Chapter 4 A Phoenix's Apology
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Big shout out to Yoshiki-909! Thank you for your support, and making me laugh about story ideas. Will definitely use three of them.
I do not own Touhou or Familiar of Zero
"Fujiwara?" Siesta asked, "Oh, Miss Mokou, do you know a person called Natsuki in your family?"
Mokou froze. "Yes, I do know of her. Why do you I ask?"
"Oh," Siesta put her hand on her head, "My grandfather had told me a story from his father. So, this is the story from my great-grandfather? Well, yes, my great grandfater's name is Iwakasa? Yes, that was his name."
It was if Sakuya had stopped time and plunge fifty knives into her heart. Iwakasa. How, how could Mokou could not forgot that name? She –
"Yeah, Iwakasa indirectly tells me that if I happened on Fujiwara no Natsuki, I would convey a message from him to her. So if possible, when you meet Natsuki, can you please tell her that Iwakasa forgives her?"
Killed him. Fujiwara Mokou, Fujiwara Natsuki, killed Iwakasa. She killed Iwakasa in cold blood, in her attempt to reach immortality. Of course there was no way that Mokou never forgot Iwakasa; he was the first and only innocent blood that Mokou shed to get her revenge on Kaguya. So, how could she not forget him?!
"I remember a very long spun tale about the Bamboo Cutter. How a princess from the moon descended to the Earth, and how she destroyed the suitor's families and their future. I always felt sorry for one of the suitor's child, who journeyed with an old man to find the elixir, only to finally succumb to revenge and killed the man. After killing that man, she submitted herself to an endless cycle of torture just to have her revenge on the princess. Although she killed someone, that she didn't have anything left because of the destruction the princess wrought. Iwakasa also agrees, and said that if I come upon a person called Fujiwara Natsuki, I would say that I forgive you, and I hope your suffering can come to an end – hey, why are you crying?"
Mokou, Mokou couldn't resist it anymore. She marched up to Siesta, and promptly buried her head against Siesta's generous boom. Normally, she'll make a comment about it, but now was not the time.
"My name," Mokou rasped, "Is Fujiwara no Mokou. Before Mokou however, there existed a person called Fujiwara no Natsuki." Mokou cried in full tears.
Siesta looked at Mokou at a second, not understanding what was happening. "Um, Mokou-san?" She asked, hesistantly.
Mokou looked up from Siesta's breasts, and straight into Siesta's eyes. "The person called Fujiwara no Natsuki does not exist anymore." Mokou stated, "Natsuki had died that day on the mountain, and Mokou was reborn on that mountain."
Siesta still looked at Mokou questionably, than all the pieces of the puzzle connected. "Wait, you're –"
Mokou turned away from Siesta, and started covering her eyes. "Tell Iwakasa, if you could ever meet him again, tell him that Fujiwara no Natsuki can never accept his apology, because she cannot forgive herself. And how could somebody forgive a person that can never be forgiven?! Siesta Tarbes, Fujiwara Mokou would like to apologize to that old man, to that old man who managed to survive that day at the mountain and escaped to Halkegenia, for killing him in her sake for revenge."
Siesta hugged Mokou from the back as Mokou's stream of tears was never ending. "There, there immortal. You big baby, don't worry about life. For there will always be someone there for you."
"Siesta," Mokou gasped, "Thank you."
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What?
What?
WHAAAATTTTT? This is diverging so off plot! Mokou was supposed to meet Siesta, and have her do the washing. Not Mokou! AH! She forgot that Mokou was a Tsundere! BAKA BAKA BAKA KAGUYA!
But still, WHAATTT?! Siesta was Iwakasa's descendent?! And Iwakasa was someone in which Mokou had killed the past? This, this isn't adding up right! What's going on?!
Right, calm down Kaguya. Calm down. Let us see where this might change the story…now to think about it, it won't actually. Much. In fact, this was better for her plans! Due to Mokou's debt to Iwakasa, she'll be more than inclined in helping Siesta out of the pickle tomorrow. Yes! That'll work. That'll work!
Kaguya than smiled. This was much, much more interesting than expected.
Currently, other than stalking Mokou, Kaguya was examining the magic of Halkegania. Even though she had read the light novel series, the books here offer much much more in depth in the magic.
It took a long time to get these books. Kaguya had to request Tabitha to grab the books, and have her also teach Kaguya the letters. However, that was not the tricky part.
The tricky part was, ahem, um surviving with Kirche. Luckily Kirche did not do anything to her, because Kirche remarked that Kaguya's body was so pure that Kirche herself should not ravage it, along those lines. Yeah, let's leave it to that, and pray that Kirche does not change her mind soon.
