This is a fan-fic between Highschool DxD/Fate/Stay-Night crossover.

Disclaimer : I don't own Highschool DxD or Fate/Stay-Night. This project is for fun only and if you had complain or suggestion, you can post it on review so that I can use it for reference and learning material.

Note : Spaming or flaming review will be ignored(Except reasonable critique).

This story is following Hyoudou Issei who isn't that much pervert as in the canon(Badass he will be). Enjoy!

-Prologue : How It All Began-

-o-

-Kuoh Park-

EMIYA, the name of one of the Alaya's Counter Guardian.

He was stunned for his current predicament.

How could he not?

The last thing he remembered was when he part ways from Rin after saving both her and his past self. He was satisfied that his past self, still hypocrite as ever, won't abandon his ideal, but will head toward the path different from him as his former master will guide his past self toward the better path.

And that's it.

He expected to return to being a Counter Guardian again with the slight satisfaction that one of his past selves didn't take the same path that leads to him being a Counter Guardian.

SHIIIINNNNNGGGGG

A flash of light blinded him.

'By the damn Root, another job again?!' Archer cursed under his breath.

Yes, this is usually happening when Alaya give him a 'job' as Counter Guardian. Mainly, 'cleaning' those who threaten the safety of the world.

Every time he was sent, the more he regret the decision of becoming one after that contract and the more he wanted to kill the past self that brought his existence.

His ideal? Becoming a Hero of Justice who save everyone and prevent their crying if he can help it.

His job as Counter Guardian? Killing a designated target along with any witnesses that will threaten humanity(his friend is no exception). In the other words, a true meaning of Hero of Justice, indiscriminate judgment upon anybody.

WOOSSSHHH~

A calm wind trickling him is the sign that he was transported to the location of his 'job'.

But what makes it strange is...

He is currently in the corner of a park and in front of him, many children are playing happily.

'Oh, by the Root. NO!' He exclaimed to himself.

After being summoned to the targeted location, he will retain a temporary consciousness before his body moving on its own to proceed with his 'job', but to make it worse, during the time his body moving on its own, he was forced to see the deed.

And now, he was sent in the place where innocent child playing around happily, before being killed as he couldn't let his existence be exposed to the world.

"NOOOO!" He screamed out to the point where several children nearby him giving a strange look before ignoring him.

1 second...

3 second...

5 second...

10 second...

Nothing happened.

'What in the Root is happening?' Archer muttered while looking down and trying to move his limbs.

Apparently, he retain his consciousness and the control of his body. This means that he could choose to let these children live instead of killing them.

But the strangest thing is that he couldn't feel his target at all. In his usual 'job', he could easily detect his termination target, sometimes hard if they set up a Bounded Field or worse, a Lair if it's a Dead Apostle. Even either of them only function to merely weaken his detection, not completely evade it.

Now however, he couldn't detect anything at all.

He could rule out several possibility for this strange occurrence. Being summoned to terminate a TYPE.

'Scratch that, Alaya ain't a fool to merely sent one Counter Guardian to fight those crazy things.'

The second possibility, being summoned as a Servant in the Holy Grail War.

'Nope, I don't see anyone summoning me or the presence of Holy Grail.'

The final yet the most absurd ones compared to the two before, he was freed. Freed from the Hell named being a Counter Guardian.

'Wait, that's impossible. But yet, I-'

He was cut in the middle of his sentence as he sensed something missing.

'That can't be!' Archer exclaimed in his mind.

He couldn't sense Gaia or Alaya's presence. Nope, he could still feel it, only very slightly to the point that they have no effect on his body.

And that brings another problem. This means that he was sent into a very different world, not alternate universe where Gaia and Alaya still holding him.

But what caused this?

That question popped into his head.

'Don't tell me it's that damn old vampire!?'

But his train of thought was interrupted as he heard a voice.

"GET THEM!"

When Archer saw it, an event that reminds him of his youth.

Standing several distance away from him, a brown haired boy stood in front of another young boy as if protecting him.

'How nostalgic.' He thought as the memories of him and Shinji when they're still a brat came out.

"Bring it on!" Two kids who got outnumbered yelled out.

'Okay, that's enough.' Archer thought to himself before walking toward them.

"Hey! Stop it!" Archer yelled in a stern voice, surprising all the kids.

Several minutes ago...

Issei's POV

"Irina! I'll become a great hero of justice one day, believe me!" I shouted out loud.

"Hahaha! That's so like you, Ise-kun!" A boy replied.

His name is Irina and we both are playing around here to relieve our boredom.

"One day, everyone will know my name as an ally of justice!" I shouted again while raising my fist.

Then, some other older kids of different build come.

"Look, boss! That snot-nosed brat saying something stupid."

"Hero of justice? Twerps like you? AHAHAHAHA!"

"You are better fit to be a clown than a hero of justice!"

Damn them! Mocking me like I'm nothing!

I'll teach them a lesson!

