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Chapter 1
michi naki michi - Hey guys! I come back again with a new story; a collaboration fanfic with a friend and fellow fanfic author, Yoru no hime! She is so, so awesome and 99% of this was generated with her own ideas! She was so inspirational! I just wrote it, but without her ideas, this story wouldn't be here today. Give a round of applause to her because she deserves it!
Yoru no hime - We hope you enjoy reading the story and please review and if my penname is not changed its midenigufutsu koyote. We hope you find the start interesting because there are more surprises to come!
A girl with dark, tan skin sat quietly on the train as it traveled to her new school. She transferred out her old school to get a feel of a more urban area. Her parents lived in another neighboring city next to Shizume City with her little sister. An old lady seated beside her tapped her on her shoulder lightly.
"Are you Japanese?" She asked with a toothy smile.
"Yes, yes I am," The girl nodded and replied with perfect Japanese,"I am Japanese, but I'm also of African descent."
The little lady nodded and went back to looking out the large window across from them. The smooth hum of the train reverberated throughout the compartment.
She wondered what would be in store for her with her new school life. Lillia left her childhood friends and family when she transferred and she chose a new experience over them. She felt bad about it, but she knew she had to embrace the fact that everybody leaves.
She just left early.
As a train came to another stop at a station, the sliding doors opened and a flood of people began to fill the empty seats and the center of the compartment.
She waited patiently as the people situated themselves in the newly cramped space. Lillia thought it was a better idea to stand up while she could and make her way to the door so she could leave right away without weaving through the cluster of bodies.
The doors closed and the train ran again once more. Now the majority of the people onboard were men in business suits. She watched them meticulously unroll their sleeves every now and then just to check the time with their strained expressions.
She held onto a metal bar beside one of the exits and looked out the window into the blurring city scene. Everybody was so cramped together and the air hung heavy and stuffy with the high density of people.
As the train traveled at full speed, the grey eyed girl felt the dark strands of her hair being stroked, but she ignored it and concluded that it was one of the many bodies that bumped and brushed her occasionally. The touch on her hair went away and she opened her mouth to give out a sigh of relief. The sigh became a tiny, high pitched squeak when she felt a large hand caressing the side of her waist and hips. Her grip on the bar tightened and her eyes closed shut. She was hoping that the hand was just another accidental action, but it continued to persist.
Never in a million years did she think this would happen to her. She thought train perverts only existed in movies and TV shows.
Within the crowd, she heard a deep voice that seemed to cut through everything that was going on,"Sir, I'm going to ask that you stop your actions right now."
Immediately, the hand pulled away from her sides and the sigh of relief finally came out of her throat. She turned around to find her savior, but she didn't seem to find anybody that looked her way. She was too nervous to ask who it was and didn't bother looking back.
When the train stopped at the next station, she was one of the first people to make it out. The fresh, spring air was so inviting to her lungs compared to the stuffiness inside of the train. When she stepped off the platform, the same voice that defended her called out,
"Excuse me. I think you dropped this."
It probably wasn't her, so she continued to follow the mass of business man that headed towards the exit of the station. Lillia heard him clear his throat and address her by her name,"Kano Lillia?"
She stopped in her tracks and swiveled around to meet a piercing, amethyst stare behind a thin, black frame of glasses. The girl admitted that it was a bit mesmerizing. She walked towards the young man and asked,"Do I know you?"
His bangs were swept to the side and Lillia assumed with his school uniform that he was another high schooler at least her age. They stared at each other for what seemed like a minute or two before the boy extended a hand which held her ID card. She reluctantly looked up at him and back at the card; slowly slipping it from his fingers and back into a small pocket in her navy duffel bag.
"Have a nice day." He said before walking past her.
Registering what had just occurred, she whipped around again and called out,"Hey,"
She watched him turn his head to show that he was still listening.
"Thank you for everything."
"You're welcome, Kano-san." She caught a low chuckle as he replied courteously,"Take care."
Lillia stood there watching him walking farther away from her until his figure disappeared and blended amongst the lines of people that were filing in and out of the station. He was so cool! Who was that guy? Her face flushed up with adoration as she too started walking to her school.
A/N: Thank you guys for reading! This is only the start! The two of us hope you'll follow us as we continue.
-michi naki michi & Yoru no hime