The Courier and the Zero now on Hiatus

by weasel AKA boundedsumo

"it's done" the Courier thought as the Monster of the East fell off her blade, thats what she thought when a portal apeared in front of the courier. swallowed by it she is sent to a world of magic and another war is about to unfold, can she and her new master win against this new evil? rated M, for blood, violence, swearing, and a couple adult scenes as well.

7. Chapter 6 Familar contest part II

The Courier of Zero

Ch. 6: The Enemy that shouldn't have Been

(Familiar Contest Part II)

Ren was with Tabitha and Louise as they stood in line as the carriages with elegant designs and white groomed horses walked past. The carriages stopped in front of them and a woman with a musket and rapier opened the door, an old man walked out first. Ren thought he might be a adviser or something, after he was out a white gloved hand took the guards hand and the Princess was led out of the Carriage. Ren blinked twice to be sure she wasn't seeing things, but the Princess is probably one of the most beautiful women she'd ever seen, besides Tabitha that is. The Princess walked by them and glanced to Louise and smiled, Ren looked between them in curiosity.

At the end of the day Louise and Ren were went back to their room, "have you figured out what your going to do?" Louise asked curiously as Ren stood stone still contemplating her options, after a minute she figured it out. "sing" Ren stated flatly and simply, "sing?" "Yes, sing" "can you sing?" "yes, dear Louise, I can" a Knock on the door stopped Ren from responding "who could that be?" Louise walked to the door. Before she could get to it though the door burst open and a cloaked figure walked through the door and closed it but as soon as she turned around Ren Jammed a .45 in the culprits face and pulled the hammer back.

"take off the hood or your brains decorate the door" Ren ordered calmly but no less threatening. Slowly, the person pulled back the hood revealing the princess. Ren pulled her .45 back and Louise gasped, the conversation from then on was about Louise and Princess Henrietta and how they were childhood friends, well Henrietta said that but Louise just thought she was a playmate, please ignore how wrong that sounded. Ren dosed off during the conversation and thought about how she and Tabitha would be together. That is going to be tough to figure out with out everyone noticing or knowing what was going on. Maybe she should tell Louise... no, she'll just have to talk with Tabitha about it.

The Next Day: The Familiar Exhibition

Louise and Ren walked on to the stage after every one else had gone, "the Final Familar, My Familar Ren will now sing a song from where she came from" Ren walked to the center of the staff, sat down on a stool a took a deep breath

(I DO NOT OWN EUTERPE, ALL LYRICS AND CREDIT GO TO THE ORIGINAL MAKERS AND OWNERS)

"Wild flower blossoming
I beg of you tell me this so I know too
Why do people fight?
They all act as if it's right
Don't they know
That's no
Way to live"

"Valiant flower blossoming
What can you see?
When ...you look down on me
Why can't people say
That they're sorry for the way
That they fought
I thought
We once could"

"When the sky has cleared
And rains have passed
I still won't forget the past
You are not alone on your own
I remember you back then
Trembling in front of me
Crying deep inside silently"

"When you see loved ones withering
What do you do with your remaining time
When your leaves can't speak a word
And your thoughts cannot be heard
How do you convey your love"

"Ahh"

"When the summer's sun is hiding and
Winds are harsh against our backs
Everything seems to overlap"

"I'll sing in your memory
All the times you've spent with me
We've lost your name but I'll sing for you"

Ren Finished the song, the crowd was silent and a few people were crying, Ren got up, bowed and left. Kirche, Louise, and Tabitha were in the side lines and looked to be in awe. Ren smiled and walked over to the three girls. Their moment however was short lived as a crash sounded throughout the castle. "What in the blazes was that!" Ren cried as every one shot up from their seats. "Louise! Where are you Going!" Ren yelled as the pink haired girl started running towards the noise and Ren ran for her. Ren almost ran head first into Louise as she stopped dead in her tracks, staring at a huge golem. It had smashed the side of the building and a figure with a box on its shoulder. The figure looked down at them for a second and then turned and left. "what was that?" Ren questioned no one in particular, "it may have been Foquet" Louise replied as the guards swarmed the area.

