Familiar, Life is SHOW TIME!

by The Wild Fang

Meet Nozomi Saigo, one of the survivors from the Solar Eclipse ritual, the Sabbath. He also wields the power of hope that protects the people of the city known as Kamen Rider Wizard. When he receives a calling from another place where magic does exists, how would he cope with the situation in an unfamiliar surroundings? Remember this, minna! Life... is SHOW TIME!

5. T5: The Exhibition and The Thief

(Normal Point of View)

Night time, a time when most of the mages and other people have made their way to Wonderland after a day's work and so much things they have done under the daylight as two moons, one small, red full moon and the other a large, crescent moon shone upon the night. At this time, a figure floated high at the sky before she made her landing on the ground, to be more precise, at the top of the flat roof of the mansion. As she stood up from where she knelt down, a radiant light occured on her feet, causing the wind around her to flutter up her robe and as the glowing circle below her foot expanded up to a certain radius around her. All of the sudden, the ground that she was standing on suddenly began to form a hole, causing her to drop down onto the lower level of the academy and at the same time, there was no one that noticed. As she descended down to the lower level, leaving the sand flows on the ground from the roof earlier, she spotted a treasure chest nearby and began to walk towards it. Easily breaking the padlock with her magic, she opened up the chest and had a smirk underneath the hood while picking up all of the valuables inside the chest. "Hm, today's my lucky day, it seems…" she said to herself before she began to cast her wand and wrote something on the wall.

'Your treasure is graciously accepted… by Fouquet of the Crumbling Earth.'

"I've left my mark here… I shall make my way out of here…" she said before she waved her wand once again, making her float to the same hole she created earlier before she began to make her way out of there. After a few minutes since her departure, the door opened up to reveal a guard of the mansion to check upon the room and noticed there was a mountain of sand on the floor, the hole in the ceiling and the treasure chest has been opened, with the contents of it is empty. As the guard began to approach to the chest, he noticed the writing on the wall and he was in shock after reading it.

"No… it can't be…" he got out before he turns around and began to make his way of the room.

At that time, somewhere inside the forest, a man in his 30s, with brownish red hair that was tied in a ponytail, wearing plebeian clothing which consists of red shirt with circular neck, black pants and boots, was watching the woman who was carrying the valuables with her. She had caught this person's attention, making him smile for a bit.

"A world that is filled with potential Gates or even those who are already mages… this is quite an interesting place indeed… and I don't want to be on my own… how I got here in the first place, that I do not know. One thing I must do for now is I must increase my population, as my master and that woman told me… we must build a world filled with Phantoms," he said with a determined tone before he reverted into his Phantom form. He was clad in a bloody red bodysuit with black spikes on his shoulder pads and knee pads, pointy red boots and a curved dagger that was attached on the back each arm. It also had multiple small red eyes with multiple sets of teeth in a round shape. His mouth was dripping with a corrosive saliva. As a drop of its saliva hit the ground, it splashed upon a twig and a stone next to it, causing both of the items to turn yellow before melting in an instant.

This was the Death Worm Phantom. He had been out looking for a target and it seemed like he had found one.

"For now, let me see where you are heading to so that I can easily puts you to despair… or better yet, leading me to a place where I can birth more Phantoms within Gates…" he muttered to himself before he began to dig into the ground, leaving a trail upturned earth along the way, as it to followed the unsuspecting figure in the sky.

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(The voice is narrated by Henrietta)

The magical rings, the Wizard Rings

(The magic circle appears as the four rings floats out from it.)

The power of the magic that runs through this chosen man

(An image of a hand appears as the Flame ring slides into his left middle finger and the Driver On ring slides onto his right middle finger.)

And now, can he use all of his might; to turn one's fate… into hope?

(The figure, Nozomi Saigo, who was hovering right between the magic circle and makes a glance towards the viewers as a quick flash of Wizard can be seen.)

(Cue in Life is SHOW TIME!)

(Maji ka?! Maji de?! Maji da! Show Time~!) The montage starts with Kamen Rider Wizard twirls around a few times with a magic circle on a background and he opens up a magic circle to the sky, letting the Wyvern Phantom soar the sky, above the academy and it spews out flames to make the title appears and the Wyvern flew away from the screen to shift to the next screen.

(Maru de tsuki to taiyou) At the backstage of the magic theatre, Saigo was resting his head on the table as his arms covers his face while his hand grips hard onto his sleeves as a quick montage shows the solar eclipse and the purple cracks on his arms that resembles scales.
(kasanaru toki no shougeki!) Louise was walking all alone at the corridor of the academy as Siesta is serving another student their food as both of them stopped and looks up at the sky to see the solar eclipse is happening.
(Dare datte kiseki wo shinjitemitai) During this time, Saigo was trying to take Louise's hand, but they kept passing though each other and froze in place as the background shatters away into pieces.

(Kitto hitsuyou~ fukaketsu no) Kirche was doing her usual dating with other boys and they passed by Tabitha, who was walking while reading her book on her hands.
(ENAJII~ kokoro tame) Guiche was trying to seduce another girl from the academy, only to realize the furious Montmorency behind him, leaving him sweatdrop.
(Yume to yosou ii ima de uragitte kureru mono~) A quick montage on other characters in order such as Forquet the Crumbling Earth with a huge golem at the background, Old Osmond with the "Staff of Destruction", Jessica and her father, Scarron in a pub, Princess Henrietta with Prince Wales on the background of the lake, Wardes wielding his sword-wand and his air dragon by his side, Cromwell with an evil smile with the Ring of Andavari and it switches to Saigo preparing his henshin stance and placing the Flame Ring onto his belt and his body glows radiantly.
(3! 2! 1! Show Time!) Guiche and Montmorency counts 3 with their fingers, Kirche and Tabitha does the 2 with their finger while Tabitha still reading her book and at 1, Louise casts a spell, which only ends up in explosion.

(Magic time~! trick janai!) Saigo changes into Kamen Rider Wizard and he spins around while showing his Flame Ring on his left hand.
(Mahou wo hero hanpa nee zo [Mahaluto Hallelujah!]) Three PlaMonsters, a golden Kitsune (fox), indigo Roc/Rukh and green Hydra, floats away from Wizard as he cast a spell to make some fireworks behind him.
(Kioku no roots moguri-konde) In a fast forward montage, Kirche tried to hug Wizard in Flame Style but he immediately entered the magic circle and he accidentally splashes the water that he skids onto Montmorency in Water Styles. Another magic circle appears above his head and he immediately jumps high to change into Hurricane Styles as Tabitha was riding her dragon.
(Kibou wo tsukui dasou~) When he passed through the magic circle on the ground, he transformed again into Land Styles, creating a crater that makes Guiche ended up sits on his butt. Louise extends her hand as Saigo manages to grab her hand.
(Show Time!) Professor Colbert, Siesta and Princess Henrietta shouted "Show Time!" with smile on their faces.

(Life is Show Time! tobikkiri no) Saigo rides on his Wyvern, with Louise at his side as both of them soar to the sky.
(Unmei DORAIVU mucha shitemo [Mahaluto Hallelujah!]) He wears the Cross Ring on Louise's finger, where he just smiles at her while she blushes a little bit.
(Kinou, kyou, ashita, mirai) He got pulled back by Kirche as she wanted to hug him, followed by Siesta.
(Subete no namida wo~) Both of them tried to pull him to their side, only to have Louise getting angry with her horse whip on her hands, making him gulp.
(Show Time!) Derflinger appears out of nowhere while shouting "Show Time!"

(Houseki ni kaette yaru ze) All of the shattered pieces are formed back as one and three other Styles are entering his Flame Style.
(Maji ka?! Maji de?! Maji da! Show Time~!) The montage ends with Guiche and Montmorency showing the Land and Water Ring respectively on their finger, Tabitha looks at the screen while showing the Hurricane Ring that she wears, Kirche shows the Flame Ring on her and Louise readied with her wand in her hand and Saito showing the Driver On Ring with a confident smile on their faces.

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Disclaimer: I do not own both Kamen Rider Wizard and Familiar of Zero. All credits goes to respective owners.

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Trick No. 5: The Exhibition and The Thief

(Saigo's Point of View)

It has been a few days since I had rescued Siesta-chan from the hands of the pervy Count Mott. He thought he could get away with it. My original intention was to bring Siesta-chan back to the academy before he did anything bad to her. Thank goodness I was able to save her in time. But, that guy was stubborn as he commanded his personal guards to do his bidding.

And what was my counterargument for all of this mess? Easy, as I used the power of Kamen Rider Wizard to take the guards down before facing the big fish himself. Although he put up a good show as he fought back against me, in the end I was able to overpower him with my vast variety of magic.

Before I could pull down the curtain on him, Louise, Kirche and Tabitha entered the fray. Louise told me to stop the battle before things got out of hand. After Kirche introduced herself to him and gave him the item that he had been looking for, which happened to be a special book, the Merman Phantom revealed himself. That monster put Count Mott into despair and I had no other choice but to defeat the Phantom before another was born from Count Mott's despair. The Merman Phantom gave me a pretty hard time since I was running out of time in order to save Count Mott. However, I managed to take the Phantom out with my Kick Strike. With a final blow, it was destroyed, and I rushed to Count Mott's side to aid him. I entered his Underworld and dealt with the Phantom.

