I don't own Xenoblade and all that
Hey everyone, I picked up Xenoblade and I love it even if it's infuriating sometimes. I'm doing this more as a way to give the created character a voice since it feels like he doesn't contribute to the conversation enough. At least as far as I've gone in. There will be a relationship but I want it to be cute, well at least my version of cute. No lemons, saying that now at least not part of the main story. If people really want it I'll make something separate. The main plot will be in here even if it's a bit altered so if you don't want spoilers for the plot of the game, don't read. Read and Review please!
Prologue
"Mm…" the first thing he knew, he was waking up in a daze and blinding light. His green red diamond eyes took in the light and evened everything out fast. The first thing he saw was a girl, she was beautiful obviously with tanned skin and long silver hair and blue eyes. She was wearing a sort of red uniform and armor. He also noted that she was holding a gun in her hand and it made him nervous.
"Easy there…" her soft voice cut in as she put away her weapon. That made him calm down a bit and it all went away when she offered him her hand. He took her hand and she helped him out of whatever he was resting in.
He stepped out into the world and found that he was actually about a head taller than the girl in front of him. He looked down at himself to see that he was a slender and athletic build and quite pale apparently. He saw that his hair was a faint blue silver color and that he was dressed in just a pair of pants and a simple t-shirt.
"How are you feeling?" she asked.
"I feel ok…I guess…I…wait what's going on?" he asked as confusion hit his brain. He didn't recall anything, at all really. He had no idea where he was or why he was even in that pod to begin with. The blue eyed soldier looked surprised.
"Wait, you don't remember anything? Earth? The attack? The White Whale?" she asked. He shook his head and a sharp pain went through his head, making him grunt and hold his head. She grabbed his shoulders to make sure he didn't fall until he stood back up straight.
"I…I remember that my name is Hiro…but that's it…" Hiro said. The girl frowned at him and tilted her head in thought.
"It must be a side effect from being in your pod, a rare one apparently. I've never heard about anything like this happening before. I'm Elma by the way," she said. Hiro nodded softly, a light blush tugging at him for some reason. He shook it off though and blamed it on being out for…however long he'd been in that pod.
"Nice to meet you, Elma," Hiro said in a light tone. She gave him a small smile and then she pulled one of her guns off, a rifle and handed it to him. Hiro took it attentively into his hands.
"I hope you know how to use that," Elma said. Hiro looked at the gun for a moment and then as if instinctively, he pulled the correct slot of the rifle back and turned the safety off. He aimed down the sight of it to check it and he nodded to her. He didn't know how he knew that, he just did. Elma looked at him for a few moments before she reached into her belt to pull out a knife and offered it to him.
"Here, you'll need something for if they get close too," she said. Hiro nodded and took the blade and strapped it to his waist.
"Are we all there is?" Hiro asked as he looked around the dark forest like area. He felt something wet hit his head and he looked up to see it start to rain and he sighed, finding that he didn't like the rain.
"No, we have a city near here, thankfully you landed relatively close. Apparently you're lucky too, because the people in the other pods that landed here didn't make it…" Elma said somberly. She pulled out a device, her comm probably and typed a few things before she put it away.
"I have let my superiors know I found you. We'll wait for a few moments so they can reply and then we'll move. Before that, I should probably explain a few things. We're from Earth and two alien races attacked us, our planet was destroyed during the battle so our people had to leave. Our ship, the White Whale was the only one to make it unfortunately. I was a soldier in the military if you haven't guessed, judging from how you managed that rifle, you must've had some combat experience. Also I should let you know now, your features are rather…unique like mine unlike the other humans so I'll warn you now. We are humans but we're a bit different," Elma said quickly, though Hiro caught all of it.
"What do you mean different? And I don't remember any combat training at all," Hiro asked.
"We're eternal, that's what the "normal" humans call us. Through the miracles of experimental medicine somewhere along out lines, we were made biologically…immune to everything. Illness and even age have no hold over us. If you're still confused think of it like this, I'm technically near my thirties but my body is really that of a twenty year old and it'll stay that way. Of course we can still be killed by harm though," Elma said thoughtfully. Hiro didn't know whether he was tired or going crazy but he just accepted everything she said.
"Why do you say that like it's a bad thing?" he asked. Elma sighed and combed her hair back softly.
"Well…let's just say there's jealousy and leave it at that…I wanted to warn you about that, plus you might be pushed into some things because of what you are," Elma said apologetically.
