Familiar of Zero: Zero To Legend
Chapter 6: Taka, Tora, Batta! The Charming Fairy Awaits
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"Heh! Heh heh heh! Now this is living like a king!" A rather rich fat noble with a green and yellow suit and a red cape marveled as he looked at the wealth he had obtained.
"O-OOO…" an injured voice growled as an injured Chemy stepped forward.
This chimera-like creature resembled the Multi-King Rider OOO due to it's black metal covering, the scanner-like leg guards with a downwards arrow, a backset of grasshopper legs, a feline-esque set of front legs, and a pair of wings and bird head, all with the same color as the said TaToBa Form.
"Shut it, you lousy freak." The rich noble spat out, smacking it away as he grabbed a nearby turkey leg and tore a piece off to eat it himself, chuckling from the exciting power he now wields. "To think it would make my meal even tastier! I should've just done this from the start!"
"OOO…" the OOO Chemy muttered under his breath.
"Hah?! What was that?!" The noble stood up, gripping a nearby whip in hand as he marched over to the injured Chemy and slapped it with the whip a few times, clearly tormenting the creature for his amusement.
"OOO!" The chimera Chemy snarled back in defiance.
"You belong to me now! Don't you forget it!" The rich noble snapped at the chimera Chemy, "You will do as I say, or else!"
"O-OOO..." The Chemy lowered his head, as the whipping finally stopped, allowing the chimera Chemy to start licking its wounds.
"That's more like it." The noble laughed before eating his meal.
The OOO Chemy looked up and swore be would break free somehow, and obtain it's freedom. All he needs is someone to reach out to it.
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(SONG: Do or Die - NANO - Shadowverse F)
/PRELUDE/
The opening starts by shattering the current scene before creating a vortex that sucks Cody and the various Legend Ride Chemy Cards into it, before spitting them out into Tristain as the logo appears.
/GAME OVER no tai murimittomade
hitotsu, futatsu, kizan de iru/
It then jumps to Cody riding the Legend Chemy through the academy, passing by Louise who joins him while on the back of the Wizard Chemy. It then switches to Guiche as he tries to woo over some girls, but is stopped by Montemercy and the Gaim Chemy end up putting pay to that plan by smacking him. Cody and Louise soon pass by Siesta who's playing with the Blade Chemy.
/hora, naanaa ni shi te i ta unmei no tefuda ga
one by one ubawa reru/
Cody and Louise get off their respective mounts, only for Cody to get glomped by both Kirche and the Kiva Chemy showering him with kisses. Louise gets jealous and quickly lets out an explosion that leaves Cody covered in soot.
/me no mae de muzan ni kudake chitsu te i tara ito/
It then shows a shot of Colbert and Osmond talking to the OOO and Ryuki Chemies that showcases the various blank Chemy Cards on the desk and how to create more.
/The cards are in your hands
so play them right/
It then shows Cody looking around as the various Legend Ride Chemy Cards encircle him, the Legend Chemy, and Louise.
/kokoro no sukima ni nijimi watatsu te iku sha dou
shimensoka nigedase nai oh - oh/
Next it jumps to Henrietta sitting with her mother and father at the throne, until the Zi-O Chemy leaps into the air and lands on the princess' lap.
/kachinokoru tame ni kurikaeshi kuyan de mo/
It then shows the various Malgams rising from the ground while the flag of Hundread appears.
/tachiagaru do tsuyoku nare ba ii/
However the next shot then shows the Legend Rider Chemies appearing to stand their ground against Hundread alongside the other Familiars before Cody steps forward and pulls the levers of the LegenDriver.
/kuyashikerya DO OR DIE
in this game of life
kouryaku funou na jinsei no su tora te ji/
A bright flash soon briefly covers the screen as Legend charges into battle with Derflinger in hand, slashing at the Kuuga and Agito Malgams before firing several shots at the incoming Kiva, Gaim, and OOO Malgams.
/kowakerya SAY GOODBYE
to this fear inside
onore no shinjitsu dake wo tsuranui te/
Meanwhile, Louise is riding the Wizard Chemy and having the dragon Chemy fire off various elemental breaths before she uses her magic to quickly conjure up an Explosion spell to blow the Malgams away.
/Don't let nobody tell your story
kun ni shika katare nai beginning/
It then shows the Legend Chemy slowly getting up as a bright light shines while what looked to be the Legend Rider Chemies' creator was reaching out for him.
/Don't let nobody live your journey
kun nara tadori tsukeru ending/
When the Legend Chemy blinked, it instead sees Cody doing the same gesture with his friends and the other Legend Rider Chemies by his side. The Legend Chemy then smirks as it gets up before ending with a group shot of Cody holding Derflinger aloft, Louise, Legend Chemy, Wizard Chemy, Guiche, and the current Legend Rider Chemies the quintet have met until that point.
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"Ha ha! What did I tell you guys?" Cody cheered as the Legend Rider Chemies all cheered about their victory.
"So you beat a noble on your own… Just what does that even accomplish?" Louise questioned the young rider, shaking her head.
"I believe defeating my father in combat is quite the feat." Guiche pointed out.
Laying on the ground was an older man, while looking somewhat like Guiche, only with brown hair and a few extra gray spots. His personality was much more like that of a knight as he came earlier to Tristian Academy to challenge Cody to a duel.
