This is one of those 'gamer semblance' fanfics.
Also, the main character is going to become somewhat OP, but not in the 'one punch' type of OP, more like 'imagine Ozzy lad's magic before he threw all of it at randoms' type OP.
The main character won't be that overpowered right off the bat. Rather, he will slowly become more powerful over time, though he does start off at a semi-decent midpoint.
Considering how a bunch of other fics of these types tell you what type of fighter he will be, Leo is going to pretty much be a battlemage of sorts.
If there was one thing that Leo Helios, a rather devilishly handsome teenager from Earth didn't expect. It was to somehow end up in the world of Remnant, More specifically in Headmaster Ozpins office.
Leo is 7"1ft tall, which is abnormally large for someone from earth (it's a complete mystery to even himself as to why he never bothered to play basketball). His facial features could be described as somewhat devilish, in the sense that he looks like the kind of person who just wants to have some fun, no matter the consequences. his unique amber eyes almost glowed with a distinct orange tint that made his irises appear to be on fire. His dark brown hair, which almost seems to appear as a fiery red when in direct sunlight is always combed back, save for a certain group of mischievous strands that simply refuse to comply and hang forward. Due to the fact that Leo simply loved going to the gym, he has developed well-toned muscles all over his body that give him quite an intimidating look.
Leo loved going to the gym after his day at college, it cleared his head and allowed him to ease any frustrations. So, as per usual, he had been walking to the gym after his rather average day when he suddenly blacked out. As he awoke, Leo quickly realised that he was sitting in some strange void where some random old guy who claimed he was a 'God, but with a little-g' and needed his help. Obviously, denying a god of any sorts when he wanted you to do something was a surefire way to get killed, so Leo, with his now-questionable sanity and a poor attempt to keep calm, agreed to help. The 'god' then gave him a few minutes to calm down, unlocked his aura, gave him some random powers that basically make everything a video game and sent him on his way. "alright kid. You kids like video games from where you're from, right? okay, so...here you go, good luck."
and by sent him on his way, the god decided to whack the black-haired teen over the head with a comically large frying pan. 'out of the frying pan and into the fire...ha-fucking-ha!'
Now, Leo was sitting in the office of professor Ozpin, though the man himself wasn't present at the time. Leo only had what he had with him back on earth when he appeared in that void. He wore his favourite padded black jacket, which he kept open so he could stay cool. The jacket also had grey fur around the collar to protect from strong winds. He wore a simple white t-shirt, which he uses as his designated gym shirt, and a pair of black dress pants, which are accompanied by his rather expensive silver and gold running shoes.
As the teenager ran a hand through his slicked-back mess of black hair out of the shock of what had just happened, a final fantasy-escuque box appeared in front of him.
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*Quest Start: Welcome, to the world of Remnant! Part 1
Quest description: Due to your private hobbies that you never let anyone of your friends back on earth know about (likely out of fear of being cast out or something stupid like that), you have seen every single episode of RWBY that has been released to the point where practically no event from the show will go unnoticed by you. If a god really did give you some badass power, then you should figure it out as fast as possible!
Quest steps: Figure out how your new ability (your semblance) works.
Completion rewards: Quest continuation, Badass semblance.
Failure results: No cool semblance
Time Limit: 5 Minutes
Accept Decline
Hitting the 'accept' button, the strange box disappeared without a trace, once again leaving Leo in complete and utter silence. "okayy, I guess I'll go for voice commands first...that should work. Character."
*Your flawless effort at opening the character menu has earned you 1 INT point!* 'neat'
A large menu opened up in front of Leo. It looked like what you'd expect to see in a basic RPG. There was the hollow outline of a human in an A-pose with several boxes surrounding him, some of which had already been filled by what Leo realised were his schoolbag and his clothes. There was a small inventory window next to the character, said menu had a row of different menus at the top, such as: Stats, Character, Settings, Inventory, Skills and Spells.
Hitting the stats button, Leo was rewarded with...well, the stats menu.
*Leo Helios (Level 1)
Semblance: 'g'ods Gift (The Gamer)
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Height: 7"1
HP: 100/100
MP: 100/100
STR: 10
DEX: 10
END: 10
VIT: 10
INT: 11
WIS:10
CHA: 10
'No luck stat? also, I'm pretty sure I should have a few points from when I was back on earth! I didn't go to the gym for nothing!'
As if on cue, another text box popped up: *Synchronizing previously saved data file with the new file . . . Synchronization complete*
'well, now I know how this thing works. Just complain and it'll give you whatever you want.'
His stat menu now read:
Leo Helios (level 12)
Semblance: 'g'ods Gift (The Gamer)
Age 17
Gender: Male
Height: 7"1
HP: 200/200
MP: 100/100
STR: 30
DEX: 15
END: 25
VIT: 20
INT: 16
WIS: 10
CHA: 15
Based on his stats, VIT represents the stat for HP, while WIS represents the stat for MP.
Hitting the skills button, Leo saw that he had a lot to learn. He wasn't proficient at anything except 'weaponless melee combat' and 'martial arts', which were sitting nicely at levels 45 and 29 respectively. 'at least I can fight, I guess.'
He also had a 'title' of sorts: 'the outsider' You hold knowledge that is unknown to all, EXP gains increased by 200%, you Also gain a massively increased MP Regen for: 1 hour
Quest step complete!
*Quest: Welcome, to the world of Remnant! Part 1
Completion description: You have figured out the most basic portion of your semblance!
