Fenikkusumaru: HELLO FANFIC READERS! I'M BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!
Serpentdragon: Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, Riders, Kaijin, and allies of all ages, please give a warm welcome to our returning champion: Fenikkusumaru!
Audience: YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!
*Audience stands in ovation and fireworks and confetti go off.*
SD: How's that for a welcome back, aibou?
Fen: I feel great to be back man. Like the Phoenix, I've risen from the ashes.
SD: *Nods* Indeed. It's sure good to have you back for good this time.
Fen: Yeah. And to celebrate my return, I'm putting out a whole lot of new stories out on my homepage!
SD: Yep! And a bunch on my page as well! In preparation for Fen's return, he and I have begun working a whole bunch of Kamen Rider crossover stories, including two completely original Rider series, for you guys to enjoy, all leading up to one very special event!
Fen: That's right! Plus I got a new chapter of GX: Society of Light and the new 5D's sequel too!
SD: So, Fen, do you give them a little sneak peak of what we have in store for them?
Fen: I sure can! We've got some Kamen Rider crossovers going on. And they are:
Kamen Rider Kabuto: Days of Ruin (Kamen Rider Kabuto x Advance Wars: Days of Ruin)
Kamen Rider OOO: Unlimited Adventure (Kamen Rider OOO x One Piece: Unlimited Adventure
The Wizard of Zero (Kamen Rider Wizard x Familiar of Zero)
SD: And as for our original Rider stories, the first we have Kamen Rider Access, a story full of advanced technology, mind–controlling cyborgs, and espionage thrills as Kurogasa becomes a spy and fights the evil Bioroid Dominion and the criminal syndicate NOVA along with the mysterious Kamen Rider Infiltrate and Kamen Rider Secure. Next, in Kamen Rider Funk & Soul, Kurogasa and Koji step into platform shoes as the twin Riders Kamen Rider Funk and Kamen Rider Soul, princes of a groovy kingdom where disco never died as they fight against the monstrous Jiveless who threaten to darken their joyful land!
Fen: So now we got Blade, Kabuto, Kiva, W, OOO, Wizard, Duelist, Funk/Soul, and Access… hey… you thinking what I'm thinking?
SD: *Grin* you bet I am… Alright, guys, count up how many Rider stories that is right there? Notice anything about that number?
Fen: We'll let you ponder for a bit. Anyways, like I said, I got a new chapter of GX: Society of Light and the new 5D's sequel too!
SD: *Whispers* If you guys want a hint, look through mine and Fen's stories. There's a clue in one of them… *Wink* …But yes, as you guys can see, we have lots of goodies coming your way!
Fen: Now keep in mind people, I also got school going on, so I gotta give attention to that. I don't want to leave the moment I get back.
SD: Mhmm… I know what you mean, buddy, finishing up school myself. But don't worry guys, while chapters may not come flying out superfast, we'll keep pushing to give you guys what you want.
Fen: Other than that, it's great to be back.
SD: Alright, we'll I think that's enough talk for now. So, aibou, what do you say we get this party started, eh?
Fen: Let's do this! Here it is! One of my new stories! Or in the case, for my GX story, here's the new chapter!
SD: *Takes out Double Driver and Cyclone Memory* Shall we?
Fen: *Takes out Double Driver and Joker Memory* We shall.
CYCLONE!
JOKER!
Both: Henshin!
CYCLONE–JOKER!
Disclaimer: I do not own Kamen Rider Wizard. All creative rights go to Shotaro Ishinomori. I also do not own Familiar of Zero. All creatives rights go to Noboru Yamaguchi.
WizarDriver: check. WizarSwordGun: check. All Wizard Rings including movie ones: check. Drago Timer: check. AxCalibur: check. Yosh, I'm all good to go.
Oh, hi guys, I'm Kurogasa Kururugi. I'm just your average 17 year old living in Tokyo who's going to a Kamen Rider convention today with all of my Kamen Rider Wizard merchandise after saving a lot of money due to some part time jobs I work at. Even though it was tedious, it was worth it. I have brown hair in the style that somewhat resembles Kira Yamato's from Gundam Seed and have icy blue eyes. For my clothes, I wore a gold shirt with a silverish–white trench coat over it, and I wear light–blue denim jeans, white socks, and black shoes.
Checking everything again, just to be sure I got 'em all, I grinned, knowing that today was going to be a great day. So with that, I put all my stuff in the duffel bag, went out the door of my house, locking it, and walked on my to the convention center to enjoy with other Kamen Rider enthusiasts like myself.
It was just like any other normal day in the city. I was walking, minding my own business until I saw something weird. It was a green oval like thing floating. I closed my eyes, shaking my head to make sure I wasn't seeing things, but when I opened them again, it was still there. When I looked at the other people, they didn't see it. They were minding their own business as usual. How could they not see it? It's right there in the middle of broad daylight! So being the curious guy I am, I walked up to and poked it. It rippled for a few seconds, before it became smooth again. What the heck is this thing anyways? So this, time I decided to stick my finger in the oval thing. And do you know what happened?
"What in–!"
That's right. My finger got stuck, and soon my hand, then my arm started to get sucked in. "Crap! H-Hey somebody help me!" I shouted but no one paid me any mind. What's wrong with these people?! Are they deaf?! What part of 'Somebody help me', don't they understand?! Then after that, my entire body got sucked in along with my bag, as I yelled out, "This isn't what I had in miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiind!"
I closed my eyes for a while, not knowing what's going to happen next. When I opened my eyes, I saw that both my duffel bag and I were floating in this black void. What the heck's going on?
I beg of you…
"Oh great… what is it now?!" I groaned.
My servant that exists in the vast universe… Heed my call, I wish from the bottom of my heart…
"Where the heck is that voice coming from?" I said as I looked around.
Answer to my guidance and appear!
When that was said, I was engulfed by a bright white light…
(Cue Kamen Rider Wizard OST: Pulse of Fate)
The magical Wizard Rings: It contains the power of the four elements: Fire, Water, Wind, and Earth.
(The magic seal appears with the Flame, Water, Hurricane, and Land Style rings float out from it.
From the Sands of Despair, a familiar with modern magic is unearthed.
(A silhouette of a hand appears as the Flame Style ring slides into his left middle finger and the Driver On ring slides into the right middle finger.)
He is known as the Jewel of Hope: Kamen Rider Wizard.
(The figure Kurogasa Kururugi hovers in front of the magic circle and looks at the screen, before turning into Kamen Rider Wizard.)
(Cue in Life is SHOW TIME!)
(Maji ka?! Maji de?! Maji da! Show Time~!) The montage starts with Kurogasa as Kamen Rider Wizard with the entrance of Tristain Magic Academy behind him. He scans the Dragorise Ring and raises his arm in the air before a big magic circle appears from above and WizarDragon comes out of the magic circle, flying into the sky. Kamen Rider Wizard then jumps onto WizarDragon's before the latter spew out flames, making the title: The Wizard of Zero appear before WizarDragon flew away, made a u–turn, and flew towards the screen before shifting to the next scene.
(Maru de tsuki to taiyou) In the classroom, Louise tried to do a spell, but it backfired, causing her to make an explosion, and it showed her dirty with her clothes messed up after the smoke cleared.
