Disclaimer, anything underlined means that the person is speaking in English while any other dialogue will be spoken in Japanese.

"A foreign exchange program? Are you sure about that? The contract is saying that you're going to Japan where you're staying for a whole school year. That means not knowing anyone there and you're forced to make friends at a place that isn't your first language." A man in a brown suit and red tie takes off his glasses and places it on the desk next to the contract. "If I may ask, Matthew… What's the point of you trying to go to Japan in the first place? What pushed you?"

"Nothing really. Let's just say a bunch of anime and games caught my interest." The teenager named Matthew said with a smile. He was wearing a casual black shirt under a grey jacket and jeans. "Going to a new country has always caught my interest. So this chance is perfect."

"And what about your training? If you go, I expect you to continue your practice in your magic crafts."

"You don't have to worry about it! I won't slack off." Matthew said with a smile. His father sighs before letting out an exhausted smile and takes out a pen.

"Alright. Go pack your bags."

"Hell yeah! Thanks, Dad!" Matthew cheered with a smile on his face and jumps in the air. That night he packed his belongings and starts to plan how life is going to be in Japan.

After, turning in the contract into the school office, Matthew had to wait for a week before the day of his departure. Matthew's dad took him to the airport which was crowded as usual. Once the two was able to find parking in the packed place, Matthew looks at his email and sees the airline and time for the flight. He had just enough time to go check in his bags and get through security while also picking up food for the flight. The two run inside and he places his suitcases at the check-in station before walking back to his dad who was waiting patiently. The two embraced each other in a hug but neither said a word to each other before separating. It took an hour to get through airport security because of the massive line.

'Oh great. I barely have enough time as it is. Just pick whatever food and just roll with it. I do not want airplane food for the twelve-hour flight.' Matthew starts to run and past airlines and he looks around to see an open line at a Chinese restaurant and rushes towards it. He sees that someone was going to go in but with the time left, Matthew swing his arms and the person tripped from where was standing. This gave Matthew enough time to jump in and order food and takes it with a quick flash.

Matthew continues running as he looks at the time. 10 minutes until the plane stops boarding and it takes off. He grunts and suddenly, everyone noticing that a slight breeze of air was blowing towards the direction that he was running. Soon afterward, he reached the gate and verifies his ticket before boarding the plane and sits down at his seat and takes small breaths. He takes out a small blue handkerchief and wipes his forehead. Matthew's eyes were heavy due to him staying up all nighter which was his plan to avoid jetlag and he looks at his phone which was set to Japan time 12:05 am. 'Hell yeah'

And with that, Matthew had fallen asleep as soon as the plane took off.

"Magic. It's one of the fundamentals of being a mage at all. While your style of magic is basic, you seem to be better than this hopeless dolt already." A black haired girl with a red shirt and skirt said talking to Matthew. She seemed frustrated on the subject as it was.

"Hey, that's uncalled for Tohsaka! I'm better than I was before." A red-haired boy retorted. He wore a zipped up sports jacket and black pants. The two people seemed really close to each other despite the way they acted.

Footsteps could be heard and Matthew turns around to see a blond girl slowly walking to the group. She was wearing a red and white striped shirt under a grey jacket and blue jeans to complete her attire but her face couldn't be seen for some reason. Not just her, but the others as well.

"Hey. Are you okay? That was a nasty blow you took." The girl nodded before dropping down to her knees causing Matthew to run and catch her. "Wait a minute. You need to rest."

"I'm fine…" The girl said before everything went dark. Soon two spotlights appeared with Matthew standing in one of them while the other was a caped figure with his hat covering his face.

"Man. You made a terrible mistake. You should've never come to Japan because right now, Matthew. You're a dead man! Ahahahaha." The caped figure extends his hand and shoots out balls of energy at Matthew. For that second, time was still. Nothing moved around Matthew. It was surreal to him but then all of a sudden, his right hand was burning in pain and he couldn't figure out the reason for it. A knife appeared in his left hand and the next thing that he knew, the pain was gone.

At that time, Matthew heard the faint engine of the airplane and slowly opens his eyes. He moves his face from the wall and rubs his eyes and takes out a napkin to wipe his mouth with had saliva stains on it. He took out his phone and it read exactly 11:42 am. He blinked a couple of times and was thinking back to his dream but couldn't recall anything except the pain in his hand. He raises it up and looks at it, and grips it before opening it again. 'What was that all about?'

After eating his Chinese food, he opened the window to see the ocean and couldn't help but let out a smile. The ocean was sunny due to the sunrise and he smiled while continuing to stare at it before the airplane experiences some turbulence and he smacks his head against the window.

'Ow… That hurt.' Matthew muttered rubbing his forehead before hearing the captain speaking through the speaker saying for everyone to put on their seatbelts and prepare for landing. That's when Matthew puts on his headphones and listens to his music while waiting for the landing procedures to be completed.

That's when he walked through to the gate and the pickup gate as he looks at a paper receipt that had been crumpled for being in his pocket for too long. He grabs his suitcases and walks over to the gate with a lady in formal clothing was holding a piece of paper that had his name on it and walks towards her.

