loop2: Thanks for the correction btw.

EmperorCeph: Since most of the reviewers REALLY wanted a male Servant, I said to myself, why not? You just gave me an idea so stay tune and wait for it. Besides, I realized for the few amounts of DAL x Fate crossover out there, you can't really find a fic that features male Servant (except for EMIYA, of course, duh…).

Chapter 52: The Revelled

Shidou thought it was a great day to start, even though their dinner last night was somewhat less energetic as usual. He was aware that Kotori was just tired for some reason, maybe it could be related to her work as a commander. As a brother, he has the right to know what was making her bothered but he also knew as well that she should be getting some enough rest today.

Did she have enough rest while she was in the ship Fraxinus? Who knows. Maybe, if he has some time, he would need to ask her, no matter how important her role is. Kotori woke up earlier and was now already at the Fraxinus after her breakfast with her brother and Tohka.

Anyways, he need to focus on his current job and that is *gulp* to crossdress. He must not waste his training applying make-up, wearing girl's clothes, and initiating some girl-like mannerism.

Well, he'll change his clothes when he's at the campus. Together, he joined with Tohka when going to school.

Not far from them, Origami was hiding as usual, overlooking at Shidou but fiercely this time. This is not the same as usual this time, because Origami was sleep-deprived. Dark shades have begun appearing under her eyes as a result.

She has spied on Shidou since overnight with her pair of bright eyes, which might coincidentally felt by Shidou, who thought that he was being watched by someone despite a good night sleep. Origami has been watching Shidou sleeping through out the night which is not a good idea.

No, Origami didn't regret watching him; at least nothing happened to him during the duration of his slumber.

At this moment, Origami thought that nothing will change while Shidou is still in the campus.

She must first face her superiors and explain this bullshittry about abducting Shidou.

The weather was nice today, a perfect time to became 'Shiori Itsuka'. Shidou, in a girl's uniform outfit was currently overseeing Miku, who as usual was being followed by her followers in sailor uniform. Shidou was being directed by the Ratatoskr, locating her current location before him. After a moment or after, Miku then entered into the large building alone for some reason. As per his sister's instructions, Shidou immediately entered the building unnoticed through the backdoor with a large sign that was obviously off-limits.

As he ventured inside the building, he realized that it was empty. He was looking around as he searched for Miku until he reached from somewhere at a second floor with rows of red seat spanning wide, seeing Miku on the stage alone. Miku was acting as if she was singing on her own.

This brings up bad memories of their first encounter and he wondered how she would react again. Nevertheless, Shidou was fully prepared whether he liked it or not.

Reaching upon the backside, Shidou finally arrived at the backstage and was contemplating as he carefully approached Miku on the stage. Miku noticed someone behind and turned around with a serious expression. Shidou gulped from nervousness.

The seemed to be in a stand-off, as Shidou was waiting for the choices.

Miku was the first one said something, her expressions immediately shifted into someone who was interested.

"What's your name?" She asked Shidou.

"Huh?" Shidou was visibly surprised. "Dude that's…" a slipped of a tongue unfortunately.

"Dude?" Miku immediately became suspicious all of the sudden.

"You're such an idiot, Shidou!" Kotori immediately scolded him. Shidou should be careful with his pronoun since he was under the guise of a female.

"S-sorry, it was just a slip of my tongue…" Shidou immediately apologized, his hands flailing exaggeratingly from his mistakes.

"You're a funny girl, aren't you?" Miku tried to guess. "Guess I like funny girls after all." She confessed.

Shidou's mouth was gaping wide. Of course, Miku was not seeing him as a dude but a woman. Nevertheless, he must be still careful. As per usual, the Ratatoskr reported her that her mood and love parameters are still balanced and stable, no change after all.

At least, Miku likes tomboys too, or so the Ratatoskr says. Kotori let Shidou talk to her like a guy.

Choices were drawn up and the members take votes. Reasons were thrown and questionable preferences were made; others wanted to challenge Miku's boundaries of comfort. They have a moment of argument up there in the Fraxinus but in the end the most challenging one was the one they mostly agreed.

Shidou gulped in nervousness. The Ratatoskr was really serious. They wanted to nail current 'Shiori's' mood as something funny.

"H-hey, Miku…"

"Yes?"

"Fancy selling me your panties for 30,000 yen?" Shidou felt dying inside.

At first, Miku was surprised from this girl's bold offer but later on felt to take up on it. The tomboyish girl was indeed a funny girl.

