Chapter 2 Larissa & Arago
By: Onna Ooji
In the last chapter:
1. Nasuti has a flashback in her dream.
2. Nasuti was reunited with her childhood friends: Hikari, Rika, Shinrai, and Shokuyoku while buying steak for Shuu.
3. Shuu tries to get money out of Seiji, with no success. The guys see Jun with a girl. The samurai sense evil once again.
4. Meet a human named Arago.
So let's continue with the story now.
"So Larissa, did you enjoy the day with Jun?"
"Very much Jun-kun no okaasan. I feel my-Japanese-gotten better by going to Yokohama with Jun-kun. He help great much in give me tricks in the language. Though it still is bad." Says Larissa, trying very hard at this new language for her. You can tell that she is a foreigner by the French accent in her voice.
"Well it's developing very rapidly. Your cousin will be very proud." Says Jun's father.
"Domo-a-ri-ga-tô." Larissa says, and then looks down when she finds Jun looking at her with an annoyed look on his face.
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Sitting in the back yard of Nasuti's mansion, near the edge of the forest opening, are Jun and Larissa. Jun is swinging his kendô stick, while Larissa is sitting at a tree, watching practice. Finally, Larissa inquires as to a thought that is nagging her brain…
"Jun?" Jun stops swinging the shinai / bokken, at his name, for a moment, to answer.
"Nani?" Jun looks at her.
"Do you not like having me around?" she asks, her green curls hanging over her face, covering her eyes.
"Iie, iie. What gave that idea?" Jun says; a bit stunned.
"Well you looked annoy back there." She continued.
"Annoyed?" questions Jun, a bit confused.
"Soo." She replies.
"…"
"You annoy by me, aren't you." She sighs.
"…Iie. Demo watashi wa-" he doesn't get to finish his answer.
Larissa looks down at the ground, dejectedly. "Goshimpai naku." (trans: Never Mind.)
"Gomen nasai." Jun says very hastily. He swiftly takes her face in his hands, her curly green hair pulled out of her eyes. He kisses hers lips, then rises and speeds off back towards his house. He has one thought in his head as he runs…
'I hope I don't get slapped for that later.' He thinks, his face red with embarrassment.
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Just as Jun holds her face in his hands, Larissa tries to ask what is wrong, but is stopped before she can inquire; by Jun's lips. Her eyes widen in surprise. Time stops in her mind as she stares at Jun kiss her and then run off.
When time starts moving again, she realizes that the younger Japanese boy had seized her first kiss. She was not used to boys her age since her older brother was almost obsessively protective of her. He had raised her and was her only living family with the exception of the newly found distant cousin that was currently living in Japan. Since parents died in a plane accident when she was little, they had gotten a huge inheritance from their parents and grandparents, so they could have had a lot more conflicts arise if not for that. Because of their fortune, she had gotten the chance to be a foreign exchange student.
Originally, she was to live with Nasuti all the time, but when her brother heard that she was constantly visited by five teenage men [whom she has yet to meet], he set it up so that she was with the Yamano family during most of the day. He wanted to make sure that she wouldn't meet any males between 12 to his age, until she could speak the language fairly well. He didn't her to taken advantage of. He would go ballistic if he got word of the kiss from Jun. Though now, she is to live her 'long lost' cousin named Arago, who has just transferred to the same university that Nasuti attends.
He would pick her up today. She had been given a picture of him so to know what he looks like. From the picture, he looked like he could be described as: intimidating, menacing, scary, and handsome. Larissa would have preferred to stay this her current surrogate family. Everyone had a homey look to him, or her, from the beginning, but this 'Arago'?
'No way.' She thinks for a second.
'I guess that I should be going inside, I think heard Nasuti's car come back some time ago. Ooo. There's another one, maybe it's my cousin.' Larissa thought as she stood up, paused, and then ran to the house. It turned out that the first car had been Nasuti and four unfamiliar women and the second was five, arguing, teenage men. 'Aah, those guys must be the ones Jun-kun and Nasuti-san mentioned.'
When she gets to the house, the guys are heading to the lake pier. She ran up to them, panting for air a little. They stop. She bows and introduces herself.
"Hajimemashite. Namae wa Larissa desu."
"Hajimeshite, Larissa-chan. Date Seiji desu." Says the blonde one, who bows courteously.
"Sanada Ryo desu." Says the black haired one.
"Hashiba Touma desu." Says the tallest.
"Shuu Rei Fuan desu." Says the shortest with two thumbs up.
"Mouri Shin desu." Says the brunette.
Larissa then waves goodbye and sprints into the house, to her room. Not too much later she sees a car drive up to the house's/mansion's driveway. A man with slightly long white hair steps out of it and paces to the door.
"Is that the infamous 'Arago'?" she asks herself in French.
The five girls are sitting in the living room as Larissa runs to her room. They all have drinks except for Shoku who is eating a watermelon.
"Geeze Nasuti! I knew you had money, but I never knew you were rich!" remarks Shoku who then shoves more watermelon into her mouth.
