Chapter 1

Betareader: ErrorinVision

Fire.

Fire and smoke was all he remembered of his childhood. He remembered walking through a field of scorched earth with exhausted body and fading vision, yet he did not give up. Even though his body screamed for him to stop and simply accept his fate, he continued on.

He remembered the voices of the other victims trapped in the scorching flame; screaming for salvation that would never come. He remembered collapsing; his body unable to handle the strain any longer. He remembered wishing for the torment to end as he slowly slipped into unconsciousness.

The last he thing he remembered was a face of a man; one that was filled with relief and happiness. He wondered, as he slowly fell unconscious, could he be happy just like the man?

On that day, he was saved from the wretched flames.

On that day, he was adopted by the very person who saved his life.

On that day, Shirou Emiya was born as well as a dream, to be just like the man that saved him.

To be an Ally of Justice.


"Shirou, wake up. Class is over."

The sound of a familiar voice woke him from his dream as he stifled a yawn. He then noticed his fellow classmate and childhood friend giving him a rather amused look.

"Ah. Morning, Nanoha." he greeted her with a sheepish smile.

"Geez, you shouldn't be sleeping through class, Shirou." Nanoha said. "You'll get in trouble if Sensei catches you..."

"Ehehe...sorry. I kinda dozed off halfway through class." he tried laughing off his excuse but from the look of Nanoha's expression, she's not too happy with his reasoning.

"You slept late again yesterday, didn't you Shirou?" she asked with a sigh, already knowing the answer. The sheepish look Shirou gave her was all the answer she needed. "Really, Shirou, how many times do I have to keep telling you to stop sleeping so late? It's really bad for your health..."

He really couldn't help it. Spending almost every night practicing his swordsmanship until he was dead tired was one of his usual routines as he pursued his promise to become an Ally of Justice, just like his father. He reflected on the dream he had just had and it served to make him more determined to fulfill his dream.

He was snapped out of his daydream when his childhood friend uttered the dreaded word.

"Geez, I'm telling mom about this." Nanoha said with a pout, upset from being ignored. Shirou visibly paled at the mention of Nanoha's mother, knowing full well what would happen if she ever found out.

"W-Wait! I'm sorry! I won't do it again, I swear!" the red-head begged. "So, please don't tell Momoko-san!"

"We'll see." Nanoha replied curtly with a huff as she dragged the poor boy off towards the door. "Now, let's go. Alisa-chan and Suzuka-chan are waiting for us on the roof."

Unable to argue with the girl, Shirou allowed himself to be dragged away to the rooftop while everyone in class simply laughed at the pair's routine antics.


"An Ally of Justice? Seriously?"

Shirou simply sighed at the rather skeptical tone of the voice. Today, there was an assignment about future occupations and Shirou had wrote down 'Ally of Justice' as his future occupation. It seemed that his friends were not amused.

He was currently having lunch at his school's rooftop, which was a popular eating spot, with his three best friends. Nanoha Takamachi, Alisa Bannings and Suzuka Tsukimura were probably the cutest girls in the school, making Emiya Shirou the envy of all the boys since he got to be with the trio on a daily basis. To Shirou's defense, he would never had been acquainted with Alisa or Suzuka if not for Nanoha's insistence that he'd be part of the group.

"Yes, Alisa-san, I'm serious." Shirou said with determined eyes. "I want to become a hero so that I can protect others."

"A hero is not an occupation, you idiot!" Alisa sighed as she resisted the urge to face-palm her face. "First, Nanoha didn't answer the assignment paper and then there's you!"

"B-But both Alisa-chan and Suzuka-chan already decided what they're going to do, right?" Nanoha said, trying to help her childhood friend out. "I think it's amazing that you two already know what you want to do..." She had given her future profession some thought, and to be truthful, none of the available occupations interest her.

"Speaking of which, Alisa-san is going to succeed her parent's company while Suzuka-san is to become an engineer, right?" Shirou added as he remembered having a similar conversation a few weeks ago.

"Well, I like technology and engineering so I'd be happy if I could do something like that..." Suzuka nodded as she smiled.

"That's pretty much the same as me." Alisa added as she took a bit out of her lunch. "It'd be nice if I could work at my mom and dad's company."

"I see..." Nanoha replied with a sad smile.

"Don't give up, Nanoha." Shirou encouraged his childhood friend as he place a hand on her shoulder. "So long as there's hope, I'm sure you'll eventually find what you're searching for."

Nanoha nodded appreciatively with a reassuring smile on her face. Shirou had always been by her side when she needed him the most...

"Says the guy who wants to be a comic book hero." Alisa sneered. While she was relieved that Shirou had prevented an awkward situation with his somewhat heroic action, she didn't forget that he was still fixated on a useless dream.

"Hey, real heroes exist you know!" he retorted as he and Alisa began a glaring contest. Even if people didn't believe that heroes existed, he would show everyone that they do. His father had been one and he was sure there are others like him out there. "You're just jealous!"

"Argh, that's it!" Alisa screamed as she pounced on Shirou and thus began the scuffle that they usually had whenever the two had a disagreement.

"A-Ah, Nanoha-chan, please stop them!" Suzuka begged her friend as the scuffle slowly escalated. Even if it was a regular occurrence, she still didn't like it when two of her friends get into a fight.

So things went back to normal, with Nanoha joinning the scuffle in an attempt to stop the fight.


