Digimon Digidestined Xros Tamers
Chapter 2: Earned Silence
FanAuthor's Note: I know I said that I wouldn't release another chapter until Digi-World Online was finished, but I thought I'd give you guys one more chapter. Enjoy.
Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon. Pity.
/Odaiba, Motomiya Household, 10:30 p.m.
Davis made it back home with little trouble, but couldn't get the night's events out of his head. He set his bag down gently in the corner of his room, so as not to wake DemiVeemon. Climbing into his bed (after fixing the sheets that Jun had pulled out earlier), Davis laid back and thought about the strange new Digimon battle style he'd just witnessed.
What is her deal? Why is she so against team up with us? At least Ken had that whole guilt thing going on before I convinced him otherwise, so what's with her?
-"Davis, you can't tell anyone that you know what I can do. Promise me that."-
-"What? But why? You're one of us, a Digidestined. You should hang out with us, and we can help each other…"-
-"I just told you I'm a Tamer. Tell anyone what you know about me, and I wreck your chances with Kari. Don't test me."-
Just what does she mean by that? I mean, what could she do?
/Kazuko's Residence, same time.
Parking her bike a few blocks away, next to a group of homeless old men huddled over a fire; Kazuko ruffled through her jacket pocket and pulled out a few hundred yen, giving them to the guys. They nodded in appreciation, and wheeled off the bike to a shaded area further down the alley. Monmon was up on the rooftops above, taking shots at pigeons while she tailed Kazuko. Reaching an expensive looking high-rise building, she walked in, smiling and waving at the clerk at the desk. After exiting the elevator on the 56th floor, she walked to the one door on that level, and entered it. Coming inside, Kazuko was greeted by the same dark-skinned teenager Davis had bumped into earlier that day. He had his feet up on the living room table, and waved happily at Kazuko as she entered.
"Hey ya little sis! Hear you made quite an impression today!"
She smiled, and was about to reply, when a middle-aged, attractive woman in a red business suit strolled in from the balcony. Her right sleeve was extended so that it covered her whole arm, and the way she held it suggested that she couldn't use it, or that there wasn't much of an arm there to be used in the first place. Her most distinctive image, however, was her hair. She had orangish-brown hair that curled up to the right, making her look like some sort of delinquent. The boy's mood soured as she came close, but she seemed to not notice as she embraced the girl.
"Sweetie, how was your first day? And why are you coming back so late, your job couldn't have taken that long to come back from."
"Hey mom, there was some heavy traffic coming back. Next time I'll just take a quicker route, and avoid the road I came on this late."
"Now Kazuko, I don't want to start enforcing a curfew, but we can't have you coming in as late as this. What if you had gotten mugged, or were followed by some creepy fellows?"
The boy muttered something under his breath, and again the lady didn't seem to notice this. Kazuko quickly gave the boy a pleading look, conveying her desire for him to be nice, while she slowly moved out of her mother's embrace.
"Come on mom, this is Odaiba. No one's going to mug me here, these people are nice."
"Too nice, if you ask me."
This time the mother did hear the boy, though he made no attempt to be quiet this time. She turned to him, a disappointed look on her face.
"Now Colin, what's wrong with people being nice? I mean really, it's like you want the world to be worse sometimes."
"Oh I'd love for there to be a world where everything is sugar plums and gumdrops, but that doesn't exist, or at least I don't live in it. The people here just act nice, but that doesn't make it so."
"What's the difference?"
"Well mom, acting nice means you're planning to backstab me later, or you're not reliable in any way on account of being a two-faced %$ #-"
"Pause!"
Kazuko shouted this last bit, and a blue box came out from under the floor and lit up the entire room for a moment. The woman froze mid shocked expression, and Kazuko turned to Colin with an annoyed look on her face.
"Bro, you know you can't swear here!"
"I'm aware. I really % #$ing hate this universe!"
"Colin!"
"What? It's annoying, being censored like this. I mean really, if someone is literally a %$ #, then the only way to describe them is to use the word %$ #! Why is Azulongmon so damn touchy about what I say anyway?!"
"It doesn't matter why He is, He just is. This universe is governed by him, not Dad, so you got to respect that while we're here. And besides, you know if you keep acting like that around her-"
She waved in the direction of the still frozen woman, who the blue box had started to float around and shine a light at her head.
"It's going to mess things up. You promised me you would behave yourself."
He sighed, got up from his seat and came to pat Kazuko on her head. He was taller than her by about a head, which allowed him to look down at her with warm eyes.
"Fine, I know how much it means to you to spend time with your mother."
He turned to glare at the still frozen woman, whose face had changed from shocked to a still, blank face, as the box floated away and phased into the floor.
"Even if it's her, or at least an artificial copy of her."
Kazuko looked up at him, before burying her face into his chest as she hugged him.
"I know how much you hate her for what she made your father do, but she's still my mom, and I never got to know what she was like back home. You know, before…"
Colin took her in close, sighing at his plight.
"My father was a grown man, he made his choice. That doesn't absolve her of her part in it, but he was as much an $$ as she's a….Really Azulongmon?! I can't even say that?! So what happens when I say Jack $$…oh % #$ you!"
Kazuko couldn't help but smile at her "brother's" rage at a likely surveying Sovereign. But she knew that'd she'd have to turn off the ENIAC and let her artificial mother return to her role. But not before she had a private discussion with Colin.
"I met one of them today."
His mood soured a bit again, but not as much as before.
"Well that's to be expected; Azulongmon would put you in the same class as them so that you could 'survey' his perfect little Digidestined."
"Oh come on, don't be like that. They kind of seemed nice. Yolei's a bit rough, but T.K. and Kari seem okay."
He scoffed when he heard the name 'Kari', but then a wry grin appeared on his face.
"You didn't mention Cody or Davis. What about them?"
Kazuko shrugged.
"I haven't met Cody yet, he is younger than all of us."
"Younger than them, miss five-years-old. And again, you have yet to mention anything about Davis."
"…what's there to tell, he's a doofus. Well-meaning, but a doofus."
"Since when did you start using words like 'doofus'?"
"Since you're type of vocabulary is usually blurred, at least when he's watching you."
Colin stared at her for a moment, ignoring her jab at him. He seemed to still want to know something.
"So nothing happened today. No attacks or anything?"
"Well a Cyclonemon was harassing some Tamer and his partner, but I took care of it. It was a quite thing, nothing to worry about."
"Oh really?"
She got defensive at this point.
"Yes really. Can we drop it now; I need to go to bed."
