(This is the thread where I would post my Isekai Fantasy fanfic, Rising of The Martial Hero, with Agate Hoshino being the protagonist. Feel free to check it out)
It was a nice Spring afternoon day in Toronto, Canada. A certain girl with short brown hair and green eyes, was seen walking towards home alongside her friends. She was wearing a black fedora hat with a white band, white collared shirt with green ribbon, a dark-blue longer skirt ending just below her knees, dark-blue blazer, black long socks and brown shoes. She was around 18 years old, and was carrying a backpack on her back.
"Hey Agate, don't you think that went a bit too far during this Taekwondo session?" one of the friends, a girl with blue eyes and red hair asked.
"Sorry, I got a bit too carried away..." Agate, the short-haired girl responded. "I had to deal with a bully earlier this day, and I got some steam left."
"Honestly, its great that you stand up against bullies and such, but in times even you have to realize when to slow down and stop..."
"Maybe..." Agate shrugged.
Ever since from the age of 17, after she was through her delinquent/rebellious phase, Agate was taking martial arts lessons to get her tendency of being pissed off under control, but she still had some problems of doing so.
"Alright, this is where we part. Have a nice weekend, Agate." the girl told her after they reached a crossroad.
"Same to you, Sammy!" Agate bid her friends farewell and walked to cross the road. What she didn't realize, however, that a truck, whose driver fell asleep briefly, was speeding towards her. When the girl stopped and saw the truck, it was seemingly too late. Then suddenly a golden light surrounded Agate and she vanished into thin air.
Chapter 1: Unceremonious Arrival
The scene then shifted to a completely new scenery, a big palace with huge towers. Inside the throne room, a man with a regal outfit, including a golden crown and a long red cape, was overlooking an event, where an another older man, wearing a large purple wizard's hat and robes, lifted his scepter into the air and conjured a magic circle while chanting a spell using an unknown langauge. There were other men present, all wearing full-body steel armor and carrying swords by their side. Then there was a flash, and a human figure materialized from the magic circle, it was actually none other, than Agate.
"The spell was a success!" the man with the wizard's robe said. "I have summoned our next champion, my king."
"I hope this one will be more effective than the previous one which got killed by a bunch of goblins." the man with the regal outfit, the king responded. "Captain, bring forth the Analytic Orb."
"Yes, his Majesty." a man with short blonde hair and goatee said, he was wearing full armor and a red cape. Soon, he returned with item which looked like a blue crystal orb.
The king then stepped forward to the still unconcious girl and held the orb close, ten waited as if expecting something to happen. However, nothing.
"This girl has no Magic Power whatsoever!" he yelled. "You failed again, Court Mage!"
"Please give me one more chance!" the mage pleaded. "Next time, for sure..."
"This will be your last chance! Better not disappoint me..." the king said, when suddenly he saw the girl stirring. She was regaining conciousness.
"Where am I...?" she opened her eyes as she looked around. The men wearing armor all drew their swords as they surrounded her.
"What should we do with her?" the captain asked.
"Just throw her into the dungeon, I will figure out what should we do with her later."
"Roger! Men, capture her!" he nodded and ordered the guards to get her.
"Hey!" Agate immediately snapped out of her confusion and stood up. One of the guards ran at her with his sword, but the girl dodged the sword strike and punched him into the face, knocking him down with one strike. Some others tried to get her, but Agate kicked one into the gut, punched a second on the chest, and tripped a third one with a low sweep of her leg.
"Whats up with her?!" one of the guards yelled as he felt some fear, seeing the others getting felled by the summoned girl. Meanwhile from the side, an another man, older than the rest, was watching the unfolding chaos, seemingly intrigued by the girl. He had blue eyes, long blonde hair, a moustache and wore armor with a blue cape.
"You guys are pathetic.." the captain said and walked up to the girl. Agate turned to him and attempted a punch, but he caught her fist. "Let me show how its done."
The captain then twisted the girl around in mid-air, before slamming her into the ground and pinned her down with one of his feet, pointing his sword at her.
