Chapter 03: Making a Plan
~Dawn of the First Day~
-72 Hours Remain-
The first thing Jaune did when he open his eyes was blink in astonishment.
Clock Town was no longer deserted, there were people walking around, it was day time. Nothing bad was happening.
"W-What just?" Tatl seemed to be in the same boat as Jaune in being astonished. "But we just-?"
She was at a loss for words it seems.
"Everything just… Started over?"
On hearing that Jaune ran in the middle of the town square and looked up, Tatl following close behind as they saw the Moon back in the same position it was on the first day there.
"Wha-... What are you anyways?!" Tatl finally asked not sure what was going on. "That song you played… That instrument."
Then she froze.
"That instrument!" She repeated now looking from Jaune towards the lower part of the Clock Tower where the Mask Salesman was. "He said if you got your precious item back he can turn you back to normal."
"Do you fink it vill vork?" Jaune asked curiously checking his bag that Shikashi gave him to see that the Ocarina was in there.
"What do we have to lose?" Tatl asked before quieting down. "I-If everything started over does that mean that Tael-?"
She went quiet the image of Tael dying going through her mind before Jaune reached out and gently placed his wooden hand on where her head was. "I'm certain he's alive." Jaune said feeling relief. "If ve started it over dat means it hasn't happened."
Still just how did that happen?
… Better question.
Just what type of Ocarina was this?
While he was truly curious, Jaune felt that it could be answered after he gets turned back to Human, so without another word he headed for the lower Clock Tower level with Tatl flying behind him lost in thought.
She wanted to believe that Tael was alive again but she can't until she sees it for herself.
"Oh back so soon?" The Masked Salesman asked curiously as Jaune entered the room.
"I got my item back, you vould not believe vat happened." Jaune said, the fact that he could speak was not lost on the Salesman as he smiled.
"You would be surprised my young friend, but more than that it is wonderful news, now we can begin."
Jaune just stared as the man walked past him towards an Organ Piano that wasn't there before making him question just how he missed it.
"Listen closely and memorize the song I'm about to play."
With that said he began to slowly play the Organ, the notes giving off a foreboding yet peaceful tone as he played. Eventually Jaune pulled the Ocarina out, seeing it turn into the Deku Pipes yet again and began to play along, the baritones of the pipes adding to the foreboding tone.
As he played it however, Jaune began to sway, the Pipes disappearing yet again as he stumbled.
"Jaune?!" Tatl flew down in concern wondering what was wrong before turning to the Salesman. "You said it would work!"
"It is, just give it some time. The Song of Healing effects differ from person to person."
Unknown to them, deep within Jaune's subconscious, he blinked as a Human while seeing his Deku Form in front of him crying its eyes out. A bit surprised by that, Jaune looked around before kneeling in front of the Deku him, placing a hand on his shoulder.
"Hey, it's alright." Jaune said trying to sound reassuring despite not knowing what was going on.
Deku Jaune looked at the Human Jaune with tear-soaked eyes. "I-I don't vant to be alone again." He whimpered tucking his legs in to hug them. "Please don't leave."
Needless to say that surprised Jaune before remembering how different he acted as the Deku Scrub and came to a startling realization.
The Scrub was its own personality despite himself being a big part of it.
And by doing this he was in reality throwing this part away.
"Hey you won't be alone." Jaune said trying to calm him down with the Deku him sniffling.
"I *Sniffle* I von't?"
"You won't," Jaune said firmly to him. "If you think I'm leaving you alone there's another thing coming."
"B-But I thought you didn't like me." Deku Jaune whispered looking down. "You hated being me."
"It was weird." Jaune admitted not saying he liked it. "But it was a neat experience. That didn't mean I didn't like you, in fact I think you're pretty cool."
That made Deku Jaune look up at him with wide eyes, trying to stop the tears. "R-Really?"
Jaune smiled. "Really," He said placing a hand on the hooded wooden head. "Just be more confident."
Shaking a bit, Deku Jaune enveloped Human Jaune in a hug that he returned after a second. "A-Alright I trust you." Deku Jaune whispered, glowing.
