A/N: Howdoo, I'm Benjyboy, and welcome to my first Digimon fanfic. A few warnings first, this is going to be DaiKari, and I would appreciate it if people didn't criticize the pairing. Second, this is an AU, the key difference being Davis' Asperger's Syndrome, if you don't know what that is then don't worry, I shall be explaining it later on.
Disclaimer: If I owned Digimon, why would I write fanfiction?
The bell rang as the students took their seats, Kari, a girl with light brown hair and sincere eyes was sat on the third row, to her right an empty chair and to her left TK. TK was one of her best friends, and a fellow DigiDestined, he had straw blonde hair covered by a grey hat and blue eyes. The teacher, Mr Gill stood in front of the white board.
"Alright class, today we'll be revising quadratic equations, get out th-" Mr Gill began in his slightly-to-high-voice before a knock rang out on the door. Mr Gill walked over and opened the door. On the other side was a boy who had spiky, burgandy hair and large brown eyes.
"Hello Sir, I'm new, I've been sent to your class." The boy didn't sound confident, his voice was quiet. He seemed to avoid direct eye contact with the older man.
"Well, you're a bit late, Mr..." He paused while glancing at the register. "Motomiya, is there a reason?" Mr Gill enquired.
"The SEN wanted to see me." He replied.
Kari took this time to ask TK what SEN was.
"It means Special Educational Needs." TK whispered.
"Okay then Davis, would you please sit down next to Kari and we can begin." Mr Gill said, pointing to the empty desk.
Davis picked his way through the desks, nimbly avoiding a protruding leg before sitting down.
"Right then, class, please complete pages 148, 149 and 150. I need to go to the staff room." Mr Gill said this as he did every lesson, before he went off to flirt with the dinnerlady.
As soon as he was gone, the whole class began chatting, even Kari and TK began to talk.
"If he's special needs, then how did he get into the top set?" TK asked, confused.
"I don't know, maybe he cheated on the exams." Kari suggested, though she doubted it.
"Maybe..." TK also sounded unsure.
"What's the quadratic equation again?" Kari asked as she returned to her work.
"Er...Pass," TK answered "But I think I wrote it down earlier."
A soft murmur came from the right of the pair.
"It's: b+/- the root of b^2 + 4ac all divided by 2a." The voice was quiet, and unsure, and it had come from Davis.
Both of the DigiDestined looked at the burgandy haired boy, had he heard what they had said about him?
Davis didn't look at them, instead he continued to work, powering through his questions. Kari took the time to study him. He had tan skin and hair that was very similar to her brother's, he was wearing grey jeans and a pale blue T shirt that had a picture of a red 'angry bird' with the caption 'This is my angry face' written under it.
"Oh, yeah it is. Thanks Davis." TK said as he found the formula in his notebook.
"Mmhmm" Davis seemed to be getting more shy as the conversation went on.
The pair decided to start the questions, seeing as their conversation had taken twenty minutes. As a result they, like most of the class had failed to finish, which was bad, as Mr Gill entered the classroom.
"I'm back, now then who has the answer to question 13?" Mr Gill asked the class.
Davis' hand went up slowly. Kari couldn't help but think that a big mistake, as Mr Gill was cruel to volunteers, particularly if they were late. The teacher seemed to love embarrassing students.
"Come on up Davis." Mr Gill said with a smile.
Davis walked up to the white board.
"As you know that answer, why don't we try a different one?" Mr Gill said in a sickly sweet voice.
"Okay then Sir." Davis murmured.
And with that a death warrant was written on the board. The equation was incredible, it read: 302X^2 + 29X+ 987=0 X=?
Ouch.
Davis didn't seem worried, actually he looked quite calm, and even confident.
Davis walked up and took the pen from Mr Gill, before simply writing: X=1.856 or X=-1.760 (A/N:This is a bit of a guess)
Mr Gill read the answer, gawping mindlessly, his brain struggling to grasp the speed with which the answer was given.
Kari was punching in the numbers on her calculator, which supported the answer given.
Mr Gill finally collected his wits and said: "Well done Davis..." His voice was much quieter than it had been in a while, with his humility well and truly reinstated.
"Don't forget to finish the questions you didn't do in class tonight." Mr Gill said in an effort to restore his sense of pride.
And with that the bell rang.
The next lesson was form, which meant Kari was on her own. The forms were split in such a way that Kari had no friends in the class with her, and all the other girls were shallow while the guys were always staring at her chest.
As soon as they had left the classroom Kari and TK agreed to meet in the digital world after school.
Normally she was the only one who went this way, as she was the only one in the maths wing before tuesday form, however, today some one was right behind her and that got on her nerves.
Kari span around.
"Okay, why are you following me?" Kari asked before she even recognised the individual. Davis.
"I'm just going to form..." Davis responded, eyes downcast.
"Oh, Davis. Sorry, I thought a creep was following me." Kari said quickly, she hadn't been aware the follower was him.
"S'okay." Davis still sounded nervous, but why?
"Which form are you in?" Kari asked trying to strike up a conversation.
"Um...2A" Davis replied in his quiet voice.
"The same as me, come on, I'll show you." Kari told him.
Meanwhile, Kari was thinking: Great, maybe he'll help me with my homework.
The students reached the form room just as the class was let in. Ms Umaru was there, she was a fifty-something widow with a never ending appetite for gossip and chocolate cake. She let everyone in aside from Davis, who she chatted to for a moment.
After the brief discussion Davis was allowed in, though he had to stand at the front.
"Now everyone, we have a new pupil today, this," Ms Umaru pointed to Davis, "Is Davis Motomiya. Now Davis, why don't you tell us a bit about yourself?"
Kari watched as Davis reluctantly stepped forward.
"H-hi I'm Davis Motomiya, I'm 13, I live with my sister; Jun, and I like oreos." At the part about oreos the class began snickering. Even Kari smiled at the statement.
"Now Davis, I meant do you like sports or games, or do you play an instrument. Anything that's special about you."
"My doctor says I'm special." Davis murmured.
"Why?" Ms Umaru questioned.
"He said that I have Asperger's Syndrome." The student said.
"Ah. Thank you Davis, take that seat next to Kari please." Ms Umaru said gently.
Kari was glad for this, as it meant that she might be able to get him to help her with the maths homework.
When Davis sat down, Ms Umaru told them about some grafiti in the boys toilets before allowing them free reign for fifteen minutes before lunch.
"Hey, Davis?" Kari asked of the new kid.
"Yeah?" Davis replied softly.
"Could you help me with this quadratics stuff, I don't get it." Kari told him.
"Okay." He said leaning slightly to initiate the tutoring.
A/N: Okay! How was that? Based purely on the merit of the story should I continue?
Anywizzle, the behaviour exhibited by Davis is based on my own experiences with Asperger's, I exaggerated the mathematical ability of one of my friends in an effort to show the specialization of some people with Autism. On a more personal note, his shyness is something I have to contend with, in fact, I struggle to look my girlfriend in the eye. She decided that this could be treated in one of two ways, staring contests, or *shudders*... Actually, you don't wanna know. (Nothing explicit.)
Anywho, review please! !
