Sugoi grabbed her last bad and shoved it in the back of the car, "ok Mrs. Van Hampton, I'm ready."

"Get in Sugoi it may take a while to get to the airport." Mrs. van Hampton leaned across the car and opened the door for Sugoi. She got in and pulled the door closed. They drove in silence until they were out of the town. sugoi had lived there her entire life and she was sad to drive away from it never to come back but she was glad to see all the bad memories and experiences being left behind. After and hour of driving through the rolling hills in the California wine country, passing Sugoi's entire life in that period of time they reached more of a city. It had car dealerships and department stores, but nothing compared to the new life she was beginning. "Dear would you like to turn on some music?" asked Mrs. van Hampton.

"Um… sure, would you like to listen to anything in particular?" she asked.

"No anything is fine." Mrs. Van Hampton said with a sweet smile you find on people who have never seen anything bad, no crime, no destruction, no death, and no big cities. People who had seen these things had different smiles.

"ok." Sugoi turned on the radio and scanned through that channels until she settled on country, not her favorite, but it would have to do. She sat back against the seat and pushed her long bangs behind her ears. She leaned her forehead against the window and looked out at the buildings that seemed to be getting larger by the block. They kept driving until they reached a bridge. This was the first bridge she had been on since she had gone to the airport last when she visited her aunt in Texas last summer.

They went over a bridge and through a tunnel and came out in one of the largest city Sugoi had ever been in. "ok, now that we are in San Francisco could you get out the map please?"

"I don't think you need it Mrs. Van Hampton, there is a sign that says SFO right there." She pointed to a sign for an off ramp and Mrs. Van Hampton took it. They fallowed the signs and fifteen minutes later Mrs. van Hampton pulled up at the terminal. They both got out and Sugoi took her bags out of the trunk.

"You remember where to go right?" Mrs. Van Hampton asked.

"Yes, gate twelve." Sugoi said as she thanked Mrs. Van Hampton.

"It's been a joy knowing you." Mrs. Van Hampton said. "Write when you get the chance." She said and they hugged.

"Good bye." Sugoi said.

"Good bye." They hugged again and Mrs. Van Hampton got in the car and started back home.

Sugoi put her license in her bag and turned off her cell phone. She sat down at the gate and waited for the plane to be ready to board. She pulled out an I pod and put in her ear buds. Finally a woman's calm voice came on over a speaker. We are going to start boarding at gate twelve." Sugoi got up and got in line. Half an hour later they were in the air on the first leg of the trip, san Francisco to New York. She relaxed and listened to her music, first she listened to something her mom had put on before she …. Never mind, it didn't matter.

Sugoi was getting choked up so she turned off the music, and pulled out a book. It was a very interesting book, the Devinci code, by Daniel Brown. She finished the last page as a woman's voice came on the speaker. "We are going to land, please fasten your seatbelt." Sugoi fastened her seatbelt and put up her seat. As the plane landed it reminded her of home and one time during and earthquake how her dad had…that also didn't matter. She grabbed her Cary on and got off the plane with the swarm of other people.

She had about four hours before her next plane took off so she decided to just sit in the terminal and wait, her life was so boring. Well actually that wasn't true; it had actually become very interesting these past few months. Sugoi had decided to call it filmesc. She sat down in one of the insanely uncomfortable chairs and plugged in her I pod. She figured it would be a long flight to Japan and she might as well be entertained on the way there.

Two hours later when she was bored of sitting there she packed everything into her backpack and trudged down the packed terminal to a restaurant. She grabbed a pizza and a coke, paid, and sat down. "Kerina!" a voice said from somewhere in the distance. Sugoi looked up; she was used to being called by her last name. She spotted a boy running up to her. "Kerina, what are you doing here?" he asked.

"Oh hey Jeremy, I'm going to Japan." She informed him.

"Why?" he asked obviously not the brightest bulb in the bunch.

"I'm moving in with my grandfather. I decided I needed a change of pace. So what are you dong here, family trip or something?"

"yep." He said, "I'm going to Maine with my dad, we do it every year, but why are you moving, everyone is going to miss you so much." He asked concern rising in his voice.

"I just can't stay in California any longer." She said bluntly, trying to hold back tears.

"Why?" he asked again, only evoking more emotion to take root in Sugoi's body.

