"Phew! Mission complete!" Ritsuka said as he, Mashu, and Saber Arturia returned to Chaldea by rayshifting. As they arrived at Chaldea's summoning room, Arturia let out a huge sigh.

"Hm? Arturia-san, are you okay?" Mashu asked.

"Hm? Oh. Yeah, I'm fine Mashu," Arturia replied.

"Are you sure? It looks like you don't look so good," Ritsuka said.

"Don't worry, I'm fine master. Anyways, I need to go to the cafeteria now. Do you mind if I go there?"

"No. You can go now."

"Thank you master." Arturia then left for the cafeteria immediately. As she left, Ritsuka and Mashu were left alone in Chaldea's summoning room.

"Do you think I may be overworking Arturia a bit lately today?" Ritsuka asked.

"Why do you think so senpai?" Mashu replied.

"Well lately, she's been forcing herself to work harder. And there were times where I would see her not taking a break during any of the time where we would take a break."

"Is that so?"

"Yeah. What do you think is the problem with Arturia's recent behavior?"

For a moment, Ritsuka and Mashu were pondering with the question that they came up with. As they did, they were thinking of any reason why Arturia was acting like this lately, and they weren't able to think of an answer.

It was then that a certain servant popped out of nowhere.

"Hello!" the servant said from behind Ritsuka and Mashu.

Ritsuka and Mashu jumped upon hearing the servant's voice behind their backs. As they turned around to see who said that, it was Merlin. "Merlin?! Jeez, where did you come from?!" Ritsuka asked in surprise.

"From behind you. Isn't that obvious?" Merlin replied with a smile on his face.

Ritsuka sighed. "I'll never understand Merlin and what's he up to..."

"Anyway, what seems to be the problem master?"

"Well...it's about your old student, Arturia," Ritsuka replied.

"Which one?"

"The original. We think there's something wrong with her lately."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Well, lately, Arturia-san had been working herself a bit too much lately. Not only that, but the look on her face says that she's worried about something. Do you have any idea what that means Merlin-san?" Mashu asked.

Merlin then gave Mashu's question a long thought. "Hm...my student seems to be revisiting her old habits again...but for what? She doesn't sound like she's in a bad mood, and she's already moved on. So, what is it that is making her revisit her old habits like this..."

As Merlin continued thinking, a thought just came to his head.

"Hey master, can I ask you a question?" Merlin asked Ritsuka.

"Uh...sure. What is it?" Ritsuka replied.

"When was the last time Arturia has spent any time with Shirou?"

"Hm...probably a few days ago, I guess? Why?"

Merlin let out a sigh. "Shirou. I swear, you have a factor that most teenage boys would kill to get. And that factor would be the chick magnet factor. I don't know how you do it, but you somehow manage to attract girls like moths to a flame. Just how though? You're making me even jealous, and it's not even on purpose..."

"Merlin-san?" Mashu said, snapping Merlin out of his thoughts.

"Hm? Oh, it's nothing. Anyways, I may have an idea on what's making my student like that," Merlin replied.

"Really? What is it then?" Ritsuka asked.

Merlin took a deep breath before saying his answer. "It's Shirou."

Ritsuka and Mashu were confused when they heard Merlin's answer. "Shirou-san? But why though? Did he and Arturia-san had a fight earlier?" Mashu asked.

"No."

"Then what is it then? How is Shirou related to this?" Ritsuka asked.

"Well, to be frank with both of you, it's been a while since Arturia has spent some "alone time" with Shirou. My guess is that my student may be a bit jealous from the attention Shirou has been getting recently and is probably venting her frustrations with the use of battle," Merlin replied.

"Is that so?" Mashu asked.

"Yes."

"Well, at least we now know the reason behind Arturia's recent behavior. Now what are we going to do?" Ritsuka asked.

Merlin smiled. "Oh, don't worry. I have a plan, and I need you two to make this plan work," he said with a smirk on his face.

Ritsuka and Mashu went into the cafeteria, hoping to see the two people that they need to see. As they arrived at the cafeteria, they sighed in relief as they saw both Shirou and Arturia together alone.

"Whew. We found them," Ritsuka whispered to Mashu.

"Yes. Now we should enact the plan Merlin has for us," Mashu whispered back to Ritsuka.

"Yeah. Hope this will work..."

Soon, Ritsuka and Mashu went into the cafeteria. As they did, they immediately went up to Shirou and Arturia, who were enjoying their meal together. Shirou and Arturia then noticed Ritsuka and Mashu coming up to him.

