Thinking
Noel or any character talking another language
Flashback
"Bitch!" Noel said when she was far away he didn't particularly want to hear her complaining at him for the insult. then he looked at the sky signing in frustration and realized he wasn't alone.
"Hey!" Noel asked the red-haired girl on the floor, giving her a hand. "Are you ok? That was a pretty loud explosion. "
"Yeah It was big but I am ok don't worry," Ruby Rose said with a smile as she got up "Besides I am glad that you came by when she started to yell at me."
"Hmm?" Noel looked at her eyes They were silver alright, just like Teresas. Yep, she was one of those warriors, 's always a good thing the more things remained constant the less the dice would roll on one "Hey don't worry about it, I was there and I tried to do the correct thing, to be honest."
"Like I am a good person, " Noel complained internally " Good fucking joke"
"Yeah, we are hunters in training, but we need to hold on to a standard," Said Ruby, a bit happier.
"That's the spirit," said Nora walking towards them, "Though I think I would have yelled at her if it wasn't for Renny holding me back"
"Nora getting in her bad side by attempting to tackle her is not a wise choice," said Lie Ren a bit winded from holding her back. " we don't want to get into more problems."
"Yeah, but the way he treated Noek was- ugg I wanted to dope slap her to get that expression out of her face" Nora Valkyrie replied petulantly. "But I think Noel already did that by insulting her in Vacuan."
"When someone irritates me, I tend to say things like that," Noel said. "Although I controlled myself, I wished to punch her in the face at that moment"
"Uh? Wouldn't that get you into trouble?" The Gothic girl said. "I meant is not that I didnt want to do it myself, that's just not nice to say. Neither calling her like that even if I agree"
"Why do you think I didn't say that to her face? I don't want anything to do with that mess, I am not an asshole," Noel said bluntly "Thought to be honest that behavior of hers will only get her few allies. "
"Yep, can you believe she blamed me for the explosion?" Ruby frowned "First my sister's ditched me, and now this crazy dust-shaking girl came haunting me, what is up' with me today?
"Hey at least you got us 3 out of 5 is not so bad," Said Noel trying to uplift her mood.
"Guess you have a point," Ruby frowned then changed to a smile that became more pronounced when she looked at his arm " Is that a Tsukumogami?"
"Oh yeah, Meet Teresa," Noel raised his arm, several green stems overlapping giving the impression of muscle all of them ending up in a blue flower that resembled a human hand "She helped Ren, Nora, and me a lot in the past"
"Wow, that's so cool How did you meet?was she a heirloom?Whyissheaweirdarm? is thathersemblance? or isthatmagic? " Ruby asked rapidly words merging as she picked up speed.
Noel could almost get most of what she said, almost after all she was also darting around his arm making her speech difficult to understand
"Woah, woah, woah! stop!" Is this how Ren felt when he talked to him? "I can't respond if you don't stand still!"
Nora grinned at the spectacle while Ren chuckled at the irony of the scenario.
However, that amused smile disappeared when Ren realized how energetic Ruby seemed and that's where dread crawled down his spine.
Don't get him wrong he didn't hate Nora or Noel but when they both got hyper it was a tiresome experience, Gods help him because now there's another with the same biases.
"Gods, why do you give me your hardest challenges?" Ren thought as he let out a sigh.
"Uh, he sorry for that!" Ruby stopped "It's just I admired Tsukumogamis and their process of origin the phenomenon in which the more aura you give to your weapon over time the more they turn into a living being, it's like something from a fairy tale!"
"I meant we do live in a world of magic it's not that unusual, and I would not compare it to a story in a book…" Noel said while trailing out remembering some distant unpleasant memories" although if it was fairy tale, not the darker variants well people would get along more with Faunus and Tsukumogamis"
"Yeah, they would is unfortunate that isn't the case, although I think is better that it also isn't those darker histories I read went I was kid," Ruby said a calm nostalgic smile on her face Noel turned his head towards her slight surprise that she read those went young "surprised? eh? most people don't realize I read them along with the happier ones, the funny thing is reading both variants gave me hope"
Ruby said her eyes full of happiness " That in the darkest of the world you still can make it a better place even if my action is smaller, that's why we are huntsman"
Noel let out a chuckle early Ruby Rose always had that sort of optimism that was contagious, it was the type that made you have the resolve to keep moving forward.
"I just gotta tell you this kid even if you change as a person, you should always still have your core ideals," Noel said he wasn't the sort of guy who imparted wisdom but there was always a moment for everyone right? "They would help down the line"
Ruby nodded in agreement, then she felt someone pat her shoulder the dark-haired redhead turned.
