Hello Fanfiction readers! Ashbel Longhart here with the weekend saving my ass again here to bring you a new chapter. Today, we get to see Haru's other Phantom, Grim Reaper! I'm so excited! Time for the disclaimer!
(Disclaimer: I don not own Familiar of Zero or Kamen Rider Wizard. They all belong to their respective owners. I just own this story and my OC's)
Now let's get started because...IT'S SHOWTIME!
CH 3: I'll face my Phantom, get a new sword, and fight another Phantom
(Last Time)
ERROR!
"Who is that!?"
"That Haru, is your Phantom, Grim Reaper!"
(Cue Rising Hope by Lisa)
(Nigitta messeji that's Rising Hope!)There was a sudden flash of light and sparks and then, back-to-back, we see Haru and Kyoko.
(Hey, welcome to our special rising. Can you ressence that light? Here we go!)We then see Wizard riding on Dragon and with flick of his wrist, threw a magic circle which formed the title.
(Yuruganai sekai hijou na genjou tsudzuku kabe wa nanjuusou)We see Haru leaning on a wall with Derf right next to him. He then looks at his Flame Ring before balling his fist.
(Imeejidoori nanka janai shizuka ni sawagidashita honnou)The scene shifts to Kyoko who is at Louise's room staring at the sky before looking at her Please Ring and bringing it close to her face as if cuddling it since it came from her brother.
(Meiro mitai ikidomari nandemo shikou was distortion)The scene changes to Louise who is outside practicing her magic when it explodes.
(Youshanai ne itsu no ma ni miushinatteru to abaredasu)The dust clears to reveal a chared up Louise, but she shakes it off and tries again.
(Pay attention! Hey, what is it?)We then see Tabitha under a tree reading a book with her familiar next to her when she then turns to the screen as if she is looking at us.
(Watch your step now!)We then see Siesta carrying a tea set, but then trips on a rock.
(Joushiki nanka iranai)Then we see Henrietta at the castle balcony looking over the horizon.
(Are you serious? No, No, No, don't worry! 1, 2, 3, fukidasu shinzou no rizumu)We then see a child Haru reaching out his hand which grabs a child Kyoko's hand, before they turn back to teens with Haru placing the Please Ring on her finger.
(Shikai mada kuranderu sore demo ikanakucha)Scene then changes to Haru and Kyoko on a hill top looking at the sunset before they stare at each other.
(Kimi ga shiniteru boku o uragiru)Kyoko stares at Haru before smiling at him and hand him his Flame Ring.
(Wake ni ikani tsuyoko kurakushon ga naru)In quick motions, Haru puts on his Ring, places it on the Hand Author, then transforms into Kamen Rider Wizard with Derf becoming the WizarSwordGun. With sword raised, Wizard dashes off to face the enemy.
(Kodoku na mama took ga tattatte nigeru koto oboetatte)Scene shifts to Louise who is somewhere at the academy facing Ghouls. She then uses an explosion spell to blow them away.
(Atarashii kyou ga kichau kedo.) [I believe anymore.]Then we see Tabitha guarding an injured Kirche, before Professor Colbert came in and slammed his staff to the ground, igniting flames incinerating the ghouls that surrounded them.
(Kono negai tatoe mahou ga nakutatte)Scene shifts to Wizard somewhere fighting Phoenix. Phoenix throws a fireball, but Wizard slashes it away.
(Kanaenakya chikatta)We then see Kyoko spreading her arms and unleashing her unknown magic.
(Boku wa kimi to mada mitai mirai arunda yo.) [I sing my hope.]Then we have quick montages of Wizard and all of his different styles.
(Nakisou demo kuyashikutemo tomatteirarenai)Then we see Wizard walking the gates of the academy. In front of him is Kyoko, his sister, with Louise, Tabitha, Kirche, Guiche, Momtmorency, Siesta, and Porfessor Colbert, all of them smiling at him. He dehenshins and Haru smiles back.
(Nigitta messeji that's Rising Hope!)Haru then turns around to look at the screen like he's looking at us and raises his Flame Ring, smiling
(Now)
I was frozen with shock. Did I hear that right? Did Dragon just say that, that thing, is my Phantom! I turned to him.
"Did you just say…" I then turned towards Grim Reaper. "…that thing is my Phantom!"
"Yes Haru, that Phantom is your Phantom!"
I couldn't believe it. How are there TWO Phantoms living inside me!? I then was suddenly picked up by Dragon, tossed onto his back, and took off into the sky because the Grim Reaper was attacking.
It took a swipe at Dragon with its deadly looking scythe, but Dragon dodged and sent a stream of fire at it. It swirled its scythe like a windmill, completely blocking the attack, but caused a cloud of smoke, causing it to lose sight of us.
Dragon used this distraction to head towards the crack and went through it. I turned back and saw that some of the smoke had cleared, enough so that Reaper can spot us and then chased after us. When we passed the crack, the surroundings had changed. In place of the black, void-like area, now stood Tokyo, completely deserted. So, this is my Underworld?
Dragon then quickly flew right and his behind some buildings that his us from the deathly Phantom. I looked up and saw my supposed Phantom exit out of the crack and flew all around the city, looking for us.
