Zero's Dog
Chapter 5
"So why again are we going to the capital?" Kotaro yawned. The dog-boy had lost some sleep over the previous night's events but had been forced into riding horseback with Louise to Tristania.
"I'm buying you a sword," Louise declared, "you admitted that your magic is different than our magic so you should refrain from being too flashy with it. You also spoke of that 'Thousand Swords' guy as if he's a goal you want to surpass, or at least reach. I can respect that, even if you are merely a commoner. One sword will put you one step closer to matching his thousand."
"That was a nice speech but tell me the real reason you're getting a sword for me. I don't need one, could strong-arm one from that blonde weakling if wanted, and Jack Rakan, 'The Thousand Blades," didn't even need to use his weapons. He was a stronger fighter without them. And he didn't have one thousand swords, his artifact allowed him to create any kind of melee weapon, of any size and in any amount he desired. But you are right that I want to match his strength someday."
Louise stiffened briefly. "And I thought you'd believe that speech," she blushed a little, "Fine, the sword is to thank you for last night," she hastily shouted, facing away from the dog-boy.
"Ah yes," Kotaro said dryly, "Your artifact. I take it that you want to know more about it?"
"You obviously recognized it," the pinkette accused.
"Where's your card?"
"It's back in my room."
"You FOOL!" he shouted at her. "I told you it stays secret, meaning you don't leave it where someone else could find it! From now on you carry it with you at all times!"
"Okay, okay, I hear you. So what makes an artifact so special?"
Kotaro sighed, massaging the small migraine that was developing in his temple. "An artifact is a magical item that a minister or ministra magi gains from a pactio. It reflects and increases the latent powers of the bearer." He pulled card from his jacket and handed it to Louise.
"Who is this?" the petite girl demanded, looking at the card bearing the image of an unknown girl.
"That's Natsumi, one of my ministra," Kotaro told Louise. Natsumi was not very confident in herself, was involved in theater, and tended to not stand out much. If you didn't know her, you likely wouldn't have given her a second glance. Her artifact is what you see on that card, the dress, hat, and theater mask. The dress and hat are unimportant but the mask made her undetectable. More simply, she could make everyone who wasn't touching her or linked to her directly, ignore her presence completely. She could be standing right in front of you, screaming to your face and you would not notice her if she was using her artifact."
"What does hiding have to do with me?" Louise asked, handing the card back to her familiar.
"It doesn't. Natsumi was only one member of Ala Alba, a team of friends that went to Mundus Magicus. Negi, myself, and more than a dozen girls, most of whom had artifacts, were the members then, and we saved the magic world from destruction by Kosmo Entelecheia, or KE, a group bent on erasing Mundus Magicus before it could collapse. Many of us were good fighters, some were better suited for non-combat roles but artifacts within the group were, a book that allows the bearer to read thoughts, a sword that dispels magic, a sketchbook that can bring drawings to life as golems, fans that could heal any wound within a certain time amount, spy golems, and a few others but you get the idea."
Louise nodded, vaguely guessing where this was headed.
"Your artifact is something that was used by KE called 'Code of the Lifemaker.' It can be used to alter the world around oneself. I think yours might be a 'Grand Master Key.' I only know a little about it beyond that there were seven Grand Master Keys and only one Great Grand Master Key, which can undo anything a Grand Master Key does. "
"Altering the world? Explain."
"For example, one function is teleportation or 'Relocation.' At the bearer's command, the Key will send the target to where-ever the wielder desires. Another function, is forbidden because you could have no use for it and it instantly kills without leaving a body, and unless that person is powerful enough to 'screw the rules' of reality, they ain't coming back EVER. 'Code of the Lifemaker' is essentially the power of God in the hands of mortals. Not a toy. You carry it EVERYWHERE."
Louise fell silent, and remained so the rest of the trip.
(Scene break)
"Hurry up Louise," Kotaro chided, holding a sheathed sword in his right hand. It was evening and they had just returned to the Academy. He slung the sheathe across his back.
"Just wait," Louise responded, after returning the horse to the stables.
Kotaro grabbed the girl and slid into a shadow. Moments later they were rising from a shadow in Louise's room.
"I've been wondering how you . . . ZERBST, what are you doing in my room?"
"Ah, Valliere, I was wondering when you and your, handsome, familiar would get back." Kirche was sitting in a chair facing the door, apparently expecting them to use enter through the door. "I was wondering, what is this?" she asked holding up the pactio card.
