Hey guys, it's Kirigaya here. And I'm back with chapter 2 of Zombie of Zero. I'm not gonna delay, so I hope you guys enjoy and comment.
Disclaimer: I do not own Zero no Tsukaima/Familiar of Zero or Kore wa Zombie desu ka?/Is this a Zombie?. Although, original weapons and fighting gear in all of my fanfictions are drawn and designed by my talented friend, Sora Raven.
Chapter 2: I've Summoned a Commoner!
A group of young students gathered around outside, bald man holding a staff among them. Everyone talked and murmured eagerly and excitedly. Everyone except for a certain pink-haired girl. She breathed a sigh of relief, hidden from the bald professor known as Colbert. Who is that girl, you may ask. Well, that is Louis Francoise Le Blanc de La Vallière. Or, more commonly known as, "Louise the Zero".
The students quieted down and stepped up as each one heard their name called and began chanting. When a student finished chanting, a creature of some sort would appear. They kissed the creature they summoned, causing a rune to appear in white light on one of their creature's limbs, symbolizing it becoming the student's familiar. Some summoned powerful, intimidating beasts. And others weren't too frightening. Louise, who was jealous of everyone else, kept a calm face. Maybe she could summon something powerful, like a dragon, or a golem. She had an affinity for magic, and was even impressed that she got enrolled in this school. She was known throughout the school for being bad with magic. She wanted to get through today without any embarrassment. She thought she was going to make it, until her enemy, Kirche Zerbst, ruined it for Louise.
"Is that everyone?" asked Colbert.
"Well, not everyone" Kirche said, smirking at Louise.
"Oh, you're right! Louise?" called the professor.
She replied, "H-here, Professor Colbert."
"The summoning ritual, if you will."
"Y-yes, Sir."
She walked up, hearing whispers from the crowd, who was imagining what kind of lame, good-for-nothing familiar she would summon. Well, if she summoned one.
Ok Louise, you can do this. You can summon something amazing like everyone else. She raised her wand, closed her eyes and focused. "Oh dear familiar that exist in this universe or another, please answer my call. For I wish to create a bond with you unlike any other. My divine, powerful, and beautiful familiar...I summon you!"
She opened her eyes, thrusting her wand. An explosion rocked the school as she did it. She felt something unlike anything she's felt before. Power. Pure , absolute, unfiltered power. Although, she lost the feeling and a gust of wind and dirt hit her body.
The dust cloud settled, and what was left from it was an unconscious teenage boy, no older than her.
"That familiar is just a worthless commoner. As expected of Louise the Zero!" a student yelled. Everyone began to laugh, raising Louise's embarrassment even higher.
Colbert cleared his throat, "Well, it seems that this young man here is your familiar. It's a first though, a familiar being a human and all."
"B-bu-but he's just a commoner! Professor, can't I just redo it?" asked Louise.
"This is the most sacred act as a ritual that a mage can perform. There are no redo's. Otherwise it would be blasphemy to the ritual. Now, whether you like it or not, he is your familiar"
"Fine..." Louise mumbled, obviously upset as she walked over to the guy laying on the ground, unconscious. She leaned in to kiss him as his eyes slowly opened. Still barely awake, his eyes widened as her lips rested on his. A second and a half later, she pulled away.
"The contract has been formed." Colbert said.
"What the hell! Where am I? Where's Sera? Haruna and Eu? Yami? Why did you kiss me?" He said in a language unknown to them. His question were stopped when his body started to heat up fiercely. The pain was really bad, but it wasn't as bad as dying or being stabbed or getting cut in half, which made him think about Haruna.
"What did you do to me!?" He shouted.
"It'll be over soon." She said to him.
He faded from consciousness and upon his hand formed a strange rune.
He woke up in a bed and looked around.
"Oh, so you're awake. Well, after a lot of thought, I've given up. You'll be my familiar, so be honored."
Wait, that's French. I recognize a few words here and there but I hardly passed in school. Let me see, 'Wake, thought, I will be something, to be honored.'
"Hey where am I? Where have you taken me? I kinda want to go home." He said as the girl walked over to the wardrobe. The young man reacted calmly, thinking that a girl like this wouldn't be a problem if he had to leave.
She had stopped at the wardrobe and undressed, making him divert his eyes. A moment later, Louise had thrown her clothes at him.
"Wash these and have them ready for tomorrow. You should be able to do that."
"Wait, I'm not doing you're laundry! 3 girls' laundry is enough!"
"Geez, you're noisy. I know! I should use the silencing magic I learned last year." Louise picked up her wand and raised it towards the blabbering teen. With an incantation, she focused. After a moment, an explosion engulfed him.
"Shit, another explosion? What the hell was that for!?" Ayumu said, covered in dust.
"Huh? Say that again!"
"Shit?" he repeated.
"I understood you just now. Say something else."
"Ok, so either you're speaking Japanese or I'm speaking French."
"So, what's your name?"
"I'm Ayumu Aikawa. And I want to know why I'm here."
"You're here because I summoned you, and you're my familiar now."
"You summoned me? So you can use magic, I guess. But sorry, I can't be your familiar. I need to get back to Tokyo, so send me back."
"I can't just send you back. Believe me, I would have done it already if I could. You're worse than a dog."
"And you're worse than Sera! You need to watch your mouth. I'm not a normal person."
"What do you mean, familiar?"
"Nothing. Forget about it." Ayumu said, thinking that it's too soon to reveal anything to this random girl.
Colbert sat in a library, researching the strange rune that appeared on that young man's hand.
"This is it." He said to himself silently, "But that's impossible. As a precaution, I will have to inform the principal."
After a while, Louise explained everything to Ayumu.
