A New Life
Chapter 6
9 August, 2013
Junes Food Court
"Where is he? He was supposed to be here ten minutes ago!" Everyone was gathered around the table, save for Yu.
"Come on, Yosuke! He's probably still unpacking, I mean, he just got here yesterday!" Chie tried to reason with Yosuke when Yu finally walked in, along with another familiar face.
"Oh, there he is! And.., Naoto? When'd you get here?!" The whole group, except for Jacob, was surprised at her arrival. Although, not as surprised as they were with Yu.
Yu answered for her, "she just arrived this morning. Since you all were already on your way here, I had to go pick her up. Sorry we're late."
"Ah, don't worry. The more the merrier, right?"
Naoto turned towards Jacob, "And who's this? Yu said you guys found someone, is this him?"
"Wha- Oh, yeah, this is Jacob. Be warned, he doesn't speak a word of Japanese." Yosuke tried to introduce him.
"Speaking of- Jacob, have you been using that program yet?"
"Yes I have, Yu. However, it's going to take a while."
"Don't worry, you've got a month. I'm sure you'll be speaking just fine by then."
"Why a month?"
"Because that's when school starts."
Yukiko was obviously confused by where this conversation was going, "How are you going to get him into school? All he brought was the clothes on his back! He's technically an illegal immigrant!"
Yu was still unfazed, for he had a plan, "Don't worry, I know people."
"-You know people? Who?"
"That's not important yet... Anyways! You guys never told me where you found him."
Yosuke jumped onto the change in language eagerly, "Well, I was staying up late one night when..." Yosuke explained the whole story to Yu and Naoto about what happened, "... and that's when Jacob accepted his shadow and got his persona, uh.. what was it, Yukiko?"
"Napoleon. As in Napoleon Bonaparte- the French general who conquered half of Europe."
"Thanks, I don't believe we need a history lesson now."
"So, you guys never got how he got in there, or where he's from?" Yu said, curious about how none of them managed to come up with this info.
"Well, he only speaks English, and it's probably a lost cause anyway."
"Well, let us see what he knows, then." Naoto finally got an opportunity to speak, and jumped on it.
"Yes, that would be best. Hey! Jacob!" Yu called out to the American, who was already asleep.
"huhhh- OH! Right, I forgot we were still talking here. So, what is it?"
Some of the members couldn't help but laugh at the fact that this man, who was the center of attention, was dozing off in a meeting. "We wanted to hear your side of the story." Yu was one of them who didn't laugh.
"My side? Well, I was just in my apartment.."
"Which is where?"
"In Southeast DC. Anyways, I was there, when I saw smoke come from the street,"
Naoto gasped, (She paid attention in English class as well) "The explosion...!" Then she noticed that Jacob had stopped talking, "oh, please, go on."
"I saw smoke from the street, and the fire escape crumbled down into the street, so I had no way of getting out of the building other than a small rope that might get me halfway down. But when I was searching for it..."
"...You found you could enter the TV, right?" Yukiko threw out a wild guess.
"Yes, and I thought that would have a higher survival rate than jumping, so I went for it. next thing I knew, I was in some weird post-apoc White House."
"Okay, so that explains some things. So, you most likely don't have a home anymore, so I guess we're going to have to find a way to make it work out?" Naoto pondered.
"It's not like it was a real home, per se. Just a place where I could sleep."
"Also, how did you get into the TV when you neither had a persona, nor were in Inaba?"
"I don't know, I just could. By the way, what's your name? I like to have all of the names of the people I can speak english to."
"Me? Oh, well, my name is Naoto, Naoto Shirogane."
"Now-toe Shi-whatever. Got it."
Yu gave a slight chuckle, "-And that's why you're learning Japanese."
Author's Notes:
So far, Yu has been able to deflect attention from his wealth and connections, but that won't last forever!
This chapter is also short. Sorry. I think I should also start apologizing for apologizing too much by now, but I really am sorry I write such short chapters.
As always, if you have any Questions, Comments, or Suggestions, please send me a review or a PM. Please!
And again, see you all tomorrow!