Re:Monstars ~ Chapter 03: I'mma... Groot?

[ { Nutrition Absorb } Learned! ]

[ { Water Absorb } Learned! ]

[ { Sunlight Absorb } Learned! ]

[ { Grow Roots } Learned! ]

[ { Grow Fruits } Learned! ]

[ { God of All-Elements' Divine Blessing } Learned! ]
[ { Minor All Elemental Resistance } Learned! ]

[ { Minor Elemental Absorb } Learned! ]

[ { Apply Elements } Learned! ]

[ { Apply Elemental Resistance } Learned! ]

[ { God of Nature's Divine Blessing } Learned! ]

[ { Grow Vines } Learned! ]

[ { Grow Flowers } Learned! ]

[ { Flower Alternation } Learned! ]

[ { Fruits Alternation } Learned! ]

[ { Plant Alternation } Learned! ]

[ { Control Roots } Learned! ]

[ { Roots Domination } Learned! ]

[ { Transfer Conscious } Learned! ]

[ { Eyes On You } Learned! ]

When I woke up, aside from being amused by the various system notification sounds - that's a HUGE BUNCH of skills that I just learned! - I can feel the sunlight shining onto me. I absorbed its warmth and I feel super energized as if I ate a lot of delicious foods. My feet - I mean, roots (or reets?) - are deeply enrooted within the earth... it's as if I'm in a wonderful spa: warm and comfortable. Still... was the world this small? The trees beside me are clearly shorter than me, and the flowers... seemed like little kids.

Eh.

"Y-You really... grew..." Hmm? It's the sound of the monkey. Where was it? Can I even turn my head? "H-Hey! Don't just suddenly turn your body! You'll swing me out!" Eh? Swing you out? I'm turning my body??? But it confirmed that I'm able to turn around and look what's around me, using my eyes.

Of course, I could've just use my body to search. Man, I'm so not used to be a plant.

Getting accustomed to my new body, I realized that the monkey is actually hanging on one of my... arms? No, the branches. I found out that I can move my branches too! That's really amazing. It's like, I can grab into someone and throw them away, or sweep them away in defense.

Huh, neat.

"So... I guess you're not an apple now, right?" The monkey hesitantly asked, while still hanging on my branches. He's trying to look at my face from the above, I think?

"Well, duh, I'm no longer a Froot... BUT A GROOT!"

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...

Yeah yeah, awkward silence. The monkey knows no humor. Why? Or was it because that in this world nobody knows about Groot that's why they really don't care about the name? Sigh. That's so sad.

"Cough. Anyway, from my recent, uh, evolution? I think I learned a few tricks..." All those growing stuffs and alternating stuffs... I wonder how will it work? "Maybe I'll try to grow... something?"

"Ohhh~" The monkey seemed excited this time.

"Alright... Here goes..." Let's see...

Grow... roots?

[ { Grow Roots } Skill Activated ]

OHOH!

Alright, so from above the ground, you will see NOTHING. But, under the ground, my roots actually GREW. Also, I can control how far they can grow! Let's see... what if I grow into that patch where I can grow delicious fruits?

[ { Delicious Fruits } Learned! ]

[ { Larger Fruits } Learned! ]

[ { Demigod of the Taste's Divine Blessing } Learned! ]

[ { Taste Alternation } Learned! ]

Wow. Within 5 minutes, I learned another 4 skills! Still, comparing this patch that I'm currently enrooted, that patch doesn't seemed to give me a lot of skills. Or maybe my roots just recently reached there? Hmmm.

If that's the case, let's spread the roots everywhere!

[ This plant does not belong to anyone. Do you wish to take over it? ]

[ Yes / No ]

I can do that??? Oh yeah, I have the Roots Domination skill... Uh, yes please?

[ This plant is now under your control. Do you wish to assign roles to it? ]

[ Yes / No ]

EH?! T-That's new!

"...uh, apple- I mean, G-Groot? Whatever your name is... uh, you alright? You've been silence but your face kept on changing... What happened?" Oh, I played with unders too much that I forgot what's above.

"Well, it seemed that I can take over the other plants here and assign some sort of roles... but I haven't discover yet. Maybe I can REALLY turn this place into a fruits garden!"

The monkey seemed surprised. "If that's possible... Well, good luck Groot! I'll be rooting for you from here!"

...did he just-

Never mind.

Back to the plant.

[ This plant is now under your control. Do you wish to assign roles to it? ]

[ Yes / No ]

Yes please!

[ Choose a role: { Grow Fruits }/ { Grow Flowers } ]

For this one... Grow Fruits!

[ { Grow Fruits } Confirm? ]

[ Yes / No ]

Yeap!

[ { Grow Fruits } Confirmed. Which type of fruits? ]

[ Suitable Fruit Type: Apple / Pear / Cherry / Citrus / Banana ]

...Suitable Fruit Type? So there's unsuitable fruit types too? Huh. For this one... let's choose Apple!

[ { Grow Apples } Confirm? ]

[ Yes / No ]

Yeap!

[ { Grow Apples } Confirmed. Do you wish to add in other attributes? ]

[ Available Attributes: Elemental / Delicious / Larger ]

Uh, can I select all of them?

[ { Grow _Larger/Delicious/Elemental_ Apples } Confirm? ]

[ Yes / No ]

Oh wow I can. Yes please!

[ { Grow _Larger/Delicious/Elemental_ Apples } Confirmed. Please wait for a while... ]

First, I felt that my body somewhat extended towards that tree, and I somehow... played with the tree a little bit? Like, you're doing some science experiments on the tree, or arranging a puzzle, before you put it back nicely. Energies from my roots flowed into the tree as it grew larger and larger...

Then POP!

The first apple!

But, uh, why is that color... so odd?

"You just... made a tree that can't grow fruits, GREW a fruit!" The monkey exclaimed, hopping down from me and went "flying" towards the "apple tree". "And it's... an apple!"

"Y-Yeah... Since I was an apple, I think."

"But the color's... Was an apple's color supposed to be... like this?" Right. That's the weird part. Like, it's not green apples where it's unripe, or a normal red apple, or a darker red apple...

This apple is orange.

Like, not an apple where it's also an orange, the apple IS orange colored.

"Uhhhh... I don't know what's going on... but I'm very sure that that's an apple and it should be fine to eat it," Based on the selections I did just now - obviously it'll be like that.

"...alright, I'll try this."

*CHOMP*

"!!!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?"

*CHOMP CHOMP CHOMP - GULP*

"UWOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

"UWAAAH!?!?!?!?"

Suddenly the monkey growled super loud as he finished the orange apple. His body started to grow spikier and flames were unleashed. While the flames didn't really do much against me because of my minor all resistance, the grasses around him were burnt off!

"M-Monkey! Stop! The plants, they're dying!" Oh no, I have to do something! I've got to protect this place!

[ { Plant Alternation } is available. Do you wish to use it? ]

[ Yes / No ]

YES YES YES! WHATEVER YOU CAN DO!

[ { Apply Elemental Resistance } is available. Do you wish to apply? ]

[ Yes / No ]

YES! DO YOU HAVE FIRE ELEMENTAL RESISTANCE, LIKE, MAXIMUM?!

[ Highest rank of { Fire Elemental Resistance } is Minor. Do you wish to apply? ]

[ Yes / No ]

GODDAMMIT. MINOR. DAMN. Whatever, it's better than nothing... YES!

[ { Apply Minor Fire Elemental Resistance } Confirmed. Please wait... ]

I CAN'T WAIT DAMMIT. MAKE IT FASTTTTTT!!!

"UWAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

ALSO CAN I DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT FIRE MONKEY!?!?!?

