On That Night chapter 01: Princess on the Brain
BW: Hey folks, and here's a Familiar of Zero/Zero no Tsukaima fanfic. In this fic, we pair Saito and Henrietta together. Henrietta is one of my favorite characters in the series, and in all honesty, I don't much like Louise. She might have her quirks, like being cute in general, or sometimes she has her funny moments, but she takes bitchness to whole another level. Anyway, I'll be borrowing a little from the anime for this story, and I'll subtle alterations to them as I go. So anyway, let's go.
(I don't own anything from Familiar of Zero)
Having been blowing up most of the day, especially during the parade in the city, Saito finally wakes up in a dungeon cell. He was laid out on the floor, like he had been thrown in, which is most likely the case.
The Medusa Glasses, which was given to him by Louise as a "present", were broken, thanks to that last explosion, which allowed him to remove them from his face.
"What kind of present is this!" Saito grumbled as he sat up and threw the broken accursed glasses to the ground, breaking then further. After that, he sat there in silence.
"Yeah, it figures. I get this crappy treatment…" Saito muttered. Next on his thought process was his relationship with Louise plummeting downward, and then she gets married to some other rich guy from a faraway place, and as for the familiar himself, he'll give her their blessing, and then just be a fading memory and end his life as a faithful familiar servant.
"Screw that business!" Saito yelled, "I should have just gone back to Japan!"
The young swordsman laid back down on the floor. Sadly, there's no way to return to his home land. He might as well forget about it and mix with the another girl. Another girl… he suddenly thought of her Majesty, Henrietta, who had recently become Queen of Tristain. She's certainly beautiful, and nice too. On top of that, she has better assets then Louise will ever have.
Just thinking about her brings Saito back to the parade, where his eyes wandered from her gorgeous face, to her breasts, and long before her coronation day, he remembered kissing her on her lips, thanks to a misunderstand of their cultures. Thinking about it now, her lips tasted sweet and heavenly. As soon as he thought of that, he closed his eyes, and put a big goofy grin on his face, and chuckled to himself, with the pleasant memories of the princess floating in his mind.
He wished to see her again. He wanted to. Louise is likely going to keep treating him like dirt, so yeah, let's go the princess route.
"Saito-san. Saito-san." Saito heard his name being called. He opened his eyes, and to his surprise, the very same beautiful former princess, now queen was there, sitting next to him, with anticipation in her eyes. "Saito-san…" she whispered.
"Y-Y-Your Majesty, what're you doing here?!" Saito stammered as reared up to his feet in utter shock. Has god decided to be nice for once and granted his wish to see Henrietta?
"Saito-san." Henrietta smiled, before unbuttoning her cape, and disrobing herself right in front of the young swordsman.
"Wha!? P-Princess?!" Saito blushed madly. Henrietta, now wearing nothing but skin tight undergarments, takes one of Saito's hands, and places it in between her ample bosom.
"Saito-san, please call me Henrietta from now own." said Henrietta.
"W-What? Why…?"
"Because, Saito-sama, I want you to be my lover." Henrietta sweetly stated, as she hugged him from out of nowhere.
Saito's face turned deep red. He could feel the warmth of her body cling to him through the fabric of his clothes, especially her breasts, squishing again his chest. The sensation was unbearable.
All movement in his body stiffened, but he was able to move his, albeit clumsily slow, down. Henrietta look up at the boy she's hugging, with a cute and equally seductive face. She opened her mouth, as she was about to speak, but…
"Saito, wake up!" he heard the queen say, but strangely, it didn't match her lips, or her gentle demeanor. In fact, it sounded really high pitched, like Louise, to which he becomes confused.
CRASH!
The next moment, Saito finding himself on the hard floor, now waking up to reality. One look around told him he's in Louise's room, and it became clear that he was, to his bewilderment and disappointment, dreaming.
He turned his head, and spots Louise standing above him. Having grown tired of waiting for him to wake up, Louise literally throw Saito off the bed, sheets and all.
"Louise…?" Saito said in a daze.
"How long are you going sleep? We got an important order from Agnes." said Louise.
"Agnes? About what?"
"We're going back to the Charming Fairy."
"The Charming Fairy...?" Saito turned blue in the face. Going back to the Charming Fairy, means going to see the shopkeeper, Scarron again, something he's particularly not looking forward to anytime soon.
"Yes, THE Charming Fairy. Now let's go! It could be an important mission from the princess!" Louise ordered, and dragged Saito by the ear, to which he protests. This is something he has learned to quickly grow tired off. The princess would've have treated him better.
