Fate/Alternative Nights
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Summary: Inspired by Fate Extra Nights. Emiya Shirou willingly participates in the Holy Grail War to heal his sister. Halfway through the war, he and his Servant were caught in a freak accident and were sent back to the beginning of war. Only, it wasn't their war.

Chapter 2

The darkened hallway of Homurabara High School was silent as both parties stared at each other; one was confused as hell while the other one was internally cursing a certain dimension traveling Archmage.

"What do you mean 'it's all Zeltrech's fault?" Rin asked when her confusion finally got the best of her.

Shirou ran his a hand through his short red hair. "Technically, it's pretty much my fault too for picking up the blueprint for Jeweled Sword of Zeltrech that you, or rather the parallel you, threw out of your house after…an incident."

"What kind of incident?" Rin's Archer asked with an eyebrow raised in curiosity. The hesitating tone at the end of Shirou's line picked up his interest.

"Believe me when I say that it was pretty embarrassing," the female Archer answered, stiffening a giggle.

"Anyway, what are we going to do now?" Shirou asked, trying to change the subject as he looked at his lifeless mirror copy.

Rin bit her lip as she also looked on the dead body of this universe's Emiya Shirou with guilt clearly reflected on her aquamarine eyes. "It's my fault for assuming too early that everyone had left. I'll take the responsibility."

Shirou was about to ask when he saw Rin took out a pendant from her coat. He knew that pendant too well. It was the pendant she got from her father and the one she used to store her prana for ten years.

The red haired alchemist then fixed the damage he caused by his attack using alchemy, leaving the hall unblemished when he was done. He turned to mirror image of his childhood friend who had also finished trying to revive his counterpart.

"Well?" Shirou asked.

"I'm done fixing the damage Lancer caused to him, er, you, er….Arrgh! This is so confusing!" Rin shrieked the last part out.

"Getting worked up so easily like that…it seems even in a parallel universe Rin is still Rin," Shirou's Archer giggled, causing the black haired magus to glare at her.

"Shut up! What do you mean by that anyway?" the young head of Tohasaka family snarled at the silver haired servant. "Emiya-kun should be wake up soon. Let's get out of here before he does and sees you," Rin said as she looked at Shirou.

"Fair enough. It'll save us from a lot of trouble," Shirou replied as he removed his gloves and left the scene with his Servant in tow.

Rin and her Archer looked at the backs of the self-proclaimed Master-Servant duo from a parallel universe silently with contemplating faces, before they too left the school.

As soon as Shirou and Archer left Homurabara High School, they went to seek the person that perhaps knew a way to get them back at their home-world, Kotomine Kirei. Back in their world, Shirou met Kirei for only once when he registered himself as a Master. He promised himself to not meet the man again unless it was necessary. There was something about the fake priest that made him uneasy. Shirou hoped that this universe's Kirei won't be like his counterpart back home.

He can hope, can't he?

But alas, his wish didn't come true.

"Hmm, I see. So you're saying that you came from a parallel dimension and was sent here because of an accident with Zeltrech's creation? And you're asking me if I know a way to get back to your world?" Kirei summed up after he heard the dimension traveler's story.

"Yeah, that's pretty much it," Shirou replied, fidgeting under the fake priest's gaze. This Kirei was just as creepy as the one in his home-world.

Archer stood beside her Master, silently gazing at Kirei.

"Why don't you use the Holy Grail?" the war mediator suggested. "You could make a wish to go back to your world."

Shirou and Archer blinked at his suggestion. "So, you're telling me I have to participate in this war?" Shirou said to Kirei.

"Of course. There is one last spot reserved for the seventh Master on this war," Kirei stated, but there was a sudden mana surge from the direction where the Emiya Residence was located. "Well, this is unexpected. It seems your counterpart has become a Master."

"Oh God, this is completely messed up," Shirou said as he sighed and massaged the bridge of his nose. He then looked at Archer for a while and she gave a nod. "What the hell, I'm participating as the eighth Master of this war."

"Eighth Master?" Kirei asked, raising his eyebrow in curiosity.

"You can say that the Grail somehow glitched and allowed two Archers to be summoned," Archer answered in the place of her Master. Shirou nodded in approval, seeing the logic in her story.

