"I am Servant... Saber." a voice declared in the darkness.

Shirou froze when he heard those words as he opened his eyes and he saw her again. The beautiful knight, her blue dress and shining armor, her emotionless face, her golden hair shaped into a perfect bun...

Arturia Pendragon, his Servant.

"Upon your summoning, I have come forth." She said calmly, he was actually happy hearing those words, he thought he was going crazy. "I ask of you: are you my Master?" She said.

Emiya Shirou thoughts flew at a million miles an hour.

One minute he is sleeping in his bed at the London tower then the next minute he somehow gone back in time. Back to when he had first summoned Saber all those nights back

' Calm down, Emiya, try to keep a clear mind on this. Maybe you're only having a death hallucination, that's all...' he thought as he tried to calm down

Saber looked down to the Command Seals on his left hand.

"Yes, you summoned me..." She said. "...and as a Saber, I answered your call. My sword will be at your side from here on forward. From now on, whatever fate you choose will be mine as well. The connection with us has now been set." As soon as she finished she stiffened

"It appears that our enemy is still on the premises."

"Master, you wait here." and leaped out the door.

"Stop!" Shirou yells. Damn it! what the hell was going on?!

Outside Saber was facing here is a man in a blue skin tight suit with silver lines running through it, with large metal pauldrons He has short blue hair with a small pony tail, he also has piercing red eyes, the eyes of a powerful warrior.

If you used your lance as you did your tongue, you might almost be a challenging opponent!"

Lancer burst out laughing, still on his position on the fence. He raised his red spear in a mock salute, and cried aloud:

"Very well, I'll show you this lance of mine. *GAE-"

But none of those mattered when he saw the crimson spear.

Its barbed tip.

Its unquenchable bloodlust.

" Saber ! Don't let him use it Gaé Bolg!"

Lancer stumbled at hearing the name, and his

face showed a burst of absolute suprise for a moment.Saber reacted immediately

"*INVISIBLE AIR!*"

The windstorm swept from Saber's blade into Lancer's feet, sending him flying off into a wall. Saber flew forwards in an attempt to strike down her foe before he could land, and the battle was over in one strike. Her blade bit the floor as Lancer was summoned back by Kiere

"Coward !" Saber growled

She turned towards her Master, only to see him already by her side, noticing her glance, he quickly turned to her and gave a smile.

"You were brilliant..."

Shirou trailed off, giving the impression that he didn't know her name. '.

Saber, though, felt something deeper was meant in his statement. It almost felt as if he was not only talking about her actions in the battle, but also talking about her whole life.

She gave herself a mental kick. This was no time to wishfully read emotions into simple statements of gratitude. 'You do not deserve gratitude, not yet. So stop searching for it in your imagination and earn it!' ...

"Thank you, Master."

"Although..." He looked at the hole in the wall behind them "How do I explain this to Fuji-nee"

"..."

"Master, I sense a new presence-"

"Saber, wai-!"

"We will talk later!"

And she vanished, speeding to where Shirou remembered Archer was just about to appear. He chased after her. It was probably too late to stop Archer being wounded, but he had to save Rin at least. Her fate had been uncertain enough last time, so she was his second priority after Saber. But if the uninjured Saber was too fast...

Shirou rounded the corner at a dead run.. As he turned the corner, he saw Saber bring her blade across Archer's left half of his body, almost separating his arm from his torso.

'Of course she's stronger. Saber wasn't wounded so she's still at basically full strength!'

Archer vanished, and Saber turned towards the figure he knew was Rin, who raised her hand and cast a wind spell in an attempt to stave off the Servant. Saber ignored the spell and drew back her blade. 'The more things change...'

"SABER, STOP! Stay your hand!"

Saber froze, mid-blow, and Rin turned incredulously towards Shirou, as did Saber.

"Master, what are you doing? She's our enem-"

"No. Stand down, Saber. I cannot allow you to kill her."

