Yo, Yo, Yo! It's ya main man Zinmaster24 here once again to bring you more of what you wanted! Honestly, I wasn't expecting anyone to actually like my story here. I'm actually really blown away by how many people have favorited and followed this. Thank you all and I hope that I can keep this going for as long as possible. I can't make any promises that I will consistently update this, but I promise to do my best to deliver whenever I can. Now I'll answer the reviews that people have graciously left me!

Chayner: Yes, I can agree with you that both OCs and SIs have their merits. They can be used to great effect based on characterization. Also the character's name is Tyrus, not Tyrone lol. I'm glad you took an interest in story and I hope you enjoy it further! As for absorbing and feeding the bow, that will be covered. I might not do it complete justice but I'll give my best version of what I think would happen.

FearMeHorror: You are indeed right on that, however I didn't want to use an anime character and have to forcibly fabricate their personality and to fit my story. I would much rather use my own character and have more freedom to do with them as I desire.

Disclaimer: I don't own Rising of the Shield Hero. I could wish for it with all my might, and maybe one day it could happen. Till then I can only dream.

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From Soldier to Hero

Chapter 2: Meet and Greet

After their first rocky meeting with the king of Melromarc, the four young men had found themselves led to a room to rest for the night. It was still fairly early in the evening and Tyrus was keen on the idea of finding out as much information as he could get his hands on. Though the bed that Tyrus sat on was comfortable as all get out, he couldn't help but feel nothing but tension in every fiber of his body.

"This is going to drive me insane." Tyrus muttered to himself as he looked through the menus to find any sort of solution to his problems.

He looked up from his menus to see the other three doing the same thing as him, and he shook his head. With a sigh he set the menu aside, opting to talk with the other three heroes.

"So, since we're here and all. We might as well get to know one another to some degree. It wouldn't do for us to be at each others throats." Tyrus called out to the other three, which caused them to look up from their menus to him.

"I suppose you have a point there, Zen. First, why do you start with telling us your name?" Ren spoke up first with a pointed look on his face.

"Yeah, if you want us to not be at each others throats as you say, then why don't you tell us who you are?" Motoyasu spoke up following on Ren's lead this time with a grin as he was getting fairly interested here.

Naofumi looked up with a smile and nodded in turn. "I can actually get behind the idea, but yeah I'm going to side with these guys on this one man."

Tyrus merely shook his head with a light sigh and shrugged his shoulders at that. He could admit that they had a point in that if they gave their names but he didn't it wouldn't do well if they couldn't trust him. They were all in the same boat and he knew that they would need to work together in order to survive this new world.

"I suppose you all have a point there. Sure, I can tell you my name, but only you three and those I feel I can trust. This doesn't leave this room or I will kill you myself." He said standing up from his bed now to walk through the room.

The other three younger men watched with interest as Tyrus walked through the room at a slow and deliberate pace towards the only door to the entrance to their room. They found it quite odd as Tyrus picked up his leg once he was near the door and kicked it clean open. There were two screams that came from the open hall behind the door being kicked open.

Two people fell to the stone floor in fear and surprise as the door was kicked open. They could see the look of absolute hatred in the well-built black man's eyes as he stared at them. One of them was a royal knight and the other was a maid of the king. They were soon shaking in fear at him as if he would rain down his wrath upon them, which for all they knew he would.

"Get out of here you fucking spies. You two disgust me, and I will have none of you eavesdropping in on a very private conversation. That is unless you want to lose your ears for the information you gain here?" Tyrus asked with no small amount of hatred in his tone for the two below him that were growing more terrified by the second.

The other three were stunned for a multitude of reasons at Tyrus's actions. They were surprised that he could so causally kick open the heavy door like it was nothing. They were also surprised to find out that there were people eavesdropping in on their conversation. But mainly they were a mixture of surprised and appalled that the Bow Hero would threaten to cut off their ears as well as kill them himself.

Suffice to say, this didn't sit well with the other three summoned heroes and it was Motoyasu that spoke out about this.

"Yo, Zen! That's going way too overboard man! Why would you threaten them just for simply eavesdropping on our conversation as well as threaten to kill us?!" He started to shout at the older man as he got up from his bed to walk over to him.

