Sorry I took so long to upload, I was working on multiple chapters at the same time. The next chapter for RWBY and the Tomb world will probably come out first, then Neo's Quest, nethertheless, Enjoy!
Thursday, 7:30 A.m., Cansfield Secondary School
Chris and Neo had finally arrived at Cansfield for their debriefing day, their trip wasn't until Monday, so this day was to sort out the students into their tutor groups and to explain many things about TY, (but mainly the trip to Delphi Adventure Centre). They both listened to music with no communication, just mouthing the music, even doing a mouthing duet in one of the songs. They had arrived at the School quite early since it didn't start until 8:15 A.M. they sat down on a bench, headphones still on until they soon saw student' arriving. Chris recognised a lot of them after seeing them around the school year before. Suddenly, the two were tapped on their shoulders, they turned around to see a man. Chris and Neo took off their headphones, Chris was slightly tense which was noticed by Neo.
?: Chris, you remember what we discussed last year right?
Chris: Sorry, I forgot to lower the volume when I entered the school.
?: It's only the first day, so I'll let it slide. And who might this be?
Chris: Oh right, Neo this is my Civic, Political, Social, Education teacher from last year, Christopher. Christopher, this is my friend, Neopolitan.
Christopher: For the record, you don't have to say the full thing, you just say C.S.P.E. Anyways, pleasure to meet you.
Neo: [he doesn't know i'm mute, does he?]
Chris: Forgot to mention, she's mute.
Christopher: Oh I'm sorry, had no idea.
Neo: [Don't worry about it]
Chris: She says don't worry about it.
Christopher: Well, I'll see you two around the school, I need to have a chat with the principal.
Chris and Neo waved as they saw the Teacher walk into the school.
Neo: [is it just me, or do people become more tense around him?]
Chris: He's the most feared teacher in the school, but as long as you do the work and don't mess around, he's like a friend to you, not to mention he's really funny.
Neo: [What if I don't fit in? I mean, my hair]
Chris: You aren't the only one with unusual coloured hair, one of my friends from here actually has pi-
?: CHRISSSSS!
Chris: Shit
Chris was tackled off the bench and onto the grass behind it by a girl with red hair and a red bow. Neo looked towards the two to make sure Chris was alright, but to her surprise, he was laughing.
Chris: Sayori, I told you to not do that!
Sayori: You ghosted me basically the whole summer, what did you expect?
Chris: Ghosted? You never called or texted me either!
Sayori: Ok, fair point. HEY GIRLS! I FOUND HIM!
Neo looked to where the girl was shouting to see two other students. One with brown hair and an unusually long ponytail. And the other with short pink hair with something red in it.
?: Sayori, you're choking him.
Sayori: SORRY! SORRY! SORRY! SORRY! SORRY! SORRY! SORRY!
Chris: Don't worry about it, i've suffered worse. Oh right, girls, this is Neo.
Neo waved.
Chris: Neo this is Natsuki *gestures at the girl with pink hair*, Monika *gestures at the girl with brown hair* and you already know Sayori from the tackle.
Monika: Pleasure to meet you!
Natsuki: Finally, someone else with good hairstyle.
Sayori: Hello!
Neo waved again.
Monika: Doesn't she talk?
Chris: She's mute, she can't.
Natsuki: Oh i'm sorry to hear that, but… it's a good thing us three also did sign language with chris, though I doubt Sayori remembers anything.
Sayori: I remember Some of it, but I need practise. I'll just take the online course again.
Monika: I'll do it with you to make sure you actually learn and not just play games like LAST time.
Intercom: Can all TY students please make your way to the canteen please, can all TY student's make your way to the Canteen please thank you!
Chris: About bloody time.
Natsuki: You watch Harry Potter didn't you?
Chris: How did you know?
Monika: You used the word 'bloody' a lot after watching Harry Potter about 5 years ago.
Neo: [5 years?]
Chris: Yeah, I knew Monika and Natsuki since 3rd class, as for Sayori, we are childhood friends, but we haven't talked since…
Monika: Junior Cert.
Natsuki: Yeah yeah we get it, can we please go now? I hate standing out here.
Chris: Oh right! Let's go!
The day had soon come to a close, the debriefing was… boring but informative. Everyone was split into different tutor groups and were happy, most people anyway. Chris and Neo had been put together since Chris could easily translate Neo. Natsuki, Sayori and Monika had also been put into the same tutor group as Chris and Neo. Overall it had been a good day.
Sayori: So Chris, will you be joining the literature club this year?
Chris: The answer was, is and will always be, no. I am the king of games club at this point, I refuse to let someone take my throne.
Natsuki: Well, how about you Neo? You interested?
Neo shook her head since she wanted to go with Chris to games club.
Monika: Well then, guess that's the literature club over then. With only 3 members, we can't keep the club.