But before I could act...

"ARGH!" One of the bullies screamed while holding his nose.

Irina punched him.

"How dare you punch him! Everyone, get hi- ARRRGGGHHHH!"

Before he could finish his sentence, I punched him.

"GET THEM!" Yelled the biggest kid, apparently their leader.

"Bring it on!" x2

Both of us taunted.

"Hey! Stop it!"

A white haired man, wearing some sort of a costume came toward us.

"Waaa! A weirdo!"

"It's a pervert!"

"Run for your life!"

The bullies ran away immediately while the man just did a facepalm.

Err...

"Are you alright, kid?" The man asked both of us.

I get a feeling so complicated.

After pausing for a bit.

"Ah, yeah. Thank you very much." I said while bowing and behind me, Irina followed suit.

"Don't worry about it, where is your home? Your parents should worry if you're going home late." The man said in a kind tone, different from earlier.

Ah, he might be a good guy after all.

Well, let's just hope he won't rob our house by asking that question.

"From your face, I can see that you'd doubt me." The man sighed while saying that.

Umm...

I feel bad.

"How do I say this... I got suspicious when a man wearing that kind of outfit coming out of nowhere and asking the location of my home. Sorry, I didn't mean to insult you!"

...

A silence.

Heavy atmosphere surround us.

"When you said it like that, I feel like I'm some sort of a deviant." The man said, breaking the uncomfortable silence.

"Sorry, I didn't mean it!" I apologized.

"Ise-kun, it's almost evening, let's go home and mr-?"

"Archer, call me Archer."

"Archer-san, you can come with us."

"But Iri, tou-san and kaa-san said that we should be wary of stranger! We can't ju-"

Before I could complete my retort, he glared at me.

"My tou-san said that we should be a good samaritan like the story about Parable of the Good Samaritan."

"But Iri, he isn't stripped of clothing, beaten, or even half dead in that matter!"

He glared even sharper.

Hii! ! !

Scary!

Damn scary!

"He's right, sorry, I'm going to go awa-"

Before he could go away, I did something I won't believe I do.

I held back the man from going.

"Sorry that I'm that rude to you, Archer-san. Let's go."

That day, I will never imagine this encounter would change my fate.

With that, we walked toward our house.

After walking several blocks, they arrived at two houses next to each other.

"Ah, this is Irina's house and this is mine." I said while pointing the direction.

"Oh, so you live close to each other." The white haired man widen his eyes in amusement.

Ring Ring

Irina pressed the doorbell, but hearing no response.

"Ah, Irina-san. Let's just wait until your parents home in my house. I'm sure tou-san and kaa-san won't mind." I suggested.

"Umu..." Irina nodded.

"Please, get in with us, I'm sure father and mother would be more than happy to know that you helped us." I added.

"Ah, that won't be necessary..." He said while trying to leave.

"Don't be like that! You're our saver after all." Irina said while dragging Archer's hand.

"Really now... Fine, fine, let's meet you parents." Archer said in resignation while Irina just giggled at his reaction.

-o-

-Hyoudou Household, Dusk-

"Ara? It's Irina-chan and Issei-chan. Oh, Irina, your father is currently here." My mother said when seeing me and Irina entered the house.

But she was surprised when seeing another man behind us.

The thing is, if it's just a normal man, she probably wouldn't mind, but Archer-san...

Just seeing his attire made her think he's a weirdo.

Can't blame her though...

A black body armor that emphasizes on his well toned muscles with weird lines on it, a piece of metal plate that was protecting his throat. It was paired with black pants that she wasn't sure what it was made out and a pair of steel toed boots.

Not to mention a red overcoat that was divided in two to cover his arms that was connected together with a piece of small rope in the front and on his throat on the back just between his shoulder blades while another piece of the red cloth was tied around his waist making it seem like he was wearing a skirt. Although, the front is open, showing that it's not a skirt and some sort of divided robe along with the red overcoat.

Simply said, a cosplayer.

"A-A-And, Issei-chan? Who is this man behind you?"

"Ah, he is the man who saved me and Irina-san from the bullies in the park." I said while tugging at his red overcoat.

"You got bullied?!" She exclaimed when hearing that.

"Yes, but Archer-san here save us from those mean peoples." Irina added.

"Is that so? Then, let's talk inside about it." She urged us.

In the living room...

Third Person POV

"Ah, it's my Irina-chan! Sorry, mother and I are currently visiting Hyoudou-kun's house." Irina's father said while seeing his daughter entered the room.

"Issei-kun, why are you going home late?" Issei's father asked.

"Hey, Hyoudou-kun. Don't worry about that! It's normal for them to play till their heart content!"

"*sigh* You're too carefree, Touji-san. Of course I'm worried if my child going home late."

"That's not my point, Hyoudou-kun. What I mean is- Wait, who is that man?" Touji stopped in the middle of his explanation when seeing the white haired tanned man appeared behind Issei and Irina.

