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Higurashi no Naku Koroni
Forgotten World Wasure Rareru Sekai (忘れられる世界)
Chapter 1 "Amnesia" (失憶)
When she first sensed anything, it was total darkness, but then her senses slowly came to her.
"Where am I?" The girl asked, but it was inaudible.
It seemed like she had slept forever. Added to that, she could barely move her muscles as she tried to open her eyes.
"Why is it so hard to me to just open my eyes?" The girl wondered as she finally mustered enough strength to peel open her eyes.
Then what appeared before her eyes was an unfamiliar white ceiling. Then with further curiosity, she tried to turn around to look, but yet as in the case with opening her eyes, it took a lot of efforts and strength.
Then after looking around, she realized that she was most likely in a hospital and laying a sickbed.
Then someone came in and before long it caused a ruckus.
"She is awake." The person who came in was a dressed in white uniform and from that the girl deducted that she was a nurse.
"Go get the doctor." Then the girl heard another voice as her consciousness slowly faded away.
When she regained her senses once again, the little girl quickly opened up her eyes and this time she had more ease moving around.
Then a voice asked, "Are you okay?"
The girl immediately looked towards the source of the voice and what she found was a man wearing a white rob and standard shirt and tie apparel.
"I am Doctor Yamamoto." The man said. "I am your doctor, so can you tell me your name please."
"I am…" The girl thought for a moment, but for some reason pain gushed into her head and no matter how hard she tried, she could not remember
Seeing that she was in pain, the doctor then stopped her and began to tell her how she got here.
"You were found in a river near the mountains unconscious about a year ago." The doctor continued as nurses came in. "You probably lost your memory because you were hit in the head when you fell."
"Well, we will give you a check up to see if there is any other injury we are unaware of." Then the doctor left the room as a female doctor came in.
"Watashi wa Kagame Misato." The doctor introduced herself as she approached the girl. "I will be examining you today."
With that said, the girl was examined. As the examination went on, the young girl noticed that Misato was perhaps was cute and beautiful, but most importantly, she gave others a warm feeling around her.
"You are perfectly healthy." Misato told the young girl as they finished up.
Then the girl realized one thing as she looked at her own hands as Misato cleaned up.
"Can I borrow a mirror?" The girl asked just as Misato was about to walk out.
The young girl then explained that she had no memory of even how she looked herself; hearing that Misato agreed and asked one of the nurses to bring over a mirror.
The sight that came to her view was a young girl with long hair who could be described as a classical beauty, but yet was sweet and pure at the same time.
"So this is me…" The young girl said to herself as she studied her reflection in the mirror, while Misato stood beside her. And soon after, the girl returned to her bed as she rested.
Several days had passed since she woke up, but yet she still could not remember anything, but to everyone around her that was normal.
"Good afternoon." Misato said to the young girl as she entered the room with plastic bag full of items.
"Good afternoon, Misato-san." The young girl replied looking up from a book she was reading.
"So do you remember anything?" Misato then asked as she sat down next to the girl.
"Not really." The young girl answered as she put down the book.
"Well, it's only being a couple days." Misato then smiled as she took out candies from the plastic bag.
"Thank you." With that said, the girl took the candies offered to her and quickly peeled off the cover.
"So what were you reading?" Misato asked as the young girl put one piece of candy into her mouth.
"Taketori Monogatari." The young girl said as she swallowed the candy.
"Oh?" Misato was surprised as she was not expecting a girl her age to be reading such an ancient literature.
Sensing that Misato was surprised and curious as to the fact that she was reading such literature, the young girl began to explain.
"I am interested in this story because it attracts me somehow deep down." The girl explained as she picked up the book again.
Then in silence, Misato sat beside the child, but soon Misato spoke once again.
"My husband will be dropping by later." Misato said as she ate another cookie while the young girl continued reading.
"Oh?" The young girl cocked her head leftward as she turned her attention from the book back to the real world.
"He is a neurosurgeon." Misato continued on as the young girl turned her attention to the older female.
"Interesting." The young girl commented before taking a look at the clock and then back at Misato.
"So when is he coming?" Just as the young girl finished, a knock was heard.
"Come on in, Yuichi." Then the door was opened and a man in his early thirties stepped.
"Let me introduce you. This is my husband, Kagame Yuichi. Yuichi, this is the girl I had told you about." The young girl was surprised as she was expecting someone younger
Then the young girl found that despite his age, he was quite a handsome man and yet showed signs of caring towards others.
"Nice to meet you." Yuichi greeted the young girl with a smile as he knelt down beside the bed.
Then for some reason, seeing him made her felt familiar and at ease. She knew it was not his look, but the aura.
"Nice to meet you." Then the young girl replied as she gave a small smile on her face as well.
Seeing this, Misato let out a small sigh of relief before joining them in the conversation that lasted until the end of the day.
