CardMaster Of Zero10
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Maki felt his mind flow with pain. He felt numerous spikes of pain radiate outward from this mind outward. The pain was intense, and since it began from the head, he fell unconscious first. Falling unconscious didn't stop the pain though, the pain made its slow journey from his head to his extremities and Maki could feel the spike of pain every single time his brain reestablished a connection with his body.
••••
'What's this?' Maki was coming to and he felt something everywhere around him. He felt something squeezing his left arm, something holding his right hand, something keeping his legs down, and something pressing down on his head. He opened his eyes and was relieved at the sight of a cold towel over his forehead…though he was not relieved at all when he saw the sources of what held him.
He saw that he was on a four-post bed, but that wasn't the reason why he was feeling weird sensations. He looked toward his feet and saw Eve Sleeping on his feet. 'Odd place to sleep, but not that weird…'
Maki looked to his right and saw Siesta sleeping on a chair next to the bed while holding his hand. 'Even when sleeping she's a nice person…'
Then his gaze shifted to his left and he saw pink? 'This little pink terror who blasted me is now sleeping next to me?!' Maki suppressed the urge to shrug her off until he saw her sleeping face through her pink hair. Defeated, Maki sighed and looked around to see himself in Louise's room.
Delflinger, who lay against the wall, noticed Maki. "Hey partner! Glad to see you're ok!"
"What happened?" Maki managed to croak out those words.
"You were attacked by Mott and you turned into a gold shield. Then you beat him by reflecting his attack back onto him."
"He's dead?"
Delf gave a sigh. "Sadly no…but it was the next best thing. You gave him two new holes in his hands! You sure are something Partner!"
Maki gave a sigh of relief and smiled. He didn't want to be a killer but he still wanted to punish him. "He paid for what he did to Siesta…or what he was planning to do." He heard the old sword chuckle. "Hey Delf, where are you?"
"I'm against the wall in front of the bed." Maki lifted his head so he could see Delf but he was greeted by the, oh so familiar pain from unsummoning out of a non-human transformation.
"ARGH!" The pain was a magnified version of the pain he had felt from his previous Unsummon and he fell unconscious yet again.
"Oops, forgot to remind you that you're still recovering. Sorry about that." Maki vaguely heard Delf's words and made a mental note to bathe Delflinger in Thestalos' flames before he fell unconscious.
••••
Because of his transformation into a shield, he lost nearly every connection to his body. Though the pain was insignificant for just a single cell, the pain was greatly multiplied as it worked on reestablishing its command over trillions of cells. The initial pain was due to the reconnection of primary life functions and the second wave of pain was the result of the reconnection of secondary functions such as muscle control of the arms and legs.
••••
The next time Maki awoke he was surprised at the people around him. There was Eve sleeping next to him, and a small group standing in Louise's room.
Maki heard Louise's voice, "It's been three days! Why won't my familiar wake up?"
Then he heard Colbert's response, "I do not know the cause of this Miss Valliere."
"Mystery…" Tabitha gave here opinion of Maki's condition.
"But my darling doesn't have a single scratch on him!" Maki knew it was Kirche since she substituted his name with 'darling' most of the time.
…And then the word war between the Valliere and Zerbest ensued.
"He is not your 'darling'!"
"I have already met with him in my room!"
"He what!" Louise was outraged.
"You heard me Valliere. He. Met. Me!" Kirche giggled at the thought of her encounter with Maki.
"Why would he visit a Germanian?"
"Well obviously he wouldn't like you, since you are a zero in 'that' area." Kirche pointed to Louise's chest.
"Why you!" Maki braced himself for an explosion that never came.
"Prohibited…" Tabitha swiped Louise's wand away with a gust of wind and went back to reading.
Colbert didn't notice the entire exchange because he was deep in thought at Maki's condition, he only snapped back when he felt a gust of wind. "Hmm? What's wrong ladies?"
Since both Kirche and Louise were caught off guard, Tabitha covered for them, "Nothing…"
Delf, in the same spot, laughed at the group and then spoke to Maki. "Hey Partner, enjoy the entertainment?"
Maki kept his body still. He didn't want a repeat of last time, "I would've stopped them, but I thought I would've fallen unconscious again." Maki's response made the entire group turn and face Maki.
"!"
"Ah, Maki! You're awake!"
"Maki!"
"Darling!"
Maki smiled at them. "Just don't move my body, I still want to recover." He directed the sentence to Kirche who he saw was ready to pounce on him.
"But darling! Why?" She pointed at Eve, who was snuggled up to Maki, "Then why is Eve there!"
Maki smiled back, "Eve was there to begin with." The tanned redhead pouted in disappointed and murmured something about not taking the opportunity last night.
