Xenoblade Chronicles 2: What-If Collection

by Seth Metagari

Warning: Potential spoilers for multiple game series. Xenoblade Chronicles 2 spoilers are guaranteed (the first chapter of this has no other spoilers). This is a collection of what-ifs I'm making for Xenoblade Chronicles 2, including, but not limited to, crossovers with other game series. Crossover chapter titles will have the name of the game that it's crossing over with.

3. What-If 1: Reimu, Touhou Project, Part 2

Author's notes: I've decided to at least include a few details about any Blades revealed in a chapter in the section on the bottom, below the "to be continued". I've gone and edited the previous two chapters for this decision.

What-If 1: Reimu, Touhou Project, Part 2

Location: Land of Challenge

After just clearing a challenge, Rex, Tora, and Reimu were with the Nopon Archsage.

Archsage: As Archsage promised, will give Reimu new Core Crystal.

The Nopon Archsage pulled out a Core Crystal, but this time it was yellow in color.

Reimu: Yellow?

Archsage: That right. Previous Core Crystal was based on Reimu. This time, Core Crystal based on one of Reimu's friends.

Reimu: I see. Based on the color, I'm pretty sure it's based on Marisa.

Confused, Rex looks at Reimu.

Rex: Marisa?

Reimu turns to look at Rex to respond.

Reimu: A friend of mine. I'll explain later.

Reimu looks back at the Nopon Archsage and grabs the Core Crystal.

Reimu: Thanks.

Reimu immediately resonates with the Core Crystal, the same way as previous one. This time, the Blade was a woman with long blonde hair and red eyes, and she wore a black dress with what looked like a black witch hat. In her right hand was a large sword, though it loosely resembled Tora's Variable Saber, and even appeared to have some kind of trigger on it.

Blade: Yo, I'm Tirra. I'll be your Blade from now on, so please use my power to the fullest, Reimu.

Reimu smirked for a moment, but then noticed Tirra's weapon.

Reimu: Kind of an unusual sword you have there.

Tirra: Oh, this? It's kind of a combination of two weapons, actually. It's mainly a sword, but it's also capable of charging energy to shoot lasers at things. Especially baddies.

Tora: Hey, Tirra is copying Poppi's Variable Saber!

Rex: Wouldn't it technically be the Nopon Archsage doing the copying, since he's the one who made Tirra?

Tora: W-Well... Rex-Rex have point.

Tirra: Well, now you've got two Blades. One more, and you'll be able to join the guys in Alrest.

Reimu nods, visibly happy at this fact.

Reimu: That's right. I just have to do my best in one more challenge.

*To Be Continued*

Tirra is an electric-element Blade that uses the "Laser Gunblade", which, as you saw earlier, is a reskin of the Variable Saber. Unlike Meina, the only difference in Reimu's animations with this weapon revolves around the fact that she's a human and not a Nopon. Otherwise, the animations for the auto attacks and Arts are basically the same.