So, I've been binge watching a few anime a lot lately, and I've noticed that there hasn't been quite the number of crossovers between Elsword and Familiar of Zero.
I mean, both sources are awesome, and I would love to see more of them.
Before this even began, I already had the idea of making another fanfiction with Add as the main character. He would be the Diabolic Esper in a rather twisted and fucked up scenario which brings further mystery and twistedness, if that's even a term, to his character.
Since I've wanted to make a Familiar of Zero story as well, I've decided to kill 2 birds with one stone; and this story was born!
Now without further adieu, enjoy~!
He never knew defeat. Not even an ounce of failure was his doing. Never to lose, only to win. Never destroyed, always claiming victory with a golden medal. But for such an event to happen to him... It turned his world upside down.
Envy, Pride, Greed
Such negative traits once swirled his thoughts.
Pain, Despair, Hatred
Such negative emotions now overwhelmed his intelligent mind. Not even an ounce of sanity was left. All left of him now was mindless destruction.
He was once a loved child. A child of a brilliant scientist and a loving mother. Both of which cared for him deeply. Passionately. Lovingly.
He was once a bright student. He studied diligently, never losing track of whatever lesson he would learn.
He had a gifted mind. One which can never be replaced.
All of those taken in the course of one day.
Insanity, chaos, destruction. The sight was surreal.
Slavery, torture. The experience was enough to break his mind.
Isolation, loneliness, solitude. The days passed by like they were the wind.
Time was nothing but a liquid state.
He was once a child who wished for nothing but change.
He wanted a new life.
He wanted to change the past.
He was tired of it all.
Inventing, learning. In the end, he became the smartest of his kind.
Freedom, peace of mind. All he achieved with his perfect tools in hand.
Dynamos, power. All of those raced in his head.
The power to change the past.
That was his one and final goal left.
Save the past, change the future.
Even if it meant about his death.
Years has passed, and everything changed.
From the once innocent boy he was, turned into a proud arrogant man. He claimed his works to be the best of the best, and reached for nothing but power. He knew his goals were clouded by his ideals of gaining power. His ideals of revenge.
Nevertheless, he found a family.
His ideas of revenge came to a standstill. This new group led by a red-haired upstart adopted him, gave him a chance of receiving a new life. He's learned how to smile again, and received counselling from their loving elf.
But all of them to change by one man.
The man said that he holds the key for the boy's desires. The temptation was too strong. One that cannot be denied, one that cannot be overlooked. Being the once selfish man he was, he took it.
He killed his family, then he learned defeat.
Faced by reality, the boy never knew what to do. All he could do was scream out in pain upon seeing a Fate he deemed impossible to have happened in an alternate universe. All he could do was scream out in pain upon realizing that he killed his only family left. After all.
No matter how powerful a man can be, he can never weave the Strings of Time. And there's a price for everything.
The once powerful boy he was now drifted the rifts of spacetime. And within that time, he faced nothing but his dark emotions. Those very emotions rattled his heart, and ultimately;
Took away everything with it.
The boy no longer knew anything, except to destroy. He believes his only life goal was to seek destruction. And with that, he grew numb. With that, he ceased to experience other emotions. All he could experience now was the extreme pleasures of dealing destruction with his wake.
In the end, he became the opposite of the girl who helped him.
Nevertheless, Fate wasn't over with him yet.
What happens if the Diabolic Esper meets the Zero?
Add drifted spacetime with an empty mind. His only thoughts were the void completely. He forgot his reason of his existence or how he got his spacetime ripping abilities; however, he does remember that they came from these things that were swirling around him. Objects that he once called dynamos. He shifted, his dark obsidian clothes with violet lines moving in his wake. He has wandered from universe to universe, following whatever his heart desired. Whenever he visited that said universe, he would curse it with endless Paranoia; ultimately ending the said universe once and for all. Which brings to the question:
Why is he doing it?
