Hello everybody who are reading this! Some time after I had finished my fanfiction, Someday We Will Meet Again, I got inspiration to write a sequel :D! So here it is, the first chapter of the sequel! I hope that this story turns out as good as the previous story.
The Trigger of Memories: Don't Forget Me!
Chapter 1
"If she really means something to you... Then do something and don't just sit still worrying what would happen. Nothing will change if you don't do anything!"
"Aichi!"
Aichi Sendou woke up from his thoughts when he heard somebody calling his name. Aichi's friends, Naoki Ishida and Shingo Komoi, stared at him.
It was late summer and the boys were on their way to the Card Capital. During their walking Aichi had started to think about a certain somebody...
"Hey, are you alright?" Naoki asked.
"Sorry! I was just in my thoughts," Aichi explained.
"Are you sure that you are alright, Sendou?" Shingo asked with worried expression. "If you aren't feeling well, then we can go to the Card Capital later."
"Everything is alright," Aichi assured with smile.
"Well, if you say so..." Naoki said before the trio continued their walking.
"Good afternoon!" Aichi said when he entered the Card Capital with Naoki and Shingo.
"Good afternoon Aichi, Ishida and Komoi," Misaki said from behind the counter. Nowadays Misaki and Miwa worked in the shop only during the summer because of their university studies. Sub-Manager, who was sleeping on the counter, woke up and meowed.
Aichi looked around. Miwa was wiping tables with a wet cloth. Izaki was sitting at one of the shop's table modifying his deck. A group of elementary school aged children were playing Vanguard.
"Looks like Kai and Kamui aren't here," Aichi stated to Misaki.
"No, they aren't. Kamui is playing in the cardshop Handsome again for a change," Misaki explained.
"And Kai is visiting his uncle and aunt. He told me he'll return in a few days," Miwa told while he squeezed the cloth dry.
"I see," Aichi said. He and Naoki sat at one of the shop's tables and took out their decks while Shingo went to the counter to buy some new booster sets.
Aichi and Naoki placed their first Vanguards on the play mat and started shuffle their decks.
"Naoki," Aichi said suddenly. "I've thought little bit."
Naoki rose his gaze. "Thought about what?"
"Kokoro," Aichi answered.
"Kokoro? That girl you met... three weeks ago? What about her?" Naoki asked.
"Yes," Aichi said seriously while shuffling his deck. "Lately I have thought of her and what she said when we met. And I have made my decision. It's finally a time for me to fulfill the promise I made and restore the friendship between me and Kourin."
"So you're finally going to try make Kourin's memories return," Naoki said with serious tone.
Aichi nodded. "It's not going to be easy but I must try. There must be a way make her memories return."
Naoki stared at Aichi for a moment while Aichi drew five cards from his deck. Naoki drew cards as well and then said: "I understand. But remember that you aren't alone in this situation. Me and Misaki will help you as well as we can and surely Kai, Kamui and Miwa will help as well. Kourin is our friend too."
When he said this, Naoki thought back their shared experience in the Miyaji Academy's Cardfight! Vanguard club and in the moon.
"Thank you, Naoki," Aichi said with smile.
Aichi and Naoki were just going to start the game when suddenly the shop's sliding door moved aside and Morikawa rushed in the shop.
"Have you heard about that?" Morikawa asked with loud voice.
Everybody in the shop stared questioningly at Morikawa.
"Have we heard about what, Morikawa?" Aichi asked with confused expression.
"Haven't you really heard about that?" Morikawa raised his voice to Aichi and slammed his hands on the table, startling the blue-haired boy. "How can you be so unconcerned when the period we know is going to end so suddenly?"
"Be quiet in the shop!" Misaki snapped.
Deep silence fell in the shop when everybody stared at Misaki with fearful look.
"Sorry," Morikawa muttered.
"So, what were you talking about "a sudden end of the period we know"?" asked Izaki who had come to Aichi and Naoki's table when Morikawa had arrived. "Is there an accident or something?"
"Something? Yes, something had happened," Morikawa said cryptically.
Aichi, Naoki and Izaki glanced at each others and then they stared again with confused expression at Morikawa.
Finally Morikawa told: "Ultra Rare is going to quit."
"What?" Aichi asked, his eyes widening in surprise.
Naoki, Misaki, Miwa, Shingo and Izaki stared at Morikawa with surprised expression as well.
"Hey, are you serious?" Naoki asked.
"Yes, I'm!" Morikawa informed. "It was reported on television!"
"He's right," Misaki said a moment later after she had tapped on the computer's keyboard. "It's reported on the Internet as well."
