The first thing Shirou saw was white.

Blinding white.

Turning his head, and feeling a crick as he did, the blinding white was juxtaposed by a figure dressed in bla... ck...

Wait a minute...

Blinking his eyes, Shirou saw that the room was more of a grey than white. And the figure themself was dressed up in white.

It was a man, maybe only a few years older than Shirou, with orange hair and a yellow bandana, and brown eyes. His outfit itself was a white sleeveless coat over a yellow singlet and orange pants.

Seeing that Shirou was awake, he jumped up.

"You're awake!"

Scrambling forward, he reached for Shirou's hand and asked,

"Are you okay!? You were really hurt when you were brought in!"

"I was... hurt?"

Shirou was confused as to what the man was talking about, before...

"Ah. That's right. I saved that woman... Is she okay sir?"

Shocked, the man looked at Shirou with his jaw dropped a little. This kid just woke up in a hospital after being extremely injured, yet is asking about the woman he had saved?

"Ah, yeah, she's fine. Actually she and I wanted to say thank you."

"Thank... you? Why would you want to thank me?"

"Because, the woman that you saved was my mom. So thank you."

Bowing, the man tried to express his gratitude. Like all of those times with Yuu...

Shirou was instead just shocked, again. This was the second time he had been thanked for saving someone. It was a strange feeling. It was a warm feeling.

Like... happi-

No. He wasn't allowed to feel like that.

Having to fight the growing smile on his face, Shirou responded,

"Don't worry about it. I'm just glad she's safe."

Standing, the man still looked a little shocked, but just responded with a mumble.

"You really are like him..."

"Hm?"

"Oh, nothing. Anyway, my name is Kota Fujiki, leader of the 1st Unit! Nice to meet ya!"

"Ah. My name is Shirou Emiya. Nice to meet you too."

Smiling, Kota turned and began to leave, before calling out,

"Oh yeah! Miss Tsubaki and Professor Sasaki will be coming by later to talk to you about what happened, and..."

Taking a clear look at Shirou's left arm, Kota looked back to Shirou and continued.

"About your armlet. See ya."

Seeing Kota leave the room, Shirou looked upward and thought on what happened that night.

He remembered hearing the explosion. He remembered running there. He remembered seeing the woman, Kota's mom, calling for help.

He remembered fighting the Ogretails. He remembered his left arm acting strange.

He remembered defeating the Ogretails and talking to Kota's mom.

He remembered being impaled. He remembered seeing the expression on Kota's mom's face. He remembered turning to see the Aragami. He remembered the primal wrath and hunger in its expression.

He remembered...

What happened next?

It was fuzzy, but he remembers turning around to face it, then it standing on it's hind-legs, then landing and walking away and collapsing and hearing the Vajra collapse.

But what happened between those moments?

Before Shirou could pursue the line of thought, the sound of the door opening interrupted him.

"Shirou Emiya. Age: Estimated to be 17 years. Adopted by Kiritsugu Emiya after the fire that killed over 500 people living in the Outer Ghetto."

The voice was coming from a woman with long black hair and green eyes. On her wrist was an Armlet the same as Kiritsugu's, tape and all.

"Currently enrolled at Kuromatsu High as a second year. Archery club prodigy, and a 'genius' with bladework. Am I wrong?"

Shirou, for his part, was confused. Who was this woman? How did she know so much about him?

"Well? Answer me!"

"Y-Yes ma'am. That is all correct."

"Good. I am Tsubaki Amamiya. An Operator for Cradle. I will be asking you some questions. You will answer them. Understood?"

"Yes."

Shirou's initial impression of this woman was serious, to a scary degree. Sort of like Mister Kuzuki from Kuromatsu.

"First: When did you get that armlet?"

"I've had it since I first woke up after the fire."

"Second: Why are you not a registered God Eater?"

"I'm not sure. When I asked Kiritsugu when I would start, he said when I was of age."

"Third: How did you defeat those Aragami without a God Arc?"

"With the Ogretails, I remember flipping one Ogretail over with an attack from below. Then I punched the other into the street. I also punched the first one in the head, killing it. The other Ogretail was taken care of by a God Eater wielding a Knife God Arc. I can't remember what happened to the Vajra though."

