"So there are two other Sabers besides me, a human girl with power on the level of a Servant, a Lancer who managed to hack into your familiar so she can track your location but she's since disappeared, and three different Einzbern homunculi, one of which started spewing materialized curses? Is there anything I missed?" Saber couldn't believe the insanity she had missed from the previous night. How were there two other Sabers?

"You also missed that Lancer's Master can fight on a Servant level thanks to the Primordial Runes she received from her Servant and that even though Lancer appears to be gone, I'm staying on the move just in case." The voice of Henriikka came from a gem shaped like a bird that hovered in the living room of the Tohsaka household.

"So many mysteries and we don't have any idea where to start." Sakura was just as absolutely astounded by all the information she had just been blasted with, to the point that she hunched forward a bit and made the old couch she and Saber sat on creak. Her hair was down to a buzz cut thanks to it getting shaved for her surgery, but at least Sakura's injuries had been healed thanks to the magical energy she got from one of the Command Spells Kirei gave her. With her Book of False Attendant, Sakura was now Saber's stand-in Master and she had a plethora of Command Spells she could use to give Saber a power boost whenever necessary. "At least we know where one of the homunculi is staying."

"And how do you know that again? And how was it that again that you acquired spare Command Spells?" Henriikka sounded as suspicious as can be. Saber knew Sakura didn't want to reveal that her adoptive father was the overseer and was helping her by giving her Command Spells and info on the other Masters.

"The Tohsakas managed to hide away some of our unused Command Spells from previous wars from the overseers, and I just got lucky enough to stumble onto the homunculi's castle with one of my familiars." Sakura kept it cool, not a single stutter, not too eager or hesitant.

"And how did you have a familiar roaming around while unconscious in the hospital?"

"It was an automated familiar just wandering around recording whatever it saw." Sakura spoke clearly, but the slight twitching of her cheeks gave away that she was uneasy.

"And you expect me to believe something so obviously untrue?"

"Do you have any proof we're lying?" Saber interjected and put an arm around Sakura's shoulders.

"No, I don't."

"Then why are you distrusting us so blatantly? You act like the idea of us keeping things secret is offensive or unfair, yet you aren't willing to share much of anything about yourself. I feel like you should get off your high horse before you fall and get hurt." The condescension in Saber's voice made Sakura shiver.

"I'll drop this for now since this gives us a starting point for when we attack the Einzberns. We will talk about this another day, though, be sure of that. Now, I'd like to throw out a theory as to why there are so many Sabers in this war."

"You have an idea?" Sakura said.

"Just a pet theory, but one I feel is harmless to share. Saber, you mentioned that your summoning was unusual and that you are a Counter Guardian without complete memories."

"That's right. I think the Counter Force hijacked my Master's summoning ritual to bring me into this war as its agent, but it didn't work out well."

"Well I think that interference may have had ripple effects that altered the ritual as a whole."

"You think that's why there are other Sabers? This whole Grail War is glitching out or something?"

"I have reason to believe that other summonings may have been altered in certain ways, Caster for example is far from a normal Servant." It was rare for a Servant to have multiple bodies, but it was even rarer for what came across as some kind of alternate timeline Servant to be summoned in a Holy Grail War that wasn't taking place in their own World. Saber assumed that Caster was a Heroic Spirit from another timeline given that her story so vastly differs from the history of the Gorgon Sisters in this history. There's no evidence of the Gorgon Sisters being some kind of hivemind or the tale of Perseus slaying Medusa would have brought it up.

"You're only guessing, but it's better than nothing." Saber crossed her arms. "Is there anything else to discuss?"

"No. For now we stick to the plan and go along with Assassin's demands. You and Caster will go to where you were told to meet up with him."

"That was the Center Building, but it's gone now. We'll hang around the area and Assassin will sense us."

"Good, and make sure you do nothing that gives away that I exist or that Sakura isn't still in critical condition and is acting as your Master."

"You must not think highly of me if you think I'd make such simple mistakes." Saber traced a finger across her lower lip while she looked down her nose at the familiar Henriikka was using as a communicator. "You should only look down on those who are below you."

Henriikka didn't respond as the floating gem deactivated and shifted from its avian shape to a normal rock. Saber caught it as it fell from the air and handed it to Sakura who pocketed it.

