Chapter 1: The familiar and the duel

I was just a regular guy walking down in the streets until unexpectedly I was sucked in a portal and entrapped me in an endless void for a moment until I woke up in a patch of grass with people wearing cloaks and were somehow surprised to see me in their sight, they were silent for a moment and then they burst into heavy laughter.

"AH-HA-HA-HA-HA"

"What we expect from Louise the zero"

"Her familiar is nothing but a commoner I expected nothing less from Louise the zero."

I could hear them take pleasure in their insults. I looked at a surprisingly cute girl with long pink hair who is kind of small in appearance for someone in her day and age, I can already guess that she is Louise because her body shook uncontrollably with a deep red flush on her face that said completely embarrassed.

"Okay students, that's enough" an older voice called out making everyone go silent.

I saw a man that was adult in height, he wore blue robes and a pair of small glasses on his face and he had a staff in his hand, I figure he is the superior since he did make everyone quiet.

"Okay Louise it's time to finish the summoning ritual" the man said to the pink-haired girl, Louise was really mad when she heard that but since the summoning was done she had no choice but to finish the contract

"Yes Professor Colbert" the girl mumbled

The girl made her way towards me and she was still mad thanks to the insults earlier, she wanted to end this quickly and make the day end soon. Before I could get a word out she quickly pulled my face down and pressed her lips against mine.

I was surprised to get a kiss like this, it only lasted a moment before she backed away.

"Uh…?" I mumbled.

"D-don't get the wrong idea!" Louise declared "it's only for the ritual"

I felt something burn on my left hand. I held onto my wrist and looked at my hand seeing runes being written on my skin.

Professor Colbert looked at my hand with curiosity "hmmm, the runes that signify the familiar's mark but somehow these seem familiar"

"Really?" I asked while looking at the runes myself, Colbert nodded and turned to everyone. "That concludes for today's class, you can go back to your dorms"

Everyone then proceed to go back to what they usually do in a regular day, the boys walked up to their friendly group with the familiars beside them.

"My, what a fabulous familiar you have their Louise" A soft voice spoke.

I turned to see a tall girl with flowing red hair, dark skin and busty chest which showed her cleavage under her blouse. Beside her was shorter girl with blue hair and red eyeglasses, she had a long staff on one hand while reading a book in the other.

"This doesn't concern you Kirche" Louise growled at the chesty girl named Kirche

"Oh I know it doesn't," she said before looking at me which made my spine tingle "not yet that is, come on Tabitha"

Tabitha walked with Kirche without even looking away from her book, if I had a feeling it would be flattered. And then I gaped seeing those two levitate off the ground and flew to wherever their going.

"Humph!" Louise huffed, "come familiar were going back too!"

"Umm…" I was still dumbstruck from the floating people I saw "where to?"

"To the academy of course!" and then Louise walked toward the castle which is too big for an academy if you ask me.

"Where am I?" I looked at the giant stone castle in front of me.

"You're in Tristain academy. Now follow me and don't get lost" Louise commanded

After a while of walking into the girl's dorm I looked around to see maids and artistic decorations around the halls while I continue to follow Louise into her room, needless to say the was still mad at what happened today as she continued to grumble.

"This is the worst day ever!" Louise grumbled, she then sat down on a chair next to a small round table "I'm supposed to summon a magnificent but instead I get a commoner!"

She acted as if I wasn't in the room, normally I would be angry to the girl but something inside me said that she was like this before I came to this place, as if she was insulted behind her back. I just let her continue to release her anger a bit.

"You familiar!" she snapped getting my attention "make yourself useful and make me some tea!"

I have no idea why but somehow she's trying to get rid of her fury on me, I thought her anger was gone by now but it seems she's been holding it for a long time.

"That's gonna be a problem," I sighed "I don't even know how to make tea"

Louise growled at that statement not only did she summon him but he was 'partly useful'

"Since you are tied as my familiar then wash my dirty clothes" she said while throwing her clothes at my face. Thankfully that I kept my eyes shut when her blouse was directly on me, after the change of clothing she was now in her pink frilly pajamas. "Now get to work and clean them!"

