Brave Frontier: Adventures of Naru
Chapter 1 Part 1: Beginning
"Hey, my name is Naru. I'm 18 and a senior in High School. Naru isn't my real name, but it's the name that I go by on various platforms. This is my story on how an ordinary day, became a fight to save the world."
It all started that fateful morning. I had arrived at school, ready to just get it over with. I put my headphones on, listening to the music I love listening to; that being EDM and VGM. While walking around the school, I noticed my phone screen had turned itself on, and a black gate was on the screen, saying "Touch". "What's going on here?" I asked myself, looking at my screen. Thinking it was some sort of technical error, I tried to shut my phone off, but to no avail. I heard a voice in my head, it overpowering the music in my ears. "Touch the gate, Naru." The voice sounded very commanding, and that was something I didn't like. "If it'll fix my phone, I have no choice but to do what this voice said." I thought. Without giving it a second thought, I touched the black gate on my phone. The gate opened up, and a bright light flashed from my phone. The light was extremely bright, so I had no choice but to close my eyes. When the light faded, my phone screen went off. "Guess that's it." I said, putting my phone back into my pocket. I decided it would be best to go the rest of the day without headphones, in case anything weird happened. "Hey, you're Naru, right?" I heard a voice behind me. "Yeah, why ask-" As I turned around, my eyes widened, and my jaw dropped. Right in front of me was the legendary Rain. For those of you who may not know, Rain originally came from Square Enix's Brave Frontier, called Final Fantasy Brave Exvius. But a special collaboration brought him over to Brave Frontier.
"You're...Rain. But...what are you doing out here? Shouldn't you be in "the game"?" I looked more confused by the minute as to how he got here. "Yeah...about that. There's a problem out here in the world you players roam in." Rain put Dandelga on his back, and crossed his arms. "Some of the bosses you've fought on your adventures in Grand Gaia and Ishgria...have escaped into the players world. They've gone across the globe, causing havoc in different countries, on different continents." Rain paced around as he talked. "And with help from Tillith, we managed to get in contact with you, Naru." Rain turned to face me. "We need your help, Naru." I shook my head, my eyes at this point were swirling in circles. "Hold on. Bosses have escaped into the real world? But...that shouldn't be possible…" I closed my eyes to think. "I believe a greater evil is at work here. An evil far greater than that of Karna Masta's power." Rain shuddered. He still remembered what happened the last time he challenged Karna Masta alone. "If you think so, then I guess we have no choice but to stop this evil. But...you and I can't do it alone." I cross my arms. "Did you bring any of the others?" Rain nodded his head. "I did. They're waiting for you to let them out." Rain reached into my pocket and tried to grab my phone, but I slapped his hand away. "Whoa, that's a no. I'll do it." I say sternly, grabbing my phone from out of my pocket. Another black gate had appeared, and I immediately touched it. A bright light emanated from the phone screen as I set it down. From the bright light, Gabriela, Lasswell, Quaid, Zenia, Krantz, Sirius, and Avant had popped out. Shortly after, Vargas hopped out as well. Following Vargas came Adriesta, Lauda, Kanon, and Elimo. The phone screen stopped shining after that, and I picked it up and put it back in my pocket. "So we finally meet the player behind the name 'Naru'." Gabriela walks up to me, and examines me. "Naru, it's finally nice to meet the real you." Quaid walks up to me, and hugs me tightly. Surprised, I hug him back. "Y-Yeah...nice to finally meet you too...haha…" I let out a nervous chuckle and couldn't help but blush. It's hard to explain, but I have a huge crush on Quaid, so for him to hug me the way he did made me very happy.
Lasswell walked over to Rain. "It's nice to be by your side again." Lasswell smiled. "Yeah, like old times." Rain smiled as well. Adriesta talked to Gabriela. "You do know we have to focus on our mission. Not what our Summoner looks like in reality." Adriesta held her pistol in her hand. Her sword was sheathed. "I know, but it doesn't hurt." Gabriela chuckled. "I like this one." I rubbed the back of my head nervously. Krantz and Sirius walked up to me. "...Naru." Krantz began to speak. "Yeah?" I nervously said, sweating bullets. "We look forward to working with you." Sirius and Krantz spoke in sync with each other. "A-As do I, my comrades. As do I…" I catch my breath for a moment. Zenia floated over to me, her robotic eye scanning me. "Scanning...Scanning...Identified as Naru. Master, I am ready for your commands." Zenia says in her most robotic voice possible. I nodded. "Zenia, stand down." Zenia nodded, and put her weapon away. After greeting Elimo, Kanon, Avant, and Lauda, I went face to face with Vargas. "Naru. This battle you're about to go into will be a tough one." Vargas says, his flaming Dandelga on his back. "But you won't go at it alone. I'll be here for you, just like I was there for you when you first started." Vargas smiled. "Thank you, Vargas." I say with a smile. "Everyone, I know we have a world to save, but I have school to attend to, so if you guys could just find a way to stay invisible so that no one sees you, that would be great." I say, my arms crossed. Just like that, everyone turned into a ball of light, and floated into my body. I felt my body overcome with each one of their powers. It felt weird, feeling what they felt. "I...guess this works." I sigh and shake my head. I check into my first period class, and my day finally begins.
To be continued in Part 2