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The Red Star-Marked Dragon Emperor
OP Song: Mr. Dababa by Carlos Jean
Act I: The Problem Child, The Zero, and the Mysterious Man
** At a mysterious place in Arc Strada **
The sky was dark-purple, and there was even a purple moon shining outside the place where a boy named Ash Blake is currently in right now. Ash Blake is a short, slender young man with brown hair and eyes.
Right now, he's currently in bed only wearing his blue sleeveless shirt, blue pajama shorts, and his left arm is completely wrapped up in bandages.
"Huh? I-I can't move," said Ash as he tried to move from the bed, but he can't.
Then another voice came along.
"It's all right. There's nothing to be afraid of, Ash Blake. I'll treat every last inch of your body just right."
That voice definitely belonged to a woman, but it was a tall, beautiful young woman with a large bosom and curvy figure, long pink hair, and horns on her head.
'H-How do you know my name?' Ash thought. 'Who are you?'
Then, the woman went on top of Ash, with her bare breasts (with black markings to cover her nipples) pushing on Ash's chest. Ash immediately blushed on that part.
Then, the woman took off Ash's shirt, which revealed some abs on his body, showing that he was training for some time. Then the woman took Ash's left bandaged arm and kissed it. Ash was trying to figure out what the heck she was doing.
'Why are you doing this?' Ash asked to himself.
"I am Navi," said the woman, as a special aroma wafted around the room. "You can think of this as a ceremony. This ritual is necessary before I can entrust you with my soon-to-be-born self, and him."
** Back in the real world **
"Urgh…!"
Ash woke up back in his dorm room. Everything was back to normal.
"Wow. What a dream…" he said as he looked at his left arm.
Suddenly, his 'Seikoku' or Starbrand, started to burn and glow in a deep red color. This is the first time such a thing has happened. Ash could not believe that this pain is part of this dream.
But soon a piece of armor that looks like a gauntlet starts to form on his left arm as if it was coming out of the 'Seikoku'.
It is a red, claw-shaped gauntlet with yellow accents and green inscriptions on two green jewels. There's one green jewel right on top of his hand and another one close to his elbow. The gauntlet resembles the arm of a dragon but in the form of an armor.
Ash was surprised and a little scared at what's happening to him even though the gauntlet was really beautiful and really cool-looking.
But that feeling completely disappeared when he heard a chuckling sound.
[Kukuku. You look like you had fun playing with Navi, sh*tty brat.]
"Wha-!" exclaimed Ash as he heard an unfamiliar voice. When he looked, he was shocked to see a gigantic creature right in front of him!
"Red…"
That was the first thing that Ash thought of when he saw the creature. Its skin was deep red. When Ash looked more carefully, he realizes that the skin was actually scales. It has big green eyes and a jaw that comes up to its ears, where lots of sharp fangs are growing out. It has big, thick horns on its head. It also has thick arms and legs. The claws look very sharp and terrifying. More than that, its pair of wings that are spread to the sides makes this giant creature look even bigger.
Ash's eyes widened as soon as he realized what it was. He sees this kind of creature every day.
"A Dragon?!"
That's right. A giant red dragon had appeared in front of Ash.
[The way that 'Seikoku' is reacting to means that our connection is finally strong enough for me to appear in your dream. It's about time, damn it!]
Ash was too shocked that the dragon can talk to fully comprehend what its saying. Then Ash could only mutter a question.
"W-Who are you…?"
The red dragon seemed to have smiled after hearing that.
[I'm someone who will be together with you from now on. Your Pal. Partners for life. We will be together from now on till the day we die. We shall aim to be strongest in the land and defeat the "White-One". This is our destiny.]
"Eh?" he asked.
[It looks like it's time for you to get ready for school. This is where we part for just a little while. Soon…Soon I'll be born.]
The red dragon started to vanish.
"W-Wait!" said Ash, but he could hear the dragon say these last words that Ash could only remember from that dream…
[Until we meet again, Partner.]
And it all happened just in time.
[KNOCK! KNOCK!]
"Master Ash! Are you almost ready?!" asked a girl outside.
"Ah! Y-Yes!" replied Ash as he put on his academy uniform, which consists of black pants, black shirt with a white vest on top and a yellow tie.
When he got ready, he opened the door to see a girl with hazel and twin tails. Even though she's smaller than him, they're both the same age; 16. She's also wearing a maid costume, which gives her a pass to enter the boy's dorm for Advanced Course Students, Apollo House. Her name is Titta, one of Ash's childhood friends, and Ash's very own personal maid. Being the maid and caretaker of Ash, Titta is very protective towards Ash and sees him as the important responsibility. As a responsible maid, Titta will fulfill her duty from house chores to awaking Ash, to serve her master even if sacrifice is necessary for her just to keep the name of the Blake Family alive. She is also a loyal ally to Ash as she will do anything for his sake.
"Thank you for waking me up Titta," said Ash.
Titta simply smiled as Ash began heading for school while Titta stayed behind and began cleaning Ash's room.
** At the school **
The school Ash was heading to is the Ansullivan Dragonar Academy, the highest education institute of the Lautreamont Knight Kingdom, one of the places in Arc Strada, which the continent is somehow in the shape of a large dragon. This is a very special school for one reason: the ability to ride Dragons. Students learn as 'Breeders.' At the age of 7, the students' bodies receive a dragon larvae and a seikoku, or better known as Starbrand. They give birth to it while being a Basic Course student. After they are born, these dragons grow into either one of the four types: Hydra, Strada, Asia, or Maestro. Hydra Dragons are aquatic dragons that use water magic. Strada Dragons are air-elemental winged dragons, and use wind magic. Asia Dragons are 4-legged land dragons that use earth magic. Finally, there are the Maestro Dragons, which are the evolved form of one of the previous 3, and they master all 3 types. There are two types of those: Holy and Underworld dragons. Any dragon who evolves into a Maestro has the ability to either use Holy Magic or Dark Magic.
Right now, in the main hallway, many students are looking at the billboard at the upcoming event…
"The Aries Dragonar Festival…" said one of the girls. "It's almost here."
That girl is Jessica Valentine. She is a breeder with orange-braided hair, and looks like a rich girl as she wears the female version of the academy uniform, which consists of a white jacket with a small white cape and black shirt with a red bowtie and black skirt.
"I can't wait!" said one of Jessica's friends.
"Are you going to practice, Jessica?" asked another.
"Possibly," said Jessica, brushing her hair. "I haven't decided it yet."
Then one of the students said, "Look, it's Ash Blake, the school's #1 Problem Child!"
Once Ash arrived, everyone looked at him and began murmuring about him.
"How did he even make it to Senios (Advanced Course) when his 'Pal' hasn't been born yet?"
"You know the old saying: [They take after their masters.] I bet his Pal will be a Problem Child, too."
Pal. That was the sacred word, which represents the "dragon nurtured by the Breeder himself." A larva still sleeping with the Breeder's body cannot be addressed as a Pal. In fact, many students in their Unios (Basic Course) years achieved their pals during their basic lessons. All except for Ash.
Ash became very cross after people saying about his Pal. He was about to get them when a hand tugged his shirt, stopping him. The one who stopped was…
"Raymond!" said Ash.
Raymond Kirkland. He's a handsome blond young man with a little problem: He's a narcissist. Everyone in the school knew that, and they didn't even dare get close to him due to that personality of his, destroying the impression he gave due to his looks. It was like ruining your own image the moment you opened that stupid mouth of yours.
"Can't you do something about your temper?" asked Raymond.
"I'm not going to stand here and let them mock my Pal!" replied Ash.
"Hmph. I see you haven't changed a bit," said another voice.
Both Ash and Raymond saw the one who said that, which was Maximillian Russell. He's a smart-looking man with glasses with short blue hair. He's an honor student bestowed the title of 'Dragner' by the Paladin, and he's also the Student Council's treasurer.
"Oh, hey Max," said Ash.
"Ash…" replied Max. "We're Senios now. Learn some self-restraint."
"I…I know, but…"
"Well, I sure hope we have a lot cute girls in our class!" said Raymond, trying to go to another topic.
