Lillian woke up from a lot of shouting in front of her house. She grabbed her writing materials and opened the door to find four young residents of Konoha smiling at her: Kana, Hiro, Nori, and Reina.

"Good morning, Lillian! Wanna go have breakfast at Yun's Shop with us?" Nori asked.

The farmer nodded and wrote Nori a note.

"Good morning. Give me a moment to get ready. I'll be right back."

"Okay! We'll wait for you!" Nori replied.

After a few moments, Lillian walked out in her Konoha outfit and marched to Yun's shop with her friends. It was just another usual sunny day in the twin town. Birds were singing their songs as the villagers' laughter became the choruses. Those were such wonderful and delightful sounds.

"Welcome children! What would you like today?" Yun chirped behind her counter.

"The Soba Dumplings are the best food in the summer! Would you like to order that guys?" Nori asked.

Everyone happily nodded.

"Five Soba Dumplings, please!"

"Five Soba Dumplings coming right up! Please find a table for your group!" Yun said before disappearing into the kitchen.

The group found a table with five seats nearby the window. The view outside was beautiful to watch. The trees swayed with the wind as their pink leaves swirled to the movement of the breeze. The sun shone down on the village, glittered the clear water of the river by the bridge.

"So, Lillian, how is it living in Konoha? Are you comfortable here?" Reina asked.

Lillian nodded with a smile.

"Hey hey Lillian! Isn't it irritating that you can't talk? You have to carry the notepad an-' Hiro joined.

"Shut up! Don't even talk!" Reina yelled as she gave Hiro a punch on his cheek.

"Ow ow ow!"

"Ouch. That sounds like it hurts a lot," Kana said.

Before Lillian could help Hiro, Reina pulled her away.

"Don't mind him. He deserves it."

The muted girl began writing in her notepad.

"But Hiro is hurt!"

"Don't worry! This happens all the time!" Nori said. "Hiro is a strong young man. He'll be fine in a few days or so."

Lillian nodded feeling a bit of guilt and pity for her friend. Soon enough, the Soba Dumplings were served. Everyone enjoyed their delicious meal except for Hiro, who was having a hard time chewing.

After finishing their breakfast, the friends waved each other goodbye and headed in different directions. Lillian went back to her farm to water the seeds she planted yesterday. She stared into the small empty barn then to her quiet house and sighed. It feels a little lonely here, she thought, maybe I should make another trip to Bluebell to get a calf. With that thought in her head, she began to head toward Jessica's shop.


"Oh! Wel—come... to Jessica's shop…." Jessica greeted with exuberance until she saw Lillian's face. "You're the new girl from Konoha, aren't you…?"

Lillian nodded. She pulled out her notepad and wrote something down for Jessica.

"May I buy a calf from you, please?"

"U-uhh okay… I'll be right back…" Jessica replied. She felt nervous and awkward to have a person from her rival town here. To add to that awkwardness, the girl could only communicate by writing on a paper. She went to the back of her shop to get the baby livestock for her customer.

"A new customer?" Ash asked. He was outside watching his beloved animals.

"Y-yeah… she's the new girl from Konoha, though. I wonder why she didn't choose to live in Bluebell if she wanted to raise a livestock."

"What did she want to buy?"

"Just a calf. Can you get it for me?" Jessica replied.

Ash nodded and went inside the barn. A few minutes later, he walked out with a small calf that had black spots all over its body. He followed his mother to the counter, where the girl was waiting.

"That would be fifteen-hundred gold," Ash said. The girl immediately smiled brightly and nodded as she handed him the amount of gold.

She gave him a piece of paper that said, "Thank you so much! I'll take good care of it."

Even though this girl was from Konoha, seeing her smile just put Jessica more at ease than before.

"What's your name?" Jessica asked.

"My name is Lillian," the girl handed the shop's owner a note.

"Lillian, what name will you give your new calf?"

The girl smiled bright once more time then gave Jessica a note.

"I'll name it Beef!"

"You want to name it Beef…? T-that's a unique name…" Jessica stammered. Out of all names the girl had to use that. She was such a mysterious person.

Ash chuckled and asked, "Will you be okay to walk your calf all the way to Konoha? Do you want me to help you?"

Lillian was lost in thought for a second then she shook her head. Again, a smile appeared on her face as she gave Ash another note.

"I'm fine. Thank you."

"Even though you're from Konoha, my rival town, I cannot allow you go alone to the mountain with a small calf. It's dangerous. I'll have someone go with you," Jessica demanded. She turned to her son and gestured her head to the direction of Lillian.

