User:Daniel696/A Typical "Gaijin" Welcome

As I finally crossed the horizon of mountain I climbed for so long, I see a Torii come in to view. Tired from hiking and climbing I finally sigh to my self in exasperation "I'm finally here."

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Chapter 1: The Typical "Gaijin" Welcome

I walk through the Torii and stop for a moment and take in the beautiful view and then catch my breath from the aforementioned view that stole it. I notice the shrine on my right out of the corner of my eye and painfully withdraw my sight away from the aethstetically pleasing enviornment in front of me...and analyze not only the rather plain shrine, but the interestingly pretty shine maiden on the porch of said shine. She had rather fair skin for an asian, comparing that to the typical Tokyo folk, who seemed a bit more rugged than what I thought I would see when I came to japan, though I do believe my opinion on Japanese folk was pretty spot on, even though it gave great credit towards them. All in all, I think it was a great opinion to have, But back to the subject at hand. Among the other features she had, was silky and colorful brown hair with a red-white bow in it. Below that was a strikingly cute face however with a few jagged edges that hinted at that there was more to her than she looks, the kind of look that made seem like she was ready for anything. She wore your average shine maiden dress and at the moment was sweeping the porch of the shrine. Half of myself was telling me to hide in the nearby trees and bushes on my left and see what she does and the other telling me to walk up to her and announce my presence to her. Before I could render a conclusion upon this impasse, I was spotted by her and her eyes widened as if on que. I immediately focused on her and her reaction as she studied me in voracious detail. From what I could tell, she seemed most intrigued by my eyes, probably the shape since I knew Gensokyo was an isolated country. As I began to wonder if she ever saw a foreigner before, her eyes took a slightly conservative stance and her mouth opened and and asked "Anata wa dare desu ka?". Not even moments later was I frivolously searching through my 'internal japanese dictionary' for a proper response and my interpretation centers came online. I soon found one. As I was about to respond, she said "Nevermind, you're an outsider, right? Come with me..." and she walked inside the main structure of the shrine. I promptly followed as asked. She came to a halt at a table and sat in seiza. I assumed the same position at the other side of the table figuring that she wanted me to sit down as we were probably going to be here for a while. I felt the feeling of thed impending impact of the flurry of questions she was about to bring upon me. "First of all, what is your name, mine is Hakurei Reimu." I promptly responded with "My name is Daniel Mayweather, I-" Suddenly I am cut off by the sound of rending timbers and shattering pottery. Still unfazed by the noise, she gets up and says "Wait here a moment, I'll be right back." She exits out of the sliding door we came through in and I begin to hear Reimu shouting "SUIKA!! In the name of all that is good and holy, what are you doing!!!?" I then hear the voice of a different girl, much more childish. "It wasn't my fault Reimu, this black and white girl came carreening through here like it was some kind of racing tournament!" And then the voice of yet another girl, deeper this time. "The name's Marisa, Marisa Kirisame, not Black and White!" "Na, Reimu, what's goin' on, da ze!?" As if on que, I then hear the sound of skin rapping against skin...hard. "Ouch, what was that for!?" I moved toward the door, opened it and saw Reimu standing right outside the shed next to the shrine. "Whats wrong is that you're causing problems." "But I just wanted to say-" She was cut of by the sound of a card being 'swipped'out of a pocket. "Get out or Fantasy Heaven, your choice." "The girl with the childish voice (whose name I think is Suika) cut in to the conversation by asking "Reimu, I don't mean to butt in the middle of something important but who was it you were talking to earlier, I couldn't hear what you were saying very well, but I know that you were talking to someone while I was in the shed." I instinctively closed the door, but just a little too loudly.. "What was that?" The deeper voiced girl (whose name I think is Marisa Kirisame) responded. " Anyway, don't eavesdrop on other peoples' conversations, and second, it's none of your buisness and doesn't concern you." "I don't think you should be saying that..." Kirisame ended the sentence with a chuckle. "And I don't think you should start randomly walking in to my shed uninvited either." "So who is this mysterious person, an outsider, a shy resident from the human village, A secret lover?" "Hey, are you even listening to me, I said get out!" "Fine, fine." I quickly hid at the back of the shrine, and silently for the fear of that girl coming in here. "But first, I'm going to check inside here." And so did my fears come true... "Ugh, I swear this girl doesn't understand the idea that maybe I don't want her here... Marisa just get out of my home already..." I feel your pain Reimu, I feel your pain. "There's nothing here, Reimu, what gives?" I then hear the sliding door open up beside me. "Ahah! Found you!" I slowly turn my head to the left to see a cheerful face in front of mine. "Ah he's a foreigner!" Marisa exclaims.

