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thousands of fanfics like this by now anyway.
Legend of the White Shadow
"What do you mean I have to work with him?"
"I mean: You will HAVE to work with him if you want to pass the exam! No excuses!"
Tenshi looked at Seraphim angrily, and walked over to him
"Listen up, boy! If you ever try anything with me, you'll have a one- way ticket to the afterlife, okay?"
"Uh... Don't you think you're overreacting? So I'm a little clumsy, okay?"
"You... Touched... My... Breasts..!"
"Sorry, but that was an acci-"
Before Seraphim could finish his sentence, Tenshi grabbed his arm, and flung him against a wall
*WHAM*
"-dent"
Katie looked back and forth between the two, and finally, looked at the now- cracked wall
"looks like it is..."
(okay, that was a corny joke, but give me a break here! i'm not used to doing this!)
2 Hours later
Katie had lead Seraphim and Tenshi down through the main teleporter to Ragol's surface. They emerged in a sunny forest area
"This is forest sector 1, a typical training ground for new hunters. i assume that each of you have equipped the weapons and armor given to you by the hunter's guild?"
"Yes I have, Ms. Katie"
"Uh... sure... i think i did.. and... WHOA! WHAT'S THAT THING?!?!"
Seraphim pointed to a small, white, metal object, hovering near his left shoulder, and then began to try to run from it, although it followed him closely behind. Tenshi and Katie shot uneasy glances at each other
"That's your Mag..."
"My what?"
*Sigh* "Didn't you read the newbies manual you received when you signed up?"
"Uh... sure... cover to cover..."
Again, uneasy glances from Tenshi and Katie...
"It looks like we're going to have to start from square one, you two..."
"Thanks a lot, you idiot!"
"Oh, sure! Blame it on me!"
"Quiet down, you two!"
... ...
"Yes, Ma'am" "Yes, Ma'am"
"Good. Okay now, to begin with, The objects floating over your shoulders are called "Mags". They are small robotic guardians who will provide a small amount of protection for you, and can become more powerful by giving them excess healing items you don't need..."
"wow, and I thought Ragol just had really big bugs..."
*WHAM*
"Idiot..."
...
...
"Oookaayyy.... Moving on! I believe each of you received a weapon at the time of your registration?"
"Yes Ma'am, as a HUnewearl, i received a saber-type weapon"
"Good, Tenshi. Please activate it to show that you know how to use it"
"Yes, Ma'am"
Tenshi pulled out the bladeless sword hilt of a deactivated saber, and flipped a small swich, causing a green energy blade to appear. Seraphim stared at the weapon wide-eyed
"Whoa! That thing looks so cool! all I got was this frilly-looking cane! Let me see that thing!"
He grabbed the saber out of Tenshi's hands, but just as he had a firm grip on it, it's blade vanished as though it had been deactivated
"Huh? I don't think that's supposed to happen..."
"ARGH! Idiot! You broke my weapon!"
*chuckle* "Settle down, you two, this is just an example of 'Stat restriction'"
"Stat restriction?" "Stat restriction"
"It's a safety mechanism added to weapons to prevent misuse. A basic saber-type weapon requires 30 base ATP points to be used. Tenshi has exactly that amount at her level, but I believe that Seraphim has less than half that amount at his level, am I right?"
Seraphim nodded, clearly disappointed
"Well, that's good to know. I wouldn't trust this idiot with a beam- weapon anyway..."
"Hey! I could SO be trusted with a beam-weapon!"
"He does have a point, you know. as a force, he is given the ability to use "Techniques" immediately. right now, he has an innate ability to shoot fireballs by using the "Foie" technique"
Tenshi's eyes went wide, as she slowly turned her head towards Seraphim
"He... can... shoot fireballs..?"
"wow, really? That sounds a lot cooler than just swinging around a shiney sword!"
He examined his hands, trying to figure out how this "Foie" technique worked, when suddenly...
