I want to thank dawnwatch for being the beta of this chapter.

"Would you like to have sex with my husband?" Said iris with a happy face that you would never believe what she had just ask the Yotsuba twins.

Maya and Miya for their part could only thing in their head "WTF!"

"You have no tact Iris" said Aoi, who had followed her because she already had an idea about what she was going to do, but she needed confirmation and by the root she got one.

Their entire lives, Miya and Maya were taught that they need to act as a Yotsuba at all times, no matter the circumstances, they should represent the ideals and standing of their clan at all times.

For that reason, is some one that knew them seeing their shocked expression on their faces after Iris dropped that bomb shell they would not havr believe it.

After the initial shock passed, Maya was the first one to react.

"Excuse me Iris-san, can you repeat that?"

"Would like to have sex with my husband?" said Iris again with the same innocent smile.

"Is this some kind of joke?" asked Miya a look of confusion on her face.

"Of course not, especially after all that had just happened" said Iris.

"Then how you come you asked us that?" asked Miya.

"Because there is a very big possibility that in one year from now we all may be dead." Said Iris, her smile gone and in its place was a serious face. "I have faith in my family, but this time they will not only been facing the full military force of the GAA. Those servants and I believe that after what happened tonight. You can easily see I have my reasons to be worry about the future of my family."

That caused Maya and Miya to look at each other, they understood the situation of Iris and Aoi, because it was going to be of all their children who would have to face the hardest part of the coming battles, a battles that would be unlike like any other in the history of this world.

"We understand your situation, and you have my deepest sympathy, but what does that have to do with your…"Miya paused trying to find a way to be polite in her response. "Your very unique request?"

"My request is not only for my family, but also yours."

"Please explain." asked Maya.

"As I said, we may die in one year that is why I do not want that any of us to have any regret so we can face the coming challenge with a clear mind and our full attention," said Iris.

"I see your point, but that does not explain the part about sleeping with your husband." said Maya trying to understand Iris.

"Tatsuya." was Iris's simple answer.

That got both twins attention.

"There are many things running in his mind right now and that will only got worse after tonight's events, he need to leave things in the past so he can focus on the future and overcome this crisis"

"I still do not see how this proposal will fix this situation" asked Miya, wanting to know how she can help her son.

"Tatsuya wants to leave what happened between the three of you in the past and forgive you, but he still has his pride. He still does not know how to do that, but if you manage to give him an excuse, a very big excuse to forgive will accept it and that will not hurt his pride"

"And that excuse will be one of us sleeping with your husband?" asked Maya, still trying to understand Iris's logic.

"Tatsuya sees Kiritsugu as his father, and for many years he saw me as his mother, but when Aoi joined us in our marriage bed, after a little while he also began to see her as a mother figure."

"So you are saying that if one of us join you in your little harem club, Tatsuya will accept us as a mothers?" asked a skeptical Miya.

"Actually I was hoping that the two of you will join in" was Iris reply.

"But what about our clan, our position?" said Miya.

"Miya-san, in one year this world could end or will change forever, beside I already told you I would rather be happy with my family and the people that I love than been worried about useless things like clan images. Because can you tell me what good has that done for you, your clan images?"

"She is right, and as crazy as it sounds I am beginning to see her logic." said Maya.

"Sister?" said Miya.

"But I must ask, why are you helping us?" asked Maya.

"I just want us to be happy." answer Iris with a smile.

"Really? For a moment I thought that you just wanted to see your husband make love to another woman" said Aoi from behind in a playful tone.

"Oh, Aoi-chan you know that that is not completely true, that is a bonus, I also like it when you watch me make love to him, besides I love the face that you do when Kiritsugu is over you and you are about to come, you look so cute"

"IRIS!" said Aoi.

"There is nothing to worry about besides you know what I mean"

Iris then turned to see the two sisters.

"This is a choice that you need to make on your own, but you need to keep two things in mind, whatever you choice is it will last for the rest of your life and the last thing that needs to be considered is that the rest of your life may be the next year. Like I said the time is a luxury that we do not have"

That left the two sisters in silence.

"I believe that I have taken enough of your time and that you need time to rest and think about what I just said. Sleep well." said Iris before she left the room with Aoi.

"That sure was interesting." said Miya not having an idea about what to think about all this. However, when she turned to see her sister, she was deep thought.

"You can't be considering accepting anything that crazy?" asked Miya to her sister.

"That man, Lu Ganghu, was the one that kidnaped me years ago, he took me away from my home, my family and he was the one that destroyed my dreams of the future when he was the first one to... Assault me" her sister Miya understood what she meant, Lu Ganghu was the man that stole her virginity and left her to the others soldier to have their fun. "Tonight, when I saw him again after all this years, for a moment my mind went back to that moment, and all that I could do was fear that I would suffer the same fate over again, but I also envy Iris-san as I remember her story, about how she was saved by that man that later would become her husband. But this time my story changed, I was saved, by him, the same man that saved Iris, that is the image that will remain in my mind for the rest of my life and the fact that he also killed Lu Ganghu, it means that I can finally leave that part of my life in the past, I can finally move forwards."

"Then, what are you going to do?" asked Miya.

"You already know the answer, but the only question here is: what are you going to do?" asked Maya.

With that said, she went to her bed and the moment that her head touched the pillow, she fell asleep, but this time with a pleasant smile in her face.

The next morning

With the events of the previous night still present, we see how all the people inside the Emiya home were still tired from the battle.

In particular because many members of the Yotsuba and Saegusa clan had arrived to see what had been of their main families.

Having them in the same house was strange for them, but their clan's heads made sure that they behave.

The Emiya family allowed them to use their conference room so they could have video conferences to coordinate their clans and chose their next steps.

They even asked Kiritsugu if he wanted to be part of the meeting but he refused saying that he wanted to avoid getting involved with the master clans as much as he could.

So far they had informed the others members of the master clans about the attack, but told them that the attack was repelled and they were in a safe location, but never said where they were.

By the time when they had finished all their meetings, it was already nighttime again.

"It is finally over." said Kouichi.

"At less for today" said Miya while Maya remained in silent,

They were heading to the dinner table, where they saw how the younglings of the Emiya family were present, they had stayed in their rooms resting, something that they could not blame them after the battle yesterday.

They were all already at the table, except for Shirou.