Wait, the princess? Why was Saito thinking of her all of a sudden? In fact, why was he dreaming of her? He would have little time to ponder, since he's being dragged around by a pint sized mage.
The two arrive in town at the Charming Fairy tavern, and soon learned the workers will be putting on a play in the town theater tonight. In the meantime, the fairies will continue their work until the appointed time. Saito and Louise, needing to wait for Agnes to show at the tavern found themselves working there as well. On top of that, they'll be helping out at the play, since the fairies are low on staff today. No helping it, since they have to wait for female knight to show up.
Business in the Charming Fairy is running smoothly as afternoon turned to night, although, there's one surprise, and that's Julio, who had called specifically for Louise.
As the pink haired girl sat next to the priest knight, he wasted no time in flirting with her, and whispering something into her ear. As he wrapped his arms around her, Louise grew immediately flustered.
Saito stared. That's all he did. Maybe some part of him was jealous, or maybe the other part of him just doesn't give a damn about what Julio was doing with Louise, or if Louise actually liked him or not. Whatever the case, he stared at them while Julio shouts "cheers" with some of the other waitresses, with Louise fastened under his armpit.
No longer able to stand the sight, Saito continued his work in the kitchen. Because of all the bottles Julio and some of the other customers consumed, there's a box load of empty bottles that need taking out. Saito was the one to do it. With the box filled with empty bottles, Saito carried them outside the tavern.
It was raining down pretty hard. Perfect for Saito to lose himself in thought for a while.
While he did tell Louise he loved her back at the Vallierie manner, but what was up with the dream he had this morning? Why was it the princess, and not Louise? While most of it was reliving his brief time in that cell, that one scene with the princess he did not remember. On top of that, it seemed so vivid, like it was real. But, there's no way someone of royal birth would consider doing something like that. It was just too improper, but at the same time, he found it arousing, thanks to his newly discovered hormones.
At any rate, his relationship with Louise is not going great, since she continuously gives him a hard time, like yelling at him, kicking him in the balls, and to top it all off, blowing him up and wiping him. Yep, this relationship sucks.
But his heart fluttered when he thought of Henrietta. Since the parade held in honor of her coronation, he haven't been able to stop thinking about her. And since the incident with Julio, Saito hasn't seen her, and his heart would dance again at the chance to see her again. Another one of those goofy grins graced his face as he thought about it.
While Saito grinned to himself like fool, a hooded figure bumped into him, which instantly snapped him out of his funk. After which, the figure fell, like a quick squeal out of their mouth.
"Oh, I'm sorry!" Saito apologized. He quickly kneels down to aid the stranger. "Are you alright?"
"Excuse me, but may I inquire if the "Charming Fairy" is nearby?" asked the hooded stranger. By voice, they're obviously female.
"Um, actually this is the place." Saito answered, but recognizing the stranger's voice. The hooded stranger recognized Saito's voice too.
"Wait! That voice!" the two yelled in unison, while the hooded stranger lifted her hooded, and revealed herself to be Queen Henrietta de Tristain herself, to Saito's surprise, and delight. Maybe fate decided to lend a helpful hand and grant his wish to see Henrietta.
Before anything else can be said, men's voice can be heard yelling. They came from the direction the former princess ran from. Henrietta quickly clasped her hand over Saito's mouth, and told him to stay quiet.
Several royal guards ran past the ally where the two stood. Thankfully, it was dark and no one could see them, and the guards were on another street. Thinking the suspicious person they were chasing ran down the street, the guards went down the same road, without realizing their target managed to evade them.
With no time to spare, Saito quickly urged Henrietta to come with him quickly. They went inside the tavern, and managed to avoid anyone else spotting them as they went up to the upstairs room he and Louise stayed in last time they were here.
Now the two are alone in the room. With back against the door, Saito faces the current queen as she sat on the bed.
"I don't know what's going on, but before anything, I'll call for Louise right away." Saito said. Truth be told, he wanted alone with Henrietta, just the two of them here. But since Louise is so loyal to the queen, it's not gonna happen. Duty calls, or so he would think.
"Please wait, Saito-san! I came here because I need your help." Henrietta said, putting her hood down.
"Me?"
"I want you to be my bodyguard for a little while." requested the queen.
