A's note/dislaimer: I don't own Cardfight! Vanguard or series's characters.
The Trigger of Memories: Towards the Future! Together or Not?
Chapter 1
It was a clear morning when Aichi and Naoki were walking to the school. Naoki yawned.
"Huh? Didn't you sleep well last night, Naoki?" Aichi asked.
"Nah. I just went to sleep later than usual because my deck's construction took some time," Naoki admitted with slight smile.
Boys stopped at the crosswalk to wait that pedestrian light would turn green. While standing there, Aichi noticed a video screen on the wall of large building. Just now the video screen was showing a commercial where members of Ultra Rare were introducing a new selection of nail polish.
When he saw Kourin, Aichi said: "That blonde haired girl..."
Aichi's words made Naoki focus his attention to the commercial and then he turned back to face Aichi.
"What about her?" Naoki asked while he felt how a spark of hope ignited inside of him.
After Aichi had woken in the hospital after he had been found in the forest during Ultra Rare's farewell concert, it was revealed that he was otherwise fine but he had lost his memories about Kourin. It was clear without saying that this worried Naoki and other Aichi's friends.
When Aichi was out of the hospital, Naoki, Kai, Misaki, Kamui and Miwa tried tactfully remind Aichi about Kourin and how important their friendship was to them but unfortunately they didn't get Aichi to remember a former idol and friend.
But the hope hasn't been lost yet! Maybe Aichi's memories about Kourin would return. Maybe very soon...
"She was that idol who brought flowers to me when I was in the hospital, wasn't she?" Aichi asked.
"Yeah. And...?" Naoki said while hoping that Aichi would say something else. Something that would hint that his memories had returned.
But Aichi just stared Naoki with confused look: "And what?"
Naoki sighed frustratedly before he said quietly: "Nothing."
Just then the pedestrian light turned green and boys continued their walking to the school.
Meanwhile Kourin and her sisters, Suiko and Rekka, were in the studio of radio station participating in a radio show.
"Suiko, Kourin and Rekka," interviewer, a young woman with brown hairs and eyeglasses, said: "You have made succeessful career as idol group but now when Ultra Rare is quitting, what kind of plans do you have for your future?"
"Oh, there is so many choices!" Rekka said sweetly: "I would like to continue as an idol but I'm also interested in career of model or actress."
"I have decided that I would go to study business. Maybe something related to information technology or media," Suiko told while smiling calmly like always.
"I too have thought going to study business," Kourin answered with smile: "I don't know yet what profession but I will look what would be the most interesting."
"It's nice to hear that you three has clear tunes for your future," the interviewer said with smile. Then she pulled a laptop closer to herself and said: "We have got many messages from our listeners. The members of Ultra Rare will answer to the questions from messages that we have randomly chosen. Are you ready to answer?"
All three girls nodded in response.
"Alright. First question is to all of you and it says: Where did you get ideas to your solo songs?"
While Rekka and Suiko answered to the question, Kourin fell into her thoughts. Her solo song based on the boy that appeared in her dreams and that strange feeling of familiarity that Aichi Sendou raised in Kourin.
Aichi Sendou...
"Who are you?"
After Kourin had got know that Sendou didn't even know her, Kourin had tried not to think that boy anymore but for some strange reason it felt impossible. Kourin didn't get rid of that strange feeling that Sendou was somehow special to her...
"Kourin?"
Kourin woke up out of her thoughts and noticed that her sisters and interviewer were staring her.
"You haven't answered the question," Suiko noted.
"Oh, sorry. I was into my thoughts," Kourin explained with embarrassed look, making Suiko and Rekka glance at each others while Kourin answered the question.
A bell rang as a sign of the end of school day in the Miyaji Academy. Students were walking out of the high school's gate toward their homes but some of students were still staying in the high school to attend their club activities.
Aichi had just left the class room to go to the Cardfight Club when somebody called him.
"Aichi Sendou."
Aichi stopped and turned to face that person who had called him.
Behind him stood a calm looking girl whose brown hairs were tied to twin buns.
"You are..." Aichi said with unsure voice beacuse he wasn't sure about girl's name although she was in the same class with Aichi.
"Yoshie Suzuki," girl - Yoshie - said with friendly smile.
"Oh yeah. You are in the Tea Ceremony Club, aren't you?" Aichi asked.
"Yes, I'm," Yoshie confirmed. Then she said with slightly apologetic look: "I'm sorry for bothering you when you are hurrying to your club. But I wanted to ask if you would like eat lunch with me tomorrow?"
"Eh?" Aichi said with surprised look: "Ummm... That was quite sudden..."
"I understand," Yoshie said with sympathetic smile: "I was just thinking that it would be nice to eat lunch with you and that you would tell me about Vanguard. It seems interesting. Sorry for bothering you."
After saying this Yoshie walked past Aichi but she stopped when Aichi suddenly said: "Wait, Suzuki."
Yoshie turned to face Aichi and waited what boy was going to say. Aichi hestitated for a moment but finally he said with friendly smile: "It would be nice to eat lunch with you tomorrow."
Yoshie smiled and said: "That's great. We will see tomorrow then, Sendou."
"Yeah. See you tomorrow," Aichi answered. Then he turned and walked to the direction of the Cradfight Club.
When Aichi had turned around the corner, Yoshie herself walked to the direction of the Tea Ceremony Club. While she was walking, she thought with satisfaction: "It was easier than I thought."
After activities of the Tea Ceremony Club, when Yoshie was walking to the home with her friends.
One of her friends, a girl with short black hairs and red hairband, asked from Yoshie: "Hey, Yoshie. Is it true that you are going to eat lunch with Aichi Sendou tomorrow?"
"Yes. That's what I have planned," Yoshie answered calmly.
"Really?!" another Yoshie's friends, a girl whose blonde hairs were tied to ponytail, exclaimed with interested look: "Are you romantically interested in Sendou?"
"Not actually," Yoshie informed while shrugging her shoulders: "But spending time with him I will get more attention and customers to my mother's tea house."
"I see," black haired girl said: "You are trying to benefit in economic terms from Sendou's fame."
"Oh, you are a merciless business woman like your mother, Yoshie," blonde haired girl laughed.
"Merciless?" Yoshie sneered: "It's better to be merciless than total idiot. Of course I want my family's tea house succeess more. There's nothing wrong with that."
While girls were walking and talking, they didn't notice a person who was observing them some distance away.
To be continue...
Here it is! The first chapter of the final part of the Trigger of Memories trilogy. I'm sorry that it took quite long to start this fanfiction. I have been suffering from writer blog but hopefully I will finish this story during this summer.