I decided to write this because I, like a good potion of people, think Louise in The Familiar of Zero isn't a good love interest. All she does is whip Saito when things aren't his fault, doesn't listen, and turns on him. The only time they seem to agree with loving each other are very convenient situations. So because of this ticking me off I went scrolling through my mind of all the good other love interests for Saito. I thought Tiffania was the best, she's nice, cute, shy, not a person to try to attract someone through sexual means despite her best efforts, (Looking at you Siesta and Kirche.) and she doesn't have too many responsibilities weighing on her now or later (Looking at you Henrietta & Tabitha). So now let's get formal things out of the way. YES I have watched the entire series all four seasons & I do not own anything canon in this fanfiction. If you want to bitch about my choices, then read a different one if you don't like this. Enjoy.

Saito couldn't move and here they were preparing to launch a final strike on him. Even the mighty Gandalfr couldn't take on an army of seven thousand. All he tried...all he lived for until now...all his work, but she lived and he didn't want to die.

"I'm glad to have met you Louise..." he said to himself. He just wanted right then and there for Derflinger to say that he could do it, he wouldn't die, but the sword stayed silent...and for once Saito thought the sword agreed with him on this subject.

The canons boomed and cackled, magic beams shot out of wands, and a rain of arrows all came for him. All had the goal of wiping one thing off the face of this world...and it was a lie to say he wasn't scared. All he did before he was hit was shout, "Louise!"

Louise looked at the flower as Julio just told her that it tells you how the target person is doing, but something was wrong. It was dying. First it glowed brighter for a second, but then all of its sparkle was lost, then the glow was gone, and then it began wilting and shriveled into dust.

"No, no, no, NOOOO!" Louise shouted as she threw the bottle off the airship. "You stupid lying flower! He can't die! He can't! Saito you idiot! You don't die...and leave me all alone..." she sobbed as her rage quickly turned into sadness and into depression as she realized that he wanted HER to live. All this was for her.

After she tried to go back they had reminded her why he did it and told her that his sacrifice shouldn't go to waste. It was enough to keep her holding on to her life, but why him? Why him! The stupid dog...the dumb dog! She then began doing what any other depressed person would do. Looking at everything she did wrong.

People offered her gifts, advice, help, and compassion. She accepted them, but they didn't change her much. She was just thankful now that she was being given time to mourn over her familiar, and now the most expected person to see came in.

"Louise..." Cattelya said as she sat down on the bed. "I want to tell you something...it's alright to miss your familiar. You aren't the only one. Many people love their familiars and grow fond to them only to lose them. We're here for you no matter what though. When the time comes we'll find you a new familiar to help you fill the gap that Saito left. I know we can never fully fill it, but some is enough right?"

Louise had tears down her eyes and all she did was hug her sister tightly. Cattelya smiled and was about to leave when Louise finally spoke for the first time in days.

"I loved him more than anything in the world...why does love hurt so much when it is taken from you? Does...does Eleonore love me? Did she love her fiance?" Louise asked as she balled herself up more and more.

"I'm sure she does, but I want you to find out for yourself," Cattelya said as she shut the door behind her to leave Louise alone again.

Tiffania hummed quietly as she strolled through the forest. She held a basket of various items with her which included fruit, nuts, leaves, berries, and other items anyone living out here would like to have. It was a quiet life and that's all she was doing under her mother's wishes. It was all she needed too. She had a comfy house, no neighbors, no noisy problems other than the occasional wild animal chases, and birds during mating season.

She was collecting some roots when she heard something pat the leaves above. It happened a for a few more pits and pats when something wet landed on her nose. As it did she made a little surprised noise. Of course it was raining, but it wasn't only raining. She found that out when a flash of light came and not even a second later a boom emerged and shook her ears. Tiffania covered them and cringed. She hated lightning so much, but none happened for a while longer. Just what was going on? Usually when lightning struck more followed.

Tiffania didn't question it and began calmly walking back to her cottage. A little rain never bothered her, but thunder and lightning always did for some odd reason. She knew why to some extent, but she never could find the definite answer. Much like how humans would flee at the sight of the smallest spider sometimes.

Tiffania was closer to her little home when noticed a bright light in the woods and a boom. It wasn't lightning and as it happened she felt compelled to know what it was, so she began walking. Once she was near it she saw a person.

Tiffania quickly hid behind a nearby tree, but nothing happened for a long time. She pulled the hood of her cloak up and peaked around carefully. It was a boy not too far from her age. He had black and messy hair, strange shoes she had never seen before that had intricate designs and an odd shirt with a device she had never seen before going down the middle of it. He was in bad shape too. His clothes were in tatters and leaked blood as if he was just in a battle.

