Sixth Companion

~15 November 2006~

It is that time of the month again. It's time for me to summon another companion from the book. The only guardian I didn't have in my party is Lightning flame, and I have 50 points to use. I can use 30 points in this summoning and still have 20 points left. I don't know what I will do with the rest of my point, but Medea and Mordred suggest that I summon a guardian for Valerie.

Before this summoning, I already know who I will summon. She is known as Skitter, Weaver, and lastly, Khepri. She has the power called Queen Administrator. Her name is Taylor Herbert, the queen of escalation.

I don't know in what state I will summon her, but I know that she will be on the brink of death. All of my guardians except Mordred get summoned in their last breath, so I'm nervous about which state Taylor will be in.

I look around and see my guardian waiting for me to summon their new sister. When I open up the book and see Taylor's photo in it, as I press it, a bright light appears in front of me. A second later, I can see a young woman unconscious on the ground, and I also see her surrounded by used pads and tampons. She also has waste chemicals on her body. Her lips are blue, and I can see her shivering because of the cold.

"Amelia!"

"On it!"

I look at Amelia, who begins to heal Taylor from all her injuries.

"Lexian, we need to take her to the emergency room. We need to wash away this chemical on her body, or there will be another infection. I already treated the previous infection, but we need to wash this waste."

"Then go. I will order some servants to cook warm food. Looks like she needs it."

I then see Popol appear near Amelia and pick Taylor up and place her on his back and take her to the emergency room.

I also walk out of the basement and order the servant in charge of cooking the food to cook some food for our newest guest.

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~Taylor Herbert POV~

Where am I?

The last thing I remember, Sophia and Emma push me inside my locker filled with used pads and tampons. Did someone get me out of the locker?

As I sit down on the bed and look around, I see a white room. Next to my bed, there were many fruits and glasses of water. Slowly I reach for the glass and drink the water inside. After drinking the water, I lean back on the wall behind me and thinking about the locker incident.

Sitting here makes me think about when Emma still plays with and how she is the sister that I never had, but suddenly she is changed into something that I never expected. She began to bully me and say how weak I am compared to her.

She and her new friend Sophia and Madison, begin to bully me. They keep attacking me mentally and physically. They even stole my mother's flute from me, the last item that reminded me of her, and they stole it from me.

Lastly, their last 'prank' placed me in my locker filled with chemical waste, pads, tampons, and much more trash. I keep banging the door of my locker, but unfortunately for me, no one cares enough to help me. I keep screaming and screaming until my throat feels sore from screaming, but no one comes. As time passes by, I begin to lose hope, and as the cold begins to affect me, I close my eyes. The last thing I remember is that a warm feeling begins to envelop me like my mother's hug that I missed.

"Ahhh, You are awake."

I snap from my thoughts when I see someone walk inside my room. As I look up, I see someone familiar walk inside while bringing some food with her.

"Panacea"

"Please, call me Amelia."

"But… You are a cape, are you sure about calling you by your name?"

"No Problem."

"I see."

I look at Panacea- I mean Amelia in awe as this is the first I meet the miracle healer.

"... To heal you?"

"Ah! Pardon me?"

"Do I have permission to heal you?"

"Ah, yes."

Amelia then takes my hand, and I can see her examine me with her power. A few seconds later, Amelia takes away her hand and says.

"You are good, but you need to eat a lot of food. Here, I bring you some food and drink. Please eat them all, okay?"

After saying that, Amelia walked away from me. However, before she could reach the door, I stopped her.

"Wait!"

"Yes?"

"I-I… Thank you. Thank you for healing me."

"No problem. It is my pleasure to help you."

"Can I ask you who is the one that got me out of that locker?"

"Ah, He should be here in a minute. Let me call him for you."

After saying that, Amelia walked away from my room and left me behind, alone in this room.

A few minutes later, I hear a knock from the door.

"Come in."

As the door opens up, I see a man walk inside the room, and with him are six other people, including Amelia.

"It's good you already wake up. Let me introduce myself. My name is Lexian Vongola."

