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The Morningstar/Valentine Chronicles

Tari_Soala · Anime & Comics
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Chapter 2

Dinner at the Emiya household

Dinner went relatively well and was quite peaceful. Both Taiga and Sakura were also quite surprised and did their best not to badger both Naruko and Gorgon with questions after both Naruko and Shirou formed a story for Gorgon which luckily was both believable and entertaining. Sakura had some doubts about Gorgon looking somewhat familiar to her but that was cleared up as a dumb coincidence.

Taiga was satisfied and so was Sakura who both lost their suspicions of the mysterious couple. Gorgon managed to behave herself, not giving off her typical arrogance or bitterness she usually showed others except for Naruko, and her daughters. So with that said, Taiga believed Naruko was responsible and decided to leave Shirou in her care for now. Shirou also made sure that her sister figure walked Sakura home instead of dumping her on some vanpool like last time. Now that only left the servants and the single master alone.

"They are a somewhat lovely pair for humans," Gorgon said, looking at the departing duo of Sakura and Taiga.

"Yeah anyways, I should show you guys where you will be staying. I hope you don't mind sharing a room Saber." Shirou said, turning across to look at Saber.

"I won't." Saber replied as Shirou led the couple to a spare room.

"I think that futon is big enough to share with you two being married and all," Shirou said scratching the back of her head as they all looked at the room.

"Unless I annoy her and I'll have to sleep with the fishes," Naruko said with a chuckle.

"Fishes? Don't you mean couch?" Shirou asked, wondering why her aunt would have to sleep in the forest of all places.

"You damaged lots of the statues I worked so hard to create," Gorgon said, glaring at her wife.

"Aww, that's why I love you, honey. You're one of the people that can most definitely keep me in line," Naruko said with a small grin, smiling sheepishly at Gorgon.

"Tch, someone has to deal with your destructive nature somehow~," Gorgon said with a chuckle while hiding a blush.

"I wonder how you two met," Shirou said out loud.

"I tried killing her/Then she tried to kill me," Both Gorgon and Naruko said, making Shirou sweatdrop.

"Well, how did you fall in love?" Shirou asked not realizing how much she would regret asking that.

"She almost killed me/I almost killed her," They both answered at the same time, making Shirou shiver this time.

"Why?" Shirou asked.

"Beloved came into Shapeless Isles one day, causing troubles and revealing her strange powers. I was quite the loner and was still looking after my older sisters. So, I thought she was one of the heroes who were trying to kill me and my sisters. That explains how we met," Gorgon said before smiling. "Over time she continued returning and assisted us in dealing with the others. As long as I promised not to kill her, plus both Euryale and Stheno enjoyed her presence. The said promise was broken several times, but she kept coming back. After a while, I began developing feelings for her."

"So in my infinite knowledge, I decided to offer her a challenge to prove my love, not knowing she already was having feelings for me," Naruko said. "So I asked her for a date and naturally she...turned me to stone. Which I broke out of after a short while but being petrified felt quite weird."

"Eventually I decided to accept her deal only that I decided the conditions and challenge," Gorgon said, taking a hold of Naruko's hand and dragging her toward the futon with both of them sitting on it. "For 15 years, I made use of her as a guinea pig and a few other things, while testing my venom and sculpting skills. Every couple of days, I'll have something new and mind-breaking, literally," Gorgon said, remembering using Naruko's body for more frisky business. After all, Naruko did agree to it. "I didn't give her any antidotes or release during the duration. However, I overlooked her body's natural healing and abilities."

"Boy, did she get angry when she found out one of my abilities," Naruko said with a grin on her face.

"Was it a healing factor or something close to it?" Shirou asked.

"Luckily with my Demonic Physiology and a few others. So my body purged all the toxins, granting me some immunity," Naruko said with a shrug. "However, I believed what was happening was in some ways cheating so I wanted to work my way to earning that date. So for over a few decades I struggled through it and used it as a chance to get to know her,"

"So did you win the bet?" Shirou asked.

"No, part of my condition was that if she got mind broken...well she did get mind broken on the last year for the most part. If she was cured before the end of the 15 years she would leave her knowledge and secrets before I banished her from my island. She was cured from her mind-broken state so she lost the bet." Gorgon said.

"Apparently the rules didn't clarify that I would lose if Gorgon was the one to cure me," Naruko said sheepishly.

"What kind of Porno is this," Shirou asked, getting a bit weirded out by the details.

"I felt closer to her, made peace, developed feelings, and felt bad for her. So I cured her without her permission." Gorgon answered nonchalantly.

"Says the woman who was crying and wrestled me for a couple of days before curing me," Naruko said with a grin, getting an embarrassed blush from Gorgon.

"She cured you? So, did you win?" Shirou asked.

"In a way, being away from my family had me depressed, but beloved here begged me to stay..." Naruko said, resting against Gorgon. "You should have seen Gorgon here Shirou. She was crying, begging, and even found the courage to force her sisters to give the antidote. At least until she ambushed me and proceeded to cure me and give me the best orgasm I've ever had."

