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The Solar Eclipse Ritual…

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Many Gates are chosen as a sacrifice…

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When all hopes are nearly lost…

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No, I can't think something like that…

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I'm going to survive, no…

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I MUST SURVIVE!

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= FLAME! =

"Henshin!"

= PLEASE~ HI… HI… HI!HI!HI! =

(Let's start with a person's Point of View)

It has been a year since I've faced such fearful ritual. No matter how much I tried to forget about it, I can't still let it go from my mind. The chosen people that has the magic potential to become mages known as Gates who are screaming in pain, falling into despair, crying for help but there's nothing much they can do about it. Even I felt the same as well. As the ritual continues on, more cracks of purple lines appeared on their body and eventually, after the shell that was keeping them inside for so long has finally hatched, they have been 'reborn' as what they have called Phantoms. Among many Gates that were chosen as a sacrifice, only two people have survived from that merciless ritual. A man that was called Haruto Souma and the other… was me, Nozomi Saigo and don't be confused by my name… I'm a guy, despite that the name sounds like a girl. I blame my parents for giving me such name.

I wish I could but… my parents died in a car accident when I was 10. In the end, I ended up staying with my uncle, who is actually a magician. For a guy who is potential to learn magic like me, I can say that I'm lucky to be a part of his trick? I can't say that clearly, but if I have to choose between performing magic tricks and fighting Phantoms, I'll pick option B. But then again, before I could even find the exact location of where the Phantoms might be, they have already been defeated by Haruto or by other name, Kamen Rider Wizard and his allies that helped him along the way. I also have something that he has, which is the WizarDriver, but I didn't get the chance to use it at all. And to make things better, that guy has also reached his Dragon Styles faster than me, haven't changed that much at all. I guess that this isn't the place where I could bring hopes to the others that would fall into despair. I just wish that I could be in action anytime soon, but it was only a dream and there's nothing much I can do about and carry on with my life.

Today, I'm 19 years old and this is the time where my uncle place me on the Talent Show with the other teens that I don't even know who they are since that there are agents or talent searchers among the crowds that wanted to turn them into as one of their potential clients and guess what? He forced me to become a magician like him. Usually, most magicians wear the same clothing such as white silky shirt, black blazer and pants, shiny black shoes and a bow-tie complete with one of their magician's hat, right? Oh, heck no! I'm WAY different from those high classy people since I don't follow their rules of what to wear or something else related of becoming a magician. As you guys can see, I wear black Polo Shirt with yellow arm warmer that covers my arm from letting them see the wounds of the past that haven't recovered at all, black jeans that nearly reaches to the ground and tied up with the WizarDriver – Belt Mode, white sport shoes with blue lines at the sides and finally, a red Alice Band to keep my shoulder length dark black hair in a neat state so that my hair doesn't get messy or frizzy when I'm doing my show. What, never seen a man wearing an Alice band before? The most notable feature is that on my face, there's a scar of a crack right between my black eyes. Now, this is where I felt comfortable the most… until I got a scolding from my uncle…

"Saigo-chan! Why are you wearing something like this?! Don't you know how hard it is for me to find such good outfit for you to wear? My boy, you gotta change your clothes this instant! Especially that belt of yours since that it might get weird attention from people who are watching you performing!"

My uncle is in his 50s, wearing the magician's clothes that I've stated before and has silver short hair, pointed at me with his magician staff and began to comment on my current clothing that I wear at this time. Like I said before, my uncle is a magician… a famous magician, of course. And since that I always follow him along while he made his show live on stage, he also decided that I should be a magician as well so that my future is bright enough to continue on with my life. He also said that this is where he met and married my aunt as she was his assistant back then. It's a good thing that he's not my dad 'cause I don't want to end up carry on with his tradition in the line of magic. But then again, he is a stubborn but caring person for my well being…

"Oh, come on, Tetzu-san… you know I don't like to wear those kinds of clothes. This makes me feel more comfortable and besides, I don't plan on removing this belt anytime soon. Besides, it's something that I don't want to lose at all… besides, it's stylish and an eye-catcher as well!"

"Youth these days sure are hardheaded at times…" he sighed as he continues to watch some other people showing off their talents on the stage. Some of them are good, some of them got stage fright and let's not forget that there are even a few of them chickened out before it was even started. Tough luck for those guys… better luck next time.

"My boy, if there's one thing that I should tell you about being a magician, which would be…" oh boy, here it comes again… the very words that he always said before starting his long speech… "Life is SHOW TIME!"

