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My world has been spinning out of control lately. After the plane crash, Naoto and another couple of police detectives interviewed us. Alice was taken for the interview first, then Alyssa, and finally me. They asked for my name and my reason for coming to Japan. They wanted to know if I saw anyone suspicious or heard anything out of the ordinary. I told them everything I knew, which wasn't much, and they returned me to the other girls. The waiting room they had us in was white and bland and only had a couple of benches as furniture. Waiting gave us time to learn about each other. Alice and I shared a bench while Alyssa took one for her own.

Alyssa lost her mom in an accident when she was younger. She still had her dad and her sister and that was enough for her. Her dad's a lawyer and, from what she said, a pretty good lawyer. She had kept one of her mother's yellow belts and refuses to take it off for anyone. I understand her though. I refuse to take off my hoodie except at home. The belt and her bright electric blue eyes were the only things she had from her mother. Her mother was a genius. She had the best marks of anyone in her age group nationwide and it seems that Alyssa inherited those brains. Alyssa did very well at her school but she chose to move away because she didn't like the city. I feel like she's hiding something but I chose not to pry. Her dad and sister, thankfully, were supposed to go on the next flight out and was spared the accident.

I was right about Alice McCrow. Alice was from a rich family. Or, at least, a rich Japanese family. Her father owns a large supermarket corporation called Junes and was famous everywhere. Every city in Japan had at least one. Her mom and dad send her to Inaba because there was nothing here which wasn't very comforting. Alice was an overspender and her grades were terrible but her parents did help her out by moving her to Inaba. Her parents had bought a small three bedroom home and gave her a small amount to spend on food and rent per week to teach her about responsibility. She already had connections in the office where we are held. They told her everything that she needed to know. Including why I was on the flight.

"You know, Hunter, that the government and the police force won't want you to leave Japan until the whole thing is over. Standard Protocol." I nodded. Naoto told me this and that Andrew's company will aid him during this. Unfortunately, the company did not expect me to come with him and wasn't willing to pay for my expenses and education. "So you know how my family is rich?"

"Hard to forget."

"Well, do you want to come and stay with my family while Andrew, um, adjusts to Japan. I'll help you with your school and housing need."

I turned to her and stared into her rich, chocolate brown eyes. "What's the catch?" Offers like hers didn't come without catches.

"There is none!" I raised my eyebrows. "Ok. The catch is that you have to help me with my studies. I can only go back to Tokyo if I get good grades. I have to go back. It's sooo boring here. There's nothing to do here and we haven't even been out that door." Pointing to the door out, she looked at me for at answer. " And Alyssa is invited to stay with us too. I mean, I really need this. Please help me out." She gave both Alyssa and I the puppy eyes. I opened my to answer, but she cuts me off. "I really need to go back. I have friends there and my parents are there and all my favorite stores are there and-" I covered her mouth with my hand and she just stares at me like no one has ever done that before. Somehow, I believed that.

"I will answer you if you will be quiet for five seconds. If not, I will find some duct tape and tape your mouth shut until the end of ever. Got it?" Alice nodded. "Good. I'll take you up on your offer. I need somewhere to stay anyway. Alyssa?"

"Sure, but I have to ask my dad first. By the way, can we get past the gathering amount of press and annoying police officers first? I need to call him and tell him what happened" We turned to face the one window that shows the outside and see a steady growing group of reporters and newscast.

I let out a groan and fell down on the bench. Alice giggled. "Well, there's only one way to deal with this mess. Remember: if you got it flaunt it!" I turned to her and saw that, somehow, she got a pair of designer sunglasses on and Alyssa put on a pair of goggles that were, surprisingly, very fashion forward. "Oh wow, Alyssa. I love those goggles."

"Thanks. Where'd you get those shades? I really need a pair."

"Ok. First of all, how'd you get the sunglasses past the officers? I thought they took everything from us?"

"Silly Hunter. A girl has her way." I signed.

"I'm not going to even question it. Two, I've got nothing to flaunt. And I hate getting my picture taken." School photos were hard enough, but getting my photo taken for the papers. Not happening. "I wish we could sneak out of here, but at the rate they're forming, it's as subtle as a flying brick."

The door opened and Naoto walked in. "It looks like someone leaked some information to the citizens and the news cast. I've come to get Alice to her house. Unfortunately, it seems that Alyssa and Hunter will have to stay here until further notice." Naoto, looking out the window, sighed. I guess he didn't want the press to know.