"You're welcome by the way," Gorgon said.

"Aww, thanks. It was getting painful being both edged out and poisoned for 15 years," Naruko said, getting blushes from both Shirou and a silent Saber. "There were some times you petrified me."

"It's moments like these where I question whether I should have left you like that," Gorgon said, smacking Naruko on the back of her head.

"I guess love comes in all forms even if some are...weird," Shirou said, noting both her aunts leaning against each other.

"Yeah...It really does," Gorgon said before laying against the futon with Naruko laying next to her. "We'll be heading to bed now. Have a good night Shirou, Saber."

"You too, Aunts. Goodnight," Shirou said, walking out of the room, leaving Saber and the couple.

The next morning

Gorgon looked around to see that it was still early morning and Saber was still asleep in her own bed. Letting her fatigue take over she wrapped an arm where her wife should be only to find out she wasn't there, making her curious. Getting up she stretched her arms and went to look around the house.

After a couple of minutes, she found Naruko sitting by the center table in the kitchen, drinking some alcohol looking down at the table with a disappointed look on her face. That's what she assumed anyways considering she couldn't see Naruko's face.

"What's wrong, honey?" Gorgon asked, sitting beside Naruko and lifting her head with her finger, staring into her golden eyes.

"Honey. Do you remember the day I randomly showed up in front of you?" Naruko asked, staring into Gorgon's purple eyes.

"I do remember you smashing some of my temples, yes. Why do you ask?" Gorgon asked.

"Did I tell you how I randomly got there?" Naruko asked, pouring some alcohol for Gorgon and pushing the glass to her.

"Yes. You told me that some Troll Vampire brought you here and left you stranded," Gorgon answered.

"Yes, and the Troll is messing with me once again..." Naruko said, sighing to herself. "Something woke me up a while ago and I found this in the middle of the yard where I summoned you."

"What is it?" Gorgon asked, peeking over Naruko's shoulder only for Naruko to turn around, revealing a large basket with something wrapped inside. Gorgon saw a piece of paper sticking out next to the bundle. As she looked closer she was shocked to lock eyes with a red-haired baby with brown-slitted eyes

"Au uu?"

"Naruko, is that an infant?" Gorgon asked, staring at Naruko who solemnly nodded. "Where did you get an infant?"

"Troll Vampire left her in the middle of the circle when I summoned you. The jerkface left me some kid," Naruko said with a sigh.

"Are we under attack!?" Saber said, running into the kitchen and interrupting the couple's talk.

"Yes, Saber. We're being invaded by babies..." Naruko said, revealing the child and surprising Saber.

"Where is that child's mother?" Saber asked.

"I'm not sure. The vampire left the kid with me with a note..." Naruko said softly.

"Have you read it?" Saber asked.

"Not yet. I was surprised, so I took a break for myself," Naruko said.

"Well, I'm sure you've had a long enough break. So read it!" Saber commanded, getting a glare from Naruko.

"What's going on?" Shirou asked rubbing her eyes before noticing the baby. "Why is there a baby in your hands, aunt?"

A little while later

Naruko finally finished downing the entire alcohol bottle before reading the letter.

Dear Naruko, Queen of Inferno,

I see you are quite happy to be reunited with your wife. So happy you reminisced the romantic days of when she attempted to end your life. Who would have guessed you would find love in Greece?

As a Foreigner, your power is not exactly from this world let alone this timeline. Then again you were born three times in separate dimensions before you somewhat settled down in this dimension.

"Naruko? You aren't from this world?" Gorgon asked.

"I thought you knew..." Naruko said, looking at Gorgon before looking at everyone. "I'm not from around here and I'm not exactly human either."

Your power is beyond the boundaries of man that, not even the grail can contain you personally. So with that, you will be able to restore your wife instead of living with the fantasy puppet with all her memories. After all, when would be a better time than to remind you that everyone minus yourself is just a sentient puppet with the memory and personality of their real selves? To summarize, your wife is still technically dead after her run-in with Perseus and harpe. Plus, they might be a younger version of her running around. Do what you will with that information.

"How troublesome," Naruko said, looking at Gorgon who had a sad look on her face. It was a sad reminder, that once the war ended she would be sent back until someone called on her for another war and she would either die or return having her wish granted. "Luckily, I can fix this."

Hopefully, you are done weeping in denial about the ghost by now. Anyways, by now you should have noticed the infant. This may come as a surprise to everyone else, but there are infinite worlds out there. I just happen to interfere when I feel like it to tamper with it the way I see fit. Take this baby, for example, this is actually Shirou Emiya months after she was birthed.

Shirou's eyes went wide as she stared at the baby who looked at her in curiosity.

