Semiramis: "I see that you're in a wheelchair. Are you unable to walk?"

Servant: Assassin

Master: Laura Faulkner

Laura: "I can fight alongside you!"

Semiramis: "It appears that the time for talking has ended."

Some of you could probably already guess this relates to myself. Laura's reason for being unable to walk also involves the same events that led up to me being handicapped.

A mana transfer is in this chapter, but again it will say where it starts and ends if you want to skip it.

I've decided to stop doing accents. This starts on my next story. So this one will still have Lancer with a bit of an Irish accent and Saber with a bit of a British one for consistency.

The Masters and Lancer followed Illya into the Einzbern castle. Lancer was supporting an unconscious Archer on his back and Shirou was helping Saber walk.

The main hall of the mansion was a mess. The floor was littered with rubble, mostly from the ceiling which looked to have seen better days. A single, massive hole to the outside was in one of the walls. The front door had been smashed down. What remained of the balconies were barely hanging on.

"Uh, is this place still livable?" Akiko asked as she looked around at the damage.

"It should be," Illya replied as she began going up the large stairway. "With regards to the fight occurring in the castle, only the main hall was damaged. Everything else here should still be untouched."

"Just so you know, my car is still parked at the outside of the forest," Rin spoke up. "Can I bring it here?"

"Fine," Illya told her. "After you do a mana transfer with Archer, I'll drive you there and you can pick it up." The ones following the homunculus stopped in their tracks to stare at Illya. She realized she wasn't being followed anymore. Illya, at the top of the stairs, turned to the others and cocked her head in confusion. "...What?"

"Illya...You can drive..?" Shirou asked.

Illya puffed her cheeks out. "Really, Brother? I have experience behind the wheel of a car!"

"WHAT?!" the other five shouted in unison. They began following behind Illya again as the little girl led then down another hall of the castle. They continued to talk.

"Sella and Liz are normally the ones who drive me, but they also taught me how to drive. Unfortunately, even though I'm 18 and I'm good at using the car sent over here from Germany, I still look like a little girl. Thus, I don't have a license. But it should be fine if I drive the car in the forest and not into town."

Shirou froze in place again. His eyes were wide. Strangly, Saber looked unsurprised, as if she somehow already knew this. "Illya, you're 18?!"

"Yes. Homunculi age differently than humans."

"Putting your age aside, who are Sella and Liz?" Akiko asked.

"Sella and Leysritt were my maids and were in charge of caring for me here."

"Why past tense?"

Illya looked down sadly, but continued to lead the others. She had turned a corner at the end of the hall, walking down another. "They're...dead. That thing killed them. Now I'm all alone..."

"Oh." The air was filled with an awkward silence that lasted a few seconds, until Lancer broke it.

"Shit! My shoes are fillin' with this asshole's blood! Illyasviel, are we almost there?!"

"Man, you're loud. Yes, we are, now calm down."

Lancer didn't stop grumbling. When Illya brought them to the first guest room, the one for Rin and Archer, groaning was heard. It came from the Servant the spearman was carrying.

"Awake now, Sleepin' Beauty?" Lancer asked as he set Archer down on the bed. Shirou let go of Saber for the moment.

"...Wait, Lancer..?"

"Yeah, I had to carry ya to the Einzbern castle. Wasn't happy bout it, but yer Master asked me to. Now it's mana transfer time! Yer finally gonna get laid!"

Akiko sighed. "Really, Lancer?" She glanced at Rin. Her cheeks were bright red.

Shirou noticed this. "Hey, Tohsaka. 'Suck it up and do it already!' Isn't that what you said to me?"

"Don't tease her, Emiya. Otherwise -"

Akiko was cut off when Rin's fist collided with Shirou's face. This caused him to hit the hard floor on his back.

"...you'll be punched by her." Akiko sighed, watching Shirou scramble to his feet. "Oh brother..." She looked at Illya, who was currently watching Shirou with concern etched on her features. "Lancer can take me to the edge of the forest and I'll drive Tohsaka's car here. You don't need to wait for her to finish before taking her."

"That's fine," Illya replied.

Akiko looked at Rin. "Is it okay if I drive the car to the castle, Tohsaka?"

"Sure, sure. Now can you guys hurry up and leave so I can tend to my Servant?!"

Illya looked to have just been slapped back into reality at the urgent tone in Rin's voice. "Oh! I'll show the rest of you to the other bedrooms."

Saber returned to leaning on Shirou as he and Akiko followed Illya out of the bedroom. Akiko paused, realizing that her own Servant wasn't with her. She turned back around, facing the bed. "Let's go, Lancer!"

