"Huh?" "and it's been replaced by three 100-yen coins..." "Do I take that as a sign of sincerity?" "Tohsaka!" "Tohsaka?" "Are you in here?" "I wonder what this is." "Sorry." "It'll just take a little longer... how are you feeling?" "but that's all." "That is good to hear." "Rin." "Morning..." "You seem to have slept quite soundly last night." "Not really." "Someone was making noise past midnight." "we're going out today." "Hurry up and get ready." "Going out?" "Where?" "The next town over." "To do what?" "of course." "It's a date!" "A date?" "Between who and who?" "You and me." "okay." "You and I are—" "Wh-What?" "!" "Shirou?" "What's this about you going on a date with Tohsaka-san?" "531)}#12 The Final Decision" "This is what it all comes down to!" "either." "all embarrassed." "to be young!" "Fujimura-sensei?" "You do?" "I do." "got it?" "See you later!" "as well." "Okay." "where should we go first?" "Do you two have any requests?" "I can't really think of anything." "Saber?" "I merely came along as Shirou's guard." "Please act as if I were not here." "Really?" "Then you two don't mind completely resigning yourselves to my plans?" "Don't make it sound so sinister." "not go on a date with you." "I just thought a little downtime might do all three of us some good..." "Too bad!" "But that's what the world calls a "date." "People won't like you if you don't know when to give in." "Who won't like me?" "indeed?" "Shirou... fine!" "I'll go wherever you want!" "huh?" "I can't really tell how it tastes." "can't you?" "I guess it's sweeter than it looks." "Well?" "Well"?" "I guess." "Rin." "Thanks." "Let's see..." "Saber." "Emiya-kun!" "That's too funny!" "got it?" "I look enough like a little kid as it is." "okay." "huh?" "But I don't think you need to worry." "You're perfectly fine as you are." "I'm not." "I have to grow a little taller." "I'd say." "I'm nowhere near average." "I have to grow at least as tall as Issei." "don't worry about it." "You'll grow a lot taller." "Based on what?" "I bet you'll grow." "you'll grow good and tall!" "Do I look like I have leaves?" "are you mad?" "Not really." "I'll follow half of your advice." "I can't make you any promises about height but I'm sure you'll become a great-looking guy." "Shirou." "Wha— you're blushing." "Emiya-kun." "you're evil." "Do you get kicks from teasing guys in your grade?" "Of course." "And you have the best reactions." "and start the main event." "We'll knock a few out of the park before lunch!" "Take that!" "And one more!" "That machine's set to 120 km/h... why are you standing around?" "I can't let Tohsaka show me up." "Saber?" "Shirou?" "Being stared at like that makes me uncomfortable." "Talk about hating to lose." "I miscalculated..." "I had no idea Saber was so competitive." "and sulks if you're too far ahead..." "Shirou!" "of course I get serious." "Tohsaka." "Do you do push-ups before bed or something?" "I do." "Something wrong with that?" "no." "Nice." "I'm surprised." "I had no idea you'd gone to all this trouble." "Of course." "so I had to pull out all the stops." "this clears up that mystery." "This is what you used the bread for." "I figured you got hungry in the middle of the night and ate the whole loaf." "Emiya-kun?" "That's enough talking." "Let's eat now." "Right." "Let's eat." "Rin." "Shirou?" "it's fine." "but this is really good." "Oh?" "I'm glad." "You have some sauce on your face." "Shall I get that for you?" "Why would you ask that?" "maybe I took the joke too far." "so I couldn't help myself." "It's fine." "But just watch." "nothing will faze me." "starting tomorrow?" "What a relief." "I was sick of taking it easy on you." "I take that back." "that would be great." "Really?" "If you say so let me know." "I won't hesitate to knock you out." "You just assume you'll win?" "Are you sure you aren't the devil?" "You're always in red." "You seem to be feeling better." "You're back to normal?" "I'm glad." "Tohsaka..." "What?" "sleeping over." "Why?" "I just felt like it." "I thought it might be a nice change of pace." "It's true that having lots of people over yesterday was fun." "Right?" "Yeah." "but thanks." "D-Don't get the wrong idea!" "I w-wasn't concerned about you!" "you'd