Fate Jump Order

by RavenloftAnon

Based upon the massive CYOA Jumpchain a SI is placed in the shoes of Ritsuka Fujimaru Protagonist of Fate/Grand Order. Even with their new found powers and abilities will they be able to rise to the occasion and manage to save all of humanity twice? Can they save the ones around them from the terrible fates that await them. Can they survive the Horrors of the Gacha?

3. Chapter 3

Chapter 3 "Mood Whiplash"

When I exited the Coffin I found people already waiting for me, Dr. Roman was waiting looking slightly angered which was an unusual look for his face it didn't seem to suit him well.

Da Vinci waited with her arms crossed looking more disappointed, sort of like your mom after you did something bad.

Jeanne d' Arc was there she looked rather upset and was pacing back and forth. Again anger didn't really suit the saint's kind face. Though she was there by my request.

Mash was there looking a bit confused and a bit disappointed as well.

I cleared my throat "Well, I would like to say that it's nice to see you all again, well those of you that weren't there with me." I began then sighed "I am grateful you are letting me speak first."

"Well it's only natural to give you a chance to explain your actions." Pointed out Da Vinci.

I nodded "Agreed. First lets deal with the matter of the theft of treasure from the palace. We will get that one out of the way first as it is the easiest to address." I began.

"Now as I have been told we are incapable of causing a Paradox. Everything shall return to it's natural state when history heals itself. People who were killed will be returned to life and as I understand it items that are taken will return as well."

Dr. Roman sighed "While that is correct, there is also a little matter of the rules of Chaldea that you agreed to abide by, one of them is that you are not supposed to use this opportunity for self enrichment. You used resources and manpower that might have been necessary to solve the singularity to get your ill gotten gains and put the mission at risk."

"Really? I believe the mission was entirely successful. I used the amount of manpower I thought was necessary, I was correct. Now if you want to take issue and say that I could have waited until after the matter was resolved, we don't know how long the singularity will last and I didn't want to run the chance of the changes that I make sticking when history reasserts itself."

"You still are breaking the rules for Chaldea." Pointed out Roman with growing annoyance. It was strange to see him showing this much of a spine.

"Yes, I do believe you have me there. However this isn't about pure self enrichment but we will get to that in the next part of our talk. Lets say for a minute it was about self enrichment. I am the last master. Things have reached a point where they were really never meant to be. Setting aside the fact you can't really do anything to me besides look at me with an unhappy face and express your disappointment and anger could any of you really begrudge me if I save humanity from winding up with enough cash to buy a tropical island or two to retire to? While I usually believe in following rules and laws it seems that time went out the window when humanity was incinerated." I explained.

Roman just sighed "I don't think you are grasping how serious this situation is…" he began.

I gave them a sad smile. "Alright I think that brings us to the next part of our discussion. I believe this will show I know exactly how serious the situation is. I had intended to do this anyways here but I wanted to clear up the matter of the theft first as it is comparably trivial to what I am about to say. However first would you bring in Medea and have any recording or listening devices turned off."

With that Da Vinci and Dr. Roman looked at each other in concern.

"Look I am not going to pull anything but the information I have is extremely… sensitive. In fact a piece of it involves you Dr. Roman and your true background."

Dr. Roman's eyes grew wide at that "What?"

"I know your secret and I don't want to disclose it. This isn't blackmail or anything like that but I am about to lay all my cards out on the table. Also if I were planning to do something you have Jeanne D'Arc right next to you and if I proved such a person as someone to do something against you she would undoubtedly move to protect you. Even though she is my servant, is that not correct Jeanne?"

Jeanne blinked in surprise then nodded somberly "I did not think you were the sort of master I would have to be concerned about but after the stunt you pulled I'll admit I am not so sure just who you are."

I nodded "Some days I am not so sure myself but here my intentions are honorable."

"Also I did ask for a mountain dew. I mean I am going to be talking a lot. I really like Mt Dew. This has been and awkward conversation and is only likely to be more awkward and the caffeine should help carry me through all of this."

That bit drew looks of surprise "Umm we were not able to locate one yet." admitted Dr. Roman.

My heart plummeted "Well we are still going through supplies, The Soda machine in the commissary was broken so it wasn't filled yet. Ummm we can offer you Coffee or Tea." Said Dr. Roman suddenly apologetic.

"I guess I'll take water. Hot drinks just aren't my thing." I said with a sigh.

A bottle of water was brought to me and Medea was brought in.

"Alright so I asked Medea be brought in because I informed her of all of this already."

I took a deep breath and a began. "I guess I will begin at the beginning for me." I started I explained who I was, who I had been the jumpchain, the offer and all of that. I also mentioned a game… a game very much like the situation we were in now.

I got peppered with lots of questions but I asked that they be left for the end.

I then went on to explain the plot of the game going through each of the singularities, to the reveal and defeat of Goetia and sacrifice of Dr. Roman/Solomon.

When I dropped his secret Dr. Roman's Jaw dropped when I told of his self sacrifice his face grew somber.

"I- I see…" he said simply. Even Da Vinci seemed shocked by the revelation and it was hard to shock a Genius of her caliber.

I then skimmed through the psudeo-singularities explaining that some of the Demon's of Geotia had escaped and caused some trouble. Dr. Roman still looked shell shocked.

Then I went in to the Lost Belts, how Chaldea had been sold to an idiot, how Chaldea had been left undefended, then invaded and a lot of people dying.

Strangely Da Vinci wasn't terribly upset to hear of her impending death at the hands of Rasputin/Kotomine.

I went on to explain the lost belts that I knew of. The plots of the first 5, I admitted I didn't know the exact plot of the 6th one because I didn't want to be spoiled and knew even less about the seventh except that we fight the ultimate being of the ORT cluster in and epic battle as it kills and absorbs servants and then finally uses it's dying body to simulate the Chaldea summoning system to summon itself as the grand Foreigner class servant.

Both Da Vinci and Dr. Roman grew pale at some of this.

I also explained that Marisbarry Animusphere had been the mastermind apparently behind something relating to the alien god. I was unclear on the details but apparently the earth had been apparently whited out before the Lost Belts appeared but that was a do in a switch in surfaces between Chaldeas the globe like structure behind them that was a super simulation of the soul of the planet and the earth so it should be possible to restore things after the lost belts some way… unfortunately we got caught up in the bullshit that was Ordeal Call where I would be punished for using too many extra class servants and things from the lost belts and no longer considered part of Pan Human history until I went through some BS spirit quests to learn the true meaning of Christmas or something. I really wasn't sure.

Dr. Roman was just left stunned "Ummm… I… I don't know what to say about all of that." he said rubbing his temples.

"Say Da Vinci could you use something a bit stronger than Coffee while we go over this?" he asked.

"I would love that." admitted Da Vinci. "I must admit it's rare for a genus such as myself to be caught so utterly by surprise."

"Ummm Ritsuka or whatever your name really is… We will talk about all of this later. I need a break." Said Dr. Roman.