"You said the same thing last year," said Ash, not impressed.
"Talk about arrested development," said Max, walking past the two while slowly adjusting his glasses.
** 10 minutes later **
Ash is in one of the classrooms that is jam-packed with students. The instructor then began…
"The new term has begun. As all of you have completed the basic Unios course, you'll be spending the next 3 years in the advanced Senios course. You should know all of this by now, but dragons are very special creatures. The Starbrands you all bear mark you not only as Breeders, but also as portals to the astral flow from Astral Zero that links you to your Pal, the partner dragon born within you, where it has been gestating since the Orphan's Rite that bound you to your role."
As Ash heard about this, he could see that many people show their Starbrands from various parts of their body. From their hands to their thighs, to their legs, and even at the back of their necks. Ash hates showing off, which is why every day, he wraps his entire left arm with bandages trying not to show his large Starbrand.
The instructor then continued, "Thus no one but the master with whom it shares life force can ride a Pal. There are exceptions. Lautreamont Knight Country gained its independence with the help of the Vanadis when the Chevron Kingdom entrusted it with the rearing and management of dragons. However, we remain in a ceasefire with Zepharos Empire to the North, which is well-known for its technological advances, including its mechanical and magical engineering capabilities."
'War, huh?' thought Ash. 'There have been so many of these recently.'
"So, with all of that in mind, please conduct yourselves with the pride and responsibility befitting students of Ansullivan Dragonar Academy," finished the instructor.
[YES, MA'AM!] replied the students.
** 20 minutes later **
As Ash looks at his books, Raymond came to him and said…
"Don't let it get to you, Ash."
"Let what?"
"That stuff about exceptions."
"I don't," said Ash.
"But still, how come you're the only one who can ride other people's Pals?"
"You're asking the wrong guy," Ash replied.
And that's when it happened.
"Out of my way!"
Both Ash and Raymond looked at the door to see 3 girls covering the Exit, and a young, buxom blonde girl, with the female academy uniform with a beret on top of her head is trying to get out.
"Why are you standing around and chatting here, of all places? Don't you realize how annoying that is?"
"Oh! S-Sorry about that!" said one of the 3 girls, who is startled as she and the other 2 move of the way.
As the blonde-haired girl walked away, the 3 girls began to discuss about her.
"Did you hear her?"
"So stuck-up."
Both Ash and Raymond were surprised.
"Oh boy," said Raymond.
"Wasn't that whatshername?" asked Ash. "She's in our class for the first time."
"Yeah. That's Silvia Lautreamont. The 4th princess of Lautreamont Knight Country. Her grades are top-notch, but because of her personality and noble rank, people tend to shy away from her. She's known as The Ice Blue Princess."
** At the Main Hallway **
As Ash and Raymond were walking out, Raymond asked, "Aren't you running in the race?"
"What race?"
"That race," said Raymond, pointing to the billboard. "The Aries Dragonar Festival."
"Oh, that," said Ash. "Not without a Pal, no."
"Sheesh, you're still worried about your left arm?" asked Raymond. "If you ask me, that starbrand is bad*ss!"
"Yes, I'm worried!" said Ash as various chats began.
"Is that the President?"
"It's President Rebecca!"
Many students all gathered around to see an extremely beautiful young woman with long red hair, green eyes, large breasts, and is very curved.
"It's the 3rd-year class President, Rebecca Randall, known as The Scarlet Empress. The Archdragonar who commands Cu Chulainn, the greatest Maestro in the whole academy," said Raymond. "Not to mention her gorgeous face and her seductive body… Just once, I'd love to take her on… if you know what I mean."
"Idiot," said Ash.
"In fact, doesn't she have a rival in the other school in Tristain?" Raymond asked.
That question has grabbed Rebecca's attention.
"Oh sh*t! Do you think she heard me?" asked Raymond, feeling a little uneasy.
"Don't ask me," said Ash, quietly slipping away.
Raymond couldn't believe what Ash was doing.
"You traitor!" yelled Raymond.
** 2 hours later **
There were a section of dragons lined up, along with the students next to them.
The male instructor said, "Right! Now let's start our Dragonar battle training. These weaponless techniques form the basis of all Dragonar battle skills."
Right now, Ash, now in his Dragsuit, is borrowing Raymond's Pal, Brigid, to begin the training. Ash actually knew that Raymond was planning to skip the festival race this time.
Ash, whose pal still had not been born after such a long time, had always borrowed the pals of other students during practical examinations like this one.
"Thanks, Raymond," said Ash.
"Don't sweat it," replied Raymond.
"Good girl, Brigid."
As the dragon roared softly at Ash, the instructor warned the students, "Again, be very careful about touching a dragon other than your practice partner. You don't want to cause an accident."
Indeed to other students, riding other people's pals was high-tide suicide, but to Ash, not only it was not dangerous, but it was something natural to him.
No matter how short-tempered the dragon was, it would obediently allow Ash to ride on its back. Whether it was a Strada, Asia, or Hydra, he could control it with ease.
"Ready? Mount up!" said the Instructor, as the students all went to their Dragons, while Ash went on Brigid.
The students were ready. Their Pals were ready.
The instructor then gave the signal.
"Begin!"
And they're off! The Dragons were fighting one another in great time.
"Whoa! Seeing so many moving together is really something!" said Raymond.
One of the many competing is Silvia Lautreamont, with her golden hair tied in a bun, with her Pal named Lancelot, a Strada Dragon.
"Go, Lancelot!" yelled Silvia as Lancelot unleashed a series of magical attacks. The Dragons used some of their magic to shield themselves from getting hit.
"That's the Ice Blue Princess for you!" said Raymond. "Such power! How's Ash?"
Ash is not doing bad. As he and Brigit went head-to-head with another student and Dragon, they attacked first, but Ash anticipated the move, and shielded himself at the right moment.
BAM!
It was then he and Brigit attacked the Dragon head-on!
'Man, this is so much fun!' thought Ash.
"Oh yeah, he's in the zone!" said Raymond.
"Let's go, Brigid!" said Ash as Brigit went on the offensive once again.
'That's the way! A body slam, then a rear dodge, and finally straight for the jugular!'
Ash's plan worked perfectly as one of his opponents goes down.
"Yes!" Everything was going well until…
"Ash! Behind you!" warned Raymond.
He didn't notice that Lancelot was behind him at that moment.
BUMP!
Until it was too late. Luckily, Ash managed to land Brigid safely on the ground. As for Lancelot…
ROAR!
It was crying loudly.
"It's okay, Lancelot. Calm down!" said Silvia.
"I'm sorry, Brigid. I'm so sorry!" said Ash, trying to calm down Brigid, but it too cried in pain.
"Hang on! Stop right there!" said the Instructor as he and Raymond went to Ash. "What do you think you're doing, Ash Blake? I told you to be careful not to touch any dragon but your own partner."
"I'm sorry," apologized Ash.
"Luckily, both dragons are okay," said the Instructor, after looking at both Dragons. "But don't let this happen again, all right?"
"Yes, sir."
However, the damage has been already done…for Silvia. If she was in a normal mood, she would've calmed down. Facing an opponent who admitted his mistakes, Silvia would always forgive them as it was said to be one of the knight's family precepts. But today…
"Sorry, Your Highness. It was my fau—"
SLAP!
…was not the case. Ash felt his cheek where Silvia slapped him.
"You need to take practice sessions seriously!" yelled Silvia. "All this horsing around on dragons is out of the question!"
"I-I wasn't horsing around," Ash told to Silvia.
"This only happened because you were riding someone else's dragon," said Silvia.
"Now hold on there," said the Instructor, trying to help Ash. "He had his own reasons for that."
"Oh right," said Silvia. "You haven't been graced with a Pal yet, have you? That will be one boneheaded dragon, just like its master. Or maybe it died a few years ago."
That made Ash cross. VERY cross! And this wasn't the first time. In fact, it was no wonder that Ash was the target of humiliation from everyone since he still did not have his Pal.
If the insults were directed towards Ash, he could shake them off with ease, and bear with it.
