Reincarnated Gamer Rei

Chapter twenty six: Explanations

"Alright, spill. What the hell is going on?" Ichiro demands arms crossed. We stood in the middle of a training ground. I enlarge the minimap and make sure no one is around. I didn't see any dots, and no other red flags popped out at me.

"Ok, you remember that guy at the beginning of the exam? With the glasses?"

"Yeah, he got his ass kicked on purpose, what about him? And what was up with the telepathy?" He presses.

"C'mon Rei, what's got you so freaked? You're the calm one, this isn't like you." Taro frowns, looking down at me. I take a deep breath.

"My Kekkei Genkai," I purse my lip, gathering how I want to phrase it, I shift in my spot. "It's more than just, poofing things and people into and out of existence."

"Ok, so? What's that have to do with anything?" Ichiro raises an eyebrow.

"It's how I knew that man was dangerous. Something is going to go down, and it's going to be soon. Also, meet Pumpkin."

"Pumpkin?" They echo looking confused. I feel the fabric of my Headband shift.

'Hi! I'm Pumpkin. I'm a Pseudodragon.' Pumpkin chirps crawling out of my headband and onto my shoulder, fluffing his wings.

"Woah! So cool!" Taro bounces, examining Pumpkin with his gaze.

Ichiro's jaw dropped, eyes wide as he sputtered.

'Why thank you!'

"Pseudodragon's love receiving praise and cute things, so don't be shy about your compliments," I inform, smiling and rubbing under Pumpkin's head with my finger. "He's not fully grown yet, he's only a month old, I hatched him while we were taking the exam."

"Wait, hatched him while taking the exams? You said he's a month old! The exam was an hour-long. And last I checked Pseudodragon's don't exist." Ichiro found his words, looking bewildered as he scratched his head with both hands.

"Yeah, that doesn't add up." Taro nods, confused, looking over at me.

"So, about my Kekkei Genkai." I laugh nervously, gesturing my hands around Pumpkin who huffs out a pout at their comments, "That's kinda how he exists. I have the ability to do and see things that people without my Kekkei Genkai can't. Such as entering a thing called Mind Space, it's almost exactly what it sounds like. It's a place in my mind that I can retreat to at any given time for however long I want, and should I desire, time out here doesn't move. During the exam, I needed a way to give the answers to you guys, so I retreated and searched for a way to do that. My solution was to buy a Pseudodragon egg because I couldn't go out searching for one during the exam, so I hatched one myself."

"So cool." Taro breathes, wide-eyed.

"Just how long were you in there?" Ichiro furrows his eyebrows, taking my explanation in stride, though I think that's just so he doesn't short circuit.

"Two and a half months."

"Two and a- what?" He raises his voice slightly in disbelief.

"That's a long time to be by yourself." Taro frowns.

"I wasn't alone. So, get ready for it. I have other versions of myself in my Mind Space."

Ichiro throws his hands in the air, stepping back and turning around, "Wha- ok." He runs his hands down his face while turning back to us and plopping onto the ground, elbows resting on his knees, feet apart. "Continue," he gestures with his left hand.

I sit on the ground across from him and Taro sits to my left and Ichiro's right, creating a triangle. Pumpkin curls around the back of my neck, using my Headband as a blanket, and rests his head on top of it, facing the two boys.