"Well, let's see… I don't take cash but I will take yours as a payment." Miku decisively said. It doesn't matter if the girl in front of her was serious or not, at least she was entertaining and interesting at the same time.

"Wha…Huh?!" Shidou panicked. Never he has thought that Miku is serious about that perverted matter.

Miku giggled. "I'm just kidding." Oh, only if that is not some kind of joke, Miku would gladly take her panties. "Don't you think that I should be the one who was getting flustered about this?"

"So s-sorry. I'm also kidding about it too."

Miku recognized the uniform wored by the other girl. She immediately approached her and caressed the ribbon tied on her neck, as if she was trying to fix it. "That uniform… I recognized it somewhere…Is it Raizen High?"

"Y-yeah it is." Shidou was increasingly nervous as he Miku was inching really close to his face and he could smell her breath.

Miku immediately retreated back and offered her hand.

"I'm Izayou Miku, from Rindoji Academy for Women."

"H-hi, it's nice to meet you too. I'm Itsuka … Shiori." Together, they shake their hands. Shidou felt that Miku's hand was really soft—n-no, stupid thoughts go away!

"That's a nice name." Miku smiled at her.

Again, the Ratatoskr was choosing a variety of options until they could find something that could fit for a scene. Shidou immediately adapted it.

"I thought that this place was off-limits? What are you doing here?" Shidou asked Miku. Miku eventually placed herself at the center of the stage.

"I just love being on stage."

"On stage?"

"Yes."

"People would come to hear me sing and gave me praise everytime I sing their melody. That's what I love whenever I'm being on the stage." Miku immediately face Shiori and asked about something. "Shiori-san, haven't you've heard of me?"

"What? I…"

"Pardon me if it made you confused. Please just ignore me for that moment." Miku said casually as she approached Shiori convincingly. "The time we spent here should be our secret." Miku placed her index finger against Shiori's lips and it made him surprised.

"R-right." Shidou was really a (wo)man of few words this time.

"Let's go, it's time to leave here."

"Right."

Shidou might have been focused toward Miku that he didn't noticed that a cable was tangled upon his foot, causing him to stumble forward and fell down. Paraphernalias compose of woods and metals fell upon him as a result.

"Shiori-san!" Miku was alarmed. Thankfully, Shiori quickly recovered and easily move away the things that fell on him, such strength that was befitting of Shiori. Unfortunately, Shiori's back of his hand was bruised.

Miku make haste and immediately stooped down at Shiori. Seeing that Shiori was injured, she took away her handkerchief, wrapped it at his hand and tied it accordingly.

"Thanks." Shiori was quite relieved as they both stand up.

"It's quite alright." Miku said as she retreated back to the exit. "You should be careful next time, Shiori-san."

"Y-yes, I will."

At that moment, Shidou found himself alone on the stage.

It seemed that the staffs inside the Fraxinus can rest for a moment since somehow they managed to win Miku's trust to Shidou and the possibility that Shidou has the chance to meet Miku once more through her handkerchief. Kotori considered this as a mission success.

As it is considered a break time for the staff, Reine recommended Kotori to rest for a bit and Kotori gladly obliged.

Immediately, the warning system alarmed inside the Fraxinus ship, rudely interrupted her from her moment slumber. The alarm stated that an unknown mana signature immediately appeared inside the Fraxinus.

That was a very dangerous situation and immediately Kotori stood up and was about to proceed to the safe route. Reine guided everyone to the escape chamber. It is unknown if they are facing a wizard or a Spirit.

They still don't know how and why it happened as long as they can guarantee everyone's safety first. When everyone was sure that everyone is safe, Kyohei checked the cam feeds inside the Fraxinus and noticed that there is no interior damage so far and the AI reported that there is no damage that has been recorded.

What was happening?!

Double-checking the cam feeds again, he saw a pecular individual that was hanging out in the transportation bay and realized that it might be the anomaly that triggered the security, seeing that whoever it was wasn't one of the staffs and operators. Scrutinizing it further, they realized it was one of Ritsuka's Spirit. Specifically, Florence Nightingale.

Another tidbits of information that Kotori learned about Ritsuka's Spirit are that they are based on a historical and/or mythological character. One thing here when Florence introduced herself as the famous nurse in the history. Kotori was still convinced that Ritsuka was some sort of complicated human being like Shidou but its not like she wanted to tell her staffs right away.

Eventually, the emergency was called off as a false alarm and all of the staffs and operators returned to their respective places. Kotori and Reine themselves were the one who approached Nightingale in the transportation pad. They were confident that she will not harm them and the ship.