Sayori: Awwww man. Chris, why must you be like this? What's so good about Warhammer anyways?
Monika: Fuck, RUN!
Sayori: Huh? Why?
Chris: Here are 1000 extremely detailed reasons why Warhammer is good.
Sayori: Oh…
After about half an hour of Chris talking, Neo dragged him away to the bus stop. During the ride, Neo was visibly sad, which Chris noticed immediately.
Chris: Neo, what's wrong?
Neo: [It's nothing]
Chris: You can't lie to me. Is it the school? My friends? A teacher?
Neo: [no, no and no. It's just… my father has been working really hard lately and I feel bad for him, I barely get to see him anymore.
Chris: Why is that?
Neo: [He wants to pay for a vocal surgery. The only thing I've ever wanted was a voice of my own. But one vocal surgery is really expensive, especially if you weren't born with a voice.]
Chris: How much could it cost?
Neo: [50,000]
Chris: Oh…
(Note: it doesn't actually cost this much, I'm just making in cost this much because I have a plan for a later chapter, no spoilers though ;)
Neo: [told you, didn't I?]
Chris: yeah, yeah, whatever.
The two stayed silent for a while, Neo obviously was always silent, minus the few times Chris heard her gasp. Chris couldn't help but wonder what he could do to help, just giving them money would help, but Chris wanted them to feel it more. He wanted them to really feel like he's on their side. Neo knew he was on her side but Roman, though he was kind, was always a little tense while Chris was around. Neo never noticed this but Chris did. In other words, if he raised the money as if it were for a charity, it would mean more to them. But he needed to think of how to do this. He could do it for his enterprise project of which he heard rumours of, but he would have to ask his teammates to give their share of the profit, not to mention it may not even be close to enough. He was cut off by Neo tapping him and pointing out the window to reveal they had arrived at their first stop and they had to get off the bus.
Chris had finally arrived home, he looked at his phone to check for notifications. Multiple messages from Sayori, a few angry texts from Monika about the club, and none from Natsuki or Neo. He still thought about Neo and how he could help her achieve her goal. He then had an idea, he typed a number into his phone and awaited response.
?: Hello?
Chris: Hey, it's me, I have come up with a way for you to repay your debt with me.
?: What is it? Better not be anything bad or wrong!
Chris: No it isn't, It's a battle.
?: When?
Chris: I will give you more information when I return from my trip, for now, ready your forces.
The person hung up as Chris smiled to himself, everything was going according to plan.
Fast forward to Monday morning, 1 hour before the trip.
Roman: Neo, did you get everything?
Neo nodded as she began to sign.
Neo: [can we pick up Chris?]
Roman: You want me to drive him too?
Neo: [yeah]
Roman: Send him a text.
Neo: [You got it]
Roman went to his room, he checked a secret safe not even Neo knew about, he had about 10,000 Euros in it. He knew rent was coming up, every time he reaches the same number, rent shows up and restarts his progress, no matter how much he works, it's never enough. He sighed as he closed the door, hiding the vault as Neo entered the room, giving him a thumbs up, letting him know that Chris had agreed to go with them. Chris eventually arrived with a suitcase and a hand bag. Neo was bringing her signature pink, brown and white suitcase with a small pink cat hand bag for her phone and wallet. The three entered the car as they drove. Roman seemed tense, Chris noticed this and noticed Neo did not notice. Eventually Roman spoke.
Roman: Neo, would you mind putting on your headphones and listen to music a while, I need to have a private conversation with Chris.
Neo reluctantly did as she was told, giving the thumbs up when she started the song.
Roman: Listen Chris, I don't want to sound rude or anything, but I still don't completely trust you, Neo does, so I do about 45%.
Chris: Don't worry about it, nobody really trusts me or likes me for that matter.
Roman: How come?
Chris: Well, someone spread a rumour in the school, stating that I beat a helpless person to the ground without remorse. Since then, I've lost most of my friends, if it was one person who never gave up on me, it was my childhood friend, Sayori. She got me three other friends, it wasn't much, but it made me happy.
Roman: Well… in this case, you should know something about me-
Chris: You're working extra hard to give Neo vocal surgery, she told me.
Roman: I've been stuck on 10,000 because of rent every month, I fear I may never be able to give her what she wants…
Chris: I have an Idea in mind, but I need more time to process it first. If you can give me that time, I promise you, I will help in every way that I can to help Neo.
Roman: Thanks Chris. Please promise me something.
Chris: Sure.
Roman: Promise me, you'll take good care of my girl, during your trip. Keep an eye on her, please.
Chris: I promise, as long as she's with me, nothing will happen to her, I've even asked the teachers to ensure me and her are in the same dorm and activity group.
Roman: Well then, Neo you can take off you're headphones.
No response.
Roman: Chris, can you tap her.
