Davis Would Do Anything For Love, a digimon fanfic

One-Shot

"I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)"

Written & Produced by Jim Steinman

Performed by Takeru "T.K." Takaishi [Doug Erholtz], Kari Kamiya [Lara Jill Miller], and Davis Motomiya [Brian Donovan]

Backing Vocals by Todd Rundgren, Derek Stephen Prince, Edie Mirman, Rory Dodd and Kasim Sulton

The scene begins outside of Odiaba, about eight years after the events of Digimon Adventure 02. As the motorcycle introduction is played, we see a stranger and his blue lizard Digimon riding on a motorcycle through the streets. As the chase continues into night, he passes through to an apartment building, the same one Cody, Yolei, and TK live in. He climbs up the fire escape to the apartment he wants, and his Digimon follows him. Together, they peer into the apartment. It looks like T.K. is romancing and courting Kari, in every sense of the word.

T.K.:

And I would do anything for love
I'd run right into hell and back
I would do anything for love,
I'll never lie to you and that's a fact
But I'll never forget the way you feel right now, oh no, no way
And I would do anything for love
But I won't do that
No, I won't do that

Anything for love
Oh I would do anything for love
I would do anything for love
But I won't do that
No, I won't do that

We soon discover who is peeping into this scene. It's Davis, and he's absolutely seething in jealousy. As Digimon fans know, he's been after Kari ever since they first met. He's shut up about it, but she's always been in his sights. So, he violently climbs down the fire escape, heading for home. He works on his soccer drills in his apartment building's courtyard.

Davis:
And some days it don't come easy
And some days it don't come hard
Some days it don't come at all
And these are the days that never end

The scene changes to find Davis pouring sweat on his Bowflex in his apartment, while staring at a giant picture of Kari.

Davis:
And some nights you're breathing fire
And some nights you're carved in ice
Some nights you're like nothing I've ever seen before or will again

He goes to the same hangouts they always go to, where he's stalking both T.K. and Kari.

Davis:
And maybe I'm crazy
Oh it's crazy and it's true
I know you can save me
No one else can save me now but you

As long as the planets are turning
As long as the stars are burning
As long as your dreams are coming true
You'd better believe it

The next night, he's peeping into T.K.'s window again. This time, we hear his version of our bucket hat-clad's love song.

Davis:
That I would do anything for love
And I'll be there 'til the final act
And I would do anything for love
And I'll take the vow and seal a pact

He quiets himself so he can hear what's going on. He winces at the "But I'll never forgive myself" line.

T.K.:
But I'll never forgive myself if we don't go all the way tonight
And I would do anything for love
Oh I would do anything for love
Oh I would do anything for love
But I won't do that
No I won't do that

Davis:
I would do anything for love, anything you've been dreaming of
But I just won't do that

I would do anything for love, anything you've been dreaming of
But I just won't do that

And so, Davis devotes himself to doing everything he can to win Kari. Each time he does, the girl turns down his advances. It's gotten to the point where he maxes out his credit cards. By now, he's become desperate as he challenges T.K. to an MMA fight. Kari acts as cheerleader, along with Gatomon and Patamon. The only support Davis has is Veemon. We watch the fight as we hear the thoughts in Davis' head. He loses concentration as he stares at Kari.

Davis: (VO)
And some days I pray for silence
And some days I pray for soul
Some days I just pray to the God of sex and drums and rock 'n' roll

And some nights I lose the feeling
And some nights I lose control
Some nights I just lose it all
When I watch you dance and the thunder rolls

Minutes later, Davis is nursing a black eye and a broken jaw in the hospital.

Davis:
Maybe I'm lonely
That's all I'm qualified to be
There's just one and only
One and only promise I can keep

As long as the wheels are turning
As long as the fires are burning
As long as your prayers are coming true
You better believe it

The scene split screens to find Davis and T.K. crooning to the same girl, one from the hospital, and the other from his apartment where Kari is actually there.

Davis/T.K.:
That I would do anything for love
And you know it's true and that's a fact
And I would do anything for love
And there'll never be no turning back

T.K.:
But I'll never do it better than I do it with you, so long, so long

Davis/T.K.:
And I would do anything for love
Oh I would do anything for love
I would do anything for love
But I won't do that

Davis:

No! No! No, I won't do that!

Davis' fury and determination go up higher than ever. He does everything he can think of. Kari becomes more and more disgusted and incensed. Soon, Davis is on the run from the law as Kari has filed a restraining order against him.

Davis/Backing: (VO)
I would do anything for love,
Anything you've been dreaming of
But I just won't do that

I would do anything for love,
Anything you've been dreaming of
But I just won't do that

Yet, for all the legal trouble he's gotten into, he just can't stay away. Davis longingly lip-synchs T.K.'s advance outside.

T.K.:

But I'll never stop dreaming of you every night of my life, no way
And I would do anything for love
Oh I would do anything for love
Oh I would do anything for love
But I won't do that
No I won't do that

As Kari asks all these demands of T.K., Davis stands up and passionately makes the same agreement, all out of their sight.

Kari:
Will you raise me up
Will you help me down?
Will you get me right out of this Godforsaken town?
Will you make it all a little less cold?

T.K.:

I can do that, I can do that

Kari:
Will you hold me sacred?
Will you hold me tight?
Can you colorize my life?
I'm so sick of black and white!
Can you make it all a little less old?

T.K.:
I can do that, oh oh, now I can do that

Kari:
Will you make me some magic with your own two hands?
Can you build an emerald city with these grains of sand?
Can you give me something I can take home?

T.K.:
I can do that, oh oh now, I can do that

Kari:
Will you cater to every fantasy I got?
Will ya hose me down with holy water, if I get too hot? (Gatomon: Hot!)
Will you take me places I've never known?

T.K.:
Now I can do that, oh oh now, I can do that

Kari:
After a while you'll forget everything
It was a brief interlude and a midsummer night's fling
And you'll see that it's time to move on

Davis stops lip-synching, after he realizes that he probably will move on. From a few apartments above, Cody spots Davis and calls the police.

T.K.
I won't do that, I won't do that

Kari:
I know the territory, I've been around
It'll all turn to dust and we'll all fall down
And sooner or later, you'll be screwing around

T.K.:
I won't do that, no I won't do that

Soon, Davis is arrested and carried away in a police car. He sings the last chorus as he's being forced into the back seat and the car drives away.

Davis:
Anything for love
Oh I would do anything for love
I would do anything for love
But I won't do that
No I won't do that