Everyday Schoolday

(Rin)

"You're early today Tohsaka-chan," one of her 'friends' commented idly on meeting her on the way to their classroom.

"I was up and didn't feel like lazing around," she replied rather curtly. Though the other girl already knew about her not-a-morning-person-ness and wasn't put off at all. "You aren't standing around checking when people come to school, I hope."

"Well, you're always on time," her companion said with what she probably thought was a flattering tone. "Surprisingly, Emiya-san wasn't anywhere near the earliest today, as I actually met him on the way in."

"You don't say," Rin muttered while opening the door, only to unexpectedly meet the boy in question on his way out. "Speak of the devil." She was actually surprised though not for the reason others might have guessed.

"Tohsaka-san," he nodded to her while stepping out, and out of her way quickly. "You're early today."

"I can be as early as I want," she retorted to his retreating back, feeling annoyed. It wasn't just that the two never got along, rather...

Kuro is with me (in spirit form of course) but I didn't sense his Saber anywhere. What's he playing at?

(Shinji)

Matou Shinji watched Shirou and Tohsaka bounce off one another in the corridor, his usual smirk revealing nothing, not that anyone was looking at him. As a non-magus, he couldn't sense it, but there was no doubt that Tohsaka's Servant was with her. Of course for this exact reason, his Rider was not following him, despite setting up her Noble Phantasm in the school the last few nights. The element of surprise was his.

Just before he had left for school, Grandfather had told him that he had sensed the summoning of a Servant in Tohsaka's house. This meant that be should hurry and finish preparations for his plan - he wanted to be the one to claim her life. Rider had an excellent set of abilities, it was a matter of making them all dovetail perfectly to score the kill.

Of course that meant having to deal with Sakura, since the girl was effectively an intermediary mana-wise between him and his Servant, but that would have to wait. Tonight would doubtless be one of hard work, but worth it.

Earlier that morning...

(Shirou)

"Shouldn't you hold onto it? I mean as the Servant, you'll be doing the fighting," he questioned Sasaku when she tried to return the healing miracle to him.

"If you die, I'm also dead," came the answer. "Targeting Masters is a well known tactic. The Assassin class in particular is adept at it. It's why hiding your Command Spells was important. You never know who might be watching."

"You're worrying a bit too much," he insisted as his companion of ten years settled back into its place.

She mock-slapped him in response before continuing. "Most people die when they take a spear to the heart. The fact that my current body doesn't do so immediately means you should definitely have the life-saving healing miracle."

He nodded on his way out the door. "Will you be resting here?"

"No, I will wait for a bit then move out in spirit form. I want to view the school, but though scrying is possible, being close would be better in an emergency. I will provide overwatch from an appropriate vantage point."

"Alright then, meet me after school at the front gates right? It's a bit odd for you to wear my mother's old clothes, even if I've not actually seen her wear them before."

"Yeah, I don't want Tohsaka to laugh at my bad fashion when it isn't even mine. I'll be there"

Later in the afternoon...

(Rin)

As she left, thinking about the paperwork that Shirou had asked for her help to deal with well of course, as the Second Owner, it's only proper, if a pain, she noticed Sasaku in spirit form hanging around behind a tree some distance away from the school gates. Thinking quickly, she walked over as casually as she could. The allied Servant gently shimmered into view as she approached. Oddly, she shimmers in green rather than the usual gold that Kuro did. "Kuro, don't show yourself. Anyone could be watching."

"Oh there you are," Rin nodded to herself, noticing the girl was still wearing the rather loose dress she had on last night. Oddly enough, she looked better with her first one, even bloodied. "What are you up to?"

"Shirou expects me to meet him here."

"Is he keeping you waiting while he runs more meaningless errands?"

"I don't know. Still, it's important that he keeps to a regular schedule to avoid arousing suspicion."

That's giving him way too much credit. Rin mused. "Can't he walk back by himself though? He's made it this far on his own."

"Hm, hm, he wanted to buy clothes so I wouldn't stand out as much."

Rin grinned, but also realized that it would also be a good idea to do the same for Kuro. "Really now, I think he's never bought clothes for a girl before. You know, if you end up with anything like that Taiga... it'll be terrible. Maybe we should come with you. Girls gotta stick together, right?"

"I don't know," Sasaku mumbled briefly before adding, "Do you know a good place? We can meet there."

What, did you actually ask him for permission first just now? "Yes. Let me just write down some directions for you..."

Afterwards in the shopping area...

(Gilgamesh)

"George" was enjoying another walk around town after the church's childcare had closed for the day. It was warm, but pleasantly so, especially compared to the climate of Uruk, the city from another time. As he was thinking about returning before anyone around it got late, he ran into something quite more interesting than he had seen for some time.

She looked quite familiar, though after a moment when the light changed, the difference in hair color put paid to his initial misidentification of the new Servant. However, that loose white dress looked very similar to the ones in his memories...

When he saw the girl and woman looking at clothes, the first thing that came to mind was "could -he- have become a Heroic Spirit and been summoned here?" But no, it was only the clothes that looked like his friend's, the girl was someone quite different.

It was a pity, how their Kings' Agreement fell apart in the end. Even though he wasn't one overly driven by revenge, he wasn't the only injured party from Kotomine Kirei's machinations, just the only one left now. His red eyes glowed briefly in the light as he turned and left before the approaching pair could sense his presence.

Notes:
Yes, Gil was referring to Arturia and Irisviel when they were shopping for clothes. It's not a coincidence that both Arturia and now Sasaku are wearing the same dress, as it's literally the smallest one of those in in the house. It's still too large for them - and once they get properly sized clothes they don't wear Irisviel's clothes anymore, especially since she happily spent Einzbern cash on buying clothes...

The King's Banquet (or rather, its counterpart here) had a bit of a different ending, as you might imagine.