Another chapter! I think that I'll just post these when I writ them.

Chapter 2-Maizono

Maizono walked deep in her thoughts, oblivious to her surrounds. She focussed on the memories of a Pop Idol group had she had been in. There was only one thing that frustrated her. The memories didn't seem to go past middle school, which confused her, as she was about 16.

"Hey? … You… are you OK?" Otonashi asked.

"Oh! Yes, I'm – THIS PLACE IS A SCHOOL!"

Otonashi jumped back, "Ye… yeah… Did… did you not know?"

"Ummm," "You were lying on a sports field! The school has been sitting in front of you all this time! Stupid." "So… WHY THE HELL IS THE AFTERLIFE A SCHOOL!"

"I… I honestly have no clue," Otonashi admitted, "So… how much of your life do you remember?"

"Huh? Well, pretty much all of it. I think the furthest I can go back is my middle school graduation. Why are you asking me this?"

"Uhhh, well, probably because I don't remember anything," Otonashi said as he scratched his neck.

"What?!"

"Yeah," Otonashi stretched, "Iwasawa told me that people who get hit on the head when they die often have amnesia."

Suddenly a shadowy image of a boy holding a gold sword flashed into her head.

"Ow!" Maizono yelled as she grabbed her right wrist.

"Oh, jeez, what's wrong," Otonashi said as he ran over to her.

"No… nothing. Sorry, I don't know what happened."

"Jeez. Don't scare me like," Otonashi sighed.

After several minutes of silence Maizono spoke, "So, who's Iwasawa?"

"Huh? Oh! She's the lead singer of Girls Dead monster," Maizono looked at Otonashi blankly, "They're a band here."

"There are bands here?" Maizono asked excitedly, her face alight.

"Well, there is just GDM. I think we use them as distractions for a missions, but I don't really know that much. You should ask Yurippe if you want to know more.

Maizono nodded as they continued to walk in silence.

Eventually they made it to the main entrance way.

"We need to go to the principal's office. And I… I think that it's…," Otonashi looked around, "this way," he pointed.

Otonashi started to walk the way that he was pointing, "Well, let's go and see if anyone else can tell me anything."

Maizono could see the sun starting to rise as they finally saw the principal's office.

"Wait here," Otonashi put his hand in front of Maizono.

"Why?" Maizono demanded.

"Well… you have to say a password or else you get hit out of the window…"

"Pfft. What school has that," Maizono said as she strode up towards the door.

"I really don't think that that's a good idea!" Otonashi tried to tell her.

Maizono lifted up her knuckle and knocked. Suddenly a large hammer swung out from the ceiling.

"Kyaaa!" Maizono yelled as she flew out the window.

Otonashi looked through the now open door, "I told her to wait!"

Maizono opened her eyes to a white ceiling.

She pushed herself up into a sitting position in the white linen sheets and looked around the room she was in. The room had several beds lined up on the walls and was all painted white. It seemed to be an infirmary. It looked an awful lot like the infirmary in her middle school.

"Was it a dream? Am I alive?" Maizono had had realistic dreams before, dreams so real she could've happened, but none like that one.

"Sh's wke, Yurppe," Maizono heard a quiet voice say.

"Who… who's there?" Maizono shouted.

A small girl with twin blonde pigtails stepped out from the doorway. She was a different outfit to Maizono, with a short blue skirt, white blouse and pink ribbon.

"Yurippe wants you to come to the SSS base," the girl said coolly.

"Who are you?" Maizono demanded.

"Yusa. I am part of the Afterlife battlefront."

"Where am I?" Maizono continued to demand answers.

"The Infirmary."

"Why?"

"You got hit out the window," Yusa stated, like it was normal.

"It wasn't a dream. Damn." "The window?"

"Yes. Otonashi said he told you to wait."

"Right. That. That's why I'm in the infirmary and why I hurt like hell all over. Wait…" "The window I was hit out off was three or four floors off the ground," Yusa nodded, "Then how the hell am I still alive?" Maizono shouted.

"You can't die. You're already dead."

"Otonashi said something like that too, didn't he," Maizono thought, "Well, guess I've proved that I'm dead. Might as well hear what they have to say."

Maizono began to stand up, "Alright," she grimaced, "Lead the way."

As soon as Maizono had finished Yusa turned on her heels and began to briskly walk down the hall.

"Hey! Wait for me!"

There, Chapter 2. Couldn't come up with a better name, but hey-ho. Any suggestions for this story feel free to tell me!