be at a disadvantage." "right?" "Th-That's right." "I'm glad you understand." "I appreciate it." "weren't you?" "bold as can be." "Kiritsugu-san..." "Do you remember a girl named Saber-chan?" "She says she's the daughter of someone you knew abroad." "She came all this way to visit you." "huh?" "You never had a chance to take me..." "We made it..." "Did you have fun today?" "We only got through half of what I'd planned but what did you think?" "I hadn't played around like that for a long time." "just say so." "after I played host all day!" "I didn't mean to... you did." "You're subconsciously slamming on the brakes." "I don't know what happened to you wouldn't you be happier letting it go?" "look outside." "Is something wrong?" "I don't know." "Something's strange." "What?" "What is this place?" "I can't get through to Archer." "We're completely closed in." "These are..." "This is only increasing their numbers." "Precisely." "Fighting within my Bounded Field will only expend your mana to no avail." "have you?" "right?" "then." "How valiant." "Saber." "Fuji-nee!" "What do you hope to accomplish by taking a hostage?" "I have no business with you." "My interest lies with that boy." "Your Magic Circuits are fascinating." "I'd like to take them without killing you." "Do you understand?" "not kill you." "If you become my puppet" "I shall refrain from further violence." "Listen to you!" "You're doing all this behind your Master's back!" "Is that jealousy I hear?" "but it is not perfect omnipotence that I desire unique ability." "what is your answer?" "Such a difficult child." "This decision should be simple." "No matter how skilled your Saber may be given my limitless mana reserve." "All the city's denizens are my power supply." "It is as though I have thousands of Masters." "Do you understand what I am saying?" "You wouldn't dare!" "do they not?" "And we are soul-eaters by nature." "By stealing mana in the form of life from these Masters" "I can extract as much as I like." "you have no chance of winning." "Serve me with Saber." "Let Fuji-nee go." "Were you not paying attention?" "I told you to surrender to me." "Shut up!" "Let Fuji-nee go!" "You mean that you have no interest in working with another Master?" "just not with you." "It seems that I'm disliked." "That really is a shame." "Had you worked with me" "I would have been willing to share the Grail with you." "I want that kind of help even less." "I promised myself that I'd fight to stop people like you." "The Grail has nothing to do with it!" "What are you... did I touch a nerve?" "saying things that you don't mean." "you are a victim of the Grail yourself." "The Grail has nothing to do with it?" "Does your very utterance of those words not betray your hatred of it?" "Shirou?" "you lost everything." "when Emiya Kiritsugu found you." "being adopted solely for the sake of fighting the next war and having magic forced upon you." "No way." "Emiya-kun?" "Is that true?" "the Grail has always been your hated enemy." "That is the reason that you have every right as recompense for ten years ago." "And the Grail is as good as mine." "Granting your wish would be child's play." "Caster." "The Grail will not appear until but one Servant remains!" "there is a way to claim the Grail without fighting." "I can sense the Grail's inner workings." "Yes... were to assist me" "I could summon the Grail right now." "boy." "do you not?" "Then serve me" "Master of Saber." "Never." "I will not go along with that!" "Are you mad?" "Do you understand your position?" "I won't help a witch who treats people as food." "Your methods are wrong." "And one more thing..." "I wasn't forced to become a mage." "I made the choice on my own to follow my old man's path." "Witch..." "You called me a witch?" "then." "Die here!" "you..." "Saber!" "I'm begging you..." "Stay where you are." "but she... my." "I'd thought you to be utterly irrational don't you?" "Coward." "You're going to kill Shirou in cold blood?" "Of course not." "I will merely strip him of his status as a Master." "but you wish to save this woman." "Does that not imply you are prepared to hand over your Command Seals?" "All right." "How do I do that?" "she'll still— arm and