Chapter One: Sana's Departure

"What's that Sana-chan?" Fuka Matsui asked her best friend while sitting at the top of her desk. Sana Kurata sat next to Fuka in her desk chair.

"Fuka-chan, I'm going to a prestigious acting school in Los Angeles with Naozumi-kun and I'm leaving tomorrow," Sana clarified and tried to smile at Fuka. She did feel bad about leaving Tokyo behind but, she and Naozumi had to do this! Just to further their acting carriers.

"Oh, I see," Fuka looked down at her blue pleated uniform skirt. 'Poor Aki, he might get upset again.'

"Hey, umm…Fuka-chan?" Sana said making her friend perk her head up.

"Yes, Sana?" Fuka asked returning her glance to Sana.

"Could you…watch Hayama-kun for me?" Sana said coughing in between hoping she wouldn't sound to…Mom like.

"Sure, Sana-chan. I'll make sure he doesn't date anyone before you get back," Fuka said winking at Sana. Sana giggled with Fuka.

"Thanks girl, I owe you," Sana winked back at Fuka.

"Yeah, ya do!" Fuka grinned laughing with Sana. "Please snag some hot guy from America for me!" Fuka joked knowing she had her own boy friend, Yuta Takaishi-kun.

"Well do!" Sana laughed.

"Yo, what're you laughing about?" Akito Hayama asked from behind rubbing Sana's head as if she was a little kid.

"'Morning, Hayama-kun!" Sana smiled at her best friend.

"Sana-chan has something she wants to tell you, Aki," Fuka said coughing before stating her question.

"Fuka!" Sana slapped Fuka's sleeve covered arm.

"But, you do, Sana-chan," Fuka insisted.

"Just spit out, Kurata," Akito said interrupting the brief fight between both girls.

"I…I'm going to L.A with Naozumi…for…for…studying abroad at a...Acting School!" Sana stammered but, she just was able to get the words out.

"Whatever," Akito simply shrugged.

'Whatever, does that mean you don't care that I'm trying to continue my acting carrier?' Sana asked herself feeling deeply upset by this.

"Something wrong, Sana-chan," Tsuyoshi Sasaki arrived to Sana and Fuka's desks with Aya Sugita, his girl friend since sixth grade, by his side.

"Yeah, Sana-chan, you look upset," Aya chimed in with her small, quiet voice.

"N-no, I'm fine. Thanks for asking!" Sana said and then she flashed a bright smile. "I…I'M GREAT!" Sana cheered loudly in the classroom.

"You're really…leaving for L.A tomorrow, Sana-chan? We heard when you were telling Hayama-kun," Aya asked when Sana took her seat.

"Yeah, tomorrow. Sorry, for such short notice guys, I didn't know until yesterday either. Well, what I mean was, I didn't know whether I was going for sure until yesterday," Sana said correcting herself.

"Oh, I see," Aya said taking her seat behind Sana's.

"Good Luck, Sana-chan," Tsuyoshi said kindly.

"Thanks, Tsuyoshi-kun. I'll need it!" Sana smiled at Tsuyoshi as he took his seat next to Aya's.

"Hey! We should through a going away party!" Fuka said rejoining the conversation.

"NO! Don't!" Sana shouted immediately.

"What! Why not!" Fuka asked cocking her head.

"I…I think it's better to leave unannounced," Sana quietly answered.

"I see," Fuka said lowering her head.

"But---it was nice you to think of me!" Sana said respectfully.

"Yeah, sure, girl. Anytime," Fuka simply said.

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"Hello…Hayama-kun, still going to Karate I see," Sana stood outside Akito Hayama's house, she was waiting for him. And, he was walking towards her holding his karate uniform as always. "I'm sorry; I'm leaving on such short notice. It wasn't supposed to work out that way."

"Its fine," Akito said shrugging.

"Okay. I'll only be studying abroad for a year or two! I promise I won't fall for any Americans," Sana laughed jokingly.

"Yeah…okay," Akito said in his usual short words.

"Hayama-kun?" Sana asked walking closer to him.

"Eh?" Akito asked looking at Sana.

"When I get back, can I…tell you something?" Sana asked having the thoughts of her love confession for Akito coming out then. 'Yes, I will tell him when I get back. That way our hopefully new relationship won't start out rocky. If I wasn't leaving I'd tell him now.'

