< BURN MY SOUL | Story
Chapter 1: After that day
- (-)
- (-)
Character appearances:
.png)
Vivid Street
Kotaro
...*sigh*
Kotaro's Friend
——Mita? Oooi, Mita! Are you listening to what I'm saying?
Kotaro
Ah, my bad...I zoned out. What's up?
Kotaro's Friend
Jeez, I've said it a bunch of times already... I was saying, you should come perform in our event.
Kotaro
Ah...
Kotaro's Friend
...You haven't taken part in a single event since that thing happened, have you?
Kotaro's Friend
How do I put it...it just seems like such a waste when you can sing so well. Isn't it about time you——
Kotaro
——Nah.
Kotaro
Sorry. I think I'll pass for a while...
Kotaro's Friend
...Gotcha.
Kotaro
...I'm really sorry. Even though you went out of your way to invite me...
Kotaro's Friend
No, no, don't worry about it! Just let me know when you feel up to it. You're always welcome to hop on board.
Kotaro's Friend
Well, I've gotta go prepare for our event, so I'll catch you later!
Kotaro
Yeah. Good luck.
Kotaro
...
Flashback
.png)
End flashback
Kotaro
(...It's been while, since all that happened...)
Kotaro
(I wonder how those guys are doing... It looks like Ken-san's gone and closed up shop for a while, too...)
Young Musicians in Town
Speaking of which——I wonder when WEEKEND GARAGE's gonna reopen.
Kotaro
Ah...
Young Musicians in Town
Yeah, that's what I was thinking. The curry there is so good, I wanna eat it again sometime~
Young Musicians in Town
Honestly, it'd be kind of a pain if they stayed closed. Everyone around here gathered there, y'know? I wonder where Ken-san's gone.
Young Musicians in Town
True... Ah, now that I think about it——
Young Musicians in Town
That's true for Vivid BAD SQUAD too, I haven't seen 'em around recently. I wonder what they're doing now?
Young Musicians in Town
What, man, you didn't hear? Vivid BAD SQUAD disbanded.
Kotaro
——Huh?
Young Musicians in Town
They got their asses beat by Taiga-san, so the four of them stopped singing.
Young Musicians in Town
Eh! Seriously!
Young Musicians in Town
Well, I mean, they went up against the wrong guy. If you go head-on against Taiga-san, of course he's going to grind your heart to pieces.
Young Musicians in Town
You think? The rumors say he just up and left——
Kotaro
(Vivid BAD SQUAD...disbanded...?)
Kotaro
No...there's no way...
Kotaro
There's no way they'd give up that easy...!
Crawl Green Owner
——You, you're Mita-san, yeah?
Kotaro
Eh?
Kotaro
Oh...Owner-san! I-It's been a while!
Crawl Green Owner
Yeah, it has been a bit. Since your last event, right?
Kotaro
Yeah! Well...I'm kinda surprised you'd remember the name of someone like me.
Crawl Green Owner
'Course I do. You put on an event of that scale at my live house.
Crawl Green Owner
...I heard you went up against Taiga. That's rough.
Kotaro
...Yeah...
Crawl Green Owner
But——even still, you're still hangin' around town. You're pretty tough, ain'tcha?
Kotaro
Ah...
Kotaro
No...it's not like that.
Kotaro
After all that happened, I couldn't show my face around here...event oday, I'm just here cause some of my friends told me "you're being unsociable" and dragged me out here.
Crawl Green Owner
...That so, I see how it is.
Crawl Green Owner
Regardless of your reasons, I'm glad you came by town again.
Crawl Green Owner
Arata, EVER——and Vivid BAD SQUAD, I hardly see 'am around nowadays.
Kotaro
Ah...! Actually, about that...!
Kotaro
I heard a rumor...that Vivid BAD SQUAD disbanded... There's no way that's true, right?
Crawl Green Owner
...Yeah. I don't think they've broken up.
Kotaro
..."Don't think"?
Crawl Green Owner
...To tell you the truth, I don't know the details.
Kotaro
Eh...
Crawl Green Owner
A few months ago, I went and hung out at the cafe with a few oldies in town. We...wanted to talk to An.
Crawl Green Owner
I only got to talk to her for a short while, but... Well, we can put that conversation off for now.
Crawl Green Owner
From what I saw, it looked to me like they were still singing. But...
Crawl Green Owner
It looks like they've gone to another town. It might be that...they've decided to be active somewhere else.
Kotaro
...Somewhere else...
Kotaro
(But if that's true, what about RAD WEEKEND...)
Crawl Green Owner
...Haven't you kept in contact with them, Mita-kun?
Kotaro
Ah, I...
Flashback
Akito
——Wait. There's something I wanna talk to you about.
Kotaro
...Sorry...
Kotaro
...Ngh.
An
Ah, Kotaro——!
End flashback