Sorry the release of this chapter has been a bit delayed, I had my wisdom teeth taken out and I was a bit loopy to even remember my story board, that and I have been pretty busy irl.
Let's begin!
Chapter 9: The next few days
The group were talking and enjoying the dinner Syndra and the others made, while having some good laughs, after they all finished the guys did the dishes while Viven and Riven were cleaning up the table. They all stayed till 10 pm and the group returned to the institute with the dark orbs like usual. When they vanished Syndra and Zed began conversing about the upcoming summer tournament and how everyone will have time off due to the fact that copies will be taking their places while the top summoner teams will be going crazy on the field of justice. They were thinking during those few weeks they will have a little vacation to their temples and invite the group with them.
Ezreal and Lux appeared in his room, like usual they had their arguments about the upcoming matches and how they might be up against each other. Not to mention the current situation with the Demacians and how to deal with them, till Ezreal said to have her stuff moved to his room to stay away from them. They kept rambling on till 2 in the morning, unlike how Riven, Vivien and Zero when they returned to their room. Viven was starting to get really drowsy, but Riven took a good smell of her and noticed by her scent she hasn't took a bath for a few days. She took her to the bathroom to get her cleaned up with her to get ready for bed. While that was happening Zero went out for a walk around the institute with his weapons concealed just in case he might be attacked, also took the dark sphere and made sure it would send him back to his room. Though he had an area he had set in mind to end up at during his walk. After about 15 minutes of not running into any of the Demacian champions he arrived to where he wanted to go. When he looked up it was the Noxian dormitories and walked in, he found a couple of Noxian summoners and had asked them where the Grand General stayed, they pointed him to the ninth floor and took the elevator all the way up. When it arrived it was a long hallway that lead straight to a room, after walking down the hall he stopped at the door and knocked on the door.
A few moments later the door swung open with Swain in regular clothing, he was used to seeing him in a myriad of outfits but mostly his military gear. Swain welcomed him in and the two talked for about an hour discussing what just transpired, Swain was surprised to hear that a young lady that looks like Riven and him appeared from the future. Zero then explained he might have to rush into starting the marriage soon so they could get the plan started and bring out his parents for the ambush. The Grand General stopped him right there and explained that would cause too many crazy things within the institute, he told him to wait till after the upcoming summer tournament. The head summoner would be too burned out from that and it would be the best time for that announcement to happen, plus it would give the Noxian forces to be ready for the impending battle. Zero stood up then took his leave from the Grand General's room, he gave our hero a little piece of advice as he left, "Train up that young lady, she would be useful in the future." Zero groaned as he heard that while closing the door, then proceeded back to his dormitory with no interference at all. When he entered through the door he noticed that his door was still opened, walking in he found his girlfriend and their daughter from the future cuddled up together under his sheets sleeping peacefully. Setting down his sword and spear in his closet carefully, Zero went into the bathroom and took a long shower then dried himself off and joined his 'family' under the sheets after closing the door and turning off the lights to his room.
When the sun began to creep out of the curtains Zero woke up first to see that his two girls were still sleeping peacefully, he got up quietly and went into his closet and grabbed his weapons. He quietly left the room then headed downstairs going into the spacious courtyard that was in between the neutral and Ionian dormitories. There were other summoners sitting around a few picnic tables with cups of coffee or tea to wake themselves up in the morning to get ready for the summoner matches later today. He doesn't have to worry about that yet till Saturday and since it is Tuesday he has enough time to get some more training in. As he got to the middle of the courtyard he pulled out his weapons and began to shadow train, perfecting his form and attacks. He continued this for about ten minutes till he heard other weapons being swung around in the air. Zero stopped for a moment to see who was training and saw a woman controlling floating blades while swinging them with dance like motions. He couldn't take his eyes off her for a bit, his attention was being enticed by the sight of this woman's movements.
That was then stopped by a feeling of someone staring him down from up above, turning to where this was coming from. He raised his head to find that it was coming from his room on the fifth floor, Riven was leaning over the railing staring down at him with an irritated expression on her face. Zero was taken back but cleared his throat, "R-Riven! This isn't what it loo- Aaaaannnnnnd she went inside... Not good..." He was mid way trying to explain himself but Riven went inside their room. Irelia had stopped the moment she heard someone calling out Riven and turned to the person starting to sigh, intrigued she walked over to him then tapped him on the shoulder. Zero turned to Irelia with a surprised look on his face, "Uhhh... May I help you miss?" Irelia chuckled for a moment then she gotten a bit serious. "I happened to hear someone call out Riven's name, was it you? Also I'm Irelia, please don't call me miss." Zero smirked for a bit as he blushed.