"Ah, he is a man who saved us from being ganged up by the bullies in the park." Irina said toward her father.

"What?! How dare anyone bully my child?!" Touji roared while Issei's father restraining his friend.

"Hey, calm down, Touji-san. You're being inappropriate to the guest."

"Ah, sorry. And thank you for helping my child, mister-?"

"Archer." The white haired man replied.

"Yes, Archer-san."

"Ah, yes. For our gratitude from saving my son's from being bullied, why not having a dinner with us, Archer-san?" Issei's mother suggested.

"Ah, I don't want to be a bother so-"

"Yeah, yeah, don't be like that, you've saved our kids from being subjected to bullying, it's the least I can offer you." Issei's father said while Touji just nodded in agreement.

"Then, where is the kitchen?" Archer asked.

""Huh?"" Both Issei's parents let out a strange noise when saying that.

"Well, at least I can help preparing the food since it's the least I can do."

"But-"

"Please, I won't disappoint you." Archer insisted.

Several minutes later, dining room...

CHOMP! CHOMP! CHOMP!

"Oh my God! This is good, Amen!" Touji said while eating the food.

"I agree!" Issei's father nodded in agreement.

"Archer-san's food is delicious!" Issei said while gulping down the food.

"Thank you Father in Heaven!" Irina muttered a pray before stuffing her cheeks

"Archer-san, I didn't know you're such a good cook!" Issei's mother exclaimed while taking several foods from the plate.

"Can you teach me how to cook like this, Archer-san?" Irina's mother asked.

This is really contradict from what happened earlier in the kitchen.

Irina and Issei's respective mother keep trying to not letting him cook as they thought it might be a bad idea, but giving up after relentlessly asking for helping them cook. And they weren't regretting that decision now.

"Well, it's just my side hobby." Archer said while shrugging his shoulder.

"Really? With these kind of food, you could become a chef, Archer-san." Issei's mother said.

"Oh yeah, by the way. From where did you come from, Archer-san? I don't think you're from around here." Issei's father asked.

"Ah, about that. I returned back from my trip to England, but when I got home, my apartment was burned and my luggage being stolen during my return trip." Archer said sheepishly.

It's an obvious lie. Yet he couldn't just told them that he came from another world. Not only that, he even not yet know the reason how did he get sent to this world.

"Ah, I'm sorry about that."

"That's horrible, Archer-san."

Both Issei's parents expresses their condolence.

"Is that so? Then, what are you planning to do now, Archer-san?" Irina's mother asked.

"Ah, I think I'm looking for a place to stay first." Archer muttered.

"Then, why don't you stay here, I'm sure my husband doesn't mind." Issei's mother suggested while her husband nodded in agreement.

"I'm sorry, but I couldn't burden you two more than this."

"Then, how about living on the house next to me, but you have to work for me. It's a win-win solution" Touji suggested.

"Touji-san, isn't that too much?"

"Hyoudou-kun, he said that he didn't want to burden you, right? Then, if I do this, he won't feel burdening us and it could be mutually profit both of us." Touji explained.

"Oh! I see..." Issei's father nodded in agreement.

"*sigh* Alright then, I guess I'll accept it." Archer sighed, he knew they will keep forcing him to receive their help.

After that, they continue to eat the dinner before Irina, her parents, and Archer leave the house.

"Archer-san! Can I visit you sometimes?" Issei asked.

"Yeah, sure." Archer smiled back.

Then, when they arrived in front of Irina's house, Touji urged his daughter and wife to go first while he will tell Archer the place.

After that, Touji leads Archer to the place and have a small 'talk' with him.

"I see. Although, most of it is unbelievable, I think I trust you, you're not the type to lie."

"That should be my line, yours is also unbelievable." Archer sarcastically replied.

"Ha! Then, my earlier offer still stand, you know?"

"What? Working with you? What kind of 'job' you have in mind?"

"Ah, if it's not too much of a bother, I want you to perform similar duty like in your previous world."

"What?" Archer knit his eyebrows.

"Yes, hunting stray devil and stray exorcist around this town. Apparently, I am just merely one person and the stray devil around here isn't only one, but more. To efficiently taking them down, I need your assistance."

"I see. I think I'll accept it with one condition."

"What is it?"

"I work under you, not under the Church. I've had enough dealing with them."

"I think I can arrange that." Touji nodded.

"Well, we got a deal, then?" Archer said while smirking.

"Yes, yes. But we need to make a new ID for you."

"Hmph, do as you please." Archer snorted.

"Well, I'm going home first, Irina-chan and my wife must be worried by now." Touji stood up and leave.

CLICK

The sound of doorknob being opened can be heard as Touji leave the house.

"Ah, Archer-san, I'll tell you when I have a mission for you. So, in the meantime, I suggest you find a part-time job." Touji said before closing the door.

