[Cherry_Lover]

Originally Posted by RadiantBeam

2. I debated adding Saber's line at the end towards Sakura, but I felt it fit her mood, and Saber honestly likes Sakura. Besides, I thought it would be some fun minor foreshadowing of things to come, if I expand on this.

Yeah, I can see how this could end up working now.

Spoiler for HF:

If Saber comes to care for Sakura (and vice-versa) then she will assist Shirou in protecting her when the time comes, and if they're mutually fond of each other then a Shirou x Sakura x Saber threesome is actually plausible. I could easily see this ending in a "HF Good" ending (like the one I was talking about in other threads as a potential sequel hook), since without Dark Saber there to assist the shadow Archer may not have died and Shirou may not have lost his arm. That, together with Saber's potential ability to destroy the Grail using Excalibur (which she can do without dying, potentially, due to her contract with Sakura providing her with prana) could result in everyone surviving.

Even if Saber does go Dark, it's possible that she could be saved here, because whereas in HF her soul itself is seemingly corrupted, here she is seemingly more like Sakura, with a contract with Angra Mainyu that Shirou could break using Rule Breaker.