The Traversing Gamer Chapter 1: Introductions, a X-overs + RWBY Crossover fanfic

This is my first story, and as I absolutely love gamer stories I'll start with one.

Please, review and tell me what you think!

UPDATE - March 21, 2017: Hello! First off, I'd like to thank those of you who took the time to read my first story. However, the reason to this update is to tell those of you reading for the first time is that the first few chapters are absolutely garbage (To me) but it becomes better as the story goes on thanks to reviewers and PMs' telling me of my mistakes.

If you aren't convinced when you read the later chapters then I apologize, and I perfectly understand if this story does not appeal to you or you absolutely loathe it. I thank you for reading this, and I do hope you enjoy my story. Have a nice day/night.

UPDATE - March 29, 2017: Sorry about this, but this is more or less a heads-up to those of you whom don't like stories that feature ridiculously overpowered characters, if so, then you may or may not want to read this considering that the level system is broke as hell when I look back on this. I'm bringing this up due to some readers having problems with such a situation, anyhow, if you are not swayed by this update then continue on fair reader!

UPDATE - May 19, 2017: Last one, I swear, I've put this story on a temporary hiatus and I've gone to work on The Lawful Gamer, learning from my own mistakes making this bad story of mine. It makes me cringe when I look back on these chapters which is why I definitely recommend that you guys go read The Lawful Gamer, if you DO continue reading this story then feel free to leave a review pointing out all my mistakes with rude comments to go along with it, which would make myself sad but accepting IF it has constructive criticism for me to build upon.

When I died, I expected something such as heaven or hell, but I got neither.

All around me, I only see complete darkness and I can only assume that it's the void. A place where possibly even God fears to come to as his (or her) power is meaningless here, where there is eternally nothing. How I know I died you ask? It's with the big bold letters in front of me currently displaying,

YOU DIED

My name is Michael Venatores Nobles, 19 year-old college student and prodigy, both parents dead and sister's whereabouts are unknown.

Some would say I'm handsome with golden blonde hair with golden eyes to match along with a light tan, but I wasn't interested in other people's opinions about me. I had my worries focused on college, as I was dedicated to becoming a doctor, but now I may no longer have that chance.

"Hello!" A voice, that sounds slightly synthetic, exclaims to my left.

I turn and see a Ghost, the one from Destiny, hovering eye-level with me. Twisting and turning as it usually would in the game as it starts to move around me until it stopped right in front of me.

"As you can easily discern, I'm a Ghost from the game Destiny, I'm a guide and I had changed my form to your preferences to give you something familiar to handle with." Ghost says to me. "You've been chosen by my creator to become a Gamer, congratulations!" As soon as he had finished a screen popped up in front of me, startling me.

You've been chosen to become a Gamer!

Do you wish to accept?

Yes/No

Almost immediately, I click yes, only for my hand to pass right through it. I sent a questioning look towards Ghost whom only stares back at me. I look back at the text box then suddenly I had an idea and though of saying 'Yes' and it worked as it dissolved.

"Great! Now that you have accepted your new position as a Gamer, we may now start the tutorial! Please use the same way that you accepted being a Gamer to open up [Status] to show your current statistics" Ghost says to me. I start thinking of [Status] and another text box appears in front of me.

Michael Venatores Nobles

Title: The Prodigy - You're incredibly knowledgeable and your peers and teachers seem to think so too! Grants you a (+5) to INT and WIS when title is equipped.

The Gamer

Race: Human

Level: 9

EXP: 0/1800

HP: 360/360 (Regeneration: 120 HP per hour)

MP: 2400/2400 (Regeneration: 620 MP per hour)

STR: 9

VIT: 12

AGI: 13

INT: 24 (24+5=29)

WIS: 26 (24+5=31)

CHR: 22

LUC: 4

Points: 45

Currency: $4,500

Description: Michael Venatores Nobles is the son of Roseanne Nobles and David Colindres, while his mother is deceased, he does not know of where his father went. Michael has always strived to become a doctor ever since his mother had died to cancer but can no longer do so since he has died. Michael has a sister, but has not seen her for 7 years since she abruptly left Michael alone with his bedridden mother. However, now that he has died and been reborn as a Gamer he won't be able to go back to his past life as he had been 'erased' from that world and will not be able to return. He now traverses the multiverse.

