The Immortal of Zero
Chapter V: The Dreams of his Old Life Part I
That night, Louise was having a dream. She doesn't remember going to a place where there's a grassy plain and a house beside a cliff, or a large building almost larger the Albion Castle or taller than the Germanian Towers.
*Louise's Dreamworld - ?*
She was standing outside a large tall building. There was a plaque by the walls that marked it's territorial rights 'Holy Magic Ministry'. She was greeted by a horde of Devils, though one of them looked similar to her familiar Kai, except with wings of a large bat. Now that she think about it, the Devils didn't looked demonic at all. More like humans with features that made them almost similar to human-like demons, with only the ears giving them away.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" said the Kai look-alike, a concern in his voice.
"I have to, Darkwing. You know how father is concerning about Prophecies." she said in Kai's voice. She then realized that this was inside Kai's memories, as Kai.
"Blitzkrieg should be here. He should be waving you off!" growled Darkwing, looking around for the said Devil.
"Darkwing, you know how Master Blitzkrieg's doing.. He's too busy at the moment, setting up those Guardian Weapons System." said the bald, pale guy.
"I'm not asking what he's doing Marvolo! I'm saying that he should be here, waving off our brother!" snapped Darkwing.
'Brother?' "I know how he feels Onii-san, that he would miss my departure. But because the defense system of the Ministry is so low, he feels guilty if we would not survive another of those dark demons' assault here." replied Kai. "And besides, you wouldn't pass up a chance to show off your skills now, wouldn't you?" he chuckled.
"You should let Dante take a look at his brain. If he's worried about you, he must be going crazy." joked a old man with dark-red hair. At this, he ran back to the building, as Darkwing chased him. "DAMN IT! GET BACK HERE ARTHUR!" he roared before he vanished at the building. Kai laughed at this, as Marvolo went nearer to him. "How is father, by the way? The last time he heard the prophecy from the Elders of Venusia, he fainted." he added, a bit concerned.
"Well, it's a known fact that he won't be seeing you again for a few thousand years until the day of reckoning." said Marvolo thoughtfully. He was Kaizer's most trusted friend, and Head of the Human Awareness Division. It's his job that humans never get too knowledge on Devil Arts. You can never be too careful when humans try to get power in exchange for souls. He often had conflicts with the infamous Azrael, bringer of destruction, about the sacrifices he consumed to become stronger. "He'd been too emotional about you leaving, I guess."
"Stay strong, and help him the best you can. You can give him updates on how I'm doing at the Human World. After all, you're the Head of the Human Awareness Division." smiled Kai, placing a hand on his shoulder as a sign of trust. "Maybe I could half your work while I'm there." he added.
"You can't do that! You're one of our Master's son."
"If it that means to you, I'll keep an eye while I'm there. Don't get your hopes too much though." winked Kai, grinning. "Please, help my father, help the Ministry. I'm counting on you all." He then turned and vanished on the spot.
"You can count on me... Master Nate."
The scene changed, and now she's walking into a structure as large as their cafeteria, with a wide open space, and what looked like students lounging around the elevated platforms by the walls. But then she was catched up by a male student wearing a similar uniform.
"Yo buddy, wanna go to my place and crash? I have a new game for my PS2." said the student.
"Err.. no thanks, T.J... And did you forgot that your place is much farther than mine?" said Kai, shrugging. "And besides, aren't the finals coming up?"
"Oh crap.. I forgot about those." 'T.J.' facepalmed
"You know, you should be focusing on your studies, rather than playing around too often." said Kai sternly. "I don't want another failing mark like the one I got from math class, again" he added, shuddering at the fact that Math has become his worst subject since 3rd grade, due to the trauma of a terror teacher he had to endure. "You should prepare for your next subject. You wouldn't want Mr. Alex to scold you again for being late." he added.
"Right. See ya" 'T.J.' grinned, then took off.
The scene changed, and Louise was sitting up on a bed inside what looked like an infirmary. She then saw 'T.J.' sitting beside her bed.
"Ugh what happened.. The last I remember was that I entered the Gym and..." began Kai, rubbing his head with his free hand.
"You got hit by a volleyball the moment you stepped inside." said 'T.J.' "You're lucky the ball didn't do much damage to your head."
"Who hurled the ball at me?"
"Charisse." He replied bluntly. Kai froze. Since day one starting high school, he had a crush on the short-haired girl from his class, but he humiliated himself in front of the whole school. Since then, when he got nearer for a chance to explain, she would always give him the cold shoulder. And after that, he doesn't want to be involve with the stuck up, ever again.
"Well, what else is new? That girl hates being with weirdos like me. That ball probably was her way to make fun of me." He scoffed, as he lied down in his bed.
"Well, you're not going to believe me, but after what happened, Charisse wants to apologize for what happened." said 'T.J.'
"Timothy, there's a fine line between jokes and truth. If that's a joke, it's not funny." growled Kai, facing away from Timothy.
"Does it look like I'm joking to you?" at this, Kai fell silent. As though he's trying to comprehend what he just said. "Well, you should get ready.. It's time to go home. I'm out." before he left Kai alone with the nurse, who was busy taking reports.
'So my familiar has an issue before with this Charisse. But then again, I can't do anything about it.' thought Louise, as she witnessed Kai struggling to absorb Timothy's meaning.
The scene changed again, as Louise fell down towards a huge tree in a middle of what looked like a large town. She was shocked when she left a huge amount of magical energy from inside the tree itself, however dormant it might be.
"Who are you?"