Every time he would use his powers, his body would experience severe drawbacks. Old wounds will open up, causing him to enter a near death state. One of which was a large gash from his right shoulder down to his left hip; a wound he got from fighting a certain red haired upstart when he and his team tried to stop him. The only way he can stop this from happening is if he casts Seal of Time. However, even the ability has a limiter of a minute; which means, he has to cast Seal of Time after every minute if ever he wishes to use his abilities.
He can only vaguely remember memories of his old self. A man once named Add. No, that wasn't even his name anymore. He isn't fit to be called that.
Diabolic Esper
Now that was his true name. His thoughts were interrupted by a disturbance in spacetime. Words echoed through the empty spacetime continuum:
"My servant, that exists somewhere in this universe!"
Add raised his head in alarm. Who was this voice calling out to?
"My divine, beautiful, and powerful familiar! I wish and assert from the bottom of my heart... Answer my guidance!"
Oh. The voice was calling out to him. Seeing as how he had so much time in his hands, he'd decided to give this a shot.
"A summoning," said Add to no one in particular. Then, everything faded to black for him.
By the time he came to, he was greeted by bright daylight, and a pink haired individual who seemed disappointed. Very disappointed. She began speaking to him in a language Add wasn't able to understand.
Add began to feel an emotion he never felt in a long time; irritation. He was irritated to know that he didn't know the language. The closest he can put it is the language Rena uses whenever she would incant her spells. Suddenly, a red haired girl began speaking to the pink haired one. The girl seemed to be mocking the latter which made Add frown. Usually, he belittles people. A LOT. But since he can't really understand the girl was saying, he couldn't join in the fun.
He looked around and simply rolled his eyes. There were several youngsters dressed in what seems to be Aisha's wardrobe. Green grass circulated the area, and the place seemed to be an outpost. Bursts of laughter can be heard. The pink haired girl seemed outraged, and talked to who would seem to be her instructor.
Add simply sat there, watching the whole crowd. He was already pondering on ways how he would kill them. The girl pointed to Add, and muttered something. Everyone began to laugh, and the girl looked even disappointed.
The girl turned to him, and said something in words he couldn't comprehend. However, he was able to gather her name:
"Louise Francoise Le Blanc de La Valliere"
The name was foreign for Add. Was she a noble perhaps? She kneeled down in front of him, and suddenly gave him a chaste kiss. Normally, a normal guy would feel something in this situation. For Add, however, he simply stared at her blankly. After the girl let go of the kiss, Add simply stared at her. He felt another emotion he only felt once or twice in his life: confusion.
Suddenly, his body began to feel like its on fire. Add growled in pain as he'd felt something burn into the flesh of his left hand. He quickly let go of his glove to show what seems to be a tattoo of some words he couldn't comprehend. A new power flowed into his veins, and it was a familiar sensation to him.
He felt this more than once.
Magic flowed through his body, and it was changing his body. Unable to bear the mental assault of this world's foreign magic, he collapsed.
By the time he came to, he groggily sat up from what seems to be a pile of hay underneath him. Add slept in worse conditions.
The girl, Louise, spoke to him, but he still couldn't understand a word. Louise sighed and walked towards her wardrobe.
Add simply shrugged. He couldn't care any less than he can already. The girl suddenly began to undress in front of him, and threw it at him. Add narrowed his eyes, and waited for his dynamos to throw them aside. Well, it didn't happen as he was hit face first. He threw the clothes off his face and glared at the girl even further. The girl groaned, and seemed to grab her wand. She pointed at him and casted a spell. Every atom of his body yelled for him to duck.
Upon finishing her spell, he exploded, being thrown back into a wall. He looked at the girl with furrowed eyebrows.
"What did you do that for?" He called out.
"Oh, so you can speak. I've thought that you weren't able to. I've casted a spell that was meant for you to be obedient. Another failure... What's your name?" asked Louise. Add simply stared at the girl. He pondered on his choices, and decided to settle with his old name. After all, using his true name would give complications.
