The sound of screeching tires was all he heard before being hit by a vehicle. The last thing that ran through the man's mind was not being able to see his nephew's happy face whilst playing Xenoblade Chronicles 2. The man's favorite character had to have been Mythra. Both he and the light half of the Aegis were so similar. "I guess this is how I die." The man said before the light left his eyes.
She woke with a gasp before coughing. "OW." She said before eyes widened. "Hold on, I sound different. Why do I sound different. Wait, I sound like…" she looked around and saw a nearby stream. Scrambling to it, she screamed when she saw her reflection, spooking some wildlife in the process.
"Holy shit. I'm Mythra, but I died didn't I?" the woman said "wait, what was my name again?" she sighed realizing that she couldn't remember. 'Guess I'll go by Mythra from now on.' The now named woman thought.
Mythra departed from the stream and trekked through the woods. After roughly four hours, Mythra noticed some ruins that got her attention. 'Wait, I recognize those ruins. They're from the anime, Reincarnated as a sword. That means I'm in the same world as Fran and Teacher.' she thought getting excited. Said anime was her favorite, and Fran was her favorite character. However, due to her age in the anime, in her previous life Mythra saw Fran as a little sister figure.
The Aegis frowned for some reason she was able to sense the energy/magic around her, but if she could the area would have been giving her a migraine should teacher have been here recently, nor did she sense a trail of energy/magic leaving the ruins. Her eyes widened when she realized what that meant.
"I've replaced him." Mythra screamed in shock. "ok, if I'm going to help Fran I need to know what I'm capable of." The blade muttered realizing the burden she now carried by herself. Mythra had hoped to join Fran and Teacher on their journey.
"Let's see." Mythra said opening the stat sheet. "Mana sense." The aegis scoffed "check." She scrolled through it, eyes widening as she did so. "I've got everything by season one's finale unlocked?! I'm OP as hell." She muttered in astonishment (A/N: She's the Aegis, so of course I'm going to have her be OP right off the bat.) Mythra frowned "Onto my core abilities. Those remain the same, but form change is locked? There's four slots, but I thought it was only Pyra, Mythra, and Pneuma."
The Aegis gained a thoughtful posture. "Mythra created Pyra out of regret and sorrow. Pyra and Mythra created pneuma out of love for Rex and their friendship of the others. The last one could be Nia, but she wasn't part of the Aegis. Could this form be born from rage?" she mused.
Mythra shook her head. Either way, she needed to find Fran and fast. "Hang on Fran, the key to your destiny is coming." With that, the Aegis bolted for the edge of the forest.
Fran sat in the wagon curled in a ball as it lightly jostled around. She had bruises from the slavers attempting to break her. However, her will to fight was still strong. When the others asked why she refused to break or give up, the young catkin simply stated that she wanted to get strong enough to fulfill her parent's dream of evolving. It was their goal before they died, and now to honor them, she hoped to evolve one day. Someway, somehow, Fran knew that she would.
Little did the catkin know was that Fate had a funny way of granting wishes when the wagon suddenly sped up.
Mythra continued to sprint through the woods when a roar bellowed out. "That sounded like…" she began to say before sprinting towards the origin materializing her weapon.
Fran shakingly got to her feet, a small tree branch in her hands, as the two-headed bear noticed her whilst eating another slave. "I'M NOT WEAK!" she yelled striking the bear. Unfortunately, the branch broke angering it.
Mythra cursed under her breath as it began to rain. 'Figures it'd be a redo of the anime.' She thought before spotting a familiar looking cat girl and two-headed grizzly. "Oh, hell no!" the Aegis exclaimed rushing towards the two.
Fran's eyes widened as the bear raised its massive paw. 'I'm sorry mom and dad.' She thought closing her eyes.
"LIKE HELL I'LL LET YOU KILL MY FUTURE DRIVER!" a feminine voice cried out. Fran looked in the general direction of the voice to see a blonde woman dressed in white clothing running at the bear wielding a sword with a blade that seemed to be made of mana.
"Raaagh!" the woman yelled swinging the sword. To the cat girl's shock, the blade had actually stopped the bear's paw in its tracks. The bear roared evidently upset that the blonde woman was able to stop its swing.
Mythra smirked 'Good now I just need to kill this thing and…' she began to think "LOOK OUT!" she heard Fran call out. Sparing a glancing, the Aegis saw the other paw headed for her. 'Fuck.' She thought before being struck.
