Free! -The Future Beyond- フリー!ビヨンドフューチャー
Part 1: あなたのヒーローに戻る!Return to Your Heroes!
NOTE: This is the continuation of my Free! -Iwatobi Swim Club- Fan-fic series. Please be sure to have read "The Last Race" and "Memories of the Sea" prior to reading this. Otherwise you will NOT understand (and you will be sorry) on the references that are going on.
There are 6 Parts to this story...so expect a ton of craziness about to happen!
NOTE 2: This part/chapter has a pairing involved so be warned (Haruka Nanase x Nagisa Hazuki). If you no like, please skip it.
Haruka Nanase tossed and turned as the sunlight shined on him in the morning dawn. He finally sat up in his bed as Suiei Nanase appeared before him.
"Brother Haruka…how are you feeling this morning?" he asked while shimmering in the mists.
"Meh, just another day," said Haruka as he yawned and stretched himself.
"Well, today is the day you'll finally reunite with them…or at least with Nagisa," answered the Suiei God.
"It is our destiny indeed," said Haruka as he got out from his bed and fixed him some breakfast while he was in his bathing suit and apron. He closed his eyes and thought back to what has happened in the last year…
Being captured, beaten, rescued, and even won the dream…he thought, but then…
His heart has changed a lot in the last year ever since he went to college away. In his heart, he greatly missed the others but all he wanted was to keep moving forward.
Suiei Nanase could only make a facepalm at how Haruka was dressed while the boy was cooking. The young man ate his breakfast with ease and turned to see Nanase just floating around, creating some random magic with his god-like abilities on the water.
He eventually brushed his teeth and put on some clothes and went to the center of his living room with Suiei Nanase. Today was an important day since it was an opportunity for him to meet up with one of his friends.
Haruka took out his necklace from beneath his shirt and said, "Suiei…send me to Nagisa and his Suiei God Hazuki."
The necklace began to glow as he and the god vanished into the mists, heading to the outside world.
Out by the Metro Park, Nagisa Hazuki stood alongside with his Suiei God, Hazuki. Nagisa felt something in the air as he got nervous on what was coming.
He turned to see a mist flowing right in front of them, building the shapes of Haruka and Suiei Nanase.
"Well what do you know? Your friend is here Nagisa," said Suiei Hazuki.
Nagisa's eyes were widened with joy as he rushes up to him, "HARUKA!".
He gave him a nice tight hug while the other friend said in reply, "Hey, hey, take it easy. I am happy to be back; especially since it's been about a year or so. How's your senior year going?"
"Oh it's doing alright…whatsoever…but I'm glad to see you again!" replied Nagisa but he kind of rolled his eyes in disgust about the whatsoever part.
"Is something the matter?" asked Haruka, "Was Rei up to something again?"
Nagisa shook his head no in response since it wasn't what bothered him.
"Well Makoto explained everything to me about Rei's hacking skills that you taught you; at least you managed to use it to allows us to reunite once more," said Haruka.
But Nagisa wasn't too happy and he crossed his arms over; this gave Haruka a bit of a worry since Nagisa wasn't normally like that.
"What's the matter?" asked Haruka, "You don't look as cheerful."
"It's nothing," replied Nagisa.
Suiei Hazuki chuckled to himself; hoping that it's only just some immaturity or something.
After an awkward silence or two, Haruka said, "Well then; let's go get something to eat."
Nagisa's attitude has changed for the better while Suiei Nanase was a bit nervous on the reaction on this idea. However, Nagisa was not as worried since he was already starving for food.
Haruka took his hand to him and they used their magic by using the "traveling spell" to leave the park and arrive at a local café called Café Kingdom.
"Café Kingdom…" said Haruka, "I've heard about this place…it's like a coffee shop with some sort of a restaurant inside."
They walked inside even though Nagisa was like in wonderland with the aromas as they settled down in their seats. Haruka opened up the menu and saw a strange name called "Guimauve".
"Guimauve," said Haruka, "It's some type of a dessert…"
"I'll go for some cake and hot chocolate," said Nagisa with a smile on his face as his lips were about to drool.
Haruka carefully turned to his Suiei while Nagisa continued to read the menu, saying, "Is something bothering him? I hope he's not mad at me…I'd feel bad otherwise."
"We'll talk about that later, just order your things," replied Suiei Nanase.
Haruka decided to try out the Guimauve along with some iced tea. Nagisa contemplated on whether to get some cake for Makoto or not.
After a few minutes of waiting, their sweets have arrived although they were originally going to have a proper lunch. Maybe it was perhaps that it was still midmorning.