She met a blonde seventeen-year-old teen with armor, combined with a hoodie, wearing jeans with metal kneepads and a pair of grey shoes, Noel laid eyes on him and recognized the teenager as Jaune Arc now that he thought about it, want that an impractical outfit.
Meh, to be honest aura did a lot of shit that made people get away with some questionable crap, not that he was or cared for his or people's sense of fashion.
Beside Jaune, there was a girl with the same features as him although she was substantially different for example; her hair was long, her hands were gleaming metal and her hair had a rigid texture.
Her outfit was interesting, she looked like his friend's Medieval Knight aesthetic, her pants ended in metal boots, and her torso, and shoulders were covered with armor.
Bellow the armor t there was a yellow color, and her arms were free allowing them to reflect light.
What caught Noel's attention was that her armor looked like something from Dark Souls, and it was also worm down, with scratches, like it had seen some use.
Judging by her abnormal features she was Tsukumogami.
"Hmm he doesn't seem to have the same demeanor of the memories you allowed me to see of him," Teresa said inside his head, Noel could see that, in a sense. "He looks less clumsy?"
Yeah he did, Jaune walked more firmly, his gauntlets were worm, and had seen some action Noel felt that he had a quality that you found in a martial arts practitioner, but the slight slouch position and relaxed demeanor retained a sense of goofiness.
The reason Noel could tell that was because of his years of practice in Shades combat school and Teresa's training along with their fusion.
This allowed both to share some feedback, about combat acumen.
That said Teresa was the most skilled of two by a mile, especially given her background.
"Ummm guys do any of you know where the reunion hall is? I forgot to get a pamphlet and well…We are lost," Jaune said with a dopey smile on his face and scratching the back of his neck with nervousness.
"No worries I would get lost too if my combat school was this big," Ruby said enthusiastically while giving him the pamphlet "My name is Ruby Rose what's yours?"
"Jaune, Jaune arc short sweet and Rolls with the Tongue," said the Blonde while the Tsukumogami beside him just rolled her eyes and shook her head, with palpable amusement.
He was met with a confused silence Noel didn't get it completely in fact it went over his head, Nora tilted her head thinking something, Ruby looked at him weirdly, and Ren had a neutral expression.
"Do they?" Ruby asked bewildered.
"Well, that's what my mother said.." Jaune chuckled as scratched his cheek in embarrassment a bit of blush appearing on his face.
"As you can see he can be a bit of a momma's boy," said the blonde Tsukumogami"Corsea Morse by the way."
Jaune just deadpanned at his partner which she ignored.
"Nice to meet you," Noel replied by waving although internally he was surprised, not that he should this world wasn't consistent with the one he knew anyway.
"I Guess that soldier got the family he wanted after all," Teresa said thinking back to her time in the great war "It is not surprising that his blade came alive after a time"
"Well you told me about that old soldier before is not surprising" Noel replied the first time she talked about Jaune's ancestor was interesting, and it made sense he did belong to a lineage of heroes and soldiers. " I wonder what else changed"
"Maybe is better to wait until we talk to Ozpin" Teresa finished.
"So you have a Tsukumogami too hu?" Corsea Morse said while looking at his arm " Can you defuse? I would like to talk"
"Sorry we cannot do that at the moment," Noel replied "It's an issue I have, it has more to do with my soul being weird"
"What happened to your Soul? Are you ok?" Jaune asked concerned.
Ruby looked at Noel in worry.
"I'd rather not elaborate," Noel said as he reminisced about the disaster of a first meeting with Teresa "The circumstances behind my condition aren't pretty"
"Oh sorry," Jaune apologised.
"Don't worry too much you just were curious," Noel said reassuring the blonde " Do we go to the reunion hall now?
They all nodded as they walked toward the reunion hall Ruby and Jaune were talking about weapons.
In the beginning, Ruby asked about Jaune's sword and her sister in all but blood Corsea.
She was very entertained by asking questions and being responded in kind by the sarcastic Tsukumogami and then came the topic of Crescent Rose Jaune was impressed at the fact that she created an anti-materiel rifle.
He even admitted that he had difficulty making guns, he was more adept at making classic weapons even then he needed help, although Ruby refuted praise saying that it took long for her to do things.
She was very insecure about her accomplishments, she wasn't different from her classmates back in her combat school.
"So you made your Rifle?" Jaune asked" That's Amazing! I also practice weapon smithing, although I am better with melee, and even then I need help from my sister Corsea in all her silly glory"
"Hey! Don't make a sound like it like is a curse," Corsea said with a cheeky grin "I am a treasure to be sure, although the silly remark is accurate"
"I am not feeding your ego Corsea," Jaune replied the Tsukumogami who mock pouted making Jaune roll his eyes.
