I don't own the Familiar of Zero just the story All character originate from the author. and the Only things I own are the OCs, abilities, and paths of this fanfiction. Some element might be inspired by video games like Dragon Age or Warframe.
Prologue
Saito woke up and the first thing he felt was a sharp migraine. Trying to keep his head from splitting, he takes several deep breaths and barely managed to
get himself out of bed. With some difficulty, he walks slowly to the bathroom and after showering looks at himself in the mirror and was shocked at his face or
more specifically his eyes.
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"Just what happened last night?", he muttered, looking into his eyes. On mirror was a face that was a common if not slightly attractive face, with raven hair
wet from the shower, Something he inherited from his father. But where his mother's blue eyes should be something different.
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No, his eyes were there and they were blue. To his relief that nothing from last night left a scar. However, it was the shades of blue and what was inside his eyes and small flashes of other colors that shocked him.
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On mirror where his eyes were inside the irises, the various blues shift twist and change while still maintaining equal flow around the border. When stopped
focusing he saw eye as they usually were, the normal blue. But when paid attention and focused, he saw those eyes change and with a little more
concentration, they returned to normal, but he was sure the change was still active.
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Regardless, this needs careful study, Saito thought. But for now, I better ready.
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With those thoughts, he dried up and got ready to dress for school. It wasn't until he looked at his watch did he realized he woke 3 hours early. Thinking it would be a hassle going back to bed Saito just sat on his desk chair to begin reading some manga to pass the time. Before he could pick a book, his eyes curiously looked at a rocky, egg-shaped object sitting on the desk's far right corner.
Curiosity winning over, he picked up the object and carefully examined it. All around it was scorched black as if the rock, he thought a rock, had been burned and left in the fire for so long. Unintentionally Saito gently squeezed his right hand and suddenly the rock was crushed into fine black powder.
Surprised, Saito dusted his hands of the remains of the object, when he recalled where and when that object came from as well as what happened last night.
FLASHBACK: Last night and Introducing the family.
Last night, let's look at at the Hiraga family.
Hiraga Saito had always thought he and his family were normal. A typical normal Japanese family of a Mom, a Dad, and their teenage son. All three of them overall had no good or bad features if seen from the public, and even they themselves thought they were normal. But when close friends and family members visited them when he was a child, they were often commenting on how the three could still live in the neighborhood with their Qualities.
Looking back at it right now, he could see they had a point with his parents, but not him.
Hiraga Genrai (source of thunder) the Father, Age: 43, was rather a reticent sort of man. Born to a middle-class family, he was the epitome of business working as a child. Despite having lower tier handsomeness, his reticence and dull demeanor made it difficult to notice him in the room. He was always in the background, doing whatever tasks that were given with machine-like efficiency. In fact, this efficiency made incredibly capable and gave him high scores all the way through college.
However, he was never praised nor acknowledge for it because he always studied enough to succeed but been unseen, and his athleticism was average. He didn't mind as it was his purpose to be ignored and kept working. The only ones who seem immune to his dull exterior were his parents, siblings, wife, and son.
Overall he was average. But if there was one tiny quirk it would be a magpie-like tendency to collect interesting objects.
As a child, Genrai would take objects with no form of identification back home to collect in his room. Something as simple as a unique rock, or broken bike peddle, and others like a duffel bag full $500,000 in cash, or an old slightly rusted sword, Ash covered mirror, Jeweled bead looking like the Imperial regalia. Needless to say, Genrai had to often deliver his collection to the proper authorities once a week at the behest of his parents so he still kept some of the stuff. Even with such a quirk, Genrai never got angry nor showed any emotion, except when someone tried taking his collection.
Hiraga(nee Azumachi: East Blood)Suzume(Bell girl)the mother, Age:42, currently on all front looked like a mild-mannered housewife. She took care of the family, taught her son right and made her husband happy. Appearance wise she was okay with a long silky black cut to the shoulders, healthy smooth skin nourished by the sun, and swimming pool eyes as blue as her son's, other than looking 20 younger than her husband she was overall normal. She got along well with and no lusted after her so What Could be the Problem?
Actually, Suzume was incredibly ambitious and bloodthirsty. On all accounts, she was a kind and nurturing mother and wife. But when angry she wouldn't show anger. Instead, she would smile and somehow according to Saito and his father, or other people who pissed her off, they see demonic black flames around her.
