The Chronicles Of Zero

Zero dives in the direction of the phantoms to retrieve as many of them as possible using [Diving Strike], when he was able to gather about 20 of them, monsters started appearing one after the other and blocking his way.

// Bael country house, Misla's Room //

Madoka watches as her friend Sona's fiancé is s.u.c.k.e.d into a kind of orb filled with black clouds.

At the same moment, a magic circle appears in the room and it is the circle of the Sitri clan. The people coming out of it are Sona and her mother accompanied by Tsubaki and Venelana Gremory.

Madoka: Aunt Venelana, Sona, Lady Sitri what are you doing here?

Venelana: Hello Madoka-chan

Sona: Where is he?

Ask Sona in a hurried and disgruntled voice.

Madoka: Huh?!! Where's who?

Lady Sitri: She wants to talk about Zero-chan.

Madoka: Oh, Akatsuki-kun he's here.

Madoka replied, pointing to the orb beside the bed.

The new arrivals approach the orb which shows Zero gathering Misla's fragments while fighting strange creatures, which surprises them especially Sona.

Sona: What is this?

Tsubaki: Is that what he meant when he said there were risks?

Lady Sitri: This is the first time I've seen this kind of artifact.

Lady Sitri is about to touch the orb to be stopped by Madoka.

Madoka: Akatsuki-kun ordered me not to allow anyone to touch this artifact until he returns.

Tsubaki: Why?

Madoka: He didn't give me any details when I asked him the same question, but those are his instructions.

As for Velenala, she's watching with interest what's going on in the orb and she's especially curious about the young man named Zero Akatsuki, whom she's mostly hearing about from members of her family.

// Flashback //

The first time I heard about this boy was from my daughter Rias who described him as a close friend, a little brother figure who listens to her every concern, treating her like a normal girl, lecturing her when she does something wrong, something that my daughter never had in her youth since her brother and father spoilt her too much.

When she heard from Grayfia the head maid of the family that he seriously injured Riser Phenex by using the flames of the Phoenix against him, putting him out of action for 2 months, leaving Rias and her peerage to prepare their Rating Game.

I thought to myself that this young man seems to care about my daughter's well-being and might make a very good son-in-law.

The day of Rias' return, she told me that he was in the Underworld for a meeting with the Phenex family on the orders of the 4 Maou, I also learned that he would stay with the Sitri family, I asked my daughter why he would not stay with us since they are friends and she answered me that Zero is engaged to Sona because the latter beat her at chess, she told me with a sad and envious voice.

I understood then that my daughter's feelings would not be reciprocated, the same evening my husband and son returned to the manor with pale faces, when I asked them what happened they explained that they would tell me what happened at dinner.

Everyone was surprised that Zero is the grandson of the Black Beast of Kyoto a legendary being in the supernatural world, who is also the patriarch of one of the 6 great clans of Japan, so, normally, Zero is the observer in Kuoh and a close relative of the leader of the Shinto faction which shocked Rias and her peerage even more because Riser could have started a war.

At the same time, Grayfia and Rias said to Sirzechs "you were warned", my son went on to say that Zero would pass the sponge on the case of Riser and the mismanagement of Kuoh territory on the Gremory side for 3 favors.

Venelana(thought): It seems this young man has more resources than he lets on, now I want to get to know him.

And the days after the announcement of Zero and Sona's engagement went around the Underworld and it came back to me that all of Sona's previous suitors came to challenge him and found themselves seriously injured in the hospital while the latter only used a tree branch that seems to be enchanted.

A few days later was the day that Lady Sitri and I had our monthly tea party and she was accompanied by Sona and we mainly talked about Zero and the contributions he has made to Sitri's estate, when Tsubaki, Sona's queen appeared to announce to Sona that Zero would be returning to Kuoh the same day after healing my sister-in-law Misla Bael.

This announcement shocked us all because we know there is no cure for the devil's sleeping sickness, then Tsubaki explained that with Zero they might have found a solution based on a theory that Sona had thought up a few years ago and that Zero can verify whether or not it is true.

// End Flashback //

What took us now is watching this mysterious young man rescue a member of my former family

// Dream of Misla //

// Zero POV //

Nightmares start to appear and start to attack me or block my way but the fact that I can use two keyblades allowed me to eliminate a large part of them easily, which allowed me to get more rewards to use my magic.

After recovering 30 Misla's phantom a window appears in front of me.

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Ring Open

I'm heading towards the gate that just opened...

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Finish

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Zero: Yes

I do a victory loop before continuing to the Awakening Station...

After a while I land on the edge of the station I start to move towards the center of it while looking around.

Then I see on the other side of the station a silhouette that seems to resemble that of Misla who seems to be imprisoned in a kind of cage made of a black substance, I am getting ready to join her when suddenly shadows begin to appear.

These shadows transcribe acts of verbal and physical abuse by members of the Bael family towards Misla, the more scenes appear the more violent they become, the angrier I became.

Misla: Please get out of here, you can't defeat him.

I look at where the voice comes from, and I see that it is Misla who seems to be half awake.

Zero: And you leave here and die no way.

