Chapter Three: Scent of Nostalgia
She had just met Kami-sama. He was a warm person and to think she was so worried that he would be someone strict and scary. He asked her what her talents were and she told him. After thinking for a short while, he appointed her as a member of an orchestra.
Walking alongside Yagami, Sayumi smiled.
"Arigatoo Yagami-san, for helping me out."
Yagami laughed.
"That's my job, remember? Anyway, you should feel honored to be appointed a member of one of the biggest orchestra groups in Tenkai. They are called Wishful Wings. Only truly talented people get to join that orchestra."
"But how does Kami-sama know whether I'm talented or not?"
Yagami smiled.
"He probably was picturing you singing and playing musical instruments when you were living down there. He can do that. He can just view anyone's life in His mind."
"Honto ni? Sugoui desu ne."
"Anyway, I'll bring you to where the orchestra members are. Kami-sama will be holding a test to see if you are really capable enough, you know. just in case."
"Souka. When?"
"Three days later. You really gotta get ready. By that time, there will be lots of people there, you know."
"Ok. Uh... anyway, can you tell me where I'll live? You know, where I will be sleeping?"
"Oh, you'll be staying together with the orchestra members. Daijoubu, they are all very friendly and nice people. You will get along with them. "
"Okie, thanks. I think I've reached my destination."
She pointed to the beautiful marble board with the words carved 'Wishful Wings' carved on it.
He felt his heart drop at the thought of parting with her.
Upon seeing his expression, she assured him, "Hey, we are friends, right? Friends will meet again." She raised her eyebrows. "Unless you don't consider me as a friend."
He shook his hands in front of her.
"No, no, it's not that." He smiled lightly, "I would love to be friends with you."
She smiled back before giving him a wave.
"I better go now. Ja."
"Ja."
Smiling happily, he waved back.
Silently, she walked into the room as she looked around, admiring the place. There were candles against the wall instead of lights lighting up the entire room. It was beautiful. When she reached the center of the room, she saw many musical instruments sitting on the floor in front of her.
She picked up a violin and began to play the first song that occurred to her. She did not know where the song came from. It came naturally to her ever since she had gotten her hands on a violin when she was a human. It was her favourite song. When she finished playing, a thunderous applause sounded in the background. She looked up and saw a group of people with warm and friendly faces.
She bowed and greeted them, "Yoroshiku, watashi wa Sayumi."
When she looked up, some of them were patting her back while some were praising her, all except for one who was staring at her strangely. She presumed that he was the leader of the orchestra.
She smiled at him and repeated her words, "Yoroshiku."
The young male angel smiled back.
"Irraishamase. We, Wishful Angels are honored to have such a talented person like you join us but you should know that Kami-sama will be holding a trial to see if you are capable enough to join us and all decisions are made by Him not us."
"Sou desu, Yagami-san told me."
"How do you know that song?"
"I...I don't know either. It came naturally to me when I was a child. Ever since then, I love this song very much. I myself would love to learn more about the song. Where it originates from, how is it so that it chooses to come naturally to me and whether the song has any connection with me. Do you know anything about it?"
"I'm so sorry, I can't help you on that. But I only heard of Kaira playing that song before. He used to be a member here but when Kami-sama heard him play, He grew fond of Kaira and chose him to be his right hand man. Maybe you should ask Kaira. Besides him, there's no one else who knows how to play it."
"Souka, arigatoo gozaimashitte."
The angel smiled again.
"Anyway, I'm in charge of this orchestra. I'm Akiya. Yoroshiku."
He shook hands with her.
Then a pretty and friendly female angel introduced herself.
"I'm Shijitsu. Like you, I play the violin too. Maybe we can exchange our knowledge about the violin sometime, ne?"
Sayumi smiled.
"Sure."
After a round of introduction, it was quite late into the night and everyone went to bed. As Sayumi was still excited and energetic, she got out of bed and explored the place instead. After a while, she reached a garden with lots of pretty flowers. However, they were so different from the flowers on the Earth. They were sparkling brightly in the darkness. The sight was so beautiful that she could not resist fingering with the petals.
She was admiring the beauty of the flowers in silence when she heard a yawn. With a jerk, she looked around and was surprised to see someone leaning against a tree. It was dark and she could not quite make out who it was or what that person was doing. She tiptoed quietly towards the person.
It was Kaira.
"Kaira-san," she called in her melodious voice.
