Chapter 10
I pulled on one of her Dad's jackets and pulled the hood over the hat I wore. I then put on shoes and gloves. Joan seemed to be more protective of me then of herself. She walked without help, of course it didn't matter. She wasn't wounded beyond existent.
"Would you hurry up, they are waiting." She told me from the door. I picked up her book and followed her downstairs. "By Mom," she said.
"Remember to be home by four Joan," she mother said from the kitchen.
"Yes, Mother," she teased and opened the door. Sue sat on one of the benches by the door.
"What took you so long," she asked getting up. I closed the door behind me and followed them down the steps.
"D'Artagnan had a little trouble with getting my hat to fit." They laughed and headed to the, what I think humans call a, car.
"You OK? You're limping a little," Sue noticed.
"Yeah, some idiot decided that since I scored a goal that he could whack me with his stick. I won't be playing hockey or be able to do bouts in fencing for a while. I will be there to practice, but not fight with you." Joan opened the door to the car and stepped in. I followed suit. Sue closed the door and took a spot in one of the front seats.
Her brother was also in one of the front seats. A giant wheel was in front of him. The car moved as he turned the wheel. I saw things wiz by. It was all a blur. Except for when the car slowed to a stop, then I could get a good view of the world around me.
"Sue," Joan said, "my parents think it's a good idea to go to Japan over the summer." Sue gave Joan a crazy look. "So good, that they plan to come with and spend a week there. Come home, and then come back and stay for the last week of July and first week of August." They laughed.
"We have only one problem, how do we get D'Artagnan to Japan."
"I have no idea," Joan replied.
After a few minutes we arrived at a house. It was a two story, blue house. We stopped on the curve and stepped out.
"Lisa should be here soon," Sue said opening the door to the house.
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The house had a pale yellow color to it. Yet the oriental decor was beautiful. It seemed to make the house almost neutral in color.
"Come on, my room is this way. Lisa won't be here for another five minutes and least." Sue said to me. D'Artagnan looked around intently. "You can stay here if you want D'Artagnan," he looked at her. We laughed.
"Well this place is nice, but I'm..."
"She's joking you idiot," he had a dumfounded look on his face.
"Oh," he said.
Sue's room was the same color as the rest of the house. Only a little less oriental. There was a computer and radio. A few stuffed animals, unlike my room which was littered with them.
"Not that bad of a place to stay I don't think."
"Thanks, I kind of miss my old one. This is just going to have to tie me over until I graduate and can go back." She smiled slightly; the door bell down stairs rang. Sue's brother yelled something from another room. She yelled back in Japanese then shook her head. "Come on, let's go let her in. D'Artagnan you stay here," she ordered.
He sat down on the chair next to her computer. We rushed down stairs and opened the door. Lisa smiled and held the book we had chosen in her arms. "Well come on in, you don't need to stand outside all day." Sue teased; Lisa stepped in and took off her windbreaker. "Here, I'll take care of that," she said taking Lisa's coat.
"Thanks," Lisa said, "Joan how's your leg?" I rolled my eyes. Why does everyone need to ask?
"Fine," I said giving Lisa a glare.
"Lisa, my room is upstairs on the right at the end of the hall. Go on up, I'll be there in a minute." Lisa nodded and headed up stairs. Sue opened the closet and put Lisa's coat on a hanger.
"Aaaaaahhhhhh!" A scream sounded from Sue's room.
"D'Artagnan!" I said.
"Lisa," yelled Sue. We looked at each other and stumbled up the stairs.
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"Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!" She screamed, who was this girl! "Get away. Get back!" She picked up some stuffed animals and started throwing them at me.
"Argh, stop!" She was worse then Joan was yesterday morning. At least then she was trying to wake me up.
"Get away from me."
"I'd leave, but do you need to block the door!" At that moment Sue and Joan came in. Sue grabbed her hand and tried to calm the girl down. Joan came over to me and took my shoulder.
