Hey there, thanks for reading my FF, and I really apologize for updating too slow, mental block though. Anyway this is the first time that I wrote a foreword,as you can see the swords that I put in my FF are mostly shoutouts from other media examples like: LightCutter:Izayoi (guess where this is from) and others are just you know came out from my head, but not original though. Anyway on with the story! Oh by the way, try to guess where the swords (yep, sword are the main and only weapons of Saito) come from!
Chapter 10: Memories
It was night.
A lone figure was sitting on the roof of a hut; he was staring at the moons with sad eyes but his expression was blank. He adjusted his glasses and continued to stare again at the moon.
"Be careful, I just repaired that part. I do not want you to get hurt."
A girl who was trying to sneak upon him suddenly stopped on her tracks. She pouted her cheeks and sat down. "That's unfair! How did you know always know that I am sneaking on your back?"
The man looked at her and he smiled, "Well…..Your presence is always warm, I can feel it all the time."
The woman blushed, and then she continued to crawl and she sat beside the man. Silence followed for a while then she spoke up.
"The moons are beautiful right?"
The man nodded and smiled, "Yeah, just like you."
The girl tilted her head and said "Eh?"
"…Nothing."
"Uhmmm…May I ask something?"
"Sure."
"When you know how to get back home, will you leave me?"
The man sighed and looked at her., "I don't know… My head keeps telling me that I should go back, but my heart says otherwise… I can't abandon you now."
"But don't you have any family waiting for you?"
The man's eyes widened for a second and then he closed his eyes….."Family…" I think yes" then he opened his eyes and smiled at the girl "but they could do fine with me."
The man looked again at the moon, "Everyone…..wait for me, Saito….take care of them, I will be back I promise."
"Shit!"
Saito and Louise were outside the door but they were blocked by what they seem as Reconquista's mages, they are 100 in numbers.
"Louise hide there!" Then Saito stared at the mages that were blocking their way." You fuckin bastards, get the fuck out of our way! AccelBlade: Zekthor!", a one-hand sword with thick silver blade with red edge appeared on his hand.
"Fine! Don't wanna comply, then you lives are mine BITCHES!"
Saito ran and stabbed one mage, then he punched another one on his left, he kicked the one that he stabbed away from his before cutting the head of another mage. He grabbed another one on the neck and stabbed it in on the chest and throwing it to a group of mages that are trying to cast a spell. Confusion was everywhere; the mages could not cast nor aim their spells without injuring their comrades.
"Sir, we were dwindling in numbers! He was too close for use to cast spells!"
The commanding officer shouted, "I don't care! Hit him, I don't give a damn whether you will hit those useless fools or not!"
Saito was busy fighting, that he didn't notice that he was encircled by the mages who were outside on his range. The mages casted their spells on him even though their comrade was on their line of fire.
"SHIT!"
Saito jumped out before he was hit by the spells, then he landed on the middle, still surrounded by the mages.
"Shit, if this continues…..oh fuck I have no choice.." he pulled the handle of the sword and then it and middle part of the blade extended. Saito then spoke, "Cast-off".
A deep toned voice was also heard on the sword: "CAST-OFF." The lights suddenly shone on the lines of the blade and it jettisoned in to many pieces, it revealed a blood red blade with silver colored edge. Saito held the transformed blade with two hands.
"5 seconds…."
Saito disappeared in a blur.
"5"
"4"
"3"
"2"
"1"
Saito appeared in an instant, and he waved his sword, blood suddenly appeared. All the mages were surprised, but it did not last long, fountains of blood suddenly erupted from everywhere, all of the mages were decapitated, eviscerated or amputated.
"You are all fucking dead."
Up in the sky, Tabitha, Kirche and Guiche were speechless, never in their life have they seen that kind of carnage, and Guiche sat in a fetal position, saying "I am lucky, I am lucky, I am lucky…." Over and over again.
Tabitha's eyes were rooted on Saito, although she was used in seeing this kind of violence, there was something in her chest that she never felt before: Fear. She was trying control it, but somehow, she was shaking a little.
Kirche's eyes were wide with shock, and she covered her mouth, never in her life she have seen such brutal manslaughter before. A man whom she used to admire seems to vanish; instead, it was a merciless demon.
Both girls happened to look at each other, even though no words came out, they nodded simultaneously and Tabitha commanded her dragon to descend, albeit slowly.
