Chapter 11
Authors Note* Forgive me if any of my Japanese is wrong. I will be studying this language in High School; right now I rely on a dictionary and might use a word the wrong way. I used - e/tty/dict in the translations*
A month had passed. Our project worked out nicely. Even though it took Lisa three weeks to read the book. We had figured out that since Lisa was coming alone he could pass as her older cousin that had a hair condition. That was the easy part, next we had to get him there. Taxi, easiest way.
So there we were waiting out side the air port for a no show Digimon. He arrived about ten minutes after we got there. Didn't matter really, we weren't late. We were so damn early. Why? Our fight was delayed. An hour! One freaking hour waiting in the airport!
Oh well. It was only one hour of waiting for a fight that wasn't here yet. We had to leave D'Artagnan's sword and sheathe at home. Ever since 9-11 our country has been paranoid. Maybe in a good way. We have stopped bombers, yet not people with a knife in their belts. It still wasn't worth the risk.
The talked about war on Iraq also caused us problems. D'Artagnan didn't have a passport, but we found some way to work something out. Since Lisa had a passport she vouched for him. I don't know how, but he was able to get on the plane. No questions asked.
"Here I picked this up yesterday," Sue said handing me a tape. I looked at it. It was a learn Japanese on the plane tape.
"Thanks, I might learn something," I joked. I then stuffed it in my pocket. I didn't have a player with me, so I could try and learn there. I was told the other Tamers knew some English, some better then others.
I took a seat with Sue on the plane, Lisa got stuck with D'Artagnan. I reluctantly took a spot by the window as Henry and his mother sat down in the seat before us. My parents sat across from them.
Eventually the plane took off, I could see Sue shaking. I'm sure she has to have been on a plane before. How else would she get to America, boat? I pulled out a book and started reading. I had never been on a plane before, but I wasn't too worried. At least not of anyone coming and trying running the plane into something. Or it crashing and burning, I don't get motion sickness. I do have a major fear of heights.
I could see how badly shaking Sue was when we could take off our seat belts. Her face was pale also. Henry turned back to look at us. He sighed and reached into the passenger compartment. Then pulled out a bottle of pills and turned back to us.
"I knew you forgot this," he said. She nodded thankfully and got up. "She only gets sick on planes, sound odd?" He then turned back around and didn't talk to us for the rest of the flight.
Hours later we arrived. I had learned some Japanese on the plane. Simple words like hello, goodbye, thank you, etc. I hugged my parents good bye and followed Sue and her brother. Eight people sat on a bench, they stood up immediately.
"Jen!" A tall boy that wore goggles said. "Dochirake hatashite sonrai gaikokuryokou?" He said in Japanese. Jen, or to me, Henry smiled and bowed as he bowed back.
"Choberigu," he told him, smiled, and then started to talk to a girl with red hair.
"What did they say?" I asked Sue.
"Err, Takato asked if we had a nice trip, my brother told him it was good. Hold on," she told me, then to her friends, "dearou warea hitsuyou yuku tasho." They nodded and beckoned us to come.
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We drove to a store that had living quarters on the second floor. I understood every word they were saying. Yet Joan did not. She seemed to almost always ask Sue what they said.
"I think we can call this some where else," the boy with goggles said. His voice sounded almost like that of the boy I spoke with a month ago. Everyone but Joan and Lisa nodded. "So what is it Shiuchon-chun?"
"D'Artagnan, I don't think you need the hood anymore, we won't have another incident like what happened with Lisa." Joan and Lisa laughed, "You'll see when he takes his hood off." She then said in Japanese. I pulled off my hood and hat. Our new friends stood wide eyed.
"It can't be... I thought the portal was closed... This is a joke, some one has to be in costume..." they said. Finally a red haired girl pulled out a D'Arc. "He is real, this isn't a joke." I heard Sue telling them what she said. "Dantagonmon, how... how many Digimon are there on Earth?"
"About twenty have left for this world. I don't know how many have left in the time I have been exiled here."
"I told you Jen had a good reason for not calling you last month." The goggled boy said.
"Shut up Takato-san! I don't need you telling me why my boyfriend didn't call!" She yelled at him, Sue laughed and tried to explain in English about the outburst.
"I suggest you listen to her. Ruki will ring your neck if she wants, I won't stop her." Henry laughed and flashed a warm smile at the girl. "Oh, I need to introduce you to my friends. This is Joan-san, she is D'Artagnan's Tamer."
"D'Artagnan?!" They all asked at once, even the five that have been quiet throughout this ordeal.
"Ah, that is what Joan-chun calls him. Anyway, this is Lisa-chun right here. She is just a friend," he told them.
For the third, and hopefully last time we went through the passes. They asked me a question, I answered. Joan and Lisa sat bored on a couch. Eventually finding a hidden remote and turning on the TV. They flipped through channels and watched whatever caught their eye. The other Tamers cracked jokes at times, but for the most part ignored the extra noise.