"By all means, head off to your chambers milady. Just be sure to unfreeze your mother, she not that good of a statue to decorate the room with."
Laughing sarcastically at his attitude, she waved a hand and the box quickly zipped up out of the floor again, flashed the lady's face (focusing on her eyes), and then went back in the floor as she returned to motion. Seeing Kazuko heading for her door, she called out to her.
"Wait dear. Don't you want dinner?"
"Already ate mom. G'night."
Left alone with Colin, she turned to him, hoping to talk with someone.
"Well Colin, how was your day?"
He didn't look at her, turning away and heading for his own room.
"Night Anzo."
/Odaiba Middle School, 7:47
"Well look who decided to show up early today. Now if only you had brought my Street Fighter…"
"Bite me, Yolei!"
Kari sighed as the two started barking at one another, losing any hope of them getting along any better this year than they had before. T.K. laughed a little at their antics, not out of any cruel amusement but just because he did kind of miss being with his friends, and Davis and Yolei's antagonism is just something he's come to accept. Kazuko came in later, seeing Davis in his assigned seat next to hers, and mentally calmed herself as she went over and sat next to him.
He's not going to say anything. He knows I'll mess with his love life if he does.
She paused for a moment, realizing she hadn't actually thought of a plan to do this just in case.
What do I know about blackmailing people? The only couples I know don't really have any problems, and even then I barely know how to talk to people as it is. Maybe I should have taken Asami up on watching some of those high school flicks. Colin's always going on about how the &*$%#es-
She found that the word to refer to female dogs she had just used the day before had suddenly been removed from her vocabulary, even inside of her own mind. What the hel-heck Uncle Azulongmon?! I can't have a little privacy inside my own head?! Ugh, whatever. I need to know how to act nasty, if I want to be good on my threat against Davis. I can't have him blabbing about my shiny other life to his friends, or my 'dear Uncle' won't let me and my friends into the Digital World so that we can find-
"Miss Kazuko, are you listening to me?"
Broken out of her little world, Kazuko found Ms. Hidari staring coldly at her (or just staring in her usual way, it's too early to tell). She sweatdropped as she quickly replied.
"Sorry sensei, there's a lot on my mind."
"I hope some of it includes today's topic, which we went over yesterday. You do remember it, don't you?"
"Uhh…"
Some of the class started to laugh, to which Ms. Hidari caught Davis doing the same (he didn't mean to, but how usual is it that the butt of the joke wasn't him?) and decided to interrogate him next.
"What about you, Mr. Motomiya? I know that late night battles might interfere with studying a tad bit, but surely You can answer my question: What are we studying today?"
The other three Digidestined stared at Davis, Yolei looking livid while Kari and T.K. displayed varying degrees of worried. He couldn't answer them right now, though it wasn't like he could answer is very annoyed teacher any more. She sighed, and tapped a finger on her desk as she seemed to be steadying her nerves.
"Class, this is the last time I'm going to remind you. We are studying the story Nansō Satomi Hakkenden, or 'The Eight Dog Chronicles' in English (not sure why I'm translating, you all know Japanese), and your job was to talk to each other after class yesterday and partner up, so that the work load of research could be shared between you. Since Mr. Motomiya seems to respect this assignment as much as you do, you will be partnering up with him for all our projects, Ms. Kazuko."
Great, just what I wanted. Thought Kazuko, not entirely enjoying the idea of being that close to the person she was meant to be watching over, especially the one that knew a bit too much about her as it were. Davis was &*$%#ing (oh come on, me too?) about something similar, though less against Kazuko.
Ah come on, so I can't partner up with Kari. Oh well, it's not as if she's teaming up with T.K.
/Odaiba Middle School Cafeteria, 10:25 a.m.
"You're teaming up with T.K.?!"
Yolei was barely resisting her urge to laugh at Davis' plight, while Kari sighed at Davis' expected reaction. T.K. was still in the line waiting to get food, but he had an idea what was going on at their table.
"I'm not 'teaming up' with T.K., I'm his partner. That doesn't mean we're dating or anything."
Davis sighed in relief, until Yolei whispered.
"Doesn't mean you're chances are any better, sucker."
"What was that, dome-head?!"
"All right, enough you two."
Getting between the two and extending her arms before they could start fighting again, Kari gave Davis a stern look, causing him back down. He hated it when Kari seemed mad with him. Calming down herself, this time Kari asked Davis a question.
"What was Hidari-sensei going on about in class though? Did you and Veemon get into a fight yesterday?"
"What did Davis do now?"
The three of them turned to see a smaller boy approach, tray in hand. He had round brown hair, and was wearing very formal clothes for someone in a relaxed public high school. Behind him was T.K., who had finally gotten a meal as well. He heard what they were talking about and joined in.
"I was wondering that too. So what's going on Davis, why didn't you call any of us to help out?"
'Tell anyone what you know about me, and I wreck your chances with Kari. Don't test me.'
Davis didn't speak at first, not sure how to go about telling them. He wasn't sure exactly what Kazuko would do, but he wasn't about to take his chances. Besides, he kind of owed her for helping him beat Cyclonemon.
"There was a Digimon attacking a Digidestined and his partner. A Cyclonemon, and a strange one at that. He could summon this card out of one of the bystanders' laptops, and he used it to boost his speed and give Flamedramon a run for his money."
The younger boy, Cody, raised an eyebrow out of curiosity when he heard this.
"A card that boosted his power?"
"So why didn't you have Veemon turn into Raidramon then?"
Davis didn't like Yolei's new thing of taking a jab at him All the time. It used to just be occasionally.
"Well I was going to, but then someone else stepped in and took care of him?"
Yolei was going to say something again, but Kari gave her a look and cut her short. T.K. asked a nicer version of what Yolei was probably going to say.
"Another person took out Cyclonemon huh? Well it's to be expected, a lot of people have their own partners now. I'd guess some of them can reach Champion-level by now. But how did they deal with your super-fast Cyclonemon?"
"Well Cyclonemon was kind of mad at that point, cause of some of the things the girl said-"
"It was a girl?"
Yolei pumped her fist, and Kari had a similarly happy look on her face hearing this. Girl Power!
Davis tried to pick his next words carefully, not wanting to reveal too much; though he still wasn't sure if he should be holding back on his friends. I mean what exactly is she going to do, spread a nasty rumor about me? Kari's known me longer than she has her, whose she going to believe when it comes down to it? Before he could decide, his D-Terminal started beeping.
"Who's contacting me?"
He pulled it out, ignoring Yolei's impatient glare as he checked the message.
