"Wow! This mall is massive!" Gudako exclaims running into the mall with adventure in her eyes. "Ritsuka! Hurry up already! You're so slow! I'm going to ditch you if you continue to be like this!"
"I'm coming, Gudako. Slow down. We're just here to buy toiletries for new dorm rooms. Nothing to be too excited." Ritsuka said blatantly walking into the doors. "We should look for the place where they sell these items."
Ritsuka looks near the area and finds a map of the mall and examines it for a few minutes. "Got it. Gudako! I fou-... Gudako?"
Ritsuka looks around to see his little sister completely nowhere. He looks around the area before groaning. "Great. I have no idea where she went… Oh well. Better start looking." Ritsuka starts wandering through the mall, peaking into store by store for over an hour until finally, he sits down to take a break. 'Instead of just searching for her, maybe it's better if I think about what exactly catches her interest. That'll help me… Wait. I already checked all of those places! Back to square one.'
"Oi. Why the hell are you sulking all by yourself?" Ritsuka looks behind him to see Jeanne Alter standing over him.
"Jalter! You're here as well?" Ritsuka perks up when he sees Jeanne Alter.
"Don't call me that!" Jeanne alter yells out loud before coughing. "Look. Anyways. Older me dragged me out of our dorm today and I wanted a new game. Besides that, you look extremely pathetic. What's got you down in the dumps, not that I really care?"
"Gudako and I were out looking for supplies for our dorm rooms and while I was looking at the map, she just up and vanished. I've been looking for over an hour and nothing." Ritsuka explains to Jeanne Alter who just nods.
"Oh. Do you need help looking for her then?" Another voice came from behind Jeanne Alter revealing the older sister Jeanne. "Hi, Ritsuka."
"Oh, Jeanne. That would honestly be great but I don't want to bother you two." Ritsuka said rubbing his head.
"It's no problem at all. We'll be delighted to help." Jeanne said as she felt a tug from behind her revealing a shorter version of Jeanne Alter. "What's wrong Lily?"
"Sis, do you know him?" The girl named Lily asked with Jeanne Alter lets out a smug expression.
"What? Are you scared of this guy? The guy is practically harmless." Jeanne Alter comments pulling Ritsuka closer to Lily. "Stop being a baby."
"Alter. Don't be like that." Jeanne said with a sigh. "Lily is our little and youngest sister. She's a very good girl but she's extremely shy."
"He-Hello." Jeanne Alter Lily musters up before looking at Ritsuka before hiding away.
"As you can see, even greeting someone who she's never met is difficult. She's a student at the secondary school for Chaldea Academy that's connected to the high school." Jeanne explains to Ritsuka.
"So there's a secondary school? Does that mean that there's also a primary school at Chaldea Academy?" Jeanne nods to the question. "Ok. Nice to meet you, Lily. I'm Ritsuka Fujimaru."
Chaldea Academy
By: NexusEX
Chapter 4: A Day in the Mall
"Jeanne " Ritsuka said about to ask a question as the three girls look at him. "Er. Jeanne Alter."
"You know, it's going to get pretty annoying if all three of us are together. So just call me Alter, President as normal Jeanne, and the little one as Lily." Jeanne Alter said as the high schoolers all agree in unison. "But when we're alone together, you're calling me Jeanne. Alright?"
"S-Sure, Alter. That makes a lot of sense."
"So what do you want?"
"Would you happen to know someone by the name, Edmond Dantes?" Ritsuka asks perking up Jeanne.
"You know him? How?" Jeanne asks as Ritsuka decides to tell them.
"Here's your room key." Da Vinci said handing Ritsuka a card key. "This keycard is only meant for your room and it won't work for others."
"Got it. Thank you Da Vinci Sensei." Ritsuka said taking the keycard and carries his luggage to a room number in the boy's dorm room. He looks at the door and inserts it into the slot unlocking the door and he enters seeing a white-haired figure with a green hat. "Oh hi. Are you my roommate?"
"Indeed. You're Ritsuka Fujimaru. You may call me Monte Cristo." The figure said while he was writing. His ID was on the table with him and Ritsuka took a glance over it.
"But here it says that your name is Edmond Dantes," Ritsuka said and the man named Edmond chuckles a bit before pocketing the ID and stands up facing Ritsuka.
"That may be, but I discarded that name a long time ago. I will not stop you from calling me what you seem is most convenient." Edmond said offering a seat before taking one of his own. "I've been keeping an eye on you Ritsuka Fujimaru. Being able to tame the duo of alters. That in it of itself is a feat no one has come even close to. Even the Saint of the Flag."
"Saint of the Flag?" Ritsuka asks.
"Jeanne D'Arc. The third-year who is the Student Council President. You, sir, have captured the interest of a lot of people in Chaldea Academy. Some good, other bad." Edmond said pointing at Ritsuka. "I recommend that you watch for yourself. A human cannot overpower a Servant. Even the weakest one. Keep that in mind."
