The Beginning
The Multiverse. Full of the worlds. New worlds created due to infinite what-ifs. some such worlds are focus on a figure known as Shinichi Banabara/Kamen Rider Showa. Each world is different but a key component to each one is that he was the first to escape and fight against the organization known as GIN-SHOCKER. However what would happen if someone else was to escape from GIN-SHOCKER first.
"Oww my back," #11 grumbled "Why did they need us for crate moving anyway."
"Who knows just be glad it's over" #07 muttered. Both of them were riders of PROJECT NUMBERS, taken from a young age and force to become fighters for the organization that took them. Each were a Kamen rider (base on a Mantis (#11) and a arachnid (#07)) along with eleven others.
"Well I'm heading back to my room. I need the rest." #11 said
"Right, well you have a good night." #07 nodded as they parted ways. #11 nodded as she headed to her room. but stopped
"Hm?" #11 turned around when she thought she heard something.
'Must have been hearing things.' She thought with a shake of her head before heading to her room. She closed the door before walking to her bed. She didn't even bother to change into pajamas and simply plopped onto her bed.
As #11 began to doze, she began hearing these words.
'My beautiful familiar that exists somewhere in this vast universe, I assert from the very bottom of my heart – answer my guidance and appear!'
The explosion that occurred was loud causing some people to cover there ears and the heat was nearly blistering. But, just as quickly as it occurred so too did it disappear with little damage. All in all, Louise wasn't all too surprised by the blast. She had become rather used to it, unfortunately. After all, it was the reason for her 'unique' nickname. She just hope that this explosion signal the spell working perfectly for once. The Summoning Familiar test was a sacred event but to Louise it was something more important .This was her last chance to get rid of this by getting a good familiar, and losing that name once and for all.
But now, she was more concerned that whatever poor beast she had summoned appears to be lying unconscious... or possibly dead 'Please don't let it be dead, PLEASE DON'T LET IT BE DEAD' Louise thought desperately.
When the smoke finally cleared to reveal her newly summoned familiar, Louise gawked in muted horror and confusion as she stared down at the figure lying unconscious at her feet. The student looked surprised at the site as well.
"What the- its a human." one of them stated surprised
"Look how she's dressed," one boy observed. "Looks like a commoner."
"Yes a commoner, there's no doubt about it," agreed Guiche.
"I don't know..." a girl said hesitantly "What kind of commoner dress like that?"
"Must be a foreigner of some kind."
"HA! The Zero summoned a commoner that not even from here!" Kirche laughed "You know I thought her summoning nothing would be funny, but this, this is hilarious!" Louise growled underneath her breath at that remark.
From where he stood behind her, The teacher (Mister Colbert), cleared his throat. "Miss Valliere, I know this is... surprising. Nevertheless, you must complete the ritual," he said.
Louise turned to him, her petite figure making her dismay all the more tangible. "But Mister Colbert, I...this isn't right," she said. "The Summon Familiar spell shouldn't have done this! Can I at least try again for something else."
Colbert saw the mystery girl shifted a bit, and mutter something in a strange language. For some reason he can't fathom, his old soldier instincts was kicking in, telling him that girl was dangerous. brushing the feeling aside he said to Louise "I'm sorry Louise. But this is the familiar you've summoned."
Louise swallowed the knot in her throat and turned back to the girl, then quickly leaned down, inching her lips closer to the girl's own. The girl open her eyes lazily as she said "wah," just as Louise's lips pressed down. A dim light shone as runic marking got etched onto her left hand.
"OW!" The girl said as she jumped back In pain. She noticed her hand was slightly smoking as the runes finished etching itself on her skin. "What the hell-" Her voice died as she noticed everyone. "Oh shit."
(Switching P.O.V.)
'This can't be right.' #11 thought as she saw all the unfamiliar faces. Most of them looked way to young for normal GIN-SHOCKER personnel. Granted, she one to talk but they don't have the same air as a train professional or even a small time mercenary as other GIN-SHOCKER personnel have. Come to think of it this didn't even look like her room.