(Kasanaru toki no shougeki!) The scene then changed to outside with Siesta serving food, to one of the students, before she looked up and noticed Kurogasa who was walking around the courtyard.
(Dare datte kiseki wo shinjitemitai) Kurogasa looked at his Style Rings in one hand before clenching them and looked up in the sky as a solar eclipse happened and the scene suddenly shatters to pieces.
(Kitto hitsuyou~ fukaketsu no) Kirche was surrounded by a bunch of men who were enamored by her while Tabitha sat quietly on the bench while reading her book.
(ENAJII~ kokoro tame) Guiche tried to woo another girl, but Montmorency wouldn't have any of it, as she pinched his ear, making Guiche flail in pain.
(Yume to yosou ii ima de uragitte kureru mono~) The scene then changes to a quick montage of the other characters show starting with Osmond, Colbert, Longueville (Fouquet), Jessica, Scarron, Princess Henrietta with Prince Wales, Wardes wielding his sword wand, Cromwell smiling evilly wearing the Ring of Andavari, and finally a silhouette of a Phantom before light shone on it to reveal Wiseman, before the camera shows Kurogasa, ready to transform.
(3! 2! 1! Show Time!) On "3" Kurogasa slips on his Flame Style ring. At "2" He flips his Hand Author to his left. At "1" he places the Flame Style ring in front of the Hand Author. And at "Show Time" a bright white light engulfs the entire screen before fading to the next screen.
(Magic time~! trick janai!) Kurogasa transforms into Kamen Rider Wizard and twirled around before showing his Flame Style ring.
(Mahou wo hero hanpa nee zo [Mahaluto Hallelujah!]) Garuda, Unicorn, Kraken, and Golem jump towards the screen before showing Wizard stuck his arm out to the side as the elements of fire, water, wind and earth spread out behind him.
(Kioku no ROOTS moguri–konde) The spell circles slide over Kurogasa, changing him into Water Style, Hurricane Style, and Land Style.
(Kibou wo tsukui dasou~) In Land Style, Kurogasa uses the Drill ring to drill down into the ground, disappearing.
(Show Time!) Siesta, Jessica, Scarron, Henrietta, Colbert, and Osmond pop out of nowhere and shout, "Show Time!" before popping down to reveal the next scene.
(Life is Show Time! tobikkiri no) The next scene shows Kurogasa riding on the Machine Winger with Louise sitting behind him as WizarDragon flew beside them before Kurogasa revved up his Rider Machine and jumped on WizarDragon's back, letting the wheels of the machine become the wings.
(Unmei DORAIVU mucha shitemo [Mahaluto Hallelujah!]) WizarDragon then flies through a magic circle, appearing on the other side flying over the top of the Tristain Academy.
(Kinou, kyou, ashita, mirai) Louise smiled seeing the sight, but the joy was cut short when Kirche somehow got through the magic circle too and landed between Kurogasa and Louise and Kirche hugged Kurogasa from behind much to his dismay and Louise suddenly gets ticked off.
(Subete no namida wo~!) As they pass a tower, though, a silhouette is seen of a young man with a newsboy cap and a giant winged lion against it.
(Show Time!) Derflinger in the WizarSwordGun pops out of nowhere and shouts "Show Time!" before popping back down to the next scene.
(Houseki ni kaette yaru ze) Four versions of Wizard, each one in a different style, converge on one another, merging into one in a big flash of light.
(Maji ka?! Maji de?! Maji da! Show Time~!) Louise holds up her wand and winks at the camera as Kurogasa smirks as puts on the Flame Style ring and transforms into Wizard one more time as he and Louise freeze, the show logo appearing.
Chapter 1: The Wizard of Zero
Everything was black at first and I felt like I was drifting through space. Gravity then decided that I had enough of being free from its grasp and promptly had be drop. I hit… the ground? I hit something in any case and something exploded. Smoke was flying in all directions. I coughed and hacked, trying to keep the smoke out of my lungs and the grass out of my eyes.
Wait a minute… grass?
And wait, are those birds singing? Well, at least the sun was shining. The only thing different was that I was surrounded by people my age or younger, but they were wearing matching white shirts, black pants, skirts for the girls, and cloaks over their shoulders with a gold brooch of a pentagram inside of it… wait a minute… WHERE THE HECK, AM I?!
Looking around, I saw my gym bag next to me. Then off to the side, a middle age man probably in his 40's, being bald, but had hair around his head, wearing glasses, and robes of some sort, holding a staff in one hand, looked on in surprise and interest.
Then I saw this girl standing in front of me. She was wearing the same thing as the others that were her age but she was somewhat shorter. She had shoulder length pink hair and pink eyes. Yes, pink hair and pink eyes, I'm not kidding. Her hair color was naturally pink, and even her eyebrows were pink. No hair dye whatsoever. And the craziest thing: she looked kinda cute, but her frown kinda ruined it.
"Who are you?!" she demanded.
"Uh…" I blinked.
"Answer the question, commoner!" she demanded. "What are you doing here?!"
Who are you calling a commoner? The Feudal Era is long gone. But then I noticed something strange in her facial expression. It had a mix of horror and realization for some reason. "No… don't tell me–!"
The people around me noticed too, but they were amused than horrified. Next thing that happened they burst out laughter, pointing at the pink haired girl. And she looked embarrassed and humiliated.
"Hahahahaha, as expected from Louise the Zero!"
"Out of all the things to summon as a Familiar, it was a commoner!"
Now I was both confused and angry. What the heck was going on here? Where was I?
"Sh–Shut up!" the pink haired girl shouted. "This is a mistake! Professor Colbert, please let me try again!" she pleaded. I guess she was talking to the bald headed guy.
The bald guy now known as Professor Colbert shook his head. "I can't let you do that. It is strictly forbidden and is a sacred ceremony that determines a mage's life. If I allow you to redo it, then it would be to an insult to the ceremony itself. Regardless, he has been decided as your Familiar Spirit, and you have no choice but to take him."
Wait, a Familiar Spirit? I'm no spirit! I'm a human!
Just then, coming up to her was a dark–skinned girl with long, with red hair and brownish-gold eyes. While I admit that she was hot, her… revealing features, to put in lighter terms were a huge turn off for me. "This makes all you said worth it! I would have never guessed that you summoned a commoner!" the dark–skinned girl said.
"Y–You shut up Kirche! It was just a little screw up!" Louise shouted, still blushing in embarrassment.
"That's Louise the Zero for ya! You never fail to meet our expectations!" Another student remarked. The rest of the class laughed. The pink girl now called Louise, turned to her teacher again.
"Professor Colbert! This got to be a mistake! I've never heard of someone taking a commoner as a Familiar Spirit!"
"We do now!" A student said again, and they laughed harder than ever.
"Well there's a first time for everything Miss Vallière. Commoner or not, there are no exceptions. He will serve as your Familiar."
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, back it up! Serve?! I'm her servant?! I just want to know where I am and how to get back home!
"Now continue the ceremony." The Professor reprimanded.
"… y–yes sir…"
"Come on, Louise! You can't possibly fail at this, right? One student mocked.
"Or maybe she can, remember she is the Zero." The other students continue to taunt and jeer at the poor girl. But surprisingly, she ignored them and walked towards me. Okay, what is she going to do now?
