A/N: Well, if you are here, you are about to read chapter 3 of my Zero No Tsukaima Fanfic, Love Breakdown, a story where …

And that's how it is going to go. Just to remind you, this is a SaitoxTiffa story, but as you will see, the relationship development is in the plot, infact, it is the sole reason of the plot. You may think it will tread off to other females, but you will just have to see what happens. Well, get ready for this, oh and here is the disclaimer, Sailor Moon?

Sailor Moon: Yes mgh?

Me: Could you please do the disclaimer, I am sure our fans want to read a good chapter soon.

Sailor Moon: Well, I guess I got no choice. Well, this is a Disclaimer, meaning that the Author of this fanfic is saying he has no ownership or copyrights over the characters and settings in this story, though the plot as it gets after maybe Chapter 6 will be his.

Me: Wow, that was sort of… short.

Sailor Moon: What do you mean, I thought I did pretty good.

Me: … Anyway, let's just get on with the story.

Chapter 3: Season Three in a Nutshell Part 1

Saito was standing in Louise room. Him and Louise just stared at one another in the eyes, until Saito put his hand up.

"Hiya." He said with a smile.

Tears surfaced to Louise's eyes and her mouth quivered violently, until she ran into his form, knocking him on the floor. She cried loudly into his blue sweater while he just lied there.

"Baka, baka, baka baka…" Louise cried. "You baka, baka, baka,…"

Saito could only chuckle. He then took Louise by the shoulders and pushed her away softly. She sniffled.

"It's okay, Louise, your familiar is here now, there is no need to worry about me anymore." Saito assured her with a soft and caring voice.

"How could you have just left me alone like that! Huh?" Louise shouted at him, causing Saito to launch back instinctively. "Why were you gone for so long, huh? What happened to you, I thought you were dead! I thought you were gone, forever! And you just come back here and say "hiya"? Why couldn't you have come back sooner! Why, why, why, Saito!"

"Louise, listen to me." Saito told her, grabbing her sobbing figure. She looked at him, tears still flowing. "I was dead, do you hear me. Dead."

Louise could not believe what she was hearing.

"But, I was saved, thanks to a forest fairy! She used some sort of magic and gave me my life back!" Saito said cheerfully.

Louise's eyes became curious. "She?"

Saito nodded. "Yes, you see, when she found me, I was dead. She used the only thing that could revive me without any sort of hesitation and took care of me. I was pretty banged up and she nursed me back to health. I would have come back sooner, but I wanted to help her out, so I stayed with her for a day after I was strong enough to make the trip, so helped her a little bit and slept there, then I started the long journey back."

Louise crossed her arms. "Well, at least you're safe. Tell me, what was this girl's name?"

Saito smiled and put his index finger up. "Tiffania."

"And tell me, did you do anything with this girl?"

"What?" Saito asked, shocked.

"Did you and this girl do anything together… in bed?" Louise interrogated.

Saito looked at her in disbelief. "What, no. No! What kind of person do you think I am!"

"Wait, Saito, there is no need to get upset about it-"

"I have every reason to get upset about a question like that! You think I did something inappropriate with that girl after she saved my life! How could I not get upset!"

"Well, maybe I wouldn't think that way if you didn't start drooling over every girl who has big breasts!" Louise shot back.

"Hey, I am a boy, what do you expect?" Saito asked rhetorically, crossing his arms and turning away.

Louise only snarled and turned away. "Fine, I don't care anyway…"

Saito shifted his eyes to her. Liar.

"Besides…" Louise said, standing up.

"Huh?" was all Saito could manage to get out.

"The Princess wanted me to take you to her when you came back… if you came back… So, we have a journey to make to the castle." Louise informed.

Saito stood up. "Oh, okay. So we get to see Hime-sama again!"

Louise nodded with a smile.

"Woohoo!" Saito yelled while jumping into the air once. "I've been wanting to see Henrietta for a while now. Oh, this is just so exciting!"

"Calm down, Saito, calm down. You'll get to see her soon, but we must get going."