Blinking a bit as the sound of wood clattering, Jaune caught himself as he was back in the lower clock tower, as a Human again with Tatl flying around him. "Jaune are you alright?" Tatl asked in concern.
"I'm fine." Jaune said with a smile looking at Tatl before he noticed on the floor, a mask that looked like his Deku Face.
Slowly he bent down and picked it up and he swore he heard his Deku form's voice. "Use my power vell."
"Uh Jaune, you might want to look at your ears." Tatl said making Jaune look at her.
"My ears?" He asked reaching to touch them only to pause at feeling them to be pointed. "W-What?"
Placing the mask in his bag, he moved his other hand to his remaining ear to feel the pointed tip as well.
Why did his ears become pointy?!
"Ah I see you somehow gained the ability to use magic, the ears are a side effect of that." The Salesman said with a smile. "And you now have the ability to change back and forth between being a Deku Scrub and your real body at any moment using the mask."
"So it's a transformation mask?" Jaune asked in awe letting go of his pointy ears.
"Yes, speaking of which," The Salesman held his hand out. "I kept my end of the bargain to you so please fulfill your promise to me."
It got quiet as Jaune and Tatl exchanged glances nervously.
They didn't have the mask that Skull Kid was wearing.
Slowly the Salesman stopped moving, his smile becoming strained. "You did get it… Right?"
"It's complicated." Jaune began only for the man to go in a frenzy and grab him by the shoulders, his eyes open to show they were blood red as he began to rapidly shake Jaune back and forth.
"What have you done to me?!" The Salesman shouted in a panic. "If you leave my mask out there something terrible will happen."
"T-Terrible?!" Jaune asked feeling extremely dizzy before the man let go with him falling on his butt.
Taking a few seconds to calm himself as he had his hands on his head, the Salesman took a breath before he began to explain. "The mask that was stolen fron me… It is called Majora's Mask," He said looking Jaune right in the eyes. "It is an accursed item from legend that is said to have been used by an ancient tribe in their hexing rituals. It is said that an evil and wicked power is bestowed upon the one who wears the mask."
"A… Cursed mask?" Jaune asked slowly not sure what else to expect.
"According to legend, the troubles caused by Majora's Mask were so great… The ancient ones, fearing such catastrophe, sealed the mask in shadow forever, preventing its misuse," The Salesman continued. "But now the tribe from the legend has vanished, so no one really knows the true nature of the mask's power."
'Except for us.' Jaune thought looking at Tatl who no doubt came to the same conclusion the fear of the moon falling coming to mind.
All of this from a simple mask, the source of Skull Kid's power.
That meant they just needed to get the mask off, but Jaune had no clue how they would accomplish that.
"But I feel it, I went through great lengths to get that legendary mask. When I finally had it," The Salesman fell to his knees looking pitiful. "And now that imp has it. I'm begging you, you must get that mask back quickly or something horrible will happen."
"Get it back?" Jaune asked not feeling confident about his chances.
He barely survived that last run-in and while he was back to normal, he knew his chances weren't that great. How could he beat Skull Kid if he could barely survive?
But the Salesman wouldn't budge. "I'm begging you," He said bowing his head. "You must do it. Please."
Jaune looked at Tatl who shared his lack of confidence before the blonde frowned in determination.
He can't ignore this.
Yes he was scared out of his mind but now he knew what to expect, plus if he didn't-if no one did then this world was doomed.
It doesn't matter if he feels confident about his chances or not, he can't ignore this. There was too much at stake.
"Okay." Jaune said the Salesman looking up at that.
"Jaune are you sure?" Tatl asked with the blonde nodding.
"We have an advantage." Jaune said as they knew exactly what would happen. "If we play our cards right we can get that mask back."
"Really, you'll do it?" The Salesman looked overjoyed. "Thank you, I have complete confidence in your abilities in handling this mask."
'Confidence.' Jaune thought giving a nod with a smile.
"Just believe in your strength." The Salesman said as Jaune went to leave. "Oh one more thing."
Turning back, he saw the Salesman holding out a notebook of some kind.
"This notebook belonged to the Bombers Gang that usually hangs around here, this one in particular belongs to the imp," The Salesman said, Jaune's eyes widening. "I'm certain it will be of use to you."