-Eight Dogs, at the Library, get over here!-
"Who is it?"
Davis looked up from his message to see Kari looking inquisitively at him. He shrugged.
"Don't know, the message didn't say. it just told me to get to library, and something to do with 'Eight Dogs'…oh crap, I got to get going."
He tired finishing off his meal like a ravenous dog, before rushing over to the cafeteria counter, grabbing one of the free paper bags there, and returning to his seat to spoon his leftovers into the bag and then grabbing his stuff to go.
"It's that Literature project on those 'Eight Dogs', I got to get on that. Later, I'll tell about the Cyclonemon some other time."
"Sure, see you Davis."
"Yeah, whatever."
Yolei went back to eating her food, glad to have the doofus gone. Kari noticed that Cody was deep in thought about something.
"What's up, Cody?"
"It's just that, not too many people can contact us on our D-Terminals, not even the teachers can access them to get our attention. Very few new Digidestined have them as it is, and all of us have cell phones, so it's not like we're unreachable. So who knows how to contact Davis on his D-Terminal besides us?"
"It's probably Kazuko, since she's his Literature partner."
Cody looked at T.K. in confusion, so he continued to explain.
"We have this story we need to get through for class, and Davis got stuck with her since neither of them paid attention in class."
"More like she got stuck with Davis, considering she had to call him to the library to start working."
This was Yolei, once again putting in her two cents. T.K. scratched the back of his head and laughed awkwardly, and Cody nodded with this assessment.
/Odaiba High School 8:00 a.m. (happened earlier)
Another wild haired lad was sitting in his first class of the day. Next to him was a girl with red hair, who was tapping her table anxiously with a pen. Both of them were wearing green and white uniforms, as per the school's regulations. The wild-haired boy looked at their girl with sympathetic eyes.
"He'll show up, he can't miss the whole second day of school as well."
"I hope he does, Tai. Sometimes I wish he'd just take a break from his band for a bit, and try to concentrate on the present a bit more."
The 8:00 bell rang, and as three more students entered the classroom, none of them being the one the girl was waiting for, she sighed sadly. The Teacher looked down at his watch as the bell started to ring its standard 8 times, and went towards the sliding door.
"Wait, wait I'm not late! Hold up!"
The girl perked up at the sound of that voice, and Tai smiled a little as he saw her gloomy mood evaporate.
"Hey, which way is it to 2nd year History?! Over there? Thanks babe!"
Another voice rang across the hall, and the Teacher decided to slide the door almost completely shut, while hiding behind it as the two voices came closer. Each seemed to be coming from opposite ends of the hall. Just as they neared the door, the teacher slid it open, causing the two students who had reached for the handle at the same time to tumble over into the classroom. Neither of them was particularly happy with the result.
"Hey buddy, you mind not dropping your f- blasting guitar on a guy?"
"Well I'm sorry, but maybe next time you shouldn't cut in front of a guy in a hurry!"
"YOU'RE in a hurry?! What do you think I was doing, out for a stroll?!"
"Alright gentlemen, that's enough."
The two students got up and tidied themselves, both of them bowing before their teacher. The dark-skinned boy spoke first.
"Sorry sir, I had a hard time finding my way around here."
"Well it might help, Major-San, if you appeared on the first day like all the other students, so as to get yourself acquainted with the layout and not have to rush in on the first day of work."
The other boy laughed a little under his breath, but the teacher heard him still.
"I don't see what's so funny, Ishida-san, considering that you yourself failed to appear yesterday either. What might your excuse be?"
The blonde haired boy sweatdropped, as the other smiled at the attention being put on him.
"Uh, well Sensei, I was landing a gig for my band two weeks from now."
"Oh really? Well when and where will it be held, might I ask?"
The kid loosened up, happy to find the teacher was more forgiving than he had thought.
"It's going to be at the old amusement park. It's on Saturday, so it won't interfere with class or anything like that."
"Good to hear. Now tell me, does performing with your band earn you a grade in your other classes?"
"No Sensei."
"Interesting; so why do you think that it will do so in my class then?"
The blonde boy saw where this was going, while the other boy tried his hardest not to laugh.
"I don't Sensei, it's just that-"
"Ishida-san, I don't take excuses. Since it was the first day, I'll ignore Both-"
He turned to 'Major-san', who corrected himself and came to attention under his gaze.
"-of your absences. This will be the only time. Though for you, Major-san, I'm a little curious as to what your excuse would be. This is your first time with our school, so I'd have thought that you'd want to make a good impression on the first day."
The blonde boy turned his head towards the dark-skinned boy, who calmly explained his reasons for being absent the day before.
"I was helping the movers set up my stuff in my apartment. My family has just moved to the area, and we still had some things to sort out."
"You could have let the movers handle their own job."
"It's always best to watch them. I'm all for trusting people, but never just leave them to temptation by just not being there while they're in your home."
"That's an interesting view. Well I think you two have held up my class long enough. Take your seats, and let us begin."
The two moved to what open seats were available, only for one of them to be addressed again.
"Ishida-san, please don't think that I'm unaware of your relationship with Takenouchi-san. Please sit elsewhere."
Groaning in a quiet annoyed voice, he saw the girl he was about sit next to smile and nod her head, as if to say that it's fine. As he walked past to take a seat further back, he saw and took a note she had held out for him. Taking his seat, he opened up the note to see a smiling heart, and a message that read 'See you at lunch, Matt. Kisses, Sora,'. Smiling at this, he tucked it into his pants as he saw the dark-skinned boy still standing. A boy next to him was snorting, clearly not happy about something as the teacher extended an arm towards 'Major-san'.
"Students, our dear tardy classmate is also new here. He's originally from the United States, so please help him around when you can."
Smiling at the class, the boy took a bow as he spoke.
"If I'm doing this right, my name is Major Colin. Just Colin is fine really. Let's all get along."
Most of the other students smiled at the new arrival, others not exactly hostile but not to jovial either. About three kids in the back next to Matt looked livid.
"What's a Gaijin doing here?"
"Kokawa-san! We do not treat fellow students, or anyone for that matter, with that much disrespect! Apologize, immediately!"
Spitting on the ground, the boy got up from his seat. Unlike the other students, he chose to wear his uniform in as sloppy a fashion imaginable. His cronies weren't that much stylish either. As Colin walked over to find a seat, his path was bared by the approaching Kokawa. He stared into the newcomer's eyes, being at about equal height with him. Colin looked back with a look of amusement on his face.
"Beat it, foreigner."
