If anyone gets what I meant by a certain term... then you already know what's going down in that situation.
Regardless, I hope you enjoy this chapter. It was kind of fun rewriting it and realizing there was a lot more I could do.
Like with certain staples... you know what I mean by those, regardless. I'm just gonna leave you to reading this.
Enjoy!
About two weeks later
So over the weeks, I've been not only training but I also managed to get the guest room at Tai's.
I've managed to get some new clothes by doing some odd jobs for people along with killing Grimm since Chrono gave me a quest relating to item drops. It was pretty easy making money since one of my weapons was just a training sword, I don't have a custom weapon yet but this works.
I've been working on a few other weapons also, mainly guns and such.
The customization feature is pretty wild. But I haven't been able to do too much, I have to buy my stuff using the shop feature I unlocked from the same quest about item drops.
I can do a lot more with the shops in Vale, sooo much more.
But after all of that, I decided to go save the Spring Maiden.
Especially considering this.
|Quest gained|
|Time for Spring!|
|Description: You've learned how to teleport, now go and teleport to where the Spring Maiden is and save her... despite her not meeting Raven yet|
|Objective 1: Find the Spring Maiden|
|Rewards: 60 EXP, 7 Dust Crystals, New friend, new Social Link, Timeline Altered|
|Failure: Recruited into Bandit Tribe, A Fate Worst then Death, Death, Spring Maiden dies|
|Bonus Objective 1: ?|
That quest seems pretty important considering I couldn't deny it, meaning that this was supposed to happen. Guess the world ain't gonna stand for my shit huh?
Not like I wasn't gonna deny the quest anyway, any excuse to change the timeline is usually a pretty good one.
While her age was never stated, I'm betting in this universe she's either a teenager or around my age... or something akin to that, not too sure.
I went into the forest and crouched, knowing what spell I needed to use as I did learn it with a lot of time, effort, and pain.
Hey, you've gotta get around somehow. It was a bitch to learn, it took me seventy tries to get it right. I've landed on the roof, in a lake, near the coast of Patch, Summer's grave, and more.
But I digress.
'Teleport.' I thought
I was then teleported to the location of Spring, well nearby anyways.
This version Teleport only allows me to teleport to locations that are either nearby or that I can specifically can teleport to, whether it's a short distance or not determines the amount of MP I use and it did take a little bit of health off since it was at a certain distance.
Luckily, I can regenerate both Stats back over a series of minutes. I then look around a little and see a little blonde girl with floppy bunny ears nearby, she seems to be pretty sad.
I walk up to her, she notices me and that sadness turns into fear.
"It's okay, I'm here to help." I say gently
She looks at me with skepticism, which might be good.
That means she may be open to what I might suggest.
"How do I know you can help me? After all the last person who said that tried to hurt me after my parents died." She asks/says skeptically
"I can see your skeptical, and that's good. Shows that you're smart. I'm going to help you, I know somebody who will protect you." I explain calmly
"How can I believe you?" She asks still skeptical
"I'm... special in a way, I can tell who anyone is at a glance." I say
"Prove it, what's my name?" She asks
'Chrono.' I thought
|Already on it.|
[Name: Haruko Thea]
|Race: Faunas (Rabbit)|
|Title: Spring Maiden, LVL: 3 (0.00%)|
|Age: 7|
|Emotional Status: Afraid, Skeptical, Cold|
|Description: After being betrayed by the last few people who tried to protect her, she ran away and had no idea what to do next. She's alone and just met a boy around her age, she doesn't know whether to trust him or not|
So that's her name, she still waiting for me to tell her what her name is.
Which is in order for her to believe me that I'm here to help here, and also to stop her from dying by Raven's hand.
Sad about what happened to her... maybe I can give her more then just protection... maybe a home too.
"Your name is Haruko Thea and you're seven years old. The last few people who tried to protect her betrayed you." I say
She looks at me in shock, I think I've more than convinced her.
At least... from what I can tell.
"H-how did you know that?" She asks
"I know because I have special powers along with a friend as you would call him, and I can get us to a safe place if I wanted to. To which I will get us to a safe place since we're in a fucking Grimm infested forest. Trust me, I analyzed the area." I say
"Okay, what's your name? Also, language." She asks and then scolds me
"Aaron Thompson, just shut up and just hold my hand already." I say
She looks at me confused, I roll my eyes at her slightly.
I know I'm being an asshole but we are in danger of being killed right now.
"It's for safety reasons." I say annoyed
She walks over and grabs my hand with a nod, I look around to see any witnesses.
There are none from what I can tell, can't be too careful.
'Teleport' I thought
We are then teleported back to Patch, exactly in the location I left.
Haruko looks around in wonder, she looks at me in amazement.
