Assassin in the void

By psychored1911

Disclaimer: I do not own Assassin's creed or Familiar of Zero

Chapter 2: Adjustment

The next morning

Saito woke up the next day and noticed something was on his neck. "What the heck?" he looked at it; his neck was chained to the wall. "What the hell?" he tugged at the chain, but it wouldn't budge. Quickly, he pulled out his USP and shot the chain, breaking it from the wall.

*fwip*

The chain broke, with Louise not even stirring in her sleep, which was surprising. Even when suppressed, guns are still more than audible.

But that was not important at the moment, he needed to figure out what was going on 'Seriously, this chick is crazy,' he thought as he put away his USP. As he saw that Louise was still asleep, he took the opportunity to do an inventory check.

He took off his hidden blades; an old but fully functional one he got from his initiation ceremony into The Order and a modern one that he asked an instructor in The Order to make for him.

Flashback

Saito quietly stalked a high-ranking employee in Abstergo as he walked into a narrow alleyway.

The employee noticed him "Hey, who are you?" and pulled out a Sig Sauer P226R. Before he could pull the trigger, Saito stabbed him in the chest with the hidden blade.

"Yasurakani nemure (Rest in peace)." Saito closed his eyes before setting the body gently onto the ground.

As Saito laid the employee to rest, he was approached by another assassin "Seriously dude, you still use that old thing? Get with the times." He joked

Saito stared at the other assassin "Cole, it does not matter how I eliminate the target; so long I follow the creed. Besides, what is the point of obtaining a hidden blade if you are not going to use it?"

"Dude, you should stop reading those old books and go back to reality." Cole said, pulling out a Skorpion vz. 61 submachine gun.

"You should also put a suppressor on that thing." Saito sweatdropped.

"Oh please, what's the worst thing that could-" Cole was interrupted as he accidentally pulled the trigger.

*RATATATATATATATATATATATATATA T!*

"Hey, what was that?" A nearby police officer heard the gun fire.

"And that is why I prefer using my hidden blade over guns," Saito said as he quickly scaled the walls.

"Hey, help me up, I can't scale walls!" Cole called out to him.

"Are you serious?" Saito quickly climbed down to the nearest fire escape and kicked the ladder down. Saito quickly climbed up the building as he watched Cole climb up the fire escape.

Flashback End

'"Stick with the times", yeah Cole, tell me that when you don't get demoted for blowing an ally's cover.' Saito sweatdropped as he put his hidden blades back on his arms.

Saito then checked his USP; there were 14 rounds left in the magazine. He checked the holster and his pockets; along with the two spare clips he had, he also had two boxes of 9mm rounds, each with 50 rounds each as well as the rounds that he stole from the guards, which were twelve rounds. In total, he had 156 rounds. 'Oh well, I don't use this pistol much anyway…' he thought as he put away the ammunition.

As he picked up his pistol up, however, he noticed the runes on his arm were glowing. He dropped the pistol, and the runes stopped glowing. 'Strange,' he activated one of his hidden blades, and the runes started glowing again. As he retracted the hidden blade, the runes stopped glowing again 'I must be going crazy; with all the stuff that's happened, I guess…' Saito thought as he put his pistol and hidden blades away.

He continued checking his pockets and found his wallet full of Euros (If he's really in another world, these are useless), the Abstergo keycard from the other day (probably useless here too), a notepad, and a notebook that contained every Assassin teaching and experience he ever had.

He quickly put his stuff away and opened the window "Well, if I'm going to stay here, I might as well know this location…" he said as he climbed out the window.

A few hours later

Kirche knocked on the door "Louise…"

"Go away Zerbst…" Louise moaned, still half asleep.

"No, your Familiar is on the roof." Kirche told her.

Louise sat up immediately "My Familiar is where?" she looked at the chain she placed on Saito when he was asleep; it was broken. "That dog…" she quickly got dressed and charged out the room, with Kirche following shortly.

Meanwhile, back with Saito

Saito stood at the top of the dorm room, enjoying the view. He noticed that there were 6 main buildings; one in the center, and the other 5 forming a pentagon around it. 'It must be of religious importance…' he thought before surveying the area again.