[ { Grow Vines } is available. Do you wish to use this skill? ]

OMG YES!

And now from my body, I sprouted two green vines towards the monkey... but I couldn't reach the monkey! The flames, while they can't hurt me THAT much, are forming some sort of barrier. But...

"I can surround you with my vines!"

Surrounding the fire monkey with my vines, I forced the fire barrier to be smaller while I suffered a lot of burns from the fire. To be honest, they fucking HURTS. Like, even though you won't die being punched by a large dragon once or twice wearing an armor, it will still hurt when you were punched many times!

After some while, the fire finally subsided - not an effort from me, I could feel. I released the vines, and the monkey... the monkey's standing there...

But different.

Previously, the monkey's just like any other monkeys - with eyeliners, I think? But this time, the monkey had a burning long hair, spikier furs, and a crown-like head-piece with a very thick... eyebrow? Is that an eyebrow? I don't even know. But the furs around his face hardened to form some sort of glorious helmet while the fire hairs were spread out freely and passionately. The monkey also seemed to be bigger and more... confident.

Interesting.

"I... I evolved," The monkey spoke, looking at me with his red eyes. "I can't believe it. With that one single orange apple... I evolved into a Rare Variant of my own race! That's... That's really amazing...!" He gripped into a fist, looking at his own fist and then back to me. "Thank you, dear friend. I suppose not eating you in the first place is a right choice to make."

"Hahaha! Now you know what kind of miracles I can make!" I lied. I don't even know I can make these kind of things in the first place. "So... what do you want to do now?"

"..." The monkey looked at the ground once again, and looked around the cave. "If you could... I supposed turning this place into a fruits garden will be nice. I will bring my kind over here, and we will worship you. We will treat you as a god, and while we feed from your fruits. We will protect you from any sorts of dangers while you continue to provide us foods."

Hmm. That sounds like a good deal for a tree like me. But... I wasn't a tree before this. Do I want to stay forever in this place and only provide them good stuffs? I have my own role, too. Hmmm...

"If..." I started, softly. "Let's just say IF... If I am able to be free, able to walk with my two feet... or if one day I grew wings and able to leave this place..." I closed my eyes, before looking at the fire monkey. "Please do let me go, let me be free?"

"..." The monkey blinked. "I... never heard of trees able to grow feet or wings to get away from the places that they enrooted... but if such miracles DO happen, I will respect your choices. For, right now, you're my friend."

I smiled at that. "Your friend, eh? That sounds extremely pleasant. I like that. Nice to meet you... uh... what's your name?"

"...I... don't have a real name. But people called me A327."

...

Wtf is that kind of name?!

Is that a name for a prisoner?!

"Nonono. That won't do. You should get a better name than that... weird code," I frowned, while thinking of a good name for him. Since he's a fire monkey... hmmm... En... Ka.... Kaen... Wait. What about Sun Wukong? Nah, plagiarizing ain't good. What about the other titles from the monkey god then? Like, Dou Zhan Sheng Fo (Victorious Fighting Buddha), Qi Tian Da Sheng (Great Sage Equal of Heavens)... Mei Hou Wang (Handsome Monkey King)! I mean, he DOES look quite good too!

Wait. Using titles to name a person. Sounds pretty odd, isn't it? Sigh...

Eh. This is getting harder and harder to think about. I'll just randomly get pieces from Sun Wukong and give him a name like... "Sun Wutian!" Wait. Doesn't that translates into Son Goten who's also the son of Son Goku translated from Sun Wukong which means I also plagiarized-

...

Never mind.

[ Do you wish to name this Fire Ape { Sun Wutian } ? ]

[ Yes / No ]

Eh? I can do that? Uhhh... Yeah! Let's do that then!

"Sun... Wutian...!" The fire monkey widened his eyes as the name was bestowed upon him. Speaking of which... I could feel a patch of magical energy extracted from myself and transferred towards him.

Eh?

Ehhh???

Re:Monstars ~ Chapter 02: Rooting time!

After a couple of ten minutes covered with the monkey's palm sweat, the monkey somehow found something to feed himself with, and then found a place for me to stay.

"Hmm... This seemed to be a good place for you, apple," The monkey spoke, and showed me the place. It's a mountain with a huge cave - surrounding it was countless trees and blooming flowers. However...

"It's weird that there's no fruits around here, right?" The monkey sighed. Correct. If this is a place filled with fruits, obviously the monkey(s?) would've chose this place to stay. Alas, there's none. How odd.

"Beautiful greens and colorful flowers, yet no fruits. Odd, indeed..." Perhaps they didn't managed to get any fruit tree seeds over here. Sad. "Alright. I'll turn this place into a fruits garden then!"

"...I'm still not quite sure how you have that confidence," Nope. I just acted that I have so that you will not eat me. "But I'll just let you be then."

"Ok!"

"..."

"..."

"...so...???"

"...uh, I think you have to bury me somewhere???"

"...make sense."

The monkey brought me to a spot where there's already a lot of trees. He dug a little hole, and stuck me into it.

[ Do you wish to take root here? ]

[ Yes / No ]

Huh. It prompted me a computer-like question. Neat.

Yes please?

[ WARNING: Not enough space. The growth will be affected. Do you still wish to take root here? ]

[ Yes / No ]

Eh.

"Monkey."

"What?"

"I don't have enough space to take root here. I can't grow well here."

"...oh."

The monkey picked me up, and brought me to a super empty space... like, there's only weeds here. No flowers, no trees... just nothing. He dug a hole and stuck me in again.

[ WARNING: Not enough nutrition values. ]

"Monkey. This time I lack of nutritions."

"...tsk."

He picked me up again, and looked around. He tried to stuck me into various places but...

[ WARNING: Not enough growth space. ]

[ WARNING: Not enough growth space. ]

[ WARNING: Not enough nutrition for growth. ]

[ WARNING: Poisonous area. Might bear poisonous fruits. ]

[ WARNING: Not enough nutrition for growth. ]

[ WARNING: Not enough growth space. ]

[ WARNING: Insects found. Might affect growth. ]

[ WARNING: Not enough nutrition for growth. ]

[ WARNING ]

[ WARNING ]

[ WARNING ]

"This is getting harder and harder..." I sighed, got tired from all those messages. How odd that such a beautiful place... have poisonous area and insects that could affect my growth!

"Apple. I'm gonna eat you now. This is getting troublesome," Eh eh eh, the grip is getting tougher! Can you not???

"Wait wait! Uh, I'll... uh, try to ask for help??? Or you could always place me on the ground and let me choose a spot rather than you choosing a spot for me???"

"...hmph. Last time, alright?" Phew. I'm saved from being dead within his grip. Now... I'm placed on the ground. Hmmm. What can I do? I need to search for a place where I can root and grow properly-

[ Do you want to search for an appropriate rooting location? ]

[ Yes / No ]

Wow. That can be done too? Neat. Yes please?

[ Please wait for a moment. ]

Oh wow. Suddenly, I could feel the earth... where the water flows, where the wind blows... and where's the good stuffs... Like, if you see the ground as trees and grasses? I see the ground as blue, orange, red, and green. Blue indicates the water; orange indicates the ground being not nutritious enough; red simply indicates that I couldn't take root at that point for various reasons; green are the best spots with high nutritional values and enough water for me to grow... wait. There's also a purple spot. Was that the poison spot? So... that point is not red, like, I CAN take root there? It's just that the poisons will turn my fruits poisonous?

Huh.

That will definitely be a great help in the future, I think.

But now... let's just take root at that green spot over there-

[ Analyzation complete. Showing statistics now. ]

WOAH!