During the time the others had been talking, Lancer and Archer had been quietly arguing back and forth after Lancer had brought Archer up to speed on what happened after he blacked out. Given the state Archer was in, Lancer was most likely the one who fired the first shot. "Coming!" He shot one last insult at Archer before the spearman went to Akiko's side. Akiko closed the door behind her, leaving Rin and Archer alone in the room.

Interlude

[In the Sunlight]

Shirou was with Illya in her bedroom. She took him there after showing Akiko and Lancer the room they'll be staying in. Saber was in Illya's room as well. Shirou wanted her there so he could take care of her injuries. While Illya was a little mad at first that this would mean that Shirou's attention was divided between her and the Servant, she eventually gave in because she didn't want to see Shirou upset.

Right now, Illya was showing Shirou her collection of stuffed animals. "...and this one is Teddy!" She beamed, holding up a stuffed bear with a red bowtie on its neck.

"You sure have a lot of toys," Shirou commented as he looked around at all the stuffed toys that had been pulled out. The number of them was almost enough to turn the floor into a sea of synthetic fur.

Illya gazed at Shirou with those big, round eyes of hers. Definitely the eyes of a little girl and not an adult. And definitely not the eyes of a Master of the Grail War. "You seem surprised, Big Brother. Don't all kids have these many toys?"

"Not all. You -"

"Umm...what's this one's name?"

It was Saber who spoke up. She had switched to modern clothes, but her shirt was off, exposing the white bra she wore. This allowed easy sight to the several layers of bandages covering her upper right arm and over her abdomen.

The injuries were still there, but they had closed about halfway. As soon as Shirou and Saber entered Illya's room, Shirou insisted that Saber bite just under his jugular for mana to heal herself. She initially refused, but then Shirou reminded her that the only other option was a mana transfer since he, like Akiko and Rin, had only one Command Seal left. He had used the first to force Saber to halt her attach on Rin and Archer and the second to temporarily boost her parameters during the first encounter with Berserker. It didn't help much as he isn't that great of a mage.

He asked his Servant if she wanted to go all of the way, right here and now with Illya in the room. Saber gave in and moved her mouth over Shirou's neck, using her teeth to break the skin and began drinking the blood that flowed forth. The mana in it was so sweet that Saber almost lost herself. She stopped sucking his blood before Shirou got lightheaded. Illya then came over, using healing magic to close the incision on Shirou's neck.

The medical supplies used on Saber had healing magic imbued so that her injuries should be healed in just over half a day. The magical ointment the bandages were soaked with accelerated the replacement of the damaged cells. This would be hastened even further due to the recovery speed of Servants, even if they are low on mana. This also includes a Servant with a Master that is unable to provide sufficient mana to their Servant.

Illya looked over at Saber. Right now, the Servant was holding onto a stuffed lion with both hand, holding it close to her face and staring at it with eyes full of wonder. "That's Mr. Growls."

"I-I see..."

"Saber, is that the kind of thing that interests you?" Shirou asked.

Saber smiled, still looking at the lion with eyes full of adoration. "Yes."

Shirou smiled. Despite her being a king, this was showing that Saber was still a child deep down. Saber glanced quickly at Shirou, saw his amused expression, and her cheeks went red. "Pl-Please stop looking at me like that..! It makes me uncomfortable when you do..."

Shirou could understand why Saber was trying to deny her very obvious attraction to the stuffed animal. When he had taken the Servant out on a date, he just about had to drag her to a movie theater or shops. Saber had told him that day that the moment she drew Caliburn from the stone, she had resigned herself to the fact that she could no longer live as a human. And so, as a Servant, she allowed herself to enjoy all the new experiences she found in the modern era. Because she kept them from coming out when she was king, things like the stuffed animals brought out a side of her she didn't know she had.

Shirou was certain that if he and Illya left the room then came back in, they would catch Saber playing with the lion. He'd have to remember to make a stop at the store soon.

Illya dove into her stuffed animals, grabbing a pink-furred dog. She went over to Saber with it and plopped down onto the floor.

She held up the dog with both hands. "You know, you're the first person I've played dolls with in a long time."

Saber looked a little surprised. "Huh?"

Illya smashed the doll she held into Saber's, a giant grin on her face. "Heeheehee!"

"Surely your maids must have played with you."

Illya's grin fell. "No. Sella kept saying that it's not 'proper' of me to indulge myself in activities such as this and she forced Liz to do the same. As a result, I had to sneak in play time by myself."

Saber's expression softened. "Well then..." She had the lion wrestle around with the dog. "Gaooo!"

[End OST]

Interlude out

"Why'd ya agree to take in Illyasviel?" Lancer asked. He was in the passenger seat of Rin's car. To his right was Akiko driving it along the dirt path through the forest to the castle.

