Chapter 1: Premonition

A/N : 1st Fanfic I've made... tried to cross K-On with Persona 4... got the idea from my certain friend who is a maniac at Persona series... reviews please

It's just another day in their lives. Another normal day. At the beginning, at least…

"Onee-chan, it's time to wake up already."

"Five more minutes, please~~~"

"Don't go back to sleep, onee-chan! You have school today, right?"

It's just the everyday routine in the Hirasawa residence as Ui Hirasawa went on a tough task every morning - waking up her dear older sister, Yui Hirasawa. They both attended Sakuragaoka High School, where Yui was a third – year and Ui in her first year there. After finally waking up from her trance, Yui strolled her way downstairs to have her breakfast. "Toasted bread! Surely a perfect meal to open up this day—" The brunette was just looking to eat the bread as Ui shouted, "Ah, onee-chan, look at the time! They said that our usual road to school will be blocked due to temporary flood from yesterday's rain."

"And that means?"

"We have to take a detour, onee-chan, and it takes 10 more minutes than usual. We will be late if we don't leave now."

"But I haven't eat my breakfast yet~~~"

"Here, I will put it in your lunch box, so you can eat it later during the first break."

And so, the Hirasawa sisters ran their way to the school. Luckily, they arrived there five minutes before the bell rang. It's just another day in their school. It seemed to be.

*ding, dong, ding, dong*

"And that concludes our sessions for today. Don't forget to review what you've learned later at home!" Sawako Yamanaka, the home-room teacher ended their class for that day.

"Man, I'm totally beaten up! I mean, two tests in a day? You got to be kidding me!" Ritsu Tainaka, the Light Music Club's president, yawned as she stretched her stiff body. "What are you expecting? We're students in the first place, you know." Mio Akiyama calmly responded as she closed a novel she was skim-reading.

"But two tests in a day? It's like one is not bad enough!" The brunette went on.

"Ritsu-senpai, you should learn some attitude from Mio-senpai. You are graduating this year, right? No wonder they will be more strict. Do you want to fail your tests?" Azusa Nakano, the only second-year member in the club, tried to persuade her senior.

"Of course not, but—"

"Cakes and tea for today, everyone. It's the Black Forest and Earl Grey." Tsumugi Kotobuki cut her speech as she elegantly poured the premiere tea to everyone's cup. It's, once again, another routine in their usual life. Having tea was their specialty, as their band name suggested, "Afterschool Tea Time."

"Ah~~~ it feels like I'm back to life again!" said Ritsu. The drummer sipped the tea before continuing on munching her cake. They were eating calmly, when Yui stormed in and did her usual hug to her beloved junior.

"Yui-senpai, let me go~~~"

"I'm charging my energy~~~"

"We have to practice, jeez!"

The other band members couldn't help but laughed at this unique pair. But after all of them finished eating their snacks, they started practicing right away. First, they played Go! Go! Maniac. And then Cagayake! Girls. Their last song for the day's jam session was Utauyo! Miracle. But somehow, those upbeat songs felt less powerful than usual. The drum was certainly too soft, while the keyboard's trademark powerful synth chord was dull. The twin guitar seemed to be in disarray, while the bass only added a weak strum sound. Something was definitely wrong with the girls. But they didn't seem to express their worries one another. Perhaps it's something personal?

"Father, Mother, are you feeling okay? You looked pale." Azusa asked her sick parents. They had been in that state since morning – lying at their bed, coughing blood. They were unconscious when they weren't choking. Azusa's mind was sticking to this certain matter even when she's at school. No wonder her rhythmic guitar missed a few notes as she spaced out. But her parents gave no reaction, and the twin-tailed girl drifted back to her room, mind as thick as the fog outside. The rhythm guitarist tried to call 911, but the lines were always busy. "Strange. It's clearly unusual to have all 10 lines of the 911 busy. Must be some kind of widespread disease striking the city right now." The more she thought about it, the heavier her mind became. So she decided to sleep over it, hoping it was just a bad day in her life, a drop of ink in her white life's canvas. But deep down, she was depressed. Her mind was overflowing with bad thoughts. She didn't have any siblings, so she was completely on her own without her parents. She strolled through her memories, trying to savor her quality time with the band. She remembered that despite she often snapped at Yui or Ritsu for slacking off, all of them had been another family. They were always there to help one another when problems approached. And just like that, she somehow felt less worry. "I'll try to talk with them tomorrow. Maybe they know something that I don't."

"Hey Satoshi, how have you been? You seemed less energetic than usual." Ritsu unable to hide her shock to see her brother's half - lidded eyes. "Want me to make some dinner? There's some meat in the freeze, I could make some Hamburg steak, you know."

"No, thank you, onee-chan. I'm not feeling like it. By the way, you should check on our parents. They are in their room, and they have been sleeping for 14 hours by now."

