CHAPTER 4: NEW SCHOOL
Davis's PoV
"Hey T.K." I said as I entered the school and spotted my blond friend. "First day of the year again." I said and sign.
"Hey Davis. Are you a bit on a mood?" T.K asked me. Was he, an idiot? I hated school, of course I'd be upset.
"What do think man? I can't stand school, yet here I am again. I will summer vacations were longer." I said.
"Oh come on, don't be like that! Think positively. Soccer season will start again." T.K said and my eyes widened as I thought about it.
"You know, you are right. I hadn't thought of that!" He really made my mood with that reminding.
"Hey guys." Yolei said as she walked towards us. "Welcome to senior high school!" She said happily. "I'm glad that some of my old friends are on my school again. But I'm even more glad that I see some cute new guys as well." Yolei said giggling.
"You just never learn, do you?" Kari asked as she appeared beside her. "Hey guys."
"Hi Kari. So, are you excited?" T.K asked her. "New school, new friends, new experiences."
"Not as much as I expected. I mean, it doesn't look different from junior high." Kari said. Yolei giggled.
"Trust me Kari, it may look different, but it's not! Things are so much ahead than they were on junior high." She said. What's that supposed to mean?
"Let's just focus on getting good grades for starters." Kari said and I blinked.
"What are you talking about Kari? I'm going to focus on entering the soccer team. Who cares about grades?" I cheered.
"Davis, if you don't get good grades, you'll never do anything good with your life." T.K told me.
"Who cares! I'm going to become a top football player and enter one of the best clubs ever!" I said laughing, causing the others to sweetdrop.
"That's just silly Davis. I know you like football and you're pretty good, but try to get a degree just in case." Kari told me.
"Don't worry, it will be easy. I can imagine it right now. I, holding the cup and standing in the middle of the court, girls cheering and photographers fighting to get my best shot for their magazines." I said as I pictured my success.
"Ok... Davis, you'd better snap out of it, because classes start in a couple of minutes and since you are new, you must be there to know your schedule." Yolei said, forcing me back to reality.
000
Takato's PoV
I looked around nervously. I was leaning against the wall, waiting for the professor to enter the room. Everyone on this room were new to the school, but most of them, if not all, knew each other from junior high. I was the only one that wasn't conversing and just waited, which made me even more nervous than I already was. I signed as I thought that in Shinjuku, school started a week later. I could imagine Henry and the others on the park talking and having fun. God, there had been only a day and I missed them. How was I supposed to leave here for the next, I don't know, eight months?
"Hello everyone, please be quite for a moment." A woman said as she entered the big room. "I am about to tell you guys your classrooms, so listen carefully. From A to E, proceed to classroom No 15. From F to J, proceed to classroom No 16. From K to P proceed to classroom No 17 and from Q to W, proceed to classroom No 18. You will meet your professors there, and they'll explain further." She said and left the room.
"So I am on No 17. Well, let's go." I said as I made my way towards classroom No 17, following the signs. When we reached the second floor, we split in groups, heading for our classrooms. The classroom was big, with three lines of desks, and 6 desks each line. I sat on the second desk in the middle line and just waited.
"Let's sit here Kari." I heard someone saying from behind me and soon, he sat one desk behind me.
"Ok Davis, as you wish." Another, female voice, probably belonging to Kari, said.
"This place is just perfect. We are in the middle line, which means the professor will be able to see only the first on the line. We are free to do anything we like!" The boy, Davis said.
"For you, it'll probably be sleeping." The girl giggled and the other laughed nervously.
"Yeah... Anyway, it's too bad T.K ended up on a different class than ours. I wonder if they have started already..." The boy said. As he finished, a woman in her late 20s entered the class.
"Good morning class, I am Ms. Shaiko. I'll be teaching you math for the next year. Since I don't know anyone here, why don't you introduce yourselves?" She asked as she pointed on the first person on the left line. Eventually, she reached me.
"I'm Takato Matsuki." I said. Everyone was phasing me, since I was the new guy and no one knew me.
"Hm... Takato Matsuki..." She said thinking. "Are you by any chance from Shinjuku?" She asked me and I nodded puzzled. "And you had Nami Asaji as a teacher."
"Yes... How do you know that?" I asked confused.