"Is Shirou sensei still resting?" asked Mayumi.

"Oh no, he is helping with the kitchen" said Ilya.

"Shouldn't he be resting?" asked Izumi & Kasumi (Mayumi's twin sisters) at the same time. Since they learned that the red haired boy wasn't only the phantom blade but also one of the seats of Avalon they had begun to admire him, in special because how he had rescue them.

"Actually that he is back in cooking is a good signal, he loves to cook and has told us that it help him to relax and think" said Sakura.

"That and that our husband to be is a great chef." said Rin.

In that moment the doors opened and Shirou and some of the servants that had come from the Saegusa and Yotsuba clan that said that they wanted to help take care of the food, and by the smell of the food, they knew that it would be delicious.

"OH my, you weren't kidding when you said that your big brother was a great cook." said Mayumi.

"It is unfair that Suzune-sempai is the only one that can enjoy this food since she is living here" added Miyuki.

"Look at the positives, you will be staying here for a while so you can enjoy this food for awhile." said Suzune.

"I have to admit that I am impressed at the number of talents that your son seems to have." said Maya as she enjoyed her food.

"That is why we plan to made him a good wife." joke Rin.

Many that already know about the relationship between Rin, Sakura, Illya and Shirou laughed at the little joke.

While this was happening Maya was still thinking about the talk with Iris, she couldn't help but smile at the atmosphere in the room, when was the last time that she had enjoyed a dinner like this, not only the food, but the company and atmosphere as well.

Whoever all froze in the moment that the Emiyas stood up with a serious expression.

The most intense were Shirou, Sakura, Illya, Rin and Semiramis.

"Someone has entered the external perimeter of the first boundary field" said Rin as she lookedin the direction of the back yard, where the forest is located.

"It is something else, this presence is not human." said Semiramis.

"Stay here" said Shirou as he began to walk away his battle armor appearing over his body, followed by the girls and Tatsuya.

A moment later they teleported to the limit of their back yard and the forest, waiting for whatever was about to come from that direction.

They did not know what it is, only that it is not human and that it was powerful, maybe not at the level of a Servant, but enough to give problems to many of the magus that lives in this era.

As they felt the presence come closer, they could feel how their bodies got ready for the battle. However, they never expected what they saw.

"Hold your attack flesh beings, because I have not come under a hostile flag" said a strange creature as he stood under the moon light.

It was small very small, less than a meter if they have to guess, but that was not the important part. The important part is that is that this creature had rocks in his head and a fur that covered his body.

"I am Spriggan, the protector of Titania the queen of Tír na nÓg that rules over the fairies."

"Titania? You mean the legendary queen of the fae world?" said Illya with surprise.

"I see that even amoung the beings of flesh there still some that possess the knowledge of the ancient world" said Spriggan.

"They appear in many books of ancient magic, even today many magus know her name but they may don't know her meaning." answered Rin.

"I see." answered the Spriggan.

"I believe that we are losing the focus here." said Semiramis. "What I would like to know is what the motivation for your visit is, since the end of the era of the gods the fairies have rarely showed themselves in public without a reason, especially a high ranking one like you"

"I detect divine blood in your body, I wonder how that is possible since all the demigods have also left this world, but you are right, I came here with the mission to give you a message. The great Titania in request of wizard marshal has sent to inform that the meeting where all the answers that you seek will be revealed in seven days when the sun is in its highest in your land"

"Zelretch? That trouble maker is finally going to answer ours questions." said Rin.

"The fact that you have the same opinion about him shows me that you are smarter than what I believed." said Spriggan.

"Thanks, I think." said Rin.

"So, Titania and Zelretch will come here in seven days? That will give us time to prepare our questions." said Illya.

"Actually, around twenty persons will come to the meeting."

"Twenty? Why so many?" asked Sakura.

"The answers that you are waiting will affect the lives of many others, not only yours. You can bring people that you believe that also needs to hear these talks, but be warned, the people that will come are some of the more powerful magic users since the era of the gods, and any disrespect could end with the lives of the ones that insulted them."

"Who are they?" asked Sakura.

"You will know in seven days"

"Is there anything else that we need to know?" asked Rin.

"The man named Kudou Retsu, it was request by someone in his past to invite him to this meeting." said Spriggan.

"Anything else?" asked Illya.

"The queen and many of the people that will come prefer a place surrounded with Nature."

"There is a big internal garden in the Emiya mansion, we will open the boundary field on this side so you can enter with no trouble." said Shirou as it this is normal.

"That is acceptable." After the Spriggan said that he turned to leave disappearing in the same shadow that he has arrived.

"I have to admit, you handled the last part very well Shirou." said Illya.

"The inside of the mansion garden will allow us to have the ground advantage in case that something happens and by giving them only one route of access while keeping all the other security fields active and at full power will allow us see them coming and they will not be worried by the others fields, you impress me" said Semiramis.

"Really? I never thought about that." said Shirou, surprising everyone.

"YOU WHAT?" Said a surprised Rin.

"Then why did you made all those suggestions?" asked Sakura.

"I didn't believe that they would come to attack us if they bothered to tell us about the day and hour that they would arrive." said Shirou.

"You have a point there." said Illya.

"I guess that you actually did think about this matter." said a now calmed Rin.

"Besides this will give me the change to make a big banquette, I have never have had the chance to cook for so many people, and with only seven days I will need to begin to work right now."

Tatsuya and the girls looked at him.

"Are you serious?" said Semiramis.

"I am always serious about cooking."

"Shirou, we love you but sometimes we wonder why" said Rin as she sighing deeply.

"I don't know if I should cry or laugh at you right now" said Semiramis as she followed the girls.

"Did I said something wrong?" Shirou asked Tatsuya, that was the only one still there with him.

"Just remember this moment when Rin-onesan, Illya-onesan and Sakura-onesan make you paid for this" said Tatsuya as he too leave that place.

"But, what did I say?" said a now confused Shirou.

Back in the mansion.

The others residents were worried while waiting for their return. So when they saw them walking towards the main door they were relieved.

"What was that? A false alarm?" asked Kiritsugu.

"About that," said Rin as she began to tell them what had just happened outside.

After she was done the surprise and incredulity on the faces of those present were evident.

"Let me see if I got this right," said Maya while rubbing her forehead, "the intruder was a fairy and he come here to tell us that in seven days the queen of the fairies with another 20 powerful magic users will be coming here and one of them is that old vampire that is a big troublemaker, is that correct?"

