A/N: this is a side/prequel story to my RWBY Chronicles story series. The intro to this takes place during Krayix and Blake's stay in menagerie during book 2, and won't feature any other RWBY characters besides Blake.
Menagerie
Blake was looking out to sea with a hand on her slightly swollen abdomen. She couldn't believe she was going to be a mother. She smiled as footsteps resounded in the room. "I'm just enjoying the view Krayix." The mother to be said. "I can see that." The human Turaga chuckled touching the bump on Blake's body.
Blake watched her boyfriend bring out a partially melted coin. "What's that." She asked pointing at it. "Just a memento of a friend." The Turaga said before sighing.
"Honey, what's wrong?" Blake asked. "Remember when I told you and the rest of the Toa Vale my story?" Krayix asked before the faunas toa nodded. "Well, it was only half true. This coin belonged to a girl that was considered an honorary member of the toa Metru and unofficial Toa of Electricity." Blake frowned as Krayix began his tale of how his adventure to becoming a toa truly went.
"For a short time, I wasn't the only human in Metru Nui…"
Metru Nui
752,000 years earlier
"How many Kanoka disks does Vakama need?" a Younger Krayix exclaimed as he placed twenty disk-like objects into a back pack. He wore assorted clothing, along with bandaged hands and a red scarf. (A/N: think of Avatar Wan's attire in his fight against Vaatu during harmonic convergence from legend of Korra)
'I swear you have better make the Vahi with a disk in this batch or so help me, I'll feed you to a muaka cat." He thought passing several matoran. To them, Krayix was a citizen of their island city. He may not be a matoran, but the residents of Ta-Metru treated him like one.
A loud thunderous boom brought the fuming human back to reality. "What in Mata Nui's name!?" he yelled as a bolt of electricity connected to a nearby light stone post. Shaking tremendously, Krayix ventured towards the origin of the bolt. His eyes widened at what he saw. In front of him was a girl, a human girl.
"Please help me.." she said in a language he recognized and understood before passing out. Krayix finally took notice of her clothes. It appeared to be a school uniform. The skirt was torn and the under shirt was slightly bloody.
'She was attacked.' He thought picking the girl up in a bridal carry before looking around. 'but by who?'
Vakama heard the door open. "Vakama get the med kit." The ta-matoran rolled his eyes. "You hurt yourself again. Is it your pride?" He scoffed. "Now's not the time for snark fire-spitter." Krayix yelled coming into the living space.
Vakama stiffened. The only time he called Vakama that was when things were deathly serious. He turned to see Krayix carrying an injured female human. "Be right back." The mask maker said rushing to get the med kit.
"What happened to her?" Vakama asked as Krayix gently put the girl on a couch. "Karzahni if I know. Must've been in a fight." Krayix said as Vakama returned with the med kit.
After wrapping a bandage on the girl's wound, Krayix sowed the tear in the skirt which impressed Vakama. "Wow, I didn't know you could sow." He said. "It takes skill to do it when the clothes are still being worn." the Ta-matoran's friend replied as something metallic clanged on the floor.
"What's this?" Vakama pondered picking up the object. To the mask maker, it looked like a mini kanoka disk. "um Krayix I don't recognize the markings on this mini kanoka." Vakama said handing the object to his friend.
"this Vakama, is a coin. A type of currency where I'm from" Krayix said glancing at their guest, whom began to stir.
"Where am I?" she asked groggily. "You're in my friend's foundry." Krayix said.
The girl stiffened and reached into her pocket. "Where is it?" she search franticly. "is this what you're looking for?" Krayix asked holding up the coin. The girl leapt at him to get it. "I'll give it to you provided you calm down." The girl took a deep breath and relaxed.
"My name is Mikoto Misaka. I'm a level 5 Esper. I'm an electro-master." The girl introduced herself. Krayix and Vakama blink owlishly. "What in Mata Nui's name is an Esper?" Vakama asked. "A human with Psychic powers." Mikoto said a bit shocked at Vakama's appearance.
