Disclaimer – I don't own Fate/Stay Night nor do I own Naruto
"Sooooo, how do we do this pact thing?" Naruto asked, scratching his head.
While she wasn't one to show much emotion, this time, Saber judged it appropriate to let out a large sigh of relief.
After all, it had taken three whole minutes to convince him that no, she was not some sort of hooker, and it had taken two more minutes to convince him that becoming a Master was not synonymous to becoming some kind of a pimp.
It was a good thing that Lancer found this situation amusing enough not to interrupt.
Deciding not to let go of this chance, especially after trying to convince him for five freaking minutes, Saber quickly said the words that would seal the pact,
"My sword will henceforth be at your side; your fate is henceforth my fate."
She made a stony expression as the swirling air in her hands glowed golden for a split second,
"The pact is now sealed," she announced resolutely.
Naruto narrowed his eyes as he felt his right hand burn and some strange energy act up inside of him, 'This feeling…I've felt it somewhere before.'
Lancer deemed this moment the most prudent to interject,
"Seriously, can we please start fighting already? I mean – you guys are done, right?"
"My apologies, Lancer," Saber apologized as she calmly walked out the workshop, "I thank you for your patience. Have no worries, we may start our battle now."
Lancer smirked, "Finally! I was getting worried that this would take all night," he complained exasperatedly before crouching a bit and bringing his spear in front of him,
"Let's have a fun battle!" He announced excitedly.
Saber gave him a firm nod before she shot towards him at a speed where human eyes could no longer keep track of her.
Lancer reacted quickly and blocked the left to right downward diagonal slash aimed at his chest before they both separated and clashed in a flurry of blows. In an instant, both fighters moved around as they parried and dodged their opponents strikes.
Meanwhile, Naruto scowled as he walked to the door of the workshop to watch the battle.
Up on the rooftop, Rin too narrowed her eyes to watch the battle and glean some information about her enemies.
Back in the backyard, the two fighters had not let up on each other. Saber focused her eyes on her enemy and sent him tumbling with a particularly hard blow.
Lancer quickly back flipped and landed on his feet. His eyes shifted away from his opponent to drink in his new position for only a second.
But that second was enough.
Saber didn't hesitate to take advantage of the opening.
She appeared in front of Lancer like lightning and struck him with a blow that he was barely able to block. Lancer flew backwards but managed to stabilize himself in time to block her next blow.
He pushed her away and leaped towards her in an effort to finish her off, but Saber was prepared.
Once again, the two ancient warriors clashed in a torrent of strikes and parries.
'That Lancer guy… he's trying to keep the fight in the middle of the field, so that he doesn't have to look around too much. It's a sound strategy; if he's in the middle of the field, then he doesn't have to worry about accidentally being cornered into a wall,' Naruto dissected before looking at his own Servant,
Saber, on the other hand, is trying to do the exact opposite. She's trying to push him to the borders so that she can utilize the openings he creates to look around.'
Kurama chose this moment to chime in, 'So, she's basically using your plan then.'
Naruto nodded,
'Yeah.'
'Your plan didn't exactly work well though,' Kurama pointed out.
Naruto frowned,
'That's because I couldn't keep up with Lancer with the way I am now. She, on the other hand, can keep up just fine.'
'Impressive,' Kurama praised.
Naruto narrowed his eyes even more,
'Yeah it is, but...' He trailed off hesitantly.
'What is it?' Kurama asked curiously.
The blonde boy did not respond.
"Coward! What's the meaning of this, concealing your weapon?" Lancer yelled.
Saber sliced at him, to which, he dodged backwards.
They stood in silence for a second, gauging each other's abilities and reviewing the information gained during the battle before the blonde haired Servant spoke up,
"What's the matter, Lancer?" she asked, her voice holding a slight undertone of goading, "If you simply stand there, you will give spearmen a bad name."
She tensed her muscles,
"If you will not come to me, then I shall go to you!"
