The large airplane terminal was buzzing with activity.   Anna Rose slowly paced the baggage department awaiting her luggage.  In her arms was Ezmerelda in a carrying case.  * Beep * That machine began to turn spewing bags and baby carriages out onto the conveyer belt.  Once they went by.   Nope, Anna's wasn't there yet.   As she sat there watching Anna began to think about why she was here.  It wasn't that she didn't love her current parents; she just had to find out about her birth parents.  Ever since she had learned she was adopted from Japan the country had been her obsession.  She could speak and read Japanese fluently, though she was still a little ruff with the slang.  She had tried to get in touch with the orphanage.  However they refused to open any files without the person in the room with them (company policy).  Something about how you could not really be sure the person was who they said they were over the phone.  So, here she was.  She had rented bought an apartment with money left to her by her "grandmother".  A tentative meow from Ezmerelda brought AnnaRose's attention back to the fact she had almost missed her bags.  With a great heave she pulled them off the belt and onto her cart. 

"Ready, Ezmerelda?" Anna asked. "  Almost there just gotta go to the pickup station, get the car, go to the bank, and go home."  Home, that felt too weird.

As Anna got to the place where her car was to be delivered she remembered the big debate her parents had had when she bought the apartment.  They had decided to buy her a car as a house warming present.  Her mother was going on about how it should be something pretty, but safety was number one.  Her father was arguing that they should get Anna something an eighteen year old would want.  As she sat there waiting a blue convertible Mazda pulled up.  An attendant got out and walked over to Anna with the keys in his hand.  Well, It looked like dad had won out.  Cool, AnnaRose had a brand new convertible. 

"Thank-you very much" she replied to the man in Japanese, bowing slightly as was polite.

"Your welcome." He replied and promptly went inside the building.  Anna walked over to the car and after a quick search of the driver's side she found the trunk hatch.  Popping the trunk she put her bags inside and let Ezmerelda out inside the car. 

"Okay, Now all that's left is to go to the bank."  Anna's parents had also taking the liberty to help her set up a new bank account nearby her new apartment.  They had even taken the time to put some money into it.  All Anna had to do was get the cash she had on hand exchanged.  That was a quick in and out.  Once they were on the road again Anna was quite proud of herself.  She had managed not to stumble at all when talking to the bank tellers.  Finally she pulled up to her apartment building.  Slowing down she looked at a piece of paper.

 Pulling into her spot Anna quickly got her stuff out of the car, convinced Ezmerelda to get back into the carrying case (at least until they got up to the apartment), and locked and alarmed the security system.

  Once inside the building AnnaRose saw the elevator about to leave. 

"Hold that elevator please!" she yelled as she ran for it.
"Huh?"  A girls voice sounded,  "Oh, Yes of course!"    Once Anna was inside the elevator she stopped to look at the girl.  The girl had blond hair and blue eyes.  Her hair was done up in the strangest of hair does.  It appeared to be pulled up in two balls on either side of her head and some of her hair trailed out of these balls into two long ponytails. 

"Thank- you very much" Anna said.

"No Problem!" The girl replied,  "I'm Usagi.  Who are you?"

"My Name is AnnaRose.  I just moved here."

"Well, It's very nice to meet you.  I don't live here I'm just visiting my boyfriend." Anna hit the button for the third floor, and very soon the elevator came to a stop.

"It was very nice to meet you too.  Well, Goodbye this is my floor.  Perhaps I will see you around."

"That would be nice." Usagi said. "BYE!" she waved very enthusiastically.