Saito walked slowly on the spot where Louise is hiding and he had difficulty in walking.
"Fuck, that's why I hate using that sword; it gives ungodly speed but gives me also ungodly strain. Goddamnit." Saito grumbled. Then he happened to stare at Louise, his eyes suddenly looked away she approached him.
"Saito…"
"Sorry about that, I bet that you are scared on what I did to them….told you I was bad in disposing bodies." Saito joked to lighten the atmosphere but Louise hugged him instead…and started to hit him with her fists.
"STUPID! STUPID! STUPID!, You are late you stupid familiar!"
"What the ! After dragging my ass for god-knows-where just to save you from that bearded asshole and offing those goddamn shitheads, this is what would I get! A thank you is more than enough, and I think it would not hurt to say it!" Saito angrily exclaimed.
"Hmph!...Thank you …..for saving me….even though *Hic* I doubted *hic* you…*hic**hic* WAHHHHHHHHHH!" Louise bawled on the top of her lungs.
"Hey! What the hell! You started to hit me then you gonna cry like that !"
"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
"Goddamnit, what the hell is that for!, and why the hell are you crying?"
"*Sniff* It's because *sniff* You killed people….Your hands are stained because of me…..Ow! What is that for?"
Saito poked his finger on Louise's forehead, and it worked effectively.
"Ow! What's that for!"
"Remember what I have told you? I will protect you on this mission. No matter what happens, even though my hands …well…..be a little dirty." Saito explained with a smile.
"But…"
"Oh wait I received this from the prince." Saito then reached for his pocket and showed it to Louise.
"This is…"
"I was about to fight that asshole when the prince was raising his hand, holding something. I used Kyoka to occupy that Shitface , and I approached the prince. He said murmured something and then he died."
"Saito….."
A gust of wind and flapping of wings suddenly was heard, Saito motioned Louise to hide behind him and he summoned a Zweihander.
"Wait! Saito it's us!" a familiar voice announced.
Saito lowered his weapon, and true, it is no other Kirche, Tabitha and a cowering figure on the back riding Slyphid. The dragon landed on the ground and the two girls stepped down and with their wands drawn, they carefully walked to the couple but maintained some distance.
"Oh it's you guys, sorry I had to leave you behind, my senses kinda spiked up….Hey is there something wrong? It's seems you are kind of on guard?" Saito asked.
Kirche and Tabitha looked at the ground, unable to face Saito eye to eye, and just cannot answer, Saito understood what they meant, they had seen the massacre that he had made.
"Sorry." Saito apologized.
The two looked on Saito, and were surprised that Saito apologized.
"I had no other options that time, I had to kill them, or we would be killed. Well it's kinda messy when that happens…" Saito sheepishly confessed while scratching his head.
"That's all right Darling…In fact, it made my feelings burn more for you!" Kirche announced and then she hugged Saito.
"What? Aren't you…..scared a while ago?
Tabithta nodded, "No longer."
Kirche then explained while hugging Saito. "We are just making sure that you are the Saito that we knew. Honestly that thing you did back there really spooked us now, Even Guiche was still shaking on his knees until now."
Louise the angrily interjected, "Well now that you confirmed Saito is still Saito, would you not mind to get away from him?"
"Oh Louise, there you are…..I did not notice you, Oh pardon me, I thought you are a wall."
"What did you say!"
"Now now, we must get back to the princess and report what happened, the mission is complete but unfortunately there were some casualties, and Guiche, please don't be such as pussy." Saito said while shaking his head.
"Ah I see…"
The princess had received the letter and the ring. Louise detailed how everything happened, starting from upon meeting of Wardes, trying to get to the port, how Wardes tried to kill Saito by sending Fouquet , how everybody chased Louise and Wardes into Albion, the faux wedding in the church and the murder of Prince Wales.
The princess continued, "What happened, how are you saved?"
While she looked at Saito who was against the wall while his arms are folded. Louise answered, "My familiar saved me."
"Mr. Familiar, I heard from Louise that you dealt with Wardes, how did you it? He is the captain of the Griffin Knights; surely, you had a hard time facing him. " Henrietta asked.
"Nothing much, I played with him first before making sever his own arm by forcing him to choose whether he will rot to death or cut his own arm to prevent the spread of the poison." Saito answered as if it was nothing at all.
"…."
Both of girls were speechless because of Saito's brutality, and this irked him.
"Hey what's with that? At least I didn't sliced his head off or burn him while he is alive, that was much more brutal."
