Ayyy, I am not dead! Well anyway, for those interested I fucked up really bad in my current life, so did not even think about making a new chapter...that was until i re-read the reviews of this story and I came realization how much this meant to me and how happy I was on the positive feedback, so I decided enough is enough time for a new chapter, you guys deserve that for spent your time reading the first one so yeah, here it is!

Shiroe woke up early like always and headed to the bathroom. He was a morning person and could get up from his bed without any problems. In the shower he brushed his hair with his hand thinking "Was that all a dream?" Not like anyone could blame him, it is not everyday you find out you have to compete in a game of death and life. After a few minutes he headed towards the bedroom next to his and saw Saber sleeping peacefully. He gave a small smile before heading towards the kitchen to prepare breakfast.

"I have to make sure to give my best in this war" he said to himself before coming to the living room. He stopped before the door when he heard giggles and laughter.

"..and then I used my reverse sexy no jutsu! My teammate Sakura had a big nosebleed before shouting at my idiocy, how things like that doesn`t work on gods like Kaguya, right a second before Kaguya flow away with a nosebleed herself! The face she made after realizing it worked!" he could hear mimicking voices and laughter.

"Sakura..?" Shiroe opened the pushable door sideways and saw Sakura trying to hold her laughter, failing. It was bizzare to see Sakura laughting like that, he had seen her smile and giggle, but not laught.

"Ohayo, Shiroe" Naruto gave him a two finger salute with a grin. Sakura, who got herself together, smiled, stood up and bowed formaly "Good morning, Shiroe-senpai".

Shiroe did not know what is going on, why were they talking, why was Sakura so early, why was she so...different.

"Sakura, why are you so early?" Shiroe tried to get a hold on what is going on.

"You see after Sakura went home I noticed something strange and caught up to her to talk about it, out of the sudden it was 3AM and thought it would be better for her to stay here" Naruto said not convincingly at all, his hand rubbing the back of his head not helping. Sakura laughted a bit awkwardly too"I hope it was no problem, Shiroe-senpai".

Shiroe felt another headache incoming so he just signed and went to the kitchen"No problem, no problem" not noticing Naruto give Sakura a victory sign, again making her giggle.

"Why do they seem so close? What did they talk about?" Shiroe`s mind went into overload, he did not want anyone to be involved in this war.

"Ohayo" Rin walked in to the room with her pajamas, not caring about the world around her. She sat down and yawned, her hair was in the air and looked more like she got into an explosion then anything. She was ready to sleep in again, when she noticed Sakura smiling at her "Ohayo Rin-san"

Rin blinked with half lidded eyes before tilting her head. She yelped, stood up and pointed her finger at Sakura "What are you doing here?" Naruto just signed, this morning will be way too long for his liking.

A few minutes later

Saber was not sure what happened, but after she got in the dining room, she was met with silence. Naruto looked annoyed, Rin and Sakura are looking at their tea cups, while Shiroe prepared breakfast. Saber just decided to stay silent and sat down.

"If I understood right, Sakura, Shiroe and Rin have school to attend to, right?" Naruto asked and saw the three of them nod "Then I suggest to skip your school until this war is over" the three of them widened their eyes.

"War?" Sakura asked silently, making Naruto stop his thinking. His eyes widened when he felt sudden dread around him. Shiroe and Rin looked like demons possessed, when they realized what Naruto had just done. "Haha, now that I think about it school is not that bad at all" he yelped and dodged Shiroe`s swing with his frying pan, before he got hit in the head by Rin. Sakura looked oddly at the three and Saber just took a sip from her tea.

"What war?" Sakur asked again. She saw Rin sign before turning to her"How troublesome…"

After filling her in what is happening, Sakura was silent, thinking over things. Rin was lecturing Naruto to be more careful, thought Naruto was more interested how women always seem to have super strength when it came to hitting his head.

"Anyways" Saber interrupted Rin`s rant "Naruto is right, you three are not safe there" Sakura tiled her head "Am I in danger?" Saber blinked before blushing slightly"No, you are not. Sorry for scaring you." Sakura took in a deep breath.

"Wait" Naruto had a strange sparkle in his eye "I think Sakura should stay here with us" Sakura was sure her head will start to hurt if she continued to tilt it more often more.

"Why?" was her only response to his conclusion. She looked into his eyes and saw him give her a wreid look. She started thinking until her eyes widened in realization and blushed slightly.

"He is right" she whispered silently, suprising the others around her"it may not be safe for me anymore since I got to know about this war" she said that while looking down at her feet.

"Is that a problem, Shiroe-senpai?" she asked in a way Shiroe never seen her ask, caughting him off guard and making him nod without thinking. His eyes widened before he slapped his head.

Rin also felt a headache incoming and went to her room holding her head, Saber meanwhile was eating the fried eggs Shiroe prepared, appearently more interested the food infront of her. Naruto grinned giving a thumbs up to Sakura, who smiled. Shiroe just watched the two in silence, not sure what to think of this.

"Why are they so close?" Shiroe again asked himself before going back to eating breakfast.

Sakura looked at the door Rin got out"I will do my best to be close to you again, sister"

"Where did my eggs go?" Shiroe started searching the table not noticing Saber looking at the other direction, mouth full.