"Maybe later. Right now, I have a class to attend. You mind getting out of the way?"
Biting down hard on the piece of straw in his mouth, Kokawa balled up a fist but kept it at pocket level as he leaned in closer.
"Do you know who I am, Kanye?"
"Oh hey, you know the name of a famous black person. Congrats for you. Get out of my way, soft-skin."
The other students turned cautiously at the two, surprised by the newcomer's attitude towards the situation. Most of them seemed to expect him to know not to mess with the delinquent, but Colin kept his gaze, and didn't make a move to curl up his fists or even tighten his stance. Before the teacher made a movement for a phone on his desk, Tai got up and in between the two of them.
"Okay guys, let's calm it down now. There's no need for this."
"Who the % #$ asked for your opinion, Kamiya?!"
The other students reacted in shock at the language, while Colin had a small smirk cross his face for the briefest of moments. In his head, however, he was thinking of something else.
So that's Tai huh? Then the red-head he kept looking at has to be Sora, and the blonde guy from earlier- he looked over at Matt for a moment, before returning his gaze towards the now distracted Kokawa –would be Matt. Oh ho, if Asami could see this now, she'd be flipping out.
"Daichi, why do you always have to be starting something, huh?"
Daichi looked at Tai, not at all liking how he had butted into a situation that didn't involve him.
"You think just cause you have a little attack lizard and you 'claim' to have save the world at least twice, I got to listen to you? Screw you man, I do what I want, and what I want is for this Gaijin to know his place."
"I got to ask, what exactly is this 'Gaijin' you keep calling me?"
The teacher put down the phone, and a burly looking teacher, likely the gym teacher, entered the room. The homeroom teacher adjusted his classes as he spoke to the class.
"Major-san, please ignore Kokawa's outbursts. He just likes to get attention. Shuji-sensei, please escort Kokawa-san to the principal's office. It would appear he hasn't learned anything from last year."
Coming up to Kokawa, Shuji-sensei reached over to take his shoulder, only for Daichi to shake it off. He started to walk by Colin, only to shove his face extremely close to his, in an attempt to make him jump. Colin didn't as much as flinch, still holding his gaze, though he seemed less amused now. Snorting at the lack of response, Daichi followed Shuji-sensei out the door, and the homeroom teacher closed it shut behind them.
"I'm sorry class for all of that. Looks like class will be half as long as I intended, but we'll try and see how much we can squeeze in while we're at it."
Finally taking a seat, Colin chose to place himself besides Tai. Tai waved at Colin as he did, who responded with a small wave back and a little smile. The teacher opened up a large book, blowing off some dust as he did.
"Now for those of you who weren't' here yesterday, I am Ichimonji-sensei. Now let's get back to today's topic which is the study of the 47 Ronin and their impact on the portrayal of samurai in today's world."
/Odaiba High Cafeteria, 10:20 a.m.
"Matt, you have got to make it to class on time."
"I know babe, it's just that I had to be there with the whole band, otherwise the park agent wouldn't sign off on the gig."
The couple was walking over to a small group assembled under the shade of a tree. As opposed to their middle school counterpart, the high-school students could eat outside after taking their food. At the tree already was Tai and another kid, small than the rest though not quite middle school small, with spiky short red hair. He was shifting through his smart phone, not even touching his food, until the two came over to them. He smiled as they sat down.
"Well hello Matt, so glad you could join us."
"Ha ha, Izzy. Are all of you going to get in your jokes now, or do I have to seek you all out so as to get it out of the way?"
Izzy chuckled, shaking his head as he replied.
"I don't know, we haven't decided. You'll probably have to hunt down Mimi if you want to say hi; apparently she's really busy this year."
"Sheesh, I didn't think she and Joe were hanging out that much. Those two can't come and say hi once in a while?"
Izzy's mood soured a bit, and Sora gave Matt a 'not what he meant' look. Matt sweatdropped as he realized that he'd just brought up a touchy subject.
"I meant she had a lot of class work this year, Matt. But yes, she and Joe seem to never have time for anyone else these days." And when they are around, Mimi keeps avoiding me.
Tai sprung up from lying on the ground, and felt that a change of topic was required.
"So, who wants to invite over the new kid?"
"There's a new kid?" asked Izzy, just as eager to talk about something else.
Matt frowned a bit, munching on a few carrots as he replied.
"How about we don't do that?"
"Oh come on Matt. You two just ran into each other, it wasn't anything serious."
"He nearly broke my guitar."
"You fell on him."
"Well yeah, because he stepped in front of me at the last mome-"
Sora gave him a 'you're not winning this argument' look, and he conceded.
"Sure, call him over. Where is he at, anyway?"
Colin was by himself, sitting at a bench on a little hill, which looked over most of the lawn students were eating on. Enjoying a bacon cheeseburger, he hummed to himself a familiar tune as he observed the Digidestined relaxing in the shade. So these are Jack and Asami's heroes huh? They seem nice, though the blonde has got an attitude. He could have slowed down a bit, and not bumped into me as we entered the door. It's only because he went so fast that I ended up entangled in his feet and landing first on the floor, only to be greeted by his guitar case and his own body falling on me. It's almost as if he just had to be first, like he can't handle letting someone ahead of him.
"Oy, Gaijin!"
Sighing, he closed his eyes as he turned in his seat, opening them to find Daichi's two friends standing near him.
"What's up, fellas?"
The two of them laughed together.
"Fellas; we ain't your 'fellas', punk. Or you friends, or your pals, or your n!&& $. What we are is tired of seeing your face in our school."
"…I just got here. What exactly did I do to get you all riled up with me?"
"What did you do? You don't ask the questions here, fella. Why are you here? Why aren't you back in the USA or whatever country in Africa that you belong to?"
"I'm sorry, how is any of that your business? I just here, that's all you need to know. And I haven't done anything to you, so there's really no reason for you to act all offended by my presence. Or for me to put up with yours, for that matter."
Tai looked over to the hill those three were on, and patted Matt's shoulder to get his attention.
"Uh buddy, I think we should help."
"Oh great, those guys. This isn't going to be good."
Sora looked up in disgust at the two delinquents, one of whom was secretly reaching for a brass knuckle hidden in his back pocket. She stood up and spoke to her friends.
"Izzy, go get a teacher. You two should go help him; I think that one got something in his fist."
The two punks moved a bit closer to Colin, who calmly got up and reached for something in his bag. The thug with the hidden brass knuckles lunged out, but Colin side-stepped out of the way, and brought out a silver handball, to which the other thug laughed at his compatriot.
