"" - Talking
'' - Thoughts
[] - Dragon
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When he entered the kitchen he found an odd sight, Reina was like a different person as she spoke friendly and respectfully to his parents, a small part of him wondering why that tone hadn't been used on him as he moved to take the empty seat as his mother spoke
"So you're staying here to keep an eye on him"
"You could have at least let me know before I left the school" Merlin spoke as he took a sip of his refilled cup, Reina narrowing her eyes as she looked at him as she replied
"I'd rather not have one of Sitri's peerage keeping tabs on us both"
"You make it sound like Sitri-sama's servants would only get in your way" Merlin spoke, noticing his parents watching the banter between them quietly giving each other amused looks. Reina didn't seem to notice as she sipped her drink quietly refusing to answer his unspoken question as his father spoke up
"Well…Merlin why don't you show her up to the spare room while your mother and I get to work on dinner"
Merlin nodded as he stood up, speaking to Reina "Come on then Phenex-sama"
Reina finished her cup before standing, following him into the hall where she saw Merlin pick up the suitcase before heading upstairs, taking a left at the top before heading into the spare room, which was smaller than his own as Reina spoke up annoyed
"It's small…"
"It's a spare room…we don't normally have people moving into it" Merlin retorted, setting her suitcase on the floor as he moved to lean against the doorway as she looked around it before she nodded
"I suppose it'll do…"
Merlin rolled his eyes as he spoke, turning to head back downstairs "My room is across the hall if you ever need anything…just knock before you enter"
She nodded as she closed the door so she could start unpacking what she could, Merlin heading back downstairs as he heard his mother speak jokingly "Do you think we'll have to set up the alarms"
"I doubt it…Merlin isn't the sort" His father spoke, turning his eyes to the doorway as Merlin entered with an annoyed look at them both
"So what's this Sitri like?" His father asked as Merlin took a seat as he answered
"She's head of the School Council…from what I've heard she's strict but fair, intelligent and considered third most attractive of the school"
"So you've got a real pair of beauties ordering you about" His father joked as Merlin rolled his eyes, despite his reddening cheeks.
"Why don't you go finish your homework…?" She spoke as Merlin nodded as he headed to the doorway
"Call me when it's done" His mother smiled as she nodded, Merlin getting halfway up the stairs before he heard the familiar sound of his father getting jolted by multiple bolts of lightning magic, a small shudder ran down his back at the thought of being in his father's position as he headed to his room.
The rest of the evening consisted of Merlin getting told the history of devils as well as other details he would need to know.
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Sona and Tsubaki sat in the student council room finishing off with important school documents they had decided to finish now so they could use the rest of the time to train Merlin and get him settled into devil life as the last thing she wanted was her new servant being hogged by Reina.
"Finished Sona" Tsubaki spoke, Sona nodding as she finished the sheet before her
"Good, Let's go home then" Sona replied as she shuffled the stack of papers before putting them into a draw of her desk, her queen doing a quick tidy of the room before turning to see her master gaze linger at the picture of Merlin from his school file.
"I'll leave collecting Merlin to Saji, please let him know" Sona spoke as she started to head towards the door as Tsubaki nodded and followed.
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Merlin pulled his towel over his shoulder as he started to head towards the bathroom for his morning shower as he grumbled about one of his usual dreams "Uncle Negi had to tell me about his adventures in Mahora when I was a kid…"
He wouldn't say it aloud but the idea of a harem seemed interesting but he didn't hold much luck out for it not being a Magister himself, his parents hoping that he'd not have to do much aside from defend himself at least before yesterday.
He opened the door, not hearing the water running, and entered without a second thought. Looking over to the shower stall he saw a pair of green eyes looking back at him curious and amused as he found all his senses jumping to full alert as Reina stood there with only the frosted glass blurring the outline of her nude form.
Catching himself as he admired her figure for a second time, Merlin soon rushed out, slamming the door behind him as he shouted at her "Why the hell did you not lock the door!"
He gulped as he put a hand over his heart, his whole face red as his brain seemed to replay the incident before his eyes, mentally cursing the she-devil for not having any sense of modesty as he decided to go back to his room till she had finished.
