The Familiar of Zero – Trouble In Paradise
Based after the ending of the anime, where soon after their wedding, Saito takes Louise to see his world, and to meet his parents, whom he has not seen since he was summoned to be Louise's familiar. Things, however, don't go entirely to plan, and utter hilarity follows as their friends also make an unexpected appearance.
Authors Note – This is my very first fan-fiction, so reviews and tips would be greatly appreciated. The current plan is for this to be only a few chapters long, but I will expand this if I can keep the idea's coming.
Chapter 1 – A Tearful Reunion
Saito stood outside the front gate of his parents' house. He'd returned to this place several weeks ago after he was sent back by Louise during their fight against the Ancient Dragon that had awoken and was destroying everything in its path while hunting for the Void users, but he'd not had the courage to ring the bell and see them. Now he was back, and this time he had Louise, his Master and now wife, after they got married following the defeat of the Ancient Dragon. So much had happened since he last saw his parents, and he knew that they'd never believe any of it in a million years. He'd been summoned to a world of magic and dragons, was in fact a legendary familiar capable of using any weapon, he'd also fought in two wars, and just helped kill an immortal dragon with a jet he stole from Earth. Saito glanced to his right, and saw Louise fidgeting slightly. She was still wearing her Academy uniform.
"You nervous?" Saito asked, giving Louise a playful tap on the head.
"Of course not" Louise muttered
"Liar" Saito thought, and gave Louise a kiss on the cheek, making her blush slightly. "You'll be fine" he reassured her. "Though it might be an idea to keep the magic a secret until we've had a chance to explain things" he added. The last thing he wanted was Louise suddenly using her Explosion spell in his parents' house.
Louise simply sighed. "I know… magic doesn't exist in this world. Don't worry, we'll try and explain everything as best we can, and if not… well, I can always use the portal spell to prove it."
Saito nodded. At least if Louise used that spell, he knew there wouldn't be a risk of anything going boom. Louise may be able to cast magic, but anything other than a Void spell still resulted in a loud explosion that wrecked almost everything in the room.
"Well I suppose we can always count on one thing." Saito began, as he looked around the street
"What's that?" Louise asked, curious about where this was going
"If I can win over your parents to accept me as your husband, then this shouldn't be too hard, right?"
Louise nodded in response. It was no secret that Louise's parents had been dead set against them getting married. It had been a hard ask winning them over to the idea of their youngest daughter marrying her familiar, but they finally were able to get them to agree to it, mainly when they could see that neither of them was going to back down, and was prepared to marry without their permission. But even so, she couldn't help feel nervous about what was to come.
Saito held her hand, and gave it a gentle squeeze. "Well… here we go." He thought, as he reached forward and pressed the bell. There was a brief pause, and an uncomfortable silence followed. The front door opened, and there stood Saito's mother, in complete shock.
"S…Saito?" she stuttered, before running and wrapping her arms around him and held him as tightly as she could. Louise let go of Saito's hand to he could hug her back.
"I'm back" he wept, unable to keep the tears back after not seeing his mother for so very long. They held each other for what felt like an eternity.
"Where have you been?" she asked, as she slowly broke off the hug. "And who is this cute girl?" she asked, looking at Louise, who began to blush after being called cute.
"It's a long story mom" Saito answered. "We'll explain everything as best we can inside. Is dad home?"
Saito's mom nodded slowly, still struggling to take in the fact that her son was here, back home after being missing for just over two years. "Come in, and have a seat, I think your father's working out in the garden. I'll fetch him, and you can tell us everything over a drink and a bite to eat."
She turned and hurried back inside. Saito could hear her calling for his dad. "So far… so good." Louise thought to herself as Saito led her inside. After taking their shoes off, Saito took her to the lounge and beckoned her to sit next to him on the sofa. Louise couldn't believe the things she was seeing in Saito's house as she glanced around the room. She'd always heard that he lived in a world where humans embraced technology and the idea of magic was merely fantasy, but to actually see it in person was a whole different experience.
"Professor Colbert would love to see all this" Louise whispered to Saito, who chuckled in response.
"I get the feeling he'd never want to leave… still, maybe we should bring him one day in the future, and all our friends as well"
Louise and Saito continued sit down and wait for Saito's mom and dad to enter the room. As Saito's dad entered, he too was overcome with emotion and gave his son a massive hug, clearly also trying to hold back the tears of joy. Louise noticed just how much Saito looked like his dad; she could clearly see that he got his thick hair from him. "So… who's this lovely young lady?" he asked as Saito's mom brought in some drinks and snacks. "And more to the point, just where have you been?"
Saito began to explain everything that had happened in great detail. He did, however, alter a few things, like how he technically died while standing against an army of almost 70,000 so his friends could escape, he told them that while he was wounded, he was able to slip away and was helped to recover by Tiffa, then half-elf half-human who lived in a hidden hut in the woods. His parents listened intently, right down to the Saito and Louise getting married. Shock and awe were written all over their faces, as well as huge amounts of disbelief.
As Saito finished, there was a long silence. The only sound came from the ticking of the clock on the wall.
Louise lowered her head. "I'm sorry", she whimpered, "for all the pain and sadness I've caused you both." Saito's father just shook his head.
"I'm finding this… A little hard to believe, I must be honest Saito. All this talk of magic, dragons, elves and all that… well, it just sounds like something out of a movie or a video game."
Louise looked puzzled, wondering what these "Movies" and "Video Game" things were, but kept silent. She'd ask Saito about them later.
"I know it's hard for you to understand, so… it might be easier if I show you." Louise said, as she stood up, and walked over to a corner of the room. Getting her wand out from her pocket, she began to cast the incantation that would open the portal back to Hakelginia.
As the portal opened, Saito's parents' jaws dropped open in amazement. "On the other side of this portal, is my world." Louise said simply. Saito's parents got up slowly, and walked over to the strange glowing portal and peered through. On the other side, they could see a large Manor, with rolling hills and forests behind it.
"In all my years…" Saito's mother began "I never dreamed I'd see something like this" Saito smiled. He knew that feeling all too well. He still got it from time to time himself. There was still so little he knew about Hakelginia himself. Louise sat back down, and after a few seconds, so did Saito's parents. They then began to talk about each other, finding out as much as they could about the new members of their respective family.
Saito decided to use this as a good opportunity to slip out to the kitchen while everyone was in deep conversation to get another drink. As he poured himself out a glass of water, he looked out at his parents' garden. "Looks like there was nothing to worry about" he thought to himself. Suddenly, a load scream erupted from the lounge, and Saito charged in only to find his parents cowering on the opposite side of the room, several items of furniture on their side, Lousie with her mouth wide open in shock, and the head of a certain blue dragon peering through the portal and glancing around the room.
"Slyphid!" Saito and Louise both yelled in surprise "What the hell are you doing here!"
So, the end of Chapter 1. Chapter 2 should hopefully be done soon - just working on a few minor details for the full story. As I said at the top of the story, this is my very first fan-fic, so reviews and tips are very much welcome :)