"The Scourge of Halkeginia"
Disclaimer: I don't own Zero no Tsukaima or anything related to it and all credit should goes to the Author Noboru Yamaguchi. Please due sue. The OC character is mine and the concept of this fanfic came from ralf07's fanfic Tsukaima no Saito
Chapter 1
It was a normal boring day at work in the hotel when all this absurd series of events happen. While I installing new lights in the lobby an exhausted looking man can in. He was wearing a formal suit and escorted by two uniformed men and judging from all the scrap metal pinned in their uniform they must really high ranking. Those three people looks like our normal VIP guest so I was not really concern about it. I however was concerned by the people following them 21 heavy armed with mixed assortment of weapons and wearing urban camouflage armor. They were greeted by hotel security and after few exchange of words they headed to the elevator.
"The rich inbred bastard is parading his damn money and connections for the entire world to see. He must be some big shot politician or something. I really wish some half brain insurrectionist take a potshot at him." I complained to myself and continued with my work like nothing happened.
Things went as usual today and nothing seems to be wrong that I decide to start packing my tools but there are still few minutes before my shift is over so I decide to recheck few things. Seeing nothing seems to be out place I finally decide head home.
After an uneventful walk back home I cook some a simple meal for dinner and turn on my PC. Surfing the net for some miscellaneous information and trivia then finally decide read few manga. Finally getting bored of it I started playing few RTS games to passed time. Then seeing else to I decided to sleep and as I was lying on my bed I started hearing whispers.
"Damn, I must be really freaking tried if I'm hearing things" I had been experiencing these ominous whispers in my head for few days now.
"It is fatigue right? I am Insane am I?" I was wondering if my medical insurance does cover mental illness when feel this oppressive darkness crawling and inching towards me. I look around my room and saw nothing.
"What the hell? I'm getting paranoid. I really stop plotting ways to kill people in my free time and see some medical help or something. Still that Manhunt games way too cool to pass up."
I stood up and start rummaging my closet after finding 28 inches of metal weighted sticks and a pair of Baraw daggers. I start practicing few eskrima moves but due to small space of my cheap apartment I only decided to focus knife fighting techniques and after sweating a bit I proceeded to cool down with few more unarmed drills. I am not claim to a master of an art or something but I pretty much hold my ground sparring against my uncle. He was 62 years old but he serve with the marines but I don't really know much about it since every time I ask about what happened back then I usually getting end up with an arm bar, a painful choke or a combination of those with a few strikes to my ribs. I still need few more years of practice before I beat that old fart.
Finally feeling relaxed I decide sleep. I fist thought I was a bad idea lying on my bed with cleaning up first but well I'm tired as hell.
…
I awoke in a feeling of ominous oppressive presence. I saw nothing but unending black void. I look around hearing nothing, smelling nothing, seeing nothing, feeling nothing and hell I can't taste anything from my mouth. I don't feel paralyzed and I think I can move but can see anything take reference from. It was a complete sensory deprivation. I would not be surprise I start hallucinating in few moments.
And speak of the devil I start seeing red spots. Red spots started branching out looking like veins and arteries. I seen and read worse than this in some of Type-Moons Visual Novels.
"Let me guess these red arteries like objects will start pulsing right?" And as if on cue it did.
"I really keep away from those shrimps before dinner." I started to think.
"Funny that I not freaking out or anything but I have to admit I find it quite pleasing to my eyes."
What the hell I'm thinking? "Pleasing to my eyes" my ass. I really need to get some medical health as soon as possible.
After amusing myself of my surroundings I felt something burst out and eyes started popping everywhere. Should this be the part where I kneel down and pray to deity or something? I favor Agnostic theism stand in my life. I start to contemplate about the existence of God. Then those eyes started weeping blood.
"Holy Shit! Flying Spaghetti! That! That is… That is the coolest fucking thing I saw in my freaking life. It is like living in some horror movie or something. All I need are some Zombie Strippers and Silenced FN P90 with Laser Sight and unlimited ammo hack. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
I suddenly feel like falling into unending abyss.
Errr… Where the 9 hells of Dante am I? I look around this dark frozen wasteland in my left and burning hell on my right. Then a white light started shining above me and a ethereal set of stairs started forming from tiny air.