"No need, to apologize, thanks for saving me. What everyone else does, won't paint you in my eyes," he said truthfully. Elma gave him the barest of smiles and he thought he saw a blush but he was probably just seeing things. He still felt dizzy after all. The beeping of Elma's comm rang through their ears and she pulled it out and opened it up.
"Alright, they say we are to come back on our own. Follow me, we'll get through this if we work together. We'll also check some of the other wreckage around here to see if they have anything useful like weapons or armor," Elma said quickly as she pulled out two smgs. Hiro nodded and readied his rifle again.
They took off at a decent run through the night, making their way through the grassy fields. There were a few creatures that they passed by but none of them paid them any attention really. They had to cross a river, which was rather cold but it didn't bother them too much since they were busy running. Hiro was beginning to wonder if anything was going to happen ten minutes in and he regretted that thought.
"Look out!" he heard Elma shout. He saw her dive to the side and he did too without thinking. He heard something land where he was and he turned around on the ground to see a rather vicious looking bug like creature staring at him. It hissed at him and he quickly brought his assault rifle up and opened fire on it. The bug died in a few shots but he fired longer than he probably should have.
He looked to his right and saw Elma dispatch two other bug like creatures with two dual blades. She cut them down easily and he was impressed by it. Before he could keep watching though, he turned back to see another bug coming for him. He quickly opened fire on it and took it down. He got onto his feet quickly and started firing on the other bug but his rifle clicked and he looked at the gauge and it read zero. He cursed in his head and quickly drew the knife Elma gave him. The bug lunged at him and he quickly stepped to the side and sunk the blade into it's head. The bug struggled against him though and he had to drive the blade in a few times. He ended up snapping the knife in it's head, breaking his weapon but the bug died at least. He looked at the broken handle of his knife and he sighed before tossing it away and picking up his rifle. He reloaded it and pulled the slot back before he saw Elma looking at him with interest.
"You're not too bad. Are you sure that you don't remember being trained?" Elma asked as she looked him over. Hiro blushed a bit but thankfully the darkness hide it. He saw at least double the amount of bugs he killed around her.
"I'm not sure anymore, I just did it all by instinct I guess…" he said softly as he looked around to see if anymore were coming after them. Elma moved closer to him and he wondered if she was sizing him up again but she just moved into his vision again.
"We could really use people like you who know how to fight," she said matter of fact.
"Well…I don't think I have much else do go off on right now," Hiro said softly.
"So you are interested, then I may have the perfect job for you," she said with a slight smile. He wondered what she meant but then she was already motioning for him to follow her. He shrugged and followed after her. She led him to what looked like some kind of container.
"This is a storage container that fell from the whale, we should probably check it for something, might have something useful," Elma said as she pulled her device out. She hit something and a few moments later the crate opened up, if a bit slowly. They both looked inside and saw a few things. It was a full set of gear for one person, a uniform of medium combat armor and a rifle and a longsword.
"Take them, you need them more than I do," Elma said swiftly. He nodded and reached inside to pick up the combat armor and then he turned to Elma, expectantly, who was still staring at him.
"What?" she asked.
"Um…can you…look away…" Hiro asked softly. Elma's eyes widened slightly and she blushed in embarrassment as she turned away and walked a few feet away. Hiro blushed slightly but shook it off and quickly changed into the combat armor like he'd done so before. It felt good to put it on since he felt more protected and warmer as well. He pulled out the sword and placed it onto his back and replaced the assault rifle given to him with the one in the pod since it looked to be in better condition. When he was set he walked up to Elma who was still watching the fields for danger.
"Elma?" Hiro asked. She turned to him and sized him up again and he thought he saw the traces of a smile before she commented.
"Are you really sure that you're not a soldier?" she asked, breaking her usual calm tone. Hiro shrugged since he really didn't know anymore and Elma actually chuckled before she motioned for him to follow her. Hiro liked the sound of her laugh but he didn't stay on that thought for long and followed her.
They spent the next few minutes going around to the other containers that had apparently fallen and getting what they could from them. When they got everything they thought there was, Elma said it was time to move into the next area. She led him up a path in between some small mountains and Hiro noticed that the sun was starting to rise. They walked for a few moments until the ground became flat and they came to a cliff and by that point that sun had seemed to fully rise and the rain let up, lighting up the world. Hiro's eyes widened as he took in the landscape of the land now that there was light. He saw many different creatures running around the land and then he and Elma both backed up when a rather large creature raised its head up above the cliff and walked away, thankfully.
