For those of you who have already read chapter 1, there is little new material (just a few paragraphs in the previous chapter) - I am just cleaning up the story a little bit as I transition it from a one-shot to a multi-chapter story.

I am also going to move this story to the Fate/Stay Night & Future Diary Crossover category, so please check for it there.

chapter 3 (the first new chapter) is going to go up in a few days

chapter 2

Shirou ran for all he was worth. He wasn't certain why he wasn't dead, given that the man in blue had rammed a spear through his heart, but he wanted to continue this happy state of affairs. So he ran for home, away from the battle that he had accidentally stumbled upon on the soccer field at school.

'Oh, god. What were those' Shirou collapsed in his workshop on the Emya property. The way the two fighters had moved, it was clear they were not human, despite appearances. He locked the door and slumped onto a bench in shock. He was oblivious to the rise in magic as the mage's circle inscribed on the floor activated for the first time in a decade.

Shirou undid his shirt and checked out the place he had been stabbed. Other than a dark red scar, it looked ok. "I should be dead" He muttered.

"I agree completely" came the voice of the man in blue as a window burst apart, admitting the Lancer.

Shirou, in a panic grabbed the first thing that came to hand - a toilet plunger. "Trace on" he converted a nerve into a mage circuit and quickly reinforced the tool to be as hard as steel. He was used to the agony, and ignored it as he blocked the Lancer's attack. Neither one of the combatants noticed the pink haired teenager rising from the glowing circle on the floor.

"It really is too bad that I have to kill you, kid. You have a strong spirit" Lancer sighed, but that was the way of the warrior - sometimes your friends ended up on the wrong side of a feud, and the only thing you could do was to give them an honorable death. He was just preparing to finish off the surprising young man when he felt a sharp pain.

He jumped away, putting his free hand to his side - it came away bloody. Facing him was the pink haired girl, a knife in one hand, a cell phone in the other.

"Ah? a Servant? So you're a Magus. that changes things some." smiled Lancer, "But maybe I should finish you off anyways, just so that you don't cause me trouble later." He fainted at the boy, before changing direction and stabbing at the girl.

But she was not taken by surprise. As soon as Lancer started his feint, she was charging where the Lancer would end up, so that his actual attack missed her. Lancer had to retreat to avoid getting knifed again.

Despite Lancer's greater skill and longer weapon, the two combatants were evenly matched. Both were incredibly fast, but the girl seemed to start dodging before Lancer even struck. And the wound in Lancer's side was deeper than it looked - it slowed him down a little.

"Arg!" Lancer growled "My cowardly Master demands that I retreat, so I will have to finish this fast"

"Gae Bolg!"

The spear flashed out for the girl's heart, but she was already dodging, but even her super human speed was not enough - the spear struck her in the shoulder. Lancer shook his head in annoyance as his master pulled on him again, "Another time" and leaped away.

"Are you ok?" Shirou ran over to the girl that had saved his life. But she stood up as if the injury didn't bother her, "Who are you?" She was tolerably pretty, dressed in a frilly pink sweater over what looked like a school uniform.

"I am Servant Assassin, and you are my master." She pronounced, before wobbling. Shirou darted in to catch her.

"I am?" He asked, confused "Here, let me take a look at that."

"Say the words!" She insisted sternly, refusing to let Shirou look at her arm.

"What?"

"Say 'I am your master'"

"Ok, I am your master" As Shirou pronounced the words, light flared on his arm as a command seal burnt itself into his skin. The young woman, Assassin, seemed to gain strength at the same time. She turned and stepped away from the over helpful teen with a scowl.

"Please return my cell phone to me."

"What cell phone?" asked Shirou.

Assassin pointed to Shirou's pocket.

"This?" he held out the cell phone that Ayako had asked him to check out. As Assassin snatched from his hand he asked, "But you already have a phone."

"That is my Master Diary. This is a ..." At that moment, Shirou felt somebody pass through the Bounded Field that acted as an intruder alarm around the property. Assassin must have felt it also, for she perked up like a hunting hound. She slipped her new phone into a pocket and darted out of the building, knife in hand.

"Oh, shit, what now?" Shirou ran after her. He just made it out of front gate when he saw the pink haired assassin streaking towards Rin Tohsaka, the school idol. Assassin's approach was so fast and unexpected, that Rin wasn't able to formulate a response - she was just starting to say something as Assassin raised her knife.

"STOP! Don't hurt her!" Shirou yelled. There was a tingling in his arm, and Assassin was yanked backwards, away from her intended prey. Shirou didn't notice, but part of the command seal faded away.

At the same time, a large man dressed in red armor materialized at Rin's side.