"Well, that's the moves I have thought up about it, so far… and it's good that I memorized the whole routine, even though it was on my own… and not to mention it felt awkward doing so…" I said to myself in exhaustion before I turned off the music from my iPod and took a look at it. "10% left, huh? Well, this should be good enough for the exhibition…I hope," I muttered.

While my mind was wondering about something, I heard a few passing by students' whisper amongst themselves, as if they were just giving some bad comments on my dancing. "Hey, what's with the strange dance that familiar did just now?" the green haired girl asked her friend as the other one just laugh about it.

"It's so embarrassing~…" another one spoke before I sat on the grassy ground, wiping off my sweat off from my forehead while looking at the sky.

"Wow, aibou! You sure have some killer moves, even though I still have no idea what those moves are supposed to be…" Derflinger complimented me as I could only look at him with my tired eyes.

"Well, it wasn't easy to do this in a short period of time… she can't just simply demand me to do things that she wanted on her own…"

"And yet, you're still doing it… doesn't that make you a hypocrite?"

I could only let out a sigh before replying back to Derflinger. "I guess so… for the time being, that is. As long as I can't find my way back home, I might as well try to adapt myself to this place."

"That's a good start at least, aibou! Too bad I ain't gonna help you out since there's no Phantoms for me to slash like the other day. I'm only for real combat use…" Derflinger said to me, as I could only let out a sigh.

"Yeah, same goes for my rings, although I tend to use my magic to do some chores in a quick manner…" I replied back to him before I began to ponder back why am I doing this in the first place…

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*flashback, two days ago*

"Straighten your back more!"

You have got to be kidding me… after what happened at Count Mott's place, she just kept barking orders at me. Right now, she was forcing me to march on my two feet. I already had a few lashes on my face and on my stomach and let me tell you this… she was REALLY good at using those whip… I mean it.

"Oh, come on… this is stupid! Why do I have to do this kind of thing, anyways?!" I complained as she gave me another lash on my arm. Seriously though, I wish I really put the Sleep Ring on her finger again and forced her to sleep, but unfortunately, the same trick didn't work on her twice.

"Stop complaining and march properly! And look! Your arm and leg are moving together!" she groans angrily while pointing her whip at me. At this point, I stopped from marching and just looked at her with an unsatisfied look on my face.

"What is up with you these days? You sure have forced me to do things that I don't usually do, especially things like this!" I asked her as she lets out a sigh before she sat down while thinking about something.

"Oh, how careless of me… because of these recent incident, I have completely forgot about the exhibition…" she began as I was wondering. Was she still complaining about the Count Mott case when I tried to save Siesta-chan or is it the fact that I was a human familiar with such magical capabilities? I think second option is the most suitable answer from what I'm seeing here… but there's one thing I didn't know about it when she began to highlight something from what she just said to me.

"An exhibition? As in… performing right in front of the crowds?" I asked her, which she stood up and glared at me with those fiery eyes as she rested her hands on her hips.

"Of course it's THAT kind of exhibition! It's an annual event, after all…" she told me before she began to walk past me. Unknown to her, the last time I tried to perform magic in front of an audience, I suffered from stage fright. I remembered stuttering while trying to perform and explain the type of magic I was going to do on stage.

I blame my uncle.

"Is it really THAT important?" I asked her.

"Of course it is!" she pointed out in a slightly higher tone. "It's a campus-wide exhibition of the familiars we summoned so we can show off what they can really do!"

"Uh… to be honest though, I think I should sit this one out…" I told her. I didn't like performing in front of people because of my stage fright so by best option was to convince her not to participate.

Which was easier said than done.

"Oh no, you won't!" she denies without turning her back. Well, there went my chance… oh wait, maybe I should— "…and if you tried to get out of participating with your Connect Ring again, I shall confiscate it from your hands…"

Darn it, she saw through my tricks… "Can't you just NOT participate it in the first place?" I tried to bargain with her.

"Even if I wanted to, it's MANDATORY for 2nd years!" she scolded at me as she shifted her attention to me.

"Anyways… I just want to avoid from being humiliated at all costs…" she said as she lowered her head. "Since you can talk properly with the help of my magic, I thought that a nice speech from behind the podium, but—"

"Sorry, a speech won't work for me…" I began to throw in my two cents as she looked at me for a bit. I held a deck of cards in my hand and start shuffling it in a quick manner. "Besides, I'm a magician-in-training after all and I can do tricks that I learned from my world."

That alone was enough to make her happy as she was approaching towards my face. "Really?! What kind of magic?!" she asked me as if her face is filled with hope.

"Well, I can only do card tricks since I'm still learning." I told her, which it seems like a little bit of a letdown for her.

"Don't you have anything better than that?" she asked me.

"There's a lot actually, but I'm still not good enough for these hard tricks… let's see here. There's this cutting a person in half while she's still inside the box, stabbing the swords through a box with a girl inside of it, escaping from a box in record time while handcuffed before spikes came down...something like that, and most of them are dangerous…" I told her as she began to be pale and having shivers regarding the matter. I hope this worked…

"D-don't you have anything less dangerous?" she asked me as she seems to fall for the bait.

"Other than that and this card tricks, that's all I know, so far…" I told her.

It is then she got herself an idea. "Why don't you summon out your inner Phantom that you told me about? Don't you have any way to bring it out from within you?"

"Even if I did, this Wyvern Phantom would end up gobbling you guys up without hesitation… and I mean it… literally!" I deadpanned on the matter as she knew that I still couldn't control Wyvern on my own yet and I had to rely on the Crimson Claw to tame it down for the time being. That, and trying to summon it out cost a LOT of mana from me, and that would make me tired later on…

As she was wondering for a bit, she lets out a sigh as she took a few steps back and looked out the window, filled with despair. "*sigh* It's over now…"

Ah, man… the things I do for love… in the end, I let out a sigh as I tried to cheer her. There's just one more thing I CAN do. Tetzu-san once told me that you must ALWAYS have a backup plan if your magic doesn't seem to work at all for the crowd's sake. If my uncle could play the piano very well— "Well… I can dance…" I pointed out as her expression changes once again.

"Really? Like Waltz? Any of the dances I knew off?"

"Are you kidding me?! Those kinds of high class dances are NOT my cup of tea!" I made my point before I looked to the side and muttered something. "…even though I'm good at it…"

"Excuse me?" she asked in confusion, which I snapped out from my muttering and began to confront her.

"L-look, I can do things like popping, locking, do some other various moves and with the help from my magical rings, I can make it something really good!" I got out.

"Locking? Popping? What is that supposed to mean?" she asked me, while thinking about those terms before she shook her head and made up her mind. "It's decided then. Saigo, you will dance on exhibition day! And if you don't want to, you should display your powers to them as well if you wanted to— oh wait! I got an even better idea! Why don't you do both of those things at the same time?!"

I can already tell she was really worked up on this matter and there's no escape for me… damn… but, there's something I would like to know… about a certain person, that is. "So, uh… Louise, how's that Count's case going on right now?"

"Now that you mentioned it, over the last few days, nothing came up regarding the case…" she replied back as she sat down on her bed as she looked at me for a moment. "But this is strange…"

"What's so strange about hitting that man and at the same time saving him from the Merman Phantom?" I asked her.

"Usually, those actions of yours would only makes things worse for me as they will punish me for what my familiar did to them, but… nothing has happened…" she was worried about the matter as I thought that maybe, JUST maybe, the perverted Count was considering his actions after I managed to save him from the Phantom that was about to be born from him in despair.

Louise stood up and then began to wonder about something else. "Anyways, since there isn't much time left, you better come up with something that you can really do to impress everyone with those dancing skills of yours… whatever it might be…"

That was what she told me before she left the room, making me sigh for a moment as I was starting to wonder… how did I get into this kind of trouble in the first place?

*end flashback*

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"*sigh* What have I gotten myself into now…? I'd rather try to find my way back home right about now than just doing these shenanigans in the first place…" I muttered to myself while I placed my iPod inside my pocket and just continued to gaze upon the sky. "But on the upside, the air around here is really clean and the sky is always blue, compared to my world…"

"Oh? How does your world is really looks like?" Derflinger asked me.

"It's a bit complicated, but I'll tell you someday. I can guarantee you that…" I replied and before I was about to stand up from where I was sitting, I could felt a few pats on my shoulder. When I turned around, it was Siesta-chan behind me with a lovely smile on her face, as usual.

"Saigo-san, why are you sitting on the ground?" she asked me.

"Oh, Siesta-chan. I just finished my practice just now…" I told her before I pushed myself up and looked at her for a moment. "So, what brings you here?"

"Oh! I was just… passing by and saw you sitting on the ground along the way and so, um… well… that's how it is…" she got out before she remembered something. "Could it be that you were also practicing for the exhibition, by any chance?"

"From the looks of it, yeah; that's what I'm doing at this point. But, uh… how did you know this, Siesta-chan?" I asked her, which she lets out a small giggle.

"Because all of the 2nd year students are training very hard, especially this year."

"'This year'? What's so special about this year?" I asked her, confused.

"It's because Princess Henrietta would be coming here, of course!" she exclaimed.