Louise tried to divert the mood "Ohohohoho, please pardon my familiar your Majesty, he was just expressive… in terms of fighting."
Saito remembered something; he reached on his pocket and showed a ring to the princess. "Uh princess, I think you must receive this."
Henrietta gasped upon seeing it. It was the Wind ring. "How come…?"
Saito explained, "Before he died, he used all his strength to remove the ring in his finger and call someone, I happened to see him."
"Oh….did he say something?"
Saito looked on Louise, and then she nodded, "He said that…...Don't live in his memories and move on… and find another one to love. Be brave and free."
Saito made this up, but he knew he must lie, the fact that he made up a dying man's last words was distasteful for him but it was really needed.
Henrietta stared at the ring and then tears flowed out of her eyes, and then she wore the ring and she said, "Then it shall be….I will be brave and free.
Everyone came back at the academy; their absence was no secret. Everyone was pestering where they have been, but it was short lived because Saito summoned an evil looking sword with a black blade and an evil eye on the hilt, and then he said:
"Ask more questions, I will gut you all and feed your souls to my sword."
And it was quite effective, no one asked questions again.
Days passed and everything was peaceful, one time at the dining hall…
Louise and Saito were eating, although they are not on a conversation because Louise knew that Saito does not like to talk while eating, and then a fat student in the name of Malicorne came upon them.
"Hey Louise!"
Louise irritatingly responded "What!"
"Your familiar is on my seat!, tell him to go seat somewhere else!"
"Shut it, find your own seat and don't disturb us!"
Malicorne, knowing that he could not stand a chance on her; he tried to bully Saito instead. He touched Saito's shoulder and shook him hard "Hey familiar piss off! That is my seat! Go find another seat or just sit on the floor!"
Louise was surprised that Malicorne had the guts to disturb the one moment that Saito cherish, and it was the mealtime.
Saito set down his utensils and then he stood up, and he grabbed Malicorne on the collar with one hand and raised him up. Then he started to speak with venom in his voice.
"Hey fatass… do you wanna die so quickly now that you disturbed me while eating? To tell you what…I am more than happy to comply."
"SS-Sorry!"
"Nah…." Saito then dropped Malicorne without any fuss, and he sat down and continued to eat, then he still noticed Malicorne was still on the floor staring him at him.
"What the hell, Go away, scram."
Then Malicorne scampered away from him.
Louise looked at her familiar and spoke to him. "Why did you let him go easy?"
Without looking at Louise, he answered, "Simple, he apologized."
Louise did not asked questions and then they both continued to eat.
"At last, Now I could take a bath."
Saito looked down at the huge pot that he received from Marteau, it was big enough, and he also made wooden slats for him to step on. It was a long time since he was able to take a bath and that stupid explosion that Louise made on Colbert's class made him dirty because she ignited a gasoline-powered simple machine, which the teacher made. Saito was surprised because the man was able to make such machine as that in this medieval world. He placed the makeshift bathtub at a hidden spot on the Vestri Court, where almost no one passes thru.
Saito removed his coat, and submerged it into a water basin and started to scrub it. After that, he hung the coat beside the boiling pot to dry, and then he removed his sleeveless shirt. It revealed a firm well-toned muscled body but full of scars mostly stab and slash wounds.
"Hey partner, your body seems to take a lot of punishment!" Derflinger observed.
"Yes you are right, back then, there were no days that I never received a wound, and I fight all the time." Saito answered before removing his last articles of clothing, climbed into the pot and submerged himself on it. "Ahhh…..this is refreshing."
"That must have felt good?" Derflinger inquired.
"Yeah, " Saito replied.
"That's the advantage of being human, able to enjoy such luxuries….but nah I am damn happy being a sword, I mean look at me I am-"
"6000 years old and still kicking? Yeah, I am expecting that you will say that." Saito interrupted.
"At least I am not like you, a walking bag of scars! , Look at the Handsome ME!"
"Nah, shut up."
Saito stopped bickering for a while with the sword and then he enjoyed the bath then he asked Derflinger.
"Hey, could you tell me about the last Gandalfr?" Saito asked while staring at the sky.
"Hmm…"
"Well?"
"Forgot it."
"What the hell, you are a magic, sentient and a talking sword!, How the hell could you forgot that?"
"Dunno, I forgot it. Not my problem either." Derflinger lazily answered.
