~*~
Chapter Two: The Claiming of Jyou Kido
~*~
It took Jyou five whole days to snap out of his coma and two more days to finally leave Tokyo General. After heavy medical discussion, Koushiro and Ken succesfully convinced Jyou's Doctor to carry their little scheme, finally reaching the conclusion that the only way Jyou will survive the overdose is to flush out the anti-libidal substances from his brain with high amounts of testosterone. While injecting the hormone intravenously might worsen the clog by bursting the veins sustaining the hypothalamus, arousing the natural generation of testosterone may succesfully override the blockage.
Of course, Jyou had no idea what was going on.
Jyou was given to the care of the Ishidas for the moment, with Yamato happy that he's finally cooking for somebody else other than his father. With some financial help from the Tachikawas, Jyou's finally getting a chance to be made over after four years of seclusion... with some help from Taichi, Yama, Ken and Takeru's. Iori, Hikari and Miyako prepared the paperwork for a Child Abuse suit against Dr. Kido, Koushiro made preparations for his plan... while Sora and Mimi...
Well...
~*~
So the old guy's back.
Jyou, I mean.
I always looked up to him as a brother of sorts, seemingly predictable since I've lost a brother myself. Actually, in some ways, I do see Osamu in him...
Koushiro pulled me along when the Doctors were to show him the diagnosis. 'Anatosterene' was the first word I heard with any coherence. It made too much sense for me, seeing that Jyou would endager his life by taking sexual-antistimulants to achieve some goal someone else set for him.
I had faith that he had learned his lesson, yet it was probably not enough for him to just learn it. His father still had too much control over him and Jyou respected him too much to disobey.
I'd call him a fool and blame him for what he's done to himself...
But really... I just don't want to lose another big brother...
~*~
The Odaiba Shopping Megacomplex was bursting with people when most of the digidestined guys came to do some shopping. Ken was lent Mr. Tachikawa Platinum Visa Card, who was a little wary of leaving it to Taichi.
"So, where should we take you first... I know a good shirt shop beside the Flower Pot Depot."
"Oh... I think they're having a jeans sale at the Pants Emporium"
"Why don't we get his hair done where I get mine..." Tai suggested.
"NOOO!" They all replied. Tai simply brushed their comment off.
Half the entire day was wasted in finding a place to shop for Jyou's clothes, Jyou simply nodding in agreement with everything they suggested, knowing it was pointless to disagree when they know very well that you've been held back by four years in fashion.
"Blue!"
"Gray!"
"BLUE!"
"GRAY!"
"BLUUUUEEEE!!!"
"GRAAAAAAAY!!!"
Takeru and Ken watched as Taichi and Yamato fought over the color of Ralph Lauren collar shirt which would fit Jyou better. Jyou, on the other hand, was rumaging on a Surplus Exchange box for a bunch of checkered V-necks.
"Guh... come back here..." Ken pulled him out from the box.
"I'm fine, really! I don't want to max out Mr. Tachikawa's card..."
"I have a quota spending limit, Jyou. Mimi's dad has a one-day spend minimum for this card."
"Sounds like Mimi's dad, alright" Takeru commented.
"How about a leather jacket?"
"Too Yuppie."
"Bell Bottoms?"
"Too Disco."
"Texas Belt?"
"We're Japanese, Taichi."
"Platforms?"
"How tall do you want Jyou to be?"
"How about a cheap shirt that says 'Kiss Me, I'm Swedish'?"
"I can find one thing wrong with that, Tai'. One: that suggestion came from your fat mouth."
"Well, if you're so hot, why don't you find him something?"
After two hours, thirteen minutes and probably half a million yen in credit, Yamato and company walked out with Jyou looking a little like a person again, plus several boxes of perfumes, hair gel, basketball shoes, gym training equipment, magazines, vitamins, and assorted unmentionables tai probably snuck in at the counter.
"Guys... I really wasn't expecting this much stuff..."
"Trust us. Mr. Tachikawa insisted, with an added incentive to hang us by our intestines if we didn't comply" Ken replied wryly.
"So, I guess I can look for an apartment now, huh? And probably get a job at Tokyo Medical."
"Oh no..." Taich interrupted. "We're not finished with you yet."
"W...what do you mean?"
"You'll see."
Driving to Koushiro's house on taichi's beaten up Toyota, he was surprised to see that the redhead has prepared a manila paper presentation for him, scrolling down the moment Jyou entered the room.