"Give that back NOW!" Louise screamed.
"Tell me what it is Valliere. It's a great likeness but the material and detail are absolutely superb, I must have one of my own," Kirche said.
"Kirche give that back if . . ." Louise threatened before Kotaro's hand covered her mouth.
"That is mine actually, it's physical proof of my contract with Louise," the dog-boy told the passionate redhead. "Can I have it back?"
"How come no one else has a card like this then?" Kirche asked, no doubt seeing holes in the explanation.
"How many people besides Louise have human familiars? Louise is just special for some reason, now please return it,"
"Aww, darling, let me hold it a little longer."
"Now means NOW, stupid woman," a raspy voice called from over Kotaro's shoulder.
"What?" Kirche demanded lividly.
"Derf, that's rude," Kotaro said over his shoulder.
The sword extended from its sheath a little, "Sorry partner, I'm not good with etiquette; I'm a sword after all."
"What is THAT?" Kirche shrieked.
"My new TALKING sword named Derflinger, Kirche. I asked for it and Louise bought it, now can I have that card back?"
Kirche handed him the card and strolled out of the room without another sound.
After the door closed Kotaro gave the card to Louise, "You need to be a little more subtle, your rage could have tipped her off. And always keep this on your person."
"Teach me to use it," Louise commanded.
Kotaro scratched the back of his head. "I only have second-hand knowledge on how it works, but I suppose tomorrow after classes would be okay to at least start you with it."
(Scene break)
At class the next morning a new teacher walked in. "Either they change teachers daily or that last one was too scared to teach with me in the room," Kotaro thought.
"My runic name is Kaita the Gust," the young man said. He appeared to be in his mid-twenties, had dark grey hair, and bore an expression that suggested he took everything too seriously. "I'll be teaching you all today. Now who can tell me the strongest element of magic?"
Kirche stood up at her seat. "Void magic."
"Again I hear 'Void,'" Kotaro thought.
"That's only in legends, Miss Zerbst, I meant realistically," Kaita elaborated.
"And again it's dismissed almost immediately."
"Fire magic, there is nothing that passion and flame cannot burn away," Kirche affirmed.
"I see you reasoning however I must disagree. How about we test it? You cast your greatest fire spell at me."
"Are you sure?" the redhead asked nervously, "It won't be a mere scald; you will probably get a nasty scar."
"I have faith in my own abilities Miss Zerbst. Now show me your passion, or is that just some false rumor that you like to spread?"
Kirche drew her wand from her cleavage and took a stance opposite Kaita, chanting. Kotaro watched closely, as most of the other students took shelter. "Same as with Louise, students hiding under desks. Could Kirche be similarly powerful? Tabitha hasn't left so Kirche can't be that destructive," Kotaro was thinking.
A small fireball, the diameter of a large coin, appeared at the tip of the Germanian's wand, and rapidly expanded till it was as wide as Derflinger was long. "So she is powerful." With a flick of her wrist, Kirche sent the giant globe of fire and brimstone at the teacher.
Watching the orb of fiery pain approaching from across the room, Kaita the Gust made no moves to avoid it. When the fireball was within ten feet of him, the arrogant teacher diagonally slashed his wand upward, from his left hip to right shoulder. A massive wind blew through the room dissipating the fireball and knocking Kirche onto her butt. "I now tell everyone that wind is the strongest," the teacher proudly declared, "Wind blows away everything. Neither earth, nor water, nor even fire can grasp a foothold against a strong wind. The unseen wind shall be the shield that protects everyone, and the lance to punish enemies on the battlefield." As he began to chant, Kirche returned to her seat and some of the students rose from their shelter.
At the chant's completion, air coalesced into a long shape resembling a lance and shot towards the open window behind where Kirche had stood. Kotaro intercepted it where Kirche had stood, gripping the spiraling air-given-substance in his right hand. He felt a mild grinding in his hand and caught glimpse of a drop of blood trickling through his fingers.
The class gasped, not only that Kotaro had stopped and was holding a wind spell known for its piercing power, but also that he had crossed half the classroom in an instant to do so. The one who seemed most surprised, though, was the caster. "Who are you?" he asked indignantly, as his 'unbeatable magic' had been halted.
"Kotaro Inugami, current familiar of that girl over there," the dog-boy said, pointing at Louise with the still active wind lance. Louise turned to avoid the piercing glares.
