Chapter 1: A Beautiful encounter.

Sakuno live with her parents and her lovely grandmother. They are from Tokyo but Sakuno's parents moved to Okinawa due to new job location. However, when she was very young, a tragedy was put upon her parents, leaving her and her grandmother. They died before she knew anything about them.

It was then that her Grandmother decided to take Sakuno back to her hometown in Tokyo. Sumire took a job as a tennis coach at Seigaku middle school in order to support the both of them. Sakuno also ended up attending the same middle school where her grandmother work at. It was more convenience for her to look after Sakuno.

Sakuno liked to watch her grandmother teach the tennis club as she watched from her classroom. Sometimes Sakuno like to nag her Grandmother about her parents. Parents that she couldn't get a chance to know. Sakuno felt really happy and fortunate to have her Grandmother by her side whenever Sumire would tell Sakuno excitedly about Sakuno's parents.

Their neighbor, uncle Kazuki, was Sakuno dad's old business partner back in Okinawa. He moved to Tokyo with them. He took care of them and love Sakuno like his own.

He has a son name Atobe Kazuki. Atobe always causes trouble for uncle Kazuki. He would always yell at Atobe in front of Sakuno, saying how he wish Atobe could be as obedient as her. Atobe argued back every time and received a slap from his father. It was always like this it seems but the mischievous Atobe Kazuki didn't care at all. Everyday he was happy and energetic. It made people think that there are no worries in his life. It was until that day when Atobe had convinced Sakuno to skip class.

He goes to different school than she does. They were walking along the busy street when they came to a stop, there were a lot of people around waiting for the white light to allow the pedestrians to cross.

Sakuno couldn't remember how it happened, but she felt being pushed into the streets by many people behind her. Was it white light? Sakuno didn't register anything around her at that time, not even sounds. By the time Sakuno could registered what is happening, it was too late.

It was completely quiet and soundless as she saw a car approaching toward her at fast speed, it was so fast that she couldn't react fast enough to move. She tried to scream, scream as loud as she could...but nothing. She didn't hear any sounds. Where did all the sound go? She couldn't even hear Atobe screaming out her name and that was the last thing on her mind when darkness began to engulfed her into unconsciousness.

Sakuno was woken up by Atobe shouting. She opened her eyes to see Atobe running with her in his arms. It was painful, it was so painful. She wanted to yell out for help, yet no matter how much she tried, she couldn't make a sound. It was like a battle cry that only kami-sama can hear. She even had blood running down her arms and braids all loose and messy due to the accidents.

"Doctor! Doctor!" Sakuno heard Atobe's voice shouting for a doctor as he ran along the corridor of the hospital while carrying her in his arms.

Atobe was furious with himself. He was holding Sakuno in his arm as he called out for a doctor. Not long a nurse and a doctor ran up to him and took Sakuno away from his hold.

"Quick! GO!" He shouted. He watched as they disappeared around the corner. He bow his head low and made a fist. 'Please be all right.'

At the hospital, the doctor told Sumire that due to the accident and because Sakuno was extremely frightened by it, She could no longer talk right now. Maybe someday she will be able to get it back but at this moment Sakuno knew for sure that she wasn't dreaming. She was temporarily mute. They did a lot of examinations and provided her with a lot of medications, but it was useless.

A few door down from Sakuno's room, Atobe stood in front of his father and took the punishments without any complaints. It was all his faults. He should have not convinced Sakuno to skip class with him, or else Sakuno wouldn't be in this state.

His father was yelling at him and slapping him on the head. On normal days this kind of punishments wouldn't be as painful for him, but today, the slaps was extra painful for him. It wasn't the punishment that made him feel painful, but rather because of Sakuno's state of condition made it worst for him. Not able to talk took a huge stab in his heart. He had taken away the most precious thing from her. He was deserve to be slap by his father.

"How could you Atobe? Look what you did you imbecile son. Ryuzaki-san only has Sakuno. If Sakuno is going to be mute for the rest of her life, I will hold you responsible to take care of her for the rest of your life." Uncle Kazuki yelled angrily and regretfully at Atobe.

After few days of being hospitalize, Sakuno was finally being dismissed. In her new room, she saw Atobe outside of his house crying when she looked out of her window. It was the first time that she saw how much he was blaming himself that he kept avoid looking into her eyes and don't know what to say to her. She was lucky enough to come out the hospital alive, an exchange for losing her voice.

It was strange going back to school. It was different, although she had made some friends here but going back to school not able to communicate to others was difficult for her. Since she could still hear and see, she didn't need to be put in a special class for disability.

Sakuno have come to learn how to communicate with other humans by using pencil and note. Although obaa-san did wanted her to take sign language class with her. Kazuki-san and Atobe thought it was a good idea and wanted to take the class with them too. They wanted to be able to understand her and to make her life easier. For their sake, Sakuno agreed to take the class.

Since the day she came back to school, the students have been very understanding, especially Tomo-chan. First time she went back to school, the students gave her a big welcome greetings. Tomo-chan had done nothing but being kind and thoughtful to her. Everyday Tomo-chan would bring good food to Sakuno. She appreciated what they have done for her, but somehow, somewhere deep down she still felt lonely.

During lunch as she roam the hallway aimlessly, she thought how she would never be able to speak again, that thought alone brought sorrow and pain to her heart. Sakuno kept on walking and walking then soon her walking began to quicken up to a sprint. She didn't know where her feet was leading her to but she didn't care, she just wanted to get away. When she came to a stop at the rooftop she tried to yell out as loud as she could. But nothing happened, there was still no sound.

Defeated, Sakuno slowly brought her hands down to her side. She closed her eyes. The loneliness was still there. She also felt helpless, like an alien from outer space, unable to communicate with the humans on Earth. She was alone.

Why Kami-sama, why do you must take away the most important people in my life? Why do you have to take obaa-san too? WHY! Tear drops slowly made its way down her cheeks and hit the floor with a splash.

She lost her parents and now her Grandmother as well. It was like a death call upon her family, except she got lucky and managed to pull away from death. Her Grandmother was on her way to visit Sakuno when she got into an accident. Sakuno blamed the taxi driver for being reckless. Obaa-san died on the hospital bed that night of the accident.

Sakuno's stomach growled.

Embarrassed, she quickly dry her tears away and went to head back downstairs to look for Tomo-chan and have lunch with her. She was making her way to the door when she noticed a certain old brick on the wall near the door. It looked different from all the other bricks. It looked much older and rusty. Curious, she made her way to the wall. It was kind of loose, she noticed. She pulled it out and realized it was just an empty hole inside. Then it occurred to her to write a note and leave it in there. Hoping for an alien friend to come along. It was a big hope but still, she waited. It let her feel not alone again. Placing the brick back into its place, she left closing the door behind her.

Unexpectedly, that same day right after school, Sakuno made to the rooftop once again. She was hoping to find something in there. Sure enough, there was a message from an alien. Sakuno beam with excitement. In the note, the mysterious person said he was a Martian. She smiled, she really wanted to meet him. She quickly took out her pencil and a paper.

I really want to meet you, I want to see what a Martian look like. She put the note back inside the hole. Sakuno hurry and left to meet Atobe at the main gate. Ever since the accident, Atobe has always walk her to school and home. When her obaa-san left her, uncle Kazuki and Atobe took her in. Tomorrow, I will meet the Martian. Sakuno smiled.

Author's note:

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