Pieces of Childhood Memories
Chapter 11 - Sunset in the Train
-Dream-
"Umm... why are you crying, little girl?"
"Are you bleeding?"
"Who did this to you?!"
"Is this the one who kicked and hitted you?"
"Don't worry, I'll help you so you won't be hitted and kicked by this Hitotsuji Yuji person anymore!"
"You're welcome..."
"Let's settle this! You and I will take turns guarding the net and kicking the ball! If I can score one point past you, then you must stop bullying this girl!"
"Don't worry, I'll be fine!"
"My name is—"
"When you're down, you should come here!"
"Do you want to play soccer with us? It'll be very fun!"
"What position? MF (Midfielder), DF (Defender), GK (Goalkeeper), or FW (Forward)?"
"Ok, it's settled! I guess you better play as a forward!"
"Come back here!"
"Wow, you're really good at running. You'll be an amazing midfielder and forward one day, if you like playing soccer, that is."
"Goalkeepers uses speed too? I don't know about that."
"I've never been a goalkeeper, so I didn't know all about it. But you know about it, and you know almost anything about soccer, so I guess one day you'll be a very professional soccer player. And if you are, then at the day of your match, I'll be sure to watch and cheer for you at the front row seats!"
"Well, you're really one of a kind."
"We're going to climb up here!"'
"It's okay, it's just for a while! I've never been up there before, too, so it'll be the first time for both of us!"
"Don't worry! I'll hold your hand so you won't fall."
"Phew! The hard work has finally paid off!"
"Yeah, I know! It's beautiful, isn't it? A boy in my class said that this is the best place in the world according to him, so that's why I'm asking you to climb up this tower, so I can see the beautiful sunset with you!"
"Oh, that? Here, this is what I want to give you."
"Wow, you're right! It is good on you. I guess I bought the right pendant. And please promise me, that you will still remember me, and that you will come back one day!"
"...that you will come back one day!"
"...come back... one day..."
-End of Dream-
"Akiyama, wake up! Akiyama!" Yoko heard a voice calling her. Then she woke up and found Aki and all of Raimon soccer club members surround her. They all looked worried. So then it was a dream... Yoko thought and sighed. She actually wanted to go back to sleep to continue her sweet dream, but she just can't do it.
"So are you having a sweet dream?" Aki asked. Yoko just nodded and blushed.
"Hmm? Why are you blushing?" Aki asked. She was really confused. Yoko shooked her head.
"It was a dream about my childhood friend," Yoko replied. "It was nothing special, really."
Aki glared at Yoko with a look. "Really?" she asked.
"R-Really..." Yoko answered as she stammered. Then she just remembered something. "Oh yes, Aki..."
"Yes?"
"Err, I just wanted to ask you a question... why does suddenly I'm in the train and it's late afternoon? I remembered that we are all in the middle of the match against Nosei Junior High..." Yoko asked Aki. She was really confused.
"Oh, that," Aki said, answering Yoko's question. "You fainted."
Yoko gasped. I... fainted? she thought. She didn't believe what has she just heard. "Are you serious, Kino Aki?"
Aki nodded. "Yes, I am," she answered.
"So then did Raimon win the match?" Yoko asked Aki quickly with a hopeful look. I hope Raimon won, Yoko thought.
Aki smiled and nodded. "Yes, they won. At first, Kabeyama and Gouenji tried to do the Inazuma Otoshi many times to score a goal, but Kabeyama was always scared. But then at the last minute, Gouenji encouraged Kabeyama. I don't know why, but Kabeyama suddenly became brave and then Gouenji and Kabeyama was able to the Inazuma Otoshi! So Raimon wins 1-0," Aki explained. (PS: You know the story already, don't you?) Yoko's face was brightened.
"Wow, that's great!" she said. Then she sighed. "Too bad I didn't watch the match because I fainted when I was in my way to the toilet."
"Yeah, and it's a relief that Gouenji carried you all the way to Haruna and I during the halftime break," Aki added.
"Gouenji?" Yoko asked. "Really?"
