A/N: Ok so here is the second chapter, enjoy.
Chapter 2- A new life
Subaru: "what just happened?...Where am i?"
Subaru looked around, he was sitting under a tree in a grassy plane, there was nothing around, only grass, a forest and a village nearby in the far distance
Subaru: "what is this place?, Where's my house, the neighbourhood, where is everyone?"
In this moment Subaru felt fear, anxiety, and grief, he was in panic, he just said goodbye to his parents when he finally decided to go back to school again and now he was in a different location which he didn't know about. But there was another thing he noticed that was also strange about his situation, he looked down to his hands and noticed something….his hands were smaller, his body was thinner, his voice sounded softer, he was a child again.
Subaru: "what's going on here, this joke isn't funny" Subaru said staring down at his hands
Subaru walked around for a bit wanting to get use to his new surroundings, to figure out what just happened to him, and why he was a kid again
Subaru: "Well i don't know what's going on but maybe there's some people in that village over there that can tell me what this place is" Subaru thought as he looked in the distance.
As Subaru looked at the village from afar he saw some people walking out of it, not knowing what to do Subaru just stood still and watched
?: " Hey, can you believe what Ram-sama just did today, her Oni power is amazing, she truly is the next successor to replace the chief and lead the village"
?: "Yea she truly is a prodigy, if only she had two horns"
?: "Yea, then there's that sister of hers, her Oni power is only sub par, i don't know why Ram-sama pays much attention to her, she'll only drag her down in the end"
?: "hopefully she…wait…do you smell that?...it can be"
?: "Yea i smell it too, look over there" one of the figures said pointing to the grassy plane
Subaru: "shit, what now"
Subaru not knowing what to do decided to duck down in the grass to not get spotted. Why was he hiding, isn't this what he wanted? He needed to talk to people about what this place was but yet, why did he feel the urge to hide? These people weren't ordinary people, he thought to himself, they were giving off an aura that he couldn't explain, which made him scared to face them.
?: "Hey kid, there's no point in hiding, we already know your there, we can smell you, you know"
Subaru: "How! Do I smell that bad? I know i spend most of my time inside my room and rarely do much but being able to smell me from that far is ridiculous!" Subaru thought to himself
?: "Ok we will give you one last chance to come out yourself, if you don't we will come to you"
Subaru: "What do i do, what do i do, what do i do!?" Subaru began to panic
?: "Well i guess it's the second option then, stay put kid we'll come to you"
Subaru began to panic even more and decided he had one more trump card up his sleeve, that was guaranteed to work, which was running away of course. Subaru began to run into the tall grass using his small figure as an advantage to hide amongst the grass while running.
?: "He's running, chase after him!" one of the figures yelled
Subaru: "Dammit, how do i get myself into these situations?
Subaru began to run, run as fast as he could, when he began to run he saw a forest nearby and decided that would be the best way to evade them. He jumped over rocks, ducked under low branches and just ran, but eventually his small body began to tire and he collapsed from exhaustion.
Subaru: "Dammit, i thought i could run longer than that, curse you small body of mine!" he screamed
Of course Subaru was a fit guy when he was a teenager but all of a sudden he was stuck in a child's body, meaning his stamina was less than before, not to mention his small legs that couldn't run far distances since he was a kid now
?: "wow kid, you evaded us longer than i thought pretty impressive, calm down we're not going to hurt you, we just want to talk" One of the men said
?: "Yea, if we really wanted to we could have killed you right then and there" The other man spoke up
Subaru: "but how? I don't understand, How were you able to track me? I hid under the grass and ran into the forest, there's no way you would be able to find me so easily" Subaru said with a tired breath
?: "you don't know? It's because of our high sense of smell kid, i thought you would know that"
Subaru: "how the hell was i supposed to know that!?"