"Is that so?" I blinked a few times when I heard that royalty was coming to watch the exhibition. "It's a good thing I picked up a good routine as well for this situation…" I muttered to myself before I looked at her. "But since I'm not familiar with this world just yet, I was wondering if you could fill me in the details regarding the matter, Siesta-chan."

"Of course, Saigo-san. I can tell you everything!" she replied back with a smile on her face. I began to follow her to listen her whole explanation. *sigh* If only Louise was as gentle and kind as Siesta-chan, maybe it wouldn't be too bad after all…

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(Normal Point of View)

Meanwhile, inside Old Osmond's office, he and Miss Lougueville were having a discussion about the preparations of the exhibition. At the time, Old Osmond was paying attention to his assistant's review for tomorrow's events… or was he?

"About tomorrow's exhibition, cleaning the campus, preparing the VIP seats, and fixing the banquet, are all proceeding on schedule under Mr. Colbert's supervision," she began. While she was listing down the items, Old Osmond's eyes began to fixate on the ground, to his familiar. His familiar began to look back at his owner, both of their eyes shone while they were doing some sort of a mission… before the mission was aborted when Miss Lougueville as she was about to step on it. The familiar a run for its life before returning back to his master.

"Ooohh! That was close, Motsognir!" the old man exclaimed as his familiar ran onto his palm. He held his familiar towards his ear. "And, what color is she wearing today?" he asked him, to which Motsognir lets out a few squeaks of its own, causing the old man to be depressed from the reply. "Oh no, you couldn't see it?! That's truly unfortunate…" he got out and when he looked at her. She was holding her composure while smiling, scaring both of them this time. When she was at her limit though… well, you get the idea of what was going to happen to perverts, right? I'll leave it to your imagination.

At this time, the same man from that night before just waited patiently at the lone big tree near the academy, looking at the window high up the tower. He was waiting for his prey to come out. "An exhibition, was it? This would be a good chance for an attack… I can't wait for it to happen…" he got out after hearing the murmurs regarding the event that would take place tomorrow amongst the students.

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(Saigo's Point of View)

Along the way, while I was walking with Siesta-chan down the hallway, I couldn't help but look to my side and noticed there were some fireworks in display. At one corner, I could see Kirche's pet, Flame, spewing up a rather large flame forward, which made its master one happy camper. "That's right, Flame! And now, onto the flame tornado!" she got out as Flame obeyed her command and began to look up at the sky, taking a deep breath before I saw the flames that it created go spiral, surprising me for a moment. Could flames actually do that in the first place? That was what I wanted to know… but anyway, after Flame did his work, Kirche simply hugged her familiar by letting her assets resti on its head, complementing it. "You're the best, Flame!"

And when she was hugging her gigantic lizard, I could hear a sharp whistling sound. It was Malicorne who'd whistled out to his owl to descend from the sky before it perched onto. He seemed to be satisfied with his familiar as well. "Well done, Cubarcil!" he complimented his owl, making it hoot a few times to show its appreciation on his master as well.

"Nice trick…" I also gave a compliment before I noticed Momo-chan was tying something onto her familiar, a frog. She was trying to decorate her familiar with a ribbon, which didn't seem to be working at this point.

"I guess the ribbon doesn't seem to be working as well…" she pondered worriedly while looking at her familiar.

"Believe me, it takes more than just a ribbon for a small critter like yours…" I said with a sweatdrop before I looked around a bit some more until my eyes saw the playboy, Guiche with his familiar, Vendant, in front of them as they just stared at each other.

"Oh, my dear Vendant. I'm sure the princess will understand your elegance." Guiche said with his rose in his mouth while caressing his familiar's cheek. For some reason I don't know, it sent a chill running down my spine from what I'm seeing here…

"Hey, where's Tabitha? Isn't she supposed to be here as well to train her familiar?" I wondered as I scanned the field. I noticed that she was still reading her book near the wall, sitting there, doing nothing. Wow, she seemed to be pretty confident, that was for sure…

"As you can see, they spend most of their times with their familiars…" Siesta-chan informed.

"Wow, you ain't kidding when you said they're training hard to entertain the princess…" I got out as Siesta-chan and I continue to walk along the way.

"Of course, Saigo-san. Princess Henrietta is a symbolic figure to every citizen after His Highness passed away recently…" she informed me without her smile leaving her face.

"Oh, really? I didn't know she was THAT popular." I was surprised for a bit as she could only nod in agreement before both of us heard laughter. The laughter came from Kirche, as she seemed a bit confident about winning the royal prize, whatever that meant. "…and not to mention some of them have their own goals to accomplish…" I sweatdrop after seeing her antics as Siesta-chan also began to walk forward as well. She faced me with her usual smile on her face.

"We're also very busy with the preparations of welcoming her. Well then, please excuse me…" she said with a bow before began taking her leave… at least, that was what I thought before she put down the pail and walked back towards my direction. She caught me off-guard by holding my left hand with hers, encouraging me with a slight blush on her face, "Saigo-san, I really hope you would your best as well. So… good luck to you too…"

"Y-Yeah… I will, Siesta-chan…" I replied back with a smile on my face, before she quickly turned around, running towards the pail. She quickly snatched it up before leaving the scene in a quick manner. I could only smile while looking at her as I still remembered what she said to me on that very night as well…

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*flashback, a few nights ago*

"Well, here we are, home sweet home…" I said to her as I parked my Crimson Claw in front of the entrance that led to her room of sorts. Both of us dismounted from the ride and I untied the knot on her bag before giving it to her. She bowed politely to me.

"Saigo-san, thank you very much for helping me."

"Nah, don't worry about it. After all, I think that pervy Count learned his lessons after that Phantom puts him into despair. I managed to bring his hope once again. I can't say about his magic efficiency, though..." I said while rubbing the back of my head.

"What do you mean by that?"

"Well, since that inner Phantom of his was created from his despair, it began to gather all of the magical energy from its host and I have no other choice but to destroy it before it was released, wreaking havoc along the way." I informed her. "But still, I gotta thank Louise and Kirche for stopping me before I pulled down the curtain on him…"

"But, it was you who worked so hard… for my sake…" she implied.

"Well, that is true, after all…" I muttered to myself while looking away from her gaze for a moment and before I knew it, she landed a peck on my cheek. I was stunned me for a moment and it lasted quite a while. After she broke the kiss, she immediately ran away from my direction while saying goodnight to me. I rubbed my cheek absently after she was gone.

"That was… something…" I got out while looking at her retreating form.

*end of flashback*

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"O~h? It seems like you're distracted about something. Does it have something to do with that maid?" Derflinger snapped me out from my dreams and makes me returned back to reality, looking upon her.

"Yeah, I guess so… but in any case, I might as well get back to my training for the main event tomorrow…" I told him before I started to walk away with a smile on my face. And just before I could begin my practice once again, I noticed the whole group of students began to make a rush to somewhere, leaving me confused for a moment. "Whoa, where's the fire?" I asked.

"The princess has arrived!" one of the students said as more of them began to scramble towards the gate, much to my confusion. It was then I noticed Louise also walking towards the same direction as well. I began to hold her hand for a moment, gaining her attention. "Oi, what's going on around here?" I asked her.

"Don't 'Oi!' me just like that!" she was angry for a moment. "If you wanted to know that badly, the princess has arrived to the academy and we're going there to see her!" Louise said before she began to make a run for it. In the end, curiosity got the better of me as I decided to tag along with her. I wanted to see how the princess looked like and why they were really anticipating her arrival.

And after a slight walk towards my destination, eventually, I came to see a white carriage outside of the academy heading towards the front entrance and most of the students were really anticipating the princess' arrival.. I was able to get through the crowds to get a better view. I wish I had some sort of a ring that allowed me see something from afar without getting through all of this trouble…

"Entering the Princess of Tristain , Her Highness, Henrietta!" there was a voice that made the announcement as the carriage came to a stop. As one of the maids walks towards the white carriage and opened the door.

At first I saw the head maid exit the carriage. She was followed by someone who was holding her hand. Once I got a better view, I saw that it was a beautiful woman with short maroon hair and crystal blue eyes. She was wearing a pure white long dress with diamonds beaded to her collar. The dress had long sleeves with diamonds around the wrists. Her crown also sported diamonds and her look was completed by the purple mantle draped over her shoulder.

So, this must be Princess Henrietta, Princess of Tristain, the icon of this country like Siesta-chan mentioned before. She sure was a beauty, for sure.

While the Princess was scanning the area, Guiche began to praise her. "Oh, how lovely the princess truly is!"

"That's the Princess?" Kirche scoffed before crossing her arms, underestimating her as she began to boast. "I'm better looking than her and not to mention have a better figure than hers. Don't you agree, Tabitha?" Kirche asked for her friend's opinion.

"Don't know…" Tabitha told her without leaving her gaze on her book as the guards around the princess began to escort her to meet with the teachers that were kneeling in front of her.

"She's pretty cute, if you ask me. No wonder everyone looks up to her." I said while looking at the princess.

"You should be quiet at her appearance! You're just a familiar so don't be rude!" Louise suddenly scolded at me before she began to admire the princess. When I took a look at her expression, I could tell that she was somehow happy for her arrival at the academy. In the end, I could only let out a sigh before I looked ahead as Old Osmond began to greet her.

"I welcome you to our academy, Princess Henrietta," Old Osmond began.

