For those wondering what I was drinking last chapter… It was coke and pepsi, I doubt either could give me hallucinations or make me do more than shake or string my words together even if I was to drink my own bodyweight in cola.
Also if anyone says I'm not playing Louise to Cannon I can explain her cannon behaviour. In Cannon, her life was filled with nothing but failures, she couldn't even get a normal familiar. Yet here she has one, so in this one instead of representing yet another failure Saito instead represents that she can get it right and is giving hope instead. As for Saito, Louise is his anchor of normalcy in the way she's been semi-babying him and cuddling with him but talking to him like an adult. He's kinda pictured a girlfriend acting like that, but he's never had one so he doesn't really know. Finally since he figures he's down the rabbit hole (literally) he's gonna have fun.
"Speech"
//thoughts//
*/Telepathy/*
Story!
Louise started stirring when she felt sunlight pour down upon her from the east. She sat up stretching and a small weight flumped onto her sighs with a Miya of protest. "Hmm… Saito?" Louise asked with a yawn.
*/Mmh? Louise?/* she heard echo in her mind. Then a tiny cat/rabbit cross stretched out on top of her as even his large floppy ears stretched a little. "Miyaaaaaaaaa!" he said out loud then shook his head and body quickly with energy flowing into every part of him. */Good morning Louise./* he said hopping off the bed and using his levitation abilities to land on the far side of the table. */I'm starving, is there anything to eat around here?/* he asked.
"Give me a minute, I need to get dressed first." Louise said as Saito tried to scratch his ears. He eventually settled on the way a dog would and used his rear foot with claws to scratch the large ear.
//Oh that feels good.// he thought switching ears then stretching out the kinks in his back. He yawned just in time for Louise to sweep him off the table and held him with both her arms and left her room. With the stomach of her furry companion growling loudly.
*/Louise… I feel my control slipping I-I just can't stop thinking about food…/* he sent a note a panic in his voice.
"Oh uh… this could be bad. Some things can eat a lot for their size… but you're really small so it shouldn't be a big problem…" Louise said before walking to sit down at her place. There was a light salad with chopped carrots, button mushrooms, fresh lettuce and chopped peppers. She took up a fork and speared a carrot and held it under Saito's nose, he was a rabbit after all…
"CHOMP!! TING!!" Came from Saito and the fork was wrenched from her hand as Saito ate the whole damn thing. "MIIIYAAAA!!!" he shouted */FOOOOOOOD!!!!/* everyone, absolutely everyone in the whole hall heard that mental shout and he was on the table.
"SAITO!! WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!? STOP!!" Louise shouted as he ate the whole salad, the bowl it was in and the plate it was on, the three extra forks, two knives and a spoon, drank out of the cup, then ate it. He rushed over to a large bowl of broth bit a hole in the side and literally sucked it all out so fast they could hear the slurping as he then lifted it up to get every drop then ate the glass bowl five times his size.
"Miya." He mewed contently while mentally he was in turmoil. */… I can safely say that caught me off guard as much as it did for you people./* he sent to everyone staring.
"What in the queen's name was that!?" Louise demanded grabbing Saito by the scruff and staring at him eye to eye.
*/I don't know! I told you I just couldn't stop thinking about food then when it was right in front of me I couldn't stop myself and just watched as I ate all that./*Saito sent and she sighed.
"Well let's not make this a daily occurrence." Louise said sternly then sighed. "I've lost my appetite anyways." She said walking out with him but not before grabbing a croissant and taking a bite. She heard a growl from Saito.
"Miya?" he said curiously realizing he was still hungry. */I don't know how it's possible but I'm still hungry./* he sent staring at the croissant.
"Well you're not getting this! I need to eat too you know!" she protested carrying him up towards her first class.
*/fiiiiiine./* he sent and she rolled her eyes. It didn't take her long to arrive in Miss Chevruese's class. She sat down and started quickly taking notes, things went along quietly with Saito fast asleep on her lap until she was called to the front.
//Hunh? Why's everyone panicking?// he thought waking up and listening before deciding to jump all the way from the desk in the back and onto the one up front.
"Well Miss Vallierre it looks like your little friend wants to watch." Miss Chevruese noted. As Saito saw Tabitha leave the room.
*/I've never actually seen magic before so I'm curious./* he sent to both of them and the teacher blinked.
