Otonashi's Return To The Not-Yet-Dead-Battlefront

Chapter#8: Angel

I sat down in the chair rubbing the back of my head waiting for him to prepare for the hypnotism and then afterwards I will remember everything about the SSS and who I was, then I can finally discard this lie of a life I live now.

"Ready Otonashi? This will only take a moment but longer for you" He said while placing a chair in front of me to sit down.

"Yeah, go for it the sooner the better" I say while letting my body go limp and calm.

"Okay here we go, Otonashi you will remember all of your memories from the 'Afterlife' and then awaken" He said while my vision started to blare out and go into darkness.

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I… See… It… Everyone and everything I use to know and… Kanade, that was the saddest moment for me when she disappeared and left me there all by myself… That's why I decided to stay in the afterlife for well over an extra year to help lost souls like me, Yuri, Hinata, Yui, Oyama and all the others, I helped a lot of people in that time but good things need to come to an end… I overstayed my visit too long and then I decided to leave that world to be born again in this world.

I open my eyes and I am back in the warehouse not realising I was crying, tears were falling down my face and would not stop yet I didn't even know why I was crying but then my mind caught up with my tears and then I remembered Kanade, I still love her and I will always love her somehow I can feel her heart beat from where ever she is in the world.

"Otonashi, why are you crying?" said Iwasawa.

"I… I miss an old friend that's all" I say trying to cover up.

"Angel huh…" Yuri said while getting comfortable on the couch.

"Yeah…" I say while getting up and heading to the staircase.

"Wait… Where are you going?" Said Hinata.

"To my room I need some time alone to figure out all the memories that just came back and certain stuff I need to forget" I say depressed and climbing the stairs slowly.

I got into my room and laid down on my bed and just starred at the far wall in my room, I really do miss her I wish I could see her again and I also wonder if she has remembered me or chose to forget me. She was the first girl I could actually call love other than my old little sister back when I lived in my old life.

Time is a dangerous thing it chooses to make you suffer or it can choose to make you the happiest person alive but something are better to forget then try to relive, I doubt Kanade remembers me because the old SSS members have not even tried to find her like they found me… I just hope she is living a long and fulfilling life and nothing to make her end up into the afterlife again.

I heard a knock on my bedroom door and it was Yuri… I must have dosed off for a few hours… I scratched my head and sat up and stretched and yawned while taking my time as she was slamming on my door, I got up and walked to the door wondering what she wanted and unlocked it.

"WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN FOR THE LAST WEEK!" She says screaming at me.

"What do you mean I only passed out like 2 hours ago… I took a nap so what's the problem?" I say confused on what she meant gone for a week.

"Otonashi you are telling me you were passed out for two hours when it has been a whole week?" She said worried.

"Well yeah I was just down stairs depressed about Kanade two hours ago and I came into my room and passed out so I could maybe dream it over" I say scratching my head.

"Well… You have been out cold for one week… Maybe it has something to do with regaining your memories, since we gained ours back naturally this didn't happen but since you got them forced back into you that could explain it… Well welcome back at least" She said seeming relieved.

"Thanks did I miss anything while I was sleeping?" I say wondering.

"Well… You might want to come down stairs we received a video tape from the afterlife…" she said paranoid.

"A video tape…?" I say wondering what it's about.

She looked at me sad, "Otonashi when you see this tape you will be broken that's why I would like to refuse you to watch it but in all sense you need to see it…"

"Wh-What do you mean Yuri? I will be broken?" I am more confused than ever… what could be so bad that it would break me?

I pushed Yuri out of my room and told her I needed to get dressed and all that and I told her to get the tape ready for when I come down stairs I need to see it… I wonder what it's about I only remember what Yuri told me the day I got here that some crazy person from the Afterlife is trying to claim the life of all the old SSS members, but now that I have my memories back I can finally prepare myself for this and stop whoever comes after us.

I finished getting ready and then started to head down stairs and everyone was looking at the staircase with sad expressions with the lights off and the T.V. paused with the beginning of the tape and in the background what I saw made furious and crushed at the same time…