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"Love or Family"

Chapter 1: The Promise

- PRESENT -

- Ryoudouu Temple -

"Goodbye, Archer!", Tohsaka Rin screams out as Archer disappeared in a trail of shiny red specs. Rin continues to smile while looking unto the sky wishing Archer goodbye.

"Damn, I didn't even get a chance to complain to him", she suddenly remembers and her smile turns to grin. Archer got away again from her but this she would let him go this time. Her thoughts then shifts to what she has promised to Archer.

"Don't worry, I'll take care of him", she assures him.

She stays there for a few minutes as she is still mesmerized by the scenery she's seeing now. Crimson red specs still there, and the sun almost rising up on the horizon creating a yellowish hue of the sky above. For her, it is a sight to behold.

Then she realizes, "Emiya-kun!"

"Tohsaka, don't worry, I'm already here", Emiya Shirou answers.

Rin turns around, surprised because of Shirou's sudden presence. She is blushing now since she made a promise to Archer to take care of him. "How long have you've been there?", Rin asked to Shirou but is still blushing.

"Long enough", Shirou answers in a nonchalant way. "So, Archer was still alive. How did that happen? I was sure I hit him with a death blow", he questions her.

"I don't know either. But you know him. He has his ways", she answers Shirou's question proudly. She already knew that her Archer is strong considering him using his Noble Phantasm multiple times inside 24 hours.

Shirou laughs at her answer. She is right. Archer did plan almost everything that has transpired for more than a week. He was really cunning and to add, a show-off.

Rin seeing Shirou in laughter made her laugh too.

"By the way, where is Saber?", Shirou asks as he recovered himself from laughing. Rin stops laughing by now and tries to explain to Shirou what had happened to Saber.

"She's gone", Rin answers. "With the grail destroyed, there is no reason for the Servants to stay here in the real world. I hope she's in a better place now. She completely deserves that from what she's been through here", Rin continues as she looked down to her feet unable to look directly to Shirou. She knew that he really cared for Saber. "He must be disappointed in me", Rin thought.

At first, Shirou kind of looked sad for a moment. But after a few seconds, "It can't be helped. This is the path she took. I understand…", he says but clearly there was anguish in his voice when he said that.

"I'm sorry Emiya-kun", Rin's only words that came out of her mouth. That is all she can say. No explanation or excuse can make Shirou feel better. "I'm really sorry Shirou. There was no way that I can save her", she thought to herself.

"It's okay", he says as he looked at her worried expression. "You don't have to say sorry", he said."Actually, I would've been more devastated if Tohsaka was the one who's gone", he thought as he gave her a smile. "I just thought that I can thank her for what she has done for us and say goodbye to her one last time. I guess I'm a little too late", he reassures her.

Rin is relieved to hear what Shirou has to say. She also wanted to thank Saber as well. "I'm sure I'm gonna miss them both", she says happily. In response, Shirou nods as they look up again to the almost bright sky. Both of them were smiling their brightest.

For a slight moment, Shirou peeks at Rin's glowing expression. Just for a moment, he adores her. "That's the reason why I always admired Tohsaka", he thought as he went back to looking at the sky.

In fact, Rin also took the liberty to peek at Shirou's smiling face. "I'm really glad that I have met you, Shirou", she thought and blushes.

"Hey, where's Shinji? I thought you saved him", Shirou asks, breaking their moment for the mean time. She is surprised and she quickly turns her face to the opposite direction so that Shirou can't notice that she was looking at him for a moment there.

"I dro-dropped him off here. He-he was supposed to be here", she answers stutteringly. She then, quickly regains her composure. "He's probably regained consciousness and probably gone home", she adds.

"Alright then, shall we go home as well, Tohsaka?", he asks her in a gentlemanly manner.

She looks at him for a second and blushes. Then, she nods in agreement and smiles. "Typical Shirou, always a gentleman to the ladies", she likes this thought.

He looks at her blushing cute face. "I like her this way", he thought while smiling to himself.

And without rushing, they start to walk their way to the front entrance of the Ryoudouu Temple.

- Ryoudouu Temple Stairs -

At the bottom of the stairs of the Ryoudouu Temple, Shinji is trying to catch his breath because after regaining consciousness, he uses Rin and Archer's conversation as a diversion for him to get away from them.

Shinji was really angry as of the moment. He was angry first at Gilgamesh when he betrayed him and made him the living vessel for the Holy Grail. Second, he lost to Tohsaka and Emiya; thus, the Grail was destroyed by Saber. Lastly, he almost died in between the aforementioned occurrences.

"Damn that Emiya and Tohsaka! This all their fault! I should've won! Damn that Servant as well! Good riddance that that guy is gone!", he thought as anger grew inside of him.

"They will pay for this!", he shouts but not loud enough that both Shirou and Rin almost at the entrance of the temple atop the stairs could hear them.

After resting for a bit, Shinji starts running towards the direction of the Matou Residence leaving an aura of anger in the spot where he rested.

- Streets of Fuyuki City -

For Shirou and Rin, the rest of their walk towards home was in silence. Both have neither to say to what just happened for the past few days. They could've talked about the Holy Grail war and how they've won it. They could've talked about Archer and Saber. Hell, they could've talked about Shinji as well but they don't. They just stayed quiet.

