"Where am I?" Ren opened his eyes only to be greeted by a beach on a small island. "This place..." His voice trailed off.
He looked around only to see that he is near the sea and from the distance he can see looming storm clouds on top of the water.
"What is this place?!" He said as he sat up. Looking around he saw some sort of harbor from the distance. Ren also saw some bandit looking people walking towards him so Ren ran as fast as he could towards the harbor.
"This looks like...Mistral?" Ren walked around to check he then looked at the wall of dark clouds on the sea again.
"Definitely not Mistral." Ren said as he continued walking towards the harbor until he saw a nearby stand. Stepping closer he asked the owner of the stand.
"Excuse where is this?" The owner only looked at him in confusion but didn't question him and just answered.
"You're Ritou my boy. In the nation of Inazuma, home of the electro archon." He said as flipped his skewers. Ren felt confused all of a sudden
'This is definitely not my world.' He thought as the stand owner continued.
"So what cha' looking for?" He asked Ren.
"To be honest? Nothing I... just got lost."
"Hmm I see well be careful kid even though Ritou is guarded by the Kanjou commission there are still people who are up to no good around here. Anyways Kanjou commission is really strict this time of the year so you can't just go to around entering and leaving villages. Especially with the revolutionary Army lurking around." The owner said as he took out more skewers.
"Where can I go to ask permission to leave this place?" Ren asked.
"You have to go to the Outlander Affairs Agency"
"Thank you my name is Lie Ren it's nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you Ren. Just call me Asahi if you have some questions just come back to my stand here I'll answer them the best that I can." Ren smiled and nodded as he continued walking on a path. From the side of the path Ren saw some people in uniforms
"Good afternoon I would like to know where the Outlander Affairs Agency." The guards looked at him
"The Outlander Affairs Agency over there." One of the guard gave him the direction towards the said agency to which Ren followed.
Walking down the streets of Ritou Ren saw the Agency, he also saw people of different clothing and standing waiting in line, Ren went closer to them and asked where the line ends after going behind the last person on the line Ren waited. After a few minutes it was finally his turn.
"How may I help you?" The officer asked.
"I would like a pass to leave Ritou." Ren said.
"Give me a second. That'll two million mora for a pass. Do you have the amount?" the officer asked Ren
Ren shook his head.
"Then get lost." The officer snarled as him.
Ren turned gray to calm himself and gave his thanks to the worker and walked away with colors slowly coming back to him. Ren started walking around and saw a dirt path that leads to a small cliff. There Ren saw a Statue. Ren walked closer as he examined the statue.
Ren then held his hand towards the statue as he attempted to touch it. From his ams he saw some sort of purple energy being absorbed to his body. He then felt a great pains on his head. As if a painful migraine was happening to him. He saw some sort of memories flash through his head.
He pulled away as he held his held.
"What. Was. That?!" Ren said as his rear fell on the dirt floor.
"That felt the same to when Jaune used his Aura on me." Ren tried to use his Aura but then flickers of electricity appeared on his hand.
"This is?! Huh?" Ren muttered to himself. He looked at his hand that has a electricity emitting from it.
"It doesn't hurt." Ren focused on the electricity on his hand.
"Wait...This is the other world Jaune is talking about isn't it?" He saw as he looked at the Sea and the wall of thundering clouds. He then saw a gigantic ship sailing through the clouds.
"A ship?" Ren then ran back towards Ritou leaving the statue behind. Ren ran back to Asahi who is still manning his stand.
"Hm? Oh! Ren welcome back!" He greeted eagerly.
"I saw a ship from the distance. What is up with that?"
"Ship? Oh! you mean The Alcor? Oh yeah that's Captain Beidou's ship they usually go to Inazuma to trade since as you can see It's been cut off due to the wall of clouds."
"How do I board it?"
"Kid. Ya serious?" Asahi eyed him to which Ren only nodded.
"Try asking that kid named Kazuha he might help ya get a room."
"Where does this Kazuha go?"
"Usually on the ship you can see him on the deck,a kid with White hair with some red strands, very calm disposition you'll recognize him right away."
