Tohsaka Manor Gate (12 hours before the Holy Grail War)

Standing in front of the Tohsaka estate, Kariya was nervous. He returned to his home he despised, spent a whole year learning the magic he despised, and joined the Holy Grail War where his chances of survival were far less than he is willing to admit. All for one reason: to return Sakura to her family. And now he is one step away from it. And he was nervous. But not out of fear, no. Relief, as contradictory as it may sound.

"Uncle Kariya" Sakura called him. She stood next to him, stoically and firmly squeezing his hand. "Will they really accept me?" These words slightly spoiled Kariya's mood. She still cannot come to terms with the fact that the Matou House and its memories are over.

Kariya knelt down and took her shoulder with a non-painful hand. "Of course they will! Your mother misses you, Rin misses you. Tokiomi misses you too." He then stroked her head and made a mess out of her hair. "They'll even fix that messy hairdo!"

"You are evil, Uncle Kariya!" She was irritated. But this is progress. Negative emotions are better than no emotions.

They know we are here. The servant on the roof is watching us.

Oh yes, this. Tokiomi has definitely already summoned his Servant and he knows for a fact that Kariya has too. If things go south, Berseker and Tokiomi's Servant will fight. If that happens, Sakura won't be able to return.

Kariya stood up. "Let's go, Sakura."

Inside the Tohsaka Estate (At the same time)

Tohsaka Tokiomi was getting ready. The Holy Grail War will begin soon.

When Kirei told him that even with the catalyst, he didn't summon one of the 'Old Man of the Mountai' Tokiomi became worried. If something like that happened, there was a chance, however small, that his catalyst wouldn't work either. But all his worries were in vain. The Servant he had summoned was definitely the King of Heroes.

The head of the Tohsaka family had to admit that dealing with Gilgamesh was much more difficult than he expected. But, in the end, he agreed to his plan with Kirei to falsely kill Assassin.

Speaking of Assassin. Kirei's Servant was definitely a surprise. A child only twice Rin's age and a Heroic Soul. He also claims to be from the future. As far as Tokiomi knows, the more Humanity progresses, the less likely it is that someone will be written into Throne of Heroes. What kind of life did this child live to be considered a hero? His childlike appearance aside, his abilities are very useful. Making yourself and others invisible and intangible to other Servants, multiply, possess and not be recognized as a Servant by other Servants. All this was definitely helpful. Although, his refusal to attack the other Masters is quite problematic. Well, Kirei can use the Command Seal when the time comes, so there is no reason to worry.

With King of Heroes and Assassin, victory is guaranteed. Now— Someone has crossed the border field. Two people and... Servant? The intruders didn't even try to sneak in. Tokiomi quickly sent a familiar. Through his eyes he saw...

Is that Kariya and... Sakura?

What are they doing here? Does Kariya try to attack him before the start of the War? He brought Sakura to use against him? What kind of-

Kariya turned to his familiar. "Tokiomi. I'm here to talk, not fight. Let us in." ...Speak? About what? The agreement was simple. Zouken accepts Sakura— "Zouken is dead. My Servant killed him." ...Dead? What happened in Matou's house? He must find out. Tokiomi ordered his familiar to open the gate.

The head of the Tohsaka family left his room. He then used his familiar again to look at Kariya and Sakura. They're going right now to the waiting room. He approached them.

When he entered, he saw that Kariya and Sakura, who were sitting on the couch, turned their heads towards him. Tokiomi has to admit that he wasn't ready to see Sakura again. She has changed. Her hair and eyes, similar to his and Rin's, are now purple. Probably due to learning Matou magecraft. When she saw that he was looking at her, she immediately turned away. Kariya put his hand on her hair and began stroking it. Speaking of Kariya, he is almost unrecognisable. His hair is white, the veins on the left side of his face are swollen, his left eye is likely blind and his skin is painfully pale. When Aoi told him a year ago that Kariya had returned to the city, she didn't mention anything about it. What happened in one year?

"Tokiomi.".

"Kariya." The head of Tohsaka turned to Sakura. "Sakura". The girl, hearing her name, reluctantly turned around. "I'm glad to see you again." She nodded almost without changing her expression.

"Thank you Mr. Tohsaka." There was gratitude in her words, but her voice was empty. What happened to her?

He sat down on the opposite sofa. "Before we start, could you show your Servant?"

Hearing this, Kariya was nervous but complied. "Berserker." With these words, his Servant appeared. Looking at Berserker's parameteres, Tokiomi was surprised. They are very high. Kariya definitely got himself a strong Servant.

"What exactly did you want to talk about, Kariya?"