"What's wrong?!" Henry, Sue's brother said in the door way with a metal bat.
"Nothing, Lisa saw D'Artagnan and got very frightened." Sue told her brother.
"That thing has a name!" The girl called Lisa said.
"This thing is a Digimon!" Joan yelled in defense. "He's not going to hurt anybody," Lisa looked me over and set the stuffed animal she held down.
"As long as you're not Renamon," Sue said mocking him. Henry seemed disturbed by this. Then shook his head and beckoned Sue out of the room. "Excuse me for a moment, if you hear my brother yelling at me in another language. Be happy you don't know what he's saying."
"OK, now, Lisa, this is D'Artagnan. D'Artagnan, this is Lisa." Lisa held out her right hand. I looked it over. "Shake boy," I looked at Joan and heard Lisa laugh. I took her right hand in mine and slowly did the American ritual of shaking hands. My grasp was gentle but secure. "Good boy, now let me get you a dog bone." I rolled my eyes. I didn't mind the jokes. They were a slight relief.
"...I thought I told you to make sure your friends were quite! I told you that I was going to be on the phone!" I heard her brother say, apparently in Japanese. I knew it was another language, but it didn't sound different to me.
"I forgot about him. I didn't mean to."
"Yeah, well, try to remember him next time. Or Mom and Dad will hear about this." He retorted calmer this time.
"And would you like to explain why she screamed?" She told him, I heard him walked back into his room and slam the door. "He's so gullible," Sue said sounding pleased. I looked at her, "D'Artagan, why don't you join him." I nodded and headed to the room with a closed door.
The room had the same color as the rest of the house. Yet it was covered with pictures. One was in a frame. A girl with red hair stood next to him.
Henry sat by a desk, his ear against what I think was called a phone. He nodded his head ever once in a while. At one point he looked back at me. Smiled, and then looked out the window.
"Takato, can you hold on for a moment." He hit a button on the phone. "OK, just out of curiosity have there been any Digimon in the area lately?"
"What are you talking about? First of all, the portal is closed and they can't live here with out dieing. Second, I wouldn't know because my D'Arc doesn't work." The voice said.
"Funny. Mine is," the boy replied.
"Wait; there have been times where it beeps uncontrollably. Yet I don't know if that's because of a Digimon or it just feels like acting up."
"Listen Takato, I don't know about you. But I have seen only one around here." Henry said looking back at me.
"Oh don't joke..."
"He's right here is my room too."
"Really?" The voice named Takato asked.
"Yep, should I put him on?" He put his hand over one end of the phone.
"You better not be pulling anything. I know you can throw your voice. Jen, Jen..." The voice said as Henry handed me the phone.
"What do I say," I asked him.
"Just say hello, if that doesn't work, well, yell at him." I nodded and put the phone up to my ear.
"Hel...hello," the other end went silent. "Hello," my voice cracked.
"Err, Jen, this isn't funny."
"I'm not Jen..."
"I told you there was someone else here," Henry/Jen said cupping his hands around his mouth.
"OK then," the voice said. "Who is this?"
"My name is Dantagonmon, Joan just calls me D'Artagnan." Again I answered many questions. Again they were asked in disbelief.
Finally Henry took the phone out of my hand. "You may get to meet him soon. Joan is planning to come to Japan with us. We still have some problems getting D'Artagnan over, but we will find a way. Well I should go. My parents don't know that I was going to talk long distance why they were gone. They will never know if I call one of my local friends instead of Rika tonight."
"I guess I should tell her... or do you want to get beat up?" They laughed, "I'll tell her it was important. Unless you want me to get her over here right now and you can explain it over the phone."
"No don't worry, I'll e-mail her tonight. I'll talk to you later."
"OK, bye." He put the phone on the hook and smiled. I smiled back and walking into Sue's room.
Joan looked up. "Hey D'Artagnan, I think we found a way to get you to Japan with out anyone finding out."