I heard the girl begin muttering something and begin waving a stick around. I wasn't sure, but as I heard it, it sounded like she was speaking French and English at the same time. As best as I could tell, she was saying something about binding and a pentagram of elements. Once she had her say, she promptly grabbed the lapels of my jacket and drew me in close before kissing me… on the lips?!
"Mmph…!" I cried out in pure shock. This was not what I had in mind for a first kiss! Why, oh why did she have to steal my first kiss?! She only held the kiss for a moment before letting me go. "Uh…" I blinked, blushing red.
"You should be thankful for this!" the pinkette snapped, blushing.
Be thankful for what?! You stole my first kiss! Before anything else could happen, I felt this tingly feeling. It was on my left hand, and it felt like it was burning. Wait, my hand was burning! Then my whole body started to burn up, but most of the pain was focused on my left hand. I staggered backwards and grunted, gripping my hand because of the intense pain. It felt like someone was writing on my hand with a hot iron knife. Then these lines appeared making strange marks that looked like Nordic runes. The burning sensation soon died down and my body felt normal again, but the after effects made me light headed.
"What… the heck… was that?" I asked panting heavily.
"Ah, your Familiar Runes." the bald man with glasses noted, taking a look at my hand. "Well Ms. Vallière, despite failing to properly cast Summon Familiar, you managed Summon Servant on your first try!"
"Um… thank you…" Louise said.
"Alright then, this concludes the summoning ceremony. You are all dismissed back to your dormitories. Also, there will be no classes for tomorrow, that way you can get to know your Familiars better."
Well that answers one thing; I'm at a school of some sort. But what does this school teach?
I got my answer when several of the students muttered that French/English gibberish and began to actually fly away! Then again, Wizard has the Hurricane Style, so I have no reason to actually object that it was impossible to do that.
As many students dispersed, the pinkette huffed angrily. Probably from the bad luck she was having.
"Hmph! Come on Familiar! We're going back too!" Louise huffed.
"Uh… back where exactly?" I asked.
"We're going back to the Academy, now c'mon!" Louise snapped.
"What Academy? Where the heck am I?"
"Just come with me!" Louise shouted before she walked in the direction most of the students were heading. I didn't know what else to do, so I just did what I was told. I grabbed my bag and followed Louise to wherever I'm headed. And how come my bag, got heavier all of a sudden? Oh well, I'll worry about it later.
Louise was walking ahead while I stayed behind. It wasn't a long walk as we arrived at… a castle like building with large white stone walls protecting the inside ones. I have to admit, it looked pretty amazing. Wait, why am I complimenting the place?! I don't even know where I am! Ugh… never mind, I'll just go along with it and see what happens.
I continued to follow Louise through the castle walls. Everywhere I looked, I see teenagers of different ages wearing the same uniform Louise had on. But many were accompanied by animals and some of them were exotic. I guess that explains why Louise was mad that she got me and not any of those creatures we saw. Going deeper in the building, I saw decorative art, sculptures, and even a few maids around, carrying trays, laundry, or cleaning supplies.
Finally, Louise brought me to one of the towers and into a bedroom, which obviously looked like any other room a teenage girl has.
"This is the worst day ever…" Louise growled as she plopped down on her bed. When I looked around, I noticed that day already turned to night. Talk about a short day. I set my gym bag down to the side of the room so it wouldn't be in the way. "I was supposed to summon a magnificent Familiar, but instead I get a commoner!"
"You know, it's considered rude to say mean things about someone when they're in the room." I frowned. More and more this girl just personified 'spoiled brat' to me. "And you're not the only one, not happy about this. I am too."
"How are you not happy about this, Familiar?" Louise asked confused. "You should be honored to be of service to a noble!"
Okay, now she's really ticking me off. "Frist of all, I have a name. And it's not: Familiar. It's Kurogasa Kururugi! And I demand that you get me back home!"
"How dare you demand anything of me commoner?" Louise snapped. "Do you have any idea who I am? I am a noble you ingrate! Treat me with respect!"
"Now who's the one demanding?!" I snapped back.
"I have every right to demand!" Louise snapped. "I am a noble! That means I stand over you and I expect to be given my proper respects! And besides, even if I wanted to, I can't do it because the contract is absolute!"
"YOU CAN'T GO BACK HOME!"
I gasped in shock and horror. No way… "I… can't get back home?" I asked stunned.
"No. And why would you when you're now in the service of a Noble?" Asked the girl, apparently confused as to why anyone of the lower class wouldn't leap at the chance to serve one like her.
"No… way…" I said, as I fell to my knees.
*BA DUMP!*
I felt a sudden jolt of pain in my heart, and I immediately clenched my chest. What's going on?
"Commoner?" The girl asked, seeing me stumble, her earlier rage and arrogance gone as she saw me begin to clutch my chest. "Familiar? Familiar, what's wrong?"
When I looked up, behind Louise was the window and my eyes widened when I saw a big blue–green moon and a small pink one… it can't be… Louise was right… I was on a different world and… I couldn't go home.
*KRACK!*
"What in–!" Louise gasped covering her mouth as… purple cracks all over me…! No way… I'm a Gate!
…but did it matter anyway…?
…I couldn't go home…
…I was trapped…
…I'm stuck here for the rest of my life…
"W–What's happening to you?! Talk to me!" Louise asked frantically, kneeling next to me.
…so cold…
"D–D–Despair… Ph–Ph–Phantom…!"
"Phantom…?" Louise asked a bit scared.
…it's getting colder… more cracks… appearing all over me…
"I–I… have no hope… of getting home… it's over… I'm going to die here… alone…"
"No!" Louise cried out. "No! No! No! No! No! No! No! You can't die! You just got here! You're supposed to be my familiar! You're supposed… supposed… supposed to be my friend!"
I looked up at her weakly as more purple cracks appeared. "Y–You want me… to be… your friend?"
"Yes!" Louise exclaimed as tears came out of her eyes. "I have no one… everyone calls me the Zero because I can't do magic at all and they always make fun of me! I'm tired of it! Please don't go! Don't die on me!"
"YOU'RE MY ONLY HOPE!"
My eyes widened at that. "I'm your… hope?"
"Yes! I don't want you to die! I promise to help you find a way home!"
"You… will?"
"I promise!" She repeated. "And a true noble never goes back on their word!"
I looked at Louise for a while. "Okay… I trust you…" I said before–
*BA DUMP!*
I felt the hard thumping of my heart and yelled, before… the cracks slowly receded from me and turned golden before it disappeared and I was back to my normal self. I then plopped to the floor, panting heavily.
"A–Are you okay?" Louise asked uncertain.
"I'm… fine… thanks to you…" I panted. "Now I just… need to rest." I added, before I started drifting off. The last thing I saw was my bag glowing for some reason before I blacked out.
"CURSE YOU, YOU LITTLE RAT! LET ME OUT!"
Huh? Who said that? I opened my eyes and looked around, seeing that I was in a dream. Although in this dream, it was nothing but a black void.
"OVER HERE, YOU LITTLE RAT!"
I turned around and saw… the WizarDragon?! No way! I thought that was Haruto's! But… keeping my composure, I stood my ground.
"HOW DARE YOU IMPRISON ME LIKE A DOG!?"
"Heh… if only I cared." I scoffed. "You're not getting out of me, Dragon. I've held onto my hope thanks to a new friend. And I'm going to make sure it stays that way."