Tiffania gulped and carefully walked over to the boy and knelt down near him. At his side was a sword, but that didn't matter now, he needed help, so Tiffania removed her hood then placed a hand on his chest along with her ear. She listened carefully, but nothing. No breathing, no heartbeat. He was dead! What had caused him to go into such a terrible state?

She examined his body more and noticed on his left hand the mark of the Gandalfr. This...this couldn't be. He was the left hand of god! Who was this boy and how did he get here? She thought how she could save him. He hadn't been dead for long after all.

Tiffania thought and thought, but nothing came to mind except, "Mother's ring!" she said as she looked at the metal ring with a stone on top of it. It was a gift from her late mother, but that didn't matter now. Her mother always said to help those in need no matter who they were. This applied to the boy too, right?

"Mother...please guide me," she said as she concentrated her energy on the ring until the stone glowed and once she had access she focused on her desire to help the boy. That was when the stone flew from its resting spot and into the young man. A few minutes afterwords he started coughing.

Tiffania smiled and looked at the boy as his eyes slowly began to open. As they did she smiled and said, "Rise Gandalfr, Left Hand of God." But this went to dust quick as he went unconscious once more. Now his previously dormant wounds were beginning to bleed again. They hadn't healed, she may have brought him back, but he still needed to be healed!

Tiffania wasted no time and wrapped crude leaf bandages around the most serious ones. The leaves had special healing properties, but as she picked him up she remembered his sword. Once she had him and his belongings she began running back to her home.

Once she was inside she quickly placed him on her bed and removed the makeshift bandages. Once that was finished she took some hot water from the spit above the fireplace with a cloth. She quickly cleaned the wound and then put the leaves back on to help fight off infection. After that she grabbed some actual bandages she had never really used and began wrapping them around the wounds with the leaves. Once that was done she quickly put the leaves on the next tier of wounds and wrapped them. Once this was done she began using a bucket of cold water and a cloth to cool down his body temperature if he should get a fever.

Tiffania sighed knowing she could rest easy once she heard the steady breathing and thumping of his heart. It was with this time that she began making a rather large meal in case he woke up as well as starting an elixir to help him heal a little faster. Once it was done she walked over to her little dining area that had a small ground level table with two log chairs on one side and a bench on another. Then, facing away from the fireplace was a bench with a table.

The fire gave off good light and allowed Tiffania to see the boy. He looked kind of cute when he was sleeping and not dead. She was glad to have saved him, but how long would his recovery take? She hoped he would wake up within a week. It would be bad if he was in a coma.

When she went back to her elixir and was about to add another ingredient when she realized something. She had left her gatherings in the rain…but that would have to wait until the boy was stable. She just hoped no wild animals ate it.

"And darn… I was looking forward to a nice cup of my favorite tea..."

Saito slowly opened his eyes and the first thing he noticed was that he was sweating and hot. Where was he? He looked around and noticed it was day, but he was in a small cottage which was basically one room.

Where was? He and whose home was this? As he looked around he wondered who built this. Everything was either stones or wood, but mostly wood. He tried to sit up, but pain shot through him and he looked at his bandaged body. So he was being taken care of then, but by who? He needed to thank them because by the looks of these bandages the wounds were nasty things.

Saito lied down waiting for the person to come home. As he did he continued to admire the simple, yet cozy style of the cottage. He did't know why, but he liked this place despite how remote it seemed. Some of the wood was uneven and he wondered how whoever lived here kept the rain out.

Just then he heard the door open as light footsteps carefully trotted into the house and a cloaked figure walked in with a bag of plants, fruit, nuts, and berries. They set them down by the fireplace. Their cloak seemed to be made of leaves and it looked quite nice as if it belonged to nature and made whoever it was on look a part of it as well.

"Excuse me," Saito said startling the poor person. From what he could tell of the surprised yelp it was a woman. She turned around to reveal her face and by god was she a sight to behold. She had golden hair, blue eyes, pale skin, and her face looked almost perfect in any way. "Where am I?"

"Oh! You're awake! I thought you'd be out for longer," she said as she ran to him completely forgetting her basket. "But I'm glad you're alright. It has been three days since I helped you and you haven't stirred once," she said in an innocent and kind voice. She also smiled when she noticed he was doing well, but still who was she did he know her from somewhere?

"Um, thanks, but where are we?" Saito asked as he looked around curiously. He wanted to know where he was and how he got here.