"Really?" Jaune muttered opening it only to blink.
A lot of the pages were ripped out, in fact the only one that wasn't was the Bomber's Code along with the Moon's Tear location and quite a few blank pages.
"Stuff we already know." Tatl muttered at seeing it while Jaune just placed it in his bag-he really liked this new bag as it was holding the Deku Mask, Deku Nuts and his Ocarina along with this Notebook.
Giving one last nod to the Salesman, Jaune and Tatl exited the Clock Tower, being back in the Town Square.
"That mask," Tatl muttered looking down. "To think that Skull Kid would use it for such terrible things. And we're the only ones capable of doing something about it."
"There's just one problem." Jaune said confusing Tatl. "I've never actually been in a fight until recently and I don't have any training in using my sword."
Still he should count himself lucky that he has it back attached to his waist.
"There's a training school for swordsman in West Clock Town." Tatl brought up, catching Jaune's attention. "Actually I want to try something, play that song again."
"The Song of Healing?" Jaune asked in confusion.
"No the other one that caused us to go back in time." Tatl explained, with Jaune blinking before giving it a go, pulling out his Ocarina.
The result was opening his eyes as he walked out of the tower, at the beginning of the first day despite it being an hour or so afterwards.
"Just as I thought, it wasn't a one-time thing." Tatl said with Jaune giving a slight whistle.
"And this is the farthest we can go back, too bad otherwise we would've gone back to before Skull Kid took that mask." Jaune said before realizing how they could use this to their advantage.
If he learned some basic swordsmanship, he could use the Song of Time to keep learning it until he fully mastered it-that could give him an advantage.
Tatl went quiet before speaking. "Swamp. Mountain. Ocean. Canyon." She said repeating Tael's words from that night. "I bet he was referring to the four areas just outside of town, there's one in each compass area."
"That's convenient but what did your brother mean by the four who are there?" Jaune asked as Tatl gave the fairy equivalent of a shrug.
"Don't know, he usually skips out on stuff like this," Tatl said trying to sound upbeat on the chances of Tael's possible revival. "We'll just need to find out, but you need training to avoid the monsters."
"So you do have Grimm." Jaune said with the two now heading for West Clock Town, he paused to get some Rupee's as going back in time seemed to have gotten rid of them.
"I have no idea what your 'Grimm' are but the monsters outside of town aren't a joke unless you're trained," Tatl told him and eventually they made it to the building called 'The Mighty Training Center'. "Well here we are."
Taking a breath, Jaune opened the door finding them inside of what looked to be a dojo, where a young man with long brown hair sat in a meditative stance wearing a brown vest and blue pants.
"Welcome to my School, I take it you're here to learn the art of swordsmanship?" The Swordsman asked seeing the sheathed weapon with Jaune.
Jaune gave a nod as he walked forward. "I heard… Rumors of your skill and I wish to learn." He said hesitating a bit.
"Very well." The man pressed a button and a log shot out of the ground near Jaune. "For the price of one Rupee, I shall teach you the art of combat."
Giving a blink at that, Jaune figured it was a pretty decent trade for him and pulled one Rupee out, tossing it to the man as he caught it easily.
"Very well, first before you draw your weapon I need you to learn how to move unarmed." The man said standing up as he walked next to Jaune. "Follow my movements."
With speed that Jaune wasn't expecting the man jumped to the side, keeping his focus on the log before doing a backflip to jump back making Jaune balk.
"Well?" The Swordsman asked with a quirked brow. "You'll need to know this if you wish to survive out there, Swordsmanship is more than swinging your sword, you won't last long if you get hit."
Giving a nod, Jaune got the side jump down pretty easily but it was when he tried to do a backflip that he ended up on his stomach before he could finish it.
Despite the friendship that he and Tatl shared in the last three days he could hear her chuckling, the ringing sound being a giveaway making him look at her as she quickly got a hold of herself.
"Don't worry, no one gets it on the first try." The Swordsman said with a slight chuckle. "This is only your first day."
Pushing himself up, ignoring the pain Jaune gritted his teeth and continued.