Ugh, come on… here we go again with his lecturing about being a magician stuff again. I wasn't planning on becoming a magician in the first place, but NO~… with no thanks to my uncle Tetzu, since he said that he's getting old and wanted to retire anytime soon, he would thought that he might passes his torch to me. I don't get it when it comes to him… can't he let me decide what am I going to do with my life anytime soon?

"Contestant no. 27, please come to the stage for your act."

Hah~, saved by the bell… just when I thought that I'm gonna stand here and listening to all of his mumbo jumbo stuff all day, nope, that isn't going to happen anytime soon. By making a quick dash to the center stage, I can see that not only the judges are here, but also, other contestants that either made the cut or not are also anticipating on what I was about to do for today. Man, I didn't thought about this many would look onto this show. Is this what I called stage fright, since that I was a bit overwhelmed by it with many pairs of eyes to look at me.

"Okay…" one of the judges speaks up and looks upon the paper for a moment. "Nozomi Saigo, according to your application, you say that you want to perform magic, huh? Well, let's see what you can do about it…"

Okay, I've set my mind that the faster I'm doing this, the faster I could go back and forget everything about this stuff and I just hope that I didn't made the cut. Looking to my left, I can see my uncle was nodding to support me, telling me to get it over with already. At first I don't know what to do around here. Other than the times that I've done my magic tricks over my classmates, which isn't that many, this is a different level of audience that I've experiencing here.

"Without further ado, allow me start things off with um…" I paused for a moment, looking around for some prop that I can use and there was one prop that gets my attention… the door prop. I pulled it right at the center of the stage, where the door is facing at me and the sides are facing the judges. I think I just found my way to escape from this place faster than I thought. When I turn the knob of the door and opens it all the way, I made a gesture with my hand by letting it go through it to make sure that there was nothing and that was the opening act. Then, here comes the best part. When I'm facing away from the judge, I slid a ring on my right finger and placed it onto the belt.

= Konekuto (CONNECT)… Pureezu! (PLEASE!) =

In an instant, a magic circle was formed right in the door, but the judges didn't see it. I have to say "Connect, Please!" just to distract them from what's going to happen next. These people don't know that a true wizard is still exists in this modern world, like Haruto Souma and myself. And plus, a magician never reveals his secrets to the public.

"I will now attempt to run towards the door and I'll be instantly gone right after that!" I told them about the feat I'll do. Some of them are laughing, some of them are curious and some… well, let's just say that they didn't believe that I can do it since that it is impossible to run through a thin door and get away with it. But my uncle… well, he can be a party pooper at times…

"You're not planning to escape again, are you, Saigo?!" my uncle began to step forward onto the stage, shocking some of the people below the stage and confusion among the judges. As he made his way towards me, I already dash towards the door and BARELY manage to get through it before my uncle shuts the door and it would have been a splat on my face. And like I said, they didn't see me running through the door and just clapped happily for the feat I've done... and they still haven't realized that I was missing in the act. It's either that or because I'm just my uncle's apprentice to take his mantle on stage when he's retired one day.

And before I knew it, the portal leads me to an alleyway as I step out from it. Ah, it feels good to be away from the magic show once in a while, if it wasn't for my uncle to do so… I bet that he's going to be furious about my whereabouts and ditching the talent show in the first place. Maybe a walk around the city should release me from my tensions at this time.

…or maybe not. Nevermind… there's a Bull Phantom that's causing some trouble around the area and by the looks of it, he was chasing a kid who seems to be a Gate.

"Since that magic users is busy with Phoenix-sama, I got no problem handling with you. It's like a walk in the park!" the Phantom said in delight as the kid at this time is really terrified. Seems like this is my chance of taking out the tension that has been piled on me, no thanks to my uncle.

"Oi! Why don't you pick someone of your own size?" I called him to get his attention and it seems like it works like a charm.

"Oh? A human that acts brave is coming to save this Gate? How pitiful…" the Phantom taunted at me and the kid sees this chance to make an escape, leaving the bull pissed off all of the sudden.

"Hey, just relax, at least that you and I could have our own fun…" I told that thing with a confident smile on my face. "Time for an opening act."

With my Driver Ring on my right hand, I just placed my hand onto the belt and the belt announced while materializing into a WizarDriver.

= Doraibā On! (Driver On!)… Pureezu! =

"Huh? A magic user?! Here?!"

"What's with the surprise tone? I'm sure that you're already this scared…" I mocked that guy as I shift the position of the Hand Author on the Grimloire Stone that was on it using Shift Lever, the hand switches position from right to left and then… a cool ringtone comes out from the driver.