"That is correct." said Illya.

"Do not forget the part where he asked us to invite Mr. Kudou to the meeting." Said Sakura.

"I have to say that it is a surprise that sensei knows about fairies." said Miya.

"But do you know what that means?" said Iris attraction the attention of all the presents.

"We are going to have a party!"

The shocked expression of all those that were not familiar with Iris's personality was so entertaining that even in this situation she managed to dissipate the stress in the air.

"Dear, that is not the time for this." Said Kiritsugu.

"But honey, we never have any parties because of all those spies that want to steal our company secrets. Now we have the opportunity to have a party, but not just any party, it will be so special that even fairies will come and who knows what kind of other creatures. Shirou I will leave the food in your hands!"

"Leave it to me; we also need to prepare the internal garden to receive the guest"

"That right!" said Iris.

"Those two are impossible" said Rin.

Over the course of the next few days they made preparations as they began to consider if now was the time to tell the rest of the master clans about the secret of the Emiya family. Considering that now they would have to talk with Kudou Retsu, after all, the fae had requested him to be there and that meant that he must have some kind of knowledge about the fae. So When the Yotsuba twin and Kouichi called him and told him that it was of great importance for him to come here. Considering that it was a request made by the Yotsuba and the Saegusa, it seemed that for at least this matter they are working together. Which could only point towards the importance of this meeting.

The next day Mr. Kudou Retsu arrived to the Emiya mansion and was lead to the main conference room, where they all were waiting for him.

They then proceed to tell him everything that had happened.

For his part, Kudou Retsu just listened as more and more shocking revelations kept coming.

"So let me get this straight." said Kudou.

"The heroes of Okinawa are also the seat of Avalon and they are all the children of the Emiya family, the GAA failed to use a very dangerous ritual that summons these Servants which are spirits of heroes of the past, but now they can't control them. This elegant lady used to be one of them, but now is alive thanks to the intervention of a vampire and in one year they will try to use the same ritual, just that this time they can destroy everything in the planet. Oh and in a couple of days the queen of fairies will come here for a meeting and they asked for me?"

He remained in silent before turning to see to the Emiya family..

"I hope this is not a joke"

"I can promise you that we are saying the truth." said Shirou.

"Do you have any proof?"

Shirou stood up as sparks of light covered his body, the Phantom blade was standing right before him.

"Will this been enough?" asked Shirou.

"I see" said Kudou with a more serious face. "And you said that the queen of fairies asked for me to come to this meeting?"

"The queen's messenger was the one that delivered the request so I believe that is safe to say that whoever made the request must be special." said Rin.

"Is there any chance to convince any of the people that will come here to help us in the upcoming battle?" asked Kudou.

"We will need to see it for ourselves, but we must remember that we were warned about the powers that they had, so the best idea will be to not look for a confrontation."

After that, many more details were talked. Mr. Kudou didn't like the idea of withholding information from the others, but after he learned how two of the more powerful members of the masters clans were destroyed by only two servants, he knew that even if they knew there was nothing that they could do, besides the more people that knew about this information, the more chances that someone else would find out. Though at the same time he said that he would report that a trustworthy source had warned him that the GAA is planning military action and that it will happen in about one year for them to get ready. He also request that members of the 101 INDEPENDENT MAGIC-EQUIPPED BATTALION were present. They didn't like it but knew that there was little choice now that the battle would be in a city.

The day before the meeting seemed to fly by as the day of the meeting arrived. Due to the number of guest that they were expecting, they knew that it would not be possible for Sella, Leysritt and Shirou to have everything ready, so Kouichi and Maya offerd to have some of their servants assist them.

The meeting was to take place within the inner garden. A door leading to the forest was to be left open for the fey in intendance to the time got closer to their encounter, we see how right next to the door in front of the Emiya mansion there is a group.

We see how the Emiyas, the Yotsuba (Maya, Miya Miyuki and Honami) and the Saegusa (Kouichi, Mayumi, Koujirou and the twins sisters Izumi, Kasumi) were expecting wearing the best clothes they have. Normally wait outside at this hour and time of the year will be to hot but with Mayumi and Miyuki using their magic to keep a fresh temperature there was no trouble.

Light filtered softly into the room as those in intendance from the Emiya, Yotsuba, and Saegusa carefully lounged on the wood furniture that was provided. Even in their relaxed state they looked no less formal then Major Kazama and Lt. Fujibayashi in their dress uniforms.

They had only been told the purpose of this meeting, the Avolan group, and the heros of Okinawa upon their arrival. Given the circumstances they took the new information well.

"What is that!?" said Honami pointing to the sky.

Everyone quickly followed her finger as a dot in the sky quickly grew bigger in the sky. Its wings moving in a rhythmic pattern made it clear that it was not a plane, but as it grew larger and larger in the sky it could defiantly not be some bird.

"A DRAGON!" said an understandable surprised Mayumi at seeing a creature of legend.

When the dragon finally landed in front of the group They got a first look of who it was carrying, a blond man with ancient robes.

Those in the garden remained silent as the main slowly disembarked the dragon and made his way towards them."Hello, I am Lindel. I was told that I have to be here for a meeting." Said the now identified Lindel with a gentle smile gracing his face.

"Are you one of Titania's friends?" asked Sakura.

"I don't know if we can be considered friends, but we are cordial and respectful with each other," answered Lindel. "She told us to be here to talk about a very serious matter, but because she doesn't use a clock and only provided us with a description of the place and time I chose to arrive a little earlier."

"It is a pleasure to meet you Lindel-san, I am Irisviel but you can call me Iris." said Iris to break the ice. "We welcome you to our home, if you want you can wait inside, we have some appetizers if you want."

"Nice to meet you and I appreciate the offer, but a couple of friends are about to arrive and I would like to wait for them." said Lindel.

"LOOK" said Miyuki. This time walking from the tree line of the forest they saw how a fox, a big green-eyed fox that was half the size of a person was walking towards them but it was not alone. Another fox, not so big was walking next to the bigger one, but the biggest surprise was the creature walking at the other side, because there was no way to describe it, it was black and it's head was a skull with big horns.

Many tensing up, but before anyone could do something Lindel spoke.

"I imagine that Titania will also ask you to come here with your family, Elias."