"Why me? You're the Queen, so shouldn't a bodyguard be…" Saito trailed off. It would seem fate is still lending a helping hand. Although outwardly nervous about being a bodyguard, he can feel his heart pump at the thought being the queen's bodyguard.
"No. I'm on a secret mission, and there's no other option." said the former princess.
"So, that's why we were told to wait here, then?" Saito asked. The princess nodded in response. He wanted alone time with her, well now his chance, and he's not going to let it slip away. Besides, he promised to be her friend, and he can't refuse the a request from a friend, either. "I understand, I can't turn down a request from the Queen herself…" Saito said, doing a very remarkably good job of containing himself in front of the girl he has new found growing feelings for.
Henrietta rose her head with a happy smile.
"But, I assume there's danger in this mission?" Saito asked, with a quiet stare. The princess's happy smile turned to an awkward one, and that would mean an awkward 'yes'. "If I let you get into anything dangerous or get hurt in anyway, I'm sure Louise would react violently to it." yes, there's Louise's reaction on one hand, and then, there's his personal feelings about the matter. Sure, he might be afraid of Louise punishing him, but he knows himself well enough that he can't allow a girl he cares about get hurt.
"It'll be alright, I promise!" Henrietta tries to assure the young swordsman. Although her kindness is endearing, Saito still has mixed feelings about this, one being excited to be the princess's bodyguard, and the second, nervousness about the dangers that may be ahead of them. The stronger feeling of all is his wish to protect the princess above all else. And he's still doing a remarkable job of keeping his feelings hidden.
"Alright then..."
"Now, let's set out immediately!" the princess declares before standing up, "The guards will come back searching this place, too. It's no longer safe!" Henrietta took off her cloak and set it down on the sheets of the bed, "Saito-san, would you lend me some clothes that will make me look like a peasant?"
"Yes, sure." Saito said, and began looking into the chest next to the door. The thing he could find was Louise's clothes. "Hmm… All I have is Louise's clothes here."
"That will do." the princess said. Saito turns his face, and his immediately turns red. Henrietta had already begun to disrobe. Saito could only see her slender back. She turned her head to face him, keeping the front at bay, "Thank you for your help. The clothes please."
"Y-Yes ma'am." Saito said nervous, placing one hand over his eyes to keep himself from seeing the naked form in front of him, and the other to hand the queen Louise's shirt and skirt. After she takes them, Saito takes a quick peek through his figures, only to catch a glimpse of her cleavage as she fitted on Louise's dress shirt. His gentleman side taking over, Saito turns around as to not see any more. But, that scene leave him to wonder if she'll fit into that shirt.
"Oh…" the princess sighed, "This shirt is bit small…" she lamented. It was just as he had predicted. Although she successful put on the skirt, the shirt's buttons wouldn't fit around the girl's chest, leaving her cleavage mildly exposed. She wiggled about nervously, as if wondering if the exposure would be alright.
Needless to say, the outfit seems to fit well with her figure, and her embarrassed reaction was cute. As mentally noted by the young swordsman.
Moments after, Saito and Henrietta, who found a use for Louise's tie by tying it in her hair like a ponytail, begin to sneak out of the Charming Fairy, while nobody was noticing. They made it outside, and thankfully, no guards had shown up yet.
"Okay, so far, so good." Saito muttered to himself.
"Saito-san." Henrietta said, gathering attention from Saito, "For the trouble up until now, and for what might come later, I deeply apologize." she said with an apologetic expression.
Feeling he should keep her spirits up, Saito quickly replies with "N-No. You don't need to apologize, and it's no trouble."
"Really?"
"Yes. In fact, I feel honored to be your bodyguard." Saito lightly chuckled.
"I-I see." Henrietta suddenly blushed, "T-Then, let's be on our way. I'm counting on you." the princess murmured, lowering her head to hide the blush on her face.
"Y-Yes, of course." Saito stammered, noticing that cute reaction. Yeah, this ordeal might not be so bad. That's what he thought to himself.
BW: That's the end of chapter 01. As you can see, this story takes place in season 2: Futatsuki no Kishi, which is my favorite season over all in the series. There are also spoilers for anyone who hasn't watched the series yet. I'm actually pretty serious about this, and hopefully, it won't take me long to finish it. As I said, I'll make alterations as I go, and then, I'll do something original. You know, I tried doing a FOZ fanfic before, but I got almost nowhere with it, so I deleted a really long time ago. In fact, I've deleting several stories I haven't paid attention too in a long time. I plan to rewrite some of them, but it won't happen for a while.