The breeze caresses their cheeks and plays with Naho's hair. Suwa, Hagita, Azusa, Takako and Kakeru are all sprawled on the ground. Orangey- yellow leaves float down gracefully from the trees and sakuras dot the scenery. The cliff they are standing on is a fresh green and when they look down, a lake surrounds the cliff. The air is fresh and pure and all of them beam. They have time travelled.
Time travel always exists. It existed since the day earth was created. Humans just didn't know how to use their ability of time travelling. Their sensei once talked about time travel in class and the whole group of them already planted the idea in their head. Time travel requires a lot of sciences and they got their sensei to help them with their time travel. Time travel in simpler terms is basically crossing the boundaries of one's own world to go into another person's world of a different year. But the month and date which you arrive in the "new world" will always be the same as the date and time when you left your "old world". So the group of them chose to time travel to the world which their future selves existed in because they wanted to ask them many questions. This is how the story starts.
Naho POV: Everything is black however I finally lift my heavy eyelids. The first thing that greets me is the clouds hanging above and the faint tint of pink sakuras in the surroundings. The grass i'm lying on is a lush green and the leaves falling down are all graceful. I look around me and realise that all of them are present. Hagita, Suwa, Takako, Azusa are all present. They look groggy and they are all over the ground. I muster my strength and finally sit up. Realisation hits me — we time travelled. But then, once again, memories come back like an avalanche. Kakeru was with us when we tried to time travel, where is he now? I panic. Did he not make it? Once again, I desperately look left and right, in search of Kakeru. However, there is not a soul around. In a frenzy, I shake Azusa awake first. Azusa opens her eyes and it takes her a few moments to register everything. Finally, there is a small glint in her eye and she smiles and hugs me. She says, "Naho, we made — " However, I have no time to smile back and I cut her off.
"Azu, Kakeru is not here!"
Her eyes open big. She fully sits up this time and looks at me in the eye. "Where is Kakeru?" she asks this time with concern and also a lingering sense of fear. "I don't know, he wasn't here when I woke up!" I say, tears collecting in the corner of my eye. My heart is beating very fast now and a mix of emotions create a whirlwind in my mind.
Azusa acts first. She wakes everybody up and tells them the bad news. Everyone is shocked and disdain is scribbled all over their faces.
"He didn't make it?"
"Where is he?"
"KAKERU—"
"maybe he ran off"
"please let Kakeru appear"
"I hope he's okay"
"what do we do now?"
We are all like ants in a hot pan, jogging around and searching for Kakeru. However he is no where to be found.
Suwa stops for a while and pants, "In the first place, where are we?" Everyone in turn slows down their pace and huddles around Suwa. "Good question, where are we?" Takako replies, scanning the area. Everyone turns to look at me. After all, it was my idea of time travelling.
My face turns a rosy red. "Uh..." I stammer, "I think we should be at the cliff where our future selves sent their letters." (p.s, i will upload a photo of he cliff. it appeared in the anime.) A discussion arises among them. No one replies maybe because they are doubtful. Everyone scatters once again but Hagita stays back to talk to me. "Takamiya, do you remember when sensei was talking about time travel, he mentioned that when one passes through the parallel universe and crosses dimensions, he or she will reappear at a place where time travel once occured. If you say that our future selves who sent the letter time-travelled our letters at this exact place, then, this place is probably it." I nod my head with vigor. Hagita wore thick glasses and we all always felt it portrayed his intelligent character. True enough, once again, he proved how smart he really was. I give Hagita and big high-five and we both run toward the rest.
"Indeed, we are at the cliff where they sent their letters to us. We just have to find a way to get down. Then maybe we can find out what happened to Kakeru. " I say, with a shimmer of hope in my voice.
Suwa says, "I saw the steps down just now. It is right behind that tree." Suwa leads us and we all see the small steps which can lead us down. We rejoice. Takako goes down first and everyone follows suit while Suwa goes the last, after me. I am always grateful to Suwa for he is always the big man, taking care of our group in many ways. We all go down the steps with precaution while taking some time to appreciate the stunning view around us. The climb down is not that long and when we finally reach ground level, we all heave a sigh of relief.
The road we are at is desolate with many sakura trees along the road. We start to walk.
Azusa suggests," Should we get a cab to send us to wherever we wanna go?" Everyone agrees instantaneously, especially Hagita who complains that his muscles ache. We walk and walk and walk for a long time, maybe about thirty minutes. I can feel my perspiration sticking to my clothes. The sun is setting and everything is getting dark. Finally, white headlights break the tranquility of the evening. Everyone smiles in excitement. Azusa, as usual, is the first one to act. She waves her hands frantically to attract the attention of the driver. The driver pulls over and winds down his window. When he winds it down, we all get a shock. Stars form in our eyes. The driver is the future Suwa. He has a sharp nose and big eyes and all of his features resemble that of the Suwa from our time. We all are at a loss for words. WHAT A COINCIDENCE. WE MEET OUR FUTURE SELVES JUST LIKE THAT. The future Suwa probably is thinking the same thing too because he turns around and shouts, "They're here! Guys they're here!" We all scrutinise the people in the car carefully and realise that all our future selves are present. All except Kakeru. First, it is pure bliss that we managed to find them. But then, slowly panic starts to set in.
The future Hagita asks first, "Um, may I ask, where is the Kakeru from your time?" When we hear that, our laughs die down and everyone is silent for a moment. I reply first,"We think... he didn't' make it." My lips set into a grim line. "We couldn't find him when we woke up." Suwa pitches in, "Yeah, we need your help." The rest of us nod in agreement. Our future selves embrace us tightly in hugs. My future self whispers, "Don't worry, we'll help you."
Suwa drives the car back to main town and in the car we all catch up with one another. Finally we arrive in the heart of Matsumoto. We hop off the car hoping to get some dinner. And we do. (they got tonkatsu btw hehe reference from yuri on ice wuhu)
WILL BE CONTINUED.... PLEASE GIVE FEEDBACK AAA THIS IS MY FIRST EVER FANFICTION LOL BUT ITS GONNA BE VVVVVV INTERESTING FRM NOW ON. IM SRS. BC I HVNT INTRODUCED SOME OF THE IDEAS IVE GOT IN MY HEAD. YET. lol see y'all :") hope u like it! (banner photo taken from the web) (but yeah that's the cliff i'm talking about.)
