Next chapter. I hope you enjoy. I hope it's longer than the last one too. Ooh, and I made a slight change to the last chapter. Disclaimer hasn't moved.

I'm doing multiple POVs now.

Takuya's POV

Summer ended much too quickly. I'd only gotten to see everyone else once more before school started again. I managed to arrive well before the bell went, something I liked to do so I couldn't get in trouble for it. As I walked through the gates, Izumi ran up. Koji and Koichi soon followed. Those two had been almost inseparable since we'd gotten back. So much so that we were all wondering if there was anything more than brotherly love going on between then. I need to ask them some time. Anyway, we chatted idly for five odd minutes before Junpei and Tomoki came running up, the latter of which was just joining our school. "Hi guys!" I called. They got through the gates just as the bell went. "Let's get to class. You know where your's is, right Tomoki?" He nodded, still panting. We all set of for our different homerooms.

I was the first one into my homeroom. Right after I walked in, a tall, skinny boy with black hair entered. After about half a minute, Takato came in at the same time as a short red-headed girl. "Hi Takato." I called at the same time as the other boy. We looked at each other confused. Takato laughed.

"Li and Jeri, Takuya. Takuya, Li and Jeri."

"Nice to meet you." Li walked over and offered his hand. I shook it.

"Nice to meet the two of you to." I said to them. Li smiled, obviously already liking me. Jeri seemed a bit shy though.

"Hey, do you play?" Li asked, bringing out a deck of cards.

"What are they?"

"Digimon cards. It's a really fun game." I fought back my surprise.

"Can't say I've heard of it."

"Well, I can get you started on it. I've got a spare card reader and plenty of cards I never use. I bring them tomorrow and we can start on your training. On weekends you might even be able to get Rika or Ryo to help train you. Now they are experts."

"Thanks Li."

"So how did you meet Takato?" Jeri asked.

"Let's say, he ran into me outside my shop. He twisted his ankle and fell unconscious. I helped him recover and that's about it." Takato said.

"How did he twist his ankle though?"

"I actually ran into him." I said, barely managing to finish before about twenty odd people burst in through the door. Two of them instantly came up to us, one of them giving Takato a noogie. The rest of us burst out laughing. The other, wearing glasses, noticed me.

"Wait, aren't you the one who always sits in the corner, the one who seems schizophrenic? Um...everyone calls you the Pyromanic."

"Firstly, I'm not a pyromaniac, I just like fire. Secondly, I'm amazed you even noticed I talk to myself sometimes. Finally, my name's Takuya. If you want to know what I'm doing here, I ran into Takato over the holidays. Literally."

"Right..." said the first, not having properly listened. "I'm Kazu and that's Kenta." He pulled out some cards. "Wanna play?"

"Sorry, no cards. Li's helping me with that though."

"And hopefully Ryo and Rika will help train him, if they're not too busy that is." Li said. They both gulped.

"Both Ryo and Rika are great." Jeri whispered. "They're worried you'll get as good as them. They were the same with me when Rika volunteered to teach me. Trust me, if you get along with them, you'll have much less to worry about."

"Thanks for the tip." Our conversation ended as the teacher came in.

The rest of the day went past as normal, save for the fact that I found a mysterious note in my locker. It read:

Dear Takuya.

From the instant I laid eyes on you, I knew I loved you. I'm just way too much of a coward to tell you to your face.

From your secret admirer.

P.S. Oh, don't think you'll be able to spot me. I'm a master at hiding blushes and nobody but me knows my identity.

I looked at it in confusion. It had been typed and folded in half, but nothing else. I tucked it into my bag and set off to my last lesson, which happened to be in my homeroom, along with everyone else who was in it. There was a bit of a break before our last lesson, for no apparent reason, but I always got there early to avoid the crush of people. Takato, Li and Jeri seemed to have the same idea, but no one else did. As I pulled my pencil case out, I grabbed my D-tector by accident and pulled it out as well. Before I could hide it, Takato noticed. "Hey, what's that Takuya?" No hiding it now.

"Just some games console. I must have packed it by accident." I shrugged and put it back in my bag. Then I remembered something. "What was that thing you had in your room Takato? The thing with that yellow band around the screen?"

"That? Oh, it's just something Li's dad made for us. They're basically these but fancier." He held up a small, rectangular device. "Card reader." He said, noticing my puzzled look. "It's an important part of the card game."

"How did he make them?

"My dad was on the original research team." Li explained. I blinked, the only sign of my shock. His dad was one of makers of the digital world! I could sense Agunimon's shock, Vritramon's less so. I fought it back.

"Really?" Was what I said, trying to keep my voice even. It was a struggle, but I don't think they noticed. Kazu and Kenta burst in then.

"Hey guys!" Kazu shouted.

"Are you going over to the park later?" Kenta asked.

"Well, I am. Are either of you two?" Takato asked Li and Jeri.

"What about me?" I asked.

"Sorry, something just between us." He apologized.

"Ok then. After all, we do all have secrets." I heard Agunimon chuckle in my head at that.

You have quite a big secret yourself. He said.

"I sure do." I muttered.