However, Suiei Nanase did not like the color pink on Haruka's Guimauve. Haruka told him to just chill out while Nagisa seemed to enjoy the pink color. The other friend got his cake in the moments that followed.
"It's not the color that bothers me…I've seen something like this before…you better take this dessert seriously Haruka," replied Nanase.
Haruka sighed as he carefully took a small bite of the marshmallow before putting into his mouth. Nagisa was already filled with cake in his mouth as he and Suiei Hazuki were having a blast.
Then it struck him…Haruka was feeling really dizzy before passing out. Nagisa and Suiei Hazuki panicked to see their friend not responding.
"What's with him?" asked Nagisa, shaking in fear, "This isn't normally like himself."
Haruka opened his eyes as he saw the world around him before his eyes…he saw the Five Suiei Gods fighting at Nikon's house as they rescued the family to safety before the house exploded.
"I…I remember this," he muttered, "Nikon and his family were being attacked…and then…"
However the image shifted before his eyes and he saw a dark being standing right before him. Haruka recognized the monster immediately and tried to summon his powers but before he could launch an attack, he woke back up in reality.
This Guimauve…he thought, it tastes like…fire?
He turned to see his Suiei Nanase already in panic, "We have to get out of here. This is not a safe place."
"Huh? What's happening?" asked Nagisa.
"Pay attention Nagisa," said Suiei Hazuki, "Be on alert."
"But I don't understand…what's goin-?" began Nagisa when the whole place around them exploded as chunks of rubble collapsed. The people around them melted away as if it was all an illusion.
"This place," muttered Haruka, "It's not real! Something lured us here into a trap!"
"But what about the cake?" asked Nagisa.
Before Haruka could answer, he saw a gigantic head right behind Nagisa, its teeth were about to sink into the blonde's head and eat him alive.
"NAGISA!" screamed Haruka as he grabs his friend by the arm, pulling him to the side while using his arm to block the monster but the teeth stabbed into his left arm.
Nagisa opened his eyes after being pulled away as he saw Haruka standing over him with his arm caught in the teeth of the monster. He sat there in shock and in fear as he saw the blood beginning to drip on the floor.
"HARUKA!" shouted Nagisa, "There…there's b-blood!"
"Brother Hazuki, get Nagisa to use his power…now!" shouted Suiei Nanase.
"Snap out of it Nagisa!" said Suiei Hazuki, "Go save him!"
Haruka growled and his eyes turned neon blue as he uses his strength to pull the monster to the tables as it smashed all around.
"Nagisa, slay it, NOW!" cried Haruka.
Nagisa finally got up and closed his eyes as his hands created a sword of a thin blade as he screamed and jumped to the monster's head, slicing it off as more blood exploded out. Haruka took his chance to pull his arm off as more blood leaked out form his arm. His flesh could be seen as Nagisa was like horrified beyond his imagination.
"We have to leave…" said Nagisa, wanting to cry but he held back his tears, "Haruka, your arm!"
Haruka nodded as he groaned in pain and carefully tried to hold his arm with his free hand. He walked towards the door and tried to bust it opened but it was locked. The blood dripped onto his hands and continued to splatter on the floor.
"Dammit!" he growled, "We're trapped."
Nagisa tried to smash down the door but it was no use either. Haruka then noticed a lock machine that was preventing the door. Nagisa walked up to it and took out his phone to hack the machine. After a few tempted failures, the red light turned green and they escaped to the other side, hoping for a way out of the mess.
Meanwhile, a group of soldiers led by a samurai warrior stood hidden in the smoke as they heard the two boys walking out and trying to find a way to escape.
"I'll go," said the warrior, "You guys go in and collect the blood."
Haruka and Nagisa were coughing over the smoke as the Suiei Gods followed behind them.
"This is bad," said Suiei Hazuki, "I have a bad feeling about this."
"This way you guys," replied Nagisa, "There's a door here that we can try to get out of."
He tried to yank it to open but it was locked once again. However, before they could try to investigate, they turned to see a giant katana stabbing at the door, barely missing them.
Haruka gasped as he saw the towering being that said, "So you are the Suiei Gods…"
Haruka got pissed and summoned a water sword to fight against the guy as they dueled. Nagisa was like shocked to see such an ambush.
"What's the matter?" asked the stranger, "Does it hurt? You boys are just monsters…like the one you just killed."
"SHUT UP!" snapped Haruka as he blocked his blows with his sword…the injury was trying to heal but it was really painful at the same time.
