Disclaimer: I do not own Fate/Stay Night nor High school DxD.

Chapter 1

Shirou sighed.

He knew it was dangerous, foolhardy and stupid even, yet he did not try to stop her.

It was probably because he knew even if he tried, she would kick him upside the head whilst preaching on how humanity should risk themselves to reach for new heights, regardless of the reality that a magus will always walk alongside death.

As someone undergoing his second year of 'apprenticeship' under her, he should have known better than anyone else the utterly disastrous results Rin's experiments could create. But it was too late to complain.

"Are you okay Rin?"

"I'm fine Saber, th-achoo cold is nothing to me."

And so they trudged along on this cold, snowy mountain, not a single one of them with the foresight to even pack a bloody sweater. Among the trio Saber was the least affected by the cold, she would be fine as long as her Prana supply was constant.

Shirou, with his body trained intensely over the years would be okay with as long as he stayed close to the fire, but it was different for Rin. While she was not someone who lived like a sheltered noble lady, pitching slightly-better-than normal human against the wild snowy mountain was regardless a bad idea, especially if the one in question did nothing to prepare for a hike in such conditions.

Admittedly Rin could have just made thick clothes but she had been conserving her Prana, in such an unfamiliar place, who knew what was just around the metaphorical corner?

But sooner or later this cold would beat them all, and Shirou knew he had to do something before it came to that .

There should be human settlement somewhere, and it would be his job to find it if he wanted their little team to survive. He didn't want the girls to do what he had to do.

Then he saw it.

In the middle of the yard covered in ash white snow not far from him a single man held a wooden sword, he wore a plain jacket, as white as the snow around him. But what attracted Shirou wasn't the man but his sword.

To call it merely 'swinging' a sword would be a mistake, the way the man moved, the way he brought down the sword in a graceful arc ment to sever head from neck… Even if it was simply practice, Shirou knew the man was a sword master without peer, he could see the memories inside the wooden sword of his, a new one, made an hour ago for the purpose of training.

It wasn't like Saber's style of swordplay, this man's swordsmanship was different, Shirou's eyes became glued onto the sword, unconsciously he activated his magic-

"Shirou!"

"Ouch ouch!"

"What are you doing? Spacing out again?"

"Ah sorry Rin, I'll go ask that man if he could help us."

Once again he had gotten lost in his … somewhat unhealthy passion for swords.

Shirou dropped his thought and went to the man.

"Excuse me?"

He had been learning English as his second language, Shirou knew that a hero must be able to converse with the people in order to understand what he needs to do in order to help them, therefore studying English had been one of his important tasks everyday.

The man stopped his training, he looked at Shirou for a second before answering in impeccable Japanese.

"Yes? What do you need?"

"Please make yourself at home."

"Please take care of us, Fay-san."

The man who introduced himself as Arthur welcomed them to his cottage, he did not emit any hostile intentions but a calm, noble aura. So Shirou had no problem following him, besides he could feel the wooden sword of his also didn't record any violent traits.

Rin was just glad to have a cup of hot coffee.

The sister of Arthur who called herself Fay was a nice girl, she too could talk to them using Japanese like her brother, Shirou wondered if the siblings had been living in Japan for a long time.

The living room they're staying was around the same size as Shirou's house, big enough for 8 to 10 people, unlike their familiar Japanese style with tatami and kotatsu there was a fireplace far to Shirou's left, he looked carefully again at the fireplace and saw that there was no wood under the warm fire.

"Hey Rin."

"Yeah yeah I know."

From his experience anyone who knew of the existence of magic should be observed carefully before placing any trust in them.

He felt a little nervous, up till now the siblings hadn't done anything terrible or threatened them with violent force, however Shirou had already prepared for the worst deep inside his heart he wished for none of that.

As far as he could see Arthur was an honored man, someone that would fight you like a gallant knight, a warrior who knew no dirty tricks, knew no fear. A knight who would charge into the lines of his enemies and not even falter for a second.

Perhaps he was over exaggerating, but the memories of the sword never lied, and Shirou too wanted to believe both Arthur and Fay had no malicious plans for their guests.

