Hey Guys! Crescent Rider here and I am back with another chapter! But before you all begin, there is something I'd like share to with you all first.
If you all remember the question I asked in the past; If Neo were to create weapons like firearms. Well I may have found a solution; you'll see it at the end of the chapter.
That is all, and enjoy the chapter!
As the first day in Elementary School went on, Neo became somewhat popular with her classmates as she showcased her Quirk to a minor extent.
When recess rolled in, one of her classmates approached her and asked what else she could do besides making words appear on the chalkboard. Neo responds by holding her hand out and conjuring her pencil.
This got her attention especially when Neo showed that the pencil still retains its functionality for writing. In addition, she doesn't need an erasure to fix her mistakes as her writing quickly disappears with a simple thought.
Her Classmate was surprised and started more than just a pencil and a few more of her classmates gathered around her. Neo's initial response is to draw a couple of stick figures with the pencil she created and seemingly made them act as if it was an animation video.
They were astonished by Neo's quirk as they witness the stick figures interacting with each other and interact with objects that Neo drew on her paper. But this soon led to a problem as her classmate started giving out several demands to her and seemingly cramped her in her seat.
With the combination of ceaseless demands and a cramped environment, Neo was mentally unprepared as she felt claustrophobic in her seat and couldn't think straight as she was close to a state of panic.
This gradually affects her Quirk as the Stick figures of her paper were expressing distressed behavior such as running around with her hands against the temples and some were lying in a fetal position.
Before this had gotten worse, someone comes in to save the day, "HEY!"
The Demands seemingly stopped and everyone backed away from Neo's seat as they shifted their attention to one who yelled; which was none other than Hagakure, standing a few feet away from the crowd, "You're scaring her, so cut it out!"
The Classmates seem more confused than intimidated especially when they're unable to determine what kind of expression Hagakure was showing. But based on her voice alone, they knew she was trying to stop them.
"Yeah? And what are going to do about it?" One of the Male Classmates asked as he marched toward the invisible girl, "In fact, why should you stop us from asking?"
Hagakure stands her ground even as she's within his arm's reach. As for Neo, her attention was fixated on Hagukure as she faced the tallest boy in class. In addition, some of his friends were following his lead.
"Are you trying to keep us away, or maybe you just want to keep her all by yourself,"
"That is not true! What you're all doing to her is wrong! It makes her scared and uncomfortable, and you don't know that because you can't understand her!"
Without hesitation, Hagakure was shoved to the floor by the bully while his two friends snickered. The others did nothing as they kept their distance away from the bully and his friends, but not Neo as her mind soon shifted into anger, and the behavior was expressed by the stick figures.
While they were preoccupied with Hagakure; Neo stood up from her chair with paper on hand and tapped onto the bully's shoulder. When he turns to her, she showed her the paper with one; which contained a message and an army of angry stick figures.
"That wasn't nice :-("
The bully and his friends were amused by this and shifted their attention to her instead.
"Oh yeah? And just how are you going to-" Before the Bully could finish his sentence, the stick figures suddenly jumped their way out of the paper and onto the bully and his friends' bodies.
They were caught off guard as the stick figures crawled around their clothes. Before long, those stick figures their way into their clothes and started making them panic as they screamed and scratched beneath their clothes.
As they scurried all over the classroom, the others were a bit dumbfounded before letting out a burst of amused laughter as the bully and his friends struggled to get the stick figures out of their buddies.
Neo lets out a giggle especially when the bullies started removing their shirts off. But she'd cast this aside and shift her attention to Hagakure as she lends her a hand.
Even though she couldn't see her expression, she can tell that Hagakure was delighted as she took Neo's hand and the latter helps her stand on her feet.
"Thanks, guess this makes us even right?" Hagakure asked,
Neo nods and shows the paper to her, "Yeah, I guess you could say that,"
"I hope you don't mind me asking this, but why didn't just say something on that paper? Surely you could have let them know to not gather around you like that?" Hagakure inquired,
Neo looked somewhat uneased, then the following message appeared on her paper, "I... kinda got lost... I wasn't like this during Kindergarten,"
"Hm... Well, I'm sure we'll work something," Hagakure then turns to the bully, "But them, on the other hand..."
Neo turns to the three as they continued to scratch and pound underneath their clothes as the stick figures caused several itching irritation against their skin. Before long, she and Hagakure joined in on the laughter until the former noticed the clock.
When recess comes to a close, Neo taps onto Hagakure's shoulder and nudges her head towards the clock. The latter understood and both went to their seat.
Neo then undoes her Quirk with a quick snap of her fingers and the bullies stopped scratching as they no longer felt any stick figures crawling beneath their clothes. Before they could address their anger to Neo, the English teacher comes in and catches them in the act.
"Why aren't you three wearing your uniform?" The Teacher strictly questioned,
"It was her!" The Bully said as he point his finger towards Neo, "She made her drawing attack us!"
"Her drawing?" The Teacher inquired, then turns to Neo, "Care to elaborate, Ms. Valentino?"
To deceive her teacher, she grabbed an ordinary pencil, wrote down a message, and showed it to the teacher, "I just showed him a drawing, Sensei."