'Oh I swear to god if #09 is pulling some form of joke I am going to kick his ass.' #11 thought as she quickly ran out of the room. Not hearing the pink girl shock as she followed #11.
'Where the hell am I, unless we had some elaborate make-over last night this is not HQ.' #11 thought, getting abit more hysterical as she walked towards a open area and stop. She could see the moon during the day. Which isn't so strange in itself since it is big and brightly lit by the Sun, but there were two moons.
#11 mind was trying to process the information, shortly failing, and fainting due to shock. Luckily Louise was able to catch her in her arms.
"Great, not only is my familiar a commoner, she faint for no reason." Louise muttered as she took #11 to her room to recover.
Meanwhile at GIN-SHOCKER things were... hectic.
"HOW COULD SHE BE GONE!" Ankokou snapped "We have this place guarded enough that not even a roach could get 100 feet in, so how could she have disappeared."
"From the video camera install in her room, there seems to be a strange green portal that seem to have suck her in some form of green portal." Anju stated
"Have they traced where the portal lead to." Nagazawa asked
"Not yet, and for some reason her tracking beacon not working." Ankokou muttered. "Were going to have to push that test back until our property is recovered from her abduction."
"How do we know she abducted, It could have been an elaborate escape attempt?" Nagazawa questioned.
"Simple, she didn't bring her extra arm freak team-mate with her." Anju sneered. "Speaking of which bet you ten to one that those NUMBERS brats are talking bout there missing team-mate."
"Yeah we should've told those scientist's to make them emotionless, like #13." Ankokou murmured.
"Ohh..." #11 groaned as she got up. "I had such a strange dream."
"Finally you woke up." #11 turned her head suddenly to see Louise looking at her annoyed. Recognizing her as one of the kids in the room. #11 gulped as she raised her left hand to notice the marks. "Oh crud it real."
#13 had gathered the NUMBERS and said one sentence, "We need to mount a rescue mission to recover #11."
"Really that what you brought us here?" #10 said. "What do you think the scientist are doing?"
"Hey at least he suggested doing something about it instead of twiddling our thumbs." #09 said annoyed
"Yeah but whoever did it made sure to cover there tracks, hell for all we know she already dead." #03 said, he barely had time to even blink as #07 move towards, grabbed him by the neck via a strangle hold and lifted slightly off the ground.
"She not dead, and if you say that again I will break your neck." #07 said coldly. "Got it.
"Got it, please let go." #03 gasped, desperately trying to get air. #07 glared at him coldly for a few seconds before letting go.
"Yeesh, harsh much."#04 grimaced.
'Well it was #11 that was taken." #02 wrote "She can be quite protective of her."
"Right, man I hate to be the kidnapper right now." #04 said, slightly wondering what #11 captor was doing at the moment.
"Okay lets see if I got this clear." #11 said after listening to Louise explanation for where she was "You basically kidnapped me to be a servant."
"I summoned you!" Louise said annoyed "And I didn't even mean to do that! I was trying to summon a spectacular beast of some kind to be my familiar! Not you!"
"Gee don't sound so happy about it." #11 said annoyed. Her mind whirring on what Louise been saying if what she been saying is true it appears she been summon to some strange different form of earth. 'Would explain the two moons as it were.'
"Whatever." Louise sighed. "Btw what your name?"
"What?" #11 asked confused
"Well if were going to be stuck together i might as well know your name." Louise stated
"Oh, It's #11." #11 answered, Louise gave her a weird look. "What?"
"You gotta be kidding me, that can't be your real name." Louise said
"Well admittedly no, but-" #11 began to say.
"But nothing I refuse to call you that." Louise said "And before you say something sarcastic, I would like to point out you only get weird looks if i call you that, so please give me your real name"
'Well can't deny that.' #11 thought to herself. #11 mentally debated to herself in her head On one hand, if this truly is a different world, the point of calling herself this is meaningless. On the other hand, this could still be a trap of some kind. She was still thinking about it when she heard Louise say something under her breath so low no normal human couldn't hear it. But #11 was no ordinary human.