Next day Headmasters office

"is this him?" Old Osmand gave Miss Longville's sketch of the Culprit to Ren and Louise, Kirche and Tabitha were there as well, Ren nodded and Osmand gave the picture back. "who would like the honor of catching Foquet the Crumbling Dirt?" the Teachers stood mute and Ren was growing visibly agitated. "I'll do it" Ren finally spoke "but let me make this perfectly clear, I'm not doing this for honor. Where I come from I have a motto, if I do a job, I get payed for it." "well, you were a mercenary then hmm? I'm sure the bounty for Foquet will be suitable" "what the bounty" "3,000 NG (new gold)"

"is that a lot?" Ren asked Louise "Yes that is a lot, you could buy a good sized mansion for that amount." Louise replied, "And I'll bee going to!" Louise shot after two seconds, "Ren is my Familiar so I have to go" she said almost proudly. "I will go to" Kirche replied "can't lose to a Valliere now can I" "I as well" Tabitha said quietly. Osmand looked to the four women and nodded "you teachers should take your students examples, hmm? Very well, Miss Longville, please escort them to the last known location of Foquet" "yes sir, OK you four come with me."

Scene transition

"well this place looks like a dump" Kirche whispered as they scoped out the shack, "OK, Me and Tabitha will go inside, Kirche, stay here and make sure nothing surprises us, Louise, you cover the door after I open it and Tabitha checks for traps" Ren whispered to the group and they sprang into action, Ren opened the door after Tabitha called the all clear and she went inside. Tabitha picked up a box in the center of the room and brought it to Ren, not even two seconds later they heard Louise screaming bloody murder and explosions. "Tabitha come on!" Ren shouted as she De-atomized her Remants power Armor and Gauss Rifle.

At the door way Ren saw Louise dogging a Golem fist while cursing and spouting random spells, it would have been funny had she not been running for her life. Kirche was throwing fire balls at the dirt creation to no prevail as well, Ren raised her Gauss rifle to her shoulder and turned to Tabitha who was next to her "Cover your ears babe" Ren didn't mean for that last part to come out but Tabitha none the less covered her ears and Ren turned back to the Golem. She took aim and fired, a crack of the 2-mm micro fusion cell powered ammunition exploded out of the barrel.

Gravity and seemed to expand and contract at the same time and the shot went silent for 1.342 seconds as it reached the Golem's center then detonated with the same force as pulling 6 G's in a combat jet. The 2-mm round tore through the Golem's center left a hole about 7 feet in diameter, but like the magic, the ground repaired the Golem in 4 seconds flat.

"shit, that sucks!" Ren cursed and began scanning through her weapons list, she past Euclid's C-finder and noticed something strange, she DE-Atomized and and was pleasantly surprised, there was a signal to the Satellite weapon. Tabitha noticed Ren grinning like a mad man and started to get nervous, Ren then took Tabitha's hand and started running. "Tabitha, call Sylpheed!" Ren yelled and Tabitha nodded slightly, she whistled and a couple seconds later Sylpheed darted over the trees and landing where Louise and Kiche were.

When Ren and Tabitha reached them after a lot of dogging Ren took Tabitha by the waste and practically tossed her onto Sylpheed, she did the same with Louise but Kirche got on her own. "wait what about you!" Louise yelled but Ren looked to Tabitha, "Get out of here, in a few seconds this place with be a damn sun! I got it just keep back!" Ren yelled and Tabitha urged Sylpheed into the air, Ren looked back and smiled "just you and me big boy 'snickers' lets just see who wins."

Tabitha POV

Tabitha, Louise, and Kirche looked at the Golem attacking Ren "We have to do something!" Louise yelled, Kirche held onto her so she couldn't jump off. "wait, whats that, in the sky?" Kirche called, all three girls looked to the sky. What they saw were three bright lights moving towards each other, when they connected the girls noticed that the Golem was in the center of it. Then a blinding column of white light burst from the sky and hit the Golem but then expanded, swallowing the Golem in light. After they thought it was over, they were caught completely unprepared for what happened next, the shaft of light detonated with a crushing sound of a sonic explosion. The resulting shock wave tore through their bodies, it felt like they were being violently shook by some unknown force. The shack and some surrounding trees were obliterated and even more were ripped from the ground, Sylpheed was already struggling from the bast but the shock wave was to much and they fell to the ground.

