On the Plane Prologue

On The Plane Prologue is a fanfiction by Japanlover86, it is set before the events of On The Plane, it is from Ichiro's view.

Chapter 1
I lost everything, my only friend is Maria-Kitsune, who is on a leash and we were wandering around Tokyo, I was starving, my name was Ichiro, my parents and sister died in Hiroshima and Tokyo was in ruins, I could barely find anything to eat.

"I don't have any." I said, trying to ignore the pangs

My stomach whined and cramped in protest as I laid a hand on it, it's been two days since I had a bite to eat and hunger was really getting to me

"I know you're hungry, I am too, but I don't have any yen!" I said,

I found some garbage dumpster near an airport and decided to look for food scraps.

"Come on....." I said

Then US soldiers spotted me, looking into the garbage like a child

"A Japanese soldier, this dude must be starving or something to look in the garbage." One of them said.

Then I found nothing, and walked off, then my stomach cramped and growled from hunger again, a crouched and I put a finger on my mouth.

"Shhhhh......" I said, putting a hand on my stomach.

Hunger was really getting to me at this point, the fact I was in an Imperial Japanese Army uniform didn't help either.

"Hey." One of the soldiers came up to me.

I looked at him, quite frightened.

Then I decided to look into the garbage again for food.

"Must be starving....." said the one who came up to me.

Then he grabbed on of my hands, I was frightened, a burly US soldier vs. a skinny Japanese soldier who hasn't eaten in two days, I shut my eyes in fear, then he hugged me.

"Look, come with us, okay kiddo?" he said to me, softly

My stomach growled again, I looked at him then pushed away.

"Your stomach's growling, you hungry?" He said

I turned my head side to side.

Then he sat down next to me.

"You think you're being funny?" He said.

"Iie!" I said

"You are, I saw you looking in the dumpster for food, you are malnourished, You are suffering hunger pains." He said

"Iie, it means no in Japanese." Said one of the soldiers.

"If you're not starving, then why were you looking through the garbage like a homeless man?" He said to me.

"Lead him on the plane." one of the GIs ordered the soldier talking to me, I held Maria-Kitsune tightly in my arms

I followed them, I was shy, what were they gonna do to me?, Starve me? Force me into labour? Torture me? Make me die of disease? Torture Maria-Kitsune?

"Hey general, we found this Japanese soldier, he was looking for food nearby our plane, he's starving, looked like he never had a good meal before, and he's very pale." said one of the GIs that found me.

"What did you do during this war and how old are you." He said, looking at me.

"I am nineteen, I am almost twenty in two months, I worked in Omori PoW camp, near Tokyo." I said.

"How many POWs did you torture?" He asked me.

"Just one, Mikey Kimmings." I said.

"That's very unusual for that." He said

"Mikey did bad things to me in the 30's" I said.

"Okay, due to your work in the camps, we'll have to keep your in prison for just a week, is that okay, ask if you want to go outside, if you're hungry, go to one of the females in the prison, we will not treat you inhumanely." He said

"....." I said, trying to hold back tears.

"Look, kid, I know you are only nineteen and your parents and sister are dead, but, I can't change the sentence, let me make it up to you, when you are released, would you like to come to the US?" he said

"Hai." I said.

"That means yes." One of the GIs said.