MCU: Two Templates

'Can I also draw items, or they must be templates?'

'The host needs ten tickets to draw items and fifteen for a companion. To filter the search, the host needs two more tickets.'

'Companion?! Do I get to draw companions? Wait. How do I get to narrow the options of the things I get? Can you give me an example?'

'Example: ten tickets for an item. Two more for it to be from X world. Two more for it to be a weapon.'

'Oh. Nice. And how do I get tickets?'

'Host will receive one ticket once a month.'

Humming, she throws the bloody paper, giving the room a once over to see if there's another bloody spot. When she finds none, she continues, asking, 'And how will I get new templates?'

'Every time the host reaches 100% synchronization, they can draw another template.'

Sweet. 'How do I unlock new abilities?'

'Host needs to increase their synchronization rate.'

'And how do I do that?'

'Host needs to train current abilities and/or defeat enemies.'

'No killing?'

'It depends on the Host templates. One template has the neutral evil alignment while the other is chaotic good. The host's body instead is lawful good, neutralizing the first Template somewhat.'

She sighs in relief, even if she's still confused, as she's not entirely sure she would have been able to kill in cold blood after all. It's not that she's weak-minded; she just lives by the rule, 'Don't do to others what one doesn't want to be done to oneself.'

With that set, she works on a schedule as she goes down to cook: Mornings are for school, afternoons are for Hakuda, and the time after dinner is for her Reiatsu training.

Then she notices her Shinigami template has its passive version and an active one.

Curious, she clicks on it as she walks into the kitchen.

And promptly stumbles as she did when she first woke up in this body. There's a thump-like sound coming from behind her and when she turns around to see, she's freaked out by the sight of her small body on top of his bed.

Why a small body?

Well, as she looks down at his hands, she realizes that they are slightly bigger. She runs to the bathroom, momentarily ignoring the body sleeping on the floor, to look into the mirror.

There she is, in the same Souma-like body. Same yellowish honey eyes and red hair, just… older, early-twenties. Probably the same age her previous body had before it appeared in the void.

Huh.

She's also wearing a shinigami barb, with the asauchi next to her hip. Bringing out the panel and trying to focus on the Gothic outfit, she says 'equip' in her mind. She's slightly surprised when it works.

Later, after she stops examining her new outfit, she realizes she's not sure if she'll be able to interact with living beings, so she tries to touch the wall next to her.

Her hand passes through, giving her the film 'Ghost' vibes. She now wants to do pottery.

She tries again, this time concentrating on touching it and she manages to touch it. She can feel the cool wood under her palm.

There's a sound of keys from the outside, and she looks at the front door before changing her template once again from active to passive. She feels a tug in her belly before she's launched from the bathroom to her body.

She cringes internally, not only from the small pain coming from the back of her head but also because of the weird feeling coming from her soul. That could have definitely gone better.

She wants to continue practicing because this feels like an astral projection, or maybe it is the same way Ichigo used to return to his body. That means slowly entering her body manually would be less awkward.

It doesn't matter, she has to start cooking dinner, as she can hear Johnny talking with Ben. She decides to make something simple. Though she's good at western food, she has got to admit that some part of her (Probably the Yukihira from the other world part) wishes to cook some Asian food. Even French would do! 

She goes through the motions as she cooks, but it seems that's the wrong thing to do because when she's finished, and Ben comes to get a taste, as he always does, he gets all excited about it.

"Did you cook something new? This is amazing, Souma!"

He wants to grab a bigger bite, but she stops him with a smack on the back of his head. "Wait for dinner to start!"

Ben tries to implore, but she's resolute and worried about the improvement in her cooking skills, so he's easy to ignore.

Later, after receiving praise for her cooking, she finds out that people cannot see or hear her. When she returns from school, she tries to call Jennifer without receiving an answer. She also waves at her from behind the door, just showing her head and arm, and is ignored.

Anyway, at the moment, she will start doing the stances seared into her brain for Hakuda training. Her room is small, but at least she doesn't have to share because everyone in the house thinks she's too feminine to bunk with the guys and too masculine to bunk with the girls.

Before going to sleep, she asks Mrs Maria for some money to do the groceries the next day. She knows she shouldn't, but she still can't help but ask for permission to buy some extra stuff so she can cook more diverse stuff. She can't help it; cooking relaxes her and is something she likes to do.

She's also started to stand up for herself more, being careful to only deal with the bullies that come after her whenever teachers are nowhere to be found. She doesn't want detention. Besides, there's no way one of the bullies will complain to a teacher. How would their inflated egos admit they lost to someone smaller than them?

At least, the fights count as sparring, which increases her synchronization template. It's a drop in the ocean, so she doesn't count it as much. However, mosquito meat is still meat, and even if it increases at a snail's pace, it's still increasing, right?

Sighing, she mutters almost a month after starting her new life, "This will be hard."