…?
"Damn! Did I die and this is the afterlife or something? Then I see green portal and feel the urge to run so I run as fast as I can."
After jumping towards the freaking portal I feel my face rendezvous with floor.
…
After shouting obscenities and other vulgar crap I can thinking of I prepared for work. I was in the bad mood when I came to work but one noticed since working in the hotel means to smile like a madman even if the whole is burning down. I was distracting myself with ways to kill the president, the fat ass senators, sleazy congressmen, greedy governors and impotent mayors when I heard the elevator opened. I raised an eyebrow and seeing what I am seeing a wild green portal appeared.
"Shit, I'm asleep am I? Is this Inception or something? Well here goes nothing. VODKA!" I jump to the green portal.
A bright rainbow light flash later I land into sea of blood. Skulls scattered around my feet and I really need a therapist right now. Looking around seeing nothing out of the ordinary I start walking towards a random direction. After a while I heard distant thunder and lighting. A bright light sudden appear above me and a booming voice sudden let itself be heard.
"AZRIN SABLO!" The voice resonates into my very soul and I can hear it not with ears but with my mind.
I look up and said "Let me guess you are GOD?"
"HAHAHAHAHAHA!" A booming laughter could be heard in my mind.
"YES! I AM BATHALA! AND YOU YOUNG MAN HAS
BEEN CHOSEN BY FATES AS MY NEW CHAMPION YOU SHALL SPREAD MY NAME INTO FOREIGN LANDS. BY MY NAME YOU SHALL!"
"I don't mean to interrupt or something but can you tone down your voice my insignificant self can't handle it." I try to be polite but crap that thing is loud.
"HMMM…"
"I SHALL DO SO!"
"Thank you God." I said with light bow. It can't hurt to be polite to god does it?
"It is nothing mortal. I have let fate randomly cast their skeins and you my friend have been chosen to be my champion." A soft yet powerful voice spoke to my mind.
"I see… so what are the terms and condition for these course of events?" I ask suddenly feeling a little dread in this unfathomable course of events.
"Nothing at all you choose to refuse your destiny and die a pitiful death like the insignificant insect you are or you can amuse off my boredom and accept fate." The voice in my head said.
"I don't really have choice do I? Fine, I shall be your champion since I preferable don't want to die from ennui." I said with a feeling of amusement. Then suddenly it hits me. Amuse off my boredom? Wait something is very off here.
"Wait are you sure you are not Haru…"
Before I can finished my question I feel a boot connects to my ass and propelling me towards another green portal.
"Damn this is going to hurt like hell when I wake up."
***Westwood, Albion, Halkeginia***
It was a beautiful misty morning and two people are standing in the middle of a forest clearing. An intricate pentagon magic circle is carved into the solid stone.
Are you really sure about this sister? The Blonde well-endowed girl with delicate figure wearing a thin green one piece dress that gentle hugging her smooth skin said the other woman. Her cold blue eyes are filled with worry and doubt yet it hints a hidden strength within.
"Yes, Tiffania you need a familiar to protect you especially since the rebellion there have been many bandits roaming the countryside." The Green haired woman with mature charm wearing a black hooded cloak and white blouse with black skirt answer back to the younger girl. She wears a mischievous smile and yet her amber eyes contain flowing sisterly affection.
"This book I found while traveling contains various rituals and spells to summon familiar. Not to mention I already acquired this expensive reagent so why not give it a try." The older woman said to the younger girl.
The younger girl finally acceded to the request of the older woman and proceeded to stand before the magic circle and began chanting.
Lord Brimir and the pentagon of the five elements
I beseech thee
Fire
Purge all weakness of the flesh
Water
Wash away all sins
Wind
Soothe all doubts
Earth
Strengthen our faith
Void
Protect our souls from all evils
Heed my prayers and bring forth my eternal guardian
Summon Servant
The magic circle slowly pulses with power and light. It glows with an ethereal light. Sparks begins to show and the smell of ozone crawls throughout the surrounding. A green light finally crystallize at its midst and hovers around the magic circle. It slowly forms a green circular portal. As if sudden wrath of gods came down the earth a great scream emerges from the portal. Slowly the portal starts to form red spots and the gradually spreads out like veins. Eyes start popping out like cancerous cyst and then started to bleed. The smell of ozone is replaced with the stench blood and death. The air fills with malice and lunatic laughter could be heard.
