Hi! Nice to see readers out there! I won't waste your time with pointless ranting. Let's get going! Oh, BTW, a warning: This is a 'Self-Insertion' Fic. In other words, I'm putting myself into the story. If that's not your kind of thing, then turn back now, ok? In addition, this will be from 'my' perspective, IE First-Person. Ready? Three… Two… One… Go!

Chapter One: Future Shock

Present Day

As I sat in my Social Studies class listening to the teacher drone on about the end of the school year and the futures of the people in my class, I pulled out my Eureka seveN manga and started reading it. As I flipped through the pages, I tried to imagine myself in the characters' positions. When I thought of that, I laughed silently in my seat. Yeah, right… Me, in their world? I'd be doomed. When the class ended, I all but ran out the door, happy that summer vacation was starting at last. I walked along the road to my house, the searing heat causing me to sweat bullets.

'It WOULD be awesome, though, to hang out with those characters…' I thought as I walked. I tried to imagine myself Reffing (Or Lifting, depending on your preferred term) and chuckled. Me, on a Ref board… That would be a sight. All too soon, though, my house arrived and I walked into the blissful coolness of the indoors.

'Time to go online, now that I'm free!' I thought to myself as I walked upstairs to my computer room. When I got in and turned the computer on, I decided to watch through the anime of Eureka seveN, and try to imagine myself involved. With a flurry of keystrokes, I was at the site and the show began. As the song "Days" played, I started to hum it lightly.

"I must sound kinda stupid…" I said aloud to nobody in particular. As the show progressed, a storm began to slowly brew outside. 'Greeeaaat… Why not?' I mused. Suddenly, without any prior warning, a clap of thunder rattled me out of my reverie.

'Scared by thunder… What is this world COMING to…?' I asked myself mentally as a thunderbolt struck the satellite on my house. I jumped at that, and tried to turn off the computer. When I was about to hit the Shut Down option on my screen, the screen itself began to glow with a strange green light. I reached my hand out to touch it, to see what had caused it, and my hand actually went INTO the screen! I tried to pull my hand out, but it wouldn't move, so I grabbed my wrist with my other arm and pulled. Still nothing happened, however. Well, actually, something DID happen, just not what I expected. I felt a tug on my hand, and slowly at first, I got pulled into my computer screen. I was panicking now, and yanking with every ounce of energy I had, yet only getting pulled farther in. I eventually gave up, and decided to dismiss this as a dream. I allowed the screen to take me all the way in, and then I blacked out as nothing but green glow filled my vision.

Unknown Region

"Is he alright?"

"What happened? Also, what IS that he's wearing…?"

"I dunno, Grandpa. I was holding my Compac Drive, looking at it, when the room glowed with the Compac Drive's light, and this kid was here when the blinding glow went away."

"Get a glass of water. He appears to be coming to."

"Alright. Be right back!"

As I opened my eyes after lying there silently, listening, I saw I was in what appeared to be someone's bedroom. However, it wasn't exactly the same as a normal bedroom. Sure, there were posters lining the walls, and stuff lying about the room haphazardly, but there seemed to be way too much stuff to do with technology and mechanics. I propped myself up on my hands and saw straight into the eyes of a stern looking old man wearing glasses.

"Finally awake, eh? I have some questions I'd like to ask you. First off, how did you get here?" the man asked.

"I have no idea. I'm just dismissing this as a dream, since I got pulled into my computer's screen, which is definitely impossible. I saw it glow with a green light, the monitor, I mean, and then I touched it, which caused it to suck me in. I woke up in here with no idea what's going on." I replied. My eyes wandered to a small tan object with a green triangular prism sticking out of a hole in it. It looked like some sort of strange toy or something, yet it seemed very familiar.

"What are you staring at so intently, boy? Haven't you ever seen a Compac Drive before?" the old man asked, seeing me staring at the odd object. When I heard that, something clicked in my head.

'Wait a second… Did he just say…? Compac Drive! This… This is… This is impossible, is what it is…' I thought as I registered what he said. 'Only one way to find out' I decided.

"I'm back! Oh, he IS awake, isn't he? You alright there? You seem a bit disoriented." said as boy with light brown hair who just walked in with a glass of water in his hands. I looked at his strangely familiar cobalt eyes, and checked his shirt. He was wearing a sort of sport jacket like thing, with a zipper around the collar, white body, and red sleeves. He handed me the water and stood in the doorway, propping himself up by his forearm. I took a sip of the water, and then downed the entire glass after realizing how parched I was.