"Please just accept it, I can't call someone a number." She said it in such a way that it tug at her heartstrings.
'Oh bloody hell'. #11 thought to herself with a sigh, "Michiru."
"Huh?"
"My name, it's Michiru Misami." Michiru stated.
"Ahh, I see." Louise nodded "Well i guess we better head to breakfast."
"What? breakfast? in the afternoon?" Michiru said confused.
"You were knock out all of the afternoon and last night." Louise said annoyed.
"Really? Well that embarrassing." Michiru muttered. "Well I guess we better get going then."
"Your going out with the clothes you were wearing yesterday?" Louise questioned
"I have no other clothes to change into." Michiru said annoyed. Louise open her mouth and closed it, that was actually a good point, 'Maybe i should ask the serving staff if they have spare clothes'. Louise thought to herself as they headed out of the room.
"I just realize something, do I follow you to class or...?" Michiru questioned Louise.
"There are no classes today." Louise said, ignoring that her failiar was walking in front of her instead of back "Instead we are supposed to spend time getting to know our familiars better."
"Ah, i guess that make sense." Michiru nodded. Fortunately, Michiru had no problem understanding Louise. Her built-in translation implants were able to help her and the language was very close to French. It also allowed Michiru to communicate and adapt to her current situation.
Still, without Hana-chan, she was feeling depressed. 'I wonder what she doing right now.' Michiru thought, she was distracted at the moment so was unaware of something on the ground. She then stumbled backwards on said something, hitting Louise and knocking her to the ground with her.
"OW!" Louise grunted. "Why did you do that for!?"
Before Michiru could say anything otherwise. A voice chimed in "Why Valliere, how bold." Both turn there head to see a red-hair women looking at them along with a red-skin lizard (A salamander but Michiru didn't know that.)
"What are you talking about Zerbst." Louise said annoyed
"Nothing much, except I thought you were more of a dom type what with that temper." Kirche smirked.
It took a second to realize when she meant when they noticed how they landed. both blushed abit as they got up.
"First of all that wasn't what it looked like." Louise said annoyed
"Uh-huh." Kirche said still smirking.
"Secondly, I don't have a temper!" Louise snapped
"Oh please, don't lie to yourself Zero, it just sad." Kirche said annoyed.
'Zero.' Michiru thought curiously, tucking that tidbit of info away for later. As the two bickered away she noticed what she tripped on was what looked to be some kind of perfume bottle.
"What kind of a idiot would leave a perfume bottle on the ground." Michiru said to herself annoyed.
She was about to find out soon enough.
20 minutes later
Montmorency grumble to herself. Her frog familiar (Robin) on her shoulder. "Where is that idiot i call a boyfriend, we were suppose to walk to breakfast together. Ohh if he trying to woo girls again i swear to god..."
She jumped abit as she saw what looked like the Zero familiar storming out of the cafeteria looking **. She would have ignored it, but caught a whiff of something 'Wait, is that... can't be.' Montmorency thought as she moved towards Louise Familiar
'Of all the nerve! who tell someone to sit off the floor and eat gruel from a bowl while she eat extravagant food. Even GIN-SHOCKER doesn't do that to its grunts!' Michiru thought angrily but pause as she mentally added 'Then again... I have heard some disturbing story about the Swedish branch.' She was interrupted in her thoughts as she heard sniffing. She turn her head to see a blond hair girl sniffing at her.
"Uhh... Can I help you?" Michiru questioned. The girl ignored her as she began rummaging Michiru pockets "Hey Personal space!"
The girl continue to ignore her as she pulled the perfume bottle from earlier. "Where do you get this bottle?" she questioned in a demanding fashion
"I found it." Michiru said, quirking a eyebrow.
"I don't believe you, I bet you were given this by Guiche." The girl snapped
"Who Gui-?"