WizarDragon snarled, but the let out a mirthless chuckle. "Bah, the spoiled brat will betray you in the end. We've seen her type. The moment her public image comes into question, she'll burn any bridge in order to look better or avoid falling. Her kind doesn't know the meaning of friends."
"Maybe so, but she entrusted to me that I'd become her hope!" I shot back. "And I know that I won't fail her!"
"Che… So be it." WizarDragon snorted. "But when that girl turns her back on you, I'll be waiting to break out of this miserable prison of an Underworld! Remember that!"
And with that, my whole dream went white.
My body felt sore when it awoke, like something had been fighting furiously inside of me to escape. Considering how Phantoms were born, that wasn't an entirely untrue description of what had nearly happened to me.
"Hey, are you awake?" A voice asked gently. I slowly opened my eyes and looked up to see Louise.
"Oh… Louise…" I said, as I slowly sat upright, cringing in pain a bit from the soreness.
"How are you feeling?" Louise asked.
"Lousy…" I grunted, rubbing my chest.
"I don't doubt it." Louise said. Things were silent for a while, until she decided to break the ice. "Um… about last night… What… happened to you?"
I groaned as I sat up, accepting a cup of tea that Louise handed over to me. Taking a breath and a sip of the admittedly good drink, I spoke, "A Phantom was trying to come out of me."
Louise asked, "A Phantom?"
"Yes. To be more specific, I was a Gate. A Gate is basically a human who has magical potential. When you told me that there was no way to get back home, I fell into despair. Once that happened, the Phantom inside me tried to take advantage by trying to get out of my body. If that happened, I would have been killed in the process. Hence the reason why you saw those purple cracks on me."
Louise blinked, understandably shocked but then her mind latched onto something, "Y–Y–You mean y–y–you can do magic?!"
"Well, not before, I couldn't. I didn't know it was real to be honest." I shrugged. "Now with my Phantom born and inside of me, maybe I can."
"Maybe you can?" Louise asked confused. "No, it's impossible! Only those of noble lines can wield magic! It was ordained by the Founder! You can't use magic!"
"The fact that I manifested a Phantom proves otherwise." I retorted, feeling some vindication in tweaking her like this. "Phantoms are born from pure despair mixing with magic, be it latent or active. I do have magic, but I just couldn't activate it. Now that my Phantom is awake, my magic is too. Might be worth trying…"
"That's enough of your foolishness!" Louise snapped. "Now I will believe that obviously something magical happened to you. You say this Phantom creature is inside you and it is a source of magic?"
"Yes. When someone is in despair and is somehow able to hold onto their hope while in that state, they can suppress the Phantom inside and thus became a magic user. From what I know it's incredibly rare." I explained. "I was able to hold onto my hope thanks to you."
"I–It was all thanks to me?" Louise stuttered. It was kind of cute when she did that, but by this point it was starting to get a little annoying.
"That's right. You promised that you'd find a way to get me back home, and I'm holding you to that promise. Do that, and I'll make sure to become your hope of being your friend and that no one will make fun of you ever again."
The little pinkette blushed and looked away from me, "I–I–I–I'll believe that when I see it!"
"Oh, you'll see it." I smirked. "I'll be outside waiting for you while you get changed." I said before heading for the door.
When I got out, closing the door and into the hallway, I leaned against the wall, to let my mind take in everything that happened. It turned out to be the weirdest day, yesterday. I get sucked into this world, suddenly became a servant for Louise, then fell into despair until she helped me hold onto my hope, and then meeting Dragon in my dream last night. Yeah, talk about weird all in one day. As I thought about this, I noticed something else strange. The Hand Author buckle… was around my waist?
"Excuse me…" A voice said gently.
I blinked and turned to see a young lady around my age in a maid outfit. She had short black hair in a pageboy style with blue eyes. She didn't look as exotic as some of the other students I had seen when I arrived but she was still up there in terms of attractiveness, like a homegrown sort of girl. It didn't hurt her figure was at least a sold 8. She was holding a basket of sheets and looking at me with curiosity.
"Yes? Can I help you?" I asked politely.
"Do you happen to be Miss Vallière's familiar?" I asked.
"Yes, I am." I answered. "You… know about me?"
"Yes. Everyone is talking about the human Familiar the Miss Vallière summoned." The maid nodded. "Although we were a little worried after she sent for extra blankets this morning when she said you had some sort of incident."
I winced at the memory of last night. "Yeah… something happened. I'd rather not talk about it."
"I see… Well, so long as you're okay." The maid nodded. "My name is Siesta. I'm a maid here at the Academy."
"I'm Kurogasa. It's nice to meet you." I greeted, bowing.
"Kurogasa…? What an odd name…" Siesta mused.
"Well, not so odd from where I come from." I shrugged.
"I see. Well anyways, I must get these dirty clothes to the laundry. It's nice meeting you." Siesta smiled before leaving.
"I'll see you around." I nodded with a closed smile.
Wow. What a nice girl. At least there're people that are naturally nice the first time you meet them. However, there was something nostalgic about the girl. Don't get me wrong, I never met Siesta my whole life, but there was something about her that was familiar. Oh well, whatever it is, it'll come to me eventually.
In the meantime, I was feeling restless and maybe still working off the jitters of nearly dying via Phantom so I wanted to go someplace to distract myself.
"I'm ready!" Louise called out before she herself stepped out of her room, dressed in her uniform.
"Well then, let's go." I nodded. "You'll have to lead since I don't know my way around."
"Of course you have to. Familiars are supposed to follow their Masters after all." Louise said, before walking away making me, twitch my eye in annoyance before following too.
"She still doesn't get that I'm human…" I growled softly. Well, technically, a human with possible magic but who cares about technicalities? I really hope I know what I'm getting myself into.
We traveled down to the ground floor into a large hall lined with tables which had many students already seated at them and eating their breakfasts. All of the meals looked pretty decadent and filled to the brim with fancy food. To be honest, it looked like the kinds of meals that were more for show than for filling, but no one else seemed to mind. I didn't care what was there so long as I got something to eat too.
"Well, lookie here! It's Louise the Zero and her familiar." A female giggled with amusement. We both turned around to see that dark–skinned red head. Kirche was her name if I remembered right. Oh yeah, now I remember. She's the hot girl that's a turn off for me…
She was way too 'in your face' for my tastes.
"Ugh… what do you want Kirche?" Louise groaned.
"Oh, I just wanted to see if your actor has quit yet. I heard you almost killed him last night." The redhead teased.
Wow, news must spread fast around here.
Louise fumed in anger at this. "There was certainly no acting! My familiar really did almost get killed!"
"You have absolutely no idea what I've been through." I frowned at Kirche. "So who do you think you are to question what happened?"
"I only say what I heard. That's why I decided to ask directly." Kirche shrugged, not concerned about our tempers.
"Well there's a thing we call 'privacy' and whatever happened last night was only between me and her. I suggest you don't pry further into our business. C'mon Louise, let's eat breakfast somewhere else." I said, before grabbing her hand and stormed off with her.
"H–Hey, wait a minute!" Louise cried out, but I'm ignoring it right now. I don't want anywhere NEAR Kirche.
"Oh poo, a tough one eh…" I heard Kirche purr as we left.
Louise and I soon left the cafeteria and to outside the courtyard. "Kurogasa let me go!" Louise demanded. "You're hurting me!"