It was worse when she was younger. Suzume was for a fault was a good girl. She listened to her parents, was polite to authority, and never abused her power. But for reason, perhaps due to her beauty, a sincere appearance, many violent men lusted for her and tried to force themselves on her, whether it crooks, cops, or the like, it seemed as long as they were arrogant, violent, and disgusting in personality, they would try to have sex with her. But no matter what they do or scheme, Suzume would frequently give the same response in order: a nice polite no, Sincere insistence, and finally an iron-hard punch or kick to the jaw.
Her violence often was enough to deter further threat or perverts. why?
Because when she rampaged, she would thrash hard enough to leave her for months, and by some roll fate they would forget about their involvement with her. A small miracle his mother often admitted. Even with all that violence, Suzume was smart enough not to be caught, and she eventually ended being the de facto ruler of the school and street despite no one knowing if the rumor that a 16-year-old girl known as the "Bloody Bell" ruling over was real or not. It also helped that her family was both businesses connected and blood-related to the district infrastructure, both above and below. But what was more shocking was that one year after taking over the district, Bloody Bell disappeared.
Parents' Childhood
Now, why does all of this matter? What reason could it be stated? And how was it related to Saito's change?
Well, to those questions, One should be asked.
How the hell did a patient robot get hitched to a delinquent girl?
Straight answer: The two were childhood friends. Specific: They were childhood friends who were in love with one other for a long time.
From what Saito was told and he investigated. His parent met when they were 6. Didn't get along due to his father being bland and mother still violent and even sharp-tongued. But when they were 9 and Suzume got in trouble due to a fight with 3 bullies and everyone else ignored her. Genrai stood up for her a calmly persuaded the teacher to let her off with a warning, while further incriminating the real suspects and getting them in trouble. That was was when his mother fell for his father.
Two weeks before then, Genrai like the magpie he was found an old golden ring decide to pick it up and take it home when three boys ambushed and attempted to intimidate him into giving what was clenched in his fist. Unfortunately, Genrai did give what was on his fist: his fist.
The ordered was he gave them his hand fast now or else. Genrai did what he was told, but approached too fast and tripped. he ended up punching the leader by accident hard. That resulted in an unfair beat down upon him Until he saw small shape scaring them away. When looked at him he realized it was Suzume, but she had blood all over her cheeks, freshly glistening on her fair skin like organic rubies. He had a thought of collecting them, but she fled while giving him a hard look. Litlle did he know he fell for her. All that mattered to him was adding her to his collection.
Needless to say, they kept those feeling in check due to their own insecurities they had on each other. But they often watched from afar. Until they were in their 2nd year high schoolers.
Him, Rising to the over the world with calculated efficiency.
Her, descending to the Underworld with inhumane violence.
They both should have separated. Each going to their respective worlds, and eventually forget about one another. Which meant he should not have been born.
However, Fate, (and love), had other plans.
Long story short, His father rescued his mother from a violent gang using the several efficient methods. Drugged her with love potions and they copulated in a love hotel.
After beating the crap out of him 6 hours later, his mother ended up being in a relationship with his father. They kept the relationship secret, until college. Got married and had him a year later. Genrai decided to get a salaryman job for a pharmaceutical company, while Suzume became a stay at home mom. Ironically, she still gets protection money from the gangs from her youth for all her service.
Thinking about it now they were perfect for one another. After all his father kept his mother happy with his work ethic and devotion. And She kept him happy at home and in bed with whatever he found.
They both taught him well, but unfortunately, he was their son.
Meaning he had the efficiency and intellect of his father, and the pride and hunger of his mother. Usually, such a combination led to megalomania and violence, but it would seem his parents were through with his conduct.
In simple term as long as he was not blatant in his schemes, he could enslave the whole world for all they care. But he would have to wait until he was 18. Or do it away from Japan.
It was eventually that something would get him in trouble with the artifact his father obtained.
Last night
After coming home after school, Saito went upstairs to his room. A bit fatigued, he slumped on his desk and chair opened up his laptop and used the internet for various services. Reading Manga, doing homework, looking up porn, the usual teenage stuff.
Other than that, Saito worked on his "special program" before satisfying himself with fun. This program was a culmination of all his research. It helped that in this day and age science was progressing well. He had ample time to test it out for the past 6 months and the results were better than he expected.