In that moment the two foxes and the strange creature began to change form right in front of them, the fox figures were women, both red haired that looked to be young maybe in their late twenties, one was of Japanese blood, the other looked to be their descendant, but the biggest surprise was the black creature that had turned into a humanoid creature that still retained it's skull with big horns as it's head.

"Lindel, I see that you have arrived early," said revealed Elias.

"This is a very important meeting, there is no way that I could miss it." said Lindel as he turned to the other two figures.

"Chise, Lina is a pleasure to see you again." said Lindel.

"Is a pleasure to see you too." said the one named Chise.

"Always a pleasure uncle Lindel." said the red haired Lina.

"How is your family doing?" asked Lindel.

"Nagi is still recovering from his battle against that creature, it was fortunate that we arrived in time to help him or he could have died or worse, I swear that I do not know where that son of mine become so careless, he should ask for help, even now that he just become a father." said Lina.

"That is true, by the way how is little Negi doing?" asked Lindel.

"He didn't want to leave his father side now that he is in bed recovering from his injures." said Lina.

"I see, by the way I would like to introduce you to our host for this meeting." said Lindel. But before he could said something, Chise walked until she was right in front of Mr. Kudou.

"I see that you have grown Retsu." said Chise to the old man.

Ever since Chise took human form, Kudou Retsu was surprised with the resemblance that this woman had with his missing big sister, when that dragon rider had called her Chise his old heart begun to run, but he told himself that it was impossible, his big sister should be older than he if she was still alive, but now with just these words she has shown that she really is her.

"Kudou-sama?" asked a worried Kyouko. However, the answer that she got also surprised her.

"Onesan?" asked Kudou with a surprised voice, for all the people that knows him this is a big surprise, because they had never seen him so emotional.

"It has been a long time, hasn't it little brother?"

'Brother?!' was the question that seemed to echo through everyone's mind.

"It is a long story." said Retsu.

"Actually is very simple, our father abandoned me and my mother to be killed by evil spirits and Youkai, after my mother died I ended up in a black market that traded in slaves with mystical powers, but thankfully I meet my husband Elias, that not only saved me, but also taught me to control my magic, so I could become an ancient magus like him and after a while we got married and now have our little Lina here." answered Chise.

"I am not a little kid anymore mom, I have my own son that also has his own son" said Lina.

All those present where surprised to hear that story and did not know how to react. Until one of them broke the silent.

"If your son already has a son," said Sella pointing to Lina. "And you are her mother," she continued as she pointed to Chise this time. "That means that both of you are a couple of grannies?"

A dark aura seemed to fall upon the area and seemed to concentrate on the Emiya maid.

Looking at Sella with a dark smile, both Chise and Lina said at the same time." Do not call us grannies." in a low tone brokered no argument.

Sella could only slowly nod her head.

"I believe that we have much to talk about but, it will have to wait until after the reunion," said Chise to her brother as she walked next to her husband.

A shift of the wind and revealed the presence of a powerful group arriving from the tree line, lead by the same strange creature that told them about this meeting.

Sing, sing, sing.

Ruffle, threes, in the wind

Let not the sunlight pass

Dance, flowers and grass.

Let not your scent been lose by direction

Sing, pride, homeless bird, that

The mistress of the bride shall

Not tear of your wings

Return to the earth, sing flutter in the sky, and sing.

Bow your head to the noble garden and sing.

For the great Gealach of Tir na nÓg has arrive

(Just imagine the introduction of Titania from the ancient magus bride)

It was a unique experience, all those present could tell that the women ridding the donkey was not human, in fact, some of the people behind here were not human either, but they could recognize them because they still lived in the fantasy stories that existed in the human races memories, elves, dwarves and some people using robes.

The black haired beauty dismounted and began to walk towards the owners of the mansion.

"Greetings, I am Titania, I thank you for having this meeting made possible" said Titania with modesty.

"There is no need to be so cordial with simple mortals" said the Spriggan.

Titania looked to her companion, "We are guests here and if we do not behave it would damage our reputation."

One by one, all those present began to introduce themselves to Titania.

But something strange happened when she was in front of Shirou as she got closer to smell him

"I perceive the smell of a part of the fae world inside you, yet you are not part of own world and you are not completely human either, interesting I can perceive the same smell from the girls over there"

"Are you jealous? That is super cute! And you have a harem! Way to go" said a strange creature that had moose antlers and goat feet as he moved closer to Shirou.

"You had been marked by an object of the magic world, and shared the bound with these girls. That means that you will always will be together, but that also mark that your destiny will be always related to the battle field and the responsibly to lead others to a better world, the question is are all of you ready for that?"

"Oberon can you please behave? This is an important meeting" said Titania to her husband. "I am sorry for the trouble, this is my husband, Oberon"

"Talking about the meeting there is someone that is still missing" said Rin.

"The same person that called for this meeting" added Illya

"Zelretch" said Titania.

"Did you call me?" said a voice from behind.

Everyone then turned to see in that direction. What they saw was that in the entry of the mansion was Zelretch, the old vampire that causes chaos his reputation could only be said to be infamous. However, this time he said that he wanted to help, but more important is that he was not alone. However, right behind him were a couple of twin's woman, their looks was majestic and the expression stone cold, but what attracted everyone attention was the color of their hair, one has a platinum bloc color with a white dress while the other one has a hair as red as the blood with a dark dress.

All those present walked past Zelretch and knelt before the two woman.

To said that everyone was surprise was an understanding but they knew that they were not only not humans but also incredible powerful.

"Allow me introduce them to you, they are Gaia" said Zelretch pointing to the blond one. "And Alaya" said pointing to the red haired one

Shirou and the girls were frozen at these revelations.

"BUT HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?!" said Rin as she was the first one to come out of the shock. The question is for Zelretch.

"We are eternal beings that has existed for as long as this world, but our true forms was something that no one could understand, for that reason we chose to change into these forms" said Gaia.

In that moment, Alaya walked until she was in front of Shirou and looked at him.

"The soul that you carry has made an eternal deal with me and while on others realities he is forced to keep his word, you had a special destiny awaiting, however unlike any other experience that your soul may have, this time you won't be alone in the journey"

Shirou knew what she men, the counter guardian, Archer. Part of him had always been worried that someday his fate would catch up with him and he would lose what he has here.

