Arata

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By: Riyadh Birimumaaso 6th Grade collaborative project with Ms. Blue and Mrs. Dahl Patrick Henry Math, Science, Technology Magnet 2020

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Arata Kiyoshi is a high schooler in modern-day Japan. He is a total shut-in and only leaves his home for school or to get new books. His uncle owns the local book store near his school and that is Arata's safe haven. Arata dislikes all things magical and can't stand fantasy novels. He cut ties to the outside world when his parents died in a car accident 3 years ago.&nbsp; Elsewhere (In an alternate universe) Hatake and his twin sister Ichigo are left a letter by their parents. Knowing their parents, they were worried about what was in the letter. It told them to go find them at the ends of the world (Kakuzo Forest), with the letter is a map that has a big red X. While heading home, Arata finds a notebook on the ground. He thinks nothing of it and leaves it be. The next day he visits his uncle's library and finds the same notebook lying next to his favorite book. He asks, "Hey uncle Lux, when did this book arrive here." "To be honest, I didn't see it in last week's shipping," he says just as confused as Arata is. As much as he is confused, Arata just grabs another book and again thinks nothing of it.&nbsp;When he gets home, he finds the same book in the mail. He decides to look into it. As he opens the book, a bright light shimmers into his eyes. The next thing he knows, he is looking at a blue sun and flying fish in the air.

Elsewhere, the twins are setting on the conquest to find their parents. Hatake is well versed in navigation and swordsmanship while Ichigo is well versed in magical combat and alchemy. "How much further till the next checkpoint?" Ichigo sighs out. "I thought I told you, we don't need extra supplies. We will be fine if we conserve resources." Hatake says while he struggles with the map. They always take breaks at regular intervals. Every monster that is fought is harvested for food and leather. While seemingly at the end, the map seems to start over. "What do you mean we started again, how could that happen? Is this some sort of trick." grunts Ichigo? "You can look at it, it seems to start right here. Look around for some clues or hints," exclaimed Hatake. "I think there is something here, maybe a note or another map." gasped Ichigo. "False alarm it was just someone sleeping in the bushes." sighed Ichigo. "Wait," said the seemingly sleepy body. "I need your help, I think I came here from another world." blurted Arata. "Aah, I thought you were sleeping," screamed Ichigo. "What's going on, who are you talking to?" said Hatake. "This seemingly sleepy boy just woke up in the blink of an eye and started asking me for help." started Ichigo. At this moment, Arata, confused, and all, pulls out his smartphone. "What is that contraption." wondered Hatake. "This is proof that I am from another world," Arata says as he proceeds to take a picture of the two twins.&nbsp; At this moment both parties are confused until Hatake says, "You mean you're a summon."&nbsp; "What's a summon and how am I one," says Arata.&nbsp;"A summon is a being that was brought to this world via magic," explains Ichigo.

You might be wondering, how could the so-called shut-in know so much about the wilderness. Truth is Arata and his father used to go camping every month and Arata got the privilege to be the navigator sometimes and&nbsp;I guess the forests on Earth resemble the trees on Kakuzo Forest.&nbsp; "How did you do that by just looking at the trees," exclaimed Hatake. "Well you see, the.." "You know what never mind" sighed Hatake. You didn't let me explain, thought Arata."Fine we will help you but no funny business. I'm watching you," says Ichigo.&nbsp; The team then set off to the next checkpoint. Hoping to find a few monsters for Arata to practice on, they took a detour to a nearby dungeon. "Aren't dungeons supposed to be hard, why are WE going in one," said Arata nervously. "Don't worry Ichigo is a prodigy when it comes to magic combat, so watch and learn." Insisted Hatake. A few hours later, they cleared the dungeon and both Hatake and Arata were blown away at how good Ichigo was. Arata did take down a few hobgoblins, so it wasn't a complete fail on his part. A day went by and they reached the next checkpoint. At this point Arata was able to summon fire dragons, so you could say he was "leveling up". A month went by and Arata had surpassed Ichigo and could also use fly magic. "We are nearly at the end," said Arata as he was setting up camp. "Yeah and thanks to you we are ahead of schedule" praised Hatake. "He did well, I will give him that" murmured Ichigo. I got a compliment from Ichigo Arata though. "So, where are you heading after this?" asked Hatake. "I was planning on exploring the world, and learning new magic," said Arata. "Ohh, I thought you were going to look for a way home," Ichigo says, surprised by Arata's answer. "Nahh, nobody even remembers me, there is no point. And besides, I was getting bored with everyday life," said Arata. "They probably don't even know I'm gone," Arata murmurs sadly.

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"Wait hold on MAGIC," asked Arata. According to this world's fundamentals, magic flows through all nature and living things. The 4 basic elements of magic are wind, fire, earth, water. From those four come subcategories. For example from water, there is Ice and from fire there is lava. A few hours were spent on both parties to explain their situation. "I think we can help each other," suggested Arata. "You guys teach me about this world and some magic, and I will help you read and navigate the map," said Arata. As the twins were considering the proposition, Arata started to figure out how to activate his mana. "Could you please stop shouting fireballs? It doesn't work like that. You don't shout it out like that, just gather up mana and imagine a fireball." screamed Ichigo. "That isn't how it works in anime, but sure." moaned Arata. Imagine a ball of pure fiery hotness aaand shoot. "You managed to blow up a tree on your first magic spell, you must have a high affinity for flame magic. On his first spell, Arata had scorched the stem of an oak tree. Arata who had once hated fantasy was now living it. "Fine. You help us and we teach you." sighed Ichigo. "But first you need to prove to us that you can read this map" chuckled Ichigo thinking if her brother couldn't do it what chance would Arata have.&nbsp;Arata went on to navigate them to the next checkpoint flawlessly and even managed to guide them to a few shrubs of berries just based on the color of the forest trees.&nbsp;

They had finally reached the literal edge of the world. There was a castle the size of three skyscrapers. "How are we going to get up there, only Arata can use flight magic." Hatake pointed out. "I have an Idea. I could cast the spell on the ground below us and we could all fly to the top." Arata suggested. "Good thinking," said Ichigo. Moments later they were at the top of the tower and inside was Mr. Kabuto and Mrs. Nagamo Oni. "So you came, I thought it would take longer than this" chuckled Mr. Oni.&nbsp;After all the celebrations, Arata said, "Umm guys I'm still here" "Oh yeah. Mom, Dad, this is Arata Kiyoshi. He helped us reach you so fast." explained Hatake. "Kiyoshi, I haven't heard of your ancestors before, what clan do you belong to," questioned Kabuto Oni. Arata went on to explain the whole story to Nagamo and Kabuto. Okay now that all that is out of the way, let's go home. Nagamo then teleported everybody back to their home.&nbsp; Weeks later, Arata was packing to leave as Ichigo suggested, "How about we come with you." "What about your parents, I wouldn't want to come in between your family," said Arata. "Don't worry we already talked about this with them, and they agreed," said Hatake. "Sure if it is okay with you guys." They then set out to explore the world and its secrets.

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