"Hey you, get back here with that! Haven't you ever heard of stealing girl?!" Shouted a man.
There was a ton of commotion as people on the street were turning their attention to what seemed to look like a vender running down the street after a girl. Various voices were whispering comments wondering what was possibly going on. Some just stood there, and others followed the vender, trying to figure out what happened. The vender ran as fast as he could after the girl, but he was surprisingly having a hard keeping up with the girl, who looked to be both young and thin.
Then the Vender noticed a couple of police guards, and skidded to a stop.
"Officers! That girl running stole my basket of goods!" The vender yelled.
The two Policemen nodded at one another, as they hopped in their car and sped down the street, catching up to the running girl in no time. They blocked her path by parking the car in the middle of the street, and quickly got out of the car and approached the girl.
The young girl quickly skidded to a stop when she saw the police car stop in front of her, and then looking behind her she saw the vender running up behind her. She gulped, and stopped dead in her tracks, as she knew she was cornered.
"Alright missy, now hand over what you stole and nobody will get hurt," calmly said one of the officers.
The girl didn't say anything, she just stood here wide eyed, and didn't move a muscle. The vender behind her noticed she wasn't moving, and slowly moved closer, trying to reach and get back his basket. Although, what he wasn't expecting when he reached over, was the girl to suddenly send him flying down the road, making him hit a stop sign. Before the girl could reach and make a run for it, both of the police officers ran up to her and each grabbed one of her arms, and tried to hand cuff her.
"Hey, let me g-" The girl started.
"Oh no, you're coming with us missy," One of the officers stated.
The girl closed her eyes, and took a deep breath. To the shock of the officers, it almost looked like her hands started glowing a faint aqua color. This made the officers backpedal in shock and confusion, as the girl snapped the loose handcuffs. She slipped the cuffs off of her wrists, looked around her, then suddenly ran into an alley way while everyone looked distracted. The police officers quickly took off after her, but also to their surprise, when they reached a dead end, she was nowhere to be found.
"What the heck? I'm positive she ran down this way!" One of the officers shouted.
"Give it a rest John, she's gone. If we see that girl again, we'll make sure to catch her, don't worry." Said the other officer.
Then the two of them sighed, and walked out of the alley, back to their police car, and drove off. The rest of the crowd was still in shock at what just happened, but then returned to their normal activates within a few minutes.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the wall of the alleyway, the girl slid down the side of the wall, catching her breath. She quickly opened the basket she took from the vender and looked inside. It contained what looked like two Sandwiches, a few bottles of water, and some cash. She quickly took one of the water bottles, and started chugging down the water as fast as she could, drinking the water in a matter of seconds.
The girl herself, was a skinny girl. Looked young, most likely around the age of 10 or so. Her hair was messy, covering her face as she drank the water. Her clothes mostly consisted of ripped Jeans and a dull colored shirt, which looked like at one point it could've possibly been a bright orange or red. She also had something brown wrapped around her waist, which unraveled and revealed to be what looked like a tail.
She looked around, and saw nobody in sight, and let out a soft sigh, then took out one of the sandwiches.
"Don't worry, you'll be happy. You're brother will find you and take you in, and you will be happy. Right Kuse, because living off the streets is a good life," The girl muttered to herself, then sighed again, "what am I supposed to do now? I've been doing this for like, 2 weeks or something now. I don't even know, I've lost count of days at this point."
She bit into the sandwich, chewed, then swallowed. Curiously looking at it, she took off one of the pieces of bread so she knew what she was actually eating. It was turkey and cheese. She wasn't a big fan of the taste, but she was so hungry at this point she didn't really care. So she continued to munch on the sandwich, until she heard the sound of a siren, which made her head shot up from what she was eating. Then she heard a few people mumbling, and recognized a few of the voices from before. Without thinking, she shoved the sandwich back into the basket, and took off climbing up the wall in no time, then onto a roof, trying to get around the police officers.
She landed in the street on the other side of the alleyway, and to her demise, made a somewhat loud noise. It was loud enough to catch the officers attention, notice her, and then start chasing after her. The girl in no time starting running down the street again, wrapping her tail around her waist, making it look like it was some sort of belt. She kept glancing in front of her, trying to avoid anybody who was crossing the street, and looked behind her, to see how far ahead of the officers she was. She then darted around the corner when she was a good distance ahead, only to find herself suddenly on the ground with the basket next to her.