"Y-yeah... Well I did call out Riven's name." Irelia noticed him blushing and smiled, "Oh I see, what is your affiliation with Riven." As she spoke footsteps were heard in the courtyard coming towards them. "HE IS MY BOYFRIEND. NOW STEP OFF BITCH!" Riven was walking angrily at both of them all the while holding the sleeping Viven in her arms with Zero's headphones over her ears to make sure she didn't hear any of her swearing. Irelia turned to Riven's voice and looked at her with an angry glare, "I am not flirting with this guy, and if I was I would kill you first." Riven stopped and looked at her with the same angry glare, "I have a kid in my arms, you really wanna do that?" Riven said and Irelia didn't care at all and charged at her with blade surge, as she was getting close to making contact she was shoved out of her line. When she regained her footing she looked up to see that Zero was standing where she would have made contact to kill Riven and Vivien. His expression was filled with a killing intent, even though he still wasn't used to calling Riven his girlfriend since they have literally started dating. Zero knew it was his own personal duty to protect her and their daughter from the future. "I'll see you upstairs, I am gonna set down Vivien and make breakfast for the three of us. We can discuss what are we gonna do after I finish my matches today." Riven began walking back to the dorms but then she stopped and turned her head towards him. "Don't kill her. We have enough trouble as is babe."
Irelia watched the two talk and then looked at Zero who was having an evil grin on his face, "I'll try my best to hold back, it has been only a few days since I went all out. Let's see if I had gotten stronger since then, I'll see you upstairs Riv." Irelia stood ready with confidence shining on her face as Riven walked into the entrance into the dormitories. "Do you really think you can take me on?" Zero didn't even hesitate and charged at Irelia, for the next couple of minutes everyone in the courtyard were watching the blade dance and someone they haven't really seen much around the insitute 'spar.' The two seemed evenly matched as they were clashing blades, dodging each other attacks while launching counter attacks. Both combatants were getting cut up pretty evenly, either their attacks or counters had landed on their opponent. Everyone looked as it was getting pretty intense, that was until Irelia launched her ultimate entrapping Zero within an area blocked off by multiple blades. He was a bit surprised by this and taken back by the sudden damage he received, noticing that she was about to go all in Zero switched to a defensive stance. The moment Irelia charged the people watching stood up to see what was happening within the enclosed area, the fight was now leaning in Irelia's favor as she was landing good blows to Zero. Though he was starting to see how she attacks when she is using this enclosed space, he then dodged an attack by leaping up into the air. Both of his weapons flared with the magical energies that flows within his veins, then as gravity started to bring him back down he aimed his weapons down the same way. Seeing this Irelia backed stepped away to dodge the attack, though as she did she noticed that his eyes weren't fixated on herself but at the ground below him. The moment he slammed down to the ground he released his ultimate attack 'De Lanna', sending out the massive wave of black-red and gold-blue magical energy Irelia used her defiant dance to do her best to block the damage that was coming towards her. As it faded she launched her counter as the dance finished, but she had been pushed back by the wave just enough that her blades were barely touching Zero. She gasped as she saw that her counter failed and Zero dashed at her then slid onto the ground to sweep her legs. Planting his spear at the same time using his momentum to swing himself around and launching a kick at her mid section knocking her away then she rolled on the ground as her enclosed area had disappeared.