When he got close enough to him, he put his hand on his shoulder to try getting him to stop what he was doing. This was a mistake however as Tyrus instantly spun around and gave him a right hook straight to the face without any sort of warning. This sent the orange eyed younger man flat on his back with a grunt of pain that he wasn't expecting to happen at all.

"DO NOT FUCKING TOUCH ME, YOU BLOND HAIRED BIRTH DEFECT!" Tyrus roared out in complete rage as he stared down at the younger man for a moment longer before turning back to the other two.

He found that the two were nowhere in sight as they had bolted the second his eyes weren't on them. This was what he wanted from the beginning anyway and he sighed as he closed the doors again. But as he turned around, he found that both Ren and Naofumi were standing in front of him blocking his path.

"I don't know what your deal is, but attacking Motoyasu like that was completely uncalled for." This came from Naofumi first, as he didn't budge from his spot protecting the downed man that was slowly getting to his feet.

"You really need to cool it here dude. You're the oldest one of us all and you're losing your shit over something this minor? You want us to trust you after something like this? I thought you were better than this? I may not know what goes on in the military if you're a soldier as you say you are, but why would they let someone like you in?" This came from Ren as he narrowed his eyes at Tyrus now and crossed his arms.

"Ugh… Cheap shot you bastard. You got me with a sucker punch." Motoyasu said with a groan as he got back to his feet unsteadily now. He narrowed his eyes at the man as he could feel the difference in strength between the two of them.

At their words Tyrus merely rolled his eyes. The ship of trust between them was slowly leaving port and he knew it. A part of him didn't want to apologize to them, but he knew he was in the wrong for it. So it was with a sigh that Tyrus shrugged his shoulders at the three of them at first and walked past them towards his bed where he then took a seat.

"First of all, I should apologize to you Motoyasu. Naofumi was right that it was uncalled for to attack you like that. Second, it's funny that you say that, Ren. Why would they let a guy like me into the United States Army is something I question every single day actually. But, then again the same could be said of any of the people that are there. I'm not the best guy around, but I'm also not the worst. Not by a longshot."

He set the legendary bow down next to him on the bed and clasped his hands together and let out a light chuckle now. The other three were still extremely wary of him and he knew it but he didn't necessarily care at the moment. There was nothing they could do to him, and everyone one in the room knew it.

"One reason I can come up with was at the time we were at war with Iraq and they needed bodies to fill in the ranks. I was only 12 at the time when the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were attacked. I doubt any of you were old enough at the time to remember that event, but maybe you had heard about it sometime later, eh?" He got a round of headshakes for his answer.

"Wait what? What do you mean the World Trade Center and Pentagon were attacked? I know I'm from Japan and everything but that never happened. There never was any war. Are you sure you're ok?" This came from Naofumi as he tilted his head in confusion now.

Ren nodded his head at him. "Seriously, are you sure you're ok? I know that the World Trade Center and Pentagon weren't attacked, but I can agree that there was a war. Didn't your President get assassinated during a United Nations Meeting? This was what sparked a war between the nations as nobody could figure out which faction did the assassination."

Motoyasu spoke up next. "Woah, hold on. Nothing like that ever happened! Are you three insane? Yeah, we may be from Japan, but let's get things straight here! There wasn't any assassination and there weren't any trade centers or pentagons being attacked at all. It was an invasion by another country!"

This caused Tyrus to shake his head at the other three with wide eyes. "Hold it. Everyone stop! None of this is adding up, so let's take a second to figure this out. First off, Naofumi, say that there was never any war right?"

This got a nod out of the young man as the realization started to set in on him first. "That's right. There was never a war or anything. Nothing happened."

"Ren, you said that the President was assassinated during a United Nation's meeting that sparked a war between several different countries right?" Tyrus asked for clarification as he started dreading the answer.

Ren nodded in turn as he could also see what Tyrus was getting at, and he didn't like it one bit as much as the others didn't. "Yeah, that's right. And by the end of it, it was determined that assassination was caused by a combined effort of Germany and Russia."

"And, Motoyasu, you said there was an invasion?" Tyrus asked now as his hazel brown eyes started to gloss over as his mind was running a mile a minute now.