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EARLIER…
Cody and Louise were happy to hear that they had won the Presentation Show when…
"MY LORD! MY LORD!"
The pair soon saw a terrified Guiche run towards him, fear in his eyes while his mole and Montmerency running behind him. The young Rider was about to comment on what was wrong when the young man ran past the two before stopping and bowed before the Legend Chemy.
"MY LORD, I HAVE TERRIBLE NEWS!" The scared young man panicked as he explained it to the four of them, "My father is coming to visit and he wishes to confront me about why I serve you, my lord."
"Why should we be worried?" Cody asked.
"It's because he's a decorated officer of the crown, having received praise for his military campaigns for the country." Montmerency explained.
"His reputation is also quite terrifying, as from what I heard, he's a hardened soldier who adheres to the law." Louise recalled.
"And because he heard that I was defeated by Sir Cody and my lord, he wishes to face you two for the shame of my defeat! W-We're gonna dieeee!" the flirt cried out before the Legend Chemy slapped him across the face with his paw.
"Legend. Legend, Legend." the Legend Chemy reassured him that he, Cody, and Derflinger will be fine, as they're a team that fight as one.
"Aw come on, he can't be that bad." the young Rider said.
Guiche shook his head, "No, he's worse. He's trained me through hell as punishment when I was young."
"And yet you're still a skirt-chaser?" Louise pointed out.
"Blame his mother, she's a seductress like that bat you have there." Montmorency bluntly grumbled.
"Alright, so where is he?" Cody asked, "I mean, he's likely one of those stuck-up, not as athletic…" The young Rider soon felt the color leave his skin, "He's standing behind me, is he?"
"Tsk, and to think this boy has such a mouth on him." a rather stern voice snarled.
Cody slowly turned around and found the elder Gramount standing there with his arms crossed. Guiche nearly felt his soul leave his body as he hid behind his girlfriend.
"F-F-F-FATHER! S-So please to meet you!" he yelped.
"So, these two are the ones who bested my son in a duel?" Guiche's father, the count of Gramont, observed, looking over the slightly intimidated Cody and the not-at-all impressed Legend Chemy.
"Legend?" the lion Chemy asked matter-of-frankly.
"What did he say?" the count of Gramount asked the young Rider.
"He asked if we could help you." Cody translated.
"I've come to repay you for the insult you delivered to our family name." he stated, "Especially after you forced my son to become a servant to this wretched monster after terrorizing him with your power."
The Legend Chemy snarled, but Cody held his partner back.
"That's my friend you're talking about." Cody stated.
"Really? You call that thing your friend? It's just a familiar like the rest, it has no will." the count scoffed.
"I'll show you the power of our bonds once we duel." Cody stated, "And besides, why should you care about what your son is doing? He's his own man." the young Rider stated, "Even if he's a bit of a skirt-chaser, I've seen him lighten up and actually act noble compared to guys like you. Sure, I may have gone a bit overboard when we did fight him, but he wasn't the only one acting out of line. "
"Cody…" Guiche felt touched.
Montmercy was surprised to hear Cody vouch for Guiche's lecherous behavior, but given the bond the two shared after their fight, she supposed it was warranted that the young Rider and the flirt would come to an understanding.
The count soon looked towards his son, then towards Cody, "Now then, meet me outside. We shall face this like men."
Cody nodded and walked out with him to the Vestia Court. Like with the last time, everyone was watching the pair prepare to fight. However, to the count's surprise, he saw many of the students cheering for the Legend Chemy. The lion Chemy nodded and accepted the praise.
As the pair took their places, the two stared each other down while Cody placed the LegenDriver onto his waist.
"Alright then. I'll fight you just like I did your son, with just my standard weapons and my sword." the young Rider stated, "Think you can take the three of us?"
"That is fine by me." he stated as he took out his wand, "Now then, the first to surrender or fall unconscious loses."
"Got it. Let's go, guys!" Cody called out to his two partners.
"Legend!/Alright!" The Legend Chemy and Derflinger declared before he quickly called the former to a card.
"What on Earth are you doing?" the count questioned him.
"You'll see…" Cody stated before taking his stance.
"Henshin!"
CHEMYRIDE: L-L-L-LEGEND!
As soon as the gates opened, the symbols of the previous Riders converged and transformed Cody into Legend. The count scoffed at this.
"I see, so that is your power?" he noted, "It is via using those cards"
"No, these cards aren't how I fight. It's through them that the Chemies and I can fight together. In that way…" Cody then took the stance of a familiar guardian of light, "My friends are my power!"
"Enough talk, have at the!" the count declared before the two quickly dashed forward and clashed blades.
However, Legend could feel the difference in skill between them as the count was able to knock the golden Rider away and quickly force him to go on the defensive with each strike. After punting the man away, Legend took out the Legend Ride Magnum and fired off several shots.
The count saw this and quickly used his magic to create a barrier to block the shots and then launch it right at the golden Rider. Legend acted fast and quickly slashed through the stone barrier like it was paper.
Afterwards, he quickly dashed forward and quickly clashed blades with one arm. The count seemed unimpressed.
"Is this all you got?" he asked me.
"No… this is."
