Fate-Stay Night: Precognitive Realization

by SilverMan42

This is the story of a boy named Yuzuru Shindou, an ordinary young man who had gotten himself into the battling ritual known as the Holy Grail War. What will become of him now that he has become part of this war that may result in his death? Will he be able to survive with the help of his Servant? Or will he fall into despair? (Rated M, in case sexual) (Few Tsukihime) (OCxHarem)

8. Chapter 2

I do not own Fate/Stay Night or anything related to Type-Moon whatsoever, except only the OCs of the story. Also, spoiler warning: M is in case of sexual themes and stuff. Anyway, other than that, enjoy!

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Chapter 2

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Yuzuru's POV:

Morning came by as if it was now a bright new day. The morning sunlight shined through the window down onto my eyes, forcing me to wake up, which I groggily did. I then slowly when to the bathroom to brush my teeth. Once I did, I began to wash my face. I used the water to splash it onto my face and wash it with my hands before I felt something on my left hand. I opened my eyes to look at my left hand and saw that it had bandages. I began to wonder why my arm was covered in bandages even though I don't feel any pain from it, before I began to unwrap it, revealing to me my answers. In the back of my left hand, there were three strange markings, and just by looking at them, I then began to remember what happened last night.

"Oh, that's right…" I said, tiredly, "I remember now…" I sighed and said tiredly, "Oh, man, this is really gonna be a lot for me to take in…"

I then heard knocking as someone called, "Yuzuru, are you in here?"

"Ah, that must be Saber…" I said to myself, before I said, "Yeah, it's me. What's up?"

"I came here to let you know that Yukitsuki had brought you some new uniforms for you to wear for school." said Saber, "And that she has also given me some new clothes for me to wear."

"Hmm?" I thought confusedly before I then remembered and said, "Oh, yeah, I remember requesting those." I then said to Saber, "Well, if you have my uniform ready, you can place it by the door. I'll pick it up soon."

"As you wish." said Saber.

I heard her making a few movements before I heard her walking away. I then looked at the mirror and said, "Well, I better get ready." I then went to the door and found my school uniform next to it, before I picked it up and closed the door to start changing.

After putting my uniform on, I wrapped my left hand with bandages again to cover my Command Seals. I then went to get my school bag and readied myself to head out. Before I began to head out, I heard Saber walking towards me, and I turned to see her, and to my surprise, she was wearing the female Homurahara school uniform. The uniform must've been one of Yukitsuki-san's spares.

I was confused by this before Saber reminded me, "You did say that I was going to be a student in your school."

"O-Oh, right." I said as I remembered, "Right. I…almost completely forgot. Sorry."

"It's alright, Master." Saber reassured, "Besides, I do not believe this is the first time I've dressed as a woman before."

"Oh, really?" I said, surprised, "I thought you were used to dressing up as a man."

"I never mentioned all the time." Saber chuckled, "I did wear women's clothing at some point. Oh, but not in my past life, I believe it was in the Fifth Holy Grail War when…um…uh…wait, when was that…?"

"Still having trouble remembering?" I said, concerned.

Saber sighed and said, "I'm afraid so. Honestly, I find it very frustrating."

"I see." I said before I reassured her, "Well, give it some time for it to come back to you. If any of your memories about that time come back, just let me know."

"Ah, yes, of course." said Saber, "Thank you, Master."

"Again, you don't have to call me that." I said as I scratched the back of my head, "Yuzuru is fine."

"Ah, forgive me." Saber realized, "It's a force of habit as a Servant."

"Nah, don't worry about it, it's cool." I smiled, "Anyway, we should go and get Yukitsuki-san."

"Of course." said Saber, "Oh, but…before that."

"Yeah?" I said.

Saber then brought out something, and in her hand was my favorite book that I always loved when I was a kid, as she said, "I…found this while I was changing my clothes. If I may ask, is this book yours?"

I looked at the book for a bit before I smiled at her and said, "Yeah, it's mine. Thanks."

Saber nodded and then handed the book back to me, which I gratefully took back and then went to put it back in my bedroom, before I went back to Saber as we went out of the apartment room and headed out to go and get Yukitsuki-san.

"Yuzuru, that book…" said Saber, "About it…"

"Hmm?" I said, "What about it?"

"Have you…always enjoyed reading that?" Saber asked.

"Well, yeah." I said, "I have for a long time. I've kept it since childhood. The King Arthur story has always been my favorite. I've always read that book and I never get tired of it. Plus, reading that book brings me back good memories from my childhood."

"I see." said Saber.

I looked at Saber, and she looked…sad about something?

"Is something wrong?" I asked, concerned.

Saber was quiet for a moment before she shook her head and gave out a small smile as she said, "No, it's nothing, don't worry about it."

"Oh, uh…okay." I said, "If you say so."

"And also," said Saber, "You should know that not everything in books about us heroes is necessarily true. Heroic Spirits such as us can be…far quite different than what's told in books."

"Hmm?" I said, confused, "What do you mean?"

"You'll understand soon enough." said Saber, "Anyway, we should get Yukitsuki and head to school. We can't be late."

I sighed and said, "Yeah, don't worry about that. We're never late."

"Oh?" said Saber, "How so?"

I sighed and said with a smile, "You'll find out soon enough."

"Hmm?" said Saber, even more confused.

"Well, c'mon." I said, "Let's get this over with."

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As expected, we came by to Homurahara Academy way too early, thanks to Yukitsuki-san. We were tired from running to school so fast to get to class, we had to stop and catch our breaths. Well, us, except for Saber. I guess since she's a Servant, she doesn't get tired at all. Although, Saber seemed surprised how fast Yukitsuki-san was and how we made it so quickly.

"It would seem now I understand what you meant…" said Saber, somewhat speechless.

"Yeah…" I said, tiredly, "That's…what I mean…but, uh…on the bright side, we…got some time to…go to the teacher's and staff's room…to…register you as…a new exchange student…here…"

"Uh…yeah…" Yukitsuki-san laughed, tiredly, "At least…"

Then, our homeroom teacher, Emilia-sensei came by and saw us and said with a smile, "Ah, Hisakawa-san, Shindou-kun, good morning. You two are early as usual."

Me and Yukitsuki-san sighed and said, "Good morning, Emilia-sensei."

Emilia-sensei then noticed Saber and asked, "Oh? And…who's this? A new student?"

"Uh, yeah." I said, after catching enough of air, and I introduced Saber, "This is Elaina Scott Hemsworth. She's an exchange student from England."

"An exchange student?" said Emilia-sensei, confused, "On the same day as the international exchange student coming here?"

"It's uh…a long story." I said, "Can I explain it to you at the teacher's and staff's room?"

"Oh, of course." said Emilia-sensei, "We still have time before school starts, so come with me."

"Okay." I said before I turned to Yukitsuki-san and said, "You go on and head to class first. Elaina and I will catch up later."

"Oh, okay." said Yukitsuki-san, "Well, I gotta go, I'll see you two in class!"

Then, Yukitsuki-san left until she was gone from our sight. I turned to Saber who nodded, and we went off to meet up with Emilia-sensei.

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After explaining to Emilia-sensei about Saber's "situation", Emilia-sensei took his time to think about it for a moment.

"I see…" he said, taking it all in, "And Hemsworth-san had just moved recently to Japan from England to study."

"That's right." I said.

"I see." said Emilia-sensei, before looking at Saber and said, "Well, Hemsworth-san does seem like she's someone from another country, and she does seem like a student-type." It took him some time to look at her and think for a moment, before he nodded and said with a smile, "Well, alright. If you say she's a new exchange student, then I'll register her as one of the exchange students."

"Thank you, sensei." I bowed.

"Oh, not at all." He smiled, "Honestly, I'm still surprised that there would be a new exchange student other than the international exchange student. But, then again, there're lots of new people coming by to Fuyuki, just like you did three weeks ago."

"Yeah, that is true, sir." I said.

"Well, anyway, I'll let the other teachers and staff members know that." said Emilia-sensei, "Oh, and, if you don't mind, Shindou-kun, I hope you get along with the international student who will be coming here soon and help show her around the school. I'd ask Asada-san to do it, but it seems she'll be busy doing her other work as class representative."

"Sure, I'll do that." I said before I thought about the international student, and I asked, "Speaking of, sensei, who's this international exchange student, and what country is this new exchange student from?"

"Well, honestly, even I don't know who she is myself." said Emilia-sensei, "But where she's from, I can at least tell you that she'd traveled all the way here from Germany."

"Germany…" I said. Wait, Germany…this new student is from Germany? Hold on, that sounds like…could it be…? No, it couldn't be…

"Yuzuru?" said Saber, snapping me back, "Is something wrong?"

"Huh?" I said, "Oh, no, it's nothing. Just…thinking about something."

"Anyway, why do you ask?" Emilia-sensei asked.

"Oh, just wondering." I said, "Anyway, I'll be heading to class. And…I look forward to meeting this new exchange student."

"Oh, of course." Emilia-sensei smiled, "I'm sure everyone will be as well."

I nodded to sensei before I turned to Saber, who nodded at me, and we were ready to go to our classroom, before Matou-sensei came and greeted me with a smile, "Ah, Shindou-kun, good morning."

"Ah, good morning, Matou-sensei." I bowed to her before I stopped to introduce her to Saber, "Uh, Elaina, this Sakura Matou-sensei. She's our teacher for our next class." I then turned back to Matou-sensei and introduced Saber to her, "And, Matou-sensei, this Elaina Scott Hemsworth. She's our new exchange student along with the international one."

"Hello." Saber bowed, "It is nice to meet you. I'm Elaina Scott Hemsworth."

Matou-sensei looked at Saber before her expression became surprised and said, as if she was shocked to see Saber, "E-Eh…? W-Wait…y-you are…a-are you…?"

"Hmm?" we both said, confused.

"I'm…sorry?" said Saber.

"Uh…sensei?" I said, "Is…something wrong?"

Matou-sensei stood where she was and looked shocked for a moment, before her expression softened and said with a gentle smile, "No, it's nothing. Sorry, I just…I thought you were someone I knew."

"Is that so?" Saber asked, "Well, I apologize, but I'm afraid I've never met you before."

"Oh, no, that's not what I mean!" said Matou-sensei, waving it off, "Don't worry about it. Anyway, I didn't know we'd be having another exchange student other than the one we're having today. It's quite a surprise, really."

"Uh…yeah." I said, "Well, anyway, we gotta get to class. I'll see you in the next class."

"Ah, yes." Matou-sensei smiled, "Have a great day in class."

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Our homeroom class had already begun as soon as the bell rang to start our first class. Before we could start lectures, Emilia-sensei first announced that we had two exchange students that would be in our class starting today, starting with Saber, also known as Elaina Scott Hemsworth.

"Now, Hemsworth-san, please introduce yourself." said Emilia-sensei.

After Saber had finished writing on board her name, she nodded to our homeroom teacher and said, "Yes, sir." She turned to face all of us in class and introduced herself, "Hello, everyone, my name is Elaina Scott Hemsworth. I'm an exchange student from England, and I live with Yuzuru Shindou and Yukitsuki Hisakawa at the apartment complex, and I moved to Japan for family reasons, and…I will be here for quite a while until I decide to return to my country. But, in any case, I do hope we can get along."

Everyone in the class was looking at Saber in amazement to see her as a foreigner being in our class while whispering and saying, to themselves or to each other, either she was really pretty or very cool.

"Thank you for your introduction, Hemsworth-san." said Emilia-sensei, "Now, please take one of the empty seats over there."

"Yes, sir." said Saber, before she bowed to all of us in class and went to take a seat. She took an empty seat and desk that was in front of mine. She turned to face me and gave me a questioned look, asking how she did. I smiled and nodded to her, signaling her that she did well. This put Saber in relief as she sighed, and then returned the smile and nod, signaling to me thank you, before turning around to face the front.

"Now then," said Emilia-sensei, "Aside from Hemsworth-san, today we will be having an international exchange student in our class that has just arrived from Germany to our country, Japan, and has just arrived on campus. She will be staying with us for the rest of our school years together in Homurahara Academy, so I hope that everyone can get along with her." He then turned to the door and called out, "Alright, you can come on in."

As soon as he said that, the door was slowly and gently opened by the new exchange student outside. Okay, here she is. Let's see who it is.

The international exchange student, who had waited patiently outside, slowly walked into the class, giving us a good look of who she is and what the new student looked like. When she does come up to the front and turned to face everyone in the class, giving us a perfect view of her, everyone went silent in complete shock, including me.

I gasped in shock as my eyes widened, seeing who she really is, and quietly said completely shocked, "N-N-No way…it…it can't be…could it…really be…?"

This girl…this new international exchange student…she was none other than…the girl from my childhood, Minna Eckstein Everhart.

Minna had long silver silky hair that shines in the morning light, with a red ribbon tied behind her hair, soft skin that was white as a winter day, light blue eyes that shine beautifully in the night, stand about the same height as Saber, and has a body that is really well developed, to be nearly that of a goddess, since the last time I saw her. She was wearing a school uniform that consisted of a white blazer with black trimming, a black buttoned shirt with a red ribbon tied around her necktie, two more tied around both sides of her arms, a black and white striped skirt, white knee socks, white shoes, and a white beret.

Judging by the way she dressed, it must've been her school uniform from Germany. I guess she must've really traveled a lot like that to get here.

Minna then drew her name on the board for everyone to see her name, before she turned back to everyone with a smile on her face, as everyone in the class, including my friends and Saber, were looking at her in complete awe as if they're seeing a goddess in front of them for the first time.

"Whoa…" said Kurosawa-san, awestruck.

"She's so pretty…" said Yukitsuki-san, amazed.

"Wow…" one student said.

"…a complete goddess…!" another student said.

"Oh, my god…" said another one.

"…I'm so jealous." said Asada-san, while…rubbing her own chest. I think I can see why.

Everyone else in the class was speechless, completely awestruck by what they were seeing in front of them.

Then, Emilia-sensei cleared his throat and said, "Okay, everyone, settle down." He then turned to Minna and said, "Well, Everhart-san, go ahead and introduce yourself."

"Jawohl (Yes, sir)!" said Minna, in German, while smiling cheerfully. She turned to us and bowed before she introduced herself, "Hallo, everyone. My name is Minna Eckstein Everhart. You can call me Minna. I'm a new student that has traveled all the way from Germany and will be studying together with all of you in Japan. I've moved here to study and learn a lot about Japan and to meet lots of nice people here. I hope we can get along."

It's just like what Mirai-senpai said: "On the very beginning of the special morning day, a new arrival will come to appear to this very small island from a faraway land. This new arrival is one from the very distant memory in your heart, as this one arrival is very special." So, that's what she meant; Minna is the "new arrival' from Germany that came all the way to Japan. And…just like she said, she's someone from my past and she's very special to me. But…wait, hold on, Mirai-senpai also said that "On that special day, you will receive a very special gift, one that you yourself would never come to expect." A gift…from Minna to me? What did that mean? And what kind of gift?

Then, Minna noticed me and said happily, "Ah!"

"Hmm?" said Emilia-sensei, confused, "Everhart-san?"

Saber noticed this and moved her seat backward to me and whispered, "I think she's looking at you, Yuzuru. Do you perhaps know her?"

Before I could even answer, Minna had already hurriedly made her way towards me and said happily, "Yuzu-kun! It's you! I've missed you so much!"

Before I could say anything, Minna came in and gave me a big hug, much to my surprise. As I felt her hugging me, I just…I couldn't help but hug her back. Of course, I missed her, too. As I hugged her, she felt…so warm and soft, and the smell of her was so good, so much so that it takes me back to Germany. I looked around us and saw that everyone, including Saber, had looks of surprise on their faces. I guess they must be shocked and confused as to what was going on right now.

"It's been so long, Yuzu-kun…" she said, happily, as she rested her head on my chest.

"Yeah, it sure has…" I said, as I was rubbing her long silver hair, "About 5 years…long time no see, Minna."

She looked at me and smiled as she said happily, "Ja, long time no see, Yuzu-kun!"

I then began to hear whispers from my classmates as they were looking at us showing how we were greeting each other, either in confusion or curiosity.

