It was dark, darker than usual. My head was throbbing and I was freezing cold. I slowly opened my eyes and finally realized I wasn't in my bed.
There was a dark sky and a shining moon above my head instead of my ceiling. There was a cold wind blowing instead of my air conditioner set on low.
Next to me was the thing I hated most in the entire world; the she-devil known as my sister, twin sister to be exact.
I shot up and felt my headache get worse. I placed my head on my head and hoped it would get better.
"Does your head hurt, Shi-nee?"
"My name is Shizuko. Stop calling me by that stupid ass name. I'm not your sister," I shot back. The wicked witch had awakened and she was already pissing me off.
"Where are we?" she asked.
"If I knew, I wouldn't be here, now would I?" I said.
"Shi-nee, I-"
"Don't call me that!" I yelled.
"Why not? If I call you Shi-nee or Shizuko, I get yelled at. You can't even call me something nice like Aki-nee or Akiko. Why are you always like this?" she asked. Her spiel made my head hurt worse, so I stood up and started walking away.
The wind blew a bit harder and I shivered. I looked around at my surroundings. There was a huge building and field next to me and a flowing river below. It looked like a school in the middle of a forest.
"Newcomers?"
I spun around and saw a boyish figure sitting on a branch of the tree next to me. I stepped back and Akiko held onto my arm. Such a wuss.
"Who are you?" I asked the boy. He chuckled and jumped from the tree, landing in front of us.
He had dark green hair under a navy hat that matched his uniform. The boy looked at my eyes with his bright red ones.
"Class vice president, Naoi. You must be new here," the boy said, holding his hand out to shake. I slapped it away, but Akiko shook it.
"I'm Akiko and this is Shizuko," she introduced.
"What do you mean new here? Where the hell are we?!" I yelled. I'm tired of not knowing what the hell was going on.
"You must have amnesia," he simply replies. Totally not the answer I was looking for.
"Why do I have amnesia, smart ass?!" I yelled.
"Shi-nee, please calm down," the devil woman said as she tried to rub my arm. I slapped her hand away.
"No, I will not calm down! Where the hell are we and why do we have amnesia?!" I yelled.
"The afterlife."
"Afterlife? Like the place dead people go to?"
"Precisely."
"Bullshit! We're not dead!" I was about to slap Naoi, but then he opened his stupid mouth again.
"You are. Your amnesia is caused by a head injury before coming here.
"You can't be serious," I said. My legs give out from the shocked and I fall to the ground before him.
I am dead. Akiko is dead. I can't remember how I died. Akiko can't remember how she died.
"Do you understand now?" Naoi asked, snapping me out of my thoughts. I looked at his red eyes and ran away. I couldn't stand another second in his presence.
I ran towards the river and saw a big white bridge just a few yards away. I walked over there and sat against the wall, watching the water flow. The tranquility made me drift off into sleep.
Author's Note
My first Angel Beats! fanfic...I thought the idea was good until I started writing...I wanted to make Shizuko and Akiko bipolar opposites and sort of make Akiko look like a bad person but it came out the other way around...You'll find out why in the next chapter. But before that, please don't hate on Shizuko! v.v Anyway, I hope you'll enjoy this story! ^_^
Until next time, sayonara~!