Representations:
HP: Representing your life force, once it hits zero, you will face certain death.

MP: Representing your magical reserves, MP is used for casting spells and certain abilities and skills.

STR: STR represents brute force, the higher STR you have the more your physical output will be in attacking, movement speed, and defenses.

VIT: VIT is your health, life force and physical endurance. It increase HP capacity and regeneration capabilities, while also increases lasting resistance against poisons and diseases.

AGI: AGI is responsible for your reflexes, speed, agility, coordination, and accuracy with the body. Increases the base critical rate, dodge rate, speed and accuracy.

INT: INT is your ability to store and process information in your mind, increasing MP capacity, control and efficiency, reducing MP costs, and increasing the chances of creating a unique skill.

WIS: WIS is your sensibility, willpower, perceptiveness, and your ability to use the information at hand to your own benefit. MP regeneration is increased, while also having minor increases to dodge rate, critical rate, and accuracy while also increasing the rate of unlocking unique skills.

CHR: CHR is your charm, presence, and social attitude, this allows for easier interaction with other people, and this will sometimes change physical appearance slightly.

LUC: LUC determines many things, whether for good or bad is up to you. It increases drop rate, critical hit chance, and the chances of getting a higher grade item, will not increase naturally.

Huh, my INT and WIS are fairly higher than some of the other stats, but it's to be expected since others have praised me of being a prodigy in terms of knowledge, and STR leaves much to be desired as my second to first lowest stat right now since LUC is fairly useless to me right now. I'll most likely dedicate my points to AGI and WIS or INT as I want to be able to draw faster than any of my enemies in the near future. Also, it appears that I have points that I didn't spend, my currents stats must be natural since I have 45 points which would mean that I receive 5 points from each level. The money though, is probably from my old life as it appears to be almost exactly the same amount that I had, just a little more to most likely to be even. My own description however, made me depressed as I continued reading through it along with a few horrifying realizations, except for the last part which made me slightly excited at the prospect of traversing the multiverse-

"Now that you've gotten used to looking at your statistics," Ghost startles me out of my thoughts and I glare at it "we will now continue on with the tutorial. We will now move onto [Skills] mentally think of it now please." I mutter 'Rude' before proceeding to do so [Skills].

Skills:

(Gamer's Mind): [Passive] Level: MAX

Description: You have an unbreakable will and your mind is a steel trap. You are resistant to any forms of mental or psychological status effects and will always be calm in every and any situation while also thinking through the situation in most circumstances. This allows for a peaceful state of mind.

(Gamer's Body): [Passive] Level: MAX

Description: This allows for a body of that of a game character and will allow the user to live the world as a game. Pain from damage does not last more than a few seconds at best. Sleeping will restore HP, MP, and heals all effects that are temporary, will vary on the place of which the user is sleeping in.

(Fiction Adaptation): [Passive] Level: MAX

Description: This skill will allow you to take the abilities of fictional characters and add them to your own making them realistic.

(Observe): [Passive] Level: MAX

Description: You will be able to see the name, title, level, description, stats, and feelings of an entity below your level and 50 levels ahead of you or an object. Level up this skill to have access to more information regarding an entity.

(Eyes of the Hawk): [Passive] Level: MAX

Description: This skill was passed down from your father and his father before him as a result of being a part of the 'Nobles' bloodline. This skill allows for your eyes to see beyond that of a regular human being, seeing far distances and discerning out of place objects that would normally be harder for a average person to see.

Sweet, having the body and mind of a RPG character is making me overpowered already, and fiction adaptation makes me even more so, all the possibilities from different anime, games, and stories, it's endless! Observe though, will be useful if I can level it up higher. Eyes of the Hawk is also a good explanation for my exceedingly good eyesight, but now that I have the Gamer, it probably activated it to its fullest potential, but it comes from my father? Who was he? Why did he leave? All these questions whirl around in my head until I snapped out of it when Ghost spoke to me.

