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"Qui vous est?" asked the girl intently examining Sousuke's face, the clear blue sky behind her. She
seemed to be close to Sousuke's age. Underneath a black cloak, she wore a white blouse and a gray
pleated skirt. She knelt down and looked, shocked, at his face.
Where am I? Sousuke thought as he looked up to find the girl's Reddish-brown eyes looking at him with
confusion and surprise clear in them. Her strawberry blond hair fluttered softly behind her, and a slight blush
was visible across the bridge of her nose. Sousuke was lying on the ground, face up. What Happened?
He raised his head to get a better view of his surroundings. A crowd of people in black cloaks were curiously
examining him. In the distance, on an endlessly rich grassy plain, he saw a huge castle with stone walls.
He groaned as he gave his head a shake, Is this... is this Europe? How did I even get here?
"Où vous êtes de, le roturier? Comment êtes-vous arrivé même?" The girl asked him. Sousuke frowned as
the girl talked to him, French. Damn. This could be a problem.
"Louise, vous quels étaient pensant, appelant un roturier avec 'Serviteur de Citation'?" someone asked, and
everyone but the girl who was looking at his face started to laugh.
"Je... J'ai fait juste une petite erreur!" the girl in front of Sousuke shouted in a refined voice that carried like a bell.
"De quelle erreur parlez-vous ? Rien curieux arriv."
"Bien sûr! Après que tous, elle est Louise le Zéro!"
The girl growled slightly and clenched her fist, looking at the gatered students in front of her irritably before her gaze
fell upon someone, "Professeur Colbert!"
The crowd was slient as Sousuke eyed a middle-aged man walking towards him. He carried a big wooden staff and
was covered in a black robe. Humm, looks like this one is in charge here. Sousuke cursed the language barrier that
was presented before him, but he decided that he ought to stay quiet until he understood what was going on.
"Le quel est que vous voulez de moi, Mademoiselle Vallière?"
"S'il vous plaît! Me permettre d'essayer l'appeler un plus de temps!"
The man wearing the black robe shook his head. "Je ne peux pas permettre cela, Mademoiselle Vallière.."
The girl looked at the man in shock, "Mais... Mais Professeur Colbert! Pourquoi pas!"
The man sighed slighly, looking at Sousuke for a moment before he continued, "Votre spécialité primordiale est
décidée par le familier que vous appelez. Il vous rend capable d'avancer aux cours appropriés pour que
l'élément. Vous ne pouvez pas changer le familier une fois vous l'avez appelé, parce que le Printemps Appeler
Familier est un rite sacré. Si vous l'aimez ou pas, vous n'a pas de choix mais le prendre."
"Mais... mais avoir un roturier comme un familier est inou!"
"Mais... mais avoir un roturier comme un familier est inouï!"
"Ceci est une tradition, MADEMOISELLE Vallière. Je ne peux pas permettre des exceptions;il," the middle-aged
man pointed at Sagara, "Peut être roturier, mais pourvu qu'il a été appelé par vous, il doit être votre familier. Jamais
dans l'histoire a un humain a été appelé comme un familier, mais le Printemps Appeler Familier prend la priorité sur
chaque règle. En d'autres termes, il n'y a pas d'autre façon autour de lui : il doit devenir votre familiar."
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Sousuke's eyes narrowed as the middle-aged man pointed at him. Once more cursing inwardly at his lack of
understanding the local language. The young girl seemed to be irritated at whatever he was saying, and it
was clear that it was about him. The lack of information was putting him at a severe disadvantage, and that lack
of information could be the difference between life and death. He frowned, deciding on a course of action
on how to rectify the current situation. He patted at his side and found his weapon still in it's holster.
Louise frowned as she looked down from Professor Colbert at his words. She knew what he said was true. She had
to do. And yet... she still hesitated because of what she had to do.
