*I DON'T OWN A THING*
ATTENTION RIN MIGHT BE A LITTLE OUT OF CHARACTER
THE HEIRESS
There were many things I wanted to try in my life: McDonald, Burger King, playing guitar, touching my nose with my tongue, slapping Luivia's chest until turned into nothingness, buying a Sephora palette for cosmetics, holding the holy grail and say "AH I'm the fluffing best"... and other teenage stuff
Being princess carried by a hero from legends, wasn't on the list of things I wanted to try, nor I ever expected to live the experience itself, but WOW.
I loved the feeling of the wind kissing my face, the starry sky above my head and the strong arms of an hot gu-...a fairly attarctive guy with a built that intended a conspicuous amount of physical training holding me...
Sure the whole thing could have been more pleasant if my mindset had been different from "OH GOD SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET MURDERED" and "ARCHER WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR A SNACK"
Bbbbbblllllrrrrrrrrrrr
still on a second thought
"... mmmm I love chestnuts, Okay Rin my girl let's think what can happen when we arrive: 1 we find Emiya-kun already dead...again, 2 we meet Lancer and Emiya-kun, we save him and Hiroshima Lancer one for all, 3 everything is fine and we were just being paranoid"
I thought flying with Archer across Fuyuki eating a few emenems
"4 we stop to that McDonald, have some Mc nuggets and forget about the dumb-Emiya guy"
my servant told me telephatically leaping on a roof.
"Don't pry in my thoughts Archer"
I mentally responded trying to sound as cold as possible.
"yeah sure, it would be a pity waste another command seal"
he retorted with a smug grin
"don't tempt me Archer"
"okay okay, still, sure about McDonald? I saw how you were looking to that boy's happy meal"
"OH SHUT UP!"
I exploded in furious blush...damn that stupid tease
"ein Weg" (one way)
I muttered using a spell to temporarily, to modify the mental connection between me and Archer.
Now only I had the power to transmit thoughts, meanwhile the douche could just listen.
I really couldn't help but smile at the idea of an annoyed Archer keep shouting to cover the sound of the wind just to say something like "We have nearly arrived my master" ahahahaha... if I was lucky something would fly in his mouth.
I just needed to wait for Archer to say something.
"..."
"..."
"..."
"any moment now"
"..."
Dammit why didn't Archer speak already? And why was he keeping to turn left?
"Com'on Rin, just remain calm eventually Archer will try to tease us a little more an then BAM sweet revenge"
I told myself observing my servant keeping to eat emenems.
yet I noticed something strange...
"Hey Archer why do you keep eating only the blue and red ones?"
I telephatically asked puzzled by the lil'quirk of my servant
being picky on food wasn't he? Well maybe it was a good sign: a symbol of his memory coming back.
For a long moment I waited for an answer,constantly keeping my eyes fixed on Archer's face, the seconds flew turning into minutes and the only reaction of Archer was his features tightened into a frown.
"why is he taking so long, is his memory coming back?"
I thought expectant to hear my servant answer's, until I realized something...
"Ah! By the way Archer I cut our mental connection you have to speak with your mouth, if you're trying to say something I didn't hear a thing"
I communicated while a thin smile surfaced on my lips
"WHATHHHH EHM EHM EHG"
Shouted Archer surprised just in time to have a fly fly in his mouth
"YES REVENGEEEEEEEEHHHHH EHM EHM EHG"
I Roared proud of my accomplishment...just to suffer the same fate of my servant.
"ehw! is this the taste of a fly it's gross! God if it's gross! it's like pepper and garlic"
I thought disgusted.
Half choking I, the proud Rin Tohsaka, started to tap my chest realizing a terrible truth...the insect was still moving in my mouth! That was too grrrrooooooooooossssssssss, I had to spit it away.
"Okay I can do it, Rin just relax"
I told myself suppressing the urge to scream.
"On three"
"one"
"two"
*gulp
"thr...FUCK!"
I screamed in my head interrupting my mental counting
"Oh God I eat a bug! It's, it's...actually better than I imagined"
I thought while Archer's chest started to shake.
"Uh?"
I rose my gaze puzzled by that action.
With confusion and curiosity I stared at my servant puffing his tanned cheeks, barely able to hold a laugh back.
"Oh no...Did you saw everything?"
I telephatically asked biting my lower lip.
*nod
.. Oh it was perfect! As my already undisciplined Archer needed other things to tease me with, like the poster of Edward Callen under my bed wasn't enough.
"it was just a phase dammit!"
I whispered reverting the mental connection between me and my servant back to its original state.
"Rundreise"
(roundtrip)
"So how did it taste?"
mentally greeted me that white haired devil with a smile
that perfect shining smil-AAAAAAAAAAAhhhhh
"awful"
I retorted sealing back my hormones.
Oh the situation nearly turned bad, very bad. Fortunately the self created Tohsaka Rin's Rule number 16 "Puberty is not a Magus thing" kicked into gear saving me from a land of no-return.
"Archer we will never talk again about this"
I communicated to my servant with a "voice" that didn't accept buts.
"Sure... but I would remember this moment if I were you, after all insects are the food of the future"
he "told" me speeding up his roof-running
"Are you seriously making a joke out of this?"
I asked trying to convey a: REALLY? with all my facial features.
"Yeah...a joke...it's not like I'm speak out of experience and have endured a Entomophagic diet until the revolution of ham started"
"Sureeeee...just to be safe no more National Geographic for you for a while"
"Master, I believe it's appropriate to say you're being unfair...by the way the answer is because they remind me of something nice"
"What?"
"The reason why I only ate Red and Blue emenems"
"Your memory coming back?"
"I don't think"
"I see...Archer Didn't we already passed that kid eating an happy meal five minutes ago?"
"...nnnnnnnoooooo"
"...WE HAVE BEING GOING IN CIRCLE!"
"Okay here we are"
said bitter Archer after landing in a small street
"GEEZ WE HAVE FINALLY ARRIVED! THANKS FOR TAKING THE LONG ROUTE ARCHER"
I exclaimed furiously slipping out from my servant's arms.
Kicking my feet on the ground I started a mad rush, keeping my light blue eyes fixed on a single thing: a huge Japanese styled maison
Why this week wanted to screw with me so badly, first I summoned an Archer instead of a Saber and Shinji-creepy Matou asked me out...how disgusting. Then the transfer student, Hikigaya, nearly fooled me pretending to be an ordinary human and tatarata great final the only friend of my sister died in front of me.