"I just can't alright." She said and left. Why had that stupid boy have to see her, why did he have to ask? He had known about her parents and brother, he had known about the house. She walked back to the gate for her flight and sat on the floor hidden by a chair. Not daring to move for fear he would find her, he and his stupid idiotic questions. She put her head against the wall and cried. It had been too long since she cried last.

"All passengers bound for Japan please line up at gate 23." She got up and grabbed her bag. She found her seat and pushed her bag under. The flight attendant briefed everyone on safety procedures, and then asked that no electronic devices be used during take off. She turned off her music and sat back.

"What were you listening to?" the voice sounded annoyed.

"Um…" this girl was intimidating, "Franz Ferdinand." The girl raised an eyebrow, "it's a Scottish band." She explained.

"I know what it is stupid." The girl said. Sugoi's eyes became wide and shiny.

"I'm sorry, I didn't…" she wasn't sure what to say next, she didn't know what she did. The girl looked to be about 16, 4' 9". She had black her with electric blue streaks. Until now her eyes had been closed but as she opened them a strange glow seemed to fill the seat. Her eyes were black with lightning streaks.

"Whatever, I don't care." The girl said, she unbuckled her seat belt and pulled her feet up on the seat so her knees touched her chin. She had jeans on and a plain black sweatshirt. On her wrists she had studded bands, and black bracelets. Her neck also had black chains. "Yeah hi I'm Katrina." She said offering her hand to Sugoi.

"I'm Sugoi." She said shaking Katrina's hand.

"Amazing?" Katrina asked.

"You speak Japanese?" Sugoi asked.

"Yep, fluently."

"Me too! My parents taught me when I was…" she trailed off; she had not expected to get on the topic of family.

"Its fine, I don't like to talk about my family either." Katrina said.

Sugoi was relived, "thank you Katrina." She said.

"Call me Kat. My parents were killed."

"Um…" Sugoi wasn't exactly sure how to respond to this piece of information.

"Sorry, I'm kind of straight forward." Kat said.

"Um…" she didn't know how to respond to this either.

"Ill shut up now." Kat said. Sugoi laughed and leaned back on the seat, she liked this girl. She was quite straight forward, but she was col. "hey do you have any Mudvayne?" Kat asked.

"Yeah, my brother put it on there for me." She said and handed Kat her I pod.

"Cool. Is your brother nice?" she asked as she took the I pod. "Oops sorry, I forgot no talking about family." Kat put in the ear phones and turned on the music.

"Shouldn't you turn that off?" Sugoi asked

"Yeah whatever." Kat said and turned up the music. Sugoi sat back; she was not one to get into other people's business. She had 16 hours on this flight with this girl so she didn't want to make an enemy of her. Fifteen minutes later the woman told them they could turn on their electronics.

Sugoi pulled her bag out from under her char where it had take up residence and pulled out her computer. "Your loaded huh?" Kat asked looking at her.

"This was my dads. The I pod was my brothers." She explained and turned on the computer. 'Welcome Sugoi Kerina' danced across the screen as it came on.

"You last name is Kerina?" Kat asked.

"Yes."

"Beautiful?"

"Yes? And what of it?" she was beginning to act more like herself again, befor the… fire. ' grr see there you go again making your self all worked up.' Thje voice in her head said.

"Nothing. It's nice. Sugoi Kerina, it flows nice." Kat said staring off into space.

"thanks." She said as she pulled out a DVD from her back pack.

"What are you going to watch?" Kat asked.

"My neighbor Totoro." She said showing her the box, "I know it's a kids movie but I like it." She said and put the DVD in the drive.

"Can I watch?" Kat asked.

"Sure let me find my adapter." Sugoi said digging through the smallest pocket on her backpack. She unplugged her earphones, inserted the adapter, and plugged in the ear phones from her I pod and her computer into the adapter. Both girls put on the head phones and the movie came on.

As the last name left the screen on the final credits Kat pulled off the head phones. "Three down twelve to go." She said looking at her watch. "Good movie choice by the way, it was cute." She said cringing at the last word that left her mouth.

"I thought you might like it." Sugoi said as she put it back in its box.

"No really I did, I just don't like saying cute." Kat said.

"ah." Sugoi pulled out another DVD.

"Do you have 6 more?" Kat asked.

"I have more then that." She opened her backpack to reveal 10 or so DVDs.

"Can I see what you have?" Kat asked.

"yeah." Sugoi handed her her backpack.