Scene break

Deciding on skipping school, the group decided to go out shopping…well Rin did. After some convincing Rin broke Shiroe`s spirit, while the others had nothing against going to the city.

Shiroe again watched as Sakura and Rin listened to Naruto. He was telling a story how he dealt with a demon called zero-tails and saved Spring country. He did not like Naruto, he did not know why, he just did. The way Sakura was looking at him made Shiroe clench his fist, but saw no ill from him so he just signed and walked further. Saber observed her master having an inner struggle, she was worrying about him, he did not seem himself, but at the same time she knew him for only one day, so made no comments.

"Alright, you two!" Rin pointed at Saber and Naruto "we have to find you both some proper clothing". Both blinked before looking down and back to Rin"What is wrong with my clothing?" they both said simultaneously.

A few minutes later we find Shiroe sign again. He was sitting in a clothing shop on a bench, observing Rin and Sakura, who made it their personal goal to get the servants the best outfits possible.

"Prepare youself ladies!" Naruto called out from the changing cabin before opening it "the world is ready for a new Uzumaki Naruto!" he had changed into a black leather jacket and black leather pants, underneath the jacket was a plain white shirt. He brought sunglasses over his eyes and made a pose, trying to impress the girls. Both girls blinked, before laughting or in Sakura`s case giggling. Naruto slurped down, obviously his choice of clothing was lacklustre, judging from their reactions. His head snapped to his left, when he spotted Saber come out of her cabin. He and Shiroe blushed deep red, she was wearing a white dress more meant for a prom then everyday life.

"I think this is not practical" Saber turned towards Rin and Sakura, but blushed under the gaze of both males. She was pushed back to the cabin by Rin "You are probably right, wait here!"

So they choose to buy Naruto blue jeans and a red jumpsuit with a hoodie. Saber wanted to buy herself a suit, but Rin and Sakura held their hands in a X over their heads when they heard the idea and bought her a blue skirt and a white collar jacket. They are still going throught shops and with "they" it mean Rin was dragging them throught every shop possible, annoying Shiroe to no end. Naruto was not actually happy that he was going throught the markets too, but made his best to make Rin and Sakura talk, after all, he promised to Sakura they will be sisters again. Saber was enjoying the peacefull moments, they were refreshing for her.

In a plushy shop we find them looking throught various animals, thought Shiroe did it half-hearthly. Naruto was looking throught all of them like a maniac"There is no way they don`t have one…"

Saber watched as Naruto threw one animal after another on the ground trying to find something. She tilted her head before one of the toys hit her head, catching it, she observed the plushy with care, a lion. "It`s cute" she thought clenching the toy to her side before going over to Naruto and stepping on his foot.

"ITAI! What are you doing?" Naruto asked annoyed that someone would step on his foot. He grumbled before continuing searching.

"You are making a big mess" she said pointing over the mountain of plushys with her finger. He looked around and saw basically every plushy in the shop got thrown on the ground. Naruto scratched his head and saw the manager heading towards him, angry scowl on his face. Then he noticed something behind the manager`s head and quickly went towards it.

"Young man, what do you think you ar-" the man remained silent when Naruto walked past him to a counter, where a fox plushy was staring innocently. Naruto took it into his hands and nodded. "I shall call you Kurama" inside his mind Kurama growled, making nastly comments about his age and maturity.

Saber smiled at the name "They must really be close" she thought. Naruto looked at her and saw her still hold the lion plushy "So, are you gonna buy that?" she looked at her hands, holding the lion plushy. She saw the look the lion gave her and felt the need to buy it.

"Are you two not heroic spirits? Why would you need such toys?" Shiroe meant no ill with the question, but was just curious why the two grownups would want to buy toys. Saber huffed and turned away from him, confusing him. Naruto shook his head before wraping on hand around him.

"Ahh, Shiroe, sweet little, innocent Shiroe" Shiroe now had a huge sweatdrop on his back "many of us need someone to hold someone tight at night, be it a girl or a stuffed animal, so maybe ask Rin to fill in the role.."he whispered silently to him. Shiroe got deep red before quickly grabbing a hamster plushie that he laid an eye on earlier.

After they bought their important equipment we find the group of five heading towards Shiroe`s home. Naruto smiled when he noticed Saber stroking the head of her toy lion, Shiroe had his hamster in his backpack and he had his fox on his head, not caring how it looked. He looked back and saw Rin and Sakura talking and laughting, they decided to not buy themselves an animal plushy.

"I am glad to see the two of them talk like that" he thought before noticing Saber stop and stare into a forest. He narrowed his eyes noticing something strange, now also standing on the spot.

Shiroe noticed both of them stare into the direction of the Ryuudou temple, where one of his classmates lived.

"Are you both alright?" Shiroe`s question brought the two girls out of their little conversation, who now also observed both servants. Naruto and Saber looked at each other before nodding.

"There is a barrier around this temple" that made the three humans eyes widen "against servants...".

Rin narrowed her eyes"So, that means a master is inside the temple" then she gasped before hitting her head with her hand"I forgot totally!"

The other four starred at Rin, who grumbled something to herself, about being clumsy and forgetfull.

Shiroe walked up to Rin before putting his hand on her shoulder"What did you forget?" Rin looked to the side before answering "There is a barrier at the school too".

