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I have decided that I will be doing long series instead of doing short clips like others. So if that bothers any of you, sorry, but this is how I wish to write this story. I'm sure there are plenty of others that do short clips of what they want to have reactions too.
So far I have decided on focusing on two maybe three Storys for now since I'm going to be rotating instead of going in order. I am not sure If I will add more in the future, but we will see if there is one that's requested enough.
Source: Rising of the sheild Hero
Chapter 2-Summoned to hell
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"Huh?"
I'd gone to the library to do a bit of reading. My name is Jaune Arc, and I'm a sophomore in college. I'm also aware that I am more of a nerd than the rest of my classmates. Ever since I first became interested in video games and anime and other otaku pastimes, I've given them more of my time than I gave my actual studies. My parents know this about me, and so they gave up on me early on. Instead, they sent my Sister to a prestigious prep school in an effort to "secure her future." But the pressure was too much for her. She got worn out with all the studying and turned into a troubled teen, dying her hair and yelling obscenities around the house. For a little while, the whole family was miserable. But then a savior appeared to save the day: me!
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"Someone tooting their horn a little bit," said Yang looking over at Jaune
"Hey it another version on me, not me," said Jaune defensively.
"I wonder what those other things he said were like anime and college I know what videogames are but what are those other things?" said Sun
A red shadow appears out of nowhere in a flash of light forming a wolf, and it began to explain, "Well anime is something from that world that's similar to cartoons. However, it's more adult in nature. While college is a higher level of schooling, unlike normal school that is required, you have to work hard to get into and pass college, and not everyone can do it."
"Interesting, so it's similar to my school then?" said Ozpin taking a sip of his coffee
"Yes, but it's only for studies not fighting."
'Interesting' Ozpin thought to himself taking a sip of his coffee.
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She was always scowling and mouthing off to everyone, but then I had an ingenious plan up my sleeve: I suggested she try playing a game, a popular one.
"What the hell?" She said.
"Just try it! You don't have to commit to liking it." I said that because I knew the real reason she had turned into such a punk.
When we were growing up, our parents had always given me whatever I asked for, but she had never received the same treatment. She wanted the freedom that I'd always had. I'm a specialist when it comes to having fun, though, so she was interested in the game I suggested, if only because she knew I was an authority on fun. She told me this herself later on down the line. I'll just skip right to the end: there's one more otaku in the world now.
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"So I'm guessing Otakus are basically a name for nerds in this world?" said Sun
"Probably," said Neptune
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If you walked into her room now, you'd see posters and figurines from the very same game I introduced her to. Not only that, but she also rededicated herself to her studies, got into a great school, and is apparently at the top of her class. My parents were so happy about my intervention that they spoiled me even more as a result, so I am currently leading a very free life as a college student.
My parents give me an allowance every month. The magazines, light novels, and manga that my friends and I go through eat up that allowance pretty quickly. I have a part-time job, which is great, but the various festivals I take part in during the summer and winter months use all that money as well. My sister is not the sort of person to go out of his way to participate in a festival, but my parents rent a room for us near the festival grounds to encourage her participation. Well, whatever. They have their own lives to live, so they can't give me all that much money. They try to help cover tuition and rent, so that's plenty.
Whenever I need to save money,(when I don't have all that much) I go to bookstores or the library to read. If I have free time, I like to play games online, but if you really want to be good at them, there's no end to how much time you could sink into a character. Besides, I consider myself a jack-of-all-trades, and I'm not really the type to invest all my time in one particular thing. That, and even when I do get into a game, I don't really care about leveling up my character. I just end up obsessed with gathering money in the virtual world.
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"It's a bit hard to believe, but it seems this Jaune has a good sense for businesses," said Weiss
"I wonder, If I tried to do that could actually pull off running a business," said Jaune
"I sure if you put your mind to it you could do it Jaune," said Pyrrha
"Hey, P-money try to make it less obvious why don't ya," said Yang wiggling her brows and Pyrrha started blushing at that.
"What do you mean?" asked Jaune
"I suppose you wouldn't get it..." Yang sighed at P-money troubles
"I don't get it either," said Ruby with a confused look on her face.
Weiss just join in with Yang sighing at her clueless partner.
"It's ok Ruby it'll make sense in the future," said Taiyang giving a light hug to ruby who still had a confused look on her face.
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Okay then, so I was there in the library when all this craziness started. I was looking over an old bookshelf in the corner that was dedicated to fantasy novels. I think that fantasy has a history for at least as long as recorded human history. Suddenly this really old-looking book just fell off the shelf called 'The Records of the Four Holy Weapons'? The title was pretty hard to make out, and I guess whoever had been reading it last hadn't taken the time to put it back securely. Whatever. Figuring it was probably destiny, I brought it back to the table, sat down, and opened it.
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"Bet you wish you had that many books to read right blake?" said Yang
She didn't answer, but she thought to herself how great having that many books to read would be.
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Flip . . . flip . . . It was the kind of book that starts off by telling you about the fantasy world itself. To sum it up, it seemed to be about a different world, one with an apocalyptic prophecy to worry about. The prophecy said that many waves of great destruction would wash over the world until nothing was left. To stave off disaster and escape destruction, the people would call for heroes from another world to come and save them—or something like that anyway.