?: "you really don't know huh, well let's just talk for now ok? The man said in a calm tone
Subaru: "alright, i'm fine with that"
Subaru getting up from the ground decided to sit down on a nearby rock, while the two men stood before him
Subaru: " So, what do you want with me?" Subaru asked
Alec: "woah slow down kid, let's start with introductions first before we get into what we want, i'll start first my name is Alec, and this is my friend Drew"
Drew: "it's a pleasure to meet you" he said in a kind tone
Alec: "So what's your name kid?"
Subaru: "Subaru, Natsuki Subaru" he said in a anxious tone, as he looked up at the two men
Now in clear view Subaru got a full view of what these guys looked like. Alec was a somewhat tall guy, his hair was blonde, with green eyes, he looked like he was around somewhat in his early 20's with not a large body build. Drew on the other hand was a guy standing a little bit above Alec with a build much bigger than his, his eyes were brown and his hair was brown and they looked about the same age.
Alec: "So kid, lets get on with the questioning, We didn't chase you down for no reason you know, what i want to ask you is important"
Subaru: "Ok then ask it already, i don't know what's so important to ask of a kid my age, but go ahead"
Alec: "woah, the attitude on this one is strong, he might be competition for Ram-sama in that regard" he said jokingly
Alec: "Well anyways, the thing we wanted to ask you is, are you an Oni?" he said with a straight face"
Subaru: "Huh an Oni? I don't know what youre talking about"
Alec: "An Oni you know, from the Oni race?"
Subaru: " An Oni? Well i'm sorry if i got your hopes high but i'm not an Oni, from no Oni race, i'm human"
Alec: "human? Did you hit your head hard kid when you were running or something?,because you are no human, you smell like an Oni"
Subaru: "Are these guys crazy or something? Oni? Oni race? What are they talking about? Subaru thought to himself"
Subaru knew when he saw them, that they were no ordinary people, he knew that from the strange aura he was sensing from them, but them not being human? They must be crazy, and to think that he wasn't human as well was even more insane to him.
Drew: "you see, we Oni are on the verge of extinction, are people are getting wiped out by the second, so there's only a handful of us left, so when we smelled you we had to confirm are suspicions"
Subaru: "Ok but what does that have to do with me? Like i said i'm not apart of this race or whatever, i'm fully human"
Alec: "You're still going on about that? Look kid, we smelled you, you smell like an Oni not a human, case closed, are noses don't lie to us, are sense of smell is one of the highest among all the races in the world and in Lugnica"
Subaru: "Lugnica? I've never heard of that place before, is that where i am now?" Subaru thought to himself
Subaru "Ok then, since you asked your questions, i think it would only be fair if i asked you guys some questions"
Alec: "Ask away, but don't make your question too long, i might fall asleep"
Subaru: "That's not a very polite thing to say you know!" subaru said back
Subaru: "Well my question is simple anyways, so your saying this place where we are now is called Lugnica? Where not in a place called Japan right now? Subaru asked curiously
Alec: "Japan? never heard of it before but maybe the old man might know what your talking about, he knows everything"
Drew: "Alec! Show some respect to the village elder, call him by his name, not old man" Drew said with a angry voice
Alec: "alright, alright, calm down, you really are a stick in the mud you know that?
As the two argued, Subaru thought to himself
Subaru: "so i'm really not in Japan...Dad, Mom, i didn't even get to give them a proper goodbye" Tears started to form on Subaru's face
In the middle of their argument, Alec and Drew turned to face Subaru as they heard the sound of crying
"..."
Alec: "Hey Subaru, i'm sorry if i upset you, i know i'm not the nicest of people but i didn't mean to hurt you if its something i said"
Drew: " i second this"
Subaru: "no it's nothing, don't worry about it, i'm okay just something i remembered"
Alec: "Well if you want to know about that place called Japan, maybe the chief will know what your talking about, he might be able to help you, just come with us to our village, and hey maybe while where there we can convince you that you are an Oni, what do you say?"
Subaru: "alright, i'll go with you" Subaru said wiping away the remaining tears from his face, following Alec and Drew back to the Oni village
A/N: Ok so here's the second chapter, hope you liked it, i think i might know where i want to take this story after doing some thinking.