"Add," he answered.
"Add? That's a weird name," said Louise. Add shrugged. He was used to hearing that. "So, you're my master in this case." Add groaned at that. He hated being ordered around, but looks like he'll be forced to. Well, it's not like he could give a fuck now anyways. "Care to explain to me this kingdom for me? I'm not exactly from here."
Louise nodded her head, understanding his question and began explaining to him the kingdom of Tristein, and the continent of Halkeginia. She sighed.
"Why is my familiar a peasant boy?" groaned Louise while closing her eyes. Add used this chance to leave the room and look for his seemingly missing dynamos. Upon walking down the stairs, he caught sight of a blonde and a black haired girl. Well, he just simply heard of the conversation of the girl wanting to bake something for this guy, who in turn called her Katie. Add rolled his eyes with his cheesy lines. He decided to walk past the two, and strolled on. He heard the guy called out to him, but he simply ignored him.
He had better shit to do after all. There was no time in petty talk.
Add could swear this school is the weirdest shit he has ever seen. Why is there a fucking fountain inside the school premises, he had no clue. Hell, even a noble would know that it's stupid to put something in that. That source came from his experiences in crashing inside mansions and killing its master. He passed the two couples, going for the courtyard.
Upon looking around the place, he looked through the glass and caught sight of his inventions. He began walking towards it, and kneeled down in front of them. He heaved a sigh of relief; another emotion he hasn't gotten to feel in a long time.
"Well, here goes," muttered Add to no one in particular. He pressed his left eye, causing him to wince in pain. On the other hand, his dynamos whirled to life and began rotating around him. "Much better," he said. He turned around, and saw four people looking at him. The blond boy raised his rose, and seemingly caused Add to levitate. Add raised an eyebrow at this.
The blond began waving his rose, causing Add to move side to side. The red haired girl seemed to be chuckling. At this, Add felt enraged. No one humiliates him and gets away with it. He threw his arms to the side and caused a mass explosion of dimensional energy that disrupted the blond's spell. He levitated in mid-air with the help of his dynamos, causing the four people before him to be shocked.
"Trying to make fun of me eh?" asked Add. He raised his hand and stretches his palm upwards. He was about to begin his assault, but stopped when he took notice of the moon. There were two moons on the sky. Next was another emotion Add didn't feel in a LONG time; shock. Add groaned. He was tired from the events of the day, and decided to let the blond pass.
"You're lucky, kid," said Add before walking next to Louise. "As you can see, I took something that belonged to me. Carry on." No emotion was present in his voice, which caused the four people to involuntarily shiver.
On their way back up, Louise was pestering him nonstop about his display of power. Add simply groaned at this, and gestured for her to shut up before he takes drastic measures. The pink haired girl complied, but didn't look pleased about it.
"Tell me something though," said Louise. Her voice was layered in worry and concern. "Was the power you displayed earlier magic?" she asked. Add looked at her in confusion, and shook his head.
"It wasn't magic. It was Science," answered Add. Louise looked relieved, but furrowed her eyebrows.
"What's Science?" asked Louise. Add groaned again, and permanently locked his ears.
Back on their room, Louise began stripping in front of Add again and began passing her clothes to him.
"Okay, wash those for me," said Louise before tucking in to bed. He shrugged his shoulders, and left. While he does hate being ordered around, this girl reminds him of a certain queen. It can't be helped. Upon finishing on washing her clothes, he opened the girl's wardrobe.
Add instantly felt like he was going to snap.
The wardrobe's condition was absolutely OUTRAGEOUS. It was TOTALLY out of place, and it irritated the living fuck out of him. He wanted to cause the entire wardrobe to disappear, but he knew better. Instead, he arranged the wardrobe and fixed her clothes in the morning.
The morning went out without a hitch, to say the least. Except maybe when Louise tried making Add to dress her. Add simply gave her one of his fierce glares which caused her to stop pursuing the subject.
