Canine: Heyo. I forgot to say that GhostWolf edits some scenes, well if she's in the mood. And last chapter, she was. So, most of the credit goes to GhostWolf! I'll switch between Yuzuki and Anima depending on what's going on. The same with Flow and Oka. Again, GhostWolf's notes are in bold and we share the document and work on the story together through gmail drive. On with the story!

Wolf: You forgot to say the disclaimer you idiot! Canine doesn't own anything. I own Anima/Yuzuki and Flow/Oka. Also, the Ghost thing is a clan Canine and I started.

Canine: You truly are a mini Hisako… I swear.

Angel Beats!

The two girls were like statues. They stared at each other like no tomorrow. The people walking around them were ghosts. Anima bit her lower lip. 'What should I say? I'm the one who stopped her…' Anima then noticed the vermillion eyes. 'Those eyes… Where have I seen them before? Where have I seen them before?' Anima started to scold herself. 'This was a stupid idea! I mean… I stopped her for no reason and I don't even know what to say!' The girl decided to break the ice.

"Do I know you?" She asked. Anima looked dumbfounded.

"Uh…Um…" Anima noticed that they were in the middle of a crowd. "We should talk somewhere else. I could explain when we're not in a middle of a crowd." Anima suggested, gesturing for the girl to follow her. The girl nodded and followed Anima.

They sat in a bench near by. Anima took a deep breath.

"Well… You see… I'm having these strange dreams lately… and…" Anima looked at the girl, who was raising an eyebrow at her. "You were in one of them." The girl looked at her, interested.

"Really? Mind telling me your dream." The girl asked. Anima nodded.

"You were… A teacher held you down. When another teacher held an acoustic guitar up… You tackled him. You then backed up against a wall. The teachers surrounded you, trying to get the guitar away from you. Then… You started singing. You sang with so much emotion and passion. Its like… You were singing about your life. When you finished… You closed your eyes and had tears and..." Anima sighed. "That's when I woke up."

"Hm…" The girl closed her eyes. "Looks like you dreamed about the afterlife…" She mumbled. The girl quickly realized what she said. She began to hope Anima didn't catch it. Unfortunately for the girl, she did.

"The afterlife? There is a place like that?" The girl sighed. She nodded.

"The afterlife is a place where you go after you die. If you hold any regrets or doubts in the time you were living, you go there. I was in the afterlife… I moved on and was reincarnated back to my old life, but I didn't have the sickness that caused me to die." The girl explained. Anima was about to ask what regrets she had, but decided against it. After all, it wasn't her business.

Anima began to wonder, if she was in the afterlife with the girl, but she doesn't remember. After all, her half-brother did tell her that she ran into an accident and was in a coma for the whole 2 months and was on the verge of death. She shook the thought out of her head.

"Was there… Anyone else in the afterlife with you?" The girl smiled coolly and nodded.

"Yup. A lot of people. I started a band there with a friend I met." The girl said.

"Really?" Anime asked in disbelief. The girl nodded.

"Yup."

"You don't mind if you tell me… uh," Anima bit her lower lip. The girl tilted her head. "Your time in the afterlife. Can you tell me what you did there?" The girl chuckled.

"I'll give you the short version of it. I'll tell you more when I know you better. I don't know if I should trust a stranger. When I was in the afterlife, I formed a band with someone who kept asking me to be in a band with her. I accepted it when we did our first concert. It was only the two of us at first, but we found a drummer and a bassist. We ran into a group that's rebelling against God for giving us unfair lives. We joined them and created diversions for them for different operations." The girl told Anima.

"I guess that's all your going to tell me…" Anima said, understanding why the girl couldn't tell her more.

"Yeah. I'm actually looking for a job. The guy who owns the apartment building I live in lets me live there for three weeks for free. So I need a job soon." The girl explained.

"I work in a restaurant and they're hiring. They need a waitress or waiter. They'll take almost anyone, heck! Even a hobo!" Anima joked at the hobo thing. The girl chuckled. Anima stood up and realized that she hasn't even introduced herself or even know the girl's name.

"Oops! I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Yu- Stelar. Anima Stelar" Anima said, holding her hand out. The girl shook her hand.

"Iwasawa. Masami Iwasawa. I'm going to call you Anima since Stelar doesn't suit you." Iwasawa said, standing up from the bench.