Seeing as we were safe for the time being, I turned to Dragon for some questions.
"I don't mean to sound rude or anything, but what the fuck is going on!?"
Dragon looked around for extra measure, making sure we were hidden and turned to me.
"It's a long story."
I just looked at him. "I've got time."
He then looked around one more time, turned to me, and began.
(Flashback)
"It all started when you were being summoned here."
We are now back to when Haru and Kyoko were falling through the void.
"During your travel to the new world, I, who was just a plastic figurine at the time, became real."
From Haru's bag came the plastic toy version of Dragon, surrounded by a glowing light, completely unknown to Haru.
"Since you were too busy keeping your sister safe, I went to the one place where a Phantom goes to when their host has not fallen into despair yet. Your Underworld."
The now ball of light enters Haru. Inside the Underworld, we see a full sized Dragon entering and landing in the Underworld.
"But as soon as I got there, I was attacked."
Suddenly, something hit Dragon, sending him flying. He was able to regain his balance in mid-air and landed safely. Once on the ground again, he looked up to see the sight of Grim Reaper who, even though its face was hidden, was not happy.
"I was completely shocked to see that you already had a Phantom inside of you. Especially one as dangerous as Reaper."
Grim Reaper sent an energy slash at Dragon who dodged the attack, but Grim Reaper then suddenly appeared next to Dragon, scythe raised for the kill. As the scythe went down, Dragon somehow was able to dodge and sent a huge fireball at it. The Reaper wasn't threaten as it just slashed the attack away.
"Since then, me and Grim Reaper had been fighting. That Grim Reaper had taken tricks from other Grim Reapers."
Grim Reaper suddenly transformed its scythe into two smaller scythes, holding them both in one hand, and attacked. Dragon bobbed and weaved, getting a couple of scratches as it found it difficult to dodge two scythes. Dragon then swung his tail, hitting the Reaper away, and then sent a stream of fire at it.
It crossed its scythe in an X, but underestimated the power behind the fiery attack and hit the ground. It got up quickly, combined its two scythes together with both of the blades facing different directions, and threw it.
Dragon used its tail to bat it away and sent four fireballs at it but the Grim Reaper suddenly vanished, appearing again to catch its thrown away weapon and leaving the balls of fire to hit the ground.
"It then got really mad when the Runes appeared."
Suddenly, from above them, a brightening light appeared. From that light, streams of some sort of energy started to spread out through out the Underworld. Grim Reaper then gave out a deathly roar, as if saying that it was very pissed off, and then flew went towards the light. Once close enough, it slashed at the light, extinguishing it.
"It seemed that the Runes had come with a Mind Control spell and Grim Reaper didn't like that very much. It surprised me that it showed that it had the ability to annihilate magic. A scary ability, no? But it seems that not all of the Runes powers were destroyed, but he left it alone as it was not a threat, rather, it was strengthening your magic within you."
(Flashback End)
"And then we continued to fight until you showed up."
I was speechless. All of that was happening inside of me? I wondered why I didn't feel pain. A thought then occurred to me. I looked up at Dragon.
"Your fight with it didn't cause any negative affects?"
"It should have."
I looked at him, confused. "Should have?"
"We were fighting inside of you of course. Our fight should have caused great pain to flow through out your entire body as we were damaging your Underworld. Heck, I'm surprised you were able to cast magic during your duel with that human blond."
I then wondered something and asked. "Does having two Phantoms inside of me do anything to me?"
"Well, for one thing, since you have more than one Phantom in here, your magic is split between us, thus not being able to call upon the full extent of your magic as you are using me to call upon your magic and not him, but there is a good side to having more than one Phantom."
"What is it?"
"Since you have more than one Phantom inside of you, you are able to produce more magical power."
I developed a surprised expression. I can produce more magical power? Well, isn't that handy. Suddenly.
CRASH!
The buildings that hid us were destroyed and in its place was my other Phantom. That's not good. Dragon then quickly grabbed me by using its mouth and rolled out of the way; dodging an incoming scythe attack that stabbed the place we were just at.
"Haru, we have to stop him!"
You don't have to tell me twice, but I sensed there was another meaning to what he said.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"Didn't you feel any kind of pain before you got here?"
I then think about what happened before I got here. Pain.
"I felt pain before I got here."
"Then that's a sign that my battle with Grim Reaper has taken its toll on you."
Another thought then just occurred to me.
"Is this like how Haruto battles inside another person's Underworld?"
"Yes. It's exactly like that. Since you have two Phantoms inside of you and we're battling, it's going to cause damage to your Underworld."
"So what do we do? Kill it?"
"That's a big no no."
I was confused. "What do you mean?"
"Remember, I was just a toy before we came here while Grim Reaper here was always inside of you from the very beginning. He's your Phantom, thus making him your main source of magic. I am something like a substitute, a backup generator. If you decide to destroy Reaper, that would mean destroying your main source of energy and as a backup generator, I won't last long."
I then think for awhile. If we can't destroy him then maybe…
"How about we seal him?"
"That might work." He then asked me. "But, what are we going to use? As I already told you, Grim Reaper has the ability to destroy magic and I doubt anything here will keep him sealed."