I pulled on one of her Dad's jackets and pulled the hood over the hat I wore. I then put on shoes and gloves. Joan seemed to be more protective of me then of herself. She walked without help, of course it didn't matter. She wasn't wounded beyond existent.
"Would you hurry up, they are waiting." She told me from the door. I picked up her book and followed her downstairs. "By Mom," she said.
"Remember to be home by four Joan," she mother said from the kitchen.
"Yes, Mother," she teased and opened the door. Sue sat on one of the benches by the door.
"What took you so long," she asked getting up. I closed the door behind me and followed them down the steps.
"D'Artagnan had a little trouble with getting my hat to fit." They laughed and headed to the, what I think humans call a, car.
"You OK? You're limping a little," Sue noticed.
"Yeah, some idiot decided that since I scored a goal that he could whack me with his stick. I won't be playing hockey or be able to do bouts in fencing for a while. I will be there to practice, but not fight with you." Joan opened the door to the car and stepped in. I followed suit. Sue closed the door and took a spot in one of the front seats.
Her brother was also in one of the front seats. A giant wheel was in front of him. The car moved as he turned the wheel. I saw things wiz by. It was all a blur. Except for when the car slowed to a stop, then I could get a good view of the world around me.
"Sue," Joan said, "my parents think it's a good idea to go to Japan over the summer." Sue gave Joan a crazy look. "So good, that they plan to come with and spend a week there. Come home, and then come back and stay for the last week of July and first week of August." They laughed.
"We have only one problem, how do we get D'Artagnan to Japan."
"I have no idea," Joan replied.
After a few minutes we arrived at a house. It was a two story, blue house. We stopped on the curve and stepped out.
"Lisa should be here soon," Sue said opening the door to the house.
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The house had a pale yellow color to it. Yet the oriental decor was beautiful. It seemed to make the house almost neutral in color.
"Come on, my room is this way. Lisa won't be here for another five minutes and least." Sue said to me. D'Artagnan looked around intently. "You can stay here if you want D'Artagnan," he looked at her. We laughed.
"Well this place is nice, but I'm..."
"She's joking you idiot," he had a dumfounded look on his face.
"Oh," he said.
Sue's room was the same color as the rest of the house. Only a little less oriental. There was a computer and radio. A few stuffed animals, unlike my room which was littered with them.
"Not that bad of a place to stay I don't think."
"Thanks, I kind of miss my old one. This is just going to have to tie me over until I graduate and can go back." She smiled slightly; the door bell down stairs rang. Sue's brother yelled something from another room. She yelled back in Japanese then shook her head. "Come on, let's go let her in. D'Artagnan you stay here," she ordered.
He sat down on the chair next to her computer. We rushed down stairs and opened the door. Lisa smiled and held the book we had chosen in her arms. "Well come on in, you don't need to stand outside all day." Sue teased; Lisa stepped in and took off her windbreaker. "Here, I'll take care of that," she said taking Lisa's coat.
"Thanks," Lisa said, "Joan how's your leg?" I rolled my eyes. Why does everyone need to ask?
"Fine," I said giving Lisa a glare.
"Lisa, my room is upstairs on the right at the end of the hall. Go on up, I'll be there in a minute." Lisa nodded and headed up stairs. Sue opened the closet and put Lisa's coat on a hanger.
"Aaaaaahhhhhh!" A scream sounded from Sue's room.
"D'Artagnan!" I said.
"Lisa," yelled Sue. We looked at each other and stumbled up the stairs.
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"Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!" She screamed, who was this girl! "Get away. Get back!" She picked up some stuffed animals and started throwing them at me.
"Argh, stop!" She was worse then Joan was yesterday morning. At least then she was trying to wake me up.
"Get away from me."
"I'd leave, but do you need to block the door!" At that moment Sue and Joan came in. Sue grabbed her hand and tried to calm the girl down. Joan came over to me and took my shoulder.