Before he could ask her for more detail, she answered.

"Soon all the answer will be reveal" said Alaya.

"For now the more important question is what is on the menu?" said Zelretch to move the conversation foreward.

"Please follow me we have prepared the meeting place in the inner garden as lady Titania requested. We also have a lot of food prepared." Said Iris.

Scene Break

Time moved quickly as everyone made rounds introducing easch other. Some having a harder time of it then others due to the limitations of the human tounge.

However, the last two names that they heard was something different.

"Excuse me, but did you said that your name is Balthazar Blake, the same Balthazar Blake that was Merlin's apprentice" said Rin. Remembering the book that they had found years ago.

"I am surprised that you know that." said the middle aged looking man.

"We found a book that belonged to Merlin and you were mentioned." answered Rin

"I see. You are correct, my wife Veronica and myself were Merlin's students." Said Balthazar.

"What had you been doing all this time?" asked Illya.

"Merlin give me the task to find his descendant and tech him to use magic, thank the root his descendant turned out to be a serious, hardworking and honest person, even if he get into trouble from time to time" said Balthazar as he pointed to the man next to him.

"Nice to meet you, I am David Stutler"

"David Stutler? The David Stutler" asked Kyouko with a shock expression in her face and she wasn't the only one, all the humans in that table were that same.

"The same" answer David.

"Ne, Onesama, who is that person and why is everyone reacting like this when that mister said his name." asked Izumi.

"David Stutler, the man that discovered the use of magic through science around 70 years ago, he was the person that began the modern age of magic." said Mayumi.

"Really, but if that happened 70 years ago why he looks the same age as big brother?" asked Kasumi.

"Because he is now a wizard." answer Rin while looking him.

"Isn't wizard the same as a magician." asked Kasumi.

"The magus of this era are using the terms and ranks in the wrong way, the truth is that all the people that use the ancient system and the modern system are magus and not magicians and the highest rank that we can hope to achieve is been called a wizard." answered Rin.

"What is the difference?" asked Kasumi.

"That question will have to be answered some other time." Said Rin.

"I see that the humans that come with you are all wizards, never in my life I expected to see even one, but now we have a full table of them" said Illya.

"That only proves how serious this situation is." Said Titania.

"And what is the situation?" asked Kiritsugu.

"The human race and Earth will be destroy in around 200 years regardless of the result of the current grail war." said Zelretch. In that moment all the present turn to look at him.

"What do you mean?" asked Kazama.

"I believe that I can answer that question in a better way." said Gaia as the garden around them began to change. Soon they were in the middle of a valley, they knew that this was an illusion, but that was not the important part. Because they could see that, there was some kind of plane accident happening a few hundred meters from them.

"Many years ago when the humans began to leave their caves and began to build their civilization and be more than just animals this planet had a visit from a traveler of the stars." said Gaia as the Illusion now showed a strange creature with four eyes was caring another one from what they believed was a plane accident. However, before they could go any further the ship exploded and killed them.

"Every soul that died in my domain has to pass through me, in that moment I was able to see their lives, their memories of happiness and sadness but more importantly the memories of the destruction of their people. These creatures that you just saw died were the last of their kind, a race that called themselves Protheans they traveled the stars for many centuries thanks to the finding of ancient ruins that give them the secrets to travel the stars, and some constructions that they used to make the journey easier for them that lead them to a castle in the stars, a Citadel." said Gaia.

All those present saw how the images were changing as the story advanced the ruins where the mass effect tech was discovered, the mass relays and the Citadel. All those presents were impressed.

"But all these gifs were a Trojan horse, a trap left behind by creatures that wanted their destruction, to harvest them, they leave these ´gifs´ for others to find and mislead them to a path that would make them weak and vulnerable for them, so when the moment is ready they will come and destroy all the races that used their technology." finished Gaia.

The images of the reappears destroying the Protheans people and civilization ended and they were back to the Emiya mansion garden.

The silence was tense.

"Why are you showing us this?" asked Shirou.

"So you can stop it" answered Alaya.

"When these creatures, these reapers appeared after eons waiting for the time to harvest their new victims, I hear my sisters in the stars crying as their children die and on many occasions they die with them as these creatures destroy every trace of their existence" said Gaia.

"With these creatures placing one of those relays in this star system and samples of that technology in Mars we knew that it will only be a matter of time before they come here" said Zelretch.

"However we refuse to allow this unnatural cycle to continue, that is why you were chosen" said Gaia.

"Us?" asked Rin

"Humans." clarified Alaya.

"Why?" asked Illya.

"All sentient creatures that have existed on this world and have the gift to use magic, only the humans have been able to develop tools and knowledge that do not depend on magic" said Zelretch.

"Based on that a plan was made, the human race's capacity to use magic was reduced little by little until only a very small part of them could use it, this was to force them to develop more of their science and technology to survive and when the time was right reintroduce magic into their society, so both human technology and magic could be develop as one."

"While all this was happening, I created sanctuaries where all the others sentient species could live in peace away from this world while the humans developed not only their technology but also a couple of special traits with the help of Alaya" said Gaia.

"Special traits?" asked Sakura.

"Your fighting spirits and curiosity." answered Alaya as she looked at the others present at the table. "Normally Gaia would have eradicate anything that has caused the damage that you have did to this planet but she didn't, for one single reason. We need the humans to grow stronger so you can fight this enemy with the power of both magic and science"

"You mean that we become your cannon fodder!?" said Shirou.

"That is correct." Said Alaya.

"But..." tried to argue Shirou before he was cut off by Zelretch.

"What? These creature will come here, it is just a matter of time and your kind is the only one in all the sea of stars that has a chance to defeat them, yes your races destiny was manipulated, but in return you were given something that none of those other races that were exterminated had and you would be willing to do anything to have when they saw how their people were exterminated, an opportunity"

"I believe that is in this part where you contacted me." said Davis.

"So you created the modern magic system by their orders?" asked Miya.

"To be honest no, I just managed to master my magic and when Balthazar told me that I could be like him and Veronica and I would not get older, I asked them what would happen to my wife, when they told me that because she is a human she would still age and die in time. I didn't want to accept that and asked them if there was any magic that would allow her to share my life span, they told me that there was an option but it would be necessary for Rebecca to be a magus in the first place, something that she wasn't at the time. So I began to research about how I could give her the ability to use magic, using the magic rings as a base, the result was the modern mage and the CAD"

"So you created them because you love your wife" said Iris with a smile.