"Thank you, Shirou."

"Eh? What for?"

After bidding Alisa and Suzuka goodbye, the two childhood friends began walking back home together. Unlike their usual walk, Nanoha had been silent throughout the walk...until now.

"For the encouragement back then...during lunch hour..." Nanoha blushed as she said that. "I-It means a lot."

"Heh. It's nothing, really." Shirou smiled at her as he adjusted his bag. "That's what friends do after all."

And with that, everything returned to normal as the two engaged in idle chatter while walking back. Upon Nanoha's insistence, they had decided to take a shortcut through the woods nearby. Nanoha had suddenly stopped halfway through the path, seemingly looking at a distance. Of course, that got the redhead worried.

"Nanoha?" he walked towards his childhood friend. "Is something wrong?"

"Did you hear that?" she asked, still looking around the woods as if trying to find something.

"Um, hear what? I don't-" Before he could finish his sentence, she had ran off into the woods. "Nanoha, wait!"

Shirou ran after her but slowly losing her from his field of vision as she edged from his sight. He immediately pushed his legs further as to try to keep up with his friend.

Eventually, he reached an open clearing where he found Nanoha, knelt down in the middle of said clearing. In front of her was a ferret who looked like it had seen better days.

"This poor thing's injured..." Nanoha said as she gently picked up the ferret and cradled it in her arms. "Shirou, we need to get it to a vet."

"There's one nearby." The redhead said with a knowing nod as the two ran towards the direction of the local veterinarian post haste.


Within Uminari city, lied a dormant relic of an ancient civilization, waiting for the right time to be awaken once again. It seemed like the time have come. The slight feeling of magic was enough of a catalyst for the relic to initialize its core.

Initialisierung...[Initializing]

Ancient mana began to flow through the area as it reactivated.

Initialisierung abgeschlossen...[Initializing complete]

Beginnen Suche nach geeigneten Herrn. [Beginning search for suitable Master]

Without a suitable master, it was useless...so it began searching the entirety of Uminari City for its one and only master...by continuously sending out magical signals – hoping that its rightful master would resonate with it...


He dreamt of a field of weapons. Surrounding him were all kind of weapons which stood still motionless. To anyone, the scenery looks like a graveyard – the weapons themselves acting as tombstones. But to one Emiya Shirou, this was not a graveyard but a factory. These weapons were not tombstones but instead were finished products of a blacksmith.

'Where...am I?' Was what he thought. This place felt familiar to him...yet, foreign at the same time.

Ich bin der Knochen meines Schwertes... [I am the bone of my sword...]

A voice echoed throughout the entire field. Shirou did not understand the foreign recital yet he recognizes the meaning of it; puzzling him. Then, he saw it.

A hill of swords.

And on top of that hill stood a figure donned in red, his white hair swaying thanks to an unseen breeze. Shirou did not know who the man in red was...and yet he felt that he had known that man in his entire life, furthering his confusion. Before he could even ask, another flash of light caused him to close his eyes instinctively.


When he opened them again, he found that he was back in the real world; sleeping on his home's front porch overlooking the garden.

"...It's only ten in the evening?" he mumbled to himself as he glanced at his clock. He must have fallen asleep while doing his usual meditation sessions, which was unusual even for him. "Maybe I was too tired from all that's happening today..."

After carrying the injured ferret to a vet, he returned home feeling slightly exhausted. Still that had not deterred him from his daily training routines, which includes a meditation session. After all, a clear mind is a strong mind as what his father always said.

"I wonder what that dream was all about...? It felt so...familiar somehow..." he pondered as he made his way to his room. His room was nothing special, in fact, it was kind of spartan; what with only a bed, a study desk and a shelf but it wasn't much of a problem for Shirou since his only interest is to become a hero. There were the occasional manga scattered around the place but that was all there is to it.

Having waved off the notion that the dream he just had have any significance, he decided to do a bit of studying before he hit the sack.

Sadly, that was not meant to be as he heard someone outside calling his name. Of course, Shirou immediately identified the owner of the voice to that of a certain Nanoha Takamachi and that somewhat worried him so he immediately went and investigated.

"Nanoha?" he said as he opened his front door. "What's wrong?"

"Shirou...I...I heard it again" she said nervously. "Someone's calling for help."

"You mean...like what happened in the afternoon?" She nodded.

Shirou really did not know what to make of it honestly since only Nanoha heard it but from her expression, he knew that she wasn't lying and he believed her. The only logical step now is to trust her and help. "Can you pinpoint where it's coming from?"

"I think so..."

"Then, let's go."

Nanoha couldn't help but smile at her childhood friend. She knew that no matter what happen, no matter how absurd things become; Shirou will always be by her side, doing his best to help her anyway he could.

So with Nanoha leading the way, the two of them would soon have a run in with destiny. They may not know it yet but this was the very start of their intertwining destinies. Thus the wheel of fate began to turn...

[To be Continued]

Author's Note: Well, first I'd like to thank those that reviewed, followed and favourite this story. It means alot so thanks! Also, I've did some editing on the name as stated by Zer0light. Thanks for the heads-up by the way! Also, special thanks to my fellow partner for this story, ErrorinVision, for proofreading this.

So here is the first real chapter of Red and White. I hope you guys enjoy it and if you have any questions regarding the story or if you spotted some mistakes, just PM me and I'll try to answer them. With that, see you guys in chapter 2!