"Dude, it's just a bouncy ball. Way to overreact, baka!"
"Shut up man!"
"Brass knuckles, really? A bit much for a simple school yard bullying session, don't you think?"
"What's the matter, you scared of a little metal?"
"No, but little boys like you two shouldn't play rough with kids they don't know. They might be dangerous."
The two thugs gave Colin a second look over. Sure, he wasn't badly built, but there was nothing remarkable about him. At least he didn't look any more intimidating than them. Heck, he looked rather soft compared to their nose piercings and red bandanas tied around their foreheads, not to mention the scars covering their faces. All he had was the small one over his left eye.
"So you think you're all tough, huh Gaijin?"
Colin bounced his ball against the hard surface of the table he was just sitting at, catching it each time it came back towards him, no matter how far off the trajectory was. After the fifth time he did this, the brass knuckle thug lunged again.
"You're starting to piss me off!"
Colin side-stepped again, moving on top of the seat of the bench and bouncing the ball off the back of the thug's head as he hopped. The thug turned around in anger, while his friend laughed at what had just happened. Tai and Matt had come up the hill by this point, and also saw what just happened.
"I'm going to dirty you up good."
"Wow, I know I'm new here and all, but even my Japanese is better than that. 'Dirty you up good'?"
"Shut your mouth!"
He charged again, swinging three times at Colin. Each time Colin swayed just a bit out of the reach of his blows, all the while returning each failed strike with a bounce of the ball off the top of the thug's forehead. Each time he smacked the ball off the thug, he increased the power behind the throw. Tai saw the other thug start to move forward, and came up in front of him.
"Don't make this any worse than it is. You can get your friend to stop."
The thug smiled cruelly, before taking a shot as Tai's head.
"The mighty Kamiya, thinks he can teach us all how to get along. Buzz off, Adventure boy!"
The blow was caught by Matt, who came between the two and forced the thug's fist down to waist level before releasing and punching back.
"You could defiantly learn a thing or two, considering all the free space in that empty head of yours."
The second thug growled, not at all happy with his luck.
"Like I'm going to take advised from someone like you, Ishida. Call me what you like, I'm not scum that would betray my best friend."
Matt's eyes darkened at that last comment, but Tai came up beside him and faced the thug as well.
"What would you know about friendship? Half the times you hang around with these jerks all any of you do is smack each other about and curse each other off for the slightest fault. You like a pack of hyenas, biting and clawing at each other in private but pretending to be chums in public."
"% #$ the both of you!"
Despite the odds not being in his favor, the thug charged the two Digidestined, who smiled at each other before charging as well. Back over where Colin was waltzing around his would-be mugger…
"Hold still, you stupid &*$%#!"
"Now why would I do that, you'd just hit me with that nasty looking piece of jewelry."
Colin had moved on to striking the boy's knees and stomach with his handball, still increasing the pressure ever so slightly with each third strike. The thug was getting winded, and the bruises he was developing from the ball's constant smacks were taking their toll on his stamina. His friend was not doing any better against Tai and Matt, but didn't let it show as badly.
"The brave Digidestined, ganging up on one lone guy. Some much for being heroes."
Matt gritted his teeth as he dodged a strike meant for his gut, before countering with Tai with kicks to the thug's stomach.
"This, after you and your friend try to do the exact same thing to a new kid. I'd call you a hypocrite, but that word would likely go over your head."
"Stop this fighting, at once!"
Izzy and Sora were walking behind Shuji-sensei, whose face was steaming red with anger. Colin turned and bowed to the approaching teacher, dodging another swing from the brass knuckle thug as he did.
"Sensei, how are you?"
Izzy looked at amazement at how calm the new kid was, as was Tai when he saw him bow out of the way like it was nothing. This distracted him from his own fight, which the thug took as an opportunity to pull out a switch knife.
"Tai, pay attention!"
The thug made a lunge for Tai chest, only to be suddenly greeted by a small furry creature jumping onto his face and gnawing on his nose. Tai grasped his chest in shock at how close he had been to being stabbed, and looked at the small creature assault the attacker's face.
"Gah, get off of me, you little pest!"
Tossing the furball to the ground, he looked at it and growled when he realized what it was. The Digimon was Blue, both dark and light due to the strips that ran along its body. It had a little tail at the back of its head, which looked like a cat's head at that. That's really all it was, a bouncing head with a tail. The last defining feature this Digimon had was a blue 'M' marked on its forehead.
"What are you supposed to be?"
"My name's Wanyamon. Are you Colin's friend?"
The thug brandished a cruel smile, licking his knife as he did.
"No, I am not your Gaijin master's friend."
"Pity. Smile Fang!"
Bouncing up at an incredibly high speed, Wanyamon bit down on the thug's knife, shattering its blade. He then bounced off of the thug's hand and started to rearrange his face once more. Colin laughed, all the while dodging blows to his head, at the little Digimon's assault.
Shuji-sensei took hold of both Wanyamon and the thug, separating the two with each hand. Looking at the little furball in his right hand, he exchanged an almost warm look with him as he spoke.
"I'm going to discipline him now. Please stop mauling students' faces."
"He shouldn't say mean things about Colin, or take out knives on other students."
"I know."
He glared at the thug, who quivered under his gaze.
"You're going to be cleaning out the restrooms for months, Atsuo. Really, what is wrong with you? It's only the second day and already you're starting all sorts of nonsense."
The thug remained silent, but was clearly intimidated by the teaching holding him up like a naughty kitten. He was big enough to manage this, and the rest of the faculty regularly called Shuji-sensei over just to be present in class when they were teaching a particularly rowdy group. Wanyamon wiggled free of his grasp after a few minutes, and bounced in the direction of Colin's fight.
"What about him?"
Colin's opponent was on his knees, panting greatly, while Colin himself was just calmly bouncing his handball up and down, like nothing had just happened.
"Well Choukichi, had enough of making a fool of yourself?"
The boy didn't answer, and instead of waiting Shuji-sensei walked over and picked him up by his armpit, half supporting and restraining him at the same time.
"Off we go then, the detention room will be getting early use this semester. A pity, really."
Before he went, he turned around and looked at Colin. The look was neither warm nor cold, but there was authority behind it.
"Next time, call a teacher, and don't engage them yourself."
"I'll try to remember that," said Colin with a smile, though Wanyamon had a feeling that he'd 'forget' to do that if any repeats of today occurred. He turned around and found Tai and Matt standing beside him, Tai beaming with happiness.
