elderly gentleman beside her. "You certainly know your way around the grocery store."
Sakura smiled and said, "Thank you, Mr. Chen. It's nothing really, I'm used to cooking meals at home, and knowing what food to buy comes naturally along with it."
"…Still, I've never seen someone so serious about picking the right mushrooms before," replied the old man.
"That's because everyone is looking forward to a good meal tonight and I want everything to be just perfect," she claimed.
Mr. Chen narrowed his gaze at her.
"Really now? Are you sure it's not because of a certain red-headed young man?" he answered slyly.
Sakura's face turned as red as the hair of said young man.
"Hahaha! It's okay, young lady. No need to get so embarrassed. There's nothing wrong with being in love," teased Mr. Chen.
The two continued on their walk whilst holding on to their groceries, one of them unaware of the shadow trailing them from the roofs above, which had been following them closely since the beginning of their shopping.
"I'm sorry I can't to be by your side, Master," said Rider through their mental connection. "Being unable to switch to my spiritual form…"
"It's alright, Rider," answered Sakura, as she continues walking without any hint of speaking, "You mustn't blame yourself for it. After all, everyone else turned out fine in the end, and at the very least it's only your body that can't shift. I'm just glad that you're here with me right now."
The sultry Servant couldn't help but smile to herself at her Master's kindness. She would protect the young girl till the very end. This, she swore once more in her heart.
Rider observed her charge and the hypnotized old man stopping, it seems the two were curiously looking into a van parked haphazardly on the street they were on.
The van had its side door wide open. It was parked just outside of a shop named "Dusts and Dreams."
Sakura was puzzled why someone would leave their parked car open, when sounds of breaking glass came from the shop behind her. She could hear someone inside talking loudly and quickly.
"I thought I told you to stay in the van! This is why I hate working with amateurs," came an angry voice.
"Well, I thought if I helped, we would finish faster," retorted a different voice.
"You're supposed to be the getaway driver! So you know… we can get away quickly!"
"Okay, jeez, lighten up will ya."
Six people came out of the shop, five of them wearing similar looking masks. The sixth had no mask on, preferring to only cover his right eye with the long bangs of his orange hair. His clothing was completely different from the uniform look of his companions, a bowler hat on his head being one of the most prominent.
The group of criminals seems to have finally noticed the pair of civilians that were in the way of their getaway van.
Mr. Chen stood in front of Sakura and confronted the Dust thieves.
"Are you people stealing from that shop?!"
"Of course not!" answered the gentlemanly looking criminal, "We just got a bit carried away with our shopping here. There sale was too much of a steal to pass up," he smiled. "Now be a good little grandpa and get out of our way so we can continue on our merry little shopping spree."
"Not until you return what you stole," answered Mr. Chen, resolutely.
"I don't think you know who I am grampa, so let me enlighten you. I'm Roman Torchwick, wanted criminal and all around bad guy. Now either move out of our way or get ready for a world of hurt."
The threat did little to dissuade the stubborn geezer, as he made no motion of doing what was ordered of him.
Finally, one of the masked men moved forward and punched the determined old man in the stomach, knocking him out.
"You really should've just listened to him, you old coot," said the goon.
The masked man looked at Sakura and said, "Move aside kid, before I-"
The rattling of chains could be heard, as the thug was yanked back strongly and caused him to hit the building's wall. Sounds of his painful groaning could be heard clearly by the people present.
"What the hell?!" yelped one of the man's comrade.
"You'll not threaten my Master," stated Rider, who was now behind the criminals with two more of their smaller members down on the ground, unconscious next to her.
The sudden appearance of a blindfolded sensual beauty, surprised Roman and his two remaining crew. The fact that the attractive woman in front of them, also held two very menacing looking spikes with chains in each hand, also contributed greatly to their short bewilderment.
Quickly snapping out of his momentary daze, Roman said to his remaining henchmen, "Well? What are you two waiting for, an invitation? Go get her!"
His two flunkies dashed towards Rider, swords out and ready to use them.
The Servant merely stood in place as she waited until their blades were only a few inches from her head, before her form flickered in a burst of movement that sent the two would be attackers back near their leader, who just stood there unable to comprehend just what happened.
Rider started casually walking towards the last standing criminal.
With the last of his two henchmen down, Roman knew that the situation was getting worse for him, so he decided to stall for time.
"Now, now, let's not be too hasty here," he said, as he raised his arms up in mock surrender, one hand still holding on to his cane.
He let out his best charming smile, and then quickly aimed the end of his cane at the approaching Servant, intent on attacking her. He soon realized that his target was gone, only to appear inches away, right in front of him.
The blindfolded woman sent Roman flying with a kick to his stomach, sending the man straight into his getaway van's side door, denting it.
"Looks like… I was…a little too hasty," he grunted before passing out.
"Are you alright, Sakura?" inquired Rider.
The girl in question was kneeling beside Mr. Chen, checking to see if he was okay. "Yes, I'm fine," she replied. "But I think Mr. Chen won't be waking up too soon."
All of a sudden, an alarm started blazing from the shop that Roman and his lackeys had robbed.
"Oh no! The police will be here soon," said Sakura, "We have to go, Rider. Neesan said we're not supposed to attract any attention."
"Sakura," answered Rider, "How should we deal with these thieves?" a hint of uncertainty in her voice.
Sakura knew what she meant. The rules for the Holy Grail War was for Masters and Servants to eliminate all outside witnesses. The same rule is also strictly held on to by the Mage Association, and gives no quarter to any people from the normal world, should they witness acts of magecraft. She understood this, but she was still reluctant to acknowledge it.
The young girl decided to think about it later and said, "Please put everyone in the van. We'll decide what to do later, once everyone else gets back."