"What's wrong?!" Henry, Sue's brother said in the door way with a metal bat.
"Nothing, Lisa saw D'Artagnan and got very frightened." Sue told her brother.
"That thing has a name!" The girl called Lisa said.
"This thing is a Digimon!" Joan yelled in defense. "He's not going to hurt anybody," Lisa looked me over and set the stuffed animal she held down.
"As long as you're not Renamon," Sue said mocking him. Henry seemed disturbed by this. Then shook his head and beckoned Sue out of the room. "Excuse me for a moment, if you hear my brother yelling at me in another language. Be happy you don't know what he's saying."
"OK, now, Lisa, this is D'Artagnan. D'Artagnan, this is Lisa." Lisa held out her right hand. I looked it over. "Shake boy," I looked at Joan and heard Lisa laugh. I took her right hand in mine and slowly did the American ritual of shaking hands. My grasp was gentle but secure. "Good boy, now let me get you a dog bone." I rolled my eyes. I didn't mind the jokes. They were a slight relief.
"...I thought I told you to make sure your friends were quite! I told you that I was going to be on the phone!" I heard her brother say, apparently in Japanese. I knew it was another language, but it didn't sound different to me.
"I forgot about him. I didn't mean to."
"Yeah, well, try to remember him next time. Or Mom and Dad will hear about this." He retorted calmer this time.
"And would you like to explain why she screamed?" She told him, I heard him walked back into his room and slam the door. "He's so gullible," Sue said sounding pleased. I looked at her, "D'Artagan, why don't you join him." I nodded and headed to the room with a closed door.
The room had the same color as the rest of the house. Yet it was covered with pictures. One was in a frame. A girl with red hair stood next to him.
Henry sat by a desk, his ear against what I think was called a phone. He nodded his head ever once in a while. At one point he looked back at me. Smiled, and then looked out the window.
"Takato, can you hold on for a moment." He hit a button on the phone. "OK, just out of curiosity have there been any Digimon in the area lately?"
"What are you talking about? First of all, the portal is closed and they can't live here with out dieing. Second, I wouldn't know because my D'Arc doesn't work." The voice said.
"Funny. Mine is," the boy replied.
"Wait; there have been times where it beeps uncontrollably. Yet I don't know if that's because of a Digimon or it just feels like acting up."
"Listen Takato, I don't know about you. But I have seen only one around here." Henry said looking back at me.
"Oh don't joke..."
"He's right here is my room too."
"Really?" The voice named Takato asked.
"Yep, should I put him on?" He put his hand over one end of the phone.
"You better not be pulling anything. I know you can throw your voice. Jen, Jen..." The voice said as Henry handed me the phone.
"What do I say," I asked him.
"Just say hello, if that doesn't work, well, yell at him." I nodded and put the phone up to my ear.
"Hel...hello," the other end went silent. "Hello," my voice cracked.
"Err, Jen, this isn't funny."
"I'm not Jen..."
"I told you there was someone else here," Henry/Jen said cupping his hands around his mouth.
"OK then," the voice said. "Who is this?"
"My name is Dantagonmon, Joan just calls me D'Artagnan." Again I answered many questions. Again they were asked in disbelief.
Finally Henry took the phone out of my hand. "You may get to meet him soon. Joan is planning to come to Japan with us. We still have some problems getting D'Artagnan over, but we will find a way. Well I should go. My parents don't know that I was going to talk long distance why they were gone. They will never know if I call one of my local friends instead of Rika tonight."
"I guess I should tell her... or do you want to get beat up?" They laughed, "I'll tell her it was important. Unless you want me to get her over here right now and you can explain it over the phone."
"No don't worry, I'll e-mail her tonight. I'll talk to you later."
"OK, bye." He put the phone on the hook and smiled. I smiled back and walking into Sue's room.
Joan looked up. "Hey D'Artagnan, I think we found a way to get you to Japan with out anyone finding out."