History Fanfic / FamiliarEvil

* YouKilledMyFather: Saito believes that Wolfpack killed his parents during their attempted kidnapping of Louise. This fuels an intense hatred towards them. At the same time, he knows neither he nor Louise are in a position to do anything about it, so they focus on escaping rather than revenge.

* Missed Him By That Much:
** At the end of Chapter 16, [[spoiler:Louise falls asleep several minutes before the rescue party arrives in Raccoon City.]]

** Before the outbreak, Louise and Saito see Film/SavingPrivateRyan in a movie theater, as its theatrical release date was around that time. Saito also mentions other movies releasing around then as well, including Film/Armageddon and Film/TheMaskofZorro.

* AttackItsWeakPoint: The giant snake Gorge is incredibly tough, but previous wounds have left it with many blisters on its hide that can be easily pierced. Eventually, Saito tricks the beast into charging near a steel outcropping, which gets caught on a pierced blister and slices Gorge open.

* SteelEarDrums: Averted for once, as the frequent gunfire starts to affect Louise and Saito's hearing. Saito notes that even after eating Arklay herbs, they're risking permanent damage unless they find some ear plugs soon. He also mentions that Umbrella sells special ear plugs that protect eardrums without any of the combat downsides, presumably to HandWave all the ''Resident Evil'' protagonists who play this straight.

* NiceHat: The Tyrant that attacks Echo Six and Wolfpack is wearing a fedora alongside a power limiter functioning as a BadassLongcoat. When Caroline Floyd shoots the fedora off the Tyrant, it even seems to get annoyed and picks up the pace when going after them.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Saito, his parents, and Louise are untrained civilians who've never seen combat before outside of movies. While they're able to get the drop on a team of Umbrella mercenaries, Delta Team are still highly trained and well-armed soldiers. As such, Saito's parents can only buy a few seconds of reprieve for Saito and Louise to make their escape.
** Saito doesn't have anything to store his baseball bat in when not in use. This makes firing a handgun at zombies difficult, being forced to both aim and reload with one hand.
** He had also never fired a gun before in his life, so he wasn't the most accurate with his shots as several either hit nothing or impacted uselessly against the zombies' chests.
** Electronic locks are far more complicated than mechanical locks, and Louise hasn't had the time to properly understand how they work. As such, her simple unlock cantrip doesn't do anything to them. She does theorize, however, that with enough time and knowledge she could devise one, but time is a luxury she can't afford so she has to open them the hard way.
** Neither Louise nor Saito have the upper body strength to use a hunting crossbow effectively, not to mention the sheer ease of use in using a gun versus a clunky and slow to fire crossbow makes using the primitive weapon impractical. As such, despite finding one in a sporting goods store, they're forced to leave it behind.
** Saito and Louise have neither the training nor experience to go toe to toe against Umbrella's Delta Team. When Saito tries to actually fight VECTOR, he loses badly and is nearly killed.

* PantsPositiveSafety: Due to neither of them having holsters, Saito and Louise are forced to store their handguns inside the pockets of their pants. Saito lampshades how dangerous this is, making sure that he and Louise put their guns' safeties on before putting them away so that they don't shoot themselves on accident.

* YouAreWorthHell: When convinced that the only reason Wolfpack is chasing them down is because they want to kidnap Louise, she tearfully tells Saito to leave her behind and save himself. He immediately refuses, telling her that no matter what happens to them, he's with her to the end.

From the writer of ''Fanfic/HuntersOfJustice'' and ''Fanfic/DustAndEchoes'' Creator/{{trestwho}}, ''Familiar Evil'' is a crossover between ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'' and ''Franchise/ResidentEvil''; more specifically ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake.'' During the Familiar Summoning Ritual, Louise accidentally sent herself to Raccoon City. After a brief period in the hospital, she was taken by the Hiraga family, who let her stay with them.

The story could be read on [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/familiar-evil-znt-resident-evil.896808/ SpaceBattles]], [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13716279/1/Familiar-Evil FanFiction.Net]], and [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/26922982 Archive of Our Own]].

* BaitAndSwitchBoss: In the zoo, Louise and Saito encounter a giant mutant cane toad, which the latter notes is a species already known for being carnivorous and poisonous. The teenagers prepare for a tough fight... only for the toad to suddenly be eaten by a ''huge'' mutated anaconda, which doesn't even flinch at the toad's acids.