Shiroe and Sakura gasped, the two sevants just listened very carefully. "I was investigating it the day Lancer attacked me, it was big enough to cover the whole school grounds..."

"But what is the barrier meant for?" Shiroe asked making Rin look at the ground, clenching her fist"if a master has not enough mana to sustain her servant then you have to find an alternative". Shiroe was getting anxious"What alternative?"

Rin`s eyes got sharp, indicitating it was serious"They suck out the mana out of humans to sustain themselves" Shiroe`s eyes got wide, remembering the gas leaks recently"So, whoever build the barrier..".

"Plans to suck out the life evergy out of every student in the school" Rin said faltly without missing a beat.

Shiroe`s anger piked, already deciding that he plans to save his fellow classmates. Saber, feeling Shiroe`s anger, prepared herself mentally, knowing a battle will take place soon.

Sakura stayed silent, having no servant or spells. Now that she has no mana circuits, she felt useless in combat. As much as she wanted to help her friends, it would be wise for her to stay somewhere safe.

She gasped when she a hand touched her shoulder, it was Rin, who smiled at her before taking her hand "Come on guys, let`s go and make a plan!"

"Wait, Rin!" Sakura pleaded, before yelping as Rin dragged her along, thought a smile was visible on her face. Naruto grinned before running after them "Hey! Wait for the hero, will you!"

Shiroe looked down, still angry, before noticing a hand held out. He looked up and saw it was Saber, who had a smile on her face.

Shiroe looked at her hand before smiling, looking at Saber "Thanks".

At Shiroe`s home.

"Alright, I have a plan!" an excited Naruto made his presssence known, eyes full of determination. Rin smiled, knowing his personality, he will jump right into battle, exactly what they needed.

"You three will go to the school and investigate the barrier" pointing at Sakura, Shiroe and Rin. The three in question nodded, before Shiroe spoke up"And what will you both do?"

Saber looked at Naruto, who has taken the leadership, she has no problems with him leading if they are a team. When he was serious, it was easy to follow him, it was the aura around him, the aura of a leader that made it easy.

"Why, we take a nap" he streched his hands out and yawned, before smiling.

Sakura, looked at the reactions of Rin and Shiroe, aswell as Saber before laughting. Rin`s eye twitched violently, her fist shaking, Shiroe looked like he was slapped, utterly in shock and Saber was in disbelief, she was sure that he meant it as joke at the start, but when she noticed that he was serious, she started to shake her head "The aura of a leader, wasted on an idiot" thought she did not voice her thoughts. The three noticed Sakura laughting, holding her stomach, ready to roll on the ground in amusment.

"What is so funny, the plan is clearly idiotic, to go in a barrier without a servant…"Rin`s eyes widened, starting to realize something.

Shiroe was starring at Sakura"She has changed so much in one day..."he looked at Naruto laughting with Sakura now "I don`t know if I like it" he talked to himself, forgetting the situation at the moment.

"Sorry, but Naruto told me once that everytime he has the lead, he makes the the most ridicilous plans, just to see the reactions of others" she said before wiping her eyes, gods, how she loved emotions.

"Yes, but they always work out" Naruto got their attention"if everyone knew what the most logical actions one could make, it would take one mathematician to predict the outcome of this war, so instead I choose.."

"...to make an illogical move, to confuse the enemy" Rin finished for him, looking at Naruto with new interest "how can we know it won`t backfire on us?" in principe, if they are indeed in danger Shiroe can call for Saber, thus they would have a backup plan, but it would waste the advantage of having 2 servants on one team.

Naruto smiled, looking at Saber, who was also interested in his answer.

"Maybe he is not an idiot afterall" she thought, looking into the ocean blue yes of Naruto.

"If they notice our presence, which they will for sure, once we are inside they would immediately retreat and probably choose to set it up elsewhere, which is why you will go alone. The moment they do attack you Saber can come to your help immediately with me following up from their backline. " he smiled, having his arms crossed over his chest "I would notice if Saber would be called and it takes me…45 seconds to get to the school and ambush them"

Saber smiled, eyes closed, taking back what she thought about him"definetly not an idiot".

"What about the barrier around the temple" Rin crossed her hands under her chest, waiting for an answer from Naruto.

"It is not like they are doing anything bad at the moment" he stated, shrugging "if they build a defensive fort, it would mean that they wait patiently for others to attack them, so we can leave them last".

Rin clenched her fist "Why, if we know where they are then would it not be better to eliminate them sooner than later? They could power up in the meanwhile, making it harder for us..."

"While it is true, that they could be harder to take down in the end, it is because they are so easy to find that makes them an easy choice to leave last" Naruto stated "if you act like a mindless warrior then of course you attack them straight ahead, warrior sees enemy, warrior attacks".

Saber`s eyes widened in realization "You want to use them to locate the other servants" other`s eyes also widened, Naruto smirked "Exactly, at the moment we only know Lancer and Berserker, we have no idea what the other servants are like, so it would be easier for us to let them clash against each other and observe at the moment, making out choise once we have gathered info".

Naruto drowned his cup of tea in one glup, before signing "...besides we have a school to save, don`t you guys agree?" everyone had a determined expression, except Sakura, who looked down, but at least everyone nodded.