"Huh?" I asked, snapping out of my anger, before I turned around to realize it and let go. "Oh, sorry about that…" I apologized.
"Gracious, you have a strong grip." Louise huffed, rubbing her hand.
"Sorry…" I muttered. "I just… can't stand those kinds of people like Kirche." I then looked to Louise saying, "N–Not that I'm saying that you're like her too. You're an exception."
"Like her how?" Louise asked with suspicion.
"Uh…" I said, trying to think of an excuse. "Um… I think I shouldn't talk any further." I sweat dropped.
*GURGLE!*
We both looked at our stomachs and realized that we still didn't eat yet. Louise gave me a look that said we'd continue later before she went to claim a seat at one of the tables.
"Oh. Is that you Kurogasa?" A voice asked. I turned around to see Siesta.
"Oh. Hello there, Siesta." I greeted.
"What are you doing out here?" she asked.
"Uh…" I began. I was gonna say something until…
*GURGLE!*
…That happened. I laughed nervously and scratched my head sheepishly. "I'm looking for a place to eat. I didn't eat anything yet."
"Oh, I see. Well then follow me this way. I'll get you a nice meal."
"Really? You'd do that for me?" I blinked in surprise. The maid smiled happily as she nodded. "Alright then, count me in! I'll bring Louise over!" I added before turning to Louise. "Hey Louise, I found us some breakfast!" I called out waving to her.
"Fine, fine…" Louise waved off as another maid began to serve her. "Just be back by the time the bell rings!"
"You're not coming with me?!" I asked incredulously.
"No. Just go."
"Uh… ok." I said. Well, at least I offered.
Siesta led me to the kitchen where there were lots of large pots and pans all over the place while server. The chefs were cooking while the servers were preparing it. "Please wait one moment, okay?" Siesta said as she had me sit on a chair placed in the corner of the kitchen and went into the kitchen. She soon returned with a bowl full of warm stew in her hands.
"This is the stew made from the left overs of the nobles' meals." She said, putting it down on the table. "If you don't mind, please eat this."
"Are you sure?" I asked.
"Yes. It's only the staff meal though, but please enjoy."
I have to admit, the stew smells delicious. Picking up the spoon, I dipped it in the bowl and got a spoonful of stew before putting it in my mouth. When I did, my eyes lit up! "Oh wow, this is delicious!" I said impressed.
"I'm glad to hear that." Siesta smiled. "There's plenty if you want seconds, so take your time."
"Don't mind if I do!" I beamed. As I was eating, I asked Siesta about where I was at in terms of what country I'm in and whatnot. Apparently I was summoned in a world where magic happens every day. I was on the continent of Halkeginia, consisting of the countries, Tristain, Germania, Gallia, Romalia, and Albion. I was in the country of Tristain. And the building I was at earlier was the Tristain Academy of Magic. She also said that the only ones that could use magic were people who were in nobility or royalty, the same thing that Louise told me. Everyone else was referred to as a commoner since they couldn't use magic. That would explain the whole Feudal Era thing.
She then explained, to my surprise that magic came in the four elements: Fire, Water, Wind, and Earth. And I have those in the style of my Wizard Rings. There was also a fifth element called Void, but it's been lost a long time ago, so no one knows how to use it. A mage was also classified by what magic you could use. But that mage can be further classified on how many elements you can use. The more you use, the more powerful you are. If you could use one, you were a Dot Mage, two and you are a Line Mage, three makes you a Triangle Mage, and finally if you can use four elements, you were a Square Mage.
It wasn't about combining Fire and Earth to get Lava, although it was possible but extremely difficult. No, the dot, line, triangle, square classification came from how many layers of a spell, one could cast. Like Wind + Wind + Wind makes a Triangle Wind spell.
"Huh… Well that makes sense. Now I got a better understanding of this place." I sighed as I finished my fourth bowl of stew. "Anyways thanks for the stew. It was really good."
"You're welcome. Feel free to come and visit whenever you're hungry. If you don't mind what we're having; I'd be happy to share." Siesta smiled.
"Thank you. So is there anything I can help you with? I have a thing to repay someone for helping me."
"I see. Well in that case, can you help me pass the lunchtime dessert?" Siesta asked.
"Sure, I'd like to." I nodded.
Meanwhile… Professor Colbert was running for some reason while carrying a book. After seeing the runes on Kurogasa's hand, he went to the library to research on it. What he discovered shocked him, hence the reason why he was running. He continued to run until he got to the door of the Headmaster's Office and burst it open. Inside was an old man with very long white hair and beard. His name was Osmond. There was also his secretary, who had forest green hair tied up in a ponytail, wearing glasses. Her name was Miss Longueville.
Mr. Colbert cried out, "Old Osmond!"
"What is it?" The old Headmaster asked.
"I–I have big news!"
"There is no such thing as big news. Everything is but a collection of small events."
"But you need to look at this!" Colbert handed Osmond the book and the old man opened the book to the page where Colbert had bookmarked.
"This is "The Guardian pentagon of the Founder Brimir," is it not? Why are you still going around digging up old literature like this? Mister… what was your name again?" Osmond asked, tilting his head to the side. Colbert fell down anime style.
"It's Colbert! You forgot?!" Colbert yelled, while standing back up.
"Oh, right, right. I remember now. You talked so fast, so I didn't really catch it. So, Colby, what is it about this book?"
"I told you its Colbert…" The teacher sighed sweat dropping before regaining his composure saying," Take a look at this!" He said as he pointed to a certain page in the book.
When Osmond saw the page his expression changed dramatically from carefree to serious and stern. "Miss Longueville, would you please excuse us?" The secretary then stood up and properly left the room. "Now, explain to me everything in detail, Mister Colbert… very slowly…"
So with that, Siesta showed me the box desserts that were both loaded up on some fancy carts. With both of them stocked up, Siesta and I went to the courtyard to pass out desserts to the nobles. As I served however, I noticed a mage with curly blonde hair, wearing a frill–trimmed shirt, and a rose stuck in his shirt pocket, talking with his friends.
"Who're you going out with now, Guiche?"
"Yeah, who's your lover, Guiche?"
"Go out? I hold no woman in such special regard. After all, a rose blooms for the pleasure of many." He said as he raised his finer again to his lips.
Ugh… great… another egotistical noble like Kirche. Why, am I not surprised? I then saw something falling out of his pocket. It was a small glass with purple fluid swirling inside it. I had the temptation of not picking up the bottle for that narcissist, but I'm naturally a nice guy, so I had to. I walked over to his table and picked up the bottle to give it back to him.
"Excuse me, you dropped this bottle." I said. But Guiche didn't turn around to face me. Okay… he's ignoring me… great… though it's not really surprising at all. I placed the bottle on the table and I got the reaction… I'm not looking for. Guiche gave me a dirty look. "I said you dropped this bottle." I repeated.
"This is not mine. What are you talking about?"
What the heck?! It fell out of your pocket, so it's yours!
"That perfume, isn't that Montmorency's?"
"Yeah, that vivid purple color is the perfume Montmorency mixes for herself!"
"So does that mean you're going out with Montmorency?"
What the heck's going on? I have no clue what they're talking about. Plus, Guiche's friends' voices were loud enough to start a commotion. "No wait, listen to me. I'm saying this for the sake of her reputation, but…" Guiche started but he suddenly paled in horror when a girl with chestnut hair, wearing a brown cloak walked over to him.
"U–Uh… Katie?" Guiche stuttered.
"Sir Guiche?" Katie whimpered, before tears started fell from her eyes. "I knew it! You and Montmorency are…"
I facepalmed on what's really going on. That idiot's two–timing! How much stupider could he get?!
"They're misunderstanding. Katie, listen. The only person I hold in my heart is you…" But she wouldn't have any of it. What she did was slapped Guiche in the face as hard as she could, leaving a big red hand mark on his right cheek. To be honest, I felt satisfied.
"That perfume is proof enough!" She yelled before she stormed off while Guiche rubbed his cheek. Ohhh, but it didn't stop there. A girl with tightly rolled up blonde hair stood up from a table further down and went over to Guiche with an angry look on her face. That must be Montmorency. "Montmorency. This is a misunderstanding. All I did was accompanying her on a long trip to the forests of La Rochelle…" Guiche said.
"I knew it! You've been making moves on that first year, haven't you?"
Just admit it Romeo… you already screwed up, so what's the point of lying, your way out of this one?
"Montmorency, please. Don't ruin your rose–like face with anger like that. It saddens me to see it!"
*SMACK!*
Montmorency slapped him on the other cheek and it left a red hand mark on his other cheek, making him fall on his butt, before she yelled, "You two–timing liar!" and stormed off.
"It would seem those ladies do not understand the meaning of a rose's existence." Guiche sighed.
"I don't think any lady would…" I deadpanned with a sweat drop. Well, I guess I could call that a good deed. I exposed that guy for the fool he is. I'm glad he got his just desserts. And speaking of desserts, if I finish quickly, I could probably help myself to some leftovers. So I quickly went back to the cart and was about to leave until–
"Stop right there!" Guiche commanded. Crap… I was hoping I would get away with it. Oh well. It's fine. That means I can humiliate him more. I turned to face him. "Thanks to you picking up that bottle, you damaged and ruined the reputation of two ladies. How will you take responsibility?" He asked.
"How will I take responsibility?" I blinked. "Pal, let's review the facts shall we? You accepted a gift of perfume from miss… Montmorency was it? That indicates you had something semi–serious going on. Then you were apparently going on long walks alone with Miss Katie. That means flirting to most people. Maybe it was innocent, but then all your friends are asking who you're going out with today, meaning you were seeing both of them within a short time of each other. Then you talk stating you're perfectly fine with seeing multiple girls, if your flower–talk was a hint." I smirked as I saw many people nodding at my logic. "I may have revealed what was going on, but their reputations were damaged by you long before I came around."
Guiche's friends all laughed as the said person was mad, turning red.
"He's got you there Guiche!"
"It's your own fault!" Another laughed.
Well, at least I had the crowd on my side. Guiche on the other hand was getting even angrier. I actually remembered the look on his face from an old boss I had. Whenever someone said something he didn't like, his mind would somehow erase what was said and rework it into something that fit his reality. Everyone hated him since he kept screwing things up and would never admit when things just wouldn't work the way he wanted. I had a feeling Guiche was going to do something along the same lines. He refused to take responsibility so he'd somehow make himself believe that it was my fault.
"Ah yes, I know you. You're Louise the Zero's familiar aren't you?" Guiche seethed.
"Yeah, that's right. What of it?"
He then stood up before pointing his rose at me. "If that's so, then I challenge you to a duel!"
A duel you say? This could actually work. Looking at the Hand Author buckle that was on my regular belt around my waist, I get the feeling that something good is gonna happen. This is the perfect opportunity for me to use that good. Looking back at him, I said, "Fine. You're on. I've always wanted to beat an egotistical noble like you and throw you off your high horse. Just name the place and the time."
"At Vestri Court." He scowled, looking even more spoiled than before. "We will duel in one hour."
"And I'll be there." I nodded. With that, Guiche and his friends left while the rest of the students were excitedly talking amongst themselves about the duel that was set up.
"What are you doing?!" Siesta panicked, running up to me.
"Huh?" I asked confused looking at her.
"You're going to get killed!" Siesta exclaimed. "If you truly anger a noble then–" She didn't want to finish that sentence. I understand her feelings and all, but this is something I have to do. I have to put Guiche in his place.
"Don't worry. I'll be fine." I tried to reassure her. "Besides, I've got something to even the odds.
"Y–You do?"
"Yes I do. I call it my little secret weapon." I grinned.
Louise was livid. Not ten minutes out of her sight, she heard gossip spreading all over the school that her Familiar had picked a fight with Guiche and was now set to take part in a duel. "What is that idiot thinking?!" Louise shrieked. When she got through with him, that Phantom incident was going to be a fuzzy memory! So with that, she stormed off to the Vestri Court.
"I can't believe it…" Osmond said in disbelief, sitting back in his chair. "To think that the third daughter of the Vallière family can…"
"So… is it really true?" Colbert asked.
"Whatever the truth may be, you do not speak of this anyone." Osmond said seriously. "Not a single soul must know of this!"
"Of… of course…" Colbert nodded. "But for all we believe it to be confirmed…"
He was interrupted when Ms. Longueville entered the office. "Sir, there's a commotion in the Vestri Court! A duel is about to commence!"
"Oh dear…" Osmond sighed having a minor migraine. "Those noble children and their petty duels… who is it this time?"
"One of the participants is Gramont's son, Guiche."
"Ugh… even worse…" Osmond groaned. "Skirt chasing is the only thing that runs in that family. And who's the other one?"
"Um…" The secretary bit her lip. "It's Miss Vallière's Familiar, sir."
"Huh?" Colbert and Osmond blinked.
"I am not jesting. It's Miss Vallière's Familiar."
"I see." Osmond said. "This should be interesting. Very well then, let them have their duel."
"A–Are you sure?!" Colbert asked incredulously.
"As long as it is not between nobles it's fine." Osmond waved off. He then stood up from his chair with his staff in tow and went over to a mirror. With a wave of his hand, the mirror showed the Vestri Court. "I have a feeling that something interesting is going to happen."
I went straight back to Louise's room to get my stuff in the duffle bag. When I got back in, I opened my bag and took out my Wizard Box which contained all my rings. They felt a bit heavier too. I set the box on the table and opened it to reveal them. I picked up the Flame Style ring and touched it and… it felt like it was an actual piece of jewelry. I know the difference between how plastic and jewelry and this feels like jewelry for sure.
You can say I'm hyping myself up for the duel, but I knew what my fingers touched. So picking out a selection of rings, I put them in two ring holder belts and placed the belts on both sides of my waist on my regular belt. Good thing I ordered two of them, so that I have one ring holder belt for my Transformation Rings and the other for my Spell Rings.
Before making my way towards Vestri Court, I looked in the Ring Box again and noticed something strange. Wait a minute. Something's missing! Where're my Dragon Rings and Infinity Ring along with the Special Rings for them?! They're gone! Oh man… and I wanted to show them off too… Well at least I have all the other Spell Rings. That's when I realized something else! What if my other stuff were missing?! I quickly went back into the bag, and to my horror, the Drago Timer and AxCalibur were gone too. The only thing left was the WizarSwordGun… in life size! This just sucks! Hold on… a life sized WizarSwordGun?!
"OW!"
Did I mention it was sharp?
