Welcome to another chapter of my story. I feel kinda silly tha I changed the name of my story from Knight in Blood Red Armor to Memories and Swords. I thought the new title appealed better in some way. And the first title seemed a bit childish after writing for a while.

Anyways, I'm updating my story.

Chapter Recap: Last time we left off our duo went off into the dungeon in hopes to find their first trigger and train themselves for the upcoming elimination battle with Shinji and his servant. On the way, Samantha learns that she has to deal with fighting against any people they face off and even gets a strange pep talk from Archer. Their journey almost over, soon takes a halt as Shinji and a red haired woman appear before them.

How will this meeting end? Will the elimination battle come sooner than expected? And will Samantha and Archer grow a stronger bond from this?

On to the chapter!

Archer glared at the red haired woman and teenage master next to her. 'This isn't good. What could they want at a time like this?'

Samantha stepped back a bit, feeling a bit nervous at seeing Shinji in the dungeon. Sure at some point before the match she would face him again, but why was he confronting them? And who is that woman next to him? His servant maybe?

Shinji gave his iconic smirk to the two enemies in front of him, moving his hair out of his face. "Heh. Samantha, you're pretty late. While you and your servant were crawling around like the slugs you are, I obtained the trigger!"

Samantha clenched her teeth and fists in annoyance. He was right in a sense. The entire time she was fooling around trying to fight enemies on with Archer when she should have been looking for the trigger.

And now Shinji got the trigger before they did.

"Hahahahaha, what's with that stupid look on your face? Your skills are pathetic compared to mine so don't be so harsh on yourself. Oh, and speaking of losing, let me introduce you to my servant. It's not like your going to win, so it's no problem at all." Shinji said with a conceited air to him.

'So that woman is his servant.' Samantha thought, looking at the red haired woman.

Archer glared at Shinji. So far he wasn't liking the attitude coming out of the boys mouth and was hesitating to punch the boy, but he knew that his servant would come to his aid, and he was smart enough to know he wasn't strong enough to take on the servant at his condition.

As well, he knew his master would not want him taking an unnecessary fight against Shinji now when they needed to find a trigger. 'I still don't like this. Just taking this boy's insults like a punching bag.'

Archer looked at Samantha, seeing her not saying anything or taking any action. All he could see the girl doing was standing in the same spot, letting Shinji talk and insult her while she did nothing. Was the planning something?

"Are you sure you're done gloating? I found myself enjoying your meaningless chatter." The red haired woman said with a smile. As you can see from my masters words, he is a social retard when it comes to conversation isn't he?" The servant asked Samantha.

Samantha laughed a bit at the woman's choice of words. "Social retard huh? Uhh...I wouldn't quite use those choice of words." Samantha said with a smile.

Archer also smirked at the words of the servant of Shinji. "Quite the mouth you have there. I'm guessing that is how you two got paired up?" He joked.

"Oi! Where the hell do you two get off analyzing me like that!? She's the enemy! Will you hurry up and maim her already!" Shinji yelled at his servant.

"Look at the tough guy! I'm a little surprised. I have to admit I admire the fact that you're evil enough to beat down your own friend. The darkness of your grubby little soul is impressive Shinji. Oh yes, I expect a generous reward later!" The red haired woman yelled in excitement.

The small corridor the two teams stood in soon began to blink on and off, the colors and original layout before them melting away until a bright light flashed, blinding Samantha. She soon opened her eyes to find herself not in the small hallway, but in a large pen arena like area, along with Archer, Shinji, and his servant.

'What do we do? I don't think we're strong enough to fight and beat Shinji yet. And I have no clue on what this woman can do!...Maybe...Maybe we should run?!' Samantha thought, her mind running scenarios and ideas on how to get out of this mess.

"Master, did you forget what I told you?" Archer said, shifting his gaze from the red haired woman to Samantha. "I know what you are thinking. And we cannot run. Not now, and not ever. Like I said before, you run and we don't get stronger. We will lose to these fools sooner or later and you will not find out who you really are or live." Archer explained before shifting his gaze back at the red haired servant.

"Now stay here. Don't get into the fight. You are no match for this servant." Archer said before jumping into battle and ran at the woman, giving a quick slash. The attack hit but seemed to give much damage as the woman took out a pistol and shot Archer, getting a good hit at his shoulder.

"Archer! Are you okay?!" Samantha yelled to him, attempting to run over to check him but was quickly stopped by an electrical shock to her body and kneeled to the ground in pain. Looking up she saw Shinji with a smirk on his face and a transparent like keyboard in front of him. "D-Damn you Shinji!"

"Heh! Are you getting it now? You can't beat me or my servant! You don't know how to fight, how to defend yourself, or even how to use magic! How do you expect to beat a genius like me!?" He yelled with a evil smile like smirk on his face.

Another gun shot rang out, Archer skidding over to Samantha and holding his side a bit, a small wound opening up from the latest gun shot. "These guys are tough. Are you alright master?"

Samantha frowned and looked up at Archer, but nodded. "Y-Yeah, a bit hurt but nothing I can't handle. What about you? You have some wounds that don't look so good. You need to rest. Let me try and take this servant on so you can rest. I can't let you fight in the condition you're in! It's not right!"

Archer winced a bit from the wounds he had and looked at the young girl that was his master. 'She's naïve but her heart is in the right place...But in war, you won't survive with your heart and ideals. It's what gets you...and important people you care for killed.'

Archer was about to say something, but a strange alarm and a red glow appearing in the arena stopped his words and grabbed the attention of both masters and servants. A familiar flash of light appeared, blinding all of the fighters until the sight of the hallway they stood in before appeared.