Nevermind that, it seems that Kaguya's and Mokou's powers are much stronger here in Halkegania than Gensokyo. It should be the other way around, but Kaguya had formed a theory about this reason. Actually two.
The first one is the lackage of the spellcard rules. Gensokyo and the Hakurei shrine's maiden had restricted the power of the spellcards immensely so that it'll only burn. However, Kaguya and Mokou had overpowered the spellcards so much that not even the spellcard rules can curb the lethality of Kaguya's and Mokou's attack. And when the spellcard rules are off in Halkegania, well, yeah. Massive chaos.
The second is that Kaguya's and Mokou's elements are greatly amplified here at Halkegania. Kaguya's element matches with the void, while Mokou's matches with fire. Assuming that these elements and the void only exist in Halkegania, that means that the focus of the magic is on the elementals and void, thus making Halkegania a user friendly place for Elemental and Void wielders. If a person like Marisa, who uses alchemy and love magic, comes to Halkegania, than her powers would be severely dampened. However, a person like Cirno would find their powers amplified. Interesting.
The Next Morning
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"Good morning Louise." Mokou said. Mokou was glad that she met Siesta that night. Mokou had cried till the break of dawn, and Siesta than realized that they still needed to wash Louise's clothes.
It could be said that one could physically see the friction in which Mokou was scrubbing Louise's clothes. Never was the washboard looked so useful at the time. Luckily, Siesta and Mokou finished in half an hour and Mokou ran straight to Louise's room, only to find her sleeping. Figures.
Louise mumbled something, and turned over. Figures. When diplomacy don't work, let's use fire!
Mokou's hand lit on fire, and started superheating Louise's room. Louise muttered something about hell, and than woke up. "Bird, what are you doing?!" Louise screamed.
"Nothing." Mokou said innocently as she hid her burning hand from Louise and promptly snuffed it out.
Louise's eyes narrowed. "Did you wash my clothes?"
Mokou nodded. "Do you need help changing into your clothes, or do you like your privacy?"
Louise nodded, and stood up. "Dress me up servant."
Mokou did so, and even went as far as brush Louise's hair. There was silence between the master and the servant, but Mokou didn't mind.
There was knocking on the door, and Kaguya entered the room. "Mokou," Kaguya stated, "I will take over Louise's familiar duties for the day. Would you mind coordinating with Kirche?"
"Alright." Mokou got up from where she was brushing Louise's hair and went next door. She immediately regretted it.
"Kaguya," Kirche rubbed her eyes sleepily, "Is that you?" Not to mention that she was stark naked. Looks like Kaguya pushed off all her chores to Mokou. Didn't matter really.
"No, Kirche, it's Mokou." Mokou stated, and Kirche crawled out of bed. Mokou sighed, and went to the nearest drawer to find clothes to dress Kirche in.
"Oh, it's Mokou." Kirche said, "Would you mind joining me in bed?"
"You'll be late to school." Mokou promptly retorted as she found the school's uniform amidst all her clothes. Mokou walked over to Kirche and started dressing her up. "Here."
"Oh thank you." Kirche responded, "So, how was your night with Louise?"
"Surprisingly, alright." Mokou responded, "Some insults did not hurt that much."
"You're a Masochist?"
"Hell no." Mokou snorted, "And before you ask I'm not a sadist even. Or a lesbian. I'm just Mokou."
Kirche nodded, and looked at Mokou who finished dressing her. "Hair?" Kirche asked questionably.
Mokou sighed, and started combing Kirche's hair. "So," Kirche said, "You seem surprisingly well at brushing hair."
Mokou shrugged. "Something I picked up over the years. Had to brush my hair by myself for a long time." For 600 years, until she met Keine.
Kirche nodded, and said to Mokou "Hey, what's your relationship with Kaguya?"
"Mortal enemies forever." Mokou did not hesistate. "We hate each other with all our passions."
"Is that so? Good, we do share something in common. We hate both the master and the familiar. Not like the master needed much hating in the first place."
This got Mokou a bit curious. "Hey Kirche," Mokou said, putting the finishing touches on Kirche's hair, "Why is it that Louise seems very prejudice against commoners?"
"Oh you're asking about that Zero? Well, Zero had no aptitude in casting elemental spells, any spells she cast instantly become an explosion. Thus, this proves that Zero should not be fit in holding a wand, so Zero casted her hatred of her inability to use her wand on the commoners, because she fears joining their masses." Kirche responded, "Oh this is lovely. You have to teach me how to braid your hair like this one day."