"I see. Thank you for telling me. I'll make sure to watch out for people." Ritsuka said.
"You're a bit quick when it comes to trusting," Edmond said looking at Ritsuka before letting out a smile before laughing hysterically. "You're an interesting individual Ritsuka Fujimaru! I'll be looking forward to spending two years with you as roommates."
"So you have him as a roommate? I honestly don't know much about him. He's usually to himself but polite." Jeanne said to Ritsuka after hearing the story. The four had made their way to the food court where Jeanne Alter sees a familiar figure.
"Oi. I think I found your sister." Jeanne Alter points to Gudako who was happily chatting with X over burgers with Artoria Alter and Ecchan who were just enjoying their food to themselves. The Jeanne sisters and Ritsuka make their way off to the table with Gudako waving over to his brother.
"There are you! I've been looking all over for you!" Gudako said.
"I should be the one saying that! You went off while I was looking at the map without even telling me. Where did you even go?" Ritsuka asks his little sister.
"I went to the store and got the stuff I needed. Didn't I sent you a text message?" Ritsuka gives a confused look before taking out of his phone to see messages saying where Gudako was at.
"You didn't even look on your phone? Are you stupid?" Jeanne Alter exclaims as Ritsuka chuckles nervously.
"That would be the first thing that someone would do is to call them. That makes it easier." Ecchan said finishing her burger and was now enjoying a cup of coffee from Spacebucks. "Yet you didn't even look at your phone."
"Eh… In any case. You got all the stuff, Gudako?" Ritsuka asks towards her sister who holds the bag of items.
"I already told you. I got everything. Where's the fate in me?" Gudako said as Ritsuka looks in the bag.
"Where's the shampoo?"
"Huh?"
"Where's the shampoo? Body shop and deodorant are here… but no shampoo." Gudako remains silent for a bit before screaming.
"I FORGOT!"
'They're both idiots.' All the servants thought except Jeanne and Lily.
Many people felt the whole arcade shaking with eyes looking at a ferocious fight for the ages. Two fighters, clashing together with all of their strength, not letting the other person getting a chance of a break. The massive clash between Artoria Alter and Jeanne Alter at the air hockey table with the puck flying through the air hockey table at insane speeds.
"Not bad. You almost got me that last round… but I wouldn't expect anything else from you!" Jeanne Alter exclaims blocking a shot from Artoria Alter.
"Indeed. You are truly a worthy opponent. I cannot even drop my guard against you." Artoria Alter said shooting a swift strike shooting the puck into the goal before letting out a small smile. "That makes 6 to 5 now."
"That was pure luck! Next round is mine!" Jeanne Alter said as the clashes continued.
"These two are insane! I can't keep my eyes on the puck at all!" Gudako comments bewildered by the insane match. The group had gone to the arcade after shopping and everyone was doing their own thing for fun. Jeanne was trying to get a plushie for Lily but was failing miserably.
"Mmh. I can't seem to get it." Jeanne said with a sigh. He looks at her pouch that used to be full with tokens was completely empty except for a few tokens.
"Big Sis, you don't have to do all of this for me. You should use those tokens for yourself." Jeanne Alter Lily said trying to stop her older sister.
"It's fine Lily. I got this." Jeanne presses the button to grab a plushie of a figure (Gilles de Rais (caster)) only to fail once again. Jeanne falls onto her floor in despair as Ritsuka walks up to the group.
"Are you alright Jeanne? You seem down." Ritsuka said before looking at the crane game. "Are you having trouble with this?"
"Y-Yes. I'm trying to get that plushie for Lily but I'm not doing great at all." Jeanne said with a frown on her face. She couldn't look up from her embarrassment.
"Which one?" Ritsuka asks as Jeanne stands up and points to the Gilles plush. "That one? Alright. I got this."
Ritsuka inserts a coin into the machine and pressed the button moving the crane to the right before stopping it. He then goes angle his head to the side of the crane machine and presses the up button and lets go of the button as the crane grabs the plushie grabbing the attention of Jeanne Alter Lily pulling the doll up as it slowly made it back to the bin. The crane opens his claws and the plushie falls… and lands on the edge of the bin. Ritsuka sighs by the fact and Lily looks down but Jeanne who had recovered takes a deep breath and punches the machine causing the machine to rumble making the Gilles Plushie fall into the bin and Ritsuka takes it out of the compartment and hands it to Lily who shyly accepts it into her arms.
"T-Thank you," Lily said with a smile while hugging her new plushie to both Ritsuka and Jeanne.
"Oh no. I did nothing except waste a bunch of money." Jeanne said looking into her pouch seeing very few tokens left in it. Suddenly she sees a fist over her pouch which opens up letting out a bunch of tokens into the pouch to her surprise as she looks up to see Ritsuka with a teddy bear. "What…"
"It'd be a shame to see you like this. Plus you did use most of the tokens for your little sister. And you were the one that saved the plush so you did as much of the work as I did it. So you should get awarded for your efforts! I got this from the crane game." Ritsuka said handing the teddy bear into Jeanne's hands. She stares at her present with a bit of shock.