"I see thank you" Ren went to the docks there he saw many sailors unloading goods an eyepatched woman overseeing them next to them is man who is playing with a leaf. He has the same characteristics as the person Asahi mentioned.
"Are you...Kazuha?" Ren went closer to the man.
"Hm? Yes that is my name how can I be of service?" Kazuha asked as he looked at Ren.
"So you see...I'm trying to get away from this place. I have a...friend I need to meet."
"Is that so? You should ask Captain Beidou over there, for such matter." Kazuha pointed at the woman with black hair with an eyepatch.
"Oh I see thank you." Ren bowed his head to Kazuha as he walked closer to the eyepatched woman named Beidou. Ren saw her barking orders to her crew as they carry different kinds of containers off the ship. The woman noticed him approaching and raised her brow.
"Can I board your ship? I want to leave this place." Ren said as he politely asked.
"Hm? Where to?" Beidou asked To whci h Ren had a flashback
Walking back to their dorms something popped up to Ren's head.
"Jaune what if I wake up to a different place where should I go?" He asked Jaune who was walking Infront of him.
"Just ask the direction of Mondstadt that's currently where I am." Jaune answered.
"Ah I see, thank you."
Jaune smiled as he continued walking. Visibly excited.
The flashback faded as Ren blinked.
"Mondstadt. I have to meet a friend there." The captain contemplated for quite sometime which made Ren abit anxious.
She then pulled a paper list and handed it to Ren.
"Take Kazuha with you and buy these necessities after that you're on board, here is the Mora." She handed Ren a pouch that was so heavy even for Ren's standard. This confuses Ren as he eyed Beidou.
"This is a heavy pouch arent you like worried I'll take it?"
"Hm? Nah it's fine, you can steal it all you want but you're not leaving this place though and to be honest Kazuha is much faster and probably much stronger than you so I'm not really worried. Now go do your job." She made a shooing motion. She then yelled at Kazuha who was lazing around.
"Kazuha accompany uuhh... Name?"
"Ren."
"Ren on shopping for our supplies!!" Her booming voice almost shook Ren's eardrum as Kazuha stood up and walked towards them
"Let me see the list." Kazuha said with a bit of eagerness in his voice
"Oh uhh here." Ren handed him the scroll that has the things written down. Kazuha skimmed on the list and nodded.
"Alright you really need help with these things. Now come with me I know some good places where we can buy them." Kazuha said as he gestured Ren to follow.
Ren followed behind him.
"Ren right?" Kazuha asked as Ren nodded.
"I'm Kaedehara Kazuha. A wanderer, nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you, as you know I am Ren though my Full name is Lie Ren though my first name is Lie and last name is Ren."
"Why do you call yourself Ren instead of Lie? You dont have to answer if you don't want to."
"I just prefer being called Ren than being called Lie." Ren said flatly but Kazuha felt some sort of pain in his voice. Ren exhaled and continued by saying.
"Its also because my friends call me Ren that, I guess it stuck to me."
"I see... How did you get here?"
"I woke up on one side of the island without anything but my clothes and my weapons." Ren answered with a half truth.
"Weapons? I dont see your weapons though?" Ren flicked his wrist to make Stormflower appear on his hand.
"Such admirable display of Sleight of hands." Kazuha said.
"And such weapon." Kazuha observed Stormflower.
"A blade on some sort of device?" Kazuha curiously observed Stormflower once more. Just when Kazuha was about to touch it Ren pulled away and put the safety on.
"What did you do?"
"It's to prevent you from hurting yourself, here." Ren handed him one of the machine pistol.
"It's heavy for something so small." Kazuha commented as he waved it up and down.
"The button here will unfolded and fold the blade." Ren pointed out to which Kazuha immediately pressed, the blade folding made Kazuha jump but he didnt let go of the weapon, he pressed the button again and the blade unfolded, it's movements fascinated Kazuha as star unknowingly appeared in his eyes. A childish wonder was plastered on his face like a child finding something new.
"That's so fascinating!! Cool even!"
"Wait hold it infront of you firmly." Kazuha held the gun in his hand.
"Hold it with your two hands. One gripped on the handle and one supporting the grip, both arm must be firm, I will unlock the safety. If you arent going to shoot dont put your finger on the trigger." Ren explained everything that Kazuha needs to knoe about the weapon, Kazuha absorbed all of the things he said.