-CLICK-
Louise paused as her familiar had a strange, metallic object pressed against Professor Colbert's temple. "What are
you doing to the professor, familiar? Cut that out and get over here!" She commanded as she pointed at Sousuke.
"Miss Vallière... don't move," Colbert muttered.
Louise blinked at her teacher's words, "Professor?"
Colbert was unaware of what it was exactly pressed against his forehead. But from the way he was being held, and the
fact that it was near such a dangerous area he could guess two things. He had a weapon pressed against him, and he
was currently being held hostage. "W-what is the meaning of this?" he growled.
"Don't move," Sousuke whispered cautiously. There was a hint of malice in his voice, but it was more to sell the threat in
this instance. "If you can understand me, know that I do not wish to hurt you. But if you give me a reason to, I will."
Though he could not understand the words of the summoned familiar he did not mistake his tone. Slowly the professor's
hands raised in a sign of surrender as he felt the cold barrel on his temple. "Miss Vallière! Get your familiar under control!"
"R-Right professor!" Louise cried as she glared at her familiar, "Look here you stupid familiar! I don't know what you're
planning here but you need to get yourself under control!"
Sousuke pointed his gun at Louise threateningly, "I said don't move!" Louise paused slightly, causing Sousuke to to return
his gun to it's position at Colbert's head. "Now, who here speaks English?"
"What's that weird gibberish he's spouting?" Asked a voice from the crowd.
Sousuke frowned. No dice. "How about Pashto?" he tried again.
Louise frowned as her hand slowly inched into her cloak. Finding her wand, her eyes narrowed in determination.
"Oh god, she's going for her wand!"
"HIT THE DIRT!"
"MOMMY HELP ME!"
Sousuke blinked in confusion as the assembled group of students ducked and cowered before him. What's going on here?
he frowned mentally as he looked around and his hard brown eyes locked onto Louise's pink eyes. His frown deepened as
his gaze lowered to find her hand in her cloak, apparently pulling out a weapon. Deducing the girl to be the larger threat here
Sousuke released the middle aged man and pointed his gun at the diminutive mage, "FREEZE! Hands where I can see them!"
Colbert wasted no time in putting space between him and his captor. Behind him both mage and familiar faced off in a fashion
that has never been recorded or happened in memory. "This is... unbelievable," Colbert muttered as familiar and mage eyed each
other warily.
"Get your hand out of your outfit! NOW!," Sousuke cried out.
"You stupid familiar," Louise growled. "How dare you act like this to your master!"
"I'll say this one more time! STAND DOWN", Sousuke demanded.
Louse momentarily paused, eyes wide. Though she didn't understand what her wayward familiar was shouting the tone was enough
to send a shiver up her spine, reminding her briefly of her father's rarely shown temper. Snapping out of it, she brought her wand out
and pointed it at him.
A conductor's...baton?, Sousuke thought as his eyes momentarily widened. Keeping his eyes on the girl's stance he momentarily
relaxed, wondering exactly what she hoped to accomplish.
"Now you stupid familiar," Louise began, "Know your place!" She pointed her wand at the mercenary, eyes shining with determination.
Sousuke blinked as the girl before him continued on in french waving her baton at him before his vision was impaired by a blinding flash of light.
"Arrgh!" he cried as he futility shielded his eyes What the hell was that? Where did that flash bomb come from? he thought. From the ground
his answer came to him. The baton... OF COURSE!, his mind screamed at him. A disguised remote detonator.... He twisted on the ground
back into a crouching position, his left arm shielding his face and right hand desperately feeling the surrounding ground for his gun, now several feet
away out of sight. The surrounding field is obviously mined, he furiously thought, and she had me right were she wanted.
"Now Miss Vallière! Bind him!"
Not waiting for his wily opponent to make the next move the young man dashed toward her, hoping to catch her off guard. Seeing her surprised
face embolded him, knowing he now had the advantage. Faster than she could think Louise found herself trapped within her familiars arms in
some kind of tight hold. It was hard to move but wasn't painful. She tried to twist to no avail and gasped as her wand was taken from her hand and
tossed away.
