Neo the Gamer Chapter 1: Tutorial, a rwby fanfic

In a large house was a family of three. The parents were playing with their daughter, a beautiful five years old they loved with all their heart.

The man had brown hair and pink eyes, while the woman had pink hair and brown eyes. Their daughter couldn't represent their union more, for she had one pink eye and one brown eye, while half of her hair was brown and the other half pink.

Her color scheme, reminiscent of Neapolitan ice-cream, made her parents call her Neo. Neo Politan.

You would think such a loving family was normal, but they were all but normal.

Their house was more akin to a manor, and the plethora of guards around it would make you think they were rich, very rich.

And you would be right, but most of their riches were not accumulated through legal means.

For this family were the bosses of the largest criminal organisation in Vale, and all the guards were thugs that would kill any intruder without a second thought.

And that night, the manor would see two intruders come in, and two people come out.

The family was interrupted in their playtime by a guard that bursted the door. He looked terrified.

" Huntsman ! " was all he could shout before having his torso pierced by a huge long sword.

The parents were horrified, and moved to protect their little angel, not realizing that she was unmoved by the scene.

For she had been watching a strange popup that only she could see.

Tutorial start

[You are the Gamer. Welcome to the tutorial that will help you understand your new powers]

[For a start, please think 'Status']

'Status' she thought.

Name : Neo Politan

Age : 5

Level : 0 (-%)

Class : N/A

Title : The Gamer

HP : 2/2

AP : LOCKED

STR : 2

CON : 2

DEX : 2

INT : 2

WIS : 2

CHA : 2

Semblance : The Gamer

Status effects :

Gamer's body [Your body follows game-like mechanics. You can restore 1/4th of your total HP (rounded down) by resting 15 minutes. You can only die if your HP reach 0 and you fail your last breath]

Child of Remnant [You are from Remnant and follow different rules than other worlds. Your HP is always equal to your constitution and any bonuses that would normally improve it are transfered to your aura]

Classless [You do not have a Class. You cannot gain levels or experience until you chose/gain one]

Defenses :

AC : 6

For : 7

Ref : 7

Will : 7

[Congratulations, you now know your stats]

[Your stats place numbers on your capabilities, whether it be Strength (STR), Consistution (CON), Dexterity (DEX), Intelligence (INT), Wisdom (WIS) or Charisma (CHA)]

[Status effects shows modifiers currently active on you. They can be permanent or temporary]

[Defenses shows how hard you are to hit. Each attack must go through one of your four defenses to harm you. They are your Armor Class (AC), Fortitude (For), Reflexes (Ref) and Will]

[You start with all your base stats at 2 and your training will increase them]

[Now, please think 'Skills']

And so she did.

Skills :

Observe [Allows you to learn information on people or thing.]

[This is where you can see your skills. You don't have much right now, but that will change]

[There are other things to discover about your new Semblance, but you will have to do it on your own]

[This tutorial will now end with a Quest]

New Quest : End of the tutorial.

Objectives :

Survive [ ]

Kill the Huntsman (Optional) [ ]

Success : The tutorial will end and your Story will start

Failure : Death

You are in no way ready to take on this Quest, blame whoever made this game for your current situation.

Neo came back to reality as the last popup closed, and watched with horror as her parents bodies layed on the floor, lifeless in pools of blood.

The Huntsman saw her and felt a pang of guilt at having killed people in front of such a young child. He moved to comfort her before he heard her speak two words.

"Mama. Papa."

And then, the Huntsman realized that child was the criminals' daughter, and he lifted his sword. To him, she now deserved to die like all criminals should.

The young girl barely saw the sword come down as she lifted her favorite book, that she always kept near her, to protect herself.

She closed her eyes, unwilling to watch the instrument of her imminent demise any further as it fell upon her.

But the sword miraculously came to a stop on her book. The Huntsman, stunned, stumbled backwards for a few steps as the full force of his swing was completly reflected by the book.

Neo was as surprised as he was, but didn't try to understand things as she ran away, towards the kitchen, a new popup appearing in front of her.

