Lesson 2: TELL HIM AND HIS FRIENDS ABOUT YOUR NINE-YEAR STAY IN AMERICA
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(AN: I know Noriko isn't with Bad Luck, but in the manga she was with them for a little bit. Enough to make an album at least. She played the synthesizer because Tohma thought Shuichi's skills in that department weren't good enough to record. Oh, and a random shout-out: Hi, Bunni- Chan! ^_^ My own personal stalker, I'm honored. Joking, joking, JOKING!!)
(ANPS: wai? The title doesn't have anything to do with the chapter? Heh, my work here is done. and the foreign language thing? Oi.you'll get used to it. I do that a lot in my fics. And not just with Japanese. I did a Spanish outtake with my Shaman King fic. But I translated it, of course)
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"One more thing, Ryuko," Yuki said, getting his cousin's attention. "Why didn't you even BOTHER telling me you were coming?"
"I did, Eiri-Chan, I sent a letter...."
"I didn't get a letter."
"Yes, you did, Yuki," Shuichi said, picking up the envelope Tatsuha had thrown on the table. "It's all in romanji...."
"That's not romanji, it's English," Ryuko said, crossing her arms
"Kami-Sama..."
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"Ryu-Chan!" Shuichi's voice called through Yuki's apartment a few days later.
He looked around and sweat-dropped as he heard a thud from her room. She opened the door. "Ohayo, Shindou-Chan..." she said groggily. "What's the matter?"
"We're going to N-G Studio today for a recording session."
"Take her...." Yuki growled, walking by. "Please...."
"Well, Eiri-Chan's actually being polite, I guess you'll have to take me," she said with a cheerful smile. "Ano...Shindou-Chan? I know you already gave me an autograph but...hold on!" She went into her room and came back, holding a huge Bad Luck poster. "Since we're going to the studio, I could get Hiro-Chan and Fujisaiki-Chan to sign too!"
"Okay! Cool! It's all in English! I didn't know they sold our posters in America!"
"Maybe even the president could sign! He IS Mika-Chan's husband, isn't he? Tohma Seguchi?"
"Eh, eh," Shuichi said with a nod. "How did you know?"
"Mika-Chan and I wrote back and forth. She was working on her English so we were pen-pals. Well, I'd better get dressed, I'll be out in a minute, Shindou-Chan." With that, she closed the door.
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"Ryu-Chan, if you don't mind me asking...." Shuichi started as they walked down a street to N-G Studios. "Why is your hair blue?"
"And why on earth did you pierce your ears five times?" Yuki went on. Somehow Ryuko and Shuichi had convinced him to come.....mostly on a reason Ryuko hadn't exactly given out yet.
"Well...blue has been a favorite color of mine...so why shouldn't my hair be like that? And the ear thing? I pierced them five times? Really? You try going to America and not have a piercing or two...or ten."
"Ryuko...sometimes you scare me," Yuki growled, shaking his head.
"Just keep watching, Eiri-Chan," she said with a wink. "I may be scarier than you think."
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"Shuichi's late again," K growled, spinning a small gun on one finger.
"Ano...K-San...please put the gun away...?" Fujisaiki half-asked.
"He's late, he's late, he's late, he's late, he's late!!" Sakano chanted, pacing holes in the floor. "WE'RE ALL DOOMED!! THE DEADLINE FOR THE RECORDING IS WEDNESDAY!!!!"
"What gun?" K asked, placing it to Fujisaiki's temple.
"D-don't kill me....." the boy whined. "I'm not even done with school yet...."
"Mr. Wall, you'll listen to me if I spill my guts out to you, won't you?!" Sakano screamed at the wall. "YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT UNDERSTANDS!!" he continued, smashing his head against his new friend.
"I think he finally lost it," Hiro said with a sweat-drop
"OHAYO!!" Ryuchi chimed as he walked in. "Ano...Sakano-San, are you trying out for a wrecking ball in one of my videos or something?"
"SAKUMA-SAN!! IT'S ALREADY TWO AND SHUICHI ISN'T HERE YET!!"
"What's all the screaming and smashing about?" Mika asked, walking in with Tohma.
"Sakano-San, would you mind keeping the building in one piece, please?" Tohma asked with a sweat-drop and a glance at the dented wall.
"Mika-San, we haven't seen you in---" Hiro started but didn't finish.
"MINNA-SAN!!" Shuichi burst out as he flew through the door. "SUMIMASEN!! Ne, Mika-San....?"
"Mika-Chan!!" Ryuko screamed, running in, taking her cousin's hands.
