Which Side is She? (Idaten Jump Fanfic REWRITTEN)

01 - One Wrong Morning

Sundays were either the best or worst day of the weekend. On one hand it seemed universal that it'd be the day of doing whatever fun (including relaxation) one could think of, but on the other it'd also be the last day of the weekend before the dreaded Mondays of a new school week would roll in. A day of someone either choosing to be idyllic or wasting their day cramming some work they chose to ignore the whole weekend.

But today was somehow neither good nor bad.

It just felt... wrong.

Like an itch you can't find.

For one, the girl somehow slept through her morning alarm up until the third snooze. One eye open, then another, and the blurry red LED slowly looked more comprehensible. She looked at it briefly before groaning and throwing her head back into the pillow in frustration.

She slept in.

After a short moment to wallow she got up and did her quick routine of taking a shower and dressing up before she headed down for breakfast. Somehow it didn't pass her mind to check in the room just two doors down the hallway from hers like usual, and not even the small, unnerving tug in her stomach reminded her of it.

What's going on...

"Good morning mom, dad!"

"Good morning, Lisa. You just missed your brothers."

Lisa paused from filling her plate. "Huh?" she said in confusion, glancing at the clock. Six-thirty in the morning on a weekend, and her siblings were up and gone before her? Now that was something out of place. Seeing that her mom didn't hear her interjection, she decided to ask.

"Where'd they go?"

"Oh, I don't know. They never said anything, but I did hear something about a competition?"

"A race?"

"Yes, something like that."

A quiet hum in reply. Lisa thanked for the food, wondering about what her brothers could be up to as she ate. Neither of them told her about what they could possibly be up to, so she basically had no idea where they could be as of the moment, or what they could be doing. It felt weird, since usually she'd have at least some semblance of an idea what her siblings were up to.

"I'm gonna go find them," she declared.

"Alright, and I assume you'll all be out for the rest of the day?"

"Maybe?"

Her mother sighed; she knew the answer was already a yes. "Okay, here's some money to buy lunch for the three of you along the way."

Lisa mumbled a thanks once the money was set on the table, her thoughts still hung over what and where her brothers might be. She finished her food quickly before getting the money and hurrying out of the door, stifling a yawn as she rubbed her amber eyes. She slept early last night, so why was she still so tired?

"Ugh, whatever. I dunno if Sho's place is open, but if he's up maybe he knows something."

She hated not knowing, especially when it came to her brothers—well, her twin really. As much as she enjoyed riding along his antics, she would rather prefer knowing what she'd be getting into first. She pushed open the garage door so she could bring out her MTB, noting that it was the only one left of the three.

It wasn't anything out of the ordinary, just a silver bike with grey accents. Lisa grabbed the handles, but somehow it felt so foreign. She squeezed on the handles, fidgeting it trying to grapple onto some familiarity, yet she couldn't quite get it.

Screw it.

She took out her bike and rode down the streets to a route she'd known for the past 2 years. It only took a few minutes before she saw the red signage of a bento shop. At least, that much was familiar. She stopped right in front of it, getting off her bike and peering into the kitchen from the front. It wasn't much though, as the room was obscured by a doorway.