PROLOGUE

~AGE 5 AND 7~

"Ichigo! Come on slow poke! You're taking forever!" The little 5 year old girl yelled over to the slow moving 7 year old.

"You should slow down! I can't keep up all the time!" Wined Ichigo as he drag himself up the dirty slope.

"No! You have to walk faster! Get some exercise! It's healthy for you." Corrected the little girl, with her hands on her hips, while she leans forward.

The orange haired boys stop for a moment and frown at the girl who's up ahead. He shook his head and walk over to the bolder on the right side of him. He jump up and sat down. The little girl gave a sigh out of defeat. She ran down the hill to the boulder. She climbs up and sat down next to the boy.

"No wonder you're weak! You can't keep up with me!" She scolds crossing her arms.

"I'm not weak because of that!" He snaps at, "It's just I down know how to fight" He mumbles.

The girl looks at him with an 'Oh really?' look. The boy read her expression and fumed.

"Yeah! By the way, I will soon learn to fight! I'm learning anyways!" He corrected.

"Oh really!? Can I learn?" She questioned eagerly.

"No! You wouldn't need to learn to fight! I'll protect you." He stated proudly

"What happens if you're not here when I need protection?"

"Naw, since when am I never with you?"

The girl thought it over.

"You promise?" She challenge holding out her pinky finger.

He smirks and wraps his pinky around her finger

"I promise."

They both smile at the pack.

"Hey Emi?" He trailed off.

"Hm?"

"Does that mean we will be friends forever?"

Emi gave out a laugh. Ichigo just look at her out of confusion.

"Since we met, I knew we were going to be best of friends. Didn't you?"

Ichigio just smirk, "Of course! Just checking!"

Emi just laugh and hop off the boulder and ran up the slope.

"Come on! We still have to go home!"

Ichigo jump off and ran too caught up with his best friend.

~AGE 12 AND 13~

"Why do you have to go?"

Ichigo couldn't believe his best friend is moving to another country.

"Ichigo, don't worry. I'll be back. By the way, we could text and talk over the phone and computer." Emi was trying to comfort the boy beside her.

"But we wouldn't be starting high school together!" He protests.

"But I'll be back during high school!"

"But I'll be alone!"

"No you wouldn't! You have Chad, Keigo, Mizuiro, and Tatsuki. Plus, you will make new friends!"

"But it wouldn't be the same without you!"

"But I have to go to my grandma's!"

Ichigo sigh, "Why does your grandma have to live far away?"

Emi shrug, "I don't know."'

"All passengers for flight 11 please aboard. Flight 11 will leave shortly.

"Well, gotta' go." Emi announce

She hug Ichigo tightly, "Bye Ichigo."

Ichigo sigh in defeat, "Bye Emi."

They finally let go of each other.

"Don't get in trouble a lot! Don't want to fly from England to Japan for your stupid trouble."

Ichigo chuckled. "Fine. But when do you want me to tell the others?"

Emi shrug, "I guess whenever they ask."

Ichigo gave a weak smile.

"Well, bye Ichigo." Emi turn to leave.

"Bye Emi. Oh yeah, forget to call me when you get off your flight!"

Emi just kept walk waving her hand, "Yeah, yeah." She mumbled out.