*Next Quest step: Get into Beacon
Description: You already know the events of RWBY, the easiest way to change the events of the show is to get accepted into the academy
Quest Step: Convince Ozpin (Optional: Create Spell that will better allow you to convince him), Optional: Convince Glynda Goodwich
Completion rewards: Quest continuation, Spot at Beacon
Failure results: Alternate quest line (Betray ? questline)
Accept *Cannot Decline*
With the 'decline' button greyed out, Leo pressed the 'accept' button just as the ding of an elevator rang throughout the office. The fiery amber eyes of Leo met with the coffee brown orbs of a slightly shocked Ozpin. The two stared at one another in silence for a moment until Ozpin spoke up, "Apologies, I hope I haven't kept you waiting long, Mr..."
"Helios. My name is Leo Helios." That answer satisfied the headmaster and he promptly strolled over to the other side of his desk and sat in his chair.
"well, it is certainly good to meet you, Mr Helios. I was almost worried that you wouldn't show up to Beacon at all." wait, what? a slight buzzing in the professors pocket brought his attention to his scroll. "Ah, as if right on cue, here is a message from your grandfather asking if you arrived safely." WAIT, WHAT?!
"My...grandfather, sir?" The headmaster nodded and showed Leo the message. The profile picture of his 'grandfather' was actually just the 'god' that had sent him into this world. Albeit, he looked a lot less like a 'menacing, world-creating deity' and more like a 'happy drunken old man'. The message read: "G'day headmaster, has my boy Leo has gotten to you safely? The Lil' shit didn't bother calling me, so my wife is panicking and assumed the worst."
"yes, your grandfather. Am I correct in saying that he was the one who trained you?" Shiiit, this is gonna make the old god guy look bad if I say yes when I don't know how to properly use a weapon...fuck it, I'll just say I broke it or something.
"uhh, yeah. though I managed to break my weapon in a fight a while ago. Though I can use my fists to fight just fine." Leo replied, rather sheepishly, at that. While all of this was going on, Leo was secretly scrolling through his menus under the desk. He had explored pretty much every basic window. He found a 'skill creation' tab that allowed him to create spells from games such as 'Skyrim' if he had the required stats. Some of the skills required massive stat pools, such as 'invisibility', which required 100 INT and 50 WIS. 'well, that's gonna be fun to unlock.'
The headmaster didn't seem to notice whatever it was Leo was doing and simply shrugged off his comment, "that's good, though your transcripts certainly leave a fair bit to the imagination, what with your semblance containing little more than the words "you'll figure it out, mate"... I would assume your grandfather filled this out, but that's alright. Now, considering that you have arrived late, we don't actually have a team ready for you, and I'm not expecting one to just...pop out of thin air anytime soon. You will, of course, still have to complete the initiation. While the Official initiation was completed earlier today, I believe the forest still contains a pair of relics that weren't recovered..."
Checking a tablet-like scroll, Ozpin hummed thoughtfully, "hmm, yes. You will be completing your initiation today, if that's alright?"
The brunette simply nodded as he tried to keep his cool, so far he was doing well. "of course. Mind if I leave my bag somewhere until afterwards?"
"Of course, leave it here and I will have someone take it to your locker. If you would follow miss Goodwich, she will escort you to the initiation zone. Ah, here she is now." The elevator dinged once again and the perfect definition of 'sexy librarian' strutted out. "Glynda, if you could please escort Mr Helios to the cliffs, then we can begin his initiation."
The woman nodded in response and motioned for Leo to follow.
After a terribly awkward elevator ride, Leo was mentally preparing himself for what was to come. 'I'm going to get fucking launched off a cliff...aren't i?'
As Leo followed the deputy headmaster through the campus, he noticed a set of eyes watching him. He had caught the attention of none other than Cardin Winchester, who was looking out of a classroom window. 'i'm going to stomp him into the ground at every chance I get...wait, can I even beat him? I do have a fair few levels in martial arts and hand-to-weapon combat, so I should be fine...hopefully?'
A short walk later and the two had made it to the cliffs. Glynda now held a large tablet-like scroll to her chest and was busy typing something out, "Now, Mr...Helios, was it? Due to your supposed combat prowess, your initiation will be recorded, and the footage is currently being shown to the first years combat education class, try not to disappoint. Stand on the pad, please"
'Oh, you've got to be fucking kidding me! this shit is getting recorded? I've got to come up with a landing strategy, and fast!' the now terrified brunette thought to himself as he moved over to the launch pad. 'what is a way I can make a spell to not let me die from falling without having much in the way of INT points?'
The pad sprang Leo into the sky just as he started to panic slightly, 'HEY, OLD GOD GUY! IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, I'D LIKE A HAND!'
Leo could've sworn he heard the voice of an old man grumbling and cursing. As the grumbling finished, Leo suddenly felt as if he could take on the entire world at once.
'HOLY SHIT! I should do a ground slam or something! Thanks, God!' The blonde raised his arms into the air and an endless flood of both aura and mana rushed through his veins. The few clouds that were in the sky began to thicken and darken into...thunderclouds?
as if on cue, various skills were both created and activated:
*Melee Skill Created!
Fist Of Havoc! (One Time Use) Required to unlock: ? STR, ? END, ? INT
Charge your body with mana to create a lightning effect that creates a massive AOE effect and a crater of the point of impact (Damage increases the higher the user is when the skill is activated)
Cost: 100MP
*Thunder Crash Variant Unlocked!: (Level stays the same as Fist Of Havoc) (One Time Use) Required to unlock: ?
