They parked in front of the building.
"It's not a shrine, it's an old amusement park." Papa said.
"Cmon Kazue!" Mama said. "Maybe we can find someone to give us directions."
"I smell food!" Papa said.
Kazue sighed, following her parents. This didn't seem like a good idea.
Her parents passed over a riverbed.
"It seems like there was a river here, huh, Kazue?" Mama said.
"Yes...a river...and a tree too." Kazue said. "And the clouds met here in a cluster, and the lightning had once struck the tree on the very top."
"What an interesting story. You're so creative." Mama said.
They made it to the food booths, full of food.
Kazue didn't like it. She had the feeling that they didn't belong here, that this place belonged to another. Another plane of existence. Another world.
"Let's eat!" Papa said.
"We can't just—" Kazue protested.
"Calm down, we'll pay when they come back." Mama said. "Sit and eat, Kazue."
"I don't want to! We'll get in trouble! This is...this place isn't ours! We do not belong here!" Kazue said. "I wan't to go...I want to go home!"
She stormed off, only to run straight into a familiar looking boy.
Who was he, and why did he appear here, and so familiar to her?