Disclaimer: I don't own Fate Stay Night or High School DxD. They belong to Kinoko Nasu and Ichiei Ishibumi respectively. If I did, I would have already created an Ilya route in the VN with a fully-grown and matured Ilya as the heroine and make a badass protagonist for High School DxD instead of a pervert like Issei.

A/N: I thought I'd copy fsnfan's habit in giving readers some sneak peek on the next chapter just to see the reaction from my reviewers. Tell me what you guys think.

- Story Start -

"UOOOOOHHHHHHH!"

Deep in the mountains, Ise currently finds himself running for his life.

THWACK. THWACK. THWACK.

"GYAAAAHHHH." Three arrows were shot towards him, barely missing his arms and legs as he frantically evades them as if his life depended on it.

"ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME?" Ise screams with all the power in his lungs at his attacker.

"Yep."

"DON'T ADMIT IT LIKE IT'S GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU, DAMNIT!"

CRACK.

Suddenly, as he was running with all his might to escape from certain doom, his foot fell on a bundle of leaves that if looked closely, it could be easily discerned that it was put there to hide something. Also, the sound of his foot stepping on something and breaking it had clearly confirmed it.

"You should pay more attention to your surroundings. You've triggered another one of my traps."

Before his aggressor had even finished his line Ise already knew that he had inadvertently activated one of the traps that were spread out around the forest. It's not as if it was the first or second one either.

KROOM. KROOM. KROOM.

And as expected, giant boulders were heading his way, destroying everything in their path.

"FIRST THE PIT OF DEATH, THEN SWINGING BARBED TREES AND NOW THIS!? SHIROU! I'LL GET YOU FOR THIIIIIS!"

Archer just chuckled at Ise's predicament. He was currently watching Ise running for his life from a high tree that was a safe distance away from the carnage with a bow in his left hand and was communicating with Ise using an earpiece that Rias had given him.

As he continued his observation, he could see Ise escaping from being turned into a pancake by positioning himself between the small opening that existed between the boulders and timing his jump into the small gap. It was a reckless move but definitely an effective one as he has now positioned himself in an area where the boulders have made a clear path for him to move without worry of being caught in another trap. Any traps that were placed there were obviously already destroyed by the boulders.

"Alright, Ise. That's it for today. Let's head back."

"Huff...I'm alive...huff...hahaha...huff...I'm still alive."

Archer could see that Ise was currently at his limit as he immediately collapsed on his back after he informed him that the training session from hell was over.

"I'm not gonna carry you back to the mansion, so haul your own ass over there."

"Huff...you're a Devil...huff."

"We both are, idiot."