"What a strange familiar, but intriguing." She noted as Louise started to pour energy into the spell and Saito felt suddenly on edge as the small stones Louise was supposed to be transmuting glowed.
//What the?// he thought just in time for BAAAAAAAAMN! The explosion yield was impressive but Saito at point plank was strangely unscathed. Strangely unscathed in that the podium under him had been demolished totally, Chevreuse was dazed and knocked back a good ten feet. Louise was totally charred with her wand reduced to a handle with splinters hanging off. He landed lightly on the rubble of the podium at an utter loss for words. He just stared up at her in disbelief. He'd been expecting the rocks to turn into brass, not chips of stone buried inside a load of busted lumber. "M-miya?"
"Y-you dangerous little pest! I'd have thought properly summoning a familiar would help but you're still the Zero!" Kirche shouted.
//The Zero?// Saito thought.
"You're a danger to us all!" Guiche shouted.
"I made a small mistake that's all." Louise said pulling out a handkerchief and starting to clean herself while dropping the ruined wand.
"How is this small?!" Montracy demanded.
"You Zero Louise!" Kirche shouted.
VRRAAAAM! Rung through the room as Kirche was now very nervous of a beam of red energy that barely missed her head and punched a hole in the stone behind her, the source being the glowing gem on Saito's forehead. */Will you people get off her case already!?/*
"But she…" Guiche started before he was cut off by the gem glowing brighter.
*/I'm not gonna hear it! Get. Off. Her. Case!/* he sent angrily and the class wisely shut up. */Come on Louise./* he sent to her alone before hopping away and out the slightly ajar door. Louise was right behind him.
"Hey Saito…" Louise started.
*/Yea?/*
"Thank you… no one's ever defended me like that before." She said.
*/No problem, nobody deserves that kind of crap./* he replied as he jumped up onto her shoulder, hopping around was annoying so he figured this would work better.
"So how did you do that beam thing? It was like some sort of dragon's breath." Louise asked.
*/I dunno it just happened, then it was like something clicked and I knew how to do it after that./* Saito sent choosing to leave out that he had no idea how powerful it could be. //What's a petawatt?// he thought as the strange word entered his mind. (A quadrillion watts of energy, a Terowatt which is a trillion is used as a unit to calculate all the energy used on earth by everyone over a year. We have yet to go above 20 Terowatts.)
"Some people have all the luck!" Louise moaned as she walked back to her room and Saito looked at her strangely.
*/You realize that you're jealous of a guy who's not only been grabbed from his home world and dropped in one he doesn't know but turned into a cabbit right?/* //Cabbit? Where did I get that word from?// he sent to her then thought.
"Cabbit?" Louise asked.
*/Cat-Rabbit./* he sent thinking fast and she giggled.
"Well it suits you Saito." She said scratching his head a little.
//This feels soooo weird but o sooo good.// he thought as he absently purred getting more giggles out of the pinkette.
Soon enough he was plunked down on the bed and Louise was quickly changing Saito for his part hopped up to the window and glanced around at the grassy field outside where most of the other familiars, particularly the large or dangerous ones stayed. */I have no idea what some of those things are…/* he sent to Louise while staring at what looked like an eye with purple wings that didn't flap.
"Which ones?" Louise asked fastening her cloak on and standing just behind him.
*/Well how about that eye thing down there?/* he asked pointing towards the flying eyeball.
"That's a beholder, they're magical creatures created to act as sentries and spies." Louise said.
*/Fair enough, then what's with the twenty foot long purple snake?/* he asked.
"Naga, snakes with the minds of humans. Some are smart others aren't. A good amount of them have some small amount of magic." Louise said as she pulled out a new wand and then picked up Saito.
*/Now for a stumper, what's the creature in your arms?/* he asked and she giggled. Then she tossed him up and caught him.
"No one knows what you are Saito, in fact the only thing we have to go on is the name you gave yourself." She said. "Silly Cabbit." She said and heard him chuckling mentally.
//Yea silly cabbit trix are for kids and all that.// he thought unable to keep himself from chuckling at the mental image. He wagered that if he ended up in a commercial like that it would be ruined fairly quickly for he was too cute to starve. */So what next?/* he asked.
"Well first periods just about over so let's get a jump on the second." Louise said.