"Now that you've finished looking over your skills, we shall continue onward with the tutorial. Think of [Inventory] and familiarize yourself with it before continuing the tutorial."

[Inventory]

A box appears before me and it's shown as a grid next to a 3D picture of myself with black cargo pants, a gray t-shirt, and a black overcoat reaching down to my thighs with my golden hair and eyes shining with me in a crouching position with my arm on my left leg that's stuck out. I see only one item in my inventory and it was a small white and black box and I grab it to open it for its contents, but first I used [Observe] on it.

Legendary Gift Box

Description: This box holds a [Legendary] weapon or being that will be soul bound to you with a 5% chance of the item being of [Godly]. This was given to you by a higher being, who is known as Gaia, for unknown reasons.

Do you wish to open 'Legendary Gift Box'?

Yes/No

I question the reasons as to why Gaia chose me but shrug it off and press 'Yes'. Then the box suddenly dissolves, leaving me with a bow made up of two twin bladed swords facing forward with the bowstring nowhere in sight and a pair of gloves that are black and red. I used [Observe] to see what I had gotten from the gift box.

Light Arrow
Grade: [Legendary]
Durability: 500,000/500,000
Description: This bow and dual swords combo was used by Xero, and the weapon was a part of his vast arsenal until he had died fighting in his old age. This weapon requires compatible gloves to use the secondary form which uses arrows made of pure light without the need of a quiver.

Effects when drawn:
+900 Physical Damage
+50 Armor Piercing Damage
+75% Chance to stun target
+50% increase to rate of fire
+Unlocks Cervical Armor Set (Xero) 1/10

Cervical Gloves (Xero)
Grade: [Legendary]
Durability: 425,000/425,000
Description: These gloves were used by Xero and are made up of a special material allowing the user to cause devastating damage to the ones on the end of it. These gloves also allow the user to access the secondary forms of the weapons of Xero when worn.

Effects when equipped:
+500 Physical Damage
+50% increase to rate of fire
+Unlocks Cervical Armor Set (Xero) 2/10

I gape at the items I received. "T-This is ridiculously overpowered!" I exclaim, marveling over the bow and gloves and soon later equipped them. The bow was now slung over my shoulder diagonally, and I look at the 3D picture of myself in the inventory and may I say that I look incredibly intimidating.

"By special request of Gaia, the whole tutorial will be skipped over," Ghost interrupts my marveling "You will first choose a world you wish to go to, and before going to the world that you've chosen you will fight enemies that are from that world." The text boxes close and I see a list of worlds to choose from, some I'm familiar with, some I'm not so familiar with.

[Worlds]

[Fate/stay night]
[RWBY]
[Percy Jackson and the Olympians]
[GATE]
[Young Justice]
[Sword Art Online]
[One Piece]
[Akame ga Kiru]
[The Division]
[Fairy Tail]

I couldn't choose easily as some of these worlds would be wonderful to go to, but in the end, I eventually settled for RWBY and as soon as I chose the RWBY world I was immediately placed into an arena that was somewhat flat and hill-like with a desert biome and I see what could only be the Grimm, and I [Observe]'d them and I was slightly scared at my odds but Gamer's Mind kept me in check.

[Alpha Beowolf]

Title: None

Race: Grimm

Level: 22

EXP: 75/4400

HP: 630/630

MP: 0/0

STR:39

VIT: 21

AGI: 31

INT: 4

WIS: 5

CHR: 0

LUC: 1

Description: This Alpha Beowolf is an experienced Grimm, it has survived against hunters and learned from its mistakes and became stronger because of it. This beast is a soulless creature and is slowly pushing humanity towards the brink of extinction on the world of Remnant, this type is a humanoid Grimm. It now faces Michael Liberalis Nobles and it hungers for Michael's human blood and is waiting to kill him.