The spectators were surprised by the sudden turn of events and saw the fight had been flipped upside down, Irelia was getting back up. When she raised her head Zero put away his weapons away and started to walk away, angered she sent out two blades to his sides to converge on him for her flawless duet attack. Zero heard the blades lunge at him then jumped up and spun around as he ascended taking out his spear then throwing it at Irelia. Her eyes widened as the saw the weapon fly towards her, she was expecting the spear to impale her. But the moment it touched her it exploded, taking a good amount of damage and the explosion had dissipated her eyes were fixated on the same spear that had exploded on her but now it was in Zero's hand and saw that in his other hand the blade he wielded was charged up with magic to unleash a devastation wave. "This battle is over." He then swung his sword towards the sky and the wave dissipated as it traveled up, then sheathed his weapons and resumed walking back to the dormitory. Irelia punched the ground and then gritted her teeth, the fact that someone that was affiliated with that accursed woman Riven. Her 'boyfriend' had bested her in combat out of the blue really upset her. "What is your name? At least give me that courtesy, a warrior like yourself should be able to tell me right?" He stopped as he heard Irelia, then turned his head slightly towards her. "I am not a warrior, just a mage that can use weapons very proficiently. Also my name is Zero, Zero De Lanna. Don't you dare come around Riven and me or else I will have to kill you." He then entered the dorm and proceeded to head back upstairs.
Irelia stood up and saw that the people were in awe from the 'sparring' that just happened. "Can you all get back to your lives?" She then began walking back to the Ionian dorms to get ready for the upcoming matches for the day. When Zero arrived to the door that led to the he shares with Riven he could smell the food being made, as he opened the door Vivien woke up and Riven took a quick pause as they saw him walk in. Walking passed them to set down his weapons and get some fresh clothes, coming back out of the room then was about to enter the bathroom Riven spoke. "Did you win?" Zero opened the door and chuckled, "I shamed her enough to launch a surprise attack on me as I walked away." Riven laughed as he entered the bathroom then closed the door to begin bathing. Mother and daughter from the future were enjoying their little bonding moment as she sat on the chair smiling waiting for Riven to finish making breakfast. Though they could hear slight groans coming from the shower, Vivien was taken back by this. "Mama?" Riven finished making the last of the breakfast on stove and set it onto Zero's plate, "What is it Vivien?" She responded while placing the pan in the sink. "What did papa do this morning?" Riven smiled as she grabbed the plates and the shower turned off as she turned towards Vivien. "Long story short deary, papa had went down to train. Then mama caught papa staring at another woman, and I took you downstairs while you were still sleeping. I then catch that woman trying to talk to papa, turns out that woman was someone mama hated a lot. She then tried to attack us but papa stopped her, and I told papa to beat her up. Looks like papa won and gotten a bit hurt during the fight." Zero then walked out of the bathroom with his fresh clothes and sat down with his family. Vivien looked at Zero with a very big smile, he looked at his daughter from the future with a confused look. "Do I have something on my face?"
Vivien shook her head and Riven sat down with the last plate, "I told her what happened this morning babe." The three were eating their breakfast together, Vivien had asked Zero about the fight he had this morning. He told her what happened and she was squealing with glee as she ate, Riven suggested after her matches today they should go to the Vastayan hunting den for dinner tonight. After they all finished their breakfast Zero stood up and grabbed the plates to start the dishes, Riven went to the bathroom to get ready for her matches today. "Vivien, come help me do the dishes." Vivien got off her chair then brought it over to the sink and stood on top of it as Zero started the water with a sponge soaked in some soap. The two of them were getting the dishes done fast as Zero had applied the sponge to the dirty dishes while Vivien was cleaning them with the running water and putting them on the dish rack. They were to busy to notice that Riven had came out of the bathroom in some towels, when the two of them finished the dishes she came out in her dragonblade outfit. "I'll see you two later, Vivien be good with Papa." Riven then walked over to Zero and leaned up to him for a good bye kiss. Zero was taken back a bit but he leaned down to her and kissed her, "Make sure to win a lot today mama." He said with a awkward tone in his voice, she on the other hand was enjoying this a lot. "I will papa. I finish a bit early today since the maintenance summoners need to adjust things on the rift today. Have fun you two!" Riven then ran out the door and the sounds of her outfit were growing faint as she rushed down the hall.