Saito and Louise were greeted by Agnes, who led them into a castle and into a room where the Queen of Tristain, Henrietta was present.

"Hello there, Henrietta- ow!" Saito said while getting slapped on the back of the head by Louise.

"Don't just address her so casually you stupid dog, she is the Queen of Tristain… SHOW SOME RESPECT!" Louise barked.

Henrietta laughed softly. "Please, settle down, Louise. That is no way to treat a savior of Tristain." She then looked at Saito and smiled softly. "I am glad you're back, Saito."

Saito scratched the back of his head and smiled. "It's good to be back in your care, Your Highness. Hehe…"

"But do tell me, what took you so long to get back, what happened to you? I had my soldiers search the entire battle field for you when the battle was over, but they couldn't find you any where, we all assumed the worst… even I did." Henrietta asked.

"Well, you see." Saito started, catching Louise's attention as well. "I was in a horrifying and intense war, and soon, I was the only one left in my squadron that was left standing. I was all alone, against seven thousand battle-hardened soldiers and I fought to the bitter end. I tried my best, but I eventually got bashed up and before I knew it, I couldn't move. I was lying in bashes, bruises, and nearly unconscious. The next thing I knew, there were magic attacks headed straight for me, and then I find myself battered against a tree in some forest in Albion with this Forest Fairy standing over me. I could have sworn I died in that battle field…"

Saito looked down, his expression clearly showing he was troubled. All alone… He shook his head. "But she used some magic and brought me back to life!"

Henrietta gasped, while Agnes stepped forward.

"Does magic like that even exist?" she questioned.

Saito only shrugged. "I don't know, but I believe her when she told me I was dead. She didn't know who I was or how I got there, but I do know she took the time and effort to take care of me."

Henrietta crossed her arms. "What does this girl look like? What's her personality like?"

"Well…" Saito started. "She has long, beautiful blonde hair."

Louise looked at her pink hair. Beautiful?

"Nice, smooth, and elegant legs."

Louise also looked at her legs.

"And… the biggest," Saito stammered, looking up with a fantasy in his eyes. "Breasts, I've ever seen."

Louise finally looked at her chest and scowled. She turned to Saito slowly, her eyes shining with anger. "S-S-S-Saito…"

"Yes, Loui-SE!" Saito asked.

Louise shook and held up a whip. "You… perverted…"

"Where did you get that whip?" Agnes asked, pointing at it.

"DOG!" Louise finally finished and smacked Saito violently! She kept it up until Agnes grabbed her arm and confiscated it.

"That's enough, Miss Valliere."

"It's not clearly enough! That dog needs to be shown some respect!" Louise shouted at no one in particular. Agnes only 'humph'-ed the comment aside.

Saito, on the other hand, rubbed his stinging shoulders and back, luckily he was wearing his blue sweater and it kept him from getting cut by Louise's stinging whips.

"Geez, why do you have to be so violent with me?" Saito asked.

Louise then slapped him. "Don't question your master's motives, you dog!"

"Okay, Louise, that is enough." Henrietta ordered. Louise only looked at her in shock before settling down quickly. Henrietta reached to Saito's head in a comforting manner and rubbed his cheek with one hand while holding the other with the other hand. Saito managed to crack a soft smile at this, therefore, making Henrietta smile back.

"Now, Saito." the Queen stated. "Care to tell me more."

"Of course." Saito said meekly. "Well, she wore a very nice piece of cloth, I would call it a skirtress if I could, I don't know what it was, but it was a nice shade of green. And her face, well, her face was very kind and loving, I couldn't help but smile every time I looked at her happy expression. And her eyes… well, her eyes seemed almost like deep, never ending blue cosmoses."

"Cosmoses?" Henrietta rhetorically asked.

"Wow…" Louise choked out jealously. "That's deep."

Saito looked up. "And her personality was to boot, she was kind, loving, gentle, and caring in every way she showed me. Her voice was soft and caressing, and she always encouraged me while I was there. Oh, and her cooking is just excellent, but what can you expect from one who supports herself all alone in the woods."

