Kotonaru
Different
I looked around as I entered the large room. People were being loud and fighting practically everywhere. This was new to me. I wasn't used to anything like this at all and decided to stick closer to Juvia as she led me up to a small old man sitting on a chair that was way too high for his short legs.
"Master," Juvia said. "I've returned from the mission"
"That's very good Juvia," the tiny old man said. "Who is that fine young man behind you?" he looked at me and for once I was embarrassed that I was only wearing a swimsuit.
"I found him swimming in the ocean. He was talking about some place called Iwa… Iwazabi or Iwatoka or something," she said.
"Iwatobi," I mumbled.
The man looked like he was thinking very hard for a couple of seconds. "I'm sorry boy but I don't know where that is," he finally said.
I nodded letting him now it didn't really matter. "Could I rest up here? It was hard swimming to the shore," I asked.
"Of course. You're welcome," The man who Juvia called 'Master' said. "Since it doesn't look like you have much on you I suggest we pay for your stay and you can stay as long as you have to," he said.
As long as I had to could mean a lot of things. It could either mean as long as I had to because I felt like it or as long as I had to because I was in need of somewhere to stay. For the time being it was the last one what so ever so I just nodded my head and went to the nearest table where I saw no one were sitting at the moment. I didn't feel like talking to anyone anyway. I needed to think the situation though.
I looked around the room. Everyone was being noisy and jumping around like crazy people. I swear they were worse than a billion of Nagisa's and I won't even dare to imagine that!
There were lots of different people. A guy with a strange pink hair color was yelling at another guy who was wearing nothing but boxers and a necklace and had a tattoo on his chest. There was a young woman wearing a suit of armor and even cats walking on two legs and speaking. They were even wearing clothes to top it all off. One of the cats was blue which I found a strange color for a cat to have. This place had tons of weird people in all forms to say the least I couldn't believe that so many different people could exist in a single place.
I was drawn back to my own spot when the guy with the strange hair color landed on the table I was sitting by with his legs spread a pit apart. His back was turned on me and he had his eyes fixated on the guy only wearing boxers.
"That's it Ice Princess! I've had it! Fire Dragon Iron Fist!" he yelled while fire appeared in his hand and he punched the other guy in the face, sending him flying through the room.
The guy stood up with an angry expression on his face "You'll pay for that Flame-brain!" he yelled just as loud. "Ice Make Floor!" he put his hand to the floor and to my surprise the entire floor turned to ice and the other guy slipped from the table and landed next to me. I fell down from the bench and landed on the frozen floor just from the shock of that. I usually didn't show much emotion but this thing surprised me so much that the shock just appeared on my face.
"What!" I yelled
"Gray! Natsu!" the tiny old man yelled. "You're scaring our guest!"
The two boys – Gray and Natsu I don't know who is who – Looked at me both with surprised expressions.
I was overwhelmed and couldn't move at all from where I'd landed on the floor.
Juvia walked up to me and helped me to stand. "Are you okay?" she asked.
"I don't know," I mumbled honestly. "What's going on?"
"They're just fighting. It's common," Juvia said. "Though it's rare for them to take it this far…" she mumbled. She walked up in front of me half covering me in case something else was to happen.
"Common…" I mumbled I couldn't see the common thing in this at all. In fact it was as far from my normal everyday life as it could possibly get. I mean since when did fire just appear in the fist of an ordinary boy, and since when could a boy just freeze the floor like it was no big deal?
"What's wrong?" she asked.
"It's just… In Iwatobi nobody can use fire or ice like that, nobody is wearing armor, the only ones fast in the water are the swimmers and the fish, and the cats have normal colors like black and brown and maybe white," I said. Wait a minute! What was I doing speaking so much wasn't that Makoto's job? Oh wait that's right… I'm the only one who can do it here. Where is the swim club's mommy when I need him the most? I must be dreaming!
"So, where you come from…" The fire-boy started. "People don't have magic?" he asked.
I shook my head as a no. Of course not what's the idiot thinking!
"Tell me boy," The master started. "What country do you come from?"
"Japan," I mumbled.
"I don't know of that country. Do you know the name of your world?" He then asked.
What in the world was he talking about? The name of my world? Were there more worlds than one? Why was it important? Questions floated around in my head like fish in an aquarium. Speaking of aquarium I think I need to see a pool and that better be fast!
"I don't know," I answered.
"I see," he nodded. "I've heard of a few worlds like that, where they don't have magic at all and has never even heard of it, though I never expected to meet someone from that world and especially not here," he said.
I hadn't expected to be here either…
"At any rate we've gotta find out how to get you back then, though it might take some time. Tell me what's your name?" The master asked.
I didn't really feel like speaking. My head was full of thoughts.
"His name is Nanase Haruka," Juvia said saving me the trouble of opening my mouth.
"Very well," the master looked at Juvia. "Since you're the one who found him, you are responsible for him, make sure he doesn't cause or get into trouble and that he has a place to stay."
Juvia nodded. "Of course," she said though I could tell from her expression that she had no clue of what to do or how to handle this situation and unfortunately for me, I couldn't help the beautiful her.
