Standing in the elevator, with the energetic orchestra music playing in the background, Wolf's Howl if he remembers correctly, Shirou was going to the Laboratory floor. The reason he was going here rather than the Executive Section was because Director's Office was basically code for Professor Sakaki's Lab. With the amount of time he spends in there, it may as well be his bedroom too.

During the ride, Shirou wondered on what request Sakaki was going to ask of him this time.

During his time at Kuromatsu, Shirou had often gone around helping people out and fixing appliances. When he became a God Eater, this didn't change, and the person that took the most advantage of this was Sakaki.

Shirou shivered remembering the various artificial foods Sakaki had him try, and the various experiments that involved a lot of... well, being stabbed with various objects.

Hearing the ding that signals the elevators arrival, Shirou shook himself out of his bad memories and stepped out. Only to bump into...

"Waaah! Sorry, Shirou!"

Kanon Daiba. An old-type God Eater, and the "mascot" of the 4th unit. With pink hair and turquoise eyes, she was one of the many... "endowed" women of the Far East Branch.

She was also...

"Oh, Shirou! I've been practicing my gunwork today!"

An awful shot. Better than Shirou, as she could at least get the bullet out of the gun without shooting herself, but she still had a 50/50 chance of hitting the enemy or an ally.

"O-Oh, really? W-Who with?"

"Captain Haruomi of course!"

"Of course..."

Haruomi was a known pervert. That he would risk his life trying to help Kanon learn to shoot right just for his perverted ideals was not uncommon.

"Where is he now Kanon?"

"Oh. W-Well... I-uh-may have accidentally shot him during practice..."

To Shirou, that made perfect sense. She was likely here because she had just dropped Haruomi off. Shirou was curious, as Kanon was here just as he was visiting Sakaki. But since the Infirmary was right next to Sakaki's lab...

"Well, it was nice seeing you Kanon. But I have a meeting with Doctor Sakaki right now. I'll try and visit Haruomi later."

"Oh, alright. See ya later, Shirou!"

Hearing Kanon enter the elevator, and giving a brief prayer for Haruomi as he passed the Infirmary, Shirou stood before Sakaki's lab.

Taking a deep breath, Shirou knocked on the door and, hearing the call to enter, opened the door.

"Ah Shirou! Good to see you! But you are around 200 seconds later than I expected. Are you alright?"

He was then greeted to the sight of an old man, likely in his 60's, with bushy gray hair and with glasses that rested snugly on the bridge of his nose, clicking away at a keyboard with a holographic screen.

"Ah, yeah, I'm fine. I was just talking to Kanon."

"Oh, that's right, Kanon dropped off good Haruomi at the Infirmary. Anyways Shirou, I have a request for you."

Gulping, Shirou responded.

"W-What is it?"

"I need you to go out and gather data for me. I've already registered the mission with Hibari, so just speak to her when you're ready."

Exhaling from the relief of not having to do another weird request, Shirou thought on his assigned task before asking,

"So what am I fighting Professor?"

"Oh, nothing much, just a Vajra and a Kongou."

Nodding, Shirou thought about the two. Vajras are a good match-up for him, as he's able to use their own reflexes against them. The Kongou might be a bit harder, but if he just attacks with his range-mode, he should be fine.

"Is it just me Professor?"

"If you don't mind. I want to gather some more data, and see how you've improved since last time."

"Alright then. Is that all?"

"Yes. Oh, and do be careful!"

"Alright. Goodbye, Professor Sakaki."

Leaving the room and heading for the elevator, Shirou thought on his assigned mission. It had been a while since he was last in the field. Although, that was more because everyone was trying to keep him off the field, rather than him taking a break. A Vajra and a Kongou should be a good workout.

Making his way out of the elevator and into the hub of the Den, Shirou walked down the stairs and towards the desk.

"Hey Shirou. You know, Sakura's pretty mad at you for ditching her."

The woman at the desk was Hibari Takeda, who had been the Far East Branch's Operator for a few years. She had red hair, of a similar shade to Shirou's own, and brown eyes. With a disapproving look on her face, she told Shirou the message.

"Haha. She's going to be even madder when she hears I'm skipping breakfast for a mission."

Shirou could only look away from the frigid glare he was receiving from Hibari and scratch his head.

Sighing, Hibari shook her head, muttering something about stupid sword maniacs, before looking sternly at Shirou and saying,

"You better come back without even a scratch on you! If you do, then I'll get the others to make less work for you to do."

"O-Okay. Yes, ma'am."

This is one of the best ways to force Shirou to do something. He loves doing work, especially cooking, but having it invaded? Having it taken from him? That's just plain evil.

Believing her point's been made, Hibari looked to her monitor, before telling Shirou he got the all-green.

Shirou thanked her, and moved back up the stairs, towards the Den's Gate.

Entering the God Arc Storage Area within, Shirou moved toward his own God Arc. Putting his armlet into the console, he gazed at his God Arc.

The twin blades, black and white, that can never be separated, adorned with the pink petals of a seven-layered shield.

His Unlimited Blade Works.

Thank you for reading. This is Cee, and this is different. Did you notice? No flashbacks this time. Also that last sentence. I'm not sure if I should explain it now, but Unlimited Blade Works is just the name of the overall God Arc, and not the individual parts. Also, just threw in a bunch of characters, and one other character because of a humorous review someone made. If you're confused as to where this is set, good. But since I'm not super mean, I'll say this is post-God Eater 2, but pre-God Eater 3.

Another thing, with more characters come more dialogue, and with more dialogue comes more personalities and speech quirks I don't remember. I should replay God Eater, but I ain't good enough at the game to just casually finish it again.

Third (fourth?), this chapter is actually really short, and I'm sorry about that. This took me like three hours to write. Is this normal? Other authors?

Fourth, I think I did alright with tense this time since there's no flashbacks. So yay.

Fifth, so I kinda retconned what I said last chapter with the Director's Office thing, thank you to the reviewer that said that, and I only ended up reading it after writing the chapter so... yeah. But it's fine, right guys?

Thank you to Persival, 4poker, and Grunido for favouriting or following, and thank you to HYDE-BESERKER, 98kazer again, Lionheart33, and jairoesme for reviewing.

Goodbye.