It was funny I had brought Medea to confirm that most of this was what I had told her but she just was stuck standing there watching this awkwardness unfold.

"Okay I think I'll head to my room. Umm Medea I'm sorry. I guess they don't need any more verification."

She nodded "Well master it seems you have been through quite a bit. If you were a couple years older I would would offer you a drink but I guess the rules are strange here."

"Umm Senpai?" asked Mash unsure.

"I don't mean to interrupt but was all of this okay? I… I understand why you are doing some of the things you are doing now but was this okay?" she asked concerned.

I sighed deeply "I don't know. On one hand I was just giving them relevant information about the time line, giving them information on the threats we face. In that regard it would have been irresponsible not to. However I'll let you in on a little secret, I am no where as confident as I seem. I am playing pretty much everything by ear and seeing the look on their faces when I broke all this news didn't feel good at all." I added

"Why don't you take Jeanne to the commissary and if you have any questions about what I was just talking about you can come to my room. I'll be resting."

"Umm are you okay?" she asked me her eyes filled with genuine concern.

I sighed "I will be. This just took a lot out of me. Maybe I am realizing I am not even as good as the generic protagonist of the game who's main character trait was being the main character. Things in the story seemed to resolve a lot cleaner. I seem to leave a mess wherever I go."

Mash then leaned forward and hugged me tightly to my surprise "Senpai, that was just a story. They likely had to make it make sense. Real life isn't like that. You are doing a lot better than you think you are and I have faith in you."

I blinked a little sunned and then hugged her back. We then we separated.

"Thanks Mash. I really needed that." I said forcing a probably tired smile. "I guess you are right I shouldn't try and compare myself to some fictional character. I am me and have to find my own way to resolve things." she nodded and gave me a sympathetic smile.

I was turning to walk away then turned back as a thought struck me.

"Say Mash… As I mentioned I am not from here. In about 10 years I am leaving. Would you like to come with me?"

Mash blinked then frowned. "I- I would love too… but… well my body." she began.

In all the chaos I had forgotten.

"Don't worry Mash, Bio engineering happens to be one of my specialties, I can give you at least a normal life span if not much greater."

She looked up with wide eyes then smiled brightly "Oh Senpai… I really was sad for a moment I wouldn't be able to come with you but… yes if it's at all possible yes." I felt a slight shove on my back and stumbled forward in such a way that my lips met Mash's in a kiss.

It was soft, wet and a little awkward it lasted only a moment but we both pulled away she was blushing and my face felt very warm. I heard a smug "you're welcome." from Medea before she walked off.

Someone just earned themselves a few grails. I couldn't help but think to myself.

I made it back to my room before I collapsed on my bed. Maybe I hadn't realized how tired I was because I didn't wake up until Mash came to wake me for breakfast the next day.

I felt someone gently shaking me so I opened my tired eyes to see my Kohai looking down worried "Umm senpai it's kind of late, don't you want breakfast."

"Ughhhh…" was about all I could manage at first my limbs felt like they were made of lead, my eyelids felt incredibly heavy but I knew I had to resist the temptation to just close them and go back to sleep.

"Ughh Morning Mash." I managed and through great force of will sat up.

"Wow you are a deep sleeper I tried to wake you by knocking on the door but you didn't answer and I got concerned."

"Thank you…" I managed trying to shake off the drowsiness. "Umm I'll get up and get ready for breakfast but has there been any word from either Dr. Roman or Da Vinci?"

"Umm well Doctor Roman has been keeping to himself. He is hold up in his room and isn't eating." she said with a note of worry. "Da Vinci has said we should take a few days to rest while we consider our next steps."

I sighed "Fuck, I'll talk to Dr. Roman after breakfast. I guess this was a lot to drop on someone at once." I replied.

"It wasn't your fault." she told me.

"You know what. I know that. I can accept that. However I feel like the job isn't done until they are okay with things. I can't do this on my own. We need to work as a team and I guess I am going to have to fix this before we can continue."

Mash nodded "I understand."

"Anyways I am going to go get presentable, I'll be down in a bit." I told her.

"Umm Senpai…" began Mash.

"Yeah?"

"It's about Nero. She has insisted on making your breakfast. From what I understand she has prepared a feast."

I blinked "Ohh damn, I guess I have kept her waiting haven't I?"

Mash nodded.

I sighed "Alright I'll be down soon. Please thank her for breakfast and express my apologies for keeping her waiting."

She nodded and left.

I went to go get washed up and spotted one very tired and disheveled girl in the mirror. I guess part of being a jumper was having two things true at once. It was both surprising to see the girls face when I looked in the mirror and yet I was used to it as I had seen it all my life. I couldn't help but sigh, This had been a tough few days and things were likely to get a lot tougher. This was going to be a challenge and it was kind of scary when I realized this had been the easy part. Soon I would be up against gods. Beasts of humanity and other things that could threaten the planet. I sighed and splashed some water on my face. After that and doing my morning stuff to get ready I looked to see that the girl in the mirror at least looked presentable. It was funny but I remembered Fergus' advice from the previous day. I was new so the important part was to not get frustrated or angry but to face what I was doing with the right attitude. "One step at a time." I told the girl in the mirror. I would try and deal with today and leave the scary stuff for the future.

I got myself ready and headed down for my next challenge. I entered the commissary to be greeted by a very emphatic tackle glomp by one very happy murder loli "MOMMY!" she said happily as she hugged me, I hugged her back. "Hey Jackie." I said ruffling her hair and she looked up at me hurt "You didn't come see us after you got back." she pouted.

I sighed "Sorry dear, Mommy had a lot on her mind. I am afraid it was the end of a very long day." I apologized.

Jack slipped down and took my hand guiding me over to ta table with Mash. "We have been waiting for you to have breakfast with."

I winced slightly "Sorry... Hey Mash." I greeted her.

"Morning Senpai, are you doing any better?" She asked concerned.

"You know what, I am. I realized I just can't get too focused on the future and I can only deal with what's here and now."

"Praetor!" came a call from across the room. I looked up to see a very animated Nero carrying a large patter filled with vaguely food-like substances towards me.

"Greeting Praetor, I have prepared a feast for you for this morning." she announced and plunked down the heavy platter.

"I am uncertain to your tastes so I prepared a western breakfast for you of Pancakes, Eggs, Sausage, Bacon, and toast each of which with my own special twist upon them." she announced proudly.

I took a piece of bacon and bit in to it, it was rubbery slimy and tasted weird.

I saw Nero eyeing me eagerly for praise.

"Ummm it's truly very... unique. But really there is so much more than I could eat."

"Nonsense you are are my Praetor indulge to your heart's content. There is even more should you wish it."

"Ah well then I am afraid I am not a big eater so please sit and share." I said and she blinked and then nodded. "Well to share a meal with one such as I is a treat if that is my Praetor's wish I shall not deny it." She said and took a piece of toast and bit in to it. She paused and then blinked.

"Nero?" I asked. "Is everything alright?"