"GOSH If the boy next door dies again I have made Bingo at the lottery of failures, I already wasted my most powerful gem to heal him the first time"
I dashed across a tiny street in Fuyuki's residential district while my red coat was fluttering in the wind.
"Rin this isn't your burden to bear"
Said Archer remaining immobile in a barely illuminated corner of this block.
his face was unreadable a complete mixture sadness, disgust and...nostalgia I'd say.
"sorry, but after what it cost me to save him, I'm not about to let him die"
I gritted my teeth.
the Mana in the air was in fomentation, not even when Lancer fought with Archer there so much energy was flowing around...DAMMIT ALL THIS!
" Archer, Lancer's here, be ready !"
I said telephatically readying a lapis filled with light magic.
if I managed to stun him even for a second Archer could get a clear shot and maybe, I repeat maybe, this night and my gems won't end up wasted.
"WAIT RIN, I'm sensing more than one servant"
Screamed in my brain Archer
"... WHAT!"
I shouted turning towards him.
Another servant! that totally reversed the list of risks- benefits, I carefully calculated. A new servant with unknown class and skills, if he or she turned out to be hostile the whole situation could turn from bad to horrible in a matter of seconds.
"RHAA"
Roared a feminine voice behind me.
"Speaking of the devil"
I thought as my field view was filled by a blonde woman swinging...nothing?
"Master!"
dashed Archer moving me away.
Summoning his twin blades he engaged the new servant in a sharp and deathly dance. Orange and fiery sparks flew in the night like hundreds of tiny fireflies, as always a battle between servants was breath taking still to me it was clear: the two heroic spirits in front of my eyes were barely showing any of their real skills, all their movements were sure precise, but they lacked of killing intent.
This "fight" the two servants were having... it was nothing more a conversation, a way to test the opponent's power.
Unfortunately the test's result seemed to tend in a precise direction: Female Servant with invisible weapon prevailing over Archer.
"She... she must be the Saber class servant"
I thought petrified on the asphalt.
This was the worst scenario possible, Archer was a long range fighter, Saber a close range fighter and Archer couldn't obtain distance from her because I was in the way thus...we screwed up.
"That's what I gain for being merciful...I should have never let emotions get in my thinking process"
I whispered aware that or a miracle arrived or the price for my actions...was going to be pretty salty.
I had to come out with a plan quickly... I could run away then teleport Archer with a command seal and escape...No it would mean lose another command seal and have Archer fight Saber for too long.
"Why fortune never helps me."
I grunted rising my arm in order to unleash a storm of Gandrs.
I knew that the spells at my disposal were pretty much useless against a Saber's magical defense of level A, but if I aimed correctly my black orbs I could create one or two blindspots for Archer to exploy, yet before I turned in the magical equivalent of a minigun the miracle I ordered a few minutes ago arrived.
"SABER STOP!"
screamed a voice I recognized
"OH God it can't be him"
I thought blinking repeatedly
"Are you mad, Shiro, I could have defeated them handily, yet you ordered me to stop."
responded the blonde woman paralysed on the spot.
"Oh dear it's actually him"
I mentally palm-faced undecided between being reviled or utterly disappointed.
Did I really saved the life of an other master without obtaining something first? Archer was going to annoy me until I snapped, geez I could already hear him "Nice work Master, thanks to your timely intervention, we now have still six masters to deal with".
Yet I forced my self to see things from a different perspective, I believed something good could still be obtained out of this situation.
"if I chose carefully my words and use my a bit of charm, I'm sure can get a proficient alliance out of this...Emiya Shiro uh? He summoned the Saber servant so he must be a competent Magus"
"Hold on Saber, there is no time for an other fight and I still don't understand anything about this, if I'm your master you should at least fill me in"
"Or maybe not"
I thought as the universe sent a punch of injustice right into my guts.
Did really a casual high-school boy summoned a servant from the most powerful class of Holy Grail War OUT OF LUCK!
"Oh this is bullshit"
I whispered standing up filled with a boiling anger.
"Rin...I know what you're thinking and please don't"
Archer telephatically told me, probably trying to avoid my...anger issues had the best of me
"Fine"
I responded forcing my facial muscles to contract in a smile.
one breath, two breaths and I was ready to play the diplomatic. I had to sound confident, controlled and since I was sure Emiya-kun was a M, maybe a bit sour.
"Ah, so that's how it is my good novice Master"
I said with amused voice forcing my way in Emiya-kun's and Saber's conversation.
suddenly a pair of golden and emerald eyes were fixed on me with intensity. I could feel them square every inch of my body
" Com'on Rin you can do it, open the diplomatic path"
I told myself keeping my strong facade and tilting a bit my neck, boys couldn't resist it.
"For starters, good evening , Emiya-kun"
"Wow this house is too cold"
I exclaimed following Emiya-kun inside his habitation.
The whole hallway was invaded by an arctic breeze, brrr I had goosebumps. Why in the Rooth Emiya's house was so wickly icy? Couldn't he turn on the heating system or something!
Still leaving aside the temperature problems of this house, the hallway was a mess! Overturned furniture and ripped piece of paper walls were scattered all over the place.
If I hadn't been sure it was Lancer's doing I'd said Emiya-kun had thrown one hell of a party.
"So what do you want to know?"
asked the auburn boy turning his face towards me.
for a moment my blue eyes fixed in his golden ones, I had noticed some times ago: Emiya-kun had a nice pair of eyes, they were: smart, bright and gave off a somewhat warm feeling, yet right now I saw none of those things.
Emiya-kun's stare was empty, cold, it was like I wasn't even in his field of view.
"...for starters what happened here"
I said pointing my finger towards a broken windows and a few stains of blood on the floor.
" some collateral damage from when I got attacked by that Lancer guy"
he responded with a dark chuckle
"Wait. you fought him on your own until you summoned Saber"
I said appaled, turning towards the knight woman who was watching my back.
"No...I wasn't on my own and it was more like a one sided massacre"
Emiya-kun responded moving his stare on a wall of paper completely broken down
suddenly I felt my lips dry and the urge to move away from the hallway...Oh no
"Emiya-kun what...happened?"
I whispered forcing a few words out of my lips
*gulp
"...When Lancer arrived there was also Hikigaya Hachiman with me...Lancer...well I don't think you need other words to understand happened"
The boy said clenching his fists until his knuckles turned white.
