Chapter One

The Arrival

Otonashi's vision blurred as he quickly sat up in the bright infirmary room. His head throbbed as he tried to remember. What happened? Wait, where am I? The last thing he remembered was the getting on the train in central station.

"The train... Oh god something happened!" But what?

He pressed his hand to his forehead and felt the rough texture of a bandage. What? Just as he started to panic the door swung open revealing a young-looking nurse. Her long blonde hair covered her face as she stared at her clipboard. Her dark green eyes glanced up realizing the he was awake, and glued on a very large, very fake smile.

"Oh, hi sweetheart! I didn't think you would be up yet. It's nice to see you're doing better. There are some people in the lobby waiting to see you. I'll send them in." She started to walk out of the room but paused before she stepped out, "Oh and that was a mighty courageous thing to do back there. You saved a lot of good peoples lives."

Of course he had no idea what she was talking about but he thanked her anyway. "Uh, thanks Miss..." He squinted at her nametag, "Amane?"

"It's okay call me Misa." Just like that she walked out of the room and was quickly replaced by a guy with wild purple hair and a intimidating purple eye glare directed at Otonashi, and a girl with long pink hair that was pushed out of her face by a large green ribbon to show her determined light green eyes. They both seemed to be wearing some kind of school uniform (not one that he recognize though) and were carrying an assortment of balloons and flowers.

"Oh, um where do you want this?" The girl asked thoughtfully glancing around the room.

"Uh anywhere." he replied carefully scared of the new coming people.

"Noda! Set those down there!" She yelled at the boy. Noda panicked and ran across the room desperate to impress the girl.

"I'm sorry. Do I know you two?"

"No I'm afraid not. I'm Yuri and that idiot is Noda." Yuri paused and looked over to Noda, "Noda don't put the balloons in front of the T.V!"

"Fine whatever." Noda grumbled at the overly bosslike female.

Yuri looked back at Otonashi and smiled, "We came to thank you for saving my best friend's life. She wouldn't of made it if you hadn't taken charge back at the wreck."

Otonashi shot her a puzzled look now completely confused by all the hero talk. He realized these people looked oddly familiar to him as he looked into Yuri's large green eyes, and yet he couldn't place them anywhere in what was left of his memories.

"Um...Hey are you listening to me!?" Yuri shouted as she got closer to him, looking right into Otonashi`s burgundy eyes.

Otonashi just stared and blinked for a minute, trying to process everything that has just happened in the past 20 minutes. The last thing he remembered was being on the train and then the next thing he knew he was laying on a hospital bed,having total strangers yelling at him and bringing him balloons and flowers.

"Dude listen to her!" Noda yelled at the confused boy.

"What? Oh you're still here? Sorry."

"Gosh, you are still so-" Yuri said staring out the window quickly cut off by Otonashi.

"What? I thought you said you didn't know me."

"I don't..."

Otonashi just stared at the girl bankly. This girl... Yuri. Why did that sound so familiar? This girl seems so strong and ferocious. She almost sounds like some sort of leader...

Yuri shuffled by giving clear view of her uniform. That patch! I've seen patch somewhere before! A flash of gunshots sounded as the patch turned into large metallic wings with a small white haired girl connected to them. Her hair covered her eyes as bullet went through her leg. I know her! I think... But from where?

The sound of a strangers voice brought him back from the strange day dream of the girl he couldn't quite figure out how he knew her...

"Yuri are you done yelling at the poor guy yet?" A male stood in the doorway looking scared. His dark reddish hair outlined his large innocent green eyes: he smiled sheepishly waving from afar.

"Hey Ooyama. Just a sec I've got to set these down real quick." Noda paused and through them on the ground, "There all done." He shot another glare at Otonashi.

"What did I do?" Otonashi's voice grew high pitched in a awkward way. He didn't understand why this complete stranger was determined to hate him after ten minutes in the same room.

"This isn't over..." Noda gave him the death glare, and quickly smiled at Yuri, "Yurippe are you coming?"

"Yeah just gimme a moment. I'll meet you back at school. Okay?" Yuri's question ushered the strange boys out of the room.

As soon as she made sure they were gone she shut the door, and ran over to his bedside looking into his eyes like she could see his soul, "You don't remember don't you?" he flashed a confused look at the strange girl, "Come on Otonashi you have to remember something I can't be the only one who knows."

"Are you insane?" Otonashi's eyes grew wide with fear at the insane woman sitting at on his hospital bed, "I can hardly remember where I live! How am I supposed to remember something about a person I hardly know?!"

"I saw your eyes glaze over earlier. I know you saw her... You can't just forget Kanade."

The name stuck to his mind like sticky glue.Kanade...Kanade...Kanade. That name rolled off his tongue when he spoke it.

"Kanade.." he whispered to himself. Suddenly the flash of the same girl with angel wings appeared in his mind. He couldn't tell what her face looked like because it was flowing in her face, but he did know that this girl had long beautiful white hair like December snow. Her angel wings were about ten times the size as she was,with her wings spread out. This girl...why do I keep on seeing her? Why is she stuck to my mind? What is this girl to me?And for some strange odd reason, he felt connected to her in some way,almost as if they were connected by a small strand of string.

"Look Otonashi I know you remember something, so when you're ready to confess come find me." her face softened as she whispered, "I miss you..."

I miss you too...