Hi! Eraviel here again! Chappy 2 is here! LOL! HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN?! D:
To Seeker 213: My bad, XD Let's just think that it's a 'holiday' hehe.
To Requiem81: Uh, does it really matter? How come you did even had that impression? XD But then again, I wrote at the bottom of the first chappie: Random ideas make random impressions xD
Took me so long before I could finalize my theories here, so I'm sorry if the update took forever xD
As for my promise that I'd explain how our Shiori-chan appeared, I've decided not to lay everything here. I'd do it sequentially.
On to the story now, no more chattering! I bet you probably know what I'm going to say, so I'm not gonna repeat it again :3
"Huh…?" Origami said as her mouth opened in surprise. She then looked to Shidou whose thoughts seem to be wandering somewhere.
"S-S-Shiori…?" Tohka mumbled as she saw the figure in front of the class. She's one of the people who can't believe this happening. Well, it's pretty obvious for her since she's simultaneously looking from Shidou to Shiori in a repetitive manner.
Shidou just stared to the girl in front as his head was leaning on his hand. Possibly processing what was happening. And by the time it hit him, his head slipped down from his hand and hit the table.
"Owww…!" He groaned in pain.
"Ah…!" The transfer student at the front reacted as she saw Shidou got hurt, and immediately went to his aid.
"Are you alright, Shidou?" Shiori asked with a worried look.
"You're… Shiori-chan… right…?" Shidou said as he covered his lower face with his hand as he can't believe what he's seeing right now. Shiori just nodded at him.
Little she didn't know that her actions triggered something.
"Are you two siblings?" A blonde girl, named Yamabuki Ai, asked as she went to Shiori and Shidou, along with her two friends, Hazakura Mai and Fujibakama Mii, and along with a massive crowd behind them.
"You look really alike." Mai said as she inspected both of them, which gave them discomfort.
"That's so lame…" Mii said with a vague expression.
Shidou and Shiori looked at each other and gave an awkward looks.
"Shidou! What is going on here?!" Tohka asked as she went in front of him. She's confused not because of Shiori's actions towards Shidou, but about something else which is beyond human logic and science.
"Tohka…?" Shiori said as she walked to her and patted her head. "You're really Tohka…!" Shiori said as her face brightened.
"Wha-" Tohka blushed from her actions. She didn't expect that move. She became flustered as she got patted since she's feeling the same whenever Shidou does that to her.
"Now, back to her question." Origami butted in. "Are you two siblings…? You really do look alike."
Shidou pondered on that question and decided to come clean and honest.
"Uhh, we're not." Shidou answered.
"Then how're you going to explain your family names?" Origami asked again.
"Uhh, you know, I'm not the only Itsuka in Japan, right…?" Shidou said to Shiori as he looked directly to her, asking for help.
"Huh…? We're cousins." Shiori said straightforward, which made Shidou's mouth open in surprise. "But we're not full cousins. I believe I told you that before…?" Shiori continued as she directed her attention to the trio, Ai, Mai, and Mii.
"Huh…?" Ai said in confusion.
"When…?" Mai asked too in confusion.
"That's so lame…?" Mii had her usual catchphrase.
Their surprised expressions were far lesser than Shidou's, because he remembered him saying those things to them. Yes, Shidou disguised as Shiori, during the Tenou Festival. It's like, his memories were also hers. And another concern of his was, how the trio did forget it.
But what concerned him most was, why and how his disguised self appeared before him? And Shiori's a legitimate girl! What on earth could prove this phenomenon?
"Huh…?" Shiori was dumbfounded when they can't remember her. Then something which was totally critical hit her in the head.
'I see, they got their memories reset… and I'm someone that is… Huh…?' She thought to herself. 'I'm… what…?' She tried to remember something but her attempts were futile.
Those 'memories' were the ones during the Tenou Festival. And it's very clear that 'she' told Ai, Mai and Mii personally about who 'she' really is. Anything beyond that was not clear to her.
She was totally confused.
After a few moments, two figures opened the classroom door and made a very, very loud entrance. Additionally, they're not from this class, and they just got a habit of barging inside during mornings, especially a minute or two after Tama-chan enters the room.
"Err, guys… Calm-"
"What's with the noise early in the morning?!" One of the girls, whose hair was braided up, and has a lean figure, said as she stepped inside the room.
It was Kaguya, Yamai Kaguya.
"Yamai-san…" Tama-chan turned to the source of the voice and saw Kaguya went inside. She forgot that there were two Yamai's in the school. And she totally forgot that she's supposed to start Homeroom.
So much for early class.