* BossSubtitle: Louise comments that the infected anaconda grown so huge by gorging itself on other animals, and Saito decides that Gorge is an appropriate name for the monster.

* ExplainExplainOhCrap: As Becca helps guide Louise and Saito over the radio to the zoo exit, her tower suddenly comes under attack by Wolfpack. Saito, incredulous, questions how they caught up, but then slowly looks at his walkie-talkie; in all the confusion, it'd slipped his mind that Wolfpack can track radio signals.
* FailedASpotCheck: When [[spoiler: stopping to rest for the night in an apartment, Saito and Louise secure the door and briefly scan the rooms before splitting up to more thoroughly search the place and unwind a little, completely ignoring the bathtub filled with murky water when they did so. This nearly gets Louise bitten when the zombie in the bath emerges and attacks her while she's using the restroom.]]

** With Wolfpack closing in at the zoo, Saito decides that they should escape through the sewers rather than the normal exit, despite it being far more dangerous than even the mall. He thinks that the mercs will have a much harder time tracking them underground, since they have no intel about what's down there. Louise rightfully points out that it's still insanely dangerous, but soon agrees that there's no better options.

* PatchworkFic: Wolfpack/Delta Team, the Umbrella mercenaries chasing Louise and Saito, are from the non-canon game ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilOperationRaccoonCity'', rather than any canonical entries, with [[GoodCounterpart Team Echo Six]] from the same title also popping up. A few survivor characters from the similarly non-canon ''Resident Evil: Resistance'' mode from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Remake'', also pop up several times, including January Van Sant and Becca Woolett. Becca also mentions events from the "Wild Things" scenario from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilOutbreak'', where a previous group of survivors got holed up in the zoo and had to fight off a zombie siege before escaping, .

** Saito and Louise have neither the training nor experience to go toe to toe against U.S.S. Delta Team. When Saito tries to actually fight VECTOR, he loses badly and is nearly killed.

* CallForward: While at the zoo, Louise and Saito accidently awaken a giant mutated alligator, which escapes into the sewers. WordOfGod confirms it's the same creature that Leon encounters in ''Resident Evil 2''.

* DisproportionateRetribution: The Varyag inflicted this upon the ancient Markey tribe six-thousand years ago when they blamed them for a devastating plague which afflicted them around the time the nomadic Markey moved into the area. They responded by organizing their ''entire'' civilization into hunting them down in a genocidal crusade, chasing them from Scandinavia all the way to Arabia, which is an impressive feat given how much more difficult it was to travel such distances back then. [[spoiler:Given how the Markey were, in actuality, Brimir's tribe, they ended up chasing them into an entirely different world altogether.]]

* PatchworkFic: Wolfpack/Delta Team, the Umbrella mercenaries chasing Louise and Saito, are from the non-canon game ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilOperationRaccoonCity'', rather than any canonical entries, with [[GoodCounterpart Team Echo Six]] from the same title also popping up. January Van Sant, from the similarly non-canon ''Resident Evil: Resistance'' mode from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Remake'', also shows up in one chapter.

* TerminatorImpersonator: The T-103 Tyrants are hulking, emotionless, biological monstrosities that can take nearly anything thrown at them with barely even receiving a reaction in response. Just one of them crashing into the intense firefight between Echo Six and Wolfpack is enough to got both teams scrambling to get away.

* YouShallNotPass: Saito's parents attempt to hold off Umbrella's mercenaries to ensure Saito and Louise can escape. Unfortunately, their counterattack doesn't last very long.

From the writer of ''Fanfic/HuntersOfJustice'' and ''Fanfic/DustAndEchoes'', ''Familiar Evil'' is a crossover between ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'' and ''Franchise/ResidentEvil''; more specifically ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake.'' During the Familiar Summoning Ritual, Louise accidentally sent herself to Raccoon City. After a brief period in the hospital, she was taken by the Hiraga family, who let her stay with them.

* AdultFear: Louise' family is ''very'' worried due to what happened to their daughter/sister, to put it lightly. When her mother Karin arrived at the academy, it's pretty clear that she's not in a good mood.

