***Author's Note***
Alright, this one's written on request. It was requested by a guy named Tony who e-mailed me so Tony, I hope you're reading this and liking it too! And I don't own digimon or it's characters unfortunately. I only own Maura, Sam, and any original ideas I may have come up with. And do I need to say that I kinda took the title idea from the Help! books by Todd Strasser? I'm not sure. Well, anyways, i just said it so it doesn't matter. I was gonna write about Sora and Tai switching bodies but I didn't want a couple to switch so I chose Tai and my made-up character Maura. (based on me if u didn't know) Plus, Sora and Matt would be too weird. I think. But maybe I'll write both one-day. And thanks to ~*LIZ*~. I got it to work! Yay! Now on with the fic!
Help! I'm trapped in my best friend's body!
Chapter 1: The Project
By: ME jus1digigirl *Maura*
"Hey Izzy! What's up?" Tai asked walked up behind his friend.
"Hey Tai. Just heading home," Izzy replied.
The two of them walked down the sidewalk together towards Izzy's house. It was Wednesday after-school and all they wanted to do was relax.
"I'm working on a project at this moment. It requires my computer," Izzy said to his friend.
"What project? For school?" Tai asked looking down at Izzy.
Izzy shook his head, "Nope. Why don't you come over and I'll show you."
"Sure. Just as long as you have cookies!" Tai smiled.
"Tai, you're in high school now and you still have milk and cookies?" Izzy joked.
"You can never be too old for milk and cookies!"
Izzy laughed, "Well, I still have it too."
"Hey guys! Wait up!" a girl's voice called from behind the two.
They turned around and saw Maura, Tai's best friend, running down the street towards them, her black hair flying. They waited for her at the corner.
"Sheesh. You could have stopped a little earlier," wheezed Maura. "I hate running sometimes!" she coughed.
"Then why did you?" Tai asked grinning.
"I am gonna smack you." Maura said. "So, where are you guys headed?"
"To my house. I'm working on a project on my computer and Tai's coming over to see it. Wanna come too?" Izzy asked.
"Okay. Just as long as you have cookies."
Tai and Izzy burst out laughing at this since not too long ago, Tai had said the same exact thing. Maura however thought they were making fun of her and put her hands on her hip.
"What, may I ask, is so funny? I happen to know that you both still have milk and cookies after school too!" she glared at the laughing boys.
"S-s-sorry Maura," laughed Tai.
"It's just that-that-," Izzy continued. "Ahem," he got a hold of himself, "It's just that just before you came up, Tai said the same thing about the cookies."
Maura raised an eyebrow, "And that's funny?"
Tai now had regained control of himself, "Hey! Don't crack on us cause we think something's funny that you don't!" he put his hands on his hip imitating Maura, "I happen to know that you have laughed at things no one still understands!"
Maura looked at the boy standing there like a girl and now she burst out in laughter. "Alright. Alright. One point for you on that!"
"Mom! I'm home!" Izzy shouted stepping into the house.
"Hi honey. In here," called a voice from the kitchen.
The three walked in.
"Oh hello Tai and Maura. I didn't expect you but it's okay. Would you like some milk and cookies?" Mrs.Izumi asked. But the answer she got was not one she was expecting. All three burst out in laughter once more.
(A/n: sorry if u don't think that's too funny. it's just that, my friends and I have had similar inside jokes which really can make you burst out like that)
"We're sorry Mom," Izzy wiped the tears from his eyes, "Inside joke."
Mrs. Izumi just smiled uncertainly at the teens. "Well, I'll be outside fixing up the flowers if you need anything dear," with that, Izzy's mother walked out.
"Oh dear," Maura said after stopping laughing and put a hand over her mouth to stop any more laughter from escaping, "I think we've scared your mom a bit!" Then, she walked over to the table and sat down.
Tai and Izzy too took seats and they all went about munching on the cookies and drinking milk.
"Well Izzy," Tai said taking a bite, "Tell us about this 'project' of yours."
Izzy wiped his mouth, "Well, you know how we can get to the digital world through our computers using our digivices?"
"Uh huh," Maura said a few crumbs falling from her mouth. "Keep talking."
"The thing is, I'm trying to see if I can make a program or use the same program that transports us to the Digiworld."
Tai leaned over listening intently and spilling some milk while doing so, "For?" he asked.
"For travel from one computer to another without going through the Digiworld." Izzy finally announced.
"WHAT!?" the other two shouted.
"Has it worked?" Maura asked excitedly.
"Not quite. But I think it's almost there."
"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go check it out!" Tai exclaimed waving his arms.
"Yeah." Maura agreed and stood up.
"Okay." The three went into Izzy's room where the computer was still on. His laptop was right beside it, "Have a seat guys," he gestured towards the bed and positioned himself in front of the computer. "I need two computers so that I can test the process. But first, what I need to do is...." and he went off talking in his computer language mumbling what seemed like nonsense to Tai and Maura.
"Hey! I understood a word he said!" Maura exclaimed making Tai laugh.
"And what word is that?"
