A cats new life;


Darkness encompassed all around. There was no light. No sound. No life. This was the Boundary. A place where the various timelines intersect. Floating in this space was a cat,
but this was no ordinary cat. This was Jubei of the six heroes who defeated The Black Beast. He stayed there motionless for sometime before looking at his claws.
His claws which helped him defeat many foes. His claws that he used to save many lives. His claws...that he used to kill his own wife. The memory kept appearing every time he closed his eyes.

Him and all his friends and allies launched the final assault against the Imperator and her forces. Among them was his wife Nine. She had been corrupted and turned into a servant of the Imperator
attacking and hurting all those she once cared for. Even after Terumi died she remained the same. Desperate to turn the battle back into her favor Nine created a wormhole into the Boundary to suck in all of her enemies.
Realizing there was no way to bring her back Jubei aloud himself to be sucked into the vortex. Before he was swallowed however he slit Nines throat with his claws.
The last thing he saw was his friends and allies calling his name and Nines dying face. Over many years of fighting you'd think nothing could upset him anymore, but seeing the woman he loved dying in front of him and knowing it was by hi own hands he couldn't help but shed tears.

"Well. Guess this is it." He said to no one in particular. He had no way to escape the Boundary and even if he could he didn't know when or ware he'd appear.
All he could do was sit and wait for whatever happens next to happen. Fortunately he didn't have to wait long for a strange light suddenly appeared nearby.

"What in blaze's?!" He yelled. Nearby was a round glowing portal. The portal hovered there as if it was waiting for him to approach. Jubei was hesitant to go near though.
He didn't know where it led. For all he knew it could lead back to the time of the Dark War, or to a timeline where everything was backwards, or-

"Ah to hell with it!" He cried as he entered the portal.


(Elsewhere)

In the country of Tristian was an academy for mages. This academy taught many talented wizards to wield there magic. Among them was a young girl named Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière.
Or as most people like to call her Louise the zero. She earned this nickname do to her difficulty casting magic. And by difficulty I mean every time she casts a spell it blows up in her face. Literally.
But today was a special day. Today the second year students would summon there Familiars. Partners and servants for the rest of there lives. This was her chance to show she wasn't a zero. After awhile her teacher Professor Cobalt call her up.

"Ms. Vallière. Your turn." Cobalt said. Louise walked forward.

"Look out everyone. Louise the zero's about to blow." Louise's enemy Kirche mocked causing all the other students to laugh. Louise stared at her in anger.

"Shut it Karce!" Louise yelled back. "You'll see! I'll summon a Familiar that'll put all of yours to shame!"

"Oh please. What could a zero like you summon that could be better then my flame?" Kirche petted the salamander next to her. "Or Tabitha's Sylphid?" She pointed to a small blue haired girl with glasses next to a blue wind dragon.
"Face it Louise. You'll always be a zero no matter what you do."

"That's enough Kirche!" Cobalt said ending Kirche's insults. "Please go ahead and summon your Familiar Ms. Valliere." Louise huffed before turning around.
She began the chant to summon her Familiar. When she finished she waited for her Familiar to appear. At first nothing happened, but just as Kirche was about say something mean a large explosion went off.
People began to cough and wave the smoke out of there eyes. As the smoke cleared they could a figure. At first all they could see was it's back. It wore a yellow coat with weird looking sleeves.
It had two swords on it's back, but it's most noticeable feature was it's two feline tails. As the figure turned around they saw it was indeed a cat. It's face sticking out of the hood with an eyepatch on it's left eye.
All present looked at the strange cat before them.

"I've never seen a cat like that before."

"Me neither."

"How is it standing on it's hind legs?"

"Are those swords real?"

The students whispered back and forth to one another. Kirche on the other hand could only stare at the scene in shock.

"How." She finally said out loud. "How could Louise who has zero skills, at magic and zero breasts have summoned a creature like that?" Unfortunately Louise heard every word she said. She turned toward Kirche with a proud grin. Kirche glare daggers at the prideful twerp.

While this was going on Cobalt was staring at the new Familiar with curiosity.
He never saw a cat that could walk on it's hind legs. let alone one with two tails. And those swords. Despite his curiosity he had to let the ritual be completed.