"What are you SAYING? She's a Mas-"

"She is my friend "

Rin was surprised for a second, but quickly covered it, standing up and brushing herself down from where she had been knocked sprawling.

"Good evening, Emiya-kun. I wish we had met again in better circumstances, but for now I guess I'll thank you for sparing me."

Later

Shirou carefully made sure nobody was listening to them as he locked the door

Rin stood behind him alert she didn't trust him not the he could blame her

He turned towards her "Tosaka-san I'm sorry!!" he bowed down suprising her

"Eh what".

"I don't know how it happened but I I swear I don't have any thing to do with it"

" W-w-what ! "

few minutes of explanation later

Let me get this straight you-" Rin pointed to him " are from the future,Archer is an alternate jerk version of you Kazuki-sensei is a master, the holy grail is corrupt and I won this war "

Rin rubbed her temples "Seriously just how do get into so much trouble "

"It's not like I go finding for one it just happens "

"Whatever now listen up! here's what we will do "

"..."

"..."

Outside

Tohsaka Rin and Emiya Shirou had decided on a temporary ceasefire and as such, the two Servants had been left to guard the perimeter of the Emiya Estate while their masters discussed

Saber was glaring at him, on guard as she would be against enemy Servants.

EMIYA just gave her a cocky grin, to which Saber scowled.

Well, Saber was still just as beautiful as Archer had remembered.

Seeing her serious expression, Archer had decided to tease her a little, expressing his thoughts.

"I see you're still as beautiful as ever, Artoria."

"What...?" she blushed lightly, before recovering with a scowled.for some reason, what he had said had made her feel surprisingly warm and happy, and a bit sad at the same time.

Her scowl deepenedwhat kind of surprises mental attack was this? normally, she wouldn't be swayed or caught off guard by any such compliments or words.Even Diarmuid, with his naturally charming and handsome Celtic face and his magical love spot, wouldn't have been been able to charm her or to move her heart with such words.

" I'm hurt you don't remember me "

This caught her attention while it's true that she respected all the knights of the round table it was still not easy to remember half of their names "No, I.."

" No it doesn't matter, there is no need to remember someone like me " he looked up" a failure who couldn't save your heart "

Archer, for his part, had meant for it to come out mockingly, but it came out sounding surprisingly genuine, and even fondly affectionate.Even though, in truth, he still had some affection for Saber, seeing her up close like this again, he found himself recalling the day she had saved him, and could now really appreciate just how beautiful she really was, as she stood before him.

Saber paused at his words this heroic spirit, one whom she couldn't even recognize, somehow felt familiar and also the way he claimed to fail to save her meant that he must have been one of her knights

Every one of her knight kept saying the same thing about how they failed her how it was all their fault .It was not their fault it was her, she was the one who allowed herself to get used by Agravain and Morgan le fry(although for different purpose by each of them) and was the one who led the war against Lancelot that doomed their kingdom in the first place.

"Archer I-"

Luckily their masters returned at that moment

Shirou, Saber and Rin slowly walk to there destination, Rin keeps glancing back at Saber. "Um, Emiya-kun couldn't you have tried to hide Saber at least a little?" Saber is standing there in her shining armor just watching, waiting for the outcome of this talk. Shirou shrugs.

"I didn't see the point of making her wear anything I have, and everything have will look strange on her. What you expect to me to do? Embarrass her and make her wear, like a raincoat or something? Plus it's the middle of the night, so not many people will see her anyway." Rin thought about it for moment and nods her head, Saber smiles a bit at what her Master has said.

"It's your choice..." Rin said.

"We're here this is Kotomine Church." Rin state,

"Master I will stay out here and make sure no other enemies appear." Saber stood outside while Shirou nodded his head and quickly went inside with Rin.

Inside

"Kirei! Where are you? I brought the Seventh Master." Rin yelled with an annoyed tone.

"Welcome, young one... I am Kotomine Kirei." a middle aged, tall priest answered

So... you are the supervisor for this war?" Shirou asked calmly, Shirou had to lie as Tohsaka wanted him to act like a total incompetent so that others will understimate and target him basically use him as a bait

"Exactly, tell me young one what is your name?"

