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Chapter 5: Let The Game Begin!
Days?: Arrive At Vale!
(Vale: Entrance)
It actually took us all night and this morning to reach Vale. Who knew that we were actually close to Vale Kingdom already. But, then again. We are riding a motorcycle that doesn't run on gas or Dust, since it just absorbs water, sunlight, and food to boost its speed further than the maximum limit, which is already fast as a race car.
Riding over the hill and we could see Vale itself. "Tsurara! We're almost there!" I shout to my little sister, who holding onto me. "Once we get to Vale, we are so getting Wind Dust. I hate how the wind is messing up my hair!" Tsurara shouts back at me, as it only takes a few minutes to make it to the entrance of Vale.
"Why do we need to grab some Wind Dust?" I asked as I took a few turns to follow the paths towards Vale.
"Baka-nii-san! It so I could install the Wind Dust into the motorcycle and make an wind barrier!" Tsurara answer my question as getting closer to the entrance to Vale.
"Anyway, how we are getting into the place? I say we crush their minds and kill anyone gets in our way! What do you think, Tsurara?" I ask my little sister, as I stop on top of the hill before continuing going to the entrance.
"This is what we're going to do. We walk in and I will take control of the guards. Getting one of the guards to make us ID while another will go and erase footage of us being here. After that, give us some liens and two scrolls if they have any spare. But, if there's. Well, we could kindly ask them to give us more lien to pay one." Tsurara answers my question, as she explains the plan she came up already.
1 hour later*
(Vale: Public Library)
After entering the entrance. Tsurara easily controls the guards' mind, thanks to her training using the villagers a few weeks ago. Just enough practices to control 3 guards at once. We got our newly acquired ID, making us a citizen of Vale Kingdom, then got our liens, which the guards donated to us without any problems. Sadly, there wasn't any spare scroll to give. So Tsurara just asked for extra liens enough to buy two scrolls, again, donated to us without any problems.
Once we got back onto our motorcycle and drive off to the nearby shop selling scroll. Found it a few minutes, going down a few corners to find the shop and a library for information gathering. Got our new scrolls, then drove back to the library we passed by.
Took only a minute or two for a parking space, then walk into the public library. Once we enter the building, there were a few stares looking at our way, but we ignored them and look around for information we may need. I went to the hand to hand combat section, which I was a little confused to see in a public library. Tsurara walks off to find books on the subject of mecha-shift and mechanic in general.
Looking around the bookshelf on different hand to hand combat techniques. To my disappointment, there weren't many. Some are just fiction books using hand to hand combat, which was little as well as they use Dust together and not pure hand to hand combat. There're only a single book and it just basic. If anything, there're more techniques in using all kinds of melee weapons than hand to hand combat techniques.
Letting out a sigh of annoyance the lack of hand to hand combat techniques. Taking the only book that could actually be helpful to me and to myself. It's pretty good since it even includes training methods to bring out the basic to the next level and allow them to create their own style. This book pretty much just a guide for the basic and creating a good foundation to help create your own fighting style.
I closed the book and check the cover again. The book itself is kind of old and worn out, but still in good condition. Either people just skim through the book for just a small part and ignore the rest or no one better to look at this book unless their chosen fighting style require to use their arms and legs with their weapon.
Activating a bit of aura to jump start my semblance, then raise my sense of hearing by 15% to see if anyone nearby. I listen for a few more minutes and increase my sight just enough to see if there're any hidden cameras near me. Double checking to make sure and to my relief there's none. I put the book in my coat's hidden pocket that just barely hold my newly acquire book on hand to hand combat.
Walking away from the area and look for my little sister. On the way, I found a worn out book that explains how to refine Dust yourself and other things like to mix them together to form a different element. Almost the same as the book I stole a few minutes ago from the used of the book. I grab the book to take with me and continue walking toward the section where my little sister should me.
Using a 2% Burst to erase the security on these books, which happen to be a just a bar code and anything else that would set the alarm off of this library.
While I was just a few feet away from the general area, where my little sister is, someone pump into me, but from the pump, the person should be a child. Looking to my right and see a little girl's hair is half pink and half brown, with white streaks in the pink half. The little girl's clothes are just a plain white shirt, that's a little dirty, and brown short.
The little girl actually looks like Neo, or actually Neo herself as a child. I look down at the little Neo, who look at me with fearful eyes and no sooner. A fat man is fast walking towards us. "So that's where you went, bitch." The fat man growls, and didn't bother to look at me and was about to raise his hand to strike little Neo, who closed her eyes in fear.
