Title:The Grass is a little Greener

Chapter 1: Welcome to a new World

Summary: Ooyama's life on earth ended, now he's in for another life in a new world~

Genre: Humor/Romance/Friendship/Hurt/Comfort/Angst

Rating: T for some reason XD (Maybe because it's shounen-ai~?)

Disclaimer: I don't own Angel Beats! It belongs to KEY Visual Arts~

A young boy's eyes opened to find himself suddenly in front of a school he didn't know. His hair was a reddish brown, and he had emerald eyes. He was wondering why and how he got there, since the last thing he remembered, he was with his mother. He groaned, and sat up. "Sigh…where…am I? How did I even get here…?" He rubbed the back of his head.

"I see you're awake."

He turned around to see a young man with a sword. He was a little taller than him, and he had black hair. "Um...hello. How exactly did I get here…?" He asked timidly. The other replied, staring at something in the distance. "What was the last thing you remembered?"

"Uh…" He took some time to remember. "I guess I got hit on the head pretty bad…" The other replied with a nod. He made a quick glance at him, then turned his head again to stare at nothingness.

"You're in the afterlife."

The other boy flinched. 'What? The afterlife…? Is he kidding?'

"Um…excuse me, but I don't quite get what you're saying…we're in the afterlife?"

"Yup."

"So that means…everyone's…dead?"

"Yeah. Everyone who hasn't accepted their lives when they were still on earth get sent here, to fight her." He pointed at the distance with his sword. The other followed his gaze, only to see a short girl with long, white hair and a school uniform walking.

"…her? What do you mean? She's just an ordinary girl."

The other shook his head. "No. She's not normal, she's an angel, a creation of God. She's the one who rules this world, and we have to fight her, to get our 'happy endings'."

The other just nodded. "Wait…'we'?"

"Oh, right. I forgot to introduce myself." He turned around to face the boy. "I'm Fujimaki. Do you have a name, kid?" He asked.

The other couldn't remember things well, and he taught it was kind of stupid to forget your own name. "Uh…um…O…Ooyama." He said.

"Right. Ooyama. Welcome to the Afterlife Battlefront." He grinned.

The other nodded. Some time later he got hit on the head with a fist. He winced in the pain, falling to the ground. "Fujimaki-kun!" Ooyama cried, leaning down to help him up.

"Shouldn't I be the one saying that?" Ooyama looked up to see a girl with magenta hair and green eyes, shaking her fist.

"Ah…um…who are you?" Ooyama asked.

"Eh? Oh, sorry about that." She cleared her throat. "I'm the leader of the Afterlife Battlefront, Yuri. I saw you on the ground a while back, so I sent this idiot to go and recruit you." She said, extending her arm for a shake. Ooyama took it.

"Hm…Fujimaki-kun? But he doesn't look like an idiot to me at all…" He turned to look at Fujimaki, who just flushed the slightest bit.

"…alright then. So, we should go back to our meeting room, shall we?" The two boys nodded.

Their headquarters was located on a school building, in the principal's office, to be exact. It seemed to be the only one big enough and safe enough for all of them to talk about their plans on beating Angel. Yuri opened the room to their meeting room, only to find the members bickering and chatting. Yuri was irritated. She took a deep breath and shouted.

"You guys! Just shut up, already!" Everyone had stopped by the sound of the leader's voice. "Yurippe! You're back!" A blue-haired boy exclaimed. "Can you tell this idiot to stop it? I'm getting tired!" He was holding back a boy with an axe, probably trying to smother the redhead beside him.

"Noda, won't you just accept Otonashi-kun? He's not doing anything to you!" She shouted at the boy with purple hair. "But Yurippe—" He started. Yuri groaned. "Seriously! Just stop it, alright?" The young man sighed and plopped back down on his seat, glaring at Otonashi. Yuri facepalmed. "Sigh, thanks for holding him back, Hinata-kun." Hinata gave a thumbs up and hooked his arm over Otonashi's shoulder, causing him to move forward a bit.

"Anyway, guys. We have a new recruit. His name is—" She stopped, realizing she doesn't know his name yet. "Uh, what did he tell you, Fujimaki-kun?"

"His name's Ooyama." He grinned, and swung his arm over the shorter boy's shoulder, not giving him a chance to say his own name; but he was okay with it.

"Right! Ooyama-kun. Let's introduce you to everyone." She smiled, motioning towards the sofa to point at a few boys; "This is Noda-kun. He's an idiot." He pointed at the tall boy, who was just swinging his axe around. He was used to being insulted by his leader.

She turned around to point at a man with a red blindfold covering his eyes. "This is TK. We don't really know when or why he got here…I guess it's just a mystery." The man was saying some English words, while doing a headspin on the floor.