Hmm, well the idea seems pretty cliché now, but something about the book being that old felt, ironically, fresh. So the four heroes each possessed a weapon. Sword, spear, bow, and shield. I started to wince at the content. I mean, when you think about it, a shield is not even a weapon at all. Anyway, I started to skim ahead. The four of them went on a journey to train, gather strength, perfect themselves, and stop the prophesied destruction of the world. My head jerked. I'd nearly fallen asleep in my seat. It was all too much. I was yawning, and the book was so old-fashioned. I mean, there were no cute heroines at all.
The only girl was the princess, and she was horrible because she was manipulative and obsessed with the heroes. She kept casting flirtatious glances at all of them, pitting them against each other. I wished she would just pick one of them to focus on. The Sword Hero was active and powerful, the Spear Hero valued and protected his friends, and the Bow Hero would never tolerate injustice. All the heroes were good people with great personalities. There aren't many stories like that these days. You know the kind where all the characters share the protagonist spotlight? What's this? The story was shifting to talk about the Shield Hero.
"Huh?" I turned the page and let out an involuntary yelp. All the pages after the introduction of the Shield Hero were blank. I kept flipping, kept looking them over, but they were all blank white pages. There was nothing else in the book.
"What the heck?" I was thinking over how strange it all was when I started to feel dizzy.
"Huh? What's . . ." I heard my own bewildered whisper and felt my consciousness slipping away.
"Oh wow . . ." I heard the sound of people marveling at something and suddenly was awake again. My eyes weren't ready to focus on anything, but I pointed them straight ahead anyway. There were men in robes, looking at me in awe and apparently speechless.
"What's all this?" I turned in the direction of the voice and discovered three other people there. Like myself, they didn't seem to know what was going on. I scratched my head. I'd been in the library only moments before, but then . . . why? And just where was I?
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"Wait... so he got summon kinda like we were?" said Ruby
"Looks that way kiddo however he was probably summoned for a different reason than we were," replied Qrow
"Huh, I wonder If we would've had a better time understanding that we had been summoned if we had been teleported like them, instead of walking through a door one at a time?" Asks Neptune.
"Dude don't be a nerd, or I guess an Otaku if you prefer that one."
"No..., neither, It's intellectual," says Neptune firmly after thinking about it for a second.
"Can you guys just shut up and watch I want to know what's going on with Jaune's counterpart?" Says Velvet
"Ya I'd Listen to her she doesn't like to have her movies interrupted at important scenes," said Coco
"Well, I can't help but wonder what I would think. I mean that us up there as one the heroes. They might look a little different but I almost sure that's us up there as the other he..." says Neptune as he quickly shuts up as Velvet starts to glare at him and then everyone just turn back to the screen.
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I flipped my head left and right and found that I was in a room. The walls were made of stone. Is that what they call brick? Regardless, I don't think it was anywhere I'd been before. And it certainly was not the library. I looked at the floor. It was covered in geometric patterns that had been painted in some sort of fluorescent material. There was also an altar of some kind. It looked like something magical and straight out of a fantasy. We were standing on the altar. Wait a second. Why was I holding a shield? It was feather-light and fit my hand perfectly. I couldn't figure out why I was holding it, though, so I went to put it down, only to find that I was unable to do so. It was like it was stuck to me.
"Where are we?" Just as I was wondering the same thing, the man next to me, the one carrying a sword, asked some men in robes.
"Oh, heroes! Please save our world!"
"What?!" the four of us shouted in unison. "
What is that supposed to mean?" But the appeal of the robed men sounded familiar, like something I'd read on the Internet.
"There are many complications in this situation, but to offer a simple answer to your question, we have just completed an ancient ceremony and summoned you, four heroes."
"Summoned?"
Yes, that was it. There was a really good chance that it was all some prank, but there seemed nothing wrong with hearing them out. Besides, it's more fun to be pranked than to prank someone else anyway. I don't mind that sort of thing. I think it's fun.
"Our world teeters on the brink of destruction. Heroes, please lend us your strength," said the robed men, bowing very deeply to us.
"Well, it wouldn't hurt to . . ." I began to reply, but the other three guys spoke up quickly.
"I don't think so."
"Yeah, me neither."
"We can go back to our world, right? We'll talk about your problems after that." What? Did they think it was okay to speak to someone like that? Someone that was bowing to us out of desperation? Why couldn't they save their conclusions until after they'd heard the bulk of the situation?
I glared at them in silence, and soon the three of them were looking me over. What were they smiling about? We could all feel the room growing tense. What jerks! I bet they were actually happy to be there. Think about it. What if it were true? They'd get the chance to have adventures in another world. It'd be a dream come true! Sure, it's a cliché, but still, couldn't we at least hear them out? The guy with the sword looked like he might have been in high school. He pointed his sword at the robed men and nearly shouted.
"Don't you feel any guilt for calling people into your world without their permission?"
"Besides," said the guy with the bow, "even if we save you and bring peace to your world, you'll just send us back home, right? That just sounds like a job to me." He was glaring at the robed men.
"I wonder how much you've considered our opinion on this. I wonder how it could be worth our while. Depending on how the conversation goes, keep in mind that we might end up enemies of your world." So that's how it was. That's what they wanted. This is when they try to figure out their standing and demand a reward.
