The Trigger of Memories: Towards the Future! Together or Not?
Chapter 2
"You are going to eat lunch with Yoshie Suzuki, Sendou?" Shingo asked the next morning when he was walking to the school with Aichi and Naoki.
"That's right," Aichi admitted: "We talked yesterday and she suggested lunch."
"Hey. Who is this Suzuki?" Naoki demanded to know. That some girl appeared on the scene when Aichi's friends tried to make him remember Kourin didn't help them anyhow in Naoki's opinion.
Shingo sighed while he raised his eyeglasses before he explained: "Listen, you delinquent-wannabe. If you haven't happened to notice, Yoshie Suzuki has been our classmate since the first year. She is a member of our school's Tea Ceremony Club and her mother owns the most well known tea house of the city."
"Aha. But what she wants from Aichi?" Naoki asked with suspicious look.
"Suzuki asked me to tell about Vanguard. Apparently she is interested in the game," Aichi explained.
While they talked, Aichi, Naoki and Shingo arrived to their home room's door. Shingo opened the door and let Aichi enter in the classroom. Aichi entered in the classroom but then he stopped suddenly.
There was somehow tensed air in the classroom. Students glanced at the wall of the classroom and talked nervously together.
"Hey! What's wrong?" Naoki asked with confused look when he entered in the classroom with Shingo.
Students turned to stare three just arrived boys. Everybody looked very worried.
"Excuse me... What's has happened?" Aichi asked worriedly from other students.
First nobody said anything, everybody just glanced at Aichi and others, but finally one boy pointed classroom's chalkboard with his index finger.
Aichi, Naoki and Shingo turned their attention to the chalkboard. But what they saw, shocked them to silent.
Teacher was standing in front of the chalkboard and studied the text written on the chalkboard with something red paint-like: To Yoshie Suzuki. Stay away from Aichi Sendou or I will kill you.
Boys stared the text shock on their face. Then Aichi noticed Yoshie. She was standing at the rear of the room with her friends and she looked very nervous.
Aichi walked to girls and said with sympathetic tone while he was going to place his hand on Yoshie's shoulder: "Suzuki-"
Aichi has no time to react anyhow when Yoshie slapped his hand away and shouted with hysteric look: "Stay away from me! I want nothing to do with you and those lunatics who are surrounding you!"
Aichi stared the girl with look of shock when crying Yoshie ran out of the classroom, her friends following close behind.
Other students stared the classroom's doorway from where girls had ran out a moment ago. Then everybody turned to stare Aichi. Some of them looked suspicious and some of them looked worried.
Aichi stood still and wondered inside of his mind what has happened.
After the school day, Aichi, Naoki and Shingo were walking towards the Card Capital. They had planned to meet their friends there and do something together because Misaki and Miwa would soon return back to the university.
"I can't wait to buy new booster packs," Naoki said while clenching his hand into fist with eager look: "Maybe I will finally get a Narukami G-unit!"
"How can you think something like that in the time like this?" Shingo demanded angrily: "Did you already forget what happened this morning? Because of that text, worrisome rumors about Sendou started to spread and three members of Cardfight Club has already decided to leave the club!"
"Of course I hadn't forget!" Naoki exclaimed with annoyed look and rose his fist: "I have already planned to beat every suspicious looking person who could have something to do with it."
"That doesn't help anyhow, you delinquent-wannabe! On the contrary, it would only turn the situation from bad to worse!" Shingo shouted while he ran his fingers through his hairs. Then he turned to face Aichi who had walked behind of them: "Sendou! Say something, please!"
But it seemed that Aichi didn't hear them. Naoki and Shingo stopped when they noticed that Aichi was standing still a short distance away from them and was searching something from his school bag.
"Hey, Aichi. Is something wrong?" Naoki asked.
Aichi continued to rummage through his bag for a moment before he rose his gaze and told to Naoki and Shingo with distressed look: "I can't find my deck."
Naoki and Shingo stared Aichi with shocked look on their face.
"What? You haven't drop it or something?" Naoki asked with worried look.
"I don't know..." Aichi said unsurely and started to think where his deck would be. He closed his eyes and went through this day inside of his head...
When the text on the chalkboard was wiped away, the school day started. During the lessons Aichi hadn't touch his deck, so it wouldn't disappear then. After the school day Aichi, Naoki and Shingo had went to the Cardfight Club.
Wait a minute...
Aichi opened his eyes and exclaimed: "Now I remember!"
Naoki and Shingo stared Aichi and waited that he would explain.
"Mr. Nakamurabashi wanted to talk with me about the next High School Tournament. Before we went talk to outside of the club room, I remember that I put my deck on the one of club room's table," Aichi explained: "I'm sure that I have forgotten it there!"
After explaining it to Naoki and Shingo, Aichi turned that direction they had come.
"Sendou! Where are you going?" Shingo asked.
Aichi glanced at them over his shoulder and answered: "Back to the school! It will be still in the club room or somebody may have found it and took it to teacher's room. Go to the Card Capital and tell others that I will come as soon as possible!"
"Alright! See you soon!" Naoki shouted to Aichi when he ran to the Miyaji Academy before Naoki and Shingo continued their walking to the Card Capital.
Finally Aichi arrived to high school and stopped for breathing in because he had ran almost the whole trip.
"Hopefully the janitor is still here..." Aichi thought to himself.
Aichi was just going to call the janitor when he suddenly stopped. A strange, shivery feeling that told him that somebody was watching him filled his mind. Slowly he turned his head to the left and then he noticed a girl.
