Trials of Friendship
Disclaimer: I own nothing excep some whispering voices and Lord of Darkness
Tai Pov
Tai liked to still think of himself as the leader digidestined. This was why he still felt it was his responsibility to make sure all the new digidestined were coping with everything. He had great faith in them all but that didn't stop him worrying, especially when his younger sister Kari was also part of the new digidestined group.
So when he saw Davis walking out of school with a particularly serious expression he was more than slightly concerned. Davis was well known for his nonchalant attitude and rarely took anything seriously. However, plainly something was bothering the usually optimistic digidestined.
"Hey Davis, what's up?" he ran over to the lone figure
"Oh hey, Tai" Davis replied glumly
"Is everything ok?" he raised a concerned eyebrow
"Yeah, I guess it's just...it's been over a week and I haven't seen Ken anywhere" Davis answered meekly
"Well he does live all the way in Tomachi"
"I tried emailing and calling but he just won't answer. Something's wrong. I can feel it"
From Davis' tone it sounded as if he had voiced his concerns to the others and they hadn't taken him seriously. Tai had memories of that from when he'd been the leader of the digidestined but at least at the time he'd had Kari to support him. Right, now it sounded as if Davis wasn't getting that support from the others.
Tai felt a surge of anger and frustration at the idea the others might not have listened to Davis. If Davis was worried about Ken then it was for a reason. The most important thing a digidestined had to do was trust his or her instincts. Davis had good instincts that had never led the team astray before. Afterall, he'd been right about Ken changing. So why weren't the other digidestined listening now?
"Have you tried his house?" Tai pressed
"Yeah, yesterday before I waited outside his school. His mum was the one asking me if I knew where Ken was and the other students haven't seen him for days. I swear I checked every inch of Tomachi and Odaiba" Davis groaned
"What did you tell his mum?" Tai was now listening attentively
"That I'd forgotten he was staying the night at T.K's and was sorry for bothering her"
That didn't sound good. If Davis had felt the need to lie to Ken's mum about his whereabouts and his classmates hadn't seen him then he had probably been gone for a while. Ken was naturally quite shy and uncomfortable around the others so it was often hard to get a read on him. However, Davis seemed to have some insight to the boy that the others lacked.
"Did you tell the others that Ken's mum hasn't seen him either?" Tai queried
"Yeah but they thought he might have just been late coming home or something"
Davis didn't sound especially taken by that idea and Tai didn't blame him. If no one had seen Ken in a while then it looked like he really was missing. This meant that the digidestined had to deal with this immediately especially if it had something to do with the digital world. They couldn't risk members of the public involved if it really had something to do with the digiworld (and Tai would be shocked if it wasn't).
"I'll have a word with the others and then we can all go looking for Ken tomorrow"
He promised Davis who looked unbelievably relieved at his comforting words. It just annoyed Tai more that the others had dismissed Davis' opinion about Ken so quickly. He strongly doubted that they had actually listened to him. Well, Tai was certainly going to make them listen if it was the last thing he did.