"I agree. This is quite a place." Agrees Shinrai sipping her tea.
The doorbell rings. Hikari's body tenses up for some reason. Nasuti glances at the clock to realize whom the person must be. She stands up the go help Larissa and asks Rika to answer the door. Rika complies. Nasuti calls up to Larissa while hurrying up the stairs. Rika is at the door by the time Nasuti is up the stairs. She opens it.
"Hello? Are you Arago?" She says to the man at the door.
"Yes. I'm here to pick up Larissa. You're Nasuti?" Arago.
"No. She's with Larissa, helping her bring her possessions down. They should be-"
"Arago-itoko? Larissa desu." Larissa says cheerfully from the top of the staircase. She has a backpack on her and a box in her hands. Arago then glances out the window to the yard as Larissa begins to ramble on. "Nasuti-san helping me with trunk. Too heavy for me or her I think."
"I can deal with them Larissa! There is no need to worry; I can do it. Ano… how many souvenirs did you get?" Nasuti says as she carries the trunk down the stair. Arago's eyes widen at the site of her.
When Arago drove up to the mansion, he wasn't too thrilled with his situation. The truth be told, he was never a very 'peppy guy', but he might as well go through with the 'Little Larissa' thing. He wanted to be as inconspicuous as possible, so no would try to dig up his past; for he didn't have one. He seemingly just… appeared out of nowhere on this planet about 2-3 years ago. He still is trying to put the pieces together. So if taking care of this kid meant helped that image form, then so be it.
He wasn't sure what to expect here, but he had a premonition that it would be pivotal to everything. When he walks up to the door and rings the bell, a purple haired young woman came to answer the door. He says that he's here to pick up Larissa to whom he presumes to be Nasuti. Nope. She's Rika. When he steps into the house, an 11 or 12 year old comes down the stairs and introduces herself as 'Larissa'.
'She's too cheerful. Kami-sama, help me.' He thinks to himself. Larissa begins to ramble on. He glances out the window to see the colossal yard. A lake, a pier, a garden, and, on top of that, a forest! Half of him was thought that everything was serene, while the other half was extremely sickened by the natural beauty of the place and wanted to destroy it all for fun. *x*
When he sees Nasuti, his eyes widen in shock. He had the inkling that he had seen her before, but he knew for a fact that he hadn't. Also though, she wasn't like the hot women that are always hovering around him and flirting with him. For this onna was still very breathtaking without superficial things, unlike those bakas. Hell, those onna weren't even attractive to his eyes. They were disgusting sluts in mini dresses. This Nasuti was… was…
'Arago! Why in the 7 hells are thinking about such a thing?! …I have a feeling that she was or is with my enemies, but who are they?' he yells in his head, at himself. While thinking this he offered…
"Nasuti-san, do you want help with that?" 'What the hell is wrong with ME! I'd never offer to do-' Half of Arago is doing one thing, while the other part was doing the opposite.
"Domo arigatô Arago-san." Nasuti says with a look of relief on her face.
Arago helps Nasuti with the trunk and bring it to his car. He ends up taking the whole thing out of her hands and placing it in the backseat with ease. Shinrai's mouth drops at this, while Shoku smirks. Shoku whispers into Shinrai's ear: 'Hot and strong eh Shin-chan.' Shinrai has recovered by now, but is still staring at Arago's back. Arago and Nasuti walk back to the house as Ryo, Seiji, Shin, Shuu, and Touma walk in from the lake.
The guys look none too thrilled when they see Arago.
'En…enemy. My enemy is...'
Ryo didn't trust Arago from the first moment he saw him, AND the way he was looking at Nasuti. Ryo had always felt protective of her when it came to guys, older then him [Ryo], who were interested in Nasuti in the way that he… All Ryo knew was that he felt something for Nasuti that was more than an onee & otôto relationship.
Unfortunately for Ryo, Seiji was also thinking the along the same lines him. Also, Nasuti was basically unaware of Ryo and Seiji's feelings for her, but neither were those two. Well, not entirely anyway. Not good, but anyway… Ryo, Touma, and Seiji were definitely getting bad vibes from Arago. Shin and Shuu knew there was something different about him [Arago], but were not sure what it was.
"Minna-san! Jun-kun! Watashi no itoko wa Arago-san desu!" Larissa's voice brought everyone back to reality. [You're probably thinking, "Wait a minute! When the hell did Jun get there?!"] Larissa faces Nasuti, then the guys, saying bye to them. Then she stares at Jun. "Bye Jun-kun." She says miserably.
"………Ja." Says Jun uncomfortably, and then turns away.
Larissa rushes out the house towards her cousin's car.
"……..." Is all that comes out of Jun, who then returns to his room. The adults look from the top of the stairs where Jun was to the door, and then back again. Arago cocks an eyebrow. Ryo and Nasuti have an 'I thought so' look on their faces. Shin and Shinrai are standing there, gawking slightly. Seiji has both his eyebrows raised, while Hikari has a definite smirk on her face. And finally, Rika, Touma, Shuu, and Shoku burst out laughing.