"I didn't wanna be the one to vote that we leave a little girl to fend for herself," the Master replied, still keeping her eyes glued to the road the car was on.

"She's 18. I'm sure she'd be able to handle it."

"She's a homunculus living in a castle and according to her, two maids were caring for her. She's probably too sheltered to know how to take care of herself. And why are you asking this anyway? Are you against having her with us?"

"No, but I am worried that she'll end up gettin' in our way if we find ourselves in a fight."

"Look, she's a homunculus. She's basically a large cluster of magic circuits. She's probably more proficient at magecraft then Tohsaka or I." The car hit a dip in the path and Akiko had to turn the steering wheel so the vehicle wouldn't crash into a tree. "There's also the fact that in my vision this morning, it seemed that thing we fought was looking to capture her rather than kill her. In that case, Illyasviel might be crucial for it. If we just leave her, it might sieze that chance to try and capture her again."

"Too bad ya can't just use yer Mystic Eyes whenever to see where that thing is right now."

"Sigh... Yeah, that would be great... I really hope I don't get a vision while I'm driving..."

[Time Together]

"Then why are ya?!"

"I can just hit the brakes when I feel a headache start. Besides, I have to be the one of the both of us to drive. You don't know how to drive a car and you don't have the Riding skill."

"I don't exactly feel better 'bout havin' you drive..."

"Look, I've gotten visions while on the road before. I simply pull off to the side until the headache goes away."

"I just don't want ya to crash." As soon as he said that, Akiko had to quickly turn the car upon encountering a sharp turn. "Fuck! Be careful!"

"Don't be a baby. I've never gotten into a crash before."

"There's a first time fer everything."

"In the unlikely event I do crash, you'll be unscathed and I can surround my body in a magical barrier that will keep me from harm."

"Even if ya can defend yerself from the impact, ya don't have it on all the time so ya don't waste mana. I doubt you'll be able to react to the incomin' danger fast enough to put it up."

"In that case, I'll be depending on you to get me out of harm's way. A Servant's reaction speed and agility far surpasses a human's. You'll be able to get me out of here before I crash."

"Fine. Ya can count on me. Though I hope ya really don't end up crashin'..."

A bump the car went over caused it to head for a tree. Lancer tensed, ready to rip off his seatbelt, tear off Akiko's, grab her, kick down the door, and escape with her. However, Akiko jerked the steering wheel and the car turned enough to go straight down the path again. "That was close. If I had crashed the car, Tohsaka would have been pissed at me..."

Lancer glanced at his Master. "Maybe we should stop talkin' 'bout crashin'. I have a feelin' it's gonna end up jinxin' ya."

Akiko wasn't going to argue against that. "Agreed."

[End OST]

Interlude

Rin was in the room for her and Archer. The Servant had his mantle and shirt dematerialized so that his Master could bandage up his wounds. However, Rin didn't have time to use healing magic on the man and the gem she used on Akiko during the fight against Rider was the only one that she had to heal and restore mana. The other gem was more potent in the healing department, but she had already used up all of its mana on Shirou after Lancer stabbed him. Archer needed a mana transfer right away.

The bandages used on Archer were the same kind Saber had. But despite this, Archer had still lost most of his mana during the fight due to his severe bleeding along with engaging in the actual fight itself. Even though he had used a Noble Phantasm, the monster fought had stopped it with that roar.

[Whirlpool of Fate]

Now, Archer had tried to pretend he wasn't affected at that time, but in truth he was. He had been in the roar's path, and when it hit him he felt weak as if the roar alone sucked out all of his mana. He had to rely on the mana he kept in reserve for Independent Action to continue to fight. Perhaps the roar disrupts mana. As a being that used mana all the time, it would affect a Servant greatly if that were the case. The only thing that kept a Servant from being destroyed was that the mana they kept stored in their bodies for purposes such as fighting acted as a shield for the Servant and was destroyed instead. But it would mean a total loss of internal mana for a Servant which would result in them vanishing anyway.

If a Noble Phantasm is launched at the same time as that roar, the Servant can be spared from losing all their mana. The Noble Phantasm would be cancelled out, but the roar would lose most of its effect on the Servant's mana, the Noble Phantasm taking most of the impact depending on the type used. A Noble Phantasm with a large mana consumption would allow the Servant to continue fighting given that most of the mana for the Noble Phantasm is coming from the Master. A large majority of anti-personnel Noble Phantasms used for a counter will do little for protection. Even if the Servant uses their Master's mana for it, the Noble Phantasm has a low mana cost. It would leave the Servant in a near-vanishing state. And if a Noble Phantasm is being activated, but not fully unleashed, it provides almost no protection from the roar due to the full mana cost not yet being invoked.

