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Chapter 6: Fouquet: Master of Golems
"What is this girl doing here?" Yuudai asks deadpanning while pointing at a blue haired girl reading a book.
An old man with an impressive beard looks around the room of teachers, three students and the one black haired teen boy. "Are we all aware of why you are all here?" The headmaster asks the room. The majority of the nobles nod. "Good. For those who don't know, Fouquet the Crumbling Dirt has just stolen the Staff of Destruction." The room immediately erupts into terrified chatter.
Yuudai's eye twitches a couple of times. He has asked more than a few questions already only to be ignored. It is getting on his nerves. "Why is everybody here such a chicken?" Yuudai grumbles to Derflinger only getting a brief grunt indicating he doesn't know either.
The old man calls for attention and finally gets their attention after a couple minutes. "I know you are all frightened. To be honest, I am too. But we need to be calm so that we can get the Staff back." He glances around the room landing his eyes on Louise. "Miss Vallière here has just confronted her before her escape. Now tell us what happened miss Vallière."
All teachers eyes fall on her. Louise catches sight of her familiar looking at her too. This irks her. She doesn't know why, but it just does.
"Go on Blanc. Tell them about what happened." He says giving her a bored look.
Louise takes a breath then sighs getting ready to explain. "I…don't know. My familiar is the one who found Fouquet."
The whole room turns to the boy eager to hear details on source of their fear. "Ok, listen up." He begins. He explains from the moment of the tremor up to when Colbert came to escort them to the office. "Now that I explained this I can go right?"
The headmaster shakes his head. "Seeing as you almost beat Fouquet I believe you should accompany whoever goes." He explains.
"Why do I get dragged into other people's problems?" He asks himself.
"Who here will help this young familiar?" He questions.
Yuudai sighs gaining everyone's attention. "Tell me, how is one supposed to journey if we have no idea where to look?" Yuudai brings up looking around. He sees nothing except mages full of fear. The door suddenly bursts open showing a woman with glasses and green hair. The woman spots Yuudai making her pupil dilate. Yuudai notices that narrowing his eyes.
"I believe I know where Fouquet is hiding!" She exclaims making everybody gasp. Except for Yuudai. He smirks faintly.
"You sound familiar, have we met?" He questions already knowing who it is. He just wants to get a reaction.
She shakes her head. "Sorry, but I have never seen you before."
"I see." Yuudai replies. He looks below her to find some dirt and pebbles under her. It could be nothing, but seeing as who she is, it's not to be overlooked.
Headmaster clears his throat to get the newcomers attention. "Where is she Ms. Longueville?"
"I heard that a day or two ago there was a suspicious person in a cloak camping out in a cabin a little ways out." She answers.
"Good job, we will send off whoever is willing along with this young familiar." Headmaster says setting off an alarm in Ms. Longueville's mind.
"Are you sure you should send a kid to retrieve the Staff of Destruction?" She asks acting concerned.
"Considering everyone else here is too scared to chase Fouquet, yes." Yuudai says under his breath.
"If my familiar goes then I will too." Louise states firmly.
"I shall go too." Kirche says. "I must not allow Vallière to steal my love away by such affections."
'Yell at her later. Yell at her later. Yell at her later.' Louise chants in her mind.
"Me too." The blue haired girl volunteers.
The headmaster smiles like at them like a grandfather would to his grandchildren when they did something they respect. "Ah yes! Miss-"
Yuudai holds his hand up wanting their attention. "Sorry for interrupting, but instead of wasting time here we should be hurrying to find that staff you all need. Again, sorry for interrupting, but if you want it back then hurry instead of letting her get away with it for even another second." He explains.
"Yes, I guess you're right. Ms. Longueville can you lead these brave mages and familiar to that location?" He requests.
"Of course Osmond, sir." She agrees leaving for the door.
"Good luck you five." Osmond says watching the five people leave through the door. "Now for you all…let's get some wine so that we can drown away our sorrow if they fail and drink like kings if they somehow win!"
Everyone in the room gives him a doll stare. "I'll go get the wine." Colbert offers already wanting to forget all of this.