"I am sorry for this sudden visit and selfish request, Mr. Osmond," Henrietta apologized to the old man, but he just waved it off like it was nothing.

"Do not be. We have been waiting for your arrival with all of the students!" he informed her.

"I wanted to see this year's exhibition with my own eyes."

"And why would that be?"

"It's a personal reason. That is all I can say at this point." Henrietta replied with a smile.

"I wonder what she meant by that?" I pondered.

---

(Normal Point of View)

Nighttime has fall upon the academy and at this time, Colbert-sensei was instructing one of the guards that was protecting a rather large door behind him. "And please be sure to guard the gate on the day of the event." Colbert-sensei informed the guard. The man gave a salute to him as a sign of confirmation before making his leave.

"Colbert-sensei." A feminine voice caught his attention as when he turned around; it was Miss Lougueville that was calling for him. "You're re-assigning the guards from the treasure vault to the gate?" she asked him.

"Yes, actually. Since that it's a sudden visit from a princess, apparently we're short on people right now," Colbert-sensei informed her as she began to get worried for a bit.

"But, I heard that Fouquet of the Crumbling Earth is also after the treasure inside this vault…"

"No, I don't think that'll happen." Colbert-sensei told her in assurance. "I doubt there is any thief who is willing to come around here while Her Highness's guards are present." He further explained while looking at the door. "And besides, not even a Triangle class mage could stand a chance against this door. Our guards here are more or less just for show, to appease the royal palace."

"That's true; I suppose…" she looked at him before she remembered something. "Oh, what about Miss Vallière's familiar with that strange power of his? Maybe he might even try to destroy this door as well…"

"Oh? Saigo, was it? I don't think he'll be able to break this door down as well, despite that weird magic of his…" Colbert-sensei assures her and for some reason, she continued to have the smile on her face, as there were hidden motives behind it.

"Seems like it…"

---

(Saigo's Point of View)

Louise was watching me with a bored expression on her face. I was sitting on the floor, minding my own business and had taken out ALL of my entire collection of rings and polishing them until they shone. Curious, she went over and picked up one of the rings on the ground, while looking at it.

"How did you ever get these?" she asked me.

"Oh, a friend of mine makes them," I said.

"And you can use them? All of them?" she questioned.

"Yeah," I told her as she was still confused for a moment.

"So, how can you tell what they can do?" she questioned.

"Well, as you can see, each is decorated with a different image that tells me what they can do," I said. Louise looked at each ring. They had images of a dragon on them. She then picked up a ring that resembled his mask as Wizard.

"These rings would fetch a good price," she stated. "They are so well crafted."

"Well, yeah, but they're not for show or decoration," I told her before she handed me the ring before I looked at it.

"I need them to fight Phantoms and I also need to keep them polished so their magic can be used properly."

"I see." Louise said as she looked upon the cross ring that she wears on her finger. "There's one thing I would like to know, Saigo."

"Hit me…"

*WAPISH!*

"OW!" I cringed in pain while holding my head as she just give me another whiplash on my head. "Why did you do that for?!"

"You told me to 'hit' you!" she countered back. "And stop raising your voice on me! You're just a familiar!"

"It's just a figure of speech!" I retaliate back with one of my own. "All I'm saying is go on, ask me about it, not LITERALLY hit me!"

"Then why didn't you just say so?!" Louise scolded back before she lets out a cough to make herself calm down before she tried to ask me. "There are actually two things I would like to ask you… one, what does this ring actually do?" she asked me while showing me the Cross Ring that she now wore on her finger.

"To be honest, I don't know. I've told you before, just because I can't use it, doesn't mean it's a dud. There's always a timing issue to use such rings before I can fully manifest their power."

There was a total silence for a moment before she began to ask me the second question. "Why is the ring so big?"

"That… I will never know…" I told her with a sweatdrop before both of us heard a knock from the door. "I wonder who's knocking at this late of night?"

"Then, why are you still sitting here for? Go open the door already!" she ordered me as I let out a sigh.

"Geez, who is it at this time of night?" I began to pick up my usual getaway ring on the floor and wore it on my right middle finger before placed my palm over my belt.

= Konekuto …Pureezu! =

With a small magic circle appears next to me and at the door handle, I stretched my hand through it and as soon as I pulled the door open, a figure wearing black cloak immediately entered in and closed the door, surprising me for a bit. "What the—?!"

"Who… are you?" Louise puts up a brave front as I immediately stood next to her, changing my rings before I placed it onto my belt.

= Doraibā On! …Pureezu! =

"The magical ring… just as he said..." the cloaked figure muttered.

"Eh?" I was confused for a moment before that person shifted to Louise.

"It has been a while… Louise Françoise!" the cloaked figure said before her cloak was taken off and to my surprise, it was Princess Henrietta herself as she immediately hugged Louise, surprising the latter.

"Y-Your Highness!" Louise was shocked by her sudden arrival.

"Uh… what's going on here?" I tried to ask as Princess Henrietta continued to hug her.

"Louise, Louise… I've missed you, Louise." Princess Henrietta expressed her feelings. Louise tried to get some space before she began to speak.

"You mustn't, Your Highness! You shan't come to such a low class place on your own," Louise said to her before she got down on one knee, showing her respect to her.

"Please cease the formalities, Louise Françoise. We are friends, after all." Princess Henrietta assured her.

"Your kind words are too much for me, Your Highness." Louise replied with a smile before I began to ask her something.

"I know that I'm being rude or something, but I have to ask. How do you know her?" I asked while jabbing my thumb to point at the direction of Princess Henrietta… you know what, I was just gonna stick to Henrietta since she said there were no need for formalities when Louise was around.

"I was Her Highness's playmate when we were little." She told me as she began to explain the details of their friendship in the past. At least this was a fair trade for what I told her about the functions of the rings just now.

---

*flashback, years ago*

In a vast clear field, there were two children who were chasing after a butterfly."Louise! Louise! It went that way!" a young Henrietta told her friend as the two began to make a chase for it.

"Wai~~t!" Louise said as the two continued their chase. Without looking where they were running, both of them ended tripping over a rock and face planted onto the ground, to which the young princess was on top of her while the butterfly made its getaway. Once the two recovered from the fall and on their knees, they looked upon each other and shared their laughter together while laying on the soft green grass.

During sunset, the two began to sit together, looking upon the lake as they began to discuss about something. "When you want to cry over anything, please let me know. I will hug you for being you!" little Louise assured the young princess with her bright smile before the latter had a smile of her own.

"Then I'll promise too! When you're in trouble, I'll always help you!" she also made a promise with a big smile on her face.

*end flashback*

---

"Oh, so that's how it is, huh?" I got out as Henrietta nodded in agreement while clasping her hands as she was truly enjoyed reminiscing about her childhood memories.

"Yes, and we're more like a childhood friends," Henrietta added before she lets out a sigh of relief. "I wanted to see you for so long."

"Your Highness…" Louise got worried for her friend as Henrietta wipes out the tears forming on her eyes before she continues to speak.

"Please forgive me. Ever since my father passed away, there hasn't been anyone I could openly talk to." She explained.

"Hence, the reason why she wanted to come here in the first place…" I figured as Louise held onto her hands, assuring her for a bit.

"Your Highness, when I received the letter from you, I was truly surprised." Louise got out before I let out a sigh of my own.

"It seems like there's no Phantom trying to target you today… such a waste of my mana…" I said to myself after my belt has been morphed into a regular belt and Louise was annoyed for a moment.

"And why are you still standing in front of Her Highness?!" she demanded.

"She said it herself, there's no need for such formalities since we're not in front of the public." I replied back before, her whip appeared in her hand, threatening me to obey her or get ready for a big whoopin'.

"He's right, Louise. So, do not worry about it," Henrietta assures her before she shifted her attention to me. "You must be the rumored familiar that has not only stood up to Count Mott, but also saved him at the same time. I can tell by the ring that you are wearing. Am I correct?" she asked me.

"Yeah, that's me, alright." I said before I introduced myself. "The names Nozomi Saigo, as I also go by the name Kamen Rider Wizard."

"Wizard…-san." Henrietta nodded. "I wanted to meet you too because I was wondering what kind of a familiar would fight against an aristocrat and save him from a monster at the same time."

"And not to mention I had to destroy his inner Phantom…" I muttered to myself while looking away from both of the girls' view.

"Excuse me?" Henrietta blinked.

"Oh, uh… it's nothin', really." I assured her.

"And also, because of Wizard-san's actions, there was a little commotion regarding the matter in the palace, but I assure you that no punishment befall upon you, Louise. In fact, Count Mott himself also decided to turn a blind eye to it as well." Henrietta explained to us with a smile on her face.

"Then, Your Highness took care of the matter?" Louise asked her.

"Have you forgotten our promise? I promised that I would help you when you're in trouble, right? I am the princess, after all." Henrietta reminded her as Louise couldn't help it but to be happy about it.

"That means we're no longer in trouble, huh? That's good to hear…" I said before Louise forced me to get down on my knees and planted my face on the floor, practically forcing me to do things formally.

"I can't find the words to express my appreciation!" Louise got out.

"I can't find the words to express how painful my face feels right now…"

"What did you just say?!" Louise got angry as Henrietta couldn't help it but to let out a giggle of her own.

"Louise, you've summoned a good familiar."

