Watched the funniest show alive today. Thank you angel for helping me write this chapter.
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Shirou wondered how Rin and Archer could just ignore them for the whole duration of it and go hunting for another Servant. The current status of the war was :
Out : Assassin, Lancer
Still in : Cuirassier, Archer, Berserker, Rider
Yet to have encounter : Caster
Shirou had yet to win a battle against a master or their servant.
Rin on the other hand had already won a battle with a Servant but technically Shirou had landed the final blow on Lancer, although Archer did most of the fighting. Rin was a little worried about where Caster was since he or she has yet to appear throughout the war.
The arrival of Caster would come very soon in their lives. Some would say it was a lot of build up for one person for nothing.
The arrival came during the weekend where the gang decide to go shopping to blow off some steam and in a way to celebrate for their victory against Assassin and Lancer.
Rin stopped wearing her ribbons on that day and had her hair long. She changed her shirt and her skirt also on that day.
Shirou on the other hand just wore his normal clothes consisting of a long sleeve shirt and jeans with sports shoes. He didn't really know what to let Cuirassier wear and just let her wear a super short skirt and tight shirt Rin lent to her, which made him regret it instantly when they stepped into the public area since guys kept ogling her.
Cuirassier being a Servant considered herself to be more a weapon for her Master than someone ashamed of her body. She walked with Shirou without giving any of the boys other than him a glance.
Shirou wished the men population of Fuyuki City would give him a rest. He felt he would rather battle a Servant than have to deal being antagonised by others of his own gender just for being seen with a beautiful, no, two beautiful girls.
Archer didn't get any of that resentment because like all good Servants he was invisible.
Rin dragged Cuirasser into every shop and Shirou nearly died having to carry all of their stuff. Archer just smirked as he watched the boy suffer at the hands of two strong girls.
Eventually they got to the restaurant and Archer lost his invisibility.
Luckily most of the customers didn't notice his appearance but the waitress did let out a squeal when a good looking white haired man appeared in front of her dressed in jeans and a bomber jacket. He winked and that made her go silent as she led them to their seats.
"We'll have four glasses of water to start," said Rin.
Archer wanted to have a glass of alchohol but the thought perished when Rin raised her hand to cover his mouth before he made a foulhearted mistake.
Cuirassier would have ordered beer but since the other servant was refrained from doing so, she declined to order one pint of beer.
The water had different number of ice. The refreshing, cool taste was based on how cute the customers were.
"Remind me why we're going shopping when a war is going on?" Shirou asked. "We all need time to relax anyway. Besides, now that we know how most of the servants and their masters look like, we can be prepared in case they appear in public," Rin answered. That sounded logical enough for him to drink in peace.
Shirou had a pasta dish for his meal with lobster buried inside the cheese.
Soon all of them were digging into their food and they left the restaurant with their stomachs filled with appetising food. Shirou licked his lips as he recalled how amazing it tasted.
The question was if this was a perfect time to end the celebration or continue thinking of new ways to celebrate.
"Well then, now that we have our fill let's continue shopping!" Rin said.
Shirou should have guessed she would want to go shopping after eating.
"In case you haven't noticed, you're in the middle of a war here," Kiritsugu said as he smoked. The old man decided to tag along and get a bit of fresh air since he had been cooped in the house for a long time now.
"While we are on the subject of being honest here...did that punk girl hurt you in your first battle?" Shirou asked.
"Technically this isn't my first battle. I fought in the previous grail war you know. And there were many more Masters more lethal than her. Those of my time were all very experienced and dangerous mages," Kiritsugu said as Rin recalled her father being murdered during the previous war.
"Technically this isn't my first battle. I fought in the previous grail war you know. And there were many more Masters more lethal than her. Those of my time were all very experienced and dangerous mages," Kiritsugu said as Rin recalled her father being murdered during the previous war.
Rin stared at Shirou, who stood in the middle of the street. The crowd appeared to pass through him as he looked at the man in front of him. "He saved me from that hell. He will never take a life when he saved mine," Shirou said as Kiritsugu smiled.
Rin had a hard time getting mad at Kiritsugu now, but the thought of him taking her father's life didn't dwindle just because a boy she just started hanging around with said so.
