A/N: I'm really just writing everything off the top of my head, so do forgive me for any grammatical errors or consistency mistakes. I'll continue with the story as long as I have ideas, so I'd appreciate it if someone can give me a new idea after this chapter. I run out of inspiration rather quickly. I'll try my best to refrain from OOC-ness, but I was never good at Fanfics to begin with. Anyways, back to the story.
Poor Haru was at a loss for what to do. The only children he dealt with were Makoto's siblings, Ren and Ran. He had no idea how to deal with a DE-AGED teenager. Logic taking over his mind, he pondered the most logical thing to do in the situation. The "child" Makoto was now standing, still looking up at him with smiling eyes, and baggy trousers falling off his body. And it was still raining heavily. He decided, first things first, was to find Nagisa and Rei, and find some shelter. He figured those 2 would be on the same island as them. As if on cue, he heard Nagisa's voice calling out to them.
"Haru-chan! Mako-chan! There you are!" Nagisa was running toward them, with Rei following slightly behind. Then realization hit him. How was he going to explain this 'situation' to those 2? When said pair reached them, they were equally confused as Haru was at the moment. Rei was the first to speak up.
"Haruka-senpai, what, who is that?" he almost shouted, pointing at Makoto. "And where is Makoto-senpai? Did he drown?" after uttering those words, his face paled at the possibility of his senpai drowning while trying to save him.
With no other choice, Haru slowly explained the situation to him and Nagisa. "Guys, I don't know how to say it, but THIS is Makoto. After I got him here to land, he screamed, and then transformed from his normal self to a child." Haru wasn't sure himself if his explanation made any sense, as the others just stared at him, dumbfounded.
"Th-this can't be possible. Such an unscientific thing could not possibly happen…" Rei paled, continuing to stare at his three friends.
"Hawwwuu-chan, I'm cold…" the small Makoto's voice suddenly popped up. Realization hit him again, and they remembered they were still on the deserted island, in the heavy rain.
"Where are we anyway?" Nagisa piped up, after clearing his head (somewhat).
"I believe this is Sukishima, the island facing the tents." Rei said as he pointed across the water to where the tents stood. "I remember when we ran over here earlier today, I saw a lighthouse up the cliff."
On prompt, all four looked up, and saw there was indeed a lighthouse on top of the cliff they were under. "Shall we head over there, then?" Nagisa suggested, but it was more of a 'we don't have a choice' thing.
"Nagiiiissaaaa!" Makoto suddenly shouted, startling said boy. "Can you cawwy me?" he pleaded, eyes shining with the same happiness his teenage self held.
"I'll carry you to the lighthouse." Haru offered. He picked up the child, and placed him on his back, placing one hand on his buttocks to keep those baggy pants in place. The child's arms wrapped around his neck, and the Iwatobi team set off.
When they reached the lighthouse, the first thing they noticed was the sign outside, which read: "Sukishima rest house."
"What is this place? It's kinda creepy…" Rei mused, fear rising in his heart.
"Isn't that obvious, Rei-chan? It's a rest howse!" Nagisa commented
"That isn't what I meant. Also it's not rest howse, it's a rest house."
"Let's go in. We have no other choice." Haru bluntly stated, as he felt Makoto cling tighter to his neck in fear.
"Hawwu-chan, I'm ssccarreedd…" he started to sob.
Placing a reassuring hand on Makoto's hand, Haru gave a slight smile. "It's okay. I'm with you. I won't let harm come to you."
Nagisa went forward to try and open the door to the rest house, but sadly found it locked. He started pulling on it, which looked rather comical. "Haru-chan, Rei-chan, it's locked. What do we do now?" he pouted.
"Very simple. We break this door down." Rei stated, and got in a position ready to kick the door down.
"We can't do that Rei-chan! What if someone sees? We'll get arrested for property damage and trespassing!"
"You're the one who said this is a deserted island! There's no one here anymore, and no one would care if we broke into an abandoned building."