"Jyou, it's nice to see you looking human again."
"Domou Arigatou... now will anybody tell me what is going on already?"
"Patience, my friend."
Yamato, Taichi, Ken, Takeru with the addition of Daisuke and Iori sat behind him while Koushiro began his discussion.
"Okay, I shall be straight to the point. Jyou, knowing you're present state of... uh... whatever... we, the Male Digidestined have decided to convalesce you're so-called-life by reorienting you with modern society. We zapped out the nerd in you once and damn, we will do it again!"
The other guys gave a slight applause to Koushi's little speech.
"Uh-huh. I understand... and you are still freaking me out. How, pray tell oh wise and learned Koushiro, are you going to fix the rut I've fallen into?"
"Easy. All we'd have to do is to restore whatever it was you were doing four years ago. We'll start where you left off."
"Wait a sec... I happen to know what I've been doing at that time... and frankly, I'm not sure I can ever get there again."
"What, you think you've reached you're prime at fifteen?"
"Uh... come to think of it..."
"C'mon, Jyou. We're you're friends. We've been saving each other's asses since Grade School. A little trust is all we ask."
"Fine. But it's going to be an ordeal you're not going to enjoy..."
"Jyou, anything for you."
~*~
Jyou.
You confuse me.
You're a coward when everybody seems to forge on bravely.
But you always were the last man standing when worst comes to worst.
You're never there when we fought together.
But when we are alone, you are our only companion.
Reliability. What does it mean, exactly?
You're everything that you are needed to be.
But nothing you've ever wanted to be.
I can't get it, dammit!
You could have easily gotten the Crest of Courage more than once.
Or Friendship, Love, Knowledge Sincerity, Light, Hope or Kindness...
But only when we needed you did Reliability empower you with anything at all.
Any other time, when you yourself was in need, your Reliability was simply a question mark.
We can't even tell you what's going on within you right now...
Yes, Jyou... Anything for you.
We can't let you go...
We won't let you go...
We'll be everything you need us to be...
-Taichi Yagami
~*~
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Chapter Two: The Claiming of Jyou Kido
~*~
It took Jyou five whole days to snap out of his coma and two more days to finally leave Tokyo General. After heavy medical discussion, Koushiro and Ken succesfully convinced Jyou's Doctor to carry their little scheme, finally reaching the conclusion that the only way Jyou will survive the overdose is to flush out the anti-libidal substances from his brain with high amounts of testosterone. While injecting the hormone intravenously might worsen the clog by bursting the veins sustaining the hypothalamus, arousing the natural generation of testosterone may succesfully override the blockage.
Of course, Jyou had no idea what was going on.
Jyou was given to the care of the Ishidas for the moment, with Yamato happy that he's finally cooking for somebody else other than his father. With some financial help from the Tachikawas, Jyou's finally getting a chance to be made over after four years of seclusion... with some help from Taichi, Yama, Ken and Takeru's. Iori, Hikari and Miyako prepared the paperwork for a Child Abuse suit against Dr. Kido, Koushiro made preparations for his plan... while Sora and Mimi...
Well...
~*~
So the old guy's back.
Jyou, I mean.
I always looked up to him as a brother of sorts, seemingly predictable since I've lost a brother myself. Actually, in some ways, I do see Osamu in him...
Koushiro pulled me along when the Doctors were to show him the diagnosis. 'Anatosterene' was the first word I heard with any coherence. It made too much sense for me, seeing that Jyou would endager his life by taking sexual-antistimulants to achieve some goal someone else set for him.
I had faith that he had learned his lesson, yet it was probably not enough for him to just learn it. His father still had too much control over him and Jyou respected him too much to disobey.
I'd call him a fool and blame him for what he's done to himself...
But really... I just don't want to lose another big brother...
~*~
The Odaiba Shopping Megacomplex was bursting with people when most of the digidestined guys came to do some shopping. Ken was lent Mr. Tachikawa Platinum Visa Card, who was a little wary of leaving it to Taichi.
"So, where should we take you first... I know a good shirt shop beside the Flower Pot Depot."
"Oh... I think they're having a jeans sale at the Pants Emporium"
"Why don't we get his hair done where I get mine..." Tai suggested.
"NOOO!" They all replied. Tai simply brushed their comment off.
