Chapter 3
Last time: Kari and Ryo begin their assignment.
Summary: The kids make it to the halfway point of their assignment.
Two weeks had past since the kids started the project. Everyone was doing fine. Each group had worked though their own problems. TK and Jeri were doing find as well as Takato, Davis and Kazu. They managed to work out a system and get along. Ken and Yo lei were doing fine as well as Henry and Alice. Rika and Kenta were the only ones having a hard time getting along. Everyone was at school outside eating lunch. "So how's the project going?" TK asked the group. No one answered.
"Not good huh." TK said.
"Can we talk about something else TK?" Davis asked.
"Sure." TK answered.
"At least we're half way through this dumb assignment." Kazu said.
"Kazu." Everyone snapped at him.
"What?" He asked.
"Drop it." Everyone yelled at him. Kazu immediately stopped talking.
"Yeah soon this will be over with and everything will go back to normal." Takato said.
"I don't know about that Takato." Jeri said. Takato looked over at his friends. He noticed a few of the partnered couples have been getting closer together. "You don't think they're be dating eventually will they?" Takato asked Jerri. Jerri laughed.
"Takato nothing is going to change between us." Jeri said referring to the group.
"I know." Takato said. He looked back at his other friends.
"Alright Kenta your turn." Rika said. Kenta nodded and took the baby from Rika.
"Time to go." Kenta said.
"Where are you two going?" Takato asked.
"Class." Rika said.
"Why is Kenta taking the baby?" Jeri asked.
"Yeah I didn't see you with it all morning?" Takato said.
"We switch days." Kenta responded.
"But you didn't have it yesterday." Takato said.
"Then it's every other week." Kenta said.
"Right, Rika told me about that." Jeri said.
"But." Takato said.
"Drop it." Rika yelled at him.
"Sorry." Takato responded.
"We better get going too." Davis said to Takato. Kazu was standing next to him. Takato nodded and joined them. Davis was holding their doll.
"See you later Jeri." Takato said. Jeri waved before talking to the remaining girls.
"What's up with the rest of you?" She asked.
"Apparently back to class." Yolei said.
"Already?" Jeri asked.
"Yep." Alice said.
"Ok." Jeri said. She grabbed her bag and the doll and followed the others back inside. At the end of the day everyone had met in front of the school.
"So what's everyone up to this time?" Kari asked.
"Not much." Davis said.
"So pretty much the usual." Henry said. Everyone stopped and laughed.
"Well we got to go." Kari said referring to her and Ryo.
"Where are you two going?" Ken asked.
"My house." Ryo answered.
"Oh yeah you two setting the crib up at his house." Kazu said.
"Yep." Ryo answered.
"Good luck." Kenta said.
"Thanks" Ryo said.
"We better get going." Kari said. Ryo nodded.
"See you guys later." Rika said.
"See ya." Ryo said. The walked away from the group towards Ryo's house. The two walked to his apartment in silence. They reached his place to find his mother home.
"Hi mom." Ryo greeted.
"Hi Ryo, Kari. His mother said.
"Hi Mrs. Akiyama." Kari said.
"How are things Kari?" Mrs. Akiyama asked.
"Good." Kari answered.
"We'll be in my room doing homework." Ryo said.
"Door open." Mrs. Akiyama said.
"Let's go." Ryo said to Kari. He lead her down the hall to his room. The two went into his room. Kari looked around. She noticed the mess on the floor.
"Sorry about the mess." Ryo said.
"It's not that bad." Kari said.
"Oh, good then." Ryo said.
"Tai's room is worse." Kari said. Ryo laughed. Kari took at seat on the bed. Ryo walked over and joined her. Kari noticed a video game box on the night stand. "Digimon." She read.
"You have that game at your house right?" Ryo asked.
"Tai does, we play it all the time." Kari answered.
"Who do you guys play as?" Ryo asked.
"He's Agumon, I'm Gatomon. You?" Kari said.
"Cyberdramon." Ryo answered.
"Isn't he hard to control?" Kari asked.
"He is. It took me a while to learn how to." Ryo answered.
"Gatomon wasn't that bad." Kari said.
