The Digital Princess

Chapter 4: Icy Competition

Alyssa's POV

You'd think I would have been crazy to attempt to stab the guy who was once my best friend but for us, it was the only way we would assure the other that it was in fact us. It's been years since I last saw Henry and a lot of things seemed to have change. He was much taller than before, with toned muscles from martial arts. His blue hair fell in front of his gray eyes, making them look more intelligent than they ever had before. He had an air of intelligence around him that made others sense it as well without even asking.

"Earth to the people of the world? What just happened?" A teenager with pink hair, who stood beside Henry, somewhat whined. That couldn't be...

"Suzie?" I asked, withdrawing my knife and storing it back in my bag. I used to babysit Henry's sister whenever I was at their apartment. She was only a few years old when I last saw her, tiny and innocent. Well, things seem to change a lot.

"H-h-ho-how d-do -y-y-ou kn-know my n-na-name?" She stammered, somewhat embarrassed. I would too if I found out that my older brother's best friend was what Elle Japan dubbed as, "Designer Extraordinaire".

"I used to take care of you when you were really young. You used to pull my hair a lot when you didn't get milk." I smiled at the memory of Suzie yanking my hair so hard that I had to be checked up at the doctor for several extreme cases of migraine. I saw her blush as the others chuckled at what most would have found funny but what I found extremely painful before. As soon as the beat of Four Minutes started fading, I blew into my captain's whistle and shouted: "Track 9, Positions please!"

The skaters scrambled to the positions I had assigned them. In this group, there was only one rule: Don't make Alyssa mad. Even I had to admit, I had a terrible patience level and an even worse temper. So unless you want a one-way ticket to Hades, don't bother annoying me. Just before the track started, another person burst into the room, late beyond measure.

"Yo, Bret!You finally made it, man!" James, one of my few male skaters, said. He's awesome on the rink but he has a knack for being annoying and mischievous pranker. If he wasn't Minami's boyfriend and skilled in stunts, I would've kicked him out a long time ago. I turned around to come face-to-face with the latest person on my team.

"BRET MICHAEL JACKSON! You are so dead!" I screamed at him. Yeah, I have a knack for doing that whenever I'm pissed. He winced slightly as my screech reached his ears but then again he was mostly used to this because aside from Henry, Bret was another childhood friend of mine. Our parents had been best friends through college and became business partners throughout the years.

"That all you got Aly?" He asked me while using his infamous Jackson smirk. It usually makes most girls swoon being the good-looking guy he is but mostly it just pisses me off. I raised my eyebrow at him, evaluating his tousled brown hair which was messed up more than usual, wrongly buttoned shirt, and a few red marks down his neck. All these were tell tale signs of either a Girl Attack or Closet Makeout Session, the latter being less likely since Bret can be much of a playboy but nobody ever learns after they've dated him. I have yet to meet an ex of his who can already resist his boyish charm and that is saying a lot. He has never really gone steady with a girl for real.

"Girl Attack?"I asked him. All these years I've spent with him have mostly been dedicated to escaping the thousands of fan girls that follow him wherever he goes. I guess being the son of an ex-international model and an ingenius inventor plus a model at the age of 18 makes him the most eligible bachelor they can think of chasing. Then I remembered all the people behind me and the fact that he was mostly stalling to keep himself from getting into trouble.

"Which brings us back to the reason why you're late." I brought us back to the original topic. "Some of my friends are here. I think you still remember Rika. She was with us the last time we went to New York to visit Mia when we were still sixteen." He turned his attention to my red-headed cousin whom he had developed a bit of a crush ever since we went to New York.

I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me when I saw a tiny tint of red come over Rika's cheeks. Please don't tell me she likes him too! But there was another thing that caught my eye. The infamous Digimon King Ryo Akiyama, who was looking at Rika and Bret was kind of..jealous? You have got to be kidding me...I have no time to fix up a love triangle between a model, and the Digimon King and Queen. Between this life and my life as the Digital Princess in the Digital World, I rarely have time for myself let alone other people.

"Bret, you've got 10 seconds to change to your skates and get on the rink or so help me Athena, I will cut your head off" I warned him. But as we all know, in life nothing ever stays the same. So little did I know that this solemn peace I'm experiencing was to be ruined by my mortal enemy Janina.

" Well,well,well! If it isn't little miss ice princess, problems with your team, honey?" She exclaimed. I noticed she also had somewhat tousled hair and her shirt was somewhat buttoned wrong..oh please don't tell me that...oh no...shit. Bret is so gonna get it today.

"BRET! RINK NOW! VANESSA YOU TOO!"I screeched. Man, what did I do wrong to deserve this day? I grabbed the remote from my desk and pressed play. The Twins' Valentine's Dance Tango started playing and both skaters launched into the routine they've spent months mastering. I spun around to face Janina.

She smiled smugly at me. The half Italian-half Spanish girl was captain of our main opposing team, the Dragons and was well known for her talents in closets and beds. She opened her mouth to speak but I immediately cut her off. For the last 2 years we've been competing ruthlessly at any competition we enter, we know our strengths and weaknesses well and there was no way I was letting her get through me again..not like last time.

"Get. Out. Of. My. Rink. OR SO HELP ME, I WILL CALL THE SECURITY." I managed to say while gritting my teeth. Janina and I have hated each ither since the first day we met, way back in kindergarten, when she threw clay in my hair. Everything rolled down hill from that. Everytime we met was a chance to prove that the other was better.

"Make me Watanabe or are you still hiding behind your little body guards?" She teased me. She spun around to leave but then turned back to say one last thing. The one thing she knew would infuriate me even more than I was now.

"You better watch yourself Watanabe. Bret and James aren't the only boys I can snag." I followed her gaze to Henry and Ryo, both of whom were semi-staring and drooling at her. If she knows what's good for her, she'll stay away from him. he may not be my boyfriend but as the childhood rule goes: I saw him first.

RIKA POV

What the heck just happened? First, we meet Alyssa and everything is calm next thing you know Bret and some girl ( who in my opinion is a complete female dog) arrives and throws Alyssa's temper off the charts. But then again, she's making me a wee bit..what's the word I'm looking for?...angry..furious...jealous? OF HER AND AKIYAMA? NO WAY! NOT IN A MILLION YEARS!

I also saw the look on Alyssa's face when she saw Henry semi-staring at the girl. I'm guessing she feels the same way only on a way higher degree. Lucky Jeri, she gets the loyal one and Alyssa and I get the ones who are easily distracted by some slut...wait why in the world do I care about Akiyama?

Impossible! I AM NOT JEALOUS OF AKIYAMA AND THAT SLUT A WHILE AGO! Why in the world would I be jealous? I'm not even his girlfriend and everything. What in the world is going on? Why am I talking to myself?

Even Jeri and the Stupid Twins started noticing the internal conflict going on in me and Alyssa. We watched the girl head out the door, her hips swaying to the beat of the tango song Bret and Vanessa were moving to. Is it actually possible that I'm developing feelings for the one person I've been hating for almost 6 years? My eyes and Alyssa's met. Lilac on Amber and a secret agreement was between us. Nobody steals our boys, official or not. We were prepared for some icy competition. Let Operation Make the Boys Jealous begin.

A/N: I am so sorry I haven't updated in a long time! School's really caught up and loaded us with homework. You'd think if we're the graduating class we're off a lot of times but sadly no. I haven't had much free time lately and my parents are pressuring me to graduate with top honors. Wish me luck and Merry Christmas. I'll try to update soon!