Vivien and Zero were then looking at each other for a moment, "Did you brush your teeth?" He asked her and responded with a furious shake of her head. Zero was not amused by her response and picked her up. Then brought her into the bathroom and set her down then grabbed a unopened toothbrush, passing it to her after applying some toothpaste. "Since you're staying with us, you're gonna be living by our rules." Vivien took the toothbrush with a pouting face and looked at him. "Papa is still the same even in the past." She then began brushing her teeth and Zero did as well then ruffled up his daughter's hair a bit. After the two finished brushing their teeth and doing everything else with dental hygiene. They went into Zero's room and he got changed in the closet. "Papa!" Vivien called out as he was changing into some light armor he had gotten from his father before arriving to the institute. "Yes Vivien?" He finished putting on the last few pieces, then opened the door. "Where are we going?" She asked then her eyes brightened up to the sight of him in his armor. "We are going to train." Vivien jumped around all the while cheering, "Calm down. I need to see how proficient you are with the basics." She stopped jumping and had a confident posture and expression, "I know the basics!" He raised an eyebrow at her and held that expression, till she finally let out a false laugh and rubbed the back of her head. "I-I don't really know the basics papa..." His expression then changed to a smile. "Good, catch." Tossing her the same training spear and sword he used as a young teen. Vivien managed to catch the spear but saw that if she reached for the sword she would catch the blade, not catching it fell onto the floor making no cuts to it. "The metal on that sword is very dull. So we are going down to the nearby river in the institute to teach you sharpening." Vivien picked them up and Zero began walking towards the door, following behind him she closed the door to his room and out the entrance while he held it open.
Zero then gave her a small holster to hold the training spear and sword, she took it and put it on then placing the weapons into their respective slots. Zero then began walking towards the elevator while she followed right by his side, after entering it they went down to the first floor. Exiting the dorms and out on the institute's grounds they made their way to the wood line. After they walked through the tree's for a bit, he took out the map from his pocket and stopped to look how far they got till they reach the river he remembered seeing. Then he put it back in his pocket and made a slight turn to the right, Vivien followed as best as she could. A couple minutes later they could hear rushing water, as they were reaching the opening gravel was surrounding the river bank. Vivien ran up and stopped at the flowing water, she then turned to Zero with a smile. "What are we going to do here papa?" Zero walked up and stopped then began pulling out his weapons, then took out a couple whetstones. "Come here Vivien, I am going to show you how to sharpen your weapon. One of the few basics of using weapons: weapon care. Take out the weapons I gave you, we are going to sharpen up our weapons." Vivien then took out the weapons and placed them on the ground across from Zero's, she sat down and waited. He then gave her a whetstone, then walked took one for himself and dipped it in the water then began grinding it against his sword to sharpen it. "You want to go slow, if you do it too fast and notice your pace you're going to over sharpen it and ruin the integrity of the blade. The same goes for the other side of the blade. Now you try Vivien." She nodded as she heard him then began to imitate what Zero did and began to grind it against the dull training sword. Zero finished sharpening one side and took a look at it, then flipped it over and began to sharpen the other side. Vivien stopped grinding and poked her father's shoulder, he stopped and looked at her. "Yes Vivien?" She then pointed to the sharpened blade, he held up his hand for her to put the training sword and observed the blade." Not bad, just a little bit more Vivien then switched to the other side." Then handed the blade back to her, Vivien then continued grinding the blade just a little bit more.
Zero watched her then lightly grabbed her arm, "That is enough for that side, now do the other side." He then let go of her arm then flipped the sword over and continued to grind the whetstone against it. Zero watched her and when that side was finished, he stopped her. He then continued to grind his sword while Vivien watched him grind his sword. When he finished he then stood up and grabbed both swords and dunked them in the water for a second, then took them out and leaned it up against a large rock for them to dry in the sun. The two then did the same with the spears and sharpened the blades on them then dipped them into the water to let them dry, Zero grabbed the sword's then gave the training one to Vivien. She took the sword then looked at him with a confused look, "Papa? I thought we were just going to just make sure they were sharp?" He responded with a smile then took a fighting stance right beside her. "You asked me to train you yesterday remember? Now get ready, I shall teach you what I know." Vivien squealed in glee and mimic'd her father and he began doing practice swings in different directions. He stopped but told Vivien to keep doing the same movements and corrected her form until her right arm gotten tired. Zero then told her to stop and took the training sword from her, "Good job you're making excellent progress Vivien. Now it's time to train you on the spear, papa uses." Setting down the swords, he grabbed the spears and handed the training spear to Vivien. He then stood a good distance away for a good reason, "First watch then copy." Vivien held the spear in her left hand and watched her father, he then did a lunging strike followed up with two swings then a jumped up and spun his body around then slammed the spear's tip on the gravel. She was taken back to what he did, "I know it seems hard but you should be able to get it after a couple of practice swings." Zero then stood there with his spear leaning up against his shoulder.
