Incep: "Hey guys, I'd like to apologize for the late upload, you see, I've dealt with a sinus cold, sprained calves, and a bit of unfounded lethargy, heck I even had to wake up early today so I could finish it, I usually resign myself to have this uploaded, Saturday at 2pm EST, the same time when the first part of this story was uploaded, but alas, I've failed to this time(By about 2 hours); sorry, and I promise that I'll try harder!"
Waking, I sit-up to find Louise at the wooden table in her room sipping on tea, her gaze shifts to me with anger
"So the runaway dog came home?"
"I'm getting the feeling you're upset with me" I remark groggy and sarcastic
"OF COURSE I'm upset with you! My familiar ran away!" I guess that really wouldn't help her reputation "I have half the mind to forbid you from meals for the day!"
"If you're going to starve me, why wouldn't I runaway?" I swear a vein popped on her forehead…
I'm way too tired to be arguing…
"And now you're talking back…" She raises her wand "At first I thought I could trust you to be obedient, but now I see you need training!" bringing her wand down, a white light begins to form, I thought she couldn't us-
*BOOM!*
Louise sighs as she leaves her room and locking the door on the way out, brushing soot from her uniform; the door across the hall opens, revealing a student with slicked back short brown hair, with blue eyes, rather slim in build, with otherwise more masculine facial features, he gets Louise's attention
"H-Hey what was that?!"
"Oh, you're that new student who enrolled yesterday" Louise turns to him
"David, David Snagsby" he says scratching his cheek "So… what was that explosion?"
"I was giving my familiar some obedience training!" Louise clenches her hands and stomps, David flinches
"R-Right, so… your Familiar's a dog?" Louise groans
"Might as well be…"
"Then it's not?" Louise sighs "H-Hey, we should head to the cafeteria for breakfast"
"Sure"
…
"Partner…" huh… is that Derf?
"PARTNER, WAKE UP!"
*THACK!*
A cold metal object smacks into my head, I snap up, causing Derf to fall down into my lap
"Ow, Derf! What the hell?"
"Oi partner, don't you yell at me, I've been trying to wake you up!" I pick up Derf and re-set him against the wall "A letter showed up for you, some real ugly looking blue and black knight delivered it" Blue and Black? Huh, that's an odd color, I guess that must be an armored mail carrier or something, standing up I see a letter on the table, opening it and reading it, its not until I observe the cyan barcode watermark at its center bottom that I realize who the sender truly was
"Derf tell me, this 'knight' had Black lines? Maybe not exactly blue but a lighter shade of blue, almost a Cyan, one might say?" I ask with deadpan seriousness, eyes fixed on the letter
"I don't know what a 'Cyan' is, but yeah" Derf replies
"Onore, DiEndo…" I crumple the letter and toss it in the trash
"Oi, what'd it say?"
"Nothing to important, just a taunt" still, why is DiEnd here? It can't be the REAL DiEnd… can it? "This is bad, I should tell Louise" as I walk to the door and turn the featureless knob "Huh, its locked?" I pull at the knob more "You are not serious…"
"What's wrong partner?"
"SHE LOCKED THE DOOR!"
Returning to David and Louise, the prior of which lets out a burp as he sighs
"Oh man, complements to the Chef indeed!" David remarks, pushing aside three plates, Louise looks at him astonished
"Have you ever eaten before? One would swear food is new to you"
"What? This food is REALLY good" David chuckles
"Why can't he be this grateful…" Louise mumbles despondently
"Who can't be what now?" David inquiries as Louise is about to respond…
"Oh my" Kirche approaches the two, interrupting them "And here I thought you were so protective of my darling because you had your eyes on him, but it appears my Zerbst intuition was wrong, I guess zero is just a hard to read number" Louise stands up
"Oh? Does it also allow you to detect BULLSHIT?" Kirche leans forward, the two face-to-face
"Little children shouldn't use gwrown up wurds" Kirche says mockingly, pulls at Louise's cheek, Louise smacks her hands away
"Atleast I don't look like I was bought off a DAIRY FARM!"
"How dare you call me a cow you-"
"Everyone, Everyone!" the girl with a red ribbon and blonde ringlet hair, who was with Guiche barges into the cafeteria panicked, the two stop and turn to the student
"What's wrong Montmorency?" Louise asks
"A thief! Some thief stole the potions I was going to use for the Familiar Exhibition tomorrow!"
"Who'd do such a thing?" Kirche asks, David stands up, both hands still planted firmly on the table
"Let's find whoever's doing this! Mystery ahoy!" David throws his fist up in the air
"My-My Louise, you sure picked an enthusiastic one"
"Shut up, Zerbst…" Louise groans
Elliot is laid out on Louise's bed, he stretches
"Man, I haven't layed in a bed for about 3 days…" Elliot sighs "But now isn't the time to rest, I have to find a way out…" He looks to his left, straight at the large window and begins pondering "Why is DiEnd here, what treasure could he…!" Elliot sits up "…Y'know, maybe, just maybe" the Sengoku Driver is attached, Elliot pulls the Matsubokkuri Lockseed from his jacket he presses the button
MATSUBOKKURI, LOCK ON!
