Opening Night

Scene 1

Saber pledges her sword to Shiro and after the contract is completed, Saber goes out to fight Lancer. As he watches her fight, Shiro notices that he can’t see Saber’s weapon. Lancer is angry that Saber is concealing her weapon, but she responds by charging at him. Because of Saber’s provocations, Lancer uses Gae Bolga to pierce her heart. Saber figures out Lancer's identity and because of that, Lancer makes his retreat.

Scene 2

Shiro runs up to Saber and watches as her wound closes up. The two formally introduce themselves to each other, then Saber goes off and starts to fight Archer. When Archer is injured, Rin has him disappear, but then Saber goes after Rin. Only Shiro’s yell for her to stop prevents her from striking.

Scene 3

Shiro recognizes Rin and brings her into his house where she repairs the damage done by Lancer. Rin learns that Shirou knows next to no magic and laments about the fact that he got Saber. She explains the situation about the Masters and the Servants and war for the Holy Grail. She then takes him to go see the manager of the war.

Scene 4

The three arrive at the Kotomine Church, and Saber waits outside while Shiro and Rin go in. Shiro meets Kirei Kotomine, a magician who was Rin’s father’s disciple. Since Shiro knows basically nothing, Kirei starts to explain the rules of Grail war to him. First, a Master can only stop being a Master if the Holy Grail is obtained. Second, Servants are heroes of old who appear when it’s time to fight. But since Shiro is rather lacking in power, Saber can’t go into her spirit form. Third, the Masters don’t necessarily have to die, and basically whoever has their Servant still alive at the end wins the Holy Grail. Fourth, if a Servant loses their Master, they don’t disappear immediately, and thus can go to contract with another Master who has lost their own Servant already. And since there was wanton slaughter in past wars, there is now a manager for the event – Kirei. Shiro says that he has no reason to fight and no interest in the Holy Grail, but Kirei asks him if he can stand by while the others wreck havoc. After Kirei mentions the fire that only Shiro survived, Shiro decides to fight.

Scene 5

On their way home, Rin, Shirou, and Saber run into a young girl and her Servant: Illya and Berserker.