CHAPPIE THREE – SOCCER GAMES AND REVELATIONS

"Ginny, I can't believe you told them who we were?! What if one of us lets it slip?! We can't risk that!" Ron cried, slamming his fist against the kitchen table in their apartment.

"Oh, shut up, Ronald! It was your idea to tell them a name in the first place!" she snapped.

Ron said nothing, but huffed. His sister was right. Then again, she always was.

"I like the fact that we're known as who we really are," Hermione declared, holding her coffee cup up to her lips.

"Yeah, sure, whatever. Hey, you guys want to come to the championship soccer game today?" Harry asked excitedly, stuffing a few extra pieces of equipment into his duffle bag.

"No thanks."

"I've gotta go grocery shopping," Ginny added.

Harry was appalled. "But it's the championship! You can't miss this, even Ron's going!"

Ginny sighed and rolled her eyes. "Ron's the assistant coach.

Hel-lo! Besides, do you want to eat or not?"

Harry narrowed his eyes and tightened his sneaker laces with vigor.

Hermione looked at Ron, pointed at Harry, and did the cuckoo sign by her head.

"Hey!" Ginny cried.

Harry looked up, saw no particular problem, shrugged, and left, Ron jogging behind him.

As Ichigo made her way to the bleachers with Mimi, Sora, Kari, Pudding, Lettuce, Joe, Izzy, and reluctant Zakuro and Mint, she couldn't help but feel…well, peculiar. Like something was about to go wrong.

"Hey, Ichigo, are you okay?" Mimi asked.

"Huh?" The brunette's girly voice had snapped Ichigo out of her stupor.

"I asked if you were okay," Mimi repeated, her voice filled with concern. (A/N: What?! Her crest is that of sincerity, am I right?)

Ichigo waved a hand. "It's nothing. Let's find some seats."

The group headed out in search of ten seats next to each other.

Joe squeezed in next to Lettuce, and the two of them worried about the well being of the players for the whole first half. Everyone thought they were perfect for each other.

Izzy sat on the end, next to Mint, and was hooked up to the Internet until halftime. Mint seemed genuinely interested in what he was doing. Again, another perfect couple. (A/N: Tee hee hee!)

Right before the third quarter, Kari turned pale and whipped her head around.

"What is it, Kari?" Pudding asked.

"I get the feeling there's going to be trouble," she said gravely.

Sora laughed. "We're at a soccer game! What could happen?"

The sky suddenly opened, with bright lights and a ribbon of numbers. Just like a portal.

"Oh, I hate it when I'm right!" Kari wailed, throwing herself into the arms of a stunned Zakuro.

Several large monsters (for lack of better words) landed (again, for lack of better words) on the green turf of the soccer field, causing the spectators to either stand in awe, or wig out.

Jets of brightly colored light shot across the stadium and figures in black hooded robes and skull masks appeared out of thin air.

And then, of course, Kish just had to show up with the kirema animas.

This caused the other TMM girls to look at each other and exchange nods. They were ready to fight.

MEANWHILE…

In the locker room, Tai tightened the laces on his cleats as the coach gave them his usual halftime pep talk.

"Okay. I understand that last year you weren't exactly good, but this year we're faster and stronger. We just need to - "

"Harry, shut up! You sound like Wood!" Ron snapped. He turned to the team. "Okay. You may have stunk last year, but this time around we have a strong defense (Masaya and Davis high fived each other) an incredible offence (Tai gave TK a noogie and their right wing companion Maddie hugged them both) and a bloody good keeper (at this, Matt clapped his gloved hands and called, "Wahoo!"). This time we'll CRUSH THEM!"

The whole team cheered and prepared themselves to get going again.

It was then that they heard the screams from outside.

Harry and Ron exchanged stunned glances and ran outside.

TK, Tai, and Matt followed, Digi-Vices in tow, and digimon (which had been hidden in Tai's duffle bag) under their arms.

"Argh! Malfoy, let go of me!" Ginny cried, struggling against the blonde's tight grab.

He let out a sinister chuckle and tightened his grip on her waist. "I don't think so, Weaslette. The Dark Lord has use for you."

Ginny was hit with a creepy feeling of uneasiness. "What did you do with the others?"

"Your idiot brother, Potter, and the Mudblood haven't been found."

Ginny breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yet."

This horrified Ginny.

Malfoy grabbed the belt loop on the back of her jeans and tossed her into the back of a Toyota.

He climbed into the driver's seat and locked the doors. "No escape now, Weaslette." Then, stupidly, he opened the sun roof for some fresh air.

What a bad move.

As they pulled out of the parking lot, Ginny did something very brave and very stupid: She jumped out the sunroof.

Malfoy let go of the wheel and tried to pull her back down, but the whole stunt was for nothing. Ginny had gotten away.

She hit the ground hard and did something to her ankle. It slowed her down a bit, but she kept moving.

Malfoy regained control of the vehicle, but drove away, seeing as Ginny was being swarmed by fellow shoppers who saw what happened.

The first person that decided to help was a kindly woman with friendly brown eyes and light brown hair that was pulled into a sloppy ponytail. The woman extended her hand. "I'm Maya Yagami. What happened?"

Ginny didn't really know where to start. "Well, uh, I'm Ginny Weasly. My brother and my roommates just moved here from England, and when I finished grocery shopping, this really disgusting guy, Draco Malfoy, tried to kidnap me for his boss."

Mrs. Yagami nodded and helped the younger woman into the passenger seat of a Sedan. "Are you of any relation to Ronald Weasly? Is he your brother?"

Ginny nodded.

"That's a coincidence! He's my son's assistant soccer coach!" Mrs. Yagami exclaimed.

"Oh? Who's your son?"

"Taichi. He really loves the game."

Ginny grinned. "He's left wing, isn't he?"

Mrs. Yagami nodded.

"He's great at it!"

"Why, thank you! Do you need a ride to the stadium?"

Ginny didn't even think. "Yes please!"

After a quick, ten minute ride, Ginny hopped out of the car at the field. She thanked Mrs. Yagami for the ride and ran towards the stadium (well, more like limped quickly).

When she got there she found it was empty. "Wow, that's creepy," she thought.

There was a quiet murmur from near the locker rooms, so Ginny went toward it.

As she got closer, she realized it was a few of the soccer team kids, Harry, Ron, Hermione, and a bunch of other kids, moping around.

"Hey guys! You look like you've lost your best friends, what happened?" she asked.

They all stared up at her solemnly.

"Ginny, there was an incident here just a few minutes ago," Harry said quietly.

"Oh, Merlin, what happened?"

"The Death Eaters attacked, this time helped by these things called Digimon and kirema animas. And these people are the only ones who can help stop them."