Henrietta's eyes popped wide after hearing the statement. "All, alone? You mean she lives all alone?"

Saito nodded. "Yeah, I guess she doesn't like being near villages or what not, but she has a nice house, albeit small, but comfy, and she has the necessities."

Henrietta shook her head in disapproval. "Nope, I can't allow that."

The statement caused all in the room to look at her with a puzzled look.

"I simply just can't allow anyone who saved your life to live like that." Henrietta continued. "My conscience just won't be peaceful knowing that. No one should ever be alone, even by their own wishes. Saito, you know this girl, right?"

"Yeah, I guess as much as I could." Saito said, scratching his head.

"Well, you know what she looks like." Henrietta stated. She turned her back and walked to a window to oversee her kingdom. "I want you to go to where she is and bring her here, I want to thank her personally."

"Huh?" the rest of the audience asked. Louise stepped forward.

"Don't you know what you are asking of us, Your Majesty? We are talking about going all the way to Albion to grab some random forest girl and drag her all the way back just so you can thank her!"

Henrietta turned toward her best friend, shaking her head. "I didn't ask you, Louise. I asked Saito."

"What?" Louise asked in shock. She then looked at Saito.

Henrietta tilted her head to Saito. "Will you do it, Saito?"

"Well, sure, I'd love to see Tiffa again." Saito expressed.

"No, no!" Louise shouted, once again grabbing the attention of everyone present. "He is my familiar, and he can't do ANYTHING without my permission! I am his master for a reason, and I say he can't go without me!"

Henrietta put her head down. "I am sorry, Louise. You're right, you are his master and as such, you have supreme command over anything he may do." She then looked back at Louise. "But you must understand that he is the only person that can do this."

Louise crossed her arms and smiled confidently. "I know… I didn't say he wasn't going to go, I am just going to go with him."

"Louise…" Saito said aloud.

Louise turned to Henrietta smiling. "So, when do we depart?"

"Tomorrow morning." Henrietta informed her. "For now, Agnes will take you back to the school so you may get some rest. I am sorry for taking up so much of your time."

Saito and Louise bowed. "It's not a trouble at all, Your Majesty." Saito said.

It was the next morning, and Louise was getting into the carraige, Saito behind her. Agnes started the horses and they started their trip to Albion, but they only got so much as a mile from the school until they were stopped. Louise looked outside, clearly annoyed. "Hey, what gives?"

Saito, too peeked his head out to see what the sudden abruption was. What he saw amazed him. "It's Siesta!"

Siesta cheerfully ran up to the carriage with a big smile on her face. "Hi, Saito-"

"What are you doing here, maid?" Louise asked harshly.

Siesta smiled triumphantly while poking her chest out, making Louise look at it with disbelief. "The Queen asked me to accompany you two on this trip. You are making quite the journey and I packed enough food to last us for weeks. See?"

In a second, Siesta had out all of her equipment, spread for them to clearly see. Agnes just looked at it for a second then motioned her head toward the carriage. "Okay, you can come."

Siesta's face glistened up the second she heard that and she packed up and was already in the carriage next to Saito, pressing herself against him, leaving Louise on the other side.

"Great… why did she have to show up…" Louise mumbled.

Saito just smiled and leaned back, but he leaned against another soft and warm thing. "What the?"

He turned back, but was met with shock. "What, How did you, what are you doing here, Tabitha?"

"I wanted to come with you on the trip." Tabitha said blatantly.

"But why?" Louise asked.

Tabitha took out a book from what seemed like no-where and turned to a random page. "I was bored."

Saito smiled and sweat dropped, while Louise turned away and Siesta clung to Saito.

It had been a rather unique seven days traveling from Tristain to the floating Island of Albion. They were finally somewhere on a trail, and today, Saito was sitting next to Agnes, looking left and right observantly. Agnes turned toward him.

"So…" She questioned. Saito turned his head in her direction. "Do you recognize anything? Is anything here starting to look familiar?"

Saito only shook his head. "No, I am afraid not…"

"Hmm." Agnes said. "I thought so, guess we'll have to keep moving."

