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Atsuko Mana Kenyoku was born in Osaka, Japan. Her interests were American superhero comics, old television, technology, and music. She's very quiet, and sometimes even shy. her mom, Izumi Kenyoku, was a junior high school teacher. and Atsuko's dad, Makoto Kenyoku, worked at a record shop. Atsuko had a 17 mwaka old brother named Masahiko, who was learning ninjitsu at the time, and was also very skilled at it. He liked to tech her What he knew. the Kenyokus weren't rich, but they had a fair amount of money due to what was passed to them when Atsuko's grandmother died. Sometimes during the summer, Atsuko's dad would take the family on a vacation. they would either go out of the country, au just go to a another city in Japan. when they chose to go to another country, they take an airplane. when they just wanted to go to another city, they would drive there. one summer, when Atsuko was
6, her and her family agreed they would go to the city of Hokkaido that summer. All they had to do was find a Hotel to stay at, then they could just head out the inayofuata day.
Hokkaido, Japan
once they got to the city, and out of the car, they decided to just walk around for a little bit. Out of nowhere, they were overrun kwa a large crowd.
there seemed to be hundreds of people in the crowd. as time started to pass, the crowd started closing in. Atsuko tried to keep a tight grip on her mother's hand. the crowd started to make her feel claustrophobic. she noticed a man somewhere in the crowd was screaming, and it started to distract her. she was slipping from her mothers hand, but didn't notice until the screaming stopped, but kwa then, it was too late. she couldn't see her family at all, and she was constantly being rudely pushed and shoved. Atsuko was terrified, and had no idea what to do
two hours later...
She was finally out of the crowd, her face red with tears. she had no idea where she was. she later decided that instead of just sitting there, she would get up, and try and find her family.
the rest of her family were already out of the crowd before her. they didn't even notice she wasn't with them until they got to the hotel to check into their room. Atsuko's mom was in a major panic. they all immediately when to the nearest police station, and got them to help try and find her, but it was no use. they couldn't find her, and she never found them. she didn't know it, but she wandered out of Hokkaido.
when Atsuko decided to give up, she ran off and tried to find somewhere to stay. it didn't take her very long, for she found a large beach, and an old, and sort of broken down summer home. inside, it wasn't too bad. it actually looked pretty nice. the only furniture in it was a coffee table, and some blankets. "i think my luck is beginning to turn" she thought to herself. She aliiba chakula from people at the beach, pwani when they weren't looking, and in order to stay healthy, she joined other in volley ball, swam in the water when she could, and ran around the beach. Many times she was asked "where are your parents?" she would just lie and point to another family and say "there they are" in order to avoid trouble. sometimes she talked to other kids, au even played with them.
Even tough physically she was doing just fine, emotionally, she was torn apart.
five years after the incident, age 11
Atsuko decided to go away from the beach, pwani for a few, and go exploring. after a while of walking, she wasn't seeing anything interesting, and was starting to get bored. then, she started to hear noise, not too far away from where she was. she followed the noise, and found a black and red hedgehog, fighting off a bunch of robots. "Looks like he could use some help..." Atsuko alisema to herself. she immediately ran in, and started destroying robots with a sword she aliiba off a performer. the hedgehog didn't notice the young girl until she destroyed the last one. the hedgehog sort of just looked at Atsuko for a moment. "hello." he alisema in a kind voice. He must be American, Atsuko thought to herself. "oh, hi." she replied. the hedgehog had a quiet sounding voice, but she could still hear him clearly. "who are you, and why were wewe helping me?" alisema the hedgehog. "my name's Atsuko. wewe looked like wewe needed a hand, so i helped. who are YOU, and why were wewe fighting those robots in the first place?"
the hedgehog replied, "i'm Shadow the hedgehog. just call me Shadow, though. and to answer your sekunde question," then he handed her an envelope. inside was a letter saying that he won a vacation, then an address leading to where they were. "It was a trick, obviously." alisema Shadow. "i must ask... where are your parents?"
She started to get a sad look on her face.
"I Lost them... a long time ago."
"what do wewe mean?" asked Shadow. Atsuko really didn't feel like thinking about it, so she just alisema "I have to go now. It was really nice to meet you, Mister Shadow." A few dakika after Atsuko started to walk away, Shadow asked "Would wewe like to come with me?"
Atsuko froze for a second, and turned around. "Um, uh... okay, I guess... but why?"
Shadow replied, "It would be unfair to just let wewe go like this."
Atsuko walked back over to him, and stood quietly in front of Shadow, and hugged him. "Thank you, so much."
