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Post by animeninjaNIPPON on Dec 20, 2004 14:50:53 GMT -5
Journey to America: As Told by HoroHoro
(part one) by animeninjaNIPPON I waved goodbye to the land that I called home as the steamship sailed far away from Japan. I had come with only my snowboard, my spirit ally (Kororo), and the clathes on my back. I was off to America to become an actor with my friends- Yoh, Ryu, Ten, Manta, Anna, and Tamao, as well as their spirit allies. My sister Pirika was in our cabin, probably cleaning. I peered over the side of the ship, and saw the remnants of rice balls and okonomiyaki disappear into the deep blue sea.
I looked up to see where the projectile had come from. Just as I guessed, Manta was dangling over the side, awash in seasickness. To the left of me, Ren was finishing his 2nd bottle of milk and going for his 3rd. "I drink three glasses of milk a day," he's been known to say. I smiled casually at the idea before turning to take part in the conversation Ryu and Yoh were having.
"Do you think my English is good enough? Ryu asked.
"Don't worry about it, your English is fine," Yoh replied, then added his catchphrase, "Everything will work out."
Amidamaru and Tokagero, Yoh's and Ryu's spirit allies respectively, were discussing something trivial when Bason, Ren's ally, pointed out to them that we had arrived.
My knees were shaking and my heart was pounding as Kororo, my snowboard, and I departed the ship. I fished around in my coat for my passport, then looked up. In the line ahead of me, Pirika was already checking in. Suddenly, a green-haired man with three swords at his belt charged to the front of the line, cutting in front of a redhead with an egg and knocking over Manta.
"You lying S.O.B.!!" the green-haired man yelled at the smug executive taking names at the table. "You promised me that if I changed my name to 'Zolo' in this country I could still go by 'Zoro' in my home country!!" He overturned the table and began yelling incoherently. He raised a stink for nearly ten minutes until two suits detained him. I was beginning to like this country less and less.
"HoroHoro!" I heard a female cry. I turned to the side.
"Pirika!" I exclaimed. What's going on?"
"My name isn't 'Pirika' anymore," she said. "Now it's 'Pilika'."
I thought about what Zoro/Zolo had said, and figured my new name would be "HoloHolo".
If only it were that simple. end of part one
don't worry, there's more to come!  |
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Post by ViciousKatanaGuy on Dec 20, 2004 15:14:13 GMT -5
Did they go on a ship in the anime/manga?
I believe that there are no passenger ships that go to the U.S. from Japan in real life. One more or less has to fly on an airplane.
Also, the VIZ manga dubs her "Pirka", and I believe that would be her name in the original Japanese as I believe her name is Ainu.
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Post by Jr. on Dec 20, 2004 15:34:50 GMT -5
I thought this was going to be serious until I read the Zolo part. This story is gonna be good. Keep it coming!! ;D
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Post by animeninjaNIPPON on Dec 20, 2004 16:01:56 GMT -5
I believe that there are no passenger ships that go to the U.S. from Japan in real life. One more or less has to fly on an airplane. I dunno. I never thought of that... but hey, it's fiction, I guess, so...darn.  |
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Post by animeninjaNIPPON on Dec 20, 2004 16:42:02 GMT -5
Journey To America: As Told by HoroHoro
(part two) by animeninjaNIPPON [glow=red,2,300]WARNING: this chapter contains references to various accents. as one who is constantly questioned on the origin of her accent, I deeply apologize for anything that may have offended anyone. I assure you, that was not my intent.[/glow] Somehow Yoh had gotten chummy with the execs, and Anna had used her infamous "methods", so they got to keep their names. However, Ryu, Ren, and I weren't so lucky.
Ryu's accent made him sound like he was Spanish, they said (personally, I think those suits just made him nervous), so they named him "Rio" (like the river). He didn't say anything after that.
Ren, on the other hand, had quite a few things to say. "I don't mind you calling me 'Len'," he said, "but 'Lenny is too much. What's wrong with my real name?"
"You wanna be shipped back to Japan?" the suit said.
"My sister got to keep her name!"
"Your sister is hot."
Ren was furious, but he counted to three and kept his temper. But it wasn't over.
