I'm unsure what happened, since the sky is already dark, I should go home, I thought. On my way, a guy passed by me, and then said something weird.
"You do not belong in this world are you?"
Huh? Is he talking to me? I quickly turned around and shook my head.
"I don't know what happened either." I said. I don't know why, but I told him what happened before I came here. He listened to the end.
"You wished on a star, and you had a dream. When you woke up, you find yourself in a new house, which also happened to be the house you have before you came here." He tried to understand my situation.
"Perhaps the star you wished on is that one over there?" He pointed into the sky, showing the star that I saw last night. Eh, what? What? What?! It's the wishing star!
"If you happened to wished upon the star, you wish will be granted, but in a mischievous way." He said.
Mischievous way...
"So... I came to this world that he never know me before, is a mischievous way of granting my wish?! Are you serious?" I couldn't stand still to that idea, it's crazy.
"It's the way of the Rain Goddess confers her blessing. People often undergo mishaps before receiving blessings from the goddess herself." He explained.
"Well, it could be a dream you are having when you had your fever, since that star, was the blessing star of the Rain Goddess herself, she had much more capabilities than usual, believe it or not, the dream might felt real, but if you are able to endure this, you will see your wish come true." The guy added.
I'm reluctant to accept the fact that I am in the trials of the so called Rain Goddess...
"So it's interesting for you to share your tales with me. I should look for Jun now, goodbye." The guy said, he turned around and started walking.
"Wait, may I know who are you?" I shouted at him.
He turned around and chuckles.
"Ha ha ha, a cute girl like you asked for my name huh? Ah well, my name is Souma Ryutenji, an exorcist. See ya." Ryutenji, an exorcist said.
My face blushed. Am I considered a cute girl? Perhaps, it's that because of that Yuuma liked me in the first place? Well, I should head home now. I looked in the sky, and I no longer see the star. Wait, how did it disappear? Ryutenji was pointing at it, and I saw it clearly that it was there! Perhaps if I wished upon it again, I would be able to let Yuuma remembers me... I'm such an idiot.
Since when did I believe such things...
Sigh... Let's head home... I headed home, with a slight detour. I entered my house, and my parents came to me, worrying about me not attending school in my first day transferring to the school. I spent some time explaining the situation, to make them rest assured before I went back to my room.
In my room, my belongings are still in the boxes, I took my time unpacking them and placed them in the way I decorated my old room. While everything looked the same, but different, I suppose that I should not tell anyone about where I came from. This ends my first day in this world where I never existed before everyone, even though they were familiar.
In the next morning, I woke up, looking around, finding myself in the same room as yesterday. I am still in the world where everyone don't know me. I washed my face and changed into my uniform. I looked at myself in the mirror. If Yuuma forgot about me, I guess I'll hide my identity until I find out more about this world.
I took my breakfast, mom told me that Yuuma will head straight to school from the hospital today, she asked me to talk to him properly about yesterday's incident. It seems like I can't avoid him too much. I remember getting out early to school to avoid him sometimes, and he always manage to catch up with me and acted like nothing. He's really annoying.
I headed to school and apologized to the staff that I didn't attend to school because of an accident. Well, a letter is considered small matter to resolve the problem, I don't care anymore. Is there a way to see Ryutenji again? I think he would know more about my condition. Or... I should look into the so called Rain Goddess? I walked from the staff room to my assigned class. Apparently, I got into class 1-B, which is not my original class. I worked hard to score average so that I won't be in the same class with Yuuma, but now I suppose I will be in the same class as him.
Not long after I left the staff room, a girl with thick glasses passed by, she's one of the students from the first class. Apparently, she is well known to be interested in legends and myths of Hoshido. I think she might know about the Rain Goddess. Ah, what was her name again? Haruno? Haruhi? Haruka? Before I tried yelling her name, a teacher came out from the staff room, he called her.
"Amano, could you help me to bring these to your class?" The teacher said.
She nodded and received a heavy looking box, she seems struggled to lift the box. I volunteered myself to help her.
"Thank you, but no. I'll help myself." Amano said. But the box is not even moving.
I quickly lifted it up and started walking. She quickly tagged along.
"Thank you." Amano said.
"You're welcome." I'm too nervous to say anything much.
The sky became cloudy, It seems like it would rain today.
"A rain, is it the blessings of the Rain Goddess?" Amano murmured. I quickly snatched the opportunity.
"Rain Goddess?" I asked.
"The Rain Goddess - Ame is one of the 17 gods residing in Touna's shrine. It is said that she is a mischievous god that plays tricks on the people she blesses, while only blessing them after they passed her trials. According to a book I read last night." Amano said.
"Wow... you're rather talkative when it's about gods huh?" I said, even though I knew about this.
"My name is Amano Haruko. Nice to meet you." So her name is Haruko... Luckily I didn't called out to her. It still didn't make sense if I know her name, since I am actually a transfer student now.
"My name is Rika, Mizuhara Rika. I just transferred here." I said, without giving too much away.
I helped her to place the box into her classroom and then headed back to mine. I slid open the door. My classmates are there, waiting for classes to start. What a noisy bunch.
"Hey, is that the new transferring student?" One of the boys said.
Since the new students are always getting attention all the time, I guess I'm no exception. I have to endure through this, I guess. The bombarded me with various questions, I guess I just have to answer properly, with some lies or whatsoever.
After being asked questions for quite a while, a voice reached everyone in the class.
"Hey, leave her alone guys." It's Yuuma!
Yuuma walked towards me, and handed over my water bottle.
"Here, I was given this by our sensei. It's yours isn't it?" He asked.
I nodded and received my water bottle. My face turns red, I don't know how to hide my face already.
When I settled down myself, I saw a lot of envious gazes from girls, I know, they are Yuuma's fans, fighting over every day for him. I never thought that I would ever see them looking at me like that, since this scenario was what I was working hard to avoid. It seems it has no use now. I should explain this sooner though.
By the time I noticed, Yuuma is already back on his seat, talking with his friends as usual. I must ensure no one knows that we are neighbours now, otherwise they won't believe in me anymore.
Yuuma is a bit odd today, he talked less with his friends, and seemed like he's thinking. I wonder what is he thinking... I hope he thinks of me... Wait, what am I thinking? I must not talk to him, otherwise he would forget me again. It's obvious that Yuuma did not remember what happened yesterday. I think he is trying to figure out what happened yesterday.
Homeroom is starting, I will be introducing myself in front of the classmates that some I even knew from my elementary school. Although this I still do not believe about the "parallel universe" thing, I still have to avoid relating myself with them. Since if Yuuma is affected by the memories we used to have, I wouldn't want any of my friends or any people to become weird because of me.
"Alright class, we have a new transfer student today. Mizuhara, please introduce yourself." The homeroom teacher said.
I walked to the front, introducing myself.
"My name is Mizuhara Rika. Let's help each other out in the future." I muttered.
The class became silent for a while, I wondered if I said something wrong...
"... ... ..." Everyone in the class seems to be not moving for a while. I quickly looked at Yuuma, he's looking around... Huh? What happened?