*/… and that is?/* he asked.
"A bonding period to spend with our familiars." Louise said and Saito looked up.
*/Didn't we have one last night?/* he asked.
"What are you talking about?" Louise asked looking down at him and stopping.
*/I mean that bit where you literally walked through my memories. Don't you remember that at all?/* he asked her and she shook her head. */You literally walked into my deepest most defining memories and it all just bounced off of you?!/*
"I-I'm sorry I don't remember it!" she said.
*/Well what about that weird place then? The crystal corridors and the doorway of solid crystal I walked through like it wasn't there?/* he asked and she shook her head. */Now that's just weird./*
"So, in your memories there was a place made of complete crystal?" Louise asked and Saito nodded. "The only thing like that is crystal based magic. Basically you store a spell in a diamond or emerald that with the right word can be used later. Some really powerful ones can even have multiple spells or charges." She explained and he shook his head.
*/No it was different from that. It was all dark purple and black, and the door I told you about? You couldn't get in and I was dropped down a slide and into a room with a shifting hologram./* Saito explained.
"A shifting holgro?" Louise asked.
*/Hologram, it's like a…. an illusion designed to be a picture. But it kept changing. First it was, me normal me, then it was the way I am now then it was… weird. It was like a mix between the two, then… it changed into something but I can't picture it anymore. It's like it's been locked away from me or something./* Saito corrected her then said in puzzlement. The gap in his own memory was… weird.
"Well, it couldn't be that important. People tend to remember the things that count." Louise said as they walked outside and chose a table. She set him on top.
*/I don't know, whatever that last thing was it feels pretty important. Like the key to a complicated puzzle or something./* he said then noticed that snacks were being passed around, his stomach growled again. */I still have a hard time believing I'm still hungry./* he sent and Louise sighed.
"Well what's got me confused is that you ate everything you got you paws on, including the plates, glass, silverware and bowls. Just what do you need to eat in total?" She asked and got a shrug.
*/Damned if I know./* he said. */I'm going to take a look around I'm feeling a little restless./*
"Suit yourself, I'm tired of walking." Louise said as Saito hopped off the table and began bouncing around. //I really can't ever get anything normal can I?// she thought then giggled. //At least it's a good weird this time!// she mused watching Saito bounce around.
"Srrrraaa!" something hissed at Saito and he freaked when he saw a huge mouth with fire licking the insides coming down on him. VRAAAAMMMN! He let out an instinctive blast of energy and the Fire Lizard was flying away.
"Flame! Don't worry mommy's coming!" Kirche shouted chasing the lizard that nearly gave Saito a heart attack.
//Good Grief that scared the crap out of me!// he thought his heart racing. He noticed that at the position he was at a nearby girl was giving him a lovely panty-shot. It was toad girl from the other day and her boyfriend that Guiche guy was walking beside her. He dropped something in front of Saito, it was a small bundle. //Eh? Love letters? Hmm… heh heh heh.// he cackled mentally deciding to really mess with the obviously dumb blond guy.
He picked up the letters between his paws and levitated up and in front of the girl before handing them to her. */I don't think he's been faithfuuuuulllll./* he sent in a singsong voice and she quickly looked through the names before slapping Guiche. Saito started laughing.
"Shut up you impertinent beast! How dare you turn Montrancy against me!?" he demanded.
*/Oh grow up! You did it to yourself! Besides it was funny!/* Saito sent and Guiche got the impression he was grinning.
"If you insult me one more time I will demand reparation!" Guiche snarled.
*/…You're an idiot./*
"That is it! Familiar or not I will duel you creature!" Guiche said dramatically and Saito developed a sweatdrop.
*/… … … … you want to fight a rabbit?/* Saito asked eventually.
"What's the matter creature? Afraid?" Guiche asked.
*/Of a twit like you? Nope, not in the least./* Saito sent calmly. */Come on, attack, kick or whatever./* Saito sent egging him on for kicks confident that if his energy blast can blow a hole in wood or knock back that lizard then he could knock out pretty boy here too. He hovered up to Guiche's level and sat down in mid air. */I'll bet scratching an itch takes twice the effort then fighting you!/* he sent as he scratched one of his ears hoping to and succeeding at riling him up.