all." "Shirou." "I cannot allow you to continue to play into Caster's hands." "I agree." "do you honestly think she's the sort who would release a hostage?" "right?" "Shirou!" "You don't have to go to such extremes to help others!" "I do!" "I don't have to think twice." "You truly are a foolish child!" "so die!" "No..." "Stop!" "Saber!" "Saber!" "Are you surprised?" "Rule Breaker." "It nullifies any and all magic cast in this world..." "The dagger of betrayal and negation!" "The pact has been forged." "I am now your Master." "You are now as I am." "and pledge your blade to me." "and you've taken a Servant?" "I have made her my familiar." "Saber now belongs to me." "little fool." "Fuji-nee!" "Fuji-nee..." "Are you okay?" "Fuji-nee?" "!" "Fuji-nee..." "I think I shall let you go." "it was almost annoying." "However..." "Oh." "I suppose that's how these things usually work." "young lady." "Saber..." "Strike down Archer's Master." "Never!" "Who would obey the likes of you?" "Saber." "As long as I have these Command Seals you cannot defy me in either body or soul!" "Idiot!" "Why did you do that?" "A pity." "Such a waste." "That boy was so fascinating..." "Saber." "Run..." "Shirou!" "We have to get Fuji-nee..." "Just come on!" "Impossible." "Saber's magic resistance is even effective against the binding of a Command Seal?" "I won't let you escape!" "About time!" "My apologies." "Breaking through that Bounded Field took quite a while." "however... take Fujimura-sensei." "while we still can!" "Saber..." "This was for the best." "At least you're alive." "Emiya-kun." "Saber was taken." "That's it?" "Yes." "But we should count our blessings that we know Caster's Noble Phantasm now." "That Caster..." "Always sloppy on the execution." "she might actually be a decent woman." "Archer." "Didn't you support Saber?" "Rin?" "Well..." "Would you believe a woman's intuition?" "No." "Are you even old enough to qualify as a woman?" "you lack feminine charm." "as well." "And additionally... and this is the most damning." "Your appeal is hard to see." "well." "You're finally back to normal." "Aren't you?" "Back to the topic at hand here's the first bit of evidence that you supported Saber." "right?" "No matter how powerful Saber is with your defense." "She caught me by surprise." "I'm vulnerable to unexpected developments." "get off my case." "Evidence number two... you tried to provoke Saber." "Remember?" "That was inarguably out of character for you." "it made perfect sense." "weren't you?" "I'm right?" "I knew it!" "Whether you knew her from your previous life or not it's unusual for you to be so cold to someone." "Is it?" "I think that I respond to everyone in that manner." "You're the only one who thinks that." "The way I see it is you're only awkward when it comes to things relating to yourself." "so they're easily fooled." "have you finally remembered?" "Do you know what land's Heroic Spirit you are?" "right?" "everything is still hazy." "I do have memories of this Saber." "so we couldn't have been very close." "Oh." "how is the guest you brought here?" "she missed anything vital." "his wounds aren't healing at all." "Their pact has been broken so he might have lost the healing ability he'd been getting from Saber." "not him." "I meant the other." "Fujimura-sensei?" "Caster seems to have put her under a sleeping spell but she has lots of energy." "she could sleep a week without any problems." "she might jump out of bed at any moment!" "but what that woman casts are more like curses than spells." "The simplest way to break it is to kill the one who cast it." "That's true." "Defeating Caster is our top priority." "I know." "I want to do it before Saber falls completely under her control." "Understood." "Then your pact with that boy is also over." "Huh?" "correct?" "What's this?" "Surely you aren't going to say that you mean to look after him as a fallen comrade." "Hardly." "I'm not that big a pushover." "then?" "It isn't over yet." "my promise stands." "I can reject him all I want but nothing is over until he says he wants to quit." "Rin..." "Archer?" "What else can I do?" "I know painfully well you are that sort of person." "Archer!" "Huh?" "Where..." "No one's here?" "she's