Once again, I'm sorry for the late update. I won't be updating as much as I used to…as I told you guys before over and over again.

Chapter 7: Going to America

"Okay people, pair up with a partner and get on the bus. We're leaving in another ten minutes," said their teacher, "This person you're sitting with is also your partner when you get on the plane, and the bus ride to the hotel."

It was a ten-minute ride to the airport. When they got there, they took their bags they packed and they checked in on the plane. It was somewhere around the afternoon (about 5 'o'clock). The school made the flight for them that it was only their class who was on the plane, so they had a small plane. When they got on the plane, some people immediately went to sleep, like Kazuko and Satoshi. Kazuko and Satoshi were sitting together on the right side, and Daisuke and Riku were sitting on the pair of seats that were across Satoshi and Kazuko's seats.

"Daisuke, do you know how long it would take us until we get to America?" Riku asked

"I think the teacher said that it's about 11 hours. (It might be more, but I think that's how long the trip is.)

"Wow, that's a long trip. I guess I should go to sleep too," she said closing her eyes and leaning her head on Daisuke's shoulder.

Most of the people went to sleep during the trip, since they knew that it was going to be a long one.

Kazuko woke up a few hours after everyone else did. She sat up straight and Satoshi's head fell on her shoulder.

"Gosh…that dream is starting to become frequently now," she thought. She sighed and looked at Satoshi, "I don't know why, but I know that I've seen my dream somewhere before…It's like having Déjà vu. But for some reason, I can't remember. Should I tell Satoshi about that too?"

Kazuko decided not to wake up Satoshi since she thought that he looked really cute asleep. Some girls were awake and looking at the sleeping Satoshi when Kazuko wasn't looking at them.

Kazuko almost fell asleep again until she felt Satoshi getting up. He was half asleep and half awake, like most times when he wakes up.

"Mostly everyone's still asleep," Kazuko said.

"Do you know what time it is?"

She looked at her watch, "It's 2 AM, but that's in Japan."

"So what time is it over here?"

"I think it's almost 7 AM yesterday."

"So…it's yesterday?"

"Well, we're about 19 hours apart from Japan to America. So in America, we could say that we left Japan tomorrow."

"Okay then, do you know how long we've been on this plane now?"

"Ten hours. We have about another hour to go."

"Well then, what should we do?"

"I didn't bring anything, I usually just look outside the window and look at all the scenery that we fly by."

Satoshi took out his bag from under his chair and took out a CD player with a pair of headphones. He listened to it and let Kazuko listen to it now and then. The hour passed and the plane landed in an airport in California.

"Okay class, we're taking a bus to a hotel, everybody get on," the teacher said.

It was only a 30-minute ride to the hotel.

Kazuko was looking out the bus window resting her head with her arm.

"This…I know where we are…" Kazuko said.

"You do? Where are we then?" Satoshi asked.

"We're in Daly City…it's a city near San Francisco. That's all I know though. Genjo and I would pass by this city on our way to San Francisco."

When they got off the bus, the class checked in with the teacher and the teacher assigned rooms to the class. Since they were in high school, the teacher didn't want boys to share rooms with girls.

"Alright everybody, all girls are on the 3rd floor, and the boys are on the 2nd. Boys, the girl's floor is off-limits. You can unpack your bags in your rooms and then have free time for the whole day. You need to come back to the hotel by 10 'o' clock tonight and lights out at 12 'o' clock. Class dismissed."

Everybody picked up their bags and they walked to the elevators. Daisuke and Satoshi shared a room and the placed their bags on their beds. Kazuko and Riku shared a room too. When they walked in, Riku was looking around to see how amazing the room looked like.

"Wow, this is great!" she said running to the beds.

"Yeah…" Kazuko said lying down on the other bed.

"You seem depressed. Is it because you came back to California?"

"A little."

"Then why did you come?"

"…I don't know. I guess I just wanted to go on a field trip with you guys again."

"Yeah, whatever. You just wanted to spend more time with Satoshi, that's all."

"Hey it's not always like that. I might meet my friends again."

"I thought you said that you didn't like your friends."

"Well, I had some guy friends, too. I liked them better than the other friends. But, for some reason, I was stuck hanging out with the girls most of the time."

