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Originally Posted by RadiantBeam
1. I had a few debates about the Sakura section, and originally I was going to have a version where she never even had this part. But I do think that on some level Sakura likes Saber, even if she sees Saber as a threat to Shirou's safety. So I also think that if Saber had survived and Sakura knew she had successfully protected Shirou, she would have conflicted feelings. In my version she's still incredibly relieved that Saber is alive, but I do admit that it could easily go any other way. In this case her relief comes from the fact that Saber also protected Shirou.
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Well, I think you're right there. Sakura actually rather likes Saber, as a person. She just doesn't like the fact that Shirou has a servant, because she knows how dangerous the Grail War is, particularly with people like her sister (who
she thinks is a cold magus who will do anything to win) involved. It's rather similar to Ilya's attitude to Sakura later on in HF. Ilya actually rather
likes Sakura, as a person, but she is fully aware (from very early on) of the shadow's true identity and of the fact that Sakura is another Holy Grail. Because of that, she shuns Sakura and attempts to warn Shirou to stay away from her.
As for her feelings, she would indeed be somewhat conflicted. On one hand, Saber being alive means Shirou will still continue to fight. On the other hand, she
did protect him, and Sakura would obviously feel grateful for that, and Sakura isn't really the sort of person to wish death on another. It's just that she's aware that Saber isn't 'really' a person in the same sense as she or Shirou is, she's a Heroic Spirit who was summoned with the explicit intent of fighting in the war and dying. But, if she sees her lying there like that, especially having been told that she protected Shirou, I doubt she'd end up feeling sad that she was still alive. Hell, even in the interlude she doesn't
really think "I'm glad Saber is dead", she just thinks "I'm happy Sempai is safe".
What I'm not sure about is how you intend this to go from here (if you intend to do so at all). As I said before, Saber x Shirou simply can't
work in the context of HF, unless you intend for Shirou to be
miles OOC, because his feelings for Sakura are too strong, and if they're not then you get an inevitable bad end. I do wonder if you're aiming for a threesome, though, which is at least
moderately plausible if Sakura comes to care for Saber. Which, really, needs to happen
anyway if Saber is to remain after the war, since Shirou simply can't support her, whereas Sakura
can (even without the extra prana supply from being a grail, Sakura can still support one servant, since Rin is shown to be capable of it in UBW).