"My boyfriend, and he got alot of explaining to do!" The girl said as she grabbed Michiru (Who was confused) and dragged her back to cafeteria.
She kicked the door to the dining hall open, ignoring the students as she walked towards a table with a blonde hair male Michiru recognized from that classroom yesterday. His back was behind them along with some other boys. As they talked, Michiru could hear what there saying
"Who are you going out with now, Guiche?" one boy asked him.
"Go out? My dear fellow, I hold no one woman in such special regard. After all, a rose blooms for the pleasure of many and I am a rose for the damsel's." Guiche smirked
'Ahh, he that kind of boyfriend. No wonder that girl got pissed when she found her perfume.' Michiru thought as Montmorency gave a angry ahem.
"Yes," Guiche said turning around with a smile, though his face instantly paled as he saw the angry Montmorency. "Ah Monmon, hello."
"Guiche, you know I can be forgiving correct" Montmorency questioned
"I-I-"
"I can forgive you for ditching me and heading to the dining hall by yourself. I can even forgive your sexist bragging to your friends. What i can't forgive." At this Montmorency snapped "IS YOU WOOING GIRLS WITH MY PERFUME!"
"My dear, I would never do that!" Guiche gulped scared, Michiru recognize that look. It was of someone who realize that they were caught yet still was trying to find a way out.
"I found it on her person!" Montmorency snapped pulling Michiru forward.
"But Monmon, that Zero familiar, the one who fainted yesterday, I couldn't have given it to her." Guiche said. "In fact I bet the Zero stoled it and gave it to her familiar so it would seem like I was the bad guy."
At this, it was Michiru turn to look annoyed "What?"
Guiche ignored her as he said "Think about it. You know how pathetic Zero is, she was probably jealous of me and order her servant to try an frame me."
Michiru couldn't believe her ears, even #10 Wouldn't pull such a dick move as this. "Okay hold up, that total bull. I may not know Louise well enough,but what your saying is **!"
Guiche, his friends, even Montmorency gaped at Michiru. No commoner has ever talked to a noble like this.
Guiche quickly recovered as he said "H-how dare you-"
"How dare I! How dare you. You blame both me and her for the stupid action you made! I may have found this but i can bet you had this earlier and were planning to give it to some girl before you lost it." Michiru said
'Urk!' Guiche thought scared, Michiru pretty much hit the nail in the head. His mind whirled as he try to find a way out of it. His mind immediately quickly came up with one.
"You have insulted my honor mam! I challenge you to a duel." Guiche said.
"A duel?" Michiru quirked a eyebrow.
"Yeah a duel! unless your scared!" Guiche said.
Michiru glared "Alright then. Prepare to eat your words."
Sitting a few table on the side. Louise gawked at what she saw.
What do you think you're doing!?" Louise cried.
"Oh, Preparing to fight in a duel," said Michiru casually as she stretched. Louise gawked at how wide Michiru could do splits and how she could so easily raise her leg until her knee touched her shoulder.
"Certainly not! Guiche could kill you!" she argued. "There's no way a commoner can beat a noble."
"Nobles can all use magic then," Michiru frowned.
"Of course!" Louise blurted out.
"Hmm, that good to know. But I should point out that, a commoner can kill a noble," said Michiru. "It's just a matter of using the right tricks and poisons."
"Well..." Louise couldn't argue with that. "But this is a duel! You stand no chance!"
"Louise," Michiru frowned. "I'm about to show you something you wouldn't believe. And one more thing."
"What's that?" Louise asked.
"Since when did I say I was just a commoner?" Michiru asked before she left to face Guiche in Vestri Court.
"I applaud you for coming-"
"Just fight!" Michiru snapped impatiently. She charged at him and Guiche yelped before leaping to the side to dodge a strike to his head. She had closed the gap. "Come on!"
"Wait, I didn't say the duel has started!" he shouted but Michiru didn't hear him as she went to use a heel kick and he yelped before rolling away. "Wait!"