Lancer readied himself,
"Before you do, let me ask you one thing. Your Noble Phantasm, is it a sword?"
Saber remained as stone-faced as ever,
"Perhaps, perhaps not," she answered tauntingly, "It may be a battle-axe. Or perhaps it is a polearm."
She raised her invisible weapon and primed it,
"Or who knows? It might even be a bow, Lancer."
Naruto's eye twitched,
'Bullshit! You clearly said, 'My sword will henceforth be at your side' when you made the pact. If you wanna trick people with stuff like this, then don't give them all the damn info BEFOREHAND!' He mentally raged before turning to Lancer,
'And you! Why the hell are you asking such a stupid question!?'
"Very funny, swordsman!" Lancer sarcastically commended while twirling his lance.
'See!? You already knew!? Why the hell did you ask, then!?' The whiskered teen raved.
Lancer crouched then hurtled towards Saber.
She was prepared and managed to block, but Lancer's strength combined with his momentum sent her skidding quite a ways back. Almost so that her back was touching the wall of the house.
Yet, she did not take her eyes off her opponent.
Lancer leapt at her once again and brought his spear down from the right side,
'Heh, gotcha!' He thought to himself as he descended upon her, 'You think well in the heat of battle, that's why I'm sure this will work! Right now, the two of your most sensible options are, one – to dodge backwards, which will allow you to counterattack as I try and bring the spear back in position in time to block, or two – to dodge to my left, which will allow me to keep my momentum and pressure, while you will have to stay on the defensive.'
He let out a tiny grin,
'The choice is obvious here. No doubt, you will try to dodge backwards, but behind you there's a wall. That slight distraction will allow me to win. Your mistake was keeping your eyes focused on me, Saber!'
Lancer slashed and contrary to his expectations, Saber did not dodge backwards. Instead, she took the other option and dodged to his left.
His eyes widened in shock, but he was an experienced warrior, this surprising move didn't slow him down one bit.
Using the momentum of the spear, Lancer turned his body to the left and began a relentless barrage upon Saber's lithe form.
Saber, not one to lose so easily, kept stepping back as she fended off the onslaught of blows coming from Lancer.
This continued on for a few more seconds, before Lancer leaped backwards and halted the ongoing pace of the battle.
"Well!" He started jovially, "I would unleash my Noble Phantasm right about now, but I really don't want that servant up there to see it."
He slung his spear on his shoulder and started walking away from her,
"My lord is a coward, you see," he said as he raised his arms in a what-can-you-do manner, "he doesn't want me to engage against two opponents at the same time, nor does he want me to keep fighting an opponent while another one is watching."
"Are you running away!?" Saber yelled, indignant.
Lancer chuckled,
"You can chase me if you want,"
he looked back at Saber with ruby eyes dancing with killing intent,
"If you think your Master can handle fighting another Servant, of course."
With that, he leapt away.
The blonde haired ancient warrior grimaced and looked back at her Master calmly walking towards her.
"Stay here for a second, Master," she ordered in a precise tone, "I shall deal with the Servant observing us."
She prepared to leap on to the rooftop to engage the other servant in battle while Archer too prepared himself.
Before anything could happen though, Naruto put a hand on Saber's shoulder and addressed the two observers,
"YOOOO! I really don't get what's going on here, so can we please all calm down for a second?"
Saber glared at him as she swatted his hand away,
"What are you doing, Master?" She asked sharply, "They are our enemies!"
Naruto gave her a pleading stare,
"Enemies in what?" He asked with a little bite and frustration leaking into in his voice, "I have absolutely no idea what's going on here! The only information I got from your explanation was that you're a warrior on my team who calls herself a "Servant". And the fact that you're not a hooker.
He turned to look at the rooftop again, and asked the duo on the rooftop amicably,
"Can we just not fight right now?
He shook his head a little exasperatedly and shrugged his shoulders, "There's no point in fighting without one of the combatants even the knowing the reason, right?"
