A Star with Amnesia
Chapter 6: Sana?
Hello! I would have updated sooner but, you know, Mother's Day and it was also my sister's birthday. So yeah... Better late than never, right? Anyway, Hope you enjoy!
(Haruna's POV)
Coach Hitomiko had just informed us that Epsilon was already on the attack in Kyoto. So we we're on our way. We had just left Hokkaido, but I didn't see a change in Fubuki-kun's behavior or anything. When he was saying good bye to Sana she looked so sad. Maybe Fubuki-kun was just keeping his feelings to himself. I don't believe he has opened up to us yet. 'I shouldn't be nosey.' I thought opening my laptop.
I was checking my email, when I noticed an email from Hakuren. I opened it wondering what it was. I gasped at what I read. Sana was missing! But it could be a mistake; I didn't want to worry the team. So I wrote an email back if they were sure. A few minutes later another email came. It said that they were absolutely sure! 'What should I do?!' I thought panicking. 'Fubuki-kun has the right to know, right?' I decided to wait until we arrived to tell Fubuki-kun.
Once we got there we saw a huge cater made from Epsilon. We had to find the soccer club. I took this chance to tell Fubuki-kun. "The soccer club is over that way." A familiar voice said behind us. We all turned to the voice and were shocked. "Sana!" we all shouted.
"What are you doing here?" Fubuki-kun asked. "I followed you guys." She told us. "Aren't your parents worried?" Endou-kun asked her. "The orphanage didn't mind." She said. When she said the word 'orphanage' the members gave sad looks. 'She was an orphan?' the thought was going through everyone's mind.
When she came closer I noticed her appearance had changed. She was wearing a white long sleeve knit dress that reached to her knees, with white ballet flats. Her hair was also shoulder length instead of waist length. But something that really stuck out was that she wasn't wearing her necklace.
"Do you mind if I tag along?" she asked coach Hitomiko with a pleading look. "I suppose we could use another manager." Coach Hitomiko replied. Sana smiled and came over to talk to us.
"You cut your hair?" Fubuki-kun asked. "Yup! Consider it a new me!" she said smiling. "What happened to your necklace?" I asked. "Necklace?" she touched her neck checking for it. "I probably just dropped it somewhere." She said. "Should we help you find it?" Aki suggested. Sana shook her head. "It's fine it's just a necklace." She said like it meant nothing.
"But wasn't that necklace important?" My brother asked suspicious. Any other day I would have talked to him about that, but Sana was acting different. "Was it? I guess I exaggerated a little." She said scratching the back of her head.
The team seemed to notice Sana was acting weird, and just stared at her with narrowed eyes. "W-well we should go to the soccer club." She sweat dropped. Everyone then remembered what we came here for and proceeded to the soccer club.
On our way there I remembered the emails from Hakuren, and made a mental note to email them that Sana was with us.
When the soccer club was in sight Endou-kun and the rest of the team made a dash for it only to slip and fall in a pile. I knelt down to check the floor. It turned out that there was a spot on the floor that was covered in wax. "ushishishi." we heard someone laugh. It was a small boy playing a prank on us. He was laughing at us from behind the bushes.
Touko getting mad leapt over the fence to get to him. Only to fall into another one of his pranks. Literally. Touko had fallen into a hole. The boy then ran away when a different boy came running. The other boy was a soccer member and explained the story of the boy who ran away.
The boy who ran away was named Kogure, after hearing the story about him and his parents. All I could think about was helping him. When I saw him again he was cleaning floors in a weird way.
When we met with the Manyuuji soccer team, they told us they don't plan to fight with Epsilon. And they ended it like that. All we could do was go back to the caravan. Natsumi and I were making dinner, while Aki was attending to Megane who sprained his ankle during the fall earlier.
(Sana's POV)
Before dinner the team decided to go train by a riverbed. I followed them. I sat watching them practice, nothing unusual. Then Fubuki came to where I was and sat down next to me. "Can I ask you something?" he asked. "What is it?" I asked looking at him. "Did you come here because of me?" he asked not looking at me.
"Why would I do that Fubuki-kun?" I asked him. He looked at me surprised but then it faded. "Fubuki-kun huh? So you are mad I left." He said. I looked at him confused, after I ignored what he said and looked back to the field. We just sat in awkward silence until it was time to go back for dinner.
Everyone was asleep. I couldn't sleep in fear of having that nightmare again. So I lay in my sleeping bag, pretending to be asleep.
I heard voices outside. They belonged to Kidou and Haruna. I would have got up to see what was happening but they're conversation seemed private. I was still awake, so I whipped out my phone and started writing about what happened today. I clicked one final button, before I noticed the sun started coming up. I didn't sleep a wink.
You could instantly tell when aliens showed up; the sky would be so dark and gloomy. Everyone was already outside. Once we all got changed, we ran to the field.
At the field Epsilon had provoked the peace loving Manyuuji to a match when they started destroying the school. We watched hopelessly as Manyuuji, a team said to be on championship level, was losing horribly. They had lost 15 points when all the team members had fainted.
Epsilon was just about to destroy something else; when Endou intervened saying Raimon will play them instead. They accepted the offer. "But we only have 10 members since Megane is injured." Kurimatsu told Endou. "Then we'll play with 10 members!" Endou said. 'You'll never stand a chance even with 11 players.' I thought to myself.
"No! Kogure can play!" Haruna said pointing to said boy. Everyone especially Touko and Kogure himself looked shocked. But nonetheless Endou accepted him right away. And Haruna had convinced Kogure to play with a simple "I believe in you!"
'You're just wasting your time.' I thought. They knew that perfectly well and yet they're still willing to try.
Anybody know why Sana is acting this way?
Is it because of heartbreak?
Is it because of something else?