Hearing a cry of disbelief, Naruto looked over at the now upside down Lucy. Her eyes were wide and a shaky finger was pointing up at him like she'd never seen someone use chakra before. Pursing his lips, Naruto wondered if they even had ever seen someone use chakra. The weird language, coupled with the strange dress style, weird writing and subtle differences in facial structure was slowly convincing him he was somewhere very far away from home. Grinning awkwardly, he stood up and released his hold on the roof, flipping down to land gracefully back on his bed.
During that time though, something weird had happened on the piece of paper. Ignoring the still pointing blond girl, Naruto looked in with interest. The writing had been absorbed into the paper and replaced with something else. Levy then took her pen and wrote something down. Turning, she called out to the still unconscious Natsu. Erza quickly woke him up with a slap to the face before pushing him over to Levy. She spoke to him before he grinned and lifted his hand. Again, Naruto found himself wanting to jump to the roof when his hand exploded into flame. Sending Natsu a wide eyed look, Naruto wondered what else these weird people could do. The boy just laughed at Naruto's unease and waved his hand around a little. This time, Levy pointed at the flames and said something in her language. She repeated the word a few times then pointed at the piece of paper.
Naruto quickly caught on now that he understood the game. She was trying to compare their written language for some reason. She must have found a way to translate it. Enjoying the new game, Naruto let a smile creep onto his face.
"Fire."
Laughing happily, Levy then handed Naruto the pen and he quickly wrote down the word. This time, Levy didn't need to do anything and the words faded into the paper together. Turning, the girl found a blank sheet of paper and pointed at it before writing down what it was. Nodding, Naruto took the offered pen and quickly wrote down what it was. He realised the process might take a while, but it'd be worth it in the end.
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It was taking a few hours, but the excitement on Naruto's face was more than enough to keep the group entertained as Levy worked. Natsu had needed to be forcefully evicted a little while into the session after he started getting just as excited as Naruto and began to spew flames everywhere. After he had been kicked out, the group had found Naruto firmly attached to the ceiling again, staring at the door they booted Natsu out of with owlish eyes.
This time the shock wasn't as great and the group laughed at him, extremely amused by the blond's defensive reaction. Naruto had pouted rather heavily at this before flipping down to the bed, sulking to himself. Ignoring his discomfort, the brilliant girl before him had continued to toil away, slowly working through easily identifiable objects in the room. This continued on for another half an hour until Levy grinned and turned to face her friends.
Alright! Hopefully this will work now. Fingers crossed!"
Looking down at the paper curiously, Erza frowned as Levy scurried around the room trying to find something that hadn't already been translated. "So, what are you hoping to do?"
Levy's small backside answered as she rooted around in a cupboard. "I think I have enough information from his language now to begin to translate our words to his. A lot of his characters have started repeating themselves in the words so hopefully now I can write it down so he can understand it. The best part now is if I misspell anything, he can correct it for me and speed up the process even more! So all I need is something... ah-ha!"
Crawling out, Levy held up an old rock that had been hiding down the back of the cupboard for who knew how long. Running back up to Naruto, she sent him a grin and wrote 'rock' down. Seeing him reach out for the pen, she grinned and shook her head. "Not this time, sorry. Let's hope this works."
Quickly scribbling down some runes beside the word, it disappeared before reappearing as a word in the foreign script. Looking up hopefully, she saw Naruto's eyes widened and a massive grin split his face before he tackled Levi in a massive hug, spinning her around a few times before setting the now dizzy girl down.
He pointed at the piece of paper and started babbling away, probably asking how she did that. Holding her head, she stabilised herself before looking up at him and shrugging. "Sorry, I can't really tell you how until I understand you better."
The blond seemed to understand the sentence as he grinned sheepishly and jumped back onto the bed. Nevertheless, first contact had been made. Sitting there with wide eyes, Naruto waited to see what was to happen next. Levy then smiled and handed him the pen, motioning for him to write something. He grinned and quickly started scribbling down a few words. Leaning back, he watched the paper intensely as it translated. Flicking up the result, the group leaned in.
"Hay, nise to meet yor gyes!"
"Woo!"
Cheering loudly, Lucy high fived Levy and then gave her a quick hug. Letting the girl get back to work, Levy started studying what went wrong.
"Obviously this is just a first test, but we should be able to work out the lettering problems soon enough. There, that's fixed it up on our end."
She then sent him the edited version. Reading it, he gave her the thumbs up to show he understood. Leaning in, Lucy pointed at herself. "Do you mind if I have a go?"
"Not at all!"
Clapping her hands happily, the blond girl quickly scribbled down something. Standing back, they waited as Naruto tried to decipher the message. A moment passed before he grew a little pale and a small trickle of blood ran down his nose. Looking over in confusion, Levy questioned her friend. "Uh, what did you write?"
Looking equally confused, Lucy shook her head. "I just said he's wearing nice clothes and I'd like a girl's set?"