"Now your weapon is gone. Give up!" Sousuke cried.
Louise continued to twist, mortified at being in such a position in front of everyone. She turned to glare at him, bringing her face to face with her familiar.
"Do you submit?" Sousuke asked as the girl glared at him.
"I can't believe I'm going to do this..." Louise muttered.
She closed her eyes with an air of resignation. And Sousuke managed to blink in confusion at her words.
"My name is Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière. Pentagon of the Five Elemental Powers; bless this humble being, and make him my familiar."
She chanted those words over and over, like a magic spell, and touched Sousuke's forehead with hers. Her lips then slowly drew closer.
'What... What are you doing? he thought in confusion.
Louise's lips then touched Sousuke's.
What's happening? What is this?
Louise removed her lips. "It is done."
Sousuke's eyes narrowed as the girl spoke english without a trace of a french accent. Something isn't right here. Sousuke thought.
Why is she speaking english now? And if she could always speak english, why did she not do so when she challenged me? Was she
trying to get me to lower my guard? A hope for me to act to rash and catch me off guard? Eyes trailing the girl's face, finding
resignation and disgust on her face. She didn't want to kiss me. But why? Why did she kiss me in the first place?
Suddenly, Sousuke's body started to heat up. "Aaah!" The sergeant cried as he released Louise. "What... did you... do to me?"
"It will be over soon; just wait. The Familiar's Runes are being inscribed," Louise said, irritated.
Sousuke didn't hear her words as his body's temperature continued to rise, Dammit... she poisoned me! How did... I let my guard
down like this? A flash of realization hit him. The kiss!, he remembered. Curse him for a rookie's mistake. Her slim features, her short
stature. The perfect camouflage for an assassin. He grit his teeth in determination to stave off the burning sensation his entire body was
feeling. He fell to the ground as he felt his consciousness fading, Dammit... I can't believe I fell for this..
"Kurz...Mao...Lieutenant Commander...Captain...I'm...I'm sorry.."
Louise blinked as Sousuke's eyes closed. She stood up and walked to the fallen sergeant, looking at him warily.
Turning him over, she found that he was still breathing albeit slowly. "He's... asleep?" She whispered.
"Well," Professor Colbert began. Drawing the mage's attention to him, "That was most certainly the most... 'interesting'
Contract Servant ceremony in all of my years here. Still, congratulations are in order here Miss Vallière."
"We're lucky she only summoned a commoner."
"Yeah. If he was a powerful magical beast, we'd be dead!"
Louise scowled at them. "Don't make fun of me! Even I do things right once in a while!"
"Define right exactly Louise the Zero?" A girl with gorgeous curly hair and freckles on her face asked from the crowd,
"The fact that you summoned a commoner or that your summon looked to hold it's master and Professor Colbert
hostage?"
"Mr. Colbert! Montmorency the Flood just insulted me!"
"How is it an insult when I speak the truth?" Montmorency cried out angrily. "And how dare you call me Montmorency the Flood?
I'm Montmorency the Fragrance!"
Louise smirked, "I heard that you used to wet the bed like a flood, didn't you? 'The Flood' suits you better!"
Montmorency looked away in disgust, "I suppose I shouldn't expect better manners from Louise the Zero."
"Watch it you two! Nobles ought to show each other the proper respect," Professor Colbert interjected.
The two simply humphed in disgust and turned away from each other. Professor Colbert laughed slightly at the arguing girls before his
gaze came back to Sousuke's unconscious form. "Miss Vallière, do you need assistance in escorting your familiar back to your room?"
Louise blushed in embarrassment as many students laughed at the teacher's question. "I... I suppose so. The familiar spell does require
a lot of energy after all."
Colbert smiled at the noblewoman, "Very well then. Mr. Gramont, would you be so kind as to help out your fellow classmate?"