Suddenly, the spots that were colored are now being paired up with numbers and descriptions! While I understood that oranges and greens were ok for me to take root upon, I didn't know that I can grow into different kinds of plants if I chose to grow in different spots!

There's this one spot with medicinal values, while the other one will help me to grow delicious fruits. Then there's a spot where I will not be able to grow fruits at all, but I can became a great treant that have strong woods and sharp leaves to kill my opponents... huh. If I want to, I could grow into that and kill off this monkey? Is that what it means?

Nah.

I made a promise, and I shall try my best to do it.

"Uhhhhhhhh... Monkey."

"What?" Uh oh, the monkey sounded very annoyed. Was I taking too long?

"Do you want, uh, medicinal fruits, or delicious fruits, or... uh, e...le...mental... fruits??? What's this?"

"?! Elemental fruits you say?!" That monkey suddenly sounded very surprised. Why???

"Y-Yeah. Why?"

"Those are legendary fruits! Once you ate the fruit - depending on the portion - you will gain the power from the fruit, and possibly evolve into a greater being!"

...oh. Like that one where I was a Horned Rabbit and ate that something legendary fruit which turned me into a massive moving destruction?

"I want that, apple! Please! If you managed to grow fruits, I swear that I will take care of you for my entire life!" Hold on hold on, why does that last phrase sounded like a wedding proposal. I don't want you, monkey. Even if it's a monkey, I want a female one.

But, eh, free health cares. Why not?

"Alright then! Please plant me nearby the spring, a few feet away from the red flower."

"Ok!"

The monkey hastily picked me up, went to the place where I told him, dug a hole, and nicely placed me into it - as if he's afraid that he'll hurt me. Huh, suddenly my value go up so high, huh.

[ Do you wish to take root here? ]

[ Yes / No ]

Yes please!

[ Preparing for evolution sequence... ]

U-Uwoooh!!!

I can feel my body breaking out, and... roots started to go down to the ground. I felt the softness and the humidity of the ground. It's... so comfortable! I have never felt so comfortable in my whole life! I mean, aside from being in bed. Heh.

[ Evolution sequence engaging... 

Taking roots... complete.

Absorbing water...

Absorbing nutritions...

Growing into a tree... 11%... 25%... 37%... ]

Man, suddenly I felt so great being a plant. I can feel myself drinking up the water, and eating all the earth that's surrounding me. It's so comfortable to be here... and it'll be nice if I can just...

Sleep.

Re:Monstars ~ Chapter 01: I'mma Froot!

Everything around me... just pure darkness. I couldn't feel anything - just mere conscious. What am I this time? Where am I? Am I an embryo? Am I within an egg like when I was a lizardman? Or am I within a body like when I'm a human?

I couldn't help but felt the excitement.

Suddenly, I felt my body tremble, yet I can't seemed to move. Do I even have any vision? By the "looks" of it, I guess not. As I searched further, I realized that... I'm outside, dangling. I'm connected to something... I can feel a flow of energy from the large... tree? I'm a tree? No, I'm attached to the tree- wait. What am I???

Am I a-

"Hmmm..." Eh? Somebody's here? I can hear something, coming closer towards me. Then, I felt my body being poked. What the heck?

"Ahh!"

And suddenly, a sharp pain! Now I felt disconnected from the large tree, and I suddenly gained vision.

IT'S A FUCKING MOUTH. IT'S GONNA EAT ME!!!

"WOAH WOAH WOAH HOLD UP! HOOOOOLD UP!!!" I quickly screamed from the bottom of my lungs- do I even have lungs- trying to gain attention and hoping that whatever that's going to eat me will stop... and it worked! Yay!

"...huh?" It's... a monkey? Oh my god! "...my imagination?"

"NONONO. NOT YOUR IMAGINATION. I'M TALKING RIGHT HERE, CAN YOU SEE ME?!" Ah. What am I saying. How could I, something that's grown from the tree, a food for the monkey, have any faces to show him?

"...I must be too hungry. I can see a face on the apple," Wait. You serious? I have a face? HOLYSHIT-

"Yes but NO! I'm NOT an apple!"

"...what?"

"I'm a FROOT!"

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...
...

Well. To be honest I'm pretty happy with my announcement... but the monkey obviously found it NOT funny and decided to-

"HOLD UP. HOLD UP."

"I'm not gonna talk to my food," Damn. This monkey is damn chill!

"WAIT! I CAN HELP YOU!"

"...help me?" Alright. He finally stopped. WHEW.

"Ok. I'm a froot, right? Or an apple - however you view me - BUT HERE'S THE THING! If, think about this, you can find a place to plant me... I can grow roots!"

"...aaand?"

"And I can become a tree! Duh! I can grow MORE fruits! ...or apples. Whatever I am."

Hah. Not often that I saw a monkey frown... that's interesting. And he's clearly thinking about this!

"...and how long do I need to wait for you to bear fruits?"

"Weeeeeeeell..." That's, a good question, dear smarty monkey. Why are you so smart? If I'm a normal fruit, perhaps it'll take months or even years to grow into a tree, BEFORE I start to even bear any fruits. But eh... "I'm not a normal fruit so... Probably an instant?"

The monkey raises an eyebrow. "You... sure?"

"...ehhh... not really. Oh come on, it has a lot of factors, alright? The water, the weather, the land, the nutritions- AHH HOLD UP HOLD UP WAAAAAIT DON'T EAT ME I'M GETTING TO THE BEST PART HERE!!!"

"...I don't REALLY have much patience, little apple. I'm very hungry here."

"Right right..." Damn. This is nerve breaking. I don't really want to DIE before I can even try to LIVE dammit. This is possibly the WORST reincarnation experience EVER. Or maybe not. The pig one might be worse than this... But eh. "Think about this: If you really managed to get me a good place, I might be able to grow in an instant! As the old ones said - Never try, never know!"

"...hmmm..."

"I mean, seriously, obviously this is the first time you met a talking apple, right? So surely you never tried planting a talking apple, right?" Yeah, I just knew that there're talking apples... if I'm not born as one. Seriously. "So try it out! And if I don't meet your expectations - eh, you'll know next time what to do with a talking apple, right? But hey, this time. Just this one time. Please?"

"...fffine..." The monkey seemed reluctant. Well... honestly speaking? He should! I don't even know if I can even bear fruits or even grow into a tree like this. But, I'm a fruit right? From a fruit tree, right? Surely I can become a great tree and bear equal quality fruits too!

...wait. Equal quality fruits as in... more talking apples???

Nonono. Let's not think THAT far...

But hey, at least now the monkey seemed persuaded, and started to bring me around to search for some good places... wait. Is that tree winking at me?

< Good job, young one. >

Eh?

EHHH?!?!?!

YOU KNEW I WAS IN TROUBLE AND YOU DIDN'T HELP ME?!

< It's not that I don't want to help you... I j--- c---ldn't---m-ve--- Oh, ---line -s v-ry- bad---can't-----m--- l--ger---

So yeah, good bye little one~ Good luck~ >

EHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH~~~

OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE A GREAT LINE AT THE END?!?!?!?

"The heck..."

"What were you saying?"

"Oh! N-Nothing! Keep looking! Keep looking! Ahahaha~"

And this is where my journey to search for a rooting place began.

I wonder how many people will be, uh, rooting for me.

Re:Monstars ~ Prologue 02: Lesson Learned

So I chose to die... again and again... until I'm reborn as a Lizardman.

FINALLY.

While I still don't really understand how things can work, I THINK as a LizardMAN I might be able to do something... like, learning human languages!

I mean, surely this would be easier than being a bee, a slime, a black horse, a rat, a chicken... whatever. THOSE, ok? THOSE. Those that couldn't even pronounce "a" properly without even making other weird sounds! I can't even "Ah" when I'm in bed!