"A drawing? Can you show me?" The Teacher requested,
Neo nods and drew a couple of stick figures onto the paper. Once finished, she showed it to him and the English Teacher looked confused, "Is this the drawing you've shown them? How on earth would they attack them?"
Neo lays her paper down and shrugged her shoulders to deny any proof of it. The rest of the students kept quiet as they didn't want to be labeled as a snitch on either party. As for Hagakure, she remained quiet for the sake of Neo's deception.
"Don't dare lie! Those drawing attacked us, and-" The Bully yelled, but this invoked the Teacher's intervention,
"That's enough of you," The Teacher strictly stated, and the bully and his friends turn to him, "It seems this little charade has gone a bit far, especially with that tone of yours, Mister. I will have a word with you after class,"
Unable to retort, the Bully could only grit his teeth in anger at Neo, while the latter quietly giggled towards her victory. For the rest of the day, Neo immersed herself in the average lessons of her teachers but finds herself close to the Invisible Student.
Once the first day had come to a close, Neo and Hakagure are seen leaving the school building side-by-side.
"That was quite a show you did, Neo-chan. I can't believe you'd get back at him so easily," Hakagure commented, "Especially when that teacher came along,"
Neo only responds with a simple giggle, but Hagakure seems to understand her language, "But besides that, I'm grateful that you stood up for me. Guess we heroes have to stick together, huh?"
Neo seemed a bit baffled but smiles nonetheless and nodded at her notion.
"Oh, that reminds me. I can't believe your Quirk allows you to make an inanimate drawing come to life. It's so incredible," Hagakure remarked,
In response, Neo shakes her head, held her other hand up, and conjured the same army of stick figures onto her hand. They were all lively and waving at Hagakure, and she seem to understand the trick behind her Quirk, "Oh, I see... You can create them even if you don't draw them,"
Neo nods, and the army disappears into particles, "So you can make anything you want as long as you put your mind to it?"
Neo nods once more, and Hagakure clapped her hands once, "I get it now!"
"Neo!" The two turned to the direction of the call and they spot Neo's mother standing by the gate, waving at them.
"Looks like your mom's here to pick you up," Hagakure said, "But I'm sure we'll talk more about your quirk tomorrow. And don't worry, I won't tell anyone about it,"
Neo nods with a smile, then she went ahead to join her mother's side, "Bye, Neo-chan!"
Neo turns to Hagakure, and waves back before she and her mother left the school grounds. Though the latter converses with her daughter, "Was that a friend you've made?"
Neo nods, and her mother smiles before gently ruffling her head a bit, "Well, I'm glad that you're making friends,"
Neo hummed, and both walked home to end her first day in Elementary School. For the months to come, Neo has strived to keep her grades up, keep herself in top shape during Physical Education, and spent more time with Hagakure over the rest of the class.
But there were some days that aren't as peaceful as they appear to be. Especially when the two had earned a couple of enemies in school and Hagakure is often mocked for her invisibility. Though Neo would drive them away with the use of her Quirk and comfort her friend afterward.
Even though Hagakure assured her that everything was fine, Neo sees and knows it differently as she detested their hurtful words towards her only friend. She wanted to help her, and a particular event came to mind.
School Festival
Neo and Hagakure hosted a Magic Show for all the school students and teachers to enjoy. The former was playing the role of a Great Magician while the Latter acts as her Loyal Assistant. They went on host several performances and attracted a crowd as Neo demonstrated her abilities as a Magician.
As the days of the Festival went on, more and more people came to see the show as Neo and Hagakure present themselves as the Magic Duo of Elementary School.
On the last day of the Festival, the crowd now consisted of not only students but also teachers as they were eager to see her final show. One such trick was the classic deck of cards which lets her Homeroom Teacher pick a card, show it to everyone but Neo, then place it back into the deck.
Neo then masterfully shuffled the deck, pulled out a magician's wand, and gives it a simple twirl before lightly tapping it onto the deck. She then held onto the deck of cards and threw them into the air.
As some of the cards were facing upward, they all turned into the Joker Card, but Neo's face replaced the original logo.
"Wait, if you changed the cards. What happened to my card?" Her Homeroom Teacher asked,
Neo anticipated this question, snapped her fingers to get everyone's attention, and held up her wand with three fingers. With a quick whirl of her hand, the wand turns into a card in between her two fingers and showed the Queen of Hearts, which greatly surprised her Homeroom Teacher as this was the card she picked.
Everyone was immensely impressed by this and started clapping their hands while Neo ambically bows to the crowd's praise. However, this wasn't the last trick up her sleeve as she held up her hand to quiet their applause and gestured one finger as her last trick of the day.
Once they were quiet, she gestures to Hagakure to come to her and the latter walks beside her while their homeroom teacher goes to her seat. Neo then pulled out a large red sheet and showcased it as a regular sheet.
She then puts the sheet onto Hagakure and everyone waited for the trick to unfold. Neo then turned the Queen of Hearts into the wand, whirled it for a much longer duration, and lightly tapped the sheet with it.
Neo then caused the wand to disappear from her hand and firmly grasped onto the sheet with her right while she used her left to count down the seconds, "3... 2... 1..."