Flashback

"Whenever an assassin of old was lost or unfamiliar with an area," An assassin teacher told Saito "They would climb up the highest tower or a viewpoint and survey the area. Getting down, you must perform the leap of faith."

Flashback End

"YOU DOG!" a voice yelled. "Get down here!"

Saito looked down. It was Louise, yelling at him. Saito looked down "What do you want?"

"Get down from there!" she yelled.

Saito shrugged and performed a leap of faith; falling gracefully before landing in a nearby pile of leaves.

"Well, your Familiar is quite the acrobat," Kirche winked at Saito.

Saito ignored the wink and faced Louise "What do you want?"

"What were you doing up there?" she screamed.

"All I was doing was surveying the area; nothing more, nothing less."

Louise grumbled "Fine! Just follow me!" she stormed off, with Saito shortly following.

Later at the dining hall

Saito just stared at his "So-Called" meal. It was nothing more than a piece of stale bread and some thin soup. "I heard Abstergo prisons fed people better, but that's because they wanted them to stay alive long enough for them to do experiments on people," Saito thought out loud. He quickly ate the bread and the soup. Bored, he decided to sit next to Louise.

"You can't sit there," she said blankly.

Saito blinked "Beg pardon?"

"Only nobles can sit here, and you're only a Familiar- Hey don't sit down!" she saw Saito sit down on the chair next to him. "Only nobles are allowed to sit down there!"

"In my eyes, everyone is a human," Saito said blankly.

Louise fumed "Why you stupid dog!" she proceeded to smack him with her hand, only for him to catch her hand mid-swing.

"…" Saito just glared silently, before releasing his grip. He stood up and silently walked to the door.

Meanwhile, in Old Osmond's office

"Old Osmond sir!" Colbert barged into Old Osmond's office "I have important news to-" he stopped mid-sentence, and saw Osmond's secretary Longueville stomping on Old Osmond's back "Did I come at a bad time?"

"Oh no," Longueville helped up Old Osmond "He said he had a back ache, so I was helping him out." She said as she left the room, intentionally avoiding Colbert's gaze.

"Okay," Old Osmond got back on his chair "What was so important that you needed to tell me?"

Colbert presented a book and flipped it to a certain page "I think that Miss Valliere's familiar is a Gandalfr! The runes on her familiar are exactly the same as the Gandalfr!"

"Gandalfr?" Old Osmond inquired…

A few minutes later

"…" Saito was beyond annoyed with this world. Since he got here, he was chased down, bound and gagged, blown up, bound and gagged AGAIN, and overall got treated like a slave. And in her eyes, he isn't even human. She did not even acknowledge his free will; a trait that EVERY assassin values and strives to protect; whether it's their own or someone else's. And then there's this world's nobility system; people with magic have all the power. So what happens to everyone that doesn't? Are they enslaved? Are they forced to do the work of these spoiled brats?

As he stood there, deep in thought, a voice approached him "Excuse me…" Saito turned around; a girl in a maid outfit smiled "Are you okay?"

"… Have we met before" Saito asked, thinking he saw her before.

The maid giggled "You jumped over me when you were running from Miss Valliere."

Flashback

"Excuse me!" Saito jumped over the maid's shoulder and continued running.

The maid stared at him "That was strange…" As she wondered what was going on, Louise charged past her, trying to catch her 'familiar'.

Flashback end

"Oh right, I remember that." Saito muttered as presented his hand "My name is Saito Hiraga. Nice to meet you."

Siesta blinked "My name is Siesta, nice to meet you." She shook his hand

Saito noticed a cart of sweets behind Siesta "Do you need help with anything? I'm kinda bored out of my mind right about now."

"Well I do need help distributing these desserts…" Siesta looked at the dessert cart.

"Great, let's get to it." he said as he took the cart and started pushing it, with Siesta following suit.

A bit later

Saito and Siesta distributed the cakes to waiting nobles. When they reached Guiche and Montmorency's table however, Saito stopped them "Hold on…" Saito looked over his shoulder, and saw Katie, who was looking for Guiche, "I got this," he walked over to Katie and told her where Guiche was sitting.