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"Those versions of you guys are selfish, you didn't even think about the people and just trying to get a reward," says Ruby who angrily pouts, and causes Yang to glare and Sun and Neptune. Who in turn felt shivers down their spines.
"Ya big guy never knew you could be so selfish," Coco says to Yatsuhashi who grunts and says
"If it were me my first concern would undoubtedly be the people it is hard to believe there is a version of me like this," says Yatsuhashi.
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Well, they certainly were an outspoken, confident bunch. I felt like I was somehow losing to them.
"Yes, well, we would very much like you to speak with the king. He will discuss future compensation with you in the throne room." One of the robed men, apparently their leader, leaned against a very heavy-looking door until it opened, at which point he pointed in the direction we were to go.
"Whatever."
"Fine."
"I don't think it really matters who we talk to, but whatever." My outspoken companions complained as they left the room in the direction indicated. I didn't want to be left alone, so I followed them out. We walked out of the darkened room and down a hallway made of stone. How should I describe it? The air felt fresh . . . and I can't think of any other words for it. Vocabulary has never been my strong suit. I was able to steal a glance through a window, and the scenery took my breath away. The clouds were high in the sky for as far as you could see. Below us, a town spread out from the building we were in. All the houses were lined up neatly, just like one of those European cities you'd see featured in a travel brochure. I wanted to pause for a minute and take it all in, but there was no time.
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"What a lovely view," says Glynda.
"Yes, it is a quite pleasant only make it more concerning what they need help from," replies Ozpin.
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We were hurried past the window and down the hall, and soon enough, we arrived at the throne room. "Huh, so these kids are the four holy heroes?" An important-looking older man was sitting there on the throne. He leaned forward as he spoke. He didn't make a good first impression on me. I just can't stand people who condescend. "My name is Taiyang Xiao Long XXXII, and I rule these lands.
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"Oh my gosh, dads the king, that's so cool!" yelled Ruby.
"Hey yay I look pretty good up there wouldn't you say so Qrow," Said Tai with a smug look
"Meh, They could have picked better," said Qrow with a smirk and taking another swig from his flask.
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Heroes, show me your faces!" I somehow managed to resist the urge to yell, "We're already looking at you!" But I caught myself just in time. I guess he was in a position of authority, and he seemed to be a king of some sort.
"Now then, I shall begin with an explanation. This country—no, this whole world—is on the brink of destruction." It seemed like a rather regal introduction. The other guys with me spoke up.
"Well, I guess that makes sense, considering you'd call for us from another world."
"Yeah, figures."
I'll try to summarize the king's story. There was a prophecy about the end of the world. Many waves would appear, and they would wash over the world again and again until nothing remained. Unless the waves were repelled and their accompanying calamities avoided, the world was doomed. The prophecy was from long ago, though the time it spoke of was now, this very moment. There was also a large and ancient hourglass called a dragon hourglass that would signal the times. The dragon hourglass predicted the arrival of the waves, and its sands began to fall one month ago. According to legend, the waves would come in one-month intervals. In the beginning, the citizens of the land mocked the legends.
However, when the sands in the dragon hourglass began to fall, a great calamity visited the land. A fissure appeared in the country, Melromarc; a fissure to another dimension. Terrifying and horrible creatures crawled out from it in great numbers. At the time, the country's knights and adventurers were able to repel the advance of the creatures of Grimm, but the next wave was prophesied to be even more terrible. At this rate, the country, having no way to ward off the impending disaster, was doomed.
Considering the situation nearly hopeless, the kingdom decided to summon heroes from another world. That about sums it up. Oh, by the way, it seems like the legendary weapons enabled us to understand the language of that world.
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"Well that's convenient," said Ren
"Yes, It's lucky there are only a few languages in our world, so we don't have to worry so much about that," said Weiss
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"All right," said one of my companions.
"I think I understand where you're coming from. But does that mean you are basically commanding us to help you?"
"Seems all fine and good . . . for you."
"I agree. All this sounds pretty self-centered to me. If your world is on the road to destruction, just let it burn. I don't see what it has to do with us." I could tell by the condescending giggle he struggled to hide that he secretly thought that this was all really cool. Well, it was my turn to speak up next.
"As they have said, we don't have a responsibility to help you. If we dedicate our time and lives to bringing peace to your kingdom, do we get anything besides a 'thanks and see you later'? I mean, I guess what I really want to know is if there is a way for us to get home. Could you tell me anything about that?"
"Hmmm . . ." The king shot his vassal a sidelong glance.
"Of course we are planning on compensating you all for your efforts." The heroes, including myself, pumped our fists in celebration. Yes! Phase one of negotiations was complete.
"Naturally," continued the king, "I've made arrangements to support you financially and also to provide you with whatever you may require in thanks for your efforts on our behalf."
"Oh yeah? Cool. Well, as long as you'll promise us that, I don't think we'll have a problem."
"Don't think you've bought us off. As long as we aren't enemies, I'll help you out, though."
"Agreed."
"Me too." Why did they all have to act so superior all the time? Think about where we are! Do you really want to make an enemy of the king? Still, I guess it was good to get all the particulars out of the way in advance rather than risk losing everything down the road.