"Absolutely NOT!" she began to detest about it. "It's my lifelong shame to have summoned a low and ugly creature such as this!"

"Is it because of this 'low and ugly creature' has better magical capabilities than you?" I muttered before I got face planted again, courtesy of Louise. "Ow…"

"J-Just be quiet!"

I can pretty much tell that's the whole reason…

---

After spending quite a while inside Louise's room, it was then that Henrietta wanted to make her leave. "For me, it has been the most enjoyable time since the past few years." she said before the two of them hugged warmly as I just looked upon the scene. "Thank you, Louise Françoise."

"For me too, Your Highness." Louise got out before the two broke the hug before she looked at me.

"Wizard-san," Henrietta began. "Good luck for tomorrow's exhibition…" she encouraged me, as I replied back with a smile of my own.

"Oh, don't worry. I'll be sure you're gonna like it for what I have prepared for tomorrow. Just… don't be too surprised from what I'm about to do…" I gave her a thumb up before I heard a nerve being struck upon a certain pink haired girl.

"Why you-!" Louise got angry as she makes her whip appears from out of nowhere before she started to chase me down. "What do you think you're doing in front of the princess?!"

"I was just only giving her thumbs up! What's wrong with that?!"

"That's just plain rude!"

"There's nothing rude about it in the first place! And she said it herself—"

"I know what she said! But don't even try to take advantage of the situation! Ah mou~, why are you always like this?!"

Clearly, she REALLY needs to learn how to cool herself down as she tried her best to whip me up. I tried to not only dodged her whips, but at the same time, trying NOT to step on my rings on the floor that I just polished earlier. I just managed to stop her advances on attacking me relentlessly—

"Looks like… freedom is the greatest treasure after all…" both of us heard her muttering as she puts back up her cloak before walking away from our view.

"Your… Highness?" Louise began to get worried over the matter as I tried to understand why would she quote that? Is the life royalty truly a burden? Is the burden she carried is so big, there was no way she could enjoy her freedom?

---

The next day, sunshine spreads across the sky and there were fireworks being displayed to make the event more interesting than ever. At least that works, for sure.

"We will now start this year's familiar exhibition!" Colbert-sensei announced, making the crowd go wild as we started the show. We started things off with Kirche's gigantic lizard spewing up the flames in an acrobatic ways, followed by Momo-chan's performance by playing her violin while her frog did some cool tricks on its platform. And then, it was Malicorne's turn as he performed the old trick by pulling out a string of flags attached to it as his owl helped him out by pulling them afar. And then… there's this, uh… showcase, as Guiche and his big mole struck a pose with a rose in his mouth and all over the floor around them and to be honest.

That still gave me the chill running down my spine. Also, the show continued with a show of aerial acrobatics, courtesy of Tabitha's wind dragon as she instructed her dragon on what to do. It kinda remind me of an air force exhibition.

"That was performed by Tabitha the Snowstorm!" Colbert-sensei got out as I was waiting for my turn to perform and to be honest though, I was kinda… scared for some reason. I can still remember that day before I ended up landing in this world. My uncle, Tetzu-san, brought me to a talent show and I had to perform in front of everybody. I can still remember the stage fright I felt and I was trying my best to calm down so I could show them what I could do at that time. Not to mention, I was trying not to screw things up.

"What's wrong, aibou? Nervous?" Derflinger asked me.

"To be honest… yeah, just a little bit." I admitted it before I looked down. "It's just that… well, I'm still not getting used to these kinds of thing in the first place…"

"It's normal, really! All you have to do is just man up and just be yourself!" Derflinger encouraged me.

"And you know this… how, exactly?"

"Just because I'm a talking sword, that doesn't mean I can't give you advice, y'know? I might not know much about human emotions, but as long as I can help out my aibou, I'm fine with that!"

"Is that so…?" I pondered on his words, took a brief moment to think of the matter before I looked upon the stage. "Yeah, you're right, partner. C'mon, let's make it showy… 'cause it's Show Time!" I said with a smirk before Louise approached to me with her usual stoic look on her face.

"If you can't do this, all you have to do is just walk up there, bow, and then come back. You got that?" she warned me.

"No, I think I'm gonna make it showy. B'sides, I AM your hope after all…" I said to her with a smile before I began to make a run towards the stage, making her realized for a bit.

"Hey! Wait a moment! Colbert-sensei hasn't announced my name yet!" she shouted at me before she began to make a chase.

"Next up, Miss Louise Françoise le Blanc de La Vallière." Colbert-sensei has called out the name as he noticed I was already up on the stage, ready to perform and Louise is now standing in front of the crowds.

It is then, she began to introduce herself. "Let me introduce to you all, my familiar, Nozomi Saigo. His class is—"

"Good luck, Louise the Zero!" I can hear Malicorne mocking her and laughter began to fill in the area. As much as Louise was a bit embarrassed from it, she looks upon a tent, as there is a special someone that looking at her best, Princess Henrietta.

"His class is—"

"—a Wizard!" I shouted, making them looked at me as Louise was surprised from my sudden burst of energy. "Yes, I may be just another plebeian, but let me tell you this! If you guys wanted to laugh at her, you all have to go through me to get to her!" I threatened them.

"Saigo…"

"Don't worry. Like I said before, I'm going to be your hope. So rest assured." I told her with my smile on my face before I remember something. "Oh yeah, Louise, I wanted you to enjoy this show as well, so, you better take a front row seat like the rest of them."

She looked at me in disbelief for a moment as I can hear murmurs amongst them, to which eventually, she nodded in agreement before she walked down the stage and let me have the stage to myself.

It's Showtime, folks!

"You know, everyone, when she asked me to do something, yeah, sure, I'm quite surprised since this came at short notice. If she had told me earlier, I might have perfected this performance for everyone to see! But FIRST, I think I needed my back-up crew to start this thing…" I told them as I began to place a ring onto my middle finger. The picture on it was a dragon's head with silhouettes. Once the ring was on, I scanned it over my belt.

= Kopī~ (Copy) …Pureezu! =

And just like that, a red magic circle appeared right in front of me and another one appears next to me. As both of them moved, the primary one over me, a carbon copy of myself appeared, surprising them. I looked upon my copy and waved at him who did the same. . "And this one ain't going to be enough, y'know?" I told them before I placed my hand over my belt yet again.

= Kopī~ …Pureezu! =

"One more time, please~." I said in a sing-a-long tone before I scanned it onto my belt.

= Kopī~ …Pureezu! =

And with that in mind, there were now eight of me on the stage, all wearing the same clothes that I was wearing right now. But, I ain't done yet… while they were still muttering themselves, I switched my ring for another one and this time, I have placed my iPod near the platform where Momo-chan's frog did her trick earlier. I equipped it with another wire on it, which made the iPod loud on its own without the use of a speaker. It was then I took out another ring and this one has the picture of a dragon letting out a roar, creating sound waves and just like that…

= Raudo! (Loud) …Pureezu! =

With that declaration, a rather larger than normal magic circle engulfed the whole stage. What was the effect of Loud Ring? Well, it should be obvious, right?

"And before I get to the main event, I think we need to get ourselves properly attired, right?" I asked my selves on the stage. I switched the Loud Ring with another depicting a dragon wearing a fancy suit. My copies copied my motion as I scanned the ring.

= Dores-uappu! (Dress Up) …Pureezu! =

A magic circle appeared in front of me and my copies and rotated as it surrounds us, donning us in our new attire. The audience was surprised from what I was wearing. I was wearing a white and frilly long-sleeved shirt with matching pants and white shoes. Three of my copies were dressed the same and wearing white masks, and the remaining four were wearing modernized black T-shirts, matching sports shoes, and black jeans. We were all wrapped in glowing wires which would be important during the performance.

As soon as we were dressed and in position, one of my copies pressed [Play] on my iPod.

Now, it's SHOW TIME!

---

(Normal Point of View)

(Song played: Catch Me from DBSK by Saigo (will be referred as Black & White)

The piano key starts to kick in as most of us are getting into position, the six masked man on stage were each on their poses and the two of them, Black & White, are leaned on their backs waiting for their cues. Almost everyone was surprised to hear such tone that was created from out of nowhere.

(Catch me, girl~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~)

When Black began to sing, both of them began to raise themselves up, took a step forward while looking at their hands and before they knew it, they immediately turned around, making a punch at the same spot before the music began to kick in as both of the punches caused the backup dancers to start changing their poses as well. The two continued by having both of their hands curled in fist and start moving their shoulders left and right before slowly raised their right hand up high to their face, before the left hand 'pushes' the right hand upwards high to the sky.

(Catch me, now~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!)

It is then when both of men began to move, so does the backup dancers as both of them pushed their shoulders to the back in a mirror-like manner, followed by raising their chest up before both of them are getting on their knees while the backup dancers are getting behind them, all in their respective colors before they start passing the energy towards the core before—

(CATCH ME IF YOU WANNA…)

And when the music starts to kick in, both Black and White began to stood up in an instant, does a few stomping forward in a mirror-like manner as they began to get their moves on and as the two held their fists next to them, the backup crew 'pushes' their fist upwards, causing both of them to slowly pushes themselves up before the two continue on by shaking both of their arms towards and away from each other while raising both of their arms up.