Certain Servant skills can also spell out survival for the Servant hit with the roar. In Archer's case, it was his Independent Action skill. As the mana for this skill is kept in storage until it's needed, it was not available to be destroyed until after the first roar, when Archer had no choice but to begin using it in order to remain materialized. If he was hit a second time, then the chances of him vanishing would be high.

A second example would be having more than one life. The total loss of mana would mean the end of a Servant's life, but recovery of that lost life would return the Servant to a healthy state, such as when it's first summoned. Corruption affects a Servant's spirit core itself. Thus, even if a corrupted Servant with multiple lives loses a life, coming back to life will not remove the corruption from that Servant. No, the only way for it to return to normal would be for it to vanish and then for it to be resummoned in another Grail War. However, Archer wasn't corrupted due to the roar, so it must not hold that property.

Another way would be to have a high rank in Battle Continuation. Even with having that kind of fatal blow dealt, the Servant would still remain materialized for a few minutes. In that short amount of time, it must receive a mana transfer or some other method of mana restoration right away.

However, one burning question still remains. Given how deadly the roar would be to a Servant, why wasn't it used more often? Perhaps it has a large mana consumption. Since it's able to disrupt even the vast amount of mana a Servant has stored in their bodies, that must be the case. It may have been attempting to save as much mana as it could for the purpose of performing a multitude of attacks as well as defending itself. The roar may have been its only means of defending against a Noble Phantasm, which was why it used it.

[End OST]

Currently, the Servant in red was sitting on the edge of the bed. His Master was sitting next to him, her entire face red. She couldn't believe she was actually going to do this. It was one thing to hear about others doing this sort of thing, but it was another to actually perform the act herself, to expose so much of herself to someone.

Rin shook her head and clapped her hands on her cheeks several times in an attempt to get rid of her doubts about doing a mana transfer. She had to do this now. If not, her Servant will vanish.

"Rin," Archer spoke up, snapping Rin's full attention back to him. "Are you having second thoughts about this?"

"Of course not! But... are you okay with this?"

"I don't really have a choice, do I?"

"Yes you do. You can suck my blood instead. It'll tide you over for a couple of days."

Archer sighed. "Rin, if I suck your blood, I may lose control of myself due to my need for mana and I may end up accidentally taking enough blood to kill you. And even if I don't, I'll need to take about half of your blood in order to keep me here for a few days at least. It'll be more than a couple of days before it's safe for me to drink more blood from you. And you don't have any gems left right now to restore blood. Also, after I drink that much blood, you'll be too weak to move around and you'll need to stay in bed. By the time you've recovered enough blood to move around without passing out, I'll be starved for mana again and we'll be right back where we started. Only this time, I won't be able to drink as much blood from you and by the time you recover again, I'll have vanished. Besides, I'll need to do the process a few times to be able to fight longer than about 10 minutes. We don't know when the next attack on us will be. If it happens before I'm back in fighting form, you might end up dying due to an attack I could have protected you from if I wasn't weakened."

Rin just stared at her Servant. "...That was quite a list of cons. What, did you already contemplate the idea? Besides, couldn't you just suck my a little of my blood and we could take you to Mt. Enjou's ley line like with Lancer?"

"Even if we do that, there's no guarantee we won't be attacked. Remember the eighth Servant Akiko and Lancer spoke of fighting? We don't know where he is or what he's capable of. And no to mention that beast could be somewhere along the way, waiting to ambush us."

"But even if you're unable to fight, the other Servants can."

"If a fight occurs, Saber and Lancer will make protecting their Masters a priority over protecting you. Besides, just chasing that thing off took all of us Servants. And none of us escaped unscathed. Don't forget it also fought Berserker and won. If we encounter it now, all of us could wind up dead." Archer let out a loud sigh. "Why am I even explaining this? You should know all of this already. Are you just trying to get out of doing the mana transfer?"

Rin's entire face heated up. "No way! I just thought it was best to explore our options!" Then she narrowed her eyes at the Servant. "You're trying awful hard to turn down the option of blood-sucking. Are you looking forward to us getting intimate?"

Archer continued to try to appear indifferent, but Rin could see the faint tinge of pink appearing on his cheek. "No, I'm simply stating the drawbacks."

"Is this about the fact the other two pairs in the alliance did a mana transfer and we're the odd ones out?"

