Hisako walked down the school hallway with her hands in her pockets and a frown on her face. Who knew the afterlife was going to be this tough? I mean for one thing you had to still eat (but apparently you couldn’t die), angels were attacking people, you still had to go to school, and words of all: no music. Wait…music? She hadn’t thought about music since she was alive. She remembered it now the band she was in before she died, what was I called again? Oh right Beautiful liars. Hisako had always had a knack for playing the guitar as a kid, and when Misaki the leader of Beautiful Liars asked her to be there lead guitarist she was ecstatic! The two had become the best of friends….then it happened. Misaki had a negligent mother and a horrible rapist’s stepfather, living in that type of environment must have got her and she killed herself. After that Hisako vowed never to play the guitar again, and was still keeping that promise after death (she had died in a car crash). But still life felt empty and remote without music. She was contemplating this when a girl ran into her that had red hair and a guitar in her hand “Sorry girl these stupid ass teachers are trying to tell me I can’t sing because it’s the middle of class so I got to run1” she ran inside another room and hid. Hisako confused yet curious about the girl was confronted by the said N.P.C teacher “Excuse me young miss, but did you see a red haired girl with a guitar run by here?” “No sir I did not see anything of the sort” “Well if you do make sure to let me know, she’s been disturbing the peace with that racket of hers and it need stop!” “Will do sir I’ll make sure to let you know if I see anything”. The teacher left and Hisako inched her way into the room the red haired girl retreated to. She noticed the girl strumming her guitar strings slightly “Hey stop it would you! That’s what got you into trouble in the first place!” “Music isn’t a crime, you play?” Hisako sighed “I used to, not anymore” “Why’d you stop?” Then Hisako went into detail about the band and her friend’s suicide. “That’s rough, but it doesn’t mean you should stop playing, your friend Misaki wouldn’t have wanted that” “So you really think I should start playing again?” “Sure listen, there’s no music what’s so ever in this shitty afterlife so let’s make some” “You mean start a band?” “Yup, I can be the lead singer, you the lead guitarist and we’ll find more members along the way. There’s got to be more music lovers here”. Hisako was something she hadn’t been in a long time… excited and happy! “Alright let’s get cracking, but wait what will we call ourselves?” “How about….Girls dead monster?’ “Girls dead monster huh? Sounds good to me, by the way what’s your name?” “Call me Iwasawa, yours?” “Hisako” “Alright Hisako let’s get moving”. In time the girls had found two new members: Miyuki Irie who was the drummer. Shiori Sekine as the bassist, the four of them made girls dead monster and wrote songs and practiced secretly….Until, one day that is.
“What did you want with us?” Iwasawa asked the violet haired girl sitting at a desk. Yuri smiled kindly “I’ve heard you girls playing in the room you guys practice in, your very good”. “So...?”Miyuki asked. “We are the S.S battlefront and protect ourselves against angel I’m sure you know who she is” “Yeah of course the bitch who always make us stop playing and tells us were disturbing the peace” “She actually thought Iwasawa and Hisako were in a lesbian relationship” Miyuki giggled “I have a mission for you girls, we need to distract angel by playing concerts for the N.P.C students and distract them, what do you think about that?”. The band looked at one another and all four had grins “Alright we like having a reason to perform we’ll help you guys out, consider it done”. The first time they played the girls felt so free, having people cheer their names and love their music (pissing off angel was an added bonus). The four were very close with the battlefront but even closer with each other, Iwasawa and Hisako were the strict leader older sister types, Sekine was the sarcastic mischievous prankster, and Miyuki (Miyukichi as everyone called her) was the sweet innocent one was always the victim of those pranks. They were the definition of a band that’s a family.
“So what do you think is the best course of action?” Sekine asked. Hisako sighed, she had been leader for a day and a half and she couldn’t even do the job right. Iwasawa was gone, now Yui…why stay? “I think we need to disappears” “What! Why would we do something like that?’ Myuki asked shocked “Let’s face it, everyone is sooner or later, I think our time is now” “But still…. What’s going to happen to us?” “Don’t be such a cry baby Miyukichi!” Sekine snapped “Don’t pretend you’re not afraid” “I am! I’m scared as hell for once and I admit it! But I think Hisakos’ right….it is our time!” Miyuki sighed “I suppose it is”. Hisako gave them all an encouraging smile “Let’s go then, but first let’s thank Otonashi”. The three girls walked into the lite hall for the last time, hand in hand. Otonashi, Hinata and Naoi were starring out a window “Otonashi” Hisako called and the three explained they thought tie was time “That’s great girls! But are you sure?” “Yes were sure. Nobody could replace Iwasawa or Yui , even if she was a terrible performer” Hisako mumbled the last part and they all giggled. “Well bye” Hisako said “Sayonara” Sekine added with a mischievous wink “And Ciao” Miyuki finished. The three walked into the sunlight…and could almost hear “Well hello there, glad you could join us! It’s been a while!” “Hey guys! Oh and …HOW DARE YOU SAY I’M A TERRIBLE PERFORMER!!!”
In short: that angelic choir gained three new members that day.
Otonashi and the gang went into the room girls dead monster usually performed in and saw a huge sign in it that said:
Keep The Beats!
"We'll never forget you guys" he promised.
I really liked the way this one turned out. Just so you know I got a lot of the information form the Angel Beats manga called heaven’s door” (Hisako’s past, and the whole Kanade thinking she and Iwasawa were lovers thing lol) . I hope you enjoyed, the next chapter’s going to be the majority of the S.S battlefront I think. And remember always….keep the beats!