(Catch me if you wanna…)

As both of them began to rotate around before making a 360 jump, while both of them are bopping their chest, shoulder and their head, they could hear some murmurs on the students, giving off one of their comments about it.

"Ha, ha, ha! What is THAT supposed to be?!" Guiche lets out a chuckle of his own while looking at the dance Saigo made at the stage. "Those are just some weird amateur moves from somewhere at the place where he can't learn to dance at all!" Guiche commented as some of the students began to laugh about the matter.

"Oh, darling, you're as unusual and strange as ever. You're so charming!" Kirche praised at him while continue to look upon him on the stage before Black and White decided to make them shut up for a moment.

(C-C-C-C-Catch me if you wanna—)

While the back the backup dancers are getting into position, Black was still able to do the gesture with his hand of "Bring it on!" before they are going for the wave before White pushed out to the right, getting himself into his solo dancing, thus making the students quiet in an instant where both of them raised the challenged on them while all of the backup crew and Black kneeled down.

(Han beon dan hanbeondo, kkeutkkaji naege mameul yeonjeok eobseo~)

[You've never opened your heart to me, not even once]

White begans by placing both of his hands over his ears before starting to moving his right hand on his left chest, left stomach, right stomach and right chest before he suddenly makes a sharp turn, facing right before sliding his left foot while looking at the sky with a smile on his face before raising both of his right arm to the sky and his left foot forward.

(Nan machi byeogeul bogo seon deuta~n, gibuniya~ geugeo aranni~?)

[I feel like I'm looking at a wall, you know that?]

He immediately shuffles his foot and does a quick rotate with his arm before slowly extended forward, followed by a quick turn before making a wave, followed by a quick moonwalk before the crew grabbed him, pulling White back into the flock before Black began to walk casually to the left.

(Gyeote itjiman deo oerowojil ppun tonight~ tonight~ tonight~)

[You're next to me but I'm even lonelier tonight tonight tonight]

Black began to comb his hair with his left hand before raising his right arm to the side, followed by his left arm before lowering both of them down in front of him.

(Neol gidaryeotjiman~ igeon jom aniya ijen~ neol tteonanda)

[I waited for you but this just isn't it so now I'm leaving you]

He is then making a gesture of pulling a spike from both of his knees before he was getting into position by laying down on the floor as the backup dancers began to get into position.

(Gajima~~~ han madil motanda i ba~boga)

[This fool can't even tell me not to go]

When getting into this part, as Black pushes himself back and the crew began to head towards White's back, White slowly pushes himself forward while they are holding him to prevent him from falling forward as both of them extends their arm forward before spreading it open as Black immediately changes turned his body around and the crew pulls White back up before they began to pull Black to get back on his feet while it was White's turn to lay down on the ground.

(Naega wae~~ i baboman bwasseulkka? Cham motnan neol)

[Why did I only look at this fool, at pitiful you?]

Once they have pulled him back up, Black began to comb his hair with both of his hands before extending his right hand forward while resting his left hand behind his head before the whole crew spreads out while getting down on their knees in their positions as both Black and White are looking upon each other before they began to face the crowd.

(Baby catch~ me. Catch~ me. Catch~ me, girl, tonight!)

The two started the wave by stomping their toes to the left while waving their right arm from left to right, and then the three masked crew also joins in as they began to do the opposite of the wave.

(Tteo~na beorigi jeone~ (I'm serious! I'm serious!))

[Before I leave (I'm serious! I'm serious!)]

The remaining three masked crew also stood up before they making the same wave twice before the began to make a step back and while the masked crew pointed to the crowds, both Black and White pointed at Louise with a wink, causing the latter to have a slight blush of her own.

(Nareul japgo, makgo, ulgo, ttaerigo)

(If only you held onto me, stopped me, cried, hit me)

It is then the entire team began to make a body wave by doing a suave move with their hands the went down with their fancy footwork to the left before making another wave while doing the wrist flick to the right; repeating the same proce twice.

(Iyureul~ malhaejwotdamyeon~~ (I'm serious! I'm serious!))

[And told me the reason (I'm serious! I'm serious!)]

It is then all of them began to gather back into one spot and the masked crew began to pull themselves back while White was in front of Black. It is then they began to closing in, sending the energy to perform the bridge of the song.

(Oh~, moreugetda neoui mame naega gipi isseowanneunji tto, aninji~)

[Oh, I don't know if I've been deep inside your heart or not]

White's body springs up before he makes his body going down in a zig-zag manner before all of them are lined up, facing left as the last member's right arm began to grab the front person's right arm and the chain continues on until it reaches to the very front before White began to make a large wave to let the crowd see the wrappings around their arms to glow as they did so before both Black and White swap places with each other before they lined up facing the crowd once again in a quick manner.

(Geuge gunggeumhae~ jichyeobeorigi jeone~ malhaejwo~ malhaejwo~ daedaphae~)

[That's what I'm curious about – Before I get too tired, tell me, tell me, answer me]

Black first lowers down his body before he shook his body to make it way up. When he extended his left arm, four masked men grabbed hold onto his arm and as Black slowly raised his arm up, not only it glows radiantly, but at the same time, White makes a beast's roar behind him before they disperse once again, as the masked crew stayed on one spot, and the two are at the front, as Black was taking the lead.

(Siganeun neol geureoke mukkeo dulgeoya~ jigeum geu jarie~)

[Time will tie you to that spot right there]

It is then Black began to move to the right while making his steps, while White just froze at his current position. It is then Black began to make a gesture of closing himself before he kneels down and White began to move.

(Nareul bonaejima~ huhoehage dwae~ miryeon jom tteoljima~)

[Don't let me go, you'll regret it – stop being so foolish]

White immediately continues off where Black did before as he shuffles his foot around while kneeling before slowly stood up and facing the crowd, moving his right arm to the sky, pulling the sky towards him before he extended his right hand to them as Black began to get behind White, back-to-back, while the masked crew starts to move again.

(Gajima~~~ han madil motanda i ba~boga)

[This fool can't even tell me not to go]

White began to move his shoulders and bend a little to the right while Black does the same thing as well as the masked crew also does a wave from right to left. White repeats the process by doing the exact opposite before he grabbed his arm before taking a big step back and diagonally while Black was taking his step forward and diagonally as the crew also closing in at the center, all lined up before both White and Black switch places.

(Naega wae~~ i baboman bwasseulkka? Cham motnan neol)

[Why did I only look at this fool, at pitiful you?]

As the masked crew dances off, Black repeated the same process on what White did earlier and when he began to take a step back while White began to take a step forward, the masked crew separates and lined up outwardly before Black spins around to get into position as he is now in front of White, facing the crowd.

(Handongan naegen neoman gade~uk, chan gibun cham manhi haengbokhaetdeon~ gieogi na~)

[For a while, I felt like I was filled with you, I remember those happy memories]

As the first two masked group began to enter the fray and extended their arms to block his way, Black simply pushes them away as he slowly marches forward before the second group began to do the same thing, as his reply was breaking the barrier by extending both of his arms upwards before he snaps his finger and everyone began to swap places, as White is now in front of Black, facing the crowd.

(Nugudo namankeum gidaryeojul sarameun no!)

[ Don't forget that there isn't anyone to wait for you like I have – no!]

It is then they repeated the same process just like before, making his way forward while breaking the barriers made by the masked group until both of them stopped at the same spot.

(Eopdaneun geol)

[I want you to beg for me]

(neon itjima~~)

[So I'll wait for you]

Black and White began to bent forward, playfully wagging their fingers at them and at the same time, having their smiles on their faces, caught the students' attention, especially Kirche before the crew starts to move around once again, as Black was at the front while White is hiding behind him.

(Yeah~~~~~~~~~~~~~)

As Black shrieks out while slowly leaning forward, the masked crew held onto him before they pulled him back and pulls out White from his hiding, surprising the crowds from their quick teamwork.

(Aewonhaejugil barae nan gidarilge)

[I want you to beg for me so I'll wait for you]

When the masked crew lined up next to Black and White in their respective colors, White and Black began to step forward, raised his right arm forward before taking a step back.

( Ijenajeojena nal tteonajima, mallago malhae)

[Tell me, "Don't ever leave me"]

They grab hold both of White's arms before White began to create the arm wave with the right side, followed by the left side as the lights around their arms are also glows brightly.

(Neomu neuryeo, ni mameul jeonghal ttaekkaji~)

[You're too slow but I'm only looking at you]

Both Black and White swap places again as all of them bent down for a moment, moving their shoulders upward before Black suddenly straightens up, along with the rest of them as both sides of the crews grabbed hold on both of his arms.

(neoman bonda nan dodaeche wae?)

[Until you make up your mind – why?]

While Black slowly raised both of his arm, White began to make a beast's roar once again before Black slumps down after that before White began to sing behind him.

((Aewonhaejugil barae nan gidarilge)

[I want you to beg for me so I'll wait for you]

When the two swap places again, all of them began to follow what White does by making a circle above their heads with their right arm, hugging themselves to the left before they pushed their right arm downward.

( Ijenajeojena nal tteonajima, mallago malhae)

[Tell me, "Don't ever leave me"]

It is then they began to do a little bit of popping by pushing their left elbow aside, the left shoulder upwards before pulling their chest upwards in a beat with their right arm before they repeated the same process in an opposite within a quick manner before this time, they pulling their chest upwards, straightened themselves up before both Black and White swap places again.