Charge your body with both Mana and Aura to create a Devastating crater.
Cost: 200MP, 50% of total Aura
*Thunder God Activated (*One Time Use) Required to unlock: ?
Due to your sudden and dire need for power, the deity who sent you here has allowed you have become the God of Thunder for 1 minute. this has also created a raging thunderstorm that lasts for a short period of time!
2x STR, Aura of lightning, Empowered limbs, thunderstrikes!
After thunder god runs out, the users DEX stat will be halved for a time due to muscle tearing.
Cost: ?MP, 50% total aura.
*thunderstrike (level 1)
Wreathe your limbs in Lightning before striking an opponent to deal both Electrical and Physical damage
Cost: 25MP
'well that's useful...also a total rip off from destiny...why are my eyes glowing? am I like Thor from Thor: Ragnarok now? wait a sec, Muscle tearing?! my aura better do something about that!'
As Leo rocketed towards the forest floor, the sky became blanketed in thick black clouds. As the brunette grew closer to the soft ground of the emerald forest, the grass and nearby trees were incinerated instantly. He slammed both his fists into the ground like...'i'm a titan from destiny now...SWEET...', the impact of which created a massive crater that physically warped the air around him as it crackled in response to the amount of energy.
Moments passed and Leo jumped out of his crater with ease. His eyes, which were once a fiery amber, were now a glowing blue. His large frame was physically crackling with lightning that occasionally leapt off of his body in order to cut some burning swathe through a few blades of grass. 'welp, time to keep up this new 'badass guy' act, I guess. I swear that my semblance is keeping me from panicking or something because I should definitely be panicking right now!' Leo thought to himself as he 'bolted' off in the direction of his objective.
Only a few seconds had passed before Leo came into contact with his first Grimm. A Large Beringel was standing in a clearing when Leo carelessly rocketed into its side. 'Oh, fuck.'
Meanwhile, in the combat class, the students were staring in 'shock' some random guy who was currently wreathed in lightning tear into a Beringel as if it were a common beowolf or something. Every time the beast tried to strike at the brunette, he would either disappear in a flash of electricity or retaliate with lightning that would leave deep scorch marks in the demon's flesh and force its muscles to spasm randomly.
The class sat in shocked silence as they watched their new peer, who had since been identified as 'Leo', mercilessly vaporise the once-powerful Beringel. The Grimm began to dissipate as he went on his merry way. Nobody said anything for a while until a certain Valkyrie spoke up, "THAT... WAS...AWESOME!"
*back in the forest*
Leo sprinted and leapt through the forest as fast as his lightning-empowered limbs would take him. He guessed that he was almost at his objective, but 'thunder god' was about to wear off "THIS IS SO FUN!...why is thunder god a one-time use thing?" he grumbled to himself.
As his not-so-luck would have it, the moment he ran out of time for his 'thunder god' spell, Leo tripped and ended up rolling, in an almost comical fashion. Until he hit an ill-placed tree, that is.
"uuughhh, whyyy?" the teen groaned as he staggered to his feet. 'on the plus side, I can now see my mana bar as well as my aura...how? ah, fuck it, who cares?' True to his thoughts, three traditional bars had popped into the top left of his vision. There was a HP bar, an MP bar and a bar that showed how much aura he had.
MP: 15/100. HP: 200/200: Aura Levels: 45%
he had used fist of havoc, which used up all of his mana 1 minute ago, and he now had 15 mana. 'i guess I regen 15 mana per minute. Why couldn't you just give me infinite mana, god?'
Leo dusted himself off and walked past his arch-nemesis: That dreaded tree.
Soon after, Leo found himself in a clearing. He had encountered a few more Grimm since that Beringel, but, he hadn't encountered any since thunder god wore off. The few Grimm he had encountered while using said ability he had promptly disintegrated with concentrated blasts of lightning. 'I bet an entire horde of deathstalkers will show up, or some bullshit like that.'
The brunette strolled towards the altar that he remembered from volume 1 of RWBY. Except this time, there was only a single pair of chess pieces in the back of the ruined structure on their platforms. These pieces were that of a Light King. 'I guess I'm not on team RWBY or JNPR then...dammit.'
Grabbing a single piece and putting it safely in the back pocket of his pants, Leo turned to make his way back to beacon, he realised something had suddenly gone very wrong 'Oh, okay then...that's what it meant by muscle tearing...my calfs feel like they've been hit by a semi-truck!'.
As Leo stood, just a few feet away from the altar, trying to allow his aura to heal his muscles, which were healing rather quickly, He soon noticed a single set of glowing red eyes at one edge of the clearing. 'oh, I am so beyond fucked at this point' Leo thought to himself as lightning streaked through the clouds above. 'unless the thunderstorm is on my side, that is...come onnnn storm call shout from Skyrim...'
The biggest Ursa he had ever seen slowly lumbered out of the treeline. It looked to be roughly twice as large as the Ursa Major which had attacked Cardin during the 'forever fall' segment of volume 1. 'that's beyond being a major at this point... I am fucked, aren't I?', Leo stood tall. As his aura rushed to heal him, he tried to formulate a plan. "ooookay...thunderstorm, help?"
Nothing. The Ursa, which Leo's semblance quickly identified as: 'Castillo, The Great Bear. (Level ?) Threat Level: Good Luck' began to creep closer.
*you have created a skill!