"Okay, when you get back, I have to tell you something too," Akito said. 'I will tell her I love her when she gets back! That's a promise to me!' Akito said to himself having these thoughts on his mind.

"Alright, Hayama-kun. I guess, this is good bye now," Sana said looking at Akito starting to get teary eyed.

Akito stepped closer to Sana and hugged her, having no regrets.

"I'll miss you, Hayama-kun," Sana hugged Akito back, this time when they hugged it didn't seem wrong and they weren't hurting anyone but, themselves.

"Kurata, I'll miss you too," Akito said in a low mumble. Sana felt as if she was going to start crying so she pulled away.

"Bye Bye, Hayama-kun," Sana smiled her eyes starting to blur with tears. That being said, Sana ran off back to her house. Akito was left watching his young love, run, run away to America. Leave him to perish back in Tokyo.

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"Alright, I'm off Mama, Maro-chan!" Sana yelled as she was departing from her house. Rei was driving the Mercedes to the airport.

"Okay Sana-dear! Have a safe trip and study hard!" Mama said as Sana left the house. Sana waved good bye to her mother…and Maro-chan.

"Let's go, Rei!" Sana ordered waving her arms around. "Alright, I'm set!"

"Good, now let's go before you miss your flight, Sana-chan," Rei said having the car door open for Sana outside the front of her house.

"Thanks Rei! Now, let's go!" Sana cheered as Rei drove his way to the airport.

"Sana, be very careful," Rei ordered. "Misako told me to make sure you get on the airplane okay." Rei and Sana got out of the car and Rei took Sana's bags.

"Yes, of course, Rei-kun," Sana smiled at her manager. "Don't worry, of anything, Naozumi-kun will protect me!" Sana said sarcastically.

"Yes, yes of course," Rei was serious though when he answered to Sana. Sana waited at the ticket and baggage check in while Rei went to park the car in the parking lot of the airport. Sana waved to Rei when we walked into the airport. He came over and helped Sana give in her ticket and check her luggage. Then, Rei and Sana headed up to Gate 14 for Los Angeles, North America.

"NAOZUMI-KUN!" Sana screamed when she saw him sitting in one of the rows in Gate 14 surrounded by photographers.

"Sana-chan!" Naozumi said trying to push past the photographers and paparazzi.

"Hi Naozumi-kun, how are you?" Sana asked as the photographer's flashes blinding both teens.

"I am good! How are you, Sana-chan?" Naozumi asked, they both were trying their best to avoid the flashes.

"Oh! Same here!" Sana smiled.

"Sana-chan, what is like to have a vacation with your boy friend?" One of the guy photographers had asked.

"Boy friend?" 'OH BOY THAT'S A FRIEND!' Sana said and thought to herself. "It's good! Very good!" (In my story, Sana is still very dense as you can see )

"Sana!" Naozumi said alerted by her answer.

"Well, you are a boy that's a friend," Sana said making sure her answer sounded right. Naozumi shook his head and gave off a big sigh.

"Flight 1446 at Gate 14 is now departing. Everyone who is leaving for Flight 1446 to Los Angeles America, please get ready to leave." The flight that Sana and Naozumi were going had just gotten called.

"ALRIGHT! Let's go! Sayonara, Japan!" Sana waved to the photographers as they flashed more cameras at the two.

"Sana, let's go," Naozumi said covering Sana as they went on the sliding floor to the gate.

"Have a safe trip, you two!" Rei and Mr. Maeda (Naozumi's manager) called after them.

"Sana-chan, Sana-chan!" Sana turned around to see her friends, repeating her name.

"Bye guys!" Sana waved as she saw them. When she saw Akito, she immediately turned around from lack of the strangeness from last night. Sana looked uncomfortable and embarrassed now.

"You alright, Sana-chan?" Naozumi asked looking down at Sana. (He is taller than her by quite a lot. Same height as Akito possibly?)

"Y-Yes, let's just go," Sana said walking faster down the moving panel on the floor.

"HAVE A SAFE TRIP SANA-CHAN!" Fuka, Tsuyoshi, and Aya called, Akito just looked at Sana and Naozumi.

"Thank you!" Sana called back to her friends and smiled. "I will!"

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Can you tell me what you think, please? Should I continue?

By the way, I might skip ahead to Sana's return? Do you think I should do that you write a chapter or two about her second America experience (Second for those of you who have seen the anime)?

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Love always,

Cayde