The angel woke up and saw her looking down at him. His eyes sparkled like the flowers she saw earlier as he smiled.
"Ah, Sayumi-san. What are you doing here?"
"I'm supposed to be the one who should be asking you that. What are you doing here? You might freeze to death if you sleep here. It's so cold, don't you think so?"
"Ah, I was just drawing the flowers."
He showed her his canvas.
"Eh, kirei desu ne. You are such a great artist."
He grinned.
"Arigatoo. So, what brings you here?"
"Oh, I just wanted to know more about the place. I haven't seen enough of Tenkai yet. And the flowers here are so beautiful."
"I see. Why don't you pluck a flower to bring back to your room so you can admire its beauty everyday? Don't worry it won't wilt if you don't water it or anything."
"Really? Suguoi. But is it really ok for me to pluck a flower here? I mean I don't know who these belong to."
"Daijoubu. I plant these flowers for the angels to admire anyway."
"Ok, thanks. You are such a talented person. You know how to grow flowers, draw and play the violin. What else do you know?" She asked as she looked around, trying to decide which flower she should pluck.
He laughed.
"I don't think I know anything else." Then he stopped. "How do you know I play the violin?"
"Oh, Akiya told me."
"I see, so you joined the Wishful Wings, I assume?"
"Hai." Then she remembered. "Ne, Kaira-san, I wanted to ask you about this song."
She started humming the tune of the song that she loved and treasured the most.
When she finished, he asked, "How do you know that song?"
"Shirimasen. When I was still a human that song came to me naturally when I was young. I don't know how it came to me. Akiya told me to ask you since you know that song as well."
"I'm sorry. I can't help you too. That song was connected to my previous life as a human. I don't know much about it as Kami-sama had wiped away all my memories as a human. I. I don't know why He did that. But only the memories of a few angels here will be washed away."
"Eh? That's so bad. How could He do that?"
"I really don't know." He shrugged. "Perhaps my memories were sad ones so He didn't want me to remember them. Oh well, whatever the reason is, only Kami-sama knows."
She nodded and sat down beside him.
"Have you ever wondered how your family looks like then?"
"Yeah. but I never get the chance to see them even though I begged Kami- sama to show me what my family looks like. He allowed most of the other angels keep their memories because He didn't want them to lose their precious memories of the world below. However He wants us to have no more communication with the world below and not to think about of our loved ones down there."
".. I wonder how my family is now."
He turned to her and whispered, "I can show you for a while if you want."
"Can you do that?"
Kaira nodded.
"Kami-sama taught me a lot of things."
Then he closed his eyes for a short moment and waved his hand in the air. A swirling vortex appeared. In the middle of the vortex was her family. Her mother was looking at her photo sadly as tears dropped onto the photo.
"Okasan."
Then her whole family came into view as they comforted her mother.
"I have seen enough. Thanks."
She wiped the tears away that had started misting her eyes.
"Hey, cheer up. Oh yeah, you still haven't picked a flower yet."
"Eeto... I can't decide which to pick."
Laughing lightly, he murmured, "Let me pick one for you."
He plucked a pretty midnight blue flower that caught his eye and handed it to her.
"It's pretty. Thanks so much." She leaned her head on his shoulder. "Just let me stay like this just for a while, ne?"
"Aa."
"Your shoulder feels so familiar. Like I felt it before, like I leaned on it before."
"It does?" He turned to look down at her and smelt the scent of her hair. It smelt so familiar too..
A scent of nostalgia hung in the air. Not knowing what this meant, they slept together like that throughout the night in the garden full of appealing flowers.
~fin~
Author's note: Exam's over ^_^ Ureshii. Hope you like this chapter. Took me quite a bit of time to think of a name for the orchestra. I just wanted a nice and angelic name for them or Angelic Voices would be better? Ahh, I can't choose. Oh well, I already put the name as Wishful Wings so no need to change. Maybe I'll give that name for another orchestra ^_^ I don't even know if real angels up in Heaven sleep or not. Everything in here is fiction so don't feel offended or anything if I wrote things which are impossible in the real Heaven as I'm still alive and not in Heaven so I don't know anything about Heaven not that I'm sure I'll go to Heaven anyway. Talk too much :p White Soul , thanks for reminding me about Maki ^^ I totally forgot about him ^^;; I'll try to find somewhere to put him in ^^ most probably next chapter ^^ Etto, I already mentioned in the prologue that Sayumi lives in the 1nd version of Earth, remember? Thanks for the compliments ^^
She had just met Kami-sama. He was a warm person and to think she was so worried that he would be someone strict and scary. He asked her what her talents were and she told him. After thinking for a short while, he appointed her as a member of an orchestra.