"Shall I execute her on the spot so she won't cause any more trouble?" he asked the king.
The king was about to say something, when the other man stepped forward:
"You shouldn't kill her, she is just a girl. I think we should just throw her out, I don't think she would survive long outside."
"General Friede!" the captain exclaimed. "But didn't you see how easily she was beating up my men?"
"Because they have slacked off, thats all." General Friede said. "Plus as I said, I don't think she has a chance of surviving outside. She doesn't have magic and her 'just punch myself out of trouble attitude' won't lead her far."
"You are indeed on to something, like always..."
"Thanks for your wise opinion as always, General Friede." the king said. "Guards, throw her out."
"You bastards..." Agate gritted her teeth as they tied her hands. The captain himself was the one one being to lead her outside the castle.
"Consider yourself lucky that we didn't chop your head off on the first opportunity." he told as he pushed her out of the gates.
"Hey, it was you guys who wanted get me, before I could ask anything!!" Agate snapped back.
"Thats not your concern." the captain cut the ropes on Agate's hands before throwing her out. "Don't come close to the castle ever again!"
With that the gates were shut, leaving the confused Agate outside alone. The girl stood up and looked around. It was nothing like the city of Toronto, she was in a town which looked more medieval with the wooden and stone houses.
"Just where am I and what they were talking about? Magic? Thats absurd... " she murmured as she walked away from the castle.
Agate was walking across the medieval-looking town, currently at the marketplace. Scents from all kinds of delicious food was coming from every direction, from the stalls of different merchants. This caused the girl's stomach to rumble.
"Man, I am hungry..." she placed her right hand onto her stomach and groaned in frustration.. "But I can't steal... yet I don't have any money... maybe this is what that guy meant that I won't survive here for long..."
Agate then decided to leave the market and walked into one of the narrow pathways to find some time alone to think what to do next and maybe to figure out where exactly she was. Suddenly, she heard a scream. The short-haired girl perked up and ran into the direction the scream was coming from.
"Someone is in trouble..."
As she was running, she soon found the source: a young-looking woman with a shorter stature, dark-brown hair with a redish tint tied into a bun and golden eyes, was harassed by two bandits. The woman was wearing a dark-blue kimono with pink flower patterns and a purple sash, wooden sandals, white socks, a light green and pink haori coat and an Asian-style cone hat. She was seized by two bandits: a lanky taller one with an eyepatch, and a shorter stout one with a leather hat.
"Give us all the money you have!" the lanky bandit demanded.
"I will never give up the money I received from finally joining the Pharmacist's Guild." the woman responded
"Then I guess we have no choice but to kill you." the stout one was ready to stab with a dagger as the lanky one restrained their target.
All of a sudden, Agate rushed through the corridor and used a jump kick to hit the short bandit into the face hard. Using the confusion to her advantage, the woman stomped on the taller bandit's leg.
"AH! That hurts!" he jumped back, releasing the woman and rushed to his mate.
"Darn, that was a hard kick..." the shorter bandit stood back up, touching his jaw. "Who dares to play hero?" he glared at Agate.
"Hey, look! What a fancy outfit! I bet she is filthy rich." the taller one made a comment on Agate's outfit.
"I am not rich, just a girl who doesn't like injustice! How dare you to attack this innocent?!" Agate responded, pointing at them.
The two bandits looked at each other, then laughed:
"Hahaha, you must be a foreign to not have any idea about the law of this land." the stout one said.
"Or rather, we don't play by any rules." the lanky added. "Easy money, easy prey."
"Tch, I hate that..." Agate gritted her teeth, being pissed at the bandits.
"Well, enough of the talk, lets see if you are really that rich your clothes suggest!" the tall bandit drew a short sword and tried to slash Agate. However, the short-haired girl managed catch his arm and using the momentum, she slammed into into the ground.
"AH!" the bandit grunted as he stood back up. "You little...!"
He tried to stab her, but Agate ducked under him and landed an uppercut on his jaw. The bandit let out a grunt as he fell down, unconcious. The kimono-wearing woman just watched with awe.