"But for now lets not shoot it here since we're near people." Ren said as he held his hand to Kazuha, He then handed the weapon to Ren who folded the blade and hid it with a flick of the wrist.
"I still wonder how you can do that?" Kazuha said as he continued walking towards a shop.
"The list said we need wine, Beer and all kind of beverages. We also need more whetstone for the weapons, food or more specifically preserved food and lastly is spices." Kazuha said all the thing they needd and so they moved throughout the town.
"That took awhile than I
thought." Ren said as they brought the last barrel of wine to the ship. They saw the captain waiting for them on the docks.
"Captain Beidou we've brought all the things you asked of us." Kazuha said as he walked closer to the captain.
"Took you long enough." She smiled as she saw Ren and Kazuha.
"The Alcor will be staying here for a few days, Ren you can stay on Kazuha's room since he mostly stay on the deck." Ren nodded and thanked both Beidou and Kazuha. Since the sun has already set when theynfinished Ren felt exhaustion hit him and so he bade his farewell and went to the ship to rest.
"Kazuha how is he?"
"Calm for the most part, but also quiet."
"Must be a great company for you." Her smirk was directed towards him.
"Truth to be told I enjoyed his company, He is both humble and determined. And trustworthy." The last words made Beidou raise a brow.
"Trustworth...Huh? How do you tell?" She asked in seriousness.
"The genuineness he show as we buy the things, he is eager to meet his friend and leave this place not only that he also allowed me to hold his weapon. It's a peculiar piece of machinery much advace than those things the Fatui were holding and from the looks of things could probably do a better job that those long sticks they are using."
"Advance weaponry... Anything else you've noticed?"
"He has a certain degree in Martial Arts. His posture, his stance, his cautiousness and his eye movements always looking for danger even when in town."
"Do you thing he is on the run?"
"He doesnt seem that desperate to me, he was probably worried about being robbed than being pursued."
"I see...Thank you for your report." Beidou exhale and relaxed which made Kazuha smile he then walked out the captain's quarters. He went to the side of the ship sitting on some crates and lookednout unto the starry night sky.
"ALRIGHT EVERYONE WAKE UP!!!" Ren heard the voice of the captain and stood up from the bed. The bed was soft but the room was uncomfortable not because there any problem but because he's not used to the swaying. He pulled himself up and walked out the door.
"You will accompany Kazuha today again, tomorrow morning we'll be departing towards Mondstadt." Ren nodded after hearing this and went around looking for Kazuha.
Ren again saw Kazuha lazing around but instead of playing with a leaf we was writing some sort of poetry. Curiously Ren took a peek but from what he saw Kazuha still hasn't wrote one yet. Kazuha saw Ren's shadow from behind him.
"Ren? What do you need?"
"Oh nothing was just looking atound, there nothing worth doing anyways." Ren said as he sat next to Kazuha.
"Is that so? How about you accompany me?" Kazuha said as he stood up.
"To where?"
"Somewhere." Kazuha said as he walked away, Ren followed and saw a familiar path.
"This is the outskirts." Ren muttered as they walked closer. He saw Kazuha walk towards a small cliff. He saw Kazuha sitting admiring some sort of badge. It has a gold outerlayer it is orb-shaped, inlaid in a thin border surrounded by a full-circle stylized bow with a stylized knot at the bottom and three solid circles along the top half of the circle, with the middle circle being the biggest of the three. In the middle is a black grey glass.
"That's..."
"A vision, it was my friend's before he past away." Kazuha said with sadness in his tone.
"I...see. I too have lost someone i I know the feeling." Ren said as he sat on the rock near Kazuha.
"Can I have a look at it?" Ren asked Kazuha only for Kazuha to look at the vision and Ren. With a sigh he nodded and handed it to Ren.