For some reason, they enjoyed this tranquil moment. They enjoyed each other's company in spite of not having to talk at all. They were just happy that they were just enjoying this moment together.

Already nearing the house, "I'm hungry", Shirou suddenly says. Rin only giggles at his remark.

Shirou surprised by Rin's timid reaction, "Something wrong Tohsaka?", he asks her. "Usually, you would blurt out an insult or something", he adds.

"Hey! I resent that!", she yells at him. She also adds a few punches to his arm as well. "What should've I said then?", she asks him in a loud voice. She makes a very disturbing face while putting her fist up for recognition.

Shirou laughed even more. "That's the Tohsaka I know", he says in a reassuring tone. He continues to laugh at Rin's disturbing face.

Rin is a little bit angry now but restrained herself. She then releases her anger and just shrugs it off. She then starts to smile again. "At least, he's happier now", she thought when she remembered Shirou's reaction to Saber's departure.

They continued on their walk home as Shirou continues to laugh while Rin is smiling.

At the entrance of the Emiya Residence, Rin stops, much to Shirou's surprise. "I know that I asked this awhile ago but is something wrong, Tohsaka?", he asks because he thought something was wrong putting on a worried look.

"No nothing is wrong. There is just one thing I wanted to ask you", she says to him. She then starts twirling her fingers in front of her.

Shirou only nods as his response.

"I want to offer you something. Would you like to go under training with so that you could also become a Magus?", she asks him timidly.

Shirou is a little bit shocked. It is clearly shown on his face that he is in a state of shock. He then regains composure and asked, "Why?"

"It's just that you can learn more Magic and Magecraft other than Strengthening and Projection. And if you do train under me, you could use your Magic circuits into full potential so that you can be a proper Magus as well. You do want to become a proper Magus right?", she explains.

Her offer was tempting but Kiritsugu didn't want me to be a Magus. But also… "It's a perfect chance for me to spend more time with her", he thought. Then he remembered something earlier.

"Is this something about what Archer said earlier?", he asks in a firm tone.

"He knew about the promise?", she thought. She thought she could hide the promise as a secret between her and Archer but Shirou was there a minute too early. She could only tell the truth now.

"Yes it is. He made me promise that I would take care of you and make sure that you won't go following his footsteps and his own ideals. It's true that it is right to protect people but you have to protect yourself first, Emiya-kun. What's the point of fighting for justice if you can't fight for your own?", she explained to him her promise to Archer. "I'm going to keep my promise to Archer. So please let me, Emiya-kun", she adds as she looks at his eyes with intensity and determination.

"Something tells me that she's going to get her way eventually", Shirou thought to himself. "I guess it can't be helped and besides I will be able to spend more time with her"

"Alright Tohsaka. I can train under you. So that means you're my master?", he says and he chuckles at that thought of her being his master.

She stopped fidgeting her fingers and gave Shirou her biggest smile. Suddenly, she hugs him and buries her face on his chest. Shirou freezes as the girl he liked the most being this intimate to him.

His head is spinning. He is really surprised by Rin's intimate gesture towards him. He couldn't believe what was happening at the moment. "Am I really dreaming?", he asks himself.

The school idol, the girl who is the most admired by the male student body of Homurabara Academy, is hugging him as of the moment. If this happened in front of anyone from their school, rumors will start to spread and he would be in the receiving end of deathly glares from the aforementioned male student body.

He then snaps back to reality. "Should I return her hug?", he thought. Taking his time to think, he decides to hug her back as well.

He can now smell the intoxicating smell of Rin's black pigtailed hair. He is able to feel her soft white skin. In his mind, he is really enjoying this. After all the surprises he had been through this morning, all he can do now is to cherish this moment with Rin.

Until…

"So what are you two lovebirds doing the whole night huh?", Fuji-nee asks with a mixture of jealousy and suspicious tone. "And you two are still going at it early this morning?" Fuji-nee then makes an angry face at them while giving them the middle finger.

Both Rin and Shirou let go of their embrace swiftly and turns towards the opposite sides with their back meeting each other. They are clearly flushed from what that moment and they begin to blush again just knowing that they were seen hugging like that by their own teacher, Fujimora-sensei.

"Shirou-san and Onee-san a couple? Wow!", Sakura says as she showed herself when she was hiding behind Fuji-nee's back. Sakura is also blushing at them.

Realizing their situation, they both "No no no! We're just having a friendly hug!", both Shirou and Rin tells them at the same time. And at the same time, they both flinch knowing what they've done.

"Wow. Coincidentally, you both said and done absolutely the same thing. You both must be a couple now?", Fuji-nee says in a suspicious tone. "Anyway, if I hear news that you two done something last night, you're gonna hear something about it from me okay?", she asks them nicely. But she is still serious.

Both only could nod at Fuji-nee and they decide to drop the topic since they are getting more embarrassed by the attention they're getting from the embrace moment.

"So you guys hungry?", Sakura asks them. As usual, Fuji-nee is the first one to run to the dining room. Sakura follows after her.

Shirou and Rin look at each other for a moment and they both smiled. Soon after, they followed them.

Both thought about the hug as they entered the dining room."That was the best moment in my life", both thought as the same time as well.