lostmoonchild: Here's chapter one! Disclaimer: I don't own Code: Lyoko or any of the songs and/or anime that may appear in this story. The characters who aren't part of Code: LYoko and/or any anime are mine as well as a few songs.
Chapter One
School had just started and everybody was looking at the principal in shock as he announced that the school would be sponsoring trips to different cities all over the world. "To see who will be acting as translators and who will be acting as a chaperone thereare lists posted near the classroom entrances." Mr. Delmas announced.
"I'm not even bothering to look. Grandpa already told Yumi-chan and me that we'd be going to the Japan trip since this year is supposed to be special."
"Why?" Ulrich asked putting an arm around Yumi's waist.
"Because according to our grandmother's people's laws, Ami and I are now officially women and "of a proper child-bearing age" which means we have to attend some stupid party just to find some jackass and attempt to have his kid." Yumi said with a sigh.
Morgan nodded and rested her head on Odd's shoulder. "I'm not going to let anybody get me pregnant." Morgan said calmly before realizing something. "Hell, this year's going to be interesting. According to grandmother's people's laws, if a male is sixteen he's officially an adult and able to get a woman pregnant. All that has to be done is get him announced as an adult and to announce what his element is."
"And since Jeremy, Ulrich, and Odd are technically sixteen this year…" Yumi said trailing off.
"Hell, I don't know what half of it is, but if that means I get Morgan to myself, I'm going for it." Odd said with a grin as he pulled his girlfriend onto his lap.
Morgan giggled and said, "Well, I don't have to worry about having to choose a jackass."
They started laughing and fell silent when they saw Sissy and her gang walking towards them. "Kaze and Ishiyama!" Sissy shouted.
Both Japanese girls frowned slightly as they stared at Sissy. "My daughter isn't here, Sissy, so you don't have to worry about one of your precious shirts being destroyed." Morgan said calmly.
"As if I wanted to talk about your brat. I want to tell you a couple things about this trip to Japan." Sissy said with a frown.
Both girls shrugged and Morgan said, "Sissy, one of the things your father made very clear was to make sure that people saw how life in our country or countries is."
"That's coming out of the mouth of somebody who was practically beaten to death?"
"Unfortunately for you, yes."
Sissy smirked and said, "You know, you honestly shouldn't wear shirts that show off those scars. It might scare away all the good boys and make the losers pity you."
Morgan smiled and said, "You know what, Sissy, you're right. You shouldn't be wearing those shirts, it makes the good guys stay away and even the losers want to stay away."
They cracked up laughing as Sissy stormed away. "I should just sock you." Herb said making a fist.
Morgan rolled her eyes and stood up. "I'm right here. Take a swing."
Herb swung at Morgan and looked surprised when she tilted her head back before punching him in the gut. "Why do you still get into fights?" Jeremy asked with a sigh after the two boys left.
"Because I'm still attempting to break free from my old life completely." Morgan answered checking the time. "Yumi-chan, we'd better get going."
"We've got to go to a meeting in the math room to see who all's going to Japan." Yumi said getting up.
"We're going." Ulrich and Odd said at the same time.
"I'll go." Jeremy offered.
"Me too." Aelita said with a nod.
Both Japanese girls grinned and they ran to the math room, surprised to see eight people in the room. "Okay, including our boyfriends and friends, there's twelve people here not including us." Morgan said in Japanese.
Yumi nodded and told everybody to take a seat. "Alright, is this everybody who's going to Japan?" Yumi asked looking around.
"Duh. We're here aren't we?" Sissy snapped.
"I suppose you figured Ulrich would be going to Japan."
Sissy frowned and rolled her eyes when both Japanese girls started talking about the trip. "Okay, so the school's sponsoring a week in Japan which kinda sucks since we've got to squeeze in a daily life of a Japanese person into that one week." Morgan said looking unhappy. "Now its kinda obvious on what the national language is in Japan."
"We're going to be teaching everybody a few basic words in Japanese along with teaching you all about proper means of respect." Yumi said calmly. "Japanese people are actually very polite and it just seems weird in other cultures."
"If that's the case, what happened with you two?" Sissy asked loudly.
"Well, with Ami its kinda obvious since while she was always getting the crap beat out of her, her brain would always be hitting some part of her skull." Yumi said calmly.
"And with Yumi, well, lets just say she had a little accident." Morgan said with a grin. "But that's beside what we're supposed to teach you."
"Now we're supposed to be teaching everybody some basic words and the culture. We're going to squeeze in some proper manners so nobody gets offended. Now Odd I know for a fact was in Japan for the summer so he's already learned some of the basic rules the hard way."
Odd grinned and said, "Quick warning: walls in a real Japanese home are kind of thin so you can actually here what somebody's doing in their room."
"Damare." Morgan said with a slight frown as she stared at Odd.
"So is the language hard to learn?" William asked raising his hand.
"If you're a native to Japan, no. If not, well, lets just say that its easier than learning English and French." Morgan answered with a grin.
"Now chances are you'll hear somebody asking you a question in Japanese." Yumi said. "Ami and I will give a small demonstration of a simple conversation in Japanese. I'll pretend I don't know who she is so I'll ask her what her name is then she'll answer."
"Now listen carefully." Morgan warned.
"Anata-no namae wa?" Yumi questioned. "What is your name?"
"Watashi no namae wa Kaze Ami desu." Morgan answered. "My name is Ami Kaze."
Yumi smiled and said, "See? A simple conversation in Japanese."
"That just sounded like gibberish." Sissy said sticking her nose up in the air.
"Kawai ama." Morgan said with a grin. "Scary bitch."
"AMI!" Yumi shouted unable to keep from laughing.
For the next couple hours they taught the others basic phrases such as "Where is the Kitsune Hotel?" but sometimes they'd say a joke in Japanese and translate it so everybody understood.."So what'd you call Sissy?" Ulrich asked with a grin after their first Japanese class.
"Scary bitch."
They started laughing and went to their separate classes. Aelita shivered slightly when they got to class and felt like something was going to happen. Something… evil was lurking in the shadows. She sighed a little and started listening to the teacher talk about what they would be doing that year, ignoring the bad feeling completely.
lostmoonchild: thanks to everybody who reviewed! Wow, I don't think I got that many reviews for the prologue in the previous story. Read and review, flames are accepted.