Observe (level 1)
Identifies an opponent's strengths and weaknesses, also displays threat level and aura levels.
'okay, thanks skill creation, but...uhhhh, nope. umm...i need something else...WAIT! WHAT THE FUCK DOES "GOOD LUCK" MEAN FOR THE THREAT LEVEL?!' Leo was thinking of hundreds of potential skills and spells at this point, though it wasn't like he could even cast anything that could kill this beast at this point, he only had 30MP...wait, what?
As the Ursa strolled towards Leo, seemingly aware of how simple this victory would be, the lightning bolts that were raging in the storm above congregated into one point and shot towards the beast.
*You have created a Spell!
Elemental Focus! (level 1)
Focus your energy on the world around you to use the elements to assist you in combat.
Cost type: Mp or Aura
Cost: Depending on complexity, uses mana or aura over time to keep spell 'alive'
Possible elements: Lightning, ? (Yet to be unlocked)
The Beast roared in pain as a result of the piercing lance of crackling blue lightning that was currently lodged deep into its back, several smaller streaks of electricity ejected from the top of the lance and moved to form a makeshift cage of pure energy. The Grimm writhed about in an attempt to snap the solid bolt of lightning. Though the lance was managing to hold the Ursa, it's strength was clearly fading.
The brunette took a second to look at his mana...'i'm still at 30 mana?...Is the storm actually on my side?'
Ignoring those thoughts, Leo focused and managed to pour his remaining mana into the storm above. Dozens of bolts of electricity shot towards him, eventually forming a bristling greatsword out of crackling lightning. Something strange about it was that Leo actually recognised the weapon from one of his favourite games. 'wait a sec...is this the Fume ultra-greatsword from Dark Souls 3?! Except it's made out of lightning...'
The blonde raised the massive blade with ease, as the fact that it was made entirely out of energy made it weightless, resting it over his shoulder as the Ursa finally destroyed its temporary prison. The beast reared itself onto its hind legs before emitting a blood-curdling roar that would've chilled any sane person to the bone. Luckily, Leo had gotten to the point where he was actually questioning his sanity as a result of the pure level of absurdness that came with travelling dimensions into another plane of existence.
Leo gave a hearty war cry as the ursa bolted towards him, it evidently expected to get struck by lightning again as it's gaze shot to the skies everytime the crack of thunder pierced its ears. As the ursa got close, it attempted to slash at the boy with its right paw. In response, the greatsword-wielding warrior hurled his body to the left, landing near it's right foot before swinging at the ursa's side with as much force as he could muster. 'perfect, the blade is just long enough to cleave it in half...please cleave it in half...'
The weapon didn't exactly cut through the beast's flesh, not like a regular sword would, that is. The lightning crackled through the wound and simply seemed to remove whatever it touched from existence, this left a thick line of nothingness that travelled from the Grimm's right hip all the way up to its left shoulder.
Silence filled the clearing as Leo turned to face what was left of his opponent, 'I reaally expected for an ursa this big to put up a bigger fight...' Leo dispelled his unnecessarily large sword, which was actually more like a heavy lump with a sharpened, curved tip, as it had quickly mulched through his mana and had now started to devour his aura as if it were a light snack.
HP: 200/200
MP: 0/100
Aura Level: 10%
He had just one-shot the biggest Ursa he had ever seen! okay, the thunderstorm helped alot but they never even showed an ursa that big in the show, 'unless rooster teeth had planned show some after volume 5, that is.' plus, he killed a Beringel earlier! That took Ruby Rose ages to beat in her volume 4 trailer, 'but it only took a weakened Cinder a flick of her wrist...'
"this better get me into some cool kids club" He muttered as he began his trek back to safety, dismissing the various pop-ups that showed his stat increases from that bout.
*You have defeated Castillo, The Great Bear!
You gained: 5000EXP, A tiny speck of self respect.
'oh fuck off! "you gained some self respect"...cunt'
Elemental Focus has Levelled up to Level 3!
You levelled up!
You got +5 Stat Point!
You got +1 INT!
You got +1 WIS!
You got +1 STR!
You got +1 INT!
You got +1 WIS!
You got +1 END!
You got +1 INT!
'hell yeah! I've got more MP now! i'm at 0/120...i don't get max mana when i level up? damn. I should probably save my spare stat points for when i really need them.'
-10 minutes Later:
Upon making it to the cliffs, Leo realised that he was standing where teams RWBY and JNPR had fought the nevermore/deathstalker combo. The downside to this is that the ruins were still...well, they were completely ruined, leaving the disgruntled brunette with no way across. "yeah, i don't think i can make that jump...unless"
Leo checked his HUD to see that he now had fully replenished his MP, thanks to his title of 'outsider' which told him that it had given him 1 hour of increased mana regen, back when he checked it in Ozpins office.
HP: 200/200
MP: 120/120
Aura levels: 30%
Title: The Outsider
You hold knowledge that is unknowable (events of RWBY)
Increased EXP gains by 200% for: indefinite. Massive boost to Mp regen for: 7 minutes
'thank you, the outsider. now...how do i super jump...?' Leo wondered as he leant up against a stone pillar, which was on the side of the bridge where JNPR had battled an ancient deathstalker.
'wait a sec...' The towering teenager focused his mana and aura onto the ground beneath him, forcing the earth to bend to his will. Much to his enjoyment, he thrust his arms forward and a raw pillar of stone and dirt jutted out of the ground beneath him, launching him across onto the opposite side of the cliff before the stone sank back into the ground. 'okay...but that just used up all of my mana, and i still have to land...fuck'
as Leo shot through the air like a bullet, a popup appeared in front of him, 'this really isn't a good time semblance!...huh, interesting...'