* ApocalypticLog: When taking shelter inside of an apartment, Louise ends up finding the personal diary of a college student named Samantha who lived there before the outbreak. The diary detailed intimate aspects of her personal life, along with a an account of the events that led to the Raccoon City Destruction Incident, such as animal attacks in the Arklay Forest, reports of cannibals, the disastrous results of the Spencer Mansion Raid by S.T.A.R.S, and the dissolution of S.T.A.R.S itself. The last act prompted her to buy a gun of her own in order to defend herself. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, while the gun proved useful for Louise, it was utterly useless for its previous owner as she was infected by the T-Virus, turning her into a zombie which forced Louise and Saito to kill her.]]

* DisproportionateRetribution: The Varyag inflicted this upon the ancient Markey tribe six-thousand years ago when they blamed them for a devastating plague which afflicted them around the time the nomadic Markey moved into the area. They responded by organizing their ''entire'' civilization into hunting them down in a genocidal crusade, chasing them from Scandinavia all the way to Arabia. [[spoiler:Given how the Markey were, in actuality, Brimir's tribe, they ended up chasing them into an entirely different world altogether.]]

** They later come across the mangled body of a S.T.A.R.S. officer next to a nine-foot-tall hole in a wall broken in from the outside. When they listen to a tape recorder he had on hand, they hear the officer's final moments as a monstrous ''thing'' crushes his head. Readers familiar with ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' should recognize this as the handiwork of [[TheDreaded Nemesis]], but the teenagers have no idea what to make of it, and decide to hightail it out of there immediately despite never seeing the monster.

* FallenHero: [[spoiler:Dr. Kenner was once an kindly doctor, who was concerned about reports of a bizarre new disease in the woods. After his colleague Miranda was infected and died, he was determined to find a cure for her sake, but got frustrated with how everyone else was apparently ignoring it. Unfortunately, he slowly grew obsessed with testing his theories for a cure, and started kidnapping homeless people, including at least one pregnant woman, and injecting them with the T-Virus to have guinea pigs. By the time Louise and Saito run into him, Kenner has no qualms kidnapping and turning innocents in the middle of a ZombieApocalypse, even as it's clear that his experimental "cure" is ineffective.]]

** They later come across the mangled body of a S.T.A.R.S. officer next to a nine-foot-tall hole in a wall broken in from the outside. When they listen to a tape recorder he had on hand, they listen to the officer's final moments as Nemesis crushes his head. Despite not seeing Nemesis in person, both decide to hightail it out of there immediately.

* PunchClockVillain: The members of U.S.S. Delta Team aren't particularly loyal to Umbrella, only attempting to kidnap Louise as it is their job with no real animosity against her. It's implied that many of them didn't particularly find their current job to be pleasant. After Louise almost blows a few of them up during her attempts to escape, however, any issues they had with kidnapping her are gone with BELTWAY and especially VECTOR nursing a grudge for the injuries she gave them.

* UncertainDoom: Saito's parents are last seen in the clutches of Delta Team, and haven't shown up since then. Saito and Louise certainly believe they were killed, but there's no concrete evidence one way or the other. LUPO does later claim that they're still alive, but she had every reason to lie at that point, and the teenagers don't believe her anyway.

* {{Diary}}: Louise manages to find one that also doubles as an ApocalypticLog, chronicling the sequence of events that led up to the T-Virus Outbreak from the perspective of a college student watching everything falling apart around her.

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Due to Louise's inability to properly cast magic, she was ostracized by her family and peers relentlessly. It's how she obtained her "title" of "Louise the Zero."

* FallenHero: [[spoiler:Dr. Kenner was once an kindly doctor, who was concerned about reports of a bizarre new disease in the woods. After his colleague Miranda was infected and died, he was determined to find a cure for her sake, but got frustrated with how everyone else was apparently ignoring it. Unfortunately, he slowly grew obsessed with testing his theories for a cure, and started kidnapping homeless people, including at least one pregnant woman, and injecting them with the T-Virus. By the time Louise and Saito run into him, Kenner has no qualms kidnapping and turning innocents in the middle of a ZombieApocalypse, even as it's clear that his experimental "cure" is ineffective.]]