"Salutations… am I welcomed here?" Nightingale said calmly as she looked around. She was also aware that she caused a commotion for a while when she intruded the Fraxinus. She already has a permission from her Master, not that she would refuse every request as long as it is ethical. She would get her permission right on the spot with the captain on the ship.

"To what do I owe this, miss Florence?" Kotori replied. "…and of course, you are welcomed here anytime." Kotori only hoped that Nightingale won't repeat this action the next time since the last time they visited the Fraxinus, Kotori lowered the security perimeters and return it later on.

She can't have let the warning signals blaring everytime she intrudes the ship. Kotori also discovered that time that they have the ability to shift into corporeal form and phase through solid object with no difficulty. In other words, they really have no reason to further aggravate them.

Nightingale was already donned in her basic uniform as a Servant, giving her looks the vibes of a historical military nurse. Kotori could basically call it as an Astral Dress but who knows.

"Call me Nightingale. I am intrigued by an individual the last time I've arrived here with Master." She said nonchalantly.

"Tell me, who is it?" Kotori was curious who it was was wondering what she would do about whoever it was.

"Is anyone here being in the state of coma or anything that similar to the symptoms that I just mentioned?"

Kotori thought for a moment; so far there is no one of her staffs or operators that needed treatment or in grave condition. All in all, all of them are healthy as they are.

…Unless, Nightingale wasn't talking about her staffs but rather their patient that was currently residing in the medical bay. Did Nightingale had an ability that can sense anyone who is in dire medical condition?

Kotori was tempted to hide the truth but she was currently facing a Spirit. "Yes, we do have one." Kotori said truthfully. Reine just stared at Kotori, wondering about her decision before she returned her sight toward Nightingale.

Nightingale meanwhile just nodded from the confirmation. "Can you guide me to where the individual lies, Captain Kotori?"

Kotori was getting suspicious. "First things first: What are your intentions, Miss Nightingale?" She faced Nightingale again. Their alliance was fresh and Nightingale being barged in without any warning was a no-no for Kotori, even though she was indeed a Spirit.

"I want to check the individual's condition and no I do not intend to hurt anyone or the individual that I am about to check." Nightingale reasoned. So much for a Berserker though.

Kotori still suspicious as ever and pouted from the connotation. "I'll gonna have to hold on to your words." Of course, Ritsuka has a full confidence over the choices of her Servants while hers is partial. Kotori was scared of what Nightingale is capable of and it is a human behavior to begin with.

"Ok, but I am watching you…" Kotori is still curious of what Nightingale might do after checking her condition. Nightingale said no more and was content about the condition.

Kotori and Reine begin walking while Nightingale was trailing them.

It was a long walk to the medical bay and the only sounds they could hear was the natural low humming of the atmosphere and their tappings of their footsteps. It was really awkward since there is no conversation that was happening, in fact, Kotori felt that Reine was a great partner with Nightingale, in terms of nonchalantness and quietness. Finally, they have arrived at a certain room.

Inside, they could see an individual lying on the bed, unable to move. Apparatus beside the bed and various tube connecting to the individual's orifice. Based on how its chest was rising and falling, she was much alive.

It was Mana Takamiya, Shidou Itsuka's blood sister. Ratatoskr has managed to recover her from Kurumi's last attack and from there on, Mana hasn't wake up since now and was in a coma at that moment. All of her critical wounds she has got from that incident were all healed already but still unconscious.

Mana was being put into the custody in the hands of the Ratatoskr and they were reconsidering to transfer her to their secret base in order to provide a better heathcare if she still hasn't wake up.

Also, her being in the DEM industries for how many years has bring disastrous results all over her body, which proved to be worsen after being in a coma. Yes, she might have been a superior Wizard but at the cost of short life span. If she weren't waking up any further, she might die sooner or later. That's why Ratatoskr has been doing its best its can to make her alive as much as possible for the sake of Shidou.

Nightingale scanned her whole body and was particularly disgusted. She didn't word it and the Nurse of Steel just kept it to herself. At first glance, she realized that at the cost of Takamiya's body was being exploited and experimented in order to become a powerful Wizard.

There's no explanation for this, DEM has done an extensive, unethical damage toward Takamiya's body and its unacceptable for her. Nightingale immediately approached Takamiya's bed.

In order to reverse this damage that was done to her body, Nightingale will achieve the impossible. Her hands immediately glowed as a she subconsciously activated a part of her Noble Phantasm.

Nightingale Pledge: Nurse of Steel!