Fran watched the woman tumble across the ground as the sword embedded itself in the ground.
Mythra slowly got up. "that's going to be sore in the morning." She groaned out as the bear continued its course towards Fran. 'like hell' she thought before yelling "Ray of punishment!" to her surprise, multiple projectiles fell from the sky stunning the bear. 'So, Siren is here. good to know.' The Aegis thought before turning to face her hopeful driver.
Fran froze as arrow-like projectiles made of light fell from the sky hitting the two-headed bear, but not killing it.
"Girl," came the voice of the woman. Fran turned to face her. "Use my blade, wield it to kill the bear. And become strong." The young catkin looked at it before returning her gaze to the woman. She smiled and nodded.
Fran grunted as she got up stumbling slightly whilst walking towards the woman's sword. Fran frowned noticing a cross-like crystal in the sword's hilt. However, something told her to pull the sword out, like the woman told her to.
The catkin then realized that the woman had said that with the blade, she could become strong enough to defeat the bear. Balling her fist, Fran looked to the sword before grabbing the hilt.
As she did so, the crystal glowed. "Huh?" was all the young catkin could say whilst the woman smiled closing her eyes before a teal-green flash of light engulfed them both.
As the light dimmed, Fran found herself in a green hilly landscape. Looking to her hands, she panicked slightly. The sword was gone. Taking a deep breath, Fran calmed herself having taking note that there wasn't any immediate threats.
"Hello?" she called out. That's when she noticed a single tree standing by its lonesome. Yet, the woman from before stood beside it facing away from her. Cautiously, Fran approached the woman.
'So, this is Elysium.' Mythra mused 'at least from her and Pyra's memories.' The Aegis frowned at the memory of seeing this exact place in the game outside the mindscape. It had been a desolate wasteland. Mythra's ears perked at the sound of crunching grass. "Excuse me?" came the voice of the young catkin. The Aegis looked towards her new driver and smiled.
"Excuse me?" Fran asked. The blonde woman looked at her and smiled. "Where are we?" the woman resumed her glance across the valley. "You could say we're in my mindscape and in the memory of my birthplace called Elysium." She said. "it's beautiful." Fran said. "Was beautiful. The place you see before you is nothing but a wasteland now."
"oh." Fran said, her ears drooping slightly. She felt a hand on her head before it ruffled her hair. "it's in the past, nothing I can do but move on. My name is Mythra. the sword I wanted you to wield is technically me."
Fran frowned. What did Mythra mean by that? The blonde chuckled. "I'm a blade. A weapon given human form. However, not all blades look human. they can also look like animals." Mythra said as if sensing Fran's question.
Mythra could tell that the girl was unsure of what to think. "Tell me, what is it do you want most?" the Aegis asked gaining the Catkin's attention. "To be strong enough." Fran said
The Aegis looked to her. "Strong enough to do what?" Mythra asked. "To keep a promise, I made for my parents." Fran said. "What was it?" the blade asked.
'I know I'd agree to help her. She's my driver after all, but I want to make sure it's true to the anime.' Mythra thought. "They wanted to be the first black cats to evolve, but perished before they could, so I made a promise to do it for them. I'll get strong enough to evolve for them." Fran said.
'true to the anime.' Mythra thought. "alright then, you're pure of heart." the Aegis said confusing the catkin. "if you weren't I'd reject you as my driver and continue on my quest for one. Before we return, tell me, what is your name?"
Fran paused. "I.. can't remember." She said. "Does Fran sound good to you?" Mythra asked. Fran smiled and nodded. "Well then Fran… we have a bear to fight." Mythra said before the same teal-green light engulfed the two once again
Fran opened her eyes to find herself back in the waking world, the bear rushing at her. "Equip the blade." Came Mythra's voice from… behind her? Fran saw the blade standing behind her. "it is." The catkin said. Mythra rolled her eyes
"Officially I mean. Concentrate on doing that." The blade deadpanned. "Oh." Fran said before closing her eyes tightly. Suddenly, an ai voice spoke.
"Weapon: Aegis equipped. Wielder acquired skills; sword mastery: 10, Sword arts: 10, fire mage: 10, Light mage: 10, Ice mage: 10 lightning mage: 10." The voice said before Fran's eyes shot open and looked at Mythra in awe.
"You're strong and amazing." The catkin muttered in awe. Mythra offered a smirk. "thanks." The aegis said smirking before both stared down the bear.