Naruto nodded back "We take action tommorow, so till then, let`s enjoy ourselves".

After the group decided on their actions, Naruto went to the bathroom, Shiroe and Saber went to the dojo to improve Shiroe`s sword skills, Rin went to her room to read, leaving Sakura by herself. She signed before going to the garden, sitting down on the wooden flloor, her bare feet loosly swinging back and forth, enjoying the sight infront of her.

"This garden is beautifull, I give Shiroe that" she looked back and saw Naruto entering throught the pushable door, closing it behind him before sitting down next to her, fox plushy on his head.

She smiled at the toy on his head before turning back to the garden. Comfortable silence between the two continued for a few minutes before Naruto broke it.

"How do you feel?" he asked Sakura, who did not lose her smile. She hummed for a few seconds before answering, smile transforming into a grin "You told me that you experienced the same as I, didn`t you? How did you feel after changing?"

Naruto closed his eyes, remembering the sensation, when he was freed of the coldness, the Konoha twelve smiling at him and reaching their hands at him.

"Fucking great" he laughted answering, facing Sakura with a great smile, who laughted along with him.

She continued to swing her feet back and forth, looking down "Yeah, same for me..."

Naruto watched her swing her feet smiling, but knew something was not right "Come on, tell me"

Sakura widened her violet eyes, looking "Huh".

"You cannot hide it from me, something is bothering you, So spill it"

She again looked down, losing her smile a bit, for a few seconds she said nothing.

"It is just...I am weak"

Naruto tilted his head to the side "Even if you would be weak, which you are not, in this era fights are not common, at least not the type of fights you lose your life for, you don`t have to worry too much about it".

She shook her head "Yet, I am no help, if a fight would break out, I would only be in the way for you guys"

Naruto`s eyes softened , understanding her, he knew the feeling all too well, it was this feeling that made him who he is, never wanting to be weak to protect his percious people, to be able to stand and fight for his beliefs.

Sakura did not even feel Naruto stand up and jump into the grass. She felt a soft sensation on her head. She looked up and saw Naruto infront of her, a big smile on his face, she reached up to her head and took the fox plushy form her head, looking at it.

"Physical strength only gets you so far, what matters is how strong your hearth is, how determined you are! If you have no will to fight for your beliefs, then you are weak, but if you have the courage to face the challange and to protect your precious people, then you already are strong!"

Sakura looked into Naruto`s blue eyes, making her relax and feel safe, his face now on the same level as hers.

"You are strong, Sakura, I can see it in you, a determined girl ready to prove that she is ready to take on whatever the world is throwing at her!"

She looked at the fox plushy again, as if asking him for his opinion. It must had answered, since Sakura smiled again. She giggled, before putting it back on her head.

"You are right, I have changed, thanks to you".

"I just pushed you in the right direction, in your hearth you were always like this" he said softly before walking towards one of the trees in the backyard. Sakura watched as Naruto took 5 leafs and got back to her.

"Remember, just there are no more mana circuits in you body doesn`t mean you can not have a way to fight" he handed one leaf to Sakura, who looked at it from all sides confused as if looking for something.

She raised one eyebrow before asking "…do I try and make them laught to death by using leafs as my weapons?" Naruto grinned before putting the leaf on his forehead and closing his eyes. Sakura watched as the leaf started to levitate above his head and circulate.

"You may not have mana, but you do have chakra now, so better train to use it, I do not know if in the short amout of time you will be able to learn something usefull in combat, but we can at least try".

Sakura looked at the leaf in her hands, thinking. She got a determined look on her face before nodding and putting the leaf on her forehead. Naruto watched as she concentrated. She gritted her teeth and it looked like something was about to happen.

Growl.

Naruto blinked and looked at the fox now besides Sakura then back at Sakura, who stopped concentrating and looked to the side, blush visible. He grinned, making Sakura avoid his gaze even more.

"We train after we eat!"

The next day Rin, Sakura and Shiroe are on the way to school. Sakura and Shiroe looked a bit excausted, but other then that all three of them were ready for anything.

"Sakura, Shiroe" Rin got their attention when they were a few steps away from the school enterance "if they make a move it will be after the classes end, so until then just look out for anything suspicious. We should too avoid talking to each other unless it is necessary. We meet at the roof at 2PM, ok?" both on them nodded before continuing their path.

Once they entered the barrier Shiroe felt a sudden rush of pain, gasping for air.

"What was that?" he asked silently to himself before shaking the feeling off. The girls just gave him a glance before each got going their own direction. Rin narrowed her eyes, looking left and right, searching for anyone, who observed the trio, but there are way too many students now to point anyone out. She continued her pace, trying her best to observe anything unusual. For some reason she had a bad feeling in her gut, but tried to put that aside. For now, she had to act like a normal highschool girl.

"I hope the two of them will be alright".

After an uneventfull 7 hours we find the trio onto of the school building, Rin had her arms folded, starring at the student exiting the school grounds.

"Well?" she asked, turning towards the two.

Sakura and Shiroe locked eyes, before Shiroe turned towards her shaking his head "Nothing at all, I didn`t see anything suspicios and could not feel anything disturbing inside the school either, only when I walked into the school grounds"

Rin narrowed her eyes and looked at the entrance of the school "I too only felt the disturbance there…" she tried to think of the next action of hers.