"Yeah she's at an easier level. I went for a challenge."Ryo said. "Of course you would. Tai was lazy and picked Agumon." Kari said.
"Agumon is the easiest rookie digimon to play." Ryo said.
"Yeah, I know." Kari said.
"Let's play a little." Ryo suggested.
"Sure, once we set up." Kari said.
"Right." Ryo said.
"Tai helped me with it last night." Kari said.
"Good. I set up an area for the project." Ryo said. Kari nodded.
"Play digimon with anyone?" Ryo asked as he cleared an area by his bed.
"No not really. Sometimes with Tai and his friends." Kari said.
"Who does he play with?" Ryo asked.
"Matt, Joe, Izzy, Sora, Mimi and TK." Kari said.
"TK is Matt's brother right?" Ryo asked. Kari nodded.
"Davis, Yolei, Cody and Ken sometimes join us." Kari said.
"Cody?" Ryo asked.
"Yolei and TK's neighbor." Kari answered.
"Never met him." Ryo said.
"He's only eight but he's a good kid." Kari said.
"Hmm I'll have to meet him some time." Ryo said.
"You should. He's nice and well mannered." Kari said.
"Sounds like a good kid." Ryo said.
"What about you?" Kari asked.
"I play with Takato, Henry, Rika, Jeri, Kazu and Kenta. We call ourselves tamers." Ryo answered.
"Tamers?" Kari asked.
"It was Takato's idea. What's your group called?" Ryo said.
"Digidestined. It was Tai's idea." Kari said.
"Not bad." Ryo said.
"Yours isn't so bad either." Kari said.
"You know when we play this will be the firs time a digidestine and a tamer played together." Ryo said. Kari nodded in agreement.
"This should be interesting." Ryo said. Kari nodded.
"And we're done." Kari said.
"Not bad." Ryo said.
"Quicker than last time." Kari said.
"Yep, but the first time we were figuring it out." Ryo said. Kari nodded.
"Ready to play?" Ryo asked. Kari nodded.
"Alright." Ryo said. Ryo grabbed the game from the table. He quickly set up the game and gave Kari a controller. The two logged into their accounts. Small avatars of them popped up on the screen. Kari was wearing a pink and white sleeveless shirt with pink fingerless gloves, yellow knee length shorts, white sneakers and white socks. Ryo had on a green shirt, khakis, boots and a pair of gloves.
"What digivice do you use?" Kari asked
"D-power. You?" Ryo answered.
"D-3." Kari answered.
"Ok who should we fight?" Ryo asked.
"Let's see." Kari said.
"How about the digimon emperor?" Ryo asked.
"Sure." Kari said. Ryo nodded and started the game. The two played the game for about an hour. They ended the game once they freed the captured digimon. "Who knew a kid enemy could be so smart." Kari said.
"Not me." Ryo said.
"It's getting late. I should probably go."Kari said.
"I'll walk you home." Ryo said.
"Ok." Kari said.
"Don't forget the baby." Kari said as she picked up her bag.
"I won't." Ryo said picked up the doll.
"Heading out?" Roy's mom asked. Kari nodded.
"Come again soon." Roy's mom said.
"You walking her home?" She asked her son.
"Yeah." Ryo answered.
"Be safe." She said.
"I will." Ryo answered.
"Come on let's go." He said to Kari. Kari nodded and followed him out the door.
"You know you din't have to walk me home." Kari said to Ryo.
"I know." Ryo said.
"So why?" Kari asked.
"I wanted to." Ryo answered.
"Thanks." Kari said.
"No problem." Roy said. The two walked the rest of the way in silence. The two made it to Kari's apartment building with no problem.
"Want me to walk you up?" Ryo asked.
"If you want." Kari said. Ryo nodded and the two went inside. They went to the elevator and up to Kari's floor.
"Here we are." Ryo said. Kari opened her purse and pulled out her keys.
"Thanks for walking me home." Kari said.
"Anytime." Ryo said.
"See you at school." Kari said.
"Yes." Ryo said. He leaned in to kiss Kari. The front door swung open and Tai poked his head out. He noticed the younger boy trying to kiss his sister.