If it was towards his Pal however, he would not let it go that easily. Ash would fight back with all of his strength till the other party apologizes.
"Hey! Is that some kind of sick joke?" Ash asked to Silvia. "What did you just say?"
"Did I stutter?" asked Silvia. "I said, your Pal may already be dead."
Ash went to attack Silvia, but Raymond stopped him in time.
"Sorry," apologized Raymond. "He flies off the handle when someone makes fun of his Pal. That's why he got labeled a problem child."
"Take that back!" said Ash, trying to get off of Raymond.
"What?"
"I'm not enough of a pushover to accept that comment lying down!"
"Then how's this? If you can do better than me at the upcoming Aries Dragonar Festival, I'll take back what I said and apologize to boot," Silvia declared.
Ash calmed down immediately and smiled. "Sounds promising. I accept."
"It's high time someone put you in your place," said Silvia.
However, Silvia better be careful what she wishes for, because what she, Ash, and many other students don't know is that someone flying up high in the sky is watching their progress. And that someone… is a Fallen Angel.
"Hahaha. Well, the one who shall put HIM in his place is ME," laughed the Fallen Angel and flew away.
END OF PART 1: Ash riding Brigit, while Silvia rides on Lancelot.
START OF PART 2: Louise de La Vallière's hair blown to smithereens after trying a spell and exploded as a result.
** Somewhere in Tristan **
The Kingdom of Tristan.
It's capital city is Tristania. It is located in the northwest of the continent of Halkeginia, with Gallia to its southeast and Germania to its northwest. Its area is about the size of Belgium (30,528 km²) and Netherlands (41,528 km²) combined (72,056 km²), about ten times smaller than Gallia or Germania.
It's home to the renowned school of Grand Libra Academy. Its former name is Tristan Academy of Magic. Normally, it's a highly acclaimed school for magical studies, which attracts students from nearby countries. Now for the first time in its history, it's an elite school with not only some of THE most powerful magicians in the world, but also some of the best gunmen, some of the best swordsmen and some of the best unarmed fighters/Martial Artists all attend here. In fact, people from all around the world come to this school for different reasons – some to bring back their newly acquired skills, others to satisfy their ambitions.
Now, for magicians, their school uniforms are in white shirts, black pants (skirts for the ladies), and cloaks held over their shoulders with a gold piece which had an octagon sign on it. For gunmen and/or swordsmen, their uniforms are in red blazers with red ties and black pants for the boys, and red/white sailor uniforms with red skirts and black leggings for the girls. Finally, for the unarmed fighters, in which most of them are girls (73% of them, to be exact), their uniforms have long white shirts with blue pants or skirts.
It is thanks to Sirzechs Gremory, better known as Sirzechs Lucifer who put some of his money to this place, and is a well-known icon to the staff both the new and old of this academy. With such a high concentration of magical prowess in one place, it is entrusted with maintaining peace in the world, thanks to Sirzechs creating a very special seal on top of the entire area, which is almost impossible to NOT see. The school now boasts a 40-acre landscape, with more than 120 buildings, a very tall tower where most of the staff reside here, a clock tower that almost represents Big Ben from London, 8 particular small towers on the outskirts of the large area, and 26 different dormitory buildings, each one being 5 stories tall. And in one of those buildings is a girl named…
"Ms. Louise! It's time get up!"
Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière. She is a girl with long pink hair with a flat chest and is 16 years old, but she wakes up, getting ready for class, thanks to one of the maids reminding her. She is in a room where only the rich people feel right at home. The dormitory has also gotten a big makeover, to a point it becomes a 5-star hotel.
** In the Magic Division **
The classroom almost looks like a normal university classroom, only this time, it's more…futuristic. This school is also very special for one reason: Future Technology. It couldn't have come at a greater time, as another contributor introduced this special equipment: the Seere family. Many students also come here to learn about this new aspect, and it soon spread like wildfire around Halkeginia, to a point where it becomes the "network golden age." Screens can pop up out of nowhere and even use computers both physically, and non-physically. Security around the school has never been greater as well in addition to the seal Sirzechs made. The Multi-purpose communication card named "Orca" provides a phone network (that goes without saying), an overwhelming number of apps to use allowing one to shop from their home telephone, and even a way to receive school lessons. Even IDs and the health insurance cards are all incorporated into the Orca card. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that one's entire life is influenced by this one small card.
However, since some of the students are magicians, it's mandatory to still attend the classroom as the new teacher, an Earth mage named Miss Chevreuse, explains.
"My name is Ms. Chevreuse, and I'm a new teacher here at Grand Libra Academy," said the woman.
The teacher was a somewhat older woman who wore what many would have considered a stereotypical 'witch' attire. She wore a simple dress with a cloak over it held with a simple tie. Over her brown hair which was tied in a bun, she wore a witch's brimmed hat.
"My element is earth. My nickname is The Red Earth Chevreuse. I'll be giving Earth magic lectures this year. So can you tell me what are the four basic elements and the three additional elements?"
"Ah yes," said a man holding a rose. He's a man who had short golden hair which seemed to be perfectly windswept. His face was devilishly handsome and the collar of his uniform was unbuttoned to reveal a bit of his chest. He's Guiche de Gramont, aka The Bronze. "The four original ones are fire, earth, water and wind. The expanded 3 elements are light, lightning, and ice. And what a coincidence. My element is earth. Just like yours, Missus. My nickname is The Bronze Guiche de Gramont. Pleased to make your acquaintance." He then bit the green part of the rose.
"Nice to meet you, Mr. Gramont," said Ms. Chevreuse. "Earth is an important magical element, since it governs the creation of all things. In fact, it's one of the original elements from the Grand Grimoire. We're doing our best to find that book, so we can secure it from danger. And to make sure you understand that, I'll start out by having you all mastering alchemy."
Ms. Chevreuse then placed 3 sizeable rocks on a nearby table. Then she took out a wand from cloak and chanted, "Lel, in, van." The 3 rocks rumbled a bit, and then turned into brass.
"Is that gold?" asked a woman. The woman is a particularly chesty redhead with lovely tanned skin who wore her uniform in a rather scandalous manner. The only difference in her outfit from the others besides how she wore it was the gold high-heeled thigh-high boots. In fact, it was hard not to pay attention to her body and just listen to what was going on around them. Her name is Kirche Augusta Frederica von Anhalt-Zerbst.
"No, it's brass," said Ms. Chevreuse.
"Blast it."
"Now, let's give someone else a try." She then looked all around the classroom until she picked…
"You. You up there. What's your name?"
"Louise. Louise de La Vallière."
That's right. It's the pink-haired girl Louise, but some of the students are getting worried.
"U-Um, teacher," said one of the students. "I suggest you don't pick her."
The others agreed.
Kirche stood up and told the teacher, "It's dangerous. I would rather do it myself than have Louise do it."
Louise got cross. "I'll do it! Please, let me do it!"
"Very well," said Ms. Chevreuse.
As Louise goes to the desk, a short girl with short blue hair and red glasses reading a book, simply stood up and got out of the classroom.
**At the large tower **
The tower is at the heart of the area, and there resides the Headmaster of the school, Old Osmond. He is an elderly man in his 60s and looked every bit a wizened old sorcerer that the stereotype would speak about. He had a long white beards and mustache along with white hair. He was dressed in lone dark robes which would normally make him appear to look like a wizened old man that he was pretending to be. He also has a familiar mouse named Motsognir. Alongside him is his secretary, a 23-year-old green-haired woman named Longueville.
"I'm so glad Sirzechs and his family helped gather more students this year," said Osmond.
"Yes, it's most pleasing," said Longueville, typing on a floating keyboard with a floating screen on top.
"Yes, as the principal of this school, I couldn't have asked for anything better than to be allies with Lucifer, even though he is a Devil."
Osmond then took out his pipe and began smoking. Longueville, as if on cue, took out her wand, and…
POOF!
Osmond's pipe disappears.
"Taking care of your health is part of the secretary's job, Old Osmond," said Longueville.
"You're going to take away one of the few pleasures an elder has, Miss Longbill?" asked Osmond as he began walking towards her at a regular distance, despite the fact that he's old.