Half the entire day was wasted in finding a place to shop for Jyou's clothes, Jyou simply nodding in agreement with everything they suggested, knowing it was pointless to disagree when they know very well that you've been held back by four years in fashion.
"Blue!"
"Gray!"
"BLUE!"
"GRAY!"
"BLUUUUEEEE!!!"
"GRAAAAAAAY!!!"
Takeru and Ken watched as Taichi and Yamato fought over the color of Ralph Lauren collar shirt which would fit Jyou better. Jyou, on the other hand, was rumaging on a Surplus Exchange box for a bunch of checkered V-necks.
"Guh... come back here..." Ken pulled him out from the box.
"I'm fine, really! I don't want to max out Mr. Tachikawa's card..."
"I have a quota spending limit, Jyou. Mimi's dad has a one-day spend minimum for this card."
"Sounds like Mimi's dad, alright" Takeru commented.
"How about a leather jacket?"
"Too Yuppie."
"Bell Bottoms?"
"Too Disco."
"Texas Belt?"
"We're Japanese, Taichi."
"Platforms?"
"How tall do you want Jyou to be?"
"How about a cheap shirt that says 'Kiss Me, I'm Swedish'?"
"I can find one thing wrong with that, Tai'. One: that suggestion came from your fat mouth."
"Well, if you're so hot, why don't you find him something?"
After two hours, thirteen minutes and probably half a million yen in credit, Yamato and company walked out with Jyou looking a little like a person again, plus several boxes of perfumes, hair gel, basketball shoes, gym training equipment, magazines, vitamins, and assorted unmentionables tai probably snuck in at the counter.
"Guys... I really wasn't expecting this much stuff..."
"Trust us. Mr. Tachikawa insisted, with an added incentive to hang us by our intestines if we didn't comply" Ken replied wryly.
"So, I guess I can look for an apartment now, huh? And probably get a job at Tokyo Medical."
"Oh no..." Taich interrupted. "We're not finished with you yet."
"W...what do you mean?"
"You'll see."
Driving to Koushiro's house on taichi's beaten up Toyota, he was surprised to see that the redhead has prepared a manila paper presentation for him, scrolling down the moment Jyou entered the room.
"Jyou, it's nice to see you looking human again."
"Domou Arigatou... now will anybody tell me what is going on already?"
"Patience, my friend."
Yamato, Taichi, Ken, Takeru with the addition of Daisuke and Iori sat behind him while Koushiro began his discussion.
"Okay, I shall be straight to the point. Jyou, knowing you're present state of... uh... whatever... we, the Male Digidestined have decided to convalesce you're so-called-life by reorienting you with modern society. We zapped out the nerd in you once and damn, we will do it again!"
The other guys gave a slight applause to Koushi's little speech.
"Uh-huh. I understand... and you are still freaking me out. How, pray tell oh wise and learned Koushiro, are you going to fix the rut I've fallen into?"
"Easy. All we'd have to do is to restore whatever it was you were doing four years ago. We'll start where you left off."
"Wait a sec... I happen to know what I've been doing at that time... and frankly, I'm not sure I can ever get there again."
"What, you think you've reached you're prime at fifteen?"
"Uh... come to think of it..."
"C'mon, Jyou. We're you're friends. We've been saving each other's asses since Grade School. A little trust is all we ask."
"Fine. But it's going to be an ordeal you're not going to enjoy..."
"Jyou, anything for you."
~*~
Jyou.
You confuse me.
You're a coward when everybody seems to forge on bravely.
But you always were the last man standing when worst comes to worst.
You're never there when we fought together.
But when we are alone, you are our only companion.
Reliability. What does it mean, exactly?
You're everything that you are needed to be.
But nothing you've ever wanted to be.
I can't get it, dammit!
You could have easily gotten the Crest of Courage more than once.
Or Friendship, Love, Knowledge Sincerity, Light, Hope or Kindness...
But only when we needed you did Reliability empower you with anything at all.
Any other time, when you yourself was in need, your Reliability was simply a question mark.
We can't even tell you what's going on within you right now...
Yes, Jyou... Anything for you.
We can't let you go...
We won't let you go...
We'll be everything you need us to be...
-Taichi Yagami
~*~
Please Read and Review! And it wouldn't hurt to be anybody's favourite author, too! (Oh, c'mon, A guy's gotta have dreams to, y'know!)