"Hm? Oh, hey master," Shirou said.

"Hi master," Arturia said.

"Hey there Shirou-san, Arturia-san," Mashu said.

"So master, what brings you here?" Shirou asked Ritsuka.

"Well...we have both a favor and an order for the both of you," Ritsuka replied.

Shirou and Arturia were confused upon hearing Ritsuka's request. "What kind of order do you have for the both of us master?" Shirou asked.

"Well...the order I have for the both of you...is for both of you to go on a date for the entirety of tomorrow."

Shirou and Arturia were silent for a moment upon hearing Ritsuka's request. Ritsuka and Mashu then checked on them to see if they were okay. "Uh...Shirou-san? Arturia-san? Are you two okay?"

"Y-Yeah. I'm surprised to hear such an order from you, master," Shirou said.

"Well, to be fair...this wasn't my idea. This was Merlin's."

Arturia sighed upon hearing that this was Merlin's plan. "Really? Merlin again? I swear, I will never understand him and his actions."

"You can say that again," Ritsuka said.

Shirou sighed. "Anyways, why did Merlin tell both of you this?"

"Well, he came up with this plan because he wanted to reward the both of you for your continuous work here," Mashu said.

"I see," Arturia said.

"Anyways, have fun with your date tomorrow!" Ritsuka said as he left with Mashu in tow, leaving Shirou and Arturia alone in the cafeteria.

For a moment, there was silence between the two as they were processing the information they just received.

"So...a date huh?" Shirou said.

"Yeah..." Arturia replied as her memory of her first date with Shirou still lingers in her mind. "How do you think it should start?"

Shirou smiled. "The way you want it Arturia."

Arturia smiled back. "I'll get my casual outfit then."

"As you wish. When do you want to meet?"

"Hm...how about 9 am? In front of your room?"

"Sounds good to me."

"Great."

Inside of Shirou's room, Shirou was preparing himself for his date with Arturia. "Man. It's been a while since I've ever gone on a date with Arturia. Especially since our last date together ended with Gilgamesh interrupting us...and him trying to kill me and take Arturia for himself..." Shirou thought as he was choosing an outfit to wear for his date with Arturia. "Okay, now which outfit should I wear today?" he said to himself as he looked at the many clothes he has in his closet. Some of which were handpicked by Nero and her counterparts themselves while others were the various mystic codes Da Vinci had him test them out for.

After a few minutes of thinking which outfit to wear for the date, Shirou finally made a conclusion.

"Guess I'll go with this outfit," Shirou thought with a smile as he looked at the first mystic code Da Vinci had created for him to test out, which happened to be his casual clothes from his time as a human. Shirou then put the mystic code on. "It still fits."

Shirou then got his outfit into place, closed his closet doors, and proceeded to leave his room. As he did, he was greeted with Arturia waiting outside of the door in front of him.

Who was wearing the same outfit she wore during her time as Shirou's servant.

"You ready Shirou?" Arturia asked.

"Yes," Shirou replied with a smile.

"Great. Let's go then."

Shirou and Arturia soon started walking down the hallway towards the mini mall in Chaldea. As they did, they were met with various gazes from the other servants that would pass by them.

Eventually, the couple arrived at the mini-mall. "So Arturia, where do you want to go first?" Shirou asked.

"Hm...well, let's go over there first," Arturia replied as she pointed at a clothes/mystic code store.

"Okay then. Let's go."

Shirou and Arturia then went into the clothes/mystic code store. As they did, they went inside there to look at the designs of the various clothes/mystic codes that were being sold there.

"Welcome! Please feel free to unfold them any of them for a closer look!" the store clerk said. Shirou and Arturia then took a look at each clothes/mystic codes that was being sold in the store. As time passed, Shirou and Arturia kept looking at the clothes/mystic codes.

"Hey Shirou, try this on," Arturia said as she showed him some clothes she wanted him to wear.

"Hm? These clothes?" Shirou replied.

"Yeah."

"All right. Let me go into the changing room for a moment," Shirou said as he took the clothes from Arturia and headed into the changing room. As he did, he unfolded the clothes to get a better look at them. The clothes Arturia brought him was a black coat, a red shirt, and black jeans. Shirou then put the clothes on.

"Shirou? Are you done in there?" Arturia asked.

"Almost. Just give me a moment," Shirou replied.

"All right."