However, the short bandit held his right hand out and shot a fireball at Agate. The short-haired girl's eyes went open in shock as she barely managed to avoid it.
"What... was that?!"
"Heh, you must have come from a really far land if you are shocked by a simple magic fireball!" the short bandit laughed. "You are really toast!"
He casted an another fireball at Agate, when the other woman suddenly stepped in front of her.
"Spirit Barrier!!" she held her own hands forward and manifested a teal-colored circular energy shield, blocking the fireball.
"WHA...?!!" both the bandit and Agate were shocked.
"Now its your chance!" the woman yelled to the short-haired girl.
"O... okay!" Agate shook her head to snap out and leaped at the stout bandit, striking him with a roundhouse kick. The rogue crashed into a wall and was immediately knocked out. The short-haired girl panted, mostly because the fight drained her already low stamina due to her hunger.
"Thank you so much." the woman walked to her.
"Umm... no problem. Any good people would have done it in my place..." Agate smiled a bit awkwardly. Then her stomach let out a loud rumble.
"Oh, you seem to be hungry. Here, you can have this." the kimono-clad woman reached into her bag and took out a bag of riceballs. "Think of it, as a token of graditude."
"Thanks..." Agate accepted the riceballs and immediately began to eat. "So delicious!" she then turned to the woman while eating. "Maybe you can help me. Can you tell me where exactly am I?"
"Well..." the woman seemed to quickly put the dots together. "You are in the royal city of Daphne."
"Daphne?!" Agate was confused. She had never heard a city named that before.
"It seems you are an Outworlder. In that case, please come with me. I will explain everything you need to know." the woman grabbed Agate's hand and began to lead her to a certain direction
."Huh, Outworlder?! What do you mean?" Agate was still too confused, so she let the woman to lead her.
"I will just say, you are in an another world. As for me, you can trust me. My name is Wakumi Aokawa, travelling herbalist." the kimono-clad female introduced herself as they were running to a certain building.
Agate followed her, greatly baffled on what was going on. Outworlder? Another world? Little did she know that this encounter with this woman named Wakumi was a beginning of an adventure that would change her life forever.
It was a nice Spring afternoon day in Toronto, Canada. A certain girl with short brown hair and green eyes, was seen walking towards home alongside her friends. She was wearing a black fedora hat with a white band, white collared shirt with green ribbon, a dark-blue longer skirt ending just below her knees, dark-blue blazer, black long socks and brown shoes. She was around 18 years old, and was carrying a backpack on her back.
"Hey Agate, don't you think that went a bit too far during this Taekwondo session?" one of the friends, a girl with blue eyes and red hair asked.
"Sorry, I got a bit too carried away..." Agate, the short-haired girl responded. "I had to deal with a bully earlier this day, and I got some steam left."
"Honestly, its great that you stand up against bullies and such, but in times even you have to realize when to slow down and stop..."
"Maybe..." Agate shrugged.
Ever since from the age of 17, after she was through her delinquent/rebellious phase, Agate was taking martial arts lessons to get her tendency of being pissed off under control, but she still had some problems of doing so.
"Alright, this is where we part. Have a nice weekend, Agate." the girl told her after they reached a crossroad.
"Same to you, Sammy!" Agate bid her friends farewell and walked to cross the road. What she didn't realize, however, that a truck, whose driver fell asleep briefly, was speeding towards her. When the girl stopped and saw the truck, it was seemingly too late. Then suddenly a golden light surrounded Agate and she vanished into thin air.
Chapter 1: Unceremonious Arrival
The scene then shifted to a completely new scenery, a big palace with huge towers. Inside the throne room, a man with a regal outfit, including a golden crown and a long red cape, was overlooking an event, where an another older man, wearing a large purple wizard's hat and robes, lifted his scepter into the air and conjured a magic circle while chanting a spell using an unknown langauge. There were other men present, all wearing full-body steel armor and carrying swords by their side. Then there was a flash, and a human figure materialized from the magic circle, it was actually none other, than Agate.
"The spell was a success!" the man with the wizard's robe said. "I have summoned our next champion, my king."
