Beyond Comprehension

"What the fuck?" Shin says with a confused expression.

Shins eyes dart all over the alley to come to any conclusion he can anything that might help him figure out how he wasn't dead. After observing his surroundings for a good couple minutes he decides to calm down because a clear mind is always important in making decision and with that he starts to calm himself and returns to his usually expression. He starts to surveys his body trying to come a few conclusions that might explain this situation. 'First my wound is gone, Second my cloths are completely different, Third my body is like a child and while my body used to be very skinny and malnourished I can tell that my hands are a lot smaller than they used to be, and finally I am not in the alley where I was stabbed by that idiot.' Shin thinks to himself drawing up four conclusions about his current situation after a few seconds and then comes up with two more conclusions. 'Either that idiot dressed me up in different cloths, healed my wound, and put me in a different alley' he then continues to himself 'Or a miracle happened and I somehow survived however I either went back in time or I might be in a different body which seems highly unlikely' he stops thinking. Knowing that the conclusion he's coming too is simply impossible. 'I cant believe this there's no way that bozo could do something like that' Shin signs shaking his head and stands up.

"Well sitting here all day isn't going to get me anywhere" Shin muttered to himself as he started walking out of the alley and as he did he stumbled a little bit. 'It seems like it might take awhile to get used to this body of a kid or midget.' he thought as he let out another sign and decided to do some stretches to try and get used to his new center of gravity.

After about 20 minutes he could at least walk normal. However he still tripped occasionally every once and a while and while Shin was doing some stretches and walking drills a also ran a little bit he suddenly halted all his movements. 'How am I not gasping for breath' he thought to himself as he just ran and he isn't clutching his heart for oxygen. Excitement and confusion tried its best to fight to surface on his expressionless face however these emotions had to give up on the idea because even in a new body Shin's innate functions would not let these kind of emotions slip pass twice. Then Shin decided to talk a leap of faith and started to run. Shin was blown away he couldn't remember the last time he ran or if he has ever ran at all. Then like the wind Shin tripped again but this time finally entering the grand stage by tumbling out of the alley.

In confusion and a little pain he looked up and saw a street. A old medieval type theme with a hint of modern style and was perplexed because this type of style seemed familiar to him. Standing up he brushed the dirt off his shirt and started to walked down the street. Shin noticed however that people were looking at him weirdly and decided to go to a nearby vendor that was selling random junk and picked up a rusty mirror and looked at himself and immediately understood the weird looks and was looking at his facial features that really looked like him when he was a child. Still with black hair, red eyes, and same facial features except his face didn't give off zombie vibes more like a healthy child which also made him suspicious. As he was contemplating why he looked like a younger version of himself he heard a shout.

"Hey brat your scaring off my customers with your bloody appearance if your gonna buy that mirror pay up or scram!" he said clearly dissatisfied with the kids whole existing.

"I understand, if I saw a kid that has blood covering one side of his face I wouldn't want to come to your stall either." Shin nodded because he was right his appearance did not do wonders for his business.

"Well hurry up and pay for that mirror and leave!" he says making a gimme motion with his hand.

"I don't have any money" Shin said looking at him with a dead look in his eyes.

"Then Scram!" he says snatching the mirror out of his hands.

"Very well however before I leave can you tell me were exactly I am?" Shin says to the Vendor. The Vendor looked at shin like he was a idiot.

"The street?" he says looking at Shin with confusion. Shin obviously wasn't satisfied by this answer.

"No like the city or town or wherever I am." Shin says obviously starting to get a little annoyed.

"Orario" he says looking at the kids bloody head thinking he might have brain problems. Shin however experiences a different thought pattern as everything suddenly clicks.

"Your serious" Shin says making sure.

"Yea kid don't just take my word for it look of there." the vendor says pointing at something. Shin turns his head and his brain starts to malfunction. 'How is this possible no this defies common logic in every way' Shin thinks to himself as he followed the vendors direction and witnesses something he never thought he would see.

"That's the dungeon that gives this city the nickname Labyrinth City Orario." the vendor says really having enough of this stupid kid. "Now scram your wasting my time I want to sell some more items before I close up soon." Shin however did not hear the vendors remark and his brain crashed while looking at the big building that is referred to as the dungeon.

