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Here is the new chapter which will be fairly interesting, especially at later parts.

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Edited 11/5/14

Chapter 9

Several days later…

"So, how will we be starting?" asked Mr. Colbert.

"Well, in order to start improving the weapons in Halkeginia, first we have to learn more about the technology. In my world, guns work similarly to how they do in Halkeginia but are more efficient. They also don't use gunpowder. I asked my parents to buy some books for us that talk about how guns in my world work and the science behind them so that we can try imitating them," explained Saito as he took out several books from a bag.

"How fascinating! Books from a foreign land with information not yet known to us!" said Mr. Colbert, excitedly, as he picked up the books and began to skim through them.

"They're written in Japanese, so you guys won't be able to read them but I can narrate what they say and you guys can write it down," said Saito. "The books detail everything about how the guns function, which are more powerful, specs on things like damage, firing speed, and size, and the scientific concepts behind them."

"Very nice! We should get started, immediately!" said Mr. Colbert, excitedly.

"Saito!" shouted Agnes as she broke through the doors of the castle library.

"What happened, Agnes?" asked Saito, a bit surprised at her sudden entrance.

"Saito, we need you to go to Albion. A new Void mage was discovered there, but the enemy got there around the same time as us and fighting is going on over who will take them. We need your help, they have brought in that familiar that attacked you in your home," explained Agnes.

Saito stared in disbelief and immediately grabbed Derf and strut out of the room.

"Let's go Agnes," said Saito, his expression hardened. Agnes nodded and both left to take horses to the airship station. The coincidence was that that day, Albion would be passing over Tristain.

Saito, Louise, and Agnes arrived at Albion to find the city in chaos as people ran in fear of the fight between the two groups and the palace struggled to protect the people.

"Agnes, you and the gun squad need to help the Albion guards protect the citizens. Louise and I will help take down the enemy forces and safely take the Void mage out of Albion," instructed Saito after drawing Derf. Agnes nodded and bolted away with her group to help the guards protect the citizens and Louise and Saito ran towards the market which was where the most fighting was going on.

When they reached it, they found two huge groups. One was wearing traditional Tristain armor and clothing and the other had dark armor and cloaks. At the lead of the darker group was the hooded familiar who was fighting with several gargoyles. The familiar was fighting with a short sword and wiping out soldier after soldier with little difficulty.

"RAHHHHH!" shouted Saito as he burst into the crowd of enemies, taking out several of them.

"EXPLOSION!" shouted Louise as she blasted away a group of the enemy.

"It's the Hero of Halkeginia!" shouted one of the soldiers.

"It's the Void Mage Louise!" shouted another. The soldiers' morale increased since the two who saved Halkeginia were helping them and they began to fight harder.

Saito slashed away at one enemy after another until he made it to the ring of gargoyles which surrounded the familiar. Saito slashed one in half then another and another. Finally he broke into the ring and reached the familiar.

"Haa…haa…You…" said Saito as he breathed heavily. Cutting through a wall of enemies can be pretty tiring.

"Hehe, well, well. I wasn't expecting to see you here. I thought that wound in your shoulder would have taken longer to heal," said the familiar.

"It's called healing magic. And if you ever break into my house again, I'll kill you," said Saito, calmly.

"HAHAHA! Good luck with that you pitiful excuse for a familiar," said the familiar. He lunged at Saito before his blade and Derf crashed together, sparks flying as they slid against each other. They broke apart and crashed their swords together several times with Saito struggling to keep up, since he wasn't able to keep up his training while recovering, and the familiar grinned wildly at him.

"RAHHH!" shouted Saito as he put an enormous force into pushing the familiar off of him and then he smashed his sword into the familiar's sword causing the familiar to be pushed back before Saito slashed at him.

Saito grinned for a moment thinking he had gotten a slash in but instead became shocked when he realized that the familiar slipped out of his cloak.

Saito stared in shock as he watched the face of the person who was moving backward and meanwhile he had a wild, devilish grin on his face.

"T-Tori…yama…?" said Saito as he stared in shock.

"Hello there, Saito," said Toriyama as he continued to wear a wild grin. Saito inspected him and found the fateful symbol that Saito wished he wouldn't see. He saw the glowing runes, which were worn by the familiar God's Brain, stretched across his forehead. "Surprised?"

"W-When?!" shouted Saito in confusion.

"I was picked up by my great Lord Ivarod after I lost my parents in that accident when I was little. I wanted some way to get revenge on the world and he appeared before me. I continued to live in Japan but I came here all the time to be trained. Then when my Lord became a Void mage, I became his familiar," explained Toriyama.

"Then what was our friendship?! What about Hikaru and Asuna and Sakura!? What about our lives in Tokyo?!" shouted Saito.