*you have used a new element for an existing spell through practice!
Creating or evolving a spell through practice requires less of the stats that it would if you were to simply think of a spell or read it from a skill book. Though it does require massive amounts of MP and is potentially dangerous.
E.g: a spell from a book that requires 100 INT can potentially be created with only 50 INT through the use of trial and error, and by throwing mana into it, through trial and error can lead to horrible consequences if your attempts fail.
Elemental Focus! (level 3)
Focus your energy on the world around you to use the elements to assist you in combat.
Cost type: Mp or Aura
Cost: Dependant on complexity, uses mana or aura over time to keep spell 'alive'
Possible elements: Lightning, Earth, ? (Yet to be unlocked)
'huh...now i have to land...i do have 30% aura...maybe i can just...crash?' Leo thought to himself as he began rocketing down towards what was hopefully soft earth.
and crash he did.
After peeling himself off of the ground, which had actually been rather soft, Leo stood up and jumped back in shock, almost falling off of the cliff in the process. "AH! Don't do that!" The brunette shouted at the headmaster, who was standing right infront of him. He had just arrived on a bullhead, hopefully in order to pick him up.
the Professor simply smiled, "Apologies. Now, you have made it back to the cliffs, may I see your relic?"
Leo nodded after regaining his composure and handed over his light king piece to the headmaster. "Here you go."
Ozpin inspected the piece for a moment before handing it off to Glynda, who had just walked over from the bullhead, the green-eyed deputy almost smiled at him, progress..."congratulations, Mr Helios. You have completed the initiation for Beacon academy with surprising results...though we don't know how an Ursa of that size or a beringel got there...i had thought peter and bart had cleared all of the most dangerous grimm out..." Glynda muttered her last two statements more to herself than anyone else but Leo decided to shrug in response.
no, Leo didn't care that about the high-level grimm. Only one question was on his mind right now..."ahh, its fine. soooooo, am I going to be getting a ride back, or do I have to walk?"
Glynda glared at him for half a moment before her gaze almost seemed to soften. Even more progress, she may not make his life a living hell..."You will be riding in the back of the bullhead. Now come along, Mr Helios."
And with that, both professors and a slightly exhausted Leo made their way over to the bullhead and back to campus. 'I bet classes would've ended ages ago, by now.'
Once they had landed back at Beacon, Ozpin handed the new student a scroll, "considering that there wasn't a scroll amongst your belongings and you do not seem to have one on you, I have taken the liberty of getting you a scroll of your own."
Leo gingerly took the device and placed it in his pocket, he would have to figure out how to use it later. "thank you, sir."
"also, your locker number is...number 637, do try to remember it. Use the GPS on your scroll to find your way to your dorm, enjoy the rest of your day, Mr Helios." And with that, both the headmaster and his deputy strolled off, leaving Leo to fend for himself.
"great...now i just have to figure out how to use this thing." Leo muttered to himself as he strolled off in search of a place to sit.
Eventually, the brown-haired earthling made his way to a wooden bench that sat under a large oak tree. as Leo struggled to set up his scroll, he eventually noticed a guitar that was resting against the side of the bench... It was labelled 'Jaune Arc'.
Setting the infernal contraption that was his scroll down, Leo looked around for any blue-eyed scraggly blondes that may have lost a guitar. Seeing none, he picked up the guitar himself and decided to play. He hadn't played the guitar for a few months so it took a bit to shake off any rust that he had gathered, but eventually, his skills came back to him.
Despite what he had expected from Jaune, the guitar had been tuned perfectly for what Leo wanted to play. 'why is it that i can never remember the name of lyrics of this bloody song?!' he thought to himself as the strings of the instrument rang out through the courtyard in a melodic, calming tune that actually managed to soothe his nerves.
Looking back to his scroll, then back to the guitar, an idea suddenly sprung into Leo's mind, 'if i take this back to Jaune, maybe i can get closer to team JNPR...or maybe not...ah fuck it, i may as well.' And with that, the brunette once again attempted to set up his scroll.
*Almost an hour later: 5 PM
After setting up his scroll and figuring out its basic functions, Leo, who had decided to deliver Jaunes guitar to him next time the two met, made his way to the locker rooms, where his schoolbag was supposedly held.
In the locker rooms, Leo eventually found his locker and retrieved his schoolbag before heading off in the direction of his dorm.
Rather conveniently, Leo's single-person dorm was right next to team JNPR's one, with team RWBY's dorm across from them. 'huh...neat' But there was a slight issue, 'it was at this time...that i realised i'm insanely close to being as tall as the doorframe...'
Inside Leo's dorm, there was a single bed off to the right of the window, but aside from that, it looked like any other basic dorm does in Beacon. He placed his bag by his bed and headed over to team JNPR's dorm to give Jaunes guitar back. 'okay...just knock...HOW CAN I BE NERVOUS RIGHT NOW?! I'M A 7"1 GUYWHO'S BUILT LIKE A FUCKING TANK! okay...just play it cool...cool'
A few knocks that were accidentally too loud later and Leo was listening to the sounds of footsteps heading closer. He also heard a door behind him creak open then quickly shut. Team JNPR's door swung open and Leo could've sworn he heard a slight "eep" from the blonde leader, who was the one who answered the door. "Hello. Jaune, right?"
the blonde was torn from his shell-shocked state, drawing his eyes to the simple guitar that rested in the taller man's grasp, "uh, y-yeah?"