* FridgeBrilliance: At first, it might seem that the author took some liberties in [[spoiler:allowing Louise to have access to the Unlock, Telekinesis and Light spells on top of her regular miscast explosions since Louise wasn't able to cast even those basic spells until after the Battle of Tarbes where Louise was in contact with the Founder's Prayer Book and the Royal Water Ruby. However, several chapters before this comes up, Chapter 6 established that when she was younger, Louise read from the Founder's Prayer Book with the help of Henrietta during one of their play dates, essentially unlocking part of her Void Magic much earlier than in canon.]]
* GodzillaThreshold: While planning out their route to the evacuation site, Louise argues that she and Saito should cut through the mall, despite it being completely overrun with zombies. She believes that a longer route would allow the pursuing Wolfpack to catch up to them, while the zombies in the mall would delay the mercenaries, and the teenagers could scavenge supplies while they're in there. Saito is uneasy with the plan, but ultimately decides that with their situation being so desperate, it's worth the risk. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, the mercenaries manage to catch up to the teenagers inside the mall anyway]].

* IKnowMortalKombat: Saito had never fired a gun before in his life, but he was a military history and weapons aficionado and had played/watched/read numerous movies, TV shows, and magazines about firearms before the events of the story. As such, he's able to both recognize and use the Browning Hi-Power pistol recovered from Officer Sanchez' car. He later recognizes an Ithaca 37 shotgun inside a gunstore, allowing him to use it effectively.

* IReadItForTheArticles: Saito tries to claim this when Louise finds a dirty magazine in his room. She's not fooled at all, and the paper-thin excuse just sets her off. Saito's mom hears the resulting tirade from the next room over, and mutters that she's ''told'' Saito to get rid of the magazine.

** Colbert takes this view of himself after Louise reverse summons herself to Earth, believing that the only reason why it happened was because he let her. That if he had done his job and failed her after her first attempt, as he was supposed to, this never would've happened. Headmaster Osmund is quick to refute this, but it doesn't change Colbert's mind.

* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: VECTOR inflicts this onto Saito after [[spoiler:disarming Saito of his pistol and breaking his baseball bat. Saito can't even get a hit in and is nearly killed.]]

*** Saito later quotes Hicks as he says he's going to keep the shotgun "for close encounters." [[LampshadedTrope Lampshaded]] immediately by Louise who points out that this isn't the time for movie references. When Saito counters that saying it took a little bit of the stress off, Louise joins in by quoting Hudson, saying "Game over, man." which Saito points out doesn't fit their current situation.

* StopOrIShootMyself: Louise does this [[spoiler:after Delta Team catches up to her and Saito in the Raccoon City Mall, disarms her of her wand, and nearly kill Saito. She does this to prevent them from kidnapping her and releasing their own hostage in Saito, and since Delta Team's mission is to recover Louise alive and unharmed, the threat has teeth.]]

* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Kirche has this reaction once [[spoiler:Tabitha is ordered to insert herself into Louise's rescue party and report back. She knows it's a horrible idea that's likely to blow up in their faces, but nevertheless she goes along with it anyway.]]

* YouShallNotPass: Saito's parents attempt this to ensure Saito can escape from Umbrella's mercenaries. Unfortunately, it doesn't last very long.

* IKnowMortalKombat: Saito had never fired a gun before in his life, but he was a military history and weapons aficionado and had played/watched/read numerous movies, TV shows, and magazines about firearms before the events of the story. As such, he's able to both recognize and use the Browning Hi-Power pistol recovered from Officer Sanchez' car.

* AdaptationalNationality: In the story, Saito is Japanese-American. His parents are still Japanese, though. They came to the US to work and their son was born in the states, making him an American.

** Class 0. The T-Virus outbreak causes a complete societal collapse within Raccoon City as people are infected and turned into zombies.

* BatterUp: Saito played in his high school baseball team. As such, when he and Louise are forced to run out into the city, he takes his wooden baseball bat with him to protect themselves. It proves to be very useful against zombies.

* BigDamnHeroes: Just before Saito and Louise are eaten by zombies, they are saved by well-timed gunshots. Subverted, as their saviors were actually the members of U.S.S. Delta Team, the very same people who were attempting to kidnap Louise in the first place.

* ClingyJealousGirl: When Louise hears about Saito's past as a CluelessChickMagnet, she gets angry and jealous. It gets to the point that Saito once shushes his friends when they bring up his romantic history, fearing that Louise will somehow overhear despite being miles away.