"Fuck"
I muttered biting my lips
In a second my ego was nearly split into two, one part of me felt guilty for having arrived too late, while the other was just taking in account the death of someone as numeric factor.
To be honest I wasn't sure what bothered me the most.
"So someone really had to die tonight uh?"
I thought bitterly.
my actions had saved a Shiro Emiya's life, but indirectly lead to the death of Hikigaya Hachiman, it was sad
yet I couldn't feel bad.
Hikigaya Hachiman was an unknown factor I would have eventually had to deal with.
Shiro Emiya was a person I couldn't let die.
And the traumatic events Emiya-kun went through this night could be used to manipulate him into dropping out of the war.
So there was no need to be bothered...it wasn't my fault, I didn't fail anything or anyone, I was just acting like a Magus.
"it wasn't my fault"
I told myself on the verge of starting to tremble.
"Shiro I don't want to sound rude, but..."
suddenly spoke Saber sticking her head in the paper wall's hole
"But what, Saber?"
asked Shiro staring at his servant a bit puzzled
"Did your friend meet his end against Lancer in this room?"
said the servant puling her beautiful face out of the wall
"...Yes why?"
responded uncertain my school-mate
"There's no body"
"Wait what?"
I said confused
I know it was supposed to be Emiya-kun's job to ask that question but...
"Afsh ...wh..ftsfs...wh-at?"
the Shiro. exe program had stopped working
Dlin Dlon
the doorbell rang out of nowhere
"Pizza delivery!"
a voice shouted outside completely ruining the shocking revelation moment.
OH really! Shouldn't someone invent a "DO NOT DISTURB" cartel that starts to glow whenever a cool stand-off moment is going on already!
"INCOMING!
EMIYA IF YOU'RE NOT DEAD MOVE YOUR ASS THE PIZZA ARRIVED! where's my wallet?"
Did you ever felt like the universe itself was trying to mess with you?
well I know for sure I had that feeling when in front of my eyes Hikigaya Hachiman, a.k.a the person I thought had died literally twenty seconds ago entered in the hallway of Emiya's household limping on his left leg just wearing a pair of tored pants and bunny shaped slippers.
I mean it was like the world had gotten up today and had said "I'm going to turn Rin Tohsaka's day into a roller coaster of fights, random deaths and revivals"
"goddamnit universe if you had to turn my life in an episode of Drangonball at least you could have let me summon a tailed alien capable of blowing up planets on his own "
I thought having reached the limit of my ability to accept oddities
Archer talking to his swords when I wasn't looking was thing, but what happened to Hikigaya was way too weird to accept: where did his frail looking torso and curved back went? How the hell were they replaced by a muscular and straight chest covered in a web of cuts and scars? Did Hikigaya Hachiman had a twin brother that worked as a personal trainer for razor spiders?
I hated those creatures: when I was a child, Kotomine Kirei, my legal guardian kept a few of them in basement and they spent all their time cutting into pieces my teddy bears...Bastards!
"H..Hikigaya, ahah I guess I can't get rid of you so easily"
Muttered Emiya while a strangely captivating grin started to sprout on his lips...why was it familiar?
"Oh good you're here, give me your wallet, I had mine in my pocket while I was patching myself up and is all gory... I don't tell you how the money inside looks like"
Hikigaya-kun said waddling forward and holding a bottle in his hand...completely ignoring Saber and I.
"Sure, I'm starving...you survived in the end uh?
responded Emiya-kun over casually...
why was he taking it so casually! A second ago he thought Hikigaya was death and acted all gloomy! Now there was no happiness, joy or any other emotions that appear in movies in similar situations! Just what kind of rotten relationship had these two guys?!
"yeah still kicking, not thanks to you by the way,...the next time you have guests like the blue dude please tell me first, I'll go to find an hotel for the night"
retorted the dark haired teen gulping down the liquid inside the bottle.
"It wasn't like I invited him you know. Plus you have a few questions to answer and...is that the spirytus I use to knock out Fuji-nee?"
said Emiya-kun relaxed while a few veins started to pulse on his forehead.
"okay, okay, I will answer your questions, but I also have a few of them myself, first of all WHY THE HELL THERE ARE OTHER POTENTIALLY LETHAL GUESTS!"
exploded Hikigaya pointing his index towards I and Saber
So he had noticed my presence after all, good, otherwise I'd made his existence a living hell, none ignores RIN TOHSAKA!
"Oh right meet my servant Saber and you should already know Tohsaka. Saber he is Hikigaya Hachiman"
"pleased to meet you Hachiman"
"no the pleasure is mine wait...HOW THE HELL DID YOU GET A SERVANT!"
"Saber a simple advice, when he starts to run his mouth imagine he's just saying numbers it makes A LOT easier to deal with him."
"OI hey I made a question harem protagonist of series C"
"Yeah so I did creep!"
"Aaaaaaarrrrrr it's impossible to deal with you! Yes it's your spirytus I had to disinfect my injuries"
groaned Hikigaya before sipping a gulp of 96% pure alcohol.
"Wait are you drunk?"
Asked Emiya the most stupid question possible
how could a person not being drunk from drinking pure alcohol, no the problem started before, How could a person drink pure alcohol to begin with!
"No I'm not drunk, just differently sober"
answered definitely tipsy Hikigaya
"I see...Tohsaka, Saber would you mind go in the kitchen and wait for us to arrive with our dinner, Hikigaya and I have to sort out a little argument"
muttered quietly Emiya-kun unsheathing a cold smile towards me and his servant.
"as you wish"
Said polite and timely as usual Saber
"Oookay"
while I responded more uncertain, taken aback by Emiya-kun's face
"That's new, I never thought mr handyman could act differently from stupidly kind and permissive... it feels weird, but also kind of refreshing. Emiya Shiro uh? Maybe there is more than I expected packed in you"
I thought vaguely amused, by this unexpected situation.
"Thank you, it's the first door on the left"
told us Emiya-kun warming his smile...did the hallway suddenly become hotter.
With small and careful steps Saber and I made our way in a plain japanese styled room. It was a close and domestic dining space, very different from the enormous and tidy dining room of my house.
I liked the warm feeling this room gave off through all the signs of a familiar routine: a few posters scattered around, a black board with the chores turns and first aid case covered in blood...
"What did Hikigaya mean exactly when he said he patched up himself?"
I thought a bit troubled by the amount of Red blood cells in my field of view.
"Shall we take a seat?"
demanded Saber completely unfazed
"Sure"
I agreed
"ehm miss Rin, I'd like to pose a question"
"yes?"