"14 hours? That's preposterous! Have they asked for anything?"

"No, they only woke up at 4 p.m. They vomited at the restroom, and then went back to sleep. When I asked them if they're okay, Dad just gave me a nod without saying anything. I offered to make some food, but he rejected it. Not that I'm able to cook anything anyway…" Satoshi tried to fill his sister in the situation they had been trapped in. And by stating his inability to cook, he wasn't referring to his skills, since Ritsu had taught him to cook. He was clearly referring to his state. With that droopy eyes, it's clear that he also needed much sleep.

"Alright, I'll check on them. You just get yourself some rest then." Ritsu glanced at her younger brother worriedly before sprinting upstairs.

"Don't forget to take off your shoes first, onee-chan…" Satoshi whispered as he slipped to his room and rested on his bed.

"Dad? Mom? Are you okay? You don't look so good..." The brunette whispered softly while kneeling beside her parents' bed. They gave no reaction. But it was obvious to the amber-eyed girl that her parents were suffering. They sweated a lot.

"It can't be a normal nightmare. This slumber is far from normal." She tried to call the 911, but she was unable to reach them. "Damn! Why the busy signs right now, of all time?" She finally decided to go back to her room and did her homework. Somehow she just didn't feel to play at all. She went right to sleep after that, mind full of stresses.

"I'm home!"

Silence filled the house of Akiyama residence as Mio didn't get any answer.

"Perhaps they were sleeping. It's better for me not to bug them in their sleep." The left-handed bassist took off her shoes and began to walk to her room. But as she heard a cough from her parents' room, she felt that she need to check on her parents. "Well, it won't hurt for just a peek, right?" She thought as she carefully approached her parents' room.

"Father, Mother, are you okay?"

Silence again filled the house

"Oh, they're just sleeping soundly- Ah!" Mio shrieked as her eyes found traces of blood in her parent's pillow. "It can't be right! So they were coughing blood? Better call for 911…"

But as it turned out, the lines were busy. So the helpless Mio tried to cook some soup to comfort her parents. Her mind was surely not there, though, as she nearly forgot to turn off the stove.

"Father, Mother, would you like some warm soup? I'm sure it'll help ease your pains…"

No answer.

"I'll just put it here. I'm sure they will eat it when they woke up later. It's quite late already, I better get some sleep now or I will be sleepy tomorrow."

As she was on her bed, she still wondered if her parents were okay. She is their only child, after all. She's the only family they had. She's the only person they could rely. With these thoughts, she found herself unable to sleep at first. But she finally fell asleep, cherishing her joy with the band.

"Good morning, Ricchan~~~"

"G' morning, Yui. You seemed less energetic. Not enough sleep last night?"

"No, I was just looking for Azunyan—Ah! There she is! Azunyan~~~" Yui hugged her ruby-eyed junior just as she stepped into the music room.

"Jeez, Yui-senpai, learn some maturity. I'm not a doll, you know…"

"But you just fit my hug~~~"

"Let me go~~~"

Yui finally let her out-of-breath junior walked away as she went to her chair and began sipping her Assam tea from her cup.

"Azunyan, join us here! Mugi prepared a wonderful tea today! Though it's black and all~~"

"Yui-chan, it is an Assam tea. Black is it's natural color. After all, never judge a book by it's cover, right?" Mugi explained happily to Yui.

"By the way, did any of you notice the fog hanging around? Kind of giving me the creeps." Ritsu tried to start a conversation.

"Yeah, I noticed that it has been there since last night." Mio added on. "I heard from the weather forecast that it will stay for today."

Talking about last night made Azusa somehow recalled the night's event, where her parents got sick.

"Oh yeah, last night my parents were sick. They were coughing blood. So if it's okay with you seniors, I would like to skip today's practice. I have to look after them." She reluctantly brought up the topic that had been bugging her mind for the day.

"Hey, wait a minute. Were they fast asleep while coughing blood?" The raven-haired bassist suddenly raising her tone.

"Y-yes, they were-"

"My parents also suffered from that!"

"Hey, were they sleeping for a long time? 'Cause my parents were! Haven't seen if they were coughing blood or not, though." The amber-eyed drummer joined in.

"What about you two, Yui, Mugi?" The brunette turned her attention to both of them. "Are your parents okay?"

"Well my parents lived in Finland, but they didn't contact me at all yesterday… I'm worried though…" The sapphire-eyed keyboardist answered slowly. They somehow detected sadness in her voice, but was disrupted when the lead guitarist joined in.

"Well, my parents were in France. They were planning to go back to Japan today, but they said that their flight was canceled due to the weather. No surprise though, looking at this fog, and all…"

The atmosphere was heavy all of a sudden. The fog hanging outside was fading, but somehow the girls had the feeling that it wasn't any sign of good things to happen.