Breaking Through
Chapter 1
Disclaimer: Idon'townSailorMoonoranythingelseIthrowinhere!
Author's Note: the other generals will be mentioned first, while Rei continues to search for one. Alternating POVs.
~~~ Raye's Point Of View ~~~
The plane bounced unmercilessly as we started to land, which woke me up from the little nap I had taken.
"Woah, relax, Raye. We're here, but it doesn't seem like the America we learned about." Darien was speaking perfect English instead of Japanese.
I sat up straighter and looked out the window. "You're right. It's much less crowded than what we were taught. Where are the tall buildings?"
"I don't know."
"What if they don't like me? I don't sound like they do." It was true, I did have my Japanese accent, but my English was shakier than Darien's.
"You'll be fine. You're the last person I thought that would come from, but you'll do fine. We're staying with the same family, so you'll at least be able to talk in Japanese around someone. Just picture them, with their accents, trying to speak perfect Japanese. It's virtually impossible for anyone switching to a different language."
"Except for you. Yours is perfect and fluent. Mine, shaky and unsteady. How does that fit your theory?" I had switched back to Japanese and spoke much faster, at a more comfortable pace.
"Remember, a thousand years ago, English was called Terran. It was the language of my people here on Earth. I learned it then, so I picked it up easily here. Just like you learned Martian in an instant when Luna tried teaching you." He too changed to Japanese.
"Turns out I was speaking it when I yelled at people years before. And I didn't even know it!"
When we landed and disembarked, I followed Darien's lead to the couple holding a sign with our names written in very poor Japanese. 'Oh, well, at least they tried.'
"Hello, we are the Johnsons. (A/N Original, huh? ^_^') How was your flight?" The woman asked.
"As good as can be expected. I'm Darien Chiba, and this is Raye Hino." Darien introduced me, and all I did was smile. 'Why can't I talk around them?'
"Hello. I am Annie, and this is my husband, Jeremy."
"Hi." Was all he said. Then, "Does she speak?"
Darien chuckled. "Of course! She's just a little sensitive about her English, that's all."
"Ah. Well, if you'll follow us to the car..." he said and turned to go.
Before Darien started walking, I punched him in the arm. Unfortunately, Annie saw it. I spoke to him in Japanese with more vehemence in my voice than I intended. "Sensitive about English, Darien? I don't think so buddy."
But he stuck with English; "You're the one who wouldn't talk to them, Raye. What was I supposed to tell them?"
"Ugh!" (A/N that translates to the same thing in every language, hehe.) I threw up my hands and started following the man with Darien in tow.
END OF CHAPTER 1
Author's Note: Sorry for it being so incredibly short! I'll make up for it in the next one, I hope-er, promise. Review, plz. - Jedite's*Flame
Chapter 1
Disclaimer: Idon'townSailorMoonoranythingelseIthrowinhere!
Author's Note: the other generals will be mentioned first, while Rei continues to search for one. Alternating POVs.
~~~ Raye's Point Of View ~~~
The plane bounced unmercilessly as we started to land, which woke me up from the little nap I had taken.
"Woah, relax, Raye. We're here, but it doesn't seem like the America we learned about." Darien was speaking perfect English instead of Japanese.
I sat up straighter and looked out the window. "You're right. It's much less crowded than what we were taught. Where are the tall buildings?"
"I don't know."
"What if they don't like me? I don't sound like they do." It was true, I did have my Japanese accent, but my English was shakier than Darien's.
"You'll be fine. You're the last person I thought that would come from, but you'll do fine. We're staying with the same family, so you'll at least be able to talk in Japanese around someone. Just picture them, with their accents, trying to speak perfect Japanese. It's virtually impossible for anyone switching to a different language."
"Except for you. Yours is perfect and fluent. Mine, shaky and unsteady. How does that fit your theory?" I had switched back to Japanese and spoke much faster, at a more comfortable pace.
"Remember, a thousand years ago, English was called Terran. It was the language of my people here on Earth. I learned it then, so I picked it up easily here. Just like you learned Martian in an instant when Luna tried teaching you." He too changed to Japanese.
"Turns out I was speaking it when I yelled at people years before. And I didn't even know it!"
When we landed and disembarked, I followed Darien's lead to the couple holding a sign with our names written in very poor Japanese. 'Oh, well, at least they tried.'
"Hello, we are the Johnsons. (A/N Original, huh? ^_^') How was your flight?" The woman asked.
"As good as can be expected. I'm Darien Chiba, and this is Raye Hino." Darien introduced me, and all I did was smile. 'Why can't I talk around them?'
"Hello. I am Annie, and this is my husband, Jeremy."
"Hi." Was all he said. Then, "Does she speak?"
Darien chuckled. "Of course! She's just a little sensitive about her English, that's all."
"Ah. Well, if you'll follow us to the car..." he said and turned to go.
Before Darien started walking, I punched him in the arm. Unfortunately, Annie saw it. I spoke to him in Japanese with more vehemence in my voice than I intended. "Sensitive about English, Darien? I don't think so buddy."
But he stuck with English; "You're the one who wouldn't talk to them, Raye. What was I supposed to tell them?"
"Ugh!" (A/N that translates to the same thing in every language, hehe.) I threw up my hands and started following the man with Darien in tow.
END OF CHAPTER 1
Author's Note: Sorry for it being so incredibly short! I'll make up for it in the next one, I hope-er, promise. Review, plz. - Jedite's*Flame