Author's note: This is just a little fun thing to do like my Indigo Beetle in Fiore. Imagine these two characters in this chapter actually meeting. It makes me wonder.

Chapter 1

A beautiful girl in her teens strolls around the city not too far from the school she attends. A school designed for young female shinobi to be trained is named Gessen Academy. There are times when the academy is called Gessen Girls' Academy but the former is much more commonly said.

The girl has fair skin, light blue-eyes, and grey hair that reach her neck with white puffed bow behind her head. Her choice of outfit is her school's grey uniform that does nothing to hide her figure.

Her name is Yumi, leader of Gessen Academy's elite shinobi.

"It looks like you're thinking too hard about something."

Yumi turned around to see a young man behind her.

The man held a friendly stature to him with noticeable red hair with a slight tinge of premature white. If Yumi had to guess his age it would be way in the early twenties. Other than his red hair, the man seems to be average in appearance though Yumi thought she saw a silver glint in his eyes. The girl finds it odd that a young man would already be showing signs of white hair.

He was sitting on a bench eating from a bento box. Yumi eyes wandered at the content and her mouth watered a little before she regained her composure.

"I believe it would rude and intrusive to inquire a stranger's thought." Yumi retorted.

"Relax; I'm not here to harm you anything. I was just simply stating what I thought when I saw you with a rather serious expression. You seem to be thinking real hard while in a relaxing setting." The man stated before taking another bite from his food.

"I apologize; I thought you were being too intrusive." Yumi said respectfully.

Redhead waved away her apology. "It's fine, I wasn't going to ask you what your problem about anyway. I was just stating that you're thinking about something quite serious."

Yumi was grateful that the man wasn't pushing the subject though she was intrigued since she schooled her expression to give no sign of her thoughts.

"You seemed able to guess my mood despite my expression being calm." Yumi pointed out.

"It's a little skill that I picked up from a precious friend of mine. She is a little demanding as a personal teacher but she means well." He replied.

"Oh? That's an unusual skill to pick up."

"Unusual? She was always unusual. At my old high school, she had this hidden temper that no knew about accept for a very small number of people including me. Hehehe, I was pretty much on the receiving end of it most of the times." The man continued eating his food.

"That's interesting." Yumi admitted. "Though I'd like to know other people's opinion of a question I've been having."

"Ask away. I'm a good listener." A simple go was given.

"What do you think about good and evil? I've been hearing from... associates that one cannot exist without the other. The reason I'm asking of this is because I seeks to create a world without evil." Yumi said seriously as the man studied her whether she was serious or not.

She was dead serious he concluded.

"A world without evil, hmm?" The man said thoughtfully. "That takes me back when I was little. Why, I promised my father something quite similar on his deathbed. I promised him that I would become a hero of justice in his stead and fulfill his dream myself to save others as he himself grew too old to do it anymore."

This catches Yumi's attention. Is he perhaps someone that could understand her? Becoming a hero of justice is somewhat similar to creating a world without evil she supposes. She finds it odd that that this man inherited this dream from a close family member like she had. She hopes this wasn't a lie to attract her attention.

Pragmatism is a part of her duty as a shinobi.

"Ever since his passing, I would train myself to be able to help others. Usually I would help others for nothing in return. Let me tell you a little story about someone I considered an older brother despite him being an asshole to me for the most part." Shirou said with a grimace at the mention of him.

Yumi thought that was odd for someone to talk about family like that. She reasoned that there must be some respect between them.

"He is practically my mortal enemy in a sense, especially the few times he tried to murder me." He added.

Maybe not. How can you still consider someone that tried to murder you family?

"His tale started strikingly similar to mine. It was a shock to me how similar we were. His life was saved by my father in the same manner mine was. However, the difference was that he started much earlier than I did. Years go by after making the same kind of promise that I did as he did the same thing our father did, kill those who harm innocent and help out as much as he can even though it wasn't always necessary. At first, it seems my brother was making a difference. Then there were harder situations where he had to sacrifice the few innocent to save the majority. He chose to sacrifice the few to save the many without any hesitation. He was saving more people this way, how could he not?" The young man chickled bitterly.

