Hello, I am not dead.
The white light that blinded Hinata's vision faded into black. She lowered her arm and looked around. Her surroundings were completely pitch black. Seconds later, the darkness faded and the surroundings changed.
Tall grass surrounding her reached up to her hips. Other than that, the sun shone down all over the place except for the thin sheets of clouds barely covered the blue sky.
Hinata put a hand in her pocket and felt a hard, thin, rectangular item against her palm and fingers. She pulled it out revealing her blue Nintendo 3DS XL. It was folded shut and a blue light emitted from the bottom edge. A light gray cartridge was inserted in the back of the console. She put it back into her pocket and looked down. She was standing on a white circle with a blue glow along the circumference. A path with the same colors extended into the distance in front of her. Hinata raised an eyebrow but stepped forward following the trail while the grass around her began to crunch.
After some time, a blue circle smaller than the platform Hinata was on earlier was within her sight. A white symbol of a sword with a round hollowed out space, a thin handle, and a broad "blade" with only one edge stood out on the circle.
Hinata walked past the symbol failing to notice two others, a green and red one but with different symbols. She looked forward in front of her and kept moving out of the grass and forward until suddenly, one foot slipped down. She immediately lifted her foot back up and stepped back from the edge. Pebbles and dirt rolled out and fell down to who-knows-where in front of her. Hinata continued to step back avoiding the cliff in front of her. On the other side was another cliff in the distance and some platforms under it.
Suddenly, the blue Nintendo 3DS in Hinata's pocket flashed in a red color, flew out of her pocket and hovered over her right elbow. It changed shape, wrapping itself around her sleeve almost reaching the joint of her elbow and the red flash faded revealing an arm cannon. The arm cannon had a black base with a black cover on top and a blue triangular cannon under the "shield".
Then two windows in a vertical position, the bottom resembling a roll from slot machines and the top with two portraits. Hinata glanced at the top screen and quickly tapped on the bottom window stopping the roll at a green silhouette of a chess pawn with an "x3" next to it. After that, the windows disappeared.
Across the gap, a blond boy with blue eyes and fair skin emerged from the grass in the distance. On his back was a red sword with a large blade, a narrow handle, and a hollowed out circle between the blade and handle. Highlights resembling circuits along parts of the sword glowed in a light blue color. His clothing consisted of black shirt, a red sleeveless jacket that reached his waist, shorts, what seems to be armor covering his knees and shins, and red boots.
The blond boy noticed Hinata and saw her arm cannon. He then slowly lifted his hand reaching for the handle of his sword. He slowly bent his knees lowering his body and grasped the sword's handle with both hands. His grasp was tight but his hands shook and his breath was heavy. He then took a deep breath and his hands stopped shaking.
Hinata looked down at her arm cannon, and then turned around. She could see the environment and the tall grass but it seemed… far away, impossible to get to. She looked up at the blond who made no sign of courage or any eye contact with her and down at her arm cannon.
"Ready…" A loud, deep, masculine voice came out of nowhere but the boy didn't respond. Hinata briefly glanced around her but nobody other than the boy could be seen in her presence.
She then put her left hand over the arm cannon and looked forward. There's no backing out now. She then lifted her right arm and lowered her body preparing herself for battle.
"GO!"
Hinata pointed her arm cannon forward and stood in place. A green ball of energy began to form and slowly grew in size in front of her, the barrel of the arm cannon to be more specific. Hinata's right arm shook but with her other arm, she held it keeping her arm cannon steady. She then glanced up noticing her opponent approaching.
R. The ball of energy disappeared. A light at the end of the arm cannon started blinking. Get ready. She got into a stance with her right arm in front of her like a shield.
Hinata moved aside ending up behind him. She quickly knelt down and pointed her arm cannon near Shulk's feet. An explosion bursted out and the opponent was moved to behind her. She then turned around and another explosion came out.
Her opponent was launched into the air. A white symbol outlined in green appeared near him. It then appeared on the hollow space of his sword. Green energy surrounded his feet. He then landed back to the platform he was on and noticed Hinata firing missiles at him. He ran to the edge, jumped off, and landed in front of Hinata.