"An acceptable solution. Very well then, Emiya Shirou, you are now officially the eighth Master of this universe's Fifth Holy Grail War," Kirei declared. "Is there anything else you need? Perhaps I can arrange some accommodations for you."

"Please keep my identity a secret to my other self. I don't want him to flip out when he hears about me," Shirou replied. "And don't worry about accommodation. I'm sure I can figure something out."

"Very well. May the blessings of the Holy Grail always be with you," Kirei said as Shirou and Archer left his church.

"Finally! I really can't stand being around that fake priest," Shirou said with relieved sigh as he and Archer walked far enough from the church. "Everything about him screams 'wrong'."

"You know what I think about Kotomine, Shirou? He looks like a creepy priest from an H-Game," Archer commented with a giggle.

Shirou threw a surprised look at the silver haired girl. "How do you know about H-Games?"

Archer's eyes widened and nervously scratched her head. "Umm…it's a secret?"

The red haired Master looked at his Servant for a while before he shrugged. "Riiiiight. I'll let that slide for now. Come on, let's get a place to rest for tonight."

Deciding to travel in the most inconspicuous way, Shirou pumped od to his feet and jumped to the roof, followed by his Archer

As they jumped from roof to roof, they spotted a group of people. It was Rin, her Archer in astral form, this universe's Shirou, and…was that Saber wearing large raincoat? The young alchemist looked at his Servant, as if asking her what he should do.

"Why are you asking me?" Archer inquired with an eyebrow raised. "You're the Master here."

Shirou glared at her tiredly before sighing.

"On one hand, I want to find a bed to sleep in because after today I can honestly say that I'll likely be out for a whole day. On the other hand, there is this little voice on my head that's telling me to follow my other self or other weird stuff will happen," Shirou explained, raising a hand to massage the bridge of his nose. "This dimension travelling is really troublesome."

"Watch it, Shirou. That line's already copyrighted."Archer replied.

Somewhere in the multiverse, a certain black haired lazy genius sneezed.

Shirou looked at his Servant incredulously but shook his head after a moment. "This is a really weird day. Why don't we just go follow them, just for the hell of it?"

Archer shrugged in response. "It's your call."

Shirou and his Archer then followed his counterpart's group back to Kotomine's church, still hiding on the roof. They saw Saber, wearing that atrocious raincoat, standing outside the church along with the male Archer, in his astralized state. The duo just stood there and followed them as they left the church. So far, it seemed nothing weird was going to happen.

"It looks pretty normal to me," Archer said.

"Then let's just hope nothing will happen and then we can search for a place to rest tonight," Shirou replied.

Hey, didn't they forget about Murphy's Law?

"Good evening, Onii-chan," a voice greeted to other Shirou and his group. A voice that was too familiar to our dimension travelling mage.

His suspicions peaked as a little girl greeted the group of Masters and Servants, followed by a massive form.

"Out of all people out there that could become a Master, why her?" Shirou groaned as his shoulder slumped. Archer rubbed his back in attempt to comfort her Master. "Why did Illya have to be the Master of Berserker?-!"

Illyasviel von Einzbern, who in Shirou's universe was a loving and cute little sister, seemed to hate the other Shirou in this universe since she ordered her massive Servant to butcher everyone there, making the silver haired girl look like a psycho.

"Well, what are we going to do?" Archer asked.

Shirou was silent as he watched Berserker overpower Saber easily, which was weird since Saber back home—who was possibly alternative version of this universe's Saber—was capable fighting Berserker on toe.

"Damn, this universe's version of me is a failure of a magus! That's why this Saber is so weak compared to Rin's!" Shirou gritted his teeth in frustration as he realized what happened. "We're going to interfere! Get yourself ready, Archer!"

"You don't have to tell me," Archer grinned as she held her hands out and a dozen swords appeared around her. "Gehen!" At her command, the swords shot through air and homed right into Berserker' hulking figure.

The maddened Servant roared in irritation as swords struck him out of nowhere, surprising Illya as well. She did not expect someone else to attack them.

"Who's there? Show yourself!" The red-eyed girl called out to where the swords were coming.

At that cue, Archer and Shirou jumped down from the roof. Illya, Saber, and the other Shirou were shocked to see the mirror image of the red head accompanied by a girl that looked like his Servant.

"Wh-What?-! W-Why there are two Onii-chans?" the silver haired girl sputtered as she pointed at Shirou. Her pale skin went paler when she saw his Archer. "W-who are you? W-Why do you look like me?"