At once, Legend used his free hand to quickly grab his arm before delivering a knee to the stomach before tossing him over his shoulder with a judo throw. He was able to land on his feet before he could hit the ground, and used the momentum to toss the golden Rider forward, forcing Legend to plant Derflinger in the ground to prevent himself from sliding any further.
"Ow…" Derflinger groaned.
"Sorry about that, bud." Legend apologized to the sword.
"It's fine, I've felt worse." he reassured him.
After standing up however, the count was impressed by the golden Rider's tactics.
"I see, so this is the power of the Kamen Rider." he chuckled, "Very well, if you're going to bring your best, then so shall I!"
Upon raising his sword wand into the air, the ground began to shake, leaving Guiche shivering in horror. Suddenly, parts of the ground began to erupt and mold itself into a large Roman centurion-shaped golem, with a spear that seemed to be made of shale alongside a granite shield.
"Oh no, his ultimate spell… the Earth Centurion!" he yelped.
"Looks like I'll have to take it up a notch." Legend noted before using the Legend Riser to summon the Ohger Calibur.
He then flicked the stag beetle horn three times to cause the energy of the sword to glow, while at the same time removing the Legend Ride Chemy Card and slotting it into Derflinger's card slot.
After taking a stance while the energy built up in both blades, Legend stared both the Earth Centurion and it's controller down in a Mexican stand-off. The count and the golden Rider waited for the other to make the next move whilst everyone was waiting with bated breath.
Then the three quickly dashed forward, with the Earth Centurion thrusting forward his shield in coordination with the count's forward sword swing, while Cody performed an x-shaped slash to unleash the combined energy of Legend and the monarchs of Chikkyu.
OHGER FINISH!
LEGEND STRASH!
Then, the three slid to a halt before Legend stood up and dismissed the Ohger Calibur while the Earth Centurion crumbled to dust after the count fell to the ground, unconscious yet still alive.
"I-I… must admit, boy. You and those creatures are much more formidable than you look…" The count of Gramont groaned, slowly bowing in defeat.
"Legend…" the Legend Chemy accepted the compliment, not feeling like it was a proper challenge as he sat by Guiche.
"Father… I know you are worried. But please, give me some credit." Guiche pleaded to his father with a bow, "I have not forsaken my right as a noble. I simply just found another avenue to express it! So please, go back home to mother. Tell her that I'm doing alright." He pleaded.
The count was silent at first, but soon nodded as he left.
"Gotta admit, Guiche. You stood up to your pops." Cody patted the fellow blonde's back, "I know it's tough being a noble and standing up to one of your own, but good on ya for finding that courage."
"Legend." The Legend Chemy agreed, praising him which touched the young man.
"Heh… guess I truly did have the courage after all. Thank you, Mi'lord, Cody." Guiche smiled, feeling a new vigor…. Only for his eyes to notice another female student as he rushed over to her, fawning over the girl.
"Ah! What beauty! Yes, even I, Guiche, know a true gem when I see it!" Guiche proclaimed as once again his desire took hold again.
The Legend Chemy merely counted down on his left paw before hearing the sound of Montmorency charging in.
"Guiche,, you idiot!" She cried out, slapping the flirt again.
XXX
Within the present, Cody and Louise were preparing themselves for their departure as Louise came to the young rider, as she had just finished a quick shower to fully prepare herself.
"So, the princess said that we got another task?" Cody asked Louise, ignoring the beating that Guiche was getting.
"Yes, it just arrived." Louise nodded, holding up the open letter, "It seems there's a case of a noble using his power to do as he pleases."
"Geez, you'd think you nobles have enough power as is?" Cody rolled his eyes, only to be slapped by the pinkette.
"Don't you start! You're not on Earth, remember?!" Louise scolded the boy.
"I kid, I kid." He shook off casually, "I guess we'll have to head to the palace to get more details." He noted while mounting the Legend Chemy.
"Always ready for a fight, aren't ya?" Louise sighed, shaking her head before getting on the Wizard Chemy's back, "I will never get how boys can be so hot-blooded."
"Genetic instinct." Cody stuck his tongue out, playfully at her.
The two then rode the Chemies into the palace, though many of the guards were surprised to see the pair arrive on the Chemies, not expecting a black and gold lion or a ruby gem-armored dragon be with the pink-haired mage and her Familiar.
"Halt!" Soon walking into view was what looked to be a young lady, her age close to Cody. She had cream-colored hair in a short bobcut with green eyes. She wore a green set of clothing with black shorts some armor on her limbs, and a white coat on top, alongside a sword and a pistol on her hips.
"E-Eh?!" The young Rider yelped while the Legend Chemy and Wizard Chemy stopped in their tracks.
"I don't know who you are, but if you're here to harm the princess…" The woman said before she pointed her pistol while many other females next to her aimed muskets at the two did the same, "I won't hesitate to open fire upon you…."
"Wizard?" The Wizard Chemy asked, worried about the situation.
"W-Wait! We got orders from the Princess to meet her here!" Louise said, soon fishing out the letter and handed it to the woman.
The young woman looked at the letter, including the stamp seal before she handed it back and raised her hand to signal the others to lower their weapons.
"My apologies. Please, follow me to meet with her." The woman said before taking the lead. With a heavy sigh of relief, the group did so, with Legend and Wizard Chemies returning to their cards.
"For a moment, I was worried she wouldn't listen…" Louise sighed out.
