I do not own any of the Fate series, the following is a non-profit fan-based parody. The Fate series is the property of Konoki NAsu, UFOTABLE, Type Moon, and Aniplex. Please support the official release. I also must give credit to Xemness The Scholar for the original idea, and fans of the original story for all the support they've given me, you have my thanks.

The story will pick up the moment Shirou and Rin are ambushed by Illya. I plan on filling in my Shirou's backstory through the story instead of doing it right off the bat, I also will be taking components from all routes of the Fate series. This Shirou won't be overpowered but he won't be the human punching bag he was in most of the routes, eventually he'll be able to win a fair fight., also I'll be moving around events that happen in the original series to differentiate myself from it, so most things from the series will happen, but the order will not be familiar nor how some of the events took place.

A Matter Of Family

A notification that a quest has been activated goes unnoticed to Shirou.

"Onii-chan?"

The title came through clear, sweet as honey. It sounded as if spoken by an angel and at first glance, Shirou almost mistook her for one. Her radiantly white skin that blended perfectly into her hair stood stark against the piercing red eyes that held a look of childish amusement along with…..something else. The unexpected encounter took the boy by surprise, although not as much as the honorific.

Onii-chan? Shirou thought. The fire that Kiritsugu had saved him from had burned whatever life he had had before from his memory, so he would have no way to know if she was his sibling, the ?, Level ? where her name should be didn't help matters. He couldn't remember what his parents look like, but the lack of familiar facial features between the girl and him calmed his curiosity. A foreign custom perhaps? Maybe she's trying to throw you off so she can attack while your distra- oh crap. It was at this moment that Shirou took notice to the dark mass behind the girl. Lost in his train of thought he dismissed it as a dark aura or perhaps the lighting, but then it began to move….and then rise. The massive figure dwarfed the girl, dwarfed them all. Shirou didn't require a fight-or-flight response, the power the thing put off was intense, and the mere fact that this girl is confident enough to operate in the open suggested that she was confident in victory, either that beast, or worse even, both of them, were serious threats.

Berserker Servant, ?, Level ?

"Good evening Onii-chan, it's a pleasure to meet you, Rin." As her sentence finished she performs a formal curtsy, "My name is Illya….Illyasviel von Einzbern, I can assume that you're familiar with the name?" She takes a single step forward and looks upon them with a single eye open, a playful intention masked on her face, but common sense shone through which only held to make her all the more creepy, she was teasing them, like a lion playing with its prey. Sabers' eyes soften, and her grip on her sword loosens slightly.

"The Einzberns-"

"Illya?" Shirou had cut Rin off as she began to reply, to which she took great offense, she glared with a scowl as he walked to her side, gently placing a hand on her shoulder. "Please…" it was a gentle request, but Rin could see the the pleading in his eyes, for some reason….he needed to talk to this girl. She relented with a scoff that expressed her consent as she crossed her arms and turned her head as to not have to see those eyes searching her soul anymore. Shirou smiles with appreciation before taking another step forward, Saber does the same. "Illya, I've heard that name before, I've thought it, dreamed it, of you…..of me saving you. I had no idea on how to find you, i've been trying but…..how do you find a person who isn't listed anywhere on the Internet, but hear you are, it's almost like a dream." His composure straightened, the light of the street light shone his face a little more brightly, and his words became like sweet honey pouring from his mouth. His amber eyes shining with a promise of comfort with his best boy scout smile he speaks again. "If you really are Illya, big brother is here to take you home" he extends a hand.

Silence overtakes the street, the town peacefully sleeping as Illya looks Shirou over. His words touched her heart, she spent so long denying that her father would ever abandon her willingly, bvut she was but a child and the passage of time crashed away her resolve like unending waves. Eventually…..she broke, her hope soured into disdain until eventually settling into a steaming hatred for the man she once considered her father, "no…."

"Illya I-"

"NO!" Shirou flinched at her stern words but more at the look in her eyes, pure hatred. "He abandoned me, he abandoned us! With victory in his grasp he instead throws it all away, and for what?! We never even got DAMN EXPLANATION!"

"No…. tha-that doesn't sound like dad" His words were soft just barely loud enough for all to hear

"Shirou" Saber takes another step forward, "she speaks the truth. Kiritsugu Emiya was my master in the previous Holy Grail, it was by his order that i destroy the Holy Grail."