This Shirou was about to die at a time when the fire had occurred during her infancy leaving no one able to save her. There was no Kiritsugu Emiya to save her, leaving only myself to bring her to you. Knowing myself, I am not cut out to change diapers and breastfeed. So instead I decided to leave Shirou with you. You may do as you wish and consider this a task for the greater good.

Oh, and by the way, baby Shirou has awakened to your other bloodline. Her transformation may have been caused as I traveled around to save him. Hence the "deformities" you may come across. Hopefully, you can raise him to learn to control his powers. After all, like teenage Shirou, he is also your distant grandchild.

Best regards,

Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg

"At least that curiosity is settled. Now...what to do with...the other Shirou," Naruko said, staring at the baby.

"Ok, this is where I draw the line. All I wanted to do was help fix everyone's equipment and the next thing I know I'm in a grail war, my distant relative is alive and now there's a baby version of me," Shirou said with a sigh before looking at Saber. "Saber is this how all grail wars are?"

"No, I don't understand why an infant version of yourself is here." Saber said with a shrug.

"AU!" The baby squealed

"Oh, no. Did I break her?" Saber asked.

"No, here let me take a look at her," Gorgon said, gently lifting up the infant.

Looking at the child, Gorgon noticed that baby Shirou seemed normal minus the things in her hair. Thinking it was cotton or some kind of small object. With that, she decided to pull on the objects carefully only to find them stuck. Using a bit more pressure baby Shirou proceeded to whimper before crying as more force was applied.

"Aah, sorry Shirou-kun," Gorgon said in a hurry, panicking as she believed she did something really stupid right now. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you. Did this mean goddess hurt you?"

Surprisingly, baby Shirou did calm down after a short while.

"What did you do to her?" Saber asked.

"I tried to remove something embedded in her hair, but it wouldn't come out," Gorgon said, cradling baby Shirou. (Fuck it. I'm calling Baby Shirou, Gudako.)

"Hm...Whatever it is. I'll deal with it later," Naruko said, reaching for her bottle only to remember it was empty and simply sighed in frustration.

"Well, you guys better figure out what to do with...me...kinda?" Shirou said, looking at her counterpart. "I have to get ready for school in a few hours."

"Have a nice day, and do stay safe," Naruko said before remembering something important. "Saber, are you still having issues cloaking yourself?"

"Yes, Shirou can't properly send me a strong mana input. So I'm stuck with being close by and wearing a disguise." Saber answered.

"Well...I guess I can give you one of the invisibility bracelets I borrowed from my mother," Naruko said, chuckling to herself and remembering one of her mother's episodes who binge ate pizza in her depression. "I just need to find it. You can at least keep an eye on Shirou."

"Come on I don't need a bodyguard my whole life," Shirou complained, doubting the plan. "No one even attacked me yesterday."

"Shirou an attack can happen at any time and I doubt the tsundere is going to hold back next time she sees you," Naruko said, remembering the crazy eyes Rin had.

"Are you talking about Rin?" Shirou asked.

"Yeah I am, so that's why Saber is coming along. That or I could forge documents and she could enroll as a student~," Naruko said, grinning evilly at the last part.

"That could work as well, Shirou," Saber said, looking at her master. "I could blend in and fight when you're attacked."

"For now, I'll suggest the bracelet. I doubt I could get some documents unless I create one magically," Naruko said.

"Alright fine, just give Saber her bracelet. Not like I need it..." Shirou said, sighing in defeat before looking at both Naruko and Gorgon. "Are you two going to stay here and watch my other self?"

"I think we can manage~ After all, we both have been mothers at one point," Gorgon said.

"I'll try not to destroy your house, but with my bad luck...Anything could happen..." Naruko said with a shrug and a smug look on her face.

"Ok..." Shirou said, staring at Naruko and hoping that her luck doesn't ruin things. "I'll just make breakfast and then be on my way."

"Best of luck, niece," Naruko said, waving off Shirou who left to pick up some food.

"Hmm...You aren't too bad or troublesome for a kid," Gorgon said, staring at Gudako and getting a laugh from Naruko who sat beside her. "We're going to be your new mothers. You would like that, wouldn't you?"

"It's nice to have you back, hun..." Naruko said.

"Good to be back and with you by my side," Gorgon replied with a small sigh.

Both women smiled warmly as if they had been blessed with an angel.

Several hours later

Gorgon frowned as she was indeed cursed with a demon.

"BWAAAHHHH!" Gudako cried out.

"Now now, Gudako. I'm not hurting you..." Gorgon said with fatigue clearly shown on her face. "Are you hungry? Tired?"

"BWAAAHHHH!" Gudako continued to cry as Gorgon continued to pat her back.

"Naruko, where the hell are you!" Gorgon screamed, slowly losing her marbles.

That's when Naruko appeared in the middle of the room. For some odd reason, she had a suitcase and numerous shopping bags floating around her.

"I'm here, honey," Naruko said, dropping all her luggage on the floor. "I have got the baby supplies."