"Please stop touching my hip," said Longueville, getting annoyed while still typing.
Osmond began walking around the room.
"Please stop acting like you have dementia."
"Oh! By the way," asked Osmond, looking at one of the apps on the Orca card, "Tomorrow is the day when the 2nd-years summon their familiar spirits from Astral Zero, isn't it?"
'Damn old geezer,' thought Longueville. "A familiar is both a lifetime servant and friend, as well as your eyes and ears."
Osmond then gets a message from his familiar Motsognir on the screen and it says…
"I see white. Pure white."
Longueville screamed in horror as she found out that Osmond's familiar mouse peeked at her white panties.
Osmond replied, "Yes, I think she would look better in black rather than white, don't you agree? Should we sent this to Sirzechs?"
Longueville appeared next to Osmond, looking cross and told him, "If you do that again, I'll report you to the Royal Palace."
"KAH!" yelled Osmond, getting cross himself. "Don't get so angry about having your underwear peeped. If you do, you'll lose your chance to get married."
Longueville screamed again and began beating him.
"I'm sorry! I won't do it again!" cried Osmond, and then…
BOOM!
The ground shook as both Longueville and Osmond felt the blast and several things around the office fell down, but none were fragile, thankfully.
"What was that?" asked Osmond.
"It was probably her again," replied Longueville.
"You mean…the 3rd-born girl of the Vallière family?"
** At the Weapons Division **
"OK! Fire!"
BANG! BANG! BANG!
That voice belonged to a girl with ankle-length pink hair tied in two pigtails that reach her knees. Her ponytails are decorated with red-horned sharped hairpins. She also has big magenta eyes and wears the Weapons division uniform. She hides a pair of guns, in which they are an M1911 pistol, and two undersized Japenese swords or Kodachi. She can wield two guns or swords at the same time, giving her the title of "Quadra." She is an "Assault" department elite rank S(the highest rank) Butei, or Armed Detective. She also has a small scar on her forehead that hides with her hair. Unfortunately, she has a childlike body (4'7" to be exact) due to the fact the she has a "Hidan" bullet in her body. It's a supernatural metal bullet that has the ability to extend a person's lifetime, but at the same time, it will heavily delay all growth in one's body. As a result, she developed a self-centered, rude, and immature attitude, and is very haughty and loud, to a point where she sometimes expresses her opinions shamelessly. What makes her famous though is that she is the descendant of her grandfather, Sherlock Holmes the First. Her name is Aria Holmes Kanzaki. She's the leader of a special group called Baskerville Musketeer Squadron. It's an all-female group where 4 other girls join her to become great gunmen.
Right now, Aria was watching impatiently as the Vice commander of the group, Miyabi Fujikara, a girl with pink hair that goes down to her hips with some of her hair tied in a mini-side ponytail, blue eyes, D-cup sized breasts, and has an energetic, friendly attitude, fired at the target with a long rifle… and missed the target very badly.
"You fool!" yelled Aria, scaring Miyabi. "You're supposed to hit the target, dead on! How are you going to be second-in-command if you keep missing?!"
"S-Sorry…" apologized Miyabi.
Aria sighed, but before she could say anything else…
BOOM!
"WAH!" cried Miyabi and hid for cover.
"Get out of there, Miyabi!" said Aria. "That's probably her again. Geez, that girl. Always failing."
"Oh, you mean Louise? I hope they don't call her THAT nickname again."
"I doubt it."
** Back at the Destroyed Classroom **
Yes, it's Louise who did that, and the classroom is in ruins. Windows were broken, desks were decimated, and many people ducked under some of those desks in time.
Looks like Kirche wasn't kidding about Louise's performance.
"S-See what I mean?" asked Kirche.
There was Louise, covered in soot and her clothes were torn, but she seemed otherwise unhurt. Same goes to everyone else.
"Looks like I made a little mistake," Louise tried to say strongly, trying not to let the destruction of the classroom bother her.
"What?! How is this 'little'?" asked one of the students.
"Your percentage of success is ZERO!"
"You Zero Louise!" yelled Kirche.
Louise took out a handkerchief and started cleaning the dirt off of her face as if it were completely natural.
** 2 hours later **
As Louise goes downstairs, she sees two more of her friends, Erika Anders and her servant, Fine Klassen.
Erika is known as The Doll Witch, which is due to the witch attire that is colored blue, and she is a magician as well, has long blond hair, and has cyan eyes, and F-cup breasts that rival Kirche. She sometimes refers herself in 3rd-person format, but she's a cute girl nevertheless.
Fine has shoulder-length orange hair, cyan eyes, and wears the magician's school uniform and is Erika's servant. Unfortunately, she's an airhead, is very clumsy, and has a docile personality.
"So, Louise," said Erika. "Erika has heard about the incident. Erika hopes they didn't treat you badly."
Louise smiled at Erika, who's more concerned about her.
"No. They said that the teacher carries part of the responsibility, since she let me use magic. Even the class warned her," said Louise.
Then there were giggles further downstairs. The one who made those giggles were Kirche, and another blonde-hair girl done up in large curls with the rest tied by a large ribbon and has freckles on her face. Her name is Montmorency Margarita La Fère de Montmorency. The girl beside Kirche is the one who quietly walked away before Louise did her demonstration. Her name is Tabitha.
"Man, you're having a bad day, right?" asked Kirche. "Since you don't have a nickname yet."
"Shut that mouth of yours!" exclaimed Louise.
"Well, I'm looking forward to tomorrow," said Kirche. "I wonder what kind of familiar spirit you summon."
"Oh yeah, isn't tomorrow the day to summon familiars?" asked Fine.
"Yes," answered Louise. "And I have great confidence when it comes to the Summon Servant spell! Just you watch, and I'll even make Lady Gremory proud!"
Kirche and Montmorency gasped when Louise mentioned "Lady Gremory."
"You mean…Rias Gremory? The most popular student in this school?!" asked Montmorency.
"That also means Rinako Amagi, her cousin, is probably going to watch her too," said Kirche. "This should be good."
"That's right! I'll summon a sacred, beautiful and strong familiar spirit that will be unmatched, even with everyone else's familiar spirits combined," proclaimed Louise and began proceeding down the stairs.
Erika and Fine were worried.
"Should we let THEM know?" asked Fine.
"We should, for safety's sake," said Erika as took her Orca card and began calling…The Grand Student Council.
** Later that night **
Kirche is taking a bath at her dorm room, thinking about what Louise said to them.
"For her to say it with such confidence, and to show it to Lady Gremory as well…" said Kirche. "She's damaging her own reputation even further, and in front of Lady Gremory and Lady Seere as well, which should be her ultimate downfall."
Then, a knock was heard.
"It's already time? Hold on, Sticks!" said Kirche.
"Are you there, Kirche?" asked a manly voice. "It's me, Pelisson."
"Crap! Sticks was tomorrow, and then…"
Kirche made a fangirly scream at the next name.
"Yuuto Kiba, the #1 Prince Charming…"
Excited with her 'schedule', Kirche waved her wand, and her towel magically appears around her body.
** At Louise's room **
As Louise was getting ready to go to bed, she remembered what she told to the others…
'I have great confidence when it comes to the Summon Servant spell!'
"I never should have said that," said Louise, covering herself in her pillow, as she now was having doubts. Worse, what would happen if SHE sees it all? After all, Louise is still trying to get accustomed to her new life as…a Devil.
END OF PART 2: Louise and Kirche face off in a demonstration of spells.
START OF PART 3: Ash and Silvia are on their dragons flying through Albion Forest.
** At a mysterious place **
It was Déjà vu for Ash as he was once again in the purple mysterious place with the dragon woman Navi.
"Again?" he asked.
"Don't be so negative," said Navi.
"You touch my body every night while I can't move. What's fun about that?"
"Fufufufu," giggled Navi. "It's fun. I love your innocent reactions."
Navi gets on top of Ash, and…
PLUMP. PLUMP.
Ash gets a face-full of Navi's large breasts.
"Why are you doing this?" asked Ash, keeping a straight face.