Leo managed to hold a stoic look as he raised the guitar and handed it to the terrified knight, "You left this in the courtyard."
The knight began to stutter a 'thank you', but he was swiftly interrupted by a certain Valkyrie. "YOUR THE THUNDER GUY!"
This comment managed to surprise Leo slightly as he sidestepped a 'nora missile', who had essentially hurled herself at him. As she crashed through the door on the other side on the other side of the hallway, three female faces peered out of their dorm. These were the faces of Blake, Yang and a slightly disgruntled ruby, though Weiss was nowhere in sight. "sorry, but... did you just say thunder guy?"
Much to team RBY's annoyance, Nora stood up with a bubbly grin on her face, completely oblivious to the fact that she had just demolished their door. "Yep! you were late to initiation, huh?"
oh shit, gotta think of a cover story quick! "yeah, I got...held up, for a bit." there, that should sell the whole badass act, right?
And sell it did...to most, that is. the Valkyrie 'oooo'ed at his 'reason', while a certain Brawler didn't buy it, for whatever reason. "what could hold you up?"
"eh, y'know, just a village with a grimm problem." though his voice was calm and composed, his thoughts were something like this: 'i am so not able to think of a proper excuse. What if my excuse conflicts with what my transcripts say or something? Also, what episode would i be in right now? i mean, Weiss isn't here and Ruby looks a tad distracted, so i'm probably at the badge and the burden bit...right?'
His response only served to draw a few words from the resident valkyrie of team JNPR, "Ooooo, a grimm problem? Can you share the story pleeeease?"
"heh, sure. Long story short, this village wanted me to go and kill this ancient deathstalker that had been getting more active recently, right?" The brunette began.
Though his story was swiftly interrupted by a cheap red riding hood knockoff "By yourself!?"
Both teams seemed pretty shocked at the prospect of someone fighting a deathstalker by themselves, 'sweet, i can exaggerate my skills a bit until i can get better'
"yeah. Anyways, I had it in this clearing, but it was a tad quicker than i thought it would be. Long story short, i killed it but i ended up with a shattered weapon and a couple of broken bones. I staggered back to the village and they let me stay there to heal for a bit before i left."
Leo looked down at a set of popups that appeared for a moment before looking back at the group.
You got 1 Cha point!
You got 1 Cha point!
You got 1 Cha point!
Both teams RBY and JNPR seemed pretty stunned by what he had just said, though a certain blonde brawler seemed like she was about to question him. "Hold up a sec. We all saw your initiation today, you were a total badass! How did a deathstalker manage to beat you up when you took down a beringel and the biggest ursa i've ever seen like they were nothing?"
"Huh?" oh, right. He was a total badass during initiation... "Oh, yeah. Well, i actually ended up unlocking my semblance during my fight with the deathstalker. My weapon and aura were both gone at that point but then i just kinda...y'know..."
A particular confused Valkyrie tilted her head at his story, "Know what? what did you do to it?"
'oh hell yeah! now i can look even more badass!'
"Right, well. I grabbed a shard of my broken lance, got in close and stabbed it in the eye...then I just...Kind of exploded it with lightning." Leo explained.
At the mention of a lance, the small red riding hood knockoff suddenly perked up a bit, "You use a lance? Did it do anything?!" She seemed really excited at the prospect of hearing about new weapons.
oh shit, i didn't plan for this! Okay, just look at my body type...Tall and massive...what did Yatsuhashi from team CVFY use?... Oh, a giant fucking sword, right.
"Yeah! it could shift into this massive greatsword that could split an ursa in half like it was nothing! It kinda looked more like a simple lump of steel rather than an actual sword, but it was the first weapon I ever made, sooo. Anyways, it used gravity dust to increase its weight and speed, while the lance form could have the speed of its thrusts increased by the grav dust...it was sooo awesome. The one i made out of lightning to kill that ursa looked pretty similar to it, in fact. Hey, does this school have a forge?"
'I know this weapon is a lie and all, but i really want to make it now. Actually no, that'd be stupid...or would it?'
The very idea of his weapon, though simple, left the tiny reaper with stars in her eyes...almost quite literally. "Y-Yeah! the forge looks sooo awesome, you'd love it! that is, if you like that kinda thing with making new weapons and doingmodificationstothemandmakingthemlookreallycooland..." It was at this point that Leo's ears couldn't physically keep up with what she was saying.
Luckily, a certain brawler came to his rescue, "Hey sis?"
"ANDTHENYOUCOULD, Yeah yang?"
"You're doing the thing again..." ruby stopped for a moment before her face began to go red from embarrassment.
"Anyways, I'm Yang, and this is my sister Ruby" Yang swung her arm around her embarrassed sister, "Whats yours, sparks?"
"Sparks? pfft, anyways, my name's Leo, Leo Helios." He replied as he shot a quick glance at Jaune, 'He doesn't look all depressed like how he did during the whole Jaundice bit of volume 1, so I've gotta be somewhere around episode 9 or 10. Meaning that Weiss and Ruby are still in the i don't like you mode...well, Weiss is at least.'
"Aaaand this, is my partner, Blake" The amber eyes of the secret faunus locked onto the warm fiery orbs that were Leo's eyes, the two nodded to each other and that was that. Leo turned to the four members of team JNPR. Luckily Jaune understood that he was expecting an introduction and smiled, "I'm Jaune, Jaune arc, and this is my partner, Pyrrha."
