From Fake Dreams

"My body is made of blades… Fire is my blood… and Glass is my heart… Through countless battles I forever wait, alone on the hill of blades… For Hell's hands to bear… For Heaven's hands to temper… Emiya Shirou"

In the aftermath of the Fourth Holy Grail War, Emiya Kiritsugu was content to live out his final days with his newly adopted son Shirou. However, he found himself beset by strange dreams, dreams that told him the results of his incomplete training of Shirou's magecraft. As a result, he knew that he had to prepare for the future. For a Holy Grail War that was approaching fifty years early.

From Fake Dreams is a Fate/stay night Alternate Universe Fic written by Third Fang, author of the incredibly long Yet again, with a little extra help Fanfic. The story follows the Magus Killer as he seeks to have Shirou properly trained in skills for the upcoming war, and then Shirou as he tries to make sense of the world of Magi he's been thrust deep into.

"My body is made of blades… Fire is my blood… and Glass is my heart… Through countless battles I forever wait, alone on the hill of blades… For Hell's hands to bear… For Heaven's hands to temper…"
 * Accidental Innuendo: In-Universe, with Shirou delivering a ridiculous amount in Chapter 15. Bazett and Rin can't help but notice, though.
 * Even his Pre-Mortem One-Liner is not immune.
 * Ambiguous Disorder: Shirou, who doesn't seem to realize that Rin has feelings for him and consistently takes her at her word. This causes… a little friction. Being "distorted" (as in canon), this is unsurprising.
 * Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: The King of Rats in chapter 17 when the others are noting the fact that he is an unusually well mannered demon.
 * The King of Rats smiled. "You are not the first to say that young girl. My master himself was also quite intrigued when he first realized that I am rather fond of the human race even though he did not create me as such." He raised the mace to the light in the room to get a better look at it. "When he asked me about it, I merely replied that I constantly work for the betterment of all rats, my master… and humans so long as the latter continue to make pizza of course."
 * Badass Creed: Not finished yet, but he's close to Unlimited Blade Works:

""…I can't believe that actually worked…" Rin, Bazett, Shirou, and Waver muttered under their breaths in relief and or mild disbelief."
 * Badass Teacher:
 * Big Bad Ensemble: Louvre, Zouken Matou, Kirei Kotomine, & Gilgamesh. For now, anyway...
 * Well... we can declare without doubt that
 * Black Swords Are Better: Shirou's most dangerous sword Kiritsugu is a black longsword with blood-red stains and brown veins on it.
 * Blasting It Out of Their Hands: Rin does this to Louvre, to multiple characters' surprise.

"Shirou: Sacrifice and save, blade of the cursed hero. Kiritsugu!"
 * Chekhov's Gun: Shirou's inherited magic crest ends up being a Game Breaker against Louvre:
 * Cool Swords: The Origin Swords are Game Breaker material, to be blunt, to the point that Shirou could easily become The Dreaded for other Magi. Bazett has told him upfront that she'd kill him if he ever made her list before he could use them.
 * Natalia: Can cut through anything with magic resistance lower than C+ rank – B rank, if it's a living thing – if he even so much as touches them with it. Otherwise, it's an Absurdly Sharp Sword.
 * Maiya: Can bind things, including alterations and souls, improperly, effectively screwing over anything that can split itself apart or adding something to their very core.
 * Kiritsugu: This blade… well, it Severs and Binds just like the Origin Bullets, but combined with the curse… it hits them down to the very soul. Hitting someone's magic with it can cause them to literally lose the memory of the spell. If it hits them directly… Well, let's just say even Roa wouldn't be able to escape it.

""…Get off my property.""
 * Dark Is Not Evil:  may turn out to be this.
 * Didn't See That Coming: Waver Velvet's plan to rescue Sirius runs afoul when Louvre uses his newly-acquired weapon.
 * Dead Man Writing: Kiritsugu left behind letters to be read by Shirou once the the fifth Heaven's Feel goes into swing.
 * Deader Than Dead: The final fate of anything hit by the Origin Blade Kiritsugu.
 * Death by Adaptation:  bites it after running into Louvre's son.
 * Deal with the Devil: Shirou is forced into one with
 * Dreaming of Things to Come: Basically what kicks off the entire story. Kiritsugu basically sees all three routes, the Multiple Endings, Bad Ends (sans Tiger Dojo), and the life of the Shirou that became a Counter Guardian.
 * Flaming Sword: Louvre's son has one with blue flame that drains od on contact.
 * For Want of a Nail
 * I Am Not My Father: Shirou insists it is not his intent to become like his father, despite how he has the potential to become the next Magus Killer.
 * Indirect Kiss: Rin didn't realize she was feeding a still-recovering Shirou using the same chopsticks she was eating with until Sakura pointed it out to her.
 * Instant Runes: Sirius' greatest Mystic Code, the Lebor na nUidre, the Book of the Dun Cow, is actually his skin, and allows him to instantly create runes on any part of his body, enabling him to give himself a wide range of abilities. It also allows him to make said runes on the outside world significantly faster than most magi.
 * My Death Is Only the Beginning:
 * Mundane Utility: Shirou can, thanks to his utterly broken Reinforcement, make any type of jewel he desires, provided he has the neccessary materials beforehand.
 * Named Weapons:
 * Meaningful Name:
 * Names to Run Away From Really Fast: . Guess who.
 * Not What It Looks Like: When Shirou is returning a prana-filled jewel to Rin, Taiga thinks Shirou got himself a new girlfriend.
 * Naughty Tentacles: According to Bazett, every female enforcer has to deal with them at least once.
 * Original Character: Sirius McGinty, crafter of Mystic Codes, including Kiritsugu's Thompson Contender.
 * Chapter 18 introduces
 * Poor Communication Kills: When the Tsundere nature of Rin clashes with "just want to be helpful to anyone" nature of Shirou. Shirou doesn't even know what he did wrong when Rin cuts off all contact for some time.
 * Which Rin is forced to realize when she
 * Posthumous Character: Kiritsugu is dead after 3 years of raising Shirou, by the end of Chapter 5.
 * Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner: Rin as she.
 * Posthumous Character: Kiritsugu is dead after 3 years of raising Shirou, by the end of Chapter 5.
 * Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner: Rin as she.

""It's not big enough.""
 * Pre-Mortem One-Liner: In the same chapter as the aforementioned Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner, from Shirou when he's.


 * Small Role, Big Impact: Kiritsugu dies even sooner than in canon due to, but his actions here set the new plot entirely into swing.
 * Spanner in the Works: Louvre, whose desire for Mystic Codes and Conceptual Weapons has him kidnapping Sirius. This leads to the chain of events that exposes the existence of Shirou and his abilities to not only the Mage's Association, but to Kotomine, Zouken, and Gilgamesh as well.
 * Storm of Blades: Like his canon counterpart, Shirou is completely capable of this.
 * Soul Cutting Blade: Kiritsugu's intended function was to cripple a magus' magic circuits, but when that effect is reinforced by the curse of Angra Mainyu, the effect goes far further, all the way down to the very soul.
 * Too Much Information: Sirius in chapter 18 much to Bazett and Shirou's consternation.
 * What the Hell, Hero?:
 * You Are Not Alone:
 * You Are Not Alone: