Rebel 1: Cold Steel and Fiery Temper
The Boundary.
An unending world of black nothing, the only light that could be conceived was that which emanated from the sole human in this void.
Well, to call him a 'human' was a stretch. His body was not made of flesh and blood, but rather a machine of sorts.
His body was the Susano'o Unit, at its user was Hakumen.
In the quiet of the void, his mind wandered through his memories, the times he was human, the times with the Six Heroes, the times he fought Ragna the Bloodedge, they all came to him.
It was only that small whisper of a voice that drew him from his trance.
'Strange...' Hakumen thought as he stood, or at least felt like he stood. 'There should be no one else here, so who is calling?'
As if to answer him, a green portal appeared in front of him, and a familiar feeling brushed passed his armour.
The breeze, it was guiding him outside the Boundary.
'But how?' he wondered. 'Who has so much power that they can open a portal inside the Boundary?' the question would torment him, but he put it aside for now, and entered the portal.
Louise Françoise le Blanc de la Vallière stood before the magic circle, her face was calm, but her mind was a storm.
As she chanted the incantation to summon a Familiar, she prayed to the Founder that something, anything would appear. Something to validate her status as a Mage and noble.
"...Heed my summons, and bring forth my Familiar!" her spell finished, and for a single beat, nothing happened.
Yet before the jeers could start, there was the sound of electricity, followed by a low rumbling. Pebbles began to rise from the ground, and fellow students began to question just what was going on.
The ground that held the runic circle erupted in a burst of white light and dirt, and the teacher, Jean Colbert, pulled Louise away from it in the nick of time.
The light faded, the dirt fell, and all eyes saw the figure that emerged from it.
The first thing everyone noticed was the helmet without eyes. Second was the white, wolf like hair that came out the back of it. The entirety of his armour was black and white, with several spots, one on each shoulder, two on each hand and four on each foot, that was adorned with an eye like design. And each eye was 'looking' at the people. Colbert tried to move into a defensive stance, but the two eyes on this persons left hand glared at him, freezing him in place.
As the masked man walked towards the pink haired noble, the eyes on his armoured legs were fixed on the students, the eyes on his left hand focused solely on Colbert, his right hand scanning the area around him, and the eyes on his shoulders locked solely with Louise.
The armoured individual stood well over half a metre above Louise, and knelt down in front of her. "Tell me, child," his voice echoed hollowly in his helm, "was it you who managed to summon me?"
Words failed Louise, so she nodded in response.
The man made a sound of intrigue. "As much as I applaud you for such a commendable feat of power, tell me why you have summoned me."
Colbert finally managed to snap out of his stupor, and only just now noticed the sword on his back, which was almost as tall as its wielder. "If I might answer for her, good sir," he interjected, taking the gaze of the eye on his left shoulder, "Louise here was attempting to summon a Familiar, though we are not sure why she managed to get you. I apologise on her behave if it has inconvenienced you," he reasoned, something about this man just screamed 'do NOT piss off'.
The man let off a 'hearty' chuckle, how they could tell is impossible to know. "Fret not, you merely summoned me from a world devoid of anything," he turned his face back to Louise. "So you want a Familiar so badly, that you summoned the one thing that inhabits the Boundary?" though the girl before him didn't understand what he was saying, she nodded. "Very well, I shall humour you, as a token of appreciation." He turned back to Colbert. "Do what you must."
In silence, Colbert motioned for Louise to finish the ritual. Taking her wand out, Louise took a deep breath. "My name is Louise Françoise le Blanc de La Vallière. Pentagon of the five elemental powers; bless this humble being, and make him my familiar," she chanted as she tapped the armour with her wand. For a second, nothing happened, until a light emitted from his left gauntlet, etching runes onto it.
"Well, you have failed several times before, but you have managed to complete Servant Contract on the first go," Colbert praised the student, before addressing the others.
Louise had tuned out the teacher, and whatever jeers had been shot her way by the other students, as her attention was locked solely on the knight knelt before her.
Louise didn't even process that she was leading the tall knight to her room until she had already stepped through the door. Taking a seat on her bed, she sighed and looked at her 'Familiar', and he looked back at her.
"So tell me, child," the Familiar spoke, his voice easily instilling fear, "is there any reason in particular that you chose to summon me as your pet?"
His aura was intimidating, but the noble answered. "Th...there isn't, really, I didn't know I'd summon a... a person..." she whispered. 'What am I doing? I'm a noble! I should be the one intimidating him!' she thought, but one look at the one in white banished that thought.
"So, it really was by mere chance. You are either a genius magic user, or too stupid to be able to conceive the limits." he joked hollowly.
The joke, though, only made the pink haired noble angry. "Y.. you... Just who do you think you are?!" she shouted, all fear she once felt gone.
"I am a hero of long ago, one who abandoned his old name. You need not worry about who I am, until the time comes that you hear it."
The night passed with a strange atmosphere, while Louise slept as well as one could with such a powerful presence standing in the corner of the room. The next morning was just as weird, though, as Louise insisted that her Familiar dress her, but was met with a passive stare, followed by him leaving the room.
Time for class came, and Louise had sent her Familiar to be with the other beast like Familiars, which he seemed somewhat fine with doing.
And so here he was, the white garbed reaper of sins, sitting amongst familiar creatures, and some he wasn't even sure about.
'Seriously, what is that giant eye-ball thing?' the hero asked himself as he stared into the giant... eye thing.
Some unusual commotion drew his attention, and decided that it would make for better entertainment than guessing what half of these creatures were called.
Before the user of the Susano'o unit was a blonde boy yelling at a black haired maid, said boys hair was drenched in red wine, and he had two red hand marks on each cheek, and the maid was backing away from him, clearly afraid.
The Familiar came to the conclusion that this boy, Guiche, by the sounds of it, had been caught two-timing, and was now pining the blame of someone else.
'Absolutely deplorable.' he thought as he walked towards the two, and caught the boys hand before it flew at the girl.
Guiche shot a glare behind him, and followed up by trying to suppress the feeling of intimidation. "It is rather pathetic that you feel the need to blame someone else for your short comings," the Familiar spoke hollowly to the noble boy.
"Oh, and just what would a lowly Familiar like you know about that?" Guiche shot back, trying hard to hide his fear. "You know, simply for touching a noble..." he swiped the rose in his hand, letting the petals land and give rise to five bronze golems. "I should have you executed."
"Oh?" the Familiar echoed, reaching for his sword. "I hope you can keep me entertained."
Before he could draw, however, Louise stepped between them. "Stop this, Guiche, what are you doing?" she asked.
"Showing this annoying maid and useless Familiar their place, Zero," the boy shot back. "Perhaps if you trained your beast well enough, it might not be in this situation."
Louise began to panic, before her Familiar's steel hand fell on her shoulder. "You have nothing to fear, girl. I shall put this brat in his place."
"But..." Louise stammered out. "Even with your intimidation factor, a commoner can't beat a..."
Her words were cut off when the Familiar drew his sword, or rather, it fazed out of the scabbard. The blade was long, one edged, and had a flat tip. Holding it parallel to his body, the Familiar's aura began to pulse.
"I am the White Void." One pulse, and the air went cold. "I am the Cold Steel." Two pulses, and the ground began to shake lightly. "I am the Just Sword." The pulsing hastened. "With blade in hand shall I reap the sins of this world, and cleanse them in the fires of destruction!" His aura erupted from him, knocking over nearly everyone, save for the maid and Louise, and disintegrated the golems before him. "I am Hakumen, the end has come!"
Silence fell, and Hakumen sheathed his sword. "Learn to pick your battles, boy," he spoke as he walked off.
The following night came quietly, much to Hakumen's joy. That maid was quiet thankful to him, and Louise had now learned just why he should be treated with respect.
But there was just one thing that was bugging him.
"Show yourself, Vampire" he stated.
Upon his word, rose petals fluttered by and dispersed, leaving a short girl with blonde twin-tails and red eyes, wearing a black gothic dress with red highlights.
"As always, Mister Hero, you are completely without manners," the girl spoke in a prim and proper tone.
"Yeah! Show Madame Rachel some respect," the strange red back flying beside her spoke in an annoying voice, prompting Rachel to swat it down.
"Quiet, Gii," she told the bat, before turning back to Hakumen. "It seems you have been summoned into quite the unusual predicament."
The many eyes of the Susano'o Unit turned to Rachel. "How much can you tell me of it?"
"Not much, I'm afraid. But it has intrigued me," the Vampire admitted. "Valkenhayn," she commanded with a click, making an old man, dressed as a stereotypical butler appear.
"At your command, milady," he said with a bow, his blue eyes finding Hakumen, "and Hakumen, it has been too long, my friend."
"Valkenhayn R. Hellsing." the white armoured hero echoed.
"Valkenhayn, prepare a table on this campus, I feel we should observe the events here in person."
"By your orders, Madame Rachel," bowing, Valkenhayn disappeared in a flurry of rose petals.
Hakumen let off a chuckle of sorts. "Well, if you're interested, then I know it won't be boring," he said.
"Do not get too lenient. After all, there are some people listening in on us."
With a click of her finger, four figure dropped between them, each one a girl. One Hakumen identified as his summoner, another the maid he saved, while the other two, a tanned red haired girl, and blue haired girl with glasses, he did not know properly.
His metal hand finding his 'face', Hakumen knew he was in for a world of trouble.
A/N:
Author: Well, here we are in yet another crossover fic involving Familiar of Zero. As usual, I am your host, FlameOf.
Rachel: And I am Rachel Alucard, co-host for this particular continuum.
Author: Now, to make matters simple, the entire reason I started this was for that moment between Hakumen and Guiche. But I'm not going to leave this story unfinished, it'll just be a bit lower on the priorities than my other works.
Rachel: I can at least applaud you for your honesty.
Author: Right... Well, anyway, I'll just say that there will be more Blazblue characters in the future, just for now we're focusing on Hakumen, Rachel and Valkenhayn.
God I hate typing his name out, too many letters.
Additional notes:
This chapter, and all other posted chapters are being revised. Should you start seeing this section pop up, that's why.