"That doesn't sound like dad!" He snaps, he can't dam up his emotion anymore as they spill out of him, he balls his fists. He can feel the daggers Saber is staring into the back of his head, he sighs and unclenches his fists. He turns to look at Saber, "I'm sorry," he turns back to Illya, " I'm sorry to both of you. I hear what you're saying Illya, you've every right to be angry, but I do believe that you don't have the full story, our dad would never abandon you"

Illya feels her confidence wane, her anger subsiding, maybe….maybe it was possible. Everything he said seemed so honest, so appealing, he would lie to her. As she strayed in thought she didn't notice her servant move until he stood by her side. She looked up at the figure she had placed so much trust into, her guardian, her closest friend. The beast roared with anger. Illya understood the roar clear, so he was really trying to pull on her heartstrings huh? How easily he had got her to let her guard down made sense now, the ability to coerce people with differing opinions with but a few charmed words, even going as far as bringing dead family into it, the kid was a proficient sociopath. She places her hands behind her back and shrugs with a smile.

"Okay, I'm gonna kill you now. Get them Berserker."

The beast lunges, he's on top of Rin in an instant, Rin looks up just as a volley of red missiles fly at the enraged Servant. Berserker spins with the first missile as is impacts his cheek, sending him spiraling down the street as another several close in, the beast produces a sword that Shirou was confident could be bigger than he. The volley comes in fast, faster than Shirou can read the projectile but not fast enough for Berserker who slashed through each attack with ease and inhuman speed. He focuses on the battle hoping to pick up anything of interest. He looks at Berserkers equipment, all of which are ? So he and his stuff are too high of a level huh? Figures, he takes a glance at Saber, Saber Servant, ?, Level 79, at that moment a notification appears, Servant Summary, Definitely not the time for that, Shirou thinks, besides that would be weird i'll just ask. He takes notice that Saber is removing her yellow raincoat, not understanding for a microsecond before the image of Berserker appearing mid swing in his peripheral made him understand, the Servant had moved again, it seemed like he teleported next to Shirou, but he knew betterthan to discredit the speed of a Servant, he was about to die. The clash of steel sent a shockwave that pushed Shirou back, Saber had arrived in time to meet this threat. Their swords struggle against each other, Saber feels the strength of Berserker against her own and she feels her footing start to give, so she front flips, now above him she slices at his neck but the Einzbern Servant is moving, faster than normal human physics should allow someone's of that size. He ducks the swing and delivers a crushing uppercut that catches the sword Saber positioned in front of her, the beast lauches in the air, spinning furiously before again catching her with a spinning kick, the impact of which send hers flying, tumbling before coming to a rolling stop 10 feet away.

Merlin's beard, she remarks, I was hoping that speed would be in my favor, if not I can't allow him to push forward. She speeds at Berserker, their swords meet again, sparks fly, each flurry from one Servant being matched by the other, she rolls under his legs to slice at his Achilles tendon, Berserker jumps and aims to land on Saber, she rolls again away as he lands leaving indentation of his impact on the street, she feints the overhead and aims for a downward strike to the left hip, but he isn't fooled and sidesteps the attack as her sword lodged itself into the ground, he throws a backhand that misses Saber doing her best limbo to dodge the attack as it sends a light post flying into the distance. Saber jumps backwards, the swing just grazed her nose but was enough to break half. Berserker doesn't let up, he comes in throwing overhead after overhead, trying to break the block his opponent. Saber sidesteps the next one, to which Berserker stops the the attack at her waist, turning the blade to a horizontal strike, she jumps over it, landing on his blade. She runs along its length, stomping on his face before flipping, hoping to eviscerate him from the genitals to his head. The mad Servant steps on her encroaching blade, sacrificing his foot to land a kick to her midsection, the force pushes Saber back, but she brings her sword with her, slicing deeper into his foot in the withdraw. His foot is almost in half, she looks at the Servant before moving back in, this time circling to the opposite side of the injured foot, dragging along her sword low to the ground she gets Berserker to commit to protecting his one healthy leg, allowing her a clean thrust to his abdomen, to her surprise however he is unfazed, she quickly retrieves her sword before Berserker can grab her, she knew if he got ahold of her she wouldn't be able to free herself easily. She takes the moment to evaluate again, with his limited mobility I have the opportunity to change to a more ideal location, gaining an advantage and ensuring my Master a chance to run. With that she speeds past the beast and down the road, leading Berserker away from her Master.

Shirou watched the pair of Servants run off in the distance, the shock finally wearing off, he looked to see Illya almost out of sight but he could see her title now, Illyasviel von Einzbern, Homunculus, Level 28. He knew she was trouble, if Tohsaka and him worked together they might be able to subdue her, but they'd have to be quick, he wasn't sure how long Saber could hold out. He began running after Illya, he was glad to hear the sound of Tohsaka running behind him, glad to be amongst brave souls, We'll bring her home together, he ran faster. The closer they got to Illya the clearer the sound of blades making contact became, she's heading to Berserker, he thought, now's a perfect time for a plan Shirou. He had no healing and mana regen potions on his potion, UBW was useless against Berserker and he refused to draw a blade to fight his sister. She has to see reason, my sincerity, his thoughts responded, because that worked so well last time. He had already made up his mind however as they finally caught up to Illya in a forest that resided around a graveyard. Large trees hung overhead, only the three of them could be made visible outside of the dark outlines of the forest along with the glimmers of moonlight that shone through the trees, lightly illuminating the forest floor.