"I'll call you Iwasawa, out of respect. Although, Japanese ways don't work around these parks anymore." Anima told her. Iwasawa raised an eyebrow. Anima sighed. "I'll explain on the way to the place." Iwasawa nodded and followed her newfound kouhai. (A/N: Yes, Anima is 15 and Iwasawa is 16 btw. The age for the Battlefront has been lowered by one year.)

X

"Just move your ass Anima!" The chef said, laughing as he pushed the busgirl out of the kitchen.

"Jeez, you don't have to push me, Junpei. I'm moving. Go easy on the new waitress, will ya!" Anima said as she removed the dirty and empty plates from the table. Iwasawa was immediately employed, no questions asked.

A waitress was teaching her the basics. Anima was the taste tester for the chef and she was telling him about how it's too salty. The chef kicked her out, telling her to get the table clean and to shut up. Surprisingly to Iwasawa, she hasn't been yelled at or fired on the spot for all the ruckus she's been making. Anima cleaned the table and gave the dirty dishes to the dishwasher and walked over to Iwasawa.

"Ready to start working?" She asked Iwasawa.

"Yeah. It seems like you know the chef pretty well." Iwasawa said. Anima shrugged.

"His family is pretty close to mine." Anima told her. Iwasawa nodded and saw four girls, three with guitar cases, enter the restaurant, laughing. Iwasawa's eyes fell. It reminded her of her band that she left in the afterlife. She felt a hand on her shoulder. Iwasawa turned to see Anima, with a worried expression on her face.

"You okay, Iwasawa-sempai?" Sempai… Something her three kouhais, Sekine, Irie, and Yui always called her. Iwasawa forced a smile.

"Yeah… It's just that those girls… They remind me of my band." Iwasawa told her. Anima's eyes fell, looking at the ground, scolding herself for asking such a stupid question once again. Then, an idea popped into her head.

"Iwasawa! Meet me after your shift. We have different shifts. I end earlier then you so I'll be waiting at the front! Gotta go! Junpei is going to scold me for not doing my job!" With that, Anima ran to another table. Iwasawa sighed and shook her head.

"Why does she remind me of Hisako?" She mumbled to herself.

X

Iwasawa met with Anima after she clocked out. Anima was drinking a juice box. She smiled when she saw Iwasawa.

"Lets take a walk to your place." Anima said. Iwasawa nodded and led the way with Anima next to her.

"You miss your friends from the afterlife right?" Iwasawa nodded. Anima smirked. "Well… What if we try looking for them? Gather them together like a high school reunion! I'm sure they miss you as well as each other." Anima suggested. Iwasawa sighed.

"It's not that easy. I don't know if they passed on from the afterlife. If they did, they could be anywhere." Iwasawa told her with a bit of sadness in her voice. Anima slung her arm around Iwasawa's shoulder, which surprised the vocalist.

"Don't give up hope, senpai! I'm sure they're somewhere in Japan! I mean, they can't stay in the afterlife forever! They have to move on at some point!" Anima said, trying to encourage Iwasawa. Iwasawa shook her head and sighed. 'Reminds me of Hisako. She always tried to form a band with me when we first met. Here, Anima tries to give me hope. Hope that we will find every single SSS member.'

"I can't say no, can I? Alright, Anima. Lets find my friends. When do we start?" Iwasawa said. Anima smiled.

"Tomorrow. First, I bet you need to find a school, right?" Iwasawa nodded. "I know a school I used to go to that has no racism." Iwasawa raised an eyebrow.

"Racism? Why would a school have racism?" Anima sighed.

"You missed a lot when you died I guess… Japan isn't Japan anymore. Its called Area 11. I'll explain more later." Iwasawa nodded. "Anyways, I'll call up a friend of mine. If you can give me the names and what your friends look like, I can ask her if she seen them before. She knows people from every part of the world. Lets say she traveled a lot. So, who do you want to look for first?" Iwasawa thought for a moment.

"I don't prefer anyone really. I'll give you the names and what each of them looks like tomorrow morning. Just head to my place in the morning. You don't have school, do you?" Anima shook her head.

"I got the whole week off." Anima told her.

"Alright. This is where I live." Iwasawa stopped in front of a small apartment building. Anima frowned when she saw it. "Is there something wrong?" Iwasawa asked, concerned of the young girl. Anima glared daggers at the building before sighing.