"Are you Matthew Song?" The woman asked receiving a nod from Matthew. "Alright please follow me. I'll take you to the place that you'll be staying at."

"Thank you," Matthew said struggling a bit to talk to her. The two walked to a grey Toyota car and he places his suitcases in the trunk of the car and is taken to an apartment room which seems to be furnished with the bare minimum. He is given a key to the place and was asked to read the instructions in a booklet. 'Alright. Shouldn't be too hard.'

Once the woman left, Matthew sighed and waved his hand and a gust of air brought the booklet into his hand and he read it while putting all of his clothing away and takes out his toiletries. 'Alright. Here it says that the school isn't too far from here. I should go head there just to check it out. School does start tomorrow after all.'

Matthew first sniffed himself before cringing and showers before heading out. He walked towards the school based off the map that was in the booklet and reached the place in no time. The school was surprisingly simple to him in terms of the foundation of the building. He receives stares from other people but ignores it as he walks inside to see a bunch of cabinets that don't seem to be personal lockers. He continues reading to find out the meaning of the lockers and opens on guest slippers while carrying his shoes.

"This is my classroom huh?" Matthew said reading the sign on the door, 'Class 2-B' and walks in. The classroom was fairly neat and organized with no interior design compared to schools in America and walks out and leaves the school with nothing to do except exploring before accidentally bumping into two figures. "Ah… I'm sorry."

"No, it's alright… Hey. You don't look Japanese." The black-haired girl said. "Are you a transfer student here?"

"Y-yeah. I'm a foreign exchange student here." Matthew scratches his cheek.

"I see." The red-haired boy said staring at the tall building. "This place had a lot of good memories for us. Thought it would be good if we came back for vacation."

"We already graduated ourselves so having a little high-school nostalgia is good. Oh. I'm Rin Tohsaka." The black-haired girl introduces herself with a smile.

"And I'm Shirou Emiya." The boy bows with his introduction but was curious when he saw that Matthew had a reaction to their names. "Are you alright?"

"N-Nothing. I just thought that I would never meet people as famous as the ones who survived the Holy Grail War." Matthew said this time getting a surprise from the two. "Yeah. I'm a mage in training but I'm probably nowhere close to where you two are in terms of strength."

"Now I wouldn't be too sure about that… But I gotta say. Your Japanese is good for it not being your first language." Rin complimented the boy who scratches the back of his head.

"Thanks but I still got a lot to learn. Well, it was nice to meet you two but I want to explore the city for a bit."

"Oh, that's alright. We're going to be here for a couple of weeks so maybe we'll see each other again." Shirou and Rin waved at Matthew until he could no longer be seen.

"You're thinking about if he might join the war?" Rin asked Shirou who nods. "He's still a kid. Getting pulled into something like this isn't exactly ideal."

"Yeah… But as it looks so far, we don't have enough people on our side compared to the other side. Sure Fujimaru and Sakura are a lot of help, but it still feels one-sided. Almost as if this battle… is unfair."

"Are you saying that the other side might be cheating in some regard? Like what? Summoning more servants?" Rin asked receiving a nod from Shirou. "They can't do that. We have an equal amount on both sides. Summoning more would be impossible, the Grail wouldn't allow that. Unless they have a Caster that can summon more Heroic Spirits."

"Exactly. If that's the case, then we should expand our numbers as well. Can I ask that you and Archer watch over Matthew for the next few weeks? To see if anything might happen to him." Shirou said giving it some thought. "In the meanwhile, Saber and I will continue to patrol the city for anything serious."

"Got it…" Rin said staring at Shirou. "You know, Shirou. You sure have grown. Both in magic power and maturity."

"W-What? What are you talking about Tohsaka?" Shirou lets out an embarrassed blush while covering his face with one of his hands.

Rin laughs at Shirou before grabbing his arm and brings him close. "For now, let's head back. It's going to be dark soon and you need to start on dinner."

"Alright, alright. I get it." Shirou smiles as the two walked off, turning their backs on their high school.

Hello, anyone who will bother reading this story, I'm NexusMC the writer of this story. I always tend to do these end chapter type of thing where I discuss ideas and motivations for the current chapter but since this is the pilot and not a lot has happened, I'll just start with the idea of this story. The idea came from Fate/Apocrypha in terms of a war type of setting between two nations similar to how this story is going to go in. There will be ten servants on one side and unknown number of servants on the other which more context will be given at a later date.

This takes place one year after Fate/Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works right after Shirou and Rin graduated their third-year of high school and gone to London for their Clock Tower education type of thing. However, they came back for reasons unknown except a vacation from all of it so stay tuned for more stuff. It's been a year so expect that Shirou and Rin to have better control in their magical craft while Matthew will have something more basic due to him being younger.

That's really all I can really share with you guys for right now. This is NexusMC signing off. If you like this story, don't hesitate to leave a follow/favorite to this story and me for more weekly content. And it would be greatly appreciated if you guys left comments for ways for me to improve my work. That being said, Stay Classy!