Kenshin & Familiar Of Zero: The Wandering Familiar

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Louise summons her human familiar, Saito. But what if she wasn't the only one that summoned a human familiar? Through desperation, Tabitha summons a particular wandering samurai named Kenshin Himura. . . . That she did. (Tabitha/Kenshin/Sylphid) OOC Sylphid

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I do not own Familiar Of Zero or Rorouni Kenshin/Samurai X

AN: Hello readers. After completing my first big story, Familiar Of Zero: Saving Grace, I am starting up this story as my next big story line.

Saito is still summoned by Louise, but now Kenshin is also being added in. The version of Keshin that Tabitha summons is from between the Samurai X and Rorouni Kenshin timelines. That is the 10 year period where he was wandering around before the Rouroni Kenshin series. Tabitha still has a dragon to start off with, but it is not Sylphid. Sylphid will still be in this story, but she will not be like she was in the series. She will be much more mature due to circumstances. Kenshin's sword is not the reverse blade (But that does not mean that it will always be like that)

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Chapter One

A Desperate Summoning

Currently, all of the second-year students are out in the courtyard of the school they are attending, Tristan Academy. Tristan academy is an institute of magic. They are all outside because it is the day for the summoning ceremony where the second-year students summon their familiars.

At this point, almost all of the students have summoned their familiars. Louise, a pink-haired girl from a noble family, just got through summoning a human familiar. Summoning a human familiar is unheard of, but she did.

With her familiar falling unconscious with the sealing of the contract, Louse the zero heads back off to her room in defeat for summoning a peasant. Guiche, another student at the academy with blond hair, helps her take the peasant to her room. He uses a levitation spell to carry him away.

Colbert, a professor at the academy, is trying to calm everyone down from the commotion. He is a balding man that only has dark hair around the sides and back of his head. He also wears glasses and a navy robe that has white stripes around the edges and seams. Instead of a wand or a staff, he wields what looks like a bat with two red stripes on it.

Amidst all of the laughing and mocking of Louise, Colbert did not realize that there was still one more student that hadn't performed her summoning ritual just yet.

Slowly, a short girl approaches the area where everyone was doing their summoning. She is wearing the student uniform that everyone else is wearing. A long sleeve white shirt with a short black skirt. Covering her legs are pale white leggings. Upon her face are red glasses. Her short blue hair gently waves back and forth with her advance. The mixed expression on her face unwavering. The emotions in her expression are hope, fear, and desperation all mixed into one.

The girl, Tabitha, walks a heavy step along with her staff with an end that resembles a question mark. The long black she wears lightly trails behind her.

Her friend, Kirche the ardent, is the first one to notice her walk up to the spot. Kirche is a rather tall and busty woman with very tanned skin. Her white shirt is barely able to contain her cleavage. Next to her, is her familiar, a fire salamander.

"Tabitha? I almost forgot that she hadn't summoned her familiar yet." Kirche softly mutters.

'Please. If Louise can manage to summon a human, then maybe there is still hope for me. Maybe there is hope that there is a familiar out there that can save me. One that can save me from my uncle. One that can maybe help me with my mother. One that can take me away from this life that I have been trapped into.' Hopes Tabitha.

She raises her staff that is taller than herself into the air.

People begin to hush and take note that Tabitha is casting a spell.

'Guiche said that the familiar that is summoned, best suits the summoner. Then, I really hope that mine suits me as well as he said.'

While softly speaking, Tabitha begins casting the spell.

"O Bremir, our grand creator that always guides us. . "

'Bremir, send me an Ivaldi to save me from my despair and life of solitude.'

"Please heed my pleas. Answer my divine summons. . "

Even though Tabitha is speaking softly, Kirche notices through the commotion that even Tabitha (whom is a great spellcaster and doesn't botch spell) has reworded the summoning spell.

Tabitha closes her eyes and tears begin to form at the corners.

"And send me a noble one that will become a knight for Tabitha the snowstorm."

As she finishes the main casting of the spell, wind blows all around the area. The wind kicks up dirt, creating a bit of a dust cloud. Then, a white oval portal opens in front of her.

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Japan, Meiji era, 1870.

Walking down a lonely dirt road in Japan is one sole person. The young man has long red hair. He also has a cross shaped scar on his left cheek. He is wearing a burgundy kimono top with white hakama pants. He is also wearing white tabi socks and a white belt. Strapped to his side is a katana.

Around him is nothing but beautiful scenery. Lush trees and green grass. In the distance is a small stream with small rocks along it. There isn't another person in sight.

'It has done well for me to help out that farmer. I keep a somewhat full belly and I earn a little bit of money.'

