AN:Review! I don't mind criticism and reviews help inspire in their own way!

Funnily enough this was actually meant to be a normal MiyuShirou in a Fate/Zero, but I don't remember why, but suddenly I had the idea of adding features from Prototype. EMIYA was originally meant to be summoned as a Caster with a new wardrobe or as just EMIYA with no container, then the two emiyas would fight to cleanse the grail, but then I realized that they would also curb stomp the war since Gil is no problem for them and they can also just snipe all the servants(seriously EMIYA is weak but he's also strong, he won most of the Moon Cell War while half burnt and could possibly kill Heracles if the conditions are right) and while I'm fine with OP stories, I wanted to have some interesting fun rather than plain fun. Unfortunately that is now another story for another time, at this point things are going to be Veryyyyy different.

A lot of people mentioned the similarities to both Apocrypha and Prototype, well it's definitely similar to both but the only similarity with Apocrypha is the fact that there's more than seven servants. So really the story's become a mix of Prilya, Zero, and Prototype.

So a reviewer mentioned that King Hassan Azrael should have cleaved Caster and Ryunosuke, but the installs on servants only give partial abilities(so if an installed card uses a NP it always pales to the heroic spirit). This is why I mention that Shirou was being extra careful against caster still, because he knew that he was more or less outmatched still statwise. While the original Azrael could have killed caster the reduced install version couldn't.

Anyways as for the abruptness, ya it's kinda meant to be that way. Since it was 3rd person but in shirous point of view i decided against cutting away to the summoning circle since I also couldn't make it flow the way I wanted. And since archer showed up at the end and caster was not only injured but his master was knocked out he cut his losses and left. I actually planned on having the fight be longer but decided that since caster was still just summoned he wasn't prepared to fight without any sacrifices, and every time he was going to pull out something big that would have extended the fight Shirou/archer were able to put a stop to it since both knew that even if caster himself was outmatched by them a giant monster would still be bad and because both are too smart to let it happen.

As for archers appearance yes it was also abrupt but most summonings (ayaka/Hakuno/Shirou from SN) happen suddenly and this even more so because Shirou wasn't actually at the summoning circle.

Also one person mentioned the language thing, it's something that'll happen from time to time like the onii chan thing. I'll only write it in when it fits best to convey the right feelings. It'll also only be in the proper languages. For example I'm not gonna have isklander say "shimata" or whatever curse word in Japanese when he probably knows the equivalent to it in his home language. Yarex2 was the best way to convey the troublesome feelings archer had to the situation. (Plus they are speaking Japanese and when I imagine them talking their Japanese voices are way better)

I'll be the first to admit I might write a bit weird. I've never been good at subtle and usually I'll overexplain things due to my own compulsive nature, if it's about being subtle it'll usually be Nicholas flamel being mentioned in the beginning of Harry potter and coming up later or Naruto not so surprisingly be the son of the fourth hokage, but either way they're things that when you go back and read you might think "oh this line was a super tiny hint to that" but if not then it's still fine as it is.

Slight spoiler for the chapter, but wow it is hard to write battles between servants who have very select abilities, at least with the emiya's I can play around with how they fight but this is something else.

Realization/2

A counter guardian fated to betray himself and the ideals he holds dearest to him.

A third rate magus that completely honed his skill for years.

That's who he was.

He was also someone who tended to get in a LOT of trouble. Not only did he usually end up in uphill battles, his luck placed in him situations extremely inconvenient and burdening to him. Like being attacked by a bunch of amazons.

Of course that luck was the same for him no matter what. His younger self, his self in other worlds. It was just terrible.

Because of all the trouble he's experienced, he naturally learned from them, while the past wasn't exactly something to ignore, it was something he was almost disgusted with. If he could choose to be anywhere else or do anything different, he would.

That opinion leads to one of the most absurd situations anyone could think of.

He was a counter guardian, of course, this means he could be summoned by Alaya. And since he was held somewhat close to the Throne of Heroes he was also able to be summoned by a magus. It was WHEN he gets summoned that he begins to pull off more of his absurd ideas-that is to say, kill himself, his younger self of course.

