Fate Oath to Apocrypha

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It was now morning in the household of reika and Jack, shirou was up and already making breakfast for the two he'd sensed that Jack had a great deal of magic so he jotted it down as her being a servant however reika didn't seem to have a noticeable amount of magic so how was she keeping Jack materialized.

Amidst shirous thoughts floated around several questions like what would he do if he encountered a servant like gilgamesh, or what if those others Servants he fought found him.

A light chuckle escaped shirous lips"heh this is going to be an interesting situation to deal with"he mumbled and finished up cooking breakfast which had awoken reika with the smell.

Reika stepped into the kitchen with a half tired and half surprised face"Huh what are you doing up this early?"she asked rubbing sleep out of her eyes.

Shirou looked over with a smile"just making breakfast for you two as thanks for letting me stay here, I do need to go out for a bit but I will be back tonight"he says placing the plate full of food on the dining table.

Reika took a seat and began eating letting out a satisfied sigh "Ah this is so yummy"she says placing her cheek in her hand happily chewing the food.

After she finished the food in her mouth she looked to shirou"thats fine but if you don't mind can I ask where exactly you are going since you did tell us you didn't know where you were"

Shirou rubbed the back of his neck"Yeah I was just going to get myself familiar with the surrounding area"he said to which Reika simply nodded

"Alright just make sure you don't get lost."she says continuing to eat.

Shirou nodded and made his way to the door and exited.

He wandered around for a bit after collecting a map from a nearby shop he followed it towards a castle Before hearing a commotion within the castle grounds.

Putting the map away Shirou began running towards the sound jumping into a tree staring down at a group of people surrounding a pink haired "girl" and a brown haired boy who looked awful.

Shirou traced a bow standing up watching carefully at what was happening before his eyes locked onto the Holy maiden.

He watched everything unfold from the homunculi getting stabbed, to the long hair shirtless guy giving him his own heart.

Shirou just scratches his head"well I'll just take out the one with the flag when she leaves with the boy..."He mumbled

Shirou followed the two listening in to gather any information he could.

After listening in to the two he gathered that she was the spectator for watching the holy Grail War.

"...right this is probably a bad idea"he mumbled before jumping down causing sieg to grab onto his sword but Jeanne didn't show any hostility.

"Oi.. you blondey tell me what do you know about the Servants in this Grail War"he asked holding a hassan knife behind his back.

Jeanne looked over"Huh well that's certainly a way to greet someone how about instead of hostilities we take a moment to introduce ourselves"she said.

Sieg looked at Jeanne before taking his hand off of the sword and in response shirou dematerialized the dagger.

"I am Jeanne and this is sieg he was only born recently"she says causing shirou to raise an eyebrow which sieg caught onto.

"I am a homunculus...I am only suppose to live for a short amount of time but I was given a heart to live a full life..."

"Hm alright I am shi-.... Just call me Emiya"he said narrowing his eyes at the 2.

"Now tell me you are the mediator for this Grail War, what do you know about the people who are in it"he asked.

Jeanne closed her eyes"i know only what the others know but I cannot interfere I am simply here to watch."

Shirou ran a hand through his hair"Alright and tell me what do you know about shirou kotomine"he asked making Jeanne look at him confused.

"He was the previous mediator but why would you want to know about him?"she asked.

"I've been sent here through an anonymous tip that he is still here"he said keeping alaya as secret as possible.

Jeanne chuckled"that can't be possible we disappear from the vessels after the Grail War ends"she says looking at shirou but noticing his revision
Expression made her reconsider.

"But he couldn't possibly be here.. could he?"she asked before looking between sieg and shirou"come we will discuss this in detail inside"she says leading the 2 into the house of the kind old man.

Shirou followed shortly after the 2 went in.

Time skip

Shirou had explained his situation but kept it as vague as he could while still making it make sense.

The 2 where now sitting together sieg was busy looking around the house on awe of simple things.

"So why exactly are you here if kotomine is still here it's my job to stop him"she asked.

"Sorry but I was sent here to stop him and this Grail War entirely it is dangerous"he says.

Jeanne rubbed her head"i see...however I cannot just step out so it seems we will need to work together"she says.

"I can do that"he says extending his hand to shake hers.

The 2 clasped hands and shook on it.

"Now tell me how is a human going to stop a servant"she asked looking at shirou.

Shirou held his hand out and traced Jeanne sword causing her to look in shock.

"I am a magus and I was a master in my Grail War I single handedly killed all my apponents I can handle myself"he says with a dark expression remembering all the people he killed.

Jeanne took notice and decided to change the topic"a-ah I see uhm anyway you do seem to be qualified but how will you fair against the likes of vlad or achilles"

"I have my own help"he said pulling out a class card showing the Caster class.

Jeanne looked on with curiosity"what is that suppose to do?"she asked

"I can summon a hero or use it to gain their powers for a short period of time he said putting the card back.

"Ooh that is amazing can you show me?"she asked looking hopefully at shirou.

"I err..."He looked unsure before eventually sighing"alright I'll show you one"he says getting up"outside".

Meanwhile somewhere in the throne of heros was a laughing alaya.

Shirou stepped outside with the 2 and pulled out the Berserker class card laying it on the floor"come forth hero heed my call and respond to my summons destroy my enemies and grant me victory"he chanted and the card began sparking gold and suddenly a bright light shone when it died down there stood a face that shook Jeanne down to the core.

There stood the Berserker class Jeanne D'Arc alter who was staring at Jeanne in shock as well.

Meanwhile with alaya.

Alaya was rolling around her space crying being watched by both Archer emiyas who just prayed for the poor soul that was being pranked by her.

That will conclude this chapter I'll update this more often if I can between work and gym and game time.

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