Shibuya High School - Tokyo, Japan

Reika put her hand in front of her head as the Sun struck threw the window. "Alright class, before you leave for your next period. I'll leave you with a question for you to ponder." The teacher said. "More numbers." Akiyo let out with a sigh. Mr. Oriko replied, "You'll grow up to love numbers one day. Ok, my question is, I'm a number between one and one-thousand. What number am I?" Akiyo quickly said, "Are you serious? How are we supposed to figure that out?" "I'll be expecting an answer tomorrow morning." The bell rang before Akiyo could give another argument. "Gee. That was a bit stupid, eh Reika?" said Akyio while nudging Reika in the shoulders. "Uhm, yea...I guess." replied Reika. Akiyo felt embarrassed and quickly walked to his locker. "I think he likes you, Reika." Ayumi judged. "Oh really now? What makes you think that?" snapped Reika. "I have powers." replied Ayumi. "Right." said Reika longly.

It was 10:00PM, night had sworn in. Reika was laying in her bed, the moon's light gently flowing into her room through the over-sized window. She pondered (as the teacher said they would do) about the question. "A number between one and one-thousand..." she repeated over and over. Slowly, but surely, she feel asleep. She dreamed. Reika was suddenly in a building. A very large one for a fact, she quickly assumed that she was in the lobby. There was no one there, the light had gone down outside, the moon shown through the giant-like windows above her. Reika scanned her surroundings, trying to figure out where she was. As she turned her head, her eyes caught something bright behind the counter, on a wall. It was glowing, as if calling out to her. Being the curious kind, she quickly ran to the wall and jumped over the counter. The bright thing that was glowing turned out to be writing. "405." she whispered. "Why is there a number here?" She noticed that there was a clock in the building right above her. Reika stepped back in order to read it. It read, "4:05am." "That's odd, isn't that the number on the wa--." Reika's head jerked up from her pillow as the alarm rang. "405..." She repeated. "405..."

"Good morning class." said Mr. Oriko with great cheer. "Now, you all know what I want from you. The answer to my question." A few kids sighed and one raised his hand. "May I go use the restroom?" "No." The teacher replied. "My number is between one and one-thousand, what is my number? Anyone?" Reika suddenly remembered her dream. She didn't know if that was the number, but she decided to give it a try. She rose her hand. "Yes, Ms. Nomura?" Reika cleared her throat. "Uhm...I-I think your number is..." She paused for a moment. "My number is...?" said Mr. Oriko rolling his left hand while adjusting his spectacles. "405." "By jove! That's my number!" said the teacher with great excitement. Reika was shocked.