My name is Honoka Kousaka. All the years I lived were fruitful. Childhood... My teenage years... Adulthood... And I even got through my middle ages too. It was like time flew so fast... and the next thing I know...

I'm on my deathbed...

But I live all throughout my life with no big regrets. I went through that stage of once going through a dream that shouldn't stop, even if it comes true. Sadly, being a school idol has its limits as well, once you're known around the country. But it's about dreams not stopping, not about groups at all. I realized that when μ's broke up, we wouldn't always be apart. We'd find each other one day or another. And so... years passed.

And guess what? I was happy and I stayed that way. The Kousaka sweets business went on through all the years, and it supported me through college too. My parents had that big break of proving themselves as the best sweets shop in town. The expenses itself and their efforts along with mine, propelled me forward, and I was able to finish my college studies... concerning music!

I didn't pursue being an idol too early though. I was training at first. Then came the trials when I entered a music company, then a label. I got three years of my status as a music artist, as an idol! Finally!

And although it was put to an abrupt halt, I kept going. I became a producer next. And with the purpose of making other dreams come true, I worked hard for future artists and idols alike. That took guts... and I gained so much reputation in decades than any other and finally became the deserving head of a music company. So much was gained through the years...

And I stayed until I got weak. It was because I never stopped believing, that it got me to keep going until the last my legs or my stable breathing could take me.

Suddenly, I just find myself on my deathbed, with the air conditioner on. I'd rather let it be my last breath was relaxing... to at least keep me thinking, even slowly for that. My friends and family were there as they visited me while I'm on my way to the inevitable, but that didn't stop my belief I was coming to an end. I knew what was to be lost... but all the same, the last advice I gave them was not to cry, and should be glad that I'm about to move on. I won't die, but I'll live another life for all of them. Still... they cried. I didn't stop them, and I knew it was natural feeling a loved one lost is not a pleasant feeling.

And so as my last breaths were giving out, only my children remain. They know seeing me is heartbreaking, but nonetheless something as closure for them. As my last memories of my friends and family went through my mind when I closed my eyes, I breathed my last, and slowly, I fade from consciousness. Finally... I passed away.

It was all black I was seeing at first, but only my eyes were able to let me see a white and blue color portal of a sort, and it's an endless one while in high speeds I fly through it. The bright light at the far end of the portal was there, and it was so far away... but I focused, and I kept going faster. The light was getting closer much faster now, and for some reason... I'm feeling myself breathe again! It doesn't make any sense!

And there's a meaning to it. I'll find out why once I get through that light. I reach my hand out as the light grew closer, and I see the brightness surround me. It was so bright I had to close my eyes. What was going on?

All felt silent for Honoka as she slowly opened her eyes. She felt like she was stepping on something, but that didn't overwhelm her like what she saw: She was in a place that is given a natural white color with some sort of fog or clouds at a few places in the places. Then she looked at herself, dressed in white with matching shoes and gloves. But... that's not all there is to herself.

She knows she's aged as a teenager.

"Whoa... What is this...? Is this... heaven?" She asked herself aloud as she looked around, letting her short orange hair sway. 'Where am I right now?' Instead of staying there, she started walking and kept looking around. She moved forward, since she doesn't know about the cloudy place.

Everywhere I go, it was the same. It was the same cloudy spots I was seeing, like I was going in circles.

But just a few minutes later... another figure from afar was who I saw.

"Hello!" Honoka called out to the figure, who she later found out was in a dress as well. 'Wait a minute... she's in a dress too. And she's...' She gasped as her eyes widened. The same bright brown hair swayed. 'No... it... can't be.' She thought of it as she walked faster, recognizing the teenage girl in the dress was too familiar. "Kotori?!"

Kotori was wide-eyed as she saw Honoka. "No... way! Honoka?!"

"KOTORI-CHAN!" Honoka ran as Kotori did before they both hugged each other tight. "Kotori... You're... here!"

"You too, Honoka-chan... You're..." Kotori couldn't complete her sentence even while they gently pulled away. They noticed from themselves they felt glad but weren't crying. "Honoka? Why aren't you crying?"

"Huh? That's the same thing I wanted to ask you."

"I don't know. It's natural to me, I guess."

"Oh." Honoka muttered it out before looking around, seeing other figures from afar in the cloudy or foggy place. "Wait... there are more."

"Honoka..." Kotori called out, once in thought. "What if... this wasn't a coincidence?"

"What do you mean?"

"Of all places and of all times while we're aged as teenagers when we already lived our lives, what if isn't a coincidence at all?" Kotori's idea surprised Honoka. She was right. Why were they there, and why were they aged as teens?

"You're right..." Honoka muttered it while seeing the figures close in through walking. "Wait... Eli... Nozomi... Umi..."

"Then there's Rin, Hanayo, Maki... and Nico?! Honoka... that's them! We're all here!" Kotori's idea was getting weirder and weirder.

And Honoka muttered out: "μ's... The whole group is..." And she gasped while seeing the other girls in the same white dress attires.

Eli looked around, surprised of this and ran to Honoka. "Honoka... Is that you? And Kotori Minami?" And after she asked, the two nodded.

"There's no doubt." Nozomi said it while approaching Eli. "Long time, no see, Eli."

"Nozomi? It's been a while."

"Too long, perhaps."

"Eh?" Nico muttered it aloud, looking at all the girls. "You're all here? Isn't this strange? I'm supposed to be dead... right?"

"That's a funny way of saying it." Umi replied while walking beside Nico and approaching the group's center. "Of all places, it had to be this strange place, and we're all gathered together."

"I agree!" Hanayo called out from afar before approaching the group being made into a bunch.

"It's the same with the rest of you then?!" Rin ran towards the group, recognizing every single face in the group. "This is... surreal. Where the heck are we?"

"It beats me too." Maki finally joined up with the group. "But for some reason, the only thing that's not with me is sadness."

And Honoka might know way. "I don't know why, but certain emotions might have been blocked."

"Blocked?" The other girls said.

"I... just know. It might have been for the fact that all of us have died that sadness was wrapped around us, that we'd feel the same way when we leave our bodies. It's like a suppression method. This place or whatever situation we're in right now, prevents us from being sad."

"A suppression method?" Nozomi muttered. "Well, I get that point. But it still doesn't answer the question we're all wondering about from the time we're gathered."

"Yeah... I know. Of all the groups, it had to be μ's and we're all here at a time when we've all passed on. Why?"

And a woman's godly echo was heard. "That... is a good question as any." Suddenly, the whiteness darkened, and everyone gasped...

I have a feeling we're about to find out soon enough...

"Honoka's Reawakening - Prologue"

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