It was a very normal day when it happened;

I was just doing my job, which was very average, then went back home...and that's when things went wrong.

When I reached my house I saw someone standing near the gate. Up to that point everything seemed okay, after all, sometimes a neighbour could be in front of the gate listening to music or something. It was annoying, but mundane.

Yet, I couldn't help but notice, even as I approached, that no matter who this was it wasn't someone I knew at a glance. Maybe that should've given it out, but it didn't.

So I went home as if there was nobody there, like usual... But suddenly, I felt a sharp pain on my hand as I passed whoever was standing there, who then whispered something that felt very far away...

"Rejoice, for-"

I couldn't hear anything else after that, because I was starting to lose my consciousness.

The last thing I noticed was that whoever it was seemed to be grinning at me, and looked like a priest.

When I came to...I was in a ship?

I don't know where exactly I am but it seems like the interior of a ship, and I can feel it shaking violently in the wind...could it be a storm?

While I was wondering that, a kid came over to me, and he's about to say something.

"Are you okay? Most people don't seem to be doing so well with the storm...I wonder why?"

I was, surprisingly, feeling okay, so I decided to reply while standing up.

"Oh, yeah, I'm okay. I'm wondering though, where are we?"

"Well, we are in the middle of the way to the Hunter Exam, but I have no idea where exactly." He said, shrugging.

Wait...Hunter Exam? I'm pretty sure I heard about such an exam somewhere...WHAT!?

Damn, I'm in Hunter x Hunter. I was still trying to process that fact when I saw a mirror...which definitely did NOT reflect myself.

Looking at the mirror I can't help but notice my current uncannily similar appearance to a certain character from a series I liked a lot.

Emiya Shirou, the protagonist of Fate/Stay Night. Damn...now that I think about it, that guy near my house did look a bit like Kotomine...and whatever he did was probably what sent me here.

Sighing, I decided to ask the kid, which I now realized was Gon Freecs, some questions.

"Hey, how long has this voyage gone for? I was sleeping, so I didn't really notice."

He looked surprised that I didn't know, but replied.

"Eh, a few hours, I think? This storm has been going on for a little while. Did you sleep through all of it?"

He said that, with a sincere, childish tone. As expected of Gon. Thinking that I replied.

"I did, in fact I think sleeping for too long made me almost forget about the Hunter Exam. I'm Emiya Shirou, nice to meet you...?"

I said that, feeling the new name was appropriate considering I looked exactly like him. That and I might even have his skills, but I'll check those out once we're off the ship.

"I'm Gon, nice to meet you Shirou-san!"

Well, he gets friendly very easily, that's so characteristic of him though that I'm not surprised.

I didn't have time to talk any further with him though as a sailor came running over to us.

"Hey, Gon! Leorio and Kurapika are having a fight on the deck, you should help stop them!"

Gon looked at the sailor, tilting his head, and started replying.

"Eh, why should I do that? Mito-san always told me that fights happen for a reason. They just need to solve what's making them angry at each other."

I nodded at that, thinking that he can be pretty wise sometimes. I decided it was about time to put my theory to test, though, and decided to ask the sailor about it.

"Hey, do you have any kind of weapon? Doesn't matter what it's made of, but preferrably something with an edge."

The sailor looked surprised, then quickly replied.

"Eh? What would you use that for?"

The worried tone he used explained what exactly he thought about, so I reassured him.

"Don't worry, I won't swing it around or anything... I just need to check something."

When I told him that, he seemed relieved but still somewhat wary. After a moment of thinking he went away for a few, and didn't take long to come back, giving me a kitchen knife. It seems those were stored nearby. I quickly thanked him, then decided to ask him about a place to test this at.

Before I could, though, another sailor came running toward us, shouting.

"Kurapika and Leorio are still fighting, and the storm is getting worse. We need to stop them because they might fall off the ship at this pace!"

Oh, that seems bad. Well, it's a chance to test if I have any of the skills Shirou had. If I don't what will happen is inevitably a horrible death, sooner or later, so hopefully I'm wrong.

So, I quickly ran towards the deck without saying anything. It didn't take long before I arrived, just in time to see them losing footing and starting to fall.

I couldn't think about anything at that moment beyond 'I need to save them'.

Hopefully that's not a side effect of becoming Shirou. Shrugging that thought off I quickly attempted to trigger my circuits, if I even have them, by using a very horrible mental image which for some reason closely resembled Sakura's situation in the Matou manor.

That did the trick, as I felt the Prana flowing through me. Quickly, but carefully, I applied it to my legs to Reinforce them. Carefully because I'd never done it before but it's as if I knew how to do it all along.

Right after that, I ran - quickly enough that I crossed about 20 metres quicker than a blink of an eye. It didn't take long after that for me to reach Kurapika, who was almost falling off the ship, and started pulling him back up.

Leorio was able to regain his footing quickly, and helped me out. It seems things will go similarly to what would happen without me here, though if I Reinforced my whole body I could do the rescue by myself that would probably not help ease the conflict between them.

After a short moment Gon helped us out too, and the sailors also joined in the rescue. Eventually we managed to save Kurapika.

After that, the captain called us over, and asked us what were our goals as Hunters.

Leorio and Kurapika seemed to want to object, but I knew what this was about, and started speaking.

"You should be proud of your goals, personal or not. I want to become a Hunter to be able to discover if there are other worlds out there beyond our own, and try to reach out for them."

The captain nodded in approval, and after I led them with that they quickly said their own goals, which were the same as in the series. Gon said his first, then Kurapika did, and finally Leorio, who seemed somewhat cautious about sharing his goal.

Once they were done the captain revealed what I already knew.

"I was actually an examiner for the Hunter Exam. The actual exam isn't for weaklings, so the Hunter Association contracts people like me to filter the amount of candidates. And, after assessing you lot, I think I've decided."

The others gulped nervously, waiting for the decision. I was just looking at him, without any doubt that we'd all pass.

"You all proved that you have the qualities of a Hunter in skills, and can work together. You also proved that your goals as a Hunter are appropriate for one. Therefore, you all pass!"

And with that, my journey in the world of Hunters as Emiya Shirou had officially started.