Authors Note* Forgive me if any of my Japanese is wrong. I will be studying this language in High School; right now I rely on a dictionary and might use a word the wrong way. I used - e/tty/dict in the translations*
A month had passed. Our project worked out nicely. Even though it took Lisa three weeks to read the book. We had figured out that since Lisa was coming alone he could pass as her older cousin that had a hair condition. That was the easy part, next we had to get him there. Taxi, easiest way.
So there we were waiting out side the air port for a no show Digimon. He arrived about ten minutes after we got there. Didn't matter really, we weren't late. We were so damn early. Why? Our fight was delayed. An hour! One freaking hour waiting in the airport!
Oh well. It was only one hour of waiting for a fight that wasn't here yet. We had to leave D'Artagnan's sword and sheathe at home. Ever since 9-11 our country has been paranoid. Maybe in a good way. We have stopped bombers, yet not people with a knife in their belts. It still wasn't worth the risk.
The talked about war on Iraq also caused us problems. D'Artagnan didn't have a passport, but we found some way to work something out. Since Lisa had a passport she vouched for him. I don't know how, but he was able to get on the plane. No questions asked.
"Here I picked this up yesterday," Sue said handing me a tape. I looked at it. It was a learn Japanese on the plane tape.
"Thanks, I might learn something," I joked. I then stuffed it in my pocket. I didn't have a player with me, so I could try and learn there. I was told the other Tamers knew some English, some better then others.
I took a seat with Sue on the plane, Lisa got stuck with D'Artagnan. I reluctantly took a spot by the window as Henry and his mother sat down in the seat before us. My parents sat across from them.
Eventually the plane took off, I could see Sue shaking. I'm sure she has to have been on a plane before. How else would she get to America, boat? I pulled out a book and started reading. I had never been on a plane before, but I wasn't too worried. At least not of anyone coming and trying running the plane into something. Or it crashing and burning, I don't get motion sickness. I do have a major fear of heights.
I could see how badly shaking Sue was when we could take off our seat belts. Her face was pale also. Henry turned back to look at us. He sighed and reached into the passenger compartment. Then pulled out a bottle of pills and turned back to us.
"I knew you forgot this," he said. She nodded thankfully and got up. "She only gets sick on planes, sound odd?" He then turned back around and didn't talk to us for the rest of the flight.
Hours later we arrived. I had learned some Japanese on the plane. Simple words like hello, goodbye, thank you, etc. I hugged my parents good bye and followed Sue and her brother. Eight people sat on a bench, they stood up immediately.
"Jen!" A tall boy that wore goggles said. "Dochirake hatashite sonrai gaikokuryokou?" He said in Japanese. Jen, or to me, Henry smiled and bowed as he bowed back.
"Choberigu," he told him, smiled, and then started to talk to a girl with red hair.
"What did they say?" I asked Sue.
"Err, Takato asked if we had a nice trip, my brother told him it was good. Hold on," she told me, then to her friends, "dearou warea hitsuyou yuku tasho." They nodded and beckoned us to come.
***************
We drove to a store that had living quarters on the second floor. I understood every word they were saying. Yet Joan did not. She seemed to almost always ask Sue what they said.
"I think we can call this some where else," the boy with goggles said. His voice sounded almost like that of the boy I spoke with a month ago. Everyone but Joan and Lisa nodded. "So what is it Shiuchon-chun?"
"D'Artagnan, I don't think you need the hood anymore, we won't have another incident like what happened with Lisa." Joan and Lisa laughed, "You'll see when he takes his hood off." She then said in Japanese. I pulled off my hood and hat. Our new friends stood wide eyed.
"It can't be... I thought the portal was closed... This is a joke, some one has to be in costume..." they said. Finally a red haired girl pulled out a D'Arc. "He is real, this isn't a joke." I heard Sue telling them what she said. "Dantagonmon, how... how many Digimon are there on Earth?"
"About twenty have left for this world. I don't know how many have left in the time I have been exiled here."
"I told you Jen had a good reason for not calling you last month." The goggled boy said.
"Shut up Takato-san! I don't need you telling me why my boyfriend didn't call!" She yelled at him, Sue laughed and tried to explain in English about the outburst.
"I suggest you listen to her. Ruki will ring your neck if she wants, I won't stop her." Henry laughed and flashed a warm smile at the girl. "Oh, I need to introduce you to my friends. This is Joan-san, she is D'Artagnan's Tamer."
"D'Artagnan?!" They all asked at once, even the five that have been quiet throughout this ordeal.
"Ah, that is what Joan-chun calls him. Anyway, this is Lisa-chun right here. She is just a friend," he told them.
For the third, and hopefully last time we went through the passes. They asked me a question, I answered. Joan and Lisa sat bored on a couch. Eventually finding a hidden remote and turning on the TV. They flipped through channels and watched whatever caught their eye. The other Tamers cracked jokes at times, but for the most part ignored the extra noise.