Sometimes he succeeds, other times he's fails and instead a younger him would choose a better, smarter path. But that was just fine with him. Sure, he'd like to somehow kill his true young self and fuck up time, but he was just as content killing off stupid versions of himself or seeing himself live a life he could have had.

Which leads to his current situation.

In all his times being summoned, he certainly never remembered something like this.

It was indeed strange, the moment the grail implanted information in him he realized something was off, solely due to what information was given.

Well, that and the fact that when he fully appeared he was in a room with tied up people who were bleeding profusely. Seeing as nobody was around, he went ahead and bandaged them up while hypnotizing them just in case. Then he cleaned up the room, luckily all those times being summoned by a certain love interest of the past helped him be quick about it.

One might say he was being too nice about this, well, he couldn't deny that. Old habits die hard after all.

While ignoring the itchy feeling on his back, he went to sought out the one who summoned him. He wasn't sure what to expect, but he certainly didn't expect to see a familiar youth trying to fight against another familiar Caster.

He didn't even need to think much on why the youth was so familiar. He was one of the younger versions of him that couldn't possibly be confused with his true younger self. A version raised to inherit the ideal of being a Seigi no Mikata.

Noting the discoloring on both skin and hair, he came to the conclusion that this one, after coming into contact with his own reality marble, began to suffer even worse side effects than simply using Tracing for the first time. Still, both had accepted such a consequence. For one, it was his only option to fight, for another, it was a way to help a version of him that he approved of.

Granted, this version of him inadvertently damned a whole world, but the world was already going that way. All that mattered was that he had truly cared for someone and wasn't chained down by a terrible ideal. He was also rather sympathetic to the fact that the kid saw someone dear to him die for him.

He was mostly content to see the younger man pushing back the servant until he made a mistake. When Caster was planning on pulling out his bigger abominations in anger, he figured it was about time to step in.

It was unfortunate he couldn't kill Caster already, but he thought against pulling out the big guns and risk getting caught.

"With the proof of those command seals and your conviction, it's clear you're my master. Servant Archer at your service." He gave a small bow just for show.

The young man still scowled but the expression changed with his next words. "Or at least, that's what I usually say, as I thought, this is indeed quite the situation. And so I arrive, Servant Ruler, let's see if we get along Master."

"Ruler? What kind of class is that?"

Out came an automatic answer. "Normally Rulers are summoned to regulate the Holy Grail War, make sure nobody exposes magecraft and the like, in general it's a Ruler's duty to act in the name of the Grail and not complain about it. As you know, I'm somewhat an expert in fulfilling my duty regardless of what I want." He then pulled out something he picked up from the messy room. "Since this traced weapon fell into the summoning circle, it became me who was summoned as Ruler rather than say, Jeanne D'Arc or Sherlock Holmes."

The dagger disappeared while the scarred man frowned. "But how did I summon you? I didn't chant anything. Plus why were you summoned as Ruler?"

An amused sigh was heard. "Well, this was actually quite the interesting situation. When I was being summoned, I was summoned without a class, as if Alaya was sending me out, but then the Grail decided to push the class of Ruler into my hands. Since my mission is to act in the Grail's best interests, that also mean protecting it, and since you are who you are, I was summoned to you. The Holy Grail is in your sister after all."

"Tch. I forgot that Julian used Miyu as a catalyst for the war. Should've realized it might've followed."

"Well, the Grail within Miyu was placed by her mother, which went mostly inactive until the Ainsworths' got their hands on her, then when you won it went inactive again until the Grail 'noticed' that this worlds grail was corrupted. In order to summon a servant to clean the other grail and protect Miyu and what's inside her, another war ended up starting inadvertently." Ruler said without a care.

Waving his hands around, the young man spoke quickly. "Wait wait, what did you say about corrupted?"