The boy stood when he was called and walked towards the clearing. He had curly blond hair, wore a frill-trimmed shirt, and looked rather
self-important. There was a rose stuck in his shirt pocket, and he seemed to sparkle almost as much as a Twilight vampire.
The boy gave a confident grin, "But of course, professor! For Guiche de Gramont never leaves a lady in distress!"
"Excellent! I'll leave it up to you then."
Guiche nodded as he pulled the rose out of his shirt pocket and pointed it at Sousuke's prone form. Within moments, the boy was
levitated a few inches off the ground. "After you, Miss Vallière."
Louise nodded and walked off towards her room, with Guiche following after her. With the excitement over, many of the students were now
relaxing as the summoning ritual would begin shortly after the two nobles left. Professor Colbert nodded to the two nobles as they left, but
frowned slightly as he caught sight of Sousuke's left hand. For there, jumping out at him, were unfamiliar letters.
Those are very unusual Runes, thought the middle-aged wizard. I'm sure I've seen them somewhere before though. But where?
This, like the many developing mysteries surrounding Louise's familiar, bore further investigation.
Sousuke groaned as he regained consciousness. His eyes fluttering open, he groaned as he felt the rather thin ropes tied around his wrists.
Looking around, he spotted a tabletop with a lamp atop it. It's flickering light filled the room with a pale glow, allowing him to reason that it
was evening. It seemed as if electricity wasn't used in this place.
"So you're awake."
Sousuke 's eye's narrowed at the voice. It's that female soldier that poisoned me. He frowned as Louise stepped into his line of
sight, her wand held at the ready as she gave the displaced sergeant a cautious gaze.
"You certainly are an odd familiar," Louise began as she walked up to Sousuke . "I've never heard of a familiar who would attack a mage
so callously." She sighed, "Can someone tell me what I did to deserve such a crazy familiar?"
"Where am I?" Sousuke asked.
Louise frowned down at him, "You be quiet. I'll be asking the questions here."
Sousuke 's eyes narrowed as his head lowered. Of course. She's a soldier after all. Naturally she wants information on her enemy.
"Who are you? Why did you attack Mr. Colbert and me? What's your element?"
"Sagara, Sousuke. Sergeant. Serial B-3128"?
Louise blinked, "Sagarasousuke ? What kind of a name is that?"
"Sagara. Sousuke. Sergeant. Serial B-3128." the sergeant repeated.
Louise frowned, "Answer the question."
"Sagara. Sousuke. Sergeant. Serial B-3128."
A vein popped on Louise's brow, "Your master has ordered you to answer her question, you stupid familiar! What kind of a name is
that?"
"Sagara. Sousuke. Sergeant. Serial B-3128."
It was at this point as Sousuke ignored the gnawing teeth of the youngest Vallière he noticed something very odd about his bonds.
Either the girl was very confident in her skill, or very sloppy in her efforts but the ropes tied to his wrist had a lot more give than he
had imagined. A plan quickly formed in the mercenary's head at this realization.
"GRAAH!" Louise cried out in anger, "You stupid familiar, answer your master's questions, dammit!"
"Sagara. Sousuke. Sergeant. Serial B-3128."
"H-how dare you... To a noble such as me..." Louise was trembling furiously all over. She coughed into her hand in a futile attempt to appear as
if she was calm, "I...I'm going to take a breather. When I come back, you WILL behave like a proper familiar does to her master."
Sousuke said nothing as she walked out of the room and into the hallway in her attempt to calm down. Seeing her disappear, Sousuke
sighed slightly as after a few tugs the ropes became loose enough for him to slip his hands out. "Wherever I am," Sousuke mumbled as
he stood and walked towards the door, "I should be grateful that their soldiers are servilely lax in training." Her feeble attempts at breaking
him psychologically non-withstanding, he would have been hard pressed to identify his dainty captor as a soldier.
In any case, he thought as he left Louise's room silently, I still need to get out of here while I have the chance.