"Now that we've got that out of the way," Saber looked out the window and saw that the Sun had only just begun its descent from the sky. "Why don't we have some fun before I have to head out. It's sisterly bonding time."

"Is now really the time?" Sakura's hands clasped gently. "Rin's still in danger."

"Do you think Rin would want you to be moping all the time right now?"

"No."

"So stop moping and tell me what you want to do?" Saber shot to her feet.

"What?" Sakura jumped in her seat. "I'm deciding what we're gonna do?"

"Yes, you are. What do you wanna do?"

"I don't really know." Sakura hid her hands behind her back and waggled her body as she expressed her discomfort. "What do you want to do?"

"I want to do what you want to do."

"But I really don't have anything I want to do."

"What do you normally like to do?"

"Spend time with Rin."

"What else?"

"Um…do whatever Rin wants to do."

"Hoo, boy." Saber sat back down. "I keep forgetting how attached at the hip you and Rin are."

"Sorry." Sakura crumpled forward in her seat so Saber put a hand on her shoulder.

"It's not your fault. Let me change the question again. What things do you never do because Rin doesn't want to do them?"

Sakura raised up and thought for a moment, accidentally leaving her jaw hanging open as if she was half-asleep. It was cute. "Rin hates technology, so anything like video games or using computers or watching movies on a DVD player have always been out of the question."

"Then let's do one of those things. Is there an arcade in this city?"

"There is, but are you sure? If you really are Rin, then won't you hate technology, too?"

"Sakura, you're really sweet." Saber wrapped an arm around her stand-in Master again. "I'm doing this because I want to see you happy. If I have to be annoyed at a video game for a bit to see you smile, then that's a price I'll pay a thousand times over."

Sakura smiled and blushed at Saber's kindness. "Okay. Let's go to the arcade."

"Perfect." Saber stood up. "I'm gonna need to change into some more normal clothes. Is it fine if I borrow Rin's?"

"That's fine. I'm sure she won't mind."

"Good. I'll be back in a flash." Saber entered Spirit Form and phased through the ceiling and went into Rin's room. She materialized and went straight for the closet, letting instinct guide her as she put together an outfit that felt right. She ended up in a red sweater with a white cross on it, a black skirt, and black stockings. Atop that was a red jacket and orange scarf to fend off the cold, though Saber didn't actually need to worry about the weather due to being a Servant, but it would be weird for her to be going around in the cold without being properly bundled up. She could attract unwanted attention.

Saber adjusted her glasses as she skipped down the stairs and appeared before Sakura who had just finished putting on her winter coat. "How do I look?" Saber did an exaggeratedly cutesy pose.

Sakura's eyes went wide. "You look exactly like Rin. The hair and glasses are different, but now I see that you really are the same."

"But I'm prettier, right?"

"Uh…"

"I'm just messing around." Saber headed for the door. "Let's go."

"R-Right!" Sakura jogged over to Saber and off the duo went.

It didn't take too long for Saber and her Master to get to Shinto, small talk keeping the two occupied all the way. Once in Shinto, it was only a short walk before the destination had been reached. The arcade wasn't especially big or small and was packed full of different machines. Many students who had just come from school were playing a variety of games. All the strobing lights and obnoxious sounds were giving Saber a bit of a headache.

Sakura was just looking around in awe. She probably wasn't used to seeing so much modern technology collected into one place since Rin was a borderline luddite.

"Any ideas on what you want to play first, Sakura?"

The purple haired girl hummed as she glazed around more slowly, carefully considering her options until she shrugged and said, "How about that one?" She pointed to an arcade machine labeled, Guilty Gear XX #Reload. The Hell kinda name was that?

"Sure. Nobody else is playing it right now so let's give it a try."

Saber instantly regretted her decision to go with Sakura to an arcade. She had no idea what she was looking at. There were so many buttons. Why'd there have to be so many? Couldn't one, maybe two be enough? And the weird sticks with balls on the end of them, what were those? They looked weird and kinda phallic. Was this secretly a sex thing? It better not have been a sex thing.