Upon reaching the breakfast hallway, which was huge, they were apparently being mocked by people around them. Louise sat on a chair, and Add simply sat on his dynamos. This caused many people to look at Add in shock. He waved them off.
"It isn't magic. Don't jump into conclusions," he said. The people nodded for a bit and looked away. It seems that there is some bit of an issue if a Noble summons another to become his or her familiar. Everyone began praying, and ate. Add, on the other hand, didn't even touch his food.
Just a single taste of it would make him vomit.
Upon finishing, Louise motioned Add to follow her to the courtyard. She explained a few things on the way. Apparently, it was a day off for all second year students in order to get along with their familiars. Add rolled his eyes. He was already feeling tired from how much expression he showed today. This really moved it up a notch.
"Hmm?" called out a girl behind them. The two turned to see a well bosomed red haired girl, and a red salamander beside her. Add rolled his eyes again. He saw a much bigger one at Bethma, and at some weird universe with a lot of lizardmen.
"I guess that this isn't the first time you saw a salamander," said the girl. Add nodded his head in response.
"I've seen bigger ones, killed stronger ones, obliterated their leaders," said Add nonchalantly. The red hair raised her eyebrow at this while Louise stared at him in bewilderment.
"I see. This one's named Flame. It's my faithful servant who I knew won't leave my side," teased the girl to Louise.
"Don't give me that!" she retorted back.
"You know, didn't you just sneak in a peasant that was walking around the area? You covered it up well with explosions."
"That's not true! I made the summons properly. This guy just happened to show up."
'Well, he's very befitting of Louise the Zero," said the girl and laughed haughtily before leaving.
"What's up with that wench?" growled Louise. Peaked at his master's discontent, he decided to inquire something. Before he could even have the chance, however, he was ordered to get some tea. Add groaned at this, and went for the kitchen.
He was wondering around his thoughts, that he didn't notice the girl in front of him. He bumped into the maid, causing both parties to be startled.
"Ah, sorry," said Add. The maid shook her head.
"No, it was my fault," said the maid before picking up the piece of pie back to the tray on her hand. She saw Add's left hand and saw a symbol glowing through it.
"Could you be the one that became Miss Valliere's familiar?" asked the maid. Add nodded his head.
"I see. You're quite popular, you know," said the maid. Add tilted his head.
"Why's that?"
"You were the subject of rumors of a peasant being summoned by a noble."
"I'm guessing Nobles are magic users and Peasants are those who doesn't have the affinity for it?"
"Yes, you're correct. The name is Siesta, by the way, and I have the honor of serving here. I am a peasant, like you," she introduced herself. Add nodded his head, but felt irritated at being called as "a peasant".
"The name's Add," answered Add.
"Add? That is a strange name," said Siesta.
"Hey, is my cake there yet?" asked a boy. Add turned to the direction and saw the same blond boy as last night. Anger boiled up inside him, but he kept it down.
"Ah coming right up!" said the maid. He looked at the side, and saw he was with another woman. An evil plan formulated his head.
"I'll take it to him," said Add, hiding his urge to put on his signature crooked grin.
"But that's..."
"It's fine," said Add, taking the tray, walking to the two.
The blond was caressing his familiar, and seemingly boasted about it.
"Here's your order," said Add in a casual tone.
"Oh, and bring some more tea as well," said the blond. He looked at the blonde, and began praising her. The blonde smiled, and praised back. Add turned to "leave" to get the order.
"There were rumors about you dating a first year recently," said the girl. The blond obviously looked shocked.
"There is nothing hidden-"
"Behind my feelings for you, wasn't it?" Add called out with his signature crooked grin on his face. His eyes were glowing with mirth before he turned to look at him.
"What are you..." the blond trailed off.