"I would recommend looking for some sort valley or cliff, somewhere in a large plain."

"A plain? Why?"

"Because… that is where I was rushing from to get to Tristain." Saito blatantly pointed out. "I'll know it when I see it, it should be somewhere in this direction." Saito then started looking around again, at all the various landscapes and trees. Agnes only sighed.

"Hya!"

Inside the carriage, Louise, Tabitha, and Siesta were watching outside the small windows.

"Wow!" Siesta exclaimed. "Albion is more beautiful than I thought."

Louise then sat back and crossed her arms. "Yeah, I guess…"

Tabitha simply turned a page in her book. "Agreed."

Louise and Siesta just looked at her with disappointed looks with a small groan matching them. Tabitha then shifted her eyes toward them.

"What?" She asked.

Louise and Siesta just turned away. "Nothing." they both said in unison.

The carriage continued across the dirt road for hours and hours, only Saito being the one to not get hit by the severe boredom. Agnes was starting to droop off, but was always re-alerted by some random pothole that poked it's head in the path.

"Gees…" Louise exclaimed, catching the attention of Siesta and Tabitha. "How long are we going to be here! AGNES! We're losing daylight, let's just go home!"

Siesta leaned forward. "Please, miss Valliere, have some patience. We have come this far, so there is no reason why we shouldn't wait a little longer."

Tabitha nodded in agreement. "The maid is right, besides, we only have one pair of eyes doing the work, and Saito has a general idea of where the "fairy" lives. It shouldn't take too long before we find her."

Siesta nodded in agreement.

"Fine…" Louise complained, sitting back and crossing her arms in a pout. "I'll give Saito some more time…"

Siesta sighed in relief. Good, I was able to buy my master some more time, it just all depends on her stupid mood. Can't she just wait instead acting like the spoiled noble brat she is…

Outside the carriage, Saito was starting to recognize the area. "Hey, Agnes."

"What?" She asked in an annoyed tone.

"I think I recognize this path… yeah!"

Agnes looked at him. "Finally, some progress. So, which way?"

"Just keep following this path, but we will have to go much faster than this if we want to even hope to get there by nightfall."

Agnes looked at him in a questioning way. "Why?"

"Well, when I left from her house, it was morning. I was running at a top speed, faster than I ever could have back at Tristain due to my being Gandalfr. Well, when I reached this area, it was nearly dusk, but I really don't know since it was storming out here… but I know I ran for hours, possibly twelve."

"Twelve hours!" Agnes screamed! "There is no way a human can sprint for twelve hours straight!"

"Well, I ran for what seemed that long. Like I said, I don't know." Saito explained, putting his hands up.

Agnes hissed at the knowledge and turned back forward.

Hours flew by slowly for the traveling lot, but Saito kept his head up. He turned his head to Agnes, who had it kept straight. Saito then got back to his duty of looking around and his eyes finally stopped looking. A smile developed slowly on his features as he looked at it.

"There it is Agnes."

"Where is what?" She asked. She turned her head.

"We're here. That's the ravine I crossed!" Saito exclaimed, jumping to his feet, startling Agnes.

"Hey!" She told him. "Sit back down or you'll fall." She reached up and pulled him down.

In what seemed like minutes, the carriage reached the ravine and Agnes got out, signaling the others to step out. Louise, Tabitha, and Siesta hopped out of the carriage one at a time and looked upon it. Louise looked down.

"A six foot drop, miss Valliere." Siesta informed.

Louise gulped. "Thanks for the tip, maid."

"Well?.." Saito stated, turning all eyes on him. "Shall we?" Saito put his arms out.

"What do you plan to do exactly?" Agnes interrogated.

Saito smiled and scratched the back of his head. "Well, I was planning on trying to throw you girls up there. The ledge is a good three feet away and it is about two feet higher than here…"

Derflinger popped out of his holster. "Hey, partner. Remember that your power only makes you a master of weaponry, it doesn't give you superhuman strength."

"Oh, okay." Saito said politely.

The gang looked upon the challenge of the ravine. How would they make this jump?