They were silent for a while. No one dared speak a word. It was going on for awhile now after Illya invites everyone to her house. Everyone sat in their separate places. Waver was staring emptily at the floor. Caules covered his face with his hands. Melvin was frowning. Shinji, who was still unconscious, lay still in the corner. Rin has her hand down on the table. Saber was sipping the ramen soup. Rider was in his spiritual form. Archer, finally back sat down quietly.

Finally they couldn't take it anymore.

"What the hell was that,Senpai?" Rin blurted out first "Damn it Waver!" Caules shouted through his hands. Illya forced a wry smile. "It's nothing.."

"I'll leave that for a second but for now; I have already prepared our Geis" Rin rose up from her seat. "Will you be willing to join alliances?" The quiet Waver lifted up his head. "I have to say I—" "of course!" Melvin exclaimed "Isn't it exciting?" "But" Waver began

"We need to talk Waver" Caules pulled them out of the room.

"What were you thinking using your command seal so early in a battle?" Caules asked "I thought you respected the servant" "I do" Waver said bluntly in return. "I don't want to retreat"

"But at least you could've got some help, you know you can't take on berserker alone" "then you're just a coward" Waver spat "It's not you idiot, it's common sense!" Caules punched the wall in frustration. "Now calm down two of you" Melvin said "No, you shut up Melvin" Waver eyed him "What was that supposed to mean, why do you want to fight so much?"

"Because it won't be worth it!" He pushed Melvin away. "Why the hell am I a master if I can't do anything at all? Then I could just lend my command seals to one of you." "You're saying like it's your whole life" Waver flinched at the remark. "Of course, it's my whole life!"

Waver continued "how could you understand me? no, you don't know anything at all" He left Caules and Melvin in their own thoughts.

"Where are you going?" Rin asked as Caules went out the door. "The store, this country has a store right?" "Yeah it's around the corner" The girl replied. Caules walked down the road. It was quiet, since it was 6am on Sunday.

The events yesterday had occurred about 24 hours ago and his mana reserves haven't recovered yet. The Shinji boy that Rin explained was still unconscious after the fight earlier. He didn't realize he was at the store already. The dog's barking pulled him from his thoughts as he entered the building. In the store there was nothing special. Instant noodles lined on the edge of the window.

He guessed that Illya might have bought them from this store. He put a few frozen hamburgers in his box, followed by bottles of milk. "That will be 1825 yen" Caules pulled out his banknote. The salesperson handed him his change. He took it unconsciously. Exiting the store, he carefully took out the Japanese coin. 'Wow those coins have holes in it' he thought. As he was going to walk back, he felt a surge of mana from the far end of the road. 'What was that?' He thought as he walked up. Something shot towards the sky like a rocket and landed right behind him. Caules spun around, the energy behind him was strong.

It felt like...the command spell's Magic, no not like. It was exactly like thke before. at magic. It was no doubt the one that stood before him was a servant. He had long,blue hair. His features told that this man was Japanese. The newcomer twirled his spear making a blue blur that meant he was ready to kill. It was possible. Caules is going to die.

It was impossible for a magus like him to beat a heroic spirit. He fired a basic spell his professor taught him. "Glandr!" It didn't hit the servant. Well, of course his aim was trash. The spirit lunged, spear at ready. The blade was going for his neck, only it got defected by another. The knife that defected it disappeared into dust. "You are?" The servant asked "I doubt you knew that guy's name anyways" The red haired replied "This is not a situation for you to interfere" The servant said "Why is it then?" The boy raised up his hand, revealing a red mark. Caules wanted to panic. This is getting more and more bizarre. First, the one in front of him was a servant. Then, the master next to him just shot blades out of nowhere a minute ago. The servant eyed Caules suspiciously then lowered down his weapon. "You're not him, huh how could I mistook that bastard for a mere boy" "what?" He asked "I guess my job here is done" The newest comer walked away. "Wait!" Caules shouted "please tell me your name!" He turned around, once and replied "Kotomine shirou" then in a flash, he was gone. "Strange boy" The man beside him remarked "Boy, what's your name?" "Caules forvedge Yggdrasil" He replied "I reckon you have something to explain?" The servant nodded "Sasaki kojirou and I need your help"

"I was wondering where you went" Rin showed up at the front door. "It's only a— who is this?" "It's a servant Rin!" Saber yelled, changing her dress into her full armor. "Wait, I'm not here to fight I'm here for alliances" Kojirou said "I-I can explain" Caules put up a hand in defense. "Please do" Illya poked her head out the door.

And so he explained it, in Rin's displeasement. "It's your turn Kojirou-San" Illya looked at the servant. "Who is your master?"

"Issei ryuudou" "you're lying" Rin said immediately "I'm not, we were pursued by caster and he used a command spell to get me out of there while he was captured somewhere" He signed "that was a reckless decision, there's still a flow a mana between us so I doubt that he's dead" "where is he now?" Illya asked him "Ryuudou temple, maybe" Saber gritted her teeth. "I felt a magical field similar to the school one" Illya blinked "The one that made us pass out?" "Yes,there's no doubt it's dark magic" "Well, of course it is" A voice behind them spoke. "Archer?" "I knew it,I had experience with it before" He said "And now what are we going to do?" Illya asked "We try to make an alliance with Shinji of course"

-Somewhere-

The platinum-haired girl signed. She never had the chance to visit the church after all but that day she felt something interesting, it was something that almost made her scared for the first time, that thing. It seemed that he wasn't aware of it yet but his father was. If things were sorted out, they could've been siblings. But that was too late now, she had deep hatred for her father in her veins. She'd like to see that man twisted, bones broken , and blood leaking out from his body. The other man at the Church was present too, he didn't feel much like a human. He felt like a heroic spirit of some kind. She laid on her bed, closing her eyes as she fell asleep.

-?-

"I see, it's a pity but that has to be done" A familiar voice rang to his ears. "I hope this additional mana is enough" "oh, it's more than enough master, I could use my Noble Phantasm about 3 times continuously" A woman's voice replied. It looks like the man wasn't alone. Every inch of his body hurt, he didn't know where he was right now. He cracked open his eyes. The room was dark and the only light was from the magic circle he was laying on. It was more exhausting by a minute. He hoped Assassin was alright, though he may not. He couldn't move but he could open his mouth a little, not now but he might be able to speak later. His brain ran though ways of escaping as he planted an escape plot.

-A/n-

Sorry for the short story as always and a very very late upload. I was caught up in my finals plus the kara no kyoukai event. I'm taking mid ubw and hf's approach.

Lastly, this is just a mini extra from me.

Kotomine Kirei signed on the church's underground diner. "Shirou.." The two of them turned around. "Which?" The white hair was first. "Which one that could make more mapu tofu is that one." "got it" The orange-haired went to the fridge. "I still can't believe I endured these ten years of being a guardian to kids annoying same names"