Chapter 3: My New (Idiotic) Familiar

Hey guys. Sorry, I didn't update as fast as usual. My babysitting job is killing me! Then I went to camp. Then my phone broke and my mom got mad at me... *****By the way, I'm changing Mizuki's skirt into black shorts because I thought it would be better for her character. I also changed her hair color, which is now brown. I don't think I mentioned what color her eyes were, but you'll see. Also, you remember Michael and Maria. Supposedly, Michael was supposed to have earth element, but I thought that Maria should have it. So I switched their elements.

Anyways, I would also just like to point out something. The reviews I've been getting... It's not that I don't like them, your opinions are awesome, it's just... They are SO SERIOUS! Not that I mind, but yeah, so serious reviews... Just keep in mind that this is a fanfic okay guys? Don't be too hard on it, it's only for entertainment. Of course, I don't expect to be an award-winning novelist, but you get the idea. But you know, your opinions interest me nonetheless, so I don't really mind them. Just wanted to point that out... Sorry if you feel a bit offended...

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cargas: Yeah I was going for that 'gender-switch' kind of thing. But the events will be different than the anime itself. And you'll see why Ansel had a look of 'disgust'. As I said before, I'm not really aiming to be really professional (well sort of but not really). This story is meant for the entertainment of those whole read this and as long as I'm doing what I love, then I'm totally cool with not being a professional. Oops, that sounded like I was telling you off. Just know that I was explaining, not correcting you angrily. Sorry about that...

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Ansel


I could feel my lip twitching, something I had acquired from my mother, as I stared at the girl in front of me. This girl was powerful, beautiful, and mighty? Beautiful I'll give you that, but not what I had in mind.

"It's a human!"

"Zero summoned a human familiar!"

"Look at her clothes!"

"He's just like his mother!"

"That's not possible! He's just Zero!"

"Ēto, watashi wa doko ni iru no? (Um, where am I?)" the girl said in some type of language I could not understand. She also wore peculiar clothing. The girl seemed to like black a lot, since that's mostly all she wore. The girl wore some kind of hat, a black jacket of some kind, a black shorts, black and white striped long socks, and black boots. Very weird. Under the hat, I could see that she had dark brown hair. Her eyes, however, seemed to be covered by her unusual hat.

I don't know why, but I tried to cover my surprise and embarrassment under a look of disgust.

"Mr. Colbert, did I make a mistake?" I asked the man, turning away from the girl in front of me. Mr. Colbert's eyes seemed to be glued to the girl.

"That's impossible. Only Void users get human familiars." Mr. Colbert said with an astonished look on his face. "And there are already four users with four familiars already..."

"Deshou ka? Anata wa watashi o kiku koto wa dekimasen? Harō! (What? Can't you hear me? HELLO!)" the girl seemed to be saying something, but I still did not understand. I could hear everyone murmuring about my summon. As I look at my fellow classmates, they all seem to look at the girl curiously, while some with a bit of... Envy? Well, human familiars are rare and special, nonetheless.

"I need to speak with Louise and Saito about this." I heard Mr. Colbert mutter before turning back to me. "Continue with the ritual, Ansel." My eyes widened. If I continue, I would have to... T-to...!

"Maybe, I should try again. This is probably some mistake! I couldn't have summoned a human! I mean, only void users-"

"I also do not know how you could have summoned a human, but you summoned her. You must continue on with the ritual or else you will be expelled." I gulped and turned back to the girl. She seemed to be trying to crawl away. I grabbed the collar of her jacket, pulling her back to my side. The entire class whistled and some even yelled, 'Go for it, Zero!'.

"You better be grateful. Normally, you wouldn't get this from the son of the two greatest heroes in the world." I muttered.

I took a deep breath and pointed my wand at her forehead.

"My name is Ansel Francis la Valliere de Hiraga." I put my wand away. The girl turns around and starts backing away. She looked scared. As she backs away, her hats comes off, and I finally see her eyes. They were a unique shade of violet. "Pentagon of the Five Elemental Powers, bless this individual and make her my familiar." As I'm saying this, I kneel down to my knees and move my face closer to hers.

"Nē, nandesuka anata-? M-matte, naze anata wa-? A-anata wa, pāsonarusupēsu ni tsuite nani mo shiranai nodesu ka? (Hey, what are you-? W-wait, why are you-? D-don't you know anything about personal space?)" the girl seems to be stuttering. About what? I could only guess that it's about how close I was to her face.