A hour later she was panting after nearly getting the combo she was shown but as she was about to get the last hit she tripped and fell on her face. Zero threw his spear to the side and picked up Vivien, "H-Hey! Vivien are you alright?" He turned her over then saw she had a couple of scratches on her face after wiping off the rocks that were on her face. "D-Did I do good papa?" She asked him and he wore a soft smile on his face, "Yeah, you are doing great Vivien." He sat her up and put the spear on her back holster and walked over to the large rock and grabbed both swords. Placing the training sword on the hip holster. Then placed his weapons on the same spots, then picked up Vivien and put her on his shoulders. Viven placed her hands on his head and he began to walk back to the dormitories through the treeline. "You did great today Vivien, after we get back home let's get you cleaned up and ready to get dinner at the cafe tonight." Viven smiled and leaned onto his head. "Thanks papa, when I get back to the future. I'll have Kallen on the ropes." He smiled as they were crossing the wood terrain, then a thought came through his mind. "Tell me about your twin sister Vivien." She sighed and began to speak. "Kallen is the younger twin and she was more gifted than me. She was more smarter than me and had studied a lot of magic from grandfather and grandmother. She was a genius unlike me... Then the day when she picked up mama's sword she was a natural with it, then mama began to train her. I wasn't as good as her, I was in her shadow while growing up. You and mama were very busy with the commanding the armies against the monsters everyone had to fight, so grandmother and grandfather were focusing on Kallen more than me..." She then slowly began to tear up, and Zero reached his hand up to her head rubbed it lightly. "Don't worry about it kiddo, now you are getting trained by younger papa. So when you get back to the future, you can spar with your twin sister. Also why did mama from the future sent you back to our time?" The two got out the treeline and were walking through the fields of the institute.
"Mama sent me back in time to tell you two to be careful when the wedding happens. She said that you nearly lost your life and have more people on security for the ambush from the Demacians. She also said that there were two people that were from Ionia had joined in and they double teamed against you." Zero listened then let out a sigh. "Looks like mama will be staying with me if that happens... I can already figure out who are you're talking about Vivien." The two finally reached the dorms and he checked his watch and it was almost time for Riven to be done with her matches today. Entering the doors and making sure that Vivien didn't hit her head on the door frame, the went to the elevator going up back to the room. When they entered Zero set down Vivien and took off the training weapons, then brought her into the bathroom. "Go shower Vivien, I'll find some clothes for you to wear." Vivien nodded and Zero left the bathroom while closing the door, he then went to his room and leaned up the weapons against the wall. Going into the closet and changed out of his light armor and clothes. Then changed to pants and shirt, then began looking for clothes for Vivien to wear. He struggled finding some clothes while hearing the shower going. Then he heard the main door swing open, "I'm home! Zero, Vivien?" Riven had returned back from her matches.
"I'm in here Riv! Vivien is taking a shower, I took her out to the woods to teach her some basics of how to wield my style of weapons!" He responded as he walked out of the closet then into the living area. He walked up to her and gave her a hug, "That's nice of you Zero! How did she do?" She hugged back and pecked his cheek with a kiss. "W-well... She did was doing great for her first day of training. Though... Vivien lost her footing and fell on her face. So I carried her back on my shoulders." The two heard the shower stop and waited for a moment as the door to the bathroom swung open with Vivien wrapped in Riven's towels. "Uhhh... Mama? Can you help me?" Her hair was still soaking wet and had a teary look on her face. Zero let go of Riven and she walked over to her then grabbed another one of her towels. Then dried her hair, "Can you find some clothes for her babe? I can't really find any that could suit her for later."
