Kaede was about to leave with Rin for class when the boundary wards went off. The girls both blinked, before Rin went to see who was trying to break into her home through a scrying mirror.
There were ten idiots wearing skull masks and black robes several centuries out of date.
"Death Eaters," said Rin angrily.
"I think Gil made an impression," said Kaede.
"Why?"
"Because I've been getting the feeling of annoyance and irritation from England since yesterday," she said.
"Call him now!" demanded Rin.
"What?" said Gil irritated.
"What...did...you...do?" hissed Rin.
"I put some inbred idiot in his place. And possibly scared off most of the kiddies, why?"
Rin angled the mirror outside.
"You might as well hide in the school and send someone to pick the idiots up."
Rin checked her emergency port-key to the school.
"Dammit, they've thrown up port key and apparition wards!"
Kaede blinked...then called Taiga.
"Moshi moshi?"
"Taiga-nee, can I talk to your grandfather for a moment? We seem to have been invaded by the English and I don't think Kiritsugu would appreciate me calling about this," said Kaede.
"Eh? Invaded by English?"
She heard Taiga handing over the phone.
"Yes?"
"We have at least a dozen murders and rapists outside the Tohsaka mansion, and the men have blocked our exits. Could you send some of the men in the family who have Mystic Codes to remind them that they aren't hot shots around here?" asked Kaede pleasantly.
"Any reason to keep them alive?"
"Aside from reminding the English that this is your turf? Not really."
"A lesson then. The boys have been eager to test their new toys on people like that for a while... Be sure to bring some sweets over as payment, and tell Shiro that we're even on my next three tune-ups," he said.
"Deal."
Shiro tended to earn money by fixing the motorcycles Fujimura family and some of his friends. Kaede had gotten over her issues with men...at least enough to visit Taiga in her house without having a panic attack without Gil as a buffer.
Rin looked at Kaede.
"Reinforcements will be here shortly. Should we watch the show?"
"How did you describe them?"
"English invaders that have blocked the exits. All I said was that there were former murderers and rapists out there, and he gave me a discount. Care to help me bake while we wait for them to clean out the trash?" she said.
Rin snorted.
"They going to leave anyone alive?"
"We do need to remind the English that this is Magus territory, don't we?" said Kaede pleasantly.
Which meant that one survivor, barely alive, would be all that was left. The yakuza rarely played around when it involved people muscling in on their territory.
Rin had in fact come to an agreement with the Fujimura clan. She would deal with the Magical issues of Fuyuki, in exchange for the Fujimura family dealing with any idiot mundanes. Or in the case of an attack like this, taking out the garbage so she could remind the wizards who ruled this land.
Considering she kept quiet about the fact that the Fujimura clan was almost entirely armed with Mystic Codes which by all rights had no place in the hands of someone other than a magus, this was a rather peaceful agreement.
Mostly because Rin had no interest in the yakuza world, and they could care less about the world of Magi.
Fifteen minutes later (the Death Eaters had no idea of how to get around Rin's house wards) and there was the sound of screaming. English screams that is.
Kaede and Rin left the mansion to see the results of the return fire. Only one of the Death Eaters was still alive.
Taiga's grandfather was there.
"Fujimura-san, arigatou!" said Rin with an evil smile.
"I figured you two would like to have a few words with one of the idiots. Where should we address this lot to?" he asked.
"We'll ask the bankers where to send their remains. Would you like some tea?" asked Kaede.
"No thank you. I need to train some of my young idiots on how to aim," he replied, looking at two of them who had missed the target entirely.
"We'll bring the sweets by later. Any preferences?"
Rin took down several requests, most of them for foreign flavors.
"EH? Rin's house was attacked?!" said Shiro in shock during class. He had wondered why they were so late.
"We called Fujimura-san to deal with them. Then we sent our reply to their actions back," said Rin evilly.
"I wonder if that poor fool will be able to look at another teenager again..." said Kaede.
Rin was absolutely ruthless in her punishment. Kaede only helped when the idiot tried to escape.
Then they sent the badly injured and spelled Death Eater back to England with the rest of his dead friends with a message.
Don't trespass onto Magus territory, or you'll regret it.
"Coincidentally, Fujimura-san said that he expects the next three tune-ups of his bike to be free," said Kaede.
"It's not like I fix his bike for the money anyway," said Shiro.
He mostly did it as a hobby, pay he considered a bonus.
Back in England...
"The first task is a dragon. You have got to be joking," said Gil when he found out what they had to do.
They seriously wanted a fourteen-year-old girl to fight a phantasmal beast just for their own little game?
Not a chance in hell.
Gil really hated England. After his little display of open power with the pureblood ponce, he had been marked by several girls who had immediately honed in on the blood in the water.
If he wanted sycophants, he could have stayed at home.
One girl in particular was extremely annoying. Hermione Granger was bossy, rude, and had no sense of personal space.
She had all but demanded details about his classes, and seemed offended when he refused to speak to her about it. Then he went on to insult her and her schooling by saying Hogwarts courses were so backwards that they were considered a joke outside of Europe.
She looked absolutely horrified when he told her that Hogwarts wasn't even ranked in one of the top ten among the magic schools.
Had Gil known what he unleashed on the Japanese Academy, he would have considered keeping his mouth shut. Kaede would later unleash her more violent nature to beat her Servant up for setting Hermione on the path to her school.
A few days later Gil was in the tent, bored out of his mind.
He was reading his usual manga, looking like he could honestly care less about the prize.