= Shabadoobi Touch to Henshin~, Shabadoobi Touch to Henshin~ =

As it continues to make such cool ringtone, on my left middle finger, I have a Flame Ring on it, flips its 'goggles' to activate it before placing them onto the Driver. All I need to do now is to announce one famous word…

"Henshin!"

= Fureimu~ (FLAME)… Pureezu! =

I simply made a gesture with my left arm to the side and a red magic circle appears next to me and SLOWLY makes its way moving from left to right to begin the transformation.

= HI… HI… HI! HI! HI! =

When the transformation was complete, from just being an average boy, now I have a black cloak, with red arm and knee bands, followed by red ankle bands, black and silver shoulder guards and helmet, along with a chain on my left hip for easy access of my rings. On my chest armor, it is a ruby red and on my helmet's face mask is also ruby red. Even my eyepiece resembles some sort of glasses. Oh, did I ever mention that the colour of the cloak on the outside was black but on the inside was red?

"Ladies and gentlemen… it seems like Kamen Rider Wizard has arrived. You better take note of this advice, Phantom! Life is SHOW TIME!" I can't believe that my uncle's word has rubbed on me… at least that it is catchy…

(Insert song: Kamen Rider Wizard Opening Song)

Next up, I need a weapon to use… so, by switching the hand position to my right by using my Lever Shifter, it is now making another cool ringtone…

= Lupachi Magic Touch to Go!, Lupachi Magic Touch to Go! =

As it continues to chant, I slid my usual getaway ring and placed it onto the hand of the belt to activate it.

= Konekuto… Pureezu! =

"And now, for my next trick, you see that my hand is empty, right? If I do this!" I inserted my hand onto the magic circle and when I pulled it out, the WizarSwordGun is now ready in disposal. Usually whenever I tried to grab this sword, it would be Haruto that ALWAYS gets it first. In the end, another magic circle appears randomly so that I can pick up an object and it temporarily becomes a material for my own WizarSwordGun… how handy is that? And like always, this must be from another item to be used for the material.

"Now then, let's get this show on the road, shall we?" I simply said to the Phantom before making a gesture with my hand to told that thing to come at me.

With a WizarSwordGun on my hand and I've already switched it onto Sword Mode, both of us began to clash our weapons together and none of us seems to be given any opening at this far. I started with the high slash from up to down, as it blocks with its trident. Followed by rapid attacks from left to right and then back at right, I seem to manage to push it back but not before it swings its own trident back at me and I got hit with the back of it on my head. He continues on with the attack by thrusting his trident onto my chest, only to be missed inches away if it wasn't for my Sword Mode blocked it at the last minute by jamming it right between the gaps of the trident.

Taking a step back, I re-measured my opponent before both of us continues on with the attack. It starts off with his kick on my chest before trying to stabbed me again with his trident. The kick connects but the stab only hits the ground and ended up stuck for a while. Taking this opportunity, I managed to slash one of its horns away and a couple of slashes on its face for a little bit of makeover, it eventually pulled it out before gaining some distance. As we continued on, we continue to hack and slash at each other to see who can hit their opponent. At one point, our weapons are blocked right in the middle and we were face-to-face at point blank.

"Is that you can do, wizard? You're all bark but no bite!" the Bull Phantom mocks me. He really don't understand the situation, does it?

While he was holding back, he didn't notice that my free hand pulled the finger on the WizarSwordGun, making from a fist to an open hand. With that, another ringtone somehow catches its attention.

= Come on a slash, shake hands! Come on a slash, shake hands! =

While that thing was distracted by the noise that it makes, I simply give him a hard kick to its stomach, making it stumbles back and casually placing my left hand onto that open palm.

"Time to pull the curtain down on you, Phantom..."

= Fureimu.. surashhu suteraiku! (Slash Strike!) =

At this point, my sword began to lit up in flames as the voice began to be heard from my sword.

= HI! HI! HI! … HI! HI! HI! =

With that, I immediately giving him a cross slash onto his body before he could even stand up and prepared to defend itself. Eventually, he wasn't able to dodge the bullet and got destroyed from the explosion, hence stopping that thing from continuing its menace around the city as I took a bow right after the battle in a gentleman manner before I straightened myself up. That's one way to end the show with a bang, I should say...

"Well now, Phantom. It seems like you to took your final bow before leaving the show!" like I said before, after that Slash Strike, my WizarSwordGun diminishes into ash and never be able to use it once again. Talk about an instant weapon with a quick expire date, nonetheless…

(End of insert song)

Disclaimer: I do not own both Kamen Rider Wizard or Familiar of Zero. All credits goes to its respective owners.