'Really now, it's almost no different like my previous world. Well, at least I'm not bound to keep killing people.' Archer thought to himself before looking around the house.

'Well, a little cleaning would be nice...' He muttered.

A few weeks later...

It's currently afternoon as Issei and Irina played around Issei's house. But they're bored from just merely playing in the house. Their parents still worried if they played in the park again as they're sure the bullies will come back, not that it help either.

"Issei-kun, how about we go to Archer-san's house?"

"Ah, but didn't he have a part-time work as a technician?"

"He said that his job only last until afternoon. So, he should be home, right?"

"Well, that's true. Let's ask father and mother to go."

After asking their parents, which they agree easily as Archer is one of the person they could entrust their child to, they both leave.

-o-

-Archer's House-

Issei's POV

Click RING! RING!

The sound of a doorbell can be heard echoing inside the house.

'Really now, I was just returned from work.' Archer muttered.

Currently, he wore a gray T-Shirt and a black trousers along with black rimmed glasses.

Click

"Yo, Archer-san!" I cheerfully greet him.

"So, it's you two."

"Of course it's us two, who do you expect?"

"Hahaha, that's true. Well, come in." Archer chuckles a bit.

This is a normal thing for him. From times to times, either I or Irina, sometimes both of us are visiting him either to play or seeing him tweaking the electronic device that he fix.

"Hmmmm! This is delicious, Archer-san!" I muttered out loud.

Seriously, how the heck did he cook such tasty food.

"Yes! Can you teach me how to cook like this, Archer-san? I might become a chef if I could master your way of cooking!" Irina asked.

"Ah, then if Iri asked that, I want you to teach me too!" Issei added.

"Really now, you're both too young. But if you insist, I think I will." Archer said while smiling.

"Yay!" x2

I wonder if he is a cook back in his homeland.

"*pant*pant* Why did cooking have to be that hard?" I muttered while wiping off my sweat.

"*pant*pant* I agree, Issei-kun."

"Really now, I told you that you two are too young to cook." Archer said as he looks at the food we're trying to cook.

"Well, for the first times though, I think this is quite good." Archer said while trying the omelet they both cooked.

'It's quite overcooked, but the taste is still good and edible.' I can hear he muttered that before nodding to himself.

At least it's not too bad.

"Although, please minimize the damage you two caused to my kitchen." Archer wryly smiled while pointing at the messed up kitchen behind him.

Crap.

"Ah, sorry about that, Archer-san." I said while scratching the back of my head.

"Well, don't mind about it."

"Thank you, Archer-san!" Irina said.

"Oh yeah, I heard both of your parents forbid you two from playing in that park, right?"

"Yeah, because of that annoying bullies!" I said while clenching my fist.

Seriously, that park is one of the great place in this town.

Thanks to them... Grr...

"Then, I have a suggestion."

"What is it, Archer-san?" Irina inquire.

"How about I train you two so that you become stronge-"

"So we can beat them right?!" I excitedly said.

Finally, a chance to-

"Nope, so that you can defend yourself or run away and search for help instead of trying to beat them up."

"Hee~, but that's just like a coward, Archer-san." Irina complained while puffing his cheeks.

That right!

Running away or asking for help means that we are a weakling.

"Maybe, but I'm asking you two. Does a Hero of Justice that you two aspire to be, would like to punch a child?"

...

He got a point.

'Children...' Archer muttered.

Hey, I heard that!

"You two must know, not everything can be solved by beating the other people who do a bad things."

"But how?" I asked.

If they weren't punished, they won't stop doing those bad thing.

"There are many ways to deal with them. By talking with them, negotiating, explaining your circumstances, and peacefully settle the problem."

"But what if those won't work?" Irina asked.

"Run."

"Run?" I asked.

"Yes, run away from them and ask for help from the authorities. But if all else fail, then you can beat them up if they corner and threaten you."

"I see..." x2

At least that makes sense!

"Then, Archer-sensei! Please teach us!" Issei vigorously asked.

"Sensei? Well, fine! Don't blame me if you get beaten up badly!"

"Yes!" x2

Several minutes later...

"*pant*pant* I'm tired!" I yelled while lying on the ground.

"*pant*pant* Me too!" Irina added.

"Yes, yes, I told you that you could get beaten up badly." Archer said while putting down a tray filled with refreshment.

"But you didn't tell us it's this bad!*pant*pant*" I snarled at him.

Seriously, you didn't even holding back at telling us to do crazy things!

100 times push-ups, sit-ups, squats, and running 10 km.

We couldn't even manage to do a tenth of those.

"Well, sorry about that." Archer laughing hard.

"You're not a very nice person, Archer-san." Irina muttered.

"Although, I can see that you both have a good stamina and determination from earlier."

"Really?!" My eyes shone when hearing that.

Well, our passion to become a hero burns bright, so it's a matter of course.

"Why would I lie?" Archer smiled before patting my head.

While doing that, he seems to be thinking of something.