"Hahahaha! I couldn't have cared less about you guys. In Lord Ivarod's country, there is a mage clan which specializes in clairvoyance magic and we knew you were going to become a familiar. I was sent by my Lord to watch you and learn everything about you," explained Toriyama.

"RAAHH!" shouted Saito as he smashed Derf against Toriyama's sword.

"Haha…so how should we go forward from this? Maybe I could go back to the human world. I wouldn't mind attacking some of our friends. Maybe Sakura? Oh! I know, I'll attack Asuna. I could, maybe, have my way with her, before I kill her," said Toriyama with an evil grin.

Saito stared wide-eyed and Toriyama pushed him off before Saito felt to the ground. Louise noticed what happened and immediately ran over to them.

"EXPLOSION!" shouted Louise as she ran over. The explosion startled Toriyama as he wasn't expecting it but as he began to be blown up, he slashed his sword.

Louise grinned, thinking she got him, but instead was shocked. Toriyama could be seen behind the ball of smoke, which was representing the range of the explosion. His sword was sucking in the magic from the spell and it flowed in at an alarming rate.

Toriyama grinned as he watched the last bit of Louise's spell get absorbed into his sword. It was Toriyama's Anti-Void sword and its true power is the ability to absorb the powers of Void mage. It was forged from a chunk of stone that belonged to the deceased Ancient Dragon which was melted down and compressed until it was as tough as metal.

Toriyama grinned and leapt at Saito with sword in hand and Saito continued to lay back on the ground in shock from what was happening. Louise continued to run towards them trying to think of a way to stop him and was panicking.

"DIE!" shouted Toriyama as he slashed towards Saito. Saito shut his eyes as he prepared to take the blow.

After several seconds he realized that the blade should have made contact already and he cracked an eye open. Saito opened both eyes widely after noticing what was before him.

Louise was hovering over him with Toriyama behind her and he could see blood dripping from Toriyama's sword. He knew it wasn't his since he wasn't in pain so he realized it was Louise's.

"L-Louise?" Saito sputtered out. Louise smiled at him, weakly, before collapsing onto him.

Saito looked down at her and saw the long gash along her back and the blood which stained her white blouse.

"Haha…wow I wasn't expecting that! To be honest that was pretty cool. It takes a pretty huge amount of courage to jump in front of a slashing sword. Too bad, though, since she might die. But don't worry, you'll see her soon," said Toriyama, deviously, as he lifted his sword up, ready to attack.

Saito, who was looking downward, picked up Louise in his arms and got up off the ground, ignoring Toriyama completely. He walked her over to a small group of injured Tristain soldiers, nearby, and laid her down with them. Toriyama watched, confused as to how he reacted after being frightened only moments ago.

Saito continued to look downward, his hair covering his eyes, as he walked over and picked Derf off the ground before walking back to Toriyama.

"What are you gonna do? It's obvious I'm a better swordsman, you moron. Just give up and die already," said Toriyama as he raised his sword. He swiped down at Saito and grinned thinking he had slashed Saito but was surprised by what he saw.

Saito had caught his sword with two fingers and held his sword tightly. He began chanting something and his Gandalfr runes glowed brightly up to the point where they began to glow with a reddish tint. Saito chanted words and then Derf's blade retracted and out popped another blade which was still made of metal but was different in that its shape was crooked, like a lightning bolt.

Toriyama stood in a bit of a confused state as he wasn't quite sure what was going on.

Saito began to clench his teeth and when he looked up at Toriyama his eyes were glowing, faintly, with a reddish hue. Saito's hair rose slightly and his teeth were like fangs as he showed them.

"ROOOOOOAAAARRRRRR!" roared Saito as he lunged at Toriyama, sword poised for a slash. Toriyama immediately threw his sword up to block it and felt the full weight of Saito's power as he was pressed down. "THUNDER!"

As Saito shouted those words electricity sparked out from the sword and a loud boom could be heard. Toriyama did not escape the shocking experience and was thrown back by the immense power.

He hit the floor hard and after a couple of seconds managed to peek up from the ground to look at Saito. Toriyama was frightened by what he saw.

Saito was standing across from him, several feet away, and had immense pressure around himself which made Toriyama feel like he was choking. Saito let out a strong breath through the edges of his mouth which came out like steam while he glared intensely at Toriyama.

Suddenly, Saito disappeared and a second later he was rushing at Toriyama, in mid-air, and Toriyama barely managed to divert the sword which was thrusted at him. The tip of the blade pierced the ground just centimeters away from Toriyama's head and he trembled in fear at his situation. Just moments ago he was completely dominating Saito, and now Saito was showing super-human qualities.