"Are you aware of the nature of the argument between Shiro and Hachiman Hikigaya"
*Punch
"FIRST YOU MAKE ME THINK YOU'RE DEAD AND THEN YOU GO TOUCHING MY COOKING STUFF!"
"No, but I don't think it's anything serious"
"AND WHOSE FAULT IS IT! I DIDN'T ASK TO GET STABBED BY AN OVERSIZED SMURF ARMED OF SPEAR WHILE AN IDIOT KEPT STARING AND NOT RUNNING AWAY "
*punch
"I see...are they comrades or friends?"
"GOD! Pause you got my nose, damn it hurts, I think it's broken...ouch yes definitely broken"
"Probably? I'm not actually sure, they seem completely different people"
"Okay Emiya Listen to me, hold your nose between your hands, like this look at me, yeah okay, now straight it up with one movement"
*snap
"interesting"
"RRRgHHHH is my nose all right now?"
"ehhhmmm a bit too towards left maybe? come here"
*punch
"HOLY SHIT"
"now it's perfect, like anew, no need to thank me"
"Fuck you"
(ten minutes Later)
"hey Emiya can you give me a napkin?"
"here, mmm what did you order? "
"an ultracheesy"
"wanna trade a slice?"
"hell no I chose this pizza because it was the one I wanted to eat, not the one I wanted to trade"
"damn if you're annoying"
"So are you two going to explain what happened here or I have to guess it on my own"
I asked massaging my nose bridge in front of a cup of green tea
It was completely disarming, these two guys had kept eating their dinner for the past five minutes like nothing was wrong in the world...did they forget how close to dying they were less than an hour ago!
Without counting that after Emiya-kun and Hikigaya "sorted out" their argument they have returned in the kitchen with all their faces swollen.
"okay let's see, Lancer arrived, beat the crap out of me, then sent me flying in Hikigaya's room"
Began Emiya-kun between a slice of pizza and another
"A defined flying object a.k.a Emiya landed in my room, followed by a blue dick, who impaled me...mmm I could have chosen my words better, eh where was I? Yeah then I got stabbed and screamed to this red haired idiot to run"
continued Hikigaya remaining attached to his bottle of booze.
"How is he not in alcohol coma already?"
I thought in mixture of disgust and scientific interest
"Hey Hikigaya, aren't you forgetting something?"
Asked the golden eyed teen throwing a sharp stare to his...friend? No...no...acquaintance
"Oh yeah, how silly I forgot to mention I survived, found Emiya's smartphone on the floor, here by the way, and ordered our pizzas while someone was screaming GAE BOLG outside"
responded Hikigaya forcing out a smile dripping of murderous intent.
hell if it was creepy, I would have bet a shark's grin was less disturbing than this one.
I didn't know if Hikigaya Hachiman planned to pass unnoticed, but the "SHUT UP EMIYA!" message he was trying to convey his sharp teeth, kinda reached all the people in the room, actually Saber that had spent all her time silent in a corner of the room, seemed ready to jump at the aid of her Master.
"oh perfect I was wondering where it was...wait you still didn't explain how you survived!"
Said Emiya totally unfazed by Hikigaya's fangs."
"...Luck"
the dark haired teen tried to respond
"Oh you really think you can bluff your way out? I know you are a Magus"
I said condescending resting my elbow on the table
"I see...what gave me out?"
asked with an unexpectedly lucid and sharp Hikigaya Hachiman
"except the timing you arrived in Fuyuki, your appearance, your circumspect attitude in my presence and the fact you survived the spear of a servant? Nothing"
I shrugged
"Oi 3 of those things doesn't have any ties with me and being a Spell caster"
the dark haired teen retorted annoyed
"Wait so you knew Tohsaka was a Magus"
entered the scene Emiya with one his always clever questions
"Dah? She drips out of mana and has got the surname of an ancient Magus family how could I not know... Wait you didn't ? Oh geez are you really this much out of the world Emiya? Not knowing about Tohsaka It's like saying you expected me not to hear all your imprecations in the middle of the night when you train (and fail) with your magecrafth."
responded Hikigaya rising an eyebrow
"Y-you heard?"
shook a bit Emiya
"Dude you were like a wood cutter who chopped down his own hand, I wouldn't be surprised if the entire block knew you're a Magus by now. Besides...I'd wash my mouth with soap if I were you"
"Okay guys please you can chitchat all you want later, now we have business to deal with"
I reclaimed their attention
"What happened seriously Hikigaya?"
I asked drawing a small mana symbol under the table.
it was ANSUZ the rune of truth, a simple spell that emits a little mana wave when it detect a lie, disappearing in the process. If I remeber correctòy it was of the third runic spell I learned. Per-se it wasn't difficult to cast or draw (literally three lines), but Ansuz due to his purpose had to be as stealty as possible: not something always possible. Still I was confident in my skills thus nobody in this room would notice the rune until it was activated.
I didn't trust Hikigaya and I wasn't allowed to even leave him the chance to deceive me, I wanted the truth.
"Nothing different from what I said before, Lancer stabbed me, I used a spell to slow him down, Emiya finally started to use his brain and Lancer left me bleeding to death in my room, after that some kind of magical black smoke appeared and healed my wounds enough not to be life threatening"
Explained the boy while my rune stayed still.
"a smoke shaped spell that heal wounds odd, all the healing spells I know have got light attributes...mmmm must be the work of a servant, still I think I heard from someone about a smoke able to close wounds...urg I can't remember who it was. Okay black smoke questions later, I have to keep looking at the matter currenyly under hand"
I thought analysing all the information
"Why did you omit that before?"
I asked sharpening my voice.
"because someone saved me tonight and if this Holy Grail War will make him find you in his path, I hope he wins. Giving you less information as possible it's the only thing I can do right now to help him"
Responded Hikigaya brutally honest decreasing the contents of his bottle again
Geez this boy was really a dispenser of free hatred and spite, how could Emiya-kun bear him?
"I see..."
I retorted to the jerk unfazed, peaking at the rune I placed under the table.
It was still there.
"Damn he must have noticed it"
I thought aware Hikigaya had chosen all his words too carefully
For the past week Hikigaya Hachiman had been a tiny and annoying ring in my head: a reminder that unknown threats could hide anywhere.