"This is our new home, we call if Mira. As you can see there are many different creatures living here and we have to figure out how to live here in harmony with everything. You can see our city from here, New Los Angeles or NLA for short. Do you recognize the habitat unit?" Elma said as she pointed towards the big city in the distance. Hiro could see a bunch of crystal like structures around the walls and he saw the words United States on the wall.
"So how should we get there?" he asked. Elma pointed towards a path on their left.
"We could jump the cliff but since you're still new, we should probably go through the high road. You lead the way, get a feel for the land," Elma said. Hiro nodded and he walked towards the high path, Elma following close behind him.
Hiro spent the entire walk taking in the landscape. It looked beautiful but he knew it was dangerous too. He saw a pack of big quadrupedal creatures running along the fields, he could tell those things were hostile just from looking at them. He didn't bother attacking any of the creatures he came across since Elma said they were supposed to be trying to live in harmony with the world. One creature in particular that they passed made him nervous. It wasn't as big as the other creature he saw but he it was still a lot bigger than he was. It was like a few trees with a turtle like thing at the top.
Hiro also spent the walk talking to Elma about some other things that seemed important. He asked her more about how they lost their home but she told him the same thing she told him the first time that they were just caught in a battle between two alien races. Though after that she started asking him about whether he wanted to join BLADE, the organization she was a part of.
"As I said before, you certainty seem to know your way around combat, BLADE is always looking for new recruits and you're an eternal, they'd surely take you in without question," Elma said, Hiro smiled at her but he frowned and scratched his head, moving his hair away from his place.
"It sounds nice but I don't have any memory of anything before waking up and seeing you, besides my name. I don't even know how I know how to fight," Hiro said honestly as they made their way down the path that would take them directly to the gate to the city.
"BLADE isn't just combat, we also try to help maintain the economy and help the people out," Elma replied.
"But a lot of that involves fighting though…" Hiro said. Elma frowned softly and nodded. Hiro smiled though and sighed softly as they made their way to the gate that was now in view.
"Relax…it sounds nice. You stand to protect everyone who can't protect themselves. I could see myself doing that," Hiro said. Elma looked at him and she smiled back and she was going to say something else but before she could, they both realized they were practically at the gate. There were a few guards and a couple of cars with mounted turrets on the back.
"Colonel Elma! You're back!" one of the guards said as they approached them.
"Yes, unfortunately I only found one survivor and a few things from the containers that fell," Elma said somberly.
"Damn…well at least we got someone, right?" the guard said as he turned to look at Hiro. HIro was a bit more occupied though since he heard some ruffling in the grass behind them. Then he started hearing the rumbling of footsteps and a lot of them.
"Elma…" Hiro said.
"I hear it too…" Elma said as she drew her weapons.
"Damn! Indigens! Everyone find cover!" the guard said. As he said that five of those quadrupedal creatures he saw earlier came running down the path towards them.
"Take them down!" Elma ordered as she opened fire on them. Hiro took aim and started firing his rifle at them as well. They both hit one of them in the legs and it fell down. Then Hiro hit something on his rifle and it said flame grenade activated. He took aim at the downed creature and fired and a orange sphere fired from his gun and exploded in fire when it hit the downed creature, incinerating it.
"Whoa…" Hiro was taken out of his awe though because the creatures were basically right on top of them. He quickly put his rifle away and drew his longsword and he ducked down and slashed one of the creatures legs that tried to run him over. The creature fell onto it's back and he quickly jumped on top of it and impaled it with his sword, this time he finished it quickly. He stabbed the creature in the heart or where he thought it was.
"Shadowstrike!" Hiro saw Elma do a backflip in the air and slash one of the indigens, making it stagger away. He quickly sprinted towards it and slashed one of it's legs, making it fall over. Then Elma jumped on top of it and finished it off. She nodded to him and they moved in on another indigen that was gunning for them. They both stepped to the side when it lunged and slashed it's sides as it passed, making it hit the ground hard, blood spilling onto the grass. It died after a few moments. The last indigen was handled by the firing line of guards and turrets. Hiro turned to Elma who approached him with a curious look on her face.
"I take it back, you're not half bad, you're good. I don't suppose you made up your mind about joining blade?" Elma asked. Hiro chuckled a bit and wiped his sword off.
"I guess I have…"