"Kari good you're home." He said. The two did not hear him.
"KARI!" He yelled.
"What?" She answered.
"Mom wants you inside." Tai said. Kari rolled her eyes.
"Is he serious?" Roy asked.
"Not sure, but I better go." Kari said. Ryo nodded.
"See you at school." He said. Kari waved and walked past her brother. Tai watched her go inside.
"Hey, Akiyama." Tai called out to Ryo.
"Hi Tai." Roy said.
"What's up with you?" Tai asked.
"Just walking Kari home from my place." Ryo said. "Were you just trying to make a move on my sister?" Tai asked.
"Maybe." Roy answered.
"Well don't." Tai said.
"Sorry." Ryo said.
"Good." Tai said.
"See you around Tai." Ryo said.
"Later." Tai said. Ryo waved and left.
"What was that about?" Kari asked her brother.
"Stuff." Tai said.
"Like what?" Kari asked.
"Nothing." Tai said.
"Tai." Kari said not believing him.
"Fine guy stuff." Tai answered.
"Like what?" Kari asked.
"Do you like Ryo?" Tai asked.
"Yeah he's a good friend." Kari answered.
"No not like that." Tai responded.
"What do you mean? " Kari asked.
"Do you like like him?" Tai asked.
"Huh?" Kari asked.
"As a possible boyfriend." Tai answered.
"Well no, I don't think he sees me as his girlfriend. I don't know, he is a nice guy and fun to be with." Kari said.
"Would you go out with him if he asked?" Tai asked. Kari thought for a minute.
"Not sure." Kari said. "Never mind." Tai said.
"Tai." Kari said.
"Yeah?" He asked.
"Are you ok?" Kari asked. Tai didn't answer and went inside the apartment. Kari followed him not saying anything else. After a couple of more weeks, the project was finally due. Everyone was in class ready to turn in their babies and their project. Jeri and Tk were checking over their project to make sure everything was done correctly. TK was going over the report while Jeri was making sure they hand everything for the baby ready to hand in. Yolei and Ken, and Henry and Alice were doing the same thing. Takato, Davis and Kazu were at the point of not caring and just wanted to hand everything in. Kenta and Rika were also feeling the same way.
"Think we're all set?" Yolei asked Ken. Ken nodded.
"We better, I don't want to fail this." Yolei said.
"Don't worry we won't." Ken said. Yolei nodded.
"I think we're good." Jeri said to TK.
"I think so too." TK said.
"We did better than some groups." Jeri said. TK nodded in agreement.
"Others are doing fine like us." TK said. The two looked at the rest of their friends.
"Well we should be all set." Kari said to Ryo. Ryo only nodded.
"Ryo?" Kari asked.
"Yes." He said.
"Did my brother say anything to scare you?" Kari asked.
"Well he told me to watch myself around you." Ryo said. Kari rolled her eyes.
"Was because of the kiss?" Kari asked.
"How did you know about that?" Ryo asked.
"I was there, we almost kissed." Kari said.
"Oh right." Ryo said.
"We never talked about it did we?" Kari asked.
"No we didn't." Ryo answered.
"We can't ignore it forever." Kari said.
"I know." Ryo said.
"So what do we do?" She asked.
"Not sure." He said.
"What are you two talking about?" Rika asked from in front of them. She was now turned around facing them. Kenta was busy drawing in his notebook.
"So what's up?" Rika asked again.
"It's nothing Rika." Kari said.
"If you say so." Rika said and turned back around.
"We should talk about this at lunch." Ryo whispered to Kari.
"Sure." Kari answered. The two remained quiet the rest of the class period. Each group passed in their dolls and their projects at the end of class. At lunch, Kari and Ryo sat alone outside under a tree. The two were eating quietly.
"There you guys are." Tk said as the group walked up to them.
"Hey guys." Kari said.
"What's up?" Ryo asked.
"We were looking for the two of you." Yolei said.
"What's going on here?" Jeri asked.
"Nothing." The two answered quickly.
"We were just talking." Ryo said.
"About what?" Tk asked.