Chris tapped Neo as faint music could be heard from her headphones. Neo smiled at the two, wondering what they were talking about. Soon, they arrived at the school, the two both excited. Once Neo got her bag, Roman came over to greet the two before he drives off.
Roman: Neo, I want you to be careful, but have as much fun as possible.
Neo nodded as she hugged Roman. Once she let go, Roman turned to Chris.
Roman: Chris, take care of her, will you?
Chris: You got it.
The two shook hands. Roman reentered his car and drove off, Chris looked at Neo and Neo looked at Chris, they nodded and walked into school grounds. The 1st years would be getting their debriefing day today, so there would be a lot of teachers in. Unfortunately for Chris, his art teacher from the year before was also in.
Art teacher: I see you are going on the trip, I guess you won't be doing art for the year, I will still give you assignments during the year to ensure you get better.
Chris: …
Flashback
Chris: And that's why I don't recommend art.
Neo: [if your class hates your art teacher and his methods, how come nobody has stood up to him?]
Chris: He's ripped as hell, I swear he's on 100 different steroids at the same time. But trust me, I would love to stand up to him, but I don't have the courage…
Neo: [Roman always told me, if your too scared to do something, maybe all you need, is 20 seconds of courage, then you might get the courage to go over 20 seconds]
Chris: Yeah… maybe…
End of flashback
Art teacher: Well? No comments on what I said?
Chris: *Really quiet* No…
Art teacher: Excuse me?
At this point, a lot of Chris's art class was around them, watching the scene unfold. Chris was terrified, but remembered what Neo told him. 'You got this Chris, just 20 seconds'.
Chris: I said No.
Art teacher: No what?
Chris: I don't think you realise this but… nobody likes your teaching methods. In fact, everyone hates them. You are unnecessarily harsh to your students, the reason they never get better, is because your harshness demotivated them. You kept saying how the other art class was always ahead of us, maybe you should consider the fact their teacher is actually supportive and makes the subject enjoyable and not a fucKING LIVING HELL LIKE YOU DO! WHY THE FUCK ELSE DO YOU THINK THAT MOST OF YOUR CLASSES LEAVE DURING 5TH YEAR? THEY HATE IT THERE AND LEAVE BECAUSE THEY WOULD RATHER DIE THAN GO THROUGH 2 MORE YEARS WITH YOU, ONLY THOSE WHO ARE ACTUALLY "GOOD" ACCORDING TO YOUR STANDARDS THINK THEY SHOULD STAY, BUT HALF OF THEM END UP LEAVING ANYWAYS! DON'T YOU SEE WHAT YOU'RE DOING?!
Chris was out of breath after that, he had just unloaded 3 years worth of hate towards his teacher, Neo was right, 20 seconds and then the courage kicks in completely. Whispers from the other students could be heard, talking about what had just happened. The art teacher was speechless, but not with his hands, he grabbed Chris by his shirt and lifted him up, slightly choking him.
Art teacher: You DO NOT talk to me like that. Do you understand?
Chris: G-go t-to h-h-hell and burn th-there.
Art teacher: Why you little-
The art teacher was about to punch Chris in ht face before Neo hit him in the face with the handle of her umbrella, causing the teacher to lose his grip, dropping Chris to the floor. He turned his attention to the girl, pushing her to the ground. Neo fell, dropping her umbrella, and looked up to see the teacher ready to beat her.
?: STOP THIS INSTANT!
Everyone looked to the entrance to see the principal herself standing at the entrance, she had watched the whole thing.
Principal: Jonathan (Art teacher's name), in my office this instant!
The teacher and the principal left as Neo got up to help Chris up.
Neo: [that was crazy, what were you thinking?]
Chris: You told me 20 seconds of courage, and I used them.
Neo: [ok fair enough, but tell me before you do something as crazy as that again]
Chris: You got it.
Neo: [though it was stupid, I thought it was brave of you]
Chris: Awww thanks, c'mon, the bus is waiting.
?: Technically we are like 50 minutes early so we aren't allowed onto the bus yet.
Chris and Neo turned to see Monika standing there. She looked between mad and somewhat chill.
Monika: I don't appreciate being ghosted y'know?
Chris: I saw your messages, but I didn't have the brain power to deal with them, sorry not sorry.
Monika: Look, I'm still mad at you for ditching us.
Chris: It isn't ditching if I was never in the club in the first place.
Monika: Whatever, anyways, TY is a year of becoming more mature, so I will forgive you. So I was thinking of joining games club, as well as the other two, though Natsuki isn't very enthusiastic about it.
Chris: I'll take it.
Neo just stood there listening to the conversation, looking around at the other students. Eventually, after what felt like an eternity, the teachers who would be going with the Transition Years, arrived to take the attendance. They would soon be on their way to the trip of a lifetime. Or at least, the first of many.