"Archer-san?" I asked while peering at his face.

"Yes, sorry, I was just lost in thought. You two should going home soon, it's already late."

"Yes! Thank you for today, Archer-san." I said before leaving with Iri.

Several hours later...

Third Person POV

"You... Bastard!" The stray exorcist swore before falling into his own pool of blood.

"Think again who is the bastard, you rape these innocent nuns for fun and dealing with Fallen behind the Church, I wonder why those stupid people excommunicate you just recently." Archer muttered while raising Kanshou up high.

"BASTA-"

SHTUNK!

The sound of steel cut through the flesh can be heard as the stray exorcist's head separated from it's neck.

"*sigh* What a mess." Archer muttered when seeing the destruction caused inside the church.

"Hello, Touji-san. Send in the team here, I've terminate the target and there's around six nuns here who need an assistance." Archer said through the line.

'Understood, I will send the team and medic over there, ETA in five minutes.' Touji replied before closing the line.

Tap Tap Tap Tap

Archer walked and waiting outside the church, waiting for the team deployed to his location.

Five minutes later...

"Ah, Archer-san, right?"

"Yes, you must be the team sent here by Touji-san, right?"

"Yes, I'm Amakusa Takumi, by the way, where is the dead stray exorcist and the nuns?"

"Inside, the nuns are still unconscious. Be gentle though, they have experienced something cruel by that bastard stray exorcist."

"I see..." The man nodded as he knew the implication.

"Is that all?"

"Yes, you can go home now, Archer-san. We'll take it from here."

"Ah, yes." Archer said before departing.

This is one of the 'jobs' that Touji gave him, hunting those stray bastard who does anything as they please and doing something vile to the point Church getting tired from their behavior and excommunicate them.

Seeing it himself, Archer could easily saw the similarity of these stray being to those who got themselves a sealing designation from the mage association and Dead Apostle for the Church. All of them are a selfish and greedy bastard with an insatiable lust for power that ended up crossing the line they supposed not to cross.

'Well, I guess I should take a good night rest.' Archer muttered.

-o-

-Kuoh Park, Several Month Later-

Issei's POV

Currently, I ran away from home while crying due to Irina and his family leaving the town and going to England.

Over there was an old geezer who did picture story shows for people who went there. he rung the bell for the start of the story. There were few viewers. Everyone was a kid.

What is that?

"Hey, Issei. Why are you ru-" Archer suddenly appeared from behind before seeing what happened in front of him.

He was interrupted when hearing the old man spoke.

"Long, long time ago. At a certain place, Geezer and Granny were living there. On a certain day the Geezer went to the mountains for lawn mowing. Granny went to the river to do washing. When Granny was doing washing at the river…"

"Is this a story telling?" Archer muttered in amusement.

He saw a picture about an old man and old woman who is on the river.

"It's probably about Momotarou, Arc-"

"An Oppai flowed down."

"Let's go Issei, this is bad for you." Archer instantly drag me away and pick up his phone.

Later I would know that this is one of the factor that changed my future.

"Hello, police. My name is Archer, I saw an old man telling an indecent story in Kuoh Park."

"Yeah, he is still telling the story now, please take care of it."

"Yeah, thank you."

Click

Just a minute passed as Archer called the police and they already apprehend him.

"Hurry, we are going. Geez. Showing things like this to the children in the middle of afternoon."

It was that old geezer who was being taken away by a policeman.

"Occhan! Occhan! Why! Why"

One of the kid was taken by another policeman and he couldn't save the damn old geezer.

"No! You can't go near him! He is a bad person who showed something he is not supposed to you kids!"

"Boy. One day grope oppai. Then suck it."

Before those two last sentence could be heard, Archer managed to cup both of my ears.

"Oy, what are you telling to a kid!? Hurry, we are going!" One of the policeman shoved the perverted geezer into the car.

"Archer-san?"

"Don't worry, Issei. I won't let that Rootdamned guy mess with your innocent mind."

I just stared at him with puzzled expression before dismissing it as probably something not good and leave the strange scene.

-o-

-Archer's House-

"Issei, why are you running away from the house?" Archer calmly asked while serving an ice tea to me who sat in the living room.

"Iri was leaving for England so sudden. I barely able to say goodbye."

"I see..." Archer muttered.

"Then, I can guess that both of you making a promise to each other?"

"Yes, I promise Irina that the next time we met, I'll be a Hero of Justice!"

My sadness at least dampened when remembering that promise.

"Hey, Issei, isn't that kind of impossible?" Archer asked, hoping that I will drop the idea.

"No, I will keep trying to become one. I don't want to disappoint Irina-san the next time we met."

"I see... Promise, huh? Issei!" Archer muttered before calling Issei in a stern voice.

"Yes!"

"If you want to become a Hero of Justice, you have to train far, far, far, far more harder than we usually do, can you do that?!" Archer yelled.

"Yes! I will do my best to become one!"