'This is impossible' his brain finally starting to adapt to the situation. "I'm in Danmachi" he says outload loud enough for the vendor to hear.

"No kid your in Oriao geez what happened to you I just told you where you are how hard did you hit your head." the vendor said with a pity expression knowing this kids life is going to be hard and then like a snap of the finger he didn't care anymore and started tending to his booth. "Now shoo kid before I get out my broom." he says gesturing the kid to fuck off for the third time.

Then finally he snaps out of his daze and decides to take the hints to scram and proceeds to walk aimlessly down the street. To people passing by it just seemed like a injured kid walking aimlessly through the streets knowing his fate. There could even be seen in the eyes of the people who even cared to gaze at him for more than a few seconds a look of pity but nothing more. Everyone knows how cruel Oriao is and his fate would not shake the balance, and as if he didn't matter all the ones that even gave him some attention to the pitiful child returned to there own mindset not having enough time for a soon to be dead orphan. However for Shin his outside appearance didn't seem to be bothering him in the slightest because the only thing that was bothering him was something completely different and the one word that could sum up his whole existence in this very moment was one word 'I have been transmigrated to Danmachi' he thought to himself a little bewildered however that sense of emotion was quickly thrown away with the sudden increase of potential danger of this situation.

'I haft to come to the realization that this is real I cannot just deny my own existence that would be stupid and I cannot just treat this like the anime because I am a unknown factor which is bound to mess up the timeline if there was even one to begin with.' Shin thought to himself not knowing if this is the timeline of the plot or a alternate world of Danmachi. Shin started to concentrate all his brain power on the reality set in front of him. 'There is defiantly a cause and effect to this second chance in front of me and I would be a fool to believe that this second chance is for free out of the goodness of someone's heart they must want something in return.' he thought to himself but as he was wrapped up in his own world he tripped over his own foot and fell.

"Watch where your going peasant you almost touched me." the well dressed man said in disgust however Shin did not even realize this guys existence because he was caught up in another problem.

'It seems that I haft to get acclimated to this body.' he thought too himself as he picked himself up and continued walking. 'I need to stop thinking of what the probability of my existence in this world is well at least for now because what my top priority right now is my survival and its at the top of my list of problems.' he thought to himself as making a conclusion for himself. 'First I will shelf my whole transmigration problem it is important however my top most priority is my survival and safety.' Shin thinks to himself as he starts to inspect this body again for the second time today. 'This might seem wrong however this is my body now mine with me taking the rains I can almost be sure that the previous host is dead.' Shin thinks resolutely. 'However I will not take this second chance for granted and I will thank the previous owner for his sacrifice.' Shin resolutely thinks to himself no longer feeling any emotion anymore for taking this kids body. 'The motor functions are completely different compared to my old body.' he says clenching and unclenching his fist. 'I just need to acclimate to this body and thankfully even though we look the same are bodies health are completely different.' Shin thinks to himself in a little relieved knowing he wont be constantly be burdened with health issues that plagued his life and made it so much more difficult for him to succeed.

"Derek!" a shout can be heard but Shin keeps thinking to himself.

'I need to get used to running and walking especially sense my center of gravity is completely different.' Shin thinks as he rubs his chin.

"Derek!" the voice can be heard getting closer but Shin pays it no mind.

'After I acclimate myself to well.....myself I need to start training my bo-' Shin was formulating his plan until someone grabbed his shoulder.

"Derek!" the blond haired kid says as he grabs Shins shoulder starting to catch his breath. "Derek what happened to you your head it's covered in blood and why are you walking in the opposite way of the orphanage we need to get you medical treatment right away!" The blonde haired kid says with a expression of worry and confusion mixed together.

"Johnny?" Shin says as he raises his eyebrow after finally looking closer this kid that resembles Johnny. Blond hair, blue eyes, and there faces are identical its like he is right in front of him again.

"What? Johnny?" the blond haired kid says "Whos Johnny I'm Nathan geez how hard did you hit your head Derek we need to get you to Miss Maria ASAP!." the boy who proclaims himself as Nathan says as he gets anxious and starts pull Shin in the opposite direction.