"That suitcase...Why do you have it?" Gorgon asked.

"I didn't have Japanese currency so I went to a bank made of corrupt bankers, easily tricking them with the promise of salvation after showing my wings while preaching the gospel of our Lord and Savior Shaggy. I sent a copy of myself to the back and took everything in there before dashing out of the store and of course wiping everyone's memory except for the information on Shaggy," Naruko said, pulling out the diapers and formula from the bags.

"Were the girls like this?" Gorgon asked as Shirou began to calm down at the sight of food.

"They were...fine for the most part," Naruko said calmly.

"Well...I'm not sure if I can handle being a mother again," Gorgon said, almost regretting babysitting Gudako before thinking of handing over the baby to Naruko for a while. "Do you mind watching her for a while?"

"Not a problem," Naruko said, gently getting a hold of Gudako and patting her back. "I wonder how Shirou is doing?"

With Shirou

"Hey let me go!" Rin demanded, finding herself face-first against the floor as Saber held her arms back.

"I can't let you run around attacking my master. Especially when you could attract the attention of others." Saber said.

"Well, how did you take away my magical circuits!?" Rin demanded, furious that the magic passed down from her family was gone.

"I didn't, Naruko gave me a talisman that temporarily seals the abilities of mages while disconnecting servants from mana. She said it was somewhat cruel to rip them out of you. But she also said her uncle would find that funny...Whoever that is," Saber said, staring down at Rin with a smile.

"I let my arrogance get the better of me," Rin said in a defeated tone as she couldn't find a way to contact Archer.

"Tohsaka, now that we know you can't kill me. How about we talk things out?" Shirou asked, squatting down to look at her.

"This grail war isn't a friendship contest Emiya. It's a serious fight to the death. Seeing that now, it would make sense for you to kill me!" Rin yelled out.

Shirou lifted Rin up and placed her against the wall making Saber let go. Looking at each other face to face with Rin trying to suppress a blush. Shirou had something she wanted to get straight.

"Tohsaka, no matter how much you threaten me. How much you hate me. Or even how much it annoys you. I'm not killing anyone, especially you." Shirou said as seriously as possible, getting a frown from Rin.

"You're so naive, Emiya," Rin said before being interrupted by a scream.

"Was that a scream?" Shirou asked before running towards the voice.

"Emiya/Shirou!" Both Rin and Saber called out as they followed her.

Upon entering all three of them noticed a female body lying on the floor.

"Looks like she's just unconscious," Shirou said, inspecting the body.

"She's not unconscious, she's drained dry. Her mana, her life force is gone and she'll die unless I stabilize her with the stones I have." Rin explained, pulling one out and restoring the student's health.

"Look out!" Shirou yelled, getting in front of Rin and blocking a projectile with her wrist.

"Shirou!" Saber yelled, fearing for her master's safety.

"Why did you protect me?" Rin asked in surprise.

"Stay here!" Saber ordered as she dashed into the woods and not giving Shirou the chance to retort.

"Stay here and protect the girl," Shirou said, looking at Rin as she grabbed the pipe from their original confrontation and ran after Saber.

In the forest, Shirou ran in to see Saber blocking several chains and blades. Then sent a woman with purple hair into a tree with a punch to the abdomen. The woman she was fighting was clearly a servant that looked like a younger version of her aunt. Maybe she was what the letter was referring to.

"Shirou what are you doing here!?" Saber asked, attacking the servant from behind.

"I want to help!" Shirou answered before being dragged away by her arm with a chain.

"Why do you have to be so reckless?" Saber asked as she ran after her master.

Upon arrival, she saw Shirou being strung up by her injured arm. Still hanging onto her makeshift weapon only for the servant woman to twist it behind her back and put her hands around Shirou's neck.

"You...Why do you have the scent of my beloved?" Rider asked just as Saber was about to attack her from behind.

Then suddenly Rider jumped back at the sight of a sword coming at her. Everyone stopped and saw as it destroyed the chain. Then out of nowhere, Rider took a kick to her gut sending her crashing into a tree. Looking up, all three looked to see a young man with blond hair wearing a knight's armor picking up the sword.

A few moments later

"Who are you?" Shirou asked, looking at the new arrival who finished healing her.

"I'm Saber?" Saber answered, getting a shocked look from Shirou's Saber who drew her sword and pointed it at him.

"Who are you?" Saber asked, glaring at the new figure.

"I'm Saber, who are you?" Saber replied with his previous answer before asking his own question.

"I'm Saber and clearly you are an imposter!" Saber exclaimed, believing this Saber imposter was a Sussy Baka. (Very funny, please laugh)

Both proceeded to clash blades at an incredible pace that the naked eye couldn't keep up with. That's when Rin appeared and noticed the two sabers fighting.

"Shirou is Saber fighting a servant?" Rin asked, looking at the fight.

"Yes. We are fighting the one who claims to be also Saber," Shirou said.

