13 SENTINELS: Aegis RIM: ANOTHER STORY - [PART I] (BOOK I)

10.2. Natsuno's Perspective: Sakura HS: Athletic Building: "After School"

Natsuno: "Hrrg..."
Natsuno stretches.

She just finished track practice.
After a few more seconds, she stopped stretching, feeling refreshed after a good run.

Track Student Girl: "Fast as ever, Natsuno!"

Natsuno: "Hehe."
Natsuno chuckles.

Track Student Girl: "Get a better time today?"

Natsuno: "Oh..."
Natsuno: "Well, it was kinda windy today."
Natsuno: "Running against it and all..."
Natsuno: "You know how it is."

Track Student Girl: "Hahaha."
Her classmate scoffs.

???: "Heeey, first year."

Natsuno being called, she runs up to the Track Team Captain.

Natsuno: "What's up, Senpai?"

Track Team Captain: "Me and the manager have to go and talk to the teacher."
Track Team Captain: "There's things to discuss about the next meet."
Track Team Captain: "Sorry, but could you handle the clean-up today?"

Natsuno: "O-kaaaay."
Natsuno pouts.

She runs back to try find her track teammates and tell them of their task while the manager and Captain is gone.
But they were all gone.
Not even a single track member was in Natsuno's sights.

Natsuno: "Huh?"
Natsuno: "Where did everyone go?"
Natsuno: "Am I the only one still here?"
Natsuno pouts again and moves along towards the girls locker room.

Natsuno: "Hm?"
Natsuno: "Another suspicious-looking man..."
Natsuno: "I saw a couple of them in the school yard, too."
Natsuno: "I wonder what they're doing here."
Natsuno: "Seems like they're looking for something."

Natsuno: "Hmmm."
Natsuno: "Men dressed in black suit..."
Natsuno: "Wait a minute..."
Natsuno:  "Are they...?"
Natsuno:  'Could they really be... men in black?'
Natsuno:  'An organization that monitors alien activity."
Natsuno:  'Maybe...'
Natsuno:  'There's a UFO that's landed near here!'

Behind the scenes, by the girls locker room, the man in black that was investigating the area took his leave.

Natsuno:  "A lone alien, left behind by a UFO."
Natsuno:  "Being pursued by relentless men in black..."
Natsuno:  "It's only hope is to be rescued by one chosen Earthling..."

...

Natsuno:  "Man, what a story that would be!"

Just then, the mysterious boy runs in front of Natsuno.
He naturally hides behind a tree before walking as if nothing ever happened.

Natsuno:  "Woah!"
Natsuno:  "Sheesh, watch where you're going!"
Natsuno:  "Haven't seen that uniform before..."
Natsuno:  "Wonder what school he goes to?"

Natsuno starts to clean up the area as she was told to.
As she was cleaning, she had some deep thoughts in her mind.
And it had to do with that shady organization she just saw a few moments ago.

Natsuno:  'Secret agents, rumored to deal in the extraordinary...'
Natsuno:   'And silencing those who witness UFOs.'
Natsuno:  'They call them men in black."
Natsuno:  'No one really knows much else.'

Hitting a thought block, Natsuno sighs.

Natsuno:  "I'd better hurry and get on with the clean up.
Natsuno:  "Don't want Senpai to get mad."
Natsuno:  "Okay, let's do this!"