Chapter 3

"What's the matter? Aren't you going to let me in?", the stranger said in a deep low dark tone. Shinji slammed the door on the man and walked about ten steps back to his seat until the man appeared before him out of nowhere. "Well that's rather rude, do you treat all your guests like this?", he remarked. "Your not my guest, and like you should judge me on my manners. You barged right in here without even trying hard. Just what are you, who are you exactly?!" The man's stomach growled loudly. "Forgive me I didn't eat anything for quite a while. I'll answer your questions after I get something to eat." Shinji wanted to kick him out, but he wouldn't dare do it after what he saw he'll just come back in over and over.

"Fine, I'll take you to the table, my family and I were just in the middle of dinner." Shinji showed him the way and sat him near him away from Sakura and Zouken. "Who is this guest of yours Shinji?" "I don't know him, but he's dangerous I can tell" Shinji was scared of him and so was Sakura after feeling his dark terrifying aura he was emitting. "Well I feel offended, I don't like it when people insult me based on so little knowledge that they know about me. I can assure you I have no intention of harming anyone of you, I came here to see someone important to discuss a very private matter. I heard that the Matou family live here and I wanted to see the head of the family." Zouken spoke up to his speech, "I'm the head of this family, whatever you want to say to me you can do it in the library right after we have after dinner." The man agreed and happily ate his fill before they moved to the library. Little did Zouken know was that Shinji and Sakura were tailing them to library, Shinji and Sakura remained hidden behind the walls while the stranger was conversing with Zouken.

"As you can see my uninvited guest I was having a nice dinner with my grandchildren, whatever you have to say it better be worth it." The man took off his mask and upon inspection he was quite the looker, A real pretty baby face with a set of teeth to match. He smiled evilly and giggled a bit, "I have come here on behalf of my master to inform the three magus bloodlines that created the holy grail that a new holy grail war will start soon." As Zouken was drinking some tea, upon hearing those words spoken from this man he dropped his tea in total fear and disbelief. "Very funny young man, the grail has been destroyed recently and we three main families have a vow to never start that war ever again after we found out the truth from Kiritsugu Emiya and his son."

The man chuckled in a sickening manner and calmed himself down to speak, "Quite true, I heard about that at the Magus association from the tower lords. But there's something you should know about the grail we have. This Grail is different from the one you three bloods made, it has true omnipotent power. And I can prove it, you see we used this grail to bring back all the masters and their servants that have been killed during the 4th and 5th holy grail wars." The man then took a summoning circle he folded to carry all the way here. He chanted a few words and summoned someone from the magus association. "You'd better have a good reason for bringing me here." "Come on Kayneth is that anyway to talk to me after what we did for you and your fiancee?" He smiled maliciously at Kayneth Archibald without any shame.

Zouken was shocked to see a deceased tower lord right in front of him, Kayneth Archibald was supposed to be dead from the fourth war. "I brought you here to prove to this old man that the new holy grail war will commence. Shinji and Sakura were scared, this meant that they would have to go through that whole ordeal again and there was a chance that Shiro would be their enemy in all this. The man then stomped his foot and yelled, "Speaking of the grail war why don't the previous masters come out here and show themselves instead hiding behind the wall!" They came out slowly and were pale with fear. "Is it true? Can this grail really grant any wish no matter what it is?"

"Of course, but it grants eight wishes not one child, that's what makes it so special; perfect power and more wishes. Oh dear it seems I forgotten my manners again, my name is Cross Le Aux Morgan and I'm going to hold a meeting to discuss how this war will work. Please come if you're interested we want as many people as possible to participate. Here's the brochure for you all." After that he left with Kayneth back to the magus association. Zouken was thinking about how to handle this matter, he didn't want his grandchildren involved in this war again. But after thinking about Sakura winning the grail she might be able to be free of his worms and be able to live happier than she already is right now. Shinji had the same thought so he decided to agree with his grandfather and accept this invitation.

[At the Tohsaka Mansion]

Rin was busy practicing her Jewelcraft since after the war, thanks to Shiro training with her she found a way to use Reinforcement to create fake jewels that work just as good as the ones she had left. Problem was that the jewels weren't influenced by nature spirits like the real ones so they weren't as powerful but were still good enough. Plus she managed to sell off some of them to get back some of her family's land. "Rin, I see you're still practicing your jewelcraft as usual. I'm glad to see you work so hard." Her father spoke to her in a calm yet happy manner. "I don't want to hear that from you, I'm still mad at you for letting Sakura go and making mother cry after everything you said." Rin was really mad at him that it showed.