Trick No.1: The Summoning of Zero

As I continue to walk casually around the city, there has been rumors about a Wizard Rider is saving the city from those Phantoms around and unfortunately, that wasn't me. Sure, I have the belt, but I rarely get the chance to use it since they already have a protector and a sidekick dubbed Kamen Rider Beast. Man, how I wish I could have my own action or better yet, an adventure of my own to explore and using this belt as many times as I please… I still got abundant of mana within me and… a Phantom inside of me… a Wyvern Phantom. It wasn't that easy to control it inside of me from breaking out from my body.

While I was wondering around the city, thinking what should I do next or trying to find another excuse for my earlier trick of escape, I somehow encounter some sort of a green portal right in front of me. Strange, is it only just me or did I see people just walk through it without noticing that they're looking at? And I haven't activated any of my rings at this time and even if I did, it was supposed to be red with a Wizard emblem right in the middle of the ritual circle, not just plain green. Curious gets the best of me since this must be another magic from someone that I don't know of. Is this one of the ancient sorcery that I haven't heard of before? Or could this be one of the pranks that was used by smoke and mirror?

When I got closer to it, at first I tried to touch the very surface of it and with a quick tap, a ripple effect occurs onto the portal before it returns smooth. Okay, first thing that I knew is that it's harmless.

"Hm… what else I should know about this portal here?" to my surprised, it seems like people around me didn't find me weird doing things like this… isn't it strange? I wonder what's up with that?

(Meanwhile, somewhere unknown, Normal Point of View)

In such a bright day, most of the students, mainly second years who wear the same white shirts and black pants for the boys and skirts for the girls and also a cape around them to represent as young mages, are gathering outside of the academy. Today is the day where the second years will summon out their own familiars that would be their partner for the rest of their life.

A professor in his 30s who had was bald on top, wearing glasses and a blue long blazer while holding a staff was instructing the students for today's ceremony. His name is Professor Colbert.

"Today is the day of your summoning of your familiar. This is the first exam of your second year, as well as the sacred day of your first encounter with your familiar who you will spend the rest of your life with as a part of an aristocratic family." The professor explained to the students that were listening well to him, as a girl with pink long hair was anxious to get the greatest familiar of them all. It is all because of what she said yesterday that she will get herself one of the best of the best than the students and she will prove them wrong that she isn't kidding what she said.

This girl's name was Louise Françoise le Blanc de La Vallière or by the reference of her classmates, Louise the Zero due to her lack of magic and always cause explosions, regardless of what spell did she use.

"I can hardly wait to see how great of a familiar you will summon." a teen who had red long hair, a tanned skin and not to mention has a big cleavage taunting Louise, who wanted to see what kind of result will Louise do. Her name was Kirche Augusta Frederica von Anhalt Zerbst or simply known as Kirche.

"Leave me alone…" she said while looking away from her rival.

And so, the ceremony commences. The summoning starts off with a young magician summons out a Bugbear, an eyeball-like familiar, which caught the student's interest. And as the ritual continues, more familiars was summoned out such as a big mole, serpent, cat, parrot, and not to mention some mythical beasts such as the flaming salamander, summoned by Kirche and not to mention a legendary wind dragon by a bluenette which her eyes fixed onto her book on one hand and holding her staff on the other.

"You sure summoned a big one in the end, Miss Zerbst," the professor praised her as she just look at him with a calm look.

"It's a result that matches my nickname, Kirche the Ardent," she added it with a smile.

"Have we gone through everyone?" Professor Colbert asked as he looked around for confirmation.

"No, not yet. Miss Valliere is left…" she added while shifting her attention to Louise, who seems hiding from a view.

At last, it was Louise's turn to summon out her familiar. While she was preparing herself to summon out her own familiar, there are some whisperings about what's going to happen next.

"It's Louise the Zero, man."

"What is she going to summon?"

"I'm sure she can't. It'll be another explosion and that will be it."

Even with the mocking coming out from the student, it doesn't break her confidence as she keep her composure as calm as she can.

"You said that you can summon something greater than this boy, right Louise?" Kirche teased her.

"Naturally," she said it with confident but her hand holding her wand says otherwise. And with that, she began to call forth her familiar.

(Saigo's Point of View)

"My slave, who lives somewhere in the universe!"

Whoa! Where did that voice come from?!

"Oh sacred, beautiful and strong familiar spirit!"

Is it coming from the portal?

"I desire and here I plead from my heart!"

I'm not losing my mind, am I?

"Answer to my guidance!"