He looks up as the sky quickly darkens with clouds.

"This cloud coverage is rather odd. I have never seen it come in so quick before. I better make haste, or I may end up in a downpour."

As he keeps traveling the dirt path, his mind is quickly drawn back to what he was previously thinking about moments ago.

'Winter is drawing near.'

With that single thought, he is reminded of how the anniversary Tomoe's death is approaching.

'I killed her fiancé, and then I ended up killing her when she stepped between me and her father. She was used against me so that I could be killed for the shogunate and I fell for it.'

He thinks this and touches the cross shaped scar on his cheek.

"I will forever be reminded of my past. I will have to wander on again soon."

The winds pick up and blow heavily around him.

"What is this?" He shouts while putting up his arms to shield his eyes.

The clouds become darker, rain begins to fall and lightning strikes through the air several times.

The winds circle around, blowing the grass, trees, and leaves around. Then it begins collecting in front if him and taking shape in the form of a white oval portal. When the oval is finished being created, the wind suddenly stops and the air becomes oddly calm aside from the rain.

"What form of trickery is this? I have never seen such a thing before."

He puts his left hand up to shield his eyes from the rain as he looks at the oval disc in front of him. Walking around it, he finds that the disc is as flat as a sheet of paper. He waves his hands around it. The sleeves of the kimono flap around with his motion.

'Nothing seems to be holding it up.'

He sniffs the air around it.

"It doesn't seem to have any scent, that it doesn't." He mutters while rubbing the back of his head.

After giving a shrug, he slowly reaches towards the disc. As his hand gets closer and closer, he takes note that there doesn't seem to be any heat coming from it. Finally, he touches the disc and his hand goes slightly inside.

"I am touching it, but I do not feel anything."

After a moment, he realizes that he can't pull his hand back out. Then there is a tugging sensation. A very distressed expression makes its way to his face and he begins fighting against the tugging sensation.

"This is not good, that it is not!" Shouts Kenshin.

The battousai finds himself fighting a fleeting battle against the disc and then he gets pulled inside. Blue and white lights surround and fly all around him and he falls to wherever the portal is leading him to. As he falls, he faintly hears a girl's voice. All of a sudden, he reaches another bright white light and falls through it.

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After what seems to be minutes, even though it was only 40 seconds, a figure falls through the portal and onto the ground as though he was thrown down in front of Tabitha. As the dust settles, many gasps are heard while others are completely silent.

'She summoned a human too? A handsome one at that.' Kirche thinks as she looks at the man on the ground before her friend.

Tabitha stares stunned at him as well.

'I really did, didn't I?' Ponders the blue-haired girl.

Emerging from the crowd of students, comes Colbert. He watches again in shock, for the second time today, as another human familiar has appeared before him.

Kenshin rises to his feet and brushes himself off. When, he finally looks up and at the surrounding area around him, he realizes he's not in Japan any more.

As Colbert watches him rise, he not only sees that there is a sword strapped to his side, but he gets a whiff of something in the air that he hoped he would never be around again.

'He smells of blood.' The balding teacher thinks.

Colbert's facial expression quickly changes, and he begins watching Kenshin's every movement. He readies himself to cast a spell. This action completely startles all of the students.

Kenshin notices Colbert's stance along with the fact that he is holding a bat. He also takes note that Tabitha is holding a staff. He readies himself as well by placing his left hand on his sheath, closest to the hilt of his sword and places his right hand on the hilt. The look in his eyes changes from that of a wanderer to a warrior ready for battle.

Aside from Colbert, he notices that there seems to be nothing but children all around him that seem to be all around him. Most of them begin to back away from the three of them

"Who are you, and where am I?" Asks the samurai.

'He seems to be speaking the same language as that other boy.' Tabitha, Kirche, Colbert, and some of the other students notice.

Without taking his eyes off of Kenshin, Colbert speaks to Tabitha.

"Tabitha, I know that I said that you have to finish the ritual, but I am weary of this one."

'Maybe I can cast a spell on him so he can understand me.' Thinks Colbert.

As soon as Colbert moves his bat ever so slightly, Kenshin watches him like a hawk.

The battousai could feel that Mr. Colbert was a veteran as well.

"I do not with to harm you, that I don't. But if you are going to raise your weapon, then I will fight back."

His words were obviously not understood by everyone else since he is speaking Japanese and not their language.

"Tabitha?"

"Yes, Mr. Colbert."

When, Kenshin hears her voice, he recognizes it from when he traveled through the portal. He also notices that he doesn't understand them as well.

"Do you know the language spell?"

"Yes." She replies along with a simple nod.

Kenshin watches her move her staff around as she speaks.

