Heyo! What's up everyone? So, AD Band GhostWolf, who's planning to change that name, gave me the 'go ahead' and permission to rewrite her story. If you don't believe me, look at Angel Beats! Keeping the Beats! I'm pumped to do this story! I mean, when it comes to your first story, follower, and favorite, who wouldn't be? Lol, sorry if I'm chatting away, just can't wait. So, GhostWolf, I'm going to call her that from now on, is helping me out so you might see a note from her in the end of the chapter. I'll also tell you guys how's she is doing since you know, the mistake thing. Right now, she's getting better. Playing her electric guitar usually helps her out to think some things out. Anyways enough chatter! On with the story! I don't own anything except…well I don't own any of the OCs! BTW, the bold is GhostWolf, we share the document so she could point some things out for me, if she's in the mood.

Which luckily I am… I wonder when you'll ever stop talking…

Angel Beats!

"We can throw this away, can't we?" The NPC teacher asked, holding the acoustic guitar up. A girl with chin-length red hair clenched her teeth.

"Don't touch that…" She growled out. The NPC only looked at her, confused of what she said. She raised her head up.

"Don't… Don't touch that!" She screamed at him, slipping her wrists away from the other NPC that held her and pushing him to the ground. She ran towards the one that held the guitar and tackled him to the ground.

Another NPC tried to say something, only to be headbutted by a brown haired girl, who took the chance and broke free from his grip. The brown haired girl ran to a set of stairs leading to the sound and lighting effects room. (A/N: Idk what it's called.) The NPC tried to follow her, only to trip by a hand. The other girl, Iwasawa, now holding the guitar, backed up to the wall behind her as NPC teachers surrounded her. The brown haired girl, Hisako, slammed the door open and slipped as she tried to run to the control panel. (Is it really called control panel?) She immediately picked herself up, before falling onto the ground, and reached for the controls.

The NPCs walked closer to Iwasawa, trying to get the guitar out of her hands. "Hand it over." One of them demanded. Iwasawa clenched her teeth, before realizing what to do. She raised her hand and strummed the guitar. No one heard it at first, but then it was heard throughout the gymnasium. A soft voice followed behind.

Joushiki butteru yatsu ga waratteru

Hisako sat on the chair and typed on the computer. She broadcasted the solo performance throughout the whole school.

Tsugi ha donna uso wo iu?

The NPC students stopped what they were doing and listened.

Sore de erareta mono Daiji ni kazatte okeru no?
Demo asu he to susumanakya naranai
Dakara kou utau yo

Yuri immediately saw the chance to look through Angel's skills. "Takeyama!" She said. Takeyama raised his hand up and pressed the keys on the keyboard. "On it, but call me Christ!" He said angrily.

Naiteru kimi koso kodoku na kimi koso
Tadashii yo ningenrashii yo

A young girl, with black hair in a ponytail, watched as Iwasawa continued to sing her heart out. She felt tears forming in her eyes, knowing what will happen if Iwasawa finished the song.

Otoshita namida ga kou iu yo
Konna ni mo utsukushii uso ja nai hontou no bokura wo

The girl looked at two other girls, one with long lavender hair and the other with blonde. They also knew what would happen, seeing that their eyes glistening with tears. She looked at the ground, tears falling onto the ground, waiting for that one…final word…before the vocalist of GirlDeMo…was obliterated.

Arigatou…

The girl closed her eyes, hearing the last few chords the vocalist will ever play in the afterlife. Iwasawa thinks back to the time when she lived. 'This is my life… I wanted to sing like this… This is why I was born… I wanted to save someone, like I was saved…' She thought. Iwasawa looked up, tears falling from her eyes. 'I finally… Finally found-'

"Ah!" A girl with black chest-length hair, sat up on her bed. Cold sweat beaded her forehead. She looked around the room. It was normal and the same. Sighing, she placed her index finger and thumb on her temples, realizing it was a dream. She was breathing hard, like she just woke up from a nightmare.

"Anima? You okay?" The girl looked at the person on a twin bed a foot away from her own bed. The person groggily sat up, she sounded tired. Well, it was 1 in the morning. The girl, Anima, sighed and lay back on her bed, looking up at the ceiling.

"Yeah. I'm all right, Flow." The girl heard a chuckle and a soft thud! Indicating that her sister fell back onto her bed.