"My name is Shin not Derek do not get confused" Shin states with his cold eyes "Derek is dead I am Shin now and don't call me Derek." Shin says knowing full well that the Derek that Nathan once knew is gone. Don't get him wrong its not like he's trying to proclaim he transmigrated from a different world and his world is a anime from Shins world the reality is he is just not Derek, and even if he wanted to play the role of Derek he simply couldn't he doesn't have the memories or even habits of Derek which is weird because he can speak the language of Danmachi fluently without a problem but can remember any of Derek's memories. Nathan looks at Derek his bestfriend and his expression becomes more dire and starts to increase his pace.

'I think for now its best to follow him I was thinking of my survival and I don't even have shelter or even a way to feed myself which is one of the utmost important things in surviving in a cruel world such as this one.' Shin shakes his head at himself as he thinks all the plans he was starting to formulate are useless if he cant even sleep in a safe place and eat food to get nutrients for his body and thinks he's still being too naïve.

After 15 minutes of aggressively getting pulled by this child known as Nathan he arrives at what seems to be a abandoned church but its not the church he saw in the anime. They arrived as Nathan shoved the door open in a aggressive manner.

"Lady Maria come here quick Derek is injured and somethings wrong with his head!" Nathan shouts with the anxious expression still looming on his face.

"Nathan what wrong wi-" a lady says coming around the corner but her eyes grow wide when she sees Shin. "Derek what happened!" she says as she rushes up to Shin and starts to check him. However Shin also went wide eyed on the fact that this so called Lady Maria was identical to the head caregiver at his old orphanage. 'One I don't understand but two I'm completely lost.' Shin thinks as he looks Lady Maria with his dead eyes. Lady Maria meets his gaze however and flinches when she sees his eyes. 'Those eyes those cold, dead, expressionless eyes......Derek what happened to you' Lady Maria thinks as she starts to become more and more worried about Shin.

"Wait right here Derek ill go get some healing potions." Lady Maria says in a worried tone as she scrambles to a room.

Seconds later Lady Maria rushes back with a vile of red liquid. "Here drink this Derek this will help you recover." Lady Maria says in a worried tone as she gestures to Shin to drink the vile.

"First my name is Shin don't call me Derek." he says holding up one finger. "Second how do I know your not just lying and trying to poison me" Shin says holding up another finger knowing full well she might be trying to help him but it doesn't stop the fact that she looks exactly like that bitch from his previous life and he is still wary of her. However what Shin was not expecting as right as he said that she dug one of her nails into her arm until she drew blood and then carefully tilted the vile so that one drop fell on her wound and as the drop hit her arm it was absorbed into her skin and healed it almost instantly. Shin didn't know what to think and couldn't think because his thoughts were interrupted.

"There De-Shin please drink this it will help you recover." Lady Maria said in a pleading tone. Shin was a little hesitant however he didn't think she would go through all that just to poison him. Shin took the vile and drank it slowly. It tasted sweet but left a bitter after taste and if Shin had to describe this flavor it tasted like cough syrup in his old life. "Nathan please take Shin the bath to wash off all the dried blood then please proceed to his room I am going to go to Mr. Miach to see if he will help us.

"Ok Lady Maria come on Dere-I mean Shin." Nathan says as he starts to pull Shin toward a room.

Shin was waiting on this bed in the room Nathan lead him to after Shin took a bath which after being covered in dirt and his own blood was really refreshing. He was getting comfortable in this bed until he heard a noise coming from the door.

*Knock Knock*

Nathan however did not give Shin the chance to say anything as he bolted to the door and opened it. As he did Shin saw his first god since coming to this new world.

"Hello Nathan" Miach says as he pats Nathans head with a warm smile and as he does he looks at Shin. "Hello Derek I heard you go by Shin now may I assume I am correct?" Miach says still not letting go of his gentle smile. Shin nods his head.

"Yes my name is Shin." Shin says with a dead look in his eyes with his face not showing a hint of emotion. Miach sees this look and frowns but returns to his gentle smile as if it never left in the first place. "Well my name is Miach and as you know I am a god" Miach says with a trademark gentile smile.

"I know" Shin says nodding his head. As Miach made his greetings Shin noticed the familiar women next to Miach. Miach raises a eyebrow at his statement but never less continues.

"This is my assistant Nazza she is also part of my familia." he says gesturing to the women beside him.

