The Christmas special is here. Thank you to all who've read and left reviews on this story, I honestly didn't expect it to get this popular this fast. Speaking of comments, lets respond to some.
GOOD Friend: To address all your points first don't worry about harems I have no plans for it. Second about changing semblances to quirks and not having aura, honestly the only reason I did it is to do something different from what people usually do with these kinds of story. It also doubles as a small nerf to most RWBY characters but that wasn't a reason I did it. Finally for my update schedule, the reason I do it is to give myself as much time as I need to get things done. I work full time and as such don't always have a lot of time to write stuff. This is really just a test to see how well this works for me in getting out content.
bens6757: In regards to the differences between Tenya's and Ruby's quirk. This will be explained in the story later on. However I can say your suggestions are close to what I have in mind.
Maximum Rhapsody: I can't reply to everything as there'd be some spoiler stuff in it but for now I'll say again no harems, and Ruby will get a new scythe with the help the of Mei.
With that out of the way let's get on to the special.
Christmas Special:
T'was early December and Musutafu was already ready for the Christmas holiday. Lights and various decorations were strung up across the city. People were busy going about either decorating their own homes or buy gifts for family and friends. All the while they were enjoying the most wonderful time of the year. For many it was just the start of another Christmas season but for Ruby it was a whole new experience. While Remnant certainly had their own festivals, none could compare the grand scale that Christmas was on. The closest Ruby could think of was the Vytal Festival in terms of scale. The early snowfall this year only served to heighten the experience.
It was a late Sunday morning and Ruby was walking with Izuku and Itsuka about the city. It was a day off from their training and they were taking the time to go out a buy presents. Although for Ruby it was much less about buy gifts and more enjoying the trek through the winter wonderland she found herself in. There was light snowfall on this day. This only served to magnify the magic in the air as Christmas lights seemed to dance about with the falling flakes. One might compare such sight to a painting by a master painter. After traveling for a bit the trio arrived at the local mall.
"Whelp here we are." Itsuka stated. "I'm heading to the jewelry store what about you guys?"
"I told my dad I'd get mom the new rice maker she's been talking about so I'm going to the appliance store." Izuku explained. "What about you Ruby?"
"I'm getting art supplies among other stuff. I decided I'm gonna make my presents myself." She declared proudly. "Given I have a lot of time on my hand I thought it would be something nice to do."
Immediately she turned to Izuku and gave him a serious look.
"So no sneaking into my room to take a peak. It has to be a surprise. Got it?" Ruby demanded.
"R-r-right got it." Izuku quickly replied.
"Good, see ya guys for lunch?" Ruby stated.
"Yep," They replied.
The trio went their separate ways. Ruby's first destination was the arts and craft store. She gathered up red, white, gold, and silver ribbons. Afterwards she found silver colored bells, then went to check out. Afterwards she went to the local horticulture store to pick up some evergreen branches, holly, and mistletoe. While she knew she could get plastic, in order to make her present the traditional way she had to use the real materials. Luckily for her the store owner had preservation quirk allowing him to make everything last a lot longer than it normally would. After she made sure she had enough of everything, she purchased them before making her way to the food court to meet up with Itsuka and Izuku. As she made her way there she saw Itsuka and Izuku waiting for her.
"Heeeyyy… Itsuka, Izuku!" She called out as she ran up to them.
"Ruby!" They returned.
"You guys get everything you needed?" She asked as she stopped in front of them.
"Yep, got mama a nice necklace, and papa a new watch." Itsuka stated.
"And I was able to get the rice maker, it was the last one in stock too." Izuku answered. "What about you?"
"Yep, got everything I needed." She stated holding up her bags, making sure the contents couldn't be seen. "All I have left is to make them."
"Good, I can't wait to see what you'll make." Itsuka expressed. "Anyways what you guys want for lunch?"
"I don't know." Izuku expressed.
"Maybe something uh… American. I do ah… miss the ah… food f-from ah… b-back home." Ruby suggested awkwardly.
Crap that didn't sound natural and I stuttered a bit. Please don't find out I'm not actually from America.
"If that's alright that is?" She quickly added.
"Yeah sure, no need to be so nervous about suggesting that, I won't be offended." Itsuka stated.
"R-right." Ruby replied.
Thank gods she didn't suspect anything.
"That sounds good, I think there's an American themed diner in the mall so we could go there." Izuku suggested.
"Cool," The girls replied.