Misla: I am a disgrace to the Bael clan, I could not offer my daughter the future she wanted, I do not deserve to live or be saved.

She answered me with tears in her eyes, which made me angrier.

Zero: ... Wrong, you're wrong, you haven't done anything wrong it's that damn devil society controlled by those old lunatics who wanted it that way, you have the right to be saved, if you think otherwise then I'll start by putting an end to that illusion.

I raise my arm in the air with the palm of my hand facing up...

Zero: Shokan: Dream Eater

Then forcefully put it against the floor of the station to make a magic circle appear containing the mark of the Dream Eater spirits so appears beside me two creatures one that looks like a tyrannosaurus rex and another creature that looks like a saber-toothed tiger named respectively Tyranno Rex and Keeba Tiger.

Then I make Oathkeeper and Oblivions appear and then activate my "Form Double" of my costume (Sora costume without gloves and the red parts are in blue) that I received a few months ago.

By activating this form a tornado of light and darkness surrounds me to form a kind of cocoon that I break right after.

Heart symbols are visible on my sleeves and hood, the heart on my hood is half black on the left side and half silver on the right side. On my coat the edges of the latter are in white as well as the right sleeve as for the left sleeve it is black and the rest is in grey. My pants are black on the left and grey on the right, with grey back pockets, white kanjis are printed on the front of each leg of the pants, with the kanji for "darkness" (闇) on the left side and the kanji for "light" (光) on the right side. My shoes have white collars, black toe caps and heels edged with white, and grey vamp and quarters.

I point one of my keyblades at the chimera and put it in [Lock-on], at that precise moment Tyranno runs on the enemy and gives him a big swing with his tail that destabilizes him, as for me I run on the right side of the chimera and execute basic attack combinations of a Keyblade which is a basic three-hit attack: A downward swing, a forward thrust, and a turning sweep slash, while its aerial combo is a downward, then upward slash, finished with a mid-air spinning slash.

I put all my anger in each of my attacks that the tattoo of my Magia Erebea appears on my right arm that holds Oblivion which increases the damage it inflicts.

As for Keeba, he takes the other flank from the enemy so as not to leave him any moment of respite.

The chimera to free himself from this encirclement gives a circular tail strike to put some distance between us and I reflect the damage towards him by putting my keyblades in the shape of a cross that activates [Reflect].

Then I put one combo after other thanks to my great understanding of [Dual wielding] and the different styles of fencing acquired through my Class Cards and the training of my servants and dodges using my [Shundo] which I combine with my mastery of lightning with [Mana burst (lightning)].

The Keyblade makes it easier to cast magic spells at intermediate and lower levels because it reduces the chanting process by 50-60% by using it as a medium with my [Memory Partition] and [Accelerated Thought] skills.

This allows me to cast hindrance spells without having to move away from the enemy or reduce my movement speed, you can think whatever you want but being a talented magician and owning a Keyblade is a cheat in itself but being good at Martial Art and fencing on top of that you can easily be OP.

When the HP of the chimera reaches 5% I take some distance and prepare to launch a Final Attack.

I raise Oathkeeper and Oblivion to the sky, then the surroundings turn into the sky at dawn. I generate a giant sigil below and above me that generates giant pillars of light that destroy all the enemies around me.

When the light disappears the HP of the chimera falls to 0 the chimera decomposes little by little before bursting into a particle of light.

Zero: Mission accomplished

I get back to my normal shape and let out a big sigh when suddenly I feel something wet on my cheek and something rubbing against my right leg.

It's Tyranno l.i.c.k.i.n.g my cheek and Keeba rubbing himself against me to cheer me up and calm me down because of the great amount of darkness I release with my Erebea Magia.

Tyranno: Grrrr

Keeba: Roaaar

Zero: You're right, thanks for cheering me up.

The tattoo disappears and my emotions calm down as I head towards Misla who is still trapped in her cell looking at me with eyes wide open and tears in her eyes.

Misla: Why? For what did you do all this for?

Zero: I did it because someone very dear to you hired me to bring you back and if you disappear I think she will lose her reason for being and living but one of my reasons was to show you that you deserve to be saved.

When she heard my answer she seemed to understand who I meant and tears came to her eyes.

Misla: Thank you, thank you very much.

Then the cage around Misla disintegrates and she disappears in a flash of light, then I turn to my Dream Eater.

Zero: Thanks for assisting me you two I'm counting on you for next time.

I tell them by stroking each of them, in turn, using [God Hand] which seems to be appreciated before they disappear as a ball of light and enter my body.

Zero: I should go too.

I point Oblivion in front of me and a keyhole appears on the horizon, I point my key towards it, then a gate opens, I levitate and fly through it.

// Bael country house, Misla's room //

// 3rd POV //

Everyone is impressed with Zero's performance as he fights against the Chimera. From transforming his clothes to summoning creatures that look like pets.

Sona: I should stop being surprised every time he does something spectacular or I'm going to end up with white hair very early.

Tsubaki: You're right, but that's what makes them special too.

Madoka, on the other hand, is always watching Zero and watching his every move, which is a perfect combination of attack, speed, and defense. She seems to be surprised that he's got great control of his magic without using a circle, the only thing she can deduce is that Zero is a powerful person that she'd like to face in the future.

