The year is 2004, and Fuyuki City is the setting for a secret and violent war among competing magi. For the past two centuries, seven magi were gathered and engage in a Battle Royale, each gambling his or her own life to obtain the Holy Grail, a legendary chalice capable of granting wishes. The past four wars have typically occurred every sixty years, with the most recent concluding a decade ago, but the fifth war has eerily started prematurely.

 

Each magus, better known as Masters, are aided by one of the seven summoned spiritual familiars known as Servants, who are the reincarnations of legendary souls from all across time. These resurrected Heroic Spirits, possess superhuman characteristics and wield powerful artifacts or abilities called Noble Phantasms. A Noble Phantasm's hidden abilities may be released by invoking its true name, but casual brandishing of a Noble Phantasm is best avoided, for symbolic Noble Phantasms usually belie a Servant's identity, diminishing that Servant's competitive advantage. Specific legends may be summoned with the aid of catalysts, which are artifacts, ideas, or experiences similar or of value to the desired Servant. Only one Servant can be summoned in each war from one of seven classes:

Saber

Lancer

Archer

Caster

Berserker

Rider

Assassin

 

However, an uncertain young man, barely a magus, finds himself in the middle of all this conflict. Will he survive to the end, or die a miserable death?

"Hm-hmmmmm"

 

The morning sun lightens my sleeping face. I try to avoid it by fully convering myself with the blanket.

Unfortunately, the alarm clock starts its daily rampage. It's time I woke up already.

 

*Yawn*

 

I get up and head to the bathroom. People usually start their day with a shower, but I can't stand showering in the chilling mornings.

I instead take a crap and brush my teeth, then washing my face to get rid of sleepness.

 

*All right, better hurry. It's time for some practice*

 

I, Sky Akamine, am in the Kendo Club. Eating a simple breakfast, I leave my tiny apartment and head to school. Leaving alone can be annoying at times, but it's good for one to mature.

 

I usually arrive first at the dojo and start my daily routine of cleaning and getting ready for practice.

Most of the time I finish stuff too early and have spare time to warm up and do some Suburi before everyone comes.

Today is one of those days.

 

"....96, 97, 98, 99, 100!!!"

 

My arms feel stiff. But if I doing it everyday makes it easier to bear the heavy training.

 

[...]

 

Practice is over and the bell rings. It's time for classes to start. I change and head to the school building.

A young teen with messy dark red hair worked his way to the school with an armcast. "Damn those idiots, why me! I didn't sign up for this!" Absentmindedly walking to the school, he passed by a fellow student. "Hey, senior! Or was it freshman..... aughh! Anyway, stay out of school tonight unless you want to be chopped to bits!" Scurrying along the hill, he made dash for the school, quite disoriented enough to run into multiple buildings.

Edited February 9, 201510 yr by Soul Eater Evans

Almost reaching the school building, Sky notices he is carrying more weight than he should. "Hmm...? ..... Oh shoot, I brought the shinai and wooden sword along!" He looks like a very dependable boy, but is actually pretty absent minded except for when he's got a sword ready in his hands.

"I gotta hurry and take it back to the club room or I'll be late!"

Immediately after turning around and dashing, he bumps into another student who was running towards the entrance of the building.

"Woahhh, ouch!"

Both fall to their butts on the ground.