On The Carriage With The Five
"How far away is the cabin anyway?" Louise asks Longueville from the back of the carriage. Right behind Longueville, whom is driving, is Yuudai. He told everyone that he would sit there with nobody else. Nobody seemed to mind, so that is how that happened.
"It should be about an half hour till we get there." Longueville answers.
"I know I am the one who gave the speech about how we should hurry, but why couldn't we wait until morning?" Yuudai asks nobody in particular looking into the start night sky.
"Quit whining." Louise orders.
Yuudai sighs. "I can't wait to give Fouquet a beat down for interrupting what should be my sleeping."
"That makes two of us." Kirche says rubbing her eyes.
"Ditto." The blue hair girl, Tabitha, adds in a monotone voice.
"Same." Louise reluctantly agrees.
"I'm sure if Fouquet was here right now she would be such a idiot to be so close to the enemy." Yuudai says watching Longueville twitch out the corner of his eye. "She can't even escape properly. Pretty pathetic if you ask me."
"Could you four please be quiet? I have a headache and I still need to focus on the path to the cabin." The older woman says taking a smile.
Yuudai glares at her. "I just hope Fouquet is ready to rot in a prison cell."
"I bet she would be laughing once she shows us all that there is no point in fighting back." Longueville replies glaring back at him.
"And I'm sure she nothing but talk. So I am betting she will be at my feet in fear of us by the end of all of this drama." He tells her still glaring. He smirks darkly. "I guess I'll get the chance when we arrive."
"I guess we will." She says turning her attention back to the path.
The other three stare wondering about what just happened. The rest of the ride is silent as the trees go by. A comfortable silence. They finally reach the cabin a while later. The five get off the carriage.
"I am going to go into the cabin to search for it. Who is going in and who is staying out here?" Yuudai asks.
"I'm going in." Kirche says.
"Me too." Tabitha adds.
"I will stand watch outside the cabin." Louise announces.
"And I will search the perimeter for anything weird." Longueville offers already moving.
"Don't take too long then." Yuudai tells her. "Alright, I am going to poke my head inside to take a look." He opens the door slowly peeking in the cabin. "Nothing here." He says walking in. The two girls walk in to help in the search for the Staff of Destruction.
The two girls and boy search all over the cabin in search of the staff. Tabitha opens a chest finding a big round thing. "I think I found it." Tabitha announces as if she found an earring.
"Finally! Let's hurry up and get out before Fouquet gets here." Kirche says wanting to get away unscathed.
Yuudai sighs. "Too bad she is already watching us right now." He states. The two girls gasp. Well Kirche gasps while Tabitha narrows her eyes sensing for another energy she isn't familiar with. "Her name is-"
He is suddenly interrupted by the sound of something large being summoned and a screaming Louise. Yuudai sighs again walking out while other three ran out. The three girls are already gaping at a hooded woman on a giant golem. The golem and Fouquet both seem to start glaring at Yuudai even going as far as to start growling at him.
Yuudai frowns pulling out Derflinger activating his power up on the back of his hand. "You have interrupted my sleep for the first and last time." Yuudai starts a rapid rush towards the golem. "Now accept my punishment!" He exclaims running towards the heel to immobilize it.
"Not this time you brat!" The lady yells in a rigid voice. She starts a chant summoning ten human sized replicas of the golem. Not expecting this, Yuudai barely manages to block with his sword that sends him a few feet away by the attack of one of the mini golems. "This time I won't lose!"
Yuudai huffs. "Kirche take out those three! Tabitha, you take out those three!" He commands with natural commands. "And you, Louise, take out those three while I defeat the last one along with Fouquet! Go!" As much as the three girls were surprised at his commands they all nod in respect. Even Louise has a bit of respect for the familiar for the moment.
However, Louise isn't confident in his abilities. "How? I can't do any magic." She admits dejectedly.
Yuudai takes a calm look then turns to her. "You make expositions. Now no more excuses! This is the battlefield! Not some school scrimmage that we can just avoid! Now fight or flight!" He explains full of confidence. He senses an oncoming attack dodging to the side as a mini golem attacks hitting the ground creating a small hole in the ground.
