Greetings.

I had this idea in my head for a while, and just want to put it out here. Well i may or may not update this, but for now i'll probably release 1-2 more chapters in the next few days.

Also forgive my trashy grammar ;_; I'll try write more properly and with some more consciousness in later chapters.

Disclaimer (I don't know why we have to write this when we just a fanfic writer) :

I don't own Tokyo Ghoul and Familiar of Zero

Found himself in a tranquil place, his eyes, devoid of any emotion, gazed on the starless night sky through the transparent glasses. He just discarded all of his lingering feelings toward everything.

The people of Anteiku.

His only human friend.

Even CCG.

He already gave up on everything.

'Hinami is already saved, Aogiri has been defeated. What other purpose for me to remain here ?'

He already did what needs to be done. He no longer bear any burden of someone's life any longer. Hinami had begged him to return with her. Return to the place where he could smile with other people he knew again. Return to the place where he had been accepted as who he is.

Even so, he rejected them all.

He felt that his role in this world has met its end.

He left his ghoul friends.

His circumstances almost destroyed the lives of those who cares on him enough to fight for him. Touka, Nishiki-senpai, Yomo-san, and even Tsukiyama. He couldn't bear the thought that he might cause another life-threatening situations for them in the future.

He already betrayed CCG.

Despite their harsh, cruel treatment on him, he knew that they saved his life. They allowed him to experience a normal human life that even more delightful than his previous life before fate cruelly altered his path.

Even if it's only for a short time.

So he rejected her plead.

Yet Hinami's last word to him had been persistently shaking his mind.

'Onii-chan… why do you reject happiness ? It really hurts me to see you like this, onii-chan.'

Did he ? He wasn't so sure about it.

What mattered is that his friends and comrades are already safe. CCG, while they still hunts identified ghouls, now conducted a joint research with numerous institutions around the globe to figure out a way normalize the RC cells so one day, they may find a permanent cure for ghouls and end the century-old bloodshed once and for all.

There's no longer a need for the entity that stands between human and ghoul

And now…

Fate was about to show just how far his life from over.

Tristain Academy of Magic.

A pentagon-shaped building was known as a place where prestigious nobles from every corner of Halkeginia learned to master their proud magical gift. And a sacred rite known as "Familiar Summoning" was held once in a year for those who haven't summoned theirs. And now, a crowd of excited students gathered on a large court with their own familiar.

Unfortunately, this wasn't the case for a certain pink-haired student.

"Zero, just give up will you ?!"

"That's right, you can't do anything beside blowing things up anyway."

"Go home already, Zero. There's nothing left for you here !"

The student, Louise was fumed with the insults and mockery thrown on her. She was determined to prove her worth through the sacred rite by summoning an awesome giant dragon or flaming tiger.

'Just you wait, I'm gonna summon a powerful being that will make these guys familiars look like a rat !'

Or that was what she had expected.

"By Brimir and the Pentagon that governs magic that powers me…"

"Send forth to me a familiar with power beyond others…"

"My servant who lives somewhere in the universe…"

"My sacred, beautiful and powerful familiar…"

"Heed my call and answer to my plead !"

A large explosion occured right after Louise finished her chant, as if to mock her effort.

Smoke filled the area around the court, making some students coughed and closed their eyes.

"Ugh, damn you Zero !"

"Just get out of this academy already, Zero !"

A blond guy and his two friends continue their insults despite could barely see her through the thick smoke.

'Shut up !'

As Louise trying to put a close look on the summoning site, she could see a humanoid figure.

Suddenly a blast of wind swept through the courtyard, dispersing all the smoke in an instant.

But…

"Hahahahahahaha ! Zero just summoned a commoner !"

"Zero, did you just kidnap a commoner and ordered him to play as your familiar ?!"

"As expected of Louise the Zero"

Loud sound of laughters keep coming to her like a torrent. Louise barely hold her anger and tears while still trying to settle her mind.

'A commoner !? Oh Brimir why do I have a commoner as familiar ? What is this poor soul has done to you ?'

The summoned male could only sat there and watch his surroundings in complete shock.

'What the hell is happening !? How could I ended up at some… theme-park ? This reminds me of Tokyo Disneyland, yet it clearly different from what I remember.'

Then he realized a petite figure walked toward him.

And he couldn't comprehend any single word uttered from her.

'A foreigner ? How the hell did I end up in a foreign country from just walking at Akihabara's alleyway ?'

Decided that he should ask her about the situation, he muttered some gibberish engrish on her.

"H-haaw ar yuu, miss ? W-whuu arr yuu ?"

The figure could only tilt her head in confusion. This made the man felt hopeless.