* DynamicEntry: Delta Team does this when they breach the Hiraga Family's apartment during their kidnapping attempt on Louise.
* ElsewhereFic: The bulk of this story takes place concurrently with ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake''. WordOfGod states that while Louise and Saito might sometimes run into characters and events from that game, the two plots will be largely disconnected.

* FallenHero: Dr. Kenner was once an kindly doctor, who was concerned about reports of a bizarre new disease in the woods. After his colleague Miranda was infected and died, he was determined to find a cure for her sake, but got frustrated with how everyone else was apparently ignoring it. Unfortunately, he slowly grew obsessed with testing his theories for a cure, and started kidnapping homeless people, including at least one pregnant woman, and injecting them with the T-Virus.

* FridgeBrilliance: At first, it might seem that the author took some liberties in [[spoiler:allowing Louise to have access to the Unlock, Telekinesis and Light spells on top of her regular miscast explosions since Louise wasn't able to cast even those basic spells until after the Battle of Tarbes where Louise was in contact with the Founder's Prayer Book and the Royal Water Ruby. However, several chapters before this comes up, Chapter 6 established that when she was younger, Louise read from the Founder's Prayer Book with the help of Henrietta during one of their play dates, essentially unlocking part of her Void Magic.]]
* GodzillaThreshold: While planning out their route to the evacuation site, Louise argues that she and Saito should cut through the mall, despite it being completely overrun with zombies. She believes that a longer route would allow the pursuing Wolfpack to catch up to them, while the zombies in the mall would delay them, and the teenagers could scavenge supplies while they're in there. Saito is uneasy with the plan, but ultimately agrees with Louise's logic. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, the mercenaries manage to catch up to the teenagers inside the mall anyway]].
* GrimyWater: Inside the apartment safe room they take shelter in, Saito and Louise find a bathtub filled with water that's so thick and grimy that they can't even see the bottom of the tub. [[spoiler:This is because the previous owner of the apartment was infected with the T-Virus and turned into a zombie while taking a bath. Her body decayed and severely polluted the water, masking her presence long enough for her to attack Louise while she was using the restoom.]]

* HidingYourHeritage: With the exception of Saito, Louise keeps her origins (that being a noble mage from the country of Tristain located in Halkegenia on another world) a secret out of fear that some, like the Umbrella Corporation, would try to exploit her. No one else, not even Saito's parents, is let in on the truth, instead being led to think that Louise was a victim of human trafficking. [[spoiler: Once Raccoon City falls, she's both proven to be correct and that all her efforts were in vain. Umbrella did want to exploit her; they just already knew what she was, or at the very least had a pretty good idea, and decided to use the cover of the outbreak for a kidnapping.]]

* PatchworkFic: Wolfpack/Delta Team, the Umbrella mercenaries chasing Louise and Saito, are from the non-canon game ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilOperationRaccoonCity'', rather than any canonical titles. January Van Sant, from the similarly non-canon ''Resident Evil: Resistance'', also shows up in one chapter.

* ProperlyParanoid: Louise quickly starts to distrust the Umbrella Corporation, believing that all their "harmless tests" on her are for some nefarious purpose. Saito and his parents think that she's just being overly-suspicious, but of course once Raccoon City falls Umbrella sends mercenaries to capture her and kill the Hiragas.

* RedOniBlueOni: Louise and Saito, respectively. This is reflected through their wardrobe, as Saito typically wears his blue hoodie while Louise has taken to wearing a red jacket once she arrived in Raccoon City.
* RefusalOfTheCall: January Van Sant, while grateful for being rescued by Louise and Saito, declines to accompany them. Umbrella was already targeting her for her hacktivist activities, but assumed she died in the zombie outbreak, so she doesn’t want to reveal her survival by going up against Delta Team.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Once hurled into the Hell that is T-Virus infected Raccoon City, and Saito and Louise decide that their only course of action is to get out as soon as possible. Unfortunately, with both the zombies and Wolfpack, it's easier said than done.

** In the chapter where Saito and Louise cut through the Raccoon City Mall, the chapter itself is titled Videogame/DeadRising. Film/DawnOfTheDead is also namedropped.

* WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong: Kirche says this practically word for word when trying to placate a nervous Sylphid regarding their upcoming mission. As she puts it, both Kirche herself and Tabitha are powerful and skilled mages who should be able to handle nearly anything sent their way, and combined with the rest of the party they are going with they should be fine (unless they run into an elf, but she doesn't think this is likely). Unfortunately for Kirche, she is ''dead'' wrong as immediately proven when the scene cuts to Saito and Louise fighting off a bunch of zombies.