"Sensei!" Kaguya called as she heard her call. "There are two Yamai's in the school, so please refer us by our first names or we'll never know who you're calling."
"Y-Yes!"
Somehow, Tama-chan's terrified with this girl.
"Ask. What is going on here, Shidou?" The other girl, whose hair was braided in three portions, and has a 'body of the model' as described by a certain someone, asked as she walked to Shidou who's with someone she's not expecting to be here with him. She pointed the question directly to Shidou.
"Nuuu- SHIDOU?! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Kaguya burst out as she saw 'her'. Kaguya didn't see Shidou behind Shiori so she didn't know what's really going on.
The transfer student was surprised that the spirits were able to remember her, with the exception of Origami, which she already knew the reason why.
And she knew that Kaguya mistook her for Shidou because she's covering him behind her, and probably didn't see him.
"Uhm, Kaguya, this is Shidou." Shiori said as she stepped aside and revealed Shidou.
"Nu-!" Kaguya froze with what she just witnessed. She maybe at that state for a few minutes or so.
"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?!" Kaguya finally snapped. "Why are there two of you?! And why the hell the other one is dressing as a girl?!"
The whole class was left dumbfounded with her intense question.
"Dressing as a girl?"
"What does that mean?"
"Shiori's a guy?"
"Shiori's a trap?!"
Shiori's gone red as she kept on hearing the comments from her classmates. She wanted to defend herself but her embarrassment was not letting her do it.
They totally forgot that they should have homeroom today.
"I AM A GIRL!" Shiori defended herself.
Kaguya narrowed her eyes before speaking, "Well, there's only one way to find out."
The orange-haired girl then walked towards the poor girl who has everyone's attention.
"What are you- Nnh—Ahh!"
Before Shiori knew it, Kaguya was already fondling her breasts.
"OHHHH YEAAAAHHH!" The guys mostly cried as they enjoyed the scene played in front of them.
"It does seem legit…" Kaguya said nonchalantly before releasing the poor girl. "Yes, she's a legit girl."
Shiori fell down on her knees as she tried to catch her breathing. "I-I already t-told you I am…!"
The ruckus inside the classroom continued, but their teacher, Tama-chan, couldn't do a single thing to calm the storm.
"Uhmm, guys…?" She tried to catch everyone's attention, but she failed on doing so as they were too focused on the transfer student.
As they chaos continued, a certain silverish purple-haired woman who seemed to be in her late thirties, went inside the classroom unnoticed by the students.
"…What's going on here?" She asked.
"M-Murasame-sensei, please help me out here!" Tama-chan requested.
Murasame Reine. She's a physics teacher in Raizen High.
"…Cover your ears." Reine whispered to the troubled teacher.
Tama-chan complied with her request and covered her ears using both of her hands. Reine then wore earplugs, took a chalk and scratched it hard on the blackboard, creating an intense, high pitched sound that could almost pierce everyone's eardrums.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" Everyone cringed in pain as they heard the extreme sound and covered their ears.
"…Cooled of yet, kids?" Reine asked as she removed the earplugs on her ears.
Nobody said a word. Most likely they didn't hear her clearly.
Reine sighed.
"…Itsuka-kun, please come to the faculty room after your homeroom." She said.
Two people raised their hands after hearing Reine's request.
"Which one of us, Murasame-sensei?" Shidou asked in a polite, yet embarrassed manner.
Reine just made an 'Ah' expression afterwards. She forgot that there were two Itsukas in the classroom right now. And for the reason how she knew that? Simple, she's a teacher, assistant homeroom teacher of Shidou, after all.
"…The two of you, I guess." Reine said.
"Why do you sound not so sure?!" He then sighed in defeat.
Reine left without replying a word. Seems like the ruckus died down and Tama-chan finally got her place back and started the homeroom, late homeroom class to be specific.
~o~O~o~
After homeroom was finished, Shidou and Shiori excused themselves and went out of the classroom. They walked down the corridors with the faculty room as their destination, in silence.
The atmosphere around the two blue-haired students was getting awkward. Well, pretty much because the two of them were looking sideways in the opposite direction of each other.
"W-What do you think Re-, I mean, Murasame-sensei wants to talk about?" Shidou asked the girl beside him to break the awkward situation.
"I… I have no idea…" Shiori said nervously.
Shidou seemed to have noticed Shiori's nervousness, but he decided not to pry on it as it might be a sensitive topic to talk about. Then again, he might be able to hear it once they arrive in the faculty room.
They arrived at the faculty after a few moments. Shidou knocked at the door twice before opening it.
"Excuse us…" He then slid the door open. The room was silent, as there's only one person inside. It was their assistant homeroom teacher, Murasame Reine, who was present, sitting at the other side of the room.