A few moments later, a calmer Louise returned to her room determined to understand why she had the misfortune to have such an odd familiar.
And promptly let off an undignified howl of frustration as she found her room missing one misplaced sergeant. "What the heck kind of familiar is
he?" she cried in frustration.
Sousuke frowned as he continued down the halls of The Academy of Magic. The lax defense that his prison had was mind boggling to say the
least. It was one thing for the young girl to be lax in her training, but it seemed that he was nearing the the exit to his captive space, and he had
yet to encounter any resistance or guards. It left the Sergent with even more questions than he had when he awoke in this land. From what he
could tell, he assumed that he was in some European castle. The fact that the people had spoken french before had only served to reinforce the
fact that he was far far away from the Tuatha de Danon.
It left him with even more questions on that mysterious green portal that had caused this chain of events. Was it some sort of whispered technology
that had gone ary? Or had it worked as planned and this was the work of another enemy? In any case, he had to get back to MITHRIL as soon as he
could if only to report this to the Captain. Especially if this had endangered his mission to guard Kaname Chidori before it even began.
1100 Hours, Tuatha de Danon, Debriefing room
"Dismissed", came the voice of Captain Tessa Testarossa.
Saluting, Sousuke turned along with Melissa Mao and Kurtz Webber and exited. The others missed the brief look of confusion on his
face as the Captain winked at him as they turned.
"I cannot wait for this assignment", Kurtz said once knowing they were out of earshot. "The girl is a babe"!
Melissa frowned at the playboy sniper slightly, "Keep it in your pants for five seconds, Kurtz. She's still in high school y'know."
Kurtz shrugged, "It's legal in Japan, y'kno. Even then it doesn't change the fact that she's hot as hell. You're one lucky bastard Sousuke."
Sousuke rose an eyebrow at his comrade's comment, "Am I?"
Kurtz gave him an odd stare for a moment before continuing. "Sousuke, even you can't say that you aren't interested in getting a chance to be
next to such a hottie".
"Hottie?"
"Shut it, Webber", Mao finally said. Stepping ahead of both she stopped and turned to face them, both coming to a halt as well. "The Tuatha
de Danon will be entering Japanese waters around 0400 tomorrow. We'll be leaving shortly after as soon as our living accommodations are
confirmed, so I expect both of you to turn in early." She then turned and glared at Kurtz. "And I mean it this time, Webber".
Kurtz grinned in response, "Only if you tuck me in, sis."
"Tuck your your own ass in, Webber," Melissia growled in response. "Now get back to your barracks. Dismissed."
Sousuke saluted his superior and left to return to his quarter, missing Kurt's continuation and lack of success of hitting on his exotic beauty of a
superior officer. He had a mission to carry put after all.
As he reached his quarters, he made sure to pack only the utmost essentials for such a delicate mission. His standard issue gun and several rounds.
Along with his Jindai boys school uniform, along with various other weapons and ammunition. In any case as he neared completion, he noticed it was
almost time for dinner. He nodded to himself as he hefted the pack full of the utmost weaponry, preparing to put it away in locker until his meal ended
and finish packing properly.
And that's when it happened.
As he secured the bag on his shoulder, a shining mirror-like object suddenly appeared in front of him. It was a large ellipse, about two meters high and
one meter wide, with no substantial thickness. Then he noticed it was actually floating a little above the ground. Sousuke blinked in surprise at the oddity
before him, "What is this?" he wondered aloud.
He blinked and rubbed his eyes slightly, and when they opened, the ellipse was still before him. He frowned as the ellipse was between him and the door
to the hallway. Seeing as how that was the only way out of his barracks, the ellipse had him effectively trapped. And he still wasn't sure this was not some
odd hallucination. In any case, he thought There either has to be a way around this or prove this is not real.As he began to search for the answer,
in a rare slip up for the young sergeant, his hand managed to raise ever so slightly...
And touch the ellipse.