That's a good point. How do we seal Reaper? I then realized something. This is my Underworld, which means I can probably do anything I want in here. Grim Reaper can destroy magic, but can he destroy my magic?
I then raised my left hand and concentrated. In a flash of light, a ring was on it. This was not just any ring, no; in my hand was the Infinity Ring.
I showed Dragon this. "What if we use this?"
"The Infinity Ring!?" Dragon developed a shocked expression. "What are you getting at?"
I explained. "In the show, the Infinity Ring was made by Haruto's hope and magic. Since this became real, it should embody my magic."
Dragon didn't get what I was trying to say and asked. "Your point?"
"This Ring should embody my magic. You said Grim Reaper can destroy magic, but can he destroy my magic." I evasive the my when I told him this.
Dragon then understood what I was saying. "That's right! Grim Reaper is the source of your magic and the Infinity Ring embodies that magic. Even if he were to destroy it, that would be the same thing as trying to kill himself! Haru, you're a genius!"
I blushed a little at the compliment and scratch my head. "Oh stop it! You're making me blush-Whoa!"
Me and Dragon barely dodged Reaper's attack. It seemed Reaper has finally caught up to us and even though its face was hidden, I could tell it was mad. Although, I have this suspicion that it's always mad.
"Ikuze! Dragon!" And by my command, Dragon roared and charged straight towards Grim Reaper who was getting ready to attack back.
As we were heading towards my Phantom, I quickly took out my Bind Ring and slipped it on. When Dragon and I were close enough, Dragon ducked under the attack and I jumped off, landing on the scythe and hanging on for dear life. I then decided to go YOLO and jump off of the scythe so that me and Reaper were face to face…er, hood. Then, with the hand that was holding the Infinity Ring, I punched where its forehead would be. Then, from the Infinity Ring, came beautiful streams of what I guess is magic, surrounding Reaper in a sphere. I then activated my Bind Ring.
BIND! PLEASE!
I quickly let go of the Infinity Ring and stretched out my other hand. From there, chains shot out and wrapped around Reaper. It tried to break free, but it was no use as its entire body, except the hood covered head, was wrapped in chains. After that was done, a blinding flash of light appeared and after that, Grim Reaper was nowhere to be found. I started falling, but Dragon caught me as I landed on his back.
"Well, that was a thing." I said, kinda tired as I lay down on my back. "Dragon, can you sense anything wrong with me?"
"No, you're good. Your Underworld is still good as new and I don't sense any drop in magic."
'That's good to know.' I thought as I breathed a sigh of relief. I then asked. "So, what now?"
"I think it's time you go back to the real world. Your sister's crying."
I instantly sprang up to my feet. "Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go!"
Dragon then muttered. "Siscon." Oh, no he didn't.
I glared at him. "You did not just call me a siscon."
"Oh, look! Time to go!" Before I could get another answer out of him, I started to vanish.
"I AM NOT A SISCON!" I yelled out to him.
"Yeah, keep telling yourself that."
And that was the last thing I heard from him and completely vanished, returning to the real world.
(Real World, Louise's Room)
The first thing I felt when I regained conscious was something moist. I slowly opened my eyes and saw I was resting on Louise's bed. Then I heard it.
*sob*
I looked up a little and saw my near imouto, Kyoko, crying above me and holding my left hand.
"Onii-chan, wake up, please!" Hearing her voice so full of sadness was like a thousand knives stabbing my heart.
I reached out with my other hand to wipe away her tears. She gasped and looked at me.
"Onii-chan! You're awake!"
I smiled. "Sorry for making you worry."
She then suddenly let go of my hand and then embraced me in a loving hug.
"You're finally awake! Thank goodness!" Kyoko cried out in happiness, crying with joy.
"Oi, oi. Enough with the tears." I said as I hugged back.
Two voices cried out. "Haru!"
I turned towards the direction of the new voices to see Siesta and Louise, both having relieved faces.
"Thank goodness you're awake." Siesta said.
"You had us worried when you suddenly collapsed like that, stupid familiar." And Louise is still Louise, but I could tell that she was relieved to see me OK.
"Onii-chan Baka!" Kyoko suddenly said to me. "Don't ever scare me like that."
I just smiled and rubbed her head. "I'll try."
"Anyway. " Louise began, making me turn to her. "What happened Haru?"
I decided to explain to them what happened. "It turns out that I have a second Phantom inside of me."
"WHAT!?" All of the girls shouted.
"I know, it was a surprise to me too. It turns out that my two Phantoms were fighting inside of me, causing damage to my body."
"Are you alright?" Siesta asked, worried.
I gave a kind smile to her which made her blush for some reason. "Don't worry, I'm fine. One of my Phantoms helped me seal the other one away."
Louise asked. "Which Phantom helped you?"
I gave a one word answer. "Dragon."
My answer made all the girls develop a surprised expression.
"Dragon!? You have something like that as one of your Phantoms!?" Louise asked.
I gave out a blunt, one-word answer. "Yes."
"What was the other one?" This time, Kyoko asked.
"Grim Reaper." I answered and I could have sworn I heard the sound of glass breaking. Did someone break their window?
