CHAPTER ONE

AND SO THEY MET

She walked through the new neighborhood they would live in for the next years. It was nothing like the place she came from. Houses were a lot smaller than what they had lived in, also the style are really new to her sight. She kept on thinking why they should move in this country? Well, yeah, her dad is Japanese but so what? With her friends gone and the grandiose feeling gone? What does she expect in this odd place?

She walked on, after few meters she saw a gray and white cat. It was cute and puffed, playing with a butterfly above it. She walked to it and bends a little to see the cat closer. She put out her hand and waved it to call the cat. The cat noticed her hand; it moved closer and started to lick her hand. She looked at it attentively. She stayed there for few minutes more, playing with the creature in her lap.

"Excuse me," a cold voice from behind called. She looked behind her as if she was expecting it.

"Is this cat yours?" she asked. It was a boy who was behind her, just about her age. He looks a little boastful and his eyes, they were strong coal.

"Uhm, yeah," the boy answered coolly. She handed the cat to him.

"You're not from here, are you?" the boy asked while brushing the cat's fur.

"How did you know?" she asked curiously starting to stand up.

"Well, your accent is not Japanese-like. Strange, you look like a Japanese girl to me," the boy commented.

"I came from England, I'm half," she answered straightly.

"Plus, you're a blonde," the boy added.

She looked innocently at herself. She wears a loose sleeveless dress, and she really is a blonde. She wears a pair of boots and a helmet on top of her bright blonde hair. She nodded to herself then looked at the boy who was continuously stroking the cat's fur.

"I'm Shinobu Yamamoto, you are?" she said suddenly which surprised the boy slightly. The boy looked at her as if she was a ghost. Shinobu assumed to shake hands with the boy. The boy hesitantly reached his hands.

"Ryoma Echizen," he said quietly. They shook hands.