I was now carrying a basketful of Louise's dirty laundry throughout the halls finding my way to the courtyard, but during my walk I saw a good looking boy with short blond hair charming a young girl with flowing brown hair in front of him.

I was lucky that they didn't notice me, if they did the boy would start making fun of me and the girl would agree since Louise was named a zero. After I quietly left them be to find the exit of this place, as I continue to walk I saw Kirche with a man beside her.

When I tried to get away the girl spotted me, "Oh! Louise's familiar what are you doing here?"

I've been caught! Oh well I might as well tell her "I'm looking for the courtyard, can you tell me where it is?"

"Of course" she then told me the directions where to go.

"Thanks you have been helpful" I gave a bow and left her to woo the man who is starting to get impatient.

By following the directions from Kirche I was finally in the courtyard I reached the nearest fountain and immediately started to wash Louise's laundry, while was cleaning it gave me some time to think about Louise like why was she called Louise the zero?

"She really has a hard time and yet she remained strong until now," but sometime around she'll flip out and go out of control. I sighed "I wish there was some way I could help her so that everyone can stop insulting her"

"Your request has been granted" a voice spoke. I turned around to see if anyone was there I saw nothing but the dark.

I took the clean clothes and placed in the basket but before I could go back my foot it something, I looked down to see a package on the ground. I picked up the parcel and saw a card, it said; this item will help you. From here on out you will be someone that everyone will remember, use it well.

"Hmm…" I slowly opened the package and it shocked me when I saw the item, it was the acceldriver it even included two Gaia memories beside it one was the red accel memory and the second one was the grey engine memory.

'Now why would someone give me this?' feeling curious I took out the acceldriver and it felt slightly heavy than the toy version, I placed it on my waist and a strap wrapped around me locking the driver into place.

"Okay, time to see if it's real" I held the accel memory in my hand and pressed the button

Accel

I placed the memory in the slot of my acceldriver

Accel

It was a night that changed my life forever

Morning arrived and was carrying the basket filled with washed clothes and heading my way back to Louise's room, I didn't have enough sleep not that I would care anyway. That night was too hard for me to get a nap, and I couldn't even stop thinking about last night, it got me too excited. Just then I hit myself against the wall and almost dropped the basket.

I rubbed my sore face to remove the pain, "okay… next time, look before you get an accident"

"Um, excuse me…" a voice spoke. I turned to see a maid looking at me with concern, "are you alright?" she asked

"Oh I'm fine," I answered "just had a lot of thoughts in my head"

"That's good" the maid sighed "I would love to talk more but I have things to do" she then dashed away to continue whatever work she has to do. It was nice to see a friendly face around here, but suddenly remembering Louise getting angry again made me realize that she could be awake by now. I ran past the halls as quickly my feet carried me, when I got inside the room Louise was already wide awake looking mad with her foot tapping on the floor.

"Where have you been and where are my clothes!" Louise shouted

"I'm sorry, I was too busy cleaning your clothes that I forgot to put your clean ones on the table" I spoke

"Well thanks to you I'm practically late for my classes!" Louise was completely back into her angry attitude I have to think fast before I get into trouble. I quickly ran toward her and scooped Louise into my arms.

The girl gaped at the sudden action leaving her speechless in the moment before speaking again

"What do you think you are doing?" she snapped

"Well since you have a bad day, I decided to carry you" I smiled

"I-idiot" Louise looked away hiding her blush from me "d-don't think that you are getting away just because you're being nice to me"

"It seems that Ms. Louise needs to relax" I carried her to the bed and set her down gently making Louise feel comfortable.

"I think it would be better for you to skip today, it would be nice to see you relaxed" I smiled to her "I'll leave some clothes for you when you wake up okay?"

"Humph!" Louise pulled the sheets while turning away from me I'll take that action as a yes. I put some clothes on her desk and quietly left the room so Louise can have the peace and quiet she deserved.

I walked down the halls and reached outside to students have sometime to bond with the familiars they summoned. I took the nearest table and sat down, taking a breather to think about who to talk to about Louise's mood lately.