"Haruka! This guy…" began Nagisa.
"This guy is dodging our moves," said Haruka as the enemy pushed him to the wall and he took out a gun.
"This is the end," he said with a sickening smile.
Haruka gasped and barely escaped just as the bullets fired. He turned around to dodge the bullets and used his water sword to stab him on the head, but the sword didn't go deep enough.
"Huh," said Kouta, "You guys can't kill humans…perhaps that is why…you are unable to protect everyone."
Haruka hissed as he slowly stabbed the sword further in but Nagisa quickly grabbed him by his hand while the Suiei Gods created the mists to block the enemy's vision.
"Leave this fight to us," said Suiei Nanase.
"You both have to escape now," agreed Suiei Hazuki.
The two rushed off while Nagisa was increasingly worried about the Suiei Gods. They found a weak spot on the wall which was an opportunity for them.
"We must combine our powers now, you ready Nagisa?" asked Haruka.
"Let's do this," he answered.
Extending their hands, they both shouted, "Waters of the fists….find us to escape!"
Gigantic fists of water exploded from their hands smashed through the wall as they finally saw the light that led back to the outside world. The Suiei Gods noticed that their respective hosts have managed to break out. They shimmered into the mists while the boys and the gods rushed back to the outside world while the warrior took out his phone to give his report.
"They escaped," said Kouta, "However, the blood collection went on as planned. We'll take it to you soon."
"Well done," replied the voice on the phone, "Thanks for your performance."
Back outside, the two boys and the Suiei Gods walked, heading back to the smaller suburbs of the town. Haruka was holding his arm as it was still bleeding a little from the monster's teeth.
"What the hell was this all about anyway…" muttered Suiei Hazuki.
"Haruka! Your arm!" gasped Nagisa, "Are you okay?"
"It's somewhat trying to heal…on its own. It's just as I have thought, I seemed to have the ability to selfheal my wounds," he answered.
"What are you talking about?" asked Nagisa.
"Back in the tower lab…" replied Haruka, "Daichi would beat me up till I was bleeding but by the next day, I didn't have a single scratch."
"Haruka, you don't think that…?" began Nagisa.
"That Daichi has returned?" replied Haruka, "He and his son were nothing but the ashes of the people long ago."
"No, more like someone else more power than him…almost as if he knew us and the people from the Swim Cadet-X and maybe the Deception MIA," said Nagisa.
"Well one thing for sure that he's not from any of those organizations…nor is the Dark Code," answered Haruka, "You know, it's getting late; come with me to my new place. We'll be safe there."
"Sure," said Nagisa, "I don't want to be alone tonight…but what if they're after the others!? What are we up against now!?"
"We'll alert them as soon as possible," replied Haruka, giving Nagisa a hug for him to relax.
Nagisa blushed a little on the response but he felt a bit better. He eventually broke the hug and said, "We have to get going."
"Right," said Haruka.
They reappeared at Haruka's new house where the rooms were bigger with a more modern, contemporary look. The bathroom had a mini-onsen with a shower while the bedroom was a California King bed and the kitchen had like a bar-like style with an island shelf.
Nagisa was already amazed by the place as he looked around and imagines himself living here.
"Hey Haruka!" said Nagisa, with a smile on his face, "Let's take a bath!"
"Oh um…alrighty then," he replied, "I'll get the onsen prepared then."
"I'll make a quick call to Makoto first though, be right back," answered Nagisa.
Haruka walked to the onsen as he prepared the water for the bath. He wondered to himself about what was going on with Nagisa's attitude from earlier.
He sang to himself, "The water is…nice and warm indeed…we can relax…we can be peace…there's nothing worry to go on…but if I…had to share…something that I hand in mind…I don't know if it's right…will it be okay…"
Nagisa walked into the room and said, "He didn't answer my call."
Haruka nodded as Nagisa quickly stripped himself and jumped in. Haruka followed but was hesitant to either keep his bathing suit on…or to go in naked. Deciding for the latter, he took off his pants and clothes and the swim trunks, stepped in, trying his best to hide his blushed face.
"So then, what happened?" asked Haruka, "With you and Makoto?"
"We had a really bad fight," said Nagisa, "And he doesn't want to talk to me…what if he won't ever talk to me again?"
"It won't happen…I won't…well, not just I but you can't let that happen either," replied Haruka, "Ever since we won the Nationals…we were all finally at peace…even Rin."
Nagisa sighed and said, "But nothing lasts forever…we're…proof of that…"
Haruka swam up to him as he saw Nagisa's face about to spill some tears.