A thousand gold coins was nothing compared to what he had in his Noble Phantasm, let alone what Kaede had built up in her own vault.
And the fame wasn't worth the hassle of winning.
Finally his turn came up.
Gil walked out confidently.
"And here we have the replacement for Rowena Potter, Gil of Uruk. According to popular rumors, Rowena has sent her familiar Gil in her place."
That set off some of the adults, who caught his red eye color.
Sensing a familiar argument, Gil cast a minor spell to change his eye color to green.
"For the last time I am not a damn apostle!" he shouted at them all.
"Eh? His eyes turned green."
Gil's irritation rose, and he glared at the dragon.
The Horntail took one look at his mood and immediately backed away from the nest. It wasn't getting anywhere near the King of Heroes when he was that pissed off. Gil took the egg and headed back to the tent, his annoyance clear.
Everyone was so surprised that he was able to intimidate even something as vicious as the Horntail that it took a moment before they could tally up the points.
"I hate England..." he said in a grumble.
Kaede answered her mirror phone and saw Gil.
"How bad and do we need to help bury someone?" she asked.
"They had a dragon of all things as the first task. A dragon."
"You scared it didn't you?" she said knowingly.
"I may have had it with the damn rumors of me being a vampire..." muttered Gil.
"I'll make your favorites when you come back, how's that sound?" said Kaede.
Gil had a bit of a weakness for chocolate and cinnamon.
Gil grumbled a bit more, but he did enjoy her cooking.
"By the way, some more Death Eaters show up and we had Taiga's grandfather come by and deal with them. Did you do anything to annoy someone again?"
"Nothing new...aside from dealing with this bossy brat and that ponce again. They don't seem to get the message I'm only here under duress."
"Keep up the good work, Gil!" said Kaede.
"Eh? Gil's on?" said Rin. Behind her was Shiro, as he had been the designated pack mule for the day. He put down the groceries for her.
"He scared a dragon," said Kaede amused.
"Sounds about right. Anyway, I read up on this stupid tournament and supposedly there is a ball after the second task. I'm sure we could manage to come visit you and help you mock the English without them knowing," said Rin.
"A ball?" said Gil, making a face. No doubt most of the shallow girls would try to force him into being their date without something to get in between them.
"Ano...I think I could handle a few days in England. But I'm only there to act as Gil's shield from the fan girls."
Oddly enough Kaede tended to be his shield from the more shallow girls after him, and he tended to keep the guys from bothering her. It was a workable arrangement.
"From what this egg is shrieking at me, chances are they'll drag you here as my hostage."
"Ugh, what is that, banshee?" asked Rin.
"Mermish, above ground," said Gil.
"No wonder it sounds horrible," said Rin.
"Anyway according to this thing...I'll have an hour to rescue a hostage. And since I am really not making any friends here, they'll likely have to outsource."
"So what is the famous Hogwarts like?" asked Rin.
"Outdated, boring and the food is crappy at best. I've had to snag things from the Gate in order to avoid gagging. These people eat as if it were still the Middle Ages, and the drinks are terrible. It's either weak tea, really weird tasting water, or this disgusting drink known as Pumpkin Juice. I've had to sneak down to the local pub to get anything I can stand," complained Gil.
"Ugh! Pumpkin Juice, really? That is the absolute worst drink!" said Rin, having tried it once.
Shiro thought of something.
"Do you have the portal gun with you?" he asked.
"You mean that weird thing the Otaku Group made as a joke after playing that game one too many times? Yeah, they asked me to bring some of their stuff to promote, why?"
"Can't you aim the portal through the mirror phone and come through it for a bit to stock up?" asked Shiro.
Gil opened his mouth...before he shut it. It hadn't been tried yet.
Gil immediately reached for the gun and aimed it carefully behind the others. Then shot it off.
An orange circle appeared behind them. A few moments later he shot off a blue circle.
"Here it goes," said Gil. And he stepped through.
"Did it work?" ask Gil.
Kaede pounced on him with a hug. He felt his connection to his Master.
"It worked! Thank the gods! I won't have to suffer through their idea of food anymore!" said Gil in relief.
No more suffering the English. He could come and go so long as the portals were maintained.
"Hmm... I think this calls for dinner and dessert!" said Shiro.
"Someone seems..."
"Happier than normal."
Gil turned around to find the infamous Weasly twins behind him. Infamous in that they were pranksters that everyone was warned away from...and that they were the sole pure bloods who had yet to piss off the Japanese Familiar kid.
Or his other popular nickname, the blond vampire.
Gil tended to hex anyone who said it within spell range.
Gil raised a single blond eyebrow at them. They hadn't bothered him once.
"And you are?"
"Fred," said the twin on the right.
"And George," said the left twin.
"Weasly at your service," they said in unison.
"The second generation Marauders?" said Gil raising an eyebrow.
"You've heard of us!" they said happily.
"More like you're the only purebloods in this entire castle who has yet to compare me to a damn apostle...well you and that blond girl with the drifting eyes..."
"What's an apostle?" asked Fred.
Gil deadpanned at them "An apostle is the name the Magus Association gave to the species you wizards call vampires. Just because I have red eyes does not make me a damn vampire!"
"Well there's also that red stuff you drink," said Fred.
"The fact you're stronger than most wizards physically," said George.
"And the fact that it's illegal to bind another human as your familiar," finished Fred.
"I'll admit to not being human, but I am not a vampire!"
"If you aren't human, then what are you?" asked George.
"I'm a Servant. That's all the description most people would even need, considering where Kaede lives!" said Gil irritated.