"And why is a commoner interrupting my class?"
"I figured that you'd be a good test of my abilities, since you declared your wind to be strongest. Although, you should know that wind is only strong if there is enough moveable air to work with. In a small confined space, wind cannot be generated."
"How do you know that?" Kaita asked nervously, apparently intending to hide that fact. "More importantly, how are you doing that? That's a triangle-class wind spell; no one below square-class should be able to stop it, especially not some lowborn whelp, barehanded no less. Your hand should be stripped of flesh by now," his fear had shifted to anger.
"You're not the only wind wielder I've met, 'Kaita the Gust.' My best friend/eternal rival has specialized in wind and lightning spells since before I met him. In order to reach his level, I studied hard on how those types of spells work. And as for this," Kotaro held up the lance, a little more blood dripping from his fist, "a spell of this caliber is not hard for me to stop. What do 'triangle-class' and 'square-class' anyway?"
"They mean how many spells a mage can layer before casting," Guiche shot suddenly, his voice high-pitched. "Dot-class is one spell, line-class is two, triangle is three, and square is four."
"Thanks Guiche," Kotaro replied. "This triangle-class wind lance doesn't impress me," he said, crushing it in his hand causing the two pieces to dissipate. "That defense was more impressive: using small directed gusts to separate the fireball into parts while using a large gust to snuff the smaller parts." He lowered his hand to his hip and blood continued to drip from the tips of his fingers.
The class gasped again, at Kotaro's feat of physically dissipating a wind spell and his analysis of the teacher's defense. All eyes looked back towards Kaita, who had gone white from having his technique seen through. "You said your friend uses lightning?" his nervous voice softly asked, "Did you mean Viscount Wardes: 'Wardes the Lightning' and leader of the griffin knights? Of course it would make sense you know how wind magic works."
"No, I meant Negi Springfield: 'the boy genius mage', 'Thunder God Negi', the Thousand Master's son, 'Orphan Son of the Queen of Calamity'. Now take up your defense, I'm going to try a spell from my homeland against you." Kotaro declared as the class continued to gape. He began to chant.
"Canes exeunt bellatores.
Sagitta Magica, Una Obscuri."
Upon completing the chant, Kotaro swung his left arm across his body. In the middle of the arc a fist-sized orb of darkness detached itself from the hand and flew towards the still motionless teacher. Kaita remained dumbfounded until the last moment when he hastily tried to blow away the magical projectile.
The teacher doubled over with a grunt of pain as the arrow of darkness struck him in the gut. A light breeze swept over the class as Kaita's incomplete wind spell activated. Immediately the class was in arms, only to find Kotaro no longer standing opposite from Kaita the Gust but next to the injured teacher.
"Are you alright?" the fighter asked the teacher.
Kaita glared at him.
"Sorry. Stupid question."
"WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM?" one of the students shouted.
"That spell had about the power of a punch with no other effects," Kotaro told the class, "He should be fine within a couple hours and the bruise will disappear on its own in a few days." He took a breath then continued in a stern tone, "All you nobles are pathetic. You decide that you're perfectly safe when against non-nobles but are the first to cry 'CHEATER' when your opponent displays greater skills than you expect. Just like the western mages, but without power or experience to back up your arrogance. Come talk down to me AFTER you aren't wimpy 'squishy wizards' but capable of holding your own in a fight, magical OR physical! Otherwise, you're walking into a den of wolves, wearing a sign that says 'Eat Me'."
"Now, Kaita, can you stand up?" the dog-boy asked, returning his attention to the teacher he'd struck.
"I can try. What was that spell? I didn't recognize it."
"Oh, Sagitta Magica? It's a beginner spell from my homeland. Different effects based on the element used but darkness is only concussive force. Basically, it's a punch. I can't use healing magic, never really needed it," he chuckled, wiping the blood of his hand and opened it to reveal undamaged flesh, "so I'll get you to the infirmary after class."
At that moment Colbert burst into the classroom wearing a flashy robe and a blond wig. "All further classes are hereby ended for today," he declared triumphantly, "The flower of Tristain, Princess Henrietta, will be gracing our academy with her presence this afternoon on her return trip from Germania. She'll also be here to watch the Familiar Evaluation Fair tomorrow, so try your best."
As he left, many students followed at a rate akin to a flood passing through the door. Kotaro waited until most of the class was out the door before shadow travelling Kaita to the infirmary.
