LLLADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BOYS AND GIRLS, FREAKS AND GEEKS, TROLLS AND DERPS ALIKE! Welcome, welcome all. I am Mullet Mike. Wait, no I'm not. I'm Kirigaya Uchiha, author of The Zombie Familiar. Anyway guys, Ayumu finally gets to show off, but how far will he go to prevent Louise from being embarrassed? Find out this time, on Dragon Ball Z! I mean, The Zombie Familiar! Also, comment on whether I should do Blue Exorcist x Familiar of Zero, or Highschool DxD x DragonBall Z for my next fanfic. Unless you guys want something completely different. Like Infinite Stratos and Dragon Ball Z! Last thing, I am using the English dub to write this, but I'm sticking with Fouquet's official Japanese name.

Disclaimer: I do not own Zero no Tskaima/Familiar of Zero or Kore wa Zombie desu ka?/Is this a Zombie?. However, I do have the Mangekyō Sharingan.


Chapter 7: Fouquet Attacks.

"We will now begin the presentation of this year's crop of familiars." A man said, causing the group of students to cheer.

Everyone had their own impressive routine, Kirche and Flame, Tabitha and her aerial maneuvers, not so much Guiche and his mole.

"Listen to me," Louise said to Ayumu, Derflingr strapped to his back "go out there, take one bow, and come back. Don't you dare try and do anything else."

"Oh really? After all my hard work?" Ayumu asked sarcastically, his face bearing its normal dead-eyed expression.

"It doesn't matter! Now that the Princess got to see what you're really like!" She shouted.

"Next up, Louise Francoise le Blanc de la Vallière." Mr. Colbert said.

"Come on." Ayumu said.

They walked up, and Ayumu said to the man, "Thank you, Mr. Cobalt."

"It's Colbert."

"Oh, hehehe, sorry." Ayumu apologized before Colbert walked off the stage.

"This is my familiar." Louise said to the crowd. "His name is Ayumu Aikawa. His type is…" Lousie looked down, unsure of what it was.

"Go for it, Louise the Zero!" a student shouted.

Ayumu's anger rose as the students began to laugh. He looked over at Louise's face, her cheeks red. Ayumu decided to speak up. "Hey!" All eyes were on him.

"What are you doing?" she whispered to him.

"I told you, I won't let you be embarrassed. Now step back." Louise heard the seriousness in his voice an took a couple of steps back. Ayumu unstrapped Derf, who protested.

"Don't do it, partner. You'll give away your secret."

"I don't care. I'm not going to stand around and do nothing while these stuck-up nobles laugh at my friend because of me." With that, he tossed the talking sword to Louise, and continued.

"My name is Ayumu Aikawa. And my type…" he raised his fist and sent it into the stage, yelling, "MY TYPE IS ZOMBIE!" Not a moment after he said it, a crater formed in the wood around him, shocking every wide-eyed student. Ayumu stepped out of the crater and took Derflingr from Louise, strapping the sword to his back. The wide-eyed Louise looked at the Princess, who began clapping and was followed by the group of students.

"I can't believe what I'm seeing! The peasant has that much power?" Guiche said, which earned him a 'I'm not a peasant!', yelled by Ayumu.

"Oh, Ayumu my darling, I knew there was something special about you." Kirche said.

Ayumu took a bow, grabbed Louise's arm, and pulled her off of the damaged stage.


Meanwhile, a certain green-haired thief was attempting to break into the vault.

"I didn't think this fixture magic would be so sturdy. Then I'll have to use-" her thought was interrupted by cheering, followed by Colbert.

"We will now perform the judging. Luckily, that was our last performer, so there is no longer any need for the broken stage."

"I'm out of time." She said, leaving the building and descending to the ground. Placing a hand gently on the dirt, a might golem rose from the earth without knocking her off. The golem stood and sent a fist into the wall she came from, instantly being stopped by the protective magic.

"I thought I told you nothing more than a bow." Louise scolded Ayumu as they walked.

"Oh come on! You have to admit that it was impressive." Ayumu complained.

"You destroyed the stage! How can that even be possible? You're a simple peasant." She said.

"No I'm not! I'm more than just a peasant or even a human at that."

Louise stopped walking and saw the towering figure. "A g-g-golem!" she said.

"A golem? What's it doing here?" He said.