"Yes I did, we just celebrated our 80th anniversary, anyway my plan was to keep this a secret and that my wife would be the only one that managed to become a magus using this, but that is when they contacted me and give me a mission." said David, pointing to Zelretch, Gaia and Alaya.

"A mission?" asked Kazama

"To create a space techno-magic to allow us to travel the stars." answered David.

"Is this the reason why your company has been buying old space exploration infrastructure and developing new space technology that incorporate magic?" asked Kiritsugu.

"Correct. Due to the belief that strategic space holdings had become obsolete, many of the buildings had begun to deteriorate. Therefore, I have been using my company, Thunder Bird, to consolidate the remaining infrastructure, rebuild, and push us forward further into the stars. Now after 80 years of work we are finally there".

"Oh, so you manage to do it? And in only 80 years I have to said that I am impressed" said Zelretch.

"Do what?" asked Miya.

"A FTL system, so far all test have been done in one of my labs, but the result are showing promise, It will take me two years to build the actual prototype, mainly because the piece are so unique that I need to build the equipment that will be needed to build the ship, but once the prototype is proven we will be able to speed up the production."

"This will change everything," said Suzune, the development of a FTL system that can use magic and technology will change the roll of the magicians, sorry, magus in the world.

"Eighty years of hard work but I am happy with the results, besides with the Grails situation I feel somehow responsible for part of the situation." said David.

"What do you mean?" asked Shirou

"Morgan La Fei" said David. "You know that a heroic spirit can't be summoned in a time where their original person is still alive, well Morgan La Fei was alive until 80 years ago when she broke from the seal that kept her imprisoned and I killed her, which allowed her to be summoned as a heroic spirit fir this war."

"You killed Morgan La Fei?" asked Mayumi.

"By luck more than anything, she had been sealed for centuries and the first thing that she did when she come out was try to use a high level spell to destroy the world, you know, and when I attacked her, she has already faced Balthazar so she wasn't at her full power and I had no intention to give her the time to recover, I take the chance and killed her, I believe that if she had taken a couple of hours to gather her strength and had recovered from being sealed I would have lost."

"You still need to tell us the purpose of this Grail war?" asked Rin

"The ultimate test, the result of this war will decide not only the future of your race and this world, but of many in the sea of stars, we need to be sure that you have a chance to win, but it will also create a turning point in your story that allow you to get ready for the upcoming battle."

"But millions could die if this world turns into a land of dead." said Shirou.

"That will means that you never will have a chance to win and that we need to start over again," said Gaia.

"Besides the result of the Grail war will change the world and allow us create a united front." said Zelretch.

"What do you mean?" asked Illya.

"There are many people involved in this, many more sanctuaries and guardians like Lindel and other magus like Elias and his family, we only invited some of them to show you that we are serious."

"Then why do you need us if there are so many already involved?" asked Sakura.

"Because you will mark the future that will open the throne of heroes." said Gaia and Alaya at the same time as they began to disappear in sparks of light.

"Well if they are going to leave like that, then I call dibs on their share of the food" said Zelretch.

All those present were surprised the revelations that they had just learned. However, they did not know how to react. They not only had to stop the GAA and the servants that they summoned, but in the case they survived, they are going to need to prepare the human race for a war that will surpass all previous wars in their history.

"This food is delicious" said Zelretch as speared a truffle with his fork.

"How can you eat in a moment like this?" asked Illya.

"Wasting food is a sin in many religions and nothing will change by worrying about this, yes you will have to lead the humans race to the biggest war in story but you will have centuries to get ready and you will not be alone, there will be a lot of people that will help you. That remind me, David, after you test your prototype go to the moon, but do not go alone, take as many with you as you can and make sure that travel to the moon become easier flying in a plane"

"You said that as if it is easy." said David as he turned towards the vampire, "And what is in the moon that is so important?"

"Something that will help you for the next few centuries." Said Zelretch.

"Centuries? But we are just humans" said Shirou.

"You have the power of the sheath of Excalibur and you have connected that powers with the girls you are close to, this will have consequences" said Zelretch as he took a bite of sushi.

"Consequences?" asked Rin worriedly.

"Do not think about that yet, all that you need to focus on is winning the grail war. But I will tell you that if you manage to achieve their objectives, there will be a small reward for you."

"What are you talking about?" asked Rin

"You need to win this war in order to see it." Said Zelretch.

"You talk about wining as if is something easy to do, we just barely managed to survive our first battle with them." said Illya.

"Why was that?" asked Zelretch.

"How can you ask that, they were more powerful, after all they are heroic spirits" said Rin.

"And what makes a heroic spirits so powerful?" asked heroic spirits.

"You know as well as I do that is their legend, the more famous their legend is, the more powerful they are" said Rin.

"Exactly! You just said the solution to fight them on equal's grounds, but to do it you need to take the final step. That is something that you all need to do it by yourselves and together" said Zelretch.

After that, the old Vampire refused to answer any more questions and began to talk about unrelated things.

When the diner was over, some of the guest left while others remained made their own groups and began their own conversations.

David, Balthazar were asked by Koujirou to join forces with Avalon tech, something that they agreed without trouble.

But the reunion that was the most emotional was the one of Kudou Retsu and his older sister Chise. But the continuation of that reunion will have to wait to a future chapter.

End of the chapter.

Omake. Semiramis revenge.

Yes, today is the day where Semiramis will finally get her revenge on Shirou and the girls that surrounded him. One person could wonder why she wanted to take revenge against the group of people that had accepted them. But those who ask that question would need to understand the real situation.

It began the night after that she had agreed to live in the Emiya mansion, she was sleeping in her bedroom, it was a simple room in compared with the one that she had in her palace, but this one had the smell of a home, something that she hadn't experienced in a long time, it is in that moment that it began.

Out of nowhere she could feel caresses over all her body, followed by kisses on her lips even if there was no one there, she could still feel it, even the warm tight hugs and hot breath on her neck. Soon the caresses moved to her breasts and it felt like many hands were playing with them. Looking around saw that she was still alone in her room. She tried to see if someone was using magic against her but she found nothing though she could feel how her magic circuits were resonating with an outside source.