"I think we're supposed to stand here, and these buttons and this stick are yours, and these are mine." Sakura gradually put two and two together on how the game was supposed to be played while Saber nodded her head and pretended to know what she was talking about.

Next thing Saber knew, they were picking the characters they would play as. Sakura gravitated towards a girl named Dizzy who had an outfit that was hard to describe beyond 'revealing'(Saber was sure this was a sex thing now) and had these big wings that were different colors. Saber just chose the character she liked the design of the most, which was Jam Kuradoberi who had this whole Chinese martial arts aesthetic going on.

When the two characters the pair had chosen were placed across from each other and these odd bars appeared on the screen, it became clear that they were supposed to fight. Sakura started testing what the different buttons did and got a feel for how the joystick moved her character around while Saber tried and failed to do the same. Saber wanted to ask Sakura what she had figured out, but the look of determination on the girl's face made it clear she wasn't in the mood to talk; she only wanted to play.

Sakura went on the attack and the bar on Saber's side of the screen began to drain away with each hit Jam took. The Servant panicked and just started to mash buttons and wiggle the stick around in hopes that she could brute force her way to victory, but Sakura took to the game well and easily maneuvered around most of the mindless attacks that came her way. Sakura's dark intensity seeped into her gaming as she controlled her character with an Assassin-like preciseness. Every button press and turn of the stick was in service of defeating Saber. There wasn't a single motion wasted.

Saber wasn't defeated, she was dismantled. She didn't stand a chance against the gaming skills that Sakura had from her brain to her bones.

"You're really good at this Sakura. Do you wanna try another game?" Saber was desperate to get away from this game and try something else that she might have had a chance at being good at.

"Actually, can we play this one again?" Those words contained a mix of the bashfulness Saber had come to expect from Sakura and a sort of passion that made the Servant get chills.

"If that's what you want, then sure."

And so they played again, and Saber lost again. And again. And again. And again. It just kept happening. Sakura kept getting better and better to the point that Saber was completely helpless, not even acting as a paltry challenge to the Tohsaka girl.

The Servant was so thoroughly destroyed by this rapid fire series of losses that she sunk to the ground and sat on her buttox after her thirty-seventh defeat. Sakura was so in the zone that she didn't even realize Saber wasn't playing anymore. The Master had picked out her character for the next match and waited for Saber to pick hers.

"Sakura, can we maybe play a different game." Saber would have preferred running a week long marathon with her legs tied together than keep playing this game.

"Oh!" Sakura just noticed that the Servant was on the carpet. "Sorry, I guess I got really into this game. Let's try a different one."

And so they moved to a different machine to try a different game, and it went much the same. Sakura was like a fish in water as she immediately mastered the game while Saber was like a fish in the air as she tried and failed to survive. Sakura pummeled Saber into submission without even realizing the brutality she was putting her Servant through.

They moved on to a cooperative game, and Sakura carried them through the whole thing while Saber was a liability. If it weren't for Sakura's talent, Saber's incompetence would have meant certain defeat for the both of them. Saber let her mind go blank as she just mindlessly played about with the controls while Sakura did all the heavy lifting.

Another game. Another game. Another. Another. More games. More technology Saber couldn't comprehend. More outstanding performances from Sakura. The purple haired girl had found her calling in life and that was playing video games. Meanwhile, Saber learned what Hell was like and it turned out it was full of arcade cabinets.

"Sakura, could we perchance go somewhere else?" Saber whimpered out as she no longer wanted to partake in the Sisyphean task of trying to keep up with Sakura and her gaming lust.

"That's fine, I was starting to get tired of these games." Thank the Lord. "Where should we go next?"

"Wherever you want." As long as it wasn't a place with more machines.

Sakura held her chin as she took some time to think. "I haven't been to the aquarium in a long time."

"Then let's go to the aquarium." Saber grabbed Sakura by the wrist and ran the both of them out of that arcade as soon as she heard Sakura's new request. Never again. Never again would Saber be sent to the infernal land of arcade games.

The aquarium wasn't too far and it was delightful inside, tanks of all shapes and sizes abounding. Some were cylinders built into support pillars while others were more traditional ones built into the walls. All of them housed pretty or eye-catching sea life. There was an open tank that you could put your hand into to pet some small rays. Sakura traced her fingers across the backs of the creatures and got a chill, a nice one as she smiled afterward and let out a giggle. She bounced around the room as Saber followed, reading the various plaques explaining the names of the different aquatic creatures and their traits.