"No, this is all wrong." she said taking a bite of Sausage and looked pained. "I don't understand I followed the instructions correctly, The flourishes I added should have only served to improve the recipe." She said then pulled the platter away.

"Something must be wrong, perhaps the ingredients where of poor quality." she mused.

"It's alright it's the thought that counts. We can try again later." I informed her.

"Very well. Let us not speak of this. I shall present to you a feast later that shall bring tears to your eyes." she says getting up.

"Good but uh can I help you clean up. I sort of have something to talk to you about."

Nero crooked her head "Very well if that is what you wish." She said getting up and we headed to the Kitchen.

"Look while I was excited to see Archer, partially because of his cooking that was only part of the reason. I couldn't elaborate then because there were people listening. I sort of have already let the cat out of the bag though so let me elaborate as to why I was excited to see him." that caused her to freeze.

I took a deep breath. "Through means I don't want to go in to at the moment. I actually knew of this hero. I knew his journey, how he became a hero. He was among the first that I came to know the term Heroic Spirit, it was a war he was involved in. He was equal parts tragic and amazing. It's not that I am not grateful to have you as a servant I am very grateful but I am very familiar with this one. I know who he is and what to expect. I even have a good idea of how his powers work. He is a known quantity. I know a bit about you too. You are quite impressive and some of your deeds that you did or will do are amazing but I am less familiar with them. Honestly this whole knowing more than you are supposed to know is turning out to be rather tough. It's harder than you would think. Anyways I appreciate your drive and desire to be the best. I only hope I can live up to your standards for a master."

"Humph well I do appreciate you telling me the truth." she said with some annoyance "Still I do know what it is to know more than you are supposed to. I have memories of some things that have not happened yet on this summons and someone I long to see but does not exist here so I do have some understanding of a situation like yours. Though know I still intend to wow you with my culinary skills."

"I would not have it any other way." I said with a smile.

I finished helping Nero clean up, nabbed some food on my way out. Something light because honestly I had a lot to do and didn't want a lot on my stomach as I wasn't looking forward to much of it.

I asked Mash to look after Jack much to Jack's protest of wanting more time with mommy. Being a parent is… tough I was finding out.

I gathered up my courage after finding the directions from Da Vinci and headed for my destination.

I arrived at a closed door that was not unlike any other door in the facility but what was on the other side had me a bit nervous. Have I mentioned I hated awkward talks because had seemed to be drawn to them a lot recently.

I took a deep breath and knocked.

"I'm not hungry, go away Da Vinci." came a muffled voice from the other side.

I didn't like to intrude on other people but this was important.

I hit the button to open the door thankfully it wasn't locked.

"Da Vinci I told you – Oh it's you…" Said Dr Roman with a notable lack of enthusiasm at the last part.

Dr Roman was sulking on his bed his had was rubbing a ring on the finger of his other hand as he looked to be sulking.

it reminded me a bit of when I first met him just without the awkwardness and drama.

"What do you want?" he asked me.

I sighed "Look I know I am probably not your favorite person right now or even in the top 20 for that matter but I think we need to talk."

He sighed "I don't hate you. I am not angry." he replied.

"Look I am sorry about yesterday, I don't think there was a good way to tell you everything."

He gave me a humorless chuckle at that "It's all my fault you know. I created Goetia. When I died I hoped he would look after humanity for me."

"What Goetia is doing isn't your responsibility. If I remember correctly, you expressed that you didn't have a whole lot of free will when you were Solomon. You did as was required of you."

"And look how well it turned out."

"Yeah well that's more on God than on you and being that he is God I would assume this was all accounted for. The lord works in mysterious ways and all of that."

He just sighed deeply.

"I don't believe it's a mistake that you are here. The one place where you would be safe. The one place where you might be able to make a difference. Look I'll be honest I need your help. We are a team and I need you to guide me through this. Even with all this knowledge there are still going to be things I don't know. Also as confident as I may seem, I am really not very confident at all. Mostly I have been winging it and trying to cheat my way through with future knowledge. I think we are both a bit scared of what is facing us in the future but that's okay. Let's face it together. If we work together maybe things won't be so hard. Maybe they won't be so scary.

It's funny but I am a fan of happy endings where the good guys, win and prosper, the bad guys loose. Everyone is happy. Maybe that's too much to hope for in real life. Maybe that's too much to hope for in a world that seems built on the concept that it's only natural not everyone make it to the ending. Still I want to fight for that happy ending. I don't want you to have to sacrifice yourself to save everyone. In my opinion you did enough of that in your past life."

He gave a bitter sigh and nodded "You know I was just thinking I could do that. I could do exactly what I did in your story and end this."

"You could but it's not necessary yet. So don't. I may be a fool for hoping and fighting for a happy ending in a world like this but I would rather be a fool than give in. I would rather that than give up and accept not everyone can be saved.

It's funny because the stories with the bitter sweet endings always were the ones that stuck with me. However I have finally figured it out. It's because their endings were incomplete, they always leave you wishing for more. Well I am greedy…"

That drew a chuckle from Dr. Roman. "I've noticed."

"Well I wasn't talking about that but yeah. I am going to make an ending where everyone can get what they want, and when the stories done you can just close the book and put it away because the ending is complete and you have gotten all you want out of it."

"It's strange that you are still referring to this in terms of a Story. Do you think any of this is real?"

"Oh it's real. The fact you can ask that is proof enough for me. No one is writing lines for you. The world isn't bugging out because we aren't following a script. I am just using the terminology of a story because it's easier to understand. I want things to end well. I want at the end of 10 years to look back with pride and be able to accept that I got everything I wanted out of these 10 years."

"So do you really plan on retiring to a couple of tropical Island?." He joked

"I don't know, As the owner of Chaldea I might be a bit busy." I replied.

"So feeling any better?" I asked.

"You know I am. Thank you."

"Say there is one more thing I wanted to ask. At the end of these 10 years I am leaving, I am heading to some other dimension, it could be better, it could be worse but it will be different. However you will be able to be who you choose to be. So I am offering you a chance to come with me. To decide your own fate."

He looked down and gave me a sad smile "You know what if it's possible sure. I don't know how this is going to end but if we can make this a happy ending then I would very much like to go with you."

"Alright then, I am going to go and let you get some food. You need your strength and I think Da Vinci is probably getting worried about you. You should probably go tell her you are doing better too." I said before I turned to leave.

"Say… what should I call you? You said that you were really someone else before this."

"Here I am Ritsuka, I have lived that life for 16 years and that's me. My life hasn't been like the one from the story but it's still me."

"Alright Ritsuka, thank you. I'll get back to work soon." he told me.

I nodded and left him.

There was one little matter left to take care of though this one hopefully wouldn't be as hard.

I soon found myself in The summoning chamber. I had messaged Mash so she and Jackie joined me. Jackie was overjoyed at the reunion. I gave her head pats and hugs and then gave her back to Mash. It would be hard to summon with my hands full and she might act as a strange catalyst.