"Hey! Earth to Takuya! You're doing that Schizo thing again!" Kenta called in my ear. Five seconds after that, the classroom flooded with the rest of the students, ending our conversation. After school, I found Tomoki waiting for me.

"Hey Tomoki. Why are you waiting?"

"I'm going to your's, hanging out with Shinya. I'm staying the night. Remember?" I thought back.

"Oh yeah! Shinya will be here in a minute." As I said that, my little brother came running up. We walked home, me behind them, listening to their conversation. However, I started to think about the letter again. Who would leave it there? My first thought would be Izumi, but she's not the kind of person to do this. She's more of a 'tell-him-as-soon-as-the-feelings-develop' kind of person, not one for cryptic love messages.

I was still puzzling over the conundrum (1) when we arrived home. I did my homework before pulling out the note. I was about to start, but I felt something. Moments later, my phone rang. It was Koichi.

"Did you feel that?"

"Yeah. It felt like it came from the park."

"I'll check with the others. You get over there!" I hung up and told Tomoki, then went back to my room. Then I snuck out of my window and ran off to the park. When I got in, I spirit evolved into Agunimon to make sure that I could get around quietly. In the middle of the park was a Snimon. I instantly attacked it, throwing embers from my wrist-guards with my Pyro Darts move.

Takato's POV

Rika called me. "What's up?"

"Renamon senses something, and I've got readings coming from the park. Check it out, you're closest. I'll get the others to help."

"Right. Get over quickly." I grabbed my D-arc and cards before running off to find Guilmon.

Five minutes later, I arrived at the bunker Guilmon lived in, woke him up by telling him I had peanut butter, and dragged him off to where the readings were coming from. One of them registered as a Snimon, the other was unknown. I found them just as a fire tornado disappeared to reveal a humanoid Digimon who kicked the Snimon, defeating it. Guilmon ran towards this mystery Digimon, using Pyro Sphere on it. It dodged and started to leap between trees, to fast to keep track of. I grabbed a card. "Digi-modify!" I shouted as I swiped the card. "Speed activate!" When it heard this, it stopped, giving Guilmon a chance to leap up and use his Rock Breaker attack.

Takuya's POV

I'd seen the figure right after this new Digimon attacked, but couldn't see it due to the shadows. But then I heard his voice and realized who it was. I stopped. "No way..." I said, before the Digimon punched me in the face. "It couldn't be him, could it?" I looked up to see the Digimon about to fire a fireball at me. "WAIT!" I called, shocking it out of it's attack. "Takato?"

"H-how do you know my name?" He asked, shocked.

"Well..." I reverted to my human form. He practically fainted.

"Ta-Takuya?" He sat down, heavily. Then his eyes sparkled. "Hey, turn back into that Digimon. I've got an idea. Just a little joke."

"...Ok." I turned back into Agunimon, then sat down so we could chat. Five minutes later, I looked up to see a figure charging down from the moon. It curled into a fetal position.

"Diamond Storm!" It called out before unrolling, sending tons of glittering shards at me. I used Pyro Darts to block them all before any got close. As the smoke cleared, I heard something else.

"Howling Laser!" I saw a bright light streak behind the smoke, then passed, evidently having missed. I saw Koji, Koichi, Izumi, Junpei and Tomoki all running towards me in their Human Spirit form.

"Terrier Tornado!" came a rather childish voice from the opposite direction from the others. A small, greenish tornado speed towards the others. Both groups ran towards each other.

"Time to intervene?" Takato nodded his head. While he went towards his guys, I could make out Li and Jeri, I went towards my friends. Just as Tomoki, Izumi and Junpei were about to do a combined attack, I managed to stop them.

"What are you doing Takuya?" Koji asked angrily.

"They're friends of mine! Well, most of them are. Some of them I've yet to meet and I only just found they have Digimon but otherwise, yeah."

"Right...anyway..." We reverted. "So, what do we do now?"

"I'll introduce you. Come on!" I lead them over to the other group, introducing those I knew and being introduced to Rika, Ryo, Suzie, Ai and Mako, others like Takato. I was also introduced to their partners (A/N I'm not bothering naming them all, you know them).

"So who were those Digimon we were fighting?" Rika asked. I chuckled, then pulled out my D-tector, tossed it, then spirit evolved. I could tell it surprised most of the others, excluding Takato and Guilmon.

"WOW!" Kazu shouted.

"It's why I have that nickname, and talk to myself." I explained. Then I remembered something. "Do any of you know anything about the love letter I found in my locker?" They all shook their heads, chorusing no's. "Oh well. Anyway, it's late. We should be getting back home." We split up and headed off towards our respective homes.

?'s POV

I managed to hide the blush that was creeping on to my face when he asked. I answered as quickly as I could, but I think I answered too quickly. He was suspicious. I knew it. I just loved him so much. I couldn't resist. I wanted to keep it secret but I just couldn't resist. So I slipped that note in his locker.

I know, I just couldn't think about how to extend that last one. I hope you enjoyed this. And who do you think that is at the end?

(1) Something I love saying to a friend of mine. Long words annoy him, so...