3] What do I do... Nothing?

(Zero's POV, Cron- Zero's house)

After meeting Marle for the first time, I immediately remembered Lucca. She should be around 8 years old now, and in a year her mom gets into an accident... 

Zero- 'Should I save her? I can at least try to... The password to stop the machine is LARA, at least it is in the game.' After pondering for a moment I come up with a decision. 'Lucca needs this accident to happen, that way she gets the motivation to build things... Crono already became her friend...'

I sigh and go outside, knowing the future is hard.

*** a week later

I am sparring with Crono outside, and we are pretty evenly matched.

Crono- "Haaa!" He swings down his wooden sword after jumping into the air, which provokes me to sidestep and parry his attack. I'm only using one sword, so I can't capitalize on the parry very well.

Crono sees my problem and immediately takes a swing for my side, which I barely deflect. I swing my sword down, and he takes it head on. Blocking my strike with one of his very own, causing me to click my tongue.

Zero- "Not good..." He and I both know that Crono is slightly stronger than I am, so he is in an advantageous position. While he is a bit overconfident in his situation, I smile and pull his leg out from under him with my own leg. I point my sword to his throat. "I win."

I feel almost bad about using my at least 20 years older brain to beat him. I offer him my hand to help him up, and he gladly takes it. He gets into another sword stance, and I just smile. "Okay fine, just one more. I have to go meet someone after this, so I'm going all out."

I get my second wooden sword out, and get into the iconic dual wield Kirito pose.

(Picture for those who don't know what I'm talking about.)

After a 5 minute beat down of my brother, I finally get to go to the sweets shop. I see the nervous girl fidgeting in front of the door, when she sees me she waves at me eagerly. I wave back with a small smile on my face, which incites a smile in her as well.

Marle- "Hi Zero! How was your week?" I simply brush her knowing my name off, assuming that she asked Jerri (Shop owner).

Zero- "It was alright, a bit tiring... But alright nonetheless." She looks at me with a worried face.

Marle- "Why was it so tiring? Are you okay?" I chuckle at seeing her reaction.

Zero- "No need to worry, I'm fine. I was just training with my brother, and he can get a little excited." She seems a bit embarrassed, so I just go into the shop. She follows shortly after, and we spend a while just talking and eating sweets. I eat as little as possible while making it look like I am enjoying it. 

*** 30 minutes later

Marle decides that she needs to go back home, and I understand why. I wave goodbye as she leaves, following her thought process shortly after. On my way home I see Crono and Lucca doing something, but I try to avoid them. 

I go inside our house, and plop some sweets on the table.

Mom- "Oh, welcome back Zero. You just missed Crono, he and Lucca went to her house." I sit at the table.

Zero- "Okay, that's fine. I was planning on going back out soon, after a break." My mother just laughs, and places a plate with some food on it in front of me.

Mom- "Well, at least eat some lunch first." While eating I have a thought.

Zero- 'This is good, but man... I want some ramen...' After lunch, I head out into the forest. I kill a few things, but I get to tired to do too much else. 

On my way out of the forest, I get jumped by a Blue Eaglet.

"Crap, these guys are tough..." The flying monster dives toward me, and I have to roll out of the way. "Too damn fast!" I stand back up and ready a knife in my right hand, with my wooden sword in my left. Once it flies toward me again, I bat it down with my sword. 

I stab my knife into it's back, but that's apparently not enough because it flies back into the air and screeches at me. I pull out my second knife to replace the one I just lost.

The Eaglet flies toward me again, and I try to smack it down with my sword. The bird dodges just barely, but that allows me to strike with my knife. "[Focus Point]!" I use my new tech that I learned a few days ago, stabbing the bird in the heart.

Finally, the beast is dead. Falling to the ground, I sigh. "That was pretty close... I knew it was a good decision to avoid them." Going over to the corpse, I yank out my other knife. "Gross."

Walking home, I clean my weapons in a nearby pond. When I reach my house, I see that Crono is outside training again. He waves me over, and I join him with a sigh.

*** Another year passes

The meetings with Marle continue every week, and training with Crono happens every day. I am finally properly introduced to Lucca, but every time I see her I start feeling a small amount of guilt.

This year Lucca's mom loses the ability to use her legs, and I can stop it... But I stay strong in my convictions, she needs this to happen so I can time travel. Er, so... Crono can save the world. Yeah, that. 

Anyway, I remember about the Blackbird. In case I end up getting captured, I start training in hand-to-hand combat. Doing that allows me to pass the time proactively, and one day I hear about Lucca's reclusion.

"So it happened already... Alright, now I can stop feeling bad about not telling Lucca." I stretch as I gaze into the sky. "Can't change what has already happened-" '-Yet.' I chuckle to myself, shaking my head in disappointment at my shenanigans.

*** Another month passes

'Marle didn't show up today, I wonder if she got caught.' I go to the entrance of Guardia Forest, and start my daily monster beatings. I can now easily defeat a Blue Eaglet without issue, and have barely defeated a group of three of them. 

I swear, if Seraph's Song didn't replenish my MP, I would have died. I also put on the same type of headband that Crono has, so my speed somehow increased.

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Name: Crono

HP: 50/50

MP: 7/7

PWR: 12

SPD: 9

MAG: 4

END: 5

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Skills: None

Proficiencies: [Swords, B 27%]

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Equipment: [Headband] [Wooden Sword]

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