Physics The Greatest Magic

By the time they were done, john had a refreshed expression on his face 

"You're right... That was a lot better than I expected..." John muttered with a satisfied expression 

It felt like a massage, as they rubbed the oil on his back and legs with their soft hands, he was reminded of that one trip he had to the spa in his previous life 

[Expensive but worth it...] He thought to himself 

[You sure look happy for a guy who was begging me for help a few moments ago] Said Zestari through john's mind 

[You be quiet...] 

"John, Serena let's go play in the sand, while we wait for it to dry" Said Ariel as she pulled then towards where there was more sand 

Master gave john the gesture for him to enjoy himself, seeing he gladly nodded. 

As the three moved across the beach, while avoiding accidentaly stepping on other people's umbrellas, they noticed a certain area where people were playing a game 

When john saw this, he couldn't believe his eyes. This game, there was no mistaking it. There was a net and even the ball looked the same 

"Serve!" Shouted one of the girls who were playing as she threw the ball into the air, before slamming it as hard as she could with her hand on to the other side 

The ball moved at an extremely fast speed, and dug itself into the surface of the sand on the beach. 

"No way.. It's beach volleyball..." John muttered 

"Beach volleyball?" Said Serena with a confused expression 

"Is that what they are doing?" Ariel asked 

"You two don't know what beach volleyball is?" 

The two shook their heads. 

John didn't consider the possibility of it going by another name 

So before saying anything else, he walked over to the sports area with them. 

"Excuse me, what are you guys doing?" John asked 

Although he already knew 

"Hm? Ah, are you guys not from around here?" She asked 

The girl who answered, was the same girl who hit the spike on the ball which dug itself into the surface of the sand. 

[A tomboy?] John thought to himself 

She had short brown hair, and light brown eyes. She had a cheerful air around her, and looked slightly tan. At first, john had thought she was a boy, but judging by the proportions, there's no way she'd be a guy 

We nodded 

"Then that explains it, well you see, this was a game called beach volley-ball, It's very popular and fun to play, want to try?" She asked 

There were many tents around in the area, it was a Very Big beach. If you looked around, you could see people playing for fun, and if you looked even closer... You could see true competitiveness 

 But regardless of that, John was shocked. No he didn't know what to say. A famous sport from his world in this world, coincidence? Not even the name was changed 

"We'd love to" John quickly replied 

"Then, I'll explain the rules" She said 

*** 

"Are there any questions?" She asked 

John shook his head, while both serena and Ariel replied 

"Just one, we're supposed to stop the ball from dropping, so we can use any part of our body, and not just the hand, right?" Ariel asked 

"That is correct" 

"Are we allowed to use magic spells?" Serena asked 

"Hm... Body reinforcement with magic is allowed, but as for spells... The rules don't say anything about using them..." She said 

[Yeah, because magic didn't exist in the other world] John thought to himself 

"But it's hard to react fast enough to the ball while you focus on chanting, so I'd recommend not doing it." She added 

An evil grin was formed on the face of serena who heard this. John and Ariel who saw this knew exactly why 

"Then, let's do a game of rock, paper, scissors to decide who goes first." The girl said 

"That's fine with us, but where's your team?" John asked 

"Oh, don't worry about that. Hey guys! We got challengers!" She shouted as she waved at the people who were on the court next to them. 

There was another girl and guy there. As the they turned, the girl made eye contact with john and they quickly recognised each other. 

"Oh, that kid... What was his name again, jo... John?" She asked as she approached us 

That brown braided hair, there was no mistaking it. It was the girl he met this morning 

"Yes, I'm john. I'm surprised you forgot my name that fast, tiana." 

"Haha, sorry. I'm not good at remembering names" She said once she finally reached us 

"No worries, it was a joke. So I'm assuming you're the one we'll be playing?" John asked 

"Eh, you can play volleyball?" Tiana asked with a surprised expression 

"Yeah...? The rules are easy, to grasp?" John replied 

"That's not what I meant, volleyball is a competitive sport, you might get seriously hurt if you're not careful" Said Tiana 

[Wasn't the volley ball made of leather arranged in particular sections wrapped around a bladder. How badly can you get hurt?] 

At the same time john thought that, the sound of a creak, was heard. When john turned to see what it was, he made a blank expression 

[For a second, I thought it would be like normal beach volleyball. They had me in the first half.] 

The creak that john heard, was actually the sound of the ball putting a dent on the holders which held up the net. 

Suddenly, john felt two eyes on his back. When he turned around to see who it was, he noticed that it was serena and ariel both just giving him the stare. Then he realised that he hadn't introduced them yet 

"That is true, more importantly, I wanted to introduce you to my two very close friends and party members." 

"I'm serena, nice to meet you" Said Serena as she shook her hand 

"And I'm Ariel, it's also nice to me you" Said Ariel as she also shook her hand 

"Serena and Ariel... Those are nice names, it's also nice to meet you" Said Tiana as she shook their hands back 

"S-So, I've been meaning to ask... But how are you acquainted with that?" Serena asked as she pointed at me 

[That?] 

"Oh, you mean him? We met this morning, I guess you could say I saved him" Tiana said with a proud look on her face 

[It's the other way around, you saved them.] 

"So that's why he was late... What happened?" Ariel asked 

"He was getting tricked by these guys who were-" 

"*Ahem*" 

John had actually noticed him earlier, and felt rather bad when they were taking so long to introduce him. If he hadn't mentioned it, john would have probably asked. 

The boy who had been silently waiting to be introduced, suddenly cleared his throat, and while everyone's attention was on him he spoke up 

"I'm Zakaragi, it's a pleasure to meet you" He said with a smile