A/N: I have adopted this story from 'Trace Carter'. If you want to read the original it is called 'A Fiery Turn of Events'.
Within the void of limbo, a lone figure drifted through the emptiness. He wore no shirt, showing his muscular figure with a large circular scar on his chest and back. He wore black shorts with a loose orange belt with a belt buckle that had a red 'A' emblazoned on it. Finally, he wore a necklace of red pearls and had a tattoo that read ASCE on his left arm.
This man was Portgas D Ace, also known as Fire Fist Ace, famed pirate that held a bounty of 550,000,000 Bellies before his death while protecting the one he called his brother in the battle of Marineford. Upon his death, he found himself within this Limbo. As he drifted through the void, he heard a voice calling out.
'I call to my familiar that burns with fire. One who fights with passion for what he believes in. I call across the vast distance for you to come to my side!'
'I wonder what that was about? Sounded like someone was calling out to me.'
Suddenly a bright green portal appeared in front of him and engulfed him. When the light faded the void was empty once more...
At the Tristain Academy of Magic, the second year students were gathered for the Springtime Summoning Ceremony to summon their familiars. Many different creatures were summoned ranging from a Frog to a Mole to a large blue Dragon and even a Bugbear. Because of this, one of the students was a bit nervous and moaned in despair
"I'm going to fail…"
"I wonder how epic your failure will be then, Zero Louise."
"Just you wait Kirche, I'll summon something so powerful that no one will ever make fun of me again!"
"I'm sure it will a most extraordinary familiar Louise, I'm looking forward to it."
Louise grit her teeth in anger but little did she know how wrong her words were. Kirche stepped forward onto the circle that had been made for the summoning and raised her wand.
"I call to my familiar that burns with fire. One who fights with passion for what he believes in. I call across the vast distance for you to come to my side!"
Soon a green portal appeared and deposited Ace who looked around and smiled.
"Is this the afterlife? It looks pretty nice."
The strange summon had attracted quite a bit of attention from the students.
"A human? Has this ever happened before?"
"I don't think so," said another.
"What did he say?"
"I couldn't understand him."
"Miss Zerbst, please finish the ritual."
Kirche nodded at Professor Colbert and proceeded.
"My name is Kirche Augusta Frederica von Anhalt-Zerbst. Pentagon of the Five Elemental Powers; bless this humble being and make him my familiar."
Kirche then leaned down and planted a kiss on Ace's lips.
"What was that for?" asked Ace in surprise.
Suddenly Ace felt a sensation on his head that he hadn't felt since the battle of Marineford, burning. His forehead felt like Akainu was using his magma to carve letters into it. He grit his teeth to prevent himself from crying out in pain and flames danced along his body, surprising the students. Though something was wrong, the Devil Fruit which held Ace's soul would not give it up, in an inferno of fire, the runes were burned off him and there was no trace left of the runic words. Panting, Ace looked up and demanded an explanation.
"What was that!?"
Kirche merely looked at the man in curiousity.
"Why was there fire on you?"
"Miss Zerbst, please move to the side and let Miss Vallière take her turn."
Kirche nodded and walked over to join Tabitha while Louise stepped forward.
"My familiar that exists somewhere in this universe. My brave and wise familiar, come to my aid and follow my guidance. APPEAR!"
For a moment there was nothing, then suddenly there was an explosion that knocked everybody off their feet. When the smoke cleared, another human male was seen sitting in the small crater. This one looked about seventeen and wore a blue jacket and black jeans and had black hair. The students again stared at the odd summon.
"Another human?"
Colbert was confused, humans weren't supposed to be familiars. He decided to investigate it later and hurried Louise to finish the ritual.
"Um, please finish the ritual."
Louise walked up to the boy and said the binding words.
"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."
Like Kirche before her, Louise leaned in and kissed the boy, and like Ace before him, the boy cried out in pain as runes appeared on his hand, only this time, they stayed.
"I believe that will be all, everyone please return to their dorms."
As the students all started to leave, Louise and Kirche decided to meetup to discuss things and try to figure out why they both summoned humans. They met up in Louise's room and questioned their familiars.
As the students left, Louise headed back to her room with her familiar. Unbeknownst to her, a certain redhead had grabbed Ace and followed her. As Kirche was about to open the door, a loud explosion was heard and she suddenly could understand Ace's protests.
'Zero must have tried casting a translation spell, amazing how it actually worked, albeit with the explosion still part of the spell.'
"It was supposed to be a silencing spell!"