*FWOOSH*
"AAH! HELP! MY HEAD'S ON FIRE!"
Tenshi sighed and pulled a bucket of water from god-knows-where (hammerspace, I believe it's called?)
*SPLASH*
"Whew... mental note: don't do that again..."
"Sorry Seraphim, but as a force, You'll be doing that for most of your life now. Fortunately, you should be able to practice it more, now that we're moving on to BATTLE TRAINING!"
30 minutes later
The three of them were hiding just out of a clearing, where several penguin- like Yellow birds were sitting
"These are "Rag Rappies", the weakest animals in this sector. they should provide ample experience until you are promoted to your second or third level"
Seraphim looked at the three birds and grinned
"HA! This is going to be easy! Just leave this one to me, ladies!"
He snuck into the clearing and raised his cane over one of the Rappies heads
*BONK*
"Ha Ha! Take that, you stupid bird!"
The three Rappies turned to face him, all with an angry expression on their faces
"Um... Sorry?"
...
...
...
"RUN! THE PSYCHO BIRDIES ARE OUT FOR BLOOD!"
He began running out of the clearing with the three rappies on his tail. Katie looked at Tenshi with a look that seemed to say 'you better go help him'
...
... "Fine..."
3 Hours later
"okay, you two, lets take a look at your progress for the day... It appears that Tenshi has reached level 4 today. congratulations, Tenshi!"
"Yay! this is easier than I thought!"
"And you, Seraphim..."
*gulp*
"Not only have you not gained a single level today, but you have almost exhausted your Item stock, nearly died several times, and have drained your Tech. Point gauge trying to kill butterflies... Perhaps you should return to Pioneer 2, and consider becoming an accountant"
"aww... come on, Katie-Sensei! Give me another chance! I know i'll get the next Rappie, or maybe even the next Booma!"
"i'm sorry, Seraphim, but Tenshi is right... you are an idiot. The only way that you could ever dream of passing the exam now would be to-"
Before she could finish her sentence, a frightened scream filled the air around them, causing Tenshi's eyes to go wide with fear!
"Oh, my God! That's my friend Sakura's voice!"
"What? Your friend's in trouble? Hold on! i'll try to find her on my scanners!"
Katie's Eyes began to glow with a pale light, as she looked around in all directions
"There's a young FOnewearl about 50 meters to the east! There seems to be a powerful HUcast nearby her!"
"That's her! come on! Let's go!"
"Hey, wait for me! you cant leave me here alone with these evil birds!"
The three of them ran off to the east, and burst into another clearing. A black-armored HUcast stood over a collapsed FOnewearl preparing to strike her down with a high-level Partisan-class weapon
"SAKURA!!!"
"TENSHI!!!"
The HUcast turned to face the three of them
"What's this? More newbies for me to kill? Lets just see what we're up against now..."
The HUcast activated his own scanners, and looked over the three new arrivals in the area
"heheheh... This is all they have? The RAcaseal is level 25, The HUnewearl is level 4, and the FOmar Is a measly level 1!"
Katie approached the HUcast, her fear not showing, due to her robotic nature
"This area is officially closed off to all but new hunter candidates and their teachers! you have no right to be here! I order you to leave immediately!"
"Hmm... Let me think about that for a minute... NO!"
with a sharp motion, he used his Partisan to cut off Katie's head!
"No! Katie! i'll kill you for that!"
Tenshi grabbed her saber and charged toward the Hucast, but before she could get close enough to attack, she was thrown back by a small explosion, knocking her to the ground, causing her to drop her saber
"Wha... what was that?"
"A paralysis trap, just a little something you biologicals are unable to use! You wont be able to move until it's effects wear off, and they don't wear off for quite a long time! HAHAHA!!!"
"Damn... He's right! i can't move! He has us right where he wants us!"
The Hucast held the blade of his partisan inches from Tenshi's jugular vein, ready to strike
"It's time to die, Newman!"
*FWOOSH*
"What? Augh!"
