I looked up from my useless attempts at trying to tug this girl away from my new-found sister, only to see the strangest pair of twins alive. One was blonde, covered in frilly pink stuff, waving like a spaz. The other was calm, dark-haired and...a little Asian. And...how to put this without embarrassing myself...well...let's just say I blushed a little when we met eyes. She walked up to us (the Asian-looking one, not the blonde) and held her hand out. With a surprisingly accurate British accent, she spoke.

"Hey. You're Rider, right? I'm Aria Jones, and my sister over there is Zenna."

"U-uh, pleased to meet you..." I stuttered as I shook her hand. I turned even more red. Gah. Her eyes darted off towards the side for a moment, then she looked back at me. Then her face made a surprised look and whirled her head back to the side, breaking our handshake.

"James? What are you doing?" she yelled. Emily also whirled her head. There stood a boy, older than Emily, Aria, and Zenna. He looked related to the twins.

"ARIA! You spoiled it!" He shouted back. Aria crossed her arms and faced him now.

"And just WHAT did I spoil, exactly?" She asked him. I could tell from the tone in her voice that she was trying really hard not to lose her temper. Emily stood up, finally released from Kasumi's (that's her name, right?) grasp.

"James Jones. You were trying to scare me again, weren't you? Good catch, Ameri- er, Aria." she held her hand out to Aria. "Emily Kirkland, aged 14 years old. How do you do?"

"Fine, thanks. Aria Jones, 14." they shook hands. After their greeting, Aria looked over at Kasumi, who was having a lively chat with Zenna.

"...Kira?" She asked. "Wow, you've gotten tall!" Kasumi looked at her, obviously confused.

"Eh? Ie, watashi wa Kasumi. Watashi wa Kira de wanai."

And as quickly as that, Aria switched languages, speaking Japanese as easy as Emily had before.

"Ah, hontou ni? Gomen. Anata dake no kanojo no yonimieru..."

I had absolutely NO idea what they were saying, and when Emily joined in, I was totally and completely lost.

"Can SOMEONE tell us WHAT IN THE WORLD is GOING ON?" cried two voices. Ah, so I WASN'T the only one here who couldn't speak Japanese. Zenna was waving her arms around like a chav's girlfriend: repeatedly and spazzy. James was tapping his foot impatiently.

"Oh, well," Aria began. She now spoke with American dialect. "This girl, ah, Kasumi-san, migi?" Kasumi nodded after Aria said this. "Kasumi looks just like Kira. But, er, older." she finished. Zenna mouthed 'Oh.' James stopped tapping.

"Uh...okay, so, since everyone's here, should we go to my house?" I spoke up, breaking the awkward silence.

"Yeah, alright. Let's." Emily said. Then she turned back to me and said, "We're not taking the cab halfway again, are we?"

"You take a cab only halfway?" Aria shouted, her British tongue returning.

"I'm cheap, okay?" I replied.

"Then we'll take the tube." Emily suggested.

"Tube?" questioned Kasumi and Zenna.

"Subway." Aria explained.

"Ah, the Metro!" squealed Kasumi.

James finally spoke. "WHATEVER!"