Honoka decided that it was time for her to go back home to her family. She told Kotori that she wanted to go back to her family. Even though she didn't know them she still wanted to go back to them and reunite with them. Kotori smile Honoka's determination and walked her back to her house so she could meet her family again. Honoka's family hugged her and told her who they were. Honoka was shy around them at first but she was able to warm up to them very quickly. Her family was a little sad that she didn't remember them but the memory loss wasn't important to them at the moment. They were just happy that Honoka was finally home. Honoka just met her family and she already loved them. She knew that they were with her most of her life but the memory loss made her forget about them. So she did her best to bond with them.
For the last couple of days Honoka has been struggling with remembering thing lately. It was like all of the memories she got were leaving her head. Honoka wasn't sure what was going on but she decided that it was just a side effect from the medication she took when she was still in the hospital. Honoka was on her way to school. But for some reason she had forgotten the directions to get there. Honoka was wondering around for a couple of minutes when she heard a voice call her.
"Honoka, what are you doing? We need to get to class or we'll be late" The voice said
Honoka turned around and saw a girl with dark blue hair. The girl was looking at her with a serious look on her face. Honoka took step back in fear. She didn't know who this girl was but she was scaring her. Umi noticed that Honoka was giving her a scared look. She looked around to see if there was anything in the area that could be scaring her friend. When she saw nothing she turned back to Honoka and saw that she was still scared for some reason.
"What's wrong Honoka? Why do you look so scared?" Umi asked
Umi stepped forward and tried to put her hand on Honoka's shoulder but the ginger haired girl took another step back.
"Who are you? Why do you know my name?" Honoka asked
Umi froze when she heard what her childhood friend had just asked her. Umi was wondering if Honoka hit her head again but she decided to tell her friend who she was.
"Honoka, it's me Umi. Don't you remember me?" Umi asked
When Honoka heard the girl's name she suddenly started to hold her head in pain. Honoka was shaking her head trying to make the pain in her head go away. Umi was looking her with worried expression on her face. She wondered if Honoka's head injury was a lot worse than they thought it was. When Honoka let go of her head she looked at Umi and smiled.
"Umi! How could I forget about one of my childhood friends?" Honoka asked
Umi saw the smile that Honoka gave her but that didn't make her any less worried about her. She was wondering if Honoka should make an appointment with a doctor but she decided to not do that since Honoka seemed to be fine right now. Umi took Honoka by her hand and led her to the school. Every once in a while she would look back the ginger haired girl to make sure that she was okay. They met up with Kotori about half way.
"Honoka, Umi good morning" Kotori said
"Good morning Kotori" Umi said
Kotori looked at Honoka and saw that she had a confused look on her face. Honoka didn't know who this girl was. She saw that the girl with ash-grey hair was giving her a bright smile. Honoka heard Umi call the girl Kotori. She made the choice to ask the girl if her name was Kotori.
"Kotori? Your name's Kotori?" Honoka asked
Kotori frowned when she heard what Honoka had just asked her. Kotori hoped Honoka didn't get another head injury and forgot about them again.
"Of course I'm Kotori. Who else would I be?" Kotori asked
Honoka felt the pain in her head come back and she gripped her head again like she did before. Kotori was now looking at Honoka with a worried expression on her face.
"Honoka? Are you okay? Do you need to go to the nurse's office?" Kotori asked
When Honoka let go of her head she looked back at Kotori and smiled her.
"How could I forget about you Kotori? Don't worry I'm fine" Honoka said
Umi watched all of this with an even more worried expression.
"She did to that to me earlier. What's going on?" Umi thought
Umi didn't know what was going on but what she did know was that there was something wrong with. All of the girls have been spending time with Honoka ever since she was discharged from the hospital two weeks ago.
Kotori was looking at Honoka with a worried expression on her face. But that worried expression turned into a smile when she Honoka told her that she was fine.