"This barrier is not like anything I have ever seen, most mage families use magic seals or items to stabilze them from the inside…"

Sakura cut her off "But most of those barriers are used defensively, as in blocking something that is coming their way, this barrier allows us to come in, so maybe the seals are somewhere outside the barrier?"

Shiroe`s eyes widened "That must be it! We were looking at the wrong place all the time!" he looked at Sakura "You are a genius, Sakura!" girl in question just blushed slightly.

"While that may be the case" Rin stopped the quick celebration of his "usually to suck out the lifeforce of humans or animals there has to be matrix of sorts to hold in the power before adding it your own, the matrix has to be in the school"

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH" a loud scream could be heard from below them. The trio did not think twice as all of them ran downstairs, where they heard the scream come from.

"PLEASE, HAVE MER-" a devouering voice could be heard along with many other screams, mostly crying girls.

Shiroe panted as he opened one classroom after another, adrenaline was rushing through him like water, but the determined eyes never left him.

"The sound is coming from everywhere!" Rin exclaimed as they observed another empty classroom before rushing to the next one.

"NO, PLEASE I GIVE YOU EVERYTHING" another loud scream followed before it went quite again.

"Dammit, dammit, dammit" Shiroes mind whent like a mantra, cursing every time they opened an empty classroom door. He shuddered when he heard a creepy laught followed by many other screams.

Sakura felt her willpower vanish with each scream, the cries of pain and agony overwhelming her each second, small tears formed around her eyes, but she quickly wiped them away, knowing that soon they will have to meet their enemy, she will not give him or her the pleasure of seeing her cry!

But the three of them could not find anything, the school was big, they could not locate the room by sound because it was coming from every corner. Ten minutes have they searched, but luck seemed to not be their friend.

15 minutes

"HELP, PLEASE SOMEONE!"

20 minutes

"MY FATHER WILL PAY YOU ANYTH="

25 minutes

"WHERE THE FUCK ARE THEY!" Shiroe scream as he punched the last door of the school open, again an empty room almost mockingly stood there.

"FUCK, FUCK, FUCK" he punched the wall repeadetly in frustration, his determination fading every second, screams continuing to come from every corner. Sakura did not try to hide her tears anymore, the wails are too much for her, again she felt weak.

Rin did not seem to be put off as she caught her breath, her mind going into overwork as she analysed the situation at hand, but at the same time, more and more fear creeps up on her with each scream.

Suddenly the screaming stopped, all three of them almost signed in relief, before Shiroe widened his eyes, he was almost scared to ask the next question.

"Rin…"he started, gaining her attention "are they all dead?" He saw her stiffen, making him fear the worst, no, making him feel like total shit.

"Maybe, but I was thinking…is this all real?" she started softly, not like her usual self.

Sakura quickly got infront of her, her schoolbag dropped to the side a long time ago.

"I mean we saw most of the students leave the school grounds when we were at the top, right?" both of them nodded at her question "are there really that many students left for the..thing…to kill every second for half an hour?" Sakuras eyes widened in realization.

"Are you saying that-"

"We are in an illusion" Rin finished her sentence as the world around them became dark, as if they stood in dark matter, but could see each other clearly.

"AAaaaAAHHHHH, HAHAHA, how marvellous young lady! To see throught my illusion, you have my admiration" all three of them turned fearfully back to see a short, old man with eyes looking in each direction like a fish, laughting at them.

"Who are you!" Shiroe got infront of both girls, trying his best not to look intimidated, probably failing as the man did not stop his laught.

"I, Gilles de Rais, came to this war for a second time to fullfill my promise, to bring the god a gift of true agony, pain and despair, true terror, THE GREATEST CooOOOOOL" his voice booming the three of them had to cover their ears.

Rin narrowed her eyes at the opponent "The greatest cool?...DON`T MAKE ME LAUGHT" she shouted confidently at the servant, making him take a step back.

"Rin.." Sakura called softly, but was ignored.

"All you did was make an Illusion of the school and fake screams to make 3 teenagers scared, is this your true agony and terror?" she grew more confident as she saw the servant take a few steps back.

"We saw all the students leave the school grounds, not are only your illusions fake, your proclamation of pain is the same, fake and lame!" she exclaimed with her finger pointed at him.

"Rin! Don`t anger him, he is a servant, don`t forget that" Shiroe tried his best to get his friend to calm down.

"AAAaaaAAAHHH, HAHAHA" the servant erupted in laughter again , making Rin even more angry as she already was "my illusions..fake and lame?" he grinned at the mage, the book in his hands opening slightly, he silently muttered a few words.

"If you think that my goal was to scare you three…." The darkness around them started to vanish as a foul stench caught their noses, making them cought "you three haven`t experience my great COOOOOOOOOOOL" the rest of the darkness vanished, but what awaited them made them wish it stayed.

Sakura dropped to her knees, wishing this was all a bad dream, she felt wetness below her and saw a pool of red, making her vomit on the spot.

"What in the world…" Rin`s eyes were wide in shock, not believing her eyes, she too had an urge to vomit, but composed herself, thought, her words backfired at her.