Yep, I ain't losing it. This was definitely coming from this portal that was right in front of me the whole time. I don't know what kind of a language that they use… maybe French of some sort, but I can tell that this one was actually calling for me… whatever that means. So, I decided that since this portal was somehow harmless, I slowly stretched my arm forward and lets it enter the portal and to my surprise, once I've put it in…

…I can't pull it out. Crap...

And just like that, it has sucked me all the way from my footing and I can only just close my eyes and just hope to avoid the worst thing possible. I believe that I've shouted out of my lungs and no one was able to heard it.

And before I knew it, I was ended up falling from the portal and landed on the grass, if you can ignore the smokes that were covering the whole area… at this time, I was fainted from my fall.

"H-human?"

"Those weird outfits, he's a peasant no matter how you look at it."

"Y-yeah, he's a peasant. Without a doubt about it."

Uh… I think I got a headache… and as I was sitting up from my fall, as of right now, I can see that there are students of medival times as if they are whispering about something and let's not forget there's this one girl who had an annoyed look on her face. She walks toward my direction and began to say something that I don't really understand what she tried to say…

"Who are you?"

What was she said? And where the heck am I?

"You don't understand what I'm saying? Which peasant are you?"

Can somebody translate to Japanese for me, please? Where's the Translation Ring when you need one? And all of the sudden, most of the students began to laugh at her for no reason, much to this girl's chargin. Can somebody tell me what's going on here?

"It's just a little screw up!" the girl retaliates to the red head over there, which seems laughing at her and… IS THAT A SALAMANDER NEXT TO HER?! That's FREAKIN' HUGE!

"That's Louise the Zero we know! You never fail to meet our expectations!"

Whatever they said, I still don't get it…

"Oi, what's the meaning of th—" before I can asked what happen, she told me to shut my trap. I may not know what kind of a language they used, I can pretty much understand just by looking at their faces. The girl somehow pleads something to the bald man over there but straightly declined, from the looks of it.

While this was happening, I took a moment to see what kind of a situation that I've been through this time. Let's see, open blue sky, nice green grass… that seems normal from the looks of it. But there's one thing that I don't get it… from the once busy streets of Tokyo, I found myself at a place where academy are made at the open field. How can I tell between a castle and an academy? Simple, students and the similarity of their clothing, which is the same from normal students wear for their school. I know that the bald guy over there explaining some stuff that I don't know of to her but something tells me that this isn't Tokyo anymore.

"Is it just me, or did I got involved in some sort of re-enactment of the medieval days in other country? That portal sure was one heck of transportation…" I muttered to myself before I remember that I have a Connect Ring on my right middle finger. If that's the case, I think I should try to get the heck out of here… but I can't be in this public place. Gotta start crawling out from the crowd so that I can use my rings safely… but I got pulled by the pinkie instead…

"But I've never heard of taking a peasant as a familiar before!" the girl argues with the bald guy as the student body continue to laugh at her… can you please let go of my collar shirt before I got choked, little girl!?

"Whether it's a peasant or not, there will be no exceptions. Continue on with the ceremony or you will be truly expelled from this academy."

For some reason, after she lets go of my collar shirt, she was in a daze after her talk with the bald guy… or the professor after a few minutes of thinking… damn, I'm such a slow person to collect the whole thing around me… hey, why does she pokes my back with her wand? Doesn't she know that it can be annoying at times?!

As I manage to sit back on the ground after that poke, I can see on her face that she was dissatisfied with something. I do know that it has something to do with me, since that most of other students that I see are summoning out an animals. I slowly crawls back while she walks towards me as the students seems to cheer her for something that I don't know about. Damn, those angry eyes of hers are something that scares me at this time…

"You'd better be grateful that you'll be my familiar. You'd normally never get this from an aristocrat."

"Look, I don't understand a thing that you're saying! Try saying Japanese for crying out loud?!" I tried to tell her but she seems to ignore me while she points her wand at me.

"My name is Louise Françoise le Blanc de La Vallière." she points at my forehead, much to my confusion and at this time, we're now face to face with each other. Why is she blushing? Why am I blushing all of the sudden? And why the heck do I feel like something bad is gonna happen next?

"Pentagon that governs the five powers, give this person your blessing and make it my familiar!"

And the next I knew, both of us are now kissing.

Right. On. The. Lips.

To be honest, I was speechless at this time that happens to me. Not even a girl from my class would have done this close with me since that I'm the guy that doesn't stick out much… that and I'm just a lone wolf back in my place. After we broke from our kiss, I was still in shock that was happening right in front of me. To make things even worse, I still have no idea why am I here!