She rubbed her head, and tried to look at what she knocked into, only to see another guy in front of her on the floor. He looked a couple of years older than her, had spiky brown hair, a red jacket, red pants, and a pair of sunglasses hanging from his head. Closing her eyes again, she let out a groan of pain.
The boy blinked a couple of times, got up, and looked at the girl annoyed.
"Hey, what's your problem? Can't you look at where you're going!" He shouted.
She was about to explain what happened, when she heard the policemen catching up. She jumped up onto her feet then ran behind a nearby trashcan.
"Don't have time to explain, just-pretend I'm not here right now," She said, ducking behind the trashcan.
Not a moment later, the Officers came running around the bend, and noticed the boy standing near the trash can, and stopped.
"Boy, what's your name?" One of the officers asked.
"Uh, my name's Daniel, or Dan. Whichever you prefer," Dan stated.
"Great. Now, Daniel, have you seen a young girl running around town?" The officer asked.
Then Dan stood there for a moment, then quickly realized what that girl said meant.
"No sir, sorry. I haven't seen anyone like that around here," he stated.
The officers looked at one another, and nodded, then thanked Dan and walked back to their police car.
Dan looked behind him, back to the trash can where the girl was hiding. He walked over and lend out a hand, helping her up.
"What the heck what was that all about? Why are the police after you?" He asked.
"Oh.. right. That. Well, you see... I kind of... uhh... took this basket from someone because I noticed there was something to eat in it, and I was starving.." She said, looking away.
"Wait, you stole someone's lunch? Why didn't you just buy something?" He asked.
"Well... because I don't really have any money exactly to spend.." She replied.
Dan blinked a couple of times, and looked at the girl, and her current condition. Then he sighed.
"Look, girl, what's your name?" He asked.
"My name?" She started, looking at him, "... It's Emily. Emily Kuso."
Then Dan started to walk down the sidewalk, and gestured Emily to follow him, and she did.
"So, Emily, where are you from, and where are your parents?" Dan asked.
"Um.. It's complicated. I've been on my own for the past few years, as my mom died when I was about five, and I never met my father. I only came to... what's this city's name again?" She asked.
"Bayview. Bayview Florida," Dan responded.
"Thanks. Anyway, I only came to, Bayview, recently. Even since I've been here, I have been just sneaking around the alley ways, for now."
Then Dan stopped walking for a second, and looked at Emily, thinking and looking around, and looked at her again.
"Oh, well then. How about instead of trying to survive in the alleyways, how about you come stay with me?" He asked.
Emily stopped dead in her tracks, and looked at Dan in pure shock, then excitement.
"Seriously?" She asked.
"Well, as long as my parents don't mind. Which I don't think they will." He said.
"Really? Sweet! Thanks." Emily said excited.
Dan ran down the sidewalk, and Emily quickly followed behind him, as they both went over to Dan's house.
"Hey mom, I'm home!" Dan shouted, as he walked inside the house.
"Oh great, you're home just in time for dinner sweetie," Yelled a voice from the kitchen.
Dan then started walking towards the living room, but turned around to Emily, gesturing her to come in. She followed him slowly into the house, and walked into the living room. She sat down on the couch, as Dan ran into the kitchen, and tried to make herself comfortable. Glancing around, she noticed various picture frames hanging around the room. Some of them consisted of what looked like Dan when he was younger, and two other adults, which she assumed to be his parents. Other paintings were also hanging on the walls. Emily let out a small sigh and stayed quiet, until Dan came running back into the living room with what looked like his mom.
"Here she is," Dan said, looking at Emily.
"Oh, you're the street girl that Daniel just told me about. It's a pleasure to meet you, my name's Miyoko. I'm Dan's foster mom. What's your name sweetie?" Dan's mom asked.
"M-my name? Umm.. It's Emily, Emily Kuso," Emily said.
Miyoko then extended her hand out to greet the young girl, even though that last name stick through her head. She knew that the last name Kuso was something she needed to remember, and it suddenly hit her. Though, she kept her expression calm, not showing that she looked completely shocked.
"Dan, why don't you take Emily to your room for a bit? I'll go call your father and see what he says," She said.
Dan nodded, then walked upstairs with Emily into his room. She sat down on the bed and looked around, while Dan sat down on the chair next to his computer. He turned it on and quickly signed into one of his accounts.
"So, this is where you stay then, huh?" Emily asked.
"Yeah, it's just me and my parents, don't have any brothers or sisters," Dan replied.