"Illya, wait. Let me explain," he pleaded, hoping to reattach with whatever had gotten her to listen the first time. She didn't respond, instead producing several birds, each one named Illya's Familiar, Level 20. The numbers were against them and he knew it he thought until a red and black orb whizzed by his face before making contact with one of the familiars. Three other familiars responded immediately, sending concentrations of magical energy at their locations, to which he and Rin dodge. The birds were like some sort of mini mages, another string of energy attacks smash into the ground where they stood a second ago, leaving smoking craters in their wake. Realizing the power and frequency of these attacks would eventually catch up to them, Shirou and Rin take cover behind a vacant tree. Rin releases another volley, destroying each of the remaining familiars.

"How does it feel Rin," Illya asked with a chuckle, "knowing that generations of Tohsaka brilliance can be reproduced in a workshop." Rin felt anger bubble up from her stomach, the burning subsided however when Illya produces 4 more familiars, which then began to morph before settling on greatswords. "A vulgar doe and a swindler, skewering you will be a pleasure." At that she launches a sword at her targets. Rin, not knowing who the sword will hit, projects multiple layers of magical protection that covers the pair, this does nothing to slow down Illya attack though as it careens through Rin's protection, sending green shard of magical barriers drifting into the wind before dispelling into the wind along with the familiar spell. "It seems your barrier affected my blade's trajectory, no matter, your death is but a formality at this point."

My protection magic is lacking and Tohsaka can't go on the offensive with me holding back, we should regroup and refocus our efforts, perhaps we can-, his train of thought cut by the incoming trio of magical projectiles. He thinks back to his training, what can I do? Then it comes to him, Time Alter, as the words come into his mind he can feel the wind flow slow, Double Accel, he grabs Rin, her eyes moving too slow to comprehend Shirou movements and by the time she realized they were moving, they had already stopped.

Their venue had changed, the dark shadows of overlooking trees was replaced with the soft glow of moonlight, with newfound vision they take in the wilted grass, the rows of tombstones, they were in a graveyard. They also noticed that they were not alone, Saber was ahead of them continuing her fight against the fellow Servant. Saber moves among the tombstones, making Berserker pivot on his injured foot, she charges whenever he tries to move out of the encirclement of graves, keeping him stationed in the middle. She stalks him, waiting until her patience is rewarded, the integrity of Berserker's foot finally giving way and splitting down the middle, causing the beast to howl in pain. That was her moment and she took it, Saber pours it on, delivering a flurry of thrusts to his head and neck, unfortunately she only grazes him, his movement and reflexes still fast enough to come out unscathed. She moves to his back, and Berserker, unable to circle with her rolls away but Saber doesn't let him get far jumping over him and landing her sword on his shoulder, pinning him to the ground.

"Ex-" Saber's sword begins to glow.

Berserker pulls the blade from his shoulder but doesn't let go, instead pulling it towards him, again trying to get ahold of his adversary, Saber is having none of it and feeds her mana into her sword, which is now a brilliant golden glow. Berserker feels the heat of the energy burn his hands and throws the sword and it's owner into a gravestone, disrupting the flow of mana to her sword. Rin analyzed the situation, why bring him here? Saber charges back in but jumps back immediately to avoid a horizontal swing which collides with a tombstone, she charges back in with a thrust that only just pierces the skin. She retreats, circling the Servant, before charging underneath another swing to reappear at his side, not stopping there, she jumps as she correctly assumed her enemy would be prepared and dodges the following swing before taking another swipe across his face, drawing blood. Rin's eyes lit up, she's using the gravestones as a way to counter his speed by using his immense size against him, limiting his movements. He could simply smash through them all but that would leave him open to attack. Berserker doesn't wait for the fellow Servant to come in again, deciding to crash his sword into the ground, sending dirt and debris her way as the ground beneath is torn asunder by his strength. Saber sees this as her chance and rushes forward amongst the dust cloud left from the impact, she moves around the airborne stones and emerges through the other side, forcing everything into her forward momentum she lunges at his heart only to pierce Berserker's hand, he had caught her strike mere centimeters from its intended target. He moves her sword, angling so he can get a clean shot at her head, but Saber is already flowing more mana into her sword and with the a mighty battle roar unleashes her stored energy, delivering a devastating blast to his chest, opening him in half at his neck.

"Saber!" Shirou is running to his Servant before his call is heard.

The red gleam in Berserker's eyes fades away, Saber looks to see her Master is on the battlefield. She hold out her hand, and orders "Shirou, stay back!" Berserker's previously gaping chest is now being filled with a red substance and his wounds are healing, no... reversing? Rin too notices this and calls onto her own Servant.