At the same time, Hinata jumped down through the platform and landed on a lower one. She made a short jump and turned her body to a position where her back faced the ground and the arm cannon pointed up. White pellets shot out, some of them hitting her opponent from below.
The opponent then jumped down and onto a platform in front of Hinata. He bent down and spun his sword in an arc knocking Hinata upward.
Hinata, despite being hit, pointed her arm cannon down and releasing an explosion hitting her opponent and launching herself up back to where she started with no difficulty or pain in her legs. She waited for her opponent who would jump up through the platform and into her range.
"Air Slash!" With his sword, he made an upward slash and another slash out in front of him.
R. Hinata put her right arm up in an attempt to shield herself. A red transparent force field appeared around her and the attack didn't graze Hinata one bit but the forcefield noticeably shrunk; her opponent landed on the platform but by the time his feet hit the ground, Hinata had shifted to behind him. She knelt down and pointed her arm cannon forward. Pellets shot out hitting her opponent and knocking him back. After that, she got up and released a green ball of energy that was around her height forward.
The opponent jumped over it and grabbed Hinata. He then threw her out into the battlefield and swung his sword at her.
Hinata landed on the platform her opponent started at and noticed him approaching. She pointed her arm cannon new the ground and made an explosion moving him from front to behind her and into the air. Next, she fired a missile which hit her opponent and fully charged another green ball of energy in time for the opponent to walk into her range. She then shot out pellets out at her opponent knocking him back and went back to charging her attack.
A purple symbol then appeared in the hollow space of the opponent's sword. "Buster!" He shouted and charged at Hinata with a tight grasp on his sword.
Hinata quickly shot out the green ball of energy. Despite that, her opponent jumped moving his body letting the ball of energy brush past him. Hinata stepped back only for the heel of her foot to hit something. She looked back and behind her was a large blue rocky club with a thin orange handle. She grabbed the club by its handle and with two hands, swung it like a baseball bat.
THWACK! The club slammed into Hinata's opponent, red lightning cracked at the spot Hinata's club hit him, and he was launched away. A gray and white explosion in the shape of a geyser erupted out from his direction.
"GAME!"
The club Hinata held disappeared and two holographic windows appeared in front of her. The top one titled "Stage 1 Clear!" displayed a total score and amount of "gold" earned. The bottom had three small boxes with trophies in each box. Hinata tapped the bottom window and they faded leaving no trace of its existence.
The gaps and the ledges faded leaving an area of grass with a cliff's edge to her right. Hinata looked around for the blond boy she defeated seconds ago but he wasn't in sight. A white round platform glowing in green appeared under Hinata and path glowing blue extended in front of her. Hinata turned around and noticed in the grass a white path with a green glow like the platform she stood on that extended out into the distance.
I have no idea what's going on... but I should probably start moving. I better find Erin and get out of here. I don't think I can handle another fight though...
She turned around and started walking along the path regardless of where it would take her.
That's enough for now.
The blond boy, with an indifferent look on his face, looked to the side facing an anthropomorphic jackal-like figure slightly shorter than him.
You should go. I'll follow and watch over her. Just report back on her fighting style. Regardless of whether you won or lost, the results would still be the same.
The blond nodded, turned around, and left without a word.
For some reason, I can't tell if her aura is good or bad and I don't see any possible motive for what she's going to do. Is this the right person we're looking for?
One chapter into another world and I'm giving out too many hints and forced my own character to fight.
The reason Hinata's arm cannon is different (if you saw the cover art) than any of the arm cannons on the Mii Gunner's outfits is because they completely cover the right arm. I know I could have just went with it but she does need to use her right hand outside of combat and I can't just cut her arm off. Erin's sword will also be different from the Mii Swordfighter's swords but mostly by appearance.
I didn't notice this until some time after I published my first chapter but I found it hilarious that I turned fifteen years old around a month ago and would be at Hinata's age. I don't think I would survive the whole story in their place and that says a lot about what I'm making my characters go through in future chapters. Don't worry, nobody dies. I'm not that cruel. I just like to watch characters suffer.