Chapter 1: Arriety's Song

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Police officers rushed back and forth, their heavy boots acting as a background music, stressing the office even more.
"I can't find anything, sir! No dental, birth or immigration report."
"That's impossible! No one can just mysteriously appear in the middle of Shibuya like that! I need you to send her picture to the embassies and try to find if anyone can find anything!"
"Sir, the media caught wind of this! They're all at the precinct-"
"Fuck them! I can't let this blow out of proportion. Dispatch some officers to the entrance and try to keep them away from the door. We have to transport the girl someplace else. Mr. Tanaka, are the Takashi's available?"
"I haven't-"
"Well, do it now!"

The silver haired man fell back into his seat. He walked over to the windows and looked down on the crowd of reporters surrounding the police station's entrance and the hoard of police coming over, trying to scatter the crowd. He sighed and took off his glasses. He turned around to the red headed girl sitting across his desk. She looked up to the man.
"Little miss- The man said as he approached her and squat down.- Do you know who I am?"
The little girl turned to the man's desk and glanced at a glass plaque.
"Mr Gasai Tendou, Police Chief?" The little girl read.
"Yes, yes, that's right. Now,why were you at the MO restaurant?"
The girl looked down on her charred palms, scratched up and bruised.
"Where are your parents?"
The girl swung her legs back and forth.
"Why did you survive the fire?"
The girl shrugged. Tendou sighed, his head fell down. He stayed like that for a few moments.
"Who are you?"
"Qasrina." The girl answered, her gleaming eyes meeting the man's tired ones.

"Good evening, I am Nobutaka Sakurai. I'm currently here at Shibuya's central police precinct where hours ago they brought in a girl who survived the famous MO's restaurant's fire, where 14 members of the Ryuu Gang died. We are awaiting-
"They're coming out!"
"They're here!"
The hoard of news reporters hurriedly rushed to the precinct's opening doors.
-And here it is! The girl that survived the fire! Hello! What, What do you have to say for yourself? Hey!"
The new anchor rushed through the crowd to where a tiny little figure, covered in a beige coat, was being escorted by the police. It was like a renaissance painting, the chaos the news reporters bring, trying to get the girl to talk and the police pushing them back. The girl was hurriedly rushed into an unmarked van and as it drove away, the news reporters followed it. The girl was about to look out the window but Tendou's hand stopped her.
"Let's not, huh?"
The girl's eyes met the man's. She slowly got back to her seat. She swung her legs back and forth, looking down at the car's carpet.
"It's weird." The girl muttered. The police chief's ears perked. He turned to the girl.
"What is, Qasrina?"
The girl brought her fingers to her lips.
"They left me with no memories."

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