"Ryu-Chan!!" Mika said with an unusually cheerful smile. "You changed your hair! Kawaii desu!"
"Ryuko..." Yuki grumbled as he followed the others in. "You said I'd find out why you wanted me to come when I got here. Now what the----?! Mika?!"
"I knew he'd be surprised!" Ryuko said with a smile. "Did you find out if it's a boy or a girl yet?!"
"Twins," Tohma said with a polite smile.
"Eh," Mika said with a nod. "Two little girls."
"Wai! I'm so happy for you!"
K blinked a few times. "Uesugi Ryuko?"
"Eh?" she asked, turning around. "K-Chan!"
Hiro, Shuichi, and Fujisaiki ducked waiting for a gun. Nothing?
"That really IS the only title you remember, isn't it?"
"Heh, heh, hai...."
"How do you two know each other?" Shuichi asked.
"So, Mika, you're going to name one of them Eri or Eriko, aren't you?" Yuki asked.
Mika blinked slowly. "Not on your life."
"I was a translator," Ryuko said with a broad smile.
"Apparently, this was the stage where she was fluent in BOTH languages," K said with an eye roll.
Ryuko let out a laugh. "Americans aren't even fluent in their own language!"
"What do you mean?" K asked.
"The word 'karaoke' if instance. It's 'kah-rah-oh-keh'. Not 'keh-ree-oh- kee'!"
"So, what have you been doing since the Secret Service, Ryu-Chan?"
"I'm a manga artist!"
"Manga is just for bakas that can't write REAL literature," Yuki said rolling his eyes.
"Yeah? Well, novels are for people who don't have the talent to draw and write at the same time!"
"You know, she has a point," Hiro pointed out.
"What manga do you write?" Ryuchi asked.
"Seven Days," she answered. "I asked Mika-Chan before I used a Bad Luck song title."
"Is that the one with the werewolf on an alternate planet with four moons? And instead of having to wait 28 days for a full moon, there's one every week?"
"Hai!"
"I love that one! I have all the volumes! And the soundtrack.....and the series on DVD!"
"Really? I didn't know I had celebrity fans."
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(AN: oi...I am so sick. I hate my lugs....i wish I could take them out, but I sorta need 'em...it's complete heck to have asthma and pneumonia at the same time...@~@;;)
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(AN: I know Noriko isn't with Bad Luck, but in the manga she was with them for a little bit. Enough to make an album at least. She played the synthesizer because Tohma thought Shuichi's skills in that department weren't good enough to record. Oh, and a random shout-out: Hi, Bunni- Chan! ^_^ My own personal stalker, I'm honored. Joking, joking, JOKING!!)
(ANPS: wai? The title doesn't have anything to do with the chapter? Heh, my work here is done. and the foreign language thing? Oi.you'll get used to it. I do that a lot in my fics. And not just with Japanese. I did a Spanish outtake with my Shaman King fic. But I translated it, of course)
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"One more thing, Ryuko," Yuki said, getting his cousin's attention. "Why didn't you even BOTHER telling me you were coming?"
"I did, Eiri-Chan, I sent a letter...."
"I didn't get a letter."
"Yes, you did, Yuki," Shuichi said, picking up the envelope Tatsuha had thrown on the table. "It's all in romanji...."
"That's not romanji, it's English," Ryuko said, crossing her arms
"Kami-Sama..."
~~
"Ryu-Chan!" Shuichi's voice called through Yuki's apartment a few days later.
He looked around and sweat-dropped as he heard a thud from her room. She opened the door. "Ohayo, Shindou-Chan..." she said groggily. "What's the matter?"
"We're going to N-G Studio today for a recording session."
"Take her...." Yuki growled, walking by. "Please...."
"Well, Eiri-Chan's actually being polite, I guess you'll have to take me," she said with a cheerful smile. "Ano...Shindou-Chan? I know you already gave me an autograph but...hold on!" She went into her room and came back, holding a huge Bad Luck poster. "Since we're going to the studio, I could get Hiro-Chan and Fujisaiki-Chan to sign too!"
"Okay! Cool! It's all in English! I didn't know they sold our posters in America!"
"Maybe even the president could sign! He IS Mika-Chan's husband, isn't he? Tohma Seguchi?"
"Eh, eh," Shuichi said with a nod. "How did you know?"
"Mika-Chan and I wrote back and forth. She was working on her English so we were pen-pals. Well, I'd better get dressed, I'll be out in a minute, Shindou-Chan." With that, she closed the door.
