CHAPTER 4

THE STORY SHE HAS NEVER TOLD

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After following his rescuer for some time, Ooyama stops and decide to speak.

"So, will you tell me why you helped me, Hisako-san?"

"Oh, so you remember my name? I helped you because I need your help"

"For what?"

"You see, I'm sick of Yui and Hinata's behavior. I'm really enjoying this festival, we can play our songs everyday, but I'm afraid they'll ruin the festival if their stupid battle goes on like this"

"Well, I'm enjoying this too, so I'll help…what I have to do?"

"You have to become a spy. You'll offer your help to the both of them, but you'll be under my command and you'll try to obstacle them"

"Ok, I'll try my best!"

I'm walking next to Yuri while exploring the cavern, when I ear a strange noise coming from the girl. Then I understand. She was hungry and the noise came out from her stomach. She turns to face me and blush furiously:

"What? Don't look at me like that! I'm a human and even if I'm dead I can feel hungry. Do you have a problem with that?"

"Ah, no! No!"

"Then we should rest and eat something"

We sit down on the floor and start eating in silence. After some time I can't bear the silence anymore and start talking.

"Ehm, Yuri"

"Yes?"

"Sorry can I ask you a very personal question? I'm curious"

"Ok"

"When we went to the old guild you told me about your past, but you never told me how you died. Can you tell me about that if it's not too troublesome?"

"Wow, you're the first one asking me that. Normally it would bother me, but I don't know…with you I feel like I can tell you anything"

"Oh well thanks…I guess"

"Ok…where should I start? Let me think…oh, ok. Few months after my brother and sisters were killed, my parents couldn't go on like this and decided to commit suicide. I was in state of shock and felt like my life was pointless and that nobody needed me. Without my parents I was alone; I didn't have a family so the local orphanage took me in. After a while thanks to the help of the people who were taking care of me, I've returned to being my old self and resumed school. In my free time I helped the orphanage in taking care of the youngest.
Unfortunately there were problems even at school. In middle school I was bullied, because I never wanted to stand out and I was always alone. So some girls of my class began to bully me, asking me to do their homework and to buy them food for lunch. But they always asked me this kind of things, their way of bullying was never too hard…I managed to go on like that, until one girl in particular started bullying me heavier than before. One day they even injured my face with a cutter. This girl was called Karin. With the bullying becoming heavier and heavier I stopped going to school again and I studied at the orphanage.
When I was older and I was at the age to enter high school, I decided to give it one more try, with the hope to start living my life again. While I was in the shopping district to buy some stuff for school I saw from the distance a very beautiful girl and I immediately recognised her: she was Karin. I was undecided whether to go meet her, but before I could decide, there was an earthquake and all the building I was in was collapsing. I saw the roof crumbling on Karin. My body moved on his own and pushed her aside. After saving her my body was crushed under a pile of rubble"

I'm stunned, Yuri's story was so sad and heartbreaking. I want to say something but the words aren't coming. She closes her eyes and after few seconds she reopen them and speaks.

"This is my story and I hope you understand why I'm so angry. I had an horrible life between the loss of my family, the bullying and my death. I died while saving the person that destroyed my student's life. I'm angry with God because I had a useless life. I never accomplished anything"

"I don't thinks so Yuri", I decide to interrupt her.

"What?"

"You saved Karin's life. Even if she behaved horribly with you…you saved a life! I think it's beautiful to die by saving the life of someone else. I don't know who I am or how I died yet, but I wish I died saving someone. You are a hero. I think you started a new life the moment you decided to save her life even if you didn't like her, because you have forgiven what she did; you have turned the corner and you have gone forward. Yuri, you fulfilled the meaning of your life!"

Yuri listened quietly to everything I said then now that I finished my speech she's starting to cry. I've never seen Yuri so frail and weak. I don't know why, but I'm happy that she opened to me. I hope she'll tell me everything from now on. Then between her sobs she speaks.

"Thank you! Thank you so much, Otonashi-kun! I feel so light now. I think that something changed inside me now"

I watch Yuri while she tries to dry her face, then I remember something.

"Oh, the ring!"

Sorry this is it for this chapter. I'll try to write and publish the next chapter as soon as possible. Just so you know, your comments are like life energy for me, so more comments you write, the faster I am writing the next chapter ;-)
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