Walking alongside Yagami, Sayumi smiled.
"Arigatoo Yagami-san, for helping me out."
Yagami laughed.
"That's my job, remember? Anyway, you should feel honored to be appointed a member of one of the biggest orchestra groups in Tenkai. They are called Wishful Wings. Only truly talented people get to join that orchestra."
"But how does Kami-sama know whether I'm talented or not?"
Yagami smiled.
"He probably was picturing you singing and playing musical instruments when you were living down there. He can do that. He can just view anyone's life in His mind."
"Honto ni? Sugoui desu ne."
"Anyway, I'll bring you to where the orchestra members are. Kami-sama will be holding a test to see if you are really capable enough, you know. just in case."
"Souka. When?"
"Three days later. You really gotta get ready. By that time, there will be lots of people there, you know."
"Ok. Uh... anyway, can you tell me where I'll live? You know, where I will be sleeping?"
"Oh, you'll be staying together with the orchestra members. Daijoubu, they are all very friendly and nice people. You will get along with them. "
"Okie, thanks. I think I've reached my destination."
She pointed to the beautiful marble board with the words carved 'Wishful Wings' carved on it.
He felt his heart drop at the thought of parting with her.
Upon seeing his expression, she assured him, "Hey, we are friends, right? Friends will meet again." She raised her eyebrows. "Unless you don't consider me as a friend."
He shook his hands in front of her.
"No, no, it's not that." He smiled lightly, "I would love to be friends with you."
She smiled back before giving him a wave.
"I better go now. Ja."
"Ja."
Smiling happily, he waved back.
Silently, she walked into the room as she looked around, admiring the place. There were candles against the wall instead of lights lighting up the entire room. It was beautiful. When she reached the center of the room, she saw many musical instruments sitting on the floor in front of her.
She picked up a violin and began to play the first song that occurred to her. She did not know where the song came from. It came naturally to her ever since she had gotten her hands on a violin when she was a human. It was her favourite song. When she finished playing, a thunderous applause sounded in the background. She looked up and saw a group of people with warm and friendly faces.
She bowed and greeted them, "Yoroshiku, watashi wa Sayumi."
When she looked up, some of them were patting her back while some were praising her, all except for one who was staring at her strangely. She presumed that he was the leader of the orchestra.
She smiled at him and repeated her words, "Yoroshiku."
The young male angel smiled back.
"Irraishamase. We, Wishful Angels are honored to have such a talented person like you join us but you should know that Kami-sama will be holding a trial to see if you are capable enough to join us and all decisions are made by Him not us."
"Sou desu, Yagami-san told me."
"How do you know that song?"
"I...I don't know either. It came naturally to me when I was a child. Ever since then, I love this song very much. I myself would love to learn more about the song. Where it originates from, how is it so that it chooses to come naturally to me and whether the song has any connection with me. Do you know anything about it?"
"I'm so sorry, I can't help you on that. But I only heard of Kaira playing that song before. He used to be a member here but when Kami-sama heard him play, He grew fond of Kaira and chose him to be his right hand man. Maybe you should ask Kaira. Besides him, there's no one else who knows how to play it."
"Souka, arigatoo gozaimashitte."
The angel smiled again.
"Anyway, I'm in charge of this orchestra. I'm Akiya. Yoroshiku."
He shook hands with her.
Then a pretty and friendly female angel introduced herself.
"I'm Shijitsu. Like you, I play the violin too. Maybe we can exchange our knowledge about the violin sometime, ne?"
Sayumi smiled.
"Sure."
After a round of introduction, it was quite late into the night and everyone went to bed. As Sayumi was still excited and energetic, she got out of bed and explored the place instead. After a while, she reached a garden with lots of pretty flowers. However, they were so different from the flowers on the Earth. They were sparkling brightly in the darkness. The sight was so beautiful that she could not resist fingering with the petals.
She was admiring the beauty of the flowers in silence when she heard a yawn. With a jerk, she looked around and was surprised to see someone leaning against a tree. It was dark and she could not quite make out who it was or what that person was doing. She tiptoed quietly towards the person.
It was Kaira.
"Kaira-san," she called in her melodious voice.
The angel woke up and saw her looking down at him. His eyes sparkled like the flowers she saw earlier as he smiled.