Complete system control. Sensory alteration. Memory modification and it leaves not a single trace of a data trail on the system. Not to mention he personally knows the program structure and as the creator, he made sure no rival could clone it, but be hacked by it and no idiot would be able to use it if he lost it.
Saito learned from his father when he said,"Son when you to protect a project, collection, or property. Always make a contingency plan to protect them. And if not then just burn the trash that stole them from you."
He often had to remind himself that his father wasn't a complete machine. Afterall he did give his mother everything she wanted and needed, tenfold.
His father may have seemed emotionless, but he loved his family enough to give them parts of his collection.
That collection helped Saito with his research and help finish his programs. It would be no exaggeration to say that his parents helped in 65% in the project's development.
While reminiscing, Saito looked at the object at his desk's far right.
It was round between a sphere and egg shape and the size of a baseball. All over the egg was some encryption all around dating back to 1130 c.e. at least.
It took him six months after reciting from memory, but Saito was able to get a rough translation:
"Unto man come the Void of creation."
"Lest He meddles in the knowledge of destruction. "
"The seed shall grant the divine will of stagnation"
"Protected from its bonded hunger, a demon from evolution."
" The blood of All's power has condemned ye to damnation."
"Atone, Protect, Indulge, Conquer, Choices that Surpass Expectation."
"Embrace thy One's desire and will, it shall be thy salvation."
Saito didn't get head's or tales of the was interested was the egg's components.
It appeared as a simple Faberge egg, but a closer look indicated advanced circuity even by Earth standards. The glass-like parts seem to contain Four liquids that appeared like oil and water not mixing, but also powder fruit punch and water blending in.
Liquid one was oil black with blood red hues, shifting bizarrely as if watching him.
Liquid two was a poisonous green, blending, infecting and shifting in its place as if desiring to spread.
Liquid three seemed golden white, so pure that it might burn any corruption and make it sparkle with flashes of a star, flowing like honeyed milk, at peace.
Liquid four was blue, in all shades and white and blacks, shifting and swirling with a subtle turquoise glow, it felt like it was singing a song, so ancient and sad that dream and reality became one.
All the colors were so mesmerizing that he did not realize he squeezed the right places and then.
Click!
Sudden pain erupted from tiny precise needles injected into his hand and the feeling of fluid coursing through his veins flowed throughout his body. It was so agonizing that he could barely utter a shriek and then he fainted the last visage of his memory were of that object slow turning black and fading in color floating back in place...
Present
From that recollection, Saito realized that this object that was charred was from one of his father's finds. a few days ago his father was looking for a birthday present when he encountered and yard sale. There he saw a bunch interesting knick-knacks and to them home. Thinking what to give him, his fatter just tossed a bunch junk and gave it to Saito.
And with that in mind, Saito began inspecting his body again and began noticing that the Blue in his eyes shifted to dark and he felt himself pushing something invisible. Noticing the light flicker sporadically broke his concentration and the lights stopped.
Seeing his eyes still shifting blue, he took a photo on his phone and saw that his eyes were normal to the photo. but that was small compared to what he saw next. He started seeing every component of his phone, how it worked, its battery, files, circuit, and how to upgrade. He was a programmer but this went beyond his field of study.
Out the corner of his eye, he saw the remains of the egg and saw the same thing but what shock was what he saw next.
Countless records of data and history, as if all of mankind's history was uncovered, as well as knowledge of energy and advanced science, and something else.
Halkegenia Tritan Academy
Louis was suffering another day of harassment due to another failure.
She just became a 2nd-year student at Tristan Academy and was quietly taking notes when the new Earth teacher Miss Cherveruse called out her name.
"Excuse, you there the girl at the back. Miss Valliere, I presume." , The teacher said with a smile,"Would you kindly come down and try to cast the spell I just performed."
Louis on the surface was calm, her insides were nervous.
Why do I have to do this?! Didn't the faculty warn what happens when I use magic? O well just walk there and try the spell.
While Louis was mulling over her thoughts, the rest of the class got more agitated with each step. Out the corner of the eye, A girl named Tabitha, with blue hair, glasses and a shorter stature than Louis calm walked out of the classroom without anyone noticing.
The rest of the class was still nervous and had a look of nervous urgency on their faces.
Ms. Cheveruse called for her again, but Kirche raised her voice in concern.
"Umm..." Kirche, with a nervous expression, mumbled.
"Yes?", Ms. Cheveruse asked curiously.