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The walk to school was subdued, Merlin managing to hide his embarrassment over what had happened as Reina giggled "You know I've seen you naked as well so it's all fair"
His cheeks reddened as he asked confused "…Wait why was I naked after Sitri-sama brought me back?"
"It's the easiest way to bathe you in demonic energy" Reina replied nonchalantly as she added
"I'll be bringing my peerage so you can meet them as well as Sitri's"
"Right…" Merlin nodded, finally calming himself as they continued to walk side by side, soon as they noticed Sona and Tsubaki were waiting at the gates for them
"Good Morning Phens-san, Tsunagi-kun" She spoke as Merlin nodded as he replied
"Shitori-sempai, Shinra-sempai" Tsubaki gave him a small nod as Sona added
"Remember to wait for my guide after lessons have finished"
"Of course, Sempai" Merlin continued, heading inside. He pushed up his glasses as he noticed the usual look most of the students were giving him, part of him expecting that he would have to deal with questions at some point.
His thought was soon proved as the moment he sat down at his desk he found a few of the more confident girls around his table, the leader of them asking
"What were you doing talking to Shitori-sempai and Phens-sempai?"
Merlin sighed as he continued to unpack what he needed as he spoke calmly "Phens-sempai and I just come from the same direction in the mornings…Shitori-sempai asked if I would help out with the council"
The whole room broke out into murmurs moments before the teacher entered and ushered everyone back to their seats, the perverted trio grumbling about how lucky he was as lessons started.
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Merlin found the day seemed to drag on longer than normal as he waited for his introduction to the Student Council as it was publicly known by the students. He expected Reina would be there just cause she didn't have any of her other peerage at the moment and would want to find out what his Sacred Gear was. He would admit that he was interested himself and given his strange standing between the two peerages he would figure that whatever it was would help to be useful in either role.
His musings were cut short as the bell rang for the end of the day's lessons, expecting at any moment for his guide to show up as he packed his things away. Once he finished he got a call from the doorway "Oi, Tsunagi come on Kaichou's waiting for you"
Merlin rolled his eyes at the brash nature of Saji, he walking towards the doorway as he retorted "I'm coming…"
"About time" Saji retorted annoyed, not liking that he would have to work with Merlin or at least only for half the time. Merlin silently sighed wondering what he had done to annoy the guy already as they soon entered the Student Council room.
Merlin looked around the room, taking in the three sofas that sat around a low table, a desk sat on the remaining side with the windows behind it. There was also some chairs around the room if they were ever needed. Reina was sitting on the sofa to the right of the desk near the doorway. The pair of brunettes both with twin tails, the younger of them had longer and they sat on the left sofa with a white-haired girl on the end nearest to him.
The third sofa had a turquoise haired girl, a long-haired brunette and Tsubaki sat on it while Sona sat at her desk.
"We're here" Saji spoke moving to take a chair and setting it between the left sofa and the desk as Sona spoke up
"Please take a seat, Merlin" Merlin nodded as he moved to sit down near Reina as Sona decided to make the introductions
"Tsubaki, my Queen. Saji was the one who brought you here and he's one of my Pawns, sitting next to him is Meguri, my Knight, and Yura, my other Rook…" Merlin looked over to each of them giving a nod as Sona continued
"Momo and Kusaka are my Bishops and Ruruko is my other pawn"
A knock on the door drew everyone's attention as Sona called out "Who is it?"
"That'll be my peerage…" Reina spoke as she moved to open the door finding that she was right as she moved to the side to allow them to enter, first walked in a second year girl with black hair that was held up in a high ponytail and chocolate coloured eyes, a calm look on her face as she looked over Merlin as Reina spoke "This is Yukihana, my Rook"
She was soon followed by a first year girl who had long orangey brown hair; her eyes looked to be a shade darker than her hair as she smiled to Merlin as Reina spoke up again "…and Asuna's my Knight"
"Nice to meet you, Merlin-san" Asuna spoke as she moved to take the seat on his left, Yukihana having pulled a chair near the side of the sofa nearest to Sona's desk as Reina looked confused at them
"Where…?" She started only for two girls from his class to rush in, the first being a - girl with shoulder length pink hair and was soon followed by a brown-haired girl who had it tied into a ponytail.