Rin was about to ask when both appeared again creating a crater in front of them as their blades pushed against each other. Leaving Rin surprised at a similar-looking Saber fighting Saber. It was too confusing.

"I'm Saber!"

"No way, I'm Saber!"

"Your both Saber!" Shirou yelled.

"You, stay out of this!" Both Sabers yelled.

"I need Aunt Naruko's help," Shirou said, pulling out the pendant he had on him. "Hopefully this works," She added, adding a bit of her dried blood from the earlier wound on the pendant.

"Can that still summon, her?" Rin asked only to get her answer a second later as the pendant glowed, revealing the shape of a woman. When the light died down, it revealed Naruko looking tired as she was feeding little Gudako some milk while patting her back very slowly. This went on for a couple of minutes before both Sabers landed in front of them making loud enough sounds to make the baby cry again, and Naruko gasp in pain when she felt her nipple get bitten.

"BWAAAHHHH!" Gudako cried out.

"Ouch ouch ouch..." Naruko said as she removed Gudako from her chest, summoning a hellhound, and had Gudako ride on its back before she turned to both Sabers. "Today has just been hectic."

"Auntie?" Shirou asked, noticing the dark miasma flowing off her aunt as she stared at both Sabers.

"Shirou, take care of your younger self," Naruko said, ordering the hound to walk over to Shirou before concentrating on her current punching bags.

Before anyone could respond, Naruko began warping around the combatants so fast that she created a large vortex. Which was followed by the sounds of flesh and metal being hit. The vortex calmed down and what was left were two badly beaten Sabers. Naruko wasn't done yet as you could see the feeling of annoyance in her eyes. The two sabers found themselves grabbed by their heads and smashed against each other.

"Do you two still want to fight?" Naruko asked, staring at both Sabers who shook their head. Naruko quickly chained both of them. "That's what I thought."

A little while later, Emiya's residence

Gorgon was laying on the couch watching some animal documentary about snakes, inwardly enjoying what she was watching but she wouldn't let anyone know. She does have a reputation to keep. Naruko managed to calm down Gudako once again before placing her in the bundle she was found in. She soon directed her attention to Shirou's wound and removed the talisman placed on Rin. That left the two sabers who were glaring at each other.

"Okay. So please tell me what's going on?" Naruko said, staring at the group.

"Well. Saber here saved me from a servant that looks like, Aunt Gorgon..." Shirou said.

"I see...Then after that?" Naruko asked.

"After that Shirou went after me and got herself caught. Shirou what is the matter with you?" Saber asked, staring at her sometimes foolish master.

"Really?" Naruko asked, staring at Shirou with a look of disappointment. "Don't you have any self-preservation? Here I was, planning on training you. Good grief. You're lucy Medusa was occupied or you'd be quite dead."

"You were going to train me?" Shirou asked in surprise, ignoring the fact she could have died again.

"Yes, but we'll talk about that later, For now, I think it's best we figure out who our new handsome guest is here..." Naruko said, staring at the new saber. "So who are you, and where did you come from?"

"I'm a saber class servant summoned to participate in the Holy Grail War. I couldn't locate my master, but instead sensed a lot of mana usage which led me to find that young lady almost getting killed by the other servant." The new Saber answered.

Naruko proceeded to put on her magic glasses, scanning Saber's boy before detecting a few strange anomalies.

"You can't find your master because you don't have one," Naruko said grimly, shocking him. "Besides your mana is already dropping rapidly unless you find a good source, which would be dining on the souls of civilians. But knowing you knight types, you won't do that. So I'm afraid you'll have to seek out someone with command seals and no servant to you'll disappear and return from where you came from.

"I see..." The new Saber said, sighing to himself.

"Sorry about that. It was nice knowing ya," Naruko said with a shrug.

"Aunt, he did save my life. Can we at least help him somehow?" Shirou asked.

"You're awfully reckless today," Naruko said, looking at Shirou before pointing at Rin. "I'm surprised the Tsundere hasn't killed you yet."

"How am I a tsundere?" Rin asked.

"Because you're a mean and negative person. Yet deep down I can sense positive intentions but something is holding you back. As if you know what your doing is wrong and yet you can't afford to be hospitable without feeling weak." Naruko said with a bored look on her face as she explained.

"So what, you can sense emotions?" Rin asked.

"I can both sense and devour emotions. Positive emotions are meh, but negative emotions like fear and many others are quite delicious and also empower me," Naruko said, surprising the majority of the room with that information.

"Not to be rude, but we're still tied up," Saber said, feeling an itch on her arm that she couldn't reach.

"Just don't start another fight," Naruko said with a yawn, waiting for Saber's response.

"Yes." Saber answered.

"Good, what about you?" Naruko asked the other Saber.

"Seeing as I'm going back to the Throne of Heroes. I guess I don't need to bother with my class name. Just call me Arthur." Arthur said, revealing his true name.