"That's…a secret," Archer winked at her.

"Shirou, what's going on here? Who is that person? Why does he look like you?" Saber asked to her Master.

"I-I don't know," the red haired (poorly trained) magus answered.

Meanwhile, Rin just stared at the alternate Shirou disbelievingly while resisting the urge to slap her forehead. Archer was silent, still in his astralized state, preferring to observe the battle.

"Illya, you know it's past your bedtime, right?" Shirou asked, using his 'upset big brother' tone.

Rin's Archer quirked his eyebrows when he heard the alternate version of his past speaking to Illya like that.

"W-Why do you care about my bedtime?" Illya asked back to Shirou. "Just who are you?"

"I'm your big brother, Illya-chan," Shirou said with a smile. "And as your big brother, I am responsible for your well being."

The young von Einzbern was clearly taken aback by Shirou's statement. Her body was trembling and she bit her lip as if she was trying to suppress something.

"Berserker, kill him and his Servant!" Illya ordered to her Servant as she pointed to Shirou. "The other Onii-chan can wait!

The mighty son of Zeus roared as he charged for the alchemist from another dimension and his Servant with his sword-axe ready to smash his enemy. Archer eyed the incoming monstrous frame of Berserker carefully. As he recklessly charged at the silver haired Servant, she Projected another set of nameless swords around her launched at Berserker. The maddened Servant swung his sword-axe in front of him to block the flying swords. They may be did nothing except annoyed him, but those swords were numerous.

By the short time that Berserker managed to smash those swords apart, Archer and her Master had gained some distance. A golden spear decorated with red tassel wrapped near the base of the bladed tip then appeared in Archer's hand. The spear began to hum and glowed with power as Archer let her prana flow to the Noble Phantasm in her hand. The glow became brighter and the power grew exponentially as more prana pumped to the weapon, making it brittle and broken. It became a Broken Phantasm. Archer jumped as she aimed the prana overcharged weapon to Berserker.

"Roar, Brionac!-!"

Using her reinforced arm, Archer threw the spear at Berserker. The glowing weapon roared through the air as it homed in on the massive figure of its intended target. The servant of madness only had the time to glance at the incoming glowing projectile before it hit him dead on in a big, bright explosion.

The on lookers could only gape as they saw the sheer power packed in that one explosive attack. Archer landed gracefully, kneeling with one hand touching the ground while the other hand leveled at her side, fingers stretched readily to grasp any weapon she projects. A wicked grin appeared on Archer's face as she looked at the explosion she caused and that grin threatened to split her face in two when she saw the mangled but rapidly recovering frame of Berserker once the dust cloud settled.

"No way…" the other Shirou said breathlessly.

"Judging from the damage I've done to him, I'd say I've taken two of his lives," Archer commented nonchalantly, the grin never left her face. "Heh, as expected from Hercules. Only he can reduce the count for that overkill technique."

Again, the on lookers were left gaping and shock, either from Archer's nonchalant comment or the fact that she knew about Berserker's identity.

"Wha—?-! H-How do you know Berserker's identity?-!" Illya demanded. She hadn't recovered from the shock.

"It's because I've faced this Berserker twice," Shirou answered for her. "In the first encounter, Archer could only kill him once because she didn't know who she was facing. The Master of Berserker back then was also too busy gloating in front of me for some reason. She then retreated when she learned that her Servant was killed once. Then on the second encounter after learning who he really was, Archer killed him thrice using her Noble Phantasm. The battle could've been dragged out longer if only his Master preferred to focus on us instead of trying to finish her personal problem with another Master."

Seriously, Shirou didn't understand why Luvia insisted on fighting Rin personally when the black haired Magus arrived on the scene back then. Maybe it was a girl thing?

"What do you mean you've faced Berserker twice? Who in the world are you?" Saber demanded while standing protectively in front of her Master.

"My name is Emiya Shirou, the Master of Servant Archer of Fifth the Holy Grail War back in my home universe," Shirou introduced himself. "And currently, the eighth Master of the Holy Grail War in this universe."

"What?-!" was the response coming from the other Shirou, Saber, and Illya.

"Now then if you'll excuse me, my sister over there…" the alchemist pointed to Illya. "…needs her sleep. Little girls should be asleep at this hour."