"As I said," answered Navi. "Both HE and I will be born soon, and before any one of us can entrust ourselves to you, I need to examine your body."
"Examine…" said Ash.
"Would you like to examine my body, too?" asked Navi, hugging her breasts. "If you can move your arms, that is."
The gigantic red-creature looked at the mansion again, seeing Ash and Navi.
"Don't be upset. Tonight's the last night," said Navi. "We should enjoy it while we can."
"The last night?" asked Ash.
Navi smiled. "So, tonight will be a different night. I'll measure the size of the most sensitive part of your body…with my mouth."
"H-Hold on!" protested Ash, knowing what Navi is going to do.
The gigantic red dragon used his magic to knock Ash back to the real world.
** At the Apollo house; Next Day **
"Ash, are you up yet?!" It was his maid Titta again, only this time…
"Wake up!"
It was a little too close…
THUD!
Ash got a surprise as he certainly got out of bed, and landed his butt onto the floor.
"Man. I know you're worried about your arm, but I'm worried that you might miss the race!" said Titta.
"! Oh right!" said Ash, with Titta helping him wrap his left arm with another set of white bandages.
** 20 minutes later **
BANG! BANG! BANG BANG!
Fireworks were heard everywhere.
Today was the day. The Aries(4th month) Dragonar Festival. It's held every Aries, and it is a springtime activity in the Academy. It was a clear, sunny day; a perfect condition for the race. There were 10s of dragons lined up, along with the students from the Dragonar Academy.
By a rough estimate, there were about 50 people, and hundreds of people in the crowd. However, if anyone should have looked, there are is a particular person who stands out. A large, suntanned woman with long violet hair tied in a ponytail, blue eyes, having a collar with chain tied on her neck, and wears a black dress, showing plenty of cleavage, and evening gloves, an orange teacher's skirt, thigh-high stockings, and has a mysterious, mischievous personality. Known as the Red Queen or the Crimson Queen, her name is Aishwarya Ray, and right now, she is currently watching Ash, and is recording his progress throughout her Orca card.
Meanwhile, President Rebecca is at the center of the temporarily constructed stage.
"Good morning, students!" said Rebecca. The Student Council President does not have a loud voice, but her words were full of confidence and had a penetrating power.
"The weather is quite lovely, but let's dispense with the pleasantries. The Aries Dragonar Festival is not just an ordinary race."
As Rebecca continued to talk, Ash borrowed Raymond's dragon, Brigid, again.
"I'm counting on you, Brigid," Ash said to Brigid as the dragon nods at him.
Rebecca continued, "The results of this traditional Ansullivan event not only becomes a public part of history, but also an opportunity to show our rival school, Grand Libra Academy, of what we're made of!
"Now, if you participate, you must aim for the center of the winner's podium. But perhaps winning isn't sufficient motivation in and of itself. So, I will present the winner with a ticket for an all-day date with me, Rebecca Randall."
Everyone in the area cheered at that announcement.
"I-Is she serious?!" asked Raymond. "Hey Ash! Give Brigid back! I'm in!"
"Hmph. What a noisy crowd," said Aisha, covering her ears.
"Now, settle down!" yelled Rebecca, silencing the students immediately. "Now, a word from the competitors' representative, first year Senios student, Her Highness Princess Silvia Lautreamont."
Silvia made her onto the stage and observed the students all around the sports field. She then looked at the one person who's determined to beat her: Ash.
Ever since that day, Silvia had not withdrawn from her words. If the other party had been a boy, at that time Ash would beat the crap out of him. However, he can't since it's a girl, even when he wanted to in this case, but he doesn't like hitting girls, and for good reason, especially this one: she's a Princess, and a possible candidate of becoming one of the next Queens of Vanadis.
Silvia then opened her mouth as her icy voice shook the atmosphere, reminding everyone of the past Winter…
"[One must do one's utmost, no matter the contest.] That is my family's motto. That's all."
As Silvia walked away, some comments were heard. As in not-so-pleasant comments.
"What was that? Ugh, creepy."
"She's getting carried away just because she's royalty."
"She should've been in that other school."
"Like brother, like sister."
"Oh yeah. I remember Julius the Dragonslayer."
Those last 2 comments caught Ash's attention, and it certainly caught Aisha's attention as well.
"Wasn't he executed for breaking the biggest taboo?"
"Not so loud."
'What a rotten atmosphere,' thought Ash as he glared at the female students talking about Silvia. 'People are dredging up something from over a decade ago.'
Ash knew about the rumors of Prince Julius Lautreamont. The eldest son of the family, and the one who violated the biggest taboo, killing his own dragon. No one knew why, but before he could disclose his motive, he was publicly executed, gaining the attention not only to this school, but to Grand Libra Academy as well.
Why does Grand Libra Academy know about this, you ask? Well, it's because Julius slayed his dragon in Tristan territory, which proved to be a Double Whammy as mages caught Julius red-handed a few moments later and has been extradited back to Dragonar Academy.
'She has it rough too, huh?' asked Ash to himself. It was then Ash began to feel sorry for Silvia.
** 7 minutes later **
The competition was about to begin. The order was determined by the training practices which were held earlier. Rebecca decided to do something different this year. The worst ones were placed in front, while the best were placed in the back.
Silvia and Ash were in the top two, so they were in the back. Although the Student Council had made an exception to the rule to allow him to use another student's pal to participate in the competition, just to make things fair, his starting position was in the last row on purpose.
Now, to be allowed to participate in the competition was a 1-in-10,000 chance. Furthermore, to be beside Silvia, this was a perfect opportunity to execute their showdown.
They didn't look at each other as they were focused on the main objective: To win.
Rebecca was on the top of Cu Chalainn's head, standing in majestic fashion.
"On your mark!"
A suffocating silence enveloped as she lifted a magic carbine starting gun.
Only the sound of one's own heartbeat and the deep breathing of the dragons could be heard.
At the last moment, Ash had a feeling that he was being watched. In fact, he IS being watched…by Aisha, the Crimson Queen.
'Show me what you got, Ash Blake,' said Aisha to herself as she now got info on Ash after scanning him from her card.
It was the calm before the storm. Then, the gun let out an enormous bang!
And the dragons took off, leaving a cloud of dust in their wake.
"Go get 'em, Ash!" said Raymond, cheering him on.
** Around the city district **
The townspeople were eagerly waiting for the competition to head their way.
"Here they come!" replied one of the boys.
The Stradas and Hydras flew high in the sky, while the Asias zoomed through town.
Meanwhile, Ash had to zoom past the other competitors before getting to Silvia, and on Brigid, an Asia dragon, he had to work a little extra hard.
"Man. Bringing up the rear was a bad way to start," said Ash. "Lancelot's already flown far ahead."
As the competition goes into a rocky tunnel, Ash could see Silvia, riding Lancelot, up ahead, but trouble is just around the corner.
Not only Ash could see Silvia, but he could also see 3 girls all blocking Silvia's path.
"Those girls…"
Those were the girls who made harsh comments on Silvia earlier, and they were to stop Silvia by blocking her in the narrow alley and trying to slow down.
Ash went to Silvia.
"What's going on here?" asked Ash.
"Leave me alone," replied Silvia. "Blocking and team play aren't against the rules."
"Oh, really?" asked Ash, and passed Silvia and went to the three girls.
As Ash went to the far left side of the girls, he violently pushed them, courtesy of Brigid.
"What are you doing?!" asked one of the girls.
Ash had a plan. "Sorry! It's a borrowed dragon, so it's kinda hard to control," Ash replied.
The girls knew immediately who he was.
"Hey! That guy's Ash Blake."
"The problem child?"
Whether it was luck or not, Ash's name seemed to have profound effect on them.
"Get back! Get back!"
It wasn't long before the 3 girls drove their dragons to the right end of the wall…
CRASH!
…and lost it all.
"Well, that problem-child reputation came in handy, after all," said Ash.
Silvia took this opportunity and forged ahead.
"Don't expect me to thank you," said Silvia.
"I won't," replied Ash. "Let's go Brigid!"
Brigid roars as Ash moves out of the tunnel and prepares to take out the rest of the competition.