"..."

Tsubaki was confused. This boy somehow beat three Aragami, all without a God Arc. That shouldn't be possible. She wouldn't believe it if the reports from the woman and the other God Eaters didn't corroborate this. But it seemed he didn't remember beating the Vajra. Likely an effect from the blood loss.

"...You're saying you punched the Aragami?"

"Yeah. I don't know how, but it worked well against the Ogretails. It caused my left arm to start bleeding a lot though."

"Your left arm? Where?"

"Here. At the wri...st..."

Shirou was confused. Wasn't his left arm bleeding after he punched the Aragami? Shouldn't there at least be a scab or something?

"N-Nevermind. I must have been hallucinating."

"Hm. Alright. Next que-"

"If you don't mind, Miss Tsubaki, I think I'd like to talk to our resident mystery God Eater."

Before Tsubaki could continue, an old man popped his head through the door. This old man was...

"D-Director Sakaki! I thought I still had more time!"

"Sorry Miss Tsubaki. I guess you two were just talking too long."

With a mischievous grin, Sakaki delivered that line.

Shaking slightly with rage, before breathing deeply and standing, Tsubaki turned to leave past Sakaki. Before she left, however, she turned to Shirou and said,

"Emiya. I expect you to perform admirably when you eventually become a God Eater."

After Tsubaki left, Sakaki walked towards Shirou and began to mumble.

"Interesting. Truly interesting. How does his body operate with those Oracle Cells as a part of him? They were supposed to overwhelm anyone infected with them. What did you do Kiritsugu?"

"I'm sorry, did you know my father?"

Sakaki was surprised, forgetting that Shirou was there, too busy investigating his armlet.

"Oh, yes. He was actually a top God Eater for the short time he was a part of the Far East Branch. Me and him used to talk about Oracle Cells and their effect on Aragami and people. Oh, excuse my manners. My name is Paylor Sakaki, Acting Director of Fenrir's Far East Branch. Although, I still like to think of myself as a researcher at heart."

Shirou was surprised. Aside from talking about God Eaters and his own dream, Kiritsugu never mentioned his past. It was surprising he was friends with someone so... oddly energetic.

"Kiritsugu actually told me a lot about you, before he... passed."

Really? Kiritsugu did? Kiritsugu 'I'm-not-going-outside-to-make-friends-aside-from-going-to-somewhere-I-won't-tell-you' Emiya? Had a friend he would call from time to time?

"Don't you remember me from the funeral? I remember talking to you."

"Sorry. I wasn't really paying much attention around that time."

"Oh. Sorry about that."

An awkward silence ensued.

"Kiritsugu told me that you wanted to be a God Eater. So he asked me to help make a God Arc for you."

"Really? But Kiritsugu was against me being a God Eater. Why would he have you make me a God Arc?"

If the two year back and forth about learning how to fight, and even the year of refusing to tell him about God Eaters was anything to go by, then yes, Kiritsugu was against Shirou being a God Eater. But apparently...

"Kiritsugu said that it was inevitable for you to become a God Eater. He just wanted to make the process easier."

Shirou didn't know how to feel. Various feelings were flowing through him, but he just decided to focus on gratitude.

"Would you like to see it?"

With a small smile, Shirou responded,

"Yes, please."

Exiting the elevator on the Laboratory floor, Shirou and Sakaki turned to the door on the left. The Engineering room.

Within was a table with a lump underneath a white sheet, and a girl with grey hair.

Turning, the girl looked at the pair before focusing on Shirou.

"So you're who this God Arc is for?"

The girl had dirt on her face and was wearing a grey tank top and green overalls.

"Now, now Licca, is that anyway to introduce yourself?"

"Yeah, yeah. The name's Licca Kusunoki, God Arc Engineer extraordinaire. Me and the professor worked on your God Arc. This baby was almost entirely made of prototype parts."

"Prototype parts?"

What could that mean? New types of parts for the different classes?

"It'd be better if you saw."

So saying, she then turned away and reached out for the white sheet. Grabbing it, she then removed it with a flourish.

Underneath were the most beautiful weapons Shirou had ever seen, even if that wasn't a lot.