"Don't get all familiar with me! I'm not your sister!" Illya snapped. "Ki—"

The silver haired girl unable to finish her order because she was lifted sixty centimeters from the ground by a giant stone hand, grabbing the back of her jacket's collar. Shirou had planted his now gloved hands on the ground as he looked at Illya.

"Don't make me spank you with that, Illya-chan," the alchemist said sternly. To emphasize his words, he created two more stone hands.

Seeing more giant hands rose from the ground, Illya gulped. She didn't want to know how hard those hands were.

"F-Fine! You win this time, Onii-chan!" the homunculus admitted as the hand that grabbed her lowered her to the ground. Her red eyes were glaring at Shirou, as if accusing him. "But remember this! The next time we meet, I'm going to kill you! Come on, Berserker. We're going home."

Berserker growled as he shifted to his astral form. Illya left the scene with her now invisible Servant, but not before sending a glare to Shirou for the last time before she disappeared in the distance. Shirou then turned to his other self and his Servant who stood protectively in front of him, her invisible sword poised defensively.

"I'm not going to attack my alternative self, Saber," said Shirou as he removed his gloves. "I just want to talk."

"What can you do to prove your words? Moreover, how can you prove that you are Emiya Shirou from another dimension?" Saber asked, tightening the grip on her sword.

"Wait, Saber," Emiya (Shirou of this universe) called to his servant. "Let's hear him talk first."

"But, Master…!" Saber tried to protest.

"It's okay. He seems trustworthy," Emiya reasoned. "Besides, what's the harm in listening?"

Shirou and Archer traded look that said 'He is a completely naïve and hopeless' The young alchemist turned to his counterpart and said to him. "Okay then. Let's go to your house. That way, I wouldn't dare to do anything funny and we'll have some privacy."

Emiya nodded and then turned to Rin. "Come on, Tohsaka. You're coming too, right?"

"W-Why are you asking me?" Rin asked back to him, a bit flustered. "B-Besides, we're enemies!"

"She's so Tsundere," Shirou's Archer snickered.

"S-Shut up! H-how do you know about Tsundere anyway?" Rin replied indignantly.

"From Illya's manga," the silver haired Servant said, still snickering.

"Stop teasing Rin, Archer," Shirou chided.

"I can't help it! She was so cute when she's flustered like that! No wonder Saber likes teasing her all the time," Archer giggled.

"Wait, Saber?" the black haired Magus inquired.

"Your Servant, or rather, your counterpart's Servant back home," Shirou said. "What are we waiting for? Come on, we can't waste time here."

Emiya nodded and led the group to his house. Rin's Archer, still in his astralized form, narrowed his eyes at the group.

"This is going to complicate things," he muttered to himself before he followed his Master.

A/N: Chapter 2 is done! Yay for me, I guess. If anyone asking why Archerko used Brionac Broken Phantasm immediately at Berserker, the reason is because when you faced someone who had twelve lives like Hercules and literally Juggernaut with his class as Berserker in every sense, you need to pull out all of your big guns at once. And since Archerko had seen many powerful artifacts when she was alive, that means she also has many big guns at her reserve with nearly unlimited ammo. Someone with Tracing ability is sure a broken one. Anyone interested in the Master-Servant match up in Shirou's home universe? Here's the list:

Emiya Shirou-Archer
Tohsaka Rin-Saber
Luviagelita Edelfelt-Berserker
Bazett Fraga McRemitz-Lancer
Kuzuki Souichirou-Caster
Matou Shinji-Rider
Caster-Assassin

As you can see, it doesn't change much from the Canon. But with Illya didn't participate in the war and Kirei didn't betray Bazett, the line up changed. Actually, I wanted to add Avenger with Kirei as his Master, but I decided to against it. As for Gilgamesh? You'll have to wait. So as always, please leave a Review if you read this chapter. I really need my sleep…

Noble Phantasm Corner

Brionac

Title: The Roaring Five Stars
Rank: A+
Category: Anti-Army
Description: The spear once wielded by Lugh, the Celtic God of Light and the father of Cu Chulainn. Little was known about this spear, except that Brionac said to be parent spear to Gae Bolg and considered to be a powerful weapon. When activated, it converts prana into energy and light. The accumulated energy will be released once the spear hurled and detonates on impact.

A/N 2: Thanks again for DawningShadows for editing this!