"One day." Mokou smiled, but her thoughts were elsewhere. So, the ability to cast explosions is part of the void magician's arsenal, but no one at the academy seems to realize this. Wait, maybe the academy does not see their fair share of void magicians? Makes sense, she could sense a lot of elemental powers swirling around at the courtyard where they were summoned, but nothing else.
There was a yell, and a large hole was made in the wall bordering Louise. Kirche and Mokou looked at the wall, seeing Kaguya and Louise get into a massive fist fight that eventually led to Louise pulling out her wand…
"You see why me and Kaguya swapped spots?" Mokou said as she looked at Kirche, "Well, here's the reason."
And another explosion landed straight into Kirche's room, knocking them through the door and into the hallway.
"Never in my life have I seen such disgrace!" Miss Longueville, scolding Kaguya and Louise. "What kind of idiot would cause an incident in which caused the neighbor's room to explode as well!"
Kaguya ruefully admit, that wasn't the brightest of idea, getting into an argument with Louise about how the day should go. She should have realized the moment that Lousie got the wand out, it was time to get out but due to spoiled nature she refused to retreat.
Kirche had a bandage on her head, while Mokou was applying that bandage to Kirche's head. "Thank you." Kirche said to Mokou, who grunted because she had an end of the bandage in her mouth. This made Kaguya envious, because Mokou knew all sorts of tricks while Kaguya had to rely on her servants, in who are in another world.
"Now I would like you two to apologize to Mokou and Kirche for being the recipient of your childish tantrum. NOW!" Miss Longueville glared at Kaguya and Louise, who in turn looked at the victims.
"I'm sorry for blowing you up." Kaguya looked at Mokou, knowing that Mokou was smirking inside. But apparently, Mokou was much more focused on tying Kirche up, and making sign motions whether to loosen or not.
Same for Louise. Kirche didn't really make a remark, saying ouch when Mokou tied the bandage too tight.
"This should be good." Mokou said finally as she finished the final touches. "Miss Kirche, it is fine for you to move around now."
Kirche stood up, wobbled as she put her hand on Mokou's shoulder. "You're an expert." Kirche remarked as she stood up without any support.
Mokou shrugged her shoulders. "No worries, I do this with little kids all the time whenever they play around."
Kaguya looked at Mokou who was…looking away very red? Huh, she seems to be embarrassed when it comes to helping others. Tsundere alert.
Miss Longueville sighed. "I'm going to talk to Mr. Osmond for that Mokou would be Louise's permanent familiar. Period. At least Mokou has some common sense, unlike the other familiar."
Kaguya raised her voice to protest, only to be silenced by Miss Longueville's stare. "Don't get me started, young lady." Well if she was a young lady, than Miss Longueville was just a concept back than.
Mokou scratched her head. "Ah, ah it's no big biggie. No lasting damage done, except to the wall."
Kirche laughed. "Sure, as long as I have Kaguya." She licked her lips. "The nights we could have together-"
"Before you get into your sexual adventures, I want you guys to know that class is almost ready to start. Take a seat you guys. Mokou and Kirche, you can seat anywhere you wish to. However, Kaguya and Lousie, sit on opposite ends."
And thus began the class. A class filled with killing intent from the two spoiled nobles.
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Author's Notice:
Zzzzzzzz. Finished this Sunday night, posting on Monday morning. Hope you like this chapter. Yeah banzai on three chapters one day. Yay faints.
Beginning - one of the more emotional parts I have ever written. Ending – had to have Louise blowing Kirche's room.
Mokou's values are definitely shown here. She knows basic First-Aid, and she knows how to do chores efficiently, when compared to Kaguya. However, Mokou definitely loses to Kaguya in information, due to Kaguya knowing information about the Familiar of Zero universe from her readings back at Eintei.
Also, if you're wondering why I chose that Mokou's name was Natsuki, Natsuki stands for the moon. Quite of an irony there, so I made it that Mokou got rid of that name as soon as possible.
Soon, there would be an interlude published about what happened to the individuals, and why did the immortals get transported to Halkegenia. If you have anymore questions, please feel free to leave me a review. I'll answer it as soon as possible.
Big shout out to Yoshiki-909, thank you for your story ideas. I will use them in the future. And big thanks to King of Ferrets for making me laugh. Truly, you guys don't know how powerful these immortals can be once unleashed on the world.
Leave Reviews below. Notice: I will be publishing a chapter per two days on the weekdays, if I become crazy once per day, so don't expect my insane uploading speed this weekend. And also, this was a story I just thought of; wrote it entirely over the weekend.
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RusselH signing out.