Archer had to take a few deep breaths to calm himself down. Why wasn't his Master leaving this alone already?! "Mana transfer or whatever, we need to do something soon." As if to emphasize his point, a few blue particles of mana drifted off of Archer. "I won't last much lon -"

He was cut off as Rin, no longer able to hold herself back from acting on her desires, suddenly grabbed the sides of his face and forced the Servant to look right at her. Her lips then smashed into his. Archer's body went stiff from his initial shock at the mage's bold action before he relaxed his muscles and wrapped his arms around his Master's body, pulling her closer. He used his tongue to coax her lips open and allow access into her warm and inviting mouth. The following clash of the two moist appendages allowed Archer to take some of Rin's mana, rebuilding his anchor to this world somewhat. But it wouldn't be enough.

Start lemon

Archer slowly guided Rin onto his lap so she was straddling him. The Servant's kisses, which started out gentle, quickly became hungry and desperate.

Her arms wrapped around the back of his neck and moaned shamelessly as her Servant nipped and sucked at her neck. "Archer..."

One of his hands went from her waist to her chest, grasping and squeezing one of her breasts through fabric all while sucking at his Master's collarbone and being rewarded with that lovely melody of noises she was letting out.

Rin ground her hips against his, her clothed core rubbing on his hardening member still concealed within his pants. "Archer, please..."

Archer couldn't help but smirk. "I don't think you've ever said 'please' to me."

Rin went even redder. "I-It just happened to slip out is all!" Now she was beginning to have second thoughts about showing Archer the needy, lustful side of herself. It felt wrong to be exposing this much of herself to someone.

She was abruptly yanked from her thoughts at the sudden feeling of Archer's mouth on hers once again. "No need to get mad. It sounds nice coming from you."

If Rin wanted to retort, she couldn't. Archer was making it hard to pull back enough to get a word in. She knew she could attempt to push the man back and he would comply, but just shooting a comeback at him didn't seem worth it if it meant briefly losing the feeling of her Servant's hot, inviting mouth.

It was starting to get hot in this room. Rin pushed against Archer's shoulders to signal for him to pull back for now. He complied without voicing a complaint, figuring at first his Master needed to breathe. Bare skin of her upper body, with the exception of her bra, was revealed to him as Rin pulled her red shirt up over her head and tossed the article of clothing on the floor next to the bed.

"Are you eager for a little more fun?" Archer asked with that cocky smirk of his etched on his face.

Rin unhooked her bra and began pulling it off. "Speak for yourself. I've never seen you want anything so much." She tossed her bra next to her shirt.

Archer leaned forward. "The same thing here. I've never seen you reduced to this before."

"..!" Rin attempted to muffle her moans as Archer's lips closed around her right nipple. One of his hands pinched and played with the other. She leaned her head forward, resting it on Archer's shoulder. "Do-Don't -ah!- get used to-to it..! We need to -Gh!- rep-replenish your... mana." A rather embarrassing moan almost slipped past her lips when she felt his other hand dive under her skirt and into her panties. "Archer!"

"You're liking this, aren't you?" The man's fingers slipped into the mage's slick folds and began teasing her entrance. "You're already wet for me."

"Shut...up..." Rin managed to say while holding a moan back. She was even more embarrassed than she was before. She tends to bottle up more lustful emotions. But now? Years of doing that were spilling out in a shameful way. "You sure are...being...chatty right...now..."

"Is that bothering you?" Archer's mouth moved to the side of Rin's neck in favor of sucking at the soft skin. At the same time, he eased his Master down onto the soft bed on her back. He moved his body so it was hovering over the smaller figure. The hand rubbing at her pussy left briefly to push her panties down all the way of her legs before the hand and finger returned to where they were. This made Rin lean her body forward, pressing her chest against the Servant's.

Rin couldn't reply to what Archer said. At this point, any opening of her mouth would allow a noise she found shameful to get out. She was having to bite down on her lower lip to prevent it.

The hand on her breast went to the back of her head. His fingers swiftly undid her pigtails and he was stroking the long, black hair. He moved his mouth close to her ear and began to whisper into it.

"Rin, I don't think I want to continue if you continue to try concealing the noises you make."

Rin felt she had regained enough control over her voice to keep from spilling a loud moan. "This is...urgh!...to help you regain mana...not to - Dammit!"

Archer had just plunged a second finger into her tight hole. This time, a loud moan escaped past Rin's lips before she could catch it. Out of the corner of her eye, Rin saw Archer smirk.

"That's better."

"Yeah, yeah... shit...hurry up with this..!"

"You're still not quite ready yet." The fingers inside Rin began making a scissoring motion in an attempt to prepare her.

Rin was gripping Archer's biceps tight enough for her knuckles to go white as her nails dug into the tanned flesh. "God, Archer! Just...just hurry it up..!"

"Soon." A third finger was added. Because of how tight she was, it was uncomfortable, bordering on pain. He began pumping the fingers inside the mage, trying to get her more stretched out. Rin began moaning her Servant's class name over and over, no longer concerning herself over how loud she was being.