The man who was addressed first looked at Sakura and then at him. "Where are Aoi and Rin?"

"Not in Fuyuki. Considering the upcoming event, it was decided that they would withdraw from the city until the event was over." These words upset both Kariya and Sakura.

"I see." His face became serious, "I want Sakura to return to her family."

...What?

"Why?"

"Because she deserves to be with her family."

"Matou is her family now. The agreement with Zouken was simple. He adopted Sakura, and in return she is trained as the successor to Mato's magic, as his own heir."

"That's why I want her back!" Kariya called out to him. "Tokiomi, do you even know what Matou's magecraft is?"

"Magic families do not share the secrets of their magic. This is one of the foundations we live by." Hearing this, Kariya's eyes hardened.

"Sakura, could you leave this room with Mr. Berserker?" Sakura nodded. She took Berserker's hand and left the waiting room. He then immediately turned to Tokiomi. "Listen to me carefully".

Tokiomi listened. And he was furious. What Kariya had told him, about Zouken, the basement, the worms, about how got his injuries, what Sakura went through. Tokiomi used all his strength to hold himself in place.

Zouken... that BASTARD!

"Now do you understand what I'm talking about Tokiomi?" He understood. More than. But...

"I'm sorry, Kariya. I can't take her back." These words brought the man into a righteous rage.

"What?! What do you mean by 'can't accept her'?! Everything I told you didn't matter?! Do you think she doesn't deserve to be with her family?!"

"You think I don't want this?! That she was brought up in her family? To never experience what you had to go through?" This time, Tokiomi screamed. Then he leaned back in his chair, but the anger remained. "Kariya, what do you know about the Mage Association?"

"I don't care about them!"

"And you should." Then he took a deep breath. "Sakura was given to Zouken for a reason. Both Sakura and Rin possessed an extraordinary amount of innate abilities for a magi. Without the protection of the mage family and training to control their powers, this potential could cause dangerous supernatural events to happen to the girls or lead to them being captured by the Association for use as specimen. The protection and magic of the Tohsaka family can only be bestowed on one child. If I raise both of them, they will turn against each other. And don't say it can't be. There are enough stories of conflicting siblings in the Mage's Association."

"Then don't do it." ...What?

"What?"

"Tokiomi. You say you're worried about their future, but you're basing everything on their life as mages, giving up their happiness as ordinary people and only thinking about their future lives as mages. Don't raise Sakura as a mage. She definitely doesn't want anything to do with it after what happened to her." Those words made Tokiomi think. What Kariya said would infuriate most mage families, but Tokiomi thought about it. But still...

"Even if Sakura is raised as a normal girl, the Association is a danger. I can't teach Rin and protect Sakura from them at the same time." As much as Tokiomi hated what he said, he couldn't ignore the truth. This made Kaya desperate...

"Wait. Tokiomi. Zouken told me that Tohsaka has a distant family. What were their names?"

"Edelfelt. But this is unlikely. After the Third Holy Grail War, they don't want anything in common with Tohsaka." As promising as it sounds, there's nothing Tokiomi can do about it.

"…Then what about Matou?" Hearing this words madd Tokiomi stunned. Then he smiled. Those words made him feel hopeful for Sakura.

"I'll make a call."

Hotel Hyat Room(Night)

Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald was silent as he watched his Servant who was currently eating his 16th bowl of noodles and watching kung fu movies. Suitable, because as far as Lancer has shown him, he is a master of kung fu. Which is very hard to tell from the way he looks. Not only from the fact that he is a panda, but also from his large, fat figure, clumsiness and naivety. Lord El-Melloi had only two serious problems with him. First, he didn't find anything. The legend of Xiao Po Ping, or simply Po as he prefers, did not exist. The second problem was that—

"POOOOO! I'm back! And I brought a lot of cookies!"

Sola-Ui found him irresistibly cute. That was the reason she passed out, not because her fiancé had summoned a completely different Servant. For the past two weeks she has adored him and told him how cute he is when he does ANYTHING. Walking, sleeping, eating, exercising, etc. Kayneth sends her shopping, saying that she can buy things for Lancer, specifically to NOT hear her talk about him all the time.

"Oh, thank you, Madame Archibald." Hearing "madam", she immediately hugged him.

"CCCCUUUUUUTTTTTTEEEEEEE!" And she again is going to hold him until Lancer tells her that he was going to do something else. Both the Kayneth and Lancer tried to pull her, but she used the Reinforcment to hold Lancer more. Kayneth could never imagine her acting as an 8 year old girl.

Master, can you help me?

Well, at least Kayneth and he both agree that neither of them wants Sola-Ui to be that clingy.