I don't know how, but by hearing his voice alone, I know that I'm safe, and I know that he will never betray me and leave me alone.

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~Omake (Non-Canon)~

Fujimaru Ritsuka or Gudako, as many of her friends, call her. Right now, Gudako is walking away from the summoning room, and her mood is not good. If ordinary people see her right now, they will either run away or pass out when they feel her aura.

If people close enough to her? Well, they will hear…

"Mapo Tofu… Black Key… Hehehehehe... "

That word continues to come out from Gudako's mouth, just like a witch cursing their victim. Not only that, but she also realizes a thick black aura around her body, like a demon lord ready to explode.

"Senpai! Senpai!"

"Eh? What?"

"Senpai, you muttering something scary."

"Ah! Sorry about that, Mashu. It has been a bad day for me. I spend all my Quartz, but not a single new Servant appears from the summoning circle."

"I understand Senpai, but like Dr. Romani says that you should not get corrupted by Gacha. He also says that if you get corrupted by Gacha, something terrible will come out from your body. I don't know what he meant by that, though."

Without both Gudako and Mashu knowing, they are already in front of the training room where they hear many people inside. As curiosity overcomes her, Gudako opens up the door to the training room and sees many people inside.

However, what takes her interest is the people in the middle of the arena. It was Mordred and Old Man Li Shuwen.

"Cu. What is this about?"

"Oh, Master! What are you doing here?"

"I'm curious about this fight."

"Ahh, it was the old man Li Shuwen's idea. When he heard that Mordred practiced martial arts, he wanted to test it himself. You know how he wants to see any martial art he can find. He already fought many of us in hand to hand combat, and he never was defeated but also improved."

"Yeah, that is how he is. After he finished fighting them, old man Li Shuwen will teach them how to improve their martial art."

"Yup. Now hush, the fight has begun."

In the middle of the arena stand Li Shuwen and Mordred. On the other hand, is Li Shuwen in his stance while Mordred has her hand inside her pocket while her eyes look to the side. Without any warning, Li Shuwen dashed toward Mordred, and in a blink of an eye, he appeared in front of Mordred with his fist raised.

However, before Li Shuwen hits her, Mordred dodges his attack and make a quick attack, a normal eye cannot see.

The next thing is Li Shuwen leaping away from Mordred with his clothes torn and a little bit of blood coming from his stomach.

"Oh? An Iai practitioner, huh? And also a Nukite user? What a terrifying combination."

A second later, Li Shuwen is ready to fight once again and enters his stance.

"However, I already know your attack. That is one of the few weaknesses of Iaido. They are focused on surprise attacks."

Instead of answering him or saying anything, Mordred takes out her hand from her pocket and begins to do some dance.

"Hooo? Interesting. Let's see how effective this technique is."

Gudako looked at the arena in awe and disturbed. The fight is fierce and brutal. Whatever technique Mordred uses is something that even the Grandmaster of martial arts did not expect. Mordred moves like the wind. She looks so relaxed and makes her body as flexible as possible. Her strike was accompanied by a slapping sound and leaving on Li Shuwen's body.

She also uses her Nukite and Iaido technique to strike the vital spot of Li Shuwen. However, even with that technique, Mordred gets overwhelmed by Li Shuwen's flurry attack.

Gudako already knows that in the long fight, Mordred will most likely win this fight. The difference between their parameters is too big, and not only that but Mordred also can hold her ground against Li Shuwen in terms of Martial arts.

"Let's end this, Mordred-san. I acknowledge your prowess."

"Thank you, and yes, let's end this fight. This is the technique Vongola family perfected, and I will use this against you. Brace yourself."

"Then it will be my honor to see this technique."

Gudako looked at both fighters in anticipation.

"With my ba Ji, two strikes are not needed! Anger! Mastery! Seven wounds of gushing blood... A purified death!!"

"Monkey Steals Peach: Twisting Heaven and Earth"

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"Mordred"

"What? He says that he is honored to see my technique!"

"You will never use that technique against our ally. That is an order."

"Fine!"