Tabitha wanted an explanation, "Shield."
Mr. Colbert was also intrigued by the event at Mott's, "Ah, Maki, care to explain what happened a few days ago?"
Maki was immobile on the bed but he managed to raise an eyebrow, "How long was I out?"
"You were out for three days you stupid familiar of mine!" …Go guess who said that.
"Three? That certainly was longer than before." Maki tried moving his muscles and was greeted by the dull afterpain of unsummoning, he sat up carefully and motioned the group closer.
"I have the ability to transform back in my world and I guess it was carried over when I arrived."
"So how does that explain your fight with Guiche before?" Colbert raised a valid question.
Maki took out his master card, "This, lets me transform among other things. When I fought with Guiche I used an equip card to beat him."
"How can a card beat Guiche's valkyries?" Louise asked.
"I had a card which increased my strength and also gave me traits of a dragon." He raised his card up higher for the group to see. "Want me to demonstrate and equip?"
They all nodded.
"Butterfly Dagger – Elma" In a flash of light the card had transformed into an emerald green dagger with a butterfly decoration where the blade met the handle. It radiated a soft glow and seemed to create a small outward flow of wind.
The group was surprised at the sudden transformation of the card.
"!" Tabitha had felt the wind flow from the blade.
"Amazing!" Professor Colbert leaned closer for a detailed look.
"W-what? H-How?" Louise blinked several times to absorb what had just happened.
"Ahh how beautiful, a pity it isn't red." Commented the passionate redhead.
Maki smiled and got a feel of his dagger; it was as light as a feather and it was cool to the touch. "Well, there's the card. Unsummon" And in another flash the dagger had returned to its transparent card-like dimensions.
Mr. Colbert, being the scholar that he is, raised another question. "We didn't see you holding a weapon like that dagger. Care to explain?"
Maki sighed; this wasn't so easy since he still felt the lingering pain. "Mist Body" In yet another flash of light he was, normal?
"Nothing happened darling!"
Maki smiled, "This is an example of a card that doesn't make itself known until a certain requirement is met."
"What is this requirement Maki?" The teacher asked.
"I want one of you to attack me."
"You know I wouldn't attack you darling!" Kirche said seductively
Louise took up the offer quickly…maybe too quickly. The pinkette produced a leather whip from who knows where and smirked. "I was hoping I could punish my no good familiar for all the trouble!"
Maki just smiled…with a little mix of a grin. "Take your best shot."
"Gladly!" The whip wielding mage took her best swing at Maki's back and felt no resistance?
"W-What?" Louise felt no resistance and heard no satisfying crack of the whip.
Tabitha just pointed at Maki, "Mist…"
The group looked at Maki's chest…or where Maki's chest should have been. Maki was still smiling. "Surprised yet again?" His body was normal, all except the chest area. Where the whip should've hit was a trail of wispy mist. "This equip only activates when I'm attacked. It renders nearly all forms of attack useless." In a few seconds the wispy mist coalesced around his chest and reformed his upper torso. "Unsummon" And in another flash his body was 'unequipped'
Jean Colbert gaped at the strange abilities that this familiar had, "Remarkable…"
"Yep." Maki slowly got off the bed while making sure not to wake Eve. "I want my body to readjust so let's go take a walk. I'll explain the negative effects of my abilities as we walk."
••••
"Urk…" The pain was gradually weakening with time as he and the others walked through the courtyard. Kirche offered to help Maki by giving him some support and he accepted, wanting to lessen the strain yet still work his body. Maki leaned onto Kirche who was more than happy to oblige.
Louise, on the other hand, wasn't so pleased at the thought of losing her familiar to her enemy, "Kirche! Get off him!"
Kirche placed her finger on her bottom lip innocently, "Ara? How can the short Louise help Maki?" She smiled, "At least I'm tall enough to help Maki stay up, my poor darling would just be in more pain if you were to help him walk."
Louise saw how Kirche's height helped Maki keep balanced and she gave a "Hmph" before bringing her gaze forward.
Tabitha was following the group from behind and gave a small glance up to her staff and continued onward.
••••
The group consisting of Maki, Louise, Kirche, Tabitha, and Colbert were walking at a comfortable pace.
Jean Colbert edged closer to Maki's unoccupied side, "Care to discuss the negative aftereffects?"
Maki shifted his weight as to not burden Kirche and he turned to the teacher, "So your scholarly spirit burns with curiosity?" The teacher nodded and Maki smiled back as he saw that Jean Colbert had come prepared with a stick of writing charcoal and a notepad.