From out of nowhere, several Foie Techniques struck the HUcast from behind!
"Sakura? is that you?"
"heh... No, Tenshi... It's just me!"
"SERAPHIM???"
He stood not too far away from the HUcast, his palm still smoking from the recent barrage of Foie blasts. something about him was different... His goofy personality seemed to have vanished entirely, replaced by the personality of an experienced fighter
"RRAGH!!! I'll kill you first!"
The HUcast charged towards Seraphim, expecting him to be an easy target, but just as his weapon was about to connect with his body, he seemed to vanish, appearing next to Tenshi's paralyzed body
"Don't worry, Tenshi. I'll take care of this guy..."
He noticed her fallen saber on the ground nearby and picked it up
"mind if i borrow this for a second?"
"But Seraphim! you arent strong enough to use that yet!"
"Oh, really..."
He flipped the activation switch, and surprisingly, the green energy blade activated!
"I don't see any problems here..."
"What? But how?"
"It's time you met the real me..."
He calmly walked toward the HUcast, and began speaking a strange incantation
"Where there is light... There is darkness..."
His silver hair seemed to shorten to shoulder-length...
"One cannot exist without the other..."
His robes began to tighten and harden around his body, forming white hunter armor...
"May the forces of light and darkness gather within me and give me strength..."
He threw his hat to the ground...
"For I am..."
His "Pinkal" Section ID began to spin, and transformed into a "Whitill" section ID...
"The White Shadow!"
He had changed from a FOmar to a HUmar! He took up Tenshi's saber, and pointed it's blade at the HUcast. The HUcast began to scan his new form through his scanners, as Tenshi watched out of the corner of her eye...
"The White... Shadow..?"
"Impossible! No one can change their class once it has been chosen! My god... His level is skyrocketing! 14... 35... 68... 100!"
his scanners exploded due to the great mass of power before him!
"I don't believe it! I can still feel it increasing!"
"That's right... And now... I'll put your reign of terror to an end!
END OF CHAPTER 1
Legend of the White Shadow
"What do you mean I have to work with him?"
"I mean: You will HAVE to work with him if you want to pass the exam! No excuses!"
Tenshi looked at Seraphim angrily, and walked over to him
"Listen up, boy! If you ever try anything with me, you'll have a one- way ticket to the afterlife, okay?"
"Uh... Don't you think you're overreacting? So I'm a little clumsy, okay?"
"You... Touched... My... Breasts..!"
"Sorry, but that was an acci-"
Before Seraphim could finish his sentence, Tenshi grabbed his arm, and flung him against a wall
*WHAM*
"-dent"
Katie looked back and forth between the two, and finally, looked at the now- cracked wall
"looks like it is..."
(okay, that was a corny joke, but give me a break here! i'm not used to doing this!)
2 Hours later
Katie had lead Seraphim and Tenshi down through the main teleporter to Ragol's surface. They emerged in a sunny forest area
"This is forest sector 1, a typical training ground for new hunters. i assume that each of you have equipped the weapons and armor given to you by the hunter's guild?"
"Yes I have, Ms. Katie"
"Uh... sure... i think i did.. and... WHOA! WHAT'S THAT THING?!?!"
Seraphim pointed to a small, white, metal object, hovering near his left shoulder, and then began to try to run from it, although it followed him closely behind. Tenshi and Katie shot uneasy glances at each other
"That's your Mag..."
"My what?"
*Sigh* "Didn't you read the newbies manual you received when you signed up?"
"Uh... sure... cover to cover..."
Again, uneasy glances from Tenshi and Katie...
"It looks like we're going to have to start from square one, you two..."
"Thanks a lot, you idiot!"
"Oh, sure! Blame it on me!"
"Quiet down, you two!"
... ...
"Yes, Ma'am" "Yes, Ma'am"
"Good. Okay now, to begin with, The objects floating over your shoulders are called "Mags". They are small robotic guardians who will provide a small amount of protection for you, and can become more powerful by giving them excess healing items you don't need..."