"Hey, what's going on?" "I have no idea." "Did that new girl just call him "Yuzu-kun"?" "I don't why, but that's so cute!" "Do they maybe know each other?" "I don't know, maybe?" "Man, I'm so jealous."

"Hey, Yuzu-kun." said Minna, "You've grown up so much."

"Uh…yeah, I have." I said, "And…so have you." In more ways than none, to be honest.

"Hey, Yuzu-kun." said Minna, "Do you remember the promise you made to me?"

"Promise?" I thought before I remembered. Ah, that's right. the promise that I made to her 5 years ago. Of course, I haven't forgotten that.

Minna frowned a little and asked, "Did you…forget?"

I smiled at her and said, "Of course not. How could I ever forget that? You're the reason why I'll always remember that promise."

Minna, happy to hear what I said to her, smiled happily before she hugged me again and said, "I'm glad! I'm glad that you remembered!" She then looked at me again and said, "Yuzu-kun, I have something that I wanted to give you. I have it to be just for you." She then said in a whisper, "For the one that I truly love!"

"Huh?" I said, confused, "W-Wait, wha-?"

Before I knew it, I felt something soft touching my lips. This softness was pressed gently against my lips, and Minna's face was filling my peripheral vision. Wait, hold on, what? Is she…is she kissing me?!

Everyone around us in the class was screaming in complete shock and surprise, including my friends who were watching us, while Saber looked at us completely stunned by what was happening, before everyone in class screamed, "WHAAAAAAAAA?!"

Everyone in the class was in a complete riot, but I just couldn't hear anything, nor did I do anything. My mind and feelings were completely focused on Minna and the feeling of the warmth of her lips passing onto mine that I couldn't even bother to think about our surroundings or our situation.

"Wait?!" I thought, "Is this…the "special gift" that Mirai-senpai was talking about?!"

Minna then let go of my lips before opening her eyes to look at me and said, "Now, we won't ever be separated from here on out, Yuzu-kun. And…just so you know, I just gave you my first kiss."

"WHAAAAAAAAAAT?!" everyone around us screamed again, completely in shock from what they heard from Minna. Hell, I'm just as shocked and surprised as everyone else was! Although, then again, it was my first kiss, too. So, I guess it wasn't that bad.

"Minna…" I said, "I…i-it was my first kiss, too…"

"WHAAAAAAAAAAT?!" everyone around us screamed again, much louder this time, completely in shock from what they heard this time from me. But, at this point, I didn't care about what was happening around us, as all my focuses were on Minna.

"Minna…" I said, quietly.

"Yes, Yuzu-kun…" Minna smiled, knowing what I was going to do.

This time, I was kissing Minna, and everyone around us was screaming in shock and surprised again, this time from what I was doing to Minna. Suddenly, someone opened the door real hard, so hard that the door had broken down to pieces and forced me and Minna to stop kissing each other to see who it was, and, much to my shock and horror, it was our teacher for our fourth class, Ayako Mitsuzuri-sensei.

Mitsuzuri-sensei has short dark brown shoulder-length hair and light brown eyes and stands about 5"4' tall. Her choice of clothing is a business outfit, much similar to Matou-sensei, but with her black buttoned shirt that was completely buttoned up, and a dark drown blazer, a red ribbon around her neckwear, and a dark brown skirt that goes all the way to her knees, black leggings and wears high heel shoes.

"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH?!" I screamed, both in shock and in horror, "M-M-M-M-Mitsuzuri-sensei?!"

Just from the look on her angry and blushing face, I could tell that she saw what we were doing and is really, really angry. She then screamed out angrily, "YUZURU SHINDOU, WHAT IN THE FUCKING DAMN HELL ARE YOU EVEN DOINNNNNG?!"

Hearing her scream like that, I began to panic and screamed as I tried to reason but was failing. Oh, God, this is NOT gonna end well!

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Later:

Oh, God, I'm SO beat…both figuratively and literally…

I was resting my head on my desk in the classroom, as I was really tired from what had happened today and from all of that storming beating, screaming, cursing, and lecturing that Mitsuzuri-sensei had given to me, so much so that I was so exhausted in complete tiredness and shaking in complete pain and fear at the same time that I couldn't even move my whole body. Not only that, I was surrounded by my friends and classmates who had bombarded me with so many questions, most of them that I couldn't answer at the same time, and it kept on going all the way until I wanted peace and quiet. Oh, man, I really brought this on myself…

"Ugh…" I groaned, both tiredly and in pain, "I'm…so…tired…so…hurt…"

"Are you feeling alright, Yuzuru?" Saber asked, concerned.

"Ugh…I'll be alright…" I groaned, "For the most part, at least…"

"Well, you can't blame everyone!" Kurosawa-san laughed, "You did kinda put on a show there, man! Plus, Mitsuzuri-sensei gave you a thorough beating! I mean, hell, she was even kicking you in the balls up to five times! Man, that was hilarious!"

"Hey, c'mon, give him a break!" Yukitsuki-san defended me, "He's been through a lot! At least let him take his time to catch his breath, and at least show some sympathy for him!"

"Yeah, yeah, I know." Kurosawa-san waved it off, "But seriously, what was that all about? Why'd you two do that for?"

I sighed and said tiredly, "I don't know, it just…came over me…I wasn't really thinking…plus, the kiss didn't feel bad, so…"

"So, do you two know each other?" Asada-san asked, "Are you two like childhood friends?"

"Well, yeah…" I said as I was recovered a little, enough to lift myself up from my desk, "We've known each other when I was in Germany for a couple of years…"

"Ah, I see." said Asada-san, "Still, though, I didn't really think she'd do something so bold and so intimate like that, much less with you, AND in front of everyone in class."

"Yeah…" I said, "Neither did I…"

"Yeah, I think she's WAY too intimate with you to be your childhood friend!" Kurosawa-san laughed, "I mean, no childhood friend would ever kiss another childhood friend like you unless she has feelings for you!"

Asada-san chuckled and said, "Yeah, I think so, too. I mean, who knows, maybe she DOES have feelings for you, and that's why she kissed you."

"Huh?" I said, looking up, "You…really think so…?"

"I mean, why wouldn't she?" Asada-san smiled, "Besides, you know Minna better than anyone else here. Plus, she DID say you were the one she truly loves."

"Huh…" I said, thinking about it, "Yeah…I guess, maybe…"

"AND, "Yuzu-kun"." Asada-san teased, "I think what she called you that is SO cute~!"

"Oh, shut up…" I groaned, "I let Minna call me that because she likes it, and I don't mind her calling me that…"

"What, are we not allowed to?" Asada-san teased.

"Not even in the slightest…" I said monotonically, and with a deadpanned expression.

Then, I saw Minna coming towards me and asked, "Hi, Yuzu-kun, is this maybe a good time?"

"Oh, hey, Minna." I smiled at her, "Yeah, it's good. What is it?"

"Well," said Minna, "If you're not too busy, I was wondering if you can give me a tour around the campus."

"Oh, sure, I don't mind." I said as I got up from my seat, "I was told to do that for you, anyway." I then turned to Saber and asked, "Hey, Elaina, do you wanna come along, too?"

Saber got up and said, "Of course. I too would like to have a tour around the school."

"Hmm?" Minna looked at Saber and said, "Oh, hallo, umm…"

"Elaina." Saber introduced, "Elaina Scott Hemsworth, also an exchange student from England. It's nice to meet you, Minna."

"Oh, nice to meet you, too!" Minna smiled, "Wow, I never thought I'd meet a fellow exchange student."

Saber chuckled and said, "Well, neither have I, to be quite honest."

I smiled at the both of them, interacting with each other for a bit, before I turned to everyone and said, "Well, I gotta go, I'll see you guys later."

"Yeah, later, man." said Kurosawa-san.

"Bye." Asada-san waved.

"Yeah…" Yukitsuki-san smiled, "…Have fun."

I turned to Minna and Saber and asked, "So, shall we?"

"We shall!" Minna smiled.

"Of course." Saber nodded.

And then, we went off to give them a tour around the school.

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Yukitsuki's POV:

As soon as they left the classroom, I frowned, feeling sad for what had happened today, and from what I just saw with my own eyes.

Asada-san looked at me and asked out of concern, "Is something wrong, Hisakawa-san?"

"Hey…" said Ryouya, concerned, "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine…" I lied, "It's nothing…nothing at all…"

"Oh, okay." said Ryouya, "If you say so."

I sighed and thought to myself, "…I really don't like that girl."

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Yuzuru's POV:

I was giving Minna and Saber a tour as I showed around the campus as we walked around the school and talking, from other classrooms to the library, to the clubrooms, outside around the campus, all the way up until I finished filling them in on what I've shown them.

"And that's about the gist of Homurahara Academy." I concluded, "Any questions?"

"No, I think I got it." Minna smiled.

"I have everything cleared out." said Saber.

"Okay, great." I said.

"Oh, hey, Yuzu-kun?" said Minna.

"Yeah?" I said, "What is it?"

Minna smiled as she jumped up and hugged my arms, saying while smiling, "Gotcha!" She held onto my arms as she giggled, "Teehee~!"

"H-hey, Minna." I laughed a little, "C'mon, this is a little embarrassing."

"Aw, come on, please?" Minna pleaded, with her cutest expression, an expression that I knew I could never say no to.

I sighed and said with a smile, "Alright. Just for today though."

"Yay!" Minna cheered, hugging me tighter, "Thank you! You're just as nice as I remembered, Yuzu-kun!"

Saber gave out a small smile and said, "You two sure are very close and intimate, aren't you?"

"Y-Yeah." I said, "She's always been that way since we were little."

Saber chuckled and said with a small smile, "Well, I'm almost envious of you two."

"Hmm?" I said, confused, "Was…that a joke?"

"Who knows?" said Saber, "Perhaps, perhaps not."

Then, there was an announcement song and a loudspeaker announced, "This is an announcement to Minna Eckstein Everhart. Minna Eckstein Everhart, please report to the nurse's office. Again, this is an announcement to Minna Eckstein Everhart. Minna Eckstein Everhart, please report to the nurse's office. Thank you."

"Must've been the school nurse." I said.

"Nurse's office?" said Minna.

"Hey, Minna, do you remember where the nurse's office is?" I asked, to confirm.

"Ja, of course." Minna smiled, before pointing at her head, signifying that she has it in her head, "Well, I'm going to the nurse's office then!"

"Okay." I said, "Just be careful on your way."

"Oh, before I go…" said Minna, before she came up to me, and then lightly pecks my cheeks with her lips, making me blush at what she did. She then stepped away and said happily with a smile, "I'll see you later, Yuzu-kun!" She then turned to Saber and bowed before she said, "I'll see you later as well, Mrs. Elaina."

"Ah, yes, of course." Saber bowed back.

Minna then left to go to the nurse's office, leaving me and Saber.

"Well," said Saber, "She was rather…interesting, to say the least."

"Yeah." I said, "Still, though, I don't remember her being this intimate with me before."

"Perhaps it may be the cultural differences." said Saber, "Or, perhaps maybe what Chikako said about her is true."

"I don't know, maybe…" I said, "Well, I think I'll figure it out, either way. Answers will come up eventually."

"I suppose." said Saber.

Then, there was an announcement song and a loudspeaker announced, "This is an announcement to Yuzuru Shindou and Elaina Scott Hemsworth. Yuzuru Shindou and Elaina Scott Hemsworth, please report to the principal's office immediately. Again, Yuzuru Shindou and Elaina Scott Hemsworth, please report to the principal's office immediately. Thank you."

"Huh?" I said, confused, "Wait, now they're summoning me? And to the principal's office?"

"Perhaps it may have something to do with what you did with Minna." said Saber, "Though, I honestly don't know why they'd call me."

I sighed and said, "Yeah, probably. But why the principal's office? I really don't like where this is going…"

"Neither do I." said Saber, "But we'll have to see what it is to confirm. Besides, it's not like any of us will get out of it easily."

I sighed from what Saber said. Though I hate to admit it, she was right. It's not like I was gonna get outta this alive. "Let's just get it over with…" I groaned.

Saber patted me on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, Master. I do not believe it is that bad. Probably."

---

"Well, then, that will be all." said Mr. Ryuudou, "Now, I do hope that you'll take better care of not causing such events again."

"I'll try not to, sir." I said.

"Good." Mr. Ryuudou nodded, "And…Hemsworth-san, was it? I do hope that you get to enjoy your stay here in Japan and learn so much about our country."

"Thank you, sir." Saber bowed, "I do hope so as well."

"Alright, you two are dismissed." Mr. Ryuudou dismissed us.

"Thank you, Principal Ryuudou." We bowed to him before we began to leave.

"Ah, wait, before you go, I'd like to ask you something, Hemsworth-san." said Mr. Ryuudou.

"Yes, sir?" said Saber.

"If you don't mind me asking," said Mr. Ryuudou, "Have I…met you somewhere before?"

"Hmm?" said Saber, confused, before she answered, "No, I'm afraid we have not. Why?"

"Ah, my apologies." said Mr. Ryuudou, "It's just that…you look…strangely familiar, like I've seen your face somewhere before."

"Well, I'm sorry." said Saber, "But, I'm afraid I do not recall meeting you before."

"Ah, I see…" said Mr. Ryuudou, thinking about it for a moment, before he smiled and said, "Ah, never mind, it must be my imagination. Anyway, you can go now. Oh, and before I forget, Shindou."

"Yes, sir?" I said.

"In case if the new exchange students didn't know," said Mr. Ryuudou, "Please tell them that the school will be having substitute teachers while me and some staff members will be gone for tomorrow."

"Okay, I will." I nodded.

"Thank you." Mr. Ryuudou nodded, "You're dismissed."

We nodded to our principal and left his office. Once we got out, I sighed in relief and said, "Well, it wasn't so bad…I almost forgot that Minna comes from an acclaimed family in Germany. Still, though, I wasn't expecting Principal Ryuudou to personally ask me to look after her."

"Indeed." said Saber, "You and me, both. Still, I wonder how powerful her family is?"

"Well, if I had to guess, I'd say as powerful as mine." I said.

"Hmm?" said Saber, curiously, "How so?"

I realized what I just said and said, "O-O-Oh, no! I-It's nothing, it's nothing! Don't worry about it."

"Oh, I see." said Saber, "Very well."

"Well, in any case, I'm tired." I said, stretching my arms, "I think I need a break and go to the nurse's office. And…while I'm at it, I might as well check up on Minna."

"Agreed." said Saber, "Who knows what she's doing right now."

"Yeah, and I think after yesterday and today, I think I got a moment of peace." I said, "All the craziness I had seen last night, meeting you on the same night, learning about the "golden cup" thing, and my reunion with Minna. It's one thing after another…"

"Indeed." said Saber, before something hit her and said, "Wait, hold on. Master, aren't we forgetting about something that Mirai said to you?"

"Huh?" I said confusedly, before I thought about it and said, "Huh…come to think of it, I feel like I forgot about something. Let me think…uh…what was it? There was one more thing…what was that one more thing? On the very beginning of the special morning day, a new arrival will come to appear on this very small island from a faraway land. This new arrival is one from the very distant memory in your heart, as this one arrival is very special. On that special day, you will receive a very special gift, one that you yourself would never come to expect. And on the same following day…umm…uh…wait, what will happen? That's weird…" I continued to think for a moment before I gave up and said, "Ugh…nope, nothing's ringing any bells."

"Perhaps you are tired and that's giving you a hard time to think about it." said Saber.

I sighed and said, "Yeah, maybe…well, whatever, I think I'll let nature take its course. Better than nothing, I guess…"

I then walked myself with Saber all the way to the nurse's office without even opening my tired eyes.

"Saber, go on and head back to class…" I said tiredly, "I'll meet up with you later as soon as I get Minna…"

"If you insist." Saber bowed, "Oh, and before I forget, I should let you know that if anything happens such as a Master or Servant attacking you, you should call upon me via the Command Seals. That way, I should be able to teleport to you to your aid without having to suffer any single problem."

"So, call you in case of an emergency…" I said with a tired smile, "Got it, I'll keep that in mind."

"Good." said Saber, before leaving to class, "I'll see you back in class."

I watched Saber leave until she was gone from my sight, before I sighed and said tiredly, "Well, better get some rest, and then get Minna back to class."