Katie smiled happily before going over to Guiche's table, where they started having an argument.

"Who is this?" Montmorency yelled in outrage.

"Are you cheating on me?" Katie started to tear up.

"Ladies, I can explain…" Guiche nervously backed away.

"No, allow me," Saito emerged from the growing crowd. "When I first encountered you two, I heard Guiche here praise Katie. Just by the sound of your voice, I could tell that you were using her." Saito saw Guiche pale "I also know that you already have a girlfriend; Montmorency already admit that to me." Guiche paled even more "Though I do not have definite proof, until I found this!" Saito took out the stack of letters, making Guiche redefine the color white "This stack of love letters show that you have been dating those two at the same time. Admit it Blondie, you were two-timing."

He set the love letters on the table for Katie and Montmorency to read. Both of the girls looked at Guiche, anger and betrayal in their eyes.

Guiche backed up nervously "Wait, this isn't what it looks like…"

"You liar!" They both smacked him in the face, sending him to the ground, before running away, crying.

"You just got burned Guiche!" One of his friends said as the crowd started to laugh uncontrollably.

As Guiche lay there, he saw Saito smirk before disappearing into the crowd.

A bit later

"Here's your cake," Saito delivered a cake to Louise.

Louise was crossed "Where were you?" she asked, a hint of anger in her voice.

"It is none of your concern," Saito said blankly.

Before the conversation turned into a full-blown argument, a voice called out "You there!" It was Guiche, followed by a large group. "What do they have to say for yourself?"

Louise looked behind her "Who is he talking to?" Saito and Siesta also turned around, wondering what Louise was looking at.

"I'm talking to you; white hooded commoner!" Guiche pointed at Saito "You made two young ladies cry! What do you have to say for yourself?"

"If the need arises, I would kill their parents before their very eyes and still could care less." Saito said blankly, his bold statement startling everyone within earshot "Besides, I didn't make them cry, you did."

Everyone started to laugh, much to Guiche's embarrassment "Well then, for the honor of the two girls, I challenge you to a d- you're not paying attention, are you?"

Saito was not paying attention to Guiche at all, and was fixed onto a dining hall window.

"Pay attention commoner!" Guiche yelled, getting Saito's attention. "I challenge you to a duel,"

"No thanks, I'm good…" he said as got closer to the dining hall window. "I don't like listening to pathetic two timers like you."

"How dare you!" Guiche yelled "Stand and fight me!"

"No," Saito peered into the window and paled. Fortunately, everyone on the outside has yet to realize what was going on inside.

"Why not?" Guiche began losing his cool, his voice now akin to a whining child than a noble "Why won't you fight me?"

"One: it's funny seeing you whine like a baby. Two: Everyone's looking at you. Three: It's funny watching you get embarrassed." He said as he climbed to the top of the dining wall roof and jumped down the chimney.

Louise and Guiche walked over to the window "What is wrong with him?" Guiche asked as he and Louise walked over to the Dining Room window, wondering what he was looking at.

"If I knew what was wrong with him, I'd-" as Louise peered into the window, she paled at the scene just beyond the wall.

Inside the dining hall were people dressed in rugged naval uniforms bearing a strange insignia; were holding everyone –Student or servant- hostage.

Inside the dining hall

The terrorists started laughing, watching the hostages squirm in fear. "These brats are so easy to scare, huh boss?" a terrorist holding a flintlock pistol sneered.

The head terrorist, Menvil, sighed "Why did they send a triangle fire mage like me to do such an easy job?" he groaned. He had been hoping for a job that would allow him to massacre and spread fear into the populace. Capturing everyone within a Magic Academy's dining hall and using them as leverage is not what he had in mind. Oh well, at least it paid well.

The other terrorists, not noticing their leader's disappointment, shrugged as they continued scaring the hell out of the hostages.

Saito, who was hiding in the fireplace, analyzed each and every one of the terrorists 'There are about 15 or 16 of them, but they don't look very strong; these guys actually took everyone here hostage?' he wondered as he glanced at the head terrorist 'That guy looks like the leader, so he's my target.' He activated one of his hidden blades, the runes growing brightly. He quickly emerged from the fireplace and jumped onto one of the tables and started sprinting towards the boss. The other terrorists only watched as Saito pounced on the boss, hidden blade drawn.