"Come on!" Michiru leapt at him and aimed a kick to his chest that sent him reeling before falling on his rear. "Or is that all you've got?"
Guiche decided to teach the barbaric girl a lesson and used his wand to conjure a Steel Valkyrie. "You caught me by surprise with your cheap tactics, but now you face my Steel Valkyrie."
"That's it?" Michiru blinked.
"What do you mean that it!" Guiche snapped.
"Nothing, it just not that scary." Michiru shrugged.
Guiche gave a growl. "What do you know about scary commoner!"
"Ahh, glad you ask." Michiru smirked, just as a thick fog rolled in.
Guiche found himself surrounded by a thick mist. He had no idea where it came from, but he started to feel nervous as he could not see anything in front of him. Everything around him was covered, including his opponent.
"Scary, isn't it?" his opponent whispered behind him and he spun around, pointing his wand, only to see nobody there. "To be blind, it's the worst. Unable to see what's coming." He saw a figure in the mist.
"I see you..." he whispered and he summoned more Valkyries but then he saw identical figures surrounding him, "What?"
"You can't trust your eyes," she said and she charged at him. He was hit in the stomach and the mist began to fade. He groaned and then saw all his Valkyries torn to shreds. But then he looked at his opponent. In place of her hands were glowing chains which hung down to the ground with scythe blades attached to the ends.
WHAT!" Guiche shouted shock. the crowd as also surprise at this turn of event.
"Surprise?" Michiru smirked "Well maybe you should have listen when someone says something like never judge a book by it's cover. But enough about that." She gave a glare as she stated "I suggest you both surrender and apologize to both Louise and me about your accusation."
"What!? I would rather die than apologize to the Zero." Guiche snapped. Michiru just looked at him as she took one step forward, raising a hand up as if to swing the chain with the scythe connected around. "On the other hand, humility is a sign of nobility." Guiche quickly gulped
Michiru retracted the chains but kept the scythes activated.
"Now, apologize."
"I'm sorry! I will never accuse Z-" Michiru glared "Louise of trying to get people in trouble again!"
Satisfied, Michiru's hands reverted to normal.
"Now then, I better not hear anymore shit from you again." Michiru said as she left Vestri court with Louise following.
"Why didn't you tell me you could do that." Louise demanded as she walked with Michiru.
"You didn't ask, duh." Michiru said.
Louise huffed annoyed as they walked together till Michiru asked "Hey Louise is the reason you didn't want to call me eleven... was it cause of that name Guiche called you."
Louise stiffen for a moment before sighing "Yes..."
"Why do they call you Zero?" Michiru asked. Louise hesitated for a second, but felt she could trust Michiru and told her the reason of her nickname.
"I can't do magic right." Louise said "Most of my spell just cause explosion. The only time when i can even think of performing magic right was yesterday."
"Really what happen yesterday." Michiru asked. Louise gave her a deadpan look. "Oh, ME! Bringing me here was your- ah okay."
"Yep. your the only successful thing that ever happen to the zero." Louise said kinda depressed. Michiru turn around and quickly flick Louise in the head. "Ow! What was that for!"
"For talking shit about yourself." Michiru said annoyed. "Listen, as long as i'm here. Your not allow to talk down about yourself, Alright."
Louise blinked abit before smiling "alright."
"Good." Michiru nodded as they two walked together back to Louise room for the moment. Michiru doesn't know when she get back to her own world. But as long as she here, she might as well have fun doing it.
"Quit curious isn't Mister Colbert, Louise has summon a rather interesting familiar and given her a interesting rune on her hand." The head of Tristain academy said.
"Indeed Osmond, something tells me we should keep are eyes and ears open till we learn more." Mister Colbert nodded.
End chapter 1.
AN: Yep this is my take on the Showa verse: A what-if it was someone else who got out first instead of Shinichi. I hope you enjoyed it
PS I would like to profusedly thanks to chrome for helping with and for future chaps.