"…Oh, Shin, Shiori, over here." Reine called in a low voice.
The two students walked towards Reine's desk.
"What'd you call us for, Reine-san?" Shidou asked.
"…It's about Shiori." Reine replied with a vague expression.
"What about me?" Shiori asked in confusion.
Reine didn't seem to be satisfied. "…How did you get in here?"
Shiori didn't seem to get what Reine was asking. She wanted to answer the obvious but she got a feeling that it's not what the older woman wants to hear.
"Reine-san, that's-"
Shiori interrupted Shidou before he could finish what he was about to say. "No, it's all right, Shidou."
"To be honest, I…" Shiori paused for a bit. She seemed to be troubled by whatever she's thinking. "I… don't remember anything. I just found myself in a certain abandoned building three days ago with a note with me."
She then took out something from her pocket, revealing a piece of paper and gave it to Reine. The note said:
Go to Raizen High at all costs
"…Oh? How come your papers are all fixed?" Reine then took a bunch of papers inside her drawer, which contained all information about the questioned girl.
Shiori swung her head. "I don't know; whoever sent me here might've done a lot of preparations."
"…Seems like it." Reine said as she looked through the papers. Though one thing that was bugging her was, the words, or rather, the instructions from the note is so desperate.
The atmosphere calmed a little for a few minutes until Shidou noticed that something was off with what Shiori just said.
"Wait, Shiori-chan…" Shidou called. The blue-haired girl turned to him with a confused look. "You said that you don't remember anything, right?"
Shiori nodded as a response.
"Then, how are you going to explain what you just said earlier in the classroom?"
Shiori's eyes widened. It just hit her. She now questioned herself how come she knew all of those things. She had this feeling too earlier, but she couldn't remember anything also.
She couldn't think straight. All she could feel inside her head was pain every time she tries to complete the puzzle.
"A-Are you okay, Shiori-chan?" Shidou asked with complete worry. "I-I'm sorry, forget that I asked."
Shiori made a weak smile. "N-No, it's fine."
Reine clapped her hands to get the attention of the two. "…Okay, you can go back to your class now. Thanks for sparing some time for me."
Shidou and Shiori bowed down and left the faculty room.
~o~O~o~
The two Itsuka students were walking down the empty corridors. Classes were still going on, that's why the hallway's empty.
"So… Shiori-chan, you really don't remember anything…?" Shidou asked nervously. Of course, he doesn't want to touch that sensitive topic, but he was curious as there's really something off with it.
"Y-Yeah… I'm sorry, Shidou…" Shiori said dejectedly.
Shidou tried to reassure the troubled girl, but somehow, it's not working. "N-No, it's fine. I just find it off because that thing about me being your cousin and telling those three is something I clearly remember doing myself."
Shiori stopped on her tracks as she heard Shidou's explanation.
"What's wrong?"
The blue-haired girl didn't say anything as she was too shocked to say anything. It was painted all over her face, and Shidou knows it too.
"A-Ah, no, it's nothing." She said. It was clear to her that whatever memory she had right now belongs to Shidou; for the reason how did that happen, is something unknown to her, along with Ai, Mai, and Mii forgetting about that certain event.
"I see… sorry about asking again." Shidou apologized.
"No, it's fine." Shiori said as she smiled at him, which made the young man blush.
They headed back to the classroom without further ado. They might miss a lot if they don't hurry up.
'I… I think it's better to keep this to myself for now. He'll realize it later in the future anyway.' Shiori thought.
~o~O~o~
Classes had ended without a hitch. Well, for the teachers only, at the very least. But for Shidou's class, it didn't go well. Every vacant time, there's this someone who gets everyone's attention, and she couldn't be more inconvenienced that she was since morning.
But that ended as she, not, 'they' got out of the school.
"Man… that was a long day." Shidou said as he sighed.
"I should be the one saying that, Shidou…" Shiori said.
There's the two of them only. There should be another three, but Shidou talked to them that he'll explain later.
"Right, right, sorry about that." Shidou said with an awkward smile. "So, where do you live?"
"Well, I'm staying in a cheap inn, and I did a part-time job which gives a pay every day, and I paid the rent for three days." Shiori said as she sighed. "But I'm not cut out for that, and I easily get exhausted, so…"
"You can't pay the rent anymore?" Shidou finished.
Shiori nodded in embarrassment.
Shidou sighed. "Alright, how about you stay in my place?"
He said that without thinking through it.
"E-Eh…?! A-A-Are y-you sure…?" Shiori went red instantly as she heard Shidou's offer.