"Tiffania! Stay close to me!" Older woman screamed.
The younger girl cowers in fear behind the older woman. Then older woman raised up a wand towards the portal prepared the confront anything.
The portal continues to bleed and finally its green glow is replaced with red. It then contort in random shape and sizes like twisted mutation from hell. Finally it settles with an egg like form and slowly rises into the air. After reaching 10 meters it comes down with such force that explodes from impact.
"What have we done?" The older woman paled watching the summoning process.
After a moment of silence a hand emerges from the ground it is holding a gleaming black blade with small red veins on its surface. It then stabs the ground and started to pull. Another hand emerges from the ground followed by a bloody head. It struggles to climb the ground as if an undead rises from the grave. It then stand before the two people and stares at them. The bloody naked man started to convulse and vomits blood all over the ground. He then fall downs in knees and look up the sky and started laughing. The man laughed for a long time until his voice became hoarse. He then stands up and look towards the two people before him.
"Tiffania! You need to finish the contract and bind him before he does something." The older woman screamed in panic towards the younger girl.
The younger girl fearfully complied. Still unnerved by the previous events she wobbles towards the man and raises her wand and started chanting.
"I am Tiffania Westwood and by Brimir's blessing with the pentagon of five elemental; bind this man into my faithful guardian and familiar." She then kisses the man in front of her and blushes in a deep shade of crimson.
The man however just stands there with confused look in his eyes. He attempted to speak but a black hole form above him. The black then spat out a black metallic box and duffel bag straight down to man's head knocking him out instantly.
"Level 1 Starter Set" A booming voice laughs inside the black hole said followed by a mocking laughter. The black hole then silently explodes and releases a black fog which slowly dissipates into the air.
The man's chest started glowing and runes started burn into his skin. The red runes finished burning on the man's flesh. The smell of burnt flesh and blood accompanied by uncomfortable silence descends the forest that morning.
"Well that certainly is the most unique summoning I heard so far. I never heard of a human being summon before and those strange runes in his chest I don't recognize them. I should ask around my contacts about this and why is he naked?" After blushing like the younger girl she cast a levitation spell to the man and started walking back towards the trail. She stops and looked back to stunned younger girl and told her to carry the items left behind.
They both walk in silence towards the Westwood village and enter a wooden cottage. She then placed the man to the floor and proceeded to rummage the drawers.
"Ummm… Why didn't put him down on the floor and not the bed sister?" The younger girls ask.
"He would only stain the sheets if we place him there without first cleaning out the blood all over his body. Tiffania go get some hot water and help clean this man's body" The older woman said emphasizing the word "body" and handing down some pieces of cloth to the younger girl.
"Ye…yes, sister" The younger girl stutters as she headed the kitchen and retrieve some hot water.
"Hmmm… interesting…" The older woman said as she examined the man's body. She carefully scrutinizes his face. He had soft yet manly face with thin goatee and shaven head. He has light brown skin and solid muscles that denotes a body accustomed to hard labor. His hand are calloused from constant use suggest his expertise with his skills with hands. She shivered from that thought and averts her eyes towards the wall. Finally calming down she continued her scrutiny to the man's body and unconsciously licks her lips. She bit her lips as she felt warm glow in her womb. Her thoughts however were interrupted by Tiffania's presence.
"Sister I brought the hot water." She said with a faint blush in her cheek and kneels at the right side of the man.
The two women then started cleaning up the unconscious man in an awkward silence. It few took minutes before they finished cleaning him the man up. The older woman then casted levitation spell to the man and place him the bed. She then covers him with thick blanket for the sake of modesty. Both women then stands in silence still confused in what make of the previous events.
Then man start stir from the bed and opened his eyes.
Author's notes:
Finally after a few bottles of cheap rum I finally finished the first chapter of my first fanfic. I am currently working on the 2nd chapter. R&R.