'Or not...'
Kirche then barged into Louise's room with Ace in tow.
"Louise!"
"Zerbst… What are you doing here?!"
"I wanted to work together to understand our familiars since they were both humans."
"Fine, I suppose it is a valid reason, but only this once Zerbst!"
"Right, right Louise. So first things first, who are you?"
"I'm Saito Hiraga, I'm a high school student from Tokyo, Japan."
"I'm Portgas D. Ace, also known as Fire Fist Ace and I'm from Dawn Island in the East Blue."
"Portgas D. Ace? You mean Luffy's brother from One Piece?!"
"Oh? You know Luffy?!"
"You dog! Stop talking to Kirche's familiar! I'm your master and you should only be looking at me!"
Puzzled by the places mentioned, Kirche decided to further inquire on the subject.
"Where is the East Blue and Japan? Are they cities from beyond the Rub' al Khali?"
"What part of the New World is Japan and the Rub' al Khali in? For that matter, where is this place? I've been all over the four seas, the Grand Line and even some places in the New World, but I've never seen a place like this."
"Rub' al Khali…?"
It was then that Saito finally realized where he had ended up.
"Why did I have to end up as Louise's familiar in this Anime… Why couldn't I have been Kirche's instead! I know I had the same name but really?!"
"Ugh, this is going nowhere! Kirche, go back to your room, I need to teach this dog a lesson about loyalty…"
"Eek!"
"I bid you farewell then Zero Louise, come Ace, we have much to discuss back at our room."
Hearing the accursed nickname she was often called with, Louise gripped her wand tighter and her knuckles turned white. Knowing the scene that was likely to play out, Ace put one hand on Saito's shoulder and looked solemnly at him, only to suddenly flash a bright smile with a thumbs up.
"Good luck!"
Saito was close to tears when the Devil Fruit User left and he was left alone with his abusive master. As Ace closed the door behind him, he felt the wind shoot out through the gaps between the door and its frame as an explosion was heard with the sound of a screaming boy drowned out by it.
Settled in Kirche's room, Ace sat on a chair while Kirche laid seductively on her bed.
"So how do you want to know this? Equal exchange of information?"
"Sure, I'll start since you already said some back in Louise's room. Since you seem to be from somewhere no one has heard of, I'll begin with our location, we are currently in the Tristain Magic Academy on the continent of Halkeginia."
"Never heard of it."
"Thought so, as for where I'm from, I'm from Germania but came here to study magic. My name is Kirche Augusta Frederica von Anhalt-Zerbst and my runic name is Kirche the Ardent. Feel free to call me Kirche though, in exchange do you mind me calling you Ace?"
"Fine by me."
"Magic exists in this land and I'm a Fire mage by nature, there are four other elements, Water, Earth, Air and the lost Element, Void."
"Where I'm from there are these special fruits which gives the eater special powers, I ate the Mera Mera no Mi (Flame Flame Fruit), a Logia type fruit. There are two other types, Zoan and Paramecia."
"I'm a triangle class mage, the system here works such that dots can use one elements, lines can use or stack two and etcetera until square."
"We don't really have much of a ranking system back home but if we use bounties I guess mine should rank really high, definitely somewhere in the top hundred or so."
"Bounties?"
"Oh right, my world is one where up to half the population are pirates and I'm the Second Division Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates, led by the strongest man in the world, Edward Newgate!"
'Speaking of which… I wonder what happened to the old man…'
"Pirates?! You aren't going to do anything to me are you?"
"Don't worry, you quite literally pulled me out of hell when you summoned me so I owe you my life."
"That's a relief, for now we should get some rest though, we seem to have been talking for the whole day. You can sleep with me until I get a proper bed for you I guess."
"I'll be fine with this cushion, I've slept in worse conditions before."
"Suit yourself, one last question before that though Ace…"
"Hmm?"
"Why did the runes disappear when I tried to bind you?"
"No idea, maybe the Sea Devil in the Devil Fruit didn't want to let you?"
"Well not that it matters, it's not like you'll leave me right?"
"Got nowhere else to go anyways."
"Goodnight Ace."
"Night, Kirche."
With that, Kirche extinguished the flame of the lamp with her wand and went to sleep.
A/N: Well there's my rewrite of the story with some added content, I'm going to feel bad telling Ace about what happened to Whitebeard though… For now it will stay like this and I will continue it in the future. Review, favourite and follow if you've enjoyed. Don't forget to check out my other stories and poll as well. Story status information can be found on my profile.