There're many thoughts appear in my mind in a matter of seconds. Finally, I decided what needed to be done. I use 10% Burst and Trance, but with the little practice I have on combining them. I use an extra 10% Psi energy. I reach out and grab the fat man's face with my right hand. The fat man was about to shout, but his whole body started to twitch as I remove the first few minutes of his memories, then force him to lose consciousness.
I was breathing hard as the mental fatigue took hold of me, just as the fat man fall to the ground, causing the floor to shake a little from the weight of the fat man. Little Neo, I think, opens her eyes in surprise seeing the fat man on the ground unconscious. Not taking any chances, I pick up the surprise Neo and walk away from the area, much to Neo's surprise of being kidnapped by the one who save her.
few minutes later*
(Vale: Library's Parking Lot)
"I'm not training her you know and you're lucky I control one of the staffs to erase today's footage right after we left." Tsurara said to me, as she stares at the confused Neo, who looking back at my little sister. "Plus, I'm pretty sure, I would be more busy with the books we took with us," Tsurara look down on Neo's appearance, "and maybe a set of new clothes while we looking for a place to stay." My little sister finish speaking to me, as she passes a honey cover ration bar to the still confused Neo and look she was really hungry too, with the way she greedily eat the honey cover ration bar.
"Thanks again for helping with deleting the library's footage. So got any idea where we should live?" I said to my little sister by rubbing the top of her head, much to her annoyance.
Tsurara actually punched me in the gut, when I didn't stop rubbing the top of her head. 'Well, I learn my lesson. Not really, I will still do it again later.' I thought to myself, as I got on the motorcycle while Tsurara helps Neo get on with her between us to make sure Neo don't fall off. I could feel the glare from my little sister behind me as I start the motorcycle.
"Why did you sucker punch me in the gut?" I ask my little sister. "Just drive, Baka-nii-san!" Tsurara growls at me while ignoring my question. "Alright. No need to yell. Hold on." I said to my little sister, as I warn mostly to Neo instead of my little sister. I could feel Neo holding onto me, even tighter when the motorcycle started moving.
"You still haven't answered my question. Where should we live? Rent an apartment? Or find some abandoned building to use?" I ask my little sister, as I drive us to the nearest clothes store that only a few minutes away from the library.
(Vale: Vale's Clothes Store)
"Remember those few buildings we saw in the residential district, just right in the middle of the outer part of Vale? We'll just take over an isolate rent apartment or we 'buy' a house~" Tsurara answer my question. "Guess that could work." I reply back, then park the motorcycle in front of the clothes store. Tsurara getting off first, then help Neo get down and with me being last, following them from behind while glaring at those who look at my little sister.
Entering the store, we see all kinds of different clothes. "And I suddenly feel like leaving already. Maybe I should just stand outside while you get the clothes?" I said to myself, then ask my little sister, who look at me with dull eyes.
"Nope, you stay and carry our clothes~" Tsurara deny me from leaving and even demand me to carry their clothes. I could feel my own soul leaving my body, but before I had the chance to escape, with my physical body behind, Tsurara drag me to one of the section for kids size cloth.
"I hate my life right now. Anyway, what is your name?" I mumble to myself, then ask little Neo's name just in case we actually got the right person and not a cousin or anything. After I asked my question, little Neo looked at me with a surprised expression.
Little Neo looks afraid for some reason and opens her mouth to say something, but no sound came. Little Neo opens and closes her mouth a few times, then look down at the floor as her body started to shake from fearing of being hit by one of us because she couldn't even say her name.
Tsurara noticed this and elbow me in the ribs, hard. I grunt, but I knew it was actually my fault for asking when both of us knew Neo hasn't once spoken to us and in the RWBY. Either Neo was actually mute or too afraid to answer.
"Here. Just type your name instead of speaking." Tsurara said to little Neo, as she passes her scroll to little Neo to type her response. Little Neo looked at the scroll a moment, then slowly take the scroll and begin to type her response.
Waiting for a few minutes until we noticed Neo look even more afraid, even sweating, once we noticed little Neo didn't even type a single letter and just stop a few times, then changed to a different letter, but stopped again. Tsurara and I share a glance, then look back at little Neo. "Hey, uh, you alright there? You must really have a long name and you look like. What? 6 or something? So it must be hard for you to remember to spell out your whole name." I said in a calm tone, causing little Neo to drop Tsurara's scroll in a panic.
"Nice going, Baka-nii-san. Hey, no need to freak out or anything. So I will explain later on how I know this, but is your name Neopolitan?" Tsurara scowl at me, then look at little Neo and just ask her if she really the Neo we're thinking about.
'You're really going to explain to her about how you know her name?' I ask my little sister a little surprised, but using Trance to ask her rather than asking in public. 'Of course not. She will probably forget about how I knew her name.' Tsurara quickly response back while looking at little Neo's shocked expression.