"Wow, you really know how to handle yourself! And here I thought you'd need our help."
"The gesture is appreciated, and I doubt that I could take on two guys at once."
He noticed Matt scoff off on the side, but ignored it and held out his hand to Tai, who shook it. He then did the same to Matt, though they both hesitated in carrying it out. Sora and Izzy then came up the hill as well, Izzy noticing Wanyamon bouncing over to Colin's leg.
"Hey there, we had class earlier."
"…yes we did. You're Takenouchi-san, right?"
"Please, just call me Sora."
She looked at Tai and Matt, and gave them a look. They realized that they hadn't introduced themselves properly, and Tai laughed in embarrassment as he realized this.
"Right, where are my manners? My name's Kamiya Tai, but you can just call me Tai."
"You got in-between Kokawa and I back in class. Do you normally go looking for trouble, or do you just have a hero complex?"
Tai was taken aback by the boy's ungrateful attitude, only to be greeted with his arm landing on his shoulders and having Colin laugh heartily.
"I'm just messing with you, thanks for that man. Nice to know someone isn't docile around here."
"Uh, no problem," replied Tai, smiling back at him. Colin saw Izzy wave a little, trying to get his attention.
"My name's Koushiro Izumi, but I rather you just call me Izzy. Is that your Digimon partner there?"
Colin saw Izzy pointing at Wanyamon, who was scarfing down some of his fries.
"Why yes it is…HEY! When did it become okay to eat my food without asking?!"
"I only got a hotdog, so I'm still hungry. Besides, you never eat your fries, and it's not like I'm touching your burger!"
Colin disengaged from resting on Tai's shoulders to trying to pry his partner off of his tray.
"This little furball with no manners is Wanyamon. I take you guys have your own Digimon then?"
Matt couldn't believe how out of it this kid was. Really, they don't know about us over in the U.S.?
"You could say that, yes."
Colin focused on Matt after he spoke.
"Ishida-san, right?"
"That's my name."
"Matt!"
Sora nudged her boyfriend in the arm, causing him to rub it as he spoke again.
"Ishida Yamato, or Matt, at your service. Pleased to meet you."
"Likewise. So, what do you guys do around here for fun?"
Tai and Izzy spoke up first.
"Oh you know, go to the movies, play some soccer-"
"-hit up the arcade, hang out in the park. You know, the usual fun things."
"Any of you guys into karaoke?"
The four of them looked at him in amused shock. Izzy spoke for all of them.
"Not really, are you?"
"He, yeah I am actually. I wasn't at first, but my girlfriend got me into it. It's a little fun, I'll admit."
"Ah, that's so sweet."
Sora gave Matt a little look out of the corner of her eye, and he shivered as he knew what it meant. Great, now she's going to reference him whenever she tries to get me to go to one of her things. Thanks a lot, new kid.
"Though now she hates it when do it."
"Oh, why's that?"
"Let's just say I attracted unnecessary attention to myself."
"I know the feeling," said Sora, not even looking at Matt as she said this, though he knew she was referring to some his fans from his last concert. He didn't need to be reminded of the argument they had over that fiasco.
Damn it new kid, would you kindly shut your trap?!
"I take you know how to sing then?" asked Izzy, who seemed more interested than either Tai or Matt had thought he'd be.
"Well I'm not horrible, but obviously I don't have my own band or anything. Hence karaoke."
"You think you could teach me? I mean if you're not too busy with moving in or anything."
"Sure, want to start tomorrow? I already know a place you can practice at."
Looking down at his watch, Colin saw that the lunch period was almost over. Stuffing the half-eaten burger in his mouth, he scooped up his bag and Wanyamon, placing the Digimon on his head, and rushed down the hill. He turned and waved as he ran backwards into the school
"Sea youse guyz laser, I gos do geb do klass (See you guys later, I got to get to class)!"
Tai, Sora and Izzy smiled and waved back, while Matt gave a half-hearted wave back.
Once inside, Colin turned a corner and entered a restroom. Seeing that no one else was inside, he placed Wanyamon on a clean part of the sink and spoke to him.
"So, how's the pen with the other Digimon?"
"Not as bad as a pet store, but by Baihumon is it small. Or at least I could do without the ceiling."
"How'd you get out, anyway?"
"Digimon has to have some secrets, doesn't he?"
"Okay fine, be that way. Head on back there if you're going to be all rude and what not."
"Maybe I will."
In a playful angry mood, Wanyamon hopped off the sink and went for door. As he pushed it open, he looked back at his partner and smiled.
"So, what do you think? Of them I mean."
"They're all right. Kind of want to kick he blond one, but I'll let it slide."
The Digimon bounced out the door laughing a little, causing few other students to look at it with amused looks as it headed back to where the school kept Digimon partners.
/Odaiba Middle School Library, 10:45 (Present)
"Okay, I'm here. What's the big deal?"
Kazuko looked up from her book and brought a finger to her lips, motioning for Davis to be quiet.
"We are in a library, keep it down."
"Ah, no one cares about that in here. Besides, I'm not being that loud."
Obnoxious much?
"Okay look, you pick out at least two copies of the novel and compare them. I'm doing the same right now."
"Why would I need to get two copies, isn't one enough?"
"Some writers leave stuff out, so it's the best way to make sure you're not missing anything important."
"Fine, whatever."
They went about reading like this for quite a while. Davis had to force himself not to get sidetrack by other things, mostly his ideas of how to woo Kari. Maybe in about a month I should invite her over to the restaurant. I'd have one of the waiters deliver a message to her, and she could ask for what she wanted, and I make it for her. Her taste buds won't even know what hit them. And then maybe after that-
"Yo, Davis."
He jerked from his daydream to find Kazuko sitting across from him, staring at him.
"Oh, look whose back from la-la land. How far are you?"
"I'm pretty far, actually."
"Really; How far is 'pretty far'?"
"…the fifth page of chapter 1."
"Davis!"
"Shush, we're in library."
A small smile crept on to her face, which she immediately regretted when Davis pointed it out and smiled in return.
"Hah, so you can smile. Well what do you know."
"Buzz off."
Something went off, and after Davis checked to see that it wasn't his phone, his digivice or his D-Terminal, Kazuko went into her bag and checked as well. She paused as she realized that it was her D-Arc. Well he already knows, I might as well. Taking it out, she read the message that popped up on a holographic screen.
-Two Digimon are engaging each other in the Daiba district, by the Fuji TV Studios. One of them emerged from a portal and immediately started fighting one of the locals. Resolve it quickly-
"What's it say?"