'This is just great. A foreigner and they don't understand English.'

As to respond his rant, the girl swung her wand and another explosion (albeit smaller in scale) occured in front of his face. He lost all colors in his face and slide away from her in fright.

"Hey, you crazy girl ! Are you trying to kill me !?"

"What the hell are you talking about, familiar !?"

"Eh ?"

'Did she just understand my words ?'

As the guy trying to regain his composure, the girl talked to a bald man behind her.

"Colbert-sensei, can I repeat my summoning rite ? Please…"

"I'm afraid you can't do that, Miss Valliere. Summoning Familiar is a sacred rite and the rules decrees that every mage can only perform this once in their life."

The girl could only stood there haplessly. And then she glare at the man who just slide away from her.

"Come here you commoner !?" She demands in an arrogant tone.

"C-commoner ? Are we in a play or something ?"

"Stop speaking nonsense, just come here !"

As he reluctantly walked toward her, she enchanted some weird gibberish and then all of a sudden, an unexpected event that he could only imagined in galge and dating sims happened to him. The arrogant girl just kissed him in the lips. He briefly noted that her lips felt like a strawberry.

"W-what the heck ? Is this the scene where the hero kissed the princess ? I don't even know how am I supposed to be one !"

"Hero ? A lowly commoner like you is a hero ? Don't make me laugh !" She hissed on the confused man.

"T-then what the hell happened here ? How could I be here ?"

"That's what I want to know too, you stupid familiar. And what's with that weird get-up ?"

'You're the weird one, miss brat.'

When he saw back the crowd, they cringed upon the look of him and one by one started to leave the court, along with their respective familiar.

"Whatever, what's your name familiar ? Not that I would stop call you familiar anyway."

'You little… whatever, I just want to end this quickly.'

"Hiraga Saito."

This began the story of a failure mage and an unlikely familiar.

But unbeknownst to the pink-haired girl, she also had triggered another story in the motion.

The sound of chirping bird flew through his ear.

A sudden ray light entered his pair of eyes.

The ceramic floor he has been standing on had turn into a pave of dirt.

And a huge object suddenly strike his body.

"Gah…"

He managed to hold his stand by using his long blade to stab the ground.

"What the… what's this ?"

When he looked at his attacker, he could see two horses and a carriage, adorned with majestic ornaments as if it's the chariot of a king.

'Did I just accidentally walk into a play ? That still couldn't explain how I managed to get stranded at a forest when I was just standing on a building rooftop 5 minutes ago…'

He cautiously observed his surroundings and the carriage. Upon another look, he could see a man sat on the driver bench of the carriage. The man glared on him, but not hostile enough for him to act.

"Watched your way, commoner. This is the Queen of Tristain's carriage. I expect you to mind your manner here."

The man spoke in a what appear to be French language. He could speak a french but not as fluent as the angry man in front of him.

Then suddenly, the door of carriage was opened and two figures appeared from the inside.

She wondered why the carriage had stopped moving. He couldn't see what's going on out there but she heard the driver yelled on something.

Being the curious person she is, she asked her mage bodyguard to confirm the situation outside with her.

"What's the matter, Joseph ? Is a bandit trying to mug us ?"

"This guy just appeared out of nowhere and crashed into our carriage. Such pathetic manner."

"This guy ?"

She saw the guy in question. In front of her, there's a tall man with peculiar yet intimidating enough. He had a raven-colored hair, a rare one amongst both commoners and nobles, and a round glasses etched on his white face. The man wore an overcoat, completely painted in jet-black. He also wore black attire inside his overcoat along with a black glove on his hand. On his right hand, he hold a long blade with unfamiliar design.

'This man… who is he ?'

After she confirmed his appearance, she began to speak to the mysterious man.

"Who are you ?"

The guy watched her intently with an inquisitive look. It made her slightly uncomfortable. Then he heard the man speak with an unknown language.

'A foreigner ? But I don't know any country that had such a dark and intimidating outfit like the one he wears.'

She looked at her mage bodyguard, and then a spell incantantion could be heard.

The mysterious guy looked surprised at her mage bodyguard, as if he just saw an impossible sight. 'Is this the first time he saw a magic ? Impossible. No matter how underdeveloped the country he was belong, magic should have existed there.'

"I ask of you again, who are you ?"

The man seemed surprised again at first,but quickly regain his composure and began to speak.

"My name is…"

Now, what's his name ?

During his work as investigator, he had the name "Sasaki Haise". But he had a real name, the name of a person who had been suffering since at a young age.

"Kaneki Ken", that's his real name.