Sousuke let out a cry of pain and surprise as an intense shock assailed his senses. The ellipse vanished, causing the room and adjacent hallway to glow
ablaze in a flash of light.
Sousuke frowned at his memories. The mystery of the ellipse could wait for his return to the Danon. Right now, he had to get out of Europe and back to
Japan to carry out the mission. Time was of the essence.
"Lord Guiche."
Sousuke frowned as he heard the voice of a young woman, So much for lax security.
At the same time however, he felt a small bit of hope. As there was still a chance, no matter how minuscule that whoever the female guard was talking
to might give Sousuke enough intel on where he was and how far away he really was from Japan and the Dannan. With that, Sousuke blended in with the
shadows of the hallway as best he could. Keeping his breathing as even keel as he could, and making his presence as nil as only he could. He was able
to make out that he had assumed correctly that the girl was not alone, she was with someone. A young man. He had curly blond hair, wore a frill-trimmed
shirt, and looked rather self-important.
The boy named Guiche smiled charmingly at the young girl, "Ah, dearest Katie. I hope I didn't keep you waiting too long for this rendezvous."
Katie blushed daintily at Guiche's sweet words, "N-not at all my lord."
"Ah, you're blushing! And like the finest of red wines, it makes you all the more radiant!"
Katie's blush deepened, "You flatter me to much Lord Guiche."
Guiche sighed dramatically, "No, my dearest Katie. I fear that I cannot compliment you enough to do your loveliness justice! But alas, it is not within my power
to honor your beauty with my mere words."
Sousuke sighed as the boy continued to lace poetic words upon the young girl. The boy was acting to much like Kurtz did when he was around Melissa Mao.
His current level of success non-withstanding. He had wasted his time, but he was fortunate enough that the pair had yet to notice him. Taking advantage of
this, he slinked away from the scene of the two lovers and continued with his escape. Unbeknown to the young couple, their rendezvous continued with Guiche
continuing to lay poetic words upon the young Katie, when one hundred and fifty-six centimeters of pure destruction rounded upon them and killed the romantic
mood.
"GUICHE!" Cried Louise.
Guiche cried out at Louise's voice, hiding Katie behind him, "Ms. Louise! Be a bit more considerate when you call someone!"
"Never mind that," she dismissed casually, "Have you seen my familiar?"
Guiche blinked, "You mean that crazy familiar who attacked you and Professor Colbert? Not since I put him in your room, my dear."
Louise frowned, "Dammit," she muttered under her breath. She rounded on Guiche, "You're coming with me then."
"Huh? But why?"
"He... he escaped." she muttered under her breath.
Guiche blinked, "Say that again?"
"I SAID HE ESCAPED!" Louise cried out. Her face a slight shade of red in anger and embarrassment.
Guiche sighed, "Well, life sure is not boring with you around, eh Ms. Louise." Smiling confidently, he brandished his wand, "Never fear, Ms.
Louise! For Guiche de Gramont never leaves a lady in distress!"
Louise nodded in gratitude and took off. Guiche gave Katie an apologetic look as he followed the young Vallière noblewoman off in her pursuit.
Where in the world am I, Sousuke thought as he edged across the courtyard walls of The Academy of Magic. That they believe they can allow their
security to be so lax?
Throughout the course of his quick escape he had yet to run into a single guard, much less nay sign of a security system and the only people he had
encountered where a pair of lovers. It this was some enemy camp, it was a severely overconfident one. Of course, it could all be an attempt to lure me
into a false security and I could be killed the instant I let my guard down. Sousuke quickly reasoned. I have to be careful until I've fully escaped. And
with those thoughts, Sousuke Sagara did his est to completely blend in with the shadows of the high walls. To disappear as much as he could from the
naked eye. Thought the bright moonlight shining in the courtyard certainly wasn't helping much.
"I have to admit Mrs. Louise, your familiar truly is something else."