"Hello familiar of Louise" a certain voice hit my ears I looked up to see Kirche and Tabitha with their familiars behind them. One was red lizard with a small flame at the tail tip, while the other was a large blue dragon looking right at me.

"Wow" I said while looking at the reptiles behind the girls, Kirche looked at my surprised expression and smiled.

"I see that you're impressed by our familiars" She sat down right in front of me while Tabitha sat beside her, I shook off my amazement and looked at Kirche who still smiled at me.

"Okay impressions aside, I wanted to ask you something?" I said looking very serious

"What do you want to know?" Kirche asked while smiling

"Well I would like to know why Louise is called Louise the zero" I asked

"It's just her nickname that I made for her" she said while she leaned forward showing her cleavage to me.

"You see there are 5 elements of magic: water, earth, fire, wind and the lost element void. Every magician has been categorized into one of the four elements. I for one am a fire mage, but Louise has no aptitude on what element she is. Every spell she made always ends up in explosions.

"Interesting" I said to myself not noticing her assets in front of my face since I continue to worry about Louise's antics, if she isn't among the four known elements. Then could she be a void mage? It is probable but only time will ensure that thought.

DING! DONG!

"Oh darn! Classes again," Kirche sighed as she stood up from her chair "I'll be looking forward for another talk with you Louise's familiar" with a final wink she gestured her familiar "come flame"

"Come" Tabitha echoed on her own familiar as she and Kirche stood up and walked away, The reptile and dragon and quickly followed their masters and left me to what I will do next.

I decided to wander around still figuring out what to do… that is until I heard a noise

GRUMBLE

I knew I forgot something I haven't eaten for almost 2 days. I clutched my stomach to endure a bit longer until I can find the kitchen. As I walked again my stomach made another grumbling noise with every step.

"Excuse me?"

I remember that voice…I turned to see the maid from this morning looking at with concern again.

"Oh sorry" I chuckled "I was just hungry"

"Didn't Ms. Valliere feed you?" she asked looking more concerned than before "it's a master's job to feed their familiars."

"I don't think she has" I answered "I think this was a punishment from for not tending her needs" still clutching my stomach

"Oh no!" she gasped covering her mouth in shock, and then she clenched her hands together under her chin. "That's not right!" her face became resolute "don't worry, just follow mw and you'll get a nice healthy breakfast"

"Uh…" I blinked at her sudden change of emotion "okay" how could I even refuse that after almost starving to death.

The maid introduced herself as Siesta while she led me to the kitchen, there she managed to get a bowl of stew, a loaf of bread and a glass of juice for me. She had to admit though that this was the only food that the staff could eat. Not that I'm complaining food is food and that's enough for me.

Siesta was delighted to hear that. Eventually I started asking where I am and Siesta was glad to answer that. She said that I was summoned where magic was used as an everyday activity. I kind of got that with the runes on my hand and the creatures roaming around the castle.

What she told me next made me edgy. The people who had the ability to cast magic were considered nobility and royalty, everyone else was referred to commoner since they couldn't use magic at all. It is a known fact that the nobles take pleasure in showing off their magic to those beneath them.

"Thanks for explaining that to me" I said after finishing my meal.

"You're welcome" Siesta smiled "now that you have finished breakfast, would you mind helping me deliver the cakes. It's for the nobles and they have such a sweet tooth after eating their lunch"

"Hmm" I thought for a moment while placing the dirty dishes in the sink, I did feel grateful for her since she did get me breakfast so what's a little chore gonna hurt "I'll be glad to help you out."

Siesta showed me a pair of trolleys filled with delicious looking cakes ready to be served. Siesta guided me to the dining hall where the students were, the place looked extravagant. There were long tables with chairs and a chandelier hooked onto the ceiling. Some students were still eating lunch while others were waiting for their sweets.

They ignored me while I delivered their snacks which is a relief for me, I don't want them to waste their mouths at me all the time for being Louise's familiar, after serving another cake I heard a commotion from another table. Feeling curious I looked at the location where the sound came and saw three people in a quarrel.

The first two was easy to remember since they were easy to remember, the third person was a girl with bright blonde hair done in large curls while the rest were tied onto a large ribbon and she did not look happy.

