Jesse refused to come out of her room again that night. She didn't open the door when anyone came to talk to her. She just wanted to be alone. Not that she was worried or anything but today was the first day in her new school.
"Jesse, Time to get up!" Sonia yelled from the kitchen. Jesse groaned and rolled over. A meowing noise made her open her eyes. A small black cat with white paws and short fur stared at her with glowing green and black eyes. Somebody must've let her into Jesse's room last night.
"Hey Nightmare," She cooed, "How do you like it here?"
Nightmare hissed, probably at the other cat that was in the room as well, but Jesse took it as a sign.
"I agree, what about you demon?" The other cat looked up at her when she heard her name. Demon was a dark gray cat with Black stripes. Her Reddish colored eyes always made it look like she was glaring. Nightmare hissed again, this time demon hissed back.
"Stop it, both of you." Jesse muttered, getting up and pushed Nightmare off her bed. She was slightly confused, not wanting to annoy Sonia too much she too much, she told the Beo's to keep Demon since that had been Max's cat. Nightmare, Demon's older sister, was Jesse's.
After showering and dressing in long black pants and a black net-like shirt with red spider web designs all over it, she walked out to the kitchen. Sonia looked at her but didn't say anything about the clothes.
"You have school today." Was all she said.
"I have to unpack." Jesse shot back as she made some toast.
"You only have school until noon, you can unpack then." Jesse glared at her.
"Fine."
Tai and Kari walked out a few minutes later. After saying good-bye all three of them trekked to school.
"Oh here, Jesse, this letter came for you." Kari announced rummaging through her pockets for a moment.
"Thanks," She mumbled except the letter but not opening it. It was from her the Beo's. She looked up to see a huge building. 'Great a new school,' she thought.
"Hey Kari, Does Ken go to this school?"
Kari smiled, Jesse was talking more so maybe she'd be ok, "No, he has to take the subway in order to visit so its too hard for him to get here everyday."
"Oh." It was silent for a few minutes.
"I let your cats out of their cage yesterday. Did you find them?" Tai asked as they walked to school.
"They were in my room this morning. I'll keep them in my room so you don't have to worry about them."
"Its okay, they looked cute." Kari spoke up. Jesse didn't reply.
"Where's the office, I need my schedule." Jesse asked.
Tai led her to the office while Kari met up with T.K. After talking to the stupid receptionist, who, made sure she could speak Japanese, Jesse had her schedule and was on her way to her first class. The whole class looked up and stared as she walked in. Kari, T.K., Davis, and Yolie were all in the class.
"Oh," The teacher said putting the marker down, "Class we have a new student. This is Jesse Kamiya. She's Kari's sister and is joining us from America. Why don't you say something about yourself?"
"My last name is Toki, not Kamiya." Jesse said with a glare, "I lived in New York for 12 years and loved it."
"Okay," the teacher, Ms. Okito, "Does anyone have any questions for Jesse?" A few hands went up.
"If your last name is Toki how are you related to Kari." A girl asked. Jesse rolled her eyes.
"Our parents are divorced my mother got remarried to a Kamiya. I lived with our dad in the U.S." She refused to elaborate.
"Have you ever tried to commit Suicide?" A boy questioned.
"Yuki!" Ms. Okito exclaimed.
"What? She wears all black like she's depressed."
"Its alright and Yes, I have." Murmurs went through the class.
"Enough class, Jesse you can take a seat next to Kari." Jesse sat down and the group looked at her.
"How's it going so far?" T.K. asked in a whisper.
"The staff here are idiots." Jesse replied not lowering her voice at all. That shut the others up.
She had at least one of the Digidestined in every class for the rest of the day. Every class was the same they asked who she was and annoying questions about herself. At least nobody asked the suicide question again. At noon, just like Sonia had said, school was let out.
The whole group of Digidestined walked home together they were going over to Tai's house again.
"So how was your first day of school, Jesse?" Matt asked.
"It was fine, besides the fact if one more kid asked me what the hell is wrong with me, I'll scream and kill someone." They all looked at her. She offered a small smile, "I was kidding."
"Ok you had me scared for a minute." Davis laughed. Jesse shrugged.
"Is Ken coming over as well?"
"Yeah, he'll be over a little after we get home." Kari answered. Jesse nodded. When the reached the apartment the others flooded around the kitchen while Jesse went to her room. She pulled out the letter she got this morning. Opening it she read silently.