"Yuzuki…I thought we agreed, that if we're home, we'll call each other by our real names except when someone's around." Her sister asked. Anima, or Yuzuki, rolled her eyes and turned to her side to face her sister.

"Yes, Oka." She said, emphasizing on her sister's real name. Her sister chuckled and faced her sister. Yuzuki saw the worried expression her sister wore.

"Is it the same dream?" Oka asked her. Yuzuki sighed and faced the ceiling again. "I guess it is…" Yuzuki heard the worried tone in Oka's voice.

"Look… Don't worry about it, kay'? Just get some sleep." Yuzuki told her sister. She heard a creak from her sister's bed.

"Alright. Night, sis." Oka told her as she started to drift back to sleep. Yuzuki closed her eyes and exhaled loudly. "Night…"

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Yuzuki walked on the trail to her favorite spot in the park. Her guitar case, hitting her back as she walked. Her hair is now in a ponytail. She woke early so no one will disturb her as she practiced. She left a note on the door of the bedroom, telling her sister that she went to take a walk. Yuzuki stopped when she saw a field of full-bloomed cherry blossom trees. Yuzuki picked up a cherry blossom on the ground and smelled the sweet scent of the flower. She sat under the tree and took out her guitar. She strummed the intro of the song she and her sister were working on.

Kao wo awashitara kenka shite bakari
Sore mo ii omoide datta

Kimi ga oshiete kuretan da Mou kowaku nai
Donna fujiyuu demo shiawase wa tsukameru Dakara

Yuzuki paused for a bit. She wasn't much of a good singer like her sister, but she needed to sing to see if she's on track with her guitar.

Hitori demo yuku yo Tatoe tsurakute mo
Kimi to mita yume wa Kanarazu motteku yo
Kimi to ga yokatta Hoka no dare mo demo nai
Demo mezameta asa Kimi wa inain da ne

Yuzuki stopped playing because that's all her sister and she wrote. Yuzuki sighed. She placed her guitar back to its case and slung it over her shoulder. She began to walk away until… she heard that song. Yuzuki stopped in her tracks. She followed the sound of the guitar. Hoping…hoping she might find answers for the strange dreams she's been having ever since she woke from her coma. Yuzuki hid behind a bush, when she spotted a girl about a year older then her. She had red chin-length hair and vermillion eyes. Yuzuki was mesmerized as she listened to a very familiar song.

Tadashii yo ningenrashii yo
Otoshita namida ga kou iu yo
Konna ni mo utsukushii uso ja nai hontou no bokura wo arigatou

The girl strummed the outro of the song before placing her guitar to its case and started to walk away from her spot. Yuzuki was awestruck. The girl was further away from Yuzuki. Yuzuki had many thing in her mind. 'She's the same girl from my dream! Should I approach her? Why does it feel like I met her before?' Yuzuki snapped out of her thoughts when she saw the girl going to a huge crowd. She didn't know what made her do what she was doing, but she felt it was right. She ran after the girl.

"Wait! Hold up!" Yuzuki yelled. The girl kept on walking. Yuzuki yelled something that she never knew before, but it made the girl stop in her tracks.

"Iwasawa!" The girl stopped and turned around to see Yuzuki panting and holding onto her knees for support with her head down. Yuzuki raised her head up.

Vermillion eyes met Dark brown.

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Haha! So this is how it feels to do cliffhangers! Remember, this is a rewritten version of Angel Beats! Keeping the Beats! I did my absolute best on this and this is my first time ever writing a story. My writing style is similar to GhostWolf's so that's one of the reasons why I wanted to do this for her. As well as, she wouldn't strain her brain too much since she can't think clearly. Right now, she's going to get her beta to check this story for me. So the grammar might be poor for this chapter, since I'm not that great at proofreading. Anyways, do you want me to call Anima, Yuzuki or Anima? Anima is just a disguise name for reasons you'll find out in GhostWolf's sequel. Yuzuki is the OC's real name. So, do you prefer Yuzuki or Anima? PM me or put it in the reviews. Or! I'm going to make a poll for this. I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I'm going to try to cheer up GhostWolf and help her out. Cause, I'm worried for her and SHE LEFT ME IN A CLIFFHANGER! I need to know what happens in the sequel! I want at least a little spoiler… Anyways, see you guys next chapter!

She's very cheery and happy for some odd reason… Trust me, she's never like that… Also, I won't give off any spoilers.