Angel Beats! REBORN!
Episode 2: The Return
Bang! Bang! The sound of gunshots echoed in Yuzuru's ears. He cautiously stood up and turned to the front door of the café.
"Kanade get down!" Yuzuru commanded. Kanade ducked down and hide.
Why are there gunshots outside?
Bang! Bang! The customers began to become more and more frightened. Suddenly a shadow leaped in from the blinded windows and consumed a customer, who also became a shadow.
Ahhh! Everyone began to panic and tried to reach for the door, but more shadows appeared.
"What is going on?" Yuzuru exclaimed. The group was consumed by the shadows.
"Yuzuru! Kanade! This way!" Mio and Yuzuru's parents led them outside through the back door.
"What were those shadows?" asked Yuzuru in panic.
"I don't know but-" Yuzuru's mother placed her hand on her forehead.
"Mum, what's wrong?" Yuzuru began to panic more. Darkness surrounded his mother and soon his father and Mio. They too became shadows.
"We gotta get out of here Kanade" Yuzuru held Kanade's hand and ran out through the alleyway.
He reached the end of the alleyway but froze in shock; the streets were filled with shadows. Footsteps approached Yuzuru and Kanade from behind; Yuzuru was running out of time, by now more shadows had their attention on them. They were completely surrounded from in from and from behind.
"Damn it" Yuzuru embraced Kanade tightly trying to protect her; he shut his eyes tightly accepting his fate.
Yuzuru suddenly heard the sound of a vehicle approaching from the right side of the street, "Otonashi!" a familiar voice approached him. He opened his eyes and saw the shadows in front swept away by an armoured truck which looked military.
"Get down!" the voice commanded. Yuzuru ducked down with Kanade, people equipped with weapons and wore clothing which looked like school uniforms appeared. They shot the shadows with their weapons which incinerated the shadows upon contact with the bullets shot.
Soon all the shadows were no more. They were surrounded by the students.
"Otonashi, I missed you, where have you been?!" a familiar voice said, it was the first time Yuzuru had heard the voice but it felt familiar. Yuzuru was then suddenly embraced.
"Do you remember me? I'm Ayato" said the strange student, "Alright I take it that your memories haven't returned yet, I'll use my hypnotism to help you regain your memories"
The student's eyes turned as red as blood, Yuzuru slowly closed his eyes. Memories flashed by him, how he became the member of the SSS what he did in that other world, everything returned to him.
"Ayato…" Yuzuru unconsciously said as he reopened his eyes. He remembers the other students that stood around them.
"You remember now!" Ayato jumped up and down in excitement.
"Can you bring back Kanade's memories too?" asked Yuzuru placing his hands on Ayato's shoulders.
"Yes, if it is your command" Ayato replied with confidence.
Just as Ayato stepped in front of Kanade, the walkie talky released the sound of an explosion.
"That was Bravo Team seems like they were attacked while trying to retrieve the Commander" said Matsushida.
"Who's in Bravo Team?" asked Yuzuru.
"Hinata and TK, their objective is retrieve the Commander" answered Ayato.
"We need to help them!" shouted Yui, "Hinata's in trouble!"
"Alright, we'll save your boyfriend. Although I don't understand what is going on here, but explain to me after this, will you? Let's go!" commanded Yuzuru, Yui's face became red upon hearing that.
"Sorry Angel, we'll recover your memories later" apologized Ayato as he returned to the vehicle.
"Angel?" Kanade repeated.
The group entered the vehicle, with Matsuda behind the wheel the group moved towards Bravo Team's location.
"We are approaching Bravo Team's location, everyone lock and load" said Matsuda as he passed a pistol to Yuzuru.
"Kanade, when we get to Bravo Team, I need to stay in the car with Yui okay?" said Yuzuru, now that his memories have returned, Kanade is more important than ever.
"B-But Yuzuru…"
"No buts, just stay, please…" Kanade gave a small nod.
The group reached the location and ran out of the vehicle, while Kanade and Yui remained inside.
They entered a shopping centre and begun their search for Hinata and TK. Yuzuru saw a hand underneath a large piece of concrete.
"Guy's I need help over here" yelled Yuzuru. Matsuda and Ayato gathered up Yuzuru. Matsuda lifted the concrete while Yuzuru and Ayato dragged the body out from underneath. Matsuda released the concrete which let out a loud echo. It was Hinata, his injuries all seemed fatal, Yuzuru placed his hand on Hinata's chest to feel the heartbeat.
"You can't die in this world too Otonashi" commented Ayato.
"Wake up Hinata!" his eyes slowly opened.
"Really? Otonashi, you thought I was dead? Are you gay or something? I got a girlfriend now if you don't know" Hinata forced a laugh out.
"I know that, anyway, where's TK and the Commander?"
"TK is with the Commander, I told him to hide in the change room with the Commander at the store above us"
"The change room?!"
"Well there wasn't a better place to hide okay"
"I see"
"But do we have to change the Commander back to normal? I like the innocent yet violentish personality"
"We're going to need her, let's go"
"Alright, let's go, but there's a level 3 Shadow around here"
"Level 3?"
"Yeah, there are multiple levels of Shadows now, level 10 is the highest"
"Explain later, let's save them already"
The group reached the upper level, but the store was surrounded by around fifteen Shadows.
"What should we do? There's so many of them" asked Hinata.
"Don't be such a baby, we should be able to get through" said Ayato as calm as ever.
"Ayato's right, we can get through this" agreed Yuzuru.
They charged towards the group of Shadows. Bang! Bang! The Shadows go down one by one. Ayato, Hinata and Matsuda defended the front door while Yuzuru rushed inside to save TK and Yuri.
"TK! Yuri!" yelled Yuzuru as he slid aside the change room curtains.
"Otonashi?" a girl walked out from the change room at the end of the small hallway of change rooms with a familiar next to her. It was Yuri and TK.
"Sup man, good to see you"
"It's good to see you too. We need to get you two out of here now"
"But what's the Shadows outside?" asked Yuri.
"I'll explain later but right now, I need you to follow me"
"Alright don't leave anything out though"
Everyone ran out of the building while shooting down the remaining Shadows that followed them. Soon the smoke of their firearms covered the whole doorway of the entrance. Yuzuru was out of ammo, the spare clips were inside the vehicle. They reached the vehicle and slowly approached it.
Thump! Thump! Thump! Loud footsteps approached them from behind, faster and faster, closer and closer. From the smoke, emerged a Shadow, but unlike the other Shadows, this one was larger and had claws as hands, it ran towards the group.
"The level 3!"
The Shadow was only a few meters away, Yuzuru was its target, but he was out of ammo, he didn't have time to dodge the attack. He shut his eyes tightly and braced himself for impact.