Disclaimer:This idea completely ignores the Extra Episode of BBTag and only uses the original Episodes as a basis for the idea in question
At this point Shirou thinks that someone, somewhere just absolutely despises him, because there's absolutely no way he'd find himself in *another* battle royale for a prize of unimaginable power without there being *someone* or *something* out there having it out for him.
Fortunately he's not alone, as Rin and Archer are here with him as well, and having a Servant and an actually compatant Magus on your side is always a plus.
On the other hand, he could really do without Bowl Cut and his friends insisting on traveling with them in order to "protect" them, after all they should be the ones being protected, what with the whole being not Magus's and having zero Magic Circuits that they are, and no, being self trained fighters didn't make their proposition/insistence any less unnecessary.
It took me far too long to come up with an idea that I felt was good enough to post, hopefully the grammar isn't as bad as it usually is