Sorry if this so so late

Chapter two: The New Lady in the House

The car ride home was a quiet one; as the Shields drove up to the white farm house where they lived. They parked next to a vine covered wall; Usagi ran up to it and smelled the purple flowers on it. "Kudzu! This plant is from my Japan; my grandmother grew this in the country!"

"Well, we started growing it for animal feed." said Esther. "But then it started to grow like crazy, even if you cut it back you'd have to close the windows at night to keep it from growing in the house."

"That vine's another unwelcome addition from that country…" Anne said.

"Mama." Darien said.

They all came into the house, Anne and Esther went straight into the kitchen while everyone else sat down in the living room.

"So how do you like Georgia so far?" Peter asked Usagi.

"It's very hot." She said.

"Defiantly gets terrible hot in the summer but come fall in a few weeks it'll be down right pleasant."

"You don't look like a Jap." Will said.

"I don't?" Usagi Answered.

"Pa says that all Japs have Black hair and brown eyes, you have Blonde hair and Blue eyes."

"I got my eyes from my great-grandmother; she was the daughter of a German merchant."

"And your hair?"

"I dyed it; I wanted to look more like that movie star the GI's liked. What was her name, Marilyn Monroe?"

"Kinda like Amy." Darien said with a laugh. "She was a redhead. She tried to dye it black but she messed it up and it came out blue, still she liked it so much she said she was going to keep it that way."

Anna came back in. "Dinner's ready, get it while it's hot."

Dinner was light compared to the lunch earlier that day, it had to be to make room for a big "Welcome home Darien" cake. Afterwards Will was already asleep and Esther was yawning. "Better head off to bed." Peter said.

"Oh, Mrs. Shields." Usagi said. "My mother wanted me to give you something." She went through her bags and brought out a beautiful Kimono. "She wanted to thank you for giving birth to the man I love, this Kimono was her favorite and she wants you to have it."

"Uh, thank you." Anne said as she reluctantly. "I'll try it on later, good night."

Peter knew that in all likelihood that Kimono would just be put into their closet and never see the light of day again.

"Just try not to make too much noise son." Peter said with a nudge.

In his old room Darien and Usagi started talking. "It's harder to get used to this country than I thought." said Usagi.

"Everyone just needs to get to know you."

"I miss Nippon, I miss my family and I miss speaking my own language."

"Usagi." Darien said. "Aishiteru."

Usagi stared to cry tears of joy "Arigato."

"We can speak in your language when ever you want, but right now let's get to bed."

"Hai, but I'm not that sleepy yet."

"Who said anything about sleep?"

The light in the window of his room went out.

Nippon-Japan

Aishiteru- I love you

Arigato- Thank you