'I am not sure what she is doing, but she is too far away to hit me with it unless she is planning on throwing it at me. I wish I could understand what she is saying.' The battousai thinks to himself.

When she finishes the spell, she hands her staff to Colbert.

"What are you doing?" The teacher asks her in a slight panic.

"It will be okay." She replies.

'I can understand them now, but how?' Wonders Kenshin.

Tabitha slowly approaches him with her arms wide open so that he can see that she is unarmed. In her usual soft voice, she speaks to him.

"Can you understand?"

Her calm voice and soft voice breaks through the tension and he slowly begins to let down his guard.

"I do not understand how, that I don't, but yes I can. Who are you and where are we?"

"I will explain everything to you once we finish the ritual."

"What ritual? A sacrifice?"

She gets horrified at the thought and the normally expressionless girl gets a disgusted look on her face.

"Nothing of the sort. It's the summoning ritual that brought you here. I have to seal it with a. . ."

She trails off and turns her head to the side with a blush.

'My first kiss will be stolen by this man that I have never even met before today. I wonder if this is how Louise felt moments ago when she did her summoning.

"With a what?" Kenshin asks.

"Kiss." She finally says.

He blinks several times in dismay.

"I don't understand what a kiss has to do with a ritual, that I don't. We aren't procreating, are we?"

This causes even Colbert to blush.

Tabitha gets a little redder as the very thought rushes through her head. Then she shakes her head no.

Kirche lets out an uncontrollable giggle as she intimately imagines her friend with this man.

"If a kiss is all it is, then I suppose I can oblige you. But, a kiss should be reserved for someone you love and plan to be with. A kiss with me would have no meaning. We have no emotional attachment to each other."

She gives him a nod in understanding and she feels the magic of her first kiss become a fleeting moment.

"May I have your name, warrior."

"I am Kenshin Himura."

'That is an unusual name, but perhaps it is not where he comes from.'

"Kenshin Himura, I am Tabitha De O'leans. Pentagon that rules the five powers, bless this individual and make him my familiar."

'Familiar?' Kenshin wonders.

At the exact moment this thought runs through his head, Tabitha slowly leans in while closing her eyes. Then, she kisses him gently on the lips.

After a brief moment of them sharing such a simple kiss, she slowly backs away and opens her eyes.

Within another moment, his whole body begins heating up. He grits his teeth through the pain.

"What is this? My whole body feels as though it is on fire."

Guilt washes over the blue-haired girl as she sees him in so much pain.

"Please forgive me and bear with it for just a bit longer. This is the final part of the ritual where the familiar runes will be etched onto you."

With those words, he feels stabbing pain at his major joints including: the ankles, knees, hips, wrists, elbows, and shoulders.

'This pain is almost unbearable.'

His stance staggers and he collapsed to one knee. So, he grips his sword and uses it like a cane while still sheathed to hold himself up. He begins sweating from the pain and heat.

Tabitha rushes to his side and she could feel how immensely hot he was just from being close to him. She uses her staff to cast a wind spell and create a slight breeze around them.

He stays conscious through the whole event.

'Did she just do that? There is no way. That had to have just occurred at the same time.'

"Okay?" She asks him.

"I have been trough much worse, that I have. But, I have a lot of questions and you have a lot of explaining to do."

She gives him a nod and then she whistles. Within moments, a red dragons flies in and lands next to them.

"Is this a dragon? I have only heard of these through legend." Asks the dazed battousai.

"This is my steed. We shall ride it to my room so that you may rest and so that we can talk. It will be quicker."

'So, many questions."

He wearily climbs onto the beast that is about 3 times the size of a horse. When they take off for flight, he lets out a small yelp and wraps his arms around her from behind. She blushes from the contact, and feels oddly secure in his arms.

Colbert watches them fly away.

'This is extremely odd. Summoning a single human has been unheard of except back in Bremir's days. But, two have been summoned in the same day. I will have to do much research. I am a little worried about the man that Tabitha summoned just now though. He smells of too much blood for someone so young. What kind of a life did he go through? I don't want any of the students here to have to go through anything like that.' Colbert contemplates.

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A/N: Thank you for reading my new fanfiction. I hope you enjoyed the first chapter.

Here is a list of my other stories

My 'History's Strongest Devil Disciple Kenichi' story is at chapter 10

My 'Kenichi: Not Just Her Disciple' story is at chapter 11 - Complete

My 'Monster Musume: Drago's Quest' story is at chapter 4 - Complete

My 'Familiar Of Zero: Saving Grace' story is at Chapter 79 - Complete

My 'Teknoman And A Succubus' story is at chapter 2