"Good! I will train you to become one to fulfill that promise. But promise me one thing."

"What is it?"

"Engrave this in your head, Issei-kun. You can't save everyone."

"But, isn't Hero of Justice always save everyone?"

"That's what they're depicted, the true Hero of Justice is someone who can only save several people close to them, they cannot save everybody. Even knowing that, will you still become one?" Archer explained quite harsh, trying to dissuade Issei's idea of becoming one.

"Even so, I will still become one for Irina! It might be selfish for me to say this, but if you put it like that, the definition of justice will be my own!"

"Good determination! I will train you far harder than you normally had, don't blame me if you collapsed!"

"Yes, Archer-san! I will try my best!" I raised my fist while saying that.

"Good!"

"Nee, nee, Archer-san." Issei said after several seconds of silence.

"What is it, Issei?" Archer inquire while sipping his tea.

"What is the meaning of Oppai?"

"PFFFFFFTTTTTTTTTT! *cough*cough*cough*cough*"

"Archer-san! Are you alright?!" I asked worryingly.

Sheesh, why did he overreacts like that?

Later on I would regret that I asked this.

"I'm fine... *pant*pant*pant* You heard that from the old man, aren't you?"

Issei just nodded after hearing that.

"Issei-kun, those kind of thing is something that you will learn in time. The current you shouldn't know about it."

"Why?"

"Hmmm... If I have to give you an example... You know about RPG, right?"

"Yes."

"You can't beat the final boss with a level one character, right?"

"Yes."

"This is similar, and your training to become a Hero of Justice is similar, it takes time for everything, don't rush about those or else you will break. Understood?" Archer explained in a calm tone.

"Humu! I understand, Archer-san." I nodded before smiling.

"Good."

"Then, do we train now?" Issei asked while standing up.

"Well, not today, but I have things to tell you and you must promise me to not tell anyone about it."

"What is it, Archer-san?"

"Issei, in this world...

Then, he told me everything about the supernatural and that in my path of being a hero, I might encounter it. He also told me that he is a magus.

"Is that so?"

"You seems like you're not surprised when hearing about those things."

"Well, considering you are wearing something like that during our first meeting..."

...

He didn't say anything.

Then...

"Trace on." He chanted.

A bluish light flickered around his right hand.

When it settled, there's a white sword in his right hand.

"So you really can use magic! Teach me about it!"

"My magic is nothing special, even it's probably no use for you."

"But still, I want to learn!"

"Really now, why are you so stubborn?"

"Hehehe!"

"Fine, I'll teach you about it along with training your body starting tomorrow."

"Yay!"

Five years later...

SHTAKKKK

The sound of wooden sword(shinai) clashes can be heard from the backyard of Archer's house.

"*pant*pant* One day, I'll surpass you and become a Hero of Justice, Archer-san." I said while grasping both shinai in my hands tightly.

"Hmph, keep dreaming kid, even if your skill improved in these five years, you're still nothing compared to me." Archer snorted while charging at me.

"Oh yeah!? Let me show you my special technique!" I said before throwing both shinai away.

"Woooooooooooooooo~"

I took a deep breath.

A thin layer of yellow aura surrounds me.

"HA!"

He brought down the shinai in his left hand on me.

"Conduction Overdrive!" I yelled out loud while parrying the incoming shinai with my right hand and grasp it, intending to shock him through the shinai.

But...

"Too predictable!" He yelled as he let go the shinai that I grasp and...

BUGH

Hit my throat with the remaining shinai, dispersing the thin yellow aura around me.

I promptly fell down on the ground.

"Your Holy Wave technique is fearsome, but because it relies on breathing and concentration, if I interrupt one of them, you're done."

"That's true. By the way, Archer-san, when are we going to practice magic next?"

"Just take a break, when you feel a little better tonight, go to the garage."

"Okay." Issei said before standing up and leaving.

Today is Saturday, Issei of course having a weekend vacation. But he spend it very different from the people around his age.

He trained his physical body everyday, but today is the day he could spar against Archer to see how far he improved. At first, he was just knocked out in one strike, but now, he could stand against Archer for half an hour.

And today is also the day he shown the improvement of the magic Archer taught him, Tracing. The magic allows him to reproduce the shape, substance of an object, and its entire history. Objects created with tracing are slightly inferior to the originals due to the fact that only so much information can be gathered by sight alone, and Noble Phantasms are slightly degraded than their original. Archer explained that the projected items will stay permanent in this world to warn Issei so that he didn't forget to dematerialize dangerous object(Noble Phantasm) after being used.

At first, he had an epic fail as he couldn't even unleash any magic at all. But after patience and research from Archer, he awakened his magic circuits inside of him. Archer told him that he possess thirty high quality magic circuit, which is a great thing, but warns him not to get arrogant with it. Archer himself possess a measly twenty-seven circuit with normal quality but still able to produce Noble Phantasm quite easily.

In the garage, night...