* ConvenientlyTimedDistraction: A random car crash from outside their apartment gives Saito, his family, and Louise an opportunity to fight back and escape.

* GodzillaThreshold: While planning out their route to the evacuation site, Louise argues that she and Saito should cut through the mall, despite it being completely overrun with zombies. She believes that a longer route would allow the pursuing Wolfpack to catch up to them, and they could scavenge supplies from the mall while they're at it. Saito is uneasy with the plan, but ultimately agrees with Louise's logic. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, the mercenaries manage to catch up to the teenagers inside the mall anyway]].

* PatchworkFic: Wolfpack/Delta Team, the Umbrella mercenaries chasing Louise and Saito, are from the non-canon ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilOperationRaccoonCity'', rather than any canonical titles. January Van Sant from the similarly non-canon ''Resident Evil Resistance'' also shows up in one chapter.

** Saito, his parents, and Louise are untrained civilians who've never seen combat before outside of movies. While they're able to get the drop on a team of Umbrella mercenaries, Delta Team are still highly trained and well-armed soldiers. As such, Saito's parents can only give them a few seconds of reprieve for Saito and Louise to make their escape.

* BatterUp: Saito played in his high school baseball team. As such, when he and Louise are forced to run out into the city, he takes his wooden baseball bat with him to protect themselves. [[spoiler:It proves to be very useful against zombies.]]

* ClingyJealousGirl: When Louise hears about Saito's past as an oblivious ChickMagnet, she gets angry and jealous.

* DisproportionateRetribution: The Varyag inflicted this upon the ancient Markey tribe six-thousand years ago when they blamed them for a devastating plague which afflicted them around the time the nomadic Markey moved into the area. They responded by organizing their ''entire'' civilization into hunting them down in a genocidal crusade, chasing them from Scandinavia all the way to Arabia. [[spoiler: Given how the Markey were, in actuality, Brimir's tribe, they ended up chasing them into an entirely different world altogether.]]

* ForegoneConclusion: Raccoon City's eventual fate once the T-virus spreads. [[spoiler:It begins at the end of Chapter 6]].
* FridgeBrilliance: At first it might seem that the author took some liberties in [[spoiler: allowing Louise to have access to the Unlock, Telekinesis and Light spells on top of her regular miscast explosions since Louise wasn't able to cast even those basic spells until after the Battle of Tarbes where Louise was in contact with the Founder's Prayer Book and the Royal Water Ruby.However in was previously established during Chapter 6 that when she was younger, Louise read from the Founder's Prayer Book with the help of Henrietta during one of their play dates, essentially unlocking part of her Void Magic.]]

** Later on, when Saito and Louise take shelter in a seemingly empty apartment, Louise is attacked by a zombified woman who was inside a filled bathtub. Other than her heavily rotten appearance telling her that she had been in that tub for a while, there's no indication as to how she got infected in the first place.

* RefusalOfTheCall: January Van Sant, while grateful for being rescued by Louise and Saito, declines to accompany them. Umbrella was already targeting her for her hactivist activities, but assumed she died in the zombie outbreak, so she doesn’t want to reveal her survival by going up against Delta Team.
* RevolversAreJustBetter: Louise's starter gun is a Smith & Wesson Model 36 LadySmith revolver. Not because she or Saito feel revolvers are cooler, but simply due to the fact that revolvers would be easier for Louise to use and understand due to them being comparatively simpler than semi-automatic pistols like Saito's Browning Hi-Power.

* SliceOfLife: The initial chapters detailing Louise's generally pleasant time with the Hiragas in Raccoon City before it all goes to Hell.

** Saito and Louise do not have neither the training nor experience to go toe to toe against U.S.S. Delta Team. When Saito tries to actually fight VECTOR, he loses badly and is nearly killed.

* AmbiguousDoom: Saito's parents are last seen in the clutches of Delta Team, and haven't shown up since then. Saito and Louise certainly believe they were killed, but there's no concrete evidence one way or the other. LUPO does later claim that they're still alive, but she had every reason to lie at that point, and the teenagers don't believe her anyway.