"Be quiet, idiot, and let me finish this quickly." I muttered to her, feeling a blush creep onto my cheeks.

"N-nani o,desu- (W-what are you-)" At that, I decided to cut her off and cover her lips with mine. It was brief, chaste kiss. I pulled away immediately and saw that the girl's face was as red as a tomato. "Watashi no saisho no kisu! Anata wa yatta riyū-(My first kiss! W-why did you do-)" Suddenly, she stopped talking and started yelling in pain. Her forehead, hands (both front and back), and the top part of her chest (by her collar bone) started to glow as the familiar runes were being inscribed onto her.

"M-Mr. Colbert! There are six different runes being inscribed on her! Is that possible?" I asked noticing that. If I'm correct, only one rune can be inscribed to a familiar. The girl's left hand caught my eye. "And those look like my father's runes, except a tad... Different." In fact, all her runes look almost exactly like the Void familiar runes, but somehow, it's still different. I don't know how, they're just... Different.

Mr. Colbert watched in shock. I'm guessing he noticed as well. "Interesting. I must research this at once." he muttered. Mr. Colbert looked around at his students. "Class dismissed." Everyone seemed to disperse and go their own way. I could see Brandon glaring at me as he walked away with Terry and Michael at his side.

I looked at the girl again who seemed to be rubbing her head, tears pouring down her face. The girl was biting her lip as if to stop from sobbing out loud. She looked like she was in a lot of pain. Of course, having six runes inscibed onto you all at once, it should have been painful. "Itai, soreha moeru! Nani? Korehanani? (Ouch, it burns! What? What are these?) " She looked at each rune. She even pulled down her shirt a bit to see the rune inscribed above her chest. "Jigoku wa nani ga okite iru nodesu ka? (What the hell is happening?)"

I let out a frustrated sigh. This familiar maybe rare and probably special, but she's hopeless. "Come on, familiar. Follow me." I knew she could not understand what I had said, but she probably decided to follow me anyways.

She stood up, and I could feel my eye twitch. She's... Taller than me? No fair! Sure, she's just probably a few inches taller, but still taller.

With a glare and a frustrated sigh, I turned on my heel and headed toward my room, the girl following behind.


Once we got to my room, I took off my cape. I abruptly turned to the girl. I put both hands on my hips and puffed out my chest confidently.

"Now, familiar, what is your name?" I asked, a scowl on my face as she furrowed her eyebrows. Her hat was lifted a bit, so now I could see her whole face, which by the way, is a bit cute. No, shouldn't be thinking thoughts like that. She's my familiar. Then again, mom and dad were like that and now they're married with a son!

"Watashi wa anata ga nani o itte iru ka o rikai shite imasen. (I don't understand what you're saying.)" the girl replied, tilting her head a bit. I have no idea what she said, but it was probably a question. I gave another frustrated sigh, I've been doing that a lot recently. This whole 'pressures of being the son of Tristain's heroes' and now with the human familiar, I'm becoming really stressed.

I pointed a finger at her, then replied, pronouncing each syllable, "Your name. N-A-M-E!" The girl seemed to also get frustrated as she sighed.

"Kore wa muimidesu! Koko de, watashi wa chōdo watashi ni oshietekudasai? (This is pointless! Just tell me where am I?)" the girl shouted, which pretty much annoyed the hell out of me. She obviously didn't get what I was trying to imply.

"Ugh, why couldn't I get a familiar that understands its master no matter what language?" I said, throwing my arms up in the air and looking up at the ceiling. The girl, however, paid no mind to me, and just continued to rant on and on about something.

"Dono yō ni watashi wa ie ni kaeru tsumoridesu! Watashi no ryōshin wa, osoraku byōki no shinpai shite imasu! Kono tanjōbi wa chōdo yoku nari tsudzukete iru! (How am I going to get home! My parents are probably worried sick! This birthday just keeps getting better and better!)" She ranted on and on. She even started to pace back and forth across the room. "Watashi wa sukētobōdo ni notta yō ni tabun watashi wa pōru o hitto! Sorekara watashi wa byōin ni hakoba reta to nemutte, osorakudesu! E e, sore wa soredearu yō ni natta yo! (Maybe I hit a pole as I was riding my skateboard! Then I was brought to the hospital and am probably asleep! Yeah, that's got to be it!)" The girl put her fist in her palm and nodded her head. I'm guessing she figured something out. I was already too annoyed to even pay attention to her rant.