"Well, well! Seems my little familiar is losing this fight," echoed a voice. Saito and Toriyama both looked around, instinctually, as they looked for the voice's source.

A circular orange seal appeared in the middle of the market behind where Saito had Toriyama pinned down. Lord Ivarod walked out of it and it remained there while he walked away from it.

"Hello there my dear little Saito. It seems you've unlocked a nice little power there. Either ways, I still need my precious little familiar, so you won't be able to dispose of him yet," said Ivarod before he punched the air in front of him and Saito was blown back off of Toriyama.

Ivarod walked over to Toriyama and helped him up before Toriyama immediately bowed.

"Forgive me, Master! I have failed in capturing the Void mage," said Toriyama in an ashamed tone.

"Hehe, it's alright, my child. This development was a bit unexpected, so don't beat yourself up about it. We will defeat them no matter how many Void mage they have on their side," said Ivarod, confidently.

"Thank you, Master," said Toriyama. Meanwhile, Saito was just getting up, coughing due to all the dust, and growled at the two. Ivarod grinned at him and he escorted Toriyama over to the orange seal that he exited from. Ivarod snapped his fingers and hundreds of orange lights appeared all over the town and all of the enemy soldiers were transported away. Ivarod and Toriyama also sunk into the seal.

"See you next time, my dear little Saito. Please show us a good time, again, next time," said Ivarod with a smirk as their bodies completely disappeared in the seal and soon all of the seals disappeared and the city roared in triumph at successfully driving the enemy out of their midst.

Saito calmed down and immediately ran over to Louise, his rune's glow extinguished. He and everyone around Louise panicked as they brought her to the castle to be treated.

"What has happened?" shouted the new king of Albion, King Harold. Harold was one of the last members of the Albion Royal Family who was hidden away by Germania after the civil war had broken out.

"My lord, the Void mage, Louise de la Vallière, was injured during the fighting. She seems to be in a critical state," shouted one of the guards of the castle as he escorted Saito who was carrying Louise.

"Dear me! Miss Gwendolyn, would you be able to use your Void magic to assist your senior? We have been assisting you to practice it and I believe you have reached a level capable of using it," said the King as he turned to a chestnut-color haired girl who seemed rather timid.

"U-Umm…yes…I might be able to, your Majesty. Let me try," said Gwendolyn as she began to walk up to Saito and Louise.

Saito set Louise down on a stool which one of the guards brought over and unfastened her cape.

"U-Umm…could the men please l-leave," said Gwendolyn, a bit embarrassed. All of the men except Saito left the room and he and two maids came and removed her torn and blood stained blouse. Louise's bra strap had been sliced right through so Saito just took it off and handed it to one of the maids.

Gwendolyn pulled out her wand and pointed it at Louise's wound before closing her eyes and beginning to focus.

A bright light was emitted from the tip of her wand and it filtered out into a beam kind of beam of light similar to the light that comes out of a flashlight. Gwendolyn moved her wand, slowly, up and down the wound after opening her eyes. The wound slowly disappeared and one of the maids used a towel which was soaked in hot water to wipe away the blood. After almost a half an hour of carefully sealing the wound, Gwendolyn finally managed to completely seal it.

She sighed in relief and the maid finished cleaning off the blood from Louise's body and the two maids changed Louise into a white gown.

"She lost a lot of blood, so it would be good to let her rest," said Gwendolyn, much less timid than she was.

"Thank you, Gwendolyn," said Saito before hugging her, tightly. Gwendolyn blushed violently and stared wide-eyed as she watched Saito carry Louise away to a room which the maids were guiding him to.

As Saito sat by Louise's bedside, he pondered what happened during the battle.

"You alright, partner?" asked Derf who had remained silent during the fight.

"I-I don't know. Louise almost died to protect me, I'm her familiar, that's my job…And on top of that, it was Toriyama who did it...one of my best friends" said Saito, depressed, as tears made his eyes shine.

"Partner, your relationship isn't just master-familiar anymore. There's no way she would want to watch her husband get severely hurt, not again. Just be glad she's still alive. And on the note with your friend, I think we made need to look into this," said Derf, trying to relax his partner.

Saito threw a heartfelt grin at Derf, appreciating his attempt to appease him. Saito then looked to his runes and a troubled expression overtook his face.

"What was that power? When I saw Louise get hit, I just completely lost control and felt energy surging through me," said Saito, a bit troubled by the strange power that he exhibited.

"I don't know," said Derf. Both of them were stumped to Saito's power and had no idea of what to make of it.

So?

What did you guys think? Kinda mysterious with Saito's new power right?

Well if you guys have any questions let me know, also I will be describing Gwendolyn more next chapter so don't worry about the lack of detail about her.

Anyways until next time...byeeee :D