"Yeah," Aki replied. "During the halftime break he went to the toilet, but in his way to the toilet, he found you fainting, so then he carried you to Haruna and I so that Haruna and I could take care of you."
"Ah, I see," Yoko said. "Well, I want to go to somewhere in the train for a while... I'll come back soon!" Then Yoko walked to Gouenji. (PS: Since you can't run in the train.)
"Hi, Shuuya-kun," Yoko greeted. Then she sat next to Gouenji, since the seat next to him was empty.
"Hi," Gouenji greeted back, with his cool attitude.
"It's a very fine late afternoon, isn't it?" Yoko said as she looked trough the window and saw the beautiful sunset in the orange sky. Gouenji just nodded.
"Well, I heard from Aki that you carried me to Aki and Haruna when I fainted," Yoko said. "Arigatou. For carrying me."
Gouenji blushed. "Why are you blushing, Shuuya-kun?" Yoko asked, confused.
"No reason," Gouenji replied, still blushing. Yoko just smiled at him, which makes Gouenji blushed harder.
"By the way, why did you faint?" Gouenji asked.
"Well, a bad boy named Hitotsuji Yuji kicked and punched me very hard," Yoko answered.
"Oh," Gouenji said.
"Do you know him?" Yoko asked. Gouenji shooked his head.
"No, not at all."
"Oh, okay..." Yoko said, disappointed. If he said yes it's possible that Shuuya is the boy of my memories, even though I have a feeling that he's not, she thought.
"Why do you ask?" Gouenji asked.
"Nothing really important, you just made me remember of the boy of my memories," Yoko replied.
"The boy of your memories?" Gouenji asked.
-Flashback-
The two children was very exhausted after the soccer practice. Now it's time for them to go home. "Bye!" Yoko waved at the boy of her memories, then she ran home. But then she fell down. The boy gasped and approached her.
"Are you okay?" He asked worriedly.
"I-I'm fine..." Yoko said as she blushed.
"But, you're hurt!" The boy said. Yoko blushed a little harder when he said that. "Let me carry you home!" the boy said.
"O-Okay..." Yoko said, still blushing. "A-Arigatou, by the way..."
"You're welcome," the boy replied as he smiled. "Now, can you show me your home so I can carry you there?"
-End of Flashback-
Another memory, Yoko thought. The boy carried me, just like Shuuya-kun did. But I think the boy wasn't Shuuya...
"Yes, the boy of my memories. He's the one who helped me overcome my fear and he's also the one that made me love soccer so much," Yoko explained. "But I didn't meet him or even remember his name anymore after an incident."
"What incident?" Gouenji asked again.
Yoko sighed and replied, "The incident was... I was hit by a truck. Since then I never remembered him and my memories with him. But when I met you guys, I started to regain my memories with the boy, even though I still didn't remember his name. I wonder why I forgot him... If he's important, I should've remember him, right?"
"Maybe you got amnesia after you were hit by the truck," Gouenji replied.
"What? But it can't be..." Yoko gasped.
"I said maybe."
Amnesia..? I got an amnesia...? There's no way I got an amnesia, but maybe Shuuya's right. I guess I must ask my mother or onii-chan after I arrived home if I got an amnesia or not... They might know, Yoko thought. Then there was a silence between them both. "G-Gouenji...?" Yoko called.
"Yes?"
"Anoo... why did you carry me to Aki and Haruna? You could just leave me alone there," Yoko asked.
Gouenji smiled to Yoko and replied, "Well, your personality is almost similar to my sick sister, Yuuka. Cheerful and smart."
Just when Yoko wanted to say "Oh, okay" to Gouenji, Aki called her. "Yoko! Yoko! Come here! I want to tell you something!" she said.
Yoko then sighed. Then she turned back to Gouenji. "Well, then Shuuya-kun, I must go back to my seat. Again, arigatou... for carrying me to Aki and Haruna..." Then Yoko walked towards Aki who was waving at her.
"Okay..." Gouenji blushed as he saw Yoko walked away from him.
(PS: Chapter 11 ends~! First 'Moonlight at the Tower', now 'Sunset in the Train'! So what comes next? Find out in the later chapters!)