Dammit.

So yeah. As a Lizardman. My rate of learning different languages should be MUCH easier now!

I leveled up myself - as usual - and continued forward to gain some friends to help me out with my journey. Some seemed surprised about my plans, but some just seemed to look forward to it.

So, since I was a human born in this world, I've already learned all kinds of human languages... now it's the matter of re-learning how to speak using a lizard's vocal cord. It took me like a few days to learn the human language - GREAT! - and now I can finally converse with one... though I haven't really try it out yet.

Humans aside, speaking "monster" is another thing that I need to learn. After using "Stealth" to get close to a Goblin settlement, I found out that they speak in the way that's close to Orcs and Humans... so it increased my chance to learn the language. The longer I listen to them, the easier I learn. So... in between my daily survival jobs and needs and training myself 12 hours a day, I came to hide close to the Goblin's settlement and learn their language.

Viola!

[ Goblin Speech Learned! ]

That took me like, a few weeks? And now, I proposed an idea to my chieftain to open trade with the Goblins. From my stalki- I mean, scouting experiences, I realized that they're actually pretty good with the forest, while the Lizardman tribe does better in the sea. So, if we managed to trade whatever we gathered from different places, perhaps we can establish a better economy and hopefully making an alliance in the future? If we can help each other to survive, there might be a better chance for me to make peace with more settlements.

I mean, we don't really NEED to kill each others to survive, right?

But will the other party accept my idea? That's the thing where everyone's questioning.

Nevertheless, since I'm the only one who learned Goblin, I'm entrusted to negotiate with them - which I would have already done if I do not require permissions.

So, I came to the Goblin settlement and WOAH THEY NEARLY KILLED ME! Thanks to my constant dodging when it comes to moles- I mean, examining fellow females in my tribe, those arrows meant nothing to me.

But eh, arrows... Last time when I was a human, Goblins were weaklings and they're stupid. They have low intelligence and they only know how to fight with lowly weapons - without formations. Through my constant observations, however, there's a strong leader with high intelligence here. Otherwise, the Goblins wouldn't know how to create bows and arrows, learn how to ambush people with arrows, or making loads of traps outside their, uh, cave???

"WAIT! I'M HERE TO NEGOTIATE!!!"

That clearly caused confusions between the Goblins. They couldn't comprehend how a Lizardman could speak their language. After a few moments, they sent out a team of heavily equipped strong Hobgoblins.

"You. Lizard. The leader calls."

"Come alone."

Eh. Alone.

"C-Couldn't I bring at least ONE guard with me? I mean, it's obvious you guys can just kill me off inside when things gone bad and probably nobody will know so... if the negotiation takes a very long time, I don't want them to went on a rampage simply because they don't know how to speak with you guys... alright?"

The Hobgoblins looked at each other, then back at their base. Someone gave an ok from the inside, and they nodded.

"You can bring two."

"Alright!" I grinned at them, and picked my most trusted comrades with me. So I walked in, and...

Wow. It's like a dream.

The leader is a female hobgoblin. Not to say that she's very attractive, but she's definitely a beauty in my eyes. It's funny how the discussion happened from open trade between our settlements to, uh, clearing the room off except for the both of us to have some very, very, private discussions.

Cough.

Anyway, she accepted our tribe's request to open trade with her... and also some other things that we privately agreed upon. So from today onwards, the relationship between the Goblins and the Lizardman is strong and soon we started an alliance. We didn't really "conquer" the rest of the forest... rather, we actively went searching for more possible partners.

And people started to question what are the "partners" that we're looking for. Well, not ONLY trade partners, of course!

Aaand after like a year and more, the whole forest became a community. Soon, it evolved into a thriving town of monsters where humans were welcomed as long as they do not cause any troubles to the people in the forest. Rules were set and posts were made. Lovely partners everywhere and things were going fine...

Until this one day where a human came to us and offered to open trade with us as well. Well, obviously we accepted... but damn, the prices were high and the items ain't all that great. We argued with the humans but obviously they were looking down at us monsters. When we broke off the agreement later, the humans came to sue us for breaking off the agreement. Obviously they couldn't do anything about us monsters, so...

Bad rumors started and suddenly a group of adventurers took on the mission to destroy the city of monsters. Why would they do that??? They're allowed to use the city's facilities and yet they just threw that privilege away! Some of the humans tried to negotiate with them too... but it seemed like the pay is too good to pass this chance up.

Eh.

What the fuck?

Anyway, to defend ourselves, obviously we tried our best to defeat the adventurers without killing them... but even that wouldn't help the situation. After numerous mission failures, deeming us as a threat, the humans started to send in armies to destroy us.

What the heck-

Dude. We didn't do wrong! What makes you want to destroy us?! Is living in peace and harmony that hard?! Moreover, you were the ones that do us wrong! All we did were only for self-defense! This is unfair. This is injustice! Why would you take up missions like that and destroy the monsters without even listening to their plead?

...

Come to think about it, when I was a human, I was constantly taking up missions because, well, I can. I have the capabilities, and the pay was good. I never once questioned the motive behind the missions. I just... took on them. Racking up on experiences, building up reputations, gaining more comrades to take on higher ranked missions so that I can have more fame and fortune...

Everything's... like a game.

But no. This is CLEARLY not just a game!

I...

I finally realized it...

I truly brought calamity when I was a human. I didn't cared about the consequences. I was foolish and selfish, even though I thought what I did were for the fellow humans and cared nothing for the monsters - because I didn't even treat them as a living being. I treat them merely as golds and experiences; missions and reputations.

Damn.

Damn it all...

= = = = = = = = = =

And then I opened my eyes again, remembering the last scene that happened in front of me - houses were destroyed and people were killed. The humans were coldblooded killers, thinking only about the pays rather than the lives that they killed. One more dead monster equals to one more gold and/or experience - bringing them closer to leveling up and learning new skills. No matter if they're truly evil or innocent - they just killed them all because they were all foods for their greed.

Sigh.

All my partners... I hope that they survive. I mean, if I'm the foolish one who started everything, I'm the one that should die in the first place. I guess I'm too naive to think that we can successfully have peace and harmony with everyone including the humans, whom only see us as nothing but lowly monsters.

Golds and experiences.

"Do you see the truth now?"

Yes, my dear god. I have.

"Do you regret your past actions?"

Yes. Yes I do. I have destroyed families and happiness. I didn't even cared about how they would feel. I took their child and lured them out, to kill them off and then killed the child - neglecting their plead for their child's safety as they would exchange their lives for me.

I couldn't understand them.

I'm... a devil.

A true monster.

"Good," The white robed figure stood in front of me. I couldn't see the face of his clearly, but I do see the smile on his face. "Now, do you know what do I mean by balance in the world?"

...kind of? I mean, all I learned from being a Lizardman were my ignorant actions causing destructions... but I can't see how to balance things up.

"Hmph, of course it's not that easy to learn how to balance the world. What do you think you are, a god?" Ah, it's Synchia. She didn't seemed to be as furious as I first seen her. "Well, at least you learned your lesson. There's no need to be extremely angry this time."

So... I'm doing better now? I'm closer to the path of balance?

"I guess it would be... and to help you out, your past experiences and blessings from various gods will keep on following you in this reincarnation."

Eh. Speaking of blessings... I REALLY racked up a lot of them during my time as a Lizardman, eh?

"UGH! Speaking of those disgusting actions you did... How dare you have partners from all over the places?! Y-You caused weird hybrids to be born a-a-and you're a female and yet y-you just-! I-I-I couldn't believe you j-just- UGH!" Ara. Dear god Synchia's all red right now. Have you been watching? "O-Of course I have! I have to monitor your actions as a creation of mine and so that you wouldn't go around and destroy stuffs again and finally understand your actions but T-THIS-" Well, it's hot right? "S-SHUT UP!!!"