"Okay, I'll walk with you up to Mountaintop," Ash replied.

Suddenly, a little girl with two long pony tails tackled Ash.

"Ash can't go! Cheryl wants Ash to play with her!" the little girl cried.

"Now now, Cheryl. Let your brother escort our customer," Jessica said.

"No! Cheryl wants Ash to stay here! He has to play with Cheryl!"

Ash let out a sigh and carried his little sister on his shoulder.

"I'll go ask Cam to help. Come with me, Lillian," Ash requested.

Lillian followed Ash to the flower shop where a blonde boy was neatly organizing his flowers. He had a scary looking face the moment he saw her.

"No. Don't even ask me to help you with anything," Cam warned.

"Oh c'mon! Don't be such a jerk and help me out," Ash begged.

"What?"

"Can you escort this girl to the mountaintop? My mom said it's dangerous for her to go alone."

Cam widened his eyes and stared at Lillian in disgust.

"Go ask someone else," He replied.

"They're busy! You don't even have any customer so might as well as help her."

"No. I refuse to be near such thing."

Lillian tucked on Ash's sleeves and shook her head. She handed him a piece of paper with a small smile.

"It's okay. I can walk back. Thank you for caring."

With that, the farmer began pushing the small calf toward Bluebell Low Mountain. She was actually glad that the flower seller denied to escort her back. He would have turned the atmosphere into a scary silence. Besides, there was nothing dangerous about going to the mountaintop, just a bunch of small wild animals hanging around.

"You know… in this hot summer, it's pretty cold to be near you," Ash said.

"Cam is evil!" Cheryl added.

"He's lack of soul."

"Cam is so heartless and cruel!"

Cam gave the little girl a dead glare, making her retreated back to her hole of shame. Girls like Cheryl only increased his desire to be far away from girls. He disliked how much of a brat she was. To make her personality worse, Ash spoiled her with everything she wanted. It irritated him whenever his best friend did that.

"It's all your fault that Ash has to ask me to do it!" Cam yelled.

"Ashh! Cam is yelling at Cheryl!" Cheryl cried.

"Hey! She's a kid. Don't be so mean to her!" Ash argued. He sighed and turned his head to where Lillian had disappeared. "I hope she don't meet any wild boar or things might get dangerous."

Cam slammed his hand on the stand and shot Cheryl one last dead glare.

"Cheryl! If only Ash didn't spoil you this much! I wouldn't be in this situation!" He yelled before dashing toward the mountain.

"Let's go play, big brother!" Cheryl demanded.

"Alright!"


All because of that little Cheryl's and Ash's fault, he had to go help that mute girl. Cam couldn't even believe it that he had decided to help a girl for the first time ever. This was just as ridiculous as Ash spoiling his sister. It drove Cam nuts just thinking about this. He continued to follow the pathway that led to the mountaintop in searching for that girl. He stopped by the Bluebell Mid-Mountain when he found a little calf eating grass nearby the tree. There was no sight of its owner anywhere. Suddenly, the bushes moved violently with the sound of dried leaves cracking. Cam slowly backed away from the area, afraid of something dangerous might happened. Then a girl burst out of the bushes with scratches all over her face. She was holding a weak dog in her arms. Its fur was covered with mud and it let out a long whine. Cam stared at her without even saying anything. Lillian took out her notepad and pencils and began writing down her thought. She gave the note to Cam.

"What are you doing here?"

"Because of your uselessness, Ash and Cheryl forced me to come get you," Cam answered.

"You can go back. I'm safe." Lillian handed him another note.

"If I do, they're going to criticize me again."

The girl sighed and turned back to her calf, signaling the animal to come with her. Cam walked by her side, creating an awkward silence. Lillian stopped her movement and wrote something on the notepad to give to Cam.

"I overhear this dog whining when I walk by here so I went to save it. It must be hungry for days." The note said.

"Why do you need to tell me that?" Cam asked.

She paused then gave him another note.

"Just in case you were curious."

Cam ignored her until they reach the Mountaintop. Lillian waved him goodbye and handed him her final note for the day.

"Thank you for escorting me! My name is Lillian if you didn't know!"

Cam stared at her smiling face. It irritated him.

"Keep in mind that you're from Konoha which means you are our rival. So you are not welcome in Bluebell, don't come over anymore," Cam warned. He turned his back to her and walked back to his village, leaving Lillian's smile died down.