"Yeah…. Though… I like her feistiness." Cody said with a slight hum of interest in the woman.
"Legend?" The Legend Chemy asked Derflinger, wondering if the woman had charmed his partner.
"I think so. Kiddo must have been spellbound." Derflinger agreed, which made Cody look towards the sword and the lion Chemy with a blush.
"I-I have no idea what you're talking about!" Cody huffed, feeling embarrassed from this reveal.
"If you dare embarrass me in front of the Princess…" Louise growled, slowly gripping her wand.
"A man, I may be. But I'm not an idiot. I know how to behave." Cody declared before the two followed after the woman, soon arriving into the throne room as Princess Henreitta and the Zi-O Chemy were at.
"Zi-Zi-O!" The clock Chemy greeted the four.
"Louise, Cody. Welcome." She smiled sweetly at the group, "I do apologize if my friend caused any trouble?" She said, gesturing to the woman from before.
"My name is Agnes de Milan. I am the head of my Royal Musketeers, as well as the princess' personal knight." The woman introduced herself as she bowed before the quartet.
"Ah, no no. She was simply doing her job, your highness." Cody reassured her, trying to vouch that everyone was okay, earning a bit of a surprised look from the knight.
"Look at you defending her honor." the sword teased him.
While Agnes had a blush of surprise and looked away, Henreitta giggled softly before calming down to explain the situation.
"As my letter says, I asked you two to come here to discuss this important matter." The Princess informed, "We have had countless reports of a certain noble who is abusing his authority and power to do as he pleases…. But without proper evidence, we cannot make an arrest."
"Legend, Legend?" The Legend Chemy guessed, assuming that the princess wants them to go undercover.
"Correct. Its the only way for us to find evidence of any wrongdoings… As well as if another Chemy could be involved too." Henreitta revealed.
"W-What makes you think a noble would have that?" Louise questioned, flinching at this information.
The Princess gave a warm smile, "Because I already know about what happened with Viscount Mott and what he did. How else do you think there was no 'punishment' from that?"
"Zi-O, Zi-O?" The Zi-O Chemy agreed, stating that the misuse of his power got him sacked.
"Thank you for understanding that situation, Princess." Cody smiled, knowing that she helped them out.
"Given how much I now care for the Chemies, how could I not support it?" Henreitta smiled, petting the Zi-O Chemy's head caringly.
"I guess so." Cody agreed.
"I'll give you both money and the declaration notice to use for your case. But please try to keep in mind that you have to be in disguise. If any word of this got out, he could not only escape but use it as a means to ruin my words." The princess warned the two.
"We won't let you down!" The pair declared alongside the Chemies.
"I know you won't." The princess smiled as the pair soon were given the items and made their way off.
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"Are you sure these are commoner clothes?" Cody asked.
"What are you talking about? Of course they are!" Louise huffed. Even though with her, the pink-haired mage wore a nice shirt and pink skirt, Cody was only covered by rags and a hat.
"Louise… I know you're a girl and such. But what is this on me?! You've seen what I wear! It's more casual and 'common' than you think!" Cody cried out, tossing the rags and hat on the ground, as he was freed from the odd choices, "If anything I feel like the middle class."
"Well sorry that my choice didn't work out for you." Louise huffed.
"Wizard?" Cody asked the Wizard Chemy.
The jewel dragon nodded as with a puff of fire expelling from the card, the two were bathed in it for a moment only for their clothes to look a bit ragged, torn, and covered with some 'dirt'.
"There, now we look like we fit in." Cody noted, patting down his shirt.
"I look like I crawled out of a dumpster!" Louise spat out.
"It's called being poor."
"Ugh… I hate this… Can't we just survey from a nice noble owned hotel?" Louise groaned out.
"That's not what 'being undercover' means, Louise. We have to act and play the full part. You don't wanna disappoint the princess now, do we?" Cody poked her forehead.
"Yeah…" Louise noted before the two soon looked at a casino.
"Louise? Nooo!" The young Rider yelped as he saw the look in her eyes.
"Come on! If we just go in, we can earn more money than before!" she said, "Come on, how bad could it possibly be?"
XXX
TWO HOURS LATER…
"I shouldn't have let you talked me into it…" Cody groaned out.
"All gone…. It's all gone…" Louise got out, as the two were now outside near the fountain, all without money.
"Now what are we going to do? We have no means to sleep or eat! We don't even know how long this stakeout will last!"
He then lowered his head in shame, as did Louise. It was then that a young woman approached the two.
"Hmm, well don't you two seem down in the dumps?" The woman spoke up, earning their attention.
"My sister here just wasted all our money on gambling…"
"Rub it in, why don't you?"
"I would… If we could afford it!" Cody yelled, "Ugh, so now we're homeless."
The woman chuckled from the two sibling antics, "Well… I can't simply turn away from this now, can I?" She noted before taking their hands, "I can give you two a place to stay, but you'll have to work for it after all!"
"Please do! My sister needs to learn some good work ethics!" The young Rider pleaded.
"Work ethics?!" Louise snapped, yet Cody had to shut her up, by holding her mouth closed.
