Suki Ichika sat uncomfortably on the back of the bus as she headed to the town of Naharu and sat there solemnly, because all she could think about was her mother who had died only a few months back.

And it was all because of a flu.

That's all she heard. It was just a flu. That was all she heard from doctors, from friends, even her own grandparents. It was just a flu.

Liars...they're all liars....they know nothing!

She fought back tears, making her head hurt. She had implanted it in her head that her mother wouldn't want her to be upset. She took it too heart. So she just kept fighting back tears so that way no one would notice. The bus was pretty crowded and uncomfortable, so she was pretty well hidden. But it hurt so much.

It hurt but, she felt like she had to do it.

Her head began hurting. Lack of sleep is what she thought.

I did get up pretty early...maybe I should get some rest...

Suki laid her head back on her seat and began to doze off, fading away from reality.

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Suki woke up again, but it wasn't in her seat in the bus. She found herself lying down in a bed in a strange room casting a bluish hue. Something about the room was familiar, but she couldn't put her finger on it.

Where am I....?

Suki sat up and looked around. The feeling that said she somehow knew this place.

Why does it feel like I've been here before...?

She continued to explore the room. There was hardly anything in it other than the bed. There was no window, there was no door. It was all just this room.

That's when she heard it.

"Suki, darling..."

She could feel her heart drop. That was her mother's voice. She whipped around, but she found nothing.

"Mom...?" She whispered.

"Suki! Over here, dear!"

She turned the other way. This time, there was a hallway. In that hallway was light.

She had a gut feeling that her mother was there. She knew it. It just had to be her.

"Mom! I'm coming!" She shouted.

She sprinted towards to where her mother was calling her.

"Mom!"

"Suki...where are you?"

"I'm right here, mom! I'm coming!"

Any reasonablity left Suki's brain. All she cared about was that her mother was at the end of this hallway, in the light. It was like she had just forgotten that what she was experiencing, what was happening, wasn't at all real.

So, when she jumped into the light, that was all she saw.

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The bus stopped a few miles away from town. It had already become dark. Stepping on the bus was a young girl with long dark brown hair and light brown eyes and a surgical mask decorated with a frowny face with its tongue sticking out, holding a broken bicycle by the handles. Her face showed defeat.

"Broke your bike again, Kim?" The driver asked.

The girl sighed. "Yeah, I guess..."

The bus driver chuckled.

The girl pouted. "Don't patronize me."

"It's kinda hard not to." He said, still chuckling.

The girl rolled her eyes and began walking to the back when she saw Suki, her body spaseming left and right while she was still asleep.

"What the heck...?" She muttered.

She ran to the back and grabbed her by the shoulders.

"Yo! You okay? C'mon! Wake up!"

Suki let out a small groan.

"Yo! Wake up, sleepy head!"

Suki opened her eyes to see the girl towering over her, and uncomfortably staring.

"What...? Who are you?" Suki asked in a tired voice.

"Dude, you okay? You looked like you were having a seizure." The girl said, ignoring the question.

"I-I'm fine...um...who are you and why are you still touching me?" She said uncomfortably.

"Oh! Sorry about that!" She let go of Suki,"Haven't seen you around here before. Must be new. Well, allow me to introduce myself. The name's Kimi Kiyoshi, but you can call me Kim! I just transferred here a few weeks ago, and lemme tell ya; it's awesome here!"

Suki shook her hand, making Kimi's smile wider, but because of the mask, Suki couldn't tell.

"Suki. Suki Ichika. Pleasure to meet you." She said with a smile.

They shook hands.

"I like your eyes. They're so...bright. And you're hair...*gasps* It's so pretty!!" Kimi swooned.

Suki blushed. "Thank you...."

"Town's just up ahead. Why don't I walk you to where you're staying?"

Suki nodded.

Within seconds, the new girl becomes an interesting being.

How interesting.

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But thank you to and for the awesome ideas and stories.

And also, I still gotta give props to who can write over 4,000 words and I can't even write 7. So props to Rand and all the people who write more than I do.