"Hey, what's the meaning of this?!" I tried to ask them what's going on, but all of it was come to a halt as I can feel the burning sensation that was happening all around my body. It was getting even hotter as it continue to burn inside of me and eventually, there was some sort of a rune that appears on the back of my left hand. After all of that, everything was a blurry as I fainted back on the ground and my body starts to cool down after taking the immense heat earlier on.

Where am I? Wait a minute, this place seems familiar… oh yeah, that's right, this is from my childhood memories and around this time, I was inside a hospital due to a crash that we got ourselves involved into. Even though that I only suffered minor injuries on my cheeks and a few scratches on my arm, my parents are the ones who have all of the damage and was in a critical state. At that time, I can only just looking at that little boy who was watching them helplessly, fighting to survive from this critical moment. Even with all of the advanced technology on our side, that doesn't help out one bit about them who are in the bed, with the help of an oxygen masks to help them breathing more properly.

"Mom… dad…" the little me said in a sad tone.

The smaller version of me was about to cry at that point, only to be comforted by my uncle that was worried for me as well. Besides, my Uncle Tetzu was my dad's big brother after all…

"Young man, let's leave them be for a while…" he said with a low tone to comfort the little me, but I was quite stubborn to leave them all alone. In the end, he had no other choice but to leave me be and he'll be waiting for me outside of the room.

Flashes of smiles coming from my parent's face appear to me from my flashback as at that time, we've spend our times together happily. And now, this happens. If only dad was paying more attention on the street, maybe this wouldn't happen.

"Saigo…" I can hear my mom calling out to me as my left hand reaches her hand.

"I'm here, mom! Don't worry about me!"

"I'm glad… that you're okay, sweetie…" she said while smiling under that oxygen mask, despite the condition she's in. And then, I saw my dad reaching out his hand to my right hand, and I wasn't hesitating to grab his and keep a firm grip from losing them.

"Saigo… remember that despite that we're in… you're our only hope to move on…" my dad said to me, with a few difficulties of breathing between the talk.

"Mom, dad… please don't talk anymore! Rest! After both of you recovered, we can go to the theme park that we've promised!" I can feel a stream of tear flows out from my eyes as they are now at the brink of no return.

"Always remember for who you are…"

"…our Nozomi Saigo…"

With those final words, the line on the monitor went flat… and the little me kneels down in disbelief. I was pathetic at that time and to my surprise, the little me looks at his hand and can see cracks of purple lines appearing on his hands and it won't planning to stop anytime soon.

Wait a minute, this hasn't happened before! And before I knew it, I stretched my hand forward to the little me, while shouting "NO!" as loud as I can. With that last word, the shell of the boy was shattered… and he was reborn… as a Phantom…

"NO!" I suddenly sit up from my dream, and grips upon my sleeves because of the memory of the past that was happening on me. It took me a while to get the gist of the situation. When I look around, I was some sort of inside a room, while lying on my straw bed. I even can see that the pinkie was in surprised after I shouted out of nowhere. I guess this isn't a dream after all…

"Looks like you've finally awake…" she said it while crossing her arms with a unsatisfied look on her face. Oh yeah, I almost forget about her…

"I've contemplated this to the point of getting a stomach ache, but I've given up and decided to make you my familiar. You better feel honored."

As she walks across the room, I suddenly stood up and tried to understand the whole situation that was happening right now. I was walking around the city, then a strange green portal appears right in front of me, pulled me all the way in and I ended up being with her… from the looks of it, some sort of a familiar? That's as far as I can understand. Time to attack her with some questions…

"Why the heck am I right now?! Do you have any idea what that portal of yours does to me?! I want to go back to my house so that I can tell my uncle that I'm okay! If not—" I was ranting the whole time and then all of the sudden, she takes off her clothes one by one. Doesn't she know that there's a boy in here?!

Clearly, I was about to have a sudden nosebleed from this unexpected outcome… those trains of thoughts were now stopped as she throws her clothes at me, leaving me dumbfounded.

"Wash those clothes. Even if you don't understand my words, you're still my familiar, so you can guess what I want you to do, right?"

I just can't believe that she's now only in her undergarments… and I've took a glance of it… but to be honest, she is quite cute… wait, what am I thinking?!

"W-what is this?!"

"You can't even understand the orders of your mistress? To not even understand orders, you're worse than a dog!"

I believe the question right at this time is why are you stripping right in front of me, for someone who lacks sex appeal? I just really wish that this is all nothing but a dream and suddenly wakes up to find out that I'm just at the magic storage area… but that won't happen anytime soon.