(Scene break)
They strode towards the arching gateway that was the only ground-level entrance and exit of the Academy. As they passed through the vast courtyard, Kotaro noticed many second years with their familiars, giving commands in some form or another. "Must be about that familiar fair tomorrow, I'll ask later. For now a secluded location that no one will stumble upon."
He continued to pull Louise along, who had been unresponsive since Colbert's announcement, towards the forest. Reaching the edge, he continued until about ten minutes later when he found a clearing that was acceptable.
"Louise we're here."
It was few moments before Louise came out of her stupor, "Huh, what's going on?"
"You asked me to tell you how to use your artifact remember? That's why we're alone in this forest, to avoid curious eyes and loose lips, now summon it."
"Adeat!" Once again the polished ebony scepter materialized in the girl's hands.
Kotaro suppressed a grimace at the sight of the Grand Master Key. The previous wielders had less than honorable methods and now he was instructing a selfish girl how to use it. "Who did I piss off to get sent to an alternate world where I have no status and must appease a short-tempered girl for any hope of getting back?"
"So, aren't you going to teach me how this key works?" Louise asked impatiently.
"Yes," Kotaro replied, pulling an apple he'd snuck from the kitchen earlier out of his pocket. He held it out.
"Not hungry, quit stalling!"
"No, you're not going to eat this apple and I'm not stalling," Kotaro said, smirking at how easy Louise was to stir up, "Your first job is to move this apple between my hands with your Grand Master Key. There will be no levitating it; it will be in my right hand one moment and in my left a moment later. The command to teleport for the GMK is 'Relocate: _,' which is an apple now so it's 'Relocate: Apple'."
"Is that it? You told me that this has power that rivals the divine. Do you think that moving an apple is what I expected?"
"No but I wanted something easy to control, an apple isn't going to tell anyone what happened if your control waivers and you send it back to the academy. Also if you were to screw up and only teleport part, nothing is harmed or in noticeable pieces. Now do it if you're going to, otherwise I'm going back."
"Relocate: Apple." The apple briefly disappeared after glowing for a moment, and reappeared in Kotaro's other hand.
"Good," Kotaro muttered, "You might be able to learn this faster than I expected."
(Scene break)
After a few hours had passed, Kotaro decided that 'training' should end for the day. Louse looked equally tired, but before the boy could offer assistance in returning, Louise commanded, "Relocate: Louise Valliere, Kotaro Inugami." The next instant they were in Louise's room.
"It seems you've mastered that Louise, but I'm wondering where you sent that dog spirit before bringing it back."
"It doesn't matter. So what are you teaching me next?" Louise asked eagerly.
"I don't know what else I CAN teach you!" Kotaro admitted, "I only know of two other functions. One of them is repelling magical attacks. The other is more forbidden than bearing the bastard child of a family enemy. You learned 'Relocation' pretty fast so you shouldn't have a problem discovering the other functions. My knowledge is purely second-hand."
"Thanks," Louise said, walking out the door while stowing her card, "Come along, the princess will be arriving soon."
Upon reaching the tower's base laughter could be heard. Guiche seemed to be the target of the jeers.
"I'm not lying," he begged, "I saw a dog, black as the moonless night, suddenly appear before me and it was gone just as fast, glowing like when alchemy is used right before it disappeared. Please someone, believe me!"
"Well that answers THAT question," Kotaro thought. Turning his attention the academy's entrance as they approached, he noticed the sheer number of students already anticipating the princess' arrival. On either side of the road, students packed themselves as tightly as possible to possibly catch a fleeting glimpse of 'the flower of Tristain' as she passed.
Unwilling to stand behind the crowd, Kotaro jumped. As he reached an altitude twice the height of a normal student, the dog boy summoned two of his dig spirits with one by each foot. Each pup began to somersault forward with increasing speed until both looked like black saw-blades. With spirits in place, Kotaro looked down on the spectacle. Many students on the other side of the road cast dirty glares at the airborne familiar.
"Screw you, no one said I can't do this," Kotaro mentally replied to the other students. He looked down to see Louise giving him the same look, "Of course, how rude of me."
He returned to the ground, grabbed Louise under the armpits, and leapt once more into the air, recreating the 'blades' for himself and a pair for Louise. A combination of shock, embarrassment, flattery, and anger appeared on her face but someone entered through the arch at that moment.
