Okay so I blame rewatching 02 for this plus I need to write more in the way of the Romantic/Friendship genre and this story is basically the evolving story of Davis and Kari first becoming friends and how that relationship evolves over time. Other pairings are undecided at the moment, so feel free to put in your two cents, guys. I do realise this is a bit short but the chapters will get longer – this one just didn't need to be.

Chapter 01: When we first met

Davis coughed as he was pushed to the ground roughly against some bigger kids. He had just been kicking a soccer ball around when a few kids from his school came, shoving him to the ground. Tears prickled at his eyes but he refused to cry – he was nine, after all! It did hurt and he still didn't get it. Why did no one want to play with him?

"Awww did that hurt?" Takuma mocked in his usual cold voice. "I was just using you as the soccer ball instead."

"Leave me alone," Davis said shakily. "I just want to play as well."

"You're not good enough to play soccer with us," Takuma said, kicking him in the head causing him to stumble to the ground.

'Why am I not good enough? Why won't they be my friends?' Davis thought. He didn't understand. His head was throbbing as the blood rushed to his head due to where he had fallen.

"Leave him alone!" A girl's voice called out and Davis weakly managed to look up to see a girl with short brown hair and chocolate brown eyes. She looked the same age as him but there was something in her eyes that was fierce and like she didn't fear anything. He had seen her somewhere before but he didn't know. His head still kinda hurt after all.

"And just what are you going to do about it girly?" Hiro, another boy mocked.

"Don't you have anything better to do than bully the poor kid?" The girl said as her eyes flashed. "He just wants to play with you and if you won't play with him, I will."

Another kid wanted to play with him? Davis couldn't believe it – just who was this girl and why was she sticking up for him? She didn't even know him after all. Then it hit him. This was the girl involved in all the crazy stuff going on last year. He had seen her! She was the one who stood up to the crazy Dracula dude! But…did she know who he was? Probably not. It was 1 year ago and there was a lot of people there.

"Then maybe we need to teach you a lesson too," Takuma said stepping towards the girl menacingly causing Davis to panic. Oh no – they'd scare this new possible friend of his away as well! But what could he do? He wasn't strong enough to take on Takuma, Hiro and Yutaka because they were much too bigger than him. To his surprise, the girl didn't back down. Then again she stood up to Dracula…so maybe it wasn't so surprising.

"Are you really that scared?" The girl asked. "My brother says only cowards bully other people. So I'll say it again – leave him alone!"

"Whose going to make us?" Hiro challenged.

"I will," An older boy stepped next to the girl and while he looked unhappy, he also looked as fierce as the girl did. "Kari, is there a problem?" Davis did remember him with the monsters when he had seen them fighting. It had looked so cool! Like out of some movie. He never got to be a part of stuff like that cause Mom, Dad and Jun worried too much.

The girl 'Kari' smiled a bit. "Not much. This little kid just wants to play soccer and these guys are being mean so I said I'd play with him. Will you play with us too Tai?" She smiled even wider. She has a nice smile.

"Sure," Tai said with a shrug, grinning before his expression hardened and he looked to the three boys who now looked terrified. "So are you going to leave him alone or do I need to convince you guys?"

The boys did not need to be told twice and they scurried away quickly. Davis was surprised that Kari had done this for him. But why?

"Why did you do that?" Davis asked her.

Kari smiled. "Because they were being mean to you. You just wanted to play right? I can't kick the ball that well but I want to play with you. I'm Kari but I think you already know that now."

Davis's eyes widened. "Really? You want to play with me?" It was odd that anyone wanted to play with him.

"Sure!" Kari said with a laugh. "It's what friends do right?"

Davis stared at her before giving her a toothy grin. "Yeah! It is! Thanks Kari! My name's Davis." This girl must be some sort of angel…otherwise kids weren't usually this nice right?

Kari smiled. "Nice to meet you Davis. Tai, will you play with us too? This is my big brother, Tai. He's even in the soccer club."

Tai laughed. "Sure, it'll be fun. Let's go out onto the field ok?" He ran into the field with the soccer ball that had been left behind.

Kari's face became worried then. "But those mean boys pushed you. Are you okay to play?"

Davis waved off her worries though it was nice to have others beside his family worry about him. "I have a hard head don't worry!" He ran out onto the field, his new friend following behind and he made a promise. He would always be there for Kari and help her, like she did for him.