The blue-haired boy seemed to be confused about why the girl with him suddenly became flustered. "What's wrong, you don't want to?"
The young lady's heart raced faster. Seriously, Shidou's a dense idiot.
"I-It's not l-like I d-don't want to… but…" Shiori said as she fidgeted her fingers and looked away from Shidou.
That was the time it hit the dense boy. He instantly turned red after realizing what she just said to the bewildered lady with him.
"N-No, p-please don't m-misunderstand!" Shidou tried to calm the girl, but he himself couldn't calm. "T-There's an apartment b-beside our house, y-you can stay there!"
The perplexed girl finally calmed down after hearing Shidou's explanation. Shidou seemed to have calmed down also.
"I-I see. How about the rent?" She asked.
"I'll negotiate with my sister; she had the authority with that." Shidou replied.
"Negotiate?"
Shidou waved off her question by saying that he'll take care of it.
~o~O~o~
After a few minutes of walk, the arrived at the Itsuka residence after taking Shiori's stuff from her former place. She doesn't have many things to bring with her, so the baggage wasn't really that many.
A lot of things did happen in a single day.
Shidou opened the gates and led the young lady with him inside the house. As they entered, they could hear voices from the inside.
"I'm home!" Shidou said. He got no replies, which seems to be unusual for him. Not that he cared about it though.
The two blue-haired students headed to the living room, only to find 5 girls and a puppet, playing cards on the floor.
"Oh, Shidou! Welcome back!" A dark night-haired girl greeted. "Hey, Miku! Stop looking at my cards!"
The girl named Miku, who has a light purple hair, stuck her tongue out as she bailed away from the angered girl and turned her attention to the ones who just arrived.
"Ara, Darling, welcome ba-" She instantly and unconsciously dropped the cards on her hands as she saw Shidou and Shiori standing at the door.
"Miku, what's wrong?" Shidou asked.
Miku was frozen in place. Trying to process whatever she's trying to process in her mind. Probably it's about Shidou again.
"Shi-" She muttered something.
"Shi-?" Everyone said in unison.
"Shi-Shi-Shiori-san?!" Miku suddenly jerked backwards after finally grasping the situation. Took her long enough, though.
"Wh-Wh-Why is Shi-Shi-Shiori-san h-here?!"
"D-D-Darling i-i-is also h-h-here…!"
"AAAAAAAHHHHHHH W-W-What is g-g-going o-on here…?!"
She said 'here' three times.
Miku went nuts. She continued to say incomprehensible stuffs.
"Hey, what the hell is wrong with you?!" One of the orange-haired twins, whose hair was braided up, tried to get the attention of the person who somehow lost her sanity.
"AAAHHHHH I can't take this anymore!" Miku crazily stood up and ran out of the living room, or to be precise, she ran out of the house, leaving the six people.
"Someone go after her?" Shidou said as he stared at the door, which seems to be broken, but hopefully not.
"I… I think it's better to leave her alone." Shiori replied.
Nobody objected with against her. It's definitely a bad idea to chase her down.
"So, Shidou… I guess it's about time that you give an explanation?" The dark night-haired girl said.
Shidou froze.
"I… I think… Reine-san's better off explaining things to you." Shidou said. "Shiori-chan doesn't even know how she got here."
"A-Amnesia…?" The blue-haired little girl with a puppet on her left hand said.
"It could be like that, Yoshino." Shidou said. "So, Tohka, Kaguya, Yuzuru, I'm sorry!"
The three exchanged looks. After a few moments, they smiled at each other.
"Well, not that it would change anything anyway." Kaguya said as she dropped the cards on her hands.
"Agree. It doesn't matter." Yuzuru said.
Tohka just gave a smile at them.
"You girls…" Shidou felt relieved.
It seems like Shidou and Shiori put out a fire, for now. Now there's only one more problem to face. It was none other than her sister.
~o~O~o~
Shidou started to cook dinner as he encouraged Shiori to spend some time with Tohka and the others. Miku has yet to come back, and she's not answering any of his calls, so he just let her cool of for a bit. Well, it seems like it was hard for her to swallow everything.
After a few minutes, he finished cooking dinner and served them on the table.
"Dinner's ready!" Shidou called the girls in the living room.
With that call, the living room was emptied instantly as the people in there immediately headed to the table.
"Wow, a feast!" Kaguya said as she sat down.
Shidou removed his apron. "Come on, you're exaggerating it."
"I'm home!"
Shidou heard a voice from the entrance. He recognized the voice. It belonged to nobody other than his sister.
Perfect timing.