"C'mon, let's go meet up with Daisuke and Satoshi."

Kazuko stood back up a while after and went with Riku to the outside of the hotel. They met them at the lobby and they went out of the hotel and walked around the streets. Kazuko told them about a mall that was nearby and they went to it. They spent a few hours at the mall. They looked around some of the stores and then they sat down for a while. After resting for a few minutes, they went to a music store and listened to some of the music. Kazuko saw someone that she remembered. He had long black hair that was pulled back and baggy pants and a jacket over his dark colored shirt. She walked up next to him and she said,

"I can't believe you in a place like this…I mean, in this section of the store."

He turned around and stuttered, "I-I'm sorry…do I know you?"

"Yeah you do! It's me, Kaz, or that what you called me all the time."

"Kaz! Dude, I can't even recognize you. Why did you have to cut your hair for?"

"Well that's a good way to talk to a friend when you haven't seen her in several months."

"Well, yeah that's true, but I liked you better with your long hair. You just suddenly left; I was wondering where you went. I went to your apartment and the landlord said that you moved to another place. So…where did you go?"

"…I went back to Japan with my brother. I felt like doing that to see my friends again."

"Really, then why are you here right now? Don't you still have school there?"

"Yeah I still have school. We're on a field trip."

"'We?' So that means you're with your other friends right now?"

"Yeah…they're over there listening to music."

"That's cool, so when did you get here?"

"We arrived a couple hours ago. We're staying at a hotel near here."

"Well then, maybe I have to pass by someday. School isn't the same without you. You were always the talk of the school. When you left, rumors were spreading that you were kicked out of our school and had to go to military school, and stuff like that."

"Haha…well you know that that's not true."

"Kazuko, we're ready to leave now," Satoshi said when he walked up to her and placed his hand on her shoulder.

"Alright. I'll see you later, Jake."

"Alright then. See you some other time."

They walked out of the store and went back to the hotel since it was almost 7. But before they were going back to the hotel, they went to eat out at a restaurant nearby. After that, the four of them went back to their hotel rooms and changed into their pajamas.

"Hey Kazuko, if you used your real name here, weren't you kind of scared that the police might catch you and bring you back to Japan?"

"Not really…we changed our last names before we came to America. Don't ask me how we did it, but that's the way it went. My brother is weird but at least he's really helpful. Well, I'm going to bed now, I'll see you in the morning," Kazuko said pulling the sheets over her.

"Alright then…good-night Kazuko."

The whole class was walking around the city and the four of them walked around to different stores instead of going back to the mall. While they were walking, Kazuko stopped and started kneeling behind Satoshi.

"Hey, what's the matter, Kazuko?" Satoshi asked.

'"Those people over there…those were the girls who were always hanging out with me."

"Well, then I guess we have to avoid them."

"Wait a minute; you're friend yesterday didn't know that you were Kazuko since you cut your hair. Maybe these people won't recognize you this time," Riku said.

"Yeah…I guess that's true. Well then, let's continue."

"Oh…look at those four…the one with the blue hair is hot," said one of the girls.

"I know that's true. I hope that girl next to him is not his girlfriend."

"Well then, let's go follow him for a while. Don't make it look suspicious."

After a couple hours, those girls were still following the four of them and Kazuko was aware that they were. When she stopped and left to get something, she left the three of them alone; Daisuke and Riku went to go somewhere and the girls were sitting nearby. Kazuko walked up to Satoshi a while later and then she walked up to the girls and said,

"Don't think that she's not here. I know that you've been following him around for a while."

"Um, excuse me, do we even know you?"

"Yes…yes you do, I just don't want to tell you if you can't figure it out."

Kazuko left them and then her and Satoshi walked to where they saw Daisuke and Riku.

"Hey guys, I'm ready to go back. I don't want to spend my time walking around all these places. After all, we're going to San Francisco soon, aren't we?"

"Yeah, you're right, let's go back to the hotel."

End of chapter 7

I'm sorry if the ending was a little dull. I didn't like what I wrote down on paper, so I decided to change it a little when I was typing it. N E ways, I hoped that you liked it. Personally, I don't really like this chapter too much as the other ones. But that's my opinion.