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Emerald had just moved to Japan 3 months ago. She was from America, and moved here because of her father's company. She caught on quickly with the language, but that was only because of a foreign exchange student that had gone to her school. He had come over from Kyoto, Japan and was very friendly. It had been nice of him to take the time to teach Emerald Japanese, and now, she was thankful for it.

The 17 year old girl was getting around. She had managed to find a job at a local dog kennel, which was great for her because she had a passion for animals. She was looking at herself in the bathroom mirror as she brushed her brown hair(think of Tai's hair color :P), it ran a little past her shoulder blades and was super soft. She was wearing dark blue jeans that hugged her curves nicely and flared out at the bottom, and her shirt was a long-sleeve with navy blue & white stripes going horizontal. As she set down her brush, she picked up a small diamond heart necklace that was sitting by the sink. She clipped in around her neck, than touched the heart almost tenderly, as she looked at it in the reflection.

'I love you, mom.'

She then ran down the stairs and slipped on her white and black running shoes, and before running out the door, went and grabbed her house key and iPod Touch that were both sitting on the kitchen counter. She put her earphones in as she walked down the sidewalk to the bus stop. She hadn't managed to pick a song until she sat down on the bus. Sleeping with Sirens, screamed in her ears.

She shoved her iPod Touch, along with her earphones, into her jeans pocket as she walked into the door of her work. As usual. she was greeted by a pack of dogs barking in their kennels, jumping up at their wired doors excitedly. She giggled and ran her hand along the side of some kennels so some of the dogs could sniff or lick her as she made her way to the back office.

"Hey guys. I missed you too." She told the loud hounds.

She pushed through the back office door, where she found a couple of her coworkers. "Hey Eme!" They greeted her. She smiled back at them and waved.

"Yuuku still needs to be walked. We left him especially for you." Her one male coworker who had blonde hair told her with a smirk. He grabbed a soda out of the fridge then made his way through the door Emerald had come through.

Emerald rolled her eyes and shook her head. Yuuku was one of the biggest dogs that came to the kennel, but that wasn't the main issue. His name was exactly right about him. It was Japanese for, trouble. And boy, did that pooch like to cause trouble, especially on his walks. One of the veteran workers would usually walk him, but ever since Emerald came around the dog took a better liking to her, meaning, she could control him better.

Emerald grabbed a leash from a cubby then made her way back out to the kennels. She finally made it to the one that was holding Yuuku, then smiled down at the dog. Yuuku was a large male Akita with handsome golden eyes. His tail wagged a mile a minute at the sight of Emerald, and he jumped on up the cage door, trying to get to her, also letting out a loud, deep bark.

Emerald laughed. "Okay boy, down, down. Let me get your leash on then we'll go for a nice walk. Okay?" The teen girl managed to open the door and loop the leash around Yuuku's neck before he rushed out the door. "Gah!" She almost lost her gripping on his leash. "Whoa, jeez, calm down big guy." She yanked him back a bit, but it barely phased him.

Once outside for his walk Yuuku actually seemed to act more calm. Emerald walked him over to the city's main park, as she usually did, only having to tug on him whenever he would see a squirrel or another dog. She, herself, was enjoying the walk when she stopped at a bench to re-tie one of her sneakers. Yuuku was sitting down, waiting patiently when all of a sudden, he perked up. He must have heard something. Suddenly he let out a deep bark and tugged his leash right from Emerald's hand.

"No! Yuuku! Come back!" Emerald yelled, her heart racing in worriment. She chased after the trouble-maker.

'Oh no! He's running right to the train station! What if he jumps on the tracks and gets hit?!' Emerald's mind made her even more worried, she picked up the pace as much as she could.

Fortunately for her, there was a train already at the station, but its doors were wide open, waiting for passengers. Or rogue pooches. "Yuuku!" She shouted as the Akita leaped into a train cart, but she wasn't far behind. She leaped in after him, figuring she was going to pounce right on him. But, instead she hit the cart floor with a hard THUD.

"Ow.." She slowly got up on her hands and knees, unaware the doors had closed. Suddenly she heard the train whistle and jolt to a start. She shot up and looked around for Yuuku, but he wasn't in the train cart. She ran to the door, looking out the window, and there was big Yuuku, sitting out on the platform, his tongue hanging out the side of his mouth. It almost looked as if he was smirking at Emerald.

Emerald hit her fists on the train door window. "Ugh, damn dog!"

She then sighed, annoyed, and took a seat. She hadn't realized she was the only one on the train. 'I'll just have to get off at the next stop and take a bus back. Damn you, Yuuku!'

But what Emerald didn't know, is that there would be no bus stops where she was now going...