Yuudai spin kicks the golem knocking it back. That starts the all out fight between mages and familiar vs Fouquet: Master of Golems. Tabitha mutters a spell sending wind that cuts through the three golem several times making them just dirt and gravel again.
Kirche smirks arragently at the three golems she is to take out. "Sorry, but you have to die now!" She create three fireballs then shoots them at the golems destroying them. "Too easy." She says feeling cocky.
"Be careful, I sense that there is something more to this." Tabitha tells her red haired friend.
Meanwhile, Louise is throwing explosions anywhere except at the three enemies of hers. Yuudai finally cuts down his enemy looking to Louise in time to see one of the three golems hit her in the stomach causing her to spit up some saliva. Time seems to stop for the sleep deprived Yuudai. No, he is not mad about his sleep schedule now. His vision goes red in anger. His anger is now being directed at a pile of rock that hurt his master/friend.
He suddenly seems to disappear to everyone's eyes. He is then found in front of the golem holding its fist aiming to strike Louise again. Everybody steps back as his eyes are bloodshot and he is starting to crush its fist. Yuudai finally crushes it into nothing, but dirt. His hand then glows summoning his gun that he catches in his free hand that isn't holding his sword. Everyone gapes at the boy that then shoots the golems head turning it into energy for him to use as he willed.
"You all with die." Yuudai growls to the golems as his hair and eyes turn brown. He immediately shoots the other two gaining more power. He then sticks his sword in the air. "Time to die Fouquet! Earthen Slash!" He yells slashing at the air sending a deadly line made of the dirt the golems are made from.
"WHAT?!" Fouquet roars. "Impossible!" She yells as the Earthen attack collides with the golem cutting it from shoulder to waist. The golem falls to the ground bringing Fouquet with it.
Yuudai's hair and eye color fade back into his normal colors. "If you don't want to be beaten to a bloody paste then you will go to jail." Yuudai says. Fouquet growls unhappy with the turn out. She mutters a spell summoning a mini golem right behind Yuudai. The three girls try to yell to him, but find that three of the once destroyed golems had snuck behind them after regenerating using their other two ally's energy that was left. They then put a dirt hand over their mouths to silence them while grabbing them into a bear hug. Kirche and Louise try to scream, but can't due to the amount of pressure that is being applying.
Tabitha stands there confident even in the confine of her captor. Tabitha watches as a dirt fist flies at Yuudai's back wondering if he will dodge it. Just as the fist would hit, a dragon, Silphid, swoops down ripping Tabitha's captor to pieces. Tabitha continues to watch as Yuudai turns to see what happened. As he turns, the fist slams into his cheek eliciting loud cracks. Yuudai flies back from the force of the punch now dazed. He hits the ground a couple yards away skidding to a stop in a daze still.
Tabitha sighs then mutters a chant destroying the other two mini golems holding Kirche and Louise using more wind magic. Louise frantically looks around spotting the Staff of Destruction on the ground a few yards away. She quickly runs for it then picks it up garnering unwanted attention.
"Work! Work already! Work you piece of junk!" Louise exclaims swinging the thing around.
"Looks like you don't know how to handle the Staff of Destruction! You are so pathetic!" Fouquet laughs summoning one more giant golem. "I underestimated that boy last time, but this time I was prepared!"
"Shut up." The voice of Yuudai orders in a dangerous tone. They look for the teen boy and find him standing up. His hair is shadowing his eyes causing him to look fairly intimidating.
"Or else what? What can you do?" Fouquet taunts.
"I may not like those three all too well, but they are innocent. If you touch them again," He looks up at her looking furious. "I will not hesitate to kill you."
"How do you plan on doing that?" She demands laughing from the shoulder of her golem.
"Shoot fire and wind at me Kirche and Tabitha. Now." He demands leaving no room for argument. They do as he commands and watch him shoot the attacks absorbing them. His hair then turns to a mix of light blue and fire red while one eye is firered and the other light blue. His sword then glows a little bit as if reacting to the magic induced swordsman.
"We are more than ready Yuudai. Let's destroy her!" Derflinger exclaims.