[Flashback Start]

It was two weeks after the grail war and Rin was a bit disappointed that the grail had to be destroyed. She was pouting quite a bit over the matter until she managed to let it go. She went back to training as usual in the basement when she had free time. Suddenly she heard a bunch of footsteps march in quickly. She prepared herself for whatever may be going on upstairs. She was about to open the door until someone opened it first, she fell down the flight of stairs in comical manner. "Owww, Whoever you are you have some nerve to barge into someone else's house. I hope you're prepared for a painful and brutal death!" Rin jumped up high and just as she was about launch her assault the trespasser spoke in an arrogant tone with a familiar voice. "Stop that right now young lady!" Rin stumbled to the ground and looked up at the figures masked by the dust. The dust cleared and Rin was surprised by who they were. "After everything we taught you, you actually have no manners towards even your own parents?"

The mysterious figures turned out to be her own parents Tokiomi and Aoi. "How, you and mom are supposed to be dead. How are you alive?!" "Honestly we don't know, but we're trying to figure that out. Rin your mother and I need to talk about something and we will having company with another guest. He'll be arriving shortly so be on your best behavior." Rin had so many questions she wanted to ask but she held her tongue, she was happy her parents were back and wanted to spend time with them. Time that was lost from most of her life. Her parents were in the living room waiting for their guest to arrive. A knock on the door signaled his arrival and Aoi opened the door. Their guest was none other then Kariya Matou. He was back to his old healthy youthful self, Aoi guided him in reluctantly to their living room. "I don't understand why he is here, after what he has done I'll never forgive him dear."

"That's what I wanted to talk to you about Aoi, he didn't kill me it was Kirei Kotomine he stabbed me with an asgoth sword the very same one I gave him as a parting gift, I trusted him and he betrayed me. From what I heard from Kariya, he used my corpse as bait to get Kariya to cooperate with him. There's something else you should know Aoi, I gave Sakura away, the Matous never took her away from you they simply asked me for her. To me being a magus comes first before I am a father, I gave her away because of the value she has if someone tried to steal for their personal gain she would be treated as a guinea pig. Kariya was mad at me for my actions, so he wanted to kill me and win the grail so Sakura could come home."

After hearing his speech about what transpired, Aoi was crying with grief and guilt. She asked Tokiomi if he ever loved her. "I only married you because of your lineage, the Zenjou bloodline was valued for their ability to breed powerful children for the future. My dream has always been Akasha and I was willing to do anything to further achieve my goals even if it meant being a father and a husband to do it." Aoi was devastated upon hearing the truth from his mouth. She slapped him in a fit of rage. She ran upstairs to the bedroom crying in a pillow. "You really are a bastard Tokiomi, this is why I left the Matous because the life of a magus is painful and cruel." Tokiomi responded, "If you hadn't left the Matous, Sakura wouldn't been given away Kariya." His words only further angered Kariya to punch him right in the face. Tokiomi didn't dodge he let him connect his fist, he felt guilty for all the lies he told his family. Rin was really pissed as well, she never could forgive her father for giving away Sakura especially because of what the Matous put her through. The only person she ever considered was a real father to her was Kariya, he always treated them like a real father would.

[4 hours later]

Aoi came back down from her bedroom and talked with her husband about something important. "Dear, I've decided that I want a divorce." "I understand, I will arrange for a court meeting soon, but if all possible I still want to keep Rin with me under my wing." She agreed to his request but only if she got to visit Rin whenever she wanted.

After the big day came and ended, Aoi was greeted by Kariya who wanted to comfort her. "Aoi, I know your upset but I want to let you know I will always be here for you." "Why are you doing so much for me?" "Because I love you, I've always loved you since we were kids. the only reason I never told you was because of Zouken, he would have used you like a puppet for his own goals. But thanks to Einzberns and the Emiyas he changed for the better, he now treats both Shinji and Sakura better as if they were his own grandchildren." Aoi didn't know what to say she was flustered until Kariya kissed her. She didn't resist him and embraced him deeply.

She then started living with the Matous as Kariya's wife, Zouken was happy for them and so was Sakura as she and Shinji were living with them happily. Shinji was happy for them but he was unhappy that everyone was getting their happy ending like in a fairy tale, but he still wanted his happiness to come true. Little did he know that his time to shine was about to come soon.