"Archer... Archer, what are you doing?!" Rin's exclamation trailed off into a whine as the fingers were pulled out of her. At the same time, Archer had moved his head over her legs. "Wait..!"

Anything else she planned to say never got out. She gasped at the feeling of Archer's mouth at her entrance. She dug her fingers into his silver hair when his tongue began to play with her clit. He had to pin her legs down when she began thrashing them so much that she almost kicked him. Her struggling only got fiercer when he plunged his tongue inside of her.

Rin began to feel tension building in her lower abdomen, as if it had become a twisted rubber band that was about to snap. It was only getting worse the more Archer was lapping at the inside of her, taking in as much mana present in her at the moment.

"If you don't sto-!" Rin's words turned into something like a mix of a moan and a scream as the building tension seemed to have snapped free and fog formed in her mind. She was vaguely aware of the man whose head was currently buried between her legs drinking up the fluid that gushed forth from her.

Archer, having clean up the sweet liquid that leaked out of her hole, sat back. "I think you're as prepared as you can be for this." Almost on cue, his pants dematerialized, revealing his fully erect cock. Rin could see that the tip was wet with the precum building up.

"Archer, I-"

Archer silenced his Master by caressing the side of her face. He was looking down at the mage with such tenderness, a look Rin had never seen from him before. "Just keep your body relaxed when I enter."

Rin pressed her mouth to his. She could taste herself as she kissed him deeply, wrapping her arms around to the back of his neck and pulling his warm body down onto hers. "Please be gentle..."

"I'll try, but it'll be painful at first." As he was saying that, he began pushing himself slowly into her.

Rin cringed when she felt some pain near her entrance before Archer could get all the way in. "Just...Just shove it in right now."

"Are you sure?"

Rin nodded, biting her lower lip. "It'll hurt either way. I just want to get it over with right now instead of dragging it out."

"Very well." At Rin's command, Archer trust his hips forward and fully sheathed himself inside of his Master. She let out a scream at the feeling of a part of herself tearing. She wasn't even aware of the fact that tears were spilling out of the corners of her eyes until she was aware of Archer's tongue licking at her cheeks and her squeezed-shut eyes.

"At-Archer..." she whimpered at the burning sensation between her legs. She could feel some of her blood begin to ooze out onto the bed.

Right now, Archer was stroking the back of her head in an attempt to calm her down. Honestly, Rin never expected the man to show her or anyone else such affection. But then again, maybe he only shows this side of himself only to certain people and only in certain situations. But Rin was in too much pain right now to dwell on the thought.

"It'll be over soon," he whispered in her ear.

Rin's pain began changing into pleasure at the feeling of having her pussy filled. And the knowledge that the person filling her was Archer made her moan.

"Feeling better?" Archer asked.

Rin nodded. "Start moving. But do it slowly."

The sensation of being inside Rin made Archer want to pound into her. It took all of his self-restrain not to do that and to set an agonizingly slow pace while Rin became adjusted to the feeling of his clock.

However, it didn't take long for her to get used to him in her and become mildly irritated at the pace he was moving at. "Go faster and harder."

Archer didn't need to be told twice. Throwing his self-restrain to the wind, he began drilling into his Master. Rin was crying out, especially when Archer kept hitting that spot inside her that sent waves of pleasure throughout her entire body. Her head snapped forward, teeth digging into the Servant's shoulder in an attempt to keep the growing volume of her voice down. It helped little.

That same feeling of growing tension was building in her again. The knot in her seemed to snap and she screamed in pleasure. "Archer!"

The man above her didn't let up, continuing to pound into the mage through her orgasm while pursuing his own. As the fluids that came from Rin spilled over his member, the mana contained within soaked into the man as easily as a sponge soaking up water.

"Gh! Rin!" Rin moaned loudly at the feeling of Archer's warm cum shooting into her. She winced slightly when her Servant pulled out and leaving her feeling empty.

End lemon

Archer, while still on his hands and knees over Rin, materialized his Servant clothes. "How are you doing?"

Rin's blush grew more intense, amazingly, and she turned her head to the side and seemed to pout. "...I can't believe you saw me cry."

She heard the man above her chuckle a little. "Are you well enough to move around?"

Rin winced as she shifted her body. "I think I can walk, although your roughness made me really sore."

"Well, you were the one who requested it."

"Geez, that was only me getting caught up in the moment! You should've known that!"

"If I had refused, you more than likely would have hit me."

"Wh-Whatever... Anyway, could you carry me out once I have my clothes back on?"

"Didn't you just say that you think you can walk on your own?"

"Yeah, but you owe me since you saw me act out of character. Plus, I'm in pain. You should act like a gentleman and carry me!"