"Dang! Ya gonna eat the glass, too!" the boy exclaimed as he saw me take just about three seconds to drink the whole thing.

"Renton! Mind your manners with a guest!" the old man exclaimed.

"Wa-wait a second… Ok, this'll sound really odd if I'm mistaken, but… Are your last names both Thurston?" I asked, hardly believing I actually did so.

"That's right. You've heard of us? Of course you have, what with us being related to Adrock and all…" the old man replied.

"You… Would be Axel Thurston, correct?" I asked, to be certain.

"That would be correct. How did you now that, anyway? Are you an aspiring mechanic?" Axel asked.

"No, actually… Oh! One more question… Is it the year 2006?" I questioned.

"What planet are you from? It's-"Axel started.

"Earth…" I said simply.

"Did he just say…?" Renton asked Axel.

"Wahahahaha! That's rich… You must be a big history buff, to know of Earth… That's ten thousand years in our past! Anyone worth their weight in history would realize that!" Axel laughed and explained. I sat there, frozen to the spot, my eyes seeming to glaze over.

"Hey, kid… You alright?" Renton asked. That snapped me out of my thoughts long enough for me to retort.

"This "kid" is two years older than you, so I'd suggest you pay me a bit more respect. Anyway, I think I might know what brought me here…" I said.

"Really, now? Enlighten us." Renton demanded with a sour look on his face.

"Time travel. It's the only possible explanation, though it's still about as likely as seeing people floating on hoverboards or something…" I clarified.

"Then it must be a sure thing." Renton stated, pointing at his Ref board. He grabbed it and dashed out of the room, and I saw him dart over to a small hill area, where he got on his board and proceeded to surf seemingly in midair. I could clearly see a greenish-yellow trail of light behind his board as he did so.

'I'm… I'm in the world of Eureka seveN… This is… AWESOME!" I thought as I saw Renton land and return indoors.

"Real enough for ya?" he asked with a smug look on his face.

"…No comment." I replied.

Later that afternoon/evening

"So let me get this straight… You actually WALK to and from school? You don't have a bike, a Ref board, or anything?" Renton asked a while after we had eaten a light dinner.

"That's about right." I said. He then burst out laughing.

"Man, your life must suck even worse than mine!" he said.

"Hmm…? How so? How's this life so bad? Seems kinda nice, to me…" I asked. 'Wait a second… Has he not met Eureka yet? And will the events go like in the show? If so… This'll be great!' "This town -Bellforest, was it?- seems to be a peaceful place to grow up."

"That's exactly the problem! I'm already fourteen, but nothing's happened that's worthwhile… I'll bet I'm gonna live and die here, too…" Renton complained.

'Not if my guess is correct, you won't…' I thought. "Cheer up, Renton… It'll get better someday. Maybe even today, for all you know…" I encouraged. 'I'd better keep it quiet exactly how much I know… It might turn out badly if they found out what'll happen in advance… Though… Perhaps I can do some good with this information…' I mused.

"Hey! You alright? You've been spacing out all day since we found you…" Renton asked, with a slight tone of concern. Seeing how late it had gotten, I asked, "Do you have some sort of sleeping bag or something? I'm kinda tired." I lied. Really, I wanted time to think about my current situation, so feigning sleep sounded like the best way to go about it.

"Yeah. Look in my room, you'll find one somewhere in there. You should sleep nearby, though. Seeing as you don't know the area, I'm gonna need to teach you how life works here tomorrow. 'Till then, get some rest." Renton replied.

"Thanks. Oh, my name's Josh, for the record, ok?" I replied before I walked off.

In Renton's room

I searched around, sifting through various toys, Reffing magazines, and the like, until I found the sleeping bag he told me of. I got in, and began to think.

'Was I brought here for a reason? Why of all people, would it be ME…? SURELY, someone ELSE could do whatever I'm here to do better, right?' I would have continued to think, but a loud noise startled me. I looked outside, where the noise originated, and saw a large white and red human shaped robot coming towards me.

'The… Is that the Nirvash?' I asked myself in my mind. 'Oh… CRAP!' I shouted as I ran from the room, but too late. The UFO crashed into the house and I blacked out, just a few seconds from the door outside.

So… How's that for a pilot chapter? Trust me; it'll get WAY better if I get support for it, alright! Go Eureka seveN!