"Long story. I'll explain later. By the way, you're welcome for cleaning up both of your messes. You were sloppy using that assassin's noble phantasm. That Heroic Spirit has a strong ego. If you hadn't noticed, it was influencing you. Messing up by not killing either Caster or his master with his noble phantasm gave him enough reason to eject you. Next time succeed if you don't want a surprise."

"I'll have you know if it wasn't for summoning you I would have gotten them both."

Unsurprised from the snark he responded back. "Really? Who was the one who said he didn't know how he summoned me?"

"Just because I didn't know how doesn't mean I wasn't aware. The seals were irritating me and summoning you drained my prana."

"Funny, the seals on my back didn't stop me from nearly killing Caster and his master for you."

"Tch." It was clear who won this match.

"You did good for what it's worth." Patting the shorter one's head(said shorter one was extremely caught off guard by the action). "Now come on, let's get to your little sister."

Picking the kid up bridal style just to hurt his pride, he jumped away to where he sensed the Grail.

Landing, he saw that they lived in some sort of Restaurant/Hole combo. "Not bad. Hope you don't mind if I take over as cook."

"We'd still have to explain you to my sister."

As if on cue from the moment they walked inside a voice chimed in, "Onii-chan? Who'd you bring with you?"

"I'm a friend of your father and brother." This made Miyu look confused as she didn't know how Kiritsugu could have a friend here. "Let me put it this way, since the Holy Grail inside you gives you unlimited prana which you send to your brother it allowed him to summon a heroic spirit who just so happened to know your father and brother in life."

Miyu was a smart girl, she knew that a heroic spirit would never have come to her brother unless something forced him to. "Onii-chan, be careful..." She trusted in her brother to stay alive, he was the strongest person she knew after all.

Shirou embraced Miyu. "Don't worry Miyu. I'll always be there for you." Ruler noticed the two were glowing a bit but in there tearful embrace they didn't seem to notice. He knew that generally the grail that he generally fought for in Fuyuki only granted one wish, but that was due to the system placed on it and how it was made by man. The Holy Grails that he had come into contact with on his other adventures usually granted anything as long as someone kept it with them. He figured Miyu's bloodline plus the Holy Grail was going to be a incredible help...but it never hurt to make sure.

"Terribly sorry to interrupt at a time like this, but we have one more thing to do before the night ends."

Shirou looked back at himself. "Such as."

"I am, admittedly an okay servant, but with the unlimited prana from the grail I am perhaps, at the strongest I've ever been. But that doesn't mean I can simply match up with heroic spirits in a fight. If we want to get through this safely, we should summon another servant to help me out."

Shirou raised his eyebrow. "Isn't that against the rules or something?"

Ruler shrugged in response. "Well, my job is to protect the grail in your sister. The fact that two separate Grail Wars are going on is odd anyways but I won't bother you with those details. Luckily those cards of yours are going to be just the catalyst we need. Speaking from experience, the heroic spirits of those cards are a handful."

Shirou looked at Miyu and knew that she wasn't going to sleep until he did. He sighed, "Alright, give me a few minutes."

Ruler watched on as Shirou methodically drew out a summoning circle with archers instructions. When they were finally satisfied with the work Shirou pulled out the class cards.

"So, you're the experienced one here, what servant should we aim for. Since the servants are already given a class due to the cards we at least know who we're aiming for."

Ruler rubbed his chin. "Hm. Lancer and I would fight too much to be able to work together. It might be redundant to try and summon Archer since two of me aren't going to be much of a difference. Saber's already been summoned in the original war and either won't be summoned or will be summoned with an abnormality. I function just as well as an assassin and unless it's necessary I doubt you want to kill the other masters anyways. I suppose Caster, Berserker, and Rider are the only options, but Heracles's power would certainly be a boon."

Shirou wouldn't know anything about that since as an install, Heracles's power was great yet nothing to really worry about, but he did know that an enemy that wouldn't die when killed would not be someone that most could handle. It's not as if they needed to worry about prana drain anyways.

"Good thing I decided to get a spacious home." Shirou said to himself.

Ruler was fairly certain summoning Heracles was going to destroy the ceiling still but decided not to say anything.