I just kept asking her questions, up to the point of making her feel annoyed from my sudden bursts of questions. With all of that, she suddenly took her wand and points it right directly on my face, much to my confusion… or not. Is she trying to place a spell on me or something?

"Let's see… Ansul, bel, an…" oh crap… she's gonna do something on me and I don't understand what would she do to me… might as well cover my face with her clothes for the time being from looking at her and makes her misunderstands me that I'm a pervert or something among those lines as she continues with her spell.

"Comply with my order by silence."

KABOOM! That's the magic that I felt from her… explosion. Is she going to kill me or something?!

After clearing the smokes out, for some reason, that blast wasn't strong enough to kill me, but it does ruins her clothes and makes me feel dizzy after that explosion.

"Uh… what are you trying to do to me?" I said that to her after I regain conscious. Luckily for me, that blast was nothing compared to one of the Phantoms that I've used to fight on rare occasions and those guys are even have a stronger blast than she is…

"Eh?! You can understand what I said? I can understand you!" she said it with a surprise and not only that… even I can understand her language… this thing has turn from bad to worse… I think…

"Say something…"

"What am I supposed to say?" I said to her while blinking in confusion. "How do you know Japanese?"

"That's strange… it was supposed to be Silence… I failed again." she's… what?! She tried to shut my trap permanently?! Well, look on the bright side, at least that we can sort things out for a bit.

"What's your name?"

"The names Nozomi Saigo."

"Nozomiphycho?"

Does my name sounds like a murderer to you?

"Forget about that. Why am I here in the first place? Where am I exactly?"

"Isn't it obvious? I've summoned you and you are my familiar." I guess that explains about the green portal in the first place, but there's one thing I want to know…

"A familiar?! What's that supposed to mean?!" I said in a surprise. When I think about it, the rune on my hand really does appear on it. Does this mean… I'm her servant?

Meanwhile, inside the library, with only the company of a candle that brightens a one part of the room, the professor was doing on some research and after a few hours of searching for something…

"I've found it… but how is that possible? I have to report this matter to the principle, just in case." He immediately closes the book and began to walk out from the library while carrying one of the book. What did he have discovered and makes it so important?

Meanwhile, back with me and the girl in pink, we were having a little bit of discussion as I tried to understand the situation that I am in right now.

"So, let me get this straight. I'm in a kingdom known as Tristain of the mainland of Halkaginia, and you're a student apprentice of this magic academy, correct?" I pointed out to her to clarify the whole thing as she continues to nod in agreement. Wow, this is the world where magic DOES exist after all. If that's the case, I think I don't have to hide my identity of a magic user as well. But in order to do so, I need to find the right opportunity that allows me to use the power of Wizard, which it will surprise her by THAT much. They may be wizards around here, but they haven't seen the modern version of one, such as me and Haruto Souma in my place. For the time being, I better remain my identity a secret, just for the fun of it until the time comes to make an appearance. Besides, all superheroes always find right timing to make an entrance like in those comic books that we used to read, right?

And then, it was her turn to point it out on me. "Since you're my familiar, I won't allow you to call me "you". I am Louise… Louise de La Valliere."

"Alright, alright… and I'm your familiar that Louise-san summoned, right? That thing that a mage takes around, yada, yada, yada..." I said it in sarcastic tone and pretend to have zero knowledge about this matter. I already know that most of the magic around these days in my world are coming from watching movies and reading manga and Harry Potter was one of them that has the same flame in it… man, that story really is well known back at my place. Too bad it has reached its finale...

"*sigh* Why is my familiar is a peasant? I wanted something cool like a dragon, or a griffin!" she doesn't know that something inside of me, there's a dragon clan Phantom called Wyvern, but I better keep my trap shut for the time being, for a surprise.

The more I hear her rant, the more annoying it gets to me… time to make an escape. Besides, my uncle used to say that a magician must always have an escape plan if things could have gone worse on stage or in real life, and I got the main key that will lead me for my escape. While she was turning away from my sight, I secretly placed my right hand onto the belt.

= Konekuto… Pureezu! =

And before she knew it, I immediately make a pass onto the portal that was right below me and disappear from her sight. Man, talk about how annoying it could really be… but one thing I want to know... does this leads me back to my world? OR, it would lead me somewhere that I don't know? I hope it's not option B.

"He's running away? My familiar is running away?! You have got to be kidding me!" she shouted in anger.

