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Crossposted in Questionable Questing (threads/the-handyman-nasuverse-x-taimaninverse.16035/)
Shirou was getting late and wanted to keep his schedule and go straight to work. However Shirou had found himself postponing his exit from the cafe due to Sayoko insisting in making up for the spoiled coffe and offering him another brew.
Which he would politely reject. However before could, Sayoko was already exiting from the Shop and climbing up the stair up to her home at the second floor. It took her 5 minutes for her to return to the shop, another 5 to walk behind the counter with a can which she placed on the table which once she opened. It reveal to his nose multiple aromas of different kinds of Coffee beans making him curious. And when Sayoko started roasting the beans making said stronger the aromas assaulting Shirou nostril, making him doubt.
Thus he found his nose under siege. He's willpower was being brutally beaten by this mere scent- which was delicious- despite his responsibility to get in time, his own logical judgment subconsciouly was already waving the white flag of surrender. Thus without further fighting his desire he decided to forfeit from being a responsible adult, for the next 10 minutes that Sayoko took in preparing this new brew of coffee.
Why would he risk making a bad impression? Simple.
A brew made of from a master coffee brewer personal batch!? That kind of service alone… is priceless.
More so in the service industry. Specially the culinary world this type of scene is considered a greater luxury above the luxury of being on the Chef's Table. If a Head chef is an absolute authority cooking at the restaurant. Then he will be God sent from heaven within the comfort of his home for there is a even higher standard to uphold, thus not ever falling short with the quality of ingredients he'll use to cook, nor the amount of preparations he'll take for the sake of impressing his guest.
This was the kind of treatment Shirou was receiving thus all appointments be damned if he missed such a unique opportunity.
"Sorry for the wait, I hope this brew may be worth of your time." Sayoko said without any hesitation as she placed the cup of coffee in front of him.
When Sayoko finished, Shirou did not spit a single word just took the cup in hand lifted it near his nose. He felt his nose being blindsided, in this brew alone were 12 different kinds of coffee beans of the highest quality rated, among them one that smelled like Kopi Luwak in the mix. Making this cup alone should cost about 1 week worth of what Shirou earns at peak season.
Was Sayoko loaded? Not he's problem. Did he care? No, it was her courtesy.
Once his taste buds touched the godly dark liquid, he could swear that he could feel the bone of his sword popping hard and sharp with Unlimited Blade Work wanting to be fully manifested.
Pondering over the brew from Sayoko's personal batch, it tasted more invigorating than the stuff she sold at the Cafe. The coffee Shirou has been tasting over the last year, right now has degraded to garbage. He wanted to cry as Sayoko has destroyed his innocent taste buds as he would yearn for more of this brew. Yet his mouth wont tasted it again as his pocket weren't so loaded.
What felt an enternity for Shirou, it was mere seconds for Sayoko who stayed to the side looking at the silent Shirou finishing the cup in one go.
And once Shirou placed the cup down with a serious expression.
"Is it to your liking?" Sayoko spoke to Shirou who was brought out of the trance
To which Shirou reply truthfully to his heart desire without filter.
"Your time is wasted with that man you call husband, leave him be on himself, and come with me!" He thought...out loud.. He certainly thought that after tasting this piece of art of coffee. Sayoko certainly ruined his taste buds so she needs to take responsibility.
"…..Ah?" That is until he realised what he just said out loud.
To which Sayoko was left speechless with colors rising to her beautiful face turning her red like a tomato.
Thus thinking fast before burying himself further into an awkward corner Shirou needed a way out and fast so he used the only viable route available for his escape. Which was legit!?
"Oh look at the time its already late. I am kind of late, so see you later Sayoko-san." And by the time Sayoko exited from the many immoral thought her imagination wanted to act upon with the man in front of her. The man known as Shirou Emiya was already out of the cafe.
Was a brew of coffe worth getting late to the train station, and suffering the discomfort of being compressed by the crowd of Salarymen in the train cart? Definitely, if it wasnt for his self control, he without thinking would pull all the cash from his wallet and smash it on the counter and shout 'Shut up and take my money.' Once a month. Maybe 3 during peak season?
Sighing he expected the client wouldn't be pissed for Shirou being late.10 Minutes in the train, and 20 minute walk from there Shirou found himself passing through the gate of a normal small 2 store 6 apartment unit by the name: Canker Rose Inn.
Only stopping when reaching front of door in the middle of the 1st floor of the apartment building.
Shirou took a deep breath to relax himself, getting out everything out of his system.
He was supposed to arrive earlier 40 minutes ago.
And without further delay Shirou knocked on the door.
"Who is it?" responded a very calm voice feminine voice behind the door.
"Is this Hinako Akuta-san? Shirou asked.
"Yes" the now named Akuta-san spoke.
"Its Shirou Emiya from Emiya Repair All, we talked over the phone yesterday. about over going an inspection of one of the apartment unit." Shirou in professional tone.
To which the woman behind did not reply. Instead she opened the door slowly.
"Your late." her voice cold irritation expressed her tone.
"Yes my apologize, I was caught up." Shirou sincerely apologized. As he did this Shirou observed his client.
She was beautiful, and he had seen many over the years, more often with the same expression, frowning at him. She had porcelain skin with long dark brown hair styled in wrap ponytail, with brown eyes behind a pair of round glasses. Sitting in a wheelchair wearing dark blue turtle neck sweater and a black bias style skirt with brown boots.
"Hmm, at least you are not going flirting." boring a hole into Shirou's face.