I didn't feel anyone in particular on "rate up" yet. It also turned out we were out of materials to power up servants now so it would take effort to get whoever I summoned to full power.

That aside however I couldn't help but feel a bit nervous and excited.

Mash set down her shield and I used it as a catalyst. The lights rose and didn't change color as they spun. And merged to split in to 3 rings. When the flash cleared there was a young woman. She had green eyes and blond hair with two patches of black hair at the sides of her head that almost looked like floppy dog ears. She had green eyes and a friendly face, she smiled at me as I examined her. She wore a tan vest with green undershirt green shorts with long tan leggings and heavy boots. It was not hard to guess her class as she had a big lance with her that looked also partially like it had a gun mechanism to it and had a belt with big fist sized magical bullets in holsters. Actually I say just because she carried a lance it was easy to determine her class but she very well could have been an Archer… anything goes with that class.

She smiled brightly "Hi you must be my master. I am Gareth, Knight of the round table. Oh my class is lancer I should probably tell you that." she said warmly. She then blinked and gave a strange look to Mash. "Umm sorry I don't think we have met before but still you seem vaguely familiar."

Mash blushed "ummm no I don't think I know… oh wait…" she said and then turned to me. "Senpai didn't you say that Galahad was the spirit inside of me?" I nodded.

That drew a confused look from Gareth.

"I'm sorry I am a Demi-servant, basically a living being that someone summoned a heroic spirit in to." She explained.

"Wait so you are saying Galahad is inside you?"

Mash nodded.

She examined Mash "So can you like hear him or anything?"

Mash shook her head sadly "No… I am afraid I haven't heard from him since he gave me his powers."

"I see. Well I guess that means you are a new knight of the round table. As your senior knight I will make sure watch out for you and help you where I can." she said Extending her hand.

"Umm thank you." said Mash taking her hand "My name is Mash, my class is Shielder."

"Shielder? Huh a knight of the shield. Well I don't think I have run in to one of those before."

Mash, and Gareth moved to the side to chat, Jackie went with them, Mash introduced her and it seemed Gareth was fond of children.

I took a deep breath and focused I felt I had a few more today.

I concentrated and the lights appeared over the shield again… this time though they turned golden. My heart skipped a little this could mean a very powerful servant. When the flash cleared… I was a little unprepared for the visage that met me.

The figure was familiar, very familiar, I still remembered the pain of her sword in my gut before I impaled her with my sword.

She blinked at me a moment and studied me

"I see, so you have summoned me then." she said evenly. "Well no need to ask if you are my master."

"My King is that you?" asked a hesitant voice from the side as Gareth approached her.

"Ah Sir Gareth so you are here too. That is well."

"You look different, I have never seen you in black. You look kind of scary."

The golden eyed black knight nodded. "I am your king but a slightly different Aspect of her." she explained.

"Oh… okay." said Gareth not really understanding.

"Well it is good to have you here. I just got here myself."

I let them catch up as I returned to summoning. I felt I had a couple more to go.

The next one when I began I could tell it was a Craft essence when the flash cleared there was a card hovering. I went over and looked at it. It was Ideal Holy king, displaying some young man from Fate/Extra who was an aristocrat wearing a crown and cape like a king. I didn't know him well. He was the master of Gawain in that. However that didn't matter. What did matter however was this was a very unique craft essence, not only did it increase the health of the wearer but everyone on their side by a decent amount, That would prove useful.

I took it and equipped it on myself. It was a strange feeling. I am guessing that's considered cheating but I never let that stop me in the past and as a Demi-Servant I should qualify.

I felt I had one more in me. I noticed that Mash had been dragged in to the reminiscing between Saber Alter and Gareth, The talks had turned to stories of Galahad and Mash was listening intently. Saber Alter and Gareth agreed he was a very pure-hearted man but very rigid in his beliefs on justice. That seemed to match the fact the bum would abandon Mash after defeating Goetia blaming her and her master for the rise of the Crypters. In the game I had found it annoying they made Mash weaker after that but here… I was glad Galahad would be cut out of the picture and she would no longer was dependent upon him to fight.

Anyways I pushed that out of my mind and went back to summoning. Hoping if not for a rainbow or gold sparks that I would get a useful servant.

The lights arose and didn't change color and the flash revealed a Familiar figure.

For anyone who watched or played Fate/Stay night the figure before me was unmistakable. Even though she wore a tiger one piece costume with the head down, with a striped green and white shirt underneath. She had short red hair and red eyes which was a change indicating the servant she was summoned as. She carried a long stick with a large cat like paw on the end that served as her "Lance."

"Well this is Purrrfect Master. I am glad to meet you. I am Jaguar Man. I have been summoned under the class of Lancer. I am not a Tiger so do not refer to me as one I am a Jaguar."

I couldn't help but smile.

"That is fine Jaguar Man pleased to have you among my servants." I said sticking out my hand and she took it and shook it.

"You must be hungry after being summoned I would imagine so why don't I have Mash take you and her new friends over to the Commissary."

"Ahhh Master truly is amazing. Yes I am hungry and you already knew. I expect great things from you."

"Umm Mash why don't you take everyone to the Commissary for some food and to get to know this place a bit better."

"Oh yes Senpai of course." agreed Mash as she took Jackie, and the rest to the commissary.

In a way I was glad that the summoning for the day was over. I liked Jaguar Man but I could tell she would also be a handful. I kind of felt sorry for EMIYA because I was betting when he saw her he was going to have a heart attack. Heaven help Muramasa if I ever summon him or Kiritsugu for that matter.

I couldn't help but wonder if I summoned Sitonai if I would start to have dreams of disastrous bad ends with them at the end explaining what I did wrong and how I could have done better. Well at least it would be entertaining. Well the last parts at least. Then the thought struck me "Aww damn it now I have go grind materials to level and ascend them." I definitely wanted Saber Alter's fire power. Well nothing worth while comes easy. I knew what I would be doing these next few days.

So what can be said about grinding? Well the simulator had been recently repaired and somehow through magic that I think borders on true magic they actually would drop useful items for powering up servants. I don't know how this was accomplished outside of the game I think it operates on the concept of "It just works."

Anyways I grabbed a team and we beat the crap out of simulated enemies for hours. It was boring and tedious. I took the lead so I could practice my swordsmanship against something hostile. Fergus says I was learning quickly but I had a long ways to go. It had been under a week so I took that as a big complement. Also I think I was picking stuff up from the servant inside of me to help.

After that we hard dinner I grabbed a new team and I returned to grinding. It was After a long session that Mash approached me.

"Umm Senpai…" she began uncertain to what she was going to say.

"Oh hey Mash, sorry I didn't get to spend much time with you. You know how it is, we were desperately low on materials. Those damn evil bones alone are going to drive me crazy it seems like every servant needs them and a lot of them at that." I grumbled.

"Well Senpai while I think it's great that you are working hard. Maybe you are working a little too hard? I mean you spent most of the day just grinding materials. If you remember you are supposed to be resting."