"Shirou... Emiya."

Kirei's eyes widen slightly. "Emiya... I see so you are the last Master." He chuckled lightly. "Well Emiya Shirou do you accept your role as ...the seventh master?"

The way Kirei Kotomine asked unsettled him, it made his skin crawl off of his bones and fold itself into a neat pile it took every bit of willpower, every last bit to not Excalibur him in the face.From what he heard from Tohsaka he was the one responsible for sending lancer to kill him lending Gilgamesh to Shinji (indirectly reponsible for killing Illiya) and planning to screw the world with Gilgamesh

"Well... I do I guess for the most part, but I still need help as to understand what exactly is happening, what I heard for Saber and Rin helped a lot but I need more information." Kotomine stares at him for a bit more and grins.

"Very well Shirou Emiya. A word of advice, becoming a Master is not something handed down, it doesn't matter if this was a mistake or not because you were chosen by the Holy Grail, The Seven Masters and Servant pairs participating in this war were not chosen because they wanted to be; they are chosen to determine who is the best of the best, who is worthy enough to possess the Holy Grail. The Grail can grant any wish that you desire..." He looked into the moonlit ceiling

"...10 years ago in the 4th Holy Grail War the winner was a corrupted Master, he ended up causing a tragedy that killed many innocent lives." He continued causing Shirou to unconsciously remember the painful memory.

"Do you understand now Emiya Shirou? What position you are in?" Shirou slowly looked up to Kotomine Kirei even though he knew and forgave his Foster-Father for causing the inevitable fire that happened 10 years ago, it still didn't stop his heart from aching.

"Yes... I understand, I'll do it, I'll become the final Master. I'll do it to stop another tragedy from ever happening again." He felt his boiling rage dissapearing for a bit .

Kirei nods his head. "Very well." Kirei said. "The Seven Masters have been chosen, I now declare the start of the Fifth Holy Grail War!"

"Were finished here Emiya, let's go."

"Rejoice, my son, for at last your wish will be granted!" His voice boomed in the empty church.

Those words echoed in Shirou's ears as he walked out of the church, the priest's eerie gaze following him all the way. Tohsaka walked alongside him . She was clearly happy with the fact that he decided to remain a Master in this... war since Shirou was a participant in a war now he wasn't out to conquer or hurt anyone, though he was in this war to save others and the fact that he already knows what is going to happen made him the perfect patner(pawn) for her to win this war (In her mind she has already won the war even if it was in an alternative timeline)

Outside

"Master, have you decided?" His Servant addressed him with an intent-filled stare.

"Yes." He nodded at her, resolute in his posture and his plan. "I will fight alongside you, Saber."

"My sword will be at your side from here on forward. From now on, whatever fate you choose will be mine as well, Master"

She held out her hand, and he clasped it and gave her a solid handshake.

His eyes meet with hers and he smiles slightly, the anger (on a certain fake priest)quickly leaving his body as soon as he saw her. "Come on Saber, let's go home."

She nods slightly and turns to leave with her Master.

Suddenly everything becomes too quiet as mist started to gather except for a soft giggling and small footsteps,

"Illya..." Shirou mumbled " Umu Tohsaka I might have forgotten to mention that ...Berseker and Illiya attack us tonight "

Rin gave him a look promising a long(and painful) lecture afterwards

"Master! stay back!" Saber immediately stood infront of him.

"Archer!" Rin commanded her servent

A few dozen meters ahead stood two figures. One was... he recognized her. It was that white-haired little girl that popped up a couple times in the past few days, who stared at him and said strange things. She was staring right at him, bright red eyes with an innocent sheen on them.

"Good evening, onii-chan." The little girl stated calmly, and despite the distance between them he could hear her as if she was right in front of him. She gave a little curtsy. ""Hello my name is Illyasviel Von Einzbern."

A/N This is the first chapter I hope that you like it

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