Archer gave a heavy sigh as he slid his legs over the edge of the bed. "You sure made the switch from needy girl to dictator fast."

Rin narrowed her eyes at the man. "Just shut up and grab my clothes already."

Interlude out

Akiko and Lancer walked through the remains of the front door to the castle. Rin's car was now parked near the castle. The others were already waiting in front of the large stairway. Saber was well enough that she could walk on her own, though the bandages remained. Rin had clearly made herself go through with the mana transfer, as her Servant no longer displayed signs of trying not to vanish.

"Is something wrong?" Akiko asked.

Rin shook her head. "Not exactly, but... what do we do now?"

"Ah, I think I see what you mean," Akiko replied. "Normally, it would be to hunt down that freak and take it down before it can cause anymore damage. Problem is, we don't know where it's hiding out."

"We should talk to Kirei about that monster," Shirou said. Rin and Akiko looked to be ready to argue this declaration, but Shirou continued before they got a chance. "We know for sure now what threat it presents. If we tell Kirei about what it can do, he may be able to give us a possible strategy to take it down."

"I..." Akiko started but then sighed. "Alright."

Rin ran her fingers through her hair. "Ugh, fine. We'll go talk to him. But Illyasviel stays here."

Shirou cocked his head in confusion. "Why can't we bring Illya to the church?"

"Honestly, it's just a hunch," Rin admitted, "but I don't think she should be presented to Kirei."

Saber spoke up. "Perhaps one of us Servants should stay behind to guard her."

"No. You Servants should remain on standby outside the church." That was Akiko who spoke. Saber glanced at the mage.

"Why? Are you expecting conflict to break out?" she asked.

Akiko scrunched up her face and shook her head. "I...I don't know. But the inside of the church feels vastly different from the outside. It feels like death looming in the air."

"I know what you mean," Rin said. "I always get the feeling that something's going to pop out and kill me whenever I enter that place. I hate Kirei, but I hate the church even more. I'd feel a lot better about going there if I know our Servants are just outside."

"However, Illyasviel will be defenseless here while we're gone," Akiko pointed out. "As a mage without a Servant, that thing could come back to attack her. That's why I propose Illyasviel, Tohsaka, and I create several bounded fields around the castle. They won't be able to stop it, but they should be able to stall it long enough for Illyasviel to find a place to hide from it long enough for us to get back."

"Very well," Rin replied. She, Akiko, and Illya turned and began walking out the door. Following close behind were Lancer and Archer.

"Perhaps we could be of assistance as well," Archer said.

Akiko looked over her shoulder at the two men. "Just don't make the bounded field so powerful that we won't be able to reenter the castle."

The five began making bounded fields in the forest around the castle. Each had a purpose such as setting off preloaded spells against those who enter it or acting as a barrier, though it won't hold up long against a Servant-like entity. Archer was using reinforcement magecraft on each point of origin to make the fields stronger and Lancer was adding runes to some to boost their effectiveness.

Illya looked around at all the bounded fields that had been set up. "I think that should do it. There's a bounded field set up around the entire forest for the purpose of detecting intruders. That in combination we've set up should be able to buy me plenty of time if that thing comes back while you all are gone."

"I'll get the car ready to go," Rin said. "Hashimoto, tell Emiya that we're ready to leave. Illyasviel, head back into the castle."

While Rin went to where her car was parked, Archer following her, the remaining three went back into the castle.

"Have you finished?" Saber asked.

Akiko nodded. "We have. It's time to pay Kotomine a visit."

Shirou looked at Illya. "I'll be back, Illya."

"Come back soon, Big Brother."

The seating arrangement in the car ride to the church was exactly the same with the exception of Saber sitting on Shirou's lap instead of Archer's. Lancer and Saber seemed to be tolerating each other. They seemed to be more focused on the fact this alliance needs to continue until that monster was taken down and less on their own personal grudges against each other. Rin had Akiko drive the car this time. She looked away and was blushing when she said she was too sore, even though Akiko, Lancer, Shirou, and Saber knew that it was due to losing her virginity to Archer.

In front of the gates to it, Akiko parked the car on the side of the road and everyone got out. Rin groaned from pain as she did. She had to pause as she leaned against the car until she could tolerate the renewed soreness due to switching to a standing position. The Servants changed to their full modern attire as to not stand out. Rin sighed and pushed herself off the side of the car, walking over and joining the others.

Lancer had a shit-eating grin as he turned to Archer. "How rough were ya with her?"

Even though he said it in a hushed voice, Rin, who was walking past the two, and Akiko heard him. But Rin was the one who said something before Archer or Akiko were able to. "Shut up, Lancer." She was glaring straight ahead the whole time, the only thing distracting from the seriousness surrounding her being her occasional limp.

