Note: This will not be a true story. This is for exploring the possibilities of characters from the Fate franchise and how they would respond to being in the Mass Effect universe. Each character may have more than one types of continuation depending whether I or the fans want it. After this, I will do a shot at Kiritsugu Emiya. Can you imagine if someone as lethal as the Magus Killer loose in the Mass Effect universe? He'll make Saren look like a puppy.
John and Jane Shepard will adopt their default appearance for this entire fic.
Each chapter will be relatively short so don't expect long read, but enjoy them.
Feel free to give me suggestions for which characters you want to see. Go wild as they say.
Shirou Emiya – The Helpful Janitor 1
A man in his late twenties has just finished cleaning the hallways of the ship. He has a slightly tanned skin tone, red hair with specks of white at the fringe, golden-brown eyes that seemed slightly faded, and is fairly tall for a human. He wears the standard Cerberus uniform as well as the other grew members.
"Hey, Shirou are you going to cook up something?" A crew member passing by asked.
The man addressed as Shirou nodded. "Time for dinner is almost approaching, so I'm cleaning up first before preparing the food."
The crew member had a jolt in his footsteps as he walked away happily.
Shirou smiled slightly as he was proud of somehow haggling with the Illusive Man to stock the Normadny SR-2 with fresh ingredients instead of just the bare necessities before its first mission.
How did he persuade the Illusive Man, an enigma as powerful as the Shadow Broker? Well, it turned out that Shirou's culinary skills were noticeable enough to the Illusive Man, an unimportant person on the galactic community so nobody in particular will miss him, and… he's willing to do janitorial work for free… kind of.
How ironic that the Illusive Man did not realize that he recruited an insignificant cook/janitor is actually a magic man who makes swords and shoots arrows that can put missile launchers to shame. Oh well, if he did know about it then he could have given Shirou a job as one of Shepard's ground team members.
Looks like Shirou will have to help from the sideline which is fine for him as he doesn't want to attract attention to himself. After all, it's not like there's a detector for magecraft usage.
How did Shirou end up here? Well, Zelretch explained to him that humans in another universe were getting abducted by evil aliens and that it was all take to get him to go. The damn vampire was eating popcorn as he teleported Shirou into another dimension. His last words as Shirou heard them were, "Time to check on the other people I sent to alternate realities."
Shirou realized too late, that when he comes home that his wives will kill him for going off on his own again. Maybe not exactly kill him as he still has Avalon within him, but getting shot by magic, slashed at with Excalibur, and wrapped in chains isn't fun.
He made a mental note to himself to bring gifts and souvenirs for Rin, Luviagelita, Sakura, Rider, Saber, and Illyasviel. It's not wrong if he's not related to his sister by blood, right? Right?
Hopefully, he'll find something that will suit each of them perfectly to lessen the punishment by a little bit.
As was part of his job, Shirou prepared enough portions for everybody on the Normandy crew.
The first one to come to the mess hall was the same guy Shirou saw earlier as well as another crew member. The redhead gestured for them to take their plates.
The next person who came was a man limping his way to the table. This was Jeff Moreau or Joker as people tended to call him. "Not missing out on the food." Joker muttered as he took his portion of the food and went to eat at a table.
More people came in as Shirou continued cooking.
The last to come in were a quartet composed of a muscular, dark-skinned man, a woman with an almost perfect figure, and two siblings who shared the same trait of exuding a commanding aura that demands respect. They are Jacob Taylor, Miranda Lawson, John Shepard and Jane Shepard.
"I'm telling you, the guy that we have as the cook make the best food in the whole galaxy. When you taste it, you will feel great to be alive and I don't mean anything rude by that Shepard." Jacob hasilty added the last part as Jane nodded that she felt no offense to that.
"We'll see how good this guy is." Shepard remarked in a joking tone, glad to be with his sister again.
"I assure you, he is quite excellent." Miranda held up a hand to her right cheek as she blushed lightly as she remembered the taste.
Shirou never understood why people seemed to praise his cooking greatly though he does appreciate their compliments; it makes him feel great about his cooking hobby.
The Shepards went up to him.
"I am John Shepard and I'm sure you know my sister, Jane, as she's the reason you're hired in the first place." John held up a hand to the redhead.
Shirou simply smiled back and accepted the handshake. "It's a pleasure to meet one of the Alliance's greatest hero and as well as you Jane, also known as the first human spectre." He replied. While he had no problem with Jane being a spectre, he still feels wary about the idea of people with basically diplomatic immunity to do whatever it takes to complete the mission. It doesn't help that some spectre will wrongfully use their authorities to complete the task. It reminded him of the stories that were told about his adoptive father, Kiritsugu Emiya.
While Kiritsugu had higher morals the more violent spectres, their methods were basically the same.
Such methods could only leave unpredictable consequences in the long run. There were multiple paths to completing a task. Taking the easy route will not automatically make everything better. Kiritsugu realized that fact too late; he died aware of the monster he was during the Fourth Holy Grail War.
"I do hope my food is up to the test. Please try them out now." Shirou suggested to their respective portions.
The recent quartet got their food as they went to eat at a table. It didn't take long for the Shepard siblings to feel invigorated by their dinner.
"I need to make sure you're aware of this. We may recruit aliens, so be sure to be able to cook food for species such as turians since their biology is quite different from other species." Miranda stated as she took a plate of seconds.
Cooking a new type of food for an alien species, huh? Shirou has been aware of the possibility of having to cook for aliens. What an interesting experience.
This will be a challenge unlike facing the Collectors forces head on. Bless the Collectors for they will face an enemy they have never thought possible to exist. They thought the Shepards are a threat, try an actual unknown.
Shirou will have plenty of practice for his archery skill.