Louise turned and gave Guiche a harsh glare, "I don't wish to hear that from you, Gramont "
Guiche laughed nervously at the youngest of the Vallière daughters, "Well, you have to admit this is the first time that a familiar is trying to
escape it's master."
"Unless you wish for me to pull out my wand Guiche, I'd suggest you run faster."
Guiche lips sealed shut as he ran as fast as he possibly could. Louise's mood darkened further at her own reputation used as a threat.
Damn this familiar! Making me degrade myself like that. When this is over, he *WILL* know his place. Without question.
"It's a beautiful night, is is not Kirche?"
The tanned beauty giggled lightly as the boy attempted to hit on her. He was not a bad looking sort, and there were worse things to be doing at
this late hour. "That it is, good sir. But it is a bit cold don't you agree?"
"My apologies, Kirche the Ardent. Is there someplace where I can take you to warm you up?"
"Is that all you have in mind, good sir?"
"Well, I was hoping that...," Kirche smiled slightly as the boy placed his hand upon her thigh and gave her his most charming smile, "I could see
if flames of Zerbst were as... powerful as I've heard."
"Perhaps, good sir. Perha-" Kirche stopped speaking suddenly as a strange sight caught her eyes.
"Kirche?"
Kirche pointed behind the boy, "Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that Zero's familiar?"
"Does it really matter", the boy tried redirecting her.
Yes, because this has the potential to be interesting. Unlike your weak attempts to get into my panties, she thought. Aloud she spoke, "It's
just that if Zero's familiar's here than most likely..."
"THERE HE IS!"
"That Louise the Zero is here too," she finished.
"But what does that have to do with us?"
Nothing, but it has to be more interesting than what's going on here. she thought as she suddenly stood up.
"Let's just get outta here and... Hey where are you goin'?"
Kirche smiled pleasantly, "To see the fireworks. Ta!"
And so, like most men, the non important boy was forced to conclude his date with rosie palms.
And now... back to the plot.
Before the cock-block...
Sousuke frowned as he remained otherwise motionless against the wall. Watching the goings on of the boy and girl before him and concluding
that he had stumbled upon another pair of lovers and that he was in no danger of being noticed. As he neared freedom, he realized now that he
had forgotten his duffel bag in the room of his captor. He cursed mentally at this slip of judgment, but there was nothing he could do about it
now. He had to take advantage of this boon lax of defense, else he could find himself in a more secure location and unable to escape.
And so, he continued on with his escape, aware that he was nearing the home stretch. At least he wasn't completely defenseless, with a small
handgun strapped upon his leg. Still, the sergeant was thinking that even pondering about this was pushing his luck to far.
"THERE HE IS!"
And he was right, of course.
Dammit, I knew it was too easy. Sousuke frowned internally.
Louise frowned as she neared the displaced sergeant, "You have embarrassed me more than enough for one night, you stupid familiar!
It's time you learned your place!"
Sousuke frowned, but was otherwise silent. Eying her warily as she reached into her robe and pulled out her wand once more. His frown
deepened as he remembered how the girl had captured him earlier, Perhaps this is why their defense is so lax. This courtyard must be
loaded with those flash bombs.
That meant he had to play this right. He would not be caught off guard again. But at the same time, this was enemy territory. One false move
and all his efforts would be for naught. He would be captured and face the probability of being tortured and killed for his information.
That was unacceptable.
He would not fail. He would not be captured. He would...
Louise gawked as Sousuke turned from her and ran across the courtyard.
"DAMMIT YOU CRAZY FAMILIAR, GET BACK HERE! YOUR MASTER COMMANDS YOU STOP RUNNING!"
Sousuke was naturally not listening as he ran as fast as he could towards the end of the courtyard. Desperation fueling his speed as Louise
held out her wand in front of her, as if to use it against him.
Kirche laughed heartily at what was happening. "As expected of Louise the Zero, unable to even command a summoned familiar!"
Louise turned and glared at the bronzed buxom beauty, "You shut up Zerbst! Guiche where are you?"