"Your not having trouble with the person who owns this place?" She asked, a hint of venom in her voice. Iwasawa shook her head. Anima grabbed Iwasawa's hand and gave her a piece of paper. "Call me if you do…" She said sternly before letting her hand go. Iwasawa raised an eyebrow at her, but decided to not ask.

"I guess I'll see you tomorrow?" Iwasawa asked the girl. Anima snapped out of her glaring contest with the building and nodded.

"Yup. Good night Iwasawa-senpai!" Anima said before walking away from her new senpai.

X

Iwasawa placed her acoustic guitar on its stand. She was exhausted from today and decided to take a warm bath. She grabbed a pair of shorts and big white tee. She stripped off her clothes and stepped into the warm water.

(A/N: I feel like a perv writing this, but hey. This is a story after all. Have to write things that you never wrote before or described. To experience it. Wolf: I feel like a perv now… Oh well. I'll do this part for Canine, since she's not as experience at writing like I am. Most of my stories I wrote though were deleted for certain reasons or they are written in my notebook.)

"Ah… This feels good." Iwasawa said to herself. Iwasawa closed her eyes for a brief moment, reminiscing about her time in the afterlife. All the pranks Sekine pulled, Irie always trying to cover her ears from Sekine's scary stories, how Yui was always pestering her about her music, and Hisako's mahjong games, which she always cheats to win. She chuckled when she remembered Sekine's teasing about Hisako liking Fujimaki. Then remembered Irie being suspicious about her and Otonashi. After she gave Otonashi her water bottle. Iwasawa remembered what Irie asked her that day.

Flashback

"Iwasawa-senpai, can I talk to you for a moment?" Irie asked her. Hisako was scolding Sekine once again for improvising while they were practicing Alchemy for tonight's operation. Iwasawa and Irie were at the back to get away from the two.

"Sure. What do you need Irie? Did Sekine did something to you again?" Iwasawa asked. Irie shook her head.

"No. I want to ask you about earlier. Did you give Otonashi-senpai the water bottle as indirect kiss?" Irie asked oh-so-innocently. Iwasawa felt her face get warm. 'I think Irie hangs out with Sekine too much.' Iwasawa thought.

"Uh… What makes you think that?" Iwasawa asked. Irie shrugged.

"Well, I heard you telling Otonashi about your past life. You just met Otonashi 3 weeks ago and you barely talk to him, yet you told him about your past life. There has to be something up with you two." Irie pointed out. 'Yup. She hangs out with Sekine WAY too much. Sekine is starting to rub off on her.' Iwasawa thought.

"Uh…I-" The door slammed open, gaining the attention of the band.

"Sorry we're late! Yui and Hinata started to fight again so I had to pry Yui off of Hinata!" A girl said dragging an angry Yui with her.

"Come on, Yuzuki-senpai! Let me at him!"

Iwasawa opened her eyes. She stood up and drained the water and turned on the shower. She quickly shampooed her hair and washed the bubbly liquid off her hair. 'Yuzuki? I don't remember meeting someone named Yuzuki…' Iwasawa closed her eyes and sighed. She shrugged it off and finished her shower. She dried herself and wrapped the towel around her body and grabbed another towel to dry her hair. She dressed into the shorts and the white tee. She left the towel around her neck as she looked at the music sheets on the table. She wrote three songs when she came back, Crow Song, Alchemy, and lastly, My Song. It was the only songs she remembered in the afterlife. She was starting to write another song called, 'Hot Meal'. Lately, she hasn't been able to focus very well. She felt like someone was missing besides her band mates, who would always help her when she can't think if the lyrics went with the chords or can't decide which chords go with the lyrics. Someone who would write the songs with her and help her out. Iwasawa sighed and placed the towel on the couch and went to her room. She lay on her bed, staring at the ceiling.

"I wonder how the others are doing…" She asked herself as she turned to her side. Her head was on her hand, using it as a pillow, and her other hand rested on her stomach. She drifted off to sleep, as she hummed the last part of 'My Song'.

X

Ring! Ring! Iwasawa opened her eyes and groggily got her phone and checked the caller I.D. It was Anima. She picked it up.

"Hello?" Iwasawa said sleepily.

"Morning, Iwasawa-senpai! Sorry, did I wake you?" Anima's voice asked. Iwasawa sat up.

