Chapter 1: The First Meeting

This is the first time I have ever traveled to Japan. I went because I wanted to get out of normal Michigan, out of the normal USA. I can't stand the fact that people judge so quickly there. Its beautiful here in Kyoto, Japan. Its just around the season of summer, when the cherry blossoms are in plain view. The shrines here glimmer with such beauty, unlike anything I have seen in the states. Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Sarah, born and raised in the middle of the 'normal' United States, but I have been searching for more. I was the "different" girl in the crowd, not following any other's statements, smart in school, and totally addicted to Japan. I was always the quiet one but my opinion was great when I did speak my mind. I will be narrating my story, so that is why I am speaking first person. Anyway. When I got here in Kyoto, the first thing I did was look for people who I could be friends with.

I took the 12:45 train to Harajuku and went to the shopping district there. I went to a shop that I have been wanting to go to for a few months now, the Takuya Angel shop. I heard that one of my favorite Dj's worked there on the weekends, and I would like to meet him. As I was on the train, I met two cos-players dressed as Chi from Chobits and Ichigo from Bleach. We got to talking, and I made two very nice and quick friends. I am glad they could understand my English/Japanese. From talking with them, I learned their names. The girl cos-playing as Chi's name was Iryu, and the other girls name was Takun. They both lived in the center of Kyoto, and they had an extra room, so they said that I could stay with them. I was already having fun on my first day in Japan. So I gave the two girls my new cell phone number, and told them I was going to see if the shop was open, and to give me a call when they were going to leave. They both agreed with a singular, high-pitched "Hai, wakrimasu!" which means, 'yes, we understand,' and we went our separate ways.

I traveled around Harajuku's cos-play district, then to the shopping district, where I went to a juice machine, and bought a can of ichigo [strawberry] juice for 120 yen. I opened it and took a refreshing drink, only followed by a look down to what was ahead of me. It was the Takuya Angel shop, the shop I was wanting to go to for months. I squealed with delight, and finished my ichigo juice, throwing out the can as I passed a garbage can. I walked into the store and was greeted by a young man, no older than me, maybe by two years or so. He said, "Konnechewa," and gave a motion into the store. I step inside further, and am greeted by the smiling faces of Japanese girls and guys, all with different hair colors and some wearing PVC. I looked around, not going to buy anything, since I have no job and not much money right now. I was asked by one of the store clerks if I could find anything, and I cheerfully shook my head and stated "no", but realized that I knew the voice of that guy who asked me the question. So I tapped his shoulder and asked "Kimi Sisen, desu ka." [is your name Sisen?] and he replied "Hai, boku ga Sisen desu." [Yes, I am Sisen.] and I clapped my hands with joy. I explained to him that he was my favorite Dj, and that I would like to take a picture with him to show all of my friends. He gladly agreed, saying its nice to always meet one of his abroad fans. So I got my camera out, and he got his, and we both hugged each other and he humped my side (which I giggled when he did it) and we took the pictures. I told him that he would be seeing me a few more times, since I was going to live in Japan for a few weeks, or maybe a month or two, depending on if I can get a good job or not. Then he said that they were hiring, and he could get me a job if I really wanted one. I said "arigatou!!" [thank you] and shook his hand furiously. We exchanged cell phone numbers, and I now had a job working there on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday mornings. Wonderful, since I was hoping to do some traveling and sight seeing, and possibly going to some concerts/clubs.

With that, I started my back to the cos-play district of Harajuku, looking for Iryu and Takun. I heard a live concert going on in a park nearby, so I decided to take a look. On stage was a small band, visual kei, wearing costumes that revealed a lot of skin. All males were in the group, and the vocalist was very pretty. I got to the front of the stage, since this was the first time I saw anything like this, being in the USA for so long. So I was thrilled. The band finished with their song which they said it was named "Yokushi," and the guitarist started to play a melody. The bassist said the the name of the next song was called "CerealFUCK." Then the drummer started a heavy beating down on his bass pedal, the bassist started to play, and the singer screamed into the microphone "FUCKKKKKK!!!" By this time, there was a mosh pit starting to form in the middle of the small crowd that formed in the front of the stage.

I steadily moved out of the way, backing out of the crowd. I backed into a man, older than me by (it seemed) only 6 years or so. I tripped on his oddly large foot, falling backward on my butt. He exclaimed, "are you okay?!" and held out his hand to help me regain my footing. "yeah, I think I am okay, " I said, looking up at this man's face. I thought to myself, 'where have I seen that face before?!' and then It clicked in my head. "Can I ask you something?" I said. He says "yes, okay;" and I ask him, "is your name Kyo? You know from the great band Dir En Grey?" And he says "Hai, boku Kyo desu." I explain that I am very sorry for tripping on his foot and that I am his biggest fan from America. I start to stutter and repeat myself, since I have realized that this is my dream, which was to meet Kyo. He takes my shoulders in his small, gripping hands, and says to me "lets go over here, so we can talk without the loud noise from the band." I just nodded as he took my arm and lead us to a table somewhere farther in the park. I blush as I sit down and watch his grab something out of his bag he was carrying. He says, handing me a can of juice, "here, you like ichigo juice?" I just open the can and take a chug of it before saying "thank you, I appreciate it" He sits down on the top of the table and looks at me, face glittering with sweat. "Man, it is very hot out here. Fuck! I hate it when its super hot like this." "I am really used to the weather here, since its like the weather in my home town." I reply. "The sun is really beautiful here, so are the flowers, and the people are wonderful here," I say, trying to start a conversation. "Yeah, it has its ups and downs here, but mostly the hot weather is the only downfall." says Kyo, looking up at the sky.