"You're luck has just run out." They heard a female voice say as the golem sent an open hand down on them. Ayumu pushed Louise out of the way and was sent into the ground by the golem.

1000%. Louise stared in horror as her familiar was crushed, but was even more surprised when the golem's hand was lifted, being fought back and forth by her familiar as he rose like a hero standing after the villain's final blow.

"Now it is my honor to announce this year's grand prize winner!" Colbert said.

"A-Ayumu!" Louise shouted as Ayumu struggled to keep himself from being smashed again.

"Louise! Run away, I'll handle this thing." Ayumu shouted back. Dammit! Why is it so strong? I'm having trouble with matching I even at a thousand percent.

Instead of running, Louise stood and raised her wand. "You leave Ayumu alone, right now!"

Oh crap! Not another explosion! Ayumu thought to himself. "What the hell are you doing Louise!? I told you to run!"

Louise closed her eyes and said, to herself, incantations. Only a few before she opened her eyes and yelled, "Fireball." The golem sent its free hand down towards her.

Shit! Ayumu slammed the golems hand down to the side and ran, full speed, towards Louise. He jumped and smashed his shoulder into the golems other arm with all he had at a thousand percent. It was enough to send the arm into the wall beside them, but at the same time, there was an explosion near the golem's head, catching the attention of the students.

"Hey, did you guys hear something?" Momontracy asked.

"To think my precious Ferdandi was just passed over!" Guiche said.

"So the winner is Tabitha Sylphie." Said Kirche. "What an adequate choice."

As the princess crowned Tabitha beside the crater, she told the little shorty. "It really is an amazing familiar. If you wouldn't mind, could you show me his flying routine one more time?" Tabitha simply nodded at this request.

"Why the hell are you still here!? We don't need more explosions." Ayumu shouted, Derflingr in his hands as he stood in front of Louise, facing the rock monster.

"Hey, shut up! It was only a little mistake." Louise said to him.

"I'm wondering what part of that is a fireball." The hooded woman on the golem said mockingly.

"The part where I kick your sorry ass!" Ayumu shouted at her.

The woman heard a cracking noise and looked to her right, where the wall she was trying to get through had broken. 'T-that magic she used…"

"Get the hell out of here!" Ayumu said to the woman.

"I'm serious this time!" Louise said.

"Stop it Louise. I don't want you to get hurt, so just run!" Ayumu demanded.

"In any case, this is a lucky break. Go, Golem!" she commanded as it raised its fist towards the wall.

"You could at least give it a better name!" Ayumu shouted.

The golem sent its fist into the wall, attracting the attention of the students and Tabitha. As it pulled its fist away, the woman came out of the newly-formed hole, carrying a box.

"I thank you for this." She said to them before leaving on the golem.


In the Vault, Ozborn started reading a message left by a green-haired thief. It read,

'The Staff of Destruction has been transferred into my hands.

-Fouquet the Crumbling Dirt.'

"Sir, we've found no sign of the thief yet. All we found was a giant earthen mound." Someone said to Ozborn, saluting him.

"Oh my, what a catastrophe. To think the Vault would be broken into and plundered."

"It was Fouquet the Crumbling Dirt? What a surprise." One student said to another.

"Hey Tabitha, did you see her face?" Kirche asked.

"She kept her face hidden." Tabitha responded quietly.

"Oh really? How boring."

"That was a giant golem she was controlling." Louise said to Ayumu, his hands in his pockets. "There's no doubt in my mind that she was a triangle-class mage."

"Well, it doesn't matter whether she's a triangle, a square, or even a hexagon. I'll stop her." Ayumu responded.

"That's not how things go." She said angrily.

Their attention as captured by Henrietta unning to them, followed by 6 or 7 guards.

"Oh thank goodness," she said, "I'm glad you're ok."

"Your Highness," Louise told her, kneeling down. "I'm terribly sorry, but the palace treasure has been stolen." Ayumu got down on one knee the way Louise had.

"There's nothing you could have done to stop her." Henrietta told her, trying to cheer her up."

"Yes, but-" Louise was interrupted by a guard.

"Your Highness, please hurry." he said, receiving a nod from the princess.

"I have to leave and make a full report on this incident to the palace. I'll see you soon, Louise, and Mr. Ayumu."


As she left in her carriage, Louise spoke to Ayumu. "I just hope they don't hold the princess responsible for this."