"Yes, yes… She's so terrible at it. I mean, the moment we finally did get money, she blew all of it away! Please help us, miss." Cody pleaded with a bow, knowing this could be a chance to get them someplace safe. Though the biting of Louise didn't help but he had to remain strong, "You got us into this mess, I'm getting us out of it." He whispered into his master's ear.
"Well, then please follow me you two." The woman smiled as she began to lead them to the place. It took some time until they reached a place that had the title 'Charming Fairy Inn' on it.
"This is the place? A cafe?" Cody questioned her as it was a surprise to see one here, "Still, it's cute at least."
"My father made it. We also house our staff here." The woman said before smiling at them, "My name is Jessica, pleased to meet you two."
"Cody. And this is my sister, Louise." He introduced, bowing his head at the kind woman, "Though where is your dad or the other staffers?"
"Dad is out at the moment to grab some supplies for today. And the others are resting in their rooms." Jessica informed the pair. "I'll show you two where you can stay." She said before arriving at the room door.
When they looked in, the pair were surprised to see a quaint room for two. Though Louise groaned as she swiftly fell onto the bed, hugging and screaming into the pillow.
"This is the worst!"
Cody could only sigh and shake his head, "I warned ya to not waste it on gambling. This is all on you." The Rider shrugged.
"Yet you also didn't stop gambling?" She snarled.
Cody remained silent as he coughed to clear the air, "Regardless. We now have to stay here. Hopefully by working in this place, we can get information about our target since this is the town he overlooks." He then showed the deck of Chemy cards, "Besides, not like we still got some help."
Louise could only sigh heavily, "I suppose you're right… Besides… how hard can this even be?" The pinkette noted, only earning a shiver of fear and foreboding from Cody, feeling the same sense of deja vu wash over him.
XXX
The next day soon arrived as Cody and Louise soon walked down, ready for their first day on the job. It was also a chance to meet Jessica's father and the rest of the staff at the cafe.
"I wonder what her dad's like?" the young Rider pondered.
"Bonjour~!" Walking into view was a man that was fairly different from what the two imagined.
While he was muscular indeed, enough to make Cody feel a bit inadequate with his own average physique, his attire consisted of a shrunken open vest with a flower in the pocket, black 'shorts' and boots. But what made things stand out was that his lips were nearly overly inflated with pink lipstick, and even masquerade around his eyes.
"HOLY-" Cody yelped in fear before he slapped his palm to his mouth to shut himself up.
"Welcome to the Charming Fairy Inn! So you two are the ones my daughter talked about? My name is Scarron!"
"W-Well, yeah." Louise hesitantly confirmed.
"Ahh~ The moment I heard about what my daughter told me, I just knew you two were in need!" He cried out, soon pulling the two into a vice grip of a hug, making the two almost feel like the air in their lungs were squeezed out like a squeaky toy.
"Stop! Can't breathe!" the young Rider panicked.
"Well, you two can stay here as long as you want. Just like my little fairies!" Scarron said before clapping his hands together as a row of many young ladies of all types came out with the maid outfits. "Now how do we greet our new friends, my fairies?"
Soon, Cody and Louise were surprised at the amount of young girls that rested within the inn as they all greeted the two with smiles.
"Welcome to the Charming Fairy, master!" they greeted the pair.
Cody… felt his jaw hit the floor in shock.
"Oi oi! Don't leave your mouth wide open! You'll attract flies!" Scarron said before addressing the fairies, "Now then, good news to all fairies! We have someone new joining us." the burly man said before turning towards Louise, "Louise is a poor little girl who ran away with her older brother after an abusive parent took out their frustration with them!"
The girls were left sad about the pair's plight, but Cody decided to rib her a bit more.
"Doesn't help that she inherited our old man's gambling habit." he joked, only for his foot to get stamped on by the irate pinkette.
"AS IF YOU'RE ANY BETTER!" she snarled.
"S-She also has his temper too!" Cody winced from the hit.
"Welp new guy, you're gonna have to work with me in the kitchen." Jessica said.
"At least I won't be alone." Cody smiled, earning another hit from Louise as he yelped in pain. "What was that for?!"
"For being a perverted dog!"
"Hey, it's not like I'll be staring! I'll be distracted by work anyways." he said.
"Now, now. Let's save the chit-chat for later!" Scarron stated.
"Yes sir…" the two sighed.
"Non, non! It's 'Miss Mademoiselle!'" Scarron corrected.
The pair were confused but shook their heads, "Yes, Miss Mademoiselle…"
"Tre bien!"
XXX
LATER…
"H-Hey! Where do you think you're touching!" Louise snarled.
"Okay, that's one order done! Time for the next!" Cody yelped as he scrambled around the kitchen.
As the day came for them to work, Louise was put in a white maid outfit, and not the usual one as it was the type from places like Japan or other countries capitalizing on the idea. Though this didn't make things easier for her as so many tried to feel up the young mage causing her to snap at them or her clumsiness making accidents happen.
Cody on the other hand was helping in the back with preparing food for orders or cleaning up upon dishes being returned. Luckily for him, he was used to this work due to having small jobs in the same field when he was a bit younger and in school, so for him this was easy pickings compared to what he learned from before. What he wasn't used to was completing orders in a much more hectic environment.
'Man, this is a mess!' He thought. 'I thought this would be easier since this world isn't like Earth, but its even worse than that! Just who brought up my worst nightmares?!' The Rider cried out in his thoughts comically.
