-Master: Shirou Emiya-

"Let's go out." It was these very words that made Ratatosk drop the inari-zushi he was in progress of stealing off the plate. He blinked once, twice, three times before the words actively worked its way through his brain.

"The hell do you mean by go out?"

"Well ever since the fight with Berserker you either train or eat, not even watching tv like you did before. Besides being slapped by Tohsaka-san, you kind of seem down- Ratatosk." His eye twitched a little, ever since that night with Shirou getting bold enough to actually call him by his name and not the title the holy grail gave him. He snorted a little, looking to the side.

"Really? And where will we go this time since the park seems to be overly infested with the essence of a curse." He earned a small wince from that one and huffed indignantly. He knows that he's been a bit offensive the past few days, but there was something about this war that gave off a bad feeling, one that felt a bit too much like when Niflheim opened with his 'death'.

It was then he found himself yowling angrily when Shirou picked him up by his armpits like a child and proceeded to drag him to the borrowed room. And as expected: Ratatosk struggled.

"Let me go damn it! I don't want to go out right now!"

"If you keep staying in here, then you'll end up becoming a NEET of a Servant! And you've never Been in a world like this, now is the time to really get the chance to explore and experience things unlike from where you are from."

"WHY ARE YOU STUBBORN WITH STUPID SHIT LIKE THIS AND NOT WHEN BEING TREATING LIKE A KISS-ASS!"

And with much reluctance (from Ratatosk more than Shirou), the Master-Servant couple headed out from the Shinto district to Misaki City, Shirou wearing his usual outfit while Ratatosk was haphazardly stuffed into an altered gakuren with added headphones. Thankfully there was no school that day and Shirou managed to prevent the blond Servant from carrying a knife around and to tone down on the glowing eyes.

Once actually getting into the city, Shirou couldn't help but to notice his rather angry expression fading away to a more controlled curiosity like the first few days that they met. Whether it was from the amount of people here or the town itself was a question asked for later. Though with the way Ratatosk was moving through the street he had to practically hold his hand in order to catch up.

(Surprisingly, it didn't feel like hellfire and instead like the heat of a regular human being when not surging with raw Prana.)

Visiting a glasses shop, they found each other trying on different pairs for fun- though quickly putting down a pair that REALLY didn't suit him at all*; the blond wearing a pair of triangular glasses with a shit-eating grin on his face.

"Hey look at me, I'm Richter- shit eating edgelord of Asgard. I use a sword and axe simultaneously cause I think it looks cool to block a Summon Spirit's Mystic Arte!" Ratatosk taunted while wriggling his hips in a taunting fashion- the action causing Shirou to burst out laughing.

When they visited a stuffed animal store however, Ratatosk's mood became a bit melancholy when seeing a plush of a red-wearing boy with two swords and a green and white dog-looking monster. Before Shirou could see it though, he roughly shoved them back into the display and walked off with his hands in pockets. Looking back at the Servant and at the plush, he decided to secretly buy it before the other could turn around and scold him. As dusk rolled in, the two walked silently across the bridge before stopping halfway. Looking over the ocean as the wind blew through the open spaces, it was a quiet asylum from the fights they had been in for the past few days...It felt so much longer though.

"You're not as sneaky as you think you are, Shirou." Ratatosk's sudden response took him by surprise as he tried to hide to bag, but the blond was too quick- taking out the dog-like plush. And leaning lazily on his Master.

"You looked rather down when holding it so I though that getting it would make you feel better. With the War doing on, down time hasn't exactly been on our minds save for today." Frozen and kept in place by the taller man, Shirou sighed as one of his arms fell onto Ratatosk's back.

"Noishe was its name and its not a dog, its a monster known as a Protazoan; its been around as long as Mithos and his group were travelling around. Looking at it in a way just brought back some old memories." He tensed before just barely relaxing as a rough sigh made it out of him.

"Do you miss them?" That earned a sharp laugh out of Ratatosk.

"Like hell I do! But in a way, I kind of miss the weakling and Marta more than anything else."

The two of them stood there in the comfort of each other, much like after the fight with Berserker and didn't say anything for a while.

"If it makes you feel better, I MIGHT miss you too after this whole Holy Grail War shit is over. I'll be back on Aselia in the Ginnungagap and you'll be here with the tsundebitch and the homuculus brat." That earned a laugh from Shirou, who hugged him a bit tighter.

"I'll miss you too, Ratatosk. It won't be the same here without you."

Xx-Determination-xX

And we've only got one more chapter of Ratatosk being Shirou's Servant! It took a bit mostly do to inspration, but we're finally here! I ended up basing this more like the Stay Night/Saber Route more than the other ones. Also I was able to put in the plushie easter eggs since Tales of Symphonia came out a year before Fate/Stay Night- which was a surprise.

*The glasses that didn't fit Shirou at all was actually a reference to the UBW anime when he wore glasses similar to Tohno Shiki.