Earlier, he had decided to end his life. But upon seeing the incomprehensible situation that had laid out before his eyes, he had a strong feeling that he should rethink everything again. He didn't know why.

"My name is…"

"Haise Sasaki"

'Yeah that's right, the life of Kaneki Ken has ended. Perhaps with this… not-so-new name, I could start out again.'

But why he had decided to start anew again ? Didn't he just think that his role should be over by now ? For now he pushed away those feelings and he should try to understand what was going on with him.

'Haise Sasaki ? That's a unfamiliar kind of name to me. Is he from a faraway country'

"So what's the purpose of you to disturb this carriage ?"

The man pondered at something before he stare on me again.

"Forgive my ignorance, but it looks like I've been stranded here. Can you show me the way to Tokyo ?"

'Tokyo ? What is that ?'

"I'm sorry, but unfortunately I don't know where or what is this Tokyo."

The man looked really surprised again. She wondered why…

"Are you sure you don't know Tokyo ? You must be joking, right ?"

"How dare you to speak like that in front of Queen of Tristain ! Your insolence ends here !"

The mage started shouting on the man, although he appeared to be unfazed by it. Before things escalate too quickly, she hold the shoulder of the mage.

"That's enough. Perhaps he's just confused."

The mage looked at her and put on a submissive expression, before lowering his wand. She sighed in relief to it. She hated trivial violence.

"Pardon my mage's rash behaviour, Haise."

He stared the mage for a moment before he sighed. "It's okay."

Even though now he knew that she's the queen of Tristain, his calm demeanor implied that he didn't care with her status, as if she's nothing more than an ordinary person. It made her curiosity about the man rise again.

"Then, you could tell me for wha-"

Before she could finish her sentence, she felt an incoming danger. And her intuition was spot-on.

Several meters behind the mysterious man, a group of armed swordsman and mages walking toward her. One of them shouted in an arrogant tone.

"Well well, look at what we have here, a queen without her royal guards. Boys, this is our lucky day." Even from several meters ahead, she saw the sickening grin of those swordsman and disgraced nobles.

She could feel the tense in her mind as she didn't bring her royal guard on her trip. She knew that her mage bodyguard won't stand a chance.

Then, several of them started to rush toward her. And as they approached closer, she tried to rush inside the carriage and escape from them.

Then she saw an extraordinary sight.

The mysterious man, who was has been passive a few minutes ago, now slashed the three swordsman in an instant with his blade.

This level of swordsmanship could only be displayed by a few of her knights.

"You bastard, are you trying to get in our wa-"

Before the loud attacker could continue, he moved with an unbelievable speed and slashed his throat. And before the rest of them moved to attack him, the mys- Haise cocked his head toward them and all of a sudden, their movement came to a halt. I don't what kind of face Haise was putting, but the attackers are completely horrified, as if they just saw a demon and hastily retreat to inside the forest. Haise sheathed his blade into his overcoat and started walking toward us again.

What was he planning ?

Those guys, as soon as I saw them, he saw longswords, chainmail, and iron helmets strapped on their body. He just knew that this isn't Japan since their attire was akin to european soldier at medieval age. Did he just magically transported to some backwater european land ?

'Bullshit.'

And when he heard them speaking to the… queen, he knew that they are a bunch of armed bandits. He was trying to understand his situation by talking with the queen, and he was interfered.

'What a bunch of scoundrels. Let's see if I could gain a favor of this queen, although I still don't believe her to be one.'

And what happened next is a bunch of screams and wailing.

He walked toward me. I gulped when he stared again at me. Was he also a bandit ? Or…

"D-don't move any closer !" Her mage raised his wand again and pointed it on Haise. Haise glared on her mage for a moment a let out a weary sigh afterward.

"Don't worry, if I intend to harm the queen, I would have done so since the very beginning."

"…"

Unable to talk back to him, her mage could only stay in silence while keeping his wand steady. Then the queen behind him moved forward in front of him.

"So, are you saving us then ?"

"Don't make any mistake, I'm stranded here and I'm going to find any information as much as possible. So I saved you in order to get you explain this place, and… what just happened to me."

"What just happened to you ? What… is exactly happened, sir Haise ?"

"… this is too complicated to explain."

And now she pondered for a moment. Of course she glad he defended her, but at the same time she couldn't help but to wary about him. She wanted to show her gratitude to him, but his shady attire made her hesitated.

But…

"Very well, to express my gratitude for saving me, let me invite you to the royal palace of Tristain. After we get there, we could discuss things further."

He seems hesitated for a moment. Not long after that, he slightly smiled and look on my eyes again, this time it's more tender than his previous glares.

"Thank you."