"Sola-Ui, could you let Lancer go and let him train? The Holy Grail War will begin soon. In the end, his training allowed us to find these bombs." Kayneth is forced to admit that, despite his Servant's less than applauded appearance, he is useful. While Lancer was training, he felt that there was some kind of "unnatural" object in one of the walls. Then another. And another. Over the next hours, Kayneth, Lancer, and Sola-Wee recovered about two dozen C4 explosives. Then Kayneth, through his familiars, imperceptibly transported them to the middle of the forest.

Talking about the abilities of his Servants, Kayneth definitely got one of the strongest Servants in this War. He has four Noble Phantasms! Two are already impressive. And given that there are no known legends about Lancer, even if he uses them, the other Masters won't reveal his identity.

"Eh, you heard him, Madame Archibald. Could you unclench me?"

"O, sure." With that, she removed her hands from Lancer's neck. Then he rushed to one of the many bags and pulled out a thing that a normal person calls a "camera". "Now let's go to your 'Awesome' workout! I'll record everything ."

Master! Help!!

"Sola-Ui. Actually, I was going to discuss something very important with you. Could you just leave Lancer alone for a while?" The woman in question turned to Lord El-Melloi. Now she looked at him as if he had taken her favorite toy.

"I don't wanna!" Just great. Another tantrum. Kayneth never thought that the Holy Grail War could be such a pain in a—

Random residential house(At the same time)

The smoke from the circle made of blood began to dissipate. As the smoke cleared, Uryu Ryuunosuke saw a figure. He could tell it was a man, a few inches taller than him. He wore a dragon-like helmet, armor that covered the upper half of his body with little cape behind, gauntlets with claws for fingers, boots with metal guards and a two-handed bladeless hilt on his back. The eye symbol on his chest plate completes the picture.

The figure was silent for a moment, then turning to Uryu said, "I am the Caster Servant of this Holy Grail War. Are you my—" Caster trailed off. He looked around. And saw blood. Not him or the person he was talking to right now. This trail comes from the corpses near the circle. And next to them is a boy of 7-9 years old. Gagged, bound and crying. "MMMMMRRRRPPFFHHHH!" When the boy noticed Caster's gaze, he immediately began to scream into the gag. Caster looked back at his summoner. "Answer me. Are you responsible for this?" He spoke with a dangerous tone in his voice.

Uryu fidgeted a little. "Well, yes. By the way, my name is Uryu Ryuunosuke. I'm currently unemployed and my hobbies are stabbing and murder. I especially like children and sometimes young women. Tell me, demon, do you want to eat? I already have good tasty boy for you here." He pointed to the bound boy, who by now had overcome the shock and tried to free himself.

Caster didn't answer. He walked over to the baby, ignoring Uryu, and put his hands on the rope. "Don't worry. I won't harm you." The boy was still crying, but he stopped moving. After being untied, Caster pointed to a non-bloody corner in the room. "Sit down, close your eyes and ears until I come to you." The boy listened, and the moment he covered his ears with his hands, Ryuunosuke, who was very unhappy that this "demon" was not acting like a "demon", was enveloped in a blue-white mist. Then he froze from his fingertips to his neck and his mouth was frozen as well. Caster then chipped off his arm with the Command Seals. "MMMMMRRRRPPFFHHH! MRRHULL!". Taking his hand, Custer slipped it into his own bag. Then he went to the child and, lifting him, left the house, which turned into a nightmare one night. Caster opened the child's arms.

"You can open your eyes." The kid opened them and was relieved that he was not in this damned room. Then he turned to Caster.

"T-thank you mist-ter."

"Don't worry. Kid, where is the nearest 'police station'?" The Grail gave Caster enough information about the modern world, but he had just been summoned and was therefore not used to it. The kid pointed to the side, not wanting to talk too much about what had happened. About 5 minutes later, both of them approached a building with a sign saying 'Fuyuki City Police Department'. "Go over there, kid, and tell them everything. But under no circumstances should you tell them about me, okay?" Kid nodded and ran towards the FCPD. When Casterade was convinced that the child was far enough away, he turned to his Spirit Body.

"May Andraste never let's you experience that again."

Fuyuki Church(At the same time)

"Servant Custer has been summoned." Risei Kotomine announced this.

Sitting next to him was his son, Kirei Kotomine. "So, the Holy Grail War has officially begun." He got up.

Assasdins. The war has begun. It's time for us to strike first.

Yeah yeah, five more minutes.

The priest was not happy.

You said "five more minutes" thirty minutes ago. You should have left the Arcade by now.

The boy, on the other hand, struggled to win this old game by his standards.

I am almost finished, Master! Come here, Akuma!