I walked on the hallway tiredly until I found myself at the front door of the infirmary. Without even looking in front of me, I knocked on the nurse's office's door before opening it and said tiredly, "Excuse me…"

"EEEEEEEEEKKKKK!" I heard someone shrieking.

Huh? Wait, shrieking?

"WHAT'RE YOU DOINNNNNG?!" I heard someone else screaming.

"H-Huh?!" I looked up, confused, only to realize that what I was looking at right in front of me…brought me into complete shock.

In the nurse's office, there were girls that were…were…oh, my god…OH, MY GOD…they were ALMOST COMPLETELY NAKED! Every girl inside the office was either in their underwear or in dress shirts, while also holding tape measurements! All of them had looks of complete shock in their eyes to see that I walked in there. Wait, if all of them are almost completely naked, that would mean…that…that…! I looked around to see that, just like everyone else, Minna was almost completely naked, only wearing a dress shirt for cover! But, unlike the other girls who had looks of surprise, embarrassment, and disgust, Minna was actually smiling at me for me seeing her almost in nude!

W-Wait…wait a second…could this be…what I completely forgot about?! "On the same following day, without me even knowing, I would be brought into a very unexpected incident by accident, one that involves the special arrival, where it will lead me to become the target of attention by many"?! Shit! So much has happened, I completely forgot about that!

Then, the girls inside began screaming and panicking, while also trying to either cover themselves up or find something to grab to throw things at me, as they all screamed out, "PERVERT!" "YOU PERV!" "PEEPING TOM!" "DON'T LOOK!" "YOU PERVERT!"

Hearing them scream made me panic as I tried to say, "WHAAAAAH! N-N-NO, WAIT! IT'S NOT WHAT YOU THINK! IT'S NOT WHAT YOU THINK!"

Then, the girls inside began throwing things at me while they screamed out in fear, embarrassment, or anger, "GET OUT, YOU PERVERT!" "PERVERT!" "PEEPING TOM!" "GET OUT!" "GET OUTTA HERE!" "YOU DISGUSTING BOY!" "YOU PERV!" "THERE'S A PERVERT!" "PERVERT!"

"NO, WAIT, STOP!" I panicked, while covering myself from all the things they were throwing at me and trying to reason, "LISTEN, IT'S NOT WHAT YOU THINK! IT'S NOT WHAT YOU THINK!"

Suddenly, I felt someone behind me, and I felt something like there was a deadly aura. I yelped as I realized whose killer aura is from, and I turned around to see, to my complete shock and fear, was Mitsuzuri-sensei, who was giving out a dark and deadly aura while her eyes were covered in shadows, hinting that she was…REALLY ANGRY!

"Yu…zu…ru…Shin…dou…!" she said, angrily, making me yelp and panic, before she screamed out angrily, "AGAIN, WHAT IN THE FUCKING DAMN HELL ARE YOU EVEN DOINNNNNG?!"

"AAAAAAAAHHH!" I screamed and panicked, as I tried to say to reason while panicking, "NONONONONONO, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT! T-THIS ISN'T WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE! PLEASE, IT'S NOT WHAT YOU THINK! IT'S NOT WHAT YOU THINNNNNKKK!"

Then, out of sheer anger, Mitsuzuri-sensei screamed out, "KILL HIIIIIM!"

Then, all at once, every one of the girls in the nurse's office came at me with random weapons to attack me as I screamed out loud, so loud enough for the whole school to hear, "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!"

---

I was in the counseling room where Matou-sensei was, as I was looking completely, and comically, beaten up and covered in lots of random bandages, bruises, and comical blood around my whole body, looking very disdained, while Matou-sensei was bursting and laughing out really loud as, apparently, she saw and heard the whole thing of what happened at the nurse's office while she was passing by.

"YOU SHOULD'VE SEEN THE LOOK ON YOUR FACE!" she laughed out loud, "IT WAS SOOO PRICELESS! AHAHAHAHAHA!"

"Oh, c'mon!" I shouted, "It's not even funny! Do you have any idea how many girls were screaming at me and attacking me?! I was EVEN kicked in the balls! Three times! By each and every girl! INCLUDING MITSUZURI-SENSEI!"

Matou-sensei continued on laughing out loud while saying, "I'M SORRY! I'm sorry! But, it…it was totally funny! Oh, I just can't stop laughing about it! Ahahahahahaha!"

I groaned and said, "Seriously, it's NOT funny!"

Matou-sensei continued on laughing as she said while calming herself down, "I'm sorry! Ah, I'm…I'm really sorry! But, it just…it really was! It was totally funny! How you just walked in there without even knowing that there were girls in there, taking their physical health exam!"

I sighed exasperatedly and said, "It was an accident! I needed to get some naps in the nurse's office before taking Minna back to class! I didn't know that they were having physical examination!"

"I know, I know, I know." Matou-sensei chuckled, "And I know you didn't mean it. I even told Mitsuzuri-sensei myself that it was just an accident and that you had no idea they were in there. Plus, judging by the new girl's expression on her face, she didn't seem to mind you looking at her. If anything, she likes you seeing her more than the other girls do."

I sighed and said, "Yeah, I guess. It still doesn't help that everyone's gonna get the wrong idea about me now, though."

"Oh, nonsense, everyone's not gonna hate you for what you did today." Matou-sensei smiled, "Plus, ever since the new girl's arrival and that make-out session that you had with her back in the classroom, I think you've become quite popular now!"

I sighed and mumbled, "Nah, more like I'm a target of hate and envy than a popular guy."

"And besides," said Matou-sensei, "I think that you two make a very good couple! You're both so cute together! I didn't know that you were into silver-haired girls!"

"Oh, c'mon, sensei, we're not a couple." I said, "And she's not my girlfriend. We're just…childhood friends. We used to live together when my family and I were in Germany for a couple of years."

"Oh, really?" said Matou-sensei, surprised, "Then why does she seem intimate to you?"

I sighed and said, "She's just been that way since we were kids, though I honestly don't remember her being that intimate with me before."

"I see." said Matou-sensei, before she smiled and said, "Well, I'm sure it must've been because of the change in years. People can change over time."

"Ah, yeah, I guess." I said before I looked at Matou-sensei and I froze from what I was seeing, as I then began to stammer, "U-U-Uh…M-Matou-sensei?"

She was now giving me a look of seduction as she then moved slowly towards me said seductively, while also revealing part of her chest, "Speaking of change~ Tell me, Shindou-kun~ Between me and that new girl, whose body do you think is better~? Hers, or mine~? Hmm~?"

"H-H-Huh?!" I stammered while trying to look away, "U-U-U-U-Uh…Well, um…u-u-uh…I-I…I-I-I can't…really answer that question…really, I-I uh-"

"Shhhhh…" she shushed me as she placed her finger on my lips. She then went even closer to my face and smiled as she whispered seductively to me, "Don't worry, Shindou-kun. You don't have to say a word~ I think you should let your body…answer. All. Of. My. Question~"

"B-B-B-But…W-Wait, M-M-Matou-sensei..." I stammered, "W-W-We really shouldn't do this! I-I-I mean, what if people-"

"Don't worry, Shindou-kun~" said Matou-sensei seductively, "I placed a sign outside that says we're on counseling session and to not disturb us, so no one's going to come in and bother us~ And, no one will hear what we're doing inside~ So, It's just…you. And. Me. Now. Shin~dou~kun~"

"N-N-N-NO!" I said nervously, trying to back away, "W-W-W-We can't do this! E-Even if what you said is true, i-i-it's still wrong!"

"C'mon, Shindou-kun~" she said seductively, while slowly reaching to her buttoned shirt, "You know you really want to~ C'mon, tell me, who's body do you think is much better~? Whose chest is much bigger~? Hers, or mine~? C'mon, tell me the truth~ If you do…" She leaned in closer towards my ears and whispered seductively, "I'll give you something a lot more than just a kiss~" I blushed really hard from hearing her say that, and my heart rate was rising and beating so fast as she was already so close to me. Matou-sensei slowly whispered seductively into my ears, further breaking my resistance so much I couldn't take it anymore, "Now~ C'mon~ Tell. Me~"

Oh, God, I can't take it anymore!

"M-M-M-MINNA!" I screamed out loud, as my eyes were shut closed, "MINNA'S BODY WAS MUCH BETTER! SHE HAD A PERFECT BEAUTIFUL BODY THAT MATCHED THAT OF A GODDESS! AND HER BOOBS WERE MUCH BIGGER, ABOUT A CUP OR TWO BIGGER THAN YOURS! I KNOW BECAUSE I ACCIDENTALLY SAW HER MEDICAL FILES WHILE I WAS GETTING BEATEN UP!"

Everything fell silent after I said that…oh, my god! I can't believe I said that! Then, I heard some giggling, before a laugher burst out, making me open my eyes only to see that Matou-sensei was laughing out again. Oh, God, she did it again! Only this time, she made me confess by teasing me!

"I can't believe you actually said that!" Matou-sensei laughed, "It was so PRICELESS! Ahahahahahaha!"

I was speechless from what she did, until I screamed out, "GODDAMMIT, MATOU-SENSEI! COULD YOU PLEASE STOP DOING THAT?! IT WAS NOT FUNNY!"

Matou-sensei continued on laughing until it was dying out again as she said while calming herself down, "I'm sorry! Ah, I'm…I'm really sorry! But, it just…it really was! It was totally funny! I just…I can't believe you would actually say that about your own girl who's actually your own childhood sweetheart!"

I sighed and said, "She's not my sweetheart, let alone my girl. If she was, she wouldn't be happy about what you were doing to me just now. I mean, seriously, what if Minna finds out about this and gets the wrong idea about us?!"

Matou-sensei chuckled and said, "Don't worry, don't worry. She won't find out about this, as long as it is our little secret, and not say anything and just say that it is only a counseling session, she won't get suspicious, let alone find out about us. And even if she did, I'll tell her I'm only messing with you for…stress relief. Besides, like I said before, I would never put you in such a terrible position as a student and ruin your reputation as one. If I did, it would put me in trouble, too."

I sighed and said, "Somehow, I don't feel relieved at all."

"Besides," Matou-sensei added, getting my attention, "I think this Minna girl is in love with you very, very much. So much so that she'd willingly give herself to you and you only."

"Really?" I said, surprised, "You think so?"

"Of course." Matou-sensei smiled, "I mean, no other girl from your life would ever do something so bold and so intimate such as kissing you in front of people. If she did that, then that would mean she has feelings of love for you."

"Y-You think so?" I asked.

"Of course, I believe so." Matou-sensei smiled, "And it's not just me, everyone else can see it. But the problem is you."

"Huh?" I said, "Really? I'm…the problem?"

"Very much so." Matou-sensei chuckled, "Don't get me wrong, you're not stupid or anything, it's just that you're a little dense and a little slow to even see that."

"I'm…dense and slow?" I said, confused.

"Just a little bit." said Matou-sensei, "Just about to why you can't see why she would be so intimate with you or what you feel about her."

"Huh…" I said while thinking about it, before I sighed and said in defeat, "Yeah, I think you're right…I guess I can't see why she would. And honestly, I don't know how I should feel about her. I mean, she's important to me, but…I don't know…"

"You know, a friend of mine had the same problems as you did." said Matou-sensei, "He had a connection with someone close to him, but he wasn't sure how he felt about her, at least not at first. But, as time passed, and as he got closer to her, he began to develop feelings for her, and it kept on growing until eventually, he confessed his feelings to her, and, in some of the craziest ways, their love blossomed, and they eventually became a couple. I, of course, gave them my blessing and my support for them."

"I see." I said.

"What I'm saying is, is that if you're unsure of how you feel right now, then you should at least take some time to think and follow what your heart tells you to do." Matou-sensei advised, "That way, you'll be able to think and understand how you really feel about the person who you're closest to. Take that feeling to heart and let it grow as time passes as you stay close to her, and when the day arrives, and you feel that you truly love that person, then you should tell her your true feelings, and if those feelings reach to her and she feels the same, those feelings may eventually blossom."

"I see…" I said, "Follow…my heart…"

"Yes." she nodded, "Follow what your heart tells you, and I'm sure your true feelings will be revealed in time. Who knows, perhaps maybe you may love her the same way she does, too. You just don't realize it yet."

"Hmm…yeah, you might be right…" I said, thinking about it for a moment, before I said to her, "Thank you, Matou-sensei. I guess I really needed some guidance after all."

"No, not at all." Matou-sensei smiled, "I am a teacher, and it's my job to give students some guidance when they need it, after all. I'm here when you need it most. And besides, it's so nice to see such young love at this time of age. I almost envy the youth. In fact, if I was 10 years younger, I may would've fallen in love with you, Shindou-kun."

"Now you're just messing around." I chuckled, before I asked, "If you're so into love, then why not get a boyfriend or something?"

She sighed and said, "I could, but there aren't exactly any good gentlemen around Fuyuki these days. Plus, work keeps me so busy that I don't even have time to find any." She then smiled and added with a joke, "And besides, I'm too old to go out on dates."

"You're not THAT old, sensei!" I laughed.

She chuckled and said, "But, it's true. There aren't any good men that fit my interest. And besides, I…I had already given up on love a long time ago."

"Ah, yeah." I said as I knew what she meant, "I guess you have a point."

"Well, anyway, how about we head to class?" said Matou-sensei, "My class will be starting soon, so we might as well head back together, yes?"

"Yeah." I said, "Let's."

As we got up and went to the door to leave, as soon as we opened the door, I saw that Minna, much to my surprise, that she was standing there waiting for me with a smile on her face. As soon as she saw me opened to the door, she went up to hug me affectionately.

"Yuzu-kun!" she said, happily.

"Uh…hey, Minna." I said, as I hugged her back, "Did you…come to get me?"

"Ja!" she smiled, as she let go of me, "Your friends told me that I'd find you here, so I came here to look for you!"

"I see." I said.

Matou-sensei then came over and said with a smile, "Hello, you must be Minna, Shindou-kun's childhood sweetheart."

"We're not sweethearts." I said before I turned to Minna and introduced, "Anyway, this Sakura Matou-sensei, she's our teacher for our next class after Emilia-sensei."

"Hallo, Matou-sensei." Minna bowed, "I'm Minna Eckstein Everhart. Sehr nett dich kennzulernen (It's nice to meet you)."

"Yes, nice to meet you, as well." Matou-sensei smiled before she turned to me and said, "I think she'd make a really good girlfriend."

I sighed and said, "C'mon, don't joke about that."

Matou-sensei giggled and said, "Sorry, sorry. Anyway, since we're together now, why don't we head back to class together? I'm sure our next class will be starting soon."

"Yeah, let's do that." I said.

"Ja, let's!" Minna smiled.

"Oh, and, Shindou-kun," said Matou-sensei, "Since Minna and Elaina-san are new to Fuyuki City, why don't you give them a tour around town as well? I'm sure they'd love to see some sightseeing around the city while they're here. You were charged to keep an eye on them, after all."

I nodded and said, "Yeah, I'll gladly do that."

"Ja!" Minna smiled, "I'd love to do that with Yuzu-kun!"

Suddenly, I felt something dark watching me as if they had killing intent. I turned to see there were…oh, great…lots of angry and jealous male students and angry and disdainful female students, and Mitsuzuri-sensei who has a kendo stick, as all of them have comical angry looks on their faces as they were all glaring at me and giving off lots of very dark aura, giving me shivers from what they were giving off.

Matou-sensei looked at them with a sweatdrop for a moment, before she turned to me with a smile and said before giggling, "Be careful on your way out, okay? Ehehehehehe~"

I sighed as I brought my head down and said, "Thank you for your concern, Matou-sensei…"

---

Later:

We were finished with Matou-sensei's class, so now it was time for P.E. class with the other classmates from other classes; our class was with Hiiragi's class. We were all in our P.E. clothes and were standing in two rows of different classes and in lines as we were facing the coaches of our P.E. class together, Kaede Makidera-sensei, Kane Himuro-sensei, and Yukika Saegusa-sensei.

