Re: Life In The Original World From Zero [A Re:Zero Fiction]

Chapter 2 : Modern Day Life Lesson One

A/N: HIIIIIIIII!!!!!!! I'M BACK!!!!!!! IT'S BEEN A REALLY REALLY REALLY LONG TIME SINCE I UPDATED THE FIRST CHAPTER!!!! AND SORRY TO THOSE WHO'S BEEN WAITING!!!! HERE'S CHAPTER 2!!!! PLEASE ENJOY!!!!!
*Edit* Just to clarify things again in case readers get confused. As stated previously, when this fic was first being written I only watched the first season of the re zero anime and I didn't know Subaru lived with his parents so here I just made it up that he lived alone. And for the reason of his dropout, I made up my own version too. About halfway through writing this fic I went to read the LN and realized that there are quite a number of parts here that didn't match the LN's settings, but I just decided to go with what I initially planned anyways. So I apologize here if anything in the fic causes any confusion. Thanks for reading and please enjoy :D

"Subaru! What's happening now??"
"Barusu, if you're hiding anything, tell us now, or Ram will have to force it out of you!!"
"Subaru-kun..."
"You know anything about this world? Why're you making that face?" The four girls surrounding Subaru fired countless questions at him, but none of them went through his mind. Subaru's mind was spinning rapidly, not being able to absorb anything just yet.

"Wait a moment..." He murmured, and turned away and walked toward the convenience store behind him. "Subaru-kun...?" Rem said, reaching out her hand. "Don't worry, I'll be back in no time." Subaru gave her an assuring smile, and entered the shop.

"What really is going on now? Ram's getting a headache from all this chaos." Ram said, holding her head. "As far as Betty knows, it is very likely that we have been accidentally dropped in another world, Betty supposes." Beatrice said, folding her arms. "Dropped in a different world? Beatrice, what does that mean??" Emilia asked, looking worried. "Simply put, we've been physically taken from where we were just now and placed in a different location, and judging by the surroundings that look unfamiliar even to Betty, it is very likely that this is a different dimension, in fact." She said, and turning away from Emilia's confused face, Beatrice stomped angrily on the ground. "Betty's going to kill Roswaal when we get back, Betty supposes!!" She growled through gritted teeth.

"Ah, Subaru-kun!" Rem waved as she saw him walking back to them, looking rather lifeless. "Well, welcome." He said, sighing. "Welcome to what, Barusu?" Ram asked. "Welcome to my world." He said flatly, and sighed again.

"Your world?" Emilia asked, tilting her head. "Yeah. Man, never thought the truth would be revealed in such a fashion. Truth to be told, I'm not from your world. I don't know why, but I was summoned to your world for some reason three months ago. That's why I looked so out of tune with people there." Subaru said. The girls all gaped at him. "So what you are saying is... this is the other side of the Great Waterfall?" Emilia asked, coming to a conclusion that surprised Subaru. "Huh?" He asked blankly, his mind not really following the conversation.

"Wait what? You think this dim and dirty place is the other side of the Great Waterfall, Emilia-sama? That can't be." Ram said in an unbelieving tone. "But Emilia-sama could be right, Nee-sama. No one knows what it is like beyond the Great Waterfall, and this... this just might be it." Rem said, frowning slightly, and all three of them turned to Beatrice, who seemed to be ruminating on something.

"If you want answers, Betty is afraid that she doesn't have any, Betty supposes. But from what Betty understands, this might not be the other side of the Great Waterfall, in fact. Remember what Betty just said? It appears that this world and ours don't exist in the same dimension, Betty supposes. We are, if Betty isn't mistaken, in a parallel universe. And he," Beatrice said, pointing at Subaru. "Seems to know something, Betty supposes." She finished, looking skeptically at Subaru, whose mouth was still open and eyes still trembling from the overload of information.

"Subaru, is it true that you know about this place?" Emilia asked, tilting her head. Turning to her slowly, Subaru's mouth moved but no words came out. "Don't panic, Subaru-kun. Take a deep breath first." Rem said softly, looking at the expression on Subaru's face. Several moments later, Subaru shook his head vigorously. "Wait wait wait wait wait just wait for now! I say this is my world and you all just buy it like that?" Subaru said, utterly shocked.