"Miss Valliere. Please finish the contract." He told his student. Louise snapped out of her glaring contest with Kirche and turned to her teacher.

"Yes sir." She said as she approached her Familiar.

'Where am I?' Jubei thought to himself. He looked around at his surroundings. At first he thought he landed in some castles yard, but when he saw the kids in uniforms he knew it was a school.
And judging by there appearance it was a school that taught magic. When he looked around some more he saw a lot of strange beasts. He looked at the dragon and salamander.
'There are some pretty amazing beasts here.' His gaze soon fell onto a rather large mole. 'Spoke to soon.' He then looked at a young girl with pink hair who was approaching him.

'What's this girl up to?' He thought ready to draw his swords at a moments notice. The girl spoke in a strange language. After she was done talking she grabbed his face, pulled him closer to her and...

SMOOCH

'WHAT THE HELL?!' He screamed internally. This young girl who was young enough to be his granddaughter just straight up kissed him on the lips!
As soon as she pulled away he felt a sharp pain on his left paw. He unzipped his sleeve and brought the paw out. Some strange symbols started burning themselves into the top of his paw.
As this was going on the bald elderly man who Jubei figured was a teacher looked on in shock. When the burning sensation stopped he looked at the weird writing on his paw.

"The contract is now complete." The bald teacher said in a language That Jubei understood.

"What contract? What's going on? How am I able to understand you now?" Jubei asked. When he spoke everyone looked at him in shock. Even Kirche was stunned silent.

"I-it talked!" One of the male students said what everyone was thinking. "The cat just talked!"

"Course I did. And I'm not an it I'm a 'he'. Learn to tell the difference. And you. "Jubei turned toward Louise who seemed to flinch in surprise. "Where do you get off kissing someone you just met?!
Do you understand I'm old enough to be your grandpa?! Show some self control!" Louise stared at him in shock with a little blush.

"Wha-" She said before changing her expression into that of anger. "Now hold on! It's not like I wanted to kiss you you stupid cat! I was just sealing the contract between a master and her Familiar!
It's not like I summoned you knowing you'd be a cat! So don't go making weird accusations!" When he heard her say 'summon' Jubei's anger dispersed.

"You summoned that portal?" Jubei asked.

"Y-yes?" Louise asked hesitantly. Jubei's ears twitched which caused all the girls in the area to 'aw' at how cute it looked. He looked at Louise for a couple of seconds before letting out a small chuckle followed my crossing his arms.

"Well kid color me impress." Everyone stared at him in confusion. Louise included. "I was trapped someplace not easily reached. especially with magic. To summon me from there must mean you got some impressive magic."
All the other students looked at him like he was insane or something. (except for Louise who looked proud of the complement). "Well looks like I owe you one for that.
I'll be your 'familiar' or whatever, but don't expect me to do everything you ask. I won't be your servant, but you can at least count on me to protect you if your ever in danger. Sound fare?"
Louise wanted to argue, but she had a feeling that he wouldn't relant. with a sigh she agreed to his terms.

"Very well. I'll agree to your terms." Louise said proudly. Jubei smile and extended his paw.

"Names Jubei kid." Louise hesitated before agreeing to shake his paw.

"I am Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière." Jubei stared at her in confusion.

"Yeah sorry. No way I'm gonna remember that name. Can I just call you Louise?" Louise seemed to take offense to this. After giving another sigh she agreed give him permission.

"Very well. I shall give you permission to use my name. However you will address me as lady Louise while in public. Is that clear?" Jubei rolled his eye.

"Yes mam." Louise smiled at this. While this was going on Professor Cobalt couldn't stop thinking about those ruins that appeared on Jubei's paw.

'I'll have to look into this.' He thought as he watched Miss Valliere interacted with her new Familiar.


And there's the first chapter of a new fanfic. Now I'm just going to make something clear. I'm NOT shipping Jubei with Louise. As mentioned up above Jubei is to old for her and it would just look weird.
They will instead have a father/daughter relationship nothing more. With that said I hope you all enjoy this new series. Also be on the look for another fanfic I'm planning to work on call "Azure Hearts".
Yami584 out!