"I have a question for you." The girl said looking at Krayix. "What?" he asked
"Where am I?" the Esper asked. "Uh… Ta-Metru." Krayix said. "is that a new district in Academy City?" Mikoto asked causing Krayix and Vakama to look at each other.
"Miss Misaka, I hate to say this, but we've never heard of Academy City. I fear that you are from a different world as this is the island city of Metru Nui." Vakama said. "EEEEEEHHHHH!?" Mikoto exclaimed.
[Fairy Tale main theme plays]
Clay342 Presents
the eighth toa Metru:
A RWBY Chronicles Story
[music ends]
Mikoto banged her head against a wall. "You're going to get a headache if you keep doing that." Krayix deadpanned. "You'd do the same thing if you were in a world you have no knowledge of." Mikoto said.
"He did actually." Vakama deadpanned grabbing a pair of goggles. "You're trapped here too?" Mikoto asked Krayix in slight shock. Krayix nodded. "But I'm making the most of it." He said putting on some goggles before handing the electro-master a pair.
"You might want to wear these while we work. You could go blind." Krayix said. (a/n: from watching the 2nd Bionicle movie mask making seems similar to welding)
"So, how long have you been here um..?" Mikoto began. "My name is Krayix and that's Vakama. He took me in when I had nowhere to go. As for how long I've been here in Metru Nui. I've been a resident for roughly 350 years."
Mikoto's jaw hit the floor. "You've been alive for three and a half centuries!?" she exclaimed. "367 years actually." Krayix said. "Vakama's been around for what roughly 100,000 years was it?" Vakama shrugged. "Give or take." He said picking up a kanoka disk.
"So, is mask making hard?" Mikoto asked. "For normal masks it takes practice to get them perfect. great masks however, are a tad more.." Krayix started to say when Vakama broke the mask he was carving. "Difficult.."
"Dang it. At this rate we'll never make the Vahi in time." The Ta-matoran fumed tossing the broken mask into a pile of junk masks before an aged yet young voice spoke up. "Making Great Masks Vakama and Krayix. "Lhikan/Toa Lhikan!" the two yelled in surprised.
Mikoto tried to hide from the yellow golem, but he noticed her. "I see that you've found another of your race Krayix, a girl too." Krayix looked to the toa. "Found her in an alley pretty hurt. Brought her here and patched her up. Now why are you here?"
Lhikan knew Krayix had a no nonsense attitude when it came to meetings such as this. "The island needs your help Vakama. Shadows threaten its heart." He said turning to the matoran.
"My/His help?" Vakama, Mikoto, and Krayix asked as Lhikan began to give Vakama an object. Suddenly footsteps were heard.
Krayix slowly reached for his staff that housed a katana. Mikoto raised a hand and channeled some electricity eyes scanning the room.
"Keep this safe Vakama and may Mata Nui protect you all." Lhikan said as a four legged being emerged from nowhere. "Nidhiki!" Krayix sneered unsheathing his katana. "We meet again brother." Nidhiki sneered. "You lost the right to call me that long ago." Lhikan said before electricity shot past him and hit the dark hunter.
"I suggest you leave now or I will kill you." Mikoto said in a cold tone a hand sparking with electricity. "Not without Lhikan witch!" Nidhiki sneered slamming her into a wall rendering the Esper unconscious. "Mikoto!" Krayix yelled before leaping at the four legged Dark hunter. Nidhiki noticed this and threw him into a pile of discarded masks.
The last thing Krayix saw before blacking out was Nidhiki dangling Vakama over their smelting forge.
A/N: so, begins the first story in my RWBY Chronicles spin-off series called Tales of the Toa. Obviously book 1 is about Krayix. What Krayix told the Toa Vale was a modified version of his past and he couldn't trust them at first and now trusts Blake with the truth. So be ready for the true backstory of the Turaga of Matter. This story series is for BerixtheThief. Check out his stories. Read and review. Constructive criticism is allowed. That being said. peace.