~~
"Ryu-Chan, if you don't mind me asking...." Shuichi started as they walked down a street to N-G Studios. "Why is your hair blue?"
"And why on earth did you pierce your ears five times?" Yuki went on. Somehow Ryuko and Shuichi had convinced him to come.....mostly on a reason Ryuko hadn't exactly given out yet.
"Well...blue has been a favorite color of mine...so why shouldn't my hair be like that? And the ear thing? I pierced them five times? Really? You try going to America and not have a piercing or two...or ten."
"Ryuko...sometimes you scare me," Yuki growled, shaking his head.
"Just keep watching, Eiri-Chan," she said with a wink. "I may be scarier than you think."
~~
"Shuichi's late again," K growled, spinning a small gun on one finger.
"Ano...K-San...please put the gun away...?" Fujisaiki half-asked.
"He's late, he's late, he's late, he's late, he's late!!" Sakano chanted, pacing holes in the floor. "WE'RE ALL DOOMED!! THE DEADLINE FOR THE RECORDING IS WEDNESDAY!!!!"
"What gun?" K asked, placing it to Fujisaiki's temple.
"D-don't kill me....." the boy whined. "I'm not even done with school yet...."
"Mr. Wall, you'll listen to me if I spill my guts out to you, won't you?!" Sakano screamed at the wall. "YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT UNDERSTANDS!!" he continued, smashing his head against his new friend.
"I think he finally lost it," Hiro said with a sweat-drop
"OHAYO!!" Ryuchi chimed as he walked in. "Ano...Sakano-San, are you trying out for a wrecking ball in one of my videos or something?"
"SAKUMA-SAN!! IT'S ALREADY TWO AND SHUICHI ISN'T HERE YET!!"
"What's all the screaming and smashing about?" Mika asked, walking in with Tohma.
"Sakano-San, would you mind keeping the building in one piece, please?" Tohma asked with a sweat-drop and a glance at the dented wall.
"Mika-San, we haven't seen you in---" Hiro started but didn't finish.
"MINNA-SAN!!" Shuichi burst out as he flew through the door. "SUMIMASEN!! Ne, Mika-San....?"
"Mika-Chan!!" Ryuko screamed, running in, taking her cousin's hands.
"Ryu-Chan!!" Mika said with an unusually cheerful smile. "You changed your hair! Kawaii desu!"
"Ryuko..." Yuki grumbled as he followed the others in. "You said I'd find out why you wanted me to come when I got here. Now what the----?! Mika?!"
"I knew he'd be surprised!" Ryuko said with a smile. "Did you find out if it's a boy or a girl yet?!"
"Twins," Tohma said with a polite smile.
"Eh," Mika said with a nod. "Two little girls."
"Wai! I'm so happy for you!"
K blinked a few times. "Uesugi Ryuko?"
"Eh?" she asked, turning around. "K-Chan!"
Hiro, Shuichi, and Fujisaiki ducked waiting for a gun. Nothing?
"That really IS the only title you remember, isn't it?"
"Heh, heh, hai...."
"How do you two know each other?" Shuichi asked.
"So, Mika, you're going to name one of them Eri or Eriko, aren't you?" Yuki asked.
Mika blinked slowly. "Not on your life."
"I was a translator," Ryuko said with a broad smile.
"Apparently, this was the stage where she was fluent in BOTH languages," K said with an eye roll.
Ryuko let out a laugh. "Americans aren't even fluent in their own language!"
"What do you mean?" K asked.
"The word 'karaoke' if instance. It's 'kah-rah-oh-keh'. Not 'keh-ree-oh- kee'!"
"So, what have you been doing since the Secret Service, Ryu-Chan?"
"I'm a manga artist!"
"Manga is just for bakas that can't write REAL literature," Yuki said rolling his eyes.
"Yeah? Well, novels are for people who don't have the talent to draw and write at the same time!"
"You know, she has a point," Hiro pointed out.
"What manga do you write?" Ryuchi asked.
"Seven Days," she answered. "I asked Mika-Chan before I used a Bad Luck song title."
"Is that the one with the werewolf on an alternate planet with four moons? And instead of having to wait 28 days for a full moon, there's one every week?"
"Hai!"
"I love that one! I have all the volumes! And the soundtrack.....and the series on DVD!"
"Really? I didn't know I had celebrity fans."
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(AN: oi...I am so sick. I hate my lugs....i wish I could take them out, but I sorta need 'em...it's complete heck to have asthma and pneumonia at the same time...@~@;;)