"If I were to guess, the color of the cape is different per year level. Black for second, I suppose brown for the first year. Like the girl from last night. Got it," teased Add with his grin. The grin certainly unsettled the two, but the blonde seemed to take the words personally.
"What's he talking about?" asked the blonde.
"Hurry up and go back to your business, waiter!" said the blond.
"Ohhh. Don't you recognize me?" asked Add with mock sadness.
"You're the one that Louise the Zero..."
"By the way, thanks for everything last night. See you around," said Add before turning to leave; nailing the nail on his coffin.
"Hey, Guiche. What is he on about?"
"Oh, uh... I told you right? I had that peasant familiar to deal with last night, that's it."
Add continued to walk, until he caught sight of the same girl as last night.
"Guiche is over there," said Add, pointing behind him.
"Lord Guiche!" said Katie. Add watched in satisfaction as he'd watched Guiche try to reason out to the blonde: Montmorency.
"Good for you. I think I've heard you last night that you've been craving for it," said Add, making it even worse. His crooked grin never leaving his face.
"You!"
"It's nothing, just telling the truth," said Add. Everyone was watching now. Guiche tried to worm his way out of the problem, only to bring more commotion.
"Eh, not like I care. Still your fault for two-timing," said Add, holding in the urge to say "you little whore". The girls approached Guiche and began tearing him apart with words and a slap.
Everyone began laughing at Guiche, causing him anger. He stood to his feet, and looked at Add dead-on.
"It looks like you don't know how to respect a noble," growled Guiche. Add shrugged.
"Duh," was his only remark. Guiche gritted his teeth.
"Then, I challenge you to a duel!" shouted Guiche. At this, Add's crooked grin turned from being teasing to sinister.
"You sure?" clarified Add. Guiche seemed to falter, but stood his ground.
"You are nothing but a peasant, and I'm a noble! Not only that, you've made two ladies cry," proclaimed Guiche.
"Cry? Hah! Don't make me laugh, they were angry at you," teased Add. Everyone laughed.
"Prepare yourself! I will be waiting at Vestori Square," said Guiche. Add rolled his shoulder, and his eyes. Suddenly, a girl's voice began to approach him.
"You, what are you doing?!" shouted Louise.
"What?" asked Add. Before he could even react, Louise grabbed his wrist and began pulling him towards Guiche.
"What are you doing, promising to fight a duel without permission? We're going to apologize to Guiche, hopefully he'll still be able to forgive you," answered Louise. Add stopped in his tracks.
"No, why should I apologize to a horny brat?" asked Add with a very cold voice. Louise turned to him with awe.
"You really don't understand the situation you are in. Peasants can never win against nobles!" reasoned Louise. Add looked at her dead in the eyes, his lilac eyes glowing in anticipation so much, they've began to turn to a red shade.
"I'm no peasant, nor a noble. You better watch your words before you start mouthing against me, brat," growled Add. He turned to the crowd, and asked where the location was. Everyone pointed him to a location around the courtyard, a complete empty space. Add turned to walk towards that direction, feeling slightly annoyed to having his shoes get dirty.
"I praise you for actually showing up and not running off," said Guiche. Add rolled his eyes.
"Who do you think I am? A coward?"
"Wait!" called Louise. She walked next to Guiche trying to reason him out to stop the duel. Guiche explained that duels between nobles are forbidden, but peasants aren't. Louise tried to reason out further, but got no response further.
"No matter what you say, it has begun!" said Guiche. He swung his rose, and a rose petal fell to the floor. It began to glow, and a metal clad knight came out of it.
"I'm Guiche the Brass. Therefore, a brass golem, a Valkyrie, will be your opponent," said Guiche. Add's jaw dropped open, and Guiche seemed to laugh.
"It seems that victory is mine already!" said Guiche. The valkyrie charged forwards, jabbing a fist on Add. After the first blow, Add stumbled forwards in pain, but quickly stood up. The valkyrie then proceeded on smacking him nonstop, causing a girl to shriek stop.
