I guess since you are ever so interested I am obligated to tell you details of my journey. Well I'll tell you I didn't get very far, I got on the shuttle only five minutes ago. But I can say...it smells, not bad but not good either. It smells like sterilization and sweat. People were crowded, some standing even. It's 2 in the morning and you wouldn't think some people would make their commute to work this early. It's weird because I haven't put myself in a closed area with this many people before, and I am surprised I haven't had a melodramatic melt down. Yet. I managed to get a seat in the back, near a man who is reading the newspaper and a woman who eyed me suspiciously. Probably because she thought I was to young to be traveling by myself this early into the morning. At least no one had a baby, crying babies are the worst. They yell and cry, they grab the attention of every passenger who has annoyed anger dripping from their presence toward the mother. But here I am, no one knowing where I am going not even myself. Alone, happy and growing tired. It couldn't hurt to take some rest before I get to my next stop.


When I woke up it was daylight and I was two towns over. I step off the shuttle and decide I need some lunch, or breakfast. Whatever meal fits what time it is. I look at the clock in the station that read 12:48 pm. Lunch it is. Lets see if I can find a nice sushi place around here, it seems to be a big city.

Leaving the station and trying to figure out where I'm headed is hard. Big shops and buildings, companies and markets. Must be a sushi shop somewhere. My stomach gurgles, I look around to see if anyone heard. Okay here we go, a map of the city. I was in Kyoto, I look towards the country side of it. I saw trees with pink blossoms in the distant horizon, I decide I will go there to find food. I hailed a taxi car and was on my way.


I saw beautiful temples, and roads unpaved. There was trees arching smaller paths and markets and fish ponds. My favorite part was there were indeed sushi shops. My stomach gurgled once again as if on cue because I then smelled the salty Ramen and chicken with noodles. I smelled fish and rice, my nose was tingling and my stomach moaned in the longing for a meal. these shops look so pretty, and expensive to. But I did bring money, and I do need food.

I chose a nice looking shop that smelled like fish. Sushi will do me good, I need the protein and Ramen contains to much sodium considering I already had some the afternoon before. And when I looked at the shop's menu it was not expensive at all.

I ordered tempura rolls and crab rolls, and salmon rolls. They were all so delicate and delicious, and felt good in my mouthy and my stomach thanked me gratefully. But my conscious picks a fight with me, I start to wonder if my friends notice I'm gone and if they are worrying or not. What about my girlfriend. I pull out my phone, I got a text from her. She says she's worried and that she is sorry if she has done anything wrong, she hasn't done anything wrong. She could never do anything wrong, I felt so bad to leave her like that. Amu hasn't noticed, or she doesn't care. Nor her or Tadase has messaged me, no one has. maybe they are happy that I'm gone. ]

That voice in the back of my head told me they weren't happy, and saying how could you just leave them that way. It was right, I didn't say goodbye or where I was going or what In was doing. But even In didn't know where I was going or why I was leaving. But now I'm here. My journey to find where I truly belong has begun. This isn't the only place, there will be more if I'm wrong about this one.

My doubts were suddenly starting to increase, I did miss my home town. But then a pretty girl a year older than Amu sat down next to me. She smiled at me and said, "Hello I'm Lilac, do you mind if I sit here?'

I nodded, "Of course you can. My name is Ikuto."

And for a while we just talked.