Archer, do you have a clear shot?

"Yes, stay clear, I'll wipe them all out in an instant" The Archer looks down onto the battlefield from a mile away, bow drawn, he focuses on the epicenter, maximizing the destructive radius while giving his Master ample time to escape.

Rin doesn't waste any time, looking over to Shirou and yelling "Emiya, recall Saber and retreat. Archer is going to bring this place down." Shirou springs into action, his Servant in sight he calls upon his power once more, Time Alter Double Accelerate, he is at her side in seconds, grabbing her hand, he makes to leave but is blocked by an incoming leg kick aimed for their heads. Saber pivots, sword still in hand she thrusts it forward far to short to reach Berserker which makes Shirou wonder, but then she speaks.

"Invisible Air!" A jet of condenses air exits the tip of the blade, making contact with the enraged Servant with the force of a semi into his chest. While this only serves to stun the Servant, it is more than enough time for them to retreat before Archer's attack lands, exploding on impact into a raging inferno that scorched the landscape, leaving a smoking crater where Berserker was, wait was? Indeed the Servant stood up in the middle of the crater looking no worse for wear.

"Oh? 2 Lives? Impressive." Shirou sees Illya appear into the clearing, an eyebrow raised in amusement, " An ordinary Servant would've fell from such an attack with a clear shot, however Heracles is no ordinary Servant, in fact there is no one stronger."

"Heracles…" Rin remarks, allowing himself a moment to think, she wouldn't give away the name of her Servant so willingly, she doesn't intend to allow us to live through this. Her thoughts are confirmed as Heracles again shoots forward, but somehow appearing behind Saber who tried her best to dodge the incoming blow but still felt the right side of her ribs disintegrate as his fist made contact with the portion of her chest that her sword couldn't cover in time. The two Masters looked horrified as Saber crumpled to the ground in a heap, only slightly regaining her footing by leaning on her sword as a crutch.

Shirou's mind raced, she can't attack or defend properly in her position, the next blow will be fatal, his feet were moving, he didn't know when he moved but he was now, his body pushing itself past its limit, he looked up at his mana bar which was now at a little less than quarter full, the Time Alter consuming a large amount of mana for it being his first time using it in a battle scenario, twice at that. He reaches Saber as Berserker does, the blow is coming down on her, her sword glowing with a mysterious Holy energy as she stared down her foe, ready to unleash what would be her final attempt to defeat the Greek hero. She feels someone at her other side, she knows it to be her Master, but she doesn't understand. Her confusion deepens into a steady panic as she feels herself be pushed away from the incoming attack.

Why? She wonders

I'll keep your promise Kiritsugu, Shirou's hand makes contact with Saber's shoulder, I'll start here, I'll save Saber, then Illya. He can see the shocked look on Saber's face and can't help but smirk, so this is what being a hero feels like, I could get used to- as Heracles severs his spine, almost sounding like a Kit Kat bar breaking.

Illya took a moment to consider the dying boy, his blood staining the ground as he lay like a newly cut ham. She considered what he said, she sighed, the novelty of the encounter had worn off and she had became disinterested, "Lets go Berserker" she spun on her heels and made to leave but not before turning a final time to throw a wink at the defeated group, what she saw however sent chills down her spine. That boy was looking at her, not with a promise of revenge or even pain, but with determination, love, and a hint of betrayal. She felt something in her ache but she pushed it down, turning away.

Shirou continued to stare at the retreating figure even as the girl disappeared over the horizon and his vision failed. Whatever you've been through, you won't have to carry that pain much longer. I'll find you again, I won't fail her dad, I won't fail you, I swear. As his thought blurred to darkness and his body succumbed to the encroaching feeling of death's icy grip, he could just barely make out a notification as he slipped from consciousness.

A Hero Is Born, ~Quest Completed

Hey there reader! I made this thinking about picking up the story, I'd appreciate any and all opinions and criticisms to gauge the approval of my story. To help clarify the difference in the Shirou of my story and Xemness, I'm leaving the current status of my Shirou below.

Shirou Emiya, Level 30

Health: 30/100

Magic: 25/100

Strength: 29/100

Endurance: 50/100

Dexterity: 27/100

Intelligence: 30/100

Wisdom: 20/100

Luck: 58/100

Skills:

Element: Sword/Sword

Resistance: Magic (5%) Curse (5%)

Unlimited Blade Works: Locked

Passive increase in Swordsmanship

6% EXP increase in Sword skills progression

10% EXP increase in Archery skills progression

Charisma: C+

Cooking: A+

Cleaning: A+

Zen: D-

Gaia's Blessing: E

Kenjutsu: D

Reinforcement Magic: C

Weapon Tracing: D-

Time Alter: C

Gun Fu: D+