I sighed and chuckled slightly "I know Mash and trust me being a workaholic doesn't suit me. Usually I am the laziest person I know but things are a bit too serious now and everything is falling on me. I would love to relax and hang out with my servants. I have so many interesting people I would like to get to know. However I just summoned a powerful Servant and the cupboard is bare. I want to use them and whoever else I may summon as soon as possible. Look I'll try not to spend ALL of tomorrow grinding."

"Alright Sempai, just know I missed you today, and Jackie really missed you." she said sadly.

My heart dropped in my chest. "Yeah… I need to find a better way to do this. I kind of want to have a life in addition to being the master of Chaldea."

"Well good night Senpai, you look tired. I think you should try and get to rest." She said and hugged me.

I smiled "Thank you Mash, you get some rest too." I told her. Then she looked me in the eyes for a moment. She looked uncertain for just a second then got a look of determination. In the next moment I was surprised to find her soft lips against mine. It was a much deeper kiss than the previous one. I held her tightly for a moment before she broke the kiss off blushing brightly. "Sorry I just… I had been wanting to do that for a while. When you did it yesterday I was surprised. I wanted… I wanted to kiss you properly." she declared with a blush. "Ummm anyways I should be going." she said as she ran off a little embarrassed.

I touched my lips I could still feel her warmth, I could still taste her tongue. I couldn't help but think this was the best day that I had experienced here just because of that kiss. Though it did pose a problem. Just how many grails could I give Medea for the stunt she pulled.

I headed back to my room and flopped down gracelessly upon my bed. I was tired, even though I had super human endurance due to being a Demi-Servant but even that was at it's limit.

With great force of will I got up, did my night stuff and prepared for bed putting on my night clothes. I headed back to my bed and went about making myself comfortable.

I heard a knock at the door "huh, Mash?" I guessed but it opened and to my surprise it was Jackie.

"Mommy we missed you, you were gone all day, can we sleep with you?" she begged. It should be noted Jack has an unlisted noble phantasm. Puppy dog Eyes Rank EX.

I crumbled under such a heavy attack "Yeah okay Jackie you sleep with me." I agreed. I was a little surprised when she climbed up on me and curled up in to a fetal position. She was laying on my tummy. It wasn't the most comfortable for me but to see the adorable little girl so comfortable and happy I didn't have the heart to move her.

I just turned off the lights and drifted off to sleep.

Thankfully there was no strange dreams or anything like that. Sometimes it seemed a rarity for the master in FGO to get a peaceful night sleep uninterrupted by some dream that either told of events they couldn't know or being pulled in to servants dreams or being pulled in to other worlds. Come to think of it I needed to summon Edmond Dantes in this world so he could protect my mind. Then again maybe the First Hassan would serve that purpose for me.

I woke up a bit stiff, I had to wake up little Jackie who looked so peaceful sleeping there on my belly. Her wish as I knew was to return to the womb the last place the spirits that were her components felt safe and warm. I guess this was the closest I could give her to that.

She yawned and rubbed her little eyes and then smiled brightly "Good morning Mommy." she said as she hugged me.

"Good morning dear, did you sleep well?" I asked.

She smiled and nodded emphatically. "It was almost like being back inside you."

I smiled and patted her head. Then there came a knock at the door.

I managed to get up "Give me a second." as got dressed and opened the door.

Somehow I wasn't surprised to find Mash waiting "Good morning Senpai." she said brightly then Jackie gave a loud cry of "Daddy" before she tackle glomped Mash's leg causing her to blush.

"OH I didn't know Jackie was sleeping with you."

"Yeah she asked last night and I couldn't bring myself to refuse her." I said reaching down and ruffling her hair drawing a giggle from Jackie.

"Well I just wanted to make sure you didn't sleep too late. I was hoping to have breakfast"

"OH sure, just let me do by morning stuff. I kind of just woke up. Why don't you take Jackie to the commissary and I will be down in a minute."

"Of course Senpai." she said with a smile. Somehow I kind of got the feeling while she was happy to see Jackie she was looking for a little alone time. I would have to make sure she got some.

I sighed I had so much to do. Being the main character really did mean being busy all the time. I went and got cleaned up and did my morning stuff and headed down to the commissary. I stopped on the way to grab a pad of paper and a pencil. I had a stroke of genius.

When I entered I greeted several of my Servants. I went and got my food and then made my way to Mash and Jackie.

"OH Senpai, what's the paper and pencil for?" asked Mash.

"Ah I had an idea. I had been going about this grinding resources all wrong. I am going to set up teams and times for people to grind. I figure I don't have to be present for all of them and this way we can get a steady supply of supplies to level up new servants." I explained.

"Oh that sounds like a good idea." Mash agreed.

"Yep and I want to get certain teams used to working together. I even found a use for people like Jason as they can play leader when I am not about and help teams work together smoother.

"Umm that's nice, I am glad that you aren't taking all of the responsibility for this on to yourself."

"Hey yeah well in my natural state I am fairly lazy and I long to get back to that a bit. However this particular world is going to require lots of grinding to save so I kind of have to do it."

"It's not wrong to want to have time to yourself for your own pursuits. Speaking of which maybe we can find some time to play some video games together later. I even talked to Medea and she agreed to look after Jackie for us."

I blinked for a moment it took my brain a second to realize why she wanted Jackie to go with Medea. Then I realized something. This was a date. This was as close to a date was we could get at Chaldea.

I felt my cheeks warm "Uh yes, that would be awesome, we can go right after daily summons. Let me just get this to Da Vinci and have her write it up and distribute it."

I looked around and was relieved to spot Kotarou, it looked like he wasn't doing anything in particular as he had just been apparently chatting with Mata Hari who had excused herself.

Seeing he was available I called him over.

"Yes, Master, how can I serve you?" hey asked

"I would like you to take this to Da Vinci and have her write it up and distribute it among the servants. Tell her this is a schedule so that we can get a continuous supply of materials while we are not dealing with a singularity."

He nodded "Of course it shall be done at once." said Kotarou. With that he took the papers and was gone. We finished up breakfast, We headed over to Medea's room to drop off Jackie.

Now to say Jackie wasn't thrilled by this would be a great understatement.

"No we want to go with Mommy and Daddy to have fun." she cried clinging to my leg with a death grip.

"It's alright dear Medea has real magic she can do amazing things like summoning cute animals for you to play with and… " I began but Medea just made a small gesture and I felt Jackie grip slacken as she blinked and turned around.

"Come with me child, I let's give your parents a small break. I have a lot I can show you." She said softly. Jackie nodded and began to walk to her.

"I remember I used to have to do this with my own kids, it was just a minor spell to calm her and make her more suggestible. It helped a lot in getting them to eat their vegetables." she reminisced.

"Do you think that would work on Senpai, she is a fussy eater and hates Vegetables." Asked Mash.

Medea chuckled "I'll teach it to you later it's a simple enough trick you should be able to get it down."