Suddenly, I remembered one of my father's story about mother and him when they first met. Mom tried to use a Silence Spell on him, and he just magically started speaking our language. Okay, I'll try that. I stood up straight and cleared my throat.

Now what was the spell? I remember they taught us it last year. Hm... Oh! I began chanting the spell as I pointed my wand in the air. Like always, there was a small explosion and smoke covered the room. The girl was on the floor, and it her eyes swirled around. Her hat was blown off and her hair was a mess, singed and puffy. The girl sat abruptly and glared at me.

"WHAT'D YOU DO THAT FOR?" she yelled as I blinked. It worked. It actually worked!

"I understand you now." I replied calmly, a small smile on my lips. This is the first time I did a spell (technically) right. So this is how it feels to do something right for once. The girl's eyes widened.

"I know what you said!" I rolled my eyes. Gee, obvious much? Did she not hear what I just said.

"Yes, stupid. I just said I understand you." I replied back. She glared at me.

"Who are you calling stupid, shorty?" she retorted as a vein popped into my head. What can I say, if you knew my mom, you would have known her for my temper.

"Shut up! Don't mock your master, familiar!" I yelled as I pulled on both her cheeks.

"Itai! Sorry!" she said as I let go of her cheeks. The girl rubbed them, her cheeks were red and stray tears were in her eyes. "For such a tiny body, you have a strong grip." With that statement, I kicked her in the shin. "Itai!"

"Serves you right! Disrespectful familiars get punished." I explained as I watched her rub her shin.

"Okay, will you just tell me where I am?" I sighed (again with the sighing, hopefully that doesn't become a habit), and began explaining everything. After I finished, she just looked at me with a raised eyebrow.

"So you're telling me, I was sent to this country, Trash Stain, from Japan. And not only that, I'm also in a whole different world just because I was summoned as your familiar?"

"Tristain." I corrected as I sat in my chair and she sat on the floor. "And it most definitely is not trash." I glared at the girl. "And what you just said basically summed up what I explained." The girl blinked. Once. Twice. Three times. Then suddenly started laughing.

"Oh, I get it. I'm being punk'd." she said getting up and looking around. "Where are the cameras? I know your hiding them." Kami-ra? Punked? What is she talking about?

"Punked? What's that?" I asked as I tilted my head a bit. "And what's a kami-ra?"

"Camera." she corrected this time. "And it's a device you use to take pictures with."

"Anyways, you are not being 'punked'." I used air quotes around the word 'punked'. Whatever the hell that means is beyond me. "You really were summoned here to be my familiar." I explained.

"This can't be happening! This cannot be happening!" The girl laid on her back on the floor, her hands covering her eyes. She groaned. "Worst birthday ever."

"Today is your birthday?" I felt a pang of guilt flood through me. I summoned her away from her friends and family all on her birthday. They would never get to see her again. Sucks.

"Yeah, I turned 16 today." she said, not getting up from the floor. I scowled at her.

"This wouldn't have happened if you hadn't entered the Summoning Gate." I explained, hiding my guilt under my pride.

"Don't blame my curiosity, kid. I'm sure that you would have done the same if you didn't know what it was!" The girl exclaimed, sitting up and glaring at me. A vein popped from my forehead when she called me kid. My anger got the best of me.

"You don't call your master a kid! I'm not a kid! Besides, I'm like a year older than you, you stupid familiar!" the girl blinked.

"You are? You look like a 13 or 14 year old to me!" Another vein popped. "And this familiar has a name you know! It's Mizuki Kuronuma." *Kuronuma Mizuki? Strange name. Then again, my dad also has a strange name, so it really shouldn't come as a surprise. The girl seemed to be waiting as she leaned on the wall, arms crossed. I'm guessing she's waiting for my introduction.

"I'm Ansel Francis la Valliere de Hiraga." She raised an eyebrow at me.

"Hiraga is a Japanese surname." I nodded.

"Yeah, my father is from your world. Have you heard of him? His name is Saito Hiraga." I explained as her eyes widened. It seems the gears in her brain began turning.