I didn't know him, I couldn't read him and that made him dangerous.
but
most important he was hiding something
and that made him even more dangerous
"well I'm done here have fun, I want to sleep"
Said the dark haired teen standing up from his seat leaving on the ground his bottle...now completely empty
"Wait where do you think you're going?"
I retorted grabbing his arm.
Damn it was more muscular than I expected and...the mana flow inside it was weird, really weird: if the mana inside a normal magus was like a river, Hikigaya's one was like a light rain, no something more soffused, mist for example.
"to sleep, I said it like now... can't you see I had a long day?"
the Hikigaya pointed a crimson mess of skin and strings near his belly button
"are you a Master?"
I asked leaving him no way to escape.
This was the moment of the truth, a direct answer to a direct question: that was the only option Hikigaya had.
if he tried to beat around the bush it was like admitting he was a Master and if he tried to lie ANSUZ would activate
Hikigaya Hachiman had no way out and he knew it.
No matter what he did the whole "I'm an innocent bystander" bluff was going to be called off.
"No I'm not"
*Sound of Rune doing nothing
unless he was an innocent bystander to begin with
"tsk all smoke and no roast"
I muttered disappointed to have wasted time and energy doubting of someone not related to the Holy Grail War.
"Today I was really fated not to accomplish anything useful right?!"
I thought letting out a deeeeeeeeeep sigh
"Happy now miss prodigy?"
"Actually no, I still don't trust you"
"nor I do, so that makes us even... Still I if was a Master, what would you do Tohsaka? Kill me without thinking twice?"
Asked the boy leaning forward with the sharpest stare I ever saw in my life
"Yes"
I answered glacial before*twiinnn ANSUZ the rune that reveals lies activated
"...W-what? I didn't lie...right? Discarding mercy to achieve victory...didn't I made up my mind already?"
I thought unable to breathe properly.
"pff maybe you're still a decent human being...interesting. Well I'm out you three have fun"
grinned Hikigaya freeing his arm and moving to leave
"Hey I still have questions for you"
butted in Emiya-kun
"yeah but none cares because they'd be stupid"
fair point
"eeeeh? How can I be sure you didn't lie when you said you aren't a Master just now, seems a clever question to me"
Retorted the auburn boy definitely confirming Hikigaya's statement
"Oh no...you didn't even noticed the rune...not even all the plot armor in the world can make you survive this Holy Grail War"
palm-faced the tipsy dark haired boy
"that's mean I guess? can you define plot arm-"
"God! Let's put it in this way: I'm not a Master because if I was I'd have already killed you three times"
"no, you wouldn't "
"Pardon?"
"you're not being honest, wouldn't kill me or anybody else"
"and why do you say so?"
"Being the judge, the court and the executioner? Too many risks, Too many consequences. Not your style."
Responded Emiya-kun fixing his eyes in Hikigaya's ones
"Ah! Everyone likes to run their mouth today... but I guess you're right, I'm more likely to cut off your tattooed hand; making you disappear would be too much of a pain"
Concluded the dark haired boy limping on his left leg out of the kitchen.
"Hikigaya one last thing?"
spoke again the red haired Master
"What do you want Emiya?"
"Here, I forgot to give it back to you"
Emiya-kun tossed to Hikigaya some kind of charred bracelet.
"mpf...thanks"
"to be clear tomorrow we will speak again and we will reach the BONE of the matter"
"...as you wish, horrible pun by the way"
OKAY...what the hell just happened, IS THIS MALE COMPLICITY?
" and Tohsaka, I bet you have already guessed it, but I'll tell you the same to avoid unnecessary doubts, my magic circuits are the spider's web type, having a familiar would be a suicide for me.
spoke Hikigaya Hachiman one last time as he left the kitchen for good.
"Archer...you still on the roof?"
"Yeah"
"Give me a pro con list about blowing up this house right here, right now"
"Pro: Take a Master down, take a servant down, take a possible foe down. Con you remain for sure involved in the explosion, the force field of the house will warn the people inside of my incoming attack and if Saber unleash her noble Phatasm quickly enough I'm pretty much done for, she'd been keeping her guard high all this time, If I start charging an attack she will notice.
"Okay remain on stand by and I want your eyes on Hikigaya don't lose him for a second, Master or not he is too much of a wild card to leave him to his own business"
"as you desire but Rin..."
"what?"
"Do I have to really keep watching him, even now?"
"yeah why?"
"he is currently throwing up in the backyard"
"you're an heroic spirit, can't you withstand a gross sight for a moment, he's just expelling the massive amount of alcohol he drank."
"Rin first it's not just gross, it's incredibly gross, and second what he's expelling it's like a combination of pizza, blood and a weird blue liquid... Oh God, not on the flowers not on the Flowers!"
"Fine do as you want don't let him do anything strange, besides it's winter he won't resist the cold long in his "minimal outfit""
"Oh it's freezing the thing that came out from his mouth it's freez-"
"ein Weg" (one way)
"disgusting disgusting disgusting disgusting why you did this to me Archer?"
I thought squeezing my eyes unable to erase a disgusting picture in my mind
"Toh...ka"
"Just what the hell's going on with the people in this mansion?
"Tohs...a"
"They're all too weird and relaxed given their situation and their unpreparedness to it"
"Tohsaka"
"What?"
I asked staring the direction where an annoying voice came from
"interrupting other people thoughts, how rude"
I thought while my eyes fixed on two amber orbs.
ah right, I was still in front of Emiya-kun.
"are you okay? You've been spacing out for the past few minutes"
Asked the boy with concerned voice and look.
"ah nothing"
I said brushing away his worries with a hand movement
"I just had to get over Hikigaya's attitude"
I continued studying with meticulous attention Emiya-kun's face returning to normal.
mmm... he kinda looked like a puppy when he was worried and those golden eyes of his seemed to shine only for me.
"Good thing I never had puppies otherwise it'd more difficult kill you if you turn out to be a threat"
I thought softening my gaze upon Emiya-kun and smiling a bit.
I wasn't acquainted too well with him, but Emiya-kun appeared as a fairly nice person, the kind of guy who never says no to someone in need of help, and despite his ignorance in regards of the Moonlight world he seemed a smart guy: so I just had to choose my words well, make him realize the dangers of the Holy Grail War and take him to Kirei in order to complete my plan.
aha, It was almost hilarious, ANSUZ was right, I couldn't kill a person without second thoughts, I had to think other ways that didn't involve death first... I was sure this will made the war harder for me, but I had the resolve to end a life, anyone who doubted it... had just signed his death sentence
"Com'on I have to be a bit more positive, I'm sure after tonight I won't have to deal with Emiya-kun anymore... and why not, with a bit of luck I might even obtain Saber, she look incredibly powerful and graceful"
I concluded my reflection sipping a bit of green tea and peeking towards the knight woman.