"So, you're a Master also, Emya-kun." Rin finally stated, to cover her confusion.

"A master? of what?" Shirou was completely out of his depth. He knew that his knowledge of magic was fairly minimal, but now it sounded that there was a whole world out there that he had been living on the edge of, without ever realizing it.

Assassin just rolled her eyes and watched the other servant cautiously.

Rin sighed. So Shirou actually WAS a dufus, and Rin would have to explain everything. All was right in the world. "Let's go inside and I will explain"

As the foursome sat in the dining room, drinking tea and eating leftover cake that Fujimura hadn't yet decimated, Rin explained the Heavens' Feel Ritual aka the Holy Grail war, while the man in red watched with a sardonic smile. Assassin helped set the table, to all appearances a completely normal school girl.

Shirou compared the two girls sharing the dining room with him (He was a teenage boy - he couldn't help it). 'Man, Issei is right - Rin really is annoyingly bossy. How come nobody in school notices?' He glanced at Assassin for comparison, 'And she's just the opposite - she looks so girly and nice, but...' Shirou remembered the steel hiding inside the girl. But there was something else... despite her bossiness, Rin felt more human than Assassin. More real. Assassin seemed fake, somehow.

A snort of amusement drew his gaze away from the girls. The red robed Servant was leaning against a wall, looking on arrogantly. 'That guy thinks he can handle anything the world throws at him. Maybe he can'. Shirou thought, unconsciously trying to emulate the man's posture.

It soon became clear that while Shirou was technically a magus, he didn't know a single spell. Rin hid her horror at Shirou's lack of education, and concentrated on explaining the situation that they were in.

"So your Servant is a Hero from the past?" asked Shirou, "as was that man in blue?"

"Yes. Obviously, knowing the identity of the Servant will be a huge advantage, as it will let you know what skills and Noble Phantasms they have, so they are typically referred to by their class. My Servant" at this point Rin puffed up in pride. Shirou quickly avoided looking at what that did to her chest "My Servant is class Saber - the most powerful that there is. Combined with my own prodigious skill as a Magus, we are sure to win."

Saber smirked at his master's antics, though inside, his mind was awhirl with puzzlement, 'this in not right. This isn't part of the deal.' He scowled, 'this must be an alternate reality. So I get screwed again. Typical.'

Shirou scratched his head and turned to the pink haired girl, who was nibbling on the cake while periodically glancing at her phone (and ignoring everybody else) 'Man, she has lousy social skills' "ah, Assassin, you haven't told me who you are."

Rin face faulted as Shirou blithely ignored the implied warning she had just given him, "NO, you idiot! We are opponents! you shouldn't be revealing such thing with me here!"

"I don't plan to fight you, Tohsaka-san. If I get involved with this thing, it will only be to keep innocent people safe." Shirou smiled at the girl, "And you aren't the sort to hurt people."

"It doesn't matter what you plan. You can't know what the future holds. As a matter of policy, you should never give anybody an advantage over you. That's the first rule of being a magus"

"But if you never open up to people, how can you be friends with people"

"That's what I am trying to tell you! Magi don't have friends!"

Saber watched the argument with a sardonic smirk on his face

Before the argument could escalate further, Assassin glanced at her cell phone and replied, "Please call me Yuno. Assassin makes me sound like I am evil or something" She smiled cutely.

Rin face palmed 'oh, god. they're both idiots' at the same time, she sent a silent query to her Servant, 'Saber, have you heard of any heroines with that name?'

'No, none that would fit her description,' came the reply, 'the only Yuno I have heard of is the Roman mother goddess, but this girl is too young, and beside, I have a heard time seeing a matronly assassin'

Rin scowled, 'So another nameless Servant'

At that comment, Saber's eyebrow quirked upwards, as his mind went into overdrive.

"You are hopeless. I should take you to the overseer for this Holy Grail war. He might be able to talk some sense into you."

"Ok, let's go" Shirou started to stand up.

"Don't be stupid." Yuno said with a smile, "Servants are active at night, and I can't have someone like you walking around. We will go during the daytime, tomorrow."

"What do you mean, someone like me?" Shirou bristled.

Yuno daintlilly brushed a crumb off her face, "I mean somebody who obviously has no magical skill. You need a servant to keep you safe, and I don't see why I have to make my job harder than it has to be."

Rin founded herself agreeing with the younger girl, 'Maybe she's not a complete idiot'

At the same time, Saber was getting annoyed, 'First, I get dumped into an alternate reality, and next we have this supercilious little Servant. She thinks she's so much smarter than everybody else' Saber was oblivious that, in many ways, that description fit him as well.

"Fine" groused Shirou, "We can go after school."