Two blades, one black and one white, with red markings going up both the blades. With a gap in the blades near the hilt, the eyes are then drawn to the petal-like crossguard. A bright pink, with both blades having what appears to be 3 and a half petals. At the bottom of the swords, the handles were a jet black, having an odd shape, both of them appearing to be able to connect.

"These are the worlds first dual blade God Arcs. The functional name for this type of God Arc part is still being decided upon, but most are for Biting Edge. Well go on. Grab them."

Reaching out, Shirou grabbed both blades by their handles and pulled them toward himself. Instinctively moving them into his sword stance, Shirou felt the God Arcs reacting. Tendrils from underneath the flower-petals, coming from the black, organic core glowing a neon-green, reached for his Armlet, and slipped in underneath the metallic oval.

Feeling a rush of energy from the tendrils, Shirou tried some test swings to get used to the weight of the blades.

"How are they?"

Looking to Sakaki, Shirou thought about it, before saying honestly,

"They're great. Like they've always been a part of me."

"That was the idea. Would you like to take them for a test drive?"

"Gladly."

"Then just leave the God Arc there. It needs to be tuned to get used to your Bias Factor."

Reluctantly, Shirou released the blades that felt like he had been using them forever.

"Alright."

"Let's go Shirou. I'll take you to the training room."

*Page Break*

Entering the large, empty, dodecagon room, Shirou investigated his surroundings. Mainly made of concrete, slabs laid out regularly on the floor, and walls covered in several holes. In the centre of the room was a metal square, with a square of light being projected.

Holding his recently-tuned God Arc, Shirou waited for Sakaki's instructions.

"Ah, sorry for making you wait Shirou."

"Don't worry about it Doctor Sakaki."

"Alright then. First, let's gauge your physical ability. I'll send one Ogretail after you. Do whatever feels natural."

As the Ogretail appeared, Shirou took his combat stance. Back straight, with his arms slightly bent and aiming his blades upward. Waiting for the Ogretail to make the first strike.

The Ogretail leapt, and Shirou's left blade rose to meet it. Catching on the Ogretail's feet, Shirou forced his blade upwards, causing the Ogretail to go flying. Running toward where the Ogretail was going to land, Shirou jumped to intercept it, crossing his blades to deliver a cross-slash.

Slicing it in half, Shirou landed crouched, before hearing the corpse land, and standing upright.

"Good job Shirou. Now try and devour it."

"Devour?"

"Try squeezing the handle with the intent to devour."

"A-Alright."

Closing his eyes, and focusing on the intent to devour, whatever that could mean, Shirou stepped forward and thrust out his arm. At the same moment, the black mass from the Arc burst out and around the blade as a giant horrific monster, and bit into the Aragami.

Shirou was feeling double. As his God Arc was biting into the enemy, he could feel it too. His mouth felt like it was gnawing and pulling, and being filled with blood, but after checking, he noticed that his mouth was perfectly fine.

"Shirou? Are you okay?"

"Y-Yeah. I'm fine. What's next?"

"Next is the ranged equipment."

"Uh, Doctor, I don't think that's a good idea. I don't... have the greatest luck with guns."

Chuckling, Sakaki replied,

"I know. Kiritsugu told me about it. But he also told me you were quite good with a bow, aren't you?"

"I would say that, yes."

"Then there you go. First, bring your blades hilts together. Then, connect them and twist."

Following his instructions, Shirou connected the hilts and twisted, before the blades seemed to shrink and the hilts grew and curved to be almost as tall as Shirou. The odd shape of the blade handles was actually to act as the handle for the bow, with a handguard. Between the gaps in the blades, a string of neon-green energy connected between the two.

"Your God Arc is actually the second Bow type, but it functions differently to that one. The bow God Arc uses Oracle energy to shoot projectiles, which appear as you draw back the bowstring. Now, I'll summon another Ogretail, and you fire."

So saying, another Ogretail appeared.

Dashing backwards, Shirou took the archery stance he learned in his club. Kyudo. Breathing, and focusing on the reality he's going to make happen, Shirou pulls back and releases the bowstring, landing a shot straight through the head, before it lightly exploded.

"Alright, good, good, well within expectations. Now then Shirou, let us try out your shield."

"My... shield?"

"Surely you've noticed it. It's the most obvious part of your God Arc!"