"That was smooth mister master," Ecchan said commenting while currently fighting with X in a fighting game. "Predictable X. I saw that from a mile away."
"Grrh. I thought you dropped your guard for a bit. I should've known better." X said struggling to keep up with her counterpart before losing miserably and falls to the floor dejectedly. "Man this sucks."
"Pathetic. I expected some kind of improvement but I was wrong." Ecchan said posing over X.
"What the heck are you so cocky about?" Jeanne Alter said as she, Artoria Alter, and Gudako come up to the group. She stretches her arm with a smile. "Got to admit. You almost got me for a second. If it weren't for the timer, I would've won."
"Ridiculous. I would've been the winner. Isn't that correct, Gudako?" Artoria Alter looks at Gudako who looked flustered.
"Are you kidding me? I couldn't tell who was winning. The speed of the puck was way too intense for someone like me."
"In any case. We should go back. It's getting late." Ritsuka said looking at his phone.
"Oh. So now you're looking at your phone." Ecchan comments with a smile.
"You're not going to let him go for that, are you?" X asks her counterpart.
"Nah. I'll drop the joke. It was getting dull anyways."
Everyone walked back from the mall to see Shirou talking to Mashu and Marie.
"Oh. Senpai! Everyone! Welcome back!" Mashu waves at everyone.
"Hey Mashu, Marie, Shirou." Ritsuka waves at the group. "What are you guys doing?"
"Mashu and I were together for a bit before we bumped into Shirou. Mashu was trying to explain some terms to me that I didn't understand." Marie explains.
"Terms? Like what?" Gudako asks.
Marie lets out a cough before letting out: "Wassup my homies!"
The group was definitely speechless while Shirou just shrugs. "So. Where did you guys go?"
"We went to the mall to get some stuff like shampoo and body wash," Ritsuka said.
"Wait. Senpai. The school is supposed to give you these for when you moved in." Mashu said with the two masters remained speechless as they look back at the group while Jeanne Alter could barely contain her laughter.
"Are you kidding me?" Gudako lets out.
"I'm sorry. I guess we forgot to mention that. But it is good to prepare for the future." Jeanne said.
"Plus we had fun did we not?" X pitches in.
"Yeah, you're right. It was definitely fun spending time with everyone. Let's do it again sometimes. Shirou, Mashu, Marie. You're invited as well. Nero and Cu as well." Ritsuka said with a smile.
"By the way. I don't want to ruin the mood and all but why do you have so many stuffed toys?" X asked as Ritsuka was holding a multiple of stuffed toys in a bag.
"Ah. That's right. I got these from the crane game and I got one for everyone. I thought I could give you guys it at the common room but we can do it now." Ritsuka said as both Artoria Alter and Jeanne Alter.
"Ritsuka. I would like the first pick." Artoria Alter said.
"No way. I'm taking one. Back the hell off and wait your turn!" Jeanne Alter was clashing with Artoria Alter again.
'Aah. They're fighting again.' The group thought as Ritsuka couldn't help but smile at the scene.
Wassup my homies! This is NexusEX back with another chapter of Chaldea Academy! And let me tell you! Slice of Life is hard to write. Stuff like Acchi Kochi and Is the Order a Rabbit and Kiniro Mosaic, it must be really hard to come up with new material that can still keep the attention of your audience at a good level. A mall is a standard place for teens my age but what they do in the mall is subjective to people's preference which sounds like I'm going too deep into that but if you guys were expecting an apparel contest where Ritsuka had to be judge, no dice. It's only been a week since Ritsuka actually started school with Gudako in Chaldea Academy so everyone's bond isn't that close. But then again. People can be close friends with the snap of a finger, just like my pal who I would name but I'll mention him because he's the one that got me into the fate series. I couldn't claw my way out but why would you want to leave, a place where you can cry tons of salt and curled up under your desk because you didn't try to get Okita but you're a poor person so you can't get her... In any case. When I write this fanfic, I'm definitely having fun. Writing goofy scenarios and cheap jokes are great and all but then again. This is literally life, just different because of magic, servants, and harems (cause those are totally real). Now don't get me wrong, this Fanfic will eventually break the boundary and go into an action story but the execution... I'm not feeling it yet. Too much stuff to plan at first so it might be a while before anything actually happens. But I see that this message is reaching the 400 word limit for when it comes to an Author's message so I'll stop it there. This is because I feel like I'm milking words off small chapter fanfic which is bad because people might think that each chapter is big which can be a turnoff. Anyway, I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter of Chaldea Academy. If you like it, please give this fanfic a follow, a review, and a favorite for more biweekly content and also do the same for me as an author for more stuff where the stories are fun and the jokes are always cheesy. This is NexusEX signing off! Stay Classy!
(Also. Any harem ideas in terms for Ritsuka? I have a somewhat decent list but I feel like some other Servants might be good. Thanks!)