"Sorry we're late, Phenex-sama had to warn the kendo club about the perverted trio" Katase spoke up as she panted slightly as Murayama closed the door behind them
"I'm sure you know Katase and Murayama, Merlin… they're both my pawns" Reina spoke, Merlin wondering why they hadn't talked to him about it during the breaks in the day as they both seemed to smile at him friendly as they moved to pull chairs over as Reina sat down where she'd been sitting, Sona giving them a few moments to get comfortable before speaking up again.
"Now that the introductions have been made…let's move to activating your Sacred Gear"
"Alright Kaichou" Merlin spoke as she signalled over to a clear space in the room as she spoke
"We'll do this so you don't accidentally hurt anyone…" Merlin nodded as he moved over, his unasked question of what to do was quickly answered by Sona as she continued
"Now close your eyes and strike a pose that makes you feel like you could draw out a strong power from within yourself"
Closing his eyes, Merlin started to focus trying to use his mana to find whatever was inside him.
[Emrys…] The unusual voice was nothing more than a whisper but the surprise broke Merlin's concentration as he opened his eyes again, seeing the confused look on all their faces as Reina spoke annoyed
"Come on its not that difficult"
'What…was that voice? and how did it know that name' Merlin thought as he took a calming breath as he decided to focus again, repeating what he'd done the first time as he felt his left hand tingle before a flash of light pierced through his closed eyes which was soon followed by surprised gasps as he opened to look at what he now held in his left hand.
The Sacred Gear looked to be a large revolver; although it was at least three times the size of a normal one he could easily carry it, aside from the grip which had a deep purple diamond shaped crystal set into the bottom. Along both sides of the barrel was an ornate carving of a western dragon, the open mouth near the tip of the barrel while the wing seemed to stretch to reach the top. The whole weapon seemed to be a metallic blue in colour aside from the grip which was jet black.
Merlin looked over his new weapon with a careful eye as Sona and Reina came over to examine the weapon as he spoke "Interesting…"
"How's a gun interesting?" Reina asked as Sona taking hold of his hand to get a better look, Merlin answering with a shrug
"It's just not what I expected for a…" He was cut off by the feel of an indescribable pulse travelling through his body, causing it to drop limply to the floor as he fell unconscious, Sona and Reina grabbing hold of him before he could injure himself
"What the hell?" Reina asked as Yura soon moved to help them take Merlin over to the sofa he'd been sat on, Asuna moving to allow them to lay him on it.
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When Merlin opened his eyes he found himself floating in a completely white space, quickly looking around to try to find out why he'd been called here.
[Nice to finally be able to speak with you Emrys] A female voice spoke behind him turning to see a large blue western dragon standing before him. It had two large sets of wings stretching out from its back and four large clawed feet. Purple eyes looked at him with an appraising eye as Merlin spoke
"How do you know that name?"
[That is your real name is it not…my host] The blue dragon replied as Merlin shook his head as he replied
"For a time it was…Wait what do you mean host…Your inside my Sacred Gear"
[Very astute young Warlock…I am Tiamat, the Blue Dragon King] She introduced herself, lowering her head slightly to him as Merlin gave her a bow
"It's nice to meet you Tiamat…"
[I must return you to the waking world now…but if you have any questions just reach out to me Emrys] Tiamat spoke, Merlin feeling his body moving on its own as he closed his eyes.
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When he opened his eyes he found himself in the same room as before, Sona and Tsubaki looked over his Sacred Gear while Reina was waiting for them to figure it out, her eyes widening upon seeing him awake as she spoke
"About time you woke up…What happened to you?"
Merlin moved to sit up, still noticing the large gun that was in his left hand as he spoke "I was called by the creature inside my Sacred Gear"
"Did you find out who it was?" Sona asked giving him an asking look as he nodded
"She said she was Tiamat, the Blue Dragon King" The gasps around the room caused him to jump as Sona spoke
"The Chaos Cannon… I didn't expect to ever see this" Reina's mouth was open in surprise, not sure what to say as Merlin heard Tiamat chuckle inside his head
"Erm…what can this do then?" Merlin asked curiously as Sona took a moment to think over what she'd remembered reading before speaking
"It's said that it's capable of causing chaos on the battlefield by firing different kinds of rounds…what sort they are or their abilities I don't know without further research"
[It can do more than that…but for now I shall wait till you need to know] Tiamat mentally spoke to him, Merlin getting the feeling she was use to causing Chaos even before becoming a Sacred Gear.