After telling his parents that he will sleep in Archer's house to ask him helping with his homework, they agreed and telling him not to be a bother to Archer.

"Archer-san, I'm coming." I said before knocking the garage door.

Click

"Come in." Archer said after opening the door.

After that, he sat on the ground, before him lies many Noble Phantasms that Archer projected beforehand. Swords, knives, daggers, spear, axe, and many Noble Phantasms lies on the floor.

"Yosh! I'll copy each of them in a mere seconds." Issei said while picking up one of the Noble Phantasms.

"Hah! Show it, kid!"

"Trace... On!"

Crackle! Crackle!

A greenish spark can be seen around my left hand.

Come on!

'Begin projection

Determining creation ideology

Analyzing composite materials

Duplicating the composition material

Bzzzzttttt Crackle! Crackle! Wooossshhh

The greenish spark began forming something with the shape similar to the Noble Phantasm in his right hand.

Imitating the creation

Memorizing the experience

Envisioning base core

Excelling every manufacturing process

Wooosshhhh...

A slight breeze of wind blown from his left hand as the process almost complete.

Hypothesis completed. Projecting!'

CRACKLE! CRACKLE! CLINK!

A western type of sword instantly materialized on his left hand, perfectly like the Noble Phantasm in his right hand.

Durandal.

The holy sword favored by the paladin leader of the Twelve Peers, Roland. The sword that was given by an angel. It is a dazzling sword that possesses three miracles that allow it to maintain its sharpness even after its possessor's prana is depleted. The sword possess the ability to launch a very powerful Holy energy attack and capable of creating earthquake.

Click!

"Five seconds, you're improved kid." Archer said after stopping the stopwatch and halting Issei's train of thought.

"Is that so?" I smirked while hearing that.

"Well, maintain that time to project another one, then you can smirk all you want."

"Yes!"

Several minutes later...

Third Person POV

"Hoo~ Why are you not smirking anymore, kid?" Archer said while giving Issei a smug look.

"*pant*pant*pant* Shut up! You didn't tell me the last one you told me to trace was 'that'!" Issei snarled back to Archer.

"So what? I didn't say that those on the floor are the only ones you're going to project." Archer said sarcastically.

"Damn you. But well, I think 'that' will be useful against someone too powerful."

"Idiot, if you can help it, don't try to use 'that'. Even if you possess thirty high quality magic circuit and a huge storage of prana, 'that' will drain you dry."

"I know, I know. Sheeesshhh..." Issei said while sighing.

Ring Ring Ring

A sound of cellphone ringing can be heard from Archer's pocket.

"Yes..."

"Understood..."

"Just prepare the usual teams..." He chatted with someone in the line.

"Another mission, Archer-san?" Issei asked.

"Yeah, an A-ranked stray devils spotted on the outskirt of the city after someone lured into its territory."

"Eating innocent people, huh? Can I take it on myself?" Issei muttered.

"*sigh* I'll observe you just in case."

"Don't you trust me, Archer-san? I defeated an S-ranked stray devil a month ago!"

"Yes, and almost getting yourself killed from the loss of blood, damn it."

A month ago, Archer brought Issei on the mission to take down a measly C-ranked stray devil. All went well as Archer handling the C-ranked stray easily while Issei giving a support fire using his bow.

But it went awry as the C-ranked stray was just a bait for an S-ranked stray devil who is slowly getting stronger by devouring low-ranked Church agent or Devil who is hunting the bait.

The thing is, that stray devil targeted the weaker ones first, obviously.

Archer who was occupied with fighting the C-ranked devils couldn't get in time to give a back up for Issei who took the surprise attack.

But what happened next surprised him.

He expect Issei would instantly get killed. But yeah, that monster stab Issei's chest, causing him to bleed profusely. Yet, in that state, Issei easily dispose that creature with the technique of his, thanks to his lungs escaped the damage, surprising even Archer before rushing to him in order to prevent further blood loss.

His parents didn't take it too well of course, but what they hear is that Issei accidentally stabbed in the chest by a stick that flew from being run over by a car and the suspect is running away.

"Well, sorry for that." Issei said sheepishly.

"Then, prepare yourself before we depart."

Several minutes later...

Archer currently waiting outside for Issei to prepare himself. He wore a black armor behind the long overcoat with black trouser and steel plated boots.

"Let's go Archer-san." Issei said as he close the door behind him.

Issei wore a vest on top of his red shirt, trousers, and a white scarf around his neck.

After that, Archer nodded and they both leaped off from rooftop to rooftop using reinforcement on their legs.

-o-

-On The Outskirt of Kuoh Town-

Both Archer and Issei landed in front of an abandoned warehouse far from the town.

"So, how exactly people get eaten unless they do a very smart thing by going to an obviously creepy warehouse like this?" Issei sarcastically said.

"Well, Issei. There is also a very smart people who strode here like that stoned guy." Archer replied sarcastically while pointing at a drunken man who was just entered the warehouse.