Feeling: Bloodlust, Hunger, Malice

Kill to get: 3500 EXP

[Alpha Ursa]

Title: None

Race: Grimm

Level: 27

EXP: 0/5400

HP: 1320/1320

MP: 0/0

STR: 59

VIT: 44

AGI: 11

INT: 5

WIS: 3

CHR: 0

LUC: 1

Description: This Alpha Ursa is an experienced Grimm, it has survived against hunters and learned from its mistakes and became stronger because of it. This beast is a soulless creature and is slowly pushing humanity towards the brink of extinction on the world of Remnant, this type is a bear Grimm. It now faces Michael Liberalis Nobles and it hungers for Michael's human blood and is waiting to kill him.

Feeling: Bloodlust, Hunger, Malice

Kill to get: 5000 EXP

I worry about their levels and stats along with their numbers, the description and their feelings also don't help me stop my worrying, but Gamer's Mind keeps me in check once again. I'm facing against two of each and if I don't play this carefully, I could die. But no, I refuse to die, not just after being reborn! I'm fueled by a sense of determination and steel myself in order to prepare myself for the battle I am about to enter. I suddenly remember I had extra points and started putting them into my stats, with 6 going into STR, 8 into VIT, 7 into AGI, and I give 9 each into WIS and INT, and gave LUC the remaining 5. Hopefully, these stats will help me fare better against the Grimm.

Quest Alert!

Title: Initiation
Objective: Kill the Grimm and survive!
Time Limit: Unlimited
Reward: 10,000 EXP, Aeroblade (Xero), $5000
Failure: Death
Quest cannot be declined

I accept the quest as there was no other option and failure was not an option I would accept as well.

"The match will now begin in 5..." Ghost announces and I prepare myself.

"4..."

The Grimm slowly start moving around, as if getting used to the ground and terrain.

"3..."

I prepare Light Arrow in bow form and draw a arrow with my gloves.

"2..."

The Grimm start shuffling at the light that's emitting from my bow and arrow.

"1..."

I start drawing straining the arrow against the bowstring made of light as I tense up

"GO!"

I fired my arrow towards one of the beowolves causing -1400 DMG to the beowolf, immediately disintegrating it and surprising me, but I didn't have enough time to draw another arrow until the other beowolf was upon me and slashed at my chest but I had rolled to the right causing the claw to go right over my head. I detach my bow into the dual swords and slashed it's abdomen, or where one would be, and caused -900 DMG to the beowolf also killing it just like its brother. I gained 7000 EXP from both of them causing me to level up.

Level Up! Level Up! Level Up!

I had no time to look at my new stats as the Ursas' caught up and tried to smack me, I dodged the first swipe, but the second one hit me in the back sending me flying. -147 HP lost! I stagger to my feet and with a trembling hand, drew an arrow and fired it towards one of the Ursa, somehow catching it in the head, causing double damage for a critical shot -2800 HP lost! Critical hit! disintegrating it and angering its brother as it rushed towards me. Then, I decided to do something stupid and put away Light Arrow and charged it straight on with my Cervical Gloves only. When we met each other in the middle, the Ursa threw a swipe at me, but I dashed backwards then headed back in as it recovered to attack again, and slammed my palm into the abdomen of the Ursa, causing -500 DMG with a follow-up from my other palm causing another -500 DMG causing the Ursa to die. I pant as I fell to my knees with the Ursa dissolving just a little bit ahead of me.

Level Up! Level Up! Level Up! Level Up! Level Up! Level Up! Level Up! Level Up!

I gained 10,000 EXP from killing those two, so I had gained a total of 17,000 EXP from killing the Grimm giving me 11 level ups. I recovered from the damage I took from the Ursa due to levelling up, so I decided to check up on my stats and the pop-ups I got during battle.

Michael Venatores Nobles

Title: The Prodigy - You're incredibly knowledgeable and your peers and teachers seem to think so too! Grants you a (+5) to INT and WIS when title is equipped.