"Yeah. It's alright though. I need to get up anyways. So what's up Anima?"

"Oh! Just want to tell you that I'm heading to your place right now and I enrolled you to Hiradachu High School. Its about 6 miles away from your place. Might take you about 30 minutes or an hour to walk there. You cool with that?"

"Yeah. When do I start?"

"Next week. We got the whole week to search for your friends. I'll be at your place in 10 minutes!" With that, Anima hung up. Iwasawa sighed and got up the bed.

She strolled to the kitchen and toasted two pieces of bread. Iwasawa heard the toaster go off and placed the bread onto a small plate. She didn't feel hungry much, so she just spread jam on it and started eating. She also got a piece of paper and a pencil and started writing down the names of the SSS and their description. Iwasawa heard her door open. She saw Anima walk into the kitchen with her guitar shouldered.

"Yo, Iwasawa." Anima must've saw her surprised expression, cause she said, "Ramon gave me the spare keys to your place." Iwasawa nodded and continued eating.

Anima red over the paper Iwasawa gave her. Her eyes widened.

"Shiori Sekine! I remember her!" Anima blurted out.

"You do?" Iwasawa asked, half curious and half excited. Anima nodded.

"A friend of mine told me about her. Last night she called me saying that she met this person named Shiori Sekine and was going to the park to pull some pranks on people with her!" Anima told the vocalist. "After you eat, meet me downstairs! My friend told me that they'd be meeting at the fountain in the park at 9. Its 8 so if we go there now, we'll be at the park at the fountain by 9." Anima left after telling Iwasawa that. Iwasawa finished her breakfast and quickly got prepared for the day.

X

"Ready?" Anima asked as Iwasawa walked down the stairs. Iwasawa had her acoustic guitar shouldered. She nodded and they began to walk towards the park. They walked in silence, neither knowing what to talk about. Anima decided to break the silence that was making a little uneasy.

"So, after we find Sekine. What then?" Anima asked.

"I don't know. I guess we should find the rest of my band." Iwasawa suggested.

"So, your band first then the rest of your friends? What is your band called?"

"My band is called, 'Girls Dead Monster'. GirlDeMo for short." Anima chuckled.

"That reminds me of my old band 2 years ago." Iwasawa raised an eyebrow.

"You were in a band?" Iwasawa asked, half surprised that Anima was in a band and half not surprised because she thought she was due to the fact she brings an acoustic guitar everywhere she went. Anima nodded.

"We disbanded 2 years ago since my sister and I moved to Japan. As well as we lost our lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist. The band was called 'Liars and Thieves'."

"'Liars and Thieves', huh? Why did your band settle on that name?" Iwasawa asked, curious. Anima shrugged.

"Why did your band settle on, 'Girls Dead Monster'?" Anima shot back. Iwasawa chuckled.

"Touché." They arrived at the park. They saw an all too familiar long blonde haired girl with blue eyes. With her, was another girl with short black hair with purple highlights and light purple eyes, almost lavender. Iwasawa and Anima started walking towards them until Anima abruptly stopped and placed a hand on her head. 'I'm not feeling so good…' She thought.

Flashback

"Senpai!" A lavender haired girl yelled, running towards the black haired girl.

"What is it, Irie? Also, I'm not your senpai, I'm the same age as you." The girl said, slightly irritated.

"Sekine… She's starting those ghost stories again!" Irie complained. The girl sighed and saw the blonde girl run over to them

"Wait! Irie! I'm not done telling you about the ghost dog!" Sekine yelled running over to her best friend. Irie immediately hid behind the girl. The girl sighed and placed her hands on her hips. Sekine stopped in front of her, looking nervous.

"Ehehe… Yuzuki-senpai! Hello…" She greeted nervously. Yuzuki briefly glared at the girl and raised an eyebrow.

"At it again are we?" She asked. Sekine gulped.

"I'm in trouble, aren't I?" She asked. Yuzuki solemnly nodded.

End of Flashback

"Hey, Anima. Are you alright?" Iwasawa asked, concerned. Anima nodded and gave her the signature weak and fake smile she always gave others.

"Yeah. Come on! They're about to leave!" Anima said, jogging towards the two girls. Iwasawa was still a bit dubious, but she let it slide.