"G-G-G-G-GRIM REAPER!" Louise yelled out in surprise.
"You have something that deadly as a Phantom!?" Siesta asked.
I nod. "Yeah. It was a surprise for me too. He was really dangerous and tried to kill me."
"So that was the one you sealed?" Kyoko ask which I responded with a nod.
"So, how did you seal it?' Louise asked, calming down a bit along with the rest of the girls.
"Well I tell you, it wasn't easy. Almost died a couple of times and it didn't help that the guy could destroy magic." As soon as I said that, I heard more glass breaking. OK, seriously, where is that coming from?
"I-I-I-IT COULD DESTROY MAGIC!?" Louise screamed in shock and horror.
I was unfazed by her scream and just nodded. "Yeah. Thankfully, he can't destroy my magic as he is the source of it and I used my magic to seal him."
It seems that Siesta and Louise were more surprised about a being that could possibly wipe out all magic in this world. Kyoko was still a bit surprised that I had a Grim Reaper for a Phantom. I looked outside and was surprised that it was nighttime already. How long have I been asleep?
"Whoa! Look at the time! Time we head to bed." I said as I got off the bed and lay down on the pile of hay and snapping the girls out of their trance.
Siesta then said goodbye and went to where all of the people who worked here, I refuse to call them servants, stayed. Louise and Kyoko just gave me a goodnight and slipped into bed.
(Morning)
I woke up early; sleeping on a pile of hay can do that to you, and stretched to get out the kinks in my back. I turned to my left to see Louise and Kyoko sleeping peacefully like little angels. I decided not to wake them up and head out to get some Breakfast for it is the most important meal of the day.
I walked through the halls of the Academy, glad I took the time earlier to map out the place for this place was HUGE! As I was walking, I spotted Siesta, guess people that work here have to get up early, hang clothes out to dry.
I waved and called out to her. "Oi! Siesta!"
She heard me and turned towards me as I walked up to her.
"Oh, good morning Haru." Siesta greeted.
I greeted back. "Morning." I then looked at the clothes she was drying. "Up early to dry these clothes?"
She nodded. "Yes. What are you doing up so early?"
"I was going to find out where I could get some Breakfast." I answered.
"Oh! In that case." She then took my hand and led me somewhere.
"Where are we going?" I asked.
"To the Kitchen. If you want food, then I'm sure Marteau can cook you something nice." She then led me straight towards the Kitchen. It looked like a kitchen you see in a restaurants, people running left and right to get ingredients for whatever they were about to cook.
Siesta then seated me to a table and left to get some food. During my wait, I decided to look around again. The people here were working really hard, it kind of impressed me. Siesta then came back with a tray of food and along with her was who I think was the head chef.
He was a chubby guy, but from his arms I can tell that he could pull his own weight. He was a bearded man and was wearing a chef outfit. This guy must be Marteau.
"Sorry for the wait. Here you go." She then layed the food out for me. It was simple, a bowl of soup that smelled real good and a couple loafs of bread. "These are leftovers from last night's dinner, but I hope you enjoy."
"Thank you." I said.
I then dug in and holy Jesus! This is some good food and these are leftovers?
"This is really good!" I complimented.
"Haha! Nice to someone appreciating good food." Marteau said.
I turned to him. "You must be Marteau."
He nodded. "Yes, and you must be Haru. Siesta has told us so much about you." He then gave me a serious look. "So tell me. Is it true? You can do magic, but you're not a noble?"
Everyone in the kitchen stopped what they were doing to listen in. I gave my answer. "Yes, it's true. I'm not a noble, yet I can do magic. Don't compare me to those spoiled brats."
The serious face on Marteau then vanished as he suddenly laughed. "Hahaha! Well said." He then patted me on the back. "Go ahead; eat up "Our Sword!"
I took a bite out of some bread and looked at him. "Our Sword?"
"That's right. You knocked out one of those nobles off his high horse and you're a commoner who can use magic. You're the pride of us commoners: Our Sword!"
I laughed a little at this. I've heard worse nicknames out there and in anime, it could be worse I suppose.
"Well, at first, I was just trying to what's right, but then it became personal." I said.
"Personal?" Marteau had a curious expression, so I Just told him.
"He dragged my sister into our little duel and on one messes with my sister."
Marteau then turned to his coworkers. "You see this? A true master never boasts about his skills and he's very protective of his family! Other Nobles should follow his example."
Since when am I a master? I was just lucky that my stuff became real and I knew the skills that were necessary to use them beforehand.
"Anyway, come back to the kitchen anytime you want a bite to eat. I, the great chef Marteau shall cook anything you'll like and make it taste great. It's my own form of magic." Said Marteau.
"Oh really? No wonder this taste so good." I said.
"You're a great guy, Haru!" Marteau said as he wrapped one are around me. "You're so great that I just want to kiss you right now!"
I then pushed him away and simply said. "No. Way."
Marteau and everyone laughed at that and went back to work, chattering amongst each other. This place has a good atmosphere. As I went back to eating, I saw Siesta smiling at me and I just returned the smile and continued eating.