Makidera-sensei is the one with black hair and eyes and tanned skin and stands about 5"4' tall, while also wearing a ginning expression on her face. Himuro-sensei is the one with long and straight white hair, brown lifeless eyes, wears glasses, clear skin, and stands about 5"2' tall, while also wearing a straight, stoic, and emotionless expression on her face. Saegusa-sensei is the one with light brown straight shoulder-length hair and light brown eyes and, much like Himuro-sensei, has clear skin, and stands about 5"1' tall, while also wearing a nervous smile as if she was nervous about something. All of them wear tracksuits, signifying that they are coaches. Makidera-sensei wearing black, Himuro-sensei wearing white, and Saegusa-sensei wearing light brown.

"ALRIGHT!" Makidera-sensei shouted excitedly, "Now listen up, ladies and dickheads!"

All of the guys in both our classes, including me, groaned from her calling us that.

"It's "ladies and gentlemen"!" one of the guys groaned.

"Get it right, woman!" another shouted.

"Silence!" Makidera-sensei shouted, "My class, my rules!"

"Well, technically, it's our class since it's three of us." said Himuro-sensei, expressionlessly and nonchalantly, "But, yeah, you should follow the rules."

"We're very sorry, everyone." said Saegusa-sensei, somewhat nervously, "But, uh…please try to bear with it."

We guys all sighed at that and said altogether monotonically, "Yes, ma'am…"

"Now, as I was saying!" said Makidera-sensei excitedly, "Today, ladies and dickheads, you're all gonna be running all around the track field, and you'll all be running your asses off until I say you're all done! There! Will! Be! No! Stopping! Is that clear, people?!"

"Yes, ma'am…" we all said monotonically.

"Alright!" said Makidera-sensei excitedly, "Now, ladies be on the sidelines and start stretching while you wait for all your turns, and we'll first be starting with you, dickheads!" She then looked at me with a grin and said mischievously, "And, Mr. Perverted Peeping Tom."

Everyone then looked at me upon hearing her say that, and they either gave me a look of jealousy or a look of disgust, some were sympathetic. Oh, great…so this is the part where I'm the center of attention due to those followings.

I grumbled before I shouted, "Oh, c'mon, people! It was JUST a freakin' accident! I'm innocent!"

"Uh-huh." said Makidera-sensei with an unconvinced look, "Sure you are."

"But I am!" I shouted.

"Hey, you did it, your fault, and your loss." said Makidera-sensei, "And, for everyone's sake, you'll be running around twice as fast as the guys today, as punishment."

"What?!" I shouted incredulously, "Two times more than the guys?! You have GOT to be kidding me! Sensei, I-OW!"

Makidera-sensei hit me in the head with a pole staff and said while pointing at me, "I SAID it, so you DO it!"

I rubbed my head from that hit she gave me for a moment before I sighed and said in defeat, "Yes, ma'am…"

Everyone in class around me was laughing, snickering, and giggling at me from what I got from Makidera-sensei, figuratively and literally. One, from the punishment that I was getting, and two, from getting hit in the head.

Makidera-sensei slammed her staff on the ground hard and shouted, "What're y'all laughing at?!" This made everyone instantly shut up.

She then cleared her throat and shouted, "Alright, you dickheads, on the track, move out now!"

Hearing that, all the guys, including me, began to go onto the track and began running around the track field. Since I was gonna do it twice than the guys, I had to run out harder. Basically, I'll be running my ass off all day until I'm through. Oh, well. I guess I did kinda deserve it anyway. Plus…

I looked out to see that Minna, who still had her school uniform on due to not having any gym clothes yet, was sitting on the bench alongside Saber, watching me run while cheering on me happily.

I smiled at her doing that and thought, "It's not so bad if Minna is out watching me and cheering me on."

I continued to run along with the guys as Makidera-sensei kept on shouting, "C'mon, you dickheads, keep it moving! Run faster! C'mon! Move it, move it, move it, move it, move it, MOVE IIIIITTT!"

"You're being too loud, Maki-no-ji." said Himuro-sensei, nonchalantly.

---

The guys kept on running until we were all tired out and they all stopped to sit down and take a breather. I, on the other hand, was even more tired than the guys, about as twice as tired as anyone could guess, and I had to sit on the bench, so I could rest my two legs. Man, my legs are killing me…and I really need lots of breathing…

"Alright, dickheads, you can go rest now!" said Makidera-sensei, "Ladies, you're next! Get on the tracks, now!"

"Yes, ma'am!" the girls shouted before they went off to run on the track, while the guys sat where they were on the grass as they watched the girls running on the tracking field.

"Hey, Yuzuru." said Kurosawa-san, "We're gonna watch the ladies run, wanna join us?"

I sighed and said tiredly, "Nah, I'm good. After what happened today, I think I'd rather not. Don't wanna make the girls think badly about me again. Plus, I'm too tired to move."

"Ah, good point." said Kurosawa-san, "Well, all fun for us, then."

He then left to join the guys, leaving me alone on the bench.

I sighed as I was tired as hell today.

"Bitte schön (Here you go)." I heard someone said.

I looked up to see there was a bottle of water being handed to me, and I turned to see that it was Minna who was offering with a smile, with Saber standing next to her.

I smiled back as I took the bottle and said, "Thanks, Minna."

Minna nodded happily before she sat next to me along with Saber, as I opened up the water bottle and began drinking it. After I was done halfway, I set the bottle next to me.

"You ran very hard today, Yuzu-kun." said Minna.

I chuckled and said, "Yeah, I have, after what happened today. But, I guess I kinda deserve it anyway, since everybody hates me for what I did." I turned to look at her and said apologetically, "Oh, and uh…Minna, sorry for walking in and seeing you like that while you and the girls were changing. It really was an accident, honest."

"Nein, I don't mind." Minna smiled, "I know that you're a very good person, Yuzu-kun, and I know you would never mean harm to me nor anyone. If it's you, then I don't mind you seeing me or looking at my body that way, because I love you, Yuzu-kun."

"I see." I said, "Hey, uh…Minna, I mean to ask this, but uh…when and how long did you feel that way about me?"

Minna went closer to me to hug my left arm and place her head on my shoulder said with a smile, "I've always felt that way since we were kids, since that day you made that promise to me…"

"I see." I said, "Since I made that promise."

"If I may ask," Saber interrupted, "What exactly did he promise to you?"

Minna looked at Saber and said happily, "When we were kids and we were living together in Germany five years ago, he promised me that he would be a hero that will protect me because I was important to him. He said that someday, I would be in his good hands and that he'll protect me." She then placed her head back on my shoulder and said with a smile, "I still remember that, and it makes me happy!"

"I see." said Saber.

"Yeah, I admit, it's silly when you think about it," I chuckled a little, "But, yeah, that's what I promised. And that's the one thing that I'll never let go because Minna is special to me. It's silly, but…it's true."

"No, not at all." said Saber with a small smile, "In fact, I find it very noble and brave of you. Keeping a promise to the one person you love is truly the greatest thing there is as human beings, and I respect that of you. It reminds me of someone that had a similar dream, though I've forgotten who it was." She then looked at me and said in a serious tone, "Still, it would be best that you should try to not make any promises that you cannot keep, otherwise it would get you hurt, or worse."

"I know." I said, "But, I'll still do it and hold onto that promise, even if it kills me."

Saber looked at me for a moment, before she sighed and nodded to me with a small smile, before she looked in front of her, watching our other classmates running around the tracks, and said, "Everyone seems to be running hard."

"Yeah, they are." I said, "And, believe it or not, it's all thanks to our coach, Makidera-sensei."

"Really?" Minna looked at me, surprised.

"Yeah." I said, "She may not look it, but she can be pretty clumsy when it comes to…certain stuff, and it can be pretty funny from time to time. Though, despite her clumsiness, she takes her job as a coach real seriously, always trying to push everyone until they reached their limit. I'm no exception to that."

"Aha (I see)." said Minna, amazed, "Japanese people are so interesting."

"Yeah." I chuckled, "People like Makidera-sensei can be weird, but…they aren't so bad once you get to know them and get used to them."

"Indeed." said Saber, "It is what makes everyone humans, and humans can be unique in many ways."

We continued to watch our classmates running around the tracks with Makidera-sensei screaming out "move it" to them while the other two coaches, Himuro-sensei and Saegusa-sensei, tried to calm her excitement, or maybe anger, down. I then looked at Minna and said, "Hey, uh…Minna, do you mind if I talk to you about something?"

Minna looked at me and said, "Nein, I don't mind."

"Okay, good." I said, "Just uh…not right here."

Minna nodded, and we got up from the bench to go talk somewhere quiet. Once we were somewhere private, away from the eyes of everyone, we turned to face each other, as she asked, "So, what did you wanna talk about?"

"Well, Minna," I began, "You see, I uh…if you don't mind, I'd like to start things a little slow right now and take some time to think…and start off as friends, for now."

"O-Oh…" Minna frowned a little, "Really? Is it…because of me, a-am I troubling you?"

"Oh, no, it's not that." I reassured, "It's not you, I promise. It's just…I mean, I really appreciate your feelings for me, it's just…I'm not really sure how I should feel about you right now. I don't know if…I should love you the same way as you love me, at least not yet. I need to…have some time to think about it and figure out my feelings for you. I need to think, and…if I really do feel the same about you, then…I'll…we'll see where it goes."

"Oh, aha (I see)." said Minna.

"But, I promise, when I'm done thinking about it, I'll tell you to let you know." I said, "So, um…can you please wait for me patiently as I think about it?"

Minna looked at me for a moment, before she smiled and said, "Ja, of course! I'll always be waiting for you, Yuzu-kun!" She then brought me to her embrace and said, "No matter what, I'll always wait for you, because I'll always love you, Yuzu-kun."

I couldn't help but smile as I hugged her back and said, "Thank you, Minna."

"Well, isn't that a nice view?" I heard someone say, making me jump as I recognized that voice.

I let go of Minna and turned to see Mitsuzuri-sensei who was standing there watching us.

I screamed and said panicking, "N-N-No, wait! Mitsuzuri-sensei, it's not what it looks like! I-!"

But then, instead of getting angry at me and going out to attack me again, Mitsuzuri-sensei laughed and said, "Relax, kid, I'm not gonna attack you again. Besides, Sakura already told me that it was just an accident when you came into the nurse's office while the girls were changing and that you were having a moment when you were kissing her back in class."

"Uh…wait." I said, surprised, "Matou-sensei did?"

"Yeah." said Mitsuzuri-sensei, while scratching the back of her head, "And, I wanna say sorry for doing that. I overreacted when you did those things and I got the wrong impression of you. You're actually a good guy."

"Oh, not at all, sensei." I said, "And uh…thanks."

"Ah, no problem." she smiled, before she gave a mischievous smile as she came over to my ears and whispered, "Try not to keep the girl waiting too long, or she might get taken away by somebody."

I jumped at her whispering that to me as the thought about Minna going for another guy came into the picture. Imagining that made me felt…sad and angry. Mitsuzuri-sensei then laughed and said while leaving, "Well, see you later in the next class. Have fun, you two lovebirds."

I blushed at her calling us that and I shouted out of embarrassment, "WE ARE NOT LOVEBIRDS!"

"SAYS THE GUY WHO KISSED A NEW GIRL IN CLASS!" Mitsuzuri-sensei shouted back before she went off while laughing.

I grumbled at her laughter. Oh, great. First, it's Matou-sensei, and now it's Mitsuzuri-sensei. Great.

I sighed as Minna giggled.

I then heard a gasped and someone squealed and then shouted excitedly, "YUZZUCHI KISSED A GIRL!"

I sighed as I recognized that voice and mumbled, "Oh, good. And now, she knows…"

I turned around to see Hiiragi quickly approaching me with the others behind her as she came up to me and asked me super quickly and excitedly, "Yuzzuchi, tell me! Is it true?! Is it true?! Is it true you kissed a girl?! Did you kiss a girl?! Did you?! Did you?! Huh?! Tell me, tell me! How did the kiss go?! What did it feel like?! Was it good?! Did you kiss her good?! Did her lips taste good?! What did it taste like?! Tell me, does that make you two a couple?! Are you two dating now?! Is she your girlfriend now?!"

I stopped Hiiragi from asking more questions and shut her up by flicking her head and said, "I'm not gonna tell you any of that much details. Besides, we're not a couple, and Minna's not my girlfriend! At least, not yet anyway, because I need some time to think about it. And we only kissed because we were caught in the moment."

"Oh." said Hiiragi, "Really? Then, does that mean the rumors about you two being now lovebirds is false info?"

"I have no idea where you got the information about the idea of us being lovebirds." I said, "But yes, it's all false."

"Oh." said Hiiragi, looking down now disappointed, "Well, that blows. I heard it from other people that said that you were a lucky guy getting a beautiful girl like that, so I just assumed."

"Well, still, that doesn't mean that I'll be with Minna and keeping an eye on her." I said, "I mean, she's still new here, so I have to make sure that she's kept safe and all. Besides, just because we aren't a couple, that doesn't mean I don't care about Minna's well-being. She's still my childhood friend."

"Ohh." said Hiiragi before she smiled brightly and said excitedly, "Well, on the plus side, you got yourself quite a cute girl who LIKES you! And you are SUPER popular with that girl now!"

"Yep!" Kurosawa-san smiled, "And for once, I envy you, my man!"

"That does NOT make me feel any better…" I said monotonically, and with a deadpanned expression.

Minna came over to me and hugged my arm and said with a smile, "It's okay. As long as I'm with you, I don't care what people say about us, and being with you makes me happy."

"Minna…" I said.

I looked back at everyone who just laughed and giggled at what was in front of them, me and Minna, and I just groan at them. Well, all of them, except for Yukitsuki-san, who just looked at us with a sad expression. Huh. I wonder what's wrong with her?

"Well, anyway, let's head back." I said, "Knowing Makidera-sensei, she'll probably be looking for us and then give us punishment for being gone from their sight."

We then went to head back before the coach starts looking for us until suddenly, my phone began to ring. I stopped to take a look and see what it is, only to find a text message…from an unknown.

I opened it and it said, "I'd like to meet you ASAP. Meet me at the school rooftop on our next break. Come alone."

"Huh?" I thought, "I wonder who it is, and how did they get my phone number?"

"Yuzu-kun." said Minna, "What's wrong?"

"Oh, no." I said, putting my phone away, "It's nothing."

While everyone kept on walking back, Saber was the one who noticed and approached me discretely from everyone else. Once she was close enough to me, she whispered to me, "Master, is something wrong?"

"Well, I don't know." I whispered back, "I just got some message from someone to meet me at the rooftop, and to go alone." I looked at my phone and whispered, "I have no idea who it is, but whoever it is, has my phone number and email address."

"Could it be a Master?" Saber whispered, "If it is, then it is likely a trap."

"No, I don't think so." I whispered, "And besides, Masters and Servants don't attack each other in broad daylight, especially when in public, so I don't think we should have anything to worry about."

"Hmm." Saber whispered while thinking out loud, "I hope you're right."

"Don't worry, though." I whispered, "If anything goes wrong, I'll be sure to call you."

"Are you sure you don't need me to come along?" Saber whispered, "I could come with you if there's trouble."

"No, I think I'll be fine." I whispered, "And besides…" I looked at Minna talking to the others as I added, "I'm more worried about her well-being than my own. I don't want anything to happen to her while I'm gone." I turned to Saber and asked in a whisper, "So, could you keep an eye on her for me while I'm gone?"

Saber looked at Minna and thought for a moment, before she whispered, "If…that is what you wish…"

I gave her a small smile and whispered, "Consider it an order from your Master."

Saber looked at me with wide eyes for a bit, before she nodded and returned her small smile and whispered, "Very well. I will do as you wish. But, don't forget to use them if…"

I showed her my bandaged hand and whispered, "Don't worry, I know."

Saber nodded to me before we decided to follow back to everyone who was waiting for me as they were calling us.

---

After P.E. was over, I was dressed in my school uniform as I went off to go to the school rooftop. I was already at the rooftop to find that no one was there. Strange. I wonder who'd call me here?

Before I knew it, I felt someone was here, and I turned to see, to my surprise, that it was Tsukuda-san, one of Mirai-senpai's friends. She was looking at me with a straight and somewhat serious face, like what we're gonna be talking about is serious.