"What…are you talking about?" asked Haruka; he turned to his Suiei God, asking, "Nanase. Are you able to go visit Makoto and his Suiei?"
"I will do my best to connect them and see; if I do, I'll go and investigate," said Suiei Nanase. He took off into the night and soared his way up to the clouds for a signal.
Back inside, Haruka turned back to Nagisa and wiped his tears away, "Nagisa…don't cry. Please."
"Haruka…I…I can't talk to him…" he replied as he cried.
"Do you want me to go with you…when we visit him?" asked Haruka.
"No…please don't," he answered as he hugged around Haruka and spilled some more tears. Haruka wrapped his arms around him.
"I sent Nanase to go see what the problem is. Hopefully they can talk to one another," said Haruka.
Nagisa nodded as he closed his eyes for a bit.
Haruka's hands were somehow enjoying the skin on Nagisa…it was like…soft and gentle.
"Your skin," said Haruka, "I-it feels nice."
"Haruka?" asked Nagisa as his eyes blinked in confusion.
Haruka chuckled and said in return, "Do you remember when you wanted to make an onsen group?"
"Y-yeah?" asked Nagisa.
"Maybe that's what we need after all….an onsen party. But we can have it here in my house," said Haruka.
Nagisa smiled a little as he was excited to hear. He used to pester Haruka about having an onsen or hot springs club and Haruka would always refuse the idea.
"Nagisa…I…I feel bad…for all of my actions…" began Haruka, "But I think…I….I love you."
Nagisa instantly blushed on the words and looked away embarrassed.
Haruka explained, "You always tried to cheer me up after I was always in a sulk. But then…ever since I left for college…I felt out of place…I…I was…alone…I'm the one that should be sorry for not listening to you."
"Oh Haruka, there's nothing for you to worry about," said Nagisa while he was biting his lower lip and having no idea what to say to him.
"I want you then, Nagisa," replied Haruka, "Your skin is as soft as the flowers that I saw back in college…I want to hold you, love you…and embrace. We only have much time left in this world before we merge back to our Suiei Gods and take on our duty again."
"Haru-k-ka, wait stop," muttered Nagisa.
Haruka paused for a moment as he blushed, realizing what he was saying. However, he checked his arm and saw that is has completely healed.
"Y-your arm," said Nagisa, "It's healed now."
The blonde smiled as he hugged Haruka again and said, "Touch me all you want."
Haruka nodded as they moved in with their faces, heading for a deep kiss. It was a bit of awkwardness at the moment but they finally accepted it.
"You sure about this Nagisa?" asked Suiei Hazuki, as he left the boys on their own, while talking inside Nagisa's mind through telepathy, "Don't do something you'll regret later."
Nagisa felt a bit clueless to this but he had to trust Haruka. They stepped out of the onsen and walked into the shower area where they continued to spread forth of the passion. Haruka gave Nagisa another kiss and took his hand to the shaft down below, warming it up.
"Even you feel soft…yet it's very strong," said Haruka.
"D-don't say things like that…it's embarrassing," replied Nagsia with a blush.
Haruka moved down to taste him as the blonde gasped on the job. Nagisa was feeling a bit dizzy as he was continuing to feel this desire going up in his body.
Damn, thought Haruka, it's almost hard to breathe…I'd better just go back up.
"Ha-haru-rruka," said Nagisa as he placed his hand on top of Haruka's head.
Haruka stopped before the shaft could explode and moved back up to Nagisa's face, "I'm here for you."
He licked across Nagisa's chest as Nangisa continued to feel this weirdness of the ecstasy going on; at this point, Haruka felt solid down below as he could feel his body warming up too.
"Do you want to taste me?" asked Haruka.
Nagisa immediately blushed at the question but eventually moved down, approaching his stick and licked at the tip for a moment before going further inside.
"Aaaaah," said Haruka, as he felt the pressure building up, "N-N-Nag-is-aaaaah."
Nagisa stopped for a moment and looked at Haruka in the eyes. Haruka took Nagisa and flipped him around which shocked the blonde, realizing what was about to happen.
"H-ha-haruka!" gasped Nagisa.
Haruka closed his eyes as he slowly entered inside of the blonde. Nagisa gasped in pain at first but Haruka told him to relax his muscles with the warm water.
"I love you Nagisa," said Haruka, "With all of my heart…despite my toughness in high school…but now I really grew to love you."
Haruka began to sway back and forth as Nagisa as they shared another passionate kiss. This passionate feeling continued to rise up the pressure in both of their bodies.
"H-h-haru-ka," groaned Nagisa.