Shiroe said nothing, but tears started to form as he looked at the hallway they were in. Bodies upon bodies torn apart, heads dislocated from their necks laid on spikes, many were hanged, many were flayed, many were burned…

"What kind of hero am I trying to be?" he asked silently to himself as he spotted many of his classmates, dead.

"My illusions were merely there to stop you from interfering my creation for GOD" Caster exclaimed arms wide in a victory sign.

"WHY, WHY DID YOU HAVE TO KILL ALL OF THEM" Shiroe screamed, tears visible.

Caster just smiled "To grant them all…" he made a dramatic pause, leaning towards the three of them "true…" serval giant tentacles emerged behind the servant "SALVATION".

Shiroe screamed as he held his command seals up and Saber appearted in a blinding light, she shot towards and destroyed one tentacle after another. Caster seemed put off as he said nothing for a moment, all of them watching Sabre cut the tentacles in ease and grace.

"Jeanne…" Saber slayed the last tentacle as she turned her head towards Caster, making her eyes widen "You again…" was all she said.

Caster had his head down as he started shaking more and more.

"The light we shared…" he started.

"The what?" Saber got into a stance, her invisible sword infront of her.

"The light we shared, it was a lie…" he spoke softly, turning his head up "both times, I was there to await you in the afterlife, turned towards the light that we shared in Rouen (city in france), but both times you did not come, YOU DID NOT CO-"

"Uncle Bluebeard!" soft footsteps approached quickly from behind the servant making them all turn towards the source. They were surprised to see a small girl, probably 10 or 12 years old come to Caster with a spin and great smile. The girl had orange hair coming down to her shoulders and ocean blue eyes, a simple standart schoolgirl uniform, overall cute if not…

"Misaki, what have I told you about…" Caster tried to start scolding her.

"Uncle, Uncle, Uncle, look, look, look!" she held her arms out in hands…

"I found a liver, please, can I keep it? Pretty please?" she asked her eyes big and watery.

"Ok, bu-" "Yay, I have a new friend, I will call you Kimo" she started to speak with the liver as if it was the most normal thing in the world "I later introduce you to Kenko and Haizo, you will dress and have a great time together!"

All of the people present watched Misaki hug the liver to her face, promising it fun and all sort of parties for it to enjoy.

Rin clenched her teeth, her eyes not believing the red haired infront of her, hugging an organ like a bunny, spinning around in a background of dead students like it was the greatest day in her life.

"Caster, how dare you turn an innocent girl into...this" Saber held her sword out to the girl dancing.

"Jeanne, you got it all wrong, my dear" Caster started with his arms out to either side of him "When she summoned me she already had…two pets" he grinned before a flash of yellow hit him in the face and into the wall, breaking it in the process.

"Archer!" Sakura called out in relief as Naruto came into the view, he had his red hoodie over his hair, shadowing his eyes, leg held out from the kick he delivered the servant.

"Sakura, Rin, Shiroe" he called out each name emotionless, dropping his leg. His calculating eyes scanning around, narrowing at the amount of bodies he saw around. "Why didn`t you call for us sooner?" he asked the trio, making them look towards the ground, not finding any words. He looked at Saber nodding, receiving a nod back he looked at the small girl, who, first, had a liver in her hands, second, looked at him with stars in her eyes.

"Onii-chan, you so COOL" she exclaimed, before turning towards Caster "isn`t that right, uncle?" she waited for an answer, before pouting as she got none. She turned towards Naruto "Will you be my new uncle, Onii-chan?"

"NO" Caster replied, coughing and rubbing his belly, where Naruto kicked him "I am your uncle, not him".

The girl nodded her head in acceptance, before hopping her towards him "Ne, uncle, are you gona kill em, huh, huh?" she asked excitedly, jumping up and down, waiting for her uncle`s answer.

"Yes, bu-" "Yay, I will make even more friends now!" she smiled brilliantly at her uncle, spinning around with Kimo in the air.

"But not now" Caster finished standing up and dusted off his robes.

"EEH, why not?" the girl in question tilted her head to the side, confused. Caster in question smiled at the girl, putting his hand on her head "Death is certain, time is not, now come!" the girl squeaked as the two of them vanished in a black hole that appeared below them and closed after them.

"Dammit!" Shiroe exclaimed as the two of them disappeared "dammit, dammit, dammit" he dropped to his knees and hit the floor with his fist. The two girls didn`t look better, obviously shaken by the scene around them, many of their friends, in a pool of dead, surrounding them.

"Saber" Naruto called out, his voice cold "get them home, I be there a bit later". The servant in question just nodded and led the three of this nightmare.

Naruto just stood there in the middle of the hallway, he took in every detail, each cut, each lock of hair, every eyelid, everything, before bowing his head and disappearing without a trace.

Shiroe`s home

When Naruto got back no word was said, all of them sat in the dining room, each of them in their own thoughts. He saw the three teenagers have their heads down, Saber looked worriedly at them, but said no word. He signed before standing up and going over to the stove.

"I am making dinner" was all he said.

"Dinner…" Rin started, her hand clenching into a fist"DINNER?!"

"Yes, dinner"

"Are you fucking nuts? Over 300 students died and all you can think about is dinner? Many of my friends are dead, just because of this fucking fish guy together with the little psycho girl decided it was some sort of gift for god! And you have the nerve to go and make dinner?" Sakura and Shiroe winced, both having lost lots of friends too.