"Why didn't you tell me about Miss Montmorency?-!" The young girl demanded

"You were pulling moves on this first year!" The blonde girl named Montmorency snapped "fess up already!"

"You misunderstand!" The boy sighed quite dramatically. I can see a bouquet of beautiful flowers behind him. He must be using the decoration to get himself out of this mess without losing his image, "why must you speak of such things?"

His drama doesn't affect the girls, with Montmorency still in anger "you've been two-timing! Admit it!"

"I know you have!" The younger girl cried

"Now what make you say such things?" The boy sighed, he twirled his cloak around while he continued to be dramatic "what proof do you have?"

While he twirled I noticed a pile of letters fell from his cloak, he didn't even notice that. I wasn't going to let the guy get away with that, I snuck through the group of students without getting their attention. I took a handful of those letters, it looked like a love letter addressed to Guiche. The boy who hid them of course, but the strange thing is they were written from two different girls; one pile belonged to Montmorency while the other pile came from Katie.

He's definitely going to get it…hard!

"Excuse me" I said catching the attention of the boy and two girls, I showed a handful letters in their faces making the boy fidget in fright "you dropped some special letters that were addressed to you"

Guiche paled while the girls gathered steam, the boy quickly reacted using his dramatic moves on me "I do not know what you are talking about commoner. Obviously you are mistaken and someone else dropped those letters, you might as well dispose of them"

"But their written to a boy named Guiche which I believe is you" I talked back "and they're written by two different girls named Katie and Montmorency"

Guiche gulped before both girls were in a form of what I call female fury

"YOU TWO-TIMING JERK!"

And in one swoop they slapped him…hard!

Guiche was on the floor with a red face while both of the girls stomped off to do something about their anger.

'Hope that teaches you a lesson' I thought while placing the letters on a table, I looked around saw a ring of students watched what happened in shock. If it was what Guiche had done or my interference doesn't matter to me, I taught that guy a lesson and I don't regret it.

After that I was in thought for a while 'if I was able to finish serving the cakes then maybe I could get a cake for myself' I smiled thinking of myself eating that sweet delicious cake.

"You there…"

My thoughts were caught off when I heard Guiche's voice, I turned around I no longer saw a charming face but a serious angry look.

"I hope that you are prepared for the consequences of your actions." He frowned "a commoner showing such attitudes to a noble, you are asking for trouble with that kind of tongue."

"At least I'm not the one who broke a woman's heart" I growled and crossed my arms "I thought that nobles were supposed to be caring to their loved ones and not make them cry"

The crowd gasped at my proclamation, some were in rapt fascination knowing that action will take course. Guiche gritted his teeth while his face grew red with anger clearly at my intended insult, he produced a red blooming rose and placed it front of his face to hide his disgraceful look.

"It seems that the only way to teach you a lesson is to beat some sense into you" he pointed his rose to me "I challenge you to a duel!"

The students gasped at the challenge but it only made me want to beat him senseless 'you took the words right out of my mouth' my thoughts agreed with my instincts "accepted"

"NOOOO!" A female voice cried out. I felt my arm get tugged by a distraught Siesta trying to drag me away, "you can't do this!" She cried "You can't beat a noble! Just apologize and he'll leave us alone!" and she began to shed tears.

"I'm feeling generous since you are new here" Guiche nodded to himself. My blood started to boil hearing him say that, "if you apologize now then I'll forget everything what has happened this morning"

That noble was trying to get his good image back and was getting another cute girl to charm, it made me furious when he did that… and then it happened.

I took myself out of Siesta's grasp and dashed towards the blonde who doesn't seem to notice and did the unbelievable in front of everyone's eyes.

POW!

I punched Guiche directly at the face making him hit the floor and that made everyone step back in fear, Guiche placed a hand on his cheek and look at me in surprise on what I had done.

My eyes were filled with anger and hate which made the blonde flinch before I spoke "you're just stupid if you think of nothing but the lies that were told to you, then you're going to lose your life before you know it" I spoke in a cold tone "when and where will the duel start"

Everyone was dumbstruck at performance but Guiche steeled himself and stood up "it will be placed in Vestri court in two hours"

With that everyone scattered, no doubt telling their friends of the upcoming fight in the courtyard later. I don't care how many people will watch the duel all I care is putting that blonde jerk in his place. I then saw Siesta shiver in fright at what she saw.