*SHTLINK!*

Saito drove the hidden blade into the chest of the boss, and slowly put his body onto the ground.

"Why did you do what you did?" Saito asked the dying boss.

"Why should I tell you?" he said as he started to cough up blood.

"Because your god might forgive you if you do." He replied, halfheartedly appealing to the criminal's good will.

"Don't give me that crap, fine I'll tell you." The boss, aggravated at Saito's plea to his decayed conscience, muttered as he coughed up more blood. "W… we were trying to hold these brats for ransom, so the Capital would give us money to fuel the civil war in Albion." the boss started coughing out a lot of blood.

"Who do you serve?" Saito sternly asked.

"R… Re… con… quista…" the boss died in Saito's arms.

Saito stared at the corpse "Using hostages will get you no negotiation; only death." He closed the boss' eyes "Yasurakani nemure (Rest in peace)." He gently put the corpse on the ground.

The other bandits shake off the surprise and start to attack Saito. Saito quickly kicked up the cutlass that the boss dropped and twirled it intricately before calmly taking a combative stance.

"He killed the boss, get him!" at that moment about twelve bandits started to lunge at him with spears.

'Hmph, fools,' Saito thought as he held his ground.

He quickly took three kitchen knives and threw them at three of the terrorists. One hit right between the eyes, another directly in the heart and the last one impaled one of the terrorist's crotch.

"Son of a bitch! You prick! Ow, right in the balls! Aw, come on, you hit my friends in the head and in the heart but you couldn't of hit me in a place a bit more decent? You can kill me all you want but you do not screw with a man's manhood!" as he cursed in pain, Saito threw another knife at his head to shut him up.

The rest of the bandits drew out their swords slowly surrounded him. The bandits looked nervous.

"There's no way that he can kill all of us if we surround him." One said.

'Hmph, easy.' Saito smirked underneath his hood.

The first terrorist lunged at him with his sword. Saito smacked the sword out of his hands and then stabbed him in the heart with his own.

"Son of a bitch!" Another slashed at him. Before it could connect, Saito sidestepped and slashed his neck.

Meanwhile, directly outside the dining hall

The students watched Saito kill more and more of the terrorists from one of the windows.

"Holy shit…" One of the students covered her eyes, horrified at the bloodshed.

"Mommy..." Another student turned away with disgust.

"…" Tabitha put her book away and watched Saito with great interest.

Guiche stared at the slaughter from outside 'If he did accept my challenge…' he thought in horror what might have happened to him if Saito accepted the duel.

Louise looked on; trying very hard not to puke 'That is my familiar?' she winced as she saw Saito kill another terrorist that was behind him 'If a familiar reflects the master, what does that make me?'

Back with Saito

One by one, Saito continued killing the terrorists until there was only one remaining. The last terrorist aimed his flintlock at him "Don't come any closer!" The terrified terrorist warned hastily pulled the trigger.

*BANG!*

The bullet shot Saito in the shoulder, pushing him several inches back from the terrorist, but it otherwise did nothing to him. There was not even a bullet hole in his clothing.

The terrorist dropped the flintlock, shivering in fear "N… no way, that's not possible…"

'Gotta love Kevlar,' Saito thought as he charged at him, his sword ready.

The terrorist dropped to the ground "No, please don't kill-"

*SHTLINK!*

Saito drove his sword into the terrorist's heart, all the way to the hilt. Saito quickly pulled out the cutlass and closed the corpse's eyes "Yasurakani nemure (Rest in peace)."

Saito walked over to the hostages and cut them free before walking out the door.

As he walked outside, he walked over to Guiche, who was among the many students who watched the slaughter of the bandits. "Now, you were saying, two-timer? Do you still want to fight?" he said, the blood stained cutlass still in his right hand.

Guiche stepped back, a look of sheer terror on his face "N... no, I'm fine, actually," he turned to Katie and Montmorency, who also saw the slaughter "In fact, I was thinking of apologizing to the two girls, with you as the witness." He hastily got on the ground and started kneeling begging the two girls for forgiveness.