"Mouse." Now the pair of best friends doubled over with laughter for the third time that day this time earning them a stern 'shh' look from Izzy.
After a while, Izzy finally spoke up, "Okay! It's done. I think it may actually work now! But we have to test it to be sure." he looked at his friends.
"Test it? What do you mean 'we'?" Maura asked giving him a look.
"Please?" Izzy begged.
"Why can't you transport yourself?" Tai asked.
"Because I need to operate the process."
"Well, do you need two people?" Maura asked.
"No. See if the first person that goes in doesn't come back out, I need to send the second person to find the first person. If I go, I could be lost forever since you don't know how to work it. You two, on the other hand may get lost but not forever if I'm here."
"The words 'may get lost' don't sound too good to me," Maura answered looking at Tai. "Shall we help him?"
Tai shrugged his shoulders, "Sure, why not? I'll go first."
"Great!" Izzy said happily. "Now Tai, hold you digivice out in front of the computer like you always do. Hopefully, you'll come out the laptop. Ready? If you don't come out within five minutes, Maura will come too. Good luck! When you're ready, I'll start it. Ready?"
"Ready," Tai said holding out his digivice in front of the screen.
"GO!" Izzy pushed some keys and Tai disappeared into the computer.
"Now?" Maura asked walking over to Izzy.
"Now we wait."
Five minutes later...
"Okay Maura. It's your turn." Izzy said.
"Uh, I'm not sure if I want to do this anymore Izzy." Maura said uncertainly looking at the computer.
"Sure you do! Otherwise, who's gonna save Tai? He is your best friend afterall," Izzy said knowing that statement would do it.
Maura sighed, "You're right. Tai wouldn't be hesitant if I were trapped. You'd better hope we come back or you'll have a lot of explaining to do!" she warned.
"Don't worry," Izzy waved his hand, "Now do what Tai did. Ready? Here we go!" he pushed some keys once more and watched Maura disappear. "I hope this works!"
Two minutes later...
"Ahh!" two bodies fell out of the laptop.
"You're back! I can't believe it worked!" Izzy exclaimed helping them up.
"Ugg," Tai moaned.
"Where am I?" Maura asked in a groggy voice.
"It's only been two minutes!" Izzy said confused. "How could you forget so quickly?"
"Two minutes? More like eight! Hey! What happened to my voice?" Maura asked standing up.
"What happened to...AHHHHH!" yelled Tai.
"AHHHHH!" Maura screamed.
"IZZZYYY!" they both shouted.
"What...I'm you...you're me!" Maura and Tai both exclaimed.
They continued bumbling like that till Maura in Tai's body held up Tai's hands, "Wait. Both of us need to shut up." She turned Tai's body to face Izzy and walked up real close to his face, "What the heck have you done to us Koushiro Izumi!?" she yelled.
Izzy backed away, "Oh my gosh! I can't believe this! It turns out that in the process, you're bodies got switched," he said a little shakily. An angry Maura was bad enough at times but an angry Maura in Tai's stronger and bigger body was worse.
"Well, un-switch us NOW!" Tai in Maura's body yelled.
"I...I...I'll try. I'm really sorry about this guys," Izzy walked to the computer and sat. "Please don't disturb me. This may take a while. And I'm really sorry."
Maura in Tai's body sighed, "Well, I supposed it's partly our fault for volunteering. We should have been ready to face the consequences."
"Although," Tai in Maura's body said, "This didn't seem like a possible consequence."
"Shh!" Izzy said still staring straight at the screen.
Knock! Knock!
Tai and Maura froze.
"Who is it?" Izzy asked.
"Maura dear, your mother called and said you should get home in ten minutes! And Tai needs to be home to!" It was Izzy's mom.
"Umm...okay!" Maura in Tai's body said.
They heard footsteps going away from the door and then Maura in Tai's body jumped up. "Well Izzy? Are you done? How long is this gonna take? I need to be home in ten minutes and I can't exactly go home as Tai!"
Now Tai in Maura's body jumped up, "Yeah! And I do not enjoy being a girl one minute!"
"Hey buddy! Being a guy is no picnic either!" Maura raised Tai's eyebrows.
Now, the two of them turned to Izzy, "Well!?"
Izzy lowered his head and stood up, "I'm sorry. I-I think I accidentally deleted the program. But-" he said holding up his hands when he saw that they were about to yell again, "but I think I can rewrite it. It'll take a few days though. A week at the most."
"A WEEK!?" Maura in Tai's body shrieked.
"Uh, can you cut that out? I sound like a girl!" Tai in Maura's body winced.
"Well, in my body, how else would you sound?" Maura said dryly.
"You know what I mean!" Tai retorted.
Maura however ignored Tai and now sat down and put Tai's head in Tai's hands, "What are we supposed to do now? I can't go home like this!"
Tai sat down beside his Maura in his body and sighed, "We're going to have to. You gotta be me for a few days and I gotta be you. There's no other choice."
Maura lifted Tai's head to look at Tai in her body, "I guess." Then she smiled a little, "At least we can act like each other."