"Enough on that talk. Let's just go enjoy ourselves for now," Kiritsugu said as he wrestled Shirou under his arm and dragged him off to get some clothes. The only things he had was this current set of clothes and school uniform.
Rin secretly also wanted Shirou to find some new clothes and change into them.
She changed her clothes today for the special occassion of spending time with her new friends.
Kiritsugu released a puff of smoke as he looked around. For once the place looked normal but since it was the Holy Grail War they were talking about here, anything could happen at any moment.
Their next opponent was going to be Mage, a person brilliant with a dangerous move.
Shirou hoped they could just get one day of peace.
All of that seemed to be a dream when a fox warred mage walked up to him and Kirtsugu.
"Uh do I know you?" Kiritsugu smiled as he clicked the revolver in his pocket. This guy spells trouble.
Mage turned and looked at Shirou. A strategy he had for destroying him was using fire on the unsuspecting Master.
"Oh no you don't," Rin said as she aimed her fingers at him. Cuirassier was about to ready the weapon she had strapped to her leg and Archer was in the process of forming swords.
Caster slid towards Cuirassier ready to raise the heat. She formed a fireball that burned Cuirassier's leg, but in Cuirassier's strife she cut Caster.
Kiritsugu slammed a few bullets into her but that made her more agitated.
She moved her arms around until she conjured a ball of wind she fired towards Kiritsugu.
"Damn I forgot you are a mage," he muttered as he fired a few more rounds at her before muttering a spell, making him disappear for a moment.
She would need her Master to look for him. She was too busy facing two Servants at once to worry about a normal human.
Luckily Rin had thrown a barrier around them so none of the humans noticed a battle that could blow them to bits at any moment and they were allowed to shop in peace.
Archer attacked Caster with a flurry of his double blade slashes. Caster was on par with Archer's reflexes as she dodged his slashes.
The young mages focused on backing up their servants.
Caster twirled around while her hands were burning with scorching fire.
"Man I wished I knew water magic!" Shirou groaned while Kiritsugu retorted, "A water gun would be nice! " Okay he had a point.
Caster went from fire to wind against Arched while he tried dodging her turbulent power.
Cuirassier just continued to hack away at her while Rin backed her up with gems.
The only way she could handle the fury of two Servants was with the help of her Master.
"Alas you need my help," he grinned as he stepped out of the shadows. Shirou thought the only sane masters so far were him, Rin and maybe Mikoto.
This master didn't look sane at all. He also used a strange kind of magic where he turned his fist from normal to gold.
"Whats with mages and gold?!" Shirou groaned as he hurled a sword at the man, who just pulverised it with his golden fist. Shirou was starting to wonder if the mages involved in this war are all as dangerous as they were showy.
The mage himself took on Cuirassier with his golden fist. Her halbred was fast and sharp, but a punch was enough to block it.
She went spinning back and would have slammed into a horde of humans if it weren't for the repelling spell Rin placed around them. She just went flying back at the Master, who swung his cape behind him as he attempted to slam his fist once more.
Shirou actually helped in the fight against the Master when he kicked the back of his leg by surprise.
"Ouch!" he yelled as he fell back. He never expected to be brought down by a kick. The Servant on the other hand showed no signs of tiring.
Although Shirou was tired he felt energized by the help of Cuirassier.
"With all these people around, this should get interesting,' the master grinned as a bolt of light shot into the sky.
Shirou watched the sky waiting for when the lightning would come back down.
All of a sudden a bright light flashed and he was seeing the magic circuits of the people around him excluding the battling mages.
That was a strange flash of light he saw to show him this.
"You kids knows what happens if someone loses their magic circuit so why don't we make a little game. You let us win the grail and we will spare all these people," the master said as Rin fired a bolt at him. "The heck we will. We'll battle to the end and free everyone," she snapped as he rolled his eyes. "As expected from the daughter of the Tohsaka family," he sighed. "Well then, let the game start," he grinned as he snapped his fingers.
Something terrible happened the moment he snapped his fingers. It was like gargantuan doors opened unleashing a terrifying beast upon the group.