"Hello Shin." She says with a calm tone nodding her head once to Shin. Shin notices that she has her mechanical arm and she looks younger than in the anime and can guess that he's not too far behind in the start of the plot.

'I don't know when Nazza lost her arm however it was far earlier than the start of the plot than which means Miach should still be in debt or be relatively poor' Shin concludes.

"Well enough introductions I am here just to do a little check up on you if that's all right." Miach says.

"That is fine." Shin says not knowing if his injury fully healed or not. As Shin gave confirmation Miach starts his examination. He starts to examine Shin's head and as he's doing his check up he spoke.

"So Shin can you give me a run down on what happened." Miach says still examining his head.

"I don't really know I probably was mugged and I woke up with this injury I cant remember what happened." Shin said knowing what Miach was doing since he knew he cannot lie to a god he wont be that stupid and say something that might jeopardize himself for now he needs to be careful in what he says.

"Well can you tell me why you all of a sudden want to go by Shin and not Derek?" Miach continues with his interrogation.

"Because Derek is not my name anymore now it is Shin." Shin says not wanting to delve anywhere close to the realm about him being from another planet heck even another universe. Miach brow lifted a little bit.

"Can you elaborate on this Shin." Miach says in a curious tone.

"You could say I have been reborn in a sense." Shin says closing his eyes and continuing. "I think that the experience changed me and I woke up and realized just how dangerous this world is." Shin said and as he finished he opened his eyes and looked at Miach. Miach nodded and could understand just how freighting a experience like that can be for a kid thinking he's just having trouble accepting himself after this traumatizing experience.

"Well it seems that the wound on your head healed so you should be good with some rest." Miach smiled and continued. "Although your physical injuries might have healed you still need some rest as I'm sure you must be aware that the healing potion Lady Maria gave you does not help with mental fatigue especially after you went threw this traumatic experience." Miach said and Shin agrees nodding his head as he was a little drained from this whole experience.

"Well I'll leave you to it c'mon Nathan lets let Shin rest." Miach said as he looked at Nathan. Nathan hesitated a little bit but reluctantly agreed and walked out of the room not before looking back at his friend before finally leaving.

As Miach walks out of Shin's room and closes the door he walks towards Lady Maria. "Maria his wound seems to be healed however the amount of mental fatigue he has accumulated must be a lot considering what he has been through." Miach said as he looked at Maria.

"What about his head he doesn't seem to remember me and he doesn't even trust me what happened to him." Maria says in a worried voice. Miach shakes his head.

"I do not know what is truly happening in that Childs mind, however I think for such a young child to go through a traumatic experience like that it can really traumatize a child." he says looking at Maria with a sad smile. "Only time can tell if he truly remembers you or doesn't as you know I am a god but not a omnipotent one, time can be a crucial factor in his recovery but we will need to wait and see." Miach says as he gives his final diagnoses and as he does he hands two viles to Maria. "Here take these I'm sure you have used the last of the viles I gave you and this should be enough for now come see me if you need more I know how hard it is for you to raise all these children." Maich says with a reassuring smile.

"Thank you so much Mr. Miach for everything you do for me and the kids." Maria says in a gratful tone.

"Its no problem and how many times do I haft to tell you to call me Miach." he says chuckling a bit but as he does Maria nods her head in disagreement.

"No you have been our benefactor for so many years suppling us with free potions and checkups even though you yourself are struggling I couldn't possibly not answer to you with respect." Maria says in a guilty tone. Nazza however hearing Lady Maria say they were basically poor wrinkled her brow and locked arms with Miach.

"Well we will be off please take care of yourself in the future and call us if you need anything." Nazza says puffing out her cheeks a little. Miach could only look at Nazza and sign.

"Well thank you for your help as always." Lady Maria says while bowing.

"Haha don't worry about call us if you need anything or there is anything urgent." Maich says waving goodbye to Lady Maria.

However around the corner Nathan heard this whole exchange and couldn't help but clutch's his hands into a fist in a exaggerated way. 'If only I went with Derek none off this would have happened.' thought to himself a sense of helplessness creeped over him along with the bursting emotion known as anger.

While everyone was worrying about Shin. Shin was relaxing in his bed with his hands behind his bed wondering to himself. 'I wonder what the future holds for me' he thinks as he slowly drifts off to sleep.