"Wait, do you mean...?"

"Yup! Those flower petals are apart of our latest type of shield. Now then, to make it appear, place your God Arcs side by side, with the backs of the blade facing each other. Connect them with the small hook behind the petals, then twist the handles again."

Following the instructions, Shirou twisted the handles. To him, it appeared as if the blades had shrunk again, but this time the flower petals grew. Adding to his surprise, the seven petals, as the two half petals connected into one, moved away from the base of the shield. They were moved by long black tendrils full of glowing neon-green veins, connecting the petals and base. Then, a humming followed, before a pink field surrounded the entire extended God Arc, going well over Shirou's own body.

"That shield is charged using your Oracle energy as well. There is a way to deploy it as a normal Tower Shield, but we can talk on that later. For now, I'll release another Aragami."

A third Ogretail appeared and wasted no time attacking Shirou's shield. As the Ogretail struck the shield, Shirou felt no impact, and didn't even feel tired from the attack.

Watching the Ogretail bounce off, Shirou quickly disengaged the shield by pulling the God Arcs in opposite directions, one upwards and one downwards.

After successfully disengaging the shield, with the tendrils quickly reeling themselves and the petals back in, Shirou rushed forward to slice apart the Ogretail. With a downward right swing, followed by a left swing sideways, the Ogretail fell.

"That was good work out there Shirou! How do you feel?"

Panting slightly from the slight running, and the slight adrenaline rush, and the use of his Oracle energy, Shirou responded,

"I feel fine. A bit tired though."

"Oh, well I guess we have been here a while. Let's take you back to the Engineering room, okay?"

"Sure. That sounds fine."

Back in the Engineering room, Shirou was sitting down resting, while Licca and Sakaki were talking on his results.

But as they were talking, one question started to weigh heavily on Shirou's mind, before he decided to voice it.

"What are the names of these weapons?"

Stopping, the two engineering nuts looked at Shirou confused, before looking at the God Arc.

"Well, the Biting Edge parts are called Kanshou and Bakuya. Based off of the twin swords made by the Chinese blacksmith. The Shield part is called Rho Aias, named after the shield of Aias the Great, which was able to stop a weapon that had never been stopped before. The Bow part is just a Nameless Black Bow."

Licca said, looking confused at the question.

"Yeah, but, what's the name of the God Arc?"

"It's name?"

"Yeah. All great weapons have names."

"Well... it doesn't have one. Why don't you name it?"

"Hm..."

Shirou thought on it. This weapon, this God Arc, was going to be his partner during his journey as a God Eater. It deserved a name. One that belonged to it and it alone.

Once again, like it happened years ago, Shirou saw a flash.

A flash of a man, kneeling in a desert plain full of swords. He seemed to be saying some type of chant, but the words were going by too fast. But Shirou was able to pick up on one line.

"So as I pray..."

"...Unlimited Blade Works."

"What?"

"I would like to name this God Arc, Unlimited Blade Works."

"Weird name, but alright."

Smiling slightly at his God Arc, Shirou said,

"We're going to get along great, partner."

Thank you for reading. This is Cee and oh God this was long. Now, someone told me that my story was boring, and to you I say, sorry. I'm sorry that I'm the only person who has written a GE/Fate crossover, and I'm sorry it's not interesting to you. I'm sorry you don't like the concept, which people seem to, and I'm sorry you don't like how most of the beginning is a rehash of Fate/Stay Night. But I thought it was necessary. Stuff should start changing around now though. But I'm annoyed you think I don't know when God Eater is set. I already knew it was set in the 70's. Dumbass. Anyways, characterization of Licca feels off, Kota's here, yes that was Kota's mom if it wasn't obvious.

Second, now with this, the "canon" of Fate is mine to command because it's just the "characters" in GE's world. But God Eater's canon matters. So if it looks like I'm doing something that goes against canon, please tell me. Thank you.

Third, we should be back in the present next chapter. Also this was too long.

Thank you to Julianrex, and Kayen1024 for reviewing. I guess I can thank the Guest for taking the time and effort to tell me that they didn't like my story. And again, I'm sorry you're reading my boring GE/Fate story instead of someone else's because this is the onl y one that exists.

Goodbye.