"Derf" Elliot says, grabbing the sword in question
"Oi, partner?"
"How do you feel about falling from high places?" Elliot pulls up the on the Cutting Blade
MATSUBOKKURI ARMS!
Louise, David, Kirche, and Montmorency wonder around the school asking questions
"M-Montmorency, Please, t-this is the third time you've asked me, I w-would never!" Guiche pleads "I love you as much as any oth-I mean, unlike any other girl!"
"What was that first one Guiche?!"
"Geez, whats with those two?" David asks
"It's a long story" Louise says, recalling the day after summoning Elliot
"If recall, it's my darling who had a helping hand in this rocky relationship"
"Stop calling MY familiar, YOUR darling, Zerbst!" David sighs
"Man, it's like a warzone here"
"EEEEEEK!" A loud screech can be heard from down the hall, David rushes forward as the other four stop bickering momentarily and follow him, they reach one of the schools more enclosed courtyards, which is sparsely decorated with a few picnic benches but not much else, where they see a lean and tall, yellow monster, with feline like features and splashes of grey on its body, while feline it also holds some vegetation like features, such as leafy plumage about its body, most of which is at the joints of its lanky, branch like limbs, and in its line of sight is Bryanne, the auburn haired maid, who backs away slowly "H-help… me"
"W-What creature is this?!" Montmorency questions; Guiche, Louise and Kirche look at each other with a concerned look
"It's like that thing your commoner familiar summoned against me"
"And if I recall, it can turn other beings into its species" Louise says, she then turns to David "Go get my familiar!" Louise orders, David finches at her sudden change in tone
"Y-Yes ma'am" David runs off, Kirche, Guiche and Montmorency draws their wands
"Don't let it touch you" Louise warns them
"We'll be fine, as long as you don't blow us up" Kirche snides, Guiche summons three Valkyries, while Kirche launches an Inferno at the monster and Montmorency a Torrent of Water, The monster, while distracted by the Valkyries, is set ablaze by the fire magic letting out a horrid screech, however, once the water magic hits, it seems rejuvenated, destroying one of the Valkyries in retaliation, it then smashes the other two into one another
"H-How is my magic ineffective?" Montmorency asks in shock, Kirche launches another blast of flames, moving quickly the beast dodges, then lunges at Kirche in response…
MATSUBOKKURI-
-AU LAIT!
Throwing the Kagemastu like a javelin I hit the odd Inves dead center, restraining it in a pinecone shaped energy field
"My darling saved me again, oh it appears I'm more of a damsel in distress than I thought" Kirche says theatrically with a swoon
"Is everyone ok?" I run over to them… hmm? Why is Guiche and Mont… Monto… That blonde chick Here? I turn to the Inves "Talk about weird, I've never seen this type of Inves before…" I observe it struggling against its bonds
"Oi, what should we do partner?" Derfsou asks
"Well, I wasn't planning on fighting an Inves, but I might as well" removing my lock I attach it to Derfsou
LOCK ON! ICHI, JYU, HYAKU!
I run forward and slash into…
*CURRSH!*
…A giant wall of soil?!
MATSUBOKKURI CHARGE!
"What the hell?!" I look back to Guiche
"I'm Guiche the Bronze! Not the Dirt!" I roll my unseeable eyes
"Is there a difference?" I mutter
"Behind you darling!" Kirche alerts me, turning I see the 'Cheetah' Inves drawing soil around a black stick like protrusion in its left han-wait… is that a wand?! Forming a giant soil fist, The bind having been broken, it dashes at me smashing the fist into my midsection, I hunch over, then with its branch like arm it bashes the side of my head, sending my body rolling across the dirt, opening the Kaban on my side I switch seeds
"It's time to cut down this branch!"
KIWI, LOCK ON!
I stand and pull up from the Cutting Blade, throwing my hand into the air
SOIYA~ KIWI ARMS
The green and brown kiwi armor based on a Chinese Soldier forms, as I become Kurokage Kiwi Arms, in my hands form the Kiwi Gekirin, dual giant attack wheels with sharp silver blades around a tropical green hoop, a portion of which doesn't have blades but a large black handle that loops into the bladed portion
GEKI-RIN-SEI-YA-HA!
Running towards the Cheetah Inves, I cut into its wand hand, keeping with momentum I twirl into its chest, as it swipes at me I leap over the Inves and spin tearing into the bark of its back, it staggers forward, and turns to me angrily and charges I lift the Gekirin and bring them down vertically, but to little effect, it starts holding me in a bear hug
"Kirche, incinerate it!" I yell
"B-But Darling-"
"I'll be fine! Just use your fire magic!" Kirche, reluctantly, summons forth an inferno that engulfs the Inves and I, I switch seeds and throw my Kaban out the flames, to prevent damage
KURUMI!, LOCK ON!