Never mind. I decided to put the WizarSwordGun in Gun mode and placed it on the table. Why? You'll see why later. So with the two ring holder belts on my waist, the Driver on Ring on my right middle finger and the Flame Style Ring on my left middle finger, I headed out for the Vestri Court.
A few minutes later, I arrived at the Vestri Court. It was packed with a lot of students wanting to see the fight. Not surprisingly, Kirche was there, but I've never seen that light–blue short haired girl with the glasses before. She had a staff and was reading a book, not paying attention to the fight. I walked through the crowd and soon got in the large empty circle where Guiche was waiting.
He looked as pompous as ever, even posing with a rose much to the delight of his fangirls. He obviously thought that he would be able to win easily, just some noble kicking around a commoner. He'd get his licks in, soothe his pride, and teach me to keep my mouth shut. Well, there was going to be an upset in that regard if what I guess was right.
"I must commend you for not running away." Guiche said.
"You think I'd miss the chance to beat the crap out of you? Think again." I scoffed. "Let's just get this over with. What are the terms?"
"The first to surrender or be knocked unconscious loses." Guiche stated.
"That's fine by me." I said.
"Wait!" A voice shouted. We all turned around to see Louise who was running towards the circle. "This needs to stop this instant!"
"Oh come now, Louise." Guiche smirked. "This commoner needs to learn his place. Besmirching our reputations is an act that demands discipline."
"You're one to talk about discipline." I snorted. "You have absolutely none. I mean, honestly, cheating with two girls in the same school? Were you that desperate for some action? I mean, what did you expect? They were guaranteed to find out about each other, especially with the way you brag."
The crowd murmured and oohed at the words I spat out. And it was the truth too. Not to mention that it's a truth that Guiche can't handle.
"Grrrr… I believe that's quite enough from you!" Guiche growled before waving his rose. A petal fell to the ground and a pillar of light shined before a golem like creature with greenish–blue armor appeared, equipped with a lance. "My name is Guiche de Gramont, otherwise known as Guiche "The Bronze". It's only natural that I use magic, so my Valkyrie will be a fitting opponent for you."
"Gee, I'm flattered…" I deadpanned. While I admit that it was impressive to summon something like that, it doesn't hold a candle to what I have in store.
"Well then commoner, are you ready to fall before my feet?"
"Che, as if I'd do that!" I scoffed.
"Kurogasa, don't do it!" Louise shouted.
"It's okay Louise, I got this." I assured. "Guiche is about to experience firsthand on what happens when he messes with someone like me!" I said before looking down at the Hand Author buckle. Time to see if it's really true! Looking back up at Guiche, I held up my right hand showing the Driver on Ring and placed it in front of the Hand Author buckle.
DRIVER ON! PLEASE!
All chatter, mocking, or otherwise stopped when they saw the buckle on my belt transform into the silver WizarDriver. Relief and euphoria flooded through me when it was obvious to me that I had this thing in the bag. Touching the Shift Levers, I flipped them, allowing the Hand Author to turn over to my left and begin to sing.
SHABADOOBIE, TOUCH TO HENSHIN! SHABADOOBIE, TOUCH TO HENSHIN!
The crowd murmured amongst themselves as they heard the continuous singing.
"What in–?" Guiche got out.
"What's going on?" One student asked.
"What is he gonna do?" Another questioned.
"K–Kurogasa…?" Louise asked.
I ignored all of it as I held up my left hand, showing the Flame Style Ring and flipped the visor down, before shouting, "Henshin!" and placed my hand in front of the Hand Author.
FLAME! PLEASE!
To my delight and their shock, the red magic seal of Wizard appeared to my left in the air. I stuck my left arm out towards the seal and it slowly went towards and through me while leaving a fiery trail.
HII! HII! HII, HII, HII!
The full red magic seal soon passed over me completely, covering me in a suit of armor which I knew very well.
From head to toe I was clad in a black bodysuit which concealed his form. The silver belt and chains of rings at my sides stayed the same, but the rest was different. My chest was covered in red gem–like armor which was a long line down the middle with three sections on each side that were rectangular, but slightly askew. My shoulders were covered in black armor with silver edges that were decorated with dragon–like crests. From my waist hung a robe–like waist covering which was red on the inside but black on the outside. My wrists and ankles sported bands that were the same ruby red as my chest plate. Finally, my head was concealed by a silver helmet which had a ruby red faceplate decorated like the ring I wore, sporting metal lines making it appear as if it had large eyes with antennae rising from the forehead.
As much as I wanted to squeal like a fan boy, now wasn't the time. I looked around and the students around me were flabbergasted and shocked in my appearance. Louise was definitely in shock and Guiche was hyperventilating like crazy.
Louise screeched in surprise saying, "Wh–Wh–Wh–Wh–Wh–Whaaaaaat?!"
"This is impossible! A mere commoner can use magic?!" Guiche yelled. "Who are you?!"
"I am the Diamond of Justice in the Rough of Oppression! The Jewel of Hope unearthed from the Sands of Despair! I am Kamen Rider Wizard!"
The crowd asked shocked, "Kamen Rider Wizard?!"
"That's right!" I declared, before pointing at Guiche. "You and I will be the stars of this battle Guiche! And I promise you that when this battle is over, it's going to be curtains for you!" I put my pointing finger down and held up my hand, showing the Flame Style Ring. "Now… it's showtime!"
Guiche looked like he swallowed a lemon. Now I'm pretty sure he's thinking that he's picked a fight with a fellow Noble and was about to get in a real duel instead of the mock one he had been anticipating. Oh I was going to make this fun, and showy, so that the little pervert could actually think with the brain in his head instead of his pants for a change. I'm sure his parents will thank me after they find I've rescued their family from having to support so many bastard children.
"You think you can defeat me?! I'll show you! Attack my Valkyrie!" Guiche commanded his golem and the latter charged forward. I charged towards it too and we soon clashed.
The golem started off with trying to stab me, but I parried by holding onto its spear and then kicked it away from me a few times, making it stumble back. Taking this chance I switched the Hand Author to my right.
LUPPACHI MAGIC, TOUCH TO GO! LUPPACHI MAGIC, TOUCH TO GO!
It kept repeating that until I took off the Driver on Ring from my finger and replaced it with the Connect Ring before placing it in front of the Hand Author.
CONNECT! PLEASE!
A small red magic seal appeared in the air and I stuck my hand in it, before pulling out from the circle my WizarSwordGun.
I didn't stop to see people gape at me, although I could think of plenty of party favors I could use this for. Instead, I charged back at the golem… and I felt like I was really moving, like I had wings on my feet or something. Was the armor this much of a power up?
The golem tried again to stab me, but I dodged to the side and shot a few bullets on it, making sparks fly. I then levered the handle to be straight and the blade folded out so that I was in Sword Mode. Twirling it around a few times, I charged at the golem again and the golem and I clashed with spear and sword. It tried slashing me horizontally, but I did a backflip and slashed the golem's spear in half. Since when can I do backflips anyway?
Eh, I guess the armor really did boost one's abilities.
"Hiyah," I shouted, kicking the golem in the head and making it stumble backwards. "Oh come on. Aren't you getting your head in the game yet? I only used three spells so far!"