"Cough. I think we should continue on with her journey of balancing the world now..." Alaraid spoke, preparing something...?

"Oh dear, I wonder what kind of sexy things that she will do now. Mmhmm~ <3" Eh, there's another god around here??? I didn't saw her before?

"It's very intriguing seeing all sorts of creatures managed to find out new ways to pleasure each other. I have never thought of them..." And yet another god? He's pushing his glasses???

"WHY ARE ALL OF YOU SO INTERESTED IN HER FUCKING LIFE?!" Yeah! My "fucking" life! "S-SHUT UP YOU INSOLENT- UUUUUUUGHHH!!!" Ara, red again~ How cute~ <3 "FUCK YOU!" Ooohhh~ Is that an invitation? "D-DAMMIT!!!"

Ah. Sho cute. <3 I don't mind bearing her loud screams everyday... if you get what I mean.

"NO I DON'T AND I DON'T WANT TO GODDAMMIT SHIT JUST GO DOWN AND REINCARNATE ALREADY!!!"

Aaaaaaalright~ As you wish~ I'll find more ways to make you proud, ok?

"Alright, alright, it's time," Alaraid sighed and patted on me - I have a head? "Good luck young one. We'll watch over you from here...

...though... you might find yourself loads of challenges. I guess you could handle them smoothly."

Eh?

Ehhh???

EHHH---?!

Re:Monstars ~ Prologue 01: I Am Reborn... and Reborn and Reborn and-

So. I am reborn.

But no, my name is NOT reborn.

That's obviously the name of a certain- whoops. I nearly spoil it out.

Anyway, I'm reborn into a... tiger cub. I guess. Well at least I can see that my parents are both Hakukos - white tiger-men - and they're a strong bunch of monsters. Though, I never once seen a civilized version of them. I've only heard tales of them making villages and living the nomad lives so... this is my first time seeing and also experiencing a nomad, Hakuko, lifestyle.

It's interesting - seeing how my tiger-dad was to happy to see me started to walk, and taught me how to fight, while my mom be like "DADDY SHE'S ONLY 1 MONTH OLD!" I mean yeah seriously I just LEARNED how to walk and you wanted me to kick the moon out from the river already. Sigh.

But yeah. Not entirely... monstrous, I guess.

I felt the warmth and love coming from my tiger-parents, and I wanted to do them proud.

After all, being reincarnated as a Hakuko means you gotta live the Hakuko style right?

Including hunting animals (small monsters) for food and occasionally humans for food, too.

So yeah.

Every day, I practiced the Hakuko fighting style. Every day, I hunted in the Hakuko style. But no, that's obviously not enough. I have experiences! I know a better way to deal with this. So I started to win the favors of everyone and managed to gain an army.

If they don't... eh, I'll have my ways. HEH.

So I taught them how to fight and blahblahblah weaknesses of humans and monsters and shits... viola! A huge mercenary army, ready for me to command over them! Those that defy me? HEH. OFF YOU GO~

Then, after like 10 years I kind of conquered the mountain and became the king of the mountain. Eh, once a hero forever a hero. Now, I'm the hero to the Hakukos. I'm goddamned successful! Of course, I'm not as great as Miarah Charrin but as a Hakuko? Eh! I'm like the king of the monster, or something! Pinnacle of the strongest! I could say I understand the monster's side of the story already... right?

That should earn me the pass of not-reincarnating again, right?

= = = = = =

"YOU IDIOT!!!"

Ah. I'm being scolded. I'm dead from the fight against the legendary enemy of the Hakuko - The Silver Oni - and once again I'm here in this blank room.

"THIS IS NOT HOW YOU TREAT THE MONSTERS!!! YOU DO NOT JUST BEAT UP EVERYONE AND/OR EAT THEM ALL IF THEY WERE TO DEFY YOU!"

But I made my parents proud! They were so happy during the coronation ceremon-

"IDIOT! THAT'S NOT HOW IT SHOULD- UUUUUUUUUURGHHH!!!"

"Calm down Synchia..."

"YOU. YOU TAKE CARE OF THIS!"

Ah. Again she poofed away. I have once again caused her anger and she can't even do anything towards me. Synchia, the god that governs over... monsters? I think? Couldn't do anything to me while I'm a Hakuko because I receive a certain blessings from her as well. Ehhh... sad?

"Sigh. Enough wasting time. Let's move on to your next life."

Eh fi-IIIIIIIIIIINEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA------

= = = = = =

So now... I'm a Horned Rabbit! A... weakling, I guess. If I were to remember, Horned Rabbits are like some sort of low-leveled monster that you couldn't even NOT defeat... like, all adventurers MUST know how to defeat this.

Eh.

So... what's my role here? Experiencing the life as a weakling?

Alright. Tactics time. Previously I ruled over everyone and killed everyone that defies me and... whatever, and became a hero. So... probably this time I'll just gonna be a nobody - do not kill and do not be killed?

SOUNDS GREAT!

LET'S DO THIS!

"La la la la la~~~"

I have been living my days wandering around the woods and escaping from all sorts of dangers... to the extent of learning "MAX Intuition" and escaping everything bad. Good, good! I'm very good! I can do this! I can do the "do not kill and do not be killed" thing!

But... then... because of intuition, too, I somewhat bumped into some sort of legendary fruit or something. I ate it, and POOF!

I evolved into a Diamond Horned Volcrabbit.

I'm now having a body made of lava, and one large, sharp, diamond horn on top of my head. I gained the mass of a tree, and constantly terrorizing every single monsters/weaklings around me.Well, it's not that I can help it since my whole body is covered in volcano... I just... kinda burned off everything. Even dragons consider twice before they tried to get close to me... and when they do...

Eh.

My horn's too stronk.

Ah, fuck.

I think I fucked up.

Like, I wanted to FUCK them up, the RIGHT way, but...

UGH.

Can I find someone that could bear my drill without succumb to its strength so easily? I mean, it's not easy to gain a horn on your head! With this I'm supposed to be able to pierce through all sorts of heavens! But no, I pierced too far and all heavens were destroyed in that instant.

Ugh.

My stupid intuition.

Now I burnt down mountains and forests and villages and everywhere I've been and now I'm facing a group of Rank SSS Adventurers ready to take me down.

Fuck.

And I've killed all sorts of things that I shouldn't be killing. Even if I'll be suicidal this time and sort of gave up fighting, I'm very sure this time...

= = = = = =

...I'm gonna be reborn again.

Yeah, they didn't even waste their time to summon me back into that room. Waha.

Good, now I don't need to listen to Synchia's whining. Sigh.

Now... what am I? A... wolf.

I'm in a pack of Dire Wolves.

Huh, neat.

Now. In my previous life, I'm just trying to survive. Not as a weakling Horned Rabbit but as a mere survivor. Learning that shitty intuition skill and accidentally made my life miserable.

Sooooo...

In my current life, I wonder if I can live my life fully as a normal Dire Wolf and die as a normal Dire Wolf instead of accidentally killing random shits that's somehow getting in my way?

Alright!

Hunt as a wolf!

Move as a wolf!

Fight as a wolf!

Eat as a wolf!

You're a wolf, a Dire Wolf!

Be with the pack and be a part of it!

No, I don't want to be the leader I don't want to evolve I just wanna be a normal Dire Wolf!

Don't give into the temptation of great power and great safety!

Just be the wolf, the normal Dire Wolf you are!

Now... DIE AS A WOLF TOO!