"I hope this one will be more effective than the previous one which got killed by a bunch of goblins." the man with the regal outfit, the king responded. "Captain, bring forth the Analytic Orb."
"Yes, his Majesty." a man with short blonde hair and goatee said, he was wearing full armor and a red cape. Soon, he returned with item which looked like a blue crystal orb.
The king then stepped forward to the still unconcious girl and held the orb close, ten waited as if expecting something to happen. However, nothing.
"This girl has no Magic Power whatsoever!" he yelled. "You failed again, Court Mage!"
"Please give me one more chance!" the mage pleaded. "Next time, for sure..."
"This will be your last chance! Better not disappoint me..." the king said, when suddenly he saw the girl stirring. She was regaining conciousness.
"Where am I...?" she opened her eyes as she looked around. The men wearing armor all drew their swords as they surrounded her.
"What should we do with her?" the captain asked.
"Just throw her into the dungeon, I will figure out what should we do with her later."
"Roger! Men, capture her!" he nodded and ordered the guards to get her.
"Hey!" Agate immediately snapped out of her confusion and stood up. One of the guards ran at her with his sword, but the girl dodged the sword strike and punched him into the face, knocking him down with one strike. Some others tried to get her, but Agate kicked one into the gut, punched a second on the chest, and tripped a third one with a low sweep of her leg.
"Whats up with her?!" one of the guards yelled as he felt some fear, seeing the others getting felled by the summoned girl. Meanwhile from the side, an another man, older than the rest, was watching the unfolding chaos, seemingly intrigued by the girl. He had blue eyes, long blonde hair, a moustache and wore armor with a blue cape.
"You guys are pathetic.." the captain said and walked up to the girl. Agate turned to him and attempted a punch, but he caught her fist. "Let me show how its done."
The captain then twisted the girl around in mid-air, before slamming her into the ground and pinned her down with one of his feet, pointing his sword at her.
"Shall I execute her on the spot so she won't cause any more trouble?" he asked the king.
The king was about to say something, when the other man stepped forward:
"You shouldn't kill her, she is just a girl. I think we should just throw her out, I don't think she would survive long outside."
"General Friede!" the captain exclaimed. "But didn't you see how easily she was beating up my men?"
"Because they have slacked off, thats all." General Friede said. "Plus as I said, I don't think she has a chance of surviving outside. She doesn't have magic and her 'just punch myself out of trouble attitude' won't lead her far."
"You are indeed on to something, like always..."
"Thanks for your wise opinion as always, General Friede." the king said. "Guards, throw her out."
"You bastards..." Agate gritted her teeth as they tied her hands. The captain himself was the one one being to lead her outside the castle.
"Consider yourself lucky that we didn't chop your head off on the first opportunity." he told as he pushed her out of the gates.
"Hey, it was you guys who wanted get me, before I could ask anything!!" Agate snapped back.
"Thats not your concern." the captain cut the ropes on Agate's hands before throwing her out. "Don't come close to the castle ever again!"
With that the gates were shut, leaving the confused Agate outside alone. The girl stood up and looked around. It was nothing like the city of Toronto, she was in a town which looked more medieval with the wooden and stone houses.
"Just where am I and what they were talking about? Magic? Thats absurd... " she murmured as she walked away from the castle.
Agate was walking across the medieval-looking town, currently at the marketplace. Scents from all kinds of delicious food was coming from every direction, from the stalls of different merchants. This caused the girl's stomach to rumble.
"Man, I am hungry..." she placed her right hand onto her stomach and groaned in frustration.. "But I can't steal... yet I don't have any money... maybe this is what that guy meant that I won't survive here for long..."
Agate then decided to leave the market and walked into one of the narrow pathways to find some time alone to think what to do next and maybe to figure out where exactly she was. Suddenly, she heard a scream. The short-haired girl perked up and ran into the direction the scream was coming from.
"Someone is in trouble..."