It made Ruby chuckle reminding her of her relationship with Yang.
"Yeah is my personal Baby" Ruby said "and I hope that when I become the greatest huntress it becomes alive So I can teach him all I know"
"Be careful being an early mother will give Tai-Yang a heart attack," Noel interjected with a joke not realizing he let out sensitive information.
Ren and Nora's eyes widened to the point they looked like dinner plates.
A tongue-clicking echoed in Noels' head not doubting Teresa.
Jaune and Corsea laughed at the joke.
Ruby looked embarrassed for a solid minute only to be confused.
"Umm I didn't tell you anything about my father," Ruby asked with a bit of apprehension "How do you know?"
Noel moved his mouth murmuring an imperceptible "Fuck," while his mind was going a mile a second trying to find an excuse so he could omit the truth.
"I know him from a Hunters magazine I read once," Noel said with a forced smile on his face "I meant he is kinda famous…right?"
There was tension in the air as Ruby squinted her eyes "Stop lying to me no need to hide it."
"Ok but to be honest, neither of you would believe me if I told you the truth, you would think I am insane in the first place," Noel said as he let out a sigh an annoyed grimace forming on his face.
"What would be insane? unless is something way more messed up? " It couldn't be worse than Her and Yang cratering the backyard in their sparring or Sweis strangeness, couldn't it? " I meant you are honest right?"
"Because you will see me as crazy if I say: I am a reincarnation of a dead person and I quite possibly know your father because I read it once in what might be an alternative to your world," Noel said directly without tack "What else would be your reaction hu?"
"I umm….." Ruby honestly didn't know how to react to that, Jaune had much about the same reaction and Corsea Morse raised an eyebrow.
"That sounds like you are hallucinating or something," said Corsea while Jaune flicked her in the head "Hey! I am telling the truth"
"Mother didn't tell you previous incarnation to be polite?" Jaune said a bit miffed by her " I get it but it is quite rude."
His sister Corsea clicked her tongue in annoyance.
"See what I mean," Noel said while pointing at the pair "So please could you just ignore the little weird slip-up? is not something I have time to explain, I am rather crap at explaining things or want to explain"
"If you just wanted not to say it you have said no." Ruby said bothered by Noel's reaction he winced "No need to be that hysterical."
After she said that he facepalmed hard, in fact, the sound worried all of them because of the echo such action let out.
"Ruby I was being sincere there, and I would like to tell any more proof, but it could be misinterpreted as bad," Noel said but from Ruby's point of view he gave the impression that he didn't want to talk about it yet, not to mention the people around him were looking at then making a scene" Look the whole situation is long and complicated there are things I rather not say to you yet, so talk to Ren he is better suited for it"
Just like that the mood significantly plummeted making Noel more grouchy, with Nora having a concerned expression on her face.
Ren was explaining to the other Three to the best of his ability what happened to him although Noel noticed for a bit that his emerald clap friend was evading certain sensitive topics.
Ren sometimes looked back at him his face neutral but with a certain feeling of worry directed to Noel.
"Are you sure it isn't his semblance?" asked Ruby still confused "Or at least magic we still trying to decipher it even if we manage to measure aura"
"I saw his semblance is not like that," Ren said while thinking back about Noels' abilities"It's quite strong but so far there isn't any evidence of his semblance making him capable of transferring his or another living being soul, not that we ever meet someone like that."
"huh? weird," said Jaune.
"yeah too weird if you ask me," Corsea said "Don't you think what came out of his mouth is a bit too nuts? even for our world?"
"I meant your soul gets exchanged for another went Tsukumogami reaches the time of death" Jaune put his two cents into the conversation, " I think the situation is similar."
"Ok, it might be, but we don't suddenly wake up with the memories of an alternative reality a fictional one at that, "Corsea skeptically replied" It sounds too much like those overly convoluted comics you like to read Jaune."
"Ok first they are graphic novels," Jaune said annoyed at her misconception"Second he looked like he was telling the truth"
"I think is better to wait for his proof," Ruby said a bit anxious and with the feeling of death on her back " I meant it is harmless? at least I hope so."
Corsea looked like she wanted to argue more however she couldn't help but agree with Ruby while Jaune just nodded.
They walked to the reunion hall and went they finally made it, they found a lot of human Tuskumogamis and Faunus in there talking to each other and likely waiting for Profesor Ozpin to be present for the announcement.
Quickly a blonde blur tackled the Gothic girl, the blur quickly took the form of a long-haired blonde teenage girl who was hugging the life out of Ruby right now, it was quite obvious that she was Yang Xiao Long.