I grabbed a tissue out of my purse, and hand it to him, saying "so you can wipe the sweat off of your face." He smiles, and takes the paper I graciously offered and wiped his forehead. He says "arigatou," and he starts to mumble something, but I don't hear him. I ask him "what are you doing in a place so public?" "because its normal for people to cos-play as us j-rockers, and people just don't ask." he says with a little laugh. "what was that for?" I ask, smiling, since I got to see Kyo's smile in front of my face. "Nothing. Its just that you managed to pick me out of the crowd, and that no one else even noticed me. Its nice to get recognition every once and a while." I told him that I have been in love with him ever since I saw the video for his song "Saku," and that it started my forward movement towards the Japanese culture and music scene. I explained to him that I had gotten on my hands on 9 major cd's of the bands, and 3 dvd's plus plenty of other things that I wouldn't have thought of getting without him. I explained that I was hoping on my first trip to Japan that I was going to be able to see the band in a concert hall, maybe in Osaka Jo Hall, or something like that. He explained that Dir En Grey was on a break for a few weeks, but they were going to do a concert soon. He says, looking into my blushing face, "would you like to come and maybe have backstage passes to hang out with us at the beginning and the end of the show? It would be cool!" "YES!! I would like to go very much, if you dont mind," I say, feeling excited.

As he stretches out his arms and takes a deep breath in, I see his belly button and part of his belly tattoo, and instantly I blush and try to hold back a squeal. He looks down at my now turned away face and says, "what? Did I do something?" I shake my head 'no' then he goes "okay." He gets off of the table, and out of the corner of my eye, I see his start to take off the t-shirt he was wearing, which now was drenched in sweat. My face gets instantly red, and I turn my back away from his heavenly body's image. He says, "what time is it?" I answer quickly, looking at my watch that has his image of him during the "Kasumi" days on it. "almost 2 o'clock." "Would you like to go to a food stand and get some lunch? I realize that you haven't eaten since we started to talk." he asks me, standing in front of me. With my head down, not trying to stare at his sweaty body, I am completely silent. He bends over to look into my eyes, and says "so how about a salad? We can come back here, if you would like?" I look into his pure black eyes, and I nod. He takes my hand into his own, and pulls me off of the bench, my body trembling at the touch of his hand on my own. We find a salad cart, right around the place where the concert was happening, and he treated me to a salad with almonds in it.

As we went back to the table, I sat down and he sat next to me, and opened a large can of "Ringo"[apple] juice. Talking between bites of salad he says "we...can... share this... juice, okay?" and I nod my head. A few bites later, I feel my phone vibrating in my pocket. 'Shit!!' I think to myself, and I pick it up and look who was calling. It was Takun, and I answered it, saying "Mushi mushi... hai... hai. Can you wait for a few more hours? Arigatou!" And Kyo says, burping before, "who was that?" and I explained about my new friends and how I was now going to stay with them. He says to me, looking deeply into my eyes, "if you want, you can come stay with me in my house... the other guys are there, too, but I don't think you or they will mind..." and I think about it for a few minutes to myself, 'I could live with Kyo. In Japan. This is definitely my dream. I have to call Iryu and Takun. I'm sure they'll understand...' And I say to Kyo "hai. Let me call them and tell them what is up." He just nods his head and finished his salad as I call the girls up and explain my situation to them. I get off of the phone with them and then Kyo says, "are you really in love with me? Or is it just an infatuation?"

"I am truly in love with you, Kyo-sama." I say as my face turns bright red in the summer sunlight. He looks up at me, since I am taller than him by a lot of inches, and he says "can I have a hug, then?" and I nod, he grabs me, and he pushes me down on the bench. Getting slightly turned-on by this motion, I close my eyes and try to think of something to get me out of this mood that was consuming me. But as my eyes were closed, I felt a hot breath on the nape of my neck, and I thought to myself 'this is not good... I can't do this with my idol, the one who I really love, but just met...' and Kyo whispers in my ear "Do you mind if I bite you? Or are you afraid?" and I shake my head and I am at a loss of words now. I feel his wonderful full lips kiss down my neck from my ear to the nape of it, stopping to suck it at the right spots. As I grab the back of his head, pulling slightly at his head of hair, I feel him bite my neck ever-so-slightly, but I say in his ear "what was that? You're going to find that I am not an ordinary girl... bite me like you mean it." After, he bites me hard enough to let a moan slip out of my mouth, and not a quiet one, either. He finishes biting me and says, "this is not the appropriate place for these things, lets go to the house." as I stare up at him, body heaving from heavy breaths and face red from excitement. He helps me stand up. He starts to lead me back to his house, and says "oh yeah. I forgot," as he hugs my side, face going straight into my chest, "here is your hug." And we took off towards his house.