Shirou had to admit, it would be strange to go to school now.
Especially now that he was sleeping with both Rin and Sakura.
"And in breaking news, police have cordoned off the Fuyuki Church after the local priest dropped dead of a suspected heart attack in the middle of a sermon yesterday," he heard on the television as he ate his breakfast, "the reason for the cordon is currently unknown, however detectives have reported that something was discovered during their investigation into Kotomine Kirei's death that has prompted a further investigation."
That name caught his attention, he had wondered if he would ever have to deal with the priest but he supposed that he no longer had any reason to do so.
"Huh? Oh I guess they found the bodies," Lancer muttered quietly as he took a drink of his morning ale.
"What bodies?" Shirou found himself asking the blue haired Lancer... who was currently dressed in an open yellow shirt, white vest, typical denim jeans and with sneakers.
"The ones he used to feed Gil over there," that statement made him cringe, "anyway, I'm going to go fishing, Archer, Berserker, either of you coming?"
"Why not," the white haired servant of the bow said with a grin as he got up, and in a flash of light a fishing rod appeared in his hand.
"Huh? What was that?" everyone blinked at his question.
"What do you mean?" the tanned man asked as everyone looked on in confusion.
"What did you do?" he asked once more, causing the Archer to look down at his hand.
"I projected a fishing rod," he stated bluntly.
"But what was that light?" that seemed to make everyone outside of Fuji-nee stare at him blankly.
"That always happens when a person uses projection," the white haired man stated with a blank expression adorning his face.
"No it doesn't," he asserted, causing the man to let out a sigh of suffering.
"Yes it does, just like how any projection does this when broken," and with that the man snapped the rod... which immediately turned to particles of prana and vanished from his sight.
"Wha?" he couldn't believe what he had just seen.
Why had the rod vanished?
His projections always remained after he had damaged them so why weren't Archers?
"That is true projection, Emiya Shirou... it is basically an inferior form of The Denial of Nothingness you use," the man stated and his mind stalled.
His father had always told him that projection was a useless spell, that reinforcement was always a better choice to use... his servant had just shown him what a projection was and then proceeded to tell him that projection was little more than an inferior version of the Denial Of Nothingness...
Everyone else kept telling him that he was using the Denial Of Nothingness and that you couldn't project prana...
"Wait... do you mean I really am a True Magician?" he spoke those words disbelievingly and immediately noted how everyone was now staring in shock.
"Archer... I don't believe it... you actually managed to get through that thick skull of his," Rin seemed amazed, though the man just shrugged.
"It was bound to happen sooner or later," and with that he walked to the door, "you coming Lancer?"
The grin the Irishman wore upon standing up was clear to everyone, "don't think you'll beat me at this Archer, I've been fishing since I was a boy, I'm almost as good at fishing as I am with a spear."
He also noted that the last of the male servants was also following the two... it really was strange to see him now that Caster had removed the mad enhancement and rendered him sane again... not that he could really detect much difference, the giant of a man was still a swirling ball of rage whenever he wasn't sitting quietly.
"Well, I guess it's time for us to go," Ilya said as she jumped to her feet and was soon followed by Saber, Caster, Assassin and Rider.
"Huh? Where are you going Ilya?" he asked out of curiosity, it wasn't like they had anywhere they needed to be after all.
"We're just going to set up something for us to do while you're at school," she said with a smile, causing him to accept it as five of his lovers left the house, each giving him a kiss on the lips before leaving.
"I still can't believe it," Taiga said from her position at the table, her food mostly untouched, "my little brother... has a harem..."
Shirou had to admit, he kind of felt sorry for the woman.
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Jubstacheit von Einzbern seethed as he read over the letter that had arrived just that very day.
Ilyasviel had betrayed him for Emiya Shirou... and the Greater Grail had been destroyed.
He felt a rage boiling in his body at that knowledge, that a being he helped create had betrayed him and destroyed his only goal in life.
They would have to pay.
He would make sure of that.
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Shirou felt extremely self-conscious as he walked towards the school, Rin clinging onto one arm and Sakura clinging to the other... it wouldn't have been so bad if it wasn't for all the stares he kept getting.
He had managed to convince Sakura to let Shinji wear his school uniform to school but he was keeping his distance from the three magi.
The talk of Shinji's exploits in the shopping district yesterday made it perfectly clear that more than enough people at school had seen the boy in a maid outfit.
Some of the talk seemed to suggest that the red haired boy had beaten down Shinji and made him his bitch... which to be fair, wasn't far from the truth.