"Very well then, heroes. Tell us your names." Wait a second—I just noticed something. Didn't all this sound similar to the book I'd been reading in the library? The Records of the Four Holy Weapons? A sword, spear, bow . . . and, yes, a shield. Even the four heroes were the same. Could I have somehow gotten pulled into the world of that book? I was starting to mull these things over when the kid with the sword, the Sword Hero, stepped forward and introduced himself.
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"That's true I didn't even consider of that," said Tai
"Ya know, that makes me realize something as well... Ruby? Said Yang inquiringly.
"What?" she replied sheepishly.
"Normally you're a weapons nerd. It's strange your going off about those weapons."
"Well I mean just look at them they're just plain weapons- not that there's anything wrong with that," she said quickly turning to Jaune. "But I like to analyzing weapons and figure out how they integrate their transformations as it can help me in the future when I want to make more or maybe want to upgrade crescent rose."
"I guess you're right. It's just weird to see you so calm about new weapons I mean they're saying these are legendary weapons or something right? So there's probably something special about them." said Yang.
"Well kiddo if we kept watching I'm sure we'll find out," says Qrow
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"My name is Yatsuhashi Daichi. I am 16 years old and a high school student." The Sword Hero, Yatsuhashi Daichi. He was an attractive young guy. His face was handsome, and he was relatively short, maybe 160 centimeters. If he cross-dressed, you'd mistake him for a girl in an instant. His face was so composed. His hair was black and cut short. His eyes were sharp, and his skin was white. Overall, he gave off a cool impression like a quick, slender swordsman.
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"Hey Yat's you should grow out your hair you look really cool with that look," said Coco with a smirk.
"Hmph I prefer my current style, but I appreciate your input," said Yatsuhashi.
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"All right, I'll go next. My name is Neptune Vasilias. I'm 21 and a college student." The Spear Hero, Neptune Vasilias. He came off as light-hearted and kind, something like an older brother. His face was at least as well kept as Ren's—the type of guy who was sure to have a girlfriend or two. He was probably around 170 centimeters. His hair was pulled back into a ponytail. I normally don't like ponytails on men, but it seemed to suit him. Overall, he seemed like a caring older brother.
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"I can even begin to imagine the pain of having to care for all that hair," Said Neptune.
"Join the club!" yelled Yang from the back
"I think I'll keep my hair nice and short, thank you very much," said Neptune.
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"Okay, my turn. I'm Sun Wukong. I'm 17 and still in high school." The Bow Hero, Sun Wukong. He looked like the calm, piano-playing sort of character. How do I explain it? He seemed vain, and yet, at the same time, he held some unrevealed strength. There was something indefinite about him. Something vague. He was the shortest among us, probably somewhere around 155 centimeters. His hairstyle was slightly wavy, as if it had been permed. He was like a soft-spoken younger brother. Apparently, we were all Valgeborn.
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"Never thought I'd see the day where Sun looks weak and fragile," said Jaune
"Hey!" Yelled sun.
"Ya, I almost couldn't tell it was him with as much as he shows off his muscles. So seeing him nice and tidy just doesn't fit" Said Blake.
"Ok…, now you guys are just bullying me," said Sun.
"What does he mean by Valgeborn," asked Qrow casually
"Well, Valgeborn is just a breed of humans its kinda like naming the different species of fanus but for humans."
"Hmm. I wonder why we've never done that," ask Glynda.
"Probably because we've been too focused on the different fanus. That the different humans went over our heads since the difference in your race is much smaller than ours," Said Ghira.
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I would be pretty surprised if any of the others turned out not to be, anyway. Oh, my turn already?
"I guess I'm last. My name is Jaune Arc. I'm 20 years old and a college student."
The king looked down at me, condescendingly. I felt goosebumps crawl up and down my spine.
"Now then. Ren, Motoyasu, and Itsuki, correct?"
"Your Grace, you've forgotten me."
"Ah yes, pardon me, Mr. Arc." So the old guy was a little slow on the uptake. But you know . . . I was still feeling somehow out of place among them all there. And now he forgot to include me in such a short list?
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*Sigh*, "Now if that isn't a familiar look I don't know what is," said Blake
Blakes parent looked at her worriedly, but they decided to wait until the break to talk. So they just laid there hand on her shoulder reassuringly. To which she smiled gently back at them.
"Aw man, don't tell me I'm going to be a jerk in this world," said Tai.
"Well the burden of being a king is always a stressful thing," said Ozpin
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"Now then, heroes, please confirm your status and give yourselves an objective evaluation."
"Huh?" What did he mean by status?!
"Excuse me, but how are we supposed to evaluate ourselves?" asked Sun. Yatsuhashi sighed loudly like he couldn't be bothered to explain it to us.
"You mean to say that you all haven't figured it out yet? Didn't you realize it the moment you arrived here?" Oh, come on. He just knew everything. Was that it? I guess he was some kind of genius.
"I mean," he went on, "haven't you noticed any weird icons hanging out in your peripheral vision?"
"Huh?" But since he mentioned it . . . if you looked off vaguely toward the edges of your field of vision, there were little marks there. I could see them, too.
