"THE UNLUCKY #13"

Louise had become upset after the Springtime Summoning Ritual. When it finally came to her turn she had performed the ritual correctly. However, what she got instead of the beautiful, majestic and powerful Familiar she had expected, she ended up with a commoner. Oh, he wasn't too bad to look at with his handsome features and dark blue hair which was parted in the centre but still he was just a commoner, dressed in black. However, it was his behavior which had unnerved her slightly. It wasn't that he was disobedient. Oh no, on the contrary he had followed her orders to the letter, never complaining or questioning. The problem was that he didn't seem to show any emotion. His face was always blank of any expression save for constant neutral state and whenever he spoke it was in a leveled monotone which betrayed no emotion. Even his eyes didn't show emotion. It was all just too unnerving for her.

She would've expected some protests during breakfast when she had him served only water and bread, and made him sit in the floor, but he didn't even react to that and simply ate. Of course at some point he had requested to explore the castle and the surrounding area. Considering he had done everything she had asked, she didn't think it was too big a request to allow him to be more familiar with the place he had been summoned to.

Her Familiar, whom had introduced himself simply as Kuro Juusan (an odd name in her opinion) had arrived clad in a black coat, with matching pants, boots and gloves. Etched on his back was a gold bird in flight and on his coat's collar was XIII in blood red.

Now, something had happened. She had heard that her Familiar had been challenged to a duel by Guiche and he had accepted. Oh, now the Familiar was overstepping his place and so she decided to tell him to stop this nonsense. She had told him to not fight Guiche, a simple order, and he said that he would not fight Guiche. However, he still did not back down from the duel. He only said he would not fight back.

Then Guiche had summoned a Bronze Valkyrie golem and ordered the feminine looking construct to strike at Kuro. The punch slammed into his face and sent him tumbling, causing the maid to shriek out and Louise to cry out in horror. When Kuro rolled to a stop, Guiche had claimed the duel was over…until Kuro got back up. Instantly, Guiche commanded his Bronze Valkyrie to assault Kuro again. Kuro received a blow to his stomach that would've caused any normal man to double over, and yet he still remained standing. Another blow to the face caused him to stumble but despite the force behind the punch he had not fallen. Guiche commanded his Bronze Valkyrie to attack, again and again, with enough force to break bone.

And yet, despite all the punishment, Louise's Familiar could still stand. Even if he was knocked off his feet and sent crashing to the grassy floor he still got back up, with no apparent evidence of injury on him. He didn't even receive any bruising and he stood straight, advancing without even a limp.

Guiche was starting to sweat nervously. His Bronze Valkyrie should've fell the commoner with just one blow and yet after receiving several painful blows he could still stand. It was his eyes that Guiche noticed. They showed no emotion. Guiche, desperate, commanded his Bronze Golem to finish Kuro off and it dashed towards the black-clad Familiar loyally, spear pointed at his heart. It was at this moment that Louise gave the command, "KURO! FIGHT BACK!"

All of a sudden, red beams of light riddled the bronze golem with holes and it soon collapsed in a heap. Kuro stood over the scrap metal which had been a suit of animated armor with the fingertips of his right hand glowing slightly and smoking.

"What…what…what are you?" Guiche trembled. Instantly, Kuro looked up at Guiche and in his desperation he started to wave his wand.

CRACK!

"ARGH!" Guiche screamed as his wrist was broken and he saw that a black-clad hand was wrapped around his now broken wrist, applying pressure. Looking up, he stared into the dark orbs of the Familiar's eyes. How had he crossed the distance so quickly? It just didn't make sense! Louise had summoned a commoner! It was impossible!

Guiche's wand had fallen from his grip and the Familiar released Guiche before grabbing his hair. Guiche screamed as he was hauled up as he tried to pry the Familiar's hand off his brilliant golden hair. He then put Guiche down but he kept his grip before dragging him over towards Siesta. Students parted, giving him a clear path towards the maid before tossing Guiche to her feet.

"Apologize," commanded Kuro at Guiche. Earlier, Siesta had found a bottle of perfume and then of course Montmorency claimed it was something she had given to Guiche. However, it was then that a first year named Katie claimed that Guiche had given her the perfume. Kuro had confirmed since he had observed them earlier and then Guiche had issued the challenge, expecting to wind.

Despite a broken wrist, Guiche had his pride and he refused. "No-ARGH!" He screamed as Kuro's foot pressed down on the hand connected to his broken wrist.

"Apologize," Kuro repeated, grinding his foot into the back of Guiche's injured hand, aggravating his injury further.