"Nothing. Keep reading, I'll be right back."
"It's another Digimon attack isn't it? You know I can help you with that."
It would defeat the purpose of us being here if you got involved.
"You mean like last night, when Veemon got trounced in under a minute?"
"We didn't know what we were getting into. Now we do."
She paused and looked at him, before speaking again.
"Fine, go get Veemon and meet me back here."
"Alright then."
As soon as he was out the door, Kazuko made for the window and jumped out of it. That was way too easy. Davis saw her leap from the other side of the door, having had a feeling that she was trying to get rid of him. Alright, I got too be quick about this if I want to catch up. Davis turned to dash for the Digimon pen.
/Daiba District, Minato 11:30
"So dumb boy and Bluemon not coming, dakka dakka?"
"I didn't tell them where I was headed, and I got a good lead on them, so no. And don't call Davis dumb, it's not nice."
"Fine, dakka."
She knew that she would be skipping a class or two right about now, but if she didn't respond to her D-Arc's message people could get hurt. Riding down the streets on her bike, she saw where the two Digimon were battling the ahead of her by the energy crescents flying up behind some buildings.
"That's got to be them up ahead. Let's go, Monmon!"
Placing her D-Arc on belt, a more mechanical belt formed around it and she attached her digivice inside.
"Digi-Tama…HENSHIN!"
Her armor formed instantly, causing some of the other drivers on the road to stare in shock, before regaining control of their cars after nearly driving off the road. Turning onto the plaza that the Digimon were located, Kazuko saw a Snimon assaulting a Tuskmon, as well as a few bystanders with either Otamamon or Vi-Elecmon partners.
"Twin Sickles!"
"Horn Buster!"
The purple energy crescents clashed with the charging energy tusks. Kazuko sped down the plaza to get in-between them, slashing a card through her belt before she got to close.
Digi-Modify: Digivolution Activate!
Monmon…digivolve to… Hookmon! Have at thee!
Standing on the back part of the bike, Hookmon fired off two attacks quickly at both of the Digimon.
"Liquid Bullets! Captain's Cannon!"
Hookmon hit Tuskmon with a barrage of water bullets and Snimon with a giant blue cannonball. Kazuko swerved her bike around 90 degrees so that she could face the two Digimon.
"What the hell are you two doing?!"
The Snimon glared in her direction.
"What's it to you, cosplayer."
Digi-Modify: Gargomon Activate!
"Tamer Pelting, Gargo Pellets!"
Striking Snimon with multiple green pellets in rapid succession, Kazuko didn't stop until he dropped to the ground. She asked him once again.
"Answer my question; what do you think you're doing?"
"These are virus Digimon, and it's my job to eliminate them. You should be able to understand that, you're a human. These Digimon are a risk to you."
"That's a lie!"
Kazuko turned her head in the direction of the voice, seeing a small girl coming up besides Tuskmon and hugging one of his hind legs. The little girl stared briefly at the grounded Snimon, but when it returned the look with an intense glare she turned to the armored-Tamer.
"He just came out of some green circle in the air and started attacking my partner, as well as Touma-chan and Mio-chan's partners, calling them 'viruses'. But we don't feel sick around them, and they've done nothing wrong."
"That's not how Virus Digimon work, runt! They're vicious manipulative plagues dedicated to making the lives of others around them miserable."
"That's not true, Tuskmon wouldn't do that!"
"Really? Then why do your parents seem to hate him?"
The little girl was shocked by this.
"How do you know what my parents feel about-"
"Isn't it true, that when you first got him as a Vi-Elecmon he supercharged your mother's hairdryer and it almost burnt off her hair, let alone her face?"
"So he was a little naughty at first, but since then he's cha-"
"Damaged property at your school, bullied other rookie Digimon, thrown you off of him multiple times…"
Tuskmon pawed at the ground a couple of times, ignoring the conversation and seemingly ready to charge at any moment. Snimon used this as further evidence.
"Virus Digimon are not meant to be partners with children. I don't know how such a mistake was made, but I'm here to correct it."
"Azulongmon doesn't make mistakes, heretic," said Kazuko, who had heard enough from the overgrown pray mantis and once again aimed her gun at him. "These Digimon are their partners, end of discussion. They're behavior can be changed, they can be taught to behave. Your overzealous approach is not appreciated or allowed here."
Snimon's sickles glowed purple, not at all deterred by Kazuko's threat.
"Twin Sickles!"
He fired two purple energy crescents towards Tuskmon, who brushed off his partner and dashed forward.
"Slamming Tusk!"
Covering his fist with an intense red flame, he punched one of the oncoming energy crescents, shattering it into harmless fragments. The other crescent was still not so harmless, and having missed it with his blow Tuskmon felt it rip through his tendon. Brought down to one knee, he looked up to see Snimon fly towards him.
"Slamming Attac-"
"Tamer Pelting, Gargo Pellets!"
Snimon fell off to the side, and as he got up he saw the Chrome-Tamer running towards him, gun raised. She got as far as Tuskmon when the wounded Digimon repaid her saving his hide with ingratitude.
"Horn Buster!"
Taking the full brunt of the attack to her chest, Kazuko was forced backwards through he air and tumbled around on the ground before managing to stop. The little girl shouted at her partner.
"Why'd you do that, she was helping you!"
"Quiet! I don't need her help!"
"Captain's Cannon!"
A mystical blue cannonball struck Tuskmon, weakening him further. Hookmon came over to Kazuko's side and glared in Tuskmon's direction.
"Don't you dare do that again!"
Turning to Kazuko, Hookmon quietly whispered to her.
"Why are we bothering with this? We try to help these Digimon and they attacking in return."
"If we don't stop them, more people just trying to mind their own business will get hurt in their selfish fight. You know this already."
"Yeah, but still…"
Hookmon looked up suddenly to see a orb of water suddenly materialize above them. She patted Kazuko and they both dived out of the way as it came crashing down where they had just been. Looking ahead, they saw an Otamamon crawling alongside Tuskmon, and it was beginning to glow.
Otamamon…digivolve to…Gekomon!
In place of the blue tadpole Digimon stood a bipedal frog with a trumpet twisted around its neck. Its eyes' were deranged, showing that this Digimon wasn't all together there. It managed to somehow focus its eyes into a glare in the direction of Kazuko and Hookmon.
"You shouldn't have done that! Now we're going to have to delete you and the bug!"
"Who's a bug? Twin Sickles!"