Yumi's eyes widened in shock, she never thought about sacrificing innocents to save others. The young ninja never thought too much about these kinds of circumstances. She was aware definitely, but she never thought too much about it still.

"How can he condone such decisions?" She questioned him.

"To be honest, I don't think he even knew what he was doing until he realized it was too late." The man said sadly.

"Kill one innocent to save ten, next kill ten to save a hundred, then kill a hundred to save a thousand. This cycle continued until it finally broke him and made him regretted his path. Years go by until his actions finally got to him when he was betrayed by those he saved. Left a broken man through his ideals, he eventually came to my town and we met each other for the first time. It was a surreal experience meeting someone who was related to my father that I didn't know about. You know what happened after we met?" The guy left the question hang before continuing.

"As soon as he learned that I was trying to become a hero like my father, he tried to kill me a few times discreetly while making each encounter seems like an accident. I had a feeling that he was actually trying to kill me. My luck came through for me though not in the best of ways. I wasn't sure until he told me why he was trying to kill. He thought killing me before I do the same thing as him was a mercy. In our final confrontation we butted heads about what it means to be a hero until we finally came to an understanding. He still acted a bit like an asshole to me after that, but he left the town to forever to find a reason for his own existence again."

"As for me, he taught me that I can never save everyone no matter how much I wished I could. Well, my dad already told it's impossible to save everyone but it's my older brother who really ingrained that into me. I still uphold my promise to my father, but only if it's a possibility rather aiming to achieve the outright impossible that has zero percent chance of happening." He finished his tale as he took a sip from the water bottle.

Yumi was silent. Is achieving a world without evil impossible? No! She refuses to believe this.

"I'll say this about good and evil. Evil will always exist in some form no matter how hard good tries to stamp it out. I think the root of evil rest in the human heart. It is humans themselves that choose to walk whichever path they chose. Some chose to be "evil" because they wants to or believe they have no other choice. It all really comes down to circumstances that set things in places and misunderstanding have a part in these situations from times to times I suppose." The man stated.

Humans are sentient creatures that are capable of the ultimate good and the ultimate evil. History has shown itself with deeds that are malicious in nature or sometimes kindness though recorded history usually likes to focus on the former. These stains are hard to ignore as many would remember evil more than good because dark deeds leave a much more lasting impression.

"Your dream of creating a world without evil is stupid." He said bluntly.

Feeling offended, Yumi was about to retort when the man raised his hand to signal he wasn't finished speaking.

"But it's nothing to laugh at either. A good man whom I met later in my life knew what it was like to chase after a ridiculous dream. He said the same thing that I just said to you. I'm passing his word unto you to let you know that you're not alone in this world. So… keep chasing after your dream, but don't be disheartened if you didn't literally destroy all evil. What mattered is that you did your very best." Shirou finished speaking his response to Yumi's question as he began finishing the rest of his food.

"I sincerely hope whatever path you chose you won't regret it in the end. I would hate it if you ended like how broken my brother was." The redhead said earnestly.

"What is your name?" Yumi finally decided to ask.

"Shirou Emiya."

"Thank you for your honest response. I've never would expect this from a stranger really. Well it's pleasant meeting you, if you don't mind me asking. Is there a way I can contact you? I would like to have these kinds of discussions with someone new." Yumi requested.

"I don't mind really. If you'd like to talk more, this is where I work. I run my own little restaurant as cooking is my favorite hobby of mine. Plus, it's a first for me to meet someone who has a similar dream to mine." Shirou stated as he placed a paper with the restaurant's location in her hand.

He cleaned up his box and placed both it and the water bottle in a small bag. He left the bench to wherever he's going.

Yumi smiled once she felt assured of herself. Perhaps her dream isn't wrong at all. But just to be sure, she'll confront a certain ninja to finds her final answer.