(Babo naega wae neoreul saranghaetgenni~?)

[Fool, why did I love you?]

When Black takes control, they copied him by extending both of their arms downward before making a large circle above their heads with both of their arms before stretching them downwards on their left side.

(Neo bakke eobseo dodaeche wae~~?)

[I only have you – why?]

It is then Black began to walk towards the white masked crew and White went towards the black masked crew. When both of them extended their arm downward, the crew immediately grabbed hold on onto both Black and White's parts of their body before lifting them up as Black and White began to walk at the sky in a slow motion.

(Dance Break)

When the music lowers down and gets to the climatic part, the crew dropped both of them back on their feet and both of them began to move their body side to side, as the rest of the crew followed suit. After that, all of them raised their arms to the left side before clapping once and repeated the same process in an opposite direction. Once they have got back to the previous spot, they raised both of their arms high according to the beat before the masked crew surrounded both of them. Black and White immediately raised one of their arms up before slams it onto the ground, making the crew jumped high and landed on their side. When the music is at its peak, it is then they began to repeat the same process of the first chorus song.

Gajima~~~ han madil motanda i ba~boga)

[This fool can't even tell me not to go]

When getting into this part, as Black pushes himself back and the crew began to head towards White's back, White slowly pushes himself forward while they are holding him to prevent him from falling forward as both of them extends their arm forward before spreading it open as Black immediately changes turned his body around and the crew pulls White back up before they began to pull Black to get back on his feet while it was White's turn to lay down on the ground.

(Naega wae~~ i baboman bwasseulkka? Cham motnan neol)

[Why did I only look at this fool, at pitiful you?]

Once they have pulled him back up, Black began to comb his hair with both of his hands before extending his right hand forward while resting his left hand behind his head before the whole crew spreads out while getting down on their knees in their positions as both Black and White are looking upon each other before they began to face the crowd.

(Baby catch~ me. Catch~ me. Catch~ me, girl, tonight!)

This time, all of them does the wave as the middle row does the wave on the left side, the back and front row does the opposite, repeating the process once again, followed by the opposite waves.

(Tteo~na beorigi jeone~ (I'm serious! I'm serious!))

[Before I leave (I'm serious! I'm serious!)]

It is then they began to make the double wave again before pointing it to the crowd as well as preparing for the next move.

(Nareul japgo, makgo, ulgo, ttaerigo)

(If only you held onto me, stopped me, cried, hit me)

It is then the entire crew began to make a body wave by doing a suave move with their hands the went down with their fancy footwork to the left before making another wave while doing the wrist flick to the right; repeating the same proce twice.

(Iyureul~ malhaejwotdamyeon~~ (I'm serious! I'm serious!))

[And told me the reason (I'm serious! I'm serious!)]

While Black and White began to take a step back and kneels down, the crew in groups of three, stand behind them before sending the energy to both of them before—

(CATCH ME IF YOU WANNA…)

"Boom!" Black shouted as the entire group began to do the very first steps that they did earlier today and this time, the glowing wires around their arms are glowing according to their rhythm.

(Catch me if you wanna…)

As all of them began to rotate around before making a 360 jump, while both of them are bopping their chest, shoulder and their head, it is then both Black and White began to face them again as the respective masked crew began to stand behind both of them.

(C-C-C-C-Catch me if you wanna—)

Both of them began to charge up their fists, making the wires glows radiantly before their fists connected to each other, thus ending the song with a bang.

---

At the same time, while the dance is still happening at the exhibition, the cloaked figure examines the large door that was in front of her before a smile appears on her face. But all of it was all for naught as it seems like she's failed to do so. "I didn't think it'd be this hard of a Lock…" she analyzed before she heard a crowd cheering outside, making her realized something.

"After that live performance by Louise's familiar, we'll now move onto the judging!" Colbert-sensei announced as she looked back upon the door.

"Tch, it seems like I am also running out of time…" she hissed before she began to levitate towards outside of the front yard.

At the same time, the Phantom also sees his chance of seeing his target flew out from the academy, as she was standing right next to the building. "It's time to make my appearance…" the Death Worm Phantom got out before it started to dig a hole on the ground, making its way towards her direction.

At the same time, while the dance was taking place at the exhibition, the cloaked figure examined the large door that was in front of her. A smile graced her lips as she tried to open the door. Her smile turned upside down as she had failed to open the door.

She mumbled, "I didn't think it'd be this hard to break the lock..." She studied the lock to figure something out and then heard the cheering coming from outside. She realized that the exhibition was almost over.

"After that live performance by Louise's familiar, we'll now move onto the judging!" Colbert-sensei announced as she looked back upon the door.

"Tch, it seems like I am running out of time…" she hissed before she began to levitate the outside towards the front yard.

At the same time, the Phantom also saw his chance as he watched his target fly out of the academy. She was standing next to the building, preparing a spell.

"Now, time to make my appearance..." the Death Worm Phantom spoke before he started digging into the ground and made its way towards his target to ambush her. Then, he'd put her into despair. Oh, such thoughts excited him so. Her despair would be so delicious right before the birth of a new comrade.

---

(Saigo's Point of View)

Man, what a show I put on. I can still remember what just happened after I finished dancing once the music was over. At first, there was silence surrounding the area and I wondered if I had been so bad that they were speechless. However, the silence was broken moments later as everyone started cheering for me. I think I've somehow pleased the judges, and of course Louise.

As judging was taking place, I decided to take a break. I mean, I did use mana and that dance routine really tired me out. I was lying on my back on the soft ground under the shade of the tree, just looking at the bright, blue sky.

"Man, I'm beat," I said. "Sure, it was just a dance...but I've used up the battery in my iPod." I examined the device. It was now dead and without a recharging station it would remain that way.

"Look on the bright side, aibou! At least you've proven them wrong and showed them that even YOU can do something amazing as well!" Derflinger encouraged me, making me smile. It looked like all my sweat and hard work was worth it.

"I'm impressed…" I heard a voice on my left and. When I looked at said direction, it was Louise walking towards me. "It seems like you really kept your word, after all…"

"Well, I did say I didn't want to let you down. B'sides, I am your hope after all…" I replied Just when I thought I was about to get my rest, Rukh-chan began to let out a screech on me.

"Rukh?" Louise looked upon the indigo mechanical bird as he continues to screech, making me realize what he was trying to say.

*screech!*

"There's a Phantom nearby?!" I got out, surprised.

"What?!" Louise exclaimed as I immediately stood up and placed my Driver On Ring before placing my palm over the Hand Author.

= Doraibā On! …Pureezu! =

Without wasting my time, I immediately flipped the Hand Author to the left and it began to let out its usual ringtone.

= Shabadoobi Touch to Henshin~, Shabadoobi Touch to Henshin~ =

I took my emerald ring from my pocket and put it on, flipping the goggles on it down before getting into my stance. "Henshin!"

= Harikēn~ (Hurricane!) …Pureezu! =

When the declaration has been made, a green magic circle appeared above my head as the wind began to pick up. I leapt upwards, entering the magic circle above me.

= Fū! Fū! Fū, Fū, Fū, Fū! =

I began to float in the air, with the assistance of my wind element as Louise was surprised to see me able to do such feat. My current suit resembled Flame Style with the only difference being the green color-scheme on the originally red parts of my armor. The faceplate was also in a inverted triangle shape, colored like an emerald, with the same color lining the inside of my trench coat.

This was my Hurricane Style.

(Insert song: Blessed Wind by Rider Chips)

"Louise, I suggest you stay put. I'll deal with the Phantom!" I warned her before I began to fly towards the direction Rukh-chan was leading me too.

"Hey! Don't just leave me here like that!" she shouted before she started to chase after me.

As I continue to raise altitude, I spotted a HUGE earth golem that was punching at a building multiple times. However, it didn't seem to be doing any damage at all. Wait, was this the Phantom that Rukh-chan brought me to fight? This one is freakin' huge!

"Oh crud…" I muttered as the cloaked figure hissed at the moment… wait, was there a lady on the top of its head? Could SHE the Phantom in disguise? Then, where did this Golem came from in the first place?!

"Tch, I thought physical damage might do it, but…"

"I don't know what you're up to, but I suggest you stay down, Phantom!" I shouted, caught her attention for a moment.

"Phantom?" she asked, confused. "What are you talking about?"

"Oh, don't try to fool me! I know you're a Phantom in disguise! You better reveal yourself before I give your butt a big ass whoopin'!" I threatened her. She didn't seem fazed by my threat.

"Hmph, a nuisance trying to get in my way… Golem! Take him out!" she commanded her monster. In response it swung its at me. Fortunately, I managed to make some distance by flying out of reach.

"For a big guy, this one sure is agile…" I got out before I placed my getaway ring and shifted my Hand Author to the right before scanning my ring.

=Konekuto …Pureezu!=

Stretching my hand into the magic circle, I drew out Derflinger in his WizarSwordGun mode before giving it a few twirls. "Oi, aibou! What's up?"

"Talk later! Phantom hunting first!" I told him before I shifted Derflinger into Gun Mode. I pulled the trigger and fired in her direction rapidly. Instead of bullets, I shot a series of compressed air blasts. My target, however, cast an earth spell to shield herself from my assault.