(Academy gates, 3 hours later)
I am now standing next to the gates of the Academy with Louise and Kyoko. You see people, today is something called the 'Day of the Void' and all students have a day off. Since it's a day off, I had asked Louise if we could all go into town so me and Kyoko can get some new clothes and a weapon for me. Louise agreed and went to go get some horses for us, but I stopped her, saying I have a faster means of travel which I do.
I had gone to the shed to retrieve my Machine Winger, not wanting to waste my magic, and was now on it with Louise and Kyoko. It was tight squeeze, but we somehow managed to make room.
"A-Are you sure this is safe to ride?" Louise asked nervously. Kyoko also looked nervous.
"It's fine. The Machine Winger is perfectly safe." I said, trying to calm them down.
"I'm not sure about this Onii-chan." Kyoko said nervously. Louise also agreeing.
"Relax you two. There's nothing to worry about." I said.
"W-Well..."Louise began.
"If you say so." And then Kyoko finished the sentence.
VROOM!
"AH! LET ME OFF! LET ME OFF!" Both Louise and Kyoko said.
"Girls, I just turned it on." I said.
"Huh?" They both blinked and saw that we're still stationary. "Oh…" Both of them then blushed in embarrassment.
I chuckled a little. I swear, these two could be sisters.
"Like I said, relax." I said. I'll try to make the ride as smooth as possible, so don't worry."
They nodded and I then gave each of us a helmet. "You'll need these."
They put on the helmets and gave me a look that they were ready. I nodded and just when I was about to go.
"By the way..." They looked at me. "I lied."
VROOM!
"AHHHHHHH!" The girls screamed as we took off at maximum speed with me laughing.
(Town Square)
Once we were close to reaching out destination, I parked and hid the Machine Winger so people would not look at me weird. I got off and looked at the girls. While Kyoko seemed a little wobbly, she looked okay. On the other hand, Louise looked like she was about to puke.
"You okay you two?" I asked.
"H-Hai, Onii-chan." Kyoko responded.
"Do I…look okay?" Louise mumbled back.
"Maybe I should have gone slower?" I said.
"You think!?" Louise said. "Let's just get going."
"Hai, hai." I waved off as we entered into town.
"What did you say?" Louise asked.
"I said yes, yes." I said, forgetting that people here don't speak Japanese. "So, where can we find the shops we need?"
"The clothing store is just down this way." Louise pointed in one direction. "The weapon shop should be around here somewhere." Louise frowned, although I can't blame her. The streets were bustling with energy, not to mention crowed too.
I then had an idea. "I think I can help with that." I dug into my pocket and pulled out my Garuda Ring. "I think it's time you met one of my familiars."
GARUDA! PLEASE!
Suddenly, from thin air, appeared a small tray, surprising the girls, before the parts started to float up and was put together to create the Garuda PlaMonster and the tray disappeared. I then took off my ring and placed it on its chest, making it come to life, chirping.
"Aww, Kawaii!" Kyoko giggled.
"Think you can help us find a weapon shop?" I asked it and it nodded its head. "I'm counting on you."
And with that, it flew away.
"Well Louise, I think it's time for me and Kyoko to get some new clothes." And with that, we continued to walk down the street until we got to our shop. The one at the store was a nice looking lady.
"Ms. Quinn." Louise called out to the woman.
She turned to us. "Ah, Miss Louise, good to see you."
"You know each other?" I asked Louise.
"Yes. She's the one who repairs my uniform whenever I… have one of my accidents." Louise said.
I tilted my head, not knowing what she meant.
"What can I do for you today?" asked Ms. Quinn
"I need some extra clothes for these two." Louise pointed at us as she said that.
"Sure. Anything you recommend?"
Just as Louise was about to say something, I stepped in. "I'll take it from here Louise." I turned to Ms. Quinn and asked. "Can you customize clothes?"
She nodded. "Yes. Anything you have in mind?"
I nod and asked if she had a paper and anything I could write with. She nodded and came back with a piece of paper and a pencil. I immediately got to drawing. Wonder what I'm drawing? Well, I drawing the male and female uniforms from The Irregular at Magic High school, the uniforms for the Black Order from Man, the uniforms for Ashford Academy from Code Geass plus the Zero outfit for me, I asked if she can somehow get the helmet for me, Takuto's Galactic Pretty Boy outfit from Star Driver for me too, Louise had kept telling me to get something that made me look like a noble, and finally, the ZAFT uniforms from Gundam Seed.
I looked at my drawings to make sure I didn't miss anything and then gave it to Quinn who had a flabbergasted expression when I showed her what I want made.
"Think you can make these?" I asked.
"Of course! Leave it to me!" Ms. Quinn seemed excited when she said that. "But first, I need to take both of your measurements."
I just replied with a simple, "Sure."
As Quinn was finishing up with our measurements, Garuda came back.
"You found it?" I asked. It just chirped and nodded.
I turned to Louise and said that he found the next place we need to go. We thanked Quinn and followed Garuda. During the walk, I noticed something while we were walking.
"Louise, how come none of these stores have words on them?" I asked as what I said was true. Every store we pass by has a sign hanging off from it, but only showed a picture of what they were selling and no words.