Ruby eventually freed herself from the deadly "attack" which left her mildly embarrassed.
"Well you look at that made friends after all," Yang said while pointing at the people behind Ruby" Hello my name is Yang Xiao Long"
"Name is Noel Cyan," Noel said " The Zen monk behind me is Ren, and the energetic pink carrot on his side is Nora nice to meet you"
He then felt someone slapping the back of his head he turned only to meet the annoyed gaze of Nora.
"Pink Carrot?" Nora said, " I would have gone for Fiery Pink Thunderstorm."
"Nora the color of your hair doesn't help, or you want me to tell them your hair looks like orange cheese?" Noels said with a cheeky smile on his face.
Nora maintained her smile although one could easily tell she was annoyed at Noel. "do you seriously think I look like that?"
"Aside from the pink dress yeah," Noel bluntly stated he only received a punch in his shoulder for his troubles.
Yang and Ruby could only feel amusement at the interplay although this moment was interrupted by a shrill voice.
"You! You almost blow us up! " Said Weis with a scowl on her face that only deepened went she found who was beside the two sisters " Oh Joy here is the Foult-mouthed object-influenced idiot and his friend"
Ren frowned along with an annoyed Nora and Noel scowling at her.
The reincarnated Panamanian didn't want to deal with the racist version of snow white right now.
Jaune turned his head towards her he couldn't help but think how beautiful she looked, that being said he wasn't ignorant to her insult which soured his first impressions of her, a bit to be honest.
Corsea glared at her with distaste although she limited herself to observing the interplay although with some apprehension.
Yang was confused by what she said while Ruby had a nervous smile on her face.
"May I help you? what problems do you have with my sister and him?" asked Yang "Because so far she hasn't told me anything wrong has happened and the dude seems fine so far besides the plant prosthetic"
Before Weis could say anything Noel interrupted her or more like they mutually interrupted each other.
"Oh sorry you can keep going," Noel instinctively said with all sincerity taking the heiress off guard for that bit of politeness.
But Weis scowled at him thinking he was mocking her it didnt help that his neutral tone of voice messed that up, and Noel realised what the hell he said.
"Why I am apologizing to a racist!?" He yelled to himself mentally. indeed what he was doing? Was he on drugs or something today?
"You see that Rascal over there bumped with my bag full of dust cartridges that fell to the ground and almost blew us up" the heiress explained trying to ignore what Noel said to her still-in-place scowl said otherwise " In my wisdom, I graciously tried to show this Ignorant dolt the dangers of handling dust."
" Tch" Yang didn't like the way she referred to her sister like that " Is that the truth?"
"No she was shaking that vial on my face and it couldn't help but sneeze," Ruby complained "It is more her fault"
"Tch how dare-" Before Weis could say anything in her outrage
"Ok no. Weis she does have a point" Noel interrupted her "Are you incapable of facing the fact that it was your mistake? you are showing immature you are right? I am not the arbiter of that, but I would like you to stop"
Weis just clicked her tongue and her face contorted into a nasty glare toward him.
"As if I would listen to the likes of you," Weis said with significant vitriol in her voice which soured any remnant of endearment she may had, she then pulled out a pamphlet and shoved it to Ruby's face rudely "Just take this and don't bother to talk to me ever again"
Just like that, she went away with a pompous semblance in her strut in a high and mighty manner, Noel was just limited to giving her a death glare and a middle finger went she had gone away, he didn't have the energy to insult her verbally this time.
"Ice queen is charming isn't she?" Yang sarcastically said, "Telling my sister is an ignorant dolt, who does she think she is?"
"Ah, heiress for a megacorporation that distributes dust all around the fourth kingdoms?" Ren interjected"But I guess we already made enemies with her"
"Well after that impression, I do not feel like she is a princess" Yang explained with animosity.
"Is a shame that her opinions are that rotten, she has such a pretty face," Jaune said making everyone turn his face toward him.
"I doubt that it would be a good idea to woo her" Ren calmly stated but with a subtle sense of irritation"She wouldnt feel endeared in the least, not to mention how she treated Noel"
"Meh I have seen better" Yang commented "The scar might give her some points, that said I aint into masochistically trying to date a toxic person"
"Yeah, I have seen a couple of girls and boys in my combat school going through that," Ruby said "Not pretty sight"
The swordsman just scratched the back of his head and nodded in agreement, the commentaries she threw disabused him from the very notion of dating her.
The sound of a microphone being tapped echoed across the hall, All the people present turned their heads towards the podium a few murmured but there was mostly quiet anticipation, as the headmaster was about to start his speech.