A PROUD, FULL, DIRE WOLF!!!

= = = = = =

...and the heck, I'm being reborn again.

What's wrong with me being a Dire Wolf and living as a Dire Wolf???

I AM a Dire Wolf- wait. I guess right now I WAS a Dire Wolf...

...

Dammit. I don't understand this. I can't rule over everyone, I can't play super safe, and I can't play as what I am??? Or... I'm simply NOT being what I am?

What am I?

Right now, I'm an Orc - not the green one; the PIG version.

But really, that's not the most important, isn't it?

Why do I keep on getting reborn? It's not being "living as what you are", or, live the best out of your life... isn't it?

My role is obviously not to entertain the gods? Or was it? Obviously they were angry because I tip off the balance... but what's the balance?

What's truly the balance that they're searching for???

The equal population of humans and monsters??? Is that really the thing? Or for everyone to live in peace and harmony???

Right now, I'm an orc. I'm a pig, then? So am I a food for the other monsters?

Well, if I'm gonna be reborn anyway, let me try this out then.

= = = = = =

Obviously that's not the right answer.

And damn, being chewed on and crushed upon... and being played around was not an enjoyment.

Perhaps that would entertain the gods? I mean, I suddenly received some sort of "Blessing of the Sadistic Demi-God". Eh. I don't get it. What does this do and how this will help me? Obviously, it doesn't. It's like, in games, you made an achievement. Sometimes they give you bonus, but sometimes... it's like a title to win over but without any usefulness. It's just A THING to work on after you finish the game... or something. It's not needed to complete the game, obviously.

So.

That aside, what am I right now? A... Red Bear? Huh.

I'm clearly having the strongest base form at this moment - as a monster I mean - after I kept on getting reincarnated. Sounds funny when it seemed like a game where each time you die your specs will be carried forward and so when you reborn you will have a stronger base than you had before-

But of course, we wouldn't know that for sure, right?

Wait, isn't Hakuko the strongest out of all?

...

Eh. We're wrong then.

Wait. Who are "we" anyway? Who am I talking to? Ah, myself. Of course. How are you? I'm fine. Nice to meet you too!

...

I'm very sure I'm going crazy at this point trying to think about how to get away from all these reincarnation. Sigh.

Ok. So. Maybe I should be like, you know, steer clear from the humans until I can somewhat communicate with them and try to tell them that I'm not an enemy and I'm not trying to hurt you? And also try to live in peace with all sorts of monsters that I came across?

Is that the right way?

I don't know. But all I know was being a Red Bear toughens the path that I'm trying to take. As a Red Bear, I naturally has a bounty on my head. Plus, my... "drops" (sounds wrong as if it's like bird drops - you know what I mean?) will be very beneficial for them - to make stronger armors and weapons. It's hard to try to NOT killing any humans, yet, trying to survive.

Also, trying to make friends with the monsters were equally as hard too. First, all monsters just tend to run away at the sight of me - even when I was a little cub. Or was it because of my terrorizing mother right behind of me? Man, I wanted to rebel so many times against her and run away from home... but doing that probably will sadden her.

Or will it make her proud?

Either way, I've already chose my path to be a good girl towards my mother. I still tried to hunt down normal animals and only feast upon them, but tried to reason out with any monsters that I came across... which is obviously not working because we couldn't understand each other. Any actions from this Red Bear threatened the other party and usually I just got into fights...

Sigh.

Being a Red Bear is fucking tough.

I don't even know how to learn other monster's languages!

Yes, this is the SECOND part of the hard part!

Dammit.

What am I supposed to do? Just die, and hopefully my next body will be a body that's capable of doing everything that I wanted to do???

Re:Monstars ~ Prologue 00: The Sins of Miarah Charrin

< Author's Notes >
Hello everybody and welcome to my, uh, new serialization (?!) of a fiction, generally inspired by various "Reincarnation" ideas such as Re:Monster, Slime Tensei, Yaoshenji, etc. So you will find a lot of shout-outs towards and ideas from these series. Now, do I own all of these? Well, perhaps some terminologies... not really. But the story as its own? It's truly mine, and mine alone.

Without further ado, let's START!

= = = = = = Monogatari ga Hajimaru! = = = = = =

So. I'm a human, being called out from the original world where modern technologies were intact and popular games were MMORPGs. What's my original name? Eh... it's not something that I'm proud about. Rather, I'm more attuned to my current self - Miarah Charrin. That's right! That's my current name! It sounded awesomely cool, right?

Unlike my old... unrespectable self.

As Miarah, I am strong. I can cast magic. I am able to stand up against legions of monsters and slay most of them with the help from my companions. From the exploits that I gained through hundreds and thousands campaigns, I'm rich and glorious. I'm filled with fame and fortune! I brought peace to countries, and I won battles for the people.

I am truly an honorable hero!

With the Ancient-graded armors and Phantom-graded weapons, I am invisible...

At least, I tried to believe that I am.

Otherwise, how am I supposed to stand against this silver, godlike, creature that's glaring down in front of me?

The staredown only happened in one minute, before I felt my body started to turn cold. What happened? Ah... I'm bleeding? T-There's a hole... in my chest! What- I didn't even have any time to react!

Am I... going to die...?

I looked behind, and I realized that all my companions were slain before me.

Am I the only one- no, the last one to die?

"That's... too fast...!"

And so, my vision turned to pure white.



Then... I found myself standing here.



In this blank space where there's nothing but white. I can see myself - as Miarah, thank goodness. Surely in such a white place, I'm in heaven... right? I've did nothing but good deeds throughout my whole life... so surely I'll die as a good man and ascend to the heavens, right?

"Wrong."

Eh?

"You - Miarah Charrin - are a sinner."

W-What?

There must be a mistake! A misunderstanding! I didn't sin- I never sin! Well, unless if you considered loving women is a sin... well, I have nothing to say then.

"No," A figure in white robes faded into my vision, standing- no, floating?- right in front of me. "You really do not understand what your actions have caused, don't you?"

...eh? Loving women have caused the lack of reproductio-?

"Nonono. You don't understand!" Another figure appeared - in the same style... both the entrance and the fashion. Huh, neat. "You thought that you were helping the people, but you were destroying the other half of the population in the world!"

...now I'm confused. What have I done? Did I accidentally caused the world's destruction or something?

"Well, if you continued what you're doing right now - slaying every single monsters that you came across - surely you will."

...that's a sin??? Aren't monsters supposed to be, you know, my enemies or something? And they do give out a lot of experiences... and they could always respawn?

"...you treat this world as a game, don't you?" Now another one descended into my view. Note that I mean descended... it really came down from ABOVE. "I summoned you, hopefully you could turn the tide of the world and bring balance to the world. Alas, everything that I did was a mistake. I should've never summon a person with her whole mind thinking about nothing but games."

Eh. What to do? I WAS an otaku.

"That's why I've been saying!" The one in the center was making a huge fuss. Eh, it sounded like a small girl not getting her candies. "And now she's obviously defiling me! I'm gonna erase her-"

"No. Stop."

OBVIOUSLY they heard my thoughts and the one that sounded like a small girl wanted to erase me... before the first white robe stopped her. I'm saved...?

"I have better plans."

Orrrrrr not.

"I'll make her understand her consequences. I'll... reincarnate her again."

Eh?

"EH?"

"...hmm. Sounds good."

"NONONO. HOW WILL IT SOUNDS GOOD?! If it's not because of YOUR avatar, you couldn't have subjugated this wrench-" Hey hey hey. That's a bad, bad word to describe me... "Shut up! You don't have a place in here! You kept on killing all my precious creations, driving them to extinctions, and you THOUGHT you're doing good for the world! Hell no! You deserved an erasure... if it's not because of Alaraid, you would've been DEAD by my hands!"