She grabs a hold of the sheet and unveiled Hakagure to the entire crowd. Everyone was awestruck by the trick and some of her classmates stood up and wiped their eyes a few times.
Hagakure was confused by their looks, and she turns to Neo for answers. What she saw was a smile and her hand out a handheld mirror. As soon as she held the mirror up to her face, she too was awestruck as the mirror she holds...
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Show her face for the very first time...
Hagakure thought to herself that this was just a magic trick. But when she placed her hand on her cheek, she felt her bare skin and sharply gasps before turning to Neo.
She saw her holding up a board with the written words as well as a gentle smile, "You look well, Toru-chan,"
Before she knew it, the waterworks broke for Hagakure, drops the mirror from her hand, and ran to Neo for a deep hug as she openly expresses her emotions for the very first time.
This heartfelt moment touched the crowd's hearts as some wiped their tears and clapped for the duo. After they've parted, Hagakure stuttered to say a few words, "I-I don't know what to say,"
Neo erases the message on her board, wrote a message, and showed it to her, "Don't start just yet, the trick isn't finished,"
Neo erases the message and wrote down some instructions for Hagakure to read. After she received her instructions, Neo puts down the board, hands her the magic wand and Hagakure proceeds with Neo's instructions, "Don't leave just yet, folks! For this trick isn't done!"
Hagakure grabbed the red sheet and placed it on Neo. Hagakure dramatically waves her wand in the same manner as Neo, tapped the sheet, and placed it down as she holds onto the sheet with both hands, "1... 2... 3...!"
Hagakure then unveils the sheet and everyone marvelled as they witnessed Neo taking a turn on Hagakure's invisibility. the latter just chuckled as Neo's clothes expressed several poses and everyone seemed amused by this.
Once the trick was complete, Neo went to grab her whiteboard, wrote down a message, and showed it to the audience, "This trick lasts for the rest of the day! Come back and witnessed the finale!"
Everyone applauded their grand trick and kept the time in mind as they weren't going to miss the finale. But as they all left, Hagakure approached Neo, "So? What do you want next?"
Neo simply erased the message on her board, wrote a new one, and showed it to her, "Have fun!"
With that, the two spent the rest of their free time visiting several venues in other classrooms and conversing with the staff or other students in the upper grades. As they did all this, they were practically inseparable as they bought a few souvenirs and took several pictures in a photo booth.
Hagakure made the best out of the experience of being seen while Neo understood the downsides of being unseen by people. Especially when she had a hard time expressing herself to other people.
Yet, this did not affect their friendship in the slightest and the two would reach the end of the trick as they returned to the stage to present their final performance. The first few tricks were oddly simple yet equally amusing to watch.
But when it came to the next trick, Neo amazes the crowd when she picked a male volunteer to pick a card, showed it to the audience, and put it back into the deck. Then she gestured for him to go back into his seat and he did before continuing with the next phase of her trick.
She clasped her hand against the deck, squeezing it hard, then it soon turned into a pigeon much to the audience's surprise. Then she set the pigeon to the shoulder of the male volunteer and the latter grew nervous while those around him leaned away from him.
A few seconds later, the pigeon flies off of the volunteer's shoulder and back into Neo's hand. She then caressed the back of the pigeon a few times and then pulled a feather off of its tail.
He holds the feather out, whirled it like a wand, and the feather turns into the Four of Clubs; which amazed the volunteer as that was the card he picked. Everyone gave a round of applause and Neo gracefully bows to the ground.
With time being short, she goes to give her final trick and gestures Hagakure to come to her. Once they stood side-by-side, Neo holds up her right hand and Hagakure grasps it with her left hand.
With a simple yet notable nod from Neo, Hagakure smiled as she gave the final countdown, "3... 2... 1..."
The trick undoes itself and both revert to their original appearance. Neo was now seen again while Hagakure was unseen once more. Even if Neo can't see Hagakure's face, she can tell that she was still smiling at her.
Then the two faced the crowd and finished the show together, "Sometimes; Being Simple is Better/ Sometimes; Being Simple is Better"
Everyone was truly touched by their heartfelt performance and gave a round of applause for the magic duo. Neo and Hagakure responded with a grateful curtsy and instructed everyone to form a line as their audience took pictures with the duo.
When the School Festival come to a close, Neo and Hagakure's relationship became strong and their reputation in school skyrocketed even among the Teachers.
But like all good things...
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They all must come to an end...
That is it for this chapter, everyone. As for the ending, let's just say I'm jumping a few years ahead since I don't plan on sticking around with Neo's Elementary School.
I will make mention of everything she and Hagakure have done during Elementary School. That I assure you.
And lastly, the solution to the question I asked last time. The answer lies in the older Volumes of RWBY, which revolve around the part where Neo's Illusions break like glass.
In other words, I plan to use that glass feature as her Quirk Progresses.
Now many of you would find it confusing, and those who understand may find it Overpowered. But rest assured, I won't cross that line as I've shown you one of Neo's Weaknesses with her Quirk.
That is all I have to say, stay safe from the virus, and I will see you all in the next chapter!