And holy shit it's adorable.
|I know what your planning.|
I'm... I'M!
|Don't you fucking dare.|
I'MMA ADOPT HER AS MY SISTER!
|GOD DAMMIT AARON, YOU CAN'T DO SHIT LIKE THIS! YOU CAN'T GO OUT AND ADOPT PEOPLE!?|
Fuck you Chrono, I'm the Gamer. You gave me this power and I will damn well do what I please with it.
|...Touche.|
So I guess I should say something now, considering I've been standing here in silence.
And doing nothing... awkwardly.
"Like I said before, I have special powers. So do you from what I've sensed, that's I have to get you to a friend." I explain
She nods, as we walk over to Taiyang's house. I may live there but that doesn't mean I own it.
I knock on the door, Yang opens it and looks at me with a smirk.
"Glad to see you again Aaron, so where did you go?" She asks
"Nothing you should be too concerned about." I say
Yang then sees Haruko, she looks at me in confusion.
"Who's the girl?" She asks
"Her name is Haruko Thea, I found her in the woods. Alone, don't question how I got her here so quickly." I explain
"I'm just gonna say your weird Semblance. I guess you should talk to my Dad about this." She says
"Yes, I definitely should." I say
She then goes inside while I follow with Haruko behind me, she's just standing there a bit surprised.
"How did she know you?" She asks
"I know her because I saved her from some Beowolves a couple of days ago, ever since we became good friends. That's why I am even able to live here... among other reasons." I say
She nods in understanding as the door opens again, the Quest Menu pops up in front of me.
|Quest updated!|
|Time for Spring!|
|Description: You've learned how to teleport, now go and teleport to where the Spring Maiden is and save her... despite her not meeting Raven yet|
|Objective 1: Find the Spring Maiden|
|Objective 2: Bring her to Patch|
|Objective 3: Talk to Taiyang|
|Rewards: 60 EXP, 7 Dust Crystals, New friend, new Social Link, Timeline Altered|
|Failure: Recruited into Bandit Tribe, A Fate Worst then Death, Death, Spring Maiden dies|
|Bonus Objective 1: Get her to trust you|
The menu lowers and Taiyang appears in the doorway
"Hey Aaron, Yang brought me over here because you want to talk to me about something?" He asks
"I think I'm prepared enough to see Ozpin." I say
"Of course, I'll get Qrow here. Also who's the girl with you?" He asks
"Her name is Haruko Thea, and well... she's someone Ozpin needs to see." I say
Taiyang pales at this, I give him a serious look.
Haruko meanwhile looks at me in confusion, I nod at her.
"Tai, I already knew about all the fairy tales being told to children being true. I'm not from around here, remember?" I say/ask
He then nods and walks inside allowing me along with Haruko to follow him inside, we both sit on the couch soon after.
She looks at me still in confusion as Taiyang is doing something, I sigh as I notice her look.
"Yes, you are a Maiden of the Seasons since I know your gonna ask that considering that's one of the few legends around here that involve females." I say
"I thought that was just a fairy tale." She says surprised
"Well I'm guessing before this you never saw a boy who could teleport and find out people's identities instantly, yet here we are talking about it." I say
She nods and sits there for a bit, a menu then pops up in front of me.
Which makes me deadpan at it.
|Your Charisma has gone up by 5 points thanks to convincing someone important to follow you and believe you on something very surreal in their opinion, and you can now select your alignment, you little shit|
'Goddammit Chrono'
|I'm not wrong, just choose already|
{Alignment}
|Lawful Good: You can help people, but only within the law|
|Chaotic Good: Help people but destroy things also|
|Neutral Good: Help people at any cost|
|Lawful Neutral: Be neutral about everything but lawful about it|
|True Neutral: You really don't care|
|Chaotic Neutral: Your chaotic but neutral about how to go about it|
|Lawful Evil: A sense of honor but your still a jackass|
|Chaotic Evil: Chaos is your friend|
|Neutral Evil: Yeah, you really don't care if you kill someone|
I should pick Neutral Good, I do like to help people at any cost and that's what I mainly choose for my DND characters no matter what.
I decided to pick that option as Taiyang comes back in, he sits across from me and Haruko.
"Qrow will be here in about seven weeks or so, and since you live here. I'll let her live here also since she's pretty young, and I'll have you go to Signal since we still haven't signed up yet. I'm being we're also gonna have to sign her up and I'm okay with doing that." Taiyang says in a serious tone
"Alri-" I was about to say before I was cut off
"On one condition." Taiyang says
"What is it?" I ask a little afraid now
"You don't try to date one of my daughters, you'll be just friends with them. Got it." He says with a deathly Aura around him
I know better than to mess with a girl's father and all, but holy shit that's terrifying. And I've met some friends of mine who had fathers that would scare the shit out of a bear... saw that happen once... it was fucking weird.