(counterattack; Xenoblade Chronicles 2 OST plays)
"Let's go Fran!" the blade yelled out. "Of course Mythra!" the catkin yelled before rushing the bear, the Aegis right behind her. The bear reared back and swiped its paw at the two, only for an ether barrier to block its attack.
"Slide beneath it." Mythra said before she and Fran ducked down beneath the bear. "Follow my lead!" Fran nodded before she and her blade leapt into the air. Mythra took hold of the sword "we do this together." She said. Fran nodded.
"Sacred ARROW!" they yelled out at the same time. A single large yellow beam shot down from the sky and struck the bear, burning a hole clean through it.
(OST ends)
"Whoa." Fran said in awe looking at the sword before deactivating it. "So, what do you… huh?" Mythra said seeing the catkin offering the sword. "Thank you for giving me the strength to fight it." The girl said
'right, the slaver.' The Aegis thought bitterly. "You're welcome. Now come on. Let's go." Fran shook her head. "I can't. he'll stop me. and just take your sword." She said.
"He can't use me Fran. Only you can." Mythra said before smirking as the slaver returned muttering as to how a single slave survive. "as your blade I'll defend you with my life." The Aegis glared at the slaver as he approached.
"Take another step old man and your life is forfeit." Mythra said darkly before raising a hand. It might be overkill to use siren on a single man, but the aegis really hated this guy in her previous life
"Fine, but the catkin comes with…" the man said taking a step. he didn't get to finish what he was going to say as a bright light engulfed him. when it faded there was nothing left. "What? I did warn him." Mythra said seeing Fran's deadpan stare. The aegis smiled as the slave collar and cuffs fell apart.
"Shall we?" Mythra asked motioning to Fran for them to depart. The black cat girl nodded. "But first," The Aegis began getting the former slave girl's attention. A glyph formed next to Mythra.
'Thank god I checked my inventory prior to meeting Fran in the mindscape.' She thought bringing out two traveling cloaks. 'In the anime, she originally took the slaver's cloak, but since I killed him with Siren, which is kind of overkill yet well deserved, I burned it and the document binding Fran to him.'
Mythra handed the smaller cloak to Fran, who gave her blade a curious look. "I'd rather people not look at my Driver and think that she's a beggar. Also, think of it as a token of good will and our friendship.
The catkin smiled and graciously took. "Why do you have one though?" Fran asked tilting her heading. 'so cute!' Mythra squealed in her head. "well, for starters, have you seen how I dress? I kind of stand out. Secondly, my outfit's slightly revealing." The aegis blushed regarding the later part.
The two then departed from the area. 'well, I'm with Fran. I hope I can fill Teacher's shoes.' Mythra thought before frowning. 'what I want to know is what that message meant prior to meeting Fran.'
FLASHBACK
PRIOR TO MYTHRA AND FRAN MEETING OFFICIALLY
"Ok, I want this to be similar to Rex meeting Pyra… Huh?" Mythra thought before seeing a letter floating in front of her. Raising an eyebrow, she touched it. The Aegis' eyes widened as she read it.
END FLASHBACK
'am I truly not the only reincarnated person in this world.' Mythra thought before looking up. "If so, I honestly hope they're a good soul like me or in the same situation as me."
MEANWHILE
a man riding in a wagon with 6 girls sneezed. "Bless you bro." one with golden blonde hair said. Elsewhere, a brown Fox girl with nine tails sneezed making her colleagues, a pinked haired elf and a large knight look at her. "Gesundheit Lady Akagi." The knight said
BACK WITH MYTHRA
[Will To Fight; Reincarnated as a sword OST plays]
The Aegis looked at her driver. "Either way, I intend to uphold Teacher's promise to Fran and help her evolve. That's a promise." Mythra thought with a smile as a new day was beginning to dawn before the two.
The frame freezes as the sun creeps over a mountain
[OST ends]
A/N: so begins the first spinoff to In Another World with Ruby Rose. Now this story will cross into a much larger story arc I have planned for said story, but that'll be far down the road and in Cade's point of view. So the big question you might ask in the comments; will we be seeing the teased characters? Yes and No.
Only Cade and Co. will be making an appearance shortly and play a major factor in this spinoff. So basically, this story while a spinoff, is kind of a spoiler story
This story features the events of Reincarnated as a Sword from Fran and Mythra's POV. Please note that should any of you decide to offer me to do art, it can't be a commission
As always, please read and review. Constructive criticism is allowed. That being said peace.
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