"Y-Yeah. It was by the French. They struck you guys hard and fast. But they couldn't really keep up the attack and were repelled shortly after they started and eventually lost the resulting war." After having listened to everybody else, he arrived at the same conclusion the rest of them did.

"Gentlemen… We come from completely different worlds. Multiverse Theory is a bitch." Tyrus spoke with finality as he shook his head and looked at the three of them with a bit of dreaded realization in his eyes.

"No way. I figured we came from different timelines, but completely different worlds? That's wild." Naofumi spoke up as he finally walked back over to his bed and took a seat. He felt his legs had given out on him as the fact hit him as hard as Tyrus hit Motoyasu.

Ren and Motoyasu followed and sat down on their own beds as well looking at the others with a bit of a hollow look to them. It was scary for them to think that they had come from different worlds like they did and were dragged here to save this one.

Tyrus looked at the other three and sighed again. He was doing this too much and he could swear he could feel his black short hair and jaw strap beard were turning gray far faster than it should have. So he got back up, walked over to the door again, and checked outside of it. He couldn't see anyone around and he couldn't really feel anyone there either. So he shut and locked the door again then walked back to his bed.

"Alright. Motoyasu, I do apologize for punching you. It won't happen again unless you give me a reason to. But I don't like being touched without permission you see. I've been through two different wars in my world and have seen many men and women die. I've been tortured for information, and have been saved and had to save others. I'm no stranger to killing as well."

Tyrus spoke with something of a hollow tone that the other three heroes couldn't miss. They didn't dare speak though, as he was on a roll and was making a point. He was giving them an insight to his life and they were morbidly intrigued into finding out more about the new Bow Hero.

"Information is a necessity that can't be ignored at any cost apparently. It's important enough to kill someone over." He traced the scar over his right eye now as he could still remember the screams of his brothers and sisters in arms vividly. It caused him to involuntarily shiver with a mixture of rage and fear now. He felt like he needed to indulge in his vice immediately to quiet the screams, but he pushed it out of his head for now.

"I'll say this. I will… Trust you three. I want to trust you three. We're all in the same boat here. We've been dragged to another world against our wills to save it. This may seem like a game with the way this world has game like mechanics, but let's agree to one thing here guys. We don't know if we get a respawn if we were to die. Actually we have no idea what would happen if any of us die, and I'd like to never find out."

The other three looked at oldest man among them with different outlooks now. They could hear the hollowness in his voice as he spoke about himself. They could see the pain in his eyes as he tried to mask it, but failed to do so. They couldn't begin to imagine the types of horrors that the man in front of them had gone through in his life, and it caused them all to shiver as well.

"You all wanted to know my name right? You realize that if you tell anyone my name, and I found out you did. I will make good on what I said about killing you right?" Tyrus spoke with the same hollowness in his voice as he had to begin with.

The others nodded with baited breath now as they found themselves giving the dark skinned man their undivided attention. They also found themselves leaning closer to him as well to make sure they didn't miss anything he said.

"It's…. Tyrus. Tyrus Owens. Don't betray my trust like the last person did. I plan to get back to my world and put a bullet in his fucking skull." Tyrus spoke as he replaced the hollowness with a complete conviction in his voice now.

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And scene! Holy fuck! This turned out completely different than what I was planning on going to do this chapter. But you know what? I'm actually happy with this however. I hope you all will be too. As you can see, Tyrus Owens is a deeply troubled man with a past soaked in war. He can and will kill and has no trouble doing it. He hates people that betray others. So take that into consideration when dealing with this man.

The other three heroes have come to find out that they are from different worlds. Instead of it being through the games they played, they found out through major world events that happened instead. Don't worry. I do plan to have them go over this sooner or later, but this was more about establishing the dynamic or at least the issue of trust between the four of them.

Also, I'm extremely grateful and blown away again by how many of you are actually enjoying this so far. I can't believe that anyone would follow and favorite this story of mine. But believe me when I say that I am absolutely floored by the responses from you all. I'll definitely give this my best effort possible!

So to all you cool cats and kittens out there. This is Zinmaster24 signing off. Ciao for now!