When Fay came out with cookies and more coffee Shirou introduced himself and his friends to her again.

"My name is Emiya Shirou, this is Tohsaka Rin and this is Saber."

"Yes, please help yourself with these cookies, they're newly baked."

'She's a good cook.' Shirou thought as he tasted the cookies, he did learn how to make them before when he was working at the restaurant so he knew it very well how should one bake a cookie, the amount of sugar, the time needed to bake it, the materials…

Shirou felt like jumping to the nearest kitchen to test his skills again, but with these circumstances he needed to prioritize.

"Emiya-san, it's late now and we only have one room spare, are you okay with it?"

"Thank you very much Fay-san, please don't mind us."

The room they were shown to wasn't large, the bed only enough for two people to sleep on but Shirou could manage on the floor just fine, that's what he had been doing for years.

After carefully locked the door Rin asked them to gather around.

"I know they're not bad but we don't know who they are, it's better if we move to a different location tomorrow."

"I understand but Rin, both Arthur-san and Fay-san aren't bad people."

"Then why do you repeat my words? We know next to nothing about them Shirou, from their appearance they might not be bad people but anything can happen, have you forgotten the Holy Grail war?"

The Holy Grail war… Rin must be talking about Illya, of course he remembered how terrifying the young girl was with her Servant. However Shirou believed the siblings were good people, or at least, he wanted to believe they were good people.

"Rin, Shirou, are you two okay?"

"We're fine Saber."

Saber had a thoughtful look on her face, she then continued.

"They're using ancient Welsh so I feared that you wouldn't understand their words, but then you two were using Japanese so I found it very strange. I was waiting for an opportunity to inform you about this matter but seeing how well you talked to them I decided to tell you later."

"Ancient Welsh?"

They had a shocked expression, but quickly calm down themselves.

"I heard their words in Japanese, what about you Rin?"

"Me too, they're using Japanese as if they're Japanese themselves… Indeed this is magic, maybe a rare type one."

Shirou's knowledge of magecraft is limited, but for Rin to say it's a rare type…

"What a convenient spell, if we're not being cautious to them I'd like to learn it from Fay-san. But ancient Welsh huh? Is that the language they used in your era Saber?"

"Yes, it's the language I'm familiar with the most."

For a moment the trio had nothing talk so they decided to sleep, they needed a good rest to clear their heads, tomorrow a lot of things would happen, and them knew it.

It was when they were eating breakfast with Fay that the doorbell rang.

"I'm back Fay."

"Welcome back onii-sama, oh Vali-sama?"

Fay's brother returned to their cottage with a silver hair man, he didn't strike him as a friendly man, Shirou felt that he was someone cold, who could care less about anything and everything.

"They're our guests Vali, from the left to right is Emiya Shirou, Tohsaka Rin and Saber."

Arthur then talked to them.

"Vali is an important friend of mine Emiya-san."

"Nice to meet you."

"Hm…"

The silver hair man-Vali, didn't say anything, he simply sat down to grab the bowl of rice which Le Fay prepared for her brother.

'What's this guy doing?'

Before Shirou could voice for Vali's rudeness Arthur told them not to mind, Vali didn't mean anything bad, it's just one of his habits. Arthur then went to the kitchen to get himself another bowl.

Shirou frowned a bit before continuing to eat with everyone, if Arthur said so he shouldn't worry about it. There are many kinds of people on this world and what this Vali guy did wasn't the worst of them.

Still Shirou hoped he wouldn't have to see this kind of rudeness too much.

"Who are you?"

Shirou had considered to decline tea so they could move out, but Vali was the one asked them first. Knowing him wasn't capable of giving a good answer Rin stepped it up.

"We're tourists, yesterday when we walking an accident happened and we lost from our group, thanks to Arthur-san and Fay-san's help we had a place to stay through the night. Thank you very much for your hospitality."

Shirou and Saber too bowed like Rin, but Vali wasn't satisfied with that, he asked Fay to bring tea and then told the girl to go do something else outside, really this guy acted like he owned the place or something.