They made their way to the restaurant. After a bit of walking they arrived at their destination. The restaurant was named 'Philly in Japan'. It was a decent size eatery styled after a 1950's american diner. Christmas music was playing throughout the restaurant. As the trio entered they took the time to take in the atmosphere of the place.
"Welcome," A hostess at the front counter greeted. "How many will there be today?"
"Just the three of us." Itsuka answered.
"Alright then follow me." the hostess stated as she picked up three menus.
The trio were lead to a booth. Once there, the hostess placed the three menus on the table. Afterwards the trio took their seats with Izuku on one side and Ruby and Itsuka on the other.
"Your waiter will be right with you." The hostess stated before walking away.
Not long after they began to look threw the menu to figure out what they want.
"So what'll you guys be getting?" Itsuka asked. "I'm thinking of going with the Southern Fried Special."
"I don't know I'm trying to find something that close to my current diet." Izuku stated.
"You know you don't have to do that I'm sure All… Mr. Yagi won't be mad if you deviated from it this once." Ruby pointed out.
"NO WAY! You know how mad he got the last time I deviated from the 'Aim to Pass: American Dream Plan'!" Izuku shouted out in panic.
The image of a very angry All Might scolding him came to mind.
"I'm not risking it." Izuku stated as he began to sweat like crazy.
"A-anyways what about you Ruby?" Itsuka asked.
"I don't know I think I'll go for the 'Real Philly Cheesesteak'." Ruby answered.
"A good choice I must say." Someone suddenly stated.
"WAHH!" The trio expressed in surprised.
They looked to see a tall man with long brown hair in a ponytail and scruffy brown beard. He appeared to be half Japanese.
"Sorry for startling ya there." The man stated. "Names Akira Jones, I'm the owner."
"Ahh… h-hello s-sir, don't mind me asking but what are you doing here?" Itsuka asked.
"Oh I just like walkin' around the store from time to time, check in on some customers." Akira stated. "I do make it a point though to stop at any table where someone's either orderin' or plannin' on orderin' a cheesesteak."
"Why's that?" Ruby asked.
"Simple girl, I want to make sure that my customers know this is as authentic of a Philly cheesesteak as you can get here in Japan." Akira proclaimed. "I learned from the best in Philly when I lived in America."
"Oh cool then I'm definitely having it." Ruby replied.
"HAHAHA… glad to hear it!" Akira bellowed. "Well I'll leave ya be then, enjoy."
"Yep," Ruby chirped.
Not long after the trio's waitress came by and took their order. Izuku took the longest since he keep switching what he wanted before settling on the Tokyo Steak Sirloin. After a little wait their food came out. Itsuka's Southern Fried Special contained fried chicken, shrimp, green beans, and french fries. Izuku's Tokyo Steak Sirloin consisted of a six ounce steak sirloin, cooked medium well as per Izuku's order, and white rice. Ruby's cheesesteak was a ten inch roll with chopped up beef steak smothered in wiz cheese and grilled onions mixed in. They spent their time chatting and enjoying the good food. Ruby especially loved her cheesesteak. After they finished they all decided to go home.
The weeks passed by and Christmas was coming soon. Ruby had worked diligently between training and studying to make her gifts. She was careful to craft everything the way she remembered it. For each charm she carefully formed the evergreens into a tiny wreath, using four branches for each. She used the red gold and silver ribbons to bind the branches together. Using the white ribbon she tied the bells to the wreaths, three bells per wreath. For Izuku's charm she hung the holly between the bells. For Itsuka's charm she hung mistletoe in same manner as Izuku's charm. For Inko's she also used mistletoe but strung it up through the middle. She completed all of this three days before Christmas day.
Soon Christmas day came around. The day started off with a breakfast consisting of pancakes and cinnamon rolls, much to Ruby's delight. Soon after they gathered around to open presents. They would have waited for Hisashi, Izuku's father, to come home. However, he called ahead and said his flight was delayed and he'd be late.
"So," Inko began. "Who wants to hand out their presents first?"
"I'll do it!" Ruby immediately shouted.
She quickly grabbed the bag she put the charms in. She looked in and fished around for Inko's and Izuku's respective charms.
"I figured I'd make something from mine world for you guys." She expressed. "Given that Christmas falls around the same season as our holiday of Wildejagd, I decided to make the traditional charms for the holiday."
She pulled out Izuku's and Inko's charm.
"Tada!" She cheered.
"Wow… you made that Ruby?" Inko inquired.
"Yep," She stated.
"You did good, they look nice." Izuku complimented.