The party of two on the rooftop said nothing for a few seconds, before Tohsaka's smug voice rang out,
"Very well!" She responded as she jumped to the ground, "I'll hear out your request and explain everything to you."
She started walking towards the entrance of the house but turned to Naruto after taking a few steps and made a small face of realization,
"Ah! I almost forgot," she said as she bowed, "Good evening, Emiya-kun."
Saber discreetly twitched at the name and repeated it under her breath while Naruto raised his hand in front of him, dumbfounded at the casual greeting, and stammered out,
"A-ah. Right, good evening."
Tohsaka gave a satisfied smirk and ordered,
"Well, it's cold here, so let's head inside. Don't worry, my Servant will stay on your rooftop and keep watch."
She proceeded to slide open the glass door leading into the house,
"I'm sure there's a lot you want to know."
Once everyone had taken a seat and gotten comfortable, Rin started her explanation,
"To be blunt, you've been chosen as a-"
Naruto abruptly raised his hand to stop her,
"Just a second," he stopped her as he turned to look at Saber, who was sitting behind him like some sort of maid or something, "Why the hell aren't you sitting at the table?"
Saber gave him an icy stare that almost made him shiver, "I am a Servant."
"Stop saying weird stuff and just come sit like a normal person," he ordered, sighing.
"…"
The three spent a second in tense, unbearable silence before the warrior in blue complied,
"Very well," she said in an even tone.
Rin let out a nervous laugh, "Well!" She started with a nervous clap of her hands, "Now that that's settled, we can finally get down to business."
She let go of her nervous demeanor and looked gravely at the blonde boy, "Emiya-kun, you've been chosen as a master in this war. Have you noticed a brand somewhere on your body?"
'Naruto…"
'The unexplainable mark on my hand…'
He raised his right hand up to his face and instead of there simply being a red smudge, in its place there was an abstract design broken up into three parts that oddly resembled a sword.
"Do you mean this?" He asked, displaying the back of his hand to the girl in red.
Said girl nodded, "yes, those. That's the mark that brands you as a Master. They're also spells to control your servant. Meaning, as long as you have them, you can control your Servant."
"As long as I have them?" The orange loving blonde asked," Can you explain how this works? In simple terms please."
Rin stared at his eyes intensely, "Command seals are inviolable orders. You can command a Servant to do anything you want, irrelevant of whether they want to or not."
She stuck out three fingers, "You only get three though, so don't waste them."
Naruto frowned, "This sounds a lot like slavery. I don't like it."
Rin waved a hand in front of her face, "That's not all their used for. Command seals are crystallizations of great magic, so they have a lot of power and uses."
Naruto gave her an inquisitive look.
She put a finger on her chin and thought for a second, "Suppose you went to town and didn't bring your Servant with you, and suddenly you get attacked. At that point you can use a command seal to order your Servant to come to you. The seal will use its powerful magic and summon your Servant to your location."
She thought some more before giving another example, "Or you could power up your Servant's next attack with the command seal so that the next attack will be twice as powerful as possible. The list of things you can or can't do is quite long."
Naruto examined the black haired girl's words for a second before he realized something,
"We've been talking about all this absolute commands and stuff but I just noticed, we haven't even exchanged names," he noted, addressing the blonde woman, "My name is Naruto, Uzumaki Emiya Naruto."
Saber pondered over his name and her response for a few seconds before she answered curtly, "It is better if you do not know my true name. If I tell you my name, it could put us at a disadvantage in this war."
Naruto sighed exasperatedly, "Come oooooon. I don't even know what to call you then."
Saber nodded, "You can call me Saber. That is my class and designation."
Naruto's eye twitched but he didn't voice any displeasure,
"Well, at least I have something to call you now."
Rin chose this moment to interject, "Uzumaki? I didn't know that Emiya was your middle name."
Naruto turned to look back at her, "It's not. Uzumaki was my last name before I was adopted by Kiritsugu; Uzumaki and Emiya are both my last names."