"Oh. Well.. do you think you would ever want a sibling or something?" Emily said.
Dan then looked at her, and blinked a couple of times. Not exactly sure what to say at first, he swung around in the desk chair a couple of times, stopped, and looked back at Emily.
"Honestly, I'm not really sure, I guess it would be kind of fun, if they weren't a brat or anything," Dan said.
Emily then blinked a few times, and looked around Dan's room. She noticed a couple of small red balls with various markings on the windowsill by his bed. Curiously looking at them, she picked one of them up and looked to Dan.
"Hey, what's this?" She asked.
"Huh? Oh! You don't-" He started, then paused," well, you were living on the streets, so I guess you wouldn't know. A couple of weeks ago, these random cards started randomly floating down from the sky, and a lot of us started collecting these cards. It's a game we like to call Bakugan, we play it around the world,"
"So you guys are playing a card game? Like go fish or something?" Emily asked.
"Oh no. It's actually like a strategy type game, it's a lot of fun. Maybe I'll show you how to play one day," He said.
"Really? It seems different, so yeah, I think that'll be fun. Thanks!" Emily said smiling.
"Don't worry, you'll like it. There's plenty of forums and everything online about the game too. There's even rankings for everyone as well," He said.
"Rankings? What are you then?" She asked.
"Mine? Umm..." He started, then turned to his computer and pulled up a tab, and scrolled down, "What? That's impossible!"
"What?" Emily asked, holding in a laugh.
"I'm only at 117? I thought I was at least in double digits!" He shouted, crossing his arms, obviously annoyed.
"Don't you think if this is worldwide, being 117 is actually pretty high though?" She asked.
Before Dan was able to answer that question, he was suddenly cut off by Miyoko calling for the two to come downstairs. They both looked at each other, wondering what was up, and walked down.
"Really? Did you have to call us down now? We were in the middle of an important conversation," Dan said annoyed.
"Don't use that tone with me Daniel, and besides, I highly doubt what you two were talking about upstairs is more important then what I need talk to both of you about," Miyoko said.
"Did something happen?" Emily asked.
Then Dan's mom looked over to Emily, and turned her attention to her.
"Before I explain, I'd like to ask you a question, Emily. You said you were on the streets, yes? Then where were your parents during all of this time?" She asked.
"My parents? Well... I never met my father, and my mom died when I was younger," Emily replied, looking away.
"You're mother died?" She asked, with a sad expression on her face, but it quickly changed to concerned, "What was your mother's name?"
"Her name? Umm.. it was Andrea. Andrea Kuso," Emily replied.
Dan's mother sighed, then shook her head, making her thoughts clear on what she was thinking about. Then she returned her attention to Dan.
"Daniel, do you remember how I told you that we weren't your real parents when you were younger, and that your mother had to give you up?" She asked.
"Yeah, obviously. How could I forgot something like that?" He said back.
"Well... me and your father didn't tell you one last piece of information.." Dan's mom stated, and trailed off.
Dan looked shocked, turning back to Emily, who looked just as confused, then they both looked at Dan's mom.
"You didn't tell what then? Go on, say it!" Dan replied, crossing his arms.
"You see.. you're births mothers name was also Andrea.." She started, then looked away.
"Okay, so? What exactly are you-" He started, "wait, if you're saying that my mom was that same person, then you mean-"
Both Emily and Dan looked at one another, as if the wind was knocked out of both of them. Obviously confused, they started at Dan's foster mother.
"You mean We're related?!" They both yelled at the same time.
Dan then suddenly started back peddling, trying to backup against the wall, though failed from tripping over the carpet. Emily quickly kneeled down by his side, having her hand infront of his face.
"Uhh.. you okay?" She asked.
"Okay? Okay?! I just found out you're apparently my sister for crying out loud! Do you think I would be okay?!" He exclaimed.
"Well, I didn't expect YOU to be my brother," Emily replied back.
Then both Dan and his mother looked at Emily with a confused look on their faces. Both of them thinking the same exact thing.
"Wait, you knew you had a brother this whole time?!" He asked.
"Well... It's a little complicated.. I guess I could explain then?" Emily asked.
"Does it look like I'm following here? Yes, an explanation would be good here," He said.
Emily sighed as she looked around the room, then back to Dan. She got up from the floor, then helped him up as well. Walking towards the staircase, she turned around.
"Let's go upstairs, I think this would be best if it was just the two of us," She said, then walked up the stairs, with Dan following.