"Shit," Rin muttered as a colossus beast emerged from it, lumbering towards them. Caster leapt onto it and held onto the reins, guiding it to smashing into them. "What is this? A Stonegiant or something?" Shirou yelled as he readied his swords. He felt like he was being tossed around in a Lord of the Rings movie.
Unlike that movie, he didn't have to be old like Gandalf to use a spell against something like the stone giant.
Archer did his best to try and shoot at the beast but his arrows just bounced off. He sighed as he notched a sword into it and let it fly, the sword turning red as it slammed into the beast. Thankfully it fell apart, only to form tiny little rock monsters.
"This fight is never going to be over," Archer grumbled seeing the tiny rock beasts.
"Face the wrath of the Master of Creation, Zanges Zen!" the Master yelled as he danced around like a madman. He pointed at Rin, who gaped as he grinned, "Kneel before me, my human chamberpot!" "Did you just call me a human chamberpot?!" she screamed as she hurled more gems at him along with shooting bolts at him. That had just pissed her off very badly.
"You may try to hurt me, but deep down you know how you are a chamberpot. Now just any chamberpot...my chamberpot."
"Enough with this shit!" Rin yelled as she threw her gems into the air to create a barrage of lasers at him. Shirou was getting pissed off as well and joined in with shooting arrows. The servants were trying to get rid of the little monsters with much determination.
Shirou kept his eyes on the Master and Servant who tried to defeat them first.
"Hey hey hey! Long time no see fellas!" a familiar voice yelled as an all too familiar golden sword slashed through the air. Rider had joined in the fray.
If he was here for a rematch against Cuirassier, Shirou was not in the mood for it.
"Come on! Don't we have enough trouble already?!" Rin yelled as she shrieked a spell in german and a hale of crystals rained from the sky. Cuirassier was just as pissed and was trying to hack away at Rider while Archer was in a heated sword play with Caster. Kiritsugu on the other hand was doing his best not to think he had been dragged into such a strange war with weird people.
He reloaded his gun. He intended not to fire unless the moment came where he would need to go guns blazing to save him.
"Hey now old man! It ain't fun if everyone doesn't join in the festivities!" Caster's master yelled as he threw daggers at him. He looked as though he was one of those knife throwers from a circus and Kiritsugu nearly got impaled several times. He sighed as he shot at the man, who dodged them with ease. Darn, now it was a battle of old fashion times; guns and knives.
Kiritsugu aimed his gun and fired one bullet at Caster. The bullet hit Caster in the right side of her chest. She didn't feel the pain until she noticed the black and red hole in her chest.
"You dare hit me old goat?" she hissed as she raised her arms, forming a hail of dust around her.
He kept his hand on the trigger of his gun. "I carry more than one bullet."
He spun it in his hand and fired several more shots. Caster shrieked as some of them pierced her body, sending the vortex of dust crashing to the ground. She was injured, but not enough to kill her. "Caster!" her master yelled as he was attacked by an enraged Rin.
"Whose the chamberpot now?!" She yelled giving him a mighty punch.
"You think you can outthink me girl?!" he shouted as he whirled around, daggers in hand as he swung them at her. She cried out when one of them pierced her flesh, sending her crashing to the ground. She hissed in pain as she held her side, blood pouring from the wound.
"Rin!" Shirou shouted seeing the blood on her shirt.
"Why you!" Archer yelled as he slammed his blades into Zen, who went crashing to the ground along with him. Archer managed to injure his leg.
Archer could easily finish the Master off after the way he swung his blades at him.
Unfortunately Rider came to his rescue and sent him flying into a shop. Glass went flying in all directions as he slammed into several mannequins. "Come on. Best we retreat for now. My master wouldn't be too happy if you end up returning to him headless," he said.
Caster and her Master escaped the scene with Rider in tow as they started as just jogging away until they completely vanished.
Screams started to erupt around as Archer climbed out of the store. Although he was invisible, the scene of the store being in complete tatters was enough for the cops to be called. They immediately fled the scene, Rin wishing she could just cave in Zanges's skull.
Shirou cared more about how everyone was recovering after the shooting and danger they were put in.