Little Neo looks at us carefully and slowly nod her head as her answer to Tsurara's question. "I will just call you Neo. Well, let's go get you some clothes." Tsurara said to Neo and dismissing the surprised look on little Neo's face, then pick up her scroll from the ground and started walking towards the kid's section, with me having to pick Neo up to catch up.
1 hour later*
(Vale: Vale's Clothes Store's Parking Lot)
"1 hour...it took a whole hour to find the right set of clothes for Neo. Why we got two pairs of shoes for Neo? Sure I don't mind buying extra 3 set of shirts, pants, and 5 pairs of socks, but why the extra shoes?" I ask my little sister, as we exit the store and head to the motorcycle, with me carrying 3 bags. Little Neo just looking around while walking between Tsurara and I.
"Well, 2 pairs of shoes so you can switch between them, of course~" Tsurara answer my question, then open the motorcycle's seat for me to put our bags in, which again, surprisingly have enough room for 1 more bag. After making sure everything is set and put the seat back in place.
"So, got any idea what kind of house we are trying to get or we're going for an apartment?" I ask my little sister as I pass my little sister her goggle set while I place mine on. As I get on the motorcycle and little Neo being picked up from the ground by Tsurara to be placed behind me, with Tsurara herself being last to sit.
"A house with a big basement." Tsurara answers my question, as I start the motorcycle. "Why a big basement?" I ask a little curious.
"The basement is for me to set up shop." Tsurara answer my question while I drive us towards the residential district.
"A shop for what?" I ask my little sister while taking a left turn and continue going forward for a few minutes to reach the residential district.
"Shop for my experiments." Tsurara answer my question while she looks around the area. "Like a workshop from Fate Stay Night for their magecraft?" I ask a little surprised.
(Vale: Residential District)
"Yes." Tsurara answer. Then I took another turn to the right to enter the parking lot, where the building that should help us with finding the house my little sister wanted.
few hours later*
(Vale: Abandon Dust Factory)
It took a few hours to find a right place to live. Sadly, there wasn't any building with a big basement. So we went with a different approach and find a big building that no one used. Which happen to be an abandon Dust factory, where it used to be a place for refining raw Dust, but there were a few problems that cause the place to be abandoned for the past 5 years or so.
I was really surprised how easily it was for us to take the deed to this place and it only took a few minutes to grab all the papers. Also, Tsurara implanting a memory in the people's mind, who helped us, that we already paid in advance before coming here. Plus, the Dust Factory itself is at least close to Beacon Academy's building size.
"Man, I'm surprised this place hasn't been torn down to be replaced." I said mostly to myself, as I move a few tables out of the way to make space for our motorcycle. I even have to use 30% Strength-type Rise to increase my strength and endurance to move the heavy equipment.
"With all these Dust refining equipment. I'm pretty sure someone just waiting for someone to forget about it, then buy the place like we did. Since it looks like we get a whole set of equipment free with no extra cash." Tsurara said to me, as she looks around the place while little Neo just sitting on one of the chairs around the place, just looking everywhere with a curious look on her face.
"Think any of these Dust refining machines still work?" I ask my little sister, as I look at one of the machines in front me, which is around 5 meters tall and 3 meters wide. I had a guess the machine was for turning the crystal Dust into powder version.
"The main question is, why do you want the Dust refining machine to work anyway? We want the opposite, as in we need Dust in crystal form, not powder. If we want Dust powder, we could just steal them from the shop that sells them and there a lot of them. The Dust crystal is harder to get than the powder. Either way, even if the machines work or not. I will just reuse them as materials." Tsurara said to me while dismissing my question.
"I guess. Wait, can't you use your semblance to convert the powder Dust back into crystal form?" I ask Tsurara a little confused. As I finish pushing the last Dust refining machine to one corner of the room.
"Yes, but it takes time and energy, which I don't have right now. Also, no training in using Dust yet. We should grab some tomorrow. I'm sleepy." Tsurara answers my question, then brought out a sleeping bag that also made from a grimm, for us to sleep in for the night until we get ourselves beds tomorrow.
Little Neo was listening to our conversation, then let out a small yawn and rubbed her eyes. She looks at us, then walks up to me and stare at me a few minutes. I raise an eyebrow, but figure out what she tries to ask and open up my sleeping bag for to get us. Neo didn't take a second longer and enter the sleeping bag with me.
"Wait, why is she sleeping with me and not with you?" I ask a little confused right now since Neo should sleep with Tsurara, who doesn't really take much space in her sleeping bag.
"I don't know. Ask her yourself later." Tsurara said to me, as she yawns and went to sleep. I just roll my eyes at my little sister, then close my eyes to sleep as well.