She looked around and saw a young girl with long blonde hair, wearing a black cloak, looking at her while floating. Behind her was the most unusual girl she'd ever seen, with green hair, and unusual ears sticking out by the sides of her head. She seems to be floating with the blonde girl with fire erupting at her feet.
"Who are you?" asked the blonde girl again.
"I was just about to ask you the same thing." Kai replied, looking at the chibi-blonde.
"I am the Dark Evangel, Evangeline A.K. McDowell." said the blonde girl, smirking after a few second. "I sensed you are a weakling, but then how did you enter the academy? Oh well, might as well kill you right now."
"Dark Evangel? I never heard of you." Said Kai, confused.
"And you won't be. Chachamaru, kill him." scoffed Evangeline.
"Yes, Master." replied the weird girl in an instant, before charging at Louise, the girl's arm switched into a sword.
"Wait, what?" as Kai blocked Chachamaru's sword with a blade different from his Zatetsuken blade. "Can't we just talk this over?" he groaned, as he continued to parry the girl's attacks.
But that was the last straw, as Kai unleashed a bit of his energy, making Chachamaru halt her attack. Evangeline just floated at her place, wide-eye because if Kai's sudden outburst.
"No way! He's giving off a ton of Magical Energy? Way stronger than mine!" gasped Evangeline, when she saw Kai's aura became a bit visible.
"I was trying to end this in a diplomatic solution, yet you wish for my destruction. I will let you have a taste when you're dealing with a Deathstone." said Kai, his bangs overshadowing his eyes.
Evangeline suddenly remembered a fact when she heard the name Deathstone; Their family was the first Devils that stabilized Hell from going berserk and taking over the world. They have established the Holy Magic Ministry in order that the Gods and the Demons don't start the Armageddon, destroying the planet in the process. Their ancestor, Dracula Deathstone, is said to have more influence over the Devil world, much more than Chronos had with the Gods. Realizing this, she was facing none other than Kaizer von Nate Deathstone, Young Prince of Armageddon. "Chachamaru, stop!" she shouted, but it was too late, for Kai had readied a lightning charge in his unknown blade. He mercilessly slashed the weird girl in half, much to Louise's shock; she had never seen her familiar as merciless and cold-hearted before. But then she remembered Guiche's defeat against Kai, though she had a sneaking suspicion that he was going easy on him. She was also shocked to see, that the girl he cleave wasn't human.
"H-how dare you kill Chachamaru!" cried Evangeline, as she cradled the body of the artificial girl named Chachamaru.
"This is a first. But you provoked me, so don't try to make me feel guilty, even though she's a homunculus." said Kai sternly. "Besides, I can easily fix her."
"Then do it!" she wept, before putting the body in front of him. "Fix her! Restore her in working order!"
Kai sighed, but he placed his hand on Chachamaru's remains. Chanting inaudibly, his hand began to glow white, and the homunculus parts began to repair themselves. Evangeline just stood there wide-eyed, as the body of her servant began to restore back into her prime. Even for a Doll Master like her, this kind of magic was way beyond her knowledge. Soon the process has finished, and Chachamaru reactivated, as though she had woken up from a deep sleep. Kai removed his hand before standing up.
"Chachamaru, are you alright?" she asked in concern, as the homunculus stands up to face her master.
"Yes, Master." replied Chachamaru. "There are no internal and external damage on me, and no sensitive data has corrupted on my hard drive." At this, Evangeline hugged her.
"Looks like my assumptions about her being a Homunculus is only half correct. She's a Gynoid, right?" asked Kai, impressed.
'Gynoid? What's that?' thought Louise.
"Yes. I had my classmate build her. She maybe an artificial being, and a doll, but she's my friend and partner." said Evangeline. "I apologize for attacking you. I mistook you for an intruder."
"Well, being forced to pop up when you least expect it does tend to end up like that." chuckled Kai, as he hopped down from the Tree. Evangeline and Chachamaru followed him down.
The scene changed yet again, as Louise saw Evangeline once again, wearing a wedding dress and was hugging her happily, a gold ring visible in her left hand. Then she realized it; Kai had married the Dark Evangel. Kai then placed a Golden Diamond on her forehead. Then scene changed again, and she was standing in a desolate plain, with a golden-armored man went near her.
"Gilgamesh. Where are we, and what are we doing here?" asked Kai, confused.
"We have been sealed off from the world, by Enma Ai's group in order to train you to use my Gate of Babylon with ease." said the golden-armored man.
'So this is how my familiar learned the Gate of Babylon.' thought Louise, as Gilgamesh continued his speech. "But first you need a controllable amount of Prana in order to summon the Gate."
"How can you do that? And what is Prana anyway?" Kai was now curious about the ability that made the King of Heroes famous during the 4th and 5th Grail war.
"Louise... Louise..." she froze, when she heard Kai's voice. "Time to wake up, Mistress."
Louise's Room, Tristain Academy
Mid morning
"Mistress..." said Kai again, trying to wake up the sleeping Noble. At this, Louise snapped her eyes open. "What is wrong Mistress?" he asked, as Louise just looked at him, before she looked at her hands.
"I had a dream." she replied weakly, as though she was sick.
"Could you tell me the details of this dream, Mistress? Perhaps I could help you rid of your troubles." said Kai, as he sat on her bedside.
"Well..." said Louise relunctantly. She was scared that she have witnessed a part of his memories. She doesn't want to know what his reaction would be if he found out. "I was...standing in front of a large building, much larger than Castle Tristain.. It had a plaque on it's wall."
"And what does this plaque say?"
"Holy Magic Ministry." at this, Kai froze.