Everybody stared at Misaki who turned the screen of the counter's computer for others to see. On the screen was Ultra Rare's official web site with big, red letters: ULTRA RARE IS GOING TO QUIT!
Under the title, there was a web video that Misaki clicked with computer's mouse in order to start the video.
Suiko, Kourin and Rekka appeared in the video, all three of them wearing black clothes.
"We have bad news," Suiko informed with serious tone. "We've decided that Ultra Rare, the constellation of the idol world, has finally reached it's time to fade away. We've made happy and supported all players of Vanguard for years but now it's time to us to head toward our own futures."
"But don't despair yet," Kourin said with sad smile.
"Kourin, my darling!" Morikawa shouted with teary eyes. "She's beautiful even when she's sad!"
Aichi stared at Kourin in the video. Of course Kourin was beautiful with her black top and skirt but somehow Aichi felt that her sad face wasn't genuine. She must have practiced that look for the video. But Aichi hadn't forgotten girl's genuinely sad expression when they said goodbye to each others in the moon...
"Because we're going to organize a farewell concert before we quit," Kourin informed.
"The concert will include fan meetings, playing Vanguard and of course our performance," Rekka said and crossed her hands while giving a begging look to viewers. "So come to cheer us and help us make our last moments together memorable."
"Because this is..." Suiko said first and the idol trio shouted in unison: "Ultra Rare's Final Turn!"
"You will find the schedule of our concert on our official web site," Kourin told.
"For the purchase of tickets we have set up a web site. You can see the site's web address now at the bottom of the video," Rekka said and while pointing at the address at the bottom of the video. "But hurry up because there is only a limited number of tickets!"
Suiko, Kourin and Rekka waved their hands in farewell before the video ended.
"I must get a ticket!" Morikawa shrieked. "I can't call myself as Kourin's Number One Fan if I don't take part in her farewell concert!"
Before anybody has time to react anyhow, Morikawa had already rushed out of the shop.
"There he go," Miwa stated with slight smile.
"Do you think that he'll get a ticket before they are sold-out?" Izaki wondered aloud.
Aichi was in his thoughts. If Ultra Rare is going to quit performing in the Vanguard tournaments, it means that Aichi would lost his chance to meet Kourin again and make her memories return. He had to act before it was too late.
Later that day Aichi was sitting in front of his laptop in his room. He went through the web site that sold tickets for Ultra Rare's last concert and then clicked a link in order to buy a ticket, while Aichi prayed that there would still be chance. But then a notice Aichi had feared appeared on the computer screen.
The concert was sold-out.
Aichi sighed with frustration and leaned backward in his chair.
"What should I do now?" Aichi thought to himself. "There must be an another way to meet her..."
While Aichi was thinking what he should do, his room's door was knocked and then the voice of Aichi's mother was heard. "Aichi. I'm coming in your room now."
"Come in," Aichi answered when he pressed the laptop's lid down.
Shizuka Sendou entered her son's room.
"I almost forgot this. Somebody brought a letter for you today when you were out with your friends," Aichi's mother said as she gave the letter to him.
Aichi took the letter in his hand and studied it.
The envelope was a simple, white one without any decorations. Back of the envelope was written with a ink pen Aichi Sendou.
"Could it be a love letter?" Aichi's mother asked eagerly. "It would be wonderful if you would finally meet a lovely girl with whom you would share your future."
Aichi's face became red with embarrassment. "Mom! I'm still in high school!"
"I know but I'm little bit worried about your future because you are so timid," his mother explained. "You're already senior and you still don't have a girlfriend. I thought that girls like playing Vanguard because Emi is playing it, so I thought that maybe you had met a nice girl in your club. You don't have problems in the school, do you?"
"No, mom. Everything is alright," Aichi assured.
"Well, I'm going to prepare the dinner now," Aichi's mother said and went to the door of Aichi's room. But before she left, Shizuka turned around at the door. "But if it's a love letter, you can ask your father's advice for responding. He wrote lovely letters when we were young."
Aichi laughted embarrassedly when his mother closed the door. Then he focused again to the letter.
"Strange... Not a postage stamp," Aichi thought to himself before he opened the envelope. In the envelope Aichi found a small piece of paper which was written with neat handwriting:
"Use these but look out. From, somebody you can trust"
Aichi read the letter again couple of times. The message was short but it was enough to make him worried. Who was this person who claimed that Aichi can trust him or her when there weren't even a name of the sender in the letter. And from what he or she tried to warn him?
Aichi placed the letter on the table, studied the contents of the envelope again and took out...
Four tickets to Ultra Rare's farewell concert!
To be continue...
Alright, this was the first chapter. Publishing the second chapter will take some time but I'll try work with it as soon as possible.