END OF PART 3: Ash riding Brigid is in hot pursuit of Silvia riding Lancelot.
START OF PART 4: Two mysterious ladies watching the 2nd-year students summon their Familiars.
** At Grand Libra Academy **
While the Dragonar Festival is occurring, the day of the Summoning is finally here for the Magic Division students.
The students from the Weapons Division and Martial Arts Division were also there to see what was going on. The instructor there was a bald man wearing a blue mage uniform and a staff in his right hand, while carrying a handbag. He is in his 40s, and is a fire mage. His name is Jean Colbert.
"Today is the day of your summoning," explained Prof. Colbert. "This is the first exam of your second year, as well as the sacred day of your first encounter with your familiar spirit, who will spend the rest of your life with as a part of an aristocratic family.
Louise was getting anxious. In fact, she never felt this much pressure for some strange reason.
Kirche gets behind Louise and says, "I can hardly wait to see how great of a familiar spirit you will summon."
"Shut up Zerbst," replied Louise.
In the sidelines were some of Louise's friends; Aria, Miyabi, Erika, and Fine.
"I really HOPE she doesn't blow it up this time," said Aria with her arms crossed.
Fine could only shiver in fear, as if something bad was going to happen. Little does she know she's right on the money.
** A few minutes later **
One by one, students did their summoning spells and got some good and not-so-good familiars.
Montmorency watched one of the students summon a weird one-eye creature called a 'bugbear'.
"If a weird familiar spirit were summoned in this situation, it'd be a life-long embarrassment," she said.
Guiche came up behind her with a rose in his hand and said, "I'm sure a lovely and cute familiar spirit will come to you, Montmorency."
"Obviously."
"They say that the summoned familiar spirit is a perfect match for its summoner."
"Next!" said Prof. Colbert.
Guiche stepped up. "It's me, Guiche de Gramont, Mr. Colbert. I shall summon the most amazing familiar spirit in the history of this school. And then, the school's fame shall also-"
"Enough with the monologue," said Prof. Colbert. "You have a line behind you."
"Very well." Guiche then began chanting, "Oh, great primogenitor Burimill who leads us. Bring forth a noble one that shall be the slave of me, Bronze Guiche's slave. Answer to thy sacred summoning."
Unfortunately for Guiche, it would not be his day. After all that build up, what does he get? A Monty Mole from Super Mario World.
Guiche was disappointed, but not Kirche. She summoned a large salamander.
"You sure summoned a big one in the end, Miss Zelpusto," said Prof. Colbert.
"It's a result of that matches my nickname, The Feveret Kirche," she said.
Tabitha managed to summon a blue dragon, and Montmorency summoned a frog, much to her dismay.
"Well, is that everyone?" asked Prof. Colbert.
"No, not yet," said Kirche. "Miss Vallière is left."
It was finally Louise's turn. Some of the other classmates murmured.
"It's the Zero Louise, man."
"What is she going to summon?"
"I'm sure she can't. It'll be another explosion and that's it."
Aria, Erika, and Miyabi were getting cross at the remarks giving to Louise. Aria was THIS close getting her guns out and begin shooting, but she had to use all of her energy to resist.
Erika and Fine knew that Aria was running out of patience.
"You said that you can summon something greater than this boy, right Louise?" asked Kirche as she pats the Salamander.
"Naturally," answered Louise. And then…
"You can do it, Louise!"
Everyone all looked to see Miyabi cheering Louise on. What are the odds?
"Prove to these idiots that you can summon a great familiar!" yelled Aria.
"Prove them wrong!" said Erika.
Louise, getting some motivations from the 3 girls, proceeds to do her thing: Summon her Familiar.
"I beg you. My slave, who lives somewhere in this universe! Oh sacred, beautiful and strong familiar spirit! I desire and here I plead from my heart! Answer to my guidance!"
Unfortunately…
BOOM!
…this was the result. Another explosion.
"I knew this was going to happen!" said one of the students.
When the smoke cleared, in which somehow turned out to be an eternity, what did Louise summon?
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A snowman. Louise could hardly believe her eyes. And before she knew, the snowman melted quickly, leaving nothing.
Every one of the other students (except for Aria, Miyabi, Erika, and Fine) all broke out in huge fits of laughter, all of it pointed at Louise. Her cheeks turned bright red in embarrassment as everyone was quite obviously enjoying a good laugh at her expense.
"As expected of Louise the Zero!"
"Ah ha ha ha ha!"
"A snowman! A snowman as a Familiar!"
"Oh, my sides!"
"Shut up!" Louise yelled at the others. "This is a mistake! I just have to try again!"
The others ignored Louise and continued laughing at her.
"THAT'S ENOUGH!"
…until THAT voice was heard. Everyone stopped laughing immediately and all looked at who made that last comment. When they did, to Louise, Aria, Miyabi, Erika, and Fine, it was the most miraculous sight that they have ever seen! To Kirche, she began to sweat a little bit in fear.
To the other students, they all smiled in delight.
"It's them! It's Lady Gremory and Lady Amagi!"
"Two of the Three Great Ladies!"
"Our #1 dream girls!"
Everyone all saw 2 girls: Rias Gremory and Rinako Amagi, but her real name is Rinako Seere.
Rias Gremory is a young woman who appears to be in her late teens with light skin, blue-green eyes and a nice buxom figure. Her most distinctive feature is her long, crimson red hair that reaches down to her thighs, with a single hair strand sticking out from the top. Her hair also has loose bangs covering her forehead and side bangs framing her face. Now, many students from ALL divisions adore Rias because she shown to be kind, soft, loyal and caring to her classmates (and her servants). She rarely ever raises her voice when she's speaking, even when she's displaying her serious side. She is the daughter and second child of the Gremory Family. She became the heir after her brother, Sirzechs, became the Satan Lucifer, losing his right as heir to the house. However, her father, Lord Gremory, became the new administrator of Grand Libra Academy. It was no doubt that she is THE most popular student in the academy.
As for Rinako Seere…as long as you don't get on her BAD side, you'll be fine. Rinako is Rias' twin cousin, and has deep-colored purple-hair that goes to her knees, her fringe covers her left eye and her side bangs come down to her chin. She has bright red eyes. Her skin is flawless and it is sort of tan. She has blood red lips. She has an hour glass figure and a huge bust. She is the same height as Rias and has the same uniform as her, which is the Magic Division female uniform. Now, not only she is the heir to the Seere house, but she also happens to be the TOP student of all in Grand Libra Academy, and is the one who actually introduced the 'Future Technology' concept to Halkeginia. Now she would be the perfect girl as well as Rias if it weren't for her personality, and Guiche is about to find out why.
Guiche approaches to Rias with a bouquet of roses and gave his best smile to her.
"Good morning, Miss Gremory," said Guiche. "You and Rinako look absolutely LOVELY this morning."
What he got in return was…
KICK!
…a kick in the face by Rinako.
"Like she would accept your flowers, you creep!" said Rinako, who was cross.
You see, Rinako has a BIG Tsundere personality, like Louise and Aria, but hers goes one step further. Rinako is not only the smartest of the family, but like Louise, she is shown to be an arrogant, cocky, and confident young woman, but she's also the Disciplinarian of the family. She's a strong-willed girl with a lot of pride who's not afraid to say what's on her mind, even when directly criticizing her own cousin (and servants).
But that's not all! She's openly admits that she is a man-hater. That's right. Rinako hates men, as she thinks that they're all perverted and useless creatures that aren't worth the trouble, as both Sirzechs and Old Osmond soon found out the hard way. The real reason why is because due to her childhood, both her mother and sister got raped by a gang, but Rinako managed to save both her mother and sister in time after a feeling of rage came inside her and killed the gang with her own powers.
For some strange reasons, though, she still grabs the attention of both male and female admirers, making her very popular. Now, surprisingly enough, she DOES have a gentle side inside her, and has a soft spot for cute things. The fact that she loves cute and cuddly things also makes it hard for her to concentrate on her work. And when no one (and I mean NO ONE) is looking, her imagination often runs wild, but her fantasies are usually about cute girls, and most of the time, many people catch her doing that.