Dear Jesse,
I know you said we could keep Demon but Marc and I decided that he would be better off with you. You need all the companionship you can get. Don't try to forget your family, remember them but please for their sake, live on and move on. They would not want to wallow in the past.
Your family loves you Jesse, I spoke to Sonia and I know this. They will help you but only if you let them. We will miss you Jesse, please stay in touch.
Your caring Neighbor,
Marie
Jesse folded the letter up and threw it against the wall. What did they know? She picked Demon up, who was sitting on her bed, and brought him outside with her. Ken was standing in the doorway.
"Hey Ken." She whispered, grabbing some of her thing with one hand. Ken looked at her.
"How was school Jess?"
"Why does everyone ask that, It was fine, the people were stupid but whatever. Are you allergic to cats?"
"No." He said confused.
"Good, hold him will ya." She handed Demon over to Ken. Jesse picked up the rest of her stuff. Ken followed her back to her room and put Demon on the bed. Nightmare jumped on the bed as well and hissed.
"Those two will never get along." She muttered setting up the cats necessities.
"Pretty cats, both of them are yours?" Ken asked petting Demon who allowed, Nightmare tried to bite him.
"I guess they are now. Demon belonged to Max, that's why he's so nice. Nightmare, his elder sister, is mine." Jesse said in a matter of fact tone.
"Oh…"
"About yesterday, Ken I'm sorry for what I said. I was upset, I didn't mean to yell. I don't want to discuss it anymore." Ken nodded.
"Come on," He said, "the group is going to the digital world, you want to come."
"Yea!" She said like it was the obvious thing in the world, "I have to finish something I'll be there in a minute."
Ken walked out the door and went into the kitchen. They looked at him, "She's coming." Everyone looked relieved. Jesse was starting to finally come out of her shell.
Jesse stood out of side by the wall. 'idiots,' she thought, 'Dad always told me I should be an actor.' She walked out to the group.
"ok, lets go." She said. They all teleported to the Digital world.
Cubmon came running over to Jesse.
"Hey Jesse, glad to see you're back!" He said smiling.
"Yep, why wouldn't I come back?" she smiled. Cubmon continued to smile but his eyes looked sad. He knew Jesse, better than everyone else. She was still hurting….bad. He looked at the other Digidestined, they were oblivious to her pain.
"So why are we here anyways?" Jesse asked the others after all the Digidestined had arrived.
"We're going to have a picnic." Sora replied. Jesse nodded in understanding.
"Good, I'm hungry." The group sat down to eat. Ken and Jesse sat next to each other.
"Hey Jesse," Ken said quietly, "About last time we were here…"
"Just forget about it," Jesse replied quickly.
"No, I wanted to tell you I like you too." Jesse looked at him. 'LIAR' Her mind was shouting. Instead of saying that Jesse just blushed and asked Mimi about America. Ken let out a sigh.
After they ate, the group played games and talked until it was time to home.
"Mom's probably making dinner, we better go." Tai said. Jesse and Kari agreed. They returned to the human world.
"oh good you're back!" Sonia said as they walked into the kitchen from Tai's room, "dinners ready, sit down, Yuichi will be here soon."
Yuichi walked in as they sat down to eat.
"Hey dad," Tai said as he took his seat. Yuichi smiled, he raised an eyebrow at Jesse, apparently she was eating dinner tonight.
"Here, I found this in our room." He held out his hand revealing Demon.
"Thank you Yuichi. I'm sorry I thought I locked him in my room with Nightmare." Jesse said putting Demon on her lap as she ate.
"its fine, he just startled me." Yuichi replied.
"He's not as scary as Nightmare though. She's a little well…nightmare." They all looked surprised. Not only was Jesse eating but she was chitchatting with Yuichi. It was almost too good to be true.
"I haven't seen Nightmare yet. What does she look like?" Sonia asked.
"Oh Nightmare is my cat. She's black and white." Jesse replied finishing up her dinner.
"Who's cat is Demon?" Sonia asked.
Jesse got quiet and looked at the table, "Demon was Max's. Nightmare and Demon are siblings like we were…" She got up, "I'm not hungry any more."
They walked as she walked out to her room.
"She's getting better though, right?" Kari asked after Jesse left.
"Yeah, she is." Sonia replied.
Jesse pulled the knife away from her skin as blood flowed down her arm. 'I'm getting better,' She thought, 'I'll die and they wont have any time to stop me.'
I know this chapter kind of jumps around but I'm setting a few thing up. First off, No Jesse isn't all of a sudden happy, she's actually just faking it. Its all part of her plan to die.