"Thanks, I wish I could give Itsuka's hers but she's with family so I'll have to wait." Ruby expressed as she handed out her gifts.
"Well either way they're nice. Thank you Ruby it's nice to have something from your world's holiday." Inko expressed.
"Your welcome, but I didn't just make them since the holidays lined up." Ruby stated.
"What you mean?" Izuku asked.
"Welllll… remember how I told you guys about how we have these monsters back on Remnant called Grimm?" Ruby brought up.
"Yes?" Inko replied.
"Well you see Wildejagd was a holiday specifically in Vale revolving around them, specifically the hunting of them." Ruby explained. "It's a holiday that goes back to ancient times where we'd celebrate a good years hunt and another year lived through the threat of Grimm around the time of winter solstice. It was also a time to pray for protection in the year to come. These charms were made to represent that and back in ancient times were believe to grant divine protection. I figured since being a hero is somewhat similar, minus the man eating monsters, I'd make them for us."
"Ohh… that's wonderful Ruby, thank you." Inko expressed.
"Yeah, that's really nice." Izuku added. "Out of curiosity what does everything represent. It all seems to have a special meaning."
"Yes, I'd like to hear that as well." Inko chimned in. "If you don't mind that is."
"Sure I don't mind." Ruby replied. "Each one is made of evergreen to symbolise the rebirth and renewal a new year brings as well as life it self. It's made in a wreath to represent infinite goodwill, friendship, and joyfulness. Each wreath is made of four branches to represent the four seasons. Luckily both our worlds have holly and mistletoe for me to use. Izuku's has holly since he's a boy while yours and Itsuka's has mistletoe since your girls. For Izuku and Itsuka their holly and mistletoe respectively are hanging down between the bells since theirs are warrior charms. It's meant to grant safety for those going out fighting Yours, Inko, is a guardian charm so it's strung up through the middle. It's meant to provide protection for those at home while the warriors are out fighting.
The bells, speaking of which, represent the mind, body, and soul that make up a human being. They are also meant to chase away evil and call forth brighter days. The ribbons I used also have an important meaning. The red ribbon represents strength, the white represents purity, the gold represents the sun, and the silver represents the moon. And that's what everything means. Pretty cool huh?"
"Yeah, it's definitely interesting." Izuku compliment. "I'm more surprised you remembered all of that."
"Yep, I'm that good." Ruby bragged.
"Oh no I meant you don't normal remember stuff with your studies that well." Izuku explained.
"IZUKU! You meany!" Ruby cried while Izuku had an uncharacteristically smug look on his face.
After calming down Izuku was the next to pass out his presents. To his mom he gave the rice maker he bought when he, Ruby, and Itsuka went shopping together. To Ruby he gave a plushie that looked like her dog Zwei. After this Inko handed out her presents. To Izuku she gave a limited edition All Might figurine as well as clothing and new workout gear. To Ruby she mainly gave cloths, much to her hidden displeasure given the closet full she already had. After the presents were handed out they enjoyed each other's company. About three hours later an apologetic Hisashi finally returns home. He's greeted with hugs from Izuku, kisses from Inko, and an awkward handshake from Ruby, since it's there first time meeting though he was aware of her. After spending time chatting and celebrating, night came and it was time for everyone to go to bed. As Ruby drifted into sleep a smile was plastered on her face. Her first Christmas was truly wonderful and if she was truly stuck in this world for good. She sincerely hoped to enjoy many more.
And that's a wrap thank you for reading and feel free to leave a review. This really was just a fun little idea I had. Since Remnant won't have had Christmas I thought it'd be nice to depict Ruby's first Christmas on earth. For those wondering, Wildejagd is the combination of the German words 'wilde', wild, and 'jagd', hunt. It incorporates many Yuletide traditions combined with some stuff I made up for it. And that's a wrap have a very merry Christmas see ya next...
Ruby: Hey don't forgot about us!
Huh?
Izuku: yeah what about the next chapter preview? We were gonna do it starting now remember?
Oh yeah... just decided to do that now didn't I... whelp... take it way you two.
Ruby: Alright let's get down to it.
Izuku: Next chapter Ruby, Kendo, Uraraka, and I begin the UA Entrance Exam
Ruby: And we run into some familiar faces and you'll never guess who.
Izuku: What do you mean they can just look...
Ruby: Don't tell them I don't think they've noticed yet!
Izuku: I doubt that.
Ruby: Anyways next time, Chapter 4: A Long Road Ahead.
Izuku: See you then, Plus Ultra!