"Saito... Hiraga?" I'm pretty sure I can see the light bulb turning on above her head. "You mean, THE Saito Hiraga? The one who stole the military jet? The one who's been missing for 20 years now, that Saito Hiraga? He's a wanted criminal!" Mizuki exclaimed as I got angry. I kicked her in the shin yet again.

"My father is not a criminal! He used that 'jet' to come back here to save this world!" I explained, showing my pride. I am VERY proud of my father. "Never disrespect your master's father. My father would have sacrificed anything to come back here to my mother." I'm really glad he did find a way to come back here. If he hadn't, my mother wouldn't have defeated the Ancient Dragon. Halkenginia would be a pile of ash and ruins. My parents wouldn't have gotten married. AND, let's not forget to mention, I wouldn't have even been born! My father made the right decision to come back.

Noticing my anger while rubbing her shin yet again, Mizuki calmed down. "Sorry, I didn't mean to disrespect your father like that. It's just that in my world, people thought he was some kind of terrorist." she explained. I lifted an eyebrow at her.

"Terror-ist?"

"Ah, it's a person who threatens people in order to compromise." I nodded my head in understanding. Looking outside, I noticed that it was getting late.

"Hmph. Well, I'll tell you this. My father is no 'terrorist'. He is a great hero." I explained. I stood up and took out my pajamas from my closet. It was just a plain blue silk pajamas.

I put it on my bed and untied the string of my cape. I threw that at her then unbuttoned my polo and take off my pants.

"Wha- Wait a sec! What are you doing? Undressing in front of girl..." Mizuki said with a slight blush as she covered her eyes with my clothes.

"A girl? Where?" She points to herself and I scoff. "You're just a familiar. It's like changing in front of a dog or a tree!" I explained as I threw my polo and pants at her as well. I glanced at her and she seemed to be flustered. "Well?"

"W-well what?"

"Dress me, stupid." I commanded as I pointed at my pajamas. She blushed an even darker shade of red.

"N-nani? Why can't you dress yourself?" Mizuki yelled as she tried to cover her blush under my clothes. I hit my forehead with the palm of my hand.

"Was my father like this? So stupid." I muttered to myself, shaking my head. "I can't dress myself when I have a servant in the room. Now dress me!" I commanded.

Mizuki sighed then stood up, her face still as red as a tomato. She picked up my pajamas and started to dress me. As she started buttoning up my shirt, I couldn't help but notice that she was really pretty. You know, once you get past the hat and boyish get-up, she's actually really pretty.

Did I just call my familiar pretty? Wait, that's expected. I'm conditioned to love my familiar, so it's only natural for me to feel this way. Yeah, that's it. I don't actually like nonetheless love her.

My thoughts then shifted to her height. She's like a foot or two taller! I'm basically looking up at her and she's looking down at me. This is just plain embarrassing! This just proves how much of a zero I am! Brandon will make fun of me even more.

"Why are you staring at me like that?" Mizuki asked with an innocent look, which scared the wits out of me. I jumped back in surprise. I was in a weird stance: one arm above my head, the other in front of my face, while one leg was up. I quickly composed myself and cleared my throat to hide my embarrassment. Why was I embarrassed? This was only my familiar!

"Don't ever do that when your master is deep in thought!" I said after a moment of silence. I looked down and saw that she has finished dressing me, so I head over to my bed and crouched down.

Under my bed was an old mattress. I got it for my familiar. Though, I was expecting my familiar to be an animal, but, oh well. You get what you get.

"Here's your bed and blanket. I expect these my uniform to be washed by tomorrow morning." Mizuki furrowed her eyebrows.

"But this mattress is old and looks broken." I scowled at her.

"Be grateful! My mother let my father sleep on a pile of straw on the floor." I said as I got into my bed and turned my back on her.

"Yeah, I'm definitely grateful." I heard her mutter sarcastically. I heard the creaking of the old springs of the mattress and her sighing. Soon enough, I could hear her breathing calming down. My eyes were drooping. Wow, I never realized I was this tired. I guess I should go to sleep.

Hopefully, tomorrow won't be as stressful. And I pray to Founder Brimir that I did not just jinx myself.


And there you have it! Chapter 3! Sorry that I updated very late. As I said before, a lot of things happened. Also, I hope you liked this chapter! I hope that you will enjoy this story as well. I have big things planned for it. See you next time! Also, R&R!

~Superbluestar428