"I'm…I'm…" Guiche began. "I'm sorry."

"Now kiss her feet," added Kuro.

"WHAT!-?" Guiche demanded but then Kuro's eyes bore into his and he trembled. "Alright! Alright!"

"Familiar, stop," Louise ordered.

"As you wish," Kuro obeyed, taking his foot off Guiche's hand. "You should have that wrist treated as soon as possible. It might get worse," he advised.

"Why did you choose that sword?" Louise asked Kuro as they walked through town with Derflinger, their purchase from a shop that sold swords. The shopkeeper had tried to swindle them but Kuro had noted that the sword he'd tried to sell them was inappropriate for battle. Instead, Kuro had chosen a rusty and sentient sword instead, which had not burnt a hole into her wallet.

"It was unique," he answered simply.

"Hey, Partner has a good eye for quality!" Derflinger spoke.

Foquet had attacked the school, attempting to steal something. However, Louise's Familiar had reacted instantly and had fought against the golem. The golem had brought a fist down to crush him but he had caught the fist with his bare hand and stopped it without difficulty or effort, and not showing signs of exertion. She doubted he would. He had never displayed any emotion since his summoning but to see him hold off a golem without any sort of enchantment or weapon clearly made her wonder what she had summoned.

The Reconquista forces were inbound and hovering over Tarbes. They were going to attack Tristain and even with Henrietta leading the army, they would not stand much of a chance against the enemy forces. Having a real advantage would be too much of an asset for the Reconquista and would let them all but dominate the battle. It was going to become a one-sided slaughter.

However, Louise's Familiar had other ideas. Again he revealed another ability of his as he actually flew into the air with flames shooting out of his feet and wings made of energy manifesting upon his back. The Dragon Knights had tried to take him down. Wardes, whom Kuro had killed after the traitor had murdered Wales, would not be leading the Dragon Knights. That in itself was an advantage since his tactical military mind who knew much about the battle patterns of the Griffon Knights would not be able to be used for the enemy.

The dragons tried to shoot him down with flames but he was faster as he gunned them down with his finger guns, the lasers piercing through their scaly hides. The Dragon Knights of Albion were hailed as some of the greatest knights in the continent, but they were being cut down like flies by Kuro's power. His eyes glowed as well and he fired lethal energy beams from them which took down more of the Dragon Knights. The ships, however, were reinforced with magic and would require a lot of power to take down.

Power that Kuro had access to.

He floated backwards, his two wings splitting apart to become twelve smaller wings, with the thirteenth wing extending from his spine. Particles seemed to be absorbed into the energy wings as he pointed his fingers forward. A ball of red light began to appear between his hands. The enemy forces prepare to fire on him but yet again they did not realize that this one being before them was something they couldn't match in a million years.

"Lucifer Cannon."

The sky was bathed in crimson light as Louise's Familiar unleashed a burst of energy from his hands. Not only that, beams of light lanced out from his wings in all directions, taking down the remaining Dragon Knights and the rest of the fleet.

The soldiers for Tristain couldn't help but gape at what was once considered a nigh unstoppable force being cut down by just a single man. The Dragon Knights were cut down, the warship now not much more than splinters and wreckage, the invasion force had been decimated. Tarbes was now free from Reconquista's assault and it was all thanks to Louise's Familiar.

Louise was of two minds as she viewed the carnage. On one hand, she was proud that her Familiar, HER Familiar, had managed to turn the tide against the invasion force and destroy them, sending a message against further attempts against the country she loved. On the other hand, seeing how much power her Familiar wielded terrified her and made her fear what would happen should he turn that incredible might against them.

As if he wasn't scary enough already.

KR CHROME: A what-if Familiar of Zero story with Kuro Juusan as the summoned Familiar. It's not much, just a short little oneshot to be used for any aspiring writer to write a full story. Simple some of the basics. Hope you like this, guys. It's a gift to you all for supporting Familiar of ZerOOO.

Anyway, there's a reason I may not be able to continue this. Well, there is the fact that Kuro has the emotions and personality of a rock. He is just a living weapon, lacking free will and emotions (mostly). Then there's the harem and romance elements of FoZ which may not be accomplished since he is, as I've referred before, emotionless. He understands loyalty and camaraderie though which are both good qualities so you'll know he can be trusted. He can also be offended if anyone tries to harm Louise due to him being loyal to her. Now, this idea's future is quite ambiguous so I'll leave it to your imagination.

Now, if you wanna pick up this story, be my guess. I'm just the idea maker. You guys can develop it further.