บท 1: Getting The Superpower

Shush!

Huh? What is this? How did I get here?! The last thing I remember was falling from the mountain. Then suddenly I closed my eyes and I am here! What is this place? Am I in a right now?! Am I outside of Tokyo right now? Oh, there is someone!

'Hey kid, can you tell me where I am right now?'

"It's Edo. No, it was named Tokyo recently so you are in Tokyo Onii-chan."

'Wait, what do you mean it's Tokyo?! Could you not joke with me, kid? How does It look like Tokyo to you? There are no skyscrapers or new big high-end buildings here.'

"What are you talking about Onii-chan? You are weird. Do you have any mental illness? This is Tokyo and I am not joking."

'What!' What is he talking about? This isn't the Tokyo I know about. Wait! don't tell me...

'Kid, Do you know what year is this?'

"Yeah, Of course. It's 1968."

'What!' 1968! Did I time-travel to the past!? Now that I see this kid, he is wearing old stylish clothes from 1968. So it is really 1968! I time travel to the past!

'You can go now kid.'

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Hmm... To think I traveled to the past. What should I do now? I have to go back to my time. But how can I go back?

Shit! Whatever. I have to look for a place to stay for now. It's becoming dark outside. I should ask someone to let me stay for one night.

I found a two-story building in front of me. Let's try asking in this house. I knocked on the door and soon a beautiful girl opened the door. She was dressed in some old-fashioned clothes but even so, she looked gorgeous.

I was stunned by her beautiful looks. To think in the past there were beautiful girls like that.

'H-Hello, can you help me, miss? You see I am now in Tokyo. I don't have any relatives or anyone I know here. I am really in big trouble and It's nighttime too. I d-don't have anywhere I can stay tonight and I don't have any money on me too. If you don't mind can you let me s-stay at your house for tonight?'

Without saying anything she places her left hand on her chin and ponders about it.

She looks so cute when she is thinking.

'Don't worry, I will leave early in the morning. Are your parents inside? let me talk to them too.'

She looks at me then she nods at me and smiles at me.

Wow! She smiles so beautifully.

"Okay, you can stay here for tonight."

And her voice is so lovely too.

'Y-Yes. Thank you, miss.'

"It's Nanako..."

'What?'

"You can call me Nanako. What's your name?"

'W-Well, my name Nion, Miss Nanako.'

"Haha...You can call me Nanako. 'Miss' sounds old. And we are the same age Nion-kun."

'Y-Yes, Nanako-chan.'

"Now, come with me Nion-kun. I will show you the room."

I followed Nanako-chan's lead upstairs.

"You can stay in this room and If you need anything, feel free to call me. The room next to this one is mine."

'Okay- grrr...' My face turns red with embarrassment.

"Hehe~Looks like you are hungry. Why don't you take a bath while I set the table? After that let's have dinner together, Noin-kun."

'O-Okay, thank you, Nanako-chan.'

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In the bath,

Sigh... I feel so relaxed now that I've taken a bath.

grr... Not again. Well, it's understandable since I haven't eaten anything after arriving in the past.

I need to eat quickly, or I won't be able to move an inch. Let's head to the dining room downstairs.

After I entered the dining room I saw Nanako set the table wearing an apron.

She looks like a wife preparing dinner for her husband. So cute...

The truth is, I don't have a girlfriend. I have been single since elementary school. So, seeing a beautiful girl like her preparing dinner for me, makes me happy.

"Oh, you've finished bathing. Please, come here and take a seat, Nion-kun."

'Yes, thank you.' I go and sit down on a chair.

Nanako-chan, after setting the table, took a seat opposite me.

The table was full of delicious-looking foods.

Glup... I was drooling looking at it.

'Thank you for the food.'

"Thank you for the food."

"Let's eat, Nion-kun."

'Yes.'

And we started eating.

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'The food was really delicious! Nanako-chan.'

"Really! Thank you."

'By the way, Nanako-chan, I don't see your parents. Where are they?'

"Well, they went to my grandparent's place. They will stay there for two days."

'Leaving you alone? Aren't you scared living alone in this house?'

"Hehe~ Of course not. I can leave alone. By the way, can I ask you something?"

'Yes, Of course you can.'

"I was meaning to ask you for a while now. You are wearing really some weird-looking clothes..."

'Well, it's a long story and I don't know if you will believe me even if I tell you.'

"Don't worry, Nion-kun. You can tell me, I will believe you." I can't stay quiet when you make a determined face like this.

'Okay, I'll tell you what happened. I was climbing Mount Tsukuba with my classmates when I suddenly lost my footing and started falling. However, when I opened my eyes, I found myself in the past, in 1968....'

Then I told her everything from how I was a person from the future and how I got here.

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After listening to me Nanako-chan pondered for a bit then looked at me.

"You are in the past right now. Maybe it was because of you!"

'W-What do you mean?'

"So look, you were falling then you got here, in the past, right? Maybe when you were falling you wanted to protect yourself so you awakened time-traveling power and used it to come here. In a way protecting yourself from the falling!"

'Hmm...You have a point.'

"Why don't you give it a try? Maybe you can control it."

I closed my eyes and thought about a year in my mind. Then I opened my eyes and saw many little little blue lights had started glowing around me.

'Looks like you were right Nanako-chan! I have a time-traveling superpower!!'

"Really! Yeah!!"