It was in that moment she remembered how her magic circuits were somehow connected with the Shirou's and the girls by that old vampire. This must be the consequence of that.

In that moment a hand invaded her womanhood and she could feel fingers playing inside her, a wave of pleasure so intense that she clenched her eyes; there with her eyes closed she could finally see what was happening.

She saw how that girl, Sakura, was laying on a bed completely naked, but she was not alone Shirou, Rin and Illya were there as well and completely naked as well.

She could see how Shirou was the one that had invaded her (Sakura) womanhood and was playing with her using his finger, but a moment later, he began to eat her up using his tongue to assist his finger in his attack against her woman part, a new wave of placer come to her, but the attack didn't end there as she saw how Illya and Rin joined Shirou in his attack, each one of them attacking one of her breasts.

After a few moments and more waves of pleasure, Shirou removed his fingers and got on top of her while looking in her eyes, she saw how he remained still until she noded her head. She could feel how Shirou inside her and stirring the inner parts of her body.

Them they began that ancient love dance that lasted for a longer then she thought possible, well much longer that her former husband ever did. Then an explosion happen inside her and she could feel how a great happiness cover her body.

Sakura must have had orgasm, something that she had never felt while she was alive, in a way it was funny that she had to wait until her second life to feel one and even then she has to feel it through another person.

Well, it was a pleasant experience and it seems that it was over. Shirou, Illya and Rin must have done this to help that girl Sakura feel better, after what had just happened to her, that is something that she could understand, but for now the experience was over, oh.. what is this? Don't tell me that they were continuing!?

Thought Semiramis as she began to feel new waves of pleasure, closing her eyes she saw how this time she was the one on top. Riding Shirou as if she was a servant of the rider class, while Illya was sitting on Shirou's face as she hugged and as she kissed her while Rin was playing with her nipples from behind.

They kept doing it in this position until another wave of pleasure fulled her body. By now Semiramis was breathing hard, but now it was finally over. Wait, again?

They kept doing it for a couple more hours.

The next day, Semiramis chose to not say anything about what happened to her last night, it would only embarrass all of them, besides she understand that sex is a way to release stress and that they did it to help Sakura that was feeling depressed, besides it is not like they would be doing it every night.

They actually did it every night!

The only thing that changed was that each night they focused on a different person in their group, first was Sakura, later was Rin, then Illya and Finally Shirou before the cycle began all over again.

But she had endured, not that she disliked it. Because she had the goal to be part of the meeting with that old vampire and finally know what is happening in this era.

Now that the meeting was over and she had agreed to remain here, and it was time for a little revenge.

She chose a day where the girls would be out, they had a few things to do in the magic high school where they were teaching and because Shirou did not have a shift that day, she asked him if he could help her increase the security in the mansion, something that he agreed to.

Little did he knew that Semiramis was leading him to a trap. Days before she had sent some of her bone soldiers to patrol the forest and she has spotted a small cabin in the forest.

So she planned to use that cabin in the same way that Shirou did with Rin and that Saber.

The day of her revenge had finally arrived and she waited until the girls left the mansion, then asked him to help her to improve the bounded field that protected the mansion. Thanks to Shirou's disposition to always help, convincing him was not difficult.

They were walking through the forest when Semiramis pretend to see something.

"That cabin over there, we may be able to use it"

"Really? How?" asked Shirou.

"I can create a mystic code so that in case someone tries to enter the land of the mansion, this cabin will create the illusion of someone turning on the lights and screaming ´who is there´, if the intruder is a normal thief they will leave, if he is a dangerous enemy we can place a more powerful trap here" said Semiramis.

"That sounds like a good idea." answered Shirou.

"Excellent, now all that we need to do is go inside and build the mystic code. By the way could you please go in there first, and make some space to create the mystic code? I do not like bugs and this cabin is abandoned, so there is a chance that it could be full of bugs, so could you please take a look for me?"

"Sure no problem," said Shirou as he went in, but to his surprise the cabin was clean, as if someone was living there, and the bed was specifically very clean. "Semiramis, this is strange, this cabin is to clean."

"No that would be one of my bone soldiers that I ordered to come here and clean."

"Ok? But why?" Asked Shirou as his answer come in the form of black chains that come from the bed and tied him to it, then proceed to pull him into the bed.

"Semiramis! What is the meaning of this?" asked Shirou.

"Did you remember the night where we meet? How that old vampire did something to our magic circuits?"

"Yes, but what has to do with this!?"

"Tell me, when you and the girls do your private games, does anything strange happen?" said Semiramis with a small smile, enjoying the moment.

Shirou for his part remained silent for a couple of moments until he finally understand.

"The transference of feelings!" said Shirou.

"Correct, and every night I have the chance to experience what you do to each other, feel what you feel, I have to say that it was a very interesting experience."

"If you are mad about that, we are sorry, we will find a way to prevent it from bothering you again." said Shirou.

"Break the link? Are you kidding? This a true miracle of magic, the only thing that I can think that has similar principles are the pain transference curses and the ritual that you did with Rin and Saber. But this you not only share positive feeling, but also refilled your magic circuits each time that you did it. This means that you can use all you magic power that under normal circumstances will need days to recover, but with this you can completely recharge your power in just one night, and you do not need to worry about to feeling the pain of the others in the middle of a battle, in the upcoming challenges this will provide a great advantage," said Semiramis.

"Then if you are not mad, why are you doing this?" asked Shirou relieved that Semiramis is not an enemy.

"Because you have been having your fun and leaving me behind even if you knew about the effects of this special bond, so now I will make you pay with the same price." said Semiramis as she began to undress little by little.

Now that Shirou knew that his life was not in danger he felt better, but all that changed when he saw her dress fall in a very slowly and sensual way. When she was as naked as the day she was born, and he could not take away his eyes from her body as she sashayed towards him. She had a unique beauty, her elven traits and pale skin made her very exotic, but that same beauty was also the cause of many of her troubles.

"You do not need to do it like this." said Shirou.

"Ah, but I want to do it like this in my first time."

"First time? But you were married, right?"

"Someone made me a wife, but I never felt like a woman, that is why for now I want to do it in my way"

Shirou knew, thanks to the memories that they shared, that her past wasn't easy, in a way she was like Sakura, all that she wanted was human contact, but one that she knew will not betray her, she wanted to be saved, but she couldn't because of her pride and this is his way to save her.