"I think it would be better if you didn't let her...", Kirche responded finally.
"And why is that?"
"It's dangerous," Kirche answered plainly. The majority of the class nodded in agreement.
"Dangerous? How so?"
"This is your first time teaching Louise, right?"
"It is, but I hear she's a hard worker. Now, Miss Vallière. Don't you worry, just try it. You won't be able to do anything if you dread making mistakes."
"Louis, don't just get back to seat a let's continue the class.", giving up Kirche just urged Louis.
Angered by this, Louis ignored and began chanting the spell.
I can do this. I am the third daughter of the Valliere family.
Thinking confident thoughts she began her chant, intending to turn the pebbles into metal.
(insert dramatic wizard music here)
BOOOOOM!
(wizard music end)
Louis' spell backfired and instead of metal, an explosion occurred.
The blast so strong that the podium was bits.
Ms. Cheveruse, the one closest was thankfully just knocked out, but she looked slightly burned.
Louis, slightly shock, quickly recovered her composure.
"I guess my spell was a little off today.", she declared stoically with a hint of arrogance.
This statement just angered the class.
"What do mean a little off?!"
"More like every day is off for you!"
"You can't even cast a simple spell right."
" your results are always zero."
"Why do think you're called "Louis The Zero"."
Afterschool, at the stairs of the faculty tower
Louise was walking down the stairs after being sent to the principles office. Trying to forget about the day, she notices three figure waiting for her.
"So what kind of punishment they gave you Louis?",Kirche asked in a sultry, mocking tone. Her red wavy hair flowing and her ample cleavage barely containing themselves from in her uniform. Her caramel skin glistening under the torchlight along with her red eye gazing with a smile.
Mildly annoyed, Louis kept calm walked down the steps and stoically replied, "They didn't give a punishment this time. To them, it was the teacher fault for not listening when the entire class warned her of what would happen. Anyway, I just had a bad day."
"You seem to have those days frequently. You can't even cast any spells!", after saying that the blond drill head girl as small as Louis along with Kirche.
Irritated Louis snapped.
"WELL I HAVE CONFIDENCE IN ONE SPELL THE SUMMONING SPELL: SUMMON SERVANT!"
With that yell, Louis quickened her pace to the next floors door and slammed it shut.
Perplexed, Kirche and Montmercy looked at Tabitha who was reading her book all this time.
"Hey Tabitha, what do you think?" , Kiche asked her friend curiously.
Tabitha, eyes still on her book, gave her reply over all the information she had on their classmate's statement stoically. "1 don't know."
Louise's room night time
Louis buried her head on her pillow mulling over her statement.
WELL, I HAVE CONFIDENCE IN ONE SPELL THE SUMMONING SPELL: SUMMON SERVANT!
"But I wished I was surer of it!", she screamed in her pillow in panic. It was pointless to mull over it in three days it will be the beginning of spring and all second years will be preparing to summon their familiars and know their elemental affinity.
For too long every spell she cast blew up in her face. For once she prayed to the Founder and God for the successful summoning of a familiar that was mighty, divine, devoted, wise and powerful, and beautiful,
Then maybe just maybe I can prove to Mother...
Father...
Big Sister Elenore and Catthya...
The Princess...
Everyone...
And myself...
"That I'm not a failure.", with that thought, Louis waited for sleep to take her unaware how her ignorance would force her to have her wish whether she wanted to or not.
Earth, 5 months after the egg(3days until summoning)
For the past few months, Saito has been studying the changes to his body and the results of the egg were mind-boggling.
First, even though he couldn't study the black oil or white honey, the former seems to strengthen his body and the latter gave him a strong sense of vitality. So much so that he actually was able to rank 10th in all the athletic courses in PE, usually he was mid-bottom. He settled for 10th to test out his abilities and to avoid that gorilla's watch if he tried for 1st place. PE was not his favorite subject. The other two were more relevant.
The green acid and blue milk acted differently for him. Unlike the other two, he managed to completely assimilate his body and with them. The green acid acted as a super advanced adaptive immunity response. any toxin or injury he experience, if unwilling can be countered and resisted. this made him immune to poisoning but also heat, cold, radiation, and physical harm so long as he set the limit high enough. It also has an inactive state, which was why studying sample was difficult outside of his body.
The second bonus was control of his bodies toxin level and properties. Which enabled him to produced various toxins for the right purpose.