Eventually after a few more falls, he managed to get a backflip done, stumbling as he landed.
"Good, good, now keep practicing that until it becomes second nature." The man said nodding approvingly as Jaune showed a lot of promise so far.
Not many people can master doing a backflip like that with no extra movement for days and yet Jaune managed to get this part of it down in only a few hours.
It was when he saw Jaune do a backflip three times in a row, landing it that he spoke again. "Now try to do a roll dodge," He said seeing Jaune panting with sweat on his brow. "... You don't wish to remove your hoodie?"
It was a bit hot outside so doing this must be close to heatstroke for him.
Jaune shook his head. "This is my armor, if I can't dodge with it on, I won't live long." He said with the Swordsman giving a bark of laughter.
"I think I might like you," He said in amusement before performing a roll dodge, immediately getting to his feet not even a second after finishing it. "You would be amazed at how often this one can save your life in a pinch."
Taking a deep breath, Jaune tried a dodge roll only for the Swordsman to shake his head.
"You're doing it all wrong, don't dive for the floor like you see a Silver Rupee," He snapped surprising Jaune. "You have to tuck and roll on the spot, imagine a spear or a sword swinging in an arc towards you, then try to roll under it, that's the dodge roll."
'Tuck and roll.' Jaune thought as he looked at Tatl who has been quiet ever since he started this before doing just that, only he couldn't get to his feet fast enough.
"Hm… Stay here," The Swordsman walked off confusing Jaune before he came back with a wooden sword. "Alright here's the deal I'm going to swing this at you, you're going to use what I just taught you to dodge."
"Wha-?" Jaune couldn't finish as the Swordsman did a horizontal strike, hitting Jaune in the gut, knocking him off his feet.
"You're dead." The Swordsman said dryly as Jaune gripped his gut in pain. "I taught you the basics of dodging, you need to use them now."
With that he made Jaune get up and swung but this time Jaune was ready, jumping back-not doing a backflip-while the Swordsman lunged with an overhead strike hitting Jaune on the head with a loud crack that had the blonde seeing stars.
"... This might take awhile." The Swordsman muttered to himself.
~Night of the First Day~
-60 Hours Remain-
Tatl watched with more interest as Jaune who was practically black and blue right now was weaving left and right around the sword as if he's been doing it his entire life.
Pain was a great motivator to learn this quickly and despite being tired and sore, Jaune looked like he was having fun and enjoying this.
"Hyah!" The Swordsman tried an overhead strike as Jaune performed a perfect Dodge Roll, actually rolling until he was right behind the Swordsman.
If he was using a sword and did that on an enemy he would've had a chance to attack from behind.
"Heh, I think that's enough for the day." The Swordsman said placing the wooden sword down. "Just keep practicing your dodging techniques and you'll be fine. Tomorrow we'll start on you using that sword of yours."
Jaune gave a nod looking relieved at stopping but he also had a bit of interest in his eyes.
He was finally on his way to learning how to effectively use Crocea Mors.
Waving good-bye to the Swordsman, Jaune let out a pained sigh as he walked outside with Tatl. "That was one of the most painful experiences of my life." He said looking at Tatl.
"Painful or not it's a good experience." Tatl told him with Jaune agreeing with her before she paused. "Jaune look."
Blinking, Jaune turned towards the direction that Tatl was looking at to see the Stray Fairy flying around.
Eyes blinking, Jaune tensed as he remembered the Great Fairy telling him to speak with her again once he regained his true form.
So he walked forward and gently grabbed the Great Fairy as it was flying a bit close. "Well I guess I know our plans for tonight." He said to Tatl who gave a nod.
It took a bit to get to the Northern part of Clock Town but it was well worth it when he entered the Great Fairy Fountain, feeling re-energized when he stepped into the pond, his bruises from earlier disappearing as the Great Fairy became whole once more.
"Hello Tatl and you kind young one, I see you regained your true form." The Great Fairy said with a smile, Jaune's eyes widening.
"Y-You remember?!" He asked in surprise.
Truth be told he didn't think that she would remember him.
"I know many things young Arc, I see that you've taken to the magic I've gifted you with." She said taking note of his ears. "I also know what you must do, but allow me to give you some help."