"Tourists huh? I wonder what kind of tourists who could wander around in Yeti territory."

'What!?'

Yeti? As in the snow gorilla?

"Come on don't stand, have a seat, we have tea you know."

With a simple gesture Vali offered them like the master of the house, but Shirou knew this man was not someone he could let his guard down around, still they did what he said, but nobody among them were in the right mind to enjoy the tea Fay brewed for them.

"You see, this cottage is built inside the territory of Yeti to prevent others from sneaking in, I have personally negotiated with the Yeti to look out for us too, but to think you could come so close to our cottage without being detected…"

He finished the tea in his cup, his action fairly relaxed compared to Shirou and his friends, for a few seconds Shirou looked at Saber, he saw her hands ready, grasping, grasping for a sword not there. It was the signal to prepare, if Vali took any action against them, she would immediately rush to protect him and Rin. Shirou too prepared himself to unleash his strongest spell.

He knew Rin had a few aces up her sleeves, she was the smartest of the three. Shirou could trust her to take care of herself. But he wished he wouldn't have to face the siblings, especially the nice young girl Fay.

"I told you guys to relax didn't I? So can you tell me who are you? Magicians? You two are human for sure but not the blond one."

As Shirou considered a route of escape Rin was the first to respond to Vali.

"You can call us magicians, and this woman next to me is my familiar, a great one at that and you can't find this type of high-class familiar anywhere. So my turn? What about you? Who are you?"

'R-Rin…!'

Once again she went ahead like that, but it couldn't be helped, Rin's answer had taken effect quickly as Vali replied to her in a mild voice, unlike his somewhat provoked attitude before.

"I suppose we're mercenary in your eyes, I'm the leader of my team, Arthur is my right hand and a swordsman, Fay is our magician, there are two more members but they're not here."

He nonchalantly grabbed a donut off the table.

"I'm not gonna ask you how did you come here, but our enemies have found out this cottage and are planning to ambush us. Say, you two are Japanese right? We can send you to Japan if you want."

Why this man offering them was what running through his head, but if what he said is true about him being a mercenary then he must see them as a burden, or at worst, a spy. Shirou wondered if Arthur thought the same as Vali.

"How do you plan to send us to Japan?"

"If you want it quick we can use our secret teleportation point, or if you want to use the mundane service we can prepare airplane tickets for you."

What a leisurely guy-

"Eh!? Teleportation!?"

As in moving from one place to another in a short time? Shirou swore he could hear Rin murmuring about 'impossible' right next to him. He too had many questions about Vali, who is he? How did he learn teleportation magic? Wasn't that considered True Magic?

"Yeah, and don't worry Fay is an expert, her skills have almost reached the pinnacle of modern magic so I'm sure your teleportation will not be interrupted by anything. Anyway could you pick one already?"

"T-Teleportation!"

"Hey Rin!"

"You shut up Shirou! This is an one-in-million chance for me! Think about it, think about what you can do with teleportation!"

Teleportation, with teleportation Shirou could move to the place where people needed help in the shortest time! Isn't this the penultimate skill of heroes when they needed to suddenly appear in the nick of time to save the day? He wanted that! The spell would help him a lot in his journey to become a superhero.

"Listen I don't care about what you're discussing, if you choose teleportation then Fay will prepare it for you."

"...That is too convenient don't you think?"

"I could careless about that, the faster you're out of here the better we can cover up our track. It's bad if I let random people die when our enemies assault my team. So, good for both of us, you guys got a free trip while we keep up our reputation."

They were led by Arthur to the basement, the gentleman had apologized them for their boss' demand on the way, he promised them that he would ensure no harm to them in case their enemies attacked. When they arrived Fay was standing in the middle of a light circle beneath her.

"So this is the ritual to cast teleportation…"

Rin looked at the ground carefully, she wanted to remembered every single characters of it, Shirou too wanted to do it but with for a moment he thought it's better if he asked Rin to teach him later.

"I have finished the preparation, now please step into it. I will activate it right now."