Naruto said nothing, stopping his hands from crossing over his chest, he knows that the girl will let the anger out on him, he will not defend himself from her words, so he just stood there and let her.

"I thought you were a hero, who protects people from misery, the saviour of earth" Naruto winced "yet you basically doomed the lives of 300, WHAT KIND OF HERO ARE YOU!" both Naruto and Shiroe felt a pang in their chests. Rin did not hide her tears, her own words dying in her throat, but managed to squeeze out her last sentence "you don`t deserve to be called a hero". With that Rin went to her room.

Naruto inhaled and looked over to Sakura and Shiroe "If anyone of you want to say something, do it now" the two of them looked down, one angry, one sad.

"I agree with Rin" Shiroe finally voiced his thought as he looked into Naruto`s eyes "they did not have to die".

"But they did" Naruto said unflinching making Shiroe even more angry. "Yes, they did die, and now they will not see the light again, their families will be devastated, it is all our fault".

Naruto got curious "You don`t blame me? It was my plan for you three investigate the school alone" Shiroe clenched his fist, but never took his eyes from Naruto "You are at fault, so am I, I should had called upon Saber once we heard the first scream, but I hesitates, thinking that these command seals are too valuable to use right away" now his eyes turned towards the floor "I am at fault just as much as you are"

To tell you the truth, at first Naruto thought Shiroe was a pansy, like many others in this era, but right now, his respect went way up just by these words "Spoken like a true man, but Shiroe, you are not at blame, you thought you were doing the right thing, not like you knew the situation will go pit of hand so quick, I took command, so it is my duty to bear this burden, go sleep, you probably don`t want dinner" Shiroe looked like he wanted to say something, but held his mouth and nodded, before also going off.

Naruto looked at Sakura, waiting for her to say what she has on her mind. She bit her lip, not meeting his gaze. Saber looked at her and was about to comfort her, but Naruto made a gesture for not to, she wanted to argue, but said nothing when Sakura stood up.

"Do...? How…?" she tried to find a way to say what was on her thought, before inhaling deeply and closing her eyes.

"In wars things like this usually happen, right?" she asked and got a nod from both Naruto and Saber, faces sour and serious.

"We have to make sure this doesn`t happen again…"she said quietly, but with determination behind these words.

"It won`t" Naruto replied before going over to Sakura "I promise and Naruto Uzumaki never breaks his promises" he ruffed her fair, making her blush and close her eyes, before tryong to get his hand off her head "Stop!"

After a few minutes Sakura also left, leaving only Saber and Naruto in the room. Saber noticed how Naruto`s shoulders visibly shrank and he lowered his head once Sakura was out of sight.

"Ehh…" Naruto muttered under his breath tiredly before slurping down, sitting on the table. For a few minutes nothing was said, just Naruto looking down in thought.

"I fucked up" he finally said, making Saber`s eyes quide to him "I was too overconfident and thought that nothing would surprise me, then this happened"

Saber nodded, knowing full well that overconfidence is the downfall of many. Again silence filled the room, but Naruto seemed annoyed.

"Alright, why do you always stay quite?" Naruto asked Saber, surprising her a bit. "Is there anything to be said?" "Yes there is, but instead of choosing to voice it you keep being silent and let me make all the decisions"

Saber narrowed her eyes "Are you implying that I should had said something and avoided what happened?"

"I am the only one to blame and I intend not to share my burden" he said it swiftly and quickly "but why is it you just chose to say nothing and just do as I say, you are a king" her eyes widened at that.

"How do you know?" she asked surprised.

"Aura" was the answer she received.

Saber looked down, it was true that instead of voicing her thought she stayed at the side and just obeyed.

"Yes, I was a king of a great kingdom once" she admitted before taking a deep breath "but I should had not been" this made Naruto`s eyes widen.

"I led my kingdom into more and more war until there was only me and just me, no one trusted me, no one should had trusted me I was a failure as a king and I should had never been a king in the first place" she looked down, remembering her failure.

"You were probably a much better leader than I was" she looked confused when Naruto let out a small laugh. "Is there something funny?"

"I was never the leader of anything" he said it quickly, voice grim, Saber`s eyes widened "actually, technically I died being as the lowest field position there was, a genin".

"What, but-"

"I was the one, who along with his best friend and sensei fought a god like being and won, saving the world, but does that make me a leader?" he shook his head as he summoned a bottle of sake from his seal and poured himself a drink "I never told people what their action on the field should be, I was just a frontliner, an one man army"

"Being in a low position doesn`t mean you can`t be a leader, you have the aura, people probably followed you anyway" she too poured a bit of alcohol, before clinging her sake cup with Naruto, who smiled at that thought "Yes, they did, but that didn`t mean I had any say in what they did, they did that on their own, thinking that was the right thing to do" both emptied their cups in one go before pouring another one.

"Which was probably usually right?"

"Heh, maybe"

She smiled at the man infront of her, he was so different when the day began, goofy and careless, now he was a battlehard warrior, who experienced many things in his life.

AS she saw him empty his second glass she was about to do the same and halfway throught he said something she did not expect.