"Ah, Sayumi-san. What are you doing here?"
"I'm supposed to be the one who should be asking you that. What are you doing here? You might freeze to death if you sleep here. It's so cold, don't you think so?"
"Ah, I was just drawing the flowers."
He showed her his canvas.
"Eh, kirei desu ne. You are such a great artist."
He grinned.
"Arigatoo. So, what brings you here?"
"Oh, I just wanted to know more about the place. I haven't seen enough of Tenkai yet. And the flowers here are so beautiful."
"I see. Why don't you pluck a flower to bring back to your room so you can admire its beauty everyday? Don't worry it won't wilt if you don't water it or anything."
"Really? Suguoi. But is it really ok for me to pluck a flower here? I mean I don't know who these belong to."
"Daijoubu. I plant these flowers for the angels to admire anyway."
"Ok, thanks. You are such a talented person. You know how to grow flowers, draw and play the violin. What else do you know?" She asked as she looked around, trying to decide which flower she should pluck.
He laughed.
"I don't think I know anything else." Then he stopped. "How do you know I play the violin?"
"Oh, Akiya told me."
"I see, so you joined the Wishful Wings, I assume?"
"Hai." Then she remembered. "Ne, Kaira-san, I wanted to ask you about this song."
She started humming the tune of the song that she loved and treasured the most.
When she finished, he asked, "How do you know that song?"
"Shirimasen. When I was still a human that song came to me naturally when I was young. I don't know how it came to me. Akiya told me to ask you since you know that song as well."
"I'm sorry. I can't help you too. That song was connected to my previous life as a human. I don't know much about it as Kami-sama had wiped away all my memories as a human. I. I don't know why He did that. But only the memories of a few angels here will be washed away."
"Eh? That's so bad. How could He do that?"
"I really don't know." He shrugged. "Perhaps my memories were sad ones so He didn't want me to remember them. Oh well, whatever the reason is, only Kami-sama knows."
She nodded and sat down beside him.
"Have you ever wondered how your family looks like then?"
"Yeah. but I never get the chance to see them even though I begged Kami- sama to show me what my family looks like. He allowed most of the other angels keep their memories because He didn't want them to lose their precious memories of the world below. However He wants us to have no more communication with the world below and not to think about of our loved ones down there."
".. I wonder how my family is now."
He turned to her and whispered, "I can show you for a while if you want."
"Can you do that?"
Kaira nodded.
"Kami-sama taught me a lot of things."
Then he closed his eyes for a short moment and waved his hand in the air. A swirling vortex appeared. In the middle of the vortex was her family. Her mother was looking at her photo sadly as tears dropped onto the photo.
"Okasan."
Then her whole family came into view as they comforted her mother.
"I have seen enough. Thanks."
She wiped the tears away that had started misting her eyes.
"Hey, cheer up. Oh yeah, you still haven't picked a flower yet."
"Eeto... I can't decide which to pick."
Laughing lightly, he murmured, "Let me pick one for you."
He plucked a pretty midnight blue flower that caught his eye and handed it to her.
"It's pretty. Thanks so much." She leaned her head on his shoulder. "Just let me stay like this just for a while, ne?"
"Aa."
"Your shoulder feels so familiar. Like I felt it before, like I leaned on it before."
"It does?" He turned to look down at her and smelt the scent of her hair. It smelt so familiar too..
A scent of nostalgia hung in the air. Not knowing what this meant, they slept together like that throughout the night in the garden full of appealing flowers.
~fin~
Author's note: Exam's over ^_^ Ureshii. Hope you like this chapter. Took me quite a bit of time to think of a name for the orchestra. I just wanted a nice and angelic name for them or Angelic Voices would be better? Ahh, I can't choose. Oh well, I already put the name as Wishful Wings so no need to change. Maybe I'll give that name for another orchestra ^_^ I don't even know if real angels up in Heaven sleep or not. Everything in here is fiction so don't feel offended or anything if I wrote things which are impossible in the real Heaven as I'm still alive and not in Heaven so I don't know anything about Heaven not that I'm sure I'll go to Heaven anyway. Talk too much :p White Soul , thanks for reminding me about Maki ^^ I totally forgot about him ^^;; I'll try to find somewhere to put him in ^^ most probably next chapter ^^ Etto, I already mentioned in the prologue that Sayumi lives in the 1nd version of Earth, remember? Thanks for the compliments ^^