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Again, that annoying headache. It was the first reaction of her body when she woke up and Yossi wondered if someday she could rid off it. Once more, when she looked around, found that she was in an unknown place, this time inside a room almost in darkness, hardly lit up with a bulb.

Standing up slowly, she took a look at the room. No windows, no furniture… just a unmade futon and a plate with food. Yossi brought a hand to her hair and caressed it, trying to make up her thoughts. The first thing it was to know how she got there… She didn’t remember anything after the attack and the fight. Just that voice…

“Aya!”

Yossi ran towards the door. She must find her and told her what happened. Besides, where’s Aya, Miki isn’t far away and, if Miki’s there probably the others too. She could be in an unknown world, but at least she knew the people there. Well… theoretically…

She was so excited about seeing someone friendly that she wasn’t expected that the door’s knob didn’t turn. What was all that about?

“Matsuura! I know you’re there!”

No answer.

“Open the damn door!”

She shouted, stamped the door.., but the only thing that she got was to make worse the headache. Nobody was going to answer, at least for now, and she couldn’t do anything more than wait.

***

“You know it’s not her!”

Yossi woke up with the noise of an argument. There it was again… Aya’s voice, this time yelling at someone else. She decided to get up of the futon and went to the door to hear what’s going on.

“I know it’s impossible, but you can’t state that it’s a trap just because of that. Maybe there’s an explanation”

“I saw her die, Maki, right in front of my eyes!”

“It’s hard for everybody, but you have to calm down”

That’s crazy…

The singer, with her ear glued to the door, deduced with Aya’s words that the Hitomi from that world was already dead. She wondered what could have happened and why Aya was so affected.

“Maybe talking with her we could find answers…”

“I can’t do it” said Matsuura.

“Of course you can”

“Please, Maki…”

“Listen. It’s not easy for me either, ok? Just try it”

And after that, Yossi heard a key turning the lock. She had two options. One; run towards the futon again and pretend that she was sleeping and two; wait next to the door ‘til they get in and go straight to the main point, to know why she was shut in.

“Let’s see if she has some…”

Still with the door half opened, Maki went silent when she saw that the room was empty.

“Where the hell she is?” asked Aya.

“Right here”

Yossi, answering from the wall behind the door, took the two girls by surprise. Both girls turned to look at her. It’s impossible but there she was, standing against the wall, with her arms crossed and a defiant look in her eyes. She had decided to face the situation.

“Dear God…”

“Yeah, I could say the same” replied Yocchan at Maki’s words.

Without thinking too much, Yossi walked towards the younger and stopped just a few steps away from her. She watched her carefully and retained every detail in her mind, comparing it with the memories of her Gottsan. Her clothes were old and worn out, wide enough to be comfortable, her skin was covered with scars and her eyes showed the weariness after a hard life… But, somehow, deep inside that exhausted look, Yossi found something familiar… She had the same aura, the same mild soul that so many times was enough to make the older feel safe.

“You can’t be real…” she said still shocked.

“I’m pretty real”

Yoshizawa had her ‘defiant mode’ still switched on but seeing that Maki was really speechless she tried to be less rude with her words.

“Listen… I’m not who you think I am. And no…” said Yossi pointing to Aya before the last could say anything “… this isn’t a trap”

“The same voice… the same… eyes… How…?”

“You’ll thing that I’m completely nuts for what I’m going to say…”

“Try it”

Matsuura’s voice was a blend between distrust and sadness. Yossi looked at her and wondered what could have happened to that girl to have so much sorrow in her eyes.

Finally, clearing her throat, the singer was ready to say something that not even she believed yet.

“I’m from another world”

To be continued...

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