"You'll be killed…" she murmured

"Siesta" I asked the maid with worry

"YOU'LL BE KILLED!" she started to run but my reaction quickly and I grabbed her arm with the maid looking very sad with tears running down her face, it made my heart sink when I saw her like that but it won't stop me from proving that a noble is based on magic ability.

"Siesta I know what I'm doing is reckless but I can win!" I declared in sheer confidence making Siesta look at me in shock "just have faith in me okay?"

Louise woke up from her slumber feeling well rested, her familiar's advice did make her feel better she had to thank him for that but first she would need to find him and know his name. With a quick change of clothes she walked down the halls and heard something that made her stiff.

"Hey did you hear?" A student asked "Guiche has challenged that commoner of Louise's to a duel in Vestri court"

"He did? Wow, that commoner must be stupid" another student snickered "When will it start?"

"In a few minutes" the first replied "Want to go watch?"

Louise felt her blood turn cold, her familiar? Dueling Guiche? Granted that he was still a Dot-class mage as well being a womanizing flirt not that she cared, but he was still a mage and her familiar is a commoner!

"That Idiot!" Louise cried and then she ran to the courtyard

With Siesta's help I was able to arrive at Vestri court in time. As expected Guiche was there waiting with a large group of students by his side. I felt very determined to show them that being Louise's familiar means more than a servant.

Siesta stayed silent while she walked behind him she wanted to believe him but at the same time her doubts held her back.

I stopped several feet away from Guiche, boy I would really love to see his reaction when sees my power.

"I must applaud for your bravery, not even a single commoner can be like you" Guiche smirked.

"What are the terms of victory and defeat?" I asked not caring about his words, the only thing I have in mind is the fight.

"The first to surrender or to be knocked out loses," Guiche replied. He stepped forward to not let his fellow nobles get involved "fair?"

"Fair" I nodded "Shall we get started?"

"HOLD IT!"

Guiche and I turned to the sidelines and saw a familiar head of pink hair, Louise squeezed her way through the crowd. It seems that she wasn't very happy when heard about me dueling against a mage.

"I forbid this duel from happening!" Louise snapped before she pointed her finger at me "you! Apologize to Guiche so that we can forget this foolishness!"

"I'm sorry that I made worry Louise but I can't do that Louise" I sighed pushing her hand away

"Why not!" Louse cried out

"Louise, would you turn down an opportunity to prove yourself worthy in front of someone?" I asked her

That question made Louse quiet for moment before she muttered "no" as her answer

"Then consider this as a chance that your familiar is not useless" I spoke with determination

Louise felt a bit of pride that her familiar is doing this to stop making fun of her but she had her doubts that he will lose and embarrass her further, but that won't happen and he knew what to do.

"Okay Guiche," I spoke to the blond "in this duel we are not noble and commoner. We are just two people putting our beliefs in line, you and I will forget status and we simply duel"

"How quaint" he nodded "if you spoke like that earlier then I could mistake as a noble, now let our battle begin" with a wave of his flower a petal fell to the ground and in a flash something new showed up in its place.

"Allow me to properly introduce myself I'm Guiche de Gramont, my runic name is Guiche the Bronze!"

In front of me was a bronze golem, it looked very feminine in appearance no thanks to Guiche's interest of the female body. "My bronze golem, Valkyrie shall be my weapon and your opponent" he stated with a twirl of his rose.

"You summoned a statue to do your handiwork" I sighed disappointedly at the blonde's antics. "Then you are pathetic"

That earned gasps from the crowd and a growl from Guiche "Since we are changing names, then allow me to give you mine." I said in mocking gesture "my name is Peter Lionheart, but I have a second name."

I took out the acceldriver and placed on my waist, a strap locked it in place earning another gasp from the audience I showed everyone the accel Gaia memory in my hand.

Accel

"Hen…SHIN!"