"Oh, she's a friend of mine and she used to talk about some of her students. You were one of them. She said you and three other students were the only ones that managed to skip school without getting scolded from her. She really liked you." She said. I laughed nervously. Of course she did, we skipped school because we had to save the world... I looked around and noticed that everyone looked at me with wide eyes. Just great.
"Thanks I guess..." I said. All around me, people were whispering, and there was no doubt that they were talking about me.
The class was pretty boring. I was never good at maths anyway. It was really difficult to concentrate and a lot more to stay awake. I finally decided that it would be best to just stop listening instead of sleeping on the desk. I thought about my friends back in Shinjuku. Henry and Rika would have a card battle, while Kazu was watching. Terriermon would enjoy the sunshine and Renamon would stay up a tree and just relax. If Guilmon and I were there, things would have been slightly different. Guilmon and Terriermon would run around playing Tag, while Kazu would battle me instead of watching. I kept thinking about them, when the all too familiar sound was heard, signaling it was time for a break till the next class.
"Hello, Takato." I heard from behind me and I turned. The boy named Davis smiled at me. "I am Davis, nice to meet you." He said extending a hand. I shook it.
"Nice to meet you too." I said smiling. Well, looks like it wasn't that difficult to make new friends after all. Davis was a bit taller than I was, with long a bit afro like brown hair. He was wearing brown sneakers, black shorts, blue shirt and last but not least, a pair of goggles.
"That was pretty cool man! Skipping school and get away with it? You are awesome!" Davis told me and I laughed nervously.
"Come on now Davis." The girl that was Kari looked at me smiling. "I am Kari." She said and extended her hand. She was a bit shorter than me, with long brunette hair about her shoulder's length and brown eyes. She wore white sneakers with pinks stripes, white shorts and a yellow-pinkish blouse.
"I'm Takato." I said. I knew things were going good. I had already made two new friends on my first day.
"We're going to class No 18 to see a friend, wanna come?" Kari asked me and I nodded. As I stood up and followed Kari and Davis, I was blocked by three girls.
"Hello there cutie." The first one said. I sweetdropped. Things would sure be interesting.
000
T.K's PoV
"Ok class, that's it for today, dismissed." The man said and I got up. Damn, senior high sure was difficult. I stood up and headed for the class next to mine. Class No 17. I waited outside and soon spotted the boy and the girl that I was looking for.
"Hey guys, how was your first hour in Senior?" I asked them with a smile.
"Boring." Davis simply.
"Don't ask Davis about school. If you ask me, I'd say... different." Kari said and I nodded at her.
"So, anything interesting happened?" I asked them.
"Hell yeah! There was this kid, Takato. Our professor knew a teacher of his and she said he skipped school and didn't get a scolding. That guy is awesome!" Davis said and I sweetdropped.
"Ok... I guess this Takato is new to the school? Since I don't know him." I asked.
"Yeah. He is a really nice guy. Look, there he is." Kari said and I turned to see a guy laughing nervously as he was surrounded by some girls. He looked at Davis and he said something to them, before leaving and joining us.
"That was unexpected." He said. He then looked at me and smiled. "Hello, I'm Takato." He said.
"I'm Takeru, but everyone calls me T.K. Nice to meet you." I said. "So, knew in town?" I asked and he nodded.
"Yeah. We moved in yesterday. We own the new bakery not far away from here." He said.
"Hey, you mean you're the family that their house was burnt down?" I asked in shock.
"Yeah. How do you know that?" He asked in shock.
"I am the one that found you that apartment. And you live right next to me." I said.
"Really?" He asked me. "That's good. I guess..."
"Of course it is. You can visit whenever you want. If I'm there of course. I know how it feels to leave you friends behind and go to an unknown place." I told him.
"Hey Takato, forgot to ask, do you play football?" Davis asked him.
"Well, I play sometimes, but basketball is my kind of sport." Takato said.
"Hey that's great, I play basketball. Are you a good player?" I asked him.
"I don't know. On my previews school, we didn't have a team and only a couple of kids played. So I don't know how much credit to give me." He said.
"Me and some friends have decided to play after school. How about joining us so we can see how good you are?" I asked him.
"Ok. I don't have anything to do after all." He said. I had started to like that guy...