"Uhh I am not sure I am comfortable with that…" I interjected.

"Come along Senpai you have to get your summons in before our da- I mean before we can relax."

So we headed for the Summoning circle for once I was hoping for a quick session.

Ironically there wasn't the big anticipation of rainbow lights or gold light's this time. I had someone eagerly waiting for me.

So I focused. Almost immediately I knew it was a craft essence I was summoning. At the end of the flash the card hovered there. I looked and it was another copy of Ideal Holy King. A few more of these and I could set up a really tanky team for those annoying fights.

I went back and focused again this time the lights came up they didn't change color. When the flash cleared there was a very familiar woman to anyone who had anything to do with anything Fate/Stay night. She was on the tall side and had long violet colored hair. She wore a mask that covered her eyes to cover the powerful Mystic eyes she had and had a marking on her forehead. She was dressed in a short black dress with purple lining and had matching arm and leg coverings.

She seemed to examine me for a moment. "Hmm I have a curious master." she noted. "Well feel free to command me as you wish." she said simply.

"Medusa, It is an honor to have you as my servant. I will try not to make any unreasonable commands of you. I am glad to have you as part of my team." I said offering my hand which she took. She sensed I had more to do so she stepped aside.

I focused again again the lights did not change. This time when the flash cleared standing there was a slight woman in… not much, she wore pieces of white and red samurai armor but they were mostly likely decorative. She was cute boasting a modest slim figure with long dark hair and blue eyes, she had a pair of red markings on her forehead. Despite her mainly lack of clothing except the bare necessity for modesty she wore big puffy sleeve like arm coverings and had a sword at her side.

My heart warmed to see her though, I had grown particularly fond of her in the Babylonia anime. Also she was surprisingly powerful in the game.

"I am Ushiwakamura, class Rider, I shall do my utmost best to serve you Master."

"Well it's an honor to have you as a serving Ushi, I look forward to working with you." I said offering her my hand which she took without hesitation.

"Anyone who you need beheaded, I am the person to call." she told me

I couldn't help but smile at that, Same old Ushi. "Well let me take you all to the Commissary.

I took the girls to the commissary and introduced them to some of the other servants there. Fergus of course insisted on hitting on both of them. They turned him down flat. After being assured they would be shown around Mash and I headed off somewhere…

I say somewhere because I didn't know exactly where we were going it turned out to be Mash's room. It was a lot like mine in that it was rather spartan, There were a few books that she had acquired. There was also a tv and an old NES system which didn't seem to fit what I knew about her.

"Umm it was found in storage here. It must have belonged to someone but no one claimed it. EMIYA actually was the one who knew how to set it up." she told me.

"There were a few games sadly no final fantasy but there is one called Super Mario bros. 3, Castlevenia, Metriod, Megaman, and a few others."

I couldn't help but whistle "Wow someone had a taste for the classics."

"Ummm I… am not great at the games." she blushed "I tried them out but I am still learning."

"Alright well Video games are one of those special things that you don't have to be great at to enjoy." I told her.

She smiled in response "Umm what game would you like to try first?"

"I don't know how about Super Mario Bros. 3" I suggested. She popped it in to the old NES and soon we were playing.

I would love to say I wowed her with my elite gaming skills but I was a little rusty and even beyond that I was probably average at best even back when I played regularly. Still we laughed and joked and had fun. We were sitting on the bed and playing and I happened to notice she scooted closer to me. In fact it wasn't long until she was leaning against me. I couldn't help but marvel at her softness and lovely scent as her body brushed against mine.

"Ummm Senpai….?" She turned to me blushing.

At that moment the games were forgotten. Her eyes were closing as she leaned in, her arms wrapping around me. I couldn't help but surrender to her embrace as our lips met in a soft yet passionate kiss. The feeling of her warmth in my arms and her soft body against mine was near indescribable. We kissed and held each other for an unknowable amount of time. Hands wandered as we made out her body was soft and warm, the taste of her lips was intoxicating. I don't know how long we made out. It was a private moment and neither of us paid much attention to silly things like clocks. I let her take the lead and do as she was comfortable with. By the time we were done we were both panting and I am guessing both blushing. In the end neither of our hands had wandered below the waist but she seemed content with that. "Ummm Senpai… I really like you… Ummm would you be my Girlfriend." she asked a little uncertain. I leaned in and gave her one more soft kiss "Yes Mash, I will be your girlfriend." I told her with a smile.

Her eyes widened and then she kissed me more, this one a more excited and energetic kiss "Thank you Senpai." she practically purred. I hugged her tightly. When I pulled away I don't think I had seen a grin that big on her face.

"Say it's getting to be lunch time we should probably go get lunch, we will take Jackie with us and maybe bring Medea along to tell her the news." I suggested.

"That would be wonderful." Said Mash happily as she took my hand. We headed back out hand and hand to go pick up Jackie and invite Medea out to lunch. We passed a few servants on their own way to go to get food and a surprising number my finely tuned ears caught mumbling of "Finally." "I think they finally did it." "Awww they do make a cute couple."

When we made it to Medea's room we barely knocked on the door before it opened and a little blurr tackle glomped me and Mash.

"Yay, Mommy and Daddy are back." Jackie cheered happily. "We missed you so much."

I reached down and ruffled her hair a bit.

I looked up to see an amused Medea watching from the doorway.

"Thank you for watching her, I hope she was good."

"Oh she was fine, she is an energetic child reminds me a bit of when I had my own." she said a bit wistfully.

"Say would you like to have lunch with us?" I asked

Medea smiled "Certainly you can tell me all the juicy details of your date." I coughed a bit and my cheeks warmed.

"Well I don't think the details are all that juicy." I countered.

"Ohhh, that's a bit disappointing then, Still I'll be happy to hear what there is."

We wound up taken her and Jackie to lunch, we gave her an abbreviated version of what happened.

"That's so cute and so innocent. So you two are girlfriends then I am happy for you both. I am glad those gentle nudges I had been giving Mash finally paid off." she said with a satisfied grin.

I looked over at Mash curious but she just blushed sheepishly.

I couldn't help but chuckle "Well I guess I owe you some thanks then." I admitted.

"Well you kids are sweet but you both needed a bit of help getting together."

"Oh by the way I wanted to give you this." she said and pulled out a golden 4 leaf clover shaped charm on a thing gold necklace.

"I hope you will excuse the appearance I wound up working with Cu Chulainn who suggested the shape for it. It was a piece of the Rheingold that we recovered. Not only was I able to dispel the curse I found it was very useful for crafting. This mystic code should provide a permanent substaintial increase in all matters of chance."

I blinked and took it in my hands and examined it "Ummm are you sure it's safe?" I asked knowing how the legend of the Rheingold went.

"Absolutely." She assured me.

"Well wow. Umm thank you. I truly appreciate this." I said slipping it on.

"It won't pack as much of a punch as some shorter length charms which I will still make but it should give you a significant boost." She explained.