He had been made Sakura's bitch.
Eventually though, they made it to the school and were forced to separate.
"Emiya..." his old friend Issei called out as he took his seat, "is it true that you were seen in the company of that witch?"
Shirou really didn't know what Issei's problem with Rin was but everyone knew the boy had something against her.
"Huh? Yeah, why?" he asked, earning a scolding off the other boy for letting her get her claws in him.
He didn't bother letting the other boy he was happy he had.
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First period of school and Shirou already found himself staring in disbelief.
What the hell was going on here?
WHY WAS ASSASSIN TEACHING RELIGOUS EDUCATION?!
"Oi, Emiya, what's wrong with you?" Issei asked with concern clear in his voice.
"You have no idea."
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Gym class... at least here he would get a chance to clear his head and try and figure out exactly why Assassin was in his school.
"Alright everyone!" a far too familiar voice cut in to the students idle chatter and Shirou found himself turning to look with increasing disbelief.
"I am your new Physical Education instructor, Miss Saber, do you have any questions?"
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Okay... history, he should be clear here...
"Hello class, I am Miss Caster, your new history teacher."
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"Hello class, I am your new Physics teacher, you may call me Miss Rider."
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Shirou couldn't stop himself from nearly pulling his hair out.
Why were they all there?
What was going on?
"Emiya, what is wrong with you today?" Issei asked as he made his way along the corridor and to the roof in the hopes that he could at least get some time to think.
"Hello Emiya-kun," ah, maybe Tohsaka knew something.
"Ah, Rin, you have no idea how glad I am to see you now," he managed to get out before a light grip made itself known on his arm.
"Senpai," he could see Issei staring in confusion as Sakura latched onto his arm and Rin quickly caught the other.
And once more the stares started.
"Emiya, what is going on?" Issei really seemed confused right now and he was about to answer when he felt a pair of arms wrap around his neck from behind.
"Hello Onii-chan," everyone in the corridor froze as he immediately realized who was now latched onto him.
"Ilya?! What are you doing here?" he asked in shock, causing everyone to simply widen their eyes at the sight before them.
"Oh, I thought I told you, we needed something to do while you were at school... so we transferred," and with that one statement everything fell into place.
"Now, is there a broom closet we can use anywhere?" he felt a blush creep onto his face before he found himself getting dragged off by three beautiful magi, mostly likely towards somewhere the four servants were.
He had to admit, his life certainly had gotten more interesting now.
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Mitsuduri Ayako couldn't stop herself from gawking.
Rin, Sakura and some girl she had learned was a new transfer student... were all with Emiya Shirou.
And they all clearly knew about each other... then another point struck her mind, that girl had said 'we transferred', not 'I transferred'.
Issei had already managed to faint at the revelation that Shirou was with three women but she decided to follow him, to see if she could find out anything more about the strange situation that had suddenly popped up.
What she found was a closed room, with the four that had left the second year classrooms in the room... with the four new teachers she had heard about.
She could do nothing more than stare through the keyhole in disbelief.
Emiya Shirou officially had a harem.
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One and a half years.
That was how long it had been since the end of the Fifth Grail War and Shirou found himself taking a breath as they proceed to leave Heathrow Airport.
Rin wanted to join The Clocktower and he was not going to deny her access to the organisation.
Besides, Ilya's grandfather had destroyed his house trying to get vengeance on them for destroying the Grail.
Those Homunculi didn't stand a chance.
Still, at least they no longer had to worry about the head of the Einzbern, what with how the man was now operating under a Geass of servitude towards Ilya.
"Sella, Leysritt, Grandfather, put the luggage in the trunk," he heard the snow haired woman command. It had taken him a little while to find out about Sella and Leysritt, Ilya's personal Homunculus maids... but when he did, the two soon found themselves living under the same roof as everyone else.
It also didn't take long for Ilya to bring them to bed with her.
"Nii-san, please be careful with those, they're rather important," Sakura gave her order to Shinji and soon, everyone that had come in physical form was ready for the car ride to the Clocktower.
Which also included Saber, Avenger and Gilgamesh... who was now promoted to wearing a butler outfit, much to both his relief (at finally getting out of the maid outfit) and despair (at still being lower than nearly everyone else). Apparently Avenger quite liked the butler suit.
Shinji however... wasn't getting out of that outfit for another seven and a half years if what Sakura had told him was true.