Naruko nodded and released the chains on them. Saber quickly adjusted herself and moved away while Arthur just stood against a wall with his arms crossed. Naruko had a good understanding that Arthur feels a lack of purpose and disappointment, but there was not much she can do. Plus, she wasn't sure if she should just trust everyone like Shirou let alone find some random sucker to wear a command seal.

"Shoot I just remembered that Taiga and Sakura always pass by around this time," Shirou said as she began panicking.

"Urgh, how am I going to explain that?" Naruko asked pointing at Gudako before looking at Arthur. "Or him? Today is truly stressful."

"We can take them to the other room. We'll come up with an excuse later," Shirou said.

"Ok, come along Arthur. I'll figure out a way to help your situation," Naruko said, picking up the bundle Gudako was sleeping in. "I'll need to talk with the Old Man tomorrow."

"Are you guys going to keep pretending that I'm not here?" Rin asked, feeling annoyed as the duo of Naruko and Arthur left the room.

"Oh hey Tohsaka, are you staying for dinner?" Shirou asked casually.

"How many shall I set up for the evening Shirou? Your home is getting awfully crowded with the addition of the infant and...Arthur." Saber said, feeling a strange connection with the boy.

"I...guess I'll stay for the night," Rin said as a blush crept to her face.

"Ok, I'll ask if Aunt Naruko wants me to save some for her and Aunt Gorgon," Shirou said as she was about to leave when Rin grabbed onto her shoulder.

"Emiya, I thought Naruko said her wife was dead and where did that baby come from?" Rin asked, staring menacingly into Shirou's eyes.

"That's a long story, but if you want the shortened version you might want to look at the summoning circle outside where Lancer attacked me," Shirou answered, looking slightly nervous.

That only left Rin wondering what she meant. Rin didn't get the chance to talk or interact with Gorgon as she ignored the group while watching television. Rin wasn't planning on disturbing a being that could be as strong as Naruko. She was prideful, not suicidal. Plus, the random baby left her wondering where the infant came from.

"Saber are you by chance able to tell me where the baby came from? Or at least tell me where Shirou's second aunt came from?" Rin asked, hoping that her inquiries would be answered by the servant.

"Naruko is a foreigner class servant and summoned an assassin, hoping to learn more about this war. So it turned out Assasin was her somewhat deceased wife," Saber said. "The infant, however, is somewhat difficult to explain."

That only left Rin more suspicious about Shirou's extended family.

Later that night

During dinner, Rin decided to excuse herself saying she needed the bathroom. When in truth she managed to sneak her way outside. Looking around, she spotted the area where the glass was repaired and looked towards the area where she assumed Saber had made contact with Lancer. Relying on only the light of the moon, she looked around for the markings and found mini craters likely from an unstable explosion that was likely trying to be controlled.

That's when she noticed all the markings and symbols that looked pretty similar to the one Shirou used. At least from her understanding, the person who made it did it with a good amount of knowledge and perfect about of detail. Looking at it closely, she noticed a bow and arrow in the center. From what Saber told Rin, Naruko learned quickly since she became a servant.

What Rin could only guess, was that Naruko was too excited and forgot to remove her catalyst for the summoning. Rin picked up a wedding ring and tried to link the item to Gorgon's identity which ended up failing. That's when she noticed a note attached to it. Probably the notes to make sure Naruko didn't blow herself up doing the ritual so late after the war had started.

Dear Naruko,

Please refrain from using or teaching that technique to anyone. It might not damage you as much but you know how unsuccessful it is. I owe both Dante and Lucifer only so much, so don't go tossing your limbs away. Your mother says hi, and you should come to visit sometime.

From,

The Man from Beyond. The Beyonder. Overall Awesome Guy.

P.S. Here's your arm back.

Rin felt confused as she read the letter. Then turned to the wrapped item before opening it.

Back inside

"So Naruko have you thought about..." Taiga said before being interrupted by a loud scream.

"Tohsaka!" Shirou yelled, dashing outside to find out what was happening.

Rin, Sakura, Taiga, Saber, and Naruko all followed Shirou outside to see Rin holding herself as she started shaking.

"Tohsaka what..." Shirou said before being interrupted by Rin wrapping her arms around her and crying.

"Emiya it's an arm! Some sick twisted bastard left a human being's arm on the ground!" Rin said, crying into Shirou's clothes.

"Where is it?" Shirou asked, pulling free from Rin's hug.

Rin wiped her tears and pointed her shakey finger at the ground revealing a semi-wrapped object. Shirou gave her a comforting look before slowly picking it up. As she unwrapped it Shirou went pale as she turned revealing a severed female's arm. The creepy part is that there was no sign of damage, no cuts, rips, or sign that it was originally attached to anything. Although it was rather obvious that it did belong to a human being at one point.

"Oh my god!" Taiga exclaimed, covering her mouth while Sakura was ready to faint at the sight of the severed arm. "Shirou put that down! I'm calling the police!" Taiga said, reaching into her pocket and pulling out her cell phone.

