Author's Note: I realize this one was a bit late and a bit rough, but I have only recently seen EX and not even fully. I've decided against using the false identity used in the first arc of EX. Please bear with this, as it is a multi-part arc for the story itself.

The Girl Who Died

My sleep wasn't normal. It was more induced than a natural occurrence. It was as if someone or something was pulling me away from the world and into another. Normally I didn't have a dream, but for some reason I did. Well, a dream is stretching it. It was more of like a memory that wasn't my own. What I saw wasn't anything I recognized. I saw a blond girl holding a gun facing a masked man. I don't remember the words I spoke, but I did remember the words said to me by the girl.

"Riki...Promise me that when this is all over...That we'll go on a real date OK?"

And then as if pulled away from the dream I had woken up in a stream of sweat. The girl looked awfully familiar, as if I had met her before. I replayed the memories I still carried from the transient world, but the girl wasn't in any of them. As I looked around my dorm room I ultimately accepted that it had been before the accident that claimed the lives of my family and forced terrible Narcolepsy onto me. I carried very little memories from before then, and what memories I did have were painful to think of.

"Oh Riki!" Masato jumped from his top bunk and landed beside my bed. "Good you're up! Man you were out of it for two days! Kyousuke and Rin were worried, but I finally convinced them to leave since you'd be fine in my care! Yep! No one is going to get past these muscles! Speaking of muscles, for some reason you were muttering something about a girl and not wanting her to go? What's up with that?"

Two days? I was out that long? I stared at him blankly for a few seconds, and then I shook my head to signal I didn't know what he was talking about. And wait, what did muscles have to do with that last part? Baffled once more by Masato's inner workings, I climbed out of the bed. Having rested enough, I quickly changed into my uniform and headed out. Behind me Masato was screaming something about needing to work out more often.

The sun was unbearably bright that day, so much that I had to shield my eyes as I walked. Students were hurrying around since only one more class period remained. Apparently Masato had volunteered to stay behind and watch over me until I woke up, but in truth just didn't want to attend classes for the day. I walked to my classroom and noticed that Kyousuke was standing beside my desk. I slowly made my way to him, but he noticed me before I reached him.

"Riki. Rin. Come with me," Kyousuke glanced at his sister. "We need to talk about that place now that Riki is awake."

"Riki?" Rin jumped from her seat in shock. "Riki! You're finally up! You had me worried."

"Yes yes catch up later," Kyousuke patted his sister's head, earning a hiss from her. "This is important."

As she calmed down, she took a few quick steps to my side and stared at my face, "Hey Riki is something wrong? You look a little pale."

"Huh? Oh...Nothing. Just a bad dream."

"Dream?" Kyousuke grabbed my shoulder. "On second thought...Rin stay here and take notes for Riki. I need to talk to him alone about something. And don't try to argue. You can catch up with him later. For now I need you to trust me and do as I say. Got it?"

When she sat down without putting up a fight, he rushed me out of the room and led me to the roof. Upon arriving on the roof, he locked the door behind them and faced me. A grim look encroached his face, which instantly put a feeling of fear in my stomach. Instinctively I placed a hand over my mouth in an attempt to hold back throw up.

"You shouldn't have dreamt anything Riki. Not during a Narcolepsy attack. What exactly was the dream?"

"I saw this weird blond girl. She was holding a gun and facing a masked man. The man's eyes glowed red, but the girl didn't back down. I was on one side of iron bars watching as the two disappeared into the darkness. The girl mentioned a promise to go on a date, and then I was dragged away from the dream. She seemed so familiar, as if I had met her before. Kyousuke...What's going on? Why are you acting like this is bad?" The worry overtook me.

"You finally remembered eh?" Kyousuke did a face palm and let out a sigh. "When we were in that transient world you had a dream, but I decided to erase your memory of it. You had dreamt of having a partner and defeating an organization. It was all the plot to my favorite Manga School Revolution. It looks like that dream came back partly. Don't think about it too much. Just go relax with Rin."

A dream? It sounded plausible. But I didn't buy it fully. Sure Kyousuke had done everything to save his little sister from going through life in a state of depression, but he had straight up lied to me. I didn't hate him for it, but I had secretly made a promise to question the things he fed me without hesitation. The labrynth we had fallen into was a prime example of following him blindly again. We almost lost Rin, and I wasn't going to let that just go that easily. After a moment of silence the two of us went back into the school using the key Kyousuke had been given. In the hallways I looked back at the stairs for a second, and then turned back around.

"You...!" Kyousuke's shocked voice grabbed my attention.

"Riki...!" The girl from my dream was standing in our way and then pulled me into a hug. "Long time no see!"

"Huh...?"

"Whaddya mean 'huh?' you jerk! Is that all you can say when your girlfriend manages to find you again after so long?" The girl was obviously mad.

"Girlfriend?" I asked dumbfounded. "Wait wait wait! That can't be right! I don't even know who you are! Besides I already have a girlfriend!"

"You...Don't remember me?" The girl looked hurt, and then stepped back in shock. "Of course...He erased your memory after it happened...Riki...The man standing beside you..."

"Don't say it!"

"Is the leader of the Darkness Executives. The very man you helped me beat in order to find the treasure of this school," The girl glared at Kyousuke. "The treasure was supposed to be a Bioweapon...But he made it into a Time Machine like we originally wanted. He sent me back in time and allowed me to live on. He allowed me to play more with you when we were younger...Riki! Open your eyes! It's me! It's Aya!"

"You died! There is no way my powers in that world saved you!" Kyousuke was furious.

The memories came flooding back. There had been a girl I had played with before the accident. I had met her by chasing after my ball which had gotten away from me. Then we played together everyday until the accident happened. Then I never saw her again until she reappeared in the Transient World under the name Tokido Saya. Her name had been Aya. I had made a promise to her. A promise to take her on a date. But that had been in the Transient World. So why did I not remember her any more than that? Who was this girl who had shown up mysteriously? This girl who had apparently died?