"You insolent little monster, I don't know what kind of magic you are using but I challenge you to a duel of magic in the vestry!" He announced and Saito started laughing, this guy was funnier than a professional comedian! Everyone in the yard thanks to Saito purposely projecting it heard the laughter.
//Oh good god it's like that Pokémon show for crying out loud! I wonder if I could use a Thundershock on him? Heehahahaha!!// he thought rolling in midair laughing as Guiche walked off in a huff.
"Saito! What do you think you're doing!?" Louise demanded walking up to him.
*/Well apparently I'm due to injure pretty boy there with an energy blast from this gem in the vestry. Where is the vestry anyways?/* he asked and Louise could hear his low opinion on Guiche and some mental laughter.
"I will not allow you to duel him it's uncouth!" Louise ordered.
*/Louise, you currently have a bad reputation magic wise right?/* Saito asked.
"What does that have to do with anything!?" she snapped at him.
*/Just that with what abilities I have we could turn that around. If you familiar beats up a mage in a duel imagine what that would mean about you, the summoner?/* he asked and Louise thought before getting a vicious smile.
"Alright Saito, but be careful Guiche specializes in earth magic, staying off the ground is the smartest thing to do." She said and he nodded. "Come on I'll take you there." She said inwardly giggling. The raw embarrassment of a mage losing to a familiar would take most of the tension off of her. Plus it would be funny to watch.
A few minutes later
Both Saito and Guiche were in a ring formed by students who had come by to watch a lot of them cheering and laughing at the possibilities. It was just ridicules, whoever heard of a mage duelling a rabbit?! So no one but Guiche was taking this seriously.
"You will pay for turning Montrancy against me creature." Guiche began trying to pose but…
*/My name's Saito you idiot./* he interrupted getting laughs.
"Enough of this!" Guiche shouted and flicked the rose causing a petal to fly off and form a bronze golem. "Bring me its hide!" he shouted and Saito jumped up. (Yakety Sax music optional but entertaining.) And so began a chase with the Golem flying quickly but the cabbit hopping through the air too fast for it and always just out of reach as it led the golem up down, in circles backwards forwards, and sideways before turning and taking a bite out of it and quickly eating the spear. Then gave it a tiny shot and it started to fly away and he gave chase, golems despite many inbuilt flaws have a crude preservation instinct so the bronze one tried to survive from the metal eating monster by flying in circles, up down and side to side with the tiny thing hot on its heels. Needless to say a lot of students had trouble breathing from laughing so hard. Louise had tears in her eyes and was leaning against Kirche who was using her for support as well.
Guiche infuriated by the situation summoned four more and they rose to the sky to skewer the tiny creature as the first golem regained a spear and swung at Saito who dodged and restarted the chase again. Inwardly he was killing himself with laughter and if he had human form he'd have what's best described as a 'shit eating grin'. He soon had them in a tight cluster as he raced to and landed on the ground and hopped out of the way as they slammed into the turf. He then jumped on the pile and ate through two and a half before the surviving two recovered and tried to stab him. Try being the key word as he eventually hovered between them and got them to knock each other out.
Then for a grand finale he jumped hard at Guiche head butting him and getting him to let go of the rose wand which was promptly eaten. */Bleh, no real substance to this wand./* he sent before hopping off and into Louise's lap who was now sitting on the ground tears streaming down her eyes. Most students were like that as they had never seen or even imagined something like that before and it was killing them.
*/Well ladies and gentlemen I hope you've enjoyed the show, and here's hoping we get to have more fun around here!/* Saito sent and the laughs increased again. Guiche for his part was throwing a small temper tantrum for having a familiar of all things defeat him in a duel. He could accept it if it were something like a dragon or a griffon, hell even a person! But a Rabbit?! He was pissed.
The hilarity continued and Saito got a nickname, The Golem Eater!
Authors Notes.
At first I had no freaking Idea how to do this chapter then it just came together. Then I stumbled on a fan written chase scene that mentioned Yakety Sax and I nearly killed myself laughing then it wrote itself. I'm not sure when Saito will be getting a human form, but he needs to absorb more energy for that, a good example is eating wands and golems or absorbing spells like he did in the class room. After enough of that he'll flip a mental switch and wake up or land in human shape. The ship will come when it's most appropriate. In other words when Saito really needs to give out an ass kicking and scare them crapless at the same time.