"Yo! Rave!" Anima called out, jumping onto the short haired girl and hugging her.

"Ah!" The girl, Raven, was caught by surprised and jumped back. Anima let go when she jumped back and smirked. Raven glared at her.

"What the heck!" Anima just chuckled.

"Pay back for what happened last week." She said teasingly as she looked over to the blonde girl.

"Your Sekine right?" She asked. The girl nodded.

"How did you know?" Anima pointed at Iwasawa, who was walking over to them, looking quite amused.

"Iwasawa?" Sekine asked. Iwasawa placed her hand on her hip.

"Long time no see." She said coolly. She could've sworn she saw tears in Sekine's eyes as the younger girl tackled her to the ground.

"IWASAWA!" Sekine yelled as she landed on the ground with Iwasawa, crying onto her senpai's shoulder. Iwasawa smiled softly and patted the girl's head, letting her cry on her shoulder. Raven walked over to Anima and punched her, hard, on the shoulder.

"Ouch… Okay, sorry." Anima said. Raven sent another glare at her.

"You better be. What's up with them?" Raven asked, pointing at Sekine and Iwasawa. Anima shrugged.

"A little reunion." She said. Raven nodded and watched Sekine and Iwasawa got up from the ground. Sekine stayed close to Iwasawa.

"How did you find me?" She asked. Iwasawa pointed at Anima.

"She helped me. She's helping find everyone from the SSS. First, we're going to find Irie and Hisako." Iwasawa informed her kouhai. Sekine looked suspiciously at Anima.

"Sekine, this is Anima. Anima, Sekine." Iwasawa introduced. Anima winked at Sekine and held out her hand.

"Nice to meet ya, kiddo." Sekine shook Anima's hand.

"You as well." She said. Raven elbowed Anima. Anima glared at her friend.

"What was that for?" She asked.

"You're hanging out with Lily too much. Your calling people your age kiddo now!" She told Anima. Anima just shrugged.

The 4 girls sat on a bench. Sekine and Iwasawa were talking about the SSS and Raven was just listening. Anima watched people passed them by. She kept thinking of the memory she recently remembered. The doctor told her that her lost memories will come back soon, but she never expected this soon.

"This is why I hate amnesia… 2nd time in my life…" Anima hissed angrily. She looked over to a young pink haired girl. Anima groaned as she felt a sharp pain in her head.

Flashback

"Girls Dead Monster?" Anima looked at the pinkette who was sticking posters on the bulletin.

"You don't know Girls Dead Monster?" Anima shook her head. "They're, like, the best band ever! Its an all girls band! Your sure you never heard of them?" The pinkette asked suspiciously.

"To be honest, I don't know why I'm here. I just woke up on the bench in front of the school building." Anima explained.

"Oh. You're dead. This is the afterlife."

"I'm dead? I'm in the afterlife?"

"Yup. You have to be if you're here. Do remember anything? Your life before you came here? How you died? Your name?"

"Yu…Yuz… Yuzuki. That's my name. Yuzuki. I don't remember my surname or anything else."

"Well… I'm Yui!"

End of Flashback

"Yui…" Anima didn't know why she started running after the girl, she just did what her brain told her. "Anima! Where are you going?" She heard Raven yell, but she ignored it. The girl began to walk further and further away from her. "Y-!" Anima was cut off by bumping into someone, causing her to fall on the ground.

"What the hell!" She yelled at the boy, clearly angry. The boy had orange-red hair and was wearing a school uniform. Anima noticed it was the Hiradachu uniform.

"Sorry. I didn't see you there." He apologized. Anima glared at him. She was about to argue, but Iwasawa, Sekine, and Raven ran towards them. Raven helped her up.

"Hey, you okay?" Iwasawa asked. Anima nodded. Sekine gasped.

"Otonashi-senpai!?" The boy's eyes widened.

"Sekine? Iwasawa?"

X

Canine: And that's that! Otonashi and Sekine are back! Had to rush on this since I took a long time then I thought to type this. GhostWolf typed a small portion of this, but helped me even though she wasn't in the mood to do so. A few headaches there and there, but we finally finished this chapter. Anyways, hope you enjoyed this chapter! And again, the grammar still might be poor, due to the fact we were rushing on this and her beta hasn't answered us back. So yeah! See ya!

Wolf: ...I got nothing. Peace.