Okay, I get the fact that the story's premise is not an original at the start, and my writing skills is hardly at best. But bear with me, it will be different; even if you guys still think that it's still the same damn cliche.
This vision...it looks familiar...but I can't get a grip of what it is...
I can see it, me...inside a abandoned building, along with two girls. One is a blonde, telling stories about the otherworld. The other, is a brunette often makes analytical facts that contradicts the other's. I, on the other hand, would just sit there and stare at the girl's vivid purple eyes. Eventually I was snapped out of my daze when they ask me about the supernatural. To be honest, I'm really fond of them. Despite living in a dull world riddled with uninteresting people, I am one of the few oddballs who spends his life studying about the unnaturals such as ghosts, demons, and such.
That's why I joined, that's why I joined the Ghostly Field Club, because she and I share the same interest together...
-Normal POV-
"Hey, are you in there, hellooo?"
Chen waved her hand in front of Makoto's face making him snap out of his daze. He shook his head and scratched its back out of embarrassment.
"Sorry, I guess I was daydreaming again." He smiled sheepishly.
"You really like to daydream, do you?" Said Chen.
"I guess you could say that." Makoto replied. "It's weird, I always feel like drifting off in my own little world when I'm alone or with other people."
"That's kinda sound alot like Miss Yukari. She likes to sleep a lot, kinda like you."
"I guess she and I had something in common, huh?" Makoto said chuckling lightly. "Maybe we know each other probably."
"I doubt it, Miss Yukari knows everyone in Gensokyo, but you look like one of those strangers from the other side she always take in; I may be her shikigami's shikigami, but I know a modern looking human by just looking at them." Said Chen as she threw her arms up to the back of her head.
"The other side, what's that?" Makoto asked curiously.
"Wait, you seriously don't know the other side, the world outside Gensokyo?"
Makoto shook his head. "I don't know, I can't remember. I don't even remember the clothes I'm wearing."
"Wow, your amnesia must be really serious if you don't remember the other side. Don't worry, once Miss Yukari sort this out, you'll be alright in Gensokyo maybe!" Chen smiled at Makoto, assuring that his problem will be solved. "Speaking of which, here we are now; welcome to my house!"
They stopped in front of a lone house presumed to be Chen's home. A small, traditional house out in the middle of the fields. Chen drags me into her home and pushed aside the door.
"Miss Ran, we're home!"
"Welcome home, Chen!" A woman greeted as she came from the other room. "Who's your friend?"
"His name is Makoto, I found him lying in the middle of the field!" Chen answered. She turned towards Makoto. "This is my master, Miss Ran."
"It's nice to meet you, Miss Ran." Makoto said as he bowed to the kitsune.
Ran smiled calmly. "It's a pleasure to meet you too. Now Chen, you know better than picking up some stranger out of nowhere. I taught you better!" She scolded.
"I'm sorry, Miss Ran, but it's serious! Makoto has amnesia, he doesn't remember where he is!" Chen replied.
"Oh dear, is this true? That you don't remember?" She asked with a mildly surprised expression.
Makoto shook his head. "No, all I remember is my name."
Ran pulled her arms apart from crossing and placed her hand on her chin. "This is serious... You don't seem like one of the many victims she dragged to Gensokyo..." She murmured. She placed her arms together again with her sleeves concealing them as she speaks to Makoto. "If that's the case, maybe Miss Yukari will have the answer. I'll wake her up, since she usually sleeps all day."
"No need, Ran, I'm wide awake and aware of his situation."
-Makoto's POV-
The unknown voice astonished me. My eyes darts around the room, looking for the source of the voice. I shifted my attention to the kotaku which a gap opens up at the top. There, emerges a woman with blonde hair adorned with two small ribbons. I stared in awe as the unnatural woman leans back, resting her head on her hand as she stare at me with one eye opened; one, golden eye. I was speechless, I never seen anyone more beautiful than her; well, not that I remembered anyway. But something's strange about her... Her blonde hair, her ribboned cap, she closely resembled the girl of my vision. It amazes me, my heart is pacing rapidly, I couldn't believe my eyes when she and the girl of my dreams have an uncanny resemblance to each other! My mind is at blank, I couldn't help myself but to say her name...!
-Normal POV-
"Ma...ribel...?"
The three stared at Makoto in confusion, the woman more so. She straightened herself and answered.
"I'm sorry, I think you're confusing me with someone. My name is not Maribel."
Makoto realized what he's done and bowed. "S-sorry, I didn't know what came over me! I mean-!"
The woman chuckled lightly. "Relax, I'm not mad at you. You're outburst just surprised me, that's all." Makoto loosened up as the woman continued speaking. "My name is Yukari Yakumo, I'm a Youkai of Boundaries; I am also the master of both Ran and Chen. It's a pleasure to meet you, Makoto Kida."
Makoto was surprised. "You know my name?"
"Of course! I know everything!" Yukari replied proudly. "However, I believe my memories have been hazy lately but, your face doesn't seem familiar around Gensokyo."
Both Ran and Chen are rather surprised by this. "Miss Yukari, you mean you don't know this boy?" Ran said.
"Not a thing." Yukari straightforwardly replied.
"Then what about my memories? Surely you can do something about fixing memories, right?" Makoto asked.
Yukari shook her head. "Sorry, I manipulate boundaries, not memories. Memory fixing is something you should do by yourself."
Makoto sighed and hung his head low. "Guess all that leads me to a dead end..."
"Hey cheer up, Makoto, you'll get your memory back; even if Miss Yukari haven't got any solution!" Chen said, cheering him up.
"Thanks..." Makoto looked up to Yukari. "Miss Yukari, what am I supposed to do now that I have no lead to who I am?"
Yukari rests her right arm to her head, tapping her cheek with her finger. "Well, I guess you'll have to figure that out on your own."
"Figures..."
"But... Since you're just an ordinary human with no memories of Gensokyo, I guess I'll have to educate you how to survive here."
Makoto perk up and stare at Yukari with eyes full of eagerness. "You really want to do that?"
Yukari smiled. "Of course, anything to help an amnesic friend of my shikigami's shikigami!"
Makoto beamed and bow before her. "Thank you, Miss Yukari! It really means alot to me!"
"It's always a pleasure. Now then, Chen, would you be a dear and set up a spare futon for Makoto here? He'll need the energy if he were to prepare for my teachings tomorrow!"
Chen nods her head. "Right away, Miss Yukari! Come on, there's an empty space for you to sleep in!" She grabbed Makoto's arm and leads him out the room. Ran, however, shows concern about Makoto and speak to Yukari.
"Miss Yukari, are you sure that this is wise? Chen just found that boy out of the blue and out of every human being you've dragged in from the outside, you can't even recognize that boy! We don't know if he is from the outside world and not from Gensokyo!"
"Calm yourself, Ran, everything is going to be fine; as long as he is under my guidance." Yukari replied before creeping a mischievous smile as she turns around.
"Besides, I have a feeling that I'm going to have some fun with that boy..."
Yukari sunk down towards the gap she made and it closes, leaving Ran to leave the room with a sigh escaping her breath.