As Ren's hand was about to touch the vision Kazuha saw something flicker. Eyes widened Kazuha looked at the ever brightly vision in Ren's hand. He saw Ren clutching his head as if we was having a world's most painful headache. He also saw a huge surge of electro energy emitting from his body the rock Ren was sitting on was starting to crack due to the pressure the electricity hitting on it, the grassy dirt started to scorch and burn as Kazuha turn around and ran away from Ren. Ren screamed as a burst of lightning came out of him like a reverse lightning strike happened. The lightning pierce through the clear blue sky dispersing some cloud on its way. Kazuha looked at Ren who was visbly not harmed but have fallen unconscious and have his shirt burnt.
Without any hesitation Kazuha pulled Ren up and ran back to the Crux Fleet.
A man with a broken blade faced a merciless God. Is what Ren saw in his vision.
But instead of despair the man felt awed. Ren then saw the god draw her blade between her...chest. Ren remained his focus on the man. Face focuses as a regretful smile graced his face.
"Sorry. Kazuha." the man muttered.
"RAI!!!" Ren heard a familiar voice it was Kazuha. The man named Rai didn't looked back and faced the God as she slowly approach him. And with a flash of lightning Ren saw the most beautiful sword technique he has ever seen.
"Beautiful." Ren muttered as he saw the God disperse the blade, Ren look back to where Kazuha was supposed to be only to see that he was gone.
Ren then saw the life of the man named Rai. As a swordsman Rai is one of the strongest, as a friend he was the one who trust his back to his friends, and as a person he was one who wants to protect. Ren saw his life, his asperations and his regrets.
Regret that his blade wasnt enough, regret that he wasnt able to pass down his sword art and regret that he wasn't able to give a proper goodbye to his friend.
Ren then saw the man standing his broken blade in his hand.
Rai looked at Ren.
"I'm Ren." Ren introduced himself.
"I know." Rai smiled. He then continued "I hope you can honor my last request."
"I'm listening." Ren said seriously.
"Tell Kazuha that I didnt regret facing the Vision hunters, Tell him to stop hurting himself anymore I chased my dream and got it now it's time for him to find and chase his. If he tells you his dream is to stop the shogun tell him I'm gonna whack his head." Rai jokingly said. Ren was surprised on what the man said and was also surprised that even in death he was still worried for his friend.
Ren smiled and nodded at Rai who sighed in relief as he began to fade to blue particles.
He gave him a final smile.
"Thank you."
With gasp Ren woke up.
"You're awake!" Ren saw that it was one of the Crux crew.
"How long was I-?"
"Three whole days or three and a half days to be exact." The female doctor.
"What!?" Ren exclaimed in surprise.
"What about the departure?" Ren added as he sat up.
"We're already on the ocean we just have to go through the Storm Barrier and from there we'll be smooth sailing."
"I...I see...Thank you." Ren said as his head still ache. The Crux Doctor went closer to check of he's alright.
"Migraine." Ren answered.
"Looks like you're okay now, my name is Yinxing, I'm the ship's doctor. Seasickness, wind chills, amputations, I do them all around here." She smiled as she stood up walking to the door.
"I'm gonna go report to Captain Beidou that you've woken up. If you're looking for Kazuha you can see him on the crow's nest." Yinxing bowed as she left the room.
Ren lowered his feet on the the wooden floor. As he stretched his body as popping sounds was heard.
"I feel...Stiff.." Ren said as he stood up, his stomach grumbled as he stood up.
"And Hungry." walking out of the room and was greeted with a small hallway on the end he saw that the stair leading up was there. Ren walked slowly carefully righting his balance everytime the ship moves.
And fonally he reached the end of the hallway he walked up the stair and saw a door without hesitation he opened the door.
Blocking the sun off his view he saw that the others are doing things, sailor things which he doesnt understand. There he saw Beidou orderinfg some of her crew.
"Captain. Thank you for the hospitality." Ren bowed his head.
"No worries kid, when I saw Kazuha running here with your unconscious body my crew and I couldn't help but worry especially with Kazuha looking so terrified. Seems like the awakening of your Vision is quite destructive to say the least." The Captain gave him a chuckle. Which made Ren smile.
"I'll go look for Kazuha." Ren said as he gave farewell to Beidou who nodded at him and turned back to her job. Walking away from the Captain Ren looked up to the crow's nest. Trying to find a way up Ren asked the crew to which all pointed at the ropes. Ren sighed as he walked towards the ropes.