From the Blue liquid, a sort of energy song kept ringing and he felt like all energy would twist to that tune. If he concentrated hard enough electrical machines would be affected. Not only that but people were influenced slightly by this field. He accidentally tested it on his PE teacher and took half of 4 months of worth of his salary with no memory. This perk worked well with his research. (Biotic, Technomancy, Lyrium, Mind control)
Unfortunately, it also led to his current problem.
When playing around with the field, making the computer floating, changing the setting, when his mother yelled for dinner, he lost concentration temporarily and dropped the device and shorted it out the battery. And that was his gaming, email computer, the one with his research and dark web encryption to porn.
"Great, now I got to get it repaired," he complained tiredly. Sure he could fix it himself but then his parents would want to know how he became so smart. Oh well, he just has to send it to the usual at Akihabara. He always loved the retail prices and beautiful maids.
The thought of them briefly put a relaxed goofy smile on his face. All those succulent girls and differing personalities. He was a man who liked well-developed tastes, but he could also appreciate the young look.
Waking himself from his stupor, he immediately regained control. This made him recall his mother's voice and she was cooking dinner. Going downstairs, he ate dinner, took a bath, and got ready to bed.
As he was going to sleep he briefly glanced at his currently broken laptop. Inside was all his history, assignment, picture, videos, but more importantly, his porn stash and research. Saito, because of his mother bloodlust for power and desire it. The powerful could get money, knowledge, and for his hormonal brain a harem. But the intellect of his father crushed that dream half way. It told that in this world a harem was only a pipe dream. And even if was possible, the question of quality and quantity needed to be addressed. Not to mention how was he suppose to get one and get the power to. Getting was a form of power. He could have more children, sex, political connections, sex, an exciting life, sex.
It was actually because of that dream that Saito pursued the path of his research, for the power, knowledge, freedom, sex, peace, sex.
Okay, that was 5 times already.
2 months ago he found out through experience that the egg had more than mutagen compound artifact had also given him a sort of memory and compulsion.
First, this memory was corroded, possibly due to but it gave more question than answers.
1. The memory said, "The Magi will return. Those fools will bring a blight upon our land." It would take Saito a year to decipher the rest but for discretion:
2. "Our science and knowledge are fading we must preserve it for the future, Get seed ready. We will not let those magi and elves come back."
3."Even if they found it instruction. Time would destroy the structure and regress the machines. How are we to come back when they return?"
4."Do not worry, We are Varyag. Even if they lose their intellect, our children are strong, cunning, and tenacious. They will return to become in time."
5. "But even they advance, They would still not be ready, and the world will grow smaller and war will break out again. We can not go after them with our skill, and will kill us all."
6."The solution is simple. The Magi want land, we will give it to them. As for how to keep us from dying, and prevent them from attacking. I have one word: Lust."
7. 'Are you stupid? (deadpan)'
8. "First, by lust I meant we make to seed inject the child with elixirs to properly reshape their body to be stronger. Also, find many women and siring child, will return our empire to it glory."
9. "So they would spread the line once they have awakened?"
10. "Exactly. Even if it takes Thousands of years, so long as the descendant steadily reproduces our blood will be ready."
!."Very well, But I wonder. What if the Magi interfere with the children. They could be killing them, enslaving them. Or worse mating with them."
12. "Calm yourself. They can not kill all of them and bondage can often be free. However, to have our children mate with the hated Magi and Long-eared filth is near impossible. The Magi are self-righteous, and the Elves are bigoted fools stagnating i creativity. And even if such an event occurred, it would just be simply amusing how our descendants actually brokered peace when we failed. Rest well for this seed shall only open to the most compatible of our children. An individual with an insatiable lust for the world, love of kin, the strength of resolution, and above all a hopeless curiosity of creation."
13. "With that the memory fade in Saito's brain, forever locked, but still influential in his intended purpose."
From what he gathered magic was real but it faded. But seeing his computer all he cared about was getting it repaired. So after that thought, he closed his eyes, ready to face the next mundane day.
Unaware the Fate has just started the clock on his destiny.
END chapter.
This is my first fanfic. Please be honest about flaws, but no insults, please. Those are just beneath you all. Also, I intend to make it a Harem of only 5 with pink, black, blonde, blue, and purple. I'm not a fan of Louis but she is a heroine, and I intend to make Saito send her to heaven, so should keep his black comedy scene or keep him a wuss. Thank you.
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