This is my first fanfic and I've decided to do it on my favorite show Angelbeats! I'm actually using this story more as a test to see if I can actually get this to upload. Once this is finished I'll be working on an OC story for the same anime. But before I do that I need to know how to write a little better. So please comment and criticism is encouraged. I hope you enjoy this short one shot.
It was a pitch black night as the overhead clouds covered he moon and stars. Yuri sat at the window of the battlefront headquarters watching as the illuminated rooms of the dorms dimmed one by one. It was close to midnight but she couldn't sleep, so she sat with her head on the windowsill, thinking up plans to defeat Angel or find God. It was almost like counting sheep for her. It put her mind at ease. Yuri finally began to grow tired so she closed her eyes just for a second.
She began thinking about all of the members of the battlefront. All of their smiling faces, laughing, making jokes, and telling funny stories. Yuri saw herself among the group, just sitting and watching. She began questioning why she couldn't talk as well. Was she always this distant? Before she could answer this question everything began changing and the smiling happy faces of the members slowly changed into the faces of her younger siblings. Yuri stared in horror as the laughing stopped and was replaced by screaming and crying. Their voices cried out to her.
"Why Yuri! Why couldn't you save us. Now we're dead because of you." Yuri dropped to her knees, screaming apologies as the children in front of her crippled down to a pool of blood. Yuri stood up and began running, towards an exit that didn't exist as the ground beneath her began to crumble and collapse. She was falling and falling for what seemed like hours until everything stopped.
When she opened her eyes she found herself on the couch, an SSS uniform jacket thrown lazily atop her in attempt to keep her warm. Someone had definitely stopped by but there was no telling who it was. She could tell it was early morning by the small ray of sunshine just barely making its appearance over the mountains. She sat up and let the reality of her dream sink in. How could she be a leader when she couldn't even save her own family. Besides almost all of the battlefront had suffered the same fate as her siblings, even more than once. She was useless! She sat in silence for a while in thought. She just needed to get her mind off of it. She decided going on a walk around campus.
No one was outside so everything was quiet. Not necessarily the scary kind of quiet, it was quite peaceful actually. Sometimes a bird would sing happily in the distance or the wind would send the smell of freshly cut grass to her nose. She was already feeling better when she heard a small voice call from behind her. When she turned around she saw Angel walking towards her, not charging, just peacefully walking towards her.
"What are you doing out so early?" The small girl with long silver asked, with a toneless expression.
"I could ask you the same question. Besides it's none of your business"
"It's my job every morning to take care of the garden. However I realized that we're out of plant food so I was on my way to the storage to get more." Before Yuri could comment on the response she was already gone, heading in the opposite direction. Yuri was to tired and sort of down to chase after her so she just went on with her walk.
Back in headquarters she sat quietly at her desk awaiting the arrival of the rest of the group. The wait lasted nearly an hour before Hinata arrived with Otonashi following. However Yuri didn't give any greetings or even say a word. They were used to it of course but it always resulted in an awkward silence until the next few members arrived. Once everyone was present Yuri began her presentation, keeping her dream a secret. Afraid that if she told no one would see her as a leader. So she kept her feelings hidden as she's always done.
So there wasn't actually a story here. I just sort of sat down and wrote whatever came to mind. After all this was an experiment so I hope you enjoyed it anyway. I'm going to try writing a few more practice one shots like this one just for practice, then I'll focus on more story driven things.