However, before she could dial the police Naruko hit both Taiga and Sakura with pressure points, knocking both of them out. Before anyone else could protest, Naruko unveiled her bandage, revealing a dark hand made of darkness which soon turned into tendrils, extending to the severed arm on the floor.

Shirou and Rin looked horrified, seeing the arm beginning to reattach itself to Naruko's stomp.

"Well, I'm lucky I didn't grow a new one," Naruko said, twirling the arm around. "It's always a problem breaking in or getting used to a new body part when the previous is destroyed."

"Auntie...what...How did you do that?" Shirou asked, supporting Rin who for her part looked completely out of it.

"Well...as long as any of my limbs aren't destroyed, I can always reattach it," Naruko said with a shrug.

"How did you lose your arm in the first place?" Saber asked, a little bit concerned about the scenario.

"I tried something...but it failed and I lost my arm," Naruko said.

"Why are you so casual about losing your arm?" Saber asked, staring at the possibly insane blonde.

"Because I can always regrow it," Naruko said with a shrug, burning the bandages.

"Just who are you?" Saber demanded already having no clue what heroic spirit Naruko is. Saber no longer cared about knowing Naruko's potential weakness, she wants to know what sick twisted individual the grail had summoned.

"You really want me to start from scratch?" Naruko asked getting several nods. "Well, I guess I'm going to have to explain myself and you can figure out what the holy Grail labeled me as. Just help me with these two first."

Inside Shirou's house

"Well, as I said a while back I have been reborn 3 times. I am Naruko Uzumaki Namikaze Kurosaki," Naruko said, sitting on the couch with the group listening to her.

"I can't recognize any of those names. Perhaps some backstory would help." Saber said.

"My birth parents in my first life are the fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze and the princess of Whirlpool Kushina Uzumaki. I was born on October 10th the day the Kyuubi no Yoko or nine-tailed fox attacked. My mother was its jinchuuriki or power of human sacrifice and was forced to contain the creature. Long story short the beast was split between the soul and chakra, similar to mana, while I was born without it. Although I never really found a need to be a shinobi as were our family standards. My siblings were arrogant and looked down on me and hated me when I awakened to foreign energy. My parents didn't neglect me even though many of the nobles thought I was a failure or a threat because of my strange abilities. Regardless my parents, godparents, and adopted older brother still helped when they could." Naruko finished, taking a deep breath.

"Oh, that's a lot of detail. Saber does that help in any way?" Shirou asked, turning to Saber.

"No, I'm sorry I don't recognize that story. Is there anything else?" Saber asked, looking at Naruko.

"Well, after a while in my current life, I regained my memories of my previous incarnations and met Zelretch once again," Naruko said, groaning after saying Zelretch's name. "So he asked me for some help with some things. I was bored at that time so I agreed to help to pass the time. After doing some jobs, I soon landed in Greece, meeting up with my wonderful wife, Medusa, and her sisters. So we had two daughters by the names of Camilla and Corrin.

"No, I still don't know who you are." Saber said with a sigh.

"Maybe Archer or one of the other servants can identify Naruko," Rin said, looking at her servant who shrugged.

"Identify who?" Arthur asked, walking into the room.

"Hey, Arthur are you feeling alright?" Shirou asked.

"Yeah," Arthur said.

"Hey, aunt. Does Aunt Gorgon know about you?" Shirou asked, looking at Naruko.

"She knew as much as she could understand when I explained it to her. Then again as a servant, she might be able to handle it considering all servants have a Wikipedia page in their minds." Naruko said with a shrug.

"Hey Arthur, do you think you can help me identify Naruko's identity as a servant?" Saber asked.

"I don't see why not," Arthur answered as he stood by.

"You may continue Naruko," Saber said, ushering Naruko to continue her story.

"Ok, in my second life, I was born as Ichigo Kurosaki. Son of Isshin Kurosaki and Masaki Kurosaki. I had two younger sisters. Basically, you need to know that in this world I was a hybrid of a Hollow, Shinigami, and Quincy," Naruko said, explaining her life story until her death from using the Final Getsuga Tenshou. "So that's basically it for that."

"So, you were a ghost samurai?" Saber asked, interested in Naruko's swordswomanship.

"More like a Samurai Ghostbuster who got her ass kicked a lot," Naruko said before placing a hand over her cleavage just around her heart. "Still remembered when I got penetrated right through the chest. Happened twice. Very scary."

"I wouldn't be turning into a mindless monster, would I?" Shirou asked, not wanting to rage around in a monstrous form.

"I doubt it...but anything is possible," Naruko said, shrugging her shoulder and noticing Taiga had a bloody nose. "So, are you guys understanding the story?"

"I feel like you're even more of a stranger," Arthur answered getting a nod from Saber.

"Naruko you still have one life left right?" Shirou asked.