Rin nodded, "I see, I see."
"…"
They all sat in silence for a few seconds before Naruto suddenly slammed his hand down on the table and yelled to get everyone back on track,
"A-NY-WAY, what is this "war" that you guys are talking about? And why can't Saber reveal her name? If there was a war going on, people would have noticed, right? I don't get what's going on at all!"
Rin let him finish unloading his barrage of questions before she started on her explanation,
"To make it short, you've been dragged into a ritual. A ritual where seven mages, called "Masters", fight to the death with their corresponding "Servants"."
Naruto opened his mouth to ask another question but she continued speaking so as to not suffer through any more interruptions,
"This ritual is a giant death tournament to obtain "The Holy Grail". Thus, it is called, "The Holy Grail War"."
Once again, Naruto opened his mouth to ask a question and once again, she blatantly ignored his attempt and continued speaking,
"Think of Servants as familiars granted to you by the Holy Grail. Although their technically familiars, they're actually legendary heroes from the past. That's why Saber didn't tell you her name. If she did and someone else found out, then they would be able to figure out her weaknesses based on her history and legend."
'Crap. I've never taken the history of this world seriously. I won't be able to figure out any opponents' weaknesses,' Naruto nervously thought to himself.
Rin continued on, oblivious to his thoughts,
"The Holy Grail summons these heroes, and after that, it's up to us to provide them with enough mana to keep them in this world. Of course, the amount of mana consumption would be insane if it was just the Master's responsibility, so the Holy Grail helps out."
Naruto narrowed his eyes, 'I can't control mana at all. Meaning, I can't give Saber any. Does that mean she will disappear soon?'
He opened his mouth to ask a question and once again found himself overruled,
'I have a really important question, damnit!'
"Anyway, Servants are usually Spirit form, and you can materialize them to make them fight. This reduces mana drain and normal people are less likely to see them."
She gave him a cheerful smile,
"Any questions?"
Naruto's eye twitched violently, 'This bitch…'
She merrily clapped her hands, "None? Great!"
He most certainly did not panic, "Wait, wait, wait, wait! I have a question!"
"Yes?"
His face settled into a cool stare, "You gave me all this information, but you neglected to tell me the most important piece of information."
"Oh?"
"Why? Why are all the Masters aiming to kill each other? What does this Holy Grail do?"
He paused for a few seconds before adding another statement, "There's a lot more questions that I want to ask but that one's the most important."
Rin frowned, "For a more detailed explanation about this war, we have to go talk to the overseer of this war."
She flashed him a grin, "Get ready for a long walk."
EMIYA of the Archer class was horribly confused.
Everything in this timeline was exactly the same, except for one fact.
A certain red haired high schooler was missing.
He didn't know what had happened but whatever. Since so much had changed, creating the paradox would be much easier now. All he had to do now, was help Rin win.
He would end this repeating cycle of despair.
For sure.
Changing out of his dirty clothes, Naruto put on an orange zip-up hoodie which he left unzipped to display the black t-shirt underneath. Under them he wore dark blue jeans and gray sports shoes. Overall, he looked like a normal teenager going out for a walk.
Rin gave him an appraising look, and smirked, "You don't look as terrible as I imagined you would look, Emiya-kun. I'm surprised."
Naruto's eye twitched once again as he tried to ignore her backhanded compliment,
"Hey, Tohsaka. Has this "Holy Grail War" ever happened before?"
Rin, ever the expert on the subject, answered without hesitation, "Yes, four other times. Usually the Holy Grail War happens every sixty years but the last one happened just ten years ago. This is the fifth one."
She looked to the blonde boy and voiced her own question, "Why do you ask?"
"Hmmmm," Naruto hummed, glancing at Saber.
This time, Rin's eye twitched but she didn't inquire any further.
"…"
They walked in silence for about ten minutes, before Naruto voiced a prevalent thought in his head,
"Saber, stop walking behind me. It's annoying,"
Saber considered his order for a few seconds before she complied. Albeit, a little reluctantly.