The Gamer

Race: Human

Level: 20

EXP: 600/3600

HP: 600/600 (Regeneration: 200 HP per hour)

MP: 1500/1500 (Regeneration: 820 MP per hour)

STR: 15

VIT: 20

AGI: 20

INT: 33 (33+5=38)

WIS: 36 (36+5=41)

CHR: 22

LUC: 9

Points: 55

Currency: $4,500

(Physical Resistance) Unlocked! [Passive] Level: 2 EXP: 10%

This skill allows your body to take more pain than you usually would.
10% decrease to all Physical damage taken!

(Archery Mastery) Unlocked! [Passive] Level 4 EXP: 50%

This skill shows your mastery in archery and improves upon it.
20% increase to archery accuracy and distance

(Sword Mastery) Unlocked! [Passive] Level 3 EXP: 10%

This skill shows your mastery in swordsmanship and improves upon it.
15% increase to attack speed and damage given.

(Dual Wielding Mastery) Unlocked! [Passive] Level 2 EXP: 50%

This skill shows your mastery in wielding two weapons at once and improves upon it.
10% increase to attack speed and damage given.

Quest Completed!
Title: Initiation
Time Limit: Unlimited
Reward: 10,000 EXP, Aeroblade (Xero), $5000

Accept Reward
Yes/No

As I stay kneeling on the ground, I accept the reward and I'm given 10,000 EXP and level up twice today.
Level Up! Level Up!
I also received the Aeroblade and the $5000 and combined it with the cash I had started with as I used [Observe] on Aeroblade.

Aeroblade (Xero)
Grade: Legendary
Durability: 500,000/500,000
Description: A blade that Xero used on his enemies when they were en masse. It has a built-in air processor and when used it slices a sharp wave of air for 50 meters in the direction it was sliced to, it can only be used once before a 2 second cool-down is needed for it to recharge.

Effect:
+1000 Physical Damage
+150 Armor Piercing Damage
+750 Air Blade Damage
+50% increase in movement speed
+Unlocks Cervical Armor Set (Xero) 3/10

I gape yet again at another ridiculously overpowered weapon added to my arsenal, and I equip it to my left hip. I look at the remains, or rather where item drops were in the place of the Grimm bodies and gather them up receiving-

2x Beowolf Fur, 2x Ursa Fur, 3x Bone Piece, $2500 gained!

I spot Ghost hovering down to me to the far right of the coliseum.

"Congratulations on surviving!" Ghost exclaims "Now that you've finished the tutorial you will be sent to the world of RWBY immediately, good luck!"

"Wait wha-" I try to say before a blinding white light takes over my form.

(One blinding recovery later)

"Gah, my eyes..." I rub my eyes to try and get my eyesight back from the blinding light that took me over, and as soon as I recovered I looked around and saw that I was in a forest. With my Eyes of the Hawk, I spotted at least a dozen pairs of red eyes around me along with large humanoid masses of black fur and white bones, immediately I knew that I was surrounded by Grimm and prepared myself with Aeroblade drawn, prepared to use it.

"Well, come on then, give me your best shot!" I yell at them with my arms spread wide with Aeroblade in one hand and the other empty.

AN: I hope I did okay for the first chapter, please tell me what you think through the reviews.

Also, there will be a harem for Michael that will consist of women from multiple worlds, and yes Michael is slightly OP, okay, maybe incredibly OP. There aren't that many OP gamer stories out there, yet, so I decided to make one, hopefully this doesn't cause problems for you, the readers, if so, then don't continue reading.

Michael Venatores Nobles

Title: The Prodigy - You're incredibly knowledgeable and your peers and teachers seem to think so too! Grants you a (+5) to INT and WIS when title is equipped.

The Gamer

Race: Human

Level: 22

EXP: 600/3600

HP: 600/600 (Regeneration: 200 HP per hour)

MP: 1500/1500 (Regeneration: 820 MP per hour)

STR: 15

VIT: 20

AGI: 20

INT: 33 (33+5=38)

WIS: 36 (36+5=41)

CHR: 22

LUC: 9

Points: 65

Currency: $12,000