The lone rider was seated upon a griffin and wore a wide-rimmed, cobalt-blue hat that matched the mantel being worn. The muscular build suggested a man in his prime but the long silver hair, one thing the hat didn't obscure, suggested age. The rider looked up at Kotaro and Louise. His face was of neither a youth nor of an old man, but in between. Well groomed facial hair was visible, the same shade as the rest of his hair, on a face that had a form of 'masculine beauty.' Kotaro waved enthusiastically at the man, who reached towards his hip for a moment before giving a curt nod and returned the wave. As the man continued, many of the girls looked up at the master and familiar enviously.
A short distance behind the first griffin rider two more rode, one each side of a luxurious carriage. Looking closely the carriage was studded with every type of precious stone imaginable, and several that could only qualify as 'fantastic'. More than that, it was being drawn by unicorns.
As the carriage passed the curtains inside shifted slightly, but the occupant or occupants were still concealed. Trailing behind the carriage was another lone griffin rider, the rear guard. Moments after he passed the two crowds began to disperse.
The second years went back to ordering their familiars into doing tricks. A fair amount of the first years watched, no doubt fantasizing about when they will get to summon. The third years didn't have a common destination from what Kotaro's aerial view provided him. He watched as the procession neared the central tower. After safely lowering himself and Louise to the ground, he disappeared leaving the unresponsive pinkette where she stood.
(Scene break)
In the span of a moment Kotaro was at the central tower. "Man, I love Shundo," he thought to himself as he watched the guests approach. He casually leaned back against the stone structure.
If the leading rider was startled, he was good at hiding it, though he did reach for his hip again. At his hip, the dog-boy noticed, was clipped an item that looked like a cross between an epee saber and a wand. The rider and mount passed Kotaro, stopping with the carriage, which stopped almost directly across from the familiar. The first rider had since dismounted and opened the carriage door, kneeling.
"You, commoner!" the rider hissed, "On your knees in the presence of royalty!"
"I'm not a commoner, nothing' common about me, plus, I don't take orders like some obedient pet dog, but if you ask nicely, I might be more willing," Kotaro declared.
"Fine," the bearded man barked, "Would you please kneel as the princess exits the carriage?" The indignation in his voice was clear.
"Certainly," Kotaro answered with insincere cheerfulness, taking a knee.
"Wardes, who are you arguing with now?" a feminine voice asked from inside. A moment later a young woman was framed in the carriage's doorway. She wore a mantle of royalty, both in the air she cast about her and in the literal sense. The regal purple mantel hugged her shoulders in a way that the student mantels didn't, fitting more like actual clothing than merely a cape. Beneath the mantel, the princess wore a dress a shade of periwinkle so pale that it nearly appeared white. Her face held an elegance of a portrait and was tempered with plum-colored hair that grew no further than mid-neck. And upon her crown, she wore a tiara of sorts.
"Flower of Tristain, indeed."
"No one, Princess Henrietta," the knight called Wardes answered quickly, "I was just ensuring that this peasant knows his place and to show you the proper respect." He assisted the princess with her step down from the carriage.
"Wardes, I'm not a child, besides this plebian looks like he's not from Halkeginia if his garb is a good representation." Her voice was assertive, yet full of compassion.
"Halkeginia? Where's that, I thought this was Tristain?" Kotaro asked.
Henrietta, Wardes, and the other griffin knights gawked, unable to comprehend what they'd heard. Wardes, however, recovered quickly and resumed his calculating stare at the boy.
"Be careful Princess, he might be an assassin sent to stop Tristain's alliance with Germania," Wardes cautioned, "We passed him when we entered, but he was here before us. He is either fast or there is more than one."
"He's never even heard of Halkeginia, he's benign," Henrietta asserted.
"No, Wardes is right to worry," Kotaro spoke up, startling the group, "I am capable of being an assassin. And I am incredibly fast."
Every griffin knight immediately jumped between the princess and the boy, each drawing the same kind of sword-wand Kotaro had noticed earlier. As they aimed at the dog-boy, each pair of eyes was casting a shadow of fear, except Wardes, who seemed slightly amused.
"Relax, relax," Kotaro said, waving both hands forward, "I merely said I'm 'skilled enough' to be an assassin but I don't care for that line of work. If I was an assassin, the princess would have disappeared from that fancy carriage during travel, without even a sound, and ransomed. Or I'd slowly pick off her guards one-by-one until she was alone and abduct her that way," Henrietta and the knights stiffened. "But like I said, I don't care for that line of work. It has too much need for stealth and subtlety for my tastes. I'd much rather beat up all her guards at once, throw the princess over my shoulder like a sack of potatoes and disappear."