It was strange for her, a Servant, to be treated like this by a Master. Strange, but not unpleasant. It seems that Kirstsugu and his son were quite different from each other.
While Saber was analyzing her Master's nature, Rin spoke up to inform Naruto of a thought that had been nagging at her for some time,
"You know, with the amount of questions you had, I thought you would ask why Saber doesn't seem to be awed or surprised by the modern world."
Saber's attention snapped to the conversation at the mention of her name, while Rin put her hands up in a questioning manner, "Maybe I overestimated your perceptiveness?"
Naruto turned to her and gave her a confused look, "Isn't it obvious that she already knows about this stuff? I mean- when she was first summoned, she recognized what a hooker was, even though they probably didn't use that word in the past. Also, she looks foreign but can speak completely fluent Japanese."
He shook his head, "These points make it obvious that she already has some information about our era."
Saber's emerald eyes frosted over as she remembered the events of her summoning.
Meanwhile, Rin was examining the information that she had gained from his statement,
'He's smarter than I gave him credit for,' she claimed, a little impressed at his reasoning.
"Plus," Naruto started, snapping her out of her thoughts, "Saber was summoned in the last Holy Grail War as well."
Saber blanched as her eyes widened in surprise,
"H-how?"
"Probably under Kiritsugu," he continued, ignoring the petite blonde's question.
Rin's head whipped towards Saber,
"Is that true?" She asked, surprised.
Saber walked in stunned silence for a few seconds, before she answered,
"Yes. I was summoned under the Saber class ten years ago, just like my designation now, and It was Emiya Kiritsugu who summoned me."
Rin didn't hold back her surprise, "Eeeh? What are the chances!?"
She paused for a second, "And how did you know, Emiya-kun? It's clear that Saber didn't tell you."
The orange wearing boy put a hand on his chin,
"Well, the first time this possibility came in my head, was when Lancer was fighting Saber. Every time they changed positions, Lancer had to look around for a split second to reorient himself, but Saber didn't do that at all. In fact, she actually used that to her advantage and kept her eyes trained on him the entire time. Around the end, when Lancer cornered her on that wall, she had two choices. Jump back or jump to his left. She hadn't taken her eyes off Lancer even once and should have had no clue that she was cornered. So, in her perspective, jumping back should have clearly been the more advantageous option."
Rin finished his train of thought, "But she didn't, even when she should have."
Naruto nodded, "Exactly. Why did she dodge to his left, when clearly dodging backwards was the better option?" He asked slowly before answering his own question,
"I could tell that Lancer was an experienced warrior, so there's no doubt that he didn't let his expression or eyes indicate anything. After thinking about it and considering all the information I had, I narrowed the cause down to three different possibilities.
He stuck out his index finger, "Possibility number one – her invisible sword is invisible to everyone except her, which allowed her to look at the reflection of the wall behind her on her sword and dodge appropriately. This was the likeliest option at the time."
He brought up his middle finger to display alongside his index finger,
"Possibility number two – she has a special skill which lets her "sense" her surroundings. Clearly Lancer didn't know about it, so if this option was the right one, then this skill would only be exclusive to her,"
he brought up his ring finger to display alongside the other two,
"And finally, possibility number three – She'd been in the Emiya residence before and was already familiar with the terrain and surroundings. At the time, this was least likeliest option."
Rin thought over the points he had made and asked, "What made you come to the conclusion that she was summoned in previous Holy Grail War?"
"First of all," Naruto started, reminiscent of a teacher explaining a concept to his students, "her reaction was really suspicious when you called me "Emiya-kun" in the backyard. At that point, option number three became the most likely. Second, I know that Kiritsugu got this house around ten years ago, and when you compare that piece of info to the fact that the last Holy Grail War also happened ten years ago, the truth shows itself. That's the only other time that she could have been in this house."