"Thank you Great Fairy." Tatl said with gratitude in her tone.
"Don't thank me yet your journey is a perilous one, but one that must be taken," The Great Fairy said in a somber tone. "You will face many challenges in the four temples that you must brave."
"Four temples?" Jaune asked in confusion before Tatl lit up a bit. "Huh?"
"It's what Tael said." Tatl elaborated to the blonde. "I think there's a temple in each area."
"And a Fairy Fountain in each temple, the Great Fairies in each one were broken apart far worse than me, they shall give you help if you help them reform," The Great Fairy said holding her hand out as a mask appeared much to Jaune's confusion. "Take this young one."
Slowly he accepted the mask of the Great Fairy's face.
"This mask has the power that will attract the Stray Fairies to you once you're in a certain vicinity as while you wear it they will not fear you," The Great Fairy told him. "Once you do so take them to the Fountain and all will be made clear."
With that she disappeared into the Fountain leaving Jaune and Tatl in silence.
"A-All of the Great Fairies are shattered?" Tatl sounded very nervous.
"It seems that way." Jaune muttered putting the mask in his bag next to the Deku Mask.
With that they exited the Fairy Fountain to see that it was getting to be late.
Normally he would've looked for a place to rest, but Jaune was completely energized after being in the Fairy Fountain. It was like a double shot of espresso.
"Alright let's take some inventory," Jaune muttered looking at his bag. "I have two masks, my Ocarina, Deku Nuts, the Bombers Notebook which is kind of useless, and Crocea Mors."
"Crocea what?" Tatl looked at him in confusion.
"My Sword and Shield," Jaune elaborated earning an 'Oh.' "And I also have Magic along with that… That's actually not a bad set of equipment."
In fact if he was being honest with himself he had a better chance of becoming a Huntsman now… If he makes it back home in one piece. He also had his Scroll but he didn't pull it out because he hasn't seen any tech like it so he knew it wouldn't have anything to connect to so he wouldn't use it to tell time or anything really.
Shaking his head, he looked at Tatl. "So what time is it?"
Looking up at the sky, Tatl spoke. "Close to one in the morning-."
"Ouch! Watch where you're going!" Jaune looked towards the voice to see an elderly woman on the ground while a man grabbed her bag and began to run. "Stop! Thief! I'm just an old lady, give me my luggage back!"
Eyes widening, Jaune intervened before the man got too far, pulling his sword out and hitting the thief before the man could react, making him drop the bag. It was a light cut because the man did manage to take a step back and now had fear in his eyes as he took off running.
Instead of giving chase however, Jaune picked up the bag and ran to the elderly lady. "Are you alright ma'am?" He asked in concern helping her up.
He couldn't believe that someone just tried to rob an old lady like that.
"Thank you young man, since he didn't make off with my bag I can finally stock Big Bomb Bags at the Bomb Shop." The elderly woman said with Jaune's eyes widened.
B-Bomb?
These were explosives he was carrying?!
She didn't seem to notice his panicked look as he gave her the bag back.
The lady paused and pulled out a mask she had in the bag. "Here, this is for the trouble you just went through," She said as the mask had a skull and crossbones emblem on it. "It's a dangerous mask but maybe you can use it to throw your own fireworks festival."
Jaune slowly accepted the mask with some red in his face. "You don't have to, I didn't help to be rewarded."
That made the lady smile. "You're a sweet young man but don't worry about it, giving you the Bomb Mask is the least I can do, if you're ever in East Clock Town come by the Bomb Shop and check our wares." She said slowly walking off.
"... Bomb Mask?" Jaune asked looking at the mask as she was out of sight.
"I've heard of it, it's rumored that whoever wears it becomes a living bomb." Tatl said nearly making Jaune drop it.
"Okay not wearing this one."
Tatl rolled her eyes. "Oh don't be a baby Jaune, it doesn't kill you-don't get me wrong it will hurt but you can survive it."
Hesitating, Jaune placed it in his bag. "Man I'm starting up a collection of them." He muttered as he had three masks now.