Alice chose now to ask Naoto some questions. "Ok. So one: are you a guy or a girl? I really can't tell and it's really bothering me. And are there any good stores around? I need to shop. Like a lot. And can Hunter and Alyssa come live with me? We already talked about it and it would be, like, totally cool if they could, like, come live with me. Please? Please? Please? Please? Please? Please? I won't stop until you said yes. Please? Please? Please? Please? Please?" Naoto, for his part, stood as stoic as ever, but I could tell that Alice was getting to him. Finally he snapped.

"Fine." Huh. Even if someone was annoying him to hell and back, he still had the same uncaring look on his face. "But only if their parents approve of this arrangement. I'll get some people to make a couple of phone calls and deal with legal problems. How old are you all, anyway."

"Alyssa is 15 and Hunter and I are 16. We had some time to, like, hang out and talk." Alice giggled and forcefully shoved Naoto out of the room. "Hurry up. I can't, like, wait." Naoto almost looked angry at Alice, but I figured that he probably didn't like someone pushing him out. Granted no one does.

As the door closed, I sighed and leaned back on the bench. Alyssa looked out the window and gave a little yelp. "There really is a lot of people outside. I guess we have to wait."

Naoto came and left with Alyssa. It took she some time to convince her father to stay but she managed to get him to say yes. Naoto came and got me after he took Alyssa back to the holding cell. We walked down a long hallway in silence. I wasn't much of a talker and it seems like neither was Naoto. He only talked when he opened a door into a room and pulled out a cell phone. "Please try not to take so long. Alyssa's father took a longer time to convenience than expected and we do not have a long time before nightfall. It is best if you shorten your conversation so we will have time to escort you home faster." If Alice was hard to understand, then Naoto was impossible.

Giving a short nod, I picked up the phone and dialed my mom's cell. With any luck, she picks up for once. The ringing came and lasted two rings before she picked up. "Hello? Who is this?"

"Hi Mom. I'm here." I choked up when I heard her voice.

"Hunter! What happened? Where's Andrew and who's phone are you using? Are you okay?" She still knew if something happened to me even if I am on the other side of the world. I'm convinced that she's psychic because she always knows when I'm hurt or depressed.

"Ok, in order. Our plane crashed, in the hospital, Naoto's phone and yes."

"That answered all my questions and now I'm, somehow, even more confused. Start talking." Knowing that I can't talk my way out of this situation, I told her everything that happened.

Nearly everything, anyways.

My mom's a great listener. In the half hour that took to retell my story, she was quiet and didn't ask any questions. I was worried that she would stop me when I told her about Alice's offer and Andrew's condition, but she surprised me when she said that I could stay at her place until Andrew became well. After that, Andrew would decide what would happen.

"Are you sure Mom? Japan is a long way from America. You really can't visit any time you want."

"I'll be fine Hunt. I'm too busy for visits anyways. You stay at Alice's and I know you'll be fine. You have to hang up now. I'll talk to you later. Bye, Hunter"

"Bye, Mom. See you later."

The press conference went down like a sack of bricks. They all asked the same questions. "What was going on in your mind as the plane fell," and "What are you going to do now" and other questions. They have no idea what happened. As long as it doesn't happened to them, they don't care.

The drive to Alice's home (read mansion) was short enough because, apparently, Alyssa likes to speed. I was more surprised that she knew how to drive. She was only 15.

Alice's house is three floors tall and has a kitchen with cutting edge technology and a state of the art game room with a 50 inch flat screen T.V. and a foosball table. We each got a room of our own with a couch and our own bathroom. It was awesome!

Unfortunately, it seems like no one would leave us alone. I just closed the door coming back from the station on the second day when the doorbell started ringing.

I signed and turned back to the door. "Let's get this over with." I opened the door and a teenage boy with a large white doctor coat and purple gloves was standing there. He had a pair of thick glasses and flaming red hair. He also spoke with a heavy Russian accent which made it very hard to understand him. "Hello. My name is Dexter, owner of Dexlabs. Your uncle was suppose to work for me. We need to talk."

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Hello all. Wolfin here and I would like to say

I'M SO SORRY FOR TAKING SO LONG FOR UPDATING!

I don't have a hard time for getting ideas for this story. The problem is that the laptop I write it on is usually used by my sister, which is weird cause I bought it. I actually finished this chapter a few days ago but couldn't update it til later. I try to write it on my phone but it takes a long time. I do plan on writing more. I also have been rewatching x-men evolution and walking dead, so...

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