"wow, and I thought Ragol just had really big bugs..."
*WHAM*
"Idiot..."
...
...
"Oookaayyy.... Moving on! I believe each of you received a weapon at the time of your registration?"
"Yes Ma'am, as a HUnewearl, i received a saber-type weapon"
"Good, Tenshi. Please activate it to show that you know how to use it"
"Yes, Ma'am"
Tenshi pulled out the bladeless sword hilt of a deactivated saber, and flipped a small swich, causing a green energy blade to appear. Seraphim stared at the weapon wide-eyed
"Whoa! That thing looks so cool! all I got was this frilly-looking cane! Let me see that thing!"
He grabbed the saber out of Tenshi's hands, but just as he had a firm grip on it, it's blade vanished as though it had been deactivated
"Huh? I don't think that's supposed to happen..."
"ARGH! Idiot! You broke my weapon!"
*chuckle* "Settle down, you two, this is just an example of 'Stat restriction'"
"Stat restriction?" "Stat restriction"
"It's a safety mechanism added to weapons to prevent misuse. A basic saber-type weapon requires 30 base ATP points to be used. Tenshi has exactly that amount at her level, but I believe that Seraphim has less than half that amount at his level, am I right?"
Seraphim nodded, clearly disappointed
"Well, that's good to know. I wouldn't trust this idiot with a beam- weapon anyway..."
"Hey! I could SO be trusted with a beam-weapon!"
"He does have a point, you know. as a force, he is given the ability to use "Techniques" immediately. right now, he has an innate ability to shoot fireballs by using the "Foie" technique"
Tenshi's eyes went wide, as she slowly turned her head towards Seraphim
"He... can... shoot fireballs..?"
"wow, really? That sounds a lot cooler than just swinging around a shiney sword!"
He examined his hands, trying to figure out how this "Foie" technique worked, when suddenly...
*FWOOSH*
"AAH! HELP! MY HEAD'S ON FIRE!"
Tenshi sighed and pulled a bucket of water from god-knows-where (hammerspace, I believe it's called?)
*SPLASH*
"Whew... mental note: don't do that again..."
"Sorry Seraphim, but as a force, You'll be doing that for most of your life now. Fortunately, you should be able to practice it more, now that we're moving on to BATTLE TRAINING!"
30 minutes later
The three of them were hiding just out of a clearing, where several penguin- like Yellow birds were sitting
"These are "Rag Rappies", the weakest animals in this sector. they should provide ample experience until you are promoted to your second or third level"
Seraphim looked at the three birds and grinned
"HA! This is going to be easy! Just leave this one to me, ladies!"
He snuck into the clearing and raised his cane over one of the Rappies heads
*BONK*
"Ha Ha! Take that, you stupid bird!"
The three Rappies turned to face him, all with an angry expression on their faces
"Um... Sorry?"
...
...
...
"RUN! THE PSYCHO BIRDIES ARE OUT FOR BLOOD!"
He began running out of the clearing with the three rappies on his tail. Katie looked at Tenshi with a look that seemed to say 'you better go help him'
...
... "Fine..."
3 Hours later
"okay, you two, lets take a look at your progress for the day... It appears that Tenshi has reached level 4 today. congratulations, Tenshi!"
"Yay! this is easier than I thought!"
"And you, Seraphim..."
*gulp*
"Not only have you not gained a single level today, but you have almost exhausted your Item stock, nearly died several times, and have drained your Tech. Point gauge trying to kill butterflies... Perhaps you should return to Pioneer 2, and consider becoming an accountant"
"aww... come on, Katie-Sensei! Give me another chance! I know i'll get the next Rappie, or maybe even the next Booma!"
"i'm sorry, Seraphim, but Tenshi is right... you are an idiot. The only way that you could ever dream of passing the exam now would be to-"
Before she could finish her sentence, a frightened scream filled the air around them, causing Tenshi's eyes to go wide with fear!