Louise answered. "That's because some commoners can't read."
Her answer made me stop walking. Louise and Kyoko looked at me as I was staring at Louise unbelievably.
"You're kidding me…right?" Unfortunately, she wasn't.
"What's so unbelievable about it?" Louise asked, looking like illiterate was perfectly normal.
I explained to her. "Being able to read and write are the basics of the basics in society, Louise. How come they're not taught how to read and write?"
Before Louise could speak, I took out my Driver On Ring and slipped it on, clearly showing that I was angry. "And I hope you'll give me a good answer."
Louise started sweating a little with a look of worry and fear on her face, remembering the last time I was angry.
"W-Well, it's basically because commoners just can't dedicate themselves to it." Louise began explaining. "They usually don't have the resources to enter schools and learn the skill. Even if they did, many of them won't, for they don't have the time to dedicate to it due to the trades and skills they must learn from their masters or families. The ones that do usually deal with the written words are the scribes, copiers, and librarians."
"That's just not right." I grumbled.
"That's just the way things are. "Louise regained back her nerves as she just shrugged. "You make it sound like everyone can read and write in your homeland."
"They can." I frowned. "All people of Earth can read and write, go to school, and learn a set of skills which their families don't teach to them. If you want to be a scholar, an artist, or anything else, you go learn it." Kyoko nodded her head in agreement as my anger cooled down a bit.
"What a weird place you two came from then…" I heard Louise said.
A~nd anger rising. "WHAT DID YOU SAY!?"
Louise jumped back as my voice had attracted some attention. Kyoko then stood in front of Louise.
"Onii-chan, stop! You don't have to take your anger out on Louise!"
I looked at her for a few seconds and then forced my anger to cool down. I then continued to follow Garuda towards the Weapon shop. We rounded a corner and came upon a shop a picture of a sword on the sign.
"This must be the place." I then turned towards Garuda. "Good job little guy, why don't you rest for awhile?" The Red Garuda chirped and then vanished as I caught its ring.
"Shall we?" Louise asked.
"Might as well" I said as we enter the shop. The place was small with a few windows and swords on shelves and piled in wooden barrels. At the desk was probably the shop's owner and let me tell you, I have never seen anyone resembling a rat so much in my life.
"Ah, customers!" The shop owner said, rubbing his hands together. "Welcome to my humble shop. What can I do for you three?"
"Simple, I need a sword." I said as I decided to take the lead in negotiation.
"And what kind of sword would you like?" The shop owner asked.
"Show me any sword you got and we'll start from there."
The man grinned. "I think I just might have what you need." He then went to the back and a couple of minutes later, returned with the flashiest sword I have ever seen. I took hold of it and even though I'm a novice about swords, even I can tell that this thing is useless.
Unfortunately, Louise and Kyoko could not.
"Wow! It's beautiful!" Louise awed.
"So pretty!" Kyoko was also in awe.
"Made by the famous Germanian alchemist." The man grinned as I could practically see the gold dancing in his eyes.
"How much is it?" Kyoko asked.
"3,000 gold coins."
A~nd there it is the rip-off price. Anger rising again.
Louise cried out. "WHAT! That's enough for a new manor plus the servants!"
Kyoko looked at Louise with a surprised expression. "That much!?"
"A good sword is worth just as much." The man said.
"What do you think Haru?" Louise turned to me and asked, but then noticed I was shaking. "Haru?"
I then snapped and yelled at the top of my lungs, scaring everyone in the shop as I swung the thing at a wall and…
CRACK!
It broke. I then threw the handle away, went towards the man, and grabbed him by the shirt. "What do you think you're trying to pull!?"
"C-C-C-Calm down!" the man begged.
"Calm down!? I asked for a sword! Not some stupid decoration!" I was close to using violence.
"Decoration!?" It seems that the girls had figured out what this guy was trying to do to us. I then pushed him away, making him fall to the ground.
"Now get me sword, a real one this time, and not some fancy trinket!" I demanded.
"Yeah! You tell him!"
I stopped what I was doing and looked around. Nobody was there.
"Over here!" the voice called out again.
I looked at barrel full of old and rusty swords and walked towards it.
"Not again…" the man groaned.
I pushed away swords until one caught my attention. It was a sword, but it was rusty and I mean REALLY rusty. It suddenly popped up and said, "Hi!"
I jumped back in surprise, almost falling on my butt, before blinking. And then pointed at it and turned to the girls.
"Did that sword just talk?" I asked and the girls nodded.
I then turned back towards it and pulled it out of the barrel.
"Hi there. My names Derflinger. Who're you kid?" the talking sword, now named Derflinger, introduced himself. A piece of his mouth guard moved, giving the illusion of a mouth.
"I'm Haru Yamamoto." I introduced myself.
"Haru eh? Well, I saw how you reacted when that salesman tried to sell you that showoff. How about you pass him some gold and take me with you?"
I pulled him out of the barrel and gave him a few practice swings. His weight is pretty good and I bet he'll look great after some polishing.
"I have a better idea. How about I buy you, a scabbard, and some cleaning equipment for free?" I said. After what the guy was trying to do, he ain't getting our money.