"GAAAHHHHHHH!"

SPLATTER! SPLATTER!

The scream of that man can be heard before a sound of blood being splattered echoed inside the warehouse.

"Yeah, another Darwinist Award goes to that man." Issei muttered.

"I agree..." Archer nodded while crossing his arms.

"Let's go, I don't want another idiot like them wasting their life coming here." Issei said after he project a pair of married sword that Archer favored, Kanshou and Bakuya.

"Don't do any reckless thing."

Inside the warehouse...

The sound of metal bounced away before exploding can be heard as Archer threw a flashbang inside the warehouse.

"Go, go, go!" Archer commanded.

As soon as the flashbang exploded, Issei stormed the entrance while Archer leap into the highest floor and analyzing the surrounding.

"Damn, what a carnage..." Issei muttered as he saw blood stain everywhere inside the warehouse and a newly ones in the center.

'Be careful, that thing must be lurking around.' Archer said in the earphone to Issei.

"Hehehehe! What a lucky day, another foolish human for me to feed upon!"

Suddenly, from the ceiling in the center of the warehouse, a woman with a lower body of snake, and many spike protruding from her back with a claw around one meter length.

'There we go...' Archer muttered in the earphone.

"So, it's you who devoured anyone coming here?" Issei asked in a cold tone.

"So, what? Human is just a food to be devoured, and you are not an exception!"

Suddenly, the monster slithered at an unbelievable speed while extending her claws.

But to Issei, it's far slower than the one he fought one month ago.

WOOOSSHHHH

As the claws getting closer, once it comes nearby, Issei easily dodge and pass her before whispering something.

'Then, you'll die here.' He whispered under his breath.

Issei instantly leaped forward.

"GUUAAAHHHHHH!"

The monster screamed as her both of her hands were severed by the black and white sword on Issei's hands to block a fatal strike targeting her head.

"Bastard!"

THOOOOMMMMM!

The monster whipped her tail, crushing the ground where Issei stood previously.

Only to see him flipping backward with a bow in his left hand.

The sound of bowstring being pulled back to its very limit echoed inside the warehouse.

As the magic arrow being fired, the monster was instantly reduced into the upper half of its torso, slithering with what was left of the body for its life.

The black bow dematerialized and he walks closer to it.

"Please, let me go away, I promise not to eat human anymore." The monster begs.

"Do you ever listen to the human you're about to devour and grant them this?" Issei coldly ask while raising his right hand, forming a chop to her neck.

"Hiiii..."

"Of course not, then die! Holy Wave Overdrive!"

Bringing his hand down, the head was cleanly separated from the shoulder before the corpse starts smoking as the body is slowly vaporized by the holy energy contained in that attack.

'Mission accomplished, let's get out of this wretched place, Issei.' Archer said through the earphone.

"Yes." Issei replied shortly before leaving the warehouse.

Several minutes later...

"*sigh* I still can't believe it, though..." Issei muttered.

"About what?" Archer asked after telling the team to clean up the mess.

"All of these stray devils and exorcists. I just can't believe what they did."

"Tough up, kid. If you want to give up being a Hero of Justice, I suggest it now. You'll often face these kind of situation in the future to protect people from getting killed by them."

"No, that's not what I meant. It's just why are they becoming like that?"

"It's all about power, Issei."

"Power?"

"Yeah, most of those that I hunt becoming a designated target are having one damn similarity no matter who they are. And that is, power, a power to do anything to the point that they aren't hesitate to sacrifice innocent people if that will give them power they want." Archer said while reminiscing the time he hunt several Dead Apostles and Sealing Designations.

"But for what they did that even if knowing the risk they'll face afterward."

"Issei, those who did that not always evil. Several times my target are peoples who become targeted with noble reason, like wanting to resurrect their dead family member, to save the person they cared for, and to gain the power to protect someone dear to them."

Issei winced when hearing the last part. When Archer sees him, he chuckled.

"Don't be surprised, Issei. I'm not asking the current you, but if the past you who couldn't do anything or fend for yourself facing a demon who will ate everyone you cared and some sort of stranger offered you a power to save them in exchange of your soul, what will you do?"

Archer frowned while explaining, this example is just like his contract with Alaya to save those people even if it's impossible.

"I...I...I..."

"I know that you're going to say yes. I'm not going to blame you for that, but that is what happen to several people I hunted. The most painful thing is that every one of them begging me to kill them and showing a face of utter happiness as I kill them, freeing them from their torture." Archer grimaced when explaining that.

"No, that's not it, Archer-san."

"Hmm? What do you mean?" He inquired.

"I'll pave my own path to victory. Even if it cost me a limb or two! Nothing is impossible! But to make it happen, continue teaching me, Archer-sensei!" Issei clenches his fist tight while declaring that.

"Really now, you just reminded me of my childhood." Archer chuckled in amusement.

To Be Continued...