Author's Note: I noticed that many Angel Beats fanfic writers have written their own idea of what the hell happened after the events of the anime. This is my idea. Don't forget to leave a review! ;)

Chapter One: Coffee Addict

A long time ago, a friend of mine told me that everybody was somebody else in a previous life. He also said that a select few can choose to keep one memory from their previous life to take with them before being reborn. I just told him that he's going crazy. However, I keep having dreams about the same people, in the same school. It's almost like they're... Memories.

"Otonashi, are you paying attention?" The teacher snaps his fingers in front of my face, snapping me out of my daydreaming. "Otonashi, you have been daydreaming a lot lately. Is something in your mind?" The teacher asks me. Should I tell him about my dreams? No, he would think I'm stupid or crazy or whatever else.

"No, Ikezawa-Sensei. I'm just tired, is all. I'll probably go get some coffee later on." I lied. To be honest, I'm wide awake. Oh well, I'll probably go get some coffee anyways. "Well then, would you like to answer equation 12 for the class?" The teacher asks me. My eyes mechanically drift over to the equation on the board. Most people would find the equation written on the ever-so-dull whiteboard difficult, but I've studied the whole lesson thoroughly, so it's hardly a struggle to figure it out. "The answer is 0."

The can falls from the metal grip of the vending machine and lands with a thump. I have had this coffee addiction for as long as I can remember, so I'm at a vending machine daily, particularly this one. Classes have finished for the day, so I am going to the bus stop to get the afternoon bus home. Despite its convenience, I'm the only student that I recognize from my school that takes this bus.

"Psst! Over here!" a voice calls out to me. Startled, I look around. Nobody. I must really be tired, so I take a long sip at my coffee and sit down on a nearby bench. "Damn it Otonashi, use your eyes!" the voice is much louder now, so I can pinpoint its location: the alleyway behind me. I turn around to see a shadowed figure standing there. "Come here!" the voice beckons. It sounds female.

Nobody would trust a random shadow in a shady alleyway, so why should I? "You mean me? I ask. "Who else?" the voice answers. I look around and sure enough, I'm the only one around. "What do you want from me?" I ask. "I want to recreate the SSS!" the voice tells me. "The SSS?" "You don't remember?" "Erm... I don't think so? The name sounds familiar, but I can't place it. Is it one of the high school clubs?" I ask."Well, not really." the voice trails off in thought.

After what felt like an hour, the voice finally spoke again. "I guess I got to jog your memory then." and with that, the figure walked out of the dark alleyway and onto the sidewalk, revealing a face that seems all too familiar. The girl standing before me has magenta hair, and wears the same uniform that my school gives out. I find this strange, since I've never seen her around my school at all. In her hair is a black hairband with a green ribbon tied to the right side. "Did I remind you now or do I have to explain everything?" She asks me with a hint of frustration in her voice.

"You're one of the girls from my dreams... They called you- Gah, what DID they call you!?" I yell out with much more frustration in my voice than she has. "In your dreams? Interesting..." Her voice trails off, as she was trying to engrave it into her mind. "My name is Yuri, but everybody calls me Yurippe."

And with those words, the memories from the afterlife flow into me like a river. Those precious memories of the SSS were locked away in my head for years... But not anymore.

So... How's that for a cliffhanger? Good? Bad? Anyways, I have a decent idea of how everything will play out for a chapter or two. However, if you leave a suggestion along with your review, I might just take your word for it! NOTE: I just noticed how small this chapter was, so i promise that the next will be much larger! I will hopefully update the next chapter on one week if I do not procrastinate :P