"That sounds great!" Looks like Derflinger agrees.
"Hold on a minute! You just can't-" but I interrupted him by pointing Derflinger to his face. Even though his blade was rusty, I'm pretty sure that he could still cut.
"In case you've forgotten, you tried to rip us off. Now either you can give me Derf…" I then asked Derf. "Can I call you that?"
"Sure."
I nodded and resumed talking. "Either you give me Derf, or I can just leave him here where he can mouth-off customers and I I'll be spreading rumors about this place so that in the future, you'll lose business."
"You can't do that!" The salesman said.
"Watch me." I threaten him. "So, what's it going to be?"
Moments later…
"Too easy." I said to myself as me and the girls were outside of the store with our new companion, Derf, who was in a scabbard on my back.
"Onii-chan, you didn't have to threaten him." Kyoko gave me a disappointed expression.
"Hey! He tried to rip us off! Karma can be a bitch." I defended myself. "Besides, look on the bright side. I got a new sword/friend and Louise saved some money. It's a win-win situation for us."
"Yeah, except for the sales guy." Huh, I was just thinking that.
"You know Derf? I think we're going to get along just fine…aibou." I said as I gave him a smile.
"Aibou?"
Oop! Forgot that people don't speak Japanese here again. "Aibou means partner from where I'm from."
"Aibou…I like it! Alright, from now on, we're aibous!"
"Right back at ya." I said.
"Only you, Haru, can make friends with a talking sword." Louise said.
Before I could say anything…
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
Something hit right in front of us, causing an explosion and pushing us back. People were running away from whatever attacked. The dust cleared and standing there was something I didn't expect to see. It was blue and white, resembling a bull. It was the Minotauros Phantom!
"What is that!?" Louise asked.
"Bakana, a Phantom!?" I said, not believing what I'm seeing.
"That's a Phantom!?" Kyoko said.
"COME ON OUT YUBIWA NO MAHOUTSUKAI!" Minotaur yelled out. He's looking for me? "I KNOW YOU'RE HERE SOMEWHERE!
I got to my feet and went to Louise. "Louise, I want you to take my sister somewhere safe!"
"What!? What about you!?" Louise asked me.
I looked at the Phantom who threw another fireball at a store. "I need to take care of him."
Kyoko didn't like what she heard. "What!? Onii-chan, that's crazy!"
I looked at her. "Kyoko, look, Phantoms are the main enemies of Wizard and I'm the one here who he's looking for. I have to stop him." I grabbed her and pulled her into a hug. "Don't worry, I don't plan on dying."
We stayed like this until Kyoko ended it and looked at me. "You better come back safely!"
I gave her a smirk. "Hey, I'm your big brother. Just who the hell do you think I am?"
After saying that Gurren Lagann line, I ran towards the Phantom.
"You just bought me today and already we're fighting some crazy monster! I sure picked one hell of a partner."
I Ignored Derf's comment called out to the Phantom, "Hey Minotaur!" He turned to me. "You looking for me!?" I then placed my Driver On Ring in front of the Hand Author.
DRIVER ON! PLEASE!
My WizarDriver appeared around my waist and the Phantom eyes widen.
"Yubiwa no Mahoutsukai! So the reports of you being here in this world were true."
Reports? Someone knew I was Wizard and reported to him? I'll think about this later as I flipped the Shift Levers, starting the song.
SHABADOOBIE, TOUCH TO HENSHIN! SHABADOOBIE, TOUCH TO HENSHIN!
I slipped on the Flame Ring, flipped the visor on, and drew Derf out.
"Time to see what you're made of Derf, no pun inteaded." I said.
"I'm so excited! Let's do this aibou!" Well, at least someone is having a good time. Well, time to get to business.
"Henshin!"
FLAME! PLEASE! HI! HI! HI, HI, HI!
Once I was clad in my armor, I said my line. "Sa, Showtime-" but I was interrupted.
"Whoa! Look at me!"
I looked where Derf was and saw that he had turned into the WizarSwordGun in sword form, but, just like Derf was, it was covered in rust.
"Derf? Is that you?" I asked.
"Yep, it's me and boy do I feel great! Still rusty, but great!" As he was speaking, I saw the Hand Author…opening and closing like a mouth? Well, this gives the saying, 'talk to the hand cause the face ain't listening." a brand new meaning.
During my talk with Derf, Minotaur took out his Bull ax and charged, yelling, "For Wiseman!"
Wiseman's here too!? Well, that's just great. I reacted quickly a deflected Minotaur's attack and sent multiple slashes at him, doing damage if the sparks coming off of him were anything to say.
Minotaur stumbled back and then tried to send multiple attacks at me, but I just dodged and deflected all of the hits. I kicked him away and shifted Derf into gun form. When Minotaur went for an overhead strike, I surprisingly caught the attack and shot him as he left himself open in the first place.
"I'm a gun!? This feels weird!" Derf said as Minotaur stumbled back and I kept on shooting at him. One of my bullets hit his left horn, breaking it off. Minotaur grasped at the empty air where his left horn used to be. This is just like Episode 1 where he lost his horn to Haruto.