"You should be the leader" she got so surprised she spat out the alcohol out…in his face.

"FUCK, my eyes!"

"Sorry, I get a towel fast!"

A moment later we see a sheepish Saber sitting across an annoyed Naruto, who signed before repeating.

"You should be the leader"

Saber looked at her lap, wondering what she should say.

"I am in no position to lead…"

"Why not?" he asked, not convinced.

"I am an servant, the master is usually the one who leads, or in our case a servant, who has his own command seals" Naruto`s eyes widened in realization, before laughing.

She wanted to pout, she really did, but just took another shot before asking "What now?"

"You said it yourself, being in a low position doesn`t mean you can`t be a leader" she stopped her thinking and let that sink in "Yes, but…"

"Look" Naruto stood up "I will not lie, I fucked up and 300 children lost their lives, I will not allow that to happen again".

Saber narrowed her eyes "So, you just shove the responsibility in my lap?" that stopped him for a moment before he replied "I am not saying that I will stay silent, you will hear my opinion, but yes the final decision will fall upon you…if you don`t think of doing anything stupid of course".

"And what will you do?"

"Be a frontliner, like I always have been".

An hour later we find two servants wasted, laughing at simple misuse of words, drinking another shot after another.

"HAHA, and then I farted into the dog-kids face, making him useless for like 20 seconds!"

Saber tried, she really tried not to laugh out loud, but she failed miserably and the laught was so loud the whole street probably heard them, without exception. And she laughted, her voice booming, a bit ridiculously loud for a woman, but with presence.

"Will you be fucking silent!" Shiroe came into the room annoyed, grumpy faced "Some of us are trying to sleep!"

The two servants looked at each other before laughing at Shiroe`s expense. "Stay silent or you wake the girls up…" that made them stop, but Saber had to cover her mouth from giggling.

Shiroe looked next to the table and saw 20 bottles of sake on the ground, his eyebrow twitched before he stomped back to his room, not saying anything.

Naruto smiled tiredly, though not sure if he wanted to sleep too.

"Hey Saber, what do you-" he stopped when he saw Saber already asleep, head on the table. A smile graces his lips as he took her in his arms and went to her room. He laid her down in her bed and covered her form with a blanket. He tried his best not to laugh when she murmed in her sleep "Chickensandwitch" and got out of her room.

He looked at the moon outside and decided that he wanted to go out for a walk for a few minutes before going to sleep.

He left the house and went down where he knew the park is, the place he helped Sakura, alcohol still working in him. Most of the time alcohol did not work of him because Kurama gets rid of the effect of them momentary, but when he asks the fox not to do it, he just agrees and Naruto can get drunk all he wants. While not a big fan of it, he enjoys it sometime, ey a hero can relax how he likes.

His thoughts were cut short when he noticed something strange, something…orange.

"Orange…" he walked towards the color like a moth to flame, not caring what the orange thing was.

"Kimo be nice to Haizo! No, I am not ignoring you Kenko, please don`t get mad!" he looked throught the brushes and saw…a girl playing around and talking with organs that were inside a see through box filled with green liquid.

"That`s the girl from before" he concluded his mind starting to work properly.

"Onii-chan!" Misaki waved her hand at him "please come play with us a game!"

"There is no way he is that stupid, even with alcohol, to play together with a little girl, who`s best friends are human organs…" Kurama thought as he had his eyes on the situation, keeping an eye out for his drunk friend.

"Uhh, sure!"

Kurama snorted, shaking his head "Good to have you back kit".

Rin could not sleep, the event of this day playing over and over in her mind, the screams of agony and terror, who turned out to be real never leaving her alone.

"Maybe I was too hard on him" she thought about what she said to Naruto, while he held responsibility it was not like he wanted all the students to die.

"Maybe I should apologize" she said silently before looking out of her window, thinking.

"Aaargh!" she exclaimed before jumping out of her bed "Not like I will get any sleep now anyway"

Dressing up she silently went out of the house. She knew it could get dangerous, but she really just wanted to go out for a walk at the moment. She inhaled full of the fresh air and let out a happy hum. Finally some peace from the bloodshed she experienced today. Her thought`s now drifting towards her sister.

She smiled at how close they have gotten, while she was basically disobeying her late father`s choice to send her sister to the Matou`s, because mage families operated around one child, she missed her sister. When Naruto came into her life, her barriers dropped and she allowed herself to do what she liked, like spending time with her sister.

"Maybe I should thank him for that" finding herself at the swing she and her sister used to play when they were children, it was ironically the only thing left from the old playground after the great disaster, but she would not complain.

"Onii-chan! Stop!"

"Huh, who is still playing at time of the day?" Rin asked herself before going through a few bushes to see…

"Here come the airplane, let`s go Kimo-kun!"

Naruto, pretending a liver was an airplane, was coming down with an air attack on a little girl, who was a master of a servant that massacred 300 students of her school, today, and looking like he was having the time of his life.

"AAHHH, Kenko-chan protect me!"

"AAARg, you can`t hide from the almighty KIMO"

"What the actual fuck is going on?"

Naruto stopped in shock his attack, ignoring the laughing fox in his head.

"Rin! What a surprise! Ehh…" he looked at his right hand where he held the liver before quickly hiding it behind his back "I can explain".