Striking at the back of the Gekomon, Snimon smiled as the frog flew over into a nearby statue and smacked against it painfully. Returning his attention to the Tuskmon, he charged his attack again.
"Now to deal with you! Twin Sick-"
Veemon, Armor-Digivolve to…Raidramon, the Storm of Friendship! Grahh!
"Who-"
"Thunder Blast!"
Arching off of the charging Digimon's horn, lighting struck Snimon and smacked him down onto the ground. Kazuko turned to see Davis riding in on his partner. He faced her and smiled, being greeted in turn by an emotionless metal mask. Under the mask, Kazuko was both fuming with annoyance and a little relieved.
Azulongmon darn it, how'd he follow me?!
The Gekomon had recovered slightly, and saw Raidramon running in the direction of Snimon and Tuskmon. It didn't seem to have noticed how Raidramon had just saved his friend a moment ago.
"Symphony Crusher!"
Sound waves flew towards Davis and Raidramon, Raidramon only managing to see the attack moments before it struck. The two of them were forced to try and clasp their ears in pain, Davis being more successful due to actually having arms and hands still.
"Ow, where'd that come from?!"
Falling off the back of his partner, Davis saw the Gekomon preparing another attack.
"Symphony Crusher!"
"Captain's Cannon!"
Hookmon moved between the sound wave and the Digidestined, firing her mystic cannonball so that it clash with the wave and disperse it. Davis was more than a little thankful to the pirate Digimon, running over and hugging her from behind.
"Thanks pal, you're a life saver!"
Hookmon shrugged him off and pointed her hook at Snimon, who was struggling to recover.
"Less gratitude, more action. You two take care of Tuskmon. Kaz- Sniper and I will deal with Snimon and that idiot Gekomon!"
"Tamer Shooting!"
Kazuko started blasting Snimon with blue energy bolts, forcing the Digimon back about 5 feet with each strike. Hitting a button on her Digivice, a portal appeared behind Snimon just as it had with Cyclonemon. The Snimon saw this, though he didn't seem to worried.
"I am not going back just yet!"
Raising up one of his sickles, Kazuko saw a green card appear above it floating. She quickly aimed her pistol at it, but Snimon had already slashed it in half and absorbed the data released from it.
"Digi-Modify!"
Digi-Chrome Skin Activate!
Snimon suddenly took on a metallic appearance, and dropped to the ground with a thud, creating a crater where he did and with his sickles imbedded in the pavement. Kazuko realized what the card had done.
"So, you think making yourself heavier is going to keep me from booting your butt back home?"
Taking out a card from her pack, she slashed it through her Digivice.
Digi-Modify: Vademon Saucer Activate!
Her pistol took on a sci-fi alien's ray gun look. Aiming it at Snimon's head, she fired.
"Tamer Shooting: Tractor Beam Pull!"
A beam of light, like those from an alien UFO, engulfed the metallic Snimon, and after a bit of resistance tugged him free, sending him hurling towards Kazuko. Growling, he brought his sickles together and grinded them against one another before launching his attack.
"Twin Sickles!"
Dodging out of the way of both energy crescents, Kazuko squeezed the trigger on her gun again in the middle of a flip.
"Tractor Beam Reverse!"
Snimon was launched backwards at high-speed towards the portal. He screamed out of shock, but was going to have a more legitimate reason for howling in a moments, as Kazuko dismissed her earlier card with a push of a button and aimed her pistol at Snimon once more.
"Tamer…Shooting!"
Striking Snimon five times with blue energy bolts in the form of a star, Kazuko turned away as Snimon de-digivolved back to a Tentomon and was blasted back through the portal.
"Electric Bite!"
Raidramon bit down hard on Tuskmon's arm, forcing him down onto his knees. Any interference he would have found from Gekomon was being routed by Hookmon.
"Symphony Crush-"
"Liquid Bullets!"
The Digidestined girl partnered with Tuskmon ran over to Davis, shouting angrily.
"Don't hurt him, he didn't mean to attack anyone!"
Davis gave her a sympathetic look, while Chrome-Tamer Sniper came over and stared down at the girl.
"Power him down, the Digimon attacking him is gone."
"I can't, I don't know how!"
Kazuko wasn't in the mood for the long, kind way of explaining it to her, so she settled for the angry quick way: shouting.
"Listen to me! This happened because you failed to take charge of your Digimon's behavior. Tell it to de-digivolve, and it will. You have to mean it for him to obey."
The girl started to cry a little, but nodded and turned to the struggling Tuskmon.
"Vi, you have to stop this right now. Go back to being the cute little rabbit you were before, the mean bugs gone."
"Beat it kid! I'm kind of busy right now!"
"Electric Bite!"
Raidramon sent more electricity coursing into Tuskmon, who howled out in pain. Davis cautioned his partner.
"Careful buddy, we don't want to delete him."
The girl stomped her foot, gripping her first generation Digivice tightly in one hand.
"Tuskmon, I said STOP IT! DE-DIGIVOLVE NOW!"
Tuskmon looked over at his angry little partner, and started to shimmer before returning to the form of Vi-Elecmon, purple and yellow and not as large. Raidramon let go the minute he started to shrink, before running over to Davis' side and doing the same.
The little girl ran over and hugged her partner, who didn't really struggle but clearly didn't enjoy her grasp as much as she did his. Hookmon saw another child looking at her warily, and came to the conclusion that the Gekomon she had wrestled to the ground was the child's partner. She eyed the squirming gecko fiercely.
"Are you going to wait for your partner to say it, or do you have the brains to power down yourself?"
Apparently having them, the Gekomon reverted to Otamamon and crawled over to its own partner, staring at Hookmon fearfully out of the corner of its eyes.
Davis breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at Kazuko, who made no visible cue that suggested she was returning the smile. Instead, she went over to her bike and climbed on, not saying a word to Davis as she did.
Sheesh, not so much as a thank you.
Hookmon de-digivolved back to Monmon and hopped on the back of Kazuko's bike, before the two of them sped off. Davis watched them go for a while before realize a minor issue.
"Oh no, I'm going to be way late for my last class. Veemon, why did you revert so soon?!"
"Hey, the fight was over, I thought we were going to hitch a ride with her again!"
"Well then why didn't you say something?!"
"I thought you knew!"
Kazuko could hear the two of them bicker for a little while as she sped off, smiling a little under her mask as she drove.
Alright, for an obnoxious lazy bum he's kind of nice to have around. I shouldn't get too used to his help though. Still, he knows how to make an entrance.
FanAuthor's Note: That's it for now, don't expect more from this story for a while