Rin gaped for a few seconds before her mind started working on overdrive,
'Emiya-kun…it's not that I overestimated him, it's the complete opposite. I vastly underestimated him. Not only did he give Lancer the slip, but he also managed to figure out all this with barely any information. He's much more perceptive than I gave him credit for.'
She gave him a quick glance,
'He looks like he's thinking deeply about something. There's no doubt about it, he's probably thinking of some massive strategy to win this entire war. I need to be careful.'
Meanwhile, Naruto was indeed thinking about something deeply,
'Ahhhh, I had way too much information dumped into my head. I want some ramen to relieve this headache.'
His eyes glared sharply at the road ahead of him, 'But which flavor should I choose? Miso, pork, maybe beef? This is serious. Only one flavour can heal my soul!'
Rin glanced at him from the corner of her eye again, 'He looks like he's making some kind of dangerous plan. I have to be careful. It's almost like he's getting ready for something big.'
Meanwhile, per to Rin's thoughts, Naruto was indeed getting ready for something big,
'Eenie Meenie Miney Mo. Miso ramen it is! I can't wait to get back home!' He thought to himself as he smiled.
Rin saw his smile and came to a frightening conclusion, 'He's formulated his plan! I have to figure it out!'
Naruto's smile widened, 'Miso ramen! Miso ramen, I love you!'
Fortunately for Rin, Saber decided to interrupt both their thought processes,
"Master-"
"Wait, Saber," Naruto interrupted, "Call me Naruto, it feels really weird when you call me Master."
Saber nodded, "Very well, Naruto then. Yes, that seems acceptable," she noted, "As I was saying, have you made any plans or strategies? It would be wise to strategize, considering that I can't enter spirit form, or the fact that you are unable to give me any mana."
Rin made a face of surprise, "Really?" She asked, shocked, "I knew you didn't have any offensive magic since you didn't use any against Lancer, but you can't even give Saber any mana? That's some really basic stuff."
Naruto sighed despondently, "Yeah, I can't use any magic at all. I have the circuits but I can't use it no matter what. Kiritsugu and I already tried. We never found out the reason though."
Rin made sound of consideration, "I see, no wonder you didn't stand a chance against Lancer."
Naruto laughed a little sheepishly before a thought struck him,
'Come to think of it, I've fought way faster guys than Lancer. I should have been able to keep up with him, even without magic or chakra. What's going on?'
'Naruto,' Kurama addressed, 'Your body has reverted, you know? All that muscle memory that you gained from fighting those enemies is…gone?' Kurama explained, phrasing the last word like a question, 'I don't know actually. Rather than your body being reverted, it's more like it's being… suppressed. It's like this entire world was trying to erase you, but your own power fought back to keep you in existence. I think you having the Yang Six Paths power is the only reason you're still alive,'
'Why did I turn into a seven-year-old then?' Naruto asked curiously.
'Your Yang Six Paths power is powerful, but you were and still are up against the world, you know?' Kurama explained, 'Even if it couldn't fully erase you, it still managed to suppress you to the point where ten years of your life were stored deep inside of you and your ability to expel any sort of energy was robbed from you. In fact, I think that if that mysterious healing sheathe hadn't been implanted in you, then you would have lost all your memories too.'
'You mean that sheathe healed my mind?' Naruto asked, confused.
'No,' the fox denied, 'It healed your body, but I don't think it has the ability to heal someone's mind.'
'Then what do you mean when you say that it allowed me to keep my memories?' Naruto wondered.
'That sheathe…I think it camouflaged your…unnaturalness from this world a little,' Kurama speculated, 'So, in response, the world backed off a little and relieved a bit of the pressure. The less unnatural you are, the less the world will try to suppress you. You don't need it now since your mind has stabilized, but back then, it was vital in keeping you alive with your memory intact.'
Naruto went over the implications of Kurama's words before the Biju spoke up once again,
'By the way, that sheathe is acting up again. I observed it the entire time, it seems like the closer you get to that Saber-flesh bag, the more it acts up.'