"Uh…hey." I greeted, "Uh…how's it going?"

She didn't give out any answer. She was…quiet. Okay, this is getting a bit awkward.

"Okay…" I said awkwardly, "So, uh…a-a lot of things happened, and uh…well, it's just like what Mirai-senpai had predicted what would happen to me today, and it happened! So, uh…yeah, I…guess that means magic and mages are real, and I have to believe it now. So, yeah…I believe you guys now."

Tsukuda-san remained quiet for a moment, before she said almost quietly, "I see."

"Y-Yeah." I said awkwardly, "So, anyway, uh…I wanna thank Mirai-senpai and you guys for-"

"You're gonna die here, you know?" said Tsukuda-san, cutting me off.

"Huh?" I looked at her, confused, "Wait…what now? What'd you say?"

"You heard me." said Tsukuda-san, "I said, you're going to die here, and it's going to be very soon. You poor thing."

"Huh?" I said, even more confused, "I-I'm sorry, w-what? I'm…gonna die? Why?"

"Isn't it obvious?" said Tsukuda-san, "Because we're in the middle of the Holy Grail War. Masters and Servants must fight against each other to the death until only one pair survives."

"B-But, it's the middle of the day." I said, "Masters and Servants don't attack people or each other in the middle of daylight. Plus, we're in the middle of public, so we're completely safe as long as there are people around."

"Perhaps," said Tsukuda-san, "But that still doesn't change the fact that you'll die very soon."

"W-What do you mean?" I said somewhat nervously.

"Don't you remember last night?" said Tsukuda-san, as she approached me, "You were wondering all over the school during the night yesterday."

"Hmm?" I said, confused for a bit, before I realized what she meant and said, "O-O-Ohh."

"Yep." she said with a small smile, "They'll probably kidnap you sometime this evening." She then whispered, "The other Masters and Servants who're here."

"H-H-Huh?!" I stammered, shocked, "W-W-Wait, what?! O-Other Masters and Servants?! W-What?!"

"They'll kidnap you and interrogate you." said Tsukuda-san, "About Lady Mirai and Assassin, and about her and the people who saved you and brought you to our home, before you became a Master of Saber."

The people who saved me…?

Then, a realization hit me, as I thought about last night, about the people who brought me to their home and led me to the woods to summon Saber, about Mirai-senpai's three servants who were with her, as everything about it made sense. They were the ones who helped me while fighting Berserker!

"Ohh!" I said, in realization, "So it was you guys last night back in the Tohsaka Mansion! That makes sense!"

"Huh?" said Tsukuda-san, shocked at what I said, as she stepped back with wide eyes, "Wait, you didn't know that already?"

"Huh?" I said, "Oh, uh, no…sorry, it was too dark last night back at the mansion, because there weren't any lights, so I couldn't see you guys or make out what you looked like back there. Why?"

Hearing what I just said, Tsukuda-san suddenly turned around showing her back towards me, as she was now…shaking? As she said, "I take the gun."

"Huh?" I said, confused, "I'm…sorry, I'm confused. What's the matter?"

She didn't turn to look at me, as her body was still shaking, as if she was embarrassed about something, until she said, without even turning to look at me, "Okay, fine. I admit it. I fucking dug a hole for myself, okay? I dug my own grave…!" She then turned with a blush of embarrassment as she shouted, "That's hilarious, isn't it?! Go on ahead, laugh it up! Fucking laugh it out loud!"

"Uh, okay, look." I said, raising both my hands up trying to calm her down, "I really have absolutely no idea what's going on, but just relax. Take it easy."

"Regardless!" Tsukuda-san shouted, while pointing at me, "Every Master and Servant will come after you, capture you, interrogate you, and then they'll eventually find out that it was us who saved you before they kill you! No, scratch that! They'll kill you anyway because you're a Master, regardless of what you know, and then take away your Saber by force!"

"Wait, what?!" I said, even more confused, and a little scared, "W-What're you-?"

"They're like the dog with the sharp nose!" she shouted, "Or those kids who always know when the school store gets new snacks!"

"W-What?!" I said, a lot more confused now, "What are you saying?! That makes no sense!"

"Which is why…" she said, as she approached me until her face was close to mine as she said, "Sorry, but…you have to die." She then said in a whisper, "Right here and right now. Die."

"H-Huh?!" I said, shocked, as Tsukuda-san pushed me against the fence that was behind me, making me look behind me to see that behind me was a clear and opened field, before looking down seeing that we were way up high.

"W-Wait!" I shouted, "What're you-? Do you have any idea what you're doing?!"

"I do." said Tsukuda-san, "Now then…fall."

Then, with full and powerful force, she pushed me real hard, breaking the fence behind me and making me fall down behind me. But I acted quickly and grabbed onto the ledge of the building with my left hand, holding on for dear life. The sound of the wind blowing was the only thing being heard as I looked up to see Tsukuda-san was looking down at me with a serious look on her face as if she was serious about killing me.

"W-Wait, Tsukuda-san!" I shouted as I was struggling to hold on, "Please, stop! You don't know what you're doing!"

But Tsukuda-san didn't listen to me, as she continued doing what she was doing by stepping on my hand that was holding on, causing me pain.

"AAUGH!" I screamed in pain, as I then screamed out, "W-WAIT! PLEASE, STOP! Y-YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING! I'M NOT YOUR ENEMY! I-I WON'T SAY ANYTHING, I SWEAR!"

"But you'll surrender if the Masters or Servants drug you or even use magecraft on you." said Tsukuda-san, stepping on my hand again, "And I know exactly what I'm doing. I'm going to kill you and take your Command Seals away. I'll be taking Saber away from you."

"W-WHAT?!" I shouted, shocked, "W-Why would you do that?!"

"Because I say so, weakling." said Tsukuda-san, "You're not fit to be called a Master, let alone be Saber's Master. A non-mage like you is unfit to be fighting in the war that he should know he can't win in. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised that you'd die the instant a Servant attacks you."

"B-But, I-!"

"Shut up!" Tsukuda-san shouted, stepping on my hand again, "Now, make it easy on yourself, and hand over the Command Seals on your hand! If you do, I'll make sure your death is as quick and painless as possible!"

"I-I…I…I can't do that!" I shouted, "I can't just-!"

"Shut up and die already!" Tsukuda-san shouted, "And give me those Command Seals!"

"N-No!" I shouted, "I told you, I can't-!"

I stopped to gasp, as I suddenly saw that Tsukuda-san had a handgun pointing at my face.

"W-Wait…!" I said with my eyes widened, "I-Is that…is that real?!"

"Well, what would be the point in concealing a fake one, huh?" said Tsukuda-san with a serious look in her eyes, "You know…you really are fucking slow. Prepare to die."

D-Dammit! She's serious! I-I gotta do something! B-But what?! A-Augh! Dammit, my arm! I-I can't…hold on any longer!

"HEY, SHINDOU!" I heard someone yell.

W-Wait, that voice…!

I turned to look down and saw that it was Makidera-sensei, Himuro-sensei, and Saegusa-sensei, who were passing by. They looked like they were done with whatever other classes that they have. From the look on their face, I could tell that they were both either angry and/or worried about what I was doing.

"WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE YOU DOING UP THERE?!" Makidera-sensei yelled angrily, clearly not pleased with what I'm doing, "ARE YOU TRYING TO CLIMB UP A BUILDING?! GET OFF FROM UP THERE THIS INSTANT, IT'S DANGEROUS!"

"U-U-Uh…Maki-chan," said Saegusa-sensei worriedly, "I-I don't…think that's what's happening…!"

"Well, whatever's happening up there, we need to get him out, now!" said Himuro-sensei with a serious look on her face.

"Makidera-sensei, Himuro-sensei, Saegusa-sensei…!" I thought before I looked back at Tsukuda-san, still pointing her gun at me, "Dammit…! I guess I don't have a choice…! They'll have to catch me…! It's now or never!"

I let go of the ledge as I let myself fall from the roof, and as I began to fall, I began to lose consciousness, with the last thing I see was Tsukuda-san being far away from me as I fell, and the last things I heard were:

"Oh, no! …FALL…G!"

"Shi…-kun...!"

"Hang…! …COMMMIII…!"

Then, everything went black.

---

Sayaka's POV:

I watched him as he falls from the top of the roof before he was quickly caught by one of the coaches, who ran up to him at a ridiculous speed and just in time to catch him too before the other two went to them to check up on him.

"Damn…!" I cursed, as I put my gun away before I took out my phone and made a call to Hiroko and Aimi.

"And?" Hiroko asked on the other line.

"He got away from me before I could finish him off." I said, "He got lucky."

"I see…" said Hiroko.

"Well, what shall we do?" Aimi asked.

"We'll get him." I said, "I'll go and set up traps for him. You two, deal with him next."

"Understood." said Hiroko.

"As you say." said Aimi.

I nodded and hung up, and then looked back to watch him one more time, before turning around to leave.

---

Yuzuru's POV:

I woke up and quickly got up before I look around and found myself in a bed at the nurse's office. Was I…brought here? I guess I must've been brought here after I was saved. I sighed in relief, feeling that I was safe.

"Ah, good, you're awake!" someone said.

I turned around to see that it was Makidera-sensei, Himuro-sensei, and Saegusa-sensei, who were all standing there, smiling at me. Well, I mean, two of them smiling, mostly.

"Uh…yeah." I said, "I am."

"So, got any broken bones or anything?" Makidera-sensei asked, "Because, man, that sure was a close call for me to catch you. Wish you'd seen it!"

"You were lucky we were there, and Maki-no-ji caught you on time." said Himuro-sensei, expressionlessly and nonchalantly, "Otherwise, you'd be dead already and we'd have some huge problems."

"Are you hurt anywhere?" Saegusa-sensei asked worriedly, "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, no, I'm fine." I said, "Uh, thanks, Makidera-sensei. I owe you."

Makidera-sensei gave out a big grin and said, "Ah, not at all, kid! What's important is that you're safe and sound!" Her expression then went down and said, "Still, I'd wish people would've seen it. I can't believe nobody saw the action I made today! Just my luck."

"Well, what'd you expect?" said Himuro-sensei, expressionlessly and nonchalantly, "We were all by ourselves and he was the only one at the rooftop before he fell."

"Kane-chan, Maki-chan…" said Saegusa-sensei before looking at me and said, "Well, in any case, we're glad you're not hurt."

"Uh, yeah." I said, "All thanks to you three. Thank you, sensei." Then, a thought of Tsukuda-san came to me, and I asked, "Hey, did you…happen to see anyone else at the rooftop? Like a girl with blonde hair?"

They looked at me and thought about what I asked them for a moment, before Makidera-sensei answered, "No, kid, as far as we're concerned, it was…just you."

"I don't think I saw anyone else at the rooftop other than you, let alone a girl that's blonde." said Himuro-sensei.

"Neither did I." said Saegusa-sensei, "Why do you ask?"

"W-Well, I-" I was about to answer before a thought came to me.

"Wait…" I thought, "Oh, that's right! I forgot that they're mages, so they could use magecraft! If they couldn't see Tsukuda-san at the roof, that means she must've used something to make her hide her presence! That would make sense!" I then looked at the coaches and thought about telling them, before I shook it off and thought, "No, I can't bring them into this! If I bring them into it, there's no telling what'll happen to them."

"Shindou-kun?" said Saegusa-sensei worriedly.

"Ah, no, it's nothing." I said, "I was…just wondering."

"Oh, I see." said Saegusa-sensei, "Well, if you say so."

"Well, anyway!" Makidera-sensei smiled, "You should hurry and head back to class soon! Your fourth class is gonna start soon! You don't wanna be late, do you?"

"A-Ah, right." I said as I got out of bed, "Right. Uh…thanks."

I then left the nurse's office to head back to class.

---

"And this, class," said Mitsuzuri-sensei, as she was teaching, "Is how you would be…"

Everyone in the class was paying attention to what Mitsuzuri-sensei was teaching us today in class, even Minna and Saber were completely focused and were paying attention very well to what she was saying. But, me…I couldn't. I just couldn't focus on class as my thoughts were back to Tsukuda-san and what she was about to do to me. I wonder why…why would she want to kill me? And why take my Command Seals and Saber? I then thought back to what she said.

---

Flashback: before…

"Because I say so, weakling." said Tsukuda-san, "You're not fit to be called a Master, let alone be Saber's Master. A non-mage like you is unfit to be fighting in the war that he should know he can't win in. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised that you'd die the instant a Servant attacks you."

---

Now:

"Is that…true?" I thought, "Am I…really just a liability to Saber? Am I just…giving her trouble because I'm not a mage? I wonder wha-"

Suddenly, something hit me in the head, snapping me back into reality as I heard Mitsuzuri-sensei shout, "Hey, Shindou-kun!"

"Ow!" I groaned in pain, as I rubbed my head.

"Jeez, pay attention, you dweeb!" said Mitsuzuri-sensei with a serious expression on her face, "You're in the middle of class, and I'm teaching you something you'll miss out!"

"H-Huh?" I looked up before I realized and said apologetically, "O-Ohh! Uh…I-I'm…sorry."

Everyone in the class laughed and giggled at me for what I did, seeing that I was being silly, while Mitsuzuri-sensei just sighed as she held the bridge between her eyes and said, "C'mon, kid, it's bad enough that you made commotions of yourself in school, but you shouldn't be distracted in the middle of class. You should try and stay focus right now."

"Uh, yes, sensei." I said, "Sorry about that."

Mitsuzuri-sensei sighed before she nodded and said, "Just don't let what happened today get to you."

"Yes, sensei." I said.

"Good." said Mitsuzuri-sensei, before she went back up and resumed her lecturing, making everyone get back to paying attention, "Now, as I was saying…"

I sighed to myself before I slapped both sides of my face to get myself focused, and then I looked up to pay attention and went on writing to what she was teaching us.

After class was over, everyone in the class went off to go on break while a few remained in class to wait for their next subject. I stayed at my desk as I was in deep thoughts about what happened today.

"Yuzuru." someone called, making me look up to see it was Saber, as she asked me out of concern, "Is there something wrong?"

"Huh?" I said, "Oh, no, it's nothing. I was just thinking of stuff."

"Don't lie to me." said Saber, "I know what happened at the rooftop."

"H-Huh?!" I said, surprised, "Wait, you know?!"

"Of course, I do!" said Saber sternly, "We're both connected through our pact, remember?! I can feel whatever you feel, and I know you didn't call me whenever you needed me!"

"O-Oh!" I said as I remembered, "R-Right! Uh…s-sorry, I forgot."

Saber sighed, before she added, "And…I know what you're thinking. It's about you not being a mage, isn't it?"

"Well, uh…" I said while looking around, as there were a few eyes on us. I then got up from my seat and said, "Let's take this elsewhere. Come with me."

Saber realized what I meant before she nodded and then followed me to find a place that was quiet.

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We were outside where there weren't any watchful eyes around us. It was quiet, and the coast was perfectly clear.

"Okay, it's safe here." I said, "Alright, let's continue."

Saber nodded and then said, "As I was saying before, I know what you're thinking about. I felt what you felt through our pact, so I know what happened."

"Right, okay." I said.

"Though I'm glad you're not hurt, I do, however, feel concerned about your thoughts after what had transpired." said Saber, "Tell me, why are you thinking such a thing, of you not worthy of being a Master? You were chosen by the Holy Grail to fight in a battle, and you summoned me to fight alongside you as your Servant. Why are you doubting yourself?"

"Well," I said, "I…I guess it's…because maybe Tsukuda-san's right? That I'm a liability to you? Besides, I'm not a full-fledged mage. If I was, you probably wouldn't-"

"Stop!" Saber cut me off, before she said, "I understand what you're trying to say, but I will not let such trivial matter get the better of you nor me in our future battles."

"B-But-"

"No buts!" said Saber sternly, before she softens and said, "Whether you are a mage or not, you are still my Master, and as your Servant, I will do everything in my power to protect you, and I will follow you whatever your orders are. Even if no Master will believe in your abilities, I will. And besides, I told you before that you have more power than you realize, so you are not a liability to me."

"Saber…" I said.

"Just believe in yourself." said Saber with a small smile, "As I believe in you. Oh, and of course, Minna does as well."