She looked down to find the blond nobleman collapsed near her feet gasping for air. "What are you doing there lying like a dog?," she growled.
"Hurry up and help me, he's getting away!"
"Just...-gasp- just let... -pant- let me...-choke- die here..." Guiche croaked.
"Worthless..." the noblewoman growled.
"Would you like some help, Zero?" Kirche asked.
A vein popped on Louise's head at the redhead's offer. "It will be a cold day in hell before a Vallière accepts the aid of a Zerbst!" She turned
back to find Sousuke at the end of the courtyard and let of a chant for the perfect spell to capture him, "Levitation!" she cried as she finished.
The results were predictable.
-BOOM-
Sousuke was sent flying from the courtyard a good distance.
"Huh, looks like you don't need my help, Zero. You can kill your familiar just fine." Kirche said sarcastically.
"Be quiet Zerbst!" Louise cried out.
Sousuke groaned as he shook off his pain and distortion from the failed spell. Dammit, she triggered a trap. Still, he was uninjured at the
moment, the worst that trap did was fling him away from the wall and dirty his clothes. He turned to find the young noblewoman arguing and
nodded to himself, I still have a chance to escape. That said he stood up and after a quick check to make ensure he was uninjured made a
beeline for the wall again.
Kirche smirked at Louise, "Don't look now Vallière, but your familiar is running off again."
"What?" Louise turned to confirm that Sousuke was indeed getting away. "Dammit... I've suffered far too much this day! I will not let my familiar
make a fool of me!"
"Any more than usual," Kirche muttered.
Louise didn't hear her as she kicked Guiche in the gut, "Get up Guiche! I need you now!"
Guiche groaned and clutched his stomach as he stood, "Not the first lady to say that..." he muttered.
"What was that?" Louise growled.
"Nothing," Guiche dismissed as he pointed his wand at the sergeant. "Let us end this escape attempt shall we?"
Sousuke smiled slightly as he neared the wall once more, the previous explosion having blown the wall open slightly and allowing him an exit.
Careless even when defending, I'd be ashamed to call them soldiers if this did not benefit me now.
And that's when Sousuke noticed something rater odd about the hole in front of him.
It appeared to be getting further away from him.
To say nothing of the lack of feeling the ground beneath him, as if he was running in mid air.
What in the world? he wondered mentally as he looked down to find his feet were, in fact, off the ground and he was drifting back to the assassin
and her cohorts. What kind of trap is this? He reached around his back and checked his limbs to find to his surprise that there were no wires
on him. This doesn't make any sense. What is going on here?
Twisting and turning, he tried getting a bead on where the wire may be coming from. He seemed to be above wall now if he guessed right so that
would mean that above...
He stopped.
And gaped at what he saw, trying to make sense of it.
The moon was out, a bright one at that but...
...there was another.
There were two moons shining brightly in the sky before him.
"That's... that's impossible!" he whispered in shock.
Moreover, the second moon looked to be half the size of Earth it's self as compared to the moon in a textbook.
"And to think, I've had to carry your familiar for you twice today, Ms. Vallière." Guiche commented idly.
"How noble of you, Gramont ." Kirche began, "Brimir knows that Louise the Zero would have probably ended up the first mage to have their
familiar run away from them!"
Louise clenched her hands into fists. They trembled in a mix of rage and embarrassment, "How could I, the third daughter of the Vallire family... a
noble who takes pride in her proper pedigree and ancient lineage, end up having to have someone like... like HIM my familiar?"
His gaze was transfixed upon the two lunar objects in front of him. There was no logical explanation for the sight in front of him. His sight could
deceive him about a great many things, but there was no explanation for the sight of the two moons before him that he could reason. Instead, a
bombardment of questions raged in his head, but the one that was the most prevalent was the one he had asked since he had arrived.
Where am I?
End Chapter One
Author's Notes:
I still have no clue where this thing is going...
Someone help me.