'What's it doing?' Naruto inquired.
'Nothing at the moment,' Kurama informed, 'My guess is that it'll work just like it did ten years ago. I'll make sure to watch it closely when you're injured. If I'm right, then it should help you heal in a much faster rate than normal.'
Naruto's eye twitched, 'When I get injured? What makes you so sure that I'll get injured in the first place?'
Kurama roared in laughter, 'Ha! There's no way you're not getting injured! Trouble has a crush on you bigger than that Hinata-flesh bag's!'
Naruto grit his teeth, 'Oh yeah!? Well you-'
"Naruto, are you okay?" Saber unknowingly interrupted, a little concerned.
Naruto calmed himself down and ignored the nine-tailed fox's growing laughter of superiority as he answered, "Yeah, why do you ask?"
Saber tilted her head to the side, "You seemed to be getting more and more enraged with each passing second. Did something happen?"
Naruto forced a smile as Kurama's laughter got louder and louder, "N-nah. I'm perfectly fine. Nothing happened, I just got the sudden urge to kill a fox for some reason."
"A…fox?" Saber asked, confused.
Naruto rubbed the back of his head as he barely resisted the rapidly growing urge to attack the giant nine-tailed fox inside of him,
"Ha ha, yeah. Don't worry about it. It's something…uh…personal. Yeah! It's just something personal that I…um…remembered."
Saber stared at him suspiciously for a few seconds, but ended up giving him a firm nod,
"Very well. If this is a personal matter, then I shall not inquire."
Naruto gave her a nervous laugh, "Ha ha, yeah, uh… thanks."
She gave him a small smile but it vanished so fast that he wondered whether he'd just imagined it or something.
She looked back to her front and Naruto used this chance to properly examine her features and behavior.
A few seconds went by before Naruto caught something in all the interactions he had had with her,
"Hey Saber… are you... angry at me?" He asked tentatively.
Saber stiffened a bit but responded in an even tone,
"No. I am most definitely not."
Naruto didn't just give up there, even though this line of thought made him really nervous,
"A-are you sure. It's just- it seems like you're really mad at me."
Saber did not turn her head to look at him, "Why would I be? I have no reason to be mad at you."
Naruto rubbed his head,
"I-is this because I called you a hooker?"
Saber narrowed her eyes and clenched her fists as Rin muffled her laughter from the sidelines,
"I'm really, really sorry! Please forgive me!" He yelled, bowing his head and clapping his hands together.
Saber looked at her Master from the corner of her eye and judged his apology.
After a few seconds of silent walking, Saber turned her head towards him and sighed,
"Apology accepted, Naruto. Please raise your head, it is undignified for a Master to act like this."
Naruto complied, "Y-yeah. Thanks."
Saber gave him a gentle smile, "I'm glad that you have reflected on your actions and I trust that you will not assume a person's occupation in such a manner again?"
Naruto let his shoulders sag, "Yeah. That was my bad," he said, feeling like he was back in Iruka-sensei's class again.
Saber nodded her head, satisfied, "Good"
Rin judged this the appropriate moment to celebrate,
"Great!" She cheered enthusiastically, "Now that we've solved this little problem, our walk to the church should be a lot more pleasant!"
"Huh? We're going to a church?" Naruto asked, surprised.
Rin looked at the astonished boy, "Where did you think we were going?"
"I don't know!" Naruto exclaimed, "I was just kinda following you!"
Rin let out a large, vexed sigh,
'He may be perceptive, but there's no doubt that he's also an idiot.'
She let a small smile creep onto her face,
That's not such a bad thing though. I guess it's just one the things that makes Emiya-kun, Emiya-kun."
Her smile faded, and a frown took its place,
'Now, all that's left, is to have him meet Kotomine.'
She took a glance at the blonde boy,
'I wonder how this will go.'
Author's note - Yes, I added a little extra element of strategy to Saber and Lancer's battle