Saber expected Yuno to complain that going to school wasn't safe, but she didn't say anything, instead helping herself to another piece of the cake.'

"In that case, I will meet you at the Starbucks outside of school, and I will walk you over to the overseer"

"Thank you for helping me, Tohsaka-San" Shirou replied earnestly.

"I'm... I'm only doing it because I owe you a favor, for stopping Assassin from attacking me" Rin turned away so that Shirou wouldn't see the faint blush coloring her cheeks. "Well, we should get going - it's almost dinner time"

"Do you want to stay for dinner?" Shirou asked.

"No..No.. I couldn't impose like that" Rin replied in her 'School Idol' persona.

"Oh, it's no effort. I like to cook, and making food for two extra people is no problem."

Rin sighed, "Shirou - get this through your skull - I am your enemy." Yuno nodded agreement.

"Maybe after tomorrow, but right now you aren't" replied Shirou, "And I often cook for Sakura and Fujimura-san."

'cook for Sakura?' "Is Matou-chan going to be here this evening?" Asked Rin cautiously.

"No, she usually comes by in the mornings to walk to school with me. Her brother used to as well, but he's gotten kind of aloof this year" Shirou was puzzled at the question.

'So he's Sakura's friend' Curiosity nibbled at Rin. What sort of life did her estranged sister lead? Rin was a proper Magus, and would never dream of intruding on her by asking, but she still wanted to know. "Ok, We'll stay. But you should know - Servants don't eat"

As Shirou went into the kitchen, Yuno trailed after, "If you don't mind, I'll help out. I am a pretty good cook." She was pleasantly surprised to see how clean and orderly the kitchen was 'maybe I won't have to rescue dinner after all'.

The two teens concentrated on their cooking, and conversation was limited to that. Soon, an exasperated Rin made her way into the kitchen as well, "You know, I am complete unsupervised here. I could wander around and spy out all your secrets"

"Go, ahead" replied Shirou over his shoulder, "Can you chop some cabbage?" this was to Yuno, who nodded and immediately grabbed a knife. "I don't have any secrets. My workshop is in the building to the side."

Rin gave a horrified look to Saber.

'This is very.. odd. But it's kind of fun.' Yuno had never cooked with another person. 'Shirou is so girly - Yuki would never cook like this.'

Later, when the food was served, Rin cautiously tried some "This is good!" her face lit up. Yuno quirked an eyebrow and reached for a serving dish as well. Soon the two girls were racing to see who could eat more. "This is professional quality - you should be a chef!" Rin gushed.

"It's not proper for a man to cook. It is a wife's job to cook for her husband" Yuno objected around a mouth full of rice. "When I am married, I will cook all sorts of special meals for Yuki" she gushed. The combination of good food and friendly conversation had softened her aloof demeanor. It had been so long - so many years - since she had talked to people.

Rin and Saber shared a glance, "Who is Yuki?"

"He is going to be my husband." Yuno finished off a strip of meat, "That is my wish - to be reunited with my Yuki!" She beamed at the others present.

"Uhm, ok." Rin replied.

"He must be a very special person." Shirou brought out another serving platter. 'Servants don't eat yeah, right' It was a good thing he was used to making extra for Fuji-nee, otherwise they wouldn't have had enough.

"Yes, Yuki is the most important thing in my life. He give it meaning!"

'uhm, Saber - does she not realize that she's dead?' Rin looked on in bemusement at the other girl.

Saber just shrugged and reached for the soy sauce.

FSD*FSD

Later that night, once Rin and her Servant had left for home, Shirou made up one of the guest rooms for Yuno to use, and went to bed.

Yuno, on the other hand, lay awake, waiting until she was certain that her master was asleep, which was easy to do, with her Master Diary. It not only told her what Shirou was doing right now, it also showed her what he would see and do in the next few minutes (or sometimes longer).

While she waited, she pulled out her 'True Love Diary'

July 28 - HAPPY END -

Yuki and Yuno become one

'Yuki'. Yuno needed to know. As soon as Shirou was asleep, she quietly stood up and slipped out of the room. She made her way to the out building, to Shirou's workshop. She smiled - there WAS a computer in there! She quickly booted it up and started a people search for 'Yukiteru Amano, resident of Sakurami city'. But there is no such person. Even the city didn't exist. Yuno becomes more and more panicky, before taking a deep breath 'well, so much for Plan A. I guess I'll have to go with Plan B'. Plan A had been murdering Shirou in his sleep and making Yuki her new master.

That night, Shirou dreamed of floating in empty blackness. The image was accompanied by a feeling of crushing loneliness and gnawing fear. He didn't sleep very well.