Chater 4: Berserk's Button (Or How Exactly Naomi Unlocked Ddraig's Flame)

"...LAST NIGHT DAMN YOU WERE IN MY SEX DREAMS YOU WERE IN MY—"

/BANG/ /CRASH/

That one pretty flower-shaped alarm clock hit Zelretch dead on in the face after making hole through the wall. Two point five seconds later, Naomi break down the door with her bare fist. Still clad in her black-with-white-dots pajamas. Her waist length-hair was more like recently survived a bloody tornado and her bloodshot eyes kinda reminds Zelretch on some saner Ghoul.

"SHISHOUUU!" The thirteen-year old Girl shrieked with enough force to make Banshee envy. "YOU ROTTING OLD FOSSIL! I DON'T BLOODY CARE IF YOU LIKES LADY GAGA BUT IF YOU MESS WITH MY ALARM CLOCK AGAIN I SWEAR I WILL CASTRATE YOU WITH SPOON AND FEED THAT ORGAN TO DOGS YOU HEAR ME YA BLOODSUCKER!"

It wasn't like Naomi hated Lady Gaga, per see, but waking up by hearing Sexxx Dreams by Lady Gaga roaring in full blast as first thing in the morning was NOT a pleasant experience.

Thank the Stars and Akasha that student's admittance this year is below three hundreds total and she had single dorm room. Or she won't be able to live it down.

It's only five dammit!

"Now now my cute little apprentice, is that how you Japanese said Good morning?" The Dead Apostle easily dodges the incoming seven hundreds and forty eight pages book with hard cover, which knocked over the Coffee Machine behind him. Why there was a coffee machine in his office Naomi never know. Zelretch prefers blood or tea.

...meh. Probably to mess with other Magi especially those who vehemently hated Coffee.

"But it was shame you destroy that alarm clock. It was pretty."

"I am the one who buy it with my own money! I can do anything I want with that thing."

Zelretch didn't bother to hide his smirk at the heated reply. Naomi is almost as amusing as Tohsaka Rin. Sure, she was no Tsundere but her reactions was always the top-notch due its extremeness. Was she related to a Lost Tohsaka or something?

Speaking of Tohsaka...

"What are you planning about?" Naomi's eyes narrowed.

"Nothing."

"I call bull on that. You always had scheming something if you smiled like that."

Being Zelretch's apprentice for years and have been tossed ino several world to "accustomed her to Kaleidoscope" made Naomi develop internal alarm for Zelretch's general nuisance. ESPECIALLY if it headed to her way.

It was that, or get pranked several dozens different ways everyday to hell and back.

"Aww... don't you believe in my Innocent Face?"

"...I only believe you actually have innocent face when Ddraig willing to give Trihexa a French Kiss out of his own conscience and not by force or other manipulation."

Ddraig, who was still sleeping up till that point, wake up and start shouting.

"[THERE'S NO WAY IN HEAVEN, HELL, AND EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING BETWEEN AND BEYOND I WILL DO THAT! I RATHER DIE THANK YOU!]"

"See?"

Zelretch can't help it. He cracked up. Yup. Amusing indeed. Too bad he can't see Ddraig's reaction. That certainly was pure gold and worthy to be displayed in his room.

Oh well... either way this is going to be amusing.

"If you insist then..." Zelretch pulled a box from under his desk. An applewood box wrapped with red ribbon and button-like thing at the center of the lid. "...perhaps you better open this up." He pushed the box to Naomi.

Narrowed her eyes in wariness, Naomi activate her circuits and poking at the box several times to ensure there was no runes in the box, waiting to sprang up at her the moment she open the box or carried it somewhere. Won't be the first time it happens. Her Zelretch-related intuition also keep sending her warning signals.

...the box is, surprisingly, safe from any surprises.

That means it's the content that will bring her troubles.

"...if it was anything like that hot pot incident, I'll find Emiya and borrow his gun just to shot your ass."

"Oho. It was nothing like that Hot Pot surprise, you can rest assured." Crackles Zelretch.

Wary, Naomi hesitantly open the box by pushing the button. And what followed will forever engraved to her memories... not in the good way.

"Yo ho! A Compatible Magical Power is detected!" The thing... a floating red brooch with five pointed star and bird-like wing exclaimed with child-like glee. Naomi's brain come to a halt.

Eh? I've seen this thing before but where—

"Begin Master Registration! Start making pact!" The thing exclaimed and a magic circle sprang under Naomi's feet, much to her and Ddraig's surprise and Zelretch's increasing amusement. "Now! Please tell me your name!"

Not going to tell not going to tell not going to tell

"Eeehhh?! Are you the shy silent type? The one who gotta observe from afar? Or did you just being surprised by this Ruby's awesomeness?"

NOT GOING TO TELL TOTALLY NOT GOING TO TELL

"Her name is Hyoudou Naomi."

DAMN YOU ZELRETCH!

"Yahooo! The Master Registration complete! Contract Complete!" The thing become wand and—HEY! Since when it was in Naomi's hands?! "Now, began transformation!"

"[Tranform—?]"

At Ddraig's exclamation, light engulfed Naomi.

The light can be seen from outside the building. Any Early Riser Magi or anyone who woken up by the ruckus can see it and they all had exact one thing in their mind.

May Akasha have mercy on whoever the poor sod is.

Back at Zelretch's room, Naomi feel like she was forcibly stripped before a new layer of clothes put on. It started from gloves and the boot BEFORE the actual dress. If Naomi can scream she WILL!

When she opens her eyes again, she was wearing completely different outfit. Gone was her black-with-white-dots pajamas. She now was sporting white halterneck dress and girly pink frilly micro skirt with red and black ribbon wrappet itself around her waist, white cropped wing-shaped coat, pink and red kimono sleeves with bell attached to them and white fingerless gloves under them, and white stocking with pink and red heels. Her hair was tied in classic pigtail hairstyle but curled at ends.

"Ta-daaaa~ Magical Girl Kaleid Liner Naomi, is born!" Ruby exclaimed.

It takes Naomi a full minute for her to process what happens. By then, her face adopted stormy expression complete with dark aura akin to a demon fresh from abyss. Her hair start to float around her in menacing movement and the pigtail seems to resembling demon's horn than anything.

"Eh? What's wrong nee? Come on where's your smile? The Champion of Love and Justice have to be full of smile! How did you befriend your enemy? Hey hey how did you gain a harem if you don't smile? You wanna love right?"

"A smile..." muttered Naomi. "Oh, of course I will smile..." She raised her face and indeed she was smiling.

But it was a slasher smile.

"GEEEEKK!" Ruby was shocked with that demonic expression. "Nooooo! That's wrong! The smile is not cute! NOT CUTE! Come on show me your cute smile!"

Naomi began to chuckle. Slowly. Evil-ly..

"Cute smile...? You forcibly put me under contract without my consent... stripped me and sexually harassed me... and you demands a cute smile...?" Her voice gone into darker and edgier tone. "DON'T KIDDING YOU LITTLE—!"

Her eyes turned reptile green and having slit pupil. Glowing from inner fire. She open her mouth and something red, hot, and burning could be seen from his throat,

"EEEHHH?!" Ruby struggle to escape from Naomi's grasp when the enraged brunette start to breathing fire.

"DIE YOU PIECE OF CRAP! DIE!" Screamed Naomi as she begin to laugh maniacally. "BURN TO ASH! GO TO THE HELL!"

TBC