"Stop, you've done enough! I've never seen a peasant do something like this," said Louise with tears on the corners of her eyes. Add rolled his eyes, and quickly stood back up. On the contrary, he didn't even look like he was injured.
"If I'm going to live in this world, I'm fine with being treated like absolute trash. What I don't like though is seeing worthless shit like this fucker who would treat people like tools," growled Add. Why Add said that, he also didn't know why. But something about this person triggered a memory of Add; a memory he's always wanted to forget. The valkyrie stepped forward and smacked Add in the face. Add's face was swept to the side, his bangs covering his eyes. He covered his mouth with his right hand, and began to tremble.
"Are you crying? Don't be! This battle will be over soon," boasted Guiche. Upon hearing that, Add began to chuckle. Then he laughed louder and louder to the point he was cackling like a mad man.
"THAT was it? Oh come the fuck on, even Aisha can do a better smack than that, and she's not even the best in terms of physical combat!" Add shrieked, continuing his laughter. His cackling sent shivers down everyone's spine, causing them to be paralyzed in fear.
"Wha... What are you?" asked Louise.
"H-how dare you make fun of me! Valkyrie, attack!" shouted Guiche, his voice slightly trembling from either fear or outrage. Valkyrie went in for another swoop but Add simply dodged without even trying.
"You disappoint me," Add called out. "Even the weakest of Nasods can do a better job than this!" shouted Add, slamming his foot on the group. A sound equalling to a thunder clap echoed through the area. He raised his hand, and his dynamos began swirling around it.
"Sonic Boom!" shouted Add. His dynamos released a powerful swirling electrical blast which blew the golem into pieces. Guiche stared at him in shock.
"T-this isn't over!" shouted Guiche, swinging his rose again. He summoned more golems, much to Add's annoyance.
"No matter how many fucking times you do this, it won't work on me! I'm destruction itself, the bringer of death, the breaker of time, the manipulator of space," shouted Add, his words getting louder and louder. The more he spoke, dark purple and light pink energy began to surround him. The students backed off from the sheer power rolling off from Add.
"I am Add, the Diabolic Esper!" cackled Add. He threw his arms to the side, and let his dynamos let loose of the dimensional energy his dynamos has gathered. The dimensional energy ripped through spacetime, creating several vortex and small ingularities that crushed and tore the golems into pieces or compacted metals. Guiche fell to the floor from the shockwave the vortex and the singularities created together.
"M-Magic?! Are you a noble?!" shouted Guiche. Add cackled.
"This isn't magic. It's something else; something far more goddamn complicated," Add said with a grin on his face. Guiche quickly stood to his feet, and swiped a few more golems. The golems rushed at Add who simply stood there.
"This is Science, bitch!" Add shouted, bringing his hand up in the air. His dynamos began moving around it in circles, creating a purple electrical ring of power. "Particle Accel!" He shouted. His dynamos began to generate a huge amount of electrical energy which Add released by pulling back his hand. A blast with an equal force of a mortar strike blast forwards, obliterating all the golems that stood in his way.
"E-eek!" squealed Guiche. He summoned more golems which Add graciously accept. He slowly walked forwards, his grin never disappearing. Every time a golem would run up to him, he would blast them away with electricity. One blast was enough to scatter them apart. By the time he got close to Guiche, the latter collapsed to the ground.
"I yield," said Guiche. At this, the crowd began to go wild. They were all cheering for Louise and her familiar. "To think a noble would lose against a peasant..."
Add smiled, but then felt pain tugging through his body. He felt something come up his throat, and immediately vomited it out; blood.
"A-are you alright?!" Louise called out. The crowd also got worried for the white haired boy.
"Shit, I forgot to use it," muttered Add.
"Use what?!" shouted Louise. She hated not knowing after all.
"Damn it," said Add. That was all he could say before he felt the large gash on his chest open up.
"Add!" shouted Louise. Those were the last words he heard before he passed out.