"Na-naah-nagi-sa," said Haruka, blushing, "I'm about to…"
They both embraced the warm fluids filling in and spilling out of themselves as they tried to relax themselves from this passionate moment. Haruka moved into Nagisa's face for another kiss as they slid down the wall and onto the shower floor.
"T-thank you," said Haruka as he held onto Nagisa.
"W-welcome," replied the blonde as his eyes were filled with tears and he stayed close to Haruka's warm body to hide them. Haruka used his powers to teleport themselves to the beds safely.
Suiei Hazuki reappeared from the mists and saw the boys in bed together. Haruka was still awake while Nagisa was off to sleep.
"You tired him a lot, Haruka," said the Suiei.
"I know, but he smiled at least, I'm happy that he feels better, or at least I hope he is," replied Haruka.
Haruka closed his eyes too as they slept. Meanwhile, Suiei Nanase reappeared from the outside world and was stunned to gain the information he got from Tachibana.
"Brother," said Nanase, "Something has happened to Makoto and our brother back at the university."
"What's the matter?" asked Hazuki.
"A monster appeared…but it wasn't like…a beast that we encountered…it was like some guy dressed up in a ninja-like outfight and was creating blood shed all around the campus," replied Nanase.
"You don't mean," gasped Hazuki, "That man from earlier…he was over there?"
"It's a possibility that he was there before he made his way out here," said Nanase, "We can't let the boys fall in danger anymore…we have to solve this case soon."
Nanase turned to see the boys sleeping in bed together; he smiled to himself, knowing that they are at least peace for the night.
"The Tachibana's will return by tomorrow afternoon so we'll rest here and make plans," continued Nanase.
"We will tell them tomorrow, the boys," replied Hazuki, "Nagisa won't like this and neither will Haruka."
"Did something happened while I was gone?" asked Nanase, "Brother, please tell me!"
Hazuki kept his mouth shut for a moment before he finally answered, "Nagisa has been lying to himself lately…ever since…he had a dream."
"A-a dream?" asked Nanase.
But Hazuki didn't answer that question but instead replied, "I haven't talked to the deceased…they have been awfully quiet…even Nikon."
"Before we rest, tell me; what happened between Makoto and Nagisa?" asked Nanase.
"They fought over the fact that Makoto was going out with some girls…they had past arguments like this…but then this fight was brutal. I don't understand why they feel this way…as fascinating as it is…it's also heartbreaking," answered Hazuki, "Tachibana tried to stop them, but it was just useless."
"Have they forgotten why they exist today? Nikon sacrificed himself for us…for our sake…and if it wasn't for that single moment, this world would have ceased to be," said Nanase.
"It's not like they hate each other…they're just…in hurt and pain…human quarrels," replied Hazuki.
"You know what, I think maybe we can wait to rest…we cannot rest until this friendship is fixed. We must go visit our friend at his store…he'll be waiting for us," answered Nanase.
"Right…the witch boy," agreed Hazuki, "He'll be more than happy to give us the answers we need."
They shimmered their bodies into the water droplets and the mist, leaving Haruka and Nagisa sleeping peacefully.
However, that night, Nagisa was having another dream…
Nagisa opened his eyes and saw him and the others fighting off against their greatest enemy in an all-out battle…but then the enemy laughed over them as their powers were drained away…but then…the universe…it was….
"NO!" screamed Nagisa, "I can't stand living like this! I NEED TO…I CAN'T…THIS IS…."
The young blonde stood in a dark space dimensional plane with shards of glass floating around, showing images of the past, present and future all in one…the memories of their times in Ancient Greece, their times together in the modern ages when they were kids, and even as their times in high school.
The glass shards were slowly coming together as one, creating a replica of himself in glass as the background turned bright light.
"Do not fear…the future can be changed," echoed a voice that was striking familiar to him, "All you have to do is to believe in yourself…and in those who love you."
"I…I…" began Nagisa as the world around him turned black.
I swear, he though, I must…get the others to understand this situation. Otherwise, we will never be able to escape from this reality…we'll be forever doomed to this life…
"There is only one path to make it…" said a voice.
Nagisa turned to see a figure ahead but he couldn't make out his appearance. It looked like a figure dressed in fancy robes with some sort of a smoking device in his mouth as some colored smoke flows out of the mouth.
"I can grant you…a wish…for a price…"
Nagisa closed his eyes as he could feel himself being drawn back to reality but he kept his eyes shut as Haruka's arms granted him safe and security from the dangers.
***TO BE CONTINUED...