Tabitha jolted upright as Louise shook her, she was covered in blood from cuts and gashes, Kirche wasn't better, Tabitha tried to move but found that her legs were unresponsive. She looked down and why, a large tree had snapped and fell on her legs, keeping her from moving. She looked around and saw Sylpheed on the ground, she had a long bloody gash down her side and her left wing was in a makeshift splint. "Sylpheed!" Tabitha cried but couldn't move to her, "Tabitha, Sylpheed's going to be all right, calm down." Louise said and started looking around, "where's Ren?" Louise asked, worry covered her features, Kirche sighed as she held her bleeding arm "I'm pretty sure she's fine, her armor will keep here safe" just as she said that Ren crunched through the brush, carrying an unconscious Longville. Ren saw Tabitha and started panicking, she let Longville down and rushed over to Tabitha and Louise.

"oh my god, Tabitha! Are you hurt!" Ren crouched down saw Her legs under the tree and closed her eyes "what do we do?" Louise asked, biting her lower lip and looking as distressed as Ren. "I don't know, I don't have the tools to deal with with and Longville's unconscious so we can't use her earth magic and Tabitha's to weak and she close to going into shock."

Tabitha looked down and saw a crimson river pooling under where the tree was and looked to Ren, "R-Ren, I believe I'm bleeding" Ren turned to Tabitha and crawled over to her opposite side where Louise was and looked down to the part under the tree and visibly paled. "no, no no no, God Damn it!" Ren cursed and reached under the Log to lift it up but every time she tried it fell down and Tabitha couldn't hold back the cries of pain. After minutes of trying Ren closed her eye and Louise panicked "can't we do anything for her!" Louise cried and Ren took a breath and answered, "yes, but Tabitha won't be able to walk any more, and it will be very painful-" "It's OK, just do what you need to" Tabitha interrupted and Ren nodded and DE-Atomized a knife looking weapon with teeth along its blade "Louise, I'm going to need you to hold her down and don't argue because we don't have time, Kirche, when I'm through her legs you'll need to Cauterize the wounds with your fire magic, Tabitha I need you to be as still as humanly possible but this will hurt a lot, and I'm going to cover your mouth to muffle your screams" Tabitha nodded and Ren pulled out a heavy cloth and put it in her mouth "shut your mouth tightly so you won't bite your tongue" Ren asked and Tabitha complied.

Ren POV

After Louise took a hold of Tabitha Ren pulled the trigger on the Ripper, a compact chainsaw and the most brutal weapon every conceived by man. The teeth roared to life, "I'm sorry Tabitha" Tabitha could only nod in response and took Ren's hand in hers. The next next few minutes were a blur as Ren used the Ripper to cut through Tabitha's legs, even muffled her screams were intense. After the gruesome deed was over Kirche used her fire to burn Tabitha's wounds closed. Tabitha had fallen unconscious after words from the pain and Ren had given Kirche and Louise shots of Med-X and two Stimpaks each.

After they had gotten Longville's and Tabitha's unconscious bodies on the wagon they came in, Ren put the 'Staff of destruction' on a seat and got in the Drivers seat and took the reigns, Sylpheed had awoken and walked with a limp along side the cart, gazing to it's master. The ride back was silent and when they reached the gates some teachers along with Colbert and Osmand were eagerly awaiting them and hearing of their success, instead they saw three girls, two were in bloody shambles, their clothes were rags and covered in, a silver haired girl with blood drenched armor, a blue dragon limping with a bandage splint over its wing.

The teachers froze in horror at the sight of their students, when they cowardly stepped from the chase, these students did it instead and were completely destroyed for it. Colbert rushed to the cart as Ren got off and grabbed the case holding the staff of destruction, he yelled at the teachers to help him and when they got there they saw an even worse sight, Longville covered in bruises and cuts lay beside Tabitha who had on her left below her knee nothing and her right had almost no leg at all. The teacher paled and one went rushing for water mages. "Longville is Foquet, she had even admitted it" Ren said as the person in question being carted off, Colbert and Osmand looked surprised. "what exactly happened out there?" Osmand asked, afraid to actually know the answer.

