Clockwork
By Moderation

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Summary: Counter Guardian EMIYA is summoned under a different Tohsaka for the Fifth Holy Grail War.

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Like every summoning, it began with a chant.

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Let silver and steel be the essence.
Let stone and the archduke of contracts be the foundation.
Let black be the color I pay tribute to.
Let rise a wall against the wind that shall fall.
Let the four cardinal gates close.
Let the three-forked road from the crown reaching unto the Kingdom rotate.

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Honestly, when you summoned me, I was expecting someone else.

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Let it be declared now;
your flesh shall serve under me, and my fate shall be with your sword.
Submit to the beckoning of the Holy Grail.
Answer, if you would submit to this will and this truth.

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So when I answered the call that resonated within me at the depths of Alaya, I was a bit surprised that you were standing before me instead of your sister.

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An oath shall be sworn here.
I shall attain all virtues of all of Heaven;
I shall have dominion over all evils of all of Hell.

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Now, though, I see just how right the Grail was to pair me with you. Perhaps something does remain of the original, for it to grant me this opportunity.

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From the Seventh Heaven, attended to by three great words of power,
come forth from the ring of restraint, protector of the holy balance!

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I will save you, Sakura. This I swear.

I won't fail again.

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From the cloud of smoke and debris, the red cloaked figure rose.

"Upon your summonings, I have come forth. I ask of you…"

The Archer offered a hand towards the purple haired girl, even as her eyes widened in recognition.

"…Are you my master?"

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A/N: Just a little idea that I may or may not follow through on.