The redhead in question stepped forward and extended her hand "It's a pleasure to meet you, Leo."
As the two shook hands, Leo nodded in response, "Nice to meet ya too, Pyyrha."
Turning to the green-robed monk and the Valkyrie who seemed like speedy Gonzales on crack cocaine, the two introduced themselves as "Lie Ren" and "Nora Valkyrie!"
"Nice to meet you both..." Leo looked at his scroll, which told him that the time was 5:13. "Well, its certainly been good to meet you all. Now, if you all would excuse me, im gonna go work on my semblance for a bit, Seeya." And with that, Leo walked off to his dorm, which, much to everyone's slight surprise, was right next to team JNPR's dorm.
As the brunette shut his door, 'okay...time to get to fuckin work.' Leo flopped down onto his bed and stared at his stats for a moment. 'damn, I got that many points just from initiation?'
Leo Helios (level 13)
Semblance: 'g'ods Gift (The 'gamer')
Age 17
Gender: Male
Height: 7"1
HP: 200/200
MP: 120/120
Aura level: 100%
Unspent Stat points: 5
STR: 31
DEX: 15
END: 26
VIT: 20
INT: 19
WIS: 12
CHA: 18
'huh, time to figure all this shit out then, i guess.'
After two hours of looking through the various menus and skills that he possessed, Leo was most pleased to find that his 'instrumental' 'singing' and 'dancing' skills perfectly reflected how they were back on earth. 'i didn't literally bear through the bullshit of singing practice every second thursday to not be able to sing over here.' Despite how Leo always appeared as the mischievous delinquent student who loved to party, most of his time was actually taken up with his various hobbies, most of which he kept as a closely guarded secret.
*Passive skill: Sing song (Level 38)
You are adept at singing. While your voice isn't exactly that of an angel's, you can certainly sing a basic song perfectly.
*Passive skill: Dance Dance (Level 57)
You are close to becoming the very definition of a master when it comes to the dance floor. You can perform many formal and informal dances, you can both lead and follow in slow dances with no difficulty.
*Passive skill: The Piano Man (Level 70)
For your entire life, you have been surrounded by your own melodies. You can play many instruments to the point of near mastery, if only your voice was that good...
'was that last one an insult? probably...'
Leo shot a glance at his scroll to see that the time was 7:15 PM. Upon further inspection of the filthy beast that was his scroll, he found that dinner was currently being served, though Leo quickly vetoed his own idea of having dinner as he simply wasn't hungry. Instead, Leo continued to search through the menus of his semblance, eventually coming across a certain skill.
Toggleable passive Skill:
The Mind, The Body and The Soul: (Level MAX)
Grants immunity to: Mental effects (such as intense emotions or mental attacks), Aura-related debuffs (such as ?) and physical debuffs (pain and illness, amongst others)
'huh...I can toggle it...Is it bad that i'm actually curious as to what i would feel if i turned it off?...probably. Though I hate feeling so calm all the time...this isn't me.'
*Would you like to deactivate 'The Mind'? Y/N
The moment Leo hit the confirm button, the weight of what had just happened came crashing down upon him at once.
He had lost his entire life. He would never go back to his home and smell the sweet scent of fresh baking that his mother or little sister had made... He would never see his family again, and they would never see him again. What if the deity who sent him here simply erased all memory of him from earth? Does anyone even remember him? Do they even care?
He. Had. Nothing...NOTHING...
The usually confident teenager quickly devolved into a hyperventilating mess that was curled up under his blankets in a panic attack.
Minutes quickly turned into hours as Leo's panic attack only continued to escalate. Eventually, two hours later, he managed to calm himself down enough to shoot a glance at his scroll to look at the time '9: 30 PM...' Upon doing so, his gaze was drawn to his window. He looked out upon the new world that was his life from now on, and decided that he needed to go for a walk "yeah...A...walk should...it should help."
Heading out of his dorm, the brunette noticed a faint light emanating from under team RWBY's door, 'that's got to be ruby studying late. At least i know which episode im at, I suppose.'
As Leo made his way out into the courtyard and eventually to beacon's gardens, he sat down and, despite his best efforts to remain calm, quickly ended up resuming his panic attack. He had propped himself up on a bench with his knees against his chest and his head down, so no one could see his now tear-stained face if they walked past. 'everything...just...gone...'
Minutes passed and Leo's attention was suddenly drawn to a nearby presence. someone, or rather more specifically, a certain heiress had just sat on the bench next to him. "Ahem. Excuse me, I was wo-uh- Are you...Are you crying?"
Leo quickly moved his legs off of the bench so he was sitting normally and looked away from the person who had just sat next to him while trying to still his breathing. Safe to say, he wasn't doing all that well at it. "N-no, I'm...i'm not. Is there something you needed?"
The person in question who, despite how she was early on in the series actually sounded rather concerned for him, was Weiss Schnee. "Well, it certainly looks like your crying. Do you want to tell me why?"
Leo Turned his head and locked eyes with the heiress in question. "Well, i-it's a pretty boring reason. So t-there's no need to concern yourself with it."
Weiss shook her head, "I beg to differ. Besides, I have a problem i'd like to tell someone about, myself, so...you tell me and I get to tell you….so...What happened?"
'what is this? she's actually being nice...why?'