After a few seconds of waiting, Shirou was finally done with the outfit Arturia had gave him. Shirou then opened the door for Arturia to see. "Well, how do I look?" Shirou asked.

Arturia smiled. "You look great Shirou."

"You think so?"

"Yeah."

"I see. Do you want to buy them?"

"Yes."

"Okay then, let's buy them."

Soon, Shirou and Arturia bought the clothes and soon left the shop. "Now then, where do you want to go to next?" Shirou asked.

"Hm...how about over there?" Arturia asked as she pointed to a batting range.

"Okay."

Soon, Shirou and Arturia headed towards the batting range. As they paid up at the counter, they went to their assigned lanes. As they did, they put on baseball helmets that were nearby and brought over the nearby bats.

"Are you ready Shirou?"

"Yeah."

"Good, because I won't go easy on you," Arturia said with a smirk on her face.

"A competition?" Shirou asked.

"Well...you could say that."

Shirou smirked. "Bring it."

And then the machine soon started throwing baseballs at them, prompting Shirou and Arturia to swing them back. As time passed, both of them swung at each baseball, not letting one go past them. Between the number of balls they kept hitting, they were tied, neck to neck.

Eventually, both Shirou and Arturia were on the last ball, and they were exhausted with the amount of swinging they did.

"Hah...well Arturia, this is the final ball..." Shirou said.

"Yes Shirou...this will decide who will be the winner...you ready for this?" Arturia replied.

Shirou smirked. "Yeah."

"Okay then...let's finish this!"

Shirou and Arturia soon went into their batting positions. As they did, they waited for the last ball in their lanes to appear. For a moment, nothing happened.

Then in an instant, a baseball appeared in each of their lane, heading straight towards them.

"Here it comes!" they thought in unison.

As the balls came closer to them, both of them swung their ball at the same time. When they did, both of their balls went straight up into the sky, hitting the fence upon impact.

It was then that the score for the last swing appeared in front of them at the scoreboard.

And the result was a tie between the two.

Both of them were silent for a moment upon seeing the scoreboard, and they then started to laugh over how they ended their game.

Arturia let out a sigh as she sat down on a bench as she was waiting for Shirou. "Well, today was quite fun. Me and Shirou bought new clothes, went to the batting range, and had some food together, although the food quality was not as good as Shirou's...but still good. For once, I should thank Merlin for giving me this opportunity, even though his way can be unorthodox..."

As Arturia was thinking about her day with Shirou, Shirou then came in with two ice cream cones in his hands. "Want some ice cream Arturia?"

"Hm? Ah, thanks," Arturia replied as she grabbed an ice cream cone from one of Shirou's hands. She then took a bite from her ice cream.

"Well? How is it?" Shirou asked.

Arturia smiled. "It's good Shirou."

Shirou smiled back. "Glad that you like it."

Shirou and Arturia continued eating their ice cream together. As they did, Arturia decided to say something to Shirou.

"You know, it's been a while since we've done something like this," Arturia said.

"Yeah. Considering with how much work there is in Chaldea lately, I'm glad that master told us to take a break occasionally, although it was under Merlin's orders," Shirou replied.

"You can say that again. I will never understand Merlin..."

"And neither will I. By the way Arturia."

"Hm? What is it Shirou?"

"You got some ice cream on your face," Shirou said as he pointed at Arturia's face, where there was a speck of ice cream on her face.

"Hm? Oh, just let me-"

However, before Arturia could even wipe it off, Shirou grabbed a napkin out of nowhere and wiped it off from her. "There. That spot should be clean now."

Arturia slightly blushed from Shirou's action. "T-Thanks."

"No problem."

Shirou and Arturia continued their date. As they were chatting among with each other, a certain servant was watching nearby.

It was Merlin, and he was satisfied with the results as he watched them with a smile on his face.

"Well then...guess my plan was a success. My student doesn't have any more pent-up frustration inside of her and she's reverted to her normal self. Now, I'll just let those two be together and-"

However, before he could, he felt someone touching his shoulder. As he turned around, he was horrified with what he saw.

Arturia's counterparts. And they did not look happy.

"Merlin, what is the meaning of this?" Arturia's counterparts asked.

"Um...I'm just looking after my old student?" Merlin replied nervously. For a moment, there was silence between them.

Then Arturia's counterparts said something. "That plan of yours...we want in on it as well."

"Wait. You don't mean..."

"Yes. We all want a date with Shirou as well. Each of us."