As she was running, she soon found the source: a young-looking woman with a shorter stature, dark-brown hair with a redish tint tied into a bun and golden eyes, was harassed by two bandits. The woman was wearing a dark-blue kimono with pink flower patterns and a purple sash, wooden sandals, white socks, a light green and pink haori coat and an Asian-style cone hat. She was seized by two bandits: a lanky taller one with an eyepatch, and a shorter stout one with a leather hat.
"Give us all the money you have!" the lanky bandit demanded.
"I will never give up the money I received from finally joining the Pharmacist's Guild." the woman responded
"Then I guess we have no choice but to kill you." the stout one was ready to stab with a dagger as the lanky one restrained their target.
All of a sudden, Agate rushed through the corridor and used a jump kick to hit the short bandit into the face hard. Using the confusion to her advantage, the woman stomped on the taller bandit's leg.
"AH! That hurts!" he jumped back, releasing the woman and rushed to his mate.
"Darn, that was a hard kick..." the shorter bandit stood back up, touching his jaw. "Who dares to play hero?" he glared at Agate.
"Hey, look! What a fancy outfit! I bet she is filthy rich." the taller one made a comment on Agate's outfit.
"I am not rich, just a girl who doesn't like injustice! How dare you to attack this innocent?!" Agate responded, pointing at them.
The two bandits looked at each other, then laughed:
"Hahaha, you must be a foreign to not have any idea about the law of this land." the stout one said.
"Or rather, we don't play by any rules." the lanky added. "Easy money, easy prey."
"Tch, I hate that..." Agate gritted her teeth, being pissed at the bandits.
"Well, enough of the talk, lets see if you are really that rich your clothes suggest!" the tall bandit drew a short sword and tried to slash Agate. However, the short-haired girl managed catch his arm and using the momentum, she slammed into into the ground.
"AH!" the bandit grunted as he stood back up. "You little...!"
He tried to stab her, but Agate ducked under him and landed an uppercut on his jaw. The bandit let out a grunt as he fell down, unconcious. The kimono-wearing woman just watched with awe.
However, the short bandit held his right hand out and shot a fireball at Agate. The short-haired girl's eyes went open in shock as she barely managed to avoid it.
"What... was that?!"
"Heh, you must have come from a really far land if you are shocked by a simple magic fireball!" the short bandit laughed. "You are really toast!"
He casted an another fireball at Agate, when the other woman suddenly stepped in front of her.
"Spirit Barrier!!" she held her own hands forward and manifested a teal-colored circular energy shield, blocking the fireball.
"WHA...?!!" both the bandit and Agate were shocked.
"Now its your chance!" the woman yelled to the short-haired girl.
"O... okay!" Agate shook her head to snap out and leaped at the stout bandit, striking him with a roundhouse kick. The rogue crashed into a wall and was immediately knocked out. The short-haired girl panted, mostly because the fight drained her already low stamina due to her hunger.
"Thank you so much." the woman walked to her.
"Umm... no problem. Any good people would have done it in my place..." Agate smiled a bit awkwardly. Then her stomach let out a loud rumble.
"Oh, you seem to be hungry. Here, you can have this." the kimono-clad woman reached into her bag and took out a bag of riceballs. "Think of it, as a token of graditude."
"Thanks..." Agate accepted the riceballs and immediately began to eat. "So delicious!" she then turned to the woman while eating. "Maybe you can help me. Can you tell me where exactly am I?"
"Well..." the woman seemed to quickly put the dots together. "You are in the royal city of Daphne."
"Daphne?!" Agate was confused. She had never heard a city named that before.
"It seems you are an Outworlder. In that case, please come with me. I will explain everything you need to know." the woman grabbed Agate's hand and began to lead her to a certain direction
."Huh, Outworlder?! What do you mean?" Agate was still too confused, so she let the woman to lead her.
"I will just say, you are in an another world. As for me, you can trust me. My name is Wakumi Aokawa, travelling herbalist." the kimono-clad female introduced herself as they were running to a certain building.
Agate followed her, greatly baffled on what was going on. Outworlder? Another world? Little did she know that this encounter with this woman named Wakumi was a beginning of an adventure that would change her life forever.
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