The anxieties that had formed a gloom around Sakura from her worries about her sister had completely disappeared as far as Saber could tell. Sakura was engrossed in the moment, watching the fishes and letting herself be at ease. She had an energy that she lacked even when she was with Rin. Being with Rin all the time probably induced a lot of stress in Sakura since she felt like she had to watch over her older sister at all times like a parent. Though it may have been cruel to say, Rin's incarceration may have been the best thing for letting Sakura just relax and let herself be at peace for at least a little while.

Saber and Sakura entered the shark tunnel, the cylindrical hall of glass revealing the surrounding waters and the predators inhabiting them. Despite their menacing appearance, the sharks didn't act aggressive in any way as they just swam about aimlessly. The entire tunnel was drenched in a deep blue from the light passing through the water. The color made the peaceful mood even greater, but also added a melancholic tinge. It was odd for Saber to feel melancholic from the color blue, since it was usually red that made her feel that way.

That crimson cave revealed itself to Saber's mind again, that place where she committed that action, the one she would eternally regret. Saber killed that girl, but who was that girl? There was only that vague silhouette whenever she tried to remember back. That mess of disconnected attributes that failed to form an actual image, a name, anything concrete.

The current theory was that Saber was Rin since most evidence pointed to that. Then who could that girl have been, what person in Rin's life was the best candidate to hold that spot in that dreadful scenario? There was really only one possibility that Saber could think of.

Sakura.

Like a fog being blown away by great and terrible winds, the block that prevented Saber from discerning the true form of her victim was removed. Sakura. It was Sakura that Saber killed. Her hair was white, her eyes were red, and she was wearing a bizarre dress that prompted Saber to feel an odd sensation like vertigo, but it was Sakura without a shadow of a doubt. Saber killed her little sister. Rin killed Sakura.

How could such a series of events occur? Why would Rin want to kill her precious sister? Why did Sakura look so different? Something fundamental must have been different in that history, one that drastically changed the course of events that Rin's life followed.

Whatever the reasoning, Rin killed Sakura. Saber looked at her hands and she could see blood on them, the blood from her memory of stabbing her little sister in the chest, of watching her, feeling her die. Rin was a murderer.

Saber looked at Sakura and had to immediately look away or she wouldn't be able to control her emotions. She might cry or scream or run away, something undignified certainly.

The blue tint to the tunnel felt oppressive now. It was too much, everything was.

Saber looked at the sharks to try and focus on something else, but in the rays of light from above the water's surface, vivid images of Rin murdering Sakura appeared. Saber could remember plunging her knife into Sakura's chest, of the weapon scraping across bone as it touched the girl's heart. That heart had a feeling of elasticity to it for those few moments before the blade finished puncturing the organ. The heart beat one last time, pushing into Rin's knife and causing the organ to rupture, practically popping like a grape betwixt one's fingers. The way Sakura's eyes looked in that moment was the most horrific image Rin had ever come to know. So much heartache and pain and desperation and sadness, all conveyed in a single look could never be fabricated or replicated. It was a once in a lifetime sight that no sane person would ever wish to see.

There were no two ways about it, Saber had to leave and contemplate somewhere private. The Servant slowed and quieted her breathing to make sure her next words would sound even and unfiltered through the turmoil she was enduring. With her face slightly turned away, Saber said to her Master, "Sakura, I'm sorry, but I think I should start heading over to meet with Caster and Assassin. It's best to be early just in case."

"Oh, okay." Sakura had a cheery tone, but that fizzled out when she remembered the dire circumstances her sister was in now that her thoughts were back on the war. "Be careful."

"I will. You'll be fine going home on your own?"

"I'll be okay. If anything happens, I'll summon you with a Command Spell. Speaking of, don't be afraid to ask me to use a Command Spell if you're in danger. I have plenty of them thanks to Kirei."

"But that would reveal to Assassin that Rin is no longer my sole Master. It's that or he'll believe Rin has used a Command Spell. Either way, Rin would be put in danger."