"We're in a forest near Westwood village if you must know," the girl said as she held something in her hand. Saito tried to get a closer look...it looked like bread…

"Gah!" Saito said as he clutched his wounds in pain. The girl saw this and gently pushed Saito back down and held her hand there for a few seconds.

"Please just try to rest," she said softly once she removed her hand. Saito smiled a thanks and the girl looked away in embarrassment.

"Here..." she said as she handed him a piece of bread. "You must be hungry, right?"

Saito happily took the piece of bread and began happily munching on it. It was really good too! Did she make it herself? That was when the thought of her name crossed his mind and when he could move again. He thought he would ask how much longer until he could move because he wanted to repay her as soon as possible.

"Um..." Saito began trying to find the words. The girl noticed this and turned around to listen carefully. "When do you think I'll be able to move again?"

"Well I don't know. That depends on how long your body heals to walking point, but then it may not be wise to walk with all the other wounds. So I'd say a week or two, then that's not counting traveling and fighting condition, so the total time until you could leave could be anywhere from three weeks to a month."

"Thank you. You've been very kind to me. Say, what's your name?" Saito asked smiling. He really wanted to thank her properly as well as address her by her name.

"My name is Tiffania Westwood thank you for asking, but what is your name?" she asked before turning back to her cooking.

"My name..." Saito said as he scratched his head. What was his name? "I-I don't remember. In fact I don't remember anything before coming here!"

"Oh, great going partner!" Derflinger said popping out of his sheathe. "You lost your memory, now how will this poor girl address you correctly?"

"Whoa, a talking sword!" both people in the room said in unison.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah...no big surprise there for me, but you there, boy, you are called Saito Hiraga, and I am your trusty blade Derflinger, but I just call you partner," Derflinger said before retreating back into his sheathe.

"Saito...what a strange name..." Tiffania said as she cocked her head ever so slightly, but then the face of confusion quickly turned to one of a smile as she said, "Nice to meet you Mr. Saito."

Saito just rubbed the back of his head nervously for some reason. He didn't know why but he was also laughing nervously too.

"I don't think the missy will be happy about this...plus that girl is..." Derflinger thought as he watched them from his sheathe. "She seems a lot nicer than the Missy and look at her. Lucky man that he doesn't remember his old master, but why does he still have some of Gandalfr's power? His contract ended."

"Louise," someone said through the door, but in between her thoughts Louise didn't bother identifying who it was. "Louise may I come in?"

"Yes," she groaned then placed her head back on her desk. When the door shut she didn't bother look up as a purple cape was caught in her peripheral vision. It was the Queen herself, oh what an honor.

"Louise, I heard about Saito..." Henrietta said as she looked at her hands while sitting next to Louise. "He was a good friend wasn't he."

Louise nodded as she was on the verge of tears. She didn't know where she found the strength or the dignity to say it, but she said, "My greatest regret is...I never apologized to him for being awful. Why...why do I have to live with those regrets now because I am too proud to apologize."

Henrietta looked down and said, "Those who die without warning or suddenly...that's when we realize what we wish we should've said to them. Louise...I know you may not like to hear this, but when you're ready you will be given the chance to summon a new familiar. It's not much, but I'm sorry to say I don't think Saito will come back."

Louise agreed for once. Perhaps a new familiar may be what she needed. If Cattelya was right perhaps it could fill the hole, but maybe she wasn't ready yet. She was still mourning for Saito. All she needed was a little more time and then she would summon her new familiar.

I think I did a good job! Now for anyone who thinks this chapter is short It's six pages on a doc writer and probably more on the size of a fairly small story book in terms of width and length. So this should be an entire chapter by logic plus the page size in Fanfiction is MUCH wider. This took me a lot of time to write and look over, so please respect its size. Anyhow, this will continue in the future, BUT if you want to I would like a person to read the chapters beforehand (Like an editor) and give me suggestions on how to fix it, and to any of my actual Followers who follow me for my other long project, Chapter 5 of The Shattered Mirror will be coming out SOON. I usually write best at night, but I have Drivers Ed. at night now...but I will say it will be coming out soon. I have half of it done. AND FOR ANYONE WHO READS AUTHOR NOTES, if you review PLEASE STATE SOMETHING GOOD ABOUT THE CHAPTER NOT JUST "GOOD CHAPTER" & questions are more likely answered if you PM them to me (For anyone who doesn't know PM, means Private Message here). Now I have another chapter to finish, good bye I swear I will return to this before August.