My eyes widened at the mention of Minna. Of course, Minna! That's right. She believes in me, because of the promise I made to her, that I would be her hero someday. Yes, if Minna believes in me, and if Saber believes in me, then I…I should believe in myself, too.

I nodded and said with a smile, "Thanks, Saber. I guess I really needed that."

Saber nodded and said, "You're welcome, my Master. I'm your sword, and my strength is your strength to fight with. Never forget that."

"Yeah…" I smiled as Saber smiled back.

Suddenly, I felt something. Something…like a strong pulse.

"W-What the-?!" I said, feeling it, "W-What is this?!"

"I-I don't know…!" said Saber, feeling it as well, "But…huh?!"

"W-What?!" I said, looking at Saber, as she was looking at somewhere else.

"Yuzuru, look!" Saber pointed, making me look at where she was pointing.

What I saw was, to my shock, was the shadows of the trees moving, but not in the way the trees move when the wind blows, it was moving on its own, like it was alive, forming arms of sorts, making strange noises, and trying to reach to…our shadows!

"W-What is that?!" I shouted, shocked.

"An illusion!" Saber shouted before she began pushing me and said, "Master, run!"

Saber pushed me until I was forced to run away from the moving shadows along with her, as the shadows began to move and try to follow us. As we ran, I shouted, "What in the world's happening?!"

"It's an illusion magecraft!" Saber shouted, "Someone's trying to get to you! And there can only be one type of people who could do that!"

"Mages!" I guessed.

"And it's not just any mage!" Saber shouted, "It is a work of a Master!"

"A Master is here?!" I shouted, shocked, "But, who would-?!"

"We'll think about it later, we have to run away from it!" Saber shouted, "We can't stop to fight here, it would only draw attention to the public!"

"Uh, right!" I said as we continued running.

We kept on running until we found a building that looked like a dojo. I quickly recognized it to be the building of the disbanded kendo club, and I quickly told Saber, "In here! Quick!"

Saber nodded and followed me into the dojo. Once we were inside, we quickly shut the door and locked it, making sure those strange shadow things don't come in after us. We quickly made a barricade using a nearby drawer to hold the door, and we stayed where we were to hold the door as there were some sudden banging and beating at the door, as if trying to break in. It kept on going until finally, it stopped.

"I think it worked." I said.

Saber nodded and said, "For now, but we don't know if-!" Saber suddenly gasped.

"Huh?" I said, confused, "What's wrong?"

Out of quick reaction, Saber picked up a nearby shinai kendo sword and shouted, "GET DOWN!"

Eyes widened, I quickly ducked down as Saber swung the kendo sword in a horizontal strike before I heard she hit something, and there was a strange eerie noise. I turned around and saw that Saber took down the strange shadow that somehow came in.

"Master, stay back!" Saber pushed me to go behind her, before going in a stance.

The strange shadow stayed where it was until it suddenly desiccated, disappearing into nothing. We looked around to see that there were more of them, but then they suddenly moved away, disappearing into the shadows.

"W-What was that?!" I said, shocked and confused, "I thought you said they were illusions!"

"So, did I," said Saber, "But it would seem I was mistaken. They were no mere illusions; they were shadow familiars. Likely, foot soldiers of some kind."

"And a Master was the one who brought them here?" I asked.

"Most likely, yes." said Saber, "Although, judging by how easily they were defeated, it is likely a work of a third-rate mage."

"Third-rate mage?" I asked.

"Mages who're the weakest of the stage." Saber answered, "Mages of such rates can perform magecraft, but not in the exact same level of first-rate mages, who're more superior at performing a great feat of magecraft, such as Mirai."

"I see." I said, "Then whoever called those things must've been an amateur."

"Correct." said Saber, "Those foot soldier familiars don't do much damage when fighting alone, but they can be overwhelming if there are more of them. In other words, they're just distractions."

"I see." I said. Then, the thought of Mirai-senpai and her group came to my head, and I asked, "Speaking of Mirai-senpai, do you think she or her friends may have brought those things to us so that they could attack us?"

"No, not likely." said Saber, "Neither Mirai nor any of her subordinates are third-rate mages. In fact, I could tell that they're nearly on the same level as her, so I doubt that they'd summon familiars as weak as those shadows. Even if they did, I'd tell that they're much stronger because of the mana supplies that they give them."

"I see." I said, "Yeah, I guess you have a point."

"And besides," Saber added, "I don't sense Mirai at school today, so it is likely that she's at home and not attending school. The only magical traces I sense are three."

"Three…which means that it's Mirai-senpai's friends." I guessed, "Not just Tsukuda-san, but also Ishikawa-san and Aimi, too."

"Most likely." Saber nodded, "And if they're after you, then that means they plan to kill you in order to take away your Command Seals if you're not careful."

I looked at my bandaged arm where the Command Seals were on as I thought for a moment, before I said, "In that case, let me deal with them."

"What?!" Saber turned to look at me, "Master, you cannot be serious! Do you plan on fighting them just the way you are?!"

"It's me they're after, isn't it?" I said, "So it's only fair that I should take them on myself."

"Yuzuru, do not be ridiculous!" said Saber sternly, "You're not even a mage, and you can't fight against them three-on-one! Plus, I can tell you have no experience in fighting whatsoever, let alone against mages, or even Servants! If they're after you, then I should be the one to fight against them!"

"No!" I said back sternly, silencing Saber, before I sighed and said, "It's me they want, so I should be the one that should go against them, even if I don't have any capability as a fighter. Besides, even if they're top-rate mages, they're still humans, and you're a Servant, so you'll only end up killing them. I don't want that to happen. I know that this is the Holy Grail War, but…killing them would be wrong."

Saber looked at me for a moment, before she sighed and said, "You have a point, but still…"

"Don't worry, I'll try to manage." I said, with a reassuring smile, "Plus…" I went over to the basket filled with kendo swords, before picking up two of them and said, "…and I might be going crazy, but to be honest, I'm…actually pretty excited about this. I'd like to try challenging them."

Saber looked at me with wide eyes, as if she was surprised at seeing another side of me, before she smiled and said, "Very well, then. If you insist, I won't interfere. But, what shall I do while you keep them busy?"

I turned to Saber and said, "Well, aside from those three who's likely gonna come to kill me, there's this third-rate mage who's likely a Master. And, if a Master is here…"

"Then a Servant will most likely be here as well." Saber guessed.

"Yup, good guess." I said, "And I know Masters and Servants don't attack people in the middle of the day, especially in public. But, just in case they do, I want you to stay with Minna and protect her from any sort of danger for me. Take her back home and keep her safe until I get back to you."

"I see." said Saber, "You're worried that if anyone tries to get to her, they'll get to you as well."

"Yeah." I nodded, "Besides, she's my responsibility, so keeping an eye on her is my top priority. Plus, I wanna make sure Minna is kept safe from all this. I don't want her to get involved and get hurt, or worse."

Saber placed a hand on my shoulder and said with a small smile, "You really do care for her, don't you, Master?"

"Yeah." I said, "I do. More than anything, I do. Besides, I have a promise to keep, even if it kills me."

Saber looked at me for a moment, before she sighed and said with a small smile, "I will do as you ask. Just…do not die on my account, nor hers. Remember, if you die, I will be gone as well, so be careful."

I nodded and said, "Don't worry, I will. I'll try not to die."

I then found a big black bag, big enough to put in all of the kendo swords and to carry in with, before I went to pick it up, and then went to the other kendo swords in the baskets to put them in, to ready myself.

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Evening already came by, and just about almost everyone has left the classroom, as school was already over. Most of the students decided to leave school to head home, some of them decided to stay for a few things they need to do for their clubs before they decided to go home as well. I was in my classroom, with my black bag filled with all the kendo swords I could find, packing up some school things with Saber when someone outside called me.

"Yuzu-kun!" someone called at the doorway, and I looked to see that it was Minna, who was smiling and waving at me.

Saber and I looked at each other and nodded before we picked up our carried belongings and turned to walk towards where Minna was at. As soon as we came over to her, she came to me and hugged me for a bit, before she looked at me and said with a happy smile, "Yuzu-kun, let's go home together! I wanna walk home with you!"

I smiled sadly and said, "Um…sorry, Minna, I don't think I can today."

"O-Oh, really?" Minna frowned a bit, "Why not?"

"Uh…well, uh…" I tried to explain, "You see-"

"Someone from another class called him and said that they needed help on something." Saber said for me, "So, Yuzuru will be staying at school for a little longer to be an extra hand before he leaves."

"Oh, really?" said Minna, surprised, "You're gonna help someone today?"

"Uh, yeah." I said, "They said they just needed help on some few things, that's all. As soon as I'm done, I'll come back home. I asked Elaina to help show you where my place is so that I wouldn't worry about you getting lost."

"Oh, I see!" Minna smiled, "Well, okay! Since it's Elaina who'll help show me your place, I don't mind. Just be home soon, okay?" She then went up to kiss me on the cheek, before she stepped back and said with a smile, "Well, bye, Yuzu-kun! I'll see you home soon!" She then went off to leave school as she giggled along.

I looked at Saber before I signaled her to go with her, and she nodded to my signal before she went off to go catch up and go home with Minna. I then looked outside the window to see that Minna was walking to the school gate along with Saber, before stopping to see that Yukitsuki-san was calling to them as she went up to them. They stayed and talked for a bit before they looked like they decided to walk back home together. Then, they went out of the school gate, leaving the school ground before turning to walk towards home.

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Assassin's POV:

I was hiding within the shadows as I watched from within the top of the trees with the scope of my sniper to see that Saber, the redheaded girl, and the kid's lady friend were already leaving the school ground, before I contacted my Master telepathically and said, "It looks like the kid left Saber to watch over his lady friend for a while, while he stays to deal with our friends."

"I see." said Mirai telepathically, "So he intends to fight them on his own, and with her gone in Saber's protection, he has little to worry about. Yes, that's just quite like him."

"Should I go and engage Saber in a fight before I kidnap the girl, putting the kid at a disadvantage?" I asked.

I heard her chuckling and she said telepathically, "No, let's not do that. We're here to test the boy, not to pressure him. If he so chooses to leave Saber to care for them, leave them be. Besides, that girl has nothing to do with the Holy Grail War nor the mage world, so we should leave her alone. If we did bring her into this, it'll only make things difficult for him, not just for us."

"I see." I said, "Yes, that sounds like a fair point."

"Remain where you are for now." said Mirai telepathically, "You are to be the eyes and ears for this to see how he progress in his test. If anything happens, let me know at once."

"Very well." I said, "I'll do as you wish."

"Good." said Mirai telepathically, "Keep an eye on things for me, Assassin. If anything goes wrong, let me know."

"Understood." I said before we cut our connection, and I looked through the scope of my sniper to see the kid watching through the school windows. I gave out a grin as I said, "Now then, let's see what you can do, Little Novice of a Master."

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Yuzuru's POV:

As soon as they were gone from my sight, I sighed and said, "I know you're out there. You can come on out, now!"

As soon as I said that, I heard some footsteps that were coming from the stairs before they stopped as a figure appeared from the stairs and turned to face me. I turned around to see who it was and saw that it was none other than Aimi Shimizu, who was standing as an elegant maid she was, both hands held in front of her, and with a smile on her face.

"Aimi…" I said.

"Why, good evening, Shindou-sama." Aimi smiled as she greeted with a bow, "I see you're looking wonderful today. Ah, and I see that you're all by yourself this evening."

"Yeah." I said, "I left Saber to watch over Minna to make sure she's kept safe, away from the fighting area as possible. And with all the people around here in school ground gone, that just leaves me to worry about you guys; you and your two friends."

"I see." said Aimi, "So, you chose to have your Servant's care and protection be in for another rather than your own. That would mean you intend to fight us on your own instead of having to use Saber to fight for you."

"That's right." I said as I drew out a kendo sword from my bag, "It's just me and you three here. No one needs to get involved in this, not even Minna. Besides, she's my responsibility, and if she stays here, she'll only get herself hurt, or worse, and I don't want that to happen. That's why I left Saber to be with her, to protect her for me."

Aimi giggled and said, "How very brave and noble of you, Shindou-sama. But, also quite foolish. You're not a full-fledged mage, and you have very little to no fighting experience. You've only managed to learn about the mage world in merely one night while being a Master. We, on the other hand, have been in and experienced the mage world for years during our apprenticeship. Do you really think you truly have a chance against us, Mr. Non-magus-sama?"

"I might not be a mage," I said, "But that doesn't mean I'm gonna back down easily. And you're right, I don't have any fighting experience, so I might not be able to beat you in a fight, but that doesn't mean I can't at least try to. If I want to live to uphold the promise I made to Minna, then I have to fight in order to do so." I sighed before I added, "Besides, I'm pretty excited about doing this. No way I'm gonna step away from a challenge like this."

"I see." said Aimi, before she sighed and said with a sad smile, "What a shame. Unlike Sayaka and Hiroko, I have no intention of killing you. I was only wishing that I could end this battle peacefully without having the need to kill you. And, I was hoping that you would give away your Command Seals peacefully without having the need to fight against us. But, I suppose that's not an option for you, is it, Shindou-sama?"

"That's right." I said, "I'm not gonna give away my Command Seals that easily, even if you're doing so in a peaceful method. Besides, if I gave away my Command Seals to someone else, I'd feel like I'd only end up betraying Saber. I don't want that. Plus, I'd imagine Saber would try to kill me if she ended up in another's hand."

"Hmm, quite understandable, I suppose." Aimi nodded to my statement. She then drew out her two machetes and said, "Very well then, Shindou-sama. I didn't want to do this to you, truly I didn't…but, since you left me with no choice, we'll have it your way."

I positioned myself in a fighting stance with my sword in front of me, as I gave out a determined look and said, "Come and get me, then."

Aimi gave out a small smile before going into her own fighting stance. We stood where we were for a moment, neither one of us making any first moves yet as the light from the sunset was slowly shining through the windows, letting some time pass slowly. Then, without missing a beat, Aimi made the first move by quickly dashing forward and moving with an incredible speed, surprising me for a moment, as Aimi was already in front of me while everything around us went into slow motion.

"Whoa!" I thought, "She's fast!"

Then, Aimi quickly went for the first strike, right to my left side. I quickly reacted and then blocked it in time before her blade could make contact with my side. With incredible speed, she quickly used her other machete from her other hand to aim for my head, before I quickly pushed her machete away to block the other one. She then went again to aim for another area before I quickly blocked it, and then again, and again. She was attacking me with an incredible speed that I almost couldn't even predict her movements, putting me only on the defenses.

"She's not just fast!" I thought as I continued blocking her attacks, "She's also pretty strong! I can tell just from the amount of force she's using from the hits she's making!"

"What's the matter, Shindou-sama?!" Aimi shouted while she continued attacking, "Can you not land a scratch on me?!"

She then went for the upper strike with both machetes, before I quickly blocked it from above. But the force from her strike she was making was strong, putting me into a struggle to hold on and push back. I looked in front of me to see that Aimi was about to kick me with her left, but I quickly countered with my right kick and pushed her back with it, forcing her to step back and move away from her machetes as I swung at her. Aimi jumped back and did a backflip before drawing out her throwing knives from her leg straps and then threw them at me.

"WHOA!" I shouted as I reacted quickly and dodged her attacks coming at me, making them only manage to hit either the floor or the nearby walls.

Aimi landed on the ground before drawing out more throwing knives and began throwing them at me one by one, making me quickly dodge them with each knife thrown at me, before I quickly blocked the one that was coming at my face, and I began to quickly run away.

"You can run, Shindou-sama!" Aimi shouted as she began to follow suit, "But you can't hide!"

I kept on running away as fast as I can, before stopping myself and quickly moved to go through the stairs to get downstairs, running to get to the first floor of the school building. I looked at the kendo sword that I had in my hand to only see that it was already too damaged to even use for fighting anymore. I quickly turned around and threw the damaged sword at Aimi to distract her, only for her to easily knock it away and kept on pursuing me. I turned back around and kept running as soon as I brought out my next kendo sword, before I then moved into the classroom and shut both the doors tightly, and quickly placed two swords from my bag to lock the doors before quickly making a barricade. I stepped back from the door as I heard some banging outside of both the doors and then some slight movements as if struggling to open the doors. Then, it stopped.