"Tch, and I thought this would be another easy mission…" she muttered to herself before she commanded her golem to swat me away again. I countered with a few shots of my own at its head, which didn't seem to have much of an effect.

Suddenly, and without warning, the woman was ambushed as something burst out of the golem's shoulder, shocking her. I saw what it was and was shocked as well.

It was the Phantom!

"Hello, Gate. It's time to drown you in despair!" the Phantom said. Now, I finally realized that this was the Gate the Phantom was targeting. In other words, she was just a mage that conjured up the gigantic golem.

But now, the question was: what was she doing here in the first place?

Well, I would ponder that question later as I shouted, "Oh, no you don't!" I started to fire at the Death Worm Phantom, trying to get it away from the mage. It fled by digging into the golem and then bursting out to tackled me to the ground. I landed painfully on my back. The Phantom attempted to stomp on me but I blocked its foot with my gun then shoved it aside before I shot at the Phantom again. I climbed to my feet and shifted my weapon to Sword Mode before I gave chase. Just before I could land a strike, it immediately dug into the ground, causing my swing to miss its mark.

"Damn, slippery Phantom," I cursed as I waited, anticipating the Phantom's next move. Unfortunately, the Phantom jumped out of the ground before me and landed a slash on my back with a curved dagger. I pivoted to slash the Phantom but it once again burrowed underground. It then leapt out of the ground again to land another strike on my unprotected back. I stumbled forward and turned around. This time it spat at me and I avoided it. The saliva hit the ground which began to sizzle and bubble like it'd just been touched by acid.

Right, avoid the spit. It spat at me again and I jumped away. The acidic spit this time hit the golem's foot. The acid began to eat its way through.

"I thought you would put up more of a … I guess I was mistaken after all…"the Death Worm Phantom was saddened by the fact and just before it could spit on me again—

*KABOOM!*

"Gwah!" the Phantom screamed in pain as it was sent reeling forwards by an explosive blast. It turned and saw the cause of the explosion coming. It was Louise with her wand pointed at the Phantom. With it distracted, I used my swordsplay to my advantage and landed a series of slashes on the Phantom, pushing it back a few feet before landing a kick to its chest. That was when I shifted my attention to Louise to address her.

"Louise! What are you doing here?! It's dangerous!" I shouted at her as Louise continues to point her wand at the Phantom.

"Aibou! Heads up!" Derflinger warned me as the corrosive spits was coming at me. I dodged and then counter a slash but the Phantom retaliated with several more slashes before giving me a wicked, diagonal slash across my chest, forcing me back towards the golem's foot.

"G-Get away from my familiar, you fiend!" Louise was putting up a brave front as she pointed her wand at the Phantom. Up on her golem, the cloaked woman was starting to laugh at her.

"Shouldn't you be worried about yourself instead?" she said before her golem began to stretches its arm towards her direction. At the same time, the Death Worm Phantom was charging up its spit to corrode her in an instant. Without any more time to waste, I immediately switched my ring with another one and this one has the dragon's body stretches in spirals. Flipping my Hand Author, I wasted no time on using it.

= Ikkusutendo! …Pureezu! =

A small magic circle appears in front of me and I stretched my right arm through the circle and seconds later, my right arm began to extend towards her direction and I was able to push her to safety from either being crushed down from the golem's hand or the Phantom's corrosive spit. "Oh? You still have a enought fight within you? That's just sweet…" the Phantom snickered before it immediately dug deep into the ground, as I keep my defense up as Louise slowly stood up from the fall earlier.

I feel the quake behind me and when I turned around, the golem's foot was raised up, ready to flatten meme. Before I could even rolled to the side, the ground that I was standing on crumbled down around me, causing me to trip and land on my back. When I tried to grasp the situation I was in right now— "Yabei!"

*STOMP!*

The foot of the golem crushed down on me, pressing me down deeper before it raised its foot up. I was lying on the ground; weaken from that curb-stomp just now. "Saigo!" Louise cried as the Death Worm Phantom appears near the cloaked woman, surprising for a bit.

"Now then, since the Magic Ring User has been taken care of, it's time to put you to despair, Gate!" the Phantom declared before it slowly advanced towards her.

"I don't have time for this!" the cloaked woman got out.

"In ex…" Louise began to chant while focusing on her magic, catching the attention of the Phantom and the cloaked mage at this point before she finished off her incantation. "…dest flame… FIREBALL!"

*BOOM!*

Instead of a fireball, another explosion occured. The shockwave forced the Phantom off the golem and surprised the cloaked mage.

"What was that? That wasn't a fireball, for sure…" she muttered to herself. She then noticed the cracked wall.

"What was that magic?" She then smiled, "Whatever, it's my lucky day!" She smirked under her hood and commanded, "Golem, punch open that wall!"

The golem lets out a roar as it was rearing for another punch at the same spot where the cracks were made. It then drove its fist forward.

*CRASH!*

The wall has finally broken down and she began to leap towards it. While I slowly pushed myself up from the damage I received earlier, she began to leap out from it, carrying a long, black box with her.

"I got what I came for. Let's move out, golem!" she commanded it before they decided to leave the academy together, "And thanks for blasting away that strange creature, little mage!"

(End of Insert Song)

When the golem and the cloaked figure made their escape, she immediately went to my side, to check up on my condition. I canceled out on my transformation, covered in bruises. "Saigo! Are you alright?" she asked me as I sit up on the ground.

"Yeah… I'm alright…" I assured her as I looked upon the destroyed wall which the two just made an escape before I looked behind to see that the Death Worm Phantom was nowhere to be seen. "It got away…"

---

(Normal Point of View)

As the sun began to set, Old Osmond and the rest of the guards were checking the treasure vault. All the items stored were accounted for, all but one. It was the long, black box that the thief had taken earlier. Old Osmond also read what was written on the wall.

"I have taken the Staff of Destruction. Yours truly, Fouquet of the Crumbling Earth." Old Osmond read out loud and he began to get worried for a moment. "Oh no. She's done it…"

"Sir, we don't see the thief anywhere!" one of the guards informed him. "All we could find was a pile of dirt outside of the academy."

Old Osmond took in the situation and examined the hole in the wall, courtesy of the golem's punch from earlier. "How could this have happened? Who would have thought our treasure vault which has been reinforced with the strongest magic could be broken into so easily?"

---

(Saigo's Point of View)

I was still in pain after the attack earlier today and I still had a few bruises on my face. Murmurs and whispers could be heard amongst the students regarding the event, and I'm not talking about the exhibition either.

"Who would have thought Forquet of the Crumbling Earth would make her appearance here?" Kirche began as she looked at me. "Say, Saigo,were you able to see her face?"

"Sorry, couldn't get a better view after being stomped by her golem…" I got out. I shifted my attention to Louise as Kirche was making her leave. "Who would have thought the thief was the next target of the Phantoms?"

"And not to mentioned you tried to save her too!" she scolded but it wasn't loud enough to let the whole student body to heard her.

"Look, I didn't know about it, alright?" I admitted as she began to wonder about something.

"To manipulate such a large golem, she had to have been at least a Triangle class mage." Louise said.

"If only you haven't interfered the battle earlier, there's a chance I could've taken her down, y'know?"

"And gotten yourself beaten by that Phantom? It would have put you in a disadvantage, if you asked me." She threw in her two cents in before both of us heard someone running towards our direction. When we turned around, it was Henrietta with her escorts.

"Louise! Wizard-san! I'm glad both of you are alright!" Henrietta said worriedly to both of us before me and Louise got down on our knees. Gotta keep up with the formality around here.

"Your Highness, I'm very sorry for letting the palace's treasure get taken away!" Louise apologized to her as Henrietta lowers her body down and began to talk to her nicely.

"It isn't your responsibility, Louise Françoise." Henrietta assured her.

"But…"

"Your Highness, we must hurry…" one of her escorts informed her.

"I must report this matter to the royal palace. We'll meet again soon, Louise… Wizard-san."

"Yeah. Be careful along the way, Princess." I told her.

Eventually, she began to take her leave in her white carriage as both of us stood outside of the gates of the Academy, watching her return to the palace. "I hope Her Highness won't be made responsible for this…" Louise said worriedly.

"Yeah… I kinda blame myself for not knowing the one that I was protecting from the Phantom earlier turned out to be the famous thief…" I blamed myself for what happened earlier today. If only I managed to grasp the situation of this mess, maybe all of this could've been avoided. But there's one thing that bugs me though… "Say, there's something I would like to ask…"

"What is it?"

"When I told you to run away, why didn't you do what I told you?" I asked her before she looked up at the sky and replied back to me.

"You're such an idiot…"

"Eh?"

"A mage who abandons their familiar isn't a true mage." Louise replied to me and I was silent for a moment before I let out a sigh of relief.

"Is that so? Well, I better make sure you don't get yourself into anymore messes…"

"I've heard bad rumors about the palace recently."

"What kind of rumors?" I asked, which caught my attention.

"Although it's something that my worries won't make a difference, but…"

"Don't worry about it. I'm sure she can handle it. She IS the Princess, after all…" I assured her as I continued to look upon the grassy field. "For now, we still have a Phantom to hunt down… and a thief." I said to myself. My uncle is right, Life can really be a Show Time…