Yeah I NEEDED HER!
"Oh yeah Hikigaya's really a piece of work, but don't worry he usually has all the best intentions...it's just that he execute them in the worst fashion possible"
Said Emiya-kun voicing his thoughts.
"I see... by the way what did you toss him before?"
I responded emptying my cup of tea.
"ah ehm oh... a present from his boyfriend he lost when Lancer arrived"
snapped his finger the auburn boy
Hikigaya in relationship...wow the world was really a variegated plac-
"Wait what! Is Hikigaya like that!?"
I spreaded my eyes leaning forward
"Yeah, I mean totally, this house has thin walls and when it is night he's always talking about this Totsuka guy and how much of he's a pure angel or how he likes go on dates with him."
Started to nod excessively passionate Emiya-kun
"mmm I didn't see that one coming"
I commented
"Just listen to him singing under the shower: his falsetto will clear all your doubts"
retorted Emiya-kun clenching his lips to avoid laughing.
"the more I discover about him the more I'm confused"
I laughed covering my hand with a hand.
"that makes two of us"
He said with a long sigh.
we remained in silence for a bit, and as the time passed the light mood we created in the room turned heavier and heavier. There were still many things both of us had to ask and to answer, try to delay the unavoidable was just a waste of time, so I'd better take the lead
"Emiya-kun please tell me what happened after you left Hikigaya's room"
I asked putting a bit in order my twin tails.
"..okay, after Lancer stabbed Hikigaya I was...running away, of course it wasn't like I had any real chance of escaping it was just Lancer that wanted to play a bit more, my wounds eventually got the best of me and I couldn't move anymore, Lancer arrived and skewered me here and there"
responded calmly the auburn boy... maybe a bit too much calmly.
he reminded me of a machine as he spoke so emotionless about a close death experience, sure there was also the possibility he was still metabolizing the whole thing but...I don't know the whole thing sounded wrong in my hears.
"then you summoned Saber"
I hypothesized making two plus two
Lancer was killing Emiya-kun (again), Saber was the only being able to stop Lancer and Emiya was still alive, didn't take a genius to figure that out
"Actually no"
Retorted Emiya-kun concurrently throwing out of the window my deductions and obtaining an interest gaze from saber
"Then what happened ?"
I asked definitely not annoyed by having made a mistake
"Remember the smoke Hikigaya mentioned before, the one that healed his wounds... well the man who controlled it arrived to rescue me and fought Lancer, I didn't have the chance to see him too clearly but, he was some kind of skeleton enveloped in a black mist "
"It might have been the Assassin servant"
Said Saber interrupting her silence
"Right I have read that all the Assassin servants summoned in the previous Holy Grail wars were always members of the Hashshashin, the ancient persian sect of assassins...their outfit was a black cape with a skull mask..."
I agreed with the blonde knight woman
Yeah there was definitely feeling between us, she was definitely going to become my servant, great personalities attracted each other...well I just hoped she wasn't some kind of battle maniac, in that case she would stick with Emiya: one night and he had already met half of the servant in this war...I couldn't and wouldn't try to beat such a feat.
"No... he wasn't wearing a mask he literally a skeleton and...even though I still don't know what a servant exactly is, Lancer said he wasn't one"
"Pardon?"
"Pardon?
"calm down you two, I'm the most confused among us but, standing to Lancer's word the skeleton, that introduced himself as Zero, was not a servant but a...Double Origin, do you know what does it mean?"
said Emiya-kun with staring at me with determination
"Well Origin is the starting point that defines one's existence and directs one's actions throughout life. It is the driving force that comes from within the Root that has managed to stream out of the Source and take on material form. Under the system of Magecraft, Origins are used to describe precise details about a magus, while Elemental Affinity indicates one's general alignment. Magi with an Origin that is strongly expressed outwardly are sometimes removed from the normal alignments and there are times that the origin itself becomes the alignment. Most of those magi exhibit their talents as extreme specialists, allowing them to potentially reach higher grounds than normal magi. Even those without an Elemental Affinity are sometimes still capable of casting spells simply by following their Origin. When a Magus's origin and allineament overlap they're called Double Origin and their powers are even more specialized, yet they are extremely rare and let's be honest a modern Magus facing a servant in a one on one battle sound pretty ridiculous"
I gave a text book explanation.
"Well ridiculous as it might sound I saw this man go against Lancer, sure it wasn't a fair fight, Zero really pulled out a bunch of disgusting tricks but...he a mere human being faced Lancer and survived...I want to know...how did he attain such power"
Emiya-kun spoke with trebling voice.
I could feel in his words a dense mixture of admiration, fear and...jelausy did Emiya-kun desired power so much?
"I don't think I can provide you a satisfactory answer, after all there aren't many data on Double Origin: they are the exception among the exceptions"
I carresed my chin watching Emiya assume a pensive expression.
A potential Master with the power of facing servant, I couldn't describe with words how bad the situation could become.
"okay Tohsaka...still from what I saw, Zero is a Double Origin Magus with powers particularly suited for combat. He kept creating some kind of black smoke able to heal wounds and condense into crystals, doesn't tell you something, really anything "
Asked the auburn boy with a sharp and cold voice.
It gave me chills, it was like winter wind came out of his mouth instead of words
"rrrhhh I repeat I don't know, I never met a Dual Origin before and it's difficult to do any conjectures without witnessing that Zero guy's powers first"
I retorted annoyed, really Emiya stop pressing the wrong buttons... I hated admit I didn't know something.
"Fantastic now I'm sure I won't sleep tonight until fill this gap in my knowledge...UHG I will pass an entire night on books. I swear if get eye bags, Lancer will be the last of your problems Emiya-kun"
I thought tapping my fingers on the table rhythmically.
"...you okay Tohsaka?"
"YES I'm perfectly fine, do I look different from perfectly fine!?"
"...ye- I mean No, of course not"
"Good, now leaving aside Zero, Lancer matters, How much do you know about the Holy Grail War and the servants?"
I asked returning to the topic I had mean to talk about from the beginning.
"ehehe"
Laughed nervously Emiya-kun staring first Saber then me
"Actually ...what's the Holy Grail War?"