"Just focus your mind on that icon." I did, and I heard a soft beep, just like I was sitting in front of a computer, and the icon expanded to take over my field of vision. It was like opening an Internet browser
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Jaune Arc
Class: Shield Hero
LV 1 Equipment: Small Shield (legendary weapon)
Other-world clothes
Skills: none
Magic: none
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"Oh, Wow, Imagine If you didn't need to carry your scroll around and just had a screen like that," said Ruby excitedly
"Yes, it would be quite convenient," stated Ironwood.
"Wait did that thing say magic. Is there magic in that world? That's ridiculous" said Weiss
"I wouldn't be so sure Ice queen jr," said Qrow looking over at Ozpin.
"Hey! Don't call me that!" she yelled, standing up.
"Come on Weiss, just sit back down so we can get back to watching," said ruby
Calming herself and reluctantly sitting back down she said "Fine..."
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There were still quite a few things listed, but I decided to ignore them for the moment. So this is what the king meant by status? Wait. Just what the hell was all this? It felt like I was in a game.
"Level 1 . . . That makes me nervous."
"Good point. At this rate, who knows if we'll even be able to fight at all?"
"What is all this?"
"Do these things not exist in your world, heroes? You are experiencing status magic. Everyone in this world can see and use it."
"Really?" I was amazed at how normal everyone seemed to think it was, this numerical expression of your physical body.
"And what are we supposed to do? These numbers seem awfully low."
"Yes, well, you will need to go on a journey to further polish your abilities and to strengthen the legendary weapons you possess."
"Strengthen them? You mean these things aren't strong right from the get-go?"
"That is correct. The summoned heroes must raise their legendary weapons by themselves. That is how they will grow strong." Neptune was spinning his spear and thinking.
"Why don't we just use different weapons while these ones are bulking up? Seems smart to me." That did seem like a good idea. And besides, I was stuck with a shield, not even a weapon in its own right. I'd better get another weapon. Yatsuhashi cut in to clarify.
"We can work all that out later on. Right now, we should focus on improving ourselves, just like the king has asked us to do." It was so exciting! We were heroes summoned from another world! It felt a little like manga, but any otaku worth his salt would jump at a chance like this. My heart was pounding in my chest, and I couldn't get myself to calm down. It looked like the other heroes around me felt the same way.
"Are we going to form a party? The four of us?"
"Wait just a moment, heroes."
"Hm?" Just as we were preparing to set out on an adventure, the king spoke again. "The four of you should set out separately to recruit your own companions."
"Why is that?"
"According to the legends," he began, "the legendary weapons you possess will interfere with one another should you form a party. Both your weapons and yourselves can only grow when you are apart from one another."
"I don't really understand all that, but if we stay together, we can't level up, right?"
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"I suppose that Is more efficient," stated Ironwood.
"What do you mean, Jimmy," asked Qrow, looking over at Ironwood.
"If they're in trouble, it would better for them to go there separate ways to help others in multiple places instead of going together." Ironwood Explained.
"Well, It's not like they have another choice but to split up anyways if what they said about not getting stronger by being together is true," said Glinda
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Huh? Everyone found instructions for their weapons. We all began to read at the same time.
Attention: the legendary weapons and their owners will experience adverse effects if they fight together.
Caution: it is preferable that the heroes remain separated when possible.
"I guess it's true then . . ."
But why did all of this sound so much like a game? It was like I'd been transported into a game. Anyway, games don't feel this real, and there were real humans living here, so I guess it was still a reality of one kind or another. Still, the system reminded me of a game nonetheless. The instructions for the weapons went on at great length and detail, but there wasn't enough time to read them right then.
"So you think we should try to form our own parties?"
"I will attempt to secure travel companions for you all. Regardless, evening draws near. Heroes, you should rest for the night and prepare for departure on the morrow. In the meantime, I will find companions for you from the village below."
"Thank you very much."
"Thanks."
We all thanked the king and retired to our own rooms for the night.
There were ornate beds prepared for us in the provided chamber. Everyone was sitting on them, closely inspecting their weapons and letting their vision drift absentmindedly to check on their status screens. I glanced at the window, only to find that the sun had set long ago, which just goes to show how much time we had spent reading the instructions.
Okay, so let's see here. The legendary weapons required no maintenance at all. They were powerful and sturdy enough on their own. The material the weapons were constructed of reacted to the level of the hero who wielded them, and any slain Grimm were recorded in something called a weapon book. The weapon book was something that apparently kept a list of all the forms the legendary weapons were capable of transforming into.
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"Wait so they can transform? I don't see how they're so slim," said Ruby
"Perhaps they don't transform the same way ours do," said Glynda
"Yes and like has already pointed out there is magic in this world so perhaps these, 'legendary weapons' contain magical abilities," said Ozpin.
"I guess that makes sense, but that's still so weird," said Ruby.
"Well it's another world Ruby so it should be implied that there not going to be the same," said Yang
"Ya, ya," said ruby still grumbling to herself.
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There was a weapon book for my own shield that could be viewed from the weapon icon. I opened it. Fwip! The border of the window quickly expanded to fill my field of vision, and it was filled with rows of weapon icons. It appeared as though none of them were currently available for upgrades. Huh, would you believe it? It looked like certain weapons could be set and improved upon and would grow more powerful with time. Got it. It was just like the way that skills and weapons are leveled up in online games. It said that in order to learn skills, the powers hidden in our weapons would have to be set loose. It really did seem exactly like a game of some sort.