"That's right. So I'm the daughter of Dantea Sparda, Queen of Hell(DMC Hell. Infinite in Size with numerous dimensions in it), and Lucifer Morningstar (Composite Lucifer from DC, Shin Megami Tensei, and World of Darkness) Anyway, I lived with my mother most of my life. Even have my own realm which I own. It's called Inferno, and houses demons and other creatures," Naruko said, getting surprised looks from everyone present. Shirou was shocked to find out her aunt was a queen, even if it was for demons. "Remember when I spoke about being ejected from my home?"

"Yes..." Saber said.

"Well, I found out it was that damned vampire. So he sent me to a place called Brittania while I assumed a younger form. I lived with a demon prince and the daughter of the Supreme Deity, basically allowing myself to be raised by them. It wasn't until many years later that Demon King and Supreme Deity attempted to seal me, sensing my power and fearing it. That plan failed as I was far stronger than both of them. I didn't exactly care for their motives so I ignored them and spent most of my time traveling. Until I came across a young child who was king of Camelot. The mage Merlin introduced us to a spiritual entity that was freed called Chaos. Chaos felt sympathy for the king, Arthur Pendragon, and with permission, Chaos became one with Arthur."

"Something wrong Saber?" Shirou asked. Both he and everyone had confused looks on their features with both Arthur and Saber having odd looks.

"I'll answer that for you. I'm Arthur Pendragon and I don't remember any of this bullshit." Arthur said.

"Multiverse theory is a bitch," Naruko said with a shrug, chuckling to herself.

"So, I was the King of Knights where you ended up?" Arthur asked, getting a nod from Naruko.

"As much as I want to mock you. I am raising a baby version of Shirou from another dimension. So I wouldn't doubt this world had its own Arthur Pendragon and Merlin." Naruko said. "As I said, the multiverse theory is a bitch."

"Then it wouldn't make sense if he's Arthur Pendragon when I'm Arthur Pendragon!" Saber yelled out and stood up.

"Eh?" almost everyone asked in shock.

"I'm the real King of Knights and I won't allow some other servant to take my name! I am the one who wields Excalibur after all!" Saber said revealing the invisible wind magic from her sword.

"Well that must be a fake because I have Excalibur right here," Arthur argued, revealing his own sword. (Proto Excalibur with 13 seals.)

"Settle down you two. You can fight for the role of Shakespeare in the park later," Naruko said, getting groans from both of them.

"Wait! Did you say dimensional travel?" Rin asked with an astonished look on her face.

"Yes, I also found out Obama's last name, now let me finish," Naruko said, taking a deep breath. "So anyways...Just before Arthur became the King of Chaos. The deity told me things I already knew. But to conclude all this, I am the daughter of Dantea Sparda, the Legendary Dark Knight, and Lucifer Morningstar."

"Wow, you weren't kidding about being the daughter of The Devil," Gorgon said, walking into the room with a smoothie in hand and taking a seat beside Naruko.

"Daughter of The Devil...Sounds boring," Naruko said. "Is that what they call me? Kinda expected a cooler name honestly. I guess it can't be helped."

"Saber what is that? What is the daughter of the Morningstar?" Shirou asked.

"The child of the Morningstar, the child of Lucifer that takes human form. Her history is clouded and I can't detect a weakness since most of her abilities are unknown." Saber said stumbling back.

"And you're her descendant..." Rin said, looking at Shirou with fear.

"Jeez, calm down. Just because I'm the devil's daughter doesn't make me that bad," Naruko said looking a bit offended. Sure her entire family wasn't the best when it comes to morals, including her. But she does try to be as neutral as possible.

"Aunt? What are your abilities?" Shirou asked carefully.

"Well, I can fly. Currently Immortal and can regenerate from wounds including decapitation, complete atomization, and soul destruction. I can heal others. I'm an extremely skilled sorceress and martial artist, an expert at numerous weapons, transmutation, dimensional travel..." Naruko said, getting tired of listing things she could do. "But nothing as important as activating my abilities in my family and those who share my blood."

"So that explains something, " Gorgon said as one of her snakes wrapped itself around Naruko.

"Well...I'm getting sleepy," Naruko said and got to her feet and headed to her room with Gorgon walking behind her. "We're going to bed. Night everyone."

That left everyone else in the room pondering the knowledge they learned. Leaving them contemplating the next course of action. Mostly for Rin since Saber claims that there is no weakness she's aware of due to Naruko's lack of history as a heroic spirit, and existence outside the ROOT. For now, it would be too dangerous to take her head on especially if she puts Shirou's life on the line. From the sound of things, Naruko was a laid-back person and most importantly a family lady. (Go home and be a family man) Attacking her family to her would be begging for death.

Ten years of preparation shouldn't be wasted by senselessly attacking. The fight at the school should have been enough of a lesson for her. Her impatience and arrogance were the reason she could have been killed by Shirou if she wasn't so soft-hearted.