out there by herself..." "Sorry..." "I made a mess..." "Tohsaka." "This... looks familiar." "right." "It's the same as the one from that night." "Don't do this to me..." "Why are you here?" "to be here?" "There's still a way." "Damn..." "Why did she do that?" "She's always going on about debts and favors..." "But this is one debt I can never repay." "Tohsaka..." "Assassin?" "I said that I desire you to continue guarding the front gate." "you see." "so I struck it down." "Is this something used by your kind?" "it is a familiar used for spying." "That young lady has terrible luck." "I would have taken her for my pupil." "Assassin." "Guard the gate with your life." "this person whom you address as "Kojirou" does not truly feel alive." "is it not?" "Don't quibble." "You are a Servant that I summoned." "I shall simply eliminate you right now." "I see..." "Goodness." "My life is as insubstantial as the shimmering heat haze but I would rather it not be extinguished just yet." "I do have a promise to keep." "Then hold your tongue." "Your only concern is guarding this place." "Caster?" "but you are acting on your own authority far too much." "I imagine your errand tonight is also without your Master's knowledge." "Caster..." "Silence." "The next time you make me repeat myself" "I'll eliminate you without waiting out the next five days." "dear..." "I see." "Fear not." "I understand." "yes?" "Yours is a touching tale." "I only hope that your love for your lord reaches the man." "must you..." "I am a sore loser." "Allow me these poor jests." "On my blade no matter who they may be." "But where are you going?" "You don't trust my protection?" "Of course not." "You are merely my insurance." "either." "I no longer need to make this rustic place my temple." "A change of base?" "Meaning that you have no further use for me." "There is a sacred spot superior to this mountain?" "there is a place that suits me perfectly." "I am leaving to claim my prize early." "the Grail and even a new pawn in the form of Saber." "even my reluctant Master will be unable to object to my plan of action." "I will have nothing to fear." "no matter who they may be." "Caster." "my good overseer of this mad ritual?" "Caster?" "neutral territory." "no Servant may enter this place." "The rules have changed." "Command Seals?" "Saber..." "Saber is now my puppet." "I take it?" "The outcome of this war is as good as decided." "Is there something wrong with coming to claim my prize early?" "Indeed there is." "The Grail will not appear until but one Servant remains." "surely you were made aware of this at the time of your summoning." "the Grail did say that." "It ordered me to go forth and slay the other Heroic Spirits to activate the Grail." "However does it not?" "where is the Lesser Grail?" "aren't you?" "There is no Holy Grail here." "Do you wish to die?" "Don't make idle threats." "Princess of Colchis." "do you?" "right?" "No one will interfere." "I see." "But I wonder how long his luck will hold." "Tohsaka..." "Where are you?" "Why are you here?" "Go home." "but you're being a nuisance." "remember?" "Forget about that promise." "what can you possibly do?" "You've lost Saber." "I... there's no need for you to fight now." "You aren't a Master anymore." "and you'll be safe." "Don't be stupid." "I can't leave Saber like that!" "I'm gonna fight to the bitter en—" "Take a look." "but that's what happens without her." "for all your talk about Saber what happens to her is none of your concern now." "I have to help." "Saber didn't want to go." "No way am I gonna let someone like that take control of her!" "I see." "But you are powerless." "let me spell it out for you." "you cannot do anything to help Saber." "That's all there is to say." "and you're no longer a Master." "There's no more reason for you to involve yourself in the Holy Grail War death match so you should retire now." "Tohsaka!" "Even if that's true... what are you thinking?" "Involve yourself any further and you'll die." "that you're right?" "I comprehend the situation." "Has the matter outside been resolved?" "get back!" "didn't you?" "Let us reenact a battle from myth!" "Archer..." "You're..." "You can't be... 1)}Broadcast Starts April 2015"