And months passed, even though the young girl had not regained her memory, but still the Kagame family treated her very well.
Then one day that was like all others, Misato walked into her room with a very serious express as the young girl sat in her room, looking out the window.
"Good day, Misato." The young girl greeted her doctor as she turned her focus from the outside world to Misato.
"I think it is time we give you a name or something to go by." Misato's expression then softened as she sat down on a chair right next to the hospital bed, while the young girl was slightly surprised.
"Well, I guess you are right, Misato." The young girl smiled sadly as she looked down at her own hands.
Then after a moment of silence, the young girl looked back up at her doctor and asked with a calm expression, "Do you have any name in mind?"
Hearing that Misato smiled.
"Of course I do." Misato said confidently.
"Kaguya." As that came, the young girl felt that it rang with her somehow.
"That's a good name." The young girl now, Kaguya, smiled as her doctor smiled as well.
"Also, there is something I would like to ask." When Misato continued on, her smile faded away slightly, and to what reason, Kaguya could not tell.
Then after taking a deep breath, Misato began. "Are you willing to become our daughter?"
Hearing that Kaguya was surprised, but then the emotions in her expression quickly disappeared as she examined Misato.
"I hadn't been able to conceive for my husband, despite the fact that both of us wanted children." Misato explained.
Hearing her explanation, Kaguya felt sad for her, but even if she became their daughter, would it really bring happiness to them.
"Can I think about it a little bit?" Kaguya then replied after several minutes of thinking.
"Sure." Misato nodded as she stood up from her seat.
"I have to go and check on other patients now, so see you later." Then like she came, Misato left.
Seeing that her doctor was now gone, Kaguya then began to seriously consider what to do with the offer she had.
"Do I wait for my past to surface or…" Despite of finally having a name, she was still uncertain of what she should do; after all, she knew that she must have her own friends and family who were waiting for her to come back.
But yet, the offer before her was very appealing as she knew that she would be treated well by Kagame family.
"What should I do?" Kaguya then looked out the window of her room as she sat there pondering the course of her own actions.
Several days had passed since Kaguya was offered a place with the Kagame family, and still she did not know what to do.
"She is going to come by in a little bit." Kaguya reminded herself as she stood on the roof of the hospital, enjoying some fresh air.
"But what will my answer be?" Kaguya then looked straight ahead at the sight of the city.
She definitely loved to be Kagame family's daughter, but yet she was unwilling to let go of her own past, even if she did not remember it.
Then she looked down and saw several children with their parents playing in a nearby park and seeing this, Kaguya smiled.
"I think I got it." Then with that thought Kaguya returned to her room as she prepared to give her final answer.
Then when she returned to her room, Kaguya was greeted by Misato, who leaned against the wall waiting for her.
"Seems like you are ready to reply." Misato noted as she saw the expression on Kaguya's face.
Then Kaguya spoke and gave her answer to her doctor.
Several days later, Kaguya rode on a taxi along with Misato and Yuicihi as they departed from the hospital with the few belonging the young girl had.
"This part of the city is the newer part." Yuichi explained to Kaguya as they rode along.
"The shopping district is down that street we just crossed." Yuichi continued as his wife sat with the young girl in the back.
"Anata, we can show her around tomorrow, let Kaguya rest." Misato then interjected as Kaguya smiled listening to the tour.
"It's okay, Misato-san." Kaguya said as she looked at the couple. "Yuichi-san can go on, because I really wanted to know what it is like around here."
Hearing her words, Misato smiled weakly, because despite the fact that she was opening up there were still a bit of distance to go.
Understanding how his wife felt, Yuichi decided to continue on to at least make the two forget about the distance.
Moments later, the taxi stopped signaling to the three that they had finally arrived at the destination.
"Here we go." Misato got out of the car and helped Kaguya out while Yuichi paid for the taxi driver.
Then before them, stood a house. Kaguya slowly examined the place for she knew that this would be the place she would be residing in from now on.
"Welcome home, Kaguya." Misato said warmly as she opened the door the house and hearing that, Kaguya smiled.
"Tadaiema." Then with that the young girl stepped into her new home with her parents.
And years passed as the young girl grew to a young maiden.
"Okaasan, Taidaiema." The now fifteen years old Kaguya, dressed in her school uniform, said as she took off her shoes.
"Welcome home, Kaguya." Kagame Misato greeted her daughter as she exited from the living room.
"Okaasan, do you need any help?" Kaguya asked with a smile on her face as she stepped into her slippers.
"I am fine. Thank you for asking though, sweetheart" Misato replied and seeing that her mother did not need any help, Kaguya then excused herself and retreated to her own room.
Soon, dinner came and the three household members gathered in the dinning room as they ate and spoke of the events of the day.
"There is something very important I will like to tell you." Yuichi's sudden statement then silenced the entire room.