In the meantime, the portal opens up to another hallway, but luckily for me, at least that's one trouble avoided. From where I am standing, I can hear some giggles and when I take a closer look, I see a blonde guy who had rose as his wand flirting with a girl, who might be a kōhai of the academy, maybe due to the colour of the mantle is different? I'm just guessing here...

"I'm good at making soufflé," the young girl said to the guy, who's pretty much a playboy around here. Better take note about this matter.

"I'd love to have a taste of that." When he said those words, I can see sparkles appearing on his face, controlling his cool and such, and not to mention he manage to make a girl happy at this time.

"Really?" she said it with hopes on her face.

"Of course, Katie. I would never lie to your eyes." You know, just hearing those words making me want to puke… I need a barf bag ASAP.

"Oh, Guiche-sama…" she said with a blush on her face and those lovely hearts around her. Damn, he sure is a lady killer… and she seems mesmerized to him with his words…

"There's never a hidden side of my affection for you."

And then those things were put on hold as I decided to casually walk passed them, but that move gained their attention as well.

"Ah, Louise's familiar…" Guiche said.

"It was a hot topic between the first years too…" Katie added. Looks like I'm famous without breaking a sweat... in a different way...

"Since he fell unconscious and wouldn't move, we faced a lot of trouble." He said that calmly and while trying to look cool in front of her, he also mocks me with those words of his at the same time. Seriously, is he looking for a fight or something? Oh well, I better continue to walk and—

"Hold it!"

"Yeah?" I said without turning my back on him.

"As a familiar who caused trouble for an aristocrat, shouldn't you say a word of thanks?"

"Oh yeah, where are my manners? Why, thanks…" I kinda forgot that this must be the guy who had carrying me all the way to Louise's room. Tetzu-san always told me to be good to those who helped out out, even if he's a playboy or something like that… but this guy really gets on my nerves… "Well… later…"

I continue to walk on casually… until I hear another footsteps that was chasing me and I got a pretty good idea who that be… gotta run!

"What a restless guy…"

When I reached at the end of the hallway and no one was within the area, I used my ring once again to conjure a quick getaway.

= Konekuto… Pureezu! =

And now the portal has opened up to another place and as I walked out, I saw the red head and she seems flirting with a guy… am I interrupting her date?

"It's almost like a dream that I'm alone with you, Kirche the Advert." The big guy praised as she leans onto him.

"I don't think I can stop at advert tonight." She said with a smile on her face.

Great, first we got a playboy upstairs and here's the man eater at below… they manage to look at me before I run passed them once again, getting their attention as well. Argh, why does this ring have a mind of its own?! With the view cleared from other people, I once again activate it and I just hope that it doesn't lead me to any more weird places again. I just want to go home!

"C'mon, work with me here!"

= Konekuto… Pureezu! =

The portal opens up and I ended up being at the front yard with a fountain right in front of me. Luckily for me, there's no one that saw me doing this kind of stuff since that this is night time and most of them are now in a curfew. In the end, I have no other choice but to give up on using this ring and tried to use logic to understand this matter.

"Alright… I already know that the Connect Ring can linked one place to another, right? So… why is it that it doesn't let me return back to my world?" I pondered to the question with deep thoughts about it. Why won't it work? This NEVER happens back in my place.

While I was thinking about that, my whole body has been levitated to the sky…

"O-o-oi! What's the meaning of this! Put me down!" I managed to collect my bearings rather than screaming like an idiot.

"Give me a break." When I look at below, I can see both Louise and Guiche and the one that does the magic was the playboy… believe me, I felt much better with him than her that causes an explosion with her spell. If there's a suitable job for her, it would be a demolition team back at my place.

"This is the second time I'm levitating you." While he shakes me back and forth on the sky with his wand… the red head girl, now known as Kirche, just laughs at me.

"A familiar that ran away from its master?! It's the best joke!"

"So this isn't a dream after all…" I said while looking at the sky and see… 2 moons?! One was normal enough but the other one is WAY larger than the other one. This isn't Saturn with many moons! This is Earth… well, which it looks like it…

All I can say is that I'm gonna be here for quite a while… why destiny must be cruel to me? Wait a minute… is this… one of my dreams of having my own adventures coming true? What am I supposed to do here?

There you have it, the first chapter of my crossover between Kamen Rider Wizard and Zero No Tsukaima. If you guys want to know where I got my inspiration for the first part of this story, I got it from YouTube dubbed Kamen Rider Wizard Press Conference, so go ahead to see what it actually sounds like before you judged me to be weird or anything. Even the battle is coming from there as well, except that it was a little bit longer due to the opening song of Kamen Rider Wizard. Well, what do you guys think so far?