Shirou was there, paralyzed on the floor, and the girl was there, staring down upon him with a slightly concerned gaze.
Then there were the two Vajras, one far behind her and one to the left of them. The Vajra behind her was still stunned from whatever she did, but the Vajra Shirou had stunned by breaking their tail bond had stood up and began to lumber forward, confidant of it's chances.
With a loud cracking of the floor, the Vajra leapt, aiming for Shirou and the girl.
They both turned, Shirou wanting to tell her to run, but before he could...
Clang!
The girl had instantly raised her sword, catching the Vajra on the claws.
Briefly, a contest of strength seemed to occur, before the girl grunted, and forced the Vajra away.
Making chase, the girl quickly followed the Vajra then, being underneath, jumped upward and made for a horizontal strike.
It connected, parting the Vajra's midsection with ease, and forcing it to it's back on the ground. But it wasn't dead yet.
With the last of it's strength, it tried to attack the girl. Pulling together a single orb of electricity, and consuming it, it then released a small beam of concentrated electricity and Oracle.
But it was no use. The girl merely raised her sword and, angling it, flew down the beam, parrying all the while, before reaching the Vajra and impaling it through the core.
Finally dead, the Vajra began to fade.
"Look out!"
The girl then snapped her head to the direction of the voice, only to see...
*Page Break - The Fight From Shirou's PoV*
Shirou was amazed. This petite looking girl was easily able to beat a Vajra in a contest of strength, and dispatched it in one blow.
Although, he had never heard of a Vajra shooting a beam before...
But his attention was caught by the sound of the Vajra she had initially blown away beginning to stand.
It didn't notice him, it's attention completely focused on the girl. Trying to move, to stand up, only to find his legs still wouldn't move, he felt desperation begin to well up, he cried out,
"Look out!"
The girl turned to see the Vajra leaping at her. Caught mostly off guard, the girl could only raise her sword to block, but...
Shirou saw. She had grimaced, as if in pain. The girl was in pain, the girl that saved him was in pain, the girl that dispatched a Vajra in two hits was in pain.
As the Vajra approached the girl, Shirou pulled himself along the ground. His legs couldn't move, but his arms could. So he dragged himself to his God Arcs.
As he did, there was a voice speaking in his head.
Throw them. The blades are Kanshou and Bakuya. The two blades that will always come back to each other. And you are as much them as they are you.
Grabbing Bakuya, he turned to see the Vajra about to strike the girl. Before it could, Shirou reeled his arm back and threw Bakuya at the Vajra.
To anyone else, it appeared as if Shirou's arm had blurred, and with it, a white blur flying towards the Vajra, striking it across the face before it could attack the girl and flying past.
Finally feeling movement in his legs, Shirou pulled himself up and began to run for the Vajra. Reaching his right hand out, as it began to glow in neon-green veins, and a similar pattern appearing on his God Arcs, Bakuya seemed to reverse it's direction, coming straight for Shirou, but as it reached the Vajra's face again, he threw Kanshou.
Kanshou, flying far faster than Bakuya, reached the Vajra's face at the same time, digging into it's eyes.
As this happened, the girl shook out of her shock and, raising her sword, let a golden aura begin to spread from her right wrist to her Excalibur.
Swinging the sword down, she called out,
"Excalibuuuur!"
The next moment, Shirou was blinded by the light, but he was able to briefly see a giant golden strike slicing right through the Vajra.
As the light faded, Shirou opened his eyes to see the Vajra completely gone, and the girl panting. Moving over to her, Shirou asks,
"Are you okay?"
The girl, still panting, turned to see Shirou and looked surprised at his concern, before schooling her expression, answering,
"I am fine. But how are you? Can you move alright?"
Nodding, Shirou told her that he was fine.
Being silent, he looked at her, before gasping and, with a blush, asking,
"I-I didn't ask. What's your name?"
Looking surprised, and slightly confused, the girl thought on it before answering,
"You may call me Saber. What is your name?"
With a thoughtful expression, Shirou said,
"Saber? Ah, my name is Shirou. Shirou Emiya."
The girl paused momentarily, stiffening at Shirou's last name.
"Emiya?"
"Yeah, it was my adoptive dad's last name."
Unstiffening, Saber said,
"Adopted, huh? Then I will call you Shirou. Yes, that suits you very well."
Smiling, Shirou and Saber once more went silent, before Shirou moved to pick up his God Arcs. After grabbing them, he then moved to the first Vajra's corpse, which was barely still there, and devoured it.
Smiling to his God Arc, he said,
"Sorry I couldn't feed you till now. You still hungry?"
Getting a negative, he turned back to see Saber looking at him oddly.
Walking to her, he asked,
"So Saber, did you get called by Miss Hibari?"
"Yes. I had recently arrived at the Far East Branch from the England Branch. Hibari is the woman with red hair, correct? As the only person combat-ready, she sent me here."
Nodding, Shirou asked something that had been bothering him since he saw her.
"Hey, Saber. What's up with your Armlet?"
For on her wrist was an Armlet dissimilar to his own, or anyone else's.
It was silver, looking as if three bangles of steel had been stacked on top of each other, and bolted together by two pieces of cylindrical metal. It was from there that the golden aura emerged.
She looked away, before looking back to Shirou and roughly saying,
"Let's move. Transport is waiting for us."
She then walked off, briskly.
Looking after her, Shirou cursed himself, before chasing after her.
*Page Break*
Thank you for reading. This is Cee and, sorry for this chapter being shorter than usual. Ya know, sometimes it just feels right to finish somewhere.
Second, that laser beam. I kinda came up with it, but if anyone says anything, just say it's Aragami evolving. And ignore that no Vajra dies this in God Eater 3.
Third, some of this was me trying to do what the Heaven's Feel movie did with seeing Saber injured and Shirou moving his ass. Turned out different cause Shirou can do shit.
Fourth, England Branch. Dunno if it exists, or if it has another name but better than saying Europe Branch, right?
Fifth, if you don't know how to think of Saber's Armlet, look at the things Emiya Alter wears on his wrists.
Thank you to ulttoanova, Bag of Holding, Krowlein, and Dark Vulpine for favouriting or following, and thank you to Guts and Toes again, and SoftItalics again for reviewing.
Goodbye.