"Hey, we got another order here!" Louise yelled.
"Hai, hai! Will get that done!" Cody responded as he knew when to get the dish ready thanks to Louise taking 'some' notes about the customer when they're behaving.
XXX
"Ugh, so that was what working for McDonalds feels like?" Cody groaned as the pair were sprawled out on the floor or on the bed.
"I don't know what that is… but I agree with you…" Louise groaned while petting the Wizard Chemy, "I've never felt so humiliated."
"W-Welcome… to the life of a commoner, Louise… If you hated it? Imagine how we feel…" Cody grumbled, "This is what we go through everyday… just to get by…"
"I… truly never knew… it was this tough…" Louise admitted, showing she was understanding the meaning of being humble.
"Still, two weeks and yet no Chemy sighting." Cody grumbled.
"Maybe the one we're trying to find isn't here? What will we do if he doesn't show? I don't want to be here forever!" Louise whined.
"Who knows at this point…" Cody groaned as he looked at the Ride Chemy Cards where all of the Chemies were sleeping in, "And so far the others haven't found anything."
"This stinks…." Louise pouted, hugging the Wizard Chemy for comfort.
"It's part of the job we were given… we can only hope our luck gets better soon." Cody said, patting the pinkette's head.
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Meanwhile that night, the OOO Chemy was trying to find a way out of the noble's house. It had found a weak spot of the guards and quickly tried to fly it's way to freedom.
"You lousy beast!" A whip came out, striking the wings of the chimera Chemy, causing it to drop to the ground. The noble chuckling as it approached the Chemy, "Trying to leave? I'll show you what happens when you defy me!"
"OOO!" the OOO Chemy snapped back as it got back to it's feet.
"Oh you're going to regret saying that to me!" The noble growled, smacking the Chemy with his whip to once again torment and hurt the Chemy.
"OOO!" the OOO Chemy snarled before trying to leap at the noble to attack him, only to be smacked aside.
As the chimera Chemy tried to get back on his feet, the noble stamped down on the creature's body, causing it to wail in pain.
"Since you continue to be such a pain… I'll make sure you regret your own life for disobeying me." The noble stated, pulling out his wand as a blast of electricity struck the Chemy.
"O-OOO…" the OOO Chemy snarled defiantly at the noble, who scoffed at the creature's defiance.
Angered, he grabbed the creature by the throat and lifted it into the air. The chimera Chemy tried it's best to struggle free.
"Don't you get it, you beast. The only thing that's preventing me from killing you is the power you have." the noble stated, "If you didn't have that, then I would have slain you on our first encounter. So be grateful that you're still useful to me, got it?"
"O-OOO…." The Chemy said weakly from the abuse.
"Good." the noble stated before dropping the OOO Chemy, "Now then, you will assist me in tomorrow's affair. It's time we visit that blasted man's cafe."
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As night grew around in the cafe the next day, Cody was safely cleaning things up with Jessica as the pair were chatting a bit, with the young Rider learning more about her and Jessica learning more about him.
"Oh wow! Seems you two truly went around the lands for a while." Jessica said with surprise as Cody told her some of the things on their 'travels' albeit vaguely as he couldn't say any of the real stuff until the job was done.
"Yeah… but there is some brightside to this… I recently met a girl who's caught my eye…" Cody said, as he shyly smiled, "I don't know why she draws me in. But, I'm hoping I can meet with her more and get to know her even more too. Maybe even see her smile for once." he said, "Still, I didn't think you guys had this inn for generations."
"Heh, it's just something our great grandfather did. Unsure what it was, as dad couldn't tell much about him. I mean, makes sense when you think about it. Who just falls from the sky?" Jessica snickered.
'I can think of several…' Cody thought, his mind thinking back to the Legend Rider Chemies that he's met.
"Still, I think you two are doing good. Sure there's some rough edges for you both, but who doesn't have it?" Jessica shrugged, "As long as you two have each other, I'm sure you'll make it through. Plus, this can always be another home for you two if you ever need it."
The young Rider couldn't help but smile, "Thanks." he said before looking towards Louise, who was dealing with yet another customer, "You know, for all the yelling and beatings that she has done, I'm sort of glad that Louise and I are close knit."
"Isn't that what's family for?" Jessica smiled, softly elbowing his side.
"Yeah, we may fight, but in the end we can come together when the time calls for it." Cody agreed.
"O-OOO…"
The young Rider and the pink-haired mage's ears perked up. They didn't just hear what they thought they just heard, right?
Unfortunately, the rich noble had arrived, flanked by several of his men, and to the pair's shock a battered OOO Chemy by his side.
"My, my, if it isn't Lord Chelene! It is nice of you to come all the way out here with your little friend." Scarron greeted.
"It looks like you have been quite prosperous." the noble observed, "I thought that this place would be nearly empty by now…" He said, glaring at the other customers.
"Oh no, today is just a coincidence." Scarron reassured him, although the fear in the muscular man's voice was clear.
With a glance at the guards, they nodded as they soon forced every customer out of the inn before taking his own seat.
"Well then, it's a good thing that I've come here today as a customer!" he laughed while the OOO Chemy begrudgingly sat by his side.
Cody could feel his blood begin to boil from the sight of the chimera Chemy's scars. It eyes while showing some fight, another part of it showed it was almost broken.