After defeating the Chimera he speaks with Madoka's mother before she disappears in a flash of light at the same time the Orb disappears to leave Zero lying on the floor asleep.

[DING]

Sona, Tsubaki, and Lady Sitri approach him and Lady Sitri takes his pulse after a moment she releases a sigh of relief.

Lady Sitri: Don't worry, he's perfectly healthy, he's just asleep.

At the same time, m.o.a.ns are heard in Misla's bed, which attracts everyone's attention.

Madoka: Mother

Madoka rushes to her mother's bedside and her mother opens her eyes,

Misla: Hello, sweetheart.

Madoka throws herself into her mother's arms in tears, Misla hugs her daughter while gently patting her back which makes everyone smile as they watch this touching scene.

At this very moment, another m.o.a.n can be heard and another person comes out of her sleep.

Zero: Note to self, Dive plus fight and invocation drains too much mental energy I will have to postpone Ingvild's awakening to recover.

I put my head down before I let a sigh, then I turn my head to see Madoka in her mother's arms which makes me smile. Then I notice the presence of Lady Sitri, Sona, Tsubaki, and another person.

Feeling that I am too much here, I get up without making any noise to let them be between them only to be stopped by a voice.

???: Ara~ Ara~ You're leaving us already, Zero-kun.

I turn around to see that this voice belongs to Venelana Gremory, her voice attracts the attention of other people present.

Zero: I think you wanted to keep it between you, so I was planning to slip away quietly so as not to break the mood.

Lady Sitri: That's very kind of you but before you do that, Zero-kun sit down in seiza

Zero: Huh?!! Ouch, Oka-sama that hurts.

Lady Sitri pulled my ear and lectured me, about doing something so dangerous without having warned her or Sona, I tried to defend myself only to be scolded even more for being irresponsible, after some time I got to know Lady Venelana and Lady Misla who never stopped thanking me for treating her.

Then as we were about to leave, I was stopped by Madoka who blushed a little.

Madoka: Akatsuki-kun about the payment.

Zero: Oh, I'd completely forgotten about that, seeing as I'd like you to do me a favor shortly.

Madoka: Only that?

Zero: Yes, just this, see you Madoka-chan.

I'm off with my mother-in-law, Sona, and Tsubaki to my mansion leaving Madoka speechless which makes Misla and Venelana smile.

Misla: I would say my daughter has found someone she is interested in and that I approve of.

Venelana: Well, Rias seems to be interested in him too, but the feeling is not mutual and it seems that he has many other girls around him.

Misla: He already has so many girls around at his age, my plan needs some adjustment so I was planning to ask Lady Sitri if she could ask Sona to share Zero-kun.

Venelana: Oh? I would love to hear more.

Madoka: What are you talking about, mother? and don't encourage her, aunt Venelana.

Misla: You like Zero-kun, don't you?

Madoka is taken by surprise by the question, she shakes her head timidly as a sign of confirmation while blushing.

Misla: So don't give up and try to seduce him the next time you meet him who knows if the favor he'll ask is not to marry him.

// Timeskip //

// Zero POV //

After coming back to my mansion everyone was ready to leave, Scathach and Semiramis had finished placing the Bounded Field around the territory so we went to the station when we arrived Serafall, Sirzech, Rias, and Koneko were waiting for us.

When Koneko saw me she threw herself at me and repeated thank you. The reason for her behavior was that when I had sent clones around the Underworld, I had sent one of them to look for evidence to prove Kuroka's innocence in one of the secret labs abandoned by the Naberius clan in the Naberius Domain.

It turns out that my clone found evidence proving the involvement of certain council members in the extermination of the Nekosho village in addition to the diary of the former chief of the Naberius clan who is experimenting on Kuroka to create a Super Devil.

I of course gave the diary to Serafall and explained to her the reason for Kurioka's act to remove Kuroka's stray status and used one of my favors to put Kuroka under the protection of my family and the Shinto faction.

When the 3 Maou saw Narberius' diary, heard my story about Kuroka and went to check the lab I discovered they were not happy at all, Sirzech immediately withdrew Kuroka's stray status and sent a message to the other devils that she is under the protection of the grandson of the Kyoto Black Beast and that any devils still pursuing her will not be protected.

Of course, we covered these discoveries under the fact that the 4 Maou had sent an agent to find evidence on the cause of the extermination of the Nekosho to comply with a request from the Shinto faction (in principle me) to avoid another war.

After saying goodbye to everyone we took the train home, on the train I look at the reward I received.

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Quest Complete

Quest: Heart Awakener

Mission: Lady Misla Bael is suffering from the devil's sleeping sickness and her daughter Madoka Bael is asking for your help. It's time to put your awakening power to work, young bearer of the keyblade.

Secret Mission: Make Madoka Bael fall in love with you

Reward: Coat of Organization XIII, Azure Striker Gunvolt Set (power + equipment), Joule Invocation, 5 levels, 150000 Exp.

Extra reward: Core Cristal (Aegis)

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Zero: ...