"That…makes…sense." Sakura's hands curled in front of her body. "Let's not use them then."

"If you're in life threatening danger, don't be afraid to use them, however. Rin wouldn't want her freedom at the cost of your life. Understand?"

"Yes." Saber could tell that Sakura probably wouldn't use a Command Spell no matter what now. Perhaps she should have kept her mouth shut. Saber wanted to make sure Sakura wasn't going to let herself die if things got bad, Saber wanted to say something more, but the memories of killing Sakura in another timeline kept on appearing and with increasing frequency. She had to leave right now.

"I'll be back." was all the Servant said before she power walked out of the aquarium and entered Spirit Form as she headed for the area surrounding where the Center Building once stood.

If it weren't for the fact that Saber didn't have a physical body, she would be bawling her eyes out from the sheer horror she felt towards herself. Why could she possibly have killed Sakura? Her instinctual understanding of the situation told her that it was the right thing to do, that it was for the greater good, but the details still refused to reveal themselves.

Saber wanted to scream as her supernatural amnesia was so deeply frustrating in its pickiness. It cherry picked what pieces of information it would allow her to remember.

It didn't really matter what the reason why was, what mattered was that Sakura was killed by Rin. Saber could remember that the Sakura in her memories had experienced the same horrendous life of living with the Matous that the Sakura of this timeline had. It may have even been worse, longer, more absolutely soul crushing.

Why didn't Rin save her sister? Why did she kill her?

It didn't take Saber very long to arrive at the city block where the Center Building once was thanks to her C rank agility. It didn't sound impressive, but she could still exceed the speed of sound with ease.

The entire area was full of various public service vehicles and yellow tape, outside of which stood plenty of curious onlookers of which many were those from outside Fuyuki who wanted to investigate the mysterious and paranormal events of last night. It was amazing how quickly these people arrived and there were certainly only more to come.

Perching atop the tallest building still standing, Saber waited for Caster and Assassin to arrive as the Sun began to set.

All Saber could really do in this moment was prepare for the night to come and keep on contemplating her piecemeal memory. The same questions that were filling Saber's mind before came circling back around and making her contained panic continue to thrive. Saber felt like a serial killer coming to realize her own amorality despite having only killed one person and for reasons that she instinctively knew to be logically correct and righteous. It was all so strange and miserable.

After the Sun had long since left and the night was here, Saber felt a Servant approaching. They left Spirit Form to reveal themself as Caster, the trio of bodies landing on the same roof as the one where Saber waited. Responding in kind, Saber returned to her physical form and donned her Servant attire.

"Hello, Caster. How are you?"

"Fine." One of the Gorgon Sisters said. "How are you? You appear to be vexed by something. Is it the status of your Master?"

"It's something else that's a bit more complicated."

"I see."

"You don't see, because you have blindfolds." The longest, most awkward of pauses followed that stupid joke. "I thought it was funny."

"That was a joke?"

"And now I feel like a spear just went through my heart."

"My apologies."

"Don't apologize, it's alright." Saber exhaled and flapped her lips. It was an inelegant action, but Saber wasn't in the mood to care. "How long do you think until Assassin gets here?"

"I would assume somebody as cautious as him would already be here long before either of us."

"And you'd be right about that." Like a bolt from the blue, Assassin appeared between the two other Servants, his body still bound up in that red cloak and wrappings like some kind of edgy mummy. "I was here long before either of you. I was even lucky enough to hear Saber's stand up routine."

"It was one joke, relax." Assassin's tone immediately made Saber wanna stab him. "Also, if you were here the whole time, why didn't you reveal yourself earlier when it was just me here?"

"Because I feel like being stuck alone with you would be a very annoying experience."

"Wanna repeat that?" Saber was about ready to summon her Azoth Sword and use it to slice Assassin into seventeen pieces.

"I'd rather not if it's going to make you act irrationally and force me to kill your Master." Assassin's threat made an electric sensation zip through Saber's spine. She wanted to say something, but she decided to keep her mouth shut if Assassin was this gung-ho about reminding her of the power he had over her. "That's better. Y'know, you'd be a lot more appealing to men if you kept quiet like that all the time. Why waste a pretty face with a ugly mouth?" The teeth in Saber's mouth ground against each other. "Do you have any backtalk for me Caster, or can we just move along to business?" Caster just shook her heads. "Good. then let's talk about what we'll be doing tonight."