000
Takato's PoV
Those guys were pretty good. The game was far more difficult than playing with my friends. We were playing 3 on 3 on half court and I was with T.K and another guy. I couldn't pass through them so that I could score from inside the racket, so I was trying to pass the ball to T.K, who was pretty good on 3 point shoot. I managed to break through their defense a couple of times, but that was all. After about two hours, we finally decided to call it an end. Needless to say we lost.
"You're pretty good man." Charlie, the tall brunette that was on T.K's team said. I tilted my head in confusion, as I stared at him.
"What are you talking about? I suck. I wasn't able to do much, only score a couple of points." I said.
"You did far more than that. You did some pretty good passing. I scored almost half of my points because of your precise passes." He said.
"Yeah Takato. You were really difficult to predict." Jake, the red haired from the other team told me.
"Are you sure? I lost the ball many times on that game." I said. I couldn't figure out if those guys were serious or just making fun of me.
"Takato, you have a unique talent." T.K told me and I looked at him puzzled. "You can pinpoint the location of all players. Like when you gave me that nice pass behind your back. You knew exactly where I was. I don't know if you can do it with a 5 on 5 game, but it's really good. If you ask me, I say you should go to the tryouts." He told me and my mouth opened.
"But, T.K, you are all far better than me. There will surely be many guys out there better than me." I said. We had by no said our goodbyes and were on the way back home.
"Takato, those that played with us are the senior high school team's top players." He told me and I blinked. No wonder they were far better than me then.
"I guess if you think I should try for the team, then I could." I said.
"Good choice!" T.K said and smiled. "By the way, I'm going to meet up with Davis, Kari and two more friends later in the evening, want to come along?" He asked me.
"I'd love to!" I said. First day at school and I had already made some new friends.
000
Davis's PoV
"I'm here guys!" I yelled as I run towards my friends. I stopped in front of them to catch my breath.
"Right on time Davis!" Kari told me. I looked at her and smiled.
"What do you mean on time? T.K told me at six o'clock and it's half past six..." Takato said.
"Oh, hi Takato. I didn't know you'd come." I said. I soon realized that he was ready to feel unwanted, so I quickly added. "Yeah! The more the merrier. So, let's go!"
"Where are we going guys?" Takato asked. I was about to answer him, but T.K beat me to it.
"We're going to the cafeteria that's nearby. We'll meet Cody and Yolei there."
"So, Takato, tell us something about how you life was in Shinjuku." Kari siad. I just then realized that Takato was a bit nervous. Good call Kari.
"Well, it's nice, but it can be pretty boring as well. I was living on a quite district and I consider myself lucky, because it was really close to the park." Takato said. "School was close as well, and we would always go to the park after school and just hand around when the weather was nice."
"You sure love Shinjuku." T.K said and I blinked. "What about your friends. Do you have a lot there?"
"Yeah. We are a sort of a team. We're about six there and we have a friends who's a bit far, but he comes visiting all the time. Those guys are more than just my friends. We've been through so much together..." He said and signed.
"Is your girlfriend there too?" I joked and Kari poked me on the shoulders. I turned around and noticed he was starting to look sad. "What I am trying to say is..." I struggled, trying to find something to say.
"What kind of face is that gogglehead?" A famine voice from behind me asked. I turned around with a confused look, only to see a girl I didn't know.
"What?" I asked.
"Oh, so you are a gogglehead as well?" She asked me. I tilted my head. Who else was a gogglehead.
"Rika? What are you doing here?" Takato asked smiling.
"You know that girl Takato?" T.K asked him.
"Of course I do. She is one of my best friends from Shinjuku. When did you get here?" He asked.
"About half an hour ago. I got to your place with my furry friend and your mother told me you were out, so I came to see you." She said. Furry friend?
"So, she couldn't stay away from Guil after all." He said and smiled. This is starting to get a bit confusing.
"Yeah. So, are you going to introduce me to your new friends?" She asked.
"Oh, right, this is T.K and Kari." He said pointing at the two of them who said their 'Nice to meet you'. "And this is Davis. They are all kind enough to show me around." He said.
"Yeah. Don't worry, your friend is in good hands!" I said laughing.
"Well, that's good to know. You mind if I come along?" She asked.
"Of course. It's always good to make new friends." Kari said and smiled.
"I agree. Instead of just five we had planned, we're gonna be seven. As I said before, the more the merrier!" I said and started walking ahead of them.
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