...technically speaking, I'm already dead so...

"UUUUUUUUGH!!! THIS WOMAN!!!"

"Hush Synchia. We'll deal with her. You could go to rest first."

"...FINE!" Aaaand there she goes~ Poofing away without leaving anything behind~

"Alright Miarah. You shall be reincarnated. UNTIL you truly understood the world and the importance of its balance."

Eh. Why so troublesome-

"Do not complain. It's because of your current attitude that everything happened - because of troublesome, you killed all the monster children so that you don't need to deal with them in the possible future; because of troublesome, you keep on hunting for monsters in one area until they're all dead because you don't want to move to find another place to train-" Eh, wait. Aren't that supposed to be hardworking instead? "-hardworking doesn't equate to fear of troublesome."

That's... fine.

"And until you truly understand the meaning of the balance in this world, you shall be reincarnated again and again and again until you get it-"

WAIT.

I'M GONNA BE REINCARNATED SO MANY TIMES?!

WHAT IF I UNDERSTOOD IT THE FIRST TIME? HOW WOULD YOU KNOW?!

"...I'm a god, Miarah. I know."

...fair enough...

"Now go."

Eh- WOAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH~~~

And my world turned upside down, black and chaotic, and...

I am reborn.

Nankahen no Monogatari [Chapter 1 - The Strange Yet Familiar World]

Ossu! My name is Rei! I'm a NEET desu! I'm 23! And I'm not in the mood to introduce myself 'cause...

"KOKO WA DOKO DA?!?!?!?!?"

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[Insert Opening Song]
"MEZAMETA KONO NANKAHEN NO SEKAI HE~"
[Insert Animation]

Nantoka Hen no Monogatari [The Tale of Somewhat-Weird / 何とか変の物語 / 有点奇怪的物语 ] 2015

[End Opening Song]

[End Animation]

[Insert Chapter]

Part One: The Strange but Familiar World

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Trees... Trees... More trees... then there's flowers and bushes... It seemed to be humid over there. Hmm...

"From this, I conclude... I'M IN A TROPICAL JUNGLE!" I punch my fist to the air for my conclusion, before I swap it down. "JANEEN DA!"

Ok, I'm self-boke and self-tsukkomi-ing. What the...

"Seriously, where am I? How did I get here?"

Ah yes. I remembered. I was in front of my computer - as usual - doing my own stuffs reading mangas and checking my Facebooks and SUDDENLY! There's this mail thing that I plan to delete buuuuuut I clicked on the wrong space aaaaand...

"KOKO NI KITTA!!!!!!!"

I made a dramatic pose once again, but instantly I dropped down and wanted to knock my head to the ground... but it's dirty, so I didn't do it. "I'm not making any sense... My memories don't make sense. So what, did I got sucked by the computer?" Suddenly, I stood up. "Masaka, I'm in the Digital World?!" I looked around, but there's no signs of Digimon-lookalike.

Instead...

"Ah, I see you've awakened, my dear heroine."

WOAH! I was so shocked. Not just there's someone aside from myself, but... it's a GODDAMN FAIRY!??!?!? She seemed pretty familiar for a fairy... but that's not just that.

She called me dear whaaa?

"Uh... wha?" I blinked, trying to grasp the reality of the situation. I looked around for another possible candidate for 'heroine', but it seemed that there's only... "Me?"

"I know you must have a lot of questions, but I have no time, so I'll cut it short," Wait. Did you just ignored me- "You have been summoned here in order to defeat the evil boss Evangelion," Evil boss WHA...?! Evangelion WHA?!?!?! "But have no worries young heroine, your companions will aid you along your journey," My companions? W-Where? Wait. Don't tell me...

"Here is a crystal orb," With that, she shoved a crystal ball to me. Ooooooooo... Shiny shining shiniest girls be ambitious and shine--- wait. Stop that right there. Don't sing. Not time for singing.

"And this is...?" What is this crystal ball gonna do? Show me the future? Transform into my minions? Or throw at people to capture them???

"The crystal orb will lead your way towards your companions," She smiled at me - ugh, I don't like that smile... seemed to be TROUBLE! "Now, I shall take my leave. Good luck in your journey, dear heroine!"

"Huhwhat? WAIT!"

Aaaaaaaaaaand she's gone!

I blinked. Not just someone just simply VANISHED in a blink of eye, but... "You never told me how to use this thing! Hey, come back fairy! COME BAAAAAACK~~~"

Oh great.

Did you just seriously want me to throw at some people and catch some Pokemans?

"The hell..." I scratched my head as I looked at the ball... no, more like, I glared at the ball.

Ball. Gimme some answers. Ball.

"..."

You no manual kah, ball?!

"..."

Did I just have a staring contest with a crystal ball for a few minutes? Oh god.

"What, you want me to say 'crystal crystal in my hand, who's the fairest of them all?'" Of course, the crystal did not reply me. I sighed. 

"The heck... AHHHH SCREW IT!!!" Furiously, I threw the ball to the ground and ready to stomp at it... but it rolled away down the mountain!

HOLY SHYET.

"Fuckfuckfuckfuck WAIT! DON'T GO AWAY! COME BAAAAACK!!!"

I have never been so horrified. My first "quest item" and I just threw it away? Nonono. It fucking ROLLED away... to save itself from being stomped.

...

Fine.

I'll retrieve it. Sigh.

= = = = = = = = = =

[3rd Person P.O.V.]

[Insert Rolling Girl or Rolling Star or any songs that has the word Rolling... oh. Rolling In The Deep.]

The ball rolled and rolled and rolled... into a small village. Then, it started to shine in bright lights, before an arrow formed and pointed towards a certain direction. A restaurant. Unfortunately, our heroine could not see the happening moment...

What was she doing now?

= = = = = = = = = =

[1st Person]

"Shitshitshitshitshit. Where did it go...? OI! Come out already! I promise I won't throw or stomp on you again ok?!" I yelled into the woods as I searched for that piece of j- I mean, my very, very, precious quest orb.

"Come on... Orb-san~ Orb-san-"

"Grrrrrr..."

"...eh?" I froze. That... that kind of sound. It...can't be. Ok, seriously, don't. Turn. Back. Rei. Be nice and steady... reach out your first step... "RUN!!!"

Yes, I ran, but I forgot to look in front and... now I'm a Rolling Girl.

Rooooolin' gaaaru~ wa itsu mademo~~~

WTF brain. Now is really not a good time to sing, y'know...? It's supposed to be the time to:

"UWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH~~~~~!!!!!!"

= = = = = = = = = =

"Mmmm...gh...?"

Where... am I? Am I back in my room? Is the nightmare over? Is everything just a dream? Or I'm still stuck in the Digital-whatsoever-World? Is this room... my room? Does my room even looked like this? Oh god. Where am I this time? Is this still a dream? Have I teleported somewhere?

"KHHH!!!"

THAT PAIN. I tried to get up but FUCK. I can't and it fucking HURTS. Shit shit shit. Where am I? I can't defend myself like this! Ohno ohno- and I'm COVERED IN BANDAGES?! WHAT ON EARTH HAPPENED TO MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-

"Ah, I see you've awakened, my dear heroine."

Ooooooooookay. Deja vu, anyone?

Yes Pixie-san I'm awake so PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME AND EXPLAIN YOURSELF I CAN'T EVEN SPEAK NOW WITH MY MOUTH BEING COVERED IN BANDAGES-

...

Oi. Are you fucking with me? What's with that smile!? OI. I'm not your fucking entertainment WHO'S FAULT YOU THINK IT IS THAT EVERYTHING HAPPENED TO ME RIGHT NOW. I JUST ROLLED DOWN LIKE THAT FREAKING BALL WHAT DO YOU THINK-

...wait.