Kotaro's admission stirred even more tension in the group.
"Don't worry though, the princess is in no danger from me because – aw DAMMIT!" Kotaro said, observing his glowing arms before disappearing.
(Scene break)
He reappeared by Louise's side. She had not left the gate but had apparently been observing the events by the central tower. She stowed her artifact, looking sternly at her familiar.
"Threatening the princess?" she asked menacingly.
"Not really, just messing with the guards. I was just about to clear everything when you took me away," Kotaro answered, looking back at the tower. The mage guards were gazing about looking for him. When one turned towards the gate Kotaro waved at the guy, to be interrupted by Louise's strike to his groin. "So can I go clear things up?" Kotaro asked through gritted teeth.
"Fine but don't threaten the princess anymore or you'll learn how to read a map after I send you to Gallia."
"Good 'nuff," Kotaro accepted, "Who's Gallia?"
One shundo later, Kotaro was once again before the princess and her guards, with Headmaster Osmond also in attendance.
"I'm starting to wish that I'd never taught her that," Kotaro muttered. Upon seeing the still confused and hostile looks he gestured back to Louise, "Short leash."
His remark caused some looks of understanding but the hostility remained.
"I am sorry for using threatening words and actions. I was bored and was trying to draw fun from messing with you guards. I have no intent to harm the princess because she is a woman and it's against my principles to harm a woman," Kotaro addressed in a monotone. The griffin knights relaxed a little. "Okay, is that better? Good, 'cause I'm going." He dove out of site and into a shadow leaving the small group behind.
He rose from a shadow in Louise's room and walked over to where his 'bed' was. "Sleepy," he uttered as he flopped down and immediately dozed off.
(Scene break)
He was awoken by a knock at the door. He looked up. By the darkness outside the window, it was night. Despite the late hour Louise sat motionless on her bed, eyes far off in the distance. The knocks hadn't stirred her. Another knock came.
"Well, who could be foolish enough to come calling in the middle of the night?" Kotaro internally asked as he walked over to the door.
"Do you have any idea how late it is?" he asked after opening the door.
The hooded figure in the hall gasped. "You," the person whispered.
Kotaro bent forward to look under the hood. "Where have I heard that voice before?" he wondered. A lock of plum hair entered his vision. "Princess?"
Authors Notes
Now chapter five is finished. Yay! I had it written before but it got erased when my flash drive said "Hey, do you remember everything we've done in the past two months? Me neither." I had to re-type the whole thing and will have to do likewise with six and seven.
Now to the chapter. Some Negima fans might be slightly upset (cough . . . raving mad . . . cough) that I had Kotaro use a western mage spell: Sagitta magica. Kotaro in the series is more an eastern mage, using onmyou or yin yang magic, if briefly. His main use of magic is with his 'dog spirits' or 'shadow dogs.' Western mages usually have longer incantations and require a release key to be chanted before the first spell cast (if multiple spells are cast within a short period of time). Western mages are generally 'squishy wizards' because of incantation time and how they aren't usually mobile in combat. I had Kotaro use western magic because I figured he might be one to try learning a few simple spells on the western mage side within five years of his ten year old self. He's looking for ways to match his rival, using that style of magic doesn't seem TOO farfetched, at least to me.
Another topic I might take flak for is the use of the Grand Master Key. I admit that I'm not sure that it can act on inanimate objects like the apple in the way that I portrayed it but I didn't want Louise to be a true instant expert, but wanted her to at least get the hang of relocation before trying people.
I really liked having Kotaro mess with the knights because, from his perspective, very few could actually challenge him in Halkeginia.
Next chapter is the evaluation ceremony and the introduction of Fouquet. I have it mostly done so I'll try to have it up by Monday.
I have plans on bringing in a few other characters from Negima but not sure. And if I do, not every character will be a 'familiar.' Please tell me what you think.
Canes exeunt bellatores.-"Come forth hounds of War" (the release key for Kotaro, purely made up)
Sagitta Magica, Una Obscuri-"Magic Archer, One arrow of Darkness"
Any questions/comments/thoughts/ideas? Write a review. I'll really appreciate the feedback.