"So this is a place known as Tristein,on Halkegenia. And you're a second year student at the Tristein Academy of Magic."
"Do not talk to me with such an informal tone! My is Louise Francoise le Blanc de la Vallière."
"Yeah, good for you. And so all of these maids go around helping the students."
Louise sighed. "Why couldn't I summon something cool like a dragon or a griffin? My familiar has to be stupid peasant."
"Don't call me a peasant. Or stupid." Ayumu told her.
The moment she took her eyes off of him, he bolted, running out of the room.
Left! Down the stairs! Ayumu thought to himself. He ran down the hall and saw some blondie getting his flirt on with a shorter girl. He walked past them, thinking about how cheesy he was.
"It's that peasant that Louise summoned." The blondie said.
"Don't call me a peasant." He said.
"It took noble hands to bring you in and not even a word of thanks."
"Yeah, whatever, thanks. See ya." He heard footsteps and ran.
He ran past another couple. He looked at them, and noticed the dark-skinned, red-haired girl. He looked down and thought that her chest might rival Sera's.
"That's the peasant familiar." She said.
"I'm not a peasant!" Ayumu shouted as he continued running.
He ran outside, and before long he was levitated off the ground.
"Stop panicking and give up." The blondie said.
"Not panicking. Do what you want, I'm not worried." Ayumu said as he put his hands behind his head.
The young player swung Ayumu side to side. He looked up at the sky and saw something that verified that he wasn't on Earth.
Two moons. One green. One pink.
"I don't believe that such a world exists." Louise said in a curious tone.
"Yeah, well believe it." Ayumu said as she started undressing again. He diverted his gaze to the chain and collar that was now around his neck, saying, "Geez, again with the stripping. Would you like a pole for your room?"
The next morning, after a fight with Louise about Ayumu not waking her up, she took off his collar.
"So where are we going now?"
"Breakfast. Come on."
He followed her around the school into a giant elegant room full of ridiculously long tables, full of other students. Ayumu only got a loaf of bread and didn't hide that he was pissed.
As they walked out, Ayumu noticed a lot of other students outside.
"Hey, what are they all doing?" he asked.
"All second year students have the day off to bond with their familiars." She answered.
"Yeah, gonna have to take a rain check." Ayumu told her.
"Oh?" he heard beihnd him. Turning around, he saw two things. The dark-skinned girl from before, and a giant red lizard with a flaming tail.
"Cool. What is that thing?" He said as he walked towards them, kneeling down and petting the lizard.
"This is the first time you've seen a salamander? I find that hard to believe." She looked at Louise and stood up. "You know, I think you jiust grabbed some random peasant boy and faked the summoning.
Ayumu suddenly stood up. "I'm not a peasant! And all of you need to stop calling me one!" he shouted.
"Well, he's a perfect familiar for Louise the Zero." She said before walking off, laughing the whole time.
"Don't just stand there, bring me tea!" Louise yelled.
He walked through the tables when a floating eye suddenly descended in front of him, causing him to jump back and bump into a maid.
"Sorry about that."
"It's ok. Really, I'm fine." She said. "Were you the one who was summoned by Ms. Vallière?"
"Yeah, how did you know?"
"Everyone's talking about it. A peasant being summoned as a familiar."
"I'm not a peasant. I don't even know why everyone's referring to me as one."
"Well, those who can use magic are nobles. And those who can't are peasants."
"Well, considering that everyone here is dressed like Louise, a noble, and you're dressed differently, so you must not be a noble."
"A peasant, yes. I'm Siesta."
"You're not a peasant, Siesta. You like someone who can do anything you put your mind to."
She blushed, asking for the young man's name.
"Ayumu."
"That's a strange name around here."
"Hey." Called one of the students. "Are you going to bring me my cake or not?"
"Coming." She said. Ayumu stopped her.
"I'll take care of this."
"Oh, you don't have to do that."
"It's fine." He said, taking the cake and bringing to the student, which was the same blonde boy from the previous night.
"Here you go." He said, placing the plate on the table.
"Good. Now go and bring us some more tea." He told Ayumu before continuing his conversation with a blonde female student across the table.
"There have been rumors that you have been seeing a first year student Guiche."
"That's ridiculous. There's nothing hidden behind-" he was cut off by Ayumu.
"-behind my feelings, right? That's the same thing you said to that girl in the brown cloak last night." Before walking off.
"Mind your business, waiter." Guiche said to him.
"Sorry buddy. I'm not a waiter." Ayumu said as he turned around, showing Guiche his face.
"You're-"
"Yep. The same familiar you flew back and forth like a rag doll."
Ayuma continued walking and saw the same girl from last night, wondering like she was looking for someone.
"You must be looking for Guiche. He's over there with that blonde chick." Ayumu said as he pointed in his direction.
"Oh, thank you." She said, walking to them.
He heard something about the girl's souflee, so he decided to butt in again.
"That's right, you said that you wanted to try her souflee."
"And what are you doing, peasant?" Guiche asked.
"Just telling it as it is." Ayumu said as students started to gather.
"What's going on?" one student asked.
"It looks like Guiche is picking a fight with a peasant." Another said.
"I'm not a peasant!" Ayumu shouted. "And you need to stop two timing. It's not right."
Guiche's eyes widened and after a few words with the two girls, he was slapped in the face, causing everyone to laugh. He stood up, slightly growling.
"It seems you do not know how to show proper respect to nobility."
"Nope. Not at all, because, see, I'm not from here. Where I come from, people who can use magic aren't treated like they're higher than normal people."
"So you say." Guiche said, an evil smile on his face.
That's it for tonight everyone. The fight scene is gonna be long so I'll take care of it tomorrow. It's pretty late, so I hope you all enjoyed.
