Hello all This is my last post for a few days while I get a new email 
address.  If you decide to comment on it could you wait a few days so 
that I can have acces to them.  Thanks and I hope you like it.
by the way the first four parts here are the completion of the first 
Chapeter of my storie the rest will follow after

Warped Reality part 1.03
Kelly Conrad Davies Schultz
no.email@the.moment soon to change
<Denotes Japanese speech>
[Denotes thoughts]


	It was another nice day in residential St. Paul.  The sky was blue, 
the grass a brilliant green and the sweet smell of blooming flowers was in 
the air.  Conrad however missed all of natures splendor,  walking along
oblivious to the outside world.His nose was buried in a book, yet his steps
 unerringly found their way towards his destination, downtown, without a 
need for conscious thought.  Despite his lack of attention Conrad continued 
on his way undisturbed by others.  At six foot three, not many people tended 
to bother the introverted young man.  Dressed in one of his many pairs of 
tan pants and his dark green windbreacker, he presented an unassuming air to 
the outside world.  

	[Something is wrong] thought Conrad shaken out of his book by 
a sudden prickly feeling.  As the blond haired high school graduate looked 
up he unconsciously replaced his latest book into his ever-present USA cup
 bag.  Glancing around he thought [Something is most definitely wrong].  
He was surrounded by new concrete buildings instead of the crumbling 
brick that should have surrounded him.  That and the fact 
that all of the signs that he saw were in Kenji.  

	As he continued ot walk along in a state of stunned disbelief his 
mind began to assimilate other facets of his surroundings.  The few signs 
that were not written in kenji were definitely not in English.  Where before
 the people on the street were black, Hispanic, or Caucasian, now he saw 
almost only Asians and only the very occasional Caucasian or other person 
not obviously form the far east.  

	After building up his courage he went up to a nearby Asian man 
dressed in a business suit.  "Um, can you tell me where I am?" Conrad 
continued "I don't know how I got here can you help me?"

	The only reply that he received was a confused glance and broken 
"I no speak  English."  before the man quickly went on his way.  

	Now wandering aimlessly and thoroughly confused, Conrad started
 to walk towards what looked like a highschool campus.  As he approached
 it and started to hear some of the conversations that were going on in the 
courtyard over lunch.  He heard enough to recognize the language as Japanese. 
 [well at least all of that money that I spent buying anime wasn't completely 
wasted.] he thought to himself. [at least I can understand one word in ten.  
Maybe I can find the English department and get some help.]

	<Can I help you sir?>, said a voice causing Con to break out of his 
thoughts and reenter the real world.  He turned around to see who had spoken 
to him.  She was a cute Asian girl in a blue school uniform.  She had short 
black hair so dark that the sunlight caused blue highlights to form whenever
 she moved.

	"What, I mean Nani, I mean sorry I don't speak any Japanese." was 
his stuttering reply to the smoothly flowing question that had proven to be 
far beyond the meager language skills he had picked up by watching too much 
anime and Shogun.

	"Maybe I can help you sir?  I am sorry that my English is so poor but 
I will help you if possible."  she replied in near perfect English.  

	"Well somehow I have gotten lost, do you think that you could help 
me get to the American embassy?" an embarrassed Conrad asked.  [man this
 is embarrassing] he thought [I must sound like a complete idiot to her.]

	"Let me go find out if it is alright with the Principal for me to take 
you there."  she said while running off. "Don't go anywhere I will be right 
back."

	Left alone with his thoughts Conrad sat down on a nearby bench 
to try and piece together what had happened to him.  He mentally made a list 
of what he knew.  [ 1. I am in Japan right now,  2.  I was in the USA in the 
morning, 3.  I don't remember how I got from one place to the other.]  The 
only conclusion that he could come up with was that he had lost part of his 
memory.  The onset of depression and lapse into self pity was averted 
by the return of the energetic Japanese student.  

	"The Principle told me that because I am so far ahead in all of 
my classes that it would be OK for me to take the time to help you get 
back to the embassy."  As she lead him to the bus stop at the end of the 
block she asked him, "Why did you come to Japan, are you 
an exchange student or just visiting here for a little while?"

	"Well, um, I was planing to come here in collage but I guess I 
decided to come earlier."  he thought a little bit before continuing  "I don't 
have any plans about what I want to do or go see while I'm here."

	"In that case I think that it would be fun to get together and learn 
about our different cultures, would you like to meet sometime later this 
week?" was her cheerful reply as she completely misunderstood his tone 
of voice.  "Here is  my address and telephone number, call me when you 
get back to your hotel and we can plan something."

	"Thanks alot,  my name is Conrad Borsting but you can just call 
me Con." he said reaching out to take the offered piece of paper.

	"Oh how silly, My name is Mizuno Ami." she said, continuing on
 as Con stood there silently with slightly glazed eyes.  "To get to the embassy 
just take this bus and get off in front of the large American flag, you cant miss
 it.  Well I will talk to you later."  With that she was off running back to 
school so that she would miss the least amount of class time possible.

	[No way,  there is just no way that this is all happening to me.] 
Conrad thought as he stepped onto the bus.  [This cant be real.  OK get a 
hold of yourself,  this is all just a big coincidence and there is nothing to 
worry about.]  By the time that he reached the American embassy he had
 calmed down and was thinking lucidity again.  Upon searching his person 
he found that besides the yen that had paid for the bus ride he had a few 
bills a passport and some directions in English to a hotel room.

	He walked into the Embassy and asked to see the ambassador.  
After going though countless departments it was finally determined that 
he should be taken to the embassy doctor.  As he was scuttled into the doctors 
office he was told not to worry and that everything would be OK.  This of
 course made him worry even more.  It took the doctor a good twenty
 minutes to get the whole story of how he had found himself here and calm 
him down again.  

	"From what you have told me I think that you are suffering from
 temporary amnesia.  It appears that you have lost your memories for
 approximately the last two weeks of your life.  Because the amount of 
time lost is so small I am very confident that you will remember it all in 
a short time.  Your loss of memory was probably caused by the stress of 
being immersed in a totally different culture without a safety net of some 
kind.  I believe that the best thing that you could do to regain your 
memories and make your transition to living here easier would be if 
you were to stay at the embassy and learn Japanese.  In this way you will 
become more able to cope with the world around you while being sheltered
 here whenever you begin to get  overwhelmed.  For now I am ordering you 
to go get a good nights rest,  I will have all of your possessions transferred 
here from your hotel and see to it that you are installed as a semipermanant 
resident here.  I don't want you to worry about anything I will take care of 
all the details." Finishing his speech the doctor stood up and ushered Conrad
 to the door.  "Mr. Talbot here will take you to your room"

	"Thank you very much Doctor" Con said as he was introduced to 
Mr. Talbot.  "I am glad that I don't have to worry about it any more".  As 
soon as he was lead to what would be his new room he collapsed on the 
bed, mentally worn out from all of the days events.  


end of part one
Kelly Conrad Davies Schultz
kellys1@randolph.spa.edu but only till now today is the end
Shade and sweet water.
Skywise

P.S. read Sailor Moon V    and the Circe Prodject
     and Bubblegum Zone    and Tokyo Babylon
     and Knights End       and Sailor Moon Refugees
     and Sailor Moon M     and The Wheel of Time
     and Honor Harrington  and Sour Times