Faster than ever before he moves like the wind of the strongest hurricane and more towards the mini golem then jumps up high into the air as everyone watches. He then uses his new immense strength to throw his sword straight down hitting the ground almost immediately shattering the golem and the ground beneath it. He falls to the ground and gently lands on his feet. He pulls his sword from the ground leveling Fouquet with a glare.
"What? I thought you could only steal earth magic!" She exclaims not feeling safe anymore.
"Underestimated me again, did you? Big mistake that you won't get a chance to fix!" He states striking the golem's leg with his sword cutting straight through the golem.
Before it can try regenerating the cut leg, Yuudai spin kicks it making it erupt in a storm of earth chunks and dirt. The huge golem falls onto its side flinging Fouquet off its shoulder on accident. Fouquet tumbles across the ground for a few seconds stopping in front of her current fear: Yuudai. For a moment it seems like Yuudai flares an energy that impersonates her giant golem before the energy fades away quickly as he points his sword at her throat.
"One last chance at giving up got it? Longueville." He says getting gasps from two girls and an interested look from the third girl. The thief nods slowly so that the blade doesn't scratch her throat since the blade is still glowing with energy. "Good. Seems you actually know when to give up."
Louise runs over holding the Staff of Destruction still. "That was stupid! You could have killed yourself!" She yells sounding genuinely worried about him.
Yuudai sighs. "What could you have done? Wave a rocket launcher around like another one of your magic sticks?" He questions sarcastically.
All the girls and Fouquet stare at him confused. "Rocket launcher?" Kirche asks.
Yuudai nods keeping his sword near Fouquet's throat. "Either that or a bazooka. I can't remember which, but it is from where I came from."
"Where did you come from?" Louise asks as if now considering this.
"I am from Tokyo, Japan. Why?" He replies casual about it.
"You're lying! There is no such thing!" Louise yells.
"Sorry, but I didn't ask for an opinion. I told you where I came from and I couldn't care less if you believe me or not." Yuudai says shooting Fouquet a glare.
"If not that then how did you use that magic without chanting a spell?" She asks.
He sighs again. "I simply transferred the magic I took to my sword then I attacked. Wasn't that complicated. Anyway, let's get Fouquet back to the academy before she to decides to get herself killed trying to escape."
Early Morning at the Academy
"I can't believe it." The old headmaster of the academy says. "It was Ms. Longueville this whole time?"
"Yes. I could have called her out on it when she showed up, but the only way we were going to get the weapon back was getting her to think she was tricking us to go with her." Yuudai explains.
"How did you know though?" Colbert asks honestly curious.
"When I first fought her I heard her voice and when Longueville got here her voice was the exact same. It was so simple that I swear she was just asking to be busted. That and the fact she came in dropping some dirt that most would not have had unless you've been busy outside and on a golem." Yuudai replies.
"In any case, you four caught Fouquet and you three girls will have a celebration tonight in your honor." Osmond announces.
Louise fidgets in her spot. "What about him? It was him that caught Fouquet."
"Sorry, but he is just a familiar. If that wasn't the case then he is just a commoner. Nothing I can do for him." The old man explains.
The normal looking Yuudai cracks a small smile. "Letting me get some sleep would be reward enough for me."
Everyone gapes at the boy. "You would rather sleep than be rewarded?" Kirche questions as if that is outrageous.
"Maybe letting me skip the celebration tonight would be nice too." He suggests.
"No!" Louise exclaims. "You are going no matter what."
"Then all I want is to sleep for now. I missed out on sleep because of that thief, so I'm heading out." He walks to the door opening it as everyone looks at him with either respect and admiration. He looks back at them all. "Wake me up when the thing starts. Who knows? It might be worth going to." He closes the door leaving for Louise's room.
"Don't take him for granted." Osmond says to Louise.
She looks over to him. "Huh?"
"Your familiar. Don't take him for granted. He is one of a kind and trying to to think that he is just replaceable is one thing that you don't want to make the mistake of thinking." He explains.
"I agree with Headmaster Osmond." Kirche adds. "I would kill to be able to have him spend the amount of time and patience he gives you."