"Well then, let's see how you like this!" Guiche shouted, throwing three more rose petals on the ground and had two more Valkyries appear, armed with spears. "Get him!" He yelled and the two charged, spears pointing at me to make an X shape. I blocked with the WizarSwordGun and they were pushing me back as I skid back.
"Oi, Oi, Oi, Oi, Oi, come on already!" I shouted before the Valkyrie managed to flip me over them, but thinking quickly, I managed to regain footing and landed safely while gaining distance. I took off my Flame Style Ring, putting it in the ring holder belt, and took out the Land Style Ring. I stabbed my sword to the ground before facing the Valkyries. "Mattaku… stay grounded already!" I said, before putting on the Land Style Ring, flipped the Hand Author to my left and placed the ring in front of it.
LAND! PLEASE!
I placed my hand over the ground and a yellow magic seal appeared below me as rock floated up.
DO! DO! DO! DODODON! DO! DODODON!
The yellow magic seal traveled up my body, turning the ruby red portions of my armor to topaz yellow. The sides of my chest armor turned into true squares and my faceplate also became square shaped. Feeling the Fire Magic being swapped out for Earth Magic, I took another stance to pick up the fight.
"He can use Earth Magic too?!" One of the spectators asked shocked.
"Yeah, pretty much!" I said as the Valkyries charged at me again. I quickly took off the Connect Ring and replaced with the Defend Ring, before switching the Hand Author again to my right.
DEFEND! PLEASE!
A wall of solid earth rose up, compacted by my magic. The Valkyries crashed into it, rebounding from it and collapsing into a heap. Guiche made a choking noise when it happened and I managed to see the matching face as my wall lowered back to rejoin the ground. He looked like he was about to burst a blood vessel.
"Are we done?" I asked cheekily.
"It's never over until I say it is! Take this!" Guiche yelled, waving his rose like crazy and about ten more petals fell from the rose before reforming into new Valkyries.
"You need to cool off Guiche!" I teased before switching the Land Style Ring with the Water Style Ring. I flipped the Hand Author to my left and placed the ring in front of it.
WATER! PLEASE!
A blue magic seal appeared above me and went down and through me as water swirled around the circle and rained down on me at the same time.
SUI! SUI! SUI! SUI!
The blue circle passed over me, transforming my yellow armor into a sapphire blue. The new armor I had on was blue with diamond shapes on the sides of my chest and my faceplate had turned into a blue diamond.
"Now he can use Water Magic?!" One of the students cried out.
"This is amazing!" Another exclaimed.
"How is he doing this?" A third questioned.
Guiche's look of intimidation and outrage was only growing. I think it was just sheer pride that kept him from running off or giving up. "I will not lose to you!" Guiche yelled and sent his ten Valkyries at me. This guy's a broken record. Taking off the Defend Ring, I replaced it with the Liquid Ring and switched the Hand Author yet again.
LIQUID! PLEASE!
My body immediately collapsed into a puddle of water, letting the golem pass through me. It could still feel like I had a body, but it felt like I was all over the place instead of being in a solid form. I could still control it perfectly. I pushed and found myself surging through the air like a stream. A little more force and I was a high–pressure blast, knocking the metal golems clear off of their feet.
"Whoa! He turned into water completely!"
"Incredible!"
Wow… I'm definitely giving them a show. After reforming myself next to my WizarSwordGun, I replaced the Water Style Ring with the Hurricane Style Ring. "This one is gonna blow you away!" I said before switching the Hand Author to my left again.
HURRICANE! PLEASE!
I raised my hand in the air and the green magic seal appeared as a green wind surrounded it.
FU! FU! FU, FU! FU, FU!
Grabbing my WizarSwordGun, I jumped into and through the green magic seal changing my style before bouncing off the seal and flew. The chest plate was a vibrant emerald green with the sides having connecting triangles with green bands on my wrists and ankles with the inside of my coat attachment being green as well. The shape of the gemstone on my face was an inverted triangle too.
"Now he has Wind Magic!" One student shouted.
"By the Founder, he can use all four elements!" I heard another call out.
That caused quite a ruckus as the crowd got more excited and chaotic. I felt pretty good about myself. Grinning under my mask, I flew towards the wet and soggy Valkyries slashing them without mercy and destroyed all but one. Why? Well… you'll see why. I landed safely to gain distance and replaced the Hurricane Style Ring with the Flame Style Ring. I then flipped the Hand Author twice to restart the song before placing the ring in front of the Hand Author.
FLAME! PLEASE! HII! HII! HII, HII, HII!
I soon went back into Flame Style then switched the Hand Author back to my right for the last time.
LUPPACHI MAGIC, TOUCH TO GO! LUPPACHI MAGIC, TOUCH TO GO!
It kept repeating that as I switched the Liquid Ring with the Kick Strike Ring, deciding that now was the time to finish it. "It's time for the grand finale!" I said, before placing it in front of the Hand Author.
VERY NICE! KICK STRIKE! FABULOUS!
The red magic seal appeared below my feet and I twirled around once on my left foot in place, before stepping out with my right foot and moved the tail on that side of the trench coat to the other side. A swirl of fire surrounded my kicking foot and surprisingly enough, didn't burn me.
I then leaped forward, doing a cartwheel before leaping through the air. I aimed my kick at the Valkyrie's chest and a red magic seal appeared in front of me, before it kicked it and the magic circle stretched into a cone of circles before becoming rings of fire. I landed a flying kick straight on the Valkyrie's chest and the construct flew backwards, skidding across the ground before coming to a halt. It struggled to stand, but I had just the thing to say.
"Now, take your final bow!" I called, pointing at the construct.
The construct seemed to respond to my command and bowed, before I turned around with my back facing the construct and Guiche. I held up my hand showing the Flame Style Ring before the red magic seal appeared on the construct and exploded.
All of the students were silent, openly gaping at me. Before, I was just some commoner who mouthed off at a noble. Now, I was likely another noble in their eyes who had power over all four magical elements.
Kirche looked impressed… and that's not good. Why? Because I have a feeling that she'll try to get close me. Her friend that was next to her, blinked in surprise… before going back to her book. Siesta practically had stars in her eyes and Louise looked the most shocked out of all the others.
"Well, that wraps things up doesn't it?" I grinned behind my mask. I then turned around to face Guiche who looked like he was about to pee and poop in his pants at the same time, looking at me in utter disbelief. "Do you wanna surrender now?" I asked.
It seemed to snap him out of his shock and he stumbled back in abject fear, "Okay! I surrender! I surrender!"
With that, the crowd roared and cheered in excitement and ovation. And I have to say, it feels pretty good that I knocked him off his high horse. I took off both my rings to put in the ring belt holders and the magic seal appeared below me before it went up and through me, breaking my armor to pieces and disappearing, changing me back to civilian form.
Meanwhile, Osmond, Colbert, and Longueville witnessed what happened, looking the mirror, and they were just as shocked as the student. "Old Osmond…" Colbert got out. "W–What did we just see?"
"A master of the elements by first examination…" Osmond commented, puffing on his pipe calmly. "A rather clever means of casting spells, using rings instead of a wand. They're easily swapped out and pre–cast too. They merely need willpower to go into effect. A clever wizard is he not?"
"Y–Yes, it is truly incredible." Longueville gulped, still gawking at what she saw.
"I knew that something interesting was going to happen." Osmond chuckled. "And I think it will be more interesting later on in the year."
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