When Kirche saw Rinako left-kick Guiche, she began to slow back off. Tabitha has a good idea of what's coming and waved her large staff and a pair of earmuffs covers her ears.
"I've heard of what Erika and Fine had said, and Rias and I have seen everything!" said Rinako, who was very cross. Many students all began to cower in fear. If there was any one thing NOT to do, it was to make both Rias and Rinako angry! Both students AND staff.
"And Kirche!" Rinako pointed to her. Kirche froze as she was caught red-handed. She knew this was coming. "How many times do I have to tell you not to make fun of Louise?!"
"S-Sorry…" Kirche apologized to her.
Rinako sighed, and then looks at the other students. "And that goes for ALL of you here as well!"
"That's right!" said Rias, who was also disappointed in her classmates. "Don't you realize that you all laughed to a member of the Grand Student Council?!"
All of the students gasped in shock!
"What?! Louise is in the Student Council?!"
"That's impossible!"
"I've heard that Kirche and Tabitha are in the Student Council, too!"
Murmurs were spreading like wildfire, but that didn't last long.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
That was Aria firing her gun in the air, silencing everyone.
"Thanks, Aria," said Rias. "Now listen, and listen well! If Rinako, any one of the Student Council, or I catch you making fun of Louise again, we'll report this to the President and the Grand Disciplinary Committee!"
The students all gasped in horror. The last thing they all want is to see the wrath of the Grand Student Council President and/or the Grand Disciplinary Committee.
Rinako then went to Louise and began to comfort her. "Don't worry, Louise. We'll help you improve on your magic, and get you a Familiar that'll knock 'em dead!"
Louise smiled in delight and hugged Rinako. "Thank you, Lady Amagi!"
Prof. Colbert, who was shaking like a leaf himself, but only for a moment, recollected himself and said, "Right! Now, let's all head back to our classrooms!"
Meanwhile, two maids came to Rias and Rinako and whispered something in their ears.
"Thank you," said Rias. "Louise! Kirche! Tabitha! Aria! Erika! Fine! Miyabi! Come with us! We have a meeting to attend to with the President!"
[YES, LADY GREMORY!] said the girls, except for Tabitha, who simply nodded.
What many of the students don't know is that Rias, Rinako, Louise, Kirche, and Tabitha are Devils. As for Aria, Erika, Fine, and Miyabi, they are some of their Guardians.
END OF PART 4: Rias and Rinako are walking with Louise, who is blushing.
START OF PART 5: Ash confronts a mysterious man and a mysterious girl.
** Somewhere in Lautreamont Knight Country **
Ash and Brigid were now at Fianna Forest, which is bordered on the west by Rubina Lake, and is located northwest of the city of Ansullivan. However, Ash stopped Brigid to take a break as Brigid was breathing heavily and her expression is in great pain.
Ash soon realized his mistake. "I shouldn't try to make an Earthia(Asia) like you keep up with a Maestro," he said, and he also realized something else: He has lost the showdown and his goal to force Silvia to take back her words failed.
'So much for my match against the princess,' he thought. 'Yet, why don't I don't feel bad about losing?' "Maybe because I had fun back there, racing with her."
Yep, Ash's mood was rather carefree, surprisingly enough.
Then he remembers something in his dream.
[Partner…]
That word made Ash's heart beat with excitement. He instinctively felt that word was nostalgic.
Suddenly, a rustling noise was heard.
"Is someone there?" Ash asked. "Could be a dropout." He then said to Brigid, "Wait here. I'll go take a look."
Now, for safety reasons, the Guards of Ansullivan would patrol the forest, but not in this area.
Ash was no dummy. He heightened his awareness and cautiously surveyed the surroundings. Although he hadn't discovered any suspicious figures, he felt as though someone was watching him. Little does he know that not only he's right, but tragedy is just moments away….
Fianna Forest is known to be one of the largest forests within the borders of Lautreamont Knight Country. As Ash ran in the forest, so as to not trip over the tree roots that crawled over the earth like a web of intricate blood vessels, he constantly looked down at his feet.
Ash soon found of what appears to be an old ship. As Ash looks around the ship, he somehow felt that the person watching him is somewhere within this area.
"What is this?" asked Ash.
"It's a Zepharos airship," said a voice. "They used them in the last war."
The one who made that voice was on top of the airship. It was a tall, thin man. Though he was dressed like a magician, which wasn't out of the ordinary nowadays, Ash was shocked into silence.
The reason why is because the man was wearing a silver-colored mask on his face, which covered everything except his nose and mouth.
In addition to this, his gleaming silver hair was streaked through with strands of crimson hair, which brought to mind an image of silver silk slowly shedding blood, as well as the blood used to write cursed scripts.
In his right hand, he held a black object that emitted light, and it looks of what it appears to be a gun.
'Is that one of the Empire's mechanical weapons?' thought Ash.
Now, it's not like he didn't know about it.
On the other side of the steep mountain range, lacking the blessing of dragons, the Zepharos Empire had a highly developed civilization based on technology and machinery.
The weapon the masked man has is indeed a gun. A 'short machine gun' to be exact. It's a gun that combined the portability of a pistol and the rapid fire of a machine gun. Ash knew not to act rashly. He knew that the man could easily riddle him with so many bullets in him right now…
"Are you an Imperial soldier?!" Ash asked.
The masked man smiled a little bit.
"Is that what you think?" he asked as he jumped off the airship and confronts him.
Ash realized that he was in a precarious situation.
"Young man, how old are you?" asked the masked man. He had a Chevron Kingdom accent rather than an Empire accent. Aside from that, the way he spoke was highly refined. To be more precise, he was speaking so-called 'King's Chevrish.'
"Sixteen," answered Ash. "But what of it?"
"You still have an immature dragon in you at that age," the masked man answered.
Ash was astounded and he retreated a few steps.
"How can you tell?!"
"I can see it," said the masked man. "Thanks to the curse I bear, that is."
"Curse?" asked Ash as he frowned.
Suddenly, the shrill sound of air came to Ash's ear. Thinking quickly, Ash dodged the surprise attack as a pitch-black serpent passed through Ash once was and destroyed it. In actuality, the pitch-black snake was actually a long whip, the preferred weapon of the Tantalos Tribe. Those who master this weapon are said to have an unpredictable attack. Even soldiers armed with swords, guns or cannons, aren't match. There is an exception though: Vampire Ninjas. They are the only ones that matches (and rarely outdoes) the Tantalos Tribe.
Ash could then see who made the attack. In front of the masked man was a young teenage girl who was sun-tanned, and was also wearing a mask. Her beautiful jet-black hair was fixed at the back of her head and, despite her petite stature, her eyes were filled with murderous intent.
"Get away from Master Milgauss!" said the girl.
"What's going on?" asked Ash, and then thinking quickly, he turned around and ran.
The girl goes after Ash in hot pursuit.
As Ash ran back to Brigid, he soon realized that the girl had already caught up to him in blazing speed.
"What did I do?!" Ash asked to her.
"Your luck ran out when you met us!" answered the masked girl.
"This is nuts!"
"That's war for you!"
"But there's a ceasefire!"
"The Empire and the Kingdom are still fighting behind the scenes!" said the masked girl.
Ah yes. The Chevron Kingdom (Body) and the Zepharos Empire (Gate Jaw) are just two of the many great powers of this continent of Arc Strada. They have been in a Cold War for over 50 years. Sandwiched between them was the Lautreamont Knight Country(Heart), the Chevron Kingdom's child country.
Now initially, the Knight Country was part of the Kingdom, therefore, the relationship between these two countries would, naturally, be much closer than any of their allies.
Currently, should armed personal from the Empire appear within boarders of Knight Country, this country could, and would, interpret this as a military operation of the Empire.
However, Ash's strength was finite. He was definitely incapable of opposing the ninja girl before his eyes.
The masked girl threw her whip to Ash and catches his legs.
Ash trips, and the masked girl lands on top of him. And as the girl was about to kill him with her mini-sword, Ash braced for the worst.