"We should be done soon," Akiko said to the Servants when the group was about to go through the gate. The three Servants remained standing outside the gate while the humans walked up to the church.

The three pushed open the front door. "Hey, Kirei. We need to tell you about something," Rin said to the man at the front of the room.

Kirei smirked. "I never would have thought that you'd visit me this many times during the War, Rin."

Akiko closed the door behind them. "It's not like we want to see you."

Kirei's smile didn't drop. "You wound me, Hashimoto."

"This is about the killer," Shirou said. "We've seen it for ourselves."

Akiko crossed her arms. "I assume that you're already aware of it. As the Overseer, you must already know that Berserker was taken out of the running. Well, none of our Servants killed him. That thing was the one who did him in."

"Emergency measures might have to be taken to take it down," Rin added. She deliberately left out the fact they took in Illya. She had a feeling something bad might happen if they mentioned that. "It's something that could cause the Holy Grail War itself to break down if nothing is done. You have spare Command Seals, right? Can't you transfer one to each of us so we can power up our Servants when we fight it? Unfortunately, each of us only has one stroke left."

"Yes, I see your point, Rin. You three will focus on taking the killer down instead of fighting each other. However, those outside the War are not being involved. I'm afraid I cannot fulfill your request."

Just then, the doors flew open and all three Servants burst in, all of them in front of their Masters, in battle clothes, and brandishing weapons. They were all glaring at Kirei.

"I thought it was clear it was clear to you Masters that this is a neutral area," Kirei said.

"Our Servants! But why?!" Akiko exclaimed.

"Saber was the first to notice that somethin' like a bounded field was around the Church," Lancer answered.

"But it's well-hidden, even from Servants," Archer continued. "It took great amounts of concentration for us to be able to sense it."

"When we did, we entered it," Saber said, taking over. "And when we did, we sensed a different Servant here. It seems that bounded field keeps the mana of Servants from coming out and muddles the mana within, but not enough to hide it from a Servant."

"An' take a wild guess as to which Servant the mana belongs to," Lancer growled. "I'll give ya a hint. It's the one this priest was supposed to be clueless about!"

"The eighth!" Rin exclaimed.

"So that means we were right about thinking that Kirei was keeping something from us," Akiko put in, facing Kirei again and growling. "But I never would have guessed that you'd have the Servant here!"

"Hmph," Kirei grunted, looking at the Servants. "Had you all ignored it, your Masters would have lived a bit longer." He snapped his fingers. "You can come out now."

[Nightmare]

The door to Kirei's left opened and out stepped a Servant. Akiko instantly felt her blood go cold with fear as she recognized the man as the one from three days ago. Next to her, Lancer snarled, eager for a rematch.

Archer took notice of the two's reactions. "I take it he's the one you and Lancer fought?"

Akiko gulped nervously. "Yeah. He's the one."

"Impossible..."

Akiko glanced at Saber, the owner of the uttered word. She looked completely shocked at first, her sea-blue eyes wide. Then she seemed to bristle with hostility. This confused Akiko. Did she know Gilgamesh?

"Archer?!" she snarled, gripping her invisible sword tightly with both hands.

Gilgamesh grinned. "Well, well, if it isn't Saber! How long has it been since we last saw each other? Ten years? Well, however long, I'm glad you seem to still remember me."

Rin narrowed her eyes at Gilgamesh. "Know him, Saber?"

"He was the Archer Servant in the Fourth War."

"From the Fourth War?!" Lancer demanded. "Then how is he still here?!"

"Maybe we should concern ourselves less with that and more with the fact we're currently facing an enemy Servant," Archer told him.

Akiko looked at Kirei, who was backing up into another room.

"Hey! Get back here!" Kirei ignored her and slipped into that room in order to avoid the upcoming fight. "Dammit! Lancer! We're going after him."

Lancer looked at her in surprise. "What about gettin' back at this asshole?"

Akiko grit her teeth. "As much as I'd like to, we can't let him get away." Akiko looked at the other four. "Can you all handle Gilgamesh?"

Saber replied without looking. "Yes. We can resume our unfinished battle from 10 years ago."

"Mongrel. I don't recall giving you permission to look away from me," Gilgamesh snarled at Akiko, a few of those golden portals appearing. However, as soon as the weapon in each one fired at the mage, swords numbering the same countered them all. "What?!" He turned his glare to Archer.

"Go now!" Archer said. "Or else Kirei could get away!"

Akiko nodded. "Let's go, Lancer!"

Lancer glared at Gilgamesh. "Grrr..." He snapped his head away and dashed over to his Master. "Coming!"

[End OST]