"That's Takamatsu-kun. He keeps on propping up his glasses…but he's an idiot, I'm telling you...and please Takamatsu-kun...put a shirt on." The man just frowned.

"Over there is Matsushita-kun and Takeyama-kun." The stout man just gave a wave, while sipping on his noodles. The small boy was just whining something about calling him Christ and whatnot.

"The girl there in the corner is Shiina-san. She's kind of quiet." The girl gave a simple nod.

She pointed to the sofa, where three boys—one with blue hair, another with red hair, and the last with dark green hair were seated, "And lastly, there's Hinata-kun, Otonashi-kun and Naoi-kun. Basically, those two idiots there fight over Otonashi-kun. But obviously, Hinata-kun and Otonashi-kun are kind of like you guys, right now." She smiled. There as a faint flush on all four boys' faces, while Naoi feels left out, threatening Hinata and waving a clothespin in front of his face. "But I'm sure you two'll get along just as well." She patted their shoulders, and stepped back to face Ooyama.

"So, you'll join the battlefront, right?" She extended her arm, hand open. It took a while for Ooyama to actually take it, signaling it's a 'yes'. "Yeah." Everyone cheered and welcomed in a new recruit—especially Fujimaki; and gave a welcoming noogie to the new member and friend.

"I see that Angel—" Otonashi interrupts Yuri, "Ahem. I told you like a million times already, her name is Kanade." He groaned. Yuri just sighed and facepalmed. "Right. Kanade has no will to fight for today. So for the rest of the day, Ooyama-kun can have time to explore the place, alright?" She gave a light pat on his back, and Ooyama just gave a nod in a thanks.

"I can help him, right?" Fujimaki grinned, too much that he looked like an idiot.

"Eh…sure, Fujimaki-kun. You can explain all the stuff to him. Okay? I'm counting on you, don't mess up."

Fujimaki nodded, and everyone was dismissed.

The two walked together to the baseball field, and just sat on the bench there. They can see Hinata trying to practice his swinging.

There was an awkward silence filling the atmosphere…Ooyama felt uncomfortable, so he started to make conversation.

"Uh, Fujimaki-kun…" The other turned his head to face him. "What is it?"

"Well, this might be a stupid question, but…" He paused for a while, "...does God really exist?"

Fujimaki took a deep breath and thought about it. "...Yurippe does…but I don't think I do. He was the one who gave us these unreasonable lives…the one who sent us here…the one who separated us from the ones we love most. Yurippe believes that He created Ange—Kanade…but Otonashi convinced us all that she was human…just like us. She had a human heart. I had to say, I kinda pitied her, though…not having friends and all..."

Ooyama stared at him for a while, then to the ground. He just simply nodded.

Hinata had been swinging his bat a few times now, harder every swing. The last swing, too hard, slipped from his hands, and hit Ooyama right on the head. He winced loudly, and his forehead started to bleed; collapsed and fell to the ground. "Ooyama!" Fujimaki shouted—leaning down and examining the wound the instrument had made. "It's bleeding…!" Without thinking, he dropped his sword and scooped up Ooyama in his arms and made a run for the clinic.

"Oh, no…Ooyama!" Hinata cried, running toward the injured boy; while Fujimaki stopped him.

"You've done enough, you idiot!" He growled, starting to run again. Hinata was left there, looking both ashamed and guilty.

Fujimaki had been running for a while now, trying to find where the clinic was. Drips of blood had been hitting the floor every time he took a step, the wound swelling. He'd been desperately looking around for a way to the clinic, and finally he found the front entrance to the school. 'There it is! Surely the clinic must be near!' He thought, running at full speed to get his injured friend to recover. He reached the front door, and kicked it wide open. NPCs turned around staring at them, some shocked, some just minding their own business. But that's not important, what's important is to wrap up Ooyama's wound.

He spotted the clinic's door. He was relieved to finally make it. He looked through the window, and saw that all the beds were suddenly covered with blood. 'What the hell happened here? And if there are no beds available, then where will I drop Ooyama?' The question crossed his mind. He spotted Otonashi walk past by.

"Otonashi!" Fujimaki shouted, catching Otonashi's attention.

"Oh, hey, Fuji—" His eyes widened slightly to see the injured Ooyama in his arms. He walked closer to them, examining the wound.

"What happened to him?" He asked, kind of worriedly.

"That best friend of yours 'accidentally' hit him with his bat!" Fujimaki shouted, making Otonashi move back a little.

"Oh. You mean Hinata, don't you?" He facepalmed. "He does that to me a lot, anyway…well, the clinics are all closed today. They said that if someone is injured, you need to take them to their room. Does he know his room number yet?"

"Room number? Oh yeah, that's right…Yurippe didn't tell him his room number…" He facepalmed. "Well then, do you know anything about wrapping wounds?" He asked Ootnashi; since he knew he studied medicine before he came into this world.