Is this... what they called karma? Oh god...

Ok fine. It's karma. It's my own fault that I threw it and I want to stomp it and I'll never do it again because now I'm the Rolling Girl BUT STILL-

"You have just engaged in your first battle, very good!" Waitwhut, first battle WHAT?! "Now, you are finally qualified as a Warrior Heroine with a proper class," Oh great, so I WAS something like a Novice just now? And that battle is a test? Grrrrrrrreat. "Now, your class will be determined by your performance in the first battle," ...wait. What? M-My guess... It's true?! "Hmmm, it seemed that the sword is too heavy for you and you're a bit too clumsy to ascend to a swordsman class-" WOI. STOP THERE. I HAVE A SWORD?! "-but you're brilliant enough to choose to escape, even though it's your first battle. Though considered cowardly, not much beginner would choose to fight a werewolf head on," WTF THAT'S A WEREWOLF?! WHY DID YOU SPAWN ME NEAR A FUCKING WEREWOLF OIIII. SO IT WASN'T REALLY MY FAULT OIIIIIIII. "Oh, your running speed is marvelous!" Running speed? More like, I did the 'Rolling Girl'. Pfffft. "Hmm. I see." You see what? My pathetic form right now? That you have caused?

"Alright. Evaluations have been done. You're now officially a thief."

...

OI. NOBODY TOLD ME THAT RULE. NOBODY TOLD ME I'M BEING ACCESSED. WTF. I know I'm careless and I know I fucking ran from my first fucking battle but YOU WOULD RUN TOO AS YOU SAID! And I didn't even realized I had a sword- no. Even with a sword it's a FUCKING WEREWOLF! What is this logic?! It's like you just sent me to play uber guitar for UV3Rw0rld while I'm still a potato learning how-to-not-break-your-guitar-for-dummies! And what the hell is a heroine with the class of a thief?! What should I do, steal some rare items from Evangelion and negotiate with that monster? “Hey I stole your Shinji maybe you can stop destroying the world?” BULLSHIT!

AND WHO EVALUATED ME?! WHO SENT YOU HERE?!

"Remember, your actions are being closely watched. It seemed that you have entertained them enough and you received a few blessings from the gods," WTF. GODS?! YOU THINK THIS IS FUCKING FUNNY?! OIIIII.

"By the way, your first companion should be in contact with you..." ...vat. But I lost my orb? Wait. So no catching Pokemans? "Oh, your orb is not around? I see. So that's the way that it chose to lead you to your companions," ORB. YOU OK KAH?! WHY YOU CHOOSE THIS PATH. CAN YOU CHOOSE A NORMAL PATH?! THIS IS SUICIDE WEIH. FOR ME AND YOU BOTH WEIHHH.

"Alright, my time is up! Good luck in your quest heroine!" OI STOP. DON'T DISAPPEAR- dammit. She's gone, again! I swear, one day, I'm going to capture you in a magic cage and name you freaking Twinkle Bell and sing to you "Twinkle Bell~ Twinkle Bell~ Twinkle all the way" and "Twinkle Twinkle Little Bell~ How I wonder where you are~" ALL. DAY. LONG. I will make puns on you, I will make puns on your family, and I will make puns on your bells-

*CLACK!*

WOAH?!



“Ah, you’re awake!” SCARE DIE ME. WHO ARE YOU- wait. That voice. So familiar…

…LEGASSSSPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THAT. THAT FACE. OI. YOU MAJI KA YO. That uke-ful kawaii face. That hair. That attire is another thing but THAT "CUTE" VOICE. That height and that aura! 

KOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU~~~

KOU. MAH BUDDY. WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE~~~ Did you save me? Did you got dragged into this “game” too?

“Thank god you’re safe! I was very worried when I saw you nearly DIED at the mountain end!” Ooooh! I see your ears now! They’re elf ears! I KNEW you will choose to be an elf-

…wait.

Choose?

KOU WHY YOU CAN CHOOSE YOUR RACE BUT I CANNOT WHO GIVE YOU THAT PERMISSION-

“I’ve cooked you some mushrooms miss~” Miss? Oi Kou, you dunno my name or you purposely wanna tease me of my current state huh? "Let's eat!" I would love too! But as you can see I-

“Oi Kou, do you think she can eat when she’s all bandaged up like that?” Thank you~ And hello Kou’s little brother~ You came into this game too? You seemed so seme. Kek. As expected of Kou's lil' bro.

“…lol Kon. Sorry miss, lemme untie you from this prison,” Kou slowly took off the bandages off my body… finally I can move a little~

Wait.

Finally? Move a little?

"Gosh... they're so... tight!" Erm, the part that it sounded weird aside, who tied me like this?! No wonder I have pain all over my body... gosh! "Stupid sister... Hey Aki! Why'd you tie her up like this?!"

Ah. His voice changed. In case if you don’t know, previously he has been talking using his higher register. Now he’s using his deeper, manlier voice that’s different from his usual looks. What, you thought he’s a girl? Pffft. You dunno how many times people have been mistaken him for a “miss”. Kek.

"It's you who told me to do this, stupid brother!"

"Yes, Kou."

"...I... I panicked ok?! Gosh, you two..." Can't work under pressure? Sure this is Kou alright. "Yoshiotto... Hai! Dekita!" Ok, this IS Kou alright. Only he will use Hirasawa Yui's talking style...

"Mmmmm!" I stretched my body. It suuuuure felt much better this way! I AM... FREEEEEEEEEEEE!!! "Sankyu ne, Kou-chan!" I laughed and gave him a peace-sign... which he seemed to be dumbfounded by such approach. He blinked for a few times, took him some while to recover and gave me back the same sign.

Hmm? Why the delay...? Don't tell me...

"Domo! By the way, my full name is Hirasawa Kou!" Hirasawa--- WHAT?! Waitwaitwait. Isn't that...?! "This is my little brother Kon and my little sister Aki," Wait. I knew them already, so why is he introducing them to me again? So he really isn't the Kou I knew...? "Aki changed your clothes by the way, so don't you worry about that!"

"O-Ohhh..." I blinked. For a moment, I can't seemed to comprehend what's going on in front of me.

"So, what's your name?" He looked at me innocently. Really, he don't...? Fine.

“My name is, uh, Tai… Tainaka Rei! Yeah, my name is Tainaka Rei!” WHAT AM I DOING?! THIS MAKES ME ANOTHER K-ON-SURNAME-RIP-OFF CHARACTER OI. But since he’s doing it, me doing this should be alright, right…? "Thanks for saving my life! I owe you one!"

"Oh shush, it's no big deal!" Ah, his diva side. "After all, saving a person is a good deed, right?"

So... it's really Kou after all! But... This is like a parallel world? What, alternate universe? Uhhhhhh...my brain.

“Sounds like you almost forgot your name for a moment there!” He gave a semi-horrified look, but quickly reverted back to his usual smile. “I guess you really had a bad fall, eh?”

“Hahaha… You have nooooo idea…”

Yeah. And I don’t mean only from that mountain. I mean falling from my original world…

…into this world… Strange, yet, familiar world…



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"MY BALL!!!" I suddenly exclaimed, remembering the most important thing that I became like... this. "I lost my ball!"

"Well... I sold *sob* your ball to the richest man in this city *sob* so that *sob* he won't bother me *sob* again...!" Uhuh... It seemed that there's some dramas going on here eh? I wonder how my ball is going to help him...

"I shall rip his balls out... and get my ball back!"

Next On: Part 2 - My Ball?! OAO