Allowing it to disappear he found Reina speaking up "Let's get to training you with it…"
Sona took a moment to think before she asked "Outside of your magic do you have any other fighting skills?"
Merlin shook his head as he spoke "I was only taught how to control my mana by my parents outside of that nothing"
Sona nodded as she turned to Yura as she spoke "Yura I want you to spar with him first… and then teach him martial arts so he can defend himself if he can't use his magic or his Gear"
"Yes, Kaichou" The turquoise haired girl replied with a nod as Sona added to Tsubaki
"We'll have to get a shooting range sorted so he can train with the Chaos Cannon"
Reina smirked, quite happy to let the Sitri heir train her new Bishop as the group moved outside to the sports field, Yura giving him some basics while to begin with, her eyes trailing his form to check he was standing and moving right.
"Remember I want to see how well you can defend yourself without your magic" Sona reminded him once the basics had been covered
"Right, Kaichou" Merlin replied with a nod as he pulled his blazer and tie off, setting them atop of his bag as he took a calming breath as he took a fighting stance as Sona added to Yura
"Keep an eye on how he does…" The Rook nodded as she slipped into a fighting stance before she charged to attack first, her first straight punch missing him as he dodged before trying to swing a right which was easily blocked as she took the advantage to hit him in the gut, holding back as much as she could as she saw him skid back, trying to regain his breath before lashing out with a punch when she got close again.
Yura easily blocked the strike with her forearm as Merlin continued throwing them only for each to connect with her forearm blocks. They continued trading blows, Merlin's attacks easily getting blocked by the more experienced Rook who managed to connect a few blows past Merlin's attempts of a guard as Sona spoke up to end it
"That's enough sparring" Yura took a calming breath as she noticed Merlin panting at the physical workout he'd been through during the short spar.
"You did well for a beginner" Yura spoke with a smile as Merlin straightened himself out, wiping the sweat from his forehead as he spoke
"Thanks…" He winced as he clutched his right side as Yura looked sheepish at him as she spoke
"Sorry about that one"
"Don't worry about it…It was a good shot" Merlin replied, muttering quietly to himself for a moment as he used one of the few healing spells he had to lessen the injury for now, turning to look at Yura and noticed the bruise on her cheek as he spoke up
"I'll deal with that…" Yura pressed her fingers to the point Merlin had signaled feeling that it was tender as she was about to retort only to find two of Merlin's fingertips pressed to it as he quietly muttered
"Ninatu…Sirtus…Cura" Yura's cheeks pinked slightly at the contact as she felt the warmth from his healing spell take effect as he removed his fingers, Merlin gulping at hearing the giggling from members of both peerages as he moved back to his stuff as Yura felt that it'd been healed.
"Thank you Merlin" She spoke as she followed him, rubbing her cheek embarrassed as she noticed Momo, Kusaka Katase and Murayama were giggling as Reina asked surprised
"You can heal?"
"Only minor injuries… it's not really my forte…" Merlin answered as he stuffed his tie into his pocket as Sona spoke
"It'll still be useful never the less…We'll keep up you training till Yura's happy that you're learnt enough to fight well without magic or your Gear…"
"Right, Kaichou" Merlin spoke as he nodded, Yura blushing as some of the teasing looks from the others as Reina added
"Don't forget about powering up your magic as well" Merlin nodded managing to resist give her a sarcastic look at the ridiculous comment as he spoke
"Yes Phenex-sama"
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Author's Notes
Second chapter and here's his Sacred Gear, the Chaos Cannon, which seemed to be a fitting name given that Tiamat is inside it. As for its skills I'm not too sure of what to settle on and think I went a bit to Merlin when writing Tiamat talking to him, especially with her calling young Warlock.
Deciding to mix Reina's peerage between characters from other shows and OCs. Asuna's from Sword Art Online and Yukihana is from Kanokon if anyone was wondering.
As for Saji, I'm thinking of having him notice Momo's and Ruruko's feelings at some point in the future. Going to try and run along with the canon and add extra stuff once I come up with some plans. Although given that not many of the other spoke outside of Yura, Sona and Reina in the meeting will probably separate them to show more of his impact on the two groups.