"Say… Medea. I know it's a bit personal but, I kind of have to ask after all you have done for me. What is your wish for the grail?"

Medea sighed and gave me a slightly sad smile. "You know I think now it would be just to have someone like you two have each other. Someone who wouldn't betray me, someone that I could share my life with. Someone that wouldn't judge me because of my past. Truly I envy the two of you. I'll be honest I would have taken either or both of you in a heart beat. You both have that innocence that seems to come with youth but get lost along the way."

I nodded "I don't need a grail for that. You are quite stunning, You are amazingly skilled and I could probably waste the better part of a day going over just how wonderful you are." I said drawing a slight blush from her.

I expected an elbow in the ribs from Mash but she added in "Senpai is right you are amazing. You don't need the grail to find someone I am sure you have the pick of anyone you want."

Medea gave a soft chuckle "You two are really too sweet. I am afraid though most people can't look past one's past even if it wasn't all their fault. Still you should be careful about offering such kind words to a witch like myself. I just may decide to steal you both away for myself after all." She said with a playful grin.

"No Mommy and Daddy belong to us and you can't take them away!" Complained Jackie who suddenly looked quite upset.

"Calm down dear I was only joking. I wouldn't dream of separating you from your parents." She said reaching down a ruffling her hair. Jackie pouted.

I couldn't help but smile at the cute girl pouting. I was also relieved that for a second I wondered if she was going to go for her knives to protect us. I also realized something that hadn't occurred to me before. I hadn't heard her mention the word Dismember. In the game she had a disturbing habit of asking that as in do you want me to Dismember someone. I wondered if being treated as a child and given some love and affection was actually altering her. As far as I knew heroic spirits didn't grow or change like that but maybe child heroic spirits are different.

We finished lunch, Medea had some work she she had to excuse herself. Mash, Jackie and I went to go visit Da Vinci to see what she thought of my idea.

We found her in her workshop

"Well I must say I have been looking over your proposal. It's rather industrious. Having Servants farm in shifts to gain materials. Using Squad leaders to make up for a lack of direct supervision. I think we should try it on easier difficulties first to work out any kinks but I think it's very doable.

I smiled "Good I am glad to hear that. By the way can you explain how killing simulated enemies over and over generates new resources?" I just don't get it.

"That is a very good question and I would answer it if I could but I have been ordered not to. Unless you want to use a command seal I can't break that." she replied.

"No it's fine it's just something I wondered. Anyways more importantly, how is Dr. Roman doing."

"Romani is recovering. He is eating I think he will be ready to resume his duties by the time we tackle the next singularity which should be in a day or two. However it was quite a shock to learn everything that you told him. I must admit even A great genius like myself was caught by surprise by all of that. It's very rare and not something I enjoy." she added.

"Heh yeah I am sorry but I don't know how I could have managed it in a nice way. Say… not that I am unhappy that you seem to be handling it well but usually if someone were told of their possible impending death… they would be disturbed. You weren't"

Da Vinci sighed "Really you have to ask? I suppose I shouldn't be surprised the way you treat some of us but we are heroic spirits. We are tools to be used by our masters. We may have emotions, goals and dreams but our existence is a temporary one." she said then looked down at Jackie. "I would say you shouldn't get too attached but I can see it's far too late for that. I will say however that your survival is of the greatest priority. If it ever comes down to it you need to be ready to make sacrifices to save your own life. Knowing what you do about what apparently lies ahead you should understand how important you are."

I nodded. "I understand." I muttered. I got what she was trying to say and it was the worst part of the job. Sometimes sacrifices had to be made. I was fighting to prevent that. However I couldn't deny the possibility existed that even with all my efforts it would still happen.

Maybe reading my face Da Vince sighed and gave a soft smile. "Well it's nothing to worry about right now. We will cross that bridge if we come to it." she told me.

I nodded.

"So what are your plans for the rest of the night?" Asked Da Vinci.

"Well I don't know we have just been relaxing. I thought maybe we would get some more grinding materials in before dinner…"

Da Vinci frowned slightly "You know you are supposed to be relaxing. It's an important part of facing what we are apparently going to face that we rest when we can. I hate to do this but as the highest ranking active person here I am going to have to ban you from the simulator until after the next singularity."

I was a bit dumbfounded.

"Look go rest, relax have fun. That's an order. The road ahead is long and hard so take it easy while you can. I'll see about starting your little project of putting the servants to work on simulator.

I couldn't help but chuckle "You know what alright. I'll go have some fun." I told her.

"Hey Mash have you ever seen the Movie Grounhog Day?" I asked

She blinked "I had heard of the Groundhog day festival but I didn't know they had made a movie about it."

I chuckled "Well the movie does involve the festival but it's not about it. It's a surprisingly deep movie. It Star's Bill Murray. You know the guy from Ghost Busters?" I asked.

She looked at me "What's Ghost Busters?"

I blinked for a moment and then looked at her in horror "You poor child, You poor deprived child. Well we will start with Ghostbusters then. We have to correct you not seeing that."

"Is this something like those Star Wars movies I have heard about. I remember someone saying you should see that at least once in your life." she asked me.

"Ehhh I am not the biggest Star Wars fan. Ghostbusters was better but I bet a lot of people would fight me over that opinion."

Chaldea had a huge and I do mean huge media library thankfully. It was very easy to arrange the playing of the ghost busters movies. I warned them ahead of time 2 was… okay but only just. We also secured a nice big bowl of buttery popcorn from the commissary and so we sat were set to enjoy watching the movie.

As the movie started I felt Jackie lean against me. At first I thought nothing of it but as the movie continued she started to shake.

I looked down to see tears in her eyes "What's wrong dear?" I asked her and she looked up with those big eyes "Mommy we don't want to be busted." It took my brain a minute to make the connection. Jack the Ripper was made up of wraiths. It was very likely that originally she had ran afoul a local magus that ended her unintentional murder spree and existence.

I sighed softly and hugged her "It's okay little one. No one is going to hurt you while I am around. Would you like us to stop the movie?" I asked gently.

"No one is going to hurt us?" she asked unsure.

"Not if I have anything to say about it."

She nodded and leaned against me "We are okay then. It's fine." she said seeming to relax. So the movie continued, it wasn't long until Mash and I were laughing and enjoying the comedy classic. Jackie just clung to me between taking handfuls of popcorn which she discovered she really liked.

After the movie I decided to change things up and since Mash had mentioned not seeing it We watched the first Star Wars movie. Now that one Jackie was in to. Mash seemed to like it too. As for me. It wasn't bad but it wasn't as good as a lot of people made it out to be. However Jackie really wanted a light saber after that.

Maybe certain things were so revered because they were for the young and reminded them of a simpler time.

After that and a quick dinner I had to ask Mash something.

"Hey Mash would you mind coming to my room for a bit?"

"Oh of course I wouldn't mind Senppai." she said with a bright smile.

"I promised I was going to fix your body so you would have a more reasonable life span. I think I'll do that tonight. It shouldn't take more than a few hours." I explained.