"Now then, is there no one to serve the crown's levy collector?!" he demanded.
"Coming~" Walking in with a glass of wine was none other than Louise, making Cody flinch as he worried she might respond poorly to this.
"Oh ho~! Now this is a sight!" he lecherously chuckled, "Now then, my pet. If you may?" Chelene motioned towards the OOO Chemy. When the chimera Chemy refused to listen, the noble clicked his tongue, "Ahem, that wasn't a suggestion." he snarled.
"OOO…" The Chemy looked away from the noble, earning a kick to its head. Shaking off the blow, the OOO Chemy reluctantly grumbled and let out a screech, causing the arrow to turn upwards and cause an aura to appear around the inn.
"Ghe! What… was that?" Cody asked, confused as he soon noticed the maid girls soon gathering around the noble, bowing to him as it surprised the Rider.
"We will serve you… Our master…" The girls said in unison.
"What the?! Hell no!" Cody roared before quickly taking out the Legend Riser and quickly slotting in the Kiva Chemy, "Help us out, Kiva!"
LEGEND CHEMY RISE: KIVA!
"Kiva!" The bat Chemy nodded, upset at the sight as well. She knew what it was like to be turned into a noble's pet, so she didn't want the OOO Chemy to experience such a horrible fate. As she flew into view, she glared at the noble who was surprised to see another Chemy.
"What the?!" He gasped.
The Kiva Chemy then took a deep breath before letting out an ear-shattering streak that quickly caused all of the girls to immediately break out of the spell to cover their ears from the noise, Louise included. The OOO Chemy even hunkered down and covered his own ears as well.
"W-What in the?" The noble gasped.
Louise quickly shook out of it and quickly bashed the noble over the head with the wine bottle before Cody tossed her the Legend Riser.
"Lock him down, Wizard!" she declared as she loaded the card in and pressed the button.
LEGEND CHEMY RISE: WIZARD!
"Wi… Wizard!" the jem dragon Chemy affirmed before creating three binding rings of light to hold the man down.
"Gah! Guards, attack these beasts!" Chelene ordered his guards, who quickly stood up and readied their weapons.
"Nobleman Chelene, you're under arrest!" she shouted as she revealed the letter from the palace.
"You're from the Palace?!" He gawked.
"Not just that! Come on out, my friends! Calling all Chemies!" Cody shouted as he summoned the rest of the Legend Rider Chemies to his side, each one causing the guards to step back in fear from the sudden appearance of the creatures. With his friends by his side, Cody quickly took out his Legend Ride Magnum while the Wizard Chemy created a Connect portal to allow the young Rider to grab Derflinger.
"By order of the Princess, you will lay down your wand and surrender for not just corruption and abuse of power, but also an abuse of a Chemy." Louise added as she too held her wand out.
"O-OOO…. OOO!" The Chimera Chemy cried out, almost feeling relief to see his family again.
"Legend!" the Legend Chemy said, reassuring him that they're here to save him.
Yet the noble soon gripped the OOO Chemy by its neck and pulled the poor creature back to him.
"Oh no, I'm not letting you escape me!" Chelene snarled, "If I'm going to die, then you'll die with me!"
All of a sudden, a dark aura quickly engulfed the two and transformed the man into a Malgam with a set of claws, the OOO Chemy strapped onto his back with it's bird head sticking out as a shoulder pad, and one of it's claws stretched out to form the 'face' of the kaijin.
"Hahahaha! I'll devour your desire and make you serve me! This is my right as a noble and one with power!" The OOO Malgam cackled out.
Cody frowned with disgust as he stepped forward with the LegenDriver in hand. "As if I'll let you do as you please… Ikuze! Legend, Derflinger!" The rider called out to the Lion Chemy.
"Legend!/Alright!" the two cheered as the former quickly returned to his card.
The young Rider then slapped the LegenDriver onto his waist, afterwards inserting the card and opening the gates.
"Henshin!"
CHEMYRIDE: L-L-L-LEGEND!
As he transformed into the golden Rider, the Kiva Chemy chirped in by her side.
"Ki ki!" the bat Chemy asked, wanting the trio to use her power.
"Eh? You sure?" he asked the Kiva Chemy, but then he saw how serious she was and nodded, "Alright, let's break the chains that bind us!" the golden Rider declared.
"Kiva~!" the Kiva Chemy agreed as he quickly slotted the Kiva Ride Chemy Card into the driver.
CHEMYRIDE: G-G-G-GORGEOUS KIVA!
Soon, a sheet of quick silver metal covered his body before shattering away like glass and chains as standing there now was the armor of Kiva, a bat motif rider with blood red and metal gray armor with a bat-shaped head with yellow 'eyes' and a chained leg. Of course the Gorgeous Should/Hip Strap added on top of the armor as the Rider held Derflinger in hand.
'Ahh… Kiva! My first series…. How nostalgic.' The young rider thought with delight.
"Tsk, so you're the Kamen Rider that everyone's been talking about? I must say, I'm not impressed." the OOO Malgam stated.
"Well just wait, because you're about to get what you deserve. Just be hopeful that it isn't an execution of your smelly hide." L-Kiva waved off as if a stench was around them.