"Nothing." Kari answered.
"Ok?" Davis said.
"Doesn't look like it." Kenta said.
"Kenta." Ryo snapped.
"Sorry." Kenta said.
"I think we're done here." Kari said.
"I agree." Ryo said. The two got up from their spot under the tree. They walked back into the school together. The rest of the group glared at Kenta.
"What?" He asked.
"You're a pain." Rika said.
"Sorry." Kenta said. Rika rolled her eyes at him.
"What?" Kenta asked. Everyone ignored him and walked away. Inside Kari and Ryo were standing at Kari's locker. She was busy grabbing her books for her afternoon classes. The two were going to go to Ryo's locker next.
"Think the others know?" Kari asked.
"About what?" Ryo asked.
"Us?" Kari said.
"Oh right, probably not yet. But if we keep sneaking around like this eventually." Ryo said. Kari nodded in agreement.
"Let's go to your locker now." Kari said grabbing her last book and closing her locker. Ryo nodded. The two walked down a bit to his locker.
"Kari, Ryo." A voice called from down the hall. The two turned around to see Jeri calling them.
"Hey Jeri." Ryo said. The two noticed she was alone.
"Where are the other?" Kari asked.
"We split up to search for you guys." Jeri answered.
"Oh." Kari said.
"We just went to our lockers to get our things for the afternoon." Ryo answered.
"Ok." Jeri said. She turned around and walked away.
"What was that about?" Kari asked.
"I guess the others were worried about us." Ryo said. Kari nodded in agreement.
"We should get to class and continue this later." Ryo said.
"When?" Kari asked.
"After school?" Ryo asked.
"Sure." Kari said.
"Let's meet out front after school." Ryo said.
"Sure." Kari said.
"Great see you then." Ryo said.
"yeah see ya." Kari said. The went off their separate ways for class. At the end of the day, Kari met up with Ryo at the front of the school.
"Where to?" Ryo asked.
"How about my place." Kari said.
"Better not, your brother doesn't like me. How about mine." Ryo said.
"Better not, Tai won't like that either. The park?" Kari said.
"Sure." Ryo said.
"Great. Let's go." Kari said. The ran off not knowing their friends were behind them.
"What was that about?" Henry asked.
"I think we missed something." Kenta said.
"I think so too." Jeri said.
"Is it me or did this assignment get them closer together?" Henry asked.
"I don't see it." Yolei said.
"It's obvious." Ken said.
"Well they did have to spend a lot of time together." Kenta said.
"And Ryo does have a crush on her." Davis stated.
"He What?" The girls asked.
"DAVIS!" The boys yelled a him.
"What?" He asked.
"Since when?" Jeri asked.
"Well for a while now, I guess." Henry answered. Well that explains why he's always looking at her in class." Rika said.
"You noticed that?" Davis asked. The girls nodded.
"You girls wouldn't happen to know how Kari feels about him would you?" Kenta asked.
"No we don't." Yolei answered.
"Darn." TK said.
"That's too bad." Kazu said.
"Uh oh." Yolei said.
"What?" Davis asked.
"Nothing." Yolei answered.
"Oh come on Yolei tell us." Kenta said. Yolei shook her head.
"Follow me, if you want to know." She said.
"Why?" TK asked.
"You'll see." Yolei said. The group followed Yolei. They peaked around the corner of the building and noticed Kari and Ryo talking to each other out front.
"Why are we spying on them?" Ken asked. Yolei didn't respond. She focused her attention on her two friends.
"Look, they're just talking to each other." Kenta said.
"Though they do seem friendlier than before." Rika stated.
"See?" Yolei said.
"Come on let's leave them be." Davis said.
"Fine." Yolei sighed. The group asked away from their hiding spot.
"Think they saw us?" Roy asked.
"Don't think so. I don't see them anywhere." Kari said.
"They could have been hiding." Ryo said. Kari nodded in agreement. The two stood there for a minute.
"I should probably go." Ryo said. Kari nodded.
"See you around?" Kari said. Roy nodded. The two went off their separate ways.
Author's notes:
~ I think I'll end it here, unless I come up with something better.