Girl was about 16 years old and she had short, light blue hairs. It was difficult to tell what color her eyes were because shadow of her bangs covered them. Girl was wearing a one-piece, white sailor uniform with a chest pocket on the left said and wine red bow tie. In her legs she was wearing knee-lenght, white socks and black mary jane shoes.
For a moment neither Aichi or the girl said anything but finally, despite the unnerving situation, Aichi managed to say: "G-good afternoon. Are you lost or-?"
Before Aichi had time to say anything else, the strange girl suddenly walked to Aichi and wrapped her arms around him, confusing Aichi and making him blush.
"Aichi," girl whispered with quiet voice to his ear: "I love you..."
"E-eeeh-?" Aichi exclaimed while his face turned even redder but then a wave of sharp pain dashed through his head, making Aichi gasp in pain and lose his consciousness.
The girl removed her arms from around Aichi and let the unconscious boy fell on the ground. Her now visible ruby red eyes watched for a moment the boy who was laying on the sidewalk before she continued with quiet voice: "...And I will not let anybody else get you."
Meanwhile Naoki and Shingo has arrived to the Card Capital.
"Good afternoon," Naoki and Shingo said together when they entered in the shop.
"Good afternoon," was an answer they got.
Misaki was sitting at the counter. Sub-Manager was sleeping in the basket and Miwa was leaning against the counter. Kai was sitting at the table while looking quite bored. Izaki and Morikawa were playing together. Kamui and Reiji were playing too, Eiji was standing next to them watching.
"Where is Aichi?" Kai asked from Naoki.
"Aichi noticed that he had forgotten his deck in the school, so he went to get it. He said that he will come here as soon as possible," Naoki answered.
Suddenly a familiar shriek was heard when Izaki caused the sixth damage to Morikawa, making Morikawa fell on his back. But he stood up immediately and shouted: "Once more, Izaki! This time I will win!"
"That's what you said last time, Lose-umi," Kamui stated from the other fighting table: "And the previous time."
Reiji and Eiji nodded their heads as confirmation.
"Hey! My name isn't Lose-umi!" Morikawa shouted angrily to Kamui.
"Be quiet in the shop," Misaki ordered strictly.
"Y-yes, miss," Morikawa winced with fearful look while others in the shop, except Kai, stared Misaki nervously.
Just then Kai's mobile phone rang. Kai took the mobile phone from his pocket and after he glanced at the screen of the phone, he stated to others: "It's Aichi."
Kai placed the mobile phone on his ear and said: "Aichi? Where are you now?"
"Toshiki Kai," a quiet voice of girl was heard via the mobile phone.
Kai's eyed widened for surprise when he heard voice of unknown girl but then demanded strictly: "Who are you? And why are you using Aichi's mobile phone?"
After hearing tone of Kai's voice and his questions, everybody turned to watch Kai with looks of surprise and worry.
"This is a challenge. I want you bring Kourin Tatsunagi to the meeting place," girl said.
"Why do you have Aichi's mobile phone?" Kai demanded impatiently while he stood up.
"Aichi is with me," girl answered calmly.
Kai tensed. The situation seemed very worrisome and what's worse, Aichi might be in trouble!
"He is alright," girl continued with calm tone: "But if you don't bring Kourin here, I promise that you will never see Aichi again. We'll see in the Cardshop PSY."
After saying this, the girl cut off. Kai rose the mobile phone from his ear and stared speechlessly the screen of the mobile phone, girl's words clear in his head.
"Kai?" Naoki asked with worried look: "What's wrong? Has something happened to Aichi?"
Everybody stared Kai with looks of worry and waited that he would explain the situation to them.
For a moment, Kai said nothing but then he turned to face others and said: "I must go. There's a difficult situation I must take care."
Kai put his mobile phone in his pocket and left the shop.
Others glanced each others, unsure what should they do. Then Naoki said with determination: "Well, I'm not going to just stay here if something serious has happened! I will go!"
After he voiced his decision, Naoki ran to the door of the shop.
"W-what? Wait for a moment!" Shingo exclaimed.
Naoki stopped, turned and said to Shingo: "Stay here. Just in case."
After saying this, Naoki ran out of the shop to that direction where he has seen Kai going.
Then Misaki removed her apron and said to Miwa: "Miwa. Take care for the shop, please."
"Oh, okay," Miwa answered with a little bit unsure voice when Misaki left the counter and followed Naoki. After that Kamui too ran to the door.
"Kamui the Great?" Reiji and Eiji exclaimed.
"I go to check the situation!" Kamui said to them. Then he ran out of the door and shouted to Naoki and Misaki: "Wait for me!"
Kai went to the parking lot where he had parked his car. He has just taken car keys from his pocket when Naoki, Misaki and Kamui ran to him.
"Kai!" Kamui shouted: "Big brother Aichi is in trouble, isn't he?"
"Yeah. It seems so," Kai answered with serious look.
"Then what are we waiting for?" Naoki exclaimed.
They entered in the Kai's car. Misaki and Kamui sat on the backseat and Naoki sat on the front bench next to Kai.
"Where are we going?" Naoki asked when Kai started the car.
"We'll go to get Kourin," Kai informed when he drove the car out of the parking lot while Kai explained to others what that girl had said during the phone call.
To be continue...
The second chapter is here and our heroes have very worrisome situation in their hands! The battle will begin in the next chapter which is why I'm asking from you readers: Do you want me to write the whole battle or would you like that I skip straight to that moment when both of players have grade 3 Vanguards? Send your opinion via review or e-mail, please.