Her Servant nodded, understanding her hesitation in forming a quick answer.
In less than a minute, Roman, his crew, and Mr. Chen were all piled up inside the back of the getaway van. Rider was in the driver's seat and Sakura on the passenger side. The packed vehicle was speeding through the road, headed for their temporary safe house.
"There! That should be good enough."
Rin Tohsaka stood up proudly and examined the finished magic circle she had been working on. It took her considerable less time to finish than she had anticipated, but she was sure she had done everything correctly.
"Hey, Rin, are you sure this test of yours will work alright?"
Illya, who had long finished setting up her task, was looking dubiously at the completed magic circle.
"No need to worry. We're just going to check if there is any connection at all with our dimension. We won't be using the Jeweled Sword to travel to our dimension just yet. Not until I've made sure that this could actually work, and not without Sakura and Rider with us as well."
Rin takes out a dagger from her backpack.
"Isn't that the Azoth Sword?" Illya looked at Shirou and then back at Rin. "Why do you have it?"
"This one was projected by Shirou, just a while ago. Right now, it's just an empty container without a hint of prana in it," Rin answered.
"Wouldn't that make it useless to us then?" questioned Shirou. "The one I used as a base for the Jeweled Sword had 10 years of your accumulated prana in it."
"We won't be needing that much just for a simple test," the twin-tailed magus replied. "I only need to borrow a little bit of prana from Illya," she gave a nefariously wide smile at the little girl, "Well, coming from you, a little bit should have more prana than most of my gems."
Illya gave an involuntary shudder at the look.
"Besides, it should be a lot easier for you to project it this time around, now that you've done it once before," Rin said to Shirou.
Inwardly, Rin was still a bit worried about what Archer's arm might do to Shirou if he pushed himself a little too far into projecting the Jeweled Sword once more. But they really didn't have any other choice right now, and time was of the essence.
After some time, Shirou was now holding an identical copy of the Jeweled Sword he had projected back at his home. His arm was causing him some minor pain but aside from that, the toll was considerably easier to deal with than before. The shroud hugging his arm did feel a bit warmer though.
"Are you okay, Shirou?" Illya was holding her Oniichan's hand, looking at him with concern in her eyes.
"Yeah, I'm fine," he gave her a small smile, "It is a lot easier than before."
"Good. Now we can proceed with the next phase," said Rin.
She went over and sat next to Shirou.
"Shirou, you need to hold on to the sword and pour a little bit of your prana into it. I'll help you channel it so that won't be a problem," Rin turned to address Illya, "and you need to give some of your prana to Shirou so it won't strain his arm too much. Hopefully, Archer's arm will connect us to the Throne of Heroes and it will help me locate our dimension."
The three magi sat inside the magic circle, all of them holding on to Shirou's hands that were grasping the Jeweled Sword.
Slowly, light began to emanate from the sword and a soft glow was now radiating from the circle. The air around them hummed and sparked with energy, as they continued on with their experiment.
"Okay, I'm going to activate the swords ability now," said Rin.
Moments pass before Rin announces, "Got it! I can sense a connection."
During this time, Shirou can feel the sword drain his prana reserves in greater amounts. Something within him stirs and reacts to the link they've established.
"I think something's wrong!" he declared in worry.
"Shirou! You're using too much prana!" responded Illya.
"I-it's not me!"
Rin can feel the connection to their dimension surging with more energy. She realizes that they need to sever the link to stop the reaction from going berserk.
Unfortunately, it was far too late.
Something emits a pulse of prana into the Jeweled Sword from inside Shirou. It is draining him and Illya's prana reserves and the two are unable to stop it. The sword whines and shakes with energy.
Vibrating violently, the sword starts to slowly crack until it finally shatters to emit a blast of light and energy that envelops the surrounding magi and causes them to lose consciousness.
After a minute or so, Rin tries to pick herself up from the floor. It looked like she was pushed back all the way to the wall of the room. Dazed from the blast, she attempts to reign in her focus. She notices Illya on the floor next to her.
"… Illya?" she murmered. "Illya! Are you okay?!" The magus snaps out of her stupor and cradles the homunculus gently. It was then she realized that a member of their party was missing.
"Shirou?!" Rin called desperately, "Shirou?! Where are you?!" she was scanning the entire room with her eyes but was unable to see much through the cloud of dust and smoke that was left behind by the failed test.
She kept looking around, determined to find her red-headed blockhead. Thoughts of losing him was setting her in panic, but soon she was able to make out something on the floor a few feet away from her. Her vision was still obstructed but the smoke gradually began to dissipate, allowing her to finally identify what she had been looking at.
What she saw surprised her.
Author's notes:
I know I made quite a few mistakes here and there with the grammar and all, but I blame English being my 2nd language. Please do suggest what to fix and whatnot. Also, the writing style changes from time to time during the course of writing this because i'm easily influenced by most of the stuff I read. I really need to get a lock on that.
FYI: I'll be correcting spelling and grammar mistakes, while also fine tuning the whole story every chance I get. That means every update may see some changes in previous chapters. Whether it just be minor talk or some plotholes that need to get filled in.
Also, I'm glad Ravoleck finally updated! Now all I need is for the Crimson Lord to get back so I continue reading his awesome work from beginning to end again.
I don't think I'll be writing until I've finished reading HF route, but it seems like it will take me a while. It's really hard to write this with only minimal knowledge of HF. So the chapters will also be edited based on my ever expanding knowledge of the Fate universe.
I'm not sure what people will think of the next chapter. As far as I know, only 1 guy seems to have an idea of what comes next. I'll be sure to put a warning at the beginning of the next chapter because I'm still deciding on the M rating and I'm not entirely sure I can write that kind of thing.