"That's horse crap. There's no way they can hold her responsible for this just because she was here when a thief invaded." Ayumu said.

"I've been hearing bad rumors about what's been going on in the palace, though, it does me no good to worry about it."

"Louise, when I was dealing with the golem, why didn't you escape?"

"You're an idiot." She said as Ayumu looked at her curiously. "A mage who forsakes her familiar cannot b e called a real mage. However, we are going to talk about why and how you destroyed the stage."

"Oh right, that." Ayumu said with a nervous chuckle as he scratched the back of his head.


The next morning, Kirche had brought him some food.

"Now then, say aah" she said, holding a fork.

"I can feed myself, you know." Ayumu said to her. This girl is nuts!

"Say it or else no food." She said sweetly.

Aggravated but hungry, Ayumu complied. "Aaah." He said as he ate the food off the fork.

"Do you like it?" She asked him.

"Yeah, it's really good." Ayumu said, playing along.

"I'm glad. This fruit is special to Germania."

Uh oh. Am I going to turn into a pumpkin or something?

"Hey! Don't feed someone else's familiar!" Louise shouted in anger before pulling Ayumu away from Kirche.

"This is so boring. The whole thief thing is barely giving them time to hold classes. They're making such a big deal out of this. I heard a rumor that they're going to try and blame the whole thing on Princess Henrietta. The reason Fouquet could get away was because they pulled what few guards they had off the vault and sent them to guard the princess. In addition to that, I heard that Princess Henrietta decided to visit the institute in spite of all her advisors telling her not to."

Colbert suddenly walked into the room. "Ms. Vallière, Ms. Tabitha. Please come to the principal's office immediately."

Louise and Tabitha, followed by Ayumu and Kirche, walked to the principal's office with Colbert. The four of them stood before a seated Ozborn.

"Hey, why are you here?" she whispered to Kirche.

"It sounded like fun." She responded.

"After questioning several witnesses around town, we credible information about a shadow that was seen entering and leaving a deserted shack in the middle of the woods this morning." Said Longueville.

"Very speedy work, Ms. Longueville." She praised her. "You are to be commended."

"From those testimonies, I attempted to sketch out a picture of the shadow." She said, handing Ozborn a rolled up sheet of paper. He opened and looked for a few moments before turning it around for the four of them too see.

"This is Fouquet. No doubt about it." Louise said, followed by a nod from Tabitha.

"We must report this incident to the palace at once." Colbert said. "I'll send a request along with it."

"If we waste time with those bureaucrats, then Fouquet will get away." Ozborn said. "We must retrieve the Staff of Destruction and capture Fouquet ourselves if we are to regain the honor that was tarnished by that thief. Now raise your staff if you're up for the challenge."

Not owning a staff, Ayumu drew Derf and raise him high, followed by Louise. "I'll do it." She said.

At the sight of Louise raising her wand, Ayumu protested. "Louise, you can't. It's too dangerous."

"Ms. Vallière…" Mr. Colbert said.

"I'll go, too." Kirche said, raising her wand.

"Zerbst!?" Louise said in a questioning tone.

"Well, I can't afford to lose to a Vallière." She responded.

"Why don't you just-"

"Tabitha?" Kirche said, making Louise look over at the blue-haired girl who was now raising her staff. "You don't have to come. This is a problem between the two of us."

"I'm worried about both of you." She said to them.

"I will leave it to the four of you then." Ozborn told them. "These three have witnessed what Fouquet can do. On top of tat, Ms. Tabitha here is a Chevalier Knight. So talented at so young an age."

Louise and Kirche looked at her in surprise. "A Chevalier Knight?" Louise said.

"I-is that true, Tabitha?" Kirche asked, receiving a nod from her.

"Ms. Zerbst comes from an established military family in Germania, very old stock, and I'm told by someone very reliable that her flame magic is of the very best quality." Ozborn continued. "And uh…"

"And Louis Vallière, whose explosive magic will break down even the thickest wall! Followed by her amazing familiar, Ayumu Aikawa, who will live on for his friends and has a lot of experience in combat." Ayumu said.

"Yes. Very good, Mr. Aikawa. The institute will be looking forward to your duties as nobles."


Well, that's it for now guys. I'll see you tomorrow, but until then, stay epic.