Kirei groaned. His Servant, despite his skills, is still a boy. Whatever he expected from the Holy Grail War, babysitting was not one of them.


And now our Lancer's sheet.

Servant: Lancer

Master: Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald

True Name: Xiao Po Ping

Allignment: Lawfull Good

Series: King-Fu Panda

Traits: Servant, Panda

Sex: Male

Parameteres

Strengh: C

Agility: C*(star instead of plus)

Endurence: A

Mana: A

Luck: B

Noble Phantasm: A

Class Skill

Magic Resistence: Rank D

Cancel Single-Action spells. Magic Resistance of the same degree of an amulet that rejects magical energy.

Personal Skills

Chinese Martial Arts (Panda Style Kung-Fu): Rank A*

A Chinese rationality. A count of how much one has mastered the martial arts that made becoming one with the universe its objective. The degree of difficulty for learning this is of the highest level and, unlike other Skills, A Rank is finally at a level one can say to have "learned it". Upon reaching , one is an expert among experts.

Inner Peace: -

A concept of peaceful state of mind and spirit.It is the ability to "harness the flow of the universe", enabling one to do the seemingly impossible. It grants Lancer immence amount of focus, complete immunity to psychological interfeting and all his senses are immeasurably heightened, like hearing butterfly's wing beat.

Twelve Impossible Moves: Rank D

This skill is a name given to a set of twelve difficultkung futechniques; it is presumed they are thought "impossible" to do, hence its name. Lancer had learned only two techniques:

Thundering Wind Hammer

Done by rapidly spinning around, suddenly stopping, and then placing one's palm out towards the target. A ball of energy shoots out from the palm and flies toward the target, blowing it back on impact. The technique is powerful enough to sent a yak who is 3 times the size of Lancer away into a mountain.

Mongolian Fireball

Technique where the Lancer goes into multiple stances, and then brings their hand close together vertically. After this, a large fireball similar to the sun (only smaller) forms between Lancer's hands and slowly moves forward, sucking nearby objects in. The fireball then gets shorter until it disappears, leaving only a cloud of dust behind.

Paralyzing Touch Points: Rank A

A Kung-Fu technique. By jabbing various pressure points that block the person's chi the technique will cause the target to become paralyzed. If after one hour the technique is not undone, the paralysis will become permanent. The victim is also unable to talk but somehow move their eyes. The only was to unparalyzed the victim is to do the move over again.

Noble Phantasms

Hero's Chi: Power of Heaven and Earth from Peach Tree Sapling: Rank A

Type: Support

A special Chi energy granted from the universe to one person each generation. Lancer puts a seed of Peach Tree in ground and waits for sapling to grow. This process must not be rushed or Lancer have to start growing seed again. After sapling is grown he has an acces to this Noble Phatasm. If sapling is damaged this Noble Phantasm is nullified. It highly boosts all his parameters and grants Mana Burst(Chi): Rank A skill. He also gets an ability to fly.

Silken Moon Touch: Touch of Day and Night: Rank D

Type: Anti-Army

This Noble Phantasm requires immense focus. Lancer, when performing it, uses multiple hand stancesbefore moving their fingerforward. If the finger connects to a target, it creates a rippling wave of blue energy, enabling him to quite literally blow away an opponent or a group of enemies with a single touch and temporarily darkening the sky before returning to normal.

Golden Lotus Clap: See No More: Rank C

Type: Anti-Vision

An advanced Kung Fu technique used by Lancer. This Noble Phantasm involves the user announcing the words "Golden Lotus Clap", and then clapping their hands together. A golden mist erupts from the hands and then causes blindness to the target, which the move can also reverse. As a Sub-effect it also unlocks all lock around user. However, for such an advanced move it can easily be countered or avoided; since the user must speak the words "Golden Lotus Clap", intended victims with a knowledge of the move can simply cover their eyes, which negates the blindness.

Wuxi Finger Hold: Swing of Pinky: -

Type: Anti-Unit/Suicide(Fake)

The most feared and secretive technique in the entireValley of Peace, capable of creating the maximum amount of damage with just the minimal amount of effort. The technique involves the user holding an opponent's finger between their own index finger and thumb, pinky held upright, and then flexing one's pinky down. The target'schiis then affected so greatly that it causes a brilliant, rippling shockwave of energy that extends for miles. While effective on mortals, the hold does not work onServants, who are spirits from Throne of Heroes. However, they can be indirectly affected asLancercan grapple them, then use the hold on himself, sending them both to Spirit Realm. There they will fight. If Lancer defeats target he will go back to Mortal World. If target defeats Lancer, they will have to find way out on their own.

I hope what I wrote is readable.