"Okay…" I sighed, stoping and taking it easy for a bit, "That should hold…"

Suddenly, I heard some explosions that were being made outside, and while it was faint, I could hear outside that Aimi was chanting something.

"Oh, crap!" I said, stepping back from the doors, "Is she chanting some spells?!"

I quickly turned to the windows before looking back at the doors, seeing that they looked as if they were going to break down anytime soon.

"Dammit, no choice!" I shouted, "Better now than never!"

I then quickly turned to the windows before I immediately began running up to them and then jumped through them, instantly breaking through the windows with full force before the explosion was made behind me, hinting that Aimi has broken through the doors and barricades, and I got outside of the school before I quickly began to run away to my right.

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Aimi's POV:

As soon as the smoke had cleared out within the room, I quickly ran in with my machetes to see if Shindou-sama was inside, only to see that he was not in here and that the windows were completely broken.

"Damn…!" I cursed, "He must've gotten through the windows and escaped!"

I then quickly went out of the classroom to go and search for him through a different route.

"The others will probably go after him!" I thought, "But hopefully I'll get to him before any of them do!"

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Yuzuru's POV:

I kept running away as fast as I could away from Aimi, who most likely will come after me, until I quickly hid around the corner to stop and take a breather. Man, that was close. I stayed where I was for a bit, before I took a quick peek out of the corner to look, only to see that no one was there. I moved back with my back against the wall to again take some breather.

"Okay…" I whispered, "Okay…relax…you got this…"

I then went to take another peek out of the corner to look behind me, but…to my shock, someone was there, before I quickly recognized this person to be Ishikawa-san, leaning her back against the wall, with her sword in her hand.

She turned her head to face me and said stoically, "Playing hide and seek somewhere?"

"C-Crap!" I shouted, as I quickly stepped away from her before I quickly got into my stance with my kendo sword.

Ishikawa-san got off the wall to turn and face me before she then slowly began to draw out her sword from her sheath. Once she drew her sword out from her sheath completely, she readied herself in a stance to strike, before she said, "Now, prepare to die."

With one quick motion, she moved to deliver a strike, before I quickly parried on time to deflect her strike, only to see that my sword was suddenly caught on fire.

"WHOO!" I screamed, as I threw the burning sword away before it could make contact with my hands, away at Ishikawa-san, who simply cut the sword in half.

I tried to figure out what caused it before looking at Ishikawa-san's sword, and I saw that her blade was on fire, but the blade itself wasn't being burned from it. Oh, I see now. She must've enchanted a spell to make a fire sword! This is bad! My kendo swords won't work on her sword! I gotta think, what else can I use against this?!

"Is that the best you can do?" said Ishikawa-san, readying herself to strike, "Give it up now, and hand over the Command Seals, and I promise to make your death as painless as possible."

I gritted my teeth before I shouted with a determined face, "Never!"

"Then you leave me no choice." said Ishikawa-san, before she chanted in German, "Stahl ist stark. Die Klinge ist scharf. Feuer brennt alles (Steel is strong. The blade is sharp. Fire burns all)." Just as she chanted those words, the fire on her blade became much larger than before, and strange greenish-blue lines began to appear on the blade of her sword, before she shouted her final chant in German, "Verbrennt meine Feinde ... IN DIE TIEFE DER BRENNENDE HÖLLE (Burn down my enemies...INTO THE DEPTHS OF BURNING HELL)!"

My eyes widened as she raised her sword above her head to strike, and just before she could land her first blow, I reacted quickly and dodged just in time before she could strike me down. I looked to see what damage she did, and to my shock, she created a burnt crater of her sword strike, so far and wide that it went all the way to the nearby tree, which was now caught on fire.

"Oh, man…!" I said, still shocked, "That was one ugly strike…!" I then quickly looked back to see that Ishikawa-san wasn't done yet, as she dismissed her fire from her blade while walking towards me.

"Stärke meine Klinge (Strengthen, my blade)." she chanted, as her sword began to glow with the strange greenish-blue lines from before.

"W-What is that…?" I said as I got up from the ground, before pulling out another kendo sword.

"These lines that you see here are called Magic Circuits." Ishikawa-san explained, "They are a pseudo-nervous system that spreads itself through the human body and what qualifies a person to be a mage. Their normal functions are to act as paths that convert Life Force into magical energy, but human mages learned how to control it and use it to perform mysteries. They are that which connects the material world to the astral plane, the paths which connect to the foundations underlying Grand Rituals. They are the pipelines that convert magical energy and transmit that energy from the magus to the system."

"Wait…!" I said, "Does that mean…!"

"Yes." said Ishikawa-san, "They are what stores our mana, and what helps us perform great feat of magecraft, just as I have done."

She then went for a stabbing strike, aiming for my head, before I quickly blocked it. But then I heard an instant break, and my kendo sword was broken into pieces. Seeing what she did shocked me, seeing as her sword had easily cut through my kendo sword.

"N-No way…!" I said, shocked, "W-What did you-?!"

"What I did was enhance my blade." said Ishikawa-san, "I strengthened the blade to make it stronger, sharper, and much more powerful to cut through anything. In other words, my sword is powerful enough to kill you."

Still shocked by what happened, I stepped back, trying to gain some distance away from her as much as possible. I quickly looked inside my bag to see that I only had six more kendo swords left. It's still enough for me, but I'm still at a disadvantage. What do I do?

"Give it up." said Ishikawa-san, "It's over for you. You have no chance."

"No way!" I said, as I drew out two kendo swords, "I'm not running away! And I'm not giving up my Command Seals!"

"Do you honestly think you have a chance against us?" said Ishikawa-san, "You're outnumbered and outclassed. You can hardly call yourself a fighter if you just stand around like a fool."

"Yes, Shindou-sama." I heard behind me, and I turned to see that Aimi had just arrived with her two machetes, "You should just give in and give us the Command Seals peacefully. Make it easy on yourself, and we may let you go."

Oh, great! I'm surrounded! Now what?!

Ishikawa-san and Aimi went into their stances, ready to strike me down where I stand. This is not good!

"It's over." said Ishikawa-san, "You're finished."

"No!" I shouted, as I aimed both my swords on two sides, "I'm not giving up!"

"You'll die if you don't give in now." said Aimi, "Make it easy on yourself."

"I'm not giving up!" I shouted, "I'll never quit, even if it kills me!"

"This is your last chance!" said Ishikawa-san, readying to attack, "Give up, now!"

"Give in, Shindou-sama." said Aimi, also readying to attack, "Or perish."

I gritted my teeth in anger and gripped both my swords in both my hands tightly. No way…there is NO WAY in hell, I'm ever giving up! I…I have…I have…I have to…I have to live! I have to live…to protect Minna!

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Flashback:

"I'll be your hero." I vowed to Minna that day, as the moon continued to shine down upon us in the night, "I'll become a hero who will protect you, Minna."

I smiled at Minna as I raised my pinkie finger and interlocked it with hers, tightened the lock of the pinkie promise, as I promised her, "Just leave it to me. Someday, you'll be in good hands! I promise I'll do my best…to be your hero!"

Hearing me vow my promise to her, Minna smiled brightly as she nodded and said happily, "Yeah! I know you will!"

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Now:

That's right! I made that promise to Minna! And I have to live so that I can protect her! I have to…keep living! I have to live…I…I…I…!

Everything went into slow motion, as Ishikawa-san and Aimi both charged up at me and were both about to strike me down.

No…I won't die here! I have…I have…I…! I HAVE TO FIGHT!

Then suddenly, something inside me shot up to me, as if some strange power was coming and surging into my own body, making me scream out in pain. I quickly looked at both my sides, as Aimi and Ishikawa-san were getting close. Whatever it is inside me, it's giving me power! If that's the case I…I…I HAVE TO USE IT TO FIGHT!

I screamed out loud, as I let this strange energy surge through me, as the strange lines, the same lines that I saw from Ishikawa-san, began to appear in my arms, before flowing through to go to my kendo swords. Then, with a final scream, I used this power to block both sides of the attacks.

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Hiroko's POV:

Me and Aimi attacked him from both sides before he suddenly blocked them. But, this…something was different about this block. And then, I saw the swords and his arms had…no way…Magic Circuits?!

"What?!" I shouted, shocked at what I was seeing. No way…that's…!

He then looked at us with an angry yet determined look, before he began screaming out in sheer fury, and then, with full and powerful force, he twisted and twirled around in a circle, forcefully pushing us away.

We stood our ground as we were pushed away from him before I looked up at him and said in complete shock, "…Impossible…!"

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Aimi's POV:

I was pushed away at a distance before I looked at Shindou-sama and what was happening, and I was completely shocked and amazed at what I was seeing.

"No way…I...I don't…believe it…!" I thought, shocked, "Shindou-sama…he has unlocked…his Magic Circuits…!"

What I was seeing, it was utterly shocking to see what was happening to him and amazing to see what Shindou-sama has accomplished. I just…couldn't help but look in awe from what I was seeing.

Could it mean that…Mirai Ojou-sama was right about him…?

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Yuzuru's POV:

I didn't know what was going on, or what was happening to me right now. All I know is that…I was feeling both pain and numbness from both my arms as if something had just happened seconds ago, and it…it somehow made me stronger all of a sudden. I looked to see what was going on, and, to my complete shock, my arms were…they were glowing…with those greenish-blue lines, just like the one from Ishikawa-san! And from my arms, the kendo swords were glowing with those lines as well!

"No way…!" I said, shocked, looking at my arms, "What's…happening…? Is this…my Magic Circuits?!"

Amazing…! So, this is what it looks like…!

I then heard Ishikawa-san shout, "Don't think you have the advantage, just because you've unlocked your Magic Circuits!"

I quickly turned to see that she was charging towards me, ready to strike me down, before I reacted quickly and blocked her. She then went for another quick strike at an incredible speed, but I somehow quickly blocked it with matching speed, and then suddenly I began blocking all of her attacks, matching her speed and power somehow. I don't know what's happening, or how I'm doing this, but this is incredible!

Suddenly, I was now on the offense, clashing against her sword with both of mine, until we stopped as we clashed and pushed our swords against each other.

"I-Impossible…!" Ishikawa-san gritted her teeth, as she tried to push harder against me, "H-How…how in the world did you get so strong all of the sudden?!"

"T-To be honest, I don't know!" I said, pushing just as hard as she was, "But I know this, there's no way…I'm gonna lose here, and DIE TODAY!"

As I gave out a powerful yell, and with a strong and powerful force, I pushed away Ishikawa-san and then went for a strike. With a strong swing, I used one sword to knock her sword away, before I went with a quick speed for a straight strike into her stomach, making her gasp and cough for air, before the incredible force of the strike instantly pushed and knocked her far away, all the way up to another building, breaking the walls she ran into, and knocking her out.

"W-Whoa…!" I said, stunned by what I just did, "Did I…really just do that?! I-Augh! Agh, my arms…! Ergh…!"

Suddenly, I was feeling pain in both my arms. It was…so painful…! Ugh, dammit! It must be because I'm not used to this feeling yet…! It's…causing my arms…to go…AAAAAHHH!

"It would seem that you're not used to the Magic Circuits, yet." I heard Aimi said, as she was walking towards me, readying her machetes, "Then, while you're still in pain, I can finish you off where you stand."

I turned around to face Aimi while still feeling the pain in both my arms, as she was slowly while surely approaching me while chanting in German, "Stahlhart. Blitzschnell. Scharf wie Schwerter. Alles ist strafbar durch Gott des Todes (Hard as steel. Swift as lightning. Sharp as swords. All is punishable by God of Death)!" Then, her machetes began to have glowing Magic Circuits, lines appearing onto the blades themselves as a sign that they were enhanced, as she said, "While I truly praise for your efforts, Shindou-sama, I'm afraid all of that has been in vain. You will now die here, and I will be taking away your Command Seals. Saber will be under our control now. That is…if you willfully surrender them now. If so, I may spare you."

While it was still painful for my arms, I chuckled and said, "Thanks, but…I'm not surrendering, nor am I dying here today…! Because death…is NOT MY TYPE!"

With a yell, I enhanced my swords again, as Magic Circuits began to glow from my arms into the swords again before I charged at Aimi to attack her.

Aimi swiftly blocked the incoming attacks from both sides of my swords and warned, "Do not do this, Shindou-sama! If you keep doing this, you'll only end up straining yourself! Just give in now, before it's too late!"

"No way!" I shouted, "Never!"

I quickly stepped away from Aimi as far as possible, and…out of nowhere, suddenly, I knew how to fight. I went up and took a swing at Aimi with my sword in my left hand, aiming for her upper right side, before she quickly blocked it with her machete in her left arm and used her other arm to strike me, only for me to parry that with my sword in my right arm. I then stepped back again before quickly going for a straight strike with the sword on my right, but Aimi reacted in time and blocked it with both machetes, and I went with my other sword to strike her head before she quickly dodged it and pushed my sword on my right side away, stepping back before she went to strike me next. We then began clashing our blades while moving at incredible speeds, trying to aim and hit one another while blocking and dodging from each other's attacks but were at a complete standstill. We kept on going and going until eventually, we clashed both our blades together and stood where we were, pushing against each other's weapons, until I pushed hard enough for me to knock her two machetes up in the air, and then kicked her in the stomach with full force, pushing and knocking her down to the ground, before her machetes stabbed the ground, landing next to her.

Before Aimi could pick up her weapons, she looked up at me and saw that I had my kendo sword pointed at her face, before she sighed and asked with a sad smile, "Well, Shindou-sama, will you…finish me off here, just as we were going to do to you?"

I looked at her for a moment, while still pointing my sword at her, before I sighed and said, "No, I won't do that." I lowered my weapon and added, "Just because you were planning on killing me, doesn't mean I should kill you. I don't kill people, and I won't do that, just because it's the Holy Grail War, because it wouldn't be right…to kill another human being, even if they're mages. And…I know that you're all good and honest people, so you're not worth killing off. I won't do such things to you." I then smiled and joked, "And besides, it's not like I can kill you with these sticks! These things don't even stab people hard enough for them to die on!"

Aimi looked at me in surprise for a moment, before she giggled and said with a smile, "My, you're quite the joker, aren't you?"

"I just thought I'd lighten the mood, that's all." I said, "And besides, I'm not done yet. I'm sure Tsukuda-san's next to come after me. Anyway, you and Ishikawa-san can rest and take it easy, while I go deal with her next."

Aimi looked at me for a moment, before she smiled and said, "You truly are a kind person, Shindou-sama. Thank you."

"That's just who I am." I smiled back before I took out my school blazer and gave it to her to cover herself and said, "I'll be going now."

Then, I turned around and leave to find Tsukuda-san, leaving Aimi and Ishikawa-san behind.

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Assassin's POV:

I looked through the scope of my sniper as I had just witnessed the fight between the kid and our two friends, all the way until its conclusion.

"Well, I'll be damned." I said, "I gotta say, I'm actually quite impressed. He actually beat them with flying colors. Heh. Who knew the kid had it in him?"

"Are you surprised?" Mirai asked telepathically.

"Well, that's what I'd like to say," I said, "But, considering that you can predict what will happen, I guess I can't say I am."

I heard my Master chuckle before she asked, "So, Assassin, what do you think? Do you think he passes the test?"

"Well, if he can beat your blonde friend, then yeah, I'd say he passed on this one." I said, "Besides, it's like you said about him, the kid's got potential, even for a normal guy."

"Yes, he most certainly does." said Mirai telepathically, "And, no doubt, if he joins us, and within just a month or so, he will become a fine strong man and a powerful mage like us. With him on our side, we'll have a high chance of winning the Holy Grail War."

"Hmph." I smirked, "I hope so, as well, Master."

I looked at my scope again and thought, "Still, can he really pull things off without having the need to kill anyone? That could be the problem…even for him."

Suddenly, I saw something quickly move past the sight of my scope, as if something suddenly moved, alerting me.

"Huh?!" I said, alerted, "What was that?!"

"Hmm?" said Mirai telepathically, confused, "What was what? Assassin, what is it? What's wrong?"

