Author's note: Thanks to Farah for requesting this, I know this is nothing like the story at the moment but hey, it's just the intro.

Kuki burst through the treehouse door in tears.

The kids all ran to her side, trying to calm her down.

"It's ok girl, come on, sit down and Numbuh 5 will get you a good old cocoa." Abby said, sitting Kuki down on the sofa and then rushing into the kitchen.

"Numbuh 3, where have you been, it's 3:54 and we agreed to meet at 12!" The stout Numbuh 2 said to her.

"No questions until she's calmed down Numbuh 2" The bald boy said to him.

Numbuh 4 said nothing, he just sat at arms length away from Kuki and looked at her, his arms folded, his face in a less than worried, not none the less caring look.

Abby came back in and gave Kuki the cocoa, then she sat down next to her with an arm over her shoulder.

"Dad said that we have to move back to Japan!" Kuki said through sobs and then burst into tears again resting her head on Abby's shoulder.

All four children exchanged shocked glances then looked back at Kuki sympathetically.

None of them said anything but they were all thinking the same thing:

As if her life weren't bad enough, her mother died a week ago. Her father had lost his job, and now he was forcing her to move back to Japan, her home land which she really hated.

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The day Kuki moved was hard.

They all stood outside Kuki's house while Mr. Sanban had packed their belongings into the taxi that had arrived. He and Mushi had got into it and were just waiting for Kuki.

"Goodbye Numbuh 3, we hope to see you soon." Numbuh 1 said, giving her a small hug and pat on the shoulder, then moving down for the rest of the team to say their farewells.

"Hey, it's only 11:00am, you don't have to be there till 1:00, and it takes one hour and 32 minutes to get to the airport." Hoagie whined. "Can't you quickly come for a chilidog with us?"

"I wish I could Hoagie," Kuki said, hugging him. He sniffled and then moved along.

Then came Kuki's best friend.

"Don't be a stranger girl." Abby said, pulling her into a tight hug. "And behave yourself, you hear me? Don't make me come over there!"

Kuki laughed and hugged her back. Then prepared herself for the hardest goodbye that was coming her way.

"So, that's it? You're leavin' us" The short, blonde Aussie said, hands shoved into his pockets, kicking his foot around and refusing to make eye contact.

Kuki stayed silent, she closed her eyes and sighed holding back tears.

"We'll miss ya'" she heard him say to her, she opened her eyes and looked at him.

His face was in-between a small smile and a frown.

"Kuki-Chan!" she heard her father say, she looked over at him, he looked angry.

She whimpered, then turned back to Wally and pulled him into a hug bear hug. She was pretty surprised when she felt him hug back.

"KUKI-CHAN!" Her father was getting really annoyed annoyed now.

She sighed and pulled away from Wally, she wiped her tears with here sleeve and waved goodbye to all of her friends as she stepped into the taxi.

Through the back window, she saw most of them walk away as she drove off. But the small boy stood in the middle of the road. Hands back in his pockets. His gaze following the cab.

Once again, she sighed, closed her eyes and leant her head against the window.

Wishing that she weren't on her way back.

Wishing that they didn't have to say goodbye.