"Oh, my God! That's my friend Sakura's voice!"
"What? Your friend's in trouble? Hold on! i'll try to find her on my scanners!"
Katie's Eyes began to glow with a pale light, as she looked around in all directions
"There's a young FOnewearl about 50 meters to the east! There seems to be a powerful HUcast nearby her!"
"That's her! come on! Let's go!"
"Hey, wait for me! you cant leave me here alone with these evil birds!"
The three of them ran off to the east, and burst into another clearing. A black-armored HUcast stood over a collapsed FOnewearl preparing to strike her down with a high-level Partisan-class weapon
"SAKURA!!!"
"TENSHI!!!"
The HUcast turned to face the three of them
"What's this? More newbies for me to kill? Lets just see what we're up against now..."
The HUcast activated his own scanners, and looked over the three new arrivals in the area
"heheheh... This is all they have? The RAcaseal is level 25, The HUnewearl is level 4, and the FOmar Is a measly level 1!"
Katie approached the HUcast, her fear not showing, due to her robotic nature
"This area is officially closed off to all but new hunter candidates and their teachers! you have no right to be here! I order you to leave immediately!"
"Hmm... Let me think about that for a minute... NO!"
with a sharp motion, he used his Partisan to cut off Katie's head!
"No! Katie! i'll kill you for that!"
Tenshi grabbed her saber and charged toward the Hucast, but before she could get close enough to attack, she was thrown back by a small explosion, knocking her to the ground, causing her to drop her saber
"Wha... what was that?"
"A paralysis trap, just a little something you biologicals are unable to use! You wont be able to move until it's effects wear off, and they don't wear off for quite a long time! HAHAHA!!!"
"Damn... He's right! i can't move! He has us right where he wants us!"
The Hucast held the blade of his partisan inches from Tenshi's jugular vein, ready to strike
"It's time to die, Newman!"
*FWOOSH*
"What? Augh!"
From out of nowhere, several Foie Techniques struck the HUcast from behind!
"Sakura? is that you?"
"heh... No, Tenshi... It's just me!"
"SERAPHIM???"
He stood not too far away from the HUcast, his palm still smoking from the recent barrage of Foie blasts. something about him was different... His goofy personality seemed to have vanished entirely, replaced by the personality of an experienced fighter
"RRAGH!!! I'll kill you first!"
The HUcast charged towards Seraphim, expecting him to be an easy target, but just as his weapon was about to connect with his body, he seemed to vanish, appearing next to Tenshi's paralyzed body
"Don't worry, Tenshi. I'll take care of this guy..."
He noticed her fallen saber on the ground nearby and picked it up
"mind if i borrow this for a second?"
"But Seraphim! you arent strong enough to use that yet!"
"Oh, really..."
He flipped the activation switch, and surprisingly, the green energy blade activated!
"I don't see any problems here..."
"What? But how?"
"It's time you met the real me..."
He calmly walked toward the HUcast, and began speaking a strange incantation
"Where there is light... There is darkness..."
His silver hair seemed to shorten to shoulder-length...
"One cannot exist without the other..."
His robes began to tighten and harden around his body, forming white hunter armor...
"May the forces of light and darkness gather within me and give me strength..."
He threw his hat to the ground...
"For I am..."
His "Pinkal" Section ID began to spin, and transformed into a "Whitill" section ID...
"The White Shadow!"
He had changed from a FOmar to a HUmar! He took up Tenshi's saber, and pointed it's blade at the HUcast. The HUcast began to scan his new form through his scanners, as Tenshi watched out of the corner of her eye...
"The White... Shadow..?"
"Impossible! No one can change their class once it has been chosen! My god... His level is skyrocketing! 14... 35... 68... 100!"
his scanners exploded due to the great mass of power before him!
"I don't believe it! I can still feel it increasing!"
"That's right... And now... I'll put your reign of terror to an end!
END OF CHAPTER 1