And so Shirou chanted, the darkness of the room brightening up as the summoning circle glowed.

And then stopped as no servant was summoned. The two male Emiyas furrowed their brows and narrowed their eyes.

"Oi. You sure you did it right?"

"Shut it. You were right there next to me while I made the circle and chanted. Something must be wrong but it isn't with me."

"Try the other cards then."

And so Shirou tried again using the Rider, Lancer, and Assassin cards.

"Tch." Ruler scowled. While not summoning another servant wouldn't be too problematic he hated when his plans go sideways.

Once more it failed, this time with the Saber card.

For the last time, Shirou placed the Caster card in the middle of the circle. He'd rather make sure that they wouldn't be able to summon any more servants rather than just give up when it could have worked.

Ruler had grabbed the cleaning supplies, mostly certain it was going to fail once again.

Only to be proven wrong.

Ruler felt more and more prana from Shirou being spent, even the grail within Miyu fluctuated.

Ruler may have originally hoped for Heracles, after all the big man was a great ally and had a soft spot for kids, but Medea was at least easier to get along with then the blue lancer. Her wish ensured she would have no problem working together with them.

A woman in bluish purple robes with a hood that covered her hair appeared within the circle. Within her hands was a staff about as long as her height.

"Servant Caster, how strange, for me to be summoned by a Master who already has another servant."

Ruler didn't bother wasting time. "You have no reason to fear Medea of Colchis. Your summoning was simply to help me keep these two safe, as you should have been told, the grail within the child must be protected. So long as you fulfill your servant duties you will be free to live this second life however you choose."

"Ara, and who are you to be giving me these directions?"

"Servant Ruler. So long as you don't do anything rather villainous we'll be fighting on the same side. Luckily for you, you were summoned by a kind master who cares for his sister."

"Ah, so you're Ruler? If we'll be together, won't you tell me your name, or should I simply call you butler?" She pointed out the objects in his hands with amusement.

"Funny. I cast away my name a long time ago, but it's for the best if you simply call me Tomoe."

Shirou raised an eyebrow to the name, but let it go for now.

He was too tired to let the night go any further, especially with Miyu awake.

"Alright then, for now I suppose we'll talk about the war tomorrow, Medea, you can sleep in Miyu's room for now while she'll sleep in mine, Tomoe, you can take the couch."

"What a terrible master to send me to such a bed." Ruler said in good nature.

Still, he allowed Shirou and his sister to rest, Ruler didn't need sleep, and he intended on having a deep talk with her to ensure she could trust them.

Plus, he had a job to do.

Two females stood against each other.

The love one felt pushed her to do what she must. The other simply had no intentions on dying.

There was no talking, not when their interests clashed.

And thus two beings materialize.

A knight in armor stood poised to attack with a sword.

And a woman in blue armor wielding a spear prepared for battle.

"Prepare yourself. It's nothing personal but you stand in the way of my Master."

"I will obey my master to make up for my sins."

Saber rushed at Lancer and crushed the ground, surprising Lancer. Lancer fell to the floor below and was slammed by the knights armor.

The two vanished below and the building rumbled as they clashed with all their might.

Meanwhile the two females stood facing each other. One was tense, ready to act, the other smiling with confidence.

One casually charged her circuits and sent a blaze of fire, forcing the latter to run to the right while sending a wave of ravens.

The Masters began their own battle while Saber growled as the master was now in needless danger.

Saber rushed at Lancer, batting away each swing and stab. However Saber never got close enough to attack Lancer's body.

Lancer jumped and lunged at Sabers head only to miss. "Don't think you can injure me so easily even in this darkness!"

The woman used her agility to skirt around the knight, slightly scratching the knights armor.

"Not so fast!" Saber spun and slashed down to push the spear to the ground.

The ground became set aflame and the two servants stared each other down as the fire spread. Then suddenly two rushed at the other, intent on winning. Both used the flames to their advantage as their burning weapons clashed and created more fire.