"...you gotta be kidding me... WHY DIDN'T YOU ASKED IT BEFORE!?"
"Tohsaka calm down, don't throw the cup DON'T THROW THE CUP!"
*crash
"Okay to be blunt you have been chosen as a Master"
I said with a thin smile while Saber was bandaging Emiya-kun's head after a cup of tea...slipped from my hand. Okay it didn't exactly slipped, but could anyone blame? A person shouldn't be so casual talking about matters such as a mystical war fought by legendary heroes!
"have you noticed a brand somewhere on your body?"
I asked professional
"You mean these ?"
Responded Emiya-kun pulling up the sleeves of his school uniform now reduced to little more than a bunch of tatters.
with careful movements my golden eyed school mate revealed six words engraved on his forearms, CRAWL UNDER SMOKE ESCAPE EAST WALL.
"Uh they have already healed"
he commented studying his scars.
" She was referring to the command seals, Shiro"
said Saber stopping to treat Emiya-kun's head and moving towards his hand.
"...t-this red tattoo"
responded Emiya reacting weirdly to the touch of his servant...was he blushing? Oh he was!
"the one that Hikigaya said he would cut off"
he continued freezing his expression while a sweat drop formed on his temples
"ehm...hehe Tohsaka-san please keep talking"
Oh! Finally! some survival instinct had started to kick into gear, it was to make a low class magus out of this war.
"Yes those red tattoos mark you as a Master, they are also spells to control your servant, so as long as you have those, you can control your servant"
"That's why your friend mentioned cut them down, it is the way with least bloodshed to eliminate a Master from the war"
muttered Saber returning in the corner of the room while taking from the table a cup of green tea
"I see...and I doubt Hikigaya can be defined as my friend"
"Emiya-kun focus, we have already lost too much time, Command seals are absolute orders. They force your servants obedience even if it means bend their will. Saber broke off her attack before, remember? However you only have three absolute orders, try not to waste them. If you use all of them you'll probably be killed, so again be careful using them."
"So...in this war Masters have to compete against each other...right?"
"You can say it like that. There are seven Master each with one servant. Once only a Master Servant duo remain they will win the Holy Grail, wich can grant any wish."
"...is the Holy Grail that Holy Grail, the cup touched by the blood of Christ, the one King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table searched?"
asked the Red haired boy spreading his eyes amazed
"ehm ehemehmehmeheemhem"
Meanwhile his servant started to cough madly over her cup of tea
"Saber! what's wrong was the tea too hot?"
reacted immediately Shiro losing his attention, again
"no it wasn't the case, I, I..I'm not accustomed to the taste of green tea, I have always drunk black one in my life"
"I see, do you want me to brew some for you"
"I respectfully decline, and don't worry Shiro this tea is very delightful, I was just caught unprepared for the new experience"
said the servant blushing a bit (Dear God she was adorable!)
"Oh yeah don't mind me, it's not like I already spent half of my evening here wasting I don't now how much time!"
I thought observing the Master servant interactions.
taking a deep breath I collected myself and continued the speech
"No the Holy Grail it's not the actual cup. Long story made short you have been dragged in a magical ritual, one called the Holy Grail war, fought by seven Masters, a death battle among Magi"
I spoke cold like an ice dagger.
I wanted to pierce through Emiya-kun, with my words, I wanted him to become scared and insecure, I wanted him to drop out from this war.
Unfortunately my hopes didn't find fulfillment: everything I said wasn't shaking Emiya on contrary...it was steeling him. His eyes were growing stronger brighter like embers that are ready to set off a fire
"...Tohsaka what the hell are you saying"
"I'm simply laying out facts, you should know it better than me, after all you nearly died twice alrea-"
"I'm not talking about that! I'm talking about that tattoo on your hand I'm talking about the fact you consciously joined a death battle between mages"
Emiya-kun erupted as his eyes shone like burning flames
"excuse me?"
I retorted confused
"are you saying you got dragged in this like me?"
"NO I'M NOT THAT STUPID! I KNEW WHAT I WAS DOING "
"really isn't more stupid entering in a death battle than being dragged into it?"
Asked Shiro running his mouth like an impertinent ignorant teen
"wh-what do you think you know? besides what's the reason do you even care!"
I retorted livid.
how dared he to worry about me, me! Between the to of us I was the one that knew what was going, I was the one with a kickass family crest and advanced training. Why did he think he could judge my choices? I wanted to know what was running in Emiya Shiro's empty head.
"Do I need a reason?"
Emiya responded with a voice crystal clear
"Yes, No, God I can't understand who's more troublesome between you and Hikigaya!"
Damn I didn't know how to react, Shiro was so naively pure he disarmed me! Why the people in this house had to be so honestly kind or jerkish, it was annoying. why couldn't I deal with some superficial idiots it's way easier!
...why was Emiya-kun so silent?
"..."
"..."
"Emiy-"
I tried to call him
"Tohsaka, retire immediately that last statement"
Oh he was offended by being compared to Hikigaya...well I guessed that's fair, but I had no intention of apoligizing
"yeah whatever, the point is: you are part of this Holy Grail war now, the grail has granted you a servant to fight in this war, think of her as a Familiar"
I continued ruthlessly ignoring Emiya complains
"She doesn't seem much of a familiar to me"
he said after eyeing his servant and was it just me or he studied her chest for quite a bit
"it was an example Baka, she is actually a superhuman, an hero from legends"
"Saber is that true?"
"yes Shiro"
"So I really fought (A/N got beaten into a pulp) by the true Cu chullain the irish demigod!... that's... that's awesome I have to create a dish with potatoes to celebrate! Saber, does she like potatoes, what am I asking everyone likes them. I can do a sup, then some fries, a flan and for irony sweet caramelized potatoes on a spit! Are you guys in the cupboard ready to aid me?...perfect!"
Erupted joyful Emiya before realizing something
"Ara?...did I say everything out loud?"
"Nooooo dumbass" was what I was about to say but
*blurrrrrrr
*blurrrrrrr
my and Saber's growled making any other word useless.
"I'll take that as a yes"
Responded Emiya going to fetch some snacks...I still had some emenems with me though
The next hour of that night, went on pretty calmly, I kept explaing Emiya-kun about all the unbelievable threats of the holy grail war and discovered quite a precious information: Emiya couldn't supply mana to Saber, she was sustaining with her mana her own summoning.
(ehm ehm Grail-kun can you again explain me why didn't I get her, instead of this damn red haired hack!)