"And try to sound British," the suit continued, "or I'll dock half your pay."
That's when Ren lost it. He called upon Bason, placed his spirit into his weapon, and cried out, "Slash Dance!"
But it was no use. The execs somehow managed to subdue him by pointing their fingers at him. They immediately beat Ren to a bloody pulp, but Ren had the last word.
"You'll pay for this, you filthy cockroaches!" he cried as they dragged him off to the jail.
Then it came my turn to be renamed.
"What's your name, freak?" the suit demanded.
"HoroHoro," I replied, "and this is-"
"Your new name is Trey Racer," the suit said.
Remembering what happened to Ren, I decided not to protest. "Trey Racer," I said, giving a fake smile. "I like that name even better!"
When the exec turned to leave, Ryu bopped me on the head with the flat of his wooden sword. "You traitor! How could you?" he demanded.
"I lied," I groaned, rubbing my head. Just then, the suit turned back around. Had he heard me?
"Oh yeah," he added. "Just for that, your spirit's name is Corey." He strutted away, laughing.
"Don't worry," I heard someone say. I turned around. It was Yoh, but he sounded... different.
"I hit puberty today." He blushed apologetically.
I just stared at him blankly. So much had changed in these last 16 hours, and I hated it so much.
"Everything will work out," Yoh said.
The exec turned around one more time. "If you ever say that again, I'll deport you all!"
the puberty/deeper voice thing was inspired by the fact that Yoh's seiyuu is a female and his American VA is a male. you can figure out the rest. |
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Post by ViciousKatanaGuy on Dec 20, 2004 21:46:12 GMT -5
That reminds me - I would like to see Tamao Tamamura "neuter" Ponchi at the insistence of VIZ in this fic ;x
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Post by Jr. on Dec 21, 2004 16:34:04 GMT -5
That reminds me - I would like to see Tamao Tamamura "neuter" Ponchi at the insistence of VIZ in this fic ;x LOL!! That would be hilarious!! I really hope you do that NIPPON. Wow, I never thought about how hilarious this story could be. ;D |
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Post by animeninjaNIPPON on Dec 21, 2004 16:52:33 GMT -5
Journey To America: As Told by HoroHoro
(part three) by animeninjaNIPPON all right, let's clear this up now. I know this chapter is strange, but I already wrote out the story up to part five and can't change anything. so, without further ado... An hour later, after Tamao (now Tammy) and Manta (now Morty) were finished crying over their name changes, Jun was called upon to bail Ren out of jail. Anna was especially angry, because it would cost all of their first week's pay to fund his release.
"Just leave him," Anna said. "We won't need him until we start filming the third episode, and by that time they'll release him for free."
"But who knows what tortures they're subjecting him to in there!" Manta cried. " And that green-haired guy didn't seem too friendly..."
"It'll make a man out of him," Anna continued. "Look what this trip did for Yoh."
I still wasn't used to Yoh's puberty. And with Ponchi and Conchi (Tamao's allies) around, well... that didn't seem too good. And since Tamao secretly loves Yoh... well... you can figure the rest out for yourself. I wasn't trying to have a dirty mind, but this country turned an honorable monster trainer named Takeshi into a pervert, and I feared the same would happen to one of us.
"We're not paying for Ren, and that's final!" Anna concluded. "And it's your week to cook for everyone."
"Damn," Manta mumbled. No sooner had the word escaped him then an exec was on his case, yelling, "You can't use that word here!"
Then Manta was slapped with a $500 fine, to which he used a word that I won't repeat here. With that, he was hauled off to jail.
"See what happens when you defy me?" Anna said, as if she had sent the suits to detain Manta (don't tell her I said that). "We have to be very careful around here. We need that money to sustain oursellves- we can't afford to be bailing you out all the time."
Ryu, who hadn't said two words since he recieved his degrading new nickname, immediately began cooking dinner.