I placed the memory in the acceldriver, the air started to get hot and everyone felt tense. I held the throttle and gave it a twist, a small burst of wind ran through the area, when I let go red light came out of my belt and formed a circle with red engine pistons around me. Pieces of metal merged with my body and created my armor.

It's a red bodysuit and armor with a motorbike motif. My helmet was also red with a metal fin on the top my visor was dark-blue with metal letter A in the center, on my back was a large black wheel facing sideways. My legs were silver boots and on each leg half a wheel was attached.

My vision cleared and as expected everyone's reactions were agape, no doubt that I was only a commoner that couldn't stand up to a noble let alone use magic.

I think Louise put her words for everyone "Wh-wh-what?"

"Now let tell you my other name" I chuckled

"I am Kamen Rider Accel!"

Guiche made a good imitation of a gaping fish, he tried to take in what I had done. Luckily that my introduction managed to snap him out, he took a dramatic pose and pointed his rose at me "I do not know what kind of magic you used but won't help you, Valkyrie attack!"

The golem became more animated and it charged towards me with the intent to knock me out. I charged forward without hesitation, when it used the spear I just moved my head a bit it missed. I grabbed the golem's arm and pulled my arm back before punching it directly on the head.

The golem's head flew past its body before it disappeared changing itself back into a rose petal.

"How can he be doing this?"

"Is he really a commoner?"

"Maybe he's a noble from his home country"

I heard the surprised mutterings from the crowd no doubt that my power struck them with questions. Guiche looked aggravated, no doubt that I was making him look like a loser in front of his noble-classmen, "Tsk! It seems that I underestimated you brutish strength, one Valkyrie won't be enough to defeat you"

With a wave of his flower two petals fell to the ground creating the golems in its place. The two golems quickly moved at me with great speed, I stepped to the side from the first one and quickly grabbed the second and threw it far away to the castle walls. I reacted quickly when the first golem close, I narrowly escaped its spear by an inch and I grabbed the weapon tightly and broke the golems arm form it's body.

I used the weapon and punctured the spear on the head making it go back into a rose petal, Guiche started to tremble in fear that I defeated his golems again. In a last attempt to beat he summoned six of his Valkyries in the field.

All of them quickly moved to my direction but I won't let them beat me, I quickly made evasive maneuvers and dodged three attacks and delivered two punches and roundhouse kick to the first three, and made a sweep kick on the rest and delivered heavy stomps to the bodies. I quickly used some of the spears and threw them at the struggling golems. A couple of them were destroyed but most of them still tried to stand and continue to fight.

"Let's end this" I used my left hand and squeezed the clutch on my acceldriver.

Accel Maximim Drive

The power of the Gaia memory released its power covering my entire body in flame, I jumped forward and spun around delivering a spinning heel kick to the golems leaving a long tire track made of red energy. It took a moment before an explosion came leaving no trace of material in its stead.

I looked at Guiche who was on the floor shivering in fright, he couldn't believe that I… a commoner defeated a noble. Now all I needed to do is make it official, I walked over towards Guiche and lifted him by his shirt. Making look him look at me in the face.

"Guiche de Gramont, submit or I will be forced to hit you to claim my win" I said sternly

It didn't take long for the blonde to submit since he was scared out of his wits, "I give up! I give up!" He said dropping his flower in the process.

I nodded at his defeat I know he felt shame dropped on his to his shoulders, but I doubt that he would learn his lesson that quick. I looked around and saw the crowd completely speechless at my performance before their eyes.

My armor disintegrated changing me back to my normal self, I walked towards Louise and Siesta who were still at awe at me I made a gesture for them to follow me and they nodded. A path was made for me since most of them felt tense if they got me the wrong way.

Louise was trying to process what happened at the duel while Siesta tried to control her excitement for standing up to that arrogant noble.

Louise was able to get her bearings and she was looking at me with a stern look. "You have some explaining to do" she announced.

"Of course Ms. Louise I'll answer as much as I can" I nodded "But first let us find a table and get some tea, this could take some time to used to."

Louise nodded since Peter's kind of magic is different from others and it definitely would be interesting to learn what kind of magic it does.

To be continued…