"I'll be right back." Shidou said and headed for the entrance. As he arrived there, he was greeted by two people, one is a redhead, twin-tailed girl; and the other one is a woman with silverish-purple hair, who seemed to be in her late thirties, and appears to be sleepy.
"Oh, Shidou. We seem to have a lot of visitors tonight, huh?" The redhead said as she stepped in the house.
"Well, you could say that, Kotori." Shidou said. "Dinner's ready, you're just in time."
Shidou then led the two to the living room. As they stepped in their destination, Kotori stopped on her tracks. She had her eyes glued on a certain someone sitting on the chair at their dining table.
"Kotori?"
"Shidou…" Kotori called. "Seems like we'll have a talk later."
Just as Shidou wanted.
Kotori then walked to that someone who had her attention since she arrived here. "So, you must be Shiori, am I right?"
Shiori instantly turned to see who just spoke to her. And there, she saw Kotori, Shidou's little sister, behind her.
"Y-Yes, that's me." She said nervously.
The redhead just stared at her for a few moments, and then she sighed. "I thought Reine was joking. Seems like it's true."
Shiori was left dumbfounded.
~o~O~o~
After dinner, Shidou could be seen washing the dishes, while everyone else was in the living room, watching TV. Shidou didn't mind doing the chores himself, as he's already used to.
"Shidou."
The blue-haired boy momentarily paused his activity and turned around to see who called him. She then saw his sister, Itsuka Kotori, sitting on the tall stool behind him, with her gaze directed to the new girl inside the house.
"Did you know what the cause of it is?" She then turned her attention to her brother.
Shidou resumed washing the dishes. "Not even in the slightest."
"I see." Kotori said. "But, there's only one thing that I'm sure."
"What is it?"
Kotori looked back to Shiori once more. "She's not from this world."
Shidou nearly dropped a plate after hearing Kotori's answer. "What do you mean?!" He seemed to be startled.
"Literally what I said." Kotori said nonchalantly. "Or most likely, she's from another timeline, universe, or whatever similar to that."
Shidou was speechless. He couldn't imagine what Kotori was saying. It would appear that Shiori is like an alien or something, but he discarded that thought. She's a legit human.
"So, what do we do then?" Shidou asked as he finished washing the dishes.
"Find the person who sent her here." Kotori said like it's a matter of fact. "I know it's no easy task, but there's no other way."
"Yeah." Shidou replied. "But, where do we even start looking?"
Kotori froze for a second.
"I… I'll try to do some investigations; for now, just stay with her." Kotori said. "Oh, she can live here."
"Wha-?" Shidou was surprised and startled with Kotori's suggestion. "D-Do you know what y-you're saying?!"
Kotori seemed to be confused for a bit about Shidou's reaction, and then made a smug look as she realized the cause of his perplexing.
"Well, the empty rooms of the apartment are currently unusable, because of facility malfunctioning, so we can't let her stay in there." Kotori said. "Though we've kept Tohka and the other's room functioning as much as we can."
Shidou seemed suspicious with Kotori's explanation. That apartment is owned by Ratatoskr; and how the hell can't they maintain that shelter in good condition?
"You're running out of budget or what?" Shidou asked suspiciously.
Kotori swung her head. "You could say it like that. Well, a certain someone is using too many resources, so we have to cut out on the expenses."
"Ah…"
Shidou got what Kotori was saying. Well, it's pretty easy for him to know the perpetrator.
"Come on, it's no big deal, just think of her as your family member." Kotori said as she patted Shidou's shoulder.
"Whatever…" Shidou sighed in defeat. "Just don't do some pranks here, I don't wanna get caught in a scandalous situation, and I don't want Shiori-chan to get caught either."
Kotori's smirk grew wider. "Oh…? Looking after her already like a-" She was interrupted by Shidou before she could finish her sentence by shrugging her off.
"Okay, Okay, Okay, I'm not listening to you anymore." Shidou said as he left Kotori alone, who was still smirking as she stared at her brother.
Ayeeeeee Chapter 2 is done! Sorry about the forever-long update. Hue~
I just made an edit, thanks to ProtoTurtle for pointing it out. It's been a long time since I've watched/read Date A Live xD
Soo, yeah, I finished my Love Live! Fanfic, and now I can focus on this one, though my updating will still be the same as my other fics, like once every 2-3 weeks or a month at worst. Main reason is, probably everybody knows it already, I am only home during weekends because of my classes. I'm staying at a boarding house and my classes end on the evening, so I have no time to work on it even if I have my own lappy.
So there's that! Sorry again for the long wait! The theories and the plotline of this story is finalized, so rest assured, I will finish this fic with everything I've got~
Until next time, see ya guys!