Kazuha looked at the former masterless vision on his fingers, the former grey color now has the shine of the electro element. He could even hear the small buzz is give cementing the fact that is has been activated again.
"There you are." Kazuha turned to the speaker.
"Ren? Are you alright now?"
"I feel better now thank you." Ren said as he sat on the floor of the crow's nest.
"There's something in your mind." Kazuha heard what Ren said He then looked at the Vision on his hand.
"I see. There is something I have to tell you Kazuha." Hearing himself get called he perked up and looked at Ren.
"I... How should I say this. I saw your friend. I saw his memories. Your friend Rai have something he has something to say to you.
He said he doesnt regret what he did and that he chased his dream now it's time to find and chase yours."
"What if I told you my dream is to stop the Shogun?"
"He said he's gonna whack your head in." Kazuha smiled and slowly laughed after heraing this.
"That sound very much like him." Kazuha said as he sighed.
"Ren. Thank you and I'll try fonding my own dream, he doesnt have to worry anymore." Kazuha looked up the sky.
"WE'RE GETTING CLOSER TO THE STORM BARRIER! EVERYONE GET IN THE CABIN!" The both heard what one of the crew said.
The two nodded to each other.
"Wait. Here." Kazuha handed Rent he vision.
"It's yours now." Ren tried to say something but Kazuha jumped off the nest what followed Kazuha was a gale that changed his position.
Ren looked at the vision on his hand, buzzing with life and fully electrical energy.
He then clenched his hand as he started to climb down the nest.
As he touched down the deck he ran towards the door that leads to the cabin.
Going throuh the door Ren then felt his eyes closing and fell unconscious.
Ren woke up on his Bed in Beacon. Next to him Jaune is also awake he looked at the time and saw that it was five in the morning. He looked at Jaune and saw his eyes wide and alert.
"What happened?" Ren asked but then he saw some sort of chest piece in his hand. It has a symbol of some sort of element
"What is-"
"A Gnosis." Jaune said which made Ren shut. As if on queue Ren saw a vision from someone who was being handed a Gnosis different from what Jaune was holding but has the same symbol of the vision that Ren now holds.
"Symbol of Godhood." Ren muttered as Jaune nodded.
"Hide it. Never lose it."
"I know what I'm more curious about is why it's here. My weapon was in the locker when I slept here after the initiation but when I woke up in the other world it's on my hip. I have my vision on my body but it's not here when I wake up in Remnant."
"What happened when you acquired it?"
"It absorbed some of my Aura. Then it stuck to myself. After that I ran away from Mondstadt."
"Wait you ran away? I was in a ship going there."
"Ok I'll stay I'll talk with Jean and ask to let me stay in the Knights of Favonious Headquarters if that fails I'll ask Diluc in Angel's Share. Just say my name when you go to both of the places." Ren nodded as he stood up going to the showrs.
"I need to clear my head." He said which Jaune agreed to.
"What about you Ren?"
"Let's talk about it tonight." Ren said as they both heard Nora grumbled.
"I see." Jaune said as he ready his stuff for class.
YAY IM FINALLY DOEN WITH THIS CHAPTER!!
I hope you guys enjoyed it :)
Also Thank you Avalon Gx for your help!! I may or may not make use of those Ideas in the future BUT! the one where Nora breaks the Sages' legs is an Idea I can get behind.
I also need to play genshin again since I've only finished it on Inazuma and couldn't play it anymore since Ive got a low end phone and low end pc, my ;-;
I was thinking of starting a Honkai fanfiction but threw it to the trash since idk much about honkai impact and star rail. So ye I'm sticking with this one.
If any of you are reading my other works(Which I kinda hope you don't since it's embarrassing)
I'm Dropping the "Why did have to be the hearth" and with a possible rewrite in the future. The other fic which is "Divine's goal for this abandoned world" Is getting a hiatus since Im going to focus on this work.
Also Im fine with honest and critique reviews about the fic but please dont be to mean.
Also If you find any inconsistencies just put in the review I'll see what I can do about those things.
As Always thank you reading I hope you enjoyed this chapter and sorry of there isnt much action in this chapter.