Osmand

After ten minutes of retelling the events, Ren sighed, "I'd hate to sound like a complete ass, but can you give me my reward now" Ren said in an almost bland tone, completely indifferent to everything at the moment. Osmand looked to Colbert and he nodded back, Osmand then took out a purse full of 60 NG and a card for the Money swap stations "In this bag is 60 NG and a card, you'll be able to turn in the card at the Money swap stations for the rest of your reward, and it has been authorized by her majesty be her seal on the card" he explained and Ren just nodded "can you show me where Tabitha is, please" "yes, of course, follow the teacher outside and she'll get you there" Osmand said with sadness that such a thing happened to such a bright young girl.

After Ren left he turned to Colbert, "after all my time here has never such a thing happened to one of our students, Ren seemed to be quite worried about Miss Tabitha but I think that there's more going on" Osmand said quietly and Colbert looked towards the doorway. "I'm not sure, but I believe that Miss Ren has feelings for Miss Tabitha, the way she looked when she was asking where to look for Tabitha, I've seen that look a thousand times between young couple just starting out. It was love on an unspoken level, I haven't seen it with two young women before now but I'm sure that's the same look" Osmand thought about it for a few seconds before sighing. "The horror those two must have faced at that moment of life or death, having to put the one you love through such terrifying agony and pain must have just about crushed that girls heart." "yes indeed"

Ren POV

She sat at the window of the medical facility where Tabitha, Louise, and Kirche were sleeping. Even though she was dead tired and the two moons shown brightly, she couldn't sleep. Tears fell as she thought of what she had done, because she used that Orbital satellite Tabitha had been gravely injured and Louise or Kirche hadn't fared better. "why are you crying" Ren looked to the voice and Tabitha was looking at her. Ren walked over and sat on the bed next to Tabitha, "because it's my fault, if I didn't use that stupid weapon then you wouldn't have been hurt-" Tabitha cut her off with her finger to Ren's lips, "not your fault, we hadn't gotten away fast enough" "but-" "Shh, not your fault" Tabitha said again with more force. Ren leaned against Tabitha and kissed her lightly. They both fell back onto the bed, Ren slowly climbed over Tabitha and, resting on top of her, kissed her. It was gentle and loving and unlike before it wasn't fast but slow and steady.

Kirche POV

Little did Ren know was that Louise and Kirche had awoken, Kirche smiled softly, happy that her only friend had found someone in her even if it was another woman, Kirche looked to Louise who looked like she wanted to say something but Kirche shook her head and silenced her. Louise looked to have caught the message and turned away to go back to sleep. Kirche felt like she was invading on her friends special moment but it made her happy because her only Friend, Tabitha, was finally connecting to someone. A Woman who cared for her, loved her, and respected her for who she was, Kirche wondered when she would find that person, girl or man she didn't think that it mattered anymore.

Looking at Tabitha and Ren made her feel that if she could find comfort and love with another woman then she might be able to as well, mainly because all the boys are sniveling hormone driven Idiots. Kirche didn't feel this way before, she was taught to find a man that filled her desires, she didn't feel there was to be love, but seeing this display of affection and love and understanding, Kirche now knew there was more to romance than just sex and lust. She now just had to find the right person.

AU: THEIR EATING HER, THEN, THEIR GOING TO EAT ME! OH MY GOOOOD!

OH MY GOD I'm done with this chapter, my longest chapter EVER. If your in shock, I don't blame you after what the heck just happened, told ya I won't be following the actual canon (or what ever ya call it) but in other news I am actually happy how this chapter turned out, the sad moments, and the love that was shared at the end. For the Familiar Exhibition I was going to have Ren do a comedy segmant but i suck at comedy so she sang Euterpe from Guilty Crown instead, if ya liked it then post a review my faithful reader of mine!

On an unrelated note I have just finished the last book in the Sword of truth series called CONFESSOR. Very epic ending to such an epic story, and this my readers is the very Epitome of the Definition of EPIC. If you have at least watch the show then you should know a twentieth of what I'm talking about, why I say that is because that the show doesn't even come close in any proportion of the book. I suggest that you read the book to get the full Epicness of the Sword of truth series and truly love the characters and creations.