The Trigger of Memories: Someday We Will Meet Again

Chapter 1

A light of the full moon illuminated the dark night and created a magical atmosphere when it fell on the leaves of a tree and on the surface of the lake. Kourin was standing next to the tree and stared at the full moon in the sky.

The full moon and the tree in the lakeshore. Kourin felt that these two thing were somehow familiar. But why? She didn't know.

Then she felt somebody's presence. Kourin turned and then she saw him.

He was standing in the lakeshore, some distance away from Kourin, and he was watching at the moon.

Kourin opened her mouth to say his name but she noticed that she wasn't able to say boy's name. Kourin knew that she know boy's name... but she didn't remember it!

While Kourin desperately tried make herself remember the name of boy, he turned to face Kourin.

They stared at each other for a moment until boy said with sad smile: "We surely will meet again..."

Kourin woke up and sat up in her bed. She wasn't anymore in the lakeshore but in her own bedroom.

Kourin's bedroom was a big room where in addition to the bed there were a closet, bedside table, full-lenght mirror and desk. A window has dark curtains and there was a blue carpet on the floor.

"That same dream again..." Kourin said to herself when she swept a tress from her face. She had seen this dream earlier but what bothered Kourin the most was that when she woke up, she didn't remember anything else about the boy of her dream except what he had said...

Kourin glanced at the clock on her bedside table. It was 7:45 a.m.

Kourin got out of her bed and went to her desk. There were a neat pile of fan letters, some photographes from Ultra Rares previous gigs, a table lamp and a calendar on the desk. She took the calendar in her hand and checked today's schedule. Nothing. Ultra Rare had a day off.

Kourin placed the calendar back on the desk and went to her closet. She dressed up with her usual white clothes and tied up her hairs before she left her room.

When she entered in the kitchen, Kourin noticed her older sister Suiko sitting at the kitchen table flipping through a newspaper while having a coffee mug in her hand. Just then Suiko noticed her sister and said with smile: "Good morning, Kourin."

"Morning, Suiko," Kourin answered while she took her mug from the cupboard.

"Did you sleep well?" Suiko asked while she flipped a page of newspaper.

"Yes..." Kourin answered when she poured coffee into her mug and sat at the kitchen table opposite Suiko.

There was quiet for a moment. Only things that were heard were a sound when Suiko flipped pages of newspaper and sometimes a clink of spoon against the edge of Kourin's mug.

Finally Suiko broke the silence when she asked: "Have you already designed your solo song that we must present to our producer the following week?"

Kourin sighed and placed her coffee mug on the table. "I have not lately did anything else but thought about and design my song but it does not succeed," Kourin told and continued: "I have some ideas for the song but they seem... lame to me. I don't get emotions in them."

"I see," Suiko stated and thought for a moment. Then she suggested: "What if you would design your solo basing on a clan you are using?"

"Like your song Heal My Damage?" Kourin asked and sipped her coffee.

"That's right," Suiko said with smile.

"Hmmm... I admit that it is a good idea. I will try it while designing my song," Kourin said.

"What? Hasn't Kourin designed her song yet?" a mischievous voice of girl asked at the door of the kitchen. Suiko and Kourin turned their attention to the direction of voice and noticed their younger sister Rekka.

Rekka went to Kourin and smirked: "Has Kourin been little bit lazy? My, my, my. Our producer is not going to be happy if you are lazing around with your works."

"I'm not lazing around!" Kourin informed strictly to Rekka: "I'm trying to make a good song and it will take time."

"My own song is ready soon," Rekka informed cheerfully when she went to the cupboard and took a cup from the cupboard: "And it's going to be the best."

"I don't quite agree," Kourin stated while rolling her eyes: "In my opinion, your song has a quite childish name..."

"It is not!" Rekka snapped after she poured cereals in the cup and turned to glare at Kourin: "Super Cute Cute Unit is a cute-cute name!"

"Maybe in some children's opinion," Kourin stated dryly.

"That's enough, you two," Suiko sighed: "Don't fight. If Rekka is happy with her song, that's alright then. And if Kourin wants still work with her song, then let her do so."

Both Kourin and Rekka muttered in the affirmative and stopped their argument. Soon Kourin put her mug in the dish washer and left the kitchen.

In her room, Kourin took her Angel Feather cards out and spread them on the desk. Then Kourin took in her hand a notebook where she had written down her ideas and started to think. Some time later Kourin had thought couple of ideas, like The Winged Vanguard and Lovely Painful Strategy but despite the names, Kourin wasn't able to make content of songs.

Kourin sighed with frustration, rested her head in her hands and stared out of the window of her room. There was a beautiful and sunny weather outside. Just that kind of weather that called people out to enjoy the fresh air and sunlight.

Kourin tried work on fifteen minutes with her song but she wasn't able to focus and finally Kourin gave up.

Suiko was sitting in an armchair in the living room and read papers about Ultra Rare's next plans. Rekka was in the living room as well, reading a magazine. Then Suiko rose her gaze from the papers and noticed Kourin.

Kourin was now wearing black jeans, white t-shirt and green jacket. Her hairs were tied in a ponytail and she was wearing a black and white cap. On her shoulder Kourin was carrying a purse.