A couple minutes passed, then Riven and Vivien came out of her doorway. Riven was wearing a shirt, jacket and pants, Vivien was lucky that Riven had small clothes for the summer and wore shorts, a shirt and one of Riven's regular sized jackets. "Good thing I wear short clothing during the summer. You ready Vivien?" She patted her daughter's head and then she held her hand for her to hold. Zero went into his room real quick to put on his summoner robe then turned it intangible, he closed his door as Riven had opened the door for him. "Let's go! I am starving!" Riven said with a smirk on her face as Zero passed her and held Vivien's other hand, the three walked down the hallway and down the elevator. Making their way out of the dorms then out of the institute, as they passed through the streets of Heilfram. Some people looked at them with a very odd look, seeing Riven with a child and the same guy from the other day. Some of them didn't pay no mind but were wondering what happened in the past few days, a couple minutes passed as they reached the cafe. But before Riven could opened the door it swung open and Vi was looking at her with a very surprised expression as she looked at the "family". "Riv! Why do you have a kid and why are you both holding it's hands?!" Riven then placed her hand over mouth. "Sit us down and serve us. I'll explain everything." Vi nodded then led them inside and to a booth in the back, as they passed the people in the cafe having their food and drinks. One person caught their attention, it was the grand general sitting at a lone table.
They reached the booth and Vi sat them down leaving them some menus along with some utensils, "You want the usual appetizer Riv? You two enjoyed it last time." Riven chuckled and nodded. "Like always Vi, after that you can sit down while we explain everything." Vi gave a thumbs up then left to place the order, during that time while she was gone Swain walked over to their table standing at the same spot Vi was. "Good evening you three. Especially you young one." Riven and Zero looked at the grand general with a very irritated look. "Please don't look at me with that expression, I came here to greet the child. What is your name?" Swain had a very welcoming smile on his face which was very odd to see. "I'm Vivien! Good to see you gramps!" Swain was taken back from the sudden title Vivien called him. Regaining his composure he cleared his throat, "Gramps huh? Well you three enjoy your dinner. I will check in with you three later." Swain then took his leave from the cafe and Vi had returned with water, "It's almost done guys, I told em to make two orders especially for your kid! I'll be right back, I gotta handle a couple tables." Vi left them again and the three were playing little games to keep themselves entertained while waiting for Vi to return. A couple minutes later Vi had returned with two orders of Riven's usual, she placed them on the table and sat down next to Zero. "Alright guys! Gimme the lay down!" The three began eating while Riven and Zero explained everything that happened in the past few days.
After they finished explaining and eating the appetizers Vi was taken back by everything that was just said, "Holy... Fu-" Riven covered Vi's mouth before she swore. "Vi! Zero and I's kid is here!" Vi nodded furiously then Riven took her hand off her mouth. "Wow... That is a lot of crazy stuff... I could get Cait to help out." Zero then shook his head, "I don't think Piltover police should get involved with this until it leads to the city getting pulled in." Vi then got out of the booth and took out a notepad to take their main orders. Riven ordered her usual dinner and Zero ordered a seafood platter while Vivien wanted a cheeseburger kid's meal, she left and a couple minutes pass as the three were chatting about how Riven's matches turn out along with Vivien's training today. Vi returned with their food and leaving them to enjoy their dinner like a happy family. After they finished and leaving the amount of gold for the food on the table with a good tip and a note just for Vi, it read: "You tell anyone Vi and I will wreck your shit! - Riven" They returned back to their room and got ready for bed. The next few days were nearly the same, Riven leaving for her matches while Zero and Vivien go back to the river to continue her training. Though they had their dinner's in either their room or Riven caught either Zed or Syndra letting them know they wanna have dinner with them. It was a good week till Saturday morning, which was Zero's mach match. He had asked Riven the other night to be his champion for the match while Vivien would stand by him during the whole match.
When they entered the summoner room and Riven giving Zero and Vivien a kiss then she stood on the summoning platform. She waved at them as she waited for him to stand ready at the summoner orb with the other new summoners joining him in this mach match while Vivien stood by his side. When the channeling finished Zero took a quick look at the enemy team, "Babe... I don't think you're going to like who we are facing today." Zero communicated to Riven through their link and as she walked to lane she let out a very irritated sigh... "Who are we up against?" Vivien had noticed something felt wrong with her papa. "Garen is your lane opponent, Yasuo is in mid lane against Katarina, then there is Jarvan IV jungling... This isn't going to end well... They all got beef with you and with me..." Riven let out a groaning shout, "GAWD FUCKING DAMMIT!"
Sorry for the long wait guys! I hope you like the little time skip to move the story along and the little "Oh fuck..." moment.
I'll be starting the next chapter soon! I got a busy weekend coming up!
Till next chapter!
ごっきげにょ‼
-EmperorZafkiel