Louise goes to scold Kirche, but Tabitha starts to talk closing her book. "He isn't replaceable at all. He is a once in a lifetime phenomenon."
Louise looks around at the four who just spoke in surprise. A small smile forms on her face. "I won't. I won't ever take him for granted." She whispers as if to Brimier himself.
Later at the celebration
"Why did I have to come with you?" Derflinger questions looking at its wielder even though it doesn't have eyes.
Yuudai spares it a look through the corner of his eye. He then returns his gaze over a beautiful stretch of land on a balcony outside the celebration room. He breaths in a lung full of air the exhales. "I considered leaving you, but you helped win that battle, so you deserve to be here as much as I do."
The sword chuckles. "You are so much different than my previous wielder." Yuudai nods to let it know he heard. He continues looking over the stretch of land contently. "So why don't you go in and enjoy the festivities?"
The black haired teen sighs. "Because I am not one for these kind of parties. I don't mind them, but I'd just feel out of place."
"I guess I understand." The sword replies letting a comforting silence wash over them for a while. The night granting the land the most beautiful look Yuudai has ever seen.
"And now our final guest of honor has arrived! Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière!" An announcer announces as the girl starts down a set of stairs in a beautiful dress.
Yuudai smiles to himself not looking at her yet. "Take me down to the river bend. Take me down to the fighting end. Wash the poison from off my skin. Show me how to be whole again. Fly me up on a silver wing. Past the black where the sirens sing. Warm me up in a nova's glow. And drop me down to the dream below(Castle Of Glass by Linkin Park)." He sings quietly remembering a song he would listen to back in his world where he could use the internet to listen to it.
"That was pretty nice." Louise says smiling from behind Yuudai. Yuudai turns to Louise looking at her with a smile.
"It's a song I used to listen to." He says. "And I would like to say you look pretty for once." He admits.
This doesn't even phase her mood. Unless you count her happiness skyrocketing as well as blushing. "Thanks. I was thinking…"
Yuudai keeps smiling. "What is it?"
She averts her eyes. "I was thinking that maybe…you should dance with me."
This shocks Yuudai a bit. "Are you feeling alright, Blanc?"
"Of course I am. I just think that this should be your reward for what you did to defeat Fouquet." She explains keeping her slight crush on him deep inside herself.
"Aren't you afraid you will be picked on a bit more for dancing with your familiar that is also a commoner by your community's standards?" He questions testing her.
"I don't care. You are getting a reward and this is the only way I can think of." She tells him.
Yuudai leans on the railing tilting his head towards the nighttime land. "It's beautiful isn't it?"
She looks over the land too. "I guess so. Why stall like this?"
"I'm not stalling Blanc. I am appreciating this life for what it's worth. Cause if I take it for granted then I could lose the chance to ever see it again." He explains in a soft voice warming up the cool night chill that was biting at Louise.
Louise stares at Yuudai in awe. 'He doesn't take things for granted…' She thinks. A big smile spreads on her face. 'I will try to never takes things for granted either.'
He looks back at Louise. "Now we should get going I guess." He says bringing Louise out of her thoughts. He holds out one hand to her. "May I have this dance miss Blanc?"
Louise takes his hand. "Of course." She responds leading him to the middle of the dance floor. They start to dance around holding each other fully enjoying the night as the night went on for hours while they never stop.
End
And that is a wrap! I finished this whole chapter finally! I finally finished it!
So how did y'all like it? I hope you all liked it because I know I enjoyed making it for you all!
Flo463: I know what you are talking about, I thought about it myself. I didn't because I want to respect what legacy he created in the original, so I made this instead.
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And now that I finished that, on to explanations. For Yuudai's new attack. I did that because I never gave the whole depiction of it's full abilities. I want to leave some things secret so that you can't guess everything about a fight.
And now the reason why this is a long chapter. I made it this long for a couple reasons. One is that it is a final chapter in the arc. And because you all wanted the fight and I couldn't finish the fight without the aftermath.
And I don't think there is much else to say. With that said, thanks for reading and have a great day/night/morning!