"I'm going to get some fresh air. I will return back before the evening," Kourin informed to Suiko.

"Alright. Have fun," Suiko answered with smile and after Kourin had left, Suiko returned her attention in the papers.

"Hey, Suiko," Rekka said.

"Yes?" Suiko asked without raising her gaze from the papers. Rekka sat next to Suiko and smiled mischievously: "Do you think that Kourin has a boyfriend?"

"Boyfriend? Not to my knowledge," Suiko answered calmly.

"I meant a secret boyfriend," Rekka particularized while leaning closer her oldest sister: "That kind of boyfriend that Kourin hadn't said anything to anybody. Not even to us..."

Suiko thought for a moment while staring at grinning Rekka. Then Suiko said: "That sounds very unlikely."

Kourin was walking in the congested street without destination. Ultra Rare had much works as idols which is why they didn't have much free days, so Kourin hadn't time to familiarize herself with the city. Kourin continued walking when suddenly somebody collided with her.

"Hey! Watch where you are going!" Kourin snapped to a man who had collided with her.

"Oh, I'm so sorry!" the man said quickly. Then he disappeared in the crowd.

"Idiot. He didn't even sound apologetic," Kourin snorted and continued walking.

She continued walking some time until she noticed a cafe and because the day was quite warm, Kourin decided to go there. She entered in the cafe and after she sat down at the table next to a window, a waitress came to Kourin and asked: "Are you ready to order, miss?"

Kourin glanced at the menu of the cafe and said: "Just a glass of ice tea, please."

The waitress nodded and left to get Kourin's order. Soon she returned and placed the glass of ice tea in front of Kourin on the table. Kourin thanked and the waitress left to continue with her works.

Kourin looked out of the window of the cafe while drinking her ice tea. In times like these Kourin thought how relaxing it was to be merged with usual people. Nobody asked autographs from her or wanted to take a photo of her or tried flirt with her in order to get publicity for Kourin's expense. Of course Kourin performed scrupulously her duty as the idol and she didn't hate her work but it was refreshing that she has some own free time.

Kourin drank her ice tea and asked the waitress to bring the bill. After she had checked how much the bill was, Kourin opened her purse to take her wallet. But!

Kourin frowned when she didn't find her wallet although Kourin knew that she had taken it with her when she had left out.

"Is something wrong?" the waitress asked.

"I'm sorry. Wait for a moment, please," Kourin asked and started to go through the contents of her purse.

In the purse Kourin had a hair brush, a pocket mirror, home keys, her Vanguard deck and a mobile phone but soon Kourin made very worrisome discovery: her wallet was missing.

After the discovery, Kourin started to think when did she lost her wallet. Kourin remember that she had put her wallet in the purse before going out but after it Kourin hadn't open her purse so there was only one possible explanation.

That man who had collide with her! He had stolen Kourin's wallet!

"Miss?" the waitress asked with worried tone.

Kourin woke up from her thoughts and turned to face the waitress: "Umm... Looks like my wallet has disappeared."

"Do you mean that you are unable to pay your bill?" the waitress asked with frown.

"Yes..." Kourin answered, knowing that some other customers of the cafe were staring at them and asked carefully: "Would it be possible to pay later?"

The waitress thought for a moment before she answered: "It might be possible but for that we would need your name and contact info."

Kourin tensed. She didn't want reveal her identity because becoming a victim of theft isn't that kind of publicity that Ultra Rare wanted. In addition if other customers of the cafe would find out who she actually was, then her relaxing day off would be over and Kourin could as well go to home and continue working with her song. But what else Kourin could do?

"Excuse me."

Both the waitress and Kourin turned. Next to them was standing a friendly-looking boy with blue hairs and blue eyes who was wearing a violet polo shirt, white jacket, black trousers and sneakers.

"I know that this isn't my business," the boy said carefully: "But I could pay her bill."

"Really? That's very thoughtful," the waitress said with smile and turned back to face Kourin: "What do you say, miss? Is it fine to you that this gentleman would pay your bill?"

"Well..." Kourin said unsurely. Of course she was reliefed that the boy offered to pay her bill but the question was why he did want do that? Did he recognize Kourin and offered to pay the bill just in order to get some fame after telling to media that he had paid the bill of one member of the Ultra Rare? It could be possible but...

Kourin glanced at the boy who had started blushing slightly after being called gentleman.

The boy looked friendly and sincere but it wasn't the most important thing. When she saw tha boy, Kourin had got a strong feeling that she knew the boy and knew that she could trust him. But where she had seen this boy before?

"Miss?" the waitress asked.

"Oh, sorry. I was in my thoughts," Kourin said and turned to face the boy: "It's very kind to offer to pay my bill. Thank you."

The boy nodded friendly and paid the bill.

The waitress gave a quick admiring glance at the boy before she went to the cafe's cash register.

"Thank you again for paying my bill, mister..." Kourin said, hoping to get know the boy's name and then possibly remember why this boy felt so familiar.

"Umm... 'mister' sounds little bit too exaggerated..." the boy said with embarrassed look but then he introduced himself: "My name is Aichi Sendou."

To be continue...