I looked at my scope again to make sure what I was seeing was right, before I said, "Hmmm…I thought I saw something. It was…faint, but I thought I saw what looked like a bug."

"A bug?" said Mirai telepathically, confused.

"Yeah." I said, glaring through my scope, "And it didn't look like any other bug. I don't like where this is going."

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Yuzuru's POV:

I threw away my two kendo swords since they were now in cuts and worn out from the fight, while I walked around holding onto my arms that were in complete pain and numbness. Damn, Aimi was right…I'm gonna keep straining myself if I keep up with this! But…I can't give up now! There's still Tsukuda-san left, and she's here somewhere, I can feel it!

I went to my bag to look and see inside and saw that I only had four left, less than what I originally had before from the beginning. Well, it's still enough, but I gotta be careful on saving them. Who knows what might come next for me.

Suddenly, I felt like someone was watching me from above and behind, and I turned around looked up, and immediately, I saw Tsukuda-san at the rooftop, watching me from the fence with a serious expression. She then began moving her mouth as if chanting something, before she pulls out her handgun and aimed straight at me, and then, with a final chant, she pulled the trigger and fired her shot.

Eyes widened, as the bullet she fired was actually as big as a basketball, I quickly drew out one kendo sword and shouted, "ENHANCE!"

With my enhanced sword, I swung and hit the blast out of defense, before the blast exploded in contact, destroying my sword in the process, and sending me flying until I landed on the ground away from where I once stood. After that, I slowly moved while struggling to get up, before I finally got myself on my feet.

I looked at my damaged kendo sword that was now only a handle with the top burnt, and I cursed, "Shit…!"

I quickly threw it away before I drew out two more and I said, "Enhance!" With that, Magic Circuits appeared on two of my swords, hinting that gave them enhancement, and I readied myself.

Then suddenly, a cable pole appeared out of nowhere, and it was falling towards me with electrical wires. I panicked and quickly dodged the falling cable pole before preparing to face the wires that were being lashed out like whips.

"Where the hell did that come from?!" I shouted before I quickly blocked the incoming cable wire. The hit from those lashing out cable wires was sending out a surge of electrocution, sending out shocks towards me through my swords. But despite that, I held on as much as I could, before I swung at the incoming wire, hitting it and knocking it away, before more came lashing out and I had to defend, only for me to be knocked back and I landed on the ground. I turned to see that the electrical wires were still lashing out like crazy.

"This is bad…!" I said, "I got to-Gaugh!"

Suddenly, I was hit and splashed by a water balloon that suddenly came out of nowhere, before more appeared and started splashing everywhere, landing onto the cable wires that were on the ground as it was creating more electricity.

"Wait…!" I thought, as I recognized the feeling of this water and the sudden taste of it, "Is this…salt water?! That conducts electricity way more easily than before!" I then saw more water balloons aiming at me, before I quickly ran, away from the saltwater balloons that had landed on the cables, creating more electricity, while fighting my way through the lashing out cable wires.

Dammit, I gotta do something! But, what?! C'mon, think!

I then stopped for a minute as I saw what looked like the power source for those electrical cables on the cable pole. Then, an idea hit me, before I looked at my two kendo swords and thought, "Well, it's now or never!"

As I brought both my arms back to throw my two swords, I screamed out, "HERE GOES NOTHING!" And with all my strength, I threw both my kendo swords real hard, aiming towards the source of the electricity. Then, the two swords stabbed the source, before it exploded, putting an end to the electricity power, and stopping the cable wires from lashing out as they lost power and laid down on the ground.

I sighed of relief, glad that it was over before I winched at the pain in both my arms. Damn…I might've thrown too hard! Since I was still hurting, I went off running to find someplace where I could hide and rest.

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I ran inside the building of the school before I quickly went inside my classroom and stopped as I rest my back against the wall, panting while trying to get some air in from running before I quickly looked into my bag to see that…oh, man. I only had one kendo sword left. With that, I threw my bag away and held onto my last sword, resting while readying myself to fight again. My arms still hurt, but…I'll try to manage.

Suddenly, I felt someone was here, and I quickly got up and pointed my sword at someone, and sure enough, that person who was here was none other than Tsukuda-san, who was pointing her gun at me as I was pointing my sword at her. We stood where we were, our weapons pointed at one another, without one or the other moving an inch of our bodies.

She smirked and said, "End of the line for you."

"No…" I panted, "It's not over for me…"

We then began walking to the side, before moving around in circles, weapons still pointed at each other, before she said, "Are you sure about that? With just one push of a trigger, I could easily finish you with just one shot."

"Not if I could get to you first." I said, "With just one swing, I could knock your weapon away and then knock you out quickly, then I'll win."

"Don't be stupid." Tsukuda-san smirked, "I still have one more handgun on me, so even if you knock my gun away from my hand, I could quickly pull out my other one and finish you."

I gritted my teeth after hearing her say that. Dammit, I'm at a disadvantage! But…there's no way I…

"C'mon." she smirked, "You of all people know better than anyone how powerful mages like us truly are. So, why don't you just give up the fight and die already?"

"No way." I said, "Because that's the one thing I'll never do. I have to fight for me to live for someone. So, I'll keep on fighting, even to my last breath, and even if it's the last thing I'll ever do!"

"Hmph." said Tsukuda-san, "Then, I guess this is over."

I could tell what she was about to do, but I didn't close my eyes and wait for the inevitable. Instead, I kept my eyes opened, and looked at her with a determined look on my face, to show her that I'll face what she'll give me. Then, she pulled the trigger. But…to my confusion, all I heard was a click.

Wait…a click?

Tsukuda-san smirked before she unloaded her magazine, which to my surprise, was actually empty, as she then reloaded her gun with bullets, and then twirled her gun a bit before putting her gun away into her holster and said, "You've passed the test."

"H-Huh?" I said, confused, "T-Test? What're you talking about?"

"Exactly what I mean," said Tsukuda-san, "We were testing you, to see if you were truly worthy of fighting in the Grail War and being Saber's Master."

"Yes." said Ishikawa-san, as she appeared from the corner, "What we did was to see how strong your will to fight and to live was. In other words, while you were indeed fighting us, you were, however, fighting for your life."

"And you've proven that your will to fight and to live, was truly strong and admirable." said Aimi, as she came over from the door before she went to my arms and said, "Allow me to check your arms. You've been straining yourself, so I shall be healing them for you."

"Oh, uh…okay." I said as I allowed Aimi to treat my arms.

Aimi placed her hands on my right arm and began chanting in German, "Heile alle Schmerzen. Stoppen Sie alle Belastungen. Heile alles, was Schmerzen und Beschwerden bringt (Heal all pain. Cease all strains. Cure all that brings hurt and discomforts)." And her hands began to glow as a strange, yet soothing energy was flowing from her to me before she said her final chant, "Stelle alles wieder her, was gebrochen ist, meine Götter der Heilung (Restore all that has broken, my Gods of Healing)." After that, her hands stopped glowing as she asked, "How's your right arm now, good sir? You should be able to move it without restraints now."

I checked my right arm for a minute, and surprisingly and sure enough, my right arm can finally move without problem, as I said, amazed, "Whoa…that's amazing!" I then looked at Aimi and said, "Yeah, no problem at all, thank you. How'd you do that?"

"I am an excellent healer, Shindou-sama." Aimi smiled, "It's one of my natural strong talents as a mage. Now, I shall do the same for the other."

"Ah, okay." I said, "Thanks."

Aimi nodded with a smile before going for my other arm.

I looked at Tsukuda-san as she said, "Just so you know, now that you've passed the test, we've decided not to kill you."

"R-Really?" I asked.

"You've managed to defeat Hiroko and Aimi and managed to escape me and dodge my trap I set up for you." said Tsukuda-san, "And you managed to unlock your Magic Circuits in just one day of fighting against us. I guess that makes you special."

"I only managed to escape because the coaches were there." I said, "And I only managed to unlock my Magic Circuits because of my thoughts of Minna."

"True." she nodded to that, "But I think that's your hidden talent, though. I think you were born fairly under a lucky star, so I think your luck is fairly good. Not exactly super lucky, but at least carefully lucky enough for you to survive. And that means you have something we need."

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"We want you and Saber to join forces with us." Tsukuda-san answered, "Join us, and we'll make a perfect team."

"Huh?" I said before I realized what she meant, and asked, "You mean you want me to team up with you guys, after what you did to try to kill me? Who's idea was it?"

"Lady Mirai's orders." Aimi answered after she was done healing, "To test you to see if you're worth having to join forces with us, and to see if you're worth fighting alongside with."

"I see." I said, "And if I failed, you'd kill me."

"Correct." said Ishikawa-san, "We needed to make sure if you were truly worth being a Master or not. And, to your luck, you were worth it. Otherwise, we would've killed you and taken Saber away."

"Besides, we needed an extra partner." Tsukuda-san smiled, "Oh, and by the way, if you choose not to accept our invitation of joining forces with us, the other Masters and Servants will come after you and take you. Who knows, they may even come after the love of your life. Minna, was it?"

I gasped as she mentioned that, and the thought of Minna being kidnapped by them came into me. Just…the thought of it made me…I'm scared for her life.

"Well?" said Tsukuda-san, "Is that what you want? What choice do you have? You can't get away from them by yourself unless you and Saber fight."

I hesitated to speak for a moment, before I looked up and said, "I'll find a way. If that happens, I'll protect Minna, even if I have to do it by myself without Saber. So, no, I don't need your help, and I won't accept your alliance."

"Is that so?" said Tsukuda-san, "Well, you're even more stubborn than I thought you'd be."

"Sorry, but I can't trust you guys." I said, "Especially not after what you tried to do. Besides, I have to protect Minna by myself, because I made a promise to her that I would."

"Hmph." said Tsukuda-san, as she began to leave to the door, "Fine, suit yourself. Try it for yourself and see what happens." She then opened the door and said while she exited the door, "Then you'll be sorry."

Ishikawa-san sighed and said, "How disappointing. And here I thought you would be useful to us for our cause, but you're just a complete sentimental fool." She then went out to follow Tsukuda-san and said while exiting, "You'll regret making that decision."

Aimi handed me back my blazer that I gave her as she said with a smile, "Please, do not let it get to you, Shindou-sama. Unlike those two, I fully and wholeheartedly understand your reasoning and I respect your decision. I assure you, that I accept your answer, and I'm sure that they will as well." Aimi then bowed to me before she went to the door and said with a smile as she exited, "Fare thee well, Shindou-sama. I do pray that you'll succeed within the Holy Grail War."

Then, they were gone from my sight, leaving me alone in the classroom. As soon as they were gone, I sighed in relief, relieved that it was all over. Or…so I thought. I suddenly began to hear fast footsteps as it was getting closer back. Huh. I wonder who-?

The door slammed open as Tsukuda-san quickly broke in and pointed her gun at me as she shouted as if panicking, "I CAN'T DO THIS! I CHANGE MY MIND! I AM COMPLETELY OUT OF LUCK! I HAVE TERRIBLE LUCK! I HAVE THE WORST LUCK OF ANYONE WHOEVER LIVED IN THIS ENTIRE WORLD!" She then pointed further as she shouted, "IN FACT, I NEED A GOOD LUCK CHARM!"

"W-WHAT?!" I shouted, stepping back. I looked outside the door to see that Aimi was making gestures as if apologizing as if saying she can't help me on this one, while Ishikawa-san just stood there with her arms crossed while shaking her head as if this wasn't the first time this was happening.

"YOU WILL BE OUR PARTNER NOW!" Tsukuda-san shouted, "OR I'LL KILL YOU! THIS INSTANT! WITH THIS GUN! JOIN US NOW! OR I'LL KILL YOU! THIS INSTANT! WITH! THIS! GUUUN!"

"U-U-Uh…hold on…!" I stammered, "Um…uh…um…!"

We stood where we were for a moment, as we stared at each other while she was still pointing her gun at me, and I gave out a nervous smile, trying to think of what I should say, before she pulled the trigger and fired, but it wasn't at me, it was at something else, as I heard something being hit.

"H-Huh?!" I said, confused, as I turned around to see what it was, only to see that she shot…a bug, that looks like a pocket watch? And it's ticking? Now I was more confused as I said, "A…bug?"

"GET AWAY, NOW!" Tsukuda-san shouted, as she grabbed my arm and forcefully pulled me, "WE HAVE TO MOVE!"

"Huh?!" I said, confused, as I was being pulled away, "Why?! It's just a…!"

"IT'S NOT A BUG, YOU IDIOT!" she shouted, "IT'S A BOMB!"

"H-HUH?!" I said, shocked by what she said.

"MOVE, NOW!" Tsukuda-san shouted, pulling me and making a run with her and her friends, before the bomb inside came off and exploded, destroying the classroom before it could get to us.

We began running as I shouted, "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?! WHO PLACED BOMBS IN THAT?!"

"IT'S NO ORDINARY BOMB!" Tsukuda-san shouted while running, "IT'S A NOBLE PHANTASM!"

"A what?!" I shouted.

"The "crystallized mysteries"!" Aimi explained while running, "They are powerful armaments made using the imagination of humans as their core, and weapons or abilities owned by Heroic Spirits! They are the embodiment of the ultimate mysteries of a hero that symbolizes one's existence through historical facts and anecdotes! They can be physical weapons, such as swords, lances, and bows, or support items, such as rings and crowns! They can also be abstract concepts, like unique abilities, unique means of attacks, curses, and changes to the environment and its physical properties! When summoned as Servants in the Holy Grail War, they are the trump cards of the heroes that allow them to overcome others in battle!"

"In other words, they are the Servants' secret weapons when used in battle!" said Ishikawa-san while running, "And if that little bomb was a Noble Phantasm, then that would mean that…!"

"A Servant is here?!" I shouted, shocked, "But, why now?!"

"I don't know!" said Tsukuda-san, "But we can't stay here! Fighting in this building will only give us the disadvantage! We need to take this outside!"

Ugh, dammit…! I guess, there's no choice!

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Assassin's POV:

I suddenly heard and then saw the explosion that came from the school building. What in the world was that?!

"Assassin, what is it?!" Mirai shouted telepathically, "What's going on?! What's happening?!"

I looked into my scope and saw a strange figure appearing in material form, before I said, "Master, I hate to say this, but I think we may have a problem!"

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Yuzuru's POV:

We quickly ran outside of the building as fast as we could, before stopping to catch our breath. Tsukuda-san then grabbed my arms and said, "We don't have time to stop, we have to move, now!"

"Huh?!" I said.

"C'mon!" she shouted, as she pulled me, "Hurry!"

We then began running again, as we were running towards the school entrance to exit out of here. We were almost there until suddenly, there were explosions, and it stopped us from going any further.

"Dammit!" Tsukuda-san cursed, before drawing out two of her handguns.

"Shindou-sama, please stay behind me!" said Aimi, as she moved me to get behind her before drawing out her two machetes.

We then heard loud laughter, like a clown was laughing before we turned to see where it came from and saw…a FREAKIN' CLOWN?!

The one standing before us was a clown with a freaky smiling face like any clown, white pale skin, purple/blue eyes, purple long hair that is curled up, and stands about 6"2' tall, although the way he was standing was more like he was crouching. He was wearing a strange red hat with blue on top that had a strange decoration with a clock in the middle and wore clothes that consisted of a red shirt with gold trimming that barely shows his chest with blue sleeves that covered both his entire arms with the end of the hand covered in red, light blue short pants with matching gold trimming at the bottom of two sides, checkered socks that consisted of light purple and dark purple, high heeled shoes that were purple with gold trimmings and red on top and with light blue fur around the angles, purple fur, with light blue on under it, that was worn as a cape, and in his hand was…a giant scissor?!

He was looking at us snickering before laughing out loud.

"You're kidding me?!" I flabbergasted, "A FREAKIN' CLOWN?!"

"It's no ordinary clown!" said Ishikawa-san, as she drew out her sword, "It's a Caster-Class Servant!"

"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" the clown, now named Caster, laughed out loud and said with a creepy smiling face, "Well, look what we have here! Three little girls, and one Master! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! This is gonna be FUN! FUUUUUN, I TELL YOU! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

Oh, man! I hate clowns! And this is NOT gonna end well!

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