"Hey, this is just like a game, don't you think?" It looked like the other guys were reading over the help menus, too. One of them responded to my question.
"Like a game? I think it actually might be a game. I know games that are just like this," said Neptune, bristling with an air of conceit.
"Huh?"
"Yeah, it's a pretty famous online game. Haven't you heard of it?"
"Uh, no. And I'm a pretty hardcore otaku."
"You've never heard of it, Jaune? It's called Emerald Online."
"Never heard of it. What is it?"
"Jaune, have you ever played an online game before? It's famous!"
"I've only played stuff like Odin Online, or Fantasy Moon Online. Those are pretty famous, too."
"I've never heard of them before. Must be minor titles or something."
"Huh?"
"Huh?"
"I don't know what any of you are referring to. This is nothing like an online game. It's more like a console game."
"Neptune, Sun, you're both wrong on this one. If anything, it's a VRMMO."
-Screen off
"Huh? Aren't they all from the same world?" asked Nora.
"Probably not based on the fact they have different common knowledge its likely there from similar worlds but different " stated Jaune and everyone nodded in agreement.
-Screen on
"No way. Even if we suppose, for the moment, that we are in an online game, it still must be the sort that you control by a mouse or with a controller." Yatsuhashi looked confused by Neptune's theory, and he jumped into the conversation.
"A mouse? A controller? What kind of antique games are you guys talking about? These days, aren't all online games VRMMO?"
"VRMMO? I guess you mean a virtual reality MMO? Cut the sci-fi crap. You know the tech isn't ready for Stuff Like that yet."
"Huh?!" Yatsuhashi nearly shouted in surprise. Thinking back on it, he was the first of us to figure out how to use the status magic. It kind of seemed like he knew what he was doing. He might have known more than he was letting on.
"Um, excuse me? You all seem to think this is like a game, you know. Can I ask what the names of those games are?" Sun raised his hand and answered quickly.
"Brave Star Online."
"Emerald Online," I spoke up next.
"I dunno. I mean, are we even in a game world?" I also thought it seemed a bit like a game, but could we really have arrived in a game that I had never even heard of?
"I see. As for my opinion, this reminds me of a console game called Dimension Wave." And so we all seemed to think the world represented a different game.
"Wait a second. Let's try to collect what we know for sure." Neptune rested his head on his hands and tried to calm us down.
"Yatsuhashi, this VRMMO you speak of means exactly what we said, correct?"
"Yeah."
"Sun, Jaune, you guys understand what he means, right?"
"I think it sounds like a game from science fiction, but yes."
"I think I read about something like it in a light novel once."
"Fair enough. That's about all I can think of, too. Okay then, Yatsuhashi. The game you mentioned, Brave Star Online. Is that a VRMMO, too?"
"Ah, right. The VRMMO I played was called Brave Star Online. The world felt very, very similar to this one." Considering the Way Yatsuhashi Spoke of it, It seemed like this VRMMO thing was ordinary technology for him. It sounded like computers could read the user's brain waves and allow the user to dive into the computer world directly.
-Screen off
"That sounds really advanced for just a game," said Blake.
"Ya, don't they have better things to work on instead of making games like that," said Weiss.
"I don't know I think it sounds like it would be pretty fun to play what do you think Neptune," said Sun
"Well I would be cool to give it a try I mean it would be kinda like entering another world right?"
"Oo, Renny do you think I could be Queen of the castle in one of those games!"
"I would say there would be a definite possibility Nora" answers Ren.
-Screen on
"Okay, Fine. Well, If that's true, Yatsuhashi, In the world you come from, do they have any games similar to the things we have mentioned? Like maybe in the past?"
Yatsuhashi shook his head. "And just so you know, I consider myself pretty well-versed in the history of games where I'm from. I've never heard of anything like what you are all talking about. But the games you are all talking about … you all consider them relatively well-known titles, Right?"
Neptune and I nodded in agreement. If we knew anything about online games, which we all thought we did, it seemed impossible that we wouldn't know anything about the games we were all mentioning. Even If, for the time being, we accepted that we were not as well-versed in online games as we all assumed we were, we all thought we were mentioning famous games, How could we be so wrong?
"Okay then, let's start with some common-sense questions. You call all name the current prime minister, right?
"Sure."
"Okay, let's all say it at the same time."
Gulp.
"Masato Yuda"
"Gotaro Yawahara."
"Enichi Kodaka."
"Shigeno Ichifuji."
We all fell silent. I had never heard of the other names, not even in the history books. We went on to compare knowledge. None of our examples matched up. In the end, we didn't seem to share any references at all.
"It kind of seems like we all come from different Vale's."
"It does seem that way. I certainly can't imagine how we could be from the same place."
"I guess that means that there is a vale in all our parallel worlds."
"I thought at first that we could just be from different time periods. But none of our experiences match up, so that can't be it."
Even at that, we all had one thing in common: we were Otaku. That had to mean something.
"If that's the case, It seems like we were all brought here for a different reasons and in different ways."