"A foreigner?" Suika and Reimu question. One moment I was hiding next to a sliding door, the other I was sitting at the same table I sat with Reimu earlier, now including A girl that looks like a western witch, yes hat and everything minus the black cat and an orange haired girl with horns, a blue dress, and a tatered shirt, thankfully not tattered enough to show anything illicit. "Yeah a foreginer is a person that isn't of Japanese ethnicity or in other words a person that wasn't born in japan" "I know that already, but I thought I would never get to see one in person." replied Reimu. "But the problem here is that he might not understand Japanese, right Marisa." Said Suika "That's right, I want to see if he does though." Marisa turned toward me and said "Watashi no koto wa suki da!" with a smile you'd think is impossible for a human being. I replied with "Ore mo suki desu yo." then smiled. "Bikurishita!" Marisa Exclaimed. Reimu then mentioned "I already knew he was able to speak Japanese, I was just waiting for you to say that." Marisa then frowned at Reimu, while Reimu did the opposite toward her, she smirked. I took hold of the conversation by saying: "My name is Daniel Mayweather, I'm not from the country of Japan, rather from the country of America which is across the Pacific Ocean and-" Reimu then cut me off "Stop, you're making my head hurt, I have not a clue on the geology of the outside world nor to I intend to get a lesson on it now." I then frowned at Reimu for her cutting me off and being rude." Normally Yukari is the one in charge of the illusions leading outsiders away from the shrine but it just happens to be the time of year when she is hibernating, and normally Humans that intend to stay are sent to the Human Village, but due to you being a foreginer and all I'm not sure you would blend in with those kinds of eyes, everyone who has passed through that Torii has been Japanese or looked Japanese enough, but you, you're different you don't look japanese at all, and Yukari is asleep so..." Her voice trailed off. "Well I guess that's good for me because I don't intend to stay here forever, I came here on a research trip, A favor for two friends in Kyoto, if you will." I explained. "So where do you intend to stay, you are staying for a while though, right?," Reimu asked "Becauase you aren't staying at this shrine." "Well you've got a point, since this is your shrine, so you make the rules here." "Damn straight." Reimu stated. "I'll take him in" Marisa replied "Seriously?" Me and Reimu asked at the same time. "Well it's not a problem for me, and Alice takes in the occasional human so, why can't I try?" "Because he is planning to stay with you long term." "Still, can't hurt to try, can it?" "Well I guess not, but he's your problem now, ok? So whatever he does is your responsibility." I turned toward Reimu "You make it sound like I'm her pet." "Well considering your abilities in the field of magic..." I decided not to mention I was studying western magic long before coming to Gensokyo."Either way you two need to leave now, since I need to get to sleep.I looked out side and noticed it was dark, very dark. "I guess we better get going then?" I asked Marisa. "Yup, we should." We said out goodbyes and walked out the door.

It was pitch black outside except for the moon. She pulled a broom out of Reimu's shed and put it between her legs and said "Get on" I nervously got on behind her and as we rose into the air my eyes widened. "Beautiful night, huh?" She asked. "Yeah" I responded quietly. I closed my eyes, and heard faintly in my heard Ai Otsuka singing Planetarium. Eventually I couldn't resist and opened my eyes. The view was beautiful as I saw the moonlight shine over the land and the beautiful silence in the air except for the wind. I was broken out of my wistful trance by Marisa asking a question out of the blue. "Hey, I'm just curious, what kind of girls do you like?" "My, my, flirting with me already? Am I really that handsome? I just met you and you're asking these kinds of questions already, is it love at first sight, are you just trying to be friendly?" "Ha, ha, very funny." She replied. "If you really must know, I'm into short haired girls but long haired girls with dual braids are fine too. As for the personality, I like the quiet types especially if the're timid. But if you're asking my opinion of you, I think you're fine the way you are." And before she could even process it I added: "You better not take that as a misunderstanding, I have bad luck with making friends as it is, and I REALLY don't need to get off on the wrong foot here." "No worries, I understand where you're coming from, and I take it you have even worse luck with women in a more than friend sense, too?" "Bingo..." I heard her chuckle... "So tell me about yourself, Daniel..." "Well I'm a 16 year old child prodigy who made it into college at the age of 15 and moved to a host family in Kyoto, Japan to become a Psychiatrist." "Though I don't understand what half of those words mean, Colleges are the main education facilities in the outside world and in order to get a career which earns enough money to make a comfortable living, you need to go through college, right?" "Seems like you've been studying up on our world." "Isn't that kind of obvious?" "Somewhat, you're clothing isn't exactly up to date with japan fashon trend." "I know that much silly, but it's not like it matters much here in Gensokyo does it now?" "You've got a point" Silence reigned for a few minutes until she asked "Hey Daniel, I saw in a book somewhere that people tend to get into college at the age of 18 right?" "Right." "So that means you're super smart, right?" "Yup, I used my vacation time to get the classes I needed done, its not like I had friends to spend the time with anyway." I felt a dark mood decend upon us two I quickly added: "Hey it's not like I could do anything about it, my social skills were pretty much nil since I used to play video games all the time when I was younger." Thankfully, she took advantage of the last sentence to raise the mood. "Those are those interactive moving picture games right?" "Yup I have some on me right now, you can try them out when we get to your house but they're all in english so..." "And whaddya know we're here, I look down and noticed an outcropping we were decending towards which had two houses across from each other but I couldn't make out the features very well due to the darkness. "This is where you're going to be staying for now, kay?" I replied with "Alright, da ze..." "Hey, thats my phrase, don't use it on your own accord!" She lit some candles when we got inside. The place was a complete mess with books strewn around everywhere. "Sorry for the mess...,ze." Giving a sigh in disbelief, I said "It's fine, I'll make do." "Make yourself at home, I'm going to sleep." "Oyasuminasai." She then replied with: "Oyasumi." and left the room. I picked a random book out of a random stack, it said Guide to the Chinese Elements, vol.1, Set 3. I opened the book, looked at the inside cover and it said Property of the Voile Library, Scarlet Devil Mansion. I put book down and picked up another book, it said Mushroom Cusine, Vol.2, and inside the cover it said the same thing: Property of the Voile Library, Scarlet Devil Mansion, I picked up another book, looked inside the cover, same thing. I did this for about ten books and after that I wasn't feeling too sure about Marisa anymore. "Best Case Scenario, she's just a klutz." I thought to myself. "Worst Case Scenario, she's a theif." I check the the couch for any unintended pointy objects lying around and layed down and eased myself to sleep after putting out the candles, the last concious thought I had that night was "Tommorow will be special, Yesterday was not."