"So much for a magic sword."
"Well I forgot, 6,000 years is too long for me to remember…. Hahaha, hey someone is coming up." Derflinger warned.
Someone was approaching, Saito prepared himself, and then a female voice that he recognized suddenly spoke.
"I hope Mr. Hiraga would enjoy this-Kyahhh…..ah I will be scolded again.."
"Siesta?"
The one approaching was no other than Siesta, the first person in this world that was kind to him. She was on her maid's outfit and she was carrying a tray with a teapot and cups.
"What are you doing here?" Saito asked while he stood up.
"Well…. I am about to bring you some tea…. I hope you like…" Siesta stopped talking and her face suddenly blushed furiously.
"Hmmm? OH SHIT! Sorry about that my bad! " Saito sat down quickly to hide his lower body.
"Ah…..That's alright…have some tea." Siesta poured it on a teacup and gave it to him. Saito then drank it, and he exclaimed "Wow, this is good!"
Siesta then smiled and then she said "Glad you like it!"
Saito then gave back the cup and then something entered on his mind, "Hey, how did you find me here?"
"Well I was about to attend to something when I saw you carrying hot water and-"
"You followed me and stalked me?" Saito continued.
"No! That not what I meant- Kyaaah!", Siesta fell on the pot.
"Siesta are you all right?" Saito worriedly asked.
"Yes…..but my clothes are drenched…."
"Sorry!" Saito quickly apologized.
"That's all right...Hey, this is great!" Siesta happily voiced out.
"Eh?"
Siesta then suddenly removed her top, showing off her ample chest…
"Waahhh! " Saito suddenly turned back and then he submerged himself halfway.
"Is there something Mr. Hiraga?"
"You are undressing! Why is that! "Saito embarrassedly said.
"Well…I want to try this more, and I want to dry my clothes too." Siesta then rose up from the pot and she continued to undress herself, then she returned to the pot completely naked and then she submerged herself again.
"Ahhh… this is good…"
"Can I face now?" Saito asked
"Ah sure..wait."
"Is there any problem Siesta…." Saito then felt a gentle hand touched his back.
"What are these scars? You back are full of them… and there were also burn marks too…"
Saito faced her, Siesta gasped upon his muscular chest and arms; it showed numerous scars and burns, all sorts of battle scars were on Saito's body.
"Well it's kinda hard to explain how I got them all….well this scar is…" Saito pointed at his right shoulder "was from a former enemy, but he became my friend…..Unfortunately he died, this is circular wound on my chest was from a spear user, Boy, that fuckin bastard was hard to beat-Siesta…" The girl suddenly hugged him without any word or warning….her chest were rubbing on his own.
"It seems that you have lived a hard life…Saito." Siesta gently commented, it was for the first time she used his first name.
"Yeah…you are right, since I was a victim of war, my family I think died. I was a kid back then when the first person who was kind to me. They found me in a forest in an abandoned armory full of swords then…..the truth is I taught myself to use a sword rather than to speak… He brought me to his home and he took care of me, taught me how to speak, read and write….and my life was indebted to him forever" Saito fondly thought of his memories.
"Where he is now?"
"He was….dead."
"Oh, sorry….May I ask what kind of country do you live Saito?"
Saito looked at the moons and then he said "Well it was a lively country with Sakura trees always blooms all year around.."
"Sakura?"
"Well it's a kind of a tree that blooms beautiful leaves during the spring…and it there was one moon."
Siesta then looked at him, "One moon?"
"Well it's kinda complicated…hahahahha….but sadly all the time we are at war, so peace for us is a luxury…"
Siesta then tightened her hug on Saito, and then she laid her face on his chest. Then she said "I think you had a hard life….to have such body that was full of scars, wars erupting on your country….can I just do this for you? At least if it could lessen the pain that you received…." And then Saito hugged her back.
"You know….this is the first time someone hugged me like this…It's warm and fuzzy, can we stay like this for a while?" Saito requested.
"Uhmmmm…sure."
After a while, Siesta took after her clothes had tried, and Saito finished taking a bath. He returned back to Louise 's room and then he saw her lying on her bed.
"Hey, Louise I am back….Hmm? What's with that face?"
Louise was looking at him with dazed eyes….and then she took off and lunged at him, and hugged him tight.
"Saito!"
"What the hell? What with this!"
Louise then looked up at him and then she said "Saito…..I….I LOVE YOU!"
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