Girls' Next Tour (A Girls' Last Tour fan-sequel)

Chapter 10: Dream

"Ummm... Who are you?" Chito asked the strange girl as she stood up from the bench and stretched her arms. The girl was wearing a summer dress with a swimsuit underneath and sunglasses on her head. Chito had seen these types of clothes in videos and photographs of people wearing them in the 21st Century.

"I could ask you the same?" the girl replied as she sat back on the bench. The weather at this strange place was quite warm. The gentle fresh sea breeze brushed through their hair as they kept staring at each other with equal confusion in their eyes. They both felt like they were looking in a mirror and were still unable to comprehend what was going on, was this real or just another one of those strange dreams?

"I've seen you so many times in my dreams. I always felt like I was dreaming a whole story and that post-apocalypse world was something that I had envisioned, but after some time I still don't understand anything and why we have this strange connection?"

"What do you mean by connection?" Chito asked her back, she was still perplexed as to how she found herself in this place, and who this person with a similar appearance as her was. Chito had also seen this girl a few times in her dreams and the last time was after they reached the walls outside the Biodome. Chito also thought that it was only a recurring dream, but here she stood talking to her and it felt surreal.

"I can't explain it, but I think we are somehow - connected. It's strange because I also read online that a small number of people had similar dreams that their counterparts lived in a different kind of reality. They explained in great detail these odd post-apocalyptic cities and the harsh reality their counterparts lived in." the girl replied as she gazed at the far horizon. "I thought I was going insane when I read these stories and the whole thing was just some viral hoax, but - here we are... and what do we do?"

"Oh..." Chito sighted in confusion as she looked back at the girl, she was left speechless. The girl moved her belongings away from the bench and gestured to Chito to sit next to her. "C'mon - don't be a stranger." The girl smiled as Chito moved closer and sat on the bench next to her. The gentle waves rushed towards the beach as the sun illuminated the sea with thousands of shimmering lights. In the far distance, several fishing boats were scattered gently floating on the calm blue sea.

"But... why are we here?" Chito finally asked. "What is this place?"

"Well, I came here to enjoy the sunset and must have fallen asleep reading my book and listening to music." She responded yawning softly. "I don't know why you are here though. Oh, by the way, this place is just close to a town called Enoria in Greece, and that is the Aegean sea right in front of you."

"Greece? Aegean sea?"

"Mhm..." The girl replied keeping her sight fixed on the far horizon. "Well we have been planning a trip to Europe for years now and we just took a long vacation. I just finished my master's degree. Yuuri and her sister opened an Udon restaurant in 'Kichijoji'. It's quite successful and I am so happy that she is now a wonderful cook. But yeah - we went on a 2-month journey around Europe on our motorcycle." she pointed towards the vehicle parked close to the bench where they were sitting on. "That is what we have been driving for the past 2 months."

"What is that?" Chito asked as she looked at the strange motorcycle in front of her. On the back it was tied up with storage containers, the motorcycle looked like it was outfitted for extended journeys.

"It's been our ride for the journey. It's called a 'Suzuki DR 650' that we rented in The Netherlands and it has been our home for about 2 months now." The girl smiled while she explained "But I am really sad that we have to leave it behind. Next week we have to catch a flight to Tokyo from Athens. It's pretty much the end of our journey in Europe. But hey it's not as cool as your 'Kettenkrad'!"