"Hey, remember when you clocked me earlier?" I, with limited mobility, push down on the cutting blade
SOIYA~ KURUMI ARMS
A giant metal walnut comes down and smashes the Cheetah Inves, it flies out of the flames, it realigns with my head and lands, the Walnut based squire-like armor forms around me, turning me into Kurokage Kurumi Arms, on my hands are now two large yellow fists called the Kurumi Bombers, I swipe the flames, the air that's displaced by my fist causes the fire to disperse
MISTER~ KNUCKLEMAN!
"My Darling is simply amazing!" Kirche swoons
"Though it pains me… his magic IS impressive" Guiche says, The Inves gets to its feet and turns to the onlookers and charges
"Everyone move!" as I run towards the Inves…
RIDER STING
A sudden surge of electricity bursts from the Inves as it keels over and explodes, after the smoke clears, I see a rider with wasp-like features, sharp eyes, segments of yellow, but primarily black and silver
"TheBee, but how?"
"Aw, you forgot about my specialty!" from the top of a nearby castle wall jumps down the Black and Cyan barcode motif'd rider, DiEnd "And you gave such an impassioned speech last night about what a Kamen Rider is too"
"Who is this?!" Louise asks
"DiEnd, the Thief Kamen Rider" i say
"Treasure hunter!"
"Thief… Then you're the one who stole Montmorency's potions!" Guiche exclaims, DiEnd turns to them
"For the last time it's TREASURE HUNTER, but no, that wasn't me" he turns back to me "It was the monster, afterall, wouldn't you agree that Inves didn't look too natural?"
"What are you on about?" I retort, DiEnd chuckles
"I guess it wouldn't phase you huh…" DiEnd, raises his voice slightly "…Murderer"
"Don't… Call me that…" I growl
"Oi-Oi, partner calm down"
"Hmmm, Kamen Rider Murderer, now there's a name! Kurokage is taken after all" DiEnd says as he twirls his gun, I smash down on the cutting blade three times
KURUMI SPARKING!
"SHUT UP!" throwing punches, balls of Walnut shaped energy go flying towards DiEnd, TheBee moves in the way, taking the shots, a card is all that's left of him afterwards, which the cyan rider picks up and returns to a card holder on his waist
"What're you trying to do, kill me?" running forward with a leap, I lunge for DiEnd, faking him out, I pull back and uppercut him with my other Kurumi Bomber, knocking him across the ground, I walk over and unhenshin "What are you…" I take the gift box from my back, and take out the golden sword
"D-Darling!"
"Take it, it's treasure isn't it?" DiEnd takes it from my hand and looks it over "Take it, and never come back here!" DiEnd sighs
"Yes, it's treasure, but it's not treasure I'm looking for, but, since you entertained me so well, I'll leave you be"
ATTACK RIDE
"Ciao!"
INVISIBLE!
DiEnd disappears sword in tow, I walk over to the group
"What did he mean by Murderer?" Louise asks
"Well, I think that Inves, might have been a student here, as normal Inves have no control over nature"
"But you said that you had to be touched by one to-"
"No, if a human without a driver like mine grabs Helheim fruit it won't turn into a Lockseed, and when a human eats on they turn into an Inves, it doesn't help that they have a hypnotic property"
"So, then that's what the murderer line was about" Guiche adds
"DON'T… err, don't say that word around me"
"But still my potions!" Montmorency whines
"I think I might know what happened" Louise says "The Inves was looking for a way to turn itself back, and it must have drunk your potions thinking the groundwater the fruit was grown on was contaminated by a potion"
"I have to agree with the zero, it makes the most sense" Kirche says
"Well, either way, the fact that Helheim fruit is here means it'll spread and take over, luckily, I have feeling that the magic in this world might make it harder to take over, and since fire magic can destroy the vegetation it's definitely going to have problems spreading" I explain
"But how are we going to find the source?" Montmorency asks
"Actually, I was trying to find DiEnd, so I enlisted Tabitha's help, since her familiar can fly, however, I also asked her to be on the lookout for any odd plants"
"Did you know was going to happen!" Louise exclaims at me in every way other than a question
"N-No Master, I just wasn't sure, if since cracks have open, maybe some of Helheim's seeds may have came through y'know?" A large shadow flies over head, Tabitha descends on a gale of wind
"Found weird tree"
"Right, lead the way!"
David is wandering aimlessly through the halls until he reaches the court on the other side of the academy
"D-Did I go the wrong way?" he sighs, looking around he sees a large tree with pink fruit "Woah, wait isn't that…" he takes out a small, black object from his cloak and holds it longways
*CLICK!* the box creates a flash
"Man, when I get back home, I bet Elliot will eat this up!"
*ZIP*
A Zipper drags across the screen, a Fourze Kaban appears, it pops open showing all the new lockseeds displayed in this Chapter
{Kiwi, Kurumi}
Incep: "Don't hit me! Yes, this was a filler chapter, that'll happen when I can't find a way to incorporate Familiar of Zero/Zero no Tsukaima stuff into the corresponding Gaim title"