"Shuu… hahaha… You… haha… owe me 27, 000 yen. Hahahah!" Touma cracks out. Shuu immediately stops laughing. Shoku starts laughing so much that has to use the furniture as a balance. Arago looks at them all like they're nuts. Ryo, Hikari, and Seiji's attention return to Arago. Hikari's body has gone very rigid. Arago just turns to leave.
"Sayonara Nasuti. See you tomorrow at school." Arago bows then leaves through the door. Ryo and Seiji look irritated that Arago acted familiar with Nasuti after just meeting her and without her OKAY! [Ah oh. Two over reactive suitors in any show can mean trouble.]
"Ja matta Arago-san." Waves at Arago and Larissa as they leave. Shinrai is staring at the whole scene. At Nasuti, then Hakari, then Ryo, and finally Seiji.
'Ah oh.' She thinks. 'I may be 14, and the youngest one in this room, and kind of naive, but that doesn't mean that I'm a girly, weakling ditz… Aaaa?' "Nasuti who are-" Shinrai tries to ask, pointing in the direction of the Troopers. But Shoku lets a thought skid out of her mouth.
"He. Was. Hotter. Then. Hell." The guys look like they really don't want to hear this, with the exception of Shuu who looks slightly indignant. "Yes, much hotter than you short guy." Shuu goes livid.
"How the hell so?!! Anyway I'm only 2 ½ cm shorter than you." He almost yells at her.
"You're more worse at estimating than I am and that's pretty bad. I've got to be at least 7 cm taller than you. Anyway Arago is a lot more buff than you are." Shoku-chan then sticks her tongue out at Shuu. Shuu becomes even more livid. Shoku takes notice of this.
"Genki desu ka? Did I hurt your male PRIDE? If you want, we can take this outside." Shokuyoku is now smirking. (trans: a very informal version of 'are you alright?')
"ALRIGHT ONNA!!!! LET'S TAKE THIS OUTSIDE!!" Shuu bellows. Shoku looks infuriated.
"AHOU!! HOW- "
"We all have names you baka! And we all would prefer you to use them." Shinrai smoothly intercepts Shoku to level over everything between the two and to have her last question answered. Though she was ticked off that he used 'onna' instead of something else. Then she spots the lake outside and her eyes widen in happiness. She looks at Nasuti with pleading eyes.
"Nasuti… May I… Please? I'm worn out from today." Shinrai begs Nasuti with big, innocent, pleading eyes.
"Yeah of course Shin-" Nasuti doesn't get to finish. Shinrai runs out the back door, dragging Shoku with her. "She brought a swim suit?" Nasuti says, cocking an eyebrow.
"Nasuti don't be silly. She doesn't carry a suit wherever she goes." Rika replies. "She WEARS it wherever she goes." She states. Nasuti once again raises an eyebrow as does Touma, Ryo, and Seiji. Shin thinks that it makes perfect sense and Shuu is still fuming from his argument with Shoku. He considers runs out there and pushing her into the water with her clothes still on.
Everyone then proceeds to introduce himself or herself, to everyone else. It turns out that the reason why Seiji and Hikari have such similar hair is because they're related. Well, kind of. They've met each other before at a family reunion, so they are both descendants of the famous general Date Masamune; the One-Eyed Dragon; of Sendai. The fish and appetite [Shinrai & Shokuyoku] return.
Author's Note: I'm sorry, but this is where this chapter ends. Please stay tuned for Chapter 3: Nasuti no Tanjoobi (trans: Nasuti's Birthday). PLEASE REVIEW!!
Translations:
Ahou or Ahô- asshole, moron, jerk. It's a more insulting version of baka
Ano- 1. Umm [in this case]; 2. Also means 'that' ex: "Ano hito" means that person.
Baka- fool, moron, idiot, ass, stupid, etc.
Demo- but
Domo arigatô- thank you very much
Gomen- I'm sorry / Forgive me
Gomen nasai- I'm very sorry / Forgive me
Goshimpai naku- never mind
Hai- Yes
Hajimemashite- how do you do?
Iie- no
Itoko- cousin
Ja matta- See you
Jun no okaasan- Jun's mom
Kami- god
Onamae- formal version of 'namae'; meaning 'name'
Onee- older sister
Onna- woman
Otôto- youger brother
Soo (desu)- another way of saying yes
Watashi- I, me, etc.
Honorfixes:
chan- used for young children or females
San- used for people on the same level as you
Kun- male version of chan (kind of ^-^;)
Senpai/Sempai- upperclassmen, people who are older than you, or at a higher level a something than you. Commonly used a school, clubs, work, etc.
Sama- used for people you have a crush on, or highly respect, or of great importance.
Sensei- teacher
Shishou- master
Was it good? Was it crappy? PLEASE R&R!!!!! I'm begging you. I apologize if that was too sappy for you. Don't worry, it'll more dramatic/serious/violent etc. I'll write chapter 3 if I get reviews, so R&R please. E-mail me if you have any questions or comments at OnnaOoji@aol.com
Ja matta- Onna Oji