Enraged by this, the OOO Malgam quickly tried to slash at the golden Rider, but he was able to weave through his attacks before delivering a powerful kick to the stomach that knocked the monster to the outside.
"You maybe a noble with 'magical power' but you can't fight for crap. You just make those who have never seen such a sight scared and then remove them from the picture… Am I wrong?" L-Kiva pointed out as he walked out of the inn, knowing that this is the most 'physical' activity the noble has done.
The OOO Malgam stepped back in fear, how could he find out?
"Heh, seems like I hit the nail on the head." L-Kiva chuckled, "Well, doesn't matter. Because against us? You're outclassed."
L-Kiva soon took the initiative as he struck the Maglam again, kicking it into the fountain before quickly closing and reopening the gates.
GORGEOUS ATTACKRIDE: K-K-KIVA!
As the fog rolled in, the night sky once more turned blood red as the moon's glow changed to a bright yellow. He then lifted his leg up to unfurl the crimson wings and leap up and Rider Kick the OOO Malgam causing the Kiva symbol with a crown around it to form from the impact, defeating the beast as the noble dropped to the ground, unconscious.
"OOO!" the OOO Chemy yelped as he was flung towards the golden Rider by the explosion, only to end up in the card.
"Gotcha! You're safe now, OOO." Cody said.
"O-OOO! O-OOO!" It wept with relief and sadness due to what happened, knowing that it'll be comforted later on.
Though as Cody stood there, petting the card, the noble regained his consciousness slowly standing up as he was ready to point his wand at the distracted young man, only for a second wine bottle to come down, smashing against his head and returning the noble into an unconscious state, making Cody turn to see Louise holding up the shattered bottle tip with a huff.
"Miss Mademoiselle? I think this might be a cheap brand. You should find something better." Louise called out to Scarron, handing the broken bottle back to the muscley man.
"O-Oui…" He nodded, as he and the other girls were all still in shock from the incident.
The other Legend Rider Chemies soon saw as Cody summoned the OOO Chemy to his side, allowing the chimera Chemy to reunite with his family.
"My my, the poor thing…" Jessica noted, seeing how hurt the chimera Chemy was, but also how happy he was to be free.
"Oui… looks like it has found something to call home." Scarron nodded with a smile.
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"Sorry for lying to you all. But we had to keep up our appearances just in case there were any spies around to warn him of what we had planned." Cody apologized to Jessica, Scarron and the others as he and Louise bowed to apologize.
"Legend…/Wizard…" the Legend and Wizard Chemies agreed as they also bowed in apology for fooling them.
"Hey, you just saved our town from that jerk. I say it's all good." Jessica waved off. "Plus it wasn't hard to see through your lies in my honest opinion."
"Oui! Louise's pride clearly showed she was a noble, while your casual demeanor was more close to us. It was easy to tell you two were doing something but clearly needed to be quiet." Scarron nodded.
"That, and it wasn't hard to ignore the sounds of the Chemies as they entered and exited your room." Jessica added.
"Well, at least it didn't cause too much trouble for your jobs, I hope?" Cody chuckled softly while Louise did feel bad that her pride made blending in hard.
"Sorry…" Louise apologized.
"Don't be, Louise. In the end, we still got the job done and rescued another one of Legend's friends. I'm sure the princess will be happy to hear it." The Roder reassured the mage.
"I guess so…" she agreed as the pair began to ride back to the Academy.
As they left however, a mysterious figure watched the pair move past them. He then took out a walkie-talkie.
"Sir, we've found them. Her creations are in this world."
["Good, keep a close eye on them… After all, we are Hundread… And for we are many."]
The figure nodded before vanishing into the night, ready for his next set of orders.
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A/N:
Striberx: And another Legend Chap done! Hope you all liked this one and the changes we added? More specifically an early look with Agnes to start some connection! Given how while she does debut during S2, given how much they later talked about how close she was to Henreitta, it made sense to show her earlier than expected.
HackerEX: Plus, we get two Legend fights, one where he fights Guiche's dad since we sort of cut that from last chapter, and again to the OOO Malgam.
Striberx: To which a big thanks to KamenRiderDuelist for the creation idea of his old work of Familiar of Zero story.
HackerEX: You can sort of check out at least the original Wizard of Zero via StarlightAT's re-upload, but for now let's focus on our newly introduced Chemy since well, we didn't exactly fully show off what his power is.
Striberx: Mhm, first being OOO. Since OOO is fully based on desire, it made sense that his Chemy powers would influence that of desire itself. Allowing the user to control people's desires in return either be improving what they may hide, or control them via the user themselves.
HackerEX: It's the reason why his arrows turn from down to up, to serve as a visual indicator of when his power is active.
Striberx: Next is Kiva! Who while can use glass shards for attacks, can also use its power to screech and "shatter" certain things. Something to take from her being a bat after all. And its usually stuff like illusions, charms, and any certain ailments like poison and such. Like shattering glass to reveal the proper state of a person. Of course it does have limits as we'll find out next chapter.
HackerEX: But yeah, Hundread has found them, and it's gonna be one hell of an encounter. We also hint ated who created the Legend Rider Chemies since to he clear, these Chemies are not connected to the original 101 created for Gotchard.
Striberx: And with those of KR knowledge, you might have a guess to who it is. But for the rest, we'll save that for another time. Until then, later minna!