Saber for her part was wearing an Armani suit that she said was similar to the one she wore while participating in the Fourth Grail War... it had certainly been a surprise to find out about her deal with Alaya but in the end, they decided that she would get to live a proper life until Shirou was on his last legs and then he would give her a cup of power with which to change her history with.
That was before they used that very technique to give themselves eternal youth.
The car ride there was done in a limousine, allowing all of them to sit close together while also keeping the three slaves separate from the rest.
And then they arrived.
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Lord El-Melloi the Second almost let out a sigh as he waited for the arrival of the newest heads of the Tohsaka, Matou and Einzbern families... honestly, to have all three founders of the Grail War going to study at the Clocktower together was just asking for trouble.
So when the cars finally arrived, he was prepared to give the usual platitudes and just get it all over with.
That is until the door opened and the first person stepped out.
Your loyalty is splendid, never tarnish it.
Gilgamesh.
Gilgamesh was there.
Gilgamesh... was wearing a butlers uniform?
He had to blink at that, that is until the next person stepped out.
It was a boy with dark blue hair... wearing a French maid outfit?
He had trouble holding back his laughter at that, even through the next of the people to leave the limo... who he thought felt like a Servant, though a particularly weak one if he was.
And then Saber stepped out.
His laughter stopped at that.
The last two surviving servants of the Fourth Grail War were there.
And then the rest emptied themselves from the Limo and he found himself growing more and more concerned with each face that emerged.
Sure they were mostly teenage females, with an old man and a teenage boy as the exceptions but the way the Fourth Wars Archer was bowing to each and every one of them told it all.
They were all monsters.
"So... this is the Clocktower," the red headed boy said as he looked on and then behind before nodding his head once, "alright everyone, you can come out now."
And then he found himself growing truly terrified.
Six Servants literally manifested around the group... and he knew they were Servants because nothing else gave off the same feeling they did.
Was this an invasion? He counted nine servants, two more than there should be and they had just been summoned right at the entrance of the Clock Tower.
"Gilgamesh, take my luggage," Saber commanded, earning a frustrated expression from the blonde king.
"Of course... Saber," he said through gritted teeth and just like that, everyone prepared themselves to enter the building.
"Hello, I am Tohsaka Rin," a young woman with dark hair wearing red said with a smile, "my companions are Ilyasviel Von Einzbern, Matou Sakura and Emiya Shirou."
EMIYA!
"Hm... oh, greetings Waver Velvet," Saber stated after taking a look at him, causing his eyes to widen in surprise at being remembered by the Servant of the Sword, "you appear to be doing well for yourself."
He didn't truly know how to respond so he simply winged it.
"Yes, I have been working on behalf of the Archibald family ever since the Fourth War Ended," he admitted, "though, I am surprised you remember me, Servant Saber."
He could tell that the other magi standing by with him were shocked by that statement.
After all, the thought of finding a Servant outside of a Grail War was ludicrous.
"May I ask... how are you still here?" he decided to see about digging for information, hoping he could perhaps discover why these people all seemed to be so easy around what he was going to assume were three servants.
"My current master possesses more than enough power to keep all of us sustained without the aid of the Grail," now that thought was terrifying.
"A single magus has the raw power to support nine servants without the grail?" he couldn't believe what he was hearing, however seeing her smile and nod in confirmation his head began to feel light.
"H-how?" he asked, hoping he could discover the power that allowed a man to do such a thing.
And then the redhead walked forward and extended his hand.
"Hello, I am Emiya Shirou, current master of the first magic," and then he fainted.
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Barthomeloi Lorelei walked through the halls of the Clocktower with a haste she rarely ever used.
She had heard rumours that some boy calling himself Emiya was capable of the First Magic.
If it was true, then the boy would be a person worthy of her respect.
If not... he wouldn't live past the hour.
And so she found the area he was supposed to be staying and knocked on the door before entering.
She was immediately struck by the number of females in the room and how they all seemed to be moving into it.
"Yes? Can I help you?" the boy who matched the descriptions of what she had heard asked.
"I am Barthomeloi Lorelei, the vice director of the Clocktower," she stated clearly, earning a widening of his eyes before a smile spread across his face.
"Ah, that's good, I was meaning to speak with you anyway," she had not expected that response.
"While that may be, I have heard off certain individuals that you have mastered the First Magic," she asked, earning a nod off the boy.
"Yeah, it took me years to realise it though," that made her frown.
"Show me."
And with that the Clocktower changed forever.
And this is where I originally ended the fic in the Random Skits Collection.
However, I may end up writing crossover chapters every now and then but there is no guarantee of it happening.
So without further ado.
Shadow out.