Just then I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned around, and Yoh handed me a scrap of paper with Japanese writing on it. Immediately, one of the suits took a spray can to it, erasing the text but I'd had just enough time to make out what it said:
"Everything will work out."
questions? comments? complaints? PM me or put 'em in this thread. (OK, I need better afterthoughts.) BTW, ViciousKatanaGuy, I'll keep that "neutering" thing in mind for part six.  |
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Post by Jr. on Dec 21, 2004 17:06:37 GMT -5
That was so sweet how you had Yoh hand Horo the paper that said "Everything will work out!" I nearly shed a tear because of how touching it was.
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Post by ViciousKatanaGuy on Dec 21, 2004 17:19:35 GMT -5
Also with the fic, I'd like to see the characters pleasantly surprised that VIZ is letting them keep their names.  |
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Post by animeninjaNIPPON on Dec 21, 2004 18:39:06 GMT -5
Journey To America: As Told by HoroHoro
(part four) by animeninjaNIPPON "Everything will work out."
That was Yoh's motto. I hoped he was right about this.
After our first week incarcerated in what the elder immigrants called "4Kids Entertainment Studios", we realized that Manta's sacrifice was in vain: they would provide our meals. The meals they gave us were terrible- deep fried potatoes that were greasy and hollow, overly-sweet candies, and some bizarre meat patty on wheat flour buns with some yellow stuff they tried to pass off as cheese.
"Hamburgers again?" Yoh complained. By this time, I was either used to his deeper voice or too jaded to care. "I hate these things with a passion. Especially the cheese ones."
"Trey," somebody said. "Trey Racer."
It took me a while to realize that the voice was referring to me. I still wasn't used to having the worst name change in the group. I looked up. The voice belonged to a tall, blue-haired guy with a huge red R on his shirt.
"You've been called to- I am not gonna say this stupid line!"
"Say it, James!" yelled the exec behind him. "This is part of your community service!"
"You've been called to spring your sidekicks from the slammer." The man they called "James" said those last six words with a pained expression.
"Very good, James," said the exec.
"I told you my name is Kojirou!"
The exec delivered a swift blow to Kojirou's head. "All right! All right! I'm James!"
As I walked toward the jail, I silently prayed that I wouldn't end up like Kojirou, casually massacring my last shred of dignity to save my sorry self. When I arrived, I immediately saw Ren. He was quiet, pale, and introverted. To his right was the green-haired man. His swords had been confiscated and he was solemly playing a harmonica. Also in the jail was a talking cat, who kindly directed me to Manta, who was balled up in a pile of rags.
"Manta," I said. "Hey Manta. It's time."
"Manta? Who's Manta?" he asked in a state of delirium. "I am Mortimer...Morty...must...have...hundred...cheeseburgers..."
"The same thing happened to Satoshi," the talking cat commented sadly.
Ren and I picked up the disillusioned Manta and solemly paced back to our quarters.
"What went on in there?" I asked.
"The entire cast of Tokyo Mew Mew committed ritual suicide," he replied, but that was all he would say.end of part four
I know, I know, Yoh or somebody eats cheeseburgers in the anime, but it's the principle of the thing. besides, these are 4Kids burgers >_<. |
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Post by ViciousKatanaGuy on Dec 21, 2004 21:25:53 GMT -5
Maybe Yugi can tell Yoh and company about "VIZ", which is how they find out about it in the first place...
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Post by resurie on Dec 21, 2004 23:31:21 GMT -5
I really like this story NIPPON, ^^ keep it up! XD It had me laughing a few times. But my laughs sounded like sneezes because I was trying not to laugh at the computer screen. XD My sister calls me a freak if I do....XD
I loved the Manta part....XD where he's all "Who's Manta?" and comments his name is Mortimer. TMM commited suicide? hah! They haven't even aired! XD
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Post by Elba-cakes *coughs* on Dec 22, 2004 0:50:32 GMT -5
;D Me likes lots. Me buy your fiction when you publish.
I hope you plan on bringing in the X-Laws though. Or at least Marco.
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Post by ViciousKatanaGuy on Dec 22, 2004 1:25:39 GMT -5
Another idea: Ryu and Manta could "recover" while at Viz. (But there could be people making them change Ran Mori/Rachel Moore's name XD, and there could be dissatisfied Pokemon characters, but very happy Yu-Gi-Oh! characters)
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