"I'm not really into having useless conversations. Do we really need to have things in common anyways?" Yatsuhashi spoke up as if he was the coolest person in the room, and he wanted everyone to know it.
"I was on my way home from school when I hit a spot of bad luck and got caught up in a murder case. It was the talk of the town at the time."
"Uh, huh."
"I was with a good friend. I remember saving him, and I remember the criminal getting arrested…"
Yatsuhashi was rubbing his side softly as he spoke. I wanted to poke fun at him. What kind of hero did he think he was with all this talk of saving his best friend and all that? I managed to keep my thoughts to myself. I suppose he was saying that he caught the bad guy but then was stabbed in the side during the struggle. He looked like the kind of guy to boast about things that never happened. I instantly wanted to file him away as untrustworthy… and yet, he was the one of the hero's summoned here. The least I could do was hear him out.
-Screen off
"A Wise decision the worst thing you can do is to deny yourself information that could be useful," said Ozpin and the other teachers agree.
-Screen on
"Anyways, so then, before I knew it, I woke up here."
"Makes sense. Pretty cool of you, though, isn't it? Saving your best friend and all?"
He responded to my compliment with even more aloofness. Fine then.
"Okay, I guess I'm next," said Neptune, lightly pointing at himself.
"I have… Well, to put it simply… I have quite a few girlfriends."
-Screen on
"What!, care to explain that Neptune?!" yelled Weiss
His face had panic all over it "Hey, it not me it another version of me, True I might try to look cool all the time and hit of girls, but I would never go so low as to cheat!"
After glaring at him for a few seconds, she says, "Fine, I'll believe that for now, but after this, we are going to talk about your interactions with other girls!"
Neptune had a defeated look on his face as Sun pat his shoulder.
"Man Weiss way to put the color on," said Yang with a smirk.
Ruby just thought to herself 'Is that what having a boyfriend does to you?' as a tall blonde flashed in her mind, she quickly pushed the thought aside and shook her head looking back at the screen.
-Screen off
"I'm sure you do."
Something about him seemed like a thoughtful older brother. He also gave off the impression of being popular with girls.
"And well..."
"You had too many at once, and they stabbed you or something?" Yatsuhashi said. Laughing to himself.
Neptune snapped his eyes open in surprise, then nodded.
"Yeah, well… Women are terrifying."
"Goddammit!" I took no time to disguise my anger and found myself flicking him off. He could die for all I cared… Or wait. I suppose he already had. Is that how they got here?
But wait…
Sun placed his hand over his heart and began to speak.
"Now it's my turn. I was on my way home from prep school. I went to cross the road, but a dump truck came screaming around the corner at full speed. And then..."
Again, we all fell to silence. So he was almost certainly hit by a truck…What a sad way to go...But wait… wasn't I kind of the outliner in this situation?
"Uh… do we really all have to talk about how we got here?"
"Well, we all already have."
"I guess. Well… Sorry, everyone. I was at the library, flipping through a book I'd never seen before. Before I knew it, I woke up here."
Again Silence. They were staring at me, cold as ice. What was that supposed to mean?
-Screen off
"Well it would seem vomit boys about to be shunned by the rest of the group," said Yang
"Vomit Boy?" asked Taiyang
"I'll explain later during a break," she said, holding up her hand to stop further questions.
"Well, it's probably going to make it harder for them to work as a team if they feel like he got the easy way in," said Blake.
"Hehe yea…" said Jaune while Pyrrha just rest her hand on his shoulder reassuringly as she knew he was thinking about his fake transcripts
-Screen on.
Did I have to come here under miserable circumstances to be part of their group? The three of them started to whispering among themselves so that I couldn't hear what they were saying.
"Yeah...but he...he has a shield."
"I knew it… Neptune, you too?"
"Yeah..."
I started to feel like they were making fun of me. It was time for a change of subject.
"All right, so is it fair to assume that we all have a pretty good idea about how the system in this world's works?"
"Sure."
"Done it a thousand times."
"I think I get it well enough."
Well, there you have it...but wait! Am I the only noob here?! This sucks.
"W...Well...Maybe you guys could teach me what I need to know to fight in this world? " There were no games like this where I'm from."
Yatsuhashi narrowed his eyes and glared at me. Again, Ice cold, and for some reason, Neptune and Sun were looking at me with kindness.
"All right then, your big brother Neptune will, as best he can teach you the basics."
He sounded fake with that big smile on his face. Soon his hand was on my shoulder and was talking away.
"First of all, and I'm only talking about the game I know...but you're a 'Shielder.' Basically, your job is to use the shield and protect people."
"Uh, huh."
"In the beginning, your defense is super high, which is great and as you go up in levels, the damage you start to take gets a little unbalanced."
"Uh, huh."
"There are no high-level shielders. At higher levels, it's a useless class."
"Nooooooooooooooo!"
-Screen off
"Huh that yell sounds familiar, but it feels off," said Yang with a pondering look.
"It sounds like when Jaune gets scared and does his girly screams," replied Blake with a smirk.
"Oh, ya!" chuckling to herself, "Jaune's man scream just doesn't sound right for some reason."
"Ya, Jaune really hits those high notes it could put Weiss's singing career to same," said Nora with a big smirk.