"Wow, you really think you can do that in a few hours. Dr. Roman was stumped how to help me?"

"My families specialty is manipulating the body and to a certain extent the soul. It's sort of carrying on the family business."

Mash blinked "Huh that's the first time you mentioned your family Senpai."

"Huh really? I guess it is, You know I guess there is not much to say. For a Magus family, my family was actually kind of normal. We aren't exactly highly regarded for our magecraft but we are always in high demand. Our Magecraft is one of of few that can actually repair damaged Magic Circuits. After a certain Magus Killer became a thing it's become more popular in recent years to use magic to attack rival's magic circuits so we have been busy. The reason I am here in fact is that Chaldea offered us a ton of money to have one of us on staff. I was just at about the right age to go out on my own and practice my craft so things just fell in to place.

"Wow, Well I am very happy things worked out like that" Said Mash with a big smile.

I nodded. In a way I too was happy in another it hadn't really hit that everyone was gone "Yes I am glad to be here too." I said choosing to leave it at that.

Mash nodded and Jackie looked up and smiled brightly "I am glad Mommy is here too."

I reached down and ruffled Jackie's hair drawing a giggle.

"Umm Jackie, I am going to need a favor from you. You see I am going to be doing delicate work. I am going to put on the empire strikes back for you to watch. I want you to be a good girl and just enjoy while we do this. Can you sit and watch a movie for a couple hours?"

Jackie pouted a bit "Awww we wanted more fun with Mommy and Daddy."

"And you will get to just need a couple hours. We will spend time together later. All you have to do is sit and watch a movie."

"Awww alright." she agreed.

I kissed her on the top of the head "Thank you."

So I turned on the movie and left Jackie to her own devices. It was strange because she was a Heroic Spirit but also a child. On one hand she should be able to handle herself on the other… she was a child.

I took Mash to my room and again it was rather spartan. I didn't have much of personal effects in this world.

"Alright Mash if you would take off your clothes and get on the bed."

"S-Senpai?"

I sighed "Ummm Mash. This isn't about anything sexual. I need flesh to flesh contact to work."

She blushed and nodded and began to remove her clothing.

"It will probably take a few treatments but this will be the lion's share of it. The rest will just be fine tuning and making sure everything takes as it is supposed to."

She nodded.

A part of me had to acknowledge Mash had a nice body, she was beautiful with pale skin her deep blush, her cute face and her soft curves. Inwardly I sighed I allowed myself that moment of humanity before I went to work.

"I am going to numb your pain receptors in your body. This normally would not be very comfortable. You are going to feel very numb that is normal. I need to to just relax and keep calm." I told her as I placed my hands on the back of her neck. I closed my eyes and sensed to flow of electrical pulses and chemicals flowing through her. With a small spell her body went limp."

I could see a brief flash of concern.

"It's fine. It's just the firs step. Now to begin the real work…"

I'll be honest, I probably took more time than was necessary but as this was my precious girlfriend I would not accept even the possibility of a mistake or oversight. I double and triple checked my work.

Observing her body on such a level, Mash was a true marvel. Built to contain beings far beyond human capacity and it showed. I was relieved in that I believe that I had done the majority of the work I had meant to. Altering a body on such a fundamental level was delicate work. Someone less skilled could easily do untold damage in causing cancers and disease. However now if everything took I could be sure Mash would live a good long time. With more work I could extend it even further.

I myself was spent, I had used a great deal of energy on such delicate work. I was also rather upset though I couldn't show that to Mash. It really hit home that she was meant to be disposable. She was a container to be used and thrown away when she turned 18. It hit to close to home in this life. I couldn't even take solace in the man behind it being dead as I suspected Marisburry Animusphere was still quite alive and if not the true final boss working for them.

"Alright Mash your feeling should be returning, how are you feeling?" I asked.

"Still rather numb Senpai, are you alright?" she asked concerned.

"Just tired. There was a lot of work to do." I said before letting out a sigh. "I- no I am not going to go in to it. I'll just say if everything works as planned you should live a very long time."

I don't think I had seen Mash smile that brightly. She actually tried to move and flopped around a bit "Ohh sorry I forgot. Just when you said that I really wanted to hug you. I – I had accepted that I wouldn't live very long and I thought I was okay with it because I didn't have a choice but now I realize I am so relieved. Thank you Senpai."

I reached down and hugged Mash. "You are most welcome." I told her before giving her a soft kiss which she happily returned.

It was a bit before Mash was able to effectively move on her own without me holding her up.

"So… I will live a regular life span?" asked Mash still in disbelief.

"Well as a companion of a Jumper things like age get muddled. However, where we to stay here you would live long enough to see your grandchildren graduate from college and maybe their children as well.

She blinked in surprise then blushed "Umm Senpai, we are both girls won't it be hard to have children?"

"Nah we have magic. We have all sorts of options there, I mean if you want them of course."

She blushed and smiled "A child with Senpai… that sounds wonderful. Maybe after we save the world we can settle down and give Jackie a few siblings." she said softly as she leaned against me.

"Speaking of Jackie that movie should have ended by now we better go get her."

We went to find her and found her where we left her looking up at a black screen with tears in her eyes.

"Hey little one what's wrong?" I asked.

"Everything, everything went bad, Luke got his hand cut off, Han got Frozen, Vader is Luke's Father and it just ended right in the middle of everything going bad." she complained.

I smiled and patted her head "It's alright. That's act 2 of a 3 part story." I explained kneeling down to face her.

"In stories like this, there is always a dark point that challenges the heroes. A point where it looks like everything is hopeless and they are going to lose. That is important because it teaches us something. Even when all hope seems lost and things seem at their darkest we must continue to fight and work towards the best ending possible. Luke may have lost his hand and been disturbed to find out he had been lied to about his Father but he wasn't giving up was he?"

"No…" she admitted.

"Well there is an entire movie after this one for them to fight and turn things around. It may seem dark now but things can still get better."

That drew a smile from Jackie. "We still want a light saber." she reminded us. "We will see what we can do."

I had a thought of maybe asking Medea to make something but I realized she would make something a little too real. Child or not she was still a heroic spirit based on a Murderer who didn't really understand hurting people was actually hurting them. I didn't want to see what she could do with a light saber. We needed a toy, maybe if we rayshifted somewhere somewhat modern I could pick one up at a store.

I pushed the thought aside for now it was getting late. Something I was kind of grateful for since the work I had done on Mash had left me rather tired.

I walked Mash to her room. She shared a soft kiss, she gave a cute blush and wished me good night.

I then asked Jackie "Should I bother taking you to your room or are you just going to end up with me again?"

"We want to sleep with Mommy." she told me happily. I nodded and ruffled her hair. "Alright kiddo lets go to bed."

I went and got to my room and did my nightly stuff as Jackie waited eagerly and then slipped in to bed. She climbed on top of me and took her position. Atop my belly. It wasn't the most comfortable thing in the world but I was tired. I quickly slipped in to a deep sleep.