"Still she said something about selling Bomb Bags, those could be useful," Tatl told him with Jaune despite the uneasiness with having explosives agreeing. "We should scrounge up some Rupees and buy a bag."
"Never know when you would need a bomb." Jaune muttered as he and Tatl spent the night gathering Rupees before he found himself in the Laundry Pool-mostly to drink some water from the river before he heard music.
Feeling curious, Jaune followed it to find a bald man with a brunette goatee wearing a blue shirt and shorts, playing some sort of music box.
He didn't stop as he took notice of Jaune, in fact he seemed happy to be having some sort of audience. "La-la-la… They said I was too loud when I practiced in the Hotel Room. They got mad. Sigh… Now I'm sad. I'll just think about the past to keep my mind off the bad," He sang in tandem with his music. "Ah yes, I'll do that."
He then stopped playing.
"Dear spectator… Long ago I was in an animal troupe with dogs and donkeys and such," He began a wistful smile on his face before he began playing again. "Why could a…? Why could a…? Why could a man join?! That's 'cause a man is an animal too, my boy!"
'A lot of people back home don't think that.' Jaune thought remembering the strife between Humanity and Faunus.
"They were all great, but there was one thing I didn't like about it…" With that the man began to play faster in anger. "Why was the…? Why was the…? Why was the dog the leader?! Was it 'cause something was wrong with me, sir?
"Uh Jaune I'm not so sure about him." Tatl whispered.
"Me neither." Jaune replied but he wasn't sure how to leave without being rude.
"Oh, that dog was an amazing leader! He always had a stellar troupe no matter what animals he had to work with," The man chuckled. "That's why I… That's why I… That's why I stole it… The dog's mask. I stole it."
With that said he stopped playing completely.
"I wanted it because it was the leaders mask… But I no longer need it so I'll give it to you."
Jaune blinked as he was given a bird-like mask.
"That right there is the Bremen Mask, use it well." He said standing up to leave while playing his music.
Jaune slowly looked at Tatl. "When I said I was starting up a collection, I was joking." He said as this was the fourth mask he received in one day.
"Termina is well known for making masks with unique abilities," Tatl told him. "It might be worth it to find as many as you can get."
"Right." Jaune muttered pocketing the mask.
~Dawn of the Second Day~
-48 Hours Remain-
It took a bit of asking around, but Jaune managed to find the Bomb Shop the next morning after he spent the night exploring the town a bit more, he managed to find up to 200 Rupees ensuring that he would be able to buy a few things.
It helped that if he went back in time with the Rupees still there but that also meant all the ones he gathers are lost in the process.
"Welcome to the Bomb Shop." Jaune saw a bald man wearing a black vest standing behind the counter. "How may I help you?"
Before Jaune could speak, he heard another voice. "Oh that's the young man who stopped that dreaded thief from stealing our goods." He looked over to see the elderly woman from the other night.
"Morning ma'am." Jaune greeted politely while the man behind the counter blinked.
"Huh so yer the one who helped me mum out?" The man asked this time with a smile. "I have to thank you for that, what can I get for you?"
"I'm here to buy a bomb bag." Jaune said not believing he said that.
"A bomb bag huh?" The man cupped his chin in thought. "We have the big ones and usually they're 150 Rupees, but since you helped Mum out, I can cut 60 off, how does that sound?"
Seeing that it would cost 90 Rupees, Jaune agreed and pulled the right amount out handing it to the man who in turn handed a brown bag to Jaune.
"This bag holds up to thirty bombs, don't take them out unless you plan on using them," The man warned Jaune who blinked in confusion. "The bag is enchanted to ensure that while they're in there none of them will blow up, however if you take one out it'll spark the fuse, giving you five seconds to get rid of it."
"Got it." Jaune said happy to receive that warning.
With his new Bomb Bag put up in his gear sack, Jaune was back at the Swordsman School, the Swordsman having him slice through a log with his sword.
"Hm, good attempt but not good enough." The Swordsman said humming to himself. "You need to be more precise, a good swordsman knows when and where to strike while only a fool swings randomly."
Jaune gave a nod ignoring the slight against him as he really needed to learn this and tried another horizontal strike.