"all right I will still push for with the plan: FEMALE KNIGHT JOINS MY CREW and the janitor moves out of the way...and if (in a remote possibility) it doesn't work Saber will eventually grow weaker and weaker. I'll win it's just a matter of time "
I thought hiding my amusement behind the cookies Emiya kept bringing
Truly, he was probably the most hopeless magus I ever met, but he really knew how to cook! The biscuits were awesome, an harmony of dried and dehydrated fruit...geez I didn't want to imagine how many calories I have had tonight
"Probably I should do more push ups than usual before going to sleep. "
I thought fighting the impulse to eat more...
it was pretty difficult
Fortunately for me before my hand developed its own consciousness and started to stuff my mouth with delicious caloric bombs, Saber claimed all the biscuits on the table with a storm of quick movements
she kinda reminded me of a squirrel as her cheeks started to inflate.
"hell just how many biscuits she can swallow at once!?"
I muttered astonished
"So ultimately, I'm a Master, Saber is a hero, you are a master and the red man with you"
said Emiya-kun in low voice like he was weighing every words
"Archer"
"is a hero too and we are all part of a death battle"
"yes "
"and I thought Fujinee's inability to get a boyfriend was the most troublesome thing I would have the displeasure to deal with...that and the stains of saliva Hikigaya leaves on the floor"
He smiled a bit.
probably he was trying to overlap ordinary facts of his life on the impossible situation he was put in: A simple way to accept the reality bit by bit.
"oh now I understand where that suspicious colored spot came from"
I responded playing to his game.
I needed him to remain as calm, but aware of the dangers he was going to face. I didn't dare to imagine what could happen if he freaked out with Saber ready to follow his orders.
"Oh that I had tried to clean it for three days!"
"pff I can see you doing it... Emiya-kun I told you what I could about this war, but you have to receive more detailed information from the man who overviews the whole ritual"
I said standing and moving to grab my red coat
"there's an overviewer?"
"yes he knows everything about the Holy Grail War. I'm sure you don't want to remain forever ignorant"
"no of course but you want to go now? It is really late"
"So you won't go? Too scared to have a moonlight walk with a pretty schoolmate? Well if that's your call okay, what about you Saber "
I teased Emiya-kun
of course he immediately took the bait and stood up blushing furiously.
"Eheheh too easy."
I thought
"Don't go around saying things like that, and leave Saber out of this, don't try to strong arm her"
he said flustered, ooh he was kinda of cute all red and embarrassed.
Again thank God I never had a puppy
"Oh so you really think like a Master...you don't want me talk to Saber"
I covered a little my smug face.
"Why would I care?"
"ahah I love when everything progress forward as I want"
I told myself while Emiya-kun tried to regain his composure avoiding to make eye contact.
"Anyway Saber is an hero from the past right? So she won't be able to make a sense out of the modern world"
My schoolmate outlined a fair point to back up his reasoning.
"this isn't true, Shiro. Servants adapt themselves to whatever era they're summoned in, as such, I'm quite familiar with this time"
"Really?"
"Yes after all this is not the first time I've been summoned in this era"
"No way! What are the odds"
I intervened in the speech
"Well, Rin where are we going?"
the servant totally ignore my question
...I forgave her only because she was awesome.
"the church in new Fuyuki...Emiya-kun you're coming or not?"
I said opening the kitchen's door
"Okay you win just let me change from this bloody uniform and remeber Hikigaya to not touch my stuff while I'm away...ehm Tohsaka just one last question: How are masters decided"
"Well or you specifically try to summon a servant or the grail chose on its own, I think with a combination of meritocracy and how much willing to fight you are... Why do you ask?"
"I was wondering why I became a Master instead of my annoying roommate, after all he knew about the Holy grail war was and it's probably more trained in the use of magecrafth than I'm"
"I'm not sure, but I guess it's because of his magic circuits"
"pardon?"
"remember, he said it before, Hikigaya's Magic circuits are of the spider web type"
"...let's say for hypothesis I don't know what that means"
"geez you're hopeless Emiya-kun. You are aware than magic circuits are similar to nerves right?"
"yes and in base of the number and the quality of their magic circuits Magi have more or less mana and power"
"precisely, now spider's web magic circuits are a rare mutation that make all the magic cirucits in a person's body divide and divide until they resemble more capillaries than nerves. Can you imagine what this leads to, don't bother to answer. It leads to the creations of individuals with an immense number of magic circuits of the lowest quality; They're extremely susceptible to all the variation of the Mana in the air and, unlike normal Magi, they're able to release mana from every part of their body. The problem is that every magi with spider-web magic circuits haven't got much Mana and the use of any type of magecrafth is extremely difficult and dangerous for them to perform"
"Why?"
"Because they need to focus to insane levels in order to direct the right amount of Mana in every single magic circuit, otherwise...they literally fry, I wouldn't be surprised if all the scars Hikigaya has, were caused by his magic running out of control. Taking control of a familiar and create a magical contract makes a person's magic circuits more unstable than usual...So for Hikigaya Hachiman... it would be like suiciding himself. "
"So he wasn't choosen as a Master because..."
"He knows becoming one would lead ot his death
AND IT'S OVER THE HEIRESS IT'S FINALLY OVER IT TOOK A MONTH AND MHE THE PLOT MOVES FORWARD, WITH THIS CHAPTER RIN FINALLY ENTERS IN THE MAIN CAST.
IT COULD BE DISAPPOING THAT AFTER SO LONG THIS CHAPTER IS SOME KIND OF FILLER, BUT I WANTED TO GIVE A FEW INFO SUCH AS WHY WASN'T 8MAN CHOSEN AS A MASTER AND MOSTLY WHY HE WAS REJECTED BY HIS FAMILY OF SUMMONERS, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY I WANTED TO PUT SHIRO IN A POSITION OF ADVANTAGE, SINCE HE REALIZED 8MAN IS ZERO AND THAT 8MAN DOESN'T WANT RIN TO FIND OUT.
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HOLY WAR THREAT LIST
MASTERS Servants
Sieg A++ Assassin (8man) S+
Illya A+ Berserker SS
Rin A Archer S+
Kirei A++ Lancer S+
Shiro C+ Saber SS
Shinji C Rider S
Soichiro B Caster S- (with bounded field S++)
Assassin (Koujiro) S-
Ghilgamesh SS+
Bonus
Hachiman- (?)
Nijito - (?)