"Can we just move on already?" said Jaune sighing in defeat.
"I almost feel bad for the kid," said Roman.
Neo just nodded holding a sign, "Yep, almost."
-Screen on
That was not what I wanted to hear. What was with the death report? All they wanted to say was that I was doomed? Hey. No thanks!
"What about updates? Were there no updates?"
Like...to balance out my class?!
"Nope. Because of the games system and because of the game's population, the class was abandoned pretty early on. It's really not good for much. I think they had even planned to delete the class altogether..."
"And I guess I can't change jobs?!"
"Well, the associated jobs are all... How do I put it? Dead."
"And I can't Change?"
"Nah, The game never lets you switch to another job tree."
What?! Was I really stuck with the worst job in the game? I was staring at the shield in my hands and thinking. Was my future really so gloomy?
"What do you guys think?" I to Yatsuhashi and Sun, but they both turned away from me.
"Sorry..."
"I feel the same..."
No! So I really was stuck with the short straw? I was dwelling on this absentmindedly when I saw the three of them in the corner of my eye. They were all in conversation about the game.
"What about the geography?"
"The names are different, but the map seems to be the same. If the map is the same, there's a high probability that the division of efficient monsters is the same also."
"The best hunting grounds will be different for each weapon. Probably best to make sure we go to different places."
"True. We need to focus on efficiency."
Did they all know enough about the game to figure out how to cheat? It started to look that way. Hey, there's a thought. If my class was so weak, I could just depend on them to support me.
There were plenty of ways to do it. Even If I were weak, fighting with the party would get me experience to level up. What is another world if not an opportunity to fight with your brothers to deepen your bonds? That's how it was supposed to work, right?
Now, If only there were a girl or two in the party. Then things would be perfect. If I was a shielder, I wouldn't do the fighting. I'd just protect my teammates, right? I didn't really have a chance to meet any girls back in my world, but things might be different here.
"Hmm...Well, it will be fine. I mean, we are in a whole new world! Even If I'm not the strongest character, I'm sure something will work out."
-Screen off
"Yes, that is all you can do. Try to remain positive even when things aren't looking so great at the moment" said Ironwood
"I'm sure things will turn out alright!" said Ruby, "I mean that's only from those games in another world this is a real world right these no guarantee that's it's going to be exactly the same"
"Thanks, Rub's I hope things will start to look up for other me when I get my team together," said Jaune
-Screen on
They looked at me as if they were looking at something pitiful...or at least, I thought that's how they looked at me. If I let it bother me, I'd be doomed before we even got started. Besides, I was equipped to defend, and this wasn't a game. I could just get rid of my special shield and get a weapon instead.
"All right, let's do this!" I forced myself to show some gumption.
"Heroes, we have prepared a meal for you."
What's that? Look like we were going to get a nice dinner.
"Nice."
We opened the door, and the attendant guided us to the knight's dining hall for dinner.
It was like something out of a fantasy movie. The dining hall of a great castle! There was a large table in the center laid out like a buffet with all sorts of food.
"Everyone pleased eat whatever you like."
"What? I guess we are eating with the castle knights?" Yatsuhashi Mumbled to himself."
How could someone complain about a dinner like this? Damn, he was rude.
"You misunderstand. This food has been prepared for you. The Knights will not be permitted to enter until you have had your fill," said the attendant.
I look around the room only to find that the boisterous crowd we'd assumed were others diner was actually composed chiefly of cooks. I suppose this was meant to imply that four of us were a higher priority than the castle knights.
And so we began to dine on the food of this world. The culinary sensibilities were not what I was used to, but it was certainly not disgusting. There wasn't anything I wasn't able to stomach.
We finished eating and found ourselves growing sleepy on the way back to our rooms.
"Well, it looks like the middle ages around here. They might have a bathtub, though."
"If you request it, I doubt they will provide one."
"I guess I can let it go for one day."
"Yeah, I'm getting tired, and the adventure starts tomorrow. Better get a good night's sleep."
Everyone nodded in agreement to Neptune's suggestion, and we went to our beds. The four of us, Including me, Were obviously excited for the next day to come. Still, we feel asleep very quickly.
Our adventures began the next day!
-Screen turns black
"Wait that it?" said Sun.
"That can't be it! It was just getting to the interesting parts" said Neptune
Before more complaints ensued the red wolf that had remained since it first appears begins to speak again, "Calm yourselves, this was just the first viewing of a larger story. In order to show you all of it will take time and as such, I will be breaking them up into parts. You are all human, so I imagine you are all still tired as I took you before you all went to bed. So I think it would be a good idea to let you roam around find your rooms and be fully rested before we begin the next viewing tomorrow. I will have familiars like this one throughout the place that you can ask for help if needed."
Having it be mention made everyone realize they were indeed tired and agreed being fresh and ready for tomorrow would be a good idea.
"Thank you, Lycan, although our abduction was rather abrupt I still think thanks are in order," said Ozpin
"Think nothing of it you can just consider it a hobby of mine."
And like that everyone got up and headed for the doors to explore the place they will be staying for an unknown amount of time.
Holy heck this is one of the longest chapter I've ever written but to be honest it was the editing that was the hard part. Well I hope you enjoyed the first reation.