Ritsuka could feel it, a portion of mana being exuded from her. Nightingale is using her abilities to the best healing someone from the Fraxinus. Ritsuka doesn't who it was but she was glad that Nightingale is helping someone out of her conviction.

Anyways, Ritsuka was currently eating her ice-cream together with Francis Drake again.

"Tell me, why I am here again?" Drake questioned her Master curiously. She was happy that she was being in company of her Master once more but she thought this just too much.

"Well I just felt so and you are familiar with Miku so you are here."

"I…see?" Drake was tempted to ask for more question but she thinks that she's content.

Ritsuka scanned her surroundings until she found one familiar individual. It was 'Shiori Itsuka', walking on her own while seemingly occupied with a particular piece of cloth he-she was currently holding. As long as 'Shiori Itsuka' doesn't want to reveal herself-himself as Shidou Itsuka, there's no problem referring him as a girl.

"Oi, Shiori!" Ritsuka called her out and apparently, Shiori looked at her direction until he saw Ritsuka in instant. If he weren't attentive, Ritsuka might have tempted to call him Shidou at that moment. Shiori immediately approached her.

"Remember me?" Ritsuka called out which made Shiori unease.

"Y-Yeah, Ritsuka Fujimaru right?" Shiori pretended that he had met her for the first time. Shiori even recognized Drake too, who was also looking straight at his face, caressing her own chin in curiosity.

"Why not join me for a ride?" Ritsuka said as she immediately tangled her arms together with Shiori, who was promptly surprised.

"Eh?!" Shiori couldn't exactly refuse Ritsuka. For Ritsuka, she just wanted to help Shiori with his mission through her own method.

Whether it could really help him or not was left up to debate. Shiori was left with no choice but to join with Ritsuka.

Miku couldn't really believed it.

The individual known as Ritsuka has barged into her territory with any warning. Of course, she's happy that Ritsuka managed to enter without any obstruction with her friend, only that she unexpected it at the moment.

Her friend however, wasn't the voluptuous, tall and busty one but rather the one whom she just met earlier. She was suspicious about this but Shiori was rather apologetic this time.

"I-I'm so sorry that we barged in like that. We will never repeat it the next time." Shiori was nervous and kept on bowing at her, which is just unnecessary and Ritsuka kept on patting her back as if she wasn't involved in this situation. Miku just crossed her arms across her chest.

It seemed that she has no other choice but to invite them both at once, not that she wanted to waste their effort entering here though. In fact, she was glad that two most of unique girls are right in front of her. She also managed to calm down her followers outside the house and insisted that they were at the utmost, her guests. Maybe Miku can gave an exception, because instead of one, she has two of them for a private tea session.

As everything calmed down eventually, Ritsuka, Shiori and Miku were now already in the private teahouse. It seemed that it was mission success.

Ritsuka and Shiori were sitting side-by-side together, which made Shiori a little bit uncomfortable because he was getting conscious of his disguise when Ritsuka and him where shoulder-to-shoulder touch. Fortunately, it was a minor inconvenience not worth noticing.

Miku poured a tea in front of them. "Despite the commotions today. I am glad that the two of you are with me today." She said with a glee.

"Oh yes, I am sure!" Ritsuka happily obliged. Of course, Ritsuka has a backup in case things spiraled out of control, like Drake already in an ethereal form close to them. Ritsuka really wanted to help Shiori in her mission, that's all.

"Well, I've been dragged here forcibly by Ritsuka Fujimaru… hehe." Shiori was nervous and was fumbling with her pair of thumb. For Miku, Shiori was just cute. "H-here's your handkerchief by the way." Shiori said softy.

Miku was just surprised that Shiori just returned her handkerchief to her and was elated because of it. She looked at the Shiori once again. "Are you sure your hand is alright?" Miku tilted her head in concern.

Shiori just scratched the back of her head. "It's already healed, Miku-san, don't worry." Then he showed of his palm and the back of his hand which earlier was wounded due to the effect of his supernatural regeneration. "See?"

Miku was convinced of it as she nodded.

"Wow, this is amazing!" Ritsuka commented after drinking Miku's tea and Miku was pleased by her reaction.

They have a fun with the three of them. Miku learned a lot from them as well as Ritsuka and Shiori, who have a learned a lot to each other, albeit in a weird way because Shiori still has to pretend he's a girl, which is just difficult but he has the help of the Ratatoskr.

Miku really love being in a company with them, unlike with the previous girls she invited, these two were just so unique she was really enjoying it a lot, to the point she wanted them to be hers.

Hers only.

Miku wanted to own them two for eternity.