"You'll pay for that!" Minotaur shouted angrily as he struck with his weapon again, but I caught it again, wrapped my arms around it, turned Derf into sword form, and sliced off Minotaur's weapon. Minotaur stepped back and looked at his now useless weapon, surprised that I was able to slice it off so easily.
I was pretty surprised to, but not because of that, but because this whole fight has been…too easy. Not only was I able to break his weapon, but I was able to block all of his attacks before and not only that but this guy was slow. Was Minotaur always this weak? I then remembered my Runes and looked towards them and, yep, they were glowing. Were the Runes really giving me this much of a boost?
"Aibou, look out!" Derf's voice woke me up from my trance as I saw a fireball coming at me. I won't be able to dodge in time, but Derf had an idea. "Aibou, raise me up!"
I did as he said and to my and the Minotaur's surprise, the fireball was sucked into the Hand Author, Derf's mouth.
"*Gulp!* Whew, that was pretty good!" Derf said it like he had a good snack.
"Derf, you didn't tell me you could eat magic!"
"Oh, I just remembered it." You just remembered it!? You know what, I don't care. I'm just going to finish off this Phantom that's charging at me. Wait a minute.
"Holy!" I reacted quickly to stop Minotaur from running over me. I have got to stop losing focus. I used Derf to block his charge and then stepped out as he ran into a store.
Minotaur stepped out and was getting ready to charge again. I quickly took action and switched to my Land Ring.
LAND! PLEASE! DO! DO! DO! DO! DON! DO! DO! DO! DO! DON!
Once I had turned into my Land Style, I switched my Driver On Ring for my Defend Ring. Minotaur came charging towards me like a bull, but I was ready for him. I flipped the Shift Levers and readied my trap.
DEFEND! PLEASE!
I placed my hand above the ground and rising in front of was a block of stone. Since Minotaur was not looking where he was going, he crashed into the earth shield and got stuck. I find this a bit funny and I waved at him before I kicked him high into the air.
Once he was in the air, I quickly took out my Hurricane Ring to change Styles.
HURRICANE! PLEASE! FU! FU! FU! FU!
When the green seal appeared above me, I held Derf in a reverse grip and jumped through it, flying towards the Phantom. When I got close enough, I slashed everywhere; there was nothing he could do to defend. When Minotaur crashed into the ground, I switched to Flame Style as I landed.
FLAME! PLEASE! HI! HI! HI, HI, HI!
Once on the ground, I stabbed Derf into the ground and took out my Kick Strike Ring and switched my Defend Ring for it.
"Time for the finale!" It's time to do the signature move all Kamen Riders are famous for. A Rider Kick.
CHOINE! KICK STRIKE! SAIKO!
A red magic seal below my feet and I twirled around once on my left foot, before stepping into place with my right foot and moved the tail on that side of the trench coat to the other side. A swirl of fire surrounding my kicking foot and not burning me surprisingly.
I ran forward, doing a cartwheel before leaping into the air. I aimed my kick Minotaur and a red magic seal appeared and before I kicked it, the magic circle stretched into a cone of circles before becoming rings of fire.
"Flame Strike Wizard!" I yelled.
I was then pushed by some unknown force and landed a flying kick strike straight at its chest, making him fly back and skidded across the ground before coming to a halt. I turned around and struck a pose, raising my hand that was equipped with the Flame Ring and showed it off as another red magic seal appeared on the Phantom and then it exploded.
I was silent for awhile, not leaving the pose. Then, I started to shake before I left the pose and started to dance around.
"HAHA! I did it! I did it! Rider kicked him straight to hell!" I was dancing and laughing like amad man, but I didn't care as I was feeling great.
"Onii-chan!" A voice called out to me and I turned to be met with a hug tackle from Kyoko. Louise just jogged over to us.
"Kyoko!?"
"Onii-chan, are you okay!? Are you hurt!?" Kyoko said this as she was looking all over me.
I changed back into my civilian form and stopped her. "Kyoko, calm down! I'm fine, see?"
Kyoko stopped worrying and Louise asked. "What was that!?"
I just walked over to Derf, who had somehow turned back to normal and his blade was led rusty, but still rusty.
"That was a Phantom, specifically, the Minotauros Phantom." I said as I pull Derf out of the ground and put him back in his scabbard.
"That was a Phantom?" Louise asked.
I nod. "Yeah and it seemed to be looking for me. Look how that turned out."
"Why was he looking for you?" Kyoko asked.
"From what he said, it seemed someone told him about me being Wizard and was scouting for me."
'But if there was a Phantom here and Wiseman was here, then there could be more Phantoms out there. This is not good.' I thought.
"For now, let's head back to the Academy." I suggested and the girls agreed.
It seems that I have my work cut out for me.
And that is the Chapter. Looks like there are Phantoms here and are looking to cause some trouble. And if you people say that the fight with Minotaur was too easy, remember, because of his Gandalfr ability, almost everything about him is increased. Also, I won't just use Phantoms from the show, I'll also make some of my own so look out for them. Also, if any of you noticed that this is out of order from the manga chapters and the anime episodes, I did that on purpose, thought I mix it up. Anyway, this has been Ashbel Longhart here, signing out. Till next ride.