A Very Manly Summoning
Smoke burst into the air, a great puff that obscured much of the classroom.
Some might ask, "What could possibly explode in the middle of an occupied classroom?" Well, the cause was a simple circle. Not really a simple one, to be honest. It was a circle with mystical runes and shapes, forming a conglomerate object that seemed to pulse with contained potential.
It was this two-dimensional, arcane device that help the answer as to the puff of smoke.
All this went unregistered by the minds of the students and teacher that simply sat and waited, with baited breath, as to what would come out of the smoke.
A gust of wind blew by, scattering the top of the smoke into smaller clouds and wisps, which blew away to other corners of the massive building affectionately named a school by its inhabitants. Out of the smoke walked a man. But not just any man, a big man. A man. With squinted eyes, and a proud countenance upon his face, the man looked quite intimidating. Disregarding the rest of his features of course. They were invisible to the watchers.
This is what caused Louis Valliere, sometimes known as the Zero by her peers, to stutter with her next words.
"A-are you my f-familiar?"
Before she could obtain an answer, however, the rest of the white clouds dispersed, revealing the rest of the man's body to the world around him.
He had very tanned skin, and had a man-ish bun on his head. He had an attractive face, and an upper body so buff it was amazing that he was still mobile. His lower body was covered in grey pants, that only enhanced his manly image. He stood very tall, towering over the short girl that summoned him. He had a neutral glare on his face, and he looked at her.
"I don't know what you mean by 'familiar.' I can only assume, however, that if I weren't then I wouldn't be here in the first place. Fair enough?"
She nodded vigorously, a little stupidly.
There were whispers in the back. "Ha! Did you see that? Louise the Zero summoned a COMMONER! A Commoner!"
However, while usually there were no responses to the taunts, the taunters had already disregarded the familiar as a threat. Too bad.
"SILENCE!"
The familiar slammed a wooden staff that he pulled out of somewhere onto the ground, and it shook with his authority. "I do not tolerate dissension in the ranks! Nor will I be referred to as Commoner! Commoners stay in the fields, working the land all day! You have no right to call anyone such unless you see them working! I am Captain Sheng and will be called such! Questions?"
The entire audience was cowed by his performance, and he left the room without trouble.
Later that night, it shall be noted that there was a brief moment where the Captain had seen Guiche the Bronze in the company of a young female.
The Next Morning
Captain Sheng entered the eating area, and paused. He saw Guiche, talking to another girl, one named Montmorency. It was clear he was wooing her and the other girl both, without either's consent or knowledge. He walked over, and confronted the boy.
"Guiche, why is it that I find you in the company of a different lady than you were with last night? A man does not need more than one partner."
Montmorency immediately turned on her date, and accused him. He stutterred, and ended up humiliated and without acknowledgement from the female population. He vented his anger on the nearest object, namely Captain Sheng.
"Idiot, lowly familiar! I challenge you to a duel!"
The duel started with Guiche and Captain Sheng on opposite sides of an arena from one another. Guiche pulled out a rose, and announced "I am Guiche the Bronze, Earth mage! Rawr!" And he summoned his bronze Valkyries.
Captain Sheng, stood there, with his pole. There were two ceramic pots on either side of him. He suddenly started chanting.
"Let's get down to business!"
He used the sides of stick to throw the pots into the air.
"To defeat-"
The audience gasped as he effortlessly smashed both pots mid-air as they were falling.
"The Bronze!"
The watchers responded with a resounding "YEAH!"
He pointed his stick at his opponent and addressed him directly.
"Am I fighting someone's daughter" he paused.
"Who I thought, was a son?" The audience laughed at the insult to Guiche's manliness, while he turned slightly purple.
"You're the saddest brat, I've ever met! But you can bet! Before we're through..." He slammed his pole on the ground and glared.
"Mister I'll... make a man... out of you."
Some servants played trumpets, while the watching nobles laughed.
Guiche sent three of his seven Valkyries at his opponent.
Captain Sheng threw up three apples.
"Tranquil as a forest!"
He picked up his bow, quickly knocked three arrows simultaneously, and let loose.
"But on fire, within."
Thunck, thunck, thunck. In an amazing display of archery, his arrows pierced the apples and nailed them to the skulls of the charging Valkyries.
Guiche snarled, and flung bronze darts at the Captain.
He took a stance, and placed a bucket on his own head.
"Once you find your center..."
He started spinning his staff, deflecting all incoming darts. He never let a single drop of water leave the bucket.
"You are sure... to win!"
Guiche paled. He had thought that would work. And it backfired.
"You're a spineless, pale, pathetic dolt..." He pulled out a strange wooden tube with a dragon's head carved on the top.
"And you haven't got a clue." He lit a match, and struck it against the bottom of the tube, sending the dragon's head spiraling into the sky.
"Somehow I'll..." He stood up, not facing Guiche.
"Make a man..." He turned to face him.
"Out of you!"
Guiche started sweating out of fear, and sent his remaining four Valkyries out. The crowd responded as one.
"BE A MAN..." They called.
"You must be swift as a a coursing river..." Captain Sheng responded as he dodged all four Valkyries, slipping between and coming up around the back.
"BE A MAN..."
"With all the force of a great typhoon..." The Captain swept two of the Valkyries out of the arena, sending them flying away.
"BE A MAN..."
"And all the strength of a raging fire..." Two hands, two blows, and two Valkyries blown open, no longer usable. Guiche was crawling backwards on his but, as the Captain stood above him.
"Mysterious as the dark side of THE MOOOOOON!" Captain Sheng turned around, and started walking in slow motion away from Guiche, as the Firework from before hit right behind him, causing a comically huge explosion.