"Yeah," Izzy now said, "You two have known each other since you were born so it should be no problem. And I'll be working on the program every chance i get." he promised.
"You better!" Maura in Tai's body stood up, "We'd better leave now. Wait!" she looked at Tai in her body, "Before we leave Tai, I am gonna make some rules which if you break, I will make you pay."
Tai in Maura's body stood up, "I knew this was coming. And I won't break 'em."
Maura widened Tai's eyes in surprise, "I haven't even said the rules."
"But I know what they are anyway."
"Know them or not I'm still gonna say them. First, you will not take a bath for however many days you are in my body. You may be my best friend but I will not allow you to look and…you know," Maura said making Tai's face go slightly red, "second, when you change my clothes, you are not to look."
"Then how am I supposed to see what I'm wearing?" Tai protested.
"Before you put it on. Then when changing, you will close your eyes! Now third, umm...what else?" Maura tapped Tai's fingers to his head.
"And if I don't take a bath or shower for a few days, won't your body smell?"
"No. Girl's don't stink as much as guys when they sweat cause girls don't sweat as much in the first place."
"Yeah, but how about when you're in gym? You've got gym for the next few days."
Before Maura could answer Izzy spoke up, "Listen guys, you'd better get home. Argue on the way. I'll see what I can do."
Maura in Tai's body looked at Tai in Maura's body, "He's right. Let's go. Bye Izzy."
"Yeah, bye."
The two helped themselves out and walked down to their neighborhood talking.
"Now, just get my mom to write you a note saying that I'm, I mean, you're sick. Just make it believable but don't ham it up. Oh and, should we tell anyone about this?"
"No way!" Tai made Maura's eyes very, very wide.
"Wow. I didn't know my eyes could get that wide," Maura commented looking at herself. "And why not? I think we should tell our sisters and Sora and Matt at least." she said. "And Mimi and Joe," she added as an afterthought. "They are our friends you know!"
"No way! I do not want them to know that I was in a girl's body!" Tai practically screamed.
"Hey," Maura made Tai's mouth smile, "you're yelling just like a girl. You're learning."
"And you're acting just like a guy. Joking in time of a crisis." Tai glared at Maura in his body.
Then, they both burst out laughing...again. They were stuck in each other's bodies for maybe even a week and here they were, laughing.
"Well," Tai said stopping in front of Maura's house, "I think we'll live. We can do it! Just promise that we won't tell a single soul."
"I promise." Maura said.
"To make sure, let's do our best friends promise sign." Tai said.
"Don't you trust me? Alright," she said and then together, they both turned in one complete circle, snapped there fingers twice, crossed their hearts, clapped their hands once, and shook opposite hands with each other.
"There. We've been through lots worse, although, this is pretty bad. So, do you have any rules for me?" Maura asked.
Tai shook Maura's head, "Nope. I think you know 'em better than me." He grinned.
"Tai," Maura said warningly, "I swear if you..."
Tai grinned, "You know me better than that! Now let's just see if we can survive this nightmare. Bye, Tai," and with that, he in her body, ran up her stairs and into her house.
Maura walked to the house right beside her own which was Tai's and walked in. Taking a deep breath, she walked in wondering, Could things get worse?
"Hey Tai!"
"Ready to play some football?"
(A/n: this is American football just for those of you who might think I mean soccer)
Maura in Tai's body looked up and saw Matt and TK standing in front of her. "Football?" she said meekly.
At Maura's house, Tai walked into an empty house.
"Well, this is good at least. I thought Maura's mom wanted her home," he muttered. Walking into the kitchen, he noticed a note on the fridge. It read:
Maura,
I wanted you home earlier but since you didn't get here, we left. Sam and I went to the park with Kari. They need to do some bird watching and wanted your help. We'll be back in an hour or so. Be good!
Love, Mom.
"Cool," Tai said. "I've got the house to myself. Hmm, I bet I could snoop around Maura's room and find some interesting--oh my gosh!" he suddenly yelled in her voice. "The park! Matt and TK! The other guys! Football!" then, he started shaking with laughter but stopped, "This is not good. They still think I'm me. And Maura knows beans about football much less play it! And she promised not to tell. Oh boy. My body is gonna die. And so is my reputation. I hope she can get out of it." Tai continued talking to 'him' self. "Maybe I should go over there but then, what if..." Tai said Maura's body down in a chair to think.
All this time he was thinking, Maura in Tai's body was already being dragged down to the park against her will.
***Author's Note***
Alrighty, I will not say that I think that sucked because
- I really don't think it did (I hope) and
2) I think people are probably getting tired of authors always saying that.
So no, I won't say it. Am I scaring you? I'm a little out of it. Anyways, please, please REVEIW the dang fic! ::smiles:: Thanks! Read Part 2. ^_^
*Maura*
P.S.
I'm thinking that writing about maybe Tai and Sora switching bodies may be a good idea...or TK and Matt maybe...hmmm...I'm gonna work on it when I'm done with this if I feel like it. What do you all think?