"I am being transferred to a hospital in Tokyo, so that means we are moving in a couple of months." When Kagame Yuichi finished, both Misato and Kaguya was very surprised by the turn of events.
Seeing their response, Yuichi then continued on to explain about all the details about the transfer.
"The people from Tokyo have also arranged for you an opening in pediatric psychiatry over there." Yuiichi then moved his explanation to the part concerning Kaguya.
"And don't worry, you should be able to transfer in during the start of the new school year." Yuichi then also explained it to his daughter.
The rest of conversation was not really discussion, but Yuichi explaining the details, as both Misato and Kaguya had nothing against it.
Then as the night moved on, it came time for Kaguya to sleep.
Upon hearing her father's transfer, Kaguya for some reason was excited. She did not know why but it was as if something important awaited her in that large city.
"Why am I so excited? What is it that is there?" Kaguya questioned about it, but yet was unable to find the answer.
While in Tokyo at the time…
"Otto-san, it's been a while." A young man said as Akasaka Mamoru walked beside him.
"It's okay, Keiichi." Akasaka Mamoru replied as they entered a restaurant along the sidewalk.
"So how long has it been?" Akasaka Mamoru asked after they have been seated by a waiter.
"Four years." Keiichi replied firmly without any doubts.
"It's been four years since I came under your protection after I left Hinamizawa." Keiichi then added as water was brought before them.
The young man who now sat before Akasaka Mamoru was no other than Maebara Keiichi, who was there when the great incident happened.
"We are going to meet up with Oishi-san tomorrow." Keiichi then switched topic not wanting to discuss the past any further.
"Then we will be able to learn more about the truth that they wanted to tell us." Those words from the younger man made Akasaka Mamoru shiver as he knew that this young man was bent more on revenge than that.
"Am I not the same?" Akasaka Keiichhi thought to himself as well as he remembered the promise he could not keep.
"I promised to help her for saving my wife." Then the older man looked at Keiichi, who he knew also gave the promise to protect that little girl and all of his friends who were the source of all of his happiness.
"Maybe that will can be fulfilled one day." Akasaka then smiled sadly as his night began.
Months passed, and it had been a while since the Kagame family moved into their new apartment.
As the alarm beeped, Kaguya slowly opened her eyes and looked around her to see that the morning had come.
"It's morning already…" Kaguya noticed tiredly as she slowly got up.
"School is starting today…" Kaguya then reminded herself as she walked to the bathroom to clean herself up.
After finishing cleaning herself up and changing, Kaguya slowly made her way towards the dinning room to begin the day.
"Good morning, mom, dad." Kaguya greeted both of her parents warmly as she entered the room.
"Good morning Kaguya." Yuichi replied warmly as his wife walked into the room, carrying their breakfast.
"Good morning, sweetheart." Misato said as she set down the family's morning meal onto the table.
Moments later, the family all sat down around the breakfast table to enjoy the food prepared by Misato.
"So Kaguya, school is starting today, right?" Misato asked her daughter as she finished a bite of her breakfast.
"Yeah, I need to leave in thirty minutes so that I can get there on time." Kaguya responded while the breakfast continued.
"Well, be sure that you leave a good impression with your classmates." Yuichi instructed, wishing that his daughter would find friends here.
"Understood, Otto-san." Kaguya then nodded signaling that she understood what her meant and want.
Then the rest of the breakfast went on peacefully as they spoke of things that happened in the past few days.
"It's about time for me to head out." Kaguya then noted after taking a look at the clock.
"Okay, see you this afternoon then." With that said, Kaguya took her bag and left the room.
"Idekimasu." After putting on her shoes, Kaguya left her home in her new high school uniform made her way towards the elevator.
"Ohaiyo gozaiemasu, Kobayashi-san." Then as she arrived downstairs after exiting the elevator, Kaguya greeted her neighbor and after normal morning greetings, Kaguya continued on her way.
And as she went, the sakura petals fell around her and everything seemed as it should be.
But she knew not what destiny and fate had set before her as she made her way into the world around her.
Completed: 02/15/2010
Edited: 03/16/2010
Author's note:
I know this chapter seems a little confusing as there was a big leap, but you will be able to figure everything out in the next chapter, but hopefully you would have gotten it already. Anyway, please feel free to review and comment, I would love to improve my stories as much as possible. See you next time.
Translation:
["Watashi wa Kagame Misato."] translates to "I am Kagame Misato"
Taketori Monogatari is a ancient Japanese literature, if you want to know what it is about, please research it on wikipedia, it's somehow related to this story.
[Anata] can be translated into "you", but in this case is actually "honey" of how wives address their husband
["Tadaiema."] translates to "I am back."
["Idekimasu."] literally translates to "I am leaving." It is usually said to family when someone leaves for work, school, or whatever and will be back.
["Ohaiyo gozaiemasu, Kobayashi-san."] translates to "Good morning, Mr/Ms. Kobayashi."