"W-We're back in the dungeon? What happened?" Samantha asked in confusion, looking around to find a sign of something that would give her an answer.

Shinji's growl caught her attention though. "Damn! It looks like the .PH. Has it's eyes on us right now. Well it's not like we need to take care of her right now." He said with an annoyed look on his face.

Samantha lightly glared at Shinji, wanting to punch him, but if the .PH was watching, than she probably shouldn't try to do anything that could jeopardize their chances at surviving another day. "Shinji, we don't have to fight. You know I don't want to truly fight or kill you, so why don't we try and make a truce. Nobody would have to get hurt or killed. We could both live and try and find a way out of here." Samantha said, trying to convince Shinji.

Silence was the only thing Samantha and Archer heard. A few moments later, laughter began to fill the dungeon. "He...heh...hehehehe! You are some type of idiot girl aren't you Kisaragi! Hasn't your idiot of a servant told you anything!? This is a war! In a war the weak die while the strong take control and rule above everyone! What you're saying now are words of the weak! Words of a girl who can't seem to grasp that their naïve ideals is what is going to get themselves killed. By me!; the alpha dog of this war and the future master of the Holy Grail!" Shinji yelled with a crazed smile and nightmarish look on his face.

He than breathed heavily and fixed his composure before smirking at Samantha. "Don't worry though. I like seeing you grovel in the dirt of your foolish ideals of pacifism and peace like the trash you are. Maybe if you beg hard enough I'll let you live. Who knows...I might even let you become my servant when I am king of the Holy Grail." Shinji said with a maniacal laugh before him and his servant disappeared.

Once again, a silence filled the hallway. The words Shinji had yelled at Samantha echoed through her head and she was trying to absorb them all in, hearing every bad mouthed insult, rude comment, and punch to her pride and the things she believed in. She had never thought Shinji could say such things to one person.

"...Archer. I'm sorry." Samantha said quietly. "I was being stupid and wasn't being a proper master wasn't I?" She asked. She got no answer though. Samantha looked over to see Archer but only saw him look ahead to where Shinji and his servant stood, a look of rage on his face and his hands clutched tightly to his dual blades. "Archer? Hey, is something wrong? Are you made we almost lost?"

"No...I am not. It was a dangerous fight but we survived and got information out of it about the servant, since we know now she uses guns. She could be an Archer like me." Archer said silently, almost in a harsh whisper.

Matrix Level 2

Samantha nodded but still was hesitant to ask anymore as to why he looked so angry. 'Maybe another time when we get out of here.'

"Hey Archer, do you want to get out of here now? We both got pretty beat up, and I think my morale is a bit down after that verbal abuse. Maybe we should call it qui-"

"We aren't quitting. Not until we get that trigger." Archer said, looking at Samantha with a sharp gaze, making her flinch a bit. "If we leave now we'll lose an opportunity to get the trigger and lose a day to gain more information. Besides, I don't want to lose to the likes of that scumbag Shinji and his overconfident servant." Archer explained.

"Yeah...Me either. We should get going than. The sooner we find ti the sooner we can get out of here and get some rest." Samantha said before grabbing the ether shard from her pocket and crushed it, throwing the powder in the air as it healed Archer's wounds. "I'm glad I saved that. You're wounds are healing right?"

Archer breathed a slow breath and nodded, his wounds beginning to close. "Yes. It was smart to keep that. Maybe we'll find more on our way."

The two than set off once again through the dungeon, fighting their way through programs and attacks from them. They two were near the end of the dungeon already and had stopped, looking over to see an orange red like item folder. "Weird. I've never seen a item folder like that before. What if it's a trap?" Samantha asked.

"I doubt it. Unless Shinji and his servant know how to hack into this dungeon and set it, I'm sure it is nothing. Go and check it. It could be the trigger." Archer said, pushing the young girl toward the item folder.

Samantha tensed a bit, looking at the folder for a while until touching it lightly and opened it, a strange rectangular looking card appearing and soon disappeared into her PDA.

Trigger Code Alpha Obtained!

Samantha smiled, turning to Archer. "Looks like we got our first trigger!"

Archer smiled, nodding before walking with Samantha to the exit. "We did some good work today. Sure we got our asses kicked but we got our trigger and some info for the future. Next time we will be prepared."

"I hope so...Archer, why did you look so mad before?" Samantha asked as the two were transported back to their classroom hideout.

"...I didn't like what that boy said." Archer said simply before going to his makeshift bed of chairs covered in red drapes and laid down, closing his eyes.

"I don't understand. That doesn't give me any real answer. I want a better answer than that Archer." Samantha said to the red clad servant, but got only snoring as an answer. "A-Archer?"

Archer did not answer, but only snored as he was fast asleep in his chair bed, not showing any indication of waking up.

"*sigh* I should have known he would have been tired after all of that. I'm pretty wiped too...Where do I sleep anyways?" The young girl looked at her options, trying to figure out where she was to sleep, but saw only the floor or a chair next to Archer. "There's no way I'm sleeping o the floor. Hopefully Archer doesn't stab me in his sleep."

With that said, Samantha quietly sat on the chair next to Archer and sat there. A yawn escaped her mouth as she reached for a red drape to cover herself from the cold air from the air conditioner. With another yawn she quietly fell asleep and laid her head on Archer's arm, falling asleep as well.

Well this chapter is done. I feel kinda bad since it was kinda short. But I'm sure I'll make the next one longer. The next chapter is going to be a time skip right to the day before the elimination match, so we can get t the big fight next chapter and don't think Sam is going to sit back and just let Archer get all the action. XD