For now I should just accept and pray to any God or Goddess that they like me better, I can survive in the woods thanks to the Gamer but Haruko can't since she doesn't look that good.
Plus, she hasn't had anything to eat in a couple of days
"I accept this condition, I'm not much for dating yet." I say in 100% honesty
Really, I'm not. Wasn't that good for dating in my previous life either.
Never found someone who caught my eye, ya know?
"Alright, I'll get you and Haruko signed up." Taiyang says
He gets up and leaves, I could tell it's starting to get a bit late. It takes a bit to get around sometimes, Haruko about an hour after the conversation fell asleep on my shoulder.
A menu pops up in front of me.
|Quest Completed|
|Rewards have been given|
|Title unlocked from Bonus Objective: Friendly Dude|
|Titles are a natural progression system that, over time, will improve the player's stats based around the choices they made yet all lead to the same end title|
|So go nuts, final title ain't going anywhere|
|Friendly Dude: +4 Charisma|
I start to get a bit tired after reading that, I want to be angry at the extra Charisma but... I can't bring myself right now.
Though, I'm glad I'm going to be able to help everyone except Cinder.
'I'm gonna make that bitch pay.' I thought to myself
|Yeah, yeah.|
Dream realm
I woke up, weird. Would have expected to see that I had a good rest, I see Chrono nearby.
"You really are gonna adopt her as your sister huh?" Chrono asks
"Yeah, and what are you going to do about it?" I ask back
"Listen, I know that you want to save her but you do realize that you might die at any moment?" Chrono asks
"Wait why?" I ask
"Salem by now must know about your existence, so you might need to keep an eye out on some stuff. I've been getting some major energy from a Grimm, but I don't know if it's gonna be a danger yet." Chrono says
"Oh, oh shit." I say, realizing what's gonna happen
"Yeah 'oh shit', listen. I'll keep an eye on it, if it gets to be a danger. You're gonna go kill it, got it?" Chrono says
"I've got it, so how long until I'm gonna wake up?" I ask
"In five seconds." Chrono says
I was about to respond but then he disappeared as I saw a text box saying this.
|You had a good rest, HP, AP, MP, and PP restored!|
So Haruko is still here as you can see.
Had a lot of things planned, changed a few things around. All of that was cool.
Anyway, usual stat stuff.
[Name: Aaron Thompson]
|Title: Friendly Dude (+4 CHR)|
|LVL: 5, EXP: 30.00%|
|HP: 350/350, +2 regeneration every minute|
|AP: 200/200, +1 regeneration every minute|
|MP: 300/300, +2 regeneration every minute|
|PP: 400/400, +6 regeneration every minute|
|Passive Abilities: Gamer's mind (Max LVL), Gamer's body (Max LVL), Aura (LVL 5: 30.00%)|
|Active Abilities: Scan (LVL 4 40.00%), Night Vision (Max LVL), Enhanced Hearing (Max LVL)|
|Lien: 2000, +0 pay grade|
|STR: 15|
|DEF: 15(+13)|
|SPD: 15|
|DEX: 14(+6)|
|INT: 14(+2)|
|TP: 14|
|CP: 15|
|GP: 15|
|LCK: 10|
|CHR: 25(+4)|
|Friend(s): Taiyang, and Qrow, Haruko Thea|
|Social Links: The Sun Brawler, The Crow of Bad luck, The Maiden of Spring|
|Alignment: Neutral Good|
|Social standing: You exist somewhat|
|Items: 5 Earth Crystals, 3 Ice crystal, 3 Fire Crystals, 2 Water Dust, 1 Hard-Light Dust, 1 Energy Dust|
|Vanity Equipment: Green Zip-up Hoodie, White T-shirt, Blue Jeans, Black Strap Shoes|
|Non-Vanity Equipment: Hacker Gauntlet, Infinite Sack, Iron Chesplate, Chainmail, Iron Plated pants, Black Strap Boots, Red&Black glasses|
[Item description: Aaron's new clothes (Non-Vanity)]
[Chainmail: Just some average chainmail, gives +3 defense]
[Iron Chesplate: An iron Chestplate, gives +4 defense]
[Iron Plated pants: A pair of Iron plated pants, gives +3 defense]
[Black Strap boots: Boots but with straps, give +2 defense and +4 Dexterity]
[Black&Red glasses: Glasses with a cool color scheme, +1 defense, +2 INT, +2 DEX]
Cinder is gonna be kept alive just like last time, even having a Celestial Weapon of her own.
You'll like what it is.
I'll see you guys in the Fandom.
(Oh and if you see add-ons to the stats, assume they are from titles and equipment. Gonna say that once)