Leo sighed before taking a deep, shaky breath. "Have you ever just...came to a realisation that... every. single. moment of your life is just...Gone? Realising that, within just a single day, a single moment...everything has just... completely changed? Knowing that you'll never see anyone you ever knew again? Never see your family again? Not even knowing if they even remember you?" At this point, the brunette crossed his arms over his knees and slouched forward before breaking down.
The heiress sat in shock for a moment, 'what is this guy going through?' before shuffling closer and tentatively placing a hand on his shoulder. Leo looked to his right and stared into the girl's icy eyes. "Hey. I don't know what you're going through, but i know that...that you'll be fine. I'm certain that your family, at the very least, remembers you. So, even if you...never see them again, just know that they will always remember you. Okay?" Though Weiss's words seemed genuine, her thoughts were something more like this. 'I'm really not good with people...or inspirational stuff...hopefully this helps.'
Leo took a few shaky breaths before leaning back on the bench, his thoughts had somewhat calmed now. Apparently, just ranting about his problems and fears to a complete stranger actually does help. "t-thanks...i'm...i'm good now...Thank you, u-umm...?"
Weiss seemed pretty shocked that he didn't immediately recognise her, even though he technically did. "Schnee. Weiss Schnee, and you are?"
The towering dark-haired brunette gazed at Weiss for a moment before responding. "L-Leo. M-my name is Leo He-Helios."
Weiss seemed like she already knew that. Probably not surprising, considering she had more than likely learned what his name was when she watched his initiation. "well... Leo. I watched your initiation, and I must say, you are rather powerful."
Leo, having calmed down from simply being near someone, decided to skip the part where he continues to rant about his problems and instead ask what was bothering Weiss, because she had mentioned having a problem of her own and he knew that today was the day that she had argued with ruby and said that her becoming the leader was a mistake. "Thanks. So, what's got you frustrated?"
The heiress seemed quite taken aback by his question, "i'm sorry, what?"
The tiny beginnings of a grin managed to find its way onto Leo's tear-stained face. "You heard me. said it yourself: You have a problem of your own. Plus, You seem like something's bothering you, and considering how a girl i met earlier, called Ruby, seemed pretty distressed about something to do with her partner, who was also called Weiss, what a coincidence. I'd assume you two had an argument?"
The white-haired girl stared at him in shock for a moment before slumping back against the bench in defeat and looking to the sky. "ugh, something like that. To put it simply, I...I didn't think she was being a good leader and... i ended up snapping at her. I later realised that, since it's only been a day, that she still needs to actually learn how to lead...I was being pretty selfish."
The two simply sat there for a moment, with neither side speaking. "Hey..." Weiss looked over to Leo in response. The male in question began to chuckle slightly, though it was sounded hollow and empty. "at least you've got a team...Since i was late to Beacon, I don't even get one."
"W-what?! You don't have a team?"
"Nope. But... that's besides the point, what are you gonna do about your problem, Weiss? Apologise? Because, sorry if this seems a bit rude, but you seem more like a... prideful person who wouldn't generally say sorry, am I right?"
Weiss shot him an aggressive glare for a moment before her eyes widened, 'Did he just...!?...ugh, he...might be right...maybe.' Her gaze softened slightly. "Y-yeah, your right. But, she wasn't exactly in the right either! so, why should I even have to apologise to begin with?"
"Because you're a team," Leo replied simply. "You're her partner, whether you like that or not. So one of you should step up and either apologise or do something that pretty much says 'i'm sorry'... like, maybe... getting her a cup of coffee or something while she studies, that's a good one. Otherwise, you'll only grow more distant, and that ain't gonna help anyone."
The white-haired girl stared into space for a full minute before nodding slowly, "so, what if i were to say, 'i will become the best teammate that I can be' while giving her a coffee... like you suggest?"
The towering teen shrugged, "Depends. From what I could tell when I spoke with your leader, she seems... pretty anti-social, so she'd probably just be happy knowing that you don't hate her. Though showing that you've accepted that she's your leader is definitely the way to go."
The two simply sat in silence for a few minutes before Leo eventually stood up and reached out a hand to Weiss. "Thanks for the talk Weiss, I...I appreciate it."
Weiss stared at his extended hand for a moment before smiling slightly and shaking his hand before using him to help her stand up. "Of course. And...thank you, also."
"No problem." Leo checked his scroll. The time was 10:15 PM. "If you don't mind, i'm gonna head off to my room and go to bed now."
The heiress simply nodded in response, "Of course."
And with that, the two parted ways. Leo didn't feel as bad as he did before while Weiss knew how she could make it up to Ruby for her outburst.
As Leo made his way back to his dorm, he was scrolling through his menus when he realised that 'The Mind' had changed somewhat.
*The Mind (Level: MAX)
Provides immunity to all negative mental effects. Can also suppress extreme emotions and negative thoughts (Optional)
"combat mode" Doesn't suppress thoughts or emotions but blocks any mental attacks. Also stops the user from going insane.
*Activate The Mind?
*Yes *Activate Combat mode *No
'huh, that's nice...I guess. I don't want to feel like this...but, I really don't want to just be calm all of the time, it feels far too weird for my liking.' Leo thought to himself as he hit the button for 'combat mode'.
A hollow grin managed to find its way onto Leo's face as he opened his dorm's door, though it was quickly snuffed out when the brunette slammed face-first onto his bed and promptly fell asleep. He even managed to forget about closing his door, which a certain heiress silently closed for him as she walked past with a cup of coffee in hand.