"Wrapping? Yeah, of course I do. You wanna know?" Fujimaki nodded. Otonashi took a deep breath and explained, "Listen carefully, alright? So, you have to be careful in putting him down. Make sure there aren't any stuff on the place where you'll drop him. You'll need bandages and disinfectant. So all you have to do is, of course, put the disinfectant first, and wipe off all traces of excess blood. Then, if there's some blood stains on any piece of clothing, take it off. Then—" Otonashi was interrupted by Fujimaki, whose face was already flushed.

"Wait…d-did you just say, 'take it off'?" He stuttered; almost dropping Ooyama.

"Uh…yeah, I did. I know it seems awkward, but you have to do it, or else he won't feel comfortable when he wakes up. Just lend him your extra clothes or something."

"A…alright."

"Right. So can you let me continue now?"

Fujimaki nodded slightly. Otonashi just cleared his throat. "Okay. So, as I was saying, take them off. Then, of course you have to wrap the wound; so just tear up about 40 centimeters of the bandage, if you want to make it recover easily. If the bandage is short, there's more pain coming for him. Okay, you got all of that?"

"Uh, yeah…I guess."

"Good. Now, take him to his room. Wait...you said that he doesn't know his room number yet, right?"

"…oh, man. Yeah...he doesn't…"

"Oh…I see."

"Well, I gotta go ask Yurippe. Thanks for the help, Otonashi. See ya!" He gave a wave, and dashed off to the principal's office. Otonashi waved back, watching him run quickly towards the big room. He put down his hand, and sighed. "I guess I better go and find that idiot."

Fujimaki again ran quickly to the headquarters, and opened the door. Yuri was just looking out the window.

"Ah, hello, Fujimaki-kun. Why are—" Yuri's eyes widened slightly, staring at Ooyama, drips of blood still splashing on the floor. "O-Ooyama-kun? What happened to him?"

"Yurippe! That bastard Hinata hit him with a baseball bat! Damn, he's such an idiot!" Fujimaki shouted, but Yuri was used to it, so she didn't cover her ears.

"Ah…yeah, he is an idiot. Well, can't blame him." She shrugged.

"What do you mean 'can't blame him'? Look at what he's done to Ooyama!"

"Well, Fujimaki-kun, for a newcomer, you seem to care for Ooyama-kun a lot. Unlike Otonashi-kun, when he first came here, you seem to not accept him that much." She smirked at him.

Fujimaki flushed once again.

"I-I accepted Otonashi, too! I just ran into him a while ago…" He said the last sentence more to himself than to the other.

"Okay, then. So, why did you come here for?"

"Well…I just realized that you haven't told him his room number yet."

"Ah, I did that on purpose."

"What?"

"Yup. You see, there's not enough rooms anymore. So we've decided that everyone's gonna have roommates. The good news is, you can choose them."

"Roommates? You haven't even told that to me yet!"

"Oh, that's because we just thought of it now; when you came. We were about to broadcast it to the whole school, but that's when you came in." She said, in a matter-of-fact tone.

"Riiiiight…okay. So, let me get this straight. You just thought of making everyone in the school have roommates, and making them sleep in the same room together?"

Yuri just nodded in response. Fujimaki facepalmed once again.

"Ah, I know. You don't have a roommate yet, right?" Yuri asked him.

"Well—"

"Great. Let Ooyama-kun company you, okay?" She patted his shoulder.

"B-but I didn't even—"

"Hush. Now look at that puddle, I don't know if he's collapsed or died or something…but just get all the things you need to wrap him up or you're cleaning it." Yuri demanded, pointing at the puddle of blood on the floor.

"…I can't believe I didn't notice that he was still bleeding…" He sighed, and went over to the bathroom. He grabbed the things he needed, putting everything in his mouth since he's still carrying Ooyama.

"Hey, you sure you can handle that?" Yuri asked.

"Yeah." He managed to say; then ran back outside to his room.

A/N: UWAAAAAAA I'VE BEEN WAITING SO LONG TO WRITE AN AB FIC~

Uwaaa I'm so happy XDDD

I guess this fic will have 2 to 3 chapters only. XD Or 5...but whatever~

Lol I made Ooyama the newbie. XDD Now Otonashi was there first~

This was actually supposed to be a HinataxOtonashi fic...but I figured it'd be more fun if I made it FujimakixOoyama~

UWAAAAAA FUJIOOOOOO~ 33

Sorry, I can't help it~ OOYAMA'S FREAKING ADORABLE FFFFFFF~

Ahahaha, I also wanted to include some side pairing of OtoHina (Lol, I'm also fangirling over them right now~)...but maybe that's gonna be in the later chapters XD (I still don't know...maybe I'll include it maybe I won't. owo)

...I have to sleep now. =_="

Oyasumi~

Faves/reviews/comments are always appreciated~! X3