[Your aura has been unlocked. You have gained two new Status effects]

Fighting for your life [Your aura behaved in the only way that would let you survive, and will continue to do so until you overcome your trauma. You cannot use aura, but you can will any item you wield for it to reflect 100% of any attack that hits it]

Words that shouldn't be said [Your last words almost caused you to lose your life. You cannot talk until you overcome your trauma]

The young girl stumbled inside the kitchen and scrambled to find anything that would allow to defend herself. When the Huntsman entered the kitchen, he found her wielding a kitchen knife as a sword and a pan lid as a shield.

The Huntsman couldn't help but laugh at the sight, although he still couldn't understand how his sword had almost been sent flying by her book earlier.

Neo used that time to observe him.

Name : ?

Age : ?

Level : 12

Class : ?

Title : Criminal Hunter

HP : 20/20

AP : 37/81

STR : 16

CON : 20

DEX : 14

INT : 12

WIS : 14

CHA : 12

Semblance : ?

The Huntsman swung his sword again, and this time Neo blocked it with her pan lid/shield. Once again, the strike was reflected and the Huntsman had to deal with the full strength of his attack coming back at him.

Neo used that time to dash towards the Huntsman and stab him, but he simply kicked her arm. He had used his aura to strengthen his strike so Neo was forced to drop her knife as she screamed in pain. Her HP had dropped, leaving her with only 1 left.

The Huntsman lifted his sword again, and struck down at Neo. She still had her pan lid and she used it to block, but the sword would always fall down straight after it bounced back up.

In his anger, the Huntsman kept using his aura to enhance his strikes and she could see his aura dwindle.

-1 AP

...

After a few hits, the Huntsman kicked her hand, and subsequently the pan lid, away before lifting his sword one more time.

Neo was terrified, her young mind unable to find a way out of her situation. She closed her eyes waiting for her death before hearing a deafening explosion.

She opened her eyes, the Huntsman was on the ground, a bit charred from what must have been a Fire Dust explosion. She checked his stats.

HP : 12/20

AP : 0/81

She jumped to grab the knife on the floor and lept at the stunned Huntsman. She stabbed him repeatedly, watching as each strike reduced his HP bit by bit.

-1 HP

...

[You have killed the Huntsman, Congratulations on finishing the tutorial]

Even after that popup, Neo didn't stop stabbing, too caught up in trying to save herself from the Huntsman.

" I think you killed him now." said a voice behind her.

She finally stopped, realizing the Huntsman was indeed dead. She removed her knife from his body and grinned. All her fears, all her adrenaline, all her stress were going away and she had never felt better.

[By enjoying your kill, you gained 1 Wisdom. Who said crazy people couldn't be wise]

After a moment, she turned towards the voice, which belonged to the man that had saved her, and observed him.

Name : Roman Torchwick

Age : 21

Level : 3

Class : Thief

Title : Lucky upstart

HP : 10/10

AP : 20/22

STR : 10

CON : 10

DEX : 20

INT : 10

WIS : 12

CHA : 12

Semblance : ?

" Damn, I came in thinking I was going to steal some rich couple and I end up saving some kid from a deranged man. Just my luck." said Roman.

His words reminded Neo of what the Huntsman had done, and the death of her parents. She dropped on her knees and started crying.

" Shit. It's alright kid, I'll help you. Tell me what's wrong."

Neo kept on crying, ignoring the man. Roman approached cautiously, wary of the bloody knife that she hadn't let go of. He tentatively put his hand on Neo's head, patting her.

" I've heard this can help... I should probably leave kid. I don't want to be here when the cops come crashing down the place."

Neo looked up, tears flowing down her cheeks, but still nodded before standing up and grabbing his hand.

" You sure kiddo ? Won't your parents be worried ? " he asked.

Neo hiccuped and let go of his hand, before pointing in the direction of the living room, where her parents were. Roman walked towards it before seeing the bloody scene.

" Shit. You have any relatives kid? "

Neo shook her head.

" Look. I don't know how to raise a kid, but you can follow me for now. We'll figure something out." he said, as he moved slowly towards the exit.

Neo followed him, never letting go of the knife in her hand.