"Aren't we just going to survey the city as a group?" Saber said.

"In essence, yes. We will eliminate any other teams we come across with Saber acting as the main assault force, Caster providing ranged assistance, and me sneaking up on them for the killing blow."

"Simple enough."

"You also mentioned a personal goal of yours you wanted our assistance with." Caster said.

"I was getting to that." Assassin became more serious. "Separate from my Master's goal of winning the Holy Grail War, I have a special objective which was the true reason that I was summoned."

"True reason? If your Master wants the Grail, then I assume this true reason doesn't relate to them at all."

"That's correct. Let me ask you, do you know the rule with Assassin Servants summoned by the Holy Grail?"

"Yes. At least in Fuyuki, all Assassins are supposed to be one of the nineteen individuals that held the title of Old Man of the Mountain, Hassan-i-Sabbah."

"Gold Star. Now, all the Hassans were Muslims from around Persia and Syria, yes?"

"That's right."

"Do I look Persian or Syrian to you?"

"You're wrapped up, how could we possibly tell that?"

"You can see my eyes, can't you?"

It only took leaning in and looking a little more closely for Saber to immediately understand what Assassin was getting at. "You're Japanese."

"Right. Not only am I not a Hassan, I'm East Asian when that's not supposed to be possible in the Fuyuki Holy Grail War. Of course, I'm not the only one breaking some rules with their existence considering Saber over there is also very clearly Japanese, but at least in my case, that's because I was summoned for a special duty in the place of a proper Assassin."

"And what summoned you?"

"The Counter Force."

Hold on, what?

"You're a Counter Force Servant?"

"Indeed. I've been summoned to deal with a Threat to Humanity."

"I see. I see. Hey, so, random question, but would that Threat to Humanity happen to be a Einzbern homunculus with long hair."

"Yes, how did you know?"

"Because I'm also a Servant of the Counter Force summoned to eliminate an Einzbern homunculus."

Assassin's head tilted. "Really? I figured the Counter Force would have told me about you so we could work together."

"Seems like there was some trouble with my summoning that caused me to come out a little weird. That might be why."

"Weird how?" Assassin crossed his arms under his cloak.

"I don't have memories of when I was alive or of my True Name, and my understanding of my mission is only fragmentary, I don't know all the details."

"Interesting. Considering there are two other Sabers, perhaps there was some kind of domino effect where one unusual summoning disturbed all the others. I can say that my understanding of our goal is also incomplete so you're not alone."

"Do you at least know which homunculus is the target?"

"Yes, but not why she's the target other than that she's a Threat to Humanity."

"Well, who is it?"

"Irisviel von Einzbern."

Finally, a name, now they knew which of the homunculi to go after. It was unfortunate that it wasn't Chloe since Sakura was informed by the overseer about the location of Chloe's base. Nonetheless, it was information and information was key to victory in a Holy Grail War. From what the overseer said, Irisviel was the Lesser Grail of the Fourth War who survived and was now helping Illyasviel, her daughter who was a Master in this war. They also claimed the Greater Grail was corrupted without any real evidence, which was suspicious. From what Henriikka's familiars observed, Irisviel began regurgitating a strange substance that consisted of coagulated curses. That strange matter quickly destroyed an entire park so it may have been the vector through which she could destroy humanity.

"As it so happens, I know the base of one of the other homunculi. It isn't Irisviel, but she might be able to provide a lead, and if not, we could still take out an enemy Master and their Servant."

"You know her location." Assassin was impressed and deeply curious in an untrusting way. "How'd you find that out?"

"I just tracked her with automated familiars my Master had set up."

It was hard to read Assassin's expression due to those stupid wrappings covering his face. "Chloe was the Master of Archer, yes?"

"And how do you know that?" Now it was Saber's turn to be suspicious as she put her hands on her hips.

"Lookouts. Normal ones in this case, not familiars." He must have had yakuza stationed around the city who reported anything suspicious they saw or heard. "Archer's powerful, enough so that all three of us might not be able to best him."