"The aftereffects of unsummoning cards aren't exactly pleasant. From what I've gathered, I'm subjected to extreme pain if I pick a non-living transformation, such as my shield transformation. I experience damage on a lesser extent if I choose a non-human but living transformation. And I now know that human or humanoid transformations deal next to no damage at all to myself."
Mr. Colbert was scribbling down notes to the best of his ability as the group kept on their leisure walk, "What a dangerous ability…"
Maki flinched a bit when the pain flared for a moment, "I think that there are limits when I transform into non-sentient transformations. I remember when I woke up I wasn't in Shield's form. What happened?"
Louise, who was trailing behind, picked up her speed and walked next to the teacher. "We saw you change into a shield and after deflecting the attack you returned back into yourself." Maki thought about Louise's recollection.
"So I guess I have some sort of time restraint on my non-sentient changes. Oh, and I also have time restraints on my transformations; depending on the strength of a transformation I am restricted from using the same change for certain times." Maki saw the teacher jot additional notes down onto his pad. "I wish I had the skills to fix up these aftereffects…" Maki stumbled a bit on one of the blocks on the stone pathway.
"Darling!" Kirche recovered from the sudden shift and kept Maki from falling flat onto the stones.
"Thanks Kirche…" Maki felt another pain on his gut and he saw that their walk had brought him back to the dorms, "I think I need to rest up again…I'll head back up with Louise and I'll meet you all tomorrow when I'm all better…" He shifted his weight onto himself and struggled over to Louise, "Care to take me back so I can rest Master Louise?"
"S-sure…" Louise was unsure on how to support Maki. The last time she had helped him the pain wasn't so severe.
"I think I stayed upright for too long…" Maki began his slow trek into the dorm until he felt something gripping him from his waist, "Huh?"
"I-It's a Master's duty to h-help their familiar!" Louise attempted to support Maki, but to him all he felt was the little pinkette hugging him.
'Urk…she hugged my gut…' As the two made their way up the stairs Maki glanced down at Louise and saw her determination in her eyes. 'A little more pain won't kill me…will it?' He shook his head and concentrated on getting himself to the bed to alleviate the pain.
••••
"Louise I think I'm good enough to rest at my usual spot." Maki had slept for several more hours and assumed that he was able to move freely without much pain.
"Maki…" Louise sounded sad at Maki's announcement… "I order my familiar to rest up for tomorrow!" …Or not, her usual temper resurfaced and Maki went back to 'No' mode.
"No." Louise's order was shot down.
"I want you to rest up! It's not like there's something tomorrow!" She averted her gaze to the side.
'Smooth…' Maki was curious and if he stayed he could get some decent rest without getting hurt…probably… "Why do I have to rest up tomorrow?"
"Shut up! I'll tell you tomorrow! Now go to sleep!" Maki took the opportunity to get some shuteye and as soon as he lay on the bed he was out like a light again.
At that moment Louise wanted to blast Maki for sleeping on her bed, but something stopped her. She had something planned for Maki tomorrow, but first she needed some sleep.
Louise changed and got herself to the bed…but she wasn't going to sleep unprepared…as she drifted off to sleep she was hugging her wand to her chest ready to blast her pesky familiar should he do anything weird…
Author's Note: And now I bid thee adieu~ I need to work on my studies now so i'll continue this story next summer...
P.S. Don't tell me that i didn't give you an early warning about my schedule.
P.P.S. Ah! I was reviews on what you want for pairings! Just add what you want for pairings at the end of your reviews and i'll look over it.
P.P.P.S. So far i have gotten: (I'll Update the votes whenever i get them...and you can vote on more than one character!)
Voting is still ongoing! •Updated as of 1/16/2013•
Tabitha - 13
Louise - 4
Irukuku - 7
Eve - 13
Undine (Water Spirit) - 1
Longueville (Matilda) - 3
Sheffield - 2
Agnes - 3
Cattleya - 2
Tiffania - 5
Kirche - 3
Siesta - 3
Henrietta - 2
Sasha (1st Gandalfr) - 1
[Harem] - 8
P.P.P.P.S. I also want some possible summons for some extra scenes. (I have the main conflicts covered with summons already)
Blue Eyes White Dragon - 4
Dark Magician - 3
Black Luster Soldier- 4
Dark Magician of Chaos - 3
Obelisk the Tormentor - 2
Buster Blader - 1
Harpie's Brother - 2
Harpie's Pet Dragon - 1
Sorcerer of Dark Magic - 1
Air Armor Ninja - 1
Aqua Armor Ninja - 1
Earth Armor Ninja - 1
Flame Armor Ninja - 1
Crimson Ninja - 1
Ninja Grandmaster Hanzo - 1
Senior Silver Ninja - 1
Strike Ninja - 1