The battles of the night were all observed by steel eyes that showed recognition and annoyance at what would come in the future.

"Shirou-kun! The next batch is ready!" Medea said from the kitchen next to Ruler. The two were designated cooks for the restaurant since the former decided to learn from the latter. Medea was currently going off the name "Ryougi", Shirou wondered if the names he was using were people he met in life or as a servant.

The two servants were posing as a distant relative and his fiancé. Of course Medea always had somewhat of a sour look at pretending to be Ruler's fiancé but nobody seemed to notice since Ruler also constantly teased her.

Shirou gave it two weeks tops until she falls in love with him.

"Here's your ramen sir!" Shirou said with a smile. Handing it off to a rather large bodied man, he walked to the counter as no one needed any service.

Shirou took another look at the TV attached to the ceiling corner. Another story on the mysterious collapse of a parking building as well as the fainting's of criminals in prison. Given the randomness of it all, he assumed that it was because of the servants summoned.

He couldn't even tell how many servants could already be out there, and was happy that at least they were civil enough not to destroy too much property.

"You shouldn't have such a sorry looking face boyo." Medea's spoke out softly. She came out, I suppose there's no more cooking to be held at the moment. "So many girls come in to see you smile at them, not frown."

Scratching his head he laughed. "It just came out. Also what would you know about why girls come in when you're in the kitchen practicing your inferior cooking skills."

A tic mark appeared on her forehead and Shirou resisted the urge to smirk. She was far too easy to rile up. "You know if you spent as much time cooking as you did playing with dolls maybe you'd have a quarter of our cooking skills."

A comrade of the first mark appeared. Medea, for someone supposed to be a witch, was incredibly sensitive, but perhaps it's that sensitivity that allow the two to act so light heartedly around her. While she does get pissed at their constant bullying, it was also clear to her that the lack of mention to her past and more to her….current hobbies, was enough to tell her that they would trust her.

Of course, it probably helped that Miyu, the young and adorable girl that she is, got along rather well with the servant. Even Medea wouldn't willingly hurt a little girl.

"My my Emiya-kun, rather low blow don't you think? She isn't wrong that we ladies prefer to see you smiling." A coy voice walked up to us.

A girl with black hair in pigtails handed off some money to him. "Keep the change. I'd like to keep you in business after all. You have to spoil that little sister of yours even if she hates me." Her smug smirk didn't change as her rolled his eyes.

"Well next time you show up don't come in pigtails, they don't suit you very well." Shirou bantered with the regular.

"And here I thought I'd give you a rare sight."

"Shoo." A voice said quietly. Shirou didn't bother to hide his amusement while the girl looked off put.

Miyu stood clutching the tray to her work apron. She waved her hand to emphasize her words.

"Fine fine, I guess I'll go…..but before that….." Smiling at Shirou mischievously, she leaned in to give him a quick peck on the cheek.

Shirou's eye twitched at the suddenness of it all. Usually she wasn't that bold, but he figured that maybe she was hit with good news, evident by the hair style change and the peck.

She walked out with the usual sway she always did.

Shirou, who waved her goodbye, turned around to see an amused Ruler and Caster, and a very pouty narrow eyed Miyu. "Don't you all have cooking to do?" He then looked around to the customers. "And don't you have eating to do?" They all returned to their food.

Ruler and Caster walked back to the kitchen. Miyu kept pouting.

"Y'know Miyu, you can't always be rude to every girl that talks to me. Your big brother is a guy after all." It was certainly hypocrisy at its finest. If any guy came talking to Miyu he was going to be more than rude.

"The one with glasses isn't as bad as all the others." She muttered.

"And I'm sure she'll be happy you approve." She really would.

They both turn to the entrance as they heard a ding. "Welcome!"

Shirou's smile became a bit more genuine as he saw a blonde girl wearing a blue dress. "Hello Shirou-sama! I'm just here to talk today."

She leans over the counter and places her head on her delicate hands.

"Well until anyone needs service, I suppose I'm yours."

Her smile only grew at his choice of words.