Ignoring any further protests from Nagisa, Rei began to kick the door down the middle. When that didn't work after 3 tries, he rammed his right side into the door frame, and it came crashing down.
"Rei-chan you did it! Are you okay?"
"I'm fine. It's just a little fall." He said while rubbing his side.
As the team stepped into the rest house, it seemed rather normal, except for the fact it was dark. As they walked further, Haru felt Makoto's grip on his neck increase.
"Nagisa, search for a light source. A flashlight or a lamp." Haru commanded, and turned his head to face Makoto while Nagisa ran off. "It'll be okay. We're all together here." Reassured by the statement, he nodded silently.
"Haru-chan! I found a flashlight!" Nagisa shouted, returning from his "search".
"Will you please stop shouting?" Rei deadpanned. "It's kinda annoying."
Using the flashlight, the team lighted their way around the 'rest house'. They found some food and water in the remains of a kitchen, and went upstairs to what seemed like bedrooms. Setting down the child in his arms, Haru sat by a small table with Nagisa and Rei. He wanted to scold Rei for being out in the ocean at night that caused their current situation, but decided against it, to solve their more immediate problem.
"Ne Haru-chan, how are we gonna tell Gou, Ama-sensei, and Mako-chan's parents about this?"Nagisa asked, worry evident in his voice.
"I think we need to logically approach the situation first, and try to figure out what is going on." Rei stated.
"Well, do you have any ideas?" Haru snapped, getting more annoyed.
"Haruka-senpai, I think I should tell you something first. When Makoto-senpai dived into the water to save me from drowning, I could see he was having a panic attack of some sort. He was swimming toward me, when he suddenly stopped swimming, and started drowning himself." Rei sounded guilty, feeling he was the one who caused the whole situation.
"I think we should ask Mako-chan something. It might help our understanding." Nagisa suggested, and turned to the child Makoto, now clutching his oversized pants, as if they would protect him. "Hey Mako-chan, do you remember me? How old are you?"
"I remember Nagiiisa-kun, I'm…" he started counting his fingers. "I'm 7 years old!" he said proudly.
Haru and Nagisa looked at each other, and nodded silently. That would make the most sense. He was old enough to remember both of them, but it was also after the 'incident' happened.
"I don't remember you." Young Makoto suddenly pointed at Rei. "Who are you? You seem nice." He smiled curiously
"My name is Rei, Mako-chan. It's nice to meet you." Rei smiled back.
"At least now we know he doesn't have the mind of his teenage self, since he doesn't know who Rei-chan is. His body also seems to have regressed, seeing as he lost all the muscle. He looks exactly like when he and Haru-chan were around that age." Nagisa tried his best to explain his understanding of the situation. Haru nodded in understanding and got up to rummage through the closet in the room they were in.
"Haruka-senpai, what are you doing?" Rei questioned, looking over. "It doesn't seem appropriate to go digging through that closet just like that…" he cut himself off when Haru pulled 4 shirts out of the closet, and held them up for everyone. The shirt read 'Sukishima Rest House'.
"Would you rather stay in your wet clothes or wear something dry?" he deadpanned.
Everyone put the shirts on, and Nagisa helped Makoto put one on. The shirt was big enough to cover his body until the knees, and it looked rather odd.
Young Makoto started yawning, and lay on the floor to rest. As Haru watched over him and caressed his face, he couldn't help thinking the 'transformation' had something to do with the 'incident' that happened when they were aged 6, and Makoto's fear of the ocean.
"Mako-chan has the right idea." Nagisa suddenly piqued. "We can't figure anything out if we're all tired. We should get some rest, and head back in the morning."
Rei nodded at the suggestion, and Haru simply looked away. They each slept at different ends of the table, except for Haru, who hugged Makoto close to him, in case he got cold during the night. And off to sleep the four of them went.
A/N: How was that? Any better than the first chapter? I have no idea how to turn Mako-chan back to his normal self though… Someone please give me an idea… T_T
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