This time it sliced right through the log making Jaune blink as the Swordsman gave a bark of laughter.
"Do it again." He said another log replacing it as Jaune focused and did that. "Heh I guess we'll move onto the Vertical Cut now."
As the next log showed up, the Swordsman showed Jaune how to cut and Jaune gave it a try cutting through it, this time he caught a green glow from his sword and felt a little exhausted.
'Am I using my Magic for this?' Jaune thought in surprise.
At least it was more useful than the snot bubble-okay he was lying the snot bubble was pretty useful in distracting and grossing out Skull Kid.
"Try thrusting next." The Swordsman said with Jaune focusing this time the green glow was more noticeable. "Ooh a magic user?"
Jaune hesitated unsure if this was bad or not as the Swordsman laughed.
"This is better, if you focus enough you can use it to enhance your attacks power, although I wouldn't fully rely on it as you can only use so much." The Swordsman explained to him with Jaune soaking that up. "Alright now thrust and then try a jump attack."
Thinking the jump attack was that overhead strike the man used against him the other day, Jaune did just that slicing into the log with the first thrust before jumping back to get some room to perform the jump attack, this one slicing the log right down in the middle.
"Those are the basic sword techniques," The Swordsman said with a smile. "That is all I can teach you at this time, once you master them, come back and I'll teach you more advanced techniques alright?"
Jaune gave a nod but he felt a twinge of sadness.
It was more likely that it wouldn't happen because he had to play the Song of Time the next day and this man won't remember him,but he knew the basics of dodging and attacking. He just needed to practice and get some experience in fighting.
"Alright let's find a monster to test your training on." Tatl said the two of them leaving Clock Town. "The sooner you get this done the sooner we can head for one of the four areas to look into what Tael told us."
"You mean the temples?" Jaune asked with Tatl nodding. "Which one should we head to first?"
"The Swamp, it's straight ahead from the Clock Tower so it would be easy to start with." Tatl explained before Jaune blinked at seeing a green slime creature with big teeth and two stalk-like eyes giving it the appearance of a snail, moving around in a grassy area. "Careful that's a Green Chuchu, it's nothing to really be afraid of, in fact the remains after killing it can be used for potions to replenish your Magic."
"So basically a good start for me to test my training?" As Tatl nodded to that, Jaune unsheathed the weapon and lunged at the Chuchu.
It just took one slice and it was dead with Jaune blinking.
That was it?
"Don't get cocky, like I said it's a Chuchu, they're weak but numerous and they revive themselves after a minute or two," Tatl explained surprising Jaune. "Come on, we should find some tougher opponents for you to test against. Maybe a Peahat or a Dodongo?"
Jaune blinked unsure what those were but he was a little interested.
How hard would they be?
To Be Continued…
Alright, this one is a bit more of a filler chapter with Jaune finally back to being human along with learning the basics of Swordsmanship via the Mighty Training Center, got a few masks and even a Bomb Bag-I think he's doing pretty well so far.
But of course he has a long way to go if he hopes to survive this mess, but I think anyone in this position in real life would take advantage of the rewinding time part to work on their skills and train themselves before actually doing something.
Also I wanted to add something to when Jaune becomes human again as the Goron and Zora Mask got their own tearful cutscene but not the Deku, so hoped you liked it.
Now for the reviews.
Zaralann: Thank you.
Duskrider: Thank you, I had fun typing the flashback as well as putting in the aspect with the darker part of the story.
Diddeysquat: This story will take place in Majora's Mask-the sequel if I do finish it will be back in Remnant.
Pokemonsuperallstarfan: Nope, just one timeline, I won't give out more than that in concern with everything else.
The Legend of Zelda Fangirl: Thank you, I'll try to keep this up to the end. I figured with MM being the darkest LOZ known so far along with how dark RWBY got it would fit, plus I like bringing my own twists to things. Jaune will become a lot more competent early on because of his advantage with the Ocarina. Yeah a lot might go wrong but I don't think it'll go that far. Yes he still doesn't know about Aura/Semblance and no he won't get it unlocked until he gets back to Remnant because I think the only way to unlock it is to have someone use their Aura to do so.