"I would rather not shit where I eat. But if we are done flirting could you please show me the apartment?" with a snarky remark he replied.
With condescending smile she took a key from her pocket gave it to Shirou.
"Its apartment 5b, in the 2nd floor to the right." Which said coldly. "Also would move the boxes inside?" ordering him without patience and shutting the door rudely.
Over the year Shirou has been living in japan he has been very busy. 1st was getting a cheap apartment and then being employed in a blue collar work such as construction, electrician, plumber or anything that has high demand.
While the former covered it. The latter Shirou did not need to seek it out, for it was one of Sayoko's neighbors who brought the opportunity. The woman was in need of some quick repair of her sink before her guest arrived for a reunion. To which Shirou offered his services as the former 'Fake Janitor' of Homuhara Academy. Which he did quickly, not only that Shirou went beyond by working on her bathroom installing a bidet.
Then next thing he knew is word spread around the neighborhood about his abilities. And long story short his skills and speed became high in demand as a freelance to the point that Shirou made his own company-which he is the only employee-in the 2 months he has been working under his brand, word reached outside of his neighborhood.
Thus why he found himself here. In a small simple apartment far from his usual area with one bedroom, a simeple kitchen and bathroom, far from his neighborhood, moving boxes out of the way to start inspecting and fixing whats needs to be fixed.
Closing his eyes focusing on a familiar image of a gun being loaded, before setting off the trigger as two words left his mouth "Trace On" and began work.
Shirou's structural analysis revealed to him a lot about the apartment building he was working on. Like it was built about century old. Build in 1993 Originally a public housing project who run out of funds halfway through the construction with very solid base, then being sold at low price to a construction company run by the Yakuza. Many were buried under the concrete as they finished the construction.
Which would later serve to house many of their members before the whole organization met their end. Was it cursed? Maybe as ever since it has been changed hands to hands as tragedy keeps falling on those who owns it, as misfortune fell upon them. Finally ending being sold to Hinako Akuta. Who by some miracle was well. Which he knew was not, as his sense of smell despite currently being bombarded by taint, he could swear she wasn't human.
Alas it he came to work on the building not to solve the mystery of crippled beauty.
Anyway beside some water and gas pipes rusted needing replacing, everything seemed working well within the apartment. As it seems the rest of the department.
Once finished Shirou walking to the door entrance we could find focused making an estimate of the cost of fixing the department.
He was interrupted by the vibration of his phone on his pocket.
Taking a moment of his work Shirou pulled the device from the pocket and viewed the screen of the phone. A number he did not recognize was at display with a message, it said 'G.G.' which changed his eyes to one of seriousness and a link to some web page.
Thus Shirou copied the link and pasted in another app, and as it loaded. The door to the apartment inwardly suddenly opened hitting him on his face, making him lose both his balance and his phone. And crash face first into one of the boxes and breaking through them.
"Oh, my I'm sorry are you okay?" Mature Feminine voice asked with concern in his voice. A voice very different from the cold landlady.
"Its nothing serious." He said as he tried to sit and removing the pieces of clothes from his eyes.
Shirou removing a piece of clothed from his face a thin delicate piece of fabric with detailed patterns in its sewing. He immediately subconsciously started cursing his luck and imagined certain Counter Guardian laughing at his expenses as he laid his eyes the piece of cloth in his hand and the women.
As it was something straight from one of those adult manga's his childhood friend Shinji showed to him in Middleschool.
An awkward scene where the protagonist was on the floor holding the underwear belonging to the heroine who caught him in the middle of relieving his sexual urges.
However unlike the manga this could not be misinterpreted…. Right?
The sound of panting and slapping could be heard behind him. To which Shirou looked behind him in horror and found his Phone screen still on displaying a sneak peak of porn video.
"...for all who missed him. Now returning to the movie scene the bitchslayer, Joaquin Naito makes his great return in this new film, Escobar: the Rise of the Hoemaker. Watch, as he fuck deep inside this whole family of bitches to total submission. Only for limited time in UEstream" Deep voice.
"Did something wrong happened, Mitsuzuri-San?" the landlady spoke as it could be heard her wheelchair climbing the stairs.
Shirou felt sweat dropping from his brow and his heart pumping fast in anticipation to the reply of the woman identified as Mitsuzuri-san. And the chances of it costing him a future client and credibility for future projects.
Looking back to door the Shirou was about to speak of this misunderstanding, but stopped completely on his track to do so. As he saw the woman's red lips smirking and reddish brown eyes took a mischievous shine as it instead of annoyance found it amusing.
"Ara Ara Ara" the only thing the woman.
AN: Finally I am done with this chapter.
I finally decided that this story wont be a fusion of the setting, instead is an Isekai. Why do it this way? Because the discussion back and forth in crossposted thread in Questionable Questing from lore-savvys/masters about integrating the Nasuverse with TA setting comes to be painful as it comes to be near as hard to imagine Tekken Characters moving like Street Fighters Characters and Vice-Versa(With Akuma breaking Tekken 7 being remnant of that concept). Summarized in a word, a "headache" so I'll stick to the simple stuff.
Please Point Out my failings without mercy in criticism else I cant find myself improving.
Joaquin Naito: is main villain in the Ova Rei Zero
Hinako Akuta: is from FGO she isnt human
Kopi Luwak: is an expesive coffee bean which has been digested and defecated by an animal in south asia.
Chef's table: is the VIP service of being both served and cooked food by the head chef in a private table in the kitchen.
Mitsuzuri: Is last name of a character of FSN.