Then the room shook, rocked by an explosion above them.

Arthur rushed back upstairs, Shirou wanted to help but Rin pulled his left arm while Saber held his right arm. With a sigh of defeat Shirou obediently stepped into the circle together with his friends.

"Fay-san, this is teleportation magic?"

"Yes, a custom one, do you want to learn it?"

"You will teach me?"

"Hm no, I'm afraid I have to go help onii-sama and Vali-sama, but I have my note here."

The young girl then gave Rin a notebook pulled from the deep expanses of her stereotypically big hat, she really did look like a stage magician.

"It'll teleport you to a safe place, there's food supply as well as other living expenses, please feel free to use them."

And, those were her last words before the trio were yanked through space and time. It was a shame, Shirou thought, that they did not even get the chance to thank her for taking them in.

XXX

"Today we will learn how to make ice cream."

"Great! With this I'm sure any girl would fall for me in a matter of time!"

Shirou looked at his energetic apprentice before repeating his daily routine.

'3 months have passed huh?'

He had learned much in those months, first this was not their world, the magic system they used, vastly different from anything Rin knew. They were so... easy to use that even someone with a bad alignment towards magic like Shirou could cast without much trouble. He also checked the map and even the internet for the name "Fuyuki" but there was nothing, meaning his hometown didn't exist in this world. With no other choice they decided to stay in the town where Fay teleported them to.

Rin on the other hand wasn't that sad, after the first week she had gone to the owner of this town-Kuou Town, to ask for permission to research magic. She got a good one at that when the owner asked her to analyze runes, dispel curse or recover artifacts. Their new high class apartment is also come from those contracts Rin signed with the owner.

Shirou heard from his love that the owner is a devil, but they acted nothing like the devils they knew, if anything they were more like 'Aliens with magical superpowers who have lived on Earth for far too long.' They also helped the people in Kuou town, running around to do their requests so Shirou could hardly place them as something wicked. However Rin also said that the devil society is also like human, there's good ones and bad ones so he better looked out whenever dealing with ones.

"Next you check the sugar like this Hyoudou-san."

This young guy who learning the "Art of Cooking" was Hyoudou Issei, a weird guy to be honest. Shirou met him back at the supermarket when he was wondering which carrots should he choose. Apparently he wanted to have a harem so he decided to become a cool guy first ie knowing how to cook, lift and getting high scores in school.

So Shirou did his usual and taught the guy about a thing or two, then he came to ask him if he could teach him how to cook great dishes Shirou couldn't find a reason to decline.

"Oh can I have a break tomorrow? I have a date with my girlfriend!"

Then Hyoudou showed Shirou the picture of Amano Yuuma, a cute girl in his mobile cellphone. At first Shirou thought this is a joke made by a group of girls since he found it quite hard to believe Hyoudou could get a girlfriend that fast, but he couldn't say anything to Hyoudou after seeing him like that.

'He must be looking forward to that date much, I hope nothing bad happens to him tomorrow.'

Dinner came and Hyoudou said goodbye to Shirou. When he brought out tonight dishes Rin told everyone to be careful, according to the report of the devil a small group of Fallen Angel had come to the town, since the relationship between the two species isn't good it's better to avoid contacting them.

She also gave them the pictures of the Fallen Angel which Shirou had a goosebump inside him.

'Hyoudou's girlfriend is one of them? I have a bad feeling about this.'

"Shirou? Are you okay?"

"I'm fine Saber. Now everyone please dig in."

That night Shirou couldn't sleep well, he knew Hyoudou Issei was a pervert who had like lots of porn magazines in his room (the guy also asked him if he wanted to borrow them) but overall he's not that bad.

Deep inside his heart Shirou apologized for what he's going to do the next day.

AN: So yeah I got an advice from a friend saying when one meets writer's block he should let out any ideas jumping in his head, and this is the result.

I know this might sound like a joke but please don't expect this story to be good since I'm just taking it like a draft or stuffs I write for fun, anyway thank you joshiewoshie for helping me with my horrible grammar.