Saito smirked "That is the smartest decision you have made all day." He cleaned the cutlass with a rag he found on a nearby table before putting it on his belt. He slowly walked away, leaving everyone who was watching the slaughter in shock.

Kirche, who was among the students, asked Louise "Louise, did you summon the angel of death?"

"I don't know," Louise watched, but strengthened her resolve "But I'm going to find out."

In Old Osmond's office

Colbert and Old Osmond stared at the crystal ball, then at each other, then at the crystal ball again.

"W… what just happened?" Colbert stared at the crystal ball.

"Did the Gandalfr just kill all of those terrorists?" Old Osmond could not believe that such a young man was capable of killing, much less with nearly inhumane brutality.

'Anyways, we should report this; a Gandalfr in the modern world!" Colbert exclaimed.

"No, we shouldn't! After seeing all of that brutality, the court would just use him as an excuse to start wars!" Old Osmond yelled at him "Besides, we should tell them about the incident. Reconquista tried to take our students hostage. We should be happy that the young man took care of them before that group did something to our students!"

"But what do we tell the students' parents? They will surely tell their parents of their experience." Colbert had a look of sheer panic on his face.

"We don't need to tell them anything, they will not believe their own youth." Old Osmond looked at Colbert "What we must report to the court is the incident with Reconquista; but we should hide the Gandalfr's presence. We should say that the guard saved them."

"Agreed." The two looked out to the window, wondering what would happen next.

Later that day

"Excuse me, uh…" Louise tried to get Saito's attention.

"Saito," Saito was looking over his notebook, his eyes not diverting from it "My name is Saito,"

"Saito," Louise corrected herself "What exactly are you? I mean, what kind of person were you before I summoned you?"

Saito closed his notebook "Why exactly do you want to know?"

"I saw you kill all of those terrorists, you had more skill than the royal knights, "she walked closer to him"I'm going to ask you again, where did you come from?"

Saito thought about her question for a moment.

Flashback

"Of the three tenants of the creed, the third one is probably the most important of all," An assassin instructor told Saito "Never compromise the brotherhood. If you ever get captured, you must never do anything to endanger the lives or security of anyone in the brotherhood; do not reveal any of the order's secrets." The teacher turned back to Saito "However, if the need arises, you can recruit a person into the order, but you must ensure their loyalty and/or make sure they are the enemies of our enemies."

Flashback End

Saito glanced at Louise, his expression unreadable under his hood "Should I have any trust for you?"

"What?" Louise looked at him "What do you mean by that?"

"I don't know if I can trust you." Saito looked at her.

Louise looked at him with disappointment "What do you mean by that?"

"I mean that unless I can trust you, I won't tell you a thing, nor will I listen to you," and with that, he slowly fell asleep.

As Louise saw him fall asleep, she noticed his notebook in his pocket. She slowly reached for his notebook, but Saito's hand stopped her "Don't even think about it."

Inventory check:

Saito's journal: a notebook that contains every teaching and experience Saito ever had. Besides notes, it contains an Assassin history book, several books made by famous assassins, multiple blueprints as well as a diary section. In short, anything and everything that Saito has ever noticed or observed since obtaining this book is archived in here. It contains very valuable information, so Saito must make sure no one gets their hand on it. Very few people know of its actual contents besides Saito.

Weapons unlocked!

Albionese cutlass: a type of sabre-like sword used by the navy in Albion. Though usually used as a decoration, this sword is made for combat (or as a tool to cut rope and canvas, take your pick). This used to belong to a Reconquista mercenary, but Saito took it as a spoil of battle.

Attack: *

Speed: ***

Deflect: **

Kitchen knife: It's a formal cutlery knife. Due to being made to carve cooked meat instead of raw flesh, not to mention its poor ergonomics, these would normally make a poor throwing implement. The only reason it worked as well as it did was because Saito's proficiency with knives. It is too fragile for him to consider it as a permanent melee weapon. Not to mention that he might upset some of the staff, but that's another thing.

On hand: 0/5

A/N: well, this chapter is done, so please review! Also, be sure to check my profile for a poll that will decide what weapons Saito will obtain.