"I'm glad you're okay, I was afraid that there was something wrong with you" Kotori said
The girls were walking towards their classroom when they heard an energetic voice call out to them from a long distance away from them.
"Honoka, Umi, Kotori! The voice called
The three second years turned around and saw that it was Rin who was running towards them. Rin greeted Umi and Kotori with a hug. Honoka saw that the girl had short orange hair and was hugging her two friends like they were also friends. Rin turned towards Honoka and gave her a hug as well.
"Good morning Honoka!" Rin said
"OW!" Rin said
Rin looked up at Honoka and asked her why she would do that.
"Why did you do that Honoka? That was mean!" Rin said
Honoka looked at Rin with a scared look on her face.
"Who are you? And why are you hugging a stranger? Honoka asked
Rin was confused by Honoka's words.
"What are you talking about Honoka? It's me Rin-nya" Rin said
The same pain from before came rushing back and Honoka grabbed her head again. Umi and Kotori were starting to worry about their childhood friend. When Honoka let go of her head she looked at and gave her a smile.
"Good morning Rin and how are you this morning?" Honoka asked
Rin's worried face disappeared and was replaced by a bright smile on her face.
"I'm doing fine Honoka" Rin said
Kotori watched this and wondered if something was wrong Honoka.
"Honoka is acting strange. What's wrong with her?" Kotori thought
It was time for lunch and the three girls were headed the idol room to eat lunch. They met up with Rin along the way. Rin joined them on the journey to the clubroom since she was on her way over there too. Umi was in deep thought because of Honoka's behavior during class. She noticed that Honoka was struggling with learning the lesson. That wouldn't be such a surprise but Umi noticed that Honoka struggling even more than usual. The only subject that Honoka was bad at was math. She gets at least an average or an above average on the other subjects. But the subject that they were focusing on at the time wasn't math. Umi was really starting to worry about her. When they were almost at the idol room they met up with Hanayo.
"Hi girls are you on your way to the idol room?" Hanayo asked
"Yes we are, do you want to go there with us?" Kotori asked
"Yes, I was headed there myself" Hanayo said
Honoka was looking at a short brown haired girl with glasses on. Who was she and why are both Umi and Kotori acting like they know her? Honoka didn't realize that the girls started walking again. Hanayo noticed that Honoka was just standing there staring off into space. She called Honoka so she would be back in the real world.
"Honoka, are you coming?" Hanayo said
Honoka looked and saw that Hanayo was in front of her. Honoka leaped back in surprise. She even let out a surprised yelp. Hanayo saw Honoka leap back and apologized to her for scaring her.
"I'm sorry Honoka! I didn't mean to scare you!" Hanayo said
Honoka looked at Hanayo and asked her how she knew her name.
"Who are you and why do you know my name?" Honoka asked
Hanayo's eyes went wide in shock. She couldn't believe her ears. Honoka had just asked her who she was.
"Honoka calm down, it's me Hanayo" Hanayo said
"Hanayo?" Honoka said
"Yes that's my name" Hanayo said with a nod
The same painful headache came back and Honoka once again grabbed her head in pain. It felt like the pain her head was slowly getting worse. When her headache was gone she looked back at Hanayo and smiled at her.
"Hi Hanayo are you on your way to the idol club? If you are then you should come with us since all of us going into the same direction" Honoka said
Hanayo was silent and just nodded. She wondered what on earth just happened to her friend. She wondered if she was losing her memories again. The girls kept walking and met up with Maki and Nico on the way over to the club room.
"Let me guess all of you are going to the clubroom" Maki said
"You guessed right" Rin said
"In that case let us join you since we were about to head over there ourselves" Nico said
Honoka was looking at the two new girls that they ran into. The short girl had black hair in pigtails while the other girl had shoulder length red hair. Honoka had a shy look on her face and hid behind the other girls and used them as shield to hide herself. Nico noticed Honoka hiding and decided to call out to her.
