Chapter 2

The Green Guardian stood outside a building called The Pixel Parlour. He was sent to meet a ShogunGekomon who might know the identity behind this Pink Angel. The noble kid had never thought of going into a place like this but what's at stake is probably more important than his ideals. He slowly opened the front door and saw a Numemon inside the dominantly red room.

"Good evening sir. Are you new here?"

The guardian swallowed his spit and got straight to the point. "I'm looking for ShogunGekomon."

The Numemon trawled through pages of names on his register book to find that Digimon. "ShogunGekomon...I know I saw him earlier, but where did he go to…."

The guardian started to tap his fingers on the table while his partner, Patamon decided to slip in a quick nap on the head of the masked boy. As boredom crept in, the young guardian decided to grab a leaflet nearby and scan it. He could see various female Digimon in attractive poses and fairly cheap prices attached to them. While there were a few Digimon he wouldn't mind looking at, he decided to drop the leaflet and tuned his thoughts to something else.

"Ah ShogunGekomon. Room 213." Said Numemon. "Thank you." The Green Guardian nodded and then made his way upstairs to that room.

After literally going up and down the stairs and even going upside down at one point, he finally reached room 213. The boy took a deep breath and knocked on the door a few times.

"Who is it?" A grouchy voice asked. The boy thought for a moment on how to respond. "Erm… a guest." He said.

"You're going to have to be more specific."

There was a short pause.

"I'm… a friend."

"A friend huh? Who?"

The blonde boy gulped. "Why don't you open this door and find out?"

There was a large sigh coming from inside the door and some thumping too. The Green Guardian gulped once again as soon as he heard the door unlocking, and then it opened.

The huge frog Digimon stared at the boy for a few moments. The masked boy and his Digimon were embracing a possible attack.

"So who's behind that mask?"

The boy paused once again to think carefully of his response.

"...I'll show you if you let me in."

The large frog Digimon just stared at the boy. Patamon could feel some of the sweat on his feet.

"You seem harmless, come in."

Surprised at the assessment, the boy half-reluctantly stepped into the dimly-lit room. The boy could see Lilymon and Beastmon sat at opposite ends of a sofa. The middle spot was of course reserved for ShogunGekomon and he made his way there as soon as he shut the door. The two female Digimon beside him resumed their caressing of his trumpets while the frog Digimon sat back and let his belly engulfed half the view of his face. "So… what have you come here for?" Said the now relaxed ShogunGekomon. "Erm… I was wondering whether you know... about the Pink Angel?"

"The Pink Angel? Ah yes I've been stalking her Digimon lately."

"Her Digimon? She's human?"

"Yeah! I don't remember what her Digimon is called but I want that Digimon here in this room."

"Why?" Curiosity took over the guardian's nerves.

"That Digimon is a real looker and I want her to give me a head massage. She probably smells nice too."

The guardian almost gave a disapproving look to the fat Digimon but he held it all in out of politeness.

"Do you know where she is?"

The frog Digimon smiled but TK could only see the end bits of his mouth. "I heard she'll raid the newly built toy factory in Toy Town soon."

The blonde guardian's eyes widened a bit. He didn't really think this mission would be fruitful but this has turned out quite well. Maybe a bit too well.

"That's horrible. Do you know the when exactly?"

"No- but I tell you what. Give me your email address, and then I'll let you know the exact timings when I have more information. How does that sound?"

The guardian nodded in agreement.


TK yawned as he was waiting for Kari to finish her activities in the Photography club. Last year he would have basketball training at this time but the boy purposely opted out of the main team to make way for his studies and his missions in the Digital World. He now only plays basketball at weekends for fun. "TK! How long have you been here?"

TK was startled as he was trying to keep himself awake this whole time. "Not very long. Saw anything interesting?"

"Look!" Kari lifted her hands full of photos for the boy to notice. She sat beside him and then shifted through the photos of various things such as flowers, everyday objects, and classmates.

TK could never understand the difference between photography as a hobby and just simply taking photos but he always enjoys looking at things with Kari.

"Why are you so tired?" The girl asked. "You need to get more exercise." She added before the boy was about to answer. The blonde boy was too tired to play along with the banter so he simply smiled and said "Yeah."

"Seriously I've been seeing you like this quite a lot lately. I think you might have insomnia. You need to go see a doctor."

TK looked down to his shoes while keeping his smile. As much as he wanted to tell Kari about his duties at the Digital World, he was warned not to. The consequences could be catastrophic.

"Yeah...maybe."

Kari nodded and then there was a short silence. "Come to think of it, you've been sleeping less as well." TK said, remembering that Kari had been lethargic on some days too. "Errr.. yeah…true."

The two sat for a bit before they decided to go to the Computer room to check whether Yolei was still there. TK opened the door for the brunette girl and then they both spotted the geeky girl watching some anime on the school computer with Hawkmon. "Hey how's your week been?" Kari asked. "Huh? Kari!" The two girls hugged. "We seriously need to go on a double date soon!"

Kari laughed at the suggestion. She personally doesn't like double dates but it seemed like the only way to hang out with Yolei and Ken these days.

"Or how about a triple date!?" Yolei suggested as she turned to TK. The boy scrratched his head in amusement. "Erm.. Matt's not around at the moment. What about Cody and Davis?"

"Yeah good suggestion! They'll be the third couple!"

"Erm… okay." TK sniggered. He asked that question out of sympathy for them rather than a suggestion. Their incompatible timetables meant that Cody and Davis have been seeing less of the Digidestined lately.

"What do you say Kari?" Yolei asked enthusiastically. Kari laughed and agreed with her. "I'll send Davis a message. This weekend right?"

Yolei nodded. "I probably won't finish basketball until 12." Said TK as he was typing up a text message for Cody.

"That's okay we can wait." Yolei said.


Kari gave TK a quick peck before saying goodbye. She was about to shut the door but as soon she saw his ocean blue eyes, she poked her head at TK again. "Ow!" He jokingly said. "Sorry." She laughed. The boy then gave the girl a hard peck in the cheeks as revenge. "Now we're even."

The girl kept on giggling and attacked TK on the forehead with her lips. Now TK wanted to aim for her forehead. His eyes gazed over her alluring auburn eyes which made him want to peck her even more and then once he launched his attack, the door immediately closed on him, leaving his lips against the wood.

Giggling could be heard from inside the door. "See you tomorrow!" The girl shouted. "I'll get my revenge!" TK shouted before rubbing his mouth and making his way out.

Kari was in a good mood when she unpacked her bag on her bed. Just when she turned her computer on, her Digivice beeped. She grabbed it out of her strap and read a message from Gennai.

Hello there,

I hope I'm not intruding but I have a mission for you which may give us a clue on who this Green Guardian is. We can talk more as soon as you meet me.

Gennai

After reading it, Kari clutched on her Digivice harder with determination on her face.

I will get you whoever you are. Once this is over I can finally be a normal girl again and spend time with TK.