"That's true normally, but he's been weakened. From what the familiars gathered, he and the two Sabers received wounds from Lancer that couldn't be healed. If he's not at his best, then we've got a shot as long as we come up with a plan."

Assassin closed his eyes. "That's true, but to strategize, I'm going to need to know all your abilities and your True Names."

"And will you be sharing yours?" Saber already knew the answer, but she figured she'd give it a shot.

"Of course not. I'm the one who will be making the strategy so you have no need to know anything about me, you just need to do what I tell you."

"And if we say we won't tell you our True Names and abilities?"

"Then your Masters are dead." Assassin's eyes opened and made it clear that he was willing not only to kill Rin and Luviagelita, but he was willing to fight both Saber and Caster right then and there.

Saber leaned her head back. "Fine. I'll tell you what you want to know. My lost memories mean I barely remember most of my abilities anyway and I've got no idea as to my True Name." They were lies and half-truths, but believable ones. "I wield an Azoth Sword and that's about it. I do know some magecraft, but nothing combat applicable." Saber left out that she had actually remembered a few of her other abilities since the previous night.

"Thank you. You're pretty useless from the sounds of it, but you'll at least make a good distraction." Assassin definitely knew that something was up, but he didn't have enough to go off of to push anything. "Caster."

"I have Mystic Eyes of Petrification that are hidden behind these blindfolds that are a Noble Phantasm called Breaker Gorgon." one of Caster's bodies said. "Breaker Gorgon can also be used to seal away magecraft or Noble Phantasms, and it can even trap people in a nightmare. I also have Tri-Blood Fort Andromeda, which was the Bounded Field you saw last night. I doubt that needs to be explained. My last Noble Phantasm is Tri-Pandemonium Cetus which produces a beam that is like my Bloodfort if focused into an attack that can dissolve any organic matter and turn it into magical energy for my own consumption. Beyond that, I can control my blood to make constructs and create weak familiars, as well as suck the blood of my enemies for sustenance. Any other abilities I possess are those one would expect of a Caster with a penchant for combat."

"Quite the intimidating set of abilities you have there." Assassin was right. With the right preparation, she could take on almost anyone. Even Archer would have a hard time if she went all out with every trick she had from the beginning, though that would require a lot of magical energy, which meant it wasn't viable and she'd lose as the fight went on if she didn't get lucky. "I think I can come up with a solid strategy with abilities like those. That said, I'd like more information. We won't attack tonight. We'll wait until tomorrow when I can gather together a little army for us and I've finished our plan." That army was probably going to consist of most of the Fujimura Group's members. How helpful would they really be, though? Maybe the Fujimura's were secretly mages, but how could that many mages gather and Rin not know about it? "I do want to scope out the base tonight. Saber, take us to the homunculus' base and I'll sneak in and take a look around. You and Caster can investigate the surrounding area while I do."

"Yes, sir." Saber said as vitriolically as possible while she did a limp salute. As she lead the way, Saber thought over the situation and how this was actually to her benefit since it meant she'd be able to deal with Irisviel much more easily with help than by herself since Irisviel had two powerful Sabers on her side and some other girl who apparently looked like the other two Sabers but wasn't a Servant yet had Servant level combat abilities. God, this Holy Grail War was a mess and a half.

The only consolation this war came with was that she got to meet Sakura and spend time with her. That little diamond in the rough was now complicated, however, by the fact that Saber just remembered she killed Sakura in another timeline and that thought wouldn't stop stabbing into the Servant's brain and making her feel like shit. Saber just wanted this war to be over so she could stop existing already.

The problem was that she was a Counter Guardian so she'd remember this unlike other Heroic Spirits. That also meant she'd be summoned again at some point, in some timeline that was full of chaos and had people who needed to be slaughtered. 'Needed.' Needed like Sakura. This was Saber's existence, Rin Tohsaka's existence. An endless stream of numbness occasionally punctuated by moments of sheer horrificness.

If Saber did manage to get a wish from the Grail, she would wish for her to have never killed Sakura, and if that wasn't possible, then she'd want her Saint Graph and very Origin to be erased from the Counter Force, Throne of Heroes, and everywhere else. She just wanted her nightmare of a life to be over.