She leaned towards him as she held his face and placed a sensual kiss in his lips.

In the magic school, Rin, Illya and Sakura could feel that kiss in their own lips and wondered what was happening.

However, Semiramis has just began, as she undid Shirou's shirt and began to play with his chest.

Back in the magic school.

Sakura's class.

"Sakura sensei, are you ok? You face looks a little red." asked one student.

"I am fine thank you for asking" said Sakura as she tried to fight the pleasure that she felt. Not knowing that Illya and Rin were feeling the same.

"If you excuse me, I need to go to the rest room for a moment" said Sakura as she quickly made to leave the class room.

Back with Shirou and Semiramis.

Semiramis was marking Shirou chest with kisses, first his neck, then his chess and now his stomach, but when she arrived at his belt, she give an evil smile and proceed to remove it.

With Rin, in a meeting with the school staff.

"Yep!"

"Is something wrong Rin-sensei?" asked the principal.

"Yes, everything is fine." said Rin as she fought to keep her emotions under control.

"It is a shame that you and the others cannot teach here for longer, but we understand that this a limited time opportunity, but feel free to return if you ever have the opportunity" said the principal

"Thank you Mr. principal, it was our pleasssure to be here" Said Rin trying to keep her voice under control. "Now if you excuse me" said Rin as she left the office.

Back with Shirou and Semiramis.

"We really shouldn't be doing this" said Shirou.

"I am sharing the same experience that you and the girls shared with me." said Semiramis. "Besides you have to take responsibility for awakening this part of me that is a woman." said Semiramis as she mounted Shirou, ready to ride him.

"Really I believe that we shouldn't be doing this, the girls are out there and they will .."

He never had the chance to finish what he was saying as Semiramis took the initiative and joined their bodies.

With Illya. In the student council room.

"Oh goodness." said Illya, she was alone in the student council room with Mayumi, Suzune and Miyuki.

"Illya-san?" asked Mayumi

"Are you ok?" asked Suzune.

"Yes and no, my magic circuits are being synchronized right now, oh that feel good" moaned Illya.

"I didn't know that the magic circuits could do that" said Miyuki.

"Because they can't, we had special circumstances" breathed Illya as the blush on her face intensified.

"But what is happening? Are you in pain?" asked Mayumi.

"Pain, no on the contrary I am feeling a lot of pleasure, oh yess" said Illya as her breathing began to pick up.

"Pleasure?" asked Miyuki.

"The man and woman kind of pleasure." said Illya undoing the top button of her blouse.

The other three girls blushed.

"But why?" asked Suzune.

"To be honest we do not know, but at one point our magic circuits got connected, that made them react each time one of us is feeling this kind of pleasure the others can feel it to. Ah it feels good." said Illya. Because they knew the truth about them, she didn't see any reason to lie them.

"It must be troublesome" said Mayumi as she watched her.

"It has more benefits than bad sides." said Illya.

"Benefits?" asked Suzune.

"For one we only share the feelings of pleasure, that is a lot better than sharing the feeling of pain, it also helps us to restore our magic power levels after a battle or hard training"

"You mean that you can become stronger through sex?" asked Miyuki with a blush, the idea was embarrassing but if she could do something to help her oni-sama she would do it.

"No, you can only recover the energy that you lose in either a battle or training, but if you do it after training you can recover your full energy by the next morning, that alone is a great advantage if you considered that normally a magus will need days, even weeks after they use their power to restore themselves." In that moment Illya fell on her knees and closed her eyes with a visible shiver.

"I see it is Semiramis, that is doing Shirou." said Illya.

"But why?" asked Miyuki.

"Because this is what we have been doing to her. The day that she turned into human somehow she also got link with us, but we never thought about that so we keep our routine of train to get stronger and a full night of pleasure to recover our energies to begin everything the next day again" said Illya as she stand up.

"But is this method of training is so effective why is no one else using it?" asked Suzune.

"Because it is more due to ancient rituals and the morals of the past in that aspect are similar to the ones of this time" said Illya as she get ready her teleportation magic.

"Ah before I forget. When Tatsuya used his magic circuits to save your lives a similar effect took place, but we can't confirm if your magic circuits are linked like us, the only way for you to find out is trying to have a go with Tatsuya." Afer Illya said that she teleported out of that room.

Leaving the three girls with a big blush on their faces.

Back in the cabin.

We see Semiramis liying next to Tatsuya, they has just ended their activities and now she cuddling with him.

"Now I see why the girls love doing this everyday" said Semiramis.

"Speaking of them… they will be very mad when they come back." said Shirou.

A flash of light appeared at the foot of the bed as Illya, Rin and Sakura teleported inside the cabin.

"Welcome." said Semiramis with a smile.

"You! Why did you do this?" asked Rin as she kicked off her wet panties.

"To return the favor and to show my performance with Shirou, now when I join you in your nightly activities you will know what I am capable of" Semiramis.

"And your waiting until this moment to do it?!" said Rin.

"For fun" was Semiramis answer.

"Fun!" Rin was mad.

"Right now you have two choices, you can get mad, or you can release that sexual hunger that you have with this little present that I got right here." said Semiramis as she strocked a still chained Shirou, with his little sword raised and ready for action.

It only took the girls a few moments to make the choice.

It was late at night when they had finally made it home. With Shirou looking even more tired than what he was after he battle with Siegfried.

When Mayumi, Miyuki and Suzune saw them arrive, they recalled the conversation that they had with Illya, in that moment they looked at each other and nodded.

End of Omake

This is the end of the chapter. As you can see I used this chapter to introduce the elements of the sequel, but not all of them, more will be revealed in the next chapters. I hope that in the next five to six chapter I will be ending this fic and began the sequel.

In addition, as you can see I used elements from another animes and series. The ancient magus bride and the sorcerer's apprentice. I use the world of the ancient magus bride to join the ancient magic in this world and the sorcerer's apprentice to explain the origin of the modern magic system.

Also for the people that asked me about why Gaia will help the humans, I just give you the answer, to use them as expendable soldiers.

The next chapter is about the events that will happen in the year before the war and it will show a special lemon, but from who? Tatsuya and his girls? or the Yotsuba twins joining Kiritsugu's harem?

Wait for the next chapter to find out.

Finally, I recommend you these manga/novel:

Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute!

Starting from Today I'll Work as a City Lord