"Why are you hiding Honoka?" Nico asked
Maki noticed that Honoka was hiding behind the girls right after Nico asked her why she was hiding.
"What's wrong Honoka?" Maki asked
"Why do you know girls know my name?" Honoka asked
They froze when she asked them why they knew her name.
"Stop joking around Honoka! There's no way you could forget about me. I'm Nico, the greatest idol in the universe" Nico said
"I'm Maki, don't you remember us Honoka?" Maki said
As soon as Honoka heard their names the same headache from before came back to her. She was grabbing her head to try to make the pain less painful. When it went away she looked at Nico and Maki and smiled at them.
"Nico, Maki let's all walk to the clubroom together" Honoka said
The two girls didn't know what to say so they just nodded and followed the other girls. Along the way they ran into Eli and Nozomi.
"Are you all headed to the club room?" Eli asked
"Yes, we are" Maki said
"I knew all of you were going to the room, we were headed that way ourselves. Let's go together" Nozomi said
Honoka was looking at two unfamiliar girls in front her. One girl had dark purple hair in two low pigtails while the other had blond hair in a high ponytail. Honoka took step back in horror when she saw the two girls look at her.
"What's wrong Honoka?" Eli asked
"Why do you look so scared?" Nozomi asked
"Why do you girls know my name? I don't remember meeting you two at all!" Honoka asked
Both girls were caught off guard by Honoka's words. They wondered what was going on with Honoka.
"Honoka, it's me Eli" Eli said
"I'm Nozomi Honoka don't you remember who I am?" Nozomi asked
The headache came back again. Honoka grabbed both sides of her head and started to shake her head so the pain would go away. All the girls were looking at Honoka with worried looks on their faces. When the pain in her head went away she let go of her head and looked back at Eli and Nozomi with a smile on her face.
"Eli, Nozomi lets all have lunch in the idol room" Honoka said
They both nodded because they didn't know what to say after what Honoka just displayed. All of them made it to the clubroom and started to have lunch. When lunch was over they saw that their classes were about to start again so all the girls got up and were about to leave but Umi's voice stopped them when they heard ask Honoka if she was going to get up.
"Are you coming Honoka? Class is about to start again" Umi said
Honoka looked over at Umi with a confused look on her face.
"Honoka? Who's Honoka?" Honoka asked
The girls froze when they heard what their leader had just asked them.
"You're Honoka, remember?" Umi asked
Honoka's headache returned once again. She grabbed head and started to shake it to make the pain go away. When the pain stopped she looked back she saw the girls looking at her with worried expressions on their faces
"Oh silly me how could I forget my own name?" Honoka asked
All the girls were really starting to worry about their leader. She forgot all of their names and now she forgot her own name. Honoka looked around the room. It was like she was looking in a room that she had never been in before.
"Where are we right now?" Honoka asked
They were taken aback when they heard what she had just asked them.
"This is the idol clubroom where we come up with ideas for our idol performances" Eli said
"We also practice our singing and dancing on the roof of the school" Nozomi said
"Idol? Clubroom? School? Roof? What are you girls talking about?" Honoka asked
Maki has had enough. She took out her phone and called her mom. She told her that there was something wrong with Honoka. Maki nodded at the instructions that her mother gave her. Maki hung up and put her phone back in her pocket. The girls looked at her and wondered waited for her to tell them what they should do.
"Come on girls. We're taking Honoka to the hospital" Maki said
They all nodded. They believed that whatever was going on with their friend needed to checked out by a doctor. When the girls got Honoka to the hospital the nurses took her to a room. Maki's mom went into the room and ran a few tests on her. She got the results she wanted. She came back out and looked at the other girls. They waited for her to tell them what was wrong with Honoka.
"I ran the tests on Honoka and I got her results. Honoka has Dementia" Maki's mom said
They all froze in terror when they heard that their friend was suffering from Dementia.