Somehow, Ash didn't feel the impact. He looked and see the girl looking at him in a frozen state. Ash took this opportunity and tried to push her off, but the girl jumped and landed on a cliff.
There was now a tense standoff.
'She could've killed me,' thought Ash. 'Why did she hesitate?'
Then, the ground below the girl began to collapse. Ash knew that the girl was about to fall. Thinking quickly, Ash grabs the girl's hand and switched places with her, meaning that HE was going to take the fall down the cliff: 10 stories, straight down!
The masked girl couldn't believe her eyes. Ash saved her from certain death. She was confused, but then…
"Jeez. If you can't kill him, then I will!"
The masked girl gasped as she saw a person with black wings fly down towards Ash.
** Below the ravine **
As Ash was falling…
"Aaaaaaaaaaaah!"
…he then came to a sudden stop.
"Eh…?"
Ash was floating in the middle of the ravine; above the cliff and below the ground. However, what he doesn't know…
STAB!
"Guaaaaaaaaaaah!"
…was that he just got stabbed by what appears to be a Spear of Light.
"If you want something wrong done right, you have to do it yourself," said a dark voice.
That voice belonged to a person floating above Ash. When Ash looked at the person, he could tell it was an Angel. But unfortunately, it wasn't an Angel Ash was thinking. In actuality, it was a Fallen Angel.
It was a buxom woman with long black hair down to her hips and dark-purple eyes. She was wearing black, strap-like objects (resembling leather) around and under her breasts, a thong-like piece held around her hips by three thin straps, gloves that run right up her arms with small lengths of chains hanging from them, shoulder guard-like objects on her shoulders with three large spikes sprouting from her right shoulder, and black thigh-high heel boots.
"Man, I don't know what that idiot was thinking, but she should be glad that I've done it for you," said the Fallen Angel.
Then Ash felt immense pain on his stomach where the spear is at. He tried to reach it, but the spear suddenly vanished, leaving nothing but a huge hole in his stomach. Then, blood began spewing out of the open wound.
"Either way, you were a threat to us, as well as the Dragon inside, so we decided to get rid of you and the Dragon early. And if you want to hold a grudge besides the Mother Dragon, then blame God who put the Sacred Gear inside you."
"G-God?" asked Ash before he began to lose consciousness. The wound he had was proven to be fatal, yet he didn't feel the pain any longer. Ash touched his stomach. He couldn't believe it. His hand was covered in blood.
"Now, please die for Master Milgauss," said the Fallen Angel as she snapped her fingers, and Ash once again began the free fall to his doom.
Above the cliff, the masked girl saw it all, and her eyes widened in disbelief. Soon, the Fallen Angel rose to the cliff and in front of the masked man now named Milgauss.
"I have successfully killed him, Master Milgauss," said the Fallen Angel with a slight blush on her face.
"Good, Raynare," said Milgauss. "Now let's go. You too, Anya."
"Yes, sir," said the masked girl, now named Anya.
As the three left, Ash was almost down to the ground and was losing blood fast! Then, he realized another harsh reality: He was going to die, and he didn't even see his Pal.
"I-It can't be true…" said Ash. "I wish…I could…"
Even his Starbrand, which was emitting heat and a deep-red light, began to fade away.
"I wish…I could see my Pal…just once…"
Then, Ash closed his eyes…for good.
As Ash was almost to the ground, someone magically appeared on the ground and performed a spell.
Ash, which he was now dead, was now slowing down rapidly. He was soon floating down to the woman's arms. This woman is wearing of what appears to be a catsuit. She has long, straight black hair, has pointed ears, amber eyes, I-cup size breasts, and is actually a sorceress/witch. She is actually a feared and powerful witch. Half-human. Half-demon. She actually wields a legendary sword named Kongoyasha, and her skill as a swordsman is second to none. She is actually the leader of the Guardians of Gremory; she is none other than Annerose Vajra, the Iron Witch.
"So, you are the one that Aisha seemed interested…" said Annerose as she observes Ash's lifeless body. She took a look at his left arm, which was his Starbrand. Annerose could tell that…
"You are a Dragonar Academy student…"
But that's not all. Suddenly, something appeared on Ash's left hand. When the light dies down, Annerose could see lines etching on Ash's hand as if an invisible pen which was on fire would do. The lines quickly completed themselves, looking like a line of Nordic characters.
To Annerose, she was stunned to the core.
"How could this be?" she asked. "Those are the runes that signifies the contract of a Familiar! Aisha, you son of a b*tch, you've done it again!"
Annerose smiled. She took out her sword and began pointing towards Ash's heart. Suddenly, a magic circle appeared above them.
"I have decided. You may be a Dragonar Academy student," said Annerose. "But starting tomorrow, you will become one of us: a Guardian of the Gremory and Seere families."
STAB!
Annerose stabs Ash right in the heart, and a few seconds later, they both disappeared.
Meanwhile, Brigid, somehow having a bad feeling, took off back to Dragonar Academy.
Act I – COMPLETE!
ED Song: I'm Goin' Down by Mary J. Blige
To be continued…
Next time on The Red Star-Marked Dragon Emperor…
As Ash Blake tries to figure out how he's still alive, he soon realizes he has markings on his left hand, and having special abilities only in the nighttime, including the ability to see in the dark.
Then Ash gets instructions from someone he doesn't know at night, only to get stabbed again by another Fallen Angel, but this time, some of Rias' and Rinako's servants and Annerose save Ash from death again and takes him to Grand Libra Academy, where he meets the Grand Student Council.
Ash then soon learns who they are, and they are all Devils! He also soon learns that he is now a part of a special team called "The Guardians of Gremory," filled with special people with special abilities, and they all have been reincarnated as "Immortal" human beings by Annerose, but they are still contracted under the Gremory and Seere families.
And later, after knowing about the Student Council, along with their maids who can also fight, Ash then sees Guiche's two-timing nature and decides to pay him back. Guiche, in return, challenges Ash to a duel.
During the fight, the Grand Student Council watches as Ash's left hand began to glow after getting a sword from Guiche. And then after that, both Mr. Colbert and Osmond suspect that Ash is someone 'special.'
And on his way back to Apollo House where Titta is waiting for him, Ash confronts yet ANOTHER Fallen Angel, but this time, Ash's left arm began to glow and his 'Pal' is born and is able to fend the Fallen Angel off. Not only that, his gauntlet, or Sacred Gear, has also been formed.
Ash is known to be in a country where Dragons dominate. Now he's going to be in a country where Magic, Weapons, Technology, and Martial Arts dominate. He'll meet a lot of powerful women and magicians, and more on the next act of The Red Star-Marked Dragon Emperor!
And with that, Act I is now finished. Now, you can why I said to expect SLOW updates! Also, if you haven't noticed yet, I've introduced 4 Tsundere characters in this Act. (Silvia Lautreamont, Louise de la Vallière, Aria H. Kanzaki, and the Super Tsundere and the only OC in this story, Rinako Seere)
There's going to be even MORE Tsunderes in this story. (I'm actually going to break THE record of Tsunderes in fanfiction history!)
REFERENCES:
Annerose Vajra, Aishwarya Ray, Kongoyasha - Koutetsu no Majo Annerose (Made by Black Lilith)
Miyabi Fujikara - Juukishi Cutie Bullet (Made by Effordom Soft)
Now, I must warn you. The next chapter is going to have a HUGE Character Dump in terms of the Student Council, but you'll see why I have so many characters there.
It's a good thing I've finished this now, because we are in the "Last 3 Months of the Year", which means the Holidays are right around the corner, and my family takes these holidays very seriously.
And about the Red Gauntlet: This one is going to be an enhanced edition of the Boosted Gear, where Ddraig can be shown, but his gauntlet would disappear. However, Ddraig can switch between the gauntlet and his baby dragon form.
Right now though, I've got to go through those dreaded Midterms….
Yeah….Oh! One more thing. I'm going to switch to the Familiar of Zero and Highschool DxD events before going back to the Dragonar Academy events because if you remember, Louise failed to get a familiar. Echo is not here yet. Put those two together and you'll see why.
So while I study for the midterms, you read and review, and no flames! Flames will be ignored!